Jan 18, 2022 Commissioners Court

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JUST REGULAR MEETING.

UH, THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

[Call to Order]

IT'S 9:00 AM.

AND WE'RE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM IN THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX.

WE WILL, UH, AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE'LL BEGIN OUR, UH, MEETING WITH AN INVOCATION.

PASTOR.

KYLE IS HERE TODAY AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AND I'LL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.

PLEASE STAND.

OKAY, GOOD MORNING, FATHER.

WE THANK YOU LORD, THAT YOU ARE SUCH A WONDERFUL AND GRACIOUS GOD THAT YOU ARE.

AND FATHER THAT YOU SEE US THROUGH THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

FATHER, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR COUNTY THIS MORNING FATHER, TO BE WITH US, GUIDE US AND PROTECT US THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS DAY.

AND THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS WEEK, FATHER, TO DO THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FATHER, WE KNOW WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, THAT ALL THINGS COME TOGETHER FOR THE GLORY AND HONOR OF YOU AND FATHER.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SAFETY AND YOUR PROVISION THAT YOU MAKE.

AND WE ASK THIS IN THE WONDERFUL GLORIOUS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME ON THE PLACEMENTS TO THE FLAG STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON OTHER THREADS ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE, AND THEN MEDICINE.

WELL, NO VISITORS THIS MORNING, JUST HOME FOLKS, A PLEDGE INTO THE TEXAS FLAG REMINDS ME OF, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL EVER HEARD THIS FROM PEOPLE WHO MOVED TO TEXAS OR ARE NOT HAVING LIVED IN TEXAS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SO SURPRISED TO SEE THE TEXAS FLAG FLYING EVERYWHERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T EVEN, NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THEIR STATE FLAG LOOKS LIKE.

CAUSE IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST TEXAS, I GUESS.

UM,

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

UH, I WAS, UH, AT THE COUNCIL OF URBAN COUNTIES ANNUAL MEETING THIS WEEK AND, UM, I'M GONNA SEND A LINK OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND I'LL SEND IT TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

IT IS.

BUT SOME OF IT IT'LL HAVE, UH, SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE DONE, UH, SOME, SOME REALLY INTERESTING, UH, REALLY INTERESTING, UH, INFORMATION, PARTICULARLY HAVING TO DO WITH THE LIVING WITH THE PANDEMIC WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ON, BUT IT'S GOT SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION.

I THINK YOU GUYS WOULD GET A LOT OUT OF.

AND OF COURSE YOU'D SHARE, SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE? IF

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

UH, WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH D IS ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANYBODY CARE TO DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? OH MY GOODNESS.

BOY.

WE HAD THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES,

[3. Katie Sotzing; Present/Accept the Extension Office quarterly report.]

UH, KATIE SEARCHING WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING US THE EXTENSION OFFICER REPORT TODAY, BUT, UH, SHE'S ILL AND NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.

SO WE'LL JUST PASS THAT ITEM.

UM, NEXT

[4. Constable Johnson; Present/Accept Kaufman County Constable Pet. #2 activity report for December 2021.]

GOOD MORNING.

ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

UM, YES.

SO WE TOLD YOU THAT WE WERE GOING TO START DOING A MONTHLY REPORT.

WE HAD OUR FIRST REPORT.

WE GAVE YOU THE YEARLY REPORT FROM LAST YEAR.

THIS REPORT IS FROM DECEMBER THE FIRST TO JANUARY 1ST.

AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, WE ANSWERED A LOAN 122 CALLS JUST FOR THAT MONTH ALONE, UM, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE OUTSTANDING.

UM, CONSIDERING I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GET THE HOLIDAYS TOGETHER, YOU GET A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS TOGETHER.

THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK TOGETHER.

UM, BUT IT WAS, UH, A REALLY BUSY MONTH FOR US.

AND REMEMBER THAT IS TENSION THAT WE RELEASED FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UM, WE DID, UH, ANSWER A ROBBERY CALL AND THEN THREE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.

WE TOOK 103 CASES.

WE MADE 16 ARREST, WE FILED 24, 18 ADULTS, SIX JUVENILES.

WE MADE 31 TRAFFIC STOPS.

UH, WE ISSUED 44 CITATIONS AND WE SEIZED THREE WEAPONS.

THE CIVIL SIDE OF IT.

WE RECEIVED 41 PAPERS AND WE DID COURT FOR 10 DAYS TOTAL.

UM, AND THEN YOU CAN GO ON AND SEE WHERE THE TYPE OF CIVIL SERVICES THAT WE HAD.

WE HAD 25 EVICTIONS, TWO NOTICES, ONE WRIT NINE CITATIONS OF FOUR SUBPOENAS.

OUR CANINE UNIT WAS DEPLOYED SIX TIMES THREE OF THOSE WERE FOR ASSISTING OTHER AGENCIES AND OUT OF THE, UM, 16 ARREST THAT WE'VE MADE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD TO DO WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, SIMPLE ASSAULT, THEFT OF A MOTOR

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WE HAD TWO OF THOSE, UM, ONE NARCOTIC DRUG, NARCOTIC VIOLATION, TWO WEAPON VIOLATIONS, AND TWO OF THE OTHER OFFICES, THE REPORTS OUT OF THE 103 ON THAT THIRD PAGE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT TYPE OF REPORTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO TAKE OUT OF ALL THOSE REPORTS.

I GOT QUESTIONS FOR CONSTABLE JOHNSON.

NO, NO, THANKS.

THAT ONE THING IS A PRETTY GOOD REPORT.

ONE RUNAWAY THAT'S AS STRANGE AS TO SAY ON REPORT, I'VE NEVER SEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THIS NOTICE, YOU KNOW, IT'S UH, AND I LOOKED AT IT EARLIER.

I DON'T EVEN NOTICE THAT, BUT IT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

THEN, UH, I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THE REPORT AS PRESENTED.

YES.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

THE BOY WE HAVE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

[5. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider purchase of ExpressVote equipment and installation from Election Systems and Software, in the amount of $102,000; utilizing Buyboard Contract 622-20.]

RAYLAND DISCUSS, CONSIDER PURCHASE OF EXPRESS VOTE EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION FROM ELECTION SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $102,000 USING BUYBOARD CONTRACT 62 DASH 20 THIS GOOD MORNING.

UM, THIS IS TO FOLLOW UP FROM THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUESTS THAT YOU APPROVED FOR T AND D BACK ON JANUARY THE FOURTH.

SO SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S A ONE-TIME PURCHASE OF OVER 50,000, JUST BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU UNDER THE BOB WARD CONTRACT QUESTIONS, NO SOMETHING WE HAVE TO HAVE.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A EMOTION TO MAKE THAT PURCHASE IN THE AMOUNT OF 102,000? THAT'S PRESENTED THAT MOTION WHERE THE MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT.

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

AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES

[6. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider purchase of a 2022 Falcon Patcher in the amount of $52,990, from Kirby-Smith; utilizing Buy-Board Contract #597-19; for Precinct #3.]

NO, THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT PURCHASE HAS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE A MOTION WHERE THE EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER BARBARA, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE POSE.

NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES

[7. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider purchase of a 2022 ALAMO Samurai in the amount of $169,350.00 from United Ag & Turf; utilizing Sourcewell Contract 070821-AGI; for Precinct #4.]

WELL CONTRACT 7 0 8 21 DASH AGI FOR PRECINCT FOUR, UH, SAME SONG, DIFFERENT VERSE.

THE FUNDING HAS BEEN VERIFIED THROUGH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

SO THIS WILL BE A PURCHASE FOR ATTRACTOR QUESTIONS.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT PURCHASE HAS PRESENTED? YEAH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

THIS WAS TO REPLACE A COMPLETELY WORN OUT TRACTOR AND BOOT MOWER THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WIRED TOGETHER AND TAPED TOGETHER FOR AS LONG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO FIND ONE THAT'S IN INVENTORY AND DELIVERABLE IN OUR SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

SO COMMISSIONER KATES MOVES TO APPROVE THAT PURCHASE HAS PRESENTED AS HER SECOND.

NO SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES, UH,

[8. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider appointing Paul Ayres as the Kaufman County Fire Marshal.]

I WISH THE SHERIFF WAS HERE FOR THIS.

I DON'T THINK HE WOULD VOTE NO TO YOU.

RODNEY.

AUTOMATE, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPOINTING PAUL ERRORS AS THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO DO SO GOOD MOTION.

OKAY.

WE HAVE EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER HUNT TO APPOINT.

PAUL AYRES IS KAUFMAN COUNTY FIRE MARSHALL.

THE SECOND I'LL MAKE THE SECOND JUDGE, A NOTE THAT WE WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE TEST AND WENT THROUGH MANY, MANY CANDIDATES.

AND I THINK WE'RE FINALLY ON THE RED TRACK HERE.

UH, SOME THINGS, SOMETIMES THINGS LIKE SEEMED LIKE THEY ALWAYS WORK OUT.

UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MORE DISCUSSION.

THE ONLY DISCUSSION I WOULD ADD TO THIS OR COMMENT WOULD BE THAT, UH, HOW MUCH, UH, I THINK WE ALL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE SHERIFF TOOK THIS ON AND GOT US THROUGH A PERIOD OF MUCH LONGER THAN ANY OF US THOUGHT WOULD TAKE.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE HAVE ANY CHERRIES MAY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AT THIS MINUTE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO A POINT, POLARIS IS A COFFIN COUNTY FIRE MARSHALL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT WOULD BE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

UH,

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AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES NEXT

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

AUDITOR DISCUSS CONSIDER LINE ON DEFENSE FIRST.

GOOD MORNING.

THESE WERE EMAILED TO YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THEM? NO.

MA'AM.

I ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND THEN PLEASE, SIR, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDITOR ABOUT LONG LATERAL TRANSFERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

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

DISCUSS, CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENTS.

THE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OR $586,814 AND 54 CENTS SCHEDULES WERE EMAILED TO YOU TO REVIEW THE BILLS AND CLAIMS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ON THEM? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDITOR'S OR A MOTION TO APPROVE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT AS PRESENTED, I'LL MAKE IT MUCH.

WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH,

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

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO DO SO, SO MOVE.

WE HAD THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER CATES.

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

I SUPPOSE.

NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS.

WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL JUST STAY IN HERE THE POINT.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO

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

WE HAD THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

UH, THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OF COURSE.

IS THERE A MOTION COMING OUT OF OUR DISCUSSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? UM, HEARING NONE WE'LL PASS THAT ITEM THAT GETS US DOWN TO ITEM 15.

UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION DURING THE MEETING.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.