Oct 31, 2023 Commissioners Court

IT'S TIME FOR A ROUTINE, EXCUSE ME, CORRESPONDENCE.

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

AND STEVE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP FIRST PLEASE AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ABOUT SATURDAY.

AND ALSO, UH, IF YOU'LL MENTION ABOUT THE, UH, BAPTIST MEN BEING HERE TODAY AND WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE, PLEASE, UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.

UM, WE HAD SOME TOTAL OF 14.4 INCHES OF RAIN IN AND AROUND THE KAUFMAN AREA SATURDAY.

UH, WELL IT'S FRIDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE RAIN.

ON MONDAY WE HAD ABOUT 10 INCHES AND IT HIT RIGHT ON KAUFMAN.

WE'VE HAD TWO FATALITIES ON FM 1390, AND, UH, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 30 HOMES THAT WERE EITHER, UH, EVACUATED OR WE PERFORMED RESCUES FROM HIGH WATER IN THEM.

UH, WE HAD TEXAS TASK FORCE ONE BOAT CREWS HERE, HAD THREE OF THEM.

THAT WAS PART OF OUR STATE, UH, RESOURCES THAT ASSISTED US.

UH, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE I WOULD SAY THANK YOU TO FOR, FOR ALL THE HELP.

SATURDAY.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET INTO THE RECOVERY MODE.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HIT A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WILL GET US A FEDERAL DECLARATION.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY, RED CROSS SALVATION ARMY, TO HELP OUR CITIZENS AS BEST WE CAN.

UH, TODAY, FROM NINE TILL THREE, WE'LL HAVE A, AN ASSISTANT CENTER OPEN AT THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

UH, BAPTIST MEN RED CROSS ARE GOING OUT TO THE HOUSE.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN MEETING WITH FAMILIES ONE-ON-ONE.

THE ASSISTANCE CENTER WILL BE TO PICK UP ANY STRAGGLERS THAT WE, WE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT.

SO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REACH OUT AND GATHER UP THE PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP AND HELP THEM TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US UPDATED ON THE WEATHER AS IT'S COMING IN AND EVERYTHING, SO THANK YOU.

IS LOCATED AT, UH, 2 87 FM 4 29 IN TERRELL, UH, UH, JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 80, UH, AT OUR UH, FACILITY THERE.

UH, COMMISSIONER TERRY, YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? YEAH, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, DOING THE COUNTY CLEANUP AT PRECINCT THREE, UH, THIS SATURDAY.

I'LL JUST READ THE, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT IT HERE.

UH, LET'S SEE.

ITEMS TAKEN FOR FREE DURING CLEANUP COLLECTION EVENT, UH, WILL BE, UH, THINGS SUCH AS MATTRESSES, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, TRASH AND RECYCLABLES, NO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, NO DUMP TRAILERS, NO ENCLOSED, UH, CATTLE TRAILERS.

ITEMS COLLECTED FOR A FEE INCLUDE TIRES, TVS, COMPUTERS, MICROWAVES, LATEX PAINT, PESTICIDES, UH, HAZARDOUS, UH, HOUSEHOLD WASTE.

UH, YOU CAN CHECK ON THE WEBSITE WITH BLACKJACK DISPOSAL.COM.

THAT'S BLACKJACK DISPOSAL.COM FOR PRICING ITEMS, UH, NOT ACCEPTED, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED LIKE BARBED WIRE, BRICKS, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UH, YOU WILL HAVE TO PRESENT A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR WATER BILL, UH, WHEN YOU COME INTO THE FACILITY THERE.

AND, UH, IT

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SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN CONTACT, UH, BLACKJACK DISPOSAL, UH, AND CHECK THEIR WEBSITE.

PHILLIPS, OUR EXTENSION OFFICE PRESENTING, ACCEPT EXTENSION OFFICE QUARTERLY REPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, ALSO, I LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE, OUR EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION, WHETHER YOU BE ELECTED OFFICIAL OR A DEPARTMENT HEAD ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, THERE IS A HUMAN RESOURCES WORKSHOP CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION IN OUR CLAIMS. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU SIGN UP AND BE THERE.

SO WE WILL SEND OUT ONE MORE EMAIL TO REMIND YOU TO DO THAT.

BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME PARTY CLAIMS WORKING, SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE WORKPLACE.

SO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THAT IF YOU WILL.

OKAY, GENTLEMEN, WE'RE NOW

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

DOWN TO ROUTINE CO.

I MEAN CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A, B, C, AND D.

DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. PHELPS MAKES THE MOTION TO I HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. TERRY MASON .

WE OUTTA TIME? I THINK I MADE HIM JUST A LITTLE BIT.

HE BEAT HIM.

MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[3. Tommy Phillips: Present/ Accept the Extension Office Quarterly Report.]

JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S BEEN A QUARTER SINCE WE'VE BEEN UP HERE TO DO THIS, SO IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO, UH, BE UP HERE TODAY.

AND I'M GOING TURN THE MIC OVER TO CARRIE 'CAUSE SHE HAS BEEN SUPER BUSY FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.

UH, SO SHE'S GOT A LOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH OUR YOUTH AND OUR FOUR H PROGRAM IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

SO CARRIE, I'M GONNA DEFER TO YOU AND THEN I'LL, 'CAUSE I'M PALES COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.

, THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP, .

GOOD MORNING.

UH, JUST EMAILED Y'ALL THIS MORNING.

THE, UH, MY PART OF IT, IT'S THREE PAGES LONG.

SORRY, I TRIED TO SHORTEN IT UP AS MUCH AS I COULD.

BUT, UM, I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF MY FOUR H LEADERS, UH, IN THE COUNTY.

UH, WE HAVE JUST FINISHED UP WITH THE STOCK SHOW RUN TONIGHT IS MY LAST VENTURE TO NORTH FORNEY HIGH SCHOOL TO FINISH UP WITH THE VALIDATIONS THERE.

AND, AND THEN WE'LL BE READY TO SET UP FOR THE SPRING SHOWS COMING UP.

BUT WHAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF IS, UM, THIS YEAR AT THE EAST TEXAS, WE PROBABLY TOOK OUR LARGEST HEIFER CONTINGENT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

28 HEIFERS WENT TO EAST TEXAS.

AND FROM THERE WE CAME HOME WITH 10 GRAIN CHAMPIONS, BREED CHAMPIONS.

SO I WAS VERY PROUD OF OUR FAMILIES THERE.

UM, MY KIDS ARE DOING GREAT.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS WE HAD FOUR KIDS GO TO HEART OF TEXAS FOR CASH SCRAMBLE.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, BECAUSE HOW THEY DO THEIR CASH SCRAMBLE.

I THINK THEY CAME HOME WITH FOUR, $4,000 TO PURCHASE THEIR NEXT, UH, PROJECTS.

UM, SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS OUR ROBOTICS TEAMS WENT OUT.

UH, THEY DID A GOOD SHOWING.

UH, WE ARE JUST RIGHT OUT OF THE PLACINGS A COUPLE TIMES.

UM, THEY'RE DOING THEIR, UH, ROBOTICS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT NOW.

SO WE'RE HAVING TO ADJUST TO HOW WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THOSE COMPETITIONS.

THE FOOD CHALLENGE GROUP WENT OUT STATE FAIR, THEY PLACED THIRD AND AT HARD TEXAS THEY PLACED THIRD.

SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED.

'CAUSE THIS THURSDAY WE GO IN FOR DISTRICT COMPETITION AND, UM, I'M HOPING THAT THAT REALLY ROLLS INTO US TRAVELING ON FURTHER.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE LEADERS ALSO HAVE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO REACH OUT TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.

UH, WE ARE DOING, UM, SOME DAY CAMPS.

SO ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT TO THE EXTENSION OFFICE IN THE MORNING, THE KIDS ARE LEARNING HOW TO COOK.

UH, WE LEARN HOW TO MAKE A COFFEE CUP PIZZA.

AND SURPRISINGLY, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

IT TAKES A MINUTE 30 IN THE MICROWAVE AND YOU, HEY, YOU HAVE PIZZA.

UM, AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, WE ARE DOING, UH, SEWING.

WHEN I WENT TO, UH, THE NA, THE STATE FOUR H AGENTS ASSOCIATION MEETING THIS LAST YEAR, WE LEARNED ABOUT A PROGRAM TEXAS FOUR H IS DOING.

IT'S CALLED QUILTS OF VALOR.

AND WE'RE TEAMING UP WITH THE QUILTING GUILD AND TERRELL.

AND SO FAR WE KNOW WE HAVE THREE QUILTS HEADING TO THIS VETERAN'S, UH, DAY EVENT THAT'S GONNA BE HELD UP NEAR THERE.

AND THE QUILTERS GUILD IS HELPING US DO THE BACK PART OF IT, BUT OUR KIDS MADE THE FRONT.

AND SO, UM, I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF 'EM.

THEY HAVE, UH, WE HAVE 10 KIDS WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW, AND EACH TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE, UH, STERN STITCHES, UH, WE GAIN ONE MORE KIDDO TO COME IN TO LEARN HOW TO SEW THESE QUILT TOPS.

AND SO, UM, IT'S SO EASY.

EVEN I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A COUPLE BLOCKS MYSELF, , UM, 'CAUSE IT'S ALL STRAIGHT STITCHING, SO THAT'S WHY I CAN DO IT.

UM, BUT, UH, WE HAVE NEW LEADERS JUMPING ON BOARD TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT.

SO I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FOOD NUTRITION AND THE, AND THE SEWING PROGRAMS GETTING STARTED BACK OFF.

WE HAVE SOME NEW FAMILIES COMING IN.

THEY'RE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH THE CRANDALL, UH, HOMESCHOOL GROUP WAS WITH THEM FOR THE PAST SEVEN WEEKS.

NEXT, UH, NEXT MONDAY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO

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COME OUT TO THE CRANDALL BAPTIST, WE'RE GONNA SHOOT OFF OUR ROCKETS.

UM, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF FUN.

UM, I'VE LEARNED A HARD LESSON OF WORKING WITH EIGHT TO 18 YEAR OLDS ON PROJECTS.

IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING IDEA, I'M SURE.

BUT WITH THE CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT PART OF IT THOUGH, WE ARE OUT RUNNING ON FULL TILT.

ALL THREE PROGRAM ASSISTANTS ARE RUNNING HARD.

UH, WE DID OUR, OUR BIGGEST PROGRAMS, WHICH IS THE STREAM TRAILERS.

UH, THE MOBILE DAIRIES ONLY BEEN RAINED OUT A COUPLE TIMES, BUT WE KIND OF REACHED OUT TO ALMOST 2000 KIDS IN THE LAST THREE, TWO MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS, THIS QUARTER.

WE'RE CLOSING DOWN ONE YEAR AND WE'RE STARTING UP ANOTHER.

SO, UM, IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, UH, HE WAS RIGHT.

I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH THE REST OF EVERYTHING 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LOT.

UM, BUT IT'S IN THE EMAIL, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO TELL HIM ABOUT THE FURRY EDITIONS AT THE OFFICE.

OH, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEXT QUARTER REPORT.

WELL, THEY, THEY CAN COME SEE 'EM NOW 'CAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT BE HERE.

OH YES.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE, OH YES.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE AN ESSAY.

WE HAVE TWO GUINEA PIGS THAT WAS DONATED TO THE FOUR H PROGRAM.

'CAUSE WE'RE DOING THE, THE RABBIT AND CABBY SHOW IN DECEMBER.

AND SO WE HAD A MOTHER GIVE US HER TWO GUINEA PIGS BECAUSE SHE FOUND OUT AFTER SHE GOT THEM FOR HER KIDS, SHE'S ALMOST DEFINITELY ALLERGIC TO 'EM.

OH.

SO, UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT.

SO, UH, WE HAVE KIDS WRITING AN ESSAY SO THAT THEY CAN BE AWARDED ONE OF THESE TWO, UM, GUINEA PIGS SO THEY CAN START SHOWING CAVI SHOWING IS ON A HUGE RISE.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE OUR SPRING SEMESTER, UM, PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IN THE HEARTLAND AND IN WINDMILL FARMS. UM, WE'RE GOING INTO THOSE GROUPS AND WE'RE DOING A BETA FISH CAVI, UM, PROGRAM.

MM-HMM.

BECAUSE SOME OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS DON'T LET YOU HAVE ANYTHING BIGGER THAN A A RABBIT.

AND I'M NOT REALLY TOO SURE HOW THEY'LL THINK ABOUT A LARGE RODENT, BUT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IT.

SO WE HAVE STEVEN BERNIE AT THE OFFICE NOW.

YEAH, STEVEN BERNIE.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT SEE 'EM, THEY'RE VERY TALKATIVE.

IF YOU COME IN AND, AND PRESENT THEM WITH SOME LETTUCE, UM, THEY WILL TALK TO YOU FOR A LONG TIME.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

UH, THE ROBOTICS TEAMS, HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE FOUR.

FOUR.

AND, UM, WE HAVE FOUR THAT COMPETE.

BUT WE HAVE 32 KIDS.

AND SO, UM, TRYING TO FIND THE ROBOTICS AND TRYING TO FIND THE COMPUTERS THAT GO WITH THAT.

UM, THEY'RE GETTING READY TO DO A FUNDRAISER.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOUR, UM, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR KIDS, WE'RE HAVING A PARENT'S NIGHT OUT TO WHERE WE'RE GONNA TAKE OVER THE KIDS FOR A WHILE AND WHILE YOU CAN GO EITHER HAVE A DATE NIGHT OR HAVE A, UM, HAVE JUST A SHOPPING DAY FOR FREE.

UM, BUT THE, THE ROBOTICS KIDS ARE DOING THAT FUNDRAISER.

AND SO, UM, BUT WE'RE HAVING A NEED.

OUR TEAMS ARE GROWING SO FAST, WE'RE IN NEED OF PURCHASING, UH, THREE MORE ROBOTS.

AND WITH THAT HAS TO COME WITH THE, UH, COMPUTERS.

AND TEXAS FOUR H IS JUST GETTING READY TO CHANGE OVER TO A NEWER ROBOT.

SO MY JUNIOR YEAH, GO FIGURE.

UH, SO WITH THAT, THE JUNIOR TEAMS AND INTERMEDIATE TEAMS WILL BE ON THE OLDER ROBOTS WHILE THE SENIOR TEAMS MOVE UP TO THE, THE BIGGER ROBOTS.

AND SO, BUT I WAS VERY THANKFUL, UM, A LEADER THAT USED TO BE ONE OF OUR FOUR H LEADERS YEARS AGO, UM, SHE WAS CLEANING OUT HER HOUSE AND SHE HAD, UM, WAS IN ANOTHER COUNTY.

AND, UH, YOU SAID, SHE'S LOOKING AT ME AND SHE GOES, HEY, I HAVE FOUND ALL THESE ROBOTS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE 'EM? I'M LIKE, GOING, YES, WELL GOOD, BUT THEY'RE JUST EXTINCT.

BUT SO THEY'RE DOING VERY GOOD.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ON THAT.

NOW THE QUILTS, WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THE QUILTS ONCE YOU GO TO A SHOW OR THE ARE DOING OR WHAT YOU NO, THE QUI BASICALLY WHAT IT'S, WE DO HAVE ONE QUILT THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT WE'RE GONNA RAFFLE OFF.

UM, BUT TO HELP PAY FOR, UM, TO QUILT QUILTING PROCESS.

UM, SO WHAT IT IS, IS THE KIDS MUCK, THE QUILTS AND TEXAS FOUR H IS DOING A SPECIFIC DESIGN.

SO WHERE QUILTS OF VALOR CAN BE ANY PATRIOTIC QUILT, UM, TEXAS FOUR H IS DOING A SPECIFIC PATTERN SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF 'EM.

AND SO IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GORGEOUS, UH, FLAG.

I'LL SEND YOU A VIDEO LATER OF SURE.

UM, BUT WHAT IT IS, IS WE THEN WORK WITH THE QUILTING GUILDS IN THE COUNTIES.

AND SO WE HELP MAKE THE TOPS, THEY HELP TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO PUT THE BATTING IN THE BACK ON.

AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THE QUILTER ARM THAT CAN DO THE BIG SPREAD ON.

THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS IN THAT ROOM AT ONE TIME, SO OKAY.

BUT THE KIDS ARE JUST LEARNING ON THAT.

I GOT A QUESTION ON THE, UH, ROBOTS AND THE COMPUTERS.

HOW MUCH DOES ONE OF THOSE UNITS COST, UH, TO BUY A FULL UNIT, WHICH IS THE BRAND NEW E THE BRAND NEW ROBOT, AND THEN THAT'S A SIMPLE BASIC COMPUTER, UH, THAT HAS TO HAVE BLUETOOTH AVAILABILITY IS ALMOST $2,800 PER EACH SET.

WOW.

HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE Y'ALL NEEDING? UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET FOUR, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE HAPPY TO GET TO, SO, OKAY.

UM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE RIGHT NOW THE, UH, THE KIDS ARE, UM, IT'S KIND OF FUN.

THEY COME EVERY FRIDAY IF YOU LIKE TO SEE 'EM IN ACTION.

THEY COME AT 3 30, 4 O'CLOCK AND, AND IN OUR NICE LITTLE BUSINESS LITTLE ROOM, THEY HAVE OUR HUGE BOARD THAT'S AN EIGHT FOUR BY EIGHT BOARD THAT THEY HAVE TO PRACTICE ON.

AND, UH, WITH THAT THEY, UM,

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WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT IT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND NEXT THURSDAY, IF Y'ALL AREN'T DOING ANYTHING, IF YOU WANT TO VENTURE OUT TO SCURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUR SAFETY DAY, UM, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT DAY.

CARRIE AND KATIE AND I ARE ALL INVOLVED WITH THAT, UH, AS WELL AS THE PROGRAM ASSISTANTS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SIX DIFFERENT SESSIONS OUT THERE TO TEACH THOSE KIDDOS ABOUT SAFETY.

WE'LL REPORT ON THAT NEXT QUARTER.

BUT, SO IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING NEXT THURSDAY MORNING, VENTURE OUT TO THAT.

UM, JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY UPDATE SOME OF MINE AND KATIE'S PROGRAMMING.

UH, THE LIVESTOCK AND FORGE.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR HAY SHOW LAST WEEK.

IT WAS REALLY, UM, A GREAT PROGRAM.

WE HAD 57 HAY SAMPLES, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THOSE 56 GOT BLUE RIBBONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, DESPITE HOW BAD THE YEAR WAS, EVERYBODY REALLY TRIED THEIR BEST TO MAKE REALLY HIGH QUALITY HAY.

SO I WAS VERY PROUD OF THAT.

UM, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE SPONSORSHIPS AND EVERYTHING WE HAD FOR THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.

WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL FALL CATTLEMAN'S PROGRAM BACK, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.

VERY WELL ATTENDED.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE DONE THAT.

UH, RESPONSES FROM THAT WERE JUST PHENOMENAL.

MASTER GARDENERS ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT TOWARD THE END OF OUR PROCESS OF, OF SELLING ADS FOR OUR ANNUAL CALENDAR.

SO IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T BEEN HIT UP, LAURA WILL PROBABLY HITTING Y'ALL UP FOR TOO LONG TO GET YOUR ADS.

UH, SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT.

THEY HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, GARDENING PROGRAM BACK IN SEPTEMBER THAT WAS CALLED GOING NATIVE.

IT WAS THEIR WHOLE PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

THEIR WHOLE THEME IS BEING TALKED ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS AND THEY REALLY KIND OF, UH, DID A GREAT PROGRAM.

AND IN FACT, ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS IS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND ME, MS. CAROL HOLLOWAY, UH, TALKING ABOUT KEYSTONE PLANTS AND TRYING TO BE, UH, WORKING WITH THOSE NATIVE PLANTS.

UH, SO KIND OF WRAPPING UP WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, UM, ON UH, AG AGENTS, UH, ASSOCIATION, UH, BACK IN JULY, ATTENDED OUR STATE MEETING.

AND OUR, OUR WHOLE FOCUS NOW FROM, FROM THAT POINT UNTIL NEXT JULY IS OUR STATE IS HOSTING OUR NATIONAL MEETING.

UH, AND IT'S, IT'S TRYING TO GET EVERY, ALL THE LOGISTICS WORKED OUT.

IN FACT, WE'RE GOING FRIDAY, WE'RE HOSTING THE, THE EVENT AT THE ANA ANTO HOTEL, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 1200 TO 1500 AG AGENTS FROM ACROSS THE NATION THAT'LL BE CONVERGING ONTO DALLAS, UM, MIDDLE OF JULY NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT PLANNED AND THEN HOW WE'RE GONNA INTEGRATE A, A SMALL PORTION OF OUR STATE MEETING INTO THAT AT THE SAME TIME.

SO, UH, JUST KIND OF WANNA REPORT ON SOME OF KATIE'S STUFF, UH, AS WELL.

UH, SHE'S TRYING TO GET SOME SOME REPORTING DONE THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, VERY TIME SENSITIVE RIGHT NOW.

SO I TOLD HER I WOULD TALK ABOUT THAT.

SHE WRAPPED UP HER, UH, HEALTH MATTERS AT, UH, THE BE HAPPY, UH, DAY, DAY HABITAT, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.

I THINK SHE RAN THAT FOR 36 DIFFERENT SESSIONS.

WE AWARDED THOSE PARTICIPANTS AT THE END OF THE DEAL WITH PARTICIPATION MEDALS AND, AND SIN AND, AND KATIE WERE BOTH THERE AND THEY SAID THAT THE LOOK ON THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE'S FACES WERE JUST PRICELESS.

UH, SO VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.

UH, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY SHELLY OVER THERE.

UH, CIN AND KATIE ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THAT COUNTY EMPLOYEE WELLNESS COMMITTEE.

THEY DID HAVE A MEETING BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

I THINK THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE PLANNED, UH, FOR NEXT WEEK.

UH, KATIE HAS ALSO DONE A COUPLE OF, UH, COOKING WITH KATIE'S, UH, THAT SHE HOSTED AT THE COUNTY LIBRARY, TRYING TO TELL HELP PEOPLE WITH HOW TO PREPARE MEALS, HOW TO, HOW TO COOK, UH, SHOPPING, HOW TO STORE THOSE LEFTOVERS AND REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON A BUDGET.

SO I KNOW, KNOW AND THE ACTIVITIES.

Y'ALL CAN SEE SOME OF THE PROGRAMMINGS THAT WERE DONE, BUT JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY WANTED TO GO OVER THOSE AND, AND AGAIN FOLKS, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO FOR US AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN EVER DO FOR Y'ALL, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL ON US.

WELL, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL PUT IN.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND IN THAT WORDS, IT GETS PRETTY TIME CONSUMING AT TIMES.

NOT PROBLEM, BUT THAT'S THE REASON YOU MAKE THE BIG BUCKS.

, SIR.

THANK Y'ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.

[4. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider declaring Certified Recycling a Sole Source for Recycled Manufactured Shingle Pavement.]

NUMBER FOUR.

MR. JACK, IF YOU'LL COME UP, WE WANNA DISCUSS, CONSIDER DECLARING CERTIFIED RECYCLING AS A SOLE SOURCE FOR RECYCLE MANUFACTURED SHINGLE PAVEMENT.

GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN.

UH, COMMISSIONER MOORE BROUGHT THIS TO ME.

I THINK IT'S A PRODUCT THAT HE'S BEEN USING OR FAMILIAR WITH.

SO WE HAVE A SO SOURCE LETTER AND I'LL MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK HE HAS THE PRICING.

I THINK YOU SEE THE PRICING.

HE INDICATED THAT HE MAY BE THE ONLY ONE USING THAT PRODUCT.

IF YOU GENTLEMEN, ANY OF Y'ALL WANT TO USE THAT, I'M SURE THE PRICING IS THE SAME OR MAYBE SOME FREIGHT CHANGES.

I'LL BE GLAD TO GET THAT FOR YOU.

I'LL MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

IF YOU DESIRE THAT.

ALRIGHT,

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SO JACK, MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE US, UH, NEED A MOTION DOWN THERE.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

TOMMY MAKES THE MOTION.

HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A MOTION CARRIES.

JOHN, CONSIDER ADVERTISING BID FOR SOUTH HIGHWAY 34 US CONNECTOR ROAD PROJECT.

NUMBER FIVE, JACK AND

[5. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider advertising a bid for SH 34-US Connector Road Project.]

GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN.

I THINK THIS WAS AN ITEM WE BROUGHT TO COURT HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

WE WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH, BUT MR. POLLSTER'S HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS.

COME ON UP.

JOHN, YOU'RE WALKING PRETTY GOOD.

MY PT SAYS THAT SHE'S ABOUT THIS TALL.

SHE'S SAYS THAT I'M A WHOOSH FOR LIMPING .

TRY TO FIGURE OUT NOT TO LIMP.

OKAY, SO THIS IS THE BACKAGE ROAD THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE, THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

UH, IT'S READY TO GO.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AS FAR AS HOW, SO I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE I WORK FOR COUNTIES, BUT I DON'T DO COUNTY ROADS, SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS.

SO WE'VE GOTTA PUT A BID DOCUMENT OUT ON THE STREET.

UH, Y'ALL HAVE GOT A BID DOCUMENT Y'ALL USE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS Y'ALL DO.

OR WE CAN USE THE STUFF THAT, UH, T NO PUT TOGETHER.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS.

I'M GONNA LET, UH, JACK GRADE ME AFTER THIS ON, ON, ON ALL THE ISSUES.

UH, BUT THERE'S HOW, HOW WE NEED TO PUT IT ON THE STREET, WHO PUTS THE PACKET TOGETHER AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OF THE, OF THE PROJECT.

SO THOSE ARE QUESTIONS WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOU GUYS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER.

'CAUSE ONCE I GET THE MONEY AND TURN IT LOOSE, SOMEBODY ELSE BUILDS IT.

SO JACK, I THINK I SPOKE WITH UH, TNP AND, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO PUT THE DOCUMENT TOGETHER OKAY.

AND, UH, SEND IT TO THOSE FOLKS.

IT'LL BE OUR BOILER PLATE AND THEN THEY'LL INSERT UH, THEIR SPECIFICATIONS AND WE'LL GET TOGETHER, SEND IT PRE BIDS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE ALREADY GOT SET ASIDE FOR IT.

UH, IF I REMEMBER, IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE 3, 7, 5 MINUS WHAT WE'VE SPENT FOR TEGNA TO DO THE, THE ENGINEERING.

BUT IT'S MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE THE ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT COSTING.

SO WE'RE GOOD.

UNTIL WE'RE NOT A LITTLE LESS THAN IT.

SO WE NEED A MOTION FOR JACK.

GO AHEAD AND GET THIS DONE AND GET TO WORK ON IT.

ASAP.

AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS.

SO HE'S HELPING ME TRAIN THROUGH IT AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING THAT, UH, WAS EITHER GONNA MAKE Y'ALL MAD OR HER MAD OR OR HER MAD .

SO I WANTED Y'ALL TO BE THE ONE IN TROUBLE.

WE'RE TRYING NOT MAKE ANYBODY MAD.

WELL, WE NEED THE ROAD.

YES SIR.

AND WE NEED THE, WE NEED THE ACCESS.

THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF OCTOBER AND I TOLD Y'ALL WE TRIED TO GET IT ON THE STREET BY THE END OF OCTOBER.

SO YEAH, I GOT 12.

YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE 12 HOURS.

I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ALONG WITH THIS CONNECTOR ROAD, THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND FRONT OF THE JUSTICE CENTER CONNECTED DOWN TO FAIR ROAD.

WHERE'S SO JUST ALL THIS TOGETHER FOR TRAFFIC FLOW.

RIGHT.

SO WE HAD, UH, PROPOSED A FAIRLY, UH, INCLUSIVE SOLUTION TO THE STATE AND IT AND WITH THE, UH, CAVEAT THAT THEY FUNDED AND UH, THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN THEY WANTED TO DO.

SO WE'RE DOING THE OFFSET U-TURNS.

MM-HMM.

AND UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TILL, UH, COOLER WEATHER 'CAUSE WE JUST GOT THE, A SET OF PLANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THEN, UH, WE'LL GET WITH LANE ON THE TIMING OF IT.

PROBABLY PROBABLY BE SPRING BEFORE THE, AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IS WHEN YOU COME OUT, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO CROSS RIGHT THERE.

YOU'LL GO DOWN, MAKE THE U-TURN AND COME BACK.

BACK AND THE SAME UH, COME THE OTHER WAY.

YOU'LL GO PAST, MAKE THE U-TURN AND COME BACK SO THAT YOUR SIGHT DISTANCE IS BETTER.

IT'S, IT'S DANGEROUS.

YES SIR.

MM-HMM.

FOR SURE.

OKAY, SO YES, MIKE, WE LET THIS OUT.

THE BIDS GO OUT FOR BID.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

AND YOU'RE, YOU HELP WITH THE OL'S GONNA BE DOING ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING 'CAUSE THEY DID ALL THE, BUT WE'LL BE MONITORING AND MANAGING THOSE GUYS.

AND THEY GOT ALL NAMED CONSTRUCTION MANAGER WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON.

SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION WAS GONNA BE IF Y'ALL HAVE SOMEBODY ON STAFF TO DO IT, THEN THAT'S COOL IF YOU DON'T TEGNA DID THE, THE DOCUMENT SO THEY'D BE THE CLOSEST TO KNOWING WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG ON CONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'D RECOMMEND.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU.

YOU YES.

THAT THAT'S THE WAY I TYPICALLY DO IT.

BUT UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON STAFF THAT CAN DO THAT.

RIGHT.

MR. JACK AGAIN, THANK YOU JOHN.

SO WE NEED A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION PLEASE.

MR. PHELPS MAKE A MOTION.

HAVE A SECOND.

I SECOND MOTION.

EVERYBODY IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[00:25:01]

[6. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider advertising a bid for Construction of Turn Lane on University Drive at intersection of FM 548 in Pet 2.]

DISCUSS CONSIDERED ADVERTISING BID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A U-TURN LANE ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE AT INTERSECTION FM 5 48 AND PRECINCT TWO.

YES SIR.

JIM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME SITUATION.

UH, THE SAME VENDOR HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND I'LL PUT TOGETHER A, UH, BOILER PLATE, GIVE IT THOSE FOLKS AND ADD THEIR SPECIFICATIONS TO IT AND THEY'LL UH, WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS AND PRE-BID AND, AND MONITOR THE CONTRACT.

DECEMBER TO THE LAST ONE.

I HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON THAT.

MR. PHIPPS MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND MR. HUNT.

MAKE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AND SAY AYE.

[7. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve posting 15 mph speed limit signs at the entrances to the Justice Center and Sheriff's Department.]

IS MINE.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A POSTED 15 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE JUSTICE CENTER INTO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

SINCE THAT'S A NICE NEW WIDE DRIVEWAY THERE.

WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH PEOPLE 30, 35, 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SO WE NEED SIGNS UP, NEEDS TO BE APPROVED HERE SO WE CAN ENFORCE IT.

IT'S EMPLOYEES YOU GOTTA WATCH WHEN YOU'RE WALKING IN.

AND THEN CITIZENS ALSO WALKING INTO THE JUSTICE CENTER.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

YOU STILL, THE 15 MILE PER HOUR SIGN'S GONNA BE ON THE GROUNDS THERE WHEN YOU'RE COMING OUT.

WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN.

CAN WE ACTUALLY DO THAT? YEAH, BUT WE CAN DO THAT.

IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE LIKE CONSIDERED A PRIVATE? YEAH, LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE ENFORCEABLE.

UM, LIKE TICKET WISE, BUT INSURANCE-WISE IT WOULD BE IF THEY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.

BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE ON MALL PARKING LOTS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T RIDE A TICKET FOR A STOP SIGN.

I BELIEVE COPS WAS ONLY ONE THAT CAN RIDE A TICKET.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING IF THEY COULD , LIKE THEY CAN WRITE TICKETS FOR IF YOU'RE PARKING IN A HANDICAP AT A WALMART OR SOMETHING, THEY CAN ACTUALLY WRITE A TICKET FOR YOU.

FOR A HANDICAP.

NO, I KNOW THAT GUY AND AUSTIN, A POLICE OFFICER.

WE CAN WRITE FOR FIRE LANES.

K AND AUSTIN MAKES THE TIME AND, AND HANDY.

OH YEAH, THEY MAKE A LOT IN AUSTIN.

AND HANDICAPPED.

BUT I KNOW ON CERTAIN IF THAT'S CONSIDERED A COUNTY ROAD OR NOT.

OR IF IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY'D SHOW FAULT IF SOMEBODY WAS SPEEDING CAUSE OF ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT'D BE FOR THE WE CAN WRITE THE TICKETS.

GOOD.

IT IS.

ALRIGHT, SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

I NEED A SECOND.

SECOND MR. FIELDS, MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

UH, NUMBER

[8. Auditor: Discuss/Consider line-item and budget transfers/corrections.]

EIGHT, MR. AUDITOR.

LINE ITEM IN BUDGET TRANSFERS.

THESE WERE EMAILED TO YOU EARLIER, I APOLOGIZE, BUT WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR BUDGET, SOMETIMES JUVENILE PROBATION CAUSES US SO, SO MANY ISSUES OF GETTING THEIR BUDGET RIGHT AND THE NUMBERS.

SO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS.

THAT'S FINE.

ALL ALL LOOK GOOD TO ME? MM-HMM? , ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. MOORE MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

MR. MAKES SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

MOTION CARRIES.

NUMBER

[9. Auditor: Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.]

NINE.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AS PROVIDED BY OUR AUDITOR.

YES MA'AM.

WILL PASS ON NUMBER 10 AND WE DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION TO COMPLETE THAT TODAY.

UM, YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE $2,003,810 AND 10 CENTS.

A PAYROLL OF 1,000,800 $87,770 AND 89 CENTS.

A TOTAL PAYOUT FOR EVERYTHING IS $3,891,580 AND 99 CENTS.

THAT'S INCLUDING THE EXTRA ONE I ADDED THAT I NEEDED TO GET PAID.

AND I ASKED YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR I ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION, MOTION FOR APPROVAL? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. PHIPPS MAKES THE MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. MOORE, MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[10. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.071 to consult with attorney regarding pending or anticipated litigation including but not limited to: Jay Fuller v. Steve Howie and Bryan Beavers (Cause No. 23-00075); Kaufman County v. Henderson County (Cause No. 21-00150); Kemp ISD v. Kaufman County, et al (Cause No. 112559-422); and Estate of Gabriel Winzer, et al v. Kaufman County (Case No. 3:15-CCV-01284-N).]

ALRIGHT.

SO WE'LL SEE THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY, SO MR. PHILLIPS, IT'S UP TO YOU.

[13. Adjourn Meeting]

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THAT'S MINE.

MR. BARR, MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE PLEASE.

AYE.

A MOTION CARRIES.