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YOU WANT THIS UP TODAY? THANK THE LORD.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THINK THEY PRIVILEGE AN OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER LIKE THIS TODAY, TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
PLEASE DOWN AND UPON US A FAVOR AND GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS, WARM THE COLD PLACES IN OUR HEART, AND LIGHTEN THE DARK PLACES IN OUR SOULS AND JEFF, IN OUR STREETS AND PASTURES LIKE YOU'RE DOING TODAY.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
UH, LOOK ON OUR SOLDIERS AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND PRAY THAT WE GET THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALL WE ASK, ALL WE ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME.
LET THE WHOLE COURT SAY OUTTA I.
THANKS FOR THE RAIN I FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS ONE AND INDIVIDUAL.
PREVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST TWO GATHERINGS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? LET'S TAKE, UH, THE 18TH OF AUGUST.
FIRST, ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE PRESENTED.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
AND THE MINUTES OF 21, UH, AUGUST.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, ER SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWLEY.
FIRST THING UP THIS MORNING IS OUR COUNTY.
I BET THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ONE OF THESE IN LAURA'S FILE.
I BET THERE'S NOT EITHER A LINE BY LINE BUDGET I HAVE NEVER SAW.
IT IS ALWAYS THE FIRST TIME FOR EVER'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
UH, JOHNNY, OUR COUNTY TREASURER HAS THE MONTH REPORT FOR JULY.
JOHNNY, YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD THIS MORNING.
I, UH, THE MONTH OF JULY WE RECEIVED 385,000 INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, AT THE END OF THE MONTH WE HAD 2 MILLION IN TAX POOL, 90,000 IN OUR MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT AND 231,000 IN OUR GENERAL FUND BANK ACCOUNT, WHICH STATES IT'S 2.3 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, NOW TAX POOL INTEREST CONTINUES TO BE REALLY GOOD.
WE EARNED, UM, 17,000 ON GENERAL FUND INVESTMENTS TOTAL OF 22,000 POOL IN JULY.
WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
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MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.NEXT WE HAVE, UM, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE 2006 APPRAISAL ROLE AS A 2006 TAX ROLE.
UH, WE HAVE A LETTER FROM RICHARD MURPHY, OUR TAX COLLECTOR.
DICK, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OR YOU JUST TAKE, WANT TAKE THIS ESTIMATED, UH, WE'VE GOT TOTAL MARKET VALUES, 6,946 MILLION TO 5 56 196, BUT, UH, SOME OF THAT'S IN CONTROVERSY OVER CERTIFIED IS 5,030,828,350.
WE WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT JUDGE.
IS THAT, IS THAT A TAX ROLL FOR LAST YEAR OR IS THAT A TAX ROLL COMING? COMING HERE, BUT WE ACCEPTED AS A 2006 A, I MEAN, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN THOUSAND SIX.
REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN THE STATE, THE TAXES GO OUT IN OCTOBER, 2006.
SO WE'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THAT, UH, AS THE TAX ROLL MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN.
JUDGE, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS WHEN ELAND TOOK OFFICE? NO, I THINK IT WAS 2.4.
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OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.AS WE DISCUSSED IN CENTER FIRST SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE STEVES FOR 2007, YOU HAVE SEEN THE PROPOSED, UH, FEE SCHEDULE THERE SAME AS LAST YEAR, ISN'T IT? YEAH, IT IS.
SAME AS LAST YEAR, LAURA, SAME AS LAST YEAR.
MOVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROW.
A MOTION CARRIES THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T UNTIL JANUARY.
THAT'S WHY URGENT SHERIFFS COMES WITH FEES UPDATE DUE TO OCTOBER 15TH.
HOR THAT LETTER WENT TO THE COUNTY CLERK.
ONCE IT, ONCE IT GETS APPROVED, WE'LL SUBMIT IT, BUT I DON'T.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS CONSIDER REGULAR AND TEMPORARY EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS.
VOTING AND VOTING LOCATIONS FOR NOVEMBER 7TH, 2006.
WELL, WE GOT, Y'ALL GOT IT SUBMITTED, CHANGED SLIGHTLY SINCE LAST WEEK.
WHAT THE CHANGE, THE MAJOR CHANGE IS THAT ISD RATHER THAN BEING ON A COMBINED BALLOT WITH ALL THE OTHER ELECTIONS, IS GONNA HAVE A SEPARATE BALLOT.
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FROM OUR VOTING PLACES AND WE ARE THE COUNTIES REMOVED FROM THEIR TEMPORARY VOTING PLACES.THE BALLOTS WILL BE AT THE SAME PLACE, BUT SINCE THE BALLOTS ARE DIFFERENT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE APPROVING THEIR OWN VOTER LOCATIONS AND WE JUST NEED TO WORRY OUR OWN VOTER LOCATION, YOU SHOULD HAVE A REVISED EXHIBIT A, WHICH SHOWS THE FOUR COUNTY ANNEX AND THE THREE SUB COURT HOUSES.
ACTUALLY, I'VE GOTTEN WRONG TOO.
THE LOCATIONS ARE THE ANNEX AND THE THREE SUB COURT HOUSES, WHICH IS WHERE WE NORMALLY DO ALL THIS
SORRY, FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT WAS COMING FROM.
UH, THE ONE CHANGE FROM TOTAL NORMALITY IS THAT ON TWO NIGHTS, THE SUB COURTHOUSE IN NY WILL EXTEND THEIR HOURS TO 8:00 PM THAT IS BECAUSE CITIES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO 12 HOUR DAYS.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE ON A COMBINED BALLOT OF THE CITY OF PO, WE'RE EXTENDING OUR HOURS AT THAT LOCATION UNTIL 8:00 PM WE'VE ALSO, SINCE I THINK SINCE LAST MONDAY IS IN FAIRNESS TO EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY, WE'VE DECIDED TO ALL TEMPORARY LOCATIONS ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE NORMALLY ALWAYS DO.
JUSTIN FORNEY'S GONNA GO UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK.
THAT IS STRICTLY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY.
IT'S GONNA BE SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTY.
NO, IT WILL BE COMBINED WITH THE COUNTY FORNEY COURT.
ONLY FORNEY IS GONNA BE ABLE TO VOTE TILL EIGHT O'CLOCK.
NOW THAT'S NOT, I MEAN IF YOU WOULD LIKE, IF YOU GENTLEMEN WANT US TO HAVE 'EM ALL, WE CAN DO THAT.
THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN'T DO.
IT'S SOMETHING WE, WE HAD TO DO FOR THE CITY OF FORNEY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
WE HAD TO DO IT FOR THE CITY BECAUSE OF THEIR ELECTION THEN BECAUSE THE CITY, THE LAW APPLICABLE TO CITY ELECTIONS REQUIRES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THIS IS ONE OF, UH, THE POLLS, ONE MAIN EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE HAS TO BE OPEN.
TWO 12 HOUR DAYS HAVE, HAVE WE TALKED TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT? UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CONCERN WITH THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS, IS THAT EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.
I'M THROW TO DEATH 10TH MORNING, YOU KNOW, GET EXTRA TIME TO GO VOTE.
BUT ALL IT TAKES IS FOR SOMEONE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER PRECINCT WHO DOESN'T HAVE EXTENDED HOURS TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE MAY HAVE PROBLEMS. UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I AM, AND NOW I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT RACE THAT COULD AFFECT, BUT THEORETICALLY, I MEAN, IT COULD, IT COULD HAVE A RACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE CANDIDATE STRENGTH COULD BE MORE IN ONE AREA THAN THE COUNTY, THAN THE OTHER.
AND WHERE, WHERE YOU GET INTO, UM, WHERE YOU GET INTO PROBLEMS IS, IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
IF IT'S A A A, IF THERE'S A MINORITY COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO VOTE AS, AS ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT WOULDN'T HAVE AS MANY MINORITIES IN IT, THAT'S GROUNDS FOR.
AND HAVING WORKED WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF RUN ELECTIONS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T FORESEE A PROBLEM, BUT I CAN SURE SEE THAT IT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
SO I, I WOULD, I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO LOOK AT TALKING TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FIRST AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT OR ANY OF THESE OTHER CITY ELECTIONS TODAY.
I MEAN, IF THEY WERE, THEN THAT'D HAVE TO BE OPEN.
OTHER CITY ELECTION WE KNOW OF MANDATED IS THE EIGHT.
THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES MANDATED.
THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES MANDATED.
AND THE ONLY CITY ELECTION WE KNOW OF IN THE COUNTY IS CORN.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE DURING EARLY VOTING? OR IS THAT ON ELECTION DAY OR VOTING ELECTION DAY'S? THE SAME ELECTION STAYS THE SAME DURING EARLY
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VOTING.THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO 12 HOUR MEETING.
IT'S AN OLD LAW AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE ADMITS IT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE ELECTIONS.
BUT WE'VE GOT A MEMO SAYING WE NEEDED TO DO IT.
NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, WE, UH, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DO THIS, BUT THEY SUGGESTED WE GET AROUND THIS SCENARIO, WE COULD HAVE THIS OFFICE, THE ANNEX ONLY AS THE EARLY VOTING PLACE, AND THAT WAY IT WOULDN'T BE EQUAL FOR EVERYBODY.
WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT.
AND THAT WOULD BE JUST LEAVE IT OPEN FOR TWO DAYS.
LIKE THE LAW REQUIRES AND DO IT AT ALL EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS INSTEAD OF THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT.
WE COULD DO IT AT ALL EARLY VOTING.
VOTING AND, AND THAT WOULDN'T COST ANY MORE MONEY BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE ONLY DOING IT FOR TWO DAYS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT PROBABLY COST LESS MONEY AND, UH, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RUNNING A FOUL WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IF WE, IF WE DID IT THAT WAY.
WOULD THAT, I MEAN, WOULD THAT BE THAT NO, THAT, YES, THAT A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE.
YOU CUT OUT THE NUMBER OF DAYS AND JUST DOWN THE TWO FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE 12 HOURS.
JUST DO 12 HOURS, ALL THE, ALL OF THE EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS, 12 HOURS IN.
AND SO INSTEAD OF DOING, UH, FORNY FOR THE ENTIRE TIME, WE'RE JUST DOING TWO DAYS, BUT WE'RE DOING IT ALL AT, AT ALL FOUR LOCA OR ALL THE EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS.
YOU DIDN'T SAY CUT THE NUMBER.
YEAH, YEAH, I'M SAYING CUT IT DOWN TO JUST TWO DAYS, LIKE WARNINGS, UH, ELECTION BOY, I DUNNO ABOUT THAT.
YOU MEAN CUT THE COUNTY STATE DAYS DOWN TO TWO DAYS.
CUT THE EARLY VOTING, THE EARLY VOTING FOR THOSE TWO 12 HOUR DAYS.
DO TWO OF TWO OF THEM INSTEAD OF THE ENTIRE TIME.
BUT JUST DO TWO DAYS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY, THEN YOU'LL SATISFY.
I MEAN, WE'RE DOING JUST TWO DAYS, EXTENDED HOURS IN FORM.
WE CAN DO TWO DAYS EXTENDED HOURS OF THE WHOLE TIME.
LET'S JUST DO THE TWO DAYS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY INSTEAD OF HAVING THE 40 SUB COWS COURTHOUSE.
UH, SUB COURTHOUSE, UH, FROM 8:00 PM TO, UH, UH, 8:00 PM DO IT ON AT ALL OF THE OTHER, ALL LOCATIONS THE SAME.
AND THEN I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THE JUSTICE, I HAVEN'T FILED, I DON'T LIKE WHERE THAT'S GETTING THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN ST.
WHERE THEY STAYED OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT.
UH, EACH, EACH EARLY VOTING TWO DAYS, 12 HOURS.
AND FROM THE, THE REST OF IT IS THE NORMAL HOURS.
I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE MORE ACCEPTABLE.
MIGHT CHECK WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THAT'S NECESSARY, BUT YOU JUST DO IN THIS ORDER, WE GOTTA IDENTIFY WHICH TWO DAYS JOE SAYS WE'VE GOTTA IDENTIFY WHICH TWO.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
WELL, THERE'S ONE THING FOR SURE.
AS IT GOES TO WASHINGTON TOMORROW.
SO WE HAVE, UH, UH, EARLY VOTING BOXES.
COFFMAN COUNTY ANNEX 40 SUB COURT HOUSE, TER SUB COURT HOUSE, AND KEMP SUB COURT HOUSE MAILIN BALLOT TO DICK MURPHY EARLY VOTING CLERK.
UM, REGULAR HOURS EIGHT TO FIVE EXCEPT FOR OCTOBER 24TH AND OCTOBER 26TH, WHICH WOULD BE EIGHT TO EIGHT 10.
JUST CHANGE THIS UP HERE, DICK, WHERE IT SAYS FORNEY SUB COURTHOUSE ON THE INSIDE, ALL LOCATIONS GOT TIME.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MOTION.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LEONARD.
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UH, NEXT DISCUSS.CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR P PROVIDE AND INSTALL CONCRETE AT PRECINCT FOUR.
THIS IS A CONCRETE NEEDED FOR A PRECINCT ECO STATION.
PARDON ME? WE CALLING AN ECO STATION.
SO YOU GOT, UH, THE SPECS AND ALL THAT? WE'RE JUST ABOUT READY TO GO.
NEED TO, UH, GET AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE FOR THE BID.
MOTION MAY ACTUALLY SHOULD BE REVERSED.
MOTION MADE BY MR. MR. DO ALL AYE.
I DO HAVE SOME DATES, JUDGE, IF YOU'D LIKE THOSE.
YOU CAN ADD THAT TO THE, UH, TO THE MOTION.
UH, I MAKE THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE BID.
OPEN THE BID ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.
AND WHAT DAY DO YOU SUGGEST FOR PRE-BID? DID YOU COME UP WITH A DATE? IT, IT CAN BE ANYTIME NEXT WEEK AFTER THE COURT ADVERTISEMENT.
JACK, YOU HAVE THE NEXT ONE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER OPENING AWARD.
OPENING AN AWARDING BID FROM THE SIX DASH CONTRACT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, OPEN, UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALL IN MOTION CARRIES OUR BIDS FOR COMBINE MECHANICAL.
IF THEY EVER FIGURE OUT THAT THOSE CBS DO THAT, THEY'LL BE DRIVING BY TALKING PARKING LOT OUT THERE.
MAKE SURE YOU CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PULL AT THEM.
ITEMS ONE THREE WAY OR A, UH, BIANNUAL INSPECTION OF ALL LOCATIONS.
AND ALL THOSE ARE AT NO CHARGE COST.
THE HOURLY RATE, THEY HAVE A HOURLY RATE FOR THEMATIC CONTROL TECHNICIAN.
HOURLY RATE FOR ELECTRONIC CONTROL TECHNICIAN.
91 HOURLY RATE FOR TECHNICIAN.
77 50 HOURLY RATE FOR BOARD TECHNICIAN 77 50 AND HOURLY RATE FOR DESIGNING HC SYSTEMS. UH, NO CHARGE, THAT'S NO CHARGE FOR FOR DESIGNING SYSTEMS. BUT THE FIRST ONE, BIANNUAL CHECKUPS OR NO CHARGE, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY, I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE OF THEY'LL BE OUT THERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEY AWARD THIS CONTRACT CHECK LOCATION.
WE DID HAVE TWO VENDORS COME THE PRE-BID, SECOND BID ONE, I, I BELIEVE IT'S DUE TO THE, UH, VARIOUS TYPES OF, UH, CONTROL AND 50 YEARS OLD.
IT'S TIME TO BE, EACH TIME WHEN THEY BRING IT UP TO ME, IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
AND I SAID, CAN WE SQUEEZE, HAVE ONE MORE HERE.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN PUTTING THEM ON FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, BUT I HATE PUTTING BLOWS.
IT'S A BIG THING THAT BLOWS STEAM COMING OUT.
THAT'S WHAT YEAH, WELL THAT FIRST RIVET AS IT SHUT IT DOWN,
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IT'LL HAPPEN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER.YEAH, THAT'S WHAT JUDGE BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT ACTUALLY LOWER BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO MECHANICAL.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LEONARD.
UH, NEXT I HAVE DISCUSSION WITH, DID I MISS ONE? OH YEAH.
PRECINCT FREE BUDGET FOR ARIES SEPTEMBER SIX.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, THIS, THIS COME ABOUT AFTER MANY HOURS OF TALKING TO THE FARM, THE FARM MARSHAL, THE CHIEF, CHIEF AND CAMP.
WHAT, UH, ONE THING THAT TWEAKED MY ATTENTION WAS AN MSDS SHEET.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, IS IT'S A MATERIAL DATA SHEET TELLS WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL IS IN THAT BUILDING.
UM, RIGHT NOW, FIRST RESPONDERS WHEN THEY ATTEND, WHEN THEY GO TO A FIRE, THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S IN THAT BUILDING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA INCORPORATED TOO.
UH, AND SOME OF IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
AT MY SHOP, I HAVE ALL OF THE MSDS SHEETS AND A BINDER SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT BUILDING.
UH, SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA ATTEMPT.
YOU KNOW, THEY OPEN THE DOOR AND COME UP ON SOME GREEN FLAMES.
THEY, IT'S TOO LATE TO REALIZE THAT THEY'RE IN TROUBLE.
SHORT STORY IS I ASKED RANDY RICHARDS, ONE OF THE ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS, UH, TO DO A, A DRAFT OF, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY FIRE CODE.
UH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY DECISIONS TODAY.
UH, RANDY, WOULD YOU LIKE THIS? COME UP AND GIVE US A SHORT, SHORT, SHORT SYNOPSIS FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, RANDY, I HAVE TO TELL HIM SHORT.
UH, RANDY'S WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS.
UH, AND IT DOES HAVE THE FEES, IT DOES HAVE THE CODES THAT WE GO BY.
UH, AND I, I'D LIKE YOU TO READ THIS FOR A MONTH OR TWO.
STUDY IT, COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS, ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, WHATEVER.
UH, AND WE CAN EITHER HAVE A WORKSHOP ON IT OR WE CAN JUST, IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT, I'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND WE'LL LOAD ON IT.
UH, PUT ON HERE EFFECTIVELY ONE OCTOBER, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY, SO THIS IS SOMETHING NEW.
WE HAVE A HAND IN YOUR REAL, NEVER HAD IT BEFORE.
THIS IS ALL COVERED BY STATUTE UNDER OUR, OUR A SYSTEM.
ONE OCTOBER AND WE OUGHT WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING, I'M HOPING TO HAVE THIS, UH, ONE OCTOBER.
UH, LARRY JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH IT BRIEFLY AND TELL US WHAT, WHAT IT REALLY ENTAILED.
UH, JUST BASICALLY THE, THE INCREASED GROWTH OF THE COUNTY WITH RELEVANT CONCERN ABOUT THE, THE WELFARE AND THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.
UH, TRYING TO GET A CODE WHERE WE COULD IMPOSE SOME STANDARDS TO BETTER HELP PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE OF THE, UH, THIS CODE DOES PROVIDE PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS, CONSTRUCTION FEATURES, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, UH, HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES FOR THE PUBLIC FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING SEVERAL MODEL FIRE CODES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
AND, UH, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY AND ALSO I BELIEVE TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES, WE RECOMMENDED THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL FIRE TEST THOUSAND THREE EDITION, AS WELL AS THE, UH, NFPA SAFETY CODE 1 0 3 SOMEWHAT MORE.
BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
THERE ARE FEE SCHEDULES AS TO COMMISSIONER REFER TO THAT WILL HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COST OF IT.
BASICALLY, BASICALLY DO THE, YOU KNOW, THE TIME INVOLVED AND DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY, THE EXTENT OF HOW MANY INSPECTIONS WOULD'VE TO BE DONE AND D WOULD'VE TO BE DONE.
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TO THE SIZE OF THAT PROPERTY.UH, OF COURSE DALLAS COUNTY DOES, UH, TARRANT COUNTY.
UH, SOME OF THE SMALLER COUNTIES, UH, IN VEL HAVE NOT GOT A RESPONSE YET.
UH, I BELIEVE MOST OF THE OTHER BOROUGH COUNTIES ARE, THE STATUTE SAYS THE 250,000 OR ADJACENT TO A 250,000 POPULATION.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY ADVANTAGE I CAN, THAT'S
I JUST, UH, LARRY EWING IS OUR, OUR FIRE MARSHAL BACK HERE, AND HE, HE REALLY PUSHED US AND HE, WE REALLY THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA IN TRYING TO DO IT FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I SAY WE, RANDY DONE ALL THE WORK AND I DID ALL THE CHEERLEADING, SO, BUT I THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR THE COUNTY.
I'D ELECTED YOU TO READ IT, GIMME SOME OPINIONS.
UH, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE IZE, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ON DOWN THE ROAD I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU GO OVER BECAUSE I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH.
IT'S, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LARRY BRINGS UP TO ME EVERY YEAR AND HAS IT SINCE HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE.
UH, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT IT, UH, WE HAVE RAILROAD HAZARD, ALL OF OUR TRUCKS THAT COME THROUGH PASSED MATERIAL.
SO, UH, YES, I THINK THIS STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOUR HONOR, OUR BUILDINGS ARE NOT, WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS IN THE PAST, SITUATIONS COULD BECOME VERY SERIOUS TO OUR FARM AFTER THE FACT.
THEY'VE ALREADY GONE IN AND PUT THE FIRE OUT AND THEY REALIZED SOME OF THE HAZARDS CHEMICALS THAT WERE THERE, THEY HAD NO, UH, IDEA OF WHAT WAS IN THERE PRIOR TO THE, AND THIS WOULD ALLOW TO CORRECT THOSE POSITION.
UM, OF COURSE, THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE, UH, IN, IN OUR NEW, UH, SYSTEM AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE, YOU KNOW, WE PAID FOR FLYOVER AND MAPPING AND, YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS INTO 9 1 1, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF NOW IT'S GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT TO INPUT THE DATA, BUT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM OF CLICKING ON ANY BUILDING, GETTING THE LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY AND GET A LIST OF WHAT'S IN THAT BUILDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE IF THERE'S A FIRE IN A BUILDING, THAT DISPATCHER SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST CLICK ON THAT ADDRESS, BRING UP THE MAP OF THE BUILDING, UM, A LIST OF CHEMICALS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK LARRY IS, UH, POSSIBILITY OF GOING OUT FOR ANOTHER GRANT TO GET ALL THAT DATA INPUT BECAUSE THAT'S A MONUMENTAL JOB TO COLLECT, YOU KNOW, S AND AND UH, LIFT SOME MATERIALS AND KEEP 'EM CURRENT AND THAT THAT MIGHT BE A, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD SUB, A GOOD SUBJECT FOR A GRANT.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, KATHY'S BEEN WORKING, I THINK SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH ON THE CA SYSTEM NOW.
IF WE GET THOSE GRANT MONEY OR THE FUNDS, FINALLY GET OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS UP TO THAT SAME LEVEL, WHAT YOU JUST SAID COULD AUTOMATICALLY BE PINPOINTED ON THE SCREEN AS THEY'RE IN ROUTE TO WHEREVER IT'S, AND TELL YOU WHAT BUILDING, THAT'S THE PICTURE DOWN THE ROAD.
GET THE WORLD WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING AND EN ROUTE, THEY'D BE LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING UP UPON.
I THINK ETHERNET THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON ALL THE BUILDINGS, ALL THE TOWERS, ETHERNET, WE JUST GET GONNA, DOES LARRY HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT? WELL, IF THERE IS, I'M JUST TALKING TO LARRY BECAUSE HE'S HERE, I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD APPLY FOR IT.
BUT SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY I THINK NEEDS TO MIX.
I THINK PROBABLY WHAT, WHAT SHE COULD HELP US ON GET IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S ALREADY ON PART OF THAT.
I KNOW THE PHONES ARE ALREADY TRYING TO BE APPROPRIATE WORKING ON GETTING THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROGRAM WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN HAVE ONE APPARATUS.
SO, WELL, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO ENVISION THAT.
KALIN COUNTY WILL PROBABLY BE THE MODEL FOR COUNTIES OUR SIZE BECAUSE THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE, WE CAN JUST DREAM.
WE JUST HAVE TO GET MONEY TO DO IT.
AND I THINK IT'LL BENEFIT EVERY COUNTY IN TEXAS IF WE, IF WE GET IT UP AND RUNNING HERE.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THAT WORK.
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YEAH.SO YOU WANT TO TABLE AT IT? THANK YOU ALL.
MOTION MADE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
A MOTION CARRIES AND THAT WILL BE TABLED FOR TODAY.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPRO A 30 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT FOR BARN 3 0 1, 3 12, 3 43 45, AND 3 55.
KIM WANTS TO PUT HIS COMFORTABLE WORK
NEXT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPRO THE REQUEST FROM EMBARK TO INSTALL VERY CABLE AND PRECINCT FOUR ON CR COUNTY LEISURE OAKS LANE.
Y'ALL STILL GETTING MORE SERVICE? MY PHONE NUMBER IS TOO LONG.
I MAKE THAT SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, ER BY COMMISSIONER.
I KNOW THIS CLOSE TO THE END OF THE BUDGET HERE.
WE SELDOM EVER HAVE LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
I'M GONNA ASK IF WE HAVE THIS.
THE PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR GAS AND OIL INCREASED $1,500 AND INCREASED MISCELLANEOUS 500 WITH REDUCTION OF INTERPRETER COSTS.
JP THREE INCREASED EXTRA HELP.
$908 REDUCTION IN OFFICE SUPPLIES OF 350 TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
158 JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AREA.
INCREASED PROSECUTION EXPENSE.
1001 40 WITH DEDUCTION IN TRANSCRIPT COSTS.
THE JURY FUND INCREASED JURY CARDS.
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR REDUCTION IN GRAND JUROR COSTS AND ADMINISTRATION.
AUDITOR DEPARTMENT INCREASED OFFICE SUPPLIES $100 FOR PRODUCTION OF BONDS.
PURCHASING AGENT INCREASED OFFICE FURNITURE.
DATE PRODUCTION OF TRAINING TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR INCREASED EXTRA HELP.
HUNDRED $82 FOR PRODUCTION AND SALARY FOR DEPUTIES.
$93 IN DEDUCTION IN GAS AND OIL CONSTABLE PRECINCT.
INCREASED MILEAGE MILL AND LODGING.
$600 IN DEDUCTION IN OFFICE FURNITURE.
SHERIFF'S BOND INCREASED RADIO REPAIR.
$2,116 DEDUCTION IN INTAP COSTS JAIL FUND.
WE SWITCH AND SALARIES BETWEEN THE JAILERS AND MEDICAL OFFICER OF 11,306 AND THEN INCREASED JANITORIAL SUPPLIES $1,600 WITH REDUCTION TO HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES.
UH, DPS INCREASED MISCELLANEOUS $20 DEDUCTION OF OFFICE FURNITURE.
9,600 AND 422ND DISTRICT COURT, 5,000 OF INDUCTION IN 86.
DISTRICT COURT OF 14,600 BAS AT FOR ACCOUNT, UH, INCREASED MISCELLANEOUS 3008 87.
REDUCTION OF OFFICE FURNITURE ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT ONE.
2000 WITH REDUCTION OF CONTRACT LABOR, UH, JUVENILE PROBATION.
REDUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL SERVICE OF 14,000 IN TRANSPORTATION OF 6,054.
SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE STATION.
INCREASED UH, CITY OF CARROLL COST 2001.
REDUCTION IN HAULING COSTS AND THEN IN THE INTEREST IN SINKING FUND, UH, INCREASE INTEREST.
2000 REDUCTION OF MISCELLANEOUS FEES.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
ALL MOTION CARRIES AFTER Y'ALL SIGN THAT GONNA TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE COME BACK.
AND NEXT ITEM IS, DISCUSS THE TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2006, 2007.
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YOUR HOUSE SINCE YOU ARE THE ONE THAT SENT IN.I GUESS YOU GOT A COPY OF THIS.
I DIDN'T SEND, YOU DIDN'T SEND THAT ONE IN? NO, THAT CAME FROM THE TAX OFFICE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPOSAL IS, UH, GENERAL FUND 46 CENTS, ROAD AND BRIDGE 6.80 CENTS.
SINKING FUND ACTUALLY DECREASED.
IT WAS, WE HAD SOME OBSERVER BUILT UP THAT OKAY.
THAT'S THE BEST NEWS I HAD ALL WEEK.
WILL WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT SECOND, THE TAX RAISE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DUNER.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 44 AND A HALF TAX? UH, IF WE DO THE 44 AND A HALF SENTENCE, THEN NEXT YEAR YOU'RE GONNA BE FACING THE SHORTAGE JUST LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR.
AND WE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH THE, SO EVEN AFTER, EVEN AFTER ALL OF THAT GOING THROUGH, WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE 46 CENTS TAX.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE ARE OPPOSED? NO.
COUNTY JUDGE VOTES? YES, JUDGE.
THERE IS ONE INCORRECT NUMBER ON HERE THAT I, I NEED TO GET LINDA TO FIX UP THE TOP UNDER COMPARISON PROPOSED 6.04.
WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER AGAIN? 6.04.
THE NEXT THING WE HAVE IS, UH, TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATES FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2006.
AND I RECOMMEND SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 10:00 AM AND SEPTEMBER 14TH AT 10:00 AM UNDER THE NEW LAW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO HEARINGS MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER TO HAVE THOSE DATES.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE DATES? ALL YE AYE.
CONSIDER SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PRO PROPOSED RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2006, 2007 AND SEPTEMBER THE 18TH AT 10:00 AM MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LEONARD.
NOW UNLESS I MISS SOMETHING THAT BRINGS US AROUND TO PLAN THE.