In the second-to-last meeting of the calendar year, the Ector County Commissioners’ Court will decide if the new Juvenile Justice Center will go back out for bid.
Ector County Judge Debi Hays said on Monday morning the potential bids would be plans for a 32-bed facility.
Hays said if approved during Tuesday’s meeting the purchasing department can start putting bid packages together.
“We’ve decreased the number of beds that we would build for the facility for now to help cut and curtail the cost,” Hays said.
This agenda item and others will be heard at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Ector County Administration Building Annex, located in Room 120 at 1010 E. Eighth St. in Odessa.
During a Nov. 8 meeting, a representative from HOK Architects spoke to the Court about a trimmed down facility that would cost about $26 million, which is still about $1 million over budget.
The trimmed facility came after the original plans for the new 64-bed Juvenile Justice Center went through the bid process with zero offers. HOK Architects gave recommendations to trim down the facility that take it from 64 beds to 32.
Though the facility would be trimmed, Hays said the architects drew up plans that would make it feasible to add on to the Juvenile Justice Center in the future.
“The way that the architects drew it up it’s very easy to build another living quarter pod onto this facility,” Hays said. “It’s easy to expand this facility to accommodate additional beds if needed in the future.”
The court will also:
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action to approve the reappointment of Bill Ritter, Winston Kenworthy, Mark Merritt, Travis Fisher, and David Donham as members of the Ector County Airport Advisory Board to serve a two-year term ending December 31, 2024.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action to appoint Commissioner Greg Simmons to the Tax Incentive Committee and authorize the County Judge and County Commissioners to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action regarding the purchase of two Chevrolet Tahoes.
>> Consider, review, discuss, and take any necessary action on the updated Missing Assets and the Disposal Lists from the 2022 Fixed Asset Inventory.
>> Consider, discuss, award, reject, and take any necessary action regarding the following bid: Fire Extinguisher Services (Bid #22-11-23-01), and authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, approve, reject, modify, and take any necessary action regarding the contract renewal for Paper Towels and Bathroom Tissue II (Proposal #20-11-13-01); and authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action regarding the Subrecipient Agreement with South Ector County Volunteer Fire Department and authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action regarding the Subrecipient Agreement with West Odessa Volunteer Fire Department, Gardendale Volunteer Fire Department, Goldsmith Volunteer Fire Department and Ector County Water Utility District, contingent on these organizations receiving their SAM.gov number and authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action to approve a subscription agreement with the event management software company Planning Pod and authorize the County Judge to and Coliseum Director to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action regarding upgrade to OMNIGO software and authorize the County Judge to sign.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action regarding the renewal of a Master Agency Agreement between Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. (“AMS”) and Ector County and authorize the County Judge to sign.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action to approve the 2023 Ector County Resolution Indigent Defense Grant Program and authorize the County Judge to sign.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action regarding Change Orders #6 & #7 for Moss Mill & Overlay and authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action regarding Change Orders #4 and #5 for the West Apple Street Road Project and authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action on Poppy Addition 1.025 Acres Section 7, Block 41, T-1-S and authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and take any necessary action on Plumanearly Subdivision, 4th Filing a Replat of Lot 1 & S. 381.62 feet of Lots 2, Block 21 Subdivision, 3rd Filing in Section 6, Block 43, T-2-S and authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and approve the final line item transfers for fiscal year 2022 and to authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and approve the final year-end budget amendments for fiscal year 2022 and authorize the County Judge to sign all documents associated with this agenda item.
>> Consider, discuss, and approve various budget amendments for the carry forward of outstanding encumbrances from FY 2022 to FY 2023.
>> Consider and approve the Accounts Payable Fund Requirements Report for Dec. 6, 2022 to review County financial statements and reports.
