Notice of Workshop Session of 
the Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas 
for April 10, 2006

Notice is hereby given that a Workshop Session of the Commissioners Court will be held immediately after the regular Commissioners Court Meeting, or at 9:00 a.m. if there is no meeting, in the Commissioners Court Conference Room, County Courthouse, 2nd Floor, Belton, Texas, where the following items will be discussed, but no action will be taken.

1. District Court/Sheriff's office/Jail planning, architect conferences, Texas Commission on Jail Standards reviews & updates, financing timetable and alternatives; coordination with TxDOT on signage. 

2. Architect planning & Construction Manager at Risk planning/updates; Subcontractor review/approval; wage-rate issues; card-access locations. 

3. Jail population status, population management, jail leasing alternatives/costs, financing considerations, and state prison overcrowding notification, Killeen feasibility study, and JP coverage.

4. Review of interim and future office locations of various offices located in current District Courts Building during and after construction and renovation projects. 

5. Homeland Security funding questions concerning EOC equipment and web-based technologies. 

6. Court costs and fees collection methods/contracts, including Linnebarger and Omni contracts and new Office of Court Administration requirements. 

7. Personal Bond Office staffing and distribution/location of personnel and case loads.

8. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita assistance, reimbursement efforts, after-action reports, transition from public assistance to individual assistance issues, termination notice issues, and planning for recognition event for volunteers; FEMA updates and furniture issues.

9. Updates on Tech Share project and follow-up work required to develop options for Bell County. 

10. WCID #5 construction project issues.

11. ACS Services contract review and update.

12. Submission to Texas Association of Counties a County Best Practices nomination. 

13. FY 2005 audit detail update.

14. Support for Harker Heights application under 2006 Statewide Transportation Enhancement Program.

15. Support for Belton application under Transportation Enhancement Reimbursement Program

16. Support for Bartlett Fire Department grant application. 

17. Hill Country Transit District Congressional Earmark requests for administrative facility, rolling stock, and intermodel facility. 

18. CERT teams update and questions on insurance coverage, grant funding, and reporting structure. 

19. Update on renewals of lease agreements.

20. Animal Shelter update and status. 

21. Temple Annex security upgrades on cameras and alert devices. 

22. Temple property on 200 W. Avenue G availability. 

23. Museum expansion update, design, costs estimates and other museum issues. 

24. Bell County Communications Center expansion construction inquiry, weekly update and RBO meeting and agenda.

25. Brazos Region G nominating committee workgroup meeting. 

26. EXPO Center modifications, and financial planning and alternatives. 

27. Collections Plan and Tech Share Project assistance from Sbi.enteris and update on statement of work.

28. County Clerk's office processes/proposals and vacancy in office issues.

29. Draft of Invitation to Bid for purchase of Medical Services for the Correctional Facility.

30. City of Belton, TxDOT, architect and construction manager discussions on site development, platting/zoning, entrances, and construction/design issues.

31. City of Belton road closing, parking, and access easement issues on development of coop gin site and other Belton issues, including Corp of Engineers Park property.

32. BellNET update, planning and future objectives/staffing/budget, agreement extension.

33. Indigent Defense Task Force update.

34. Engineering and road issues; accident updates; abandonment of road easement.

35. Engineering equipment needs review, financing options, and trading-in of equipment for new purchases.
    
    

36. TxDOT 2008-2009  Federal Hazard Elimination Program.
    
    

37. Update on TxDOT information on information/meetings/planning regarding the Trans-Texas Corridor, Loop 363, I-35, US 190, and related projects. 
    
    

38. TxDOT participation in North America's Supercorridor Coalition, inc. (NASCO).
    
    

39. K-TUTS meetings and rearrangement of priorities.
    
    

40. Regional Mobility Authorities.
    
    

41. Update and review of pharmacy contract services with Contract Pharmacy Services of Hatsboro, PA, jail health care issues, transition and questions.

42. Help America Vote Act, election voting devices, grant funding, personnel, contracts with other entities, planning for 2006 elections, and other election/voting systems issues.

43. FY 2006 Budget issues.

44. FY 2007 Budget preparation and scheduling. 

45. Update on Capital Projects projections.

46. Update of EMS Service Contract & other issues with Scott & White Hospital.

47. Fire Marshall two-year statutory appointment procedure and performance review. 

48. Fire Marshall/Emergency Management Office, Reservists meetings, burn ban evaluation/status, fire investigations, upcoming exercises, grants, and Annexes to Plans.

49. Bell County Communications Center equipment, staffing and personnel.  

50. County Indigent Health Care Program appropriations update and effects on Bell County and the providing of services to other counties and the completion of Tobacco Funds Report.

51. Indigent burials and related issues regarding indigent death procedures, mortuary services, and other factors.

52. Building and Maintenance Issues/ Purser property design and plans/ property next to maintenance barn.

53. Long range planning/real estate planning.

54. Personnel/Safety Policies, Procedures, and Citizen's Complaints.

55. Insurance renewals for property/liability and health/dental. 

56. Conference of Urban Counties, Texas Association of Counties, County Judges and Commissioners Association and National Association of Counties update and meetings.

57. 79th Legislative Session, Constitutional Amendments, Special Sessions and Attorney General Opinions, and update with legislators.

58. Litigation and potential litigation issues and updates.
    
    
    

WILL ATTEND:   Where County Business may be discussed but no action taken.
  

1. Public Testing of the 650 central count for the Runoff Election at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 10, 2006 at the County Annex - "Tank" behind the County Clerk's office at 550 E. 2nd Ave in Belton.      
   
   
2. Killeen Chamber Government Affairs luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, April 10, 2006 at Killeen Civic & Convention Center in Killeen.      
   
   
3. District Courts construction project update meeting with Skanska Construction at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 10, 2006 at District Courts construction site on Huey Road and Loop 121 in Belton.      
    
   
4. WCID #5 status/update meeting on water project at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, April 10, 2006 in Commissioners Conference Room.   
   
   
5. Meeting to prepare for EXPO Board April 26th annual planning meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 in Commissioners Conference Room.    
   
   
6. Bell County Health District hurricane evacuee exercise planning meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 in Commissioners Conference Room.  
   
   
7. Temple Chamber Business After Hours at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at First Community Title at 4613 S. 31st Street in Temple.  
   
   
8. Runoff Election results beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 in Central Area outside of County Attorney's Office at the Bell County Annex at 550 E. 2nd Avenue in Belton. 
   
   
9. Family Outreach press conference to kick-off Child Abuse Prevention month at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 in Commissioners Courtroom. 
   
   
10. Luncheon for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison at noon on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at Santa Fe Depot in Temple. 
    
    
11. Proclamation regarding Telecommunications Week at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at Bell County Communications Center in Belton. 
    
    
12. Harker Heights Chamber Business After Hours at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at Stone Tree Cafe at 1600 Stone Tree Drive in Killeen.