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KENNETH, DO YOU WANNA OPEN THIS UP TODAY? LET US PRAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.
WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE REIGN THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR END.
THESE THINGS WE ASK FOR YOU TO GIVE US FAVOR.
WE ALSO ASK FOR YOU TO PROTECT OUR TROOPS WHO ARE IN HARM'S WAY.
WE ALSO ASK YOU TO HELP US AS WE CONDUCT OUR COUNTY'S BUSINESS, THAT WE DO IT IN A MANNER THAT IS PLEASING TO YOU.
THESE THINGS WE ASK YOUR SON'S NAME, AMEN.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE, UH, JACK'S BUSINESS FIRST THIS MORNING.
JACK'S HIS FIRST GRANDCHILD AND THANK YOU.
WHICH ITEM WE TAKING UP FIRST? JACK? LET'S, UH, OPEN UP A BID OH 6 0 3 FOR THE TION.
WE A MOTION THEN TO OPEN THE BID FOR THE, UH, GROUND MAINTENANCE ON VARIOUS COUNTY PROPERTIES.
THAT WASN'T, IT WASN'T TIME SPECIFIC WAS IT? NO, NO, I HAD IT.
UH, KIN BEACH MOTION MADE BY KENNETH.
A MOTION CARRIES OPEN THE BID LOOKING FOR LAURA.
I GUESS YOU GONNA TAKE, SHE'S GONNA GET STUFF OFF THE CAMERA.
THE ONE BID FROM LAWSON NURSERY.
HAVING, HAVING A SHEET FOR YOU GUYS, YOU HAVE TO BEAR WITH OUT TODAY.
I'VE HAD THOSE
LOCATION TWO ANNEX BUILDING AT $220 A MONTH.
UH, MONTHLY AND ANNUAL COST OF 26 40.
THE OLD JAIL MONTHLY COST OF ONE 40 WITH ANNUAL COST OF 1680.
LOCATION FOUR IS THE 40 SUB COURTHOUSE MONTHLY COST $310.
LOCATION FIVE TERRELL SUB COURTHOUSE, $200 A MONTH AND GONNA COST 2,400 A MONTH.
LOCATION SIX KEMP, UH, KEMP SUB SUB COURTHOUSE GIMME, UH, MONTHLY COST TWO 40 AND GONNA COST TWO, UH, $2,880.
LOCATION SEVEN IS THE, UH, COUNTY PROPER CEMETERY AT $200 A MONTH WITH THE ANNUAL OF 2,400.
AND WE, WE ADDED THE, UH, MEMORIAL TO THE, TO THE, UH, ADDENDUM, BUT I NOT SEE IT LISTED ON HERE.
AND I'LL CHECK WITH HIM ON THAT.
TOTAL ON THAT IS 15 THOU, UH, 15,000, I'M SORRY.
THE MONTHLY CHARGE TOTAL IS, IS $1,590 WITH AN ANNUAL COST OF 19,080.
NOW THAT'S, THAT'S FOR ALL LOCATIONS BESIDES THE UH, COURTHOUSE.
THE COURTHOUSE HE HAS DOWN IS $480 A MONTH WITH A, UH, TOTAL OF, UH, $5,760 A YEAR.
YEAH, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN IT WAS LAST TIME.
AND THE REASON I THINK TWO THINGS HERE, ONE OF THE REASONS WE ONLY HAD ONE BID IS BECAUSE THAT WE PUT IN THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT EVERYBODY HAD TO CARRY FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE.
UH, IN THE PAST, NO ONE'S EVER HAD TO CARRY WORKMAN'S COMP.
SO SOME LOCAL GUY WOULD JUST BID ON THIS KNOWING THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.
BUT JACK BROUGHT THIS UP THAT THE CONTRACT, SO HE'S, HE'S HAVING TO ADD IN HIS EXPENSES FOR CARRYING THAT COVERAGE TOO.
AND THEY DID IT THIS YEAR OR, AND UH, WE WERE PRETTY WELL PLEASED WITH
WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WHEN THEY WERE DOING ALL THE WORK OVER THERE AND A LOT OF
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THE PLANTS DIED AND STUFF, BUT THAT WASN'T, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS ANYBODY'S FAULT.SO MOSTLY WE WERE PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR.
SO, AND I THINK TOO, YEAH, I WENT OVER JERRY, I PRE-MED ON CONCERN WE HAD WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING DONE.
UH, YOU NOT DISCUSSED TRIMMING, WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO THEY INCREASED SOME, UH, BUT ALSO HE WAS WAY TOO EARLY.
PREVIOUS ONE, I THINK HE HAD THE COURTHOUSE $200 A MONTH.
AND, UH, ONE DAY HE HAD THREE PEOPLE THERE ALL DAY LONG.
JACK, WE APPRECIATE THE JOB YOU'RE DOING THIS DEAL.
I WE WENT TO GOOD WORKMAN'S COMP IN THIS SITUATION.
WE TO DO, IT'LL PROTECT US IN ANY CASE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE
WHAT'S YOUR NEXT I'LL GET EVERYBODY.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS, UH, TO DISCUSS.
CONSIDER THE, UH, TRAILER PRECINCT ONE HAS ON A, UH, 6,600 FORD TRACTOR TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A SIXTY SIX TEN FOUR TRACTOR.
IS THERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS? ANYTHING, UH, UNUSUAL OR DO WE JUST NEED TO UH, THERE'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT BEFORE.
UH, IT DOES MENTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT
I KNOW THAT DON MENTIONED THERE WAS ABOUT $3,500 WAS REPAIR ON THE CURRENT TRACTOR.
AND, UH, HE'S TAKEN OFF ONE MOWER AND THE NEW TRACTOR WHERE THE TRACTOR WE GETTING, UH, HAS A MOWER THAT HE DID, HE LEAVES.
JERRY, AT YOUR PRECINCT, YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? YES.
ANYTHING ELSE? THAT WILL DO, SIR.
GOOD LUCK WITH THE NEW MANDATE.
Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE PRECEDING MEETING.
ANY ADDIT ADDITIONS ARE CORRECTIONS.
IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUNDS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BELLA.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS HOW JONES OUR COUNTY AUDITOR TO BRING US THE MONTH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY.
IT PRINTED IT ON DIFFERENT PAPERS.
IT WON'T TAKE UP AS MUCH ROOM ON MY DESK, BUT IT'S HARDER TO READ.
YOU MEAN I MAY HAVE TO GET A MAGNIFYING? NOT DO THAT.
THAT WILL BE ON MY WORK TABLE THIS COMING WEEK FOR Y'ALL TO COME BY AND LOOK AT IT IF YOU WANT TO AND SEE WHAT THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS ARE.
AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CHAIN.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DELLER.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR TREASURER COUNTRYMAN GONNA BRING US THE TREASURY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY.
I USED TO SAY FEBRUARY AND THEN I WAS CORRECTED.
WE HAD ANOTHER GOOD MONTH IN FEBRUARY.
RECEIPTS, UH, OF, FOR $90 MILLION WE CASH GENERAL FUND AT IN FEBRUARY OF 10.2 MILLION WITH 70,000 AT THAT TIME, LEFT THAT NINE AND A HALF MILLION INVESTMENT PROTECT POOL AND AS A FRIGHTENING ATTORNEY.
JUST I GAVE YOU A DIFFERENT DEAL THERE.
THAT JUDGE SHOWS THE THREE OF THE YEARS THERE ABOUT A MONTH RECEIPTS.
BUT I'VE NEVER GIVEN Y'ALL BEFORE.
IT SHOWS YOU THAT YOU COMPARE BETWEEN YEARS AND THE GOOD PART IS YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, RECEIPTS THIS YEAR LAST AT THE SAME TIME I BOUGHT 2.6 MILLION.
IT, IT'S, EXCUSE ME, S ARE UP ABOUT 2 MILLION.
SO WE HAD
SO OF COURSE BIG MONEY STILL COMING IN NOW TOO.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON JOHNNY REGARDING THAT REPORT? I LIKE THIS.
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I LIKE THIS BETTER THAN A LOT MORE UNDERSTANDING.WE ENTERTAIN MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT COURT.
SO MOTION MADE BY MR. BY COMMISSIONER.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
NEXT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SETTING THE DATE FOR THE 2006 COUNTY WIFE CLEANUP.
ANYBODY FROM UH, EXTENSION SERVICE HERE THIS MORNING? I TALKED TO RALPH.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BE HERE, BUT, UH, I ASSUME THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HELP US WITH IT.
UH, DO Y'ALL DISCUSS ANY DATES OR DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY DATES IN MIND? UH, I THINK, YEAH, I HAVE A, I I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE MAY THE 18TH, 19TH AND 20TH.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS I, I THINK I'M GONNA BE GONE, UH, TO AUSTIN.
JUDGE, I THINK YOU'LL BE THERE ON THOSE, ON THE OTHER.
I I DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
I MEAN ON MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND.
AND THAT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THERE AND WE HAVE IT THE WEEKEND BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY.
I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO AUSTIN ON THAT, UH, URBAN COUNTY THING.
ACTUALLY, THE URBAN COUNTY BILL, IT'S, UH, LEADERSHIP IS THE FOLLOWING.
WHAT WEEK, WHAT DATE IS THIS? NO, IT'S NOT EVEN FIVE.
WE'RE GONNA BE AT THE RIBBON COUNTY.
YEAH, THAT'S THE FIRST WEEK THROUGH THE FIFTH.
SO THEN THE NEXT WEEK IS MOTHER'S DAY.
IF IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE, I I DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE, BUT I SHOULD THE WEEK AFTER THAT, HAS THAT GRAB YOU? THAT'S THAT.
IS THAT A PROBLEM WITH YOU COMMISSIONER? ER OH, Y'ALL HAVE IT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
YOU MEAN I'M NOT GONNA GET TO CELEBRATE ARMED FORCES DAY? CELEBRATE WHAT? ARMED FORCES DAY WAS IT? 18TH, 18TH, 19 18TH, 19TH AND 20TH, I THINK.
I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST RIGHT.
SAID IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE REMINDER.
TRADITIONALLY IT'S BEEN THE WEEKEND OF MOTHER'S DAY, I THINK COMMISSIONER LEONARD NEVER LIKED THAT.
I'M GONNA UPHOLD HIS TRADITION.
SO THERE'S A MOTION THEN TO SET THE COUNTYWIDE CLEAN UP FOR MAY 18TH, 19TH AND 20TH.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUNDS.
YOU'LL, UH, CONTACT RALPH AND LET HIM KNOW.
DO I NEED TO CONTACT ALL THE CITIES AND THINGS OR DOES SOMEBODY ELSE, DOES RALPH DO THAT OR, I THINK RALPH DOES THAT.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE A DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOWING ELLIS COUNTY AND THE BARRA COUNTY TO COME UNDER THE LAKES REGION.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU GUYS ARE WITH LAKES REGION, MHMR, BUT THIS WAS A ANIMAL THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY WHAT WE WERE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE K FIVE NINE.
UH, YEAH, WE, THE COUNTY JUDGES
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OF, UH, LET'S SEE, YEMEN COUNTIES, NINE COUNTIES, NINE COUNTIES, COUNTIES, COUNTY JUDGES, NINE COUNTIES.WE GOT TOGETHER THERE WAS ALREADY IN THE MILL BEFORE OUR CAME ON BOARD IN JANUARY OF NINE, NINE.
BUT WE FINALIZED IT OUT AND FORMED, UH, THE LAKES REGION, MHMR TO, UH, UH, HANDLE THE MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL RETARDATION, UH, BUSINESS FOR NINE COUNTIES.
AND, UH, Y'ALL, WE GO TORO IN ON 34.
THE BIG NICE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THEY'VE OUTGROWN BY THE WAY.
UH, BUT LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE LAST, OR MUST BEEN TWO OR THREE YEARS, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, WE TOOK HUNT COUNTY.
WE BROUGHT IN HUD COUNTY UNDER THE UMBRELLA.
AND, UH, EVERY TIME WE BRING IN THE COUNTY, THAT'S MORE MONEY FOR, FOR THE LAKES REGION TO OPERATE.
AND, UH, I'M PROBABLY, UH, SAYING TOO MUCH.
JOHN, JOHN DELANEY IS THE, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND, AND HE'S HERE TO EXPLAIN THIS, BUT I JUST ASKED HIM TO COME BACK.
I TOLD HIM ANYTHING COULD BE A PROBLEM.
BUT, UH, IF WE BRING HUNT, I MEAN WATER GROW HUNT.
BUT IF WE BRING ELLIS IN, THE VERY, UH, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES, JOHN? WELL, BASICALLY THE, THE ADVANTAGE IS THAT WE GET INCREASED STATE FUNDING, UH, INTO OUR, UM, OVERALL SERVICE REGION.
UH, WHAT IT DOES FOR LEGS IS THAT IT REDUCES THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
SO WE CAN PUT MORE FUNDING INTO THE ACTUAL PROGRAM COSTS.
ELLISON NAVARRO, OUR NORTH STAR, UM, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE REGION JUST AS COFFMAN COUNTY IS AND HUNT COUNTY IS.
AND, UH, ON THE MENTAL RETARDATION SIDE, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, UM, ABOUT $2 MILLION, UH, STATE FUNDING THAT WILL COME OVER TO LAKES, WHICH WILL REDUCE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WHICH IS OUR CURRENTLY 12% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET, DOWN TO 9% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET.
SO, SO THAT WILL FREE UP AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 FOR, FOR PROGRAM SERVICES IN OUR ENTIRE REGION.
UM, AS JUDGE SAYS, WE, WE'VE DONE VERY WELL IN THE NORTH STAR PROJECT AND ARTERIAL BUILDING IS BASICALLY, UH, UM, SERVING A LOT OF FOLKS AND WE'VE, I'VE TALKED TO JUDGE BEFORE THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN OPENING UP AN, AN ADJACENT OFFICE HERE IN KAUFMAN, BUT ALSO ANOTHER ONE IN ATCHING AND COURSE CANADA.
WHEN WE BRING UP THESE, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, COUNTIES, WE FEEL LIKE, UM, THIS WILL BE GOOD OVERALL FOR OUR ENTIRE SERVICE REGION AND, AND CERTAINLY KEEP US, UH, WELL HEALED FOR ANY FUNDING CUTS THAT THE STATE MAY HAVE IN THE FUTURE, UH, FOR ANY FUTURE LEGISLATIVE, UH, TYPES OF AGENDAS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
UM, HMR CENTERS AROUND THE STATE ARE EMERGING.
SMALLER CENTERS ARE GOING WITH, WITH LARGER CENTERS AND THIS WILL PUT US IN A GOOD MEDIUM RANGE SIZE.
I THINK THAT WILL BE, UH, PRETTY GOOD FOR OUR ENTIRE REGION.
SO WHAT THE RESOLUTION DOES IS ALLOW US TO INCORPORATE THESE COUNTIES AND ADD TWO ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
GREAT FOR KEEPING THAT, UH, THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS DONE TO NINE OR 10%.
THE, UH, OTHER COUNTIES ARE CAMP COUNTY, DELTA, FRANKLIN, HOPKINS, HUNT, KAUFMAN, LAMAR, MORRIS, ROCKWALL, AND TUSS.
UH, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY BEING SERVED BY LAKE REGION.
SO YOU GONNA ADD ELLIS AND ELLIS AND ELLIS AND THE MAYOR.
AND WITH THE EXTRA FUNDS, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN PROVIDE, UH, WELL AN INCENTIVE TO, TO TRY AND LOCATE, UH, PART OF THE OPERATION IN THOSE COUNTIES THAT'LL HELP SERVE PEOPLE BACK.
SO MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DELLER.
THANK PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER OPERATED STATE.
SOUNDS LIKE THEY KEPT THEIR EXPENSIVE DOWN PRETTY GOOD.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER ENTERING TO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF 20 TO INSTALL MOBILE DATA SYSTEM EQUIPMENT ON THE CITY OF FO'S WATER TOWER, LOCATED AT AT FIVE 50 BLOCK OF BELLFIELD.
SHERIFF, IS THAT YOURS OR IS THAT YOURS? IT'S JEFF.
I'M GONNA TALK FOR US AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE UH, SEVERAL OF EM, SEVERAL OF THEM THERE.
SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST COVER THEM ALL.
IT'S TO INSTALL THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE MOBILE DATA SYSTEM THAT WE'VE GOT THE GRANT HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDS FOR.
UM, RIGHT NOW THESE ARE THE ONLY WATER TOWERS THAT WE'VE GOT.
THEY'VE SIGNED, THESE AGENCIES HAVE ALREADY SIGNED IT IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT.
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JUST UP TO THE COUNTY TO FINISH UP HERE.LOCAL BRING, SO WE CAN GET STARTED WITH INSTALLATION.
THE MOBILE DATA SYSTEM WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE AIR CARDS THAT THE COUNTY, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT USE CURRENTLY USES FOR THEIR, THEIR LAPTOPS AND THEIR VEHICLES.
UM, THEY HAVE RECURRING COSTS WITH THAT, THAT GETS KIND OF EXPENSIVE.
SO THIS WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AIR CARDS AND WE'LL ALSO CONNECT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE NEXT PHASE OF IT.
AND HOPEFULLY IN 2006 IF THE LOAN, IF THE GRANT GETS APPROVED, WE CAN ALSO ADD ON THE CITIES OF CRANDALL AND COMBINE.
AND KENNETH AND MAYBANK AND KAUFMAN HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN USING IT TOO.
AND ALL THIS IS FUNDED BY A GRANT.
I THINK THE KEY FEATURE OF THIS IS THE 900 MEGAHERTZ BAND.
SO CROWDED DOWN WHERE WE'RE AT, DOWN AT THE LOWER BAND.
THIS WILL GIVE YOU, UH, VOICE OVER IP.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A FORM TO DO AND THE RECURRING COST REDUNDANT, IT'S REDUNDANT COMMUNICATIONS.
ALSO, THEY'LL STILL HAVE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS THAT THE DISPATCH FROM, BUT IF THE RADIOS GO DOWN, THEN WE CAN ALSO USE THE CITY.
GREAT COMMUNICATION AND IT CAN, CAN BE EXPANDED AND TAKEN IN THE CITY EVENTUALLY.
UH, INDIVIDUALLY, ONE AT A TIME SHOULD REFLECT ON THE MINUTES, BUT, UH, I ENTERTAIN MOTION THAT ONE OF YOU FEELS THAT YOU CAN APPROVE ALL OF THEM.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THEY WERE BOTH EACH INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, UH, THOSE TWO, THE MOTION GET THAT ABEL SPRINGS AND ABEL SPRINGS 4 29.
OKAY, NEXT WE, UH, WE WILL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACKNOWLEDGING THE FILING OF DALLAS BROWNS LAW REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 10TH.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SAME COMMISSIONER SHANE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, Y'ALL KNOW THAT I, I DON'T, I COULD DO ADDENDUM, BUT WE HAD THIS ONE AS PRESSING BECAUSE, UH, WE GOT NOTIFY NOTICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON THESE ITEMS. SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT DONE.
DICK, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND, UH, ONE OF FIRST THING TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER CHANGING HOURS OF EARLY VOTING ON THURSDAY APRIL 6TH, UH, FROM 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM TO 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM BY THE REPUBLICAN GENERAL PRIMARY RUNOFF, UH, NOT UNDERSTAND.
THE SATURDAY DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE ELECTION, THEREFORE, THE PETITION TO DO SATURDAY CANNOT BE DONE.
SO AS AN ACCOMMODATION TO VOTERS IN GENERAL, UH, WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO EXTEND THE HOURS ON ONE DAY DURING EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY RUNOFF.
FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO, BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK, UH, CAN'T BE IN THEIR POLLING PLACE FROM EIGHT TO FIVE ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, ME, IF YOU OPEN A COUPLE OF NIGHTS, BUT, UH, A COUPLE, WE'LL ACCEPT THAT MOTION.
WE'LL DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE,
SO WE WENT TO TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
WELL THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
SEVEN TO SEVEN THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T GET HOME ONE NIGHT OR TWO NIGHTS.
TWO NIGHTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OR AND THURSDAY, YOU THINK TUESDAY THURSDAY BETTER OR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY? WELL THESE GUYS, THURSDAY ALL WE HAD HAD APPLIED FOR WAS THURSDAY, BUT UH, FRIDAY MIGHT BEEN, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO ASK.
UH, WELL, WILL WILL MISS YOU UP WITH US JUST HAVING THURSDAY RIGHT NOW OR GO TO THE SITE RIGHT ISSUE OR TUESDAY? WELL, YOU GOTTA SEND IN TO WASHINGTON.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU MIGHT DO IS APPROVE THURSDAY
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AND FRIDAY OR TUESDAY SUBJECT TO THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES.THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THEN TO GIVE YOU THE OPTIONS OF THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND TUESDAY.
WE IT OPEN UNTIL FROM SEVEN SEVEN IF YOU, WE GO AND APPROVE THURSDAY SINCE THE PARTIES HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED THAT AND THEN APPROVE OPTIONAL ONE OR ONE OR MORE DAYS.
DID YOU GET THAT LAURA APPROVING THURSDAY, APRIL THE SIXTH TO BE OPEN POST BILL FROM 7:00 AM 7:00 PM BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA GO AHEAD AND APPROVE, UH, THE, UH, OPTION OF, UH, THE PARTY KEEPING THE LATE HOURS ON ONE OR TWO OTHER NIGHTS IF THEY SO DESIRE.
AND JERRY, ROBIN, MAKE THAT MOTION AND CASE SECOND.
AND I'VE GOT A FEELING THAT MR. WILL VOTE FOR IT ALL IN FAVOR.
THE OTHER ONE, UH, THAT DICK HAS DISCUSSED, CONSIDER CONSOLIDATE THE VOTING PRECINCTS, UH, FOR THE APRIL 11TH, 2006 ELECTION.
AND HE'S GOT A LIST THERE AND, UH, HADN'T SEEN UNTIL THIS MORNING.
I WAS, I WAS KIND OF LOOKING OVER IT, UH, ON THE LIST.
IF I CAN GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN.
COLUMN ONE IS THE PRECINCTS, VOTING PRECINCTS THAT WILL BE OPEN.
COLUMN TWO ARE THE PRECINCTS TO BE CONSOLIDATED WITH THE PREVIOUS PRECINCT ABOVE IT IN COLUMN TWO.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE COLUMN ONE, IN OTHER WORDS, 35 AND 36 WILL BE CONSOLIDATED WITH PRECINCT ONE 13 AND 21 WILL BE CONSOLIDATED WITH PRECINCT 1429 WITH 25.
AND 5 26, 34 AND 38 WILL BE CONSOLIDATED WITH PRECINCT EIGHT SIX WITH 9 31 AND 33 WITH 15 AND 39 WITH 16.
THOSE REPRESENTING THE CHANGES 30, 30, 42 ALREADY BEEN CONSOLIDATED ALL ALONG AS WELL AS 2027.
NOW IN THE THIRD COLUMN YOU HAVE ELECTION DAY VOTERS AND THAT'S THE NUMBER OF VOTERS, BOTH PARTIES THAT VOTED ON ELECTION DAY.
AND OUR ENDEAVOR WAS TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE PRECINCTS THAT HAD 60 OR FEWER VOTERS, TOTAL VOTERS ON ELECTION DAY AND OR THAT WERE REALLY CONVENIENT TO SOME OF THOSE POLLS TO BE CONSOLIDATED WITH.
UH, WAS THE, WAS THIS THE PARTY'S IDEA OR WAS THIS YES.
THE PARTIES YOU SEE PAID PAY FOR ELECTION DAY VOTING.
AND SO TO, AND, AND BY THE WAY, LET YOU MENTIONED THIS IS JUST THE REPUBLICANS, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CONSOLIDATED ALL POLLING PLACES INTO FIVE.
THOSE BE PRECINCT, ONE MORNING STAR SUB COURTHOUSE AND RANDALL COMBINE LIBRARY.
DOES THAT NOT HAVE TO COME TO THE COURT? IT'S, IT'S ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER.
DID THE, UH, HAVE CANNABIS BEEN TALKED TO ABOUT THIS OR DID THE PARTY TALKED TO THEM? UH, BUT ANYWAY, IF THE PARTY RECOMMENDS IT, I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT.
WELL, I WAS LOOKING AT, THE ONLY PROBLEM I CAN SEE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM, LIKE DICK SAID, ARE IN THE GENERAL AREA AND COMBINE THE SMALLER BOXES TWO ANOTHER BOX, UH, ON SOME OF 'EM.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
UH, CAL BAPTIST CHURCH AT KEMP AND BECKER COMMUNITY MOVING INTO THE KEMP SUPORT, THAT'S A REAL BIG DEAL.
THE ONLY ONE I HAD A PROBLEM WITH WAS, UH, THE ABNER BAPTIST CHURCH.
UH, MOVING IT IN FROM ABNER INTO KAUFMAN.
UH, LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE FURTHEST, UH, THAT PEOPLE WILL DRIVE.
IS THIS JUST EARLY VOTING OR IS THIS THE NO, THIS IS JUST ELECTION.
EARLY VOTING IS THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS.
EARLY VOTING DID EACH ONE OF THE SUB.
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AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE IN NER THEY MAY NOT MIND DRIVING THE ULMAN.BUT I JUST, I WAS JUST THINKING WHERE NER IS VERSUS WHERE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME MAKE A BOAT.
BUT WE JUST HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB ABOUT GETTING THE WORK OUT TO THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT PAUL'S GONNA DO.
AND UH, OF COURSE WE POST IT ON THE DOOR.
IT IS A COMMUNICATION THING TOO.
UH, OF COURSE WE'LL ALSO ENCOURAGE YOUR VOTING.
WELL AND WE, WE OPEN TWO NICE TO EARLY VOTING.
I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY, ALRIGHT.
IF THE, IF THE PARTIES ARE, IF THE PRESIDENT OR REPUBLICAN PARTIES BOTH ARE HAPPY WITH CONSOLIDATING CODE, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
ONE OR TWO MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
NOW YOU NEED TO DO IT FOR THE DEMOCRATS ALSO.
ALL I HAVE IS JUST THE REPUBLICAN.
UH, THE FIRST FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONSOLIDATION.
DID YOU GET THAT LAURA? YES SIR.
BASICALLY THE DEMOCRATS ARE CONSOLIDATING INTO THE NORMAL EARLY VOTING PLACES EXCEPT THEY'VE ADDED CRANDLE AND OF COURSE MORNING STAR ON ELECTION DAY INSTEAD OF THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX.
SO IT'S FIVE, BASICALLY FOUR EARLY VOTING PLACES PLUS ONE MORE.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN TO, TO APPROVE THE DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION RELATION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
CAN I KEEP THIS FOR MINUTES? YEAH.
DO WE HAVE ANY LINE ITEM TRANSFERS NOW? YES SIR, WE DO.
WE PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS THE BUDGET FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONERS, COURT DUES, $1,200, UH, REDUCTION OF NEW EQUIPMENT, AN EXTENSION SERVICE, INCREASED TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK, $304 WITH REDUCTION IN AGENT TRANSPORTATION AND IN THE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND INCREASE AIR COSTS 10,000 DEDUCTION COMMUNICATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, IN THE LAW LIBRARY WE HAVE A INCREASED REVENUES OF $10,000 INCREASE IN INVOICE.
ALRIGHT Y'ALL THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
I'LL MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER KING.
DID ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK TODAY? NO SIR.
I THOUGHT I SAW MICHAEL GRISHAM SIGN UP TO SAY SOMETHING.
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NOT THAT OF ABUSE OR PERCENTAGE OF, YEAH, I REMEMBER.THEY TOLD ME MY MOTHER PLENTY OF MONEY.
WELL, AS LONG AS HE'S 25 YEARS, IT'S NOT.
BUT I JUST TALKED TO THIS SURPRISING WORK IT OUT.
YOU PROBATE WAS HIS BROTHER, RIGHT? NO, NO.
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SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T SHOW CLAIM TO BECAUSE IT'S THERE.I MEAN JUST ANYBODY HAVE YES NANCY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO.
I TALKED TO WEEK, THEY SAID EIGHT TOLD WIFE WITH HIS I HAD TO WAIT NEXT 25.
I MEAN, DO YOU TRUST HIM OR YOU DO? OKAY.
SERIOUSLY, I MEAN ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
WHAT? THERE'S NO PROOF, RIGHT? PEOPLE'S NAMES AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
I, OKAY, WELL THE ONLY, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, LEGALLY IT'S NOT OVER.
SO I MEAN YOU'RE SIGNING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUESTING IT AND IF ANYTHING COMES UP ON YOU, I MEAN IT FALLS BACK ON ASPIRATION IT TO YOU, BUT ULTIMATELY IT FALLS BACK ON YOU SPECIFICALLY.
THAT'S STILL 25 YEARS IS TRASH.
WHAT ARE WE, WHERE TO PUT THEM? OKAY.
WE GOTTA LEAVE THIS FROM MY OFFICE.
'CAUSE IT, IT'S JUST BEEN WAY TOO LONG.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU HAVE BETTER HAVE SOME FOR THEM.
WE HAD AS HIGH AS 25 PEOPLE A WEEK.
AND YOU'LL HAVE IN ONE DAY WITHIN THAT TWO HOUR TIMEFRAME, THEY JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE NUMBER AND THEN IT, IT'S COME DOWN SOMETIMES EXTREMELY BUSY.
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WE NEED, IT'S UP TO THE AUDITOR TO WRITE PROCEDURES AND TIME TO THE DISTRICT MIGHT CARE BECAUSE OF THE WAY DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT THAN COUNTY.BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO KNOW AND HAVE THE I DIDN'T DAY SO I GAVE HIM.
WELL WE HAVE WHAT WE, WE TOOK, I THOUGHT, I FIGURED I WOULD GO BACK ONCE THEY KIND OF JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.
WHAT DO YOU WANT HEARING HEARINGS, YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, DO YOU NOT WANT LETTERS? YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU PREFER PHONE CALL AND THEN A LETTER AND THEN IT SHOW CAUSE HEARING.
WE GONNA DO STRICTLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING NORTH SIDE 1 75.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER TO PAY THE BILLS ON IN FAVOR.
AND COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
AND COMMISSIONER DELLER SECONDS IT.
AND JERRY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADJOURN? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? I'M IN FAVOR.
MOTION CARRIES THAT WE'RE OKAY.