* 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. FROM [00:00:03] GOOD. SEE, JUDGE. JUDGE. OKAY. [Call to Order] OKAY. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY, FEBRUARY THE 25TH. WE'RE HERE IN THE ANNEX BUILDING, DOWNTOWN KAUFMAN. WE'RE GONNA BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH A PRAYER BY COMMISSIONER, UH, KELLY LANE, AND THEN SKEETS GONNA LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES IF YOU'D JOIN ME. AND STAND, PLEASE. LORD, WATCH OVERS KEEP US SAFE. THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL OUR KAUFMAN COUNTY EMPLOYEES. KEEP US ALL SAFE TODAY. HELP US DO WHAT YOUR WILL BE. IN CHRIST NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE THE ANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE MIDST WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR ALL HONOR UNDER TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE THE ANCE, THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU. WELCOME. ROUTINE [1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.] CORRESPONDENCE. EITHER ONE. WE GOT TRASH PICKUP. YES. WHEN AND WHERE. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, FOR MARCH THE FIRST AT THE, UH, BLACKJACK STATION ON 4 29 IN TERRELL. OKAY. FROM EIGHT TO FOUR. AND, UH, NO, NO DUMP TRAILERS. NO CATTLE TRAILERS, NO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. ALRIGHT. THE SEMIS ARE OKAY, I RECKON. . OKAY. AND THEN, AND TOMMY AND I, IF YOU'S GONNA MENTION CAROL OR I CAN, OR YOU MAY. YEAH. OKAY. YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND MENTION OR I WILL. OKAY. I'M GONNA DO THE, YOU KNOW, CAROL USED TO WORK FOR THE, UH, COPEN HAR SHE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY, SO ME KEEP THAT FAMILY. SHE WAS HERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. SO NICE. SHE WAS VERY NICE LADY. ALSO, UH, THIS WEEK IS OUR COUNTY FAIR, WHICH BEGINS, UH, IF YOU WOULD GO OUT THERE, WE DIDN'T LIKE ALL THE CITIZENS TO SHOW UP. I HAVE A COPY OF THE VERY FIRST COUNTY FAIR THAT WAS HELD IN 19 AND 26. SO NEXT YEAR WILL BE OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY. AND WE'D LIKE TO MIMIC SOME OF THE THINGS I DID BACK A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. AND THERE'S A DIVISION FOR OLD FOLKS. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK WHAT YOU SHOWED . I'M, I'M, I WISH, I'M STILL IMPRESSED THAT HE KEPT HIS PAPERS FROM THE FIRST ONE. . I HAD 'EM UNDER LOCKING. KEY . SO ANYWAY, JUST, JUST TO GIVE YOU FOR INSTANCE, THEY HAD A, A GRAND PARADE. THEY HAD A BEAUTY CONTEST, A PAGEANT. THEY HAD, UH, BOYS AND GIRLS, UH, DIFFERENT CLUBS THAT WOULD SHOW AND DO THINGS, I GUESS LIKE BOY SCOUTS, THE GIRL SCOUTS. WHO KNOWS? BACK IN THOSE DAYS, I DON'T REMEMBER ACTUALLY. UH, THEY HAD, UH, LADIES AND MEN WHO CAN, ANYTHING THEY HAD A DIVISION FOR CAN STUFF LIKE THEY DO AT THE STATE FIRE. YOU'VE BEEN IN THE EXHIBIT BUILDING WHERE THEY DID, THEY DID THAT HERE. THEY EVEN HAD DIVISION FOR WRITING, READING AND ARITHMETIC FOR KIDS. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT DID, BUT THEY HAD A CUR OLD DEPARTMENT. I GUESS YOU GOT A LOT OF JUNK. YOU CAN DO THAT NOW. IF YOU WANTED A LIGHT BULB, IF YOU WANTED A 10 WATT LIGHT BULB, IT COST YOU 10 CENTS FOR YOUR BOOTH AND YOU COULD GET ALL THE WAY UP IT WENT IN 10, 15, 20, WHATEVER WATCH YOU WANTED AND ACCORDINGLY COST YOU. UH, BUT IF YOU WANTED A 200 WATT BULB, IT WAS $2 AND 50 CENTS FOR THE ENTIRE SHOW. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THEY DID BACK IN THE DAY. AND I JUST THINK IF, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD OUR HUNDRED AND 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE COUNTY, IT'D BE NICE TO DO THE SAME FOR OUR COUNTY SHOW. TRY AND BRING BACK SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DID BACK IN THE DAY. UH, IF YOU WANNA SEE THIS, THE ORIGINAL ONE'S IN THE LIBRARY. THIS IS A COPY THAT MR. CAVE, UH, KEPT OVER ALL THOSE YEARS AND HE WAS A GOOD HISTORIAN FOR OUR COUNTY. SO GO OUT THERE THIS WEEK, UH, SUPPORT THE KIDS. I THINK THEY HAD OVER 600 ENTRIES AND THE, UH, FINE ARTS BIGGEST THEY'VE EVER HAD FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS ALL OVER THE COUNTY. SO IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE WHAT OUR, THEIR CHILDREN HAVE DONE. SO ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? OH, WE MADE LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITIES. PRECINCT ONE DID THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK AND OUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE PRECINCT TWO HELPED, BUT EVERYONE PITCHED IN TO MAKE THAT THING NICE. AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? COMMENTS? OH, THE SALES ON SATURDAY. BRING [00:05:01] YOUR CHECKBOOK. YOU CAN BUY AN ANIMAL. KIDS NEED THAT. OKAY. NUMBER THREE. [2. CONSENT AGENDA] OH, 'CAUSE THAT AGENDA. I'M SORRY. FOUR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. DISCUSSED AND ACCEPT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY THE SIXTH. DISCUSSED AND ACCEPT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY THE 11TH. DISCUSSED AND ACCEPT THE DEPUTATION OF, UH, DANIELLA SERNA. BELINDA GOLIN, STORMY KY JAMIE MARTIN WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. AND DISCUSS AND ACCEPT THE OFFICER'S REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 25. ANY COMMENTS? NO. NOT NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU. MR. PHILLIPS MADE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NUMBER THREE, [3. Constable Matt Woodall: Discuss/Consider/Approve Kaufman County Pet. 3 Constables Office 2024 racial profiling report.] CONSTABLE WOODALL. HE'S GOING TO PRESENT. HE IS, UH, CONSTABLE'S OFFICE 2024. RACIAL PROFILING REPORT. MORNING CONSTABLE. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE Y'ALL? GREAT. OUT OF, UH, 474 TRAFFIC STOPS, WE HAD ZERO COMPLAINTS. UM, THE DATA, I ANALYZED THE DATA, UH, THROUGH TCO, ALSO OUR LAST CENSUS, WHICH WAS 2020. UM, AFTER ANALYZING ALL THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED BY OUR DEPUTIES AND, AND, UH, THE CENSUS, UH, NOTICED NO ABOR, UH, ABNORMALITIES. UH, NOTHING ABNORMAL. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. WAS, WAS NOTICED. THAT'S A GOOD REPORT. OH, YOU GET IT RIGHT, . RIGHT? WELL, YOU KNOW, AS MANY TRAFFIC STOPS AS Y'ALL DO AND THERE'S NOT ANY COMPLAINTS REALLY. UH, IT SAYS A LOT FOR THE OFFICERS. YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M LUCKY. AND I THINK WE ALL ARE WITH THE PROFESSIONALISM AND OF THE DEPUTIES, UH, ALL THE CONSTABLES. SO, AND UH, THAT BEING SAID, OUR TRAFFIC STOPS ARE OVER A HUNDRED O UP OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR. SO. WOW. THAT WAS, UH, WHERE DO YOU SEE AN AREA MOST OF 'EM COMING FROM? WILLS POINT. WILLS POINT OR OUR VAN Z COUNTY OLD 80, YOU KNOW, COMING IN ON 80, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO WORK TRAFFIC WHERE WE GET THE MOST COMPLAINTS. YEAH. UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE NEW TRAFFIC TRAILER THAT WE GOT. UM, IT'S, IT STAYS OUT ALL THE TIME. UM, IT, WE, WE NEVER BRING IT IN. IT'S SOLAR POWERED AND YEAH. UM, SO WE, WE CAN GET THAT DATA. WE CAN ALSO, UH, GIVE THAT DATA TO THE COMMISSIONER. IT'LL TELL US HOW MANY CARS ARE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD, YOU KNOW, SO IT HELPS, YOU KNOW. YEAH. UM, AND WITH THAT TRAILER SITTING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE RUNNING 70 DOWN MY 30 MILE AN HOUR COUNTY ROAD. WELL THAT DATA DOESN'T LIE OUT OF THAT TRAILER. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, UH, LIKE A DEPUTY SITTING OUT THERE. SURE. SO, BUT YEAH. YEAH. WE, UH, WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS COMING THROUGH ELMO, YOU KNOW, MOST, WELL IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE THROUGH THERE. IT'S NOT ON THE INTERSTATE, SO IT'S NOT JUST CROWDED AND THEY, THEY PUT A LIGHT, THERE'S A NEW LIGHT THERE AND YOU KNOW, STUDIES SHOW ANYTIME YOU PUT A NEW LIGHT, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE ACCIDENTS RIGHT THERE. YEAH. SO WE TRY TO STAY THERE, BUT, AND UH, AND ELMO GOT THE SPEED LIMIT DOWN TO 65 THROUGH THERE TOO, SO. OH, OKAY. THAT HELPS SOME ONLY IF SOMEBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO THE SIDE. YEAH. THOSE CELL PHONES ARE PRETTY TOUGH IN THOSE CARS, SO. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSTABLE? NO. IF NOT, I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND. ALL THEM IN FAVOR AND SAY AYE. A AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NUMBER FOUR, [4. Constable Shawn Mayfield: Discuss/Consider/Approve Kaufman Couty Pet. 1 Constables Office 2024 racial profiling report.] SEAN MAYFIELD, DISCUSS AND APPROVE PRECINCT ONE CONSTABLES RACIAL PROFILING FOR 2024. THAT'S JAMES. YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND HE'S A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY, SO I GET TO JOIN. YOU GET TO DO IT. THERE YOU GO. I BELIEVE WE MADE 118 STOPS. UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS, UH, FOR SOME OF THAT. TWO OF OUR CARS WERE DOWN FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. WE HAD NO RADARS, NO CAMERAS, NO RADIO. REALLY, THEY WERE BEING SWAPPED OVER TO THE NEW ONES. OH, OKAY. SO I, WE MADE THE DECISION FOR OFFICER SAFETY, NO TRAFFIC STOPS. SO THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. AGAIN, IT'S A GREAT REPORT AND Y'ALL ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. NEVER HEARD A COMPLAINT EVER. THAT'S GOOD. WE TRIED TO KEEP OUR PROFESSIONALISM UP, SO THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE CONSTABLE DEPUTY? NO, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. MAKE THE MOTION MR. K CROW MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. YEAH. TELL MAY I HAVE TO GET BETTER? YEAH. OKAY. CONSTABLE JOHNSON DISCUSSED APPROVE HIS, OH WAIT A MINUTE. HIS IS NOT A PROFILE REPORT. HIS IS DISCUSSED [5. Constable Jason Johnson: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Deputation of Mason Reeves with Precinct #2 Constable's Office to fill a vacant position in Patrol Contract 191 Windmill Farms.] TO PROVE THE DEPORTATION OF MASON REEVES WITH PRECINCT TWO CONSTABLE'S OFFICE TO FILL A VACANT POSITION IN PATROL CONTRACT 1 91 [00:10:01] WINDMILL FARMS. YEAH. JASON. MORNING. UM, NOW MY APOLOGIES. UM, UM, I JUST SUBMITTED MY RACIAL PROFILING REPORT WITH A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, SO YEAH, I'LL GET THAT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. UM, MR. REEVES, UM, IS 26 YEARS OLD. JUST GRADUATED FROM THE, UH, UH, POLICE ACADEMY OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. UM, VERY ENERGETIC AND UH, WE ARE VERY EAGER TO GET HIM ON BOARD. HE IS A GO-GETTER, UM, FROM SPEAKING WITH HIM AND THE ORAL BOARDS. AND, UH, HIS FATHER IS A SUPERVISOR AT DART POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO WE THINK HE'D BE A HUGE ASSET TO THE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. YOU MAKE THE MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. PHIPPS TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. K CROW MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, CI AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK [6. Constable Jason Johnson: Discuss/Consider/Approve Deputy Mason Reeves to fill a vacant position in Patrol contract 191 Windmill Farms with Precinct # 2 Constable's Office.] YOU CONSTABLE JOHNSON, ONCE AGAIN, DISCUSS AND APPROVE DEPUTY DEPUTY MASON RIESS TO FILL A VACANT POSITION IN PATROL CONTRACT 1 91, UH, WITH PRECINCT TO CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. YES, SIR. UM, THIS POSITION WAS ALREADY APPROVED AND ACCEPTED, UH, IN THE WINDMILL FORMS CONTRACT. SO HE WOULD BE FILLING AN OPEN POSITION THAT IS READILY AVAILABLE. OKAY. NEED A MOTION FOR THAT ONE? UH, MAKE A MOTION. MR. PHIPPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. LANE MAKES SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU JASON. YOU BET. [7. Mike Taylor: Discuss/Consider/Approve the annual report of racial profiling by Kaufman County Fire Marshal Office as required by state law through TCOLE.] MR. TAYLOR, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR RACIAL PROFILING BY THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE LAW THROUGH TECO. GOOD MORNING, MIKE. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. UH, YES, OUR REPORT. SO OBVIOUSLY OUR DIVISION WITH THERE, WE HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AND WE PRIMARILY OUR FOCUS IS INVESTIGATION. SO TRAFFIC STOP IS NOT ANYTHING OF A NORMAL DUTY THAT WE DO. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE REPORTING THAT WE HAD TWO TRAFFIC STOPS THROUGH THE LAST YEAR. UM, ONE IS AN INTERESTING NOTE WAS, WAS ACTUALLY WHILE ON THE SCENE, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL DROVE BY AND THREW A LIT CIGARETTE OUT INTO THE BAR DITCH OF WHERE WE WERE ALREADY WORKING A FIRE. SO HE GOT, HE'S HELPING YOU ALONG? YES. UM, AND NO COMPLAINTS WITH EITHER THE TWO, SO. OKAY. UM, AGAIN, SO JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NORMALLY DON'T, DON'T PARTICIPATE IN, BUT WE DID HAVE TWO THAT WE REPORTED THROUGH A TCO AS REQUIRED. RIGHT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL? NO, NOT ANY MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. LANE MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU SIR FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. OKAY, MS. FABBY, [8. Fabi Carrillo: Discuss/Consider/Approve the re-plat for lot 43R Woodruff Ranchetts, Section 2 located Woodruff Circle in Precinct 4.] WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS CONSIDERING TO APPROVE THE RELA OF LOT 43 R IN WOODRUFF RANCHETTE. SECTION TWO, LOCATED ON WOOD CIRCLE IN PRECINCT FOUR. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. LOT 43 AND 44 ARE BEING RECONFIGURED TO CREATE LOT 43 R, MAKING IT A 1.9 ACRE TRACK SINCE WOODER FRANCES, IT'S A RECORDED SUBDIVISION. THIS HAT TO FOLLOW THE REFLECT PROCESS, THE RESIDENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS REPLANT. ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVALS WERE SUBMITTED WITH THE AGENDA PACKET AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY, COMMISSIONER, MORE THIS IN YOUR PRECINCT. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ANY SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. CROW MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. A MOTION. CARRIE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FABY. [9. Chuck Mohnkern: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Treasurer's Monthly Report for January 2025.] MR. CHUCK GONNA DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE TREASURY REPORT FOR JANUARY 25. GOOD MORNING, CHUCK. GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. WE, UH, STARTED OUT THE, OR ACTUALLY WE ENDED THE MONTH OF JANUARY WITH $38,064,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND. WE EARNED, UH, $3,223 AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK. WE EARNED $365,724 AT TEXAS POOL AND TEXAS CLASS. OUR, UH, TOTAL INVESTED IN TECH POOL, 8,058,000 TOTAL INVESTED IN TEXAS CLASS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 93,035,000. UH, WE'RE EARNING A, AN AVERAGE YIELD OF 4.5206% AT TECH POOL AND FIVE OR RATHER 4.5419% AT, UH, TEXAS CLASS. THE, UH, TOTAL FUNDS, UH, COUNTY FUNDS IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 84,598,000, UH, TOTAL, UH, VALUE OF THE COLLATERAL AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 102,286,000. SO THE BANK HAS US WELL COLLATERALIZED YET AT 121%. WE HAD 54.44% OF OUR AVAILABLE CASH INVESTED AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 101,094,572. WE WROTE 507 RECEIPTS DURING THE MONTH FOR A TOTAL OF $60,000,390. [00:15:03] A LOT OF MONEY AND IT WAS, YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? LOTS OF TAX RECEIPTS. YES. ANY QUESTIONS? NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. PHELPS MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. CROW. MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU CHUCK. VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. LORENA. [10. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve advertising bid for annual Road Materials & Hauling.] DISCUSS, CONSIDER IMPROVE ADVERTISING BID FOR ANNUAL ROAD MATERIALS AND HAULING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO ROAD SEASON'S HERE AND I'M REQUESTING APPROVAL TO REBID THE, THE, UM, THE BID. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZING THE SAME EXISTING BID. UM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A YEAR CONTRACT LOCKING IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AND MAYBE RENEGOTIATING THE, THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. UM, MULTIPLE VENDORS LINING UP MULTIPLE VENDORS FOR BOTH THE MATERIALS AND HAULING. SO WE'RE JUST REQUESTING APPROVAL TO, TO REBID THE PROJECT. HAVE YOU HEARD OR SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT THE PRICES OF STAYING STABLE? WE HAVE NOT. UM, I DID SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS REQUESTING, UM, COMMISSIONERS TO LOOK AT THE BID AND VERIFY WHETHER THERE'S ANY NEW CONTACTS THAT WE WANNA REACH OUT TO OR ANY CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO THE, TO THE BID. SO. GREAT. OKAY. YEAH, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YOU JUST WANNA GET STARTED AND, AND HOPEFULLY GET, OKAY. THERE'S GOOD TURNOUT. THERE'S A FEW PRICES THAT DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT. NOT THAT BAD. SO, OKAY. I'LL GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THEN. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION. HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. LANE MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A MOTION CARRIES MS. LORENA, ONCE [11. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve advertising for auction to sell county surplus property.] AGAIN DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN APPROVED ADVERTISING FOR AUCTION TO SELL COUNTY SURPLUS PROPERTY. YES MA'AM. SO WE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL SURPLUS ITEMS. VEHICLES, MISCELLANEOUS STUFF, MACHINERY. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET STARTED ON MAYBE POSSIBLY AUCTIONING THESE OUT, HOPEFULLY RUNNING THE AD NEXT WEEK. UM, WE WON'T BE USING RENEE BATES INSTEAD WE'LL USE GOV DEALS. UM, AND THAT'S JUST SO THAT WE COULD ELIMINATE THE COMMISSIONING, THE COMMISSION THAT THEY ARE EARNING FROM KAUFMAN COUNTY. OKAY. MM-HMM . THAT'S GOOD TO ME. YEAH. QUESTIONS? NO. THAT WAY YOU GET MONEY BACK IN YOUR COFFERS BEFORE ROAD SEASON STARTS. THAT'S IT. YEAH. GOOD DEAL. I THINK PRECINCT ONE HAS THE, THE BIGGEST LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO GET RID OF. SO, ALRIGHT. THEN YOU GO NOT TO POINT NOT TO TO PUT YOU OUT ON THE . TELLING EVERYTHING HE'S SELLING. HE'S DOING A, HE'S CLEANING. HE CLEANING. I'M CLEANING UP. CLEANING UP. NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 12, [12. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve purchasing/financing a John Deere 624P Wheel Loader for Precinct 4 from RDO Equipment Co. & Welch Bank utilizing Sourcewell Contract #011723-JDC.] MR. LONO, ONCE AGAIN DISCUSSED. CONSIDER AN IMPROVED PERCHING AND OR FINANCING A JOHN DEERE 6 24 P WHEEL LOADER FOR PRECINCT FOUR FROM RDO AND COMPANY. UH, AND USING WELCH BANK AND UTILIZING THE SOURCE WELL CONTRACT 0 1 1 7 2 3 JDC. YES MA'AM. IT MEETS SPECIFICATIONS AND, UH, PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS. I KNOW THAT YOUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLES FINALIZING THE PAPERWORK AS WE SPEAK, SO REQUESTING APPROVAL TO, UH, PROCEED. OKAY. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MR. BORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND. ALL THEM IN FAVORS. AYE. A A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. GREAT, THANK YOU. I'M GONNA SIGN THIS DOWN SO I DON'T FORGET LATER TO DO IT. I'LL DO IT LATER. IT'S TOO MANY. OKAY, [13. Karen Badgley; Discuss/Consider/Approve Release of Easement to facilitate the disposal of after-discovered property for the dissolved Bois D'Arc Island Levee Improvement District.] LET'S MOVE ON. 13. MS. BADGLEY DISCUSSED, CONSIDER AND APPROVE RELEASE OF THE EASEMENT TO FACILITATE THE DISPOSAL OF AFTER DISCOVERED PROPERTY FOR THE DISSOLVED BOAR ISLAND LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THANK YOU. UM, BACK IN 2018, THE BOAR ISLAND LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED. IT WAS A LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THAT COVERED BOTH DALLAS COUNTY AND KAUFMAN COUNTY. AND SO THAT DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED BY COURT ORDER FROM KAUFMAN COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY. AND BEFORE THE DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED, ALL THE PROPERTY THAT BOTH COUNTIES WERE AWARE OF IN THAT DISTRICT WERE DISSOLVED. AND THE LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWED FOR THE DISSOLVING [00:20:01] OF THE LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ALSO ALLOWED FOR THE, UM, GETTING RID OF ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT THAT LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OWNED. SO RECENTLY, BACK IN 2023 THROUGH SOME KIND OF TAX PROCESS OR, OR OR SIMILAR PROCESS, A PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS PUT BACK IN THAT DEFUNCT BODARK ISLAND LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. SO FURTHER LEGISLATION WAS PURSUED REALLY BY DALLAS COUNTY WITH KAUFFMAN COUNTY AGREEING SO THAT THIS AFTER ACQUIRED PRO PROPERTY IN THE DEFUNCT BOAR ISLAND LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COULD BE, UM, DISSEMINATED, COULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THAT DISTRICT. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THERE IS AN EASEMENT THAT RUNS ON THAT PROPERTY. SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, DALLAS COUNTY DID A RELEASE OF EASEMENT AND THAT WAS ALLOWED THROUGH THIS HBO NUMBER 34 69, UH, TO DISSOLVE THIS AFTER ACQUIRED PROPERTY. AND SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO DO TODAY IS TO ALLOW JUDGE ALLEN TO SIGN THE RELEASE OF EASEMENT FOR ANY OF THAT PROPERTY THAT MAY BE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY. AND THAT WILL LEAD THE WAY FOR THAT PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO BE SOLD. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE PROCEEDS BASICALLY DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE COUNTY. I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S THAT MANY PROCEEDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE FOR OUR TITLE PURPOSES THAT THE EASEMENT IS DISSOLVED AND THE PROPERTY CAN, YOU KNOW, BE SOLD AND, AND THE LAND UTILIZED. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. NO. WE DISCUSSED IT LAST YEAR. OKAY. OR IN 20. OKAY. NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THEN I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION. HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. [14. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve appointing Jakie Allen to the North Central Texas Council of Governments Regional Transportation Council to serve alternating terms with Lane Grayson of Ellis County.] 14 IS MINE. DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVE APPOINTING JACKIE ALLEN TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNSEL TO SERVE TERMS WITH LANE GRACE OF ELLIS COUNTY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOR YEARS AND YEARS. AND SO ELLIS COUNTY, UH, I TALKED TO TO LANE WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, HE WANTED TO STAY FOR THE, THE FIRST TWO YEARS 'CAUSE HE WAS WORKING ON A PROJECT. AND SO NOW, UH, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE JUDGE OVER THERE AND OUR AGREEMENT WAS TO SWITCH OUT AT MIDTERM AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. SO THAT'D BE THE FIRST TIME. WELL IT SAT ON THE BACK ROW AND WA YEAH. SO, WELL THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR OUR COUNTY. WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU. I'LL SECOND MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER PHELPS MOTION FROM TO APPROVE. UH, SECOND FROM MR. MOORE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES. MR. AUDITOR, [16. Auditor: Discuss/Consider line item and budget transfers/corrections.] YOUR TURN, DISCUSS LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS. YES SIR. UM, WE EMAILED A FEW LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS. THESE ARE JUST ROUTINE AND WE ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDITOR? NO. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. . COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION. COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES AUDITOR [17. Auditor: Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.] ONCE AGAIN, CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT. SO I ALSO, BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, I DID WANNA SAY THAT WE RECEIVED OUR, UM, OUTSIDE AUDIT FROM PATELLA BROWN AND HILL FOR OUR JUVENILE PROBATION. UM, AND WE RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. SO THAT'S THE HIGHEST YOU CAN GET. SO WE, WE HAD A REALLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR WITH JUVENILE AND HOPING TO HAVE RESULTS. UM, SAME RESULTS FOR, UH, ADULT PROBATION SOON. UM, SO THAT WAS A GOOD THING. UM, AS FAR AS THE BILLS, WE HAVE THIS WEEK ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES TOTALING 11,000,109 $96,633 AND 4 CENTS. WE HAVE JUROR CHECKS TOTALING $5,122. WE HAVE A PAYROLL OF $2,025,009 AND 31 CENTS. UM, AND MOST OF THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES ARE MADE UP OF OUR, UM, ANNUAL DEBT PAYMENTS. UM, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THIS WEEK. UM, SO TOTAL PAYOUT OF $13,226,764 AND 35 CENTS. AND WE ASK FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL TO PAY ANY QUESTIONS? DO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MR. MOORE MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND MR. LANE, MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, CI. AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, IF YOU WOULD, AT SOMETIME IN APRIL, IF Y'ALL, YOUR DEPARTMENT, RUN US A REPORT TO SHOW US KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR SPENDING AND PERCENTAGES. DO WE GET TO EACH DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN WATCH BUDGETS COMING JUST AROUND THE CORNER. MM-HMM . AND THAT WAY WE WILL KNOW, HEY, YOU'RE OVER 70% [00:25:01] OF YOUR A HUNDRED. SO WATCH IT. AND THOSE FIGURES ARE ALSO IN MY MONTHLY REPORTS. OKAY? MM-HMM . [18. Adjourn Meeting.] I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING THEN I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. CUPS TO ADJOURNED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE, MAKE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. * 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.