COMMISSIONERS' COURT BUDGET WORKSHOP AGE A
COUNTY COURTROOM
KERB COUNTY COURTHOUSE
- KERRVII..LE, TEXAS 78028
THIS NOTICE IS POSTED PURSUANT TO 'THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. (TITLE 5,
CHAPTER 551, GOVERNMENT CODE AND TITLE 5, CHAPTER 552, GOVERNMENT CODE.)
This Commissioners' Court will hold workshop meetings on the following days, in the Kerr Cou~y
Courthouse in the Commissioners' Courtroom.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Budget workshops will be held on the following:
THURSDAY. JULY 23. 1998.10:30 A.M.
10:30 A.M.
District Clerk
Non-Departmental
Juvenile Probation
Aduk Probation
Department of Public Safety
City/County Operation
1:30 P.M.
Health Department
County Sponsored
Jury-JP Courts
Fire Protection
County Law Library
Public Library
Flood Comrol
Traffic Safety
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10:00 A.M.
Records Management
Indigent. Hesith
Road & Bridge Contractual Obligation
General Contractual Obligation
1994 Jail Bond
Permanwt Improvement
COMMISSIONERS' COURT CONVENED IN BUDGET WORKSHOP on Thursday,
July 23, 1998 at 10:30 AM with the following officers present:
Honorable Robert A. Denson, County Judge; Commissioner Pct. 1,
H.A. Baldwin; Commissioner Pct. 2, T.H. Lackey; Commissioner
Pct. 3, Jonathan Letz; Commissioner Pct. 4, Bruce Oehler and
the following proceedings were had:
Budget workshops will be held on the following:
10:30 AM District Clerk's budget was discussed. Part-time
salary was increased due to more hours and responsibilities.
District Clerk requested one more full-time person as a
secretary to District Clerk. Everything basically remained
the same in her budget. Postage machine was increased for•
maintenance. Decreases were on typewriter maintenance,
copier. Storage for evidence was increased at Water Street
Archives. Computer software was increased. Rn auto folder was
requested in capital outlay. County Law Library remained the
same.
Non Departmental's budget was discussed. Changes made to the
budget were in worker's compensation, insurance liability,
unemployment insurance, autopsy & inquests. Decreases were in
audits, property insurance, and lease copier. Capital outlay
requested printers and uniplex software.
Rdult and Juvenile Rrobation was discussed next.
Substantially the same with little incr^ease.
Department of Public Safety requested a under capital outlay
a new clerk under part-time line item. Other requested items
wer^e pagers and radars.
City/County Operations were discussed. Rirport was decreased
52,000.00. Recycle center remains the same.
Rublic Library was discussed. A one-time line item was added
to this year's budget for a new elevator- price at (38,000.00
and the new elevator should reduce the costs of maintenance to
fix the old one.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT RECESSED AT 11:30 AM
COMMISSIONERS' COURT RECONVENED RT 1:30 PM
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Budget workshops were held on the following:
DPS was re-looked at regarding radars and portable scales
to weigh trucks. Portable scales and three radars were
approved.
County Sponsored budgets reviewed were Historical Commission,
Trapper Contract, Soil conser-vation, Emergency Management, Big
Brothers, Sig sisters, Talley House, K-Star, Crisis Council,
Casa, Economic Development, Pace, Water Development, National
Guard, Health Department (Hold), Child Services Board.
UGRA was discussed. UGRA is still in the process of setting
OSSF rate schedule. This was to be put on next Commissioners'
Court agenda.
Fire protection was discussed. Increase all 51,000.00 except
City of Kerrville and money budgeted to put house out at the
Divide in Mt. Home.
Jury-Up Court was discussed. It was increased all by
51,500.00 per Tommy.
Flood Control was addressed. Flood control is not set out for
anything specific. It has 5100,000.00 in it now and draws
interest.
Traffic Safety was discussed. Amount remains the same.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT RECESSED AT 3:00 RM
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COMMISSIONERS' COURT CONVENED IN BUDGET WORKSHOP SESSION on
Friday, July 24, 1998 at 10:00 AM with the following officers
present: Honorable Robert A. Denson, County Judge;
Commissioner Pet. 1, H.A. Baldwin; Commissioner Pct. 2, T.H.
Lackey; Commissioner Pct. 3, Jonathan Letz; Commissioner
Rct.4, Bruce Oehler and the following proceedings were had:
Budget workshop will he held on the following:
Family and Literacy Inc. was addressed at this time. It was
previously named Partners and Parenting. Two thousand dollars
was agreed upon and need to change line item from Partners and
Parenting to Family and Literacy, Inc.
Dietert Claim was discussed. Ten thousand dollars additional
was requested to purchase new vehicle. It was agreed to
on 55,000.00 to purchase used vehicle and put it in a separate
line item to keep track of it.
Records Management was discussed. There was some discussion
by Tommy about the fee collected countywide by Clerks and Jps.
We currently pay 51,560.00 to Archives for storage and the
records not in storage are deteriorating. Tommy recommended
to the Court look at other possibilities of storage; either at
Road and Bridge office or the basement of the new courthouse
renovations for all records to be stored there with viewing
stations for the public.
Indigent Health Care was discussed. The current budget was
5600,000.00 and that has all been spent. Requested increase
was in part-time. Commissioner Letz recommended to hire
someone to control ~ administer other than the hospital and
have this person perform other duties for Kerr County.
This issue needs to be addressed and decided on after
1-1-1999.
Other budgets discussed were Road and Bridge Contractual
Obligation, General Contractual Obligation and 1994 Jail Bond.
Permanent Improvement was discussed. There is no money in
that line item. Tommy needs to start legal work now and will
discuss it at August 8th Commissioners' Court meeting. There
needs to be an dollar amount in this line item.
COMMISSIONER5' COURT RECESSED AT 11:05 AM
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