Oct 15, 2024 Commissioners Court

LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE THIS MORNING TO THE REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING.

HERE IT IS OCTOBER THE 15TH.

THIS YEAR IS REALLY PASSING BY FAST.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONES WHO'S HERE AND ONLINE, AND WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH THEIR INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER MOORE.

AND THEN COMMISSIONER PHELPS IS GONNA LEAD US INTO PLEDGES.

IF YOU'LL JOIN ME AND STAND, PLEASE LET PRAY.

FATHER LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, ALWAYS TO SERVE YOU IN THIS CAPACITY, LORD, TO DO COUNTY BUSINESS.

WE PRAY THAT WITH OUR DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, TODAY WILL BE YOUR DECISIONS, NOT OURS.

AND WE JUST GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR SERVICE, MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD AND OUR, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, RESPONDERS, LORD.

AND ALSO, I JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEK TO THE VOTING, COMING UP, STARTING NEXT WEEK, LORD, THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY WILL MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT YOU'D HAVING TO DO TO TURN OUR COUNTRY AROUND AND BE WITH OUR LEADERS, LORD, TO LET THEM MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AS WELL.

AND AGAIN, WE THANK YOU AND GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS.

WE PRAISE TO SON'S HOLY NAME.

AMEN.

IP 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 HONOR, HONORING TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

JUST AS A REMINDER ABOUT THE EARLY VOTING DATES AND TIMES, WE HAVE THE KAUFMAN LIBRARY, THE PARTY SUB COURTHOUSE, THE TAROT SUB COURTHOUSE, THE KEMP SUB COURTHOUSE, THE CRANDALL COMBINE COMMUNITY CENTER IN CRALL, AND THE KEITH BELL OPPORTUNITY CENTER IN FORNEY.

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

IT BEGINS OCTOBER THE 21ST, UH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM EIGHT TO FIVE.

AND YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND FIND THIS OUT ALSO, OCTOBER THE 26TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY FROM SEVEN TO SEVEN.

THE 27TH OF OCTOBER IS A SUNDAY FROM 12 TO SIX.

AND THEN OCTOBER THE 28TH THROUGH NOVEMBER THE FIRST IS, AGAIN A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM SEVEN TO SEVEN.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, GO ONLINE TO OUR WEBSITE, CHECK IT OUT, BUT PLEASE VOTE.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE? WE HAVE THE HOMESTEAD DAY THIS SATURDAY, AND IT'S FROM WHAT TIME? NINE TO TWO.

NINE TO TWO.

IT'LL BE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

IT'LL BE A LOT OF NEAT THINGS THERE, SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL COME OUT AND SUPPORT THAT.

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

COMMISSIONER BAR, MAKE SECOND.

ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS DISCUSSED EXCEPT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETINGS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING FOR OCTOBER THE EIGHTH.

AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AND ACCEPT THE STAR TRANSIT MONTHLY RIDERSHIP REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER OF 24.

ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU.

COMMISSIONER FIELDS MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

I'LL SECOND MR. PHILLIPS.

MOTION CARRIES.

[3. Teressa Floyd: Discuss/Consider approving the proposal with Kofile for the Critical Records Management, Preservation and Imaging of the Water-Damaged Books in the Tax Assessor-Collector's Office.]

THANK YOU, MS. TERESA.

WE'RE GOING CONSIDER AND APPROVING THE PROPOSAL WITH COFI FOR THE CRITICAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT, PRESERVATION AND IMAGING OF THE WATER DAMAGE BOOKS IN THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

GOOD MORNING, TERESA.

GOOD MORNING.

YES.

SO WE DID RECEIVE, UH, $36,848 TO, TO FIX SOME OF THE BOOKS.

IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEM, BUT, UM, THERE IS A QUOTE HERE THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THE BOOKS.

I GUESS YOU GOT THE, THE PAPER SHOWING WHAT BOOKS THEY FIX.

AND, UH, SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

IT'S, I THINK IT'S ALREADY IN MY LINE ITEM BUDGET, SO, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

I BELIEVE IT IS FOR YES.

YEAH, AND THAT'S AN INTERESTING PROCESS THEY GO THROUGH.

IT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN THERE TO WATCH IT.

IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT THEY DO.

SHE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT AND SHOWED ME PICTURES.

IT WAS COOL.

YEAH, IT IS.

YEAH.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MAKE A SECOND.

[4. Monique Hunter: Discuss/Consider/Approve the application for Use of County Property, submitted by Charter Communications for laying fiber optics cable on Venner Circle in Precinct 4.]

MS. MONIQUE.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR USE OF COUNTY PROPERTY SUBMITTED BY CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS FOR LAYING FIBER OPTICS ON VENDOR CIRCLE AND PRECINCT FOUR.

GOOD MORNING, MONIQUE.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, SO, UM, THEY HAVE SIGNED THE MOU.

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT, WE HAVE A NORMAL MOU AND THEN WE HAVE AN MOU FOR OPEN INFRA.

UM, BUT THEY SIGNED THE, UH, NORMAL MOU SAYING THEY'LL FOLLOW ALL THE RULES.

THEIR CALL OUT DEPTHS ARE 36, UH, BELOW 36.

SO THAT'S EVEN BETTER THAN THE 24.

AND, UM, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO TRAFFIC CONTROL.

I WILL, WHEN I GO BACK ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONTACT YOU ON WHAT DAY THEY'RE STARTING.

THEY'RE GOING DEEPER THAN THAT.

AND WITH ALL THE WIDENING OF 7 41 THERE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROBABLY GO 36 INCHES DEEP.

YES,

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SO IN SOME AREAS.

GOOD DEAL.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR MONIQUE THOMAS IN YOUR, UH, AREA? MAKE THAT MOTION.

YES SIR.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. BARR MAKES A SECOND.

PAM, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER SIGNING A 2025 KAMAN COUNTY RESOLUTION FOR INDIGENT DEFENSE GRANT PROGRAM.

[5. Pam Corder: Discuss/ Consider signing the 2025 Kaufman County Resolution for the Indigent Defense Grant Program.]

MORNING, PAM.

GOOD MORNING.

SO THIS IS OUR GRANT THAT, UM, IT'S CALLED A FORMULA GRANT.

AND SO EACH YEAR WE HAVE THE EXPENSES FOR THE INDIGENT DEFENSE.

AND THAT'S WELL IN THE MILLION DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, SO WE GET A SMALL AMOUNT OF THAT BACK.

AND 2023, WE RECEIVE 97,000 OF IT.

BACK IN, UH, 2024 WE RECEIVED 82,000.

AND THEN THIS YEAR, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, BUT WE JUST WANT JUST TO GET OUR RESOLUTION TURNED IN SO THAT WE WILL RECEIVE SOMETHING AND WE NEED TO DEFINITELY DO THAT.

ANY DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS? NO.

NO.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MS. BAR MAKES THE MOTION.

I SECOND.

I SECOND MS. PHILLIPS, MAKE A SECOND.

MOTION CASE.

THANK YOU.

AND JUDGE, DON'T FORGET, THE KEMP FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS HER FISH FRY.

OH, THAT'S SATURDAY.

YES.

AND TERRELL CHAMBER THIS WEEKEND AND TERRELL CHAMBER THIS WEEKEND.

TWO OTHER THINGS.

YES.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON EVERY WEEKEND IN THE FALL IT SEEMS LIKE.

MM-HMM.

NUMBER

[6. Commissioner Moore: Discuss/Consider/Approve entering into a project agreement with the City of Cottonwood for work needed on the city's portion of County Road 4083. Project totaling $2,226.66.]

SIX.

COMMISSIONER MOORE DISCUSSED CONSIDER TO PROVE ENTERING TO A PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF COTTONWOOD FOR WORK NEEDED ON COUNTY ROAD 40 83.

$2,226 66 CENTS.

YES, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MATERIAL AND SOME, UH, MOTOR GRADING.

SO I ASK THAT WE, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.

HAVE A SECOND.

MR. BART MAKES A SECOND.

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

MR. AUDITOR.

YOUR TURN FOR LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS OR CORRECTIONS? YES SIR.

WE DID HAVE A FEW SENT OUT THIS WEEK.

UM, ROUTINE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND WE ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDITOR? NO.

ALRIGHT.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. BARBARA MAKES SECOND.

AND MS. AUDITOR ONCE AGAIN CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

MOTION CARRIES.

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

SO THIS WEEK WE HAVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES TOTALING $1,682,607 AND 4 CENTS.

AND MOST OF THAT IS MADE UP OF EMPLOYEE INSURANCE AND ROAD MATERIALS.

WE ALSO HAVE JUROR CHECKS OF 12,066 AND A PAYROLL OF $2,063,626 AND 47 CENTS.

AND OUR TOTAL PAYOUT IS $3,758,299 AND 51 CENTS.

AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO PAY.

YOU HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. MOORE MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND COUNCIL.

MAKE A SECOND.

OH, IS WAS A SIDE NOTE.

WE DID ACQUIRE THE, UH, BUS FROM STAR TRANSIT FOR THE ADOPTION CENTER, SO NOW WE CAN MOVE ANIMALS DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND THAT WAS $3,010.

SO, AND UH, IF WE GET ONE OF YOUR GUYS, THEY HAVE A CHECK FOR IT TO TAKE TODAY.

TODAY.

IF YOU'LL PICK IT UP, MAYBE WHEN YOUR GUYS CAN DRIVE IT OVER TODAY OR TOMORROW.

TO THE ADOPTION CENTER.

WILL DO.

THANK YOU.

IT'S AT STAR TRANSIT? YES.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION.

[9. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and entering executive session pursuant to Government Code 551.087 to discuss matters regarding the Economic Development Negotiations Project Olaf.]

NUMBER NINE IS MINE.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER EXIT REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 8 7 TO DISCUSS MATTERS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.

PROJECT OLA.

I NEED A MOTION TO ENTER TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND EXIT.

REGULAR MEETING.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. BARR MAKES A SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES.

AND THE TIME IS 9 0 8.

GO, GO, GO.

A MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I NEED

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

ENTER BACK INTO THE REGULAR MEETING.

I'LL MAKE THAT.

AYE MR. PHILLIPS MADE THE MOTION.

HAVE A SECOND.

MR. MOORE, MAKE A SECOND.

UH, AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, NO DETERMINATION WAS MADE.

AND,

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

NO DECISION.

SO I NEED

[12. Adjourn Meeting]

A MOTION FROM YOU.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

I, SO, ALL RIGHT.

MR. PHE MADE THE MOTION.

MR. WARD MAKES A SECOND.