Apr 29, 2025 Commissioners Court

ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING.

MR. CROW, YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR US? YEAH.

WE'RE GOING TO, SATURDAY IS CLEANUP DAY.

AND, UH, JUST WHAT ARE THE HOURS? EIGHT TO FOUR.

EIGHT TO FOUR, OKAY.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT.

AND ALSO THIS SATURDAY IS HOMESTEAD DAY.

IT'LL BE AT THE POOR FARM.

WE HOPE EVERYONE WILL BE THERE.

HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT CRAFTS AND THINGS GONNA BE THERE.

SO IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING DAY.

IT WAS REAL BIG LAST YEAR, AND, UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING GOOD THAT THE COUNTY'S DOING.

[2. Consent Agenda]

WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THERE.

UH, ONE IN PARTICULAR ON E WE HAD TO CHANGE A COUPLE OF THE WORDINGS ON THE BOND ELECTION FACT SHEET, AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY BOND COUNSEL.

AND THEN F UH, WE'RE, UH, APPOINTING MS. HUGHES TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM.

ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NOPE.

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

BOY.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES SECOND.

SO, NUMBER FOUR, TOMMY PHILLIPS AND CARRIE SHARP, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND PRESENT AGENTS QUARTERLY REPORTS.

WE'RE GOING PASS ON NUMBER THREE.

ROBERT, UH, MR. THE COURSE OFFICER WITH THIS, HIS MOM THIS MORNING, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIS REPORT NEXT TUESDAY.

[4. Tommy Phillips & Carrie Sharp: Discuss/Consider/Present extension agents present quarterly report. ]

MORNING, GUYS.

GOOD MORNING.

MORNING.

HOW YOU GO? ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE DOING ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS HERE.

WE SEE WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST.

UH, HAD SOME REALLY GREAT SPEAKERS THAT, IT'S A PHENOMENAL CLASS.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US AGAIN.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR OUR, OUR NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT, BUT DO WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR THE AG INDUSTRY AND IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, UM, $138,179,000 LAST YEAR IN AG INCOME.

THAT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A BIG SIGNIFICANT NUMBER WHEN YOU LOOK AT COUNTIES THAT MAY BE BORDERING US THAT MAY HAVE MORE THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S A ALMOST A $43 MILLION INCREASE OVER 2023.

SO, AMAZING.

IT IS AMAZING.

UH, SO VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT.

UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY THAT NUMBER STAYS STATUS QUO AND DOESN'T START DIPPING.

UM, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT TRANSPIRES FOR 25 WHEN WE DO THAT, UH, AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

UH, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT SOME AG AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROGRAMMING.

UH, WE HELPED OUT WITH THE EAST REGION AGRILIFE CONFERENCE IN TYLER BACK IN JANUARY.

IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT NEW BROOKSHIRE CENTER, THAT THING IS MASSIVE.

AND WE STUCK 600 PEOPLE IN THERE, UH, FOR A BIG CU PROGRAM BACK IN, UH, ALONG JANUARY THE SEVENTH.

SO, UM, BIG, BIG TURNOUT.

THE REASON IT IS SO BIG, WE KIND OF MARKET IT NOT ONLY TO PRIVATE APPLICATORS, BUT STRUCTURAL PEST, AND YOU GET EXTERMINATORS, YOU GET ALL KIND OF FOLKS COME OUT FOR THAT.

'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR THOSE FOLKS TO GET THEIR CEUS.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

UM, GOOD, GOOD EVENT FOR THEM.

MET WITH MY LIVESTOCK AND FORGE COMMITTEE BACK IN, UH, MARCH.

UH, TRYING TO PUT SOME PRELIMINARY PLANS ON OUR, OUR FALL CATTLEMAN'S CONFERENCE, OUR HAY SHOW, AND JUST SOME OVERALL PLANNING FOR THE YEAR, UH, LOOKING AT DOING SOME DEMONSTRATIONS AND THINGS WITH THEM THIS YEAR.

UM, MASTER GARDENERS JUST TOLD THE JUDGE A LITTLE WHILE AGO, WE JUST GRADUATED OUR CLASS, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, OUR 2025 INTERN CLASS.

UH, SO JUST YOU CAN SEE IN THERE, UH, EIGHT INTERNS GRADUATED OVER A 17 WEEK CLASS.

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I SAY THAT ABOUT EVERY ONE OF 'EM THAT WE GRADUATED, BUT THIS CLASS IS REALLY PHENOMENAL.

UH, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.

THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, DOING SOME LANDSCAPING OVER THE JUSTICE CENTER AND TRYING TO SPRUCE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE'LL BE ON THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS AND GETTING THAT STARTED.

TOMMY, TELL 'EM WHAT PROJECT THEY JUST FINISHED AT OVER THE POOR FARM.

SO TRY TO DO SOME, UH, SOME STUFF OVER THE POOR FARM AND GETTING THAT THING KIND OF REJUVENATED OUR AREA OVER THERE.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF NEGLECTED, I GUESS, SINCE COVID.

UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE REDOING THE, THE SHED THAT WE'VE HAD OUT THERE.

IT'S BEEN REPAINTED, MOVED, UH, TRYING TO GET SOME GARDEN AREAS, UH, GOING OVER THERE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT KIND OF BEING INVOLVED WITH THAT AND GETTING THAT KINDA SHAKE BACK UP.

GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD.

UH, STILL ON THE HORTICULTURE ASSISTED WITH THE EAST TEXAS FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY.

UH, 215 FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR THAT AND CAME TO THAT OVER AT CROSS BRAND COWBOY CHURCH.

SO VERY, VERY GOOD TURNOUT FOR IT.

AND, AND I WAS CONTACTED BACK, OH, LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL BY THE BRITISH FLY MUSEUM IN TERRELL ABOUT DOING A GARDEN SIM UH, SEMINAR.

AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS A FLYING MUSEUM AND THEY'RE WANTING TO DO A GARDEN SEMINAR.

OKAY, WELL, SURE, I'LL BE GLAD, I'LL SPEAK TO ANYBODY.

AND I REALLY THOUGHT I'D GET THERE AND IT WOULD BE 15 PEOPLE.

AND THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER ONE OF THOSE HARD FREEZES IN FEBRUARY.

THE WEATHER WAS JUST TOTALLY NASTY.

65 PEOPLE PACKED THAT PLACE THAT NIGHT.

UH, SO I WAS VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THE TURNOUT.

MR. HOTARD, THAT'S THE DIRECTOR THERE, WAS VERY PLEASED WITH IT.

SO THEY'RE ALREADY PUTTING PLANS INTO PLACE FOR 26.

UH, BUT MY MASTER GARDENERS WERE SUPER INVOLVED WITH IT.

UH, SO REALLY, REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FOR THAT.

AND, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

CARRIE AND I, SHE'S GONNA GET INTO THE FOUR H STUFF, BUT WE WE'RE WRAPPING UP DISTRICT, UH, FOUR H CONTEST.

WE GOT THROUGH THE ROUNDUP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

I SPENT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LAST WEEK AT, UH, TEXARKANA FOR OUR SHOOTING SPORTS CONTEST.

UM, SO FAST AND FURIOUS.

FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT ARE INTERESTED.

THIS FRIDAY, WE'LL BE OUT AT GABRIEL GABRIEL RANCH IN GRAND SALINE FOR UPPER SABINE CATTLEMAN CONFERENCE.

AND THAT'S A JOINT PROGRAM THAT WE DO WITH VAN ZANT AND RAINS COUNTIES.

UM, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING CLOSE TO A HUNDRED FOLKS AT IT.

SO A LOT OF STUFF COMING UP OVER THE SUMMER.

UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT ARE SHAPING UP.

SO I'LL LET CARRIE GIVE, UH, THE FOUR H REPORT.

WELL, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. PHILLIPS COMMENTS.

THE ONLY THING YOU GOT OFF, YOU GOT A FLIGHT.

ONLY THING THAT I NOTICED IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE, SINCE HE'S CAME HERE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MONEY, I MEAN, YOU, THE INCOME I , I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

I SAID, HEY, IS THIS ALL YOU OR IS THIS, I MEAN, NO, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.

I'M IMPRESSED.

YOU KNOW, SO I I WELL, THINGS ARE MOVING.

WE LIKE IT WHEN YOU BRING IN ALL THAT MONEY.

I, I, I THOUGHT MAYBE BROUGHT IT WITH HIM MINDSET SO TOO, MAN, VANS AND ALL BE, THEY OUGHT TO BE REALLY UPSET.

SCARY GOOD, UNFORTUNATELY.

WHAT DO THINK WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT? I'M NOT GOING THERE.

WATCHING YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

THERE YOU GO.

SO, UH, WE'RE FINISHING UP WITH THE, UH, LIVESTOCK.

SO EVERY YEAR, STARTING THE SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY, UM, I'M PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THE OFFICE.

UM, THE STOCK SHOWS, UH, WE JUST FINISHED UP WITH AUSTIN AND SOME OTHER, UH, SHOWS.

SO I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH MY, UH, FOUR H LEADERS AND ALL MY KIDS.

THIS YEAR WE DID BREEDING RABBITS, MARKET HOGS, MARKET LAMBS, BREEDING SHEEP, MARKET GOAT, BROTHER DOUGHS, WEATHER DAMS, BREEDING SHEEP OR BREEDING HEIFERS, MARKET STEERS, FOOD CHALLENGE, AG BIOTICS.

WE JUST ABOUT DID IT ALL.

UM, I WAS VERY, VERY PROUD OF EVERYBODY.

UM, MY FOUR H LEADERS ARE LIKE THE MOST OUTSTANDING EVER.

UM, WE DID THIS YEAR.

UH, THE FIRST PRELIMINARY COUNT WAS THE KIDS WITH ALL THEIR, UH, WORK ON THEIR STOCK GOING TO THE STOCK SHOWS.

WE BROUGHT BACK OVER $25,000 IN PREMIUMS IN AUCTION MONEY AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

UM, I HAVE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THOUGH THAT, UM, MS. PP AND MS. KATIE T THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ADD-ONS FROM SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON.

I'M WAITING FOR THAT CHECK TO COME IN.

SO I CAN SEE, UM, UH, MS. KATIE IS, UH, GRADUATING THIS YEAR AND MS. EPP IS, UH, JUST GOT SELECTED FOR THE HEALTHY, UM, AMBASSADOR FOR STATE TEXAS FOUR H PROGRAM.

UM, SHE CHOSE THAT ROUTE BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BECOME AN FBI, UM, AGENT, UH, TO HELP STOP CHILD TRAFFICKING.

SO WE ARE, UM, THERE YOU GO.

WE ARE IN, UH, UM, SHE HAS CHOSE HER CAREER PATH AND, UM, I THINK SHE'S GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY SUPER GOOD.

UM, ANYWAYS, SHE'S VERY DETERMINED ABOUT HER JOB.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DID COME HOME WITH 21 DIVISION CHAMPIONS.

OF THOSE 21 DIVISION CHAMPIONS, NINE OF THEM ADVANCED ON BREED CHAMPIONS AND OVERALL CHAMPIONS.

AND SO, UM, THAT DOES A TEST THAT THE FOUR H LEADERS, UM, WE WORK REALLY HARD WITH OUR KIDS.

UM, I'M WAITING FOR ALL THE CHECKS TO COME IN FROM THE COUNTY FAIR.

WE, UH, DID DO A FITTING CONTEST.

UH, THE SHOW BOARD THIS YEAR PUT IN A FITTING CONTEST

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TO THE COUNTY FAIR.

I THINK THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT IDEA THAT HELPED SHOWCASE OUR KIDS ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK ON THEIR OWN PROJECTS.

UM, AND SO NOW WITH THAT, UM, MY KIDS ARE PRETTY MUCH STOKED WHERE THEY'RE GONNA DO ALL THE STOCK SHOW FITTING CONTESTS.

I'M NOT GOING ADD GO ADD ONE MORE THING TO OUR PLATE.

SURE.

UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT WAS THE LIVESTOCK END OF IT.

LIKE I SAID, THREE YEAR, UH, THREE MONTHS OF THAT, WE JUST STARTED BACK UP THE HORSE PROGRAM.

UM, I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME WORKING WITH THE, UH, COWBOY, UH, CHRISTIAN CHURCH OUT HERE ON, UH, 2 43.

LAST NIGHT WE HAD OVER 18 RIDER .

I HAD TO GO HOME AND DRINK SOME WINE , BUT THEY, UM, I'M, I'M LOVING WORKING WITH THOSE VOLUNTEERS.

THEY'RE VERY DEDICATED TO THAT.

WE DID OUR COUNTY ROUNDUP.

UH, WE DID DISTRICT ROUNDUP.

WE HAVE BRONX THOMPSON, HAN DRAYER, ATLANTA GROSS, AND HALLE RAKEY.

THEY'RE ALL HEADED TO THE STATE COMPETITION THEY QUALIFIED ON.

UM, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM.

I HAVE MY LITTLE, MY LITTLE ONES THAT DID REALLY WELL AT DISTRICT.

UM, THE ADULT LEADERS MET ON JANUARY 21ST.

UH, WE'RE, UH, LOOKING AT STARTING UP A, UH, SUPPORT GROUP, UM, THAT WILL COME IN AND HELP FINANCIALLY, UH, SET UP FOR LIKE OUR LIVESTOCK PROJECTS OR CLOTHING STITCHING.

UH, STEPHANIE HARDY HAS TAKEN OVER THE CLOTHING AND TEXTILES.

LIKE I SAID, TWO YEARS AGO WE MADE 18, UH, QUILTS OF VALS.

UM, WE STARTED THAT PROJECT AGAIN.

THE KIDS HAVE JUST SELECTED IN THEIR PATTERN AND I'M SO GLAD THAT HOBBY LOBBY HAD A SALE GOING ON, ON FABRIC.

UM, BUT WITH THAT ALL BEING SAID, UM, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH OUR FOUR H PROGRAM.

UH, THE FOUR HS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

WE HAVE ELECTIONS COMING UP FOR OUR COUNTY COUNCIL.

AND OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL WILL BE ROUNDING OUT WITH THE, UH, LEADERSHIP LAB HERE IN JUNE.

AND SO, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY RUNNING THIS YEAR, SO I MIGHT ACTUALLY GET A BREAK FROM BEING A DISTRICT COUNCIL ADVISOR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS.

SO, UM, BUT ON THAT, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.

UM, COMING UP MAY, JUNE, AND JULY, WE HAVE A FULL SLATE.

IN JUNE, I WILL BE GONE.

OH, ALL OF JUNE.

OH, BY, YEAH, THIS ALL OF JUNE BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE IT.

SO THINK SHE'S GONE EVERY WEEK.

PRETTY MUCH.

PRETTY MUCH.

THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO MAJOR VALIDATIONS, SO WE CAN DO THAT ONE.

SO IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND HELP US OUT WITH ANY OF OUR SUMMER CAMPS, WE DO NEED A MALE CHAPERONE FOR A SACRIFICE.

UM, SINCE WE NEED, THAT'S JUST INVOLVEMENT, NOT SACRIFICE.

SACRIFICE.

YOU USED TO SAY YOU WERE SACRIFICING YOURSELF AT THE, AT THOSE CAMPS.

WELL, I GET PAID TO BE THERE.

YOU WOULD BE A SACRIFICE .

THAT WAS OUR JOB TO BE THERE, .

SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND PARTICIPATE WITHIN OUR CAMPS, UM, WE DO NOT ALLOW SHAVING CREAM.

AND SO YOU'RE SAFE THERE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FOUR H PROGRAM? I WOULD LIKE WHEN THESE, UH, GET THROUGH WITH THEIR QUALIFYING FOR STATE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF AN AWARD CEREMONY HERE IN THE COURT.

BE GREAT FOR ALL THESE KIDS.

THEY'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND I THINK THEY NEED RECOGNITION.

AND MAYBE THAT WILL SPUR THE OTHERS ON WHO ARE COMING UP.

I MEAN, TO ACHIEVE MORE, ALL OF OUR SENIORS THAT WENT TO DISTRICT ROUND UP TO QUALIFY ON, THEY ALL QUALIFY FOR STATE.

SO I WAS VERY PROUD OF 'EM THIS YEAR.

IF YOU WILL GET ALL THOSE NAMES TO MY COURT COORDINATOR, I WILL.

YOU'LL HAVE SOME, UH, CERTIFICATES MADE UP FOR THIS.

THEY'D LOVE THAT, BRO.

ESPECIALLY NOW.

WE MAY HAVE TO DO IT AFTER WHEN SCHOOL'S OUT.

I DON'T KNOW.

Y'ALL PICK THE TIME.

WELL, UH, STATE ROUNDUP WILL BE THE VERY FIRST WEEKEND IN JUNE AND THEN JULY WE DO ANOTHER QUARTER REPORT.

SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DO IT.

YEAH, SURE.

ANY QUESTIONS? TWO, FIVE.

THEY GO TO COLLEGE STATION ROUND UP.

SO YEAH, WE HAD TWO KIDDOS, ROSS HEISER AND KATIE JUT, THEY ACTUALLY WERE SELECTED FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF FOUR H FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS.

SO THEY DID THEIR INTERVIEWS THIS WEEKEND.

UM, AND I'M HOPING WE WON'T FIND OUT THE RESULTS FOR THAT TILL, WELL, JUNE NO, I KNOW THAT BEFORE THAT, THAT'LL BE PROBABLY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS END OF MAY.

I'LL KNOW.

SO KATIE'S GOING FOR THE, THEY'RE BOTH GOING FOR THE $20,000 HOUSTON SCHOLARSHIP.

IT'S ANYTHING ELSE? Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

I WANT TO CONVENE YOU FOR THAT.

AND, AND THE LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WEREN'T DOING SOMETHING, THESE KIDS WOULDN'T BE, UH, STRIVING AS HARD AS THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY.

TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.

I BRAG, I BRAG ABOUT HER AND HER PROGRAM ALL THE TIME TO EVERYBODY.

I SAID I GOT THE BEST FOUR H AGENT IN THE STATE.

SO THANKS MARY.

I NEEDED TO HEAR THAT.

WHO'S THAT? ? YEAH, EXACTLY.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ALSO.

, ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK MUCH THANK YOU ALL.

THANK Y'ALL.

APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

THANK Y'ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT.

SHERIFF'S NOT HERE.

YOU'RE GONNA TAKE YOU SPOT, I'M ASSUMING.

[5. Sheriff Beavers: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Contract for Animal Shelter Services with the Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake. ]

JUDGE.

WE'RE GOING MR. CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER SERVICES WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF CEDAR CREEK.

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REASON WE'RE COMING TO ASK FOR THIS.

UH, THIS IS OVER IN SEVEN POINT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE 20 ANIMALS PER MONTH OVER THERE.

UH, FOR THE SIMPLE FACT IS THAT THERE'S JUST NO ROOM HERE.

AND GIVE YOU A FEW STATS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH FROM, UH, JANUARY OF 2024 TO DECEMBER OF 2024.

WE WAS ABLE TO TAKE 20 ANIMALS PER MONTH TO CITY CREEK.

WHILE OURS WAS KIND OF IN A LIMBO THERE.

SO WE CARRIED 640 ANIMALS THAT YEAR.

UH, TOTAL THIS YEAR SO FAR, JANUARY, WE HAVE RECEIVED 174 CALLS FOR ANIMALS.

FEBRUARY 144 CALLS IN MARCH, 178 CALLS TO DATE.

THE ONLY ANIMALS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT INTO THE SHELTER WAS 51 IN JANUARY, 12 AND FEBRUARY AND 28 IN MARCH.

'CAUSE THERE'S JUST NO ROOM.

WE DESERVE TO TREAT THESE ANIMALS HUMANELY AND TAKE 'EM TO A PLACE THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM AND TREAT THEM GOOD.

WE, WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

SO I'M ASKING, AND THE SHERIFF IS ASKING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE 20 ANIMALS PER MONTH TO THE SEVEN POINTS SHELTER FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THESE ANIMALS.

WE HAVE THE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET AND ANIMAL CONTRACT SERVICES.

SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED IN.

SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO SIGN THIS CONTRACT AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

WELL, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY AND, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE, TO BRING ALL UP TO DATE, MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

UH, WE'RE REMOVING THE CAT CAGES SINCE WE DON'T TAKE CATS, BUT WE'RE KEEPING SOME, BECAUSE LIKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY HAD TO HAVE SOME CONFISCATED.

SO THERE HAS TO BE A PLACE FOR THEM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WONDERING FOR THAT.

AND, AND THIS IS ALSO IF, AND IF WE HAVE TO QUARANTINE ANIMALS, WE HAVE TO QUARANTINE THEM WITH A VET IF THEY'VE BIT SOMEBODY.

UH, ALSO IF WE TAKE ANY SEIZED ANIMALS UNDER A COURT ORDER FOR ABUSE OR SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM.

BUT WE DON'T KEEP THEM WITH A VET.

WE KEEP 'EM WITH OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.

OR SEVEN POINTS.

ALSO KEEPS SOME IF FOR UNTIL THE OUTCOME OF THAT COURT CASE, AT THE OUTCOME OF THAT COURT CASE, IF THE OWNERS ARE FOUND TO BE IN NEGLECT AND ABUSING THESE ANIMALS, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE FEES.

SO NOT THE COUNTY ISN'T COUNTY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE FEES.

HOPEFULLY THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY.

, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'RE ADDING MORE DOG CAGES.

RIGHT.

UH, AND WE'VE ALREADY CHANGED THE, UH, FRESH AIR OUT, SO IT HAS TO BE DONE.

THAT, SO EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE NOW.

WE'RE WAITING, WE THINK WE HAVE THE, UH, CAT KENNELS SOLD.

SO THAT'LL BRING SOME MONEY IN TO HELP OFFSET FOR THE PENS, FOR THE, FOR THE DOGS.

AND IT'S JUST HUMANE WAY OF TAKING CARE OF THESE ANIMALS.

AND AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF 'EM AND, AND THE, AND THE CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, THE CITIZENS HAVE UNDERSTOOD WITH OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, THEY'RE GOING OUT AND SPEAKING WITH 'EM, LETTING 'EM KNOW KIND OF THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING AND THAT MOST OF THE CITIZENS HERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN GRACIOUS AND UNDERSTAND.

AND WE COME AND PICK THESE ANIMALS UP AS WE CAN.

BUT TO HAVE THESE ANIMALS IS JUST STRAIGHT AND NOT BE ABLE TO PICK 'EM UP BECAUSE THERE'S NO ROOM FOR 'EM.

IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT GOOD.

GOOD FOR OUR, UH, ENVIRONMENT AND, UH, CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.

RIGHT.

AND SO WE'RE MAKING EVERY EFFORT WE CAN YES, SIR.

TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.

THIS IS JUST ONE TOOL IN OR TOOLBOX.

AND IF, IF THERE'S AN AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL, WE PICK THEM UP ANYHOW.

IF, IF IT'S AN AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL GOING AFTER PEOPLE, WE'RE GONNA PICK THAT UP NO MATTER WHAT.

SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO GET ON TRACK UNTIL WE GET OUR SHELTER GOING.

GOOD.

RIGHT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAD A COMMENT OR QUESTION.

I KNOW WE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THEM LAST YEAR AND THEN WE ENDED IN DECEMBER.

WE ENDED IT.

I KNEW WE DID.

NOW MY QUESTION IS, IS, I MEAN, LYNETTE'S SUPER BREAKDOWN THERE HELPS US OUT, BUT HAVE WE SPOKE WITH HER? 'CAUSE THE WAY THEY'RE SET UP IS THEY ARE AT THE PRE-PLANNING THEIR BUDGET TO HAVE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES PER ANIMAL STUFF.

SO HAVE WE ALREADY TALKED TO THE NET ABOUT THAT? YES, SIR.

SHERIFF HAS, SIR.

YOU HAVE SHERIFF HAS, SHERIFF HAS SPOKE TO HER AND SHE'S ON BOARD WITH IT.

AND THERE, THERE'S A SET AMOUNT THAT WE'LL PAY EVERY MONTH FOR, JUST MAKE SURE SHE KNEW THAT.

OH YEAH.

SHE'S, WE ALREADY TALKED TO HER.

OH YES, WE SPOKE TO HER.

SHE IS ON BOARD AND SHE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THAT.

YES, SHE, SHE'S GREAT.

AND SHE, SHE IS WILLING TO STEP UP AND HELP US.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE, THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A SECOND.

OUR TREASURER, MR. CHUCK.

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THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

GET THIS SIGNED AND DONE.

OKAY, NEXT,

[6. Chuck Mohnkern: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Treasurer's Monthly Report for March 2025. ]

WE'RE GOING TO, UH, DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE TREASURES MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH OF 25.

MORNING, CHUCK.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

WE, UH, STARTED OUT MARCH WITH $51.9 MILLION IN UH, FUND TO 10.

ENDED IT WITH UH, 47.6 MILLION.

OUR INTEREST ON AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK ACCOUNTS WAS $3,109 EARNINGS ON UH, T POOL AND TEXAS CLASS.

$420,743 DURING THE MONTH, UH, TOTAL, UH, INVESTED AT THE END OF THE MONTH IN UH, TEX POOL AND TEXAS CLASS $113,553,537.

OUR AVERAGE YIELD AT UH, TEX POOL WAS 4.4688% AND AVERAGE YIELD AT TEXAS CLASS 4.4379%.

UM, TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS, UH, IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 49,916,000.

THE VALUE OF THE COLLATERAL AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 71,000,472.

SO WE WERE COLLATERALIZED AT 143%.

OUR PERCENTAGE, UH, OF MONEY INVESTED 69.46%.

TOTAL CASH IN THE BANK WAS 30.54%.

WE WROTE 488 RECEIPTS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH FOR A TOTAL OF $7.3 MILLION.

ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S A GREAT REPORT AS USUAL.

VERY PRECISE ON TARGET, OBVIOUSLY.

UH, ANY COMMENTS? NO TREASURER.

ANY MOTION TO APPROVE THEN? MOTION.

MR. LA MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. KROLL MAKES A SECOND.

CHUCK ONCE AGAIN DISCUSSED AND APPROVE THE TREASURER'S QUARTERLY REPORT.

[7. Chuck Mohnkern: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Treasurer's Quarterly Investment Report for January-March 2025, ]

UH, INVESTMENT REPORT FOR JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF 25.

OUR, UH, EARNINGS ON OUR CASH IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK DURING THE PERIOD $9,936.

EARNINGS ON, UH, TEXAS POOL INVESTMENTS.

89,240 EARNINGS ON TEXAS CLASS 1,038,000 987 34 FOR A TOTAL OF $1,138,164 DURING THE THREE MONTHS.

OUR INTEREST EARNED YEAR TO DATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR $2.108 MILLION.

INTEREST EARNED.

YEAR TO DATE CALENDAR IS 1.138 MILLION.

ANY QUESTIONS THERE? AGAIN? INTEREST RATES STAYING PRETTY STEADY.

PRETTY STEADY? YEAH.

WHICH OUR, UH, AVERAGE YIELD FOR THE THREE MONTHS WAS 4.4913 ON, UH, TEXAS POOL.

4.4914 ON TEXAS CLASS.

ANY QUESTIONS YOU NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

MAKE THE SECOND.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

[8. Jeremy Mungin: Discuss/Consider/Approve boring fiber optic on County Road 322 in Precinct 3. ]

NUMBER EIGHT.

JEREMY, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN APPROVED BORING FIBER OPTIC ON COUNTY ROAD 3 22 PRECINCT.

THREE MORNING, JEREMY.

GOOD MORNING, JIM.

UH, THE ITEM I'M PRESENTING IS THE FIBER OPTIC FOR SPECTRUM COMMUNICATIONS.

UM, IT WILL BE INSTALLED BY BORE, SO IT WILL HAVE MINIMAL IMPACTS TO COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND MINIMAL, UH, TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS.

SO I ASK THAT TO APPROVE THIS INSTALLATION.

COMMISSIONER, UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND A SECOND.

COMMISSIONER SECOND.

A AYE.

OKAY, JEREMY, ONCE, DON'T YOU AGAIN.

[9. Jeremy Mungin: Discuss/Consider/Approve boring fiber optic on Ola Road in Precinct 1. ]

NUMBER NINE, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN APPROVE BORING FIBER OPTIC ON OLA ROAD IN PRECINCT ONE.

AND IT'S THE SAME AS THE LAST ONE.

UH, IT'S BY RISE BROADBAND.

UM, IT'S ALSO BORE, UH, WITH MINIMAL IMPACTS TO COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE AND MINIMAL TRAFFIC.

THAT'S GOOD ON BORING.

SO YES.

COMMISSIONER, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. CROW MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND.

A MOTION CARRIES.

WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN APPROVED RENEWING BE 2306 FOR ANNUAL

THANK YOU JEREMY.

THANK YOU MS. LORENA.

GOOD MORNING.

[10. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve renewing BID 23-06 Annual Contract for Polyurethane Culverts for an extended 12 month period at current pricing. ]

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CONTRACT FOR POLYURETHANE COVERTS AND EX EXTENDED 12 MONTH PERIOD AT CURRENT PRICING.

YES MA'AM.

REQUESTING APPROVAL TO PROCEED.

THIS IS ON THE SECOND AND FINAL RENEWAL ON THE ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEM UNDER BID 2306.

UM, THIS RENEWAL WOULD EXTEND THE CONTRACT THROUGH MAY, MAY 3RD, 2026.

COMPLETING ALL, UH, AVAILABLE RENEWAL TERMS. JUST AN EXTRA PIECE OF INFORMATION.

WE SPENT ABOUT 114,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND 83,000 SO FORTH IN FISCAL 2025 ASKING FOR, UM, APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A AND MRS. I USE.

SO YES PAUL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. LA MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVORS SAY AYE.

A AYE.

THANK

[11. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve renewing BID 24-07 Annual Contract for Tree Trimming for an extended 12 months at current pricing. ]

YOU.

NUMBER LEVI.

MR. LINA, AGAIN DISCUSSED.

CONSIDER AN APPROVED RENEWING BID 24 DASH OH SEVEN.

THE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR TREE TRIMMING FOR OUR EXTENDED 12 MONTHS OF CURRENT PRICING.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST RENEWAL, UH, FOR LONE STAR TREE SERVICES UNDER BID 24 0 7.

AND THE RENEWAL WOULD EXTEND THE CONTRACT THROUGH MAY THE 20TH OF 2026.

AGAIN, EXTRA PIECE OF INFORMATION.

WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 51,000 IN FISCAL YEAR.

2024 AND 61,000 SO FAR IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.

MOST OF THOSE, THAT'S MAINLY, I USE THEM A LOT DURING ROAD SEASON.

MM-HMM .

BECAUSE THE GUYS ARE STAYING FOCUSED ON THE ROAD.

SO IF WE HAVE DOWN TREES, I USE THEM QUITE OFTEN, SO, OKAY.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT.

MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND MAKE SECOND.

I'VE SECOND.

I'VE BEEN USING THEM.

THEY WERE, THEY THEY DO A GOOD JOB BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I HAD SOME REMOVED THE OTHER DAY 'CAUSE THEY WERE SO TALL.

I MEAN BIG TREES, YOU KNOW, AND THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE HAVING THAT CONTRACT.

WELL IT KEEPS WORKING ON THE ROAD TREES AND THEY DO A GOOD AND THEY DO GOOD JOB IN THE SUMMERTIME.

THERE'S A LOT OF BEES IN THE TREES.

SO THE GUYS REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT.

SOMEBODY I WOULD.

YEP, BUDDY.

I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

CARRIES MS. SELENA, ONE MORE TIME.

A MOTION

[12. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve renewing BID 24-12 Annual Contract for Mowing for an extended 12 months at current pricing. ]

NO, YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE? NO, SHE GOT SOME.

ANOTHER ONE.

DISCUSS.

CONSIDER APPROVE RENEWING BID.

24 12 ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR MOWING.

EXTENDED 12 MONTHS.

IT CURRENT PRICING.

SO THIS IS A FIRST RENEWAL FOR DNM.

UM, AGAIN, BID 24 12 AND THIS IS FOR THE ANNUAL MOWING CONTRACT.

THIS RENEWAL WILL EXTEND THE CONTRACT THROUGH SEPTEMBER THE SECOND OF 2026.

UH, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 71,000 IN FISCAL YEAR.

2024 AND 51,000 SO FAR.

IN 2025 ALL CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMING SATISFACTORY.

SO WHO USES THEM? I DO.

I'M USING EVERYBODY.

ALL ME.

UH, IT'S TO HELP US ALSO TO CATCH UP IN THE SUMMERTIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN FOLKS ON ROADS, I HAVE THEM, UH, MOW A LOT OF OUR ROADS HELP US CATCH UP.

ESPECIALLY LATE SUMMER WHEN THE GRASS IS GETTING AS MUCH AS IT'S RAINING.

YOU'RE GONNA CATCH UP A LOT.

MM-HMM .

I THINK THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ADD THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT SPENT FOR EACH CATEGORY.

JUST SO THAT YOU CAN GET AN IDEA.

ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. LANE MAKES A SECOND.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES SECOND.

A MOTION CARRIES.

MM-HMM

[13. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve the purchase of a Peterbuilt 589 Truck Tractor for Precinct 1 utilizing Buyboard Contract 723-23. ]

ONE MORE TIME.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A PETERBILT 5 89 TRUCK TRACTOR FOR PRECINCT ONE.

UTILIZING BY BOARD TWO, I MEAN 7 23 DASH 23.

THIS IS FOR, AGAIN, FOR PRECINCT ONE AND, UM, IT MEETS ALL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.

I BELIEVE THE PRICE TAG ON THIS IS 176,320 WITH 39 CENTS.

I MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO PROCEED WITH THE PURCHASE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. CROW MAKES THE MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

A MOTION CARRIES.

UH, THANK YOU.

[14. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve requesting Disbursement of the Unclaimed Capital Credit Fund from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. ]

NEXT ONE IS MINE.

DISCUSS CENTER AND APPROVE.

REQUESTING THIS, UH, DISBURSEMENT OF THE UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS FUND FROM THE TEXAS CONTROLLER PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

IT'S SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR.

WE HAVE TO SIGN IT SO WE GET THE MONEY.

MM-HMM .

NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION OF A SECOND.

MR. BOARD MAKES A SECOND.

[15. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve SAVNS contract with Kaufman County as a participating entity through the competitive solicitation of the Office of the Attorney General. ]

ONE, DISCUSS.

CONSIDER AN APPROVE SAS CONTRACT WITH KAUFFMAN COUNTY AS A PARTICIPATING ENTITY THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HERE AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A RENEWAL OF WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.

NEED A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER KROLL MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE SECOND.

MR. LANE MAKES A SECOND.

IS A FORMALITY OF SIGNING A, UH, THE MEMORIAL DAY FIREWORKS SALES.

[16. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve the order authorizing Memorial Day Fireworks Sales. ]

I'LL MAKE MOTION.

I'LL MAKE, YOU'LL MAKE MOTION.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MAKES THE MOTION.

MR. UH, MOORE.

MAKE SECOND.

OKAY, MS. AUGUST, FINALLY UP TO YOU.

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

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DISCUSS CONSIDER LINE ITEM AND TRANSFERS.

YES SIR.

WE HAVE, UM, EMAILED THESE PREVIOUS TO YOU, UM, TO REVIEW.

MOST OF THESE ARE JUST ROUTINE, UM, TRANSFERS, UM, TO INCREASE REGULAR EXPENDITURE LINE ITEMS. AND SO WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK OVER? NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION? THERE YOU GO.

MR. CROW MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND.

ONCE AGAIN CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

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

SO THIS WEEK WE HAVE, UH, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES TOTALING $2,860,016 AND 24 CENTS.

MOST OF THAT IS MADE UP OF YOUR EMPLOYEE INSURANCE.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JUROR CHECKS, 11,266.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A PAYROLL OF $2,046,197 AND 94 CENTS WITH A TOTAL PAYOUT OF $4,917,480 AND 18 CENTS.

AND WE ASK FOR APPROVAL TO PAY.

I'LL MAKE THE APPROVAL.

MR. MOORE MAKES MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. BLA MAKES A SECOND.

A AYE.

MOTION

[19. Adjourn Meeting. ]

CARRIES.

AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

I THOUGHT YOU MAY.

MR. PHELPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND.