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OKAY, I'D LIKE[Call to Order]
TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE TO A NICE COOL TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY THE 21ST HERE AT THE NX, OUR REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING.WE'RE GONNA BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY COMMISSIONER LANE, AND THEN THE PLEDGES WILL BE BY COMMISSIONER MOORE IF YOU'D JOIN ME.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS GLORIOUS DAY.
DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN YOUR NAME AND WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
I PLEDGE ANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND EPI WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. ]
HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING? YES SIR.I DID RECEIVE A MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO WISH OUR JUDGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF THEM, SO THAT MAKES IT ROUTINE.
[Items 2.D & 2.E.]
ALRIGHT GUYS, Y'ALL HAVE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THERE'S A COUPLE ON HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO, UH, ACT ON BECAUSE SIGNATURES ARE REQUIRED.ANY COMMENTS ON ANY OF THEM SO FAR OTHER THAN THOSE TWO? IF NOT, THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN AND MAKE A MOTION IS APPOINT COMMISSIONER TERRY CROW AND COMMISSIONER KAY LANE TO THE CITY OF TERRELL TURS NUMBER 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR FOR TWO YEAR TERM.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NOPE.
NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
FA MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
UH, CONSIDER APPOINTING COMMISSIONER TERRY CROW TO CITY CARPENTERS ONE AND TWO FOR TWO YEAR TERM.
COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T SHARE ANYTHING WITH YOU GUYS IN, UH, YOUR SCHOOL LAST WEEK ABOUT SERVING ON TURS BOARDS, BUT
[2. CONSENT AGENDA.]
A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REST OF THE CONTINU AGENDA.COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[3. Constable Brooks: Discuss/Present the 2024 Racial Profiling Report for Constable Precinct 4.]
NUMBER THREE, CONSTABLE BROOKS.SHE'S GONNA PRESENT HER 24 RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FOR PRECINCT FOUR.
WE'VE HAD 233 STOPS WITH NO COMPLAINTS AND IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO T COLE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CONSTABLE? NO COMPLAINTS.
SEE? ISN'T THAT NICE? WE'RE GOOD.
LOOK, I KNOW THERE WASN'T ANY COMPLAINTS.
MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[4. Chuck Mohnkern: Discuss/Present the Treasure´s Monthly Report for December 2024.]
PRESENT THE TREASURER'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER OF 24.MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.
WE, UH, ENDED UP THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WITH $37,859,000 IN GENERAL FUND.
UH, WE EARNED INTEREST OF 280,000 SIX HUNDRED AND TWO THIRTY SEVEN.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAD INVESTED IN TEXAS POOL WAS 8,028,000 IN TEXAS CLASS 63,580,000.
UH, WE EARNED, UH, AN AVERAGE OF 4.6947% ON OUR TAX POOL INVESTMENT.
4.7463999999999995% ON OUR TEXAS CLASS INVESTMENT.
THE, UH, TOTAL FUNDS IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 78,838,000.
THE VALUE OF THE COLLATERAL AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 214,479.
SO AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK CONTINUES TO HAVE US WELL COLLATERALIZED AT,
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UH, 272%.WE HAD 47.6% OF OUR FUNDS, UH, INVESTED AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE WROTE 399 RECEIPTS DURING THE MONTH FOR $8,967,648.
AND THAT IS MY MONTHLY REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS? SOUNDS EXTREMELY, UH, PRECISE AS ALWAYS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UH, COMMISSIONER CROW MAKES A SECOND.
[5. Chuck Mohnkern: Discuss/Present the Treasure´s Quaterly Report for October 2024 through December 2024.]
NEXT FOR YOU IS TO PRESENT, ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S QUARTERLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 24 THROUGH DECEMBER OF 24.UH, THIS IS THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
OUR, UH, EARNINGS ON CASH IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK DURING THAT QUARTER, 4,000 191 58 EARNINGS ON TAX POOL INVESTMENTS.
135,000 2 89 EARNINGS ON TEXAS CLASS INVESTMENTS.
830,589 FOR A TOTAL INTEREST EARNED IN THAT QUARTER OF $970,071.
OUR INTEREST EARNED, UH, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR JUST ENDED WAS $5,455,034.
AND OUR TOTAL, UM, INVESTED IN THE POOLS AT THE END OF THE YEAR WAS $71,608,848 AND 89 CENTS.
AND WE'VE ALSO EARNED, UH, AN ADDITIONAL $278,409 ON INVESTMENTS IN, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE NOT OWNED OR NOT HELD UNDER THE TREASURER.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, EXCUSE ME.
UH, FEDERAL RESERVE IS PROBABLY GOING TO CUT INTEREST RATES MAYBE TWO TIMES THIS YEAR.
IT'S GONNA DEPEND A LOT ON HOW THE ECONOMY GOES THOUGH.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PRETTY MUCH HOLD STEADY AT THEIR NEXT MEETING.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, THERE'S NO PLAN.
UH, IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO, UH, MAKE ANY CHANGES AND INTEREST RATES AT THAT TIME.
IF THEY DO MAKE THE PREDICTED CHA UH, CUTS WILL BE DOWN ABOUT 4% AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, IT'S BETTER THAT THE ECONOMY FLOURISH MM-HMM
ALL THE WAY AROUND AND THINGS WILL CHANGE.
WELL, THE ONLY THING GOOD IS WILL COME DOWN.
ONLY THINGS GONNA BRING US NEW INCOME.
THE INTEREST RATES COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT THE HOUSING BOOM WILL START BACK AND, AND, UH, THEY BE, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BORROW MONEY EASIER.
I MEAN IT OPPOSITE EFFECT FOR US, BUT IT'S, YEAH.
MR. LANG MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
SHERIFF BEAVERS DISCUSSED, PRESENTED THE KAPA COUNTY SHERIFF'S FINANCIAL MONTHLY REPORTS FOR NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER OF 24.
LEMME THE FIRST ONE ON THE JAG GRANT.
[6. Sheriff Beavers: Discuss/Consider/Approve utilizing the JAG Grant for the Sheriff´s Department.]
SIX DISCUSSED TO APPROVE THE, UTILIZING THE JAG GRANT FOR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.UH, WE'RE APPLYING FOR A JAG GRANT.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 3D SCANNER TO DO CRIME SCENES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A VALUE AROUND 120,000.
IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT GRANT, SO THERE'S NO FUNDING TOWARDS IT.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING YOUR APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR IT AND GET MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE NEED TO USE EVERY GRANT WE CAN GET.
'CAUSE IT BENEFITS OUR CITIZENS.
WELL, RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, WE'RE AT THE RANGERS MERCY OF USING THEIR STUFF, WHICH THEY'RE GREAT.
WE GOT A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
BUT IT ALSO HELPS MY PEOPLE AND MY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO OTHER SMALLER CRIME SCENES WITHOUT IMPACTING THE RANGERS SINCE THEY'RE SO BUSY.
ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE SHERIFF? ANY MOTIONS TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
MR. MOORE MAKES SOME MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
ONCE AGAIN, SHERIFF NUMBER SEVEN,
[7. Sheriff Beavers: Discuss/Present the Kaufman County Sheriff´s Office Financial Monthly Reports for November 2024 and December 2024.]
DISCUSS PRESENT THE KAUFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S FINANCIAL MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 24.Y ALSO GOT THE YEARLY REPORT TOO.
YEAH, IT, THAT'S 'CAUSE I WAS JUST GONNA GO OVER THE NOVEMBER DEEP DECEMBER.
BUT, UH, THE YEARLY DEAL TO KIND OF EXPLAIN EVERYTHING YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, THAT'S ALWAYS OUR BIGGEST
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IMPACT TO SHOW WHAT, WHAT'S GROWING.AND IF YOU CAN NOTICE, UH, FAR AS YOU KNOW, OUR COST SERVICE, NOTHING'S OUT OF MEDIUM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT TDC, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
HOW THEY'RE HOLDING, UH, PRISONERS NOT TAKING 'EM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUSHING THE 45, IF YOU CAN NOTICE THAT WENT UP BY 60%.
WE'RE HOLDING ABOUT 546, UH, OVER THE YEAR COMPARED TO WHERE WE WAS AROUND 200.
SO THAT'S IMPACTING A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT, UH, WE'RE GETTING OVER THAT.
UH, IF YOU CAN NOTICE ALSO FAR AS THE DAILY ARREST AND STUFF, UH, ALL THAT'S MOVING UP.
UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE IMPACT OF ADMISSIONS AND RELEASING JAIL.
THAT'S UP BY 22% FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, OUR TRAINING, I'M GLAD TO SAY WE'VE GOT OUR TRAINING STUFF GOING UP.
UH, OUR COURSE HOURS WENT UP BY 40% AND THEN OUR STUDENTS, WE WENT UP BY 34%.
SO WE'RE TEACHING A LOT MORE, UH, STUDENTS.
UH, AND THAT'S IN-HOUSE TRAINING, SO IT DON'T COST US ANYTHING.
BESIDES JUST OUR INSTRUCTORS IN WHICH WE'RE ALREADY PAYING THAT COST.
UH, FAR AS THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, WHEN YOU NOTICE OUR ARREST WENT UP BY 57%, OUR CASE FILING WENT UP BY 34.
SO THAT'S THE INITIAL STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING.
THEY'VE WENT UP BY 43% AND, UH, THEIR AGENCY ASSIST, IF Y'ALL NOTICE, SINCE WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT, THAT'S UP BY 47%.
WE'RE HELPING OTHER AGENCIES WITH OUR CANINE, UH, WHICH IS A BIG IMPACT.
THE COURTHOUSE NUMBERS, UH, I THINK ON Y'ALL, I MIGHT HAVE PUT MENTAL HEALTH BACK TO BACK, BUT THE ONE BELOW THAT IS THE COURTHOUSE.
IF YOU NOTICE ARREST UP IS 31% MORE ARREST AT THE COURTHOUSE NOW.
AND THEN THE CASES YOU'LL SEE, THE ONLY ONE THAT'S THE ODD BALL IS THE FOUR 89TH.
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THAT STARTED LAST YEAR.
SO THAT'S NUMBER IS THE REASON WHY IT'S UP BY 96%.
'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE MANY CASES.
SO WE'LL GET A BETTER, UH, PASS.
BUT THAT, YOU WAS ASKING ABOUT CASES, HOW MUCH THAT'S INCREASED OVER THERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S AROUND 20 TO 30% IS INCREASED ON THAT.
UH, AND THEN TRANSPORT, IF YOU CAN, UH, SEE WHERE PICKUP IN TEXAS HAS WENT UP BY 43%.
UH, WE'RE PICKING UP A LOT MORE.
I GUESS THEY'RE DECIDING TO GET A WARRANTS AND LEAVE, UH, OUR COUNTY AND GO TO OTHER, OTHER PLACES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO WE'RE PICKING UP A LOT MORE.
AND THEN, UH, OUTTA STATE IS PICKED UP BY 10% THIS YEAR.
SO YOU SEE OUR NUMBERS GOING UP.
UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY GOOD.
OUR DRONE DEPLOYMENT HAS WENT UP BY 24%.
THE GOOD THING AT ALL, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT OVERALL CRIME IN THE COUNTY, UH, OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME HAS DROPPED.
UH, WHICH I'M PROUD TO SAY THE ONLY ONE THING, I MEAN, HOMICIDES DOWN BY 50%.
ROBBERY IS UP A LITTLE BIT BY 14%, BUT THAT'S BY ONE, ONE CASE.
OUR BURGLARIES ARE FLAT AND OUR THEFTS ARE DOWN BY 26%.
SO OVERALL CRIME IN THE COUNTY IS DOWN BY 3.7% FROM LAST YEAR.
SO I GIVE THAT TO THE MEN AND WOMEN AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WORKING HARD AND YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GET SOME PEOPLE, UH, SUSTAINED IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND WE'RE SLOWLY BUT SURELY CLOSE TO GETTING FULL.
SO I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S HELPING GET ME THE ASSETS AND SOME OF THE MONEY AND GETTING SOME STUFF UP WHERE WE CAN RETAIN PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR ASSISTANCE SAFE.
AND I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON THE COURT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN, NOT ONLY WITH THE GRANTS, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE RAISES.
'CAUSE THAT'S, IT'S TOO EASY FOR THEM TO JUMP SHIP AND GO TO ANOTHER CITY WHO CAN PAY MORE.
WELL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CITIES.
WE CAN'T COMPETE WITH THESE CITIES.
'CAUSE I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT TWO, UH, THEY HAVE SALES TAX.
AND THEN NOW FARNEY HAS SET IN THAT NEW ADDIT, THAT NEW PROTECTIVE DISTRICT OR WHATEVER THEY VOTED IN.
SO NOW THEY'RE GETTING SOME OF THAT, UH, EDC MONEY THROWED TOWARDS THEM TOO.
SO THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE TOUGH ON US.
BUT LIKE I SAY, WE GIVE 'EM A GOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT.
WE CAN GIVE 'EM A GOOD LIVING.
UH, UH, WE, WE CAN KEEP SOME PEOPLE.
IT AIN'T ALWAYS ABOUT MONEY, BUT WE GOTTA AT LEAST MAKE A GOOD, A GOOD EFFORT AT IT.
WELL, IT TAKES A GOOD COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT THE COURT COULD DO TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
THAT'S, WELL, WE APPRECIATE IT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? QUESTIONS FOR THE SHERIFF COMMENTS? OKAY.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE.
OKAY, TOMMY AND CARRIE, GOOD MORNING.
[8. Tommy Phillips/Carrie Sharp: Discuss/Present/Accept Commissioners Quarterly Report for the Kaufman County Extension Office. ]
EXCEPT THE COMMISSIONER'S QUALITY, I MEAN QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE.AGAIN, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S BEEN ALREADY BEEN THREE MONTHS SINCE WE DID THIS, BUT IT HAS BEEN.
UH, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL HAY SHOW, UH, BACK IN OCTOBER.
VERY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT LEGACY THERE FOR THE COUNTY.
WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF OUR FORMER
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FOUR ACRES COME OUT.MR. JACOB LONG COME AND BE OUR AUCTIONEER.
AND JACOB'S NOW A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERSON AND AUCTIONEER IN HIS OWN RIGHT.
AND, UH, SUE WAS NICE FOR HIM TO COME BACK AND, AND GIVE, UH, GIVE BACK TO OUR PROGRAM.
UH, SEVERAL OF Y'ALL ATTENDED OUR END OF THE YEAR MASTER GARDNER ASSOCIATION, UH, BANQUET AND AWARDS PROGRAM AND, AND INSTILLED OUR NEW OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, WRAPPED THAT YEAR UP AND, UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE, THIS YEAR HOLDS FOR OUR MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM.
WE JUST KICKSTARTED OUR INTERN CLASS, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO.
IN FACT, TOMORROW WILL BE OUR THIRD WEEK.
THEY ARE INTERESTED ABOUT TALKING ABOUT YOU, ABOUT DOING SOMETHING AT THE JUSTICE CENTER.
UM, I TOLD 'EM I WOULD GET WITH YOU AND WE KIND OF KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
UM, ALL OF US TOOK PART IN OUR DISTRICT FOUR H FOOD CHALLENGE BACK IN, UM, NOVEMBER.
AND IT TAKES, WHEN HURLEY SAYS THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO BE THERE.
I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY WE HAD AT THAT CONTEST.
IT WAS, IT DOES, IT TAKES ALL OF US TO PUT THAT CONTEST ON.
UM, WITH THAT THOUGH, KIND OF WRAPPED UP THE YEAR WITH, WITH OUR TC TRIPLE AIR, TEXAS COUNTY AGRICULTURE RACE ASSOCIATION, UM, WITH OUR BOARD MEETING.
AND THEN WE MET WITH OUR EXTENSION LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, KIND OF WRAPPING UP THE YEAR AND TRYING TO GET SOME THINGS ROLLING FOR 25.
AND THEN ALREADY THINGS ARE ALREADY ARE STARTING TO ROLL FOR THIS YEAR.
SO WE'LL KIND OF REPORT ON THAT AT OUR NEXT QUARTER.
BUT WE HAD A HUGE TURNOUT, UH, AT OUR EAST REGION AGRILIFE CONFERENCE BACK, UH, ON JANUARY 7TH.
WE HAD 555 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT.
UH, AND ONE THING TOO, WE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL TRINITY VALLEY PESTICIDE CONFERENCE BACK IN DECEMBER AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN MAYBANK.
UH, WE HAD 169 FOLKS ATTEND THAT.
THAT'S ONE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, WE, WE THINK IT'S EITHER 20 OR 21 YEARS THAT THAT ONE'S BEEN GOING ON.
SO VERY WELL ATTENDED ON THAT ONE.
JUST A LITTLE TIDBIT ON SOME OF THE FAMILY COMMUNITY HEALTH, UM, WITH KATIE RETIRING, UH, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO KIND OF FALL, FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
SO WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY WELLNESS COMMITTEE.
UH, MET WITH THEM PRIOR TO KATIE LEAVING AND SHE WAS THERE AT THE MEETING THAT WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE DOING THE WALK ACROSS TEXAS PROGRAM.
WE'VE GOT THAT SCHEDULED, UH, TO RUN FROM APRIL 2ND TO MAY 27TH.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THAT COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A SUCCESS, UH, FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, KATIE'S LAST DAY WAS THE 31ST OF DECEMBER.
I THINK SHE'S ALREADY FULLY INDOCTRINATED INTO RETIREMENT MODE.
UM, HER AND HER HUSBAND WENT TO OHIO AND GOT STUCK IN A SNOW STORM.
AND I THINK THEY WERE THERE THREE OR FOUR DAYS LONGER THAN THAT, WHAT THEY HAD INTENDED.
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA REPLACE HER? THAT
UH, SO IT COULD BE SIX TO NINE MONTHS AND IT COULD BE, WE DON'T KNOW.
UH, I I DON'T WANNA PUT A TIMETABLE ON IT.
AND WE'VE TALKED, CARRIE AND I BOTH HAVE TALKED TO HURLEY AND SAID, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE PERSON THAT WE GET IN HERE IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, I REALLY THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SUMMER OR AFTER, BEFORE WE GET SOMEBODY.
IF IT'S, IT'S BEFORE SUMMER, WHAT'S THE HOLD UP TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY, NUMBER ONE THAT WANTS THAT, THAT'S QUALIFIED AND THEN ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, DO THEY DO LIKE YOU, DO YOU GO FROM ONE COUNTY TO THE NEXT? THEY CAN.
THEY CAN NOW THERE'S NO TIMETABLE.
IF THEY ARE, IF THEY ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER AN INTERNAL AGENT, SO SAY SOMEBODY, IF THEY WERE ALREADY AN EXTENSION, THEY COULD TRANSFER AT ANY TIME.
IF IT'S AN EXTERNAL HIRE, THEY CAN ONLY HIRE THREE OR FOUR TIMES DURING THE YEAR.
UM, AND WE, THAT NEXT WINDOW IS APRIL.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ONBOARDING PROCESS.
SO THEY HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY EVER STARTING THE COUNTY, THEY'LL GO TO A AND M AND GET AGGIE FIRED FOR A WEEK.
AND, UH, LEARN THE INS AND OUTS OF EXTENSION.
THEN THEY'VE GOTTA GO SPEND THREE MONTHS.
IT, WELL IT'S, WHAT IS IT A, IS IT A MONTH WITH FIRST STEP, IT'S MONTH WITH FIRST STEP, THEN THEY GET, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BE IN ANOTHER COUNTY.
SO, UH, SHADOWING ANOTHER SCH AGENT.
SO IF IT'S AN EXTERNAL HIRE, I MEAN IT COULD BE SUMMER OR AFTER, WE'RE REALLY HOPING WE GET SOMEBODY INTERNAL.
UH, THAT WAY THEY'VE ALREADY GOT AN UNDERSTANDING OF EXTENSION AND YEAH.
SO DO OTHER COUNTIES KNOW THIS POSITION TO VIOLATE? YES.
AND CARRIE AND I HAVE ALREADY STARTED POLITICKING ON A COUPLE OF AGENTS THAT WE, LIKE I'M BRI AS MUCH AS I CAN, SIR
WE HAVE SMOOTHED A COUPLE OF 'EM AND SAID THIS IS OUR BUDGET.
LOOK AT THIS, SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT OPPOSED TO YOUR LITTLE, OKAY.
SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY COUNTIES HAVE
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THAT JOB? UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, NOT ALL OF 'EM.NO, THEY'RE, MOST OF THEM DO THOUGH.
MOST OF THEM, MOST COUNTIES HAVE AT LEAST AN AG AND FCH.
UH, WE'RE VERY BLESSED THAT WE HAVE THIS ONE.
NO, I, NO, I BELIEVE ME WHEN VAN I WAS BOTH OF THESE ROLES, UM, BUT PROBABLY, I'M JUST GUESSING COMMISSIONER.
I WOULD SAY OF THE 254, PROBABLY CLOSE TO 200 AT LEAST HAVE FCHI MEAN IT TAKES A VERY, IT TAKES A VERY SMALL COUNTY JUST TO HAVE ONE, HAVE ONE AGENT.
SO, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I, I FIGURED IT WAS A SHARED JOB IN A LOT OF COUNTY.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GOT A COUNTY LIKE VAN Z, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AG AND FCH ONLY THEN THEY SHARE THE FOUR H RESPONSIBILITY, SO MM-HMM
AND WITH ME ON THE STOCK STAR TRAIL, I'M GONNA BE HANDING LOTS OF SMOOCHING TIMES.
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR COUNTY? SO YEAH.
AND WE'D REALLY LIKE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO FIND SOMEBODY NOT ONLY IN AT INTERNAL WITH EXTENSION, BUT SOMEBODY THAT'S ALREADY IN DISTRICT.
SO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CARRIE AND ARE OKAY WITH POACHING SOMEBODY.
SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
SO, BUT THEY HAVE TO GET ALONG WITH BOTH OF US AND THAT'S KIND OF A MM.
UNFORTUNATELY THE OTHER AG AGENTS KIND OF KNOW THAT TOMMY AND I ARE TEAMING UP AND GOING ON THAT.
AND SO WHENEVER WE WALK INTO DISTRICT MEETINGS NOW THEY'RE LIKE GUARDIAN.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUBBLE WRAPPING THEIR FCS AGENTS.
FOUR H FOUR H STUFF WITH MS. CARRIE.
SO, UM, LIKE, UM, WE UH, FINISHED UP OUR LAST THREE MONTHS.
UH, OCTOBER'S A BIG MONTH WITH US.
I'M THE VALIDATION CHAIRMAN FOR HEIFERS GOATS LAMBS.
AND, UH, AND SO WE DID AT THIS LAST, UH, VALIDATION PERIOD, 78 GOATS, 82 LAMBS AND, UH, 98 HEIFERS WERE VALIDATED IN, UH, SO, UH, FOR THE FOUR H AND FFA UNITS IN THE COUNTY.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GOING DOWN THE, THE, THE TRAIL THIS YEAR WITH EVERYBODY.
UM, WE HAVE THE STOCK SHOW SEASON.
UM, I HAVE TWO, I HAVE A SENIOR THAT'S GETTING READY TO GRADUATE AND SHE'S ALWAYS JUST LIKE RIGHT THERE TOWARDS THE DIVISION, OUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO, UH, WE HAVE MADE A, A PACT, UM, IF SHE WINS HER DIVISION OR SHE GRAND CHAMPIONS OUT, UM, I WILL BE COLORING MY HAIR BLONDE
SO WHEN THAT HAPPENED, I HAVE ANOTHER YOUNG LADY THAT SHOWS SHEEP.
UM, IF SHE, UH, HEARD BET THOUGH IS UM, IF SHE GRAND CHAMPIONS AT ONE OF THE STOCK SHOWS, WHICH BY THE WAY, SHE HAS, I JUST WENT AND DID PROJECT VISIT THIS LAST WEEKEND.
I HAVE TO WEAR A PINK TUTU AT THE STOP SHOP.
SO, UM, FORT WORTH WILL PROBABLY BE WHERE I'M WEARING A PINK TUTU.
UH, SHE HAS SOME REALLY NICE VIEWS GOING IN THERE,
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE, THE FALL SEASON WAS WHERE WE DID A LOT OF OUR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, WE HAD THE, UH, THE WHAT WE CALL THE GREEN JACKET ACADEMY.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO GO IN, UM, I'M KNOWN AS THE PERSON THAT DOES ALL THE TEAM BUILDING.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER PARTICIPATED IN THE KAUFMAN, UH, CHAMBER COMMERCE, UH, ANNUAL MEETINGS, UM, A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS COMES FROM ME TO TORTURE THOSE POOR COMMUNITY PEOPLE.
BUT FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, I'M THE ONE THAT DOES ALL THE TEAM BUILDING LEADERSHIP BUILDING WORKSHOPS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE DISTRICT FOUR, UH, COUNCIL.
WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THAT DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL.
UM, WHICH MEANS I'M VERY BUSY, UH, TRYING TO KEEP ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITIES GOING.
SO WE, THEY ACTUALLY, UH, SINCE COVID, THEY HAD STOPPED OUR FALL FOCUS, WHICH WAS THE FALL MEETING FOR THE DISTRICT COUNCIL.
UM, KATIE AND ELI WANTED TO GET EVERYBODY BACK, FACE TO FACE AGAIN, A MEETING.
THEY GOT THEIR COUNCIL UH, OFFICERS TOGETHER.
WE HOSTED THE FIRST DISTRICT FOUR FALL FOCUS FACE-TO-FACE FOR ALL THE TEAM LEADERS IN DISTRICT FOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS.
SO I WAS VERY, VERY PROUD OF 'EM THAT THEY, UH, THEY KIND OF ORGANIZED THEMSELVES.
UM, I KIND OF STAYED IN THE BACK, SHOWED 'EM HOW TO GET EVERYTHING PROPOSED.
UM, WHOEVER IS THEIR BOSS IN THE FUTURE, I FEEL SORRY FOR 'EM BECAUSE THESE TWO ARE VERY GOOD AT DEBATE.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WAS SELECTED TO BE THE, UH, STATE CHAPERONE FOR THE FORAGE DELEGATION THAT WENT TO THE NATIONAL FOUR H CONGRESS.
UH, THIS IS A YEARLY EVENT THAT HAPPENS WHERE KIDS GO AND THEY LEARN HOW TO, UM, PRESENT AND OR TO LEARN HOW THEY GO IN AND COME UP WITH AN IDEA TO TAKE BACK TO THEIR COUNTIES AND DO A TOWN HALL MEETING AND PUSH THROUGH YOUTH, UM, YOUTH ISSUES.
AND SO WE DID A GREAT JOB WITH ALL THAT.
UH, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE A GREAT GROUP TO UH, TO TRAVEL WITH.
UM, I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES.
I'D WALK OUT IN THE HALLWAY GOING, WHAT STATE DO YOU BELONG TO AND WHY ARE YOU OUT PAST CURFEW? AND THEY'RE LIKE, AND THE OTHER AGENTS WERE LIKE, GOING FROM OTHER STATES, DON'T YOU TAPE YOUR KIDS' DOORS? I'M I GOING, NO.
WHY SHOULD I? WELL WHAT IF THEY GET OUT?
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SO I TURNED AROUND WITH MY KIDS.YOU GONNA GET OUT TONIGHT? NO, MISS CARRIE, WE'RE SCARED OF YOU.
UM, BUT TEXAS REPRESENTED WELL, UM, DURING THE FINAL BANQUET, UM, WE WERE MOST IMPRESSED BECAUSE OF THE 18 KIDS THAT WENT.
WE HAD ONLY THREE BOYS PLEASE.
UH, THOSE BOYS STOOD AT THE HEAD TABLE AND GOT ALL THE GIRLS AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL GOWNS PUSHED UP.
AND I LOOKED AROUND AT EVERYBODY AND I'M NOT GOING, THAT'S HOW TEXAS DOES IT.
SO, UH, WE ARE AT FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW.
UM, IT'S COLD, UH, BREEDING SHEEP MOVING TOMORROW, HEIFERS MOVING THIS WEEKEND.
AND THEN WE ARE HAVE A FULL CONTINGENT OF SHOW TEAMS THAT GO TO ALL THE STOCK SHOWS.
SO WE'LL GO TO FORT WORTH, FORT WORTH LAPS RIGHT INTO SAN ANGELO.
UH, SAN ANGELO WRAPS RIGHT INTO THEIR COUNTY FAIR, WHICH THEN WE GO INTO UM, SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON AND AUSTIN.
I HAVE TO SAY IN MY COUNTY, I HAVE SOME OF THE BEST FOUR H LEADERS EVER.
UM, I CAN'T DO MY JOB UNLESS I HAVE THEM.
AND BECAUSE OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS IS WHAT MAKES THIS FOUR H PROGRAM ROCK AND ROLL.
SO, UM, I'M VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM.
UH, ONE OF OUR FOUR H LEADERS, SHE'S GONNA CONTINUE ON WITH THIS STERN DISH.
THEY DID OUR FIRST MEETING THIS LAST WEEKEND.
THEY ALL MADE THE KIDS LEARN HOW TO MAKE PILLOWS.
SHE POSTED IT ON FACE NOTEBOOK AND NOW WE HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS FROM HOUSTON THAT WANTS TO COME UP AND PARTICIPATE WITH US.
I'M NOT GOING, THAT'S AN AWFUL LONG DRIVE.
BUT UM, THEY SAID OUR AGENT DOESN'T DO ANY OF THAT STUFF AND I'M NOT GOING.
SO, UM, I'M VERY, I CAN'T TELL YOU ALL HOW MUCH.
I'M VERY BLESSED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS I HAVE IN THIS COUNTY.
DO YOU SEE YOUR NUMBERS INCREASING? YES SIR.
UH, WE ARE INCREASING ONE AREA MORE THAN THE OTHER.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, THE CRANDALL AREA AND THE SCURRY ROSSER AREA, I'M GETTING A LOT OF NEW FOUR H MEMBERS.
BUT, UM, SOME OF THAT IS DUE TO, AND I UNDERSTAND THE BUDGETS, THE BUDGET PERIOD WITH THE SCHOOLS.
UM, FORNEY HAS NOW THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE I'M GETTING A LOT OF UH, GROWTH.
UM, FORNEY HAS CAME OUT WITH, THEY HAVE SELECTED WHAT SHOWS THOSE KIDS CAN GO TO IN WHAT? SO LIKE SAN ANTONIO IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE AG MET GOES TO AND COUNTY FAIR AND I THINK THEY CAN GO TO TO STATE FAIR.
SO THEY SELECT WHAT SHOW THEY CAN GO AND I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU HAVE PROGRAMS THAT BIG PULLING THOSE TEACHERS OUT, BEING ON THE ROAD THAT LONG MM-HMM
UM, I DID MEET WITH ONE OF THE UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WITH FORNEY TO UM, EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THIS POLICY NEEDS TO GO IN EFFECT NEXT YEAR AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THE, HOW THE CAST SCRAMBLES WORK.
AND I GO, IF THOSE KIDS DO NOT GO TO THAT SHOW, THEY HAVE TO GIVE BACK THAT CER THEIR CERTIFICATE.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
UM, BUT I TRY TO SUPPORT THE FFA UH, ADVISORS AS MUCH AS I CAN, UM, TO HELP THE KIDS GET DOWN THE ROAD.
ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES OF BUDGET CUTS WITH THE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY'RE PUSHING FOR OTHER OTHER ACTIVITIES.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
TO ACCEPT THE REPORT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
MOTION CARRIE AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
SINCE SHE'S PROBABLY GONNA GO BACK FROM WORK.
[9. Auditor: Discuss/Consider line-item and budget transfers/corrections.]
TRANSFERS? YES.THESE WERE EMAILED OUT TO YOU PREVIOUSLY.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF CLEANUP ITEMS AND THEN A COUPLE OF JUST LINE ITEM TRANSFERS FOR THIS YEAR AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO OBTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[10. Auditor: Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.]
TIMOTHY MS. ARCH ONCE AGAIN CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.SO THIS WEEK WE ARE ASKING FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PAYMENT OF TOTAL OF $920,836 AND 75 CENTS.
MOST OF THAT IS MADE UP OF OUR LAKE DAM MAINTENANCE GRANTS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PAYROLL OF $2,026,220 AND 20 CENTS FOR A TOTAL PAYOUT OF $2,947,056 AND 95 CENTS.
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO PAY ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Y'ALL HAVE HAD TIME TO LOOK THESE OVER? YEP.
I NEED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR MR. PHIS.
MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[11. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter an executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071, to consult with counsel regarding pending or contemplated litigation, subjects, or settlement offers, including, but not limited to the following cases/subjects: ]
MINE.CONSIDER EXIT REGULAR MEETING AND ENTERED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
PRESENT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.071 TO CONSULT WITH OUR COUNSEL REGARDING PENDING OR CON CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION SUBJECTS OR
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SETTLEMENT OFFERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING CASES.AND THERE A BUNCH OF THEM NEED A MOTION TO EXIT AND ENTER INTO A EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[12. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and enter back into regular meeting.]
OKAY, WE'RE BACK FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT AND THEN BACK IN REGULAR MEETING? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
[13. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve taking any action pursuant to executive session.]
NUMBER 13.ANY ACTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? THERE IS NONE.
[14. Adjourn Meeting.]
MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.SO COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.