* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] OKAY. WE'D [Call to Order] LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. TODAY IS APRIL THE 30TH. IT'S AMAZING HOW FAST THIS YEAR IS MOVING ALONG. UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR INVOCATION FIRST LED BY COMMISSIONER MOORE, AND THEN COMMISSIONER PHELPS IS GONNA LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGES. SO IF YOU WILL STAND WITH ME, PLEASE LET PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR EACH INNER PERSON IN HERE TODAY, BEING PART OF THE COUNTY, AND WHAT WE DO HERE. LORD, WE PRAY THAT DECISIONS MADE TODAY WILL BE DECISIONS THAT YOU'D HAVE US TO MAKE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS THAT YOU GIVE US EACH AND EVERY DAY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LOT, AND, BUT WE STILL APPRECIATE THE RAIN. WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE SUNSHINE THAT COMES WITH IT. AND LORD, I JUST GIVE YOU PRAISE AND YOUR SON'S HOLY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. OUR BLESSED ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TWO, YOUR REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, PROTECT, FLAG, PLEAD ALLEGIANCE TO LEAD OF TEXASES. ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE. AND I THANK YOU. OKAY. [1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE] ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE? YES. WHAT YOU GOT, MIKE? YES. UH, WE HAVE A CLEANUP, UH, MAY 4TH FROM NINE TO FOUR. UH, ALL ITEMS TAKEN, UH, ARE, UH, MATTRESSES. FURNITURE APPLIES AS TRASH AND RECYCLABLES, NO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, DUMP TRAILERS, OR NO. ENCLOSED, UH, CA CATTLE TRAILERS ARE CLOSED. ENCLOSED TRAILERS, UH, TIRES ARE GONNA BE ACCEPTED ON MAY 4TH. IT'S THE LIMIT 10 PER HOUSEHOLD AND PASSENGER TIRES ONLY. UH, IT'S GONNA BE AT THE KAUFFMAN CONVENIENCE STATION AND HERE IN KAUFFMAN. UM, ITEMS THAT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, JUST TO KINDA LET Y'ALL KNOW. BARBED WIRE, BRICKS, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, ROCK ROOFING, SHINGLES, BRUSH BOATS, BOATS, TRAVEL TRAILERS, OR DEAD ANIMALS. SO GONNA GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT, UH, THEY CAN TAKE. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? NO, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON [2. CONSENT AGENDA] TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THERE. IF Y'ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE. WE DID. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO BE MADE? NO. IF NOT, ANY MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. PHIS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. COMMISSIONER HUNT. MAKE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NUMBER THREE. [3. Agent Sharp and Agent Sotzing: Present/Accept the Commissioner's Quarterly Report for Kaufman County's Extension Office.] AGENT SHARP AND AGENT. SO, SO, OKAY. PRESENT. ACCEPT THE COMMISSIONER'S QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE. MORNING, LADIES. THOUGHT ZING. ZING. LIKE ZING. ZING. WHERE ARE YOU GONNA BE, KAREN? HOW ABOUT JUST, HEY, YOU . WELL, IT'D BE NICE. PROBABLY NOT. DO THAT SHIRT . I'VE BEEN CALLING LOTS OF THINGS, BUT NOT, HEY, YOU OKAY? WE WON'T GO THERE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I'M GONNA TALK FOR TOMMY SINCE HE'S ALRIGHT. DOING SOMETHING FOR HIS, HE'S DOING SOMETHING ELSE. OKAY. T YEAH. TCC, AA THEY HAVING THE NATIONAL CONVENTION THIS SUMMER. SO THEY'RE ALL CO ALL THE AG AGENTS IN THE STATE ARE CRAZY COMING UP. OKAY. SO HE, UH, WORKED ON THE AG INCREMENT, THE 2023 AG INCREMENT REPORT. THE AGRICULTURE INCOME FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY WAS $95,398,000. AND THAT'S UP 70 $772,000 FROM LAST YEAR. SO IT'S UP. DON'T ASK ME HOW HE GETS WITH THAT NUMBER 'CAUSE I COULDN'T TELL YOU. DO YOU KNOW HOW HE GETS THAT NUMBER IF HE TOLD US HE'D HAVE TO KILL US? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. IT'S A COMMON THING. . OKAY. SO, UM, CODMAN COUNTY ASSISTED WITH THE EAST REGION AGRICUL AGRILIFE CONFERENCE AT THE BROOKSHIRE CONVENTION CENTER IN JANUARY, AND THEY HAD OVER 500 PARTICIPANTS. UM, THE LIVESTOCK FORGE COMMITTEE MET TWICE THIS LAST QUARTER, AND THEY PLANTED THEIR, THEY PURCHASED IN OUR PLANTING MEMORIAL TREES IN HONOR OF RONNIE ROBERTS, WHO'S A FORMER AG AGENT, JAMES POSTON AND JANICE POOR, WHO WERE BOTH ACTIVE ON THAT COMMITTEE. SO THEY PLANTED TREES IN THEIR HONOR. UM, HE FINISHED UP AN INTERN CLASS OF MASTER GARDENERS, UM, ACTUALLY THAT FINISHED UP IN THIS MONTH, APRIL, BUT IT WAS JANUARY THROUGH APRIL AND [00:05:01] I THINK THEY ADDED 10 TO 10 ABOUT, NO, IT'S EIGHT, EIGHT INTERNS FOR THEIR NEW CLASS. OKAY. UM, THEIR CLASS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTING LANDSCAPE DESIGN PROPOSALS TO RE LANDSCAPE THE CITY OF COMBINE CITY HALL. AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEIR SECTION OF THE POOR FARM. AND, AND, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT. HE WAS BUSY. THAT IS, YES. IT'S . HE WAS BUSY. UM, FOR MY REPORT, I HOSTED OR TAUGHT AT A COOKING WELL FOR DIABETES AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN KAUFMAN. AND WE HAD 18 FOLKS, UM, TO ATTEND THAT. AND IT WAS A FOUR LESSON SERIES AND THEY ALL, EVERYBODY ENJOYED IT SO MUCH THAT I'M GOING BACK IN MAY TO TEACH SOMETHING, TO TEACH SOME OTHER TOPICS. GOOD. UM, WE DID, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF DOING OUR, UM, NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WE CAN ADDRESS EDU. SO I GUESS IT'S EXTENSIONS, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND, UM, TOMMY HAS, TOMMY DID HIS, AND THEN I'VE DONE MINE. AND, UM, YOU'LL SEE ON MY PAGE HERE ALL OF THE TOPICS THAT THEY, UM, THAT MY COMMITTEE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. FOOD AFFORDABILITY WAS NUMBER ONE. UM, CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION, NUMBER TWO, NUTRITION FOR CHILDREN AND VAPING FOR YOUTH. AND ANOTHER ONE I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING WAS, UM, FAMILY COMMUNICATION. LET'S GET FAMILIES COMMUNICATING. SO THOSE ARE MY TOP FIVE. UM, YOU CAN SEE OTHER, THERE'S OTHER TOPICS TOO. WE HAD ABOUT 12 TOPICS. UM, LET'S SEE. I'VE DONE A LOT OF, UM, FOUR H INVOLVEMENT WITH JUDGING AT CONTESTS, UM, AT DISTRICT LEVEL CONTESTS FOR, UM, FOUR H. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS WALK ACROSS TEXAS KICKED OFF ON MARCH THE 25TH. WE'RE NOT INTO CO IN COMPETITION WITH ANY OTHER COUNTIES REALLY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME TURNOVER IN ROCKWALL AND OKAY. THEY DIDN'T GET, THEY DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T CATCH EACH OTHER IN TIME. THEY STARTED MARCH 5TH, AND WE STARTED MARCH 25TH. SO THERE'S NOT COMPETITION THIS YEAR, BUT TO DATE, WE HAVE 23 TEAMS WITH 153 PEOPLE AND THEY WALKED 21,319 MILES SO FAR. AND WE STILL HAVE A MONTH TO GO. SO, OR ACTUALLY SIX WEEKS TO GO, SO, WELL, NO, IT GOES TO MAY 17TH, SO I FORGET TOMORROW'S MAY . SO, AH, THIS YEAR'S GONE FAST. SO THEY HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS TO GO. THERE YOU GO. AND THAT MEANS OUR NUMBERS ARE UP FROM 1 37 LAST YEAR TO 1 53 THIS YEAR. AND WE'VE ALMOST HIT THE MILES WALK LAST YEAR TOTAL. SO GOOD. YEAH, WE'RE REALLY GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. SO I, THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY. SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THE LIVESTOCK SHOW SEASON'S OVER WITH. AND WE HAD AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL LIVESTOCK SHOW SEASON FOR THE FOUR H PROGRAM GROUP. UM, THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS WE HAVE 64 YOUTH PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR IN EVERYTHING FROM BREEDING RABBITS AND MARKET RABBITS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BIG HEIFERS AND MARKET LAMBS IN THIS. UH, WITH THAT, WE HAD SIX KIDS THAT ACTUALLY, UH, CASH SCRAMBLED AND ALL, UH, TWO OF THEM CAUGHT AT ALL FIVE STOCK SHOWS, AND THEN ALL SIX OF 'EM CAUGHT AT A STOCK SHOW. SO WE ARE NOW PRESENTLY LOOKING FOR PROJECTS TO PUT THOSE KIDS UNDERNEATH. AND SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR MY FOUR H LEADERS HELPING ME LOOK FOR THAT OUT. BUT ENDING UP EVERYTHING, WE CAME HOME WITH 34 DIVISION CHAMPIONS AND 18 OF THOSE MOVED UP TO BRIEF CHAMPIONS. SO I WAS VERY PROUD OF MY KIDS BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING OUT THERE, GETTING THEIR WORK DONE AT HOME. AND MY FOUR H LEADERS ARE HELPING WITH THOSE PROJECT VISITS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THAT DONE. UM, SAN ANTONIO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THAT TEXAS OR KAUFMAN COUNTY FOUR H HAD AN AG MECHANICS TEAM HEAD INTO A MAJOR STOCK SHOW. UM, NOT WANTING TO BRAG, BUT, UH, THOSE FOWLER BOYS WON IT. UM, THEY WON THE MARKETPLACE, WHICH IS WHERE THEY HAVE TO BUILD SOMETHING THEN PRESENT IT LIKE THEY WANNA SELL IT TO YOU. YEAH. AND THEN, UH, THEY CAME BACK AND SO TODAY, YESTERDAY THE CHECK FOR THEIR $20,000 SCHOLARSHIP CAME INTO THE MAIL. SO I'LL BE THAT'S GOOD. I, I'LL BE CONTACTING THAT FAMILY SAYING, DO YOU WANNA DONATE TO US OR YOU WANNA HAVE IT , BUT NO. YEAH, I THINK PROBABLY, I THINK, I THINK THEY HAVE OUR USE FOR IT. I HAVE TO SAY THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS MADE OUT TO KAMAN COUNTY FOR NO, IT ALWAYS COMES THAT WAY ANYWAYS. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE STOCK SHOWS THAT, BUT WE HAVE HAD OTHER PROJECTS GOING ON. WE'VE HAD, UH, KIDS HELPING OUT THE DISTRICT, UH, DISTRICT CONTEST. WE HAD DISTRICT [00:10:01] ROUNDUP THIS LAST, UH, TWO WEEKENDS AGO. UH, WE HAD 19 EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS BEING CHOSEN THERE. 12 OF THOSE KIDS QUALIFIED ONTO DISTRICT OF THE TOS 12. ALL SEVEN OF OUR SENIORS QUALIFIED ON FOR STATE GOOD. AND SO WE'LL BE HEADING THERE THE FIRST FALL WEEK IN JUNE TO PARTICIPATE AND HOPEFULLY GET ALL OF OUR STUFF DONE BEFORE THE MEXICO BRAZIL SOCCER TOURNAMENT MOVES INTO TOWN. THEY AND COLLEGE STATION, THEY'RE HAVING A INTERNATIONAL SOCCER TOURNAMENT. SO IT'S GONNA BE FUN TO COMPETE WITH ALL THE FOUR H STATE KIDS. . SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE, UM, A YOUNG PERSON, UM, KAUFFMAN COUNTY. WE ARE, I'M VERY BLESSED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WANNA GO ON AND PROMOTE THEMSELVES INTO LEADER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. JESSE MAY PEARSON IS THE FIRST CLASS FOR THE, UM, AG CAREER READINESS PROGRAM. IT'S A NEW AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS FOR HER TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE PRO, ALL THE CAREERS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURE, THEN GO PROMOTE THAT IN THEIR, IN OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THAT IT'S JUST NOT COWS PLAZA AND CELLS. THERE'S ENGINEERING, THERE'S WATER DYNAMICS, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS. MM-HMM. . UM, ALSO WITH THAT IS, UM, WE HAVE TWO SENIORS THAT APPLIED, UH, FOR DISTRICT COUNCIL POSITIONS. KATIE JUTT AND ELI STE HAVE APPLIED. AND I JUST FOUND OUT FROM DAN YOUNG, OUR FOUR H SPECIALISTS. THEY HAVE, UH, ONE, SO WE HAVE THE FI WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DISTRICT COUNCIL AND OUR COUNTY AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN. SO WITH THAT, I'M BEING VERY, I'M VERY HAPPY FOR ALL THOSE KIDDOS. OUR STERN STITCHES ARE, UM, STILL A GO. WE HAVE ONE LEFT TO GO HERE IN THIS MONTH OF MAY. THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A WEEK OFF. LAST, THIS LAST MONTH WE MADE SUSHI. UM, IT WAS FISH BAIT, ACTUALLY. THE KIDS LEARNED A LOT ABOUT KNIFE SKILLS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND HOW WE HAD NOT TO LICK THEIR FINGERS AND NOT TO LICK THEIR, I DID LEARN THE HARD LESSON OF MAYBE WITH NINE YEAR OLDS NOT TO MAKE CRISPY TR TREATS. THAT'S GOES TO SHOW I DON'T HAVE KIDS. YES. I IMAGINE IT WAS. UM, I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH I LIKED KATIE TO JOIN US BY THE PROGRAMS, SHE WOULD'VE HAD A CONNIPTION THAT DAY. 'CAUSE THEY KEPT LICKING THEIR FINGERS GOING, WHAT'S THE NEXT INGREDIENTS? MS. SHARP? I'M LIKE GOING, DON'T LICK YOUR FINGERS. ANYWAYS, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, , UM, I'VE HAD LOTS OF RESPONSIBILITIES. UM, I GET TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP TABULATE ALL THE DISTRICT CONTESTS. SO I GO THERE AND USE OUR COMPUTER PROGRAMS. UM, I'M ALSO ON THE FARM BUREAU BOARD. WE JUST AWARDED, UH, THREE $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS. AND SO THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS, UM, I GOT SELECTED INTO A PROGRAM THAT WAS STATEWIDE. UM, SO I'M ONE OF 25, UH, EXTENSION PERSONNEL, UH, THAT WAS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM CALLED GROW ALIFE. SO WE'RE LEARNING, IT'S A NINE MONTH PROGRAM. WE GO, I GO ONCE A MONTH EVERY MONTH DOWN TO COLLEGE STATION. AND WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO COMMUNICATE, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE HR WORLD, UH, YOU LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE HOW TO PRESENT OUR IDEAS. UM, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. AND I SIGNED UP FOR THE COURSE AND WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR AND WHAT I'M ACTUALLY DOING IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT BECAUSE IT WAS FIERCE COMMUNICATIONS AND THERE ARE COMMUNICATIONS. IS THAT RIGHT? AND I'M DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE AGE I'M AT, I HAVE HOMEWORK AGAIN, . SO . BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEWS AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GROW THAT POINT. YOU KNOW, Y'ALL STAY EXTREMELY BUSY. A LOT GOING ON FOR OUR YOUTH. AND IT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEY NEED TO LEADERSHIP SKILLS. THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT TAKES. THEY BE RESPONSIBLE. MM-HMM. . SO HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY GET OUR AGE, THEY'LL STILL BE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE STILL TEACHING ALSO. YES. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK, THANK YOU. THAT'S WONDERFUL. I MEAN, I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT. MR. PHELPS MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. MR. ROBERT HUNTER [4. Robert Hunter and Friends of KCVMP Board Members: Discuss/Consider requesting an RFQ to remove/replace the Veterans Park deteriorating concrete structure and begin the planning process to replace it with a Gold Star memorial Monument.] AND FRIENDS OF THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY VETERANS BOARD DISCUSSED, UH, CONSIDER REQUESTING AN RFQ TO REMOVE, REPLACE THE VETERANS PARK DETERIORATING CONCRETE STRUCTURE AND BEGIN THE PLANNING PROCESS TO REPLACE IT WITH THE GOLD STAR MEMORIAL MONUMENT MONUMENT. YEP. COME ON UP, GENTLEMEN. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. SO I HAVE WITH ME TODAY FOUR OF MY BOARD PARK MEMBERS, UH, MR. DANNY BOOTH AT TERRELL. I GOT DALLAS FOX OUT OF SCURRY. MR. RAY RAYMOND, OF COURSE EVERYBODY KNOWS OUTTA KAUFMAN. AND COLONEL ERNIE MARSON OUT OF, UH, KAUFMAN AS WELL. WE'RE MISSING OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MR. UH, JIM JACOBS, WHO'S ILL. AND OUR SECRETARY TREASURER, MS. JODY DELLER. SO WE'RE HERE TODAY, UH, BECAUSE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM, I PRESENTED TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UM, SOME FINDINGS FOR THE FLAGPOLE CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN THE CENTER OF THE PARK. TYPICALLY THE AREA WHERE WE DO, UH, THE PODIUM PRESENTATION FOR OUR CEREMONIES AND, UH, THE DAMAGES AND THE WEAR AND TEAR THAT'S, UH, TAKING PLACE ON IT. UH, IT WAS THE COURT'S RECOMMENDATION AT THAT TIME THAT, UH, WE MIGHT [00:15:01] TRY TO SEEK AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO COME OUT AND EVALUATE THE STRUCTURE AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE STRUCTURE WAS, UH, IF REPAIRS CONTINUED REPAIRS WERE VIABLE, OR IF WE SHOULD CONSIDER REMOVING THE STRUCTURE. UH, WE SOUGHT OUT, UH, UH, AN ENGINEERING FIRM WHO PROVIDED US, UH, SERVICES FOR FREE, UH, KIMLEY HORN, WHICH I PROVIDED, UH, SUBMITTED THE REPORT TO EACH OF YOU. AND IT WAS NOTED IN THE REPORT, OR THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT WERE THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE TO REPAIR THE EXISTING ON GRADE CONCRETE STRUCTURE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE TO MINIMIZE FURTHER SETTLEMENT OR HEAVE. UM, ESSENTIALLY ANY ADDITIONAL CONCRETE WEIGHT THAT WE ADD TO THAT STRUCTURE IS ONLY GOING TO MAGNIFY AND INTENSIFY THE PROBLEM THAT IS ACTUALLY CAUSING THE DAMAGE ANYWAY, WHICH IS THE SINKING. SO, UH, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE, UH, TO DO IS REQUEST, UH, PERMISSION TO SEEK AN RFQ SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF FINDING HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US TO REMOVE THAT PRO, UH, THAT THAT STRUCTURE. UM, WHEN WE REMOVE THIS STRUCTURE, THE, THE FOLLOW UP OR THE REPLACEMENT, THE WAY TO NOT JUST HAVE AN EMPTY HOLE IS WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SECONDARY OR SECOND PART OF THAT PHASE WOULD BE TO, UH, START THE PROCESS OF, UH, PLANNING AND, AND BUDGETING AND PROCURING, UH, A GOLD STAR MONUMENT. UH, I SENT PICTURES OF THAT, UH, AS WELL IN WITH THE PACKET. IT IS A REALLY NICE PACKET. UH, KAUFFMAN COUNTY HAS 270 SERVICE MEMBERS CURRENTLY RECOGNIZED ON OUR WALLS IN THE PARK WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE POTENTIALLY HAVE 270 FAMILIES WHO WOULD THEN BE GOLD STAR FAMILIES. SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A REALLY NICE, UM, ADDITION TO THE PARK. I THINK IT WOULD BE A, A GREAT REPLACEMENT FOR THAT STRUCTURE. UM, WE WOULD TAKE TWO OF THOSE FLAGPOLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, IN THE THREE FLAGPOLE AREA AND MOVE TWO OF THEM OUT TO THE CENTER OF THE PARK WHERE WE HAVE THE VERY LARGE UNITED STATES FLAG. AND THAT WAY WE CAN STILL HONOR, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT DONATED, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PARKS INCEPTION FOR THOSE FLAGPOLES THAT STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT. SO WE WOULD MOVE THOSE OUT THERE, UH, AND THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FLY AT ONE LOCATION, THE TEXAS, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE POW FLAG RATHER THAN HAVING MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE SAME PARK. UM, YEAH. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON THAT? UM, ANY, ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE OR ANY INPUT THAT YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. WHEN THE ENGINEER CAME OUT, DID HE GIVE YOU ANY IDEA AS TO COST, POTENTIAL COST OR TIME TO GROUND ZERO TO START TO WHATEVER, HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO NO, SIR. DO WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE? UH, NO SIR. UH, THE ENGINEERING FIRM ONLY CAME OUT AND DID AN ASSESSMENT ON ESSENTIALLY THE, THE, THE VALUE OF, OF REPAIR VERSUS, UH, DESTRUCTION. IT WAS STATED, UH, THAT, UH, IT'S EVEN IN THE REPORT IT WAS STATED THAT IF KAUFMAN COUNTY DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE THAT PORTION, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO SEEK THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES. UH, WHICH IS WHY, UH, I HAVE READ, UH, AND REQUESTING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SEEK RF QS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THAT. UM, I HAVE DONE AN INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH, UH, FACILITIES, UH, BECAUSE ALSO WITH THAT MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, UH, ALL MY WORK FOR THE PARK IS NOW TO GO THROUGH FACILITIES. SO, UM, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, UH, CASEY, I SPOKE WITH BOBBY BEFORE, BUT I'VE NOW SPOKEN WITH CASEY. UH, CASEY SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DOES THE CONCRETE WORK MAY ACTUALLY ALSO DO THE DEMO WORK. UM, SO WE CAN, WE CAN GET, UH, AN RFQ, UM, AND FIND OUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST AND THEN WE CAN DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, YEAR A, WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THEY DIDN'T GIVE US. AND WHAT I HAD A, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD ASKED FOR, UM, BUT LEGAL SPEAK GETS INVOLVED. UM, I HAD ASKED THEM FOR LIKE WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A WEAR OUT TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHEN DO WE NEED TO REPLACE THIS? SHOULD WE REPLACE IT? NOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPAIR IT. WE WON'T SPEND MONEY TO REPAIR IT, BUT HOW LONG SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO KEEP IT IN PLACE? UM, AND THEY DID NOT, UM, PROVIDE THAT. SO THEY KINDA LEFT THAT TO US. NOW I PROVIDED, UH, AT THAT LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, I BROUGHT, UH, AND SUBMITTED PICTURES OF THE PARK OF THAT STRUCTURE AND THERE ARE, UM, WE DID REPAIRS, UH, MR. RAYMOND, UH, ORGANIZED AND WE SET UP REPAIRS [00:20:01] FOR THAT STRUCTURE. I THINK WE'RE AT TWO YEARS NOW. UM, AND I SENT PICTURES LAST YEAR, UM, A YEAR AND A HALF MAYBE INTO THOSE REPAIRS BEING DONE. AND THE REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE ARE WHAT, WHAT, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW IS WORSE THAN WHAT WE WERE BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED THE REPAIRS. OKAY. UH, JACK, WHERE ARE YOU? IS THIS SOMETHING YOU COULD HELP THEM DO? I'D BE GLAD TO. OKAY. I, I THINK I MIGHT APPROACH IT AS, AS GETTING A, UH, PRICE, LIKE A QUOTE FROM ONE OF YOUR VENDORS THAT YOU KNOW OF, OF AN ESTIMATE. I TAKE IT YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT THIS YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU'RE GETTING A PRICE AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA DO IT NEXT YEAR? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'LL DO IT WHEN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TELLS ME TO DO IT. HE'S GONNA HAVE TO WRITE MY DESIRE. HE'S GONNA WRITE A CHECK. MY DESIRE WOULD BE, THE SOONER WE CAN GET IT DONE AND STARTED THE BETTER. SURE. UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY MONEY IS THE, IS THE DECISION FACTOR IN ALL CASES, AS LONG AS WE HAVE A SCOPE SO THAT WHEN HE GOES OUT FOR BIDS, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE BIDDING. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS BACK AND FORTH THING. THAT WASTES TIME. MM, YES SIR. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DECIDE ON HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT. DOES A PARK BOARD HAVE MONEY TO PUT TOWARD THIS? ARE Y'ALL GONNA HAVE FUNDRAISERS OR WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? HAVE Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT OR? WE, WE'VE NOT TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, THE FUNDRAISING ASPECT FOR THAT PARTICULAR PART. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL FUNDRAISING FOR THE GOLD STAR MONUMENT THAT WE WOULD REPLACE IT WITH, BUT THE ACTUAL REMOVAL, UM, WE'VE NOT REALLY DISCUSSED ANY TYPE OF FUNDRAISING BECAUSE AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO COME AND TALK TO YOU AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE REPORT AND FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT DIRECTION I NEED TO LOOK AT ALL VENUES. I ALSO SAID THAT, UH, I THINK THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW WHO, SOMEBODY'S GOT A BULLDOZER. YOU, WE, WE CAN TEAR IT UP. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TEAR IT UP AND HAUL IT OFF. WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M SAYING, UH, THE COUNTY MIGHT BE ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO, YOU CAN ANYTHING TEAR IT. YEAH. WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD AT, AS LONG AS WE'RE CLEAR, WE'RE TEARING UP JUST THE CONCRETE FLAGPOLES. RIGHT. AND I, AND I AND I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT, THE FLAGPOLES FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION, THEY ARE STILL STANDING STRAIGHT AND THEY'RE GOOD. IT IS JUST THAT THE STUFF AROUND IT HAPPENS TO BE REALLY BAD. THE CONCRETE, JUST, JUST KIND OF AS A SMALL REMINDER, THE, SO THERE'S AN ENTIRE CONCRETE STRUCTURE, WHICH YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH. AND THEN AS A PART OF THAT CONCRETE STRUCTURE, THERE ARE TWO, UH, SOUTH AND NORTH FACING, UH, UH, GRANITE SHEETS, PROBABLY FOUR BY EIGHT SHEETS THAT HAVE ENGRAVINGS ON 'EM. ONE OF 'EM IS, UH, PRESIDENT REAGAN'S, UH, UH, QUOTE. AND ONE IS THE WARS AND THE NUMBER OF, OF SERVICEMEN. WE'VE REPLACED THE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTE TWICE ALREADY. THAT HAS BEEN, UH, DUE TO ITS SETTLING THAT HAS FALLEN AND SHATTERED. WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, UH, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND WE'VE GOTTEN THAT TAKEN CARE OF TWICE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, AROUND THE BASE OF EACH ONE OF THOSE THREE FLAGPOLES, THERE IS A GRANITE SURROUND, IF YOU WILL, A SQUARE GRANITE SURROUND. UM, WHAT LED ME TO GET IT REPAIRED TO BEGIN WITH IS THAT THE GRANITE WAS EITHER A TWO OR THREE INCHES ABOVE THE CONCRETE BECAUSE THE CONCRETE WAS SINKING AND THEY WERE NOT, OR THE GRANITE WAS FALLING WITH IT. AND THEN THERE WAS NOW A TWO OR THREE INCH GAP AT THE TOP. AND SO THEY CAME OUT, FILLED ALL THAT CONCRETE IN, AND WE NOW HAVE THOSE GAPS BACK. UH, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SIGNIFICANT ONE OR TWO INCH OPEN HOLE CRACKS IN THE SURFACE OF THAT. SO, OKAY, WELL GET WITH JACK AND GET AN RFQ PUT TOGETHER. YES, JACK, I ONLY HAVE ONE CONCERN, AND THAT IS, UH, IF WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THE PROJECT, I THINK IT MIGHT BE, MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD METHOD IF WE'RE GOING OUT HERE DOING AN RFQ AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM. RAISE MONEY. EVERYBODY'S SHOWING THEIR HANDS. EVERYBODY KNOWS EACH OTHER'S BIDS, THEN NOW WE GOTTA GO BACK AND REBID IT. YOU KNOW? UH, I THINK IT'D BE BETTER TO GET, GET KIND OF A ESTIMATE FROM SOMEONE TO A BASELINE. AND THEN IF WE DECIDE TO DO IT, MONEY'S THERE THAN PUT OUT RFP. THAT GIVES US TIME. OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING WHERE MONEY'S COMING FROM, WHATEVER UPSET THEY'VE SEEN EACH OTHER'S BID. BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONCRETE GUY WE USE AND HE GIVE US, HE GIVE US AN ESTIMATE. EXACTLY. YOU COULD CALL HIM, HE'D GIVE US AN ESTIMATE. OKAY. LET'S DO THAT. HE MIGHT EVEN CHIP IN. IS IT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU GUYS? SO YOU WANT ME TO REQUEST, YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH FACILITIES AND REQUEST AN RFQ GET WITH JACK FIRST? NO, I'M GET WITH JACK. OKAY. JACK'S GOING TO GET THIS ESTIMATE FIRST SO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, ME AND YOU HAD THAT CONVERSATION YESTERDAY KIND OF ABOUT, WE KIND OF NEED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF MONEY IT IS TO GET IT IN WHATEVER PHYSICAL YEAR IT IS GOING TO BE IN. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET'S PRETTY MUCH SET [00:25:01] THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR BUDGET. BUT, BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE NEW BUDGET AND THIS IS THE TIME EVERYBODY'S GOTTA TURN STUFF IN FOR THE NEW BUDGET. IN FACT, IT'S ALL DUE WHAT, THE 19TH, 15TH. 15TH. YOUR BUDGET JUST IN 15 DAYS, IT'S DUE. IF WE FIND OUT FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT'S GONNA KNOW WHAT METHOD WE NEED TO USE THAT. THERE YOU GO. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, AND THE ESTIMATE WILL INCLUDE DEMOLITION AND, RIGHT. OKAY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE PART OF TEARING OFF PART OF IT AND THEN IT'S CONNECTED TO THE OTHER PART. . WELL, BUT I JUST WELL, HE'S GOT ANOTHER PART COMING TO ALL THIS. AND THIS IS OVER ONE. THIS IS OVER A MONUMENT WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO. OKAY. SO, AND THAT'S, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA REPLACE THAT, THAT PART RIGHT THERE. WE'RE CLEAR EXCEPT WITH MONUMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, GENTLEMEN, THANK Y'ALL FOR SERVING ON THIS BOARD. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THE VETERANS PARK NICE. UP TO DATE. WHAT WE CAN, IT MAY SOMETHING PAM, I DON'T KNOW IF, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME GRANTS TOO. I DON'T KNOW. WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. PAM, WE CAN LOOK INTO FOR HER. OKAY. MM-HMM. . WE CAN TALK TO OUR CONGRESSMAN ABOUT THAT. MM-HMM. . YEAH. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I'M THE NEXT ONE TOO. YEAH, HE IS THE NEXT ONE. YEP. WE GOTTA LIST YOU AGAIN. . WE'RE NOT GETTING, WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF HIM. THAT EASY. HEY, I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING VERY SHORT HERE. I I'M NOT RUNNING ON, SO, ALL RIGHT, NUMBER FIVE. [5. Robert Hunter and Friends of KCVMP Board Members: Discuss/Consider accepting the donation of a Pavilion kit from Nucor Building Systems, Terrell Tx. Valued at approximately $33,000.00] OKAY, SO NUMBER FIVE. HARVARD HUNTER FRIENDS, UH, THE SAME BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPTING A DONATION, A PAV KIT FROM NUCOR BUILDING SERVICES IN TERRELL, VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY 33,000. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO, UH, WE HAVE NUCOR WHO HAVE, UH, OFFERED TO DONATE, UH, A KIT, ONLY THE KIT. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THE GROUNDWORK AND, AND THEN ASSEMBLAGE, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, STRUCTURE WOULD BE A 40 FOOT BY 40 FOOT STRUCTURE WITH AN EIGHT FOOT BY 40 FOOT STORAGE ROOM IN IT WHERE WE CAN STORE ALL OF THE PARKS, UH, THE PODIUMS, THE CHAIRS, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. UH, OUR PLAN IS TO PLACE THIS, UH, EITHER WE, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCEPTABLE, BUT, UH, EITHER THE NORTH FIELD OR THE SOUTH FIELD, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE ON THE SOUTH FIELD. UH, THE STORAGE FACILITY, UH, PORTION OF THE, THE STRUCTURE WOULD MAKE A WALL WOULD, WOULD HELP TO HIDE THAT WEATHER STATION THAT USED TO BE KIND OF HIDDEN BEHIND BUSHES THAT WERE RIPPED OUT. SO IT WOULD HELP TO HIDE THAT. PLUS, LAST YEAR WITH COMMISSIONER HUNT, UM, WE DID A SIDEWALK THAT GOES FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL ALL THE WAY TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE LIBRARY. SO WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE SOUTH, ON THE NORTH, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE SOUTH SIDE, WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEWHAT, UH, UH, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE TO ALREADY GET IT SET UP AND GO THERE. UM, BUT, UH, WE ARE KIND OF AT A POINT WHERE I, I CAN'T MOVE FORWARD. UH, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO OUT AND SEEK, AND I, I SPOKE WITH SOME OF YOU. I DIDN'T WANNA GO OUT AND SPEAK, UM, UH, OR, OR GET MONEY IN QUOTES BECAUSE I, I HA HAVE TO GET APPROVAL THAT WE CAN ACCEPT THE DONATED KIT AND THEN OF COURSE, GET WITH YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT GUIDANCE YOU MAY HAVE AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, WITH THAT PLAN. UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE PODIUM, OR EXCUSE ME, THE PURPOSE OF THE PAVILION OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD NOW CONDUCT OUR CEREMONIES. CURRENTLY WE CONDUCT THE CEREMONIES ON THAT CONCRETE STRUCTURE THAT THE LAST ITEM WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED. UM, SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE US WITH A VERY NICE, UH, DEDICATED PAVILION, UH, THAT WOULD PROTECT OUR FOLKS. THE PAVILION WILL HAVE, UH, I THINK IT'S TWO FOOT SKIRTS COMING DOWN FROM THE ROOF. SO EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF SIDEWAYS RAIN MIGHT STILL NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, FORCE US TO SEEK, UH, AN ALTERNATE LOCATION FOR OUR SERVICES, UH, ON ANY GIVEN DAY. I THINK, UH, TO DATE WE'VE SEVEN YEARS AND I THINK WE'VE HAD TO DO FOUR OF THEM NOW INSIDE THE LIBRARY'S, UH, MEDIA ROOM. RIGHT. AND IT, IT CAN BE RATHER CRAMPED IN THERE. SO THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION. UH, ALSO IT, UH, WHEN NOT BEING USED, OBVIOUSLY FOR SERVICES, IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A REALLY NICE COVERED PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY ENJOY THE PARK AND, AND UTILIZE THE PARK ON A LARGER VOLUME. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. OH YEAH. AND I THINK WE, WE DEFINITELY SHOULD, UH, ACCEPT THE DONATION AND THEN WE CAN GET OUR CONCRETE PEOPLE TO COME AND GET SOME, WELL, THAT'D BE ANOTHER THING. WE'LL TELL JACK TO GET ESTIMATE KIND OF ON THE 40 40 CONCRETE SLAB THAT WOULD HOLD THIS BILLING. AND THAT'S SOMETHING FROM THE SAME PEOPLE THAT HE'S GONNA GET AN ESTIMATE FROM ALREADY. JUST AN ESTIMATE TO GIVE US SOMETHING THAT LETS US KNOW WHAT THE PRICE OF IT IS. SO I HAVE, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA EXPLAIN REALLY QUICK ABOUT, AND ALSO THEY'RE GONNA ORDER THIS, SO IT'S, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU TOMORROW, SO IT'LL BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS OUT OR WHATEVER. AND SO IT COULD BE IN THE NEXT BUDGET FOR US. YEAH. SO I HAVE REQUESTED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, UH, IN FACT [00:30:01] PRIOR TO, UH, UH, THE WHOLE THING, I HAVE REQUESTED A QUOTE FOR CONCRETE ON A 40 FOOT BY 40 FOOT SLAB AND EVERYTHING THROUGH FACILITIES. UM, THEY CAME BACK AND NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPE OF STRUCTURE THAT WAS GONNA BE PUT ON EVERYTHING. GOT A LITTLE BEAM AROUND IT TO HOLD UP WHERE THE SPORTS ARE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO I REALLY COULDN'T GIVE THEM THAT TO, THAT'S WHAT, UH, GENERATED THESE, UH, THAT, THAT I SUBMITTED WITH OUR REQUEST TO BE HERE TODAY. UH, BUT IT'S NOT THE TRUE BUILD KIT. UM, ACCORDING TO NUCOR, WHO MET WITH THE MYSELF AND THE BOARD, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WHEN WE ACCEPT, OR WHEN I GIVE THEM THE GO AHEAD THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL APPROVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE DONATION, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START THEIR PROCESS ABOUT 14 DAYS AFTER THAT. THEY WILL GIVE ME AN ACTUAL BUILD KIT PAPERWORK, WHICH I CAN THEN GIVE SPECIFICALLY TO FACILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE IT TO THEIR CONCRETE FOLKS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING QUOTES FROM. AND THEY WILL KNOW LIKE WHERE LAG BOLTS WOULD GO, BECAUSE THIS IS A COMPLETELY NUT AND BOLT SYSTEM. IT ALL BOLTS TOGETHER, NO WELDING. AND SO, UM, WE'VE DONE THAT. NOW, CURRENTLY I HAVE, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT, I, I FORGOT IT, UH, BUT I HAVE AN EX IN THE AREA OF ABOUT $30,000 STILL AVAILABLE IN MY PARK MAINTENANCE FUND THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE SET UP IN THE PARK. SO DEPENDING ON CONCRETE COST, LIKE, UH, I WAS TALKING WITH JUDGE ALLENS, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN DO AN RFQ, GET THE CONCRETE GOING, AND WE CAN, I ALREADY HAVE FUNDS TO POTENTIALLY PAY FOR THAT. BY THE TIME ALL OF THAT TAKES PLACE, THE BUILDING WOULD THEN POSSIBLY BE DELIVERED. AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED ON THE NEXT BUDGET, OCTOBER 1ST, SO TO SPEAK, WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO HAVE IN THAT BUDGET THE COST FOR THE ERECTION OF THAT DEVICE. SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT ON TO THE NEXT BUDGET. UH, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE IF, OF COURSE, IF ALL THINGS FALL INTO PLACE THE WAY WE'D LIKE THEM TO, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD DO THE VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY FROM THAT PAVILION, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. I WOULD HOPE SO. SO, I MEAN, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE. AND, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD A BUILDING ERECTED THAT THEY UNBOLTED AND MOVED IT AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY CHEAP. I MEAN, AND IT WAS BIGGER THAN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. AND IT HAS WALLS. SO I MEAN, IT HAS WALLS AND ROOFS AND DOORS AND THINGS. NEW CORE. SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES HAS SOMEBODY THAT CAN REALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER PRETTY CHEAP. YEAH. AND NUCOR ALSO OFFERED TO PROVIDE US WITH THE LIST OF THEIR CONTRACTORS THAT TYPICALLY PUT THESE TOGETHER. UH, THEY CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT, UH, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THOSE FOLKS MAY EVEN COME IN AND PUT THIS TOGETHER AT NO CHARGE. JUST LIKE NUCOR'S DONATING IT. YEAH. THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, UH, BUT WHEN NEWCOR HAS EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER OFFICIALLY AND, AND PRESENTS A, LIKE WITH THEIR BUILD PACKAGE, SO TO SPEAK, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS PUT THAT BACK ON THE AGENDA AND COME TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE NEWCOR FOLKS HERE AND MAYBE DO LIKE SOME TYPE OF A FORMAL THANK YOU AND ACCEPTANCE OF, OF THAT KIT WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, IF YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. SURE. I SO ALSO RECOGNITION AT THE MEMORIAL FOR THE BUILDING. YES. RIGHT. AND, AND I, I STARTED TO KIND OF PUT SOME OF THAT STUFF INTO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I'M ALREADY WORKING ON MEMORIAL DAY AND I STARTED TO PUT SOME OF THAT STUFF IN. I SAID, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. I GOTTA BACK UP. I GOTTA GO TALK TO MY BOSSES FIRST. 'CAUSE IF THEY SAY NO TO ALL THIS, I'M GONNA SIT HERE AND TELL EVERYBODY ALL ABOUT THIS STUFF AND IT AIN'T APPROVED. SO YES. UH, I, I WILL PROBABLY MAKE A VERY, ONCE, ONCE I LEAVE HERE AND KNOW THAT WE'RE APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN I'M GOING TO START ADVERTISING IT. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AT THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST GONNA DRUM UP, UH, ATTENTION AND AWARENESS FOR WHEN WE BEGIN OUR PROCESS FOR FUNDRAISING AND TRYING TO GENERATE SOME MONEY TO HELP OFFSET THE COST. OKAY. LET'S GO BACK QUICKLY TO NUMBER FOUR. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT. WE DIDN'T DO THAT WHILE AGO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. SO MAKES A MOTION. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, MR. PHE, MAKE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A A NOW BACK TO NUMBER FIVE. YES, SIR. NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. HOLD ON. DANNY WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. YOU SURE? THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM? THE NEXT ITEM. NEXT ITEM. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER MOORE MADE THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND AGAIN, MR. FIFTH, MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A, IT WAS ACTUALLY THIS ITEM MOTION. CARRIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS THIS ITEM. YEAH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. YOU ARE ITEM NUMBER SIX. NO, HE, HE THOUGHT YOU WERE, I GOT CONFUSED. I THOUGHT HE WENT BACK TO FOUR AND I GOT LOST . IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO GET ME LOST RIGHT NOW. SO GO AHEAD DANNY. WELL, I INITIALLY MET WITH NUCOR AND JUST PITCHED THIS AND THEY SAID, YEAH, WE'LL WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. AND THAT'S BEEN GOING [00:35:01] ON FOR REALLY SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEY GOT CORPORATE APPROVAL TO DONATE THIS. AND I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT COMPANY TO WORK WITH. I MEAN, I WAS INVOLVED IN HELPING RECRUIT 'EM TO TERRELL AND JUST A SUPER COMPANY. AND WHILE THE COST OF THE MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING'S 32,000, REALLY THE WHOLE PACKAGE IS 40 GRAND IS WHAT THEY'RE DONATING BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING ALL THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN AND DOING ALL OF THAT FOR US. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. AND EVERYTHING WILL BE DELIVERED TO PAPERWORK SO A CONTRACTOR CAN PUT THE, THE STEEL IN THE RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR THE VETERANS. YEAH. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WELL, AS A VETERAN YOU CAN'T DO TOO MUCH AS SPORTS. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WELL, WE APPRECIATE IT. YES, THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL [6. Judge Allen: Discuss matters regarding the Operations and Maintenance costs associated with Freese and Nichols SFY 2024-2025 Flood Infrastructure Fund Abridged Application] MOVE ON TO NUMBER SIX NOW AND DISCUSS MATTERS REGARDING THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FREEZE NICHOLS, UH, S FFY 24 25 FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, ABRIDGED APPLICATION. OKAY. MR. FREEZE NICHOLS HERE. NO, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE HIM. I DON'T SEE HIM. NO. THEY SENT IN AN EXTRA BILL. OKAY. SO I HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. AND BASICALLY, UM, THE COURT HAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TWO APPLICATIONS AT A COST OF $5,000 PER APPLICATION. AND SO THIS, A LITTLE OVER $3,000 IS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THAT $5,000 APPLICATION FEE. IT'S LESS THAN $5,000. SO IT MIGHT NOT HAVE STOOD OUT. I WANNA MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE WHEN I GOT THAT, I THOUGHT, WAIT A MINUTE. YES. BUT I I DID THE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT OUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE DON'T NEED TAKE CONNECTION ON THAT WHILE WE'RE ON THIS IS THE TOPIC. YES. YOU KNOW, IN THE DEAL. AND, AND, AND GARY AND I HAD ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION, UH, ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING ALL THIS STUDIES AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRANTS WHEN THEY CAME TO US, MAYBE I WAS MISLED THAT THESE GRANTS WERE GONNA COVER EVERYTHING. AND THEN NOW WE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE PROJECT. AND LIKE THE ONE THAT MY PROJECTS, I MEAN, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A BIG BRIDGE THAT'S GONNA COST THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, DO WE, DO WE WANT TO CON I GUESS WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THE ENGINEERING. WELL, WE KNOW, DON'T KNOW. WE'RE NOT GONNA QUALIFY FOR VERY MUCH MONEY, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN GET INTEREST FREE MONEY, BUT WE HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK OVER 20 YEARS. YEAH. SO THEN WITH OUR OTHER EXPENSE, LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, COME OF YOUR ROAD BRIDGE FUND, IF YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU, IT'S NOT COULD BUILD ONE BRIDGE FOR A WHOLE YEAR, YOU WON'T HAVE ANY MONEY . YEAH. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE WAS ALSO WE, WE DECIDED THE KIND OF MOVE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA STILL BE IN IT. OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE GRANTS, BUT WE DIDN'T QUALIFY 'CAUSE WE WEREN'T HIGH ENOUGH ON THE LIST. RIGHT. WE MOVE UP ON THE LIST EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE NEXT STAGE 30, THINK WE MAX OUT AT ABOUT KIND OF MOVING PERCENT ON ONE OF THEM. YEAH. AND IT'S KING KINGS TREE, WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ALL OUR PROJECTS TO BE PICKED. AND WHEN IT WAS TOLD TO US FROM THE BEGINNING, UH, WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS WITH FRIESA NICHOLS AND THEY DID SAY THAT, UM, THE GRANTS WOULD COVER A MAJORITY, IF NOT THE SIMILAR TO HOW THE STUDY WAS COVERED TO WHERE THE COUNTY JUST PUT UP A SMALL PERCENTAGE. RIGHT. AND THEN THE REST WAS COVERED. UM, THAT WAS CHANGED MIDWAY THROUGH. UM, AND WHEN THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD RELEASED THEIR NEW NUMBERS, THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED THAT OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GET AS MUCH COVERED AS WAS ORIGINALLY KIND OF PITCHED TO US IN A WAY. YES. UM, AND ANOTHER COMMENT ON THE, UM, O AND M COSTS, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE PUTTING FORWARD. WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PAYING EXTRA INTO, IT'S JUST MAINLY THAT THE WAY THAT THE DOCUMENT READ AND HOW I SPOKE WITH, UH, DAVID, IT'S KIND OF A UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH MAINTAINING THE BRIDGE ON KINGSTREE WOULD COST, SHOULD RECURRENT MAINTENANCE BE REQUIRED. SO IT'S MORE OF A UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR FUNDS ARE COMING FROM BECAUSE THE QUESTION ON THE, UH, APPLICATION, THE ABRIDGED APPLICATION IS WHERE WOULD THESE FUNDS COME FROM? SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY? SO IT'S A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION OR IT'S A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION THAT THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE'RE APPROVED. RIGHT. UM, TO EVEN APPLY FOR IT YET. RIGHT. AND AND, AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS TO EVEN FIND [00:40:01] THAT OUT. YES, YES, YES. AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING WITH THIS, THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT YEAH. WITH THIS $3,000 OR SOMETHING. YEAH. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING MOVING FORWARD. AT ANY POINT AFTER THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE ANY FURTHER. CORRECT. BUT IF THEY COME BACK OUT WITH MORE MONEY NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATION BUDGET, WE'RE ALREADY THERE AND THE OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T. MM-HMM. . SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. YOU CAN'T COME IN AFTER THE FIRST ROUND. RIGHT. SO I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. YEAH. THAT'S, WE'RE KIND STAGING OURSELVES. WE'RE FOR, THAT'S, WE'RE PAYING A VERY LITTLE AMOUNT TO STAY IN THE PROCESS. YES. THAT'S IT. AND OTHER PEOPLE KEEP DROPPING OUT. MM-HMM. . SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF COME IN. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? THANK YOU. NO. NO. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING. YES. UM, SO I DID LOOK INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT AND WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MATCH COUNTY MATCHING FUNDS LEFT OVER FROM, UM, PREVIOUS FIF GRANTS, UM, THAT WE COULD USE FOR SMALL INCIDENTALS SUCH AS THAT. OKAY. UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTACT FREE NICHOLS AND HAVE THEM UPDATE THAT LITTLE, LITTLE LANGUAGE ON THERE PLEASE. AND I CAN EMAIL YOU. YEAH. IT'S THE WORK IT HAS BEEN. I'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. UM, WHAT I TOLD HIM TO DO WAS JUST STATE THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND, BUT HE SAID THAT THAT CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY POINT. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE SET IN STONE. UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT. OKAY. UM, THAT WILL BE CHANGED. THAT WORKS. SOUNDS GOOD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. SO ROAD AND BRIDGE IS WHAT YOU'RE THE WORDING YOU'RE GONNA USE. UH, WELL WE WILL CHANGE IT TO THE INCIDENTALS ON THE INCIDENTALS. OKAY. ON THAT FIREARM. PERFECT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. THAT WORKED. SEVEN. THANK YOU, UH, MYSELF [7. Judge Allen/Karen Badgley: Discuss/Consider/Approve "Credit Purchase Agreement and Acknowledgement" for wetlands mitigation for HWY 34 and US HW175 Connector Road.] AND, UH, OUR ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY DISCUSSED CONSIDER PROOF CREDIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR THE WETLANDS MITIGATION FOR HIGHWAY 34 AND US 1 75 CONNECTOR ROAD. AND MS. KAREN HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH WITH, WITH THIS SINCE I WAS OUT. AND SO KAREN, YOU'LL CHECK US. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO TO BUILD THE CONNECTOR ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 1 75 AND HIGHWAY 34, AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY WAS COMPLETED BY INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS. AND WHAT THE STUDY FOUND WAS THAT BUILDING THE ROAD CREATED A POTENTIAL NEGATIVE AQUATIC WETLANDS IMPACT ON 0.131 ACRES OF LAND. SO SECTION 4 0 4 OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT REQUIRES AUTHORIZATION FROM THE, BASICALLY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR THE DISCHARGE OR NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THESE WETLANDS. AND SO SINCE THE STUDY REVEALED THIS NEGATIVE IMPACT, THE US CORPS OF ENGINEERS REQUIRES THE COUNTY TO PURCHASE WHAT'S CALLED A WETLAND CREDIT, WHICH IS A MITIGATION CREDIT. AND SO THAT MITIGATION CREDIT THAT WE PURCHASE ENSURES THAT THAT POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE WETLANDS WILL BE MITIGATED. AND SO THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT BASICALLY ARE WHAT THEY CALL MITIGATION BANKS, AND THOSE COMPANIES HAVE PROJECTS AND THE ABILITY TO BASICALLY GO IN AND REPAIR AND ERASE THAT NEGATIVE IMPACT. SO A COMPANY CALLED WILD TX HAS THE BUNKER SANDS, UH, MITIGATION BANKS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT ENABLE THEM TO BASICALLY REMOVE THAT NEGATIVE IMPACT. SO WHAT THE COUNTY HAS TO DO IS WE HAVE TO PURCHASE A MITIGATION CREDIT FROM THE WILD TEXAS COMPANY AND THE, AND WHEN WE PURCHASE THAT MITIGATION CREDIT, THAT ENSURES THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE A PROCESS TO BASICALLY ABOLISH THAT NEGATIVE IMPACT. AND ONCE WE PURCHASE, I KNOW WHO KNEW RIGHT? THERE WAS THIS WHOLE WORLD OF MITIGATION BANKS AND MITIGATION CREDITS. BUT ON POINT THE COUNTY HAS TO PURCHASE THAT MITIGATION CREDIT. AND WHEN WE PURCHASE THE MITIGATION CREDIT BY APPROVING THIS CREDIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT TODAY, THEN THE US CORPS OF ENGINEERS WILL GIVE US THE PERMIT TO GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE OUR ROAD. SO BOTTOM LINE, UH, WE NEED THE COURT TO APPROVE THE CREDIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BETWEEN KAUFFMAN COUNTY AND WILD TEXAS LANDS FOR THE MITIGATION CREDIT WILL BE $7,000. AND THAT WILL ENABLE US TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING THAT ROAD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. WE COULD TAKE JUST A ROAD ON IT'S BUILDING THAT ROAD. YES, SIR. GOING AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND. RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND WE NEED THE ROAD. YES. REALLY DESPERATE. YEAH. SO, SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. FIELDS MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND MR. HUNT. MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. MR. JACK AND PAM, UH, DISCUSS, [8. Judge Allen/Pam Corder/Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider/Approve funding options for historical Courthouse renovation.] CONSIDER AND APPROVE FUNDING OPTIONS FOR HISTORICAL COURTHOUSE AND RENOVATION. [00:45:01] I THINK THIS WILL NEVER GO AWAY. WE'RE DOING OUR BEST FOR A COUPLE WE'RE YEARS ANYWAY. YEAH. REALLY. SO KIND OF A, KIND OF A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THIS. UH, INITIALLY WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR ANY KIND OF HELP FROM THC BASED ON THE AGE OF THE COURTHOUSE. UH, THEN WE LEARNED FROM, UH, OUR, WE HIRED ACUMEN AS OUR CONTRACTOR AND VINTAGE DESIGN AS, AS THE, UH, UH, ARCHITECT. AND THEY'RE VERY, UM, IN TUNE WITH, WITH THE STORE COMMISSION. THAT'S WHERE THEY SPECIALIZE IN, IN RESTORATION OF OLD BUILDINGS. SO WE FOUND OUT THAT WE DO ACTUALLY QUALIFY. WE DIDN'T THINK IT'D BE ENOUGH POINTS INITIALLY TO, TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, IT TURNS OUT THAT WE DID, WE, WE ARE ELIGIBLE. UH, SO THE FIRST PART WAS WE HAD TO BE 95% COMPLETE ON PLANS AND DRAWINGS PRESENTED TO THE THC. AND THEN, UH, WE, WE SAW POINTS A ABLE HAVING A EMPTY COURTHOUSE, UH, THAT AT GET YOU POINTS. UH, PAM HELPED ME ON ALL, ALL THE HISTORICAL MARKERS. AND SO WE'VE KIND OF ACCUMULATED A LOT OF POINTS AND THEY'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, WITH THC, UH, DAILY NEARLY, UH, ON THIS KIND OF, KIND OF FIND, SEE WHERE WE'RE GRADING OUT ON THIS THING. SO WE KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA HOW MANY POINTS THAT WE'RE ACCUMULATING AND WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD. UH, THE LAST POINT, UH, WE HAD, WE HAD A, UH, I GUESS LAST WEDNESDAY WE HAD A, UH, EXERCISE WHERE IT WAS QUESTIONNAIRE, UH, TYPE THING, UH, SURVEY. AND AT THE END IT MENTIONED WHETHER YOU WANT TO GRANT EASEMENT TO THE COURTHOUSE, UH, FOR THC TO MONITOR GOING FORWARD ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE MAKE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT IN THEIR STANDARDS. UH, THAT'S LIKE A 20 POINT, UH, QUESTION IF YOU AGREE TO DO THAT. AND SO THAT WOULD GET, WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD GET US OVER THE TOP, UH, WHERE WE'D BE PUT SOMETHING EIGHTIES OR SOMETHING. UH, YEAH. WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE, MORE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR GUESSTIMATION, THEY'RE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY, SO YEAH. BUT WE'LL GET THE, GET THE POINTS, GET THE POINT. AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION I GAVE YOU GUYS LAKE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN ONGOING. WE, THAT'S KIND OF TRICKLED IN, BUT, UH, IT APPEARS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE OBLIGATED ANYWAY OR COURTHOUSES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. UH, THERE WAS JUST A QUESTION THAT WE HAD AS FAR AS CHECKING THAT BOX, WHETHER WE AGREE TO, UH, GRANT THAT EASEMENT, UH, TO THOSE FOLKS. YEAH. AND SO THAT'S GOOD. AND AT PERPETUITY IT GETS YOU THE HIGHEST VALUE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GRANT ACCESS FOREVER. AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE, SO WE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS, WE'VE BEEN CHASING POINTS EVER SINCE THIS THING STARTED. WE HAVE. AND SO, UH, WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. WE REMODEL THE BUILDING 10 YEARS FROM NOW, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES CHANGE OR WHATEVER, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO HOUSE MORE EMPLOYEES. WE'LL HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR SIX MONTHS AND WAIT FOR THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO APPROVE OUR PLANS TO DO ANYTHING TO THE BUILDING FROM NOW ON. RIGHT? YEP. YES. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. ANYWAY, SO, SO, UM, SO NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY, WE DO SUBMIT WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED DONE, UM, AND THEY GET BACK WITH US, YES OR NO. AND GENERALLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COMPROMISE ON. SO IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER. UM, THEY WILL WANNA KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING MONEY ON THIS PROJECT SO THAT THEY, THEY'RE INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT. AND THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA BE GONE ONE DAY, BUT IF WE PICK THAT PERPETUAL, WE KNOW THAT OUR COURTHOUSE IS GONNA BE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF, THAT SOMEONE'S NOT GONNA COME IN THERE AFTER YOU'RE ALL GONE AND JUST TOTALLY, YOU KNOW, CHANGE IT UP, TEAR IT DOWN, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COURTHOUSE OR, UH, THE THC. YES. AND SO, SO THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND YES, THEY DO REVIEW, THEY WANNA REVIEW EVERYTHING SO THAT WE WILL GET BACK, YES, YOU CAN DO THAT. NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN TEAR OUT TOMORROW, YOU CAN'T DO THIS, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. AND THAT'S IT. ONCE WE RESTORE IT, IT'S THE MAIN THING. NOT SO MUCH THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICES, THE DEMAND TO PUT UP A WALL. YOU CAN PUT UP PETITIONS. MOST PEOPLE ARE DOING PETITIONS NOW INSTEAD OF WALLS ANYWAY. MM-HMM. SO THAT WON'T, THAT'S SOMETHING, WE'LL WE HAVE TO BE AFFECTED BY 'EM. AND WE ALREADY HAD OUR MASTER PLAN IN PLACE SO THAT ACUMEN AND THE GROUP COULD START LOOKING AT THAT AND WORKING WITH THAT. SO ALL OF THOSE POINTS ARE SO IMPORTANT, IT COULD COME DOWN TO A COUNTY ONE, ONE OR TWO POINTS. AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE APPLIED FOR OUR, UM, OUR RECORDED, UM, TEXAS HISTORICAL LANDMARK. I MEAN, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE COULD DO TO TRY TO GET THOSE POINTS. AND JUDGE, I'LL SAY ONE MORE THING, JUST, JUST READING. MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CHECK THAT BOX, UH, [00:50:01] UH, NOT YOU'LL HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE AWARDED THE MONEY. AND SO I WOULD TAKE IT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IF THE COUNTY FELT LIKE THEY WEREN'T GETTING AWARDED ENOUGH MONEY, UH, I DUNNO IF THAT'S WIGGLE ROOM, UH, YOU KNOW, OR, OR NOT. UH, AND YOU AND I TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT THE MONEY WE'VE ALREADY SPENT GOES TOWARD IT DOES LIKE THE ROOF, WHAT? FIVE, 600,000 FOR THE ROOF. 15% IS WHAT THEY ASKED FOR A MATCH AND WHAT THEY GIVE US. SO 15%, BUT WE CAN GO BACK FIVE YEARS, UH, KEEP, UH, PULL EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THAT AMOUNT, IF YOU HAVE THE CANCELED CHECK AND THE INVOICE CAN GO TOWARD OUR 15 AND THAT'S WHAT THE AUDITOR CAN HELP US FIND. YEP. YES. SO, AND WE'VE HAD SOME EXPENSES. YES. THAT THAT'LL BE VERY NICE TO HAVE. YES. YES. SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. AND WE DO HAVE OMAR ASSAN WITH ACUMEN HERE TODAY. IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HE MADE THE TRIP DOWN IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. WE ALSO WILL BE, UM, I'LL HAVE A RESOLUTION ONCE EVERYTHING IS FINALIZED. UM, HERE TODAY WE'LL GET A RESOLUTION BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THAT. WE ALSO WILL BE GETTING LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, OUR SENATOR, OUR, UM, OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN AT THE CITY OF KAUFMAN. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HELP US. OKAY. AND I WANNA THANK PAM FOR HELPING ME OUT ON, ON THIS HISTORICAL SIDE. SO IF, WELL SHE LIKES THIS STUFF. SHE DOES, SHE DOES . THAT'S WHAT SHE LEFT FOR. HEY OMAR, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US TODAY? UH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, JAMES MAAP WITH THE, THE THC. YES. UM, SO DAY IN AND DAY OUT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH HIM. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS A NET BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY. UM, I'VE ALSO ANECDOTALLY TALKED TO, UH, THE JUDGE AT WISE COUNTY, HE'S GOING THROUGH A RENOVATION RIGHT NOW. UH, HE, HE GOT FUNDING THROUGH ROUND 12. WE'RE APPLYING FOR ROUND 13. AND I JUST ASKED HIM DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, HA HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PROCESS WORK OUT IN YOUR FAVOR? WOULD YOU DO IT OVER AGAIN IF YOU COULD? AND, UH, HE WAS GRANTED $6 MILLION IN ROUND 12 AND THIS TIME AROUND IT'S UP TO $10 MILLION. AND HE SAID, WE, WE RECEIVED CLOSE TO THAT $6 MILLION. AND THEN WHEN IT WAS UPDATED TO $10 MILLION IN ROUND 13, WE REQUESTED MORE FUNDS FROM THE THC TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, AN EVEN BIGGER RENOVATION. AND THEY WERE GRANTED THAT, UM, HE SAID, WE SIGNED OVER THE EASEMENT AND REALLY IT'S JUST A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO, TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING, MAKE SURE THAT THEIR $10 MILLION INVESTMENT IS BEING PROTECTED. RIGHT. UM, AND HE SAID, HE SAID THAT WAS AN EASY DECISION FOR US TO DO. WE WANT TO SEE THIS THING HISTORICAL FOR THE, FOR THE LONG TERM. AND, UH, HE FELT AS IF HE GOT A LOT OF VALUE. UM, HE CAME IN AND, AND PUT HIS OWN FUNDS, YOU KNOW, COUNTY FUNDS, UH, CLOSE TO SIX, $6 MILLION, GOT THE $6 MILLION MATCH AND UH, THEN GOT A FEW MORE MILLION AFTER THE FACT. SO, UM, IT'S A FULL RENOVATION. IT'S GOING ON AS WE SPEAK. AND HE'S VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS. THAT'S GOOD. GOOD DAYS. YES, SIR. YES. AND I, UM, I AM THE COURTHOUSE FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY. THE STATE PAYS FOR ME TO GO TO THE CONFERENCES AND I WAS ABLE TO VISIT WITH THE JUDGE. HE ACTUALLY FOLLOWS THE DAY TO DAY WORK ON A FACEBOOK PAGE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE ALL THE RESTORATION THAT'S GOING ON. OKAY. SO IT'S REALLY NEAT. GOOD. GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION APPROVE. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARK. YES SIR. THANK YOU MA'AM. NUMBER [9. Judge Allen: Discuss/Approve acceptance of dedication and conveyance of land from Kaufman Economic Development Corporation, such land being a portion immediately adjacent to the Kaufman County Justice Center, for public use including future development of SH 34/US 175 connector road.] NINE IS ONE OF MINE DISCUSSING PROOF OF ACCEPTANCE OF EDUCATION AND CONVEYANCE OF LAND FROM THE KAMAN EDC UH, SUCH LAND BEING APPORTIONED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE KAMAN COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC USE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE CONNECTOR ROAD. ANY COMMENTS? STEWART, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO? HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, . ALRIGHT, GOOD DEAL. SO ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS ARE IN ORDER. UM, I KNOW BRAD HENDRICKS WORKED TARRED WITH, UM, STEWART AT THE EDC AND GOT THE EASEMENTS AND THE DEED. AND SO EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN ORDER TO ACCEPT, UM, THE DONATION THAT THE EDC IS MAKING TO THE COUNTY FOR THAT ROAD. OKAY. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. FIELDS MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NUMBER 10. [10. Commissioner Hunt: Discuss/Consider approving Inter local Agreement and Project for City Oak Grove. (Patching the roads)] COMMISSIONER HUNT, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING AN LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OAK GROVE DOING SOME PATCHING. YEP. WE'RE JUST TAKING CARE OF THE PAPERWORK. THE AGREEMENT THEY'VE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THEIR COUNCIL HAD AN APPROVED, SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS DO TIRES AND THEY PUT SOME MONEY IN ESCROW SO WE CAN GET STARTED. OKAY. YOU MIGHT GET FORMAL MOTION. I'D MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY. COMMISSIONER HUNT MADE THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, MR. HEALTH, MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. COMMISSIONER HUNT, ONCE AGAIN, [11. Commissioner Hunt: Oiscuss/Consider/Approve redesign of County parking behind the Annex to facilitate loading dock for both County and private business use.] CONSIDER I APPROVE REDESIGN OF COUNTY PARKING BEHIND ANNEX TO FACILITATE A LOADING DOCK FOR BOTH THE COUNTY AND PRIVATE USE. AYE. DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE DOING. YES. UH, THERE'S A PICTURE IN Y'ALL'S, UH, [00:55:01] PACKET THAT, UH, CAME IN THAT, UH, MR. BAUMGARTNER HELPED PROVIDE FOR US. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA HAVE TO DRAW IT BY HAND, BUT HE GAVE US A PROFESSIONAL DRAWING THERE, SO I WAS WORRIED. . YEAH. SO THIS, THIS IS REALLY CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD AND WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO, UH, GIVE HIM THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR A LOADING DOCK. AND, UH, FACILITIES WAS THERE AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO HAVE A WAY TO NOT INTERRUPT WITH THE PARKING AND THE TRAFFIC IN THE PARKING LOT SO THEY CAN DO THEIR BUSINESS WHENEVER THEY DO MAINTENANCE AND STUFF FOR US. UM, HE IS WILLING TO, UH, DO ALL OF THE, UH, MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEAL AND IT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO RAMP SO THEY CAN WHEEL THEIR MEAT OR WHATEVER BACK TO THE, TO THE FREEZERS IN THE BACK OF THE RESTAURANT, THE FUTURE PROPOSED RESTAURANT. AND, UH, HE'S GONNA TAKE DOWN A TREE THAT'S, UH, IT'S ALL THE BIG CEDAR TREE, THE BIG CEDAR TREE THAT'S ALL ENTANGLED IN ALL THOSE UTILITY WIRES AND GET ALL THOSE REMOVED TOO. UM, REALLY THE DRAWINGS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING MR. PALMER, YOU WANT TO ADD TO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. DID YOU FIND, ARE THOSE WIRES LIVE THAT'S IN THE TREE OR ARE THEY DEAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT? WE ACTUALLY THINK THERE ARE SOME LIVE ONES NOW. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE DEAD BECAUSE IT CAME UNDERGROUND ON THE NEW FEET TO THE, TO THE ANNEX HERE, RIGHT SIDE. THOSE WERE DEAD. BUT ACTUALLY THERE'S SOME FIRE LINES THAT APPARENTLY GO TO THE UPPER LEVEL ACROSS THERE THAT WE'RE THINKING TO OUR LINE, BUT WE HAVE NOT CONFIRM THAT. BUT THEY ARE STILL UP THERE AND ATTACHED TO SOMETHING. YOU'LL DEFINITELY CHECK THOSE OUT BEFORE WE YES, SIR. I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT. OKAY, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND, AND ACCEPT THIS MODIFICATIONS THAT. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO HAVE A SECOND. NOT BY ME, BY HUNT. BY HUNT. I LOOK RIGHT NOW. COMMISSIONER HUNT MADE THE MOTION. SECOND. YOU SECONDED THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, [12. Jennifer Russell: Discuss/Consider approving a resolution proclaiming the month of May as Mental Health Awareness Month.] MS. JENNIFER . AND JUDGE, IF YOU COME FORWARD, IT IS OUR TIME OF THE YEAR. WE MAKE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY, UH, MENTAL HEALTH. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IT FOR US, PLEASE, MA'AM. YES. Y'ALL GONNA SHARE IT? I WAS TOLD. YES, WE ARE. I, I WAS TOLD I WAS GONNA SHARE IT. YES. THERE. WELL, YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT . THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO, UH, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, JUDGE, WE ARE HERE. YES, TO PROCLAIM THAT MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. SO WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERYONE'S OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLBEING, WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH IS PART OF EVERYONE'S OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND MENTAL ILLNESSES ARE PREVALENT IN OUR COUNTY, STATE AND NATION WITH ONE IN FIVE ADULTS AND TEENS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE EVERY YEAR. AND WHEREAS ALL KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS FACE CHALLENGES IN LIFE THAT IT CAN IMPACT MENTAL HEALTH. AND WHEREAS WHILE MENTAL ILLNESS TREATMENT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, 60% OF ADULTS NATIONWIDE DO NOT RECEIVE THE TREATMENT NECESSARY FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. WHEREAS NEARLY HALF OF THOSE INCARCERATED SUFFER FROM MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN. AND FURTHERMORE, 10 TO 25% OF THOSE HAVE A SERIOUS AND PERSISTENT MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS OR CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS. OKAY. AND WHEREAS WITH EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS CAN RECOVER AND LEAD FULL PRODUCTIVE LIVES. AND WHEREAS EACH BUSINESS, SCHOOL, GOVERNMENT AGENCY, HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, ORGANIZATION, AND CITIZENS SHARE THE BURDEN OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELLNESS AND SUPPORT PREVENTION EFFORTS. OKAY. SO FOR THIS MONTH, WE WANNA BRING AWARENESS TO THE COURTHOUSE. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF VISITORS EVERY DAY. SO I GOT WITH YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK. WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, PLACING OUT MENTAL HEALTH YARD STAKES, UH, YARD SIGNS OUT IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE TONIGHT. AND ALSO WE HAVE, UH, PINS BUTTONS THAT I'M GONNA BE DELIVERING TODAY TO EACH COURT, TO THE DA'S OFFICE, TO THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A QR CODE AND POSTERS THAT I'LL BE PLACING AROUND THE COURTHOUSE. THIS IS THE QR CODE THAT WE CREATED. ALL OF OUR RESOURCES, UH, AROUND THE COUNTY ARE LINKED TO THIS QR CODE THAT WILL BE UP FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. AND WE ARE FORTUNATE IN KAUFMAN TO HAVE SO MANY GREAT RESOURCES. OUR BHLB, OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP BOARD, WE GOT THAT UNDER UNDERWAY LAST JANUARY. UM, WE MET FOR EVERY MONTH FOR SIX MONTHS. WE NOW MEET EVERY THREE MONTHS TO CONTINUE TO MEET, UH, TO PROMOTE EDUCATION ON MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COUNTY. UH, WE ALSO ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUR RESOURCE CONNECTION [01:00:01] THAT PAM CORDER HELPED GET UNDERWAY. IT'S LOCATED AT THE TVCC BUILDING NEAR THE KAUFMAN PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL. ALSO, UM, OUR NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, NAMI, THAT KIND OF FELL BY THE WAYSIDE FOR A LITTLE WHILE WITH CO AND I KNOW THAT EMMA GLEN, SHE WAS VERY SICK AT THAT POINT. SHE WAS THE ONE IN CHARGE OF THAT. AND SO NOW DR. TERRY ORAL IS GETTING THAT BACKUP OFF THE GROUND AND RUNNING. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT GROUPS AND PRESENTATIONS, SEMINARS TO ANY ONE EXPERIENCING LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO'S HAD BIPOLAR CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS, SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND ALSO FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT UP OFF THE GROUND AND RUNNING AS, AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO, UH, COUNTY RESIDENTS HERE. AND ALSO, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? ALSO, ONE MORE THING. SO THIS RESOURCE LIST, IF YOU WERE TO PULL THIS UP, ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING, UM, THIS, I WANT THIS TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE. SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE, THERE'S ADDED TO THIS RESOURCE LIST, IF YOU WILL, UM, EMAIL ME THROUGH THE COUNTY OR CONTACT ME, UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO, UH, LIST THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. AND OUR SHERIFF CAN ATTEST TO THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH CASES AT THE JAIL. DO YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS? YES, SIR. WITHOUT THE HELP THAT WE'VE GOT. I MEAN, OUR NUMBERS, Y'ALL KNOW, WE'RE 12 TO 14 NOW. WE'RE SITTING ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE. SO IT'S WORKING, SAVING MONEY AND, AND THEN WITH THE, UH, ALL THE NONPROFITS THAT PAM HAS AT THE TRINITY VALLEY. YES. UH, BUILDING. THERE'S ANOTHER BIG RESOURCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES WE DO. UH, GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE, THAT'S REALLY PARAMOUNT. YES. AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THIS. YES. WE NEED TO GET, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THEN PAM WANTS TO GET A PICTURE. CAN WE POST THAT ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE THAT WE SURE CAN. I'M READY. WE YES, ABSOLUTELY WE CAN. I CAN UPLOAD THAT. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH PAGE ON THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY WEBSITE, WE ALSO HAVE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP BOARD PAGE. SO WE CAN, AND ALSO WHILE I'M HERE, WE JUST GOT A FACEBOOK STARTED FOR THE BHLB AND FOR NAMI. SO WE HAVE THEM, WE ALREADY HAVE IT LISTED ON BOTH OF THOSE, ON THOSE FACEBOOKS. OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE CREDIT OF THAT. THE ASSISTANT DA SLIPPED ME A NOTE SHE DID ABOUT PUTTING ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. GOOD JOB. KAREN . COMMISSIONER HUNT. SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. I'LL MAKE MOTION. I'LL MAKE MOTION. MR. PHELPS MAKE SOME MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. WARN MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A Y'ALL COME UP HERE AND WE'RE GONNA GET A PICTURE. OKAY GUYS, Y'ALL COME UP HERE AND WE'LL STAND AROUND. GOOD. I WAIT. GOOD. SET. YOU HAVE A GOOD SIDE? YEAH. ALRIGHT. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. READY? 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I THANK YOU. OH YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE. OKAY, [13. Shannon Roden: Discuss/Consider approving the Replat of Lot 4A of Meadow Ranch Estates Phase II, Located on County Road 4061 in Precinct 4.] MS. SHANNON, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE REPLANT OF LOT FOUR A OF MEADOW RANCH ESTATES PHASE TWO, LOCATED ON COUNTY ROAD 40 61 IN PRECINCT FOUR. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO LOT FOUR A OF MEADOW RANCH ESTATES. PHASE TWO IS 7.22 ACRES AND THE OWNER IS SPLITTING THAT INTO THREE LOTS, WHICH RANGE FROM 2.06 TO 3.02 ACRES. BECAUSE THIS IS A RECORDED SUBDIVISION, THIS FOLLOWED THE RELA PROCESS. UHHUH AND THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WERE NOTIFIED OF THE RELA. ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVALS WERE SENT TO YOU ALL WITH THE AGENDA REQUEST PACKET. AND WE'RE JUST NEEDING YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MOORE, YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? YES SIR. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND MR. PHILLIPS, MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AND SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . MR. MOORE, [14. Commissioner Moore: Discuss/Consider entering into project agreement with the City of Kemp to mow on Tolosa Road, project totaling $230.32.] DISCUSS CITY ENTERING TO A PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF KEMP TO MOW ON, UH, OSA ROAD PROJECT TOTALING $230 AND 32 CENTS. IT'S GONNA BE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, DALE, TO KIND OF MOW THE AREA WHERE THE SEWER PLAN IS. MM-HMM. , THEY NORMALLY ASK US TO DO THAT FOR 'EM EACH YEAR. SO WE ENTERED INTO A PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THEM. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THAT. OKAY. SO YOU MAKE THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MOORE AGAIN, [15. Commissioner Moore: Oiscuss/Consider approving Resolution to request the City of Mabank annex County Road Chaparral as a city road.] DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THE CITY OF BAYBANK, ANNEX OF COUNTY ROAD OR COUNTY ROAD CHAPARRAL AS A CITY ROAD TAKING THAT OUT OF A COUNTY ROAD. YES, I SPOKE TO MAYOR TEAGUE ABOUT THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. UH, BUT UNDER THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 43.106, ANYTIME THE CITY ANNEX UP TO A ROAD AND THEY TAKE THE ROAD. [01:05:01] SO THERE'S KIND OF SOME CONFUSION THERE ON, UH, ANNEX SESSIONS THING. SO WE WANTED TO SEND THIS RESOLUTION, THE MAYBANKS. I WAS GONNA GET THE COURT'S APPROVAL TO SEND THIS TO MAYBANK. THERE GO, THERE'S RESOLUTION. SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER MOORE TO HAVE A SECOND. I SECOND MS. PHILLIPS MAKE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER [16. Commissioner Moore: Discuss/consider entering into four Project Agreements with the City of Rosser for: maintenance on County Road 4087 (blade and patch); County Road 4088 (blade); and County Road 4084 (patch) with such project combined total to be $1899.86.] MOORE, ONCE AGAIN, UHOH DISCUSS. CONSIDER ENTERING TO A FOUR PROJECT AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF ROSTER FOR MAINTENANCE ON CAN ROAD 40 87 CAN ROAD 40 88 CAN ROAD 40 84 AND SUCH PROJECT COMBINED TOLL OF $1,899 AND 86 CENTS. YES. THIS IS ANOTHER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ROSTER TO ASSIST THEM ON SOME PATCHING AND SOME BLADE WORK ON ONE OF THEIR GRAVEL ROADS. SO WE ENTERED, ASKED THE COURT, LET US ENTER INTO A PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO COMPLETE THESE TASKS. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO YOU. MAKE THAT MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES FOR YOU. UH, GOT THAT DONE. MR. JACK, [17. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/consider purchasing Lenco Bearcat armored vehicle for Kaufman County Sheriff's Department utilizing GSA Contract: GS- 07F-169DA and per Sole Source letter form vender.] ONCE AGAIN DISCUSS. CONSIDER PURCHASING A LINCO BEAR ARMORED VEHICLE FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT UTILIZING THE GSA CONTRACT GS ZERO SEVEN F1 69 DA FOR THE SOLE, UH, SOURCE LETTER FROM THE VENDOR. YES, SIR. UH, SHERIFF NEEDS A, UH, UH, VEHICLE HERE. AND, UH, IT MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS. IT'S ON, ON GSA CONTRACT PLUS I HAVE THE SOLE SOURCE LETTER. UH, EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER, SO I'D MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM JACK TO HAVE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. MOTION CARRIES. JACK ONCE [18. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider purchasing a 3/4 ton truck for Pet. 2 Road and Bridge utilizing TIPS Cooperative Contract Number 23082.] AGAIN DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER PURCHASING A THREE QUARTER TON TRUCK FOR PRECINCT TWO ROAD AND BRIDGE USING A TIP SQUARE OF CONTRACT NUMBER 23 0 8 2. AND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS NEEDS A PICKUP. AND, UH, THIS IS ON A, UH, TIPS CONTRACT. UH, AND, UH, MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. UH, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME FEES TAKEN OFF HERE. I'M WORKING WITH THE VENDOR. THEY'RE NOT REAL INTO USING TIPS. IT'S KIND OF NEW TO THEM, BUT THE, UH, PRICE $50,407 AND 10 CENTS. AND I'D MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. YOU MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MOTION FOR RUNNING OUT AND FINDING THIS. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. HE WENT OUT AND FOUND IT. HE'S GOOD WORK. HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. SO AHEAD THEN. WHO WAS FIRST? YOU WERE FIRST. COMMISSIONER MOORE FIRST MADE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. JACK ONCE AGAIN [19. Jack Sebastain: Discuss/Consider changes to the Purchasing Policy.] DISCUSS, CONSIDER CHANGES TO PURCHASING POLICY. GOOD MORNING, JACK AGAIN. GOOD MORNING, SIR. AGAIN, UH, JUDGE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE AUDITOR. TRY TO GET SOME THINGS IN ORDER. UH, SHE'S DOING POLICY CHANGES. WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, WORK WITH HER, DO OURS. IT'S KINDA THE SAME WAY. AND, UH, EVERYTHING HERE IS BASICALLY THE SAME. WE'VE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET QUOTES. UH, THE MAIN THING WE'RE DOING, UH, YOU MAY REMEMBER WE, UH, STARTED A PROCESS WHERE YOU COULD ISSUE A PO UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON YOUR OWN AND NOT COME THROUGH OUR OFFICE. WE'VE KIND OF FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL PURCHASES THAT ARE BEING MADE DAILY HARDWARE STORE FOR $15, $30, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHATEVER. SO WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT A PROCESS WHERE, UH, ANYTHING UNDER $500, IT'S NOT REQUIRE A PURCHASE ORDER. SO IF YOU GO TO YOUR LOCAL HARDWARE STORE AND GET SOMETHING OR GET OIL CHANGE, UH, WE WON'T REQUIRE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THAT. AND THEN ANYTHING OVER 500, WE'LL, UH, START OVER WITH, WITH A PO. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN THING. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP THE DEPARTMENTS MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER AND CUT DOWN SOME PAPERWORK. ANY, ANYTHING THAT MAKES THE, MAKES IT EASIER. UM, I'M VOTING FOR, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THANKS FOR THE VOTE, SIR. ? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION REAL QUICK. MAKES THE MOTION SECOND OR HE MAY CHANGES THEIR MIND. OKAY. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MR. GARRETT. [20. Garrett Moore, PE: Discuss/Approve the Precinct 3 County Right of Way repairs.] NUMBER 20, DISCUSS, APPROVE THE PRECINCT THREE COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY REPAIRS. YES SIR. YES. SO LAST TIME I WAS HERE WE DISCUSSED THAT THE ROAD REPAIRS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE IN PRECINCT THREE HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. RIGHT. UM, WE WORKED REAL CLOSE WITH, UH, OPEN END FOR US, SPECIFICALLY ROCK, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE. THERE WAS A COUPLE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE TOUCHED UP. WE TOOK PICTURES, WE SENT THEM THE ROCK, TOLD 'EM THAT HE NEEDED TO GET THOSE REPAIRED AS SOON AS HE COULD. THEY GOT CREWS OUT THERE AND THEY GOT 'EM ALL PATCHED UP AND EVERYTHING'S TO DEPTH THAT IT NEEDS TO BE. SO JUST TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, EVERYTHING TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD. UM, THINGS ARE WORKING BECAUSE WE'RE MONITORING IT BETTER. MM-HMM. . AND THEY KNOW WE'RE GONNA MONITOR IT. YEP. THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT. SO WHAT'S TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS? YES. OKAY. OKAY. NOW, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE AND THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE AS A COUNTY, [01:10:02] THEY DON'T TRANSFER. OUR CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN GUIDELINES WITH THESE CONTRACTORS, RIGHT? YES. YES. OKAY. OUR MOU ONLY AFFECTS COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS. NO. YEAH. 'CAUSE I ALREADY HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE GOING TO THE EDGE OF THE CITY AND MAYBE GOING FARTHER. AND SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT CONTRACT WITH 'EM AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING IT AND CITIES ARE DOING THEIR PART TOO. ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, INFORMATION. MM-HMM, . AND WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND MS. PHILLIP, MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. OKAY, MS. [21. Brandi Van Huss: Discuss/Approve the Accounts Payable Policy and Procedures Manual.] BRANDY DISCUSSED AND APPROVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL. GOOD MORNING. SO, UM, I JUST WANNA COMMEND THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSE WITH JACK AND HIS STAFF, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THEM. UM, AND WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ON OUR END AS WELL. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THIS POLICY, UM, BEGAN. UM, THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE, BUT WE JUST WANTED ON RECORD, OFFICIAL ACCOUNT, UH, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL, UM, TO REFER BACK TO. UM, WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY HAND IN HAND WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS PURCHASE ORDERS, UM, REQUISITIONS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. UM, WITH THE NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT WE'RE MOVING TO, THESE THINGS ARE REQUIRED. SO WE'RE GONNA, UM, ALIGN WITH THEM WITH THE, ANYTHING LESS THAN FIVE THOU $500 IS NOT, UH, REQUIRED A PO. ANYTHING ABOVE DOES. UM, ALSO ALONG WITH THIS, WE DO HAVE A FEW NEW FORMS, UM, THAT WE'VE REVAMPED AND, UM, MADE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, CLEAN AS FAR AS EXPECTATIONS OF HOW TO FILL THEM OUT, UM, IN RETURNING THEM BACK TO ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. UM, UM, SO WITH THAT, WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, MR. RANDY? FIRST? NO. I'LL JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS, NICK. YEAH. SORRY. IN ORDER, I THINK, I THINK THEY ARE IN ORDER. OH, I THINK THEY JUST GAVE HER A LOT OF HEADACHES. BUT , I APPRECIATE IT. CONGRATULATIONS. WELL, DESERVED BELIEVE. THANK YOU. YES, IT IS. YES IT DID. AND, UH, SHE EARNED IT. I'M READY FOR, FOR A NEW, A NEW, UH, A NEW CHAPTER. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO, YOU DON'T EVEN, AND YEAH, YOU, YOU, YOU STUMPED ME ON MY WORDS. . BUT NO, I'M EXCITED FOR A NEW CHAPTER AND MOVING FORWARD, UM, AND MAKING PROGRESS FOR THE COUNTY. WELL, WE'LL SEE HOW YOU DO AFTER THE FIRST BUDGET YOU GOTTA RUN. HEY, I'M, I'M GETTING READY. THERE YOU GO. . THERE YOU GO. OKAY. AND NEED MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MR. MOORE MAKES A MOTION. SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. [22. Auditor: Discuss/Consider line-item and budget transfers/corrections.] DOCTOR, ONCE AGAIN, CONSIDER LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS. SO THESE WERE SUBMITTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL. MOST OF THESE ARE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. UM, LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. I'LL MAKE MOTION FOR YOU. MR. PHELPS MAKES A MOTION. HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, MS. AUDITOR [23. Auditor: Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor,] ONCE AGAIN DISCUSS, CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT. SO WE'RE BRINGING, UM, TO COURT FOR APPROVAL THIS WEEK. WE HAVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CHECKS OF $1,122,045 AND 72 CENTS. UM, WITH MOST OF THAT BEING MADE UP OF, UM, ROAD BOND AND ARPA EXPENDITURES, WE HAVE JUROR CHECKS OF $1,796 AND A PAYROLL OF $1,929,062 AND 79 CENTS WITH A TOTAL PAYOUT OF $3,052,904 AND 51 CENTS THAT WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY, I'LL MAKE THAT APPROVAL. MR. HUNT MAKES THE MOTION APPROVE. . HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. I'LL [24. Adjourn Meeting] MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. A I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT. MR. PHELPS MAKES THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND FOR CARRIE. MR. MO. OKAY. MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.