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YEAH, KEEP THAT RIGHT OUT.THE FOURTH QUARTER, I WAS YELLING AND TIRED.
OKAY? WE'LL COME TO ORDER NOW.
UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE, YOU WANNA SO UP TODAY, PLEASE.
Y'ALL PRAY WITH OUR HEAVEN AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS.
WE ASK YOU NOW TO LOOK UPON THIS COURT WITH FAVOR AS WE DO THE BUSINESS OF OUR COUNTY.
ALSO BE WITH OUR TROOPS WHO ARE IN HARM'S WAY, GUIDE AND PROTECTS THEM, BRING THEM BACK SAFE TO US.
AND IN YOUR TIME, THESE THINGS WE ASK YOUR SON'S NAME.
GENTLEMEN, OUR I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO COMMISSIONER AND I WERE IN, IN SCHOOL ON THE PLEDGE ON FRIDAY.
HOW WAS TOO, JACK? YOU WEREN'T THERE, WERE YOU? NO MA UH, WE WERE ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO COMMA AND NO HESITATION
ALSO UNDER THE UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNORS GOING CHANGE THE TEXAS UP A LITTLE BIT.
I REMEMBER WHEN THEY ADDED THAT
Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING OF ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS.
IF THERE ARE NONE, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DELLER.
UH, CHUCK FROM, UH, ON THAT, UH, FIRE VOTE THE COMMISSION.
YOU PROBABLY GOT THE ORIGINAL SO I DIDN'T MAKE YOU ALSO, I'VE GOT, UH, END OUT FOR YOU.
UH, IT'S ACTUALLY AN EMAIL TO ME FROM HAL THAT I HAD.
UH, AND I DISCUSSED THIS WITH, UH, MC QUITE ENVIRONMENTAL WHEN AN INSTANT LAST WEEK OVER IN THE PRECINCT THREE.
UM, SOMEBODY HAD DONE SOME DRUMS WITH, UH, SOMETHING IN IT, STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS IN IT.
UH, BUT, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, YOU DON'T NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, IS, UH, I ASSUME IT WAS YOUR CREW THAT WENT OUT AND PICKED THE BARRELS UP.
HOW MANY HAZMAT SUITS DID YOU HAVE? DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HAZMAT SUIT.
AT LEAST HAVE ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTY.
WE DO SOMETHING FROM EACH PRECINCT THAT'S DIFFERENT, BUT WE NEED TO, MAY WANT
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CONSIDER DONATING A MAN TO, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE SOME TRAINING CITY.I BROUGHT THIS, UH, POINTED THIS OUT IN, IN HIS EMAIL THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL HAVE COPY.
BUT THEY DID USE PLASTIC AND HE KEPT IT ATED THE WHOLE TIME THAT THEY DID THIS.
AND SO WAS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS CALLED.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN, WHEN THEY FIND OUT WHAT IT IS, THEN THEY CAN, THE OFFICERS THEN CAN INVESTIGATE AND FIND OUT WHERE IT CAME FROM.
ANYWAY, IT'S JUST, UH, THE COMMUNICATE FROM, FROM HAL AND, AND, UH, HE COULDN'T SAY, I COULDN'T SAY ANY BETTER THAN HOW DID, SO, UM, BUT Y'ALL NEED TO BE THINKING, WE THINKING ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS THE SECOND ONE WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT? OVER IN PRECINCT TWO.
UH, FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, MR. DAN YATES WITH THE GASTONIA WATER SUPPLY.
HE WANTS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE OPPOSED LEGISLATION TO CREATE THE GUYS DISCOURAGE
DAN OR, UH, MR. SHUMPERT, ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK FOR HIM? I, YOU CAN SPEAK.
I MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WITH YOUR PERMISSION, YOUR HONOR.
SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN JUST ASK YOU.
WELL, LEMME JUST MAKE VERY RESTATE.
I KNOW, I KNOW THE LETTER THAT ANY OF YOU GENTLEMEN CAME HERE TODAY TO DO WAS LISTEN TO A LAWYER TALKING.
I'LL KEEP MY SAID THE KEY WORD THERE.
READ BRIEF, AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL DO.
BUT NO, ACTUALLY, I, I'M, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ON ONE OF MY CLIENTS, IN THIS CASE, THE GASTONIA SCURRY WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION, HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE THE GASTONIA SCURRY SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
I THINK THE THING THAT MAKES THEM AND AND OTHERS LIKE THEM, UH, OTHER GROUPS LIKE THEM, IS, IS WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO THEY, AND, AND OTHER AREAS OF THIS COUNTY SAW A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC NEED FOR SERVICE.
AND, UH, AND IF CONTINUE TO DO SO, THEY PUT TOGETHER A VERY CAPABLE AND, UH, AND, AND VERY PRODUCTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN OUR CASE HERE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. ROGER ROBERTS, WHO'S HERE TODAY, WHO HAVE IN TURN HIRED A VERY PROFESSIONAL MANAGER, THE PERSON OF MR. YATES.
AND BASICALLY THEY'VE TAKEN CARE OF THEMSELVES.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK Y'ALL, HOW MANY TIMES, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN FOLKS COMING IN FRONT OF YOU WITH PUBLIC NEEDS OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER, LEGITIMATE TO BE SURE, BUT ALWAYS ENDING UP WITH THE SAME WAY THAT THE COUNTY OUGHT TO DO IT.
OR IN OTHER WORDS, THE COUNTY OUGHT TO PAY FOR IT, ALL THE CITIZENS OUGHT TO PAY FOR IT.
WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT MY CLIENTS ARE DOING.
MY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A DIME.
WHAT THEY ARE ASKING YOU FOR IS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR ENDORSEMENT OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS TO BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM ANYONE.
SO I THINK THAT ALONE MAKES THEIR ENDEAVOR HERE A VERY WORTHY ONE, VERY, UH, WORTHY OF YOUR SUPPORT.
AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY ASK THAT YOU DO THAT AT THIS TIME.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US, UH, WHAT, UH, PRIVILEGES OR OBLIGATIONS OR, UH, AUTHORITY THAT THE GASTONIA CURR SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT WOULD HAVE OVER THE GAS, GAS GASTONIA, SCURRY, UH, WATER CORPORATION? IT WOULD REPLACE THE GASTONIA SCURRY WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION.
ULTIMATELY, UH, THE ASSETS WOULD BE SIGNED OVER, THE CORPORATION WOULD BE DISSOLVED.
ULTIMATELY, WHEN THE DISTRICT IS FORMALLY CREATED AND VOTED ON BY THE MEMBERSHIP, UH, ALL THE ASSETS WOULD THEN BE TRANSFERRED.
IT WOULD BE A, A POLITICAL ENTITY.
UH, IT WOULD HAVE AN ELECTION WITHIN THE PEOPLE WITHIN ITS AREA, JUST LIKE, UH, ANY OTHER ELECTION, SCHOOL BOARD, WHATEVER.
UH, ITS MEMBERS, THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE ELECTED IN THAT WAY.
INITIALLY, THE, THE FIRST BOARD WOULD BE THE EXISTING BOARD, BUT THEN, UH, IT WOULD BE ELECTED, UH, AFTER THAT, UH, THEY WOULD'VE, UH, THE ABILITY TO PUT OUT TAX FREE BONDS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAX.
'CAUSE I THINK ALL OF YOU'RE AWARE OF, THERE'S NO TAXING AUTHORITY THERE.
THEY ARE, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, NOR DO THEY WANT ANY, FRANKLY.
UH, BUT THEY DO FEEL LIKE THAT THEY WOULD PUT THEM IN A BETTER FINANCIAL POSITION TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEIR, THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND, AND CUSTOMERS BY, UH, REDUCING COSTS, INSURANCE COSTS IN TERMS OF THAT NATURE.
THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD, UH, WOULD MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT AND BETTER ABLE TO SERVE THEIR, THEIR CUSTOMERS.
THERE'S NOTHING HIDDEN IN THERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT, Y'ALL CAN, YOU KNOW, FRESHWATER SUPPLY.
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BUT THIS IS NOT COUNTY LINES AND NO, NO, NO, NO, NO PROPERTY.WE'RE NOT A FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT.
WE'RE ESPECIALLY UTILITY DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE A VERY WELL DEFINED AREA THAT WE SERVE.
UH, THERE'S NO HIDDEN AUTHORITY IN THERE THAT WE DUNNO ABOUT.
I, I MEAN, IF THERE WERE, I'D TELL YOU THERE'S NOT ANY ROSE HILL.
THAT'S THE VERY SAME THING THAT ROSE HILL DID.
IT'S, IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT WE SIGNED OFF ON THEIR, IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME SITUATION.
WHERE'S THE PRECINCT? YOU NEED A MOTION? I NEED A MOTION.
WE SUPPORT THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
CREATE SECURITY, SPECIAL UTILITY, AND COMMISSIONER SHANE SECOND.
GREG, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
WELL, I'M ON, I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF THIS.
I'M, UH, FAR AS THE BENEFITS OF, OF DOING THIS, I'D LIKE, BUT HERE IN THE
UH, WHAT IF THE ELECTION WAS TO FAIL, SAID ALL THE ASSETS GO TO KAUFMAN COUNTY? NO, THEY WOULDN'T.
IT WOULD NOT, IT WOULD NOT, UH, THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE.
THAT IT WOULD JUST CONTINUE AS IT IS BECAUSE THE CORPORATION WILL NOT BE DISSOLVED UNTIL THE DISTRICT ITSELF IS FORMALLY CREATED AND APPROVED.
IS THAT WHAT THAT SAYS HERE ON SEVEN TWO? OH, IF THE, IF THE CORPORATION WERE DISSOLVED YES.
IT SAYS IF THE, IF THE DISTRICT IS NOT CONFIRMED THAT THE CONFIRMATION AND THE ELECTION HELD BEFORE SEPTEMBER ONE MM-HMM
BUT, BUT THE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION WOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT.
OH, THE DISTRICT ITSELF? THAT'S CORRECT.
I STARTED SAYING, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
MAYBE I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CLEAR.
SEE, ONCE THE DISTRICT IS APPROVED, IF AS AND WHEN IT IS, THEN THE SUPPLY CORPORATION IS DISSOLVED.
AND THE BENEFITS, YES, THERE ARE, THERE ARE BENEFITS, UH, AS FAR AS THE ABILITY TO GET INSURANCE AT LOWER RATES.
UH, THE LIABILITY IS, IS, IS A LOT LESS.
IT HAS LIABILITY PROTECTIONS THAT, LIKE IF A COUNTY HAS, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN AREAS, THEY, THEY, THEY GET FUEL AT AT REDUCED RATES.
THEIR VEHICLES CAN RUN EXEMPT PLATES LIKE YOURS DO.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE MAIN ADVANTAGES, UH, OF IT, IT, IT'S A, IT ALLOWS 'EM TO FINANCE THINGS A LOT.
ALL IN FAVOR? SO A A, WE GOT THAT WE WERE WHILE AGO.
THANK YOU MR. YATES FOR, FOR BEING HERE ALSO.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS JACKSON SEBASTIAN REST IS PURCHASING AGENT GOING TALK TO US ABOUT ADVERTISING FOR AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR THE COUNTY JAIL INMATE.
THE COURT APPROVAL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, CLOSE THAT BID ON, UH, FRIDAY, MARCH THE SECOND AND OPEN ON MONDAY, MARCH 5TH.
UH, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADVERTISE FOR MADE BY COMMISSIONER GROUND.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
LEMME CHECK A FEW THINGS OFF THERE.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED CONSIDER AWARDING BID ZERO SEVEN DASH OH SIX ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR WASTE HAULING AT THE KEMP CONVENIENCE STATION.
TON COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR BID WILL PREVIOUSLY OPEN.
UH, WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THOSE BIDS.
WE'D LIKE TO TABLE THAT TILL NEXT WEEK.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
NEXT, WE HAVE DISCUSS CONSIDERING THE 2006 RACIAL PROFILE REPORT FOR DALTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
I SEE THE SHERIFF HAS PROVIDED Y'ALL A COPY.
SHERIFF, I'LL ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION.
I'VE BEEN ASKING ALL THE CONSTABLES AS THEY COME UP.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY COMPLAINTS? WE DID HAVE ONE.
WE HAD A COMPLAINT THAT ROLLED OUT OF A, UH, HIGH ENFORCEMENT OPERATION IN A, UH, METAL DRUG AREA.
FIRST GOT A CITATION UNDER STOP SIGN.
UH, THEY FILED COMPLAIN THAT RACIALLY MOTIVATED.
UH, ONCE WE, UH, LY OPENED THE INVESTIGATION, THAT PERSON, UH, DECIDED THAT PERSON MOTIVATED AND WITHDREW THAT, UH, COMPLAINT.
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EVERYTHING ELSE IS STILL BROKEN DOWN THE WAY IT WAS.WE, WE DO, AND I THINK WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, WE ALSO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS AND OUTTA COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT WE STOP BECAUSE OF NOW OUR CENSUS IS NOT REALLY, UH, ACTIVE ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE POPULATION THAT WE'VE HAD HERE.
SO WE DO BREAK THAT OUT AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN, IN THE REPORT.
BUT THAT'S THE ONLY, UH, THE PROBLEM.
IT WAS A PROBLEM THAT AROSE OUT OF A, ACTUALLY SAY A HIGH ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
HAVE YOU EVER GOT ANY QUESTIONS OF THE SHERIFF? NO.
OH, YEAR WAS NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.
SO WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TELLER.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS CONSIDERING ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECEIPT OF COMMISSIONER JIM LER AND COMMISSIONER KEN SHANE CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION FOR THE OPEN MEETINGS AND OPEN RECORDS TRAINING.
JIM, YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION.
AND NEXT MONDAY WE'VE GOT, UH, I JUST, JUST FOR THE POST, THESE GUYS HAVE COMPLETED THIS COURSE AND, AND THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO BRING THEIR CERTIFICATES IN AND PUT 'EM ON FILE.
BUT, UH, I'VE, SINCE I'M ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT BOARDS, I SENT A COPY OF MINE TO ALL THOSE BOARDS THAT I SERVED ON.
AND, UH, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY SENT IT BACK SAYING WE DON'T KEEP A RECORD OF THIS
HE SAID YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO AHEAD AND FILE IT LOCALLY AND, AND THROUGH COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHERE THERE OUGHT TO BE A RECORD OF IT.
BUT, UH, SO SOME OF THE BOARDS, UH, WANTED AND SOME OF THEM DON'T.
BUT, UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO GO AHEAD AND PUT Y'ALL ON RECORD HERE.
I I HAVE NEXT WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSSED, UH, POINTING A NEW PERSON TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
WE GOT A RECOMMENDATION THERE.
COMMISSIONER ROW, WOULD YOU CONSIDER SERVING ON THAT AUDIT COMMITTEE? SURE.
AND I'LL APPOINT THE, UH, THE NEW AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL BE, UH, JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN, JIM BELLA, AND JERRY ROW.
NEXT, HAVE DISCUSSED, CONSIDER PROVING THE FINAL PLAN FOR A HIGH POINT LAKE ESTATE.
SECTION TWO, WE'RE AT PIPELINE.
TWO, UH, BASICALLY ABOUT 95% OF IT'S IN ROCKWELL.
WHAT? WAIT, THAT BARELY INMAN COUNTY.
UH, BRAD AND UH, AMY, Y'ALL COME ON UP.
ALRIGHT, WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, IT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.
AND WITH ME BEING NEW TO THE OFFICE AND NOT KNOWING WHAT I'M DOING, UH, HAD TO GO THROUGH A PRETTY FAST LEARNING CURVE TO GET IT DONE.
BUT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH INFORMATION RIGHT HERE TO HELP THE HORSE.
SO I, THE LETTERS HERE AND I ASKED BRAD NAMING TWO OR THREE TIMES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THEY RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY.
ALRIGHT, SO SUBDIVISION HERE, THERE IS PRETTY CLOSE.
I WOULDN'T SAY PLAGIAR, I WOULDN'T SAY IT.
ARE THEY STILL HAVE A AC AND A HALF OVER, DON'T THEY? YES SIR.
HOW'D Y'ALL DO THAT? THE ONES HERE IN COLTON COUNTY.
Y'ALL KEEP MAKING AND A HALF, WOULD YOU DROP DOWN TO AN
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ANYTHING THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT IN KAMAN COUNTY? IS ONE ACRE ONE ACRE? YES SIR.THIS IS GONNA BE ONE WHERE THE HOMEOWNER DECIDE WHERE THE BEDROOMS AT.
FILED A LAWSUIT BECAUSE IT SPLIT SEVERAL LOTS.
I WAS HAVING A DIVORCE IN, UH, COFFMAN COUNTY AND HUNT COUNTY.
AND SO I WAS IN WHERE? IN KAMAN COUNTY OR HUNT COUNTY.
SO I FILED IT IN KAMAN COUNTY BECAUSE THE BEDROOM WAS IN KAMAN COUNTY AND I FIGURED HOURS SPENT PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME IN THE BEDROOM THAN ACTUALLY DID IN THE KITCHEN.
SO I, INMAN COUNTY GOT BY WITH IT.
THAT'S THE WAY THEY DO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY MIGHT ARGUE THAT THING ABOUT MY SPENDING TIME IN THE KITCHEN.
AND LOOK AT ME, UH, HAND ME, UH, THE WATER LETTER FROM THE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION JUST SAYS THAT THEY WILL SERVE THIS PROPOSED SUBDIVISION ON CUBAN ROAD.
UH, DOESN'T SAY HOW MANY SITES THEY'RE GONNA SERVE.
NORMALLY A WATER LETTER TELLS US HOW MANY SITES THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE WATER FOR.
I THINK THAT TO BE A VARIANCE IF WE, WE CAN GET 'EM BETTER FOR THAT, I'M SURE.
SECTION ONE ALREADY HAS TAPS AVAILABLE IN THE HOUSES.
WE ARE PROBABLY 15% BUILT OUT AT THIS POINT.
AND THERE'S VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AS WE SPEAK.
YOU KNOW WHERE THE ORIGINAL LETTERS ARE.
SOME OF THESE ORIGINAL SUMMARY COPIES, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE ORIGINAL LETTERS ARE? UH, WE GOT THE ORIGINAL FROM THE, THE ONLY ORIGINAL THAT WAS IN MY POSSESSION FROM THE, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
MY OFFICE IS IN CONROE, TEXAS, JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON.
SO MOST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD WAS DONE FAX, FAX FROM EITHER THE SURVEYOR, THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, MYSELF, AND THEN SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY THE SAME WAY OTHER NOT HAVING ALL THE ORIGINAL LETTERS.
AND IN THAT WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION NOT TELLING US HOW MANY SITES THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE.
LETTERS ARE, WELL, 12 LOTS, 14 THAT FALL A PORTION OF THE COFFMAN COUNTY EIGHT ARE WHOLE INMAN COUNTY.
AND SINCE IT'S PART OF THAT OTHER SUBDIVISION, IT'S PROBABLY NOT ANY PROBLEM I GET.
I'LL GET THE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION.
I'M SURE THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM.
AND WE MAY VERY WELL HAVE HAD ORIGINAL POSSESSION, BUT I,
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AND THEN TRY TO EDUCATE MYSELF IN THIS PROCESS.I'VE GOT INFORMATION FROM TWO OF THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICES AND THE COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE.
ALL THREE OF 'EM HAD SOME DISCREPANCIES ON WHAT WAS REQUIRED.
THE CHECKLIST IS NOT, NOT COMPLETE, IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING, WELL, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AN ASSET TO THE COUNTY IN COUNTY CALLED THE ROCKWELL COUNTY COMMISSION.
SEE WHAT TAKE ON WAS THEY SAYS HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR IT.
AND SINCE IT'S 95% SCENARIO, COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAN OF HIGH POINT LAKE FOR STATE SECTION TWO AND COMMISSIONER LER SECONDS.
UH, I NEED TO HOLD OFF SIGN UNTIL WE GET THOSE ORIGINAL LETTERS IN THE FILE.
SO, UH, YOU GET THOSE ORIGINAL LETTERS? YES SIR.
ACTUALLY YOU NEED TO GET 'EM TO RAY AND THEN RAY'S THEM AND BRING THEM OVER.
BRING THE ORIGINAL LETTERS ALONG WITH EVERYTHING HERE FOR ME TO SIGN.
TAKE OUTTA THE OFFICE AND HOLD THEM UNTIL YOU GET THE, I'D RATHER HOLD OFF ON SIGN THEM.
COMMISSIONER NEXT, UH, M EMBARK ONE VARIOUS, SOME CABLE ON FROM COUNTY ROAD 47 2.
JIM, YOU GONNA LET HIM? I THINK WE OUGHT LET HIM AND I MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE GOT TWO, UH, REPORT FROM DALLAS CROWN ONE FOR THE WEEKEND IN JANUARY 11TH.
HAVE THEY SLOWED DOWN? THAT ONE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE AFTER THAT, BUT, UH, JANUARY THE 18TH.
THEY PURCHASED IT JANUARY 11TH.
SO, JUDGE, I MOVE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THESE TWO REPORTS AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
CARRIE DID GO DOWN IN JANUARY, DIDN'T IT? ALL IN FAVOR? A.
NOW DO WE HAVE ANY TRANSFERS TODAY? YES SIR.
PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS IN THE, UH, COUNTY COURT OF LAW.
TWO, INCREASED OFFICE FURNITURE, NEW EQUIPMENT, $5,000 REDUCTION IN VISITING JUDGE, UH, COUNTY COURT OF LAW.
INCREASED TRAINING CONFERENCES, $500 INCREASED BONDS, $43 IN REDUCTION IN MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.
THE REDUCTION IN, IN, UH, CONTRACT COMPUTER SERVICE.
JP FOUR INCREASED DUES, $50 IN REDUCTION IN FURNITURE.
1200 WITH REDUCTION IN COURT REPORTER COSTS.
CAPITAL OUTLAY INCREASED COUNTY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. 8,000 WITH REDUCTION PER IN THE PROPERTY COSTS.
AND THE INTEREST IN SEEKING INTEREST IN SEEKING FUNDS.
DEBT SERVICE, UH, INCREASED THE, THE VENUS INITIATIVE REBATE OF $1,513.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD A ONE TIME, UH, DISTRIBUTION FROM THE, UH, TASK FORCE
AND THE MONEY THAT WAS LEFT IN THAT FUND FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN, IN, UH, UH, CREATING THE BUDGET FOR THAT, THAT GRANT.
THAT THAT WAS THE GRANT MONEY.
IT WASN'T THAT, THAT OTHER LITTLE STIPEND THEY SEND US.
BUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, END OF DECEMBER, THEY HAD SOME FUNDS LEFT OVER AND THEY ALLOCATED THOSE BASED ON SOME FORMULA THAT THEY USED AND WE GOT ABOUT 60,000.
BUT IT'S, IT'S A ONE TIME SHOT.
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LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST, BUT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DUNNER.AND, UH, YOU GOT A COUPLE BILLS THERE? YES, SIR.
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THAT PROCESS WAS SET UP ABOUT 20, 25 YEARS AGO.AND HAVE YOU BABYSIT, HAVE YOU HAD NO.
SHE'S, SHE'S STILL TOO ATTACHED.
THAT'S GONNA COME YOU SHE'S DOING, SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB THAT'S GONNA COME.
IT MAY NOT COME WHEN YOU WANT IT, BUT IT'S, I JUST KNEW THAT YOU HAD THE BABY FRIDAY NIGHT.
Y'ALL NEED TO TEACH HIM TO EAT CATFISH, BUT PROBABLY NOT YET.
THAT ONE WAS PRETTY GOOD CATFISH.
IT'S NOT COOKED AGAIN AND IT'S FRESH AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.
THEY HAVE 400 SAY THAT'S THE BIGGEST CROWD I'VE SEEN.
THEY NEED TO GET A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO, WE GO BACK AND GET THE SECOND ACTUALLY WASN'T THE SECOND.
I'D HAVE TO WAIT ON IT OR THE THIRD I TO WAIT.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S GOOD OR BETTER THAN MOST RESTAURANTS.
I DON'T THINK MANY RESTAURANTS ARE THAT GOOD.
AND THE NEXT ONE THEY HAVE Y'ALL IS FEBRUARY THE 16TH.
FRIDAY YOU LOOKED AT THEY IT'S, THEY USED TO DO SHERIFF.
ASK HIM WHEN, WHEN TOMAN GONNA START DOING THAT? OHMAN? YEAH.
EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE, OH YEAH, THE SHERIFF SERVES IN THAT SMILE.
THEY'LL GIVE YOU AN EXTRA PIECE OF FISH.
IS IT JUST LIKE THE ONE IN TOWN? YEAH.
WHO WANTS A BIG ONE? THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION FIRST.
SO BESIDES THE JURY, ANY RISK Y'ALL COMING TO THE CHAMBERS? I'LL BE THERE.
THEY DID THAT ONCE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
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SEE, I TOLD THEM WHAT I HEARD.I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE THINKING.
I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T KNOW THE REST OF THE, OF THE COURT, BUT HISTORICALLY I PERSONALLY SUPPORT AND SO THEY TOLD ME, WELL WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT THEN WE ANOTHER EXACTLY WHAT I HEARD.
BUT WHEN I GOT THESE PAPERS IN, SAME THING.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY SAID BACK OFF DISTRICT DIFFERENT ONE.
LAST WEEK BEFORE ONE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEERS TOLD ME, SO SINCE THEY GOT MEETING WITH ME AND YOU BOTH AND THEY SAY THE SAME TIME.
UH, THESE MUDS HAVE BEEN CREATED.
WHEN, IF THE TRANSEX CORRIDOR COMES THROUGH AND IT COMES THROUGH ONE OF THOSE MUDS, DO YOU KNOW WHO CONTROLS THE TOLL AND THE REVENUE? UTILITY DISTRICT? THE UTILITY DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE JUMPING OUT HERE AND DOING THEM DIFFERENT PLACES BECAUSE OH YEAH, BECAUSE WHEREVER THAT TRANSEX FAR COMES THROUGH AND THERE'S A MUD THERE, THAT MUD IS GONNA CONTROL WHAT GOES ON ON THE TRANS TEXAS PARK.
LIKE I SAY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THE OP WOW.
AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE LAND ON BOTH SIDES COMING THROUGH.
THAT MAY, THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE PAYING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I'M THINKING FOR THIS PROPERTY VERY WELL COULD BE WORTH IT.
WHOSE CAR DID YOU, YOU DON'T GET MINE WHEN YOU GET A CAR LAST DAY WHEN YOU COUNTY TURN.
CAN I GET TIRED ALL THAT TOO? I DIDN'T DO ANY BY STATEMENT BECAUSE I WAS ASSUMING SOMETHING.
THERE'S A LOT BAD GAS OUT THERE AND IF YOU DON'T KEEP THE RECEIPT WHEN YOU GET GAS, YOU'RE OUTTA LUCK WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THEM AND TRY TO COLLECT FOR VEHICLE.
FIXED LOT OF WATER GETTING DONE THAT TANK.
YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT GOING AROUND.
AND I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM
THEY'RE NOT GONNA FIX YOUR CAR.
ALWAYS GET A RECEIPT BECAUSE I USUALLY CHARGE ALL MY GAS.
MY HEAD I CAN, BUT YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT ME TO.
HELL, I KNOW YOU'RE KEEPING UP WITH, ARE YOU GOING THROUGH ON GETTING
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ALL THAT? I'VE GOT TO DO THE SCHOOL AND TALKED THIS PAST WEEK.THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION I HAVE ASKED, HOW'S THAT DEFENSE WORKING? HOW DO WE FIND OUT ABOUT HOW Y PUBLIC, PUBLIC DEFENDER, DEFENDER, HOW DO Y'ALL DO THAT? HOW TO GET THAT STARTED.
EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW THAT ARTICLES TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT MANY APPLICANTS.
A THEY'RE FIXING TO DO AN ARTICLE IN THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE WERE ASKED ABOUT.
YOU KNOW WHEN I SAID
IS THAT FROM THE COURTHOUSE OPEN? SECOND UTILITY.
WHAT TIME OF DAY? OPEN GONNA BE TWO TO FOUR.
HOW ABOUT THAT THEN EVERYBODY JUST LEAVE, GO HOME AFTERWARDS.
I CAN, I WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO OFFICIALLY NAME THAT SOUTH CAMPUS.
WE DROP A LITTLE, UH, PRESS RELEASE FOR THE PAPER.
LET EVERYBODY SOUTH CAMPUS OR CLUB SOUTH CAMPUS.
PARDON? SOUTH SOUTHLAND COUNTY COURT.
WHEN'S IT GONNA BE? WHAT DID YOU SAY IT WAS GONNA BE? IT'D BE JANUARY THE 22ND FROM FOUR FEBRUARY.
WELL IF IT'S JANUARY, I MEAN TWO TO FOUR.
IT'S GONNA BE WHEN? FEBRUARY THE 22ND.
AND YOU CAN'T GO HOME NOW? YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO GET ANY PUBLICITY IN THE PAPER WE CAN ABOUT THAT.
SO EVERYBODY, YEAH, IT'S FEBRUARY 22ND.
TWO TO FOUR AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS.
WE'VE NOT CHECKED SNACKS AND DRINKS AND CONCESSIONS WILL BE PROVIDED.
I DOES HAMBURG JUDGE COURT THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY THEN MS. PORT AND I ARE HOPING THAT WE'LL HAVE THE COURTROOM FINISHED IN, IN, IN THE MAIN COURTHOUSE BY THE TIME THAT WE HAVE THE NATIONWIDE COUNTY, UH, OPEN HOUSE.
YEAH, IT'S COMING ALONG PRETTY QUICK.
YOU NORMALLY IS GONNA HAVE THE, UH, COUNTY, COUNTY DAY WHERE THEY ASKED, INVITE YOU TO OR ASKED YOU TO OPEN UP YOUR COURTHOUSE.
YEAH, THAT USUALLY ON A SUNDAY.
WE USUALLY DID THAT ON A SUNDAY AND I, IN THE PAST, UPSTAIRS AT THE COURTHOUSE NEVER PARTICIPATED.
BUT I THINK THEY HAS, UH, SUBJECT IS THERE, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT COLLEGE STATION? UH, THERE.
IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE NORTHEAST TEXAS COUNTY JUDGE COMMISSION ASSOCIATION,
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WE HAD A CONTRACT WITH DEL LACO TO HAVE THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE THERE.WHEN WE NEGOTIATED THAT CONTRACT, THEY ASSURED US THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE THAT BUILDING COMPLETELY RE REMODELED AND BRAND NEW FACILITY BASICALLY.
WELL, SOME OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE OFFICERS WENT DOWN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, NOT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BACK A MONTH OR SO AGO.
THEY HAVEN'T DONE, THERE WAS NO HOT WATER IN THE ROOM WHERE THEY STAYED AND, AND JUST SEVERAL THINGS.
SO THEY CAME BACK AND THEY LEFT US OUT OF OUR CONTRACT.
SINCE IT WASN'T IN
SO IF RAY DIDN'T LIKE IT, WE WON'T.
SO THEY, THE OFFICERS HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK.
I WAS UNABLE TO GO TO SAN ANGIE AND CASSIE AND UH, THEY JUST, THEY VOTED TO MOVE THE NORTHEAST TO COLLEGE STATION AT THE HILTON.
BUT IT'LL BE AT THE HILTON COLLEGE STATION INSTEAD OF, UH, DEL LACO.
IS THAT WHERE WE STAYED AT THE HILTON LAST TIME WE WERE THERE? I THINK SO.
I GOT SHUFFLED OFF IN THE ONE WAYS AWAY.
I NOW NEED TO JUST AS SOON AS, AS THEIR PUT OUT THE WORD THAT THEY'LL TAKE RESERVATION.
NEED TO CALL IMMEDIATE BECAUSE THAT PLACE FILLS UP IN A HURRY.
BEING AN OFFICER ON MINES RESERVE.
AND WE HAVE THE WORKSHOP TODAY AT ONE 30 WORKSHOP TODAY AT ONE 30.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANY OF, THEY GONNA BRING IN THE LINES AND TIGERS WHERE WE CAN SEE 'EM AND SEE HOW DANGEROUS THEY'RE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY'RE DANGEROUS.
JUDGE ARE BRINGING TWO NUTRIENTS.
THEY, UH, HOW SAYS HE GOT EVERYTHING AND WE CAN PAY THE BILLS.
COMMISSIONER LER SAYS, HE SAYS WE CAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
EVERYBODY SAYS WE CAN PAY THE BILLS.
HOW, UH, ONCE AGAIN THE WORKSHOP OF ONE THIRD OF THIS AFTERNOON ON THE DANGEROUS AND WILD ANIMALS.
AND, UH, WE TO ENTERTAIN MOTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR.