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\"There is a subscription fee but we're not sure how much that's going to be because it's not running yet,\" Sweet said, noting the county is currently sending two basic text notices (welcome and \"it's your turn\") and is not yet using surveys or other messaging.

Sweet said she expects any recurring subscription costs to appear in next year’s budget once usage is measurable and recommended that the item be revisited after the system has been live and the county can quantify text‑message volume and fees.

Ending

Commissioners did not act on the matter at the workshop; they welcomed the office’s move to a kiosk system and asked staff to return with specific cost estimates once the vendor can report actual usage and pricing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Rockwall County Texas - Commissioners Court Workshop Meeting - Jun 13, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Tax Assessor Kim Sweet told the commissioners on June 13 that the office’s new Nemo kiosk/queue system includes a subscription fee that is not yet known because the kiosk is not yet fully operational; she said any recurring costs would likely be a FY 2027 issue and not a current emergency.","taxTitle","Rockwall County, Texas","taxId",54914,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6528982,"Rockwall HR proposes scanning personnel and county records; court debates multi‑year cost, space savings and annual cloud fees",1190,3966969,5157000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3869037-8ee773a3605ae2016376ed7999ff5832&start=3966&end=5157","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3869037-8ee773a3605ae2016376ed7999ff5832/thumbnail_3966969.jpg","/articles/6528982/Rockwall-County/Texas/Rockwall-HR-proposes-scanning-personnel-and-county-records-court-debates-multiyear-cost-space-savings-and-annual-cloud-fees","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6528982-df6719383527227d8b503cd0847c61d1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437234&Signature=fx6pTaRdAj49wdmPio6cZ4oFNArY9pnMyvHRFXkMF19LGf~CXmP7CwL9ck9UZ~ek17Yxlz1JOMrT49MCy2brGlUyMgFoUcQedUxmDGOsT58c0KtCC81gk-LgXdna76V~EfAzj1Z0wLAaqU~ZL9WBUdOXi~WGjQGvGhgd1frrMPb2XfNUpGARDkSYy0eHgR-kRCgXVv2SmMfsDYreyG9D6xaFduTD5UKAObomba1hYPJcG8n6I26balMM4SjhWwIjHhl9P3oSa0HAfmGRHHWB4ucwC-ZaB57vS~hggII0N2rdObHH9DXBV7ug-Rq4dhVcKqADSJWn-PZ6~H-3Lrnx6A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Cammie, Rockwall County’s human resources director, presented an overview of HR responsibilities and a multi‑year plan to digitize county records at the commissioners’ June 13 budget workshop.

Cammie described HR duties, turnover and a proposal to move personnel files from paper to searchable electronic records. \"The HR department responsibilities and workload have evolved over the years... In short, we manage the benefits, wellness and safety programs, online job applicant portal, background investigations... onboarding and off boarding for all departments,\" she said.

Turnover and staffing

Cammie said the county has averaged about a 13% turnover over the last three years and that the current year is trending lower (about 7%). She credited the county’s benefits committee for helping with recruitment and retention.

Digitization proposal and cost estimates

Cammie presented a vendor quote and a countywide spreadsheet prepared with Commissioner Gallano showing phased costs to digitize multiple departments. The HR‑only quote from a vendor (CoFile) was about $33,758 to convert ex‑employee personnel files and roughly $11,000 to digitize existing active personnel files, for about $45,000 total to bring HR fully electronic. The presentation included far larger estimated costs to digitize sheriff and jail records that predate the county’s digital systems (the transcript cites a large, six‑figure figure to process historical jail records).

Court questions and follow‑up

Commissioners asked whether converting to digital records would require retaining the paper originals and whether rules allow digital records to serve as the official record. Cammie and county staff said that once files are digitized the electronic copy becomes the record and paper copies may be destroyed under the county’s retention procedures; she noted that IT would be responsible for secure storage and that a cloud storage service would carry an annual fee (the meeting cited roughly $15,000 a year for storage capacity in the vendor outline).

Several commissioners pushed back on near‑term cost and asked for a fuller cost‑benefit analysis. County leaders acknowledged the benefits of space savings and reduced paper/toner costs over time but said any multi‑department rollout could be phased and would not have to be funded all at once.

Ending

No appropriation was made at the workshop. Commissioners asked staff to refine costs, identify phased priorities (for example, starting with HR and the Whitmore building files), and return with a clearer multi‑year plan that includes ongoing cloud/storage fees, expected space savings and annual operating changes.","Rockwall County HR director proposed digitizing personnel files and other county records using CoFile/SoftDocs. The court discussed long‑term space and toner savings but questioned near‑term payback; quotes included a CoFile estimate for HR files (~$33,758) and an annual cloud storage line of about $15,000.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6528986,"Rockwall elections official warns bill changing early‑voting days will raise weekend pay; asks for tablets, poll‑book contingency and promotions",960,2609305,3570000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3869037-8ee773a3605ae2016376ed7999ff5832&start=2609&end=3570","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3869037-8ee773a3605ae2016376ed7999ff5832/thumbnail_2609305.jpg","/articles/6528986/Rockwall-County/Texas/Rockwall-elections-official-warns-bill-changing-earlyvoting-days-will-raise-weekend-pay-asks-for-tablets-pollbook-contingency-and-promotions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6528986-117b83e7d24106773d73c49f8b60128c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437234&Signature=oKbae-jJsntvPbeWMD1QEjI997YKsCvMWlP3XZlSpzXo6Urwb5qHoHa4-4gtmERLtj41Q3Q7UQ5trSpqQ8BMP-uw1gaf11-IHu-gryBzM4RQ~yeWFvlVIM9JbHF5JsqmaKBaxszpK8upVWovnS1j2ZkSmCfmYPaqcjMDxZv2ExmoWCpwyKYNyEUl-vmKxSuntIyQKmSa2~rhThIESk4ZbP8iKTZ7rrY2AWHlwnsYRXfWvsC2~EAuBzskPsnrrgimMhP-7bXX8AqNJC~3hKpeKEfr09GZm-twXK072Dr0D81ykd8IUrdtO4~aQ7w0Dk8e0iN2fg~PEBvbPEevZHNf2w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chris Lynch, Rockwall County elections administrator, walked the commissioners through his proposed FY 2026 budget requests and highlighted a pending state change that he said will alter weekend staffing and pay.

Lynch told the court that a recently filed state bill (referred to in the meeting as SB 2753) would move the start of early voting from Monday to Thursday and compress the schedule so early‑voting hours occur over a weekend that previously was not fully worked. \"This bill eliminates that. So we'll start instead of starting on a Monday, we'll start on a Thursday, and then we will run all the way through that Tuesday of election day,\" Lynch said, adding that the change \"is going to have an impact\" because election workers will be paid for Saturday and Sunday hours that previously were not in the county’s budget.

Lynch said the elections budget already plans for four elections in FY 2026 and that reimbursements from contracted political subdivisions should offset much of the increased outlay. He told commissioners he expects roughly $65,000 to be reimbursed to the county from recent May elections and that those contract payments reduce the net county cost for poll workers and supplies.

Grants and equipment request

Lynch asked the court to approve applying for a state grant to buy additional polling tablets (poll books). He said the county could apply for up to about $42,000 in grant funds with a 20% local match; if the grant is not approved he requested the court budget for 10 additional tablets to support the primary election.

Personnel and promotions

Lynch asked the court to approve three internal promotions and new job descriptions to create a clearer elections staffing structure (assistant coordinator to supervisor, senior clerk to assistant coordinator, clerk to senior clerk). He said the three promotions would increase salaries by roughly $13,500 in total; Lynch said separate, countywide pay increases (COLA/merit) would be a separate decision for the court.

Other notes

Lynch said the county will monitor other bills and await legal guidance from the Texas Secretary of State, noting that some implementation dates in bill language were ambiguous. He also said the county will apply for a grant resolution at an upcoming court meeting and that his office is prepared to manage some of the cost with contract funds and Chapter 19 state monies.

Ending

Commissioners asked questions about staffing, poll‑book purchases, time lines for grant application and whether personnel increases would also receive a separate across‑the‑board cost‑of‑living increase. Lynch said the personnel requests are promotions and left COLA decisions to the court. He said the grant application deadline for polling tablets is not later than June 30 and that the office will bring a resolution for the commissioners to approve if the court wants to proceed. No vote was taken at the workshop.","Elections Administrator Chris Lynch told commissioners the state bill shifting early‑voting start days will raise weekend pay obligations, but he said reimbursements and contract revenue should help. He also sought grant funding for additional vote‑center tablets, and proposed three staff promotions that together add about $13,500 in salary.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6528991,"Rockwall County constables say spike in evictions has doubled workload; ask court for clerks, shared deputies and technology funding",3569,54970,3624500,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3869037-8ee773a3605ae2016376ed7999ff5832&start=54&end=3624","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3869037-8ee773a3605ae2016376ed7999ff5832/thumbnail_54970.jpg","/articles/6528991/Rockwall-County/Texas/Rockwall-County-constables-say-spike-in-evictions-has-doubled-workload-ask-court-for-clerks-shared-deputies-and-technology-funding","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6528991-dbc9db8b3eaddaa09eeb1f6118314911/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437234&Signature=BJ0vAGq9k8sz2~6Vba~GqE2~GYW104Fgu-KybI~dJDZyrIVDIpNDNrl9pxSgIN99VSKO88hpQUjxTQL8Iggvbp3y8q9Me8cW9KI31WRMr813TYLsxRxkXOzYHV0DF4M0RmszoTZj1poIdgKJMJJ5EXXKw0IGHNCSTChB0go8zlK0K4DyltSy9Z-rGBgK32Sl2xj7ZTmVDgqeDnzOhMMYsXcBEJf6R6KVNSW~J1RUVDYZwxws7hb9eNmRrxey0o8~u4wAg0Q88gxYNLEYM-tIK1y9UttIw10e6OY-1vWwgJ~OBlUqOFc4G0zU-78X8gRYVDjnuQ1vDlnY3UmWJ7uJ~Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Constable Trey Chaney told the Rockwall County Commissioners Court on June 13 that his precinct’s civil workload has climbed sharply since precinct lines were redrawn and is straining his office.

\"If you look on 1 of the documents towards the back, you can see in '21 I did 54 evictions. Last year I did 175. This morning I'm sitting on 86, so that probably puts me at about 100 by the July 1 and then that makes it 200 by the end of the year,\" Chaney said, adding that the increase multiplies court work, \"you increase writ of possessions, which take 2 to 4 hours at a time, and you increase trips.\"

The constables sought three kinds of budget relief: (1) staff to handle paperwork and payments, (2) an option for a shared deputy to cover field and court duties, and (3) modest technology subscriptions to reduce time spent with dispatch and manual checks.

Why it matters

An increase in evictions translates to longer court dockets, more service trips, more time on writs of possession and more safety exposure for constables and deputies. The constables said that paperwork and repeat visits are the main drivers of their workload and that some new state rules will further compress processing time.

What constables told the court

Chaney described thousands of door knocks and routine multi‑hour writs: \"You'll notice on the very first page, 825 doors knocked last year. The majority of those are telling people you gotta move.\" He said many evictions are concentrated in apartment complexes and rental houses acquired by investment firms and out‑of‑county owners represented by out‑of‑area attorneys.

Chaney asked the court to fund either a centrally assigned full‑time clerk or a half‑time clerk shared across precincts to receive and process paperwork, take payments, prepare writs and relieve constables of repetitive administrative tasks. \"That person would stamp them, that person would open the envelope, they would take the check, they would do the receipt, they would be responsible for taking it to the treasurer, and they would be responsible for the report at the end of the month,\" Chaney said.

He also described operational options for a shared deputy: several commissioners raised the idea of hiring one deputy and allocating its time across precincts, with each constable contributing part of a full‑time equivalent.

Technology requests and costs

Precinct 1 and Precinct 2 constables asked the court to consider low‑cost technology to speed field checks and improve officer safety. Constable John Benedetto (Precinct 1) and Chaney described two items:

- A license‑plate and person‑lookup subscription (COP SYNC or similar). Benedetto requested an initial subscription cost of about $2,400 the first year and $1,200 thereafter for his precinct; Chaney and others said similar subscriptions could be requested for other precincts. Benedetto said the tool helps identify who is on site without routing each check through dispatch.

- Civil‑serve and record integration with Odyssey/Tyler systems (\"civil serve\") so out‑of‑county papers and eviction communications are tracked in a single place. Chaney said the lack of a single queue forces multiple trips and manual logging and argued a clerk plus modest technology would let the county produce usable statistics rather than rely on folders.

Legal and schedule changes

Chaney told the court a new state law that will take effect Sept. 1 shortens the period for filing from 14 days to 5 days, which he said could increase pressure on constable offices to process paperwork faster. The transcript referenced the law generically; the court did not cite a specific bill number during the discussion.

Pay and staffing concerns

Constables pressed the court about pay disparities with civil deputies and other county employees, arguing that the constable offices perform many of the same duties (court processes, writs, building security assignments and field service) but with smaller budgets and fewer clerical resources. Chaney said he makes about $86,000 and contrasted that with civil deputy pay figures raised in the meeting.

Discussion, next steps and cost clarifications

Commissioners asked about options for a shared deputy and shared clerk and about precise costs and office space for a clerk. Chaney suggested the small payment office near the courthouse could be used for a public‑facing clerk. Commissioners asked the auditor and HR to provide legal and budget guidance about pooling positions and cost‑sharing across precincts.

Ending

Commissioners said they would study the constables’ written materials and discuss options including a shared clerk and shared deputy pay models, and consider whether limited technology purchases (license‑plate lookup subscriptions, civil‑serve integrations) could be funded or partially reimbursed by other revenue. No formal vote or appropriation was taken at the workshop.

","Constables described sharp increases in evictions and related work at the Rockwall County budget workshop June 13, 2025, and asked the commissioners court for a part-time clerk (shared among precincts), options for a shared deputy, equipment and funding for a license-plate lookup subscription and civil-serve technology.","actionData","errors"]

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