Apr 23, 2024 Commissioners Court

DO YOU HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK? OKAY, THANK YOU.

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

SO WE WILL MOVE ON.

ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE? , I WAS HANDED THIS WHENEVER I WALKED BY.

UH, WE HAD TO CLEAN UP SATURDAY OVER IN SCURRY AND JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW MUCH, EVEN WITH ALL THE RAIN, WE STILL HAD LIKE TWO REAR LOAD GARBAGE TRUCKS AND THEY'RE LIKE TWO DUMPSTERS OR THREE DUMPSTERS IN THE REAR LOAD.

THOSE BIG RAILROAD GARBAGE TRUCKS.

AT TWO 30 YARD METAL RECYCLING DUMPSTERS.

UM, THREE 30 YARD DUMPSTERS ON TOP OF THAT.

AND WE HAD ONE 30 YARD DUMPSTER TIRE.

SO THE, THE MONTHLY CLEANUP IS REALLY WORKING REAL WELL FOR THE COUNTY INSTEAD OF THE ANNUAL ONE TIME A YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, SO IT'S WORKING OUT.

AND THIS WAS IN BAD WEATHER? YEAH.

SO IT'S, UH, IT WAS REALLY A GOOD TURNOUT.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, SIR.

THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

Y'ALL HAD TIME TO READ THAT AND LOOK OVER 'EM? ANY CHANGES OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DON'T MAKE A MOTION.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. BARR MAKES A SECOND.

A AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

[3. Michelle Blank: Discuss/Present Programs offered by the North Texas Behavioral Authority.]

NUMBER THREE, MICHELLE BLANK.

DISCUSS PRESENT PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL AUTHORITY.

COME UP.

PLEASE, MA'AM.

I CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THROUGH THERE.

IT'S NICE.

WE HAVE A FULL COURTROOM.

REALLY? YEAH.

IT'S, YEAH.

IT'S JUST UNUSUAL, REALLY.

UH, THANK YOU.

MAKE SURE HE GETS IT.

SO, I'VE GOT FOLDERS FOR YOU GUYS THAT HAVE OUR FLYERS AND BROCHURES FOR THE SERVICES WE OFFER.

IF WE'LL COME UP TO THE PODIUMS SO WE CAN SEE WHO YOU ARE.

COME UP, THERE'S, THERE'S A MICROPHONE PULLING KIND OF UP.

PULL IT UP MAYBE.

THERE YOU GO.

I DON'T WANNA THANK YOU.

SHOVED IT DOWN SOMEBODY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL WE WANTED TO START THIS MORNING BY SAYING THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER HUNT FOR GETTING THIS SET UP AND PUTTING US ON THE AGENDA.

AND THANK YOU.

THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY THAT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

SO I HAVE WITH ME CAROL WILLIAMS. SHE'S THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY DROPOFF CENTER IN THE JAIL INMATE ASSESSOR PROGRAM.

THEN WE HAVE AMY WILLING SANDERS , THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE ZERO SUICIDE INITIATIVE.

AND I'M MICHELLE BLANK.

I AM THE FIRST RESPONDER LIAISON, WHICH IS A NEW POSITION HERE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

AND IT'S JUST THAT TO BRING EDUCATION, OUTREACH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I PARTNER WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

I GO OUT, RIDE ALONG WITH THEM, MEET INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TO FOSTER THAT ENGAGEMENT, HELP THEM OVERCOME BARRIERS TO TREATMENT AND TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM RATES OF INPATIENT HOSPITALIZATIONS.

JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT COMMUNITY BRIDGE.

UM, SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE.

SUPER EXCITED TO, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS TO KAUFFMAN COUNTY.

HOW WELL DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE PROGRAM IS GOING? IS THERE ANY CONCERNS OR GIVE US SOME OF YOUR WINS, IF YOU WILL.

WELL, SO FAR I THINK THE PROGRAM'S GOING VERY WELL.

UH, I'VE ALREADY BEEN OUT ON RIDEALONGS WITH LIEUTENANT WEST.

IN CONTACT WITH KAUFMAN PD.

UM, I'VE PARTNERED WITH HIM TO PROVIDE SOME TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING FOR SOME NEW HIRES AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH OFFICER PHILLIPS OUT OF FORNEY PD AND WE LITERALLY DID KNOCK AND TALKS ON SEVERAL DOORS THERE.

SPENT A DAY DOING THAT.

I AM RECENTLY

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UM, A LOT OF PHONE CONTACT WITH THEM SO FAR.

WE'RE GONNA SET UP A MEETING THIS WEEK SO WE CAN SIT DOWN AND GET SOME, SOME PROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR HOW WE WANNA PROCEED AND SUPPORT THEM AND PARTNER WITH THEM.

WILL YOU BE DOING THIS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY? YOU THINK THAT'S EVENTUALLY THAT'S MY GOAL.

YES, I WOULD, I THINK EVERY COMMUNITY WOULD NEED THIS IN THE WAY WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

I AGREE.

I ALSO HELP WITH THEM SET UP THE TRAININGS THAT THEY MAY NEED, SUCH AS NARCAN TRAININGS FIRST AID.

I WORK CLOSELY WITH AMY, ACTUALLY, I'M A CERTIFIED TEACHER WITH THAT AS WELL.

SO JUST THAT EAR PASS ALONG THE COMMUNICATION SUPPORT, HOW WE CAN, AND THAT PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE MOMENT SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND TWO, IT'S COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH IS, IT'S COMPLEX AND PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO ACCESS SERVICES.

SO IF I CAN BRIDGE THAT GAP AND MEET WITH THEM IN THEIR HOME OR IN THE COMMUNITY AND GUIDE THEM THROUGH THAT, HELP THEM SET UP APPOINTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S JUST AN EXTRA LAYER OF SUPPORT FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE CAN REACH YOU IF THEY NEED YOU.

WELL, I HAVE MY CARDS WITH ME.

SO I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WILL ANSWER THEIR PHONE TWENTY FOUR SEVEN.

UM, EMAIL OF COURSE.

AND THEN THE DESIGNATED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

CERTAINLY.

COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.

UM, I, I, WHILE THEY'RE HERE, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THE, UH, KAUFMAN DROPOFF CENTER IS WORKING AND IT WAS RELATIVELY NEW A FEW MONTHS AGO.

KAUFFMAN, TEXAS 7 5 1 4 2.

AND YOU NEED TO TELL PEOPLE WHERE IT IS TOO.

'CAUSE PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE, THEY MAY NOT KNOW.

ALL RIGHT.

AWESOME.

SO THE KAUFMAN DROPOFF CENTER IS IN THE SAME SPACE AS THE KAUFMAN BRIDGE, UM, WHICH IS 1 0 8 WEST GROVE STREET RIGHT HERE IN THE SQUARE.

WE'RE ON THE SAME BLOCK AS THE TEA ROOM.

AND ALSO THE CLEANERS WE'RE SMACK DEAD IN THE MIDDLE.

UM, THE KAUFFMAN DROPOFF CENTER ACTUALLY HAD ITS GRAND OPENING, UM, RECENTLY IN JANUARY.

HOWEVER, WE ACTUALLY BEEN PROVIDING CRISIS RESPONSE AND CRISIS DIVERSION PROGRAMS OR SERVICES EVER SINCE 2022.

AND SO OUR NUMBERS THUS FAR SINCE MARCH OF 2024, WE'VE ACTUALLY SERVED 261 INDIVIDUALS.

OH WOW.

SO THE KAUFMAN RESPONSE, UM, KAUFMAN DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT THE KAUFMAN DROPOFF CENTER, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING SERVICES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN LIEU OF GOING TO THE HOSPITAL OR TO JAIL.

AND IN THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, THE COURTS, THE JAILS, AND UM, OTHER LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

AND SO IF ANYONE IS IN CRISIS, UM, AND THE POLICE MAY PICK THEM UP.

UM, AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS ARE EXACERBATING OR UNDER DISTRESS WITH SUBSTANCE USE IN LIEU OF TAKING THEM TO JAIL, THEY CAN ACTUALLY BRING THEM TO THE COFFIN DROPOFF CENTER TO GET SUPPORT AND HELP.

AND THESE ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE SLEEPING ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET, UM, SOME MINOR, YOU KNOW, OFFENSES THAT THEY MAY COMMIT.

AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY BRING THEM TO THE KAUFFMAN DROPOFF CENTER TO RECEIVE SERVICES.

ALONG WITH THE KAUFFMAN DROPOFF CENTER.

WE ALSO HAVE THE KAUFFMAN BRIDGE PROGRAM AS WELL.

WE HAVE OS A R, WHICH IS OUTREACH, SCREENING, ASSESSMENT AND REFERRAL FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING SUBSTANCE USE, UM, DISTRESS, WHETHER THEY NEED INPATIENT TREATMENT OR DETOX.

AND ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE FREE TO INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COUNTY.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, AND IF I UNDERSTAND RIGHT, I MEAN IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, IF YOU'RE HAVING FAMILY, A FAMILY MEMBER OR WHATEVER, AND YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND GO IN THE BACK DOOR.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU, YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WALKING IN THE FRONT DOOR ON THE SQUARE.

THERE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN KIND OF INCONSPICUOUSLY COME IN.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET IN A RECLINER, LISTEN TO SOME SOFT MUSIC, OR WE'RE ACTUALLY CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES THAT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, IT'S A GREAT SERVICE.

AND SO WITH THE KAUFMAN DROP OFF CENTER, UM, ALTHOUGH WE'RE LOCATED ON THE SQUARE, THERE IS A DISCREET ENTRYWAY, WHICH IS THE BACK DOOR, WHICH WE CALL THE ORANGE DOOR.

AND SO IN THE ORANGE DOOR, YOU CAN ACTUALLY BRING YOUR LOVED ONES DISCREETLY, CONFIDENTIALLY TO RECEIVE SERVICES.

AND WE CONNECT THEM, UM, TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND PROVIDE CRISIS SERVICES.

AND SO THERE IS A FLYER IN YOUR FOLDER AND YOU WILL SEE THE ORANGE DOOR ON THE FLYER.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, THE BACK STREET, WHICH IS OAK STREET.

UM, AND THERE IS A DROP UP WAY, WHICH A LOT OF OFFICERS USE WHEN THEY'RE BRINGING INDIVIDUALS TO THE KAUFMAN DROP UP CENTER.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DRIVE UP TO THE ORANGE DOOR, MEET US AT THE BACK DOOR, AND WE ACCEPT THE INDIVIDUALS THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE FOOD THERE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THEM.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SOME FOOD INSECURITIES, BUT THEY HAVEN'T EATEN IN A WHILE.

WE ALSO HAVE A MOOD, WHAT I CALL REGULATION ERROR, WHERE

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THANK SO MUCH THAT WE, IF NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME.

IT'S, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU, YOU DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE ALLEN.

THE HARDEST, HARDEST THING IS JUST GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT.

WELL THAT'S THE REASON I WANTED HER TO EXPLAIN.

SO, AND I MEAN, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU DOING OBVIOUSLY MEETING ALL THE POLICE FORCE AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A, ANOTHER ONE IN FORNEY, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.

AND YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE 17, 18 OFFICERS THAT PATROL THE MUD DISTRICTS OUT THERE.

AND THEY NEED, UH, THEY NEED A LITTLE ASSISTANCE IN THAT.

SURE, SURE.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO HAD ONE WHILE BACK.

HE KEPT WALKING UP TO THE COURTHOUSE AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO.

AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S BRAND NEW.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL, UH, REACH OUT TO THEM THIS AFTERNOON.

YEAH, GOOD.

AND THE OFFICERS CAN PICK THEM UP AND GIVE US A CALL AND DROP THEM OFF RIGHT AT THE KAUFMAN DROP OFF CENTER, UM, AS WELL.

AND SO WE FOLLOW UP ON THE A PILES AS WELL.

SO ALL THE A PILES THAT OCCUR IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, UM, LIEUTENANT WEST ACTUALLY EMAILS THEM TO, UM, US AS WELL.

AND WE FOLLOW UP ON THE AP PALS.

ANYONE THAT IS A, UM, HIGH UTILIZER OF THE AP PALS, WHETHER THEY'RE CALLING 9 1 1 OR THE CRISIS LINE, WE ACTUALLY REFER THEM TO MICHELLE BLANK WITH THE RIDE ALONG PROGRAM.

UM, IF WE FOLLOW UP WITH AP PALS AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY RESPONDING, UM, AS WELL, THEN WE REFER THEM TO MICHELLE BLANK TO THE RIDE ALONG PROGRAM AND SHE CAN RIDE ALONG WITH .

THE OFFICERS GO OUT TO THEIR HOMES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE TREATMENT THAT THEY NEED.

GOOD.

AND, UM, PAM POINTED OUT THAT I AM LOCATED AT THE, THE TVCC BUILDING OVER BY THE HOSPITAL, OVER BY THE HOSPITALS WHERE THE OTHER NONPROFITS ARE.

THAT'S A GOOD LOCATION.

AND ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE SHARE WITH US? WE JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THEY'RE VERY VALUABLE SERVICES.

THANK YOU JUDGE ALLEN FOR COMING OUT TO THE GRAND OPENING AS WELL AS, UM, COMMISSIONER MIKE HUNT.

UM, YOUR PRESENCE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

UM, YOU LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO, UM, KAUFMAN COUNTY.

AND IT'S CERTAINLY APPRECIATED AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO, TO REALLY GET EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

I CERTAINLY WILL REACH OUT TO THE CONSTABLES THERE.

THAT'S HIM.

JJ JOHNSON ON THE BACK.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I WROTE HIS NUMBER DOWN FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO I WILL.

THANK THAT PHONE CALL TODAY.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

HE'S GOING TO DISCUSS PRESENT THE, UH, UH, TREASURER'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH OF 24 AND A QUARTERLY REPORT FOR JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF 24.

OKAY, MR. MONN,

[4. Chuck Mohnkern: Discuss/Accept the Treasurer's Monthly Report for March 2024 and the Quarterly Report for January through March 2024.]

MORNING, CHUCK.

MORNING.

UH, AS OF THE END OF UH, MARCH, WE HAD $46,551,000 IN FUND 10.

OUR, UH, INTEREST EARNINGS IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK FOR THAT MONTH, $2,992.

UH, OUR EARNINGS ON OUR INVESTED FUNDS $532,434.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT INVESTED IN TAX POOL WAS, UH, 23,424,499.

TOTAL INVESTED IN TEXAS CLASS 81,909,541.

OUR AVERAGE YIELD ON THE TAX POOL INVESTMENT, 5.4735% AVERAGE YIELD ON TEXAS CLASS 5.4652%.

THE, UH, TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS AND AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK ACCOUNTS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 45,126,604.

THE VALUE OF THE, UH, COLLATERAL AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE BANK HOLDS IS 54,126,996.

SO OUR COLLATERALIZATION IS 120%, WHICH IS VERY GOOD.

IT'S THE, UH, PERCENTAGE INVESTED.

71.41% OF OUR CASH PERCENTAGE IN THE BANK IS 28.59%.

WE WROTE 400 RECEIPTS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH FOR, UM, $5,270,126.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MONTHLY REPORT? I THINK IT'S A GREAT REPORT.

EXTREMELY WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM ON THE MONTHLY REPORT? NO.

NO.

I NEED THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY REPORT.

MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. BARR MAKES MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. PHILLIPS

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MAKES A SECOND.

A AYE.

MOTION CARRIES NOW TO THE QUARTERLY REPORT.

OUR, UH, EARNINGS FOR THE QUARTER AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.

$10,740 AT TEX POOL, EXCUSE ME.

$264,008 EARNINGS AT, UH, TEXAS CLASS $1,125,439 FOR, UH, TOTAL EARNINGS FOR THAT QUARTER OF 1.4 MILLION.

OUR, UH, EARNINGS YEAR TO DATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2,599,000 301 95.

THE, UH, TOTAL EARNINGS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH, UH, WOULD BE THE FIRST QUARTER 1.4 MILLION.

AND THAT COMPARED TO OUR INTEREST EARNED FOR THE, UH, LAST, UH, CALENDAR YEAR, FIVE POINT, UH, 2 MILLION.

SO WE'RE ON THE WAY TO, UM, EARNING AT LEAST THE SAME AMOUNT THIS YEAR ON, UH, OUR INVESTMENTS.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

LITTLE OVER 5 MILLION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHUCK? IF NOT, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THE QUARTERLY REPORT.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. HUNT MAKES THE MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. TRUMP MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

LET JUST GET THESE SIGNED AND WE'LL GET Y'ALL STARTED.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

I DOING THE SAME PLACE.

MIKE.

THERE'S TWO THERE.

OH, THERE'S TWO HERE.

OH, THERE'S, OKAY.

ANYTHING THEY GOT YOU TRAINED THREE WHICH ONE'S TO SIGN, DON'T THEY? I'VE BEEN WHIPPING UP .

NUMBER

[5. Pam Corder: Discuss/Consider taking appropriate action on Hayter Engineering's letter of recommendation to award a construction contract to Talbert Companies in the amount of $223,713.15 for TxCDBG Project CDV21-0039 and present the TDA Form A 1024 CDBG Section 3 goals and concepts as related to the CDBG Program and Grant Contact CDV21-0039.]

FIVE.

MS. PAM CARTER.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER TAKING APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE HEDER ENGINEERING'S LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO TALBERT COMPANIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $223,713 AND 15 CENTS FOR THE TEXAS CCB CDBG PROJECT AND CDV DASH 21 DASH OH 39.

AND PRESENT THE TDA FARM A 10 24 CDBG SECTION.

THREE GOALS AND CONCEPTS AS RELATED TO THE PROGRAM.

AND GRANT CONTRACT CDV 21 DASH OH 39.

THAT'S A LOT.

THAT IS A LOT.

YEAH, IT IS.

SO TO MAKE IT REALLY SIMPLE, SO THIS IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT THAT KAUFFMAN COUNTY WAS AWARDED PRECINCT FOR, UH, VALENTINE ROAD.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME TRYING TO GET THIS TO GO.

WE WENT OUT FOR BIDS, EVERYTHING CAME IN REALLY HIGH.

WE WENT BACK OUT FOR BIDS AND WE GOT WHERE WE WANTED TO BE.

SO, UM, SO THE AWARD IS $350,000 WORTH OUR MATCH.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MONEY HERE AND THERE, ENGINEERING AND ADMINISTRATION.

AND, UM, THIS PRESENTATION IS JUST A MUST FOR THIS GRANT.

SURE.

ASSISTED HOUSING RESIDENTS, OR 75% OF ALL LABOR HOURS FOR THE BUSINESS IN THE THREE MONTHS PERIOD.

SO IF Y'ALL JUST WANNA BEAR WITH ME.

UM, SO KAUFFMAN COUNTY RECENTLY, UH, RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING GRANT AND JUDGE READ THE, READ THE GRANT NUMBER AND THE AMOUNT OF $350,000 FOR RECONSTRUCTION ALONG VALENTINE DRIVE.

THE GRANT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT VIA THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN TEXAS, UH, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

AS A CONDITION OF THE FUNDING, THE COUNTY MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION THREE OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1968.

TO THE GREATEST EXTENT FEASIBLE GRANT RECIPIENTS MUST DIRECT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES GENERATED BY THE CDBG FUNDS TO LOW TO VERY LOW INCOME PERSONS.

IN PART THIS MEANS TO ENSURE THAT SECTION THREE BUSINESSES HAVE THE INFORMATION TO SUBMIT THE BIDS OR PROPOSALS FOR THE PROJECT.

AND THAT SECTION THREE WORKERS HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AVAILABLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO THE PROJECT.

A COMPANY MAY QUALIFY AS A SECTION THREE BUSINESS IF IT IS OWNED BY A LOW INCOME PERSONS OR IS OWNED BY SECTION EIGHT

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OR PERFORMED BY SECTION THREE WORKERS.

THAT'S THE WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN REGISTER.

SO THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES GRANT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY SELECTED, ENGINEERING SERVICES WE'VE SELECTED.

AND, UH, THE PRIME CONTRACTOR FOR THE, THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION ALONG VALENTINE DRIVE SUB AND SUBCONTRACTORS FOR THE PROJECT.

YOU MAY QUALIFY AS A SECTION THREE WORKER IF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME IS BELOW THE COUNTY THRESHOLD FOR YOUR FAMILY SIZE.

AND IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY, UM, WITH A YOUTHBUILD PER A YOUTH BUILD PARTICIPANT SECTION THREE WORKERS THAT RESIDE NEAR THE PROJECT LOCATION MAY ALSO QUALIFY AS TARGET SECTION THREE WORKERS.

THEIR PROJECT AREAS WE TALKED ABOUT IS BALLANTINE ROAD.

THE COUNTY WILL TRACK ALL HOURS WORKED ON THIS PROJECT BASED ON THE THREE CATEGORIES OF WORKERS.

THIS WILL REQUIRE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN INCOME INFORMATION AND THEN THIS IS JUST MORE INFORMATION, UM, THAT SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT.

AND SO THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY COMMENTS FROM MS. PAM? NO.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

IT'S, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I KNOW THE CITIZENS IN THIS AREA ARE GONNA APPRECIATE THE MONEY TO GET SOME WORK DONE.

EXACTLY FOR CERTAINLY.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. TOM MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I SECOND.

COMMISSIONER.

MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[6. Kristi Dickey and Tiffani Followwell: Discuss/Approve the Kaufman County Preparedness Festival for September 28,2024, at Ben Gill Park in Terrell from 10AM -4PM.]

SIX.

CHRISTY DICKEY AND TIFFANY.

DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY PREPAREDNESS FESTIVAL FOR SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2024 AT THE BEN GI PARK IN TERRELL FROM 10 TO FOUR.

YES SIR.

YOU WANNA COME? YEAH.

SO, UM, WE'RE WANTING TO DO A KAUFFMAN COUNTY, UH, PREPAREDNESS FESTIVAL.

UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WANTING TO DO.

OR THOUGHT ABOUT DOING SINCE I STARTED WORKING HERE.

UM, WE WENT TO THE ELLIS COUNTY PREPAREDNESS FESTIVAL LAST YEAR AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.

UM, WHEN CHRISSY TOLD ME SHE ALSO WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I WAS LIKE, WE SHOULD BECOME A TEAM AND DO THIS.

SO, UM, WE WANNA DO IT 'CAUSE UM, MORE OF WHY I WANNA DO IT IS 'CAUSE I WANNA SHOW THE COMMUNITY ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND, UH, SHOW THEM HOW AND SHOW THEM HOW.

AND THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO BE MORE RESILIENT, LIKE DURING A DISASTER.

AND THEY CAN HELP IN ANY WAY THEY CAN.

UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS, UH, STARTED ALREADY.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY THOUGHT OF THE VENDORS THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK.

AND IF ANYBODY, UM, THAT WE DON'T ASK WANTS TO BECOME A VENDOR, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO US AND ASK IF THEY COULD BE A VENDOR.

UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD TRUCKS.

UM, WE'RE GONNA ASK, UH, FOR SPONSORSHIP TO GET LIKE TABLES AND STUFF OUT THERE.

UM, AND WE EVEN HAVE A SCHEDULE, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO SEE IF LIKE WE CAN GET CARE FLAT TO BRING THEIR HELICOPTER SO PEOPLE CAN SEE LIKE THE HELICOPTER AND THE BOX.

UM, WE'RE GONNA DO DEMOS LIKE STOP, DROP AND ROLL DEMOS FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN AND HOW TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

YEP.

SCHOOL WILL BE IN, YOU THINK THE SCHOOLS WILL BRING STUDENTS OUT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS? ARE YOU GOING TO CONTACT THE SCHOOLS? YES.

SO FORNEY, ISD ACTUALLY HAS A-A-F-J-R-O-T-T-C TEAM.

WE'RE GONNA ASK IF THEY COULD COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER, UM, AND HELP OUT ACTUALLY.

DURING THE FAIR.

BUT YES, WE ARE GONNA CONTACT THE SCHOOL TO SEE IF THEY WANNA SET UP A BOOTH.

AND DO AND HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET THIS OUT TO THE COUNTY RESIDENTS? UH, LOTS OF, UH, OF MARKETING.

SO WE'RE GONNA POST IT ON THE FACEBOOK, UH, HOPEFULLY ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND THEN, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, POSTING A FLYER OR GETTING FLYERS OUT TO THOSE CHILDREN.

UM, AND THEN MARKETING THOSE UH, TO THE PARENTS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU CONTACT THE KIDS, THE KIDS ARE GONNA TELL THE PARENTS, HEY, I WANNA GO HERE.

UM, IT IS ON A SATURDAY.

UM, ALSO DURING FOOTBALL TIME, SO THERE'S PEEWEE FOOTBALL IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

UM, SO I, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT THERE.

UH, ALSO CONTACTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE AREA, UM, TO PARTICIPATE AND THEN HAVING THEM REACH OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

DO YOU THINK NEWSPAPERS MIGHT GIVE YOU SOME UH, FREE YES, SIR.

SINGLE, SINGLE PIECE OF MAIL.

SOMETHING ON THE FRONT PAGE, I'M SURE WHERE THEY COULD BE SEEN.

YES SIR.

UM, SOME OF THE CITIES, I DON'T KNOW WHO, DEAN, DO YOU KNOW IF LIKE KEMP, WHEN THEY SEND OUT A WATER BILL, IS IT AN ENVELOPE OR JUST A ONE THING? WE COULD PUT A LIKE A LITTLE FLYER IN THERE.

IT'S, IT'S JUST A

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A SINGLE PIECE OF MAIL.

BUT I'M SURE MOST, SO WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE.

IF YOU CONTACT ALL THE CITIES, THERE'S LOTS OF MEDIA WAYS TO BE CONTACTED.

EXACTLY.

AND I'M SURE OUR PAPER RIGHT BACK THROUGH HE YES, DEFINITELY THERE'S CONTACT, RIGHT? YES.

AND WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING A LOT OF LIVE, UM, DEMONSTRATIONS, INTERACTIONS, UM, TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

UH, WE WANT TO DO, UH, LIKE A LIVE, UM, KINDA LIKE A BURN AND LEARN, UH, TO TEACH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLOSE THOSE DOORS BEFORE YOU DOSE, YOU KNOW, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE, IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN IT PREVENTS, COULD PREVENT THE SMOKE COMING INTO THE ROOM.

UM, ALSO HAVING UM, A DRONE, THE DRONE AVAILABILITY, UH, TO SHOW WHAT, UM, THE INFRARED, WHEN THERE IS A WILDFIRE, UM, WILDLAND FIRE SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DEMONSTRATION SO THEY CAN SEE THAT.

UM, ALSO HAVING, UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, WEATHER 11 ON WHEELS, UM, TO COME OUT AND DO WEATHER DEMONSTRATIONS.

SOUND LIKE YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT ALREADY.

THAT'S MY, I TELL YOU ONE THING THAT, UH, WHENEVER I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION IN DUNCANVILLE AND WE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS ANNUALLY, THE THING THAT REALLY DREW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE EXTRICATIONS.

AND IF YOU CAN GET A COUPLE OF CARS THERE AND ACTUALLY DO A EXTRICATION WITH THE CARE FLIGHT PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND REMOVE THE PA I MEAN IT JUST DREW BIG CROWDS.

UH, EVERYTHING ELSE JUST DIDN'T COMPARE TO, THEY WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN WATCHING THE TOOLS WORK AND YOU SIR, EVERYTHING.

SO YES, WE OFF, UH, REACHED OUT TO TEXA AGRILIFE TO SEE IF THEY COULD BRING OUT THEIR SEATBELT CONVINCER.

SO, UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S LIKE THEY, SOMEONE CAN SET IN THIS THING AND THEY PUT THEIR SEATBELT ON AND IT GOES LIKE, I THINK EIGHT MILES AN HOUR AND IT STOPS REALLY FAST.

SO IT CONVINCES YOU, YOU LIKE, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WEARING YOUR SEATBELT AT ALL TIMES.

GOOD.

IT GETS THE CROWD INTO IT TOO AND WANT TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE AND SEE.

SO.

WELL THAT COULD BE A GREAT EVENT.

YES, I REALLY DO.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED.

APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING IT.

WILTON PRESENT PRESENTATION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO.

ALRIGHT.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS THEN.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. BARBER MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. PHILLIP MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

IF YOU NEED THERE, ANYTHING WE CAN DO IS A COURT.

[7. Carrie Anne Wilson-Woolverton: Presentation of the Kaufman County Homestead Program by the Kaufman County Historical Commission.]

SEVEN.

CARRIE ANN WILSON.

THE KAMAN COUNTY HOMESTEAD PROGRAM BY THE KAMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

GOOD MORNING LADIES.

HI.

WE HAVE SORT OF A TWOFOLD PRESENTATION.

THAT'S OKAY.

GOOD.

THIS IS KELSEY AND SHE'S GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE HOMESTEAD DAY THAT WE JUST HAD A GOOD RAINY DAY.

IT WAS A RAINY DAY AND I'M KELSEY.

BUT DESPITE THE RAIN, WE HAD OVER 300 PEOPLE COME.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT WAS, NO ONE CARED ABOUT THE RAIN OR THE HURRICANE WE WERE GOING THROUGH, BUT OVER 300 PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE DOORS.

WE HAD HALF THE VENDORS HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY 'CAUSE THEY SOLD OUT OF EVERYTHING.

WE HAD PEOPLE LINED UP TO HEAR THE SPEAKERS.

UM, THE NUMBER ONE THING I HEARD WAS, WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE AND CAN IT BE AGAIN THIS YEAR? AND SO THE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY IS THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE IN THE FALL AND ONE IN THE SPRING.

UM, IT WAS JUST WILEY SUCCESSFUL AND I'M CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WE WOULD'VE DONE IF THE SUN WAS SHINING.

WE WOULD'VE BEEN NOT PREPARED FOR THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME THROUGH THERE.

SO IT GETS US EXCITED.

WE ARE THANKFUL WE GOT TO DO IT, BUT NOW WE KNOW WE NEED A VERY LARGE AREA.

VERY LARGE AREA.

THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED.

I I REALLY WISH WE, THE WEATHER WOULD'VE WORKED WITH US AND WE COULD HAVE USED THE POOR FARM.

ABSOLUTELY.

'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A GYM THERE AT THE POOR FARM AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY TO PRESERVE IT.

AND THE COMMUNITY JUST REALLY NEEDS TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT THERE.

AND IF, IF THIS HAD BEEN OUT THERE, IT, IT WOULD'VE REALLY BEEN AWESOME.

SO WE REALLY WANNA HAVE IT OUT THERE NEXT TIME AND HAVE EVERYBODY JUST ENJOY THE POOR FARM AND THE NETWORK.

THERE WAS A TON OF NETWORKING GOING ON WITH EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARKING THAT OUR, OUR, WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE PARKING AT THE POOR FARM.

SO IT WAS A BLESSING BECAUSE NOW WE REALIZE THAT WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO UTILIZE BOTH AREAS SOMEHOW.

BECAUSE THE PARKING, I MEAN THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WAS UNIMAGINABLE.

GARDENERS CAME AND DID A GREAT JOB AND THEN WE HAD THE LINEUP OF THE SPEAKERS AND THIS YOUNG GIRL RIGHT HERE WAS AMAZING, AMAZING TO WORK WITH AND DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

WELL, MAYBE, MAYBE THE RAIN HELPED INSTEAD OF HINDERING MAYBE EVERYBODY ELSE, EVERYTHING ELSE WAS CANCELED AND GUESS WHAT? YEAH, , THEY ALL CAME OVER.

I MEAN, MAYBE IT, MAYBE IT JUST WORKED BACKWARDS.

MAYBE, MAYBE JUST DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE WANNA SAY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO KAUFFMAN COUNTY FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

'CAUSE THEY WERE AMAZING TO HELP US SWITCH GEARS AND GET EVERYTHING READY.

UH, THE MASTER

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WELL IT WAS REALLY HER VISION.

OH IT WAS? YES.

TO, TO PUT THIS THING ON.

SO, AND, AND AMAZING DOESN'T DESCRIBE WHAT SHE DID.

SO IT'S, IT'S, THANK YOU .

T-SHIRT, T-SHIRTS, EVERYONE.

THAT'S GREAT.

I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT NEWS ABOUT IT.

GOOD, GOOD.

WE'RE SO EXCITED.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA MEET AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER DATE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR JUST 'CAUSE EVERYONE IS SO EXCITED AND WE WANNA KEEP IT GOING.

WE SOLD A TON OF BOOKS ABOUT THE HERITAGE OF KAUFMAN, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

SO IT WAS REALLY FUN TO MEET ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE ACTUALLY INTERESTED.

HOMESTEAD DAY.

T-SHIRTS FLYING OFF THE SHELF.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THANK YOU BELIEVING IN US AND LETTING US DO IT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.

UM, I'M WITH THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

MY NAME'S KERRY WOOLVERTON AND WE HAVE STARTED A PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE THE EARLY SETTLERS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY.

AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING MY, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE REASON THAT THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT.

THANK, THANK YOU.

UM, BEING ON THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE EMPHASIZING THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTY AND HOW IT WAS FORMED.

AND WHAT WE WANNA DO IS RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE AND ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED THIS COUNTY.

AND SO EARLY SETTLERS ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1840 AND 1870.

THEY EITHER CAME HERE, THEY, UM, LIVED HERE, THEY WERE BORN HERE, THEY DIED HERE.

THEY DID BUSINESS HERE IN ANY WAY FAVORABLY IMPACTED OUR COUNTY AND HELPED US GET IT GOING AND BEING ESTABLISHED AND BEING THE GREAT PLACE IT IS TO LIVE TODAY.

AND WE HAVE SO MANY FABULOUS RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZED WHEN THEY CAME HERE.

AND SO THE EARLY SETTLERS OF KAUFFMAN COUNTY HAS BEEN BORN AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S A FREE SERVICE.

UH, WE'RE NOT CHARGING PEOPLE.

THEY CAN SEND US THEIR INFORMATION TO APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE.

IT'S FREE FROM OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

AND WE ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGING IT.

WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A LOT OF, UM, UH, PROMOTION OF THIS BECAUSE THE FAMILIES ARE ALWAYS SO THRILLED, UH, WHEN THEY RECEIVE THIS KIND OF INFORMATION AND THEY REALIZE IT GIVES 'EM A, A SENSE OF BELONGING.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO APPLY FOR THIS DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY LIVE HERE.

WE JUST WANT THEIR ANCESTOR TO LIVE HERE, .

AND, UH, SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

AND THIS IS THE HANDOUT THAT, UM, THAT PEOPLE CAN FILL OUT AND SEND IN THEIR INFORMATION.

AND TODAY WE'RE AWARDING CERTIFICATE NUMBER ONE TO AN EARLY SETTLER WHOSE NAME WAS NATHAN ROBERT BELL.

HE WAS A MEDICAL DOCTOR HERE IN KAUFMAN AND HE MOVED HERE FROM ALABAMA WITH HIS YOUNG FAMILY AND UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY HERE IN 1856.

BUT HE IS OUR CERTIFICATE NUMBER ONE.

AND UH, WE JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT THIS PILOT PROGRAM EXISTS AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.

LET'S GET A PICTURE.

I THINK.

I THINK YEAH.

PAM WANTED TO SEE A PICTURE.

LET'S ALL, LET'S ALL, CAN YOU SAY HOW THE PUBLIC CAN GET A HOLD OF US TO YES.

GET THIS.

YOU CAN CONTACT PAM WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OR YOU CAN CONTACT ME.

MY UH, MY ADDRESS, MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS ON HERE AND UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US.

WE CAN PULL, WE, WE CAN PROBABLY, WE'LL ADD IT, WE'LL ADD A LINK ON, ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

DO YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY ANCESTORS STILL LIVING HERE OF UH, THE FIRST ONE? DO WE KNOW THAT YET? ME, YOU GUESS THAT ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

LET'S GO DOWN.

HE IS MY, UM, GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.

ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS ALONG AND GET DOWN THERE.

I'LL, WE'LL GET DO YOU HAVE THAT PHONE? I, OH SHE'S GONNA TAKE IT.

I'LL SEND IT YOU AND THEN LOUIS WILL TAKE OUR PICTURE TOO.

YOU WANT SCOOT RIGHT OVER? DID IT HERE? DO WHAT? DID IT STAY ON? YES.

HEY, GOT DIFFERENT ON MY WALL.

AND SHE'S FELL IN LOVE WITH THE MAPS IN THE BACK.

SO LAND MAPS.

OH YEAH.

DIGGING THROUGH SOME MAPS.

YES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ACTUALLY VERY PAM COME THIS WAY.

WHEN YOU GET ABOUT PAM GET IN YOU GUYS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO DO IS CHECK OUT Y'ALL'S HERITAGE SO THAT I CAN AFFORD YOU ANCESTORS.

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CAN PHOTOSHOP ME? YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

ALL RIGHT.

GREAT INFORMATION.

LOOKING FORWARD TO YEP.

MOVING ON WITH THAT.

OKAY, NUMBER EIGHT,

[8. Garrett Moore: Discuss/Approve the Precinct 3 county right of way repairs.]

GARRETT MOORE.

WE ARE GOING TO UH, APPROVE, DISCUSS THE PRECINCT THREE RIGHT OF WAY REPAIRS.

WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THAT 'CAUSE THEY FOUND SOME AREAS THAT THEY'VE NOT FIXED YET.

SO NO MORE PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

OKAY? OKAY.

THAT'S THE OPEN END FOR DEAL

[9. Jack Sebatian: Discuss/Consider advertising bids for an annual contract for Roadside Mowing and Tree Trimming for all Precincts.]

NUMBER NINE.

MR. JACK, COME FORWARD MR. JACK.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADVERTISING BIDS FOR ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR ROADSIDE MOWING AND TREE TRIMMING FOR ALL PRECINCTS.

YES SIR.

UH, GENTLEMEN, I THINK WE HAVE THE MOWING ON UH, PREVIOUS AGENDA.

UH, I'D LIKE TO ADD, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO BACK OUT AND PUT THE MOWING AND TREE TRIMMING TOGETHER.

UH, CURRENTLY I HAVE INPUT FROM UH, PRECINCT THREE.

I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF GENTLEMAN HAVE HAVE THE NEED FOR TREE TRIMMING AND MOWING, BUT IF YOU DO, I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR INPUT ON THAT FAR AS, UH, ANY KIND OF SPEC OR ANYTHING YOU'D REQUIRE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU GO OUT AND MEET SOMEONE OUT THERE AND SHOW 'EM A PIECE OF LAND YOU WANT MOW OR TREES TRIMMED, IT'S EASY TO DO.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT IT IN AN ANNUAL CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW LIKE WIDTH, YOU KNOW WHAT SIZE TREES? MM-HMM.

, UH, ARE YOU MULCHING ON THE ROAD? DO YOU PICK UP TRASH? ANY KIND OF INPUT YOU CAN GIVE, GIVE ME BE GREAT SO WE CAN GET SOMETHING OUT.

IT'S UH, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE ALL WE, IF A TREE IS REALLY TOO DANGEROUS FOR MY PEOPLE TO, TO DEAL WITH, YOU NEED TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL.

YEAH, AGREE.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY TIME WE USE 'EM IN OUR PRECINCT.

BUT, UH, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, I TALKED TO JACK AND I MENTIONED TO Y'ALL ABOUT, UM, WHEN WE DO BUDGET THIS YEAR TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRYING TO DO A CONTRACT LIKE THIS FOR JUST LITTLE ABATEMENT, YOU KNOW, NOT PICKING UP BIG THINGS, ICE BOXES THROWN IN THE DITCH OR WHATEVER.

WE CAN STILL HANDLE THAT, BUT JUST TO PICK UP THE LITTER IN OUR COUNTY, ON OUR COUNTY ROADS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEY CHANGED THE LAW WITH THE MISDEMEANORS AND STUFF, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO UTILIZE THE INMATES LIKE WE WERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

UH, JACK GAVE ME A NAME OF A COMPANY AND I CALLED 'EM AND THEY WERE GONNA CALL ME BACK AND THEY NEVER DID.

AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS KIND OF HARD TO, I KNOW THE STATE DOES IT, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE COUNTY ROAD.

SO, AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT RESEARCH WE DID, WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME, UH, CHECKING AROUND AND CALLING IN OTHER COUNTIES ONLINE.

WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANYONE THAT PROVIDES THAT SERVICE.

UH, NOW I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY OF THE CONFERENCES EVER EVEN BROUGHT UP.

I KNOW, BUT STATE DOES IT FOR THEIR ROADWAY.

SO THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DO IT, BUT KINDA, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD ABOUT 'EM, BUT IT IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO GET 'EM OUT THERE.

AND THEY MAY HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE AT SOME, SO, AND I I UNDERSTAND IT.

I MEAN THEY, THEY I'D HOW MANY MILLIONS OF MILES THAT IS.

THERE'S A BUNCH.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS SO WE CAN TRY TO DEAL WITH IT.

YOU KNOW, JUST TO, ALRIGHT.

MAYBE, MAYBE WE CAN START USING THE BLOCK CAMERAS TO CATCH PEOPLE THROWING STUFF OUT THE WINDOWS.

MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER PHIPPS.

THERE YOU GO.

HEY, WE NEED A LAW THAT WE DID THAT BACK IN THE DAY.

ACTUALLY, MIKE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE NUMBER NINE.

OH, I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION BUT I WON'T BE USING THEM, BUT I MEAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR 'EM.

HAVE A SECOND.

NO, SECOND.

MR. BARBER, MAKE SECOND.

CONSIDER ADVERTISING OF BID FOR ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTOR SERVICES.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

JACK, ONCE AGAIN DISCUSS,

[10. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider advertising bids for an annual contract for Miscellaneous Contractor Services.]

SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS THAT, JACK? WELL, WE, UH, IN, IN THE BEGINNING WE WERE TALKING TO FACILITIES AND TRYING TO PUT OUT A CONTRACT FOR, UH, HIRE A CARPENTER, CARPET LAYER, UH, SHEET ROCK GUY.

SO WE COULD UTILIZE THOSE FOLKS AT ANY TIME.

AND FACILITIES HAS ASKED THAT I TABLE THIS AND TAKE THIS OFF.

SO I NEED MOTION TO TABLE NUMBER 10.

UH, WE JUST, ARE WE GONNA PUT IT BACK ON NEXT WEEK? IF YOU TABLE IT, WE GONNA TABLE IT.

WE GONNA PASS IT? I THINK WE'RE GONNA REMOVE IT.

IF WE JUST WE'RE GOING PASS IT THEN JUST PASS IT WON'T, WON'T HAVE TO GO BACK ON THERE NEXT WEEK.

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

AUDITOR.

GOOD MORNING MS. BRANDY.

SO WE HAVE SUBMITTED, UM, FOR YOUR APPROVAL, SOME LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS, JUST ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.

WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS CONSIDER LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS OR CORRECTIONS.

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UM, WHEN WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.

MAYOR TO MAKES A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. BAR MAY 2ND.

, ONCE AGAIN DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

A MOTION CARRIED MS.

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

UM, YES.

SO WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR, UM, PAYMENTS FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES.

THE TOTAL'S GONNA BE $641,940 AND 86 CENTS.

AND MOST OF THAT IS MADE UP OF BOOKS AND RECORDS, PRESERVATIONS AND ROAD MATERIALS AND CULVERTS.

YOUR APPROVAL.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

I THINK I BEAT HIM ON THAT ONE.

YOU BEAT HIM.

MR. BARR MAKES SECOND.

MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

[13. Adjourn Meeting]

NO, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT DO HAVE A SECOND.

I WON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH DOING THAT.

I'LL SECOND MAYOR TRUMP, MAKE SECOND.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.