Apr 02, 2024 Commissioners Court

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE]

ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.

I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS TODAY.

AND, UH, THE FIRST ONE I WILL DO IS SINCE THESE SOLAR ECLIPSE IS A BIG DEAL, JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW OUT THERE THAT IF THEY BELIEVE AND PROVE THAT THEY'VE BEEN GOUGED BY PRICES, THAT THEY CAN CONTACT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

SO THERE'S A $10,000 PER VIOLATION FINE FOR THAT.

BUT IF, IF YOU'RE, UH, OLD, UH, THEN IT'S UP TO $250,000 PER SENIOR CITIZENS.

SO JUST FYI NOW THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT THAT HOTEL ROOM THEN.

IT WOULDN'T ME GRIPING ABOUT THIS I PUT ON YOUR CREDIT CARD.

IT DON'T MATTER.

THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE A THOUSAND DOLLARS NOT OUT THERE.

THAT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

SO ANYWAY, UH, BUDGET TIME.

BUDGET TIME.

BRANDON, WHAT'S THE DATE? 14TH, UH, MAY 14TH.

MAY 14TH.

ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS, ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE YOUR PRELIMINARY BUDGETS TO MS. BRANDY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE.

THEN WE'LL WORK FROM THERE.

MM-HMM.

SHE'S GONNA SEND OUT A SCHEDULE.

I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

UH, WHO ELSE SAYS ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE? MIKE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? UH, YES.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS.

UH, JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE HAVING A KAUFFMAN HOMESTEAD DAY ON APRIL 20TH AT THE POOR FARM.

UH, IF PEOPLE HADN'T BEEN OUT THERE RECENTLY, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY NICE, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS AND ELECTRICITY, EVERYTHING'S CLEANED UP, PAINTED AND ROOFS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

DONE A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE.

UH, AND IT'S, IT'S CALLED THE HOMESTEAD DAY.

AND IT SAYS LEARN FROM LOCAL HOMESTEADERS, BEEKEEPERS, SOURDOUGH MAKERS, GARDENERS, FARMERS, AND THEY HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS.

AND IT'S BEEN PUT ON BY THE HISTORICAL SOCI, UH, COMMISSION AND THE, UH, UH, COLTON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS.

AND ALSO, UM, THE KAUFMAN COUNTY RESOURCE CONNECTION AT, UH, AS HAVING A SENIOR CITIZEN SOLAR WATCH PARTY, SPEAKING OF THE ECLIPSE AT 800 ED HALL ROAD, KAUFMAN, UH, APRIL 8TH, 1130 TO 2:00 PM AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD CRAFTS, FUND AND SUN, SO, OKAY.

HOPEFULLY, I GUESS IF IT'S NOT OVERCAST, BUT WE'LL SEE.

, THEY'LL HAVE A PARTY ANYWAY.

EXCUSE ME.

PETE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, NO.

JUST BE SURE WE WEAR SUNGLASSES FOR YOUR .

SOLAR CLIPS VIEW.

MAKE SURE THEY'RE SPECIFIED FOR THAT.

YES, YES, FOR SURE.

DON'T USE REGULAR SUNGLASSES.

USE WELL AND MASK.

THAT WORKS REALLY WELL.

IT DOES.

TERRY.

YEAH, ONE O'CLOCK TODAY, UH, AT THE, UH, NEW COURTHOUSE, UH, ANNEX THERE WHERE WE'RE HAVING THE, UH, CORNERSTONE SETTING.

AND ALSO WE HAVE A, UH, TIME CAPSULE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, BURYING OUT THERE NEXT TO THE BUILDING.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OUT AND PUT SOMETHING IN THERE, I THINK WHAT'S THE, WE'RE GONNA DIG IT UP IN A HUNDRED YEARS, IS THAT RIGHT? SKI WOULD PROBABLY STILL BE AROUND BY THEN.

AND, UH, HIM AND KEITH RICHARDS .

I'LL MISS YOU GUYS , BUT, UH, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OUT, PLEASE DO.

UH, IT'D BE A KIND OF A NEAT LITTLE CEREMONY TO DO THAT.

THE, UH, UH, LOCAL, UH, MASONS ARE GONNA BE OUT THERE.

WHICH CHAPTER IS THAT? OH, THEY'RE NOT COMING TODAY.

SO WHO'S SETTING THIS STONE WITH JUST OUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE? YES.

ALL RIGHT.

STILL GONNA BE A GOOD EVENT, SO COME ON OUT IF YOU CAN.

A BIT OF HISTORY.

YEP.

A COUPLE OF US MASONS.

YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

TOMMY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YES, SIR.

UH, I WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT, UH, SATURDAY, APRIL THE SIXTH IS OUR COUNTYWIDE CLEANUP.

AND THIS, THIS MONTH IT'LL BE IN

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KEMP.

UH, THE ADDRESS FOR THAT LOCATION IS 65 20 PLAINVIEW DRIVE, UH, BY THE ECO STATION.

THAT'S GONNA BE FROM 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND REMEMBERED ITEMS TAKEN ARE LIKE MATTRESSES, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, TRASH AND RECYCLABLES.

UM, NO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, DUMP TRAILERS, AND CLOSED CATTLE TRAILERS.

UH, THIS TIME THEY ARE ACCEPTING TIRES THIS SATURDAY AND ON THE 20TH, UH, BUT THIS WEEKEND, BUT IT'S 10 TIRES PER HOUSEHOLD, SO JUST KEEP IT AT A MINIMUM ON THAT.

AND ANY ELECTRONICS MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL FEES.

UH, JUST THEY'LL ADDRESS THAT ONCE YOU ARRIVE.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S FOR SATURDAY.

THIS COMING SATURDAY.

ALSO WANT TO JUST, I HAD A GENTLEMAN CALL IN MR. CAMS, BBY CALLED AND WANTED TO LET THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY JUDGE KNOW THAT HE WAS SO THANKFUL FOR VETERAN SERVICES AND STATED THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, ESPECIALLY ROBERT.

MELINDA.

SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO THOSE TWO EMPLOYEES WHO ARE REPRESENTING THE COUNTY VERY WELL.

SO THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

YES, THEY REALLY DO.

DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, IF EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT, HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF NOT, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

UH,

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. PHIS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

NO.

SECOND.

MR. BARR MAKES SECOND.

A AYE.

MR. JOHN VICK, ARE YOU HERE? YES, SIR.

[3. John Vick: Discuss/Consider/Accept the "Victory or Death" Plaque being dedicated to Kaufman County.]

UH, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND EXPLAIN TO US, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPT VICTORY OF DEATH, PLAQUE BEING DEDICATED TO KAUFMAN COUNTY.

MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE.

AND YES, UH, COMMISSIONERS AM ON HERE.

AND I, FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.

UM, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, ON WHO I AM.

I'M WEARING ALL THIS BOB HALL GEAR.

I AM, I'M THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR SENATOR HALL.

UM, BEEN ON BOARD FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, UM, AFTER RETIRING FROM THE ARMY AS A RETIRED, UH, ARMY SERGEANT MAJOR, JUST KIND OF FELL INTO THIS.

UM, I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ALAMO LETTER SOCIETY.

UM, NOT POLITICAL IN ANY WAY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING SURE, UM, THAT IT STAYS THAT WAY.

IT'S ABOUT HISTORY.

IT'S ABOUT THE YOUTH OF, UH, AND, AND REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED IN 1836 AT THE, AT THE ALAMO.

UM, AND I'M NOT A HISTORIAN, SO, UM, MOST OF YOU PROBABLY VISITED THE ALAMO.

UM, RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF THE ALAMO THERE IN THE LAWN, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PLAQUE THAT SITS THERE.

IT'S A 203 POUND, UM, TWO FEET BY THREE FEET LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN BY WILLIAM TRAVIS, AS IT WAS, AS THE ALAMO WAS BESIEGED.

UM, THEN HE, PRETTY MUCH, HE WAS BEING TAKEN OVER.

HE SAID, WE NEED HELP.

HE WROTE THE LETTER AND HE SENT IT OFF.

HE SAID, GO GET HELP.

THEY CAME BACK, I THINK, WITH 19 PEOPLE.

UM, SO IT'S, IT, AND THIS ALL JUST KIND OF FELL IN OUR LAP.

UM, A GENTLEMAN, UH, NAMED, UM, BILL MCNUTT OF THE, UM, COLLINS STREET BAKERY FAMILY, .

UM, AS WE RE REDISTRICTED, WE LOST THE FIVE COUNTIES EAST OF US UP TO RAINS COUNTY AND FANIN.

WE PICKED UP HALF OF ELLIS AND ALL OF NAVARRO.

SO, UM, AFTER SEVEN YEARS, SIX YEARS UP THERE, NOW I'VE GOTTA REFOCUS MY, MY ATTENTION DOWN, DOWN THERE, STILL HAVING ABOUT A MILLION CONSTITUENTS.

BUT I RAN INTO THE MCNUTT FAMILY, JUST GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE.

UM, SO WE WENT INTO, UM, MCNUTT, HIS WIFE AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS WENT TO THE ALAMOS LAST YEAR.

HIS YOUNGER DAUGHTER'S IN SEVENTH GRADE.

WE KNOW THAT'S WHERE TEXAS HISTORY IS TAUGHT.

THE FAMILY'S OUT FRONT THERE.

AND, UM, AND SLOAN, HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, SAYS, DADDY, COME HERE, COME OVER HERE AND LOOK AT THIS.

YOU'VE GOTTA READ THIS.

AND HE, HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS, 220 WORDS, THE LETTER, THE, THE VICTORY OR DEATH LETTER.

AND THAT'S WHERE, UM, HE SAID, VICTORY OR DEATH.

IT'S VERY, IT JUST, IT'S VERY, IT'S A VERY MILITARY KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW? THEN THAT'S THE WAY I WAS TRAINED IN THE MILITARY.

UM, SHE SAID, DADDY, THIS LETTER NEEDS TO BE EVERYWHERE.

AND SHE'S SO MOTIVATED 'CAUSE SHE'S LEARNING THIS IN SCHOOL.

SO, AND HE'S LIKE, YEAH, BABY.

YOU KNOW, UM, SHE SAID, THIS NEEDS TO BE EVERYWHERE IN EVERY SCHOOL, IN EVERY COURTHOUSE.

EVERY EVERY PERSON NEEDS TO READ THIS.

AND SO HE GOES, OKAY, WE'LL DO IT.

SO HE CAME BACK TO US AND HE GOES, JOHN, I GOT THIS GREAT IDEA.

TALK TO SENATOR HALL.

AND I WAS LIKE, OH GOSH, HERE WE GO.

HE WANTS IN EVERY, ALL 254 COUNTIES.

UM, I SAID, WELL, WHAT I CAN DO, I DON'T HAVE TIME.

I'VE GOT A FULL-TIME JOB.

UM,

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I CAN HELP YOU OUT.

LET'S START WITH SENATOR HALL'S DISTRICT, SENATE DISTRICT TWO, AND LET'S JUST WORK AROUND WITH THE HOUSE MEMBERS AND, AND LET'S, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO WE DID, UH, WE DID ELLIS COUNTY WITH JUDGE TODD LITTLE, UH, ROCKWALL.

WE DID, UM, UM, ESIS COUNTY.

UM, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 50 ON THE LIST.

I'VE GOT A MASTER SPREADSHEET, AND IT'S GONNA BE CRAZY.

WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO 254 OF THEM.

WELL, IT KIND OF GOT LASSO, KIND OF GOT ROPED INTO THIS AND BECAME ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS, THE PRESIDENT, THE TREASURER CHAIR OF THE NONPROFIT.

I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO.

UM, SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ALAMO LETTER SOCIETY, IS WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN NAMED SHANE SMITH, COUNTRY SINGER, UH, SHANE SMITH AND THE SAINTS, UM, CONTACTED US AND HE GOES, I WILL PAY FOR THE PLAQUE.

THE PLAQUE COSTS ABOUT $4,000.

WE HAVE A FOUNDRY THAT THAT PUTS IT TOGETHER.

THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.

I'VE HAD TWO OF THEM IN MY GARAGE.

I'VE TRIED TO MOVE, TWO OF THEM TRIED, BUT THEY ARE A WHOLE 203 POUNDS.

THEY'RE ABOUT THIS THICK, SOLID BRONZE.

THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.

UM, AND IF YOU WANNA GO TO, WE'VE GOT A WEBSITE.

WE'VE GOT FACEBOOK OBVIOUSLY SET UP SOME REALLY COOL VIDEOS, PICTURES SET UP THERE.

UM, BUT SO SHANE SMITH HAS SAID, I WILL FUND IT.

I'LL PAY FOR IT.

HERE'S THE COOL THING.

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLAQUE, WE'VE GOT A ONE LINE WITH THREE NAMES ON IT.

THERE'S A SPACE FOR THREE NAMES.

OBVIOUSLY SHANE SMITH WILL HAVE HIS NAME ON IT.

HE PURCHASED A PLAQUE.

SO I GUESS WHILE WHY I'M HERE IS WE NEED HELP FROM THE COUNTY, BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WE WOULD LIKE TO GIFT THAT AT MAYBE IN A COUPLE MONTHS, I COME BACK WITH THIS PLAQUE ON A DOLLY, AND WE WANT TO GIFT THIS PLAQUE TO YOU.

WE DON'T WANT 1 CENT OF TAXPAYER MONEY SPENT ON THIS.

THIS IS A GIFT FROM THE ALAMO LETTER SOCIETY.

WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THIS PLAQUE AND, AND PUT IT ON THE, IN THE LAWN OF THE, THE COURTHOUSE, THE HISTORIC, HISTORIC COURTHOUSE, OR PUT IT WHEREVER YOU WANT.

WE DON'T WANNA DICTATE WHERE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU PUT THIS GIFT FROM US.

UM, SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS WE NEED A, WE NEED A CHAIR.

THIS IS THE PERSON, THE CHAIR PERSON, UM, THAT CAN WORK WITH US.

EITHER A HISTORICAL, UM, COMMISSION OR FOUNDATION, OR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, SOMEONE THAT CAN WORK WITH US.

UH, MAYBE SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT DOES ALL YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR EVENT PLANNING.

UM, PRETTY MUCH WHEN WE GET THIS TO YOU, WE'LL STEP AWAY.

YOU LET US KNOW WHEN THE DEDICATION IS, UM, SET UP THE DEDICATION.

WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT SPEAKERS, WE'VE GOT SINGERS.

WE CAN HELP COORDINATE ALL THIS.

UM, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

WE, I'M, I'M HERE TO, TO OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU CAN GO TO, I, I THINK, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO, BUT YOU CAN VOTE ON IT, THAT YOU, WE WILL RECEIVE THE, UH, THE PLAQUE, UM, AND THEN JUST STAY IN CONTACT WITH OUR, WITH OUR TEAM, UM, OR EITHER, UH, UM, DESIGNATE SOMEBODY ON STAFF JUST TO WORK WITH US.

WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE A CALL EVERY MONDAY AT 10 30.

WE CAN INVITE THAT PERSON ON THE CALL AND WE CAN JUST KIND OF TALK, TALK IT OUT AND, AND, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

I'VE ONLY, I'VE ONLY PRESENTED THIS THING TWO OR THREE TIMES, SO I'M GETTING, I THINK I'M GETTING A LITTLE BETTER, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

BUT, BUT IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S, IT'S A REALLY NEAT, YOU SENT A PICTURE OR I RECEIVED A PICTURE OF IT.

I THINK I DID.

I SENT YOU A PICTURE.

UM, AND REALLY, I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU CAN JUST GOOGLE ALAMO LETTER, SOCIETY NEWS.

IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS.

UH, NEWSPAPERS, I MEAN, LIVE NEWS, THEY'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, REALLY COOL STUFF ON THIS.

UM, BUT, UM, YEAH, AND I CAN SEND YOU A WHOLE BUNCH, WHOLE BUNCH MORE.

IT TO SOMETHING? WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT FOR GRANTED, OR, I MEAN, I, I TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT TODD LITTLE DID, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL, IT'S RIGHT OUT THE STEPS OF THE, THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE, AND IT'S ON THE SIDEWALK AND IT'S JUST A, LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, THAT'S A SLANT, THREE DEGREE ANGLE, A SHORT PEDESTAL ABOUT DEHI.

UM, I EVEN WENT, I TOLD BILL, I SAID, HEY, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ALAMO LETTER SOCIETY, A NONPROFIT.

WE NEED A, WE NEED A LOGO.

SO I WENT OUT AND DESIGNED A LOGO.

WE HAVE A LITTLE LAPEL PENS, PRETTY COOL.

BUT, UM, I'M EXCITED.

I HOPE YOU ACCEPT THIS, THIS GIFT FROM US.

IT'LL TAKE ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS THROUGH THE PRODUCTION PROCESS TO, WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW IS I'M ACTUALLY DRIVING, I'M TAKING A COMP DAY OR, OR VACATION DAY AND I'M DRIVING, UM, TO GO GET IT AND TRANSPORT IT WHEREVER.

WELL, ONCE WE GET OUT IN TEXAS, I DON'T THINK I COULD DO THAT.

WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO COORDINATE FEDEX FREIGHT OR SOMETHING, BUT RIGHT.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S IT.

I GUESS WE CAN, WE CAN PUT IT IN THE YARD OVER HERE, BECAUSE THAT WON'T INTERFERE WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BECAUSE THAT S HISTORIC, WE CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING OR PUT ANYTHING ON IT.

BUT WE CAN PROBABLY PUT IT IN THE GROUND LIKE THEY DID AT THE ALAMO.

WELL, DO THEY ATTACH

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UM, HE JUST HAD THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT BUILD CONCRETE PEDESTAL.

WE CAN PUT IT IN THE YARD.

YEP.

BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH OUR HISTORIC SIDE OF IT.

I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO ANY KIND GET ANY KINDA SPECIAL APPROVAL FROM THE STATE OR HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

WELL, WE WOULD IF WE WANTED TO PUT IT ON BILLING.

THAT'S WHERE WE'D GET THEM JAMMED.

BUT, I MEAN, BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE COULD PUT IT OVER HERE IN THE FRONT.

BUT IT WAS REALLY NEAT.

I GOT SOME REALLY COOL PICTURES AND, AND VIDEO.

UM, ELLIS COUNTY DID A VERY GOOD JOB.

UM, SO YEAH.

AND THEN, AND THEN WHOEVER HELPS ME OUT, YOU KNOW, IF MIKE, IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA HELP US OUT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'LL PUT YOUR NAME ON THE PLAQUE.

YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S JUST .

BUT, BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF, OF, UH, THE, THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I, I CAME BY THE OTHER DAY AND, AND, AND THE DOWNTOWN KAUFMAN, THE SQUARE IS KIND OF MORPHING.

I MEAN, I WENT THROUGH AND IT WAS ON A FRIDAY AND PEOPLE WERE SITTING ON THE BENCHES AND STUFF.

SO PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COME INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND STUFF, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS IT KIND OF IMPRESSED.

IT WAS KIND OF EXCITING.

YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR, TO, TO, TO WANDER WHEN THEY'RE SHOPPING, TO READ AND VISIT.

AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AT THE STATUE AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT.

I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY KIND OF NEAT COMING THROUGH.

SO I, I THINK DOWNTOWN KAUFMAN IS MORPHING INTO SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL, LESS THEIR INTENTION.

AND, AND, AND SO IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE GROUNDS, THAT WOULD BE OFF ON ICE AND, AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I ALREADY GOT THE LOOK, SO I GOT THE HINT.

I GUESS THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

IT'S A PRECINCT.

I'M SURE THE YEAH.

THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION COULD, YOU KNOW YEAH.

BE INVOLVED IN SURE.

ABSOLUTELY.

TO TRY TO WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE DO THIS.

IT IS PART OF HISTORY.

OUR KIDS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HISTORY AND IT'S SOMETHING THEY'LL HAVE TO GO TO ALAMO TO SEE.

AND, AND WE HAVE A HISTORICAL PLACE HERE, SO LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND MAKE THE MOST THAT WE CAN OUT OF IT.

AND, AND, AND ONE THING THAT JUST KIND OF POPPED INTO MY MIND, I KNOW YOU, YOU HAVE THE LETTER THERE, BUT IS THERE ANY CONTEXT THAT EXPLAINS THE LETTER THAT'S WITH THIS PLAQUE OR ATTENDING IT? NO.

NO.

IT'S REALLY, IT'S 220 WORDS ON THE LETTER.

IT'S, IT'S AN EASY READ.

BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GOT PEOPLE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE AND SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T REMEMBER THEIR TEXT HISTORY.

ARE THEY? THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

SO, I MEAN, IF YOU HAD SOMETHING TO PUT IN CONTEXT TO WHAT THIS, EXPLAINING WHAT THAT IS, WHAT THIS LETTER IS, YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST A SMALLER SIGN BESIDE IT.

EXPLAINING WHAT THAT LETTER IS.

ON 1836, FEBRUARY 23RD THIS HAPPENED, HAPPENED.

THIS IS THE LETTER HE WROTE.

SO I MEAN, I MEAN, EVEN ALL OVER THE STATE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF, I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF CONTEXT.

'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON AS WELL.

NOT ASTUTE WITH TEXAS HISTORY AS SOME OF US ARE SO , I WILL SAY, LET ME ADD THAT, UM, THE DEDICATION AS WE TALK THROUGH THE DEDICATION.

DEDICATION, WE REALLY WANT YOUTH INVOLVED.

THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY NEAT IDEAS.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO A, UM, AN ESSAY CONTEST AT THE SCHOOL.

MAYBE THE WINTER, UM, YOU KNOW, GETS A PRIZE OR SOMETHING.

THE WINNER GETS, GETS TO UNVEIL, UNVEIL THE, THE PLAQUE UNVEIL IT, AND THEN THIS, THIS, THIS KID, THIS STUDENT GETS TO READ THE LETTER IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.

WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY COOL, COOL THINGS.

YOU CAN HAVE SOME SKYDIVERS COME IN, FLY OVER, WHATEVER.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU WANT YOUR, YOU DEFINITELY WANT YOUR, YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS THERE.

YOU WANT YOUR COLOR GUARD.

YOU KNOW, YOU WANT MAYBE A, A LOCAL, UH, CHURCH CHOIR, SOME, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER A REALLY NEAT AGENDA.

SING COULD SING WELL, YOU DON'T WANNA RUN EVERYBODY OFF.

AND WE'VE GOT ALL THIS PUT TOGETHER ALREADY.

WE'VE GOT LESSONS LEARNED, I'VE GOT LISTS.

I CAN HAND IT OFF TO YOU AND MAKE IT REALLY EASY FOR YOU.

GOOD.

WELL I MADE A MOTION.

EVERYBODY SECONDED? ALRIGHT.

THERE WE GO.

I'LL SECOND YOU SECOND.

THANKS GENTLEMEN.

MR, STAY IN TOUCH.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME? S***T PHILLIPS SECOND.

SAME THING.

THANK YOU JOHN.

JUST, UH, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE GETS HOME.

JAKE CAN SIR, HE LEAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION AND STUFF.

YOU DO LEAVE SOME CARDS WITH US? WE WILL, YEAH.

OR SEND ME AN EMAIL.

I CAN SHARE IT WITH THEM.

YES SIR.

THANK YOU.

[4. Judge Gray: Discuss/Approve moving Indigent Defense to the 489th instead of to County Court at Law.]

NUMBER FOUR, JUDGE GRAY.

OF COURSE, SHE'S NOT GONNA BE HERE TODAY.

UH, SHE ASKED ME TO PUT THIS ON THERE.

DISCUSS APPROVED, MOVE THE ENGINE DEFENSE TO THE 49TH TO THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW.

AND THE JUDGES ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS 'CAUSE SHE KINDA WORKS WITH LISA AND IT'S JUST A NO MONEY INVOLVED.

IT'S JUST MOVING FROM ONE MOVE TO THE NEXT.

THAT'S ALL IT IS.

SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

FIVE IS COMMISSIONER HUNT.

MR. BARR MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[5. Commissioner Hunt: Discuss/ Consider Interlocal Agreement with the City of Oak Ridge and Project Agreement for County Road 279 with the City of Oak Ridge.]

DISCUSS, CONSIDER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OAK RIDGE AND

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PROJECT AGREEMENT FOR CANYON ROAD 2 79 WITH THE SAME CITY OAK RIDGE.

YES SIR.

UH, JUST BASICALLY THIS IS JUST A RENEWAL.

RENEW THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, JUST TO RENEW IT 'CAUSE IT WAS EXPIRING.

AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE A PROJECT, UH, THAT WE ARE GONNA DO TO SOME REPAIRS ON KEN ROWE, 2 79.

AND, UH, THAT'S ALL THIS IS.

I MOTION TO ACCEPT.

COMMISSIONER MOORE, MAKE SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER HUNT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF SAY AYE.

COMMISSIONER BARBER, DISCUSS, CONSIDER SENDING NOTICE OF TERMINATION, CANCELLATION OF THE ILA IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF PORT FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE.

NUMBER SIX.

[6. Commissioner Barber: Discuss/Consider sending notice of termination/cancellation of the ILA with the Town of Poetry for Road Maintenance.]

YES, SIR.

UH, YEAH, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES, UH, WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE MAYOR OVER THERE.

AND SHE ACTUALLY NOTIFIED ME, GOSH, IT'S BEEN ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

UH, AND UM, SAID THAT SHE HAD SPOKEN WITH HER COUNSEL ABOUT, UH, UH, NO LONGER HAVING THE AGREEMENT WITH US THAT THEY WERE GONNA LOOK AT, UH, BRINGING IN CONTRACTORS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT IDEA SINCE WE WERE UNABLE TO MEET HER EXPECTATIONS.

SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO CANCEL, UH, THIS ILA WITH THEM AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

SO LEGALLY, UH, IS THERE A 90 DAY CANCELLATION TIME ON THIS? OR HOW'S THIS WORK? I DUNNO THAT THERE'S A AGREEMENT ON THIS IS, FROM WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD FROM DEBBIE, THAT UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROVISION FOR THAT, BUT I, UM, DO YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER BARBER, DO YOU ALL? YEAH, DEBBIE AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, AND I'M TRYING TO FIND THE EXACT WORDING HERE, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING IN HERE AND, UH, THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT A LETTER AND SHE'S ACCEPTED THAT, UH, THROUGH, UH, UH, THROUGH CERTIFIED MAIL.

UH, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE EXACT WORDING HERE, BUT THERE IS A PROVISION IN HERE THAT ALLOWS FOR ONE OR EITHER ONE OF THE PARTIES, AS LONG AS THEY NOTIFY IN WRITING THAT THEY WANT TO CANCEL, THEN IT CAN BE DONE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO, OKAY.

SO WILL YOU PUT THAT FORM OF A MOTION? YES SIR.

HAVE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER BARBER.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

THANK

[7. Sheriff Beavers: Discuss/Accept the Sheriffs Office Financial Report for January 2024.]

YOU MR. SHERIFF.

BEAVERS DISCUSS ACCEPTANCE OFFICE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR JANUARY 24.

I THINK TO KIND OF CLARIFY THAT, IT'S UH, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY IS THE CASE.

JANUARY REPORT.

I SAW BOTH OF THOSE IN THERE.

YEAH, THEY'RE BOTH IN THERE, SO IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

I THINK THE BIG THING IF, IF YOU NOTICE IN LOOKING THEM, I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.

UH, THE INCIDENT REPORTS, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S DOWN.

UH, CID REPORTS ARE DOWN, UH, INMATE POPULATION IS UP ON BOTH MONTHS.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE A LITTLE LONGER THAN WHAT WE WANT.

UH, ALL THE SECURITY CHECKS ARE UP.

SO THAT MEANS WITH THE CALLS BEING DOWN, THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB BY DOING SECURITY CHECKS.

UH, NINE ONE ONE CALL SERVICE AND THE COMMUNICATION IS DOWN.

CALLS FOR SERVICE IS DOWN THROUGH COMMUNICATION.

AND THE ONE THING YOU WILL NOTICE NOW, IF YOU, WE USED TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT SERVE OR, UH, NOT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES NOW TOOK OVER THE, UH, OH MAN, WHAT WAS IT CALLED BEFORE? ENVIRONMENTAL? YEAH, ENVIRONMENTAL.

THANK YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, I USED TO HAVE THEM NUMBERS ON THERE.

SO WE HAVE MOVED THE, MOVED THEM OUT.

SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS PROVIDE Y'ALL WITH SOME NEW DATA THAT YOU CAN SEE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S USUALLY ON THE SECOND PAGE.

IF YOU'LL LOOK OVER THERE AND SAY A, A PALS, SINCE MENTAL HEALTH IS SUCH A BIG DEAL FOR US, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A PALS AND RIGHT BELOW THAT, UH, THE COURTS, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COURTS, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY CASES AND STUFF THAT OUR BAILIFFS ARE DEALING WITH, HOW MANY ARRESTS WE'RE DOING.

IF YOU CAN NOTICE, UH, ESPECIALLY IN FEBRUARY, I WENT BACK AND GOT THE OTHER NUMBERS TO PRODUCE THE DATA WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

AND YOU CAN SEE OUR A PALS, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR IN END OF FEBRUARY WE DID 46, WERE ALREADY UP TO 56.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THE REST HAS HAPPENED IN THE COURTS OVER THERE, DOWN FROM, UH, IT WAS 13 AND WE'RE UP TO 44 ARREST IN THE COURTS.

I DID COMBINE THE TWO COURTS, COUNTY COURT AT LAW ONE AND TWO SINCE THAT'S USUALLY COUNTY COURT, UH, STUFF.

BUT I DID DIVIDE THE DISTRICT COURTS.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND WHICH YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE NEW COURT, THE FOUR 89TH IS ALREADY AT 155.

SO, BUT YOU CAN SEE, I THINK THAT'S A BETTER HELPING Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND THE COURTS OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ON OUR SIDE AND THE BAILIFFS ARE DEALING WITH.

SO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, OVERALL, THE REPORT'S GOOD.

AND YES, IT IS.

UH, AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE MONEY AND THE FINANCIAL STUFF, THEY'RE, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME.

IT'S RUNNING ABOUT 44.

YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT A PALS ARE.

I MEAN, KNOW YOU USE THESE, THAT'S AN EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT HERE IN A MENTAL CRISIS THAT THEY'RE A DANGER TO THEIR SELF OR OTHERS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

I MEAN, MENTAL HEALTH IS REALLY BIG IN OUR COUNTY, WHICH IS IN THE STATE

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OF TEXAS, , .

BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT REALLY WELL.

AND I THINK THE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE GOT GOING WITH THE DA'S DA'S OFFICE AND PLUS WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE, UH, YOU NORMALLY, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER I USED TO COME TO YOU ABOUT 10 OR 12 SITTING ON OUR LIST WAITING TO GO SOMEWHERE.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE.

HMM.

SO THE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A JAIL DIVERSION PART, BUT WE HAVE SERVICES THAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE NOT CERTIFIED, BUT WE HAVE THE PEOPLE IN PLAY.

WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THAT WORKING.

AND SO WE'RE GETTING 'EM THROUGH OUR PROGRAM INSTEAD OF SENDING 'EM TO THE STATE, WHICH IS SAVING US A BUNCH OF DAYS.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, NORMALLY IF WE GOTTA SEND 'EM TO VERNON, WHICH IS THE, UH, FOR AGGRESSIVE STUFF, THAT'S STILL ABOUT 800 DAYS.

AND THEN THE STATE HOSPITAL'S STILL ABOUT 300.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE SAVING MONEY GETTING THEM THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM.

AND THE DA'S OFFICE IS WORKING WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH AND JENNIFER, THE BOTH JENNIFER'S, MY JENNIFER AND JENNIFER'S WORKING FOR, UH, JUDGE RIDGE, THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

BIG PROGRESS.

SO THAT'S HELPING US.

WELL IT'S AMAZING HOW BUSY THIS HAS BECOME IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BIG DEAL.

BUT LUCKILY I THINK WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN THE MOVE OF IT.

AND OF COURSE IT, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY ALWAYS THERE.

IT JUST NEVER WAS.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS A MAGNITUDE.

IT WAS, BUT IT NEVER WAS.

PEOPLE DIDN'T BRING IT TO THE FOREFRONT LIKE THEY ARE NOW.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USED TO PUSH PEOPLE TO THE SIDE WITH IT.

NOW THEY'RE BRINGING THE FOREFRONT AND PEOPLE EVEN ASKING FOR HELP MORE THAN WHAT THEY SURE, SURE.

WELL ALSO THAT THEY CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF BEDS THAT THEY HAD.

SO IT BROUGHT IT MORE TO THE FOREFRONT WHEN THEY'RE END UP IN JAIL INSTEAD OF BEING AND WHEN THEY CLOSED ALL THE, WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

WHEN THEY CLOSED ALL THE BEDS, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAD IS THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD FIX EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, BY GOING TO SERVICES AND DOING THAT.

OH, YOU CAN'T FIX EVERYBODY.

NO, I'M SORRY.

YOU CAN'T, YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA PUT 'EM SOMEWHERE AND LET 'EM BE THERE FOR A WHILE TO GET 'EM FIXED.

YOU JUST CAN'T REMOTELY.

'CAUSE MOST OF 'EM WON'T MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENTS.

RIGHT.

SO YEAH, WE KNOW THAT OUR SELF MEDICATE BECAUSE THEY WON'T GO PICK UP THEIR MEDICATION.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO, BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT THE COURT'S DOING AND, AND ALL THE OTHER PARTIES THAT'S HELPING US TO MAKE THAT MOVE FORWARD TO, TO THE DA'S OFFICE AND WELL'S.

BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD PLAN WORKING IN THE COUNTY AND EVERYBODY'S WORKING TOGETHER AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

I THINK.

SO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I THINK YOU DOING A GREAT JOB.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION.

WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. HUNT MAKES SECOND.

A MOTION CARRIES.

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

THANK YOU MS. AUDITOR.

THANK Y'ALL.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS OR CORRECTIONS.

YES SIR.

WE HAD TWO OF THESE EMAILED TO YOU PRIOR TO COURT.

UM, THEY'RE JUST ROUTINE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.

AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

YOU NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

NO SECOND.

MR. BARR MAKES A SECOND.

A AYE.

THANK YOU MS. AUDITOR, ONCE AGAIN, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS YOU NEED TO SHARE WITH US.

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

SO WE HAVE, UM, FOR YOUR ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES, A TOTAL OF $1,228,595 AND 19 CENTS, AND SOME JUROR CHECKS FOR $4,052 FOR A TOTAL AP JURY PAYOUT OF $1,232,000, 647 AND 19 CENTS.

AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? CORRECTIONS, MOTION TO APPROVE EXCEPT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

YOU MAY.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

HAVE A SECOND.

MR. BARBARA MAKES SECOND.