* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ARE WE READY? [00:00:04] THE SPECIAL MEETING [Call to Order] OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT CALLED ORDER. IT'S FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2020 AT 1:00 PM. AND WE ARE IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COURTROOM AND COFFIN. UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM ONE, [1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE] WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE THAT, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S GONNA ADD TO OUR CONVERSATION COMING UP, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? WE DO NOT HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA AT ALL. THAT BRINGS [3. Discuss/Consider canvassing election returns for the November 3, 2020 General Election.] US TO ITEM THREE, UH, DISCUSSED, CONSIDER CANVASSING ELECTION RETURNS FOR NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 GENERAL ELECTION. WE HAVE OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTORS SLASH ELECTIONS DIRECTOR OF OUR ELECTIONS. SO VERNA SAMPLES. GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO, UH, TALK ABOUT OUR ELECTION THAT WE JUST HAD, UH, ON THE IT'S ON THE COUNTY WIDE PAULINE PLACE COMPARISON ON, UM, THIS, THIS YEAR FOR 2020, NOVEMBER, THE THIRD 2020, WE HAD 82,539 REGISTERED VOTERS. AND, UH, IN 2016, WE HAD 67,665 REGISTERED VOTERS IN, IN NOVEMBER THE C ON NOVEMBER THE SIXTH AND 2012. NO, I'M SORRY. THE OTHER ONE WAS TWO 2016, WHEREAS THE 67, SIX 65. AND THEN I'LL NOVEMBER THE 12TH. I MEAN, NOVEMBER THE SIXTH OF 2012, IT WAS 59,807 REGISTERED VOTERS. THAT IS UP FROM 2012 TO 2020 WE'RE UP 72% ON OUR VOTERS. UH, VOTERS IN THE ELECTION WAS 56,957. WE HAD A 69.01% TURNOUT, UH, VOTER TURNOUT IN 2020. THEN ALSO HAVE THE BREAKDOWNS FROM THE OTHER TWO YEAR, THE OTHER YEARS. AND THESE ARE ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ONLINE. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. WE KNOW THAT. OKAY. UH, FOR THE DISTRICT 12 POURS 22ND COURT SHELTON GIBBS, HIS ELECTION EARLY VOTING WAS 42,897 ELECTION DAY WAS 7,755 FOR A TOTAL OF 50,652 VOTES FOR MR. GIBBS. AND THAT SHOWS A A HUNDRED PERCENT. NOW THESE WERE ALREADY VOTED. I MEAN, THESE ARE THE HAD ALREADY WON THE ELECTION BASICALLY. UH, BUT WE, UH, WENT AHEAD AND RAN THEM THROUGH. THE SHERIFF HAD EARLY VOTING OF 42,700 ELECTION DAY WAS 7,741 FOR A TOTAL OF 50,441. THE TAX ASSESSOR RECEIVED 43,248 VOTES ON ELECTION DAY. IT WAS 7,767 FOR A TOTAL OF 50 1015 VOTES COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARK HUNT RECEIVED IN EARLY VOTING $8,595. I MEAN, I'M SORRY. 8,595 VOTES TO SPEAK IN MONEY. THIS CAN'T STOP KIDDING. I'M SORRY. UH, ON ELECTION DAY HE GOT 15,041 VOTES FOR A TOTAL OF 10,136 VOTES COUNTY COMMISSIONER TERRY BARBER RECEIVED 7,272 VOTES EARLY VOTING 1526 ON ELECTION DAY FOR 8,798 VOTES. UH, RAY JACKSON, JP, UH, PRECINCT THREE RECEIVED 72 73 ON EARLY VOTING IN AN ELECTION DAY, 1534 FOR A TOTAL OF 87 OH SEVEN VOTES COMMISSIONER, NO CONSTABLE OF PRECINCT ONE, SHAWN MAYFIELD RECEIVED 8,628 VOTES ELECTION DAY. HE RECEIVED 1,551 VOTES FOR A TOTAL OF 10,001 79. CONSTABLE OF PRECINCT TWO, JASON JOHNSON [00:05:02] RECEIVED 15,759 VOTES ON EARLY VOTING 2099 ON ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 17,858. MATT WIDOW, CONSTABLE PRECINCT THREE RECEIVED 72 55 ON EARLY VOTING ON ELECTION DAY. HE RECEIVED 1528 FOR A TOTAL OF 8,793 VOTES. VANESSA BRUCH'S CONSTABLE A PRECINCT FOUR RECEIVED 11,156 VOTES ON EARLY VOTING 25 72 ON ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 13,728 VOTES ON, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? NOPE. OKAY. ON THE, UH, LOCAL ELECTIONS ON THE ASSISTANCE DISTRICT, NUMBER THREE, IT WOULD BE PROPOSITION NUMBER C. UH, OKAY. LET'S I THINK THIS W UH, WE NEED TO DO THE GENERAL ELECTION FIRST, IF YOU DON'T MIND, BEFORE WE GO ON. SO, UH, UH, COMMISSIONERS HAVE HEARD THE CANVASSING OF THE ELECTION, UH, RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION, OR IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE RETURNS, THOSE, UH, THAT CANVASSING JUDGE? CAN I JUST ASK, UH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION BEFORE WE PROCEED JUST IN THE, IN THE LIGHT OF ALL THE CONTROVERSY THAT'S GOING ON IN THE MEDIA, AROUND THE BRENDA, DID WE HAVE ANY, ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH VOTING, UH, REGARDING THESE, THIS PARTICULAR CANVAS THAT CAME TO YOUR ATTENTION AND QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALWAYS HAVE A FEW LITTLE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT, EITHER THEIR LINES TOO LONG OR WHATEVER. WE OFFERED SEVEN VOTING UP EARLY VOTING PLACES, WHICH TOOK A LOT OF THE WEIGHT OFF OF THE SUB COUNTY COURTHOUSE, WHICH HELPED A LOT. I BELIEVE THAT NO, SIR. OTHER THAN THAT, YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU, JUDGE. THAT BEING SAID, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THE ELECTION OFFICIALS CANVASSING. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT CANVAS HAS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND THAT MOTION FROM CHRISTOPHER CATES? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THEN MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, DISCUSS, [4. Discuss/Consider canvassing election returns for the November 3,2020 Special Election for Kaufman County Assistance District #3,] CONSIDER K MUSHING ELECTRUM RETURNS FOR THE NOVEMBER 3RD SPECIAL ELECTION FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY ASSISTANCE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE. OKAY. YES, SIR. UH, ON PROPOSITION NUMBER C, THERE WAS ONE EARLY VOTING COUNT. I MEAN ONE EARLY VOTING TO ON ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF THREE VOTES. AND THEY WERE ALL FOR THAT. UH, PROPOSITION NUMBER C QUESTIONS. NO, UH, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE, WOULD THERE BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT, UH, CANVASSING RESULT, UH, UM, MAKE THAT MOTION FOR YOU? WE HAD THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER. KATE'S DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES ITEM FIVE, DISCUSS [5. Discuss/Consider canvassing election returns for the November 3, 2020 Special Election for the Town of Poetry.] CONSIDER CANVASSING ELECTORAL RETURNS FOR NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE TOWN OF POETRY. UH, UH, BEFORE YOU FINISH THAT, BEFORE YOU DO THAT CHEMISTS REPORT, IF I COULD, UM, UH, GREG SHUMPERT WHO REPRESENTS THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF TERROR, HE JUST HAS SOME COMMENTS THAT HE'D LIKE TO DELIVER TO US. FIRST INFORMATION, I THINK A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT. THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. AS I SAID EARLIER, I STILL OF JUDGE AS MAYOR, BUT HE'S MAYOR OF THE COUNTY NOW, AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, BUT SERIOUSLY, UH, MY REASON FOR BEING HERE IS TWOFOLD. ONE IS I WANT TO DISPEL SOME RUMORS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE ABOUT WITH REGARD TO, UH, WHAT OUR POSITION IS WITH, WITH, WITH RESPECT TO THE TOWN OF FORTRESS CREATION. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT IT AND SOME HAVE SAID, WELL, THE CITY OF TERRELL IS BEING A BULLY OR WE'RE BEING HIGH HANDED, OR WE'RE COMING OUT THERE TO GET THEM. YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UH, OPPOSITION EXPRESSED BY SOME INDIVIDUALS I WILL GRANT YOU THAT THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS. SOME WHO MAY HAVE HAD SOME CONNECTION TO THE CITY, BUT THE CITY ITSELF, I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT ANY EQUIVOCATION HAS NO POSITION. UH, OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS IN THE AREA WANT TO INCORPORATE INTO A CITY THAT CERTAINLY THEIR RIGHT, THEY HAVE NO, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME HIM IN AS A, AS A, AS A NEIGHBORING CITY AT THE END, WHEN THIS IS ALL SAID AND DONE, UH, NOW THIS MATTER WAS ORIGINALLY FILED IN HUNT COUNTY, AS I, SOME OF YOUR I'M SURE AWARE OF THE CITY OF POETRY, IF [00:10:01] IT'S CREATED, WOULD BE IN BOTH HUNT AND COFFMAN COUNTIES. SO YOU CAN FILE IT NEITHER COUNTY. THEY FILED IT IN HUNT COUNTY. I APPEARED BEFORE THE HUNT COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT LAST MONDAY AND MADE BASICALLY THE SAME PRESENTATION TO THEM THAT I'M MAKING TO YOU HERE TODAY. REASON I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT. I'D BE HERE EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD BE THE ONES TO DO THE FINAL ORDER ON THIS IS THAT THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN KAUFMAN COUNTY. AND, UH, WE BASICALLY WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT TO PREVENT THE TOWN OF POETRY FROM, FROM BEING CREATED, UH, TO THE CONTRARY, AS I SAID, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT AT ALL. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? I THINK REALLY IN ALL HONESTY MAY HAVE BEEN A MAPPING AREA TO JUST TO PREFACE IT. UH, I THINK MOST OF YOU, IF SOME OF YOU, I KNOW COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS AWARE AND PROBABLY YOU ARE TO JUDGE SECTION 42.041 A, I BELIEVE IT IS THAT SAYS IN EFFECT, UM, A MUNICIPALITY MAY NOT INCORPORATE INTO THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF A NEIGHBORING CITY WITHOUT FIRST GETTING THE CONSENT OF THAT CITY EITHER BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. AND AS OF NOW, THERE HAS BEEN NO SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY OF TERRELL. HOWEVER, I MAY SHOW YOU ALL THE MAP. YEAH, YEAH. CUT YOU ALL OUT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THIS. I WILL SAY I SHOWED IT TO MR. PHILLIPS EARLIER, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, THIS LIGHT BLUE LINE YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS THE CURRENT ETJ OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. IT WAS, IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. IT WAS MOVED THERE IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR BY ONE THAT'S WHEN WE ANNEXED SOME PROPERTY FURTHER DOWN, MOVE IN THE ETJ OUT A MILE TO THIS POINT. NOW THIS RED AREA REPRESENTS WHAT'S PROPOSED TO BE THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF POETRY. NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THEY HAVE INTO THE ETJ OF TERRIBLE, OBVIOUSLY THAT CAN'T BE UNDER STATE LAW. UH, ALL WE'RE ASKING THAT THEY DO IS JUST CUT IT OFF RIGHT HERE AT THIS LINE. THEY CAN, BUT RIGHT UP AGAINST IT, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. THEY JUST CAN'T ENCROACH IN. AND I BAKED, I SAID, I MADE THIS CLEAR TO THE FOLKS IN HUNT COUNTY AS WELL, BUT SINCE THIS IS POOR PRECINCT THREE, I GUESS IT IS. AND WE CERTAINLY WANT THIS TO NOT BE A PART OF THE, OF ANY TOWN OF POETRY WHEN IT'S CREATED THE REST OF IT. WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT AT ALL. WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME A MAN AS A NEIGHBORING CITY. NOW, ONE THING TOO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS COME TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION IN MAY AND I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT IN CASE IT DOES. I AM TOLD, I WAS FOUND OUT LAST MONDAY WHEN I WAS IN GREENVILLE, THAT THERE IS A FAMILY THAT LIVES IN THIS AREA HERE. THAT VERY MUCH WANTS TO BE A PART OF THE TOWN OF PORTRAIT. UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, TECH STATE LAW JUST DOESN'T PERMIT WITHOUT FIRST BEING RELEASED BY THE CITY OF TERRIBLE, UM, WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHAT MAY COULD HAPPEN HERE IS ONCE THIS IS CREATED, ONCE IT'S FULLY PUT IN PLACE AND THEY HAVE A GOVERNING BODY AND EVERYTHING, THEN THERE'S NO REASON THEY COULDN'T APPROACH OUR CITY, OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT MAYBE RELEASING SOME OF THIS AREA. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT UNPRECEDENTED. I KNOW I'M A JUDGE. I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE. AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS AWARE AND COMMISSIONER BARNHART. IF YOU WERE HERE OF A SIMILAR AGREEMENT WE MADE WITH THE TOWN OF OAK RIDGE WITH REGARD TO SOME, SOME AREA OUT THERE. AND THERE'S NO REASON WE COULDN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW. OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO BE CUT RIGHT HERE. AND, UH, AND THEN REST OF THIS CAN BE A MATTER OF NEGOTIATION. UH, I'M NOT SAYING WE WOULDN'T RELEASE IT, BUT KNOWING OUR CITY MANAGERS, I DO IT, HE'S GOING TO RELEASE IT. HE DON'T WANT SOMETHING IN RETURN AND HE ALWAYS DOES. SO, SO THAT WOULD BE AGAIN, A MATTER OF NEGOTIATION LATER ON, BUT FOR THE HERE AND NOW WE'RE ASKING YOUR SUPPORT WITH YOUR FOLKS, WITH YOUR BRAKEMAN AND HUNT COUNTY TO PRESERVE HER TJ LINE RIGHT THERE AND NOT ALLOW IT TO IMPROVE, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LAW JUDGE. SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WE'RE HERE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU OVER AWARE OF THIS AND, UH, AND, UH, ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, TO, TO PRESERVE OUR LINE. DO YOU, DO WE KNOW IF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE, I DON'T SEE A HOUSE IN THIS AREA, BUT THERE IS ONE. OKAY. BUT IF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, DO WE KNOW IF THEY VOTED IN THAT ELECTION? I COULDN'T TELL YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID OR NOT JUDGE AS THEY VERY WELL MAY HAVE. THIS WAS THEIR PROPOSED CITY LIMITS. WHEN WE SAW THIS, WE WERE, OF COURSE MADE, I THINK WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED HERE. AND IN DEFENSE OF THOSE THAT DID THIS, I DON'T THINK THIS WAS DONE ON PURPOSE OR ANYTHING. I THINK THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT MAP WHEN THEY DID IT. UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS DONE, SIR. YES, SIR. I THINK THAT WAS, I DON'T THINK THEY DID THAT, KNOWING THAT THAT WAS IN OUR ETJ, BUT, BUT IT IS. AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, UH, WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. I GUESS WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THEIR FORMAL PROCESS OF, UH, SETTING MEETS AND BOUNDS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING, THEY'LL HAVE TO TAKE DOWN, THEY'LL HAVE TO STOP RIGHT HERE AT THIS LINE. SO NOT IT WON'T ONLY INVOLVE, IT'LL ALSO HAVE TO INVOLVE AN AMENDMENT OF THEIR ETJ. SO THIS WAS VERY, TJ WILL HAVE TO [00:15:01] ADHERE TO THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. IN FACT, I GUESS, AS FAR AS THE AREA WITHIN OUR ETJ, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY DJ, I GUESS IT'S WRITTEN, THEY COULD COME RIGHT UP TO WHERE THEIR CITY LIMITS, BUT UP TO OUR LINES, BUT THEY CAN, BUT IT CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER. CORRECT. AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. NO, THEY DON'T REALLY WORK. SO THEY DON'T PROPOSED THESE PROPOSED ETJ. THIS OVER HERE CAN BE PART OF IT IF ONCE THE TOWN'S CREATED, BUT THIS AREA OVER HERE, CAN'T THAT CAN'T BE HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE LIGHT BLUE LINE. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. CANNOT BE PART OF, SO CITIES CAN TRADE ETJ AND THEY MIGHT TELL THEM AT ONE TRADE THE WHOLE 18TH DAY. I'M NOT SAYING I COULDN'T MAKE ANY PREDICTION FOR THEM, BUT ONE THING'S FOR SURE. UH, AND AS I SAID, WHAT'S, THE TOWN IS ACTUALLY CREATED AND THEY HAVE A CITY COUNCIL AND A MAYOR OR WHATEVER. THEY CAN JUST APPROACH OUR CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL ABOUT DOING WHATEVER IN THIS AREA. WE WERE NOT OPPOSED TO NEGOTIATION. OBVIOUSLY WE JUST, FOR THE HEARING THAT THIS ISN'T THE TIME FOR THAT THIS, THIS HAS TO STOP RIGHT HERE FOR RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT WE CAN'T, WE'RE NOT APPROVING LEMONS. WE'RE JUST APPROVING THEIR ELECTION. THAT'S ALL WORD THAT WAS COUNTING. I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ARGUMENT WITH US ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IT'S NOT OUR JOB, BUT OURS IS THIS CANVAS AND ELECTION, AND THAT'S FINE. AND AGAIN, AS FAR AS THE CREATION OF THE TOWN, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL. CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME MAY THINK, UM, THIS IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE INTERIOR AREAS ARE, ARE, ARE EXCLUDED FROM THIS, THE CODE. THIS IS WHAT THE TOWN OF POETRY TO US. IT'S INTERESTING. YEAH. IT IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING, THEY HAD THAT SAME SITUATION IN COMBINE AND HAVE A LITTLE PLACE. IT'S A DONUT. THAT'S NOT IN THE SCENE. I MEAN, YEAH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. YEAH. UM, OKAY. WELL, MR. SHEPHERD. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND I GO ON THE RECORD. NOW YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE THAT THE TAX ASSESSOR GOT MORE VOTES THAN THE SHERIFF. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT, THAT WAS INFORMATION REGARDING ITEM FIVE. AND SO NOW, UH, WE'RE HERE TO HEAR THE ELECTION REPORT FROM AUTUMN FIVE. WE'VE NOTED THE, WE NOTED WHAT MR. SHUMPERT HAD TO SAY SO YEARS, UH, FOR THE LOCAL ELECTION, FOR THE TOWN OF, UH, POETRY, IT WAS PASSED WITH A 76.3, 5%, FOUR AND 23.65 AGAINST. OKAY. UM, ARE THERE QUESTIONS? NO, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, UH, WOULD THERE BE A MOTION? YES. SAY THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN. WHAT WAS THE PASSING MARTIN? 76.3, 5%. WHAT WAS IT? DO YOU HAVE THE TOTAL VOTE THERE? YES, SIR. THE EARLY VOTING WAS ONE 64 FOR ELECTION DAY WAS 24 FOR A TOTAL OF 194. AND THEN ON THE AGAINST IT WAS 49 EARLY VOTING EIGHT ON ELECTION DAY AND THEN A TOTAL OF 57 AGAINST. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CANVASES PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT. UH, WE HAVE MOTION OF CONDITION PHILLIPS TO ACCEPT THAT CANVAS HAS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND SEGMENT COMMISSIONER AND CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX, [6. Discuss/Consider canvassing election returns for the November 3, 2020 Special Election for the Town of Abies Springs.] DISCUSS, CONSIDER CANVASSING A LECTURER RETURNS FOR THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE TOWN OF ABEL SPRINGS. YES, SIR. UH, ON THE, UM, ELECTION FOR THE TOWN OF BIBLE SPRINGS, IT DID NOT PASS, UH, FOR THE M CORPORATION. IT WAS 20.4, 9% FOR IT AND AGAINST IT WAS 79 POINT 51%. WHAT'D YOU EVEN READ THE VOTE COUNT WHILE YOU'RE AT THIS LED TO, UH, EARLY VOTE CAMP FOUR, IT WAS 36 ELECTION DAY WAS SIX FOR A TOTAL OF 42 FOR THE INCORPORATION ON, UH, AGAINST THE INCORPORATION EARLY VOTING, UH, SHOWED 113 ON ELECTION DAY. IT WAS 50 FOR A TOTAL OF ONE 63 [00:20:04] QUESTIONS. NOW, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CANVAS OF THAT ELECTION FOR TOWN OF ABEL SPRINGS? SO MOVED SO MOVED. WE HAD THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER CATES. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND SEGREGATE COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MS. SAMPLES. NOW WE'D LIKE TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE VOTING. UH, WE, UH, COMPLETED THE PARTIAL MANUAL COUNT FOR THE STATE. THEY TELL US WHAT PRECINCTS TO PICK OUT AND THEN AUDIT. I WAS IN HERE YESTERDAY. IT'S AN AUDIT AND EVERYTHING MATCHED PERFECTLY AND IT'S BEEN SENT TO THE STATE AND OUR COUNTING MACHINE WORKED FANTASTIC. YES, SIR. WAS LIKE AT WORK. THEY WERE VERY GOOD. YEAH, IT WAS GREAT. UM, I THINK THE FIRST DAY, I THINK EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE OUT OF WHACK AND THE SECOND DAY, A LITTLE BIT BY THE THIRD DAY, I AIN'T MOVING SO FAST. YEAH. IT WAS CLICKING RUN ALONG. IT REALLY WORKED WELL. AND IT WORKED WELL IN OUR PRECINCT WHERE WE HAD A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND IT DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL. WE THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REALLY GOOD, HARD WORK AND STAFF AND THE PEOPLE IN THE ELECTIONS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SMOOTHNESS THAT OUR ELECTIONS WENT OFF AND I'LL PASS THAT ON TO THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL MAKE THIS MOTION TO [7. Adjourn Special Meeting.] ADJOURN. THIS MEETING COMMISSIONER PHYLLIS MOVES TO JOURNEY MEETING. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND ONE COMMISSIONER CASE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. OH, AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. SO WE ARE DONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT WASN'T A RECORD. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.