* 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] JACK, SHOULD I GET YOU TO SET THIS UP THERE, PLEASE? UH, GO AHEAD. YOU NEED ONE HEARING? NO, GO AHEAD JERRY. YOU WANNA OPEN THIS UP THIS MORNING? YEAH. LET PRAY. MS. GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THINK THEY'VE THE PRIVILEGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER LIKE THIS TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY. PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE CURRENT CORRECT DECISIONS. PLEASE WARM THE COLD PLACES IN OUR HEARTS. FILL THE EMPTY PLACES IN OUR SOUL. HEAL THE INJURED PLACES IN OUR WORLD AND LIGHT THE DARK PLACES IN OUR SPIRIT. ALL WE ASKING IN JESUS NAME, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IT STANDS UPON THE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE OF THE LIBERTY OF TEXAS, FOR ALL HONOR OVER TEXAS. FLAG OF REASONS TO BE TEXAS ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. BE DIFFICULT TO, IT IS PRETTY GOOD. COPY. JIM, YOU DID A GOOD JOB TO MAKE IT TWICE WRONG. FILE, CASSIE SAID. JUST HAND THAT TO, SO I, YEAH, I, I HAD, I STILL HAD THAT WORKSHOP FILE UP HERE. ACTUALLY, JACK, I GAVE YOU THE WRONG THING. DOES ANYBODY HERE WANT A COPY OF THE AGENDA? CHUCK, ARE YOU SATISFIED OR CORRESPONDENCE? I'LL PUT THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW. GOOD. NOW THAT DIDN'T COME IN TIME FOR US TO PUT IT IN TODAY, SO, OR DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK DID. I DIDN'T. OKAY. UH, LET'S SEE. Y'ALL PROVIDE A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING. ARE THERE ANY ADDITION TO OUR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. ALL MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND BY PERMISSION OR DELAWARE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. SEE MUCH YOU CARRIED. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING, WE HAVE, UH, MR. DICK MURPHY'S GOING PRESENT THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY. GOOD MORNING, MR. TEXAS COLLECTOR. GOOD MORNING. TRYING TO COLLECT A LITTLE MORE RAIN, BUT NOTICE I DIDN'T PRAY FOR RAIN. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY, THE GENERAL FUND, WE COLLECTED 23 MILLION, WHICH IS 94%. WE HAVE 1,000,006 61 TO GO OF THE DELINQUENT ROLL. WE COLLECTED THE 620,000, WHICH IS 63%, AND WE HAVE 1,000,001 TO GO ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE. WE'VE COLLECTED 3.2 MILLION OF THE CURRENT AMOUNT, CURRENT ROLL, WHICH AGAIN IS 94%. WE COLLECTED 90,000 OF THE DELINQUENT ROLL, WHICH IS 66%. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN [00:05:01] A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE. UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS MS. LEVITA WILLIAMS. WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THE KAUFMAN COUNTY CHILDREN'S REPORT FOR DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY. ONCE AGAIN, I'LL HAVE TO APOLOGIZE. , UH, I HAD JUST BEEN PATCHING MY COMPUTERS SINCE JANUARY. UH, THE STATE CAME OUT WITH A, A NEW MINIMUM STANDARDS MANUAL, WHICH REQUIRED THAT I REWRITE OUR OPERATIONS MANUAL. AND THE WEEK AFTER I FINISHED REWRITING IT, OUR, OUR CONTRACT REPRESENTATIVE, UH, CALLED THE AUSTIN PRO MEETING. AND, AND INSTEAD OF AUTOMATIC RENEWAL ON OUR CONTRACT FOR THE STATE THIS YEAR, THEY MADE ALL THE PROVIDERS, UH, DO A PROPOSAL. AND WHEN WE GOT INTO THE PACKAGE FOR THE CONTRACT PROPOSAL, UH, THAT REQUIRED ALL OF THE CONTRACTS STIPULATIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR, IN OUR OPERATIONS POLICY, WHICH WE'VE NEVER HAD TO DO. WE JUST DID IT FOR LICENSING. SO THEN THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND REWRITE THE OPERATIONS MANUAL AGAIN TO INCORPORATE OUR CONTRACT STIPULATIONS. SO I WAS BEHIND MY DESK FOR ABOUT 18 HOURS A DAY FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS. UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE AWARDING A CONTRACT. HAVEN'T HEARD YET. UH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'VE ADDED LOTS OF NEW LOOP LOOPHOLES AND NEW RESTRICTIONS AND NEW REQUIREMENTS. UH, SO WE'RE JUST, WE'VE JUST BEEN BUSY TRYING TO SCRAMBLE, GET EVERYTHING IN LINE. SO IF IT DOES COME UP, WE WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE. UH, OUR NUMBERS ARE STILL MAINTAINING 14, 15, UH, PRETTY STEADY, UH, SINCE SCHOOL'S BEEN OUT, WE, WE'VE BEEN IN A EXTRA FAMILY THING. UH, WE'LL DROP DOWN TO ABOUT 10 FOR A WEEK, AND THEN WE'LL BUMP TO 18 OR 19 FOR A WEEK. UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MAINTAINING PRETTY STEADILY, 15 TO 16 KIDS. UH, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF MEDICAL INCIDENTS IN, UH, ONE IN FEBRUARY, ONE IN MARCH. UH, IN FEBRUARY, THE STATE CLOSED DOWN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR OF THE, OF THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS, UH, WHICH HOUSED THE, THE, UH, MORE DISTURBED, MORE DIFFICULT CHILDREN, UH, FOR SOME, FOR FINANCIAL REASONS, SOME FOR NONCOMPLIANCE REASONS. UH, UH, ONE OF 'EM, THERE WAS A JOB FIELD, UH, AND THEN PUT ABOUT 300 KIDS WHO WOULD'VE BEEN IN A, IN A SECURE FACILITY, UH, OUT IN THE, UH, SHELTERS AND FOSTER HOMES. UH, SO THEY WERE, THEY PROBABLY WEREN'T READY TO BE RELEASED. UH, BUT WE TOOK SEVERAL OF 'EM JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE IN OFFICE, UH, AND DIDN'T HAVE PLACEMENT FOR 'EM. UH, AND TWO OF THEM ENDED UP SELF-HARMING AND, UH, HAD TO BE ADMITTED TO . UH, THERE ARE, THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF THOSE MORE DIFFICULT KIDS OUT THERE, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT THEM. UH, AND THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL ARTICLES IN THE PAPER, UH, NUMBERING THE KIDS THAT ARE SLEEPING IN THE CPS OFFICES FOR LACK OF BED SPACE. UH, WE, WE TAKE THE ONES WE CAN, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE SO MANY LITTLE GUYS THAT IT REALLY RESTRICTS WHAT TYPE OF CHILD WE CAN TAKE. UH, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PLANS THEY HAVE IN PLACE, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE WARRANT ON MAINTENANCE. UH, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE MANY MEETINGS SLEEPING IN, IN OFFICES ALL ACROSS THE STATE. UH, WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING SOME, EXPERIENCING SOME STAFFING ISSUES. UH, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF TURNOVER, UH, THIS YEAR, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ATTRIBUTE THAT TO, EXCEPT THAT WE ARE, WE ARE SEEING SOME MORE DIFFICULT KIDS, UH, AND WITH OUR BUDGET LINE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INCENTIVE, UH, TO, TO OFFER THEM, TO KEEP THEM TO KEEP. WHEN YOU SAY TURNOVER, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TURNOVER IN THE PERSONNEL? YES, SIR. STAFF. STAFF, YEAH. UH, I THINK, I THINK I TOLD OVER THE 23 MIGHT BE 22, UH, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB AND NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO IT. SO WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT SOME FINANCIAL INCENTIVE, THEY REALLY DON'T, DON'T HAVE THE COMMITMENT TO STAY. UH, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. UH, DID YOU, UH, TELL ME THAT, THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU MIGHT BE GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, [00:10:01] PER CHILD? YES. WE RECEIVED NOTICE, UH, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. UH, AND IT'S IN, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT STAGE. UH, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE YES, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN YET. UH, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL KEEP HIM IN SEPTEMBER. UH, AND THAT WILL INCREASE OUR BUDGET ABOUT $50,000 A YEAR, WHICH WOULD MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE. UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT IN OUR MEETING THE OTHER DAY, THE, UH, THE, UH, COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, HAVE ALSO CHOSEN TO SPONSOR US AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR, UH, SPIRIT CHALLENGE. UH, WHAT WE EXPERIENCED WITH THAT LAST YEAR. UH, OF COURSE, OUR COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE AND INVOLVED AND, AND, UH, HELPS US WITH A LOT OF, OF GOODS AND, AND MONEY TOO. UH, BUT AFTER THE, THE SCHOOL, UH, GIVES THAT MONEY OFF, OFF THE SPIRIT CHALLENGE, OUR DONATIONS DROPPED DRASTICALLY, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND I, WE, WE'VE SPENT THE LAST YEAR TRYING TO CONVEY THAT WE, WE NEED YOUR MONEY TOO, . SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY COVER THE YEAR THAT THAT WILL PICK UP. SO, UH, THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A GREAT BOOST TO OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THEM TO SEE Y'ALL HEARD THE, UH, REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF LORETA? ARE YOU PRETTY MUCH FULLY STAFFED RIGHT NOW? YES, SIR. RIGHT NOW, UM, THROUGH THE END OF SCHOOL, I'VE GOT, UH, A COUPLE OF COLLEGE KIDS. THAT COURSE I DON'T HAPPEN DURING THE YEAR, BUT THEY'RE HERE FOR THE SUMMER. UH, SO WE ARE, WE ARE DILIGENTLY LOOKING AND RECRUITING. UH, COVID SCHOOL STARTS AGAIN. OKAY, GOOD. I KNOW SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT ON HERE IS DALLAS 12, 12 13 9. THAT'S INTERESTING. WE, WE DID A LOT OF TRAVEL FLOW FROM DALLAS, BECAUSE WE ARE THE CLOSEST TO ONE. OKAY. UH, ACTUALLY THOSE NUMBERS ARE, ARE WAY DOWN FOR PAST YEARS. REALLY? YES, SIR. UH, PAST YEAR THEY, THEY'VE DALLAS PLACEMENTS WERE PROBABLY 60% OF OUR PLACEMENTS. SO, UH, YEAH. WE GET A LOT OF OVERFLOW FROM DALLAS. THEY STILL MAKE, STILL MAKE UP A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF IT. YES, SIR. SURE DO. AND IF THESE WERE NOT PASSED THROUGH FUNDS, I'D BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. BUT, UH, SINCE THEY'RE PASSED THROUGH FUNDS, UH, WELL, AND I, AND I TRY TO STRESS THROUGH THE YEARS, UH, WE TAKE THOSE, WE TAKE THOSE OUTLYING COUNTIES, UH, TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN. YEAH. UH, BECAUSE COFFMAN DOESN'T USE THIS SUPPLY. UH, BUT WE WANT TO BE THERE IF, IF ANY YEAH. THE, UH, KEEPING THE KIDS FROM THE OTHER COUNTIES KEEPS THE FACILITY THERE AND OPEN FOR WHEN WE DO NEED SOME NEEDED THERE FOR COFFMAN KIDS. UH, THE COFFMAN COUNTY KIDS, UH, UH, THEY HAVE PRIORITY YES. IF, UH, IF THE SHELTER'S FULL, BUT THERE'S A CHILD FROM CALIN COUNTY THAT NEEDS, UH, NEEDS TO BE THERE OR THEN SOME, ONE OF THE OTHERS ARE BOOTED OUT IN CA COUNTY TAKES PRECEDENCE. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, THANK YOU. LORITA WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. SO MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR. AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE DISCUSS CENTER UTILIZING THE STATE OF TEXAS EMAS CONTRACT WITH SOUTHERN TIRE MART FOR OUR PURCHASES. AND I'LL TAKE YOU, THAT'S JACK SIDE. YES, SIR. UH, I'LL GIVE YOU GENTLE A COPY THIS MORNING OF THE, UH, UH, TEXAS MASS PRICING CATALOG. THAT'S THE STATE CONTACT PRICE. AND THAT WILL ENABLE US TO, UH, BUY MICHELIN GOODRIDGE, RO FIRESTONE, AND BRIDGESTONE OFF STATE PRICING. AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND THESE FOLKS, UH, COME TO THIS AREA ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. I THINK WHOLE PLANNING, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY USE ONE VENDOR, UH, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND WE JUST UTILIZE THIS UNLESS THERE'S AN EMERGENCY THAT, THAT WE'RE HERE. THAT THIS IS, THESE ARE PRE-BID. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. THAT TEXT MASK, WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S, THAT IS THE STATE VERSION OF GSA GOVERNMENT PRICING. SO THEY, THEY ACTUALLY COME THROUGH HERE, RIGHT? UH, HALF SEL OR SEL GO BY SEA. I DUNNO WHETHER HE EVER MADE IT BY OR NOT. HE DIDN'T TALK TO ME, BUT HE, HE INDICATED, COMES BY ABOUT TWICE A WEEK IN THIS [00:15:01] AREA. AND, UH, WE DELIVER ANYTHING WE NEED. UH, IS THAT TRUE? UH, THE BY BOARD, THAT'S THAT THROUGH THE STATE. THROUGH THE STATE, STATE TAKES. YES SIR. WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE, THEY, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THIS T MASS, UH, A LOT IN THE FUTURE. THE STATE'S GONE AWAY FROM BIDDING OUT THEIR CELL A LOT AREAS. AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS, UH, THEY CONTACT THE VENDOR. IF HE HAS A GSA GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, THEY'LL ASK YOU, COME MEET THAT SAME PRICE TO THE STATE. THEN THEY PUT IN CONTRACT. IT'S ALL BEEN BID OUT. YEAH. I NEED, I NEED THAT TALK. I DON'T DUNNO WHERE THE CLOSEST ONE HERE, THE CLOSEST ONE TO US, ACTUALLY ON MOCKINGBIRD IN DALLAS. NOW THERE IS ONE IN TYLER CLOSE. I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE. NO, MAYBE NOT AT THE CONVENTION LAST TIME. THIS IS THE SAME ONE I GAVE YOU A COPY OF. I THINK YOU GAVE ME A COPY OF ONE OF THEM. THE ONE FOR FIRESTONE BRIDGESTONE. AND THIS ONE ALSO WILL COVER, UH, MISSION GOODRICH HAND FUNERAL. THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE OPENING, OPENING UP A FACILITY IN . WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I, I HAVEN'T NOT HEARD THAT. IT'S NOT ANY OF IT. UH, YEAH. OKAY. IT'S, THAT'S ABOUT, THAT'S THE BEST PRICE YOU'RE GONNA GET, UH, OR NONE. YES. THIS SAVED ME A HUNDRED BUCKS ON ONE TIRE, UH, WOULD ENTERTAIN MOST THEN TO UTILIZE THE STATE OF TEXAS TAS CONTRACT WITH SELLING TIRE MART FOR TIRE PURCHASES. MOST MADE BY COMMISSIONER DOLL. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, JACK, THE NEXT ONE. DISCUSSION. IS THERE ADVERTISING FOR AN ANNUAL CONTRACT OR OFFICE SUPPLIES? YES, SIR. IT, IT'S TIME TO REBID THAT, UH, JUDGE, SINCE WE HAVE FILED MONDAYS THIS MONTH, WILL WE MEET ON THE 30TH? DO YOU KNOW? UH, WE'LL MEET THE LAST, YES. WE WILL NOT MEET ON THE 16TH. I THINK IT'S, YOU DON'T HAVE A CALENDAR WITH ME? HAVE I GOT A CALENDAR? I WHAT'S THE THIRD MONDAY THERE? THE 16TH? THE 16TH. WE WON'T MEET ON THE 16TH, BUT WE WILL ON THE 23RD. 23RD AND THE, UH, THIRD 30TH. THAT'D BE THE CASE, SIR. I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CLOSE THAT BID ON JULY 27TH AND, UH, OPEN AN AWARD ON JULY 30TH. ALL RIGHT. WE'D ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO THAT EFFECT. SO MAY MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER R. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, THAT MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, CONSIDER SIGNING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERSON GOODYEAR TIRES. YES, SIR. UH, WE GOTTA GET THEM. YES, SIR. UH, I HAD PUT OFF THE, THE STATE THING WAITING FOR TEXAS TO GET WITH GOODYEAR, BUT THEY HAVE NOT, NOT HIRING THAT OUT. SO, UH, THIS LEAGUE OF OREGON CITY IS, IS SIMILAR TO THE, UH, UH, US COMMUNITIES. AND, UH, ACTUALLY I HAVE GOT ONLINE TO FILL AN APPLICATION OUT, UH, AND AWAIT SOME MORE PAPERWORK. UH, THERE'S NO COST TO THE COUNTY TO JOIN THIS, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S NOT EVEN A INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT TO, UH, SIGN. SO I READ, DON'T THINK OF ANY ACTION NEED TO BE TAKEN ON THIS PARTICULAR DEAL, BUT THIS, THIS WILL GIVE US THE SAME AUTHORITY TO BUY GOODYEAR TIRES. AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WHAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE USES QUITE A BIT. UH, MOST PURSUIT TIRES, GOODYEAR, UH, PURSUIT TIRE. OF COURSE, THEY'LL GIVE YOU FULL LINE GOODYEAR AS WELL FOR TRACK, WHATEVER, BUT I THINK IT SHARE ABOUT WE A MOTION TO, UH, AUTHORIZE SIGNING OF THAT AGREEMENT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND. COMMISSIONER, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE THANK YOU, JACKIE. NOW WE WANT DISCUSS AND SO IF WHETHER NOT WE'RE GONNA APPROVE SOME ROAD REPAIR FOR THE CITY OF COMBINE NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. YEAH. THE CITY OF COMBINE WANTS ME TO, BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER AND DRY AND EVERYTHING, WANTS TO RECLAIM SIX MILES OF THEIR ROAD. UM, AND I CALCULATED, I DUNNO IF IT WAS PUT IN THE, IN THE LETTER, IT WAS CALCULATED TO BE 999,000, 99,000 OH FIVE OH. SO I AGREED [00:20:01] WITH THEM THAT I WOULDN'T CHARGE THEM MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BECAUSE TRYING TO GUESS, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOT HAVE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO BE, UH, AUTHORIZED ME TO DO THE MAINTENANCE ON COMBINE COUNTY ROAD FOR TIME AND MATERIAL NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND MADE BY COMMISSIONER. TELL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROUND. UH, LITTLE DISCUSSION HERE, SHERIFF. THEY GOING TO TAKE UP COLLECTION OUT THERE. PASS THE HAT TO PAY FOR THIS, OR I DON'T KNOW, I PAYING CITY TAXES UP. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY, AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, NEXT I'LL DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROVEN EMERGENCY BUDGET AMENDMENT OF $2,500 FOR THE TON COUNTY CONS. COURT PRECINCT NUMBER THREE. HOW, LET'S SEE. IS THAT, I, I THINK, UH, LARRY'S JUST ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF MONEY FOR GAS. SO BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN GAS, UH, THIS YEAR, I THINK HE NEEDS, YEAH, AND, AND THEY HAD CALLED ME ABOUT WHAT DO THEY DO AT THIS POINT? AND I SAID, THE ONLY THING I KNOW TO DO IS COME TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. SO, LARRY, YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT RIGHT QUICK? YOU CAN JUST SPEAK FROM THERE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP HERE. OKAY, WELL, UH, WHEN I WAS FIGURING THAT I TRANSPOSED SOME NUMBERS AND I WAS THINKING OF GALLONS INSTEAD OF DOLLARS ON THAT, SO THAT MEANS YOU'RE THREE TIMES SHORT AND, OKAY. EXACTLY. I MEAN, BUT IT LOOKED GOOD LAST YEAR. DID IT? IT LOOKED GOOD IN THE BUDGET AT THAT. OH YEAH. I MAKE A MOTION. ALRIGHT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DULLER. SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN, UH, TO APPROVE THAT REQUEST. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THANK YOU LARRY. UH, NEXT ONE HAVE IS, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL ROAD REPORT FOR FILING FOR KIN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER THREE. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT LOOKS VERY THOROUGH AND VERY PRECISE. PRETTY. WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT FOR FILING. SO MADE SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUTING, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FELLER. ALL IN PER AYE, A MOTION CARRY. UH, M EMBARK WANTS TO BURY CABLE ON CANTER ROAD 40 52. LET'S SAY I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ALLOW M EMBARK AREA ROLL VARIOUS CABLE ON 40 52. UH, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECONDLY BY COMMISSIONER ROU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY LINEUP? YES, SIR. THE SIGNIFICANT LOT ITEM TRANSFERS THE, UH, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. IT'S TAKEN FUNDS TO BE HIS UNALLOCATED BUDGET. TO ESTABLISH A POSITION FOR SECRETARY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR IS $6,000. RESULTING BENEFITS THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASED THE COPIER COST. 6,000 REDUCTION OF INSURANCE AND THE JUDICIAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. INCREASED TRANSPORTATION FOR PRISONERS. A THOUSAND REDUCTION IN AUTOPSY COSTS, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, INCREASED JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 3000 WITH REDUCTION IN LAWN CARE PRECINCT FOUR, CONVENIENCE STATION, INCREASED MISCELLANEOUS 4,000 REDUCTION IN BOND COSTS. ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE, INCREASED NEW EQUIPMENT, LEASE PAYMENTS, 8,000 WITH PRODUCTION IN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE STATION. INCREASED HAULING COSTS FOR TARRO 2000 REDUCTION IN HAULING COSTS FOR COFFEE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO ESTABLISH FUNDS FOR THE FIRE CODE PERMITS AND FOR THE DAMAGE. WILD PERMITS. Y'ALL HEARD THE LINE ITEM REQUEST? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE. NO. MA. SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER AROU. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION. CARRIE? I THINK WHAT PAYING BILLS TODAY. HOW JUST FEAR [00:25:08] JIM. YES. THERE'S, OKAY. Y'ALL, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN FLOODED. WELL AWARE OF I'M WELL AWARE BECAUSE IF THEY'VE GOT, IT STARTS TO GROW IN, IN THE HEAD AND IT'S, IT'S NO GOOD. BUT WE CAN'T, YEAH, WELL THAT PLUS, UM, OUT TO BE A LOT BETTER THAN THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. WELL, WHEN YOU GET THE BILL FOR YOUR GASOLINE, YOU HAS ANYBODY, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS SO REASON MUCH TO SAY LETTER. YEAH, THAT [00:30:03] COUNTY ONLINE LETTER. OH, THAT'S IN THE MONITOR. WADE LETTER. IN THE MONITOR. SUNDAY. SUNDAY WHEN HE DOES. OKAY. WAS THERE OH YES. NUMBER YEARS. WE CAN READ THAT. MANY, MANY, MANY WAYS AROUND THIS AREA. JUDGE, YOU KNOW WHERE RAY IS TODAY? HADN'T WORK. I DON'T THINK HE ME HE BE ON VACATION. WELL, MIGHT SAID SOMETHING TO ME. VACATION. BEEN HERE ENOUGH TO VACATION. I THINK YOU'RE THIS GETS ORGANIZED PROPERLY. DIDN'T NOTICE THE LAST TIME. I'M STILL TRYING TO GET TO RUN. CONSUMMATE. CONSUMMATE. YES. MAY THE FEDS HAD DONE DOWN, UP THERE. RIGHT. KAUFMAN IN THIS AREA. OKAY, WELL SEE I DIDN'T SEE THAT. YEAH. DECLARED SOME IN THE STATE. WE GOOD ABOUT THIS IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY PICK AND IT'S VERY UNUSUAL TO [00:35:13] SUMMER. THAT WAS COOL, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT ANYTHING LIKE THIS. NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT I CAN REMEMBER BUT IT WASN'T QUITE AS HOT AS, AND WE'D GET A SHOWER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM TRYING TO DECIDE. YOU COME FROM A REAL HEAT RETALIATION AND POPULATION AS WE FIND OUT. [00:40:06] OH YEAH. THURSDAY MY WIFE. THAT'S SOMETHING. CHARGE YOU ALREADY BEEN SYSTEM TO SEE IF I UH, I THINK, UH, JACKIE SAYS HE REMEMBERS HIM TELLING US THAT HE WAS GONNA BE ON VACATION THIS WEEK. I HAVE ONE. VICKY SAID KEN O'CLOCK STUFF IN NEVADA. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT JERRY SAID. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRY TO GET, THEY WERE GONNA BE ON ANOTHER POINT. DID I MISS EVERYTHING? YOU, Y'ALL ALREADY, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE JUDGE YET? WHEN DID YOU MEET ALL JUDGE CRO WAS GONE ON VACATION ALL WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO. SOMETHING. EXCUSE ME. HELLO? YES. STATE CONTROL. I HAVE A LITTLE DISAGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK. CAN'T DO MUCH WORK ON BECAUSE WE GOOD FRIENDS WITHOUT ANY QUESTION. QUESTION. THANK YOU. GLAD YOU DID MY WAY BACK. DID YOU PAY? THAT'S WHAT MY WIFE SAID. DO ON THE [00:45:01] DID THAT AND EACH ONE MANUFACTURER MOTION. CAN I MAKE THE MOTION? THE MOTION? I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THAT'S RIGHT. WHERE DO YOU GO? I THINK HE'S OUT THERE MAKING A, IT'LL TELL YOU. YEAH. THE BOTTOM ONE WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY INCHES YOU HAVE AND IT'LL TURN, THIS ONE WILL TURN LIKE RED OR YELLOW WHEN IT'S RUNNING, WHEN IT'S RUNNING LIKE SEVEN MINUTES OR SOMETHING. AND THAT'S WHEN, WHEN IT'S RUNNING YOU COVER UP. I THEY NEED WHATEVER THEY CAN HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A WHILE. YEAH. HAVE Y'ALL SEEN HER LATELY? I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE. [00:50:05] THERE. IT TRACKS YOUR MILEAGE. NO, SHE'S HERE. SHE JUST HAD SOME THINGS SHE NEEDED TO TRY AND GET TAKEN CARE OF AND THE HORSES COME UP. Y'ALL GO THROUGH 'EM ALL. I MOTION AND JURY ROD. SECOND IT. OKAY, NOW WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, FOUR O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON, CONGRESSMAN JEFF HESLING. UH, I CALLED CASSIE. CASSIE SAID THAT THEY RESERVED THIS ROOM. THEIR LAST EMAIL SAID THAT WE GOT FRIDAY AT COUNTY COURT AND LAW ROOM. BUT, UH, SO WE'LL EITHER BE HERE OVER THERE, BUT CASSIE SAID THEY DID CALL RESERVE THIS ONE AT FOUR, FOUR O'CLOCK. SO IF Y'ALL WANNA COME BY AND SEE JEFF, UH, HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION DEAL AND, UH, WE HEARD HIM OVER IN PR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND I THINK HE'LL, YOU'LL FIND THAT HE'S RIGHT ON TARGET WITH THE WAY HE FEELS ABOUT IT. SO, UM, OR AT LEAST HE'S RIGHT ON TARGET. THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT. . SO, UH, LET'S SEE. UH, I GUESS THAT'S IT. UH, THE MAIN THING IS THAT I THINK THAT LAST WEEK IN JULY IS WHEN WE WERE GOING TO MEET TO FINALIZE THE BUDGET AND, UH, WE WON'T MEET THE, THE 16TH. I SAID I'LL GET NACO AND UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, GLEN WHITLEY AND COUNTY JUDGE FROM TARRANT COUNTY TRY TO GET HIM IN AS STARTING UP THE CHAIN. OKAY. SO WE WORKED TO DEAL WITH CALIFORNIA A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WE GOT THEIR PERSON IN, PROVIDED THAT WHEN WE GOT READY, THEY HELP GET OUR PERSON IN BETWEEN TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA. WE BASICALLY CONTROLLED THE VOTE. OUR CONVENIENCE STATION, CITIZENS COLLECTION STATION, NO COLLECTION CITIZENS, UH, OPENS TOMORROW MORNING. TOMORROW MORNING. OKAY. GREAT. GRAND OPENING IS THE 17TH. ON THE 14TH WE TAKE ALL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. RECYCLE. WE'RE GETTING GOING. SOUNDS GOOD. NOW IF WE GET ONE OVER. WHAT ON THE 17TH? PARDON ME? WHAT TIME ON THE 17TH? THE GRAND OPENING. MARCH NINE 30. OKAY. 17. WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS THAT? TUESDAY. TUESDAY. YOU ALREADY TOLD ME YOU DONE? YEAH, I WAS THINKING, UH, YOU MIGHT SPEAK TO JEFF THIS AFTERNOON OR SEE IF HE'S GOING BE IN THE AREA. THAT'D BE GREAT, UH, TO HAVE HIM THERE FOR THAT. IF HE'S GONNA BE, BE ABLE TO BE IN TOWN LATE. WELL, THAT'S EARLY IN THE MORNING. I THINK HE GOES BACK TO WASHINGTON UNTIL THE OKAY. UH, ARE YOU GETTING ANY WATER DOWN THERE? ALL DAY YESTERDAY WAS, UH, PUTTING UP BARRICADES AND FIXING CULVERTS AND ROADS THAT WERE WASH WHERE YOU HAD ONE BIG POTHOLE IN YOUR ROAD. DO YOU KNOW THAT? YES. IT'S A BIG THING, BUT IT'S NOT UNDER WATER, SO I'M NOT, I HI. IT, YESTERDAY LANE AVENUE, UH, THE WATER WAS DOWN AROUND THE BEND THERE. LANE AVENUE. THE WATER WAS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF FEET OVER TOP OF THE COVER. JUST A RUSH. HOW IS, UH, WHERE KINGS CREEK CROSSES, UH, THERE AT THAT, UH, GOLF COURSE? HOW IS THAT? IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT OVER THE ROAD. IT'S AMAZING. IT IS NOT. YEAH, IT IS [00:55:01] AMAZING. YEAH, I WAS EVEN SHOCKED WHEN I COME UP BY THE DREAM SKI RANCH. I'VE SEEN IT. WATER COVERED THOSE PASTURES OUT THERE. IT'S JUST IN THE, WITHIN THE BANKS. WE HAVE WATER RUNNING OVER 1 48 THERE BY THE LIVELY STORE. I HID IT DOING ABOUT 50 MILE AN HOUR. , SOMEBODY ASKED ME, DID, UH, DID THE LIVELY STORE SELL OR SHE CLOSING IT DOWN OR SHE, SHE, I THINK SHE JUST SOLD IT. IT, OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. GUYS, HAVE JUDGE MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. MOTION MADE BY JIM, SECOND BY JERRY ALL SECOND. AND WE'RE HERE ALL DAY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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