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[Call to Order]
YOU THIS MORNING TO A REGULAR PRESSURES COURT MEETING, APRIL THE 25TH HERE AT THE ANNEX BUILDING.IF, UH, YOU DON'T MIND STANDING, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR PLEDGES DEARLY.
FATHER LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO COME TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS CAPACITY.
LORD, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU'LL GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WISE DECISIONS BASED FOR DECISIONS OF THE COUNTY.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE SICK.
WE CONTINUE TO ASK THAT YOU BE WITH COMMISSIONER BARBARA AS HE HEALS FROM THE SURGERY.
AND WE JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FOR ALL THOSE THAT SERVED THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'LL JUST GIVE YOU APP PRAISING YOUR SON'S HOLY NAME, AMEN.
PLEDGES TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE,]
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING? YES.LET SEE IF I CAN GET WHERE I CAN READ THIS.
UH, WE HAVE A FREE, UH, TIRE DISPOSAL SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH.
UH, IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM UH, IT'S KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENCE ONLY, PASSENGER AND TRUCK TIRES ONLY, AND UH, NO RIMS OR LARGE TRACTOR TILES.
AND THERE'S A LIMIT OF 20 TIRES PER HOUSEHOLD.
IT'S GONNA BE AT, UH, THE KAUFMAN COUNTY SOUTH CAMPUS, 3 0 3 SOUTH WASHINGTON, HERE IN KAUFMAN.
UM, PAST EXPERIENCE OF PREVIOUS YEARS IS IF YOU'VE GOT TIRES AND YOU WANNA GET RID OF 'EM, WE HAVE ONE TRAILER, YOU KNOW, GET THERE EARLY CUZ IT'S WHEN THE TRAILER GETS FULL, IT'S WHENEVER IT'S OVER WITH.
AND, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA THANK UH, UH, PAM QUARTER FOR GETTING THE GRANTS TO DO THIS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN MAY.
SHE FOUND SOME, SOME MORE GRANT MONEY TO DO ANOTHER ONE IN MAY.
SO WHAT TIME'S IT GONNA START AGAIN? IT'S GONNA START AT NINE O'CLOCK TO ONE O'CLOCK OR UNTIL THE TRAILER IS FULL OR UNTIL IT'S FULL.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE TIRES CUZ YEAH.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GETTING CHEAP TO GET READY IN JUST A REMINDER, UH, ALL THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY HAVE ELECTIONS GOING ON, SO EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO VOTE TO IN THE VOTE.
I NOTICED THAT, UH, WE HAD, UH, OUT OF ALL THE VOTERS THAT WE HAVE, WE ONLY HAD, UH, NOW I FORGOT THE NUMBER RIGHT AT 450.
NEXT CLOSEST ONE WAS TERRELL WAS 53, I THINK 53 VOTE.
OKAY, SO, ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE NEED TO GO VOTE.
COUNCIL AND SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL BOARD.
SO, OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO
[2. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I'LL READ THESE OFF.CONSIDER ACCEPTED THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL THE 18TH, 2023 B, DISCUSS.
CONSIDER APPROVING ATMOS ENERGY ROAD BOAR UNDER RANCH ROAD, CONNECTING IT TO BRIARWOOD HILLS C DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES QUARTERLY REPORT FOR JANUARY TO MARCH OF 2023.
D, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING SPECTRUM FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION ALONG COUNTY ROADS 3 53 E DISCUSSED CONSIDERED APP PROVING THE INDIGENT HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY REPORT AND F DISCUSSED CONSIDERED THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TYLER TECHNOLOGIES COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR ODYSSEY IMAGE CONVERSION PROJECT TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE COUNTY CLERK'S RECORD ARCHIVES.
ANY COMMENT OR QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE THAT ALL IN ONE.
MOTION COMMISSIONER PHELPS TO APPROVE.
NEED A SECOND? I'LL SECOND COMMISSION.
[3. Chuck Mohnkern; Present/Accept the Treasurer's monthly and quarterly reports.]
OUR TREASURER CHUCK, PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY REPORTS.WE, UH, ENDED THE MONTH OF, UH, MARCH WITH $41,092,000 IN FUND 10.
OUR INTEREST ON, UH, FUNDS AND AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK EARNED DURING MARCH $4,868.
OUR EARNINGS ON INVESTED IN TEXAS CLASS AND TAX POOL $472,838.
OUR TOTAL INVESTED IN TAX POOL IS 25.5 MILLION.
OUR TOTAL INVESTED IN TEXAS CLASS IS 89.1 MILLION.
OUR AVERAGE YIELD ON TAX POOL INVESTMENTS 4.8006% AND THAT AVERAGE YIELD IN TEXAS CLASS
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IS 4.8597%.OUR TOTAL FUNDS IN, IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, 65,066,000 3 98.
THE, UH, VALUE OF THE PLEDGE SECURITIES BY AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK IS $87,051.
OUR EIGHTY THOUSAND EIGHTY SEVEN MILLION FIFTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS.
UH, SO WE ARE COLLATERALIZED WELL AT 134% ABOVE WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE LAW.
OUR PERCENTAGE INVESTED IS 63.79%.
PERCENTAGE OF THE CASH IN THE BANK IS 36.21%.
AND WE WROTE 415 RECEIPTS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH FOR A TOTAL OF 4.8 MILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR TREASURER? NO.
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE PAYROLL THIS WEEK.
TROUBLE ACCEPT IS THE MONTHLY REPORT.
NEED A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MR. PHELPS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT EVERYONE SAY AYE.
THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR JANUARY THROUGH MARCH.
EARNINGS ON CASH AND AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, 14,523 EARNINGS ON TAX POOL INVESTMENTS.
THE AVERAGE YIELD DURING THE QUARTER WAS 4.6844% EARNINGS ON TEXAS CLASS INVESTMENTS.
SO OUR TOTAL INTEREST EARNED DURING THE QUARTER WAS $1,254,286.
UH, OUR TOTAL INVESTED IN THE, UH, POOLS WAS $114,635,112 AND NOT ACTUALLY ON INVESTMENTS.
UH, THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK IS NOW OFFERING A SERVICE CALLED, UH, PAY POSITIVE PAY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK ABOUT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT WE HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH THEM, WHICH HAS A FEE WAIVER, WE CAN HAVE THAT SERVICE AND IT DOESN'T COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING.
AND THAT GIVES US ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION.
WHEN CHECKS ARE PRESENTED, THEY COMPARE THAT TO THE POSITIVE PAY INFORMATION THAT'S UPLOADED.
AND SO IT HAS TO MATCH THE, UH, CHECK NUMBER, THE AMOUNT AND THE PAYEE NOW AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE CHECK NUMBER AND THE AMOUNT.
AND THAT WILL ROLL OUT PROBABLY WITH TYLER'S MUNIS AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT BECAUSE, UM, THE FILE SPECS HAVE BEEN TURNED IN TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE SO THEY CAN FORWARD THOSE TO MUNIS AND THEN THAT WAY MUNIS CAN WRITE THE, THE, THE FILES FOR POSITIVE PAID UPLOAD TO THE BANK.
NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS CARLEY REPORT, THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
NEED A SECOND? ALL SECOND COMMISS.
[4. Tommy Phillips; Present/Accept the Extension Office quarterly report.]
TOMMY PHILLIPS PRESENTING EXCEPT EXTENSION OFFICE.GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSION.
I'M GLAD TO BE IN FRONT OF Y'ALL AGAIN, JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
UH, SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS, UH, BACK IN JANUARY WE HELD OUR SECOND ANNUAL EAST REGION AG AGRILIFE CONFERENCE AT CROSS BRAND COWBOY CHURCH.
THIS IS A 44 COUNTIES THAT CAN BE INVOLVED IN THIS ACROSS DISTRICT FOUR AND FIVE, AND WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 500 PEOPLE ATTEND THIS.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE FUNDS, WE KIND OF HELP SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT FIVE AG AGENTS ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING THE NATIONAL MEETING NEXT YEAR.
BUT ANOTHER DEAL WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM WAS THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP AG ALIVE WITH THE KIDDOS AND DOING THAT WE WERE, UH, JUST AWARDED LAST WEEK FIVE $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS, UH, FROM SOME OF THE PROFITS FROM THAT.
SO DOING SOME GOOD WITH THAT PROGRAMMING.
UM, SOME OF THE HORTICULTURE PROGRAMMING THAT'S SECOND PLACE.
UH, WE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR, UH, VERY FIRST KAUFFMAN COUNTY MASTER GARDENER CLASS SINCE, UH, 2019.
UH, GOT THAT WRAPPED UP, HAD SEVEN INDIVIDUALS GO THROUGH THAT.
UM, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA ADD TO OUR GROUP THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT ESTABLISHED.
WE DID HOLD A PEACHTREE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR BACK ON FEBRUARY 24TH OUT AT PEACHY PEEL IN SCURRY.
IT WAS A VERY COLD, WET JURY DAY.
UH, BUT WE HAD ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT PEOPLE ATTEND THAT.
TIM HARTMAN, THAT'S ONE OF OUR NEW, UH, FRUIT SPECIALISTS, WAS THERE TO GIVE HIS EXPERTISE.
UH, JUST KIND OF WRAPPED UP OUR SOIL CAMPAIGN.
WE GOT 59 SAMPLES THAT CARRIE GRACIOUSLY TOOK DOWN THE COLLEGE STATION LAST WEEK.
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SHE WAS GOING DOWN FOR A DISTRICT LIVESTOCK JUDGING CONTEST, SO SHE TOOK THOSE WITH US.SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO FROM OUR LIVESTOCK AND FORGE COMMITTEE.
AND JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP.
WE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR UPPER SAMINE CATTLEMAN'S CONFERENCE, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A PRIVATE APPLICATOR TRAINING COMING UP FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE NEEDING TO GET A PESTICIDE LICENSE ON MAY THE 19TH.
AND THAT'LL BE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SO IF Y'ALL KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN GETTING ONE OF THOSE, SEND 'EM OUR WAY AND WE'LL GET 'EM, GET 'EM SET UP.
UH, BEFORE YOU GO UHHUH, HOW ARE YOU ADVERTISING? SO FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THE PESI LICENSE THAT THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S COMING, IT, WE HAVE SENT IT OUT TO OUR AG MAILING LIST, WHICH IS BETWEEN OUR EMAIL AND OUR MAILING LIST.
IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE AND IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWSPAPERS, SO, ALRIGHT, GOOD.
AND IT'S ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND, UM, OUR COUNTY WEBSITE.
BUT THIS IS FOR YOUR CURRENT HOURS, RIGHT? I'M SORRY? IS IT A BRAND NEW CLASS OR IS IT THIS, THIS FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEEDING TO GET A LICENSE.
YOU MIGHT OUGHT TO GO
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING.
UM, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF SNAP EDUCATION, UH, FOR OUR KAUFFMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS, UM, DOWN IN MAYBANK AND IN TARELL HAD ABOUT 40 PEOPLE AT THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY WORKING, TAKING A LOT OF MY TIME THIS SPRING HAS BEEN THE HEALTHY SCHOOL RECOGNIZED CAMPUS.
WE, UM, WERE PULLED INTO A GRANT, UM, WITH NORMAN JUNIOR HIGH HERE IN KAUFMAN.
UM, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 400 KIDS INVOLVED WITH THAT, SO IT'S BEEN A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL, UM, AND THE TEACHERS ARE, ARE REALLY BEHIND IT.
SO, UM, TO BECOME A HEALTHY SCHOOL RECOGNIZED CAMPUS, THERE'S, UM, CERTAIN CRITERIA AND THERE'S TWO, UH, YOUTH PROGRAMMING THAT TARGETS JUST THE YOUTH.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, TARGET ADULTS.
WE CAN EITHER DO TEACHERS OR PARENTS.
AND THIS SCHOOL CHOSE TEACHERS.
SO I'VE GONE IN FOR IN-SERVICE AND DONE SOME, UM, STRESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMING AND THEY'RE DOING A WALK, A MINI WALK ACROSS TEXAS.
WE'VE GOT 13 TEACHERS DOING THAT.
BUT FOR THE KIDS, UM, STUDENTS, WE'VE, I'VE DONE CHOOSE HEALTHY, UM, FOR FOUR WEEKS IN THE HEALTH CLASSES.
AND THERE WAS ABOUT 141 STUDENTS IN THAT PROGRAM.
I LEARNED REALLY QUICK THAT I'M NOT CUT OUT TO TEACH JUNIOR HIGH
AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING WALK ACROSS TEXAS WITH ABOUT 275 STUDENTS.
SO BY THE END OF MAY, THEY WILL RECEIVE THE DESIGNATION OF A HEALTHY SCHOOL RECOGNIZED CAMPUS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THERE'LL BE A BANNER AND IT'LL BE, IT'S REALLY FUN.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO BRING ANOTHER, UM, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONLINE FOR THE FALL.
SO, UM, AND I'VE JUST TARGETED KAUFMAN BECAUSE I'M ON KAUFMAN SHACK, UM, UM, SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
BUT ANY, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OPEN TO THAT DESIGNATION AND WE NE NEED TO DO SOME COORDINATING.
UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER GRANT THAT I'VE BROUGHT TO THE COUNTY IS CALLED HEALTH MATTERS, AND THAT'S WORKING WITH, UM, IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THE I D D POPULATION.
SO I AM DOWN AT, UM, BE HAPPY HERE ON THE SQUARE TWICE A WEEK TEACHING THEM HEALTH MATTERS.
AND IT'S, I WAS A LITTLE INTIMIDATED BY THE WHOLE PROGRAM, BUT IT HAS BECOME MY BIGGEST JOY.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO GO IN AND WORK WITH THE I D D ADULTS.
HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS DO YOU HAVE IN THERE? THERE'S ABOUT 20 TO 25.
SO TWICE A WEEK, SO IT'S GOOD.
SO, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE KAUFMAN COUNTY EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM.
WE DID KICK OFF WALK ACROSS TEXAS ON THE 6TH OF MARCH.
WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, TWO THIS WEEKEND NEXT WEEK.
I NEED EVERYBODY TO PUT THEIR MILES IN.
IF YOU'RE LISTENING OUT THERE ONLINE, PUT YOUR MILES IN FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND ROCKWELL
AND THEY, AS OF WRITING THIS REPORT, I GUESS TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD, WE HAD WALKED OVER 17,000 MILES, SO I'M SURE, I THINK WE WALKED ABOUT 21,000 BY NOW.
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MORNING.IT'S NOW THE WONDERFUL MONTH OF APRIL, WHICH WE ALL LOVE SO MUCH BECAUSE THE STOCK SHOWS ARE DONE.
WE'RE NOW HOME AND HAPPY TO BE HOME.
UH, BUT THIS YEAR WE DID HAVE 54 YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN THE STOCK SHOWS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WHEN WE PARTICIPATED, WE PARTICIPATED IN BREEDING RABBITS, BREEDING GUILTS, MARKET HOGS, MARKET LAMBS, BREEDING SHEEP MARKET GOATS, WEATHER DOUGH, BREEDING HEIFERS, LONGHORNS, DAIRY CATTLE MARKET STEERS, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND ALSO THE LIVESTOCK JUDGING AND AGRO ROBOTICS.
SO WE WERE WELL ROUNDED GOING DOWN THE ROAD THIS YEAR TO ALL THE STOCK SHOWS.
UH, WITH THAT, UM, THIS YEAR, FOUR H WAS AWESOME WITH THEIR ABILITIES.
THE FOUR H LEADERS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB GETTING THE KIDS READY TO GO, HEADING OUT.
WE BROUGHT HOME 21 DIVISION CHAMPIONS AND NINE OF THOSE ENDED UP BEING BREED CHAMPIONS AT ALL THE DIFFERENT STOCK SHOWS.
UM, ALSO OUR JUNIOR ROBOTICS TEAM PLACED THIRD AT FORT EARTH.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHEN THEY PLACED THIRD, EACH ONE OF THOSE KIDS RECEIVED A THOUSAND DOLLARS SCHOLARSHIP.
SO THOSE CERTIFICATES JUST FINALLY CAME INTO THE OFFICE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, WE HAD EIGHT YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN THE CASH SCRAMBLES AT ALL FOR THE STOCK SHOWS.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF HELPING THOSE KIDS, UH, MAKE A GOOD SELECTION FOR THEIR FIRST HEIFER.
UM, AND SO, UH, I HAVE SOME GREAT LEADERS HELPING ME OUT WITH THAT ONE.
THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING ON THEIR BOOKKEEPING AND OUR FIRST LETTERS OF THANK YOUS HAVE WENT OUT.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE KIDS PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND ALL SAID AND DONE, THIS LAST FOUR, UH, FOUR WEEKS, OR EXCUSE ME, FOUR MONTHS, THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FOUR H PROGRAM BROUGHT HOME ABOUT $27,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP YOUTH AUCTIONS, SCRAMBLE, UH, SCRAMBLE CERTIFICATES, PLUS $3,400 IN JUST PREMIUM MONEY.
SO THE KIDS DID REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE LEADERS THAT HELPED ME OUT WITH THAT PROGRAM.
ON TOP OF THAT, ALSO OUR CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT.
WITH THE THREE PROGRAM ASSISTANTS WORKING, WE HAD 10 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN 21 DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
UH, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO ABOUT 184 CLASSROOMS, WHICH TOTALED, UH, OVER 3000 IN JUST NEW CONTACTS FOR, UM, OUR, OUR ENROLL, ENROLL CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT PROGRAM HATCH IN THE CLASSROOM IS OUR MOST FAVORITE.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE WANTING CHICKS, UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER HATCH COMING OFF.
SO, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME CHICKENS FOR YOUR BACKYARD, WE HAVE A GREAT SELECTION OF TURS.
SO, UM, BUT ALSO WITH THAT WE HAVE THE WATER CYCLE.
WE GO BACK OVER TO FORNEY THIS WEEK TO FINISH OUT OUR STREAM TRAILER PROGRAMS. SOULS EROSIONS AND THE MOBILE DAIRY AND TEXAS COMMODITIES HAVE BEEN OUR BIGGEST ONES FOR THIS, UH, FALL, UH, SPRING SEMESTER.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE HAVE WENT TO DISTRICT ROUNDUP.
WE HAD 23 KIDS COMPETING AT THE DISTRICT ROUNDUP IN EITHER UM, DU DE DAZZLE, WHICH WAS A BRAND NEW ONE FOR THIS YEAR WHERE THE KIDS ACTUALLY LEARNED HOW TO TAKE A BAG OF STUFF AND MAKE SOMETHING USEFUL.
THEY HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THAT ONE.
UM, OUR TALENT SHOWCASE AND ALSO EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS.
WE'LL HAVE A NINE THAT QUALIFY FOR STATE COMPETITION.
UM, MY OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES IS WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING READY FOR OUR, UM, THE FFA ADVISORS AND NOW WE'RE GETTING READY FOR OUR SUMMER VALIDATIONS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TIME THIS YEAR BECAUSE, UH, TEXAS A AND M HAS ADVISED US THAT WE WILL TAG HEIFERS ALSO.
AND SO IT WILL BE, UM, A FUN EVENT, UM, WHERE I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE A HEAD SHOOT TO DO THE HEIFERS.
YOU NEED HELP, DON'T YOU? UM, I NEED A HEAD SHOOT.
UH, THE FFA ADVISORS
I MEAN THERE IT GETS INTERESTING EVERY YEAR WHEN I SAY, PLEASE BRING YOUR HEIFERS TO THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS THAT ARE HALTER BROKE.
IT IS INTERESTING ON WHAT PEOPLE D TEAM AS HALTER BROKE.
SO, UM, BUT UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL THAT, BUT WE, UM, RIGHT NOW TO TODAY WE HAD, UH, BETWEEN STEERS AND HEIFERS AND THROUGHOUT KAUFMAN COUNTY, WE ORDERED 210 TAGS.
SO WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF STEERS AND LOTS OF HEIFERS BEING TAGGED IN OUR GOATS AND LABS GOING INTO THE STATE FAIR.
USUALLY THAT'S NOT OUR BIGGEST NUMBERS.
WE HAVE ONLY ABOUT, UH, 89 TAGS THAT WE ORDERED IN FOR ALL THE SHEEP AND COAT PROJECTS.
SO OTHER THAT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW Y'ALL DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND I APPRECIATE THAT CUZ WE BECOME MORE URBAN.
WE LOSE OUR RURAL HERITAGE, OUR ROOTS MM-HMM.
TO KNOW WHERE THINGS COME FROM, HOW THEY GROW, HOW WE GET THE MEAT, THE VEGETABLES MM-HMM.
IT'S IT'S, IT'S AN EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED.
WHAT IS WE'RE LOSING NOT STRANGE, EVEN THOUGH THAT WE'RE BECOMING SO MUCH URBAN IS THAT WE WERE STILL 94 MILLION WITHOUT INCOME LAST YEAR.
AND THAT'S STILL, THAT'S ADMIR, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
I MEAN IT'S A BIG NUMBER FOR AS FRAGMENTED AS THIS COUNTY'S BECOME.
OUR RABBIT SHOW TEAM IS STARTING TO BECOME, UM, TWO YEARS AGO I HAD ONLY LIKE TWO PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY REALLY TRULY SHOWED RABBITS OUT ON THE MAJOR SHOWS.
AND THIS NEXT YEAR WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 10 OR 12 THAT ARE ACTUALLY GO TO THE MAJOR SHOW.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNTY SHOW.
I HAVE A LOT OF, WELL, THOSE MEAT RABBITS, BREEDING RABBITS OR WHAT? BOTH.
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BOTH.UH, THIS LAST YEAR, UM, I HAD THREE FAMILIES GO DOWN TO THE HOUSTON RABBIT SHOW, UM, JUST WITH THEIR BREEDING RABBITS, BUT THEY ALSO WENT DOWN TO PREPARE TO SEE WHAT IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE TO DO THEIR, THEIR MARKET PIN SHOW.
UM, THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU RAISED AND TAGGED IN THOSE SAME ANIMALS.
SO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO TO HOUSTON TO TAG IN SO-CALLED TAG IN THOSE RABBITS FOR THAT SHOW.
REALLY? SO, UM, IT'S THE SAME EXPENSE.
AND SO, AND THEN, UM, WE HAD ONE YOUNG MAN, UM, MAKE IT INTO THE TEXAS, UH, FOUR H SCHOLARSHIP, UM, THE FINAL GO FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THAT WAS JACOB CRAWFORD.
SO, OKAY, WELL THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO.
YOU STAY VERY BUSY AND IT'S APPRECIATED.
BUT I DO, I DO HAVE SOME CHICKS IN MY YARD.
I'VE NEVER, I'VE NEVER HAD, I'VE NEVER HAD BABY GEESE BEFORE.
UM, MY FOUR H WILDLIFE DEVELOPMENT, UM, CLUB CAN HELP YOU BUILD THOSE NESTING BOXES NOW.
CAUSE NOW THEY'LL COME BACK EVERY YEAR WITH THE NEXT ROUND.
YOU'VE GOT A FLOCK, NOW YOU HAVE A BREEDING GROUND
WELL, BUT OVER THERE WE WE'RE LOSING IT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALL THE LAND, YOU KNOW, SO.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BIG F AND I'M NOT KIDDING THAT I, ONE DAY I WENT OUT ON THE MAIN STREET IN, UH, IN THESE TWO GATES, WALKED ACROSS THE, THE STREET AND STOP.
THEY LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT MOVING ME.
AND I WATCHED 'EM WALK ON AND THEN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, NEXT THING I KNOW, THOSE TWO GEESE I GUESS ARE IN ON MY POND.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THESE SIX LITTLE GEARINGS RUNNING AROUND THAT.
I MEAN, I MEAN THEY'RE MASKED TO WATCH.
I MEAN THEY'RE, I MEAN THEY'RE REALLY GARDEN.
UH, MOTION TO ACCEPT COURT PLEASE.
SECOND THAT HAVE WAS RUSTLE COMMISS MOORE.
[5. Commissioner Moore; Discuss/Consider changing the R&B Pct. 4 clerk position back to a Class II R&B position.]
FIVE, COMMISSIONER MOORE, UH, DISCUSSED CONSIDERED CHANGING ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT FOUR CLERK POSITION BACK TO CLASS TWO.YEAH, THIS WAS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WHERE THERE WAS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND A CLERK IN OFFICE.
SO I JUST HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
NOW THAT CLERK POSITION WAS PULLED FROM ONE OF THE, UH, LEVEL TWO ROAD BRIDGE.
SO I WAS JUST PUTTING IT BACK IN THERE SO WE COULD USE IT ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE CREW.
NO MONEY'S CHANGING OR ANYTHING.
THERE'S, THERE'S, THEY'RE VACANT SPOTS.
SO YOU MAKE MS. KAREN SAID IT WAS GOOD TO GO, SO, OKAY.
DO YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
[6. John Polster; Discuss/Consider entering the Transportation Services contract between Kaufman County and Innovative Transportation Solutions.]
JOHN POSTER.HIS, UH, GOOD FRIEND WHO WAS A DENTON COUNTY JUDGE MARY HORN PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY.
AND THERE HE'S AT A FUNERAL TODAY, SO THAT'S WHERE HE IS.
BUT NUMBER SIX, DISCUSS, CONSIDER ENTERING THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN KAUFFMAN COUNTY INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
SO MR. KE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? DIDN'T CHANGE, BRYCE DID NOT CHANGE.
WE COULD PROBABLY GO DOWN ON IT, RIGHT?
IT
SO I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION MR. HUNT.
I MEAN MR.
Y'ALL JUST LOOK SO MUCH ALIKE.
[7. Shannon Tijerina; Discuss/Consider motion to approve final plat for Kaeleen Estates located on FM 2728 and Abner Road in Pct.l.]
SHANNON KARINA, DISCUSS, CONSIDER A MOTION TO PROVE FINAL PLAN.LOCATED ON FM 27 28 AVENUE ROAD PRECINCT ONE.
COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS SHANNON.
I'M NEW TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
KAYLENE ESTATES IS APPROXIMATELY 10.01 ACRES LOCATED IN PRECINCT ONE.
THE CLIENT IS SPLITTING INTO SIX LOTS, RAGING IN SIZE FROM 1.1 TO 2.3 ACRES FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.
ALL APPROVING AUTHORITIES HAVE REVIEWED AND SIGNED OFF AND WE ARE HERE TODAY ASKING FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL FOR THE FINAL PLA.
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I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE MOVE FORWARD SINCE EVERYBODY'S CHECKED OFF ON IT.[8. Jack Sebastian; Discuss/Consider advertising a bid for an annual contract for HOPE Culverts.]
EIGHT, MR. JACK, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADVERTISING BID FOR ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH H D P E COVERTS.UH, PRECINCT FORM NEEDS SOME PLASTIC COVERS AND UH, I DISCOVERED WE DID NOT HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE FAST TRACKING THAT AND UH OKAY.
GET THAT ADVERTISED AND GET A BID IN.
YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER MOORE? I WAS JUST, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER CONTRACT I GUESS OUTTA ATHENS OR SOMETHING ON STEEL COVER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A ONE FOR THE PLASTIC, UH, PETROLEUM PRODUCT CULVERT.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A CONTACT WHERE WE HAVE AN OPTION TO GO.
EITHER THE PETROLEUM BASED CULVERT PLASTIC ONES OR WE'RE USING STEEL.
SO THE COST IS ABOUT, WOULDN'T YOU SAY ABOUT HALF THE PRICE OF STEEL ONE? SO IT'S A LOT MORE FAR AS DURABILITY.
THEY'LL LAST IS LONG, I'M ASSUMING.
WE HAVE ABILITY, ANY ISSUES WITH THEM? SO THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING UP VERY WELL.
WELL, THEY, THEY LAST LONGER BECAUSE THAT CHEMICAL THAT ALL THESE, THEY COME SPRAY IN EVERYBODY'S YARD NOW.
YEAH, THEY'RE EATING THOSE COMFORTS OUT FAT.
REALLY AS FAST AS YOU CAN PUT 'EM IN.
YEAH, I MEAN THE CHEMICAL ARE ROUGH ON 'EM.
WELL, WE'LL HAVE, IT'LL BEEN CONTRACT THEM PLASTIC OR SOLID STEEL.
DO YOU I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT THEN I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
[9. Jack Sebastian; Discuss/Consider purchasing Bullet-Resistant shields for Kaufman County Sheriff's Department per Grant Number 4622401 utilizing BuyBoard Contract Number 698-23.]
DISCUSS PURCHING BULLET RESISTANT SHIELDS FOR COPPA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR GRANT 46 224 0 1 UTILIZING THE BUYBOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 98 DASH 23.UH, GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A, A GRANT THAT PAM COR COURSE APPLIED FOR AND GOT AND I JUST WANT, I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO COURT BEFORE I ISSUED THE PO, UH, DUE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THAT, THAT TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT IS 127,912.
AND THERE AGAIN, IT'S ON BY BOARD AND IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT.
FREE MONEY HELPS THE COUNTY NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
COMMISSIONER FLOOR MAKES A SECOND.
[10. Auditor; Discuss/Approve the amendment to Tyler Technologies contract for financial software.]
NUMBER 10, DISCUSSED AND APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO TYLER TECHNOLOGIES CONTRACT FOR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE.Y'ALL APPROVED THIS LAST YEAR A CONTRACT FORGETTING NEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT MODULES THAT WE DON'T NEED AND SOME WE DO NEED AFTER GOING THROUGH THE TESTING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CLICKING THE TIME AND WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING SOME MONEY ON THIS.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL WERE AWARE OF IT AND YOU KNEW WE'RE SAVING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THERE.
NEED A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
MR. MOORE MAKES A MOTION IN A SECOND.
NO SECOND, MR. NOT MAKE A SECOND.
[11. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line item and budget transfers/corrections.]
11, MS. AUDITOR DISCUSSED CONSIDERED LINE ADAM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS ARE OUR CORRECTIONS.DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE THAT WERE EMAILED FOR YOU TO REVIEW? EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT 'EM? YEP.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION.
I THOUGHT THEY WAS HAVING THE CONTEST SOON.
[12. Auditor; Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.]
AUDITOR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT AND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR.YOUR CLAIMS YOUR PAYMENT ARE $698,407 AND 92 CENTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? LOOK GOOD TO ME.
MAKE THAT MOTION MR. HUNT MAKES THE MOTION THE SECOND.
[13. Adjourn Meeting]
13.NEED A SECOND AND WILL STAY HERE ALL DAY.