Notice of Workshop Session of 
the Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas 
for February 26, 2007

Notice is hereby given that a Workshop Session of the Commissioners Court  and the Board of the Bell County Health Facilities Development Corporation 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; liquidated damages calculations and amounts.

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

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

4. RFP for pharmaceutical provider for jail inmates.

5. FY 2007 budget. 

6. State of the County Report.

7. Status of completion of modification/compliance requirements under Architectural Barriers Act for District Courts Building. 

8. Value engineering/construction costs review for renovations to existing District Courts building and guaranteed maximum price/contract provisions. 

9. Potential locations for display of District Courthouse photos and Construction Award.

10. Emergency Response Plans for Courthouses and Annexes.

11. Fire Suppression Coverage for rural Bell County.

12. Homeland Security Statewide Capability Assessment.

13. Update on Conference of Urban Counties Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

14. County Clerk's office processes, procedures and recommendations. 

15. District Clerk's office processes, procedures and recommendations.

16. Strategic Planning scheduling and procedures.

17. Move of fiber from 550 2nd Avenue to new CTCOG Building. 

18. Bell County Communications Center operations. 

19. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita assistance, reimbursement efforts, after-action reports, transition from public assistance to individual assistance issues, termination notice issues, FEMA updates and furniture/utility/damage issues and status of close-out.

20. National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training requirements.

21. Make-ready planning for Temple property at 200 W. Avenue G.

22. Indigent Defense Task Force update and Austin Indigent Defense Workshop.  

23. D-Med Corporation automated indigent screening services. 

24. Pauper burial information and policies; pauper graves and relocation.

25. NACo prescription drug plan.

26. Juvenile Probation Detention Center operation and status. 

27. Alternative of contracting for CPS attorney services. 

28. EXPO Center modifications/renovations update and hotel/motel occupancy tax review.

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

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

31. FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map update.
     

32. City of Belton Annexation and application of Section 43.0562 and other sections of the Transportation Code.
    
    

33. TxDOT 2008-2009  Federal Hazard Elimination Program and issues for 80th Legislature.
    
    

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

35. Emergency Management and Fire Marshall updates and issues.
     

36. First Call program and procedures.
    
    

37. Help America Vote Act, election voting devices, grant funding, personnel, contracts with other entities, 2007 election issues, and other election/voting systems issues.

38. Donation of Lever Voting Machine to Texas Secretary of State.

39. Personnel/Safety Policies, Policy Manual, Procedures, and Citizen's Comments.

40. Renewal credit with Texas Association of Counties insurance.

41. Health Insurance and Health Plan issues and processes for 2007.

42. Upcoming legislative session, proposed or contemplated legislation, meetings of County organizations, and conferences. 

43. Hearings and recommendations of Task Force on Appraisal Reform.

44. Attorney General opinions and questions on charges for reproductions of public records.

45. Litigation and potential litigation issues and updates. 
    
    
    
    

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

1. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 2007 McLane Lecture with Barbara Bush, former First Lady, at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 26, 2007 at the Mayborn Campus Center on the UMHB Campus in Belton.         
                
   
2. Bell County Communications Center Executive Board meeting at noon on Monday, February 26, 2007 at the Bell County Communications Center at 708 W. Avenue O in Belton.  
    
3. May election planning meeting at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, February 26, 2007 in Commissioners Conference Room.         
    
4. EXPO Expansion Public Hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 26, 2007 at the Special Events Room of the EXPO Center on Loop 121 in Belton.  Meeting Cancelled as of 3:46 p.m. February 23, 2007. 
    
5. Temple Economic Development Corporation Board meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Industrial Park in Temple.    
    
6. State of the City presentation at the Temple Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at the Wildflower Country Club in Temple.
    
7. Construction update meeting with Skanska Construction USA and architects concerning the Jail Addition and the renovation of the former District Courts Building at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 in the Commissioners Conference Room.
    
8. Hill Country Community Action Board meeting beginning with meal at 5:30 p.m. committee meetings at 6:00 p.m., and Board meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at the Lampasas Multi-Service Center at 901 S. Liveoak in Lampasas.
    
9. Donation Ceremony of Bell County Lever Voting Machine to the Texas Secretary of State at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at the Office of the Secretary of State Room 1E.8, in the East Wing of the Capitol in Austin.
    
10. Conference of Urban Counties meeting at noon on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at the Doubletree Suites Hotel on 15th Street in Austin.
     
11. Juvenile Board meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2007 in the Commissioners Conference Room.
     
12. Task Force on Indigent Defense grants committee meeting at 9:30 a.m. and full Task Force meeting at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 9, 2007 at the Court of Criminal Appeals Courtroom, 201 W. 14th Street in Austin.