Mar 11, 2025 Commissioners Court Regular Meeting

THANK YOU CARISSA, AND OUR CONDOLENCES ON BEHALF OF THE COURT TO YOUR FRIEND.

VERY SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE LARRY PARKS.

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UH, THANK YOU FOR THE MOMENT TO SPEAK HERE.

I WAS SCHOOLED BEFORE, SO I'LL BE SHORT.

, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE PROCESS OF 2050, THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'VE, A LOT OF US HAVE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU ON THAT, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I SEE IT AS A LEGACY TO WHAT YOU WORK ON AND WHAT YOU ARE ENDEARED TO.

UH, MOST CITIZENS CANNOT DO WHAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND POWER TO DO.

AND SO YOU REPRESENT THEM IN, IN A VERY SERIOUS MATTERS.

AND IT, UH, THAT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY.

UH, I'M SORT OF LONG TERM ON THE LEGACY SIDE WITH, UH, ROADS AND, UH, WITH WATER, BOTH IN CONSERVATION AND, AND OTHER SOURCES OF WATER.

UH, ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE PROCESS WAS TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW AND GET THEIR OPINIONS AND GET TO KNOW THE CITIZENS MUCH BETTER.

REALLY BRIGHT PEOPLE, VERY PASSIONATE PEOPLE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE A, A DIFFERENT SIDE OF SOMETHING AND HMM, HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL PROCESS.

I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO TAKE IT FORWARD, UH, WITH THE, UH, LOW HANGING FRUIT IN SHORT ORDER AND IN THE LONGER PROJECTS, WE'LL BE STILL TALKING ABOUT 'EM IN 2050, BUT MAYBE WE'LL GET SOMETHING DONE.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU, LARRY.

UM, OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE TREVOR REED.

TREVOR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD.

HEY, GOOD MORNING.

UH, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT LARRY SAID, WHICH IS JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON, ON THAT GROUP AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

UM, ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, UH, AS A MEMBER OF THE CSC, WE GOT A PREVIEW OF THE DRAFT PLAN AND I WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR FEDERAL CITIZENS TO READ IT.

IT'S, IT'S VERY CONCISE.

UM, I THINK IT'S 28 PAGES.

UM, IT HAS A LOT OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS WITH IT, BUT IT REALLY SYNTHESIZES ALL THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THAT.

AND I LEARNED A LOT.

UH, YOU KNOW, I CAME INTO THAT GROUP FOCUSED ON, ON CERTAIN MATTERS OF TRANSPORTATION AND SCHOOLS, BUT I LEARNED A LOT FROM HOW MUCH INTERACTION THERE WAS WITH ALL THE OTHER GROUPS, COMMERCE, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, A LOT OF NEW THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.

AND SO, AGAIN, I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT GETS A HOLD OF THAT PLAN OR EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENED TO THIS TO GO OUT, FIND THE LINK.

I KNOW IT'LL BE POSTED, UH, PRETTY SOON.

AND, UH, GIVE, GIVE THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS BACK AND, AND IN SUPPORT OF IT OR ANY QUESTIONING THAT, THAT THEY HAVE, I KNOW THE COURT IS, IS HAPPY TO ANSWER AS AM I, AS THE REST OF THE CSC HERE, IF THEY FIND THIS IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT PLAN, BUT WE ALSO WANT IT TO BE A PLAN OF ACTION.

SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SUPPORT ON THAT.

THANKS A LOT TREVOR, AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS PROJECT.

ALSO, UM, SHELLY SPEARMAN, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR MY OPPORTUNITY TO COME.

UM, BEING ASKED TO ATTEND THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ME WAS AN HONOR MY, I ASKED MY DAD YESTERDAY, I DIDN'T KNOW MY FAMILY ARRIVED IN ROCKWALL THANKSGIVING DAY, 1905.

SO ON THANKSGIVING WILL BE 120 YEARS.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

UH, WHEN DANA SAID, OH, AND BY THE WAY, YOU'RE ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THAT WASN'T WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS GOING.

THAT'S, BUT I GOT TO MEET TREVOR WHO KNOWS WAY MORE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION THAN I EVER WILL.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN IT WAS BEING I 30 WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THE FORTIES, IT SPLIT MY FAMILY LAND.

AND MY GRANDFATHER WOULD TAKE MY DAD UP THERE AND SAY, HEY, YOU WANNA TAKE A RIDE ON THE SUPER HIGHWAY? AND THAT'S KIND OF NEAT.

UM, BUT FOR MY FAMILY, AS THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME, UM, EDUCATION IS OF THE UTMOST PRIORITY.

I DIDN'T GET THE EDUCATION GENE, BUT I GOT THE AG EDUCATION GENE.

UM, AND AS I ATTENDED ALL THE STRATEGIC PLAN MEETINGS, UM, A REOCCURRING THEME FOR EVERYONE WAS, WE NEED A PLACE FOR COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOWS, RODEOS, MULTI-EVENT CONCERTS, ARTS AND HEAVENS.

CAN WE PLEASE GET SOME SOCCER FIELDS SO NEW FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DRIVING TO PLANO LIKE I DID .

SO, UM, TODAY I DID PUT A FLYER OUT FOR EVERYONE.

THE ROCKWELL YOUTH FAIR WILL BE APRIL 4TH AND FIFTH OUT AT TATE FARMS. NOW, IT IS AN AMAZING BLESSING THAT WE GET TO BE AT TATE FARMS. IT'S THE OLDEST ROCK WORKING RANCH IN ROCKWALL COUNTY.

HOWEVER, WE NEED OUR OWN SPACE.

WHAT OUR YOUNG KIDS ARE DOING IS INCREDIBLE.

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WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO MORE WITH LESS LAND TO FEED AND CLOTHE MORE PEOPLE.

SO I FEEL PERSONALLY THIS YOUTH FAIR IS THE KEY TO IT.

SO, UM, I WANTED TO USE MY PLATFORM TO, UH, TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, .

SO THANK YOU.

THANKS A LOT SHELLY, AND THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER OF ROCKWALL MARY SMITH.

I ALSO CAME TODAY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MAYOR JOHANNESSON, MAYOR PRO TEM JOUF AND PARKS DIRECTOR, TRAVIS SALES, ALL WHO GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VARIOUS STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS AND EFFORTS.

I HOPE THAT WE CONTRIBUTED IN SOME SMALL WAY TO THAT EFFORT.

UH, AND IT WAS INTERESTING.

I'VE BEEN HERE 26 YEARS NOW.

THE CONNECTIONS, PEOPLE I MET AND CONNECTIONS I MADE THAT I HADN'T THUS FAR IN MY CAREER.

SO THAT WAS A VERY NEAT THING.

ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, WE HAD A KICKOFF INTRODUCTORY MEETING BETWEEN CARISSA AND MY PLANNING STAFF, ENGINEERING STAFF, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

YOU'VE GOT A, A GREAT ASSET THERE.

AND THEN I WAS ON A THIRD NOTE AND THEN I'LL GET OUTTA YOUR WAY.

UM, I WAS ONE WHO RECEIVED THAT JURY DUTY, DUTY SCAMMING CALL.

I MANAGED TO KEEP HIM ON THE PHONE FOR 27 MINUTES, VERY ENTERTAINING .

I WATCHED ENOUGH COURT TV TO KNOW THE LEGAL TERMS WEREN'T RIGHT, BUT I JUST, I MEAN, WHATEVER TIME I SPENT ON THE PHONE KEPT SOMEBODY ELSE FROM GETTING SCAMMED.

AND AT THE END, I GOT SOMEBODY ELSE'S CELL PHONE AND GOT SHERIFF GARRETT ON THE PHONE WITH THEM.

AND THAT WAS THE MOST ENTERTAINING THING OF THE MADE MY WEEK.

SO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH IT AND, AND FOR YOU OVER THE YEARS HELPING TO COLLABORATE AND KEEP THINGS GOING.

THANK YOU MARY.

AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE WORDS ABOUT UNITY AND WORKING WELL TOGETHER.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR COUNTY.

APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO IN ROCKWALL.

IS THERE, THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? IF YOU DO, FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD.

GO AHEAD DEBORAH.

I'M SORRY.

THANKS TO THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION AT, IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS, COULD I HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? OH, SURE.

I'M DEBORAH SHIN.

I'M THE, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM WITH THE CITY OF ETTE.

AND MY ADDRESS IS 3 0 0 9 SUNRISE DRIVE.

AND THANKS TO THE CONSTRUCTION AT DOW ROCK IN 66.

I DIDN'T GET HERE IN TIME TO FILL OUT A, A FORM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU.

AND I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL INVOLVED THE CITY OF ETTE IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN EFFORT BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED TO COUNCIL, I STARTED HEARING FROM OTHER CITIZENS WHO WERE IN THE, UM, ROCKWELL COUNTY PORTION OF ETTE THAT THEY FELT SORT OF LIKE THEY WERE IN A NO MAN'S LAND BECAUSE THEY, THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY LIVED IN A LOT OF CASES BECAUSE THEY HAD ROCKWALL ADDRESSES AT THE POST OFFICE, BUT THEN THEY WERE IN THE CITY OF ETTE.

AND SO IF THEY CAME OVER HERE AND TRIED TO VOTE IN ROCKWALL ELECTIONS FOR ROCKWALL PEOPLE, THEY COULDN'T DO THAT.

BUT THEY DID HAVE TO COME TO ROCKWALL TO VOTE.

SO IT WAS VERY CONFUSING FOR THEM.

UH, WITH ONLY 9,000 PEOPLE IN ROCKWALL COUNTY IN A CITY OF ALMOST 70,000.

IT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL NUMBER, BUT ACTUALLY WE HAVE, UH, IT'S THIS SAME SIZE AS A SMALL CITY LIKE MCLENDON CHISHOLM.

SO IT IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

AND I WAS HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET A VOTING LOCATION IN ETTE IN OUR ROCKWELL COUNTY PART OF ETTE FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

UM, I HAVE REALLY LEARNED A LOT GOING THROUGH THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.

WORKED WITH SOME WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I REALLY DON'T TELL DALLAS COUNTY, BUT I REALLY WISH YOU GUYS COULD ANNEX THE ENTIRE CITY OF THE RALLY.

UM, WE MET SO MANY TIMES BOTH ON THE GREAT TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT.

I'M GONNA TAKE THIS PROCESS BACK BECAUSE I THINK THAT ETTE IS DUE TO REVISE OUR CITY STRATEGIC PLAN.

I'LL HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN.

UH, WE MET SO MANY TIMES IN SO MANY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS, AND THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, A YEAR LONG PROCESS BASICALLY.

AND SOMETIMES MY HUSBAND SAID, I THINK YOU SPEND MORE TIME IN ROCKWELL COUNTY THAN YOU DO AT HOME.

AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN OVER THERE.

UM, SO I JUST, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF THIS.

I THINK WHAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH HERE IN THE END IS A REALLY GREAT PLAN.

ONE OF THE BEST THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.

AND I'VE, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CITY STRATEGIC PLANS AND, UM, THIS IS,

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AND THIS WAS LIKE A TEMPLATE FOR ME AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT US TO DO.

SO THANK YOU.

THANKS A LOT DEBORAH.

AND AS LONG AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ANNEXING ROULETTE, WE MIGHT WANNA START CALLING IT THE LAKE RAY HUBBARD.

THE GULF OF ROCKWALL .

THAT WAS PRETTY CLOSE.

OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE TO SPEAK.

TOM AND TOM KULA, 2179 PORT FU DRIVE, RIGHT HERE IN ROCKWALL.

I GET A GREAT VIEW OF THE I 30 PROJECT, THE NEW BRIDGE GOING ACROSS FROM DOLL ROCK TO HORIZON.

UH, 32 YEAR ARMY VETERAN RETIRED AS THE BRIGADIER GENERAL LED LARS ORGANIZATIONS.

UH, A STRATEGIC PLANNER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OUR WATER DISTRICT.

AND SO GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM.

AND GOTTA TELL YOU, IT WAS OVERALL A VERY GREAT PROCESS IN PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, THIS TEAM, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, DANA, THANK YOU, MARK KIPI, THE REST OF THE TEAM, UH, FOR WHAT YOU ALL DID.

OUR CONSULTANTS, BAKER TILLY AND REZA NICHOLS.

AND THEN THE, THE STEERING COMMITTEE.

IF YOU WANT TO DEVELOP A BEST POSSIBLE PLAN, YOU NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A DIVERSE GROUP.

SO YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT IDEAS AND THEMES COMING IN.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT Y'ALL DID.

A VERY TALENTED GROUP OF BOTH, UH, THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED LONG TIME IN ROCKWALL COUNTY AND KNEW, WHICH WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

'CAUSE THE LONG TIMERS, THEY WANTED TO KEEP THAT SMALL CITY.

UH, THE, THE THEME THAT HAS MADE ROCKWALL GREAT, WHY I MOVED HERE WHEN THE ARMY BROUGHT ME HERE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WE DID THAT, BUT ALSO BLENDING IN NEW IDEAS, BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT BY NOW MORE THAN HALF OF OUR COUNTY IS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MOVED TO ROCKWELL WITHIN THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS.

SO, UH, OVERALL VISION, MISSION, CORE VALUES, UH, GOALS AND OPERATING INITIATIVES ARE, ARE SPOT ON.

IT, IT IS A VERY GOOD PLAN.

UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST, ONE, ONE MINOR POINT IS THAT EVERYBODY'S GOT A PASSION FOR CERTAIN THINGS.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM BROUGHT THAT TO THE MIX.

AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WAS PUT INTO THE DRAFT PLAN, WAS A, A FOCUS AND AN EMPHASIS ON WATER CONSERVATION.

YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT EVERY DAY.

IT'S IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.

UH, ROADS ARE, 'CAUSE WE SEE THE CONGESTION THAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE, THE GROWTH AND THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT.

UH, TRYING TO BRING IN NEW BUSINESSES AND THE OTHER AREAS THAT WERE IMPORTANT THEMES.

BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THEMES THAT I, I WELCOME THAT IT WAS IN THERE AND THAT WE KEEP IT THERE.

AND THAT WE, THAT BECOMES PART OF OUR, OUR PLAN TO, TO EXECUTE IT, TO COMPLETE IT.

AND THAT'S WATER CONSERVATION AND SHORTAGES ARE CRITICAL CONCERNS FOR THE REGION.

UH, THE NEXT LAKE THAT WE GET IS GONNA BE FURTHER AWAY AND GONNA COST MORE MONEY, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER LAKE THAT'S GONNA BE NEEDED.

AND I KNOW THE WATER DISTRICT IS ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE IN THE STRATEGIC GOAL NUMBER THREE, THAT IN AR UH, IN IMPORTANT AREAS INCREASE THE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF WATER SUPPLY NEEDS AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND TOOLS.

PEOPLE, WATER CONSERVATION COMES TO THE FOREFRONT WHEN WE ARE IN A MINI DROUGHT OR A BIG DROUGHT OR WHEN WE HAVE WATER SUPPLY ISSUES AND OVERUSE OF WATER.

UH, SO KEEP THAT IN THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE THROUGH 2010 THROUGH 2014, THE SECOND GREATEST DROUGHT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT CRIPPLED A LOT OF THE CITIES HERE.

EVERYBODY RECOVERED.

BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU NEED TO PLAN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT IN HERE.

AND THEN, UH, IT'S ALL ABOUT EXECUTION.

UH, A A A QUOTE FROM A FAMOUS GENERAL, A GOOD PLAN VIOLATING, EXECUTED NOW IS BETTER THAN A PERFECT PLAN NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S PATENT.

OKAY? THIS IS NOT WAR AND THIS IS A BETTER THAN A GOOD PLAN.

WE DIDN'T STRIVE TO BE PERFECT BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET THIS PLAN DONE, GET IT APPROVED, AND THEN BEGIN TO ACCOMPLISH IT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT THE GROUP DID VERY, VERY WELL IS THE ESSENCE OF STRATEGY IS CHOOSING WHAT NOT TO DO.

AND I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT POINT THERE.

SO LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT THE TEAM CAME UP WITH.

AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK, UH, GOING FORWARD TO, UH, SET UP WAYS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU GENERAL, APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND OTHER THINGS.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE,

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UH, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.

TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH CONVENIENTLY IS A DISCUSSION OF THE COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN.

SEEING NO ONE.

WE WILL MOVE ON

[2. Discussion of the Rockwall County Strategic Plan 2050 "Draft" Plan - Presentation by consultant, Baker Tilly to convey context and outcomes for the public regarding the need, benefits, and positive impacts with the plan, and all related issues; {Commissioner Macalik)]

AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO COMMISSIONER M**K AND, AND WOULD HE JUST STAND THERE? 'CAUSE I'M GONNA, I I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU, BUT I HAVE SOMETHING I WANNA SHARE WITH EVERYONE.

AND SO I THOUGHT I WOULD DO IT NOW INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC FORUM, IF IT'S OKAY.

UM, I FIRST WANT TO JUST SAY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND, UM, EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PLAN, I WANNA PERSONALLY THANK YOU.

I WANNA THANK THEM.

THANK EACH OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS VISION AND HELPING US TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND WE'LL BE SEEING THE PLAN IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

UM, I THINK THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN 2050 IS, IT MAY SOUND LIKE A LONG TIME AWAY, BUT VERY MUCH A LOT OF WHAT GENERAL KULA JUST SAID, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN.

UM, THIS PLAN WAS CONSIDERED AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE A BLUEPRINT, BLUEPRINT FOR ROCKWALL COUNTY.

AND IT'S SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

BUT WE ALSO EXPAND THE PARTS THAT MAKE ROCK ROCKWALL COUNTY SO SPECIAL.

OUR INTENT WITH THE PLAN FROM THE GET GO WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS WAS INCLUSIVE, TRANSPARENT, EFFECTIVELY MANAGED, AND THAT WE GATHERED INPUT FROM MULTIPLE AVENUES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AT LARGE.

AND THAT INCLUDED, AS WE'VE HEARD TODAY, OUR CITIES, OUR CITY LEADERS, AS WELL AS OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR CITIZENS.

SO THIS TRULY WAS A COUNTYWIDE EFFORT.

THE INPUT AND THE BUILDING OF THE INFORMATION YOU WILL BE SEEING IS PARAMOUNT TO THE PLAN AND SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO GUIDE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESSES FOR COURTS AND GOVERNANCE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, SO, UM, I THINK ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, UM, WE'VE, I WANT TO PERSONALLY RECOGNIZE WE HAVE, UM, NOT ONLY BAKER TILLY, WHO I'LL BE INTRODUCING, BUT, UM, WOODY IN A MOMENT, BUT WE HAVE FRIES AND NICHOLS WHO PARTICIPATED WITH THIS.

AND I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

WE HAVE, UM, A NUMBER.

WE HAD OVER 75 STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

MANY OF THEM YOU HAVE HEARD THIS MORNING, AND I WANNA PERSONALLY THANK THEM BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS, I'M NOT GONNA SAY HUNDREDS OF HOURS, BUT I THINK THAT PROBABLY FROM THEIR, FROM THEIR, THEIR STUDYING AND THEIR READING AND THEIR PARTICIPATION, WELL OVER HUNDREDS OF HOURS THAT WERE PUT IN THAT THEY, THEY GENEROUSLY GAVE TO THIS PRO, THIS PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY.

UM, AND THEN I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ADDRESS WHAT WE CALLED THE GANG OF SIX AS, UM, WE WERE THE INTERNAL TEAM THAT PUT THAT, THAT BEGAN TO WORK ON OUR, OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH NOT ONLY OUR CONSULTANTS, BUT ALSO WITH OUR STAFF.

BUT THE ONE THAT LED THIS, AND THE ONE I WANT TO, UM, PERSONALLY RECOGNIZE, AND I THINK HE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK, IS MR. MARK KIPPET AND I COULD NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF MARK KIPPET HIS VISION AS WELL AS HIS COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

SO MARK, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND THEN MAYBE YOU CAN JUST, WE'LL, YOU CAN JUST PASS THE BATON TO WOODY AT, AT THAT TIME.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UM, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ME MUCH LONGER.

SO TODAY MARK'S A, UH, END OF A JOURNEY, RIGHT AS WE, UH, COMPLETED THE LAST 18 MONTHS WHEN WE STARTED THIS.

AND I APPLAUD THE, THIS COURT, UH, PRIOR COURT AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS COURT THAT WERE ON THE PRIOR COURT BECAUSE SHE REALLY, UH, UH, SET A HIGH BAR, A HIGH BAR FOR THE COURT, UH, FOR THE COUNTY.

AND WE CAME FORWARD WITH A PLAN.

UH, SO NOW WE START A NEW JOURNEY.

AND I THINK, UM, THAT JOURNEY IS GONNA LEAD TO WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN REALLY IS, RIGHT? TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A SAFE, LOW DENSITY, THRIVING FAMILY COMMUNITY WITH SHARED VALUES.

THAT'S AN OASIS FROM THE URBAN SPRAWL, THE NORTH TEXAS REGION.

UM, BUT THE HARD WORK, THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK, UH, LAYING IN FRONT OF US.

AND I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER STACEY, YOU KNOW, AS ASTUTELY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PLAN ITSELF REPRESENTS ONLY ABOUT HALF THE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE, UH, IN THE NEXT PERIOD OF TIME.

THAT WE'RE GONNA TURN OVER THIS PLAN NOW, UH, TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF, UH, THAT WILL THEN DO THE HARD, HARD WORK OF CONVERTING THOSE SIX STRATEGIC GOALS, 32 OPERATING INITIATIVES INTO THE VERY SERIOUS TACTICAL ACTIONS IN ACCOMPANYING PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WILL EVALUATE WHETHER WE'RE MAKING ANY SUCCESS.

UM, BUT I'M CONFIDENT THERE'S

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A HIGH LEVEL OF, UH, TEAMWORK THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

UH, AND AS THEY COME TOGETHER AND START OPERATIONALIZING THIS PLAN BY OCTOBER, UH, WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT THE FY 26 BUDGET, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT POINT THE HARVESTING OF THE FRUITS OF THE PLAN, UH, BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME BY THEN, THE COUNTY WILL HAVE STARTED TO TIE SPECIFIC ALL ACTIONS TO BUDGET.

AND THEN ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY HAVE DEEP INSIGHTS INTO THE EXECUTION OF THOSE BUDGETS VIA THE PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD THAT'S GONNA BE CREATED.

UM, AND THAT WILL GIVE US, US AS TAXPAYERS, ONRI, YOU KNOW, UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT, WHAT THE PRIORITIES OF THE COUNTY ARE MOVING FORWARD.

AND I THINK THAT WILL STRENGTHEN RESOLVE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT IN COMMUNICATION AND THE, THE, ONE OF THE BENEFITS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE, UH, IN THIS PROCESS, IT'S NOW HAVE A, A SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION THAT EXISTS AMONGST ALL OF THE CITIES, THE COUNTY, AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO WORK ON COMMON, COMMON ISSUES, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT REPEATEDLY AND I KNOW ARE CRITICAL TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WITHIN THIS COUNTY.

AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I THINK YOU NOW SEE THAT ACTUALLY EXECUTING OUT IN THE 89TH LEGISLATION AS AS WE DO THAT.

SO, SO GOOD ON ALL YOU.

AND, UH, I, AGAIN, I WANNA ALSO THANK CAMIE JIM RYAN.

WE MET A LOT.

WE, UH, COVERED A LOT OF TERRITORY AND TRYING TO HERD THE CATS AND ORGANIZE EVERYTHING.

UH, AND, AND THEY, UH, THEY, THEY WERE MAGNIFICENT IN THAT EFFORT.

AND OF COURSE, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF COMMISSIONER M**K, WHO, UH, ALWAYS KEPT US ON TASK.

SO WITH THAT, IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE WOODY BATTLE BAKER TILLEY.

COME ON OVER HERE, WOODY.

THIS IS A GUY THAT'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN TAKING A VAST ARRAY OF DATA, THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DATA POINTS, UH, BLENDING IT WITH ALL OF THE, UH, INPUT FROM CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, WHICH OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY HAVE PROVIDED THEIR INPUT.

UH, AND THEN CREATE A, UH, I THINK A EASILY UNDERSTOOD PLAN THAT WILL BE, UH, WILL CARRY US FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, WOODY'S GONNA INTRODUCE, FORMALLY INTRODUCE IT TO THE COUNTY, AND WE THANK YOU.

HOW ARE YOU ALL? KEEP ME TWO SECONDS.

OUR ZOOM MEETING IS GONNA END HERE.

JUST GONNA MESSAGE MY COLLEAGUE VERY QUICKLY.

STRATEGIC PLAN IS, UH, HAS VARIOUS COMPONENTS THAT THE COUNTY WILL THEN SEEK TO ADOPT OR BRING INTO, UM, FRUITION FROM DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED IN PRESENTING ROCKWELL COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN 2050.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.

WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE, WE'LL DRIVE THROUGH IT.

I'LL START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF.

MY NAME IS WOODY BATTLE.

I'M A CONSULTING MANAGER WITH BAKER TILLY'S PUBLIC SECTOR ADVISORY TEAM.

I'M A PART OF THE TEAM THAT DELIVERED ROCKWELL COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN 2050.

IN ADDITION TO MY COLLEAGUE KAYLEE, UH, KAYLA STANFIELD, WHO I'LL LET INTRODUCE HERSELF WHO'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

I'M KAYLA STANFIELD.

I'M DIRECTOR HERE WITH BAKER PHILLY, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO HELP BE PART OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

GREAT, THANK YOU, KAYLA.

FOUR ITEMS OF TOPIC FOR THIS MORNING.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT JUST THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE USE TO DEVELOP THE PLAN, WHICH I KNOW A FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE SPOKEN, HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT.

UM, ALREADY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF BEST PRACTICES FOR THE FUTURE, UH, AS YOU IMPLEMENT AND ADOPT THE PLAN, AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION AND NEXT STEPS.

SO SOME OF THOSE KEY ITEMS TO MOVE THE PLAN INTO, ITS, UH, INTO ITS ADOPTION.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ROCKWELL COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN? 2050.

WE WERE ESSENTIALLY TASKED WITH CREATING A DOCUMENT THAT HELPED YOU MAKE DECISIONS, PRIORITIZE THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTY, BUT WAS ALSO USEFUL, UH, HAD A LEVEL OF CREDIBILITY TO IT THAT YOU ALL WERE LOOKING FOR AND DISTINGUISHES FROM CONTROL.

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WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WILL CHANGE FROM INITIATIVE AND GOAL, UM, ACCORDINGLY.

SO REALLY, THE DOCUMENT AND THE PURPOSE WAS TO CREATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND, UH, A DOCUMENT THAT WILL HELP MOVE THE COUNTY FORWARD IN A WAY THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR.

AND THE COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR.

THE TEAMS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

WERE THE PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE WITH THE COUNTY, THE COMMUNITY STEERING COMMITTEE, AND THEN BAKER TILLY.

IN ADDITION TO THE ASSISTANCE FROM FRIES NICHOLS, WHO I KNOW, UH, ARE IN THE CROWD TODAY.

THEY HELPED IMMENSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GATHERING INFORMATION.

UM, THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED, AND FRIES NICHOLS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT COMPONENT.

GOING BACK IN TIME TO EARLY 2024, WHEN WE STARTED THE PROCESS, WE WENT INTO A DATA GATHERING PHASE, THEN WE MOVED INTO SOME REPORTING, AND THEN THE ACTUAL STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN ABOUT FALL OF LAST YEAR.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THIS DIAGRAM.

WE'VE KIND OF UPDATED AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE KEY NEXT STEPS, THE FUTURE ITEMS HERE ARE THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE'VE PRODUCED A FEW DOCUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

THE KEY DOCUMENT, OBVIOUSLY IS THE OUTCOME DOCUMENT, THE ROCKWELL COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE MIDDLE HERE.

BUT A FEW OTHER DOCUMENTS WE CREATED ALONG THE WAY ARE ALSO VALUABLE RESOURCES TO REFERENCE EITHER FOR THE NEXT STEPS OR THE FUTURE UPDATES TO THE PLAN.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVISIT HOW WE WENT ABOUT CREATING THAT, UH, CREATING THE, THE FINAL DOCUMENT PLANNING GUIDANCE.

HERE'S WHAT WE WERE ESSENTIALLY TASKED WITH.

HOW DO WE STIMULATE PUBLIC AWARENESS? DOES THE DOCUMENT SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESS THAT WE BELIEVE? SO CAPTURING THE CONSTITUENT ASPIRATIONS, A VARIETY OF WORKING GROUP MEETINGS, WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL WERE A PART OF, AND MANY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY WERE A PART OF.

WE FEEL AS THOUGH WE CAPTURED THAT VERY WELL WITHIN THE FINAL PLAN.

PRIORITIZATION, WHICH IS WITHIN THE PLAN, AND THEN ALSO A PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE NEXT STEPS THAT ALSO IS BEING ADDRESSED IN THE PLAN.

AND THEN, UH, ACTING AS A ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE OF ROCKWELL COUNTY.

THAT'S REALLY THE KEY.

IF YOU WERE TO SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING THAT THE DOCUMENT IS TRYING TO DO, IT IS A ROADMAP FOR YOU ALL.

UM, HOW TO ALIGN WHAT NEXT STEPS THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAS WITH WHAT IS ALREADY GOING ON IN THE COUNTY THAT SO MANY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE DATA GATHERING AND INPUTS THAT WE RELIED ON FOR DEVELOPING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

I WILL SAY THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION.

MOST STRATEGIC PLANS, I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY THAT HAVE THIS MUCH INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO THEM, UH, WAS A CHALLENGE FOR US.

I'M NOT GONNA SUGARCOAT IT, BUT IT WAS A WELCOME CHALLENGE.

WE ENJOYED DIVING INTO THE MATERIAL, THE NUMBER OF INPUTS, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, ALL SHARED VARIETY OF THEMES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DISTILL DOWN.

UM, SO DEFINITELY NOTHING TO SLEEP ON THERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMOUNT OF INPUTS THAT WENT IN ALL MOVING FORWARD INTO THE ACTUAL PLAN FRAMEWORK.

THE FINAL DOCUMENT HAS A FEW KEY ELEMENTS, THE VISION, THE MISSION, THE CORE VALUES, THE STRATEGIC GOALS, AND THE OPERATING INITIATIVES.

IF YOU THINK OF THIS AS A PYRAMID OF SORTS, EVERYTHING IS INFORMED BY EACH FRAMEWORK ELEMENT.

SO THE VISION AND THE MISSION AND THE VALUES, EACH OF THOSE SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE STRATEGIC GOALS AND THEN THE INITIATIVES WITHIN EACH OF THOSE GOALS.

UM, ONCE YOU START TO IMPLEMENT AND START TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES, THEN YOU START TO GET INTO MORE DETAIL OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY NEEDED IN THE EXECUTION.

BUT, UH, THE, THE DOCUMENT HAS A LOT OF CONTENT, A LOT OF FRAMEWORK ALREADY WITHIN IT.

UH, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM.

AND IT ALIGNS WITH BEST PRACTICES FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING.

I HERE IS THE ACTUAL VISION OF THE ROCKWELL COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN 2050, MY APOLOGIES HERE.

CREATING A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES FLOURISH BY PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IS WELCOMING, RESILIENT, AND SAFE BY INCORPORATING LIVABLE AND INNOVATIVE GROWTH, CONSERVATION OF OUR OPEN SPACES AND EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND HISTORY.

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THE MISSION STATEMENT, THE DAY TO DAY.

WHAT SHOULD WE KEEP IN MIND WHEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY? WORKING FOR THE COUNTY? AND AS A, AS A RESIDENT, AS SOMEONE WHO EX HAS EXPECTATIONS OF THE COUNTY, WE WILL WORK DAILY TO CREATE A U UNIQUELY VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

ENSURES TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS SUPPORTED BY AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, THRIVING BUSINESSES NETWORK, OH, SORRY.

THRIVING BUSINESS NETWORK AND QUALITY COUNTY SERVICES.

WE AIM TO KEEP OUR WAY OF LIFE BY REFUSING TO LOSE OUR UNIQUE LOCAL CHARACTER, CHARACTER TO UNCONTROLLABLE GROWTH BY EMBRACING POSITIVE TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION.

THESE, BOTH OF THESE STATEMENTS WERE REVISED IN MANY VERSIONS, AND I BELIEVE EVERYONE IN, MAYBE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS HAD A HAND IN ONE OR TWO OF THE WORDS OF THIS, UH, MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT, AS WELL AS THE CORE VALUES, WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON.

BUT A A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO THE WORDS THAT WERE EMPHASIZED IN THESE TWO STATEMENTS AS WELL AS THESE, THE CORE VALUES.

WHAT DOES THE COUNTY VALUE, IF YOU WERE TO SUMMARIZE IN A FEW KEY TERMS, TEXAS PROUD, QUALITY OF LIFE, COLLABORATION AND TRANSPARENCY, DIVERSITY, STEWARDSHIP, AND INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP.

ALRIGHT, MOVING FORWARD INTO THE STRATEGIC GOALS, THERE ARE SIX GOALS THAT THE COUNTY HOPES TO ACHIEVE OVER THE DURATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

IT'S A 25 YEAR PLAN TO 2050 FROM OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

ACHIEVING THE SUB COMPONENTS OF EACH OF THESE GOALS WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR HAVING ACHIEVED THE OVERALL GOAL.

EACH OF THEM HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIMELINE, AND SOME OF THEM AS, UH, ONE GENTLEMAN ALREADY MENTIONED, ARE MAYBE CONSIDERED LOW HANGING FRUIT.

SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SOME PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON SOME OF THESE GOALS WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR TWO.

GOAL NUMBER ONE, PROMOTE TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

TWO, POSITION THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR GROWTH.

THREE, STRENGTHEN LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL COLLABORATION.

FOUR, INVEST IN COUNTYWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE.

FIVE, FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH WHILE PRESERVING AND PROTECTING LOCAL CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.

AND NUMBER SIX, EXPAND SUPPORT FOR THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE EMERGENCY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.

HERE ARE THE OPERATING INITIATIVES OR THE SUB-COMPONENTS OF EACH OF THOSE SIX STRATEGIC GOALS.

I'M NOT GONNA READ THEM EACH IN DETAIL.

THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SIX SLIDES, BUT THIS IS VERBATIM IN THE PLAN ITSELF AND THE PRESENTATION WILL BE MADE PUBLIC AS WELL.

BUT I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION BRIEFLY, UH, WHAT THE KEY FOCUS OF THE, OF EACH GOAL IS TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

A GREAT AMOUNT OF THIS IS ALREADY OCCURRING, EMPHASIZING IT WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH THE COUNTY VALUES THIS AND WANTS TO REALLY SHOW THAT IT'S RIGHT AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND FOR THE OPERATIONAL SUCCESS.

GROWTH IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN ROCKWELL COUNTY IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION.

THESE FIVE OPERATING INITIATIVES HELP THE COUNTY POSITION ITSELF FOR THE GROWTH AND ESPECIALLY THE GOVERNMENT OR AS AN ORGANIZATION.

UM, WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES FOR PROGRAMS? BUDGET EXECUTION, UH, REVIEW OF THE CAPACITY AND THE STAFFING OF THE COUNTY, ALIGNING THAT TO THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE OVERALL MANDATE FOR THE COUNTY AS AN ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S REALLY THE FOCUS OF GOAL NUMBER TWO, STRENGTHENING LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL COLLABORATION.

IT'S NEVER A MORE PRESENT AND VALUABLE TIME TO FOCUS ON YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, STATE AGENCIES, UM, BUSINESS PARTNERS, BUSINESS, UH, INTERESTS, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ITSELF AS WELL.

SO THIS IS ALSO A VERY RELEVANT GOAL.

OTHER STRATEGIC PLANS THAT COUNTIES EMBARK ON HAVE A VERY SIMILAR GOAL AS THIS AS WELL.

SO I CONSIDER THIS WELL WITHIN, UH, BEST PRACTICE.

INVESTING IN COUNTYWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER ON SOME GOALS AND INITIATIVES MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER OR MAY HAVE A LARGER LIFT REQUIRED.

THIS IS WHAT PROBABLY ONE OF THEM, THE RESOURCE NEEDED THE, UH, INVESTMENT TO FULLY ACHIEVE IN INVESTING IN COUNTYWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEING DISCUSSED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE DISCUSSED, BUT EMPHASIZING IT WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH WHILE PRESERVING AND PROTECTING LOCAL CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.

ALSO VERY RELEVANT TO TODAY, HOW DO YOU INCORPORATE THE ELEMENTS OF GROWTH AND PULLING THE COUNTY FORWARD, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE YOU DON'T LOSE THE, THE, UH, FEELING AND THE ESSENCE OF

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WHAT IT IS TO BE A PART OF ROCKWELL COUNTY AND ITS VARIOUS CITIES.

UM, THAT'S REALLY THE EMPHASIS OF THIS GOAL.

AND SO I'M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THE INITIATIVES ARE, UH, PRODUCED OR EXECUTED ON, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS A VERY VALUABLE TOPIC THAT WE HEARD COME UP A LOT IN BOTH THE COMMUNITY INPUT, BUT THEN ALSO THE, ALL THE WORKING CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD EXPANDING SUPPORT FOR THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE EMERGENCY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.

UH, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS MADE EARLIER REGARDING THE FENTANYL EPIDEMIC.

I THINK THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH ONE OR MULTIPLE OF THE, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS.

YOU ALSO HAVE CRIME SAFETY, UM, WHAT INVESTMENT IS BEING MADE THERE? FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROACTIVE, UM, EFFORTS IN, IN ALL THOSE REGARDS.

THAT'S THE REAL FOCUS OF STRATEGIC GOAL NUMBER SIX.

AND THAT BRINGS US THROUGH ALL OF THE SIX KEY, UH, FOCUS AREAS, IF YOU WILL, OR GOALS OF ROCKWALL COUNTY 2050.

I HAVE A FEW MORE SECONDS HERE.

I WANT TO DO, UH, GO THROUGH TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE PLAN, THE FUTURE OF ROCKWELL COUNTY.

THIS IS THE FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN OF ITS KIND THAT THE COUNTY HAS EMBARKED ON FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND.

AND WHILE IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, IT'S NOT, UH, UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S, UH, NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

OTHER COUNTIES, OTHER LARGE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT SPACE LIKE YOURS IS, ARE PRODUCING COUNTY STRATEGIC PLANS LIKE THIS.

I WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, ROCKWELL COUNTY WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF IT IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION.

AND IT IS A LARGE LIFT, BUT THERE IS A ROADMAP.

THERE'S BEST PRACTICES AND THERE IS A WAY TO DO THAT THAT, UM, IS NOT UNHEARD OF, UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.

THIS TERM.

THIS STRATEGIC PLAN SPECIFICALLY, WE REGARD AS FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES VERY NICELY.

THE PROCESS THAT WAS EXECUTED HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT.

UH, THERE WAS MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITY AND ITERATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CAPTURING WHAT THE COUNTY WAS LOOKING FOR.

UH, THERE'S A CLEAR DIRECTION THAT IS IDENTIFIED FROM THE PLAN.

THERE'S A LONG-TERM ELEMENT, 25 PLUS YEARS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.

WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TIME HORIZONS, WHICH BREAK DOWN INTO A FIVE, 15 AND 25 YEAR INCREMENTS TO SAY THESE GOALS, IF YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM, THEY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT SHAPE IN EACH OF THOSE TIME PERIODS.

THAT'S UP FOR THE COUNTY TO DECIDE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT THE, THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS THIS PLAN WILL, WILL LAST 25, 25 YEARS, WHICH, UH, WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.

AND THEN JUST PROACTIVE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTABILITY.

THE PLAN WILL GO THROUGH MULTIPLE UPDATES AND REVISIONS AS YOU WORK THROUGH WORK TO ADOPT IT.

BUT THE, UH, THIS IS ALSO WITH WELL IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICE.

IT'S PART OF BECOMING A STRATEGICALLY PLANNED ORGANIZATION.

AND, UM, IT, IT'S PART OF THE FUTURE OF ROCKWELL COUNTY.

SUCCESSFUL PLANS USUALLY ARE CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT UPDATES, TRACKING MEASURABLE CHECKPOINTS, COMMON PITFALLS TO AVOID MAY INCLUDE LACK OF FUNDING, LACK OF CONSIDERATION FOR REGIONAL CONDITIONS, NATIONAL CONDITIONS.

ALL OF THIS IS JUST THE, UM, EXPECTATION OF WHEN YOU PRODUCE A STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO AGAIN, ANY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS ADOPTED A PLAN LIKE THIS WILL HAVE TO, UH, GRAPPLE WITH THESE CONSIDERATIONS.

I HAVE NO WORRY THAT THIS WILL BE, UM, A PROBLEM FOR ROCKWALL COUNTY.

UH, AND THEN LASTLY, JUST INADEQUATE FOLLOW THROUGH OR SUPPORT FROM DEDICATED PLAN OWNERS.

THAT'S A COMMON PITFALL I WANTED TO MENTION SPECIFICALLY, JUST BECAUSE BEING A FIRST OF ITS PLAN, YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME CARE INTO THINKING OF HOW IS HOW ARE THE PLAN OWNERS REALLY ADOPTING AND MAKING, UM, THE PLAN, UH, SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE EXCITED TO HELP PRODUCE AND EXECUTE ON, UH, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID A COMMON PITFALL IN THIS TYPE OF, UH, THIS TYPE OF PLAN.

LASTLY, I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION ITSELF.

SO I JUST MENTIONED A BIT ABOUT OWNING THE PLAN, MOVING IT FORWARD.

WHAT ARE THE OPERATING INITIATIVES, WORKING GROUPS? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE? WHAT ARE THE TIMELINES FOR SOME OF THE TASKS INVOLVED? THAT IS THE KEY NEXT STEP FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

WE PROVIDED AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH HAS SOME GUIDANCE FOR YOU ALL.

AND, UH, THE KEY CHALLENGE WITH IMPLEMENTATION IS MAKING IT FIT WITH WHAT WORKS FOR ROCKWELL COUNTY AND YOUR ORGANIZATION, MAKING IT VERY BESPOKE, UH, THAT WILL TAKE, UH, ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND INTERNAL WORK TO MAKE THE PLAN FULLY IMPLEMENTABLE.

AGAIN, NO WORRIES THERE.

UM, IN THAT ROCKWELL COUNTY HAS THE CAPACITY AND THE, UH, INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT TO DO THAT FOR ROCKWELL COUNTY 2050.

HERE I PROVIDED AN EXAMPLE OF SOME TOOLS THAT DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR PIECES OF THE PLAN CAN UTILIZE WHEN TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE ARE WE IN, UH, THE MOST RECENT ITERATION, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT? UM, A SIMPLE RACI MATRIX, WHICH IS COMMON IN, UM, PLAN EXECUTION OR PROJECT MANAGEMENT,

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RESPONSIBLE, ACCOUNTABLE, UM, SUPPORTED, CONSULTED OR INFORMED.

THESE ARE ALL, UM, JUST VERY COMMON TOOLS FOR HELPING YOU MOVE FORWARD ON PIECES OF A LARGER PLAN.

AND SO WE ANTICIPATE DIFFERENT TOOLS LIKE THIS BEING USED BY WORKING GROUPS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES LIKE THAT AS WELL.

LASTLY, THE COUNTY'S ALREADY INVESTED IN A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD TO ASSIST THE STRATEGIC PLANS ADOPTION, ONGOING TRANSPARENCY, AND THE PUBLIC'S, UH, INPUT AND INTEREST ON WHERE YOU ARE AT ANY POINT IN THE PLAN.

THIS IS ALSO PRETTY FORWARD THINKING.

THIS FALLS VERY NICELY IN LINE WITH KEEPING THE PLAN AT THE FOREFRONT, MAKING SURE ITEMS DON'T FALL OFF JUST BECAUSE OF THE, UH, AMOUNT OF WORK TO GO AND KEEPING TRACK OF THEM DASHBOARD LIKE THIS.

AND SOFTWARE MAKES THAT SO MUCH EASIER.

SO THIS ALSO WILL HELP THE PLAN, UH, IN ITS ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION.

AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THE COUNTY'S ALREADY MOVED FORWARD WITH A, A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE THAT DASHBOARD PUBLIC FACING AND GET THE ROCKWELL COUNTY 2050 UPLOADED INTO IT.

LASTLY, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT THE, UH, KEY NEXT STEPS REALLY ARE TO ADOPT, CREATE AND ESTABLISH THESE FEW ITEMS, ADOPT THE PLAN, WHICH ACROSS THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AFTER A PERIOD OF PUBLIC INPUT, UM, TO, TO HELP INFORM YOU ALL IN YOUR DECISION, CREATING THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL, BUT REALLY DIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL OF WHO IS INTERESTED AND WILLING TO TAKE ON DIFFERENT TASKS IN THE PLAN.

THAT'S REALLY KEY IN THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS.

AND THEN LASTLY, JUST ROUTINE UPDATES.

WE'D RECOMMEND THE A QUARTERLY WORKING GROUP UPDATE OR INVISIO SOFTWARE DASHBOARD UPDATE A YEAR IN REVIEW.

SO ONE FULL YEAR OF ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISHMENTS TOWARDS THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND THEN, UH, WHAT'S ALSO VERY COMMON IS EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS DOING A FULL PLAN UPDATE.

WHICH GOALS WOULD WE LIKE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP GOING FORWARD? WHICH INITIATIVES HAVE WE COMPLETED AND CAN SWAP OUT FOR NEWER, MORE GERMANE ITEMS? UH, THOSE THREE REVIEW SCHEDULE TACTICS, IF YOU WILL, WILL HELP KEEP THE PLAN VERY FRESH AND VERY, UM, RELEVANT IN GUIDING THE COUNTY'S DECISIONS.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF BAKER TILL AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO CONGRATULATE ROCKWELL COUNTY FOR HAVING ENDEAVORED TO CREATE THIS PLAN AND WORK WITH US AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, IT'S BEEN AN EXTREME JOY OF MINE AND, UH, CHALLENGE VERY WELCOME CHALLENGE.

AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, ITS ADOPTION SHOULD YOU ALL CHOOSE.

REALITY IS, IS THAT OUR FUTURE IS, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY THAT, THAT I WAS ABLE TO LEAD THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, COMMISSIONER MACK, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WANNA SAY A FEW MORE THINGS, UH, AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

SURE.

BUT JUST LET ME SAY, YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB AND, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THIS TEAM.

UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I'M JUST GOING TO, UM, INFORM, I, I THINK THE COURT, MOST OF THE COURT KNOWS SOME OF THE, UM, NEXT STEPS.

BUT, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE FOLKS LISTENING AND FOR EACH OF YOU HERE IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE, I WANT TO, UM, THE STRATEGIC GOALS, AS HE MENTIONED, THERE WERE SIX OF THEM.

AND, UM, THE, THE PLAN WILL BE THAT THAT ONE PERSON ON THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE, WE WILL TAKE ONE OF THOSE SIX, UH, SIX GOALS.

AND THEN THE SIXTH GOAL, WHICH WAS TO EXPAND THE SUPPORT FOR OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE EMERGENCY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES THAT WILL BE TAKEN WITH, UM, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OUR DA.

THEY HAVE AGREED TO TAKE THAT ONE.

SO THOSE ARE THE OWNERS.

UM, EACH OF US ON THE COURT HAVE NOT SELECTED.

SOME OF US MAYBE HAVE, BUT HAVE SELECTED ONE OF THE GOALS.

BUT THAT'S HOW THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO WORK FOR EACH OF YOU.

UM, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER THING THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS THE, THE UPDATES AND THE QUARTERLY AND YEARLY AND, UM, REVISIONS, POSSIBLY EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, MY RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO CONTINUE WITH BEST PRACTICES AND FOR THE COURT TO HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH THE, THE, THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT LEADERS WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE TURNED OVER TO OUR COUNTY, OUR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR, OUR, OUR GREAT, UM, STAFF THAT WE HAVE THERE.

THEY WILL ALL BE INVOLVED IN THIS.

SO I'M RECOMMENDING FROM A BEST PRACTICE THAT THE COM COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL HAVE A QUARTERLY WORK SESSION WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT AND EVALUATING AS, AS WOODY HAD JUST TALKED ABOUT IN REGARDS TO THE STATUS OF, OF THINGS.

SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANTED TO SAY, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU GUYS BECAUSE AS A FIFTH GENERATION OF ROCKWALL COUNTY, I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, BUT SOME OF YOU MAY NOT.

BUT, UM, I AM JUST BEEN SO HONORED TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK BACK ON THE FEW, ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE, THE HISTORY OF ROCKWELL COUNTY.

AND WE'VE HEARD, UM, WE HEARD SHELLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER FAMILY, AND MY FAMILY CAME IN THE LATE 1880S.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ON A THANKSGIVING DAY THOUGH.

BUT ANYWAY, UM, THE

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BUT THE FUTURE IS MY, MY SON, MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND EACH OF YOURS SAID, AND THAT ARE HERE AND ALL, AND THE NEW MEMBER AND THE NEW CITIZENS THAT WANNA COME TO ROCKWALL AND, AND ENJOY THIS PIECE OF LIFE WE HAVE.

SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANTED TO SAY, OTHER THAN TO THANK THE COURT FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER A MONTH, A YEAR AND A HALF.

, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, COMMISSIONER M**K, UH, CSC MEMBERS BAKER TILLY, FRIES NICHOLS.

UM, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.

UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTY.

A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO, UH, WENT INTO THIS PLAN, BUT NOW THE REAL WORK REALLY BEGINS THE EXECUTION.

UM, A A PLAN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS A, AS THE EXECUTION.

AND SO NOW, UH, WE WILL BE LEANING ON EVERYBODY HERE.

MARK, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING ANYWHERE , SO I KNOW YOU SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANYMORE, BUT YOU'RE STILL NEEDED.

AND, UM, AND I'M EXCITED TO GET MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.

COMMISSIONER STACY, I JUST KIND OF WANNA ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER ALANA SAID IS, UM, AND THEN, UH, WHAT MARK KIPPET SAID IN HIS THING WHEN HE, WHEN HIM AND I TALKED ON SATURDAY, IS I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A 40 TO 50% MILESTONE.

UM, I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THE LAST FIVE TO 10% OF ANY PROJECT IS THE HARDEST.

UM, SO I, I FEEL LIKE WE WILL GET ANOTHER 20 OR 30%, AND THEN THE RUBBER'S REALLY GONNA HIT THE ROAD.

AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M, I'M ON, I'M ON BOARD TO WORK.

UM, AND, UH, I THINK THAT IN A DYNAMIC GROWTH COUNTY THAT WE HAVE, IF WE DON'T HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'RE LITERALLY THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND.

UM, AND SO COMMISSIONER M**K, I THANK YOU FOR, FOR TAKING THIS ON.

UM, IT ISN'T WITHOUT, UH, BEING ABLE TO TAKE A FEW BLACK EYES FROM THE PUBLIC AND, AND OTHER THINGS.

AND SOMETIMES BEING A LEADER TAKES THAT.

UH, BUT THIS IS WHERE THE REAL FUND BEGINS.

UM, AND THIS IS WHERE, UM, YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET A LOT OF MY OPINIONS , UM, ON HOW WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT FOR 18 MONTHS IS HOW WE DO IT AND NOT, NOT HOW WE DRAFT IT.

SO, UH, I'M EXCITED TO GET TO WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE.

THANKS, COMMISSIONER STACY.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE NEVER BEEN SHY TO SHARE YOUR OPINION, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'LL CHANGE.

UM, UH, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT FOR US AND I WOULD URGE EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY TO TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND, UM, TO HOLD, UH, HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE, FRANKLY, BECAUSE AS EVERYONE HAS SAID, AND AS MARK KIPPET NOTED, UM, THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE A HUGE WASTE OF ENERGY, EFFORT, AND MONEY IF ALL WE DID WAS PUT IT ON A SHELF OR PUT A LINK ONTO A WEBSITE.

SO, UH, WE ARE GONNA WORK AS A COURT TO DO THIS.

UH, AGAIN, THANKS TO COMMISSIONER M**K AND THE HER GANG OF SIX AND THE ENTIRE CSC, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY FUN PROJECT.

I KNOW I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON IT AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT.

SO, YEAH, UH, THANKS SO MUCH.

AND, UH, CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING? ABSOLUTELY.

I, I, I NEGLECTED TO ADD THAT THE, THIS, THIS DRAFT, UM, PLAN WILL BE ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.

ON THE HOMEPAGE IT'LL SAY STRATEGIC PLAN 2050.

UM, IT WILL BE ON THERE TODAY ABOUT NOON.

IS THAT CORRECT? UM, JIM, SO IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT TO OUR IT AND IT WILL BE UPLOADED TO ACTUALLY OUR NEW PUB, OUR NEW, OUR NEW WEBSITE LOOK TOO.

WE HAVE A BRAND NEW, UM, LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO YOU WILL SEE US ON THE, ON THE FRONT PAGE.

SO PLEASE, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK IT OUT.

ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER, IF I MAY JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT AS WELL.

YEAH, SURE.

WOULD FROM OUR, UH, DIRECTOR KAYLA STANFIELD WITH BAKER TILLY, SHE'D ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

DANA, COMMISSIONER M**K FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

UM, AND IT'S BEEN A ENJOYABLE PROCESS AND SHE'S VERY MUCH ENJOYED WORKING WITH EVERYONE THAT'S ON BEHALF OF KAYLA STANFIELD, A DIRECTOR AT BAKER TILLY.

WELL, AND WE'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM, WOODY, AND WITH THE FREEZE NICHOLS FOLKS, THEY PROVIDED SUPPORT.

NOT ONLY THIS, BUT THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT.

SO MANY THINGS IN OUR COUNTY AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND ONE LAST THING I'LL SAY, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM UNLESS ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK.

UH, I WANNA JUST, UH, ECHO SOMETHING THAT MARK TIPPET NOTED IN HIS SHORT PRESENTATION.

AND THAT IS THAT IF THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING I'VE WORKED ON, I THINK THIS HAS BROUGHT A SENSE OF UNITY WITHIN LEADERSHIP IN OUR COUNTY.

UH, WE'VE SEEN IT EVIDENCED IN THAT STRENGTH IN UNITY GROWING, UM, NOT ONLY JUST WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, NOT ONLY JUST WITH COUNTY EMPLOYEES, BUT CITIES AND, UH, EVERYONE HAS

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A REAL ENERGY TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US ALL TO MAINTAIN THAT, UM, BECAUSE, UH, IN UNITY THERE IS GREAT SUCCESS.

SO THANKS SO MUCH.

THREE, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE AND OVERVIEW REGARDING COUNTY RELATED BILLS.

ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? OTHERWISE WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.

THANKS WOODY.

APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ITEM NUMBER

[3. Discussion 89th Legislative Session Update/Overview County-related bills, and all related issues; (Commissioners Court)]

UH, IT SAYS COMMISSIONER'S COURT, BUT I AM GOING TO START BY TURNING TO, UH, COMMISSIONER ALANA, WHO IS KIND OF LEADING CHARGE FOR US.

HE AND, UH, COMMISSIONER STACY.

SO GO AHEAD.

WELL, THE, UH, 89TH SESSION IS, UH, IS UP AND, AND RUNNING AND COMMITTEE, UH, ASSIGNMENTS ARE ALL DONE FINALLY.

AND WE HAVE, UM, THE END OF FILING COMING UP ON THE 14TH, AND IT IS GONNA BE VERY, VERY, VERY BUSY AFTER THAT.

IT'S A, IT'S A RACE TO THE FINISH.

I'M GONNA LET, UM, COMMISSIONER M**K HAS A LIST OF BILLS THAT SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE GENERAL THEME OF WHAT'S, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW.

UM, DOING MY RESEARCH THROUGHOUT THE LAST, UM, LAST MONTH OR SO, THERE ARE NO LESS THAN SEVEN BILLS FILED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR MUDS TO FORM.

THERE'S ABOUT SIX BILLS THAT WOULD ALL BUT ELIMINATE ET JS.

UM, THERE'S SEVERAL BILLS, UM, UH, FILED, UH, UNDER THE GUISE OF BAN TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING THAT WOULD MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GO AND LOBBY ON YOUR BEHALF IN AUSTIN AS A COMMISSIONER'S COURT OR AS MEMBERS OF, UH, A CITY EVEN.

AND SO THESE THINGS ARE, UH, CONCERNING BECAUSE, UM, I THINK ALL OF US HERE KNOW THAT GOVERNMENT IS BEST WHEN IT'S CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE.

AND, AND SO WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT STRONGLY AND WE BELIEVE IN, IN LOCAL CONTROL AND REASONABLE LOCAL CONTROL.

BUT IF WE'RE, IF, IF SOME OF THESE BILLS ARE ALLOWED TO, UH, TO PROCEED AND BE ADOPTED, IT WOULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE THE WAY THAT YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, CAN OPERATE AND YOU WOULDN'T BE AS WELL REPRESENTED.

SO WE ALWAYS HEAR AUSTIN COMPLAIN ABOUT, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVING OVERREACH AND, AND TAKING, UH, TOO MUCH POWER.

WELL, THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING RIGHT NOW, UH, TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

AND IT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME BAD ACTORS OUT THERE.

I MEAN, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S PLACES THAT OVERREACH JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU DEAL WITH.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UM, EVERYBODY SHOULD, UM, LOSE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO GOVERN, UH, OR OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS AS THEY SEE FIT.

WE HAVE 254 COUNTIES IN OUR STATE AND THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT.

AND THAT'S GREAT.

THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.

UH, WE DON'T NEED A HOMOGENOUS LIST OF RULES EVERYWHERE.

SO THAT'S REALLY TO BENEFIT DEVELOPERS.

AND I THINK YOU KIND OF CAN SEE THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW.

WHAT CAN YOU DO? REACH OUT TO, UH, SENATOR HALL, REPRESENTATIVE PEARSON AND ANY OTHERS? SENATOR BETTENCOURT, SENATOR HUGHES.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, HUGHES AND BETTENCOURT ARE REALLY LEADING THE CHARGE, UH, FOR A LOT OF THIS, UH, CHANGE IN AUSTIN.

AND SO THE MORE PEOPLE THEY HEAR FROM AND THE MORE PRESSURE WE CAN PUT ON THEM, UH, THE BETTER.

UM, THEY DO LISTEN.

UM, YOU KNOW, SENATOR HALL HAS RECENTLY COME OUT A NEW BILL THAT WAS FILED ON THE SIXTH THAT ACTUALLY GIVES THE COUNTIES A LITTLE MORE, UH, SAY IN MUD DISTRICT FORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE SAFETY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A BILL THAT, UH, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT LAST YEAR THAT SENATOR HALL WOULD'VE FILED, BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR INFLUENCE AND THE PHONE CALLS MADE FROM OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT'S CHANGED.

AND SO THERE IS POWER IN THAT.

SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GET INVOLVED.

THANKS A LOT, COMMISSIONER ALANA.

THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORT.

UH, COMMISSIONER M**K, RIGHT, I, I'M GONNA JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF BILLS.

'CAUSE I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER ALANA, HE HAS, I THINK THE, THE MUDS AND THE CONTROLS THAT THAT'S PROBABLY COULD HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT FOR COUNTIES.

AND I, I CONCUR WITH WHAT HE, WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

UM, THERE WERE NEARLY 6,000 BILLS THAT HAD BEEN FILED AS OF LAST FRIDAY.

I DIDN'T FOLLOW UP YESTERDAY TO TO ADD THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ABOUT 6,000 AND AS HE SAID, THIS FRIDAY IS THE END OF THE PERIOD FOR FILING BILLS, AND THEY ARE PREDICTING TO HAVE ABOUT 10,000.

SO WE GOT ABOUT 4,000 MORE TO, TO HAPPEN IN THE, IN THE NEXT FOUR DAYS.

SO GET READY.

UM, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL BILLS BOTH ON THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE SIDE, AND I COULD GIVE YOU BILL NUMBERS IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, UM, WANTING TO AFFECT SOME CHANGES IN ELECTIONS AND, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT AFFECTS THE WHOLE EVERYONE.

UM, AND IT, IT COULD HAVE IMPACT BOTH POSITIVELY, UH, BUT MOSTLY NEGATIVELY FROM COST STANDPOINTS WITH COUNTIES, UM, AND, UM, MUNICIPALITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS ELECTIONS.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO, UM, THEY'RE WANTING TO HAVE

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THE CON THE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO IMPART SOME CONTROL ON, UM, POLLING PLACES, UM, THE, THE HOURS, THE TIMES AND, AND, UM, AND, AND REALLY WHERE IT MAY NOT BE AS CONVENIENT FOR SOME, FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS TO DRIVE TO CERTAIN POLLING LOCATIONS.

SO I THINK THOSE, THOSE, THERE'S SEVERAL, THERE'S SEVERAL BILLS OUT THERE THAT ARE ADDRESSING THAT.

SO, UM, UM, OBVIOUSLY AS HE JUST SAID, THERE IS A NUMBER OF BILLS THAT BETTENCOURT, UM, SENATE, UM, UM, SENATOR BETTENCOURT IS PUTTING TOGETHER IN REGARDS TO MUDS.

SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? UM, BOBBY OR I WOULD BE HAPPY TO, OR ANY OF US ON HERE, WE'RE ALL WATCHING THEM AND FOLLOWING 'EM VERY CLOSELY.

UM, I THINK THAT PROBABLY, UM, THERE, THERE IS, AND I SEE TERRY BACK THERE AND HE MAY BE WANTING TO COME UP AND TALK BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL.

I YOU MAY NOT BE TERRY, YOU'RE STANDING UP 'CAUSE YOU'RE TIRED OF SITTING.

I DON'T KNOW.

UM, SHERIFF, I'M SORRY.

UM, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, BILLS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS WELL THAT COULD HAVE IMPACT TO OUR, OUR, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OUR, AND OUR, OUR, OUR COURT SYSTEMS AND OUR JUDICIALS, ESPECIALLY FOR HOW THINGS, HOW, HOW THINGS WILL BE PROCESSED, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IT COULD BE FROM THE IMPACT FINANCIALLY OF WHAT IT COULD DO TO COUNTIES AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE HAVING TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL ROLES AND EXPENSES TO, TO HANDLE SOME OF THESE, THESE BILLS.

SO THAT'S, AND I, I'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THOSE.

I THINK I'M GOING TO, THOSE ARE THE, THE MAIN ONES.

I KNOW THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER STACY HAS SOME THAT HE'S FOLLOWING VERY DILIGENTLY AS WELL.

UH, YEAH.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO, TO THE COURT IS THAT THERE IS A BILL, UH, 38 92, UH, FILED BY, UH, BELL IN THE HOUSE.

OBVIOUSLY, IT NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT THAT HE CHAIRS THE COMMITTEE THAT EVERY SINGLE COUNTY BILL IS GOING TO IN THE HOUSE.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD URGE YOU TO, TO REALLY LOOK INTO THAT.

THAT COMMITTEE, UM, HAS BELL, WHICH IS FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST BELIEVER IN MUDS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

UM, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE, BUT TWO FOLKS THAT COME FROM SMALLER COUNTIES.

THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE IS DALLAS HARRIS BEAR.

UM, WHEN THEY, WHEN WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS LEGS, I URGE THIS BODY TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GO TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE AND TRY TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS FOR THIS COUNTY.

UM, I THINK THAT THERE, THERE ISN'T A PERSON ON THAT COMMITTEE THAT WOULD UNDERSTAND ROCKWALL COUNTY IF WE DON'T EXPLAIN ROCKWALL COUNTY.

AND THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, UM, AS A COURT TO TALK, TALK TO THAT.

THIS IS THE FIRST SESSION AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A VERY VETERAN, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT, BUT I MANIFESTED HIM TODAY.

STANLEY IS HERE, UM, ONE PERSON THAT IF YOU'RE IN THE CAPITOL, HE IS ALWAYS IN THE CAPITOL.

UM, AND, UM, THIS IS, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE USED A LOT OF SUBCOMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE TO GO TO OTHER COMMITTEES TO GO BACK TO THE CHAMBER AT LARGE.

SO THIS IS A WHOLE NEW WAY THAT THE, THAT THE TEXAS HOUSE IS DOING BUSINESS, AND I THINK IT'S NEW TO MOST OF US.

UM, SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE, IN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, WHICH IS A BRAND NEW SUBCOMMITTEE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT.

BUT I WANTED TO JUST MENTION, I'M, I'M GONNA BE IN AUSTIN ON TUESDAY BECAUSE CHAIRMAN KRAIG LAST WEEK FLIPPED TRANSPORTATION ON ITS HEAD.

AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT I COULD ARTICULATE IT IN, IN 30 OR 40 SECONDS OF, OF WHAT HE DID.

BUT HE BASICALLY SAID, NUMBER ONE, HE'S ENDING ALL THE MONEY GOING TO HOUSTON AND DALLAS.

HE SAID THAT, WHICH IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE.

NOW, HE'S A PERMIAN BASIN GUY, AND I'M FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN.

SO HE'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, UM, AS FAR AS WEST TEXAS, AND THAT IS GOD'S COUNTRY.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY NEED ALL THE ROAD MONEY.

I DON'T NEED THAT.

THEY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY NEED ALL THE PAVEMENT.

WE'LL, STRIKE THAT FROM THE RECORD .

UM, AND, UM, AND THEN HE ASKED THE MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO GO BACK TO THEIR DISTRICT, PUT THEIR PROJECTS ON A REVENUE BILL, WHICH I'M ASSUMING WILL BE FILED THIS WEEK.

I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS BEEN FILED.

IF THAT SUCKER HITS THE HOUSE, IT'S GONNA GROW TO LIKE A TWO TO $3 BILLION BILL.

AND IS IT, HOW IS THAT GONNA FUND TDOT AND WHAT IS THE SENTENCE RESPONSE TO THE HOUSE SPENDING ALL OF THIS MONEY FROM THEIR MEMBERS? UM, SO

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I'M GOING TO AUSTIN A MEETING WITH, UH, CHAIRMAN ICK WITH CHAIRMAN NICHOLS.

UM, OF COURSE WITH OUR REPS.

I'M NOT HERE TO TELL THEM HOW TO DO BUSINESS, BUT IF THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE THE WAY THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS, WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY WE'RE DOING BUSINESS.

SO, UM, I HAVE HAD, UH, PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, KATRINA PEARSON.

HER STAFF IS ALL OVER WHAT IS HAPPENING.

UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE.

THEY COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, AND, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS MEANS AND WHAT THIS IS DOING AND GETTING AHEAD OF IT, WHICH IS WHY I'M GOING TO AUSTIN TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF IT, TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS IS COMING TOGETHER AND, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT DOING, BECAUSE THIS IS, UM, I HATE TO USE THE WORD, UH, BUT THIS IS CRAZY.

I MEAN, THE, THE HOUSE IS TRYING TO COMPLETELY CHANGE HOW EVERYTHING WAS DONE, CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME.

AGAIN, I'M NOT HERE TO CRITIQUE AND SAY IT'S GOOD OR BAD OR INDIFFERENT.

I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THAT IF THE GAME HAS CHANGED, I WANT MY ROAD MONEY, SO I'M GONNA GO BEG FOR IT.

SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

I'M GONNA GO DOWN TO AUSTIN AND BEG FOR MONEY, UM, FROM THE STATE.

SO, UH, ANYWAYS, I'M GONNA HAVE OBVIOUSLY MORE ON THE 25TH ON, ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.

BUT, UM, I'M VERY, VERY FASCINATED ON WHAT CHAIRMAN CRADDOCK IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT LET A REVENUE BILL ON ROADS HIT THE HOUSE FLOOR WITHOUT 176 AMENDMENTS TO THAT BILL .

SO, UM, SO ANYWAYS, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO REPORT.

SO, UH, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO FIGURING THAT OUT, AND I'M TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE DRMC PEOPLE, UM, WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS GAME A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE FIGURING OUT.

UM, ALSO YESTERDAY, THE CHAIR, THE, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION LIT THE TEXT DIRECTOR UP, UM, AND SAID, WE HAVE A LOT MORE PROBLEMS IN TEXAS THAN THE LACK OF PAVEMENT.

UM, SO NOW TDOT IS UNDER FIRE.

THIS IS GONNA BE, THIS IS GONNA BE POLITICAL THEATER WORTH WATCHING IF Y'ALL CARE.

UM, I DO.

SO, UM, BUT, UH, TOMMY CRADOCK HAS BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR 30 YEARS.

STANLEY'S LOOKING DOWN.

I KNOW HE, YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, BUT, UM, A LONG TIME.

AND HE IS NEVER BEEN NECESSARILY A ROAD GUY.

SO HE IS HERE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM IN, IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY AND GETTING WHAT WE CAN GET DONE EITHER WAY.

AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO CRITIQUE THE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE CHANGING IT ALL.

UM, THANKS COMMISSIONER STACY, UH, COMMISSIONER ALANA AND COMMISSIONER .

AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, REALLY GOOD ADVICE THERE.

UH, COMMISSIONER STACY, IF THE RULES ARE CHANGING, WE JUST GOTTA LEARN TO PLAY BY 'EM AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.

AND I'LL JUST SAY TO EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC, UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHO IS WORKING SO HARD TO IMPACT WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN.

SO THANKS EACH AND ONE, EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

AND ALSO THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT MAYORS GOING DOWN THERE AND TALKING TO PEOPLE, CITY COUNCILMEN, GOING DOWN THERE AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AGAIN, THIS IDEA OF ONE VOICE AND, AND UNITY WITHIN OUR COUNTY IS, IS REALLY BEING SHOWN, UH, DURING THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO THANKS TO EVERYONE.

UH, I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE OF MORE COUPLE, SORRY, COUPLE MORE THINGS.

GO AHEAD.

UM, SO WHERE DO YOU GET THE INFORMATION TO KNOW, UH, HOW TO CALL AND, UM, WHAT BILLS WE'RE FOLLOWING? UM, I'M SURE EVERY COMMISSIONER IS PROBABLY GONNA PUT SOMETHING ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.

I WILL BE DOING THAT ON MINE.

IT'S JUST BOBBY GOANA, COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ONE ON FACEBOOK.

YOU CAN GO THERE AND I'LL BE POSTING VIDEOS AND WHAT TO DO WITH EACH SPECIFIC BILL THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING.

YOU'LL FORM YOUR OWN OPINION, BUT I'LL TRY TO EDUCATE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FIND THE INFORMATION THAT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT AND TIME CONSUMING.

SO WE'LL PUT IT OUT THERE FOR YOU.

UM, AND WE'VE HAD ALREADY ONE VICTORY, SO, UH, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF BAD NEWS ON THIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THAT WE, UH, JUST GAVE.

BUT SB 15 AND WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT WAS A BILL THAT REALLY THREATENED LOCAL CONTROL COMING OUTTA THE SENATE.

IT WAS ONE OF DAN PATRICK'S, UH, PRIORITY BILLS, AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE AN AMENDMENT ON IT THAT BRACKETS OUT COUNTIES THE SIZE OF ROCKWALL COUNTY.

SO AT FIRST IT WAS EVERY COUNTY WAS GONNA BE IMPACTED.

NOW IT'S ONLY COUNTIES OVER A 300,000 POPULATION THRESHOLD, WHICH SHOULD EXEMPT US FOREVER, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF VICTORIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

WE CAN'T ALWAYS GET A BILL KILLED, BUT WE CAN GET BILLS AMENDED.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT TOO ON OUR UPDATES.

THANKS COMMISSIONER.

AND, UH, I'LL PROBABLY JUST SEND EVERYBODY ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA TO YOUR PROBABLY WILL TOO.

UM, THANKS SO MUCH.

GOING, WHERE IS HE? AND THEN YOU WERE BACK OVER HERE, SO NEVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN, SIR.

[4. Discuss/ Act on updates and progress related to the American Rescue Plan monies and the planned County Annex project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)]

ITEM FOUR.

UM, DISCUSS AND ACT ON UPDATES AND PROGRESS RELATED TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONIES AND PLANNED COUNTY ANNEX PROJECT.

COMMISSIONER STACY.

YEAH, WHILE, UH, NICO'S WALKING UP HERE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED NOT TO SIT NEXT TO SAL BECAUSE IT TOOK ME 15 MINUTES TO FIND YOU IN THE AUDIENCE TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE HERE.

AND I KEPT

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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS NICO PARKS, PROJECT MANAGER FOR BROADUS AND ASSOCIATES, SERVING AS THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE ON, UM, THE ROCKWALL COUNTY ANNEX PROJECT, AND I'LL BE GIVING A BRIEF CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

UM, STARTING OFF WITH SAFETY, THERE HAVE BEEN NO INJURIES OR INCIDENTS ON SITE.

UM, SOME NOTABLE THINGS SAFETY WISE THERE.

THERE'S SCAFFOLDING THAT IS ERECTED ON SITE AND BEING USED DAILY.

UM, THAT SCAFFOLDING IS, UM, UNDER CONSTANT INSPECTION.

UM, THE GREEN TAGS ARE ASSIGNED DAILY BY THE SUPERINTENDENT ON SITE AND THE COMPETENT, UM, PERSONNEL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UM, IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY REGULATIONS.

UM, THERE IS CONTINUED, UH, HEAVY MACHINERY ON SITE.

UH, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE, UH, WHEN THOSE MACHINES ARE OPERATING, THAT THEY HAVE THE PROPER, UM, TRAFFIC, UM, SIGNALERS AND, UM, PEOPLE BLOWING WHISTLES AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, NOBODY'S IN THE WAY AND NOBODY'S GETTING HURT BY BY THOSE VEHICLES.

UM, AND THEN ALSO A NOTABLE THING COMING UP IS, UH, CRANE DAY.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO SET CRANE ON THURSDAY, UH, TO START SETTING THE RTUS.

UM, SO WITH THAT, THEY HAVE A PRE PRE LIFT CRANE SUBMITTAL THAT, UH, NEEDS TO BE APPROVED AND THAT IS CURRENTLY PENDING.

UH, AND THEN ALSO THEY'LL BE DOING A PRE CRANE CHECKLIST EVERY MORNING, UH, BEFORE THEY OPERATE THE CRANE.

SO, UH, SAFETY IS, IS BEING PRIORITIZED AS USUAL.

UM, MOVING FORWARD TO THE BUDGET, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY PERFORMING UNDER BUDGET.

UM, THERE ARE A FEW PCOS I THINK WE'LL GO OVER AFTER THIS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING GOOD IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET.

SAME GOES, UH, FOR THE SCHEDULE.

WE ARE PERFORMING ON SCHEDULE, UM, WITH NO DELAYS.

UH, FROM THE LAST UPDATE TO REPORT ON, UM, OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, UM, THE LOW PRESSURE DUCTING HAS CONTINUED.

UM, THE ADHERED STONE HAS STARTED ON THE EXTERIOR.

UH, EFIS IS LARGELY COMPLETE NOW AT THE CLEAR STORY.

UM, ONE OF THE LARGE ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPENED WAS, UH, THE FORMING REINFORCEMENT AND POURING OF THE FIRE LANES.

UH, NOT ALL OF THE FIRE LANES HAVE BEEN POURED, UH, THAT HAS BEEN PHASED OUT.

UM, AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME COORDINATION THINGS BEFORE THEY GET THE LAST, UH, PORTION OF THAT, UH, PHASING SET.

UM, THE ENCORE POLE POWER POLE FOR PERMANENT POWER TO THE BUILDING HAS BEEN SET.

THAT WAS AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A WHILE, SO WE WERE GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO SITE.

UM, THE WALLS ARE GETTING DOUBLE-SIDED SHEET ROCK.

THEY PASSED, UH, ELECTRICAL INSPECTION LAST WEEK, SO THAT WAS GOOD.

UM, OVERHEAD DOMESTIC WATER, UH, IS GETTING INSTALLED, UM, AS WELL AS THE FIRE SPRINKLER PIPE.

UM, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WERE PERFORMED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND STILL ONGOING.

UM, THE MOST NOTABLE ACTIVITIES COMING UP, OBVIOUSLY IS SETTING THE RTUS WITH THE CRANE.

UH, WE'LL BE FINISHING UP THE CONCRETE FLAT WORK, UH, WHICH INCLUDES THE, UH, THE CROSSINGS NEAR THE ENTRANCE, UM, WITH THE COLOR MATCH CONCRETE.

UM, THEY WILL START INSTALLATION OF STOREFRONTS, WHICH IS A FUN, A FUN ACTIVITY OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT REALLY CHANGES THE LOOK OF THE BUILDING.

UM, THEY'LL ALSO START WINDOW FLASHINGS.

UM, AND THEY ARE DOING SOME, UM, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING PENETRATIONS THROUGH THE ROOF, UH, THIS WEEK FOR SOME OF THE SANITARY, UH, SANITARY LINES, AND THEN ALSO ELECTRICAL.

UM, IN TERMS OF PROCUREMENT, THERE'S NOT, NOT TOO MUCH, UH, TO REPORT ON OTHER THAN WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, DILIGENTLY TO FINALIZE THE FURNITURE PACKAGE SO THAT WE CAN RELEASE THOSE ORDERS.

UM, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THOSE ORDERS PLACED THIS WEEK IN

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ORDER TO PROCURE IN TIME, UM, WITH OUR SCHEDULE.

UM, QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY ASSURANCE WISE, AS I MENTIONED, THE IN-WALL ELECTRICAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETE.

UH, WE, WE ARE GOING TO START KICKING OFF THE, UH, SYSTEMS COMMISSIONING, UH, FOR THE MEP.

UM, I BELIEVE THE FIRST MEETING IS ON THE 14TH.

SO, UM, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS OF WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW.

UH, THE FIRST PHOTO IS JUST, UH, FIRE SPRINKLER RISER, FIRE RISER, UH, YOU CAN SEE DOUBLE-SIDED SHEET ROCK.

THEY STARTED CLOSING THE WALLS.

UH, THAT'S A PORTION OF THE, THE PARKING LOT AND FIRE LANE THAT WAS POURED OUT.

THERE'S THE ENCORE POLE BEING SET, SOME OF THE ADHERED STONE BEING INSTALLED.

UH, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY COMING ALONG AND LOOKING GOOD ON SITE.

ANY QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION? THANKS SO MUCH.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICO? UM, I JUST HAVE, I, I HAVE TWO REAL QUICK.

I I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE PERFORMING UNDER BUDGET.

DO YOU, ARE YOU KEEPING IT AS A PERCENT RIGHT NOW? ARE WE LIKE 10%, 20%? DO WE KNOW KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, UH, IN TERMS OF EARNED VALUE ON THE PROJECT? MM, WELL, WE, UH, TO THE, TO SUPPORT THE STATEMENT WE'RE CURRENTLY PERFORMING UNDER BUDGET.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE AT ABOUT 78% EARNED VALUE MM-HMM .

WITH, UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN VALUE, UH, WHAT THE SCHEDULE SHOWS, WE SHOULD BE AT AROUND 77%.

SO JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER BUDGET.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, UM, IN REGARDS TO YOUR, THE PROCUREMENT WITH THE FURNITURE AND THE IT ORDERS, AND I CAN, CAN LOOK AT EITHER YOU OR COMMISSIONER STACY, WHAT IS STILL THE ANTICIPATED MOVE IN DATE.

WE, WE DON'T HAVE A PARTICIPATED ANTICIPATED MOVE IN DATE JUST YET, AND I'M NOT GONNA ALLOW NICO TO SAY IT ON THE RECORD .

UM, SO I AM CUTTING THAT OFF.

UH, I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL HAVE MUCH FIRMER UPDATES WHEN WE ARE INSIDE THE BUILDING AND MOVING.

THAT'S FAIR.

SO, UM, JUST TO ADD TO KIND OF THE FURNITURE, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO PLACE FURNITURE THIS WEEK AND I WE'RE EXPECTING LEAD TIMES OF ABOUT EIGHT TO EIGHT TO 12 WEEKS FOR THE FURNITURE TO COME IN.

SO, SO EIGHT TO 12 WEEKS PLACE THE ORDER THIS WEEK, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA STAY THAT ANTICIPATED MOVING .

FIVE, WHICH IS DISCUSS AND ACT ON UPDATES AND PROGRESS RELATED TO COURTHOUSE COURTROOM ADDITIONS ON THE THIRD FLOOR PROJECT.

THANKS A LOT, NICO.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO? MATH ? I CAN DO MATH.

[5. Discuss/ Act on updates and progress related to the Courthouse Courtroom additions 3rd floor project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Ga Ilana)]

COMMISSIONER ALANA AND SAL'S ON THE WAY UP.

UH, GOOD MORNING COURT.

SALVADOR SANCHEZ, UH, PROJECT ARCHITECT WITH PARK HILL SERVING AS, UM, OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COURTROOM FILL, UH, FINISHED PRODUCT PROJECT.

UM, WE HAD A WALK WITH, UH, BARRY AND THE ARCHITECT LAST WEEK ON SITE.

UH, WE PROBABLY, IN MY ESTIMATION, ARE, UH, 60 TO 70% OF THE WAY THROUGH, UH, STUDYING, UH, THE BUILDING.

UM, THERE IS CURRENTLY JI AND INSULATION ON SITE.

SOME OF OUR MECHANICAL, UH, UNITS HAVE ALSO BEEN PLACED ON SITE, UM, ROUGHLY 50% OF THE WAY THROUGH ANY DEMOLITION IN THE BUILDING AS WELL.

SO, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE BASED ON, UH, THE CHANGE ORDER THAT WAS APPROVED LAST WEEK, IF THAT DOES GET APPROVED.

SO THE CONTRACTOR IS HOLDING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN THERE FOR THAT.

UM, AS, AS FAR AS MONEY GOES, THE FIRST PAY APP WAS ALSO SUBMITTED TO, UH, MYSELF AND THE ARCHITECT LAST WEEK, AND THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW.

AND WE'LL GET THAT OVER TO LISA AND HER TEAM AS SOON AS WE HAVE A APPROVED PAY APP.

AND THAT'LL BE THE FIRST ONE FOR THIS PROJECT.

THAT, THAT'S ALL.

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

YOU GOT OFF EASY, .

GO TO ITEM SIX, DISCUSS AND ACT ON THE SHERIFF'S REMODEL PROJECT AND ALL RELATED ISSUES.

LET'S

[6. Discuss/ Act on the Sheriffs remodel project, and all related issues; {Commissioner Stacy)]

COMMISSIONER STACY.

YEAH, THIS ALSO GETS KICKED BACK TO NICO.

UM, MAYBE FELICIA, WE SHOULD PUT THESE TOGETHER SO THAT NICO DOESN'T HAVE TO LEAVE AND COME BACK.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET OUR HOUSE IN ORDER ONE DAY.

UM, , I DON'T MIND WALKING, GETTING THE STEPS IN .

UM, THE UPDATE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHOULD BE, IT'S FAIRLY SHORT.

I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE COORDINATION PHASE, UH, PREPARING FOR THE FINAL SET OF DRAWINGS.

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UM, WE HAD A GOOD PAGE TURN MEETING FOR THE 95% SET WHERE WE GOT SOME GOOD DETAILS ON SOME OF THE MEP COORDINATION AND, AND WE'RE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS INTO, UH, WHAT WILL BE, UM, THE A HUNDRED PERCENT DRAWING SET AND THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS CURRENTLY, UM, PRICING THE 95% FOR BUDGETING.

UM, AND SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST CRANKING AWAY MAKING SURE WE'RE, UH, DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE DESIGN BEFORE, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR CONSTRUCTION, WHICH, UH, WE'RE THINKING MAY IS THE TARGET RIGHT NOW.

UM, UH, THAT WILL GIVE US AMPLE TIME TO DO ANOTHER PAGE TURN ONCE, UH, WE GET CLOSER TO THE A HUNDRED PERCENT SET AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, SO.

UM, AND COMMISSIONER STACY, WE TALKED AT ONE TIME ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING A WORKSHOP ON THIS, RIGHT? WHEN, WHEN, AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, I'M SORRY.

WE ARE GONNA DO A WORKSHOP BETWEEN WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT AND SOMETHING TO VOTE ON.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

SO ONCE WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW THE COURT WITH ACTUAL NUMBERS AND NOT JUST IDEAS AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING, THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST, I WANT TO TRY TO BRING SCI NICO AND DO A WORKSHOP SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PROJECT BEFORE WE BRING IT TO COURT TO VOTE TO START THE CONSTRUCTION.

'CAUSE I, I, I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY, I KNOW THAT'D BE REAL HELPFUL.

AND THEN YEAH, I, I, I, I AGREE.

'CAUSE I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU AND BOBBY WERE NOT HERE THROUGH THE WHOLE GENESIS OF THIS, AND THEN ALL IT'S BEEN HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT AN IDEA THAT MIGHT HAPPEN AND RIGHT.

WE HAVEN'T STOPPED DOWN, SO NO, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT'S A, THAT IT'S DUE.

TO ITEM SEVEN, UH, WHICH IS DISCUSSION ACT ON A PROPOSED CHANGE ORDER 29 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH HILL AND WILKINSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE ROCKWELL COUNTY ANNEX PROJECT AND RELATED ISSUES.

UH, COMMISSIONER M**K, COMMISSIONER GLAN, ANYTHING ON THIS? I, ALRIGHT, WELL, LET'S KEEP MOVING THEN.

THANKS SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY THERE.

WE'RE GOING

[7. Discuss/Act on Proposed Change Orders No. 29 to the agreement with Hill & Wilkinson Construction Group for the Rockwall County Annex project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)]

AND IT SAYS, COMMISSIONER STACY, BUT MY GUESS IS YOU MIGHT WANNA UPDATE WELL, YEAH, I'M, I'M GONNA START, UM, A REAL QUICK SUMMARY.

UM, THIS, THIS IS A CHANGE ORDER THAT IS COMING OUT OF THE CONTRACTOR'S CONTINGENCY, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE I'M CORRECT.

AND IT'S FOR ACOUSTIC DRYWALL.

UM, THE, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DETAILS THAT JUST IN THE SCOPE OF THINGS JUST DIDN'T GET FLUSHED OUT WELL ENOUGH UNTIL THE CONTRACTOR WAS PRETTY MUCH READY TO START WORK AND SAYS, WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? WE REALLY NEED TO PUT ACOUSTIC DRYWALL WHERE THIS ACOUSTIC DRYWALL IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN THIS BUILDING.

UM, BUT KIND OF WITH THAT, I'LL LET NICO KIND OF GO OVER WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IF YOU COULD SHOW THE LITTLE SCOPE DRAWING THAT YOU HAVE OF YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

OF WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IT.

BUT, UM, BASICALLY IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S GONNA BE $28,000 OF, UH, CONTINGENCY BECAUSE IT IS A MORE EXPENSIVE PRODUCT, BUT IT'S A VERY NECESSARY THING AND THE, UH, SUBCONTRACTOR HAS BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION ON THIS FOR SOME TIME.

UM, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT NOW THAT WE'RE READY, WE FINALLY GO, OH, HERE, HERE WE ARE.

YEAH, IT'S, I THINK IT'S LIKE PAGE THREE OF THIS DOCUMENT.

UM, SINCE YOU, SINCE YOU MENTIONED CONTINGENCY, YOU CAN, AN, YOU CAN CLEAR UP ONE THING FOR ME.

I THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO CONTINGENCIES ON THIS PROJECT, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE'S, THERE'S AN OWNER'S CONTINGENCY AND THEN A CONTRACTOR'S CONTINGENCY.

AND HOW DO WE ALLOCATE BETWEEN THEM AND WHAT DO WE DECIDE? YOU, THIS ONE I KNOW IS COMING FROM THE CONTRACTOR'S CONTINGENCY.

HOW DO WE DECIDE TO TAKE OUTTA ONE VERSUS THE OTHER? THAT IS WHY WE HIRED BROADEST TO DO THAT NEGOTIATION FOR US WHEN THESE THAT'S CORRECT.

THINGS OCCUR .

UM, THIS IS KIND, I'M GONNA BE HONEST, THIS IS KIND OF A, A MISS ON THE CONTRACTOR'S SIDE.

SO THE CONTRACTOR'S CONTINGENCY IS LARGELY FOR CONSTRUCTION CHANGES AND THEN THE OWNER'S CONTINGENCY IS FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT, UH, PER THE OWNER'S REQUEST.

SO FOR CONSTRUCTION CHANGES WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE, AS, UH, COMMISSIONER STACY MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE PROJECT, YOU FINE TUNE THINGS YEAH.

THAT MAYBE WEREN'T DRAWN ON THE ORIGINAL PLANS AND ARE NOW, IS THAT IT? YEAH.

SO A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE EXCAVATING FOR PIERS, UM, WE MIGHT ENCOUNTER, THE CONTRACTOR MIGHT ENCOUNTER SOME ROCK UNDER THE SURFACE THAT THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT WAS THERE.

AND THAT WILL REQUIRE MORE INTENSIVE EXCAVATION, MORE HEAVY MACHINERY, OBVIOUSLY MORE LABOR, RIGHT? MORE COSTS.

AND SO THEREFORE THAT WOULD WARRANT A CHANGE ORDER AND THAT WOULD COME OUTTA THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY.

AND SO, AND THIS IS THAT TYPE OF CHANGE? UM, YES, KIND OF THIS IS,

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WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR SCOPING, UH, FOR THE CONTRACTOR BUYOUT PROCESS, UM, THE SUBCONTRACTOR BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION.

IT GOT, IT GOT MISSED WITH THE 32 DIVISIONS OF CONTRACTS THAT THEY'RE WRITING AND THE, ALL THE SCOPING CLARIFICATIONS FOR EACH TRADE.

UH, THEY JUST, THIS WAS ONE THAT KIND OF SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.

IT TO THEIR, TO THEIR DEFENSE.

UM, IT WAS SHOWN ONE WAY, UH, WHICH WAS JUST TO HAVE THE 70% CORRIDORS FOR THE A CT TWO MATERIAL.

AND THEN DURING THE DESIGN IT GOT CHANGED TO EXPAND.

UM, AND THEY HAD IT, THEY TRIED TO CLARIFY IT, IT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.

HELEN WILKINSON DIDN'T INCORPORATE IT INTO THEIR BUYOUT CONTRACT, AND THEN NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK AND, OKAY.

SO, AND I, I, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T EVEN DONE YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A LONG ONE.

BUT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE MM-HMM .

UM, YOU SAY, WELL, THIS WAS KIND OF A CONTRACT OR MISS, I GET IT.

UM, BUT IS THIS MONEY THAT IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $28,000 HERE MM-HMM .

AND IT'S COMING OUT OF THE CONTRACTOR CONTINGENCY, BUT WE'RE STILL SPENDING IT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S STILL MONEY WE'RE SPENDING, RIGHT? OKAY.

SO IS THIS $28,000 THAT WE WOULD'VE SPENT, HAD THEY NOTICED IT AT THE FRONT END, IT WOULD'VE BEEN MONEY WE WOULD'VE SPENT ANYWAY.

OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THERE WAS A MISTAKE AND GEE, WE GOTTA SCRAP A PART A AND MOVE TO PART B AND NOW IT'S ADDITIONAL MONEY WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO SPEND IF THEY WOULD'VE DONE IT RIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE, YEAH.

WE WOULD'VE HAD TO SPEND THAT MONEY REGARDLESS ON, REGARDLESS ON THE FRONT END.

BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE SUBCONTRACTOR DOESN'T SHOW THIS MATERIAL IN THESE AREAS AND IT'S NEEDED.

SO, UM, THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE, THE PROPER, THE PROPER SCOPE AND THE PROPER MATERIALS IN PLACE.

AND I, I, AGAIN, DON'T MEAN TO, I'M NOT TRYING TO POINT FINGERS, I KNOW HOW COMPLEX THESE PROJECTS ARE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO SPEND.

AND WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU IS, HAD THIS BEEN CAUGHT, NOT MISSED, WHATEVER, HOWEVER YOU DESCRIBE IT AT THE FRONT END, WE WOULD STILL BE SPENDING THIS MONEY.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

I'M SORRY, I DID, DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOUR PRESENTATION.

OH, NO.

YEAH, IT'S, UH, NOT MUCH OF A PRESENTATION.

IT'S JUST KIND OF SOME SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, UM, WHICH, IF YOU CAN SEE THIS DIAGRAM OR DRAWING UP HERE, THE BLUE AREAS ARE WHAT WAS ADDED TO SCOPE AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE, THE SUBCONTRACTOR'S BID AND THE RED IS WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR PRICE.

SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLED, UM, WHICH EXPLAINS THE COST BEING ADDED ON.

UM, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY WARRANTED IN THESE AREAS.

THE, LIKE, THE MULTIPURPOSE IN THE WAITING AREA WHERE THERE WILL BE SEVERAL PEOPLE, UM, TALKING AND, AND, UH, A LOT OF SOUND WILL BE BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS AND, AND THE CEILING.

SO, UM, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY NECESSARY TO HAVE THIS ACOUSTICAL TILE.

UM, SO YOU CAN, I CAN GO TO THE SUB TAB CARD FROM WHEN WE BOUGHT OUT THE PROJECT.

YOU CAN SEE HELEN WILKINSON.

UM, THIS IS THEIR TAB CARD AND THEY USED, ORIGINALLY THEY WERE THINKING OF USING, UM, UH, WAS IT SUN DRYWALL? I BELIEVE IT WAS SUN DRYWALL.

RIGHT HERE.

SO THEY USED SUN DRYWALL'S NUMBER FOR THEIR BID TABULATION.

AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, IT'S IN THERE.

IT'S MM-HMM .

I SEE IT.

YEAH, YOU'RE ALMOST THERE.

OH, THERE IT IS.

TRIASE DID NOT HAVE THAT IN THEIR PROPOSAL.

SO IT'S RIGHT HERE.

YOU SEE THE 3 5, 5 7 IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT A CT TWO TYPE, UH, CEILING TILE.

SO THEY HAD THAT, THAT AMOUNT IN THEIR NUMBER.

UM, AND THEN THEY ENDED UP USING THE OTHER DRYWALL COMPANY, WHICH IS TRIASE.

UH, AND WHEN THEY BOUGHT OUT TRIASE,

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SO THAT'S WHERE THE MISS CAME INTO PLAY.

COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE PROPOSED CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 29 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH HILL AND WILKINSON CONSTRUCTION GROUP FOR THE ROCKWALL COUNTY ANNEX PROJECT.

I'LL SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACEY, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALANA.

UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY ALL THOSE PRESENT.

ITEM NINE, UH, DISCUSS AND ACT ON A ACCEPTING DEDUCT ALTERNATIVE ONE TO MILLWORK FOR THE COURTHOUSE COURTROOM ADDITIONS ON THE THIRD FLOOR PROJECT COMMISSIONER GOANA.

UM, THANKS SO MUCH, NICO.

APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING THE ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES FOR THE COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND GIS WELL ACTUALLY WE'RE GONNA MOVE THIS UNTIL AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNA, CANDACE, WE'RE GONNA SKIP OVER THIS ONE AND WE'LL DEAL WITH THIS AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH,

[9. Discuss/ Act on accepting Deduct Alternate 1 relating to millwork for the Courthouse Courtroom additions 3rd Floor Project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Gallana)]

SO THE WORDING IS A LITTLE CONFUSING.

SO, UM, IN OUR, UH, CONTRACT, WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE IN IT THAT WE CAN TAKE OUT AND GO WITH A, UH, CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE, UM, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TO LOOK AT.

YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE TAKING ADDITIONS, UM, THAT WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT NOT IN THIS CASE.

SO, UM, DOING THIS, TAKING THIS, UH, UM, NICER MILLWORK OUT AND GOING WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE BASIC, UM, REALLY SAVES US ABOUT $150,000.

UM, NET IT'S NOT AN EXACT NUMBER YET 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE SOME DRAWINGS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR, UM, TO DO THIS, BUT IT'LL BE CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER.

AND I THINK THAT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

UM, I THOUGHT ON JULY 23RD, WE ALREADY VOTED TO DO THIS, SO WE DID NOT ACCEPT ANY OF THE ALTERNATES IN THE CONTRACT WITH HILL AND WILKINSON.

SO, SO THE COURT KIND OF SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANNA DO, OR WE LOOKED AT IT, BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY VOTE IT INTO EXISTENCE.

CORRECT.

THEY, THEY ACCEPTED THE BID FROM HILL AND WILKINSON, WHICH INCLUDED TWO DEDUCTIVE AND ONE ADDITIVE ALTERNATE THAT COULD, COULD HAVE BEEN PICKED UP PRIOR TO CONTRACT BEING SIGNED.

AT THAT POINT, WE DID NOT MAKE A DECISION ON ALTERNATES.

SO IT'S KIND OF BEEN PUSHED TILL NOW.

UM, AND NOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME INTEREST FROM THE COUNTY TO POTENTIALLY SAVE SOME MONEY, THOSE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK ON THE TABLE.

AND I REMEMBER, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER M**K AND LISA THAT WE'RE HERE THROUGH ALL THIS IS THAT WE DID A LOT OF TALKING, BUT NOT A LOT OF VOTING ON THE COURTHOUSE.

SO IT'S JUST, FOR SOME REASON MY MEMORY SERVES THAT WE ALREADY DID THIS.

SO WHEN I SEE IT, I'M LIKE, AND I LOOKED AT IT, I SAID, I'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS.

I THOUGHT WE'VE DONE THIS.

SO I DIDN'T MEAN LAUREN TO, TO JUMP IN.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

SO, UM, SO YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT FOR SOME REASON I'D THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY.

NO, I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.

UM, I, I HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, COMMISSIONER ALANA, FOR YOU, JUST LITERALLY A QUESTION, NOTHING INTENDED BY IT, BUT HOW WAS THIS DECISION MADE? IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD DECISION.

WE'RE SAVING $150,000.

I MEAN, BUT WHO DESCRIBE THE PROCESS, HOW WE MAKE THIS DECISION? HOW WE GOT TO THE DEDUCT ALTERNATE BECAUSE WE CHANGE YEAH.

HOW DO WE WELL, WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SAVE MONEY ON THE PROJECT YEP.

AND BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY BARRY AND SAL THAT WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT DEDUCT ALTERNATES THAT WE COULD, UH, CHOOSE TO EXECUTE.

AND THIS ONE, JUST, THIS IS A SIMPLE ONE TO ME.

IT'S, IT, OUR MILLWORK WON'T LOOK AS FANCY, BUT $150,000 TO THE, UH, TO THE TAXPAYER SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD MOVE.

SEEMS LIKE A GREAT MOVE.

COMMISSIONER M**K, ANYTHING? I THINK HE ANSWERED MY QUESTION 'CAUSE I DID WANNA KNOW HOW IT WOULD COORDINATE AND LOOK WITH THE OTHER COURTROOMS IN THERE AND SIMILAR.

SIMILAR.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.

UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT DEDUCTIVE ALTERNATE ONE RELATING TO THE MILLWORK FOR THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, UH, COURTROOM ADDITIONS TO THE THIRD FLOOR PROJECT.

I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER M**K, PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, INPUT THERE.

ITEM

[10. Discuss/ Act on accepting Deduct Alternate 3, relating to the holding cells for the Courthouse Courtroom additions 3rd Floor Project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Gallana)]

10, COMMISSIONER GUANA.

THIS IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON ACCEPTING A DEDUCT ALTERNATE THREE.

WE'RE GONNA PULL THIS ONE FROM THE AGENDA.

IT, UH, IT ESSENTIALLY DOESN'T SAVE US ANY MONEY.

PROBABLY COSTS US MONEY, SO NO REASON TO PROCEED.

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ITEM NUMBER 11, UH, DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR NIGHT VISION GOGGLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE ROCKWELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND AUTHORIZE THE AUDITOR TO ADVERTISE BY PUBLIC NOTICE AND ALL RELATED ISSUES.

UM,

[11. Discuss/ Act on approving the Request for Proposal for Night Vision Goggles and Equipment for the Rockwall County Sheriff's Office and authorize the Auditor to advertise by public notice, and all related issues; (Commissioner Gallana)]

AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GOANA, THIS HAS YOUR NAME TAGGED TO IT.

IT DOES.

SHERIFF GARRETT, DO YOU WANNA COME ON UP? THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

UH, THIS IS FOR, UH, SOME UPDATED SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR OUR, UH, TACTICAL TEAM, UH, FOR THE NIGHT VISION GOGGLES.

AND THIS IS SIMPLY A, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ON THIS.

AND, UH, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH, UH, GREG AND AND LISA AFTER THIS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE WORDING CORRECT ON THE, ON THE UH, PROPOSAL.

UM, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED.

YES, SIR.

IT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A FEW, BUT I'LL LET Y'ALL GO FIRST.

SHERIFF GARRETT, I JUST HAD A, A QUESTION IN REGARDS, WAS THIS A B WAS THIS A BUDGETED ITEM FOR FY 25? NO.

IT IS NOT A BUDGETED ITEM AND IT WILL NOT BE COMING OUTTA THE BUDGET.

IT, IT WON'T BE.

THAT'S, WELL, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.

UM, YOU, YOU HAVE ANOTHER SOURCE? YES, MA'AM.

WHAT, WHAT IS THE FUNDING SOURCE? FUNDING SOURCE COMING OUT OF OUR, UH, UH, FEDERAL SEIZURE ACCOUNTS.

OH, OKAY.

I HAVE A COUPLE, I HAVE REALLY MY, ALL MY QUESTIONS ON THIS.

I, I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A GREAT THING, BUT IT ALL RELATES TO HOW WE EVALUATE THE, UM, THE PROPOSALS, THE BIDS WE GET.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON TO ASK THIS OR IF IT'S THE AUDITOR, UH, BUT I LOOKED IN THIS RFP AND I'M ON PAGE FIVE IF YOU'VE GOT IT THERE.

SO THIS IS SAYS WE'LL EVALUATE IT BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA, AND IT'S GOT THREE THINGS THERE.

UM, QUALITY AND THOROUGHNESS OF RESPONSE IS 20 POINTS.

UM, PRICING IS 75 POINTS AND VENDOR'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE ROCKWELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS FIVE POINTS.

I AM LOOKING AT THIS.

AND TO ME, THERE SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MISSING QUALITY OF PRODUCT AND QUALITY OF WARRANTY AS THINGS THAT WE EVALUATE.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDED HERE? WE CAN.

THAT'S, UH, BASICALLY, UH, ANY ANYONE'S CALL THAT, UH, WELL, AND THE REASON I ASK THIS, LISA, IS I JUST GOT DONE GOING THROUGH THIS AND WE'RE GONNA GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT THIS ROAD PROJECT WE DID, AND I JUST GOT DONE GOING THROUGH THIS AND YOU GOTTA SCORE ALL THESE THINGS.

AND, UM, THERE WAS, GEE, ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE POTENTIAL VENDORS LISTED HERE AT THE END, JUST AS EXAMPLES.

NOT THAT WE'RE GONNA NECESSARILY BE BOUND TO THEM, BUT WITH THAT MANY DIFFERENT SUPPLIERS AND VENDORS, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT QUALITY AND PRODUCT AND DIFFERENT WARRANTIES.

AND SOMEHOW IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD BE BUILT INTO THIS EVALUATION PROCESS RATHER THAN, I MEAN, WE'RE BASING 75% ON PRICE ONLY.

WELL, THAT'S GONNA REALLY SWAY HOW WE EVALUATE WHAT WE GO WITH AND IF WE GET A REAL LOW PRICE, BUT ON POOR QUALITY EQUIPMENT, THAT'S NOT WHAT ANYBODY WANTS.

I KNOW.

SO IT'S JUST A, JUST A NOTE TO HOW DO WE DO THIS? I THINK WE SHOULD BUILD INTO THE BIDDING CRITERIA, UH, MORE OF AN EMPHASIS ON QUALITY AND WARRANTIES SO THAT OUR, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE GETS THE BEST QUALITY PRODUCTS WE CAN.

SOUNDS GOOD.

IT'S MY THOUGHT.

UH, ANYBODY ELSE? DID YOU WANNA TRY TO WORK THAT INTO A MOTION OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO ACCEPT THE DIRECTION YOU JUST GAVE THE AUDITOR AS LISA, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WORK THAT INTO A MOTION? WHAT, UH, I I WOULD REALLY PREFER THAT THE YES SIR.

I WOULD, BUT WOULD, I'LL BE HAPPY TO WHAT, WHAT I WOULD PREFER, UH, THE, THE DOCUMENT, UM, THE RFP HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY LEGAL AND MYSELF AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING IT TO THE COURT IN A TIMELY MANNER.

WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO APPROVE THE DOCUMENT, BUT ALLOW US THE CAVEAT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO IT BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO THE MARKET.

IN TERMS OF SCOPE AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THE, THE, THE, THE EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSALS.

UH, IN, IN YOUR WORDING THAT IT, BECAUSE IT WON'T, IT WILL STILL STAY ON THE SAME SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF THE WAY OF OUR NEWSPAPER, UH, DEADLINES.

SO IF YOU COULD ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN,

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WE WON'T MAKE THE PAPER FOR THIS WEEK ANYWAY, SO WE STILL HAVE THE WHOLE REST OF THE WEEK TO WORK ON IT AND THEN GET IT.

I AM NOT AT ALL TRYING TO SLOW THIS DOWN AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS.

I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING ANY, 'CAUSE WE WANT OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO BE THE BEST EQUIPPED OFFICE IN TEXAS.

UM, SO I'M NOT TRYING TO SLOW IT DOWN.

I COULDN'T WORK IT INTO A, A, UH, RESOLUTION.

UH, BUT, UH, CRAIG, UH, SINCE THEY'VE REFERENCED THAT, THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THIS, YOU WANNA SPEAK TO IT? I, I'M HAPPY TO.

AND I JUST, I HAD A REQUEST FOR THE COURT, SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WERE THE SPECS AND, AND I THINK WE'RE CLOSE AND WE'RE GONNA GONNA GET THERE ON THE SPECS, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT I THINK NEED TO BE MADE BEFORE WE GO THAT FAR.

UM, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL WITH REGARD TO THE, TO THE WARRANTY AND QUALITY IN TERMS OF IT'S, IT'S PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.

UM, THOSE ARE COVERED IN THE SPECS, BUT I THINK IT'S MAYBE A GOOD IDEA TO INCLUDE 'EM IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

DOES THIS COURT HAVE A PERCENTAGE IN MIND? UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD A SUGGESTION FROM COMMISSIONER M**K, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT ONE.

AND HER PER SUGGESTION HERE IS QUALITY OF PRODUCT SHOULD BE 50% WARRANTY DETAILS SHOULD BE 25 AND PRICING 25.

THE ONLY THING I'D ADD TO THAT IS, UM, WE SHOULD PUT IN SOMETHING, I THINK THE QUALITY AND THOROUGHNESS OF RESPONSE AND THE VENDOR'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

SO MAYBE WE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF FROM THE FIRST ONE.

AND ADJUST THAT IN THERE.

THANKS FOR RUNNING THESE NUMBERS REAL QUICKLY.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, CRAIG? YES SIR.

IT DOES.

SHERIFF, YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I MAKE A RESOLUTION? NO, SIR.

THIS, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR THE, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RIGHT.

AND TO PUT THE BIDS OUT AND THEN RIGHT.

AND I NOTICED IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL OFFICE OFFERS.

SO WE'RE FINE ON THAT.

UH, BUT I DID WANNA CLARIFY THAT.

SO THAT BEING SAID, UNLESS ANYONE ELSE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVED, UH, THE ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR NIGHT VISION GOGGLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE ROCKWALL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, WITH A MODIFICATION TO THE TERMINOLOGY FOR EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS TO BE REVISED AS FOLLOWS, QUALITY AND THOROUGHNESS OF RESPONSE, UH, 20 POINTS, UH, PRICING, 25 POINTS.

UM, VENDOR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO ROCKWELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

FIVE POINTS.

UM, QUALITY OF PRODUCT.

I'M GONNA SAY 40 POINTS.

AND WARRANTY DETAILS.

I'M GONNA SAY 15.

AND I THINK THAT ADDS UP TO A HUNDRED IF SOMEBODY CAN CHECK MY MATH.

I THINK IT DID.

IT DOES.

I WAS KEEPING IT UP TO THAT LAST.

OKAY, SO YEAH, YOU, YOU EDIT? YEAH.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CANDACE, DID YOU GET THAT? UM, YOUR PARDON? ALRIGHT.

AND, UH, OKAY.

SO NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

UM, IF YOU ALL WOULD REGISTER YOUR VOTES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE, UH, PRESENT.

UH, LET'S MOVE, UH, TO, AND THANKS SHERIFF GARRETT, APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING OUR GUYS, UH, WELL EQUIPPED.

UM, LET'S

[12. Discuss/Act on proposed Construction Plans for Providence Academy, located on Sabine Creek Road, and all related issues; {Commissioner Stacy- Environmental Health)]

MOVE TO ITEM 12.

UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION FOR PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR PROVIDENCE ACADEMY, LOCATED ON RINE, SABINE CREEK ROAD AND ALL RELATED ISSUES.

AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO COMMISSIONER STACY SINCE HE'S BEEN WORKING ON IT.

AND IT'S IN HIS PRECINCT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

SO BARELY YOU BARELY, I KNOW RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS YOUR PRECINCT.

UM, SO I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, CARISSA KIND OF GIVE US THE BACKGROUND, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF WE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT.

THAT THEY'RE APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS.

UH, CARISSA HAUSER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR, UM, BACK ENDS, THIS IS FOR THE PROVIDENCE ACADEMY BACK IN SEPTEMBER, THEY DID, UM, SUBMIT THEIR FINAL PLAT AND IT WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS.

UM, THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE NOW HERE TO, UM, SEEK APPROVAL FOR THOSE, UM, REQUESTING

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UM, THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED ARE, UM, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AGREED TO SOME DRAINAGE TO GO ONTO THEIR PROPERTIES.

UM, THOSE ARE NEEDED TO BE RECORDED IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE IN THE PROPERTY RECORDS, UM, AS TO COME UP IN TITLE SEARCHES, UM, FOR FUTURE OWNERS, ET CETERA.

UM, AND THEN THE APPORTIONMENT FEE THAT THEY DID ALREADY AGREE TO AND WAS PART OF THEIR FINAL PLAT APPROVAL.

UM, NOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE HERE, UM, AND TO BE APPROVED, UM, THERE IS SOME MORE STEPS THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE TAKEN.

UM, BUT I'LL WAIT TILL Y'ALL GIVE YOUR APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS, IF THAT'S OKAY.

JUST 'CAUSE IT'S CON IT'S CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL.

WHAT OTHER STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN? I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE I FOLLOWED YOU THERE.

IT'S FINAL PLATTING TO BE RECORDED.

THEY HAVE NOT YET RECORDED THEIR FINAL PLAT.

RIGHT, BUT THAT'S NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

NO, IT'S NOT.

SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION PLANS, PLANS YOU ATTACHED.

AND THEN JUST TO SPEAK ON WHAT NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE THERE AND JUST WHAT NEXT STEPS WE DON'T HAVE.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

I WON'T TALK ABOUT IT THEN'S ME.

SO ALL WE'RE APPROVING TODAY IS CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

SURE.

IF YOU WANNA ADVISE US AS TO NEXT STEPS, WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN.

SURE.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN ACT ON IT.

UH, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS.

UM, COMMISSIONER STACY? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO SINCE THIS WAS APPROVED BEFORE, I THINK I WAS ON THE COURT RIGHT? UH, IT WAS IN SEPTEMBER, SO YES.

SEPTEMBER.

UM, SO LOOKS LIKE THIS IS, AND I THIS IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUBDIVISION REGS, THESE CONSTRUCTION PLANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.

CARISSA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE A MOTION I WILL TRY TO DO THE MOTION IF, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I INCLUDE THE, THE, UM, CONDITIONS, I GUESS.

UM, SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR PROVIDENCE ACADEMY, WHICH IS LOCATED ON SABINE CREEK ROAD.

UM, UM, TO INCLUDE THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE, UM, THAT WERE, UM, IDENTIFIED IN THE, IN THE, UM, PLAN, UM, THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE DRAINAGE, HAD TO DO WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE, THE APPORTIONMENT.

AND I'LL SECOND ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER M**K, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STACEY, PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTE BEFORE YOU GO BEFORE YOU GO AWAY.

THAT'LL STOP THE VOTE.

AND, UH, COMMISSIONER STACY, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE, ADD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THE NEXT STEPS, THAT WOULD BE, UH, OKAY.

PREFERABLE.

JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHAT'S COMING UP AND THAT IT'S NOT FINISHED.

UM, SORRY.

THE NEXT STEPS ON, UM, TO GET THIS PROJECT WRAPPED UP, UM, AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK, UM, AND SUBMIT A RECORD DRAWING SUBMITTAL.

AND THAT IS JUST A SUBMITTAL SHOWING THAT THE FINAL PLAT AND THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS MEET UP WITH WHAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE ON THE SITE.

UM, AND THEN, UM, THERE IS A FLOW CHART ON, IN THE HANDBOOK ON PAGE 18 OF 34, UM, THAT'S SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE THOSE STEPS THERE, WHICH IS RECORD DRAWING, SUBMITTAL, A WARRANTY BOND SUBMITTAL AND APPROVAL, AND THEN THE FINAL PLAT TO BE RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK.

UM, THOSE CAN BE, UM, LUMPED TOGETHER AT 1 1 1 STEP.

UM, AND THAT WILL COMPLETE AND YOU'LL BRING THAT TO US? YES, I WILL BRING THAT TO YOU.

UM, BY THEN APPORTIONMENT FEES SHOULD BE PAID, UM, AND THEN THE LETTERS WOULD'VE BEEN RECORDED.

SO ALL CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH WOULD BE MET AND THEN THEY CAN GET IT RECORDED AND BE DONE.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WIN.

I LIKE IT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, COMMISSIONER? THAT, THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

WE'RE GETTING ONE OFF THE DESKS.

AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ZACH HUNT HERE WITH PROVIDENCE ACADEMY.

UH, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING ZACH'S WIFE WHO'S IN REALLY STARTED THIS SCHOOL.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB GROWING FROM VERY SMALL SCHOOL TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL.

SO CONGRATS.

13, DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING A CLIENT SUCCESS MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES AND ALL RELATED ISSUES.

ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S GO ON TO ITEM

[13. Discuss/Act on approving a Client Success Management and Consulting agreement with Tyler Technologies, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)]

AND COMMISSIONER STACY? YES.

BALL IS PITCHED TO YOU.

THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SAY, HEY COMMISSIONERS, REMEMBER WHEN WE PASSED THE BUDGET, BUT, UH, THERE'S ONLY BEEN COMMISSIONER CELICK PASSING THE BUDGET.

UM, WE DID, UH,

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POSITION THIS MONEY IN THE ENTERPRISE JUSTICE FUND FOR JUST THIS PURPOSE.

UM, THE REASON THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DEVELOP A PLAN WHERE WE ACTUALLY CAN SPEND ALL OF THESE HOURS, UM, EFFECTIVELY AND WELL SINCE THEN WE HAVE ELECTED, UH, BOBBY TO SERVE, UH, COMMISSIONER GOANA TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

SO I WANTED HIM TO GET UP TO SPEED, WHICH HE IS.

I'LL LET HIM SPEAK ON THAT.

WE HAVE NOT REHEARSED OUR, UM, PRESENTATION .

UM, SO ANY, ANYTHING I LEAVE OUT, UH, BOBBY, JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.

UM, BUT, BUT WHAT THIS IS UNDER, UM, I THINK WHAT LISA SENT ME ONE, HOW TO GET TO THE, TO THE BIG KID COOL TABLE.

UM, THIS IS SPENDING MONEY TO GET THE PROPER FOLKS FROM TYLER OUT HERE TO HELP US.

SO SPECIFICALLY LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME TRAIN THE TRAINER CONCEPTS, WHICH IS MEETING WITH OUR SMES, LOOKING OVER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND FIGURING OUT ARE WE ACTUALLY AN EFFECTIVELY DELIVERING THIS PROJECT? UM, AND ARE THERE QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW TO ASK, UM, ABOUT DAILY FRUSTRATIONS THAT THEY CAN GO, OH, WELL IF YOU HIT THIS BUTTON, IT'S GOOD.

THE PROBLEM WITH TYLER AND, AND I'M GONNA DEFEND THEM TEMPORARILY.

I'M NOT THEIR BIGGEST DEFENDER.

THE PROBLEM WITH TYLER IS THAT THEIR PROGRAM IS SO BIG AND SO CUSTOMIZABLE AND, AND SO MALLEABLE THAT THEY JUST MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU.

AND NO ONE'S ANALYZING ARE WE WORKING BEST WITH THE PROGRAM? AND SO THAT IS PART OF THIS EXERCISE.

UM, IT CAME FROM, I WENT TO A A, A CONVER, UH, A CONVENTION IN TUCSON, ARIZONA.

I MET WITH ALL THEIR EXECUTIVE TEAM.

YOU HAVE STATES, MARYLAND, MINNESOTA, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, RUNNING ON TYLER WITH THESE JUDGES AND THESE COURT ADMINISTRATORS GOING, NO, IT'S, IT'S GREAT.

IT'S, IT'S ALL WORKING.

YOU GO TALK TO TRAVIS COUNTY, BEAR COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY, THESE BIG, HUGE COUNTIES, UM, THAT ALL USE TYLER AND IT'S WORKING FOR THEM.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT WITHOUT ITS FRUSTRATION, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

I MEAN, NOTHING'S PERFECT.

I MEAN, MICROSOFT MAKES ME MAD AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MICROSOFT SINCE I WAS A KID.

UM, AND I STARTED GOING, WHY, WHY, WHY ARE WE SITTING HERE GETTING SO FRUSTRATED AND THESE LARGER COUNTIES ARE WORKING? SO I STARTED INVESTIGATING THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE, THE COURT DECIDED TO DO BEFORE I GOT ON COURT IS END THIS TYPE OF CONTRACT THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH TYLER.

SO THIS WAS IN, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TYLER SAYS, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO A CLIENT SUCCESS CONTRACT? AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT IS THAT? AND THEN I GO TO THE AUDITOR, THE AUDITOR GOES, WE'VE DONE THOSE.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

AND I WAS LIKE, WELL THEN THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'M TRYING TO DO, I GUESS IN A WAY PHILOSOPHICALLY, IS TO STOP FIGHTING TYLER AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE GOTTA DO TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM MAXIMIZE OUR EFFORTS? SO, UM, I THINK FRANK JOKED ONE TIME ABOUT RINGING A BELL EVERY TIME HE GETS MAD AT TYLER, IT, TYLER IS A THING.

IT IT, THEY WORK AWAY.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S A BIG PUBLIC COMPANY WITH THE, WITH WITH THE PRODUCT WE SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS ON.

AND AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITHIN ITS FRAMEWORK TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT OR JUST STOP WORKING WITH IT, WHICH KIND OF ISN'T AN OPTION WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MARKETPLACE AND, AND, AND WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE OUT THERE.

SO THIS IS PART OF MY EFFORT TO TRY TO COME ALONGSIDE TYLER AND SAY, WHAT CAN, WHAT IS YOUR SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS? AND ONE OF THOSE IS SOME OF THESE EVALUATIONS.

AND I SEE YOU TURNED YOUR MICROPHONE ON AND I CAN LET YOU INTERRUPT.

NO, I, NO, I, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, I THINK THAT WE'VE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN TYLER AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL PARTS OF IT ARE GREAT AND SOME PARTS OF IT ARE FRUSTRATING.

THAT'S, UH, THAT COMES WITH, UH, ANY CHANGE REALLY.

AND THERE'S, THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT'S, UH, HAD TO BE ENDURED AND STILL SOME CHANGE TO COME.

BUT THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS TRAIN THE TRAINER, SOME OF THESE BUCKETS OF HOURS THAT WE'RE GONNA USE FOR THAT IS GONNA GET US OFF HIGH CENTER IN SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, I HOPE, AND GET US DOWN THE ROAD AND IT'LL, IT'LL IMPROVE THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL OF OUR TEAM.

UM, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IS THIS WORKS FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

IT, IT WILL WORK FOR US, BUT WE NEED THOSE TWO THINGS.

WE'VE GOTTA GET OFF BEING STUCK ON HIGH CENTER AND GET MOVING.

AND WE HAVE GOT TO, UM, INSTILL SOME CONFIDENCE, UM, IN OUR TEAM LEADERS, UM, THAT WILL THEN INSTILL CONFIDENCE IN THEIR TEAM TO GET THIS MOVING.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I SEE THIS, UM, TOOL BEING USED.

AND THEN, AND THEN TO BE COMPLETELY, UH, FAIR ON THAT FRONT IS I'VE MADE SOME DEMANDS OF TYLER FOR THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY ON CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND THEY HAVE MET THOSE, UM, WITH THEIR, UH, WE HAVE A NEW TICKET TRIAGE SYSTEM THAT INVOLVES A LOT MORE OF THEM COMMUNICATING WITH US TO MAKE SURE OUR TICKETS DON'T GET LOST AND OUR EMPLOYEES DON'T GET FRUSTRATED.

UM, OUR IT DEPARTMENT AND TYLER DEVELOPED THAT, THAT IS AT NO EXTRA COST TO US, BUT IT IS GETTING A LOT MORE MANPOWER FROM TYLER OUT

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OF THIS.

UM, BUT IF YOU WANNA SAY, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS MONEY? I WANT US TO SPEND $55,000.

WHAT, WHAT DO I EXPECT TO GET? NUMBER ONE, I WANT OUR BONDS COMMUNICATION TO WORK FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO THE COURTROOM.

IT DOESN'T WORK AND WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY.

NUMBER TWO IS I WANT OUR MAGISTRATION TO BE BETTER INTEGRATED INTO THE SYSTEM.

I DON'T WANNA JUST SAY, HEY, HERE'S, HERE'S HOW IT HAS TO WORK.

I WANNA BRING SOMEONE THAT'S DONE IT IN THE PAST WITH SOME OF THESE BIGGER COUNTIES THAT CAN TRAIN US, CAN WORK WITH OUR JPS, CAN WORK WITH OUR CLERKS AND FIGURE OUT HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE AND HOW DOES THIS WORK? UM, THE TRAIN THE TRAINER CONCEPTS AND THEN ALSO, UH, RIGHTS AND ROLES WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT GETTING A LOT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE RIGHTS AND ROLES ARE TURNING ON AND TURNING OFF.

SO WHEN YOU SAY WHAT DO WE PLAN ON DOING, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SPEND SOME MONEY TO GET OUR BONDS FULLY INTEGRATED, OUR MAGISTRATION FULLY INTEGRATED, OUR TRAINERS BETTER, UH, OPERATING, AND THEN ALSO TO GET OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A MUCH LARGER UNDERSTANDING, WHICH THEN TO BOBBY'S POINT, WOULD GIVE, GIVE THEM MORE CONFIDENCE TO STEP IN ON IN THE RIGHTS AND ROLES.

WE HAVE A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE THAT ITS JOB IS TO GOVERN RIGHTS AND ROLES.

THAT COMMITTEE WAS SET UP AFTER RIGHTS AND ROLL WERE ESTABLISHED ON THIS PROGRAM FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO UNWIND AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RIGHTS AND ROLLS ARE RIGHT, THAT THEY'RE CORRECT AND THAT, AND THAT THEY'RE BEING USED BECAUSE THAT GOVERNS THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, UM, IN WAYS THAT, UM, A LOT OF FOLKS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND UNTIL I WAS AT THE CONVENTION AND THEY WERE EXPLAINING MOST OF THE TIME THE PROGRAM BREAKS BECAUSE RIGHTS AND ROLLS ARE WRONG ON ACCIDENT.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I, I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH.

UM, AND WE ARE ALL MOVING TO MAXIMIZING THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PAPERLESS COURTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

THERE ARE SOME THAT KIND OF ARE CLOSE, WE'RE KIND OF CLOSE.

AND MY GOAL IS TO GET US THERE.

THAT IS MY ABSOLUTE GOAL AND IT'S THE GOAL OF SEVERAL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND I'M JUST COMING ALONGSIDE THEM TO HELP SHARE THAT GOAL AND, AND MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S MY SPIEL.

AND I, AND, AND AS WE PROCEED, IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT AND, AND YOU'VE ALREADY SAID WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE JPS TO GET THEIR, UH, INPUT SO THEY CAN HELP DRIVE THIS BUS A LITTLE BIT FOR WHAT THEY NEED RATHER THAN JUST BEING TOLD WHAT THEY SHOULD DO.

THAT THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE DIRECT INPUT ON WHAT THEY, UH, WHAT WILL WORK FOR THEM.

AND AS YOU SAID, TYLER IS EXTREMELY CUSTOMIZABLE.

UM, IT WORKS FOR A LOT OF PLACES, BUT A LOT OF PLACES DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO WE NEED, WE NEED THIS INTERVENTION, UM, TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR TEAM TO MAKE IT THE BEST FOR ROCKWELL COUNTY THAT WE CAN.

COMMISSIONER M**K, I SEE EFFICIENCY ALL OVER, ALL THROUGH THIS.

SO, AND, AND I THINK IT, IT'S SATISFACTION FOR THE STAFF AS WELL.

UM, 'CAUSE I COULDN'T IMAGINE IF I WAS FRUSTRATED AND I SPENT SO MANY HOURS DOING SOMETHING THAT I KNEW THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY A, A, A, A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I I LIKE IT A LOT.

AND THEN I THINK LISA HAD SOMETHING TO ADD.

YES, SIR.

SO, UH, LIKE COMMISSIONER STACY SAID THE, THE ROCKWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS LIKE THIS WITH TYLER BEFORE, UM, 2019 TO LIKE 2022.

UH, THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, UM, THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT 300 HOURS, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE FAILING HAS BEEN IN THE PAST IS NOT KNOWING BECAUSE YOU'RE PAYING AN ANNUAL FEE AND ONCE YOU'VE PAID 'EM, THERE'S NO WAY THAT, THAT I CAN TRACK FOR YOU.

MAYBE YOU, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD TAKE ON COMMISSIONER, BUT THAT IS THAT THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.

SO, SO YES.

COURT, UM, UH, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT COMMISSIONER GOANA AND I CAN GIVE SOME SORT OF DETAILED REPORT BACK ON HOW WE'RE SPENDING THIS MONEY AND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GETTING BACK FROM IT.

UM, YEAH, I, I MEAN THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I MEAN, AND, AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE, THE VP OF CUSTOMER SERVICE ON THIS.

THIS ISN'T, UH, I MEAN, WHEN, WHEN, UH, THE FUNNIEST THING IS, IS I SAT DOWN AT A DINNER AND A GUY SAT NEXT TO ME AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU DO AT TYLER? AND HE SAID, I'M IN CHARGE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

I SAID, YOU HAVE SAT AT THE WRONG SEAT, , UM, .

AND THEN AN HOUR LATER HE SAID, I WILL BE IN ROCKWALL COUNTY TO MEET WITH YOU.

AND THEN HE CUT, AND THEN HE GOT THE, THE, THE VP OF CUSTOMER SERVICE ON THERE.

SO THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST A CHANGE CORPORATELY TO, TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND, AND WE CAN TALK MORE PHILOSOPHICALLY ABOUT THAT.

BUT WHAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THEY'RE DOING STATES, THEY'RE DOING LARGE COUNTIES, AND THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO A SMALLER COUNTY.

AND THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH.

AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO MAKE THEM ADMIT THAT THEY, THAT'S NOT OUR FAULT.

THAT IS NOT OUR FAULT.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE CAME.

AND I SAID, WELL THEN THAT'S YOUR

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FAULT.

EXACTLY.

SO HOW ARE WE GONNA DO TO GET YOU, YOU FROM POINT A TO POINT B? OKAY.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.

SORRY.

DO YOU HAVE MORE? YEAH, NO, THAT'S IT.

UM, LISA, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

AND I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THAT I THINK LIKE YOU, UM, THIS, THAT WHOLE ISSUE IS MY BIG ISSUE WITH THIS BECAUSE, AND IT'S NOT JUST ACCOUNTABILITY AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COMMISSIONER STACY, THAT WE WILL KEEP TRACK AND WE'LL BE ACCOUNTABLE, BUT WE'RE SPENDING $55,000 OF MONEY.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN BUDGETED, IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE ENTERPRISE FUND, BUT IT'S REAL MONEY.

WE'RE SPENDING.

MY CONCERN JUST ON, I'M NOT GONNA SAY HOW MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE I HAVE 'CAUSE IT SHOWS HOW OLD I AM.

THAT STUFF LIKE THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS GET USED.

AND CONSULTING TIME DOESN'T, ISN'T ALWAYS USED WELL.

AND WHAT I THINK A BETTER SOLUTION IS, IS TO TELL THEM, WE WILL PAY YOU THE 55,000 AS WE USE IT.

AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW FROM OTHER EXPERIENCES, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF PAYING IN ADVANCE.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE HANDING OVER $55,000 AND WE CAN BE ACCOUNTABLE.

BUT IF THEY COME IN AND THEY COME IN FOR SEVEN MEETINGS AND THERE'S TWO PEOPLE IN EACH MEETING, THEN WE'VE REALLY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY.

AND THAT'S MY BIG CONCERN WITH THIS.

HAS THAT BEEN EXPLORED WITH THEM? AND ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.

HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING THEM RIGHT NOW ON THEIR ANNUAL FEE ON THIS CONTRACT? I THINK IT'S $1.1 MILLION.

AND FOR $1.1 MILLION, THEY CAN'T EDUCATE US.

THAT, THAT IS A FAIR STATEMENT.

BUT THEY ARE A SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE COMPANY.

THEY HAD EDUCATION IN THE CONTRACT, AND IT IS NO LONGER IN THE CONTRACT, WHICH IS THE ISSUE.

THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AMENDED THE CONTRACT SO THAT ALL THE TRAINING HOURS WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE CONTRACT.

AND DID WE GET A PRICE REDUCTION FOR DOING THAT? $25,000, I BELIEVE.

WOW.

SO NOW WE'RE PAYING 55,000.

WE WOULDN'T, WE DON'T MISS, WE SAVED 25 AND WE'RE PAYING 55,000.

THE HOPE IS, IS THAT AFTER WE GET THESE PROJECTS UP, THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED $55,000.

BUT KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE TRYING AT THE NEXT BUDGET TO AT LEAST INCLUDE A $25,000.

WELL, HERE'S TRAINING BUDGET BACK HERE.

WELL, HERE'S MY POINT.

WE'RE SIGNING, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE A CONTRACT THAT SAYS IN SECTION, UM, 4.1, THAT IT'S FOR ONE YEAR, AND THEN IT AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS, WHICH I'M SURE SOMEBODY'S GONNA PAY ATTENTION TO THIS SO THAT IF WE DON'T NEED TO RENEW IT, WE SHUT IT OFF.

I SURE HOPE SO, LISA.

UM, AND WE GOTTA GIVE 90 DAYS ADVANCE NOTICE.

AND IF WE DON'T, THEN WE PAY $55,000 IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND IT IS, AGAIN, IT'S JUST, IF WE WERE PAYING, MAKING THIS UP, IF WE WERE PAYING, UH, $5,000 OR PER SEMINAR OR PER CONSULTING EVENT OR WHATEVER, I WOULD FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT THIS.

I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GONNA WRITE 'EM A CHECK FOR 55,000 AND LOOK BACK AND THINK, GEE, WHAT'D WE DO THAT FOR? I, I THINK WE'LL BE IN THE SAME POSITION IF WE DO IT EE EITHER WAY.

I THINK IF YOU SAY WE'RE GONNA PAY $5,000 FOR A SEMINAR, THAT SEMINAR COULD BE NONSENSE.

THAT TAKES UP EIGHT HOURS OF THEIR BILLABLE TIME.

UH, IT'S THE SAME THING.

WE STILL HAVE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE EITHER DIRECTION.

WE GO, WELL, BUT IF WE HAVE $5,000 OF NONSENSE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE 'EM BACK FOR ANOTHER SEMINAR.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW IT WOULD GO.

I THINK WE'D HAVE 'EM BACK FOR ANOTHER SEMINAR AND WE'D WANT IT AND WE'RE TARGETED AND WE'D WORK WITH THEM AND THEN WE'D, IT'D BE THE SAME WAY.

WE'VE SEEN THAT PLAY OUT RECENTLY WITH SOME OTHER THINGS.

SO, AND, AND, AND, AND JUST TO BE, THIS IS ACTIVATING SEVERAL PEOPLE AT TYLER.

THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T A CONSULTING.

I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE FIVE PEOPLE ACTIVATED TO, TO COME IN AND START WORKING ON THIS.

SO THIS ISN'T LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE ONE PERSON BILLING US THESE HOURS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A BOND SPECIALIST, A MAGISTRATION SPECIALIST.

WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING SOMEONE THAT DOES RIGHTS AND ROLES.

WE'RE GONNA GET A BUSINESS PRACTICE SPECIALIST OUT HERE.

SO, AND THEY'RE BASED IN COLLIN COUNTY.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN PLANO.

SO MOST OF THESE SPECIALISTS ARE LOCAL.

UM, I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE.

AND SO THE, SO WE'RE NOT JUST ACTIVATING SOMEONE TO COME IN AND JUST SIT OVER THE PROJECT.

WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT VERY CONTRACTUALLY.

AND THE, AND THE HOURS AND THE ESTIMATIONS CAME FROM THE ASK.

NO, I, I, I GET IT.

AND, AND I'M KIND OF, I'M REALLY KIND OF HESITANT, ALTHOUGH I DON'T, MAYBE DON'T SEEM HESITANT, KIND OF HESITANT TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS 'CAUSE YOU KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO THAT.

I MEAN THAT IN ALL SINCERITY.

AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BOBBY, ABOUT IF WE, IT WOULD PROBABLY END UP THE SAME.

BUT I JUST, I JUST WORRY ABOUT SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY AND OBLIGATING OURSELVES TO SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY UNLESS WE'RE SURE WE GET A GOOD RESULT.

AND,

[02:05:01]

MAYBE IT WOULD, MAYBE IT WOULDN'T.

BUT AT LEAST IF WE WEREN'T HAVING GOOD RESULTS ALONG THE WAY, WE COULD STOP NOW.

WE CAN'T STOP.

I, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE JUST GONNA, UH, AND IT'S YOUR CHOICE, OBVIOUSLY.

IT, THIS IS WHERE HAVE TO RELY ON, WELL THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO RELY ON COMMISSIONER STACY AND ME.

UM, THE WAY I KIND OF ENVISION THIS GOING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY BEEN VERY ON TOP, VERY ON TOP OF THIS.

UM, YOU HAVE BEEN LONGER THAN I COMMISSIONER STACY, BUT SINCE JANUARY FOR SURE WITH ME, AND I ENVISION THIS BEING A REGULAR, UM, AGENDA ITEM THAT WE UPDATE, UM, EACH COURT.

AND THAT'S YOUR WAY TO KIND OF, UH, HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND TO HOLD TYLER ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT WE'RE ACHIEVING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE ENGAGING SO MANY PEOPLE ON OUR TEAM, LIKE THE JPS AND LIKE OUR BOND COORDINATOR.

UM, AND HERE'S HOW I LOOK AT IT.

UH, WE, WE CAN TRY TO CHANGE IT SO WE CAN BILL THEM EVERY TIME.

THEY, UH, THEY CAN BILL US EVERY TIME THEY COME OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY EVEN OFFER.

UM, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE CONCERN.

I'M CONCERNED TOO.

BUT WE HAVE GOT TO GET THIS PROGRAM WORKING FOR US.

WE'RE, WE HAVE A $1.1 MILLION INVESTMENT, UM, EVERY YEAR.

AND, AND WE AREN'T USING IT TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL.

WE AREN'T FULLY INTEGRATED.

AND, UH, THIS IS, WE HAVE, THIS IS THE WAY THAT I ENVISION US GETTING THERE WITH THE FEW THINGS THAT ARE LEFT, UM, BROKEN STILL THAT WE NEED TO FIX.

AND THERE'S NOT ANOTHER SOLUTION, UM, THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH YET, UM, IN MY SHORT TIME DEALING WITH TYLER, UM, THAT WILL WORK OTHER THAN THIS.

WE NEED SOMEBODY HERE, UM, SITTING WITH OUR PEOPLE AND SHOWING US THE WAY, UH, TO THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL ON SOME OF THIS.

AND I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU HAVE YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH TYLER, I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF A POSTER CHILD.

'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE MAYBE EVEN SMALLER THAN ROCKWALL COUNTY THAT ARE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE SAME.

UM, AND THIS COULD BE A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE COULD BE, WE COULD BE A REALLY GOOD ADVOCATE FOR 'EM OR NOT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, UM, I I I, I GET IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE FEES PORTION THAT COMMISSIONER TI WAS TALKING ABOUT, IF WE CAN SCRATCH THROUGH THAT AND, AND SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE TRIED TO DO IT ON A, YOU KNOW, ON A BASIS OF ABUSE WHEN THEY, THEY COME IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK OR NOT.

IT, IT, IT GOES BACK TO WHAT COMMISSIONER ALANA SAID, IT'S, IT'S NOT HOW THEY OPERATE.

I MEAN, WE CAN CONTINUE, UM, ARGUING WITH THEM AND, AND MAYBE WE'LL GET TO, UM, UH, A POINT, UM, WHERE, WHERE WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT, UM, THE, BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTIVATING CONSULTANTS TO OUR COUNTY, THEY, THEY DON'T WANNA ACTIVATE THESE PEOPLE, BRING THEM IN, DO A BUNCH OF WORK AND THEN, AND THEN GET PAID IN ARREARS.

THEY DON'T WANT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T GET THEM TO THAT POINT, OR THAT WE CAN'T ARGUE TO THAT POINT.

I THINK THAT THAT, THAT THE REAL, THE REAL ISSUE COMES IN, UM, IS WE DON'T HAVE THESE HOURS WHEN WE HAD THESE HOURS, WE DIDN'T UTILIZE THEM.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THOSE TWO CAN'T COME TOGETHER IN A REAL WAY.

AND I DON'T WANNA SIT HERE AND BEAT UP THE PAST OR, OR SAY, THIS IS, THIS IS THIS, OR THIS IS DIFFERENT.

OR WHY WAS THIS DONE THIS WAY? OR BECAUSE I, I KNOW WHAT WAS DONE.

I ACTUALLY KNOW THE HISTORY, UM, VERY WELL.

I'VE TALKED TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.

AND, AND I WILL JUST SUMMARIZE IT BY SAYING THAT I, I EARNESTLY BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB PUTTING THIS PRODUCT IN PLACE.

AND, AND THERE WAS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY ASKING TO BE DONE.

AND THERE WAS AN, AS THERE WAS ASSUMPTIONS OF WORK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE THAT WAS, THAT WAS NEVER GONNA GET DONE.

UM, AND, UH, THAT LACK OF UNDERSTANDING HAS IMPLEMENTED A PROJECT, A PRODUCT A LITTLE BIT POORLY.

AND WE NEED TO GET IT FIXED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

AND IT WILL ALWAYS REQUIRE US TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTMENT INTO THE TRAINING ASPECTS OF IT, UTILIZING THAT, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE SAME WAY THAT THIS IS LIKE AS INTENSIVE AS THIS IS, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR FOLKS TRAINED 'CAUSE THE PRODUCT IS EVER EVOLVING.

WELL, SURE WE DO.

SURE WE DO.

BUT THAT, OKAY.

AND I GET, I, I'M NOT IN THE SOFTWARE BUSINESS, NEVER HAVE BEEN.

AND I, I GET IT'S PRICED DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE'RE SPENDING 1,000,001 A YEAR FOR IT.

I MEAN, TO ME THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.

IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

UM, SO, BUT, BUT WHAT YOU SAID IS, IS IT HIGHLIGHTS MY CONCERN, WHICH IS WE HAD IT BEFORE AND WE DIDN'T USE IT.

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? I MEAN, I MEAN, I HATE TO ASK THAT QUESTION, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.

SO THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN WHY I DON'T WANNA SPEND MONEY IN ADVANCE, BUT WHO'S, YOU SAY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING THIS IN PLACE.

[02:10:01]

LET ME SCRATCH THAT.

HOW DOES IT GET IMPLEMENTED? IS IT YOUR JOB NOW, JOHN, TO, TO GO AROUND AND GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND IMPLEMENT IT? OR IS IT THERE SOMEBODY IN OUR ORGANIZATION? THAT'S WHAT I DO.

AND THE DA'S OFFICE OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR THE JPS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO DO THIS? I MEAN, HOW DO WE DO THIS? WELL, WELL WE, WE SET UP A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS DONE OKAY.

AFTER I GOT ELECTED.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

SO THAT'S BEEN VERY RECENTLY GOOD.

AND, AND THEY, AND IT'S SELF-GOVERNED.

GOOD.

UM, BUT THIS, THIS IS GOING TO BE COMMISSIONER ALANA AND I GOING AROUND TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND YES.

WORKING.

I, I MEAN I, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, BOBBY? WE PROBABLY SPEND 10 HOURS A WEEK ON TYLER ISSUES TOGETHER.

EASY.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT, EASY.

BUT THAT'S, IT'S WELL WORTH THE TIME BECAUSE OF OUR INVESTMENT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THIS WORKING THE RIGHT WAY.

AND ONCE IT'S WORKING THE RIGHT WAY, IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A MACHINE AND IT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR US.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, YES.

WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE, LAUREN, UH, COMMISSIONER LICK DE IN THE COUNTY THAT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR SOMEONE THAT WILL GO AROUND AND SAY, HERE, TAKE THIS PROJECT AND RUN WITH IT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS OURSELVES AS COMMISSIONERS.

AND THIS WILL BE ONE THAT COMMISSIONER STACEY AND I HAVE TO LEAD.

THE DEPARTMENTS WILL TAKE CONTROL WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT.

WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE TRAIN IS GOING DOWN THE TRACKS THE RIGHT WAY.

AND STAYS THERE.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? I LIKE THE CHAIR.

UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CLIENT SUCCESS MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES.

HOLD ON.

I WANT TO GET THE NUMBER EXACTLY RIGHT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000.

SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY IN A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALANA.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT THEN.

UM, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I THINK AND WHY I THINK IT, SO LET'S ALL VOTE.

THAT PASSES BY THREE TO ONE.

UM, THANKS ALL AND, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ALANA AND COMMISSIONER STACY FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.

UM, ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON.

YOU WANNA TAKE A BREAK? OKAY.

I, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA, I'VE, I WAS THINKING I'M WORSE THAN JUDGE NEW, I MEAN, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK FOR, WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE AT, UH, 1125 RECESS.

A RECESS IS THE PROPER WORD.

IT'S VERY LONELY AT 1125.

HAVE COMMISSIONER.

ALRIGHT, WE CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 14.

UM, WE'RE OKAY.

WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 1125.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE

[14. Discuss/ Act on reviewing bids and selecting a firm for the High Point Ranch Road Repair and Improvements on Eagle Pass, and all related issues; {Commissioner Liechty)]

UH, REVIEW OR DISCUSS AND ACT ON REVIEWING BIDS AND SELECTING A FIRM FOR A HIGH POINT RANCH ROAD REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENTS ON EAGLE PASS AND ALL RELATED ISSUES.

AND IT SAYS COMMISSIONER LICHTY, I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE AND LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH A LOT MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN ME HERE IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW SO THAT YOU CAN ASK THEM QUESTIONS.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, BACK IN JANUARY.

IT WAS SOME ROAD REPAIRS IN HIGH POINT RANCH ON OUR STREET CALLED EAGLE PASS.

WE HAD SUBMITTED THIS FOR BIDS.

THE COURT APPROVED IT GOING OUT FOR AN RFP AND WE SUBMITTED IT, THE BIDS WENT OUT.

WE GOT THREE BIDS BACK AND THEY RANGED FROM, UH, I THINK THE LOW BID WAS THE ONE THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING HERE, WHICH IS DON SMITH CONSTRUCTION CONCRETE.

UH, AND THAT WAS $122,000.

IS THAT CORRECT? LISA'S NODDING YES, SIR.

I ALICE FEEL GOOD WHEN LISA NODS.

UM, AND THE, THE HIGH BIDS THEY RANGE INTO ONE WAS OVER $170,000.

WE EVALUATED THIS BASED ON FIVE DIFFERENT, FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

I DON'T HAVE MY EVALUATION SHEET HERE, BUT IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF EVERYONE THAT DON SMITH, THE BID THAT'S BEFORE YOU WAS THE BEST.

UM, AND THE, THE BOTH IN QUALITY AND IN RESPONSE AND PRICING.

AND WE'VE GOT HERE WAYNE HENSLEY AND SHELLY SPEARMAN FROM OUR WRITTEN BRO RIDGE, BRO ROAD AND BRIDGE TEAM.

UH, WOULD EITHER OF YOU LIKE TO SHARE WAYNE OR SHELLY? UH, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE JUST TO INFORM THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT? I FELT THAT ANSWER WAS NO, BUT HERE THEY COME ANYWAY.

YEAH, WELL, HE,

[02:15:01]

I THINK HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME FOR TI GO AHEAD.

UH, INSIDE A HIGH BRANCH, DO YOU WANT THE MICROPHONE MOWER OVER THERE? THERE, THANK YOU.

IS THAT BETTER? THANK YOU.

UM, ON EAGLE PASS, THE, UH, FIRST PART OF IT'S 338 FEET BY 26.4 INCHES WIDE.

THE NEXT SECTION IS 78 FEET BY 13.2 FEET WIDE.

AND THE LAST SECTION IS 258 FEET, 26.4 FEET WIDE.

THE TOTAL PROJECT IS, UH, 674 FEET WITH VARIABLE WIDTHS.

LET'S SEE, WHICH COMES TO, UH, 16,764 SQUARE FEET TOTAL.

OKAY, THANKS.

AND WAYNE, IF I UNDERSTAND RIGHT, YOU WERE, UH, PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THE BID WE GOT? YES, SIR.

I WAS GOOD.

SO THAT MEANS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, NEED MORE MONEY TO DO OTHER THINGS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE SHOULD BE ROUGHLY WHAT, 78,000 LEFT.

SO WE'LL BE DOING THIS AGAIN PRETTY SHORTLY.

GOOD.

GOOD, GOOD, GOOD QUESTIONS.

ANYONE FOR, UH, FOR WAYNE OR SHELLY? ALL RIGHT THEN.

UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, BOY, HOW DO WE DO THIS? THAT WE SELECT OR ACCEPT THE BID? IS IT, IF I'M GETTING OFF BASE HERE, TELL ME, UH, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE BID FROM DON SMITH SMITH CONCRETE, UH, LLC FOR, UM, DOING ROAD REPAIR WORK ON HIGH POINT RANCH ROAD FOR 122 THOU WHAT? ASK, I'M SORRY, I, LET'S START AGAIN.

I MAKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS SPEAKING GREAT BEFORE THAT BREAK, DANA.

I, WHAT'S, DID YOU NOT GET MORE POP? I, I DID.

I I APPARENTLY DIDN'T DRINK ENOUGH.

UM, I LIKE TO MAKE, UM, MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE BID OF DON SMITH CONCRETE LLC TO DO REPAIR WORK ON EAGLE PASS STREET OR ROAD, UM, FOR A PRICE OF $122,000.

I WILL SECOND.

IS THAT THE CORRECT PRICE? DID I GET IT RIGHT? YES, SIR.

AND, AND JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY WITH THE COURT, DON SMITH HAS DONE WORK, UH, DON SMITH CONCRETE HAS DONE WORK FOR ROCKWELL COUNTY IN THE PAST AND DONE A, A VERY GOOD JOB.

SO, UH, WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH HIS COMPANY.

ALRIGHT? YEP.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY.

THERE IS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALANA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTE.

THE VOTE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS WAYNE FOR COMING OUT.

YOU BET, SHELLY.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.

I STILL WANNA GET WITH YOU, WAYNE AND DO A LITTLE DRIVE AROUND WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

16, DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING A REQUEST, UH, FROM FARMERS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE TO INSTALL A SECURITY LIGHT ON AN EXISTING POLE AND WORK IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO SABINE CREEK ROAD IN ROCKWALL COUNTY AND ALL OF THE RELATED ISSUES.

SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK LATER.

ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM.

WELL ACTUALLY ITEM 15, I'M GONNA DEFER THAT UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, ITEM

[16. Discuss/Act on approving a request from Farmers Electric Cooperative (FEC) to install a security light on existing pole and work in right of way located on or adjacent to Sabin~ Creek Road, in Rockwall County, and all related issues; (Commissioner Liechty)]

THIS HAS MY NAME ON IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

I, I I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, WE HAVE TWO SABINE CREEK PROJECTS.

ONE ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ONE ON YOUR SIDE OF THE ROAD.

SO, UM, THIS ONE FELL IN MY LAP.

UH, BUT THIS IS, THERE'S, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED SOMETHING.

THIS IS LITERALLY PUTTING UP A SECURITY LIGHT.

IT'S KIND OF SURPRISE WE EVEN HAD TO VOTE ON THIS, BUT APPARENTLY WE DO.

SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE REQUEST FROM FARMERS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE TO INSTALL A SECURITY LIGHT ON AN EXISTING POLL AND TO WORK IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO SABINE CREEK ROAD.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

UM, OH ONE, DO WE NEED TO GET APPROVAL FOR ME TO SIGN THIS? 'CAUSE FRANK'S OUTTA TOWN .

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER M**K, PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT.

[02:20:02]

ALL RIGHT.

GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER 17 IS GOING TO BE DEFERRED TO AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO LET'S

[18. CONSENT AGENDA]

UM, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION UNLESS, IS THAT OKAY? I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH G.

I WILL SECOND.

THERE IS A BOY I GOTTA WORK ON THIS.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER M**K, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALANA, REGISTER YOUR VOTES PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS AND DIS DISPOSITIONS.

UM, THAT'S A CONSENT AGENDA,

[19. PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS/DISPOSITIONS]

UM, DO WE DO ALL THESE TOGETHER OR DO WE HAVE TO DO IT ONE AT A TIME? OKAY.

SO WE'VE GOT DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING THE FOLLOWING.

PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF FIXED ASSETS.

COUNTY SHERIFF'S TRANSFER OF A TWO SURPLUS OF A 2006 GMC SAVANNAH VAN VIN 2 64 COUNTY SHERIFF'S TRANSFER OF SURPLUS OF A 2001 FORD E THREE 50 VAN VIN 4 0 4.

VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TRANSFER TO SURPLUS OF OFFICE CHAIRS.

MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PURCHASED FROM FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR ADULT PROBATION CENTER, A POWERED R 360 RACK SERVER AT A COST OF $9,701 AND 7 CENTS.

COUNTY SHERIFF PURCHASE FROM CAPITAL OUTLAYS MICROSOFT SURFACE LAPTOP AT A QUOTED COST OF $1,371 AND 20 CENTS.

AND HEALTH AND WELFARE TO PURCHASE FROM HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

A CAST BRONZE PLAQUE AT A QUOTED COST OF $1,256 AND 20 CENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I WOULD THEN ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

UH, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE PROPERTY ACQUISITION OF DISPOSITIONS 19 A, B, C, D, E, AND F.

THERE'S A MOTION BY, I'LL SECOND IT.

COMMISSIONER STACY, THERE'S A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER M**K, PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTE AND THEY PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT.

NON-EMERGENCY BUDGET TRANSFERS.

MOVING

[20. NON-EMERGENCY BUDGET TRANSFER(S):]

RIGHT ALONG.

ITEM NUMBER 20, DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING THE FOLLOWING.

NON-EMERGENCY BUDGET TRANSFERS 2025 TO OH SEVEN.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT'S JUST THE LINE IN THE BUDGET.

IT'S THE FISCAL YEAR IS 2025 AND IT'S THE SEVENTH NON-EMERGENCY BUDGET TRANSFER WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR.

OKAY, GOOD.

UM, SO TRANSFER NUMBER 2025 DASH OH SEVEN.

TRANSFER 4,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO COMMISSIONER.

UH, PRECINCT NUMBER ONE, TRAVEL AND TRAINING FROM GOVERNMENT GENERAL GOVERNMENT CONTINGENCY RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TRAVEL AND TRAINING EXPENSES REQUESTED FOR COMMISSIONER OF PRECINCT NUMBER ONE AND ITEM 2025 DASH ZERO EIGHT.

TRANSFER $1,000 FROM COMMISSIONER OF PRECINCT FOUR.

GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO TRAVEL AND TRAINING FROM COMMISSIONER SALARY RESULTING FROM ADDITIONAL TRAVEL AND TRAINING EXPENSES REQUESTED FOR COMMISSIONER PRECINCT THREE, FOUR, I'M SORRY, PRECINCT FOUR.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UM, COMMISSIONER M**K.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STACY.

UM, SO LET'S VOTE, UH, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT.

APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS, BILLS, CLAIMS AND PAYROLLS.

UM,

[21. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS, BILLS, CLAIMS, AND PAYROLL(S)]

UH, WE TURN TO THE AUDITOR.

YES, SIR.

YOUR VOTES PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I'M SUBMITTING TO THE COURT PAID CLAIMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $553,575 AND 82 CENTS.

AND I ASK FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL.

SO MOVED THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALANA.

IS THERE A SECOND? BY ME? THERE'S A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LTI.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

[02:25:01]

UM, SECOND, UM, SUBMITTED TO THE COURT, UNPAID CLAIMS THE AMOUNT OF $1,773,613 AND 14 CENTS.

AND I ASK FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL, MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER M**K, PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTE.

UH, SOMEBODY'S NOT VOTING.

IT'S, THERE YOU GO.

OH, IT WAS ME.

OH.

WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY MORE RECESSES, , I'M JUST TELLING YOU.

COMMISSIONER STACY, PLEASE VOTE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

IS THERE A THIRD? YES, SIR.

I'M SUBMITTING TO THE COURT THE PAYROLL REPORT FOR THE PAY PERIOD ENDING MARCH THE FIRST 2025 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,125,178 AND 21 CENTS.

AND I ASK FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL.

SO MOVED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALANA AND A SECOND BY I'LL SECOND.

ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT.

COURT OF ROCKWALL COUNTY, UH, WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, TO DISCUSS, UH, THE MATTERS, ANY OF THE MATTERS LISTED IN THIS AGENDA.

UH, AT THIS TIME, THE COMMISSIONED

[22. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ITEM IN THE ORDER DEEMED APPROPRIATE AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION CHAPTER 5 51, OPEN MEETING, SUB CHAPTER D TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, OR TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY, A PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND ATTORNEY CLIENT INFORMATION.

DISCUSS SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS FOR VEHICLE DAMAGE OCCURRING ON FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025, TO THE PROPERTY OF BARBARA MORGAN.

B, REAL ESTATE MATTERS, C PERSONNEL MATTERS.

UPDATE ON JOB POSTING FOR COUNTY ENGINEER AND ORGANIZATION OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

DISCUSS APPOINTMENTS OF A PUBLIC OFFICER'S OFFICER TO THE ROCKWELL COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, D ADVICE OF COUNSEL, DEVELOPER, APPORTIONMENT APPEAL PROCEDURES, E SECURITY RELATED MATTERS, F CONTRACT DELIBERATIONS AND G UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND AT I DID IT RIGHT, UH, 11, UM, 40 PM WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND FOR THOSE OF US IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT BACK INTO THIS LITTLE ROOM RIGHT HERE.

ORDER I'LL CALL US BACK

[23. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]

TO ORDER AT 1140.

NO, NO.

OR, I'M SORRY.

12:47 PM AND I'LL STATE THAT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.

[8. Discuss/Act on approving the Architectural Changes to the County Annex Building for Environmental Health and GIS to move into the Developmental Services Department, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)]

LET'S GO BACK.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM EIGHT ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS DISCUSS AND ACT APPROVING THE ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES TO THE COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND GIS TO MOVE INTO THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ALL RELATED ISSUES.

COMMISSIONER STACY? YES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE COURT, UM, HAS HAD TIME TO LOOK AT, UH, THE ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.

UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY GETTING, UH, THE DESIGN TOGETHER ON THIS.

SO, UM, WE HAVE THE, UH, WE HAVE THE LAYOUT BASICALLY WITHOUT THE LOBBY IS THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCEPT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF THE DESIGN.

WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

DO YOU, IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE A MAP THAT, OR NOT A MAP A PLAN THAT SHOWS WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE AWARE? WE, UM, WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.

THE, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THE, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS OF THE GIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS BEST IN THIS LAYOUT FORMATION.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UH, ONE OF THESE OFFICES FROM OUR MEETINGS, UM, OFFICE NUMBER 1 36 HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, UM, TO BE THE OFFICE.

UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UH, NOTHING HAS BEEN SET IN STONE.

UH, THERE WOULD BE AN ASSUMPTION THAT 1 37 WOULD BE THE CIVIL ENGINEER.

UM, WHERE, WHERE'S 1 37? WELL, NO, I CAN'T READ THESE.

1 37 IS RIGHT ABOVE IT.

RIGHT THERE.

AND SO WHERE'S THAT ON THIS RIGHT HERE? YEP.

THIS WOULD BE 1 37.

AND THESE, THE ONES WE REDREW LAST TIME, REMEMBER YOU BROUGHT THIS LAST TIME AND WE REDREW THESE, THIS 1 37, RIGHT? THE BIGGER ONE.

THAT'S IT.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S, AND THAT'S A ONE WE CHOSE AND IT'S NOW BEEN REDRAWN INTO HERE.

THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THIS JUST, LIKE I SAID, THIS HAS, THIS HAS THE NO LOBBY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL

[02:30:01]

THE ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

BUT THE ONE THAT WENT TO COURT , THERE WAS A COUPLE OF OPTIONS AND ONE KIND OF HAD AN INTERNAL LOBBY AND ONE HAD AN EXTERNAL LOBBY.

UM, AND THIS ONE HAS NO LOBBY.

IT, IT, YOU WALK IN AND THEN THERE'S THE MILLWORK RIGHT THERE AT THE, AT THE COUNTER.

UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, THESE OFFICE SPACES AND CUBICLE SPACES.

ANY, SO WHAT ACTION ARE WE BEING ASKED TO TAKE TODAY, COMMISSIONER? UM, THE, WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THIS DRAWN, THE ELECTRICAL PUT IN AND, UM, AND ALL THE DESIGN GOING FORWARD AND THE FURNITURE PURCHASED AND THE IT EQUIPMENT PURCHASED, WE'RE WANTING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AN APPROVAL OF THIS DESIGN BECAUSE IT IS WI WITHIN MY AUTHORITY TO SIGN OFF ON ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS SO THAT NOTHING ELSE SLOWS DOWN.

SO IF YOU SAY, WHAT IS THE GOAL? THE GOAL IS TO SAY IS THE, IS THE COURT GOOD WITH THIS DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD? UM, AND, UH, THEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FURNITURE GETS PURCHASED, THE IT GETS PURCHASED, ALL THE DESIGN CHANGES ARE DONE.

OF COURSE IT'LL COME BACK TO COURT FOR FINAL APPROVAL, BUT THAT WAY WE CAN, WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT, THIS ASPECT OF THE PROJECT IN ORDER.

IF YOU GO TO THE ANNEX BUILDING, THERE'S DRYWALL EVERYWHERE AND THEN THERE'S THIS BIG OPEN ROOM BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IN THIS AREA.

SO, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S GONNA TAKE 'EM ABOUT A DAY, A DAY AND A HALF TO GET THIS AREA BACK GOING.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE LONGER WE WAIT THOSE TRADES, IF WE HAVE TO REACTIVATE THOSE TRADES, BECOMES MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.

SO WE'RE KIND OF IN A SHORT TIME WINDOW YEP.

TO, TO MAKE THIS DECISION WITHOUT REALLY ESCALATING THE COST BECAUSE THE DRYWALLERS THE ELECTRIC, EVERYONE'S STILL THERE AND WE CAN, AND WE CAN REROUTE AND UH, AND, AND MAKE THIS A REALITY.

SO YOU, SO COMMISSIONER STACY, YOU STARTED OUT WHEN, UM, WHEN COMMISSIONER LEKI LICK ASK YOU THE, THE OFFICE NUMBERS ARE IDENTIFIED AND YOU'VE HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS SELECTED ONE, BUT OTHER THAN, WHICH IS REALLY AT, AT, AT, I THINK AT, AT THE HELM RIGHT NOW IS FOR US TO ALLOW YOU TO GET THE OFFICE FURNITURE, UM, ORDERED.

THE REST OF THESE, AFTER YOU MEET WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE CORRECT.

MOVE THEM AROUND IF, IF NEED BE 100%.

BUT THE FURNITURE'S THE FURNITURE FOR WHATEVER OFFICE THAT, THAT IS THE GOAL YES.

IS TO GET THE, IS GET THE FURNITURE.

AND WE'VE HAD A FURNITURE MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE ESSENTIALS OF THE OFFICE WORKING.

UM, WHICH IS WHY, UM, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE STILL HAVE THAT STORAGE AREA, UM, INCLUDED BECAUSE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAS TO HAVE PAPER COPIES OF EVERYTHING IN CASE THEY GET AUDITED.

IS THAT CORRECT? CARISSA? I'VE BEEN ASKING, UM, TO TRY TO MAKE AS MANY THINGS GO ELECTRONIC AS POSSIBLE, BUT STATE STATUTE SAYS THAT STORAGE ROOM HAS TO EXIST.

SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE DEVELOP FROM TALKING TO THE DEPARTMENTS ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS, WHAT DOES THIS NEED TO LOOK LIKE FOR YOU TO FUNCTION? AND I THINK THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT WHAT YOU MENTIONED THAT AS WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE REAL WELL WITH ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEW REORGANIZED DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT WORKS TO THE BEST AND MOST EFFICIENT FASHION POSSIBLE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AWESOME.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR US? UM, OR DON'T WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION? NO, I, I, I WILL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES TO THE COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JS TO MOVE INTO THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALANA.

EVERY, UNLESS THERE'S A DISCUSSION, PLEASE PUT YOUR VOTE IN AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU UHHUH.

15, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON SUBMITTING A NOMINEE REPLACEMENT TO THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, ROCKWELL CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ON ALL RELATED ISSUES.

UM, NEXT, UM, LET'S GO TO ITEM

[15. Discuss/ Act on submitting a nominee replacement to the Rockwall Central Appraisal District Board of Directors, and to approve the Resolution, all related issues; {Commissioner Liechty)]

UM, THERE WAS RECENTLY A VACANCY THAT WAS CREATED ON THE ROCKWALL CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

UH, EACH TAXING JURISDICTION HAS THE RIGHT TO SUBMIT A NAME AND VOTE.

UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO, COULD I ASK A QUESTION? FELICIA, YOU'VE GIVEN ME THIS THING.

DO WE MAKE A MOTION OR DO WE SIGN THIS OR BOTH? WE MAKE A MOTION THAT BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT WE SEND TO CAD.

AS A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ROCKWALL CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

UHHUH .

I WOULD THEN MAKE A MOTION THAT THE COUNTY, UM, SUBMIT THE NAME OF TONY ANTHONY CRAWFORD TO SERVE AS OUR REP

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UM, FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T, UH, DON'T KNOW MR. CRAWFORD, HE LIVES, HE'S A CITIZEN IN MCCLENDON CHISHOLM.

HE WAS A RETIRED DALLAS POLICE LIEUTENANT.

HE WAS SHOT AND PARALYZED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 1991, YET CONTINUED TO SERVE IN UNIFORM FOR ANOTHER 26 YEARS.

HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

HE'S LIVED IN OUR COUNTY SINCE 1993, UM, UH, AND HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY POSITIONS.

SO I WOULD NOMINATE, UH, ANTHONY CRAWFORD FOR THAT POSITION.

I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LTE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER M**K, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, GREAT.

AND WE'LL HAVE TO ALL SIGN THIS, I GUESS.

WE'LL GO TO ITEM 17, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON AUTHORIZING OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO PREPARE WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR APPORTIONMENT DETERMINATION APPEAL PROCESS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2 32 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE IN ALL RELATED ISSUES.

THEN

[17. Consideration and action on authorizing outside counsel to prepare written procedure for apportionment determination appeal process pursuant to Chapter 232 of the Texas Local Government Code, and all related issues: (Commissioner Liechty- Daniel Ray - Rockwall County General Counsel)]

UM, IN 2000, WAS IT 24? I THINK THAT THE COURT APPROVED APPORTIONMENTS, UM, UH, EITHER 23 OR 24.

THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPROVED APPORTIONING COSTS TO DEVELOPERS BASED UPON THEIR IMPACT ON THE COUNTY AS AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY SECTION 2 3 2, 1 10 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

UM, IN THE EVENT THAT WE WERE TO DO THAT AND THAT ANY LANDOWNER AFFECTED LANDOWNER OR DEVELOPER WOULD DISAGREE, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL THE DECISION TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT BASED ON PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

UM, WE, UH, THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S PRUDENT THAT WE PASS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, THE SUSTER LAW GROUP, PLLC, TO DRAFT THOSE PROCEDURES.

SO THERE'S BEEN AN AMENDMENT TO LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED BETWEEN THE SUSTER LAW GROUP, PLLC, UH, AND ROCKWELL COUNTY AS THE CLIENT, UM, TO AUTHORIZE THE FIRM TO DRAFT PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPER'S, APPEALS TO THE COUNTY'S ENGINEERS DETERMINATIONS OF APPORTIONMENTS OF COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.

UM, AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AGREE TO, UH, AMEND THE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO, UH, THE COUNTY AND SUSTER LAW GROUP TO AUTHORIZE THAT FIRM TO DRAFT PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPER'S APPEALS UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND I'LL SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LICK.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

STACY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS POINT THEN? NO DISCUSSION.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO VOTE.

IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOUR TO NOTHING.

SOUNDS LIKE A BASEBALL SCORE.

UM, AND LET'S GO THEN TO, UH,

[24. COMMISSIONERS COURT REPORTS]

COMMISSIONER'S, COURT REPORTS.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON? I'LL JUST SAY QUICKLY THAT I WANT TO ECHO, UH, WHAT CARISSA SAID EARLIER, UH, ABOUT FENTANYL.

THE, UH, PERSON WHO PASSED AWAY WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A, A FRIEND OF MINE THAT'S BEEN A FRIEND FOR 40 YEARS.

AND SO IT REALLY HIT HOME.

AND SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S HERE.

UH, WE CAN'T IGNORE IT ANYMORE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING TODAY.