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APRIL.[Call to Order]
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE THIS MORNING TO OUR REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING HERE IT IS APRIL THE 28TH, AND WE'RE IN THE ANNEX.AS USUAL, WE'RE GOING BEGIN WITH OUR INVOCATIONS AND OUR PLEDGES.
IF YOU JOIN ME AND STAND, PLEASE LET PRAY.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
UH, HELP EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN HIT BY THE STORMS AND, UH, KEEP THEM SAFE.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL OUR KAUFFMAN COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND HELP US DO TODAY IN COURT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
GOOD OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.
JUSTICE, FOR OUR HONOR, TEXAS FLAG NOW PLEAD THE LEASE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING? ANYTHING GOING ON? IF NOT, WE WILL
[2. CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVE ON THEN TO OUR CONSENT AND AGENDA.WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. FIRST ONE IS DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACCEPT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL THE 20TH OF 2026 B IS DISCUSSED.
CONSIDER TO ACCEPT THE COMMERCIAL SHORT AND REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL THE 21ST OF 2026, AND C DISCUSSED.
CONSIDER TO ACCEPT THE SECOND QUARTER REPORT FOR THE CARLTON CANYON LIBRARY, JANUARY 20, 26 TO MARCH OF 2026.
Y'ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THESE.
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CHANGES? UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION BE YOU HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE TO HAVE A SECOND.
A A MOTION CARRIES NUMBER THREE.
[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE]
I JUST WANT TO, WE DO HAVE A TRASH CLEANUP THIS WEEK.YOU'RE SLOW THIS MORNING,
UH, WE DO HAVE A TRASH, UH, COUNTY CLEANUP.
IT'S GONNA BE IN KAUFMAN ON MAY THE SECOND HERE, SO FROM EIGHT TO FOUR.
SO IF PEOPLE HAVE TRASH AND STUFF, THEY CAN GO UP THERE AND GET RID OF IT.
BE CAREFUL ON ELECTRONICS OR SOMETIMES A FEE ON THAT.
NO TIRES, LIKE COMMERCIAL TIRES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE A COUNTYWIDE CLEANUP COMING UP SATURDAY HERE IN KAUFMAN.
THAT'LL BE ON OUR WEBSITE TOO.
UH, CHUCK, COME FORWARD PLEASE, SIR.
[3. Chuck Mohnkern: Discuss/Consider/Accept the Treasurer’s monthly report for March 2026.]
UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S MONTH REPORT FROM MARCH OF 26TH MORNING.AND, UH, JUDGE, DON'T WANNA LEAVE YOU OUT.
UH, WE HAVE A, UH, A GOOD FUND BALANCE, UH, IN, UH, FUND 10 AT THE END OF THE, UH, PAST MONTH.
EARNINGS ON OUR CASH INVESTED ARE UP.
OBVIOUSLY THE FUND BALANCE IS UP, SO WE'RE EARNING MORE MONEY AS WELL.
UM, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 75% OF OUR AVAILABLE CASH INVESTED RIGHT AT THE MOMENT AND 25% OF IT IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.
AND WE WROTE ABOUT 500, WELL, EXACTLY 517 RECEIPTS DURING THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
SO THAT'S MY REPORT IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS.
HOW'S YOUR INTEREST RATE FLUCTUATING? INTEREST RATE'S, UH, STAYING PRETTY FIRM? IT'S AT, UH, ABOUT 3.8%, 3.79.
SO IT'S DOWN ON EACH OF THE, UP THE FOURS? YEAH.
SO, WELL, IT, IT'S AT LEAST IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE OR IT'S 0.1 LIKE IT WAS AT ONE TIME OR ZERO.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHUCK? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES A SECOND.
[4. Owen Cantrell/Kaufman-Van Zandt-Rockwall Soil and Water District: Discuss/Consider/Approve a State Repair Application for Cedar Creek Site 60 located in Kaufman County.]
CANTRELL, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE, UH, STATE REPAIR APPLICATION FOR THE CEDAR CREEK SITE.NUMBER 60, LOCATED IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
UH, THIS, UH, CEDAR CREEK 60 IS THE OLD, UH, COFFIN, CITY LAKE LOCATED JUST EAST OF HERE OFF, UH, 2 43.
UH, WE HAD MADE AN APPLICATION FOR A REHAB OF THAT SITE TWO YEARS AGO IN JUNE OF 24.
AND Y'ALL SIGNED OFF ON THAT, RIGHT? UH, THEY, THE, UH, FEDS CAME OUT AND DID AN, UH, OVERLOOK OF THE SITE AND THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THINGS ABOUT IT.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT THEY WILL REQUIRE TO DO THIS REHAB IS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS.
AND THIS, WHEN THESE ORIGINAL EASEMENTS FROM THE, UH, CITY OF KAUFMAN THAT DATES BACK TO 1955 WAS VERY RESTRICTIVE.
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NEVER SEEN THE EASEMENT OF ALL OF 'EM THAT WE HAVE.I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE THAT'S WRITTEN LIKE THIS ONE IS REALLY, IT'S, IT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THAT.
THE REHAB DEAL IS BASICALLY OFF THE TABLE.
UH, IT WOULD REQUIRE HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF ADDITIONAL EASEMENT.
OH, THAT WOULD BE, NOT ONLY WOULD TAKE IN ALL OF THE CURRENT ACREAGE OF THAT SITE, IT WOULD GO WAY BEYOND IN, I HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED TO LOOK UP THE NUMBER OF, OF, UH, DIFFERENT HO OF OWNERS WOULD BE ON THIS.
SO IT'S, IT IS BASICALLY OFF THE TABLE.
WE'RE NOT, IT WOULDN'T BE ANY VERY EXPENSIVE OH GOSH.
SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF ADDITIONAL EASEMENT AND THE REGIONAL EASEMENTS WERE GIVEN FOR A FEE OF $1.
SO WHAT, UH, WE'VE DECIDED TO DO, THE DAM NEEDS A LOT OF WORK.
IT'S, IT'S GOT SOME PROBLEMS. MAJOR PROBLEMS, YEAH.
IS TO APPLY FOR A STATE REPAIR APPLICATION ON IT.
AND THAT WOULD, THE STATE REPAIR WILL NOT BRING THE DAM UP TO HIGH HAZARD STANDARDS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT IT WOULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT IT CURRENTLY HAS.
AND THAT WOULD BE STRICTLY ALL STATE MONEY.
IT WOULD BE EXACTLY LIKE, UH, I THINK Y'ALL ON YOUR, YOUR LAST AGENDA TALKED ABOUT, UH, LOWER EAST PARK TWO.
THIS WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME SITUATION ON THIS ONE.
BE NO MONEY TO THE COUNTY OTHER THAN DOING THE ADMINISTRATIVE END OF IT.
AND THEN Y'ALL DO GET THE REIMBURSED BACK.
WELL, THEY DON'T LEAVE US MUCH CHOICE
WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AND, UH, I SAY THIS APPLICATION, IT IS JUST STRICTLY AN APPLICATION.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN, IF, OR IT'LL EVER GET EVER HAPPENED.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT LEGISLATURE TO FIND OUT IF IT'S APPROVED OR NOT.
HOPE HOPEFULLY, UH, WITH ALL, EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE STATE FLOOD WISE HERE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THAT THEY WILL APPROPRIATE MORE MONEY.
WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS HOPE FOR THAT.
IT NEEDS TO, IT IS RIGHT ON THE LINE AND OFF WALL AND EVERY BANK, SO, OKAY.
DO WHAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION PLEA.
COMMISSIONER PHIS TO HAVE A SECOND.
A MOST CASE, OWEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME FUNDS TO AT LEAST REHAB IT.
I'LL BE BACK ON ITEM AFTER THIS.
[6. Karen Badgley: Discuss/Consider/Approve Assurance Documentation for Kaufman County’s portion of Cedar Creek Site 16 remedial repairs project.]
SIX.WHY DON'T YOU JUST, UH, STAY UP HERE AGAIN.
DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ASSURANCE DOCUMENTATION FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY'S PORTION OF THE CEDAR CREEK SITE.
UH, THIS IS REMEDIAL REPAIR IS A REPAIR THAT IS DONE STRICTLY WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS.
AND THIS SITE IS ABOUT 90% OF THIS SITE IS IN ROCKWALL COUNTY.
THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF IT THAT IS IN, IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
AND TO DO THESE PROJECTS WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS, THEY RE REQUIRE A, A, UH, AN ASSURANCE LETTER SIGNED BY THE ATTORNEY SAYING THAT THE EASEMENTS ARE GOOD IN PLACE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY ALL IT IS TO IT.
UH, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[5. Kenard Burley: Discuss/Consider/Approve variance appeal requesting variance for construction of 50’X40’ building on Mr. Burley’s property located at 1305 Byron Road, Kaufman, TX 75142.]
UP THEN TO NUMBER FIVE.DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE A VARIANCE APPEAL REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A 50 BY 40 BUILDING ON MR. BURLEY'S PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1305 BYRON ROAD IN KAUFMAN, TEXAS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE HAVE YOU COME UP AND WE'LL HAVE THE FIRE MARSHAL COME UP AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEN, UH, SINCE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DECLINATION YET, SO WE CAN'T APPROVE A VARIANCE UNTIL IT'S BEEN DISAPPROVED.
SO WE'RE GONNA LET THE FIRE MARSHAL GO THROUGH FIRST AND WE'RE GONNA LET YOU COMMENT AFTER THAT.
THAT WAY WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN, IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
SO THERE HASN'T BEEN A VARIANCE DENIAL FOR THE APPEAL FOR YOU HERE TODAY 'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T MADE AN APPLICATION 'CAUSE
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OUR OFFICE HASN'T HAVE RECEIVED ANYTHING FOR PERMITS FROM OUR OFFICE FOR YOUR PROPERTY THERE.SO WE DID PREPARED A DOCUMENT HERE FOR YOU ON, FROM OUR CONVERSATION WE HAD ON THE PHONE THE OTHER DAY.
HERE'S HOW TO FILL OUT THE PERMIT.
ONCE THEIR PERMIT IS REQUEST IS ACTUALLY REQUESTED THROUGH HERE.
THE LAST TWO SHEETS ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR SITE AND FOR ARCHITECTURAL.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, IF YOU FILL FROM THE, UH, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, A VARIANCE THAT GOES THROUGH A BOARD OF APPEALS, THIS IS THE SCOPE, THIS IS ALL THE DEFINITIONS AND THE PROCESS OF HOW THAT WORKS.
AND THEN ATTACHED IS ACTUAL VARIANCE APPLICATION THAT WOULD NEED TO BE FILLED OUT AND THEN SUBMITTED TO OUR OFFICE.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE AN BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING.
AND AT WHICH TIME YOU'D HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP TO VISIT WITH THEM AS WELL.
THE BOARD WOULD HEAR THE, UH, REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE IF, IF THAT'S NEEDED FROM WHATEVER YOUR PLANS ARE.
I DON'T KNOW 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PLANS ON IT.
SO, UM, IF THEY DETERMINE THAT, THEN THEY WOULD EITHER GRANT IT OR THEY WOULD DENY IT.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS, IF IT WAS A DENIAL OR IT NEEDED TO BE APPEALED, THEN THAT WOULD COME BACK HERE TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE, THE PROCESS THERE FROM WHERE YOU'RE AT TODAY.
SO LET ME GIVE THAT PACKET TO YOU AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING, ANYTHING OTHER QUESTIONS WISE SINCE FROM HERE, FEEL FREE, CONTACT THE OFFICE.
YOU CAN COME BY AND SET UP A MEETING WITH ME, UH, OR AGAIN, OR WITH OUR STAFF OR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, EXCUSE ME.
AND, UM, WE CAN MEET WITH YOU AND GO OVER THAT PROCESS AGAIN.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH YOU GUYS.
I WAS ONLY AWARE OF THE ONE YOU HAD WITH DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES.
UH, I, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER, SO I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ON THE PHONE ONE TIME, SO, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROCESS, WE'D GO ON TO DO.
SO IF YOU WOULD EXPLAIN TO THE COURT KIND OF WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE.
SO WE KIND OF KNOW, JUST BUILDING A STORAGE SHOP ON MY PROPERTY.
UH, 50 BY 40 BUILDING TO HOUSE MY EQUIPMENT THAT OUT, THE WEATHER AND SOME OKAY.
WHAT KIND OF, UH, EQUIPMENT YOU GONNA PUT IN THERE? UH, SKID STEER AND, UM, AIR COMPRESSOR AND TOOLS THAT I GENERALLY, GENERALLY USE EVERY DAY.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO.
SO I, I HAVE A DUMPSTER COMPANY.
I'M JUST MAKING MYSELF SOME NOTES HERE.
UH, IT'D BE JUST A METAL BUILDING, SIR.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, SIR? OKAY.
SO NOW WE KNOW THE PROCESS OR YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS.
IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, YOU HAVE THE FIRE MARSHAL.
WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CAN HELP YOU, BUT THERE'S STAGES TO GET TO BEFORE YOU CAN COME HERE FOR A VARIANCE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON I HAD THE FIRE MARSHAL BRING THAT LIST FOR YOU.
KIND OF OUTLINE, HERE ARE THE STEPS AND THEN ONCE WE GET, IF, IF YOU SHOULD GET A DENIAL, THEN THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL COME BACK TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE ON YOUR PROJECT.
UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
4 0 5 PHILLIPS CIRCLE, KAUFFMAN, TEXAS.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE.
UM, I, I THINK SOME PART OF THE CONFUSION HERE IS WE DID SIT THROUGH A DEVELOPMENTAL PLANNING MEETING WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE THAT WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THEM FROM STORMWATER ENGINEERING, UM, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AND WE SPENT A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR IN THAT MEETING AND IN A MATTER OF TWO MINUTES OF BEING HERE TODAY, WE GOT MORE INFORMATION THAN WE GOT FROM THAT MEETING.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF YOUR MEETING? WHAT, WHAT WERE YOU TOLD? WELL, WE WERE TOLD TO, TO FILL OUT FOR THE PERMIT, BUT THERE WAS SOME LEADING QUESTIONS IN, IN RELATION TO THE NAME OF HIS BUSINESS AND THE NAME OF THE, THE PROPERTY IS LISTED IN.
THOSE QUESTIONS WERE LEADING TO ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT THIS BUILDING MIGHT BE USED FOR.
AND, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A FAIR ASSESSMENT AT THE TIME DURING THAT MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT LED US TO THIS POINT TODAY.
WELL NOW WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WE CAN GO FORWARD FROM HERE.
LIKE I SAID, MY OFFICE IS AVAILABLE, THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS AVAILABLE, SO JUST LET US KNOW.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH WHOEVER WE CAN TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS WORK.
YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO, HE'D LIKE TO KEEP HIS BUSINESS HERE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
HE, HE HAS AN ALTERNATE LOCATION IN FORNEY, BUT, UH, DUE TO THE WIDESPREAD,
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UH, AREA THAT HE USES AN ALTERNATE LOCATION JUST FOR STORAGE PURPOSES AS NEEDED.HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT IF YOU DO, WE'RE HERE.
SO, UH, NO ACTION REALLY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN ON THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
WE NEED SOMETHING, BUT WE DO NEED TO JUST PASS ON IT.
OH, JUST DON'T YOU THINK JUST LEAVE IT ALONE WHERE IT WON'T COME BACK BECAUSE THE WAY IT WAS LISTED, IT, IT'S JUST A NO DECISION.
[7. Carrie Sharp/Sarah Matranga: Discuss/Present the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agents quarterly combined report for January, February and March 2026.]
NUMBER SEVEN.MS. CARRIE SHARP AND SARAH, DISCUSS, PRESENT THE TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION AGENT QUARTERLY COMBINED REPORT FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE A COMPLAINT.
I HAD TO ENDURE THE COOKING OF ALL THAT BREAD YESTERDAY IN THE OFFICE.
AND DO YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET A SINGLE BIT? NOT UNTIL SHE GET BACK TO THE OFFICE.
I MADE A UH, I MADE A LOOK FOR THE OFFICE, WHATEVER
AND I'M LIKE GOING, SO ANYWAYS, BUT GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN.
HOW ARE WE ALL DOING TODAY? GOOD.
SO, UH, JUST TO BRING OUR QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE FIRST PART OF THIS YEAR, IT STARTED OFF PRETTY HANDSOMELY WITH, UH, ALL OF OUR STOCK SHOWS.
WE HAD 82, UH, KIDS THAT TRAVELED TO ALL THE LIVESTOCK SHOWS.
THAT'S, UH, FORT WORTH, SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANGELO, HOUSTON AUSTIN.
WE EVEN HAD SOME KIDS THAT WENT OUT TO THE, UH, CATTLEMAN'S CONGRESS IN, UH, OKLAHOMA DID EXTREMELY WELL.
UH, WE'RE WAITING FOR ALL THOSE PREMIUM CHECKS TO COME THROUGH SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE'RE DOING THERE.
WE HAD ONE GENTLEMAN THAT WENT OUT AND HE CAUGHT AT THE CASH GROUNDS AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM.
SO WE ARE NOW IN THE SEARCH FOR A HEIFER THAT MATCHES THAT.
SO HE, UH, HAS HIS IDEAS AND HE USED TO HAVE A SLICK HEIFER AND HE WANTS A HAIRED HEIFER.
AND I'M LIKE LOOKING AT HIS PARENTS GOING, HERE WE GO,
ANYWAYS, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, OUR ROBOTICS KIDS, WE ALSO HAD A NEW THING THIS YEAR.
UH, SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO OUT TO ALL THE SHOTGUN COMPETITIONS.
UM, AND WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH THAT.
THE KIDS ARE OUR FOUR H UH, BACKGROUND CHECKED LEADERS FOR SHOOTING SPORTS.
UM, THEY TOOK JUST A FEW KIDS OUT, UH, FOR THIS FIRST ROUND SO WE COULD FIGURE OUT THE COMPETITION.
UM, OUR KIDS FOUND OUT THAT, UH, SHOOTING A HUNDRED ROUNDS OF SHOTGUN ALL IN ONE ROW IS, UM, A PHYSICAL FEAT.
AND SO, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO LEARN THAT OUT.
WE START OUT WITH GOOD, REALLY GOOD SCORES AND THEN BY SHOT 80 IT TENDS TO GO DOWN.
WHERE ARE YOU, WHERE ARE THEY PRACTICING SHOOTING, WHERE Y'ALL HAVE TO GO? SO, UM, FOR THE SHOTGUN, UM, WE HAVE A VERY WONDERFUL, UH, LEADER THAT, UH, MR. H UH, GIMME TWO SECONDS.
MR. KINDS GAVE US AN ACTUAL THROWER.
AND SO HE'S ONE OF OUR SHOTGUN LEADERS.
AND SO THE KIDS TRAVEL TO WHERE WE ARE.
AND SO THEY'VE PRACTICED AT MY PLACE QUITE A BIT.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE PRACTICED AT THE OTHER SHOOT.
SO FOR SHOTGUN, WE REALLY CAN'T PRACTICE AT THE, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, BECAUSE IT'S ONE NOISE AND I'M TRYING TO NOT HAVE THE COMMUNITY GET UPSET WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ANYMORE, BUT THERE'S SHOOTING RANGE 'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL VERY, VERY ISSUE OVER THERE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO RELEASE STRESS ON YOU.
UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN MOVING A LOT OF OUR, UM, OUR SHOOTING SPORTS AWAY FROM THERE SO THAT WE CAN PRACTICE.
UM, WE HAVE A LEADER, UH, AMANDA EWT.
UH, SHE IS SET UP FOR US TO PARTNER WITH, UH, THEM THERE AT THE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S BEEN WORKING OUT REALLY, REALLY SUPER WELL.
UM, AND THEN OUR RIFLE KIDS, WERE TRYING TO GET THEM UP OFF THE GROUND, BUT IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO DO RIFLE.
YOU KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE A NO RAIN DAY, WHICH LATELY HAS NOT BEEN.
I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NO RAIN THOUGH.
IS ALL THE 14 OR 20 GAUGE? WELL, THEY'RE SHOOTING THAT MANY A HUNDRED ROUNDS AT A SETTING.
UM, ACTUALLY, UH, IT'S BOTH ROUNDS, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THE LOAD IS A, A REDUCED LOAD.
IT'S A SEVEN, EIGHT OR NINE LOAD.
AND SO WE JUST FINISHED UP WITH THE DISTRICT FOUR COMPETITION THIS LAST WEEKEND.
AND SO WATCHING THOSE KIDS GO THROUGH A, WE ONLY DID S***T AT THE DISTRICT FOUR ROUND ROUNDUP.
AND SO, BUT THEY'RE ALL PREPARING UP FOR THE SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZAS.
SO WE'LL HAVE ARCHERY AND SHOTGUN GOING TO THE SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZAS DOWN IN COLLEGE STATION IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD ON NOW THAT.
AND SO, UH, HAVING A GREAT TIME.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ON TOP
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OF THE LIVESTOCK SHOWS, WE'VE STARTED OFF WITH ALL OF OUR, UH, IN-HOUSE TRAININGS.AND SO IF YOU DIDN'T SEE, UM, ON THE ONE PAGE, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON AT THE EXTENSION OFFICE.
WE HAVE OUR CLEVER KID PROGRAM, OUR LAST, UH, CLEVER KID PROGRAM.
UH, THOSE ARE OUR FIVE TO EIGHT YEAR OLDS.
THEN WE'LL TAKE THE SUMMER OFF.
THEY CAN GO TO SUMMER CAMP IF THEY WANT TO.
BUT, UM, THE PROGRAM IS INCREASING THE, UH, ATTENDANCE AND ALSO INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION IN FOODS AND ALSO CLOTHING AND TEXTILES.
SO, UM, SARAH HAS SEVERAL, UM, I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAN GO, UH, SARAH SET UP SEVERAL WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, UH, FOR FOOD NUTRITION.
AND THEN ON THE AFTERNOON OF THAT STEPHANIE HARDY, WHO'S ONE OF OUR LEADERS AS DOING, UH, CLOTHING AND TEXTILES.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON WITH THOSE TWO FRAMES.
AND THEN I HAVE LIVESTOCK, UM, WORKSHOPS THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN THIS, UH, FALL.
'CAUSE WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF NEW MEMBERS COMING ON.
AND SO TRYING TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED, UH, BEFORE THEY EVEN GO OUT AND SEARCH FOR A PROJECT.
IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YES, I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN GO OUT AND BUY A COW AT THE SALE BARN FOR $2,500, BUT TO BUY A SHOW HEIFER, YOU NEED TO LOOK CLOSER TO EIGHT OR 10.
AND SO THEY CAN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY SO MUCH.
BUT, UM, I SHOWED THEM SOME PICTURES AND THEY START FINDING OUT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I'M JUST REALLY SUPER, SUPER EXCITED.
OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE ROUND ROUNDING UP.
SO WE'VE DONE THE WATER STREAM TRAILER, WE'VE DONE THE PLANT SCIENCES, WE HAVE LOTS OF GARDENS GOING IN.
UH, FORNEY HAS JOHNSON ELEMENTARY PLUS THREE OTHER SCHOOLS.
THE HIGH SCHOOL STARTED IN A, A WONDERFUL, UH, GRANT PROCESS WITH FARM BUREAU ON DOING A RAISED BED GARDEN DEMONSTRATION.
AND SO WE'RE HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME TEACHING THESE KIDS ABOUT, UM, UH, COOKING AND, WELL, I'M NOT TEACHING COOKING.
SHE'S TEACHING COOKING, UM, GARDENING AND THIS AND THAT.
UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UM, JOHNSON ELEMENTARY ON, UM, THE 12TH WE'RE MAKING SALSA, SO IF YOU'D LIKE, THAT WAS AN AWFUL EVIL GIGGLE.
OKAY, SO IN JANUARY, I STARTED OFF ON JANUARY 10TH.
IT WAS A SATURDAY AT TEXAS HEALTH.
I HAD 20 PARTICIPANTS WITH MS. A, UH, ANITA'S DIABETES, UH, MANAGEMENT GROUP.
UH, WE DID A BEAN SALSA AND EVERYONE GOT TO TRY THAT.
UM, ON FEBRUARY 19TH AT THE BRITISH FLYING MUSEUM, WE HAD 25 PARTICIPANTS COME AND THEY LEARNED ABOUT NORTH TEXAS PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND WEED MANAGEMENT, UH, FOR AGAIN, NORTH TEXAS.
AND SO WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME WITH THAT.
UM, WE LEARNED ABOUT ORGANIC SPRAYS VERSUS CHEMICAL SPRAYS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN I HELPED MISS CARRIE WITH AG DAY AT THE CAL, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, I DID A PRESENTATION FOR 531 YOUTH, UM, DOING FERMENTATION AND EVERYONE GOT TO TRY MY REFRIGERATOR, SAFE GARLIC PICKLES.
UM, I HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD NEVER TRIED PICKLES BEFORE AND THEY WENT MM.
AND THEN THERE WAS SOME, OH, I REALLY LIKE THAT.
CAN I HAVE MORE? UH, THEY WERE TRYING TO TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE.
SO THEN WE STARTED WALK ACROSS TEXAS FOR THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE 162 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS CURRENTLY GOING.
WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, I THINK THE LAST DAY IS THE FOURTH.
UH, AND WE WILL HAVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF, I GUESS, MILES AND STEPS BY THAT, THAT DAY.
THERE IS A LOT OF STEPS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING AT OUR OFFICE.
UM, I'VE ALSO HAD TWO PRESERVING THE HARVEST PROGRAMS, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY MY FAVORITE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
UH, THESE IS MY CANNING PROGRAM.
SO IN JANUARY I HAD ONE AND I DO IT ON THE LAST SATURDAY OF EACH, UH, LIKE QUARTERLY.
AND I HAD SIX PARTICIPANTS THAT DAY, BUT I HAD TO MOVE IT BECAUSE OF THAT SNOWSTORM.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD NOT COME THAT FOLLOWING WEEKEND, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT I MADE UP FOR IT, UH, IN MARCH AND I HAD 14 PARTICIPANTS AND WE DID, UH, TABLES AND THEY WERE, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND WE DID SALSA AND WE HAD, UM, SOME BREAKFAST AND ALL OF THAT AND WE LISTENED TO MUSIC.
UM, SOME OTHER THINGS I'VE BEEN DOING IS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BE HAPPY ON MASTER OF MEMORY PROGRAM ONCE A MONTH ON THE THURSDAYS.
AND THEN I ALSO ASSISTED, UH, MS. CARRIE WITH, UH, CLOVER KIDS.
WE HAVE A GARDEN, VEGETABLE GARDEN, POLLINATOR GARDEN GOING AT THE EXTENSION OFFICE.
WE HAVE CUCUMBERS, SQUASH, UH, LOTS OF TOMATOES, PEPPERS.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY ARE ABLE TO COME WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND HARVEST ANYTHING THAT IS THERE.
I'VE PLANTED MOST OF THEM BY SEEDS, SOME OF THEM BY TRANSPLANTS IF THE SEEDS DID NOT MAKE, UH, SO WE ARE DOING REALLY GOOD
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AND I WAS SO GRATEFUL.MY SUNFLOWERS MADE IT BY SEED AND THEY ARE HUGE.
AND THEY'RE ABOUT HALF MY HEIGHT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S MORE.
UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH TRI-COUNTY LIBRARY, UH, WITH BOTH THEIR YOUTH AND ADULT PROGRAMMING IN THE EVENINGS AND DURING THE DAY.
AND THAT IS, I JUST LOVE THAT.
I HAVE REACHED 49,760 PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT, UH, OUTREACH, UH, OUTLETS FROM MY MONTHLY DINNER TONIGHT.
YOUTUBE VIDEO, FCH, FACEBOOK PAGE, FCH NEWSLETTER, KAUFFMAN COUNTY NEWSLETTER FOR EMPLOYEES AND THE KAUFFMAN HERALD AND MUCH MORE.
SO I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A QUARTER OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY POPULATION.
I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR IT.
AND IF YOU WOULD, I LIKE, UH, CASEY, IF, IF SHE WOULD, IF YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE IN OFFICE, YOU WOULD CALL MY OFFICE, HAVE HER COME OVER AND TAKE PICTURES SO WE CAN PUT ON HER COUNTY WEBSITE YES SIR.
THAT WOULD BE REALLY INFORMATIONAL.
AND I, I HEAR THAT SOMETIME THE SUMMER WE MAY GET AN AGENT.
THIS LAST WEEKEND AT THE, THE SHOOTING SPORTS, UM, CONFERENCE CONVERSATION AT THE SHOOTING SPORTS WAS ALL THE GOOD AGENTS THAT I, SO HAVE YOU HEARD THAT? WE HAVE AN OPENING
I, SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THIS SUMMER WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO I PRESENTED TO SEVERAL OF THE GOOD ONES.
UM, ACTUALLY THAT WAS KIND OF FUNNY THAT ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN I WAS TALKING TO, HE GOES, OH, THAT IS CLOSER TO MY GIRLFRIEND.
SO I KIND OF TRIED TO, I GO, CAN I HAVE YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S NUMBER? I CAN HOPE THIS MAKE THIS MOVE HAPPEN.
BUT UH, ANYWAY, SO WE ARE TRYING TO TALK TO JUST THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT'S REALLY KIND OF, YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHO YOU'RE, UM, HIRING BECAUSE YES, THOSE CERTAIN TEACHERS THAT HAVE NOT GOT THEIR CONTRACTS RENEWED, THEY'RE NOW MOVING ALONG, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING Y'ALL DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND IT'S CERTAINLY APPRECIATED BY, AND YOU CAN TELL IT BY THE NUMBERS BECAUSE IF YOU WEREN'T DOING A GOOD JOB, THE NUMBERS WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T BE THERE.
OKAY, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THAT.
MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
A EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T NEED ONE GOOD MOTION.
[8. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve awarding bid 2026-004 Annual Contract for Road Materials & Hauling by line item based on lowest unit price, with multiple vendors establishes as primary, secondary and third-ranked per item.]
LORENA, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN APPROVE AWARD A BID OF 2026 DASH OH FOUR, THE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR ROAD MATERIALS AND HAULING BY LINE ITEM BASED ON LOWEST UNIT PRICE WITH MULTIPLE VENDORS ESTABLISHES AS PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND THIRD RANK PER ITEM.GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.
I'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE A BIG ONE.
SO WE HAD A VERY STRONG OUTCOME, UH, RESPONSE ON OUR BID.
WE RECEIVED 15 BIDS IN TOTAL THAT INCLUDES THREE NEW VENDORS.
WE EVALUATED AND TABULATED EVERYTHING FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE THOSE SHEETS IN FRONT OF YOU.
THIS IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FIRM PRICING THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, 2026.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING AWARD BY LINE ITEM BASED ON LOWEST UNIT PRICE WITH FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD RANK VENDORS.
UM, WE DID TRY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO READ AND, UM, COLOR CODED THE TABULATION REPORT FOR YOU WITH YELLOW BEAN, YOUR PRIMARY, YOUR BLUE BEING YOUR SECONDARY, AND YOUR GREEN BEING YOUR ALTERNATE.
COMMISSIONERS, Y'ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THESE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? ANYONE SATISFIED? ANY CHANGES? ANY CONCERNS? WELL, PRICE IS UP A LITTLE BIT, NOT A LITTLE BIT.
SOME OF 'EM STAYED THE SAME, SO I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
SOS I'M SURPRISED WITH THE ACROSS THE FUEL.
SO WE DID HAVE A FEW OF 'EM GO UP, BUT THEN SOME OF 'EM STAYED THE SAME.
SO I DID, UH, JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY MENTION, AND I THINK I'VE SPOKEN TO A FEW COMMISSIONERS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE VENDORS THAT DID SUBMIT.
UM, BUT WE DEEMED THEM NON-RESPONSIVE BECAUSE THE, UM, REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION WASN'T INCLUDED.
WELL AND WE'VE HAD COME, UH, WE'VE MADE CONTACT WITH THESE VENDORS AND SPOKE TO THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[9. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve the order authorizing Memorial Day Fireworks Sales.]
MINE.YOU SAY SOMETHING I THOUGHT SAID SO.
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NUMBER NINE IS MINE.DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ORDER AUTHORIZED MEMORIAL DAY FIREWORK SALES.
THIS IS THE USUAL THING WE DO EVERY YEAR, SO NOTHING'S CHANGED.
WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE A BURN BAND GOING ON, WHICH IS, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
SO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MR. CROW MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[10. Auditor: Discuss/Consider line item and budget transfers/corrections.]
10 IS AUDITOR LINE ITEM TRANSFERS, AUDITORS AT SCHOOL.Y'ALL ALL HAD THESE IN YOUR INBOX SINCE LAST FRIDAY.
ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANY MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THAT ON THE TRANSFERS JUDGE? SIR? IS THAT ON THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS OR WAS IT JUST ON A PAYMENT? THIS IS LINE ITEM TRANSFER TRANSFERS TRANSFER.
I I, I DO NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON ONE OF THOSE JUST TO PEOPLE KNOW.
UH, THE JUDGE AND I, UH, I MENTIONED IT LAST WEEK THAT, UH, BASICALLY I HAVE A LINE ITEM THAT'S CALLED EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION.
AND UH, WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM IS NOT FROM TAX DOLLARS, IT COMES FROM THE SALE OF ALL THE CULVERTS THAT WE PULL UP TO REPLACE ALL THE RUSTED.
SO NORMALLY IT'S USED FOR BUYING BOOTS OR AWARDS FOR RETIREMENT.
SO OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IT'S GROWN TO A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ABOUT, I THINK IT'S AROUND 12,000 ABOUT TO BE IN THERE.
UH, WE DON'T USE THAT MUCH FOR AWARDS, SO I KIND OF NEED TO TAKE SOME THAT DOWN.
SO I WAS GONNA TRANSFER, UH, 9,000, UH, $500 TO A BUILDING.
SELLS TO PUT A SECURITY BUILDING ON OUR, UH, LITTLE AREA WHERE WE STORE GRAVEL AND CAMP.
'CAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME CULVERT STOLEN OUT OF THERE, SOME EQUIPMENT STOLEN.
THE SHERIFF THEN DID A GREAT JOB OF RECOVERING MOST OF ALL OUR EQUIPMENT THAT WAS STOLEN THIS LAST YEAR.
SO I DO WANT TO, I WAS TRYING TO BRING THAT ACCOUNT DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND STILL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THERE TO CONTINUE TO BUY IF I NEED TO BUY WARS, RETIREMENT PLANS OR STUFF.
SO I KIND OF WANTED TO EXPLAIN IT TO THE PUBLIC OR IF SOMEBODY SEES THAT WHY I'M DOING THAT.
SO I JUST LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT.
SO AGAIN, WHO MADE THE MOTION? S***T MADE THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[11. Auditor: Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.]
AUDITOR, ONCE AGAIN DISCUSS.YOU'VE LOOKED AT ALL THE INVOICES.
ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS? NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[12. Adjourn Meeting]
ADJOURN THE MEETING.MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.