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I MOST GRACIOUS HEAVEN FATHER, COME BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THIS QUESTION FOR THE TODAY AND IN OUR HEARTS WITH THIS MAKE US GOOD SERVICE OF THE COUNTY.
WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH US IF WE DO OUR COUNTY FITNESS.
ALSO BE WITH THE TROOPS THAT ARE IN HARM'S WAY AND WITH OUR PRESIDENT ON YOUR SONS NAME, AMEN.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONE NATION LIBERTY FLAG FLAG.
JIM, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? I GOT FIRED.
JACK, DID YOU, SO YES, MR. DIDN'T HAVE, SO TO POINT OUT THAT STANDARD ISSUE, NO.
COUNTY, THAT I JUST MAKE SURE YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROGRAM IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PUT SOME HIDDEN MESSAGE PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDED LAST MEETING, OR ANY CORRECTIONS IF THERE ARE MOTION AS MADE BY.
IT'S COMING FRIDAY AT, UH, THREE.
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS MR. HOUSE JONES, OUR COUNTY AUDITOR, AND HE'S GONNA PRESENT THE REPORT TO US FOR FEBRUARY, GETTING SECOND ON ENTERTAIN MOTION.
TO ACCEPT THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, IT'S A DEFENSE REPORT.
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MM-HMM.WE HAVE DMED COMING AT ONE IN YOUR OFFICE AND I HAVEN'T INVITED ANY PERMISSIONS.
IT'S THE PRELIMINARY TO GO OVER THE PRELIMINARY.
THE NEXT ONE, UH, IS TO DISCUSS WITH THOUSAND SIX PROPERTY TAXES FOR MR. IVAN O.
YOU WANNA COME UP TO THE PODIUM, SIR, AND PRESENT YOUR, UH, CASE.
I THINK I SUBMITTED ALL THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK TO YOUR OFFICE.
AND FIRST OF ALL, WONDER IF EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ MY BETTER EXPLANATION AS TO WHY I COULD NOT PAY MY TAXES UNTIL AFTER FEBRUARY THE FIRST.
AND IT ALL HAD TO, THE PROBLEMS WITH THE APPRAISAL AND LIKE IN THAT MOVIE, THAT QUOTE ABOUT WHAT WE HAD WAS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE AND I JUST SIMPLY COULD NOT GET THE PROPER APPRAISALS OUT OF THEIR OFFICE UNTIL AFTER FEBRUARY.
UH, DICK, YOU WANT TO COMMENT, PLEASE? UH, HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE WERE UNABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION TO GENERATE TAX STATEMENTS UNTIL AFTER THE PENALTIES WERE DUE, AND THE COUNTY PORTION OF THAT IS $210 AND 55 CENTS.
BUT IF, IF WE HAD HAD THE TAX STATEMENT, THE CORRECT WAS TO HIM ON TIME, THEN HE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO PAY THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S THE PENALTY AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST.
AND WE'RE TALKING SEVERAL PIECES OF PROPERTY HERE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S TAKEN QUITE AN EFFORT TO, UH, TO GET YES, TO GET THIS.
YEAH, IT'S, UH, AND OF COURSE THAT'S ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS IS THAT IF IT'S A PROBLEM, IF THE APPRAISAL, THE TAXING DISTRICT, UH, THAT WE CAN WAIVER THE, UH, THE AMOUNT.
I JUST, WE CAN ONLY DO THE
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WA THE PENALTY INTEREST ON THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY ON THE AGENDA.
SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER LOUD.
I, I'M SORRY YOU HAD THAT PROMPT.
CONSIDER RESOLUTION, OPPOSING CREATION OF ALL MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS, WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, FIRST WATER SUPPLY DISTRICTS, ANY OTHER SPECIAL DISTRICT UNTIL THE COMMISSIONER RECEIVED VERIFICATION THAT THE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR CITY HAS AGREED TO SUPPORT THESE CREATION.
UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK HAS SOME CONCERNS.
UH, THERE ARE A FEW SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT SEEMS LIKE THEY WANT
UH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE OUR BLESSING TO GET 'EM CREATED.
UH, TCEQ WILL DO IT ONE, ONE ROUTE.
THE OTHER ROUTE IS THE LEGISLATURE DIRECTLY CAN APPROVE THEM WITHOUT CONSIDERATION WHAT COMMISSIONER COURT, UH, THINKS.
THIS IS SIMPLY A, A METHOD, UH, TO ADVISE THESE PEOPLE THAT IF YOU WANT COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPROVAL OF THESE SPECIAL DISTRICTS, YOU NEED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND, AND THE CITY WITHIN THE EJ OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, SINCE WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE, UH, DEVELOPER AS FINALIZED IT EVEN AND NOT FINALIZED, UH, UH, THAT HE'S ALREADY FINALIZED SINCE THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA.
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THIS IS WHERE THIS COMING FROM.IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS, UH, I THINK WE'LL TAKE ONE STEP FURTHER FURTHER DEPARTMENT ALSO BECAUSE IT AFFECTS, UH, IF IT'S IN COUNTY, IF IT'S GONNA AFFECT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I THOUGHT WE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A MATTER OF WE PASSED THIS SAME DEAL ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AND, UH, WELL, I KNOW THE, THE ONES IN MY PRECINCT, UH, ONE, MAYBE OR TWO, BUT, BUT THEY HAD GONE AND GOTTEN AN OKAY FROM TAR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHOEVER, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A MATTER.
I'M THIS, YEAH, WELL, IT'S NOT A LEGAL REFORM.
YEAH, THAT'S, UH, AS FAR AS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT GOES, THAT I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT, UH, THE SHERIFF NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND NEEDS TO BE PLANNED AHEAD FOR, BUT IT'S STILL COUNTY BUDGET.
WE CAN HAVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BUSINESS ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR ANY YES.
I'LL HAVE TO, UH, RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THERE IS 1, 1 1 DEAL THAT COMMISSIONER CLARK CONFLICT ON.
SO WE DISCUSSED IT AND DECIDED IT BE BEST FOR, SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND LAURA, I'D LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT.
UH, MOTION CARRIES AND COMMISSIONER CLARK, UH, RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE VOTE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED CONSIDER RESOLUTION ADOPTING, UH, SUPPORTING HOUSE BILL 1 8 2 REGARDING NOISE ABATEMENT AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS.
THIS REQUEST CAME FROM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BROWN'S OFFICE.
UH, SHE INTRODUCED THE SAME BILL, UH, TWO YEARS AGO AND IT DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE AND SHE'S HOPING TO DO IT AGAIN.
THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS IN THE COUNTY, UH, ONE OF THEM, UH, I DUNNO IF IT'S IN PRECINCT ONE OR PRECINCT FORD.
I THINK THAT'S IN PRECINCT ONE.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S IN, WELL, THAT'S, NO, THAT'S JUST ON YOUR SIDE OF THE THAT'S RIGHT.
AND, UH, YEAH, IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE SIDE ON SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S JUST 1, 1 1 AREA THERE OTHER AREAS.
AND, UH, WHAT IT WILL DO BASICALLY IS SET THE, THE NOISE LEVEL THAT ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANYBODY'S PARTY CANNOT BE ABOVE AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
HUH? LIKE 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING.
I THINK IT'S 85 DB AT THE POINT AT THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE, YOU KNOW, AT MY HOUSE IF I HEAR IT AND IT'S 85 DB BELOW 85 DB.
THIS JUST LOWERS THAT REQUIREMENT.
YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I LIVE ABOUT EVERY ONCE EVERY QUARTER I GUESS THERE, THERE'S A PARTY AND PARTY AND, UH, USING ALL NIGHT LONG.
BUT ANYWAY, THE BETTY'S OFFICE CALLED AND, UH, UH, SHE ABUSED THIS BILL LAST TIME.
IT DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE, SO THEY'RE ASKING US TO PASS THE RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT IT.
UH, AND SHE THINKS THAT WILL HELP HER BE THROUGH MOTION.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWING.
NEXT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPRO DE OF FOR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
CONSIDER DE OF BRIAN LEY FOR THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, DE OF PATRICK RICHMOND FOR THE TON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
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BY COMMISSIONER D THANK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.NOW NEXT IS, UH, ATION OF CHAD HILL FOR THE TON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
ALL MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED CONSIDER PROCLAIM IN THE WEEK OF MARCH 18TH THROUGH MARCH 24TH AS CULTURAL WEEK IN COUNTY.
THIS REQUEST MADE BY THE EXTENSION OFFICE.
WHERE'S THAT MAN IN? IS HE HERE TODAY? NOBODY.
THEY KNEW WE HAD SUPPORTED MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
A A MOTION CARRIES, UH, WE HAVE A DALLAS CROWN REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 23RD.
JUDGE AND I MOVE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THAT REPORT FOR THE MEDIA THAT, UH, REPORT SHOWS 28 ANALYSTS, UH, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ER.
NEXT, WE HAVE ONE FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 2ND.
THAT ONE SHOWS 171 ANIMALS JUDGE, WHICH IS UP A LITTLE OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
BUT, UH, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THAT REPORT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
UH, ARE WE HAVING TRANSFER? YES, SIR.
IT NINE WE'RE BEFORE WE, WE PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW.
TWO FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES, 500 DEDUCTION OF COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE FOR SUPPLIES.
THE OFFICE EQUIPMENT SHERIFF'S OFFICE INCREASE AMMUNITION, A THOUSAND DEDUCTION OF GAS AND OIL DPS INCREASED.
MISCELLANEOUS 200 REDUCTION IN OFFICE EQUIPMENT DPS LICENSE AND WEIGHT.
UH, INCREASED OFFICE SUPPLIES 200 WITH REDUCTION IN COMMUNICATIONS CHARITIES, POOR AND RELIEF, INCREASED INVESTIGATIVE EXPENSE, 5,000 WITH REDUCTION IN MISCELLANEOUS SHERIFF ASSET FORFEITURE FUND AND TAKES MISCELLANEOUS 9,000 REDUCTION IN OFFICE FURNITURE.
AND ON THE TASK FORCE ON INTE DEFENSE FUND, UH, SWITCH BETWEEN CPS AND DEFENSE AND COUNTY COURT OF LAW TWO FOR 2000.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE, UH, AMENDMENTS IN THE, UH, COMPUTER AREA FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, AUTOMATION AND SOFTWARE GROUP OF HUNDRED THOUSAND.
AND THEN
AND BUDGET THAT FOR THE CONSTABLE PLEASE.
ONE GENTLEMEN, Y'ALL HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER.
UH, THE ONLY DISCUSSION I HAVE, IS THE SHERIFF STILL HERE? YEAH.
I'D WANT, WHO Y'ALL BEEN SHOOTING AT? DID YOU LEAVE ME? GIVE ANOTHER THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR AMMO.
UH, WE GONNA SKIP BILLS THIS WEEK OR NO, SIR? WE'RE PAYING.
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YOU AND I, UH, LAST FRIDAY, I, I WAS TALKING TO, UH, THE BIGGER SCOUT LAW FIRM AND UH, HE WAS TELLING ME THAT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING ACROSS THE STATE, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'VE BEEN EMPLOYED, UH, TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY OWNER OVER PRIVATE JAILS.SO I TOLD HIM THAT WE JUST HAD A FEW MORE OF OUR BEDS FREE UP AND TO PASS THE WORD TO CALL SHERIFF BURNS, IF THEY HAD SOME PEOPLE THEY WANTED TO SEND UP HERE WE'RE ALSO, WE WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH ELLIS COUNTY RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE CONTACTED US ABOUT MORE.
WE'RE, UH, WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF THAT.
YOU MAY GET A FEW MORE PHONE CALLS.
I LOOK FOR IS EVERYBODY, THE SCHOOL ISN'T, ARE THEY MEETING? WE MET FRIDAY MORNING, USUALLY DON'T.
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OKAY.Y'ALL KNOW THAT A BOOTH IN THAT DISTRICT, BUT THAT DISTRICT YOU TO OUT, YOU, YOU HAVE TO BRIDGE SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN
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THE FOOD'S BETTER.HE IS, YOU SAID HE FILE THE DEADLINE POSITION.
HE WENT TO THE GUY AND THE DEADLINES AT FIVE TODAY, JUDY, I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY IT IS ONE O'CLOCK THIS EIGHTH? FIVE O'CLOCK.
FIVE O'CLOCK THE TIME THAT WHATEVER TIME THEY CLOSE, IF THEY CLOSE AT FIVE O'CLOCK, LIKE THE CITY OF 40 IS AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
IF THE SCHOOL CLOSES NORMALLY AT FOUR 30, THEY'D BE FOUR 30.
FOUR, FOUR O'CLOCK
HAS ANYBODY FILED OVER THERE? UH, I UNDERSTAND THE THREE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE SCHOOL, THE THREE INCUMBENTS HAVE AND A MAN BY THE NAME OF CHRIS ANDREWS AND THEN AT THE CITY, THE ONLY ONE THAT'S FILED IT PROBABLY GONNA BE ALL RUSHING UP THERE IS BRIAN HOY.
YOU PRONOUNCE THAT RECORD RIGHT? YEAH.
HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I KNOW OF.
SO THEY BETTER, THEY BETTER GET BUSY AND GO SEE ODESSA, WHICH I'M SURE SHE'LL HAVE 'EM ALL DAY TODAY.
THEY'RE ALWAYS SO AFRAID THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL KNOW.
THEY'RE SO AFRAID THAT YOU'LL GET A, THEY'LL GET A, YOU'LL GET A JOB ON, THEY'LL GET, IF YOU FILE BEFORE THEY DO, THEN YOU'LL KNOW
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THAT.I THINK THEY SOMETIMES COME, I DON'T THINK THEY'LL HAVE TWO, THREE.
I THINK CERTAINLY WE HAVE ONE FELLOW, OUR SCHOOL BOARD'S BEEN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, DO A JOB THERE BEFORE YEARS AGO.
HE'S BEEN IN THERE LONGER THAN YOU'VE BEEN IN YOUR REGULAR JOB.
HOW MANY OF US LOVE POWER SO MUCH? MAKE A CAREER.
JUDGE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IN THE MIDDLE.
I THINK SO OUT THE JAIL, UP 18 FIVE, THE CITY HAS, IF THEY HAD, WAS JUST CURIOUS.
WHERE DO YOU GO NUMBER SCHOOL? I LOOKED AT WHERE DO YOU
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SO YOU WOULD COMMISSIONER DI A MOTION TO PAY THE BILL.UH, JUST WE'LL SEE YOU ON NEXT MONDAY.
THREE O'CLOCK IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW.
NOW I'LL, UH, HAVE IT ON NEXT WEEK TO DEDICATE THE COURTROOM TO JUDGE FIRST JUDGE LAW CALL THE EQUIPMENT.
WHAT'S IT GONNA BE CALLED? WELL, WE, YOU KNOW, WE COME UP WITH A NAME I THOUGHT THAT YOU ALREADY HAD.
I, WE, IF YOU COULD LEGALLY CALL MOON BY, BY JUDGE'S NAME OR NOT.
BUT INSIDE THE DEDICATION, WE'LL HAVE A DEDICATION COUNTY COURT LAW, BUT IT'LL JUST BE DEDICATED TO, HE SAID HE NEVER TRUSTED ANYBODY WEST OF THE DALLAS COUNTY.
HE AND, UH, JUDGE, UH, IT WAS MIRACLE.
THEY TRY TO GET TOGETHER TO DO THE GOVERNMENT.
AND, UH, WE'RE NOT, GO GET A SECOND HERE.