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HomeMy WebLinkAboutclosed_caption11:34:58 All right, well, we've got a pretty good group here. So I will call this special meeting of the. 11:35:05 Okay. 11:35:02 1 s. 1 s. That's fun. 11:35:08 Okay. 11:35:09 Okay, thanks Carolyn. I will call this special meeting at the Board of County Commissioners to order and this is of course and I'll call the county coordination meeting to order this is I remember just to remind folks and the public that quarterly we we try to get together our elected leaders and directors along with the commissioners for a special meeting to really Keep the dialogue going in a big group. 11:35:34 And we just do this at the same time that we do our monthly county coordination meeting so we can be more efficient so we are called order the first thing on the agenda is public comment. 11:35:49 I don't know if you have any public in the room, but if anyone from the public is with us on line, I don't see anyone. 11:35:55 Okay. 11:35:55 Now is the time for public comment. So I'll make one call for it. And seeing no public here, I will close public comment. 11:36:04 We have a fairly light agenda. The kind of the real purpose of this is to for the county commissioners to have this chance to spend with all of our leaders. 11:36:15 So the first item on the agenda is, will jump right into. Kind of a debrief from our community conversations and I welcome people to to raise your hand or interject if you have some. 11:36:30 Go ahead, Jeff. 11:36:30 No, I'm the West End meeting was very productive for me for any number of reasons. I mean, I also went up to the. 11:36:39 I was at the Grace Creek campsite at out in Channon Valley. And, and like I sent you an email. 11:37:05 Yeah. 11:36:46 The 1 point I think we might have missed is that some of the tsunami warning signs out there are outdated and the one by South Beach Campground which points up the road the logging company had put a gate in so if you drive up their road you drive about a thousand feet you hit a gate so we're sending people to evacuate to a gate that's a thousand feet away and those kind of things 11:37:09 need to be looked at and updated. Last night I was at a meeting in Los Angeles with Sula Jacobs, the Olympic National Park superintendent and we talked about, you know, basically what's going to happen with Kalalock. 11:37:22 Chan, Valley Chile, we talked about that too, but, but Kalaloc is is an interesting, you know, discussion as it's starting to fall away. 11:37:31 As we all notice that some of the cabins are closed and according to her they don't have a lot of room on the other side of the highway to relocate so she's gonna say it's gonna be a multiple year discussion to try to figure out what to do about the campground and and the cabins as and maybe even the lodge as that area starts falling away. 11:37:55 So I really appreciate it. It was great. Hearing from those folks out there. You know, geez, you know, they talked a lot about the whole, which is really important river and all the things that are happening and the fact that it's kind it's a wild river it's constantly moving and constantly taking out property and you know we just sent out change of value notice in my office I've 11:38:18 already heard from the Fletcher's in my office, I've already heard from the Fletcher's about their, you know, their farm up there on the South shore. 11:38:22 So, and what they're losing property. So, always good. Always good for me when we go to the West End. 11:38:29 Thank you. 11:38:30 Thanks, Jeff. You know, I would echo that just that I got the most back. You know, there were good conversations at many of the community conversations, but it was good to get eyes on the West End and I learned a lot too. 11:38:43 And the story about the horse and how Wendy was connected to and everything that the, that was fantastic. 11:38:47 So Apple, you have your hand up. 11:38:50 Thanks. I'll just. Resale those same sentiments. Thanks, Jeff. 11:38:54 I too learned a lot and it felt. Rich and had some depth too that I. But I got a lot. 11:39:02 I'll just say that. I think that we may have made some strides in even alluring a Board of Health. 11:39:13 Nice. Yeah. 11:39:10 Member potentially. I'm trying. I'm working through that. We, we, always want to grow our relationships with the tribes at public health, and Sometimes that is more easily achieved than other times and I made a really nice connection with, Maria, the woman who posted us out there. 11:39:31 And just kinda get her to come and maybe. Or someone in the try participate in our Board of Health seek that is taken at the moment for a. 11:39:41 No. 11:39:40 That's great to hear. I thought Maria, I mean, it was great that the tribal, you know, Maria, you know, one of the tribal council stayed and participated in the meeting and that was the first time I seen out that out there and it felt really productive. 11:39:52 Huge. It has a lot of symbolism and it's, it's meaningful to us. 11:39:57 So thank you for that opportunity and the ability to stay tonight, etc. I thought that was helpful too just to get a little land. 11:40:05 If anybody's Thank you. Especially on the Western. Landmass subversion, subversion. 11:40:17 We had a really great presentation at the Board of Health yesterday. From a professor at at a peninsula college talking about that so if you wanna revisit that it's archived online that discussion was yesterday at the border health meeting. 11:40:33 Speaking specifically to just, acknowledgement of what's happening out of Kalala. 11:40:39 So yeah, good to see it in person. 11:40:38 Yeah. Thanks, Apple. Any other thoughts? I'll say just about the West End one. 11:40:46 I think that's really a model for how we want it to go. And I think finding things that the. 11:40:52 Folks want to engage with like at the West end we did you know there weren't a lot of people there but we had folks from the pleats clear water and hoe and oil city and a bunch of in the you know, the fluctuations weren't there, but John, so I thought we had really good representation and questions from the group and information that we learned that was really productive and that to me 11:41:13 that was instructive. And for some of the Community conversations that weren't as productive, how can we engage and, you know, what are the questions we need to ask to get people out there? 11:41:25 More. 11:41:28 Okay, other thoughts? Yes, thanks. Oh, go ahead, and then Stacy. 11:41:29 I guess, I just wanted to add that, I thought it was good too and that there, I was at some other meeting community conversations when there were less people that were out on the West End. 11:41:42 And, so I thought it was a pretty good crowd if you want to say, but I also wanted to give a shout out to Carolyn for putting together the the reservations and stuff I know that Probably wasn't easy, but, so thank you, Caroline. 11:41:55 Thanks for everyone that was a 11:41:55 That. Thank you. Yeah, how do you use our connections and we're able to make it happen. 11:42:04 That's great. Stacy. 11:42:11 Okay. 11:42:12 The best. 11:42:06 I'd really like to thank Kolyn for Greg getting his room, but, Other than that, I do think, I think I said it to a few people, but just that even without a huge audience there. 11:42:23 I think I know for me it's very worthwhile for me to be able to go there and actually discuss things with people who live there. 11:42:32 I tend to assume when we go places that everyone in the room that's attending knows each other and I was blown away that there were. 11:42:40 Kind of, you know, 5 people, 4 different and you know, they didn't know each other. 11:42:46 And so we had. Good cross-section of representation of tribal, column resident owns property, fire expire chief. 11:42:59 And so I really felt like it was worthwhile. I also agree. I really enjoyed the conversation and then also just like you had said previously Greg it did tend to be a little bit of a retreat in being able to connect with all of our you know peer leaders it was really a nice experience. 11:43:18 So thank you. 11:43:20 Thanks, Stacy. Apple. 11:43:24 Oh, you're muted. 11:43:27 Question, I, I think it is, it is a good question. So how can we lure? 11:43:32 That or participation otherwise in the future in the in the other areas and that's not to say that participation of those who came wasn't extraordinary in these other circumstances, these other locations. 11:43:46 But it was small. I think that, potentially, amplifying messaging around area-specific topics. 11:43:58 Is a plus, cause it can catch people's eye and draw them. What it? Does those it creates a bit of a risk where the whole meeting becomes about a topical issue and not about standing the entire. 11:44:09 Hmm. 11:44:12 Collaboration and menu of things that we do, which is really kinda a point. So I'm not quite sure how to broke that, but I do think that Topical specific items about the location is a draw just thinking from a marketing and promotional standpoint to get more people there. 11:44:32 It's just striking that balance, which I don't really have any suggestions about, cause I'm not quite sure how we probably would that. 11:44:39 I guess I think a little bit. Oh, go ahead, Heidi. 11:44:39 Yeah. I don't say I completely agree with that. Monty gave a great presentation on the Port Hadlock sewer and the whole community missed out on that great presentation, but we didn't really promote that we were doing that presentation for that one. 11:44:59 I get a lot of questions from the community about the project so it would have been our it was kind of a missed opportunity and I think being a little more. 11:45:10 Plan really about how we lay out the next schedule. Is probably something that could help. How the top of a focus and, you know, having the agenda such that the topical focus is only one third of the agenda and at least time for the topical focus is only one third of the agenda and at least time for the round robin of, you know, county functions so that people get a broader sense of what we do. 11:45:35 but. I think you're right, Apple, that having a topic or 2 could be the real draw that we can promote. 11:45:40 And pull some folks in. 11:45:42 I mean, just before going to Joe on that point, I mean, I was really surprised at the, one as well, because that was exactly what people want to talk about and we didn't get the word out. 11:45:52 And I wonder if we can be more proactive maybe a survey, what do you want to talk about so we can start the dialogue before the meeting rather than at the meeting. 11:46:00 Oh, I took your point. Sorry, Stacy. That's a good idea though. You know, they don't belong to anyone. 11:46:06 So. Joe, go ahead. 11:46:08 Yeah, just to kind of add on a little bit to what Stacey said, you know, I get around most of the county, but not out to the West, West End very often. 11:46:16 And, you know, driving back from the meeting to the hotel. Reminded me of how remote it is out there and how dark it is at night. 11:46:26 And, you know, just the, It just sets it in another phase. Picture meeting the deputy out of patrol at night. 11:46:34 And, so it, yeah, it's a different, it's different out there. 11:46:38 Great. Thanks, Jeff. 11:46:41 Yeah, it brought back to me the fact that at the West and we still haven't really resolved what to do about fire. 11:46:48 You know, they put the fire hall in there at the whole reservation, but they, you know, they put the fire hall in there at the whole reservation, but they, you know, they can't expect them to volunteer so they can't staff it. 11:46:57 And you know, you have that problem. You have all these houses out there that are not in a fire district and DNR is committed to fighting non structure fire so they don't they real there still needs to be something some kind of solution to providing all those folks out there that are living out there. 11:47:17 Some kind of promise of fire services other than relying on DNR. And I don't know what they the answer is. 11:47:25 I mean, that's why they built the fire hall there and you know, and you can't expect the whole tribe, which is fairly small to to, to staff it. 11:47:37 Yeah, it's opportunity as they relocate to maybe that to, contribute. Resources or, you know. 11:47:45 Planning. I don't know. I feels like it's right for opportunity for a more partnership with the whole tribe as well. 11:47:51 Go ahead, Apple. 11:47:52 Or I'll just make a little plug, and leave it there because it's, a, an evolving topic. 11:48:00 But I think some of our public health climate change and emergency response work. Is gonna be a bridge to at least from our. 11:48:07 Public health standpoint. Possibly be able to support what's, some additional resources and training. 11:48:17 With regard to response to Let's see, that could happen with not addressing. Fire and rescue. But I think the powers in the community and so if for me, focus. 11:48:36 Knew some of our emerged people. Awareness response work further to the West End where we are building some new connections, especially with all the new people involved in this work. 11:48:48 Maybe from, from a grassroots, at least you can provide, support, a resource. 11:48:55 To training up and making people more aware of their own ability to respond and take care. That's part of the bigger picture. 11:49:05 Yeah, thanks. Definitely a growing issue that brings us all together. Appreciate that, Apple. 11:49:13 And I guess I want to just comment on Brandon too, you know, our certainly our, most well attended meeting. 11:49:18 I think it had more people at that meeting than all the other meetings combined. I'm pretty sure and that was really brought about not from anything that we did but from community organizers who really are community advocates right now. 11:49:30 So that might be another opportunity to. To engage with the local community as we plan these meetings to. Give them more agency and that might help get us get more population there if we involve them in the planning a little bit more. 11:49:46 It'd be interesting with Port Townsend. One resident of Port Townsend at Port Townsend, the are only urban growth area. 11:49:54 We Maybe close to that with the city or make sure the city council wasn't invited or I don't know because they all have input for us at least when I run to Intel on the street so Seems like that would be that was the most shocking one for me. 11:50:12 Maybe if we have it at the golf course. 11:50:17 Or mountain. 11:50:21 Okay. 11:50:16 Okay. Okay, any last thoughts before we move on? I might wanna make sure that we get time for the round table. 11:50:28 Okay, well, we're not gonna do one next year, but probably the following the year after if we follow our current practice though, we could also engage. 11:50:38 I think it was mentioned a couple of times that Our normal practice of avoiding, kind of principal election years. 11:50:45 Is maybe over the top that you know we can we can probably manage to have these meetings without campaigning and electioneering so we can consider it for next year as well but I normal cycle would have it the year after. 11:51:02 Okay, well, thanks and any more ideas, please send them to me and we'll try to get a little after action. 11:51:09 Good. Good. 11:51:09 That put up to help us plan the next time. To be even, you know, more effective and there was some great, like that, yeah, again, the West End, I think was a great back and forth where we learned as much as we gave and the Brendan one was a real good example of how community advocacy is kind of critical to getting. 11:51:28 Solid population. Okay, so Heidi, I can you next on the agenda is you kind of telling us where we are with our upcoming water finalized but our 2024, 5 year strategic plan. 11:51:43 Can you give us a little debrief on that process? 11:51:44 Yeah, just standing in for Mark on this one and so our strategic plan is up on the county home page. 11:51:51 At the top of the quick links. Little bit hard to find there because it's 2024 to 2028 so it's alphabetical and it's numerical but there and encourage you to share it out with folks but I think the next thing we need to do is work on developing an implementation plan. 11:52:10 And probably. Developing towards that and implementation task force. So, a subset of us who are willing to continue working towards. 11:52:22 Some kind of tracking process for the performance measures we all created together. And And that of folks who are excited to, you know, make sure that we're tracking how we're doing against the work we set out for ourselves. 11:52:40 So I don't know if anyone else has any. Input on this idea and if anyone's excited to participate in that. 11:52:47 . I seem to be the one who raised my hand for everything, but. I might not for this one. 11:52:57 So. 11:52:59 Hi, yeah, I know the playing of Or maybe you know. I'll make it free. I do wish that Mark was here because I know. 11:53:12 Some decision making rests in his hands, but 2 things that I know, some decision making rests in his hands, but 2 things that I want to make sure we're all thinking about. 11:53:20 And I think this is the place to, at least bring it up. I don't know, we'll resolve it today. 11:53:23 But that is, item number one was that we were going to try to Determine, decide. 11:53:30 The location or the gathering space in which on going implementation discussions could happen with the most people possible. And it had been floated as far as I can recall. 11:53:41 Potentially this county coordination meeting could be that place and that I could be wrong, but that it could be a, sort of a standing agenda item for this meeting is the implementation. 11:53:55 Processing kind of guidelines. As well as checking in on the implementing as it proceeds. So I don't know where that stands. 11:54:04 I believe that that decision was to be. And then the second item is, 11:54:13 Well, to put it frankly, I think that, and I can't see for Josh, although he's in the next Hollywood Square to me, so I'm gonna try to mine meld to my left. 11:54:25 But there is a large onus on public health and DC. And we have brought that up. 11:54:32 That's not necessarily a bad thing. This is a plan. We've got to get our our motions kind of geared up and moving forward. 11:54:42 That's why we do this. But there is a lot of burden road there. So I want to just say that. 11:54:50 The consultants who helped us with this plan said all along that the general practice is that in the implementation phase there is room to sort of continue to negotiate. 11:55:02 Maybe the timelines that we're set out. Creation phase are not really. Ground truth in what can be done. 11:55:14 And that I am trying to let my staff know. That wherever that heartburn is over timelines that feel very, very cumbersome. 11:55:20 That there is going to be a malleable process for us to reconsider that along the way. And that's not a bad thing. 11:55:27 So I just wanna advocate for my staff and I, I don't know what Josh will say, but I, that he feels similarly. 11:55:36 Alright. 11:55:36 That was approved and it was well conceived and it had a lot of attention put into it and there will likely need to be alterations in terms of the expectation and the timelines based on reality. 11:55:50 Great. Thanks, Apple. Josh? 11:55:50 Thank you. 11:55:57 Yeah, thanks, Apple, for, laying it out like that. Don't have much to add to what you said. 11:56:02 Except for just to agree with it. I did wanna mention, something that I recall from the process and that was that the consultants offered. 11:56:14 Hey, a mechanism to track. In the form of some kind of dashboard that then would be accessible to the public. 11:56:22 And I was just kinda curious, this could really could be a mark question perhaps in terms of have we actually followed up and contracted with the consultants to do that or not and and so forth. 11:56:35 And I think that's it's a good idea because it's it makes the plan more dynamic than static. 11:56:38 My only reservation would be. That. Dashboard might show that my department specifically is behind the times, you know, so maybe that's not a good thing. 11:56:51 But of course it's just the reality as Apple described. So I guess I'm just saying that I think a dashboard will be effective and something that we could do as this group or some other group that's tracking the progress of this strategic plan as as a way to be looking at the same thing essentially. 11:57:07 And just with that cautionary note of what message we're actually sending out there. That's it. 11:57:12 Thanks, Josh. Oh, go ahead. Oh, yeah, go ahead, Heidi. 11:57:13 So. I just got a Cool. I think that, I totally agree that some of these timelines will shift and I think the best way to track progress towards these goals is through conversation with each other. 11:57:32 So the keeping track of progress activities that we outlined in the plan, I think it's on page 22 of the plan. 11:57:38 Has a lot of checking in with each other and I think that act of checking in with each other will be kind of the reality check on how we're doing against the goals. 11:57:47 We set and I'll just remind folks that as we were developing the plan, we were trying to develop performance and indicators that Jive with work that you all were gonna already be doing so some of the performance measures were things that are already in your work plans. 11:58:05 And, So it's not necessarily new stuff, it's just and they centralized place. 11:58:16 Progress towards the goals that we let link lined out in the strategic plan and then yes I did Mark did say that he intends to have a follow on conversation with the consultants to talk about. 11:58:29 Some kind of a tool for tracking so I can confirm that. 11:58:35 Apple. 11:58:36 Yes, thank you for saying that that was going to be one of my comments. I did get that sense from Mark as well as recently as last week. 11:58:44 So. That is good. I would like to just put an underline under a point which is that Some of the timelines, you're right. 11:58:56 Heidi, they do jive with things that are already part of what we're doing or aiming to do. 11:59:03 So that is good synergy. And there are some continue to be, as we all know, some resource gaps in achieving some of those things that are sort of county system wide. 11:59:18 So I just want us to be very frank about what we need and how we achieve getting that so that we can move the goals and. 11:59:24 I have every benefit that this group of people kind of talk about that ongoing and so just. 11:59:33 Great apple. 11:59:33 Okay, you too. 11:59:37 Yeah, and again, yeah, I, I like the strategic plan, but it definitely leans heavily into a couple of the departments, you know, the, but it definitely leans heavily into a couple of the departments, you know, the couple of the appointed departments, you know, the couple of the departments, you know, the couple of the appointed departments. 11:59:52 And you know, the couple of the appointed departments. And you know, I have a lot of, you know, I mean, I have a lot of stuff from my own office that I have to follow through with and make sure and we have our own plan moving forward with and make sure and we have our own plan moving forward with the part of revenue and everything and it's not in the strategic plan, of revenue and everything and it's not in the strategic plan. 12:00:02 So Maybe that's an oversight, but I'm not sure adding the strategic plan updates that do lean heavily into just a couple of departments to these meetings would be very helpful for me. 12:00:16 You know, it would occupy a lot of time. And maybe I, I could better use that time, devoting into my own. 12:00:23 Departmental needs. So that's the comment. 12:00:27 Thanks, Jen. That's a good point. This is the first time I'd heard about bringing into this meeting and it makes a lot of sense but I take your point and all of this I'll take back to Mark too and have a conversation at the next kind of coordination meeting, well at least talk about. 12:00:40 What role the county coordination will have with the, with the strategic plan. Maybe to the dashboard. 12:00:47 Goes beyond the strategic plan and into into, you know, some of the departmental objectives that are are worth tracking. 12:00:58 But it's probably so I appreciate this. Any other thoughts or reflections or questions? 12:01:06 Nope. 12:01:09 Yep, Stacy. 12:01:09 Okay. 12:01:12 I guess I will just say that. I feel like. Quite a few of the goals have. 12:01:20 Metrics that fall within The appointed divisions and in terms of Kind of the technology and the policies and other things But there are a bunch of things that I feel it's kind of the the soft skills or soft way we do business to try to deal with diversity and other things that. 12:01:49 I might, I don't know, I keep trying to think of the metrics that I could have and, and there certainly are some with trying to make sure like payments are allowed in different, you know, methods and accessibility and that kind of thing. 12:02:04 And so. I don't know that I know that the heavy lifting doesn't fall within my department, but I would like to be involved so that where there's a nexus I might notice it when It's brought up. 12:02:19 Gotcha, that's a good point. It doesn't have to be a huge part of the agenda or yeah, okay, I get you. 12:02:24 Apple. 12:02:29 I think what I was gonna say. Yeah, what was I gonna say? With more of a reflection, you offered that up. 12:02:36 And the reflection is that We in public health have wanted to do our own departmental strategic plan for a while. 12:02:46 It's been a long time and sort of post pandemic reflections needing to. You know, write the ship and clarify lots of new staff, etc. 12:02:55 So I just wanted a reflection is that coming through the arc of the process county wide was informed me on . 12:03:03 Lots of things with regard to doing Even though there is a large onus on public health to achieve some of these objectives and goals. 12:03:16 On going, strategic plan internally, which is a nice, bridge. So how we navigate. 12:03:25 You know attending to and and and succeeding at meeting those goals county wise it's gonna be compounded by what we place for us. 12:03:35 But anyway, just a reflection and trying to, scope it out. I also think that you know, the if the lion share. 12:03:43 Some of the objectives have been kind of. Situationally placed in just a few departments. I appreciate what you say, Stacy. 12:03:51 I think that's totally true. Where the emphasis may not be on the But there are Nexus points that are really valuable, which is really the heart of what this can get at. 12:04:02 I also want to say that I guess a lot of what this can get at. I also want to say that I guess a lot of the emphasis went on just the few departments because that was the outcome of the environmental scam that included all the surveys of the public and the partners and stakeholders and the staff, etc. 12:04:16 So I'm just learning sort of, the, of strategic planning and how sometimes. It can really shift them. 12:04:24 Okay, certain directions. It's not always going to touch everybody. So, thanks. 12:04:34 Thanks, Apple. Joe, and then we should probably move on to the round table. I wanna make sure we get everyone a chance to. 12:04:40 Sure. 12:04:39 Yeah. I tried to keep my mouth but I just and no offense to Jeff but I think it's important for all of us to know, you know, the strategic plans for all of us really, even though we all have our own departments doing things. 12:04:56 And I think if one of our departments like. Health department is suffering or something we're struggling. I think it's important for all of us to know that and you know, I don't know how, you know, it could be taken into account with all kinds of things. 12:05:08 So, I guess I, yeah, and whether that's what we were talking about for sure. 12:05:13 I think it's important for us all to know. We can help or that maybe we're you know they're not going to be as responsive in certain things because they're tied up doing certain stuff. 12:05:24 So I'm I'm for having it an open discussion or know what everyone's doing. Thank you. 12:05:30 Great. Thanks, Joe. And really the concept is, a part of the county, the normal monthly county coordination meeting as a standing agenda topic and we'll return to that next meeting. 12:05:42 All right, well let's move on to the round table. If there's any bringing thoughts, I guess let's start in the room. 12:05:47 Heidi, is there anything you wanted to give a quick update about? 12:05:51 No, I just, I'm feeling, kind of. I have a lot of work right now, so. 12:06:01 People have been coming to me and asking me to be involved in different processes or on different committees and then just starting to say no more because just my plate is full and so. 12:06:12 Yeah, just a lot going on and it's mostly because, you know, I've always, I keep saying this. 12:06:21 I think, on a broken record, but we sit on a lot of committees and I just retallied our committees and I'm on 31 committees So I'm just trying to keep all those balls moving and so far I'm achieving it but it's you know it's starting to get a little shaky so anyway. 12:06:38 If you really need me, reach out directly. Don't imply that you might need help on something. 12:06:46 Reach out to me directly, please. That's all. For me right now, but I'm it's all important stuff, you know. 12:06:53 It's working on transit, working on rain resources, all important stuff, but. You know, I've got a lot of calls about Derek both. 12:07:03 So Joe, you and I can maybe put our heads together about. So Joe, you and I can maybe put our heads together about the sheriff's role. 12:07:05 Boats on the bay and there's a lot more. Both anchored and had luck and iron deal right now and I'm just getting 5 calls a week from different So. 12:07:21 Okay. 12:07:17 Alright, no new balls for Heidi. I hope everyone heard that. Alright, thank you, I. 12:07:24 Kept yeah. Sarah, anything that you want to report on from HR? 12:07:29 Yeah, when I I wanted to, kind of circle back to what Joe said. About the for all of us to know what's happening in this department and be able to reach out or support each of our department and be able to reach out or support each of our departments. 12:07:47 There are those next We can and do, And sometimes there are, the that are struggling, whether it's because they have had a lot of turnover. 12:07:58 Our boys during the pandemic and that continuing on. Or there's additional workload. And there are kind of cycles where the department's name, and so I really appreciate that. 12:08:15 All of us on this team can reach out and help each other. And I think that Let's speak to. 12:08:25 You know on an individual level on the work life balance for everyone. On this team. And that's a meeting back by yourself. 12:08:38 That's all I had to say. Exactly. 12:08:41 Okay, thank you, Sarah. Important words. Alright, I'm gonna start with all the dark squares. 12:08:48 We've been little quieter during today's meeting. So I don't know, Brenda, are you do you have anything to share from the auditors office? 12:08:54 So yeah, I'm here. The if If I do my camera, it freezes up. 12:09:00 So that's why I'm dark. Cause I do like to see faces. I do like to see faces. 12:09:00 That's okay. 12:09:04 And I, yes, I do. I do like this, meeting because we do get to hear what everybody is doing and in the community meetings were great also. 12:09:15 But, so I'm glad you called on me now because Quinn and I are going to do the KPTZ. 12:09:21 A radio show at 12 twenties with Kate. So, yeah, elections ballots went out. 12:09:29 I got mine already. They went out on Wednesday, so we're really focusing on that. 12:09:35 And I do want to thank HR. They've been great at helping us because we did lose a lot of people. 12:09:40 And I felt support from everybody on. We have mainly a full staff now. And yeah, things are going well in licensing and recording and finance is doing awesome. 12:09:56 We've got some great reports from the state auditors office, which I think our very last. Audit is going to, or have the exit conference in November. 12:10:07 So things are great in the auditors office. 12:10:12 Great. Thanks, Brenda. I'll try to tune in to that the radio. I'm gonna get off here too. 12:10:17 Yeah. Huh. 12:10:17 Excellent. Judge Walker, anything to share from district court? 12:10:29 Hello everyone, everyone's doing well. I don't have a lot to share today, but we do have a new employee Andy Stern. 12:10:37 I don't know if you have met him, but. He's been a really great addition to our office. 12:10:42 We also had Michelle rejoin our office recently. So that's been a really wonderful progress for us and things seem to be quite released with district court. 12:10:56 I don't know if Brian has anything that we'd like to add. 12:11:00 Thanks, Mindy. Brian, anything to add? 12:11:05 Just again, if you see lost jurors, please direct them up to the second floor, the courthouse building. 12:11:11 We are having a lot of summons that are going out and as I always say, they get called off at the last minute. 12:11:18 So there's lots of confusion and we're trying to help coordinate and make sure everybody knows when they have to appear what day and where to go. 12:11:26 So we've had a lot of, for trials that didn't go. So just again, please thank you for your patience when I have people wander in the office. 12:11:39 Thanks for that, Brian. Keep an eye out. Amanda, how's the court's office going? 12:11:48 Oh, we're doing pretty well. Doing our thing, not much to report. I did post for a new position and I appreciate Hr's Help, it was a lot less daunting than I was worried about. 12:12:01 So. We'll start. Setting up interviews for that, here soon. 12:12:07 And Series did her thing in the courtroom today, so, we're going right along. 12:12:14 Thank you. 12:12:14 Okay, great. Thanks, Amanda. And Monte is, is Monty with us and back. 12:12:21 How any update from Public Works? 12:12:25 Sure. Hang on. There we go. Well, busy as usual, Bill Masour. 12:12:34 I don't know. People realize how many. Moving parts are to a project like that, but our team is extremely busy but We're still out doing a bunch of the earthwork and we're calling for bids right now for the actual treatment plants. 12:12:53 And soon for the pipes that go on the roads and everything and they're all also working with all the property owners on the connections and stuff. 12:13:05 So, you know, 35 million bucks, it's, It's a big project that requires. 12:13:12 A ton of time from. You know, all our staff here and then, you know, some people from other departments as well. 12:13:21 Solid waste for, barely keeping it open. We've got tons of people out for various reasons. 12:13:29 The only way we're able to keep that open is because of the hard work of Al and Justin and their remaining people and and a lot of help from roads staff moving over to work in the transfer station as well. 12:13:46 They're really stepping up and, but it's tough. Just a whole bunch of, 12:13:55 Circumstances all come together to have a lot of people out at the same time for various. We'll see. 12:14:05 The medical and FMLA reasons. We're also implementing a huge software change at transfer station. 12:14:12 It's, a little bit more complicated than downloading an app for your phone. It requires about half dozen vendors and our staff doing in IT staff. 12:14:27 And finance staff. Doing all kinds of stuff to make this happen. It's critical that it happens because the existing system is no longer supported and falling apart. 12:14:38 So the transfer station will be close to the public on, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 30 first November first. 12:14:46 There's just no getting around that. That's on top of working on a Sunday. And Monday to make this switch over to the new software. 12:14:55 And weeks worth of work leading up to that but it's a big project And I just, you know, Justin. 12:15:06 Who's our solid waste operations coordinators going above and beyond. For sure to coordinate that and work with everyone to make it happen. 12:15:15 It's a way above my level of understanding. All the things that go into something like this, it's really complicated. 12:15:25 But it's essential that we do it. So that's a big, project going on in the middle of all our staffing shortages out there. 12:15:33 The transfer station. You know, and. We've wrapped up some big projects in, in roads that went, pretty well all this summer, so that's good. 12:15:47 And, Parks is doing a starting a nice project that the board, helped fund, well, did fun just now to bring a bunch of new electrical services into the Oak Bay campground so we can get more. 12:16:04 Campground so we can get more, RV campers in the Oak Bay campground so we can get more RV campgrounds so we can get more RV campers in there and increase our So that's kind of the update from, public, works for now. 12:16:14 Thank you, Monty. Yes. It's important work. Yeah. 12:16:18 Pros to the transfer station employees, especially right now. I know it's, it's, . 12:16:26 The software conversion doesn't make it easier Alright, let's turn to the treasurer's office. 12:16:31 Stacey, anything you wanna update us the group on from the treasure office. Stacey, anything you want to update us the group on from the Treasury's office? 12:16:36 Just a We're swamped. I know lots of people are. I hear you, Heidi and you know, feel like I'm kind of spending all my time dealing with fixing. 12:16:50 Fires, you know, things like that rather than really, you know, I'm pushing things forward along the way, you know, I'm pushing things forward along the way, but I've been just kind of thinking of the burnout versus stress and all of that and you know I I know we can't say a whole lot, but I do. 12:17:06 Really feel for our IT team and I can tell that there's a lot going on there and you know there's a lot of just emotions that go along with all of it. 12:17:19 And so I think just The reason I'm bringing it up is kind of this. After our mid review, which is. 12:17:28 I really feel like we need to work on our messaging and our coordination with our teams and notifying. 12:17:37 People I appreciated the HR. Message to all about, you know, EAP and things like that, but I really felt like came across as more targeted and assuming who who would be impacted. 12:17:54 And I feel like we need to be broader in our messaging and I understand things get really difficult. When you're dealing with HR and medical and other things but I feel like. 12:18:07 And I know I'm sorry, Mark's not here, but you know, we're one. 12:18:11 One player deep on all of our positions and we're doing the best we can, but I really just want us to take this as a learning lesson that hopefully, you know, things will never be. 12:18:24 Difficult but they tend to come around again and so I just really want us to keep messaging and communication at the top of of the list. 12:18:36 So thanks for letting me go on about that. 12:18:39 No, thank you for that, Stacy. 12:18:44 Alright, Jeff. Updates from the assessors office. 12:18:48 Well, I'm sure everybody heard from me with my 27,000 postcards that we sent out. 12:18:57 And of course we're hearing back from taxpayers about that and and some some are Very good responses where they're definitely some corrections that have to be made that we are making. 12:19:11 And you know, it reminds me that, you know, every taxpayer is important. And so I gotta, you know, I, you know, I have the mill down my, on me again this year and you know the big companies have more resources to throw at you which takes more time but I also got to remember not to just you know, say, oh, that text fair is just a complainer and then look at their issues and 12:19:36 find out that most of the time there is something to it. You know, and I, and so I don't want to miss anybody, you know, I want everybody to be treated fairly. 12:19:45 And that that does take a lot of time from my staff. It's also the time of the year that we're sending levies, you know, we're getting ready to set levies for all the taxing districts so that everybody gets their money. 12:19:57 And we can't afford to make any mistakes. You know, we just, we can't. 12:20:01 And so our lower Li is spending all over time at it to try to make sure that. And that includes all the special fees they go out to that you you know, all the special fees they go out to that you, you know, their benefit assessments. 12:20:16 So you gotta make sure people are paying the right share of a benefit assessment. So you gotta make sure people are paying the right share of a benefit assessment. 12:20:20 So it could be a noxious wheat fee. And it could be your property taxes but in both cases they have a right to to be fair and to have an accurate assessment. 12:20:30 So yeah, it's a very stressful time for my office right now. Thanks. 12:20:35 Yeah. Josh. How about TCD? 12:20:41 Thank you, Greg. These round tables are a little bit tricky for me sometimes because I don't know what to leave out. 12:20:50 But I don't wanna overload you with information. So, sorry, apologies and advances if this TMI, but I made a little list here just to make sure we hit everything and if there's anything people have questions about just Feel free to contact me or someone in my department directly. 12:21:02 So. But that's it. As I've. Talked about at these meetings previously. 12:21:09 This has been a challenging year. With respect to staffing, the loss of institutional knowledge. 12:21:14 But we have, started our recovery process. If you will, and, and are feeling pretty good about it. 12:21:21 Just onboarded 4 million people this month. And look into probably onboard another 2 hopefully before the end of the year. 12:21:27 We've got all kinds of on call consultants now, 5 to be exact. At least 5 new ones. 12:21:34 So we add and we might add some more too with respect to the 2025 period update that has a requirement that I mentioned in a sec. 12:21:43 So starting to build back up. And we, I've also just wanna reiterate how grateful. 12:21:48 I am personally in that we are as a department for all the assistance that other departments have provided us since we were struggling essentially a few months ago in particular. 12:21:57 And in that regard, it's good to feel it feels good to give back a little bit because one of the people we brought in as an associate planner just happens to be a sanitarium who had been working for Collin County. 12:22:10 And this might be news to you, Apple, but, Pinky and I just worked out a deal. 12:22:17 We essentially agreed to lend this new employee to environmental public health for 2 days a week. For at least 3 months anyway. 12:22:25 While you build your capacity backup. And, so you can do subject work because now that we're starting to catch up on our building permits, in fact, we're pretty good on the building permit side, the site, and own reviews are still backlogged, but we're working on that as well. 12:22:38 Anyway, our understanding is that now septic permit applications are backlogged and so it does no good to the building community if you know we're doing better but all of a sudden we have our sister department essentially is. 12:22:49 Is, experience in that backlog. So, think he asked me about it and we talked about it and the new employee was gracious enough to agree to use his skills in that regard. 12:23:00 So we're sort of gonna share somebody for a while. So that's that feels good to you know get back a little bit because we know we asked a lot over the past year. 12:23:06 Okay, moving on. The Strawling Master Program, if there was interested in that, Planning Commission. 12:23:14 Somewhat remarkably reached a recommendation at the last meeting on this Wednesday evening. And so that's great. 12:23:21 So now we're working with the consultants to just put the final package together. We'll have sort of a final vote to confirm that package that we put together is what the planning commission recommends and they'll vote on that on November first. 12:23:33 Which is also a public hearing for the 2023 comprehensive plan amendment cycle by the way if anyone's curious. 12:23:38 And so once that plan commission makes that final vote, will transmit the recommendation to the board and ask the board whether they want to accept the recommendation or and which right now aligns with the staff recommendation. 12:23:52 So board could simply just adopt it and then we'll send it to a department of ecology and they're gonna have their own comment period and they have to approve it. 12:23:59 That's how Schrodinger Management works in Washington State or the board could have their own public hearing. 12:24:02 So that'll be something we'll ask the board when we come to your way. I know Haiti asked me a lot a lot about this so sort of telling you the update right now. 12:24:11 I need, in front of everybody else too. If anyone else is curious. So, meanwhile, we're gonna be reaching out to other departments to sort of announce. 12:24:19 The 2025 periodic update under growth management that we're required to do different jurisdictions have different years and so forth and it'll be about every 10 years. 12:24:28 Starting after right we finished the 2025 update which is due the middle of the year in 2025 and so we're just gonna make this announcement about our comprehensive plans as it touches other departments, especially for example public works with transportation or central services with capital facilities and so forth. 12:24:45 And and health with various other things to do with natural resources and environmental protection. So So we'll make this announcement pretty soon. 12:24:54 And we're wrapping up for that. There's a lot of work that's gonna go into this deal just like last time. 12:24:59 And where am I going with this? There another point of, overlap is going to be a response to House Bill 1181 which has to do with climate planning so I know that the Climate Action Committee is is staffed by health staff so we're gonna Be collaborating on that. 12:25:19 There's some funding that just kind of Put my finger on what it is that's available to us for that. 12:25:24 A lot of it's planning, but there might be some implementation work, got a meeting set up with Laura Tucker and Cindy Jane next week on that issue because we have to apply by the end of the month. 12:25:32 So there's that. And see, so this coming Monday, there's some amendments for the board for Title 15, which is the building for the board for Title 15, which is the building and fire codes and flood plenty management and. 12:25:45 Essentially, we're saying that we're in line with what the state is done with building codes, a new set of codes is set to come into a effect March fifteenth of next year just FYI for everybody it was supposed to be this year but this is it's been postponed twice and now it's March fifteenth of next year in theory. 12:26:01 So we're getting ready for that. And then the office of the fire marshal. We're also developing that, more so there's gonna have a fire inspection program starting out that will sort of take over. 12:26:12 Those responsibilities from The various fire districts that have been doing them over time sort of informally or through through agreement but we're gonna start doing those ourselves, so. 12:26:22 That's part of that. And that ties into the community wildlife protection plan that we were talking, I don't know if it was mentioned specifically, but it has to do with this overall conversation of how do we respond to those kinds of situations because I know we've just talked about the West End and what's up for them. 12:26:38 That ties in as well to the hazard mitigation plan, which my understanding is being updated now. I need to talk to Willie about where that's because It all ties together essentially. 12:26:47 So. Morning, mentioned the sewer. We just had a meeting this morning about the sewer ordinance that's coming. 12:26:56 It's coming our way soon and how we kind of align things with our own urban growth area. Revisiting some of the urban regulations that were adopted really over 20 years ago and how we're gonna do that or around 20 years ago. 12:27:08 And How we're gonna sort of facilitate people wanting to do projects such as habitat for humanity. 12:27:15 There by the library in such a way that they can actually proceed with those projects before. Sewers actually practically available in the street next to their property. 12:27:24 So we're working on that to try to make sure that it all kind of comes together into one. 12:27:30 So there's a lot of coordination going on with that. There's other communities that they're asking for attention as well, of course. 12:27:36 We've got Brandon, an ongoing conversation about the potential for extending sewer service from Dorsi Wild State Park to the Royal Village Center there, lots of things to consider there. 12:27:48 We're working on that together with Amanda. Who's our grant manager now at the courthouse and other partners? 12:27:53 And there's also a conversation with the city about. The port towns in UGA and has to do with Glencoe and the Caswell Brown village and all of that so that's all happening. 12:28:03 At least preliminary conversations now. So that's a big body of work that if we actually tackle that is going to be something, together with all this other stuff I mentioned already. 12:28:13 And then, with the city also collaborating on housing. Part of that 2025 update is to allocate population projections that the office of financial management gives us. 12:28:24 And the city applied for a housing grant and we're sort of co applicants on that so we're gonna be meeting with comments apparently soon to see if we're actually gonna get funded for that. 12:28:32 We have to do some of the work regardless. And that means essentially just figuring out where we're going to allocate population and buy income distribution groups, which is a new requirement for ourselves. 12:28:40 Probably enough for me right now. Just getting all that out. I don't know if Brent, you had Brent's working on special projects too if you had anything to add to that. 12:28:48 But that we'll give Brent a chance. I just wanna say if anyone needs to leave at 1230, we'll probably go a couple of minutes past but if anyone needs to peel off we'll understand. 12:28:56 But go ahead Brett, anything that add to Josh's comprehensive update? 12:29:04 Yeah, you're muted still. 12:29:09 I think everyone is aware I'm just working on 6 key projects and other side of projects as a side. 12:29:15 The short term rentals, I'm just kicking off with Kate Dean next week. 12:29:20 The stock plans. I'm gonna have lunch and learns. I wanted to have 1 one of the areas that is a in need is Many of you have staff. 12:29:32 They don't own homes. And so this is really targeting those staff. So I figured it would be important to have a lunch and learn. 12:29:42 We have 34 plans available right now. We're trying to understand what would meet our collective need. 12:29:48 And so I'm gonna have a lunch and learn one at Castle Hill. And then one at the courthouse the last week of October and the first week of November. 12:29:59 And I wanted to make sure that all staff are invited to attend. And I'll go through a lot of the plans. 12:30:08 We have a spreadsheet that talks about the plans. So that persons if they have questions specifically about the plants, they can ask them with the goal of those interested in the plans to submit a sort of a brief sheet that we we've prepared. 12:30:25 So that's for the stock plans and that's really pre approved housing plans that you can pick up off the shelf. 12:30:32 With our goal really things that you can build yourself. We're moving ahead with the FEMA audit prep. 12:30:39 Lots of issues there. We're trying to resolve that and that essentially is that you're looking at the the flood plane and how are we implementing the federal emergency management requirements, as we all probably are aware, flood damage is the number one cause, the number one hit that FEMA takes. 12:30:58 Just and finally the UGA zoning, working with a bunch of partners. We're trying to get in about 6 million dollars worth of grant applications. 12:31:08 They're all due at the end of this month. That's going to support our partners at, the public works and hopefully we'll be able to add some additional capacity through that. 12:31:20 And then, and then, and, and finally, I just wanted to point out that most of the products I'm working on are in Blanc, meaning that all of the commissioners are involved. 12:31:34 The C pacer, which is really in, implementing environmental protection and and it helps commercial properties is now going to be rolled out. 12:31:45 It's been adopted by the board and we're reaching out through the chamber of commerce to make sure that business building owners are aware of it. 12:31:54 One of the biggest challenges is that most people don't know about the opportunities to reduce their debt burden. 12:32:00 And so that's been adopted and now it's the final phase in that C pacer program and it implements the climate action committees or long-term goal of reducing what's really critical of greenhouse gas contributions or making buildings seismically, seismically. 12:32:22 You know, addressing the size or flip, resiliency of buildings. 12:32:27 And so that's it. I just wanted to point those projects. They're all moving forward. 12:32:30 The last one is the coordinating water system plan where it's having a kickoff meeting next week to identify how to move ahead with a plan that was really unfortunately has quite a bit of work to actually make it meet our coordinated. 12:32:48 Fire flow needs throughout the county. 12:32:51 Thanks, Craig. Looks like Jeff has a question. Maybe I'm gonna see past or is that? 12:32:55 Okay. 12:32:55 No, like my question. Sorry, that this goes back to Josh is. we're, is Enter Gov gonna, are we any close to getting Intergov up and running and integrated with our other functions? 12:33:08 I mean, it's like we're running on 5 cylinders instead of 6 here. 12:33:12 So I'm wondering is that is that moving along that we'll get interrogov online to where we can see it through the GIS system. 12:33:27 Yeah. 12:33:23 Yeah, that's a great question, Jeff. I'm not in charge of that project and I'm not an expert in those kinds of things. 12:33:30 That said though, you know Scott Carpenter's back from his break. We talked about it yesterday. 12:33:35 He's working on is doing everything you can. To push that along. I think today, in fact, there was going to be, an upgrade from the 2,021 version of the 2,022 version and then there's just a variety of things that need to happen. 12:33:48 I know that Mark, McCauley is engaged in that conversation and we have Sherry, project manager, consultant engaged as well. 12:33:56 So lots of stuff happening there. Actually, Big Brother did might know more about this than I do at this point, but I know a little bit to do to be dangerous, but I'm not the data base administrator. I can't answer that question. 12:34:04 Thank you. 12:34:06 We'll try to get an update for the next meeting. I think it is one of those programs that does, you know, like, we just far across and we'll go to the Apple and public health and I don't know if you have any more insight on interg, but you can include that in your update if you do. 12:34:19 The answer to your question, Jeff, is no. I mean, if you can allow me one word on the answer, but it is complicated. 12:34:28 Have as part of my update for public health that we too are working with Sherry as Josh just said and I think, you know, we're really glad to have her as a project manager, a consultant to help with where we're at within and they're so, so, much still to do. 12:34:46 It's, You feel like a nightmare, but I know those of you who did the Munis transition. 12:34:50 Certainly understand this is feeling extraordinarily, which means it just goes on and on and there's no end of things that we need to be fine-tuned. 12:35:00 I guess anybody who's done a software conversion. You know, control that. But it's it's it's highly painful and I think everybody here has probably heard I know Josh and Grant feel it so to their teams. 12:35:14 Our environment has really felt very long time. They're quite worn out and burn out on the whole concept. 12:35:23 Sherry does bring a different angle to how the kind of hurt us and get us in line and get things, moving along in tandem with, Scott's, sort of database expertise, but again, we're fixing a lot of. 12:35:39 Lot of stock gaps that it just occurred along the way. It's really hard to get ahead and feel like there's really some innovation that's moving us, substantially forward on it. 12:35:50 Again, Thank you, everyone who's either put thought into that or. Let's help share the the financial burden of that. 12:35:58 But. We are hoping, can we move forward? It seems like she might need some more support. I realize that, she was, reporting to Chris in the past and is reporting to Mark currently and I know Mark's plate is bigger now. 12:36:15 Sort of holding central services as well. So We were nervous. I'll be perfectly honest in terms of. 12:36:23 Sherry's ability to move ahead with the thing she's an expert at with sort of some of the something to skip you for us resource wise. 12:36:36 I guess in public health otherwise and I'll just I don't know that any of it is first shattering to the rest of you that we are moving along with, continuing to utilize, our foundation public health money, which came on the scene. 12:36:51 More substantially last year and this here has been a a better year to really settle into how to utilize that money in a strategic way rather than the cost that came on last year and a really, figure out immediately. 12:37:06 How those funds more comprehensively across the services that we provided public health. I won't go into it. 12:37:13 It's a complicated funding algorithm. It has a lot of stipulations and definitions that I won't bore you with, but, in any case, it's meant to bolster the foundation of the governmental public health system across Los Angeles state and we're unique state. 12:37:27 We know that other states have not. Piloted this yet. So it's, it's moving and we had another strategic plan meeting this morning. 12:37:35 I'm on staff about how to analyze that funding as smart and more quickly, efficiently as we can now that we're grounded in by a year. 12:37:44 We're doing interesting things. We are considering building a new school based health center at the, in middle school, which, Let's get to the place to put school based health, which is a real model program for public health impact. 12:38:01 One data point is that we have the lowest, one of the lowest teen pregnancy rates in the state and that, has a lot to do with bringing services which are full support of total mental and physical health to the schools where children or kids are. 12:38:19 And building those trusted relationships with adults and clinicians who can help them advocate for what they needed to stay healthy and safe. 12:38:27 That's technical. We're doing a lot of emergency preparedness. We're post pandemic, but I'm skipping that out of it differently. 12:38:35 These days and working with Billy and his team at DM around climate change impacts and we're disaster dinner emergencies affect people on the ground. 12:38:44 And what skills they have or access to resources they have to respond to those emergencies brought on by climate change. 12:38:54 We're growing that element within our department. We're even working at sort of a behavioral health impacts. 12:38:58 Level with regard to climate change, which is a burgeoning film field. You know, we've had a lot of staff changes but we knew we onboarded an internal help tech and remove people are moving in and through the department and so that we've gaps that we have to fill and for the, we have a new chemical diseases starting on Monday and completes that team. 12:39:25 Just really critical. Because like, very big palette of things to respond to and they're all emergencies whether it's salmonella or it's that with potential radius or it's you know COVID so there's there's a lot to do on that team. 12:39:43 We're also doing some success in planning because in 5 years We're going to lose another swath of folks. 12:39:49 So we've just lived through that over the last 2 years and it was pretty painful. So we're trying to get ahead of it by 5 years. 12:39:55 So we're working on that very intentionally right now and that will go into a lot of our strategic planning as well. 12:40:02 Let me start that in 12:40:07 Great, thank you, Apple. Lots of important stuff and yeah, the school based mental health or health clinics are so critical for. 12:40:14 Alright, it's more we invest in our kids, the better our society is. So thank you for that work. 12:40:20 And finally, Sheriff Noble. 12:40:21 Thank you. I won't take up a lot of the time, but I wanted to say I thought that we had the succession planning all figured out. 12:40:27 That Jeff Chapman was would take over anything if there needs to be some kind of succession. 12:40:32 So keep that in mind. Anyway, I, there's things going on at the sheriff's office. 12:40:35 I've got a I've got a laundry list when I take over of 12:40:38 Well, we don't want that. But I guess I want to say that they're on the 20 eighth of October. 12:40:46 It's a Saturday from 10 to 2 is the drug take back events that's put on by the by the Department of Health and we have to have a deputy there or a police officer to take custody of the drugs if you want to say. 12:41:01 But that'll be at the port Padlock QFC, the port towns in QFC and down at the Brennan fire department. 12:41:10 So any over the counter or prescription mads, I would say that normally the only thing we don't take is syringes. 12:41:16 So. Spread the word. And that's all. I'll catch up. 12:41:22 I'll make up for it next time. Next meeting. 12:41:23 Expired vitamins bring them not want those in the waste stream Yeah. 12:41:26 Yeah. Yeah. 12:41:30 Great point. Okay. Thanks, Sheriff. And you know, I don't have anything too significant to report just that, you know, to Stacey's point earlier, it's hard to do the work of the county when you're heartbroken and a lot of us are right now and it's. 12:41:44 We can, we can always do better at communication and, you know. 12:41:50 Take care of the ones that are still around us too. So we're all still here and. Thank you all. 12:41:58 I'll adjourn this special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners and discounted coordination. 12:42:00 We'll see you guys next month. Some of you except Heidi. Sorry, you can't join us next time. 12:42:04 Heidi. Alright, take care of all. 12:42:06 See everyone. 12:42:08 Bye.