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TODAY IN THIS WORLD,

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UH, WE

[*This meeting is joined in progress* ]

[Call to Order]

JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OUR EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE COUNTY AND WE JUST GIVE YOU PRAISE AND YOUR SON'S HOLY NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

I PLEASE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

FOR HONOR, UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO ME, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE INDIVISIBLE.

WE STOLE NOTE.

OKAY.

UH, ROUTINE

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

CORRESPONDENCE.

MR. MIKE? YES.

I NEED TO CUT THAT ON, DON'T I? IT UH, WE HAVE A CLEANUP, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH FROM EIGHT TO FOUR HERE IN PRECINCT ONE.

IT'S AT THE, UH, CONVENIENCE STATION ON AUTUM.

SO YOU THINK THEY'RE NOT TAKING UH, IT'S IS THE TYPICAL STUFF.

OKAY.

I MEAN, I CAN READ IT, BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT.

IT'S GOOD.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY SHOULD KNOW BY NOW.

WELL, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW, I GUESS.

OKAY.

THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, WE'LL TAKE IT.

TAKE IT TO THAT.

ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ON TO CORRESPONDENCE? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE EXCEPT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETINGS FOR AUGUST THE 27TH OF 24 TO HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU.

MR. PHIS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. BARR MAKES SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A MOTION CARRIES.

[3. Commissioner Hunt: Discuss/ with Mr. Dyer matters of Glenn Cove.]

NUMBER THREE IS COMMISSIONER HUNT.

DISCUSSED WITH MR. DYER MATTERS OF GLENN COVE.

UH, MR. DYER, YOU'LL COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM HERE.

PLEASE, SIR, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DISCUSS IT WITH US.

I HOPE I DON'T TAKE THAT LONG.

OKAY.

.

MY NAME'S STEVE DYER AND I LIVE AT 1 1 0 6 6 GLEN COVEN FORNEY.

UH, I'M HERE TO THIS MORNING ACTUALLY SEEKING A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT I AND MY NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT DRIVES A SEMI, UH, TRUCK AND A TRAILER FOR A LIVING AND HE ROUTINELY PARKS IT ON OUR STREET AND IT BLOCKS THE WHOLE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET FOR ABOUT 80 TO 85 FEET.

AND IF ANYBODY'S BEEN THROUGH OUR AREA IN THE LAST, AT LEAST THE LAST YEAR, THE TRAFFIC IS INSANE.

GETTING ON AND OFF SEVEN 40 INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST NUTS.

AND WE HAVE TWO SCHOOL BUSES FOR GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

WE'VE GOT TRASH TRACKS.

WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT ONTO SEVEN 40 TO GET ONTO 20.

AND UH, IT'S JUST, HE BLOCKS THE WHOLE STREET AND, UH, NOBODY CAN MOVE AND UNTIL TRAFFIC ON SEVEN 40 BREAKS UP A LITTLE BIT TO, TO LET TRAFFIC FLOW, IT'S JUST MURDER GETTING IN AND OUT.

AND, UH, I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT, UH, HAVE SHARED MY CONCERNS ABOUT IT.

AND, UH, THE ONLY THING WE CAN COME UP WITH, AND I'VE TALKED TO THE SHERIFF ABOUT IT, AND I THINK I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL OF YOU COMMISSIONERS ABOUT IT, IS WE CAN PARK OUR TRUCKS AND TRAILERS ON OUR SIDE OF THE STREET AND THAT WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

UH, SO I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM SHORT OF DOING THAT, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS SAID THEY, THEY AGREE THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE, BUT WE'RE AT A, WE'RE AT A POSITION WHERE NOBODY CAN SAY WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTING THAT SOLUTION.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

OKAY.

WELL WE'VE GOT OUR LEGAL BUNCH OVER HERE.

SO THIS IS IN THE COUNTY, IS THAT CORRECT? NOT IN THE CITY, YES, SIR.

OKAY.

YEP.

SO, MR. BROWN, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? JUST OFF THE CUFF? I BELIEVE THAT, UH, I RECENTLY DID SOME RESEARCH FOR, FOR A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS ON THIS.

AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT THE COUNTY DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY IF IT SO CHOSE TO PASS A NO PARKING RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE, UH, FOR A PARTICULAR ROAD THAT IS COVERED WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION CODE.

UM, AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT JUST A GENERAL PROHIBITION AGAINST PARKING ALONG OR ROADWAYS JUST LIKE YOU CAN PARK ALONG A CITY STREET.

RIGHT.

UM, NOW WITHIN TEXAS GENERAL LAWS, THERE ARE ALSO PROHIBITIONS AGAINST OBSTRUCTING A PASSAGEWAY.

BUT I, WITHOUT SEEING THIS FACTS OUT THERE, IF THE DEPUTIES HAD BEEN OUT THERE BEFORE, UM, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T RISE THAT THAT IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR.

YOU PRETTY MUCH WALK THE ENTIRETY OF THE ROAD.

THE, SO PROBABLY THE BEST ROUTE TO GO WOULD BE TO CONSIDER LOOKING INTO WHETHER AN ORDINANCE WOULD BE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS IN YOUR PRECINCT THEN.

AND, AND I WAS UNDER, UNDER AND UNDER THE IMPRESSION AS A COUNTY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ORDINANCE CAPABILITIES TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE.

WELL, THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME WAY AS IF YOU HAD, UH, OR NO DREW TRUCK SIGNS.

IT'S THE SAME, THE SAME, UH, IT'S USING THE TRANSPORTATION CODE.

IT'S NOT REALLY ORDINANCE, YOU'RE JUST ENACT TRANSPORTATION.

IT'S, IT'S, IT IS AN ADOPTION.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALLOWED TO ADOPT, UH, A RESOLUTION OR OTHERWISE, UH,

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YOU KNOW, IT EQUATES TO AN ORDINANCE.

YES.

IT EQUATE, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK THE, THE WORDING, THE TRANSPORTATION CODE USE.

IT'S, I, FORGIVE ME FOR THE WORDING, BUT THE, THE SIMPLE FACT IS WE ARE ALLOWED EXPLICITLY WITHIN TRANSPORTATION CODE TO ADOPT, YOU KNOW, TO ENFORCE THAT.

NO, NO TRUCKS THE SAME WAY, THE SAME WAY WE DO FOR THE NO.

THROUGH TRUCKS.

SO WE, SO WE, WE WOULD CHOOSE TO, YOU KNOW, A SECTIONS ROAD JUST LIKE WE DO FOR THE NO THROUGH TRUCKS.

SAME THING.

OKAY.

SO DO WE, WE WILL REQUEST THAT THEN, UH, THROUGH OUR, UH, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

THEN WE CAN BRING IT BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT NEXT TIME OR WHENEVER.

NO, NO, I MEAN THIS, THIS IS THE SAME PROCESS WE HAVE FOR THE KNOW THROUGH TRUCK SIGNED.

SO THE SAME PROCESS, THE, THE POSTING NOTICES, COMMENT, HEARINGS.

OKAY.

I'D HAVE SAME DAY.

OKAY.

SO IF YOU'RE HAVING A PARTY AT YOUR HOUSE AND YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, YOUR GUESTS WON'T BE ABLE TO PARK ON THE ROAD OR YOUR NEIGHBORS WILL BE THE SAME PREDICAMENT IF YOU BEEN DOWN OUR STREET.

THEY'RE ALL THESE PROPERTIES ARE AN ACRE AND A HALF.

EVERYBODY'S GOT YEP.

TRUCKS AND TRAILERS AND THEY, YEAH.

NOBODY PARKS ON THE STREET EXCEPT FOR THIS GUY.

HMM.

UH, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR THREE YEARS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN NOBODY PARK ON THE STREET EXCEPT FOR, WE'VE HAD LAWN SERVICE COMPANIES THAT COME TO MOW AND THEY'LL PARK THERE LONG ENOUGH TO MOW PEOPLE'S LAWNS AND LOAD UP THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THEN TAKE OFF.

BUT THAT'S ALL WE EVER SEE PEOPLE PARK.

IS THIS TRUCK.

WELL, MY MY SUGGESTION MAN, DO YOU THINK, CAN WE MAKE IT A CAN, CAN YOU MAKE IT A OLD TRUCK PARKING? WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE? IS THAT SOMETHING TO LOOK AT? LOOK AT AND SEE YEAH.

HOW WE CAN FIX IT? SO I HAVE A, AND THAT'D FIX IT FOR, I HAVE A ROAD A CAMP'S GOT THE SAME PROBLEM PARKING.

SO I, I, AND MAYBE I WAS WRONG, BUT I WENT AND UH, HE'D CALLED ME AND TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.

AND YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE YOU HAVE CURBS SO IF THERE'S A CURB THERE, YOU CAN PARK.

IF THERE'S NOT A CURB, YOU CAN'T PARK.

AND THAT'S HOW MOST OF THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN.

SO IT'S INTERESTING ON THIS, IF WE CAN DO, THAT'S GREAT.

'CAUSE I HAVE A ROAD IN KEMP THAT I NEED TO DO THE SAME THING.

IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO RESOLUTION THAT'S ENFORCEABLE OR Y'ALL GONNA BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT SHERIFF ON THAT.

WELL THE THING ABOUT IT, YOU TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE COMING TO YARDS AND PARK THERE, THERE'S NO EXCEPTION.

IF IT'S NO PARKING.

THERE'S NO PARKING.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GET A TICKET TOO.

SURE.

CALL.

SO I'M JUST SAYING WE GOTTA BE, WE GOTTA BE FAIR AND FIRM AND CONSISTENT WHEN WE DO THIS.

AND REMEMBER WHEN WE OPEN THIS CANON, Y'ALL GOTTA GET READY TO HIRE SOME MORE DEPUTIES BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE A BIG ISSUE.

WELL I, I KNOW LIKE THE OTHER ROADS, I GUESS IT'S DIFFERENT OVER IN THE PART OF FARNEY THAT I INHERITED, YOU'VE GOT THE BIGGER, WIDER CONCRETE ROADS, BUT YET YOU STILL HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE ON RICHARDS AND, AND AND JENNIFER AND A BUNCH OF THOSE THAT, THAT THAT PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD EVERY DAY WITH CARS.

SO WHEN WE DO THIS ONE THING, THEN WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT ON A LOT OF ROADS.

'CAUSE IF ONE PERSON, I DON'T KNOW, CALLS ON RICHARD'S, I DID IT ABOUT SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO, WE ADOPTED, WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED THIS.

YEAH.

WELL THEN WHY ARE WE TALKING? I DID IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE GUY KEPT PARKING UP THERE AT THE INTERSECTION, ALL THE CARS AND YOU COULDN'T GET TO THE INTERSECTION.

SO WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED THIS ORDINANCE SO WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO, BUT MAYBE NOT ON THIS ROAD, BUT NOT ON THAT ROAD.

YEP.

SO, BUT IT'S NOT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY, IT'S JUST IT IS JUST FOR THIS ONE STREET.

YEAH.

YEAH.

EACH ONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO COURT.

SO I MEAN, WE MIGHT NOT DO ANOTHER STREET FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS.

YEAH.

I MEAN IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE NEIGHBORS AND Y'ALL WORK OUT THE DETAILS WHEN IT USED TO BE IN THE PAPER, NOTICE EVERYTHING AND BOOK CAN TAKE CARE OF IT.

I THINK, I THINK YOU COULD EVEN DO IT IF, IF IT IS AN INTERSECTION, YOU COULD EVEN DO NO PARKING WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE INTERSECTION OR TWO.

EXACTLY.

THAT'S NOT INTERSECTION AND THAT'S, THE LAW GIVES YOU THAT PART WHERE YOU CAN'T PARK HERE, IT LAYS THAT OUT.

THIS IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY.

IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, YOU CAN'T DO IT.

YEAH.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

OKAY.

OKAY.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT UP A SIGN AND, AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BECAUSE OF THAT ONE PERSON AND NOBODY ELSE CARE.

NOBODY PARKS ON THAT STREET WHERE I DID IT.

JUST QUICKLY, HAS ANYBODY MADE CONTACT WITH THIS PERSON AND TALKED TO 'EM? I HAVEN'T, UH, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT.

I KNOW I'VE CALLED, I CALLED THE SHERIFF A COUPLE TIMES 'CAUSE HE'S, I THINK YOU WROTE IT, DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU WROTE A LETTER TO HIM? YES.

I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM PERSONALLY.

UH, WROTE A LETTER TO HIM.

I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO, I MOOSE SAYS THEY HAD TO MAKE CONTACT.

YEAH.

THE SHERIFF'S SUPPORT SAID THEY HADN'T BEEN BEEN WORKING ON THE WEEKEND, BUT HE'S GONE DURING THE WEEKEND.

SO THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET OVER AND MEET WITH HIM.

THEY HAD, WHEN THEY GOT THERE SAID HE'S NOT THERE.

SO THEY, I KNOW THEY'VE MADE A COUPLE OF CANS.

I'VE CALLED THE SHERIFF A COUPLE TIMES BECAUSE IT'S A REFRIGERATION TRUCK AND HE LIVES, HE LEAVES THE COMPRESSOR RUNNING FOUR OR FIVE DAYS THAT HE'S PARKED THERE.

AND I MEAN, YOU CAN'T, I MEAN IT'S JUST REALLY LOUD.

WELL THE LAST TIME THEY CAME OUT THEY SAID, WELL IT WASN'T ABOVE THE DECIBEL LEVEL, UH, TO, TO, TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

RIGHT.

SO, UH, BUT IT'S STILL NOISY.

I'M SURE YOU, YOU CAN STILL HEAR IT.

YEAH.

ALRIGHT,

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SO WE GOT A SOLUTION.

WE GOT WE HAVE A PLAN.

WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

YES SIR.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

WE MAY WANT TO, AS THE SHERIFF SAID, UH, BECAUSE THIS POINT OPEN, WE MAY WANT TO, BEFORE WE PASS, YOU KNOW, START MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, JUST TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OBJECTIVE STANDARDS FOR IF AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.

'CAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE OTHER REQUESTS.

YEAH.

SO BEFORE, WHILE WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA OBJECTIVELY DECIDE BECAUSE IS IT GONNA BE ON A SINGLE COMPLAINT OR SO, SO BEFORE WE, OF COURSE WE WILL DO WHAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ASKED, BUT YEAH.

FROM A AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO SEE THEM A CERTIFIED LATER.

LET 'EM KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WELL AND THEN, AND THEN ANOTHER THING WE MIGHT NEED TO COME BACK ON COURT.

'CAUSE THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM.

IT'S NOT A CONSIDER ITEM.

RIGHT.

YEAH.

I MEAN THERE'S A, THERE WOULD BE SEVERAL OTHER COURT HEARINGS, SO SURE THERE'D BE SEVERAL PARTS OF THE PROCESS.

BUT THE, THE STANDARD FOR WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS OR EVEN BE FORMALLY STARTED WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST.

OH YEAH.

SO, OKAY.

GOOD DEAL.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, NUMBER

[4. Commissioner Phillips: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Land Purchase Agreement between Carl Eudy and Kaufman County.]

FOUR.

MR. PHIS.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROOF THE LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARL UIE.

IS THAT RIGHT? UIE? YES.

UHHUH.

AND KAMAN COUNTY.

YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT? WELL, IT'S AT AN INTERSECTION AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE ROAD, THE MATCHUP OF THE ROAD ACROSS THE STREET AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE A FULL FLEDGED INTERSECTION BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT 30, 30, 35 FEET SEPARATE.

SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE SO MANY CARS ON THAT ROAD, ON THE LAST CAR COUNT, IT WAS DURING THE SUMMER, WE HAD, UH, 29,600 CARS IN FIVE DAYS ON THAT ROAD.

AND WE NEED A STOP SIGN.

AND I CAN'T OFFSET STOP SIGNS RIGHT THERE LIKE THAT.

YOU'D NEVER MAKE THAT INTERSECTION WORK.

AND THE SCHOOL BUSES HAVE TURNED THROUGH IS A MULTI-LANE ROAD NOW.

MM-HMM.

AND IT TURNS ON THE OPPOSITE STREET.

AND SO THE SCHOOL BUSES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TURN LANE AND IT'S GOING TO, MIGHT CREATE A WRECK.

I SAW A WRECK THIS MORNING ON THE SCHOOL BUS.

UH, SO I MEAN, UH, YOU KNOW, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE DONE.

OKAY.

AND, UH, MR. DY THERE HAS AGREED TO A PRICE WITHOUT HAVING TO CONDEMN IT AND GOING THROUGH COURT AND DO ALL THE NINE THINGS THAT WE'D HAVE TO DO DOWN THE ROAD TO DO IT.

SO, SO BRAD COMMENTS FROM LEGAL.

UH, I KNOW DEB LOOKED AT THE ACTUAL TRANSACTION ITSELF.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT YR DISCUSSING, ULTIMATELY THIS WILL REQUIRE A DEED.

AND SO IF Y'ALL DO APPROVE IT, Y'ALL SHOULD ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR WHILE THE ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AND PROVEN, UH, DISCUSSED AND SOONER APPROVE THE PURCHASE THAT IT'S ALSO TO FOR YOU TO EXECUTE ANY DEEDS OR OTHER RECORDING INSTRUMENTS NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

JUDGE, YOU'LL MAKE THAT IN YOUR YEP.

THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.

I'LL MAKE IT THAT WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO RECORD THE DEED AND SIGN THAT YOU'LL BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE DEED AFTER THIS AND WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO COURT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

YOU MAKE THAT INTO MOTION.

I'LL MAKE THAT A MOTION.

HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND MR. BARBARA.

MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, WE SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NUMBER FIVE,

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

MS. AUDITOR.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

WE'RE GOING TO SET LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS.

SO WE SUBMITTED THESE FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

UM, THESE ARE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HONOR, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. HUNT MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH,

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

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

SO THIS WEEK WE ASK FOR PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES, TOTAL $6,387,560 AND 82 CENTS.

AND A PAYROLL OF $2,021,280 AND 71 CENTS FOR A TOTAL PAYOUT OF, EXCUSE ME, $8,408,841 AND 53 CENTS.

AND YOUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES ARE MAINLY MADE UP OF DEBT SERVICES THIS TIME.

UM, SO WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ONE OF THE LARGER PAYOUTS THIS YEAR.

MM-HMM.

.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MR. BARR MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AND SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

[Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter an executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.071 the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to consult with counsel regarding pending or contemplated litigation, subjects, or settlement offers. The following cases/subject may be discussed: a. Winzer v. Kaufman County; Case 23-10383; b. Isabel v. Kaufman County; Case 117174-422; c. Price v. White; Case 3:24-CV-1387-L; d. Bates v. Kaufman County; Case 116800-489; e. Toombs v. Kaufman County; Case 3:24-CV00892-B; f. Almo Investments v. Kaufman County; Case No. 112165-CC2 g. Jonathan Ngumbi; h. Tiffany Lewis; i. Construction Law Matters j . Potential claims involving EEOC, Civil Rights, county issues.]

UH, NEXT IS MINE.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER EXITING REGULAR MEETING AND ERR TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 7 1.

THE COMM COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET AND CLOSE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION SUBJECTS OR SETTLEMENT OFFERS A WHOLE LOT OF CASES THERE MENTIONED.

WON'T READ ALL THOSE OFF.

UH, AND POTENTIAL CLAIMS INVOLVING THE EOC, CIVIL RIGHTS AND

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COUNTY ISSUES BEING A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. FIFTH MAKES A MOTION.

I SECOND MR. WE MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

NINE 16.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

MM-HMM.

.

MAY I I DO.

OKAY.

[7. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and enter back into the regular meeting.]

WE'RE BACK.

UH, IN SESSION.

I NEED A MOTION TO EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ENTER BACK INTO THE REGULAR MEETING.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. PHELPS MAKES MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A AYE.

TIME IS 10 O'CLOCK.

NUMBER,

[8. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider taking any action resulting from the Executive Session,]

UH, EIGHT.

THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[9. Adjourn Meeting]

I NEED NUMBER NINE IS TO EXIT MEETING AT YOU.

YOU, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. BAR MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU.