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UH, FOREIGN TRADES WAS ACTUALLY A DESIGNATED LOCATION.
UH, THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION OVERSEES THE PROGRAM.
THEY DESIGNATE SITES FOR FOREIGN TRADE ZONE ACTIVITY AND ALLOW SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO OCCUR IN THOSE SITES THAT ULTIMATELY HELP, UH, REDUCE IMPORT COSTS AND PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SAVINGS TO THE USERS.
UM, THE PUBLIC BENEFITS OF A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE, IT, IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A JOBS PROGRAM.
SO IT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW JOBS.
UH, IT REDUCES MARKET BARRIERS FOR COMPANIES AND IT HELPS STIMULATE INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVITING LOCAL COMPANIES AND IN AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT.
UM, IT, UH, IT IS INTENDED TO STIMULATE EXPORTS AS WELL, IMPORTANTLY AND ATTRACT FOR OFFSHORE INVESTMENT, ALL OF WHICH CREATES A MORE, UH, UH, ROBUST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, EFFORT FOR DEVELOPING NEW, NEW PROGRAMS IN, IN THE COUNTY FOREIGN TRADES ZONE 1 68.
UH, AS A, AS THE GRANTEE, WE ARE ADMINISTERING THE PRIVILEGE OF THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE PRO PROCESS TO THOSE COMPANIES.
WE HAVE AGREED TO SPONSOR EM'S APPLICATION FOR SUB ZONE STATUS.
SUB ZONE STATUS IS WILL, WILL ALLOW HYTHE TO, TO USE THE, TO ACCRUE THE BENEFITS OF A FOREIGN SHADE ZONE, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR THEM SHOULD THEY LEAVE THAT PROPERTY.
THOSE, THOSE BENEFITS GO AWAY.
THEY'RE NOT, UH, TIED TO THE PROPERTY.
UH, WHAT HYTHE WILL RECEIVE AND WHAT WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM IS THE ABILITY TO DEFER PAYMENTS ON GOODS.
SO GOODS WILL COME INTO THE WAREHOUSE.
THEY WILL NOT, THEY WILL BE, UH, THEY WILL NOT HAVE BEEN PAID DUTY.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL RESIDE IN THE WAREHOUSE UNTIL THEY SELL IT TO SOMEONE.
AND WHEN THEY LEAVE THE WAREHOUSE, THOSE PAYMENTS ARE THEN MADE TO US CUSTOMS. SO IT THAT, THAT DEFERRAL IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S A VERY COST, SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS.
THEY'RE ALSO REDUCTION IN PROCESSING FEES.
UH, THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO SAVE, UH, IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS AND ELIMINATE DUTY ON WASTE, UH, BECAUSE IT NEVER ENTERS THE US COMMERCIAL SYSTEM.
SO THESE FLEXIBILITIES, UH, ARE, ARE IMPORTANT TO CUT TO HYTHE AND TO ALL FOREIGN TRADES ZONE USERS.
SO THE IMPORTANT THING FOR US TODAY IS THAT, THAT THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONES, UH, PROGRAM, UH, GOODS IN, IN FOREIGN TRADE ZONE STATUS.
NOW, IMPORTS AND EXPORTS ARE, UH, REMAIN IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE.
THEY HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED A TAX SITU, SO THEY CANNOT BE TAXED.
UH, IT'S A FEDERAL PROGRAM, SO THEY'RE JUST NOT, NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TAX.
IT'S UNLIKE THE STATE OF TEXAS FREE FOR 2026.
THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT IS $179,045.
UM, IT IS FORMULATED ON THE AMOUNT OF INDIGENT DEFENSE.
UM, CASES ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPED THROUGH THE COUNTY AND THE POPULATION.
SO IT DID GO UP QUITE A BIT THIS YEAR IF THE ESTIMATE HOLDS LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT $101,000.
SO, AND WE SEE OUR NUMBERS INCREASING AND THEIR COST INCREASING DRAMATICALLY EVERY YEAR.
SO IT HELPS WITH THE COST OF THE INDIGENT THAT THE OUTSIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A WILL THEY WORK OFF OF, AND IT HELPS WITH THE COST TO COVER SOME OF THAT COST FOR THE INDIGENT DEFENSE.
AND THAT DOES DEFINITELY SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY.
WHAT YOUR PLEASURE FREE MONEY
I'LL MAKE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
THOUGHT Y'ALL ALL WENT TO SLEEP THERE FOR A MINUTE.
[5. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve the purchase and installation of concrete box culvert on County Road 4010 in Precinct #4 in the amount of $142,500 utilizing Kaufman County Bid 2025-003.]
MS. LOREN, DISCUSS, CONSIDERING APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A CONCRETE BOX COVERED ON COUNTY ROAD 40 10 IN PRECINCT FOUR IN THE AMOUNT OF 142,500 USINGGOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER.
UM, SO THE QUOTE HAS BEEN REVIEWED.
SPECIFICATIONS ARE MET, UH, PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING MET AS WELL.
SO I MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE.
[6. Fabi Carrillo: Discuss/Consider approve the replat of lots 6 and 7 of Ivy Meadows located on County Road 114 in Precinct 1.]
MS. FABBY.DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE REPLANT OF LOT SIX AND SEVEN OF IVY MEADOWS, LOCATED ON COUNTY ROAD ONE 14 IN PRECINCT ONE.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
SO, I HAVE LOT SIX AND SEVEN OF IVY MEADOWS, AT WHICH TOTAL 8.5 ACRES.
THE OWNERS ARE SPLITTING INTO TWO LOTS, RANGING FROM 3.4 TO FIVE ACRE LOTS.
SINCE IVY MEADOWS IS IN A RECORDED SUBDIVISION, IT HAD TO FOLLOW THE RELA PROCESS.
ALL THE RESIDENTS AND THE PUB,
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AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS RELA ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVALS WERE SUBMITTED WITH THE AGENDA PACKET.AND I AM ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY FOR THIS FINAL PLAT.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER IN YOUR PRECINCT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
MR. CROW MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[7. Fabi Carrillo: Discuss/Consider approve Final Plat for Pine Vista Located on Twin Oak Lane in Precinct 1.]
MOTION CARRIES.CONSIDER APPROVED FINAL PLAT FOR PINE VISTA, LOCATED IN TWIN OAK LANE IN PRECINCT ONE.
UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 3.1 ACRES.
THE OWNER IS SPLITTING INTO TWO LOTS, RANGING FROM 1.41 TO 1.46.
UH, ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVALS WERE ALSO SUBMITTED WITH THE AGENDA REQUEST PACKET.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL TODAY.
COMMISSIONER, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
MR. COLE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
AGAIN, MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND.
[8. Commissioner Phillips: Discuss/Consider/Accept donation from Keith Bell of lntex Electrical for 6 solar powered streetlights for Precinct #2 of $33,400.00.]
NUMBER EIGHT, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACCEPT THE DONATION FROM KEITH BELL OF INEX ELECTRIC FOR SIX SOLAR POWERED STREET LIGHTS FOR PRECINCT TWO, UH, TO COST OF $33,400.AND A REPRESENTATIVE BELL IS HERE WITH US TODAY.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS GOES BACK TO PRE 89, UH, SESSION.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME AREA LIGHTING, ROADWAY LIGHTING, UH, LARGER COUNTIES.
POPULATIONS OF A MILLION OR MORE CAN HAVE THAT TAX AND THEN EACH INDIVIDUAL, UH, PRECINCT WOULD PAY THAT ADDITIONAL COST.
AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, I YOU FELT LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A SITUATION THAT WAS JUST PRETTY MUCH PRECINCT TWO.
AND, UH, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND I DROVE AROUND THE, THE AREA IDENTIFIED SOME INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE REALLY PROBLEMATIC THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED PART OF KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
SO I WENT BACK TO MY VENDORS, UM, GOT SOME, UH, CONSIDERATION FROM THEM.
AND SO I ENDED UP, UH, PURCHASING SIX SOLAR POWERED P STREETLIGHTS THAT HAVE THE BATTERY, THE SOLAR POWER.
AND SO IN A, A REALLY, I GUESS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INTAKES ELECTRIC AND COMAN COUNTY PRECINCT TWO, UM, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS CREW IS GOING TO DRILL THE PI, POUR THE CONCRETE, AND THEN WE'LL FURNISH THE POLES AND ERECT THEM.
AND THEN THERE'S NO ELECTRICAL COST.
SUN SHINES FREE AND WITH A BATTERY, UH, HOPE IT SUNSHINES ENOUGH TO RUN 'EM.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH WHAT WE IDENTIFY, UH, COMMISSIONER FOUR, WE, WE LOCATIONS AT THIS 0.4 LOCATIONS.
YOU KNOW, UM, IT, IT STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
I MEAN, WHEN I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A LAW AGAINST US PUTTING UP A STREETLIGHT, IT SEEMS RATHER NOT PRACTICAL, YOU KNOW, FOR US NOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT UP A STREETLIGHT, BUT LEGISLATION WOULD'VE TO BE CHANGED TO HAVE THAT DONE.
UM, AND OR, OR YOU HAVE TO TOUCH TWO COUNTIES WITH A MILLION POPULATION, WHICH MAKES NO SENSE.
I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE A BAD INTERSECTION AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF CARS, THEY, THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT AT LEAST BY SOME KIND OF ROAD COUNT FOR AN INTERSECTION.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF A POPULATION.
BUT, AND THEN, SO I REACHED OUT TO KEITH AND TOLD HIM WHAT SOLAR LIGHTS WERE GONNA COST.
AND HE SAID, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.
AND WITH HIS GENEROSITY AND THE WAY HE IS, AND HE'S COMMUNITY BASED PERSON JUST LIKE ME, WE GOTTA REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY SOMEHOW.
AND SO HE'S DONATING THESE LIGHTS TO US AND THEY WON'T COST A NICKEL TO RUN.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS, THAT TO THE LAW.
THEY, WE CAN'T HAVE THAT REOCCURRING BILL THE $24 A MONTH FOR A STREET LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, FROM THE LIGHT COMPANY, WHICH MAKES NO SENSE, BUT IT IS THE LAW.
AND I, I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR DOING THIS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GENEROSITY AT IT BEST WHEN YOU WANT TO GIVE UP $33,000.
PLUS HE'S SERVING OUR COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING IT SAFE.
EVERY ONE OF 'EM, THE VERY DARK INTERSECTION AND VERY BAD.
MY, I WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER THIS MORNING, UM, I WAS COMING OVER HERE TO DO THIS.
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SHE ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING TODAY.AND, UH, I TOLD HER, AND SHE AND I, SHE SAID, WELL, WHERE THEY GONNA PUT UP THOSE LIGHTS? 'CAUSE MY DAUGHTERS, ONE OF 'EM LIVES IN PRECINCT TWO.
I LIVED THERE, I'VE BEEN THERE 40 YEARS ALMOST.
AND I SAID, WELL, ONE OF 'EM IS GOING OUT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION, 5 48 AND SEVEN 40.
AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, DAD, I RAN PAST THAT THE OTHER DAY AND I'VE LIVED HERE 20 YEARS.
AND SO IT IS THAT DARK AND THE TRAFFIC IS THAT MUCH.
AND SO, AND FOR ME, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I SAID, YOU KNOW, MAN, I'D DO ANYTHING FOR CODMAN COUNTY IN OUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
YOU, Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB LEADING THIS COUNTY, AND I, I'M HONORED TO SERVE WITH YOU.
BUT WHAT I WASN'T GOING TO DO WAS PASS A TAX, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID, YOU CANNOT SPEND COUNTY MONEY TO PUT THESE LIGHTS IN.
WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE, THE STATUTE.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
OUR TAX CONSTITUENTS AND YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S, UH, UH, PAYING A LOT OF TAX AND THEY, THAT'S A ISSUE, RIGHT.
SO I WASN'T GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, I DON'T THINK THIS COURT WOULD EITHER.
SO WE JUST TRIED TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, ONCE AGAIN, I'M HONORED TO SERVE, UH, AS YOUR STATE REP, BUT I LIVE HERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO IS SIT AROUND HERE AND COLLABORATE, FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.
WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY AND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT OUR, OUR COUNTY AND, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WELL, IT'S HONORED AND I WOULD CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE IF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN CODMAN COUNTY WOULD ACCEPT, UH, THIS DONATION.
WELL, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A MOTION.
WELL, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION.
I THINK THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION AND LET HER HAVE A NICE PICTURE OF US ALL.
I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS DONATION WITH, I'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED, BUT WE'RE ACCEPTING THE DONATION
I'M NOT, THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT FORMAL.
ALL IN FAVOR WITH THE AYE A AYE.
AND COMMISSIONERS, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COUNTY.
WE'RE GET IN FRONT OF SKI, GET IN FRONT OF SKI
SCOOT OVER JUST A COMMISSIONER PHELPS.
YOU GO STAND IN FRONT OF TERRY.
THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
OKAY, MS. ARTHUR, LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS OR ANY CORRECTIONS, Y'ALL ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THESE AND SEE THEM? ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS? NO, WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THESE THIS WEEK.
HOW ABOUT THAT, ZEBRA? DID WE JUST PASS IT? PERFECT BUDGET THIS TIME? YEAH.
[10. Auditor: Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.]
10, THEN CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.YES, THOSE WERE SENT TO YOU PREVIOUSLY.
AND THEIR ACCOUNTS PAYABLES AND JURY PAYMENTS.
AND WE ASK FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[11. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and entering into executive session:]
NUMBER 11 IS MINE.DISCUSS AND EXIT A REGULAR MEETING AND ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DID IT MAKE THE OTHER ONE? SHE HAD NONE.
NUMBER NINE WENT TO NUMBER 10.
OH, WE'RE GLAD Y'ALL KEEPING UP WITH THIS.
MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT.
THEY'RE BACK THERE ON AMAZON ORDERING STUFF.
NUMBER 11 IS THE MOTION TO EXIT REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
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SAY AYE.