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NOW PLEASE LET PRAY, MS. GRACIOUS HEAVEN AND FATHER, WILL YOU THANK THI FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER THIS MORNING TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
PLEASE LIVE DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE WISDOM TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS.
YOU THANK THEE FOR ALL OF ANY BLESSINGS THAT HAS GIVEN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
ALWAYS LOOK ON THEIR TROOPS WITH FAVOR AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY.
UH, ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
I AWAY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS FOR ONE NATION AND AN INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL NEW VERSION, NEW RIGHT UNDER GOD.
I YOU DIDN'T PUT A NO PREVIOUSLY, I'VE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.
ARE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN MOST APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY MR. SHANE.
THERE IS A, UH, MOVEMENT TO CREATE A TAX MENT, FINANCE REINVESTMENT ZONE.
AND I MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK AND THEY ASKED ME TO APPOINT A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS ON THE COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH, TO HELP THEM WITH, WITH THEM DURING THE PRELIMINARY, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, UH, ANIMAL.
AND, UH, POINT, UH, SINCE LIES IN COMMISSIONER SHANE'S PRECINCT AND COMMISSIONER CLARK BE THE PRECINCT, I'M GOING TO APPOINT THOSE TWO ON THAT COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF.
AND THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED AND, UH, I MET WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, AND, UH, SO I TOLD THEM WHO I'D BE APPOINTING.
AND SO THEY WILL BE CONTACTING Y'ALL.
AND I'D SAY IF YOU HADN'T HEARD FROM PROBABLY BY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, YOU MIGHT GIVE ONE OF THOSE GENTLEMAN A CALL.
GENTLEMEN, YOU DID MEET WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGER? YES.
I BEFORE THE MAIN THING THAT Y'ALL FIND OUT, OUT WHEN THEY, THEY'LL BE COMING TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE WHOLE COURT.
AND WHEN THEY DO, I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO BE VERSE ON IT WHERE Y'ALL CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE OTHER COMMISSION OR I MIGHT HAVE THAT'LL WORK.
OUR FIRST, UH, ITEM THAT WE CAN TAKE UP AT THIS POINT IS MR. JASON BROWN IS HERE.
JASON'S GOING TO PRESENT A BRIEF, UH, BRIEF DISCUSSION, A BRIEF PRESENTATION, BRIEF PRESENTATION, TEXAS EMISSION REDUCTION PLAN, KNOWN AS TUR FOR PROTECTION REASONS, AND THE LOW INCOME VEHICLE REPAIR SYSTEM,
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AND ACCELERATED VEHICLE RETIREMENT PROGRAM.AND I THINK PROBABLY EVERYONE'S HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM PROTECTION, BUT YOU'RE NOT, GO AHEAD AND START FROM, FROM SCRATCH AND GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A COPY OF THE, OF THE PRESENTATION? THANK YOU.
UH, YES, JUST WANTED TO, UH, COME OUT AND, UH, PRESENT FOR THE LATEST UPDATED, UH, CHANGES TO THE PROGRAMS THAT THE, UH, 80TH TEXT LEGISLATURE, UH, PROVIDED.
AND, UH, AND SO DOING, UH, KIND OF RELATED TO THAT WAS BACK IN JANUARY 29TH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, WE COME OUT, UH, WITH SOME RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE CALLING FOR SOME, UH, CHANGES IN AMENDMENTS TO THOSE PROGRAMS. AND JUST WANTED TO THANK COURT FOR, FOR SUPPORTING THOSE AND PASSING THAT, UH, ADOPTIONS, UH, THROUGH THE RESOLUTIONS AND JUST THINGS FOR THAT SUPPORT.
SO, JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP AND WITH THIS, THESE ARE WHAT ACTUALLY DID OCCUR THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, UH, THE, THE FIRST SLIDE THERE, UH, AGAIN, WE TRY TO JUST SUMMARIZE AGAIN HOW THESE PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR REGION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UM, AIR VOLUME EMISSIONS AND THE G THAT WE AREA IS DESIGNATED.
SO BECAUSE OF THE, THE, UH, THE MEASUREMENTS OF GROUND LEVEL OZONE, UH, REGIONS AND THE NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS ARE ONE OF THE, UH, POLLUTANTS, THE AIR POLLUTANTS THAT HELPS FOR THE FORMATION OF OSA.
AND THE STATE HAS, UH, KIND OF DONE AN INVENTORY AND THEIR ESTIMATES OR PROJECTIONS ARE THAT THE, UH, FOCUSING ON THE ON ROAD AND NON ROAD MOBILE SOURCES, BASICALLY LIKE YOUR CARS AND TRUCKS ON THE ROADS, UH, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, UM, MAINTAINERS AND BULL OVERS, EXACTLY CHIP SPREADERS AND RIGHT.
ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE, UH, UH, BES AND THEIR EMISSIONS ADD UP.
AND SO THEY DO ESTIMATE THAT, UM, THOSE, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO ABOUT 73% OF THE NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS IN THE REGION.
UM, AND ON PAGE TWO OR THE NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, JUST REALLY FOCUSING IN ON A COUPLE OF THE, UM, ITEMS HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS SHOWING HOW THOSE NAZI EMISSIONS ARE RELATED TO, UH, DIFFERENT VEHICLE CLASSES AS WELL AS THE, UH, RELATIONSHIP OF THOSE, UM, THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND JUST WANTED TO REALLY JUST POINT OUT THE TWO, THERE'S TWO SPIKES THAT WE KIND OF KIND OF NARROW IN ON THE FAR LEFT ONE, IT IS, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES, THE GAS VEHICLES, UH, LIGHT DUTY GAS VEHICLES, UM, CAR LIGHT DUTY CARS AND TRUCKS ON THE ROAD.
UM, OBVIOUSLY HERE IS A, UH, PERCENTAGE OF THE, UH, MAX EXIT EMISSIONS FROM THAT CLASS OF VEHICLES AND HOW THE LOW INCOME REPAIR REPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS INVOLVED WITH TARGETING THOSE BECAUSE IT IS THE PROGRAM THAT IS SET UP TO, UH, HELP VEHICLES GET REPAIRS NEEDED SO THAT THEIR VEHICLES IN COMPLIANCE, UM, FOR THE STANDARDS.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO IF NEEDED, HELP PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO REPLACE ONCE A VEHICLE'S BEEN RETIRED TO REPLACE THAT VEHICLE.
NOW, THE SPIKE TOWARDS KIND OF THE, JUST RIGHT AT THE CENTER ON THIS GRAPH, THIS IS, UH, SHOWING THE CLASS KIND OF THE, I GUESS THE NOX UH, EMISSIONS RESULTING FROM HIGH DUTY DIESEL VEHICLES.
AND THE REASON WE POINT THIS OUT IS THEY OBVIOUSLY, UH, THERE IS A CONTRIBUTION OF THOSE EMISSIONS IN OUR REGION AND THE TEXAS EMISSION REDUCTION PLAN, THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT'S KIND OF TARGETING THOSE VEHICLES TO HELP RETRO FIT AND REPOWER, UM, THOSE ENGINES AND, UH, CLEAN THOSE EMISSIONS.
SO FIRST I WAS GONNA JUST BRIEFLY, UH, FOCUS ON THE, UH, CHANGES THAT OCCURRED FOR THE TEXAS EMISSION REDUCTION PLAN.
AND I DO HAVE A SLIDE THERE THAT, UM, UH, FOR THE, UH, TURP PROGRAM, UH, JUST REALLY BULLETING, UH, WHAT THEY DID DO WAS EXTEND THE PROGRAM THROUGH, UH, 2013.
AND, AND SO DOING THE PROGRAM INITIALLY WHAT WAS DO,
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AND IN 2010, THEY DID EXTEND IT TO 2013, SO GIVING SOME MORE LIFE TO THE PROGRAM AND HELPING, UM, UH, KEEP IT GOING AS WELL AS INCREASE THE COST EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE PRO.THE, I GUESS THE LOOKING AT GRANTING, AWARDING THOSE GRANTS OUT THE PROGRAM, UH, NOW HAVE TO BE, UM, LESS THAN 15,000, UH, DOLLARS BASED ON TONS OF KNOCKS THAT THE, UH, PROGRAM MAY REDUCE.
AND ALSO, UM, JUST REAL QUICKLY, IT EXTENDS THE AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR TUR FUNDING ALONG MAJOR, UH, HIGHWAY CORRIDORS.
UH, KIND OF LIKE SETTING UP ALENE, UH, TECHNOLOGIES, UH, MAYBE LOCATED AT CREST AREAS, UH, ALONG SOME, THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
SO THAT DID KIND OF BRING IN SOME OF THOSE MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THE SLIDE THAT PROVIDED UNDERNEATH THERE JUST REALLY SHOWS THAT WHAT THE ESTIMATED FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT, UH, PLAN WILL BE BROKEN OUT BY FISCAL YEAR 2008 AND FISCAL YEAR 2009.
YOU CAN SEE THE INCENTIVE AMOUNTS AND THEN ALSO A, A, A ADDITIONAL, UH, AMOUNTS FOR THE CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROJECT, WHICH IS THE INCORPORATED THING WITH THE FUNDS FROM THE TUR PROJECT.
ANY MONEY FOR COUNTIES YET THAT MIGHT GO TO DIESEL? I, UH, I DON'T SPECIFICALLY HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, I, I CAN CERTAINLY, UH, GET THAT FROM YOUR, THE, UH, OUR TURP PROJECT LEAD WAS UNAVAILABLE TODAY.
I CAN, UM, GET THAT INFORMATION LOADED.
UH, REGARDING WHAT THE COUNTY PUBLIC COUNTY FOR THE LOW INCOME REPAIR REPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHERE WE ALSO REFER TO OR WE REALLY, UH, CALLED, AS YOU HEAR, MARKETED AS THE AIR CHECK TEXAS REPAIR REPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UM, THROUGH SENATE BILL 12 CHANGES.
THE, UH, SOME OF THE MAIN, UH, ENCOURAGING CHANGES WAS THE INCREASE THE QUALIFYING INCOME, UH, FROM WHAT'S CURRENTLY 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL TO 300% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
AND JUST FROM SOME ESTIMATE NUMBERS, UM, RELATING TO KAUFFMAN COUNTY, THAT COULD INCLUDE UP ANYWHERE FROM 14 TO 15,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN THAT, UM, INCREASED 3% PROPERTY LEVEL.
UM, IT ALSO DID PROVIDE MODIFICATIONS TO THE RETIREMENT INCENTIVE.
NOW CURRENTLY IT'S SET AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS PURCHASING A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE.
THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A WAY TO, UH, KIND OF REVAMP, UH, INCREASE THIS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM, THE RETIREMENT PART.
SO THEY INCREASED IT SO THAT AN INDIVIDUAL COULD RECEIVE UP TO $3,000 TOWARDS A CAR, BUT IT'S THREE YEARS OLD AND NEWER.
A TRUCK, UH, COULD RECEIVE UP TO $3,000 IF IT'S TWO YEARS OLD AND NEWER.
AND THEN FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE, UH, $3,500, IT'S 1-YEAR-OLD AND NEWER.
SO THEY PROVIDED PRETTY MUCH THIS IS SAYING THAT THEY ARE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET IN NEWER, CLEANER VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE, UM, HIGHER, UH, FEDERALLY MANDATED EMISSION STANDARDS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE VEHICLES.
AND THEY, AS IT'S ALSO PROVIDED HERE, PROVIDED A LIMIT TOWARDS THE VEHICLE, UM, NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 FOR THE TOTAL FIRST VEHICLE.
AND, UM, ALSO ALLOW FOR, UH, REQUIRE OF ANY VEHICLE THAT'S 10 YEARS OLD AND OLDER, THEY COULD JUST DECIDE THAT THEY ONE RETIRE IN THE VEHICLE AND PRETTY MUCH COME TO THE PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE.
AND AS LONG AS THEY QUALIFY BASED ON THOSE INCOME AND THEY'RE ALSO VEHICLE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE PROGRAM CAN HELP THEM OUT, AND THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO FAIL ADMISSIONS TEST, WHICH IS WHAT THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY CALLS FOR WORKFORCE COURT STILL DETERMINE THE ELIGIBILITY.
NOW, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HAS, UH, DEDICATED, UH, SERVICE ASSISTANCE.
IT'S OVER THE PHONE, UH, NUMBER CALLED THE APPLICATION PROCESS STARTS OVER THE PHONE
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AND WE TAKE, UH, THE PAPERWORK THAT WE NEED TO DETERMINE INCOME ELIGIBILITY, MAIL, FAX.AND SO, UH, THAT IS NOW SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON COUNSEL
SO TO CONTINUE ON, JUST WANT TO, UH, MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE, THE TIMELINE THAT'S KIND OF SET OUT FOR THE, UH, RULEMAKING PROCESS THAT SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WILL BE HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND ACTUALLY THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS WILL BE POSTING, UH, AT OUR OFFICES, UH, ON THAT DAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 2:00 PM UH, ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND THE ANTICIPATED ADOPTION DATE IS DECEMBER 5TH.
AND THAT WOULD THEN INCORPORATE THOSE CHANGES THAT, UH, IT JUST, UH, HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND THEY DID NOT, UH, JUST FOR INFORMATION, THEY DID NOT REALLY ADDRESS THE REPAIR SIDE, SO NOTHING REALLY CHANGED.
SO THE PROGRAM STILL WILL OFFER UP TO $600 TOWARDS THE MISSION DELAY REPAIRS AND AS WELL, WHAT ELSE WAS INCLUDED IN THE SENATE BILL 12 WAS WHAT THEY HAVE CALLED THE LOCAL INITIATIVE PROJECTS.
THESE ARE ADDITIONAL AIR QUALITY PROJECTS THAT, UH, MAYBE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY TO, UM, HELP WITH OR, YOU KNOW, AS EVEN PARTNERING WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT WITH AN EXPANDED AIR CHECK TEXAS PROGRAM.
THIS WOULD BE A PROGRAM THAT WOULD THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR OUR CURRENT AIR CHECK PROGRAM, BUT MAY PROVIDE SOME TIME IN THE CITY TO HELP REPAIR A VEHICLE, UH, SINCE THE FOCUS WOULD BE TO GET THAT VEHICLE REPAIRED.
SO IT IS, UH, COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS A ENHANCED REMOTE SENSING PROJECT, REGIONAL SMOKING VEHICLE PROGRAM, WHICH RIGHT NOW FOR OUR REGION, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IS OPERATING IN, UH, CO COLLABORATION WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
THERE'S A DEDICATED NUMBER AS YOU CALL, TO REPORT A SMOKING VEHICLE.
AND, UM, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, UH, USE YOUR WIRELESS PHONE, DIAL POUND SMOKE, AND YOU'LL GET TO OUR VOICEMAIL AND YOU CAN LEAVE REPORT SMOKING THE VEHICLE.
UM, IN ADDITION REGIONAL EMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, THIS WOULD BE WORKING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU USING, UM, DEDICATED STAFF.
UH, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE SOMEONE THAT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT DEDICATED.
IT COULD BE YOU INVITED UP, UH, AMONG EXISTING STAFF.
UH, SO THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT AGAIN, WERE JUST ADDITIONAL LOCAL INITIATIVE PROJECTS THAT SENATE BILL 12 DID PROVIDE FUNDS, UH, FOR, AND IT DID REQUIRE THAT THE PARTICIPATING COUNTY WOULD MATCH THE FUNDS.
THAT'S SOMETHING NEW, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT IS THAT WHEN LOOKING INTO THAT MATCHING FUNDS, THEY DO CONSIDER IN KIND SUPPORT, WHICH WOULD BE EXISTING STAFF MAYBE ALREADY.
UM, YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR POLICE OFFICER THAT DEDICATED TO THE REGIONAL ADMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, THAT SALARY BENEFITS WOULD BE THAT AMOUNT THAT COULD BE PUT TOWARDS THAT ACTION THAT BE SOLELY HIS RESPONSIBILITY OR HIS AUTHORITY COULD WHAT IF HE HAD A DEPUTY SHERIFF THAT, UH, SAY HE'S PATROLLING A CERTAIN PART OF THE COUNTY AND DURING THAT PATROLLING THE COUNTY, HE LOOKS, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BLACK SMOKE COMING OUTTA THEIR CARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
USE HIS SALARY, AT LEAST PART OF HIS SALARY FOR OUR IN INCOME CONSTITUTION.
IS THE SHERIFF IN HERE? YEAH, WE GOT IT.
THEY ARE, THEY ARE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS CONSIDERING OR, UH, DEFINING THAT MATCHING FUNDS AND THE, UH, AS WELL AS ALLOWING THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MAYBE TO, IF, IF PARTNERING TOGETHER, THEN DEFINITELY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT MONEY TOWARDS THAT.
AND THE NEXT ITEM, THE SLIDE HERE IS JUST KIND OF SHOWING WHAT WOULD BE ESTIMATED FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEARS.
IT'S FISCAL YEAR 2008, FISCAL YEAR 2009.
AND I DO HAVE HIGHLIGHTED FOR COMAN COUNTY.
SO THE FIRST CALLING IS
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AMOUNT, THE NEXT COLUMN OVER IS WHAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LOCAL PROJECTS THAT JUST HIGHLIGHTED.AND FINALLY JUST THE, UM, YOU MEAN THAT BE THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION? THAT WOULD BE, RIGHT, RIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE WHAT THE STATE WOULD PROVIDE FROM, UM, THE FUNDS THREE 4,000 AND THEN THE COUNTY, UH, MATCHED THAT, THAT'S WHAT THOSE, THAT'S WHAT THOSE FUNDS WERE.
THIS WOULD BE THE SM E FUNDS FROM THE STATE SO THAT THE COUNTY COULD MATCH THAT OR UP TO THAT.
NOW, THE 3 4, 5 72 DOESN'T THAT RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF JUST THE, THE LA, UH, THE, THE FUNDS THAT DEDICATED JUST FOR THE REPAIR REPLACEMENT PORTION.
JUST FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY THOUGH? YES, JUST FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND THOSE, THOSE WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE MATCHED.
THOSE ARE NOT PART OF THE MATCHING FUNDS.
THE, UH, LOCAL PROJECTS, THAT'S PART OF THE WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, UH, UNDER THE MATCHING, UH, FUNDS.
SO IF WE PUT THE 34 IN, THEN THE STATE PUTS ANOTHER 34 IN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THE RE THE REASON AGAIN, THEY, UH, THESE AMOUNTS ARE BASED ON THE, OR FOR THE LRAD PORTION, THE 304,000 THAT IS BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF THE, FOR THE REGION, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE EMISSION STICKERS THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, BROKEN UP BASED ON THE OTHER COUNTIES IN
SO THAT'S, THEY USED THAT AS A PERCENTAGE TO BREAK UP THE TOTAL
AND THAT'S WHERE WE COULD HAVE USED THE, THE SHERIFF'S.
AND, AND, UM, AGAIN, THE, IT IS, IT'S JUST GIVING EXAMPLES OF LOCAL INITIATIVE PROJECTS HERE.
THESE ARE ONES THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, LAID OUT LEGISLATIVELY.
IT, IT, THERE MAY BE ONE PARTICULAR THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO FOCUS ON, AND CERTAINLY THAT'S, UM, AND THE, AND THE COUNTY IS ALSO, UM, ASKED TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SO THAT THEY, THEY'LL BE INVOLVED IN, IN, UH, HELPING OUT AS WELL.
ANY ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO WRAP UP AS WELL, JUST JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE TURF AND LINE WRAP, THOSE WERE BIG PART OF C BILL 12, BUT IT DID ALSO ADDRESS ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS, UH, PROVIDE ANTI IDLING RESTRICTIONS, UM, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST HIGHLIGHTED THERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO COME AND ADDRESS THOSE NEW CHANGES AND, AND MAKE YOU AWARE WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE COMING IN THE FUTURE.
THEY MAY ASK, UH, STANDING STAND IDLING THAT'S, UH, RIGHT, THE IDLING LINGLING.
FROM WHAT I'M AWARE OF, IT'S, IT'S FOR INSTANCE, AND IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FOR SEVERAL YEARS, RIGHT, RIGHT.
SEEN THESE TRUCKS WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRUCK STOP.
UH, OR WHEN THEY'RE TAKING IT OUT, THEY'LL SIT THERE WITH THEIR ENGINE RUNNING THE OLD TIME.
THERE'S ONE PLACE ON NINE 20 IN DALLAS THAT ACTUALLY HAS AIR CONDITIONERS, BUT THE TRUCKS CAN ACTUALLY PULL UP THERE AND HOOK THEIR HOOK ONTO IT, AND THEN THEY CAN TAKE THEIR NAPS WITH THAT AIR CONDITIONED UNIT COMING IN FROM THAT SERVICE STATION AND NOT FROM THEIR ENGINE.
THE LING HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
IS IT GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT AS MANDATORY? IS THAT WHAT THAT WHAT? YES, BUT THIS LAYS OUT IS THAT THE TEXAS COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WILL BE, UH, SETTING OUT TO MANDATE THE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON IDLING VEHICLES IF YOU'RE WITHIN A CERTAIN, UH, UH, DISTANCE FROM, UH, ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES THAT PROVIDES THE
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PLACES IN OUR AREA OTHER THAN THAT ONE ON, ON NINE 20 AND IS IT LANCASTER OR DUNVILLE IN THAT AREA? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ONLY ONE THAT I, AND HOPEFULLY I GUESS WITH THIS BEING, YOU KNOW, LAID OUT, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT.
YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONE BY LANCASTER ROAD THERE.
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NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME I WENT OUT TO CALIFORNIA.I FLEW INTO LOS ANGELES AIRPORT AND, UH, I WAS INVESTIGATING A, A TRUCK, GENERAL MOTOR TRUCK WRECK UP, UH, IN LANCASTER.
I GOT IN THE, GOT IN THE, UH, SHUTTLE FROM THE AIRPORT TO MY RED CAR, AND UH, I ASKED THE GUY HOW FAR IT WAS LANCASTER AND, UH, WHERE LANCASTER, I'M YOU LIVED, SAID ALL LIFE.
I SAID, YOU KNOW WHERE LANCASTER IS? I GOTTA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON A HUNTING INJUNCTION WITH A GUY WHO LIVED THERE, GREW UP THERE, AND IT WOULD CURL HIS HAIR EVERY TIME ANYONE SAID LANCASTER BECAUSE HE GREW UP THERE, IT WAS PRONOUNCED LANCASTER, AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S TO BE PRONOUNCED.
SO ANYWAY, I, THIS GUY, HE SAID, SIR, I DON'T KNOW WHERE ANY LANCASTER IS.
AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THE BIG TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE UP THERE.
OH, YOU MEAN LANCASTER? I SAID, OKAY, LANCASTER.
THAT'S THAT TRUCK STOP UP THERE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S ALL I GOT.
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I GOT TWO NEW MOTOR GRANTS AND THIS PROGRAM WAS ON, UH, TO WHERE I COULD GET, UH, A REBATE ON THESE, ON THESE NEW EQUIPMENT 'CAUSE OF LOW, LOW SULFUR, WHATEVER THEY CALL IT.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY I MADE, I, I APPLIED, CALLED 'EM AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
UM, BUT DID YOU, THE JUDGE HAD, I GUESS HE'D ASKED YOU IF YOU'D CHECK TO SEE IF THAT'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE SOME OF US HAVE SOME OLD MOTOR GRADERS THAT PROBABLY COULD QUALIFY JURY STOLE.
COULD YOU JUST LET US KNOW? WE DO HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME TRUCKERS, SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES WHO GOT GRANTS TO REPLACE THEIR, THEY STAND A QUESTION, UH, WHEN YOU ON THE RETIREMENT PROGRAM.
WHERE DO THESE VEHICLES GO WHEN YOU RETIRE? THEY ACTUALLY DO GO TO THE SOUTH FACILITY SO THAT THEY'LL BE DISMANTLED AND, UM, ULTIMATELY THE VEHICLE, THE ORIGINAL VEHICLE WILL BE PUT BACK ON THE ROAD AND IT'S THE CONDITION THAT IT WAS RETIRED IN.
NOW THEY CAN STRIP OFF USABLE PARTS, DOORS, MIRRORS, UH, ITEMS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE ENGINE TRANSMISSION, UH, THE EMISSIONS COMPONENTS, ALL THAT HAS TO BE ESSENTIALLY WILL BE SCRAPPED OR RECYCLED.
AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JASON? NO.
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TO, I GUESS EVERYTHING'S OPERATING WITHOUT.
WELL COME BY AND WE'LL LET YOU MR. BACK AND COME BACK AND VISIT US.
I, UH, I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL.
OKAY, LET'S GO BACK UP TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA NOW AND, UM, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING TO A PUBLIC HEARING ON, UH, THE FIRST ONE IS REGARDING SETTING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MILES PER HOUR ON TAYLOR RANCH ROAD IN PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR AND PLACING SIGNS THAT SAY THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER DO WILL MAKE THAT MOTION TO MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL SECOND IT ALL IN
SO WE ARE NOW MOVING FROM PUBLIC REGULAR MEETING TO PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO'D LIKE TO TESTIFY REGARDING SETTING A 30 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON, UH, IN COING? THE SIGNS ON TAYLOR RANCH ROAD? TAYLOR RANCH LOOP? NOBODY WAS.
THEN WE'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AND WE'LL MOVE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER
MOVE, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE SEXTON.
WE BACK IN OUR REGULAR MEETING NOW.
I DIDN'T TAKE A MOTION IN TO SET THAT I 30 MILE AN ON TAYLOR RANCH.
I MAKE THE MOTION AND THE OPPOSED SIGN.
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30 YOU MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER.SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE ALL IN THURSDAY.
OKAY, NOW WE WILL ENTER INTO, UH, MOTION.
I'VE ENTERTAINED MOTION TO, UH, MOVE TO A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING NOT ALLOWING THROUGH TRUCKS ON COUNTY ROAD 41 0 2 AND PLACING, UH, NO THROUGH TRUCK SIGNS MAKES THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL SECOND IT FAVOR.
A MOTION CARRIES SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY REGARDING, UH, PUTTING A NO THROUGH TRUCK SIGN ON COUNTY ROAD 41 0 2? NO ONE WANTS TO TESTIFY.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE, WE'LL ENTERTAIN MOTION, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE BACK INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER.
MOTION CARRIED NOW TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN TO, UH, NOT ALLOW THROUGH TRUCKS ON COUNTY ROAD 41 0 2 AND TO PLACE NO THREE TRUCKS SIGNS ON COUNTY ROAD.
MOTION MADE BY MR. LER, SECONDED BY MR. SHANE.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM, UH, FIRE MARSHAL LARRY Y ADVISED US THIS MORNING THAT OUR INDEX, UH, DROUGHT INDEX IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO DO THAT AS OF YET.
UH, WE'RE ENTERING INTO THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE'LL SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA, UH, ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GETTING UP THERE AND IT'S REAL CLOSE.
SO I DIDN'T THINK MOTION TABLE, THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
MOTION CARRIED, UH, AMENDMENT FOR ELECTIONS EXPENSE OF 40,000 TO ACQUIRE NECESSARY VOTING EQUIPMENT IN TIME FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS.
THIS, UM, THIS WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA, ACTUALLY, I PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AT THE, AT THE, UH, REQUEST OF MR. MURPHY AND GEORGE YORK.
THIS IS SOME ELECTION EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, UH, MR. MURPHY INTENDED TO BUY NEXT YEAR.
AND IN TALKING WITH GEORGE, THEY DETERMINED THAT IN ORDER TO GET IT IN AND SET UP AND TEST IT AND TRY ONE BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TO MOVE THIS WEEK.
SO, UH, MR. MURPHY HAD SOME MONEY LEFT IN THE BUDGET, BUT NOT ENOUGH.
SO THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY CAN DO THIS, UH, LEGALLY IS FOR US TO INCREASE HIS BUDGET FOR RIGHT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REQUESTS ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DELLER.
UH, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
IS THAT, NO, YOU'RE NOT UP, BECAUSE THEY WANTED AN ADDENDUM WEEK BEFORE THAT.
UH, JACK SEBASTIAN, OUR PURCHASING AGENT IS GOING TO, WE'RE GOING DISCUSS, CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR INSTALLATION OF THE CONCRETE PAD FOR THE KATON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, JUDGE, WITH THE COURT'S APPROVAL, I'D LIKE TO ADVERTISE MS. BID AND CLOSE IT ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH AND OPEN AN AWARD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH.
CAN YOU MAKE A SUGGESTION, JACK, THAT WE UH, WE HAVE YES SIR.
WHENEVER, WHENEVER WE'RE QUICK AS YOU SET UP OR WHENEVER IT'S LEGAL OR HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT, UH, I, I HAVE COMMITTED THAT I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE THE SHERIFF AND I WOULD WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THOSE THAT WANT TO BID OUT BEHIND THE JAIL.
IT'S JUST AN, THEIR IMPO IS SO FULL THAT THEY, THEY GOTTA PROTECT THESE VEHICLES THAT PUT A FENCE.
WERE WE GONNA PUT THAT FENCE ON THERE? DID WE DISCUSS THAT? I REMEMBER.
I I THINK YOU SAY WHERE OR YOU SAY IT.
NO, WE DISCUSSED GETTING, WE DISCUSSED IT THAT YOU MAY WANNA HAVE
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THE FENCE PUT UP.UH, BUT OKAY, LET'S HAVE A PRE-BID ON THIS AND, AND JUST LET THE SHERIFF, THE SHERIFF AND I KNOW, AND WE'LL, WE'D LIKE TO MEET UP.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ALL IN FAIR SIGN.
MOTION CARRIES IS IN SEPTEMBER 17TH.
WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARDING CONTRACT WITH SAFEGUARD IMAGE SOLUTIONS, THE STATE CISV VENDOR FOR INDEXING AND IMAGING FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
WE DID, UH, RECEIVE BRIEF PROPOSALS FROM CISB VENDORS AND THE, UH, LOWEST AND INVEST PROPOSAL, UH, WAS SAFEGUARD IMAGING SOLUTIONS AT A TOTAL PRICE OF $238,990 AND 34 AND COMES FROM THAT, UH, SET REPRESENTATIVE MANAGEMENT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, WE'RE ON THE TOPIC THAT THE CIS PROGRAM GOING AWAY SEPTEMBER ONE, THAT ANY PARTICULAR REASON IT'S GOING AWAY.
I, I THINK THE STATE FEELS LIKE MAYBE THE STATE SHOULD BE REBID, UH, RATHER THAN, UH, THE SHE
NOW THERE THERE'LL BE SOME VENDORS THAT WILL BE ON THE DR VENDOR, UH, LIST THAT, THAT WILL BE OKAY TO USE THAT UH, C PROGRAM GOING AWAY.
WE MOTION, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE.
UH, NEXT HAVE DISCUSSED, CONSIDER REDOING THE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR HVAC SERVICES.
THAT CONTRACT IS COMBINE MECHANICAL WE REID THAT DID OUT LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST AND I THINK WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE AND THE VENDOR IS EVERYTHING WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
SO MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
UH, NEXT I DISCUSS, CONSIDER PURCHASING A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 0 3 CAMPBELL STREET KAUFMAN, ADJACENT TO THE PRECINCT ONE EQUIPMENT STORAGE FACILITY.
JUDGE, WE HAVE THAT PROPERTY APPRAISED AND I BELIEVE THE COMMISSIONER'S HAPPY WITH THAT AND LIKE TO MAKE THAT PURCHASE.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROUND MAKES THAT MOTION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE ALL IN VERY I A AYE.
UH, NEXT EMBARK MR. BARRY CABLE ON COUNTY ROAD 47 BY SECOND BY SHANE.
UH, NEXT IS OUR DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER EXTENDING THE TERM OF CONTRACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REGARDING THE FUNDING OF THE
UH, YOU THAT MOTION TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT PAID BY COMMISSIONER.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED CONSIDER AWARDING BID FOR THE PURCHASE OF A CHIPS TRAILER FOR COFFEE COUNTY PRECINCT.
ARE Y'ALL GOING OVER? I SPOKE COMMISSIONER.
UH, ONE THING WE DID DISCUSS HERE, I GUESS PROBABLY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, IS THAT MAYBE HAVING THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, REIMBURSEMENT COUNTY FOR THE, UH, COST THREE I THAT PRICE WAS 1485.
I REQUEST THAT FROM MY OWN LEGAL MEANS TO DO THAT, BUT I WASN'T GONNA ASK FOR OUR, AT THE SAME TIME I ANY CONTACT WITH THE, WILL YOU HANDLE THAT TRANSACTION? SURE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE ON THE FAIR SIDE.
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UM, YOU, YOU AWARD BID JUNE FAIR? OH, THE HONOR AFFAIRS ACT.FIFTH FOR THE FIRST OF PICKUP FOR PRECINCT NUMBER ONE.
YES, JACK, WE HAVE TABLED LAST WEEK TO UH, GIMME TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE TWO PICKUPS.
I TALKED TO BOTH THE BIDDERS AND BOTH.
UH, I'D LIKE TO AWARD THAT BID TO THE P FORWARD MOTION TO AWARD THAT BID TO P FORWARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY SIR AGAIN WITH Y'ALLS PERMISSION, I, WE HAVE LONG THIS TIME OF YEAR THEY'RE SMALL, INSIGNIFICANT FOR THE SHERIFF'S FUND.
WE'VE INCREASED UH, TRAINING EDUCATION CONFERENCE SINCE 2000 UNIFORMS. 1000 AND EXCHANGE CAR COSTS 2,500 PRODUCTION AND GAS AND OIL.
3000 AND ANIMAL PATROL EXPENSE, 2,500 ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT ONE.
INCREASE PARTS AND REPAIR, 20,000 REDUCTION CONTRACT LABOR BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE INCREASE SUPPLIES, 5,000 TOOLS, NEW EQUIPMENT OF MATERIAL, 23,000.
ADDITIONALLY IN THE DA UH, HOT CHECK FUND, UH, WE'LL BE CERTIFI BY ADDITIONAL REVENUE AT 3000 AND INCREASE.
MISCELLANEOUS, YOUR HONOR, REQUEST MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOTION.
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WE DON'T MANY BILLS TODAY.HEY, YOU GOING TO THAT STEERING COMMITTEE THING TOMORROW? SAW THAT FROM 10? YEAH, WE GOT PEOPLE HERE.
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YOU WANT IF I GO THAT MEETING FOR YOU, YOU WOULD BUY THAT, BUY THAT FOR BUY 50 DRIVEWAY WOULD YOU BELIEVETHEY SAID WE NEED TO GET INTO YOUR COUNTY FOOD WAS PUBLIC WORKS.
SAID WHY WE NEED TO CHECK THE SEW.
NO SEW RUNNING THROUGH MY BODY.
HE SAID, IS THERE, SO I WENT OVER THERE, THERE'S A MAN COVER REALLY COVERED UP BY A BOX.
A REAL MAMO COMING OVER TOP OF AMO COVER BOUGHT INSIDE.
THEY HAD, THEY HAD CEILING, THEY HAD IT ALL SEAL SHUT.
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BACK.I SAID WE CAN PAY THE BILLS AND WOULD THAT WHICH PART? WELL, UM, YEAH, DON'T FEELS GOOD.
BUDGET, UH, EMPLOYEES AND A 3%.
HE HAPPENED TO BE AT THE FIRST THING HE SAID, NO, I DO JUDGE GIVES US 35
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SALARY.HOW DID THAT DEAL WITH UH, COURT LAW DISTRICT, THE JURISDICTION? IT DOESN'T, DIDN'T AFFECT THAT.
YOU GOT SOME LAWS DO NOT HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH THE DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE SOME OF THE EARLIER CREATED COUNTY COURT OF LAWS JUST HAVE MISDEMEANOR JURISDICTION AND CIVIL UP TO UH, DID THEY UH, GO THROUGH WITH THAT? COURT HAS CONCURRENT DISTRICT.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN SEE THERE GARY, I GOT A KNIFE.
YOU KNOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A KNIFE IN THE BUILDING.
IT SAYS, IT SAYS POCKET KNIVES NEED TO BE LEFT IN YOUR CAR.
WHO MAKES THE ROOM? THE SHERIFF.
UH, I POPPED THE, ON THAT FENCE.
I GET THAT AND I'M SITTING IN THE, I WAS UH, RESTING BECAUSE IT GOT UP PRETTY HOT AND UH, SOME SAID IN THE JEEP DRINKING SOME WATER AND I HEARD SOMETHING OFF MY LEFT COME OUT DITCH I OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS A TURTLE ABOUT THIS BIG AROUND COME OFF THE COUNTY ROAD OR OUT THAT DITCH COMES HEADED FROM MY, SO I HAD 38 THAT ANYWAY THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT READY TO WAS GONNA REPLACE THOSE, I REALIZED AMMUNITION IN THE SAFE.
I KNOW REPRODUCING WATER MOTION BILL SECOND MOTION FEEDBACK FROM MR. MC 75.
MR. CLARK, WE APPRECIATE YOU PROTECTING US FROM HIS HEAD.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A TURTLE THAT BIG.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TURTLE THAT BIG.
AND HE WAS IN THE WATER AFTER I SHOT HIM THE FIRST TIME AND HE WENT AROUND AND SWAM AND WAS FOR THE BANK AND THAT WHOLE HEAD WAS OUTTA THE WATER.
MATTER OF FACT THAT SAID DADDY, IT'S A, IT'S A MONSTER.
NO, IT'S A TURTLE WE JUST SHOT.
I SAW ONE GOING FROM MY TANK TO THE OTHER ONE BOY AROUND, AROUND TURTLE, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THOSE ARE.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED ON YOUR CALENDAR, THE NEXT MONDAY IS LABOR DAY.
NEVER KNOW Y'ALL CAN DO WHAT? THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
HOW BE IN FRONT PN NEXT MONDAY? HOW LONG WAS THAT TECH SU GAME WHEN UH, SMU WAS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE, IN THE NATION
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TECH SU SCORE, LIKE SIX SECONDS TO GO.TECH SCORE WAS SIX SECONDS TO GO S STATE AND TECH KICKED OFF AND SU DID THAT FUMBLING BUSINESS AND THE BALL ROLLED AROUND AND THEN THEY PICKED IT UP, THREW A PASSOVER TO THIS GUY.
HE RAN IT ALL THE WAY BACK FROM A TOUCHDOWN.
THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS, UH, THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING BE ABLE TAKE THE WHOLE WEEK OFF.
SO WE'LL MEET ON TUESDAY MORNING.
JUDGE IF WE KNOW THAT THING IN GALVESTON.
ARE WE GONNA MEET THAT MONDAY? WE WON'T MEET THAT MONDAY.
SUPPOSED TO DOWN ON SUNDAY THEN.
IS THAT THE ONE OVER IN HIS PRECINCT? YEAH.
I TALKED TO, UH, SINCE CHUCK AND TOM BOTH LAST, THEY INDICATED THAT LAST, THERE IS A LEGAL OBJECTION TO THAT PETITION.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE TO THAT.
SO THE PETITION, THE PETITION IS IN PROPER ORDER AS OF LAST TUESDAY.
WHICH MEANS I'M A BRAND NEW GRANDDADDY OF LAST TUESDAY.
IT'S OUR SECOND LITTLE GIRL SO IT GIVES ME THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS.
THEY'RE DOING FINE EXCEPT IN THIS MORNING.
HE SAID WE'RE OVER THERE FRIDAY.
HE SAID SATURDAY NIGHT WAS A MISERABLE NIGHT.
I SAID FRIDAY, WE WERE OVER THERE SATURDAY AND SHE WOULD SLEEP THE WHOLE TIME AND NEVER WOKE UP.
SHE STAYED AWAKE ALL NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND UH, HE SAID LAST NIGHT THEY GOT SOME REST AND ANYWAY, SHE'S UH, SHE'S A LITTLE CUTIE.
UH, I GUESS ANYTHING Y'ALL WANNA BRING UP BEFORE WE GO? ALRIGHT, MR. SHANE MAKES A MOTION.
WE ADJOURN AND COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL SECOND IT ALL FAVOR.