* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:05] IT'S REGULAR MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE. COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS CALLED TO ORDER. UH, IT'S TUESDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 2029 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM. A FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY IS A, UH, INVOCATION AND A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, OFFERED BY, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER CASEY IS GOING TO DO THE INVOCATION AND UH, COMMISSIONER BARBARA IS GOING TO DO PLEDGES. IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND IF YOU'LL JUST PRAY WITH ME. DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE TO SERVE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS OF LIVING IN THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY. OR WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON ALL THOSE PRESENT TODAY. WE ASK THAT YOU LEAD AND GUIDE US WITH WISDOM AND JUDGMENT AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT OUR CITIZENS AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS. AND LORD, WE ASK ALSO YOUR BLESSINGS ON ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR MILITARY THAT PROTECT US EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND YOUR NAME, WE PRAY THESE THINGS. AMEN. WHERE THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, , THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STANDING, IF YOU WOULD CARE TO COME SIT UP FRONT, WE WON'T CALL ON YOU OR ANYTHING, I PROMISE, BUT, UH, UH, IT'D BE A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE BE SITTING AND STANDING. PROBABLY A WELCOME TO EVERYBODY. UH, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE, UH, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE ATTENDANCE AT OUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING. IT, UH, GIVES US, UH, IT GIVES US THE IMPRESSION THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. UH, AT THIS POINT IN THE, IN THE MEETING WE, WE HAVE A SLOT FOR HEARING COMMENTS FROM UH, HEARING COMMENTS FROM VISITORS. UH, AND I HAVE TWO CARDS TODAY THAT FOLKS ARE WANTING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 17 AND THE AGENDA. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO ITEM 17 AND THEN ASK YOU TO INVITE YOU TO COME UP AND GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS, UH, WHEN THAT ITEM IS PRESENTED. [1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.] SO, UH, WE HAVE ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE AND I THINK WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER HUNT. ARE YOU, ARE YOU READY? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M READY OR NOT, BUT I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO I'VE BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND OF COURSE I'VE BEEN MAKING SOME OF THESE MEETINGS. THE COMPTON COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION IS A COALITION THAT THEY STARTED TO, SO WE CAN DO A COUNT ON OUR HOMELESS AND CHALLENGE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHALLENGES OUT THERE SO THEY CAN HELP THEM AND GET AN IDEA, HAVE NUMBERS IN OUR COUNTY IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND LIVING IN THEIR CARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, UH, THEY'RE HAVING A, UH, I CALL IT A POINT IN TIME COUNT A PIT COUNT AND THIS IS GOING TO BE STATEWIDE AND IT'S GOING TO BE JANUARY THE 23RD. AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS A, UM, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT IS STRUGGLING TO RENT A PLACE ON THE, ON THEIR OWN, THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE AFFORDING RENT. ARE YOU UNSURE? WERE YOU ASLEEP TONIGHT? UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE COUNTS AND WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THESE COUNTS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CENTERS AND SET UP AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CARE BAGS AT THE SERENITY CENTER ON SOUTH ROCKWALL AND TERRIBLE THE CALL FROM THE SOUTHSIDE CHURCH DOWN HERE. UM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE FROM, UH, 11 TO TWO AND FIVE TO SEVEN. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A, I DON'T KNOW, DO WE HAVE THE PLACES AND SCURRY ROSTER ELMO SET UP YET? OKAY. SO IF YOU FIND, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS, UM, UH, SOME HELP OR WHATEVER, WE NEED TO GET THEM COUNTED, YOU CAN DO THIS. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AT THE, FROM FACEBOOK, KAUFMAN COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION, OR AT INFO AT DOT ORG. SO IF Y'ALL KNOW ANYBODY, IF Y'ALL PLEASE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY'VE TALKED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS ALL OVER THE COUNTY THAT, UH, TO KIND OF HELP US GET SOME INFORMATION. SO WE GET GOOD NUMBERS FOR THAT. UH, ALSO KIND OF TOUCH BASE WITH, UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST MONTHLY CLEANUP COLLECTION EVENT FOR A COFFEE COUNTY REFERRAL. ALL THE KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENCES, YOU KNOW, CITY AND COUNTY. UH, SATURDAY. WE HAD IT HERE SATURDAY AT, UH, A KAUFFMAN THAT WE COLLECTED NINE 30 YARD DUMPSTERS OF TRASH AND WE COLLECTED ONE 30 YARD DUMPSTER OF TRASH, UH, SCRAP METAL. WE HAD 125 TO 150 CARS COMING IN. AND WHENEVER I WAS THERE AND WE WERE LOOKING AND CHECKING DRIVER'S LICENSE, EVERYTHING ELSE, THESE PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE, EVERYWHERE. I MEAN THEY, THEY CAME FROM, FROM COFFMAN, TERRELL SCURRY, CRANDALL CAMP, ELMO, GRACE PRAIRIE [00:05:01] COMBINED, YOU KNOW, SO THEY, THEY CAME FROM EVERYWHERE AND WE HAD ONE THAT HAD LIKE A QUINLAN ADDRESS, BUT THEY LIVED IN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND IT WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU CAN'T DUMP HERE IN THIS LAU. SO, BUT ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT OF HUNT COUNTY CITIES UP IN NORTH IN TERRY BARBER'S PRECINCT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW HAD QUINLIN ADDRESSES, BUT TO DO SO, UM, THE NEXT CLEANUP, UM, IS GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 1ST AT PRECINCT TWO FROM EIGHT TO FOUR. UH, GET SOME MORE INFORMATION. YOU CAN CHECK THE COUNTY WEBSITE FOR RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE. IS THAT HOW THEY'D LOOK IT UP? YES. OKAY. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE COUNTY FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE NEXT EVENT. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. OKAY. MR BARBARA, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE NEWS THERE YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US. YEAH, THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. THE TERRELL TRIBUNE DID A LITTLE REPORT HERE ABOUT, UH, COUNTIES GROWTH RATE AMONG NATIONS HIGHEST TALKING ABOUT COFFIN COUNTY SAYS COFFIN COUNTY WAS RANKED AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE US CENSUS BUREAU IN KAUFFMAN WAS THE NUMBER ONE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE DFW METROPLEX AREA OUT OF 16 COUNTIES. UH, LET'S SEE, THEY ACCORDED JUDGE WOOD, FORMER, UH, UH, COUNTY JUDGE WOULD HEAR SAYING THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS ON THE HORIZON OR THE HORIZON FOR THIS GREAT COUNTY AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP THIS GREAT COUNTY, INCLUDING TERRELL. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS HEADED OUR WAY AND WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR. UH, HE ALSO SAID THAT, UH, COFFIN COUNTY WAS THE NUMBER TWO SUB-MARKET FOR HOUSING STARTS IN THE DFW AREA. AND, UH, HE SAID, WE'RE GROWING LIKE GANGBUSTERS AND IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE TERRELL AREA AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WANTS YOUR BUSINESS TO GROW HERE. SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS HURTING. INTERESTING. AND, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE. APPARENTLY WE'RE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THAT. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. SO YEAH, IT IS A GOOD THING. YEAH. UH, OKAY. ONE OTHER ITEM OF ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE AND, UH, IF I COULD GET A COMMISSIONER CAGE TO COME UP HERE, I WANT TO READ SOMETHING TO YOU. AND IT CAME, COMES FROM, UH, TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE. UH, THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION AWARDS, THE CERTIFICATE TO KEN KATES FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING SIX HOURS OF EDUCATIONAL TRAINING DURING THE DISTRICT, FOUR COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER THE FIFTH IN MOUNT PLEASANT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE IS THE, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE, ALL OF US HAVE, UH, REQUIRED BY THE STATE FOR TRAINING. ACTUALLY MOST EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY, UH, ALMOST EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTY HAS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL REQUIREMENTS IN, UH, COMMISSIONER KATE'S, CONGRATULATIONS FOR GETTING THAT TRAINING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. [2. CONSENT AGENDA] THAT GETS US TO CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER CORRESPONDENCE, RIGHT? UH, SO WE HAVE ABCD ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, GENTLEMEN, DO YOU WANT TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT ANY OF THESE? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. WE HAD THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND SEGMENT. COMMISSIONER BARBARA. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. [3. Judge Richards; Present awards to Dr. William Fortner and Judge Mike Smith for years of service to Kaufman County.] THIS NEXT ITEM IS A, UH, IS A GREAT PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO ME. UM, UH, IF I COULD GET, LET'S SEE. DR FOREIGNER. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA MEET YOU RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT. UH, ANYBODY TAKE PICTURES? TAKING PICTURES? OH, SOMEBODY WILL BE TAKING PICTURE READY. IT'S GOT TO GO AROUND THE BLOCK TO GET TO. OKAY. MAYOR DR. BILL FORTNER, FORMER COFFIN. MAYOR, UH, HAS SERVED AS THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY FOR 30, 40 YEARS, 40 YEARS, AND UH, RETIRED. UH, HE'S RETIRING FROM THAT POSITION AND UH, THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE REPRESENTATION OF OUR APPRECIATION. UH, I GOT THE WRONG FOLDER. WE GOT A LOT OF THIS GOING ON TODAY. SO, UH, BEFORE I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH, HOW HONORED WE ARE THAT YOU SERVE SO LONG AND SO DILIGENTLY FOR THE COUNTY AND WITH ALL THE, WITH ALL OF THE THINGS YOU HAD TO DO BESIDES JUST BEING A DOCTOR AND THEN SERVING AS MAYOR. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. WELL, THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL WORDS TOWARDS, UH, JUDGE RICHARDS, COMMISSIONERS CALL FROM THE COUNTY RESIDENTS? I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE BEING YOUR COUNTY HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR 40 YEARS. WE HAVEN'T, FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE HAVEN'T HAD A BAD EPIDEMIC IN THAT LENGTH OF TIME. [00:10:01] WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAD A LOT OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE COUNTY, BUT UH, IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MORE. BUT THAT REALLY THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED IN MY 40 YEARS WAS THAT HAD BOLA EPIDEMIC THAT HAD IN THE HOUSE. I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WAS EXPOSED TO O U BOLA WAS A RESIDENT OF KAUFMAN COUNTY. SO I WAS TALKING TO A DOCTOR. IS THAT READY TO GO WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN ARLINGTON? THAT'S, I WAS TALKING TO HIM ON THE PHONE EVERY DAY DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. ANYBODY WE GOT PAST IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NORMA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING UP WITH US. WELL, I THINK YOU'RE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. YEAH. WHAT ELSE JUDGE MIKE SMITH, WOULD YOU COME UP HERE? WE'LL DO IT ALL THROUGH A REAL ASIDE SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SAYING THIS. OKAY. HAS SERVED COFFIN COUNTY AS THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PRECINCT FREE FOR 13 YEARS AND RECENTLY HAS RETIRED FROM THAT POSITION TO TAKE A FULL TIME POSITION AS A MUNICIPAL JUDGE WITH THE CITY OF CAROL AT. UH, IT'S A GREAT CHANCE FOR US TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE DONE COUNTING. I KNOW BEING A JP AS A, IT'S NOT AN EIGHT TO FIVE JOB, YOU HAVE LOTS OF THINGS, SOMETIMES UNPLEASANT, BUT JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN YOUR COURT IS THE PEOPLE'S COURT. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE. IT'S A GREAT SERVICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. WAIT, CAN WE GET THE COMMISSIONERS TO COME BEHIND? WOULD THAT BE KIND OF AN AWKWARD SET UP A LITTLE BIT. THERE YOU GO. WHICH MY THANK YOU. [4. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider appointing Vanessa Brooks as Kaufman County Constable for Pet. #4. If approved, Constable Brooks will be sworn in immediately following her appointment.] UH, ITEM A, ITEM FOUR, AND WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO, UH, COMMISSIONER KATE'S TO INTRODUCE ITEM FOUR AND COMMISSIONER, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE TO DO THIS AND WHERE TO TAKE THE PICTURES AND ALL THAT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. WELL, JUDGE A DRESS ON ITEM FOUR, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, BRING BEFORE THE COURT A MOTION TO, UH, MAKE WHAT IT WILL BE. UH, IF APPROVED A HISTORIC MOVE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE, UH, WE HAD TO MAKE A, UH, A SHORT TERM ADJUSTMENT IN OUR CONSTABLE'S OFFICE DOWN IN PRECINCT FOUR, UH, LAST YEAR DUE TO THE LOSS OF OUR, UH, ELECTED CONSTABLE. AND, UH, ON THE ACTION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, WE IDENTIFIED AND, UH, AND DESIGNATED, UH, UH, VANESSA BROOKS AS THE CHIEF DEPUTY CONSTABLE. AND IN THAT CAPACITY, SHE HAS SERVED, UH, THE PRECINCT VERY WELL DONE, A GREAT JOB DOWN THERE. UH, WE NOTED THAT SHE FILED FOR OFFICE FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND, UH, AS, UM, AS WAS OUR INTENT TO, UH, ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PARTICULAR POSITION, UH, SELECTION. UH, WE ALSO NOTE NOW THAT, UH, BEING UNOPPOSED, IT WOULD SEEM, UH, A BARN, A SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT, UH, CHIEF DEPUTY CONSTABLE BROOKS WILL BECOME THE, THE PRECINCT FOUR CONSTABLE, UH, IN THE, IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. UH, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE, UH, AND ON [00:15:01] THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, JOHNNY ADAMS, UH, UH, JUDGE ADAMS AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE IN THIS COURT CONSIDER APPOINTING CHIEF DEPUTY VANESSA BROOKS AS THE VERY FIRST FEMALE CONSTABLE IN THE HISTORY OF KAUFMAN COUNTY. . AND JUST TO FINISH THAT MOTION, JUDGE VANESSA HAS SERVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 18 YEARS, OVER 13 YEARS WITH THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. UH, AND AS I SAID, SHE, UH, HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, REPRESENTS OUR COUNTY, UH, EXTREMELY WELL. AND SO WE, UH, WE'RE PROUD TO NOMINATE HER, UH, FOR THAT APPOINTMENT. OKAY, SO WE HAVE THAT NOMINATION OR WE HAVE THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KATE'S TO APPOINT VANESSA BROOKS AS CONSTABLE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR. IS THERE A SECOND NOW? SECOND WE HAVE SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. NOW THE HARD PART IS YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS PICTURE. COMMISSIONER CONSTABLE, IF YOU'LL MEET US RIGHT DOWN FRONT, YOU WANT ME TO COME DOWN HERE WITH YOU OR I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA. OKAY, GO AHEAD. I'M GOING TO ASK SWEARING. YEP. OKAY. I GET MY STEPS IN TODAY RANDOMLY CORRELATIONS. SO IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MINISTER, THIS STATEMENT OF ELECTED POINT IS UH, ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICER. I SPEAK YOUR NAME. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFER OR PROMISE TO PAY CONTRIBUTED POULTRY OR PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE. YOU CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED OR AS A REWARD, AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY, TO SECURE MY CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE. OKAY. THAT IS THE STATEMENT THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND NOW WE WILL, UH, STATE YOUR NAME. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, CONSTABLE PRECINCT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS STATE. OKAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO ME. ONE, TWO, THREE. THANK YOU. [00:20:15] EVERYBODY'S LEAVING. I DIDN'T COME FOR A SECOND. I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THEY CAME FOR US AND THEY GET IT. THEY CAME FROM HER. OKAY. [5. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider appointing Dr. Ben Brashear as the Kaufman County Health Authority. If approved, Dr. Brashear will be sworn in immediately following his appointment.] NEXT ITEM. UH, ITEM FIVE IS, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPOINTING DR BEN BRASIER IS THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HEALTH AUTHORITY. UH, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE, THE APPLICATION THAT DR BRASIER, HE WAS THE ONLY APPLICANT THAT WE RECEIVED. WE POSTED THAT JOB AND I KNOW THAT WAS, UH, DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS. UH, DR BRASIER. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY DR FORTNER. UH, UH, HE'S A PRACTITIONER, A GENERAL FAMILY PRACTICE PRACTITIONER IN COFFIN. UH, HIS FAMILY IS HERE AND HE'S A PRETTY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY. SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT DR BEN BRASIER AS TO KAUFMAN COUNTY HEALTH AUTHORITY. IS THERE. THAT'S MY MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? UH, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT, UH, DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES AND HE WILL BE SWORN. HE HAD A, UH, HE HAD PATIENTS THAT HE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS MORNING. UM, AND SO I'LL BE SWEARING HIM IN, IN MY OFFICE IN THE NEAR [6. Carrie Sharp and Katie Sotzing; Present/Accept the Quarterly Report for the County Extension Office.] FUTURE. UH, NEXT UP, CARRIE SHARP AND KATIE SOURCING WERE PRESENT AND ACCEPT PERCENT FOR EXCITEMENT. THE QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE WHEN YOU LADIES. SO IN LIEU OF RALPH TAKING HIS WONDERFUL VACATION WHILE YOU GOT A BACK SURGERY, I SHOULDN'T CALL IT VACATION. HE'S HAVING FUN TRYING TO RECOVER. UM, I LIKE TO PRESENT HIS REPORT THIS MORNING. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT UH, THE OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER REPORT FOR RALPH DAVIS AND THE ACT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN OCTOBER, THEY HAD A WONDERFUL HA, HEY SHOW. THE ENTRIES WERE DOWN 50% FROM NORMAL YEARS, BUT THAT WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE WET CONDITIONS FOR THE FIRST CUTTING AND GETTING THE HAY OUT AND BACK IN. UM, THEY DID RECOGNIZE, UH, THROUGH THAT 133 PEOPLE CAME. JASON BETA BETA BANTA GAVE A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM ON BEEF KELLEN NUTRITION. IN NOVEMBER, THE, UH, LIVESTOCK AND FOREST GROUP WENT ON OUT OF COUNTY TOUR TO, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT INCLUDED A FRESHWATER SHRIMP, THE ONLY ONE IN THIS UNITED STATES AND WEATHERFORD, TEXAS. THEY WENT ON THEN TO SWEETWATER WHERE THEY VISITED THE, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS WITH TEXAS TECH. THEY HAD VISITED THE LARGEST DAIRY AND ALSO A SPICE MANUFACTURER. THE BIGGEST EXCITEMENT WAS GOING TO THE POTASH. MINE IN ARTESIA WERE ONLY HALF OF THE GROUP WENT DOWN UNDERNEATH. UH, IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT GOING 1900 FEET UNDER THE GROUND WAS NOT REALLY WHAT HALF THE GROUP WANTED TO DO. UH, THEY ALSO CAME BACK AND VISITED THE LARGEST, UH, PECAN PRODUCER THAT THEN BROUGHT US INTO, UH, DECEMBER WHERE, UM, 13 PRODUCERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTY, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL INCREMENT REPORT. THE TWO BIGGEST AGRICULTURAL RECEIPTS, UH, IN KAUFMAN COUNTY IN HISTORY HAVE BEEN BEEF CATTLE AND THE SELLING OF HAY. IN 2019, THOUGH WE SAW DRA DRAMATIC DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS. OF COURSE, BOTH OF ALL THOSE PRODUCERS, UH, CONTRIBUTED THAT TO THE FACTOR OF WEATHER FROM THE HAY SECTOR AND THE DEPRESSED BEEF CATTLE PRICES AND ALL THE AREAS OF BEEF PRODUCTION. UH, WE LOST OVER TWO THIRDS OF OUR SOYBEAN RECEIPTS AND ABOUT 75% OF THE WHEAT CROP HERE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY LAST YEAR. THE TWO BRIGHT SPOTS WERE THAT THE NURSERY AND HORTICULTURE BUSINESS AND OUR PEACH BRITISHERS HAD A VERY OUTSTANDING YEAR. UM, MOVING ON FROM THAT, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE IS A PROGRAM FOR HAVING A SMALL ACREAGE OWNERS WORKSHOP. RALPH DAVIS AND COMMISSIONER CASE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT. UM, WE ARE SETTING THAT UP FOR FEBRUARY. UH, RALPH, I HELPED HIM WITH AN ONLINE UM, SURVEY TO SEE WHAT THE PEOPLE AT KAUFMAN COUNTY ARE WANTING TO DO FOR THE SMALL ACREAGE OWNERS WORKSHOP. THE VERY FIRST ONE IS GOING TO DEAL WITH, UH, TRYING TO FIND OUT YOUR ACTUAL, UM, LET ME GET THE WORD ON THAT. WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? I DON'T HAVE THE FACTS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW YOU, HOW YOU ADD, HOW YOU APPRAISE YOUR LAND. ALSO WE'RE [00:25:01] GOING TO HAVE UM, INFORMATION ON HOW TO BUILD A FENCE PROPERLY AND THEN GONE WRAP THAT UP WITH, UH, SOME OTHER SPEAKERS THAT ARE COMING IN TO HELP THOSE SMALL ACREAGE OWNERS, UH, TRY TO GET READY FOR THEIR, TO MANAGE THOSE TYPES OF PRODUCTS. UH, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY QUARTER FOR RALPH. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO USE THE SURVEY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE. KAUFMAN COUNTY ACTUALLY ARE WANTING TO LEARN ON A SMALL ACREAGE OWNERSHIP. GO AHEAD AND SHARE WITH THEM WHAT THE DEFINITION OF SMALL LIKE REDUCE A SMALL ACREAGE IS BASICALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT SMELLY FRIDGE IS ANYTHING UNDERNEATH A HUNDRED ACRES. UM, UH, TEXAS FARM BUREAU ACTUALLY DEFINED SMALL, LIKE UNDERNEATH A HUNDRED ACRES AT ANYTHING LIKE FEED PRODUCTION, HAY PRODUCTION, CATTLE PRODUCTION. THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR SMALL ACREAGE, UH, OWNERSHIP. SO, UM, ON OUR COUGH MCKENNY FARM, UH, COP MECHANIC FACEBOOK PAGE AND ALSO FARM BUREAU FACEBOOK PAGE, WE HAVE THE DEFIN DEFINITION ALSO A LINK THAT GOES TO THAT SURVEY SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET WHAT THOSE SMALL ACREAGE OWNERS ARE WANTING TO LEARN ABOUT. UM, ANOTHER PART, OUR LEADERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD OF WHICH SOME OF YOU COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. UM, FRIDAY WE GOT TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT OUR NEXT PROGRAM FOR THE LATER THAT THE LEADERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD IS SPONSORING AND THAT'S THE CRAZE PROGRAM. UM, YOU HAVE A FLYER IN FRONT OF YOU. WE'D LIKE TO GET THE CITIZENS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY READY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS CRAZE TRAINING WILL BE, UM, IS THE CITIZENS RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS, WHICH IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE NEED TO TRAIN PEOPLE IN THIS, BUT IT'S THE REALITY OF TODAY'S SOCIETY. UM, WE WILL HOLD THIS TRAINING. IT WILL BE TAUGHT BY THE KAUFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. IT WILL BE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND AT 6:00 PM AT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL AND KAUFMAN. AND AGAIN, WE HOPE EVERYONE WILL COME. IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14, AND THAT IS BY REQUEST OF THE COUNTY SHERIFF. SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TRAINING, UM, THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST OF SEVERAL THAT WE HOST IN THE COUNTY. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK ABOUT THAT. UM, NEXT I'D LIKE TO REPORT ON A LOT MORE POSITIVE INFORMATION FROM MY AREA. UM, THIS PAST FALL WE DID ANOTHER WALK ACROSS TEXAS WITH THE KAUFFMAN ISD, UH, STUDENTS. WE HAD, UM, 1,261 STUDENTS AT THREE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES WALKING AND THERE'S 830 SOMETHING MILES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH IS WHY WE CALL IT WALK ACROSS TEXAS. WE WANT THEM TO SET THAT AS A PERSONAL GOAL AND AN EIGHT WEEKS TIMEFRAME. THEY GO TOGETHER AS TEAMS BECAUSE I NEVER THINK THAT ONE CHILD COULD WALK 831 MILES IN EIGHT WEEKS, BUT TO, JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW ENTHUSIASTIC THEY WERE, THOSE 1,261 YOUTH WALKED 26,932 MILES. SO IF YOU DO THE MATH, THEY PROBABLY EACH WALKED ACROSS TEXAS. WE DID SEND OUT, UM, ABOUT 12,000, UH, NEWSLETTERS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH EVERY, WE SENT THEM OUT EVERY WEEK. SO WHEN YOU ADD THAT UP, IT COMES TO OVER 12,000 OUT TO THE FAMILIES BECAUSE WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE OUR FAMILIES ADOPT SOME HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. SO HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY READ ONE OF THEM. UM, ANOTHER REALLY FUN EVENT THAT WE HAD WAS, UM, OUR SNAP EDUCATION PROGRAM IN, UH, TAIL ISD. UM, HEADSTART. I HAD, I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR THESE TRAININGS. WE DID IT ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE WEEKS. I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR TWO OF THEM AND I HAD TWO WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS WHO TAUGHT THE CLASS INSTEAD OF ME. AND I THINK I LEARNED SOMETHING THAT MY VOLUNTEERS SHOULD BE TEACHING IT MORE THAN I SHOULD BECAUSE I HAD 33 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THOSE THREE SESSIONS. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A WONDERFUL WIN. UM, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHERE I WAS AND JUST A MINUTE. WE ALSO WENT INTO THE HEADSTART CLASSROOMS AND UM, AT TERRELL AND GOT THE C, UH, SAT IN THE FLOOR AND ATE LOTS OF VEGETABLES AND LOTS OF FRUIT TO GET THOSE KIDS TO TASTE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. AND A LOT OF THEM, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY'D SEEN SOME OF THOSE VEGETABLES, BUT THEY TASTED THEM ALL. AND SO IT WAS A REAL BIG SUCCESS. I'VE ALSO, THERE WAS OTHER, UM, CLASSES THAT I DID. UM, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY VOLUNTEERS AND 2019 I 14 ACTIVE MASTER WELLNESS VOLUNTEERS AND MASTER WELLNESS VOLUNTEERS HAVE RECEIVED 40 HOURS OF TRAINING AND THEY RETURNED 40 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME BACK TO OUR PROGRAM. I HAD 14, I HAVE 14 OF THOSE TRAINED AND THAT GAVE OVER 453 HOURS BACK TO THE CITIZENS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY. AND [00:30:01] WHEN YOU EQUATE THAT OUT TO THE RIGHT VALUE FOR A VOLUNTEER PER HOUR, THAT'S $25 AND 43 CENTS PER HOUR. MY 14 VOLUNTEERS DONATED OVER $11,000 IN VALUE BACK TO KAUFMAN COUNTY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT FOR 14 PEOPLE. SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHERE I WAS. I WAS AT A MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID INSTRUCTOR TRAINING, UM, IN SA AND LATE OCTOBER I RECEIVED, UM, TRAINING IN BOTH THE YOUTH AND THE ADULT AS AN INCH CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR THAT I CAN BRING MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING TO THE CITIZENS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY. SO I AM WILLING AND AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH ANY MENTAL HEALTH FIRST DAY TRAINING THAT OUR COUNTY MIGHT NEED. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, CARRIE. AND THEN MOVING INTO THE FOUR H AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT REPORT. UM, OCTOBER IS A VERY BUSY MONTH FOR THE FOUR H AND FFA, UH, KIDDOS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE VALIDATING OUR ANIMALS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE MAJOR STOCK SHOWS FOR THE SPRING FORT WORTH, SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON AND ST ANGELA AND AUSTIN. AND, UM, KAUFMAN COUNTY IS GOING TO BE WELL REPRESENTATIVE EITHER FOUR INCH OR FFA AT FORT WORTH. I'LL BE SENDING YOU THE SCHEDULES FOR FORT WORTH. I HOPE YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO GO OVER AND SEE OUR KIDS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY COMPETE. UM, IF IT GOES ANYTHING WITH HOW WE DID IN THE FALL SESSION, UM, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE LOTS OF PICTURES OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY KIDS AND THEIR ABILITIES COME ACROSS BEFORE WORTH. UH, WITH THAT THOUGH, WE ALSO HOSTED, UM, WITH THAT, WITH OUR BEEF CATTLE PROJECTS. UM, THE FOUR H OFFICE HELPS WITH THE FFA ADVISORS HOSTING HOPE TRIMMINGS THAT THOSE KIDS CAN GET THOSE CALORIES TO GO TO SHOW. WE HOSTED TWO OF THOSE IN THE FALL AND WE'LL HOST ANOTHER ONE COMING THIS WEEK OUT THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. SO, UM, WHEN WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT, WE ALSO HOSTED A, UM, A RAINY HORSE CLINIC, UH, FOR THE YOUTH AT KAUFMAN COUNTY. ALSO FOR SEVERAL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR, UH, WE HAD 12 VERY, UM, DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED UP ON THE 28TH AND 29TH OF FEBRUARY. THE 28TH. SATURDAY WAS GREAT WEATHER. THE 29TH WAS, I ACTUALLY FOUND OUT THE RESILIENCE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT RIDING THEIR HORSES IN THE WINTER. UM, BUT WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND THEY HAD A GREAT TIME. A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE ON THE POST TEST FELT THAT THEY ACTUALLY LEARNED SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE THEIR HORSEMANSHIP ABILITY AND LEARN SOMETHING MORE ABOUT THE HORSE INDUSTRY. I HAVE TO PRAISE MY FOUR H LEADERS IN THE FOUR H FOOD NUTRITION AND CLOTHING PROJECTS. UH, THE COUNTY LINERS GROUP IN TERRELL AND THE CAMP, UH, FOR AGE GROUP AND CAMP. THEY'VE BEEN HOSTING, UH, ALMOST FOUR TIMES A MONTH. TRAININGS ON THE FOOD NUTRITION PROJECTS, GETTING READY FOR OUR FOOD CHALLENGE THAT WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY. BUT ALSO KIM FOUR H HAS STARTED A QUILTING GROUP AND THE KIDS ARE LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO SEW AND HOW TO DO A QUILTING. UH, THEY HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE THEIR QUILTS DONE BY COUNTY FAIR TO WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO POST UP THERE, DID NINE BLOCKS. SO EACH BLOCK REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF QUILTING. UM, KATIE KNOWS WAY MORE ABOUT THAT. I SHOW HER SAYING, HEY LOOK, THEY MADE THIS BLOCK TODAY AND THEN SHE HAS A SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR IT. UM, AND THERE A SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR EACH ONE OF THE BLOCKS I FOUND OUT CAUSE KATIE HAS BEEN EDUCATING ME ON THAT. UM, WOULD THAT ALSO THOUGH WITH OUR CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT THAT YOU ALL ARE VERY GRACIOUS IN HELPING US KEEP, UH, THE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING GOING IN OUR SCHOOLS. OUR TWO PROGRAM ASSISTANTS, UH, CONDUCTED OVER EIGHT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS TONIGHT, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHICH RE 84 DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS, WHICH BASICALLY IS 1800 STUDENTS. THEY LEARNED ABOUT HATCHING THE CLASSROOM LIFE CYCLES WHERE THEY GO IN AND THEY HAVE LITTLE MEALWORMS THAT ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE WHOLE ENTIRE STATE OF THEIR PRODUCTION AND EXPECTATIONS. BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS THE WATER STREAM TRAILER THAT WE STARTED PRESENTING HOW WATER WORKS AND EROSION THAT ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE FALL. AND WE'LL REPEAT THAT PROCESS IN THE APRIL JUST BEFORE THE STAR TESTING SYSTEM. AND THAT, UM, WE ALSO HELPED OUT WITH THE MAYBANK, UM, TRACTOR HISTORICAL COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE DOWN THERE. WE DID AN AG DAY WITH THEM WITH SOUTHWEST MED MOBILE DAIRY AND ALSO WITH UH, FARM BUREAU. THEY BROUGHT IN THEIR AG KNOWLEDGE TRAILER. WE HELPED THEM OUT WITH THEIR FARM DAY AT 484, UH, THIRD GRADERS THAT ONCE AGAIN CAME OUT FROM MAYBANK AND EUSTIS. AND IT WAS A NICE, WONDERFUL RAINY DAY AND I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAD A NICE PAVILION DOWN THERE TO STAND UNDERNEATH. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? NO, THANK YOU. CAN WE GET THIS? THANK YOU BOTH. YEAH. HE GOT IT WHEN WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT. YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. GOOD. [7. Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter into a public hearing.] OKAY. ITEM SEVEN. DISCUSSED, CONSIDER EXITING REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING? OH MY GOD, WE GOT EMOTIONAL. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS OUR SECOND. NO, SORRY. JUST A SECOND. COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I WAS OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. [8. Public Hearing; To receive input from the public regarding adopting Minimum Direct Lot Frontage and the Thoroughfare Requirements Order.] MONIQUE GOING TO GIVE US A BRIEFING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE [00:35:01] INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ADOPTING MINIMUM DIRECT LOT FRONTAGE AND THE THOROUGHFARE REQUIREMENT ORDERS. SO, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ADOPTED A THOROUGHFARE PLAN BACK IN 2016. UM, AND SO THIS ORDER LAYS OUT WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR COLLECTOR ARTERIAL, UM, AND THOSE TYPES OF, UM, ROADS YOU CAN, THE MAP IS LOCATED ONLINE AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO SEE WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE, IT'S JUST SO THE FUTURE GROWTH OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, WE NEED TO ALLOT THAT AMOUNT. ALSO, THIS ORDER IS MINIMUM DIRECT LOT FRONTAGE. UM, IT'S FOR ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO GAIN ACCESS FROM A COUNTY ROAD TO THEIR PROPERTY. IT'S ALSO TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF DRIVEWAYS COMING OFF OF A COUNTY ROAD FOR A SAFETY ISSUE. UM, WE LOOKED AT OTHER COUNTIES. UM, MOST OF THEM ARE 150. WE'RE JUST SETTING OURS AT 75, SO WE'RE HALF OF WHAT THEY ARE. THIS ORDER ACTUALLY WAS IN PLACE MAXINE OR SIGNED IT IN 1998 BUT IT REALLY WASN'T BEING ENFORCED, SO WE'RE JUST PUTTING IT BACK OUT THERE SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE AND WE NEED TO JUST SIGN THE NEW ORDER. OKAY. UH, SO THANK YOU. UH, MONIQUE. SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN, SO WE WOULD ASK ANYONE WHO WOULD CARE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSED ACTION, UH, COULD COME FORWARD AND ADDRESS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WITH US WHO WOULD CARE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS PROPOSED ACTION TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT? OKAY. THEN [9. Discuss/Consider exiting public hearing and enter back into regular meeting.] I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION FROM THE COURT TO UH, EXIT PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTER BACK INTO A REGULAR MEETING. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION OR THAT MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND ONE. COMMISSIONER AND BARBARA DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. [10. Discuss/Consider motion to approve Minimum Direct Lot Frontage and the Thoroughfare Requirements] ITEM 10, DISCUSS. CONSIDER MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINIMUM DIRECT LOT FRONTAGE AND THE THOROUGHFARE REQUIREMENTS ORDER. UM, YOU HEARD THE BRIEFING FROM MONIQUE. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MONIQUE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE AND THOROUGHFARE REQUIREMENTS? ORDER? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND WITH COMMISSIONER HUNT. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [11. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider scheduling Commissioners Court Workshop for February 4, 2020 at 9:00 AM to discuss Kaufman County's Tax Abatement Policy.] OUT OF 11, THIS IS MY ITEM. UH, THIS IS, UH, DISCUSSING CONSIDER SCHEDULING COMMISSIONER'S COURT WORKSHOP FOR FEBRUARY 4TH, 2020 AT 9:00 AM TO DISCUSS KAUFMAN COUNTY'S TAX ABATEMENT POLICY. UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A AND PUBLISH A COUNTY TAX ABATEMENT POLICY, AND IT IS TIME FOR US TO, UH, EDIT AND, OR RENEW OUR ABATEMENT POLICY. UH, WHAT I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO DO ON THAT DAY IS HAVE A WORKSHOP. UH, I'M A QUAINT, UH, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT WOULD NOT ONLY TALK JUST SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR ABATEMENT POLICY, BUT WOULD ALSO TALK ABOUT, UH, WHERE, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS REGARDING INCENTIVIZING, UH, DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY INCENTIVIZING JOB DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, TIFF, TIFF, AND THERESE PROGRAMS. UH, THE PERSON THAT I HAVE THAT I'VE GOT LINED UP TO COME AND TALK TO US IS THE HEAD OF THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A ASSOCIATION. HE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THIS ASSOCIATION THAT, UH, I WOULD GUESS MOST CITIES IN TEXAS OR MANY, MANY CITIES IN TEXAS PARTICIPATE IN. HE'S BEEN IN THAT POSITION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND HE'S A PRETTY GOOD, HE WOULD MAYBE GIVE US SOME PRETTY GOOD INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S CHANGING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BRING US UP TO SPEED ON, UH, THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE SEE THEY'RE WORKING ACROSS THE STATE. AND SO YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT THAT? UM, AND OF COURSE, UH, OUR CIVIL ATTORNEYS WILL BE BRINGING IN THAT WORKSHOP. THEY'LL HAVE, UH, UH, THEY'LL HAVE OUR ABATEMENT POLICY AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE EDITS AND CHANGES AS WE SEE FIT. SO, UH, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE THAT COMMISSIONER'S COURT WORKSHOP FOR FEBRUARY FOUR, 2020 AT NINE O'CLOCK. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE HAVE THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER BARBERS OR SECOND, SECOND SEC. COMMISSIONER AND CAGE DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. [12. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider transfer of budget line item # 010-6306-409 Forney Library to the General Fund.] NEXT ITEM IS ALSO MINE, UH, [00:40:01] IS A, AND I WANTED TO BRING THIS OUT IS AS OPPOSED TO HANDLING DISH AND REGULAR LINE ITEMS BECAUSE IT JUST NEEDS TO BE A REALLY CLEAR, UH, FOR, FOR ME YEARS, THE COUNTY HAS SUPPORTED, UH, SEVERAL LIBRARIES IN THE COUNTY. UM, AND THERE WAS A, IT WAS A CONTRACT AND YOUR LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF 40 AND 40 ISD AND THEY WERE OPERATING TOGETHER A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN A FORNEY SCHOOL. AND THEY, AND WE WERE SUPPORTING THAT, UM, UH, TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $15,000 A YEAR AND THEY TERMINATED THAT AGREEMENT. SO, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO I THINK IS ASK AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD OVER THERE THAT WE WERE WRITING THE CHECK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT OF SCHOOL BOARD AND HE KNOWS THE SITUATION AND IS GOOD WITH IT. BUT, UH, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR A MOTION TO TRANSFER THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM, UH, BACK FROM THAT LIBRARY DONATION FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER A PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT'S JUST A SCHOOL LIBRARY. RIGHT. SO, UH, SOMEBODY IN YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NOPE. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S ALREADY IN THE GENERAL FUND IN DEPARTMENT FOR ALL NINE. WOULD YOU WANT IT IN CONTINGENCY AND FOR ALL NINE NOW? UM, IS THAT YOUR SUGGESTION? YEAH. OKAY. THEY WANT TO GIVE IT THE REST OF IT TO THE OTHER LIBRARIES. MAYBE THAT'S AN OPTION. I WOULD SUGGEST WE PUT IT BACK IN CONTINGENCY IF THAT'S MAKES SENSE TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. SO IF THE, IF JOHN ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TRANSFER, UH, WHATEVER REMAINING BALANCE THREE IS UH, FROM THAT, FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WAS MADE TO THAT CONGRESS WAS SUPPOSED TO ADMITTED THAT CONTRIBUTION AND NOW IT'LL BE TRANSFERRED BACK INTO THE CONTINGENCY IN THE GENERAL FUND. THAT'S MY MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. [13. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider award of contract for RFP 20-06: Annual Contract for Public Nuisance Abatement.] UH, NEXT STEP, RIGHT WHEN DISCUSSING CONSIDER AWARD OF CONTRACT RFP 2006 ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT. GOOD MORNING. UH, THIS RFP COVERED ALL OF THE ABATEMENTS THAT MAY BE APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. WE HAVE THREE CONTRACTORS WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GIVE US QUOTES AND THIS WILL COVER US THROUGH THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WE'LL GO OUT FOR RFP THIS SUMMER SO THAT WE HAVE AN OCTOBER ONE START DATE. QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR RFP 2006. MIKE DID MOTION. WE HAD THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER HUNT. IS THERE A SECOND? NO. SECOND. SECOND WERE COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. [14. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider award of contract for RFP 20-5: Annual Contract for County Road Right-of-Way Excavation.] NEXT UP ITEM 14 DISCUSSING CONSIDER AWARD OF CONTRACT RFP 2005 ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR COUNTY ROAD AWAY EXCAVATION. THIS WAS AN RFP TO GO AHEAD AND GET UNIT PRICING AND TO HAVE A CONTRACT FOR ANY EXCAVATION WORK DONE ON THE RIGHT AWAY. WE DID ONLY HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR PARTICIPATE IN THE RFP, BUT AGAIN I'M PROPOSING THAT WE GO BACK OUT FOR BID THIS SUMMER FOR AN OCTOBER ONE CONTRACT. SO THIS WOULD BE A CONTRACT TO GET US THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF CONTRACT RFP? 2005. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. WE HAVE THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KATES. IS THERE A SECOND? NO SIR. SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION [15. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider receipt, transfer, and disposal of County Owned Assets.] CARRIES. NOW MY FAVORITE ITEM OF THE DAY, UH, RAYLAND DISCUSSING CONSIDER RECEIPT TRANSFER IN DISPOSAL OF COUNTY OWNED ASSETS. WE ARE BACK TO CLEANING SOUTH CAMPUS AND ALSO GOING BACK THROUGH THE INVENTORY REPORTS FOR DEPARTMENTS. SO OBVIOUSLY OUR FOCUS THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS BEEN IT. SO WE ARE UM, EITHER THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING OR UM, DISPOSAL BAD DESTRUCTION FOR HARD DRIVES. A LOT OF STUFF ON THERE. LOTS AND LOTS OF THINGS. BUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S OLD AND NEEDS TO FIND NEEDS TO FIND. YEAH. UH, QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT ON ABOUT THAT. IF THERE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECEIPT TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL COUNTY ON ASSETS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION WHERE THAT MOTION WILL COMMISSIONER BARBERS ARE SECOND. SECOND. [00:45:01] SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [16. Pam Corder; Discuss/Consider applying for funding in the amount of $165,230.00 under the North Central Texas Council of Governments Request for Project Application of the Regional Solid Waste Local Project Funding Program.] UM, NEXT UP PAM PORTER. DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPLYING FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $165,230 UNDER THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. REQUEST FOR PROJECT APPLICATION OF THE REGIONAL SOLID WASTE LOCAL PROJECT FUNDING PROGRAM AS A MOUTHFUL. SO THIS IS FOR, UM, THE TITLE OF OUR PROJECT IS KAUFMAN COUNTY SOURCE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING PROJECT. UM, WHAT IT, WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT WILL INCREASE THE RECYCLING OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY BY ALLOWING US TO HAVE UPDATED EQUIPMENT, SIGNAGE, UM, ADDING BUILDINGS TO TWO OF THE CONVENIENCE STATIONS. UM, SO THAT WE CAN OFFER OUR RESIDENTS WHAT THEY DESERVE, YOU KNOW, UNNECESSARY NASERI TO BRING THE RECYCLING SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THOSE ITEMS FROM GOING TO THE LANDFILL. UM, WE DO HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE MANAGING SOME OF THESE CONVENIENCE STATIONS AND THOSE CONTRACTORS WILL BE USING THE EQUIPMENT. THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAILY CARE OF THE EQUIPMENT. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A CHECKLIST MONTHLY THAT WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS BEING CARED FOR THE WAY IT SHOULD. UH, WHEN IS THE AWARD OF THIS FUND? WHEN IS THAT? WHAT'S THE, SO I HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE 21ST OF JANUARY AND THEN THE BOARD WILL MAKE THEIR DECISION AND THEN IT GOES TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE COG. AND WE WILL KNOW SOMETIME AFTER MARCH 26 AND WE HAVE TILL MARCH, 2021 TO USE THE FUNDING, UH, QUESTIONS PRETTY, UH, PRETTY EASY. SHE'S LAID IT ALL OUT THERE. YEAH, PRETTY EASY DECISION, RIGHT? YEAH. OH YES. YES. IT'S EASY. YES. OKAY. THEN WHAT WE HAVE IS, UH, LOOKING FOR AUTHORS, AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 165,000 TO 30, UH, WITH NORTH TEXAS COURT. IS THERE A SUCH A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. WE THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER HUNT, IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND SACRAMENT COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? NO, MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, PAM. [17. Chelsea Endicott; Discuss/Consider motion to approve replat of Lot 20 of Meadow Ranch Estates Phase II.] THANK YOU. OKAY, ITEM 17 IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY CHELSEA INTO COD, BUT FIRST, UH, THIS IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER MOTION TO APPROVE A REPLAT LOT 20 OF MEADOW RANCH ESTATES PHASE TWO. AND WE HAVE UH, TWO PEOPLE WHO COME AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM. THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, TAMRA, SCOTT, MS. SCOTT, WOULD YOU CARE TO STEP UP HERE AND UM, WE ASK THAT YOU TRY TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. OKAY. IT, IT IS. UM, WE BOUGHT LAND OUT HERE BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN OUR SECTION HAS 10 OR MORE ACRES AND THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE A NEIGHBOR RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU. AND WE'VE ENJOYED THAT AND WANT TO CONTINUE LIVING LIKE THAT. NOW ONE MAN HAS COME OUT HERE AND DECIDED THAT THERE WAS ONE AVAILABLE LOT FOR SALE AND NOW HE WANTS TO DIVIDE IT AND GIVE US MORE NEIGHBORS. WELL, NUMBER ONE, WE CAN'T GET OUR ROADS FIXED AS IT IS. YOU WANT TO PUT MORE TRAFFIC IN THERE. YOU CAN FALL IN A POTHOLE NOW AND NOT COME BACK OUT. WHEN PEOPLE MOVE OUT HERE, THEY THINK, OH, I CAN HAVE 15 ANIMALS AND I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A YARD TO PUT THEM IN. WE DON'T NEED MORE. WE ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS AS IT IS. UM, THESE PEOPLE MOVE OUT HERE AND THINK THEY BUY AN ACRE AND OH, I CAN SHOOT A GUN. WELL GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN'T, YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS. UM, AND TOO, IF YOU DIVIDE THESE LOTS, SOME OF THEM ARE VERY ODDLY SHAPED, WHICH MEANS SOMEBODY'S GOT TO COME IN AND PUT NEW ROADS OUT THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ROADS IN ORDER TO ADD MORE MOBILES. AND SO IS A COUNTY WILLING TO DO THESE ROADS? OKAY. WE ARE VERY AGAINST IT. UH, SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS COULD NOT COME BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF ELDERLY NEIGHBORS OUT THERE AND THEY HAD DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, BUT WE DO NOT WANT THIS. WE MOVED DOWN HERE FOR A REASON TO BE IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE IT. AND JUST BECAUSE ONE MAN WANTS TO MAKE MONEY, THE REST OF US SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE ALSO HAVE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UH, DAVID LAYFIELD. OKAY. WHAT WE HAVE WITHIN AGRA LODGE, MY HOUSE IS OVER THERE. MY NEIGHBOR HOUSE HERE, WE'RE THERE. [00:50:03] WE DON'T NEED BIG A HOUSE, BUT OUT NIGHT THEY WANT TO PUT WHAT DANIELLE DID IT ON A DNA AND NONE. YOU CAN'T DO NOTHING. YOU DON'T HAVE MORE LOAD MASHED UP. AND WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT? UH, I REALLY DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT TO WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OKAY, LET'S HEAR FROM CHELSEA ENDICOTT. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. UM, SO METAL RANCH HAS STATES IT IS AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION AND IT WILL BE LOCATED IN PRECINCT FOUR. IF YOU GUYS ALLOW THIS TO OCCUR. UM, IT IS A 10 ACRE TRACT AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. UM, ALL OF THE LOTS ARE GOING TO BE OVER ONE ACRE THOUGH AND THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE SIX HOMES THAT ARE ALL RECTANGLE LOTS THAT HAVE FRONTED DRAWN ONTO THE EXISTING COUNTY ROADS. UM, MANNY, THE DEVELOPER IS ACTUALLY HERE AS WELL TODAY. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM PERTAINING HIS SUBDIVISION, UM, BANNING DID EVERYTHING REQUIRED. HE GOT ALL OF HIS APPROVAL LETTERS. HE NOTIFIED HOMEOWNERS HOW THEY WERE AWARE THAT TODAY'S, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING WAS GOING TO OCCUR. OUR OFFICE ALSO DID NOTIFY BY CERTIFIED LETTERS AS WELL. SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER PERTAINING IT OR MANNY CAN ANSWER, WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN YOU DID ALSO PUT IN UM, TEACHER RESTRICTIONS AS WELL. HE IS MAKING IT THE CURRENT DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT THIS SUBDIVISION HAS ON FILE AT THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. ARE THERE ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT PREEXIST THIS RE THIS REPLANTING? YES SIR. HE'S FOLLOWING THE PREEXISTING DEED RESTRICTIONS. HE'S JUST MAKING IT AS THE SAME AS WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE. SO THEY DO HAVE SOME DEED RESTRICTIONS PERTAINING ANIMALS. UM, SO HE MADE THOSE ONES WERE THERE, WERE THERE ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO LOT SIZE? NO SIR. NO. SAY IT BACK THERE. NO SIR. BUT HE'S GOING TO FOLLOW THE CURRENT SETBACKS AS FAR AS WHAT THE COUNTY REQUIRES. LOTS OF Z DIVIDED INTO SIX. SIX? YES SIR. UH, REBECCA, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY AUTHORITY, UH, ONCE ALL THESE, UH, ESSENTIALLY ALL THESE HOOPS HAVE BEEN JUMPED THROUGH. IS THERE ANY AUTHORITY TO DENY A REPLANT WHENEVER THE COURT IS FACED WITH ANSWERING? IF THEY'RE GOING TO PERMIT A REPLAT, YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS. IF THE REVISION, UH, WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY ESTABLISHED RIGHTS OF ANY CURRENT OWNER. AND THEN THE OTHER HALF OF THAT IS IN THE ALTERNATIVE. IF EACH OF THOSE OWNERS WERE TO SAY, YES, WE'RE OKAY WITH THE REPLAT HAPPENING. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY EACH PERSON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A PREEXISTING SUBDIVISION HAS TO BE NOTICED SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THE REPLAT. UM, SO I THINK THAT IF THE OWNERS WERE POINTING TO A SPECIFIC RIGHT THAT WAS BEING INTERFERED WITH, THEN THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW. WELL, JUDGE, I, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE CHANGE THAT TAKES PLACE OUT IN WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A RURAL AREAS IS A SOMETIMES OBJECTIONABLE AND DIFFICULT. BUT, UH, HAVING REVIEWED THIS, I SEE, NO, I SEE NO AUTHORITY THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEYOND MMM. UH, BEYOND ANY, UH, UH, AS THE ATTORNEY POINTED OUT ANY, ANY INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, WHICH I, I CAN'T FIND ANY THAT ARE PARTICULARLY IMPACTED HERE. UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, WE DO HAVE COUNTY ROAD CHALLENGES IN PRECINCT FOUR, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE AREA THAT WE ARE, UH, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDRESS THROUGH OUR BOND INITIATIVE. BUT, UH, OF COURSE THAT'S STILL, UH, A BIT IN THE FUTURE. UM, ALL THAT BEING SAID, I SEE. I CAN REALLY FIND NO REASON WHY THIS SHOULD NOT GO FORWARD. SO I GUESS I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, UM, REPLANTING. OKAY. IN THE BACK THEN. WHAT'S THIS ONE GENTLEMEN IN THE BACK WAS TO SPEAK, UM, WE ASKED YOU IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE, SIR. YES. GO AHEAD AND COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT AND ASK YOU AFTER YOU GET THROUGH SPEAKING, YOU CAN UH, FILL OUT ONE OF THOSE FORMS FOR ME IF YOU WOULD. BUT W COME ON UP TO THE MIC. IT'D BE FINE. WOULD YOU, UH, IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY GIVING US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? YES. MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE FIBERS AND I LIVE IN THE SAME AREA [00:55:01] THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE ARE FROM AND I'VE BEEN THERE 30, 30 SOMETHING YEARS, 35 YEARS. AND WHEN I MOVED THERE THERE WAS LIKE FIVE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND WE HAVE 10 ACRES. AND AT THE PARTICULAR TIME WHEN I LIVED THERE, THERE WAS RESTRICTIONS OF WHERE YOU HAD ONE RESIDENCE ON 10 ACRES AND YOU COULD HAVE A COUPLE ANIMALS AND DID IT. YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBOR WAS YOUR FRIEND AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY RUNNING OVER YOU OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THE ROADS WERE PRETTY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. BUT NOW YOU GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING IN AND YOU GOT ONE HOUSE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER PILED UP ON 10 ACRES AND THE WAY THIS PEOPLE ARE, THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO THIS 20 ACRES IS GONE TO PUT, SAY LIKE YOU SAID, A SIX TRACKS ON 20 ACRES AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. IT'S LIKE PUTTING A SET OF DUPLEXES ON, ON, ON A BLOCK AND THAT'S GOING TO TURN OUR COMMUNITY INTO, OH HELL HO BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS AND YOU PUT ALL THESE PEOPLE IN HERE AND THE ROADS CAN'T TAKE IT AND THE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO GO FOR IT BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS ANYBODY ANYMORE. YOU KNOW? AND IT'S NOT WORTH THE HASSLE OF EVERYBODY COMING IN THERE BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S A RACETRACK OUT THERE NOW. THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE AND IT'S NOT WORTH THEM COMING IN THERE AND TURNING OUR COUNTRY INTO A CITY BLOCK. AND TO ME IT'S NOT WORTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE DID SAY HIM. WHAT? YOU SAID YOU HAD RESTRICTIONS? YES SIR. ONE THE HOUSE. 10 ACRES. YEAH. YOU HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS? NOPE. NOPE. NO PREEXISTING DEED RESTRICTION. THERE ARE PREEXISTING DEEPER RESTRICTIONS. THERE ARE TWO PHASES TO BENNETT RANCH. I'M NOT SURE HIS PROPERTY BELONGS IN PHASE ONE, BUT PHASE TWO, THERE IS NOT A DEED RESTRICTION THAT THERE'S WILL HELP PROTECT MAKERS. WELL ALLIUM ON PHASE TWO WHICH IS THE SAME PLACE THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT AND THAT'S ON THE BACK. THANK YOU SIR. YOU THINK YOU HAVE A DEED RESTRICTION THAT THAT LIMITS, UH, THE LOT SIZE TO 10 ACRES? YES SIR. CAN YOU, CAN YOU PRODUCE THAT FOR US? DO WE HAVE IT OR NOT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE MY DEED RESTRICTION HAS PASSED. I DO HAVE A COPY OF THEM AT OUR OFFICE. I CAN PROVIDE THOSE FOR YOU GUYS IF YOU'D LIKE. WELL, I MEAN I DON'T NECESSARILY JUST SEE HIM BUT, BUT YOU GUYS FEEL CONFIDENT THAT YOU'VE REVIEWED THEM AND THAT THERE'S NO ACREAGE LIMITATION. I MEAN, I MEAN I DO, WE WENT THROUGH IT WHEN THE DEVELOPER CAME IN, WE ASKED IF HE WAS GOING TO PLACE DEED RESTRICTIONS. UM, HE SAID HE'S GOING TO KEEP THE CURRENT ONES. SO AS A PART OF OUR PROCESS, WE PULL THE ONES THAT ARE RECORDED AT THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. SO IF IT'S NOT A RECORDED DOCUMENT IN COUNTY FOR HIS OFFICE, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT SAY THAT IT CANNOT BE SUBDIVIDED OR NOT MORE THAN ONE HOME. SO IT DOES NOT HAVE A COPY. SHE HAS A COPY OF THE DANE RESTRICTION. YES. OKAY. PUTTING THAT FORWARD BLANK. I THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW. I'VE READ THROUGH IT AND I THOUGHT IT SAID YES. GIVE IT TO THE ATTORNEY MURPHY PRESIDENT. OKAY. YOU'LL HAVE, OH BOY. I KNOW. IT'S A LOT. YOU WANT ME TO LISTEN TO THIS TABLE? UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF THOSE WOULD CONTINUE ON THOSE LOTS AS FAR AS THE ANIMALS AND THE FENCE, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE IT'S YOUR FIRST CONCERN. OKAY. LET'S GIVE HER 30 SECONDS TO LOOK AT IT. WHY DON'T WE DO 30 JUST DON'T PRAY HERE. EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT JUDGE, JUDGE. I THINK THAT, UH, IN LIGHT OF THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT COMING FORWARD AND CLEARLY WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTE. UH, SO THE FIRST THING IS I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION. OKAY. UH, AND ALSO LIKED ON THAT ALSO, I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION, BUT I JUST LIKE TO EXPLAIN, UH, TO EVERYONE PRESENT THAT, UM, THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS VERY LIMITED AUTHORITY OVER, UM, OVER DEVELOPMENT. WE DON'T HAVE ZONING AUTHORITY, THAT KIND OF THING THAT IS TYPICALLY, UM, SEEN IN, [01:00:01] IN MUNICIPALITIES. SO OUR AUTHORITY IS, IS VERY LIMITED TO OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, UH, AND UM, COUNTY ROAD INVOLVEMENT, CULVERTS AND ALSO ONSITE SEPTIC. UH, ALL THAT BEING SAID, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE JUST NEED TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH IN THIS. SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE JUST TABLE THIS FOR OUR NEXT SESSION, GIVE US AN A GIVE MY OFFICE AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES AND, UH, OUR ATTORNEYS, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT, ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY, ANY EXISTING DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THEN WE'LL BRING THIS BACK BEFORE THE COURT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CAGE TO TABLE ITEM 17. UH, IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION THAT WAS IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIED. DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE? YEAH, WE, BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO RESEARCH IT AS I MADE SURE I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK FOR YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTARY THINGS YOU CAN FIND AND BRING IT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ARE EVEN TO ALLIE WILL STAY UP. I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK FOR IT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. I GOT IT THE SAME DAY. OKAY. 35 YEARS. WELL THANK YOU SIR. LEISURE AND FILL OUT YOUR PAPER FOR HIM SO THAT YOU SPOKE HERE TODAY. YES SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. AUTOMATE [18. Chelsea Endicott; Discuss/Consider motion to approve Preliminary Plat for Bella Tresa Place.] TEAM CHELSEA IS BACK WITH US TO DISCUSS. CONSIDER MOTION TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR BELLA TRESSA PLACE AND BELLA TRACE. THAT IS A PRELIMINARY PATH THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN PRECINCT THREE DEVOUT DEVELOPER IS MARK NEEDHAM. HE IS WANTING TO CREATE A LARGER SUBDIVISION. IT WILL CONSIST OF 39 TRACKS. THEY'LL ALL BE A LITTLE OVER ONE ACRE, 1.01. UM, MARK HAS RECEIVED HIS APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER NECESSARY APPROVAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLOT STAGE. UM, IT WILL, IF YOU APPROVE TODAY THE PRELIMINARY PLOT, HE WILL THEN GO ONTO HIS CIVIL PLANS. AND THEN FINAL POP, WHICH YOU GUYS WILL SEE AT A LATER DATE. UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE PERTAINING SUPPLY QUESTIONS? OKAY. IF, UH, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING AUTOMATING? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA TO APPROVE ITEM 18 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? OH, SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER HUNT. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY [19. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider motion to approve New Subdivision Regulation Fees.] MUCH. CHELSEA. ADAM KNIGHT. ITEM 19. ONLY. COUNTER DISCUSSED CONSIDER MOTION TO APPROVE NEW SUBDIVISION REGULATION FEES. SO OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATION FEES, UM, GO BACK TO 2006. THERE WAS A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO THE REGS, UH, FEES IN 2013. SO, UM, WE REVIEWED, UM, OUR FEES WENT OVER THE AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK, THE HIRING OF STAFF ARCHIVING, AND THEN WHAT OTHER COUNTIES WERE CHARGING AND WE CAME INTO COMPARABLE PRICES. AND SO THESE ARE WILL BE THE NEW FEES IF YOU APPROVE THEM. IF YOU NOTICE THERE'S A SLIGHT UM, SLIDE SCALE FOR PER LOTS SO THAT YOUR SMALLER, UM, DEVELOPERS, YOUR MOM AND POP, THEY'RE NOT PAYING WHAT A LARGE DEVELOPER WOULD FOR A LARGE TRACK. AND WHEREAS BEFORE THEY WERE PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT. SO IT DIDN'T SEEM, SO THIS, THIS FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE THAT THE PRIOR TO THIS, WHEN YOU WERE PRESENTING IT WAS 13 YEARS OLD. PRETTY MUCH. YES. WOULDN'T IT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO REVIEW THIS ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS? OKAY. OH YES. MOST DEFINITELY. AS WE GROW AND AS WE HAVE TO ADD STAFF, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT THE COUNTY WAS NOT RECOUPING. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THE JOB PROPERLY AND IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE COUNTY'S POCKET. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST GOOD STEWARDS. UM, WELL I DON'T THINK IT'D BE GOOD IF WE REVIEWED THAT AT LEAST EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS FOR SURE. SO, UM, OKAY. WHAT'S, UH, SO THE QUESTIONS FOR MONIQUE? YES SIR. ONLY FIT THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE, THE NINE 11 ADDRESSING ISSUE. UM, AND NINE ONE ONE ADDRESSING, I'M STILL UP UP IN THE AIR ABOUT THAT ONE BECAUSE UM, YOU'D REALLY HAVE TO SEE HOW IT WORKS FOR PER ADDRESS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE CREATING ONE ADDRESS OR YOUR REQUEST CREATING 350. UM, THERE ARE 36 ATTRIBUTES THAT HAVE TO BE PUT INTO THE ARK FOR THE NINE 11 DISTRICT PER ADDRESS. SO WHETHER YOU'RE DOING ONE OR 350, YOU'RE STILL HAVING TO DO THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK. AND SO I HAVEN'T, I'VE PLAYED AROUND WITH THAT. I'M LOOKING AT OTHER COUNTIES. I'M NOT QUITE READY TO. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T SEE IT. YES SIR. UM, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS THEN? WHAT'S [01:05:01] BEFORE US IS UH, LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW SUBDIVISION REGULATION FEES. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. [20. Commissioner Hunt; Discuss/Consider Interlocal Agreement with the City of Oak Ridge.] THANK YOU. ITEM 20. COMMISSIONER HUNT. DISCUSS CONSIDER INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OAK RIDGE. THIS IS BASICALLY JUST A RENEWAL OF THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WE HAD. THEIRS HAS UH, WENT OUT SO WE'RE JUST RENEWING IT SO WE CONTINUE TO DO WORK FOR THEM. QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. IS THERE EMOTION LIKE EMOTION? YEAH. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF OAK RIDGE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. THE MOTION WAS BY HUNT. THE SECOND IS BY PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. THAT MOTION CARRIES. [21. Commissioner Hunt; Discuss/Consider Interlocal Agreement with the City of Post Oak Bend.] COMMISSIONER HUNT, DISCUSS. CONSIDER IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OAK BEND. SAME THING. THEN LOCAL AGREEMENT HAS EXPIRED SO WE'RE JUST RENEWING THE IN LOCAL AGREEMENT. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. A COMMISSIONER MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF POSTDOC BAND. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. [22. Robert Hunter; Present/Accept quarterly report for Veterans Services.] ITEM 22, ROBERT HUNTER PRESENTED FOR ACCEPTANCE QUARTERLY REPORT AND VETERAN SERVICES. THANK YOU, SIR. UPDATED. HUH? AND SINCE I'VE RECEIVED IT, CHANGE, WAIT, DON'T STOP WORKING. OKAY. OKAY. SO, UH, THE, THE PAPERWORK THAT I GAVE YOU IS JUST THE UPDATED, I THINK WHEN I ACTUALLY SUBMITTED TO BE BEFORE THE COURT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SO WE'VE CLOSED OUT SOME TICKETS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY ADDITIONAL NUMBERS TO, UM, THE TOTAL VOLUME, BUT SOME NUMBERS MAY HAVE CHANGED. UM, SOMEBODY WHO INITIALLY CALLED IN FOR A PHONE CALL, I DON'T ACTUALLY CHANGE THEM TO AN OFFICE APPOINTMENT UNLESS THEY COME TO THE OFFICE. SO IF SOMEBODY STANDS UP AN APPOINTMENT OR WHATEVER, THEN I CLOSED THEIR TICKET AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO AN OFFICE. JUST, I MEAN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, THIS QUARTER WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY BIG. UM, BIGGEST FOURTH OR BIGGEST FIRST QUARTER WE'VE HAD YET. USUALLY THE FIRST QUARTER IS RELATIVELY SMALL. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE ALL THE HOLIDAYS, BUT WE WERE, WE WERE REALLY BUSY. UM, COMPARING TO PREVIOUS QUARTERS. IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S UP IN THE TOP THREE OR FOUR I THINK FOR TOTAL VOLUME. UM, I MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE SLIDE PRESENTATIONS THAT I NORMALLY GIVE YOU. IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE THERE, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THE DD TWO 14 FILINGS, I'LL ALWAYS GIVE YOU THAT AT THE, AT THE END OF EACH YEAR, THIS PARTICULAR RECORDING THOUGH OR NUMBER, UM, I GET THIS FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY DON'T, THAT'S NOT DONE ON A FISCAL YEAR. IT'S DONE ON A CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH IS WHY YOU GET IT IN JANUARY, SO TO SPEAK. UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST STATS THAT WE REALLY KIND OF PAID ATTENTION TO BACK WHEN I GOT HIRED, UM, THAT, UH, THIS NUMBER GREW DRAMATICALLY FROM PREVIOUS YEARS AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO GROW THIS PAST YEAR, COMPLETED 60 RECORDINGS. AND I THINK WE'RE ALREADY ALREADY IN JANUARY. WE'RE ALREADY UP TO SEVEN OR EIGHT OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? UM, SO WHEN A VETERAN IS DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY, HE IS PRESENTED WITH A DD TWO 14 WHICH IS A CHARACTER OF SERVICE. UM, THIS DD TWO 14 IS ESSENTIALLY A SNAPSHOT OR A WINDOW OF A VETERANS SERVICE OR CAREER WITH THE MILITARY. IT ENCOMPASSES THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT HE SERVED THE AWARDS THAT HE OR SHE MAY HAVE RECEIVED THE SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION THEY MAY HAVE ATTENDED AS WELL AS THEIR CHARACTER OF SERVICE. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE SOURCE DOCUMENT FOR PRETTY MUCH ALL BENEFITS RECEIVED THROUGH THE VA OR ANY OTHER ENTITY. UM, AND GENERALLY YOU, YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE THAT SAYS HONORABLE OBVIOUSLY. UM, SO IF YOU'RE LESS THAN HONORABLE, THEN YOU'RE NOT PROBABLY WANT TO BE ONE THAT'S SHOWING OFF YOUR DD TWO 14 TOO MUCH. SO, UM, WHEN A VETERAN COMES TO ME, I GET A LOT OF VETERANS THAT COME TO ME THAT UM, THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR DD TWO 14, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, FIRE THEFT, FLOOD JUST TIME. UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR DD TWO 14 AND WITHOUT A DD TWO 14. THEY REALLY CAN'T REQUEST BENEFITS THROUGH ANY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE OR THAT OTHER PEOPLE PROVIDE. SO WE WILL MAKE A REQUEST FOR THE DD TWO FOURTEENS BUT THAT REQUEST CAN TAKE UP TO 90 DAYS FOR IT TO BE PROCESSED BY THE NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORD CENTER AND THEN SENT BACK. UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, IN 1976, THE NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER HAD A MAJOR FIRE AND A GREAT NUMBER OF RECORDS WERE DESTROYED. SO IF A VETERAN COMES TO MY OFFICE WITH A DD TWO 14, THEN [01:10:01] I TELL THEM AS PART OF OUR PROCESS, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO JUMP ACROSS THE STREET AND RECORD THIS AT THE COURTHOUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO. THAT WAY IF YOU'VE LOST, IF YOU LOSE YOUR RECORD, UM, YOU CAN WALK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET TO THE COURTHOUSE, TO THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY WILL PROVIDE YOU ONE FREE OF CHARGE. THE, THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE RECORDS THESE AND PROVIDE CERTIFIED COPIES, FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL VETERANS. UM, SO IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT THING. AND IT'S FUNNY CAUSE I GET A LOT OF THEM, THEY'LL SAY, WELL I KEEP MINE IN A FIREPROOF SAFE. AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S AWESOME. EXCEPT FOR THE TORNADO THAT WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, CANTON TWO YEARS AGO AND WHAT HAVE YOU, WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT GUY'S FIREPROOF SAFE IS? AND HE'S LIKE, OH, EXACTLY. SO I TRY TO GET THEM ALL TO BE RECORDED. I ACTUALLY, UH, FOR SOME OF MY OLDER VETERANS THAT CAN'T MAYBE MAKE IT IN, UM, I HAVE, UM, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY CLERK LOR. UM, AND I CAN RECORD A DD TWO 14 AT THE COURTHOUSE. I JUST CANNOT REQUEST A COPY OF IT. SO IF, IF A VETERAN HAS ONE THERE, THEY HAVE TO, OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBER HAS TO GO IN AND MAKE THE REQUEST FOR THE COPY. BUT IF, UH, IF I HAVE AN OLDER VETERAN AND WHAT YOU, BECAUSE OF THE METAL DETECTORS AND ALL THE OTHER DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED, I CAN GO OVER THERE AND MAKE RECORDINGS FOR THEM. AND I DO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN FACT, TWO ALREADY THIS YEAR. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RECORDINGS ARE DD TWO 14. ALL RIGHT. SO AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE NEW ADDITIONS THAT I PUT ON HERE. AND I'LL START KEEPING THAT AS A FIVE-YEAR ROLLING. UM, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION. THE ONLY TWO TICKETS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OPEN FROM LAST YEAR. UM, ONE IS A, A VETERAN RECENTLY RELEASED FROM PRISON. UM, WHEN YOU GO TO PRISON FOR THE CONVICTION OF A FELONY, ALL BENEFITS THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM THE VA ARE TERMINATED OR REDUCED. AND HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO HAVE HIS REINSTATED. UM, WE'VE MADE ALL THE APPROPRIATE THINGS, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME RESEARCH I'M TRYING TO DO. SO I HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY CLOSED THAT TICKET. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR ME IS DONE, BUT I WANT TO DO JUST A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH ON IT BEFORE I OFFICIALLY CLOSE IT. AND THE OTHER ONE COULDN'T COME IN UNTIL THE 17TH. SO WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON THE 17TH OF JANUARY. THAT'S ACTUALLY FROM LAST QUARTER. UM, HENDERSON CONTINUES IF YOU CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. HENDERSON CONTINUES TO BE, UH, OUR LARGEST, UM, OUT OF COUNTY RECIPIENT OF HELP. HOWEVER, I SUSPECT THAT THAT IS REALLY GONNA CHANGE. UM, AS I, I MAY HAVE REPORTED LAST, UM, TIME THAT THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING. THEY HAVE ACTUALLY HIRED A VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER. THEIR VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER IS STILL PART TIME. UM, THEY DON'T HAVE A FULL TIME. SO I STILL IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME FOLKS FROM HENDERSON COUNTY COMING IN TO VISIT OFFICE AND SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF NOT HAVING ONE, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GO BACK CAUSE THERE'S BEEN A RAPPORT BUILT AND THERE'S A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE ESTABLISHED. AND SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN USING US CONTINUE TO USE US BECAUSE THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY'VE RECEIVED. WE DID, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, HAVE ABOUT THREE OUT OF STATES, ALABAMA, ARIZONA AND VIRGINIA. SO ALL OVER THE WORLD OR ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES IS CALLING IN TO SEE US. UM, AND THEN LIKE I SAID, UH, COMPARED TO FIRST QUARTERS, UH, PHONE CALLS REMAIN CONSISTENT, OFFICE VISITS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY UP. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE SAW OUR BIGGEST DIFFERENCE. I THINK 20 SOMETHING PEOPLE THIS QUARTER COMPARED TO PREVIOUS, FIRST QUARTERS IN THE PAST. SO, AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY NOT COVERED ON YOUR REPORTS, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM OR I'VE PARTNERED WITH TERRELL STATE HOSPITAL. UM, THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED, UM, A VETERANS WING AND INVITED ME OUT TO VISIT AND I WENT TO VISIT, UM, AND I SPOKE WITH THE DOCTOR IN CHARGE OF THAT WARD, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UH, PEER SUPPORT COUNSELOR FOR THE WARD. AND THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME THINGS RIGHT NOW. IT'S ONLY A MALE VETERANS WARD. AND I SAID THAT WE DON'T DIFFERENTIATE A VETERAN IS A VETERAN, SO, UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING A FEMALE WARD SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY SAY THEY HAVE A VETERANS WARD. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS, UH, I ASKED RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS HOW ARE YOU DETERMINING THAT THESE FOLKS ARE VETERANS? UM, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE FOLKS IN THERE HAVE A MENTAL ISSUE OR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MENTAL FACULTIES. AND IF THEY TELL YOU THEY'RE A VETERAN AND YOU'RE JUST PUTTING THEM ON A VETERAN'S WARD, THEN THAT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE AMERICAN LEGION WHO HAVE GONE NOW TO THE TERRIBLE STATE HOSPITAL AND PRESENTED THE MEMBERS OR THE RESIDENTS OF THAT WARD WITH SHOES, SOCKS, GIFTS. UM, WE DID A CHRISTMAS EVENT FOR THEM OR THEY WERE SPONSORED, THAT WORD WAS [01:15:01] SPONSORED. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE PROVIDING THINGS FOR SOMEONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE A VETERAN IF THEY'RE NOT A VETERAN. SO I HAVE PARTNERED WITH TERRELL STATE THAN ANY VETERAN, ANY PROPOSED VETERAN THAT THEY HAVE FOR THAT WAR. TERRELL STATE DOES NOW WORKING WITH ME TO REQUEST THEIR DD TWO FOURTEENS. I HAVE TRAINED THEM ON HOW TO REQUEST A DD TWO 14 SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY GOING TO TERRELL STATE BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS CAN'T COME TO US. UM, THE FIRST TIME I WENT, WE DID, WE PROCESSED 22 DD, TWO 14 REQUESTS AT TERRELL STATE AND NOW THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO REQUEST THEM AND THEY'RE HAVING THE DD TWO 14 SENT TO ME. UH, SO THAT WE CAN THEN TRACK WHO IS AND WHO ISN'T RECEIVING A DD TWO 14. SO A REALLY GREAT STEP IN TRYING TO GROW THE OFFICE AND GROW OUR PARTICIPATION IN A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK OVERALL THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT THING TO HELP TERRELL STATE PROMOTE PR AND, AND UH, AND TO GROW THEIR VETERANS WARD. SO ANY QUESTIONS GENTLEMEN? NO, I THINK YOU COVERED IT. THANK YOU. ROBERT. YES SIR. SO WHAT'S BEFORE US IS LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR VETERAN SERVICES. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. WE HAD EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONING CASES OR A SECOND. SECOND CYBER COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. [23. Lynn Fanion; Present/Accept Collections Department Quarterly Report.] NEXT STEP. LYNN FABIAN PRESENT FOR ACCEPTANCE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT. QUARTERLY REPORT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UM, LAST QUARTER OUR, UH, WE COLLECTED $240,750. THAT IS A DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, WHICH IS UM, KIND OF NORMAL. WE DON'T COLLECT AS MUCH DURING THE HOLIDAYS, SO, UM, IT WAS A DECREASE. HOWEVER, IT WAS AN INCREASE OF 29 POINT 43% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 2018. SO WE'RE STILL ON TRACK TO INCREASING OUR COLLECTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LYNN? NO. NOPE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, SO WHAT'S BEFORE US? HE IS, UH, LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL THINK THAT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. I SUPPOSE. NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. [24. Sheriff Beavers; Present/Accept the Sheriff's Department Monthly Report.] IT GETS US TO ITEM 24, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. OH, THEY ARE ON DAY TWO OF THE JAIL INSPECTION DAY. SOME SHERIFF STAYED OUT THERE TO JAIL. I'LL BE A GOOD PLACE FOR HIM TODAY. AND THERE YOU GO. UH, FOR HIS NOVEMBER. I KNOW IT'S A NOVEMBER REPORT, BUT HE'S CURRENTLY GETTING DECEMBER AND THE END OF YEAR STUFF DONE. BUT ON THE COLLECTION OF FINES, JUDGMENT FEES FOR THE CIVIL MONEY ORDERS IMPOUNDMENTS UM, CASH BONDS FOR HIS, UM, JAIL MAINTENANCE AND OTHER BONDS TOTALED $27,920 AND 72 CENTS. ON THE SECOND FORM, YOU GUYS WERE PRESENT. IT JUST HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT. DISCOVERS ALL THE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. INCIDENTS REPORTED BY DEPUTIES. YEAR TO DATE. 10,100 OVER WAS ABOVE 9,043 FROM LAST YEAR. UM, THERE WAS 57 OR 54 37 AND REPORTS FORWARDED TO CIB IS HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S 47. 16. UH, AVERAGE DAY IN THE INMATE POPULATION HAS GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. IT'S 46, 10 LAST YEAR AT 46, 20 AND IN CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, IS AT 105,143 AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, 78, NINE, 12 QUESTIONS? NO, THAT'S A GOOD REPORT THOUGH. I LIKE, THAT'S PROBABLY THE NEED TO SAY LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR. I LIKE THAT. OKAY THEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TIM. WHAT'S A HORSE BEFORE US IS LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MOTION. I'M COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. THERE'S A SECOND. SO GOOD SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE PO'S KNOW THAT MOTION CARRIES [25. County Clerk; Discuss/Consider approving deputation of Wanda Butler.] HAVING 25 DISCUSS CONSIDERED DEPUTIZATION OF WONDER BUTLER. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO PRESENT THAT. UH, ANYBODY? NO, MOM DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. CLARK CLARK AND LAURA HUGHES'S OFFICE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY BOBBY. [01:20:05] IT'S A NEW PERSON. MMM HMM. OH GOOD. THANK YOU. FUN. GOOD. UM, IT'S JUST THE DEPUTATION. WE HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE, WANDA BUTLER, WHO COMES FROM US FROM OKLAHOMA. SHE WORKED FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE THERE AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER SQUAT. ALL RIGHT. AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO APPROVE IT AND SHE'S ON BOARD DOWN. YES. OH, HEY. THERE YOU GO. WELCOME. IT'S JUST STARTED MONDAY. OKAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTING THAT. UH, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE TO MAKE A SPEECH. YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO WHAT'S BEFORE US IS, IS TO APPROVE THE DEPUTIZATION OF WANDA BUTLER, UH, FOR THE COUNTY PARKS OFFICES OR EMOTION FOR THAT. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. WE HAVE THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER HUNT, IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND. CYBER COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, I KNOW THAT MOTION CARRIES. [26. District Attorney; Discuss/Consider approving Amended Diversion Court Fund Budget for FY2019-2020; pursuant to Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Art.102.0121.] [27. District Attorney; Discuss/Consider line item transfer for the salary change/payroll change.] UH, WE COULD REALLY DO ITEM 26 AND 27 TOGETHER. I MEAN, BUT IT WILL, THEY'RE LISTED SEPARATELY. BUT, UH, REBECCA JUST, UH, HIT BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS REAL QUICK FOR US AND TELL US WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WITHIN OUR OFFICE, ONE OF OUR ATTORNEYS RECEIVED A PROMOTION TO MISDEMEANOR CHIEF POSITION AND WOULD THAT PROMOTION, WE'RE LOOKING TO RAISE HIS SALARY AND THEN THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE'S ASSUMING NEW DUTIES THAT REFLECTS THAT HE WILL PRIMARILY BE COVERING MISDEMEANOR CASES, WHICH INVOLVE PRETRIAL DIVERSION TYPE CASES AND HE'LL BE MANAGING, UM, THE WAY THAT THAT, UM, DEPARTMENT HANDLES PRETRIAL DIVERSION CASES. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AMENDING OUR PRETRIAL DIVERSION FUND USING THAT, UM, MONEY WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC DEDICATED FUND TO COVER THE INCREASE IN HIS SALARY. AND SO THAT FIRST ITEM, WHAT IT DOES IS IT AMENDS THE BUDGET THAT WE OUTLINED A FEW MONTHS AGO TO, UM, INSERT THAT SALARY AND THEN AS WELL AS HIS FRINGE BENEFITS. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM TRANSFERS MAKES A LINE ON TRANSFER SO THAT HE CAN RECEIVE THAT SALARY INCREASE. AND WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE INJURED GLUE THAT LINE. I'M TRANSFER WITH OUR OTHER LINE OF TRANSFERS, BUT THAT'S OKAY. UM, SO AUDITOR GIVING COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IT'S MESSED UP BUT I'LL FIX IT. OKAY. UM, SO, UH, BUT YOU DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO DISMISS WHATEVER'S WRONG WOULDN'T UH, IN US FROM A PRINTING, THIS WILL TRANSFER SOME MONEY FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. OKAY. TO HELP COVER THIS WITH HER. SHE'S AGREED TO DO IT. AND UH, MY MISUNDERSTANDING WAS I THOUGHT IT A WHOLE SEPARATE FUND AND THAT'S HOW WE DID NOT GET IT THIS CORRECT. OKAY. WE'LL GET IT FIXED AND BRING IT BACK, BUT SO WE CAN TRANSFER. SO YOU THINK WE'RE, YOU'RE STILL OKAY WITH US APPROVING IT ANYWAY. RIGHT. OKAY. SHE'S GOT PLENTY OF MONEY. OKAY. SO WE'LL TAKE ONE AT A TIME. ITEM 26 SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR APPROVING AN AMENDED DIVERSION COURT FUND BUDGET FOR 2019 2020% TEXAS GOVERNMENT PROCEDURE, ARTICLE ONE OH 2.0121. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THAT? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA. IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. I'M 27 IS JUST A LINE ITEM TRANSFER TO FACILITATE WHAT WE JUST DID IN ITEM 26 IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVE THAT LINE ON OUR TRANSFER ON 27 ON MY DEMOTION, WE HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT FOR THAT LINE OF TRANSFER. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND WITH COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. THAT MOTION CARRIES. [28. Discuss/Consider line item transfers.] 28 DISCUS LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. MADAM AUDITOR, THESE WERE EMAILED TO YOU EARLIER AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE TRANSFER. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE LINE ON OR TRANSFERS AS PRESENTED A MEGA MOTION, WE HAVE THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA IN A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. [29. Discuss/Consider claims for payment.] ITEM 29 CLAIMS FOR PAYMENTS. OH, YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE $2,085,666 AND 28 CENTS A JURY TOTAL IS 1,070 AND WE HAD TWO PAYROLL, UM, BENEFITS AND ACH TRANSFERS OF 2,649,308 80 [01:25:01] FOR A TOTAL OF $4,736,045 AND 8 CENTS. QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. WE HAVE THAT EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER CASE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER. BARBARA. DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. [30. Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and entering into executive session.] ITEM 30. DISCUSS. CONSIDER EXITING REGULAR MEETING AND ENTERING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DO SO? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CASES OR A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND WITH COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. [31. Executive Session: Pursuant to Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to discuss candidates for Justice of Peace Precinct #3.] UH, SO ITEM 31 WE ARE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE FIVE 1.07 FOR THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT. [32. Executive Session; Pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to discuss the Lily Solar Project.] THREE WE'LL ALSO BE DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION TO SECTION FIVE FIVE 1.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE LILY SOLAR PROJECT. UH, WE'LL DO THE JP DISCUSSION FIRST AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, MARY, IF YOU JOIN US IN THAT FOR THAT SESSION PLEASE. AND, UH, WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. YOU'RE GOING TO WIND UP. OKAY. WELL LET'S, OKAY. UH, I'M LOOKING [33. Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and entering back into regular meeting.] FOR A MOTION TO EXIT AN EXTRA STATION AND COME BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. WE HAVE THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. WE'RE BACK IN REGULAR SESSION AND, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADJOURN. UH, WE'RE GOING TO THE CITIZEN REPORTING ACTION. I'M JUST GOING TO RECESS OUR MEETING AND WE'RE GOING TO DO YOU HAVE A TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE? OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION AT ONE 30. SO WE'LL SEE Y'ALL AT ONE 30. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO, WE WERE RECESS. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE INTO SESSION AND WE'RE, AND I NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BORROWER AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. UM, I NEED, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO, UH, EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION AND COME BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WITH A MOTION. COMMISSIONER HUNT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. [34. Discuss/Consider taking any action needed as a result of executive session.] UH, WE'RE BACK IN REGULAR SESSION. UH, IS THERE A MOTION? YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, UM, POINT OR THAT'S PUT IN PLACE, UH, WRITTEN JACKSON IN FRONT OF JP. YOU PRECINCT THREE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT RICK JACKSON IS JUST TO THE PIECE IN PRECINCT THREE. THAT'S A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER HUNT. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, MOTION CARRIES. I'LL ABSTAIN AT THIS TIME. OKAY. UH, DID WE HAVE A, UM, [35. Adjourn Regular Meeting.] WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. THE MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING. IT'S ALL ONE. YEP. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND? ALSO, AGAIN, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA. DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.