* 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. [00:00:04] STEVE, WELCOME NOW . WE'LL BE OKAY. IT'S JUST THE SHERIFF. THAT RIGHT. JERRY, WOULD YOU OPEN US UP THIS MORNING? YEAH. PRAY. HAVING MY FATHER, WE THANK THEY FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER LIKE THIS. TO DO THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS, PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE WISDOM TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION. THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE SUSTAINING RAIN THAT YOU SEE THIS WEEKEND. UH, IT GOES A LONG WAY TO HELPING US PLEASE BE WITH OUR TROOPS AS THEY PUT THEM THEMSELVES CONTINUOUSLY IN HARM'S WAY AND LOOK AFTER THEM. ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. AMEN. ALRIGHT, I THINK IF Y'ALL WANT TO KNOW, Y'ALL CAN THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER ROW FOR THE RAIN WE GOT OVER THE WEEKEND. WE PRAY FOR RAIN, UH, FRIDAY ATWELL AND SATURDAY. WE GOT IT. YOU TALKING RAINMAKER. STRONG PRAYER BECAUSE IT STARTED EARLY SATURDAY. UH, Y'ALL PREVIOUS TO HAVE BEEN PROVIDED COPY OF THE MINUTES OF PRECEDING MEETING WITH ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS. IF THERE ARE NONE, A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENT. ALL MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUNDS BY COMMISSIONER ALL MOTION. FIRST WE HAVE MARY, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF, UM, COUNTYWIDE FIRE. GOOD MORNING. GOT A ROOM BULL IN HERE THIS MORNING. UH, AS YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO WE, YOU GENTLEMEN VOTED TO REMOVE IT AND SINCE THAT TIME, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION I NOTICED WHERE HENDERSON COUNTY HAD REMOVED THEIRS AND HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND HAD TO PUT IT BACK ON. WE HAVE HAD ABSOLUTE NONE REALLY. PEOPLE HAVE JUST BEEN OUTSTANDING. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BURNING STUFF ARE SO FAR HAVE DONE IT APPROPRIATE TIMES AND WATCHED OUT FOR IT AND LET US KNOW ABOUT IT. DALLAS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL GRANT CALLED ME JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AGO, KNOW A STATUS OF OURS, AND I TOLD HIM, HE SAID THEY WERE GOING, HE WAS GONNA LET HIS DROP AS OF TOMORROW, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS ITS RENEWAL DATE. UH, CURRENT INDEX LEVEL IS 4 64 THIS MORNING, WHICH IS STILL FAR BELOW THE TWO WEEK PROJECTION. REMAINS THE SAME WITH THE RAIN WE'VE GOT. AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING IN THE SPRING LIGHT WEATHER. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA START TO GREEN UP ANY ON IT'S DONE. I ACTUALLY WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE AND, UH, LEAVE IT OFF. LET'S JUST NOT PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR RIGHT NOW AND SEE HOW WE GO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANOTHER IDEA. OKAY. UH, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN THE TABLE THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. ALL OPPOSED. AYE. AYE. MOTION. CARRIE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU LARRY. MR. PROBABLY THE LONGEST WINTERTIME BURN BAND IN HISTORY. UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MS. JEAN PRESENT. THE, UH, SORRY I DIDN'T GET ABOUT PRESERVING HISTORY . OH, I DID WANT TO, I KNOW I LOOKED DOWN HERE ON YOUR AGENDA AND SINCE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE PRESERVING YOUR HISTORY CORRECTLY, I SEE YOU HAVE ABEL SPRINGS AND THE CORRECT NAME IS ABELS. IT HAS AN S ON IT, IT'S SPRING. SO JUST A LITTLE NOTATION OF THAT. UH, WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA THE WAY THE PEOPLE REQUESTED, SO, BUT IT'S THE ABEL SPRINGS. WE EVEN GAVE 'EM A BIG DONATION TO CHANGE ALL THEIR SIGNS. ABLES SPRING COME YET. I GUESS NOT. I GUESS NOT. UM, THE LEG, UH, STATE LEGISLATURE MAN DEMAND MANDATES THAT THE, ALL THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS MAKE A YEAR END REPORT TO, UH, NOT ONLY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, BUT THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. AND THIS REPORT IS WHAT THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION BASIS OUR, UH, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD ZONE. AND WE HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD EVERY YEAR FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW. SO THE VOCAL POINT OF ACTIVITY FOR THE COMMISSION THIS YEAR WAS THE HOLDING OF AN ARCHEOLOGY FAIR AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF ARCHEOLOGY MONTH IN TEXAS. THE SITE OF THE FAIR WAS THE OLD COUNTY CORE FARM WHERE THE ENTIRE SITE WAS CLEANED UP, [00:05:01] A NEW ROOF PLACED ON ONE BUILDING, AND THE WINDOWS REPAIRED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S HOME. THE ARCHEOLOGY STEWARD FOR OUR AREA CAME OUT FROM DALLAS, UH, GAVE TALKS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN TERRE AND FORNEY, COOPERATED BY SPECIAL DISPLAYS IN LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS OF THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY FOUR H CLUB AND THE KAUFMAN BOY SCOUTS PARTICIPATED IN THE FAIR ADVERTISEMENTS AND POSTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, SUPPORTED THE FAIR AND OVER 300 PERSONS ATTENDED ON THE DAY OF THE FAIR, WHICH IS GOOD CONSIDERING THAT, UH, THE HIGHWAY WAS CUT OFF FOR A WHILE BECAUSE OF THE PARADE HAPPENED TO BE THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT. CABOODLE FESTIVAL WAS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. SO I THINK WE HAD, AND WE HAD A WAY OF DOCUMENTING BECAUSE THEY SIGNED UP FOR A, UH, UM, FREE $250. GROCERY FINANCIAL SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH GRANTS BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, THE CITY OF KAUFMAN, AND THE FRIENDS OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. A NEW BOOKLET ON THE SHERIFF'S OF KAUFMAN COUNTY WAS PUBLISHED AND SOLD AT THE FAIR AS A PART OF PRESERVING THE COUNTY'S HISTORY. AND I'M SORRY, I MEANT TO BRING Y'ALL ALL A COPY OF THAT AND I'LL GET IT TO YOU. A TEXAS HISTORICAL CEMETERY DESIGNATION WAS APPROVED BY TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR THE KAISER CEMETERY. DEDICATION OF THE CEDAR GROVE HISTORIC CEMETERY DESIGNATION WAS HELD IN SPRING. KAUFMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSIONER, DR. SP FLAT READ THE HISTORY OF THE CEMETERY. AND THEN TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSIONER JEAN ANN ABEL FLAT DEDICATED THE MARKER CHAIRMAN ABEL FLAT OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION WORKED WITH THE CAROL HERITAGE MUSEUM ON THE CARNEGIE BUILDING ON THEIR APPLICATION FOR NOMINATION TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC PLACES, WHICH BY THE WAY, IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AT THE STATE AND IT'S ON ITS WAY TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO BE APPROVED OFFICES, UH, FOR THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION WERE PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT THIS PAST YEAR. THE OFFICES WERE FURNISHED AND DECORATED. WE HAD OUR FURNITURE DONATED BY RAYTHEON TO THE FRIENDS OF THE COLMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. SO THAT WAS A NICE GESTURE ON THE RAYTHEON CORPORATION IN GARLAND. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO SECURE COMPUTER LINK AND WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THAT NOW GEORGE HAS PUT IT IN. SO VISITORS TO THE OFFICE MAY BE ASSISTED IN THE SEARCH FOR INFORMATION FROM COUNTY RECORDS. A CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD IN THE NEW OFFICES. ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE INVITED ALONG WITH COUNTY PRESERVATION SOCIETY MEMBERS, A GOODLY NUMBER OF COUNTY OFFICIALS ATTENDED ALONG WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE KAMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. IN MAY, KCHC PARTNERED WITH NUMBER ONE BRITISH FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL MUSEUM AND CELEBRATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY OVER EUROPE. DE DAY. THE MARCO DEPARTMENT OF THC WORKED WITH KCHC IN GETTING A PROCLAMATION FROM GOVERNOR PERRY TO BE READ ON THE DAY OF THE CELEBRATION. IT WAS AN ALL DAY AFFAIR AT THE MUSEUM. THE MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR WAS PRESENTED BY THEN THC COMMISSIONER JEAN ANN ABELS FLAT, KCHC PRESENTED A HISTORICAL SKID AT THE PROGRAM ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE CITY OF TERRELL DURING THOSE WAR YEARS. UH, AN EXCERPT FROM THE, UH, EXCUSE ME, OUR MAY 10TH, 2005 MINUTES. JAMIE LAYAL REPORTED THAT THE FOUR H GROUP HAD CONTINUED TO WORK AT THE POOR FARM AND HAD FOUR MONTHS LEFT TO COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT. TEXAS A AND M LAID OUT THE NATURE TRAIL GROUP AND IT WILL INTEGRATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION TRAIL. THE QUOTE TO MAKE THE TRAIL A BIRD WATCH BUTTERFLY AREA WOULD BE ABOUT $698, WHICH INCLUDES THE PLANTING OF NATIVE GRASSES AND THE ATTRACTION OF SONGBIRDS. JAMIE LE MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE QUOTE DORIS JENKINS SECOND, THE MOTION IT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY THAT ACRE OF GROUND WAS SEEDED IN 2005, THE FIRST, SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE THE SONGBIRDS YET OR NOT, BUT IT'S BEEN SEEDED THE FIRST EDITION OF I BEEN, PARDON? EARLY. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THE FIRST EDITION OF A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER PROMOTING THE WORK OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION WAS PUBLISHED. I HOPE Y'ALL ARE RECEIVING. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED TWO, UH, NEWSLETTERS BY NOW TELLING ABOUT OUR, UH, SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND 500 COPIES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS OF HERITAGE AND PRESERVATION SOCIETIES AS WELL AS THE HISTORY TEACHERS AND CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS. THE COMMISSIONERS WORKED WITH DEVELOPERS IN THE COUNTY CONTINUED. SO IF THEY PRESERVE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS THROUGH THE MANDATORY APPROVAL PROCESS, THEY SEND US, UH, THEIR PLATS AND THEY GO TO HECTOR TORRES AND HE LOOKS TO SENDS OUT A LETTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD A HISTORICAL MARKER OR A HISTORICAL CEMETERY ANYWHERE AROUND WORK WAS ALSO CARRIED OUT WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. IN REGARD TO THE PRESERVATION AND THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 3012 VOLUNTEER HOURS [00:10:01] DONATED AND COUNTY FOR IN 2005. SO THAT IS HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET ANOTHER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FROM THE STATE FOR THAT YEAR'S WORK ALSO. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE. OKAY. UM, WHERE DO THINGS STAND ON THE HISTORICAL MARKET FOR THE DIXIE OVERLAND HIGHLIGHTED? UH, IT HAS ALREADY COME IN. WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HAVE A, UH, UH, DEDICATION THAT ALL, UH, APPROVED. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE IN MARCH. TENTATIVELY IT'S GONNA BE IN MARCH. SO JERRY FLUKE CA FORNEY IS, UH, SORT OF HEADING UP THAT, AND I KNOW YOU CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY ASKING, AND I'M NOT FOR SURE. IT MAY BE MARCH 13TH, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY WORD BACK YET. BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN APPROVED. IT'S HERE. THE MARKER IS HERE. SO IF Y'ALL WITHIN YOUR PRECINCTS HAVE ANY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HISTORICAL PLACES THAT YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER FOR MARKERS TO SEND IN THE STATE, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW. THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE APPOINTED FROM EACH, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH, UH, EACH PRECINCT. WELL THAT WAS PROBABLY THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT EAST WA EAST WEST ROUTE NEXT TO ROUTE 66 AND RAN FOR SAVANNAH, GEORGIA TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. AND, UH, AND THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S, IT'S TIME WE STARTED GETTING SOME DESIGNATION FOR THAT. LIKE ROUTE 66 HAS. YEAH. YEAH. SO YEAH, THAT, THAT WE'RE JUST WAITING. IT'S DESIGNATED. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE, UH, UH, TIME TO DO THE DEDICATION OF IT. AND THEN, EXCUSE ME. I THINK THE, UH, NEXT THING THAT WE OR YOU, I GUESS YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT DON. EXCUSE ME. OH, OKAY. OKAY. UH, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S ANNUAL REPORT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW BY COMMISSIONER ER. ALL IN FAIR SIDE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NEXT ITEM. UH, JEAN ANN HAS THAT ALSO, UH, TO APPOINT, UH, YA HOLLAND TO CALL COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSIONER REQUEST SUE. WELL, YEAH, SUE RESIGNED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE FINISHED HER TENURE AT THE, UH, LIBRARY AND YASMA IS THE NEW, UH, LIBRARIAN AT THE, UH, UM, AT THE COLEMAN COUNTY LIBRARY. AND I THINK SHE'LL BE A REAL ADDITION. OF COURSE. THIS IS JUST FINISH FINISHING OUT. 'CAUSE OUR TERM, ALL OF OUR TERMS END AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE'LL JUST BE FINISHING OUT. OKAY. THIS IS FILL OUT. YEAH, FILL IN HER TERM. YEAH, I MAKE THE MOTION. MOTION MADE BY DOES DR. COMMISSIONER SHANE ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY, AYE. MOTION, CARRIE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SOMEBODY COME. SHE HAS, OH, YOU CAN STICK YOUR HEAD IN AND SAY HI. HELLO. UH, NEXT WE HAVE LARRY SANDERS TO, UH, PRESENT HIS CONSTABLE'S REPORT, UH, FOR JANUARY, 2006. LARRY'S NOT HERE. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL SKIP THAT UNTIL HE GETS HERE. THEN. NEXT IS KENNETH GARVIN TO PRESENT YOUR RACIAL PROFILE REPORT. APPRECIATE GOOD MORNING. MORNING, UH, WITHOUT THE US GOING THROUGH EACH PAGE RIGHT HERE THIS MORNING. KENNETH, I'M ASK YOU ONE QUESTION. OKAY. TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS FILED IN YOUR DEPARTMENT THERE DEPARTMENT? THERE HASN'T BEEN. Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF KENNA HE DIDN'T HEAR FROM? NO, HE WASN'T HERE. YOU COMMENT. ANYTHING YOU WANT SAY, OTHER THAN JUST US REVIEW THIS AND THAT'S YOUR REPORT. THAT'LL DO. THANK. ALRIGHT. MADE BY COMMISSIONER TO ACCEPT THAT. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER YE. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY . UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS, UH, RICHARD MURPHY TO DISCUSS, UM, DESIGNATING THE GRANDVILLE COMBAT CENTER AS VERY VOTING PLACE FOR THE MAY 13TH ELECTION. YES, SIR. BACK HERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A COUNTYWIDE BOND ELECTIONS AND THE LACK OF EQUIPMENT TO THEN FOR VOTING PURPOSES TO THEN SHARE OR RENT TO THE COUNTIES AND CITIES. [00:15:01] UH, WE'VE ORGANIZED COMBINED ELECTIONS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF COMBINE, CITY OF CRANDALL AND MCC CRANDALL SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEREFORE, SINCE THIS IS A HIGHLY POPULATED AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EARLY VOTING PLACE OF THE REGULAR STANDARD COUNTY EARLY VOTING PLACES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS A EARLY VOTING PLACE. OR THIS MAY ELECTION. ANY COMMENTS? OR IS THIS, IS THIS GONNA HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT? THAT'S WHY HE'S DOING IT. THIS WE HADN'T THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THOSE DEALS ARE LIKE PRAYING. F YOU ALREADY? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. . COMMISSIONER DUN MAKES THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDS IT ALL FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, YOU CAN THE FBI YOU'RE INTERESTED THE VOTING. VOTING APPROVE. YES. THROUGH SATURDAY. YOU MEAN THE RESULTS OR DON'T PUT THAT IN. ALMOST 1300 PEOPLE HAVE EARLY VOTED IS AN EXTREMELY LIGHT TURN OUT OPINION. WELL, THE SUN'S SHINING PRETTY WEATHER. MAYBE IT'LL PICK UP THIS WEEK. WE DID HAVE A CROWD THIS MORNING GOING LEFT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THIS, THE OLD JOKE THAT I CAN TELL YOU THE COUNT ON EVERY ELECTION BEFORE THE ELECTION EVEN STARTS. ZERO ZERO. JOHNNY COUNTY TRADE'S GONNA PRESENT THE MONTH BEFORE FOR JANUARY. IT BE VERY SHORT. WHAT JUDGE DID IT TOO YOU ABOUT, ABOUT MR. ROWAN'S, UH, PRAYER WAS LAST FALL HE PLAYED FOR NO WAYNE FOR ONE WEEKEND. HE DRANK FOR THREE MONTHS. RECEIPTS FOR, UH, FOR JANUARY. WERE UP FROM 2.9 MILLION IN DECEMBER TO ABOUT 5.2 MILLION IN JANUARY. SO WE HAD INCREASE IN CASH. THE GENERAL POINT ABOUT 2.6 MILLION, UH, AT THAT TIME, 70,000 LEFT IN CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT. BUT WE SAID SINCE BEEN ALL THAT, THAT'S ALL. JUDGE, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF JOHNNY? IF THERE ARE NONE, ENTERTAIN MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. JOHNNY FAVOR? SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES THREE COPIES. NEXT WE HAVE HOW JONES TO PRESENT THE MOTION ARTICLE REPORT FOR JANUARY. OKAY. THIS WILL REMAIN IN HERE THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. WELCOME TO COME BY AND LOOK AT IT. MOTION ACCEPT. MAY 2ND. HEY, GET BACK. SECOND BACK. COMMISSIONER DOLLAR. ALL IN FAVOR? A GOOD QUESTION. I'M SURE COULD BE DIDN'T PASS A BUDGET TO LIKE JANUARY OR FEDERAL HELL OWES ME SOME TICKETS. THAT'S, UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSING CONSIDER APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH ABEL'S SPRING. ABEL'S SPRING WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION FOR THE RADIO. YES. THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH TO GET THE COMMUNICATION FOR OUR FIRE SERVICES UP THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, BUILD A, UH, PROPER BUILDING FOR THAT REPEATER AND PUT ONE, WE'VE GOT ONE IN THEM. WE'RE GONNA PUT ONE BACK IN APRIL. SPRAY. UH, IS THIS THE ONE THAT KEPT GETTING STOLEN OR, YES, AND THAT'S WHEN WE MOVED IT. AND UH, THE, UH, WE HAD A PROPAGATION STUDY DONE AND NOW THE COMMUNICATIONS, UH, COMPANY DID THAT. THEIR ENGINEER SAID THAT THAT WAS NOT A PROPER STUDY AND THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. SO I HOPE THIS WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS UP THERE. UH, OF COURSE, UH, [00:20:01] I THINK RIGHT NOW THAT THE AGREEMENT IS THAT, UH, THE, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND I ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT BUILDING OUT, UH, OUR FOR FUND. UH, AND WE ALSO USE THAT FIRE FREQUENCY, OF COURSE, OUR BACKUP FREQUENCY. WE'RE UP THERE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE. SO IT'S NOT COSTING US ANY EXTRA MONEY OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND. NO, JUST $1. THAT'S A GOOD LEASE. , I ASSUME THAT MR. SHANE'S GOT THE AGREEMENT OR I HAVEN'T SEEN THE AGREEMENT WITH NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I'M GONNA PAY FOR IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE A MOTION? YEAH. COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THE MOTION. SECOND COMMISSIONER SECOND IT ALL IN . MOTION CARRIES. UH, NEXT ITEM I IS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA DISCUSSION CENTER AND EXTRA ALLOCATION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS. UH, DURING THE DROUGHT SEASON, EACH ONE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAD QUITE A FEW MORE FIRES THAT THEY NORMALLY, UH, GET AND, UH, I HAVE TO NORMALLY ANSWER AND SOME OF THE COUNTIES ARE GIVEN THEM EXTRA MONEY TO GIVE THEM THROUGH A HARD TIME AND I, IT'D BE A GOOD GESTURE FROM THE COUNTY TO BE GIVEN AN EXTRA THOUSAND DOLLARS A CHECK WITH HOW AND HOW SAID WE, ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK MOTION COMMISSIONER, SECOND COMMISSIONER RODNEY. DISCUSSION. WELL, NUMBER ONE, I'M WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MONEY'S GONNA COME FROM AND IF WE CAN GET RID FOR IT WITH, YOU KNOW, DROUGHT RELIEF ASSISTANCE MONEY. EACH ONE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UM, CAN MAKE APPLICATION TO GET EXTRA FUNDS FROM SEVERAL SOURCES, BUT THIS IS JUST AN EXTRA FROM THE COUNTY FACT. TELL HIM THANK YOU THAT HE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, CAPITAL MURDER BUDGET SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ONE CURRENTLY. THAT'S A BIG CHUNK TOO. THANK, THANK GOODNESS IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH IF WE EVER NEED THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 12,000 HERE TOTAL. OKAY, MOTION CARRIED. NEXT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SMITH AS COMMISSIONER OF COL COUNTY EMERGENCY DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. UH, CHUCK, YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? THAT'S Y'ALL'S DISTRICT OVER THERE, ISN'T IT? WE AGREED TO RE UP FOR ANOTHER TERM. UH, ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION. I'LL THE MOTION AND I TALK WITH THE FIRE CHIEF DARRYL AND, UM, HE'S IN APPROVAL OF, OF THESE CHANGES. THANK YOU. UH, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LEONARD, STATE BY COMMISSIONER. TELL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. MOTION YOU CARRIED. NEXT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REAPPOINTING OR APPOINTING PAUL MOORE AS COMMISSIONER OF COUNTY DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN FOR A TWO YEAR. IS HE IN YOUR FIRST THAT'S ALRIGHT. REPLACING HIM. OKAY. YEAH. I'LL SECOND THAT. SORRY, I GOT COMMISSIONER DE COMMISSIONER, UH, NEXT DISCUSSION INSTEAD PRESENTING THE FINAL LIST OF CIRCLE EQUIVALENT IS TO BE SO GOOD MORNING. FIRST OF ALL HAD HAD THE RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT SOLD, BUT THAT, SO WE'LL BE SELLING THAT. THIS IS THE SAME LIST THAT I SENT AGO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO ITEMS. ITEMS. ANGIE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF OUR STUFF ON HERE, DO WE? I SAW YOUR PICKUP ON HERE. JUDGE OLD BLUE THAT SHOWS THE PROPERTY PRECINCT ONE. THIS WAS SCHEDULED TO START MARCH 13TH. OH, THAT'S 13TH. AND JERRY ON THESE SPREADER BOXES, TWO PRECINCTS HAVE CHIP SPREADER, I'M SURE EITHER ONE, ONE OF 'EM. I [00:25:01] THINK YOU'VE GOT ONE AND YOU'VE GOT ONE. I THINK EITHER ONE IS, I LET LET YOU BORROW IT. IF YOU NEED ONE, MAKE SURE BETTER SHOVELING DOWN THE BACK OF THAT . OKAY. IS THAT, UH, MS. ? WELL, I, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT ARE, ARE WE, ARE THE PRECINCTS OR THE COMMISSIONERS GONNA HAVE TO GO UP AND BID ON THIS? OR DO WE JUST, HOW, WHAT DO WE, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING ON HERE YOU WANT, YOU JUST INTERCHANGE IT. JERRY AND I HAVE ALREADY DID A DEAL. THIS IS WHAT ONE WE SENT, UH, WE SENT ALL THE OFFICE TWO WEEKS AGO THIS LIST. RIGHT. AND, UH, TALKED TO KATHY TOLD IT WAS COMING AND KIND OF THE LAST CHANCE TO ANYTHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO LET ME KNOW BEFORE WE FINALIZE IT. THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SIR, DO YOU SEE SOMETHING ON THERE? YOU WELCOME TO HAVE IT. YEAH, WE SURE TAKE IT OFF BECAUSE THERE SOMETHING MORE MIGHT. WELL, OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I'M SURE WE CAN GET THAT. WE CAN NOT WRONG. COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES A MOTION THAT, UH, THIS LIST BE APPROVED AND COMMISSIONER MILLER SECONDS IT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER PRECINCT TWO TO BUILD INDIVIDUAL LANDOWNERS FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION EXPENSES. THIS WAS, UM, THIS WAS A TRASH BURNING DEAL UP OFF OF 2 0 5 AND WE HAD TO BRING IN A BACKHOE. THEY, THEY STARTED A BIG TRASH, UH, BRUSH PILE ON FIRE. IT WAS BLOWING OFF INTO THE WOODS AND SETTING BACK FIRES BACK INTO THE WOODS. AND FIRE MARSHAL CALLED US UP, ASK US TO GET A BACKHOE BECAUSE YOU GOTTA DIG DOWN INTO IT AND GET WATER DOWN INTO THE PILE ONCE THEY GET STARTED. AND SO WE DID. AND I THINK THE COUNTY OUGHT TO BE, YOU KNOW, PRECINCT TWO OUGHT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR OUR TIME AND EQUIPMENT FOR, FOR, UM, FOR DOING, WAS THERE NOT SOME FINE FOR THEM STARTING A FIRE DURING THE BURN BAN? OKAY. LARRY HAS THAT. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S LARRY'S OFFICE AND NOW ALL THIS IS IS AN AMENDMENT TO HIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS STILL, I UNDERSTAND JUST TO GO THROUGH LARRY, ALL WE'RE DOING IS SUBMIT A BILL THROUGH HIS OFFICE. SURE. AND I THINK MCLENDON CHISHOLM FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING IT AS WELL. THEY'RE, THAT THEY RESPONDED ALSO AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SITTING IN THE BILL TOO. I DON'T, I THINK IT'S A PROPER THING TO DO. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS DO WE, DO WE NEED A COMMISSIONER'S COURT ORDER TO DO IT? THAT UP A LITTLE BIT OF SUBJECT A LITTLE DIFFERENT. BUT DO WE, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HAVE A MUTUAL AGREEMENT CONTRACT WITH FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT? I'M TRYING TO TALK TO BRIAN BEAVERS ABOUT THAT AND I'M I'M NOT SURE THAT REGARDING WHAT, REGARDING MUTUAL AGREEMENT WITH, WELL, REGARDING, UH, ALLOWING US TO USE OUR EQUIPMENT, THE COUNTY EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT, THAT WORK. UM, IF WE DON'T, WE SHOULD, AND IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT THAT'S JUST A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN US. I DUNNO IF WE CALL A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT OR NOT, BUT, UH, WELL THAT'S A SORE SUBJECT IN, YOU KNOW, IN A COUNTY, TWO COUNTIES TO THE, TO THE WEST OF US. UH, AND IT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HERE YOU GOT BUILDINGS BURNING, YOU GOT FIRE EQUIPMENT SITTING THERE AND I, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I, I THINK YOU IT OUT LATER. I MEAN, YOU GO PUT OUT FIRE AND THEN YOU SORT OUT POLITICS AFTER, AFTER YOU GET THE FIRE PUT OUT. BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. YEAH. THEN THAT, THAT'S WHAT I THINK WOULD BE OUR EMERGENCY BOOK IS ABOUT THAT THICK. AND I, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHETHER SOMETHING ALREADY IN THERE OR NOT, BUT I'LL TOTALLY CHECK IF IT'S NOT IN THERE. WE'LL GET IT DONE. UH, AS FAR AS, UH, PRECINCT PLEA BILLING THEM, UH, CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. YES, I AND MR. SECOND IT ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION CARRIAGE. NEXT DISCUSSED, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE POND ROADS IN SOUTH RIDGE EDITION FOR COUNTY MAINTENANCE. THAT WOULD BE NORTON DRIVE, MITCHELL DRIVE RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEPORT D DRIVE, HILL STREET AND NORTON PORT. THAT'S, UH, A LITTLE ADDITION OUT IN, IN PRECINCT ONE. THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH. THEY'VE HAD THEIR MAINTENANCE BOND FOR TWO YEARS AND IT'S EXPIRED. SO, UH, THEY'RE CONCRETE ROAD. SO THEY'RE NICE, NICE ROAD. SO [00:30:01] I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THOSE INTO THE, UH, COUNTY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER FELLER. THE DISCUSSION ALL IN MOTION CARRIES. NEXT DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RENEWING MEMBERSHIP WITH THE NORTHEAST TEXAS JUDGING COMMISSION ASSOCIATION AND PAYING THE ANNUAL DUES. I'LL SEE. I KEEP TELLING YOU, WE NEED TO LET A BIT BEFORE OUT THERE. THAT'S HUNDRED. I APPRECIATE JIM, PRESIDENT, APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THE PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION. ALL IN FAVOR, JUDGE. I DIDN'T HEAR WHO, WHO MADE THE MOTION IN SECOND? OH, I'M SORRY. DID I? SHE MADE THE MOTION IN THAT SECOND. OH, RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND ALL VOTED IN FAVOR OF, UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS THE DALLAS CROWN REPORT FOR FEBRUARY THE THIRD, FEBRUARY THE 10TH, AND FEBRUARY THE 17TH. ONE. UH, NO, WE'RE GONNA PASS THAT. OKAY. MOTION TO, I'M SORRY. I'VE ENTERTAIN MOTION REQUEST SECOND. MOTION SECOND COMMISSIONER TO PAY THAT NEXT ITEM. UH, THAT WOULD BE THE ATION OF PATRICK RICHMOND ON MOTION. CARRIE, I WAS MARKED OUT. I JUST ASSUMED Y'ALL WAS MARKED OUT. UH, NEXT WE HAVE THOSE, UH, DALLAS REPORTS. JURY. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THOSE REPORTS. NO, YOU ACKNOWLEDGED. I ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT CROWN HAS I SECOND THE MOTION. MOTION PAID. COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY, MOTION CARRIED. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW THE LATEST ON THAT OR NOT, BUT, UH, AT THE LAST MINUTE, THE DALLAS CROWN AND THE FED REACHED AGREEMENT THAT DALLAS PAY THE SALARIES UP INSPECTOR. SO THAT'S ARTICLE PAPER ABOUT THAT MONTH AGO. OKAY. SO, UH, THE, UH, THE FEDS SAID, WELL, IT'S NOT GONNA COST US ANY MONEY THEN WE'LL KEEP IN THERE. WHAT IF THEY THROW 'EM A BARBECUE? ? YES SIR. WE, YEAH. I FIGURED SMALL SUITS ARE GONNA BE ONGOING FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. WE HAVE LINE TRANSFERS PROPOSED IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT AREA FOR, UH, VENUS INITIATIVE. THOUSAND SIX 17 DUCTION AND FEES. UH, DA'S BUDGET INCREASED PARKING AND REPAIRS 500 WITH REDUCTION IN OFFICE SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. INCREASED EXTRA HELP, 1000 WITH REDUCTION IN SUPPLIES AND CHARITIES. POOR THE LEAVE FUND INCREASED STATE OF FACTS. 10,000 AND UH, IN DEFENSE FOR 86, DISTRICT 40,000 WITH REDUCTION IN ATTORNEY FEES. PRECINCT THREE INCREASED TOOLS AND NEW EQUIPMENT. 30,000 INCREASED NEW EQUIPMENT, NO PAYMENT. 38,000 AND REDUCTION IN ROAD MATERIALS OF 68,000. ADDITIONALLY IN THE VA ASSET PART TO FUND, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUES OF $4,060 INCREASE IN MISCELLANEOUS. OKAY, Y'ALL HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST WITH ENTERTAINED MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE. NO. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER D. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIED BEFORE WE GET INTO, UH, PAYING THE BILLS. UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE HAD APPROVED, UH, MAKING A APPLICATION FOR A GRANT FOR THE PRECINCT FOR CONVENIENCE STATION. AND THAT GRANT HAS BEEN APPROVED AS OF LAST THURSDAY. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AT THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT APPROVED A TOTAL [00:35:01] NOW OF $145,000 FOR THAT PROJECT. WELL, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE THING. I I THANK THE, UH, THE JUDGE FOR GETTING INVOLVED. I THINK IN FACT THAT HIS POSITION MADE A LITTLE EASIER. A LOT OF WORK. UH, LAST THURSDAY ALSO, THERE WERE THREE OTHER GRANTS, UH, APPROVED FOR HOFFMAN COUNTY, UH, CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT. UH, THOSE THREE GOING TO MARILYN MAY'S GROUP AS WELL. OH, GREAT. THAT'S GOOD FOR HER. FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT SHE WANTED. YEAH. RECYCLING. RECYCLING. I HAD 'EM WRITTEN DOWN. GOT 'EM IN THE TRUCK. I BRING MORNING RING. KIM WILL LIKE IT. UH, WE HAVE, WE GOT $50,000 OF ADDIT FOR COUNTY, UH, INTERMODAL. WELL THIS IS THE INTERMODAL. NOT ONLY DOING THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION STUDY FOR FOR AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS AND WHATEVER, BUT THEY'RE GOING, GOT AN EXTRA $50,000 TO DO A STUDY ON ALL THE OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION COMING IN COST. LIKE, LIKE RIGHT. LIKE LIGHT RAIL. LIKE LIGHT RAIL. AND UH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BIG MEETING UP AND D MOUNT LIGHT RAIL YEAH. TO ALL OF THE METROPLEX. AND I WAS GONNA TRY TO ATTEND IT. YEAH. WELL THURSDAY WE GAVE THEM AN EXTRA $50,000 FOR KAMAN COUNTY TO HAVE THE STUDY DONE HERE. WELL, AND EVEN IF THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT IS 10, 20 YEARS, UH, FROM NOW THAT THAT MATERIALIZES, WE'D BETTER START. GOTTA START SOMEWHERE. START NOW. ANYWAY, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OKAY. YOU SIGN UP ANGIE. SHE LIKED THE, THE LIST IS EMPTY. LIST IS EMPTY. CAN I EXPLAIN WHAT THESE ARE? OKAY. OKAY. UM, THESE ARE, WE HAVE WORKSHOP TOMORROW ON SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. RIGHT. AND THESE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT VERSIONS AND IT'S GOT EVERYTHING ON NOT ONLY HARD COPY, IT'S GOT A CD, WRONG COPY. AND SO, UM, STUDYING TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE A POP QUIZ. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. CAN A LOT OF WORK. I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE MY LAND IN HERE. DID ALL THE WORK. VICKY DID. HOW MUCH VIC DID YOU DO? VICKY NEW. I'M SORRY, WHAT? TO WORK ON THE BINDERS AND ALL THIS. ME? YEAH. I DID DELINDA. OH, OKAY. BELINDA DID EXTRA MAYBE FOUR. YEAH. IT WAS VICKY AND DELINDA AND, AND TRISHA ALL GOT TOGETHER AND PUT THIS TOGETHER. THAT'S CORRECT. THINGS TOMORROW. YES. AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SET UP AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, AND LORI SAID WE WOULD BE SET UP WITH ALL OF IT ON THE SCREEN. SO AS WE GO THROUGH AND MAKE CHANGES, WE CAN MAKE CHANGES DIRECTLY TO THE DOCUMENT. OH, CORRECT. AND SO BY THE TIME WE'RE FINISHED, WE, THAT SHOULD BE IT. WE SHOULD FRESH PRODUCT INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF SAYING, WELL, DID WE SAY THIS AND DID WE SAY THAT? WE DO IT RIGHT THEN DO IT RIGHT THERE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, LET'S PAY BILL. MR. EARL CARTER. THE MAYOR OF CAL. THANK YOU JUDGE. UH, I DIDN'T SEE A SIGN IN SHEET TO SPEAK WHEN I CAME IN, BUT I WOULD LIKE WELL THEN YOU CAN'T SPEAK. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER LEONARD FOR FIXING A BAD PROBLEM THAT WE HAD IN THE ROAD THAT A LADY SAID SHE BENT THE WHEEL ON A CAR. IT WAS THAT DEEP AND ROUGH. AND KEN CAME OVER AND EXPEDITED THE, THE REPAIR JOB REAL QUICK. AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, YOU GET IT DONE BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS. AND I WILL MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET THE MONEY TRANSFERRED TO THE PROPER COUNCIL. WE CAN PAY THE COUNTY. AND SO IT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF. GREAT. I THINK SHOULD BE. BUT UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, KEN AND THE COURT FOR GIVING US THAT SERVICE THAT QUICK. GREAT, GOOD DEAL. AND, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'LL BE ON [00:40:01] FIRST. UH, IT WAS EITHER WAIT TILL THE MEETING AND THEY, THEY HAD APPROVED IT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND IT'LL EITHER WAIT TILL WE CAN MEET AND PUT IT ON OUR AGENDA OR JUST FIX THE HOLE AND THEN FINALIZE IT AFTERWARDS OR NOT. WE CHOSE TO FIX THE HOLE AND WE'LL PRAY AFTER. WE'LL TRIP. WE'LL ACCEPT THE MONEY. . WELL WE GOT, WE GOT THE HOLE FIXED. THAT'S THE MAIN THING. THAT'S THE MAIN THING. YEAH. HAPPY EVERYBODY'S HAPPY. MAYOR. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND VISITING, SHARING THAT WITH US BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN, COME IN TO COMPLAIN. WE VERY SELDOM GET PEOPLE COME IN THANKING ANY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR DOING SOMETHING GOOD. I'M POSITIVE THANKING NEEDS A PAT ON THE BACK, GIVES A PAT ON THE BACK IF IT NEEDS AN UPPER CUT. I HAVEN'T HAD THAT PRIVILEGE YET, BUT, UH, I DO ANTICIPATE COMING BACK AND ASKING FOR SOME MORE HELP. UH, WE GOT A DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROCESS AND 40 SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS GIVEN THE DEVELOPER PERMISSION TO BUILD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THIS ROAD THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO. AND UH, I HAVE TOLD THEM FROM WORD ONE THAT THAT ROAD IS TOO DANGEROUS TO HAVE SCHOOL BUSES RUNNING UP AND DOWN THERE. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY GRANT MONEY FLOATING AROUND AND YOU COULD PUT YOUR SIGNATURE ON , I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT FOR FUTURE REFERENCES. GRANT FOR ROADS I, I THINK ARE NONEXISTENT. . THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF. BUT IT YOU CAN'T GET IT IF YOU DON'T BEG FOR IT. THAT'S TRUE. SEE, I SERVE ON THAT REGIONAL REVIEW BOARD AND ROAD MONEY IS ACCEPTABLE FOR THE, THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THAT BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CITIES ALL OVER THE METROPLEX COME LAST YEAR A MILLION DOLLARS WAS GIVEN TO CITIES IN COFFMAN COUNTY. OF COURSE I DON'T GET TO VOTE ON ONES IN MY OWN COUNTY, BUT, UH, WHEN THEY COME TO US WITH A ROAD PROJECT, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT GETS SCORED SLOW. IT DOESN'T MAKE THE CUT. IT'S MOSTLY WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS. YEAH. THEY GET FUNDED. THAT THAT'S THE, THAT THAT'S THE BIGGEST HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE. BUT IF THERE'S ANY HOLDING ANYWHERE, LET ME KNOW PLEASE. AND WE'LL PUT OUR NAME IN THE POT AND SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU JONES. THANK YOU MAYOR. MR. MAYOR. OKAY. YOU CHARGED ALL THE I DID. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAD, WE HAD A DISCUSSION. I'M JUST GONNA RUB IT BIT OKAY ON. I HAVEN'T YET. BEFORE WE GET AWAY, I DIDN'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BEAR, I, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET BY WITHOUT SAYING. I, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMEBODY WAS OUT THERE TAKING PICTURES OF THAT ROAD AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GET, GET AWAY WITHOUT SAYING. I HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION. IT'S UM, I THINK IT'S 2 51 0.2 LOCAL TRANSPORTATION CODE AND AN AG OPINION THAT WE DO HAVE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. SO, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. IF ANYBODY WANTS COPIES, THEY'RE RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL, YOU HAVE A, WHEN DID YOU NO, I HAVEN'T. I'M SORRY. I WAS AT MORNING WORK ALL NIGHT. I WAS BEING FUNNY AND SERIOUS. THE, UH, I WORK SATURDAY NIGHT IN [00:45:27] YEAR LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR TO DATE HERE. HERE'S THIS ONE THE MOST IMPORTANT AT ALL. REMEMBER YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION OUT OF SALARY, BUT YEAH'S IMPORTANT. WE'RE BACK. I'M NO ACTUALLY THE ASSISTANT AND THE SAME TIME SOMEBODY, A BOBCAT THAT WORKED SO MUCH BETTER. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DID. I THINK WE OUGHT REIMBURSED FOR AND THAT'S WHAT FIRE, I'M SORRY, I HAVE A BILL. WE ON BREAK. WE'RE PAYING BILLS. OH, WE'RE REVIEW CONCRETE? NO, UM, I NEED, I NEED TALK TO ABOUT THAT. YEAH. YEAH. DID YOU LOOK AT THAT ONE? IS THAT ONE YOU SAW? YEAH, I, I WATCHED HIM DO IT. YEAH. DOES IT LOOK JUST LIKE NO, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WHEN YOU DO A ROAD THAT'S WITH, WITH OIL, MIX IT REAL FINE. IT'S REAL FINE. THAT'S FINE. AND IT SETS UP HARDER AND IT'S HARDER AND HARDER. LIKE CEMENT. YEAH. 5% CEMENT, CEMENT [00:50:51] YOU THROUGH. YEAH. COVER SHEET ON THAT, ON THAT ROAD COUNTY AND SENATE ON THE 17TH BE PUT ON THIS MEETING'S AGENDA. BUT WHEN WE LOOKED, NOBODY HAD SIGN. IS THAT FOR YOU? PUT ON THE AGENDA IN THE PAST, PUTTING THINGS DOWN. BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T, WE CAN CALL. SHE DIDN'T ALL SHE I TOLD YOU STEAL AT LEAST BY TRICIA YOU HAVEN'T ANYTHING. YOU HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING UP. CONSTABLE. THAT'S RIGHT'S NOT HERE. YEAH, HE DOESN'T SHOW UP ACTUALLY DUE, IF WE WAIT 30 DAYS, WE GOTTA PAY. HERE'S PICTURES OF THAT. THAT'S HOW WAS WHAT WAS IT RENTED. OH YEAH. YOU CAN'T, YOU COULDN'T GO BUY. THEY HAD HAD HAD TO GO AROUND BUT IN ONE PLACE IT WAS LIKE ONE THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME. THAT'S CEMENT TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING RIGHT. TO SAY THAT IT'S ONLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. TRUCKS HEAVY COMING OUT AND HE PUT THE BARRICADES UP BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA RAIN. HE [00:55:04] ONE TIME IN ARLINGTON AND HIS BM W WHICH COST 3000. YEP. WELL THERE WAS ONE LADY THAT DID INJURED HER CAR AND SHE'S TALKING TO THE CITY ABOUT IT. I THINK SHE, I, BUT SHE SAID AT THE JUDGES AND COMMISSION'S CONFERENCES, YOU KNOW HOW THEY HAD THE VENDORS WHEN WE HAD VENDOR THAT HAS STATE SIGN SAYING, UM, IF YOUR CALL COMPLAIN ABOUT POTHOLE, IF THERE'S LESS THAN THREE CARS IN IT DON'T BOTHER. DON'T BOTHER AT ALL A LOT ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, AT CHURCH SUNDAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THERE WAS A LITTLE ANGEL TREE AND I WAS EXPLAINING TO THE CONGREGATION WHAT I SAID, I'M THINKING ABOUT DOING ONE OF THESE FOR THE COUNTY. YOU KNOW, HAVE A LITTLE PICTURE OF A POTHOLE PUT UP THERE, BUY WE'LL FIX YOUR POTHOLE OR IF YOU'RE FLOODED, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK THAT WOULD WORK. I LIKE THE ONE SPEED LIMITS ARE CONTROLLED BY OUR AUTO. WELL YOU KNOW, YOU GET THOSE COMPLAINTS THAT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A ROUGH ROAD AND THEN YOU FIX IT AND THEY WANT THE SPEED. HE SAID THEY LIKED IT BETTER WHEN WE HAD BODIES. I WAS SURE HOPE SHOW UP THIS MONTH. HE GOT ONE ON ONE OF OUR CANDY ROADS DOING ONE 10 MILES AN HOUR. GOOD. YOUR ROADS ARE AT WELL NO, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS ONE. WELL YOU COULDN'T SEE FROM THE DUST FOR SURE. YOU COULD SEE THE DUST COMING BE LIKE THIS. YEAH. I DUNNO WHAT ONE CAME ROAD. THAT'S ALL. I WAS ROCK. NO ONE STRAIGHT THAT LONG ENOUGH TO GO THAT FAR. ROCK ROAD. OH THAT SO OUT. IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE LAST TIME I WAS OUT THERE. EVERYTHING INSIDE PRETTY NICE. YEAH. I DON'T SEE ANY BIG PROBLEMS THAT POINT. BUT ANYWAY, WE, I HOPE WE CAN DO SOMETHING ON THAT THIS YEAR. WELL THEY HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT. I MEAN WE ENJOYED IT WHILE WE WERE THAT CAME OUT AND SAID YOU CAN'T, THAT WAS A SHOCKER. MOST, YEAH. OKAY. FOR HEADACHES FOR THE SHERIFF COURSE. THE PROBLEM OF LOW LIMITING ASKED ME ABOUT THAT IS HAVING FACILITIES TO ENFORCEMENT, YOU GOTTA HAVE WEIGHTS AND SCALES AND ALL. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. TJ WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HE WAS PAYING [01:00:01] FOR . AT LEAST I TRAINED ONE CHILD. YEAH, OKAY. WHAT THEY BUY. EXCEPT I ALSO TRAINED HIM TO EAT OUT WAY TOO MUCH. OF COURSE MS. FERGUSON WAS HIS FAVORITE TEACHER, BUT OF COURSE SHE'S HIS TOUGH, THAT'S WHO YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER ALWAYS IS, IS YOUR TOUGHEST TEACHER. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING TO FERGUSON AND SHE SAID, WELL HOW ARE YOU DOING IN SCHOOL? GOING PRETTY GOOD. SAID, BUT HE'S IN COMPETITION. HE'S IN SECOND PLACE TO BE INTERMURAL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, WHICH MEANS YOU GET YOUR PICTURE UP ON THE GYM FOREVER AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND SHE SAID, WELL TJ SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON INTERMURAL. SHE IS ON THE SPOT. YES, WE DID. PROBABLY THROUGH THE WASH, BUT IT'S STILL READABLE. I HAD ONE OF THOSE FAMOUS PASSES UNDERNEATH MY CHAIR. SO I SENT IT HOME WITH TJ WHERE THE KIDS COULD USE IT PROMPTLY WASHED IT WASH, JUST WENT THROUGH THE LAUNDRY IN HIS POCKET. WAS GETTING ALL HIS LAUNDRY DONE. YEAH. I SAID, SOON, MR. MOM, SHE Y'ALL GOT IT AND IT STILL, I FIGURED THEY'LL STILL OFF WHEN ITS, WE WERE AT IT TO, IS THERE ANY PLACE THAT WE NEED TO KNOW FOR OH, FOR THE COUNTY. WE DON'T NEED ANY AROUND THE COURTHOUSE. THERE'S TOO MANY AROUND THERE. AROUND HERE. NOW THEY STICK OUT. I BAD AT THE NEW JUSTICE BUILDING. WE'LL NEED IT. THERE'S BOUND TO BE A LOT OF MONEY MADE SELLING MESQUITE FOR BARBECUE WOOD AROUND THAT JAIL. AND I THINK WE GOT SO MUCH BY THE TIME YOU CUT ONE SECTION. BY THE TIME YOU GOT CUTTING ALL OF IT'S TIME TO START CUTTING THE FIRST ONE. . I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU COULD PUT IT IN MY BACKYARD, COULD YOU? UH, YOU GOT TOO MANY TREES. I KNOW. AND I REALLY DON'T NEED ANY IN MY BACKYARD EITHER. THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING JOHNNY JUDGE WHAT WE'RE DOING. ONE THING LAST TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, I HAD PEOPLE CALL ME SAYING, WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING YOU CAMPAIGNED AND SAID, AND I THOUGHT SH SOMEBODY WAS LISTENING , BUT THEY SAID YOU WOULD CLEAN UP OUR STREAMS AND DITCHES. SO I TALKED TO THE SHERIFF AND WE GOT FOUR OR FIVE TRUSTEES AND DON GAVE ME A TRUCK AND ONE ONE OF OUR WORKERS AND WE WENT OUT ON MOSTLY JUST TO GET THE STREAMS AND DITCHES. BUT, AND YOU CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE STUFF THAT'S PILED UP. AND I'M SURE IT'S THE SAME IN EVERYBODY'S JOB. SOME OF IT IS IN THERE SO DEEP YOU CAN'T EVEN GET IT OUT. WE, WE HOOKED A ROPE TO SOME PULL SOME OF 'EM OUT, BUT WE GOT FIVE TRUCKLOADS IN TWO DAYS OF JUST STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN YOU PULL ALL THAT STUFF OUT OF THE STREAM, IT LOOKS GOOD AND IT IS NICE AND YOU START TO LEAVE AND THEN THE JUST THE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS FULL OF STUFF. SO WE ENDED UP PICKING UP THAT TOO. BUT WE OWE WELL WE GAVE THE SHERIFF TWO OFFICERS TO SUPERVISE THOSE TRUSTEES TO DO THAT. TWO JAILERS. TWO JAILERS. YEAH. WELL THEY SENT, THEY SENT ONE WITH US AND PRETTY SOON HE WAS OUT THERE HELPING PICK UP STUFF HIMSELF. BUT IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM. UH, DON I KNOW APPRECIATED US GETTING THOSE GUYS OUT THERE AT FREEZE UP. SOME OF OUR PEOPLE, UH, PEOPLE HAD COME BY ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE DOING ANYTHING. WE PICKED UP 40 TIRES OUT OF ONE LITTLE STREAMING ROAD DOWN THERE AND SOMETIMES, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LEGAL OR NOT, SOMETIMES THE STREAM GOES BACK ON INTO PRIVATE [01:05:01] PROPERTY AND I GUESS WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO ON THAT, PICK THAT OUT. BUT, UH, WE GOT AS MUCH OF IT AS WE COULD. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF OUR OWN EQUIPMENT TO GO IN THERE AND DIG OUT THE, THE STUFF THAT'S BURIED UP IN THERE. UM, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY COWS OR HORSES IN THIS ONE, BUT WE DIDN'T FIND AN ALLIGATOR CAR ABOUT THIS LONG THAT LAYING THERE FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM AND UH, WE OWE BIG DEBT TO THE SHERIFF AND CHIEF COCHRAN. YEAH. FOR THAT. EACH ONE OF YOU, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR NAME IN ON GET ON THE LIST. YEAH. AND LET THEM ROTATE THOSE PEOPLE. AND MOSTLY THOSE, THOSE ARE HARDWORKING GUYS. THEY'RE USUALLY PRETTY YOUNG AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE LAYING OUT THERE AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING HARD WHEN YOU GET 'EM OUT THERE. SO GREAT PROGRAM. WE MADE SOME IMPACT, BUT I'M AFRAID TO GO BACK OUT THERE TODAY AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT IT'S JUST THROWN BACK DOWN IN THERE. BUT ANYWAY, WE UH, WE APPRECIATED THE SHERIFF'S PUMP IN THAT I, I'D PICK UP MINE AND BRING THE LOAD DOWN THERE IN YOUR BARN. LAST TIME I DID IT COST ME $75 BUYING A NEW TIRE . I DUNNO WHAT IS YOU GOT IN HIS BARN? I MEAN HIS YARD OUT. BUT I BACKED UP THERE TO HIS DUMPSTER AND I REMEMBER WHEN I'D TAKEN OFF MY, MY COUNTY ROAD NEXT MORNING HAD A FLAT TIRE AND I TOOK TO GET IT FIXED WAS FROM THE SIDE. AND WE CAN PATCH THAT. WE HAD SOME LADY CALL AND SAY WHEN WE WERE TRIMMING HER TREE THAT A STICK STUCK UP THROUGH HER TIRE. SO WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND THEN THIS ONE LADY, WE WERE, WE WERE WORKING ON A ROAD, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PUTTING OIL DOWN, MAKING THE ROAD LOOK A LOT BETTER. AND THIS LADY CALLS AND, AND MOST PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE SAYING, OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. SHE CALLED AND SAID, WELL I GOT ALL OVER THE BOTTLE OF MY CAR AND I'M, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS OUT IN MY CAR TALKING TO HER. SHE'S IN MY OFFICE. AND SO I'M SAYING, LADY, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY SIGNS UP WITH, WITH SHOWING THAT YOU WERE OUT HERE WORKING. I SAID WE HAD $40 MILLION WORTH OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT ALL ALONG THE ROAD. WE HAD SIGNS AT EACH END. AND I SAID, MOST PEOPLE OUT HERE THINKING US ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE UPSET THAT YOU'RE SO UPSET JUST 'CAUSE YOU GOT A LITTLE LAW ON YOUR TIRE. AND THEN MY SECRETARY, SECRETARY COMES BACK ON THE PHONE AND SAYS, OKAY, NOW SHE'S CRYING. MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS. I MOTION A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. ANYTHING Y'ALL WANNA BRING UP BEFORE THE ADJOURN? CHECK OFF THE CONSTABLE. OH YEAH. WE NEED TO GO BACK AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE LARRY SANDERS REPORT. KENNETH MAKES THAT MOTION A COPY. MR. GOVERNOR SECONDS IT, I HAVE A DISCUSSION. CAN WE JUST DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT? YES. AND I READ THAT WHAT KIND OF A REPORT IS THAT? I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT KIND OF REPORT FROM CONSTABLE. I HAVEN'T EITHER, WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. THAT'S NOT A RACIAL PROFILING REPORT. THAT'S A DOLLAR REPORT. OH, WELL IF YOU RECALL, IF YOU RECALL WE TOLD THEM BEFORE, BUT BEFORE WE DIDN'T. DID HE WRITE US THE COPY? ACTUALLY RACIAL PROFILING IS DUE ALSO ISN'T YEAH, THAT'S WHAT'S DUE. MISUNDERSTOOD. DO WE GET A RACIAL PROFILE FROM THE SHERIFF AND THEN ONE FROM EACH PRECINCT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT HAD EACH HEAD OF EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT. OH, OKAY. MAKE IT A POINT TO, OKAY, MOTION, MOTION, MOTION. AYE. YOU GET THAT? OKAY. YOU RECOGNIZE VIP DEPUTIES IF THE DEPUTIES DON'T PAY THEIR WAY. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY. SO WE NEED ONE FROM, UH, I REMEMBER THAT. YOU NEED ONE FROM, UH, . YEAH. IF Y'ALL DON'T WANT HIM TO COME IN, I MEAN, WE GO AHEAD AND JUST LET HIM ACCEPT IT. WELL, I READ IT, I'D ACCEPT IT. I JUST, IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO COME AND READ IT VERBATIM. I THINK IT'S YEAH, BUT IT'S STILL BUT IT'S NOT A BRIDGE PRO PROFILE. NO, IT LOOK AT IT, IT'S NOT, DIDN'T LOOK AT IT. IT'S DOLLAR AND CENTS. I MEAN IT, I, HE HAD, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THE $1 AND CENTS, REMEMBER JUDGE, IT'S NOT DUE. I MEAN THAT, THAT DOLLAR AND CENTS [01:10:01] ACTUALLY DUE AS SUCH, BUT THEY'LL WANT IT IN HERE BEFORE THE FIRST. IT'S ALL DOLLAR AND CENTS. IT'S ALL DOLLARS. THE SAME PROFILE. YEAH. I, I'D RATHER TABLE IT. I WANT HIM, YOU KNOW, I WANT HIM TO, IN ALL OF THE CONSTABLES, I'D LIKE FOR TO GO ONE US. OF COURSE THEY'LL DO THAT. THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THEM. THERE'S ONLY TWO OF 'EM THAT HAVE, HEY, JOHN, IF YOU REMEMBER JUDGE, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE OTHER TWO HAVING THE ASSISTANCE, WE SAID TO THEM, HEY, WE THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA BRING US THESE REPORTS AND THEY DIDN'T. SO I'M SURE, YES, I WANT TO TABLE IT. SO, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET IN BUDGET AND SAY, WELL, WE ALREADY GAVE IT TO YOU, . YOU KNOW, SO I, I'M MAKING MOTION TO TABLE IT NOW. THE KIDS ALREADY MADE IT ALREADY. SO MOTION. * 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.