Apr 22, 2025 Commissioners Court

MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND.

THAT MEANS TO NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Monique Hunter: Discuss/Consider/Approve New Fees associated with Stormwater Management Program.]

MS. MONIQUE, DISCUSS AND APPROVE NEW FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

MORNING, MONIQUE.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE WORKSHOP LAST WEEK AND I SAID IN ORDER TO RUN THAT PROGRAM WE NEEDED TO RECOVER SOME OF THE COUNTY'S COSTS.

SO, UM, THIS FEE SHEET IS WHAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT TO COVER THOSE COSTS.

HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THESE PRICES? UM, WE WENT OFF OF, UM, UM, OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE, WELL, THEY, WE KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN BECAUSE SOME, ALL THE COUNTIES AND CITIES HAVE IT JUST MERGED INTO ONE FEE.

SO, UM, BUT IF YOU GO AND ASK THOSE COUNTIES, THEY KIND OF ITEMIZE WHAT THEY COST.

AND THEN, UM, OF COURSE WE, UM, LOOKED AT TCEQ FOR THE PERMITTING AND WHAT THAT WOULD BE AND NOT TO EXCEED THAT.

AND IT WAS JUST A CALCULATION THAT WE CAME UP WITH BASED ON THOSE FACTS.

TO MAKE IT REASONABLE.

BUT WE NEED ALSO KNOW WHAT IT COSTS US IN THE DEPARTMENT.

EXACTLY.

WE ALSO NEED A BUDGETARY THING ON THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT FOR FREE.

I DID GET WITH, UM, BRANDY IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE SO WE CAN CREATE THAT, UH, LINE ITEM FOR IT TO GO INTO SO THAT WE CAN TRACK THAT.

AND SO SHE'S READY TO, UH, INITIATE THAT LINE ITEM WHEN YOU ARE.

OKAY GUYS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO ONE.

WELL, I THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THE HARD WORK.

WE NEED TO DO THIS.

WE DO BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF MONEY.

UH, 'CAUSE OUR EMPLOYEE'S TIME AND EFFORT THAT WE PUT INTO THIS, IT NEEDS TO BE RECOVERED.

'CAUSE THEY PAID EVERYWHERE ELSE.

WELL, AND YEAH.

AND IT NEEDS TO BE MONITORED 'CAUSE IT'S NOT BEING MONITORED.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR DOING THIS.

SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

AND CONSIDER, MAYBE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A, UH, DEVON DX 89 R DASH SEVEN EXCAVATOR FOR PRECINCT THREE ROAD AND BRIDGE, USING THE BUYBOARD CONTRACT 6 85 DASH 22.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, MS. LAINA, WE GOT THE ZELLE.

COME ON.

ZELLE.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS

[5. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve the purchase of a Develon DX89R-7 Excavator for Precinct 3 Road & Bridge utilizing Buyboard Contract #685-22.]

GOOD MORNING, SUNIL.

UM, THIS MEETS ALL THE PRE PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS.

UM, AFTER WE GOT OUR THREE QUOTES, THIS ONE WAS THE ONE THAT COMMISSIONER CHOSE.

SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THE COURT FOR PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ISSUING A PURCHASE ORDER.

IS THIS PURCHASE OR FINANCE OR WHAT? UM, IT'S A PURCHASE AS FAR AS I KNOW OF.

SO COMMISSIONER, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

HE MAKES, MAKE COMMISSIONER LA MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND IT.

COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A SECOND.

A MOTION CARRIES.

[6. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve the purchase of a Bobcat Compact Track Loader for Precinct 3 Road & Bridge utilizing BuyBoard Contract #685-22.]

OTHER THAN THAT, UM, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE.

ONCE MORE, ZELLE, DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A BOBCAT, BOBCAT COMPACT TRACK LOADER FOR PRECINCT GREEN ROAD AND BRIDGE UTILIZING, UH, CONTRACT 6 85 DASH 22.

UM, SAME WITH THIS ONE MEANS ALL THE PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS WE ARE WAITING ON, UM, POSSIBLY A NEW QUOTE FROM THE VENDOR TO SEE IF THEY'LL WAIVE THE FREIGHT CHARGES.

'CAUSE THAT WAS NOT ON THE ORIGINAL QUOTE, BUT

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SO, SO YOU HAVE ON HERE REMOVED 7 34 92 AND THE 5 0 6 92? YES.

IS THAT CORRECT? THOSE WERE THE TWO, UM, ATTACHMENT ITEMS THE COMMISSIONER DID NOT WANT TO PURCHASE.

BUT ALSO ON THE SECOND PAGE, THEY CHARGED US 1500 FOR FREIGHT.

AND, UM, FROM WHAT I'M TOLD, THAT WAS NOT ON THE ORIGINAL QUOTE THEY SENT OVER, BUT IT'S ON THE QUOTE WE HAVE.

SO THIS THE ONE OVER AT LANCASTER LEADERSHIP OR WHERE'S IT COMING FROM? THIS, UH, BOBCAT IS THIS, THIS IS BOBCAT.

UM, I HAVE BOBCAT NORTH TEXAS YEAH.

WE CAN GO THERE AND PICK IT UP FOR LESS THAN $1,500.

YEAH, YEAH.

LIKE I SAID, IT WASN'T ON THE, AND DRIVE IT DOWN THE STREET ORIGINAL BID.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF, SO WE CAN KNOCK THAT OFF RIGHT QUICK.

YEP.

SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THIS MINUS THE $1,500? YES.

WELL IF THEY, MAYBE IF THEY APPROVE THAT ALSO.

IF NOT, CAN WE NOT GO GET IT? WE CAN.

WE CAN GO GET IT.

WE CAN GO GET IT EITHER WAY.

YEAH, EITHER WAY.

I THINK IF THEY, IF HE'LL GO GET IT.

I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULDN'T.

1500.

1500? NO.

WE'LL, WE'LL IF, BUT I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD DELIVER IT.

THAT WE'RE HOPING FOR.

ALRIGHT.

SO MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND.

AGAIN, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A MOTION CARRIES

[7. Commissioner Moore: Discuss/Consider/Approve Firework sales dates and times.]

NUMBER SEVEN.

UH, COMMISSIONER MOORE DISCUSS FIREWORK SALES.

UH, YES.

THIS IS GONNA BE, THIS IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, APRIL.

NORMALLY THE FIREWORK VENDORS WILL, UH, ASK US TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENTS TO SELL FIREWORKS THIS SUMMER.

SO I TOLD 'EM THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE SAME DATES AND STUFF WE DID LAST YEAR, UH, AND USE THE SAME HOLIDAYS, THE GENERAL HOLIDAYS THAT WE, WELL NOW THE JULY AND CHRISTMAS IS ALWAYS ON THERE.

CERTAINLY YOU DON'T NEED TO APPROVE THOSE.

AND THEN MEMORIAL DAY WAS ONE THAT, THE ONLY ONE THAT WE APPROVED LAST YEAR ON THERE.

BUT THEN THAT WAS THE GENERAL, I'D HAVE TO PULL THAT.

WE JUST DID THAT FOR A ONE YEAR DEAL.

YES, SIR.

SO IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS WHAT WE WANT TO DO ON THAT.

BUT I KNOW WE DO THE GENERAL 4TH OF JULY NEW YEAR'S, YOU KNOW, AFTER CHRISTMAS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THOSE.

AND THEN IF WE WANT TO GIVE THEM MEMORIAL DAY THIS YEAR.

I KNOW LAST YEAR THE FIRE MARSHAL SAID WITH THE RAIN INDEX IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL.

RIGHT ON, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING A DANGER.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE GAVE MEMORIAL DAY LAST YEAR.

SO I'M JUST ASKING, WE WE CAN DISCUSS AND GIVE THEM THOSE DATES BACK AS WELL.

SO I AGREE.

THE ONLY THING I HAVE ON MEMORIAL DAY, THAT'S THE DAY WHEN WE MEMORIALIZE A MILITARY WHO'VE DIED, WHETHER IT BE IN COMBAT OR WHENEVER.

I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE ARGUMENT ON IT.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST MY, MY PERSONAL FEELINGS.

I THINK IT'S, YES, SIR.

YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S ME.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.

THAT'S WHY WE DISCUSS IT.

I MEAN, I JUST, I LIKE TO PRESENT WHAT THEY ASKED ME TO PRESENT AND WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS ON THAT.

SO, SO, ALRIGHT, SO MAKE A MOTION.

NO, WE NEED, WE'RE GOING, EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET THE SAME.

I, I AGREE.

I'VE TALKED TO QUITE A FEW OF 'EM.

UH, I I THINK THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT DAY.

I THINK THEY NEED, THEY NEED MEMORIAL DAY.

UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS.

UH, TERRY, HOW DO YOU FEEL? WELL, MY, MY DAUGHTER, UH, SHE'S GOT A FIRECRACKER STAND.

, I MEAN, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF.

WELL, YOU KNOW, ME, I, I I KNOW MY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S SO THICK NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A CITY AND OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE ORDINANCES OR WE'D PROBABLY BAN IT INTO MUD DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THAT SURROUND YOU NOW.

I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE OF IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST GETTING BAD.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND I EXPLAINED THAT TO THEM AS WELL.

I MEAN, IT, SKEETS GOT A DIFFERENT PROBLEM THAN I DO, YOU KNOW, BEING THAT WE'RE A MORE RURAL AREA THAN S***T.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND I, I DON'T WANNA TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM 'EM.

THE STATE LAW GIVES 'EM NEW YEAR'S EVE AND JULY THE FOURTH.

AND FOR ALL THESE YEARS THEY'VE MADE THEIR MONEY ON JULY THE FOURTH AND NEW YEAR'S.

AND UH, AND YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW ONE GUY'S GOT A FIRE.

HE DOESN'T MAKE VERY MUCH ON MEMORIAL DAY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT LABOR DAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A CLUE.

SOMETIMES HE GRIPES ABOUT BEING SO POOR, POOR SALES.

AND I KNOW THE JUDGE, I RESPECT THE JUDGE DEPENDING ON THAT.

AND PERSONALLY WE DON'T.

IT'S ONE OF STILL PEOPLE POP FIREWORKS ON MEMORIAL DAY.

SOME DON'T.

IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO, THAT'S, I MEAN, SAME THING.

WE NORMALLY DON'T POP FIREWORKS ON MEMORIAL DAY.

BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT'S THE CHOICE THERE.

IF, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

BUT SOME PEOPLE DO.

SO, AND I DON'T THINK THE SALES ARE THAT HIGH ANYWAY DURING MEMORIAL SEASON.

ARE THEY, ARE THEY PRETTY HIGH? ALRIGHT, SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S

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ALL OUR OPINION.

I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S OPINION AND SOME I'VE TALKED TO, UH, THAT'S THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BUY THEIR MEMORIAL DAY SUPPLIES WAY AHEAD OF TIME.

AND THE YEAR THAT THEY DIDN'T DO IT, THEY, THEY, IT REALLY HURT.

'EM, IT, THEY, WHAT THEY TOLD ME WAS IT THEY BOUGHT LOT OF SUPPLIES AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SELL IT MEMORIAL DAY.

BUT I'VE TALKED TO ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT HAVE COME TO ME AND UH, IT REALLY HELPS THEM OUT A LOT ON THAT DAY.

AND IF THEY DON'T BUY HERE, OTHER COUNTIES DO SELL IT.

AND SO PEOPLE GONNA GO BUY IT THERE ANYWAY.

WELL, BUT IT DOESN'T BENEFIT US EITHER WAY.

NO, NO.

TAX WISE.

I MEAN, NO, IT'S JUST, BUT BUSINESS, IT'S A BUSINESS.

IT IS.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT MAY NOT BE A CERTAIN TYPE BUSINESS, IT'S STILL A BUSINESS IN OUR, IT'S STILL THEIR, SO STILL THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

SO YES.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A SPLIT COURT THEN.

SO WILL DID YOU SAY? YOU SAY NO, I, THEY HAVE AHE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE THEM.

I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THEY, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS QUIT DOING IT TO MY BOAT.

I MEAN NO, NO, NO.

UNFORTUNATELY.

OR YOU CAN, BUT YOU'RE FOR IT .

UH, IT'S NOT THAT.

AND I USED TO RUN FIRECRACKER STANDS YEARS AGO.

I HAD 'EM AND I GET IT.

BUT THERE AGAIN IT WAS JULY 4TH AND NEW YEAR.

UH, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T STOP 'EM NO, I MEAN IT DOESN'T STOP 'EM, I'M, I'M, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY THAT, BUT IT, IT DOES SLOW IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, I WISH WE HAD A WAY TO KIND OF STOP IT ON MEMORIAL DAY AND YEAH.

UM, I ALSO TALKED, I ALSO TALKED TO FARM OFFICER.

I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE ABOUT NEW YEAR'S.

AND I TALKED TO HIM ALSO AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

I'M NOT FOR YOU.

IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE FIREWORKS I OBJECT TO.

IT'S THE DATE THEY'RE DOING THE FIREWORKS.

THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN IS WHAT IT REPRESENTS.

AND LIKE I SAID, I I'LL RESPECT ALL YOUR OPINIONS WHILE WE HAVE A OPINION.

THE VOTE.

SO, WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW ME, I DON'T, I DON'T, I'VE NEVER DONE A ON MEMORIAL DAY BEING A VETERAN.

I, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS A OKAY, SO NOT PROPER CELEBRATION.

SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, NO.

YES, YES.

WE'RE SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION AT LEAST WE'LL PROVE THE JULY 4TH AND THE NEW YEAR'S.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

IT'S ALREADY APPROVED BY STATE.

OH NO.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO GO SINCE IT'S ON THE AGENDA.

NO, THOSE ARE ALREADY, THEY'RE SET FOR YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR FOREVER.

THAT'S THE STATE.

THE STATE DID THAT.

THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOOT 'EM ON 4TH OF JULY AND NEW YEAR'S DATE NO MATTER WHAT.

NOW IF WE WANNA COME BACK, THEY JUST CAME BACK AND ADDED EASE.

AND THEY SAID THAT'S THE DISCRETION OF COUNTIES IF THEY WANT TO EACH YEAR.

NOW THERE IS A BILL CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE THAT WILL DO AWAY WITH THE COUNTY'S DISCRETION ON ANY FIREWORK SALES ANYTIME.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT I WOULD BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT THEY DO.

AND I THINK THAT'S EITHER BENTON COURT OR, UH, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT WITH ME.

SO IF THAT PASSES, THEN IT'LL BE OPEN ANYWAY.

WHENEVER, WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, THEN IT'LL ONLY BE UP TO CITY AS REGULATE.

YES MA'AM.

BUT DID YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK? WE HAVE SOMEONE, UH, MARY BULLARD THAT YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE.

MARY.

HELLO JUDGE.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.

RIGHT HERE I AM AGAIN, MARY BULLARD, AND I'VE COME HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FIREWORKS, UH, VENDORS IN THE COUNTY.

AND, UH, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND I KNOW YOUR OPINION DOESN'T CHANGE FOR FROM YOUR YEAR.

AND I EXPECT THAT, AND I DO RESPECT IT.

I ALSO RESPECT PEOPLE WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

WHETHER IT'S EASTER WITH A EASTER BUNNY OR CHRISTMAS WITH SANTA CLAUS WITH CHILDREN ON HIS KNEES.

SO WE'RE JUST, UH, YOU'RE WE'RE JUST A BUSINESS THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY SURE.

TO WORK.

IT, YOU LOOK AT IT DIFFERENT WAYS.

I WILL TELL YOU THIS JUDGE, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE WERE DENIED THE ABILITY TO THIS DAY BY CASH FLOW IS STILL AFFECTED BY THAT SEASON BEING GONE.

IT IS A MAJOR HOLIDAY FOR US.

IT'S THE THIRD MAJOR HOLIDAY OF THE YEAR FOR US.

I'M THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THE OTHER TWO, BUT I'M TRYING TO RUN A BUSINESS SEASONALLY AND I TAKE AS MUCH ADVANTAGE AS I CAN OF THAT.

SURE.

UH, ALSO MEMORIAL DAY'S, KIND OF THE UNOFFICIAL BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER AND THE, AND THE FUN TIMES FOR FAMILIES TO GET TOGETHER.

SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT MR. SKI, SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT SHOOTING FIREWORKS IS, I'M CELEBRATING FREEDOM AND I'M THANKFUL FOR WHAT HAPPENED AND THE SACRIFICES THAT PEOPLE MADE FOR THAT TO, TO BE HERE.

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UH, WE'RE AMERICANS, WE'RE FREE.

WE, WE RESPECT EACH OTHER.

MM-HMM .

BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP IN KEEPING OUR BUSINESSES ALIVE.

OUR COUNTY'S GROWING.

AND LITTLE BY LITTLE, OUR OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR TIME IS CLOSING IN ON US ANYWAY.

BUT, UH, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS.

WE'RE JUST A BUSINESS.

SURE.

YOU KNOW, UH, I MEAN WE OUGHT TO SHUT DOWN OTHER THINGS IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT IT TOO.

BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT WAY.

AND I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE, THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE, THE GREASE.

PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE 'EM WILL, WILL MAKE SURE AND COMPLAIN PEOPLE THAT DO LOVE 'EM.

YOU DON'T HEAR FROM THEM 'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S GOOD.

PLEASE, UH, CONSIDER THESE THINGS.

I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

AND I'M SORRY YOU CAN'T VOTE MR. CROW.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WASN'T ALLOWED.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER HAD A POWER EXTEND.

YEAH, SHE'S GOT A LITTLE ONE.

OH, WELL, COOL.

BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS, UH, I WENT TO COLLEGE, GOT TWO DEGREES AND ENDED UP SELLING FIREWORKS AND MAKE MORE MONEY THAN WHAT I PROBABLY WOULD'VE MADE WITH MY DEGREES.

YOU'RE YOU'RE PROBABLY TRUE.

YES, THAT'S TRUE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE PEOPLE THAT CHOSE OTHER PATHS ALSO.

BUT, UH, MY FAMILY DEPENDS ON THIS AND SO DO A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE COUNTY.

WE MEET, WE MET WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE TRY TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR TO SEE IF ANYTHING'S CHANGED THAT MAYBE HAS SNUCK THROUGH AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.

AND, UH, HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS LAST YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE OR NOT.

HE'S FIRST OH, THERE MARSH'S RIGHT THERE.

AND IF I, IF IF, IF HE MAY, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE FIRE MARSHAL SHARING WHAT HE SHARED WITH US.

IF HE WANTS TO.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU HONOR.

I GUESS I'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU.

FIRE MARSHAL.

MR. MIKE, YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? MORNING, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONER.

INCIDENTS, ZERO INJURIES.

UM, I THINK THE PART SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS WHERE I EXPRESSED TO THEM WAS THAT, UH, WHEN THEY CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME IF ABOUT SELLING, UM, I TOLD 'EM THAT I WOULDN'T BE AN OBSTACLE FOR IT FOR THE SIMPLE FLORIDA.

WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS, UM, THROUGH THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, THE PLEASURE OF WORKING HERE.

UH, WE'VE KEPT STATS ON FIRE, WORK RELATED FIRES OR AS WELL AS INJURIES.

THE FIRST YEAR I WAS HERE, WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE, UM, THE LAST TWO YEAR, UM, THE YEAR BEFORE LAST WE HAD ONE FIREWORK INJURY.

UM, AND THEN, BUT NO REPORTED FIRES LAST YEAR.

WE HAD NO REPORTED FIRES NOR REPORTED INJURIES THAT CAME THROUGH THERE.

SO, UM, I THINK PART OF THAT THING WITH THE CONCERNS THAT, THAT THEY HAVE, AND I GET IT, IT THEY'RE A BUSINESS THEY'RE TRYING TO OPERATE.

IF THEY DON'T, UM, IF THEY DON'T SELL HERE, THEIR CONCERN IS I THINK THAT UH, SOMEBODY'S JUST GONNA GO OUTSIDE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND BUY THEM.

THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK HERE AND SHOOT THEM.

SO MY PART, UH, WHERE I EXPLAINED TO THEM ABOUT BEING AN OBSTACLE FOR THEIR SALES REALLY ISN'T RELEVANT TO MORE OF THE EDUCATIONAL PART OF BEING SAFE WHEN WE POP THESE THINGS AND WHEN WE'RE SHOOTING THEM.

UH, I KNOW, UM, THE PAUL AYS, WHEN HE WENT THROUGH WITH THIS, THEY SET UP SOME POP PARKS FOR THEM, DESIGNATED AREAS FOR THEM TO, TO HAVE THEIR, UH, PLACES TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY THEM SAFELY.

UH, THEY PUT UH, FIRE SUPPRESSION UNITS OUT THERE TO HELP WITH THAT.

UH, AND WE APPRECIATED THAT.

UH, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY A PART OF WHAT HELPED A LOT OF THE REPORTED FIRES FROM PEOPLE GETTING ON THE BACK ROADS AND DOING THESE THINGS.

UM, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAD SUGGESTED, WHAT THEY DID COMPLY WITH WAS, UH, SIGNAGE ABOUT HOW TO SAFELY SHOOT THEM, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE DOING IT.

UM, AS FAR AS KEEPING THAT UP.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE DID OUR SIGN, UH, INSPECTIONS AT THEIR STANDS THAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY PUT UP THERE.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT HELPED AND IF THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS FAR AS THIS PROCESS GOES.

UM, SO, BUT THAT'S WHAT I SHARED WITH THEM, I THINK IS WHAT THEY WERE FOR THE MOST PART, ASKING FOR ME TO SHARE TODAY WITH Y'ALL AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

SO, UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR Y'ALL, UM, HOW DID THE SAFE, IF I CALL IT A SAFE ZONE, WERE THEY, THEY SELL 'EM AND LET 'EM POP? ARE Y'ALL PLANNING ON DOING THAT THIS YEAR? YES SIR.

EVERYONE, JUST ONE, UM, I'M SORRY.

YOU NEED TO COME UP.

SAY YOUR NAME AND UH, ADDRESS PLEASE.

JET ALSO, UH, 89 75 FM SEVEN 40.

UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ABOUT A 10 ACRE PARCEL THAT WE SET ZONED OFF LIKE, UM, LIKE THE FIRE MARSHAL SAID, WE HAVE, UH, AN ATTENDANT WITH, UH, SHOVELS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND, AND, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED GALLONS OF WATER ON HAND.

AND, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THE POPPING PARK, UH, SAFELY AT OUR LOCATION FOR A LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS NOW.

AND WE'VE HAD ZERO

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SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY 'CAUSE WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THE CITY OF FORNEY FOR THE FOLKS HOPEFULLY TO COME THERE, POP.

AND WE'RE STILL IN THE, IN A RURAL AREA WHERE THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT POPPING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND, AND YOU DOWN IN COUSIN'S PAINT BALLS? YES, SIR.

IS WHERE YOU'RE IN THE BOTTOM.

I KNOW WHERE THAT IS.

SO I WISH THEY'D ALL GO THERE.

I SENT THEM, SEND 'EM.

I, I, I REALLY DO SEND, SEND THEM THAT WAY.

THAT'D BE A HAPPY CAMPER.

AND UH, WE JUST PURCHASED ANOTHER PROPERTY ON THE, UH, OTHER SIDE OF FORNEY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS AS WELL.

AND HOPE TO DO ANOTHER ONE THERE AS WELL SO WE CAN, UH, GRAB SOME OF THOSE FOLKS OUT OUT OF THEIR OWN.

WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP OVER HERE.

IS THIS CORRECT? FIREWORKS? YES MA'AM.

YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND TELL US YOUR PLANS? NO, WE DON'T HAVE A PARK OR POP PARK OR ANYTHING.

OH, OKAY.

HAVE A STAND.

Y'ALL HAVE FIREWORKS STAND.

YOU HAVE A STAND? YEAH.

INCUR.

DO YOU HAVE A PLACE? NO, THEY TAKE 'EM TO THEIR OKAY.

THEIR HOMES OR WHEREVER THEY GO.

ALRIGHT.

HOW MANY UH, PLACES, UH, MR. TAYLOR DO YOU THINK THERE ARE THAT PROVIDE SAFE ZONES FOR 'EM TO POP THEM? PROBABLY NOT THAT MANY I'M ASSUMING.

I, I, I HAVE ONE AND HOPEFULLY I HAVE TWO BY, BY BY JULY THIS YEAR, BY JULY.

WHERE'S THE SECOND ONE GOING TO BE? UM, IN UH, WICK CREEK.

OH, OKAY.

I KNOW WHERE YOU YEAH, I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHO THE OTHER PERSON WAS, BUT THERE WAS ACTUALLY, UM, I KNOW AT LEAST UM, YEAR BEFORE LAST THERE WAS AT LEAST TWO TO TWO SEPARATE VENDORS THAT HAD LOCATIONS FOR THEM TO POP SPECIFICALLY WHERE THEY COULD BUY THEM HERE AND WALK OVER HERE AND, AND POP.

UM, I DIDN'T PERSONALLY INSPECT THOSE.

I KNOW PAUL AYERS DID, UM, WITH THAT.

BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS FROM TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL STAND OWNERS THAT WAS DOING THAT.

SO, LIKE I SAID, I DO REMEMBER FOR COUSIN PAINTBALL HAD THAT AS WELL.

WELL AND I, I THINK THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE, WELL, GHOST TRUE.

I MEAN, DO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BAN FIREWORKS, YOU KNOW, FROM KAUFMAN COUNTY? WE, WE CAN BAN THE CELL, BUT IF THEY'RE GONNA BRING 'EM, THEY'RE GONNA BRING 'EM HERE.

I MEAN, YOU GO, CAN'T STOP THAT ACROSS THE, YOU CAN GO TO AND CROSS EAST FORK AND BRING ALL THE FIREWORKS YOU WANT INTO LIN COUNTY.

SO IT, IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANNA SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS OWNERS.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND LIKE I SAID, I DO SUPPORT YOU GUYS ON THAT.

IT'S A BIG THING, ESPECIALLY IN THE SCURRY AREAS.

ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME.

SO ANYWAY, I LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE MEMORIAL DAY.

SO, AND I'D LIKE TO SECOND, OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

AYE.

A ALL OPPOSED? WELL, OKAY.

ALL THEY GONNA BRING.

HERE THEY BRING EM.

THEY GONNA BRING, THEY'RE GONNA BRING 'EM IN ANYWAY.

SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA VOTE YES.

AND I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL TIME.

YOU FIRST TELL SECOND.

AND EVERYONE VOTED YES, EVERYBODY VOTED.

HE IS STAYING BECAUSE HE IS IN THE BUSINESS.

SO, AND I DO APPRECIATE THOSE WHO HAVE AREAS WHERE THEY CAN POP 'EM.

THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A SAFETY THING OR WHETHER IT BE FIRES OR NOT, BUT FINGERS AND WHATEVER, TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO POP 'EM THERE.

AND WE'LL HAVE A, WELL I HAVE ONE IN YOUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR AS WELL.

WELL, I KNOW YOU VERY WELL.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND I AND I, NOBODY HERE IS TRYING TO STOP ANYBODY FROM MAKING MONEY.

NO, I MEAN THAT IS A REAL HONEST TRUTH.

WE, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT, WE, WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE SAFETY.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNTY'S GROWING AND, AND IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF ANU NUISANCE.

AND, AND WE AND WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSES YOU CAN REACH OUT AND TOUCH EACH OTHER NOW.

AND I MEAN, AND CRANDALL BLOWING UP, THEY EVER GET A FIRE STARTED IN ONE OF THOSE ALLMAN COUNTY AND WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO SAFE.

AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I'M IN A, IN A, IN A, IN A SIDE DISTRICT WHERE NOW 2% OF MY SALES IS ACTUALLY GOING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES WHERE IT WASN'T BEFORE.

SO NOW WE'RE, MY DIRECT SALES ARE HELPING FIRE THAT'S TRUE.

POLICE.

ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THAT'S TRUE.

SO WE NEED THESE SALES AND IT, IT'S NOT THAT I'M AGAINST FIRECRACKERS.

YEAH, YEAH.

I GOTCHA.

I'M NOT, IT'S JUST FIRECRACKERS ON THE MORAL DAY.

THAT'S, AND THAT'S A PERSONAL THING.

SURE, SURE.

AND I APPRECIATE, I WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY NOT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING.

COME ON.

WE APPRECIATE WE ALL HAVE TO WORK FOR A LIVING.

MINE IS, IF THEY APPRECIATE IF THEY COULD QUIT POPPING THEM, YOU KNOW, FOR TWO WEEKS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THEY START AND DON'T STOP , YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THERE BY MY HOUSE.

YOU OUGHT TO COME OVER THERE.

YOU'D APPRECIATE IT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WORLD WAR III, YOU KNOW.

WELL THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE ON MY PROPERTY TOO.

THERE YOU GO.

BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE COUNTING IT AS DOLLARS

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MY HORSES AND ANIMALS ARE ALL GOING NUTS.

OKAY MS. ARTIST, YOU'RE UP.

SO I UNDERSTAND.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'RE GOOD AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

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

NEXT LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS CORRECTIONS.

SO WE HAD SEVERAL LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS THIS WEEK.

UM, SOME OF THEM WERE RECORDING REVENUE THAT WE GOT IN FROM GRANTS.

SOME OF THEM WERE RECORDING, UM, TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR PURCHASE OF VEHICLES, THAT TYPE OF THING.

BUT ALL OF THEM ARE ROUTINE.

UM, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

ANY COMMENTS? Y'ALL ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK AT ALL THE INVOICES? YEP.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU.

MR. CHUBBS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND.

AYE.

MOTION.

CARRIE IS DISCUSSED.

OKAY, MS. ARTHUR WONKI,

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

NUMBER NINE.

DISCUSS CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

SO THIS WEEK WE HAVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES TOTALING $861,897 AND 27 CENTS.

AND MOST OF THAT IS MADE UP OF ROAD BOND EXPENDITURES AND SOME ARPA EXPENDITURES.

UM, AND THAT'S IT.

WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

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

COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. LANE MAKES A SECOND.

A MOTION CARRIES.

[10. Workshop: Workshop to discuss the 6 month budget.]

NUMBER 10 IS A WORKSHOP I HAD TO, OR I ASKED, I DIDN'T HAVE, I ASKED BRANDY, HER LADIES TO RUN A REPORT OF SIX MONTHS OF SPENDING FOR THE COUNTY, FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE.

AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS TO KINDA SEE WHERE WE ARE 'CAUSE SOME FOLKS MAY NOT WATCH IT THAT CLOSE, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

SIX MONTHS INTO IT.

AND SHE'S GIVEN YOU A SHEET HERE SHOWING UH, THE AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET THAT'S ALREADY BEEN USED, WHAT'S LEFT OVER.

UH, AND THIS SHEET THAT SHE GAVE YOU IS EVERYONE EVER LINE ITEM THAT HAS BEEN SPENT 75% OF THEIR BUDGET OR MORE? AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THREE, TWO AND A HALF PAGES.

AND I DO WANNA SAY, UM, SOME OF THEM THAT HAVE ENCUMBRANCES FOLLOWED THE CORRECT PROCEDURES.

THEY HAVE THE ENCUMBRANCES FOR MAYBE LIKE THE FULL EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR.

SO THOSE ACTUALLY ARE OKAY.

UM, BUT THERE ARE A FEW, EVEN WITH ENCUMBRANCES, THEY ARE OVER THEIR BUDGET.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT AS WELL.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, THERE'S, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A LOT OF SOFTWARE ON HERE.

THERE'S UM, NEW GASB RULES ALLOW MAKE US, UM, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? THEY MAKE US HAVE SOFTWARE IN A SEPARATE LINE ITEM SO THAT WE COULD TRACK IT SEPARATELY FOR FINANCIALS.

UM, AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF CLEANING UP.

UM, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS MAY HAVE NEW SOFTWARE LINE ITEMS AND MAY QUESTION THAT, UM, GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT, THIS BUDGET YEAR AND THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR AS WELL, WE'LL JUST BE SEPARATING THOSE OUT INTO SEPARATE LINE ITEMS. 'CAUSE WE WILL START A BUDGET PROCESS IN MAY.

SO WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE, WHAT'S GOING ON.

UH, IF YOU'RE AFFECTED BY ONE OF THESE LINE ITEMS, GET WITH THE AUDITOR TO SEE, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

IF YOU HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY FUNDS, YOU MAY HAVE TO MOVE SOMEWHERE AROUND.

YOU MAY HAVE TO DELAY BUYING SOMETHING TILL NEXT BUDGET.

UH, WE DON'T REALLY GET CAUGHT UNAWARE OF WHERE WE ARE AND I'LL BE VISITING WITH A LOT OF THEM, UH, ONE ON ONE, UH, TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN A BIG HOLE THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

IF Y'ALL LOOK THIS AT THIS ELECTIONS IS ONE OF THEM.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE DEPARTMENTS.

OH YEAH.

AND SOME OF IT, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BUY IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR IT 'CAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND LIKE OUR VOTER REGISTRATION'S ALMOST 110,000 PEOPLE NOW AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY MACHINES.

SO BOY, THOSE THINGS ARE NOT CHEAP.

AND LUCKILY WITH UH, ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, SHE DOES GET SOME OF THAT COST.

UM, RECUPERATED FOR BILLING OUT TO THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

SOME OF IT'S YOU SPENT AND SOME OF IT'S GONNA COME BACK.

THE CITY ELECTION AND STUFF, THEY ALL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT BUT, BUT THE COUNTY SAYS THE BIGGEST PORTION, BUT THAT'S RIGHT.

YEP.

SO LOOK THESE THINGS OVER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, LET ME KNOW.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING IN MAY TO GO OVER THESE THINGS STARTING ONE AT A TIME.

SO THIS WILL GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF GROUNDWORK

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TO START FROM.

I KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WAS THE PET ADOPTION HERE.

IT WAS ONLY $400 OVER, BUT YET THEN I LOOKED OVER AND THE BUDGET WAS ONLY $400 FOR A YEAR DATE.

WAIT A MINUTE, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT ON THAT NUMBER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

IT'S NOT 400 ANYWAY.

SOME OF THEM ARE, I TRIED TO FILTER IT.

UM, AND I DO APOLOGIZE.

UM, I WAS OUT SICK LAST WEEK, BUT UM, I TRIED TO FILTER IT AS TO WHERE LIKE IF THERE WERE ONE TIME EXPENDITURE, SAY THE BUDGET WAS 400 AND THE EXPENDITURE WAS 400.

NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT THAT SOME OF THOSE MIGHT STILL BE IN THERE.

UM, OR LIKE IF THE PURCHASE OF A VEHICLE, I SAW ONE OF THOSE.

UM, THAT'S JUST A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.

UM, THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ALREADY BE AWARE OF.

ALRIGHT.

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

HAVE A MOTION.

MR. COMMISSIONER PHIPPS TO HAVE A SECOND.