Denton County Commissioners Court Courthouse on the Square 110 West Hickory, Denton, Texas * * * * * Formal Agenda Minutes
Not Official Minutes.  For official minutes, please contact the County Clerk at 940-349-2012.

June 20, 2000

Be it remembered that Commissioners Court of Denton County, Texas, met on this the 20th day of June, 2000, with Judge Kirk Wilson presiding. Commissioners Scott Armey, Jeff Krueger, Sandy Jacobs and Jim Carter were present, along with deputy clerk Kathleen Bransford, when the following proceedings were had, to wit:

Court opened with an Invocation by Terry Collins, Welch Street Church of Christ, Denton, Texas, and was followed by the Pledges of Allegiance to the American Flag and the Texas Flag led by Mayor Olive Stephens, Shady Shores, Texas.

Mr. Collins: Our Heavenly Father, Creator and God, we thank You so much for the freedoms and privileges that we enjoy in America and Texas and in Denton County. We ask Your blessings today upon this court, the Judge, the Commissioners and all who work in our county government. We are thankful, Father, for a place of peace and prosperity. We pray that You will give this court the wisdom to do those things best for our county. We pray that it will always be a good place to work and to live and to worship. We pray, Father, for their health and for their stamina through the years. We ask, Father, today a special blessing upon Patty Larson who is undergoing surgery, for success, for good recovery and for continued good health. Bless us all, Father, as we try to do things that are best for this world, in Jesus name, Amen.

ITEM 2 PUBLIC INPUT

Comm. Carter commented on the recent ruling by the Supreme Court regarding prayer at school sporting events.
Captain Powell announced that the Sheriff's wife was taken to the hospital during the night and is in stable condition.
Sandy Thurman, for Pedi-Place, Alma Maynard, for Christian Community Action, Darcea Handy, from the Denton County Health Department and Fran Moore, from the Denton Family Resource Center, representing the Denton County CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) Coalition to present a resolution recognizing July 16 as CHIP Roll-out Day in Denton County. Also presented was a TexCare Partnership County Challenge.

ITEM 3 CONSENT AGENDA

TREASURER

5.A) Approval of Payroll.

PURCHASING

6.A) Approval of renewal for Janitorial Services, Bid #05-99-1226, to Member's Building Maintenance Corporation, and any appropriate action - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

6.B) Approval of renewal for Pharmaceutical Services, Public Health, Bid #09-98-1187, (Lewisville location) to Drug Emporium of Lewisville, and any appropriate action - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

6.C) Approval of renewal for tires and tubes (passenger, light trucks), Bid #06-98-1178, to Gray's Wholesale Tire Dist., Inc., and any appropriate action - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

6.D) Approval of renewal for Uniform Rental, Bid #05-99-1222, to Unifirst Holdings L.P., and any appropriate action - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

BUDGET

7.B) Approval of Budget Amendment Request #101790 to increase revenues and allocate expenditures for computer supplies for County Planning in the amount of $750 - County Judge. (Briefing
6-13-00)

7.C) Approval of Budget Amendment Request #101810 for substitute court reporter for Probate Court in the amount of $10,421 - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

7.D) Approval of Budget Amendment Request #101820 for various line items for Centralized Road & Bridge in the amount of $27,920 - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

7.E) Approval of Budget Amendment Request #101860 for various line items for County Operations, Denton County Courts Building and Courthouse on the Square for a total of $10,900 - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

7.G) Approval of Budget Amendment Request #101870 for various line items for Sheriff's Department in the amount of $2,500 - County Judge.

HUMAN RESOURCES

8.A) Approval of Order Making Appointments. (The appointments for June 20, 2000, have been posted and advertised; and interviews were conducted as set forth in the Denton County policies adopted by the Commissioners Court, except as otherwise stated in the appointment orders. These appointments are within the budgetary restraints.) The following Order Making Appointments were approved: Miranda Gulley, Administrative Secretary/CDA/Civil Division; Dora Gonzales, Admin. Secretary/Switchboard/Criminal District Attorney; George William Wright, Driver/Equipment Operator/Centralized Road & Bridge; Johnnie Newton, Chief Deputy/Constable Pct.5; Ben Swink, Juvenile Corrections Officer/Juvenile Post Adjudication; Socorro Aguilar, Juvenile Corrections Officer/Juvenile Post Adjudication; Cheryl Sanders, Juvenile Corrections Officer/Juvenile Post Adjudication; Shannon McIntyre, DO III/Medical/Jail Health; Karen Washington, Detention Officer I/County Jail; Ann McCelvey, Deputy Clerk/MV/Tax Assessor/Collector; Terri Lynn, Deputy Clerk/Ad Valorem/Tax Assessor/Collector; Judy Jarrell, Systems Administrative Assist,/Information Services; Gilbert Vasquez, Shift Superviosr/Juvenile Detention.
8.B) Approve new grant positions and job descriptions for a Financial Manager and Narcotics Interdiction Deputy in the Narcotics Task Force - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

COUNTY CLERK

9.A) Approve the continuation of the minutes from February 1, 2000, Formal Session - County Judge.

9.B) Approve the minutes for May 30, 2000, Formal Session - County Judge.

9.C) Approve the minutes for June 6, 2000, Formal Session - County Judge.

INFORMATION SERVICES

10.A) Approval of contract with IBM for maintenance on Justice Information System - County Judge. (Briefing 6-20-00)

LEGAL

13.B) Approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for Library Services between Denton County and the Little Elm community Library - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

13.C) Approval of Cooperative Purchasing Agreement between the Town of Clark and Denton County - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)
13.D) Approval of: a) the Project for Road Construction and Maintenance of Hickory Hill Road and b) the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City of Argyle and Denton County, Texas for Road Construction and Maintenance of Hickory Hill Road - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

Move to approve Consent Agenda by Comm. Jacobs, second by Comm. Krueger.
Motion Carried 5-0-0
Court Order #00-0309

ITEM 4 COUNTY AUDITOR\

Approval of Bill Report.
(Payments from Adult Probation, Community Corrections, Pre-Trial Services and District Attorney Check Fee Fund are presented for recording purposes only.)

ADDITIONS:
To the General Fund, $10.00 payments to Litigation Expense to the following: J.B. Iwamoto, Chuck Kelly & Scott Modesitt;
To Courthouse Security, $4,623.00 to International Security for a Metal Detector;
To Texas Narcotics Control Program Grant Fund, $340.44 to City of Denton Utilities for May.

Move to approve the amended Bill Report by Comm. Krueger, second by Comm. Carter.
Motion Carried 5-0-0
Court Order #00-0310

ITEM 5 TREASURER

5.B) Approval of payroll deduction option for the Denton County Sheriff's Officer's Association - County Judge. (Formal 6-13-00)

Sheriff Lucas requested a committee be set-up for further study of this item in order to develop a policy for county-wide use of payroll deduction.

ITEM 11 STANDING ITEMS

11.C) Approval of any action regarding Denton County boards and committees - Commissioners Court.

Move to approve the following to a committee to study a payroll deduction option by Comm. Jacobs, second by Comm. Armey: Amy Phillips, Director of Human Resources and Chairman of the committee, Hugh Coleman, Asst. D.A. to the Sheriff and Vice-Chair, Greg Leveling, Public Relations for the Sheriff's Department, Cindy Yeatts Brown, Treasurer or her designee, and Barry Jordan, private citizen.
Motion Carried 5-0-0
Court Order #00-0311

ITEM 5 TREASURER

5.B) Approval of payroll deduction option for the Denton County Sheriff's Officer's Association - County Judge. (Formal 6-13-00)

Move to assign review of payroll deduction option for Denton County associations to the committee appointed under Formal Agenda Item 11.C and seek committee recommendations within ninety (90) days by Comm. Jacobs, second by Comm. Krueger.
Motion Carried 4-1-0 (Wilson nay)
Court Order #00-0312

ITEM 7 BUDGET

7.A) Approval of Budget Amendment Request #101750 for Christian Community Action for Appropriations in the amount of $50,000 - County Judge. (Formal 6-13-00)

Move to approve by Comm. Armey, second by Comm. Krueger.

Move to approve an amendment to the motion that this request be reviewed by the Human Service Organization committee by Comm. Jacobs. Motion failed for lack of a second.

Move to postpone this action until next Tuesday when the service agreement will be on the Formal Agenda by Comm. Carter, second by Comm. Jacobs.
Motion Failed 2-2-1 (Krueger & Armey nay and Wilson abstains)

Return to original motion with a friendly amendment that this be approved contingent upon the approval of the service agreement by Comm. Armey, second by Comm. Krueger.
Motion Carried 3-2-0 (Jacobs & Carter nay)
Court Order #00-0313

7.F) Budget Amendment Request #101840 for various line items for Probation Facility, County Operations and Courthouse Annex in the amount of $101,460 - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

Move to approve by Judge Wilson, second by Comm. Carter with Comm. Jacobs pointing out the fact that this is an Emergency Budget Amendment.
Motion Carried 5-0-0
Court Order #00-0314

ITEM 11 STANDING ITEMS

11.A) Approval of any appropriate action regarding project development, construction progress, and change orders to ongoing Denton County Projects: Sheriff's Office/Jail, Centralized Road & Bridge, Carroll Building, Denton County Courts Building, Denton County Annexes, and future Denton County Satellite Facilities - Commissioners Court.
NO ACTION

11.B) Approval of any appropriate action regarding ongoing, planned, and proposed county and state transportation projects; Denton County's Better Safer Roads Program; and any necessary action regarding
the modification of the Denton County Master Thoroughfare Plan - Commissioners Court.
NO ACTION

11.C) Approval of any action regarding Denton County boards and committees - Commissioners Court.
SEE EARLIER ACTION

ITEM 13 LEGAL

13.E) Approval of HIPAA Amendment to the COBRA Service Agreement with LifeRe Insurance Company - County Judge. (Briefing 6-13-00)

Move to approve by Comm. Jacobs, second by Comm. Carter.
Motion Carried 5-0-0
Court Order #00-0315

13.F) Approval of Resolution presented by the Citizens Budget Advisory Committee - County Judge.
REPOST FOR NEXT WEEK

ITEM 14 EXECUTIVE SESSION

COMMISSIONERS WERE ADVISED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CIVIL DIVISION, THAT THERE WAS NO REASON TO CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION

ITEM 17 ADJOURNMENT

Move to adjourn by Comm. Carter, second by Comm. Jacobs.
Motion Carried 5-0-0

This set of minutes was prepared by deputy clerk Kathleen Bransford and reviewed by County Clerk Cynthia Mitchell.