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WE'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT, UH, KEN LEONARD'S UNDER THE WEATHER THIS MORNING.
SO, JERRY, WOULD YOU OPEN US UP THIS MORNING PLEASE? YES.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK DEEP FOR THE PRIVILEGED AND OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER TO DO THE COUNT BUSINESS LIKE THIS.
PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE CORRECT DECISIONS.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE REIGN YOU SENT US AND WE HOPE YOU CAN, WE CAN LOOK FORWARD IN THE FUTURE TO THAT.
PLEASE LOOK UP DOWN UPON OUR SOLDIERS AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY.
HELP THEM TO BE SAFE AND SECURE.
NAMELY, Y'ALL HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES FOR THE LAST MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
I COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
JURY, WOULD YOU LOOK INTO THAT, UH, STASH? AND FIRST THING WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, MR. LARRY EWING, OUR COUNTY FARM MARSHAL, AND WE'RE GOING DISCUSS THE STATUS, UH, OF THE BURN BAND.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION TO GET US ALL UP TO SPEED ON EVERYTHING.
THE DROUGHT INDEX LEVEL FOR COMAN COUNTY AS OF YESTERDAY WAS 4 49.
SO YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND HARRISON COUNTY WAS 3 73 HUNT 5 21 AND VAN 3, 9 4.
AND THE 14 DAY OUTLOOK CONTINUES TO BE IN THOSE LEVELS, WHICH, UH, PUT US FAR BELOW WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USING AS A A NUMBER, UH, HARRISON COUNTY, HUNT COUNTY AND VANETTE COUNTY HAVE ALL DROPPED THEIR BURN VAN QUITE SOME TIME AGO OVER THE FARST COUNTY TO EAST.
SO THE DALLAS AREA THAT STILL HAS ONE ON.
I DID A POLL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO SEE WHAT THEIR CONSENSUS WAS ON THIS.
AND OF THE 12 THAT I HAD TO RESPOND, I HAD EIGHT THAT WANTED IT REMOVED, TWO THAT DID NOT, AND TWO THAT WANTED IT REMOVED WITH EXCEPTIONS.
AND THAT JUST BE, OF COURSE, FOLLOWING THE, UH, TCEQ RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR BURNING BEFORE, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT OUT BEFORE DARK AND ITEMS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT, THAT TIME THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN EITHER CONTINUE TO EXTEND IT OR WE CAN GO AHEAD AND RELEASE IT AND FALL ASLEEP WITH THE OTHER COUNTIES AROUND US.
THE DATA STILL SHOWS THAT WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE IF WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
THOSE NUMBERS, LARRY, WHAT ARE THEY, HOW DO THEY COMPARE WITH, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE INSTITUTED THE LAST, IT'S STILL JUST ABOUT THE SAME AS WHAT THEY WERE.
SO THE NUMBERS, IT HASN'T CHANGED HARDLY ANY.
IT, IT'S LIKE 10% POINTS OR SOMETHING WAY OR OTHER PROJECTION STILL SHOWING THE SAME, THAT WE'LL BE IN THE SAME LEVEL IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
ALSO, THE VAN AND HUNT HAVE BOTH, UH, VAN AND HUNT.
THEY'VE ALL RELEASED, WELL, THEIR NUMBERS SIMILAR TO OURS.
I KNOW ZA WAS A LITTLE LESS, OH, ACTUALLY, HUNT COUNTY A LOT HIGHER, HIGHER, BUT THEY STILL CHOSE TO DROP THE BURN DOWN.
THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES ARE PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH OURS, HENDERSON AND BENZENE.
I THINK IF THERE WAS A FIRE SATURDAY, I THINK THE WIND WAS BLOWING SO HARD, WE WOULD'VE BLOWN IT OUT.
I GUARANTEE THAT, OF COURSE, IF YOU REALIZE THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY HAS A, A SET OF RULES THAT ACTUALLY GOVERN OUTDOOR BURNING.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME IT'S A COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S A LAW THAT'S ENFORCEABLE
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THROUGH US.IT'S ONLY ENFORCEABLE THROUGH THEM.
AND THAT'S ONLY THROUGH A SECOND COMPLAINT MADE BY EITHER A CITIZEN OR AN AGENCY.
BUT OF COURSE, THOSE, THOSE RULES DO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE, YOU CAN'T BURN ANY CLOSER THAN 300 FEET TO YOUR NEIGHBOR OR ANOTHER RESIDENCE.
YOU HAVE TO START IT BEFORE SUNRISE AND IT HAS TO BE OUT BEFORE SUNSET.
THERE ALSO ALWAYS HAS TO BE SOMEONE THERE AVAILABLE TO WATCH IT.
AND OF COURSE, IF YOU CAN'T BURN THE, THE TYPICAL ITEMS SUCH AS ELECTRICAL INSULATION, TREE LUMBER, PLASTICS AND ET CETERA.
AND OF COURSE UPON US, WHENEVER WE GO OUT BURNING, IT'S BEEN IN A TRASH CAN ONLY CONDUCT YOUR, ONLY YOUR, YOUR OWN HOUSEHOLD WASTE ONLY, YOU KNOW, WITH WIRE COVER AND WATER HOSES, WE'VE NEVER HAD, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT STILL BURN THEIR TRASH ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE WITH THAT ACTUALLY IS AN OFFENSE THAT WE CAN GO OUT AND ACT ON IF WE DO GET THOSE KIND OF CALLS.
SO THERE'S STILL THE ILLEGAL DUMPING, WHICH COVERS BURNING ON THE GROUND OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN NATURAL PRODUCTS.
OR THEN YOU HAVE HAVE OF COURSE OF RECKLESS DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION, WHICH IS IN THE PENAL CODE, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO GO OUT AND GIVE SOMEBODY A CITATION IF THEY'RE RECKLESSLY DAMAGED OR DESTROY SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY DUE TO THEIR OWN NEGLIGENCE.
SO EVEN WITHOUT A BURN BAND, WE'VE GOT TWO THINGS WE CAN'T ACT ON, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHICH WAY TO GUIDE YOU TOWARDS THIS, EXCEPT TO TELL YOU THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH OVERWHELMINGLY PREPARED TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT.
I ALSO NOTICED WE HAD AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER WHERE THE, UH, LIT ABATEMENT OFFICER WAS SEEING A REAL LARGE INCREASE IN TRASH AND DEBRIS PILED UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOONER LATER IT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN.
SO YOU GOT YOUR PROS AND CONS BOTH WAYS AND THE HARD DECISION, I KNOW IT IS, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT REMOVED IF, IF, IF WE CAN DO IT SAFELY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS EITHER WAY? WELL, ONLY BASED ON WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY'RE GIVING ME THAT WERE, THAT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH READY TO GO AHEAD AND START TRYING TO, TO GET RELEASED.
AND THAT AND THE FACT THAT I HAVE PASSED OUT THIS SAME TCEQ RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PRESS THAT ARE HERE TODAY IN NOTES.
AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL INCLUDE THAT WE DECIDE TO RELEASE IT, BUT THEY'LL INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THEIR ARTICLE TO TRY TO MAKE THE PUBLIC.
IT WOULD AT LEAST ALSO BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT THERE ARE THESE RULES OUT THERE, WHICH GIVES A, YOU KNOW, LAW BACKING CITIZENS.
CERTAINLY NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT, THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW.
SO IT HELPED US OUT BY GIVING THAT OUT.
WHAT WAS IT, EIGHT TO FOUR? FIRE THE FIRE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WELL, IT WAS ACTUALLY, YOU COULD SAY THERE WERE EIGHT THAT WERE WANTING TO REMOVE IT, THERE WERE TWO THAT WANTED TO REMOVE IT.
SO THERE ACTUALLY WERE 10, BUT THOSE TWO WERE BASICALLY SAYING WE PLEASE BE SURE AND POST SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN IT TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE THAT THERE ARE RULES OUT THERE TO TEXAS COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
SO YOU COULD SAY 10 TO THREE CAN LET, WOULD YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IF WE MOVE REMOVED IT FOR TWO WEEKS AND, AND ADDRESS IT IN TWO WEEKS? NO, SIR.
IN FACT, I'VE ALREADY REQUESTED TO BE ON YOUR AGENDA IN TWO WEEKS IN CASE WE DID DECIDE TO DO THAT.
SO WE COULD READDRESS IT IN TWO WEEKS.
I'LL SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER SECOND IS BY COMMISSIONER SHANE THAT WE REMOVE THE, UH, BURN MAN AS OF TODAY AND, UH, RETURN TO THIS, UH, ITEM IN TWO WEEKS.
UH, WHAT WAS, UH, AYE, I WAS ON
AYE, UH, I WAS, UH, COMING IN, UH, ON 2 0 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND I SAW THIS LOOKED LIKE A TRAILER, UH, TRUCK TRAILER EXCEPT, UH, JUST THE TRAILER PARK ON FIRE.
UH, IF YOU CAME OUTTA WALMART AND LOOKED STRAIGHT AHEAD, YOU COULD SEE THE BIG BLACK SMOKE AND EVERYTHING.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND WE WEREN'T, WEREN'T ABOUT, DIDN'T, DIDN'T WHAT THAT WAS BURNING? NO, IT WAS PURE BLACK SMOKE.
SO I FIGURED IT WAS SOME KIND OF PAINT PRODUCT OR THAT WAS IN THE TRAILER PIN STORE.
BACK TO AN ITEM THAT YOU AND I DISCUSSED THE INSPECTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
WE'RE CONFIDENT THEY HAD A WEIRD SMELL.
WE'VE GOT LUCKY SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST AND WE JUST, I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO STAY LUCKY.
WE, WHAT LARRY, WE DISCUSSED LAST, UH, BUDGET, UH, IS, IS HAVING A FULL-TIME INSPECTOR TO GO INTO THESE BUILDINGS AND, AND CHECK, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT STORING ANYTHING THAT, UH, UH, WOULD BE DANGEROUS OR HAZARD IF THEY WERE TO CATCH FIRE.
AND THEN AT LEAST HAVE, HAVE A LIST OF THEM CORRECT.
WHETHER A FIREMEN WOULD KNOW IF A CERTAIN, THEY GET CALLED A CERTAIN BUILDING.
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE'S SOME, UH, BAD STUFF IN THERE.
WHAT, WHAT KEMP HAS DONE IS THEY'VE REQUIRED A LOCK ON ALL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND THEN OF COURSE INCLUDES US IN OUR COUNTY BARN.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN MSDS SHEET, UH, WHICH IS A SAFETY MANUAL TELLING WHAT TYPE OF VOLATILE OR WHAT
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TYPE OF MATERIAL IS IN THAT BUILDING.'CAUSE WE HAVE FLAMMABLES OIL AND GAS AND ETHER AND WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S HOSTED ON EVERY BUILDING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S KIND OF, WELL OF COURSE ANYONE, THEY'RE ALL REQUIRED TO GIVE US THAT DATA EVEN WITHOUT THAT, THAT KEY SYSTEM.
BUT I, I MEAN, I THINK KATHY PROBABLY RECEIVES A LOT OF THOSE AND PASSES THEM ALONG WHENEVER SHE CAN.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE A LEGAL USER OF THAT PRODUCT AND ABIDE BY THAT RULE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DATA.
AND MOST OF THE CASES WE SEE IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF SOMEBODY MOVING IN, STARTING AN OPERATION WITHOUT TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING ALL THESE CHEMICALS LEGALLY STORED IN BECAUSE WE MADE A BOOK AND SHOWED BRIAN AVER WHERE, WHERE THAT BOOK IS AND WHERE THAT MATERIAL IS PLACED, WHERE WE STORE OUR FOR DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE MOST OF THE CITIES HAVE THAT.
THIS WE TALKING ABOUT IS AREAS OUT IN THE COUNTY THAT, THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE AREAS OR WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT ACTUALLY GOES IN TO DO AN INSPECTION TO TELL THEM WHAT'S LEGAL AT THE STORE AND WHAT'S NOT.
AND A PRE-FIRE PLAN IS BASICALLY ALSO, OF COURSE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW KEMP'S A BIG ONE ON THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT AND GET EVERYTHING IN THE BUILDING IN THE RIGHT PLACE, THE FREE FIRE PLAN, PRESENT THAT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THEY HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION IN THE APPARATUS WHENEVER THEY SHOW UP.
TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO WORK, BUT IT'S COULD BE REAL WORTHWHILE FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR OUR BUDGET CONSIDERATION.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE KATHY PAGEANT, UH, DISCUSSION CENTER.
ENTERING TO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITY'S READINESS INITIATIVE.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL HAS, UH, RELEASED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE METROPLEX AREA TO USE IN CASE OF A SMALL POT OUTBREAK OR ANTHRAX OUTBREAK.
WE HAVE SIX DESIGNATED SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO, TO RECEIVE MEDICINE IF THEY NEED IT.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS THESE SCHOOLS ARE GONNA NEED A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS TO MAN THE OPERATIONS AND THEY FIGURE IT'D BE FOR TWO TO THREE DAYS.
AND PART OF THEIR GRANT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE THE CDC RELEASED IS GIVES THE COUNTIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOLUNTEER, A TEMPORARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR TO GET ALL VOLUNTEERS READY AND GET 'EM TRAINED AND READY FOR ANY TYPE OF OUTBREAK WE MIGHT HAVE.
THEY'LL WORK, THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR WILL WORK WITH, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
NOW IT USED TO BE TDHI WISH THEY COULD CHANGE THEIR NAMES.
ANYWAY, WE GOT A GRANT FOR, I THINK IT'S GOT $36,000.
A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR SALARY IS $16,000 OUT OF THAT.
AND IT IS A TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY POSITION.
IT WILL END AS OF AUGUST 31ST.
THAT'S WHEN THE GRANT RUNS OUT.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET THAT APPROVED SO WE CAN GET OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR STARTED.
ALREADY GOT SOMEBODY THAT HAS AGREED TO TAKE THE JOB BECAUSE HE HAD STARTED LOOKING AROUND FOR VOLUNTEERS LAST YEAR WHEN WE FIRST BECAME AWARE THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE THIS DONE.
AND THAT WOULD BE STEVE LOUIS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE TOTAL GRANT WAS, WAS PRETTY SIZABLE.
UH, WE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS, UH, ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOW THOSE GRANT FUNDS WERE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED.
UH, DALLAS COUNTY FELT LIKE SINCE THEY WERE THE, THE BIG COUNTY THAT THAT, UM, I CAN THINK TERM WAS IN WITH THEM ALSO.
YEAH, DALLAS, TARRANT COUNTY AND COL COUNTY AND DENTON COUNTY.
UM, UH, TRIED TO BROW BEAT, UH, SMALLER COUNTIES.
AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY, UH, WITH, UH, COUNTY JUDGE MARK RILEY AND MYSELF AND KATHY AND, AND A COUPLE OTHER COUNTY JUDGES, UH, MET 'EM HEAD ON AND, AND WE ENDED UP WITH A COMPROMISE.
IT WASN'T AS GOOD AS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE HAD MORE MONEY, BUT AT LEAST, UH, UH, WE, WE SAW WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE NOT THERE TO TAKE CARE FOR YOURSELF.
SO, SO, BUT THIS, UH, THIS WHAT THIS DOES, WE GIVE SOMEBODY, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW STEVE, STEVE, WHERE ARE YOU? UH, OKAY.
BUT, UH, HE'S WORKED AND, UH, WITH RED CROSS AND, AND HE'S, UH, WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS.
AND HE KNOWS A LOT OF THE PEOPLE TO CONTACT ALREADY.
AND WITH THIS GRANT MONEY, WELL, IT'S, IT'S GOOD THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN GO OUT AND SET THIS UP.
AND IT BASICALLY, IF WE GET, UH, TERRORISM ATTACK, UM, UH, THEY'LL INITIATE, UM, EVERYBODY GETTING INOCULATIONS AT THESE SCHOOLS.
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BUT, UH, BUT A STAFF, IT TAKES PRETTY GOOD STAFF TO RUN PEOPLE THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS THEY WILL HAVE TO DO.AND SO I RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THIS.
BUT THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED, ACCORDING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THESE RECORDS FOR TWO YEARS.
IT'S JUST, JUST A STORAGE TYPE MAINTENANCE OR IS DATA THAT HAS TO BE ENTERED AS OF AUGUST 31ST, THE GRANT CYCLE ENDS, AND BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THERE IS DATA.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ENTERED WEEKLY BY THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND THEN MONTHLY BY MYSELF.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE CYCLE FOR THE, THE TWO YEARS REMAINING AFTER THAT, IT'S USUALLY A NORMAL WITH ALL GRANTS, YOU HAVE A DETENTION PERIOD.
WE HAVE TO KEEP, I'LL KEEP THE PAPERWORK AND COG WILL HAVE IT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH COG BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY ADMINISTER THE GRANT.
AND THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING I NEED YOU TO APPROVE IS THE PAPERWORK POSITION.
SO THERE'S TWO ITEMS THAT TO BE APPROVED.
MY CONCERN WAS, IS THIS GONNA REQUIRE ANOTHER BODY FULL TIME? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
AUGUST 31ST IS THE END DAY, AND THAT'S IT.
DOES THIS GRANT PAY ALL OF HIS SALARY OR DO WE PAY OUR SALARY? OKAY, EVERYTHING IS PAID IN THE GRANT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
CONSIDER APPRO THE HIRING OF THE TEMPORARY PART-TIME VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR TO BE FUNDED WITH THE GRANT FROM THE CENTRAL CENTER OF DISEASE CONTROL TO COORDINATE VOLUNTEER FOR THE CITY'S READINESS INITIATIVE PROJECT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER TELLER.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
UH, SHERIFF BURNS HADN'T GOT BACK YET.
YOU HAD TO RUN BACK, UH, TO HIS OFFICE TO PICK UP SOMETHING.
HE SAID TAKE THAT ITEM WHEN HE GETS BACK.
NEXT WE HAVE IS, UH, RICHARD MURPHY TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPRO A LEASE OF TWO RTS WORKSTATION AT $600 A YEAR.
NOW YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TELL US WHAT THE R RTS? GOOD MORNING.
WELL, AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE ADDED ONE OTHER STATION IN THE MORNING OFFICE, AND TO DO THAT WE HAD TO MOVE THE, WHAT IS IT, RTS, UH, FROM TERRELL TO THERE IT IS THE MACHINE THAT ACCESSES THE STATE AUTO INFORMATION SO WE CAN POST AND ACCOUNT FOR ALL.
SO THAT, AT ANY RATE, UH, I CANNOT CONVINCE THE STATE THAT WE'RE REALLY BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE ANOTHER RTS.
THEY HAVE A FORMULA BASED ON COMPARATIVE COUNTIES AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTY OR PROJECTED GROWTH.
AT ANY RATE, THE OTHER OPTION, SINCE THEY WON'T GIVE US ONE, IS TO LEASE ONE, UH, AT $600 A YEAR.
AND SO WE NEED ONE IN TERRELL, NO QUESTION.
WE ALSO NEED ANOTHER ONE HERE TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS THE AUTO DEALERS AND STUFF ON A MORE TIMELY BASIS.
AND I BELIEVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY THEY'RE GIVING US AT LEAST ONE MORE.
SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR ONE INER, THEN WE'LL HAVE TWO HERE.
WE ALREADY HAVE ONE DRIVE THROUGH HAS ONE.
BACK OFFICE ONE, OR WE LIKE ONE SO THAT WE CAN STAY MORE CURRENT WITH THE AUTO DEALERS.
YOU HAVE THE MONEY IN YOUR BUDGET? YES, SIR.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
NEXT ITEM, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOWING THE BOARD REGISTRAR TO CONDUCT CONTRACT WITH SCHOOLS, CITIES, AND OTHER EMPTIES TO CONDUCT THEIR ELECTIONS.
AS BACKGROUND TO THIS, WHEN WE ORDERED ALL THE HOLLOW REQUIRED EQUIPMENT, THE WAY WE ORDERED IT, ASSUMING WE WERE GOING TO EVOLVE FROM PAPER BALLOTS THROUGH ALL ELECTRONICS, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WE ORDERED THE EQUIPMENT THAT THE COUNTY NEEDED TO BE MINIMUM OF COMPLIANT, WHICH IN EFFECT IS ONE, UH, DRE, WHICH IS THE ELECTRONIC PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR EACH POLLING PLACE.
PLUS THE ONES REQUIRED FOR EARLY VOTING BECAUSE YOU
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CAN'T USE THE SAME ONE TWICE.AND IN DOING THAT, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MANDATED AND FUNDED, UH, THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMPLIANCE.
THE STATE MANDATED THAT AND THEN TOLD THE COUNTIES AND CITIES THEY COULD RENT IT.
I MEAN THE CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY COULD RENT IT FROM THE COUNTY.
AND I TOLD 'EM, YEAH, SURE, WE'D LOVE TO.
BUT NOW WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A COUNTYWIDE BOND ELECTION ON THE SAME DAY AS CITY AND SCHOOL VOTES, WE WOULD NOT AS ANTICIPATED HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT TO LOAN THEM OR RENT TO THE SCHOOLS.
SO THE REALLY THE BEST ALTERNATIVE OR OPTION TO SOLVE THE HOLLOW COMPLIANT PROBLEM AS WELL AS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE VOTERS, IS TO COMBINE THE ELECTION SO THAT THE SCHOOLS AND THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES ALL VOTE AT THE SAME PLACE.
AND WE CAN DO THAT BY CONTRACT.
IT, IT MINIMIZES THE COST OF THE COUNTY ELECTION BECAUSE THE CITIES AND SCHOOLS ARE GONNA CHIP IN.
SO, AND THE VOTER ONLY HAS TO GO ONE PLACE INSTEAD OF, UH, VILLE FOR THE CITY, CRANDALL SCHOOL FOR THE SCHOOL AND WHERE THE COUNTY IS FOR THE COUNTY.
SO WE WOULD LIKE PERMISSION AND THE CITIES, MOST OF THEM, AND MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, WE COULD NEGOTIATE WITH OR WORKING WITH.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE APPROVAL TO CONTRACT WITH THE CITIES AND COUNTIES, FIRE DISTRICTS, MUDS, ANY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A VOTING ON MAY THE 13TH TO BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE THE ELECTIONS.
ARE MOST OF THE CITIES AND SCHOOLS OKAY WITH, UH, PROBABLY HAVING TO MOVE THEIR BOXES SOMEWHERE ELSE? YES, A GREAT MANY OF 'EM ON ELECTION DAY.
WE HAVE COMMON POLLING SITES ANYWAY.
LL IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE PRECINCTS, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE WE'RE REALLY BASICALLY THERE.
UH, THE, THE MAIN COMPLICATION TO THE CITIES AND SCHOOLS IS THEY HAVE TO QUALIFY OR HAVE TO NOTIFY THE US GOVERNMENT OF THEIR NEW EARLY VOTING PLACES BECAUSE THEY'LL BE USING THE COUNTY EARLY VOTING PLACES.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE THEY HAVE.
AND IN MOST OF THE CASES WE HAVE COMMON ELECTION DAY POLLING PLACES ANYWAY.
UH, BUT SOME OF 'EM WILL HAVE TO NOTIFY A CHANGE, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A BIG PROBLEM.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE IN STAFF A NECESSITY FOR AN INCREASE IN STAFF BODY-WISE? NO, SIR.
'CAUSE WE WOULD'VE TO HAVE THE FULL STAFF FOR ASSUMING WE HAVE A ATION, WE WOULD'VE TO STAFF IT ANYWAY.
AND THAT STAFF WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO TAKE CARE OF THE SCHOOLS.
AND THE WILL THEY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CONTRACTING TO RUN THE ELECTION, UH, WILL THEY FURNISH ANY EXTRA PEOPLE IF YOU NEED IT? I MEAN, THAT'S MAYBE SOMETHING TO TALK TO 'EM ABOUT IF THEY, BUT IF THEY'RE, WE'RE SAVING THEM A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO HIRE STAFF.
WELL, WE'RE BUILDING THE BOARD.
WELL, WE'RE ALLOCATING THE COST TO ALL THE ENTITIES.
THIS IS WHERE YOUR ESTIMATED COST COMES IN HERE FOR THE COLLECTION ON MAY 13TH.
YOU LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT? YEAH.
WE'VE TAKEN THE, I'VE TAKEN THE TOTAL COST BASED ON ESTIMATES FOR THE, WHAT THE COUNTY WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, AND ALLOCATED THAT BY POPULATION FIRST TO THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE ALL THE SCHOOLS AND COUNTIES COVER ALL THE TERRITORIES AND THEN ALLOCATED TO THE CITIES.
AND THEN WITHIN EACH THE SCHOOL ALLOCATION OF THE CITY ALLOCATIONS, WE SUB ALLOCATED IT TO THE D ENTITIES BASED ON POPULATION.
AND THIS IS OF COURSE ESTIMATES.
I, UH, I I THINK IT'S GOING TO COST US EXTRA MONEY TO DO IT.
I THINK WE SHOULD BILL 'EM AND SHOULD CHARGE IT.
I HAVE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SINCE WE GOT THESE WITH A FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE'RE NOT, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE'RE TURNED AROUND.
WE GOT THIS FREE FOR A FEDERAL GRANT, BUT WE'RE GONNA CHARGE Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL USING, UH, BUT WE'RE NOT EXACTLY, WE'RE NOT CHARGING 'EM FOR USING OUR MACHINE.
NO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY COST TO
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THE MACHINE IN HERE WITH A POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF $5 PER MACHINE, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WAS ALLOCATED TO THE, THE REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES.AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY NUMBERS.
BUT WHAT I SEE, I, YOU SEE MY POINT, IF WE GOT ALL THIS WITH FEDERAL GRANT MONEY, I, I QUESTIONED US, TURN AROUND AND THEN CHARGE ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY FOR USING THAT EQUIPMENT.
IT'S JUST WE CHARGED THEM THE COST OF THE ELECTION ITSELF.
WE CHARGED 'EM THEIR SHARE OF MOVING 40 OF THESE SUCKERS AROUND THE POLL PLACE.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, ANY MORE DISCUSSION NOW, UH, IN CONNECTION WITH THAT, WHICH IN ORDER TO REALLY ACCOMMODATE IT BEST WE COULD, THE CITY'S OF COMBINE CRAN AND THE ISD HAVE A COMBINED POPULATION OUT THERE WHERE MOST OF 'EM WORK IN DALLAS AND THEREFORE IT'S INCONVENIENT TO COME IN HERE OR TO GO TO NY OR TEMP TO EARLY VOTE.
SO WE HAVE TALKED WITH 'EM AND THEY ARE HIGHLY IN FAVOR OF, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU APPROVE OUR HAVING FIFTH EARLY VOTING STATION IN THE CRALL COMMUNITY ROOM THERE, THE CR HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, IT'S MOSTLY FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE VOTERS, UH, BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, AND WE ONLY WANT TO DO IT FOR THIS ELECTION, NOT, NOT FOR THE COUNTY ELECTION, BUT JUST FOR THIS ELECTION BECAUSE OF THIS UNUSUAL SITUATION, UH, THAT WE'VE GOT GOING UP.
WELL, I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO YOU HAVE TIME TO NOTIFY THE STATE SECRETARY OF STATE AND OH, YES.
I KNOW THERE'S A DEADLINE THAT YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THEM OF A CHANGE OF 60 DAYS BEFORE.
YEAH, IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE'RE NOT OVER THE DEADLINE, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I THINK, YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
YOU NEED A MOTION THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WE APPROVE HIM TO CONTRACT WITH, WITH THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES, THEN I THINK THAT'S UP TO, UP TO PREDICTING WHETHER HE WANTS TO DO THAT OR NOT.
AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO APPROVE THAT.
ACTUALLY, YOUR ATTORNEY ON THE BOND, ASK ME FOR A COPY OF THE MOTION TO OPEN THE NEW TO OPEN THOSE.
IT'S ON THE NEXT, IS IT? I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT PROTOCOL WAS.
WELL ON THIS ITEM WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SO MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DIAMOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FELLER.
JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE VOTER REGISTERED CONTRACT AND THEN CONDUCT THEIR ELECTIONS ON MAY 13TH, 2006? WE'RE AUTHORIZING HIM JUST LIKE IT IS ON THE AGENDA, UH, TO CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOLS, CITIES, AND OTHER ENTITIES TO CONDUCT THEIR ELECTIONS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT DOWN MAY 13TH, 2006, JUST LEAVE IT AT ELECTIONS.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT THIS IS GONNA BE AN ONGOING DEAL.
I I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD TOO BECAUSE OF THE CONVENIENCE AND, UH, SCHOOLS AND, AND CITIES HAVE REALLY SEEMED TO APPRECIATE THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM, SOME OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND SOME MAYORS PRIOR TO US EVER GETTING OUR MONEY.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT IF WHEN WE GET OUR MONEY AND WE GET THE MACHINES, THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO USE IT.
AND THE THOUGHT AT THE TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S YOUR DISCUSSION, BUT MY DISCUSSION WERE THAT WE WOULDN'T LEND THEM THE MACHINE.
THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T CHARGE THEM FOR IT.
AND, UH, WELL, I MEANT THAT THEY COULD USE OUR MACHINES TO RUN THEIR OWN ELECTION.
BUT THIS HAS EVOLVED TO WHERE I THINK EVERYBODY ON BOARD FOR THIS, CERTAINLY FOR THIS ELECTION, AND PERHAPS FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS.
NEXT, UH, YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF REPORTS FOR DECEMBER AND, AND JANUARY.
UH, DECEMBER THE TAX, UH, YEAR TO DATE, DECEMBER, INCLUDING OVERAGES, WE HAD COLLECTED 9 MILLION 8 82 6 49 WITH A BALANCE TO GO 11 MILLION 522 4 7.
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THAT'S IN THE, UH, CURRENT ROLE, THE DELINQUENT ROLE, INCLUDING FEES AND ALL.WE COLLECTED 463,000, UH, AND JUST PURE TAX.
WE COLLECTED THREE 13,000 AND WE HAVE 1,000,200 60,000 TO GO.
THAT WAS DECEMBER, JANUARY, OH, EXCUSE ME, THE ROAD AND BRIDGE.
UH, WE COLLECTED IN DECEMBER 1,000,300 53 932.
7 85 TO GO ON THE DELINQUENT ROLL.
WE'VE COLLECTED $33,927, UH, NOT INCLUDING FEES, 50 1004, INCLUDING FEES.
WE HAVE 216,000 TO GO IN JANUARY.
YEAR TO DATE, UH, TAXES AND OVERAGE, 17,000,145.
5 55 COLLECTED, UH, BALANCED THE GOAL.
THE DELINQUENT ROLE WE COLLECTED 5 81 209 3 INCLUDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST OF WHICH 390,000 WAS PURE TAX.
NOW, WE HAVE COLLECTED THROUGH JANUARY 80% OF THE CURRENT ROLE COMPARED WITH 79% LAST YEAR.
AND WE HAVE COLLECTED 25% OF THE CURRENT COMPARED WITH 22% LAST YEAR ROAD AND BRIDGE.
WE COLLECTED 2,000,348 AND BALANCED YIELD OF 5 590 5,000.
WE COLLECTED 45,920 WITH A BALANCE TO GO TWO FIVE.
UM, WE HAD 379 908, UH, ALLOCATED BETWEEN ROAD AND BRIDGE, MAIN ROAD AND BRIDGE GENERAL FUND AND TITLE FEES HAD TOTAL TITLES OF 1,987.
AND THIS IS JUST THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
TOTAL REGISTRATIONS OF 6,000 881 93 WERE THE, ANY QUESTIONS WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE REPORTS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, THE MOTION CARRIES WHILE YOU UP THERE.
ARE YOU GOING TAKE, UH, PICK UP THAT ITEM OR IS, IS, UH, JACK GONNA TAKE IT UP ON, UH, DECENT OCCASION.
WASHINGTON JACKSON'S GONNA TAKE THAT.
NOW LET'S JUMP BACK TO GO BACK TO AN ITEM AND, UH, TAKE UP SHERIFF BURNS, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE, UH, ANNUAL PROFILE REPORT.
THIS IS OUR ANNUAL REPORT THAT IS, UH, REQUIRED, UH, BY THE, UH, TEXAS RUSSIAN PROFILING LAW WE BEEN AFTER SOME YEARS AGO.
AND YOU SEE THIS REPORT GROW A LITTLE EVERY YEAR.
ONE THING THAT'S DUE IN HERE THIS YEAR IS THAT WE HAVE BROKEN OUT THE COMPTON COUNTY RESIDENCE FROM, UH, THIS TRAVELING RESIDENCE BECAUSE WE'RE NOW USING CENSUS DATA AT SIX YEARS OLD.
SO THAT BECOMES A LITTLE, UH, A LITTLE MORE INACCURATE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS PRECISE AS WE CAN.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THERE, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PERCENTAGES OF THE POPULATION BREAKDOWN ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL WITHIN
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I THINK ANY REASONABLE LIMITS.UH, WE HAVE HAD NO, UH, COMPLIANCE PROFILING FOR, FOR THE PAST YEAR.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS NOW OR LATER ON, I'D BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER MY, UH, WE, AS YOU KNOW, UH, VIDEO AND AUDIO EVERY TRAFFIC STOP AND, AND, UH, PUBLIC CONTACT THAT WE MAKE.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION OF THAT IS OBVIOUSLY OCCASIONAL HAVE EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION, BUT, UH, GENERAL SPEAKING, NOT THAT 0.9% OF OUR PUBLIC CONDUCT ARE RECORDED, UH, ON VIDEO.
AND IF WE'RE OUT IN RANGE OF CAMERA, THEN AUDIO.
SO WE HAVE A GOOD RECORD ON ALL THAT.
SO I THINK IT'LL NOT, UH, DOING ANYTHING BUT, UH, GOING FORWARD ON THAT.
WELL, I DON'T THINK I'LL READ IT THIS MORNING IN A MEETING.
A A LOT OF THAT IS THE LAW, YOU KNOW, WE REQUIRE THAT OUR POLICY AND HOW WE HAVE TO POST THAT.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF, THIS IS NOTHING BUT, YOU KNOW, ROUTINE DATA.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE SHERIFF ON THAT REGARD? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAKES A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
AND COMMISSIONER LER SECONDS IT ON THE THIRD SIDE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSION AROUND MEMBERS OF THE CITIZEN COUNTY INSURANCE POLICY.
UH, I THINK ALL Y'ALL AWARE, WE STARTED SOMETIME AGO AGO, UH, KIND OF AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM.
AND WE STARTED OUT WITH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCHES.
AND THE NEXT THING WE GO TO FOR THAT IS THE CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY, WHICH WE'VE DONE.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS CITIZENS ON PATROL, WHICH ALSO REQUIRES SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
WE'VE GRADUATED OUR FIRST, UH, CLASS OF, UH, CITIZENS ON PATROL, WHICH BASICALLY, UH, WAS COMPRISED OF THE VILLE CRIME WATCH AREA DOWN THERE, WHICH IS OUR MOST ACTIVE AND, UH, CRIME WATCH AREA IN THE COUNTY.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE COMPLETED THAT.
AND MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD 17 STARTED THAT A 13 WEEK COURSE AND ALL 17 OF 'EM COMPLETED THAT, UH, THE, THIS, UH, CITIZENS ON PATROL IS, IS A PROGRAM THAT'S NATIONWIDE.
UH, I CONTACTED OUR T OUR INSURANCE CARRIER ON US BURN AND THEM OF SURPLUS VEHICLE TO, UH, GO OUT AND, AND THEY WILL NOT MAKE MAKING STOPS OR ANYTHING, SO BE INSTRUCTED AND ALL THAT.
IT'S STRICTLY ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SET OF EYES OR TWO SETS OF EYES OUT THERE.
BUT TAX SAID THE ONLY THING WE NEEDED TO DO WAS JUST TO GET THEM ADDED ON THE BY NAME, JUST LIKE IT WOULD'VE BEEN PARTY.
SO, UH, THIS IS NOT A, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE, UH, PROGRAM WE'VE GOT HERE THAT PRETTY WELL, YOU KNOW, GET, SO A LOT OF CITIZENS HAVE IT.
HOW YOU GOT NO, I DON'T THIS POINT, I DON'T ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
DO THEY NEED TO BE ADDED BY THEIR NAMES OR THE NAMES OF LIKE CITIZENS ON PATROL? NO, THEY'LL BE THE INDIVIDUAL, JUST LIKE OUR INDIVIDUAL DEPUTY ADDED TO THE INSURANCE POLICY BY, BY DRIVER FOR LIABILITY PURPOSE.
IS IT MAINLY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE? YES.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF OUR CIRCLES AND POLICY THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO JUST, UH, LET THEM USE AND WE'LL HAVE LIGHTS ON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WHETHER NOT GONNA BE DOING ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IF THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE PATROLLING, WHAT IF ONE OF 'EM DECIDES TO TAKE THE, UH, AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL? I CAN'T GUARANTEE THEY WON'T DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS.
BUT THEY'LL BE INSTRUCTED NOT TO DO THAT.
AND IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN WE'LL HANDLE THAT.
THEY, UH, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE TO SIGN, UH, YOU KNOW, INSTRUCTIONS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THOSE AND THERE WILL BE, WILL BE VERY STRICT MONITORS ON THIS.
THE LIABILITY ON, YEAH, EXACTLY.
THEY DO UNDERSTAND IF THEY'RE ADDED BY NAME THAT THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN DRIVE THAT AND BE COVERED.
THEY JUST WON'T BE COVERED, BUT EXACTLY.
SO THEY NEED TO KNOW FOR SURE.
I MEAN, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YEAH.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE COVERED UP.
WELL, THEY WON'T BE OFF OF, UH, THIS, THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO ALL THE TRAINING AND, AND ALL THE RULES AND, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE, I THINK AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL OUT THERE.
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OH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MORE THOSE VOLUNTEERS WE CAN GET OUT THERE, THE BETTER.
AND I ASSUME IT'S NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN, IN THE MOVIE POLICE ACADEMY.
NO, I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT, YEAH.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER TELLER.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? THANK YOU.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REAPPOINTING, UH, TONY HINK, HOUSE C JETSON MAY AND RICHARD BRADDOCK AS DIRECTORS OF THE KAMAN COUNTY LEVY AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LEVY DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK TO THAT MATTER? WE, UH, GET, GET THESE REQUESTS IN FROM THE LEVY DISTRICTS AND, UH, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPOINT THOSE, REAPPOINT THOSE PEOPLE.
SO MAY JUDGE WHO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROBIN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
UM, MR. MOSLEY, JOHN D. MOSLEY, UH, IS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE, UH, LEVY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND HE HAD CHECKED WITH ME FRIDAY.
HE ADVISED ME HE COULDN'T BE HERE.
COULD WE TAKE IT IN HIS ABSENCE? JACK, IF YOU'RE UP NOW ON THE NEXT ITEM TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROVEN LEASE OF PROPERTY IN NORTH WASHINGTON.
BE BY THE TAX OFFICER FOR STORAGE OF THE NEW VOTING EQUIPMENT.
AS Y'ALL KNOW, AND, AND DICK TOLD SEVERAL TIMES, I THINK, JACK, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WILL FIT RIGHT IN HERE.
I MEAN, THESE GUARD MACHINES ARE, HAVE TO BE STORED AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE A FACILITY NOW TO STORM.
UH, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A A LOT LARGER AREA.
WE NEED TO THOUGHT FIRST AND THEN WE HAVE HAVE A DUST, UH, CONSIDERATION AND NEED CLEAN ENVIRONMENT TO KEEP THIS IN.
UH, THIS AREA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND AT $650 PER MONTH.
AND THIS WILL LAST UNTIL WE CAN FIND A SIMPLE PLACEMENT.
THIS IS KIND OF AN IMMEDIATE FIX, BUT WE GOTTA HAVE AN IMMEDIATE FIX.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT HAVE DISCUSSED, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING ROADS IN SOUTH RIDGE EDITION PRECINCT ONE FOR COUNTY MAINTENANCE.
THAT'S NORTON DRIVE, MITCHELL DRIVE RIDGE ROAD, RIDGE COURT D DRIVE, AND HILL STREET.
JUDGE, THAT'S IN MY PRECINCT AND I NEED TO TABLE THAT BECAUSE WE HAD THAT, KATHY TOLD US TODAY WE HAD TO HAVE A NAME CHANGE OUT THERE.
UH, SO I NEED TO, UH, JUST TABLE THIS UNTIL WE GET THAT WORKED OUT.
DO YOU WANT IT AUTOMATICALLY BACKED ON THE NEXT AGENDA? YES.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DILLER.
MOTION CARRIED THAT THAT WILL BE TAKEN.
CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR BIDS FOR ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
UH, THIS OF COURSE IS A ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR ALL THE GROUND MAINTENANCE.
UH, WITH THE APPROVAL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, FOCUS THIS BID ON MARCH 17TH.
UH, FILED A BLOCK, UH, THE PRE-BED, UH, ON MARCH 8TH AT 10:00 AM AT THE COLLIN COUNTY LIBRARY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN THIS TIME ALRIGHT, IS LET'S BE PRETTY SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT THE DUTIES ARE GONNA BE INTO THAT AT THE COURTHOUSE.
UH, WE DON'T, UH, IN THE PAST, UH, AGAIN, WE CONTRACT IN.
GUY SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, MY DUTIES IS JUST TO MOW.
I DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE PLANTS, I DON'T DO THIS.
SO WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ON THESE LOCATIONS AS TO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE DUTIES AND EXACTLY WHAT THE PERSON IS BIDDING OF.
I PLAN CORRECTIONS ON THE COURTHOUSE AND HAVE THE, UH, TREE TRIMMING AS PART OF THAT,
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OR A QUESTION ON PAST CONTRACT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN TO ADVERTISE FOR BID FOR THE ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH GRANTS MAINTENANCE FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
DOES THIS INCLUDE THE BUMPER CEMETERY? YES, SIR.
PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE AREAS.
WHEN WILL WE OPEN THE BID? YOU SAID YOU WANT TO CLOSE THEM ON THE 17TH OR WHEN YOU WANNA OPEN? IT'LL BE ON, ON THE 20TH, THE FOURTH.
AND WITH THE COURT'S APPROVAL, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING AT 10 O'CLOCK 10:00 AM WE MIGHT WANT TO SAY AT THE NINE 30 COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, THAT MIGHT HELP ON DAYS THAT WE HAVE SHORT OH YEAH.
COURT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK THAT BREAK TO SURE.
JUST PLAY NINE 30 MEETING RATHER THAN A 10 O'CLOCK TIME.
THEN YOU CAN OPEN IT WHENEVER YOU WANT.
BUT YOU'RE CUTTING THE BIDS OFF AT A THREE SEVEN ON, ON FRIDAY BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LEASING, UH, MACK TRUCK FOR TON COUNTY PRECINCT TWO.
THIS WOULD BE A TRUCK SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR.
UM, THIS ACTUALLY REPLACES THE TRUCK THAT PRECINCT TWO WILL BE TURNING IN THIS MONTH.
UM, THE TOTAL ON THIS TRUCK, INCLUDING THE BUYBOARD FEES, UH, IS $76,742.
AND THE WAY THAT WORKS, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE PAY THE INTEREST ON THAT TRUCK FOR 14 MONTHS AND THEN MAC BUYS THAT BACK LESS $6,000.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS TO REPLACE A TRUCK THAT'S GOING TO BE TURNED IN, UH, THIS MONTH.
IT WAS BOUGHT BACK IN, UH, LAST YEAR, 2000 MINUS 14,000, NO MINUS SIX, MINUS 6,014.
NOW THE TOTAL COST OF THE LEASE IS 76,000.
WELL, THE TOTAL OF COST OF THE TRUCK IS 76,000 7 42.
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE DO, WE PAY, PAY, UH, I'LL ESTIMATE LIKE A 4% INTEREST.
WE PAY THE INTEREST FOR THE WHOLE YEAR PLUS A $6,000 AMOUNT AND MAC BUYS BACK A TRUCK LESS THAN 6,000.
IT ENDS UP BEING A, UH, THE PAYMENT IS PROBABLY ABOUT HALF OF WHAT YOU WOULD PAY IF YOU WERE TO ACTUALLY LEASE A TRUCK.
AND YOU CAN TURN IN AND GET A NEW ONE.
OKAY, KEN'S NOT HERE, BUT, UM, CAN SHANE MAKE A MOTION? JERRY SECOND IT ALL IN FAIR? A MOTION CARRIED.
NEXT DISCUSSED, CONSIDER PROOF DEPUTATION OF BRUCE JANUARY FOR THE TON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SO MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER.
SENATOR DENTATION OF CECIL KATHY FOR THE TON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BELLA.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSION WITH CONSIDER OF THE DE OF TIMOTHY ROBERTSON FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR.
NEXT WE HAVE THE REQUEST, REQUEST FROM SPRINT TELEPHONE TO BURY A CABLE ON RIGHT OF WAY SOUTH FIRST STREET TON COUNTY PRECINCT ON.
OKAY, I MAKE THE MOTION, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
CONSIDER REQUEST FROM ON THE COUNTY ROAD 40 28 BILL MOVE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, ER SECOND.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, REQUEST VERY COUNTY ROAD 40 65.
MOTION COMMISSIONER MAKES IT COMMISSIONER SHANE.
MOTION CARRIES, UH, REALLY GROWING DOWN THERE? NO, THEY HAVE NO MORE.
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LONG AND SHORT.UH, UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, JURY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FILING OF THE DALLAS BROWN REPORT FOR THE WEEKEND IN JANUARY 20TH.
JUDGE, MAY WE ACCEPT THAT NOW? INTERESTING.
UH, DEAL I HEARD FROM CONGRESSMAN, HE'S OFFICE THAT CONGRESS HAS TEMPORARILY CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE INSPECTORS.
SO I DID SAY IN THE PAPER WHERE THEY AGREED TO LET THE, UH, THE, UH, COMPANIES PAY FOR THEIR OWN INSPECTORS IF THEY WANTED TO.
JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAD SEEN THAT OR NOT.
UH, THE NEXT WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE FILING OF REPORT FOR JANUARY 27TH.
WE ACCEPT THIS REPORT FOR FILING.
ACTUALLY ACCEPT, WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING ACKNOW REPORT.
KEEP ACKNOWLEDGING THIS FILING.
THEY HAD IT ON THE RADIO STATION THE OTHER DAY.
I STARTED CALLING YOU AND WAS LISTENING.
UH, JERRY MAKES THE MOTION AND SECONDED AND ALL IN VOTED IN FAVOR OF.
DO WE HAVE ANY LINE ITEM TRANSFERS? YES SIR.
WE HAVE PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE TAPES, PLEASE.
THIS CONTINUATION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING OF FEBRUARY 13TH, 2006.
IS THAT ALL YOU NEED? ALRIGHT, LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
UH, IN JP ONE BUDGET, WE, WE'VE, UH, PROPOSED A LINE ITEM TRANSFER TO INCREASE MILEAGE MEALS AND LODGING, $100 OF REDUCTION IN TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET INCREASE IN THE, IN THE ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNT WITH THE, UH, REVENUE FROM THE SHERIFF'S FOR CURES $3,656 AND AN INCREASE IN FURNITURE, NEW EQUIPMENT OF 2007 $56.
AND MISCELLANEOUS GENTLEMEN, Y'ALL HEARD OF THE
JERRY, DOES ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEED? THANK YOU.
JERRY, YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE IN CHURCH AND, AND YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALKING, YOU KNOW, DURING CHURCH AND SOMETIMES YOU KIND OF IRRITATE YOU AND THEN PEOPLE, SO THEN THEY START WHISPERING.
WELL, THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE JERRY AND I SIT TOGETHER IN CHURCH.
YOU CAN'T TALK TO HIM IN CHURCH.
YOU GOTTA BE QUIET BECAUSE IF YOU SAY SOMETHING WHERE
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HE CAN HEAR IT, EVERYBODY IN THE CONGREGATION HEARSWHAT? I I THINK WE STILL GOT ONE NEEDS TO SIGN, DON'T WE? HAS HE GOT A PROBLEM? I GET IT FIRST.
UH, WE HAD SOMEONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK TO US THIS MORNING, UH, RAY CLARK.
AND IT SAYS, APOLOGIES RAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
YOU WANT COME, UH, REMIND YOU THAT WE ALLOW PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC THREE MINUTES? YES, SIR.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, KEN ASKED ME TO DO THIS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS, HIS NOT BEING HERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME.
DO YOU, IS THERE, COULD YOU TELL ME WHY HE'S NOT HERE TODAY? UH, HE CALLED IN AND SAID HE WAS SICK THIS MORNING.
UH, YOU WANNA WAIT? UH, IF IT'S PERTAINING TO HIM, MIGHT HE TAKE SOMETHING UP PERTAINING TO HIM AND HIM NOT HERE? I, I THINK I'D PREFER TO DO THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS, UH, BETWEEN HE AND I OR IS HIS REQUEST.
AND SINCE HE'S NOT HERE, I'LL WAIT UNTIL HE BE HERE THEN.
DO WE HAVE ANY BILLS TO PAY OR WE
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AND THEN IT WAS, IT WAS WE LOCAL, BUT THERE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HOUSTON OR TARRANT COUNTY BE THERE.CAN'T THE, THEY'RE PRESENTATION.
THE MAJORITY MEETING NEXT WEEK AT ALL? UH, NO.
YOU WANT ONE? DOESN'T I GIVE YOU THE
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YEAH, I, IT, UH, OKAY.MOST ADVERTISING AND I HAVE PREBI TO BE TAKEN ON MARCH 8TH, 2006 AT 10 O'CLOCK LIBRARY.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THREE BIDS? IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
I LIKE, I JUST, I I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE THAT FROM THAT.
THAT WORK FOR WE DOWN, I CALL YOU THIS AFTERNOON OR AS SOON AS SHE TELLS ME.
THIS IS PROBABLY WHEN I GET BACK, ANDREW.
AND ITS OR DO THEY NOT DO SURELY THEY, YEAH.
WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE IT IS ANYWAY.
AND JUDGE, THERE'S A BOX FULL OF PICTURES DOWN HERE.
A BOX FULL OF WHAT? PICTURES? COMMISSIONER COURT.
WHO TOOK THEM DOWN? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY'RE IN MY WAY.
BUNCH OF, YEAH, THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM.
COULD BEEN SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN HERE FRIDAY WITH THE UH, NO, IT'S, IT'S BEEN HERE, IT'S BEEN HERE FOR A FEW WEEKS.
RESTITUTION, THEY'RE ALL COURT.
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THEY'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND I, UH OH.THAT'S WAY TO KEEP THEIR YOU ARE CHARGE FOR HE COULDN'T GET UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
DID WE, UH, EVER VOTE TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO A SECOND.
WHERE? WHERE'S THE COUNTY CLERK CAN AURN THIS MEETING? ATTENTION.
ARE YOU GONNA PAY THE BILLS? I MADE ALL MOTION TO PAY THE BILL.
FAVOR? SAY JIM, DELL MADE THE MOTION AND JERRY ROUND SECOND IT.
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TO A VOTE.ADJOURN? YEAH, I MOTION SECOND.