Jan 19, 2021 Commissioners Court

THIS REGULAR MEETING

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[Call to Order]

TODAY IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2021 NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE ARE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM, LOCATED IN THE COURTHOUSE, ANNEX AND KAUFMAN.

UH, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO, UH, ASK HIM, WE'RE GOING TO ASK, UH, REVEREND KYLE, IF YOU'LL OFFER AN INVOCATION FOR US.

AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CASE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE PLEDGES TO THE FLAG.

UH, REVEREND, IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE AND THANK YOU, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FATHER.

THAT YOU'RE AN AWESOME AND MIGHTY GOD.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOUR PROTECTION IS UP ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM, STRENGTH, AND KNOWLEDGE TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO DO THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY FATHER.

WE ASK THAT YOU POURED YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR COUNTY TODAY, FATHER, AND MEET EVERY NEED THAT NEEDS TO BE MET.

FATHER, FATHER.

WE LOVE YOU.

WE PRAISE YOU.

AND WE HONORING WHEN YOU ASK ALL THIS IN THE WONDERFUL NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

STATES OF AMERICA, INTO THE VISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

TEXAS ONE STATE ONE.

UH, WELL, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

UM,

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

I DON'T HAVE ANY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY THING TO SHARE IF NOT, UH, THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED FROM COMMISSIONER BARBERS OR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND ONE COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES NEXT ITEM,

[3. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and entering into executive session. (Part 1 of 2)]

UM, MISSED A LITTLE, WE, WE JUST GOT SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THIS MORNING.

WE HATE TO PUT PEOPLE ON PAUSE HERE, BUT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, DONE, UH, FIRST THING.

SO LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO EXIT REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WE HAVE THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CASES OR A SECOND SEC COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

UH, SO

[4. Executive Session: Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to consult with attorney regarding real estate negotiations.]

THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY REGARDING REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS AND ALSO PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, 1.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS COUNTY ENGINEER PERSONNEL MATTERS.

SO, UH, I THINK IF BACK INTO THAT, A SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM BACK THERE, SO WE'LL HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND, UH, UH, WE'LL HANDLE THE FIRST ITEM FIRST, UH, IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND THEN WE'LL DO THE, UH, PERSONNEL MATTER AFTER THAT.

SO EVERYBODY, WHO'S NOT PART OF THAT INITIAL DISCUSSION, IF YOU CAN, UH, LEAVE US.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY.

YEAH.

WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE

[6. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and entering back into regular meeting. (Part 1 of 2)]

SO MOVE, WE HAD A, THEY HAVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CASES FOR A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION.

THAT WAS A FAVOR I WAS SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT MOTION CARRIES.

[7. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider taking any action needed as a result of executive session. (Part 1 of 2)]

THERE'S NO, I DON'T HEAR ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, WE DID ONLY COVER ONE ITEM, THE FIRST ITEM, AND WE'LL DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.

IF WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON.

THAT BRINGS

[8. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider establishing a Covid vaccine site in Kaufman County.]

UM, I WANNA, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, IN A MINUTE, I'LL ASK, UH, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE KEITH BELL TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

CAUSE HE'S GOT SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR YOU, BUT JUST TO FILL YOU IN ON A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, WITH A NUMBER OF THE PARTNERS IN THE COUNTY IS WE ARE, UH, I MEAN, THIS COMES OUT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH DSHS AND TEDIUM.

WE ARE PLANNING TO OPEN A, UM,

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OUR TARGET DATE IS THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO HAVE VACCINE IN PLACE TO DO THAT.

I THINK DSHS IS WORKING EXTREMELY DILIGENTLY AND THEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUE OF FUNDING.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK REPRESENTATIVE BELL TO TALK ABOUT THIS JOURNEY THAT HE AND I HAVE BEEN ON, UH, FOR THE LAST, UH, EVER SINCE LAST WEEK.

AND, UH, SO I DID THIS TIME.

I'D ASK YOU, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BELL, IF YOU COME UP HERE AND KIND OF GIVE US THE, I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS WILL BE INTERESTED IN HOW THIS ALL WORKED OUT.

WELL, THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS COMMENDING YOU ON WHAT YOU'D DONE WITH YOUR TAX RATES AND FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

I THINK THAT'S IMPERATIVE.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL SHARE THE SAME CONSTITUENTS, CERTAINLY THE JUDGE AND I DO, BUT INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, WE NEED TO BE DOING WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I COMMEND YOU FOR IT.

GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONATE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE VACCINES TO RURAL COUNTIES.

UH, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE D S H S WEBSITE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS ONLY THREE PEOPLE WHO WAS DISTRIBUTING VACCINES TO OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND THAT WAS BROOKSHIRE'S PHARMACY.

THEY WERE GETTING A HUNDRED VACCINES A WEEK.

SO YOU GOT A POPULATION OF JUDGE, YOU GOT FUNDED FOR 136,000 PEOPLE.

SO WE HAVE 300 VACCINES A WEEK, UH, FOR 136,000 PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE.

POPULATIONS WERE BIGGER THAN THAT.

NOT INCLUDING THE FIRST RESPONDERS, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM GOT VACCINATED AT THEIR PLACES OF WORK, WHETHER THAT WAS THE HOSPITALS.

AND CERTAINLY THERE WAS A LOT OF VACCINE THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE STATE HOSPITAL, THEIR PROVIDER FOR THEIR PEOPLE AND THEIR RESIDENTS, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME.

AND WE HAD, UH, THE GOVERNOR, WE HAD ENOUGH PUSHBACK FROM ELECTEDS THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD A CALL LAST FRIDAY.

WE COULD GO FRIDAY TO GIVE US AN UPDATE OF HOW THIS WORKS.

AND SO I'M NOT BORE YOU, BUT GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND.

THE CDC DISTRIBUTES THE VACCINES, THEY CALL D S H S ON MONDAY AND SAY, YOU'RE GETTING TEXAS, YOU'RE GETTING THIS MANY.

AND THEN EVENT DECIDES OF ALL THE PROVIDERS THAT ARE APPROVED, HOW MANY, EACH ONE OF THOSE KIDS.

AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO, UH, THE DIRECTOR, DR.

HILLIS STAT, WHAT DSHS AND HE APPROVES.

IT SENDS THAT TO CDC AND THEY SHIP THE VACCINES DIRECTLY TO THESE VACS.

THE PROVIDERS WITH THE QUANTITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DELINEATED DELINEATED TO THEM BY DSHS ON THAT CALL A WEEK AGO, FRIDAY, THE HUBS WERE CRANKING UP IN DALLAS, THREE OF THEM, ALL THE VACCINES WENT TO THE HUBS IN WEEK FIVE.

AND WHICH MEANT ONCE AGAIN, DISPROPORTIONATELY, WE BRING IN AFFECTED AS, AS RURAL COUNTIES.

AND I ASKED THE QUESTION, WE'LL CALL IT 220 PEOPLE ON THAT CALL OR THE GOVERNOR SENATORS AND HOUSE REPS.

CAN WE USE LEFTOVER CARES, ACT MONEY TO PAY FOR A KIND OF RURAL COUNTY DO THAT.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTED BY.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BUT NOBODY ON THIS CALL CAN ANSWER IT.

SO I REACHED OUT TO MY TEETH, ASKED HER TO SEND THEM A EMAIL TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE WITH GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, STARTED THE CONVERSATION ON THE WAY TO AUSTIN ON MONDAY CALLED THE JUDGE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, JUDGE RICHARDS.

I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR US TO DO THIS.

I'M GOING TO SPEND ALL THE POLITICAL CAPITAL.

I GOT TO TRY TO GET HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE LEFTOVER? AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AROUND A MILLION, TWO THAT WAS SUBSTANTIATED BY THE COUNTY.

SO I STILL DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER BY THURSDAY.

I TEXTED THE CHIEF STAFF GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND I SAID, LUIS, I NEED, I MADE A MEETING CONCERNING A HUB OF WHICH I WAS GRANTED, WALKED OFF THE FLOOR AND WENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TELL ME NO, AND I DON'T, I, I THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS DONE? I'LL HAVE YOU AN ANSWER IN 24 HOURS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, JUDGE RICHARDS HAD REACHED OUT TO D S H S HAD GOTTEN US ALL ON A CALL, UH, INCLUDING THE REGION TWO AND THREE DIRECTOR, THURSDAY NIGHT, FIVE 30 EVENING, AND, UH, DISCUSSED, CAN WE GET A HUB IN COBB COUNTY? I AGREE.

WE COULD.

WE PUT THEM IN A BOX.

THEY AGREED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN TWO WEEKS, BUT IT WAS INCUMBENT UPON THE COUNTY TO PUT ALL THE PARTNERS TOGETHER, ALL THE LOGISTICS.

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IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, A BUDGET COULD BE A MILLION BUCKS TO GET THIS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THIS.

SO AFTER THAT MEETING WITH THE CHIEF STAFF, I MET WITH HIM, WE HAD A CALL AT FIVE 30 ON FRIDAY, THE NUMBER TWO AT T2, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THEIR PERSON THAT WAS OVER ALL THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CARES ACT MONEY ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS WELL AS TWO OF THEIR AUDITORS, BECAUSE THE STATE OF TEXAS SERIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T MISS APPROPRIATE AND SPEND FEDERAL MONEY ON THESE CARES ACT ISSUES.

WE WERE GIVEN APPROVAL ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE RE FOR THE COUNTY TO GET THE REST OF YOUR CARES ACT MONEY, 1.2 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD 1.2 MILLION, IN ADDITION TO THEM, UH, COMMITTED TO THE JUDGE AND I, THAT THEY WOULD WEAR IT WITH FEMA TO GET THE FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, HELP FOR US AND COMMA COUNTY, WHICH IS A 75, 25 REIMBURSEMENT.

SO LET'S JUST ASSUME WE SPEND THIS MONEY.

YOUR 25% IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN AT 1.2.

AND I HOPE THAT WE'VE JUST HELPED YOU PUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN YOUR PHONE, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS IN MY OPINION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT I CAN ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT 132 DAYS, OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS MAY VERY WELL BE GETTING VACCINATED IN A MATTER OF TWO WEEKS, GETTING THESE SHOTS IN THESE FOLKS THAT WANT THEM, IT'S A CHOICE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IN, IN EACH ONE OF US ALL HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AS ELECTED AS WE WATCH THAT PEOPLE THAT WE'RE FRIENDS WITH, OUR ACQUAINTANCES, WE SEE SOMEBODY THAT'S PASSING AWAY FROM THIS.

THIS IS REAL I'M ON DAY 38, GENTLEMEN, I HAD DOUBLE PNEUMONIA ON 1231.

I KNOW ABOUT THIS.

I SAW GO THROUGH MY FAMILY.

THANK GOD.

ONLY BY HIS GRACE, MY DAD, 84, HASN'T GOTTEN IT, BUT WE HAVE GOT TO GET THESE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS VACCINATED.

AND I TOLD MY STAFF AND I APPRECIATE GEORGANNE.

AND ALL SHE DID THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THAT WE WOULD EXPAND ALL THE POLITICAL CAPITAL THAT I HAD EARNED TO SEE THIS GUY DONE FOR COPLIN COUNTY AND FOR HD FOUR, BECAUSE WE GET A HUB HERE.

HENDERSON COUNTY IS RESIDENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO COME HERE AS WELL.

AND SO WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO, UH, COMMAND JUDGE RICHARDS AND HIS LEADERSHIP.

HE WAS WORKING WITH HIS TO PUT THE PARTNERS TOGETHER, TO GET THE LOGISTICS THOUGH.

I DID MY PART, I BELIEVE AS A STATE REP, UH, MY, MY JOB IS TO SUPPORT MY LOCAL ELECTEDS, TO TAKE WHATEVER POLITICAL CAPITAL I'VE GOT EXPENDED ON OUR STATE AGENCIES TO GET YOU THE SUPPORT YOU NEED.

AND I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY BE THE VERY BEST THING I CAN DO DURING THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, TENURE THIS SEASON, MY SECOND TERM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT ELSE I CAN MAYBE DO IN THE NEXT 132 DAYS.

SO JUDGE RICHARDS, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR SECURING THE PARTNERS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

I'LL ALWAYS ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU.

HE'S A PROFESSIONAL, AND I JUST WANT TO COME IN THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT, YOU GUYS WERE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR MONEY.

YOU HAD THIS LEFTOVER, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD THING TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

I, I THINK THE GOVERNOR, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET FAG, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STANDING YOUR STATE REP HAD.

AND IN THAT OFFICE, THIS WAS LAST WEEK.

AND I APPRECIATE HIM SUPPORTING ME, SUPPORTING THIS COUNTY, SUPPORTING HD FOUR, TO SEE THAT WE GET THIS DONE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO, AND IF I CAN EVER HELP YOU, I'M AT YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

THANK YOU.

UM, I'LL TELL YA.

UH, THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING JOURNEY.

YOU KNOW, IT ALL STARTED WITH THE FACT THAT WE WERE ALLOCATED $3.8 MILLION AND WE ACQUIRED AND BOUGHT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED, BUT WE DIDN'T WASTE ANY MONEY.

I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S, THERE WERE, THERE WERE LITERALLY DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO CONTACTED ME AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE BOUGHT TRUCKLOADS OF MASS.

WE COULD HAVE BOUGHT TRAIN CAR TANKERS OF STUFF.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT.

SO WE, WE WERE LEFTOVER WITH $1.2 MILLION.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT KAREN, UH, NAVIGATED ALL OF THAT, SHE'S COMPLAINED TO ME A LITTLE BIT,

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UH, SO WHAT REPRESENTATIVE BALE DID IS HE HELPED US, HMM.

GET THE STATE TO AGREE, TO LET US ACCESS THAT $1.2 MILLION THAT WE DID NOT SPEND BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST AND USE IT TO CREATE THIS HUB SITE.

AND LET ME UPDATE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I CAN ON THAT.

UH, UH, SURE.

CATES HAS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, HE LIKES TO USE THIS PHRASE, BUILDING AN AIRPLANE WHILE WE FLY IT.

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

AND THEN STEVE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON THE 25TH.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SITE OPEN AND RUNNING AND COFFIN COUNTY, ASSUMING WE HAVE VACCINES AND I'M CONFIDENT WE WILL.

UM, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AT ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN AND RUNNING ON THE 25TH.

UM, SO, UH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, I CAN'T ANSWER A LOT OF DETAILS OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE'VE SECURED THE FUNDING.

I WILL TELL YOU, UH, WE'RE PLANNING ON A THREE MONTH HORIZON AND WE'RE PLANNING.

THIS SITE WILL BE, UH, OUR PLAN IS FOR IT TO BE CAPABLE OF DOING A THOUSAND VACCINATIONS A WEEK.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR A THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS IN 2000, I'LL TELL YOU, WE'LL BE DOING THIS SIX MONTHS FROM NOW.

WE WILL PROBABLY BE DOING THIS A YEAR FROM NOW.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

I THINK THIS IS YOU JUST DO THE MATH THAT YOU KNOW, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE TO VACCINATE.

THE SITE WILL BE OPEN TO ANYBODY.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A COFFIN COUNTY RESIDENT.

THAT'S A RECORD.

AND I'LL, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS ONE THOUGHT THAT OCCURRED TO ME THIS WEEKEND.

WE WERE WORKING SO HARD ON THIS.

IF, UH, IF SOME FOREIGN COUNTRY INVADED US AND KILLED 500,000 OF OUR PEOPLE, WE WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY DALLIAN, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED.

WE'VE BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN INVADED AND THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN THESE VACCINATIONS, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THIS IS EVER GOING TO STOP.

SO, UH, UM, SO THERE'LL BE MORE DETAILS COMING OUT.

I THINK PROBABLY IN WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

YEAH.

UH, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.

UM, YEAH.

AND, UH, I'LL TELL YOU THAT STEVE HAS DONE INCREDIBLE WORK ON THIS AND, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT I NEED YOUR BLESSING ON IT.

CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING COUNTY MONEY.

WE HAVE A SOURCE OF FUNDS.

NOW THAT 1.2 MILLION TO GET US GOING.

UH, WE HAD THE COMMITMENT FROM TDM TO HELP US IN THE FUTURE WITH A 75 25 BUNNY FROM FEMA.

AND THEY, THIS WAS A PROMISE MADE BY THE SECOND PERSON, THE SECOND LEVEL OF AUTHORITY AT TETUM.

AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BUT SO WHAT I NEED FROM THE COURT, IF, UH, W WE'LL HAVE, UH, I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS, WHAT QUESTIONS I CAN, OR STEVE CAN ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE CAN'T ANSWER TO SPECIFICS ABOUT THE SITE AND WHAT TIME IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN AND WHAT DAYS.

CAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE DETAILS WORKED OUT YET.

UM, BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO NEED IS AUTHORIZATION FROM THE COURT TO, UH, EXECUTE AGREEMENTS AT, TO EXPAND THAT $1.2 MILLION OR USE THAT MONEY DEDICATED FOR THAT, AND THEN EXECUTE AGREEMENTS AS REQUIRED.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH PROBABLY WITH THAT DSHS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH, THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL AGREEMENTS THAT WILL HAVE TO GO INTO MOU AND STUFF.

AND I NEED AUTHORIZATION TO DO WHATEVER'S REQUIRED TO GET THIS THING GOING QUESTIONS, JUDGE.

I, I KNOW, UH, AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO GET DOWN IN THE WEEDS ON SOME OF THIS, BUT UH, W ARE WE, ARE WE CONSTRAINED OR ARE WE REQUIRED TO WORK WITHIN THOSE, THOSE PRIORITY GUIDELINES? ONE, A ONE B ONE C IS THAT WE'LL LET US AND I'LL LET STEVE ANSWER THAT.

THAT IS A, THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION BY D S H S MY, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT, STEVE? YES, SIR.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE BEING HELD TO THE ONE I AM ON BAIT AND, UH, IT JUST, AS SOON AS WE CAN, WE'LL START PICKING UP THE OTHERS, BUT WE'VE FOUND SOME ISSUES WITH THEM OUTSIDE OF THE ONE, A AND ONE B AND WITH THE ALREADY ESTABLISHED PROVIDERS AND THEY'RE GETTING THREATENED TO HAVE THEIR PROVIDERSHIP PULLED IF THEY DON'T ABIDE BY THE ONE I IN ONE B.

SO WHAT, WHAT W WHAT FLEXIBILITY IS THERE FOR, FOR INSTANCE, THIS DEFINITION OF FIRST RESPONDERS, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED,

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NOT MINE.

MY OPINION IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OUGHT TO BE RIGHT THERE WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS, BUT WE TRIED TO GET VACCINATIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH PRESBYTERIAN KAUFMAN.

AT FIRST, I SAID, OKAY.

AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, THEY'RE CORPORATE SAID, THEY'RE ONE C.

AND WE CAN'T DO THEM.

UH, THE DSHS FIELD OFFICE, I TALKED TO THEM AND HE ACTUALLY CARRIED IT TO HIS SUPERVISORS IN AUSTIN.

AND THEY SAID, NOPE, LAW ENFORCEMENT'S ONE C YOU CAN'T DO THEM YET.

SO AS MUCH AS I DISAGREE, WE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES, OR WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET VACCINES FOR ANYBODY.

AND THAT'S INCLUDING WHEN WE SET UP OUR OWN HUB.

YES, SIR.

YEP.

NOW, UH, THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER WAYS AROUND THAT, BUT AT THIS TIME, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO IT.

I'M STILL TRYING TO RESEARCH THAT ALONG WITH PUTTING THE HUB TOGETHER.

SHE JUST LIKED THE GUIDELINE THAT WE, UH, WE, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ANY, THE TRUTH IS THAT $1.2 MILLION IS IN MY OPINION, IS KAUFMAN COUNTY'S MONEY, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE IN ANY COUNTY.

THAT'S PART OF THE NAME.

WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THAT RULE, WE WON'T GET THE VACCINES BECAUSE IT'S THEIR BANK THING.

LET ME, YEAH.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PART OF ONE.

HEY, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T OUT, THE VACCINES, DON'T SAY IT THAT WAY.

I KNOW WHO IT IS THAT SAYS THAT A POLICE OFFICER, A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT'S NOT JUST, THAT'S NOT JUST A RURAL COUNTIES.

THAT'S A, THAT'S BIG CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

RIGHT.

ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING DIFFERENTLY, BUT, UM, ARE THERE ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED? YES.

AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW.

THEY'RE JUST SOMEBODY MAKING THE DECISION TO DO THAT, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY RISKING THEIR, THEIR ALLOCATIONS.

SO I CAN THINK AS FAR AS I KNOW, LIKE IN DALLAS, THEIR POLICE FORCE HAS BEEN VACCINATED, BUT THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH CONTROLS THE VACCINES.

AND THAT MAY BE THE LOOPHOLE.

WE DON'T HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO RUN THAT GAMUT FOR US.

WE HAVE TO RELY ON DSHS.

AND WE HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH AN EMPLOYEE OF ONE.

I KNOW, STANDING UP A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

I ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE COUNTY JUDGE IN ROCKWALL COUNTY SOMETIME AGO.

CAUSE HE ACTUALLY, BEFORE THIS ALL STARTED, HE WANTED US TO GO TOGETHER AND CREATE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A ONE-STEP PROCESS.

IT'S A FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY ENTAILED.

AND IF WE CAN GO IN WITH ANOTHER COUNTY OR EVEN TO, TO GET A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR RESIDENTS LONGTERM AND THE COUNTY ITSELF.

WELL, THE BUILDING'S ON FIRE LINE.

ALICE, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT REMODELING.

LET'S GET THE FIRE PUT OUT FIRST AND WELL, I, I JUST, I JUST RAISED THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE, I THINK THEY'RE VALID POINTS.

WE NEED TO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR EYES OPEN ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, TO, UH, UH, SERVICE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY.

FOR SURE.

IF I KNEW WHO TO ASK WHY THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED ONE A, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT QUESTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE THAT YOU SAY IT COMES FROM CDC BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKING THAT QUESTION AND THAT'S WHAT I KEEP GETTING.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHO AT CDC TO TALK TO OR I'D CALL HIM.

YEAH.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE STATE HOSPITAL IN TERRELL THERE, UM, THEY HAD SOME VACCINES AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE THE ONES THAT THEY HAD TO BE STORED AT A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE AND ALL THAT.

AND IF THEY AREN'T USED BY A CERTAIN TIME, THEN THEY HAVE TO DESTROY HIM.

SO THEY HAD SOME POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS, THEY CAME OVER AND USED THOSE VACCINES CAUSE THEY WOULDN'T DO MORE THAN TO GO TO WASTE.

AND THAT MAY BE HOW WE ACCOMPLISH IT WITH THE HUB IS HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE READY AS OUR, YOU KNOW, LAST MANY PEOPLE.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE'VE GOT 10 VACCINES LEFT, WE START PULLING LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SO THAT WE CAN USE THEM AND DON'T WASTE THEM.

YEAH.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHAT'S DRIVING THIS, UH, THESE HUB SITES IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO COMING TO A POINT WHERE VACCINES ARE NOT THE LIMIT.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE CAPABILITY TO ADMINISTER VACCINES.

THAT'S ONE OF THESE, THAT'S THE REGIONS.

THESE SUBSIDES ARE BEING CREATED BECAUSE A PHARMACY WITH TWO PEOPLE QUALIFIED TO GIVE SHOTS, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE OTHER DUTIES THEY HAVE, THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T VACCINATE, UH, 200 PEOPLE A DAY AND 25

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SO I WILL SAY THAT BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK, WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO ESTABLISH A WAITING LIST, WHICH CAN THEN BE MOVED OVER INTO OUR SCHEDULER.

UM, SO I'M HOPEFUL IT, I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF HOPEFUL THAT BY TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE THAT IN PLACE AND CAN OPEN IT UP.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO FACILITATE LOT OF MOVEMENT, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.

UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU KEEP US UPDATED ON THAT BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND, AND REALLY WE'LL UPDATE EVERY WEEK.

YEAH.

WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD MUCH INFORMATION ON WHERE WE ARE OR WELL, WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

SO I WILL SAY THAT WE NEED NEED ON THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN SO CONCENTRATING ON GETTING IT DONE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THE TIME TO DO IT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN, I NEED TO MAKE TIME STEVE, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT IT'S COMING OUT.

THE REALITY IS WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T, THERE'S MORE THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAN WHAT WE KNOW.

THE ONLY THING WE KNOW IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OPEN ON THE 25TH THAT WE GET.

I THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.

YEAH.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY, WELL, KEITH IS HERE TOO.

UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN AND UH, AND I'M, UH, I'M THANKFUL THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVE RECOGNIZES THAT AND, AND THAT WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A STATE REP LIKE THAT THAT'S DOWN THERE FIGHTING FOR US, KEITH AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS.

I'M THANKFUL I WASN'T ON THE RECEIVING END OF ALL OF THAT, THAT HE WAS, UH, HE WAS MY ALLY IN THAT THING AND I WASN'T HAVING A FIGHT WITH HIM, SO I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT.

AND OF COURSE HE LIVES IN MY PRECINCT.

YEAH.

THAT'S ALL, I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM.

HE LEARNED A LOT.

WELL, HE TOOK ALL MY BIKES AND WENT, AND NOW I CAN SAY THAT, BUT I CAN'T, UH, KEITH IS DEFINITELY A STAND-ALONE MAN BY HIMSELF.

AND HE'S A WELL QUALIFIED TO BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE AND WILL BE FOR MANY YEARS.

SO, UH, WE WILL, WELL, IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIM, IF IT WEREN'T FOR WHAT HE DID, WE'D, I'LL BE BEGGING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THE AUDITOR TO BE TAKING THIS MONEY OUT OF FUND BALANCE.

SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE AND THAT'S GREAT.

ANYTHING ELSE TO WRAP UP ON THIS SIDE? BOTTOM, BOTTOM LINE.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LOOSE ANSWERS, A LOT OF DYNAMICS AND DEALING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE NOT THE FIRST PEOPLE TO CREATE THIS WHEEL EITHER.

SO REACH OUT AND TRY TO LEARN FROM WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS EVERYBODY ELSE HAD.

SO WE DON'T RELIVE THOSE PROBLEMS AND, AND THAT'S Y'ALL'S DEAL.

AND, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT AT LEAST WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR CITIZENS.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE UPSET THAT THINGS MIGHT NOT WORK EXACTLY RIGHT.

BUT WE ARE MAKING SOME EFFORT TO GET THIS DONE.

AND I REALLY WISH WE HAD HAD THE FORESIGHT TO START THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, WHENEVER THIS STUFF WAS IN ITS INFANCY AND WE'D HAVE A LOT OF THIS STUFF, IT IS SET UP, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE VACCINES DID COME OUT, WE WERE PREPARED.

AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THE GREATEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD WHILE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THIS IS NOT ALL DONE WITH THE MILITARY.

I MEAN, THEY'RE THE BEST AT MOBILIZING AND ACCOMPLISHING GOALS.

WELL, WE'RE LEARNING AS WE FLY, THEY DO THIS DAY TO DAY EVERY DAY.

SO I, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY THOSE RESOURCES AREN'T REALLY, I THINK WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER WAY TO VACCINATE 300 MILLION PEOPLE, THE MOST EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION.

WE HAVEN'T UNITED STATES, MILITARY, THE MILITARY REALIZED THEY PUT YOU IN THE LAND, THEY SHOOT YOU IN BOTH ARMS AND WALK YOU THROUGH WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE VACCINES.

BUT BOTTOM LINE, BOTTOM LINE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND OUR CITIZENS ARE GOING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS.

SO YEAH.

LET'S JUST KEEP EVERYBODY UPDATED.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

YES.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION, THE FACT THAT JUST ALERTING OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT IT'S COMING, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, IT IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

WE'LL PUT SOMETHING OUT TODAY AFTER THIS MEETING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ASSUMING WE HAVE A DECISION HERE.

YES.

MA'AM.

I'LL SAY IT'D BE GOOD FOR JERRY TO PUT OUT A REPORT AND GET A WRITTEN.

YEAH, I FIGURED HE DID.

I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN TDM WILL, UH, OPEN THAT UP? THE FEMA OR THE MONEY? NOT, NOT THE, THE 1.2 MILLION, I DON'T KNOW, BUT, UM, I WILL, I WILL PUT YOU IN TOUCH.

OUR, OUR CONTACT IS GOING TO BE ANDREA.

OH YEAH.

YOU AND I ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU CAN SHORT CIRCUIT EVERYBODY ELSE AND YOU CAN GO DIRECT SCAB DIRECTLY TO SHE'LL.

SHE'LL SHE'LL KNOW WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT.

OKAY.

SO, CAUSE I HAVE TO FILL OUT THAT SHEET WITH ALL THAT TIME AND THE HOURS TO GET THEM 1.2.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND I'LL TAKE BACK WHAT I SAID ABOUT YOU SENATOR.

THANK YOU FOR NOW.

OKAY.

UH, I'M GOING TO PUT

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OKAY.

UM, BUT WHAT I NEED IS A, UH, MOTION, UH, TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF THAT $1.2 MILLION TOWARDS CREATING A VACCINATION HUB SITE IN THE AUTHORIZED USER, THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE WHATEVER AGREEMENTS WE NEED WITH OUR, WHOEVER'S GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH US ON THIS.

WELL, I'M, I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS MOTION FOR YOU BEING FROM CAPE, I THINK, AND BEING HIS NEIGHBOR AND BEING THIS, UM, I'M PROUD TO DO SO.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'VE GOT THAT MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ONE COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

[9. Jerry Dean; Discuss/Consider line item transfer for temporary position change status in part-time help in Emergency Management.]

NEXT UP, JERRY DEAN GOING TO DISCUSS KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINE AS ACTUALLY DISCUSSING CITRULLINE ON TRANSFER FOR TEMPORARY POSITION CHANGED STATUS IN EMERGENCY MANAGERS, THE JUDGE HAD COMMISSIONERS AS PART OF THIS ASK IS THAT WE CHANGE A TEMPORARY STATUS IN STEVE'S DEPARTMENT AS A PART-TIME PERSON TO ALLOW THAT PERSON TO WORK.

FULL-TIME, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE EXTRA HELP, UH, FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

SO ASKING YOU TO AUTHORIZE LINE TRANSFER TO, TO PUT MONEY INTO STEVE'S ACCOUNT, BASED UPON WHAT I JUST HEARD THAT MAY COME OUT OF THIS 1.2.

SO IT IS WHERE, WHERE KAREN HOLDS IT OR WHAT DOES TAKE IT OUT OF CONTINGENCY AND THEN REIMBURSE IT FROM THERE.

SO I JUST NEED APPROVAL FROM THE COURT TO MAKE THAT, TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

SO I NEED TO TAKE IT OUT OF, OUT OF OUR CURRENT CONTINGENCY AND THEN WE'LL RECONCILE ON THE BACK END.

SO LOOKING FOR IT.

OKAY.

YOU SAID IT WOULD BE RIGHT AROUND 5,000.

YEAH.

YEAH.

IT'S ABOUT 300 A WEEK.

THEY'RE ABOUT, IS ABOUT WHAT IS CALLED ABOUT WHAT WE'D ESTIMATED COST.

YEAH.

IT REALLY DOESN'T COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL SHE ACTUALLY STARTS TO DOING THE JOB.

RIGHT.

IT WILL START.

I'LL LET STEVE DECIDE THE TIMING OF THAT SHE'S ALREADY STARTED.

SO I THINK IT IS REALLY AS AN IMMEDIATE NEED, JUST THE EXTRA CLERICAL SUPPORT, ET CETERA.

SO EMOTION WILL BE TO PROVE THAT LINE I'M TRANSFERRED FOR A TEMPORARY POSITION CHANGE STATUS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

WE HAVE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER.

HONISTER A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MOM.

OKAY.

NEXT UP.

WE'RE GOING

[10. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider approval of Allocation of Precinct 3 Road Bond Funds from Samuels Road to CR 275 and Rosewood and approval of Road Construction Contracts and Associated Funding for Precincts 1, 3, and 4 County Road & Bridge Projects in the amount of $742,535.18.]

THE ROAD BOND FUND FROM SHAMELESS ROAD TO COUNTY ROAD TWO 75 IN ROSEWOOD AND APPROVAL OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.

AND I FELT LIKE ONE OF THOSE GUYS ON CAR COMMERCIALS, UH, ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN ASSOCIATED FUNDING FOR PRECINCTS ONE, THREE AND FOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 740 2005 35.

GOOD MORNING.

SO THIS IS JUST, UM, ITS FUNDING MEM MEMORANDUM.

I WILL BE DOING SOME EXTRA, UH, PROJECTS FOR PRECINCT THREE.

SINCE WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET, I'M ADDING A COUPLE OF ROADS AND THEN ALSO ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS TO COMPLETE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL ROAD BOND PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED QUESTIONS FOR RAY LYNN ABOUT THAT FOR NO QUESTIONS IS YOUR EMOTION RECORDING.

ITEM 10.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

TANA'S PRESENTED IS THERE.

THAT'S FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, WHERE COMMISSIONER KATE'S DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 11.

[11. Raylan Smith; Oiscuss and consider award of contract to TexasBit for road improvements to County Road 275, Precinct 3, in the amount of $479,340.82 utilizing RFB 20-07A.]

THAT'S RFB 2007 EIGHT.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL CONTRACT TO COMPLETE COUNTY ROAD, TWO 75 QUESTIONS FOR NO QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 11 IS PRESENTED THAT'S FROM COMMISSIONER BORROWERS OR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES

[12. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider award of contract to TexasBit for road improvements to Rosewood, Precinct 3, in the amount of $128,314.36; utilizing RFB 20-07A.]

AGAIN, JUST THE CONTRACT TO COMPLETE ROSEWOOD PROJECT QUESTIONS FOR RAELYNN.

IF YOU'RE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT MOTION? WE HAVE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBARA, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES

[13. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider approval of Modification No. 5 to TSSWCB Contract #CEDR90-REP-ST2-012-20.]

ITEM 13, DISCUSS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION NUMBER.

HERE'S THE DAMN THING AGAIN.

NUMBER FIVE, UH, TSS WCB CONTRACT.

THIS IS OUR ONE OF OUR, OUR DAMN PROJECTS.

YES.

UM, THIS IS A MODIFICATION WE'RE DECREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY 5,000.

UM, REVISING THE END DATE TO MARCH 15TH.

JUST KEEPING UP WITH THE DATES IN THE FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT,

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I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH PAPER HAS BEEN GENERATED IN THIS PROJECT, KEEPING IT, KEEPING IT ON TRACK.

OKAY.

UH, IS THERE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LYNN ABOUT THAT? IF THEY'RE NOT REGARDING ITEM 13, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION.

IT WAS A FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES

[14. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider approving amended FY 2020-2021 Contract Patrol Budget and Service Area for Kaufman County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1-C (Windmill Farms Community).]

THIS WOULD BE THE ACTUAL BUDGET.

UM, THAT I WENT OVER WITH BRANDY AND THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

THIS WOULD BE TO BRING ON THE ONE FULL-TIME, UH, PATROL THERE TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE AREA FOR WINDMILL FARMS. SO ALL OF THE SALARIES HAVE BEEN CALCULATED AS WELL AS, UM, INCREASING THE TRAINING, UH, UNIFORMS, BONDS, ET CETERA.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET THAT WOULD BE INCREASED IN OF COURSE THIS IS BASED ON INVOICES THAT WOULD GO OUT THAT THAT FRESHWATER DISTRICT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE QUESTIONS.

NO, UH, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AMENDED CONTRACT AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM KIND OF SHARK CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

I DON'T

[15. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider award of contract for RFQ 21-04: Engineering / Architectural / Surveying Firm(s), 2021-2022 Texas Community Development Block Grant Program.]

WE HAD ONE ENGINEERING FIRM REPLY.

IT WAS HATER ENGINEERING.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY REPRESENT THE COUNTY, ASSUMING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR THESE GRANT FUNDS.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMEND QUESTIONS LET'S JUST CONTINGENT ON THE AWARD OF A GRANT.

YES.

AND THIS, THIS IS A STRICTLY SERVING LIKE A, UH, SURVEYING OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, SO IF FOR NO QUESTIONS, MORE QUESTIONS FOR RAELYNN, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF THAT CONTRACT HAS PRESENTED SO MOVED? WE HAD THAT MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER CASE.

IS THERE A SECOND SEGMENT COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES

[16. Raylan Smith; Receive budget and project timeline updates for County Sponsor Share and Contract Administration for rehabs, upgrades, and repairs to conservation dams.]

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, THE LOWER EAST FORK LATERALS, NON-INTEL 10.

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY BUDGET IMPACT.

WE WON'T EVEN BE LOOKING AT THIS UNTIL AT LEAST FISCAL YEAR, 2022, A LOWER EAST FORK, LATERAL THREE, UM, LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL BE FORWARDING AN AGREEMENT FOR COUNTY SIGNATURE IN 2021.

BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A DAM UPGRADE, UM, THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WILL BE PROVIDED OUR SPONSORS SHARE IS THE 46 FIVE OH EIGHT.

HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO BE PAID, UM, THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE STATE FUNDING SIDE.

SO IT WILL NOT COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING FOR OUR PORTION.

UM, AND THEN FOR LOWER EAST FORK COLLATERAL TOO, UM, WE WILL DO THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS 4% OF THE STATE FUNDING, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S NO FEDERAL FUNDS INVOLVED, THE ESTIMATED COST ON THAT WOULD BE THE 19 FOUR.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE BUDGET IMPACT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO THOSE, THOSE ARE MINE.

THOSE ARE MY BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, NOT JUST WANTING TO, SO THAT'S JUST SIMPLY A REPORT.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO CALCULATE THOSE WITH THE STATE.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAY LYNN ABOUT THAT REPORT? OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM ITEM 17,

[17. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider award of contract to Akin Excavation for excavation on County Road 4015, Precinct 4, in the amount of $118,880; utilizing RFP 20-24.]

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THIS, UM, CONTRACT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ITSC FUNDING MEMO.

THAT WAS, UM, UP WITH NUMBER 10 ALSO QUESTIONS.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING ITEM 17? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, JUDGE.

UH, WE HAVE MOTION TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT AS PRESENTED IN THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CATES.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

UH, NOW, UH, SINCE WE DIDN'T GET TO THIS ITEM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PREVIOUSLY, UH, I WOULD, UH, CALL FOR A MOTION TO, UH, EXIT REGULAR MEETING AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I WOULDN'T DO LINE ITEMS LIKE HIBERNATION.

HE'S JUST TRYING TO GET BACK AT ME, MAKE YOU HAVE TO COME BACK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT SUGGESTION.

UH, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM

[18. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line item transfers.]

MADAM AUDITOR.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

THESE WERE MAILED OUT TO YOU, UH, LAST THURSDAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, THE WAY MAIL FORMS, THEIR BUDGET WAS ADJUSTED BY 51,000, BUT THE REVENUE IS ADJUSTED FOR THE SAME AMOUNT.

SO JUST A WASH.

NOPE.

YOU DID A GOOD JOB.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE LINE? I DON'T KNOW.

TRANSFERS AS PRESENTED.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND FRENCH SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES

[19. Auditor; Discuss/Consider claims for payment.]

DISCUSS CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

ALRIGHTY.

YOUR CLAIMS YOUR PAYMENT TODAY ARE $639,386 AND 40 CENTS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? OKAY.

THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR A MOTION TO APPROVE CLAIM FOR PAYMENT AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVE.

WE HAVE THAT MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER KATE'S SECOND FROM ALL SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES NOW.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, FOR SAVING ME HAVING TO LISTEN TO THEM COMPLAINING OVER HERE.

UM,

[3. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and entering into executive session. (Part 2 of 2)]

UH, COMMISSIONER FELLOWS MOVES TO LEAVE THIS REGULAR MEETING GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES

[5. Executive Session: Pursuant to Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to discuss County Engineer personnel matters.]

THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS COUNTY ENGINEER PERSONNEL MATTERS.

UH, WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

OKAY.

UH, WE ARE,