[1:17] this meeting is being [1:28] recorded [3:45] it is 9 a.m. on Tuesday November 7th we'll call the Ray County Board of Commissioners to order we'll begin with [3:50] the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the [3:56] flag of the United States of America and to to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with [4:04] liberty and justice for all it is great to see a good number of [4:12] people in attendance we have some great things on the agenda here today and looking forward to them uh prior uh [4:18] prior to getting to some of those festivities uh we will move with the dispensing of the minutes from the uh [4:25] County board meeting on October 17th the Personnel committee on October 17th and [4:30] the Personnel committee on October 24th they can be approved collectively or [4:36] individually I'll move to approve all three all right we have a motion by commissioner Dietrich second second by [4:43] commissioner Shane is there any further discussion hearing none all in favor say I I post same sign motion passes [4:51] unanimously uh today's agenda uh I understand we have a few things to add to today's agenda [4:57] uh yes Mr chairman members of the board uh our office and specifically the County Attorney Mr loots is requesting [5:05] that at 9:28 uh we insert number F uh which would be a request for board approval to [5:11] hire a temporary employee all right is there any other items that need [5:16] to be added to the agenda I have nothing sir all right then with that uh we'll move uh replace F and put the rest of [5:25] them down and we will look for a motion to approve today's agenda with the addition of the uh back filling of an or [5:33] filling of an employment spot so moved right motion by commissioner dri second [5:39] by commissioner Holland any further discussion hearing none all in favor say I I I post same sign motion passes [5:47] unanimously all right today's consent agenda would anyone like to remove anything from today's consent agenda for [5:53] further discussion otherwise I will entertain a motion for the approval of the consent agenda I'll go ahead and make that [6:00] motion all right second that motion by commissioner Shane second by commissioner Holland for the approval of [6:05] today's consent to this agenda is there any discussion hearing no discussion all [6:11] in favor say I I I poose same sign consent agenda approved unanimously uh [6:17] moving forward to today's uh time to agenda items we're running pretty close to on time we can welcome the county [6:24] sheriff here uh Sheriff uh Shan daringer come forward we have some [6:30] uh recognizing six citizens for their life-saving actions in several events that took place here in Ray County over [6:36] 2023 this is pretty special thank you Mr chair and members of the board this is a little different Forum than we've done [6:42] this uh in the past and uh we've changed a couple of things up in our office and [6:47] the way that we've done some things and so this is part of it and uh I really wanted to publicly thank those people [6:56] that in our community that would step up and truly do some amazing things so they are all here this morning and they all [7:02] have people here to support them as well so without any further Ado I would just call Josh Reed would you come up Josh [7:11] Josh is on the Waverly fire department as well I'm just going to read a quick synopsis of each of the incidents on [7:18] January 9th 2023 deputies were dispatched to Highway 12 in Waverly for a medical a mother was reporting she was [7:26] on the side of the road in a motor vehicle her one mon old child stopped breathing and she had started CPR upon [7:33] deputy's arrival Waverly firefighter Josh Reed was on scene holding the child [7:38] Reed informed the responding Deputy the baby was now conscious alert and crying and speaking with the mother she stated [7:45] the baby was crying during the drive but then went quiet she pulled over to check and noticed bubbles coming from his [7:51] mouth the baby then turned blue and was unresponsive so she put the baby on the hood of her vehicle and started chest [7:58] compressions when Reed arrived on scene he took over CPR did two back blows chest [8:04] compressions and the child began breathing and crying the child was transported by ambulance and reported to [8:10] be doing well today that's one example of someone in our community being in the [8:16] right place at the right time and being willing to being willing to to take the actions that he needed to so the child [8:22] is alive today largely because of the actions that you took so thank you very [8:27] much for being here and [Applause] [8:36] so all the awards that I'm giving today there are four different incidents they are all life saving awards from uh [8:42] people in our community so thank you again thank yeah you'll have you come back up [8:50] can I get Adam and Alex to come on [8:57] up thank you also for being being [9:02] here on February 19th of this year Ray County deputies were dispatched to a [9:08] possible drowning at the Holiday Inn in ATO a juvenile had been found submerged in the pool upon arrival Elk River [9:15] ambulance was loading the child to be transported to Mercy Hospital deputies spoke to Adam Bomb Garder right who was [9:24] the on duty lifeguard at the holiday and pool Adam was stationed at the River Rapids when when an adult came running [9:30] up to him from the other side of the swimming area the adult female had a Child In Her Arms the child was [9:36] unconscious pale and purple Adam did not feel a pulse and immediately started CPR [9:42] Alexander Johnson saw what was going on ran over and offered assistance Alex [9:47] assisted with rescue breathing until ambulance arrived due to the quick thinking and actions of these two [9:53] individuals the child survived and is doing well [9:59] [Applause] [10:13] it's one thing to uh have that as a job and the responsibilities that come with [10:19] that very important job but as a bystander to involve themselves in something like that is also pretty [10:25] special so thank you can I have Todd Josh and Clayton come up for this [10:36] one also thank you all for being here today this is a little bit longer there's a a lot to this one and it's [10:43] pretty pretty special on June 10th of this year R County dispatch received a [10:48] call of a vehicle driving in and out of the ditch possibly a medical situation vehicle proceeded to go off-road and [10:55] enter the Waters of Schmid Lake upon arrival deputies observed the vehicle partially submerged in the lake the [11:02] driver of the vehicle was slumped forward and appeared unconscious the water level was quickly reaching the [11:07] driver's upper torso and there was immediate concern they may be submerged if the vehicle continued to sink there [11:14] were numerous individuals fishing at the lake at the time of the incident Todd waylock and his son Josh were fishing [11:22] the lake in their boat and had witness the vehicle enter the water as the deputy approached the shoreline on foot [11:28] Todd advised he was a retired Maple Grove firefighter the right place at the right time and Josh quickly maneuvered [11:35] his boat near the vehicle Todd subsequently entered the water along with Clayton Laney who had been fishing [11:41] from Shore they began extricating the driver from the vehicle the water level was nearing the driver's chin and it was [11:48] clear the vehicle was continuing to sink deeper into the waters moments later the driver was successfully successfully [11:55] removed from the vehicle through the open window Todd and Clayton guided the driver through the water to shore the [12:01] driver was carried up to the shoulder of the road and the deputy on scene began administering oxygen the driver had a [12:08] pulse and was breathing but unconscious the driver was found to have a diabetic history which caused the accident in the [12:14] first place this incident could have turned tragic within seconds or minutes [12:21] if these folks had not been where they were on that particular day and had the willingness to act and put your own uh [12:28] safety at risk risk entering the water in a situation like that so for that I really thank [12:34] [Applause] [12:46] you being here and the last one [12:53] Paul can I have you stand up [13:01] so was this a family member a friend my niece your niece well that makes it even more special guys are going to have a [13:07] special relationship just in August August 10th Ray County dispat deputies were [13:14] dispatched to a baby not breathing Paul noden observed the baby eating Cheerios [13:19] when the baby became limp slumped over and stopped breathing Paul removed the baby from the infant chair and began [13:26] pounding on their back the baby was still not breathing Paul then provided medical quality back thrust with rescue [13:33] breathing until the obstruction was cleared and the baby opened its eyes and began breathing again the baby was [13:39] checked over by paramedics and not transported because of the quick actions of a local hero that was willing to step [13:46] in and save a child thank you very [Applause] [13:57] much can I ask for a photograph with all of the recipients with the board this morning absolutely thank you very [14:04] much can't thank uh all of you anymore and uh the rewards of what you've did in [14:10] your actions amazing blessings we're great to have citizens like all of you in this room in this County I I get to [14:17] say it all the time how blessed I feel with the broad support of the community that they show their support for us um [14:24] but this is just taking it a a step over and above this is this is support for for mankind in general and to be able to [14:32] to be in a position like that and under the most stressful of situations being [14:38] able to act appropriately and do what's required to to save someone else that's [14:43] a pretty special feeling that'll probably live live on with these folks for for the rest of their own lives so [14:50] thank you all words don't really seem to to do it justice what you all did so I appreciate you being here and your [14:55] willingness to come forward [15:05] I want to shake thank you so a blessing [15:14] you thank you that was amazing thank you so [15:24] much stepping up and being there [15:30] back in there we gonna [15:57] Maybe [16:12] Commissioners thank you for allowing me a few minutes I appreciate it I'll give a a few of them a minute uh [16:19] you're more than welcome any of you to stay but uh I we respect your time and [16:24] understand you probably have many places to go and things to do [16:37] good morning Chief so our next agenda item we're running a few minutes ahead but I don't view your uh Grant as being [16:44] controversial so we'll just move forward with the uh discussion on the resolution you want to absolutely uh [16:52] good morning by the way thanks for uh having us up today nowhere near as exciting what we just had on your agenda [16:58] but um in front of you is a resolution to approve uh Minnesota Department of Public Safety uh tzd Grant toward zero [17:05] death Grant this is a grant we've been awarded the last 10 plus years used for dedicated enforcement of uh both speed [17:13] distracted driving seat belt uh DUI um the the basically the main major [17:20] traffic violations that caused the most crashes in state of Minnesota and therefore also the most traffic related deaths and this grant is for dedicated [17:26] enforcement for those specific violations very good uh is there any discussion [17:32] otherwise I'll entertain a motion to approve the resolution for the uh Public Safety traffic enforcement grant for [17:38] 47,300 I'll make that motion all right motion by commissioner Holland second second by commissioner Shane is there [17:44] any further discussion hearing none resolution commissioner Shane i i i i resolution passes [17:52] unanimously thank you chief chief trer um we did hear at at safe school meeting [17:58] meetings that uh a lot of our crashes are happening after school will you be doing enforcement like a little more [18:05] after school probably not dedicated through this grant but obviously we do a fair amount of traffic enforcement after [18:11] school our sros are usually pretty busy with that and if our uh City contract cars have availability we've always [18:18] asked them to kind of help step up because they're aware that both with the bus traffic student traffic parents [18:23] picking up kids it's it can be a mess it is a mess okay thank you yep all right [18:29] and moving on to the 923 which we're still moving relatively quick here but we'll move forward is the approve of the [18:36] resolution for the highway department uh you don't look like uh Chad but I think [18:41] you you're still just as good Virgil today so thank you good morning Mr chair and Board of Commissioners there's two [18:47] Highway items for your consideration today the first is approve a resolution requesting a variance from state aid [18:53] standards for the Franklin Township Bridge Project Eastwood Avenue and if [18:58] this seems like deja vu all over again I would say third times a charm applies [19:04] here the variance was approved by mind AIT their committee already but they would like a small edit made in any case [19:11] so that's why it's here again it's a resolution all right uh is there any discussion on that I'll entertain that [19:18] we'll try with this language here to see if we can get it to stick [19:23] so I'll make that motion all right motion by commissioner holl second by commissioner Shane any further [19:28] discussion hearing none resolution i i i i resolution passes unanimously he thank [19:35] you thank you the second item is to approve a maintenance agreement with henpen County for bridge maintenance on [19:41] three of the shared bridges that we have between them and this agreement will be in effect from January 24 to December 28 [19:49] it replaces a previous 5-year agreement that we had and there was also a resolution [19:56] involved I'll make that motion pardon me uh motion by commissioner Holland second second by commissioner [20:02] Dietrich any further discussion uh hearing none resolution commissioner [20:08] Holland i i i i resolution passes unanimously thank you thank you all [20:14] right uh moving on to our 9:27 which is our 9:17 time now uh Elizabeth we have [20:22] the resolution claiming November 17th as National GIS day in Ray County uh yes [20:28] thank you Mr chair board uh before you is a resolution requesting that the board declare November 15th as National [20:34] GIS day in Ry County so GIS um also called geographic information system is [20:40] a spatial system that creates manages analyzes and maps all types of data R [20:45] county is committed to using GIS to inform decision-making and better serve our residents and make useful GIS um [20:52] information open and easily available to the public so National GIS day was first [20:58] celebrated in 1999 but I believe it's the first time we're asking you to declare it here in Reich County so this [21:03] year we want to recognize the efforts of our GIS staff but in future years we'd like to move on to do more Outreach um [21:10] or community activities as part of this national day so I wanted to thank uh lar and Walter our GIS coordinator and Alex [21:16] Murphy who is our GIS analyst for all of your hard work and then we wanted to thank you the board for your support of [21:22] the Enterprise GIS program and for recognizing the importance of having a full-time GIS team here at R County [21:28] thank you Elizabeth this is uh once again a great honor to honor them they [21:34] create Great Value here in the county and even outside of the county and to the citizens across the region so we [21:41] thank you for your great work you guys have uh made Leaps and Bounds in the things that we can [21:47] uh sort out for information as well as uh better find information to the citizens so thank [21:53] you and with that I'll entertain a motion so moved second that motion by [21:59] commissioner Dietrich second by commissioner Holland any discussion hearing none resolution commissioner [22:04] Dietrich i i i i resolution passes Nan thank you thank [22:11] you now we have the County Attorney uh Mr Brian loots is coming forward here on [22:17] a uh last minute request that was unforeseen which is very understandable yeah uh thank you Mr chair and [22:24] Commissioners thanks first of all for allowing me to petition this on um you know I did reach out as soon as I became [22:31] aware of this opportunity and I and I had worked with Shan and Clay first but given the the Urgent timing of this [22:38] request I didn't think it made sense to go before the Personnel committee so I I [22:43] petition just to come directly before the board um as is my style I'm pretty transparent in my request for board [22:50] action so I put all the details in there uh but unfortunately we had an employee who's unexpectedly um on leave in our [22:56] victim witness Department um and I guess divinely um I had a a [23:02] former Advocate from MERS of Hope who reached out about the possibility of part-time hours uh so I made this [23:09] request to hire her as a temporary employee under the employment categories [23:15] in the in the Personnel policy and I do have uh money in my budget because I lost judge Bowen to the bench and had [23:22] some savings before we replaced him and also I had a legal assistant who uh was [23:28] on unpaid leave for a while so I do have Savings in my budget to address this minimal expense so I'm seeking uh [23:35] permission to hire her or authorization to hire a temporary um assistant in the [23:41] victim witness coordinate coordinator's spot to deal with this unexpected [23:47] leave certainly entertain any any questions no Mr L this is great I mean not very often you're able to find the [23:54] the an individual that would fit into that Niche that you can actually get for a temporary period of time that isn't going to require an exorb amount of [24:01] training so this is uh what a blessing so with that I'll entertain a motion to [24:07] approve the request so moveed I'll second right motion by commissioner Dietrich second by commissioner Holland [24:13] any further discussion hearing none all in favor say I I oppose same sign motion passes [24:20] unanimous thank you yep thank you very much appreciate it all right now moving on on to the [24:28] Health and Human Services portion of the uh County board meeting uh with that it [24:34] looks like Jamie's coming forward the first item on the agenda would be the Health and Human Services consent agenda [24:39] is there any discussion on the consent agenda otherwise for Health and Human Services otherwise I'll entertain a motion to approve [24:45] it um the only thing I would mention is that the act the last item on there the [24:51] mental health screening Grant we actually already signed it so we're bringing it now to um get the approval [24:56] it was probably should have come to board um before that so that was just an error that I I created and I caught and [25:02] so now we're here with the grant request I'll make the motion to approve [25:09] the consent agenda for HHS right second that motion by commissioner dri second by commissioner [25:15] Holland is there any further discussion on it hearing none all in favor say I I [25:23] oppose same sign all right consent uh consent agenda approved unanimously [25:29] thank you Jamie we moving on to the time to agenda items the adopt resolution 2310 to accept September 10 September [25:37] donations and this donation came in toward the very end of September so we already have a first September donation [25:43] and now this one came at at the end so we're asking to accept this second one [25:50] any any discussion I entertain a motion for that so moved second all right [25:56] motion by commissioner dri second by commissioner Holland to accept the September [26:01] donations all in favor say I I I post same sign motion passes unanimous all [26:07] right thank you next is our uh recognition of the HHS employee of the [26:12] month for November yes thank you board I'd like to introduce um Amanda Wilson who is our [26:18] November um employee of the month we actually just pulled her out of the motivational interviewing training that she's doing right next door um to come [26:25] and um accept this award so November employee of the month is Amanda Wilson Amanda is a men choices assessment [26:31] social worker and the Assessment Services team Amanda started her work with right County Health and Human Services in June 2005 she was a waiver [26:39] case manager for many years and joined the Assessment Services team in February of this year she's been a solid member [26:44] of the Aging and Disability Services Division and brings a great deal of knowledge to the table we've enjoyed having Amanda as join The A Team her [26:52] nominator States Amanda treated me with dignity compassion and kindness she explained things clearly and acted Prof [26:57] professionally yet compassionately she spoke very clearly answered questions provided excellent information and made [27:03] me feel like an actual person or friend Amanda made me feel heard and she responded to my concerns she has given [27:08] me a glimmer of hope on a dire situation thank you Amanda and congratulations and being our November 2023 HHS employee of [27:16] the month thank you would you like to say anything I don't feel like I've been here since 05 [27:23] so um no I I remember the client and as soon as I knew that I was nominated I [27:28] figured it was one of two people and it was a tough case but I was happy to sitay with her and give her the time because she didn't feel heard you know [27:34] through the processes so that's good I appreciate that and I think you know of all the when we bring people forward for [27:40] the employee of the month think about all the other employees and all the people they're touching along the way as well and you know the good things that [27:46] come out of that that we don't hear about all the time so thank you so much for what you do thanks Amanda thank you [27:52] [Applause] Amanda do you overview of HHS debt [27:59] collection um thank you I'd like to um have Jim Odell come up and do a brief um [28:05] discussion or a presentation on debt collection I believe there were some questions kind of lingering after a [28:10] presentation we did maybe in August on um debt forgiveness and and a forgiveness so um just to answer you [28:17] know maybe any outstanding questions you have um we have a brief presentation so Jim than you and with Jim we have um [28:26] Shelly no sh statco and I'm Tina well good morning Mr chairman Board [28:33] of Commissioners uh as Jamie mentioned we uh were asked to to give a an [28:39] overview of our collections activities processes and this is not up there is [28:45] it and and we appreciate the opportunity thank you uh I do I want to point out as [28:52] Jamie mentioned we have uh Christina and Shelly here who are our Revenue debt coordinators [28:57] they have uh combined experience of 50 years in uh in doing uh debt collections [29:05] work the uh debt collections is one aspect of their uh of the tasks that [29:12] they perform for right County Health and Human Services uh so uh with that the uh uh we [29:19] have a brief outline here of the collections activities that occur and it really is what you would expect uh from [29:26] any debt collection agency or or service and and I won't go [29:31] through those uh exhaustively but we have processes and procedures for each [29:36] of those each of those steps we recently uh uh passed an audit with the Minnesota [29:43] Department of Revenue on our uh debt collections processes specifically as it relates to revenue [29:49] recapture um with that there are various [29:55] types of debts that we that we collect they're broadly categorized into whether [30:01] they are State debts or County debts and uh and it's important to realize that uh [30:09] uh that for debts we're collecting on behalf of the state we are the state's fiduciary agent and we must follow rules [30:16] that the state uh gives us and direction that the state gives us whenever we are to uh forgive a debt uh uh collect a [30:25] debt and all of the process is in between in between there it's also it's [30:31] also essential to understand that uh Health and Human [30:36] Services sometimes there's a delicate balance between what's best for uh the [30:44] family that owes the debt so if uh if a family is is reunited and they have out [30:51] of home placement debts that debt may be may be forgiven it may be uh go go into [30:57] forbearance or something like that while the family is trying to get back on their feet because it often doesn't make sense to to penalize a a family uh right [31:06] up front when they uh when they have the most need uh most Financial need uh so with that the uh we have the [31:14] types of State debts which mostly are uh revolve around what's called Recruitment [31:21] and that's where we there has been an overpayment of uh from the state for services [31:27] and then we have County debts which would mainly revolve around fees that [31:33] that are assessed for County Services and then when we're collecting [31:41] these debts on behalf of of right County we we follow right County policies uh as [31:47] you may be you may be interested for general rules when we don't collect a debt that is going to be when we when [31:54] we're legally unable to the legal judgment has has expired the statute of limitations has expired the debts been [32:01] discharged in bankruptcy court uh there uh the debtor is deceased although in in [32:09] there are many cases where we will do an estate recovery when the when the debtor is deceased and then there are lots of [32:15] rules around that uh we don't collect a debt when it's going to cost the county more to collect the debt than what we [32:22] will receive in the debt uh available income and assets are insufficient to [32:30] pay uh is is another reason or if it's not in the state's best interest to [32:37] pursue the collection uh steps we take when uh [32:44] before we determine that a debt is uncollectable or is going to be written off uh we use a variety of verification [32:52] services to determine employment and assets such as uh if a if a vehicle is [32:59] owned uh if if a house is owned uh we register the responsible [33:05] parties with the Minnesota Department of Revenue so that any tax return uh that [33:10] may be coming with the county gets uh recoups that before it goes to the [33:16] debtor we obtain legal judgments and and I do want to I want to say we the health [33:22] and human services and the revenue debt coordinators in particular do work very closely with the wri county attorney's [33:28] office in pursuing uh in pursuing debt collections so legal judgments are [33:35] obtained uh when a legal judgment is set to expire we often can get a second [33:41] legal judgment we will do that in cases where we haven't collected the debt and there aren't other reasons to not [33:47] collect the debt and then as I mentioned before we pursue estate [33:52] recoveries uh where that's possible uh and and the rules around estate [33:58] recoveries are are a little bit complex if there is a surviving spouse we can't collect that debt until the spouse is [34:05] also deceased but our rdc's do a fantastic job of monitoring that setting [34:12] reminders for if this event occurs then that estate is recoverable so a lot of [34:18] effort goes into that and then I wanted to just share uh our collections Revenue [34:24] year-to date for 2020 three uh is $1.87 [34:30] million that we have collected uh and of that amount that [34:38] does not include child support uh by the way and uh and of that amount much of it [34:44] does go back to the state I do have a uh a dynamic report here that shows [34:51] for the for the county Cate debt categories where that uh those revenues [34:58] are coming back in order to support uh County Services uh that total is [35:05] $270,000 year to date that we've collected so with that that is the the [35:12] brief overview I'm happy to entertain any questions thank you Jim great [35:20] information uh I I appreciate the uh background on the uh different uh [35:27] categories from state to County collection as well as the overview of the process that uh you guys go through [35:33] when determining uh when not to collect debt which I most of them are make sense to me so I appreciate the information [35:40] okay thank you thank you very much you and I also want to just call out both Tina and shelle who are here that they [35:45] do such a good job and they've been doing it as Jim said for a very long time um and then I particularly see [35:51] Shelley statco a lot in my office because she comes in with um the ma estate documents and just recently I [35:58] believe there was one for over $200,000 and another one for over $70,000 that um [36:03] and there's a lot of back and forth with the attorneys for the families when all of this is happening I mean these folks [36:09] kind of maybe hold a mini law degree in some respects so um we get great work [36:14] from our revenue and debt collectors coordinators thank you thank Youk you [36:19] it'll be interesting to see as the future goes on as uh more people outlive their assets and and more of that debt [36:27] will probably climb at least in the short term from a estate collection [36:33] perspective it'll be interesting to see what that ratio of collections uh looks [36:38] like in four years eight years 12 years from now uh whether that number gets [36:43] whether our ratio of collection still stays the same or whether it that debt amount gets extraordinarily larger I [36:50] mean largely that's all state money but at the end of the day it's still taxpayer dollars and it's a could be a potential large Li ility it is and you [36:58] know and I think counties really um work differently and some counties maybe don't pursue a lot of you know [37:04] collecting debt I think that there's kind of a um an appetite in different counties for how aggressively or how assertively they're going to collect [37:11] debt and I think we were probably um we probably still are in the top tier of um [37:16] being focused on collecting debt that's collectible I think you know the rub comes in as Jim was saying like when [37:22] it's no longer collectible what's the best path forward so and I believe we do have good rapport with our clients that we can kind of navigate those Waters [37:29] when it comes up so thank you thank you all right uh moving down the list [37:37] here we have the presentation on adoption so we have another brief presentation for you and Miller is going [37:43] to um come up and um she's also going to speak a little bit if you had a chance to see the Sunday paper about um Child [37:50] Protective Services um was on the front page of the Sunday paper this week and she may have a few comments about that [37:55] as well [38:06] [Music] [38:17] Frank is there can I see it also on my desktop like my presenter view or if not [38:25] that's okay [38:38] sorry Mr shair yes just real quick um can we just make sure that this PowerPoint gets in on the record since [38:45] it wasn't in the packet you're looking for yep it is in the packet oh is it it is y my my fault sorry yep I'm like how [38:53] did I get it no my fault well there's only 400 pages in there [39:03] so7 fair enough to miss a page or two okay good morning board um so I'm [39:10] not sure if folks saw the article uh the newspaper this weekend it was related to child protection we knew it was coming [39:18] um there have been multiple counties that have been contacted um by the paper [39:23] asking for uh interviews and resp responses to um the child deaths that [39:29] have taken place um in Minnesota [39:34] um as is the case we cannot provide all [39:39] the information related to what happened in the child deaths um Wright County was [39:45] not contacted uh but many counties surrounding Sherburn Sterns Sterns was [39:50] named in the in the article um as were multiple counties and [39:57] I think um I sent out an email to our staff yesterday um one of several emails [40:03] that I've sent in my time as the manager related to child protection being in the [40:08] media um a lot of eyes on it of course the deaths are terrible and tragic and [40:15] heartbreaking and from there were Statewide meetings that were held [40:20] specifically to talk about how do we respond in a way that shows our Humanity [40:26] because of course we are in the business to try and preserve families Keep Kids Safe do do what's best and yet um that [40:35] is not at all what is projected in the in the media and how um the lack of [40:41] information that we can share makes us look like we're not human and um that we're really trying to hurt kids and [40:48] honestly I've been around a long enough that it doesn't matter where you fall [40:53] we've been um criticized for moving kids back too quickly and for taking kids out of [41:00] the home so it is really um such a difficult job and um there's just so [41:07] little support and um I guess uh just [41:13] appreciation for what workers do and um it is it is always pointing out the failings and the failures instead of [41:21] like what we saw this morning the wonderful life-saving efforts so um [41:27] you know I know that you don't interact with our staff a lot but when you do just um if you could a kind word uh for [41:34] the the hard work that they do because they really are in it for for good purposes and for good um outcomes for [41:41] families so I'm talking about adoption today but adoption really starts with child protection it starts with a Mal [41:48] treatment report coming in um and so I'm going to take you through some [41:53] statistics but like we saw in the media statistics don't provide the full story [41:59] they're they're just a part of it they help us and really um our goal uh and what I I said to our workers [42:07] is to really follow our mission is strength and support and serve families and these stats do help us to see gosh [42:14] are we missing some things that we need to be addressing so just some information on [42:22] the number of um Child Protection CP stands for child protection in in my [42:27] report it stands for many other things but um so here's a look back to 2019 of [42:33] the number of reports that that we receive annually and you can see I've done an estimate um we all the [42:40] information that I I have here is pulled from Tableau which pulls from [42:45] ssis system that we use so we only get an upload once a month so that's as as [42:51] um current as our information so we're on track to exceed um last year but [42:58] we're we're pretty close in terms of numbers the one that report comes in um [43:03] we have three workers that that is what they do they take reports and they talk to collaterals try to gather all the [43:10] information and then it goes to a team that screens the report looks at all the information some [43:16] history and we make a determination based on statute and our screening guidelines as to whether or not that [43:24] report then gets screened in or screened out and uh you can see the numbers there [43:30] uh back to 2019 on the number of Assessments and investigations we now [43:35] just call them assessments have been completed um this time of year uh we see [43:41] an uptick in number of reports and of course then more will be screened in because of um school being back in [43:47] session so um we expect that probably the estimates for both the the reports [43:55] and the assessments and investigations will actually be [44:00] higher um what happens then is a lot of situations there's an assessment an [44:07] investigation and those workers are able to put together a safety plan for the family drawing in um some of their [44:13] natural supports um other services and then they're able to address it and close it um only a small portion as you [44:21] can see actually go to ongoing case management um and that is a different social worker really wearing a different [44:29] hat again um our goal is to try and create safety as quickly as possible um [44:35] as you can imagine we have really complicated situations um [44:40] and um basically for for this year our numbers look to be about the same um I [44:47] think I've told the board before I'm a little bit of a stats geek um and just [44:53] one thing of interest and actually Jamie and I had this conversation she was pointing out that our you know our [44:59] County continues to grow we have a very young population you you probably know this um our under 18 population is [45:07] almost 27% of the Wright County total population Which is higher than Stern [45:14] Scott or Sherburn they all have smaller percentages so um I think our numbers [45:20] then look even better given we have a lot of kids and our county has grown by [45:26] at least 2,000 kids over the last two years so open case management again our [45:32] goal is to keep kids with families if we can create safety and this is this is a [45:38] little bit of a an aside but it also so this is actually Tableau this is one of [45:43] the screens that I see um and the reason I have it up even though it includes all [45:49] forms of case management like developmental disabilities child welfare Children's Mental Health peap [45:56] um that it shows that the bulk of our work is with kids and families in their [46:02] family home so that is the green column um yes there are some kids that are out [46:07] of home 5% um and then the the dark blue at the [46:12] bottom is a combination of both so the vast majority we serve kids at home so [46:18] the last slide I have is actually related to adoption um my so we have [46:24] goals um teams have goals our division has goals and I have a few goals um one [46:30] of my goals has been to see the number of cases go to adoption under 5% and as [46:36] you can see um the last couple of years we've been at 4% and from from my [46:42] perspective how I'm looking at that is that typically that um that involves [46:48] terminating parental rights and that is as the county attorney's office knows is the most egregious thing that child [46:55] prote ction can be involved in is to say to a parent you no longer get to have rights to your kids so in the way that I [47:03] view adoption is it's fantastic when we can pair up um a child or children with [47:09] a forever family that is our our goal um if we can create safety with the their [47:15] original family their their birth family um that is also our goal so um are there [47:21] any questions related to the information so Michelle I'm just going to make a a [47:27] few generalized extrapolations from this so assuming that we generally kids that [47:33] go in out of home placements is roughly around a 100 cases at any given time in Ray County it is currently y it used to [47:40] be more and we're averaging between 20 and 30 cases that are adopted so [47:46] generally about those that we take into out of home placements we're looking at parental termination rates around 20 to [47:51] 25% annually is what our what our case loads that go into parental termination [47:57] of rights that would be a fair assumption right okay I just is [48:03] interesting in what that percentage looks like in comparison in Wright County to what that looks like in other areas across the state you know from a a [48:11] termination of parental rights in a percentage wise my only comment would be I would think it might be lower than [48:17] that because those 100 Kids there's different 100 kids over the course of the year so it probably is like maybe two or 300 kids that they go in for a [48:24] few months and come out again so the total is probably greater than 100 over the course of the year right so [48:32] I'm not a yeah I don't think so yeah I mean I I [48:37] know that you can make numbers look however you want them to look I get that so in and that I'm I'm careful with [48:43] saying that because I don't want there to be a perception that that you you're about a 25% chance if your kid goes into [48:48] foster care that your parental rights because ultimately at the end of the day all child protection cases are different [48:55] true and that would be my next question is do we categorize uh those 100 uh [49:02] cases or so that are in the in uh out of home placement as to why they were taken [49:08] whether it was Mal treatment uh sexual abuse uh drug abuse and categorize so [49:13] that way we have a better idea as to what we need to Target in an area that that that is maybe systemic in right [49:21] County maybe the vast majority of them are in Mal treatment or or maybe it's into lack of education I guess I don't [49:27] there's a variety of different reasons for why a child could be put into at home placement that's good point so when [49:32] a report comes in and Molly if there's more you come on up and tell me um when a report comes in um that is a that is a [49:40] information that we load into ssis is what was the reason um for that out of [49:46] home placement I'm sorry not when a report comes in for that out of home placement so it might be parental drug [49:52] use um and neglect those would be the two highest and those have typically I mean [49:59] I I think they've always been the highest and that is part of the reason why we have a child protection opioid [50:05] allocation is to try to better serve those kids and families to get at those [50:11] numbers so that is I think that's traditionally what it's been highest across [50:16] Minnesota yeah makes sense I know there was another metric that you guys put in there from the [50:23] percentage of of times that they they kids are in out of home placement to adoption or reif reunification that is [50:30] another big number that that that you guys track somewhere in there because uh [50:35] the number of days that they're in out of home placements that you want to either get the parental rights terminated or get them reunified you [50:43] don't want that that period of limbo time to be Perman permanency that's yes yes that's another metric that you guys [50:49] usually present um in that number I'm just curious if we're still um holding [50:55] true on that number because the biggest thing is is wanting that period that to be less than a year much less less than [51:01] six months uh to permanency whether it's back home with the parents or in another [51:06] place right y thank you for asking actually we have achieved all three levels of permanency we have met and [51:12] exceeded the state guidelines so we're really excited about that because we've made some significant changes that I [51:18] think we've talked about in the past and if there's any questions um Tableau [51:23] pulls lots of different information you can reach out to Jamie or myself and we're happy to get that information to [51:30] you I I appreciate this presentation it's you know as you you said earlier [51:35] it's very timely it's a lot of discussion out in the public right now I I think everybody knows that child uh [51:41] protection cases will be and always will be complicated I don't know that any language at the state level uh will be [51:48] able to make it any easier or less painful or be able to make that process [51:53] cleaner uh it I think it's something that we'll always have to continue to strive for um and how that happens I'm [52:00] not quite sure but I think open discussions like this are probably the best way forward in trying to find a [52:06] process that gets the best outcome for those kids correct turn bch thank and do [52:13] uh thank all your staff um yeah it it's always an easy target to demonize what [52:19] you guys do and the media always latches on to for some reason they just love [52:25] negative news and and they blow it up so you know we we appreciate all the hard [52:31] work because it's not fun to be on that end no thank you Mr Sher I would like to [52:36] reiterate that too thank you for all your hard work as a former foster parent and having had you know children in the [52:42] home it's always a messy and hard situation and just loving the kids and those families the best we can is what [52:49] we can do so thank you thank you Michelle right director's comments yeah [52:57] I just have I have a couple today um one of them is more of just um um lingo I guess um as you know the last [53:03] legislative session was looking at how big and uny the Department of Human Services in the state of Minnesota so [53:09] they're kind of bifurcating it into two separate areas and just as a quick update um so the new department of [53:17] children youth and families which fits well after having a child protection um presentation is the name of the new is [53:24] the name of the new Department that I believe will be coming into they're planning it now it says on July 1st [53:30] 2024 when the department of children youth and families is established with a commissioner in place identified [53:35] programs from children and family services at DHS The Early Learning services division from the Department of [53:41] Education and some identified Central operations functions where separation POS will transition so it's going to [53:48] just I think uh be a messy uh very kind of like a you know a family splitting up [53:53] I guess so we're going to have two separate Department of Human Services and the Department of Children family [53:59] children youth and families um and just so we start kind of getting used to that language and the fact that it's going to [54:04] be one more player in the game going [54:09] forward um also just uh administrator Kelly sent out a um message the other [54:15] day about the national opioid abatement trust in R County received an additional 29,7 46 [54:23] 4631 through this specific one which is the malan cot opioid settlement so that [54:30] payment is expected in the next 10 days and that's good news um also this is [54:35] good actually my last two items are also good news um as you know Public Health received quite a bit of funding during [54:42] the pandemic um about emergency response about you know vaccinations and things like that and a lot of counties I [54:48] struggling on spending the money that was provided during the pandemic so mdh [54:54] has offered an ex extension of our coid vaccine and coid Recovery grants to the end of 2025 in the middle of 2026 [55:01] respectively we have about $840,000 of total unspent funds left from the [55:06] original of 1.4 million funds that we were awarded in April of 2021 we spent vaccine Grant funds on [55:13] projects and supplies including improving our vaccine system and integration of Acuity with public health [55:19] doc or pH Doc and vaccine supplies and the recovery Grant dollars have been spent on developing a community [55:24] engagement plan post emergency planning and after action reporting support staff training to Aid in community recovery [55:31] and an inventory um track tracking project so basically we've been using the funds to beef up our ability to [55:37] better respond to emergencies in the future um and it's good news that we have because we were really kind of struggling thinking how are we going to [55:44] spend these funds in the short term and now it's um it's more doable I think with the end of 2025 and end of 2026 and [55:50] it's a lot of money so it's good news on that front and then finally um it feels like I'm [55:58] always up here talking about our men Choice assessments and where we are and we have the wait list and how that's not a good thing for rake County it's not [56:05] that we don't have a wait list but our weit list has been um has been um diminished as of Tuesday we're [56:12] anticipating that we have about 75 people on our waiting list staff are working very hard to keep up the pace [56:17] while also starting to learn and incorporate the new 2.0 tool and another [56:22] just for an awareness for you um Commission um face-to-face home visits will be required as of um well the first [56:29] of this month actually increasing travel time so well we are um doing a better [56:34] job and getting our weit list um at a at a better place we're going to just start now realizing that staff are going to [56:40] have to are required to go out and do face tof face where we were able to do um some virtual appointments and things [56:46] like that so it'll just um hopefully with the trend continues it's my goal is to have this down to you know under a [56:52] couple dozen cases on a weight list at any given time and that trajectory I think is in sight so that's the good [56:57] news we have five initial assessors and five reassesses using the new tool remaining staff will launch in December [57:04] and January um a couple um this is from Jill puler who works very closely I with the [57:10] state office on this new Min Choice tool 2.0 um still many concerns uh still many [57:16] workarounds and fixes results are not always consistent with the previous tools results which makes us you know [57:22] kind of like which one is right and which one is wrong and it causes frustrations with sta with clients as it [57:27] impacts their services and budgets we're not seeing the efficiencies at this point for our staff um and that we are [57:34] being very clear in our um concerns to the state office so those are my [57:39] comments do you have any questions thank you Jamie thank you any questions board members thank you Jamie okay thank [57:48] you we're keeping relatively closely on time here uh moving to the 950 uh timed [57:54] agenda item we have the denial of a tobacco license for Monty tobacco LLC uh [58:00] located or with the proposed location of 23 Pine Street monacello is Lindsay or [58:05] Tyler going to come up or Mr chair I can also handle it for him since I'm already up here um this is an application um [58:14] that Finance received for tobacco license it was going to be located at 213 Pine Street in monacello U staff in [58:21] the review calculated that would be um at 942 ft from the monacella community [58:27] center I think there were other uh places that would also call within that setback range but this is at least one [58:33] that we've identified so looking at a formal resolution to deny the uh tobacco [58:40] license so Mr chair otherwise members of the board I'm happy to answer any questions is there any questions board [58:46] members no all right so with that that motion all right motion by commissioner [58:52] Holland second second by commissioner Shane is there any discussion hearing none resolution uh commissioner Shane i [59:00] i i i motion passes unanimous for the denial of tobacco license for Monty tobacco LLC thank [59:08] you all right moving on to the 955 we have uh administrator Mark mati hiding [59:16] in the back of the room coming forward to schedule a committee the whole for [59:21] December 12th following the County board meeting with the mpca yes good morning [59:27] Mr chair members of the board didn't know Lindsay would be that fast um um yes would like to schedule a [59:34] committee of the whole for December 12th following the board meeting with the mpca to discuss score funds how they work um been talking about County Ride [59:41] recycling programs is there going to be a need for that in the future what how does that all work and just kind of more [59:46] of an update and informational sharing session with mpca and planning and zoning I appreciate you setting this up [59:53] I think this is a a good background of discussions that we have to have as we uh have more robust discussions on our [59:59] Compost Facility and our Waste Management plan and what we plan to do here in the short term midterm and long [1:00:05] term so with that I'll entertain a motion of that December 12th at we'll [1:00:12] say 10:30 a.m. okay Mr chair I'll make that motion [1:00:18] all right motion by commissioner Shane I'll second second by commissioner Holland any further discussion hearing [1:00:24] none all in favor say I hi hi oppose same sign motion passes unanimous okay [1:00:30] second item is actually to schedule another meeting um as we move forward with the household ha waste design um we [1:00:37] went through the programming aspect of that facility of what we do now and what we're going to keep and what we're not [1:00:43] going to keep as we review uh proposals for that we'll be doing interviews [1:00:48] coming up here soon uh for those firms uh we'd like to make sure that when [1:00:54] we're going through the program aspects that we address any potential future use [1:00:59] of that facility um with problem materials you know mattresses couches yada yada that was a Seinfeld reference [1:01:06] yada y um uh so we'd like to schedule a meeting to review that with the board um [1:01:12] so that we continue to move forward properly with that that project um and that's a great followup after the score [1:01:18] meeting so a lot of information with household hazardous waste moving forward it'll definitely assist in the [1:01:27] scoping when looking at the Compost Facility so we do need that information uh is that work for everybody December [1:01:33] 14th at 10 a.m. yep all right I'll entertain a motion I'll make that motion [1:01:39] I'll second that motion by commissioner Shane second by commissioner Holland any further [1:01:45] discussion hearing none all in favor say I I oppose same [1:01:50] sign motion passes unanimously okay and the last item number three again household had it his waste um as we [1:01:58] select uh uh The Firm to do the programming design work uh we we we had [1:02:03] four proposals come in like I said we're going to be interviewing those coming up at the staff level um entering into the [1:02:10] contract knowing that this is a an issue we want to continue to have [1:02:16] great communication about with the County Board we'd like to develop somewhat like an owner's committee or [1:02:21] something to help through that design process to make sure we're checking the boxes the County Board would like to do [1:02:27] um we vetted some of this out to the CIP finance committee two weeks ago I [1:02:33] believe um just to make sure we're we're going on the right page and we want to stay in in that sync with the county [1:02:39] board so we'd like to have you appoint two Commissioners that would assist with this design and programming aspect as we [1:02:45] meet with our selected Architects I first and foremost I I [1:02:52] think commissioner catchmark he's not here but I I think he should be one of the members that's appointed on there I [1:02:58] think he has had a great deal of interest on it so from that perspect I think jeie would also be a good one I [1:03:06] would mind otherwise I would volunteer either way either one of you two would be very well suited for it so I'll let [1:03:12] you guys arm wrestle it out there we figure it out well we have to actually formally make a formal committee formal [1:03:19] yeah so you guys rock paper scissor whatever you guys I want to see the arm wrestling contest [1:03:25] you want to Frank you're like an arm merler aren you I'll do it you'll do it all right all right so I'll entertain a [1:03:32] motion to appoint commissioner catch marking commissioner Holland uh to the household hazardous waste design [1:03:40] committee do I have a motion I'll make a motion sorry second all I have a motion by commissioner Dietrich second by [1:03:46] commissioner Shane to appoint commissioner catch Mark and commissioner Holland to the household hazardous waste [1:03:52] uh facility design committee okay any discussion hearing none all in favor say I I oppose same sign all right motion [1:04:01] passes unanimously thank you all right thank you all right uh moving on to items for [1:04:08] consideration to schedule a committee the hold to discuss the uh uh sheriff and County attorney salaries for [1:04:14] 2024 uh this is an annual routine that we need to do uh did we get dates from [1:04:19] either of them uh yes sir I did uh did reach out to both our attorney as as well as the county sheriff uh in the [1:04:26] date uh Monday the 20th at 10:00 a.m. uh the board will be here for an Eda [1:04:31] earlier in the day so I thought that time would work well uh so that would be my recommendation from [1:04:37] staff November 20th November November 20th Monday I had a typo in the agenda [1:04:42] item so Oh I thought that was usually December okay that works you guys want to do the [1:04:50] the 20th at what time uh 10: a.m. 10: a.m your [1:04:55] all right okay member 20th at 10: a.m. all right [1:05:01] so I'll any motion I'll make that motion motion by commissioner Shane second by commissioner Holland to set a committee [1:05:08] the whole to discuss elected official salary for the sheriff and County attorney on Monday November 20th at 10 [1:05:13] a.m. all in favor say I hi hi post same sign motion passes unanimously all right [1:05:21] and next item would be to schedule a meeting with the legislators for the Su uh suggested date of December 7th we [1:05:27] targeted wasn't it uh a was it the morning or afternoon uh I [1:05:33] believe the discussion at the workshop was that we would do the afternoon on this date um and that was the preference [1:05:39] we had gotten indicated also from several of our legislators so we can go with like a 2 pm I think that'd be a [1:05:45] good recommendation all right is there any a chance we can get it closer to [1:05:50] noon um I think their thought was that we were do it would run into the truth and Taxation [1:05:57] meeting so that we doesn't put a big huge gap in the day but okay that's fine [1:06:03] f what time two what what time two or you can go 2:30 too I mean either way [1:06:10] could we push it more towards like 2:30 or 3 because I have a meeting until 3 yeah we we can certainly we could even [1:06:17] do it at 3 o'cl that would be fine too because we're then it makes it just run right into the evening so okay all right [1:06:24] so I'll entertain a motion for the legislative meeting on December 7th at 3 [1:06:29] p.m. I'll make that motion second motion by commissioner Holland second by [1:06:34] commissioner Shane any further discussion hearing none all in favor say I I oppose same sign motion passes [1:06:44] unanimous sorry next is the discussion of referred items to the November uh 14th workshop for next week uh thank you [1:06:52] Mr chair I had included your packet a number of items uh some of our routine things such as scheduling meetings as [1:06:58] needed as well as the commissioner updates that we've always done uh additionally uh election Precinct in the [1:07:04] government center we've been contacted by Buffalo would like to give the board more information about that also talk [1:07:09] about license application process that we're working on uh for some of our tobacco and other licenses uh provide an [1:07:16] overview of ashor in Wright County um just to get a status and discuss any [1:07:21] potential future direction from the board uh additionally as Matt dchen is here we'd like to give you an update on [1:07:27] Ditch assessments and where that process is at and then lastly a few items on our strategic plan where we're at an update [1:07:34] as well as some feedback from the board would be appreciated at this juncture so number of items uh certainly open if [1:07:41] there are other things to add one item I might just discuss in in brief [1:07:46] discussion is the cmrp uh because we'll have a resolution that will be coming forward to the County Board likely in [1:07:52] December uh as the group group transitions from a jpa to a nonprofit so [1:07:57] I'll probably take a few minutes to uh give the lay of the land on why that transition is and uh what that means at [1:08:05] that meet at the uh Workshop as well if administrator Kelly wants to add [1:08:11] that um one item I wanted to also the being that we don't have a workshop in [1:08:16] December uh discussion as to whether we want to do it this next week have the [1:08:21] discussion about Advisory Board assignments or do you want to set a a separate meeting in December I i' been [1:08:29] approached by a couple different board members as to when we would have that discussion potentially uh I would propose that we give an update of where [1:08:35] we're at uh on our committee uh both the public appointments but also the committee assignments for uh next year [1:08:43] and then in December hold the meeting where we get together and assign committee assignments for the Commissioners okay so kind of a [1:08:49] two-parter there both we have a couple of uh appointments to the citizen [1:08:54] committees that we've been asked to do recruitments for wanted to get an update to the board on where we're at in that [1:09:00] process and identify those but then also the board's committee assignments for next year so we'll just set that one at [1:09:07] the November 21st meeting a committee of the whole then to discuss that sometime in December okay that works uh I'll [1:09:15] entertain I guess this is just informational so we don't really actually have to adopt any action for the workshop agenda items next we'll be [1:09:23] moving down to the recommendations from the October 17th uh Personnel committee uh the first [1:09:31] one was a discussion that had kind of rewinded all the way back to the uh [1:09:36] budget process and even prior to that this had been articulated by uh IT [1:09:41] director FBI for quite some time and this is actualizing the work of uh one [1:09:46] of the it managers and actually uh quantifying him as an assistant uh it uh [1:09:53] director so this recommendation was to move forward with bringing to the November [1:09:58] 7th County board meeting the approval of the reclassification of the it technical [1:10:03] services manager to assistant director uh quantifying the work that he's actually doing in to meet the uh [1:10:11] organizational chart moving forward for it the second one uh is the moving [1:10:18] forward with uh bringing approving HHS new staff itions [1:10:23] of three over comp eligibility Specialists this is having to do with the whole uh uh ma unwinding which keeps [1:10:31] getting extended so case law uh case lows are getting extraordinarily High [1:10:37] turnover is high so those two together are not meeting it uh so hopefully and because the training period for [1:10:42] eligibility Specialists is quite long we want to make sure that we can keep somebody in the seat at all time so we [1:10:48] can keep the case load manageable uh as well as that's what the second Rec uh recommendation is the same uh with that [1:10:55] as well with the lead eligibility specialist uh then the third recommendation is to the [1:11:01] reclassification of one lead eligibility specialist to a social worker uh this has to do with the same discussion uh [1:11:10] with moving these uh eligibility Specialists this is actually moving a sector of work that they do within the [1:11:17] eligibility specialist and moving it into Social Services uh to get better uh [1:11:22] client interaction as as well as being able to move the case loads faster so this is just kind of overall [1:11:28] leveraging the internal systems and it has no cost bearing as well then the other side moving down would be the [1:11:35] taking of one uh social worker position and making it into two part-time positions so uh just a job share it's [1:11:44] listed as adding a position but that is not the case it is actually that was typo is taking one full-time position [1:11:50] and making it two part-time so with that I would look for any motion to approve the recommendations from the Personnel [1:11:57] committee Mr chair I'll go ahead and make that motion all right motion by commissioner Shane I'll second that [1:12:02] second by commissioner Holland any further discussion hearing none all in favor say [1:12:08] I I I po same sign I will uh thank the board for their [1:12:14] uh efforts on what we're doing here for the eligibility specialist first eligibility specialist and the uh ma [1:12:21] portion on that side it's unbelievable the case load and this will be hopefully [1:12:26] a step in a step forward in an area that doesn't have a long-term effect to us but it [1:12:33] gives them something with the work right now is going to be high in the short term as we know and this gives them some short-term relief potentially so [1:12:39] hopefully this will solve the issue we'll see I want to thank Kim and her [1:12:45] staff so um moving on to the uh October 24th uh Personnel committee they was the [1:12:52] recommendation to allow courts of services to begin the hiring process of a correction agent that was approved in the 2024 budget uh this one had some [1:12:59] special circumstances that created a vacant position sooner than later and they'd like to uh move forward with [1:13:06] getting that position filled sooner than later so and there's a capacity within their budget to uh fulfill that spot [1:13:13] with moving the hiring process forward so I'll make that motion all right [1:13:18] second all right motion by commissioner Holland second by commissioner Shane any further discussion hearing none all in [1:13:26] favor say I I oppos same sign motion passes unanimous all right as we come to [1:13:33] the uh end of the board meeting here is there any uh quick announcements anyone wants to make before we [1:13:39] adjourn Mr chair I will not be able to attend the workshop next week just when [1:13:45] FYI I'll be at a conference for the um T tzd all right thank you very much for [1:13:50] the heads up on that uh if there's no other business we willj the County board meeting at [1:14:22] 10:10