Jul 07, 2026 Commissioners Court

ROUTINE

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

KELLY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR US? YES, WE HAVE UH, COME IN THIS WEEKEND, WE HAVE OUR COUNTYWIDE CLEANUP, INTERNAL, UH, FIND MY DATE HERE.

WHAT IS THAT DATE? ? JULY 11TH.

JULY.

UH, FROM EIGHT TO FOUR.

UH, AND THE TIRES WILL BE ACCEPTED ON, ON THAT DAY.

UH, LIMIT 10 PER HOUSEHOLD.

AND THAT IS PASSENGER VEHICLE ONLY.

HOW ABOUT ELECTRONICS? ELECTRONICS, UH, YEAH.

ELECTRONICS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

UH, NORMALLY WITH A LITTLE FEE.

YEAH, NORMALLY WITH A FEE ON THE ELECTRONICS.

UH, BUT NONE THAT, UH, STILL NO CONDUCT, NO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS.

RIGHT.

BUT IT IS A PLACE THEY CAN GET RID OF IT.

ELECTRONICS IF THEY NEED TO.

SO.

AND THE SHERIFF HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED SHARE WITH US ALSO, MORNING JOB KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OVER JULY 4TH IS USUALLY OUR BIGGEST ALL DAY, DAY OF THE YEAR.

SO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENED.

MM-HMM .

I KNOW Y'ALL LIKE TO BE EDUCATED OVER THAT.

UH, IF YOU CAN SEE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY WE HAD A TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE 1,055.

UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUR HEAD OF OFFICERS INITIATED CALLS.

UH, UH, IF YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST, UH, FIVE YEARS THAT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR JULY 4TH HAS WENT UP OVER 45%.

SO THAT JUST TELLS YOU THE INCREASE.

BUT, AND YOU CAN ALSO TELL WITH US GETTING MORE DEPUTIES MORE CONSISTENT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HAVING OUR STAFFING THAT OUR INITIAT CALLS FROM TRAFFIC STOPS AND JUST ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE, IT WENT UP 170%.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SLOWING PEOPLE DOWN, DOING THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.

AND THEN THE BEST THING OF ALL WITH ALL THEM CALLS FOR SERVICE AND DOING IT AND HAVING ADEQUATE PEOPLE OUT THERE, OUR AVERAGE OF SPOT TIME WAS 6.9 MINUTES WITH A THOUSAND FISH.

SO THAT'S A GOOD DAY.

SO I'M PROUD OF MY COMMAND STAFF.

I'M PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

UH, THEY KEPT EVERYBODY SAFE.

UH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT, WE WILL HAVE A VIDEO OUT.

WE LIKE TO HAVE AN OFFICER HIT WAS IN FARNEY.

UH, IT'S A PRETTY SCARY VIDEO.

UH, HE WAS TALKING, LUCKILY SOMEBODY CAUGHT HIM BACK OR HE HAD BEEN BETWEEN THE TWO CARS WHEN THE DRUNK DRIVER HIT THE FARNEY PD CAR AND JUST DEBRIS BARELY MISSED HIM.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WAS BLESSED AND LUCKY AND UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND APPRECIATE THE MEN AND WOMEN AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

YOU BET.

DISPATCH AND ALL THEM THAT DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR JULY 4TH, TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE SO I KNOW THE TRAFFIC.

UH, JULY 4TH NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT I WAS COMING HOME AND IT WAS LIKE A BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL GOING ON SOMEWHERE.

IT WAS JUST BUMPER TO BUMPER.

IT'S CRAZY.

YEAH, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT MANY CARS.

TRAFFIC WAS REALLY PRETTY HIGH.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I KNOW Y'ALL ALWAYS WONDERING ABOUT THE FOURTH, HOW, HOW WE'RE DOING AND HOW IT'S LOOKING.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S INCREASING, BUT YEAH, KEEPING OUR STAFFING UP IS GONNA BE THE BIG THING TO, TO DO.

DEAL WITH THAT.

WELL WE APPRECIATE OFFICER DUNNER DOING THE WORK.

THANK Y'ALL, Y'ALL.

IT'S NOT EASY.

THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. Y'ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE FIRST ONES TO ACCEPT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT REGULAR MEETINGS FOR JUNE THE 30TH OF THIS YEAR AND ACCEPT THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S MONTHLY TAX COLLECTIONS REPORTS FROM MAY OF THIS YEAR AND ACCEPT THE TAX ASSESSOR'S COLLECTION AUTO COLLECTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY OF 26TH.

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

Y'ALL ALL SEEN THESE TO HEARD 'EM LAST WEEK, SO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION PLEA.

MR. PHIS MAKES THE MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES A SECOND.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, NUMBER THREE IS MR.

[3. Martha Diffee: Present information regarding Still Hope Ranch, a non-profit safe house serving Kaufman County.]

UH, MARTHA DIFFY.

SHE WANTS TO INFORM US REGARDING STEEL HOPE RANCH, A NONPROFIT, SAFE, SAFE HOUSE SERVING KAMAN COUNTY.

GOOD MORNING.

HELLO.

GOOD MORNING.

THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.

CERTAINLY.

MY NAME IS MARTHA TFE AND UH, WE JUST STARTED A NEW MINISTRY HERE

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IN KAUFMAN.

IT'S CALLED STILL HOPE RANCH.

AND WE ARE A SAFE HOUSE FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN SEX TRAFFICKED AND EXPLOITED.

UM, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

WE'RE HAVING OUR FIRST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, IT'S A CLAY SHOOT AT THE TEXAS GUN RANCH.

UM, I WANTED TO ASK FOR YOU GUYS TO, UM, MAYBE BE A PART OF IT AND SUPPORT US.

UH, SO WE WILL BE A TWO YEAR PROGRAM.

SO THE WOMEN WILL COME IN AND IT'LL BE A VERY, UM, STRUCTURED PROGRAM AND IT WILL GO UP TO TWO YEARS.

AND IT'S REALLY JUST SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, THEIR LIVES CAN BE CHANGED AND THEY CAN BECOME, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO GOD CREATED THEM TO BE.

HOW ARE YOU FINDING THESE LADIES? SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH RESCUE AMERICA.

THEY WORK WITH WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, ALSO LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.

AND WHEN IS YOUR CLAY SHOOT? THE CLAY SHOOT IS GOING TO BE FRIDAY, AUGUST THE SEVENTH.

AND I'LL LEAVE THIS IN THE BACK.

UM, SO I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UM, WHAT IS THE NAME OF OH, CHANDELIER FARMS IS GOING TO BE DOING A, UM, A FUNDRAISER FOR US AS WELL.

AND IT'S GONNA BE A CATTLEMAN'S BALL IN OCTOBER.

AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL.

BUT ALL THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE MINISTRY OKAY.

AS WELL.

UH, WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED? IT IS, IT'S AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, BUT IT IS IN KAUFMAN.

IT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

SHERIFF, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS? YOU PROBABLY, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE SHERIFF.

ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARTHA? NO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES MA'AM.

I LEAVE THIS, OKAY, ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS FOR MR. JEREMY AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA GROUP FOUR AND FIVE TOGETHER 'CAUSE THAT'S PRECINCT ONE.

THEN WE'RE GONNA DO SIX AND SEVEN IS PRECINCT THREE, THEN WE'RE GONNA DO EIGHT AND NINE IS PRECINCT FOUR.

SO KIND OF MOVE US ALONG A LITTLE BIT.

JEREMY, GO AHEAD AND UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND TELL US WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THEN I'LL READ ALL THE MOTIONS.

SO THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, WHICH IS FOUR AND FIVE ARE FIBER INSTALLATIONS FOR PRECINCT ONE.

GOOD MORNING.

UH,

[Items 4 & 5]

UM, IT'S PRETTY MUCH SPECTRUM.

IT'S UH, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

UM, MINIMAL IMPACTS TO ANY COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE.

TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND EVERYTHING'S SQUARED AWAY.

I JUST NEED YOUR REPORT.

YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THE FOLKS ACTUALLY THEIR ITEMS, UH, MR. ADAM, ARE THEY EIGHT, NINE? YES.

EIGHT, NINE TO THEN, OKAY, I'LL BRING THEM UP THERE.

ALRIGHT, SO LEMME READ NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSS AND APPROVE FIBER INSTALLATION FROM SPECTRUM ON COUNTY ROADS.

1 22, 1 24, 1 25, 1 29, 1 31 31, 1 31 A 1 32, 1 33, 1 33 A 1 36, 1 36 C, 1 37, 1 39, 1 40, 1 41 AND 1 64.

AND SUAN LANE TAYLOR ROAD.

ROLLING OAK CIRCLE.

ROLLING CEDAR LANE.

ROLLING HEIGHT CIRCLE.

PAM LANE, ANGELINE WAY, BREEDING DRIVE AND CROW LANE AND PRECINCT ONE LOT ROAD.

I THINK THAT AGAIN, I THINK HE WAS KI .

JUST PRETEND YOU HEARD IT.

DISCUSS AND APPROVE FIBER INSTALLATION FROM SPECTRUM ON GRABS LANE COUNTY ROAD.

MR. CROW.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

HAVE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER CROW.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND COMM.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, MAKE A SECOND.

[Items 6 & 7]

THREE OH EIGHT THREE OH NINE THREE TEN THREE ELEVEN THREE TWELVE THREE THIRTEEN THREE FOURTEEN THREE FIFTY SEVEN THREE FIFTY NINE.

360 9 3 73 71 2 43 CANDLE.

2 46 2 55 IN PRECINCT THREE.

SIMILAR PROJECT.

UH, IT'S ALSO A SPECTRUM.

UM, DRIVEN FIBER OPTIC, UH, PROJECT, UH, MINIMUM IMPACTS TRAFFIC CONTROL HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

I ASK YOUR APPROVAL.

I MAKE A MOTION.

UH, MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. WARREN MAKES A SECOND.

FIBER INSTALLATION ON STROM HAVEN RIDGE LANE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, DISCUSS AND APPROVE

[Items 8 & 9]

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LAKE RIDGE, UH, TIMBERON, SILVER CREEK TIMBER TRAIL, BLUE BONNET SHADY LANE.

UH, COUNTY ROAD 4141 0 1.

41 0 2 40 96.

40 97 40 97 A 40 98 AND 4 99 IN PRECINCT FOUR.

COMMISSIONER.

ALRIGHT.

YOU GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THEM BEFORE WE MAKE A VOTE.

OKAY, GO AHEAD TIM THOMPSON, COME ON UP.

OH, COME ON TIM.

COME ON UP.

MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I'M TIM THOMPSON, THE UTILITY PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR WINDSTREAM KINETIC UNITY.

UNITY IS OUR CURRENT NAME.

KINETIC IS OUR BUSINESS OFFICE.

AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, WINDSTREAM WAS THE FORMER ILAC FOR SCURRY, UH, DISTRICT IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY.

WE ARE EXPANDING AND UPGRADING OUR NETWORK FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AND RURAL AREAS IN SCURRY AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS GONNA DO.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU IS THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH ANYTHING WITH WINDSTREAM, KINETIC UNITY, CALL ME AND WE'LL GET IT ADDRESSED.

ASAP.

OKAY, THAT'S IT.

AND I DO HAVE HIS PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER, AND HIS DADDY.

SO I CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT.

COMMISSIONER MR FOUR.

MR. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER FORD.

HAVE A SECOND.

MR. LANE MAKES SECOND.

[10. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve leasing of a Etnyre 2-Wheel Drive ChipSpreader for PCT 3 utilizing Buyboard 788-26.]

LORENA.

SHE WANTS TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE LEASING OF AN ENTIRE, UH, TWO WHEEL DRIVE CHIP SPREADER FOR PRECINCT THREE UTILIZING BUYBOARD 7 88 DASH 26.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO THIS IS A TWO WHEEL DRIVE, A CHIP SPREAD, UH, FOR PRECINCT THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF 4 3 7 4 0 9 PURCHASE MEETS, UH, REQUIRE PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS.

I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL COMMISSIONER? UH, YES.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

ALRIGHT.

COMMISSIONER LANE MAKES THE MOTION.

HAVE A SECOND.

MR. COLE MAKES A SECOND.

AGAIN DISCUSS AND APPROVED FINAL RENEWAL OF RFP 24 DASH 10 DISASTER DEBRIS REMOVAL.

A MOTION CARRIES MR. RENA ONCE

[11. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve final renewal of RFP 24-10 Disaster Debris Removal.]

SO THIS IS A FINAL RENEWAL ALLOWED UNDER THE CONTRACT.

UH, VENDOR HAS AGREED TO KEEP TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRICING.

OH GOOD.

AND UM, I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR LORRAINE ON THAT? NOT NEED A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. LANE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

ONCE AGAIN DISCUSS AND APPROVED FINAL RENEWAL OF RFP 24 DASH OH EIGHT DISASTER CONSULTING.

MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AYE.

A MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, MS. SINA,

[12. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve final renewal of RFP 24-08 Disaster Consulting.]

SAME THING HERE.

THIS IS A FINAL RENEWAL AND DEFENDER AGREES TO RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH THE SAME TERMS, SAME CONDITIONS AND PRICING.

THAT'S GOOD.

I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL.

NEED A MOTION? ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MOTION.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. COLE MAKES SECOND.

THINK THIS IS YOUR LAST ONE.

A AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, MS. SERENA, I

[13. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve final renewal of RFP 24-09 Disaster Debris Monitoring.]

MAYBE TWO MORE.

DISCUSS AND APPROVE FINAL RENEWAL OF RRP 24 0 9.

DISASTER DEBRIS MONITORING.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS FINAL RENEWAL.

THE VENDOR HAS AGREED TO KEEP TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRICING, SO I RECOMMEND THEM, UH, APPROVAL GOING FORWARD.

HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND MR. LANE.

MAKE A SECOND.

ALL THEM FAVORS SAY AYE.

A MOTION CARRIES.

I'M SORRY.

YOU DO HAVE ONE MORE.

AN AMENDMENT TO THE KITCHELL CEM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO EXTEND TO THE AGREEMENT AND INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT DUE TO THE EXTENDED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT.

DISCUSS AND APPROVE

[14. Lorena Diaz: Discuss/Consider/Approve an amendment to the Kitchell CEM Professional Services Agreement to extend the agreement and increase the contract amount due to the extended construction schedule for the Kaufman County Courthouse Renovation Project.]

SO THIS AMENDMENT EXTENDS KIT'S AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES THROUGH THE PROJECT.

UH, PROJECT COMPLETION.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 87,640.

WE'RE REQUESTING THE FULL AMENDMENT, UH, AMOUNT TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT FUNDING THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.

FINAL RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE DECIDED AT CONCLUSION OF THE PROJECT.

UH, MS. AUDITOR TO DISCUSS

WE MAY NOT USE A FULL AMOUNT, UM, IF THEY FINISH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

WHERE ARE WE ON SCHEDULE? EIGHT THREE IS FINAL COMPLETION DATE EIGHT THREE IS STILL FINAL? YES.

MS. BRANDY OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR LORRAINE ON THAT? ON THE PROJECT OREL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. PHELPS MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

NO, I'LL SECOND.

MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND.

ALL THEM IN FAVORS SAY, AYE.

A MOTION.

CARRIE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MS.

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

CONSIDER LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.

WE JUST HAVE A FEW REGULAR ROUTINE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS THIS WEEK AND WE ASKED FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL.

Y'ALL GOT THOSE I THINK LAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

GOT TIME TO LOOK AT THEM.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

I'LL MAKE ANY MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

THANK YOU.

MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. CROW MAKES SECOND.

ONCE AGAIN CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

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

SO THIS WEEK WE HAVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES, MOSTLY MADE UP OF BOND EXPENDITURES.

WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF JURY, UM, PAYMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A REGULAR PAYROLL AND WE ASK THE COURT'S APPROVAL TO PAY AGAIN.

Y'ALL HAD THOSE SINCE LAST WEEK.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? NOW? NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. LAMB MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.

MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND.