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OKAY.[Call to Order]
HERE, THIS NICE SUNSHINY DAY TO OUR RECORD COMMISSIONER SCORE MEETING.UH, HERE IT IS JUNE THE FOURTH.
THIS YEAR IS PASSING BY SO FAST.
WE'RE GOING BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR PLEDGES AND WE'LL GET STARTED.
FATHER, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY.
WE'RE THANKFUL, TRULY FOR THE RAIN.
UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED IT AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BREAK, BUT IT'S ALL UNDER YOUR CONTROL.
THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE HURTING TODAY AND WE'RE SAD ABOUT SOME THINGS.
OUR FRIEND VIRGIL MELTON, WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT, THE COMMISSIONER OF VANZANT COUNTY IN A REAL STRANGE ACCIDENT.
AND WE WANNA PRAY FOR HIS WIFE WHO'S IN THE HOSPITAL AND HIS FAMILY.
WATCH OVER THEM AND THE DOCTORS WILL TAKE CARE OF HER AND YOUR SON'S NAME.
I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO NEED OF TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE.
JUST A LITTLE UPDATE ON MR. MELTON.
HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE BEEN TO A MR. A LOT OF US DO OUR GRANDSONS BALLGAME ON THE WAY HOME AND A TREE FELL, UH, KILLED HIM INSTANTLY.
HE WAS MY COMMISSIONER DOWN IN VANZANT COUNTY.
SO TO KEEP THE FAMILY IN, IN YOUR PRAYERS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
SO, UH, WE'RE DOWN TO ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE
[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]
AND WE HAVE, I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO READ THIS MORNING.WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TODAY.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A RECAP, WHICH IS, UH, SOME OF YOU'RE AWARE OF SOME OF YOU'RE NOT.
BUT ON MAY THE 28TH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT BIG STORM BLOW THROUGH THE COUNTY AND IT COST SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
11 O'CLOCK THAT MORNING I SIGNED A DISASTER FOR OUR COUNTY TO TRY AND GET SOME HELP.
AND BEFORE EVEN SIGNING DECLARATION, MR. HUEY BACK THERE AND HIS TEAM, UH, WERE WATCHING THE WEATHER WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, CAME TO HELP WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY.
SO SEVERAL HERE I WANT TO COMMEND FOR THEIR WORK.
THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY NORMALLY HAVE TO DO.
AND OF COURSE, FIRST IS MR. STEVE BACK THERE AND HIS TEAM.
THEY DID A LOT OF, UH, TIME WAS SPENT AT THE EOC.
HE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THERE 'CAUSE TREES WERE DOWN HIS ROAD.
THEY COULDN'T HARDLY GET THERE.
BUT THEY SPENT MANY HOURS THERE WORKING AND DIRECTING US, OUR COMMISSIONERS, AND FOR ALL THEIR CREWS.
THEY WERE OUT ON THE ROADS, CLEARING THE ROADS SO PEOPLE COULD GET SERVICES, GET TO WORK OR GET WHATEVER IT'S, THEY NEED TO GO.
OUR SHERIFF, BEAVERS AND ALL THE DEPUTIES AND 12 HOURS, THEY HAD OVER 750 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND JUST A 12 HOUR SHIFT.
OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR CITIES, THEIR CREWS STEPPED UP TO HELP THEIR RESIDENTS AND THE COUNTY STAFF SOME WAS ABLE TO WORK.
THOSE AT THE JUSTICE CENTER ANNEX WERE NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ELECTRICITY, BUT THEY STAYED FOR A WHILE AND WORKED TILL THESE SOAKING WET WITH SWEAT.
BUT THERE AGAIN, THEY COMMEND THEM FOR DOING WHAT THEY DID.
OF COURSE, ENCORE AND ALL THE EMERGENCY PEOPLE THERE AND THE TREE TRIMMERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATES ARE HERE HELPING US.
AND OF COURSE THAT WAS ELECTION DAY AND TANDY AND ALL HER CREW WAS WORKING AT THE, UH, CENTER, UH, WITHOUT ANY ELECTRICITY.
HAD LITTLE GENERATORS RUNNING WHAT WE COULD EMERGENCY WISE.
AND THEN JUDGE BLAIR, THANK GOODNESS HE SIGNED AN ORDER, EXTENDING THE VOTING TIME, ANOTHER HOUR SO THAT CITIZENS COULD GET OUT AND VOTE AND UTILIZE THEIR RIGHT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE TEXAS STATE GUARD STEPPED UP TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE, THE DEBRIS, ALLOWING THE COUNTY'S DAMAGE TO BE LOGGED QUICKLY, NEIGHBORHOOD AND ASSESSED IN THE CLEANUP.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY HOW MUCH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPRECIATES EVERYONE WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO TO HELP OUR CITIZENS.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, I HAVE SOME RECOGNITION.
SO IF THE, STEVE, YOU'D COME UP WITH THE GUYS FROM THE TEXAS STATE GUARD AND UH, WE DON'T WANNA GET SOME PICTURES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR LIST.
IS THAT GREEN TRACTOR, ARMY, ALL THEM FARMERS AND STUFF THAT GOT OUT THERE AND TOOK THEIR OWN? YES, THEY DID.
A LOT OF CITIZENS DID THAT? YES.
A COUPLE OF THEM ARE ON THEIR WAY INTO THE BUILDING NOW, I BELIEVE.
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WANNA GIVE A S APPRECIATION TO THE GUARD FOR BEING HERE TO HELP THE COUNTY ASSESS ALL THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE.IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED SO WE CAN GET HELP ALSO, IF YOU WILL.
UH, WHERE IS GUYS, Y'ALL COME ON DOWN.
COLONEL IN THE MAJOR I BELIEVE OR SOMEBODY'S COMING IN NOW? YES, MA'AM.
OH, WE'RE GONNA WAIT JUST A MINUTE THEN.
YEAH, WELL HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE I WANNA GIVE THESE CERTIFICATES TO THEM AND GET SOME PHOTOS.
BUT THEM, LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT MONEY WAS SPENT HERE.
IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO TELL A COLONEL TO RUN CERTAINLY
OH, I'M NOT AFRAID TO GIVE THEM DEMOTED CIRCUIT.
MAYBE HE'S SITTING IN THE CAR AFRAID HE'S GONNA GET WET.
THEY WERE COMING FROM DENTON, SO THEY, THEY HIT A BUNCH OF TRAFFIC.
IT SEEMS IT RAINED AGAIN TODAY.
THERE WAS TRAFFIC EVERYWHERE THIS MORNING.
SO YOU, ANY ESTIMATED TIME WHEN THEY MIGHT ARRIVE? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT HERE.
SO WE'LL WAIT JUST A FEW SECONDS.
BEAR, BEAR WITH US JUST A FEW MINUTES HERE.
IF NOT, WE'LL THROW THE SERGEANT UNDER THE BUS AND STICK HIM UP HERE.
HUH? WELL IT TOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF EFFORT ON THEIR OWN TO HELP CLEAR THE ROADS AND STUFF.
WELL, SO THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
TEXAS STATE GUARD RESPONDED, UH, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH 94 MEMBERS COMING OUT TO HELP US.
WE COULD HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN NEAR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IF IT WAS NOT FOR THEM SHOWING UP WITH THAT FORCE TO, TO HELP US.
SO WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO 'EM FOR, FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND IT'S GOOD WE HAVE RESOURCES LIKE THIS TO HELP NOT JUST OUR COUNTY, BUT ANY COUNTY THAT'S IN NEED.
IT'S QUITE A DISASTER WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE WEEKS, IF NOT MONTHS, TO GET IT ALL CLEANED UP AND MOVED.
WELL, IT IT, FROM EXPERIENCE, IT'S GONNA TAKE MONTHS.
WE'LL GET THE ROADS CLEARED SOONER THAN LATER.
BUT TO GET EVERYTHING BACK TO WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY OR WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER NORMAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT MONTHS, I'M SURE.
UH, WE'RE, SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON FEMA TO GIVE US THE DECLARATION FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
UH, WE ARE PRETTY SURE WE'RE GONNA MEET THE THRESHOLDS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. IS THERE ANYTHING THE COMMISSIONERS NEED TO DO TO REPORT TO YOU? NUMBERS, DOLLARS.
JUST KEEP TRACK OF THE DEBRIS.
UH, 'CAUSE IN TALKING WITH COMMISSIONER MOORE, JUST TO GET IT MULCHED UP IS ABOUT A $225,000 BILL.
SO, UH, THAT'S NOT EVEN COUNTING, PICKING IT UP, TAKING IT TO A TEMPORARY DEBRIS MANAGEMENT SITE, UNLOADING IT, SO.
WELL, ALRIGHT, LET'S GO DOWN FRONT GUYS.
MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A COMMANDER OR SOMETHING.
MIKE CLA MIKE HAVE YOU, YOU ARE STEPHANIE RITZ.
OKAY, WELL WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION FROM OUR COUNTY TO ALL OF Y'ALL WHO'VE HELPED IN ASSISTANCE.
FIRST ONE IS LIEUTENANT COLONEL MICHAEL LEARD.
OH, I WANNA GIVE THIS TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, SHAKE HANDS.
HE HAD TO DEPLOY TO FAN COUNTY.
WELL WE HAVE A SEAT FOR HIM TOO.
IF YOU, HE'LL, HE'LL COME BACK AND WE WILL GET A PICTURE.
I'LL GIVE IT TO HIM AND GET A REAL PICTURE OF ALL OF Y'ALL.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE GUARD HERE.
IF, UH, STEVE WOULD GIMME MORE NAMES, WE'D HAVE ONE FOR EACH OF YOU GUYS, BUT WE GET ONE TOO.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS GOING TO BE HERE OR WHAT THEN.
WELL, IF YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT, WE DIDN'T KNOW EITHER.
YOU GET AROUND AND Y'ALL COME ON.
PUT EVERYBODY IN SHIFT TO THE RIGHT OF
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YOU'RE RIGHT, RIGHT.WE DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL THEN, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR HAVING THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
CAN Y'ALL GET OUT AND MAKE THE
WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH CERTIFICATES FOR EACH OTHER.
APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE VERY MUCH.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS GOING TO TAKE OVER HERE.
I HAVE TO GO TO A CONFERENCE AND SO I'LL BE LEAVING AND UH, IT'S ALL UP TO YOU.
IT'S PRETTY GOOD WAYS TO DRIVE.
DO HIS JUDICIAL HOURS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND RUNNING OUTTA SCHOOLS TO GO TO.
ALRIGHT, NOW THAT WE'RE THROUGH THE ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE AT THE MOMENT, I KNOW I HAVE, UH, UH, WIND WINDY BUSTER ON VALLEY VIEW, BUT I'M SURE YOU'D LIKE TO TALK WHEN WE GET DOWN TO OWEN IS GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING, UH, ANYWAY.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, WE HAVE THE CONSENT
[2. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA NOW.AND DOES ANYBODY SEE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ANY COMMENTS ON IT? NOTHING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
COMMISSIONER BARBER MAKES A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, SUE STOUTER, UH, DISCUSSING,
[3. Sue Stadler: Discuss/Consider proclaiming the month of June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month.]
CONSIDER PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF JUNE AS ELDERLY ABUSE MONTH.SO EVERY Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN SO KIND TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, ELDER ABUSE AND A LOT OF FOLKS ARE NOT EVEN AWARE THAT ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES EVEN EXISTS.
WE ARE UNDER THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES LIKE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
UM, AND SO WE, OUR GOAL IN THE MONTH OF JUNE IS TO REALLY GET OUT THERE AND MAKE A PUSH FOR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND MAKING EVERYONE AWARE THAT THIS DOES EXIST.
THERE IS ELDER ABUSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
IT'S VERY PREVALENT AND ESPECIALLY THERE'S A RISE IN FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF OUR ELDERLY.
AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, APPRECIATE YOU ALL EVERY YEAR IN HELPING THIS, UM, GET, HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY MUCH.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THESE YOUNGER GUYS, THEY BEAT UP ON US REALLY BAD.
YEAH, NO, IT'S, IT'S, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING.
WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL SUPPORT VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYTHING? NOPE.
ANY COMMENTS? WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
SO ANYWAY, UM, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL SECOND MR. MOORE SECONDS.
ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE SAY AYE THEN FOR THE MONTH.
I HADN'T, I HADN'T SEEN HIM THOUGH.
MAYBE I'LL SHOW UP AND LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO GARRETT MOORE.
AND GARRETT'S HERE TO, WENT TO GARRETT GARY THERE
[5. Garrett Moore: Discuss/Approve the applications from Open Infra for fiber optic installs on County Road 352, County Road 374, County Road 376, County Road 377, and County Road 390 in Precinct 3.]
FOR, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATIONS ON THE OPEN INFRA FIBER OPTICS ON COUNTY ROADS 3 52 AND 3 74 AND 3 76 AND 3 77 AND THREE 90.ALL IN PRECINCT THREE, I GUESS.
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THE, UH, PLANS.THEY WERE JUST THE SAME AS ALL THE OTHER ONES.
THEY HAVE THE PROPER CALL OUTS.
WE DID SPEAK WITH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED TO GET IN YOUR GUYS' WAY ON 3 0 1.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING A TON FROM MY UNDERSTANDING DUE TO ALL THE RAIN.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET DOWN THERE EITHER.
WHICH IS WHAT, UH, AARON WAS SAYING IN THE EMAIL.
SO, UM, THEY SEEM TO BE PRETTY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
COMMISSIONER BARBER MAKES A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[6. Garrett Moore: Discuss/Approve the application from Spectrum/Charter Communications, to conduct aerial installation of utility lines on County Road 381 and County Road 339 in Precinct 3.]
UH, DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE APPLICATIONS OF THE SPECTRUM.UH, COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, CONTRACT AERIAL INSULATION AND UTILITY LINES ON COUNTY ROAD 3 81 AND 3 39 AND PRECINCT THREE.
UH, SO THESE ARE GONNA BE, AS IT SAYS IN HERE, THEY'RE AERIAL, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE RUNNING ALONG THE POLES.
I HAD THEM DO A, UH, HOUSTON COUNTY LAND PERMIT SINCE THEIR TRUCKS AND STUFF ARE GONNA BE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, IF Y'ALL PREFER THAT, THAT'S HOW I'VE BEEN APPROACHING IT.
AND IF I NEED TO CHANGE THAT, I CAN.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, SINCE IT'S NOT BEING BURIED, THERE'S NO DEPTH CALL OUT, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
AND THIS IS ONLY ON, THERE ARE TWO VERY SHORT RUNS.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF WIRE THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN, AT LEAST ON COUNTY ROAD.
THEY DO HAVE SOME WORK GOING ON ON THE FM ROADS, BUT YEAH, THAT'S TDOT STUFF.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? AT AND T CAME AND DID THAT ON MY ROAD.
JUST PUT IT ON THE TELEPHONE POLE.
NOT A LOT OF, UH, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 'EM HITTING
DON'T GOTTA PLAY IN THE MUD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AT LEAST NOT AS MUCH SPECTRUM DID IT DOWN MY ROAD TOO.
AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB, SO, YEAH.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER BARBARA MAKES MOTION.
A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.
ALRIGHT, SHANNON ROADIN, DISCUSS AND APPROVE
[7. Shannon Roden: Discuss/Approve replat of Lots 31, 32, 33 of Oak Creek Section I located on Stefani Lane in Precinct 1.]
REPLANT OF LOTS.31, 32, 33 IN OAK CREEK SECTION LOCATED IN SIMPSON LANE IN PRECINCT ONE.
SO THESE LOTS, UM, IN THIS SUBDIVISION TOTAL ROUGHLY 6.91 ACRES AND, UH, THERE'S A ONE ACRE SALE BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, WHICH, UH, PROMPTED THE REPL.
SO WE DID FOLLOW THAT PROCESS.
UH, THE NEW LOT SIZES ARE 3.36 ACRES AND 3.53 ACRES.
UM, THE RESIDENTS AND THE PUBLIC WERE NOTIFIED AND ALL OF OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVALS WERE SUBMITTED WITH THE AGENDA PACKET.
SO WE JUST NEED YOUR APPROVAL TODAY.
COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE.
[8. Sheriff Bryan Beavers: Discuss/Accept Kaufman County Sheriffs Office Financial Reports March -April 2024.]
BEAVERS IS, UH, LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT HE IS UP HERE TO GIVE THEHE SENDS HIS, REGARDLESS, HE IS DOWN TRAINING FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR MARCH AND APRIL.
ALL RIGHT, SO MARCH, UH, WE, IN 23, WE TOOK 894 INCIDENTS.
IN 24, WE WERE UP TO 190 AVERAGE, UH, DAILY POPULATION FOR OUR JAIL.
UH, WE WERE UP AGAIN, UH, TO 392 IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
ADMISSION TO THE JAIL IS 394 FOR LAST YEAR, 565 FOR THIS YEAR, UH, RELEASED FROM THE JAIL.
379, UH, RELEASED FROM THE JAIL.
THIS YEAR WE DID 35, UH, ARREST FROM THE COURTHOUSE LAST YEAR DID 13.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE DONE NINE, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 53, WHICH IS DOUBLE OF WHAT WE DID BY THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
UH, PICKUPS THROUGH TEXAS FOR TRANSPORT.
LAST YEAR WE DID 116, UH, YEAR TO DATE.
BY THIS TIME THIS YEAR WE'VE DONE 203.
YEAH, WE'RE TRAVELING PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES GETTING SO, AND IT'S HELPED WITH, UH, FLYING.
PLUS, UH, CIVIL IS COLLECTED $2,040.
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MONEY ORDERS FOR BONDS IS $4,980.UH, PRISONER JAIL MAINTENANCE, UH, 1,150 OTHER AGENCY BONDS RECEIVED AND FUNDS $23,062 AND 56 CENTS FOR A TOTAL OF 65,000 357 56 FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, UH, APRIL 23, WE TOOK 837 INCIDENT REPORTS.
APRIL 24, WE'VE TAKEN 970 ARRESTS MADE IN 23 WE'RE 133.
UH, 24 IS 154 ADMISSIONS TO THE JAIL.
UH, 341 LAST YEAR, 454 THIS YEAR, RELEASED FROM THE JAIL.
UH, YEAR TO DATE IS 149 FOR 2023.
2024 IS UP ALSO, UH, WITH 70 AND 273 YEAR TO DATE IN CIVIL, WE BROUGHT IN $1,611 MONEY ORDERS, $4,050, UH, IMPOUND WRECKER SERVICES, NO MONEY, UH, CASH BONDS, $19,750 PRISONER JAIL MAINTENANCE, UH, $340.
OTHER AGENCY BONDS RECEIVED $86,475 AND 56 CENTS FOR A TOTAL OF $112,226.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER BARBER SECONDS.
[9. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider purchasing a 1X Soter RS Full Body Security Scanning System for Kaufman County Sheriff's Department utilizing Buy Board Cooperative Contract #683-23.]
IS COMING TO THE PODIUM.THE TWO, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING, UH, ONE TIME SORTER RS FULL BODY SECURITY SCANNING SYSTEM FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT UTILIZING BUYBOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 8 3 DASH 23.
THAT SOUND PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING IT DOES.
UH, LOOKS LIKE THE SHERIFF NEEDS A SCANNER AND THIS DOES, UH, MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, AS MENTIONED IN THE BUYBOARD CONTRACT.
AND THAT TOTAL PRICE IS 147,500.
AND I WOULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AND THIS IS A BODY SCANNER FOR, UH, WHEN THEY'RE ADMITTING PEOPLE INTO JAIL SO THAT, UH, THEY CAN'T SMUGGLE SOMETHING IN CONTRABAND.
SO, TAKE A MOTION IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
JACK'S UP AGAIN AND THIS TIME HE'S UP TO
[10. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider purchasing Argus In-Car/Body Camera equipment and software for Kaufman County Sheriffs Department utilizing North Carolina Sheriffs Association Technology Procurement Program Bid 25-04-0222.]
CONSIDER PURCHASING, UH, IN A CAR BODY CAMERA, UH, EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE FOR THE COMPTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UM, UTILIZING NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT PROGRAM.UH, THAT, JUST LIKE YOU STATED, WE'RE, WE'RE A MEMBER OF THAT NOW AND, UH, THAT MEETS ALL THAT WE NEED.
UH, TOTAL PRICE IS $103,221 AND I'D ALSO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION OR ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE SHERIFF WAS TALKING ABOUT ALSO IN HIS BUDGET WORKSHOP LAST WEEK.
DO HAVE SECOND? I SECOND COMM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JACK 17 SEBASTIAN UP ONE MORE TIME.
[11. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider approving Five Star Correctional Services price increase for Kaufman County Jail Food Services.]
UH, APPROVING FIVE STAR, UH, CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PRICE INCREASE.KAUFFMAN COUNTY JAIL FOOD SERVICES.
AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE, THIS IS OUR FOOD CONTRACT FOR THE JAIL.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE IN THE CONTRACT BASED ON THE CPI, THEY CAN RAISE THE PRICES, UH, BASED ON THAT, UH, METHOD, UH, INMATE MILL, UH, OR BE RAISED FROM 1 42 0.3 TO, UH, A DOLLAR AND
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50 CENTS.POINT FOUR, UH, TRUSTED MEALS IS GOING FROM 2.848 TO 3.010.
AND SNACKS ARE, UH, GOING TO FROM SEVEN, UH, 79 CENTS TO 83 AND A HALF CENTS.
AND THERE AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON THE, UH, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, UH, ALLOWS THAT.
AND SO I, I WOULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? MAY TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK TOO.
COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A MOTION.
[12. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider advertising an RFP for an annual contract for Inmate Food Services for Kauman County Jail.]
TIME TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADVERTISING THE RFP FOR THE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR THE INMATE FOOD SERVICES FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY JAIL.AND JIM? WELL, THIS IS THE, UH, ON, ON THE FOOD CONTRACT.
UH, WE'RE AT OUR LAST RENEWAL ON THAT.
SO, UH, IT'S EXPIRING, I THINK AT THE END OF END OF JULY.
SO I JUST WANT TO GET, GET STARTED ON THAT PROCESS TO REBID THAT AND, UH, GET A NEW CONTRACT.
AND HOW LONG IS THAT CONTRACT? NORMALLY? IT WAS TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU, IT'S LIKE FOR A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH SEVERAL RENEWALS.
SO I THINK IN, IN ESSENCE, IT'LL PROBABLY BE LIKE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT IS WHAT I EXPECT.
AND OF COURSE, RENEWALS IF YOU WANT TO IT THE EXACTLY.
IT, IT DON'T HAVE TO RENEW IT, IT CAN BOTH PARTIES.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL TAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
COMMISSIONER BARBER MAKES A MOTION.
[13. Commissioner Phillips: Discuss/Consider signing applications for the Soil Conservation District for a Federal Rehab on the Upper East Fork Lateral 10 (Valley View) and Cedar Creek 60 (Kaufman City Lake).]
ONE'S MINE.I HAVE THIS ONE ON, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE MENU HERE.
UH, SO, UH, THE CONSIDER ADVERTISING AN RFP FOR AN ANNUAL CONTRACT.
I WAS GONNA SAY, THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT.
AND OWEN CANTRELL'S HERE TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT AND ALSO HAVE A WENDY BUSTER THAT I THINK SHE MIGHT WANNA COME UP AND DO YOU WANT TO, HUH? I CAN GO AFTER OWEN.
WELL, THE, THESE REHAB APPLICATIONS ARE A NON-BINDING APPLICATION WILL BE SIGNED BY THE COUNTY, BY THE, UH, CONSERVATION DISTRICT AS WELL AS ON, UH, SITE ON CEDAR CREEK.
60 WILL BE SIGNED BY THE CITY OF COST BECAUSE THEY WERE ORIGINAL SPONSOR AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED STILL A SPONSOR OF THAT SITE.
UH, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE UP ON, UH, 10, UH, ON VALLEY VIEW IS KIND OF A CONTINUING SITUATION.
THE RAIN, CONTINUOUS RAIN IS WHAT'S MAKING THE, THE BIG PROBLEM.
THE DRAIN PIPE THROUGH THAT DAM IS, IS SMALL AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DRAIN IT DOWN.
AND IT DOESN'T, WE DON'T HAVE TIME BETWEEN THE RAINS FOR IT TO DRAIN DOWN IT, THE CONTINUOUS RAIN JUST, IT KEEPS IT FULL ALL THE TIME.
AND THE ONLY, UH, REMEDY TO THAT IS TO ENLARGE THE PIPE THROUGH THE DAM.
AND ABOUT, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS THROUGH THE FEDERAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
AND THIS, UH, MONETARILY WISE IS, IS NOTHING TO THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY'S NOT OBLIGATED IN ANY WAY OTHER THAN THE CONTRACTING OF IT.
SIMILAR, OR IT WOULD BE EXACTLY THE WAY WE'RE DOING ON LOWER EAST FORK 10 NOW, UH, JACK, UH, UH, TAKING CARE OF ALL THE CONTRACTING ON THAT.
AND THIS WOULD BE THE SAME, THE SAME APPLICATION, THE SAME PROCESS, RIGHT.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THEY, UH, UH, WHEN WAS THAT? WHEN WAS THAT LAKE PUT IN? DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU KNOW? UH, THOSE, UH, ON 10 UP THERE WERE, WELL, BOTH OF THESE WERE I THINK AROUND 55.
I KNEW THAT THEY WERE REALLY OLD.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY SHOVED THAT OTHER PIPE THROUGH.
I KNOW THE PIPE WAS ORIGINALLY A 24 INCH PIPE.
WELL IT WAS A 20 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS A 22 INCH PIPE, A 22 INCH.
AND THEY PUT A 16 OR 15 IN IT.
UH, THERE WAS, IT HAD A CONCRETE PIPE THERE, THERE IS A CONCRETE PIPE THROUGH THE DAM.
IT HAD SOME BRAKES IN IT, AND THEY WERE AFRAID IT WAS GONNA COLLAPSE IN THE DAM.
SO THEY SLIPPED LINE A PLASTIC LINER INSIDE
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OF THAT CONCRETE, AND THEN THEY PUMP GROUT IN BETWEEN 'EM TO SEAL 'EM OFF.AND OF COURSE THAT MAKES THE, THE WATER PIPE IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE SMALLER.
IT MADE IT, AND IT TAKES A LONGER, THE DRAW DOWN TIME IS, I KNOW IS LONGER ON IT.
AND THESE, THESE DAMS, WHEN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT, THIS WAS ALL AGRICULTURAL LAND.
UH, THEY WERE BUILT AS A LOW HAZARD DAM.
NOW THEY HAVE BEEN UPGRADED THROUGH BY TCEQ TO A HIGH HAZARD DAM.
AND THAT HAZARD CLASS HAS TO DO WITH THE DOWNSTREAM HAZARDS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ACTUAL CONDITION OF THE DAM.
IF IT WERE TO BREACH, WHAT WOULD IT DO DOWNSTREAM? AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE HAZARD CLASS CHANGE ON THESE.
AND SAME WAY ON, ON, UH, 60 OUT HERE, THE OLD KAUFMAN CITY LAKE.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A LOW HAZARD, BUT NOW SINCE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT HOUSES BELOW IT, IT IS A, UH, NOW IS A HIGH HAZARD.
AND IT HAS A LOT OF CON CONDITIONS TO IT.
IT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT AS WELL.
UM, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH IT.
WE HAVE, UH, THERE'S TWO RESIDENTS THAT BUILT IN THE SPILLWAY OF
SO, AND, AND OUR, AGAIN, THE FEDERAL REHAB APPLICATION IS ABOUT THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.
UH, IT IS A, NOT A, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN OVERNIGHT FIX.
UH, IT, WE DON WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT QUITE A WHILE.
UH, IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAN NORMAL BECAUSE OF THE, THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAD WITH THE DAM.
WE MADE THE APPLICATION IN 2016.
AND THEY JUST NOW, IT, THE CONTRACTOR JUST NOW STARTED WORKING ON IT.
AND BECAUSE OF WET WEATHER, HE CAN'T GET A WHOLE LOT DONE ON IT RIGHT NOW, BUT AT LEAST IT IS UNDER CONTRACT NOW.
SO IT COULD BE, I'D SAY THREE TO FIVE YEARS PROCESS.
THREE YEARS AT THE SHORTEST, FIVE AT THE LONGEST.
IF THERE'S ANY POLITICAL PULL THAT THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR CONGRESSMAN STATE REPS OR WHATEVER, THAT HELP HELP, I'VE ALREADY CONTACTED ONE.
AND THEN ANYTHING, ANY, ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE POLITICALLY.
'CAUSE THIS IS, GOES THROUGH, THIS IS A FEDERAL, UH, PROCESS.
IT ALL GOES THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND ANYTIME, AS Y'ALL KNOW, ANYTIME THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS STRINGS INVOLVED IN IT, IT'S TAKES LONGER.
AND OF COURSE, WE'D ALREADY DISCUSSED ALL THIS, AND OF COURSE YOU ASKED FOR A LETTER OF ME AND I SAID, WELL, WE'LL GET THE JUDGES SIGN IT.
I THINK JUDGES HAVE MORE WEIGHT.
AND CONDIT, WE, WE HAVE SEVERAL O SEVERAL, SEVERAL OTHER ATTACHMENTS THAT WILL BE GOING WITH THIS TO SEVERAL.
THESE, THESE APPLICATIONS WE HAVE, ALL THE INSPECTION REPORTS WILL BE ATTACHED TO THEM.
IT IS FUNCTIONING, AS THEY SAY IT WAS, IT'S FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED.
THE MAIN PIPE IS RUNNING FULL.
WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED, BUT, BUT NEARLY THIS, UH, TWO INCHES UNDER THE, UH, THE SLIP LINING WAS AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY NRCS.
UH, THEY, WE JUST DIDN'T GO OUT THERE AND DO IT ON OUR OWN.
IT WAS APPROVED BY THEM TO DO THAT.
UH, IT, IT WAS A KIND OF A BANDAID FIX TO THE PROBLEM THAT THEY THOUGHT MIGHT HAPPEN TO.
WHEN DID, WHEN DID THEY DO THAT? YOU KNOW, I'M, I, I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO RECORDS TO SEE.
I THINK YOU TOLD ME ABOUT, I'M GONNA SAY IT'S 12, 15 YEARS AGO.
YOU, YOU SAID IT WAS QUITE SOME TIME AGO.
IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO ME, I MEAN IT NOT ON YOU, I'M JUST SAYING IT SEEMS LIKE THE GOVERNMENT, WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY FIX IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'D AUTOMATICALLY PUT IN AN ORDER TO FIX IT, A PERMANENT FIX.
AND THEN HERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, 15, 20 YEARS LATER, WHATEVER IT'S BEEN.
I MEAN, AND THAT'S JUST SAD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NOW IT'S GETTING, YOU KNOW, SINCE THERE'S PUBLIC BUILT UP BEHIND IT AND NOT COUNTING THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW MUCH COST IT'LL BE IF IT DESTROYS THE ROAD, AND THEN HOW MUCH PROPERTY OWNERS AND HOW MUCH THE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, UH, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE PEOPLE
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CAN'T EVEN GET IN AND OUTTA THE DRIVEWAY, BUT SOMEHOW SHE GOT OUT THIS MORNING.I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SHE USED A CANOE.
I, I'M, I'M, I KNOW AT ONE TIME Y'ALL HAD A GREAT BIG, TALL VEHICLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU STILL HAVE THAT NAVIGATOR DEAL OR WHATEVER IT WAS.
BUT, UH, THAT, UH, UH, SO I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, IT'S GOVERNMENT IN ITS FINEST WORK, I GUESS.
YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.
I MEAN, I, I CAN'T CHANGE IT, BUT I WISHED I COULD.
I WISHED I COULD DO SOMETHING, BUT I CAN, IT'S VERY HARD TO DO SOMETHING.
UM, THE ABOUT THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO IN THERE AND, AND, UH, LIKE I WAS TELLING YOU EARLIER, THERE'S A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN DIG WATERING.
BUT IT IS, YOU WOULD'VE TO DO IT EVERY TIME IT RAINS.
AND IT'S, IT'S A VERY COSTLY PROCESS.
HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY CHARGE FOR THAT.
IF YOU GIVE US THE NAME OF THEM GUYS, WE, WE MIGHT ASK THEM AND SEE WHERE I CAN SURE.
AND JUST FIND OUT WHAT IT COSTS, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING THAT'S BIG PUMPS.
AND WELL, WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO IS USE A, UH, A SIPHON TYPE SIPHON SYSTEM.
BUT THEY USE A VERY LARGE PIPE.
THEY USE IN 18 TO 36 INCH DIAMETER PIPE TO, UH, TO SIPHON IT OUT ONCE THEY GET IT STARTED AND JUST FLOWS, IT FLOWS.
UH, BUT WHEN THEY PULL IT, WHEN IT GETS IT PULLED DOWN, THE SIPHON STOPS.
AND THEN YOU GET ANOTHER RAIN, IT'S BACK UP AGAIN.
IT, IT, IT IS JUST THERE AGAIN, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BANDAID.
THAT, THAT AREA WILL TAKE A PRETTY DECENT RAIN WITHOUT OVERFLOWING THE ROAD OR THE, OR, UH, THE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, FACT, I, I THINK THE LAST TIME THAT ROAD ACTUALLY WAS O THE WATER WENT OVER IT, THE PIPELINE BROKE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE PIPELINE BREAKING AND I, IT WENT OVER THE ROAD THEN.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S EVER BEEN OVER THE ROAD SINCE, UH, IT CAME OVER THE ROAD A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE LITTLE PART OF IT.
YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND OF COURSE THEY'RE AT THE MERCY OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE HOUSES THAT ARE BUILT BEHIND.
AND THAT'S, AND ACTUALLY, I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT WE'VE ALREADY GONE TO WORKING ON IT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE HAD FREEZING NICKEL DO A STUDY.
WE HAD THEM COME IN AND REPORT AND IDENTIFY THAT AND IDENTIFY ALL THE, UH, FLOOD AREA THERE, ESPECIALLY THE, THEIR HOUSE.
I MEAN, KIND OF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT DREW IT INTO IT, RIGHT.
WAS BRINGING FREEZING NICKELS INTO IT AND PAYING THEM.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MUCH MONEY WE PAID 'EM, BUT QUITE A BIT JUST TO WORK ON THIS TO TRY TO GET SOME WAY, SOME KIND OF ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE.
AND WE RANKED, WE HAD, UH, 6, 6, 6 SITES IDENTIFIED.
AND OURS WAS THE LEAST, I THINK, WELL A LOT OF IT WAS BASED, ANY FEDERAL GRANT STOCK IS BASED ON INCOME.
SO BASICALLY THE ANSWER WAS, WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY YOU ANYTHING BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY.
SO WE HAD $8 MILLION PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE, WE'LL PAY 8% OF IT.
SO IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT GRANT WISE FOR EVEN THESE APPLICATIONS, THESE ONES THAT GO THROUGH A RANKING.
THIS ONE'S A, THIS ONE'S NOT GONNA COST A NICKEL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO, BUT THERE'S NO, THERE'S, I MEAN, EVEN IF WE SEND THESE APPLICATIONS IN, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF ANY OF THIS.
BECAUSE THEY GO THROUGH A, THEY GO THROUGH A RANKING SYSTEM.
I KNOW THEY LOOK AT A G IN DIFFERENT THINGS TO, TO PUT THESE IN IN AN ORDER ORDER BECAUSE THEY GET TELL HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF THESE THEY RECEIVE, HOW MANY PEOPLE IN EFFECT, HOW OFTEN IT AFFECTS IT.
AND, AND, UH, AND HOW, HOW MANY OF THESE FLOOD CONTROL DAMS DO WELL, I KNOW IT'S LIKE HOW MANY 20 IN, IN COFFMAN COUNTY THERE'S 74.
AND LIKE, AND, AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK PEOPLE MAY WANNA UNDERSTAND AS WELL IS THAT THESE ARE ALL PUT IN PLACE FOR FLOOD CONTROL, FOR ETERNITY RIVERS, ESPECIALLY GOING SOUTH.
SO AS WE'RE GROWING, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE RAINWATER, WE HAVE ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WATER COMES INTO THE HOUSE, IT'S GOTTA GO OUT THE HOUSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE KEEP GROWING, IT'S GONNA GET WORSE.
WELL, THE MORE IMPERVIOUS MATERIALS THAT'S PUT DOWN, CONCRETE ROOFTOPS.
IT'S JUST FASTER IT GETS THERE.
AND YOU GET GETS THERE QUICKER, FAST.
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OH.AND I MEAN IT'S, IT'S INSTANT.
AND, AND OF COURSE RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE AND OF COURSE RIGHT BEHIND THE BUSTERS ON OUR SIDE BETWEEN RANCH AND VALLEY VIEW, UH, THE NUMBER OF HOUSES ARE GOING TO GO UP TO 700 AND, UH, 28 OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WE HAD NONE BEFORE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, AND ALL THOSE ROOFTOPS ARE GOING TO FLOW DOWN THERE IN A HURRY.
AND ALL I HEAR IS NAIL GUNS,
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HEAR GOING ON.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, UH, NO, I KNOW.
EVERYBODY SAYS, WELL, THAT'S TOO BAD.
BUT, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS THINK YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF POWER AND YOU DON'T, YOU FIND OUT REALLY QUICK.
YOU HAVE ABOUT ZERO POWER TO, TO EVEN HELP WITH THIS.
ALL WE CAN DO IS WRITE LETTERS AND, AND BE AT THE MERCY OF EVERYBODY ELSE TRYING TO HELP US.
WELL I, AND I KNOW YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
YOU'RE, YOU, YOU CONSTANTLY TRY.
I, UH, I, I, I HAD, I'M, I DARE TO SAY THAT I HAD 50 PHONE CALLS YESTERDAY FROM, AND I COVER A THREE COUNTY AREA.
AND, UH, WE'VE, WITH ALL THIS, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE ONE TIME RAIN EVENT.
IT HAS BEEN THE CONTINUOUS RAIN CONTINUOUS.
UH, AND THESE SITES DO NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO DRAIN DOWN BEFORE YOU GET THE NEXT THREE INCH RAIN.
AND THEN TWO DAYS LATER YOU GET ANOTHER THREE INCH RAIN.
THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO DRAIN DOWN AND THE WATER JUST KEEPS BUILDING, BUILDING, BUILDING.
AND THEY EVENTUALLY GO THROUGH THE EMERGENCY SPILLWAY.
WHICH THE EMERGENCY SPILLWAY IS THERE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND IT'S THERE TO PROTECT THE DAM TO KEEP IT FROM OVER TOPPING THE DAM.
IF YOU OVERTOP THE DAM, THEN YOU HAVE A RISK OF LOSING IT RIGHT.
UH, BUT THE MERCHANT SPILLWAY IS THERE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND WHEN THEY FUNCTION, UH, PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GET, WHEN THE LAKE LEVEL GETS TO THAT POINT AND THAT SPILLWAY FUNCTIONS, PEOPLE PANIC.
BUT IT'S, IT'S A NORMAL OPERATION OF IT.
I SAID I WISH THE ACTUAL DAM ITSELF WAS LOWER THAN THE ROAD.
AND IF IT WAS, IT WOULDN'T BE NEAR AS BAD AS IT IS NOW, BUT IT'S NOT AS FIVE FEET ABOVE THE ROAD OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH EVER WHAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THAT COVERT AND THE TOP OF THAT DAM IS, IS HOW MUCH FURTHER IT IS OVER THE ROAD 'CAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.
BUT ANYWAY, I HAVE THE LETTER FOR YOU HERE SO YOU CAN TAKE THAT WITH YOU.
I DON'T KNOW, NEED TO ADD ANY PICTURES TO IT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU POSSIBLY NEED, I HOPE.
AND WE'LL LET WENDY COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT.
IF SHE WOULD LIKE, UM, Y'ALL HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE APPLICATIONS.
YEAH, I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I NEEDED TO LISTEN TO HER WHILE WE WERE ON THE SUBJECT AND THEN I'LL I'LL DO THAT.
AND 'CAUSE SHE MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING FOR DECADES.
WHEN THE COLLAPSED, WHEN THE PIPE COLLAPSED AND THEY PUT THE SMALLER ONE IN.
IT TOOK TWICE AS LONG FOR OUR PROPERTY TO CLEAR OUT.
AND NOW, I MEAN, WE WON'T HAVE ALL THAT PASTURE LAND IS GONNA BE UNUSABLE IF WE EVER GET THE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE DEAD.
BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT PART IS THAT WE CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF OUR PROPERTY.
OUR BUSINESS IS SHUT DOWN RIGHT NOW.
MY HUSBAND IS, UM, BETWEEN TWO BRAIN SURGERY.
HIS SECOND ONE IS ON THURSDAY.
I HAVE NO WAY TO GET HIM OUT OF OUR PROPERTY
SO IT'S REALLY CREATING A HARDSHIP.
AND WE'VE KNOWN FOR DECADES THAT A 16 INCH STRAW IS NOT NEAR ADEQUATE.
AND THAT WAS BEFORE WE HAD ALL OF THOSE HOUSES.
THE RATE OF WATER COMING INTO OUR PROPERTY NOW HAS WASHED OUT OUR TWO.
WE HAVE SIX FOOT CULVERTS IN OUR DAM TO OVERFLOW.
BECAUSE THE RATE IS SO FAST COMING INTO OUR PROPERTY NOW FROM ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION ABOVE US, THAT'S HAPPENED.
SO I KNOW RIGHT NOW THE SPILLWAY
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WE'RE WHAT, TWO OR THREE FEET FROM THE SPILLWAY? NO, IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE SPILLWAY Y YESTERDAY.IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE SPILLWAY WHEN WE WERE OVER THERE YESTERDAY.
IT WAS NOT, WELL IT MAY HAVE GONE DOWN, BUT I WAS THERE ABOUT, UH, 11 O'CLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING.
IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE EMERGENCY SPILLWAY.
I'M SURE IT IS PROBABLY GOING THROUGH IT THIS MORNING.
AGAIN, COULD THAT BE LOWERED MORE TO WHERE IT DOESN'T FLOOD THE ROAD AND IT DOESN'T FLOAT OUR ROAD? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING BECAUSE THAT COULD BE AN IMMEDIATE WHERE WE'RE NOT WAITING YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING DECADES TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD'VE TO BE APPROVED BY UH, NRCS ENGINEERS TO DO THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
AND HOW LONG IS THAT PROCESS? PROBABLY A LOT FASTER THAN THIS OTHER PROCESS? IT COULD BE.
IT COULD BE TO WHERE WE COULD AT LEAST TRY TO SALVAGE OUR ROAD AND NOT LOSE, I KNOW THE COUNTY ROAD DON'T ROAD 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE WATER ON LIKE THAT.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE WATER OVER OUR DAM MULTIPLE TIMES AND OUR DAM IS SO COMPROMISED IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE REDONE.
NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE FLOOD CONTROL DAMS IN MY PRECINCT.
AND I THINK IT'S MORE THE QUESTION WOULD BE ON THAT ABOUT THE SPILLWAY IS WHAT, WHAT LOWERING THAT SPILLWAY IS GONNA PUT MORE WATER DOWNSTREAM OF THAT SPILLWAY.
LIKE, UH, SEVERAL LAKES BY MY, IN MY PRECINCT THAT HAS THE REGULAR DAM LETS THE OUTLET THROUGH LIKE YOURS.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S, I HAVE SEVEN HOMES BUILT ABOUT A THOUSAND YARDS AWAY FROM THAT SPILLWAY.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT SPILLWAYS THERE PROBABLY.
IT IS PROBABLY IN THEIR LAND DEED.
BUT IF IT EVER GOES OVER THAT SPILLWAY AT THIS ONE LITTLE LAKE MM-HMM.
IT WOULD FLOOD ALL SEVEN OF THEM HOUSES.
I GUESS THAT'D BE A, LIKE, UH, OWEN SAYS THAT'D BE AN ENGINEERING PROCESS BECAUSE IT, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT'S GOING DOWNSTREAM IS WHAT, 'CAUSE I HAVE, I HAVE SO MANY OF THESE IN MY PRECINCT.
CAN WE GET THAT TO DEAL WITH? SO WOULD THAT BE FASTER? YES.
BUT THE, IT'S JUST LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER MOORE SAYS WHEN YOU LOWER THE SPILLWAY, IT WILL MAKE THAT SPILLWAY FUNCTION MORE OFTEN AND FUNCTION MORE.
I MEAN MORE WATER GOING VOLUME, MORE VOLUME GOING THROUGH IT.
SO THAT'S WHY HE'S THE ENGINEER.
WE'RE WAY OUTSIDE OF THE EASEMENT WAY OUTSIDE OF THE EASEMENT.
AND THIS IS A FEE SIMPLE TAKING
WE CAN'T GET EMERGENCY SERVICES IN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LANDLOCKED.
AND AND THE SAD NEWS IS EVEN THE GUY, AND IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, EVEN THE GUY ACROSS THE STREET, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEWEST GUY ON THE BLOCK, YOU KNOW, UH YEAH.
HE'S HE'S LANDLOCKED INTO HIS HOUSE.
I MEAN, AND HE IS ON THE HILL.
HIS HOUSE NOT FLOODING OR ANYTHING, BUT I MEAN, HE CAN'T GO DOWN TO GET TO THE STREET.
SO I MEAN, AT LEAST THE OTHER COUPLE PEOPLE ON THAT SIDE HAVE A BACK STREET THAT COME UP TO THE FRONT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL THE TRAFFIC.
IT'S A GOOD THING SCHOOL'S NOT GOING ON.
'CAUSE THIS WOULD INTERRUPT ABOUT EIGHT SCHOOL BUSES THAT TAKE THAT ROUTE.
AND THE, AND THE CHILDREN, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A GOOD WAY AND THE SCHOOL BUS CAN'T EVEN COME DOWN THERE AND PICK 'EM UP 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE NO PLACE TO TURN AROUND.
YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN IT'S A, IT'S KIND OF A NIGHTMARE.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T, THE ONLY OTHER TIME I REMEMBER IT ACTUALLY GOING OVER THE ROAD AND SITTING ON TOP OF THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN WHEN THE WOOD BRIDGE CAVED IN BECAUSE FINALLY SOMEBODY TOO HEAVY WENT ACROSS IT.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO WENT ACROSS IT NOW, BUT IT WAS A TRUCK I THINK.
BUT, UM, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE STUCK THERE.
BUT I, I REMEMBER IT CAVING IN.
I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHO DID IT.
THE UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE ROAD AND A VERY, YOU KNOW, COSTLY FACTOR AND IT'S GOING TO PUT ALL THE HEADACHE ON THE OTHER ROADS AND THE OTHER INTERSECTIONS AND YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 5,000 CARS DRIVE THAT TODAY.
NOW THAT'S, IT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, A BRIDGE WOULD FIX OUR PROBLEM.
I MEAN, I CAN MAKE, BUT A BRIDGE I MAKE, I CAN MAKE THE ROAD HIGHER.
BUT IT IS STILL, YOU KNOW, AND I'M FIXING TO DO THAT.
I ALREADY HAD THE EQUIPMENT SITTING OVER WHERE I WAS ALREADY GOING TO ADD THREE INCHES TO IT.
WHICH WOULD HAVE, THEY HAD THREE FEET.
YOU KNOW, AND NOW I'M RETHINKING THE WHOLE PLAN.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, UH, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SHORE UP THE SIDES EVERY TIME WE GET EXTRA CONCRETE, EXTRA ROCKS, WE ALL KNOW THAT I GOT YELLED AT
THEY'RE POINT IN FOOT OF THE PI.
WE, IT ALREADY, THE PIPES THAT ARE UNDER THERE DO NOT LET ENOUGH
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OF THE WATER COME THROUGH.AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO SUCK IT ALL OUT WITH A 16 INCH STRAW.
WELL I MEAN THE, THE PIPES UNDER THE ROAD.
I MEAN IT, IT, WE DON'T WANT IT FILLED IN ANYMORE.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO POINT IN HAVING MORE 'CAUSE IT WOULDN'T DO ANY GOOD.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT OUR ISSUE.
ONCE THOSE ARE FULL, EVERYTHING'S FLOODED.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
WE, WE HAVE TO GET MORE WATER DOWNSTREAM.
SO THAT WE'RE NOT, WE WE HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING.
WE'RE NOT TRAPPED AND WE'RE NOT HELD HOSTAGE.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON NOW.
BUT I MEAN, SO WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT SOMETHING.
I'M PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE.
SO YESTERDAY I WENT OVER THE RIVER'S ALREADY OUT OF BANKS.
IT'S ALREADY HITTING THE TWO LEVEES OF TRINITY RIVER.
SO I COULDN'T IMAGINE THE DEVASTATION IF THESE DAMS WERE REMOVED.
YOU'D HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILES FLOODED HOUSES AND LIVINGSTONE TO BE UNDERWATER.
IT JUST, IT IT'S A BIG MESS MA'AM.
IT'S JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO METER WATER TO KEEP FROM PUTTING 15 FOOT OF WATER OVER HOUSES AND LIVINGSTON.
IT'S A METERING DEVICE TO CONTROL FLOODING DOWN THE RIVERS.
IT IS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE WHOLE FLOOD WATER AND THEN RELEASE IT SLOWLY.
SO DOES, AND THAT'S SOMEBODY HAVE THE MONEY TO COME AND PUT A MUCH HIGHER COUNTY ROAD AND A ROAD FOR US.
WELL THE ROAD ROADS, WE ALL UNDER STATE LAW, WE CAN'T DO IT.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN'T BUILD SOMETHING ON YOUR PROPERTY THAT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT'S ILLEGAL UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
IT PUT YOU IN, PUT ME IN JAIL FOR WORKING ON YOUR ROAD.
I MEAN NO, I'M SAYING YOUR ROAD, IT'S BEEN TAKEN OUT BY ALL THE FLOODING FROM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED A STUDY.
DID THEIR STUDY SAY THAT THEY WERE GONNA TAKE OUT OUR ROAD WITH, 'CAUSE WE HAD TO HAVE DENNY NO DECO COME IN AND WHAT, WHAT THE WHOLE STUDY STARTED OUT TO BE WAS, AND OF COURSE GARRETT'S GONE.
BUT I COULD HAVE GOT THE ENGINEER UP TO KINDA EXPLAIN THAT.
BUT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE WAS IS A WHOLE STATE STUDY THAT WE'RE TRYING SLOWLY BUT SURELY TO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH WHERE THE WATER GOES.
AND IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY IN THE, IN THE STATES TO THINK THE SAME WAY, THEN MAYBE SOME OF THIS FLOODING CAN STOP.
I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE IT WORKS THAT WAY.
SO LIKE DEVIN
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT UNTIL THEY START TURNING DIRT.
AND WE'VE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT NOT MUCH.
AS WENDELL BERRY SAYS, TREAT THE PEOPLE DOWN THE ROOT STREAM.
AS YOU WOULD HAVE THE PEOPLE UP THE STREAM TREAT YOU.
IT'S, OH, I'M, I'M, I'M WITH YOU.
I MEAN, I'M NEVER BEEN AGAINST ANYBODY NOT TRYING TO GET THE PROBLEM CORRECTED.
SO CAN WE PURSUE THE PART WITH THE SPILLWAY TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET FASTER RELIEF FOR THE ROOT COUNTY ROAD? WELL THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, THIS, WHEN THEY DO IT, THEY'LL STUDY THE WHOLE THING AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO ON THE REHAB.
WE CAN MAKE A SPECIFIC, UH, REQUEST TO NRCS FOR THAT.
UH, MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE, IF WE WILL HAVE A, A DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TOMORROW OKAY.
AND I CAN BRING THAT UP TO THEM.
WE CAN WRITE A LETTER REQUESTING THAT, UH, I'M, I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING.
BUT YEAH, THIS LAKE WAS BUILT IN 1955.
THE EASEMENTS WERE GRANTED MOST OF THESE EASEMENTS WERE GRANTED BE, WELL THEY WERE GRANTED BEFORE THAT 52 TO 53 WAS WHEN THESE EASEMENTS WERE SIGNED.
ALL THIS, UH, YOUR HOUSE, YOUR ROAD, EVERYTHING WAS BUILT IN THE EASEMENT AREA AFTER THE LAKE WAS BUILT.
UH, WHOEVER BUILT 'EM, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T BUILT IT THERE, BUT WHOEVER BUILT IT DID NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ELEVATIONS AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE THE ELEVATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLE SPILLWAY, THE EMERGENCY SPILLWAY HAVE NOT CHANGED
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SINCE 1955.SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN YOUR HOUSE WAS BUILT.
I MEAN I I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT FAR BACK, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.
SO WHERE, THAT'S THE ANOTHER QUESTION WE HAD IS, UM, EASEMENTS.
WE, WE, THE THE MUD DEVIN SHIRE, THEY CONDEMNED OUR PROPERTY, BROUGHT THE SEWER THROUGH.
IT DIDN'T GIVE US ACCESS TO IT.
BUT ANYWAY, EASEMENTS ARE DEFINED BY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SHOWS US WHERE THE EASEMENT IS.
WHERE IS THAT DEFINED GENTLEMAN IN THE BEAD GENTLEMAN? WASN'T IT? THESE, THESE WERE WHAT IS, UH, CALLED UH, BLANKET EASEMENTS.
AND NORMALLY IT WOULD COVER THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
IF YOU HAD A HUNDRED ACRES AND THERE WAS ONLY ACTUALLY 10 ACRES GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THIS, THAT EASEMENT WOULD COVER YOUR WHOLE A HUNDRED ACRES.
UH, THERE WAS NEVER, THERE WAS JUST 10 ACRES INVOLVED IN IT.
NO, THAT WAS NOT DISCLOSED TO US.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE, THERE WAS NEVER A ME AND BOUND SURVEY DONE ON THESE ORIGINALLY.
THERE WERE, THAT WAS NEVER DONE TO 'EM WHEN THEY, WHEN THE EASEMENTS WERE GRANTED.
AND, UH, THEY ARE NOT SPECIFIC IN EITHER ELEVATION OR ACREAGE OR MEETS AND BOUNDS.
HAS SOMEBODY AGREED TO THAT? YOU EVER SIGNED THAT EASEMENT? ORIGINAL EASEMENT DID.
AND IS THAT LEGAL VALID? AND THAT'S WAY I, SO FAR THEY HAVE BEEN HELD UP.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED RIGHT HERE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND JUDGE T'S COURT AND HE RULED IN OUR FAVOR THE EASEMENT WAS TRUE AND GOOD.
WELL WE KNOW THAT THIS, THE SUPREME COURT JUST OVERRULED THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS IS LIABLE FOR IMPROPER FLOODING.
NOW MAYBE THIS IS PROPER THAT OUR PROPERTY IS FLOODED AND WE CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF IT.
I DON'T THINK SO, BUT NO, IT DOESN'T SOUND FAIR TO ME.
IT DOESN'T, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SOUND FAIR QUESTION TO THE COUNTY FOR THE ROAD EITHER.
BUT HOW, HOW HIGH WOULD WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT ROAD? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE IT.
BASICALLY, WHAT'RE TELLING ME IS MY ROAD'S NOT MY HOUSE CAN BE FLOODED.
IF YOUR OUT, IF YOUR HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE EASEMENT AREA AND IT'S BELOW THE, IT'S NOT AND IT IT'S BELOW THE SPILLWAY, IT COULD BE FLOODED.
WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE NO, THEIR HOUSE HAS NEVER, I DON'T THINK YOUR HOUSE HAS EVER BEEN FLOODED.
NO, I DON'T THINK HER HOUSE WOULD EVER FLOOD.
BUT IT'S GETTING, I THINK THEIR HOUSE IS HIGHER EVERY GETTING CLOSER.
BUT IT'S A, IT'S A HIGHER, AND IT, I GUESS IT'LL BE OVER THE, THE ONLY WAY WE'D KNOW THAT IS ACTUALLY IF THEY DID THE ACTUAL SURVEY AND TOOK THE ELEVATIONS, YOU KNOW, ON THESE NEW 3D DRONES THEY'VE GOT, THEY CAN FLY OVER IT.
MOST OF OUR SURVEYING NOW ON THESE SITES, YOU KNOW, THEY'D BE INTERESTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL THEY WOULD DO.
UH, WELL THEY WOULD HAVE TO, I MEAN WHEN THEY DESIGNED IT THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO KNOW HOW MUCH EASEMENT THEY HAD TO GO AND GET.
THEY HAD TO KNOW HOW FAR THIS WAS GONNA GO.
THEY HAVE, THERE IS WHAT IS CALLED A LAND RIGHTS MAP.
IT IS NOT A LEGAL, IT'S NOT FILED WITH THE COURT.
NO, IT IS NOT FILED IN THE COURT.
IT IS JUST A WORKING DOCUMENT.
JUST LIKE THE PLANS ARE A WORKING DOCUMENT AND IT'S A, BASICALLY IT'S A HAND DRAWN MAP, UH, CONTOURS THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT TO ME.
AND BUT IT WASN'T FILED WITH THE COURT.
SO I KEEP SOMETHING IN MY OFFICE AND AT SOME POINT, WELL WE CAN, WE CAN DEBATE THIS ALL DAY KNOW, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I KNOW THERE'S NOTHING I CAN OR, AND ONE POSITIVE THING, UM, THIS IS, IT'S GOING OVER TO SPILLWAY YESTERDAY.
THAT'S PROBABLY AS HIGH AS IT'S GOING TO GET.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE MINE IS.
WHATEVER LEVEL THAT SPILLWAY IS AT, LIKE OWEN WAS SAYING, AND I'VE HAD THIS MYSELF WITH DIFFERENT RESIDENTS THAT SPILLWAY, LIKE IF THAT HOUSE IS BUILT ABOVE THAT, IF YOU DID, YOU SHOT THE GRADE ON THAT AND THAT HOUSE, THAT'S WHAT THAT SPILLWAYS FOR, THAT IT WON.
NOT LET THAT WATER GET ANY HIGHER THAN HOUSE IS HIGHER THAN THE SPILLWAY.
SO, AND THEN THAT IT'S NOT IN OUR HOUSE.
AND BY THAT SPILLWAY WORKING RIGHT NOW, IT IS THAT IT'S GONNA KEEP THAT WATER AT THAT LEVEL.
SO I MEAN IT MAY BE MORE NOW THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SPILLWAY MAY NOT BE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MORE WATER IT'S COMING THEIR WAY NOW.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THE SPILL WEIGHS THERE FOR.
SO IT ALL GOES IN THE EAST FORK ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S WAY DOWNSTREAM BEFORE IT AFFECTS ANYBODY.
BUT, UH, AND, AND, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S FRUSTRATED MA'AM.
I KNOW THIS AND I DON'T YOU THINK I'M MEAN THAT, BUT I MEAN WE CAN'T CONTROL MOTHER NATURE.
I MEAN WE'VE HAD 20 OVER 20 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
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MEAN, THAT'S NOT NORMAL.I MEAN, WE PICKED UP 14 INCHES IN MATTER OF ABOUT 10 HOURS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, AND LAKE RAY HUBBARD'S ONLY UP A HALF OF A FOOT.
WELL THEY DUMP BUT RIGHT IT OUT FROM IT.
THEY'VE BEEN LETTING IT ALL OUT.
THEY'RE LETTING IT OUT BECAUSE THEY GOT A FLOOD STAY AND THEY HAVE TO LET IT OUT.
AND YOU DON'T RAY HUBBARD'S DOWN RIGHT.
OVER RAY HUBBARDS
BUT, SO I'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MY HUSBAND OUT FOR HIS THURSDAY.
NOT HERE, BUT I'M GONNA ASK SOME OF THE DA'S OFFICE AND OTHER THINGS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN CHANGE SOMETHING.
BUT LET ME, I'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT PART.
HERE'S YOUR, YOU MAKE A MOTION.
HMM? Y'ALL NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'M GONNA MAKE A, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL START AGAIN.
AND COMMISSIONER MOORE SECONDS ON PAPER.
I'M, I'M SORRY THAT WE CAN'T HELP MORE AT THIS TIME.
THE, UH, ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? THAT'S BEEN CHANGED.
I SAW SOME PEOPLE COME IN AND I SAID UHOH DID, UH, WE SKIPPED OVER
[4. Nathan Collins: Discuss/Approve: Commissioner's Court to approve the enrollment of the County's employees in TAC's Cybersecurity course.]
YOU EARLIER, RIGHT? OR WHO, WHO DID WE SKIP OVER? NATHAN.YOU JUST HERE TO LOOK TODAY OR DID I HAVE SOME, I DID WORKSHOP AFTER THIS.
I FORGOT WE HAD A BUDGET WORKSHOP.
I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST DOING THIS TODAY.
UH, THIS IS JUST OUR ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
UM, SO FIRST STEP IS TO GET IT APPROVED BY Y'ALL TO USE TAX TRAINING.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, IS THAT THEY CHARGE FOR THE TRAINING PER USER TECH IS STILL BY FAR THE CHEAPEST OPTION TO, TO DO ONE OF THESE APPROVED, UM, CYBERSECURITY COURSES.
BUT I'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR, UM, THE TRAINING TO TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST UP TO Y'ALL TO APPROVE.
DID YOU TALK TO RANDY AND NO? UM, BUT HE SAID THAT IT IS INCLUDED IN HIS BUDGET.
YEAH, I HAD TO, I HAD TO, UM, INCLUDE IT LAST YEAR WHEN I, WHENEVER I, OKAY.
ALRIGHT, MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND GO TO THE AUDITOR AND TALK TO BRANDY A MINUTE.
AND SHE'S GONNA DO THE YEAH, WE GOTTA EXTEND.
AREN'T IT? 14? WE'RE DOING 14.
DISASTER DECLARATION EXTENSIONS.
LINE ITEM TRANSFER I HAVE ON MINE.
SO SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING.
[14. Judge Allen: Discuss/consider Order extending Disaster Declaration issued May 28, 2024 for forty-five days or until terminated by Commissioners Court.]
ALRIGHT.AND THAT'S JUDGE AS, UH, JUDGE ALLEN'S.
AND IT'S A DISASTER DECLARATION.
ISSUED MAY 28TH FOR 45 DAYS UNTIL THE TERMINATION.
AND I GUESS STEVE'S UP HERE TO COMMENT ON THE, ON THE, YES SIR.
UM, WE ASK FOR THIS TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
AS YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL RAINING AND THE DISASTER IS ONGOING.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THIS 45 DAYS.
IF EVERYTHING CLEARS UP, WE CAN ALWAYS RESCIND IT BEFORE THEN.
UH, IF IT CONTINUES AFTER 45 DAYS, WE'LL PROBABLY ASK FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION.
SO, BUT I THINK 45 DAYS SHOULD GET US OUT OF THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
UH, FOR Y'ALL TO EXTEND THIS FOR US, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER BARBER, MAKE A MOTION.
[15. Judge Allen: Discuss/consider approving Easement and Right of Way Agreement with Oncor Electric Delivery Company.]
CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING EASEMENT OF RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENT WITH ONCORE ELECTRICITY DELIVERING[01:05:01]
COMPANYIT'LL GIVE THE POWER, UM, FROM OUR PROPERTY OVER TO THE KINGS FORT AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT'S FOR THE NEW ROAD GOING IN BEHIND? YEP.
COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UH, COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECONDS.
[16. Auditor: Discuss/Consider line-item and budget transfers/corrections.]
WE CAN GET DOWN TO THE AUDITOR.SO ANYWAY, THIS IS OVER LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
EVERYBODY HAD TIME AND TO LOOK AT 'EM AND KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND MOST OF THESE ARE JUST ROUTINE, UM, LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND MAINTENANCE AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, WE HAVE MR. BARBARA MADE THE MOTION HUNT.
[17. Auditor: Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.]
AND THIS IS FOR THE, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PAYMENTS, UH, FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO THE AUDITOR.ALRIGHT, SO THIS WEEK WE ACTUALLY COME TO YOU ASKING FOR, UM, PAYMENT FOR TWO WEEKS WORTH.
SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE COURT LAST WEEK, MOST OF THE, UM, EXPENDITURES ARE GONNA BE MADE UP OF EQUIPMENT, UM, AND ROAD MATERIALS.
UM, IN AP, UH, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $2,200,128 AND 88 CENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A PAYROLL OF $2,244,371 AND 58 CENTS FOR A TOTAL PAYOUT, UM, OF 2 MILLION, UH, $4,444,500 AND 46 CENTS.
THAT WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS.
[18. Adjourn Meeting]
WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO INTO A WORKSHOP MEETING.SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
I'LL SECOND MR. BARBARA SECOND.