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MOST GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, THANKFULLY, FOR THE PREVIOUS OPPORTUNITY OF GIVING TO GATHER LIKE THIS.
SO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
PLEASE GIVE US THE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS WARM THE COLD PLACES IN OUR HEARTS LIGHTEN THE DARK PLACES IN OUR SOUL.
ALL THIS WE ASK, IN JESUS NAME, I PLEDGES TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER, UNDER BEHALF INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, UH, ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
GUYS, THAT, THAT PICTURE BACK THERE IN THE TONER IS LIVING PROOF THAT AT ONE TIME I DID HAVE HAIR.
Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF AMENDS OF Y'ALL'S LAST MEETING.
ANY, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PROVE AS PRESENTED.
SO I MOTION MADE AND SECONDED.
DID YOU GET WHO PAYMENT? I DIDN'T.
THAT WAS THE, UH, THE MINUTES OF THE 30TH, RIGHT? TWO.
IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TO APPROVE THE 30TH.
YEAH, IT'S, WE, WE'LL LUMP THEM TOGETHER SINCE THEY'RE ON THE AGENDA TOGETHER.
SO WE'LL APPROVE BOTH OF THEM.
COMMISSIONER GULER MADE THE MOTION.
COULD YOU ASK KATHY TO COME IN? GOOD MORNING.
UH, FRIDAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY, CAPE TALKING COUNTY, ANOTHER SAFETY AWARD.
THERE WAS ONLY, UH, OUT OF THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS, THERE WERE, I BELIEVE ONLY JUST ABOUT 10 THAT RECEIVED THESE AWARDS.
SO COLTON COUNTY WAS ONE OF 'EM AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF IT.
AGAIN, UH, COUNTY SAFETY AWARD PRESENTED COLTON COUNTY IN RECOGNITION OF ITS ONGOING RECORD OF SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE.
2006, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, WORKERS' COMPENSATION, SELF-INSURING FUND.
NOW WE HAVE KATHY TO, TO THANK FOR THIS AND, UH, SHE EARNED IT LAST YEAR.
UH, AND ALSO, UH, WE HAD 15,000, I BELIEVE, KNOCKED OFF OUR WORK COMPENSATION.
THEY DIDN'T ACT BUT DIDN'T TELL US HOW MUCH WILL BE KNOCKED OFF FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
BUT EACH YEAR THAT WE GET ONE OF THESE, THAT MEANS WE SAVE ON OUR WORST COMPENSATION BILL TO TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH KATHY, UH, SO WE CAN CONTINUE GETTING THESE AWARDS.
AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD WHEN, WHEN THEY CALL US AND I GET TO WALK UP ON THE STAGE AND GET THESE AWARDS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SAFETY MEETING ONCE A MONTH AND WE STRESS WORKMAN'S COMP SAFETY VERY, VERY STRONGLY.
SO, UH, THE PROGRAM'S A SUCCESS IF YOU HAVE MEETINGS EVERY MONTH.
NOW WE NEED TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER 'CAUSE SOME OF THE COUNTIES GOT A SPECIAL AWARD, UHOH
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SO THAT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ACTUAL PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE SET.
SO JUST, JUST THROW THAT OUTTA CHAIR
BUT NO, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF A CAPTAIN AND THE WORK SHE DOES.
AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REWARD.
FYI JUDGE, AM I READING THIS RIGHT? THERE IS A DECREASE IN THAT IN A DEFENSE COST.
OVERALL FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OR WHAT? I MEAN, NOT FOUR MONTHS OR WHATEVER IT'S WAS THREE.
BUT WE STILL HAD TO, UH, MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
I DUNNO IF Y'ALL BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY, BUT, UH, IS JACK OUT THERE UHHUH? I HAVE, DID YOU PASS THIS OVER, JACK? PICK THAT UP.
YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE ONE, BUT THERE'S ONE IF YOU DON'T.
UM, JOHNNY HAS CONSENTED TO, UH, UH, MOVE HIS, UH, REQUEST DOWN.
SO WE CAN GO GET TO THE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER EXEMPTING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FROM THE S AND WILD ANIMAL ORDINANCE AND WHAT RESTRICTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS AND REGULATIONS WILL BE PUT INTO PLACE.
UH, YOUR, UH, JUDGE THE, UH, UH, REGISTRATION AND, UH, UH, INSPECTION.
I'VE TALKED TO THE SHERIFF ABOUT THIS.
I TALKED TO THE SHERIFF MORE THAN ONCE ABOUT, BUT, UH, HE'S VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE SY SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW.
THE ONE THAT RAY PUT IN OR THAT YOU ALL PUT IN WHEN, UH, COMMISSIONER FOND IS HERE.
SO IF HE'S HAPPY WITH THE ONE THAT HAS TO, UH, HANDLE IT, I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH JUST THE ONE IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVEN NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT.
UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST LEAVING IT AS IT'S, IF YOU'RE NOT PAID ANYTHING, YOU DON'T, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE THE SAME INSPECTION, REGISTRATION, UH, SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK, DOUG, YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S IN THERE WHEN YOU WERE HERE.
SO, UH, IS THAT THE SAME, UH, IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE COMMITTEE.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT COMMITTEE THING.
UH, THAT WHETHER WE EVEN NEED TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE NOW THAT THE SHERIFF, UH, IS GONNA TAKE CONTROL OF IT AND, AND DO THE, UH, THE INSPECTIONS AND THE, THE, UH, THE REGISTRATIONS THEMSELVES.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE NEED TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE FOR THAT THING OR NOT.
WHAT WOULD THE COMMITTEE DO? PROBABLY AID WITH, UH, I WOULD HELP HIM WITH, UH, THE LAW DIRECTS THE SHERIFF TO DO THIS.
I DON'T, I'M WOULD NOT EVEN WHY WE WOULD NEED A COMMITTEE.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING THAT BOTHERED ME ABOUT THE COMMITTEE WAS THAT IT'S IN THOSE BYLAWS OF THOSE, THOSE, UH, MINUTES OF, OF THAT MM-HMM
WHETHER WE NEED TO DELETE THAT OUT OF THERE AT SOME OTHER TIME OR NOT.
UH, WE WANNA TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, THE SHIFT'S VERY COMFORTABLE WITH JUST LEAVING THE
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ONE IN PLACE THAT'S THERE.AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THE FORMS AND EVERYTHING SET UP.
UH, THE COUNTY CLERK, UH, SENT ME A NOTE THAT SAID THAT IF IT WOULD MAKE IT ANY SIMPLER TO REGISTER AT HER OFFICE, THAT SHE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THE SHERIFF'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
HE SAYS THE LAW SAYS THEY HAVE TO REGISTER AT HIS OFFICE, SO WE'RE PROBABLY JUST GONNA LEAVE THAT.
LIKE IT'S, SO THE ONLY UH, UH, CONSIDERATION THERE IS, UH, WOULD NOT LEAVE THAT COMMITTEE IN THERE.
TO VOID THAT ORDER ALL TOGETHER AND SET A NEW ONE.
IF WE COULD JUST LEAVE THAT ORDER IN PLACE AND VOID THAT COMMITTEE THING.
I THINK THAT'S FINE WITH PROBABLY WITH EVERYBODY HERE.
I KNOW IT'S FINE WITH THE SHERIFF, BUT IT'S OKAY.
UH, COULD I MAKE THE MOTION, JUDGE THAT WE LEAVE THE, UH, CURRENT SYSTEM IN PLACE, UH, AND DELETE THE COMMITTEE PORTION OF IT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE.
I'LL MAKE THAT, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE LEAVE THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF REGULATIONS AND, UH, INSPECTIONS IN PLACE, BUT DELETE AND REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONS, BUT DELETE THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE PORTION OF IT, IF THAT WORKS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DEN.
IS THERE A SECOND? I HAVEN'T SEEN THE REGULATIONS.
THE SHERIFF'S WANTS RESPONSIBLE AND THE SHERIFF'S HAPPY WITH HIM.
HE'S TOLD I HIM BEFORE WE WERE GOING.
THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE IS, IS THAT'S NOT SPELLED OUT IN THIS AGENDA.
THIS HAS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER EXEMPTING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AND WHAT INSTRUCTIONS AND REGULATION SYSTEMS TO PUT IN PLACE.
YEAH, WE'RE JUST TAKING THAT LAST PART OF IT RIGHT THERE.
WE'LL DO THAT, GET THAT OUT OF PLACE AND DISCUSS THIS OTHER I SEE.
IT WASN'T SORT OF A TWO-PRONG THING.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER RILEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
ANYMORE DISCUSSION? THE SHERIFF COUPLE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THESE, THESE REGULATIONS YET, SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO EVEN MAKE A VOTE ON THIS VOTE.
THE SHERIFF'S NOT HERE TO SPEAK TODAY.
ACTUALLY, THE SHERIFF IS HERE.
UH, SHERIFF, UH, THE MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE NOW OF, UH, KEEPING THE, UH, INSTRUCTIONS, REGULATIONS, AND REGISTRATION OF THE DANGERS WILD ANIMALS, AS WILL HAVE IT ALREADY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, WE JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THAT'S YES, THAT'S, THAT'S THE
NOW LET'S GET, UH, TO THE DISCUSSION OF EXEMPTING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.
FROM THE DANGEROUS AND WILD ANIMAL ORDINANCES.
I HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.
UH, FIRST ONE IS TOMMY BARNETT.
I'M JUST HERE TO KIND OF SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SHERRY.
DANIEL KNOWN HER FOR PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
AND, UH, SHE'S WORKING DILIGENTLY TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND THIS IS, UH, SHE'S WORKING HARD.
SHE'S HAD THIS ANIMAL FOR 16, 17 YEARS, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A KID, YOU KNOW.
AND, UH, MY PLEA OF THE COURT, IT IS TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING WORKABLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THIS REGISTRATION PROCESS AND GO ON WITH THEIR LIVES AND COST THE COUNTY ANY ADDED MONEY.
AND IT'D JUST BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION, I WOULD THINK.
I'VE JUST, I'VE JUST KNOWN HER A LONG TIME AND KIND OF KEPT UP WITH IT IN
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THE PAPER IN THE DALLAS PAPER.AND I ASKED HER, I SAID, SURE.
I SAID, I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD DO.
AND SHE SAID, WOULD YOU COME SPEAK WIN? Y'ALL READ THE DALLAS
I DON'T MY SALARY
SHE TEACHES CLASSES ON WEEKENDS.
SHE GONE TO COLLEGE PART-TIME AND I'M A RETIRED AG TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL FOR CROSSROADS.
AND IT JUST, UH, I JUST FEEL LIKE SHE'S SUCH A HARDWORKING PERSON TO DO ALL THAT.
AND THEN TAKING CARE OF BREEDER, I'VE SEEN HER, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN A LADY BY HERSELF WILL GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, CUT UP A HORSE OR A COW THAT HITS OR RUNS INTO A FENCE AND BREAKS, BREAKS HER NECK.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST HARD TO NOT MANY FOLKS THAT DO THAT.
I WOULDN'T, AND THAT'S THE MAIN THING I WANT TO SAY.
I JUST MAKE A PLEA TO THE COURT TO HELP.
AND I THINK SHE'S A GOOD LADY.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MR. BARNETT? UH, NEXT WE HAVE, WE'LL SKIP DOWN TO MIKE HANKS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SPELLED THAT WAY.
UM, I LIVE TERROLL OFF OF DOG PATCH AND I, UH, MOVED HERE FROM ARIZONA.
I WAS AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
UM, AND I'VE ALWAYS COMPLIED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THERE IN ARIZONA.
AND MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE MY FORMS. I'VE HAD MY FORMS FROM HERE FILLED OUT SINCE I MOVED HERE.
UM, OFFICER WHITENER CAME OUT AND INSPECTED AND, UM, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON THE LIST.
I HAVE APPLICANT SABLES, THEY'RE MEDIUM SIZED CAT.
UH, BUT I DON'T ONLY RAISE THEM FOR A BUSINESS.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE AND COMPLIABLE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY AND KNOW THAT MY CATS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
UH, MS. H, YOU, YOU SAY YOU RAISED 'EM FOR COMMERCIAL REASONS.
WHAT, WHAT? I RAISED THEM TO SELL TO THE SERVS.
THAT THE, THE CIRCLES WERE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, BETWEEN EIGHT, 10 YEARS AGO.
AND WITH CAPTIVE BREEDING, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE FCF, WHICH IS A FELINE FEDERATION INTERNATIONALLY.
AND, UH, WHAT IT IS, IS JUST, UH, PEOPLE THAT RAISE ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY TO KEEP THEM FROM GOING INTO EXTINCTION.
WHAT TYPE OF LICENSE DO YOU HAVE? IF YOU HAVE, I HAVE MY USDA.
AND NOT ONLY I SPEAK, I AM SURE I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
WE ALL LOVE OUR ANIMALS AND ANIMALS THAT THEY WERE TO HAVE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
AND NOT ONLY THEM, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT RAISE 'EM, THEIR HEARTS GET BROKEN.
AND IT WOULD JUST REALLY BE NICE IF WE COULD JUST FOLLOW, LIVE OUR LIVES AND, AND ENJOY A FEELING THAT YOU CAN, WHEN YOU RAISE THESE ANIMALS IS YOU CAN'T DESCRIBE IT UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY ARE THERE.
AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL, AWESOME FEELING TO, TO BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH.
HAS ANYONE HERE INSPECTED OR DO YOU KNOW WHETHER
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT AT HER, UH, HER, UH,
AND, AND, UH, MS. DANIELS CAME TO ME.
SHE MISSED THAT FIRST MEETING.
BUT, UH, I HAVEN'T INSPECTED HER STUFF, BUT SHE DOES HAVE A-U-S-D-A LICENSE.
THEY, THE USD INSPECT TWICE A YEAR.
EVERY SIX MONTHS WE GET INSPECTION.
DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE OUT IN THE COUNTY THAT HAS ANY WILD OR DAM ANY ANIMALS THAT MIGHT BE CLASSIFIED OUT OTHER THAN SHERRY AND LEANNE AND, AND THESE OTHER GUYS THAT, UH, UM, I DON'T, SINCE I, I'VE MOVED HERE RECENTLY.
I KNOW THERE, THE, THE ANIMAL WORLD IS PRETTY A TIGHT KNIT FAMILY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY ELSE, BUT, UH, MY USDN INSPECTOR DID, UH, SAY TO GO ON THE USDA SIDE, SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT'S LICENSED WITH THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IN THE COUNTY.
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SAYS THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUT HE CAN'T OFFER ANY OF THAT INFORMATION.SO HE WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND ENOUGH TO JUST OFFER TO GO TO THE USDA SIDE ON THE INTERNET.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THE COURT WANTS TO DO IS RESOLVE THIS ISSUE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
IF I HEAR OF ANYBODY, YOU BET Y'ALL.
I'LL LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I, I'M NEW TO THIS AREA AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, MICKEY GOT RIGHT THAT TIME, RIGHT? YEAH.
MICKEY, I THINK THEY LOOK LIKE MIKEY
UH, NEXT, LET'S, LET'S TAKE LEANNE LEAN.
YOU'RE THE ONE THAT HAS THES TIGERS OVER IN THE ELMO AREA.
WHAT, MA'AM? WHERE IS YOUR LOCATION? I LIVE OFF OF, UH, DOG CATCH, UH, NER AND DOG CATCH OUT IN THAT AREA.
HAVE YOU HAD COMPLAINTS FROM ANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS? NONE.
EVERYBODY I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE COME AND, AND LOOK AT 'EM AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S JUST, I, I, YOU KNOW, I WELCOME ANYBODY TO COME.
THEY HAVE GREAT ENCLOSURES AND, AND IT'S ALL SAFE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PERFECT.
HOW MANY TIMES A YEAR DO YOU NORMALLY GET INSPECTED FROM THE FEDS? FROM THE FEDS? MM-HMM
OH, A WE GET IN, I GET INSPECTED TWICE A YEAR.
YOU REALIZE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT,
WHAT? NO, FROM SDA WE GET INSPECTED TWICE A YEAR.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT EVERYONE HERE THAT WISHES TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THEIR NEIGHBORS.
WE ARE ALL IN COMPLIANT HABITATS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY.
WE HAVE ALL COME HERE BECAUSE WE WANNA BE GRANDFATHERED, WE WANNA COMPLY, WE WANNA REGISTER.
SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY, UM, REPERCUSSION IN THAT SENSE.
UM, I HAD SPOKEN TO COMMISSIONER ROWDEN TO VOLUNTEER IN ANY WAY NECESSARY, UM, TO JUST PROVIDE INFORMATION.
I KNOW EXOTIC CATS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF IT.
I I SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND I'M SURE THE OTHERS THAT TO OFFER ANY INFORMATION OR ANY VOLUNTEER WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ASSISTING WITH INSPECTIONS OR PROVIDING INFORMATION.
WHY DID YOU ALL, OR WHY DID YOU ALL MISS THAT MEETING? WHERE WE DID, WHERE WE FOUND EVERYBODY GRANDFATHER DIED TOGETHER.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MEETING.
LIKE YOU SAY, YOU READ IT IN THE PAPER.
I JUST, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I CHOOSE NOT TO DO.
AND, UH, SO I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
I AS WELL DID NOT SEE IT, UM, PUBLISHED.
I HAD BEEN, I KNOW MARCUS COOK IS ON THE BOARD, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE LITIGATION ON THE, UH, PROGRESS AND SO ON.
AND SO HE HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS IN SOMEWHAT OF, UH, NOT CLARITY.
AND SO I JUST ANTICIPATED THAT HE WOULD INFORM ME WHEN THERE WAS A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHERRY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MY MASTER'S THESIS AND IT'S TAKEN PRECEDENCE OVER READING THE NEWSPAPERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING ME IN, IN DEPTH THE LAST MEETING, AND I WON'T TAKE MUCH OF YOUR TIME THIS TIME.
I DID WANNA BRING BY MY ORIGINAL PERMIT SO YOU COULD SEE IT.
AND JUST A COUPLE OF LITTLE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU THE KIND OF BOND THAT IS BETWEEN ME AND CRUISER.
CRUISER LIVED WITH ME, UH, IN A LITTLE SMALL PINK AND WHITE TRAILER HOUSE UNTIL HE GOT TOO BIG.
HE'S ABOUT PROBABLY 150 POUNDS.
BEFORE HE WAS WEANED, HE SLEPT WITH ME AND HE LIVES WITH ME.
OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS LASTED LONGER THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MARRIAGES.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH HIM EXCEPT PUT HIM DOWN.
THERE'S NO PLACE TO REALLY MOVE HIM.
I COULD HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A HOME PAID FOR, FOR WHAT? IT'S TAKEN ME TO TAKE CARE OF MY ANIMALS.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER I'LL BUILD A HOME AT MY FARM.
I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF MONEY GOING TO COLLEGE, EDUCATING MYSELF WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF AN ANIMAL LIKE THIS.
I'VE EVEN GOT COPIES OF MY CURRENT VETERINARY TECHNICIAN LICENSE, COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS, WHATEVER IT'S GONNA TAKE.
I MEAN, HE WAS DRINKING SIX BOTTLES AT A TIME IN THOSE PICTURES.
HE'S LIKE, THESE PEOPLE SAY, UNTIL YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON ONE OF THESE CATS AND LOOK INTO THE DEPTHS OF ITS SOUL THROUGH ITS EYES, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
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CATS, THE GREAT CATS HAVE ROUND PUPILS LIKE A HUMAN INSTEAD OF ELLIPTICAL LIKE A CAT.AND WHEN THEIR EYES ARE THAT BIG, WELL YOU CAN SEE HIS EYES RIGHT HERE.
YOU JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM.
AND QUITE CERTAINLY, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ANIMALS ALL MY LIFE.
MY DAD TRAINED NARCOTICS DOGS.
I KNOW NOT TO THREATEN SOMEONE WITH AN ANIMAL.
I RAISE DOGS AND I SELL THEM FOR POLICE.
SHUNS, SOME PERSONAL PROTECTION PROSPECTS.
I KNOW NOT TO EVER, MY DADDY TAUGHT ME WHEN I WAS A KID, DON'T THREATEN SOMEBODY WITH AN ANIMAL OR AN ANIMAL.
GET TAKEN AWAY AND PUT TO SLEEP.
UM, BUT CRUISER WENT TO SCHOOL WITH ME 'CAUSE I HAD TO FEED HIM AND THEY JUST, UH, THEY WANTED HIM TO BE THEIR MASCOT AND ME TO HAUL HIM AROUND FOOTBALL GAMES.
BUT TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT USDA PERMIT.
AND SINCE I WAS NOT, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL TOO, IF YOU WANNA LOOK IT IN, I WAS NOT EXHIBITING NOR BREEDING.
I JUST WANTED TO KEEP THIS ONE LINE TO KEEP HIM FROM GOING BACK TO THE GAME RESERVE WHERE HE CAME FROM.
THAT'S WHY I APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT SO I COULD ACTUALLY GET LEGAL CUSTODY OF HIM.
I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GO BACK AND BE HUNTED.
'CAUSE AS YOU SEE IN THOSE PICTURES, CRUISER'S JUST A BABY CAT.
HE, HE'S NEVER KILLED ANYTHING, BY THE WAY.
I'VE PUT A CRIPPLED BEER IN THERE BEFORE.
CRUISER IS SUPPOSED TO BE HAND FED AND I AM HIS PRIDE.
THE FEMALE LIONS BRING THE FOOD TO MALES AND THE MALE LINES AREN'T REAL ACTIVE.
HE LAYS AROUND MOST OF THE TIME.
SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO GET ANOTHER ANIMAL AFTER CRUISER'S GONE.
LIKE I EXPLAINED, I'M INTO A NEW PHASE IN MY LIFE AND MY DAUGHTER WILL BE HAVING A BABY THIS SUMMER, THIS FALL.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN GETTING ANOTHER ONE.
NOW I, WHEN HE'S GONE, I WILL HAVE THE FACILITY IF SOMETHING CAME UP, BUT NO, I'M NOT, I DIDN'T BUY HIM.
HE JUST LIKE, WELL TAKE CARE OF HIM WHEN YOU GET TIRED OF HIM.
SEND HIM BACK TO THE GAME RESERVE.
WELL, I DIDN'T WANNA SEND HIM BACK AFTER YOU BOUGHT FEED ONE, GO THROUGH THIS.
YOU DON'T WANNA SEND HIM BACK.
ANY OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF SHERRY? YOU JUDGE WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THOSE PICTURES? I, I MIGHT, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY WHAT, TO ME, THE, WHAT, THE MAIN QUESTION OF THIS WHOLE THING IS, UH, DO THESE FOUR OR THREE OR HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE, UH, DESERVE TO GET GRANDFATHERED? LIKE THE FIVE THAT WE GRANDFATHERED AT THAT FIRST MEETING, HOWEVER MANY THAT WAS.
AND AT THAT FIRST MEETING, I PERSONALLY CALLED DOUG AND MOST OF THOSE FIVE THAT WERE THERE, MAYBE NOT THE
AND I DIDN'T CALL THESE THREE PEOPLE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE OUT THERE.
AND MY CONTENTION IN THIS WHOLE THING IS THAT WE DIDN'T RUN ANYTHING IN THE PAPER SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A
WE DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING OUT IN ANY OF THE VETERINARIAN'S OFFICES.
SO MY WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE, I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY DOG IN THEIR, IN THEIR, UNTIL THIS CAME ABOUT.
IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S, THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THIS.
AS SOON AS THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, THEY ALL SHOWED UP, UH, BECAUSE THEY MISSED THIS ONE MEETING.
UH, DO WE NEED TO, UH, NOT GRANDFATHER THEM? UH, HAVE THEY HAD OTHER TIMES TO COME IN? I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
BUT MY ONLY POINT IS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MADE SOME KIND OF EFFORT TO NOTIFY THAT.
NOW I RAN THIS LITTLE THING IN THE PAPER LAST WEEK AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY HERE FROM THAT.
SO, UH, MAYBE THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED, BUT I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE.
I, I DO FEEL COMFORTABLE NOW SAYING THAT NO ONE ELSE SHOWED UP.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE TO TRY TO CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE, THE POINT TODAY IS THESE FOUR, THESE THREE PEOPLE HERE, UH, WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS.
UH, YEAH, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OR WE SHOULD HAVE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO NOTIFY ANYWAY.
THEY, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE, SO WE COULDN'T, NO, WE DIDN'T MAKE AN ATTEMPT BY PUBLISHING IT ON THE AGENDA AND BEING IN THE NEWSPAPER ON THE AGENDA OF WHAT WAS BEEN.
AND THEN, UH, JIM HAD SOME ARTICLES, UH, BEFORE MESSENGER AND MAYBANK VAN ALL HAD ARTICLES ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING.
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AND THEY DID.BUT NONE, NOWHERE IN THERE, NEWSPAPERS, NOWHERE IN THERE DIDN'T SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO, I TOLD DOUG, I SAID, YOU NEED TO COME TO THIS MEETING, DOUG, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A LAW PASSED THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU.
UH, ALL THIS SAID WAS THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA AND WHETHER THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE NOTIFICATION THAN THAT OR NOT.
IT'S JUST A PERSONAL THING WITH ME.
I, I, I DON'T FEEL THAT I MADE ENOUGH ATTEMPT TO TRY TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
SO WE, UH, GRANDFATHER IN THESE THREE ABANDONED ANY YOU WAS COMING IN CONCERNED.
I'M PRETTY SICK OF THIS BY NOW.
I'M NOT SCHEDULED TO SAY, IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOING TO DO THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND THESE PEOPLE COMPLY WITH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, THEN TECHNICALLY THEY'RE GONNA BE AS SAFE AS THE OTHER ONES.
ONCE THE REGISTRATION PROCESS IS PUT THERE FOR A REASON, ONCE YOU INCLUDE THEM IN IT AND THEY COMPLY WITH IT, THEY'RE JUST AS SAFE AS THE REST OF US.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
WELL, THE MAIN THING THAT THE SHERIFF SEES, THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.
AND, UH, IT CAN'T, THIS, I DON'T, WE, WE DON'T WANT THIS INDUSTRY TO GROW IN COLMAN COUNTY AND CHERRY'S NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING NEW.
AND I DUNNO ABOUT MICKEY AND THEM, UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MAKE THE RESOLUTION SO THAT IT SAYS WHATEVER YOU GOT IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE.
AND ANYBODY THAT'S NOT IN HERE REGISTERING THE TODAY OR IF WE DECIDE TO, UH, GRANDFATHER THESE PEOPLE, THAT'S IT FOR THEM.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS IS OVER.
IN THAT ORDER THAT WAS PASSED, UH, IT STATES IN THERE THAT NO ONE CAN EXPAND THEIR SIL.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? CAN I SPEAK ON MY BEHALF AGAIN?
WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, I DID CONTACT CHARLIE DAVIS AND, UH, OFFICER WENER, ACTUALLY OFFICER WENER CAME WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER ME MOVING HERE.
UM, AND BROUGHT ME THE FORMS TO FILL OUT.
UH, I HAD TO GET MY USDA LICENSE FIRST.
ONCE I FILLED OUT THE FORMS, THEN OFFICER WENER HAD BEEN RELOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND CHAR, I COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF CHARLIE.
THE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE THAT I HAD SPOKE TO DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE PAPERWORK TO GO, SO I'M JUST TRYING.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR PEOPLE FROM DAY ONE, SO, OKAY.
ALRIGHT, I A MOTION, UH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO THE, UH, GRANDFATHER THREE THIS MORNING AND, UH, ALL ALRIGHT.
YOU ACCOUNT? YEAH, BASICALLY THAT IT WITH GRANDFATHERED THESE THREE, MICKEY AND LEANNE AND SHERRY AND NOBODY ELSE THAT, THAT'S THE END OF IT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SEGMENT BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
ANY ANYMORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WAIT, HOW, HOW IS THE VOTE? TWO TO TWO.
COMMISSIONER, THE TWO MADE MOTION.
SECOND VOTE? YES, AND THANK YOU.
OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, Y'ALL.
IS THAT WHAT? LET'S TAKE THAT.
I'LL GET, OKAY, WE HAVE ON AGENDA, DISCUSS REPEAT PLANNING, ADDITION AND TALKING PRECINCT
THIS, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY PLATTED IN 1978.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN, THE ROADS HAVE NEVER BEEN, UH, NEVER BEEN BUILT.
IN FACT, I THINK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, JACKIE.
THERE IS A HOTEL OR A MOTEL BUILT OVER THAT ONE ROAD.
IS THAT WHAT IT IS? APARTMENT.
UH, THE ROADS HAVE NEVER BEEN BUILT.
UH, AND JACKIE HAS ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT, THAT THAT WE REQUIRE.
THE SIGNATURES OF ALL THE INDIVIDUALS IN IN THAT SUPPOSED PLA THERE HAVE BEEN.
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AND ALL THE LETTERS FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE IN THAT AREA SIGNING THE SAYING THAT THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.SO THAT'S JUST BEEN ON THERE SINCE 19.
AND WHEN, WHEN JACKIE BROUGHT IT UP, I WENT THROUGH, I HAD TO GO BACK A LONG WAYS AND BY GOSH IT WAS NUMBER 3 98 FILED AND THE COUNTY CLERK CLUB.
SO WAS IT APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER COLE? YEAH.
AND IT WAS ON THE 6, 19 78 IS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED.
THAT'S PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD YEAR.
GOOD YEAR, WASN'T IT?
JACKIE HAS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS YOU NEED TO GET LETTERS.
ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH I'M TOTALLY SATISFIED OR, ALRIGHT.
COMMISSIONER DO WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWING.
WHAT YOU, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL Y'ALL AGAIN.
ONE THING YOU MAY NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE PROPER PAPER IS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK.
ARE WE GONNA PULL IT OUT OR ARE WE GONNA PUT DFL? YES.
SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO FILE Y'ALL? YES.
CAN I GIVE YOU THIS PAPERWORK, DO IT OR NO? I THINK A COMMISSIONER COURT MINUTES WILL DO.
I DUNNO THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS LONG AS A, AS LONG AS THE COPY OF THE COMMISSIONER COURT MINUTES ARE PUT IN THE PLA YEAH.
SO DO I NEED TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY OF THE MINUTES.
AND I JUST NEED TO FILE ON FLOOR.
OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUT THE NEXT TEST.
CONSIDER RELOCATION OF POST EXTENSION SERVICES.
I THINK, UH, LAST TIME WHEN WE MET, UH, WE HAD ASKED FOR SOME, SOME MORE EXACT COST FIGURES AND, UH, VIDEO GONNA GET TOGETHER.
SERVICE AND, UH, ROBERT AND Y'ALL WERE GONNA GOING TO, UH, SEE IF Y'ALL COULD AGREE ON ANYTHING.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN.
WE NOW OWN THE BUILDINGS WE'VE CLOSED ON IT.
UH, WE'VE GOT THE CONCRETE WORK GOING ON OUT THERE TODAY.
SO IT'S, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENTLY ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS. UH, I DID DO WHAT YOU ASKED ME TO DO WHEN BACK AND GOT EXACT PRICE.
WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE, THE TOP ITEM IS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO FINISH OUT THE EXTENSION SERVICES IN, UH, THERE IS A PLUMBING RESTROOM, EVERYTHING, UH, THE HVAC IS ALREADY IN THAT END, SO IT'S NOT A GREAT DEAL OF COST.
MAINLY IT'S, UH, UH, FRAMING AND FINISHING AND ELECTRICAL WORK ON THAT END.
UH, WHAT I GAVE YOU, THE UH, SMALL DIAGRAM THAT I GAVE YOU IS THE DIAGRAM OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
AND UH, SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT LEASING TO THE COUNTY FOR THE EXTENSION SERVICE IS THE 1800 FEET ON THE LEFT END OF THE BUILDING AS YOU LOOK.
BUT THE, UH, THEY NOW HAVE A MEETING ROOM WHERE THEY ARE, WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDING IN THAT THOUGH.
THEY'LL HAVE FULL USE OF OUR 50, THE 50 PERSON MEETING ROOM, UH, WE GOT WITH KATIE AND WE'RE BUILDING THE KITCHEN IN THERE FOR HER TO USE AS A DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN, WHICH ALL THE WAY BACK TO BASICALLY THE HOME ECONOMICS AGENT WHEN I WAS A KID, I DON'T REMEMBER THE COUNTY HAVING A DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN.
UH, YOU ASKED ME TO GO BACK AND PUT TOGETHER FIGURES ON IT.
SO WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THE FINISH OUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH, BUT WE COULD DO THIS FOR $1,300 A MONTH.
UH, ALSO THE ONLY COST THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE OR ANYTHING WOULD BE YOUR, UH, HEATING AND COOLING COSTS BECAUSE WE GOT ONE WATER METER OUT THERE.
WE'LL PAY FOR THE WATER ON THE BUILDING.
SO SHOULD BE A VERY SMALL COST TO THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE A HEATING COST ANYWAY, DON'T WE? WE HAVE
SO IT SHOULD BE, YEAH, I WASN'T
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AS MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA COST REMODEL AS WHAT THE COST OF THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO BE ON THE MONTHLY, UH, RENT.SO THAT THE $1,300 A MONTH INCLUDES, UH, THE WATER AND THE REMODEL AND THE ENTIRE THING.
WHAT WHAT WE, WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT IS ELECTRICITY.
WHAT THEY HAD PROPOSED IS TO, FOR US TO PUT IN OUR OWN METER.
I DUNNO, I HADN'T GOT WITH JOHNNY TO, TO SEE HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT PUTTING A METER ON THAT BUILDING JUST FOR US.
UH, BUT WE WOULD NEED A METER JUST FOR THE EXTENSION OFFICE.
UH, THE, THE OTHER THING THAT'S NOT FOOD IS INTERNET SERVICE.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND WE'VE GOT A WIRELESS SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY.
I I DON'T KNOW HOW RELIABLE IT IS.
UH, WIRELESS STILL SCARES ME A LITTLE BIT.
UH, I, I DO KNOW THAT THE FARM BUREAU HAS A DSL SYSTEM THAT THEY'LL BE USING.
ROB TELLS ME THAT THEY CAN PUT AS MANY LINES IN THAT THEN FARM THEIR, I GUESS STATE FARM BUREAU ACTUALLY PAYS FOR THAT.
I DUNNO IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE DETAIL WE NEED TO KIND OF WORK OUT.
I THINK THE WIRELESS SYSTEM HAS WORKED FAIRLY WELL SO FAR, SO PROBABLY WORK THAT OUT.
I THINK GEORGE SAYS ANY, ANYTHING THAT THAT, THAT THE ROOF CAN SEE.
HOW FAR IS IT FROM HERE TO THERE? TWO MILES.
GET UP ON THE ROOF AND SEE IF YOU CAN SEE THAT PLACE.
WELL IT'S ALSO A SITUATION, OUR STATE FARM BUREAU IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP AND, UH, IF, IF THE WIRELESS DIDN'T WORK LIKE YOU WANTED IT TO, WE CAN COME BACK AND MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENT TO ADD.
IT WOULDN'T COST, UH, ANYTHING TO ADD THAT TO IT BECAUSE THE ONLY COST IS GOING TO BE FOR OUR STATE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND INSTALL THE THING FOR US.
SO ADDING ADDITIONAL COMPUTER UNITS TO, IT'S NOT GONNA COST ANYTHING.
WELL, WE CAN ADD AN ADDITIONAL LINK SYSTEM IN THERE ON THAT DSL WON'T AFFECT YOU, WON'T AFFECT ANYBODY.
WE JUST BUY THE LINK SYSTEM AND, UH, STILL USE THE PHONE OVER THAT LINE AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER, RALPH, ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THERE'S ENOUGH? IS THAT MORE? YES.
I, I DO THINK THAT, I DO THINK THAT THE, THE ROOM IS PLENTY, UH, WITH THE, UH, CARRIE ACTUALLY DID THIS LITTLE FLOOR DESIGN HERE AND IT'S NOT TOO BAD.
THIS FLOOR DESIGN WOULD JUST BE FOR WHAT Y'ALL WOULD YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THREE OFFICES AND, UH, AND, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM, THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED FOR STORAGE, MORE STORAGE THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH STORAGE
UH, BUT UH, YEAH, IT'S GOT A LITTLE BREAK ROOM IN IT AND IT'S GOT, UH, PLENTY.
I GOT A BIG ROOM, UH, FOR OUR COFFEE IN MACHINES, OUR FAX MACHINES FOR PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE MASTER GARDENERS, UH, TO DO THEIR WORK, WHICH THEY, THEY NEED THEIR SPACE TOO BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH FOR US.
ALSO LICENSE PLATE, UH, THEY'RE BRAND NEW LICENSE SOUTHLAKE YESTERDAY AND UH, PAULETTE PARKER'S GOT ONE.
YEAH, IT SAYS, UH, TEXAS MASTER GARDEN.
NEEDS DO WHAT? WHERE'S GET MONEY OR THERE'S THE GENERAL, GENERAL FUND, I'M SURE IT IS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, IT IS A DA SMALLER, IT'S ON THE LITTLE ONE.
IT HAS WHEELCHAIR RAMP GOING UP THE FRONT AND THE BATHROOM HAS A LARGE DOOR ON IT THAT IT'S A LARGE BATHROOM THAT'S WHEELCHAIR.
I TAKE PICTURES THING THAT MAKES IT MAKES A PLUS THAT THAT'S NOT EVEN SHOWN ON ANY OF THESE DRAWINGS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO OUTSIDE.
THAT'S TO ME IS, IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT THAT WHAT CAN GO INSIDE.
ROBERT HAS ALREADY KIND OF, UH, COMMITTED TO US AND THE BOARD, THE FARM BUREAU BOARD TO UH, HELP US DO A RAINWATER HARVESTING DEMONSTRATION.
UH, SHOWING FOLKS EVEN HOW TO IRRIGATE, HOW TO CAPTURE RAINWATER.
THAT THAT'S JUST NOT A, AND THAT'S A BIG FRONT PARKING LOT.
YOU CAN PUT EXHIBITIONS WHEN THEY GET THROUGH WITH IT, LIKE DOING IT LIKE EVERY WANT TO, IT'S GONNA BE A LARGE PARKING LOT.
I DON'T THINK I'VE DONE A VERY ADEQUATE JOB EXPLAINING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE OFFERING TO YOU.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SMALL DIAGRAM, THE MEETING ROOM WILL HOUSE 50 PEOPLE AND THE KITCHEN IS IN THE BACK OF THE MEETING ROOM RIGHT THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE OPEN TO THE MEETING ROOM AND BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR DEMONSTRATIONS, UH, OUTSIDE.
AND I HAVE WITH ALAN PIPER, OUR BOARD PRESIDENTS WITH ME TODAY TO MAKE SURE I DON'T COMMIT ANYTHING TO Y'ALL THAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO.
UH, 'CAUSE I HAVE THAT TENDENCY.
BUT, UH, WE DESIGNED THE PARKING LOT.
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WORKING ON, THEY HAS 38 PARKING SPACES.IT'S GONNA HAVE EMPLOYEE PARKING ON THE SIDE, PLENTY OF PARKING FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND GO TO SERVICE BOTH OFFICES.
AND WE WENT AHEAD AND DESIGNED THE PARKING LOT WHERE IF WE HAD A 50 PERSON MEETING GOING ON AND THAT WE COULD BE OPENING BOTH OFFICES AND STILL HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING THE ENTIRE BACK OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS, UH, AROUND TWO ACRES IS GONNA BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR MASTER GARDNER'S, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DO.
AND THE FARM BUREAU ALSO, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW US AS INSURANCE, BUT WE'RE THE LARGEST, ONE OF THE LARGEST NON-PROFITS IN THE COUNTY WITH 4,000 MEMBERS.
UH, AND WE STILL SUPPORT AGRICULTURE EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN.
AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO Y'ALL.
AND YOU MAY BE THINKING, OKAY, WHAT'S IN IT FOR THE FARM BUREAU? UH, GREAT THING TOO.
WE, WE COULD RENT THIS THING TO Y'ALL MUCH CHEAPER THAN WE COULD RENT SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT WHERE OUR MONEY'S COMING FROM EVERY MONTH.
WHO IS, WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE REALLY THAT ARE IN THERE? WE DON'T NEED A LOT OF INCOME OFF OF IT BECAUSE WE DID VERY WELL ON THE SALE OF OUR OTHER BUILDING.
UH, BUT THE BIGGEST BENEFIT TO US IS THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT THE EXTENSION SERVICE ATTRACTS INTO THEM IS GONNA BE REALLY GOOD CLIENTS FOR OUR BUSINESS AS WELL.
SO THERE IS A BENEFIT TO US, UH, FROM THE THING AND IT'S NOT REALLY FINANCIAL, SO IT, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'M EXCITED, LIKE THE RAINWATER HARVESTING THING.
WE'D LIKE TO POWER OUR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, LET THE, UH, MASTER GARDENERS GO TO TOWN PUTTING IN SOME DEMONSTRATION LAWNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR US.
AND TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNTY DOES A GOOD JOB, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE COULD DO A GREAT JOB ON.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THINGS THAT WE COULD TURN INTO SOMETHING GREAT FOR THE COUNTY IS THE ONLY DOWNSIDE US JUDGE DIFFERENT THAN, UH, THE $1,300 I YEAH.
AND I DUNNO IF THAT'S THE DOWNSIDE THAT'S YEAH.
I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, WELL, I MEAN I JUST WANT KNOW WHAT IT IS GONNA COST.
I DON'T AGREE TO SOMETHING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S COST US $2,500 A MONTH.
YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING READY TO START ON THE BUDGET.
I WAS TALKING TO ALAN A WHILE AGO THAT, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND I, AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE NOW OF COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT, BUT I'M SURE UH, HAL AND JACK AND THEY COULD DRAW UP SOME KIND OF MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FARM BUREAU AND OURSELF.
ALSO, THE THINGS, ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED, EVERYBODY'S THOUGHT ABOUT IS THE AMOUNT OF SPACE IT'S GOING TO FREE UP.
I BE SOMEBODY, I THINK THAT'S FULL ALREADY, RIGHT? NOT REAL SURE THAT THAT SPACE FREE
WELL, I THINK OUR PROBATION PARTY, SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FULL.
YOU TURN AROUND SO THE PARKING, THE PARKING WOULD HELP OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, US BEING, BEING THERE WITH PAROLE AND, AND I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD ABOUT PAROLE, BUT, BUT PAROLE IS WHAT PAROLE IS AND UH, THE ELEMENT THAT IT TRACKS IN OUR CROWD IS NOT THAT ELEMENT
WELL, EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET Y'ALL BACK OVER HERE.
AND, UH, UH, JUST ONE WAY WE TEMPORARILY, WE'VE BEEN THERE TEMPORARILY 14 YEARS, ROBERT, WOULD THIS BE SOME KIND OF A FIVE YEAR LEASE OR A 10 YEAR LEASE OR WHAT KIND OF LEASE DO YOU THINK? ARE YOU, DOES IT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE LEASE A THREE YEAR LEASE, WHATEVER LENGTH THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.
IS JACK STILL OUT THERE? YEAH, WE'VE GOT A CHAIR FOR YOU IN HERE NOW JACK, UH, YOU AND HAL, WE WERE DISCUSSION.
ROBERT SAID THEY'D LIKE HAVE AT LEAST A THREE YEAR LEASE, BUT UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FUTURE HOLDS, BUT I WANT SEE IF WE COULDN'T GET A LITTLE LONGER.
ANYWAY, WE LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU AND HOW WORK IT OUT, THE DETAILS, IF WE DECIDE TO DO THIS, IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COUNTY TO HAVE A LONGER LEASE.
UH, ONE THING THAT I, I DIDN'T POINT OUT TO YOU GUYS AND SOME OF THE COUNTIES, NOT VERY MANY TEXAS COUNTIES BEEN IN OKLAHOMA AND SOME OTHER PLACES, BUT THE EXTENSION SERVICE EITHER HAS THEIR OWN BUILDING OR THEY'RE IN A PARTNERSHIP LIKE THIS WHERE THEY CAN AFFORD TO BE IN A BUILDING.
BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT AUSTIN STONE ON THE FRONT.
IT HAS A GREEN METAL ROOF, UH, WITH WHAT IS IT DOWN ON 14,400 FEET OF CONCRETE PARKING IN THE FRONT AND WE'RE GONNA LANDSCAPE IT.
I MADE 'EM LEAVE MY ONE MESQUITE TREE IN FRONT BECAUSE THAT MAKES GOOD TEXAS LANDSCAPE.
BUT TO HAVE THE EXTENSION SERVICES SIGN OUT FRONT ON
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A VERY VISIBLE HIGHWAY IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY, UH, I MEAN WE NEED TO BE USING THESE FOLKS.THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES THERE BETWEEN KATIE AND CARRIE AND RALPH AND WE REALLY NEED TO USE 'EM AND THEY NEED TO BE WHERE THEY'RE VISIBLE I THINK.
AND UH, I'M TRYING TO CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING AMENDMENT.
JUDGE, YOU SHOWED ME HOW TO MAKE A CAKE WITH A CAN OF PRETTY MUCH IT FOR ME AND ALSO GIG WITH A COCA-COLA.
YOU DON'T HAVE NEAR ENOUGH MONEY OR CAN PUT ANOTHER ELECTRICAL METER FOR THE COUNTY TODAY.
BUT ONE THING I WAS GONNA BRING UP, YOU KNOW, IS NOT NECESSARILY, I MEAN WE COULD WORK OUT SOME ARRANGEMENT ON THE RENT WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT IN A METER.
WE COULD JUST PAY THE WHOLE THING.
OH, I DON'T KNOW TIL WE COME ON IN.
YOU COME, YOU SIT IN HERE AND HAVE A SEAT, DON'T YOU.
UH, WAS ONE OF THE GUY WITH ROBERT ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND I THOUGHT HE MIGHT WANNA SET IN ON THIS DISCUSSION.
JIM MENTIONED IT EARLIER, BUT, UH, I YOU GO, WE'LL GO AHEAD ROBERT.
WE COULD PROBABLY WORK OUT ADJUSTING THE RENT A LITTLE BIT TO INCLUDE THE ELECTRICAL IN THERE IF IT WAS GONNA BE A COST TO SET UP A METER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA IT, BUT IT JUST, WE'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE ANYTHING FOR THE ELECTRICITY OR OR USE OF THE MEETING FACILITY ANYWAY.
SO FARM BUREAU'S GONNA PAY ALL THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ADDITIONAL 1800 FEET WOULD COST ON ELECTRICAL, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO, UH, THE LEGALITY OF IT.
WE MAY HAVE TO JUST ADJUST THE RENT TO TAKE CARE OF.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN USE COUNTY MONEY TO PAY FOR A METER ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SIMPLER FOR BOTH OF US TO DO IT THAT WAY.
YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT ELECTRICITY WOULD COST ON 1800 SQUARE FEET? SURE.
I SURE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT IF EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH IT.
I DON'T GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GONNA COST.
YOU KNOW, I TRYING TO THINK OF EVERY LITTLE THING THAT, THAT THE, THE NEGATIVES AND THE POSITIVES.
UH, UH, YOUNG LADY, ARE YOU? I'M VERY MUCH FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, UM, I'VE TALKED WITH OUR YOUTH AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UM, TALKED WITH THE FOUR H COUNCIL, UH, THE FOUR H COUNCIL, THE YOUTH COUNCIL CAME UP WITH AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH JUST TRYING TO FIND A PLACE.
THE CHURCHES AND SOME OF THE PLACES AROUND CO MECHANIC HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY, UH, HELPFUL AND TO LETTING US COME IN THERE AND HOLD OUR MEETINGS AND THIS AND THAT.
BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO START BUILDING SOMETHING IF, IF THE MEETING FOR YOUR YOUTH COUNCILS OR FOR CERTAIN, UH, EVENTS AREN'T IN THE SAME PLACE EVERY MONTH.
SO, UM, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE BEEN ONE OF OUR DOWNFALLS.
SHE WAS AT A MEETING IN FORNY THIS MORNING.
WHAT'S HER FEELING? SHE, SO FAR, SHE, SHE TOLD ME THIS MORNING TO, TO PUT IN HER 2 CENTS OF WORK.
SHE IS, SHE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD WITH IT.
I THINK OUR WHOLE OFFICE IS, IS PRETTY MUCH A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IT'D BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE A PORCH COUNCIL MEETING WITH THAT.
SOME OF THE OLDER ACTIONS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A NIGHTLY MEETING COMING IN,
WITH EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN HAVE TO BUY AN AUTOMOBILE POLICY THAT WE WOULD LIKE THAT PROBABLY ONE THING I HAVEN'T ASKED FOR THAT THAT I MAY IN THE NEW BUDGET IS, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY OLD KIND OF PIECE TOGETHER DESK AND REALLY, I'M TELLING YOU, FALLING DOWN.
I'M NOT SURE MY SECOND CREW DESK WOULD MAKE THE MOVE.
WE MIGHT YOU BE IN A NEW BUILDING, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN A NEW BUILDING, YOU PROBABLY OUGHT TO DESERVE SOME NEW STUFF.
YOU, WE CAN ALWAYS ASK, YOU KNOW, LET ME ASK BUT IT WOULD BE COMING UP PRETTY QUICK.
IF WE COULD DO THE ELECTRICAL AND EVERYTHING FOR 1500 A MONTH, IS THAT STILL SOMETHING YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN, SIR? YEAH, I THINK SO.
BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE,
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IF WE CAN, IF WE COULD TIE THAT IN FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND THEN WITH MOVE IT OPEN FOR YOU.FOR FAIRNESS TO YOU, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELECTRICAL RATES, BUT WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DEBT ON THE BUILDING JUDGE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE VERY SHORT TERM.
SO HONESTLY OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION AS IT GOES ON WILL IMPROVE.
SO, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO RALPH AND CAREY ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW, I WAS A FOUR H IN THIS COUNTY IN THE SIXTIES.
UH, THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PRESERVE.
WELL, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT I'M GETTING 'EM BACK OVER HERE TO THE CENTER, THE COUNTY, EVERYBODY I'VE TALKED TO IN THE COUNTY IS FAR THIS, AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UH, JACK, WHEN Y'ALL, IF WE PASS THIS AND YOU WANT ME TO START WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT, MAYBE UH, UH, MAYBE TIE IN THAT RATE FOR TWO YEARS WITH, UH, NEGOTIATION BASED UPON ELECTRICITY RATES AFTER TWO YEARS, BUT MAKE IT AT LEAST FIVE, AT LEAST A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT TO BEGIN, WE MIGHT HAVE YOU TIE THE, UH, UTILITIES PERCENTAGE OF THE RENT POSSIBLY.
WE GET 2% PERCENT THAT WORKS OUT.
BUT WOULDN'T WE NEED TO RENEW IT EVERY YEAR THROUGH COMMISSIONER'S COURT JUST TO KEEP IT LEGAL BECAUSE WE CAN'T, WELL FIND THE NEXT, UH, COURT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO DO IT EACH YEAR THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
TO MAKE SURE WE PUT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THE RENT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD.
THERE HAS TO BE AN OPT OUT CLAUSE.
WE, WE NEED NEED A FUNDING OUT CLAUSE.
EVERY CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY REQUIRES AN OPT OUT CLAUSE.
DON'T WANT THAT TO SCARE YOU OFF.
IT WOULD BE PRETTY EASY TO LEASE THAT AMOUNT OF SPACE SURE.
BUT THAT'S HOW WE DON'T BIND THE FUTURE COURT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EXTENSION SERVICE IS OUR DESIRABLE PEOPLE TO PARTNER WITH IN THAT BUILDING.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT FOR THIS PROJECT.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW, WHEN YOU DO YOUR BUDGET REQUEST, DON'T FORGET TO PUT THAT DOWN BECAUSE I PROBABLY REMEMBER.
WANTED SOME MONEY FOR THEM AND I SAID WE GOTTA WORK THROUGH RALPH ON THAT.
THAT'S PROBABLY GOING END UP BEING RIGHT OUT HERE.
THAT'S WHAT ROB DISCUSS AT, UH, THAT ROAD THING.
PROBABLY GONNA END UP DOING IT RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS CONTINGENT ON YOU TELLING ME HOW TO GET MY TIP FROM 85 TO GROW.
I, I'LL COME LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT THE DEAL I NEED TO ASK YOU GUYS.
NEW PLEDGE YEAR WON'T UNTIL OCTOBER.
UH, DO YOU KNOW HOW THE TIMELINE ON HOW LONG GONNA TAKE FOR Y'ALL ACTUALLY TO BE READY FOR HIM? WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR PART OF BUILDING JULY 1ST.
I, I, I'VE KIND OF DISCUSSED IT WITH STAFF AND UM, OF COURSE WITH US HAVING TO PAT MOVE AND MAYBE DO AWAY WITH SOME 30-YEAR-OLD RECORDS IF WE CAN.
UH, OCTOBER 1ST IS A GOOD TIME FOR US TO GET US LONG TIME TO KIND OF THINGS TOGETHER.
IS THAT ALRIGHT WITH YOU? THAT, THAT'S TOTALLY ALRIGHT WITH ME.
UH, I'VE GOT HIM WORKING ON OUR END OF THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE MEETING ROOM AND THEN HAVE, WOULD GIVE TIME FOR RALPH AND CARRIE TO GIVE INPUT INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT END OF THE BUILDING AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, OFFERING THAT TO US.
IT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR US AS WELL.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND THEN COME BACK AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND START ON JOHNNY'S PROJECT.
AND, UM, UH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 DASH 0 7 4, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE REFERENCE PERSONNEL MATTERS.
AND, AND COMMISSIONER DO WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL SECOND IT.
CARRIE, SO WE'LL MOVE INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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AS A RESULT OF THETHAT BRINGS US DOWN TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DOING A RESERVE.
DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR TON COUNTY.
UH, YEAH, SHELLY TALKED TO ME ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THE SHERIFF MIGHT A CAR.
UH, UH, SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
Y'ALL ARE JOKING RIGHT? CAR IN.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF CARS.
OKAY, JERRY MAKES THAT MOTION.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
NEXT DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVEN AND MEMORANDUM, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN KAMAN COUNTY AND FEMA FOR PURPOSES OF PRODUCING AN UPDATED DIGITAL FLOOD COUNTY.
I SAID OH, KATHY'S STILL AROUND.
UH, WE HAD A MEETING WITH FEMA LAST WEEK.
ALL THE CITIES WERE INVITED TO IT.
ANY CITY THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD PROGRAM.
OUR FEMA FARM MAPS ARE ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD AND THEIR PAPER MAPS AND FEMA HAS HIRED HALF AN ASSOCIATES FROM ENGINEERING COMPANY IN DALLAS TO DO DIGITAL FLOODPLAIN MAPS AND UPDATE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM DUE TO ALL THE DEVELOPMENT WE'VE HAD IN SOME OF THE, THE AREAS THAT MIGHT CAUSE FLOODING, DOWNSTREAM, WHATEVER.
AND THEY NEED, UH, THE MOE STAFF SIGN FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK AND US TO TRADE INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH.
THEN THERE'S NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR JIM MOTION SECOND ABOUT COMMISSIONER CLARK.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS, CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR UNIFORM FOR THE DALTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, I'LL OPPOSE, UH, CLOSING THAT BID ON, UH, JUNE 1ST, FRIDAY, JUNE 1ST AND OPENING THE BID ON MONDAY JUNE 4TH.
I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THAT.
ARE YOU GONNA BE GIVEN THE COLOR SPECS ON THE OR IS THAT A PROBLEM? UH, WELL I ASSUME WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRE-BID.
WHAT WE'LL DO, WE'LL REQUIRE THEM TO, TO BRING A SAMPLE, IF NOT THE ACTUAL UNIFORM OF SOME MATERIAL.
UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS KHAKI COMES IN SHADE, SIZE AND DESCRIPTION COURSE WE BE PINK.
UH, YEAH, WE'RE GOING, WE'LL WORK ALL THAT OUT AND, AND WE WE'RE TALKING TO JACK ABOUT THAT.
IF THERE'S A COLOR SPEC, THAT'S THE ONLY, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN THINGS IS THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME ASSURANCE AND THAT'S ON MATCH.
COMMISSIONER, YOU MADE THAT MOTION.
WHO SECOND THAT? COMMISSIONER ROD SECONDED ALL IN I MOTION CARRIE, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY IS, UH, I GUESS YOU CAN CONDUCT THAT MEETING.
ARE THEY GOING TO THE NORTHEAST? NO.
WHEN ARE Y'ALL GOING TO THE NORTHEAST? IT'S JUNE.
SO WE NEED TO DO IT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
Y'ALL THERE ON THE COMMITTEES? I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE THAT PRESIDENT FINALLY CHOSE AND COMMITTEES WOULD BE MEETING A WEEK LATER.
I'M BE ON, I'M GONNA BE ON VACATION JUNE 11TH.
UH, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO BE HERE TO OPEN A BENCH.
SOMEONE CAN OPEN THE BIDS AND THEN MAKE A BEER OR A BALCONY BE BIG BIN THAT DAY.
WE ONLY, WE ONLY GET ONE USUALLY EACH YEAR, DON'T WE? OR, WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE NEVER BID 'EM FORMALLY BEFORE.
LAST TIME WHEN WE DID, WE WENT OUT AND, AND, AND WE ONLY GOT ONE PERSON THAT WOULD AGREE TO DO IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE CONTACT A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WE, UH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT APPEAR TO BE INTERESTED IN THIS TIME.
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WELL JACKIE, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO DO IT WITHOUT YOU.CAN, UH, CAN YOUR GIRL FRIDAY DO IT? YES SHE CAN.
THAT'S ALRIGHT IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
I WOULDN'T MIND JUST THEN EXTENDING THAT CLOSING DATE A WEEK TOO.
AND THEN, SO CLOSE ON, ON THE, UH, 11TH.
I'M SORRY, CLOSE ON THE, IT'D BE THE EIGHTH.
UH, LEMME GO BACK UP TO THE TOP.
JOHNNY'S GOT HIS REPORTS HERE.
HERE HAVE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE CASH.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MONTHLY REPORT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHA.
UH, I WAS LOOKING AT ALL MOTION CARRIES THEN WITH, UH, MOTION TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY REPORT, MR. SHANE AND MAKES IT COMMISSIONER DOLLAR SECONDS.
IT AND THE UH, ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
AND THE TREASURER'S INVESTMENT REPORT WOULD ENTERTAIN MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT COMMISSIONER DUNNER MAKES THE MOTION.
DISCUSSING CONSIDER WORKSHOP FOR THE COLTON COUNTY PURCHASING MANUAL.
UH, Y'ALL WANT HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE PURCHASING MANUAL OR ARE Y'ALL WITH ME? WE HAVE A WORKSHOP.
OKAY, WELL I'LL SCHEDULE THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RODNEY.
HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE, UH, PURCHASING MANUAL.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 20TH THROUGH MAY 26TH AS HURRICANE AWARENESS WEEK IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
HEY, THAT LAST I GOT A CALL TOLD, TELL ME IT'D BE EXPECT CATEGORY THREE, YOU'RE IN, IN THE COUNTY.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT WE GOTTA WORK ON IT.
THE STATE CALLED US THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SAID PREDICTED A HUNDRED AN NEVER DID.
BUT HEY, WE'RE GOING MAKE COMMISSIONER DON LEE.
MOTION AND COMMISSIONER SHANE SECONDED.
UH, CONSIDER THE BOND GRANT CONSTABLE FOR PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR, NO MOVE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BROWN.
CONSIDER PROVING THE DEDICATION OF MONEY AND STILL FOR THE PUBLIC COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DELLER.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
NOW ONE EMBARK WANTS TO PREPARE CABLE AND COUNTY ROAD ONE OH SEVEN.
GET SOME PHONES OUT THERE NOW, JUDGE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
DO IMPOSE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS COUNTY COURT OF LAW, MISCELLANEOUS INCREASED $200 ING CONVICT JUDGE UNDER GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
OFFICE FURNACE FOR 10,000 IN PRODUCTION OF ATTORNEY FEES.
31 AND CAPITAL MURDER COSTS OF 10,000.
THIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE INCREASED BOO.
A HUNDRED DOLLARS REDUCTION IN RADIO REPAIRS.
JURY FARM INCREASED JURY CARS EXPENSE.
CONSTABLE PRECINCT ONE, UH, INCREASED.
UH, EXCHANGE CAR COSTS $300 REDUCTION IN EQUIPMENT CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO.
INCREASE MISCELLANEOUS $100 REDUCTION OF THE EQUIPMENT.
$300 REDUCTION IN OFFICE SUPPLIES.
SHERIFF'S FUND INCREASED EXCHANGE CARS EXPENSE.
10,000 REDUCTION IN MISCELLANEOUS DPS INCREASE COMMUNICATIONS.
1500 AND MISCELLANEOUS A THOUSAND REDUCTION IN FILMS AND SUPPLIES OF 1500 AND TRAINING COSTS OF A THOUSAND CHARITY'S.
IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
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WHO WAS AGREED TO THIS, WE INCREASED, UH, 86 DISTRICT ENGINE OF COST 50122ND DISTRICT ENGINE OF COST 30,000 CPS COSTS A HUNDRED THOUSANDPUBLIC DEFENDER'S BUDGET, 180,000 PRECINCT FOUR.
MISCELLANEOUS 2000 WITH REDUCTION IN GARBAGE PICKUP OF 4,000.
HEALTHCARE INCREASED MILEAGE MILLS AND LOGGING $251 AND ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.
2000 WITH REDUCTION IN COMMUNICATIONS.
THOUSAND TRAINING 451 IN OFFICE FURNITURE AT 800 CHILD SHELTER, INCREASED CONTRACT LABOR.
5,000 REDUCTION IN PROPERTY INSURANCE OF 2000.
GOLDEN BRIDGE PRECINCT FREE INCREASED TOOLS, NEW EQUIPMENT, 5,000 REDUCTION IN CONTRACT LABOR.
AND ADDITIONALLY ON THE TASK FORCE ON OF DEFENSE.
UH, WE HAVE $38,000 IN THE BANK THAT WE'RE, UH, PROPOSING TO BUDGET THAT TO THE, TO THE, UH, OF DEFENSE COSTS.
THAT'S ALL YOU CAN USE IT FOR.
MOTION BEFORE YOU BRING THE DOWN, GET ALL THIS JUDGE.
I NEED A LIST OF THE, UH, CLEANUP STATIONS FOR THE COUNTY CLEANUP, UH, WHERE EACH OF THOSE STATIONS GONNA BE SO WE CAN, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE COMPANY, GET TO HANDLE SOME OF THAT AND WE'RE GOING NEED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 10 LOCATION PLEASE.
YEAH, I THINK WE MAY HAVE SOME ON OUR DESK OVER THERE.
ARE THEY OF ALL OR JUST Y'ALL PRECINCT? INDIVIDUAL PRECINCT? NO, THAT'S ON ALL.
SIX LITTLE ONES AND TWO BIG ONES.
THAT'S WHAT JACK, THE FIRST ONE.
WHY DON'T I GET THIS IN THE EMERGENCY? WHAT, WHAT PROMPTS THAT? PROBABLY JUST UH, UTILITIES AND STUFF BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MEET LAST WEEK.
THANK HOPE THAT WAS ALL WITH YOU.
CATCHING WHEN THE AIR CONDITION DOESN'T WORK FOR FIVE MINUTES, THAT AN EMERGENCY.
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YES.IF YOU GET THAT SECURITY SYSTEM.
I DON'T FOR CHECK, JUST DETAIL FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, BUT THERE IS ONE LAST, I DUNNO.
THOSE ARE THE TWO WEEKS, AREN'T THEY? YES.
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ASSUME.SHE DOESN'T, HOW'S YOUR GRANDMOTHER DOING GREAT.
HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS TIME.
YEAH, THAT TIME YOU GO UP THERE, YOU'LL BE COGNIZE AFTER TWO WEEKS OR SOMETHING.
HE'S THE GUY THAT, I GUESS THAT'S HIM.
HE'S THE GUY THAT'S OUT AT THE UH, OUT AT THE UH, STATION ANYMORE.
HEY, YOU SAID YOU MIGHT DO SOME SEAL CUTTING FOR I DIDN'T SAY I WAS GONNA PAY FOR YOUR TRASH HAUL OUT.
COMMISSIONER SHANE, COMMISSIONER DE FOR HAVING ME IN MY LITTLE PROBLEM WE HAD OVER THAT DAY WITH THE STEEL COATING.
SEVERAL PEOPLE COUGH YOU LITTLE RAIN ON IT THAT NIGHT AND GET THAT DUST OUT.
WARN SOMETIME NEAR FUTURE A WORKSHOP ON DOING SOMETHING.
LIKE IT WILL KIND OF ALL WORK TOGETHER WISE AND HELP THAT.
WE JUST, WE HAVE TO PUT THAT IN IN THE UH, NO, I, YOU JUST COULD HAVE ASKED US TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THAT.
WAS THAT RIGHT? I THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
NO, NOT, NOT TO SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP ONLY WE ONLY DO THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT THAT ISSUE BEING ON THE AGENDA ON, YOU KNOW, ON WORKSHOP RIGHT NOW.
YOU JUST TELL ANGIE THAT YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP FOR SO AND SO, SO AND SO AND THEN SHE'LL ASK ME AND THEN IF I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THEN I'LL CALL YOU.
OTHERWISE SHE'LL GO AHEAD AND SET IT UP SOON.
COULD WE TALK ABOUT, COULD WE MAKE IT IN THE SAME WORKSHOP THEN? POSSIBLY.
WOULD IT BE TOO MUCH OR, OR WELL NO, WE'LL SCHEDULE ONE LIKE AT UH, NINE 30, ANOTHER ONE AT 10 OR 10 30 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK YOU NEED, YOU DO NEED TO DO THAT.
I GUESS THESE, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE APAC TO BRING THEIR COST OF THEIR ASPHALT DOWN? OKAY, BRING IT DOWN.
SUPPOSED TO BE 55 ISN'T IT 55? YEAH, FIVE FOR HOT MIX.
I FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE I DON'T THINK COME DOWN ANYTIME.
WELL THAT WE JUST GOT FROM CONCRETE PLACE GOING UP 4%.
WHO IS THAT? WHO IS USED TO BE HAN EVERYTHING THINK NAME.
THAT'S WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE COST OF THE CONCRETE? FIVE OUTTA A YARD, 4% FUEL SURCHARGE.
WHAT'S THE UH, WHAT'S THE CONCRETE, UH, PORTABLE.
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JIM WILL CONDUCT A MEETING AND UH, WILL WON'T BE TO ME.WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, WHO'S THE NEXT SENIOR? NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK'S NOT.
'CAUSE ANGIE SAID THAT Y'ALL GONNA MEET NEXT WEEK AND I SAID WELL I'M SURE JIM, IF THERE'S NOTHING TO DO UNLESS THERE'S SOME PRESSING DEAL COURSE.
WHAT, WHAT HAD EFFECT? YOU SEE WE HAD EIGHT OF THOSE TODAY.
IF WE DON'T NEED TO PAY THE BILLS THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE GET BACKED UP.
UH, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR FOLDER IN THERE THAT, THAT WOULD NEED A MEETING NEXT WEEK.
JUST LET'S NOT DO IT UNLESS WE HAVE TO.
BY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY BE TOO LATE ANYHOW.
I MAKE THE MOTION BE COMMISSIONER SAYS, LET'S GO TO THE HOUSE.
SHE SAID THE MAIL'S OVERFLOWING OUT THERE AND COMMISSIONER WOOD, BE SURE TO TELL YOUR CONSTABLES TO PLEASE COME PICK THEIR MAIL UP.
AND OUR MAIL ALSO, I DID NOT REALIZE, OH YEAH, WE OFFICE.