* 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. [00:00:05] I THINK WE'RE OFF. ALRIGHT, WE'LL COME TO ORDER NOW. PLEASE, MR. THIS MORNING, PRAY HEAVEN. AND FATHER, WE THANK THEY FOR THE PRIVILEGE, AN OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER LIKE THIS TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY. PLEASE DOWN, GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE AS WE, UH, ENDEAVOR TO MAKE TO CORRECT DECISIONS. UH, PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON WITH FAVOR UPON OUR SOLDIERS AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY. UH, PLEASE TRY TO BRING THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. JOIN US. I PUT ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR ALL HONOR, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. OKAY, FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVE OF THE MINUTES OF MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. ACTUALLY, WE APPROVED THE MINUTES OF THE 21ST LAST TIME, BUT EVERYBODY GOT AWAY WITH, ACTUALLY, I THINK Y'ALL SIGNED THEM AND ONE 'EM MADE OFF WITH . THAT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME. WITH THAT. YOU GO AHEAD AND SIGN THOSE. JUNIOR ONE GOT OFF WITH THEM. YOUR JERRY? YEAH. HOW'S YOUR BROTHER? PARDON? KEVIN ASKED HOW YOUR BROTHER WAS. OH, THAT'S MY BROTHER-IN-LAW. HE'S ABOUT, ABOUT EVERYTHING. I, I MEAN, I DIDN'T SIGN, HAVE AN INVESTIGATION OF. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. SEPTEMBER 25TH. HAD ON AGENDA LAST WEEK AND, UH, DIED FOR A MAJORITY VOTE. WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 25TH MEETING. SO MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND. COMMISSIONER. ANY DISCUSSION? 26TH. THE 2020 FIFTH. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIED. [00:05:47] I ACTUALLY THAT THIS IS OCTOBER 2ND. ALL RIGHT. UH, I WAS LOOKING SECOND. WHAT? I NEED THE 25TH. THE 25TH. OKAY. NOW, UH, I'M ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS SEPTEMBER 26TH MEETING. SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, GOVERNOR DISCUSSIONS, UM, SOME DISCUSSION. UM, WE, THE, THE, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE'RE TAUGHT FROM THE TIME THAT WE FIRST GET ELECTED TO OFFICE. UM, THEY PUT ON A SCHOOL FOR ABILITY, ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND IT STARTS THERE. WE GO TO SEVERAL CONFERENCES A YEAR AND THEY TALK ABOUT OPENING MEETINGS ACT. AND THERE ARE SOME, SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THAT MEETING OF THE 26TH. THE, THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PROBLEM IS THAT IF IT'S IN THE STATUTE, IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY. AND, UH, THAT, THAT MEETING, UH, WAS IN ESSENCE ON THE TAX RATE TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE 25TH. AND, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU JUST FLAT CAN'T HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE STATUTE. UH, AND THE SECOND PLACE YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA POST PROPER NOTICE. AND THE NOTICE OF THE MEETING, YOU HAVE TO DECLARE WHAT THE EMERGENCY IS. WHY IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA, UH, THAT, UH, WARRANT AN EMERGENCY MEETING AND THE CLOSEST THING YOU CAN COME TO IS AN UNFORESEEN [00:10:01] CIRCUMSTANCE? WELL, IT'S, UH, IT, IT IS NOT A UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE. WE JUST FLAT MESSED UP. THIRD IN THE, IN POSTING OF THE MEETING ITSELF, IF YOU, IF YOU READ, UH, UH, THE OPENING PARAGRAPH OF ANY ONE OF OUR AGENDAS, IT SAYS, WOULD CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. AND THE POSTING OF THAT MEETING STOPPED AT DISCUSSION. IT DOES DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING BEING AN ACTION ITEM ON THAT AGENDA. AND, UM, UH, FOR, UH, FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, I, I, I, I CANNOT, AND, AND I'VE TALKED TO, I'VE TALKED TO THE LEGAL AUTHORITIES THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TALK TO. WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A LEGAL, UH, LEGAL QUESTION. HAVEN'T RUN INTO A SINGLE ONE OF THEM THAT FELT LIKE THAT THAT WAS A LEGAL MEETING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN YOU TALKED TO TALK TO 'EM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SOUND LIKE IT HAPPENED ON MARS. UH, I MEAN, THEY, UH, THEY'RE IN DISBELIEF THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN, IN COLTON COUNTY, TEXAS. BUT, UM, I, I CAN'T VOTE TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT MEETING WAS, WAS A PROPERLY CALLED MEETING. AND I DON'T THINK THE MEETING SHOULD HAVE EVER TAKEN PLACE. I DON'T THINK WE'RE VOTING TO SAY WHETHER THIS WAS A LEGAL MEETING OR NOT A LEGAL MEETING. WE'RE JUST VOTING TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING. UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THE MINUTES. SAY IF, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A LEGAL MEETING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN UP IN A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT WAY. ALL THIS SAYS IS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING. IT DOESN'T SAY NONE OF THESE SAY THAT THAT WAS A LEGAL MEETING. THIS JUST SAYS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. UH, I SEE THAT WHAT HAPPENED IS WHAT IT SAYS HERE. UH, I THAT ALL I SEE IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAID. IF YOU DON'T THINK IT WAS A LEGAL MEETING, THEN I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED LEGALLY OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK THE MINUTES HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER IT WAS A LEGAL MEETING OR NOT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVE THE MINUTES. SAY I THOSE OPPOSED, YOU KNOW, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAIN COMMISSIONER LAND VOTED NOT TO PROVE THE MINUTES. PLEASE. SO DOES THAT MEAN IT WAS A THREE TO TWO VOTE? DID YOU VOTE? OH YEAH, I VOTE TO PROVE THE OKAY, THAT MEANS IT WAS THREE TO VOTE. YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW THAT BRINGS US UP TO THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 2ND MEETING THERE. ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS ON THAT? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. NO ONE HERE I WAS ABSENT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR? A MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.0711 A OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE REFERENCE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY CALLS NUMBER 6 5 1 2 3 DASH 4 22. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT PLEASE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH, MOTION CARRIES. SO WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR JUST A MINUTE. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, BILL WYNN [00:15:01] FROM, UH, EL WATER SUPPLY BILL. MORNING JUDGE. MORNING WAS THERE, JUDGE, WAS THERE ANY ACTION TAKEN DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO. YOU CANNOT TAKE ACTION? NO. ANY ACTION? NO. ALRIGHT. UH, JUDGE, I HAVE, UH, WHAT OF COURSE, THIS IS ON THE, UH, TCDP, UH, COUNTY SPONSOR LINE OF GRACE FOR ELMO NOTICE OF AWARD, UH, THROUGH, UH, MORTON CONSTRUCTION OF JACKSONVILLE AND THE AGREEMENT, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY? UH, MORTON CONSTRUCTION. DID YOU WORK WITH JACK ON THIS? JACK? UH, OKAY. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT THEY DO IT ALL. THEY GOT THEIR OWN ENGINEER, RIGHT? YOU SAY MORTON? YES, SIR. I FURNISHED A COPY TO, UH, REQUEST. SO MOC THEY WERE LOW BIDDER AND LAST TIME THIS ITEM, ITEM HERE, COURT COME BACK. OKAY. WE AWARD CORPORATION CONTRACT TO, OKAY, SECOND MORTON IS THE PRESIDENT, BUT THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS MORE MOR DASH CON. YEAH. GERALD MORTON IS PRESIDENT. THE COMPANY IS MORGAN. A-D-D-B-A. YEAH. SO THE MOTION THEN WOULD BE TO AWARD THE CONTRACT, THE MOR DASH CON INC. DOING BUSINESS AS MORE THAN CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. SECONDED BACK TO MR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A MOTION CARRIES , YOU HAVE, UH, SEVEN, UH, ORIGINAL COPIES SIGNED. OKAY, YOU WANT ME TO LEAVE THOSE WITH YOU? YES, SIR. I TAKE THE TIME. RIGHT? THANK YOU, BILL. OKAY, NEXT, UH, LARRY, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE COUNTYWIDE BURN BAND. MORNING. MORNING, LARRY. EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR RAIN DANCE LINED UP TOMORROW, RIGHT? UH, DO WHAT, SIR? GO AHEAD. I JUST, YEAH, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR YOU, SIR. UH, THE NUMBERS ARE JUST SLIGHTLY ELEVATED OVER WHAT THEY WERE LAST WEEK. WE'RE STILL ABOVE WHAT WE USED TO USE AS A NORM, BUT TAKING IN OTHER ITEMS UNDER CONSIDERATION, WE'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS AGAIN FOR THE PAST WEEK FROM ANY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS. EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING GOOD. NO FIRES CONTRIBUTED FROM ANY OTHER MEANS OF GETTING AWAY ON ANYBODY. I KIND OF POLLED ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS THIS MORNING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET AHOLD TO AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF NINE OUT OF THE 12 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL NINE OF THEM AGREED THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE BURN BAN OFF. HOPEFULLY RAIN TOMORROW WILL HELP US OUT. SO NONE OF THEM MAY HAVE PROBLEMS AND ALL OF THEM AGREED THAT WE SHOULD TO LEAVE IT OFF FOR ANOTHER WEEK. SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME. THE ONLY THING I WOULD, IF WE AGREE TO THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, I HAVE HANDOUTS IF ANY OF THE PRESS NEEDED, BUT THE TCEQ AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, HAVE GUIDELINES FOR OUTDOOR BURNING. AND I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, IF WE DO LEAVE IT OFF, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THOSE GUIDELINES AND ADHERE TO THEM. AND, UH, THE ONE SPECIFIC ONE THAT I'D BE THINKING ABOUT IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE WINDS PREDICTED ON THURSDAY, I THINK TO BE 20 TO 30 MILE AN HOUR WINDS, YOU CAN'T BURN IN THOSE KIND OF WIND CONDITIONS. SO EVEN IF WE DO LEAVE A BURN, MAN OFF, PEOPLE STILL BE MADE AWARE THAT THEIR WIND CONDITIONS WILL PROHIBIT THEM FROM BURNING ON THURSDAY. AND I HAVE THOSE HANDOUTS DEPENDING ANYONE WHO WANTS GET READY TO GO. BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE PAST WEEK, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE GO AHEAD AND LEAVE IT OFF. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL GET TO LEAVE IT OFF AND NOT SEE MY [00:20:01] SMILE FACE EVERY MONDAY. OKAY, ONE MORE WEEK GUYS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TO KEEP THE BAN BURN BAND. LIFT ON THE ONE, BE BACK ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONDAY. MOTION MADE BY SECOND COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU LARRY. UH, LET'S GET DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. NUMBER 10, DISCUSS, CONSIDER POINTING LEON L TO THE BOARD OF MERCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER THREE. WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE ON THAT MATTER. COMMISSIONER YOU, MR. AU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD SO THAT, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS HERE CAN, UH, SEE WHO YOU ARE. UH, I'M PLEASED TO HAVE WITH US TODAY THE ELMO FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF, UH, MR. PORTER, ALSO, UH, MR. MANN FROM SPRINGS ANDTO. AND YOU GUYS STAND, WE APPRECIATE THE JOB YOU GUYS DO FOR OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND THIS GENTLEMAN HERE THAT WE'RE APPOINTED TO OUR BOARD. SO I WANT YOU TO SEE WHO YOU'RE SERVING. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, SIR. HE JUST SAID HE WANTED TO SEE, WANTED YOU TO SEE WHO YOU'RE SERVING. OH, OKAY. THANKS VERY MUCH. ACTUALLY, YOU'RE SERVING THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, UH, MERCY DISTRICT, BUT, UH, I THINK THE, THE WAY THAT LAW SET UP THE FINAL APPROVAL COMES THROUGH THE COURT. SO COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THE MOTION, UH, IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER LER SECONDS IT ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN, FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU, LEON. UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS JACK. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ADVERTISE FOR BID FOR FIVE, 2007 SUVS FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND I BELIEVE, UH, SHERIFF HAS SIGNED UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON THAT. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. UH, SEEKING PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE FOR THESE FIVE VEHICLES. UH, I PROPOSE A CLOSING DATE OF NOVEMBER THE THIRD AND THE OPENING DATE OF NOVEMBER THE SIXTH. SHERIFF, THIS IS ON THE END OF LAST WEEK AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT IT GOT TURNED DOWN FOR LACK OF A YARD. UH, THIS HAS MERELY GIVEN THE LOCAL PARTY DEALER OPPORTUNITY, VEHICLE 106,000 VEHICLE, I CAN'T IMAGINE BUS THE NINE OPPORTUNITY. SO I WOULD URGE THE COURT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, RECONSIDER THIS AND TO APPROVE THAT, UH, REQUEST TO GO OFF OF BID IF WE DID, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION DISCUSSION. UM, THIS SAME AS, AS LAST WEEK. I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, REAL CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THIS, THIS BUDGET, ESPECIALLY SPENDING, SPENDING MONEY EARLY IN THIS BUDGET AND, UH, AND, UM, BUT WHAT WENT ON WITH THE TAX RATE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SHERIFF. I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MONEY BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE COMMIT TO SPENDING IT. ADDRESS THAT, YES, WE GO THROUGH THIS BID PROCESS. IT'LL BE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE GET THESE VEHICLES. WE DON'T PAY MORE UNTIL WE GO. WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY. WE'RE GONNA SPEND MONEY LAST MONDAY. WE'RE GONNA SPEND ANY MONEY THIS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. I BELIEVE FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, MAYBE. YEAH, WE'VE GOT 30 DAYS OR THREE WEEKS ON THE BID A WEEK TO THE, TO THE WATER, THE BID. AND THEN ONCE WE ORDER 'EM, THEY'LL TELL US IT'S A MINIMUM ADDING 120 DAYS AND WE'LL BE CLOSER TO 120 TO HUNDRED 50. SO WE'RE WAY DOWN THE ROAD FOR MONEY ON THESE STANDARD BID PROCESS. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. RECORD. REFLECT THAT YOU LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER LEONARD VOTED. UH, NO. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSSED AND SENATOR PAYNE OUR ANNUAL DUE TO THE [00:25:01] ASSOCIATION OF RURAL COUNTIES. I'M SORRY, I JUST NEEDED OH, YOU'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG. SURE IS BIG MISSOURI. I'VE BEEN UP THERE EARLY. DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THAT SUBJECT. , WE HAVE HAL JONES, OUR COUNTY AUDITOR IS GONNA PRESENT US THE, UH, MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER. WILL BE ON MY DESK THIS WEEK. IF Y'ALL WANNA COME BY AND LOOK THROUGH IT. UH, IT'LL BE, WE ENTERTAIN THE MOTION. ACCEPT THAT REPORT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND. ALL A MOTION CARRIES. UH, NOW LET'S DISCUSS OUR MEMBERSHIP DUES TO THE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL COUNTIES. AND THAT'S THREE 50 MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BALLER. ALL IN FAIR ACT. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN M EMBARK VERY CABLE ACRES. YEAH. AND IT SAYS DROP THE PHONE ALONG THE RIGHT OF AND THEN GOING UNDER, UNDER. WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING PHONES DOWN THERE. GOOD DEAL. NOT LONG TWO. NOT LONG TWO ANYMORE. YEAH, MR. WOULD MAKE MR. SHANE WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THEN THEY WANT TO DO THE SAME THING OVER ON COUNTY ROAD 45TH, RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THEY MOVE THE, UH, ALONG TO BOILER RIGHT AWAY AND UNDERNEATH 40 15. SECOND. SECOND IS A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER Y, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LEONARD. ALL IN . MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER GOING OUT FOR BIDS ON TWO DODGE CHARGES FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT. NUMBER FOUR, YOU TO CANCEL THAT, THAT ITEM WE HAVE, UH, FOUND THESE VEHICLES FROM TARRANT COUNTY CONTRACT AND THE VEHICLES ARE IN STOCK AND WE'LL HAVE IN ABOUT 10 DAYS DUE TO THE MOTION ITEM. WELL, I MEAN, I I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING A WHILE AGO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN HERE ON BUYING FIVE TAHOES WE'RE SAYING IT'S GONNA TAKE MONTHS AND MONTHS AND, AND UH, OF COURSE IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU KNOW, I'M THRILLED TO DEATH THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE DEPUTY CONSTABLES DODGE CHARGERS COURSE. YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S THE SAME CAR THAT THEY USE IN . AREN'T GONNA BE PAINTED THAT GENERAL CHARGER. AND THE REASON, I MEAN THE REASON, THE PRIMARY REASON WE'RE PUTTING ON DEPUTY CONSTABLES IS TO SERVE PAPERS. WELL, HOLY COW, YOU NEED A ROCKET TO DELIVER PAPERS CHARGING FOR THOUSAND CHEAPER THAN TRYING GOT THE LITTLE TWO 50 D SIX KEN, I CHASE THE, BUT UM, BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S 67. THAT BIG OLD, I MEAN WE, WE WE'RE, WE, WE FOUND THESE THINGS RIGHT AWAY. THESE, THESE ARE GOING OUT PROP COUNTY. IF THE SHERIFF SAID THAT, I WAS HAPPY WITH THAT. OKAY. THAT WAS MY CONCERNS. AND THAT'S NOT MY DISAGREEMENT. MY DISAGREEMENT IS YOU, WE NEED, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE WAIT AS LATE AS POSSIBLE ON AS MANY EXPENDITURES AS POSSIBLE. THE APPROACHING AGENT RECOMMENDS WE JUST CANCEL THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND THAT MOTION'S MADE BY COMMISSIONER DELAWARE. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. MORE DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED CONSIDER PURSUING AND ACCEPTING DEFENDANT FORMULA GRANT TO 6 48. THIS IS, THAT MONEY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR GRANT. THIS IS THE MONEY THAT WE GET EACH YEAR FROM THE STATE. OH, THIS IS NOT PART OF THAT, NOT PART OF THE GRANT. THIS IS WE EACH YEAR, UH, HAL HAS TO FILL OUT A FORM AND, UH, MAKE REQUEST FOR IT. AND THIS IS AS [00:30:01] A RESULT OF SENATE BILL SEVEN. EVEN THOUGH OUR EXPENDITURES WENT FROM 200,000 TO 1.2 MILLION, THE STATE OF TEXAS SAID IT'S NOT AN UNFUNDED MANDATE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU 46,000. YEAH. THIS ISN'T TO BE CONFUSED WITH NEW FREE MONEY. THIS IS REGULAR FOR 1.2 MILLION. WE ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ALLOW HOW AND US TO PURSUE THE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COLOR. ALL A A MOTION CARRIES. DO WE HAVE ANY LINE ITEM TRANSFER THIS? YES WE DO. I GUESS THEY DIDN'T GET THE ITEM. TRANSFER TO THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR INDEXING RECORDING OF $1,323 FOR REDUCTION IN STATE BIRTH RECORD COSTS. MISCELLANEOUS AREA INCREASED HEALTH INSURANCE. 10,698. THESE POSTAGE, 2005 41 AND LIFE INSURANCE COST OF 3008 SEVEN WITH REDUCTION IN AUTO LIABILITY INSURANCE, 4,005. SEVEN SEVEN AND MISCELLANEOUS OF 12 5 32. AND THE JURY FUND, PETTY JURY. 937. PRODUCTION OF GRAND JURY COSTS PURCHASING AGENT INCREASED MILEAGE. MEALS OF LODGING $62 FOR AND TRAINING CONSTABLE PRECINCT. ONE INCREASED UNIFORMS. 13. INDUCTION AND DUES. UH, CONSTABLE PRECINCT. TWO. INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS. $34. PRODUCTION AND TRAINING. SHERIFF INCREASED GAS AND OIL FROM AND 12 RADIO REPAIR. 746. THE PRODUCTION OF MISCELLANEOUS 1001 58 D PS INCREASED TRAINING 92 IN OFFICE FURNITURE 3 59 IN PRODUCTION OF OFFICE SUPPLIES. PROBATE, UH, ATTORNEY FEES INCREASED TWO $50. DUCTION OF ATTACK DUE. TWO 50 DA ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNT INCREASED MISCELLANEOUS $292. REDUCTION IN CONTRACT LABOR CHILD SHELTER, INCREASED GROCERIES. $183 IN ALLOWANCES FOR $264 WITH REDUCTION IN OFFICE FURNITURE. GROSS BRIDGE PRECINCT FOUR. INCREASED MISCELLANEOUS 25,000 8 7 4 FOR PRODUCTION AND TOOLS TO DO EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE SOME BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DS ASSET CHECK FUND, UH, TO RECORD ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND INCREASE, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE COST OF 2000 GATES FOUNDATION GRANT. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LIBRARY AREA INCREASE OF $6,050. LAW LIBRARY INCREASE, UH, COST OF BOOKS. 1001 34 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION COSTS 263,974, WHICH IS A RESULT OF, UH, REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE, THE BORROWINGS OF FUNDS SPENT THROUGH THE, UH, FUND. THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND MEETING OF THE NEW BUDGET. EPTEMBER 30 CLEANUPS. OKAY. SAY I FIGURED WAS CLEAN. Y'ALL HEARD THE TRANSFER REQUEST ENTERTAIN MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BY MOTION. CARRIE . UM, DID SHE MENTION THAT? LET YOU MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, , UM, UH, RESIDENT HERE IN COFFIN, HE, UH, RAN TAX SERVICE. GLEN KLEIN, UM, HE'S THE HUSBAND OF MRE KLEIN. SHE WAS COUNTY CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. UH, GLEN DIED AT HIS FUNERAL WAS SIX, 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. UH, JUST COURSE, UH, WE'D LOVE TO BE THERE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO MENTION IT AT, AT THE MEETING SINCE WE CAN'T BE THERE. HAVE ANY BILLS? YES, SIR. JUST FOR MY INFORMATION. OKAY. [00:35:47] SEE IF HE'S STILL OUT THERE, THERE THE DOOR. IF HE'S STILL THERE ASKING JOE, I LIKE TO DIG. WORKS GOOD. THE, YOU JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT YOUR TOP COST. IT'S GOT A LOT OF ROCK IN. BUT SEE THAT'S WHAT I WAS TELLING JERRY YARD, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO A ROAD, PULL UP THIS STUFF DOWN AND THEN ROLL THE ROCK BACK OVER ON TOP OF IT. AND SO YOU GOT ROCK ON TOP. I, WHERE'S HE GOT A I TRIED, I TRIED TO JUST BUY A MOUNTAIN OF, [00:41:26] AT THE, [00:45:50] ALL YOU DO, ALL YOU DO IS YOU GO TO LIN COUNTY NET AND THEN CLICK LORD USES COUNTY, CLICK COUNTY CLERK. AND THEN, AND THEN THERE'S A PULLOUT BOX FOR ALL THE, WE PICK COUNTY COURT. IT'LL TAKE YOU TO LAURA'S WEBSITE. AND LAURA, IS IT COURT RECORDS OR AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR WEBSITE? RIGHT. FOR FOR DISTRICT COURT AND FOR THE DISTRICT COURT. COUNTY COURT LAW, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S UNDER COURT. COURT RECORDS. AND THEN YOU DO A SEARCH. DON'T, DO YOU HAVE TO PUT IN PASSWORD? YEAH, IT'S PUBLIC. PUBLIC, YEAH. PASSWORD. AND THE, THE NAME AND THE PASSWORD? PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC PUBLIC. 22ND AND THEN YOU PUT IN. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST INFORMATION YOU ASK. I ASKED IF THROUGH AND THIS LOOKS LIKE YES. SO I WENT OVER LAST HALF. YOU KNOW WHAT? [00:50:48] DOWN THAT PARKING LOT SHOULD HAVE SAID. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I HAVE HIM DOWN AS AVAILABLE. TAKE A HOW YOU ADJOURNED. MOTION ADJOURNED. MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECONDED BY. * 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.