Apr 15, 2025 Commissioners Court

YOU ALL RIGHT? AS HE, ANYONE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING? IF NOT, I HAVE ONE OR TWO HERE.

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE]

THE, UH, FIRST FARMER'S MARKET WAS SALE LAST SATURDAY AND THEY HAD 23 VENDORS AND NEARLY A HUNDRED SHOPPERS.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD SUCCESS.

AND THEN THEY HAD THE TRASH CLEAN UP IN SCURRY AND THERE WERE A LOT OF TRASH HAULED ON.

SO THAT'S GOOD ENDING.

ENDED UP IN THE DITCHES FOR US TO PICK UP LATER.

SOME OF 'EM.

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

Y'ALL SEEN THE CONSENT AGENDA? THERE ARE THREE ITEMS THERE.

FIRST ONE IS TO ACCEPT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETINGS FOR APRIL THE EIGHTH.

THE SECOND ONE IS, ACCEPT THE TAX ASSESSORS COLLECTORS PROFESSIONAL COUNTY COLLECTION MAINTENANCE TRANSCRIPT.

AND THEN APPROVE THE STAR TRANSIT RIDERSHIP REPORT FOR MARCH OF 25.

Y'ALL HAD TIME TO REVIEW THOSE? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO.

BOY.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE ALLEN COMMISSIONERS.

MOTION

[3. Doug Burnside/Dan Romo: Present Annual Collection Report for Justice of the Peace delinquent cases.]

CARRIES.

NUMBER THREE.

MR. DOUG AND DAN PRESENT THE ANNUAL COLLECTION REPORT FOR THE JPS DELINQUENT CASES.

MORNING GUYS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING.

CERTAINLY HAVE YOU.

MY NAME IS DOUG BURNSIDE.

I'M A PARTNER WITH THE PURDUE BRANDON LAW FIRM.

WITH ME TODAY ARE DAN ROMO AND MELISSA PACE, WHO ARE DIRECTORS OF CLIENT SERVICES.

IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

CYNTHIA HALE'S, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE.

UM, NOT HERE WITH US.

UH, ON THE SECOND PAGE OF OUR REPORT ARE THREE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMPORTANT TO COLLECTIONS FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY.

JUANITA VALEZ IS OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS IN CHEYENNE.

OLI IS OUR COLLECTIONS MANAGER FOR THE CALL CENTER.

UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, OUR FIRM DECIDED TO BECOME A VALUES-BASED ORGANIZATION.

AND SO WE EMBARKED AND WE, WE, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO DEVELOP A MISSION VISION STATEMENT AS WELL AS CORE VALUES.

UH, I THINK THE VISION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, WHY WE'RE HERE TO ENSURE EVERY COMMUNITY HAS THE RESOURCES TO PROSPER.

UM, OUR CORE VALUES, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PAGE, I'M NOT GONNA READ IT OUT TO YOU.

UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO UP UPHOLD, WE TRY TO INSTILL IN OUR EMPLOYEES, AND WE VIEW OURSELVES AS A REFLECTION OF OUR CLIENTS.

AND WE THINK THAT KAUFFMAN COUNTY ALSO REFLECTS THESE VALUES.

AND SO WE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH OUR CLIENTS.

WITH THE, WITH THE DEFENDANTS HAS SERIOUSLY GONE UP, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD THING.

ONTO THE MEAT OF OUR REPORT, THE JP COURT COLLECTIONS, WE COLLECT FOR ALL FOUR JPS HERE IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY.

UM, OVER THE COURSE OF OUR CONTRACT, WE'VE HAD A LITTLE MORE THAN $20 MILLION TURNED OVER TO US.

WE'VE COLLECTED MORE THAN $7 MILLION AND HAD $3.2 MILLION, WHAT WE CALL RESOLVED.

AND RESOLVED IS WHERE THE ACCOUNTS ARE CLOSED OUT WITHOUT BEING PAID.

IT CAN INCLUDE FINE REDUCTIONS, DISMISSALS, JAIL CREDITS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, DEATH, OR CASES SENT TO US IN ERROR THAT ARE RECALLED BY THE COURT.

UM, TO ACHIEVE THOSE RESULTS, THE, THE COLLECTIONS WE'VE SENT OUT MORE THAN 400,000 LETTERS, UH, UPDATED IN 41,000 ADDRESSES, 9,600 PHONE NUMBER CHANGES AND MADE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PHONE CALLS ON YOUR BEHALF.

UM, THE KEY TO OUR COLLECTIONS IS COMMUNICATIONS.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, WE DO ALL THESE UPDATES.

WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR, YOUR DEFENDANTS, THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA PAY THEIR OBLIGATIONS.

UH, RECENTLY THE COURTS ALSO WE'RE STARTING TEXTING.

OH, YES.

AND ALSO WE'VE STARTED SOMETHING NEW, WHICH IS TEXTING AND EMAILING DEFENDANTS.

UM, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY, AS WE STARTED TO ROLL OUT THE TEXTING INITIATIVE, WE, WE STARTED OFF GOING WITH A BANG, BUT THEN WE HAD TO PULL BACK BECAUSE THE VOLUME OF CALLS THAT WE WERE, WERE INCOMING WAS SO OVERWHELMING BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SUCH GREAT RESPONSE FOR US.

SO WE THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD INITIATIVE THAT'RE REALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO BOOST OUR COLLECTIONS BECAUSE THE COMMUNICATIONS

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UH, RECENTLY WE, UH, JUST THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY JUST PARTICIPATED IN THE WARRANT RESOLUTION.

UM, AS PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SENT OUT A SPECIAL MAILER TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS AS WELL AS POSTED ADS IN THE KAUFFMAN HERALD, THE TARRELL TRIBUNE, THE ATHENS DAILY REVIEW, AND THE FORNEY MESSENGER.

JUST AGAIN, TRYING TO GET THE COMMUNICATIONS OUT THERE.

MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY OWE THESE DEBTS AND THEY CAN GET IN AND GET 'EM PAID AND TAKEN CARE OF WITHOUT A WARRANT HAVING BEEN EXECUTED WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO JAIL.

'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A COST FOR THE COUNTY INSTEAD OF REVENUE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT HAPPEN.

I'M GUESSING THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL DON'T WANNA HAPPEN EITHER.

NO.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YES, SIR.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE ON, LEAVE THIS PAGE HERE.

SINCE YOU STARTED THE TEXT IN THE EMAIL YES.

VERSUS PHONE CALLS.

THE PERCENT OF RETURN FROM A PHONE CALL TO THE TEXT, I WOULD THINK WOULD BE GREATLY INCREASED BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT NUMBER, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT PHONE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT THEY'LL READ THAT TEXT OR THAT EMAIL, AND OBVIOUSLY IT MUST BE WORKING BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU HAD TO CUT BACK ON IT.

IT IS, IT IS.

I CAN TELL YOU IT IS WORKING THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S, IT'S BEEN GREAT.

WE'VE, IN FACT, OUR CALL CENTERS ARE SO OVERWHELMED WITH THE INCOMING PHONE CALLS THAT OUR OUTGOING CALLS HAS SLOWED CONSIDERABLY.

BUT THE GREAT THING IS THAT WE KNOW THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING IN ARE ONES WHO ACTUALLY HAVE THE DEBTS.

UM, I'M, I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS RECENTLY, THE THE FAKE TEXTS, THE PEOPLE, THE SCAMMERS SENDING THESE THINGS OUT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING WE'VE HAD TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A REAL DEBT.

AND MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY HAVE THESE OUTSTANDING TICKETS, THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE OUTSTANDING TICKETS.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY A SURPRISE TO 'EM.

AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS THINK IT'S A SCAM.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, UH, WE BASICALLY JUST BREAK DOWN THIS BY, BY EACH COURT, UH, FOR JUDGE BARTON'S COURT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD JUST UNDER 3 MILLION TURNED OVER TO US, COLLECTED JUST OVER A MILLION.

HAD ANOTHER HALF MILLION RESOLVED, UM, TO, TO ACHIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAILED 42,000 LETTERS AND MADE MORE THAN 14,000 PHONE CALLS.

NEXT PAGE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR JUDGE TARNO COURT, JUST UNDER 5 MILLION, TURNED OVER, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION, PAID HALF A MILLION, RESOLVED AGAINST SIMILAR NUMBERS.

WE'VE MAILED JUST UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND LETTERS AND MADE 26,000 PHONE CALLS ON THEIR BEHALF.

UH, JUDGE JACKSON'S COURT, AGAIN, 8 MILLION IN TURNOVER.

UH, AND WE'VE HAD $2.5 MILLION IN PAYMENT.

UH, AGAIN, 175,000 LETTERS MAILED, 34,000 PHONE CALLS MADE.

AND THEN FOR JUDGE ADAMS, WHO'S HERE TODAY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

APPRECIATE IT, SIR.

, UH, YEAH, WE'VE HAD JUST UNDER 4 MILLION, 4.6 MILLION TURNED OVER TO US.

2.3 MILLION COLLECTED TO ACHIEVE THAT.

AGAIN, 93,000 LETTERS MAILED AND 31,000 PHONE CALLS.

UH, THE NEXT PAGE IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS FIND INTERESTING IS JUST WHERE OUR TOP 10 ZIP CODES ARE BY DEBTOR.

UM, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, IT'S MOSTLY HERE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

NUMBER ONE IS IN FOUR, NUMBER TWO IS IN TERRELL, THREE IS IN KAUFMAN.

UM, INTERESTING.

FROM THIS PORT, FROM THIS REPORT TO OUR LAST REPORT, UH, THE NUMBER FIVE PREVIOUSLY WAS OUT OF THE BOX SPRINGS ZIP CODE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY DROPPED DOWN TO NUMBER 10.

SO EITHER THEY'RE NOT COMING THIS DIRECTION THROUGH 'EM OR THEY'RE ACTUALLY MAKING PAYMENTS ON THEIR TICKETS.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

THAT'S A GOOD, YEAH.

UH, AND ON THE NEXT PAGE IS JUST A HEAT MAP TO SHOW WHERE ALL YOUR TICKETS ARE AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST, IT'S ALMOST ALL THE WAY ACROSS AMERICA.

THE INTERESTING THING FOR THIS ONE IS, FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM HAWAII.

HAWAII WHO WE'VE TALKED TO, HAVE DEBTORS.

ALASKA'S BEEN THERE.

WE'VE HAD ALASKA PREVIOUSLY, BUT HAWAII, THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE.

, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF HAWAIIAN DRIVERS COMING THROUGH KAUFMAN COUNTY.

I WOULD THINK THAT HARD TO GET THROUGH THE WATER.

ABSOLUTELY.

A LONG WAY TO GO.

PROBABLY I, ALASKA OR HAWAII.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU GO OVER .

DO WHAT YOU NEED ME TO GO OVER AND COLLECTION? YEAH.

, IF I GET TO GO WITH YOU, I GO WITH YOU.

HEY, I'LL, I'LL COME TO YOU .

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS MORNING.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR COLLECTIONS? YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE USING.

NO, I THINK, UH, I KNOW THE JPS ALL VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY WITH YOUR SERVICES BECAUSE THEY TELL US THAT AND WHICH IS GOOD.

AND YOU HELP THE COUNTY.

AND SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

SO ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO.

Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? JOHNNY? GO AHEAD.

JUDGE ADAMS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? , WE SWITCHED OVER TO, UH, PURDUE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WERE NOT GETTING ANY, UH, FEEDBACK FROM LINEBERGER WHO COLLECTED OUR FINES AND FEES.

AND WE COULD, AT THAT TIME, I THINK, UH, UH, JUDGE, UH, COMMISSIONER SKI, UH, PHILLIPS WAS ON THERE.

AND YOU THREE OF COURSE WERE NOT.

AND WHEN WE CHANGED OVER, UH, MR. ALLEN, OUR, UH, COLLECTIONS WENT UP 250%.

SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHEN WE SWITCHED OVER.

HOW LONG AGO THEN? THAT WAS IN 2016.

2016 IT WENT UP 250%.

AND WE WERE JUST FLABBERGASTED AT THAT.

SO I, I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS AGAINST THIS COMPANY AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR PRECINCTS AND, UH, OUR COUNTY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

UH, I JUST PRAISE THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR US.

THANK YOU ALL.

I JUST WANNA MAKE THE COMMENT YES.

YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH ANYTHING GOOD AND IT ALL, IT ALL STARTS WITH A GOOD PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT? THIS IS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THE JUST THE PIECES.

AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A GOOD SOLID, UH, AS, UH, TRUMP WOULD SAY A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL

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THING.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER, WITH Y'ALL.

AND, AND, AND IT CREATES VERY GOOD SUCCESSES.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP WELL.

I THINK THE NUMBERS PROVE THAT YES, Y'ALL ARE WORKING HARD FOR US.

WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT.

GUYS, Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? WE DO.

[4. Cortney Gladney: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Collections Department 1s Quarter 2025 Analysis.]

REPORTS.

WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO NUMBER FOUR.

COURTNEY GLADNEY.

DISCUSSED AND APPROVE THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE FIRST QUARTER 2025 ANALYSIS MS. COURT.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

UH, TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US BEFORE IN THIS SETTING, UM, MY NAME IS COURTNEY GLADNEY.

I'M WITH THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

WE DO OPERATE UNDER THE DA'S OFFICE AND OUR JOB IS TO COLLECT CRIMINAL COURT CASE FEES, FINE COURT, CAUSE VICTIM RESTITUTION, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UM, SO WHAT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU TODAY IS OUR TOTAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.

AND THAT IS, UH, $393,126 AND 78 CENTS.

UH, THIS DOES COMPARE TO, UH, OUR PREVIOUS QUARTER, WHICH WAS THE, THE FINAL QUARTER OF, UH, 2024, UM, AS A, UH, INCREASE OF 12 POINT 83%.

AND THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE SAME QUARTER OF 2024, OUR INCREASE IS 4.41%.

AND YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE WE HAVE WORKING IN THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

ABSOLUTELY, YES, I THINK SO.

THAT TAKES A LOT OF CONSISTENCY.

YES, IT DOES.

AND Y'ALL ALL WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM.

FOUR LADIES, OUR NEWEST ONE OUT HERE IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE.

I THINK SHE LIKES US SO FAR.

YEAH, BECAUSE I GET TO SEE 'EM ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK, MAYBE MORE.

ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL DO.

ABSOLUTELY.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

SO NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO.

NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. LANE MAKES A MOTION.

HAVE A SECOND.

MS. SHANNON, DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT OF 26 13 PLACE LOCATED ON FM 26 13 IN PRECINCT FOUR.

MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH, MR. THANK YOU.

OKAY,

[5. Shannon Roden: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Final Plat of 2613 Place located on FM 2613 in Precinct 4]

GOOD.

FIFTH FOUR.

SO THIS PROPERTY IS ABOUT 12 ACRES AND THEY'RE CREATING LOTS RANGING FROM ONE TO ONE AND A HALF ACRES.

THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT DOES CROSS THE HENDERSON COUNTY LINE.

SO THE FIRST STEP WAS TO REACH OUT TO HENDERSON COUNTY, MAKE SURE THEIR REQUIREMENTS HAD BEEN MET, AND THEY GAVE US THE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS.

SO WE DID THAT.

THE OTHER, UM, TRICKY ONE TO THIS ONE WAS THAT LOT FOUR, IF YOU LOOK ON THE PLAT IS SPLIT INTO THREE.

IT'S A FOUR A, FOUR B, FOUR C, AND THAT IS DUE TO IT CROSSING THE COUNTY LINE AS WELL AS AN EASEMENT, UH, FOR A PIPELINE FOR TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT.

SO WE ALSO RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM TARRANT REGIONAL FOR, UH, THE LAYOUT OF THIS PLAT THAT EASEMENT, UH, FOR THEIR, THEIR, UH, PIPELINE CANNOT BE IMPROVED UPON.

THERE CAN BE NO BUILDING IN THAT.

UH, THOSE THREE, UH, LOTS HAVE TO BE SOLD AS ONE.

AND THAT'S NOTED ON THE PLAT AS WELL.

AND THE APPLICANT IS FULLY AWARE OF THAT AND THAT THIS MUST BE RECORDED IN BOTH COUNTIES.

SO WE SUBMITTED ALL THAT APPROVAL, UH, TO YOU GUYS FOR REVIEW.

AND WE JUST NEED YOUR FINAL APPROVAL.

YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK.

WE APPRECIATE THAT, ESPECIALLY THE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH HENDERSON COUNTY.

GREAT.

TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE'S.

GREAT.

THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EASY TO WORK WITH THOUGH.

JOY IS WONDERFUL OVER THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

GO AHEAD.

MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MS. BRENDA, I DIDN'T SEE YOU SNEAK IN.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[6. Brenda Callaway, P.E.: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Professional Services Agreement with Westwood for the FM 148 Project in the amount of $2,620,000.00.]

SHE'S HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER MAY BE APPROVED THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WESTWOOD FOR THE FM ONE 40 PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,620,000.

YES, MA'AM.

YES, SIR.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONER.

UH, THIS CONTRACT WILL ALLOW US TO GET STARTED ON THE SCHEMATIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN OF FM 1 48, JUST NORTH OF US, 1 75, UP TO COUNTY ROAD 2 61 COUNTRY, COUNTRY WOODS ROAD.

UH, THAT WILL HELP US THERE WHERE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING IN AND GO FROM A TWO LANE ROADWAY TO HOPEFULLY A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY IN THAT AREA TO FACILITATE THE TRAFFIC THAT'S BEING GENERATED.

WELL, THAT IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.

'CAUSE I TRAVEL THAT ROAD ALL THE TIME.

WE'VE GOTTEN PICTURES FROM YOU TOO.

YES, SIR.

IT'S TERRIBLE.

CRANDALL HAS ALSO, UH, COMMUNICATED WITH US, UM, THEIR DESIRE TO, TO GET THIS MOVING AS WELL.

SO, OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE WILL BE THREE DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS ROAD.

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MAYBE FOUR.

'CAUSE 20, UH, 2 61 JUST BEYOND THAT ONE ALREADY GOING IN.

AND THE OTHER ONE RIGHT THERE ON 2 61 WILL BEGIN PRETTY QUICK.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY THOUSAND HOUSES WE HAVE, BUT IT'S A LOT.

A LOT OF HOUSES.

BEFORE I LEFT TDOT IN 2019, THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT THAT WHEN IT WAS ALL BUILT OUT WERE, I BELIEVE IT WAS 10,000 HOUSES IN THAT AREA.

THAT'S THE COURTRIGHT RANCH ADDITION.

SO, OKAY.

A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT.

YES, IT IS.

A LOT OF CARS.

OKAY, SIR, NO COMMENTS AREA.

YOU, YOU, YOU TAKE FROM CR TO POY AND NORTH RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S BOON.

THAT'S OUR, THAT'S JUST GROWING COUNTY AND TEXAS COUNTRY.

TEXAS.

AND I WAS IN 40 LAST NIGHT AT 7 30, 8 O'CLOCK.

IT'S LIKE AN ANTHILL.

I KNOW.

SO TELL ME.

I FIND IT EVERY DAY ANYWAY.

ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM MR. BRENDA? IT'S NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES SECOND.

MR. LORENA, DISCUSS AN APPROVE, AN AWARD OF SI MEAN CSP DASH 25 0 1 KAUFMAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE RENOVATION TO MAGOO.

A MOTION CARRIES.

I'LL SIGN THESE AND GET THESE.

[7. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve to award CSP-25-01 Kaufman County Courthouse Renovation to McGough Construction and begin contract negotiations.]

IS THAT RIGHT? MAGOO MACOFF MCCALL.

I LIKE MR. MAGOO CONSTRUCTION AND BEGIN CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE LAUGH.

CSP 25 0 1 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE COURTHOUSE FACILITY WAS ADVERTISED ON THE NEEDS PAPER ON JANUARY THE 30TH, 2025.

COUNTY RECEIVED SIX RESPONSES FROM GENERAL CONTRACTORS.

THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY EARLY WILEY SHERIFF BRIAN BEAVERS, COMMISSIONER TOMMY MOORE COUNTY AUDITOR, BRANDI BHU, ASSISTANT TREASURER, CARLA COOK COUNTY TREASURER.

CHUCK, UM, ERN REVIEWED AND SCORED ALL SIX SUBMISSIONS.

BASED ON THOSE EVALUATIONS, THREE GENERAL CONTRACTORS WERE SHORTLISTED AND INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERVIEWS.

FOLLOWING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED MCCALL CONSTRUCTION AS A RECOMMENDED CONTRACTOR PENDING SUCCESSFUL CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

AFTER THE RECOMMENDATIONS, MCCALL WAS ASKED TO SUBMIT A BEST AND FINAL OFFER, WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCTION OF 442,530 FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL OF 8,401,562.

WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MACOFF AND KITCHELL HERE THIS MORNING.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, ANYONE WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP HERE? SURE.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

HEY, TYLER CAME ALONG WITH HIM.

I'LL BE THE PM UH, I'LL BE ON SITE ALL THE TIME.

UH, I HAVE A, A GROUP OF US HERE.

UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO GETTING STARTED.

UH, AND HOPEFULLY GET Y'ALL A, A PRODUCT THAT Y'ALL CAN BE PROUD OF, UH, AS WELL AS US.

WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

WE NEED THE SPACE I'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE.

IT SEEMS LIKE I I LIVE IN, UH, ROYCE CITY, UH, FATE AREA, AND SO I TOTALLY GET THE GROWTH.

WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN NIGHTMARE.

THAT AND FORNEY, I TELL YOU, , MY KIDS PLAY THERE AND HAVE BEEN PLAYING THERE.

I LOVE IT.

BUT HOLY COW.

THERE'S LOTS OF TRAFFIC THERE TOO.

NO, AND THERE'S, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR IT TO GO.

NO, NO.

IT'S, IT'S ALL BUNCHED IN.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT ROCK OFF THING.

WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE HERE WITH A LITTLE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE IT ALL HITS.

NO, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

WONDERFUL.

WHAT DO WE HAVE A TIMETABLE OF START DATE? YES.

I THINK I GONNA FINISH NEXT WEEK, RIGHT, ? ABSOLUTELY.

I WISH.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION.

UM, SO WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION STARTING MAY 12TH, MAY 12TH, 2025.

UM, AND FINISHING UP ON APRIL THE 13TH, 2026.

SO ROUGHLY ABOUT A YEAR.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE READY.

SUPER EXCITED AND PUMPED AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.

NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

HAVE A SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES SECOND.

[8. Commissioner Lane: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Interlocal Cooperation Contract with Abies Springs Solar, LLC.]

TO MEET YOU.

AND 50 CENTS TO REPAIR THE TWO ROADS AND WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE ESCROW ACCOUNT.

COMMISSIONER LANE, YOU'RE UP NEXT TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL CORPORATION CONTRACT WITH ABEL SPRINGS SOLAR.

LLC.

ALRIGHT, ON THIS ONE, THEY, THEY HAVE BASICALLY FINISHED THEIR CONSTRUCTION.

UH, THEY HAVE, UH, NOT MAINTAINED THEIR COUNTY ROAD 3 28 AND 3 29.

UH, I WENT TO THEM AND TOLD 'EM THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UH, THEY WANTED US TO GO AHEAD AND SEE ABOUT FIXING THE ROAD.

UH, THEY'RE GONNA PROBABLY GIVE US A CHECK FOR $128,129

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UH, BUT I'LL, ONCE THIS IS PASSED THROUGH COURT TODAY, I'LL BE TALKING TO 'EM.

AND THAT'S SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO FIX THE ROADS WAY.

NEED TO FIXED BOTH ROADS.

BACK TO BACK TO THE STANDARDS THEY WERE.

LEGAL, HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THIS ONE? NO.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. COLE MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF SAY AYE.

MS. AUDITOR, DISCUSS THE LINE ITEM IN BUDGET TRANSFERS.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY,

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

YES SIR.

SO WE SUBMITTED THESE AHEAD OF TIME.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ROUTINE, UM, BUDGET AMENDMENTS DUE TO REVENUE COMING IN, AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLEANUP.

UM, LINE ITEM TRANSFERS BASED ON THE SIX MONTH.

UM, LOOK BACK THAT WE DID FOR FY 25.

WE ASKED FOR Y'ALL'S APPROVAL.

ANY COMMENTS? NO.

SHE HAD SOME THIS WEEK.

I KNOW LAST WEEK.

NOTHING CLEAN ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

I HAD TO CLEAN ANYTHING LAST WEEK.

I KNOW THAT.

CLEAN IT UP.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND MAKES A MOTION TO AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER LANE MADE A SECOND.

OKAY, MR. ONCE AGAIN, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

A MOTION CARRIES.

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

SO THIS WEEK WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO PAY.

WE HAVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES TOTALING $666,587 AND 27 CENTS.

MOST OF THOSE ARE MADE UP OF YOUR LEASE AND OPERATING PAYMENTS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JUROR CHECKS OF $638.

WE HAVE A PAYROLL OF 2,000,003 $35,979 AND 93 CENTS.

AND OUR TOTAL PAYOUT IS $2,703,205 AND 20 CENTS.

AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO PAY ANY QUESTIONS FOR AUDITOR? IF NOT, NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? MAKE A MOTION.

MR. CROW MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES.

NUMBER 11 IS A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE KAUFMAN COUNTY STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.

[11. Workshop: Workshop to discuss the Kaufman County Stormwater Management Plan.]

WHO'S GONNA PRESENT THAT? WE ARE THE GROUP.

THE GROUP.

ARE THEY GONNA MAKE IT QUICK FLOOD EVERYWHERE? YEAH.

WE ARE GONNA MAKE IT.

WE TRY TO.

I, NO, DON'T TRY.

THANKS MA'AM.

I KNOW YOU WANNA GET TO THAT.

THIS IS GUARANTEE.

MA'AM, THIS IS GUARANTEED IN WRITING.

UM, YOU ALL KNOW JEREMY MGEN? I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE WORKED WITH HIM.

ENGINEERING.

UM, CARRIE JOINED OUR TEAM, UM, BACK IN, UM, DECEMBER.

AND, UM, SHE'S OUR STORMWATER INSPECTOR.

SHE'S BEEN, UH, HIDING IN THE BACKGROUND DOING ALL HER TECHNICAL THINGS SO YOU GUYS HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HER.

BUT, UM, SHE'S VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS PROGRAM DONE IN RECORD TIME.

UH, USUALLY IT TAKES A LOT LONGER, BUT SHE'S GOT SOME EXPERTISE SHE BRINGS TO THE TABLE AND WE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

YES, WE ARE.

SO, UM, WE CAME TO YOU FEBRUARY 4TH AND TOLD YOU WE WERE GONNA APPLY FOR OUR MS FOUR STORM WATER, UH, POLLUTION PREVENTION MANAGEMENT PLAN.

UM, WE SUBMITTED THAT TO TCEQ AND LIKE TCEQ TAKES A LITTLE WHILE FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THE REVIEW.

UH, THE REVIEW PROCESS IS THEY WILL CHECK IT ON OUR WEBSITE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU DON'T SUBMIT IT TO THEM.

THEY GO TO OUR WEBSITE.

SO, UM, THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STILL REVIEWING THAT.

UM, BUT WITH BEING IN CONTACT WITH THEM, THEY WERE LIKE, GO FORWARD.

SO WE'RE GOING FORWARD.

GOOD.

WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE, IT SAID REGARDLESS OF POPULATION.

SO AS WE PROMISED ON THE FOURTH WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR PERMIT, WE TOLD YOU WE'D BE BACK WITH A WORKSHOP SO THAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, IN THE OFFICE, UH, TO IMPLEMENT, UM, THIS PLAN.

MM-HMM .

SO, UM, THE HISTORY IS, IS THAT SOMEHOW BACK IN 2007, THE COUNTY FILED A WAIVER FOR TRAVIS RANCH.

UH, TECHNICALLY THE DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE, UH, THROUGH DALLAS'S ETJ, BUT IT DOES SIT IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

SO A WAIVER WAS FILED.

UM, TCQ DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION OTHER THAN IT WAS RENEWED AGAIN.

UM, AND THEN IT EXPIRED IN 2019.

UM, AND SO WE REACHED OUT TO TCEQ WHEN STORMWATER CAME TO THIS DEPARTMENT AND WE WERE LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, YOU NEED TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE.

WE HAD A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER.

UM, WE FELT SINCE TCEQ CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF

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SO WE DIDN'T THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF OUR POPULATION NOW THAT WE WOULD BE GRANTED A WAIVER.

SO INSTEAD OF TAKING THAT RISK AND THAT CHANCE, WE WENT AHEAD AND DEVELOPED AND SUBMITTED THAT PERMIT.

SO THAT'S THE HISTORY OF WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

SO, UM, PART OF OUR, UM, JEREMY'S GONNA EXPLAIN TO YOU AND, YOU KNOW, THE STORM WATER ASPECT OF IT AND THE RUNOFF, AND I'LL LEAVE IT TO HIM FOR THAT.

SO FIRST OFF, YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT IS STORM WATER? UH, OF COURSE IF YOU, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS ON YOUR MM-HMM .

UM, SO BASICALLY STORM WATER IS RAIN WATER.

ONCE IT COMES FROM THE SKY, IT HITS THE SURFACE AND IT RUNS OFF.

IT FINDS WHATEVER TRIBUTARY RAIN, UH, SURFACE WATER, BIG, UH, MAJOR WATER BODIES, UH, UH, AND IT TAKES TRASH, SEDIMENT AND OTHER POLLUTANTS WITH IT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO CLEAN THAT UP SO THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE ANYTHING BUT WATER.

THE WHY.

THE WHY.

WHY ARE WE HELPING? SO BY THE NEXT CENSUS, WE'RE GONNA BE REQUIRED BASED OFF OUR POPULATION.

WE DON'T WANNA GET THERE ON THAT DAY AND SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLAN.

EXACTLY.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE SAID, WE'RE GONNA DO IT NOW WE'RE GONNA, AND THE GROWTH IS HERE.

SO IF WE'RE GONNA CATCH ANY OF THE, UM, WHAT WE CALL NON-COMPLIANCE, UM, PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS, WE NEED TO DO IT NOW.

AND WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR DEVELOPERS THAT ARE HERE AND OUR CONTRACTORS AND OUR CREWS ON WHAT THE COUNTY EXPECTS AND HOW WE EXPECT THEM TO FOLLOW THEIR SLIP, THAT TCQ, YOU KNOW.

AND SO, UM, WE DECIDED TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.

WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM.

SO NEXT SLIDE IS JUST SHOWING A COUPLE OF CITIZEN COMPLAINTS THAT WE ENCOUNTER.

UM, OF COURSE, NONE OF THESE ARE PLEASANT.

UM, WE, THEY ARE NOT STOCK PHOTOS, NO .

SO A LOT OF THEM, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE DEBRIS, TRASH, UH, OIL, UH, OTHER CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE NOT WELL KEPT AND ARE ACTUALLY INFILTRATING OUR GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER.

UH, SO HERE ARE OTHER SLIDES.

UM, SO OF COURSE THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF YARD SALE.

WELL, NOT A YARD SALE.

UH, YOU SEE A, A MOUND OF TIRES THAT'S NOT APPROVED, RECYCLABLE, UH, ACTIVITIES.

UH, YOU HAVE SAVAGE YARDS OR NONETHELESS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS ONE HERE, WHICH IS A STOCKPILE FOR STORAGE.

AND YES, THAT IS A FLOODPLAIN.

UM, SO WHEN YOU GO OUT AND FIND THESE, ARE YOU ISSUING CITATIONS? WHO'S CLEANING IT UP? OKAY, SO WE ARE, WHAT HAPPENS ARE NOT THE ENFORCEMENT, OKAY? TCEQ IS STILL THE ENFORCEMENT.

WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS FIND OUT WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT SITE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND HOLD THEM TO THEIR SW.

AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE WILL REPORT THEM TO TCEQ.

BUT WE'LL DO INSPECTIONS.

PULL OUT THEIR SWIP, TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'RE DOING WRONG.

AND THE THREAT OF GOING TO TCEQ TO HAVE THEIR SWIP PULLED IS ENOUGH HOPEFULLY FOR COMPLIANCE.

BUT TCEQ IS STILL THE ULTIMATE ENFORCEMENT.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CAN DO THE, UH, UH, ENFORCEMENT.

NOW, MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANIES OR SOME OF THESE, A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

NOW KEEP IN MIND SOME OF THESE PICTURES WE CAN DO WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE, RIGHT? OKAY.

WE ARE, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A TAG TEAM.

IF IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE THAT WE CAN HANDLE UNDER AN ENVIRONMENTAL, WE WILL.

BUT EVERY ENVIRONMENTAL ALSO AFFECTS STORM STORMWATER.

SO WE CAN KIND OF HIT IT WITH BOTH, BOTH GUNS.

BUT TCEQ COVERS A REGION.

SO NEXT SLIDE IS ALSO, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTIONS.

UM, I WAS GONNA USE THIS ONE AS A QUESTION AND ANSWER TO GET YOU GUYS INVOLVED, BUT SINCE WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH, I'M NOT.

UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THIS HERE, UM, THINGS THAT OCCUR ALONG CONSTRUCTION SITES THAT WOULDN'T STAND OUT TO THE AVERAGE, UH, RESIDENT.

SO THIS FIRST ONE HERE, WE HAVE SEDIMENT AND EROSIONS.

UH, WE HAVE A CONCRETE WASHOUT HERE THAT IS NOT WELL MAINTAINED AND CONSTRUCTED.

UH, WE HAVE SEDIMENT LEAVING SITES.

WE HAVE SILT FENCING THAT IS DOWN.

UM, WE HAVE ALSO INLET PROTECTION THAT IS NOT ADEQUATE.

AND OF COURSE, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES, UH, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE TO KEEP THAT, UH, SEDIMENT ON THEIR SITE AND NOT TRACKING ONTO THE ROAD.

'CAUSE THEN IT BECOMES A SAFETY HAZARD IF SOMEBODY'S RIDING BY AND START THE HYDROPLANE FROM THE SEDIMENT ON THE ROAD.

SO MM-HMM .

SO EVERY ONE OF THOSE IS IN VIOLATION OF THEIR SW.

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THERE'S PROBABLY FOUR GUYS IN THE, DOWN AT THE REGION HEADQUARTERS IN DALLAS THAT'S COVERING THIS AREA.

THEY DIDN'T, THEY CAN'T BE THERE ALL THE TIME.

SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS PARTNER AND BE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND, AND FIND THESE, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPAIRING OUR WATERS.

THE TRINITY IS IMPAIRED.

CEDAR CREEK IS IMPAIRED.

MM-HMM .

HIGH PH LEVELS AND BACTERIA.

UM, WE LET 'EM KEEP GOING.

YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILIES ARE SWIMMING OUT THERE, THEY'RE FISHING OUT THERE, RIGHT.

WE'VE GOTTA BE PROACTIVE, RIGHT? AND SO EVERY ONE OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE CURRENTLY GOING.

UM, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO PAY A VISIT TO EVERY ONE OF THESE SITES AND ASK FOR THEIR SWIP AND REVIEW THEIR SW AND TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'RE DOING WRONG BECAUSE THEY HAD A REQUIREMENT AND AN OBLIGATION TO PROPERLY ENCLOSE THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE AND, AND KEEP THAT STORM WATER AND THE CLEAN UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.

SO, UM, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS GOING TO REQUIRE COOPERATION AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION.

AND, UM, SO WE PLAN A PUSH, UM, FOR EDUCATION AND WE'RE GONNA START AT HOME.

SO, UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE SO THAT WE CAN COME TO YOUR, YOUR BARNS.

I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THAT AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE GUIDANCE BECAUSE IF WE SET THE EXAMPLE, THEY'LL FOLLOW US, RIGHT? SO WE JUST WANNA SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND MAYBE GIVE SOME HINTS AND TIPS ON HOW WE CAN PROTECT THE GROUNDWATER, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA PUSH OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES.

WE NEED THEIR HELP.

WE NEED DEPUTIES SHERIFF WHO SEES LITTLE, UH, CONSTRUCTION SITES THAT DON'T HAVE BLACK FENCING UP.

HEY, JUST CAN YOU SHOOT IT TO OUR COMPLAINTS? UM, WE'RE GONNA ASK THE ROAD CREW, HEY, YOU ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY.

YOU SEE THIS STUFF WE NEED.

AND THEN THE CITIZENS, WE'RE GONNA PUSH AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

WE'RE GONNA TRY AND BEAT AT EVENTS.

WE'RE GOT BANNERS THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT UP.

THAT WAY THEY NOTIFY US THEY'RE GONNA, AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT NOTIFYING US, SO I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF COOPERATION FROM THEM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO OUR BEST TO GET OUT THERE AND GET THESE THINGS BACK ON TRACK.

WE DON'T WANNA WAIT FIVE YEARS.

THE GROWTH WILL BE, YOU KNOW, 10,000 HOMES WILL ALREADY BE HERE.

BUT WHAT DAMAGE HAS IT DONE TO OUR, TO OUR CREEKS? EXACTLY.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT.

WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, YOU GUYS HAVE A PACKET I JUST GAVE YOU ONE OF OUR FORM CREATIONS, IT'S THE LARGE SITE PACKET.

AND SO THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO COMPLETE THAT WITH US WHEN THEY, UM, UM, COME INTO TOWN TO DO A DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TRACK THAT DEVELOPMENT FROM START TO FINISH.

WE'RE GONNA DO SITE INSPECTIONS, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THE SW AND WE'RE GOING TO, UM, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GIVE US A NOTICE OF INTENT AND A NOTICE OF TERMINATION.

SO TERMINATION MEANS THEY'RE DONE WITH THE PROJECT, THEY'VE RESTORED THE LAND BACK TO THE BEST IT CAN, SO AND FORTH AND SO ON.

THEY'VE STABILIZED IT.

AND JEREMY, YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, UM, IF THEY FAIL THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET THEIR, WE'RE HOPING TO COORDINATE TO WHERE THEY DON'T GET THEIR, UH, MEANS TO OPEN THAT DEVELOPMENT.

SORRY, SORRY.

IT'S RECORDING.

AND THEN WHAT'S COMING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING JEREMY, WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE? COME ON, SORRY.

SORRY.

SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT'S RESPOND AND MONITOR CITIZEN COMPLAINTS? 'CAUSE OF COURSE THAT IS OUR FIRST INITIAL REACTION FOR INVESTIGATIONS.

YOU KNOW, THEY CALL, WE GO OUT, WE TRACK, UH, REVIEWING HISTORICAL DATA.

UH, OF COURSE, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF HISTORICAL DATA ON OUR, UH, MAJOR WATER BODIES AS FAR AS CONTAMINANTS AND THEIR CAUSES AND THEIR, UM, CONTRIBUTORS.

BUT WE WANT TO KEEP ON FOLLOWING AND UPDATING THAT HISTORICAL DATA, UH, DEVELOPING FEASIBLE STRATEGIES.

SO OF COURSE ALL STRATEGIES IS NOT GONNA WORK, SO WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT 'EM.

IF THEY DON'T, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND TRY NEW THINGS.

UH, PARTICIPATING IN NEW PROJECT MEETINGS.

OF COURSE, IF WE'RE WELL AWARE IN THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT, WE CAN TRACK A WHOLE LOT OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

SO, AND WE'RE GONNA COORDINATE WITH THE CITIES TO SEE IF WE CAN GET INVITED.

SO WE'RE, I'M SURE THEY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE, UM, CAPABILITY OR KNOWLEDGE.

SO PART OF THAT EDUCATION IS THE CITIES AND PART OF 'EM IS TRYING TO COOPERATE AND INVITE US TO THE DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS.

SURE.

SO THAT'S YEAR ONE.

WE'LL BE BACK, IT'S GONNA TAKE FIVE YEARS TOTAL, BUT BY THE TIME THE CENSUS COMES DOWN AND THEY TELL US, YOU WILL NOW DO THIS AND YOU HAVE LIABILITY, BECAUSE TECHNICALLY WE DO HAVE LIABILITY RIGHT NOW DUE TO OUR POPULATION.

SO WHEN THEY COME DOWN IN FIVE YEARS AND SAID, YOU WILL DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA SAY, WE GOT IT.

WE'RE GOOD.

WE'RE THERE ALREADY HERE.

NOW IT'S JUST QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

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OH, ONE MORE THING.

ANY GOOD PROGRAM REQUIRES COMPENSATION FOR OUR TIME.

SO THERE IS A FEE SCHEDULED THAT WE HAVE, WHICH I WILL BRING TO COURT NEXT WEEK.

IT'S FOR THE REVIEWS AND THE SITE INSPECTIONS TO RECOVER THE COST OF US HAVING TO GO OUT, UM, AND INSPECT THE SITES AND ALSO THE TIME AND EFFORT SPENT IN ARCHIVING AND THOSE THINGS.

SO WE HAVE GENERATED A FEE SHEET.

UM, AND THOSE FEES I WILL BRING TO COURT NEXT WEEK HOPING FOR APPROVAL.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

WE CAN'T DO IT FOR FREE.

WE CAN'T.

NO, THERE'S NO WAY.

AND THEY'VE BEEN PAINTED ELSEWHERE ANYWAY BEFORE NOW, SO.

CORRECT.

AND MOST, MOST, UM, PLACES, THEY JUST GROUP IT INTO ONE BIG GIANT FEE.

UM, IN MY DEPARTMENT WE KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN BY THE TYPE OF UM, UM, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES THAT WE HAVE.

THAT WAY IT CAN BE TRACKED.

AND THAT WAY IF WE EVER NEED TO GROW THAT SECTION, THOSE FEES WOULD, YOU KNOW, STAND OUT RIGHT.

AS TO WHAT'S BEING, YEAH.

SO WE DIDN'T GROUP IT ALL IN A ONE BIG NUMBER APPLICATION FEE.

WE BROKE DOWN.

IT'S KIND, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE DEAL HERE.

YOU REINSPECT TOO, AND YOU'RE GONNA CHARGE 'EM FOR REINSPECTION.

SO MAYBE WELL THAT'S DRIVE OUT THERE.

MAYBE IF THEY DON'T CLEAN IT UP, MAYBE THEY, THEY MIGHT GET TIRED OF PAYING THE REINSPECTION.

CORRECT.

AND THAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE COSTING A COUNTY EMPLOYEE TIME, EFFORT, GAS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIRES I JUST BOUGHT EIGHT TIRES FOR TRUCKS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WE GO TO THESE SITES AND THERE'S NAILS, LIKE WHERE DO THESE NAILS COME FROM? I DON'T KNOW.

BUT, UM, YEAH.

SO WE HAVE TO, AND TIRES ARE MAGNET IN.

WE HAVE TO REQUIRE, UH, GET OUR COSTS BACK.

SO IT'S, UH, NOTHING ASTRONOMICAL, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY REASONABLE.

WELL, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

IT'S GOING TO HELP THE COUNTY IN THE FUTURE.

WE WANT TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON SOMETHING.

AND THIS IS ONE THING WE'RE AHEAD OF, UH, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US AND FOR THE CITIZENS TOO.

IT'S FOR THE CENSUS, IT PROTECTS EVERYONE.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

IT'S THEIR WATER.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USING IT THEN, YOU KNOW, THOSE, UH, BAR DITCHES THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE, THOSE ARE OUR UNCONVENTIONAL, YOU KNOW, UNTRADITIONAL STORM DRAINS, BELIEVE TRUE OR NOT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEM HELPING US BY KEEPING DEBRIS OUT OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR EDUCATION'S GONNA COME IN.

SO THEY HAVE A MAJOR PART IN KEEPING THEIR OWN CREEKS CLEAN.

SURE.

SO WE'RE GONNA PUSH THAT EDUCATION.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MS. MONIQUE OR JEREMY? NO.

YOU DOING GOOD JOB? ALRIGHT.

LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK.

NEED A MOTION? ALRIGHT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

I YOU OKAY? ALL DO.

WHAT DID I DO WITH MY, I DUNNO.

WORKSHOP BOARD.

[12. Adjourn Meeting.]

HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER PHIPPS.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I ALL SECOND MR. BLA.

MAKE A SECOND.