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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-09-08-0900AM-PublicHearingILED • ~ r o9`' 99 SEP AN 8: 42 BRAZOS COUNTY UERK ~C:,,;i::^USE BRYAN. TEXAS Gh ft tl• . x: 5 BY ~uty n . NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BRAZOS COUNTY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT SEPTEMBER 8,1999 • Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Brazos County Courthouse, 300 East 26" Street, Suite 115, Bryan, Texas on Wednesday, September 8, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. for the purpose of discussing the proposed budget for fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. Taxpayers and other interested parties are invited to attend and be heard at this time. Said budget is filed with the County Clerk and will remain on file in the office of the County Clerk in accordance with existing State Statutes. Taxpayers and others interested are urged to acquaint themselves with the said budget during the time it remains on file with the County Clerk before the hearing. The Courthouse is wheelchair accessible. Handicap parking spaces are available. Any request for sign interpretive services must be made two business days before the meeting. To make arrangements, call (409) 361-4102. • )IOL__I rl . Sg7 PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 SEPTEMBER 8,1999 A public hearing was held by the Commissioners Court in the Commissioners Courtroom in the Brazos County Courthouse, Bryan, Texas beginning at 9:00 am. on Wednesday, September 8, 1999 with the following members of the Court present: Alvin W. Jones, County Judge, Presiding; Tony Jones, Commissioner of Precinct 1; William S. Thornton, Commissioner of Precinct 2; Randy Sims, Commissioner of Precinct 3; Carey Cauley, Jr., Commissioner of Precinct 4; Attached is a list of citizens and officials in attendance. The Notice of the Public Hearing was read aloud and the public hearing was opened for comments from the Elected Officials, Department Heads and the public. The County Judge stated that the Court would proceed through the budget by department and anyone wishing to speak on a particular department was encouraged to speak at that time and would be allotted five minutes. The following departments were discussed: County Judge - No recommendations. Commissioners Court - No recommendations. Community Support: Revolving Loan Fund - Commissioner Sims requested the County renew the contract for the Revolving Loan Fund and recommended funding of the contract at $81,000 over a three year period. After discussion, Commissioner Sims recommended budgeting $31,000 for FY 2000 and $25,000 a year for the next two years. Animal Shelter - No recommendation for change. County Treasurer - County Treasurer, Kay Hamilton requested the salary and benefits for the Payroll Officer be returned to the County Treasurer's budget and deleted from the Personnel Department budget. She further requested that the payroll duties remain in the Treasurer's office. Ms Hamilton further requested salary and benefits be budgeted for a part time employee should the Court move the payroll duties to the Personnel department. Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund - Mike Holescher requested support from the County in the amount of $5,000. The County Auditor stated that $2,500 had been proposed for FY 2000. Judge Jones remarked on the success of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Center and recommended increasing the $2,500 to $5,000. Risk Management - No recommendations. Tax Assessor/Collector - No recommendations. i .a 7 V 4 ~i 4r Computer Network and Services - Mrs. Dean requested $40 for a pager. C Personnel - Requested $923 for subscriptions and publications to assist Risk - Management to pay the annual subscription fee for an electronic publication that is used by both departments. The County Treasurer requested that salary and benefits proposed in the Personnel budget for the Payroll Officer t i be moved back to the Treasurer's office. i r • Auditor - No recommendations. Purchasing Department - A representative from the Purchasing Department requested that one Buyer position be upgraded to a Senior Buyer position. Building Maintenance - No recommendations. County Attorney - County Attorney, Jim Kuboviak requested the addition of two attorney positions plus benefits and departmental support for the attorneys. It was stated that this would allow more cases to be tired by the courts and would generate sufficient funds to pay for the positions. recommendations. District Attorney - Bill Turner, District Attorney requested the salary level for the three part time employees in that department be increased to $6.5923 per hour plus the appropriate benefits. He stated that it was difficult to hire qualified employees at the current rate. Title IV Funds - The District Attorney requested that the funds for FY 2000 be included in the budget. These are funds received from Child Protective Services and involve no county funds. District Clerk - No recommendations. District Clerk - Jury Services - No recommendations. District Clerk/Collection Department -No recommendations. County Clerk - No recommendations. 85" District Court - No recommendations. 272nd District Court - No recommendations. 361" District Court - No recommendations. • Juvenile Court Referee - No recommendations. County Court At Law No. 1 - No recommendations. County Court At Law No. 2 - Judge Davis addressed the letter that was written to the Court requesting a salary increase for the Court Coordinator in that department. benefits. Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 - A written request had been received requesting two additional clerical positions plus benefits for that department. Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 - Ray Truelove, Justice of the Peace requested that his salary be increased to $41,00 which is the same as Justices of the Peace, Precincts 4 and 6. Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 - No recommendations. Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5 - No recommendations. Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6 - No recommendations. Community Supervision - No recommendations. Sheriff's Office Administration - Sheriff, Chris Kirck requested the addition of three patrol deputies as $27,850 (18/1) each, plus benefits, and increase of $40,125 for capital expenditures for that department. Sheriff's Office Jail - Wayne Dickey, Jail Administrator requested the salaries for the three positions that had been erroneously removed from the proposed budget be reinstated and that the nurse positions in the jail be reclassified to pay group 19. He stated that they had been unable to fill the nurse positions because of the low salaries. . Constable Precinct 2 - Constable Marrow requested funding for a Chief Deputy position plus benefits for that department. He further requested $250 increase in minor furniture, $400 increase in equipment, $2,000 increase in fuel and $240 increase in telephone expense. Constable Precinct 3 - No recommendations. Constable Precinct 4 - Constable Peters, requested that the salary plus benefits for the part time deputy position be put back in the budget for that department. Constable Precinct 5 - Constable Butler requested that the salary plus benefits for the part time deputy position be put back in the budget for that department. Constable Precinct 6 - Constable Sikes requested that the salary plus benefits for i~ ii f~ r~ the full time deputy be put back in the budget. He further requested that bonds be budgeted at $400, conferences at $1,400, cellular telephone expense at $1,700, fuel at $2,000 and vehicle maintenance at $3,500. Juvenile Services - Ernie Wentrcek, Director requested the creation of a position for a Licensed Professional Counselor plus benefits for that department. He asked that the position be paid at a pay group 22, step 1. He went on to say that funds for counseling had been reduced and if the position was not approved he would need that account increased to pay for counseling. Judge Smith spoke in support of the creation of a Licensed Professional Counselor as did Judge Delaney. Road and Bridge - No recommendations. Indigent Health Care - Commissioner Sims reminded the Court that it had been recommended that the poverty level be increased to 25% for indigents. Environmental Protection - No recommendations. Veterans' Administration- No recommendations. Fire Protection - No recommendations. Welfare - No recommendations. Elections - No recommendations. Health Department - No recommendations. Emergency Management - No recommendations. Brazos Center - Sheila Walker, Director requested the part time positions in that department be reclassified from a pay group 7 to a pay group 9 and reduce the number of hours budgeted for those positions. This would allow her to hire more qualified persons and would not increase the budget for that department. Agriculture Extension - Jack Hunter, Extension Agent requested that the part time secretary position be upgraded to a full time position and budgeted at a pay group 13 step I plus benefits. Foster Care - No recommendations. State Lateral Road - No recommendations.. Law Library - No recommendations.. Appellate Judicial Fund - No recommendations. Alternative Dispute Resolution - Discussed earlier in the hearing. Leose Education Fund - No recommendations. County Records Management Fund - No recommendations. Courthouse Security Fund - Sheriff Kirk requested and increase in salaries of $13,320 plus benefits for this department. The Auditor asked if the $22,000 budgeted for electronic equipment and the $38,000 for x-ray equipment should be deleted from the budget and if the contingency should be reduced to $10,000. It was the consensus that due to the purchase of the referenced equipment that the budget should be adjusted accordingly. The County Judge announced the public hearing recessed until 2:00 p.m. at which time any Elected Official and Department Head would be allowed time to further address the Court on their issues. The public hearing was reconvened at 2:00 with all members of the Court present. The County Judge proceeded to call on the following departments for additional comments: ?i r L 4 Constable, Precinct 2 - No comments Constable, Precinct 3 - No comments Constable, Precinct 4 - Reiterated the need for the part time deputy position that had been removed from the budget. Constable, Precinct 5 - Reiterated the need for the part time deputy position that had been removed from the budget. Constable, Precinct 6 - Reiterated the need for the deputy position that had been removed from the budget. I Sheriff's Office Administration - Sheriff Kirk reinforced the need for the addition of the two special services deputies and the addition of one patrol deputy. He presented statistics to support the need for the positions and the many hours spent serving papers. Eric Woerz, Deputy for Constable Precinct 4 asked if the Court had received anything in writing from the Attorney General asking or stating that the Child Support papers be served by the Sheriff's Department and not by the Constables. He was informed that the Court had received 1 h nothing in writing. Eric Bales spoke in support of the patrol deputies, salaries for the officers and vehicles. Stephen Cruz, Deputy for Constable Precinct 4-spoke on the increase in workload of the Constables, even if the Child Support papers are to be served by the Sheriffs Office. There being no other persons to speak the public hearing was closed at 2:25 p.m. A is a.budga 7.2000 bgt bear WWOWL WI__T,..PArxA,,L9L. The foregoing minutes of the Public Hearing on the Proposed Budget for fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 have been examined and are approved in open Court this [day of AOOc A e"Ji'u in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. Alvin . Jones Tony Jones County Judge Commissioner, Precinct Wm. S. 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