* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [00:00:11] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS POSTED. I LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO MOVED. SUPERVISOR SCHULTY, SUPERVISOR SHARAN. ANY DISCUSSION, CORRECTIONS, ET CETERA? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. OUR FIRST ITEM OF DISCUSSION IS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. SEEMS LIKE FOREVER SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE. , UM, NEW YEAR, NEW BIENNIAL. SO A LOT OF NEW [a. Information Technology Quarterly Report] PROJECTS, UM, ADDED TO THE PLATE. UM, THE FIRST ONE ACTUALLY IS NOT A NEW ONE ACTUALLY. I'M SORRY. THIS ONE IS THE REDESIGN ACCESS DATABASES. SO THIS IS WORK CONTINUED FROM LAST YEAR, EXCUSE ME. UM, THESE ARE THESE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING INTO OUR COUNTY APPLICATION SERVER. OUR DEVELOPERS ARE WORKING ON THESE IN-HOUSE, TAKING AWAY OLD PROCESSES FROM, UM, AN OLD, UM, DESKTOP VERSION OF A DATABASE INTO A REAL STRUCTURED ENTERPRISE GRADE DATABASE. SO THOSE WILL CONTINUE ON. UM, TEAM FEELS PRETTY CONFIDENT WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THESE. UM, FOR THE FIRST ITEM FOR THE LAND RESOURCE NEXT GEN, UH, GENERATION PERMITTING, WE DO ONLY HAVE FOUR MORE, UH, PERMIT APPLICATIONS WE'RE WORKING ON. AND THEN FOR THE, UM, ACCESS DATABASES TO WASHCO APPS, WE ONLY HAVE THREE MORE TO GO ON THAT ONE. SO THE TEAM FEELS VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET THAT DONE BY MIDYEAR THIS YEAR. THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE, THIS IS ANOTHER, WAS ANOTHER CARRYOVER ITEM, UM, TO RE REPLACE THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SOFTWARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE DID START OUT ON THAT PLAN TO STILL DO THAT IN-HOUSE. UM, SINCE THEN, OUR NEW MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS CHOSEN A DIFFERENT ROUTE OUTSIDE OF OUR INTERNAL APPLICATIONS, SOMETHING THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY THAN WHAT WE CAN DEVELOP. UM, SO THIS ONE I'VE ACTUALLY MARKED AS COMPLETED. UM, I KEPT IT IN HERE BECAUSE WE DID START OUT THE YEAR WITH IT, AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF DATA CONVERSION TO GET, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE, GET DATA OFF OUR, OUR SYSTEMS ONTO THE SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE GONNA USE IN THE CLOUD. THE NEXT ONE, IMPROVED USE OF CITRIX AND MORE CLOUD SERVICES. THIS IS A CONTINUED EFFORT TO MOVE SERVICES TO OFFICE 365. ONCE AGAIN, UTILIZING MORE OF THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR. SO THINGS LIKE MICROSOFT TEAMS, SHAREPOINT, UM, ONEDRIVE, STUFF LIKE THAT. WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS AND LITTLE BY LITTLE WE'LL BRING DEPARTMENTS ON AS IT MEETS THEIR NEEDS. UH, NEW FOR THIS YEAR, ADVANCING APPLICATIONS AND WORKFLOW IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. SO THIS INCLUDES SOME PRETTY BIG, UM, ITEMS ON HERE. ONE, WE GOT THE, MY AVATAR, WHICH IS THE, UH, MEDICAL RECORDS RESOURCE SYSTEM FOR, UH, OUR HEALTH, HEALTH AND, OR, I'M SORRY, OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SO THEY'RE KIND OF DOING A RE-IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, WORKING WITH A OUTSIDE VENDOR, WORKING WITH, UH, MEMBERS OF IT TO GET THAT SYSTEM UP TO A GOOD PERFORMING AND EFFICIENT MANNER. TYLER MUNI UPGRADE, THAT'S KIND OF OUR ERP SYSTEM, OUR GENERAL LEDGER. SO WE'RE UPGRADING. LAST TIME I THINK THAT WAS UPGRADED WAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, SO NOW WE'RE JUST GETTING IT TO THE NEXT STATE. THAT'S THE NAME OF A SOFTWARE PROGRAM. TYLER MUNICH IS THE SOFTWARE NAME, CORRECT? OR TYLER MUNIS IS THE VENDOR. I'M SORRY. UH, WE KNOW IT ALL AS TYLER MUNI HERE. UH, AND THEN ONE ITEM, WHICH IS STILL, UM, BEING DISCUSSED IS FOR CHILD SUPPORT FOR A A DOCUMENT SCANNING PROJECT. UM, RIGHT NOW I HAVE NO DETAILS ON THAT, BUT I HEARD IT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE LIST THAT WE MIGHT POSSIBLY BE GETTING INTO. SO RIGHT NOW, I STILL HAVE THAT IN DRAFT AND WE'LL, UH, EXAMINE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE THERE. UM, ENHANCEMENT TO IT. INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. THIS PAST SATURDAY, I HAD A CALL AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING. UM, DISPATCH AND SHERIFF, HALF THE [00:05:01] COMPUTERS WERE DOWN. UM, COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS A BAD SWITCH. UH, THANKFUL THAT WE, BECAUSE OF YOU, YOU ALLOWING ME TO HAVE, UM, SWITCHES THAT I PURCHASED LAST YEAR IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, I WAS ABLE TO GET 'EM UP AND RUNNING WITHIN TWO HOURS. UM, A SITUATION LIKE THIS, THESE ARE SWITCHES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE $7,000 SWITCHES. WE CANNOT JUST GET 'EM AT BEST BUY OR, OR WALMART OR TARGET. UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONTHS TO GET 'EM IN STOCK BECAUSE OF OUR PLANNING AND OUR EXECUTION. WE GOT 'EM UP AND RUNNING, MINIMAL DOWNTIME. SO IF I CAN REAL QUICK, WHAT IS THE SHELF LIFE OF A SWITCH? SAY YOU BUY BACKUPS AND THEY'RE SITTING FOR A WHILE UNTIL ONE BURNS OUT. YEAH. UH, SHELF LIFE. I MEAN, THEY'LL, IF IT'S SITTING ON A A RACK, THEY'LL, THEY'LL FOREVER, THEY'LL LAST FOREVER. THEY DON'T GET UPDATED OR ANYTHING? NO, UH, WELL, THEY DO. UM, USUALLY WHEN CISCO RELEASES A SWITCH ANYWHERE FROM, I'VE SEEN 10 TO 20 YEARS THAT THEY OUTDATED. IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW AGGRESSIVE CISCO WANTS TO GET. SURE. UM, RIGHT NOW, THE SWITCHES THAT WE HAVE, THERE'S NO END OF LIFE ANNOUNCED ON THEM. SO, WHICH USUALLY MEANS WE HAVE AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. UM, WHEN CISCO ANNOUNCES A END OF LIFE ON A SWITCH, THEY GIVE A FIVE YEAR NOTICE, AND THEN IT'S KIND OF TIME TO PUT THEM ON A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. THANK YOU. UH, A QUESTION. MM-HMM. . SO, UM, A LOT OF CRITICAL THINGS HAVE BUILT IN BACKUPS THAT KICK IN AUTOMATICALLY. IS THERE ANY TYPE OF DESIGN FOR SOMETHING LIKE A SWITCH WHERE THERE'S A BUILT IN BACKUP THAT IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO TO BECAUSE LIKE, DISPATCHING BEING DOWN, THAT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL. YEAH. UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A ONE-TO-ONE CONNECTION FROM A COMPUTER TO A SWITCH, IF THAT SWITCH GOES DOWN, WE PUT SWITCHES IN WHAT'S CALLED A STACK. SO THERE'S TECHNICALLY TWO SWITCHES THAT GO BACK TO THE MAIN SWITCH. UM, IF ONE SWITCH GOES DOWN, IT'S A ONE-TO-ONE RELATIONSHIP. SO IF THIS COMPUTER'S ON THAT SWITCH, UNFORTUNATELY, FORTUNATELY IT'S GONNA GO DOWN. IF WE HAD ABILITIES TO CONNECT THIS COMPUTER TO BOTH SWITCHES, THEN IT WOULD'VE STAYED UP. BUT TYPICALLY BOTH, ALL OF OUR COMPUTERS ONLY HAVE ONE NETWORK JACK FOR CRITICAL THINGS LIKE THAT. COULD YOU HAVE A SECOND JACK SO THAT IF ONE SWITCH GOES DOWN, THEY JUST UNPLUG IT, PLUG IT INTO THE OTHER JACK? THAT COULD BE, THAT COULD BE AN OPTION. THE OTHER THING IS WE COULD UTILIZE WIRELESS. UM, SO WE COULD PUT A WIRELESS CARD INSIDE OF THE, THE COMPUTER, AND THAT COULD BE, AND THAT COULD BE A BACKUP. SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN THINK THROUGH. I ACTUALLY LIKE THAT. I WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. SO YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY REDUNDANT SYSTEMS, SO TO SPEAK? NOT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL COMPUTER. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO SERVERS AND, AND, AND MAIN INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DO, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL COMPUTER LAPTOP, UM, WELL LAPTOP, WE HAVE WIRELESS, BUT A HARDWIRED COMPUTER THERE IS NOT RIGHT NOW. UM, SO THAT IS A, AN OPTION. AND, UH, ADDING A WIRELESS CARD TO A COMPUTER IS ACTUALLY THE REASONABLE COST. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, 50 BUCKS FOR A PER COMPUTER, THAT'S WORTH THE SPEND RIGHT THERE. YEAH. CRITICAL THINGS LIKE, SO WHEN DISPATCH WENT DOWN, UM, HOW DID THAT IMPACT DISPATCH? WERE THEY STILL ABLE TO TAKE CALLS? WERE THEY STILL ABLE TO ROUTE CALLS? MM-HMM. . YEAH. SO THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO TAKE CALLS. UM, AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT IMPACTED THEM? NOT ALL OF 'EM WERE DOWN BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, SOME OF 'EM WERE ON THE, THE SECOND SWITCH THAT STAYED ALIVE. UM, BUT I MEAN, IN THAT SITUATION, I THINK THEY COULD HAVE MOVED TO ANOTHER COMPUTER. UM, OR THE, THE RADIOS WERE STILL ALIVE. YOU KNOW, NINE ONE ONE WAS THE PHONE CALLS WERE STILL ALIVE, SO THEY STILL HAD ACCESS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COULD GET IN AND, AND THERE COULD STILL BE, UM, DISPATCHING OF DEPUTIES. OKAY. GOOD. UM, SO FOR THIS YEAR, UM, WE DID START THE YEAR WITH A NEW BACKUP SOLUTION. UM, AND THIS ONE, I, I HAVE IT ON TRACK ON YOUR, ON YOUR, UH, SHEET, BUT EXCUSE ME. UM, WE ARE COMPLETE WITH THAT PROJECT NOW. SO WE HAVE A, WE'RE FULLY UP AND RUNNING ON A NEW BACKUP SOLUTION. SO THIS IS BACKING UP ALL OF OUR DATA. SO ANY FILES, WE SAVE, ANY APPLICATIONS, ANY DATABASES, IT'S BACKING IT UP ONSITE HERE. AND IT'S REPLICATING IT TO A, A GOVERNMENT CLOUD. SO WE HAVE OFFSITE BACKUP. SO WE ARE FULLY ON THE NEW SYSTEM. UM, AND THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE. UH, THIS YEAR. WE HAVE THREE PHYSICAL SERVERS THAT ARE END OF LIFE AND END OF SUPPORT. THOSE ARE BEING REPLACED. THERE'S AN ACTIVE PROJECT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR PROJECT KICKOFF KICKOFF CALLED NEXT WEEK. SO THOSE WOULD BE REPLACED, WHICH IS NICE BECAUSE WE LOSE SUPPORT FOR THREE OF THE PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. THE OTHER EIGHT THAT WERE, OR I'M SORRY, THE OTHER FIVE THAT ARE IN THAT STACK ARE STILL ON SUPPORT FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS. BUT THOSE ARE IN PLAN TO BE REPLACED IN OUR CIP. UH, [00:10:01] WE TALKED ABOUT THE SWITCHES. UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA REPLACE SWITCHES AT THE, UH, WEST BEND HIGHLIGHT HIGHWAY SHOP ACROSS THE STREET HERE. UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE SWITCHES THAT ARE IN THERE ARE END OF LIFE IN 2025. SO WE'RE JUST BEING PROACTIVE AS FAR AS OUR PLANNING. WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE BEFORE THEY GO END OF LIFE AND END OF SUPPORT. UH, WE HAVE WEST BEND HIGHWAY, AND THEN ACTUALLY THE SHERIFF IS ON THAT LIST AS WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE. I'M WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR VENDOR TO GET QUOTING AND DONE, BUT WE'LL GET THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THIS YEAR TOO. SO ALL, ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE SHERIFF WILL BE ON NEW EQUIPMENT THAT IS SUPPORTED AND, UM, IN SERVICE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS. UH, THIS WOULD BE A NEXT YEAR, 2025 PROJECT, UH, HAS NOT STARTED YET, BUT ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING HERE, WE HAVE ONE IN HERE FOR WIRELESS SOMEWHERE, , WHEREVER THEY HIT IT. OH, THERE IT IS IN THE CORNER. OKAY. SO THOSE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS WILL BE COMING UP ON FIVE YEARS. ABOUT FIVE YEARS IS A GOOD TIME. A RECOMMENDED TIME TO REPLACE THOSE. SO IT BE FASTER THEN TOO , UH, DEPENDING ON THE TECHNOLOGY, IT COULD BE . UM, BUT YES, SO WE WILL LOOK AT UPDATING THOSE, AND OF COURSE WE'LL GRAB THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY AS NEWER TECHNOLOGY COME OUT, IT GETS FASTER, BETTER PERFORMANCE, ALL THAT. AND THEN, UM, THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER ACROSS THE STREET IS SCHEDULED FOR 2025 TO, UH, REPLACE THEIR SWITCHES. LIKE I SAY, THAT'S IN THAT SCHEDULE THAT, THAT CIP SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE. SO THOSE ARE ALL NEW FOR THIS YEAR. UM, SOME NEXT ONE IS ENHANCEMENTS TO IT, CYBERSECURITY. UM, ONCE AGAIN, THE COUNTY FIREWALL, THIS IS OUR MAIN INTERNET TRAFFIC OUT THAT ACTUALLY KEEPS US PROTECTED ON THE, FROM THE OUTSIDE IN AND FROM THE INSIDE OUT. UM, WE ARE GONNA REPLACE THAT THIS YEAR. IT'S ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH A VENDOR RIGHT NOW TO GET THAT IMPLEMENTED. SO THAT WILL BE ON TRACK FOR THIS YEAR. UM, WE'RE GONNA BUILD OUT OUR, UH, SECURITY VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. SO THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT TRACKS, UM, COMPUTERS, SERVERS, NETWORK EQUIPMENT THAT NEED SECURITY PATCHES. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, IT'S A, A GOOD MANAGEMENT PLATFORM AS WELL AS THE NEXT PART OF IT IS ALSO CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF OUR NETWORK. SO IF THEY SEE ANOMALIES ON THE NETWORK, THEY'LL, THEY'LL NOTIFY US. IF THEY SEE A HINT OF RANSOMWARE, THEY'LL ACTUALLY AUTOMATICALLY BLOCK A SYSTEM, UM, AND THEN CONTACT ME. SO IT'S REALLY GOOD. UM, ONCE AGAIN, JUST KEEPING US SAFE AND, AND SECURE. UH, WE HAVE THE PRO PHOENIX SERVER. THOSE ARE THE SHERIFF SERVERS. PART OF THE CGI AUDIT IS MAKING SURE THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN SEGREGATED NETWORK. SO WE ARE NOW MEETING THAT COMPLIANCE, UM, THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED ALREADY. AND THEN THE NEXT TWO ITEMS IN THERE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO OUR ANNUAL SECURITY AUDITS. SO THIS IS CHECKING CONTROLS OF THE COUNTY, CONTROLS OF IT. UM, IT ALSO LOOKS INTO, YOU KNOW, HIRING PROCESSES, STUFF LIKE THAT. HR, UM, ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONS, KIND OF GIVES US A NICE ANNUAL SECURITY AUDIT, WHICH MEETS, UH, COMPLIANCES FOR, FOR HIPAA, CGI AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND THEN LAST, UM, KIND OF JUST GIVEN TRANSPARENCY TO OUR IT SHARED SERVICES, UM, AS THAT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE VILLAGE OF NEWBURGH, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. UM, WE HAVE THEM COMPLETELY ONBOARDED RIGHT NOW, IT SAYS ON TRACK ON YOUR SCREEN. BUT, UM, WE ARE, WE HAVE THEM BASICALLY UNDER OUR CONTROL NOW. SO THAT ONE'S COMPLETED. UM, SINCE WE STARTED DOING ONBOARDING SERVICES OR, UH, IT SERVICES FOR NEWBURGH, UM, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING TIME. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 60 HOURS OF OUR MANPOWER, UM, IN, AT NEWBURGH. UH, VILLAGE OF EW, WASUM IS NEXT, WHICH WAS ANOTHER ONE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. AND, UH, YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE 26 HOURS DEDICATED TO THEM. WE STILL HAVE SOME ONBOARDING TO DO FOR THEM. AND WHEN I SAY ONBOARDING, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GETTING, UM, NEW ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE THAT THEY HAVE TO PURCHASE BECAUSE THEIR PREVIOUS SERVICE PROVIDER IS TAKING THEIR SOFTWARE WITH THEM. SO THERE'S SOME ONBOARDING STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO GET THEIR MICROSOFT LICENSING SWITCHED OVER TO THEM INSTEAD OF THEIR PREVIOUS PROVIDER. UM, SO WE STILL HAVE THAT ONE GOING ON. AND THEN NEXT IS THE TOWN OF ADDISON, WHICH WE HAVE NOT STARTED YET BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ONBOARDING KI WASUM, BUT THEY WILL BE NEXT. UM, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OTHER VILLAGE AND TOWNS REACH OUT TO ME. SO WE'VE HAD THE TOWN OF WEST BEND, I'VE SAT WITH THEM, TALKED TO THEM. THE TOWN OF AARON ALSO REACHED OUT TO ME FOR IT SERVICES, THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON. I'VE SAT DOWN WITH THEM AND TALKED ABOUT, UH, POSSIBLE IT SERVICES AS WELL AS THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN. SO THESE ARE KIND OF SOME, UM, BIG SCARY ONES THERE. THE VILLAGE [00:15:01] OF GERMANTOWN AND VILLAGE OF JACKSON. THEY GOT A LOT OF, LOT OF THE LARGER, UH, MUNICIPALITIES HERE IN THE, IN THE COUNTY. SO, BUT, UH, TALKS ARE GOOD. PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THE SERVICES, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S GOING WELL RIGHT NOW. SO, SUPERVISOR, JUST A QUESTION, JOEL, ON, ON, UM, THE HOURS THAT YOU MENTIONED, IS THAT WHAT YOU ANTICIPATED? THE 60 HOURS, THE 27 HOURS? MM-HMM. . IS, IS THAT IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU WERE THINKING FOR ONBOARDING? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YES. I I THINK WHEN WE, WE INITIALLY DISCUSSED IT, WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A HEAVY UPLIFT, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, AND WHICH IS IN LINE, AND THIS IS COMBINED HOURS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS MY TIME, AND I HAVE TWO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE KIND OF GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS. UM, THIS IS OUR COMBINED TIME. SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN, WHEN ONE OF MY ENGINEERS AND I WENT ON SITE TO NEWBURGH, I WAS WORKING ON SOME THINGS, HE WAS WORKING ON ANOTHER. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S DOUBLE THE TIME, BUT IT'S COMBINED. UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IN LINE. UM, AS WE GET THEM TO A STEADY, UH, SYSTEM AND, AND THINGS ARE UPDATED, I THINK THAT WILL DECREASE TREMENDOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND I DO APPRECIATE IT. UM, I GO TO ALL THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND WEST BEND MEETINGS AND THEY BRING IT UP EVERY MORNING, . SO HOPEFULLY GOOD STUFF. . I, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. SO GOOD. I, I WILL SAY, UH, I'VE ASKED, UH, FEEDBACK FROM A, A COUPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THEY, THEY LOVE WORKING WITH OUR STAFF. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR SYSTEM ENGINEERS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THEM AND NOTHING BUT POSITIVE, SO WE'RE TAKING CARE OF 'EM. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . ARE THERE, YOU GOT SEVEN LISTED HERE. ARE THERE ANY MORE THAT ARE STARTING TO, UH, QUEUE UP BEHIND THESE? UH, NOPE. THESE WERE THE ONES THAT, UM, THE TOWN OF WEST BEND, TOWN OF AARON JACKSON, AND GERMANTOWN. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN QUEUE RIGHT NOW. UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYONE ELSE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I THINK IT, UH, IS WORTH MENTIONING TO AL THE MUNICIPALITIES. THIS IS A BIG BENEFIT. ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE GONNA BE ON A MUCH SAFER NETWORK. THEY'RE GONNA SAVE MONEY ON THEIR IT COSTS. THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AND SHARE SERVICES, MM-HMM. , IT BENEFITS EVERYBODY. SO I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THIS. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. MM-HMM. , HOPEFULLY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE GONNA DECIDE THAT THIS IS WORTH DOING JOIN UP AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, I THINK I AGREE. I THINK THERE'S SOME MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE SERVICES AND, UM, I THINK ONCE THEY REALIZE THAT, HEY, THAT THINGS ARE GOING SMOOTHER AND, AND THINGS ARE OPERATING EFFICIENTLY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT MORE CALLS WHEN THE ELECTED, LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS MEET ONCE A MONTH. THEY'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS AND THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, SO. OKAY. GOOD. HAVE YOU PRESENTED TO THAT GROUP OR IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT ? YEAH. I HAVE NOT PRESENTED TO THE WHOLE GROUP YET, BUT I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO, AND I'M MORE, MORE THAN WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, STEP OUT INDIVIDUALLY, TALK TO BOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND JUST KIND OF, THAT'S A GREAT INTRODUCTION ANYWAY. MM-HMM. RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL CHEWING ON ROADS AND SERVICES. , PRIORITIZING, I GUESS. AWESOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FULL PLATE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS QUARTERLY REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'LL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE, UH, NEW BIENNIUM. SOME OF THEM ARE CONTINUING AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE NEW. UM, HOPEFULLY MY, UH, MY PAPER IS IN THE SAME ORDER AS YOUR PACKET, SO WE'LL [b. Geographic Information Systems Quarterly Report] FIND OUT HERE. MM-HMM. , UH, THE FIRST ONE IS PREPARE GIS DATA FOR NEXT GEN 9 1 1. UH, UH, WHEN NEXT GEN 9 1 1 IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED, THE DATA THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE STATE WILL BE USED TO ROUTE 9 1 1 CALLS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. UM, THE MAJOR ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW IS A, IS A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT WITH A COMPANY CALLED GEOCON THAT HAS OUR ALL OF OUR DATA, AND THEY ARE PUTTING IT THROUGH THEIR RIGOROUS TEST JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S READY AND, UH, CRITICAL ERROR FREE. AND THAT PROJECT IS WINDING DOWN. WE EXPECT TO TAKE DELIVER DELIVERY OF OUR DATA BACK, UM, BEFORE THE END OF MARCH. UM, I CONTINUE TO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION, NETWORK SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING. THIS IS, UM, REALLY, GIS IS ONE SMALL PIECE OF A MUCH LARGER INITIATIVE, UM, WITH SCOTT AND, AND, UH, HIS TEAM. UM, I INCLUDE ONLINE JUST THE GIS PIECE. UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A MUCH LARGER, UH, WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING, UM, CONSULTING AND, AND PLANNING SERVICE FOR, FOR THESE MUNICIPALITIES. SO I SHOW THAT HARTFORD AND FARMINGTON ARE, ARE COMPLETE, AND THAT IS TRUE FOR THE GIS PART THAT IS LARGELY COMPLETE. UM, AS ADDITIONAL MUNICIPALITIES SIGN ON WILL ADD ADDITIONAL GOALS FOR THOSE MUNICIPALITIES. SO NO, NO ACTIVITY OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUTTING OUT FIRES AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING WITH THOSE MUNICIPALITIES. UM, HISTORIC TAX RULE SCANNING ANOTHER ON ANOTHER, UH, ONGOING INITIATIVE. UH, THERE'S A VAULT JUST OVER THERE THAT INCLUDES, UM, TAX ROLLS BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF [00:20:01] WASHINGTON COUNTY, SO ROUGHLY 150 YEARS OF TAX ROLLS THAT HAVE ALL BEEN SCANNED. UM, THE SCANNING WORK IS LARGELY COMPLETE. UM, THEY KEEP FINDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE MISSED A BOOK OR TWO AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMING BACK ON SITE AGAIN NEXT WEEK TO HOPEFULLY, UM, WRAP IT UP. UH, ONCE ALL OF THOSE ARE SCANNED, UH, WE'LL TAKE DELIVERY OF THOSE AND WE'LL PROVIDE A METHOD TO MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLINE. UM, IT'S A GOOD, INCREASES PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT, UM, ALSO, UM, PROVIDES YOU WITH A DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF BOOKS THAT ARE, UM, SLOWLY DETERIORATING IN THE VAULT BECAUSE IT'S 150 YEAR OLD PAPER, UM, OR PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIDAR ACQUISITION. THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE, UH, FOR 24 AND 26, AND I KIND OF COMBINE SOME OF THE MAJOR DATA ACQUISITION PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. UH, THE MAJOR ACTIVITY FOR 2024 IS THAT WE ARE GONNA, UM, FLY NEW ORTHO PHOTOGRAPHY THIS SPRING. UM, THAT WILL BE COMPLETED AS PART OF A REGIONAL CONSORTIUM. SO ALL SEVEN COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION WILL BE FLYING. UH, TWO DIFFERENT VENDORS ARE BEING USED, UM, FIVE COUNTIES INCLUDING WASHINGTON WITH, UH, WITH WHAT THEY CALL THE WISCONSIN REGIONAL ORTHO PHOTO CONSORTIUM W ROCK. UM, SO THAT'S A, A REALLY GREAT COST FOR US. THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION DOES A GOOD JOB OF, UH, GETTING FEDERAL COST SHARE DOLLARS FOR THAT. SO, UH, WE, WE, UM, WE RECEIVED THAT AS A MUCH DISCOUNTED, UH, RATE, SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL DATA ACQUISITION PROJECTS PLANNED FOR BOTH 25 AND 26. YES. CAROL, ARE YOU USING AIRCRAFT FOR THIS? IS THIS BEING DONE BY DRONES? UH, SO FOR A COUNTYWIDE PROJECT LIKE THIS, IT IS BEING DONE WITH FIXED WING AIRCRAFT. OKAY. UM, DRONES CAN ONLY GO UP LEGALLY 400 FEET, AND, UH, IT WOULD JUST TAKE WAY TOO MANY PASSES. SO THE COUNTY, UH, THE COUNTY LAND INFORMATION OFFICE, UH, WE OWN TWO DRONES. WE'RE REPLACING ONE OF 'EM THIS YEAR. AND IF THERE'S A, A SITE PROJECT, UM, A A HIGHWAY CORRIDOR THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE FLOWING, UH, WE WILL FLY THAT A COUPLE TIMES PER SUMMER TO MONITOR PROGRESS. AND THE DRONES WORK GREAT FOR THAT. BUT FOR THE COUNTYWIDE PROJECTS, IT'S, IT'S STILL FIXED WING AIRCRAFT AND THEY'RE FLYING AT A MUCH HIGHER ALTITUDE. YOU WON'T GET SHOT DOWN, WE HOPE NOT. . IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS ALSO A NEW INITIATIVE, AND THAT'S THE UPDATE, THE LAND INFORMATION PLAN. SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO UPDATE THE LAND INFORMATION PLAN ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. 2024 IS THE YEAR. UM, THAT WILL COVER PROJECTS THAT WE INTEND TO COMPLETE IN 25, 26, AND 27. UH, FUNDING THE USE OF LAND INFORMATION FUNDING IS KIND OF A TWO PRONG APPROACH. THE FIRST PRONG IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR LAND INFORMATION PLAN, AND, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE LAND INFORMATION COUNCIL AND MEET STATE STANDARDS. THE SECOND PRONG IS THAT YOU NEED TO APPROVE THE, THE FUNDING AND THE BUDGET. SO IT'S REALLY A, A, A TWO PIECE. SO THE FIRST THING IS FOR US TO GET OUR PROJECTS IDENTIFIED, INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN. AND THEN, UM, YOU SEE THOSE PROJECTS, UH, AS PART OF THE BUDGET. SO BECAUSE WE'RE ON A BIANNUAL BUDGET, THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT PLAN, YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY APPROVED IN 2025, WE'LL JUST INSERT THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON PROJECTS FOR 26 AND 27. SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. OUR NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES UPDATE, BUT OUR EXECUTIVE IS NOT HERE. OH, OKAY. AARON, THANKS. UM, I DON'T HAVE A TON TO SAY ON THIS. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE. SO THIS [c. 2024-2025 Strategic Priorities Update] DOCUMENT IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, UM, 4 24 AND 25, RIGHT? SO FOR THE BIENNIUM THAT WE'RE IN, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE IN, UM, THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IS LARGELY BASED ON, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK AND, AND ALL THE INFORMATION, THE GOOD DISCUSSION THAT THAT HAPPENED AT, UM, AT THE RETREAT, UM, RECENTLY. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO JOSH HAS, AND THE, AND THE TEAM HAVE KIND OF GONE THROUGH AND, AND DRAFTED SOME, UH, AND, AND DRAFT, I THINK IS THE KEY WORD AT THIS POINT, BUT DRAFTED SOME INITIATIVES AND GOALS. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, THAT THOSE INITIATIVES AND THE GOALS BENEATH THEM ARE KIND OF GROUPED INTO FOUR LARGER ISSUE CATEGORIES. UM, SO AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DUE DATES AND STUFF IN THERE. WE, WE HAVE SORT OF INTERNALLY BEEN KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THAT ALREADY. BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALL OF THE GOALS IN THERE ARE ULTIMATELY GONNA BE MEASURED AND MONITORED AND REPORTED THROUGH THE QUARTERLY UPDATE PROCESS THAT, THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH FOR IT AND GIS. UM, AND SO THAT'LL HAPPEN AT THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE, UM, THAT, THAT THOSE, THOSE PARTICULAR INITIATIVES FALL UNDER. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE REVIEW THE DRAFT. UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT [00:25:01] IT A LITTLE BIT IN, IN, IN MORE DETAIL AT THE MARCH COUNTY BOARD MEETING. UM, BUT AT THIS POINT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET A DRAFT OUT TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANKS. COMMENTS? NO. NEXT UP IS THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE. MR. SCHMIDT? YES, I BELIEVE YOU'RE PRESENTING. YES. UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, THERE IT IS UP ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. IT'S ALSO A COPY [d. Master Plan Update] OF THE POWERPOINT IS, IS IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL TO GO THROUGH. SO, UH, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK KARA HERDRICH, OUR BUILDING AS A GROUNDS, UH, MANAGER TO PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER FOR YOU. AND, UH, SHE'S CERTAINLY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AS, AS WE ROLL THROUGH THIS. BUT, UH, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS KIND OF GO THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN. YOU MIGHT RECALL WE INCLUDED THE WHOLE THING IN YOUR PACKET, AGAIN, JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE, NOT TO RE REHASH THE WHOLE MASTER PLAN, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE, WE INCLUDED IN THERE JUST, UH, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO AND, AND FIND IT. AND THE FIRST THING WE WANNA DO IS KIND OF SAY WHAT, UH, WHERE WE ARE DATE, KIND OF GIVE YOU THE UPDATE OF, OF HOW WE'RE DOING ON THAT MASTER PLAN. AND IF YOU RECALL, IT WAS DONE IN 2023. WE HAD SHORT-TERM GOALS AND SOME LONG-TERM GOALS FOR THE COUNTY. THEY'RE CERTAINLY THE PLAN, UH, ONES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UH, THEY WERE APPROVED IN THE, THE CIP PLAN FOR 24 AND 25, THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ELEVATOR, WHICH IS ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET, UH, THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW. UH, EXTERIOR SIGNAGE, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT IN 2024. THE FUEL STATION, UH, RELOCATION IN 25, AS WELL AS THE SECURE PARKING LOT. AND WE'LL, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THAT IN A SECOND. OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR LONGER TERM, CIP FROM WHERE YOU DO A TWO YEAR CIP AND THEN YOU PUT A LONGER RANGE PLAN A SEVEN YEAR, I BELIEVE IT IS NOW, RIGHT? FOR A CIP. YEAH. SO YOU GOT OTHER LONG RANGE OR SHORT SIX YEARS, THANK YOU. A SIX YEAR PLAN, UH, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. SO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT PLAN BUT NOT FUNDED YET, YOU KNOW, FULLY, UH, THE COUNTY MOORE CONSTRUCTION IN 28 AND SOIL REMEDIATION, THAT'S IN THE, THE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST OF THE JUSTICE CENTER. SO, UH, LOOKING AT THAT, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW THAT WERE ON THE MASTER PLAN, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CHAIRMAN'S OFFICE, UH, THE COUNTY BOARD JUST APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR THAT THIS MONTH. SO, UH, WE'RE WELL ON A WAY FOR THAT. SO HOPEFULLY BY THE MID-APRIL, BY THE TIME THE NEW COUNTY BOARD, UH, CHAIR IS ELECTED OR REELECTED, UH, THAT THEY'LL BE, HAVE THE OFFICE SPACE UPSTAIRS AND THE COUNTY TURN WILL BE, UH, IN THE PROBATE AREA, UH, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THAT. UH, THE LAST THING ON THAT PAGE IS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE CRU, UH, THE CORRESPONDER UNIT AS PASSED AS PART OF THE PLAN B PLAN, UH, AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE FURNITURE. AND THAT WENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY TODAY TO, I LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICE FURNITURE. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WAS ON THE MASTER PLAN TOO, SOME KIND OF INTERNAL RECONFIGURATION. SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE, THE MASTER PLAN IS ABOUT A YEAR OLD, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE ON, ON WORKING TOWARDS, UH, SOME OF THE GOALS, UH, WITHIN THAT MASTER PLAN. AND GOING BACK TO THE SECURE WEST PARKING LOT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF HERE FOR KIND OF TALKING THE NEXT STEPS. SO WITH SECURING WEST PARKING LOT, THAT MEANS MOST, UH, ALL FOOT TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING INTO THE BUILDING, PUBLIC FOOT TRAFFIC WILL BE ENTERING FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING BY THE JUSTICE CENTER. IF YOU'RE, I'M, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT ENTRANCE. UH, THERE'S A SECURE ENTRANCE TO GET INTO THE JUSTICE CENTER AND UNSECURED TO COME INTO THE BUILDING. UH, THE FIRST UH, DOOR THERE IS GONNA BE THE CLINIC FOLLOWED BY FACILITIES. AND EVENTUALLY YOU CAN WIND YOUR WAY DOWN TO, TO THE ROOM WE'RE IN TODAY AND WITH A SECURE WEST LOT. LIKE, WELL, OKAY, BUT DO WE WANT EVERYBODY COMING TO THAT DOOR? AND MOST OF THE FOOT TRAFFIC GOES UP TO THE REGISTER DEEDS AND TREASURER AND CLERK'S OFFICE, AND IT'S A, IT'S A LONG WAY TO GET THERE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. AND, AND SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT GETTING SOMETHING CLOSER TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE FOR THOSE THREE OFFICES TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC? AND AGAIN, MOST OF THE PUBLIC THAT'S COMING IS FOR, FOR THOSE THREE OFFICES. SO WE GOT SOME, SOME CONCEPTS IN HERE AND, AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE'LL INVITE DISCUSSION ONCE WE GET KIND OF THROUGH THE CONCEPTS AND KINDA GIVE YOU THE, THE KIND OF THE NEXT STEP. SO THIS IS NOT JUST A THREE MONTH WINDOW LIKE, UH, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MIGHT BE. THIS IS MORE OF A, A SHORT TERM LONG TERM PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING. SO, UH, OPTION CON, ALL THREE OPTIONS CONTINUE WITH, UH, GOING THROUGH THE COUNTY BOARDS IN 2025, SECURING THE WEST LOT. UH, AND WE'LL KIND OF RUN THROUGH THOSE, UH, AS BRIEF AS I CAN. SO CONCEPT ONE, UH, OR OPTION ONE IS SECURING THAT WEST SIDE, UH, MAYBE ALTERING SECURITY THAT'S COMING INTO THE BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE, UH, RELOCATING THE LAW LIBRARY, UM, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, VARI CADED AREAS IN THE SECOND FLOOR. AND AGAIN, THE THIRD FLOOR ALREADY IS IN, IN PROGRESS FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND COUNTY CHAIR. AND WE'VE GOT MAPS OF, OF ALL THREE. SO WHAT YOU DO IS CONCEPT ONE SAYS, ALRIGHT, WE CAN DO THIS ON A QUICK BASIS, IS RECONFIGURE THE, THE PUBLIC ENTRANCE FOR SECURE ENTRANCE. UH, REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN HAD SOME THOUGHTS AND WE'D OBVIOUSLY HIRE AN ARCHITECT AND, AND FINISH THOSE THOUGHTS AND, AND WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. [00:30:01] UH, BUT CREATING, UH, BASICALLY THE LAW LIBRARIES, THAT LITTLE BLUE SQUARE, UH, CREATE QUOTES WE'D CALL A TOUCH POINT WHERE YOU'D HAVE, UH, TWO STAFF MEMBERS DOWN THERE POTENTIALLY CROSS-TRAINED BETWEEN THE THREE OFFICES THAT BASICALLY THAT PEOPLE COULD COME INTO THE BUILDING, COME THERE TO COUNTER. IF THOSE TWO PEOPLE ARE BUSY, THEY COULD BE REDIRECTED UPSTAIRS. NOT IDEAL, BUT, UH, JUST CERTAINLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE THROWING THAT OUT. THERE'S A CONCEPT WHERE WE HAVE A, A ROOM THAT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT ENTRANCE THAT THAT COULD BE UTILIZED, UH, FOR THAT PURPOSE. UM, BUT JUST POINTING OUT THERE THAT THAT IS AN OPTION. UH, WE WOULD REMOVE THE LI LAW LIBRARY FROM THE SECOND FLOOR TO THE THIRD FLOOR. AND THE THIRD FLOOR, IF YOU DON'T RECALL, UH, IS WHERE THE NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY'S GONNA BE IN THE PINK, AND WHERE THE COUNTY BOARD CHAIR WILL BE IN THE GREEN. SO THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES OPTION ONE, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OF THE OPTIONS, BUT, BUT PROBABLY NOT THE MOST PRACTICAL FOR LONG-TERM SOLUTION IN THE BUILDING. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SECURE, THE CONCEPT NUMBER TWO. UH, WE AGAIN HAVE THE SECURE ENTRANCE ON THE EAST SIDE. WE UTILIZE THE, THE GREEN AREAS AND POTENTIALLY THE YELLOW AREAS WHERE THE CLINIC IS FOR, UH, THOSE THREE OFFICES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE THREE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES. UM, AND I WANNA POINT OUT, THIS IS HIGH LEVEL. THIS IS, EVEN THOUGH I SEE GREEN AND YELLOW AND GREEN, WE DON'T SAY SOMEONE'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT HALLWAY, SOMEONE'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND ALL THAT KINDA STUFF, RIGHT? THERE'S A, A LOT OF LEGWORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE IT'S, UM, PROPERLY FUNCTIONS FOR OUR, FOR OUR LONGER TERM NEEDS. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ONE AND THE PLANS AND THE OTHER MASTER PLAN WAS, UH, THIS DOES NOT HAVE A NEED RIGHT NOW FOR THE BUILDING EXPANSION. YOU'LL SEE ON THERE RIGHT NOW, IF, REMEMBER THE SHORT TERM MASTER PLAN HAD A, ANOTHER ADDITION ONTO THE BUILDING, UH, THIS ONE, WE THINK WITH, WITH THE FOOTPRINT OF, OF OUR OFFICES, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IT THERE. AT LEAST THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD START, UH, LOOKING AT. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THEN YOU'D HAVE TO, IF, UH, FACILITIES SUPPOSED TO BE DOWNSTAIRS, THEY'D HAVE TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S UPSTAIRS, UH, WHICH LEAVES US WITH A PRETTY GRAY AREA OF DARK AREAS OF, OF STAFFING WHERE ACTUALLY WE'D HAVE EMPTY OFFICES. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AREA. UH, NOT TO SAY WE COULDN'T UTILIZE IT FOR CERTAIN CONFERENCE ROOMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE CERTAINLY LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO, TO PROVIDE THEM AND POTENTIALLY MOVING GIS IF THERE'S MORE IT STAFF NEEDED. IF WE KEEP ADDING ON MORE COMMUNITIES AND MORE COMMUNITIES, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE NEED MORE IT STAFF TO, TO WORK ON THOSE. WE START ADDING, AS MENTIONED, VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN, VILLAGE OF JACKSON, AND A BUNCH OF OTHER TOWNS OR ANY OTHER CITIES. UH, WE NEED MORE STAFF. SO THERE'S CERTAINLY AN OPTION TO, TO MOVE, MOVE AND UTILIZE THAT AREAS, UH, THIRD FLOOR, BECAUSE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THOSE JURY ASSEMBLY ROOMS, WE'D HAVE TO USE THE, THE BOARD, EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, THE OFFICE, THE AREA OUT THERE THAT'S VACANT RIGHT NOW FOR THE NEXT, UH, POTENTIAL COURTROOM, COURTROOM FIVE, UH, WOULD BE WHERE THE JURY WOULD BE SELECTED AND JURY ROOMS WOULD BE UPSTAIRS. AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND, AND, UH, CHAIR MOVE REGARDLESS. SO THAT'S KIND OF OPTION NUMBER TWO. KIND OF BASICALLY MOVES PEOPLE DOWN TO DO OFFICES DOWN TO THE DOWNSTAIRS, MOVES THESE UPSTAIRS. AGAIN, WE, WE ACTUALLY MET, UM, WITH THE THREE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, IN THE FOURTH, I SHOULD SAY SARAH AS WELL, UH, WAS THERE, THE, THE, THE, UM, CLERK OF COURTS WAS THERE AS WELL. SO KIND OF ROLLING THROUGH SOME IDEAS ON THERE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR WHERE WE NEED TO BE, BUT JUST TO KIND OF HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT IT, SAY, IS IT POSSIBLE? AND WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES WITH SOME OF THOSE? UH, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES MOVING THE JURY ROOM TO THE THIRD FLOOR IS WHEN YOU HAVE A JURY DAY, EVERYBODY'S GOING UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR VERSUS STAYING ON ON THE FIRST FLOOR. UM, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THEN A LOT MORE PEOPLE USING THE ELEVATOR STA TO GET UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR. SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE GOTTA LOOK AT SOME CHALLENGES. UM, PARKING, OBVIOUSLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS, IS A CHALLENGE AS WELL. AND WE LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, MOVING OF THE FUEL ISLAND AT THE SAME TIME. AND HOW DOES THAT ALL WORK INTO THIS SITUATION. SO AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT, LOT OF UNKNOWNS, YET WE'RE KIND OF GREAT, AS YOU CAN TELL, VERY FIRST STEP TO SEE IF THERE'S APPETITE OR NOT TO, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. YOU'LL SEE OPTION THREE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN OPTION TWO ON THE, ON THE MAIN FLOOR, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. UH, THE CONSTITUTION OFFICERS, AGAIN, MOVED DOWNSTAIRS, NEED AN ENTRANCE. UH, THE BIG THING IS THAT IN, IN OPTION NUMBER THREE, WE LOOK AT, UH, FILLING THOSE AREAS THAT WERE VACANT ON, ON THE, ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING, UH, WITH, WITH OFFICES, AGAIN MOVING GIS TO WHERE THE TREASURER WAS MOVING FACILITIES WHERE THE CLERK IS AND BRINGING, UH, PLANNING AND PARKS ACROSS THE STREET, UM, TO, TO THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, TO HELP, UH, UTILIZE THE SPACE THAT'S IN HERE. SO MORE OF OUR PUBLIC FACING SERVICES THAT ARE NOT THE HUMAN SERVICES A DRC ACUTE CARE VETERANS ARE, WOULD BE ACROSS THE STREET STILL. AND THAT'S THE BIGGER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO. AND YOU'LL SEE THE THIRD FLOOR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UH, WITH POTENTIALLY BRINGING PURCHASING UPSTAIRS, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT OVER AT THE PAC WE'D HAVE SOME GRAY AREA AS WELL, RIGHT? SOME, SOME BLANK OFFICE SPACE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY POSSIBLY UTILIZE OR, OR LEASE OUT OR RENT, UM, DEPENDING ON, UH, THE PURVIEW AND [00:35:01] WHAT COMES FORWARD. SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY FROM THE COMMITTEE, UH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR FUNDING YET, BUT LOOKING FOR IS THERE AN APPETITE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH ONE OR ONE OF THE OPTIONS? UH, YOU KNOW, STAFF PREFERS OPTION THREE TO GET US CLOSER TO THAT LONGER RANGE GOAL, TO ACTUALLY MOVE STAFF AND, AND CONSOLIDATE STAFF TO MAKE IT, UH, THE BUILDING MORE USABLE AND USER FRIENDLY, UH, THAN THAN WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW AND GET EVERYBODY COMING TO THE ONE ENTRANCE POINT. UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE ENOUGH DURING THE DAY, UH, PEOPLE ARE STILL VERY CONFUSED WITH OUR BUILDING, WITH, EVEN WITH ALL THE OTHER SIGNAGE THAT IS HERE, THEY STILL COME TO THE WEST SIDE VERSUS THE EAST SIDE WHEN THEY WANT TO GO TO COURT. UM, AND SO THEY GET ONE MAIN POINT I THINK IS, IS VERY CRUCIAL TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC. SO THEY, YOU KNOW, DON'T COME IN HERE AND THEY'RE MAYBE READY, UPSET ABOUT HAVING TO PAY A FINE OR GO TO COURT AND NOW THEY'RE POTENTIALLY LOST AND CAN'T FIND THEIR WAY OR HAVE TO NOW DRIVE BACK OUT INTO THE STREET AND ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, UH, IS JUST, UH, IF THERE'S SOME APPETITE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, ONE OF THE OPTIONS, UH, OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO COME BACK TO LOOK FOR, UH, FUNDING, TO HIRE AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO START WORKING ON SOME CONCEPTS FIRST AND, AND ROLL THROUGH THAT. OBVIOUSLY WE'D BE MAKING SURE WE'RE INCLUDING A LOT OF THE, THE, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND ON THAT AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, AS WE KIND OF ROLL FORWARD. AND THEN ONCE THAT IS SAID AND DONE, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE A, A GOOD BUDGET NUMBER TO COME FORWARD WITH YOU JUST LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF LONGER TERM. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IF YOU GO WITH AN OPTION THREE, WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT A TWO YEAR WINDOW. UH, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE, BUILD THE AREA, THEN MOVE THOSE PEOPLE, THEN BUILD THEIR AREA AND MOVE PEOPLE AROUND. IT'S, IT'S, UM, UM, CAN BE CHALLENGING AND, AND TIME, TIME CONSUMING, UH, AS YOU IMAGINE EVEN OUR LITTLE PROJECT THAT'S GOING OUT RIGHT NOW AT THE ELEVATOR, HAVING TO RELOCATE FACILITIES IN, IN IT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN WE GOTTA SPEND TIME TO MOVE THEM BACK AND THEN RECONFIGURE THE OFFICES. SO, UH, WITH THAT, I, I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND CERTAINLY THE LAST SIDE KINDA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND CERTAINLY DISCUSSION ON, ON THE ISSUE. WELL, PERSONALLY, I LIKE TWO OR THREE FOR AN OPTION. UH, IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, I THINK WE MOVE THEM TO AN AREA THAT'S DESIGNED FOR THEM SO THAT THOUGHTS PUT INTO IT. AND IT'S NOT A STOP GAP SOLUTION, IT'S A 10 OR 15 YEAR SOLUTION. UM, AND, AND PLUS, YEAH. AND SO, AND THEN SO DOING THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT IMPROVES BUILDING SECURITY, WE CAN SECURE THE WEST PARKING LOT. I LIKE ALL OF THAT. SO I THINK I'M OKAY WITH THE STUFF WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THIS PHASE WHEN WE START GETTING OUT FURTHER INTO THE LONG RANGE STUFF LIKE BUILDING A WHOLE NEW BUILDING FOR THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER. MM-HMM. , THAT'S WHERE I'M REAL HESITANT AND I'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BUILDING IS ABSOLUTELY AT END OF LIFE BEFORE WE START LOOKING AT THAT. BUT AT THIS PHASE WITH THESE ITEMS, I'M OKAY WITH PROCEEDING. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THAT. MM-HMM. , UM, WE'VE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ON SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A MORGUE AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE US DOING THAT. I SEE US ARRANGING FOR, UH, SOME OTHER SPACE. SO, UM, THERE WAS A BIG UPROAR THE FIRST TIME WE PRESENTED THIS MASTER PLAN. IT'S JUST A WISHLIST AND WE'RE TAKING, YOU KNOW, LITTLE BITES AT A TIME AND TAKING THE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT. UH, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING DEEPLY AT THE OPTIONS WITHIN THE SPACE AND THE FOOTPRINT THAT YOU HAVE, UM, AND, AND ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS AND THAT YOU PUT FORTH THREE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES. I AM NOT HERE AS A STAFF PERSON TO WORK ON A DAILY BASIS, SO I WOULD TOTALLY TRUST THE STAFF TO GET INTO THOSE DETAILS ABSOLUTELY. AND COME BACK TO US. YEP. I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. DID, UM, IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO COMMENT ON THE POTTER LAWSON PART OF IT AS WELL? SURE. , AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS STUFF, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE, THE ITEMS IN HERE, AIR HANDLING UNITS WERE POOR, RIGHT? THE STUDY THEY DID LAST YEAR. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING IN OUR, I KNOW, I WOULD SAY THROUGH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? YEAH. I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT, BUT IS THAT STUFF THAT'S ON OUR RADAR NOW AND IN OUR BUDGETS AND STUFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SURPRISES IN THE LONG RUN? I MEAN, I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS SURPRISES IN FACILITIES WHEN IT COMES TO EQUIPMENT . UH, BUT, BUT YES, IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT [00:40:01] WE'RE LOOKING AT AND ADDRESSING IN OUR, OUR CIP AND OUR LONG RANGE PLANT FOR FACILITIES. THANK YOU. THE OTHER POINT I WILL MAKE, UM, THE WHOLE PLAN. MOST OF THESE PLANS ARE UPSET BY THE CLINIC BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO ACTIVELY EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES FOR MOVING THAT OR GOING OFFSITE. WOULD IT? YES. IT SHOULDN'T STOP OUR DESIGN OF CORRECT. THAT YES. WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DESIGN, UH, GOING FORWARD, UH, WE WILL TREAT THE CLINIC AS ANY OTHER, LIKE IT WAS A COUNTY OFFICE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MOVED BECAUSE A, A HIGHER USE, UH, WOULD NEED TO BE IN THAT LOCATION. AND MY HEARING. OPTION THREE THEN FROM THE COMMITTEE? KIND OF, YEAH, TWO TO THREE. OKAY. STAFF'S GOING. OKAY. YEAH. I'M GONNA LEAVE IT UP TO YOU GUYS TOO. I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THAT MUCH INTO THE WEEDS. OKAY. YOU GUYS THINK IT'S EFFICIENT. I'M GO WITH IT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A, JUST A CONSENSUS. CONSENSUS. I THINK THAT'S ALL I NEED RIGHT THERE. I THINK I'M DONE. I'M, I'M GETTING A, A HEAD NOD FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY THAT I'M DONE. , WE, WE, WE AGREE WITH WHAT YOU AGREE WITH. OKAY. ALL ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A RESOLUTION FOR REAUTHORIZATION OF SELF-INSURANCE FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION LIABILITY. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND MOVE SUPERVISOR, MARY, SECOND SUPERVISOR . OH, SO I'M NOT GONNA LOOK AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY 'CAUSE THEN [e. 2023 Resolution: Reauthorization of Self-Insurance for Worker’s Compensation Liabilities] I'LL BE DONE RIGHT AWAY. THE, UM, SO THIS RESOLUTION FOR SELF-INSURANCE FOR WORKERS' COMP, UM, AS A COUNTY, WE HAVE BEEN SELF-INSURED FOR WORK COMP FOR LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN HERE. UM, COUNTIES ARE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE BENEFIT OF OF DOING THAT CERTAINLY IS THAT YOU ARE NOT PAYING AN INSURANCE COMPANY, UM, A PREMIUM TO INSURE YOU. UH, YOU ARE BASICALLY USING AN INSURANCE COMPANY AS A THIRD PARTY ADVISOR. SO THEY'RE GONNA REVIEW YOUR CLAIM, SAY THIS IS PAYABLE, NOT PAYABLE, CONSULT WITH YOU AND SO ON. UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE PAY THAT COST, UM, EVERY THREE YEARS AS A COUNTY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION SAYING THAT WE DO WANT TO REMAIN SELF-INSURED. UM, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS IN FRONT OF YOU. AND SO I'M LOOKING FOR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO BE SELF-INSURED GOING FORWARD. HAS OUR LOSS EXPERIENCE BEEN, UM, ACCEPTABLE? YES, WE'VE TYPICALLY BEEN SLIGHTLY BELOW WHAT A TYPICAL BUSINESS WOULD BE. UM, SO THIS YEAR, AGAIN, TRACKING ABOUT AVERAGE, UM, THE SAMARITAN AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HIGHWAY PICK OUR RATES UP A LITTLE BIT. SUPERVISOR CHA AND BOTH. YEAH. UM, SO WITH HEALTH INSURANCE, THEY TYPICALLY SAY THE THRESHOLD IS ABOUT 700 INSURED PEOPLE, AND IF YOU'RE BELOW THAT, YOU'RE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THE RISK FACTORS HAVING TRADITIONAL INSURANCE WITH WORKERS' COMP, IS THERE A TRADITIONAL LOGIC POINT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE THAT YOU'RE TAKING TOO MUCH RISK REMAINING SELF-INSURED? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT, OKAY, ALL OF THE COUNTIES THAT I'VE TALKED WITH ARE ALL SELF-INSURED. UM, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE SMALLER THAN US, MOST OF THEM, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE A FAIRLY LARGE COUNTY. UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU'RE GONNA PAY THE CLAIM ANYWAY. YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. UM, WHEN SOMEBODY GETS HURT AT WORK, YOU HAVE TO PAY IT. AND SO THE DIFFERENCE IS ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, YOU CAN'T BE SELF-INSURED. YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE INSURANCE, YOU HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO INSURE YOU, AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY A PREMIUM FOR THAT. UM, ON THE COUNTY AND STATE SIDE, YOU CAN BE SELF-INSURED, SO YOU CAN AVOID PAYING THAT ADDITIONAL PREMIUM FOR THEM TO INSURE YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE SMALLER COUNTIES HAD A YEAR WHERE THEY HAD A RASH OF ACCIDENTS AND THEIR CLAIM HISTORY WAS BAD AND THEY BASICALLY TOOK A BIG FINANCIAL HIT, OR, UM, I CAN, I CAN MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT'S TRUE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WASHINGTON COUNTY PRIOR TO ME JOINING, UM, THEY HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE, WHERE, UM, OUR RATING, IF WE WOULD'VE COMPARED OURSELVES TO A PRIVATE PLACE WOULD'VE BEEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER. UM, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES BOTH WITH, WITH PROVIDERS AS WELL AS THINGS THAT WE DID AS A COUNTY. AGAIN, THIS WAS PRIOR TO ME, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL OF THE DETAIL. UM, WHERE IT CAME DOWN TO JUST SOME WORKPLACE EFFICIENCIES, UM, MANAGING SOME THINGS. I KNOW AT THE SAMARITAN [00:45:01] WAS ONE OF THE PLACES, UM, WHERE THEY REDUCED THAT, THAT LEVEL OF INJURY. UM, SO, SO YES, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS, I I'M, UH, I'M SURE THAT THAT'S TRUE IN OTHER PLACES, AND IT WAS TRUE HERE IN THE PAST AND COULD BE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE THAT COULD HAPPEN. YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO BE COGNIZANT IF THERE'S A POINT WHERE WE'RE TAKING ON TOO MUCH RISK. SO, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THE CASE AGAIN, IF, IF WE ARE, THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS GOING TO INCREASE YOUR COST THE NEXT YEAR. UM, AS SOON AS YOU ARE BEING FULLY INSURED, THEY, THEY ARE A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO THEY WILL INSURE YOU, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT FOR FREE. UM, SO THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU A PREMIUM SO THAT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR STOCKHOLDERS OR THEIR OWNERS ARE GOING TO MAKE MONEY. WHAT THIS DOES IS SAYS WE'RE PAYING THE CLAIM, WE'RE NOT PAYING THAT, THAT ADDITIONAL PREMIUM. YOU ARE PAYING A THIRD PARTY ADVISOR NO MATTER WHAT, WHO HAS MEDICAL EXPERTISE, HAS THE, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE CLINICAL EXPERTISE, THE LEGAL EXPERTISE TO SAY THIS IS A PAYABLE CLAIM OR NOT. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE, WE'RE COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER, AS FAR AS CLAIMS, DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHAT OUR EMR RATING IS? I DON'T, I DID NOT ASK THEM PRIOR TO THIS, THIS MEETING. OKAY. I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT. OKAY, THANK YOU. JUST FOR REFERENCE, WE DO NOT PERSONALLY, WE, WE DO NOT HAVE ONE BECAUSE BEING SELF-INSURED, THEY DON'T RATE US THAT WAY. MM-HMM. , UM, I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE SO THEY CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT THEY THINK IT WOULD BE. UM, SO I CAN CALL AND ASK THE QUESTION. I DID NOT ASK THAT PRIOR TO THIS PRESENTATION. OKAY. I KNOW CERTAIN INDUSTRIES THEY WANT ONE OR LESS, CORRECT. YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WE'VE BEEN OUT SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA OF 0.9 SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. UM, BUT AT ONE POINT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE SLIGHTLY OVER ONE. MM-HMM. . OKAY. YEAH, IT SEEMS IN THE NORM. THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS SETTING THE WASHINGTON COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES. I CAN MAKE A MOTION SUPERVISOR, SHARUN SECOND SUPERVISOR BROSSARD. SO IN FRONT OF YOU IS A RESOLUTION [f. 2023 Resolution: Resolution Setting Washington County Elected Officials’ Salaries] IN A COMMITTEE REPORT. UM, I TRIED TO PUT AS MUCH DETAIL AS I CAN IN THAT COMMITTEE REPORT. UM, JUST SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS. SO BASICALLY THE, THE DIRECTION WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY BOARD IN THE PAST AND, AND THROUGH WHAT WE DID HERE WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN OUR COUNTIES THAT WE COMPARE TO, AND THEN TO LOOK AT WHAT THE APPROXIMATE 75TH PERCENTILE WOULD BE FOR WAGES. AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION. UM, WE DID GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WE DID PROVIDE IT TO, TO THE CHAIRMAN. UM, WE, AS OF ABOUT A WEEK AGO, UM, I AGAIN WENT THROUGH AND TALKED WITH ALL OF THOSE COUNTIES AS EVERY PO EVERY COUNTY'S IN THE SAME PLACE WE'RE AT. NO, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO THEIR COMMITTEES AND BOARDS TO GET APPROVALS. SO THIS IS THE BEST INFORMATION WE CAN GET. I VERIFIED THAT AS OF LAST WEEK. THERE WERE A FEW CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THOSE CHANGES. UM, THAT WENT MEANT OUR, OUR AMOUNT WAS GOING TO INCREASE. WE WENT TO THE CHAIRMAN, SHARE THAT INFORMATION. AND WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS THAT INCREASED AMOUNT, UM, BASED ON THE NEW DATA WE HAVE FROM, FROM OTHER COUNTIES. UM, SO IF YOU SUPPORT THIS AND SO ON, THIS IS AGAIN ABOUT AS GOOD AS WE'RE GOING TO GET BASED ON WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE'S INFORMATION IS. I DID TALK WITH, UM, THE PRIOR COUNTY BOARD CHAIR AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS PREVIOUSLY. AND UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL AT THE 75% RATE. THERE'S THREE COUNTIES THAT PAY ABOVE US AND ALL THE REST ARE AT OR BELOW. SO, UM, WE'RE HITTING OUR TARGETS. UM, AND I THINK THESE ARE LIKE $4,000 RAISES. EVERYBODY'S GETTING A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT THIS YEAR AND THEN 3%, 3%, 3%. SO, UM, WE FEEL IT'S FAIR. YEAH, IT'S HARD TO PREDICT INFLATION IN THE FUTURE YET, BUT IF THIS GOES FOR A BOARD APPROVAL, IT DOES. YES. SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY. I'M GOOD THERE BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL FOR [00:50:01] FUNDING FOR VITREOUS DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S A DISTRICT IN GERMANTOWN? YEP. OKAY. HI EVERYBODY. UH, I'M HERE BECAUSE, UH, VIRTUOUS DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IT'S VIRTUOUS NOT, UM, IS REQUESTING FUNDING FOR A [g. Approval of Funding for Virtus Development District Site] REVISED PHASE TWO ON THEIR DISTRICT ONE SITE IN THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN. UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $24,200, UM, FROM THE SITE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. UM, AND SORRY, THIS FUNDING IS FOR, FROM THE WASHINGTON COUNTY ASSESSMENT FUND. UH, AND UM, IT WOULD BE 19,360 THAT WOULD BE COVERED. AND THEN THE 20% MATCH IS 4,840. AND THAT IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER VIRTUOUS DEVELOPMENT. UM, THIS IS MONEY. WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH FUND, WE'RE JUST YEP. EARMARKING IT, SO TO SPEAK. YEP. AND THE SRC REVIEWED IT AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE FUNDING REQUEST. WHAT THIS WILL ACCOMPLISH IS ONE HOUSE WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN AND THEY'RE GONNA BUILD TOWNHOUSES. AND ONE RESTAURANT, AN OLD BAR IS GONNA BECOME A RESTAURANT. SO IT'LL INCREASE THE TAX ROLLS AND UH, YOU CAN CALL IT A BLIGHTED AREA NOW, SO IT'LL BE A MUCH IMPROVED LOOK. MM-HMM. . YEP. SO BROWN FIELDS KIND OF THING. MM-HMM. DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S WHAT THIS MONEY'S FOR. EXACTLY. SURE. YEAH. SO, OH, MAKES SENSE. DID I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOTION. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR BOER. SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SICE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEP. OUR NEXT ITEM IS EDWC IMPACT REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM. HELLO EVERYONE. HELLO. I THINK I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD A WHILE. [h. EDWC Impact Revolving Loan Fund Program] HE'S STARTING TO LOOK FAMILIAR. , STARTING TO, ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I REALIZED I'VE BEEN DOING DEVELOPMENT WORK NOW FOR, UH, WELL OVER 25 YEARS, AND WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT IT IS OVER HALF OF IT HAS BEEN HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. SO, UH, AND YOU STILL GET EXCITED ABOUT IT. I YOU JUST WAIT, MAN. . ALL RIGHT. UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO PROJECT WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON HERE, BUT, UM, IS THERE MAGIC? THAT IS NOT ME, SCOTT. HE'S FURTHER DOWN. UH, I'M ON PAGE 202 OF THE FULL HANDOUT. UM, ARE YOU PLUGGED IN? I AM PLUGGED IN. MAN. MEMORY IN THE CASE. IF IT'S EASIER, I CAN GIVE YOU A FLASH DRIVE. DO YOU WANT ME TO UNPLUG PLUGGED? YEAH, UNPLUG. JUMP OVER. MAYBE YOU NEED SCOTT'S PLUG. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. LET'S TRY THIS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE. I'M JUST GONNA GET IT. JOEL WHOPPER FOR ME. AH, RIGHT NOW IT'S DOING SOMETHING ON MINE. HEY, THERE YOU GO. FLASHED AND WENT AWAY. I THINK IT EVENTUALLY COMES BACK. YEP. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. LOOK AT THAT. EVERYBODY'S GOT A BREATHER. . ALL RIGHT. AS I WAS SAYING, UH, WELL OVER HALF MY TIME HAS BEEN HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND, AND TODAY YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE YET ANOTHER REASON WHY, UH, I'M GONNA BE MOVING FAST BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A, A, A COMPLICATED, UH, DAY HERE AHEAD OF YOU. SO, UH, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND WE'LL JUST, UH, WE'LL JUST PLOW THROUGH THIS. UM, THAT SAID, THOUGH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, BY ALL MEANS JUST STOP, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR ONE CHANCE TO REALLY RUN THE PORTFOLIO IN FRONT OF YOU. I WILL SAY, BECAUSE THIS IS LATER THAN WE NORMALLY PRESENT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY HAD, UH, OUR LF COMMITTEE COMPLETE ITS FULL ANNUAL RISK REVIEW. SO YOU'LL GET THAT FULL RESULT IN OUR CLOSED SESSION. AND THEN ALSO OUR BOARD HAS REVIEWED THE PORTFOLIO AND HAS ALREADY SET OUR LOAN LOSS RESERVE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. SO YOU'LL GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT DATA AS WELL, AND YOU'LL, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE FULL PICTURE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE THINK IT WILL BE GOOD. SO WITH THAT, IT'S WORTH, UH, AND I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THESE SLIDES, SO, UH, RATHER THAN GET INTO DETAIL, I'M JUST GONNA UNDERSCORE [00:55:01] WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR PREDECESSORS ON THE COUNTY BOARD AND YOU HAVE BUILT A PROGRAM THAT IS HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED ACROSS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE REASONS WHY. ONE IS IN THE VISION AND THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN LOCAL RESOURCES IN THE SALES TAX AND GENERATED A REALLY, AN ECONOMIC ENGINE THROUGH THAT THAT'S NOW SELF-SUSTAINING AND KICKING OFF ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND SALES TAX. THAT IS, TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, REALLY NOT DONE ANYWHERE ELSE STATEWIDE. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT OTHERS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO AND WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT AND TOOK SOME COURAGE MANY YEARS AGO. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A, UH, AN INVESTMENT THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY PAID OFF. THE OTHER MAJOR REASON IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE NET PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THE BOTTOM, AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF DESIRED OUTCOMES, NOBODY IS DOING THIS, WHICH IS TO TAKE EVERY DEAL THAT GOES THROUGH THIS PORTFOLIO AND TO MEASURE IT AGAINST THE NET FISCAL BENEFIT THAT IS COMING BACK TO THE COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS AN ROI DEAL BY DEAL, A RETURN ON INVESTMENT DEAL BY DEAL. THE OTHER THING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU ABOUT IS WHAT'S MANIFESTED HERE. THE TIME CAME TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS BUSINESS WAS GONNA BE. I HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND REALLY WANTED TO BRING THEM BACK HERE TO GROW UP SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AND THIS COMMUNITY PROSPERITY IN OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT CREATED BY GOVERNMENT. IT'S CREATED BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND THE BUSINESSES. IT'S PROSPEROUS FAMILIES THAT MAKE THIS COMMUNITY GREAT, AND WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THAT. SO THE PLANNING STARTED ALMOST A DECADE AGO, AND WE REALLY WERE WORRIED THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO BUILD THE BUILDING. WE REALLY WANTED TO, WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO START CUTTING CORNERS OR SCALING BACK. AND THAT'S WHERE THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND REALLY CAME IN WAS, HEY, THERE'S THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS THE WAY WE REALLY WANT TO, AND TO NOT CUT ANY OF THOSE CORNERS AND TO DELIVER THE BUILDING THAT THIS COMMUNITY REALLY DESERVED. ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IS THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A UNIFIED STRATEGY AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT INCLUDES REALLY FOCUSING ON THE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE COUNTY AND CAPITALIZING ON THEIR GROWTH POTENTIAL. THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND REALLY TARGETS ANY BUSINESS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY THAT HAS HIGH GROWTH POTENTIAL. EVERY YEAR. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN INVESTING A PORTION OF THE SALES TAX TO HELP FUEL THESE GROWTH COMPANIES SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE JOBS, THEY CAN MAKE THE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE IN THEIR BUILDINGS AND IN EQUIPMENT. AND THAT'S PUTTING MORE MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS, WHICH IS GENERATING MORE SALES TAX. NOW IT'S STARTING TO GENERATE ITS OWN ABILITY BECAUSE AS LOANS GET PAID, THAT MONEY GOES BACK INTO THE PORTFOLIO TO BE ABLE TO LOAN OUT TO THE NEXT BUSINESS THAT'S LOOKING TO GROW. SO WE FA ISS A CONTRACT METAL MANUFACTURER. WE CUT BEND AND WELD STEEL FOR VARIOUS CUSTOMERS. WE FA HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 1990S. THE HAN FAMILY, HUSBAND AND WIFE OWNED IT FOR 32 YEARS. THEY WANTED TO MOVE ON AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A NEW OWNER TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY AND CARRY THE TORCH FORWARD. WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND TO ACQUIRE THE ASSETS OF THE BUSINESS WE TOOK OVER LAST JANUARY. SINCE THEN, WE'VE INVESTED OVER $2 MILLION IN NEW EQUIPMENT. WE'VE HIRED ALMOST 30 NEW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO STAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNTY'S DONE FOR US. THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE LOOK AT THE RETURN. ONE IS NEW INVESTMENT INTO OUR OVERALL ECONOMY, SUCH AS A NEW BUILDING CREATES NEW PROPERTY TAXES. WE'VE HAD OVER 400 MILLION WORTH OF NEW INVESTMENTS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN CULTIVATED HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN MEASURE SUCCESS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS WE OBVIOUSLY WANNA PUT MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS, AND WE HAVE PUT OVER $800 MILLION WORTH OF NEW WAGES INTO OUR AREA ECONOMY. THOSE ARE MULTIPLES OF THOUSANDS OF PROSPEROUS LIVES AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE NEW OPPORTUNITIES AS A RESULT OF INVESTMENT IN THIS PROGRAM. HDI WHOLESALE IS OUR FAMILY COMPANY. WE ARE A WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR, AND OUR PRIMARY CUSTOMERS ARE CHARITY, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. WE WERE IN A 30,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE. WE WERE RENTING, AND WE NEEDED MORE THAN TWICE THAT SPACE. JIM BLY, FROM DESIGN TO CONSTRUCT REFERRED US TO EDWC, WHICH WAS REALLY ESSENTIAL IN ALLOWING US TO BUILD THE BUILDING OF OUR DREAMS FOR OUR BUSINESS. THE EDWC PORTION OF OUR FUNDING PACKAGE CAME IN RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE ON THE LAND QUICKLY, WHICH WAS THE FIRST STEP. IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE LOOKING BUILDING. IT REALLY GIVES US CREDIBILITY IN GOING AFTER LARGE NEW NATIONAL CHARITIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT US AS THEIR RESOURCE FOR GETTING WHAT THEY NEED. SO OUR BUSINESS PLAN REALLY DID EXPAND AND WE'VE GONE FULL FORCE INTO IT, AND IT'S PAID OFF. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBERS, IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND MAKING NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. ASPEN SKY IS A WINERY, A DISTILLERY, AND AN EVENT CENTER WRAPPED UP IN ONE BUILDING HERE IN SLINGER. WE'RE KIND OF TUCKED BACK AT THE END OF AN INDUSTRIAL [01:00:01] PARK TO REALLY GIVE US AN AMAZING BACKYARD AREA AS WELL. I LOVE THAT I GOT TO COME BACK TO MY HOMETOWN TO BE SURROUNDED BY MY FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY I GREW UP IN AND PURSUE THIS DREAM THAT I'D HAD FOR A DECADE BEFORE WE HEAR FROM CUSTOMER AFTER CUSTOMER THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, ALLOWING THEM TO DO MORE, DO BETTER, AND EXCEED THEIR OWN EXPECTATIONS. SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, FOLKS, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS OF DIFFERENTIATION FOR YOUR PROGRAM, THE ONE THAT YOU STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THAT ARE CONTINUING TO SEE FRUITS COMING FROM, UH, IS THAT THE FOCUS HERE IS NOT JUST ON THE NEXT SHINY SPARKLY STAR THAT'S OUTSIDE THE COUNTY AND ATTRACTING THEM IN. ALTHOUGH WE CAN DO THAT AS BETTER THAN THE THAN MOST. UM, IT'S REALLY THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE AND HELPING THEM CONTINUE TO GROW AND EVOLVE. UH, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE SAID TO TO OTHERS, WHY PLACE A LOT OF SMALL BETS OUT THERE WHEN YOU CAN JUST DOUBLE UP ON THE WINNERS AND YOU'VE DONE THAT. YOU'VE GOT AN ENTIRE TEAM THAT'S SUPPORTING YOUR EFFORTS. AND BY THE WAY, ALSO THANK YOU FOR, UM, MAKING POSSIBLE THE TELLING OF THOSE STORIES. UH, THAT IS AN INVESTMENT THAT THE COUNTY BOARD, UH, INITIATED. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOW ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND YOU HAVE A TOOL FOR GETTING EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITY, UH, AS OTHERS SEE THE SUCCESSES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOWN. SO VERY, VERY BIG DEAL. YOU'VE GOT, UH, A SECOND TO NON-DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT IS DRIVING FORWARD THESE DEALS. BUT WHO YOU DON'T SEE HERE IS REALLY OUR A LOAN COMMITTEE. UH, AND THAT IS INTENTIONAL. THEY ARE, UH, A GROUP OF UNSUNG HEROES THAT HAVE LITERALLY DECADES AND DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AND DEAL STRUCTURING AND UNDERWRITING. AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO, UH, HELP TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE FUND AND WHY WE CAN CONTINUE THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME EXCELLENT HEALTH RESULTS. IT'S ALL IN THE STRUCTURING IS, IS ONE OF THE, THE KEY TAKEAWAYS HERE. AND THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO, TO GET CREATIVE WITH THE STRUCTURE SUCH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE BUSINESS WHILE STILL PROTECTING THE INTEREST OF THE COUNTY. UM, WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST RETIREMENT, UH, IN A LONG TIME FROM THE COMMITTEE, SO WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING TO THAT COMMITTEE. IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, UM, WILL BE MISSED IN PART BECAUSE OF THE CREATIVITY THAT THEY APPLIED WITH SOME OF THOSE DEAL STRUCTURES. AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO, TO FILL THAT SLOT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF, UH, CLOSINGS HERE THAT, UH, I WOULD JUST UNDERSCORE THIS WAS A ROUGH YEAR. UH, I'VE MENTIONED THAT TO YOU BEFORE. 2023 WAS VERY DIFFICULT, NOT BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF TIRE KICKERS. THERE WERE MORE THAN WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME, BUT TRYING TO GET THEM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND PULL THE FINAL TRIGGER ON THE DEAL. WE'VE HAD THE LARGEST DEAL THAT WE WERE EVER CONSIDERING THAT INVOLVED A DEVELOPMENT GROUP AND A MAJOR MANUFACTURER LOOKING AT AN EXPANSION IN THE COUNTY, UM, TO THE TUNE OF A FEW MILLION OF PARTICIPATION CANDIDLY ON OUR PART. AND, UH, JUST COULDN'T QUITE GET THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE DUE TO SU SUPPLY CHAIN OR OTHER, UH, ISSUES WITH, UH, THE COST OF MONEY RIGHT NOW, THE INTEREST RATES. SO, UM, WE ARE FEELING THAT. UH, I DO BELIEVE THOUGH, AS I'LL SHOW YOU IN THE CLOSED SESSION, THE PIPELINE IS, IS REALLY SOLID RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, WE, WE COULD BE TURNING THAT AROUND IN 2024. THIS IS A SMALL COMPANY IN ALLEN, UH, THAT, UM, PRODUCES, UM, FABRICATED STONE VENEER. AND, UH, IN DOING THAT, THEY LOOKED TO AUTOMATE THEIR PROCESS, NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE GONNA REDUCE HEAD COUNT, BUT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO TAKE SOME OF THE PHYSICAL, UM, TOLL THAT, UH, THAT WAS OCCURRING THROUGH THEIR, THEIR, THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES OFF THEIR EMPLOYEES AND, AND MAKE THEM MORE PRODUCTIVE, UH, THROUGH, UH, BETTER HEALTH AND, AND JUST, UM, UH, AGAIN, MORE VALUE ADDED MOVEMENTS ON THEIR PART. SO, AND THEN, UH, MODUS IS ONE, I I AM RECOGNIZING SOMEBODY IN THE PHOTO HERE. UM, MODUS IS ONE THAT IS ALSO THAT EXISTING BUSINESS STORY, EVEN THOUGH MOTIS BRANDS IS MAYBE A NAME THAT YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE, THEY HAVE TAKEN IN SEVERAL MANUFACTURERS FROM ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY THAT STARTED UP AS STARTUPS HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND HAVE PUT THEM UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA. SO TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WITH, UH, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT BRANDS NOW UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA, ONE OF 'EM YOU MAY RECOGNIZE, DISCOUNT RAMPS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IS, IS A REALLY, OR HEAVY DUTY RAMPS ANOTHER ONE A VERY, VERY BIG DEAL. SO A HUGE SUCCESS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THIS IS THAT RLF COMMITTEE I HAD MENTIONED, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING OUR QUAS AND BRADY OPINION REVISITED. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT NEW LEGISLATION AND, UH, COURT LAW HAS BEEN OUT THERE. BUT ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM IS THAT EDWC IS NOT CONSIDERED A QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN ENGAGE IN THE UNDERWRITING FULLY CONFIDENTIALLY, WE [01:05:01] CAN PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE COMPANIES AND MAKE GOOD BUSINESS DECISIONS, UH, AND THEN REPORT THE PUBLIC, UM, INFORMATION OUT AS APPROPRIATE. UM, AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS YEAR THAT'S ON THE PLAN. BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS, THERE, THIS COMMITTEE IS THE, IS PART OF OUR SECRET SAUCE IN THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T, THERE IS NO POLITICAL PRESSURE THAT'S COMING INTO PLAY. IT REALLY BECOMES A BUSINESS DECISION BASED ON THE IMPACTS OF THIS PARTICULAR DEAL ON, ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND I, I FREQUENTLY SHOW THIS IF NOT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT TOO REPRESENTS A PIECE OF THE SECRET SAUCE ON WHICH DIFFERENT WHAT DIFFERENTIATES THE PROGRAM. AND THAT'S THE SEGREGATION OF DUTIES. I, AS A, A MEMBER OF THE LENDING TEAM DO NOT MAKE THE LOAN DECISIONS I ADVOCATE LIKE HECK FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND MAKE THE BEST PITCH POSSIBLE. BUT OUR LOAN COMMITTEE HAS THAT INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS SO THAT THEY CAN, AGAIN, ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROGRAM GOING FORWARD. SO YOU GET REALLY THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS SOLID ADVOCACY ALONGSIDE OF GOOD BUSINESS DECISIONS. MEANWHILE, WE DON'T TOUCH THE MONEY THAT IS RETAINED BY THE COUNTY. SO THAT, AGAIN, IS SEGREGATION OF DUTIES AND, AND IS SOMETHING THAT HAS REALLY SERVED THIS PROGRAM VERY WELL. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFICULTY THAT WE HAD IN 2023 WITH OUR FUND UTILIZATION RATE RIGHT NOW, AND I'LL SAY ONLY AT 30, NOT QUITE 39%. UH, THAT FOR US IS NOT WHAT WE MODELED, WE'D HOPE TO BE ABOUT NOW AT ABOUT 60 SOME PERCENT IN TERMS OF UTILIZATION. I'LL SHARE WITH YOU LATER HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT. BUT, UH, NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT IS A REFLECTION OF WHAT WAS REALLY A DIFFICULT YEAR TO BRING NEW PROJECTS TO CLOSURE. OOPS, SORRY. AND THERE'S MORE TO SAY HERE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL JUST KEEP ON GOING. UM, ANOTHER POINT OF DIFFERENTIATION ARE THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS THAT WE HAVE. AND THIS IS NO SMALL DEAL BECAUSE WHILE MANY, IF THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE ACTUALLY CLOSING DEALS, UM, THEY TYPICALLY ARE FEDERAL BASED, NOT LOCAL BASED, WHICH MEANS THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR FUNDS. WE DO NOT. WE CAN BE MORE CREATIVE, AND THEY ALSO DON'T, THEY HAVEN'T REALLY, UH, CREATED BRANDS WITHIN THEIR CORE FUND. AND THESE ARE, I USE THE TERM BRANDS, BUT REALLY IT'S A CHARACTER FOR EACH OF THESE SEGMENTS THAT MAKES THEM UNIQUELY SUITED FOR THAT SEGMENT. SO THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IN THE BROWNFIELD SEGMENT THAT WE DON'T OFFER THE REST OF THE CORE FUND. UH, THAT HAS TO DO WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, FORGIVENESS. IF THIS IS THE RIGHT REDEVELOPMENT, MAYBE WE'LL FORGIVE THE, THE NOTE IN ORDER TO SEE THAT THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THAT CLEANUP TAKE PLACE. THAT'S NOT A FEATURE IN THE REST OF THE SEGMENT , UM, DEVELOPER SEGMENT. WE DON'T NEED TO MEASURE, WE, WE DON'T MEASURE JOBS IN THAT SEGMENT AS MUCH AS WE MEASURE OTHER OUTCOMES IN THAT SEGMENT, SIMPLY BECAUSE DEVELOPERS AREN'T CREATING THE JOBS THE END USERS WHO LEASE FROM THEM DO. AND WE SAW THAT AS A NEED BECAUSE MORE AND MORE COMPANIES ARE NOT OWNING THEIR OWN REAL ESTATE ASSETS. SO WE CREATED A SPECIAL SEGMENT TO ADDRESS THAT. AND THEN YOU MAY RECALL THE MICROLOAN SEGMENT WAS CREATED A WHILE BACK DURING COVID. WHILE IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE OVER HALF THAT COULD DO A DEFAULT SITUATION WE'VE HAD OF THESE 15 MICROLOANS. ONLY ONE RIGHT NOW IS IN DEFAULT WITH ONLY ABOUT 16,000 OR SO AT RISK, POTENTIALLY. SO THAT'S A HUGE SUCCESS WHEN WE WERE THINKING THAT THESE COULD BE, UH, HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC CARVE OUT, BUT A NEED AT THE TIME WE'RE LOOKING TO PERHAPS CONTINUE THIS, UH, SEGMENT. SO YOU MAY BE HEARING MORE ON THAT, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE TIED INTO A COVID SITUATION. IT WOULD JUST BE, WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM REALLY THE, THE LITTLE, UM, BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUT THERE WHO DON'T NEED THE 250 OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT ON. BUT SURE, 20,000 WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR GROWTH, AND THERE'S NO ANSWER FOR THEM OUT THERE TO REALLY DRIVE THAT FORWARD. AND THIS COULD REALLY DO THAT. SO, UH, I, OOPS, I KEEP PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTON. UH, IT REALLY DOES, UM, PROVIDE SERIOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR US GOING FORWARD. I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER THIS BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC PURPOSE BEFORE AND JUST FOCUS ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH ALSO WAS IN YOUR DECK. THIS IS A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE'RE MEASURING. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH LOAN PROGRAMS IN THE PAST, THEY'LL TALK ABOUT JOB CREATION, JOB CREATION, AND JOB CREATION. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE TALK ABOUT PROSPEROUS LIVES, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT OUTCOME. BUT PROSPEROUS LIVES COMES ALSO THROUGH UPSKILLING OF JOBS. IT COMES ALSO THROUGH WAGES THAT ARE GROWING IN YOUR, YOUR AREA ECONOMY. UM, FISCAL IMPACT COMES THROUGH TAXES, UH, PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE COMING IN, THINGS THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY IN THE MEETING. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT IS ACTUALLY PUTTING ALL OF THAT INTO THE POT AND ALLOWING THROUGH EACH DEAL TO BE UNIQUELY CONFIGURED [01:10:01] TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAM AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT ALSO NOT TIE THE HANDS OF THE BUSINESS IF THEY ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, INVESTING IN AUTOMATION. THEY MAY NOT HAVE A TON OF JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED, BUT YET THEY'RE GONNA BE A MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE PLAYER GLOBALLY, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM SUCCESSFUL THAT WAY. SO THAT IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO MIX THE WHAT'S IN IT FOR THE COUNTY PIECE OF IT AND BE FLEXIBLE THERE IS, IS A REALLY AWESOME INNOVATION FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE RISK SCORE ON ONE TO FIVE IN A SECOND. YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, RIGHT NOW THE PORTFOLIO AS AN AVERAGE HAS A 2.8 RISK SCORE. IT HAS BEEN TRENDING HIGHER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WHICH IS INTENTIONAL. UM, YOU WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT A PROGRAM THAT IS SUBORDINATE FINANCING AND NOT QUITE AS COLLATERALIZED AS, AS THE, YOU KNOW, LEAD BANK, FOR EXAMPLE, TO HAVE A HIGHER RISK PROFILE. SO THAT, THAT RISK SCORING HAS TAUGHT US THAT WE CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE RISK WITHIN THE PORTFOLIO, ADVANCE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COUNTY EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVELY, AND YET STILL RETAIN, UH, A, UM, A STRONG POSITION, UH, IN TERMS OF THE FUND INTEGRITY GOING FORWARD. AND HERE IS THE, UH, OPEN SESSION SCORECARD. WE'LL TAKE A, I THINK I'VE STILL GOT A COUPLE MINUTES WHERE WE CAN ENCLOSE SESSION, UH, SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE SCORECARD. BUT THE FIRST THING TO NOTICE IS THERE STILL IS NO WRITE OFF, UH, ANOTHER YEAR WITHOUT A WRITE OFF, WHICH IS AWESOME. I AM GONNA COME TO YOU ONE DAY THOUGH AND SAY THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. BUT SO FAR, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, WE MAY, WE ARE LIKELY, ACTUALLY, I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE 16,822, IT'S STILL IN COURT, SO WE'LL LET, UH, COURT MAKE THATS WAY THROUGH. WE DO HAVE A CLAIM ON IT. IT'S THAT SMALL BUSINESS, UM, LOAN THAT I HAD MENTIONED, AND WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT FILING. UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN RECEIVERSHIP, LET ME TELL YOU THAT. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED LAST OVER, UH, A YEAR AGO. SO, UH, IN GENERAL THOUGH, THE HEALTH OF YOUR PORTFOLIO IS IN VERY, VERY GOOD SHAPE. AS I SAID, IT'S UNDER THREE, WHICH IS AGAIN, BELOW WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY ANTICIPATE THE RISK OF THE PORTFOLIO TO BE. SO WITH THAT, IF YOU'VE GOT SOME OPEN SESSION QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE. OTHERWISE, KNOWING YOUR TIMELINE HERE, BE HAPPY TO GO RIGHT INTO CLOSED SESSION. OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? UM, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NO WRITE OFFS IN 19 YEARS IS SPEAKS, SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. SO, UH, I'M KNOCKING ON WHATEVER THIS IS, LET ME TELL YOU. BUT, UH, IT'S WOOD, IT'S, UH, THE, UH, THE RLF COMMITTEE IS, IS OUTSTANDING. THEY'RE YOUR PEOPLE. THEY'RE REALLY YOUR PEOPLE. SO, UM, OKAY. THERE BEING, UH, NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. I, SUPERVISOR BOSER, SUPERVISOR CHADRON, UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. HEY, WE'LL GO TO CLOSED SESSION. DO YOU THINK I SHOULD? NO, YOU CAN STAY. OKAY. YEP. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.