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YEAH,

[Call to Order]

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THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS CALLED TO ORDER TODAY IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 4TH, 2022.

I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SAID THAT TO A 9:00 AM IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM IN THE COURTHOUSE, ANNEX AND COFFIN IS ALWAYS, WE'LL START OUR MEETING OFF WITH AN INVOCATION AND, UH, I'LL LEAD THE INVOCATION IN, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE IS PLEASE STAND.

OKAY, FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE FOR, FOR US HERE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND ALL OF US WHO ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT OUR CITIZENS.

WE ASKED THAT YOU, UH, GIVE US WISDOM AND, UH, CALM SPIRITS TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.

UH, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THIS LIFE.

AND, UH, I PARTICULARLY PRAY FOR AN END TO THE, ALL THE COVID STUFF THIS YEAR, AND THEN WE CAN GET BACK TO, UH, UH, ALL OF US CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL LIES.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THIS LIFE IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

PLAY TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

, ONE OF THE SAME ONE.

AND THEN THE BISMAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY NOTES FROM ANYBODY INDICATING THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO THE COURT THIS MORNING.

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

UH, THAT BRINGS US TO ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE AND I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SHERIFF AND I THINK HE MIGHT WANT TO SHARE SOME WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.

I KNOW, UH, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION COME DOWN DURING ALL THIS, AND WE WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE ON SOME ISSUES.

WE HAVE SOME ISSUES, NONE.

WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE, SO WE'RE WAITING ON THE OTHER END, WHICH I TOLD HIM WE'RE IN THE HIRING PROCESS AND THAT IS GOING TO GO ON TODAY.

SO THEY HAVE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING'S BACK IN COMPLIANCE AT THE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.

HOW'S THAT GOOD JOB.

YEAH.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

THANKS FOR TAKING THAT ON SHERIFF.

WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE TO SHARE IN YOUR SPARE TIME? OKAY.

THERE'S NO OTHER ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.

WE'LL MOVE

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ONLY CONSISTS OF ITEMS, A ITEM, A, UM, IS THERE A MO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES,

[3. Keith Bell; Present certificate to Commissioner Terry Barber in honor of completing the Commissioners Court Advanced Curriculum Program.]

UH, ITEM THREE.

WE ARE HONORED TODAY TO HAVE OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE KEITH BELL TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE TO COMMISSIONER TERRY BARBER IN HONOR OF COMPLETING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ADVANCED CURRICULUM PROGRAM.

MR. BELL, DID YOU SKATE IN THIS MORNING OR DID YOU DRIVE OKAY.

DROVE IN, UH, THANK YOU, JUDGE RICHARDS APPRECIATED THE COMMISSIONERS AND IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU GUYS.

I, UH, AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AS WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME THAT WE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS ON THE WAY OVER HERE, HOW MUCH WE SACRIFICE AND THE EFFORTS THAT YOU PUT IN, AND IT'S NOT AN EIGHT HOUR JOB A DAY.

IT'S ALL DAY IT'S IT'S 24 7, WHETHER YOU'RE IN A RESTAURANT OR YOU'RE AT CHURCH, OR YOU'RE AT A BALLPARK WITH YOUR KIDS OR GRANDKIDS, IT NEVER STOPS.

IT NEVER SLEEPS.

AND, UH, THANK YOU.

UH, IF YOU HADN'T HEARD THAT IN THE NEW YEAR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I UNDERSTAND IT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM, YOU KNOW, MAN, I'M IN, I'M IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES AND SEE A LOT OF THINGS AND WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN COLLIN COUNTY, UM, THIRD FASTEST GROWING COUNTY, UH, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND YOU YOU'RE VISIONING LEADERSHIP WITH THE BOND PROGRAMS, THE PROJECTS WE'VE GOT GOING ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, MAN, IT'S, UH, YOU GUYS ARE AHEAD OF THAT CURVE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, UH, I'M NOT HERE TO ABSOLUTELY HONOR THIS INDIVIDUAL TODAY, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I'M PROUD THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, UH, WORKED ON UPGRADING YOUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

THAT WAS

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A PRESS RELEASE.

I SAW YESTERDAY, UH, STEVE, WHO HE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB, NOT ONLY GETTING THAT DONE FOR THE, FOR THE COUNTY, BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID WE FOUGHT THAT AS YOU SAID, JUDGE, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, BY THE TIME WE THINK WE'RE OUT OF THE WOODS, WE, IT SPINS BACK UP.

SO, UM, WE'VE ALL GOT, UH, UH, LOTS OF THINGS TO DO.

WE JUST STARTED AN UPDATE ABOUT THE COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.

AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT AS A JAILS, I MEAN, AS THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF CRIM JURISPRUDENCE AND ALL THAT'S ALL T COLD AND THE JAILS AND ALL THAT, THAT'S ALL PART OF OUR PURVIEW.

AND I NEVER HEAR ABOUT COLLIN COUNTY.

AND SO HATS OFF TO YOU LEADERSHIP AND WHAT YOU DO, AND THEN IT'S INDICATIVE OF WHAT I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO DO TODAY.

AND THAT'S ABOUT THE COMMITMENT.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS, I'VE HEARD THIS A MILE, UH, DON'T LIFE.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE A BACON AND EGG BREAKFAST.

I HAD ONE OF THOSE THIS MORNING WITH MY DADDY.

THE CHICKEN'S INVOLVED IN THE PIG'S COMMITTED AND YOU GUYS ARE REQUIRED TO DO CONTINUING EDUCATION, NO DIFFERENT THAN A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OR CITY COUNCIL, BUT, BUT, UH, BUT TO GO OVER AND ABOVE THAT, TO FINISH THIS CURRICULUM AND THE, WHAT I'M HERE TO HONOR A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR IS THE ADVANCED CURRICULUM OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

ADVANCED CURRICULUM PROGRAM OFFERS COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS ADVANCED TRAINING BEYOND THE STATE MANDATED EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT SAYS IT'S DESCRIBED BY, UH, HAYES COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DEBBIE GONZALEZ, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE C J C A T COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

AND WHAT THAT IS IS 64 HOURS, NOT 16, WHICH IS REQUIRED MANDATED BY LAW, BUT 64.

SO TO GO THROUGH THAT, UH, ADVANCED CURRICULUM OF STUDY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, THE LEADERSHIP AND THE COMMITMENT TO THE TAXPAYERS AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUSINESSES.

WE GOT $125 MILLION BUDGET JUDGE, HOW YOU COUNT THE MONEY, BUT IT'S BIG ENOUGH.

IT'S A LOT.

OKAY.

AND SO FOR YOU GUYS TO BE EFFICIENT AND TO BE STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY, UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK TO YOU TO DO.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.

AND IT'S MY HONOR TO FIRST PRESENT A CERTIFICATE TO COMMISSIONER TERRY BARBER FOR HIS, UH, COMPLETING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ADVANCED CURRICULUM PROGRAM.

SO HE'S ON HIS WAY, LESTER BARBARA, AND YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES BONNARD TO PRESENT THIS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK DONNA.

WANTS YOU TO GET A PICTURE ON THIS ASS SIDE OVER HERE.

THAT'S MY BUTTER SADDLE GLASS.

THANK YOU.

AND WOULD THAT

[4. Keith Bell; Present certificate to Commissioner Ken Cates in honor of completing the Commissioners Court Advanced Curriculum Program.]

TAKE IT TOO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME? ONCE AGAIN, IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME TO PRESENT COMMISSIONER KING KATE'S AND HONOR, IF HIS COMPLETING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ADVANCED CURRICULUM PROGRAM, MR. MR. GATES STRANGULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

YOU APPRECIATE IT.

THIS IS IT.

THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I DID THE BEST, WHAT I GOT.

WE'D LIKE TO GET ALL THREE OF, UM, GREG BRAVO.

THANKS.

UH, AGAIN, JUDGE, FOR, UH, YOU ALLOW ME A MOMENT, UH, FOR SOME KUDOS FOR, FOR YOU GUYS, FOR COLLECTIVELY, FOR THE COURT AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT INDIVIDUALLY FOR THESE GENTLEMEN THAT HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTY AND TO FULFILL THE

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RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR STAKEHOLDERS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER AND DOING THAT AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

[5. Steve Howie; Discuss/Consider approving pending adoption of Kaufman County, Texas Multi Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP).]

UH, NEXT ITEM, ITEM FIVE, UH, STEVE, WHO HE IS GOING TO COME UP AND PRESENT FOR CONSIDERATION APPROVING THE PENDING ADOPTION OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, HELPFUL.

WE LOVINGLY REFERRED TO IT AS HMP DON'T WE? YES, SIR.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE MY STAFF, DEBBIE NIXON AND TIFFANY FOLLOW L AND A FORMER STAFF MEMBER, DUSTIN CONNOR, WHO IS NOW THE CITY OF TERRELL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

UH, EVERYBODY COMBINED IN THE COUNTY HELP PUT THIS TOGETHER.

WE HAD TO HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM ALL OF OUR JURISDICTIONS AND IT WAS NOT EASY.

WE STARTED OFF BEFORE COVID AND THAT SHUT US DOWN FOR OVER A YEAR.

WELL, WE FINALLY GOT IT DONE.

AND ONCE WE SUBMITTED IT, WE GOT IT BACK IN SIX WEEKS COMPARED TO THE FIRST TIME, WHICH WAS 18 MONTHS.

UH, SO I'M VERY PLEASED WITH TATE AND FOR HELPING US AND FOR FEMA FOR TO GET IT APPROVED AND BACK TO US IN SUCH SHORT TIME, UH, I WAS TOLD THIS MORNING, NOT EVERYBODY GOT A COPY OF IT.

WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE FULL PLAN, WHICH IS LITTLE OVER 400 PAGES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE TRIED TO EMAIL IT, BUT IT WAS TOO BIG AND NOT EVERYBODY GOT IT.

SO YEAH, I'LL TAKE MINE ON A FLASH DRIVE IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YES, SIR.

WE WILL GET THOSE OUT TO YOU A WAY THIS WORKS IS ONCE FEMA APPROVES IT, IT COMES BACK APPROVED PENDING ADOPTION, WHICH MEANS THAT EACH JURISDICTION WILL THEN HAVE TO APPROVE BY RESOLUTION THAT THEY HAVE ADOPTED THAT PLAN.

IS THERE A MITIGATION PLAN? SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO TODAY IS TO ASK YOU TO FORMALLY APPROVE OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

SO IT WILL BE IN FULL FORCE IN EFFECT, UH, OKAY.

AND EVERYBODY, THANK YOU, STEVE.

IF ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STEVE JUDGE, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD TO NOT ONLY MY THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE AND HIS STAFF, BUT, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REALLY FALLS UNDER THE COUNTY JUDGES OFFICE.

AND, UH, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOUR FOCUS ON THIS.

AND IT IS, UH, I THINK IMPORTANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE TO OUR CITIES, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET, UH, TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THIS PLAN BECAUSE, UH, MANY THINGS, UH, FUNDING AND, AND, UH, DISASTER AID AND THAT SORT OF THING ARE OFTEN TIED TO IT.

SO IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT, THAT WE COMPLETE THIS LOOP.

THANK YOU, STEVE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

IT'S NOT IMPORTANT UNTIL YOU NEED IT AND THEN WHEN YOU NEED IT, DON'T ROB STEVE.

I GOT SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU.

YOU NEED IT.

YOU BETTER HAVE IT.

SO, UH, SO WHAT'S BEFORE US IS, UH, LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE COFFIN COUNTY, UH, MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT.

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

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

I DO HAVE A LITTLE SORT OF, SINCE THIS IS A, THIS IS A MAJOR THING.

I MEAN, UH, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE STEVE THAT CAN GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS AND STUFF LIKE THIS.

I DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT HIM AS A FORMAL COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHER.

SO THAT'S A COPY OF THAT RESOLUTION.

HOW ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

LET'S BACK UP A LITTLE BIT HERE, DUSTIN, PLEASE.

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I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

[6. Raytan Smith; Discuss and consider approval of Task Order TBGC-Kaufman County-T03-12.22.2021 between Tidal Basin Government Consulting and Kaufman County for Services Related to Dam Emergency Action Plan (EAP).]

ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM SIX RAYLAND SMITH DISCUSSING CONSIDER APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER TB GC KAUFMAN COUNTY.

I'M GOING TO READ THE ENTIRE NUMBER THERE BETWEEN TITLE A BASIN, GOVERNMENT CONSULTING AND KAUFMAN COUNTY FOR SERVICES RELATED TO DAM EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN.

SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL TASK ORDER FROM TIDAL BASIN.

WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS GONE IN AND DONE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, WHICH IS RIGHT AT 50,490.

UM, THIS IS TAKING ALL OF THE TCEQ RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A PREVIOUS PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

UM, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT WE DO GET PAID FOR THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY BRINGING IN AROUND 90,000, UM, TO OVERSEE THAT CONTRACT.

SO WHILE INITIALLY WE MAY PULL FROM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LINE ITEM, THERE WILL BE MONEY COMING BACK TO THE COUNTY, WHICH WILL COVER THIS ADDITIONAL COST THAT WE WEREN'T EXPECTING.

JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THIS DAMN PROGRAM.

AND THAT IS THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE MATTERS HAVE COME BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT SINCE WE STARTED THIS, BUT A LOT.

AND, UH, RAYLAN DIDN'T I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT BEFORE THIS STARTED, RAVEN DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS.

YEAH.

I KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT DAM SO MUCH NOW CONSTRUCTING DAMS AND UPGRADING DAMS. SO, AND SO IT'S SUCH A USEFUL INFORMATION FOR A PERSON TO HAVE IN THEIR HEAD.

SO ANYWAY, IT'S IT'S SO THANK YOU RAELYNN FOR TAKING CARE OF ALL THAT AND TAKING CARE OF IT.

AND IT'S SUCH A WAY THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE COMING OUT, UH, FINANCIALLY TO THE GOOD ON IT.

SO IT'S YEAH.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO DO.

YES.

SO IT'S THAT WE'RE GOOD.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR NO COMMENTS? NO.

UH, THE MOST BEFORE IS, WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT TASK ORDER, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.

NO, BECAUSE WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBARA, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES

[7. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider permission to solicit RFP 22-07: Construction of the Kaufman County Justice Center Expansion - Gallagher Construction Contract Conditions and CSP Package Scope of Work; solicitation date TBD]

BACK TO RAYLAND DISCUSSING CONSIDERED PERMISSION TO SOLICIT RFP 2207 CONSTRUCTION OF THE COFFIN COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, EXPANSION, GALLAGHER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CONDITIONS IN CSP PACKAGE, SCOPE OF WORK SOLICITATION, THE DATE TO BE DETERMINED.

SO WHAT THIS IS IS JUST AN OPEN REQUEST AND PERMISSION FOR ME TO SOLICIT THIS BID AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

SO BETWEEN HOK AND GALLAGHER, THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THE EARLY PACKAGE OUT AND THEN AS SOON AS THE OTHER ITEMS ARE READY, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT THE COUNTY IN A POSITION THAT WHENEVER WE DO HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND POST THE LEGAL NOTICE AND GET EVERYTHING POSTED AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING.

SO WE'RE EXPECTING ALL THE DOCUMENTATION TO BE IN AND PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FROM THE CITY OF KAUFFMAN WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

SO AS SOON AS IT'S READY TO GO LIVE, I'LL JUST PREPARE THE LEGAL NOTICE.

YEAH.

WE KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT.

RIGHT.

SO WE NEED, WE NEED TO GET GOING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ANYWAY, I WILL, UM, DEFINITELY UPDATE YOU OR LET YOU KNOW WHENEVER WE GO LIVE ON THE BID.

OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE OR GIVE PERMISSION FOR HER TO SOLICIT THE 2207? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES,

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

UH, BACK TO RAELYNN AGAIN, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER RECEIPT TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL OF COUNTY ON ASSETS.

REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE LIST OF VEHICLES THAT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR AUCTION BASED ON OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021

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ENTERPRISE ORDER.

I WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE VEHICLE THAT BELONGS TO THE FIRE MARSHAL'S DEPARTMENT.

AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE SHERIFF, UM, WE'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THESE SLOW ORDER PROCESS, ET CETERA.

SO LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE KEEP THE VEHICLE THERE.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO THE FIRE.

MARSHALL, YOU WILL STILL HAVE YOUR TWO DEPUTY VEHICLES AND ALSO A SPARE.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S FIVE VEHICLES WITHIN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.

AND I WOULD LIKE PERMISSION TO TRANSFER ONE OF THE F150 FIRST RESPONDERS OVER TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S A NEED OF THAT VEHICLE.

UM, SO WE STILL LEAVE ENOUGH VEHICLES IN 5 21, BUT, UM, I WOULD BE ABLE TO UPFIT THIS VEHICLE FOR ANOTHER AGENCY.

I JUST, I WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.

SO Y'ALL, DIDN'T THINK I WAS JUST GETTING RID OF PLATE.

THERE WAS A REASON.

SO, UH, I GUESS A PROPER WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THAT VEHICLE TRANSFER AND AUTHORIZE THE DISPOSAL OF THESE COUNTY OWNED VEHICLES.

YES, SIR.

IS THERE SUCH A MOTION JUDGE I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WHERE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER KATES.

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

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[9. Pam Corder; Discuss/Consider approving interlocal agreement for Kaufman County Solid Waste Grant.]

ITEM NINE PAN QUARTER DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COFFIN COUNTY SOLID WASTE GRANT.

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

SO I'M HERE THIS MORNING.

BRING HIM FORWARD TO YOU AT INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

IT IS FOR OUR SOLID WEISS GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED.

UM, THIS GRANT IS ABOUT $29,000.

LIKE WE HAD TAUGHT BEFORE IT'S FOR A HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT AND ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT.

UM, IT WILL BE HELD IN THE SPRING AND THE CALL JUST NEEDED SOME TYPE OF IN OUR LOCAL BETWEEN US AND THEM.

AND JUDGE WILL BE THE ONE TO SIGN THAT.

SO WE DID JUST GET THROUGH WITH A ELECTRONICS EVENT AND IT COST US ABOUT $8,000 THAT WAS THROUGH SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE, BUT WE COLLECTED 10,602 POUNDS OF ELECTRONICS.

AND WE DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO POSSIBLY HOPE TO ELECTRONIC EVENTS, ACCORDING TO WHAT COMES IN THAT DAY.

SO IF YOU'RE AROUND IN THE SPRING, WHEN WE HOLD THESE COME, CAUSE YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE ITEMS THAT THEY BRING A LOT OF OLD PROJECTION TELEVISION STILL HEAVY.

YEAH, THEY ARE.

THEY'RE STILL THERE.

THE HEAVY, HEAVY, HEAVY TV STAGE, RIGHT.

WE'RE ALSO FINDING MANY OF THOSE OLD PROJECTION TELEVISIONS AND OTHER BIG ELECTRONICS ON THE SIDE OF SOME OF OUR PRECINCT FOUR COUNTY ROAD.

SO THIS ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF THE, OF THAT ILLEGALLY DUMPED DEBRIS THAT WE PICK UP, UH, THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE QUARTER.

YEAH.

SO HOLD ONTO IT AND BRING IT RIGHT.

GET THERE EARLY, GET THERE FILTER THE DAY BEFORE WE MIGHT HAVE, YOU MIGHT HAVE A PAST.

YEAH, MAYBE SO.

AND I AM STILL LOOKING FOR FUNDING FOR TIRES.

SO YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S JUST ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO, TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THIS COUNTY.

AND, UH, I GUESS IT'S JUST A LOT CHEAPER TO TAKE YOUR TRASH AND YOUR TIRES AND YOUR OLD TELEVISIONS AND YOUR MATTRESSES AND THROW THEM OUT ON THE COUNTY ROADS AND, AND UH, ULTIMATELY, UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE PRECINCTS ALL COOPERATE TO, TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AFTER THE FACT.

BUT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DISPOSE OF THEIR WASTE PROPERLY, HANG ON TO IT UNTIL WE HAVE THESE EVENTS AND, AND, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS A OPPORTUNITY TO GET RID OF IT SOMEWHERE BESIDES ON THE COUNTY ROAD.

IT IS OUR CLEANUP, IT'S IN ONE THIS WEEK, THIS MONTH AND I WAS IN FOR LAST MONTH.

RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE IT ON THE EIGHTH FROM EIGHT TO FOUR AT PRECINCT ONE.

YEAH.

AND THEY DO TAKE OLD MATTRESSES.

YEAH.

FOR FREE.

OKAY.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? IF THEY'RE NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT IN HER LOCAL AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED ON LIKE THE MOST WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[10. Kristi Dickey; Discuss/Consider approving preliminary plat for Talty Baptist Church Located on FM 148 in PCT 1.]

UH, ITEM 10 CHRISTIE DICKIE DISCUSSED, CONSIDER APPROVING PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR TALTI BAPTIST CHURCH LOCATED FM 1 48 IN PRECINCT.

ONE GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

TELL TO BAPTIST CHURCHES WANTING TO EXPAND THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, THEY ALREADY OWN THREE LOTS THERE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO COMBINE THE THREE LOTS AS ONE LINE, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD

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THE CHURCH UP, UH, EXPANDING THEIR PARKING LOT.

AND THE CHURCH IS GOING TO, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL ON THE PLANS, IT'S GOING TO GO AS A TWO-STORY CHURCH, UM, WITH SOME HANDBALL ACTIVITIES COURT FOR THE KIDS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE CHURCH THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THERE TO UPGRADE.

AND SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THE COURTS FOR APPROVAL FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT TODAY.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR COUNTY BAPTIST CHURCH LOCATED ON FM 1 48? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION WITH A MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT.

IS THERE A SECOND? NO.

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

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

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

NOW ON TO THE AUDITOR OF DISCUSSION, CONSIDER LINE ON FANFARE.

IS THIS GOING TO BE A VERY SHORT CONVERSATION? NONE AT THIS TIME.

SO I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION ON THAT BECAUSE NOTHING TO MOVE ABOUT.

SO

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

NEXT ITEM, UH, ITEM 12, DISCUSS, CONSIDER CLAIM FOR PAYMENT.

YOU'RE CALLING FOR PAYMENT OR $4,601,759 AND 22 CENTS 200, 2,500,000 WAS ON FACILITIES BOND 855,000 WAS ON ROAD BONDS.

SO IT WASN'T ALL JUST COMING OUT OF THE BILL MONEY, BUT THAT WAS BOND MONEY TOO.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, DID YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDITOR? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WHERE THE MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.

UH, DISCUSS

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

ITEM 13, DISCUSS, CONSIDER EXITING REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DO SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBARA, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT.

DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I THINK WE'LL GO BACK IN THE OTHER ROOM.

THAT'S OKAY.

EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

WE'LL MOVE.

WE'LL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATION.

AND, UH, WE'LL BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 0 7, 4 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS WITH THE PERKS WITHIN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

LET'S GO BACK THERE.

OKAY.

I NEED

[16. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and enter back into regular meeting,]

TO LOOK UP FOR EMOTION TO COME BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT TO COME BACK AND REGULAR SESSION FROM EXECUTIVE.

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

NO, NO ACTION TAKEN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OF COURSE, I DON'T HEAR ANY EMOTIONS COMING OUT OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO THAT KIND OF LEADS US TO SOMETHING ELSE.

AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

WE'RE GONNA MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS WHO ADJOURN HIS OR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED WE'RE ADJOURNED.