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[Consent Agenda]
TO THE ITEM TO SET THE AGENDA.THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THIS CONSTITUENT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
[3. Ralph Davis, Carrie Sharp and Katie Sotzing; To present the Extension Office quarterly report. ]
NEXT.GROUT DAVIS, CARRIE SHARP AND KATIE
WE DID A, SO THIS IS OUR THIRD QUARTER REPORT FOR JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER.
UH, I'LL START THIS OFF WITH SOME PERSONAL PAPER HERE.
UH, JULY IS THE MONTH THAT WE'RE GONE.
AT LEAST CARRIE CARRYING MYSELF GONE BY TO ABLE DOING FOUR H THINGS.
UH, IN JULY I STARTED IT ALL, ADD UP THREE DAYS, ALL THROUGH CAMP OVER IN EAST TEXAS AS FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS.
THEY'RE DOING, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING HOW TO BASICALLY LEARN.
THEY'VE LIED, THAT THEY GAVE HIM A PROJECT, THESE TEENAGERS OUT MOVE AWAY FROM HOME, RANDOM TO PARKLAND, BUY CAR, BUY INSURANCE.
YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE HIM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO IT WITH, UH, A WHOLE THING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAUGHT WAY BACK, BUT A VERY GOOD PROJECT FOR THESE KIDS TO DO OVER THREE DAY PERIOD OF TIME AND QUITE WELL AND GOING, HOW OLD? A HURLEY MILL.
AND, UH, I THINK EVERY AGENT WILL HAVE TO GO TO THAT.
I'M PRETTY SURE I LOST MY PROBLEM WAS WALKING UP AND DOWN THE HILL TO BE DOING THAT.
UH, ANYWAY, UH, AFTER THAT, UH, WE HAD THE STATE HORSE SHOW, UH, FIRST TIME, UH, IT'S BEING IN COLLEGE STATION.
UH, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US, SO THAT'S ON THE STATE HORSE.
HE KNEW HOW THAT WAS GOING TO GO.
AND, UH, WE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM AND CARRY ON OVER THIS, THAT, UH, FROM OUR COUNTY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
AND THEY DID QUITE WELL AT STATE HORSE SHOW THIS YEAR.
UH, AFTER THAT I SPENT FOUR DAYS IN CORPUS CHRISTI AT OUR, UH, TC AAA CONVENTION.
UM, I'M PRETTY ACTIVE ON OUR COMMITTEE, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND, UH, WE DID A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT.
I GOT TO SEE LOTS OF HORTICULTURE PLANTS THAT GROW DOWN THERE THAT DON'T GROW UP OUR COUNTY.
UH, IN JULY, UH, WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE THAT IS FROM SPORTS ILLUSTRATED.
UH, I SPENT A WHOLE DAY WITH HIM ON MY INSTALLING THE PLACE.
WE LOOKED TO HAVE AN ARTICLE ABOUT OUR FERAL HALLS PROGRAM AND SPORTS ILLUSTRATED MAYBE IN DECEMBER.
GOD TOLD ME HE THOUGHT HE'D COME OUT AND EITHER THAT NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER OR JANUARY ISSUE IS FOR THE SALE IS TRADED.
I DON'T TAKE THE MAGAZINE, BUT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR IT.
ONE OF THOSE MONTHS HE TOLD ME HE TRIED TO SEND IT TO ME ONCE THEY GOT IT COMPLETELY APPROVED, BUT HE, HE WAS GOING AROUND EAST TEXAS DOING, UH, DIFFERENT STORIES ON FERAL HOG CONTROL.
AND SINCE WE HAVE THAT TRAPPING PROGRAM GOING ON, UH, WE TOOK THEM OUT TO MIKE'S PLACE AND HE GOT TO SEE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HOG DAMAGE.
UH, MIKE HAD TO TRAP MOST OF THE SUMMER TO ME QUITE HONESTLY.
AND HE TALKED, I WOULD SAY HE CALLED OVER 200.
HE HAD HOGS IN THE TIME THAT HE HAD HIS LICENSE, ONE OF THE MOST DAMAGED IN THE COUNTY THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.
UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT'D BE INTERESTING IF WE GET INTO FILM STRAIGHT.
UH, ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN THE SWIMSUIT WITH THIS? WELL, I ASKED MIKE ABOUT THAT IF YOU DON'T LIKE STALL, BUT IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A REAL, PRETTY EASILY.
SO IN AUGUST, UH, I HAD A LIVESTOCK FORWARD COMMITTEE MEETING AND WE, UH, YOU CAN SEE FOR YOUR WEEK, UH, INTRODUCE FIVE
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NEW MEMBERS TO THAT COMMITTEE.I'M ALWAYS KIND OF TRYING TO ADD TO THAT EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY TRYING TO GET SOME YOUNGER MEMBERS LIKE KIM, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT FLATTERY.
MAYBE HE'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT OLD TO BE HONEST.
THEY'D BEEN REAL ACTIVE OVER THE 45 OR 50 YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF RUNNING THE LIVESTOCK BOARD COMMITTEE IN THIS COUNTY.
AND OF COURSE, TONIGHT IS OUR ANNUAL HEY SHOW.
I HOPE Y'ALL GET A CHANCE TO COME.
I'VE GOT, UH, THE BEEF CATTLE SPECIALIST FROM OVER THINGS COMING TO TALK TO US ABOUT BEEF CATTLE AND NUTRITION DURING THE PROGRAM.
UH, WE'VE ALSO PLANNED OUT AT COUNTY TOUR.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO NEXT MONTH ON A REALLY NICE TOUR, WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY TO NEW MEXICO.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO DOWN IN POTASH MINES JUST OUTSIDE THE ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO.
UH, PLUS WE'RE GOING TO STOP AND LOVE IT AND WE'RE GOING DO A LOT OF OTHER TOOLS BESIDES THAT.
BUT, BUT THE HIGHLIGHTS GOING DOWN TO THE POTTY, ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO, UH, WE'VE GOT PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM LEFT ON THE BUS.
ANYBODY WANTS TO GO WITH, THEY'LL BE THE TIME TO SIGN UP FOR IT.
WE'LL HAVE A FULL BUS OUT THERE.
I GAVE AWAY QUITE A THREE SEE USED DURING THAT THING.
ALSO, WE, WE DO SO MUCH DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'RE STOPPED IN LUBBOCK AT A BEEF CATTLE PLACE IN THE YARD AND ANYWAY, IT'S A BIG, LONG AGENDA THAT I'LL SEND OUT WITHIN ANOTHER WEEK.
MY HEART OF CULTURE COMMITTEE, AS ALWAYS IS THE MASTER GARDNER.
UH, THEY HAVE, THEY DO WORK EVERY WEEK JUST ABOUT, UH, DOING SOMETHING, UH, IN JULY AND AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
UH, AND Y'ALL KNOW, Y'ALL ALL CONTRIBUTED TO, UH, HELPING FINISH THE GARDENS OUT THERE.
AND IF YOU HADN'T BEEN OUT THERE LATELY, THEY LOOKED PRETTY GOOD.
WE GOT ALMOST EVERYTHING DONE EXCEPT, OR IT WAS SO HOT AND DRY THIS SUMMER WE HAD, WE'RE HAVING A WAY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FEW MORE PLANTS IN, UH, THIS MONTH, UH, THAT WE JUST COULDN'T DO DURING THE SUMMER.
IT WAS JUST TOO HOT AS FAR AS TO GET IT DONE.
AND I THINK THE SIGNS FOR OUR PLANTS ARE NEARLY MADE WHERE WE CAN GO PUT THE SIGNS OUT ORDER.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE A HOUSE OUT THERE, GARDEN BREAK.
THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB DESKTOP EVERY SINGLE SINCE 2007 WHEN WE STARTED THAT PROJECT.
UH, SO, UH, SEVERAL PROGRAMS WERE GIVEN, UH, IN JULY AND AUGUST.
UH, I DON'T LIKE TO JUST READ, BUT IF YOU GO DOWN THIS, UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE SEVERAL PROGRAMS WERE GIVEN, UH, TO THE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, INCLUDING THE TURF GRAD PROGRAM, WHICH WE HAD OUT THERE.
WE HAVE A NEW TURF GRASS SPECIALIST IN DALLAS.
CHRISTY SENIORS DOES A GREAT JOB TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PLACES THAT GROW IN OUR COUNTY.
UM, AND THE LAST THING I'LL TALK ABOUT IS OUR INTERN PROGRAM.
NEXT THURSDAY IS THE, THE LAST DAY OF THAT INTERN PROGRAM.
WE HAVE 16, I THINK ONE IS DROPPED OUT.
SO WE'LL HAVE 15 GRADUATES FOR A NEW MASTER GARDENS.
NEXT THURSDAY IS THE LAST DAY AND THEY DON'T GET INTO THEIR, THEIR FULL MASTER GARDENER UNIFORMS. AFTER NEXT THURSDAY, IT'S A FIVE OR SIX HOUR.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING PRESENTATIONS, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THEIR PRESENTATION AND TEACHING STYLES THAT ARE NET PROGRAM YOU'RE INVITED TO COME TO IT.
IT SAID WE'LL BE THE FIRST CHURCH IN CRANDALL WHERE WE KNOW THAT PROGRAM STARTS AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
WE'LL GRADUATE THEN WE'LL GO ON FROM THERE.
HOW ABOUT WHERE YOU HOPE? UM, THE SUMMER DOES SEEM TO BE THE SUMMER CAMPS.
UM, I WAS UM, HONORED TO HELP TO SHARE THE LOVE CAMPS THAT WAS HELD IN TERRELL.
SO I GUESS IT WAS HELD ALL OF JUNE AND JULY EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
AND I WENT IN TWICE AND CARRIE WENT IN WITH ME A THIRD TIME AND WE TAUGHT, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT 20 KIDS EACH TIME, UM, TAUGHT THEM ABOUT SNACKING AND HOW TO EAT RIGHT.
AND I THINK WE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO PLANT SOME PLANTS AND UH, THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.
IT WAS A LITTLE CHAOTIC, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE FUN COMES IN IS THAT ALL THE KIDS ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
UM, WE DID TEACH THEM THE HEALTHY SNACKS AND ABOUT CHOOSE MY PLATE AND THEN WE TURNED THEM LOOSE WITH FOOD AND LET THEM CREATE THEIR OWN SNACKS WITH SOME GUIDANCE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE BIGGEST HIT.
BUT WE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 20 CHILDREN AT EACH ONE OF THE, UM, SESSIONS.
SO, UH, THE, MY MOST POPULAR CLASS THIS ENTIRE
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YEAR HAS BEEN, UM, MY COOKING UNDER PRESSURE CLASS, BUT THE ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER, UH, SINCE JANUARY, I THINK I'VE TAUGHT ABOUT 125 PEOPLE HOW TO USE THEIR INSTANT POTS.AND THERE ARE OTHER ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKERS AND I'M CONTINUALLY AMAZED AT THE CHANGES THAT MAKES FOR PEOPLE'S LABS.
IF ANYBODY WANTS RECIPES, LET ME KNOW.
I'VE GOT A WHOLE BOOKLET PUT TOGETHER.
I'LL HAVE ANOTHER CLASS PROBABLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, IT'S A HANDS ON CLASS WHERE WE TURN PEOPLE LOOSE WITH THE ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER.
OF COURSE THEY'RE SCARED OF IT, BUT WHEN WE HAVE FIVE GOING AT THE SAME TIME, PEOPLE TEND TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE RELAXED WITH IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE EVERYBODY GETS TO EAT WHAT THEY COOKED.
AND SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST, MOST BUMMED PART.
UM, AND, UM, ALL OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER I'VE HELPED HOSTED A HEALTH LITERACY CLASS WHERE WE MET EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO TALK TO OUR AGING POPULATION ABOUT, UM, TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR, UM, THE MEDICAID, MEDICARE BENEFITS AND ARE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE ROT PLAN BECAUSE IT IS OPEN ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE WANTED TO GET SOME INFORMATION OUT TO THEM.
UM, HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MEDICATION.
ARE YOU DOING THE RIGHT THING? ARE YOU ABLE TO TALK TO YOUR PHARMACIST JUST TO EMPOWER OUR AGING POPULATION IN KAUFMAN COUNTY ON WHETHER THEY'RE GETTING THE BEST HEALTH? UM, OTHER THINGS I'VE DONE THIS YEAR, THIS QUARTER IS, I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTY AT THE STATE FAIR THREE TIMES.
I KNOW KERRY'S UP THERE A LOT MORE THAN THREE TIMES, BUT I WAS OUT THERE THREE TIMES DOING COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AND UM, AND THE GORTEX AND BUILDING AND UM, MEETING PEOPLE AND UM, IT'S REALLY FUN.
AND THE POP THE CROWD WALKS THROUGH AND GETS TO TASTE OF THE FOOD I'M COOKING.
AND I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT HAPPENED THIS SUMMER WAS MY, UM, MY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, CAL HOSTED THE STATE MEETING THIS SUMMER AND UM, WE'VE BEEN PLANNING IT FOR TWO YEARS AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
SO THAT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF TIME, UM, TO GET PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DONE FOR ALL THE AGENTS IN THE STATE AND MY POSITION.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD TIME THIS MORNING.
UM, THERE WASN'T CELEBRATION EVERY YEAR COMING TO YOU FOR THE NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK, UH, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK.
UM, THE COFFEE COUNTY FORAGE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW EITHER IN THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OR ALSO IN OUR AG, IN THE CLASSROOM PROGRAMS, WHICH YOU ALL SUPPORT REALLY WELL FOR US.
THE TEACHERS ARE SIGNING UP FOR THAT.
UH, WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS. UM, ONE THING THAT OUR PROGRAM ASSISTANTS DO IS THEY GO IN AND THEY HELP THOSE TEACHERS BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH SCIENCE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE WATER, UM, LITERACY WHERE WE DO THE EROSION TRAILER THAT RALPH HAS NEGOTIATED FOR US TO KEEP HER IN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND ALSO FOR SOULS AND PLANT SCIENCES SEEMS TO BE THE POINT WE'RE ON OUR TEAKS AND ATTACKS TEST, STAR TESTING AND KAUFMAN COUNTY SEEMS TO BE THE LOWEST SCORE WHEN IT COMES TO LEARNING THOSE SOILS.
SO WITH THE WORK WE GO IN, WE TRY TO HELP THOSE TEACHERS WITH THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS TO HELP THEIR CLASSES MORE.
I'M TRYING TO TEACH TEACHERS LET IT IS OKAY FOR KIDS TO GET THEIR HANDS IN THE DIRT.
I BUY FROM WALMART, SO THEIR PARTS CLEAN.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO WITH THAT IS THAT THIS MORNING YOU GOT TO MEET ONE OF OUR YOUNGEST, UH, LEADERSHIP GROUPS FOR THE COUNCIL THAT WE'VE HAD IN SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT FOUR H IS WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE THEM TO BE BETTER LEADERS AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
AND COMPLIMENT COUNTY IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW WELL WE'RE DOING.
AS IN WE HAVE PEYTON NEELUM THAT JUST GOT ACCEPTED TO THE, UH, SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY AND MATHEMATICS STATE AMBASSADOR TEAM, 60, UM, 65 APPLICANTS AND HE HAS ONE OF 13 THAT MADE IT INTO THAT TEAM THIS YEAR.
HE'LL BE GOING OFF TO A TRAINING THIS NEXT WEEK.
UM, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
ALSO, CASSIE DAILY WHO YOU MET THIS MORNING.
UM, AND JACOB PROPER, THEY UM, TECHNICAL, THE CROWDS ON OH, YOU TOO.
UM, THE, FOR SOME REASON WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO HOST AN OPEN COME LEARN HOW TO DO ARCHERY DAY DURING THAT WEEKEND.
UM, IT WAS GREAT TILL AFTER THE FOOTBALL GAME WENT OUT.
UM, AND THEN THE KIDS FOUND OUT THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO WALK AND TALK AND SHOOT A BOW IS DIMINISHED.
UM, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.
THEY HANDLE THE CROWDS WONDERFULLY.
I WAS VERY PROUD OF THEM WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP ABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE AND ALSO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE BOYS FOR ALSO IS GROWING OUTSIDE OF THE LAST TALK REALM.
WE HAD YOUNG PEOPLE AT ALL OF THE STOCK SHOW, WEST TEXAS, NORTH TEXAS, EAST TEXAS, FOUR STATES, STATE FAIR, AND PART OF TEXAS WHO KNEW
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A STATE COULD HAVE SO MANY STATE BEARS.UM, WE HAD OVER, UH, WE HAD SKIPPY ONE YOUTH COMPETING IN JUNIOR HEIFERS, BRILLIANCE WINE, BRITNEY, SHEEP, RABBITS, HORSES MARKET HOGS, MARKET GOATS, MARKET LANDS, MARKET STEERS, POULTRY AND LONGHORNS, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM.
UM, YOU EVER LOOK ON THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT COMPLICATED FOR IT.
BASICALLY KICK BEER, WHICH I WAS VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE AND SHOWS THEIR DEDICATION AND WORK TO THOSE PROJECTS.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE HAVE THREE TEAMS THAT FOOD CHALLENGE, GO TO WACO WITH THREE TEENS, A FOOD CHALLENGE AT THE STATE FAIR.
UH, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT AND THEY'RE DOING REALLY GOOD.
OUR ROBOTICS TEAM, WE TOOK THREE TEAMS TO THE, UH, STATE FAIR, TEXAS, THE JUNIOR TEAM PLAYS FIFTH OVERALL.
AND SO OUR LEADERS ARE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD.
UM, I COULD NOT DO MY JOB WITHOUT MY LEADERS IN THIS COUNTY.
SO, UH, TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, KIM GRAY HAS A QUILTING GROUP.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A, UM, UH, WHAT WE CALL A
SO WITH THE FORAGE VOLUNTEERS, THE COFFEE CATEGORY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW AND I HOPE YOU WILL, UM, COME OUT ONE TIME TO WORK MEANS WE HAVE A GREAT TIME.
RIGHT NOW THE FFA ADVISORS AND I HAVE YOUR TAGGING IN PROJECTS FOR THE SPRING SHOWS.
UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE NEW, UH, THE NEW ADDITIONS YOU'VE MADE TO THE SHOW GROUNDS.
WE ONLY HAD ONE HEIFER THAT PROTESTED, BUT, UH, DUE TO THE, UM, COFFIN COUNTY'S FINEST, WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP UP CONTAINED AT THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, SHE DID GET AWAY FROM US FOR LIKE 12 HOURS.
THAT WAS, SHE, SHE DID NOT APPRECIATE THE PROCESS WENT THROUGH.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU EVER HAVE, YOU NEED THE, UM, FOUR H PROGRAMS TO DO ANYTHING.
WE WOULD LOVE HELP YOU ALL WITHIN YOUR PROGRAMS. THEY NEED TO LEARN A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE POLITICAL PROCESS.
THIS LAST JULY, UM, AS, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS, UM, THE FOUR H, UH, WE HAVE A BRIDGE TRAVELING GROUP.
THEY LEARN HOW TO RAISE MONEY.
THEY LEARN HOW TO MARKET, THEY LEARN HOW TO, UH, BASICALLY GET TO AN INTERNATIONAL LOCATION.
THIS LAST YEAR, DURING JULY, UH, THEY RAISED THE MONEY.
UM, THEY WERE, UM, INTRODUCED TO FOREIGN EXCHANGE MONEY AND ALSO THEY LEARNED, UM, QUITE A BIT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WILLINGNESS FOR PEOPLE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE POLITICAL AFFAIRS OF THE NATION WORLD AND WHERE THEY SEE AMERICA FIT IN.
UM, OUR KIDS GOT A REALLY GOOD EDUCATION.
IT WAS IN LIKE IN TWO YEARS WE'VE HAD TWO PLAY.
HOPEFULLY IF THERE'S ANY OF THE OTHER MAYBE BIGGER, IT MAY BE, I KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO VISIT ONE OF THE CATTLE RANCHES, BUT THEY HAVE SEVERAL MORE BEEF CATTLE KIDS AND THEY WERE KIND OF ALL EXCITED CAUSE WHEN THEY CONVERSE WITH THE PEOPLE THERE FOR THE BEEF CATTLE RANCH, THIS, WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST LOSS? YOU KNOW, THEIR LAST MARCH, BUT WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST LOSS? AND THE GUY GOES, WELL WE LOSE A LOT TO THE VOLCANO TUBES.
AND THE KIDS WERE LIKE, WOULD THAT BE RESPIRATORY? HE GOES, NO.
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT A VOLCANO DUBIOUS OR A LOT OF SOUP.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF EXCITED THAT POINT AND SEE HOW AGRICULTURAL WORKS THERE.
QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
I WENT THROUGH THE FOOD CHALLENGES AND DISCOVERED ONE THING REALLY QUICK.
ANOTHER THING
I JUST DON'T WANT TO COMMEND THE KIDS.
I WENT THROUGH THE ALL THE REST OF THE BAR BACK
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LAST FRIDAY.AND SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB THIS MORNING AND YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE HOW OUR AGRILIFE PROGRAM REALLY INTEGRATES AND SUPPORTS WHAT GOES ON IN OUR SCHOOLS.
I KNOW FROM WORKING WITH SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THERE'S CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REALLY PRAC THE NEED FOR PRACTICAL CLASSES, ABOUT TEACHING LIFE SKILLS.
SO, SO, UH, THAT, THAT KINDA, THAT KIND OF SUPPORT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN, UH, I KNOW FROM, UH, FROM OUR LIONS CLUB PROGRAM THE OTHER DAY, WHAT A MASSIVE PROGRAM AT SCHOOL.
SO, SO THE WAY YOU GUYS DOVETAIL WITH OUR TREE I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT FOR THE KIDS.
FASTEST GROWING THING IN THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT OUR TREE, IT'S THE BASS FISH TO NEEDS.
SO THE BEST TEAMS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING THING.
SO I MEAN WHAT NOT WANT TO GET WAIT FOR THIS MONTH IS HEMP PRODUCTION.
IT'S COMING CALL FROM COUNTIES.
NOBODY WILL SAY, DID YOU GROW? IT CERTAINLY WORK.
KELLY GETS TO BE THE GO TO PEOPLE.
[6. Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter into a public hearing. ]
THANKS TO ITEM SIX, UH, CONSIDER EXITING AND REGULAR AND ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING.UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO EXIT REGULAR MEETING AND HENRY HAD A PUBLIC HEARING.
HARVARD'S OR SECOND HOUSE PHILIPS.
WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE
[7. Public Hearing; Receive input from the public regarding not allowing Thru Trucks and placing "No Thru Truck" signs on the following county roads within Pet. 1: Prairie Chapel Road, Prairie Chapel Trail, County Road 130, Stitzle Road and Bud Stoy/CR 266. ]
INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING NOT ALLOWING THROUGH CRUX AND PLACING NO PROOF TRUMP SIGNS ON THE FOLLOWING COUNTY ROAD WITHIN PRECINCT ONE VERY CHAPEL ROAD, VERY CHAPEL TRAIL.COUNTY ROAD, ONE PARTY SPOT, SOUL ROAD IN BUD STORY ROAD SLASH COUNTY ROAD 66.
IS THERE ANYONE WITH US WHO YOU CARED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSED SOME COMMISSIONER'S COURT ACT? IS THERE ANYONE WITH US WHO WOULD CARE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSED ACTION? THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
[8. Discuss/Consider exiting public hearing and enter back into regular meeting. ]
ITEM EIGHT, DISCUSS EXITING PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTER BACK INTO REGULAR MEETING.UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO EXIT THEN? EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER BARBARA FOR A SECOND.
DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[9. Discuss/Consider not allowing Thru Trucks and approving orders for "No Thru Truck" signs to be placed on the following County Roads within Pet. 1: Prairie Chapel Road, Prairie Chapel Trail, County Road 130, Stitzle Road and Bud Stoy/CR 266. ]
DISCUSS, CONSIDER NOT ALLOWING THROUGH TRUCKS AND APPROVING ORDERS FOR HOPEFULLY TRUCK SCIENCE WOULD BE PLACED ON THE FOLLOWING.COUNTY ROADS IN PRECINCT ONE GRAY CHAPEL ROAD, A CHAPEL TRAIL, COUNTY ROAD 30 TITLE ROAD KIND OF ROAD TWO 66, UH, IDEALLY THING TO SAY.
OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO JUST KIND OF CLEAN UP SOME STUFF THAT WE'VE KIND OF RUN INTO? LIKE LAST CATALOG ONE 30 GOES TO ONE PHRASING THREES ROBES AND THE TRUCKS COME IN AND THEN THEY GET IN THERE JUST TO NOTE THREE TRUCKS AND NOT 20.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF STRANGE TO GET FROM STUFF THAT WE RUN INTO.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO IN THROUGH TRUCKS ADS.
COMMISSIONER HUNTER, THREE OF THOSE FOR TRUCKS AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND MISS YOUR CASE DISCUSSION? I SAY NO.
[10. Pam Corder; Discuss/Consider accepting funding from the Texas Association of Resource Conservation and Development in the amount of $8,000.00 for Electronic Recycling/Collection Event. ]
ITEM 10 AND PORTER DISCUSSED, CONSIDER ACCEPTING FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONTEMPLATION, $8,000 IN ELECTRONIC RECYCLING.SO JUST LET, IT IS A RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
LUBE ON IT IS SPONSORING OUR APPLICATION AND WE WILL RECEIVE THE MONEY FROM THE STATE OR ELECTRONIC.
WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS FOR THAT AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO CLEAN OUT, UH, WHAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT THEY'RE NOT USING ANYMORE QUESTIONS.
NOW I KNOW THIS IS A GREAT THING.
SHE'S KIND OF, I GUESS SUDDENLY INTO THIS NOW WE'VE HAD SOME VOLUNTEER, I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS RECYCLING STUFF, THE ELECTRONICS AND THE TIRES AND STUFF AND IT'S AMAZING THE NUMBER
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OF ELECTRONICS THAT PEOPLE HAVE STORED.THEY CAN'T GET RID OF OUR TIRES.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE OF HER AND HER WORK AND FINDING THESE GRANTS IS THE REASON WE CAN DO THIS.
SO IT'S REALLY ALL HER FINDING THE MONEY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND YOU JUST WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE PEOPLE, THE LINES WERE THERE AN HOUR EARLY TRYING TO GET RID OF THIS STUFF, WHICH I APPRECIATE THEM NOT THROWING IT ON THE COUNTY ROADS AND SAVING IT FOR HER TO FIND THE MONEY TO HAVE THESE EVENTS.
BUT IT'S, THIS IS A GOOD THING AND I HOPE SHE KEEPS ON CONTINUING TO DOING WHAT SHE DOES WELL.
IT'S A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS.
SO WHAT DO YOU HEAR ON MY COMMOTION? GRINER OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER GRANTED FUNDING.
THE FILMS DISCUSSION WAS IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[11. Pam Corder; Discuss/Consider accepting donation of $200.00 to the Historical Commission from the Council of Texas Archeologists to support Texas Archeology Awareness Month]
AND ORDER DISCUSSED.CONSIDER EXTENDING DONATION OF $200 FOR THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION OR THE COUNCIL OF TEXAS ARCHEOLOGISTS TO SUPPORT TEXAS ARCHEOLOGY AWARENESS MONTH.
SO THIS FUNDING WAS USED TO BUY ARROW.
WELL WE'LL, WE'LL COVER THE COST THAT WE SPEND ON THE ARROW AND THE NECKLINE THAT WERE USED AT THE EVENT FOR THE VINTAGE MARKET DAY ON OCTOBER 5TH.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY EXTENDED AND TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THE EVENT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AT THE PORT FARM.
SO, SO THIS FUNDING, WOULD THIS HELP PAY FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE, UM, WE'D TELL THEM WHAT YOU DO WITH THE ARROWHEADS, CAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS.
MY WIFE BEING A FIRST GRADE TEACHER, SHE KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT.
SO THE ARROW HEADS ARE HIM INTO THE SAND AND THE CHILDREN COME AND THEY CAN SIFT THROUGH SCREENS AND FIND FINDING ARROWHEAD.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARCHEOLOGY, WHAT WE MET HEIN, AND THERE'S SOME CLAY PIECES, OLD PLATES AND THINGS IN THERE TOO.
SOMETHING FUNNY IS THE KIDS TEND TO PUT THOSE IN THEIR POCKET.
AND SO IF WE'RE IN THE CLASSROOM TALKING ABOUT IT OR DEMANDS, I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, ARROWHEAD.
AND THEY KIND OF START PULLING THEM BACK OUT.
AND THEN THE CLAY WAS FOR WHAT'S CALLED PINCH SPOTS.
AND SO THEY'RE JUST POTS THAT THE KIDS CAN MAKE AND THEY MAKE THEM IN DIFFERENT SHAPES, BUT IT TENDS TO BE WHAT THE INDIANS USED.
SO THEY JUST FOUND A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY HISTORY LESSON.
NONE OF US SHOULD BE SURPRISED THAT YOU CAN BUY EARLY ADS ON AMAZON THAT ARE LAID OUT BANK IN CHINA, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY REALLY ERODED.
SO WHAT'S BEFORE US IS A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS $200 DONATION.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY JUDGE THAT SINCE YOU TOUCHED ON IT, THAT THAT UH, THAT THAT EVENT AT THE POOR FARM WAS AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
NOT ONLY INCLUDING THIS ARROWHEAD ISSUED, BUT WE HAD GREAT PUBLIC TURNOUT.
WE REALLY RAISED, I THINK THE AWARENESS OF, OF THE AVAILABILITY AND THE, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE POOR FARM.
UH, AND IT WAS REALLY JUST WELL DONE BY, BY AGRILIFE FOLKS, BY THE MASTER GARDENERS, BY ALL THE COUNTY PEOPLE, BY COMMISSIONER HUNT AND ALL THESE GUYS THAT REALLY HELPED TO CLEAN THAT AREA UP AND REALLY POLISH IT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL.
ALL OF THOSE UH, GROUPS THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED IS PAGAN AND NAT ARE CLEARLY ON THE UPSWING.
I MEAN, WE CLEARLY HAVE GREAT PEOPLE IN PCS.
YOU CAN ALMOST REACH AND THAT'S GOOD.
SO, UH, IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO GET
SO WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO THOSE FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, UH,
[12. Laura Peace; Discuss/Consider approval of establishing a Petty Cash Fund in the amount of $100.00 for the Juvenile Probation Department.]
EXTENT.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ESTABLISHING A PITY CASH PHONE FOR NOW $100.
WE'VE NEVER HAD A PETTY CASH FUND.
I'M DEALING WITH KIDS THE WAY WE DO.
JUST NEVER FELT REALLY SAFE TO HAVE PASSIONATE IN THE OFFICE.
WE DON'T TAKE CASH PAYMENTS FOR ANYTHING.
IT HAS TO BE CASHIER'S CHECK OR MONEY ORDER.
BUT WE'VE HAD SOME SITUATIONS WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO PAY CASH BENEFIT.
AND WHEN I TALK TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, THEY'LL SAY, WELL, ONCE YOU TAKE THAT OUT, YOU'RE PAYING A CASUAL YOUR HAND.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO ESTABLISH A PETTY CASH FUND.
WELL, WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE PAY IN PROBATION FEES, THEY'RE PAYING WITH THE CASHIER'S CHECKS.
SO THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DOING THE PAPERWORK TO GET A $5 CHECKS TO SOMEBODY WHEN IF WE HAD THE PETTY CASH, GIVE IT TO THEM, DOCUMENT IT, DO THE RECEIPT, AND THEN AT THE END OF TWO OR THREE MINUTES WHENEVER WE NEEDED IT, WE TURNED
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IT ALL IN.AND THEN ALL OF THOSE FUNDS COME OUT OF THE APPROPRIATE LINE HUBS.
IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR BUDGET, IT'S JUST A PROCESS ISSUE.
ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT AS HER EMOTION, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM PUNISH CASE JUST EVER STEPHANIE CASH BOND IS HER SECOND NOW.
DISCUSSION AS A FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[13. Courtney Gladney; Discuss/Consider approval of Report from the District Attorney's Collections Division]
HUMBLE AND REPORT AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.FOR THE COLLECTION DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $262,827 AND 38 CENTS.
THIS IS A 19 POINT 95% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND A 49 POINT 31% INCREASE FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
Y'ALL ARE DOING A BETTER JOB OVER THERE.
WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND OUR FAMILY'S GROWING AND THERE'S MORE WORKLOAD HAS DEFINITELY, YEAH.
NOT A PERSON, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LISTENING ALL THE TIME.
RIGHT? SO WHEN WE HAVE THESE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REPORT ATTORNEY QUESTIONS? WE'D HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[14. Randy Richards; Discuss/Consider approving deputation of Matthew J. Scotch as Deputy Fire Marshal]
OUR FIRE MARSHAL RANDYGOD, HE'S ONE OF OUR NEWEST DEPUTY AND HER TEAM AND HE KIND OF FAULTS LIKE PAT.
I REALIZE THAT FIREFIGHTING IS A YOUNG MAN'S GAME FROM THE PARK SERVICE, A NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENT.
ROBERT DART FROM AND WHAT THEY'VE GOT IS FIRE INVESTIGATOR CERTIFICATION, FIRE INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION AND I'M ORIGINALLY GOT THIS POLICE OFFICER LICENSE SO HE MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN THERE THIS MORNING.
I JUST CHECK HIM OUT THOUGH IN THE BACKGROUND.
HE CHECKED OUT RIGHT AWAY REGARDLESS.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MATTHEW SPOT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION IN THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HONDA'S SECOND COMMISSIONER DISCUSSIONS.
I WAS IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SAT IN THE BEACON IN SPITE OF WHAT THE
[15. Randy Richards; To Present/Accept the Fire Marshal's Monthly Activity Report. ]
RANDY RICHARDS PRESENT EXCEPT THE FIRE MARSHALL'S MONTHLY ACTIVITY.ALONG WITH THAT, THE AVERAGE NUMBER ON OUR STRUCTURE PARK, WE HAD A BIG FIRE DOWN AND FOR THE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WE ONLY HAD GOOD GRASS FIRES.
UH, JUST ALL THE RAIN, WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH, ONLY AVERAGE ABOUT SIX ARE ILLEGAL FIRES.
OF COURSE THE BURN BAN CAME INTO PLAY AND NOW THAT HAS JUMPED UP TO 20, AND I EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO BE AT LEAST THAT SPURRED NEXT MONTH REPORT AS WELL.
UH, OTHER CALLS, YOU KNOW, MISCELLANEOUS TYPE CALLS SITTING AT 24 HOUR, UH, INSPECTIONS PROGRAM'S STILL ROCKING ALONG ABOUT THE SAME WITH THE NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND HOW MANY ARE PRETTY GOOD THERE FOLLOW UP.
JUST COMBINATION OF INVESTIGATIONS AND INSPECTIONS GOT GROUNDED TOGETHER BUT NOT TOO MANY FOLLOW UP HERE.
LIKE WE DID A BUMP UP THE NUMBERS ON OUR CITATIONS, WHICH FALLS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF A WARRANT SERVICE ARREST.
I'LL TELL YOU SINCE YOUR WARNINGS, THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONE ARREST IN THAT ON BUILDING A CASE AND A NEW PERMITS WHERE WHEN WE WERE DOWN TO, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LOWEST NUMBER WE'VE HAD IN QUITE SOME TIME.
SO JUST EITHER A SLOW MONTH OR SURE WHAT THE BILL WAS.
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AND THEN, UH, OUR REVENUES WERE DOWN 10, 12,000 FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.SO, UH, LAST YEAR IF YOU'LL NOTE BACK IN MAY, THAT WAS A VERY, VERY LARGE PROJECT THAT CAME ON BOARD, WHICH WAS RIGHT AT 20, ALMOST $25,000.
THERE'S A FEW OF THOSE THAT ARE PROBABLY COMING DOWN THE PIPE MONITOR.
WE'RE STILL BUILDING IN THE CONFINES OF 40.
SO AT THE POINT HE'S GETTING ALL THE MONEY AROUND THAT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND OUT INTO THE CASH.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? AND I HAVE SEVERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT THE BURN BAN.
UM, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE NUMBERS TODAY, BUT AS OF YESTERDAY, OUR COUNTY AVERAGE HAS DROPPED DOWN BELOW THE FIVE 75 BENCHMARK.
HOWEVER, THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF OUR COUNTY, PRIMARILY THE, UH, CRANDALL AND, AND KIM BERRY ARE STILL ABOVE AT FIVE 75.
BUT OVERALL AS A COUNTY, WHICH IS HOW WE TYPICALLY DO OUR, OUR FARMER VAN AT INDIGO, IT'S, IT WAS DOWN BELOW THE AVERAGE CHILD WOULD EXPECT THE RAIN THAT THEY WERE GETTING THIS WEEKEND.
MY PEOPLE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND BIRCH AND BRUSH PILES AND EVERYTHING AND I STAYED AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOPIC RIGHT NOW TOO WITH THE RANGE OF THEIR ADVICE INSIDE.
THEY JUST KEEP THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND US PRETTY BUSY.
I THINK THAT, I MEAN I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR OVERALL INDEX YOU KNOW IS ACCEPTABLE THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME, SOME OF THE REALLY LARGE PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE STILL IMPACTED AND THAT'S WHY WE, WHEN TO LOOK AT THAT, YOU NATURALLY GO TO THE, UH, TO THE SIDE, THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATOR TMCC AND THEY HAVE A FULL KILOMETER MAP THAT ACTUALLY BREAKS IT DOWN AND PIXELS AS TO WHERE THE HEAVIER THE DRIER AREAS ARE.
THEN IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S REPORT? I'M GOING TO MOVE.
WE HAD THAT EMOTIONAL CONDITION MARKERS OR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND PAGE DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[16. Sheriff Beavers; Discuss/Consider approving deputation of Anthony R. Manriquez as Deputy Sheriff. ]
SEEING HERE THE VERSION OF THAT DEPARTMENT.I LADS WENT TO POLICE ACADEMY, WE'RE BIBLES ON THEIR MUSKIE, I THINK HE GREW UP IN THE STREET AND ANYWAY, HE WENT, ONCE HE GOT TO A PLACE, HE GOT HIM TO COME BACK TO US IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AGAIN.
SO IT'S FUNNY WHEN WE WERE BOARDING HIM FREE, ALL THOSE IN HERE THAT DON'T KNOW I'VE GOTTEN IDENTICAL AGAIN, WORKS FROM MESQUITE PD.
WELL ONE OF MY QUESTIONS HIM ON THE BOARD WAS, AND I NEVER MET THIS KID.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.
YOU HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE THAT POLICE OFFICER AND A BAD EXPERIENCE WHERE HE'S TOLD HIM BAD EXPERIENCE AND HE'S LIKE YOU.
SO HE'S GOING ON AND I HAD TO WAKE HIM UP, HOOK EVERYBODY ON SLACK.
YOU'RE NOT TAKING CREDIT FOR THIS.
HE'S A GOOD KID AND WE'RE GLAD TO GET HIM BACK.
SO WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO ACCEPT THE DEPUTATIONS SO WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE DIGITALIZATION OF ANTHONY OR
[17. Sheriff Beavers; Discuss/Consider approval of Interlocal Agreement with the Department of Public Safety for Drug Testing.]
YES, I AM.THE SHERIFF, WE'RE GOING INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DPS AND WHAT IT IS AND IF I GET A TURN AROUND TIME ON OUR DRUG CASES AND ANDERSON COUNTY HAS AGREED TO GO IN ON HIRING A DRUG ANALYST TO HELP TAKE CARE OF OUR CASES FOR THE COUNTIES TO BRING THAT UP.
SO I THINK THEY'RE PAYING 40,000 WHEN THE PAY 49 SHERIFF DIDN'T MENTIONED THAT BRINK, YOU GOTTA STITCH UNDER $5,000 DIFFERENCE.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE 85 BUT HE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PART OUT OF HIS CURRENT BUDGET.
BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS, EXCEPT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WILL SPEED UP OR A CASELOAD AND GET THE DRUG CASE RESULTS.
THIS BAG, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS ITEM.
IT WAS WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH HENDERSON COUNTY FIRST DBS.
WE APPROVED IT FIRST PART AND NOW WE ARE GOT THE ATTORNEYS FOR HENDERSON, I MEAN ATTORNEYS
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FOR DPS TO SIGN OFF ON IT.SO NOW WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE APPROVAL, APPROVAL APPROVAL AND THE DIFFERENCE IS, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
HE HAD ASKED ME TO SHARE THAT DIFFERENCE.
SO NOW THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S DOING THE WHOLE THING.
IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER BECAUSE DTA, TPS HAD A SALARY INCREASE FOR THE CHEMIST AND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT BACK IN THE SUMMER WHEN WE CAME TO Y'ALL IN BUDGET CYCLE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE GO DATE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP AND ROLL WITH TRAINING AND STUFF.
WERE YOU STRUGGLING NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE TRAINING ISSUE? SUPPOSEDLY WHEN WE SIGNED THIS, THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL TRAINING, SIX MONTHS, OUR SERVICES, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.
I HOPE, UH, BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS.
I KNOW YOU'RE MOVING BECAUSE I HOPE REALLY THAT THAT HELPS US, THAT WE'RE GOING FOR SIX MONTHS TO HOPEFULLY 30 TO 45 DAYS AND DEBBIE DID A LOT OF WORK ON THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE GETTING THE CONTRACT BACK TO THE STATE, LIKE PULLING TAPE, WE'RE ALL HOPING IT'LL GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT OF JAIL FASTER.
SO NEXT UP AND I GUESS YOU'RE CARRYING THIS ARM, LIEUTENANT CHAIR,
[18. Lt. Ben Schoeff; Discuss/Consider approval of agreement for the Provision of Access to Radio System between Kaufman County, Texas and Careflite. ]
ACCESS TO RADIO SYSTEM TEXAS.WELL A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY CARE FLAT AND HAS A CONTRACT HERE AS WE ALL KNOW.
AND W WE ALLOW EVERYBODY TO HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE MAIN DISPATCH CHANNELS AND YOU KNOW, LET THE POLICE SIDE AND THEN THE UM, CARE FLIGHT COMMUNICATES TO DISPATCH THROUGH THE FIRE SIDE OF IT.
BUT THEY WANTED SOME ADDITIONAL CHANNELS ON OUR SYSTEM THAT MORE OR LESS LAST TALL GROUPS ON THE BACK SIDE FOR THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
SO THEY WANTED TO GO INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH US TO PAY TO USE SOME TALK GROUPS ON OUR SYSTEM.
SO WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO IS I PAY LIKE $25 PER RADIO MONTHLY.
SO WE'LL BE GONE IN SOME MONEY FUNDS COMING BACK INTO THE SYSTEM AND WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS THIS, THIS STUFF'S COMING IN TO CONSIDER MAYBE US SETTING THAT ASIDE FOR ADDING RADIO TOWERS, ADDED UPDATE, KEEP TO THE SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A WAY TO BRING BACK A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDS BACK IN TO HELP COVER COSTS COMING DOWN THE LINE.
SO THERE'S NO DIRECT CALLS FOR US TO DO IT.
IN THIS CASE, ALL THEIR VILLAINS ARE, WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO USE AND TALK GROUPS AND THEY'RE WILLING MEDICAL COSTS THAT JUST ASSAULT YESTERDAY.
JUST SO LIKE YOUR CHANNEL YOU TO HAVE IN YOUR COMMISSIONERS CHANNEL, WE DON'T CHARGE YOU FOR YOUR PERMISSION TO ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THESE ADDITIONAL CHANNELS WITH US FOR THEIR PERSONAL BUSINESS USE.
SO FOR THEM TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH THEIR DISPATCH AND BETWEEN THEIR TRUCKS OR CHITCHAT CHANNELS, WE DON'T WANT THEM CHIT CHATTING ON OUR FIRE DISPATCHED YOU.
I GUESS THESE TOP CHANNELS, IF WE DECIDE TO SAY WE WANTED TO BE ONE FIRE GROUND CHANNEL NOW THAT WE WANT TO FIREGROUND CHALLENGE IS THIS ROBBING NOTE PLUS THE ABILITY TO HAVE ENOUGH? NO, NO SIR.
I CAN CREATE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF ROADS AND IT'S JUST, AND THEY'RE NOT WHAT HURT HER IN THE PAST.
SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT US IS TO CONCLUDE HER A MOTION TO APPROVE.
HOW'S THIS GOING TO WORK? HOW YOU WANT IT TO WORK.
YOU JUST HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY RODEOS TO BUILD.
DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE? 500
I MEAN THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF CANDIES DOING THIS AROUND THIS LITTLE FAN SERVICE TYPE
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STUFF.LIKE I SAID, BALL SPRINGS REACH OUT TO THEM IN THEIR LINE.
THEY WERE TRYING TO GET A CONTRACT WITH THEM, BUT THEY LACKED HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO CHARGE THEM A LOT MORE THAN BLACK.
HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT A, THAT'S KIND OF A GENERAL, WHAT WE CALL A BRIM.
SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND THAT WAS KIND OF A GOLDEN ONE.
WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE CHARGED IN A RURAL COUNTY TYPE OF CITY.
NOW IF YOU GET ON WITH THAT HAIRS, THAT'S BOUT SOME OF THE DALLAS SYSTEM.
THEY MAY BE CHARGING 90 OR MORE THAN THAT.
WHAT'S THE CAPACITY? SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY CHANNELS ARE TOPPER YOU MANAGE, MANAGE, YOU WANT THEM.
AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS YOU'RE SHARING FREQUENCIES.
SO AS WE, AND WE, WE, WE'VE GOT SIX FREQUENCY SO WHEN 11 PEOPLE CAN SPEAK SIMULTANEOUS, SO DIFFERENT GROUPS ALL WITH ONE TILE ON THAT SYSTEM AND THAT, AND THEY, IT GOES OFF RATIOS.
IT'S NEVER, SO I THINK WE'RE OPERATING AROUND 25, 30% RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE'RE A LONG WAYS FROM A HUNDRED.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ROOM WHEN WE PUT THE SYSTEM TOGETHER AND STEVE GAVE ME THE SYSTEM WILL FALL RIGHT NOW HE MAXIMUM OF 65,300 AND SOMETHING TALK US AND WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR THAT TALK GROUPS OR PEOPLE OR INDIVIDUAL RADIANS TALK RIBS.
WHEN WE, WHEN WE DID THIS SYSTEM, UH, WE'VE GOT SIX CHANNELS, SIX RADIO FREQUENCY PAIRS, UH, WHICH SHOULD CARRY US FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS.
THE WAY WE LOOKED AT IT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO WHERE OUR CAPACITY THAT WE'RE USING IS EXTREMELY LOW COMPARED TO WHAT WE CAN GO TO IN THE FUTURE.
IT WAS IN THE 15 TO 20 WAS LOW.
SO WE'RE A LONG WAYS ON THE CAPACITY SIDE.
I THINK THE ONLY THING IN THE FUTURE OF MOUNTAIN WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION AND GROWTH, WE MIGHT CONSIDER SOME TOWERS, A COUPLE OF TOWER COVERAGES FOR MY MAKING A FOUR YEAR.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, GOOD TO GO FOR YEARS ON, I THINK I'M OKAY.
CHANGE
SO WE'RE MAKE SURE I'M BILL CORRECT IS TO, AND THIS MAY BE A CONTRACT THAT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 25 NOT 17 THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN ACCOUNT FOR ME WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN WE DID THE NEGOTIATIONS AND TALKED TO HIM.
IS THAT WHERE Y'ALL SETTLED? IT'LL GO UP IF I ADD ADDITIONAL TO THE SYSTEM, THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
[19. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider receipt, transfer, and disposal of County Owned Assets]
WE HAVE A SMALL LIST TODAY.HE SURPLUS CRUSHED CONCRETE AT PRECINCT.
WE GOT INFORMATION FROM LEGAL JUST IN CASE THIS COMES UP IN THE OTHER PRECINCT.
WE DO HAVE A COMPANY WHO'S WILLING TO TAKE THAT OFF OF OUR HANDS BECAUSE IT IS SO EXPENSIVE TO HAVE THAT CRUSH SO THAT WE CAN USE IT.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT AN ASSET NUMBER, WE'RE JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE DO HAVE THIS SURPLUS AND THIS IS HOW WE GET RID OF IT.
I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT COMES UP YOUR PRESENCE AS WELL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECEIPT TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[20. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider award of contract for RFP19-20 Kaufman County Road 4009 Bridge Replacement]
DISCUSSING SIR.AWARD A CONTRACT OR THE 19 DASH 24 COUNTY ROAD FOUR OH NINE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT FOR PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
WE HAD SIX VENDORS WHO RECEIVED THE PACKAGE AND WE DID RECEIVE ONE KID FROM LELAND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE BONDED AND ALSO INJURED QUESTIONS.
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THIS IS OUR SAME CONTRACTOR THAT IS AGAIN, OUR SINGLE BIDDER THAT IS CURRENTLY ABOUT TO WRAP UP.UH, THE FIRST BRIDGE THAT COLLAPSED THE SPRAY.
AND, UH, THEN AFTER A SHORT, THE JOB THAT HE HAS OVER IN BENJI COUNTY, HE'LL BE BACK.
THIS, THIS, UH, ABOUT UH, ABOUT 65 FOOT WASH OUT THAT, THAT THE COUNTY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO FIX.
IT'S CLOSED, IT'S COMPLETELY CAVED IN AND YARDS AND YARDS OF CRUSHED ROCK ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF IT TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO CROSS THE BRIDGE, WHICH IS A, UH, SINCE I MENTIONED THAT AS A RECURRING PROBLEM BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PRECINCT FOR BRIDGE ON COUNTY ROAD 41 OH SIX THAT HAS BEEN CONDEMNED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS IS CLEARLY IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE.
AND WE HAVE CLOSED THAT BRIDGE.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO GO OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND CHRIS CROSS THE BRIDGE WITH YELLOW TAPE.
AND YET WE STILL HAVE, UH, SOME UNKNOWN PARTIES THAT MOVE THE BARRICADES AND CUT THE TAPE AND TRANSMIT THAT BRIDGE.
RECURRINGLY SO AT SOME POINT, UH, ACTUALLY WE, WE WAITED FOR, UH, TEXTILE ENGINEERS TO GO OUT AND DO SOME CORING ON THAT BRIDGE, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO DUMP A LOT OF MATERIAL ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT TO PRECLUDE ANYMORE WORK TRANSIT.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO AWARD CONTRACT FOR RFP 19.0 WE'LL MAKE THAT MOTION AND MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CASES OR SECOND.
I WAS IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, UH, LET'S SUPPOSE THAT MOTION CARRIES NEXT TO DISCUSS.
[21. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider permission to solicit RFP 20-02 Abatement of Public Nuisance]
PERMISSION TO SOLICIT RFP ON THE PUBLIC NUISANCE.THIS WILL BE A SAT AND PRECINCT ONE WE'VE GONE THROUGH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THE ADDRESSES AND ALSO TAKE THESE OFFICES.
AS FAR AS NUISANCE ITSELF, WE WILL HAVE, UM, AN ONSITE MANDATORY SAT VISIT WITH ALL THE CONTRACTORS ON OCTOBER THERAPY AND THE PHYSICAL LOCATION, THIS IS WHAT SAPPHIRE BOULEVARD THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
DO NOT MAKE THAT A PART OF THE
SO WHAT'S BEFORE US IS AUTHORIZE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.
SO LISTEN
COMMISSIONER HONDAS ARE SECOND.
SECOND COMMISSION CAGE DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[22. Rebecca Lundberg; Discuss/Consider approving Order Amending Kaufman County Public Nuisance Abatement Procedures pursuant to Sect. 343 of the Tex. Health and Safety Code.]
DISCUSS CONSIDER APPROVING ORSO I ACTUALLY INVITED A FEW ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS THIS NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDER TO BE HERE TODAY.
THE FIRST IS JUDGE BARRY BARDEN AND THEN THE SECOND IS OFFICER ADAMS WHO DOES MOST OF OUR NUISANCE ABATEMENTS.
UM, TODAY I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU GUYS WERE OPEN TO UPDATING OUR CURRENT ORDER, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2004, UH, TO REFLECT STATUTORY CHANGES THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN 2006.
AND SO WE'LL BRING THAT ALL UP TO DATE.
AND THEN, UM, THE ORDER ALSO POINTS THAT BARDEN AS THE HEARING EXAMINER FOR WHATEVER SOMEONE HAS REQUESTED A HEARING ON THERE.
AND THEN, UM, IT LINES OUT THE PROCESS FOR HOW YOU GUYS AS A COMMISSIONER'S COURT WOULD THEN TAKE THAT ORDER AND UM, ORDER EITHER PURCHASING TO DO AN RFP OR POTENTIALLY ORDER SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT OR FACILITY TO DO THAT CLEANUP AND THEN OUR OFFICE TO PLACE THE LIEN ON THE PROPERTY TO RECOUP THE COSTS AS A PART OF THE ORDER.
UM, I DID WANT TO KIND OF FLIP THE IDEA THAT OVER THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, I KNOW WE'RE A LONG WAY OFF.
UM, WE DO, YOU GUYS DO NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT.
WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A STANDING LINE FOR THAT AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE COUNTY'S GOALS ARE GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY FOR HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO SPEND PER YEAR BY PRECINCT.
UM, SO JUST BE THINKING ABOUT THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN OFFICER ADAMS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? IT'S ON THE ORDER AND THEN, PARDON? ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE APPOINTMENT? I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, SO IT JUST FORMALIZES
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HER APPOINTMENT.UH, REBECCA AND I SPOKE ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING ONE OF THOSE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS OR ART PIECE ONCE A YEAR AND THEN THAT WAY WE HAVE OUR LIST OF VENDORS JUST LIKE WE DO WITH THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S THE PLAN SO WE WON'T HAVE TO GO OUT INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH PROPERTY.
OFFICER ADAMS ASKED, HE WAS LIKE, HOW WOULD WE PRIORITIZE WHAT IS SPENT? AND THEN I THINK MY ANSWER TO HIM IS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GUYS APPROPRIATE, THAT WOULD KIND OF LET HIM KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY STATEMENTS HE COULD DO PER YEAR DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE ABATED.
BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF NEED.
I KNOW YOU HAVE, YOU TOLD ME THREE OR FOUR MAYBE THAT YOU HAD IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW.
I'VE GOT SOME SOME POSSIBILITIES THAT ARE COMING CLOSE TO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
THERE'S NOTHING AND HE'S WORKING THE CASES FOR OVER YOUR AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE HE'S BRINGING THEM TO YOU SO THAT HE'S ABSOLUTELY DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET TO THAT POINT.
AND WHAT WE'LL LOOK AT IS THERE'S NO SET ALL SET STARTING DAYS, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM, BUT IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THERE'S SOME OF THEM, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH RURAL FOR TWO YEARS, BUT WHAT FOR INSTANCE, YOU SIT AND WONDER, WELL, WE HAVE COME UP WITH, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START AFTER 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS, THAT PROCESS.
BUT IF WE TO MAINTENANCE DONE IMMEDIATELY IN 30 DAYS, YOU GUYS HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF WORK.
I'M TRYING TO GET PEOPLE CONTRACTED NOW YOU GET IT BACK IN LANES AND LIVE
SO THERE'S A MORE, THERE'S A WAY THAT WE TOOK THE MONEY, YOU WANT TO SPIN IT, BUT WHEN WE GET THAT MONEY BACK, IN MY EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF THE CAN DON'T, ALTHOUGH IN SPECIFIC CASES, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A LINKAGE BETWEEN THESE KINDS OF PROPERTIES AND THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
MY EXPERIENCE OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN, YOU CAN PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THE PROPERTY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH VALUE TO COVER THE COST OF WHATEVER, PARTICULARLY IN SOME OF THESE REALLY SEVERE SITUATIONS.
I'M NOT SAYING HE WOULDN'T PUT A LIEN ON HIM ANYWAY, BUT, WELL, I THINK, I THINK THE ONE THING TO CONSIDER IN THAT IS THAT WE NEED TO BE, UH, MORE PROACTIVE IN, IN OUR, UH, DETECTION OF ABATEMENTS BEFORE THEY BECOME SO CRITICAL AND BEFORE THEY BECOME, YOU KNOW, SUCH A COST, UH, PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE I RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SET A REASONABLE COMMUNITY STANDARD, UH, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT STANDARD AND, UH, OTHERWISE IT'S A TOOTHLESS, UH, MEASURE TO PASS.
SO I REALLY THINK THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE AS ON POINT AS POSSIBLE ABOUT IDENTIFYING THESE NUISANCES AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THEM EXPEDITIOUSLY THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I'LL ALSO NOTE AS I LOOKED THROUGH YOUR UH, YOUR GRAPHIC, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT SINCE THERE IS ALWAYS A POTENTIAL, UH, EVEN WHEN WE GO TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING THAT THE COUNTY'S GOING TO INCUR COSTS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULDN'T INCORPORATE SOME KIND OF NOTICE TO THE COURT THAT SOME, WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL MIGHT BE THAT UH, THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT GET NOTICED THAT THAT ABATEMENT IS ONGOING AT LEAST.
SO THERE'LL BE, WE BE AWARE OF FRONT OF THE POTENTIAL COSTS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO INCUR.
I THINK THAT WILL BE A COMMUNICATION POINT TO YOUR OFFICE.
WILL YOU MAYBE HAD A SETTING AND THEN OFFICER ADAMS MAY BE COMMUNICATING KIND OF WHAT THE ABATEMENT COSTS MAY BE AND HOW YOU'RE CONFIGURING THOSE BECAUSE YOU MAY WANT TO ENLIST SOME OF THE HELP OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN ORDER TO CONFIGURE THE COSTS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK FOR AT THE HEARING AND THEN WE CAN, I CAN ASSIST YOU WITH THAT BECAUSE OUR PLAN IS WHENEVER YOU, WE HARDLY EVER ACTUALLY GET A FULL REQUEST FOR A HEARING.
NORMALLY THEY DO NOT REQUEST THE HEARING AND THE ORDER IS DONE WITHOUT, BUT THE NOTICES ARE DONE PROPERLY.
BUT IF THERE IS AN ACTUAL HEARING, THEN ALSO ASSIST YOU WITH THAT.
I CAN ASSIST YOU WITH A WORKER TOO.
UM, I DID WANT TO TELL YOU THOUGH, THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT THAT SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS WORKING ON WITH OUR LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND THAT THREE 41.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, MONIQUE'S OFFICE TO ENFORCE SEPTIC VIOLATIONS, WHICH IS UNDER THREE 66 WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.
SO THERE ARE ALL THESE DIFFERENT WORKING ARMS AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK DIFFERENT POLICIES IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE NEED TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING A REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD, BUT, UH, PARTICULARLY SEPTIC NUISANCE.
UH, IF WE WIND UP AT 30 AND 60 DAYS, THAT'S 30 OR 60 DAYS THAT UNLAWFUL SEPTIC IS OUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO, SO I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF UH, UM, REALLY PROACTIVE INVOLVEMENT ON THE PART OF BOTH
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OUR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND, AND UH, AND AM I STILL CORRECT JUDGE THAT THE CIVIL DIVISION IS NOW GOING TO SPEAR POINT FOR A NUISANCE ISSUE? WE'RE STARTING THAT.UM, I THINK YOU SHOULD ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO TO SEE OUR ONSITE SEWER, UM, ORDERED TO COME BACK FOR REVISIONS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
TCQ IS AWARE OF THAT CHANGE AND THEN ALSO STARTING TO WORK WITH SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON DESIGNING WHAT OUR LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY ASPECT OF THAT MIGHT BE.
SO YOU MIGHT DO A WORKSHOP ON THAT ASPECT SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT THREE 41 AND YOU CAN ISSUE A CITATION IMMEDIATELY AND DEMAND CLEANUP IMMEDIATELY ON IT.
IF THEY DON'T DO IT AND IT GOES THROUGH THE DA'S OFFICE, THEN THE HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS TO FILE SOME DA'S OFFICE AND IT'S A SALEABLE ACTION.
BUT THEN AGAIN GOES RIGHT BACK TO SPEND THE MONEY.
IF, IF THEY REFUSE TO CLEAN IT UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THE MONEY FORWARD FIRST TO GET IT CLEANED UP AND THEN GO AFTER IT.
IF YOU CAN RECOVER THE PHONES AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OUGHT TO BE INVOLVED IN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IN THE CASE OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGREGIOUS SEPTIC, I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO ACT, YOU KNOW, REALLY EXPEDITIOUSLY, UH, AT, WHEREAS IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, TIRES BEING STACKED UP OR SOMETHING, THEN YOU KNOW, MAYBE OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE GOING TO DIRECT.
TWO POINTS I THINK I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS DISCUSSION.
ONE OF THEM IS UH, MY INFORMATION IS THAT A LOT OF THESE NUISANCE THINGS, TIRES, TIRE STACKING UP, THIS IS SOME SORT OF A PROBLEM THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE.
I THINK IT'S SORT OF SOME SORT OF A HOARDING PROBLEM OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MENTALITY THAT IS, BUT THE SOONER WE, THE SOONER WE CAN GET INVOLVED AND PREVENT THIS KIND OF BUILD UP AND THIS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AFFORD BECOMES SUCH A HUGE THING.
THE BIGGEST BENEFICIARY OF THAT IS THE PERSON WHO'S DOING IT BECAUSE YOU MAYBE IT CAN BE STOPPED.
THE GOAL WOULD BE TO STOP HIM FROM HIS BEHAVIOR BEFORE IT BECOMES SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT.
WHEN WE SEEN A LOT OF THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT STILL GOING ON.
THE OTHER THING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR PEOPLE COMPLAINING TO IF I WANT TO STACK UP TIRES ON MY PROPERTY, IT'S MY PROPERTY.
WHAT I WOULD ALWAYS SAY, WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEXT DOOR TO YOU NOW? WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTY THAT ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING? I MEAN THEY'VE GOT RIGHTS ALSO AND SOMETIMES THIS MISBEHAVIORS IN FEARS WITH WHAT THEY CAN DO.
YOU HAVE PERIODS WHERE WHAT THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE.
SO, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF INTERVENING AS SOON AS IT IS, IT BECOMES AN ISSUE.
WE COME AWARE OF THAT PROBLEM AND YOU CAN READ IT AND WAIT ON ALL THE TIME.
THERE'S DEFINITELY AN INFORMATION CAMPAIGN ASPECT OF IT THAT THE COUNTY COULD HAVE BENEFIT FROM.
AND I KNOW MAYBE WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR CAMPAIGN AND MAYBE WE COULD EVEN HAVE THE SHERIFF, UH, INCLUDE NUISANCE, A NUISANCE, A NUISANCE ABATEMENT, UH, STATUSES OR SOME KIND OF OVERALL, UH, DISCUSSION IN HIS MONTHLY REPORT.
WHAT WE CAN INCORPORATE MORE IMPORTANT TO WORK ON PENDING MATTERS INVESTIGATIONS.
WE CAN, AS WE ARE THE D, THE DA'S OFFICE OF CIVIL DIVISION, WE'RE WORKING MORE ON THESE SEWER AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT ISSUES AND WE CAN DO MORE REPORTING AS WE GO.
I THINK THE INFORMATION, WE'LL GET THE GREAT CIVIL DIVISION TO STAND UP, GIVE US A MOTHER.
WELL THE THING IS WITH THEM GOING OUT, WE KNOW WHAT JUDGE ADAMS IN YOUR PRECINCT.
IT MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE BECAUSE BEFORE HE WAS HANDLING THOSE WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY PRESENT, RIGHT? SO NOW THE CIVIL DIVISION HAS, IS DOING CIVIL WORK THAT WE'RE IN THE CRIMINAL HAT TOO AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN TRANSCEND THAT.
I COULD SEE A BIG ADVANTAGE OF A COMMISSIONER'S COURT BEING AWARE OF THESE THINGS EARLY ON SO THAT THEY COULD COMMUNICATE THAT CAUSE THEY'RE WROTE IN BRIDGE CREWS BECAUSE THEY'RE BOUND TO BE GETTING, I MEAN, THEY'RE BOUND TO SEE THINGS AND THEY'RE BOUND TO BE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND THEY AT LEAST DON'T BE INFORMED TO SAY, YEAH, WE'RE THE ON THIS.
WELL ACTUALLY WE'LL SAY THIS AGAIN, THE TRIALS, IT'S REAL GOOD ABOUT COMING BY AND SAY, THIS IS GOING ON.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SO HE'S BEEN KEEPING ME UPDATED PRETTY RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S THE REASON I WANT TO SET A STANDARD WITH THEM.
GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO GO THIS FAR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP BRAGGING DOWN ON MY ASS BY A YEAR.
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AND I DON'T BATTLE PEOPLE AS HANDICAP.HE MOVES ON, THEY RUN HIM OFF.
THEY PHYSICALLY CANNOT CLEAN THE PLACE UP AND THEN THEY KIND OF WORK WITH HIM, LIKE JUST SHOW SOME PROGRESS.
SO WHAT KIND OF SITUATIONS THAT THEY CAN'T, DON'T EVER HAVE TO DO THIS.
I JUST WANT TO MOVE ON TO HAVE TO STEP IN AND SAY IT'S GOTTA BE, IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN WHEN SEWER IS DIFFERENT THAN ENVIRONMENTAL
SO WHAT'S BEFORE US IS TO APPROVE WATER, MEANING COPYCATTING PUBLIC PROMOTION.
MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR A SECOND.
[23. Rebecca Lundberg; Discuss/Consider approving Diversion Court Fund Budget for FY 2019-2020; pursuant to Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Art 102.0121. ]
APPROVING DIVERSION COURT UPON BUDGET.AND THIS BUDGET IS IN YOUR ATTACHMENTS ON PAGE 18.
WHAT IT BASICALLY DOES IS OUR OFFICE DOES PRETRIAL DIVERSIONS.
MONEY THAT IS, UM, THAT WE TAKE IN FROM THAT PROGRAM HAS TO BE KEPT CAPTAIN, ESPECIALLY DEDICATED FUNDS.
WE CAN ONLY SPEND THAT TO IT, UM, TO THE BUDGET APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF SPORT.
IN THE PAST, WE'VE COME TO YOU AND ASKED FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS, BUT BY APPROVING THIS BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, IT ALLOWS US TO SPEND OUT OF THAT BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR VERSUS YOU GUYS SEEING US MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BUDGET, THAT'S OUR PROPOSAL FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR THAT SPECIFIC FUND QUESTIONS, UM, BOSS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE THE ONE TO KNOW THE ANSWER.
THAT MONEY SITTING IN GENERAL FUND FOR REVENUE.
THAT'S WHERE, WHAT'S BEING RECORDED.
SO NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME I'M GOT TO PUT IT.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY TRANSFERS.
WE'RE JUST SHEERLY SAYING THAT WHENEVER YOU GET A REQUEST TO PULL MONEY AND PAY SOMETHING OUT OF THAT, WHERE YOU HAVE IT, THAT YOU THE LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, YEP, THAT'S GOING TO PROVE AT EXPENDITURES.
I'M YOU, YOU SUGGESTED THIS WORTH THE DATE, BUT WHEN SHE SAID AS A SEPARATE FUND, OH, THAT'S
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE
[24. Deborah Bonner; Discuss/Consider approval of Self-Insurance in Lieu of Bonds. ]
SELF-INSURANCE AND MOVE ON? SO MS. HUGHES BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION A RECENT CHANGE FROM THE LEGISLATURE AND THEIR INFINITE WISDOM DECIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY DEPUTY CLERK IN HER OFFICE AND IN THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE REQUIRING THEIR OWN BONDS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTY.WE ALSO, UH, DISCOVERED, UH, AN INCREASE IN THE BONDS AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR THE CAT COUNTY COURT AT LAW JUDGES AND FOUND A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE PROVISION 88.008 WHICH PROVIDES NOT WITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW REQUIRING A COUNTY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE TO EXECUTE A BOND, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO EXECUTE A BOND IF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT BY ORDER AUTHORIZES THE COUNTY TO SELF INSURE AGAINST THOSE LOSSES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE BOND.
SO I AM RECOMMENDING TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO AVOID ISSUING ADDITIONAL BONDS FOR ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT WE SELF INSURED OR IN OTHER WORDS, THE TECH COVERAGE THAT WE ALREADY
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HAVE.WE JUST PART OF THE SELF INSURANCE POOL COVERS ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES.
AND BY ENTERING THE ORDER THAT I PREPARED FOR YOU WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SELF INSURANCE BONDS THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[25. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider entering into an Interlocal agreement between Kaufman County and Lubbock County acting through the Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases.]
ITEM 25 THIS IS MY HONOR.DISCUSS, CONSIDER ENTERING INTO AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN COFFIN COUNTY AND LUBBOCK COUNTY, ACTING THROUGH THE REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR CAPITAL CASES.
UH, THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS IS THIS GROUP THAT THE COUNTY IS A REALLY SORT OF AN INSURANCE POOL.
THE COUNTY HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN FOR SOME TIME.
IT, UH, PROVIDES US SOME INSURANCE IN CASE IN SUCH SITUATIONS.
UM, I'VE HAD SOME INVOLVED DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, THE DISTRICT JUDGES AND WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
SO WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE BE TO CONTINUE TO JUST, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I'LL BUY.
YOU'RE NEVER GUARANTEED THE EXACT AMOUNT OF LAND.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT, BUT IT'S A BUDGET.
IT ISN'T A BUDGET IN 53,000, 53,000.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DISTRICT JUDGES AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
UM, WHERE WE ARRIVED ON THERE WAS THE RISK OF US HAVING TO MANAGE THE COST OF ANOTHER CAPITAL CASE ON HER OWN IS TOO MUCH FOR US TO MAY I TAKE ON AT THIS TIME.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ENTERING INTO AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT IN COFFEE COUNTY AND THE LUBBOCK COUNTY ACTING THROUGH THE REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR CAPITAL CASES.
IS THERE SUCH A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE DIDN'T HAVE MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER BARBERS OR A SECOND.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER KATE'S DISCUSSIONS.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[26. Commissioner Barber; Discuss/Consider Pet. 3 Facilities Barn switching alarm monitoring service to Terrell Alarm Systems.]
THANKS.YOU GUYS CONSIDER PRECINCT CREEK FACILITY PARTS WITCHING.
IN THE PAST, MY WIFE AND I OWN A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY.
WHEN WE OFFERED ALARM MONITORING SERVICES AND INSTALLATION AND UH, WE SOLD THE SYSTEM, UH, TO MY OFFICE AT COST AS WELL AS THE MONTHLY FEE WAS AT COST AND WE RECENTLY SOLD OUR COMPANY OR THE UH, ACCOUNTS FOR OUR COMPANY TO TERRIBLE ALARM SYSTEMS AND UH, ALL THE PROPER PAPERWORK HAS BEEN FILED THERE.
THINGS, THE ACCOUNTING CLERK'S OFFICE SHOWING THAT WE MADE NO PROFIT WHATSOEVER OFF OF THIS PARTICULAR ACCOUNT THERE WE JUST TRANSFERRED THE ACCOUNT TO THEM AND WE'RE JUST NEED TO GET APPROVAL TO SWITCH OVER THE ALARM MONITORING TO THEM FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
I BELIEVE IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT THAT UH, THEIR REQUEST AT LEAST QUESTIONS THEN SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO UH, TO APPROVE SWITCHING ALARM ART AND SERVICE FOR PRESENT VERY FAR.
CAROL
AND WHEN IT'S DONE, YOU'RE GOING TO START VOTING? YES.
UH, THE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND IT WAS A FIBER SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES ON.
[27. Commissioner Barber; Discuss/Consider approval of Protective Service Agreement alarm monitoring for Pet. 3 with Forney & Terrell Alarm Systems, LLC]
27.COMMISSIONER MARGARET DISCUSSED CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT, ALARM MONITORING, PRECINCT THREE WITH 40 AND TERRELL.
OUR SYSTEMS. IT THE SAME THING.
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THAT CONTRACT? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.ARE YOU ABSTAINING? MR. HUNT? SO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[28. Commissioner Barber; Discuss/Consider approval of Release and Indemnity from Meadowbrook Estates]
28 COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSED CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RELEASE AND INDEMNITY FROM MIDDLE STATES METAL WOOD THAT SHOULD BE METAL WITH STATION.UM, I WAS CHECKING THE COUNTY ROADS AND FOUND THAT UH, MEADOW WAY, WHICH IS THE ENTRANCE INTO THE METALWOOD PARK RANCH STATES.
THEY WERE CONSTRUCTING WHAT HERE TO BE A PORT, UM, PARTIALLY IN THE ROADWAY.
SO WHAT WE MADE, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA AT THE TIME A PHONE AND HE AGREED THAT THEY WOULD STOP THEIR INSTRUCTION POINT THAT WE FOUND THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THIS AND THAT YOU CAN SEE WHEN YOU COME OFF OF THE ROAD WHERE IT'S RIGHT THERE.
THE GUY WAS IN THE ROADWAY AND THE COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY.
SO, UM, THE PERSON WE HAVE TALKED TO SAID THAT HE WAS OUT OF TOWN WOULD GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH US WHEN HE GOT BACK IN TOWN ABOUT A WEEK.
WENT BY, DROVE BACK OVER THERE AND THEY COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION ON BUILDING.
SO, UH, TURNED IT OVER TO OUR, UH, CIVIL DIVISION, DA'S OFFICE AND DEBBIE BONNER PUT TOGETHER, UH, TALKING TO THEM, TRYING TO GET IT WORKED OUT WITH THEM, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN US JUST GOING OVER THERE WITH THE TRACTOR, PULLING IT DOWN.
UH, SO, UH, THEY FINALLY AGREED TO INDEMNIFY THE COUNTY BECAUSE MY MAJOR CONCERN WAS OF COURSE SOMEONE COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND HITTING THE STRUCTURE AND, UH, IT IS STICKING OUT AND ROAD, BUT AT LEAST THEY'VE AGREED TO IDENTIFY US FROM IT.
AND I THINK, DEBBIE, DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD? THINK THAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT.
BASICALLY THEY DID SIGN AN AGREEMENT SAYING THAT THEY WOULD IDENTIFY THE COUNTY FROM ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS OVER THERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT STRUCTURE.
AND NOW JUST A WEEK, EXCEPT THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE THE, IN TERMS OF EMOTION, YOU, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE AGREEMENT.
UH, MR MARVIN MAKES A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT PAT APPROVAL OF RELEASE AND DENNY FROM THIS, UH, IN THE AGENDA IT SAYS METAL.
BROOKE DOCUMENT IS PROPERTY WOOD.
DID THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY THE COUNTY? THEY HAVE INSURANCE REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF, JUST NOT IN THE BEST, THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE A SITUATION LIKE THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE.
SO IF, IF, IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED, THE COUNTY WOULD STILL BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE LAWSUIT.
AND THEN WE WOULD BE, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, LOOKING FOR A RESTITUTION FROM, BRING THEM IN AS EITHER A THIRD PARTY OR GIVE IT TO THEM, TELL THEM TO DEFEND THIS IF THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND AGREEMENT DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[29. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider approval of the Takings Impact Assessment as it relates to the contemplated new Subdivision Regulations. ]
CARRIES.THIS IS JUST A NECESSARY STEP.
WHEN YOU GO TO ADOPT NEW SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, YOU NEED TO DO THIS PROCESS AND GET IT APPROVED AND THEN YOU WILL POST IN THE PAPER.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STEPS TO IT.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE STEPS BEFORE WE CAN ADOPT THE NEW RANKS, WHICH ARE ALMOST AT THE FINALE AND WE LEGALLY SAY, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ONE.
IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT PAGE ONE OH THREE IN YOUR ATTACHMENTS, IT GOES THROUGH THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND THEN IT ALSO LISTS OUT THE ENTIRE ASSESSMENT.
UM, W WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO REACH OUT TO ALISON BASS.
THEY'VE DONE THESE FOR QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET A TEMPLATE AS WELL.
UM, BUT THE WAY IT WORKS IS IF THE GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES ANYTIME YOU'RE ADOPTING A NEW REGULATION THAT YOU CAN PLAY TO TAKING IMPACT ASSESSMENT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PRESERVING ANY REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE.
UH, AS A PART OF THE ASSESSMENT, WE MAKE THE DETERMINATION THAT, UM, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS ACTUALLY EXEMPT FROM THAT REAL PROPERTY ACTS, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE SEEKING TO DOT REGULATIONS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY BY ESTABLISHING THESE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBDIVISION OF LAND.
UM, BUT THESE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT THE AGS OFFICE REQUIRES US TO ANSWER.
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WILL BE ON FILE APPROVED TODAY FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER.AND THEN WE'LL ALSO PUT A DRAFT OF OUR REGULATIONS WITH MISS HUGH'S OFFICE.
SO BOTH OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE.
SO ANYONE ASKED ABOUT THEM, THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN FIND THEM.
AND THAT'S YOUR QUARTER RECORD.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS? MONIQUE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE REGULATIONS BEING ADOPTED NEXT, UH, NEXT MONTH.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A PREVIEW, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THAT WORKSHOP COMING UP AND YOU GUYS CAN FILL IN WITH SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS BEFORE US JUST LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE OF THE TAKINGS IMPACT ASSESSMENT AS IT RELATES TO CONTEMPLATE.
COMMISSIONER, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
THIS IS A FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[30. Monique Hunter; Present/Accept Development Service Quarterly Report for July thru September 2019. ]
OUT OF PARTY PRESENT EXCEPT DEVELOP A SERVICE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR JULY OR SEPTEMBER.AND THAT WORKSHOP FOR THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, I'VE SENT IT TO ANNA BELL AND IT'S NOVEMBER, 1330 AM PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
FREESE AND NICHOLS WILL BE ATTENDING THAT.
THEY'RE THE CONSULTING ENGINEER THAT HELPED WRITE THOSE REGULATIONS AND THAT WAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I KNOW THAT I SENT THEM ALL TO YOU, THE DRAFT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ADDRESS THEM TO ME EARLY AND I CAN GET THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU OR YOU CAN BRING THOSE QUESTIONS TO THAT WORKSHOP.
WELL NICK, OUR, OUR NEW UH, ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS.
THEY'RE ALSO, THEY ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THAT DRAFT AND I'VE ASKED FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS WELL, SINCE THEY'LL BE THE ONES THAT'LL BE ENFORCING OR DOING THAT.
UM, FROM THE SEPTIC PORTION, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CIVIL DIVISION, UM, IN THE PAST, UH, THE WAY IT WAS DONE IS IF YOU HAD A VIOLATION ON A SEPTIC, YOU GOT A 30 DAY NOTICE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE ASKED TO COME TO COURT AND THEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO COURT AND THEN YOU COME BACK TO THE OFFICE AND FILE ON THEM AGAIN.
AND THE STAFF WAS DOING THIS TWO AND THREE TIMES AND I WAS LIKE, WHY? SO, UM, WHERE REACHED OUT TO THE CIVIL DIVISION AND THEY AGREED TO HELP US THAT WHEN YOU GET A SUMMONS TO COURT AND YOU DON'T SHOW UP, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE YOU UP TO THE BIGGER HOLE.
SO, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE SEPTIC COURT SERIOUSLY, WHICH THEY DO NOT DO RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT IS A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE.
WE'RE KIND OF TIED UNDER THE CLASS SEAT WHERE THEY GOTTA GET A 30 DAY NOTICE.
WE'RE TIED BY CODE ON CERTAIN THINGS.
UM, BUT ONCE WE'VE MET THAT, NOW WE CAN BUMP IT UP TO A, UM, A BEAT UPON CONVICTION UPON CONVICTION.
SO ONCE THEY GO TO THE HANDCYCLE OFFENSE, RIGHT.
SO, UM, SPEAKING THAT WE ARE MOVING THE COURT TO JP FOUR INSTEAD OF THE SOUTH CAMPUS, UM, THERE'S SOME CONFLICTS WITH SCHEDULING, FIRST OF ALL.
AND THEN SECOND OF ALL, UM, JUDGE ADAMS HAS AGREED WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO DATES A MONTH.
AND SO NOW WE DON'T HAVE AS LONG A TIME THAT WE'RE TO BRING THEM TO COURT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FILED SO MANY IN A MONTH AND THIS WAY WE GET TWO DATES A MONTH.
SO WE'RE MOVING INTO JP FOR AS LONG AS ANYBODY DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WE CHECK THE MINUTES WHEN, WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO JP FOUR, IT WAS HIS RECOMMENDATION.
IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE BY THE COURT.
BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT
WHY LET IT GO ALL WITH THE CAMP VIOLATION ON THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY.
I WONDER WHY IT CAN'T BE SPLIT AND ALL FOUR, UM, THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PASSED RIGHT IN THE PAST.
THE PREVIOUS COURTS, THEY USED TO DO IT THAT WAY AND THEN THEY BASICALLY ASSIGNED JPS MS SPECIALTY AND EACH ONE IS HANDLING A SPECIALTY AND JUDGE ADAMS GOT DECEPTIVE AND HE'S LOCATED IN FORDHAM.
HE WAS ROUTINELY COMING TO KAUFFMAN WHEN HE HADN'T BEEN IN THE MIDDLE AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS.
HE KNOWS THAT WAS SALEABILITY IS NOT THERE.
MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE ABOUT THE SERVICE PRESENTS A BINARY WAY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT'S NICE.
ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE THESE CONTRACTS WITH THEM AND THEY DON'T COMPLY AND THEN THEY COME AND GIVE THEM THE TICKET.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO GO TO COORDINATE.
SO WE'RE WRAPPING THAT ALL UP.
IN THE NEW SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS WITH THE NEW ELDEST SF ORDER INSIDE THE ORDER, WE'VE ATTACHED A PORTION, UM, THAT WILL HOLD THE MAINTENANCE PROVIDER ACCOUNTABLE.
THESE PEOPLE PAY HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.
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NOT DOING THE SERVICE.THE HOMEOWNER GETS TAKEN TO COURT, THE CODE READS, THE HOMEOWNER IS RESPONSIBLE.
BUT IN OUR OSS AT BORDER WE'RE GOING TO GET PERMISSION TO BRING THEM TO COURT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL THING THAT WE KIND OF WANTED TO SEEK THROUGH LEGISLATIVE ACTION WAS LOOKING AT AND MAYBE EVEN IN THE RULEMAKING, UM, CHANGE OVER TO RTC Q BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE LAW.
WE CAN'T CHANGE THE LAW MAKING IT A VIOLATION NUMBER OR WHATEVER, BUT WE CAN UM, WE'VE TALKED TO TCQ MANY TIMES AND THEY'VE SAID YES, JUST SUPPORT, HAVE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE SUPPORT EITHER IT BEING CHANGED WITHIN THE RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OR WITHIN THE STATUTE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LARGE THAT LOBBY IS FOR UH, MAINTENANCE PROVIDERS, BUT IT'S LICENSED THROUGH THE STATE.
SO I ASSUME THAT PROBABLY IS PRETTY LARGE.
SO AT LEAST FOR NOW WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGE UNDER OUR ORDER AND MAKE IT A VIOLATION OF OUR COURT.
AND TCQ SAYS THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT US CAUSE THEY SEE IT ON THERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CALL THEM AS WELL.
BUT WE STILL DO HAVE TO CITE THE OWNERS.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT SOME PEOPLE THEY JUST GET, NO THEY DON'T.
ONE, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU POINT OUT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, MAYBE ENGAGING IN A RECURRING NOTICE, PUBLIC NOTICE SOMEHOW TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS THAT, THAT IT IS, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SERVICE PROVIDERS DOING THAT SO THAT THEY DON'T GET CAUGHT UNAWARES.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THAT IS SOME KIND OF PROMO CAMPAIGN.
WELL, WE DO, UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? AND SO WHENEVER A NEW CONTRACT COMES THROUGH THE OFFICE, THESE ARE NORMALLY PEOPLE MOVING FROM THE CITY TO THE COUNTRY AND THEY'RE GETTING A SEPTIC INSTALL FOR THEIR NEW BUILD HOME INSIDE OF THAT PACKET THAT THEY GET.
IT'S A DID YOU KNOW? AND IT TELLS THEM THEN UNDER THE CODE.
YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
WHEN YOU POST THAT AS A BANNER NOTICE ACROSS THE COUNTY WEBSITE OR SOMETHING, JUST TO DO A BETTER JOB OF RAISING THEM, REMINDING THEM THAT YOU HAVE TO, I WENT IN TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH OUR LITTLE LIFTS AND THEN WE HAVE TO, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THERE AND ALL THEY DO IS OKAY.
I'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH FROM, I'M GONNA QUIT AND I'M GONNA LET MY SON DO IT.
WELL I HAVE PRINTED UP, I'VE ORDERED A THOUSAND PAMPHLETS.
AND THEY, UM, THEY KNOCK ON EVERYTHING FROM SUBDIVIDING YOUR LAND, NINE 11 ADDRESSING OSF CULVERT PERMITS.
ONCE I GET THEM BACK, THEY'LL BE REDISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UM, I'VE SPOKEN AT THE CEDAR CREEK CHAMBER BOARD MEETING, ONE OF THE FIRST OF MANY, UM, WERE SURVEYORS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE ATTENDED.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO DO SOME VERY BIG PUBLIC AWARE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE THEY KNOW, THE LESS WE HAVE TO WORK.
SO THERE ARE SOME CAMPAIGNS IN THE PROCESS.
UM, SOME OF IT IS, UM, I HAVEN'T DONE A FULL PUSH YET BECAUSE I'M IN BETWEEN RAKES.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THOSE NEW REGS VERY SHORTLY.
AND SO WHEN THE NEW REGS COME OUT, I'M ALSO GOING TO DO THAT PUSH.
I'M GOING TO GO, UM, I'VE CONTACTED WATERBOARDS, UM, UH, THOSE TYPES I'VE MET WITH MEETINGS, I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THEM AND I'M INVITING THEM TO DEVELOPERS MEETINGS.
SO THE LAST ONE I INVITED COLLEGE MOUND, I INVITED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALL SAT DOWN WITH THE DEVELOPER PRIOR TO HIM EVER MOVING FORWARD SO THAT HE KNEW WHAT THE COUNTY EXPECTED.
SO PART OF THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE WAR ROOM, COME SEE US FIRST.
AND WE ARE DOING THAT PUSH TO LET THEM KNOW WE'RE HERE.
SO I DID, I HAVE TAKEN STEPS FOR THAT.
ALSO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE, UH, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL COURT SPACE.
I MEAN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER JUDICIAL PROCESS THAT WE'RE NOW HAVING TO JUGGLE AROUND.
AND COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE BEING INCONVENIENCE PERHAPS BY HAVING A DRIVE ACCOUNT BECAUSE WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE, THE JUDICIAL COURT SPACE, UH, THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO CONDUCT ALL THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE VARIOUS, UH, OR PERCENT.
IT'S JUST KIND OF GET MORE WORSE BECAUSE THEY JUST KEEP COMING.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE NEXT QUARTER REPORT, UM, THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO INCREASE DUE TO OUR AUTHORIZATION PROCESS IN OUR OFFICE, UM, BEFORE PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS INSTEAD OF PERMISSION THROUGH THE AUTHORIZATION PROCESS THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED IN THE DEPARTMENT, WE NOW
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KNOW BEFORE THEY EVER STEPPED FOOT IN THAT FLOOD PLAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO A PERMIT INSTEAD OF COMING AFTER THE FACT AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE FIX THAT.AND SO YOU'LL SEE AN INFLUX OF THOSE IN THE NEXT QUARTER.
UM, KELLY CHESTAIN, OUR NEW NINE 11 GIS ANALYSIS IS, UM, ALL CAUGHT UP FROM FIXING ALL THE ERRORS THAT OCCURRED.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO MAY BANK TODAY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, UM, ADD DRESSING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, SO SHE'S REALLY BUSY AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
UM, JERRY AND WAYNE, THEY HAVE STEPPED UP AS OUR, NOT ONLY OUR OSF, BUT WHAT I LIKE TO CALL OUR SUBDIVISION DETECTIVES BECAUSE WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THE SEPTIC INSPECTION, I'M ASKING THEM, CAN YOU PLEASE RUN BY THIS PROPERTY AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU TAKE A PICTURE FOR ME OR SOMETHING.
SO I KNOW I HAVE A COMPLAINT ON IT.
SO THEY'RE DOING SEPTIC COMPLAINTS AND SUBDIVISION COMPLAINTS.
UM, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO THANK THEM.
AND BEN, UH, WE HAD THE TWO RADIOS.
SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A PROCESS WHERE THE GENTLEMEN GET TO A SITE THEY CALL BASE, WHICH IS US.
THE TWO GIRLS ARE MONITORING ON A LOG SHEET.
WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT SITE, THEY CHECK OUT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN MORE AND MORE HOSTILE ABOUT YOU ENTERING THEIR PROPERTY.
AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT AND UNSAFE FOR MY TWO DRS.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER, I HAD GIVEN UP, THE RADIO'S COMMISSIONER ON SAID YOU NEED TO KEEP ON IT FOR THE SAFETY.
AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CAME THROUGH WITH A, UH, CB FOR US TO GO WITH OUR RADIOS TO HELP PROTECT THEM IN THE FIELD.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE TRUCK OR TRUCK OR ONE NINE.
I MEAN, WHAT IS IT CALLED? IT'S A BIG STATION.
I KNOW IT'S GOT THE LITTLE HANDLE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE CODE WORD MAMA BEAR IS ONLINE.
SO, UM, WE'RE STARTING, UH, HE FINALLY, AND YOU GUYS HAVE OUR FINANCIALS.
YOU SEE THAT WE'VE INCREASED ON EVERYTHING.
I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU MY NEXT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS A CHANGE, A WORDING ON OUR NINE ONE, ONE ADDRESS, UH, FORM APPLICATION.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE GOTTEN PHONE CALLS ABOUT WHY WE'RE CHARGING PER ADDRESS.
IT WAS NOT BEING ENFORCED PRIOR TO COMING IN AND I REALIZED, WHY ARE WE NOT APPLYING THAT FEE THAT WAS ADOPTED? AND SO, UM, UM, I PULLED THE MINUTES, PULLED THAT SHOW THE DEVELOPERS AND MOST OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN THINK ABOUT HAVING A SLIDING SCALE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I'VE GOTTEN SOMEBODY, OF COURSE, YES.
SO I'VE GOTTEN SOME EXAMPLES OF, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING ALL THAT TO THE TABLE AT YOUR WORKSHOP.
THAT WAY WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, SO EVERYTHING, EVEN YOUR COVERT PERMIT ORDINARY, WE'RE GOING TO BRING ALL OF THAT TO THE WORKSHOP AND THAT WAY WE CAN SHOW YOU ALL THE THINGS THAT WILL GO WITH THAT NEW REGULATION.
SO BRING YOUR COFFEE AND I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF THE DONUTS, I'M JUST SAYING, AND I THINK THAT COVERS IT UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTION.
THEN WHAT'S BEFORE US WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DEVELOPMENT
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING HI.
[31. Tax Office; Present/Accept Tax Assessor-Collector's Monthly Report for September 2019]
NEXT STEP.OUR TAX OFFICE IS GOING TO PRESENT OR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER
UH, CURRENTLY THE TAX IS COLLECTED YEAR TODAY AS OF SEPTEMBER IS A 37 MILLION NOW 37 BILLION, 696 MILLION, $937 AND 20 CENTS.
THAT WAS, WELL WE HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY WITH
37,000,600 9,696, NINE 37 POINT 20 OR EVEN THOUGH THE INS IS 4,000,003 96, SIX 56 18 THIS UH, THAT IS YEAR TO DATE.
THIS MONTH WE COLLECTED 60 3009 69,
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26 AND INS IS 7,004 60, 89 OUR TAX STATEMENTS HAVE GONE OUT AND HE HAD BEEN PRETTY BUSY.EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S MY FAULT THAT THEIR TAXES WENT UP.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING THEM BECAUSE I DID WHAT THESE GUYS DID ANYHOW, ROLL BACK TAXES LIKE THIS MONTH FOR $369 AND 63 CENTS LAST YEAR.
THIS SAME TIME WE HAD UH, COLLECTED IN SEPTEMBER 55,006, 1379 AND SEVEN.
THAT WAS FREEMAN THOUGH IN 7,002 99, 24 FOR INS.
SO WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE U S TIMBER TAX ASSESSED REPORT? MAKE THAT EMOTION COMMISSIONER IN CASE.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I'M MOSTLY CURIOUS.
[32. Tax Office; Discuss/ Consider new employee hire and line item transfer for associated costs]
THE SAMPLES DO DISCUSS, CONSIDER NEW HIRE AND WHY OR TRANSFER.I'VE GOT A NEW EMPLOYEE AND UM, THE LADY THAT HAND HIS JOB BEFORE DID NOT HAVE A CASH DRAWER, A CASH DEAL.
SO I'M ASKING FOR A 300 BUT I HAVE $300 IN EACH DEAL.
ONE AND AUTO IN ONE IN TEXAS AND SO WE NEED $600 OR THE NEW LADY TO HAVE HER MONEY SO SHE CAN HAVE HER START WITH MONEY FOR EVERY MORNING.
IF YOU OPERATE THEN WHAT'S BEFORE US IS YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS BE TO FIND THOSE NECESSARY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER BARBARA, SECOND CASE DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING ON IT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO.
[33. Chuck Mohnkern; Present/Accept the Treasurer's Monthly Report for September 2019]
FIVE AND 33 OUR COUNTY TREASURE TRUCKSO WE WOUND UP WITH AN ENDING CASH BALANCE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND FUND 10 OF $9,732,618 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, $6,511,542 THE INTEREST WE EARNED ON THE MONEY THAT WAS IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK WAS $3,860 49 CENTS EARNINGS ON OUR INVESTMENTS IN TECH SCHOOL DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER $47,495 35 CENTS SO WE ARE IN THE TOTAL OF $51,355 AND 84 CENTS THREE MONTHS.
DECEMBER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IS $48,988 AND 41 CENTS OUR AVERAGE BALANCE THAT WAS INVESTED DURING SEPTEMBER WAS $25,385,575 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IS 24,000,002 8,132 OUR AVERAGE YIELD ON INVESTED FUNDS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, IT WAS 2.2749% LAST YEAR IT WAS 2.2086%.
UM, OUR TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK WHERE $19,173,129.
THE PLEDGED SECURITIES BY THE BANK AMOUNTED TO $44,147,731.
SO THE BANK IS CONTINUING TO COLLATERALIZE THIS QUITE WELL AT 230% QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TRAILER'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER? I CAN MOTION WITH EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER.
HOW DOES HER SECOND SECOND MR. PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[34. Chuck Monhkem; Present/Accept the Treasurer's Quarterly Investment Report.]
UP, A COUNTY TREASURER TO PRESENT FOR THE TRADE TEST.OUR UH, BEGINNING BALANCE, UH, OF INVESTED FUNDS
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FOR THE QUARTER IS $33,163,870.THE UH, TOTAL AT THE END OF THE QUARTER SINCE WE HAD TO PULL SOME MONEY OUT IN ORDER TO PAY BILLS WAS $22,041,487.
BUT WE STILL, UH, EARNED $191,873 AND 97 CENTS ON OUR INVESTED FUNDS DURING THAT QUARTER.
ANY QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S QUARTERLY INVESTMENT? OH, MAKE IT EMOTIONAL.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND ONE.
COMMISSIONER HARVARD DISCUSSION.
[35. Discuss/Consider and take action on contract with Allison, Bass & Magee, LLP for Professional Services relating to 2021 Redistricting process.]
THANKS.I'M JUST CONSIDERING TAKING ACTION ON CONTRACT.
ALISON PASSING THE LLP FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIGHTING 2021.
SO ALISON PASS AND BIGGIE ARE ONE OF A COUPLE OF NATION STATEWIDE FIRMS THAT HANDLE THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
THEY COLLECT ALL THE DATA FROM THE COUNTY, DETERMINE THE POPULATION LEVELS AND DIFFERENT AREAS.
GIVE YOU THE MAPS WHERE THE POPULATIONS HAVE CHANGED THE NECESSARY PERCENTAGES THAT REQUIRE REDISTRICTING OR NOT REQUIRE REDISTRICTING WILL HELP US DRAW MAPS AS NECESSARY.
THEY CHARGE A FLAT RATE FOR THIS PROCESS IN WHICH THE AID, UM, HAVE, UH, I THINK IT'S A THREE INSTALLMENTS OF THE PROCESS.
THEY'VE, UH, THEY'VE DONE THIS FOR 30 YEARS.
I THINK THEY'RE VERY ADEPT AT WHAT THEY DO AND, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND HIRING THEM FOR THIS, UH, GO ROUND AND I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME NECESSARILY REDISTRICTING BASED ON OUR POPULATION GROWTH.
IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING PROCESS.
I AM, UH, I, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER, UH, ENTITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT WILL BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE WITH A DISTRICT THING.
SO JUST SO THEY'LL KNOW THEY, WE'RE USING ALISON AND SOME OF THEM I THINK WILL PROBABLY CHOOSE TO USE THEM ALSO INDEPENDENTLY, BUT IT CERTAINLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR THE BIBLE.
MAKE IT A LOT EASIER GOING DOWN THE SIDE.
I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH ERIC MCGEE YESTERDAY AND UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH KAUFMAN COUNTY.
I KNOW THAT THEY'VE ALREADY SIGNED UP WITH HENDERSON AND HE SAYS THEY STILL HAVE A FEW SLOTS LEFT.
NO, THEY ACTUALLY, THESE FIRST, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG TIME AWAY, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.
SO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? NOTHING.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THIS ENGAGEMENT EARLY.
I MEAN THIS IS A HUGELY, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO STUDY IT A REALLY COMPLEX UNDERTAKING AFTER THE CENSUS TO BALANCE, UH, THE POPULATION SHIFTS FACTORING IN A MINORITY IS MINORITY POPULATIONS AT EXISTING, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UH, SO I, I REALLY THINK WE ARE WISE TO GET THIS, UH, ENGAGEMENT AND GETTING UNDERWAY AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEY'VE DONE IT HERE BEFORE.
BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE TERRITORY.
IT'S HELPFUL BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY'LL USE THE WORK THEY DID ALL YEAR.
SO WHAT'S BEFORE US IS TO AUTHORIZED US TO EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT WITH
AND IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[36. Discuss/Consider line item transfers]
NEXT STEP.UH, THESE WERE EMAILED TO YOU.
WE CAN GET THEM ALL READY ABOUT LAST WEEK CAUSE WE HAD SO MANY BILLS AND UM, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS LINE OUT OF TRANSFERS.
ONE OF THEM IS VERY, VERY IN DEPTH IS FOR PRECINCT FOUR DUE TO SOME BUDGETING ISSUES.
WE HAD IT SO WE GOT THAT FIXED FOR HIM AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THERE IN SUCH A HUGE AMOUNT.
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TWO.ONCE I CLOSE AGAIN AND GET A GOOD BEGINNING FUND BALANCE FOR YOU, I'LL FIGURE BENEFITS.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU JUST PAY THE BILLS.
YOU STILL WANT US TO BRING THE BILLS IN WEEKLY TO KEEP HELP Y'ALL GET IT TO THE SYSTEM.
BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE WE HAVEN'T HAD REGULAR COMMITTEE COURT ME FOR ABOUT MONTH BUT I STILL WANTS TO BRING HIM.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING YOUR CLIENT'S FOR PAYMENT? I MEAN A LOT OF TRANSFERS WE HAVE EMOTIONAL THROUGH LINE ON A TRAIN FOR A SECOND.
[37. Discuss/Consider claims for payment]
MIXED UP ON 37 DISCUSS THE POINT FOR PAINTING.YOU SAID YOUR CLIENT'S PAYMENT, $5,545,037 AND 44 CENTS MILLION.
THREE 16 SEVEN 55 IS 72 WAS PYRO.
THE REST OF THAT SPILLS OVER FOR ME AND NOT AND ELECTRIC.
THESE HAT LIKE TRACY TAT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS ABOUT CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OR EMOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO APPROVE PAYMENTS FOR A SECOND.
[38. Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter into executive session. ]
[39. Executive Session: Pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session in contemplation of potential litigation regarding TABC Permit and Amir Lahkani. ]
DISCUSS.CONSIDER EXITING REGULAR EATING AND HENRY
WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN IN HERE.
[40. Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and enter back into regular meeting. ]
[41. Discuss/Consider taking any action needed as a result of executive session. ]
[42. Adjourn Regular Meeting]
BACK TO REGULAR SESSION.THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MAYBE WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.