[00:00:01] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. [1. CALL TO ORDER] WE'RE ABOUT TO GET OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING, HOPEFULLY, THE LAST ONE FOR THIS YEAR UNDERWAY. >> THERE'S SO MUCH FUN. >> I KNOW, BUT ALL GOOD THINGS HAVE TO COME TO AN END. EMMY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? >> MISS LEWISON? >> HERE. >> MS. MASSEY? >> HERE. >> MS. CONY? ABSENT. MR. KEITH? >> HERE. >> MS. GREEN IS ABSENT. MR. MCCOY. >> HERE. >> MR. STOWERS? >> PRESENT. >> MR. ELLIOTT? >> HERE. >> WE HAVE SIX PRESENT. >> AWESOME. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR MEETING, CAN WE GET APPROVAL OF OUR LAST MINUTES? [OVERLAPPING] [3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SO MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND, THOSE IN FAVOR LET ME KNOW BY SAYING AYE? [OVERLAPPING] ANY NAYS? OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM 4, [4. DEPARTMENT CLEAN-UPS] WHICH IS CLEAN UP FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. >> WE HAVE ONE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. THE COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET, WE NEED TO MODIFY THAT BUDGET AND WE'D LIKE TO ADD 50,000 TO IT, SO WE CAN UPDATE THE WEBSITE. DOING SO, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME UPDATES WITH THE, TITLE 6 REQUIREMENTS AND NEEDS TO GO ON, AND WE'RE GOING WORK OUT SOME OF THE NAVIGATION PROBLEMS THAT WE ENCOUNTERED DURING THE ERA CYCLE. THE EMERGENCY ROOM RECEIVED SOME CYCLE. UPDATE THE WEBSITE ALSO AND ADD TO WHERE WE CAN PUT ALL THE BOARDS ON THERE THEIR TERMS, THE MEMBERS, ALL OF THAT STUFF. >> JUSTICE STOWERS YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MS. MASSEY. WHERE DOES THE 50,000 FIGURE COME FROM? OBVIOUSLY, THIS PIE HASN'T BEEN PUT OUT TO BID YET. >> NO, BUT WE CAN CALL AND GET ESTIMATES. >> IT'S FROM THE ESTIMATES. [OVERLAPPING] >> IT'S FROM THE ESTIMATES. MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE, MIGHT BE A LITTLE LESS, IF IT'S LESS YOU'LL GET MONEY BACK. IF IT'S A LITTLE MORE, WE'LL FIND IT SOMEWHERE. >> JUSTICE MCCOY YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU. CAN YOU BREAK DOWN THE 50,000 LIKE GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT IT'S GOING TO GO TO. [OVERLAPPING] CAN YOU BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC? >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, BECAUSE YOU HIRE A PROGRAMMER TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE, AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD THINGS LIKE; BOARDS COMMISSIONS, THE EXPIRATION OF DATE, THE TITLE 6, EVERYTHING I JUST TOLD YOU. THEY DON'T PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO SAY TO ADD TITTLE 6, THAT'S NINE DOLLARS. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. YOU'RE PAYING FOR HOURS FOR THEM TO DO THE WORK. >> I DON'T DEVELOP WEBSITES. BUT, I'VE HAD A COUPLE MADE, BUT THEY WERE MUCH MORE SIMPLER. [OVERLAPPING]. >> I THINK 50,000 MIGHT BE CHEAP. >> MAYBE, THAT'S A HIGH FIGURE AND YOU NEED TO COME DOWN. I DON'T KNOW. >> ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY CHEAP, BUT WE'LL BE GOOD. >> YEAH. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> YOU'RE RECOGNIZED? >> ONE OF THE BIG THINGS AND I THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE PROBABLY A BIG PART OF THAT IS A DUBIOUS PORTION OF THAT IS TRYING TO GET ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ONLINE AND ACCESSIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SIMPLY GO AND LOOK AT IT. THAT'S A PRETTY MAJOR TASK. I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE HOURS OF WORK TRYING TO GET THAT ALL DONE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CHUNK THAT IS, BUT IT'S A BIG PART OF IT. >> YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING IN AND ADDING THE INFORMATION, YOU'VE GOT TO GO IN AND PUT THE LINKS IN. WHEN MR. MCCOY CLICKS ON THAT, IT TAKES HIM TO HERE, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS WITH THAT WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME TO NAVIGATE PERSONAL OPINION. I'M NOT A PROGRAMMER, BUT IT'S SIX YEARS OLD AND I KNOW WE'D MAKE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO IT. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AMENDMENT? IF THERE BE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. [BACKGROUND] >> YES. I MOVE THAT WE WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO [INAUDIBLE]. >> I THINK THE MOTION WOULD BE TO AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BUDGET. >> CHANGE IT TO THE 50,000. >> WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. >> [OVERLAPPING] SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE AMENDMENT? [00:05:03] IF THERE BE NONE, AMY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? >>MS. LEWISON? >> YES. >> MS. MASSEY? >> AYE. >> MS. CONY? [BACKGROUND] ABSENT. MR. KEITH? >> YES. >> MS. GREEN? >> ABSTAIN, I'M SORRY I'M LATE. >> MR. MCCOY? >> ABSTAIN. >> MR. STOWERS? >> ABSTAIN. >> MR. ELLIOTT? >> YES. >> FOUR YESES AND THREE ABSTENTIONS. [BACKGROUND] >> THIS AMENDMENT FAILS AND IT WILL NOT GO INTO FULL QUORUM COURT. [BACKGROUND] >> IT'S DONE. >> I APOLOGIZE. >> SO [OVERLAPPING] I WOULD BE WILLING TO, AS A MEMBER OF THE PREVAILING SIDE, TO EXPUNGE THE VOTE. I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND GETTING TIED UP IN TRAFFIC, IT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US. I FEEL FOR YOU MS. GREEN, BUT TO GIVE MS. GREEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND WHY WE'RE VOTING ON IT. >> THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT, MR. STOWERS WOULD BE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. >> YEAH, I MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. [BACKGROUND] >> SECOND. >> THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE? >> [OVERLAPPING] AYE. >> THOSE WHO OPPOSE? NOW, THE MOTION I'M ASSUMING IS BACK ON THE TABLE? [OVERLAPPING]. >> IT'S BACK ON THE TABLE. >> FOR AN IMMEDIATE VOTE. >> YOU'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN TO HER? >> SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON. >> THAT'S FINE. I MEAN, YOU GUYS. [OVERLAPPING]. >> CAN I EXPLAIN TO HER OVER [INAUDIBLE]? >> SURE. [LAUGHTER] >> THE COMMUNICATION BUDGET, WE WANT TO INCREASE IT BY 50,000 TO REBUILD THE WEBSITE TO ADD THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF THE TITLE 6. [OVERLAPPING] >> SORRY. POINT OF ORDER. >> ACCORDING TO OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN, IT SAYS WE SUPPOSED TO VOTE IMMEDIATELY. I DON'T MIND MAKING A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO TABLE THIS, I HATE THAT I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION SO MY MOTION IS TO TABLE THIS. >> YOU'D NEED TO DISPENSE WITH THE PREVIOUS MOTION. >> THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO DO EARLIER. >> DO YOU WANT TO PULL YOUR MOTION [LAUGHTER] THAT YOU HAVE ON THE TABLE? >> [OVERLAPPING] THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER WAS MADE WITH A PROPER SECOND. IT WAS VOTED ON. THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER WAS MADE AND PASSED. YOU SHOULD GO TO AN IMMEDIATE VOTE ON THE ITEM THAT WAS RECONSIDERED. >> CAN I ASK A POINT OF ORDER QUESTION? >> NO. YOU'VE GOT TO VOTE. >> I BELIEVE A POINT OF ORDER AT ANYTIME. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO EXPUNGE. >> [OVERLAPPING] IS IT A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY? >> PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY. >> OKAY. >> THAT'S WHY I ASKED TO EXPUNGE. BECAUSE IF WE WOULD HAVE EXPUNGED THEN WE COULD HAVE WENT BACK AND EXPLAINED TO MS. GREEN WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. [NOISE] >> WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? >> WE'RE VOTING TO AMEND THE BUDGET THAT PREVIOUSLY FAILED. >> NO, BECAUSE THE THING IS WITH THE RULES IS YOU GOT TO VOTE. [BACKGROUND] >> EMMY CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> MR. ELLIOT, [BACKGROUND] >> YES. THAT'S NOT GOOD. MR. STOWERS. >> ABSTAIN. MR. MCCOY. >> ABSTAIN. MS. GREEN. >> I. MR. KEITH. >> I. MISS MACY. >> I AND LET'S LISTEN. [NOISE] WE HAVE FIVE I'S AND TWO ABSTINENCE-S. MR. MCCOY, IF YOU WANT SOME MORE INFORMATION, HOLLER AT ME AND WE'LL TRY TO PUT IT TOGETHER. SO THIS WILL GO FORWARD TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR FINAL VOTE. DEFINITELY AT THAT TIME IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. AS HE STATED HE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. MOVING ON TO OUR BUDGET OVERVIEW. [5. BUDGET OVERVIEW:] WELL, WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER NOW IS A SUGGEST IN THE PAY SCALE FROM 92 PERCENT TO 96 PERCENT OF THE MARKET RATE. REASON WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS NEXT YEAR WE'RE DUE TO REVISIT THE SCALES AND SEE HOW OUR MARKET RATE IS COMPARING TO THE MARKET. [00:10:07] WITH EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON IN THE LAST YEAR, 18 MONTHS. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BEHIND THIS. IF WE MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT, THIS WOULD MAKE OUR LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES OVER $15 AN HOUR, WHICH PUTS YOU COMPETITIVE WITH MCDONALD'S AND STARBUCKS AND BURGER KING AND ALL THAT. IT WILL PUT US LESS BEHIND. IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT PHRASING. WHEN WE REVISIT THE MARKET AND SEE HOW OUR SCALE COMPARES. >> JUST ESTABLISH A RECOGNIZED. >> THIS DOES NOT IMPACT ELECTED OFFICIALS RIGHT BECAUSE WE ADDRESSED THAT IN AN ORDINATE. >> [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED ELECTED OFFICIALS DO NOT FALL IN THIS PLACE GILL. >>OKAY. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE ORIGINAL JOHNSON STUDY WAS DONE. WHAT? 16? IT'S BEEN AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. >> IT'S BEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. [OVERLAPPING] FOR THE REVAMPED THIS NEXT YEAR. RIGHT. IT IS AGED. WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE CERTAINLY IMPACTED BY THE INFLATION THAT WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL SEEING FROM FOOD COST, ENERGY COST ON DOWN THE LINE. OUR GOAL, WE STARTED AT A PLACE, I THINK AT THE TIME THAT WAS 85 PERCENT OF THE MARKET MEDIAN. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK OURSELVES TOWARDS GETTING OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES JUST TO A PAR PLACE. PAR WOULD BE 100%, WHICH WOULD BE AT THE MEDIAN OF THE MARKETPLACE. YOU'LL GIVEN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE 96 PERCENT WE'RE STILL LOWER THAN THE MEDIAN OF THE MARKET. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE INCLUDE THAT IN OUR BUDGET. >>REMOTE IMPROPERLY SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST AS KEY DO YOU RECOGNIZED. ALSO EXCUSE ME, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT AND JUSTICE COUNTY HAS JOINED US AND OF COURSE, JUST AS GREEN. >> IF HARD TO ADJUST FOR THE RECORD, EXPLAINED GO INTO THE 90 PERCENT HOW THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY MEANING EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET A 4 PERCENT RAISE IS NOT A 4 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD. CAN YOU JUST FOR THE RECORD, EXPLAIN. >> WELL, IF WE MOVE TO THE 96 PERCENTILE, BUT DO WHAT YOUR SALARY WAS WHEN YOU MOVED IN AND YOU'RE ALREADY AT THE 93 PERCENT, THEN YOU'D GET A VERY PERCENT. >> ABSOLUTELY, OKAY. >>THAT, IT'S JUST WHERE WERE YOU AT ON THE SCALE ALREADY. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. WHAT I WANT JUST FOR THE RECORD TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT A 4 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD RAISE. IT'S BASED ON WHERE YOU ARE NOW TO GET YOU UP TO THE 90 PERCENT. SO IT MAY BE A 1,2,3 >>OR NOTHING. >> OR NOTHING. IT MAYBE NOTHING THAN IF YOU ALREADY [OVERLAPPING]. >> THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE LISTENING NOT MANY THAT IT WOULDN'T MEAN ANYTHING. [OVERLAPPING] >> FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT GET A RAISE. [LAUGHTER] >>I THINK THE LAST TIME WE COUNTED ITS LESS THAN 20. >>YEAH, THAT'S FINE, BUT ONE OF THOSE 20 ARE COLD AND THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T GET A RAISE. FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU ALREADY ABOVE 96 PERCENT, YOU WILL NOT GET A RAISE. THANK YOU I YIELD. [BACKGROUND] >>JUSTICE ELLIOTT, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY IS WHAT I'M HAPPY TO GET AFTER EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOING ON. THE LAST 2,3 YEARS WHATEVER FLU AND EVERYTHING, BUT I'M JUST GLAD WE CAN GIVE SOME RAISE AND YEAH, I WILL VOTE FOR IT BYE. >>ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF THERE BE NONE. AMY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? >>MS. LISTON. >> YES. MS. MERCY. >>I MS. CONEY? >>YES. MR. KEITH. >>YES. MS. GREEN. >> I. MR. MCCOY? >>YES. MR. STOWERS. >>YES. AND MR. ELLIOT. >> YES. 8-0. >>THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR FINAL APPROVAL. ARE THERE ARE ANY OTHER. [OVERLAPPING]. >> I'LL HAVE THE ORDINATES READY. THEN JUSTICE TO SEND OUT, SO YOU'LL HAVE IT FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING. JUSTICE MCCOY, IF YOU WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, GIVE ME YOUR MS. [INAUDIBLE] A CALL AND I THINK WE'D PROBABLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. THEN WE'LL ALL BE GOOD TO GO. >>ALL RIGHT. JUSTICE TOWERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. [00:15:02] >>THANK YOU, MA'AM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THE 2022 BUDGET AS APPROVED BY THIS COMMITTEE. DO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION. [BACKGROUND]. >>SPIN MODE IMPROPERLY. SECOND, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING OUR BUDGET? I WOULD ASSUME NOT. IF THERE BE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >>MR. ELLIOT. YES. >>MR. STOWERS? YES. >>MR. MCCOY. YES. >>MS. GREEN. YES >>MR. KEITH. [NOISE] >>MS. CONEY. YES MS. MERCY. I. MS. LISTEN. YES. >> 8-0. THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR FINAL VOTE AND APPROVAL. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT COMES BEFORE US? [6. OTHER BUSINESS] JUSTICE KEITH, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. [BACKGROUND]. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >>SO MOVE. ARE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. A PUBLIC COMMENT. [BACKGROUND] I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT. AFTER THE AGENDA MEETING ON THE 14TH OF DECEMBER. PARTY IN THE SENSE OF THERE WILL BE SOME FINGER FOODS AND YOU GUYS CAN MINGLE AFTER YOU GUYS HAVE CONDUCTED YOUR BUSINESS. THERE'S NO BAND OR DJ? [LAUGHTER] NO. WE'LL TRY TO DO IT AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. WE'LL JUST KNOW DEVILED EGGS. [BACKGROUND] DEVILED EGGS ARE MY FAVORITES. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.