Mar 02, 2021 Commissioners Court

RIGHT.

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[Call to Order]

AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT? YES.

UH, WE'RE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM LOCATED IN THE COURTHOUSE, ANNEX AND COFFIN.

WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR, UH, NORMAL PROCEDURE.

UM, I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER KATE'S.

WELL, FIRST WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS, IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT.

AND, UH, COMMISSIONER HAUNT IS JOINING US VIA TELEPHONE.

AND SO I'LL ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER CAGE, IF HE WOULD OFFER AN INVOCATION AND COMMISSIONER BARBARA, IF HE'LL LEAD US INTO PLEDGES, PLEASE STAND.

IF YOU'LL PRAY WITH ME, THERE ARE BECOME TO YOU THIS MORNING AND HUMBLY GIVEN OUR THANKS FOR ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE ENJOY.

LORD, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THROUGH THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, A FEW DAYS.

AND WE, IT WAS TRAUMATIC AND STRESSFUL FOR MUCH OF OUR COUNTY AND OUR STATE.

WHEN WE CONTINUE TO SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR COUNSEL TODAY, AS WE TRY TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE CITIZENS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY.

LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THOSE THAT REMAIN IN NEED THAT HAVE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AND ISSUES STEMMING FROM THE GREAT SNOWMAGEDDON.

BE WITH US, LORD LEAD US AND GUIDE US.

WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME, AMEN, THE OF THE MOUNTAIN STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, THE TEXAS STATE ONE, WHEN I'VE TALKED TO VISITORS FROM OTHER STATES, UM, OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE MOVED TO TEXAS FROM OTHER STATES.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD MANY TIMES IS THEY ARE REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THE TEXAS FLAG FLYING EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S UNCOMMON IN A LOT OF STATES, BUT, UH, WE HAVE GOOD REASON TO FLY OUR FLAG IN TEXAS, FOR SURE.

UM, WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE COMMENTS FROM VISITORS OR WE'D.

WE WILL HAVE COMMENTS FROM VISITORS AND I HAVE SOME CARDS HERE THAT PEOPLE HAVE SUBMITTED AND WE'LL COVER THOSE ITEMS WHEN WE GET DOWN TO ITEM FOUR, CAUSE THEY ALL PERTAIN TO THAT.

UH, NEXT ITEM IS

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

AND JERRY, WILL YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT YOU YOU'VE BEEN LEADING THE CORRESPONDENCE THERE? WILL YOU COME UP HERE AND GIVE US A UPDATE ON THAT? JUST TELL, TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON AND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS WHO JOINED US.

SO LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED WHAT THEY CALL A SOLUTION FILE.

SO IT'S A, IT'S ABOUT A SEVEN TABS SPREADSHEET OF ALL THE DATA THEY'VE COLLECTED WITH KIND OF A CLASSIFICATIONS OF JOBS, JOB TITLES, AND PEOPLE.

UM, BRITTANY AND I ARE GONNA DIVE INTO THAT THIS AFTERNOON AND REVIEW IT LINE BY LINE AND MAKE SURE IT MAKES GOOD SENSE.

AND IT ALIGNS WITH ALL THE INITIATIVES THAT THE COUNTY HAS PUT FORTH.

I'LL SYNTHESIZE THAT PRESENT A SUMMARY REPORT, SEND IT, SEND IT, UM, FOR US TO KIND OF LOOK OVER AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CALIBRATED.

AND THEN THEY WILL THEN DO THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND SET UP A TIME TO COME AND PRESENT THAT TO THE COURT.

SO WE ARE WE'RE MATERIALLY DONE.

ALL THE DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED.

WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE IT ALIGNS WITH THE EVERYTHING WE'RE HOPING TO GET OUT OF IT.

AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, JERRY.

OKAY.

UH, NEXT THE CONSENT

[2E. Discuss/Consider approving Proclamation Commemorating the Charter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Graduate Chapter in Kaufman and Rockwall Counties, Texas]

WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT, UH, UH, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO PULL OFF HERE.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO MAKE A, UH, AND THIS, THIS IS A, UH, AN ACTION OF THE COURT OR RESOLUTION TO THE COURT, UH, COMMEMORATING THE INITIATION OF A CHAPTER OF THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY IN, UH, JUDGE WILEY.

I'M GOING TO COME DOWN THERE, BUT WHILE I WALKED DOWN THERE TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION, DO YOU CARE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? YES.

IF I COULD APPROACH JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF Y'ALL DOING THIS PROCLAMATION.

WE HAVE HERE TWO OF THE CHARTER MEMBERS, AND THAT IS MS. SMITH AND MRS. ALLEN AND THEIR CHARTER MEMBERS.

AND MS. HUEY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS NOW WILL SAY THAT RON AND I, NEITHER ONE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SORORITY, BUT WE ARE VERY GLAD TO HONOR THEM.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WANTED TO SPEAK TO IT, BUT THE PROCLAMATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY TIMELY REQUEST COMING ON

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AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MARCH IS THE MONTH OF THE WOMAN OR WOMEN IN OUR CASE.

SO WE ARE VERY, YOU KNEW THAT COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

I KNOW, I CAN TELL BY THAT, LAUGH THERE.

SO WE ARE VERY HONORED TO DO THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEN OF THE COURT CAN APPRECIATE THE WOMEN THAT ARE CHARTERING THIS AND UNDERSTAND THIS IS PART OF ROCKWALL AND KAUFMAN.

AND YOU HAVE STEPPED AHEAD OF THE ROCK WALL COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT BY BEING THE FIRST OF THE TWO COMMISSIONERS COURT TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION.

SO WE'RE VERY TIMELY IN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND THE PROCLAMATION GIVES A LITTLE HISTORY SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT THIS CHAPTER WAS FOUNDED IN 1908 ON THE CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE, THAT'S VERY WELL KNOWN, UH, IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND THIS CHAPTER WILL BE AN OFFICIAL INTEREST GROUP OF AKA, WHICH IS PEARLS BY THE LAKE.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS WOMEN CONSIDER THEIRSELVES THEIR PRIMARY GOALS.

AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IS SERVICE ORGANIZATION TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE ARE SO FORTUNATE THAT THEY WANTED TO CHARTER AND BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ALONG WITH ROCKWALL TO DO SERVICE FOR INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I'LL PRESENT TO YOU THE CHARTER MEMBERS, AND I'M NOT A MEMBER.

SO, BUT I'M GLAD TO DO THAT BEFORE.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST POP HIM, MAKE HIM COME UP HERE.

AND THEN I GUESS SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHER COMMEMORATING THE CHARTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY GRADUATE CHAPTER IN COFFIN IN ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS.

WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY LOCATED IN SOUTH ST.

PAUL REGION OR CELEBRATING THE CHARTERING OF A NEW GRADUATE CHAPTER IN COFFIN IN ROCKWALL COUNTIES.

WHEREAS APPLE KAPPA SORORITY IS AN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 1908 ON THE CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY MEMBERSHIP CONSISTS OF NEARLY 300,000 DISTINGUISHED AND SUCCESSFUL WOMEN.

THEY EXERT A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY BY PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ADVOCATING FOR GREATER EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR WORK, WHEREAS PEARLS BY THE LAKE AND OFFICIAL INTEREST GROUP OF ALPHA KAPPA SORORITY WITH 55 CHARTER MEMBERS AND FOUR CHARTER CHARTER MEMBERS AND FOUR CHARTER CHAPTERS, ALL DYNAMIC WOMEN REPRESENTING DIVERSE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN AND SURROUNDING KAUFMAN AND RACQUETBALL COUNTIES.

WHEREAS SINCE 2019, THE MEMBERS OF PEARLS BY THE LAKE AND SERVED OUR COMMUNITIES TO FULFILL THE MISSION OF ALPHA CAMPUS, ALPHA SORORITY IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES, PROVIDING OVER 1500 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, VARIOUS DONATIONS AND PUBLIC SEMINARS IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION HEALTH, THE ARTS AND GLOBAL IMPACT.

WE'RE ASKED TO MEMBERS OF PEARLS BY THE LAKE REPRESENT THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF CIVIC SERVICE AND ARE COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING AND GROWING AND RENDERING SERVICE TO ALL MANKIND, TO ALL UNDERSERVED CITIES AND TOWNS AND, AND AROUND THE COFFIN IN ROCKWALL COUNTIES, TEXAS.

NOW, THEREFORE I THEREFORE ISE COUNTY JUDGE AND REPRESENTING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT VIA RESOLVED KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMEMORATES THE ADDITION OF THE NEW GRADUATE CHAPTER, SERVING KAUFMAN IN ROCKWALL COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGION OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY AND EXTEND SINCERE BEST WISHES TO ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTE WORTHY ORGANIZATION AND CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR THEIR WORKS.

I'LL UH, I'LL SIGN THIS AND GIVE IT TO HIM.

SURE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T THERE.

RIGHT? CONGRATULATE

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OKAY.

NOW WE'RE STILL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I NEED TO BRING ONE OTHER ITEM

[2B. Discuss/Consider approving deputation of Stephen Tudor as Deputy Sheriff for Kaufman County Sheriff's Office.]

THAT'S ITEM B, WHICH IS DISCUSSED, CONSIDER APPROVING DEPUTIZATION OF RESERVE.

IS THAT CORRECT? SHERIFF RESERVE RESERVE.

STEPHEN TWO-DOOR AS DEPUTY RESERVE, DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT DEPUTIZATION? WE HAVE MOTION BARBERS OR SECOND SEGRA COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

NOW WE HAVE REMAINING ITEMS, A

[Consent Agenda]

THANK YOU, MADAM I'LL WE'LL DO THAT.

UM, SO ITEM E THE PROCLAMATION THAT I DID WOULD BE, UH, DISCUSSING, CONSIDER APPROVING THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE JUST READ.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT PROCLAMATION? SO MOVED.

WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAURA, FOR THAT, THAT LEAVES C AND D UH, COMMISSIONERS.

ANYONE CARED TO DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS IN DETAIL, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE? THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBERS, OR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES NEXT UP.

CONSTABLE

[3. Constable Woodall; Discuss/Consider accepting the racial profiling report for Kaufman County Constable, Precinct 3.]

THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT SHAUN'S REPORT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE, WE'VE GOT IT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD MIX YOU TWO GUYS UP.

AND THIS IS FOR 2020.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE COVER SHEET, IT'S A, IT'S A RACIAL PROFILE REPORT AND ANALYSIS OF, UH, ANALYZE THAT DATA AGAINST THE, UH, THE CURRENT CENSUS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

UH, AFTER ANALYZING THE DATA, I NOTICED NO ANOMALIES OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE ANYONE THINK THERE NEEDED TO BE FURTHER INVESTIGATION, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSTABLE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, THEN WHAT'S, BEFORE US, I'D BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FOR COFFIN COUNTY PRECINCT THREE AS PRESENTED.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE THAT MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER AND CASE.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ONE COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING I WAS OPPOSED TO THAT MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY.

ITEM FOUR.

[4. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider motion to approve re-plat of Lot 22 of the Meadow Ranch Estates located in Precinct 4,]

I THINK IT WOULD, UH, CARE TO SPEAK TO US HERE.

UM, THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE JEREMY.

WHAT L A BUTCHER YOUR NAME? NO, SIR.

WOULD YOU, UH, YOU CARE TO SPEAK TO US? OH, YOU'RE GOING TO YIELD.

OKAY.

AND THEN THOMAS MCCAIN.

YES.

YOU SHOULD RECORD IF YOU'LL GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

UH, YES.

THANK YOU.

UH, THOMAS MCCAIN, 1450 COUNTY ROAD, 41, 25 SCURRY, TEXAS, UH, RESIDENT OF METTA RANCHY STATES.

AND, UM, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TODAY IS, UH, DURING MY RESEARCH ON THE LETTERS THAT WERE SENT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS, THE POSTMARK ON THE, WHEN THE LETTERS WERE CREATED OR THE 22ND OF JANUARY, THE SCANS ON THE ENVELOPES THAT, UH, THERE WERE TWO FROM THE 26TH AND THE 28TH OF JANUARY AND TALKING TO THE POST OFFICE, UH, THEY NEVER WENT TO KAUFMAN POST OFFICE.

THEY WERE DELIVERED THE SCURRY POST OFFICE.

HAD THERE BEEN A, UH, DELIVERY TO THE KAUFMAN POST OFFICE.

IT WOULD HAVE HAD A SCAN AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO SEND

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THE ONLY SCANS THAT SHOWS ARE THE ONES IS THE ONE AT THE SCURRY POST OFFICE, AND TWO DIFFERENT DATES.

ONE OF THEM WAS, UM, THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS THREE WEEKS AFTER THE POSTMARK ON THE LETTERS.

SO WE'RE JUST WONDERING WHERE THE LETTERS WERE FOR THREE WEEKS, WHICH, UH, OUR ATTORNEY, WHICH WE HAVE, UM, UM, WE HAVE HIRED TO, UM, DEVELOP THE HOA FORCE.

AND THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT SAID THAT IF HE'D HAVE HAD THESE, UM, IF WE DID BROUGHT IT TO HIM THREE WEEKS EARLIER, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TIME TO CREATE THE HOA THAT WE NEEDED TO REALLY CONTEST THIS REPLANTING.

SO THAT, UM, WE'RE JUST WONDERING WHERE THOSE LETTERS WERE FOR THREE WEEKS THAT, UH, KINDA CRIPPLED US FROM BEING ABLE TO RESPOND AND REACT IN TIME.

UM, SOME OF THE LETTERS WERE DELIVERED A LITTLE EARLIER, BUT, BUT SOME OF THEM WERE, WERE HELD OR WERE LOST OR WHATEVER.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MONIQUE, YOU WANT TO RE, UM, ON THE SAME DAY FROM OUR OFFICE, ONCE THEY REACH THE POST OFFICE, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM.

AND HOW WERE THEY DELIVERED TO THEY, I, I CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THAT.

UM, MAIL IS MAIL IS HANDLED THROUGH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

SO JUST LIKE MONIQUE SAID, IT ALL GOES OUT THE SAME DAY.

SO FROM A MEAT GAVE A SET OF ENVELOPES TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE POST OFFICE ON THE SAME DAY.

UM, IT IS A LITTLE ODD THAT THE POST OFFICE TOLD YOU THAT THEY GO TO SCURRY BECAUSE WE HAVE A PICKUP SERVICE HERE AT THIS LOCATION.

SO THE POSTMAN ACTUALLY PICKS UP THE TUB FROM THIS LOCATION EVERY MORNING.

WELL, THERE, UM, I HAD A SCREENSHOT THAT I GAVE, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER BARBER AND HE CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS THAT SHOW THAT THERE WERE NO SCANS IN KAUFMAN, NO SCANS IN DALLAS.

SO THE ONLY PLACE THE LETTERS EVER MADE HER TWO WERE SCURRY AND THEY WERE DELIVERED ON THE DAY THAT THEY RECEIVED THEM.

AND SOME OF THEM THEY RECEIVED WERE, UM, THREE WEEKS AFTER THE DATE THAT THEY WERE POSTMARKED ON THERE, THE LETTERS.

AND, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE OTHER THAN WE ARE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HOA.

AND, UM, UH, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFECT THIS.

NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GIVES US LEGAL REASON TO TABLE THIS FURTHER BECAUSE OF THE, THE, UM, THE DATES ON THE LETTERS AND HOW THE RESIDENTS WEREN'T ABLE TO IT.

WELL, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT.

IT REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

BUT, UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WAYLON SAID THE MALES PICKED UP HERE.

WE HAVE NO IDEA FROM THE PALLETS PROCESSED ONCE THE MAILMAN TAKES IT.

I THINK THAT'S MORE OF AN INTERNAL ISSUE REALLY WITH THE POST OFFICE LADIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. MCCAIN.

UM, AND THEN I HAD TAMRA SCOTT, IF YOU'D JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

CAMERA SCOTT, 61 OH FOUR COUNTY ROAD, 41 27 IN SCURRY.

I KNOW Y'ALL KEEP PUSHING THIS TIME ISSUE ABOUT THE 30 DAYS.

AND I DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE LAST YEAR, MY FIRST COURT DATE WAS DECEMBER 10TH.

MY SECOND ONE WAS JANUARY 14TH AND MY THIRD ONE WAS JANUARY 28.

WE WENT OVER THE 30 DAYS FOR THE TIMELINE ON DEVELOPED FOR THAT TO PASS.

SO WE'RE BEGGING FOR TIME, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

WE'RE SHOWING YOU DISCREPANCIES IN THE MAIL.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET US A, GIVE US 30 DAYS? WE'RE BEGGING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, I GUESS THAT'S, UH, UH, OUT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR LEGAL QUESTION FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, LIKE I SAID, I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE DEVELOPERS, WITH ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED, BUT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT IS JUST THE STATUTE HONESTLY SAYS WHAT IT SAYS.

IT DOESN'T GIVE EXCEPTIONS OR, UM, OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER IT.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH A STATUTE THAT OPERATES BY RULE OF LAW.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, MONIQUE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO, TO THAT ISSUE THAT APPARENTLY WE WENT OVER 30 DAYS OR IS IT, IS IT RELATED TO WHEN THE ACTUAL PLAT WAS FILED AND THAT SORT OF STUFF LAW CHANGED? IT WAS 60 DAYS PRIOR, AND THEN THEY CHANGED

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YOU UNDERSTAND? THANK YOU.

NOT IN OUR, OR TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT DOES PUSH, BUT YES, THEY CHANGE.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MONIQUE OR DO YOU, HAVE YOU HAD ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? UH, NO.

WE WENT BACK AND, UM, UH, TOOK OUR GREEN CARDS.

WE DID RECEIVE 46 BACK 19 WERE SIGNED 64 CENTS, JUST SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE POST OFFICE DID ONCE THEY GOT THEM, SO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE ON ITEM FOUR.

UH, AND THIS ITEM IS, UH, I WILL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REPLAY OUT OF LOT 22 OF THE MEADOW RANCH STAGE LOCATED IN PRECINCT FOUR.

IS THERE A MOTION JUST BEFORE YOU 40 CALL FOR A MOTION? I JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

OH, GO AHEAD.

BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO BE RUDE AND INTERRUPT THE COUNTY JAIL.

UH, I JUST THINK, UH, UH, IT'S PRECINCT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

UM, THE, THE COURT IS REALLY CONSTRAINED.

OUR ACTIONS ARE ALWAYS CONSTRAINED BY WHAT THE STATE LAW DICTATES.

UH, WE, WE REALLY ARE, THE COUNTY IS A SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.

AND AS A CONSEQUENCE WE OPERATE UNDER, UNDER STATE LAW, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE STATE DOES.

UH, AND SOMETIMES THAT'S A, A GOOD THING AND SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO, UH, TO HAVE TO COMPLY.

I THINK WE'RE IN THAT SITUATION HERE.

WE CERTAINLY, I CERTAINLY PERSONALLY, AND I THINK, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COURT, IF NOT ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT WE ARE SYMPATHETIC TO, UH, OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR, OUR, UH, CITIZENS, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UM, UH, A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHERE, WHERE IN THEIR VIEW UNDESIRABLE DEVELOPMENT IS, IS OCCURRING.

UH, DESPITE THE FACT THAT, UH, UNDER STATE LAW, THE I'S ARE DOTTED AND ALL THE T'S SEEM TO BE CROSSED, UH, AT THE SAME TIME.

UH, IT'S UH, IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A HORNS BEING ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA BECAUSE THE COUNTY ALSO IS, IS SUPPORTIVE OF DESIRABLE DEVELOPMENT.

AND, UH, SO WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANT TO SWING OUR PENDULUM TOO FAR THE OTHER WAY TOO, TO DETER, UM, THOSE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT REALLY ARE, UH, IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST.

SO IN THIS SITUATION, UH, IT'S REALLY, UM, UH, WE'RE REALLY PULLED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

I, I, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE, I THINK THAT WE ARE, UH, ON ONE HAND COMPELLED TO FOLLOW THE STATUTE AND TO, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAWS.

AND, AND AS, UH, AS I PURPOSEFULLY DEMONSTRATED HERE, THOSE LAWS CHANGE SOMETIMES, UH, UH, AGAINST OUR WISHES AS WELL, SUCH AS THE 60 DAY DOWN TO THE 30 DAY TIMEFRAME.

SO, UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF ABOVE OUR PAY GRADE WHEN, WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

AND, AND THE, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW HERE ARE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT ABOVE THE COUNTY'S AUTHORITY AND DESPITE OUR PERSONAL FEELINGS.

SO I JUST WANT TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT THE DIFFICULTY IN THIS KIND OF DECISION PROCESS AND, UH, THE REAL EFFORT THAT WE TAKE TO TRY TO BALANCE THE INTEREST OF BOTH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR WISHES, AS WELL AS THE DESIRABLE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND REGULATING THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES, COMES ALONG WITH THIS JOB.

BUT IN THAT REGARD, JUDGE, I, I, UH, UH, PARTICULARLY AFTER CONSIDERING COMMISSIONER BARBARA'S COMMENTS LAST WEEK AND, AND RE REVIEWING THIS MATTER, UM, I THINK THAT THE, UH, THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE HERE FROM KAUFMAN COUNTY IS TO TAKE NO ACTION.

UM, WE, WE UNDERSTAND, UH, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE DESIRES OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND PREACHING FOR IT'S THEIR HOME.

UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE DEVELOPERS WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S WHY I HAD HOPED THAT THE DEVELOPERS, UH, LAST WEEK WOULD BE WILLING TO MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS AND, AND, UH, AND AT LEAST EXPLORE SOME OPTIONS, UM, OTHER THAN WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

BUT, UM, FOR, FOR WHATEVER REASONS WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE.

AND, UH, SO MY, MY FEELING ABOUT THIS JUDGE IS THAT, UH, WOULD, UH, AS THE COMMISSIONER OF PRECINCT FOUR, I WOULD PREFER NOT TO, NOT TO HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS.

AND IF THAT'S, UH, IF LEGAL CAN SUPPORT THAT, I, I, I JUST PROPOSE THAT WE TABLE THIS MATTER AND NOT TAKE ANY EX, LET ME, LET ME, UH, I THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING THROUGH THE, WHAT WOULD BE THE, PROBABLY THE BEST PROCESS.

AND THAT WOULD, UM, SINCE THIS IS ON FOR CONSIDERATION, AND IF WE TABLE IT, WE GOTTA BRING IT BACK.

AND SO WHAT I, UH, WHAT I WOULD

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IT'LL JUST BE A LITTLE CLEANER.

I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REPLAY OUT OF LOT 22.

IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY.

SO THERE'S NO MOTION COMING FORTH ON ITEM FOUR.

AND SO, UH, THE NOTHING HAPPENS.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, DISCUSS,

[5. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider motion to approve Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with the City of Mclendon-Chisholm for ETJ Authority-Land Use Regulations.]

YES.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING EVERYBODY'S IN OUR LOCALS IN, AND IT'S A SLOW PROCESS, AND IT'S A REMINDER PROCESS, BUT, UM, I HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE, WILL BE COMING THROUGH IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

THEY'VE, THEY'VE MET, THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR BOUNDARIES, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE COMPLETED IT.

SO MCLENDON CHISHOLM, UM, HAS AGREED AND THEY WILL TAKE AUTHORITY OF THEIR ETJ.

SO WE JUST NEED TO APPROVE THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL GO INTO EFFECT TODAY.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDITION, EXPLANATION, A LOT OF THE, IT'S HARD TO GET THAT ALL SINKED UP.

CAUSE SOME OF THEM DON'T MEET EVERY WEEK AND RIGHT.

AND THEY JUST GOT TO GET ON THEIR AGENDA AND ALL THAT.

CORRECT.

SO Y'ALL ARE MAKING PROGRESS, GOT MY LITTLE LIST CHECK.

I'M GETTING EXCITED.

SO, UH, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WE'VE APPROVED ALREADY, BUT, UM, QUESTIONS FOR MONIQUE ABOUT IT.

OKAY.

THEN, UH, BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INNER LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MCLENDON CHISHOLM FOR ETJ AUTHORITY AND THE LAND USE REGULATIONS.

I'LL MAKE MOTION.

WE WAIT A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ORIGINAL PRESUMING THAT SIGNED.

OKAY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

[6. Deborah Bonner; Discuss/consider/approve changes to HR Policy manual regarding office closure and sick time.]

I SENT THIS TO YOU IN EMAIL, BUT JUST IN CASE TO LOOK AT IT, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS, ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP, UM, RECENTLY THAT HAVE CAUSED SOME NEED CHANGE OUR POLICY MANUAL.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

THE FIRST IS THE CHANGE TO THE PAYMENT OF SICK TIME FOR A LONG-TERM EMPLOYEE.

IT, THE POLICY WAS NOT CLEAR THAT IT NEEDED TO BE CONTINUOUS AND UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE OF 20 YEARS IN ORDER TO GET THAT PAYMENT.

UM, IT KIND OF SAID IT, BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY, IT WASN'T CLEAR.

AND SO WE'RE CLEAR CLARIFYING THAT IN A COUPLE OF PLACES.

YOU'LL SEE.

AND THE SECOND ONE, THE BIG CHANGE IS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A FREAK OCCURRENCE, WE HAVE HAD FIVE ICE STAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR, ONE TIME ALL AT ONE TIME, RIGHT? AND, UH, WE FOUND THE NEED TO CREATE A POLICY ADDRESSING THE OFFICE CLOSURE AND THE PAYMENT OF TIME AND HOW THAT WILL WORK CONSIDERING WE'VE HAD FIVE ICE DAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR, LORD ONLY KNOWS WHAT HE IS GOING TO THROW AT US FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, MUCH LESS IN FUTURE YEARS.

NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A ONE-TIME DEAL.

UM, EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH, WE'LL JUST COVER LOCUST AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THIS WILL COVER ANY OFFICE CLOSURE BY FAMINE, FLOOD, PLAGUE, WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES I HAVE PROPOSED, AND THEY'RE BOTH HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY ARE.

UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO I, UH, I JUST, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR.

UH, SO I'LL REFER TO PAGE 20, THE, UH, THE ACTUAL OFFICE CLOSURE.

SO THE, I GUESS THE NEXT TO THE LAST LINE EMPLOYEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE COMMON SENSE AND MAKE THEIR BEST ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY AND PRACTICALITY THE SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, IT, UH, I WAS JUST A LITTLE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE VAGUE THAT, UM, THAT THE DECISION-MAKING THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THAT A COUNTY FACILITY IS CLOSED THAT REST WITH THE COUNTY, NOT THE EMPLOYEE.

SO THAT'S CORRECT.

SO DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ENCOURAGED TO USE THEIR COMMON SENSE, IF, IF, UH, IF THEY, IF THE COUNTY'S FACILITIES ARE OPEN AND THE EMPLOYEE DETERMINES THEY CAN MAKE IT SAFELY, THAT IS NOT A COMPENSABLE

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THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO TAKE SICK OR COMP OR VACATION TIME.

OKAY.

UH, I JUST WASN'T SURE THAT WAS AS CLEAR AS I THOUGHT IT MIGHT.

YOU MIGHT, COULD BE.

IT ISN'T, IT, IT'S NOT THAT CLEAR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD MAKE IT THAT MUCH MORE CLEAR, PARTICULARLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT FLOODING, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GOT A BIG, BIG STORM AND IN THE DECISION IS MADE TO KEEP THE COUNTY OFFICES OPEN.

UM, WELL, LET ME REPHRASE THAT.

WE DECIDED THERE'S SO MUCH FLOODING IN THE COUNTY.

WE DECIDED TO CLOSE THE OFFICES, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO'S FLOODED AND WHO'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S OF COURSE WE RELY A LOT ON THE S THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

I MEAN, THEY KIND OF GOT THIS DOWN, BUT WE, FOR A FRO FOR FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND STUFF, WE RELY ON THE SCHOOL.

I MEAN, I RELY ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS A LOT, UH, CAUSE THEY'VE GOT EYES ALL AROUND THE COUNTY, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T THINK IT IS COMPLETELY CLEAR BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE I THINK WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IF THERE WAS JUST A TINY BIT OF SNOW, WHICH IS GREAT.

I THINK IT'D BE, IT'D BE UNCOMFORTABLE.

I THINK YOU HAVE TO STAY HOME.

BUT I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

I MEAN, BUT THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU GET PAID? IF YOU, IF YOU DECIDE ONE OF THE DECISION IS THAT IF OFFICES ARE OPEN, IT'S JUST LIKE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SNOWING, FLOODING, RAINING, OR WHAT THEIR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE.

SO IF IT'S OPEN, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME TO WORK.

IF THEY CAN, THEN THEY CAN, THEY USE SICK TIME OR THEY USE USE COMP TIME.

THERE'S, THERE'S NOT MUCH, BUT NOT MUCH CHOICE.

IF, IF THE WEATHER'S BAD, LIKE IT WAS, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE COUNTY WITH SHERIFF, I'M STILL GONNA STAY OPEN.

EVEN THE SHERIFF BARBARA, THAT THEY WOULD GET REALLY CLOSE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT THEY DON'T, IT'S THIS LIKE THE HOSPITAL, THE HOSPITAL CAN'T CLOSE.

OF COURSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO, I MEAN, IT'S MODERN, I THINK ARE ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SORT THROUGH IS THAT AFTER COVID WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK AT HOME, RIGHT.

SO THEY DON'T NEED, I MEAN, SO THEY MAY NOT, IF THE OFFICES ARE CLOSED, THERE'S NOT ANY REASON WHY THOSE FOLKS WHO WERE PREPARED AND BEEN THE TECHNOLOGY.

THERE'S NO ASSUMING THEY HAVE ELECTRICITY.

UH, THERE'S NO REASON WHY THEY CAN'T CONTINUE TO WORK.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE, SO, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY MAKE THIS DISTINCTION.

AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN MAYBE ADD SOME LANGUAGE TO THIS, THAT IF THE COUNTY COUNTY LEADERSHIP MAKES THE AFFIRMATIVE DECISION, THAT COUNTY FACILITIES ARE CLOSED OR A PARTICULAR COUNTY FACILITY IS CLOSED, THEN THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT, NOT ABLE TO REPORT FOR WORK BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO CLOSE THAT FACILITY.

SO IN THAT REGARD, I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY SUPPORTABLE AND JUSTIFIABLE THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ENTITLED TO THEIR, TO THEIR STANDARD PAY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF, BECAUSE THERE IS SPOT FLOODING, LET'S SAY A ONE COUNTY FACILITY IS CLOSED, BUT OTHERS ARE NOT.

IF THE COUNTY'S OPERATIONS WHERE YOU ARE EMPLOYED ARE OPEN, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO REPORT FOR WORK.

HOWEVER, IF IN THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE'S OPINION, IT'S UNSAFE FOR THEM, THEN THEY, THE POLICY NEEDS TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT IF THEY DETERMINE NOT TO REPORT FOR WORK WHILE THEIR FACILITY IS TECHNICALLY OPEN, THAT THAT IS AN INSTANCE WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE SOME FORM OF PAID TIME OFF.

ONE THING WE COULD DO IS WE COULD TAKE OUT THOSE LAST TWO SENTENCE SENTENCES OF THAT PARAGRAPH SINCE THIS POLICY IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OFFICE CLOSURE AND REMOVE THAT AMBIGUITY, BECAUSE IF THE OFFICE IS CLOSED, LIKE YOU SAID, PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO WORK FROM HOME IF THEY CAN, IF THEY HAVE WORK TO DO, BUT OTHERWISE THEY'RE NOT ASKED TO COME TO THE OFFICE AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST TO PARDON ME, SKEET.

I WOULD JUST SUGGEST TO THAT AS THE JUDGE POINTS OUT AS WE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES AND WE'VE SEEN THROUGH COVID THAT IF AN EMPLOYEE, UH, IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE SAYS, WELL, I'M REALLY SKETCHY ABOUT DRIVING THROUGH THE WATER OUT HERE.

IF THAT EMPLOYEE HAS THE ABILITY TO WORK FROM HOME, WHICH MANY DO THAT MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL BY YOUR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR? THAT SHOULD NOT BE, THAT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A MANAGEMENT DECISION.

RIGHT? AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT

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HE GOT TO SAY IT FIRST, BUT I, I THINK THAT A LOT OF THIS IS DISCRETION AND IT'S UP TO THE LINKEDIN, THE VISUAL OVER THAT DEPARTMENT, WHETHER OR NOT THE EMPLOYEE STAYS HOME OR NOT.

IT'S UP TO THE COUNTY.

JUDGE DECIDE IF COBB COUNTY HAS OFFICES COMPLETELY, IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSED.

FACILITIES ARE RIGHT.

SO, I MEAN, JUST, JUST LIKE OUR DEPARTMENT, I WROTE IN BRIDGES DEPARTMENTS, IF THEY NEEDED TO BE DURING THAT ASS AND WEEK, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTY WAS CLOSED, WE WOULDN'T BE WORKING.

YOU KNOW, IF THE TREES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD OR THE SHERIFF'S BARBIE CALLS US AND THEY HAVE PROBLEMS, I NEED A ROAD GRADER OR SOMETHING, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TOO.

SO IT'S BACK TO OUR DISCRETION AGAIN.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME DISCRETION, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

AND JUST A POINTED TECHNICAL POINT IN YOUR FIRST LINE, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE COUNTY JUDGES, THE SPOKESMAN, THE COUNTY JUDGE ALWAYS AS HE DID IN THE PAST, MAKES THE DETERMINATION TO CLOSE THE OFFICER'S IN CONSULT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COURT.

RIGHT.

UH, THAT'S TRUE.

BUT THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I AGREE THAT THERE ARE, THERE MIGHT BE SOME SITUATIONS, OF COURSE, SINCE IT KIND OF CAME UP SINCE THIS IS REALLY PREDICATED OFF THIS, YOU KNOW, ANOMALY FIVE DAYS IN A ROW, UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS.

THIS WAS A POLICY.

LET ME BACK UP, THIS IS A POLICY THAT WOULD CHANGE ONCE, ONCE TWEAKED WOULD CHANGE FROM TODAY FORWARD.

CORRECT.

SO IT DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS FROM TODAY BACKWARD.

AND, UH, THERE IS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, JUDGE.

AND I, UH, JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'D LIKE TO BRING AN AGENDA ITEM TO ADDRESS, UM, RETROACTIVELY, IF YOU WILL, HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPLY OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION SO THAT THAT'S NOT COVERED HERE TODAY.

WHAT, FROM TODAY BACK? NO.

OKAY.

SO WHERE, UH, I GUESS, UH, UH, I HAVE ONE OTHER, WHAT ARE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS? YEAH.

OH, WELL, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION BEFORE WE, OKAY.

AND THAT'S ABOUT THE, SINCE THERE WERE AMENDMENTS TO A COUPLE OTHER SECTIONS, THE SICK LEAVE THING, THERE'S A LINE THAT SAYS, UH, THAT THE EMPLOYEE CAN'T DONATE HIS SICK TIME.

DID I READ THAT RIGHT? UH, EMPLOYEES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BORROW SICK, LEAVE AGAINST FUTURE ACCRUALS OR DONATE TO OTHER EMPLOYEES, BUT DON'T, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A SICK POOL THAT IT'S ONLY DONE ONCE A YEAR.

AND THERE'S A MAXIMUM THAT YOU CAN DONATE AT THAT TIME.

WELL, DOES THIS NOT CONTRADICT WITH, DOES THIS NOT CONTRADICT THAT? WELL, ONLY IF THEY'RE RETIRING AT THE CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ACCRUING THOSE SICK COOL TIME, BECAUSE THEY ONLY TAKE THEM FROM NOVEMBER TO THE END OF THE YEAR OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IS THE ONLY TIME THAT THEY TAKE THOSE SICK, SICK POOL DAYS OR HOURS.

EVERYONE LOOK AT IT.

THEY DON'T TAKE THEM ALL YEAR LONG.

RIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THAT, THAT NOT ALLOWED IS RESTRICTED TO SOMEONE THAT'S IN THAT IMMINENT RETIREMENT.

THIS SAYS YOU CAN'T BORROW SICK LEAVE OR DONATE IT, PERIOD.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT IS IN CONTRADICTION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN DONATE SICK LEAVE, RIGHT? YES.

SO, I MEAN, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST MAKE THAT LINE ALONG WHERE YOU BELONG TO THE SICK POOL.

YEAH.

THEY DON'T BELONG TO THE SINGAPORE, THEN YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DONATE TIME BECAUSE YOU ONLY, YOU ONLY DONATE ONCE YOU DON'T KEEP DON'T SICK LEAVE IN ANOTHER PORTION OF THE POLICY, THE POOL, IT'S A SEPARATE PART.

IT'S SEPARATE PART OF THE POLICY.

OKAY.

I JUST SAW, I JUST THOUGHT THAT SEEMED TO CONFLICTED.

IT SAYS, IT SAYS, I THINK CERTAINLY SCOTT ELECTRIFY THAT THIS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BORROW SICK, LEAVE AGAINST FUTURE APPROVALS OR DONATE TO OTHER EMPLOYEES, PERIOD.

IT JUST SAVED ME IN CONTRADICTION.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S MOSTLY TO STOP THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 200 HOURS OF SICK LEAVE THAT MAYBE AREN'T GOING TO GET PAID BECAUSE THEY'RE RETIRING WITH 15 YEARS AS OPPOSED TO 20 YEARS.

AND THEY WANTED TO DONATE THE ONLY AT THAT TIME TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND YOU COULD JUST PUT THAT IN THERE, PERIOD.

THAT YOU'RE NOT.

YEAH.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

NEVERMIND.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THE ONLY THING YOU COULD DO IS JUST SAY IN THE, IN THE LINE, THE ADD EXCEPTION TO THE POLICY.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND THEN I DID THAT.

OKAY.

NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO WE

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WE HAD THAT LANGUAGE ABOUT THE SHAPE.

COOL POLICY ON THAT ITEM.

UH, DO YOU USE YOUR PROPOSAL? DAD DID REMOVE, REMOVE THOSE LAST TWO SENTENCES AND THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH.

YEAH.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE WAY WE WOULD PASS THIS HR POLICY REVISION.

SO THEN I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WITH THOSE STATED, UH, LANGUAGE AMENDMENTS.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CAGE TO APPROVE THE CHANGES IN HR POLICY MANUAL WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE ON RECORD.

UH, IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND SEGMENT COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE POSTS.

NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, NEXT UP BRENDA

[7. Brenda Samples; Discuss/Consider purchase of enhancements to the Kaufman County's voting equipment.]

ALRIGHT, MORNING, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, UPGRADE OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT AND IT WOULD COME AT A PRICE OF 20,006 39 IS WHAT IT WOULD BE IN.

IT HAS SEVERAL ENHANCEMENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAD TIME TO READ IT, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO WITH ME TO GO OVER SOME OF THEM.

OKAY.

UH, LIKE THE D IS 200.

THAT WOULD BE THE, THE COUNTERS THAT GO TO EACH OF THE SITES THEY WOULD, UH, AND THEY CALL THEM A TABULATOR.

UH, THEY WOULD HAVE OPTIONAL LOCKING COMPARTMENT NOW, COMPACT FLASH CARDS IN ENSURING A SECURE TAMPER-PROOF OPERATING SYSTEM.

AND THEN, UH, THAT MACHINE WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO DO REPORTS IN A GROUP BY THE PRECINCT, WHICH WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE ELECTION OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS THE POLL WORKERS.

THEN THE BIG ONE, THE BIG TABULATOR, WHICH WOULD BE HERE AT THE, UH, THE ANNEX.

THEY WOULD HAVE A READ ONLY COMPACT FLASH CARD.

AND THAT WOULD SAFEGUARD THE OPERATING SYSTEM AGAINST ANY UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATIONS.

THE, UH, WHILE THE VOTERS ARE VOTING, THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPTION TO DE-SELECT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY PRESS THEM IN.

I GUESS THEY GO ON AND MAYBE DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY PUSHED SOMEBODY THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT.

AND, UH, THEY CAN DE-SELECT, DE-SELECT A, UH, TARGET.

AND THEN BEFORE THE, BEFORE PERMITTING A NEW SELECTION IN A VOTE, ONE VOTE VOTE FOR ONE CONTEST CONFIGURED IN AN ELECTION WHERE THE, UH, THE, UH, FILES CAN NOW BE EXPORTED TO A FLASH DRIVE RATHER THAN REQUIRE MOOT REMOVAL OF THE OLD CARD.

THE, UM, THERE'S AUDIO SCRIPTS FROM THE ELECTION, WHERE THERE ARE GOING TO BE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PAPER BALLOT, TEXT FORMAT.

THEY ONLY EXPRESS BOTH IS SETTING SCREEN.

NOW ENABLES USERS TO CONFIGURE DIFFERENT SETTINGS FOR ELECTION DAY IN ABSENTEE, EARLY EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS TO ENFORCE THE REVIEW BOX OPTION FORMERLY DEPENDENT UPON THE PIPER VALID, THERE ALSO WILL BE, UH, IT'LL BE CHANGING IT FROM MICROSOFT TAN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE IN A 64 BIT ARCHITECTURE SUPPORTED BY CONCURRENT MOVE TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2016.

AND THOSE UPGRADES ENFORCED FORCED LAYERS OF ADDED SECURITY, AS WELL AS IMPROVING SPEED AND PERFORMANCE TO OUR, UH, EQUIPMENT.

THE, AND I'M NOT A TECHIE PERSON.

SO ADOBE ACROBAT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE, OR WILL BE REPLACED BY THE AMY UNI PDF GENERATOR IN THIS SUMATRA PDF VIEWER.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT I'M SURE THEY'RE VERY GOOD THEY'RE IMPROVEMENTS.

WELL, THIS IS BASICALLY THIS CHANGING THE SCANNERS, THE MAC, ALL THE VOTING MACHINES, AS DAVE WAS SAYING, YES, SIR.

UH, YOU CAN ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, CONTESTS ON ONE SCREEN, WHICH WILL HELP TO THAT.

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AND THEN THE INTERFACE, UH, IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED.

THE, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE COLOR THAT'LL HELP.

I THINK SOME OF THE VOTERS DISTINGUISH WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO VOTE FOR.

AND, UM, THAT PROGRAMMABLE MANUAL DE-SELECT IS FOR A ONE VOTE CONTEST.

THEY WON'T HAVE IT WHERE THERE'D BE MULTIPLE BOATING.

THE, UH, ADDED SECURITY FEATURES FOR LOCKING THEIR COMPACT FLASH CARD.

AND THAT'S ON THE DS 200, THE ONES THAT THE PRECINCTS.

AND THEN, UH, HERE ON OUR LARGE ONE, IT'LL BE A HIGH SECURITY READ-ONLY, UH, COMPACT FLASH CARD THAT THEY'LL BE USING THAT THERE'S MANY, UH, MANY THINGS THAT THIS ENHANCEMENT WOULD DO.

LIKE THEY CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE, UH, ELECTION ON ONE PAGE.

AND, UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

I JUST THINK THAT THEY GAVE ME A FUNNY, UH, AD IN HERE THAT HAVE THEIR VOTING BALLOTS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE THING THAT EVERYBODY ALWAYS GRABS ABOUT IS THAT THEY PUT ON THEIR VOTING BALLOT AT ELVIS PATSY CLAN, BUDDY HOLLY, I DON'T, THESE GUYS AREN'T LAUGHING.

OH, WELL HE IS, IT WAS, I ALWAYS VOTE FOR ELVIS, BUT NO, NO, THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UH, BECAUSE AS I READ THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, THE STUFF IN THE PACKET, I SEE THAT, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF REFERENCES TO, TO SETTINGS THAT CAN BE MADE IN THIS, ON THESE MACHINES AND ON THE SYSTEM.

SO AS AN EXAMPLE, IT SAID, UM, AS YOU JUST POINTED OUT, YOU CAN NOW HAVE SEPARATE SETTINGS FOR ELECTION DAY, DAY, AN ABSENTEE AND EARLY VOTING.

AND THEN LIKE IN ANOTHER AREA, IT SAYS ONE OF THE SETTINGS, ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS YOU CAN REQUIRE A MANUAL.

DE-SELECT IN A VOTE FOR ONE CONTEST WITH THIS OPTION, ENABLED A VOTE FOR ONE CONTEST IN A VOTE FOR ONE CONTEST.

AFTER MAKING THE SELECTION, THE VOTER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SELECT A DIFFERENT CHOICE WITHOUT FIRST DESELECTING, THE ORIGINAL CHOICE.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, SO, I MEAN, THAT'S SAYING IF YOU PUT THIS SETTING, THEN THEY HAVE TO REMOVE THEIR FIRST CHOICE TO PUT ANOTHER CHOICE IN.

SO MY QUESTION, PROBABLY NOT, MAYBE IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR UPGRADE, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE SETTINGS ARE, ARE DONE AND, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE THEY, ARE THEY BEING DONE? ARE THE SETTINGS BEING SET ONCE THE MACHINES GET OUT TO THE VARIOUS POLLING PLACES? OR DO WE SET THE SETTINGS HERE? WE'RE GOING TO SET THE SETTINGS HERE AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE HIM OUT TO THE POLLING PLACES.

THE, UH, AND THEN THE SETTINGS DOES THIS SYSTEM.

YOU'RE NO ONE ELSE'S NO ONE'S ABLE TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS.

ONCE YOU DISTRIBUTE THE MACHINES, THE PEOPLE IN THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT DO THE PROGRAM.

YES.

WELL, I MEAN, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT IT AND THEN HE HAD TWO ELECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S A BUSY PAGE.

YEAH.

THAT'S AN OPTION.

I MEAN, NOT, NO, I, THIS LOOKS BUSY.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND THIS LOOKS REALLY BUSY TO ME.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE CONFUSING.

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE NOT, IF YOU'RE A, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS, IT WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE NOW THEY'D DO 16 AT THE SAME TIME.

WHAT'S THE ELECTIONS OFFICE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING HOW THE SETTINGS ARE GOING TO BE INSTEAD OF THE STATE, THE STATE, THE STATE MAKES THOSE DECISIONS IN THE S AND S WHICH IS WHAT WE USE.