Declare Quorum Present

Members Present:            Clay Lewis Jenkins

                                         Mike Cantrell

                                         John Wiley Price 

                                         Dr. Elba Garcia

                                         Maurine Dickey

Invocation: 

Brownie Troop #1798

Dr. Alisa C. Norris, Troop Leader

DeSoto, TX

RESOLUTION:

A. CERT Training for Hearing Impaired Citizens
(Presented by Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins)

PRESENTATION:

A. J.L. Turner Legal Association Foundation
(Presented by Commissioner John Wiley Price)

Bid No. 2011-094-5691 Request for Proposal to Provide Non-Residential Sex Offender Treatment Services for Dallas County Community Supervision and Corrections Department.

Bid No. 2011-098-5709 Contract for the Purchase and Installation of High Efficiency Gas/Electric Roof Top Package Units and Split Systems Units for the Dallas Life Foundation.

Consent Agenda: Approval of Investment of Dallas County Funds

Consent Agenda: Transfer of Funds

Consent Agenda: Approval of Placement or Substitution of Collateral for County Funds

Consent Agenda: Personnel Actions

Accepting payment of $2,391.95 from State National Insurance Company for their insured, Design Transportation Services, Inc., as settlement of property damage sustained by Dallas County on or about June 23, 2011, and authorizing the County Judge to execute any and all documents approved by the District Attorney's Civil Division to effectuate this settlement.

Accepting payment of $4,179.15 from Farmers Insurance Company for their insured, Paula Williams, as settlement of property damage suined by Dallas County on or about June 8, 2011, and authorizing the County Judge to execute any and all documents approved by the District Attorney's Civil Division to effectuate this settlement.

Authorizing Fredis Benitez-Villatole to be paid a total of $850.00 as full and final settlement by the County of Dallas, Texas for property damage as a result of an accident on or about April 3, 2011, and authorizing the County Treasurer to release said check to an employee of the Civil Division of the Dallas County Criminal District Attorney's Office.

Authorizing Allstate Insurance Company to be paid a total of $3,531.16 and Progressive Insurance Company to be paid a total of $6,768.30 as full and final settlement by the County of Dallas, Texas for subrogation demands for property damage as a result of an accident on or about April 18, 2011, and authorizing the County Treasurer to release said checks to an employee of the Civil Division of the Dallas County Criminal District Attorney's Office.

Directing the Dallas County Treasurer to issue a check in the amount of $100.00, payable to Dispute Mediation Service, Inc., in Cause No. DC-10-07672-G, styled Hillvale Medical Group Association Educational Division vs. Dallas County, Texas.

Directing the Dallas County Treasurer to issue a check in the amount of $100.00, payable to Dispute Mediation Service, Inc., in Cause No. cc-10-02825-E, styled Joseph Pulliam vs. Dallas County, Texas.

Approving adoption of the outlined Interlocal Agreement (ILA) for participation in the Urban Counties TechShare Program for the Planning Project for the Criminal Courts Module of the TechShare Justice Shared Resource; the outlined Interlocal Agreement (ILA) for participation in the Urban Counties TechShare Program for the Planning Project for the Prosecutor Module of the TechShare Justice Shared Resource; Dallas County agreeing to be a participant in the projects, as outlined in the Interlocal Agreements, at a cost not to exceed $442,768; and appointing Commissioner Mike Cantrell as a member of the Oversight Board, as outlined, in the Interlocal Agreements.

Appointing/Re-appointing Melinda Rios to the Dallas County Historical Foundation for an unexpired term, effective August 16, 2011 through January 31, 2013.

Authorizing the County Judge to execute a new lease agreement for 10,854 square feet of office space for the City of Dallas’ Department of Housing/Community Services Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program for a ten (10) year period beginning September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2021.

Proposing the FY 2012 tax rate for Dallas County be established at 24.31 cents per $100 assessed valuation, and directing the Office of Budget and Evaluation to post the required notification of the public hearings.

Proposing the FY 2012 tax rate for Dallas County Hospital District be established at 27.1 cents per $100 assessed valuation, and directing the Office of Budget and Evaluation to post the required notification of the public hearings.

Approving the purchase and implementation of Rapid 7 network scanning tools and conducting a Payment Card Industry (PCI) gap analysis study with Fishnet Security.

Approving and authorizing the Office of Information Technology to use $6,420.60 in funds from the Major Technology Fund for the purchase of ten (10) Microsoft Windows Server Licenses for OnBase Non-Production Environments.

Approving the Personal Services Contract with ARC, Austin Ribbon + Computer for the services of Stuart Armstrong as Sr. Server Administrator, and authorizing the Dallas County Judge to sign the contract on behalf of Dallas County.

Authorizing the Dallas County Office of Information Technology to approve the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funding for Craig Morrissey’s Personal Services Agreement for RMS/DCIM Roll-out Support, and authorizing the County Judge to sign Amendment No. 3 on behalf of Dallas County.

Authorizing the County Auditor and County Treasurer to process the necessary payments and transactions to clear the unresolved loss totaling $76,632.30 from the District Clerk Errors and Omissions Fund (532.0000.21437).

Approving the Social Security Administration’s Cooperative Disability Investigations (CDI) Program contract amendment to add an administrative support services clerk, and authorizing the County Judge to sign all related documents.

Approving the reimbursement of funds from the United States Marshal Service, and authorizing the County Judge to sign all related documents.

Approving acceptance of a donation from Fleur Wiorkowski of $50.00, for deposit into the Heat Relief fund for the purchase and installation of air conditioning units to qualified households, and authorizing the discretionary exemption from competitive purchasing requirements as allowed by Local Government Code, Chapter 262.024(a)(2).

Approving acceptance of a donation from Dolena Westergard of $100.00, for deposit into the Heat Relief fund for the purchase and installation of air conditioning units to qualified households, and authorizing the discretionary exemption from competitive purchasing requirements as allowed by Local Government Code, Chapter 262.024(a)(2).

Approving acceptance of a donation from the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (DCDLA) in the amount of $4,740.00, for deposit into the Heat Relief fund for the purchase and installation of air conditioning units to eligible households, and authorizing the discretionary exemption from competitive purchasing requirements as allowed by Local Government Code, Chapter 262.024(a)(2).

Approving a donation from Beverly Peyton of five (5) air conditioning units for households qualified under the Heat Relief program.

Approving the Lease Agreement with Towne Square Market, LP, and authorizing the County Judge to sign the Agreement and all related documents on behalf of Dallas County.

Approving the award of FY 2011 Ryan White Part B Formula funds in the amount of $7,681, to service providers outlined in Attachment “A”, and authorizing the County Judge to sign the contract amendments with the service providers on behalf of Dallas County.

Approving the award of FY 2011 Ryan White Part A Formula funds in the amount of $2,746,048, to service providers outlined in Attachment “A”, and authorizing the County Judge to sign the contract amendments with the service providers on behalf of Dallas County.

Approving the request of the Dallas County Juvenile Department to enter a contract with Functional Family Therapy (FFT) LLC, for Phase III consultation and supervisory training to maintain the Juvenile Department’s designation as a licensed Functional Family Therapy site and to ensure integrity to the model for replication of the outcomes-based measures associated with FFT for FY 2012.

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Approving the request of the Dallas County Juvenile Department to renew the inter-local agreement with Victoria County to provide gender specific services for females in the Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center, Female Post-Adjudication Program in Victoria, Texas for FY 2012.

Approving and authorizing:  the Juvenile Department’s participation in the sixth year implementation of the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) grant and acceptance of related funds; a stipend for Joe Sims and Vernetta Kinnard, and compensation for the full-time staff to assist the Juvenile Department’s Statistics and Research Manager; reimbursement of approved travel related to Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) for stakeholders and approved committee members, operation related expenses to include the cost of food for AECF events and meetings, and training cost associated with JDAI; the contract for professional services with Dr. Michael Lindsey DBA Nestor Consultants payable at the outlined rate; appointing Virginia Porter, County Auditor, as the “Authorized Financial Personnel”, and authorizing the County Auditor to sign AECF grant related financial documents.

Approved Unanimously

Authorizing the County Judge to execute the Project Addendum for Operation of the Juvenile Case Management System (JCMS) on behalf of Dallas County, and authorizing payment in the amount of $214,064 to Texas Conference of Urban Counties for Dallas County’s portion of the cost of operations for the JCMS through September 30, 2011.

Authorizing the final twelve (12) month extension of (RFP No. 2009-071-4358 – Request for Proposal Residential Mechanical Services) as awarded to Alaniz Complete Service, LLC. and Integrity Texas Construction for the period of September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012, and authorizing all County documents/payments to reflect accordingly.

Authorizing the final twelve (12) month extension of (Bid No. 2009-080-4419 – Annual Contract for Forensic DNA Testing and Analysis Services) as awarded to Orchid Cellmark, Inc., for the period of September 15, 2011 through September 14, 2012, and authorizing all County documents/payments to reflect accordingly.

Authorizing the final twelve (12) month extension of (Bid No. 2009-094-4445 – Annual Contract for Liquid Waste and Grease/Sand Traps Treatment, Collection and Disposal Services) as awarded to South Waste Disposal LLC, for the period of September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012, and authorizing all County documents/payments to reflect accordingly.

Authorizing the final twelve (12) month extension of (Bid No. 2009-095-4446 – Annual Contract for Commercial Window Cleaning and Washing Services for Single and Multi-Story Buildings) (Interior and Exterior), as awarded to D&A Building Services, Inc., for the period of September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012, and authorizing all County documents/payments to reflect accordingly.

Authorizing the final twelve (12) month extension of (Bid No. 2009-096-4459 – Annual Contract for Hazardous Material Consultant Services) as awarded to EDI Environmental Technology Inc., for the period of September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012, and authorizing all County documents/payments to reflect accordingly.

Authorizing the final twelve (12) month extension of (Bid No. 2009-118-4633 – Annual Contract for the Purchase of SCBA Cylinder/MSA Equipment) as awarded to Casco Industries, Inc., for the period of September 29, 2011 through September 28, 2012, and authorizing all County documents/payments to reflect accordingly.

Authorizing the first twelve (12) month extension of (Bid No. 2010-045-5009 – Annual Contract for Janitorial Services for the Institute of Forensic Sciences/Medical Examiner Facility) as awarded to James Enterprise, for the period of September 20, 2011 through September 19, 2012, and authorizing all County documents/payments to reflect accordingly.

Authorizing the first twelve (12) month extension of (Bid No. 2010-086-5203 – Annual Contract for Maintenance of Microfilm Equipment and Consumables) as awarded to HOV Services, Inc., for the period of October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012, and authorizing all County documents/payments to reflect accordingly.

Authorizing the Purchasing Department to solicit Request for Proposal for Laboratory Analysis and Drug Testing Services of Urine and Blood Specimens in accordance with State and Local Government Codes.

Authorizing and directing the County Judge to execute the outlined Consultant Engineering Services Contract with Lina T. Ramey & Associates, Inc., for the preliminary engineering design of Merrifield Road MCIP Project 40210 in an amount not to exceed $292,425.60, to be paid from MCIP Fund 196, Project 8201.

Conducted (see August 16, 2011 Briefing Agenda and

Actions Report)