* 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. ALRIGHT. I NEED [00:00:01] IT OVER HERE SO I CAN MANAGE IT AND SHE CAN KEEP OVER ALL HER NUMBERS 'CAUSE SHE CAN'T GET IN. ALRIGHT GUYS, WE ON AIR READY TO GO? YEAH, I TALK TO JUST THAT TIME OF DAY, JUST THAT TIME OF DAY NUMBERS THIS MORNING HE MIGHT HAVE. [Call to Order] GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. WE'RE GATHERED HERE FOR OUR REGULAR, UH, WEEKLY MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, ON JULY THE NINTH HERE AT NINE 9:00 AM FOR OUR REGULAR, REGULAR MEETING. AND AT THIS TIME WE'LL DO THE, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGES AND I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER MOORE'S GONNA DO THE INVOCATION AND I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER HUNT, DO THE PLEDGES. OKAY. AND, UH, SO IF YOU ALL ALL PLEASE RISE. YES. PRAY MR. GRACIOUS TO HELP ME. FATHER LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO IN OUR LIVES. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. WE ASK YOU TODAY THAT AS WE MAKE DECISIONS, THAT YOU'RE HERE TO GUIDE US AND LET US MAKE DECISIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OUR EMPLOYEES. WE THANK YOU FOR THE LITTLE BIT OF RAIN WE GOT YESTERDAY, LORD, AND WE JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE, THE, THE BLESSINGS THAT THE EMPLOYEES HERE IN THE COUNTY GIVE US AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR MILITARY ABROAD, LORD, BE WITH OUR NATION AS UH, WE GO FORWARD TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON YOUR WILL AS WELL. AND WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU LOVE. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AMEN. MY LEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, OUR ALLEGIANCE BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHTY. [1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.] WE'RE [2. CONSENT AGENDA] GONNA MOVE RIGHT INTO, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. DOES, UH, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENT, UH, JUDGE ALLEN? HE'S, HE'S OUT OF TOWN TODAY, SO, UH, HE'D BE BACK NEXT WEEK. UH, SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING, UH, WITH THAT? WHAT'S YOUR NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE IS DO WHAT? HAVING COURT NEXT WEEK, IS THAT CORRECT? ON THE 16TH? OH YEAH, THAT'LL BE CONFERENCE. WE'LL BE AT CONFERENCE, WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON FRIDAY FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FOR A DECORATION. IT'LL BE A ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY, I THINK ONE OR ONE 30 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UH, AND THAT'S ALL THE PURPOSE FOR IT IS IT'S JUST A, TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY DISASTER DECORATION DEAL. SO THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE STILL, I THINK WE STILL GOT ABOUT 68 ROADS TO GET DEBRIS OFF OF. MM-HMM. . YEAH. I MEAN WE JUST GOT HAMMERED, SO YEAH. SHOULD BE HELP. HOPEFULLY. AND ALSO IN THE ROUTINE CORRESPONDENT, UM, THE UH, UH, FIRE MARSHAL HAD A BURN BAND ON AND WE'RE GONNA SKIP OVER THAT TODAY BECAUSE HE, UH, AFTER THE RAIN IT, IT TOOK US OUT OF THE FIGURES TO BE UNDER A BURN BAND. SO, UH, JUST THOUGHT I'D LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY THOUGHT THEY COULDN'T BURN AFTER TODAY, THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO BURN FOR A WHILE. MM-HMM. . SO ANYWAY. SO ANYTHING, UM, ANYTHING ELSE, ANYBODY OFF HAND? ALRIGHT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AND MOVE RIGHT INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THAT'S OVER THE MINUTES OF LAST WEEK AND THE TAX ASSESSORS COLLECTION. AND UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY THING ON THAT? MM-HMM? ANY COMMENT? OKAY. NO MOTION, NO CORRECTIONS. ALRIGHT THEN I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER HUNT MADE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT, SECOND. MR. BARBER. ALL IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SAY AYE. A AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NEXT PERSON [3. Halie Bever: Discuss/Present a commemorative plaque for being one of the original 49 founding members of the Texas Association of Counties Risk Management Services Pool for Workers Comp.] IS HALEY'S. COME DOWN TO UH, UH, PRESENT US UH, WITH A COMMANDMENT OF PLAQUE FOR BEING ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 49 FOUND FOUNDING MEMBERS, UM, OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF THE COUNTY OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE POOLS OF WORKERS' COMP. GOOD MORNING COURT. I AM GLAD TO BE HERE. ALRIGHT, UM, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU. THIS IS A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE THAT YOU GUYS, UM, RECEIVED FOR BEING ONE OF THE FIRST FOUNDING MEMBERS. THERE ARE ONLY 49 FOUNDING MEMBERS LEFT IN THE STATE. SO YOU GUYS ARE ONE OF 48 THAT WERE ABLE, SORRY, 49 THERE. YOU WERE ONE OF 49 THAT WERE, UM, RECEIVED THIS PLAQUE. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS, UM, CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH ATTACK RISK MANAGEMENT POOL, WORKERS' COMP FOUNDATION. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM. IF NOT, THANK YOU AGAIN. AND IF WE COULD AFTER COURT, COULD I GET A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS? I THINK PROBABLY WE OUGHT TO DO IT NOW. HAVE A PICTURE. OKAY. DON'T Y'ALL WANNA GO DOWN THERE AND MAKE A PICTURE? SURE. DOWN HERE, RIGHT? MAKE A PICTURE OF THIS. [00:05:18] OKAY. I'M SURE IT'S HEAVY. WELL, WE'LL HOLD IT UP FOR YOU. OKAY. ON 3, 1, 2, 3. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. JUST VERY MAD. PRETTY NICE. THAT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. MY WALL OVER SO I'LL TAKE IT. YOU COLD? LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHTY. WELL THANK YOU HALEY FOR THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY, WE NEED TO ACCEPT THAT OR MAYBE YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT FROM ME. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL. COMMISSIONER MOORE MADE THE MOTION. I HAVE A SECOND. I COMMISSIONER BARBARA. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [4. Garrett Moore: Discuss/Consider/Approve Open Infra's Use of County Property Applications to install fiber optic lines on County Road 136, County Road 164, Dogpatch Drive, Pam Lane and Yellow Rock Ridge in Precinct 1.] GARY MOORE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING, UH, OPEN FERENCE, UH, USE IN COUNTY ROADS APPLICATIONS, THE INSTALL FIBER OPTIC LINES ON COUNTY ROAD 1 36, COUNTY ROAD 6 1 64 DOG PATCH, LANE DRIVE, PALM LANE, UH, PAM LANE AND YELLOW ROCK RIDGE PRECINCT ONE. ALRIGHT, MORNING. MORNING. SORRY FOR THE TONGUE TWISTER TODAY. IT DID. WE GOT, AS YOU SPOKE, WE GOT ALL THESE ROADS ON HERE. I'VE GONE THROUGH THE PLANS AND IT'S THE SAME THING THAT THEY'VE TURNED IN PRIOR. ALL THE PROPER CALL OUTS. IT'S ALL, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREA. UM, AND, UH, NO NEW UPDATES ON INSPECTIONS. UM, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE THEY'RE STILL WORKING IN THE AREAS THAT THEY WERE LAST WEEK AND, UM, HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY NEW UPDATES FROM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS EITHER, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS TOO. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I DON'T KNOW. WE ALL LOOK AT PRECINCT ONE AND THE, EVERYTHING STILL GOING WELL WITH THE CONTRACTORS USING YES. YES. WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DIVE EVEN GOT ANY PHONE CALLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I HAVEN'T EITHER. AND RAYMOND'S BEEN GREAT. HE'S BEEN KEEPING US UP TO DATE ON SCHEDULE. THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND DO SOME REPAIRS ON A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES, UH, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD AS MANY INSPECTIONS HERE RECENTLY AS, UH, PRIOR. BUT, UM, NOTHING, NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT IT. RIGHT. IT'S JUST A PROCESS TO GET THROUGH TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON TO DO IT. YEAH. YEAH. AND THEY'VE DEFINITELY FOUND ONE WITH RAYMOND. SO, UM, MOTION. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT GENTLEMEN. YOU BET. ALRIGHT, NEXT IS JUDGE [6. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider appointing Stuart McGregor as the County Representative for the NCTCOG EDC Board.] ALLENS, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS ANYWAY. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING STUART MCGREGOR AS THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE NC TC OG EDC BOARD. AND, UH, I THINK HE HAD TO DO SOME BRIBING TO GET HIM TO DO IT, BUT HE FINALLY UP SAID HE TO DO IT. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE HE CHANGES HIS MIND WE OUGHT TO VOTE ON IT. SPEAK, GIVE US A SPEECH. IS HE GONNA GIVE A SPEECH? I I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER. I I THINK YOU'RE WELL QUALIFIED. YES SIR. I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD SPEECH. I THINK HE'S WELL QUALIFIED. I DO TOO. UH, BUT, BUT, UH, WE NEED REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD AND, UH, HE'S VOLUNTEERED TO DO IT AND WE WERE PROUD TO HAVE HIM DO IT. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I MAKE THE MOTION. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES A MOTION AGAIN. I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA. SECONDS. . ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. IT'S TOO LATE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND NOW. THANK YOU ALLALL VERY MUCH. THANKS SIR. HAVE A GOOD DAY. YOU SEE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. [7. Brandi Van Huss: Discuss/Consider purchasing ClearGov financial software.] ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO, UH, OUR AUDITOR. GOOD MORNING. AND THIS IS DISCUSSION CONSIDER PURCHASING OF CLEARVIEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE. AND SO SHE MIGHT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT JUST SO EVERYBODY ELSE UNDERSTANDS IT. UH, I HAD A MEETING WITH HER THE OTHER DAY. I, I REALLY LIKE, UH, WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR HER. SO YES SIR. UM, WE'RE ASKING TO [00:10:01] PURCHASE THIS SOFTWARE. IT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING AT FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. SO NOW, UM, WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO US, IT WASN'T A GOOD TIME WITH OUR CONVERSION. UM, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTED THAT, UM, THEY REACHED BACK OUT AND IT IS A BUDGETING TOOL. UM, IT WILL PRESENT PROFESSIONALISM AND FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY. IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE ALL THE DATA FROM OUR CURRENT, UM, MUNIS FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT IT INTO THIS FINANCIAL SYSTEM. AND IT PRESENTS A BUDGET BOOK, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, THE BUDGET BOOK ON THE WEBSITE. UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY CAN GROW WITH, UM, AS WE GROW IN, UM, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PRESENT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. UM, IT'S GONNA SAVE US A LOT OF TIME IN HEADACHE. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OUR BUDGET BOOK IS AN EXCEL DOCUMENT THAT EXISTS THAT HAS OVER 100 INDIVIDUAL TABS THAT WE HAVE TO MANUALLY MANIPULATE . SO IT'S GONNA BE A LIFESAVER FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. UM, AND I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD FOR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS WELL. SO I ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL. SOUNDS LIKE A, IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD TOOL. I MEAN, I LOOKED AT IT AND IT, AND IT'LL CLARIFY A LOT OF THINGS AND IT'LL BE EASIER ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE TO BE ABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT AND UNDERSTAND IT. AND IT, IT'LL, IT'LL REALLY HELP. SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER BARBARA MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER MOORE SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BACK [8. Auditor: Discuss/Consider line-item and budget transfers/corrections.] TO BRANDY AGAIN, THE AUDITOR. AND THIS WOULD CONSIDER A LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND THAT'S, EVERYBODY'S GOT A COPY OF THAT ALREADY AND HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THESE ARE JUST ROUTINE, UM, BUDGET CLEANUP. SO WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MR. MOORE MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MR. BARBER SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AND BACK TO THE AUDITOR, [9. Auditor: Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.] ONE MORE TIME TO CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT AND THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR. AND, UH, EVERYBODY ALSO HAS COPIES OF THAT. UH, MM-HMM. . SO, SO THIS WEEK WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO PAY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES. OUR TOTAL IS $2,024,600 AND 79 CENTS. JUROR CHECKS OF $880 AND A PAYROLL OF $1,956,273 AND 18 CENTS. AND OUR TOTAL PAYOUT WOULD BE $3,981,753 AND 97 CENTS. AND MOST OF THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IS GONNA BE MADE UP OF EMPLOYEE INSURANCE AND ROAD BOND EXPENDITURES. MM-HMM. . AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. WELL, I'M SURE THE EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO APPRECIATE THE APPROVAL OF THE PAYCHECKS. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER MOORE JUMPED ON THAT ONE. . HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THIS . COMMISSIONER BARBER SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. A AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN [10. Adjourn Meeting] AND I'LL SECOND THAT ONE. AND COMMISSIONER BARBER SECONDS. AND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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