Oct 19, 2021 Commissioners Court

UH, NEXT UP VERONICA YORK, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING PROCLAMATION FOR NOVEMBER AS FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

UH, I'M GOING TO PASS THAT DOWN IF EVERYBODY WOULD PLEASE,

[4. Veronica York; Discuss/Consider approving proclamation for November as Family Court Awareness Month.]

THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED THIS OR NOT.

PROBABLY NOT.

BEND IT DOWN SO WE CAN, CAUSE WE'RE BEING WE'RE ON THE AIR, SO IT WILL BE OH, OKAY.

IS THAT BETTER? OKAY.

SO I BROUGHT WITH ME JUDY BARTLETT AS WELL.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT HAVING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER PROCLAIMED AS FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH.

THE MISSION OF THE PROCLAMATION IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A FAMILY COURT SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES CHILD SAFETY AND ACTS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF CHILDREN IT'S TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD TRAUMA AND POST-SEPARATION ABUSE FOR ALL COURT PROFESSIONALS.

UM, THE MISSION IS ALSO TO EDUCATE JUDGES AND OTHER COURT PROFESSIONALS ON THE SCIENTIFIC DATA AND RESEARCH TO ENSURE THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE TRULY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF CHILDREN.

AND IT'S ALSO TO HONOR THE 100 PLUS RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 111 CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES.

WHO'VE BEEN MURDERED BY A PARENT AFTER A COURT, A CUSTODY COURT REJECTED THE OTHER PARENT'S PLAY FOR PROTECTION.

I AM JUDY BARTLETT AND I AM A REFLECTION OF WHAT OUR COURTS HERE, THE ONES THAT HERE, FAMILY COURT CASES, UH, WE HAVE FOR THAT, UH, HERE, FAMILY LAW.

AND WITHIN THAT, I HAVE WORKED WITH MANY COUNTIES AND I CAN SAY THAT OUR COUNTY, THE MOST EFFICIENT AND PUTTING CHILDREN FIRST, THEY ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION WHEN THERE ARE CASES WHERE CHILDREN COULD BE HARMED OR THE POTENTIAL IS THERE.

I HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO COME INTO, UH, OUR COUNTY AND SET UP A SUPERVISED VISITATION CENTER, WHICH ALLOWS CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO VISIT WITH THEIR PARENT WHOM IS NOT SAFE TO BE WITH ON A SUPERVISED.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING OUR COURTS WERE, UM, KIND ENOUGH AND CARED ENOUGH ABOUT THE CHILDREN TO EXTEND THAT.

AND IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF OUR JUDGES THAT CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

SO I WILL ALSO ADD THAT, UM, I WORK ON A COMMITTEE THAT IS DOING THIS NATIONWIDE AND WE HAVE SECURED POP PROCLAMATIONS AND ALL OF THE MAJOR TEXAS CITIES.

AND I JUST RECEIVED THE PROCLAMATION FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT TO PROCLAIM NOVEMBER AS FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS WELL.

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UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I'M FINE.

I THINK, I THINK OUR JUDGES DO DO A REALLY WONDERFUL JOB, ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN THERE.

I THANK YOU ALL FOR SAYING THAT.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THERE'S ALWAYS WORK THAT CAN BE DONE AND THERE'S ALWAYS IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE.

AND SO IT'S OUR MISSION TO, TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND BECAUSE THIS IS MY COUNTY AND I LIVE HERE, I CARE ABOUT, UM, THE PEOPLE HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO START HERE IN MY COMMUNITY, BUT I DO THIS NATIONWIDE AS WELL.

UH, I SEE DONNA COMING UP HERE WITH HER PHONE CAMERA AND I BET THAT SHE WOULD, UH, DO YOU, WHY DON'T WE DO OUR NORMAL THING? I DO HAVE THE PROCLAMATION HERE AND UM, I'LL COME DOWN THERE AND JUST READ THE FINAL PART OF IT AND THEN, OKAY.

AND THEN THIS WILL BE PUT ON OUR WEBSITE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WE ALL GENTLEMAN, DO YOU MIND DOING WHAT WE ALWAYS DO? WHERE DO YOU WANT TO JUDGE? YOU'D GO RIGHT AHEAD.

I DON'T NEED TO BE INTERESTED IN, ARE YOU SURE? I DON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER, MIKE.

I JUST BARELY CAN SEE YOUR FACE.

THERE YOU GO.

IS THAT BETTER? THAT'S BETTER.

ONE MORE.

BARBARA DISCUSSED CONSIDERING A ROAD EASEMENT FOR 12, 2 43, FM 1391.

I'M GOING TO BRING THE ONE I GOT FROM, SINCE WE DID ALL THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET TO ACTUALLY VOTE.

UH, SO OUR PROCLAMATION WOULD BE, UH, REALLY DESCRIBED BY WHAT THE LADY SAID, AND IT WOULD BE TO PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH.

IS THERE A MOTION TO MAKE THAT PROCLAMATION I'LL MAKE THAT MONEY? WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

THOSE OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES ITEM FIVE.

COMMISSIONER

[5. Commissioner Barber; Discuss/Consider a road easement for 12243 FM 1392; Phillip Plunk residence.]

PHILLIP PUNK RESIDENCE.

I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE TABLE THIS.

UH, WE NEED TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION TOGETHER ON THAT, SO, OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM FIVE.

SO, UH, IT WOULD BE ON OUR NEXT AGENDA.

IS THAT OKAY? SO COMMISSIONER BARBARA MOVES TO TABLE ITEM FIVE.

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

THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES

[6. Pam Corder; Discuss/consider approval of Location Use Agreement for a film or video production at the Poor Farm,]

NEXT UP.

PAM QUARTER DISCUSSED, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF LOCATION, USE AGREEMENT FOR A FILM OR VIDEO PRODUCTION AT THE POOR FARM.

HOW ARE Y'ALL? SO THIS IS A IN GENERAL.

UM, I USE AGREEMENT UPDATED FOR THE POOR FARM.

WE DO HAVE A GROUP THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT ON THE 23RD TO DO A FILMING OF THE FARM.

UM, SO THEY WANT A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE FARM AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME FILMING, BUT, UM, WITH, UH, THE LEGAL, THEY, THEY WANTED TO GO IN AND UPDATE THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD.

AND, UM, BASICALLY THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS USED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID SOME FILMING ON THE MURDERS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND WE USE SOME COUNTY FACILITIES LIKE THE LAW LIBRARY AND COURT HOUSE.

AND BASICALLY ALL IT REALLY DOES IS JUST PROTECTS THE COUNTY THAT IF THE FILMING CREW DAMAGES OR, OR, YOU KNOW, DOES ANYTHING TO THE PROPERTY THAT THEY WOULD JUST REPLACE OR FIX, IT'S PURELY NOT TO INTERFERE, BUT JUST TO GIVE THE COUNTY A LITTLE BIT OF PROTECTION.

AND USUALLY, UM, GROUPS ARE MORE CAREFUL IF THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RESPONSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, LEGALLY ATTACHED TO IT.

SO THIS GROUP THAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT.

QUESTIONS.

NOW WE'RE JUST ASKING THEM TO REPLACE A REPAIR OF AN IF ANYTHING'S DAMAGED AND TO BE CAREFUL, I JUST WANTED SOME FILM COMPANIES DON'T HAVE MONEY.

WE DIDN'T GO THAT FAR.

I MEAN, WE COULD, BUT WE DIDN'T AND PAM AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE THERE OF THERE FILMING?

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THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO COME IN JANUARY AND THEY COULDN'T AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO PARANORMAL VIDEOING AT THE FARM.

UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE GOING TO, I WILL AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE POOR FARM, AND THEN THEY WILL BE THERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND THERE'LL BE DOING SOME FILMING.

UM, THE COMMISSION DID, DID SAY THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, THAT IT WAS OKAY, THIS HAS HAPPENED AT THE FARM BEFORE.

AND SO, UM, AND THE, THE COMPANY THAT'S DOING IT HAS BEEN DOING THESE THINGS FOR AWHILE.

SHE'S SCORE FORM HAUNTED.

UM, SO I WOULD THINK, NO, I THINK, YEAH, SO, YEAH.

AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO WIND UP ON NATIONAL TELEVISION OR SOMETHING.

UM, SO THE PARANORMAL, UH, THERE'S LIKE A CHANNEL THAT THIS LADY WORKS WITH.

THEY SEND THOSE GHOST GHOST PEOPLE AROUND, THEY SIT AND FILM IT ON THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW MY WIFE WATCHES THOSE BUSTERS.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

ARE THERE ANY SERIOUS QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK KAREN WATCHES IT TOO.

I KNOW.

I THINK IT WAS, I THINK HER AND MY WIFE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT.

SO, UH, WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR HERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT LOCATION USE AGREEMENT.

I'M LIKE THE MOST WHERE THE MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT.

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

THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT UP, NATHAN COLLINS, DISCUSS FOR SIGNATURE AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN TYLER TECHNOLOGIES AND KAUFMAN COUNTY.

[7. Nathan Collins: Discuss and Sign agreement between Tyler Technologies and Kaufman County. This is to renew Tyler Odyssey and upgrade to new SaaS Jury.]

THIS IS TO RENEW TYLER ODYSSEY AND UPGRADE TO A NEW S A A S JURY, WHATEVER THAT, YES, SIR.

SO, UM, SO THE BIG, UH, CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, UM, HERE WITH TYLER IS TO DO TWO THINGS REALLY, UM, TO RENEW THE CONTRACT, UM, FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS, FOR BOTH ODYSSEY AND TYLER JURY.

UM, SO BOTH OF THESE WOULD BE HOSTED AT TYLER, SO SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FEES.

AND, UM, IF YOU GO TO GO PAST PAGE 14 TO THE, UH, PROPOSAL WHERE IT BREAKS DOWN THE COSTS, IT WILL SHOW YOU, UM, THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING IN THIS CONTRACT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR BEFORE WE SIGNED THIS AGREEMENT.

UM, THERE'S ON THIS PROPOSAL, THERE'S SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FEES THAT WE'LL BE PAYING EACH YEAR.

IT SHOWS THE ANNUAL INCREASE BETWEEN YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO AND YEAR THREE.

AND IT ALSO SHOWS TRANSACTION-BASED FEES.

AND THAT IS FOR, UH, THAT'S KIND OF AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF WHAT WE'D PAY EACH YEAR FOR THE SERVICES RELATING TO TYLER JURY.

AND SINCE THIS TYLER JURY IS AN UPGRADE AND A NEW PRODUCT, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME IMPLEMENTATION COSTS AS WELL AS SOME TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR TYLER TO COME TO THE SITE AND DO TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION.

SO, UH, ALSO WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE COUNTY CLERK HAS AGREED TO, UH, USE THEIR COURT FUNDS TO PAY FOR TYLER JURY THE FIRST YEAR.

SO THERE'LL BE COVERING THE $30,000 PART OF THE TYLER JURY SAS FEES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION COSTS AND THE TRANSACTION-BASED FEES QUESTIONS.

WE APPRECIATE THE COUNTY CLERK, UH, SHARING THAT LOAD.

WE JUST BUDGETED.

WE HAD EVEN DISCUSSED USING SOME OF THE JURY FUND FEES AND WE DECIDED TO HOLD OFF RIGHT NOW ON THAT, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY FIX THAT WHERE THE FILE CAN STILL BE UPLOADED TO RENT JURY CHECKS.

DON'T LET THEM FORGET IT.

AND JURY, AND THEN AGREED TO DO THIS UPGRADE TO JURY, I GUESS I'LL PUT IT ON THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK TO GO OVER THE, HOW WE ALLOCATE THE COSTS.

NOW THE JURY FUND FEES, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.

I'M NOT SURE.

SO WHEN I SAID COUNTY CLERK FUND, I MEANT, I MEANT THAT THE JURY FUND FEES, THEY'RE GOING TO USE YOUR REFUND PHASE.

THAT NEEDS TO BE AFRAID THAT I THINK THE FIRST, THE FIRST THING IS JUST THIS AGREEMENT, UM, WITH TYLER.

UM, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY FIGURE THAT OUT ON THE, ON THE PAYMENT, BUT THE, THE AGREEMENT HERE IS, IS TO EXTEND OUR CONTRACT FOR THREE YEARS, UM, WITH ODYSSEY

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EIGHT, DISCUSS AN APPROVED CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONE RING NETWORKS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

UH, WELL, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AGREEMENT, THAT EXTENSION, THAT CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES HAS PRESENTED SO MOOD AND EMOTION COMMISSIONER CASE, IS THERE A SECOND, ALISON SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES BACK TO NATHAN ITEM

[8. Nathan Collins; Discuss and approve the contract agreement between One Ring Networks and Kaufman County. This is to upgrade the circuit at the EOC to be used as a backup.]

THIS IS TO UPGRADE THE CIRCUIT AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER TO BE USED AS A BACKUP.

GO AHEAD.

SO THIS CONTRACT WILL BE ANOTHER THREE-YEAR CONTRACT.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS UPGRADING THE SPEEDS OF THAT CONNECTION OVER AT THE EOC FROM 150 MEGABITS PER SECOND TO 250.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST FOR THAT ONE BUILDING ALONE.

UM, A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS GO THROUGH THAT.

THAT'S WITHOUT GIVING TOO MUCH.

THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR EQUIPMENT.

SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS CONTRACT, I'M ALSO CANCELING EARLY TWO CONTRACTS THAT WE WERE PAYING FOR, UH, TO HAVE A CIRCUIT HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE AND AT THE ANNEX.

SO THE RESULT OF THAT, THIS, UH, FOR THIS, THIS CIRCUIT AT THE EOC, UH, WE ARE INCREASING THE MONTHLY COSTS FROM 1000 TO 1,275 A MONTH, BUT WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE CIRCUIT HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE, WHICH WAS 1000 A MONTH PLUS THE MPLS CIRCUIT, WHICH WAS $250 A MONTH.

SO IT WAS KIND OF A BATTLE WASH, RIGHT, RIGHT.

IT'S A $975 SAVINGS SAVINGS.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS A, I KNOW IF, IF ANYBODY KNOWS SPEEDS, THAT KINDA SEEMS LOW STILL, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH THAT CIRCUIT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR A BACKUP CIRCUIT.

WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT WENT.

UM, A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN THE INTERNET SERVICES WENT DOWN HERE AT KAUFMAN, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPEEDS TO HANDLE EVERYONE.

SO, UH, CAN YOU, IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, WILL THEY, CAN THEY, FOR A FEE OR FOR A TEMPORARY BASIS OF CHARGE? I MEAN, UPGRADE THE SPEED.

THEY ENDED UP DOING THAT, UM, WITH NO COST TO US.

UM, THEY, THEY UPPED IT TO THAT 250 MEGABITS MARK.

UM, HOWEVER, I STILL THINK, I STILL THINK WE NEED TO, UH, KEEP IT THAT WAY.

WE CAN USE THE BACKUP CIRCUIT FOR OTHER ISSUES.

BUT, UM, WHEN I SWITCH OVER IN A TIME OF AN OUTAGE, I DON'T WANT, I WANT AS LITTLE DOWNTIME AS POSSIBLE.

SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT.

IT'S TO SAY IT'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT, I GUESS.

NEXT UP RAYLAND SMITH DISCUSSING, CONSIDERED THE PURCHASE OF A FREIGHTLINER M TO 4,000 GALLON, 159,000 OH 54 FROM KIRBY SMITH FOR PRECINCT ONE GOOD MORNING.

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR NATHAN? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONE RING NETWORKS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY MOTION EMOTION, THE EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER, BARBARA, SECOND, SECOND, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH,

[9. Raylan Smith; Discuss & Consider the purchase of a Freightliner M2 4000 Gallon $159,054.87 from Kirby-Smith Machinery; utilizing BuyBoard Contract 8597-19; for Precinct #1.]

UM, THIS WILL BE A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR PRECINCT ONE.

UM, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT THE, THE VEHICLE WON'T BE READY UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A PRE-ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER HAT CAN GET IT IN A TIMELY MANNER.

SO AS FAR AS INVOICING, IT WON'T BE UNTIL AFTER JANUARY, THESE ARE HARD TO FIND.

AND WE WERE JUST LUCKY THAT WE FOUND WHEN WE COULD GET IN JANUARY.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS LIKE APRIL AND MAY.

SO QUESTIONS LIKE THE MOTION.

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

WE HAVE A MOTION.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER TO PURCHASE THE FREIGHTLINER IN THE AMOUNT OF 159,854.

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THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES NEXT

[10. Garrett Moore / Monique Hunter; Discuss and consider approval of Contract between Texas Water Development Board and Kaufman County; and Agreement Execution Resolution forTWDB Commitment No. G1001351 / Flood Infrastructure Fund Category 1 Grant.]

UP.

THANK YOU, ROLAND.

UH, NEXT I'M GARRETT MOORE WITH THE GARRETT MOORE AND MONIQUE CONTRA SHOW.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO LIVE AND IN-PERSON LIVE, UH, SORT OF, YOU KNOW, TALL AND SHORT HERE, DISCUSSING CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONTRACT BETWEEN TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND AGREEMENT EXECUTION RESOLUTION FOR THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD COMMITMENT NUMBER G 113 51 FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND CATEGORY ONE GRANT.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BACKSTORY AND THEN I'LL LET GARRICK FILL YOU IN ON THE DETAILS.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WE STARTED THE PROCESS FOR APPLYING FOR THE FIS GRANT TO GET SOME STUDY DONE ON, UM, KAUFMAN COUNTY.

UH, WE WERE AWARDED THE GRANT OUR FIRST EVER.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AUDITOR PURCHASING THEM, AND WE'VE ALL BEEN HAVING MEETINGS ON GETTING THIS SQUARED AWAY SO THAT WE CAN GET THE FUNDS AND START THE PROJECT.

SOMETHING CAME UP IN OUR LAST MEETING THAT CAME FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD THAT WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO LET GARRETT SPEAK ON THE SCOPE AND HE'LL EXPLAIN THE CHANGES.

UM, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN, OR THE AMOUNT WE'RE GOING TO GET.

IT'S JUST, THE SCOPE HAS CHANGED AND I'LL LET HIM DETAIL THAT MORNING, EVERYBODY.

SO WITH THE SCOPE CHANGE ORIGINALLY, THEY, UH, FREESE AND NICHOLS IS GOING TO IDENTIFY 10 CRITICAL FLOOD AREAS IN THE COUNTY.

AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO GET A CHOICE OF TWO ALTERNATIVES, WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO COME UP WITH A, UH, A DETAILED PLAN ON HOW TO ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE FLOOD ISSUES IN THAT AREA.

WITH THIS NEW SCOPE UPDATE, THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS ASKED THAT THEY DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR THE AREAS THAT WERE GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED BY CRITICAL FLOOD AREA.

WITH THAT, UM, EXTRA SCOPE ADDED ON LAST MINUTE, UH, FREESE AND NICHOLS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AND PROPOSED IT TO US THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.

UM, THEY WERE ON A NARROW DOWN FROM 10, WHICH THEY'LL STILL IDENTIFY THE 10, NARROW IT DOWN TO SIX, WHERE THEY DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR THOSE FOR SIX DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK.

AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL GET THE, WE'LL STILL GET THE TWO ALTERNATIVE DETAILED LOOKS AT HOW TO ALLEVIATE THE FLOOD PLAIN ISSUES.

UM, HONESTLY, THIS IS A GOOD, GOOD THING FOR US BECAUSE WITH THE NEW GRANT THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, ANY FUTURE GRANT THAT WE GET FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALLEVIATING THE FLOOD PLAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT, UH, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

ANYWAY.

SO IN THE END, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD THING FOR EVERYBODY HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE SIX OF THEM INSTEAD OF TWO.

WELL, AND YEAH, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET SIX IDENTIFIED WITH COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO EXTREMELY DETAILED PLANS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROPOSE TO THE, UH, THE BOARD FOR, UM, UH, GRANTS.

AND I, I THINK IT, THAT THEY DIDN'T EXHAUST ALL THEIR FUNDING AVAILABLE, THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WITH THIS.

I MEAN, I THINK THEY STILL HAVE THEIR, THE INTENTION IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SORT OF AN ONGOING THING.

SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.

SO ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR GARRETT OR DO WE HAVE A TIMEFRAME BECAUSE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A CRITICAL NEED FOR THE, YEAH.

THE DEADLINE TO GET THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

AND THE EXECUTION RESOLUTION PUT IN IS, IS THE 22ND.

SO MOM, WHAT WE'RE DONE HERE, WE'RE GOING TO SCAN THIS AND EMAIL IT OFF TO A FREE CENTER.

SO, OR AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE TEXAS WATER BOARD AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS THE DELAY AND WENT BACK AND FORTH.

AND SO, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE SIGNED TODAY.

AND, AND WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT, THAT THE COMMISSIONERS FROM EVERY PRECINCT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AS WE IDENTIFY THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE HOT ZONES, SO TO SPEAK AND, AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, AND MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THIS, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN THE COUNTY AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER.

UH, AGREED.

IN FACT, AS TIME GOES ALONG, YES, IT'LL GET WORSE, BUT, UH, FREESE AND NICHOLS PART OF THEIR CONTRACT IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED ARE UP UP-TO-DATE ON INFORMATION.

AND I'LL ALSO DO MY PART AS MUCH AS I CAN TO INFORM LIKE YOU GET ALL IN.

SO IN A LOT OF THIS, WE'LL BE DEALING WITH LIKE SAFETY ISSUES IS YES.

WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT DID ACTUALLY GET UNDERWATER

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SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND FREESE AND NICHOLS IS AWARE OF OUR, UH, FLOODING ISSUE.

SO, UM, AND EVERY EVERYTHING I'LL TELL ME ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR, YOUR, UH, PRECINCTS.

I MAKE SURE THAT, UH, FREESE AND NICHOLS IS AWARE OF.

SO, AND I THINK, I THINK COMMISSIONER GATES WAS ASKING, DO WE KNOW THE TIMEFRAME WHEN THERE'LL BE A VERIFIED? UM, WHY DON'T YOU, IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHEN WE GET THIS, THE, THE, THE PAPERWORK SENT OVER TO THEM.

ONCE WE DO THAT, UM, I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE, I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE.

IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO TERRIBLY LONG, I WOULDN'T THINK, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING LIDAR DETECTION AND SURVEYING AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

COMMISSIONER, IF YOU REMEMBER THE TOTAL GRANTS, 240,060 OF IT COMES FROM US IN THE 180 IS GOING TO COME FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

SO WE'RE SETTING UP ARNIE HAD, UH, THE COUNTY TREASURER OPEN A SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE KEPT SEPARATE AS THAT RANT.

AND, UH, WE'LL SET UP A BUDGET, YOUR CHILD APPROVE THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND GET THAT DONE.

THIS IS JUST TO HAVE PLANS TO REMEDIATE.

NOT ACTUALLY THE COST TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT IT'LL IDENTIFY WHAT'S A STUDY AND A SETUP FOR THAT PLAN THAT WILL BE PROPOSED TO THE WATER BOARD FOR A GRANT TO, UM, ALLEVIATE.

WE WANT TO KEEP IN MIND AS FROM DAY ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE CERTAINLY ALL CONCERNED ON THE, YOU KNOW, UP HERE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FLOODING ON OUR ROADS.

UH, AND I'M SURE IT'S TRUE IN OTHER PRECINCTS, BUT CERTAINLY A PRECINCT FOR FLOODING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A GROWING ISSUE AS WELL.

SO WE WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT FORGET THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CITIZENRY THEMSELVES ARE, ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED, NOT JUST OUR COUNTY ROADS.

AND I'VE MADE THAT VERY WELL KNOWN TO FREESE AND NICHOLS.

I'M CONCERNED NOT ONLY FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE.

GOOD.

SO THEY'RE ALL AWARE THAT, OH MAN, AND HEADED, IDENTIFY THEM.

IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE JUST TO DO ONE LITTLE PART, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

ONE THING I'VE NOTICED IN MY PRECINCT, UH, WE HAVE WATER IN PLACES WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

AND IT'S PRETTY APPARENT THAT IT'S FROM, UH, OF COURSE, NEW CONSTRUCTION AROUND THERE AND THEY'RE MOVING DIRT.

AND SO IT'S CHANGING WHERE WATER GOES.

LIKE KIM WAS SAYING, A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STARTING CATCH WATER THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND JUST AS COMMISSIONER CASE STATED AS TIME GOES ON, MORE CONCRETE GETS POURED AND THAT'S LESS GROUND.

THAT'S ABLE TO ABSORB WATER.

AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GO WHERE I ASKED HER TO MOVE.

YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'VE BEEN OVER WITH ME AND BELIEVE ME, WE'VE HAD SOME HOUSES UNDERWATER.

THEY NEVER THEM YET.

SO MAYBE THIS WILL HELP.

YES, IT WILL.

UM, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD THOUGH.

I KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

WE DO KNOW THAT THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT AS MISS WEEKEND.

SO THANK YOU.

IS THAT A PROBLEM? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GARRETT OR MONIQUE, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND KAUFMAN COUNTY AS PRESENTED? WE HAVE THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.

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

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT FROM COMMISSIONER CATES.

OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES

[11. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider award of contract to Dunn Asphalt for County Road 4056 road construction. Precinct 4, in the amount of $200,925.00; utilizing RFP 21-26.]

NEXT UP.

RAILING DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARD OF CONTRACT TO DUNN ASPHALT FOR COUNTY ROAD 4 0 5 6 ROAD CONSTRUCTION PRECINCT FOUR IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,925 UTILIZING RFP 2126.

THIS IS A ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

THIS WILL BE PAID FOR OUT OF COMMISSIONER KATE'S REGULAR ROAD AND BRIDGE FUNDS QUESTIONS.

IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MAKE THIS MOTION.

THIS PROJECT IS, UH, TO FINISH UP, UH, AN IN-HOUSE PROJECT, BUT HIS PORTION OF THE ROAD IS, UH, IS SO HEAVILY IMPACTED BY, BY WATER AND ADDITIONAL WATER THAT SHOWS UP EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO ASPHALT THIS PORTION OF THE ROAD FOR THE HOLD UP, UM, AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE PURCHASING AGENTS HELP AND, AND GETTING SOME COMPETITIVE BIDDING.

AND, UH, WE, WE BELIEVE THIS WAS THE BEST ROUTE TO TAKE AND WE'RE RATTLING LOSING THE WEATHER SO WE'D NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

UH, THE ITEM IS WRITTEN.

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

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES BACK

[12. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider five (5) year lease for speed trailer between Trinity Innovative Solutions (Fleetwood Finance Leasing LLC) and Kaufman County, in the amount of $76,495.25 / $15,299.05 annually.]

TO RAYLAND DISCUSS, CONSIDER FIVE-YEAR LEASE FOR SPEED TRAILER BETWEEN TRINITY INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND KAUFMAN COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $76,495, 15,000 TO 99 ANNUALLY.

SO THIS WILL BE A FIVE-YEAR LEASE FOR A SPEED TRAILER.

UM, IN SPEAKING WITH THE SHERIFF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, HE DID WANT ME LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT HE WOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS OUT OF HIS ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNTS.

SO, UM, THE FUNDING'S THERE AND, UM, AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS, IT WILL BE A RETURN ITEM.

SO THERE WASN'T ANY ADDITIONAL FINANCING AND THE SPEED TRAILERS.

ONE OF THOSE TRAILERS THAT SHOWS HOW FAST THE TRAFFIC IS MOVING, CAUSING YOU TO SLOW DOWN.

NOW RAYLAND DISCUSSING CONSIDERED DESIGN CONTRACT, EXHIBIT A COMPENSATION SERVICE AND SCHEDULE FOR FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT UTILIZING RFQ 2009.

BUT IT DOESN'T DO THE CITATIONS.

NO, NO THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM IN IRA.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN USING THEM FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MAKE ANY MAY SLOW DOWN, BUT THEY RAN A PRETTY RED AND BLUE IS CALIBRATED ON, WELL, IT GIVES YOU THE WHOLE THING.

IT GIVES YOU THIS STUDY, THE TRAFFIC STUDY BREAKS AND THEY SEE THE LIGHTS AND IT TELLS YOU HOW MANY CARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT OURS IS THAT ONE, LIKE ON AMTRAK, THE HIGH SPEED WAS 106 MILES NOW.

SO IT TELLS YOU THAT SOMEBODY'S DRIVING A LITTLE FASTER AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE AVERAGE PAY.

I THINK THE AVERAGE SPEED WAS LIKE 56 MILES AN HOUR.

IT WAS 35 MILE AN HOUR ZONE.

SO IT TELLS YOU WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO BE AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNCIL HAVE BOTH BEEN COMING OUT THERE AND MONITORING IT.

SO IT'S A GOOD THING.

WE THANK THEM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR REGULAR, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT FIVE-YEAR LEASE AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

[13. Raylan Smith; Discuss & Consider Design Contract - Exhibit A: Compensation, Services, & Schedule for Facilities Needs Assessment; utilizing RFQ 20-09.]

SO KIND OF THE NEXT, UM, PHASE IN YOUR FACILITY PROJECTS WOULD BE THE KSL SUBSTATION, THE COURTHOUSE, AND ALSO THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX.

UM, THIS IS THE DESIGN CONTRACT AND CONSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR THOSE THREE FACILITIES.

I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HOK WILL BE HERE NEXT TUESDAY TO GO OVER THAT FOOTPRINT WITH EACH OF YOU, WE HAVE KIND OF A CONCEPT DESIGN FOR EACH OF THE THREE FACILITIES AND, UM, WE WOULD BE READY TO MOVE INTO DESIGN UPON YOUR APPROVAL.

UM, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO, UM, DO AN EARLY RELEASE ON THE KSS SUBSTATION FOR STEEL IN SOME OF THE SITE WORK, JUST LIKE WE, UM, ARE HOPING TO DO ON THE JUSTICE CENTER BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLIES AND GETTING ALL, ALL THAT WE NEED INSIDE THE COUNTY.

UM, AND WE WOULD ALSO BID THESE PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT WE COULD RELEASE A VENDOR SUPPLIES AS NEEDED TO STAY ON, ON THEIR TIMELINE.

THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB ON OUR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF DOING THE SUPPLY DANCE.

BUT, UM, WHAT YOU READ IS, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS SUPPLY THING GOING ON INTO 22.

SO IT'D BE GOOD IF THEY, WHATEVER THEY CAN.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH ROOFING MATERIALS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

RAYLAND IS GOING TO DISCUSS, RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, FISCAL YEAR, 2021 END OF YEAR REPORT.

UM, QUESTIONS FOR RAYLAND ABOUT THAT.

UH, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THAT DESIGN CONTRACT HAS PRESENTED AND I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WHERE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBERS OR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES ITEM 14.

[14. Raylan Smith; Receive and accept the Purchasing Department and Facilities / Maintenance Department FY 2021 End-of-Year Report.]

SO THIS IS REALLY JUST KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AT THIS FISCAL YEAR.

ALSO, I BROKE IT DOWN INTO CATEGORIES AND PROVIDED YOU SOME GOALS THAT WE'VE SET FOR NEXT YEAR.

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UM, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS, UM, THE CONTRACTS AND THINGS FOR YOUR COUNTY ROADS AND SOME OF THE FACILITY CONTRACTS AND THE DAM REPAIRS, WHICH ARE FUN.

UM, FUN, SO FUN.

SO FUN.

NEXT UP, BACK TO RAY ON LAST TIME DISCUSSING CONSIDERED RECEIPT TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL OF COUNTY OWNED ASSETS.

I DID LEARN A WHOLE LOT LAST YEAR.

UM, YOU ALSO SEE WITH THE COUNTY ASSETS, SOME OF YOUR FLEET MANAGEMENT NUMBERS, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, UM, AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE YOUR OVERALL PARTS AND REPAIR BUDGET BY 33% ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, WE SOLD 37 PIECES OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT BETWEEN, UH, THE PRECINCTS.

WE COMPLETED OUR ANNUAL INVENTORY AUDIT AS WELL AS COMPLETE DEPARTMENT AUDITS OF KSL IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SOUTH CAMPUS IS THE SOUTH CAMPUS PROJECT IS OFFICIALLY COMPLETE, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT, UM, RISK MANAGEMENT.

I PROVIDED THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS AND TOTAL PAYOUTS.

UM, IT'S PRETTY BASIC AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF SOLICITATIONS I PROVIDED, UM, MY END OF YEAR BUDGET INFORMATION IN THE BACK, AND THEN ALSO INCLUDED THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, WORK ORDERS AND EXPENSES FOR THOSE WORK ORDERS AND THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN BY, AND THAT'S HOW, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR INFORMATION ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS.

WE'LL BE KEEPING UP WITH THOSE ABOUT FACILITY.

UM, HE PROVIDED HIS PROJECT LIST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

AND, UM, I DID DO A BREAKDOWN OF HIS BUDGET, KIND OF SHOWING WHAT HIS BEGINNING OF YEAR BALANCE HIS ACTUAL BALANCE IS.

WHENEVER YOU TAKE OUT THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, UM, THOSE SET CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO I'M TRYING TO SET HIM UP WITH THAT REALISTIC BUDGET MOVING FORWARD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR QUESTION FOR RAILING.

I HAVE A JUST, I HAVE ONE COMMENT ON PAGE FIVE OF SIX THAT I NOTED WHEN I WAS GOING OVER THIS, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT REPORT RAILING.

IT DOES SHOW IT A LOT OF PROGRESS THAT, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME PROPERTIES FOR SALE AND I NOTICED THAT ON PAGE FIVE OF SIX, IT SHOWS THAT THE NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS DONE ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS WAS 225 TO THE TUNE OF PUSHING $200,000.

SO I THINK THAT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN THE FUTURE TO NOT HAVE TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THESE OLD BUILDINGS, RIGHT.

AND THE HOPE IS ONCE THE RENOVATIONS AND ALL OF THAT IS DONE, YOU'RE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD INTO MORE OF A MAINTENANCE MODE IN A FIX IT BUDGET, WHICH WILL BE NICE.

WHAT THING EVERYBODY NEEDS TO START THINKING ABOUT PERIOD WHEN IT COMES TO THE COURTHOUSE IN THE ANNEXES, WE MIGHT WANT TO GET SOME PRESCRIPTIONS FOR PATIENTS PILLS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NEED FOR PATIENTS COMING UP BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF MOVING AND SHUFFLING AND BANGING AND HAMMERING, AND IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

LIKE THE DAM PROJECT IS ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM? UM, THEN I WOULD, UH, ASK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT.

SO MOVE, WE HAVE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER CATES.

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

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES

[15. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider receipt, transfer, and disposal of County owned assets.]

SOMETIMES THEIR ASSETS SOMETIMES ARE NOT OKAY.

YEAH, WE WILL.

WE WILL CALL THEM ASSETS.

UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY WANTING TO AUCTION A FEW THINGS OFF AND WE'VE GOT SOME PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST FOR DONATION TO BE IN SANT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR SOME PORTABLE RADIOS THAT WE NO LONGER, UH, USED THERE WITH IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

SO, UM, JUST PERMISSION TO POST AND DISPERSE QUESTIONS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RECEIPT TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL OF COUNTY OLD ASSETS HAS PRESENTED SO MOVE WITH EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONED CATES.

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

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[16. Brenda Samples; Present/Accept the Tax Assessor-Collector's Monthly Report.]

SAMPLES PRESENT FOR ACCEPTANCE, THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTORS MONTHLY REPORT, JUDGE COMMERCIAL COMMISSIONERS.

UH, COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT, MONTHLY REPORT.

UH, FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, UH, THE CURRENT COLLECTION FOR THE KAUFMAN CANNY WAS 106,000 102 22.

UH, WE HAVE 48,000 9, 58, 25.

THAT IS DELINQUENT.

AND THEN THE DEFERRAL ON, UH, THE PROPERTIES THAT DO NOT HAVE TO BE PAID AT THIS TIME BY THE TEXAS TAX PAYER IS 64,000 9, 60 79 ON ROAD AND BRIDGE.

WE COLLECTED 20 2005 69 69.

WE HAVE 10,000 737 59 DELINQUENT.

AND ON THE DEFERRAL WE HAVE 11,000 313, 26 ON OUR ROAD BACK.

WE HAD SOME TAXES.

I MEAN, SOME LAND THAT, SO, UH, IN PRECINCT TWO WAS A WINNER, 199 ACRES AND PRECINCT THREE, UH, HAD 65 ACRES.

THERE WERE PUTTING IN ROW BACK.

THAT WAS A GOOD THING, BUT IT'S A BAD THING.

I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WINNING THAT RACE A LOT LATELY.

YOU WON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. SAMPLES, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT AS PRESENTED? UH, MY GRANDMA'S HERE WHERE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SAY SEGREGATE MR. HUNT DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[17. Cortney Gladney; Present/Accept the Collection's Department Monthly Report.]

UM, THIS IS OUR THIRD QUARTER REPORT.

UM, SO FROM JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, OUR TOTAL, UM, COLLECTIONS WAS 355,000 6 48 21.

AND THAT'S AN INCREASE OF NINE POINT 37% OVER THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND AN INCREASE OF 36.7 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 2020.

SO KIND OF SLOW GROWTH, BUT IT DOES, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IMPROVING QUESTIONS.

CARRIE SHARP PRESENT FOR ACCEPTANCE, THE EXTENSION OFFICE MONTHLY REPORT.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WHERE THE MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN.

SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES NEXT UP.

[18. Carrie Sharp; Present/Accept the Extension Office Monthly Report.]

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE.

SO THE SEPTEMBER MONTH WE STARTED INTO OUR NEW EXTENSION YEAR AND SO KATIE WAS BUSY GETTING HER S HER MONTH STARTED, UH, YOU'LL NOTICE ON THERE THAT WE HAD HER DO WELL BE WELL DIABETES HYBRID CLASS.

WHAT MADE IT HYBRID WAS THAT THEY WERE PARTNERING UP WITH KAUFFMAN IN-BREATH AND JOHNSON COUNTIES.

THAT PROGRAM STILL CONTINUES THROUGH TO THIS MONTH.

UM, SO WAS, SHE IS VERY BUSY WITH THAT.

SHE HAS SOME OF HER, UH, PROGRAMS THAT SHE'S CONTINUING TO CONTINUING ON, UH, VIRTUALLY, UH, SINCE, UH, SHE WILL BE WORKING, UM, VIRTUALLY FOR THE NEXT MONTH ON SEVERAL OF HER OTHER PROGRAMS, WHICH IF YOU NOTICE IN THE UPCOMING PROGRAM STATUS STILL CONTINUES TO BE THE DO WELL BE WELL DIABETES PROGRAM.

AND THEN ALSO SHE'S GOING TO REACH OUT TO DO SOME MORE PROGRAMS IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS PER ON THE FOUR H PROGRAM.

WE JUST NOW FINISHED UP WITH THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, BUT, UH, THE KIDS DID ENJOY CELEBRATING WITH YOU ALL THE NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK.

JUDGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE LETTER.

THAT REALLY WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE LAST YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, THIS LAST LIVESTOCK YEAR, WE DID HAVE 34 YEARS SHOWING 54 PROJECTS TRAVELING DOWN TO THE ALL FIVE FALL, UH, STOCK SHOWS NOT TO MENTION WE HAD A FOOD CHALLENGE TEAM THAT CAME BACK FROM STATE FAIR, TEXAS PLACING SECOND, AND ALSO OUR ROBOTICS CHALLENGE TEAM COMING BACK WITH THE INTERMEDIATE TEAM, THEY PLACE A SECOND ALSO.

UH, WE DID GET OUR TWO PROGRAMMING, UH, PROGRAM, UH, ASSISTANCE HIRED FOR THE CURRICULUM.

RICHARD PROGRAMS. UH, CURRENTLY, UH, FORNEY IS ONLINE SIX, UH, INCUBATORS ARE BEING INSTALLED TODAY FOR THE

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KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT EMBRYOLOGY.

SO THOSE TWO NEW PROGRAM ASSISTANTS BEING TRAINED BY VICKI STATURE, UM, IS MOVING FORWARD AND THEY SHOULD DO GREAT THINGS IN OUR COUNTY SCHOOLS.

UM, MOVING ON FROM THAT, UH, COVERING UP FOR THE ANR TASKS.

UH, WE DID CONTINUE ON THE LAST DOC AND FOREST GROUP IS HOSTING THEIR HAY SHOW TONIGHT, PLEASE CONTINUE.

OR IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT AND HAVE SOME FREE BARBECUE, UH, YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO COME OUT.

WE CLINT PERKINS COMING OVER TO DO A VERY GOOD TALK TONIGHT.

HIS TALK TONIGHT, WE'LL BE COVERING THE, BASICALLY THE IMPACT OF SOUL FOR CHARITY AND THE PESTICIDE PERFORMANCE.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN AWESOME, THERE'LL BE ONE CU THAT IS GIVEN FOR THAT, UH, PROGRAM.

UH, THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING THEIR OUT OF COUNTY TOUR.

WE'LL BE GOING DOWN TO NACADOCIOUS VISITING THE SFA.

THEY HAVE REALLY SELECTED A AWESOME PROGRAM WHERE THE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TOOK, HEY, UH, HEY SAMPLES, UM, OR AFFORD SAMPLES FROM THE PASTURES PLUS ALSO SOIL SAMPLES.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOW THE SOIL FERTILITY REGULATES UP INTO THE HAY SAMPLES.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LEARN.

THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE PRODUCERS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, COMMISSIONERS, I DID HAND TO YOU ALL THE TRI-COUNTY PROGRAM, THAT'S BEING, THAT'S COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.

UM, THAT PROGRAM ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE, UH, IT'S A COOPERATIVE BETWEEN, EXCUSE ME, IT'S GOING TO BE HELD IN DECEMBER.

THAT'S A COOPERATIVE BETWEEN VANSANDT COUNTIES, HENDERSON COUNTY AND KAUFMAN COUNTY AS TO FUTURE PROGRAMS. UH, WE ARE BUSY.

UM, I'M VERY FORTUNATE.

I HAVE SOME TEAM LEADERS THAT ARE TAKING OVER SOME OF THE TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES.

I HAVE ELI STATUE.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE OVER TEACHING PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR, UH, THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FOR THE FOUR H MEMBERS, UM, TRISTAN DREYER, WHO'S OUR NEWEST STEM AMBASSADOR.

HE'S ACTUALLY TEACHING A QUEST FOR GULLAH, OUR GALACTIC QUEST, WHICH THE KIDS ARE GONNA LEARN ABOUT SPACE EXPLORATION.

AND THEN KATIE YON IS SHE'S GOING TO HOST OUR FIRST EVER YOUTH, UM, OPEN YOUTH RABBIT POULTRY SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, CORRECT.

THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.

IT IS.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THE AGENT IS EXTREMELY ALLERGIC TO RABBITS AND I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF SHOWING POULTRY.

SO I'M RELYING ON HER HEAVILY.

SO THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING OVER THESE RESPONSIBILITIES.

SO ELI STATURE, UM, HE'S, UH, ONE OF MY SENIOR TEAM MEMBERS HE'S DONE EXCELLENT IN THE EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION.

UM, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITH FOUR H UM, THE WHOLE INTEGRAL PART OF FOUR H IS THAT WE TEACH THE KIDS TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHING PROGRAM.

AND SO IT IS ALWAYS MY HOPE THAT WHEN THOSE KIDS COME UP THROUGH THE RANKS THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE BACK.

AND SO BETWEEN TRISTEN AND ELI AND KATIE, IT'S BEEN REALLY NEAT FOR THEM TO STEP UP TO THAT RANK.

SO, UH, WHEN I WAS FIRST HIRED OVER 20 YEARS AGO TO COME INTO THIS COUNTY, UM, MY DISTRICT DIRECTOR AT THAT TIME, RANDY SHAW TOLD ME THAT I BASICALLY AM.

I'M SUPPOSED TO TRAIN THE VOLUNTEERS AND YOUTH OF THIS COUNTY TO TAKE PLACE MY JOB.

SO THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.

THERE'S AN OLD SAYING THAT IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO LEARN SOMETHING AND HAVE THEM TEACH IT, YES.

OH, GOOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

GREAT FOR THOSE KIDS, THEY ARE, I'M VERY BLESSED WITH A NEW SET OF, UH, TEAM LEADERS COMING UP.

UM, THEY ARE ACTUALLY REALLY AWESOME TO DEAL WITH AND, UM, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM TO DO EVEN BETTER THINGS FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.

SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CARRIE? NOPE.

IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE EXTENSION OFFICE MONTHLY REPORT? I MIGHT GET MOST, WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT.

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

JERRY DEAN DISCUSSING CONSIDER PROPOSED DEPARTMENT REPORTING SCHEDULE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES

[19. Jerry Dean; Discuss/Consider proposed department reporting schedule.]

NEXT UP.

COMMISSIONERS.

SO FOLLOWED UP WITH, UH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THERE WAS A CONSENSUS AMONGST THE GROUP FOR, FOR TWO THINGS.

FIRST WAS ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT IN PERSON.

AND SECONDLY, IF THEY COULD MOVE IT TO A QUARTERLY SCHEDULE VERSUS A WRITTEN MONTHLY SCHEDULE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE PUT IN FRONT OF YOU.

THERE'S, THERE'S THREE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR DEPARTMENT MANAGERS TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.

SO JUST ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE TO A QUARTERLY SCHEDULE AND LET IT BE IN PERSON.

UH, SO, UH, I'M SORRY IF THAT'S IN THERE, I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT, BUT SO WOULD THIS BE, WE WOULD HEAR FROM, I WOULD BREAK THEM UP THERE'S NINE.

SO BREAK UP 4 0 1 ON ONE THE THIRD, TUESDAY, THEN THE OTHER FIVE ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE ALL NINE ON ONE SESSION.

SO W I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LOOK FOR IS A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT REPORTING SCHEDULE AS PRESENTED IN ITEM 19.

UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT REPORTING, UM, WAS THIS SATISFY, EVERYBODY'S JUST WHAT YOU WANT.

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SO MOVE, WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER AND CAGE TO, UH, ADOPT THAT PROPOSED SCHEDULE.

IS THERE A SECOND? OH, SECOND, SECOND.

COMMISSIONER BARBARA, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

[20. Monique Hunter; Discuss Development Services department overview/updates.]

NEXT UP MONI CONNOR DISCUSSED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OVERVIEW AND UPDATES, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

YOU GUYS GOT THE POWERPOINT.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE POWERPOINT TO YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO DO, UM, OR TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM YOU OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, AND CLOSE OUT OUR FISCAL YEAR.

SO LAST YEAR WE CLOSED AT $683,963 AND 65 CENTS.

THIS YEAR, WE ENDED ON SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY ONE THOUSAND AND SEVENTY ONE CENTS.

SO, UM, WHAT WE'D BEEN WORKING ON IS WE HAVE TRANSFERRED ALL SEPTIC SYSTEMS, UH, RESIDING IN THE CITY OF OAK RIDGE.

WE HAVE SIGNED THOSE OVER TO MAYOR RUDEN.

HE HAS PICKED THEM UP.

THEY WERE GIVEN TO HIM ON AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET, AS WELL AS A USB.

I ALSO MET WITH HIM BECAUSE HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM.

UM, AND I TOLD HIM WE WOULD HELP HIM IN ANY WAY WE COULD.

WE JUST COULD NOT ENFORCE HIS ORDER BECAUSE IT DIFFERS FROM OURS.

HE WAS NOT AWARE AT DIFFERENT FROM OURS.

SO HE MIGHT BE SENDING THAT BACK TO TCQ TO GET IT AMENDED.

HE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS MISSING SOME ITEMS IN THERE.

UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH HIM AND HELP HIM GET THAT SYSTEM GOING.

UM, UM, GARRETT IS TAKING OUR GEAR MORE.

WE'LL BE COMPLETING HIS, UM, PE TEST ON THURSDAY OR WISHING THEM LUCK ON THAT.

AS FAR AS SEPTIC COURT, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH SEPTIC CORD.

WE FILED 102 ON THE DOCKET AND TWO SHOWED UP.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK ON OUR END.

SO OUR STAFF SAT DOWN AND SAID, OUR JOB ISN'T TO FILE ON THEM.

IT'S TO GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO? SO WE ARE ACTUALLY A LETTER GOES OUT PER TCEQ ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, ON THE 15TH DAY OF THE MONTH, WE CALL THEM ON THE PHONE OR MAKING PERSONAL PHONE CALLS, AND WE'VE GOTTEN AN 80% COMPLIANT AND CAN ALSO SAY MONEY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO ALL THAT POSTAGE FOR A SECOND DEAL.

WELL, WE GO TO COURT.

IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP, WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND FILE ON THEM AGAIN.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

I MEAN, WE'RE SAVING.

I MEAN, I TOLD THEM, I TOLD THEM, I SAID, YOU KNOW, ARE WE WILLING TO MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS? BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT THEIR PROVIDER TURNED IT IN.

THEY DON'T REALIZE THE STATE REQUIRES THEM, OR WE SEND THEM A LETTER.

AND THEY SAID, WELL, I PAID MY PROVIDER TO DO IT.

SO IT'S GOTTA BE DONE.

AND THEY TOSS IT IN THE MAIL.

WELL, COMPLIANCE IS OUR GOAL.

SO PHONE CALLS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THE PEOPLE LOVE IT.

THEY'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I NEVER, I THOUGHT THEY TURNED IT IN.

SO IT'S GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.

WE HAD A LOT LESS FILINGS AND I'M HOPING TO GET THAT DOWN TO ZERO.

SO, WELL, THE STATEMENT REVERSED THE ACTION, RATHER THAN WORDS, THEY HAVE A CONTRACT.

THEN WE GO AFTER THE PROVIDER, MAINLY THE PROVIDER THAT'S DOING IT.

THEN IT TURNED, IT TURNED THE WHOLE TALE AND IT WORKED BETTER.

ANY QUESTIONS? YOU'RE WELCOME.

WELL, WE DO HAVE THAT IN OUR NEW OSS F ORDER THAT IS SITTING AT TCEQ WAITING ON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THIRD TIME WE'VE SENT IT OVER.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CHECK WITH TANYA AGAIN, TO FIND OUT WHERE IT IS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE MAINTENANCE PROVIDERS INTO COURT, AS WELL AS THE HOMEOWNER, BECAUSE THE STATE WE'RE STILL REQUIRES THE HOMEOWNER, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO SHOW TO THE COURT WHY THEY DIDN'T TURN IN THOSE P AND YOU KNOW, AND IT HELPS OUR CITIZENS.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY SPEED THE COLLECTION PROCESS.

SO, YEAH.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WE HAD, WHEN GARY CAME ON BOARD, UH, WELL, WHEN I FIRST TOOK OVER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, STEVE, WHO HAD ASKED ME ABOUT STORMWATER.

UM, AND SO, UM, I MET WITH HIM AND THEN I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT ON, LOOK, I'D HAVE TO DO MY HOMEWORK ON THAT.

AND THEN COME BACK TO HIM.

WHEN GARY CAME ON BOARD, UM, WE MET WITH STEVE AGAIN TO DISCUSS STORM WATER.

UM, AND SO ONCE GARRETT PASSES HIS EXAM AND THE NEW FISH IN JANUARY, WE'RE HOPING TO COME BACK TO THE COURT WITH STEVE AND PROVIDE A PLAN ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS STORM WATER, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S SWEPT PERMITS THAT NEED TO BE GOTTEN.

AND THEN THEY NEED TO POST THAT AT THEIR CONSTRUCTION SITES.

AND THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE TO HELP OUR FLOODING.

SO IT ALL WILL BENEFIT THE COUNTY AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK IN OUR NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT.

SO THANK YOU.

NONE WHATSOEVER.

UM, DO WE NEED TO HEAR A MOTION ON EXEMPT IN THEIR REPORT? BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SAY ACTION.

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I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REPORT.

SECOND, ALL THAT.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT AND THE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER KATE'S ALL IN FAVOR.

REPORT IS NATHAN COLLIN FROM, UH, D BACK UP ONE MORE TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT

[21. Nathan Collins; Discuss Information Technology department overview/updates.]

HELLO, EVERYONE.

I'D LIKE TO JUST, LIKE MONIQUE SAID, YOU ALL GOT THE POWERPOINT, BUT I, THERE IS A FEW THINGS I'D LIKE TO GO OVER, UM, WITH MY REPORT.

UM, AND I JUST, I JUST KINDA WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNOW WHY I'M INCLUDING CERTAIN THINGS AND KIND OF GET Y'ALL'S OPINIONS ON, UH, WHICH I'D LIKE TO SEE OUT OF THESE REPORTS.

SO, UH, TO START OFF, UH, I INCLUDE METRICS EVERY MONTH WHEN I DO THIS, BECAUSE I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO, TO KIND OF SEE HOW, UM, OUR NUMBERS EACH MONTH ARE GOING UP AS THE, AS THE COUNTY KIND OF UTILIZES THE TICKET SYSTEM MORE AND MORE.

AND I DO A COMPARISON OF THIS MONTH VERSUS, UM, THIS SAME MONTH.

UH, LAST YEAR, I ALSO DO A YEAR TO DATE COMPARISON OF THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR.

AND ON THE METRICS REPORT, YOU'LL SEE TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. UM, IT'S LABELED INCIDENTS VERSUS SERVICE REQUESTS.

SO IF YOU HAVE A TROUBLE, UM, LIKE YOUR PRINTER GOES DOWN OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN INCIDENT.

AND IF YOU'VE GOT A NEW EMPLOYEE OR YOU ORDER SOMETHING NEW, THAT'S A SERVICE REQUEST.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY AREAS THAT MAKE SENSE.

THAT'S VERY OBVIOUS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO METRICS.

UM, SO I TRY TO INCLUDE IT JUST SO Y'ALL CAN SEE MAYBE A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, IF, IF TICKETS ARE DOUBLE WHAT THEY ARE NOW, MAYBE IT WOULD JUSTIFY US GETTING ANOTHER TECHNICIAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE METRICS PART OF, OF THE REPORT? I GUESS THE ONLY THING YOU DON'T REALLY NOTICE HIM IS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PUT INSTANCE THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, UH, JUSTIFIABLE, I MEAN, NO, NOT JUSTIFIABLE, BUT TIME RELATED.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF WE WERE LOOKING AT SOMETHING WE WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE ON, YOU MIGHT HAVE 1,986 INCIDENTS, YOU MIGHT'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THOSE IN THREE HOURS.

I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A CLUE.

I GUESS, I GUESS IF, IF I WAS ASKING HIM, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMETHING I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU KEEP IT.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU KEEP TIME, BUT I MEANT, SO WE SHOULD TAKE IT.

UM, WHEN IT'S SUBMITTED, IT DOES HAVE, UH, AN SLA THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THE CATEGORY OR THE TYPE OF TICKET.

AND, UM, THE SLA IS SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT.

THEY'RE JUST TEMPLATES.

SO A PRINTER THAT GOES DOWN IS GIVEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO FIX IT.

UH, SO I COULD, I COULD RUN SOME DIFFERENT REPORTS TO SHOW Y'ALL, UM, HOW MANY SLS WE MISSED OR HOW LONG IT TOOK TO, TO TAKE CARE OF CERTAIN DIFFERENT TICKETS.

UM, I HAVE, I HAVE LOTS OF DETAILED REPORTS I CAN DO WITH OUR TICKET SYSTEM, BUT I THINK EACH, EACH OF YOU KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING SOME KIND OF SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN Y'ALL GET ROAD, ROAD REQUESTS, HAVING SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PUT IN THE QUEUE AND THAT PEOPLE CAN ASK ABOUT OR WHATEVER, YOU JUST HAVE, IT ORGANIZED US AS BASICALLY WHAT THIS TICKET SYSTEM DOES FOR US.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I MEAN, I CALLED HER AND I'M SURE THAT ALL OF US, THEN WE CALL FOR THINGS ALL THE TIME.

AND YOU, YOU JUST LOG IN ON THE BACK SCREEN AND TWO SECONDS LATER, IT'S OVER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED WHAT YOU MENTIONED WAS WITH MY, YOU COULD MEET ANOTHER PERSON OR ANOTHER TECH AND INSTANTLY TELL ME THAT YOU NEEDED ANOTHER TECH.

JUST TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE THAT MANY NUMBERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU KNOW, SO TIME IS WHAT PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN.

GOING PAST THE METRICS, PART OF THE REPORTS, I'D LIKE TO JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS, AND I KNOW I SHOULD HARDLY CALL BUDGET ITEMS. UH, I'LL HIGHLIGHT, BUT IT IS A HUGE RELIEF WHEN I TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THESE HUGE BUDGET ITEMS. UM, AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, LIKE OUR ODYSSEY CONTRACT AND SOUTHERN SOFTWARE, BUT ONCE I GET THAT OVER WITH, AND I GET IT PAID AND IT'S CLEARED, UH IT'S UH, UM, I'M RELIEVED.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO, UM, YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT TO DOWN THE ROAD, WE'LL DO YOU WANT ANOTHER TECH? YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THEN WE CAN JUSTIFY SOME HOURS.

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SO I PUT IT AS A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME.

UM, DON'T THINK HAS HAD A LOT FOR EVERYBODY.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

WE STILL HAVE SERVICE AND WE'RE, WE'RE STUCK.

UH, ANOTHER MAJOR HIGHLIGHT IS I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES, OUR, OUR PROJECT WITH CENTURY LINK, UM, TO GET, UM, UPGRADED SPEEDS HERE IN KAUFMAN FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS IN KAUFMAN HAS, HAS FINALLY RESOLVED AND WE ARE UP AND RUNNING AT GREAT SPEEDS.

UM, HERE IN KAUFMAN FOR THE COURTHOUSE, FOR THE ANNEX, ALL THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS THERE, THE EOC.

AND, UM, SO HAVING THIS DONE IS, IS A HUGE HIGHLIGHT AND I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT THAT'S HAPPENED.

HOWEVER, UM, SINCE BEING ON THIS NEW CIRCUIT, WE'VE HAD ONE OUTAGE AND IT WAS VERY APPARENT.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF BROUGHT UP, UM, HAVING OUR BACKUP CIRCUIT UPGRADED AND THAT'S GOING TO BE, SO THIS AVAILABILITY, INTERNET CONNECTION, OUR SERVERS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF A THEME THAT I'M GOING TO REALLY HEAVILY FOCUS ON.

UM, THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE WHOLE TIME I'M HERE.

I WANT HIGH AVAILABILITY WITH REGARDS TO INTERNET CONNECTION AND OUR SERVERS AND SOFTWARE SERVICES.

I WANT THEM TO BE UP ALL THE TIME.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M FOCUSING ON.

I'M FOCUSING ON OUR BACKUPS.

IF WE DO HAVE A SERVER FAIL OR SOME KIND OF SYSTEM FAIL, I WANT OUR BACKUP SOLUTION TO BE FAST AND QUICK.

THAT'S WHY I'M CHANGING, UM, TO A NEW BACKUP SOLUTION.

THAT'S MY THIRD HIGHLIGHT.

UH, THE BACKUP SOLUTION WILL NOT ONLY, UH, BACKUP OUR DATA, BUT IT'LL BE A IMAGE OF OUR SERVER.

SO I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY TOO TECHNICAL, BUT IF A SERVER GOES DOWN, WE CAN EASILY POP IT BACK UP.

THAT'S BASICALLY.

NO, I GOT IT.

YEP.

UM, SO THAT KINDA GOES TO MY GOALS.

MY GOALS ARE, MY GOALS ARE ALWAYS TO, UM, PROVIDE SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO SERVICE REQUESTS AND INCIDENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DATA SECURE AND IT'S HIGH IT'S.

WE HAVE HIGH AVAILABILITY.

SO GOING BACK TO THAT OUTAGE, UM, I LEARNED THAT, UM, WHEN WE DO SWITCH OVER TO OUR BACKUP SOLUTION, THERE ARE A FEW PROBLEMS THAT I NEED TO, TO ADDRESS.

FIRST ONE IS THE UPGRADED CIRCUIT, BUT WE ALSO HAD A HUGE BOTTLENECK WITH ONE OF THE DEVICES.

ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC WAS GOING THROUGH.

SO I'LL BE, UM, I'LL BE PROBABLY PURCHASING A NEW DEVICE TO REPLACE THAT ONE, UM, SOON, BUT I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW IN REGARDS TO GOALS, THAT'S MY FOCUS IS HIGH AVAILABILITY AND, UM, A GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE WHERE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO, YOU MAY ASK THEM ANY QUESTION.

WITH ANYTHING IT RELATED.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE Y'ALL WOULD LIKE ME TO KIND OF GIVE Y'ALL ON A NOW QUARTERLY BASE? THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, NATHAN, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, UH, THAT THE LEADERSHIP KNOWS REALLY IN ADVANCE WHERE WE NEED TO BE HEADED, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO BE PLANNING FOR REGARDLESS OF THE SCOPE OR OUR COSTS.

AND CERTAINLY WE RELY ON YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT TO LET US KNOW THAT.

I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD REPORT.

I THINK, I THINK WHEN YOU COME IN AND EXPLAIN, AND I THINK IT REALLY HELPS EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND HOW WE'RE MANAGING TO DO IT AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A SIMPLE FACT JUST MAKES IT EASY.

WELL, IT MAKES US, IT MAKES YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU NEED.

SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T GET TRANSLATED WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT HERE EXPLAINING IT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK

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YOU, AMY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, UM, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIS REPORT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT LANE, MOST DEMONIZED BY LOOKING AT ME.

ARE YOU SECOND THEN? OKAY.

SO ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

PAM, PAM GORDER, OUR PROJECT MONITOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL REVIEW.

THANK YOU, NATHAN.

GOOD JOB.

[22. Pam Corder: Discuss Project Manager department overview/updates,]

I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS WITH EVERYONE.

UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY WAS AWARDED A GRANT FOR $87,150 AND 96 CENTS THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR TWINE TRAINING EQUIPMENT FOR OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UH, THIS GRANT WAS WRITTEN TO ENHANCE THE TRAINING, OFFERED TO OUR DEPUTIES, OUR JAILERS AND THE SURROUNDING LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE TRAINED THROUGH OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO CHIEF EVANS, CHIEF, DEPUTY EVANS, AND THE TRAINING, LIEUTENANT MOOSE, BERG, AND ALL THE OTHER GUYS THAT I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS TOO OF WHY DO WE NEED THIS EQUIPMENT AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO USE IT? UM, THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO INCLUDE VIRTUALLY EQUIPMENT TO TRACK SHOTS TAKEN ALONG WITH THE HANDGUN IN RAFFLE REFILLING STATION WILL RECEIVE 15 LAPTOPS THAT ARE FOR THE STUDENTS ARE THE OFFICERS THAT ARE BEING TRAINED.

AND THEN THERE'S FOUR LAPTOPS FOR THE TRAINING OFFICERS THAT HAVE ALL THE SOFTWARE DOWNLOADED IT, READY TO GO.

UM, WE ALSO ARE GOING TO RECEIVE NEW EQUIPMENT FOR OUR TRAINING ROOM.

THESE ARE GOING TO BE NESTING TABLES THAT CAN BE FOLDED UP, MOVED OUT OF THE WAY THE OFFICERS CAN THEN DO SOME HANDS-ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND TRAINING AND, UH, LARGE MONITORS TO GO AROUND THE ROOM OR ONE LARGE MONITOR WHERE THEY WILL HAVE GOOD VISIBILITY WHILE THEY ARE DOING THEIR EXERCISES.

ALSO, THE GRANT FUNDS, UM, SOLID WEISS, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY SOLID WASTE WILL BE HOSTING A FREE ELECTRONICS COLLECTION AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS.

I THINK EVERYONE GOT THAT INFORMATION.

THIS WAS GRANT FUNDING OF ABOUT $7,694.

THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TC A Q AND THE BLUE BONNET RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DELBERT, AND EXCUSE ME, DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE ON NOVEMBER THE SIX, WHICH IS ALSO THE SAME TIME WE HAD THE COLLECTION DAY IN THE CITY OF TERRELL.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIZARRE THAT THE CONVENIENCE STATION IN TERRELL THAT'S FROM EIGHT TO FOUR.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUSY DAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS FROM NINE TO 12, COLLECTING ELECTRONICS, NO WHITE PRODUCTS.

SO NO REFRIGERATORS, NOTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS EVENT, JUST TB, MONITORS, COMPUTERS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, WHICH I'M SURE WE WILL FILL THAT TRUCK UP AND NO TIME.

UM, THAT'S NINE TO TWO.

AND THEN THE, THE, UH, THE ACTUAL MONTHLY CLEANUP WILL BE IN PRECINCT TWO.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FROM EIGHT TO 4, 3, 3, EXCUSE ME, RACING THREE, TERRIBLE.

SO EVERYONE HAS THAT INFORMATION AND IF IT'S OKAY, I WANT TO CONTINUE ON BY SHARING THAT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING.

I'M JUST WAITING FOR NOTICE TO PROCEED.

THAT ONE IS FOR, UM, ROD AT $29,000.

THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND ANOTHER ELECTRONICS EVENT, UM, IN 2022.

AND WE WILL COLLECT LIGHT BULBS AT THAT TIME.

THAT IS A BIG DEAL FOR SOME PEOPLE.

SO WE WILL BE COLLECTING LIGHT BULBS AND WE WILL HOST A HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT, WHICH I GET PROBABLY GET A CALL EVERY DAY, IF NOT MORE ABOUT WHERE CAN WE DISPOSE OF OUR PAINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT IS SPONSORED THROUGH TC Q AND THE COG.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE PROBATIONERS THAT WE HAVE.

I GUESS THAT'S THE WAY TO DO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT I HAVE RECEIVED.

UM, I WAS GIVEN THE TASK TO CLEAN UP THE MASTER GARDENERS LEARNING GARDEN.

BACK IN THE SUMMER, IT WAS, THE WEEDS WERE HIGHER.

THEY WERE GROWN UP.

THEY WERE AS TALL AS ME AND THESE COMMUNITY SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN COME OUT ON THE WEEKENDS AND DURING THE WEEK, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

SO STOP BY AND LOOK AT IT.

THEY'VE CLEANED IT UP.

SO THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.

THEY DIDN'T COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING, AND WE GOT IT CLEANED UP.

AND WE EVEN GOT THEM OVER TO THE LIBRARY THIS PAST SATURDAY TO CLEAN UP BEFORE THE EARLY VOTING STARTED.

UM, ANOTHER AREA THAT WAS IN MY REPORT, WHICH YOU RECEIVED IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, RESOURCE COALITION.

WE ARE VERY, VERY BUSY.

THIS COALITION IS A VERY ACTIVE COALITION AND WE GET COMPLIMENTS FROM ALL OVER THE DFW AREA ABOUT THE THINGS WE DO.

WE'RE BUSY DOING HEALTH FAIRS AND WE'RE HOLDING CLASSES.

UM, WE ACTUALLY ARE PARTNERED WITH SOME NEW PARTNERS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND, UM, MANY, MANY DIFFERENT ONES.

WE ACTUALLY ARE HOLDING PARENTING CLASSES

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FOR RESIDENTS WHERE THEY CAN GET FREE CAR SEATS, FOOD AND DIAPERS FOR THOSE YOUNG MOMS THAT ARE JUST STARTING OUT AND NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS GOT A NEW GRANT OUT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER.

THESE COMMUNITY WORKERS, AND I HAVE SPENT LOTS AND LOTS OF TIME TOGETHER CONNECTING THEM TO DIFFERENT, UM, AREAS IN THE COUNTY, THE SHELTERS, THE WOMEN'S SHELTERS, THE CHURCHES, THE SCHOOLS, SO THAT THEY CAN BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO GIVE THEM THE HELP THEY NEED TO GET OUR RESIDENTS TO HELP THAT THEY NEED SO LOTS GOING ON THERE.

AND WE'RE HOPE HOLDING POP-UP EVENTS.

WE HAD ONE YESTERDAY.

UM, I DIDN'T GET THE TALIA HOW MANY ATTENDED, BUT IT HAD BEEN UP TO 12, UM, YESTERDAY MORNING, BUT PEOPLE CAN WALK IN.

OUR RESIDENTS CAN WALK IN, THEY GET HELP WITH THEIR RENT.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET HELP PAYING FOR THEIR COLLEGE AND THE EXPENSES FOR THE UTILITIES.

AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER AVENUES AND RESOURCES THAT, THAT CONNECT THEM TO, IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, THEY ACTUALLY CAN RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, GET ON THE LIST AND START GETTING HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UH, WE FOUND THE HURDLE IS, IS THAT THEY CAN'T FILL OUT THE APPLICATIONS THAT THEY THEY'RE THEY'RE, THEY ARE TEDIOUS, OR THEY, THEY ARE A LITTLE LONG.

AND SO HAVING BOOTS ON THE GROUND, SOMEONE THERE WHERE THEY SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND HAVE THEIR COMPUTER AND THEY ENTER IT IN, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICES INC, WHO NOW HAS A PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN, UM, ASSIGNED TO BE A BOARD MEMBER.

WE MEET TONIGHT IN CORSICANA.

AND SO I FELT LIKE BEING A BOARD MEMBER THAT BRINGS THAT SERVICE TO MY COUNTY AND BE ABLE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS.

UH, IF YOU'RE IN KAUFMAN ON SATURDAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BOOTH AT KAUFMAN COUNTY BOOTH.

WE'LL HAVE HISTORICAL COMMISSION INFORMATION, WE'LL HAVE RESOURCE COALITION INFORMATION.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INFORMATION ON REESE ACROSS TEXAS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE OCTOBER FEST FROM 10 TO 10 IT'S A LONG DAY.

AND, UM, ALSO ON SATURDAY THAT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL HERE HAS A FREE FLU SHOT CLINIC FROM 10 TO ONE IN THE BACK SIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE, OR EXCUSE ME, THE HOSPITAL, YOU JUST DRIVE AROUND, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SHOW YOUR CARD.

YOU CAN GET YOUR FLU SHOT.

THEY JUST STICK YOU IN THE ARM.

SO, AND I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFLAMMATION AND I, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, WITH OUR RESOURCE GROUP, WE HAVE OVER 400 PEOPLE ON OUR EMAIL LIST.

SO EVERYONE'S SHARING THIS INFORMATION.

AND THEN WE ALSO, WITH THE HELP OF THE HOMELESS COALITION, WE HAVE A APP WHICH IS CALLED LINK KAUFMAN DOWNLOADED ON YOUR PHONE, OUT OF YOUR APP STORE AND ALL THE CONTACTS FOR THESE RESOURCES ARE IN THERE.

SO AS LAW ENFORCEMENT, I KNOW WHAT MY SON DOES IS HE, IS THERE SOMEONE THAT NEEDS HELP, HE CAN GET THAT ON HIS APP AND THEN HE CAN SHOW THEM AND THEY TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT.

SO IF IT'S A WOMEN'S SHELTER, THEY'RE NEEDING, IF IT'S FOOD, THEY'RE NEEDING, THEY TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT.

AND THEN THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD LATER, BUT THE NUMBER TO CALL RIGHT THEN WHEN THEY NEED HELP IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PLACE TO GET THE APP IN YOUR IPHONE, IN YOUR STORE FOR YOUR IPHONE AND YOUR ANDROID, AND IT'S FREE TO DOWNLOAD, WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT? IT'S CALLED LINK.

L I N K.

AND THEN KAUFMAN, BUT THERE'S ONE CASE.

SO LINK KAUFMAN.

AND I'LL MAKE SURE, AND I WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU.

IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THIS.

DO WE HAVE THAT IN THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SUB COURTHOUSES, WE ALL HAVE BULLETIN BOARDS TO SEND IT TO YOU, THEN YOU SEND ALL THAT STUFF TO US.

SO WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR BULLETIN BOARDS, BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU HAD 12.

AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE HELP THAT THEY NEEDED RIGHT THERE.

AND I THOUGHT THAT'S REALLY COOL WITH ALL THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON.

THAT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND, AND THE CITIES ARE REALLY SHARING THE INFORMATION.

A LOT OF THE CITIES THAT GET A LOT OF REFERRALS FROM CITIES AND CHURCHES, I WANNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THEY DON'T THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON, ON DOING ALL THIS PLANNING, ALL THIS INFORMATION OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE GRANTS, WHAT IS THAT AT THREE GRANTS, IT'S $124,000 IN GRANT.

AFTER EVERY PENNY THAT WE CAN GET FOR THIS COUNTY.

MA'AM I THINK, GUESS THAT'S THAT'S WELL, THANK YOU.

AND MY GOAL LIKE, UM, NATHAN, I SAT AND LISTENED TO NATHAN SAY HIS GOALS.

I THINK MY GOAL FOR MY DEPARTMENT WOULD BE TO HELP THE RESIDENTS, RIGHT.

THAT, THAT IS THE GOAL IS JUST TO HELP THE RESIDENTS.

THEY ARE THE ONES WHO, WHO PAY OUR SALARIES.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PAY US.

WE'RE GONNA BE THERE TO HELP THEM AND BE FOR THEM.

YES, WE HAVE ONE GO SERVICE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND REALLY THOSE, THOSE GRANT CHASING THAT GRANT MONEY IS CRITICAL.

THAT'S, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE REMISS IF WE DON'T GET

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AND I CERTAINLY COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UH, I THINK THAT FLU, UH, INOCULATION OPPORTUNITY IS HUGE.

I MEAN, GIVEN THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL FIGHTING THIS PANDEMIC AND, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEALTH IS AT THE FOREFRONT.

SO, UH, YEAH, IF YOU'LL SEND ON YOUR DUDE, YOU DO A GREAT JOB SENDING THOSE FLYERS OUT.

IF YOU CAN GET THOSE FLYERS OUT, WE'LL GET IT ON OUR, OUR PRECINCT, FACEBOOK PAGES AS WELL.

AND THEN, UH, I'M SURE YOU COORDINATE WITH DONNA AND THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE TO GET IT ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL ARE ON MY COALITION GROUP.

AND SO YOU GET THOSE FLYERS AS WELL AS HONOR.

SO JUST TYPE THOSE AND SHARE THEM WHEREVER YOU WANT TO SHARE THEM.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT I, I JUST THINK THAT FLU THING IS A, IS A HUGE THING FOR THE COUNTY.

SO COMING, DEFINITELY COMING INTO FLU SEASON.

ALRIGHTY.

TO HAVE A MOTION TO EXEMPT DAMN QUARTERS REPORT.

ONCE YOU LOOK AT SOMEBODY ELSE LOOKING, LOOKING, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE FIRST AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

[23. Robert Hunter: Discuss/Consider relocation of Veteran Service office to South Campus location.]

WE'RE GOING TO GET UP TO OUR VETERANS AFFAIR OFFICER OR SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSE AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SO I'M NOT HERE TO GIVE A REPORT.

I GET TO VISIT WITH YOU FOLKS NEXT WEEK TO DO THE REPORT.

SO I GET THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO YOU TWICE IN ONE MONTH, WHICH IS AWESOME.

UM, AS KAUFMAN COUNTY HAS BEEN GROWING SO RAPIDLY.

SO TWO FOR THE FIRST TIME, THANKS TO THE COURT, UH, IS THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE IN JANUARY.

WE WILL, UM, WE WILL START THE ONBOARDING PROCESS AND HIRING PROCESS IN, UH, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER WITH, UH, BRINGING ON A NEW PERSON IN JANUARY, UH, WITH THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SPACE FOR THAT EMPLOYEE TO, TO OPERATE.

UM, WE'VE MULLED OVER SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND WE FELT THAT, UM, TRYING TO SPEND ANY MONEY ON MODIFYING LIKE A HALLWAY IN THIS BUILDING OR WHATEVER MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST INTEREST.

AND IT IS, IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE SPACE IN THE SOUTH CAMPUS, UH, YOUR BUILDING, SIR, UM, WHERE THE MR. JOHNNY WHITE, UH, PRETRIAL BOND, HIS OFFICE GREW, HE MOVED OVER INTO WHAT WAS VACATED BY THE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE, AS THEY MOVED OVER INTO THE ONE-STOP SHOP OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING.

AND THAT LEAVES WHAT WAS MR. WHITE'S OFFICE SPACE, WHICH I HAVE DONE A PRE-INSPECTION OR A PRE-WRITE, IF YOU WILL WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT IT, UM, IT PROVIDES A, A FRONT WINDOW WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON, UH, TO, TO GREET VETERANS AS THEY COME.

IT PROVIDES, UH, AMPLE STORAGE FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL, THAT WE ALREADY PROCURE AND WILL BE PROCURING FOR THE PARK, UH, SUCH AS FLAGS AND, AND JUST MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.

UM, IT, UH, IT HAS AN OFFICE SPACE FOR OBVIOUSLY THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, AND THEN IT ALSO HAS ANOTHER, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THEY USE IT AS AN INTERVIEW ROOM, BUT IT'S, IT'S LARGE ENOUGH TO WHERE WE CAN PUT A TABLE IN THERE AND WE CAN CONDUCT OUR, OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE DO FOR THE PARK, UH, JUST HELD ONE UPSTAIRS LAST WEEK.

SO I THINK THAT THE SPACE WILL BE PERFECT.

IT'S IDEAL.

UM, AND SO MY ASK BASICALLY IS, IS THAT I DIDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO COME TO YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A, A GOOD MOVE FOR YOU.

AND SO MY ASK IS THAT WE, UM, THAT THE, THE COURT APPROVE OR, OR ALLOW ME TO MOVE FROM WHERE I AM NOW IN THIS BUILDING, UH, TO THE SOUTH CAMPUS AND OCCUPY THE SPACE THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT BEING UTILIZED.

AND THAT WAS VACATED BY MR. WHITE'S DEPARTMENT, RIGHT.

ABOUT THAT.

SO, YEAH, I'D BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE TO BE THE ONES WHO MAKE THE DECISION.

I MEAN, IF YOU NEED THE SPACE AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE PEOPLE TO, TO DO THE WORK, THEN WE'VE GOT THIS SPACE.

THEY'RE JUST MOVING.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT YOU'LL KNOW YOU'LL MOVE AGAIN, RIGHT? YEAH, I DO.

YES, SIR.

YEAH, NO, IT'S A TEMPORARY.

IT IS.

YES, SIR.

IT IS NATHAN SPACE NOW.

I FEEL THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR MY HANDICAP VETERANS, THERE ARE HANDICAP STALLS RIGHT UP FRONT IN FRONT.

ROBERT, DO YOU THINK, I MEAN, WILL THERE BE ANY PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT'S YOUR CLIENTS ANNOUNCING, YOU KNOW, YOUR RELOCATION AND MAKING SURE THEY GET REDIRECTED TO THE RIGHT? NO, SIR.

WELL, I'M GONNA, SO I'LL WORK WITH MS. SIMMONS, IF THIS IS, IF I'M GIVEN THE APPROVAL TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS, THEN I'LL WORK WITH MS. SIMMONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY IS PUTTING OUT A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.

MY WEBSITE PAGE THAT THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS, WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATED TO THAT.

UM, CURRENTLY I HAVE AT EACH ONE OF YOUR LOCATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE FLYER, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS CARDS.

AND SO I WILL RESTRUCTURE THOSE AND COME OUT THERE AND REFILL AND RESTOCK THOSE.

I DID LOOK AT THAT FACILITY, UM, AND

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UH, SO I DON'T FEEL THAT, UH, GETTING TO THE SPACE IS GOING TO BE ANY LESS DIFFICULT OR ANY MORE CHALLENGING.

IN FACT, I MIGHT EVEN ARGUE THAT.

AND SO HE'S OCCUPYING THAT SPACE MAY BE NICER BECAUSE A WHEELCHAIR IN MY OFFICE, YOU'RE MOVING CHAIRS AROUND EVERYTHING, A WHEELCHAIR IN THE OFFICE THAT I WOULD OCCUPY OVER THERE WOULD BE, THERE'D BE AMPLE ROOM FOR, FOR SOMETHING OF THAT.

SO, UM, I THINK, UH, I, LIKE I SAID, I WENT OUT THERE AND DID A PRE LOOK KIND OF WALKED AROUND.

I SPOKE WITH THE PEOPLE OUT THERE.

I THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD FIT.

YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY GO IN THE RIGHT DOOR.

THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR HARDEST PROBLEM.

YES, SIR.

UH, SO I DID SPEAK WITH, UH, I DID SPEAK WITH, UH, THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

CURRENTLY, THE FIRE MARSHALS IS STILL LISTED ON THAT BIG SIGN OUT FRONT.

AND I ASKED HIM, WOULD IT BE DIFFICULT? YOU KNOW, JUST TO REMOVE THAT, IF THIS IS APPROVED, HOW DIFFICULT OR WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? AND HE SAID THAT THAT'S AN EASY FIX, NO WORRY.

SO W WE'LL GET, UH, WE'LL GET THAT PUT THERE, AND THEN I'LL PROBABLY END UP PUTTING SOME KIND OF BIG SIGNAGE ON THE DOOR OVER THERE, IF YOU WILL.

UM, AND THEN I HAVE SIGNS AND STUFF.

VETERANS THERE.

THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING MAYBE I WOULD JUST LIE IN THE HALLWAY WITH LIKE CAMOUFLAGE NETS, YOU KNOW, FIND IT REAL QUICK.

YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF ALL SERVICES.

SO FOR THE AIR FORCE, WE COULD PUT LIKE BLUE CARPET DOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

LET ME ADD RAELYNN RAELYNN.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME WHERE IN OUR SPACE PLANNING, ULTIMATELY, WHERE IS VETERAN'S SERVICES ULTIMATELY GOING TO WIND UP THE PLAN IS THERE WILL BE OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE HERE, LOWER LEVEL ANNEX, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SPACE AND THEN HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITY TO BE HERE IN THIS ANNEX BUILDING.

YUP.

WELL, LET'S JUST THINK POSITIVE AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE BIG GRANT AND THERE'LL BE OUT THERE.

WELL, THIS IS SOMEBODY TO TAKE CARE OF THE LOAN AND NOT AT WORK AND ALL THAT.

AND HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T CLEAR IT WHEN MONIQUE, THAT YOU'LL MOVE THAT FAR AWAY, THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE THE MIDDLE FOR LUNCH.

HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE.

CAN'T YOU TELL, LOOK YOU SAVED AND EVERYTHING.

UH, ALL RIGHT, THEN, UH, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

UH, MY CELL, THEY MAY HAVE SENT ME, LET'S MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WE'LL PUT IT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION TO, UH, I'M NOT POINTING TO HIM.

SO I'LL MAKE A POINT.

I'M GOING TO POINT AGAIN, KATE I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT VETERAN SERVICES BE AUTHORIZED AND, AND ENCOURAGED TO, UM, MOVE INTO A MUCH BETTER, MORE PRODUCTIVE FACILITY IN THE SOUTH CAMPUS FOR HOWEVER LONG THAT LASTS.

SO WE HAVE MOTION GETTING KATE'S MOTION FROM TERRY BARBARA AND ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

I'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

YOU MET.

ALL

[24. Tandi Smith: Discuss Elections department overview/updates.]

FOR THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON MAINTENANCE AND MAINTAINING OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT.

NEXT UP IS OUR ELECTIONS, UH, DEPARTMENT HEAD DANDY SPAN.

WE SAW HER COME IN WITH ALL THE BREAKING NEWS OF THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF 77 PEOPLE YESTERDAY VOTING, RIGHT.

WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD TODAY.

WE'RE ALREADY UP TO 40.

SO WE'RE ALREADY UP TO 40 11.

UM, AS YOU SEEN FROM THE REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW, WE HAD 4,017 TRANSACTIONS LAST MONTH, UM, FOR MAIL IN BALLOTS FOR THIS ELECTION, WE HAVE 97 THAT WENT OUT, WE'VE RECEIVED 45% OF THOSE BACK ALREADY.

THAT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WE GET CLOSER TO ELECTION DAY YESTERDAY, AS YOU SEE THEM FROM THE REPORTS THAT I SENT LAST NIGHT, YOU RECEIVED A AS WELL AS THE TURNOUT AT EACH LOCATION, WE HAD 71 VOTERS YESTERDAY.

SO JUST ONE 15 OVERALL IS WHAT WE HAD BETWEEN MAIL AND TURN OUT YESTERDAY.

WE ANTICIPATE TO SEE THAT CLIMB A LITTLE MORE.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE TO SEE A BREAKING TURNOUT ANYWHERE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT 65% DRIVE THAT YOU SAW LAST NOVEMBER.

UM, I AM REACHING OUT THROUGH KAUFMAN COUNTY BREAKING NEWS TO SHARE INFORMATION AND HOPES TO BOOST THE SIGNAL.

UM, WE HAVE UPDATED OUR WEBPAGE AND HOPES TO MAKE INFORMATION EASIER TO FIND AND BOOST THAT SIGNAL.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF PLAYING IT BY EAR RIGHT NOW.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING EARLY VOTING OR ELECTION DAY? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

UH, IT WAS REALLY IN THE EXPENDITURE REPORT, BUT IT'S RELATED TO VOTING.

UM, I KNOW WE SPENT HOUR AND I'M NOT QUESTIONING, I JUST WANT TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAYBE

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CAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD A FAIRLY LARGE EXPENDITURE, UH, IN SOME OF THE BUDGETS.

AND SO I JUST WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST, JUST ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME THE READER'S DIGEST ON WHAT SORT OF MAINTENANCE AND STUFF WE DO ON THESE MACHINES, CORRECT.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT BUDGET DETAIL YOU SEEN OR LINE ITEM THAT YOU'VE SEEN.

WE DO HAVE MAINTENANCE IN REGARDS TO THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM THAT MAINTAINS OUR VOTER REGISTER, OUR VOTER REGISTRATION ACTIVITY AND OUR VOTERS THROUGHOUT COFFIN COUNTY.

I BELIEVE THAT AVERAGE IS ABOUT 41,000 A YEAR TO MAINTAIN THAT SYSTEM FOR OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT THEMSELVES.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE HAD A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT WAS IN PLACE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASED FOR LEA OR AT LEAST FOR PURCHASE.

I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL UNDER THAT CAVEAT.

I WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD ONCE WE'VE SATISFIED THAT PURCHASING.

SO IT'S JUST PURSUANT TO THOSE SORT OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND ROUTINE UPKEEP OF, OF OUR ELECTIONS DATABASE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, YOU WILL BE SEEING A CHARGE SHORTLY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO VOTING UNITS THAT WERE DAMAGED.

UM, DURING THE DELIVERY PROCESS IN THE LAST ELECTION, THE VENDOR WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THOSE TWO UNITS.

WE WERE ABLE TO SALVAGE SOME PARTS OFF THOSE TWO UNITS TO REPAIR EIGHT OTHER UNITS THAT WERE DAMAGED.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THERE, UM, THAT EXPENDITURE, I'M NOT EXPECTING IT TO EXCEED $450 AT THIS TIME, THE BAD THINGS.

NO, BUT I'LL GET WITH YOU LATER.

IT WAS, I MEAN, IT, I WASN'T QUESTIONING THE EXPENDITURE.

I JUST THOUGHT, UH, IT MIGHT BE NOTEWORTHY TO, TO REALLY JUST ALERT THE PUBLIC, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT AND FUNDING WE PUT IN THAT IS GOING TO BE FIRST STRICTLY YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION, MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS HEADED IS THAT I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT WE, WE HAVE A HUGE INVESTMENT IN THIS, IN THIS ELECTION.

AND IT'S ALSO GOOD TO NOTATE TO OUR CITIZENS THAT WE ARE EXAMINING OTHER AVENUES, PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE AND UPDATE THAT SYSTEM INTO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE FEASIBLE.

LONG-TERM OKAY.

BACK TO HISTORY COMMISSIONER THAT USED TO BE PAID OUT OF THE IT BUDGET AND THEN DECIDED ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR SOFTWARE.

LIKE I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FINANCIAL OUT OF MY DEPARTMENT TAX OFFICE HAS TO PAY FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR FOR THE TECH STATEMENTS AND STUFF.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TEXTS.

IS THERE, IT USED TO BE IN ANOTHER BUDGET.

YES MA'AM.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS FOR THAT'S FOR THEIR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE.

AND IF YOU CAN FIND THE CURE FOR VOTER APATHY, YOU CAN BE A VERY REAL I'M SURE I CAN.

UM, AS SENATE BILL ONE TAKES EFFECT IN DECEMBER, THE COURT WILL BE LOOKING AT AN EXORBITANT COST TO INSTALL CAMERAS.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FOREWARN YOU ON THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED.

AS IN DECEMBER, AS OF DECEMBER SIX, WE WILL HAVE TO INSTALL LAB CAMERAS WITH THE ABILITY TO LIVE STREAM THE BALLOTS WHERE THEY'RE STORED AND THAT TRANSITION FROM WHERE THEY ARE STORED TO THE BALLOT BOARD AND FROM THE BALLOT BOARD TO WHERE THEY ARE STORED UNTIL THEY JUST THE ABSENTEE BALLOT.

RIGHT? UH, NO, THERE ARE NO CAMERAS IN THAT AREA.

INSTALLING CAMERAS SEEMS RELATIVELY CHEAP, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO LOOKING AT A LIVE STREAM FEATURE THAT HAS TO RUN AND RECORD AND BE RETAINED, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GENIUS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS LIKE, IF YOU DID THE BALLOT MORTON DEAL, LIKE IN THIS ROOM, YOUR CAMERAS ARE IN HERE.

WELL, THEY ARE, BUT I, AGAIN DON'T KNOW THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE THAT LIVE STREAMING SERVICE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN STORING THAT DATA FOR 22 MONTHS.

BUT EVERYTHING IS STORED LABS RIGHT IN HERE.

WELL, I NEED TRUE, BUT IT'S, IT'S STORED LIVE FOR THE TIME THAT Y'ALL ARE ON, THIS IS A 24 HOUR RECORDING FROM THE TIME WE GET THOSE BALLOTS IN OUR HANDS.

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH WAS THAT GRANT? I BELIEVE WE HAVE 117,970, THEN ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE.

I HAVE TO KEEP IT ON 24, 7 UNTIL CORRECTLY, CORRECT? YEAH.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THAT BILL.

THAT BILL DID NOT PROVIDE ANY FUNDING.

CURRENTLY.

WE DO HAVE AN IT SECURITY GRANT THAT THE COUNTY WAS GRANTED THROUGH HAVA LAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE NOT EXPENDED.

UM, BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO MAYBE REPLACE OUR POLL BOOKS, OUR LITTLE LAPTOPS WITH SOMETHING MORE FUNCTIONAL AND ELIMINATE LINES, BUT WE MAY NEED TO USE THAT TO ASSIST WITH THE COST OF THESE CAMERAS AND MUCH WITH THAT GRANT.

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YUP.

SOMEBODY IS WONDERFUL THAT DOING THAT.

AREN'T THEY, UH, BENDING ANYWAY.

WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU REPORTING TO ANDY.

I HEAR A MOTION TO ACCEPT HER REPORT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND.

AND THEN THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE AUDITOR.

[25. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line-item transfers.]

TELL US ABOUT THE MAYAN LANHAM TRANSFERS THAT WE ALL RECEIVED ON OUR EMAIL.

ALL NEW BUDGET.

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

READY FOR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

I'M READY.

CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 2 MILLION, $435,632 AND 93 CENTS.

A PAYROLL OF 1,000,004 OH 9, 6 52 94, A TOTAL OF 3 MILLION, 845,000 TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE EIGHTY THREE.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM I DON'T.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.

THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

SO MOVED.

ALL RIGHT, MR. CAKES.

I'LL SECOND THAT MR. BARBARA, SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, SO LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE NEXT ONE.

WE HAVE ONE FOR EIGHT EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE HAVE SOME MAY OWN THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION

THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE PASS I'LL WAIT PAST.

THERE WAS NONE.

IT WAS NOTE IT WAS A NEW, NEW BUDGET ERA.

SO THERE WAS NO TRANSFERS.

[27. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter executive session.]

[28. Executive Session; Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to discuss real estate negotiations.]

AND IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER CODE AND 5, 5, 1 0 7, 2 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND COMMISSION, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO THAT.

WE HAVE GOT THAT.

WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.