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I'D ASK COMMISSIONER, OPEN THIS UP THIS MORNING.
THAT'S RIGHT, THE FATHER, WE THANK THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY GATHER TOGETHER THIS TO DELIBERATE ITEMS AND, UH, SITUATIONS FOR OUR COUNTY.
PLEASE LOOK DOWN THE FAVOR UPON US AND GIVE US THE GUIDANCE AND WISDOM TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS.
PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON THE FAMILY OF THOSE MINORS THAT, UH, UH, NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP.
SO DO, DO WHAT WE CAN FOR THOSE PEOPLE, UH, BE WITH OUR SOLDIERS AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY.
ALL THIS WE HAVE TO JESUS NAME.
Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDE A COPY OF MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PROVE THOSE PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER FELLER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BROWNMAN.
WE'RE GONNA, UH, SKIP DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON OUR AGENDA.
UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPOINTING MARTY BAKER TO THE RURAL EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT.
NUMBER THREE, TO REPLACE JACK SMITH HART FOR A TWO YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2006.
I NOTICED JACK SMITH HART IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, JACK, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS THIS MORNING? THIS, OH, THAT'S OKAY.
YOU WANNA INTRODUCE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, EMERGENCY DISTRICT THAT ARE WITH YOU THIS MORNING? I'VE GOT, UH, HERE.
THIS IS, AND ONE, ONE I HAVE
HAVE YOU EXPLAINED TO MR. BAKER WHAT HE IS GETTING HIMSELF INTO? I'M SORRY.
HAVE YOU EXPLAINED TO MR. BAKER WHAT HE IS GETTING HIMSELF INTO THE DETAIL? HE STILL, YOU STILL AGREE? HE STILL WANTS TO DO IT, HUH? ALRIGHT, MR. SHANE, THAT'S IN YOUR PRECINCT.
YOU WANT TO LET ENTERTAIN MOTION? I'LL ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION.
A MOTION MADE, UH, I'LL SECOND IT TO APPOINT MARTY BAKER TO THE RURAL EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT.
NUMBER THREE, REPLACE JACK MANHART.
I, I HAVE, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TOO.
UM, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU GET A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT SOMEONE.
UH, LAST WEEK MR. WAS ON THE AGENDA.
UM, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE NAME AND THIS MORNING WHEN I WALKED IN, I REALIZED WHO, UH, MR. BAKER IS.
AND, UM, UH, AFTER A, AFTER MY DAUGHTER'S ACCIDENT, WHEN SHE WAS IN BAYLOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS AN EXTREMELY TOUGH TIME.
UM, MR. BAKER CAME WITH THE ENTIRE YOUTH GROUP, OR AT LEAST MOSTLY YOUTH GROUP FROM, FROM SEVILLE WITH A GIFT BASKET.
AND THEY CAME UP TO TABBY'S HOSPITAL ROOM WHEN WE WEREN'T SURE.
UH, I MEAN, IT WAS STILL TOUCH AND GO.
SHE, SHE HAD BROKEN BONES ALL OVER HER BODY AND HADN'T BEEN THROUGH SURGERY YET, AND THEY PRAYED OVER HER.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY MR. BAKER IS A VERY, VERY GOOD MAN.
AND, UH, UH, I'M, I'M THRILLED THAT HE'S, HE'S WILLING TO SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY HE HAS TO.
CAN I, UH, I WANT TO THANK JACK SMITH ART FOR SERVING ON THIS BOARD FOR THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT HE HAS.
I REALLY AM PLEASED TO KNOW THAT HIS DEDICATION TO OUR COUNTY HAS BEEN ABOVE, UH, APPROACH AND THAT, UH, ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE OTHER GUYS.
AND THEY'RE THEIR DUTIES TOO, WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT.
AND I WANT TO THANK THEM AND WANT KNOW THEM TO KNOW THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY PLEASED WITH EVERYTHING GOES ON.
UH, THEY ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB WITH OUR VOLUNTEER FIREMEN IN OUR COUNTY, AND WE SHOULD REALLY BE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE MEN THAT WILL PUT THEIRSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TODAY FOR THE FIRES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AROUND METROPLEX.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK JACK FOR HIS, UH, SERVICE AND, UH, I THINK HE WAS, HE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE IT WAS CREATED AND HELPED FORM IT AND, UH, AND IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT THIS POINT.
WE APPRECIATE IT AND WANT TO WELCOME MR. BAKER ON BOARD AND, UH, ADVISE YOU.
THAT'S A A HUNDRED DOLLARS FINE BY THE WAY,
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IN CASE Y'ALL ARE WONDERING WHAT, RECESS,AND, UH, WELCOME FORWARD MR. BAKER AND TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT ARE HERE.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S SERVICE AND, UH, UH, HOPE Y'ALL CONTINUE AND YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST LET US KNOW.
WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION.
SO, MR. BAKER, YOU'RE OFFICIAL.
NEXT DAY ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, MR. HOW JONES TO PRESENT THE OFFICERS COURT FOR DECEMBER.
UM, AS USUAL, THIS WILL SET ON MY DESK THIS COMING WEEK.
IF YOU WANT TO COME BY AND SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IS AND WHAT FUNDS YOU CAN, UH, DO IT, UH, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
UH, JACK, UH, NEXT WE HAVE JACK SEBASTIAN.
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, UH, UH, THE LEASE, UH, HOUSE LEASE OF THE 6,979 SQUARE FEET OF WALL SPACE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES.
IS THIS THE, UH, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES THAT WE REFER TO AS CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE? YES, IT'S, SIR.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE DISCUSSED.
WELL, I THINK IT'S, UH, I THINK THEY PROBABLY PUT A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WAS THEIR, IS THEIR PLAN, UH, GENTLE AWARE.
UH, MR. PORT AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE PROCUREMENT, UH, COMMISSION ABOUT THIS, AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THEIR, UH, ORIGINAL RFP AND IT'S COME DOWN TIME TO SET A NUMBER PER SQUARE FOOT IF WE WOULD LIKE TO LEASE THIS, UH, PROBABLY TO THOSE FOLKS.
UH, I GUESS THE BIG CONCERN IS WE RECEIVED A, UH, ESTIMATE FROM PPBS AND J OF ABOUT $35 SQUARE FOOT, AND THAT COMES TO ROUGHLY $144,000, UH, TO DO WHAT THEY WANT.
THAT'S REALLY NOT COUNTING, UH, PARKING IN FRONT AND REAR, UH, VESTIBULE IN FRONT AND REAR, AND THEN ALSO LANDSCAPING AND OTHER ITEMS. I KNOW THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT, UH, CONCERN MAYBE UTILIZING THAT AREA FOR OTHER THINGS OR, YOU KNOW, COUNTY COURT LAW OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
BUT I WANT TO PUT THIS TO YOU GUYS AND LET YOU, UH, KNOW WHAT, WHAT KIND OF DOLLAR AMOUNT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
UH, 7,000 SQUARE FEET AT $35 A SQUARE.
I GOING TO SAY WE ABOUT TWO CLOSE TO TWO 40 PLUS I'M PLUS THE LANDSCAPING.
AND I, WE KIND OF, I'D LIKE THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE JUST KIND OF WAIT UNTIL, PUT THIS ON HOLD AND NOT SPEND ANY MORE MONEY OUT THERE UNTIL AFTER, UH, MY, UM, JUDGE, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS THE ONE THAT INITIATED THIS TO BEGIN WITH.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THEY'RE MEETING NOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, THERE ARE PEOPLE STACKED ON TOP OF PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE OFFICES AND BREAK ROOMS. I'VE GOT BOXES STACKED IN THE CEILING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY DEAL IS SIMPLE.
WE HAVE EMPTY, YOU KNOW, EMPTY WEATHER IN SPACE.
IF WE PUT UP SOME WALLS AND RESTROOMS, THEY WILL HAVE A HUNDRED TIMES BETTER SITUATION THAN THEY HAVE NOW.
UM, BUT THE REQUIREMENTS IN THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US, UM, I THINK WE CROSSED THE LINE IN THE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
UH, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE FINE IF WE COULD SPEND A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF MONEY AND GET 'EM DECENT SPACE AND GET REIMBURSED SHORT TERM.
THIS IS A MAJOR INVESTMENT AND A LONG TIME BEFORE WE RE RE WOULD RECOUP, RECOUP OUR INVESTMENT.
AND, UH, I I, I DON'T WANT TO SEE US, I DON'T WANT TO SEE US GET INTO, UH, THAT DEEP A SITUATION.
WE, YOU KNOW, THE STATE PROBABLY NEEDS TO FIND SOMEBODY, UH, IN, UH, THAT, THAT'S IN THAT BUSINESS TO, UH, UH, TO SUPPLY THE SPACE.
ALSO, KEN, WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP AND WE
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DISCUSSED IT, WE WERE THINKING IN TERMS OF WE WERE JUST GONNA HAVE TO PLEASE THESE PEOPLE HERE AND GET THEM SOMETHING THEY MOVE IN AND, AND BE HAPPY WITH.BUT, UH, THE STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICE IS INVOLVED NOW AND, AND IT'S, IT'S GETTING, IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MORE THAN WHAT ANTICIPATED.
I LIKE KEN, I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO HAVE ANYTHING BETTER THAN THEY HAD OVER THERE.
BUT I GUESS THAT'S ANY, ANYTIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE STATE, I GUESS THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE 38 PAGES OF REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET SO THEY CAN MOVE INTO A BETTER OFFICE, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT, UH, WE OUGHT JUST NOT LET IT GO AND FORGET ABOUT IT.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO THEM TO STRING ALONG AND THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH IT WITH ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS.
'CAUSE I DON'T SEE US, I DON'T SEE US BEING ABLE TO DO IT.
JUDGE SOMETHING ELSE TO COME UP, UH, LAST WEEK WITH THE HO REQUIREMENTS, UH, OF THE STORAGE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE, UH, FOR THE WHAT EQUIPMENT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE A LARGE AREA FOR THAT AND ALSO A LARGE ROOM WITH ELECTRICAL SERVICES AND THE TABLE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND I'M SURE DEAN MURPHY CAN ADD TO THAT.
I'VE GONE OUT THERE WITH MR. MURPHY AND SHOWED HIM AROUND AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS GONNA BE THAT MUCH SPACE THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE EITHER.
MY ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO CAR GARAGE, I MEAN TWO TWO CAR GARAGE, WHICH IS 800 SQUARE FEET.
BUT THEN THE GUY THAT SOLD IT, THE COMPANY THAT SOLD US THE EQUIPMENT, EXPLAINED THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, I THINK YOU CAN SEE THESE BLACK CASES THERE.
WE RIGHT NOW HAVE 46 OF THEM, UH, PLUS ALL THE ELECTRONIC, ACTUAL VOTING ELECTRONIC, AND IT ALL NEEDS TO BE LINED UP WHERE WE CAN GO DOWN WITH A CART AND A COMPUTER AND DOWNLOAD AFTER EACH ELECTION, ALL THIS STUFF, AND THEN REACTIVATE IT BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
UH, WE HAVE TO COMPUTERIZE IT, BUT COMPUTERIZE ACCESS TO IT.
AND THEN EVERY SIX MONTHS OR WHENEVER WE HAVE AN ELECTION, WE HAVE TO MOVE IT OUT AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE POLLS AND BRING IT BACK IN.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO USE IT WHERE IT IS.
ON THE GOOD SIDE, IT DOESN'T NEED HEAT AND AIR, BUT IT DOES NEED DUST PROTECTION.
SO, AND, AND THEN WHAT'S FURTHER COMPLICATED ON GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING, THE FOREIGN ELECTION STARTED AND IT'S GOING SMOOTH
UH, BUT OVER THERE HALF THE PEOPLE ARE VOTING ELECTRONICALLY AND THE OTHER HALF ON PAPER.
AND WE SORT DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A MUCH SLOWER EVOLUTION FROM ELECTRONIC, FROM PAPER TO ELECTRONIC.
SO IF THAT'S ANY INDICATION, THEN WE NEED EVEN MORE ROOM THAN THE 800 SQUARE FEET BECAUSE WE'LL SHORTLY HAVE MORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF OUR ELECTION NEEDS.
DOES THIS NEED TO BE SECURE ALSO? DOES IT NEED TO BE WHERE YOU CAN LOCK IT UP AND WE YES.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOCK IT UP.
WE DO NOT NEED TO EAT AND AIR.
I MEAN, WE COULD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO.
SO AT ANY RATE, THE, UH, OUT AT THE OLD JAIL WHERE THEY'RE NOW BUILDING WHAT I WAS TOLD TO BE A COUNTY COURT OF LAW, UH, ON THE BACK WALL OF THAT OTHER SIDE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT FOR US.
IF WE RUN A ROOM, THE LENGTH OF IT OR DESIGN A ROOM SOME WAY OVER THERE, UH, PLAN B WOULD BE THE, WHAT'S USED TO BE THE OLD KITCHEN.
UH, OUR REAL PROBLEM IS WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS BY THE END OF THE MARCH PRIMARY AND WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THIS EQUIPMENT, SECURE IT, DOWNLOAD IT, REACTIVATED IT AT THE END OF THE MARCH PRIMARY.
SO WE'RE UNDER THE GUN, THE OLD KITCHEN.
WE TAKE ALL THAT EQUIPMENT OUT.
IS IT BIG ENOUGH? IT IS FOR NOW.
THE TWO ROOMS, THERE'S ONE THAT'S GOT ALL THE KITCHEN STUFF IN IT AND ONE ADJACENT TO IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN IT.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT AREA IS THERE'S OUTDOOR ACCESS.
THERE'S A BACK DOOR, DOUBLE DOOR WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE UP TO IT AND LOAD AND UNLOAD.
BUT GETTING ALL THAT STUFF OUT OF THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A BIG JOB OR NOT.
THE GUY THAT SOLD IT, THE COMPANY THAT SOLD US THE EQUIPMENT EXPLAINED THAT WE NEED TO HAVE,
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I THINK YOU CAN SEE THESE BLACK CASES THERE.WE RIGHT NOW HAVE 46 OF 'EM, UH, PLUS ALL THE ELECTRONIC, ACTUAL VOTING ELECTRONIC, AND IT ALL NEEDS TO BE LINED UP WHERE WE CAN GO DOWN WITH A CART AND A COMPUTER AND DOWNLOAD AFTER EACH ELECTION, ALL THIS STUFF, AND THEN REACTIVATE IT BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
UH, WE HAVE TO COMPUTERIZE IT OR COMPUTERIZE ACCESS TO IT.
AND THEN EVERY SIX MONTHS OR WHENEVER WE HAVE AN ELECTION, WE HAVE TO MOVE IT OUT AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE POLLS AND BRING IT BACK IN.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO USE IT WHERE IT'S ON THE GOOD SIDE.
IT DOESN'T NEED EVEN AIR, BUT IT DOES NEED DUST PROTECTION.
SO, AND, AND THEN WHAT'S FURTHER COMPLICATED ON GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING, THE FOREIGN ELECTIONS STARTED AND IT'S GOING SMOOTH.
UH, BUT OVER THERE HALF THE PEOPLE ARE VOTING ELECTRONICALLY AND THE OTHER HALF ON PAPER.
AND WE SORT OF DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A MUCH SLOWER EVOLUTION FROM ELECTRONIC, FROM PAPER TO ELECTRONIC.
SO IF THAT'S ANY INDICATION, THEN WE NEED EVEN MORE ROOM THAN THE 800 SQUARE FEET BECAUSE WE WILL SHORTLY HAVE MORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF OUR ELECTION NEEDS.
DOES THIS NEED TO BE SECURE ALSO? DOES IT NEED TO BE WHERE YOU CAN LOCK IT UP AND WE YES.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOCK IT UP.
I MEAN, WE COULD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO.
SO AT ANY RATE, THE, UH, OUT AT THE OLD JAIL WHERE THEY'RE NOW BUILDING WHAT I WAS TOLD TO BE A COUNTY COURT OF LAW, UH, ON THE BACK WALL OF THAT OTHER SIDE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT FOR US.
IF WE RUN A ROOM, THE LENGTH OF IT, OR DESIGN A ROOM SOME WAY OVER THERE, UH, PLAN B WOULD BE THE, WHAT'S USED TO BE THE OLD KITCHEN.
UH, OUR REAL PROBLEM IS WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS BY THE END OF THE MARCH PRIMARY.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THIS EQUIPMENT, SECURE IT, DOWNLOAD IT, REACTIVATED IT AT THE END OF THE MARCH PRIMARY.
SO WE'RE UNDER THE GUN, THE OLD KITCHEN.
WE TAKE ALL THAT EQUIPMENT OUT.
IS IT BIG ENOUGH? IT'S FOR NOW.
THE TWO ROOMS, THERE'S ONE THAT'S GOT ALL THE KITCHEN STUFF IN IT AND ONE ADJACENT TO IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN IT.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT AREA IS THERE'S OUTDOOR ACCESS.
THERE'S A BACK DOOR, DOUBLE DOOR WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE UP TO IT AND LOAD AND UNLOAD.
BUT GETTING ALL THAT STUFF OUT OF THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A BIG JOB OR NOT.
IT'S, UH, STUFF, BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH STOCK I WOULD PUT IN FORNY TRUSTING ELECTRONICS MORE THAN PAPER AFTER A WHILE.
WELL, IT WAS REALLY IT, UH, THE HEART GAL WAS THERE.
HE, HE'S THE GUY THAT SOLD THE EQUIPMENT, MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS UP AND GOING.
AND DONNA AND HER CREW WERE ALL VERY EXPERIENCED AND THEY HAD IT UNDER CONTROL.
THE CITY MANAGERS BEING EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED HAD BEEN VERY NICE.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, ONE QUESTION.
IF THAT, IF THOSE BOXES ARE THAT BIG, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET OUR PLAN IS THIS, WE WERE GOING ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO DELIVER THE EQUIPMENT TO THE POLLING PLACE.
ONE PROBLEM IS THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S ON THE BALLOT, HE CANNOT DO IT, NOR CAN ANYONE WHO WORKS FOR HIM.
NOW, COMMISSIONER PRECINCT FOUR, HOWEVER, CAN DO IT FOR PRECINCT ONE AND PRECINCT ONE CAN DO IT FOR PRECINCT FOUR AND VICE VERSA AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY.
SO THAT WOULD'VE TO WORK THAT WAY.
BUT, UH, WE WERE GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO DO IT.
I GUESS PLAN B WOULD GET THE SHERIFF TO HAVE IT DONE FOR US.
IT WON'T FIT IN MY RENT CAR,
UN UN, UNLIKE WHAT USED TO BE WITH THIS EQUIPMENT.
WE CAN TAKE IT OUT THE DAY BEFORE WE PICK IT UP THE DAY AFTER.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT ALL IN HERE THAT NIGHT.
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SO WE CAN TAKE IT OUT DURING THE WORK DAY AND THEN BRING IT BACK THERE.WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AFTER THE ELECTION OR, RIGHT.
YEAH, BUT THE BOXES STAY THERE.
I MEAN, WE CAN BRING IN HERE WHAT WE NEED.
THE ELECTION JUDGES CAN DO THAT.
BUT BOX ITSELF, DICK, MY UNDERSTANDING PAUL'S CONCERN WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, DUST AT THE OLD JAIL, IF WE STORED IT THERE, WHAT, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULDN'T BE THAT EXPENSIVE TO PUT SOME KIND OF AIR CLEANER IN THE SAME ROOM THAT THEY WELL, SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE DUST THAT THE OLD JAIL THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.
BUT ONCE WE GOT OUR ROOM BUILT, I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD BE CLEAN AND PROOF.
NO, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT'S RIGHT THIS MINUTE AND WE'RE JUST OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT MESS RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE OVERFLOWED OUR ROOM THAT WE CELEBRATION, WE OBTAINED FROM A PERSON, AGENT.
WE OVERFLOWED THAT WITH THE FIRST OF THREE TRUCKLOADS OF STUFF.
WE GOT, WE GOT A PROBLEM AND WE GOTTA DEAL WITH IT QUICK.
WE'VE GOT TO SECURE THIS STUFF BY THE END OF THE PRIMARY IN MARCH, EVEN IF IT'S JUST TEMPORARY.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A PLACE TO DO IT THAT IS DUST FREE, ACCESSIBLE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST TEMPORARY SHERIFF.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME, I KNOW YOU WITH, UH, SUPERVISION AND EVERYTHING WITH THE TRUSTEES.
I KNOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE 'EM RECENTLY OR IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
UH, IF, IF SINCE WE'RE UNDER THE GUN LIKE THIS AND WE NEED TO GET THAT STUFF OUT OF THE OLD KITCHEN, UH, I RECKON WE COULD SQUEEZE A FEW TRUSTEES TO, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUDGE.
WE'RE IN A HIRING PROCESS NOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, FILL THOSE, THOSE STAFF AGENCIES BACK THERE.
WE SHOULD BE, WE'RE RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, OVER WEEKEND, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COME AND GO WITHOUT THERE.
WE'LL MAKE EVERY DO WHAT WE CAN IF YOU WANT, UH, OUT THERE MAINTENANCE, MOVE STUFF OUT THERE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE HE'S FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND, AND, UH, IF IT CAN BE REMOVED IN A WAY THAT IT COULD BE STILL BE UTILIZED BY SOMEONE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO AUCTION IT OFF OR IT'S NOT GONNA BE OUTSIDE.
I JUST WANNA SAY, JUDGE, I HAVE A MEMO FOR YOUR REVIEW THIS MORNING CONCERNING THE AUCTION AND IF THE SHERIFF IS, IS GOOD WITH IT.
I, I PLAN ON HAVING THAT STUFF AUCTION WHERE IT SETS, TAKE PICTURES OF IT ON THE WEBSITE, TAG THE ROOF, AND THEY CAN GET OUT HERE IN MARCH.
I TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE FROM, FROM THE GENESIS CENTER THAT CAME AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THAT AND SAID THAT, THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE USED SOME OF IT AND THAT THEY PROBABLY WOULD COME AND MOVE ALL OF IT IF THEY COULD JUST WE TO MAKE SOME KIND OF, THEY WOULD COME AND MOVE IT BECAUSE OUT THERE WHERE THEY ARE, THEY'D NEED SOME OF THAT STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF IT THEY COULD USE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT WAS OR NOT.
SINCE THAT WAS COUNTY, I DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT HAPPENED.
THERE MAY BE A PROVISION TO GIVE ORGANIZATION, I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'LL EXPLORE THAT WITH THEM A LITTLE MORE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
AND EXPLAIN EXPLORE WITH HAL TOO, BECAUSE HE CAN, UH, UH, GO INTO LEGAL.
WHAT TYPE OF STUFF ARE WE TALKING? UH, STAINLESS STEEL, BIG STAINLESS STEEL TABLES, BIG STAINLESS STEEL, SOME OVENS, SOME UH, SINKS, DISHWASHERS, BUNCH OF STUFF LIKE THAT.
COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THE MOTION THAT WE, UH, UH, REJECT, REJECT, UH, UH, REJECT LEASING, UH, OFFICE SPACE TO THE TAX DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES AT THIS TIME.
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MAKE IT CLEAR WE'RE AVAILABLE TO HELP ANY WAY WE CAN.I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS, CONSIDER, UH, RENEWING MEMBERSHIP TO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MACKINS AND PAYING DUE MOTION.
LEAD BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
WELL Y'ALL MAKE THAT MOTION SO FAST.
APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THAT SINCE I'M EXECUTIVE BOARD.
UH, NEXT DISCUSS CONSIDERATION OF SANDRA L.
RANKING FOR THE CO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
BILL MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BOWDEN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER ALL IN THURSDAY.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE SLAUGHTER REPORT FOR 12 16, 12 23, AND 1230.
JERRY, JUDGE, I MAY WE ACCEPT THOSE REPORTS AS BEING FILED.
ANY SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOLLER? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, NOW ARE WE HAVING A LOT ITEM
WE PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS PRIMARILY TO DIRECT, UH, DISTRICT COURT SUPPLEMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, WE NEVER GOT INTO THE BUDGET UNTIL WE WOUND UP, UH, SO WE INCREASED 442ND DISTRICT COURT, INCREASED CAR ALLOWANCE, 5,003 50 DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAR ALLOWANCE, 4,000 3 50 86 DISTRICT COURT, 5,003 50 EXTENSION PROGRAMS, INCREASED AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, $445 REDUCTION IN HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM AND CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND, INCREASED AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING, 10,000 PRODUCTION IN REPAIRS AND ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT.
THREE, INCREASED CULVERTS, 5,000 DUCTION ROAD MATERIALS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOME TRANSFERS FROM ROAD RIDGE GENERAL TO THE PRECINCTS.
I'VE HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST WOULD ENTERTAIN MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
SO MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.
JACK, COULD YOU CHECK TO SEE IF ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS MORNING, PLEASE? YES.
UH, WE HAVE JAMES STROMAN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, FROM CRANDELL, TEXAS.
DOESN'T SAY WHAT ITEM HE'S GONNA SPEAK ABOUT.
WE'VE GOT, WE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES FOR COVER.
I'M THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR IN KEMP, TEXAS.
I DO LIVE IN, UH, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF KEMP.
UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE VOTE Y'ALL HAD ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE OVERPASS AT WHAT WE CALL DOWN ON BECK ROAD AND, UH, 1 75.
THIS STARTED BECAUSE THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY WANTED TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SITUATION AT THAT LOCATION.
UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS SCHOOL BUSES HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ACROSS.
SO WE WERE ALREADY WORKING ON THE RESOLUTIONS PRIOR TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT, UH, THAT OCCURRED THERE IN EARLY DECEMBER, RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT Y'ALL TOOK THAT ACTION.
UH, IT WAS KIND OF UPSETTING TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN CAMP THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BECAME SUCH A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT DID PASS.
APPRECIATE YOU CASTING THE TIE BREAKING GO UP THERE, MR. JIM.
UM, BUT THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DIDN'T, THERE WASN'T UNITY ON THIS.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT IT, IT DID GET TO THE STATE.
THEY DID HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, THAT IT WOULD SHOW THAT IT WAS SORT OF A DIVISIVE ISSUE.
THERE WASN'T THAT MUCH COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UM, AND SO SOMEONE, INCLUDING THE MAYOR OF CAMP SAID, WELL, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW, UH, HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS.
AND SO I, I SENT AN EMAIL ON, UH, DECEMBER 27TH TO ALL OF YOU RELATED TO THIS.
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NO RESPONSE FROM ANYBODY.AND, UH, JUST PART OF MY LETTER WAS JUST ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA AGAIN, AGAIN AND REBUTTING ON IT, MAKING IT UNANIMOUS.
YOU REALIZE THAT, UH, THE STATE MAKES THESE DECISIONS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH Y'ALL'S ROAD BUDGETS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE PLANS IN PLACE.
I'M WELL AWARE THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS HERE IN THE COUNTY, BUT YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HURT TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THAT WAY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, IF THEY DO, UH, CONSIDER SOMETHING AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, THEY'LL, THEY'LL ALREADY HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THERE.
AND AGAIN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UH, THE CITY BOTH PASSED RESOLUTIONS, AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE FORWARDED TO Y'ALL.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA THE DAY IT WAS THERE, AS IT WOULD'VE COME ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE DIDN'T FEEL IT WOULD BE THAT CONTENTIOUS OF AN ISSUE.
AND WE JUST, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF UNANIMITY AND SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH I REALIZE EACH OF Y'ALL REPRESENT A SPECIFIC AREA THAT YOU RECONSIDER.
AND, UM, LET MAKE THIS A UNANIMOUS LETTER SOME LATER TODAY.
AND, UH, IN CASE Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF, YOU'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT AND THEY CAN KEEP THIS FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU, MR. ANY RESPONSE? UM, I DO, UM, READING MR. ST.
STRONG'S EMAIL, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, OBVIOUS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE EMAIL DID REFER TO THAT.
AT ONE POINT I HAD SAID THAT I WOULD FAVOR THE PROJECT, AND WHAT I'D SAID WAS, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS, GALLUP COUNCIL, GOVERNMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE PROJECTS IN MY PRECINCT THAT, UH, DESPERATELY NEED ATTENTION ALSO, AND THAT I WOULD BE 100% IN FAVOR OF INCLUDING THAT PROJECT IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH CARRIES A WHOLE LOT MORE WEIGHT THAN, UH, UH, THAN, THAN AN INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTION.
AND, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ARGUMENT IS NOT, IT, IT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, WITH ANYTHING, UH, PERSONAL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH, UM, INDIVIDUAL INCIDENTS.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TRAIN CROSSINGS WHERE I'VE BEEN BY JUST AFTER A PERSON WAS KILLED AT TRAIN CROSSINGS.
I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN PLACES ON, ON HIGHWAY 80 WHERE A PERSON, YOU KNOW, WAS KILLED AND BURNED IN THEIR CAR.
IT'S AWFULLY HARD TO SAY THAT I'M INSENSITIVE TO PEOPLE BEING HURT ON HIGHWAYS, BUT THE WAY TO ADDRESS 'EM IS COMPREHENSIVELY NOT PIECEMEAL.
UM, AND, UM, UH, I, I HAVE RELAYED THAT THERE'S PROJECTS I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE DONE ALSO, BUT I'VE MADE THE DECISION TO DO IT ALL IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RATHER THAN FLOODING THE AGENDA WITH, WITH RESOLUTIONS.
UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DEBATE, WHETHER WE DO PIECEMEAL PLANNING OR WHETHER WE DO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER TO JUST PUT ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN ONE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I, I THINK HE WAS A LITTLE OUTTA LINE ON HIS, UH, EMAIL WHEN HE, HE SENT THAT, AND HE ALSO DIRECTED IT AT ME.
AND I THINK IN THERE IS KIND OF A THREAT AT US ABOUT OUR, OUR, UH, COUNTY ROAD ISSUE.
AND I THINK WE'RE STRONG AND REALLY NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO COMMISSIONERS FOR, FOR MAKING THAT STATEMENT.
AND I, I REALLY AM NOT PLEASED WITH IT AT ALL.
YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE DONE RIGHT AWAY.
UH, COMING IN TAR TEXAS OFF OF HIGHWAY 34, THE HIGHWAY BYPASS HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 1971 OR 72 TO RUN THAT THROUGH CARROLL UP THERE ABOVE GOGGINS FUNERAL HOME, WHICH GOES TOWARDS GREENWOOD LAST YEAR, ABOUT CHRISTMAS TIME, UH, FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED RIGHT THERE WHO WERE FRIENDS OF OUR FRIENDS AT CHURCH.
AND IT, AND IT WAS A BIG SITUATION.
AND THAT'S NOT THE FIRST ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENS THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE COME INTO THAT LANE TOO FAST COMING INTO THAT IN TOWN AND COME OFF OF A 60, UH, MILE AN HOUR DEAL INTO, AND IT CATCHES YOU BECAUSE OF THE ROAD DOES NOT LEAN RIGHT.
COMING INTO THAT PART OF TERRELL, IT LEANS OVER TO THE, TO THE LEFT SIDE, WHICH WHEN YOU'RE COMING FROM GREENVILLE TO TERRELL, YOU'LL GET CAUGHT, GO OVER STEER, AND YOU WIND UP IN THE OTHER LANE.
AND SO ANYWAY, THERE HAS JUST BEEN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND FACTS.
UH, UH, MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT HAS BEEN, HAS ASKED T DOC FOR, UH, ALL THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THAT IN THE WORLD THERE BECAUSE THEY, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND THERE'S BEEN SO MANY ACCIDENTS, BUT THAT
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DIDN'T SEEM TO GET ON THE RADAR SCREEN ON CAN THAT, BUT I'M, I'M OF THIS OPINION MUST DO US A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE COUNTY TO ALL GET TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD.WE CAN'T JUST PIECEMEAL THINGS TOGETHER AS COMMISSIONER WINTER SAID, IT, IT JUST WON'T WORK.
LET'S DO A GOOD JOB AND LET'S DO IT RIGHT.
I THINK WE'RE ARGUING ABOUT SOMETHING HERE THAT I GUESS IT'S SO PERSONAL AND SO, UH, INVOLVED WITH ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS THAT'S HAPPENED.
BUT THESE PEOPLE SAW A NEED THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO THEY CAME TO US AND PART OF WERE IN MY PRECINCT, SO I LISTENED TO 'EM.
UH, JUST BECAUSE WE PASSED THIS AS AN AGENDA, I MEAN, AS A RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS GONNA BE DONE NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH OR NEXT YEAR OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW.
UM, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE IT'S ON THE COMPREHENSIVE THOROUGHFARE PLAN OR NOT.
IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC ON THAT THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT SAYS, LET'S DO SOMETHING DOWN THERE FOR KIM? I NEVER HAVE SEEN A PROBLEM WITH HAVING THIS AS A RESOLUTION.
I'VE NEVER, MAYBE I'VE MISSED THAT, BUT THEY, THEY SEE THIS NEED IN BEFORE THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
I KNOW THERE ARE NOT LOTS OF, LOTS OF PLACES OVER THERE WHERE ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THEY SEE THIS NEED, THEY COME TO US AND THEY ASK US TO DO A RESOLUTION.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SAYING TO THE STATE, HEY, COME OUT HERE AND FIX THIS ROAD IMMEDIATELY.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.
WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT WHENEVER YOU START TO DO SOMETHING, IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THIS SITUATION DOWN THERE AND HELP US OUT, IF WE HAVE IT ON OUR OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THEN THAT'S GOOD.
IF WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE A HUGE BIG DIFFERENCE TO THE STATE WHETHER WE MAKE A RESOLUTION ON IT OR NOT.
IT DOES LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN IT AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE.
BUT, UH, I, AND I'M SORRY, I, I RECOGNIZE YOUR, YOUR PROBLEM AND I RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND I JUST DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE FACT THAT WE SAID, HEY, THIS IS A SITUATION WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME HELP ON WHENEVER YOU DO IT.
AND IF THAT'S PIECEMEALING IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'M MISS
WELL, I I'M NOT SURE IF I WAS, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS IT'S OBVIOUS I HAVEN'T BEEN CLEAR.
WE, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION MEETINGS AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE DID PASS A THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
WHAT WE HAVE APPROVED NOW IS, UH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HAS AGREED TO DO A FULL-FLEDGED, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
NOT JUST THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BUT THAT IS GONNA GONNA ADDRESS, UH, A WHOLE LOT MORE ISSUES THAN A THOROUGHFARE PLAN WOULD.
IT WILL EVEN ENCOMPASS THINGS LIKE LIGHT RAIL, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT PLAN HAS NOT EVEN BEEN WRITTEN YET.
WHAT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS WE'RE GONNA ALL GET AROUND THE TABLE.
EVERY COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTY IS GONNA HAVE INPUT INTO IT, AND WE'RE GONNA DECIDE WHAT PROJECTS WE WANT TO INCLUDE IN THAT PLAN.
AND WHAT I'VE SAID IS, WHEN WE DO THAT, YOU'LL HAVE MY VOTE TO PUT IT IN THAT PLAN.
AND TO ME, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A REASONABLE THING TO DO.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR PROJECTS ARE ON THE, ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, AND, UH, I THINK THE THING TO DO IS, IS BE PATIENT BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE DONE ANYTIME SOON, BUT LET'S BE PATIENT.
LET'S PUT THAT PROJECT ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER PROJECT IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON IN THE SHORT, IN THE SHORT FUTURE.
THE, UH, BYPASS AROUND KIM TO BYPASS AND OVERPASS OF MAYBANK ALL STARTED WITH ONE RESOLUTION FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S BOARD.
AT THAT TIME, IT WASN'T PART OF THE MAJOR THOROUGH FAIR PLAN.
UM, COMMISSIONER BOARD PASSED AN ORDER, WORKED ITS WAY UP WHEN T SAW FIFTH TO DO IT, THEY ALREADY HAD ORDER IN.
I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER THAT US PASSING THAT RESOLUTION DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT JUST, UH, LET T KNOW THAT IT'S ONE OF OUR CONCERNS.
AND I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTED THE, UH, UH, TRANS, UH, THE MASTER PLAN.
AND I DON'T THINK, UH, IT SLOWED DOWN ANY OF THE MASTER PLAN AND ANY PROJECT THAT IS GOING ON IN
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COUNTY.BUT I THINK IT JUST SHOWS T THE CONCERN OF THIS'S COURT, UH, FOR AN AREA OF THE COUNTY.
BUT WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL AND EVERYBODY WHENEVER WE DO GET WITH
EVERYBODY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR INPUT INTO THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? YOU HAVE ANY BILLS TO PAY? YES SIR.
ACTUALLY EVERYBODY COPY THAT IF
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THIS, NO.WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY.
IS THIS, YOU PROBABLY BUY BRAND NEW FOR THAT.
HOW, HOW MUCH IS BRAND NEW MOW IN THE TRACTOR MOWER? THE WHOLE TRACTOR 124.
YOU CAN GET A USE ON THE INTERNET FOR 70.
BETTER DEAL IS TO GET SOME COMMISSIONER TO LET YOU BORROW HIS I THE BEST.
WHERE YOU FIND THAT TO ON THEM.
YOU GOTTA GO FIX THEM EVERY TIME YOU USE THEM.
THE REASON HE'S LAUGHING IS OFFERED HIM WITH AN OPERATOR.
IT IS JUST A PATCHWORK OF WELDED PLATE.
IT'S NOT MANY HOURS, BUT I BET THAT'S HARD HOUR THOUGHT ABOUT GOING TO ONE OF THESE, UH, COMPANIES THAT DOES PREACH LIKE S ONE.
YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO ONE OF THOSE GUYS ONE TIME.
DON SAID THAT IT WAS GOING, HE NEVER DID GET BACK WITH FIGURES, BUT DON SAID IT'D BE SO EXPENSIVE WE PROBABLY PUT AFFORD, BUT IF YOUR GUY GETS I HUNDRED HOURS IS ABOUT 63 AND HALF DAY SOLID.
I HIRED THIS GUY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF BERMUDA GRASS SEED AND WE'RE SPREADING IT ON OUR INTERSECTIONS IN THE WINTERTIME.
SOME KIND OF UN GRASS AND SPREAD IT.
SO TRY TO GET, OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE TO GET SOME RAIN SOMETIME.
I MADE THE FIRST CUT IN THE HAY ON 20 ACRES.
WELL, I THINK I BETTER WASN'T A VERY GOOD STAND SO I FERTILIZED RAIN.
YEAH, THERE'S MUCH RAIN IN THE FUTURE.
THEY WERE SAYING SOMETHING TODAY OR TOMORROW, BUT NOT FOR US.
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I WOULD THINK NEXT, NOT THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.YOUR TIMING BETTER BE PERFECT TO GET ANY, WHEN I THAT PRINTER, YOU RIDE BIKE THIS WEEKEND.
I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE TWO OR THREE ITEMS THAT THEY, AND THEY'RE GONNA SELL THE REST OF IT.
AND IF IT'S GONNA USED, IF THEY'RE GONNA USE, THEY'RE USE IT.
I THINK THE COUNTY, MR. PORTER SAYS IT'S ABOUT 60 CENTS A POUND I THINK FOR STAINLESS STEEL.
HAVE YOU ASKED THE SHERIFF, UH, ABOVE KNOW IT WAS DONE YEARS SO MANY YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT WAS DONE IN THE MID EIGHTIES.
WE'VE DONE IT OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
I THINK YOU LET THEM PICK THROUGH AND GET WHAT THEY WANT.
BUT UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE JUST GIVE THEM ALL OF IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT WIND UP WITH THE JUNK PILE BACK IN GENESIS CENTER STUFF.
THEY'LL SELL IT, GUARANTEE THEY'LL SELL.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TAKE OUT WALK I AT.
WANNA KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING, HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING.
DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY IN BE SURPRISED IF WE CAN SELL IT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN MAKE ANY MONEY, OUR BEST OPTION IS JUST GO AHEAD AND SELL IT AND NOT GIVE ANYBODY ANYTHING.
AND I I'M, AND I'M HESITANT TO JUMP IN THERE AND REMODEL THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT.
WELL I KNEW YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT HIM IN THERE, SAID THIS AREA FOR HIM.
THAT TAKES UP A WHOLE ONE OF THOSE OR POSSIBLY TWO 13.
NO, WE'RE, I'LL CHECK IN TO SEE DID YOU KNOW THINGS STACKED ANYWAY, I GUESS THEY CAN
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ANYWAY.UH, IF WE COULD FIND A PLACE TO RENT IT FOR.
I DUNNO WHETHER THAT HURTS US.
I MEAN I DON'T, WE JUST NEED THIS STUFF GET GONNA BE CALLING YOU.
SEE ANYTHING ELSE YOU TO DISCUSS? OH YEAH.
MEETING BEFORE HE WAS GONNA BE ON AGENDA OR
WHAT? TO OUR SIGN WE HAD BACK THERE AT THE, IF PEOPLE CAME IN, YOU KNOW, NO, NO FOOD, NO UH, DRINKS AND NO CELL PHONE.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CERTAINLY SEE A BASIS FOR AN APPEAL IF I GET NO POSTIT NOTICE THERE, IT'S NOW WHY WOULD BE OVER THE BILLS? I NEED TO SLIP SOME OF MY PERSONAL BILLS.
WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS.
SECOND MOTION MADE BY, UH, COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DON.
ALL IN FAVOR IS THE AYE AYE, AYE.
ANYTHING WE NEED TO BRING UP BEFORE WE ADJOURN? ARE WE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY? UH, WE'LL MEET NEXT TUESDAY, MONDAY, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY WILL BE OFF.
SOME OF US WILL BE OUT SIGNS, I'M SURE.
WILL WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF THE JURY MADE BY COMMISSIONER? BY COMMISSIONER LEONARD? ALL INYE.