Mar 04, 2025 Commissioners Court

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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING TODAY, MARCH THE

[Call to Order]

WE'RE GONNA BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH AN INVOCATION, THEN OUR, UH, PLEDGES TO THE FLAG.

IF YOU WOULD STAND WITH ME, PLEASE.

OUR FATHER WAS SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS DAY.

YOU'VE BLESSED US FAR BEYOND WHAT WE DESERVE, AND WE'RE ALWAYS MINDFUL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US WITH, ESPECIALLY LIVING IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN HAVE FREE MEETINGS JUST LIKE THIS.

WE ALWAYS ASK YOU TO PROTECT THOSE WHO PROTECT US WHEREVER THEY ARE IN HIS WHOLE WORLD.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON FOR WHAT HE DID FOR US.

IN HIS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

AMEN.

THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC.

REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

DRAW, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG WEES THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE INDIVIDUAL.

OKAY.

ANYONE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING? ALRIGHT, RAIN THIS MORNING?

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS THERE.

A IS

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

DISCUSS AND ACCEPT THE DEPUTATIONS OF AMBER WEST, CATHERINE BAKER, KATHY STEVENS, AND AMBER MULLINS WITH THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE VETERAN SERVICE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 25.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT.

NUMBER SIX, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Y'ALL ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS? NO.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU.

MR. PHIS MAKES THE MOTION TO ACCEPT OR HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

NUMBER THREE, MS. SHANNON, WE'RE GOING DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT

[3. Shannon Roden: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Final Plat of Top Notch Homes located on CR 119 in Precinct 1.]

GOOD MORNING, SHANNON.

MORNING.

MORNING.

HOW ARE Y'ALL? ALRIGHT, GOOD.

SO THIS PROPERTY IS ABOUT SEVEN ACRES AND THE OWNER'S SPLITTING THAT INTO FOUR LOTS.

THEY RANGE FROM ONE TO 1.2 NET ACRES AND ALL OF THAT, UH, NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVALS WERE SUBMITTED WITH THE AGENDA PACKET.

WE JUST NEED YOUR APPROVAL.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER, IT'S IN YOUR PRECINCT.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

HAVE A MOTION OF COMMISSIONER CROW TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SHANNON.

MS. PAM DISCUSSED, CONSIDER AND APPROVE ACCEPTING A DONATION OF $4,000

[4. Pam Corder: Discuss/Consider/Approve accepting a donation of $4,000.00 from Best Friends to help reimburse Kaufman County for registration and travel for 2 employees to attend the National Best Friend Conference.]

MORNING, PAM.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD MORNING.

WELL, I WANNA SAY THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND FOR THE MANAGER SHERRY AND I, UH, THE BEST FRIENDS NATIONAL CONFERENCE WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE.

WE MET SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WERE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT ALL THE WORKING, WORKING TOWARD THE GOAL.

UM, I ATTENDED SOME AMAZING SESSIONS AND NETWORKING AND BEST PRACTICES AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE CONNECTIONS THAT WE MADE AND THE CHANCE TO LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD.

UM, THROUGH THIS TRAINING, WE DID MAKE GREAT CONNECTIONS AND WE HAVE, UM, CONNECTED WITH SOME GROUPS THAT WANNA HELP US WRAP OUR VEHICLE.

THEY WANNA HELP US, UM, GET IN LINE FOR SOME OF THOSE FREEBIES.

YOU KNOW, THAT YOU SEE PEOPLE GIVING ALL THESE FREE VACCINES AND, AND THESE FREE, THIS FREE FOOD.

SO WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS IN WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

OF COURSE, WE STILL CONNECT WITH OPERATION KINDNESS AND THE SPADE AND NEUTER CLINIC, BUT NOW WE HAVE CUDDLY, THAT'S A FUNDRAISING, UM, AVENUE THAT WE CAN, UM, PUT OUT THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE TO.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING EVENT.

AND YOU MET SOMEONE FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES ABOUT, OH, AMERICAN AIRLINES.

YES.

YES.

SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH SOMEONE, UM, THAT THEY HAVE A PROGRAM.

AMERICAN AIRLINES HAS A PROGRAM AND THE, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS GIVE BACK AND THIS IS HOW THEY, UM, SHIP THE, THE ANIMALS TO THE DIFFERENT STATES.

SO WE HAD THAT CONNECTION TOO.

IT, IT WAS REALLY, I MEAN, IT WAS OVERWHELMING BECAUSE IT WAS THREE DAYS FROM, YOU KNOW, SEVEN 30 TO SIX O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND, AND LOTS OF CLASSES.

BUT WE JUST, WE LEARNED SO MUCH AND JUST LISTENING, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, LISTENING TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY IS HOW YOU, YOU LEARN THAT IS HOW YOU LEARN.

WELL, IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COUNTY.

MM-HMM .

AT NO COST TO COUNTY AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY.

MM-HMM .

AND WE EVEN HAVE SOME LEFT OVER THAT'LL COVER A FEW OF THOSE SPAY AND NEUTER WHEN WE NEED THEM.

OKAY.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR PAM? NO, IT WAS GREAT.

BILL WAS, NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. LAMB MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU PAM.

ONCE AGAIN, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE APPOINTING

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[5. Pam Corder: Discuss/Consider/Approve appointing Pam Corder to the Board of Directors of the North Central Texas Housing Finance Corporation for a four-year term.]

WELL, THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT JUDGE WOOD IS ALWAYS.

HE USED TO ALWAYS SAY IF CON KAUFMAN COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, THEN WE CAN'T EXPECT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO WE WANNA HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AT THESE BOARDS SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, THEY HAVE HOUNDED ME FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS ABOUT SITTING ON THIS HOUSING BOARD.

AND SO I FINALLY SAID, OKAY, WELL LET ME SEE IF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE ARE ARE FOR IT.

WE DO NEED TO, UM, FIND SOME ALTERNATES.

BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE, LET ME GET IN THERE, LET ME SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND THEN I CAN FIGURE OUT MAYBE WHO WOULD BEST BE IN THAT, THAT POSITION.

WE HAD A MEETING HERE LAST WEEK WITH THE BOARD, HAD IT UPSTAIRS IN OUR MEETING ROOM.

UH, IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A VOTE ON THE BOARD AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

AND SO THIS IS IMPORTANT, UH, TO KNOW WHERE THESE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM, WHAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR.

AND UH, LAST YEAR THEY WANTED TO PUT A PROJECT IN OUR COUNTY THAT WAS NOT GOOD FOR OUR COUNTY AND IT TAKES A HUNDRED PERCENT VOTE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

AND SO I DID NOT SIGN THE DOCUMENTS AND ANOTHER COUNTY DID NOT SIGN.

THERE WERE THREE COUNTIES THAT DID NOT SIGN TO.

UH, WE JUST DIDN'T WANT THAT PROJECT IN OUR COUNTY.

RIGHT.

SO, BUT HAD I NOT BEEN THERE, NO, IT COULD HAVE BEEN STUCK HERE.

RIGHT.

SO ANYWAY, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE PART IN THIS.

YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS.

I ALSO SIT ON THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION COUNCIL FOR THE COG AND THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING BOARD.

OKAY.

SO WHAT YOUR PLEASURE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. CROW MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, PAM.

JUDGE.

YES MA'AM.

I WANNA COMMEND YOU COMMISSIONERS ON THE COUNTY SHOW AND THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE COUNTY SHOW WAS THIS YEAR.

UM, I GOT NOTHING BUT COMPLIMENTS.

UM, JUDGE, JUDGE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THE HUNDREDTH YEAR CELEBRATION IS COMING UP AND SO WE'VE GOT BIG PLANS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT JUDGE MIGHT HAVE YOU GUYS DOING THIS FOR THIS CELEBRATION, BUT , I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DRESSED FOR THE HUNDRED 75TH BIRTHDAY, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT COSTUMES FOR A HUNDRED YEARS AGO OF A FARMER OF A FARMER.

STRAW HAT, COVERALLS, SOMETHING.

YEAH, I THINK SO.

WELL, WE'LL, UH, THE THING IS YOU WEAR NORMALLY ON THE WEEKEND.

YEAH.

.

OKAY.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

I WOULDN'T EVEN GET 'EM OUTTA THE CLOSET.

JUST GET OUT.

DIRTY CLOTHES SAMPLE.

AND JUDGE, ONE OTHER THING I WANNA ANNOUNCE ON, ON THURSDAY, UM, LAST WEEK WE HOSTED AN A CO, UM, TRAINING FOR ANIMAL, UH, CRUELTY.

AND, UM, WE HAD 11 DIFFERENT ENTITIES ATTEND.

SO WE HAD, UM, BONHAM, DALLAS COUNTY, VANDEN COUNTY, FANTON COUNTY, KAUFMAN COUNTY FORNEY, OR UM, SEVILLE AND FORT WORTH.

SO IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER, BUT HOSTING THEM HERE IN OUR COUNTY ALLOWS OTHERS TO COME AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

YEAH.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING.

THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, NUMBER SIX, COMMISSIONER MOORE, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE AUTHORIZING COMMISSIONER

[6. Commissioner Moore: Discuss/Consider/Approve authorizing Commissioner Moore, after the publication and posting of notice of sale as required, to sell real property belonging to county, namely 0.251 ac in Kemp, Kaufman County, to adjacent landowner pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 263.002, where sale price shall be appraised value as required by statute, plus all relevant costs, and further authorizing Commissioner Moore to execute all deeds and instruments necessary to effect sale and transfer.]

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

YES SIR.

THAT'S GONNA BE THE LITTLE DOLLAR GENERAL FAMILY DOLLAR DEAL, NOT DOLLAR GENERAL FAMILY DOLLAR DEAL DOWN THERE WHERE AT THE LITTLE BLOCK LAND RIGHT THERE BY THE DAIRY QUEEN.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AUTHORIZING ME TO COMPLETE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE COUNTY, NAMELY THE 0.251 ACRES IN KEMP.

OKAY.

IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY TO ADJACENT LANDOWNER WHERE SALE PRICE SHALL BE, AGAIN AT THE PRAISE VALUE PLUS ALL RELEVANT COSTS AND EXECUTE ALL DEEDS AND INSTRUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SUCH SALE.

OKAY.

MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER MOORE TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

COMMISSIONER ELAINE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

NUMBER SEVEN IS MINE.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE NOMINATING STUART'S PICTURE FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

[7. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve nominating Stuart Spitzer for the North Central Texas Regional Aging Advisory Committee.]

WE DEFINITELY NEED SOMEONE ON THERE.

AND SINCE STUART IS A DOCTOR, IT'D BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO HAVE HIM SETTLE ON THAT BOARD.

SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

NUMBER EIGHT IS MINE.

AGAIN, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE AN ORDER APPOINTING COMMISSIONER TERRY CROW AND

[8. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve an order appointing Commissioners Terry Crow and Tommy Moore to serve on the Board of Directors for Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Mesquite, Texas (Spradley Farms)]

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NUMBER 13, THE CITY OF MESQUITE TEXAS BRADLEY FARMS. YES, I I'M, I'M ALREADY ON THE BOARD.

I KNOW.

WE JUST GOTTA DO IT AGAIN.

WE HAVE DO IT AGAIN.

SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.

HAVE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER MOORE.

HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND MR. PHILLIPS.

MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR CI.

AYE.

AHUH.

OKAY, MS. RE, YOUR TURN.

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

SO AS YOU

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

UM, WE HAD A LOT OF CLEANUP FOR FY 24 THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT.

UM, AND I CAN SAY THAT WE'VE PUT IN, UM, SOME SAFETY NETS INTO PLACE FOR FY 25 TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO OVER THEIR BUDGET.

UM, SO THAT'LL HELP WITH THE CLEANUP AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AS WELL.

UM, A LOT OF, THERE WERE SEVERAL FY 25 JUST ROUTINE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE.

UM, I ALSO UPDATED THE ESTIMATED BEGINNING BALANCES ON A LOT OF OUR FUNDS.

UM, WE DO THAT YEARLY, UM, BECAUSE AT THE TIME OF BUDGET IT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE.

UM, SO THAT'LL GIVE, UM, ALL THE FUNDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEY ACTUALLY STAND FOR FY 25.

AND THEN WE ALSO ESTABLISH THE FY 24 5, UM, PET ADOPTION CENTER BUDGET, UM, TO MORE ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE EXPENSES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THERE.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

OKAY.

ONE OTHER THING THAT BRANDON AND I TALKED ABOUT, I MENTIONED LAST WEEK.

YOU KNOW ON OUR, WHEN WE GET OUR STUFF FROM HER EACH WEEK, THERE'S A PERCENTAGE ON SOME OF THE AREAS, BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF APRIL SHE'S GONNA SEND OUT A LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW IF THEY'RE OVER OR UNDER THE BUDGET.

THEY'LL GIVE US A SIX MONTH WINDOW TO LOOK AT WHO'S OVERSPENDING TO STOP WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

YES.

AND WE CAN REGULATE IT CLOSER.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST KIND OF A GENERAL THING.

BUT YES, WE'RE GOING DO LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM.

YES.

SO Y'ALL WILL KNOW THAT.

OKAY.

NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE NUMBER NINE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A NUMBER 10 MS. ONCE AGAIN DISCUSS, CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

SO THIS WEEK, UM,

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

WE HAVE, UM, JUROR CHECKS OF 3030 $6 AND A PAYROLL OF $2,019,070 AND 68 CENTS.

MOST OF THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IS MADE UP OF YOUR EQUIPMENT REPAIRS AND INMATE MEDICAL.

AND THAT GIVES US A TOTAL PAYOUT FOR THIS WEEK OF $2,912,768 AND 43 CENTS.

AND WE ASK FOR Y'ALL'S APPROVAL TO PAY ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDITOR? NOW I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I MAKE THE MOTION MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

COMMISSIONER LANG, MAKE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVORS SAY AYE.

A AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

I'LL MAKE SECOND ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

DO HAVE A SECOND?

[11. Adjourn Meeting]

SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

MOTION CARRIED.

MEETING ADJOURNED.

A.