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Home My WebLink About2001-01-02-0900AM-Regular• lr u • Gh Y OPr ~~lC.L~ ~eill~G l?L ~t:, J BRAZOS COUNTY BRYAN. TEXAS NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT THE. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL MEET IN A REGULAR SESSION ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2001 AT 9:00 A.M. IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURTROOM OF THE BRAZOS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 300 EAST 26TH STREET, SUITE 115, BRYAN, TEXAS. 1. Invocation - Judge Jones. 2. Pledge of Allegiance - Judge Jones. 3. Cali for citizen input and/or concerns. Consider and take action on agenda items 4 - 15: 4. Personnel Changes of Status. 5. Budget Amendment 00/01-13. 6. Payment of Claims. 7. Approval of Official Bonds. 8. Request by Judge of the 361" District Court for out-of-state travel to attend the National Conference of Special Court Judges in San Diego. California. February 14-18, 2001 9. Appointing two individuals to serve on the Brazos County Fire Prevention District 44 Fire Commissioners Board. 10. Authorizing the issuance of credit cards by Wells Fargo. 11. Authorizing the County Auditor's office to review the seizure, forfeiture, receipt and use of forfeited property and all related accounting. 12. Appointing a member of the Board of Managers of the Brazos County Emergency Communications District. 13. Tax Resale Deeds and authorization for County Judge to execute Tax Resale Deeds for the following: a. Part of the Stephen F. Austin League No. 9, Lot 14 (TR 540), Block 34, City of Bryan, to Ruby L. Devrow. b. Lot 10, Block 8, Starlight Addition, City of Bryan, to Adrian Castro. P 2,11,- PA a i t Commissioners Court Meeting Agenda January 2, 2001 Page Two 14. Request for change of departmental name for the Computer and Network Services Department. 15. Professional Services Contract with Peter Huml, Consultant, for essential Information Technology related projects and support. 16. Announcement of interest items and future agenda topics. 17. Call for citizen input and/or concerns. 18. Adjourn. 1 -f I"I 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 (979) 361-4102. e COMMISSIONERS' COURT REGULAR MEETING • JANUARY 2, 2001 A regular meeting of the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas was held in the Commissioners' Courtroom in the Courthouse in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2001, with the following members of the Court present: Alvin W. Jones, County Judge, Absent; Tony Jones, Commissioner of Precinct 1, Absent; Wm.S. Thornton, Commissioner of Precinct 2; Randy Sims, Commissioner of Precinct 3, Presiding; Carey Cauley, Jr., Commissioner of Precinct 4; Mary Ann Ward, County Clerk. The attached sheet contains the names of the citizens and officials that were in attendance. The County Judge gave the invocation and led the pledge of allegiance. There was no citizen input/and or concerns. The Court proceeded to consider the change of status of employees as submitted on the attached Personnel Action Requests. On motion by Commissioner Sims, seconded by Commissioner Thornton, the Court voted unanimously to approve the changes with the exception of the change for Laurie Calvin and Cathy Miller which will remain in place for a period of three months. The Court next considered Budget Amendment #00/01-13.1 through 13.3 which would reallocate funds for the District Attorney Trust Fund, transfer funds from the 272nd District Court to Contingency and set up a revenue portion for the Grant Fund Sale to Intoxicated Persons Grant. On motion by Commissioner Sims, seconded by Commissioner Thornton, the Court voted unanimously to approve the budget amendment 13.1 and 13.3 as submitted and to remove 13.2 that deals with the 272nd District Court. A copy is attached. Vol Page a23 Commissioners' Court meeting January 2, 2001 2 The Court next considered the following Claims as submitted by the County Treasurer for payment: 20014304 through 20014597 On motion by Commissioner Thornton, seconded by Commissioner Sims, the Court voted unanimously to approve the Claims as submitted. The Court next considered approval of Officials Bonds for the following elected officials: Gerald L. (Buddy) Winn, Tax Assessor/Collector Randy Sims, Commissioner, Precinct 3 Tony Jones, Commissioner, Precinct 1 Charles H. Ellis, Jr., Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2 James P. Marrow, Constable, Precinct 2 Donald Lampo, Constable, Precinct 3 Duane Peters, Constable, Precinct 4 Chris Kirk, Sheriff Rick Davis, Judge 272"d District Court Phil Sikes, Constable, Precinct 6 Isaac Butler, Constable, Precinct 5 Bill Turner, District Attorney On motion by Commissioner Sims, seconded by Commissioner Thornton, the Court voted unanimously to approve the elected officials bonds of the previously named officials. The next matter for consideration by the Court was a request submitted by the Steve Smith, Judge 361" District Court requesting approval for out of state travel for himself. Judge Smith would be traveling to San Diego, California to attend the National Special Court Judges meeting from February 14 through the 18, 2001. On motion by Commissioner Thornton, seconded by Commissioner Sims, the Court voted unanimously to grant the request from the District Judge and approved payment of out of state travel expense for him. The Court next considered appointing two individuals to serve on the Brazos County Fire Prevention District Number 4 Fire Commissioners Board. On motion by Commissioner Sims, seconded by Commissioner Thornton, the Court voted unanimously I ~ r I/ Vol 'Page d.;L4 b M 1 i • • • Commissioners' Court meeting January 2, 2001 3 to appoint the following individuals: Dorothy Dlaby Betty Putz The next matter for consideration was authorizing the issuance of credit cards by wells Fargo to the Narcotics Task Force. On motion by Commissioner Thornton, seconded by Commissioner Sims, the Court voted unanimously to authorize the issuance. The Court next considered authorizing the County Auditor's office to review the seizure, forfeiture, receipt and use of forfeited property and all related accounting. On motion by Commissioner Sims, seconded by Commissioner Cauley, the Court voted unanimously to authorize the County Auditor's office to review all accounting for forfeited property. The next matter for consideration was the appointment of a member to the Board of Managers of the Brazos County Emergency Communications District. On motion by Commissioner Sims, seconded by Commissioner Cauley, the Court voted unanimously to re-appoint R. J. "Dick" Holmgreen to the Board. The Court next considered Tax Resale Deeds and authorization for the County Judge to execute Tax Resale Deeds. On motion by Commissioner Sims, seconded by Commissioner Cauley, the Court voted unanimously to authorize the County Judge to execute a Tax Resale Deed to the following individual: Ruby L Devrow - 0.246 acres out of the Stephen F. Austin League No. 9, City of Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, also described as Lot 14 (TR540), Block 34,SFA #9, Brazos County Tax Records. On motion by Commissioner Sims, seconded by Commissioner Cauley, the Court voted unanimously to authorize the County Judge to execute a Tax Resale Deed to the following individual: Adrian Castro - Lot 10, Block S, Starlight Addition City of Bryan, Brazos County, Texas Vol a a Page aaS' Commissioners' Court meeting January 2, 2001 4 The Court next considered a request to change the name of the Computer and Network Services Department to Department of Information Technology. Commissioner Thornton asked if the mission of the department had changed. On motion by Commissioner Cauley, seconded by Commissioner Sims, the Court voted unanimously to authorize the name change to Department of Information Technology. The next matter before the Court was approval of a Contractual Agreement between Brazos County and Peter Huml, for essential Information Technology related projects or support. The consultant will be paid at an hourly rate of $100. The term of the contract will be from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001. On motion by Commissioner Cauley, seconded by Commissioner Sims, the Court voted unanimously to enter into contractual agreement with Peter Huml. A copy of the contractual agreement is attached hereto. Under announcement of interest items and possible future agenda topics the County Judge made the following comments: a) He will be distributing the Tarrant County travel policy for review. b) He does not find the water districts being proposed by Bickerstaff acceptable and he has informed the firm of that opinion. There was no citizen input and/or concerns. There being no further business to come before the Court, the meeting was adjourned. I A Vol °t k , Page a 4 • • The foregoing minutes of the Commissioners Court regular meeting held January 2, 2001 have been examined and are approved in open Court this the /S W- day of , 20011, in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. 4 e. L, 1. ( 2 Alvin W. Jone County Judge Wm. Thornton Commissioner, Precinct 2 a4 ~ '0 j arey C ey, Jr. Commiss roner , Pre n 4 Vol Page A Tony Jones Commissioner, Precinct 1 Randy S s Commi Toner, Precinct 3 i Karen McQueen County Clerk 'q 01 BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING ON A 2004t AT fU -',ow NAME ORGANIZATION/DEPARTMENT L ti IAL Z ,.e C NS e v~,j a c ►J LL o- ACS V ~o 600, 2 7-) % - I ti.~ ~~s t\,k ~ O Wa+ prhtq-" ~1 VIAA-j L",I. VOIL 6 • .e PERSONNEL CHANGE OF STATUS page 1 of 1 COURT DATE: January 2, 2001 DEPARTMENT: Personnel PURPOSE: Approve Personnel Change of Status DEPARTMENT NAME EMPLOYEE NAME ACTION REQUESTED BRAZOS CENTER MCCUE, JAMES NEW HIRE-F/T - - - - JUVENILE SERVICES POTTS, CEDRICK PROMOTION DENSEY, SHARON PROMOTION SALAZAR, BECKY RESIGNATION RAMAGE, JULIE NEW HIRE-P/r SHERIFF - ADMIN. AGUILAR, GRACIE NEW HIRE-F/T SHERIFF - JAIL DIV FOSTER, RICHARD H RESIGNATION HINES, LAQUITA M TRANSFER W/IN DEPT HALL, COLBY S RESIGNATION HESTERMAN, JESSICA S RESIGNATION BEAN, RHONDA D RESIGNATION 0 Approved in Commissioners' Court: Januwy 2. 2001 County Judge's or Commissioner's Signature: (Thus copy to be attached to minutes) BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS BUDGET AMENDMENT(S) FOR THE 2000-2001 BUDGET YEAR NO. 00/01 - 13.1 through 13.3, On this the 2nd day of January 2001 at a regular meeting of the Commissioners' Court, the following members were present: Alvin W. Jones, County Judge, Presiding Tony Jones, Commissioner, Precinct 1; Wm. 3. Thornton, Commissioner, Precinct 2; Randy Sims, Commissioner, Precinct 3; Carey Cauley, Commissioner, Precinct 4; Mary Ann Ward, County Clerk. The following proceedings were held: THAT WHEREAS, on January 2, 2001 the Court heard and approved a budget amendment for the 2000-2001 budget year for Brazos County, Texas. WHEREAS, an expenditure is necessary due to the necessity to meet unusual and unforeseen conditions which could not be reasonably included in the original budget adopted September 5, 2000 the following amendment(s) to the original are hereby authorized, as described on the attached page(s). ADOPTED AND APPROVED this the 2nd day of January 2001. THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT OF BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS. By: Alvin W. Jones, County Judge Original: County Clerk's Office and attached to the original budget Copies: County Auditor County Treasurer Commissioners' Court Minutes -30 i t l~ I t I , I • • • b BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS BUDGET AMENDMENTS No. 00/01-13.1 nI M17 nnnn FD DIV ACCT PROD DR/CR ACCOUNT NAME Increase Decrease 81 810080 531000 Dr. Social Security 600.00 81 810080 538000 Dr. Worker's Compensation 100.00 81 810080 802030 Dr. Co uter Hardware 7,540.00 81 810080 725900 Dr. Professional Fees 555.00 81 810080 616800 Cr. [ Training 700.00 81 810080 618010 Cr. Travel 1,500.00 81 810080 606000 Cr. Office Supplies 1,540.00 81 810080 613240 Cr. ui ment Minor 5,055.00 District Att orney Trust Fund District Attorney Crime Fund To reallocate budget to allow for increased expenditures for computer hardware and to set u budget for Social Security and Worker's Compensation for Grant em to ees that rant does not cover benefi ts. Prepared By: GKC Approved By: Date: 12/188000 ~ ~ Date: -3 ~rJoem.~99Hna wmeaA "&"& BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS BUDGET AMENDMENTS No. 00/01-13.2 1 /2/11(1 FD DIV ACCT PROD DR/CR ACCOUNT NAME Increase Decrease 01 110015 611300 Dr. Contingency 13,685.00 01 221001 516100 Cr. Hourly - Staff 11,555.00 01 221001 531000 Cr. Social Security 884.00 01 221001 532000 Cr. Retirement 1,233.00 01 221001 538000 Cr. Workers Comp 13.00 272nd District Court To adjust salary for the court reporter supplement which was allowed to the Court Coordinator and the Administrative Secretary for duties relating to the electronic court reporting system used by this department. The new district judge has elected to use a court repor ter rather than the electronic system; therefore, those duties are no longer needed. t~ _ ~U U~t►...~ O:F0rms/99Hnd Amend I~ s • 7 c BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS BUDGET AMENDMENTS No. 00/01-13.3 M irnnnnn FD DIV ACCT PROJ DR/CR ACCOUNT NAME Increase Decrease 01 913200 Dr. Transfer to Grant Fund 13,220.00 01 180001 516100 Cr. flourl - Staff 10,000.00 01 180001 531000 Cr. Social Security 760.00 01 180001 532000 Cr. Retirement 1,070.00 01 180001 533000 Cr. Health - Insurance 762.00 01 180001 538000 Cr. Worker's Com nation 208.00 01 180001 617500 Cr. Telephone - Cellular 420.00 30 460510 Dr. Cash Match - TDOT 13,220.00 30 490280 Cr. Transfer from Gen Fund 13,220.00 General Fund Grant Fund To set u the revenue portion of the cash match for the Sale to Intoxicated Persons Grant. The cash match consists of salary, benefits and fete hone expense that is budgeted in the Count At torne 's Department. vod-P a ~L Prepared By: gke Approved By:- Date: 12/20/2000 Date:- Geflorms/ 99t3na.llmeaa STATE OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COUNTY OF BRAZOS ) CONTRACT This contract entered into by and between the COUNTY OF BRAZOS, a County Government organized under the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas hereinafter referred to as "County", and Peter Huml Consultant hereinafter referred to as "Consultant". WHEREAS, the County desires to employ the Consultant to perform essential Information Technology related projects or support; and WHEREAS, Consultant possesses the skills to render said support to the County. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties mutually agree as follows: 1. SCOPE OF SERVICES. The Consultant shall perform tasks as requested by the director of Information Technology (IT). Those duties are to be limited to special projects in support of the IT missionand the Consultant agrees to perform those tasks. 2. TIME OF PERFORMANCE. The dunes of Consultant are to begin on January 1, 2001 9 and terminate on September 30, 2001. This contract may be renewed by agreement of both parties. 3. COMPENSATION AND METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Consultant shall be paid at the hourly rate of $100.00. Reasonable travel expenses will be documented by the consultant and reimbursed by the County to the consultant for site visits to Brazos County. Lodging in Brazos County will be provided by Purchase Order through Brazos County Purchasing Department. Effort will not exceed an average of 30 hours per month. The consultant shall receive reimbursement for documented postage, shipping, and telephone calls in the performance of tasks assigned to the consultant by the County (Director IT). Payment will be made as the result of a monthly invoice submitted to IT by the consultant. This contract is not eligible for any benefits. 4. LOCATION OF PERFORMANCE. The locations of where such services are to be performed are to be determined by the County (Director IT) and the Consultant. 5. TERMINATION. Either party may terminate this contract at any time without cause. vO oCL ' /"1 C Notify : County Judge Brazos County 300 E. 26' Street Bryan, Texas 77803 With a copy to: Brazos County Department of Information Technology 202 E. 271" Street Suite 102 Bryan, Texa§ 77803 CONSULTANT: Peter Huml 4318 Hueco Ave. EI Paso, TX 79903 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this agreement at Bryan. Texas this day of JAS, 2001. COUNTY OF BRAZOS , - Q~~ -.01 a - Alvin beeiies County Judge, Brazos County CONSULTANT: Peter Huml APPROVED AS TO CONTE F. Ernie Laney, im 10ireqW Department of Information Technology AP MOVED BY PURCHASING: Pat Howard Purchasing Agent, Brazos County • , a o~ o~.3J~ y 2 THIS PAGE LEFT BLANK INTENTIONALLY I VOL-2!~t PAGE