* 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] KAUFFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2007. AHEAD. UH, I NEED TO LOOK UP, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE, WOULD YOU OPEN THIS UP TODAY? AND THEN THIS, UH, I WANNA HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR 9 1 1 REMEMBRANCE SAYS, TODAY IS THE DAY BEFORE. WILL YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER? OUR MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME THIS THANK YOU BLESSINGS. WE THANK YOU NOW TO COME AND HELP US IF WE DO OUR COUNTY BUSINESS, LOOK ON US WITH PAPER. BE WITH US NOW. BE WITH OUR TROOPS WHO ARE ON HARM'S WAY. BE WITH OUR LEADERS, AND ALSO BE WITH US THAT WE WILL DO THINGS THAT ARE HONORABLE IN YOUR SIGHT. PLEASE THANK WE ASK YOUR SON'S NAME. AMEN. LET'S HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE NEW, UH, INCIDENT. OKAY. WOULD Y'ALL JOIN ME IN PLEDGE OUR FLAG, PLEASE. I PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I ALLEGIANCE TO BE ONE STATE UNDER GOD IN INDIVIDUAL. WE'RE THAT ONE'S GETTING EVERY TIME. ALL THREE OF THEM. OKAY. UH, Y'ALL A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. MOTION MADE BY ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES, UH, A LITTLE EARLY FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING. SO LET'S GO DOWN TO, UH, MARILYN. MARILYN MAY GONNA PRESENT, DISCUSS THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE GUIDE. MORNING. I'LL GIVE EACH OF YOU SEVERAL OF THEM. I'M GONNA BE DROPPING THESE OFF IF I HAVE NOT ALREADY TO ALL OF YOUR OFFICES. WE GOT WHAT? MM-HMM . I'M EXTREMELY, UH, PROUD TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AND SHOW YOU THE NEW RESOURCE DIRECTORY AND RECYCLING GUIDE FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY. UM, WE HAD 4,500 COPIES OF THIS MADE AND THEY ARE GOING LIKE HOTCAKES RIGHT NOW. SO , I'M NOT SURE HOW SOON WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRINT SOME MORE, BUT WE HAD, UM, SOME VERY, VERY NICE, UH, BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE INSIDE COVER ON BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK THAT SUPPORTED THIS EFFORT. AND, UM, JUST, THIS IS JUST A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. IT HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN GO TO DISPOSE OF YOUR SOLID WASTE PROPERLY. UM, RECYCLING EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY THAT I KNOW ABOUT, UM, IS IN HERE. WE ALSO HAVE LEGAL DUMPING, UM, INFORMATION THAT THEY, PEOPLE CAN CALL THE, UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER AND UM, BE ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY THERE. IT'S JUST BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN A NUTSHELL, IN A SMALL GOOD HANDY BOOK THAT YOU CAN HAVE AT YOUR HOME OR IN YOUR OFFICE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF SITUATIONS. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW IT TO YOU. I WANTED YOU TO, TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND WHEN YOU SEE IT, WE'LL BE AROUND. WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING THIS OUT EVERYWHERE. SO I WANT TO BRING A CAUSE BY MY OFFICE. I'LL, I'LL, I MAY, UM, GIVE YOU A BOX. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT 180. AND THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE IT ON HAND. NOW CAN WE BRING UP, UH, [00:05:01] ZA HENDERSON? WE CAN. IT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AND I'D LIKE TO, MARILYN HAS BEEN CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES. CAN YOU CHARGE US? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT. SEE AND MARYLAND'S ASKING ME IF I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT I THINK MEANS IT'S FROM BANDANA AND HENDERSON COUNTY. WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP OR DISCUSS IT ON THIS COURT. I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE TO SAY THIS. UH, RECYCLING IS A GREAT THING. UH, WE NEED TO HAVE A BIGGER DISCUSSION THAN JUST YES WE CAN THAN WHAT WE CAN. UH, I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY BREAKING EVEN AT THIS POINT ON MOST OF OUR ACTIVITIES AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED. THAT'S GREAT. UM, WE NEED TO SEE WHAT, WHAT OUR RECYCLING REVENUE TURNS OUT TO BE. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S A LAWSUIT EARLY RIGHT NOW. YES, IT'S A BALANCE. IT SEEMS TO BE BALANCED FAIRLY WELL. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB BALANCING REVENUE VERSUS THE, THE INCOME. SO, UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IF THE COURT DOESN'T, BUT I NEED TO KNOW MORE NUMBERS, MAKE SURE IT'S WIN-WIN. BUT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RECYCLING FACILITY. I'M KIND OF PROUD OF IT. I LIKE HOW GO AHEAD. I'M WELL, AND I HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. I ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BETTY BROWN, UM, OVER THE WEEKEND. I SAW HER AT THE FEST AND SHE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN US MAYBE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS OVER IN HENDERSON COUNTY AND SEEING WHETHER WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. UM, WE'VE HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE BRING ALL OF THEIR TRASH THINKING THEY COULD DISPOSE OF IT IN THE PROPER WAY AND THEN WE'VE HAD TO TURN THEM AWAY. 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS. AND THAT IS EITHER GOING TO PROVOKE ILLEGAL DUMPING IN OUR COUNTY, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. UM, OR WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WHERE THE COUNTY, UM, THE HENDERSON COUNTY AND THE MANZA COUNTY, UH, COMMISSIONERS MIGHT BE ABLE TO PITCH IN PER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PER RESIDENT THAT USES IT OR SOMETHING. WE'RE KEEPING RECORDS OF WHO COMES IN AND WHERE THEY LIVE. SO, AND, AND THE RECYCLABLES ALSO. RECYCLABLES ARE NOTHING BUT PROPERTY PRETTY MUCH TO THE COUNTY. SO THEM DROPPING OFF THEIR RECYCLABLES JUST HELPS THE WHOLE PROGRAM. SOMETHING TO THINK. YEAH. , I'M WATCHING YOU WANT. YEAH. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I WILL TELL YOU THAT GRANT, UM, TIME IS GOING TO BE COMING UP IN NOVEMBER IS PROBABLY WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL COME OUT IN DECEMBER, IS WHEN THEY WILL BE DUE. SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ANY PARTICULAR, UH, ITEM I NEED TO MEET WITH YOU. AND UM, SO IF WE GOING TO GO FOR A, UH, CONVENIENCE STATION OVER THREE, SAY TWO, THEN COMMISSIONER CLARK HAS TO GIVE HIM A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO. NEEDS TO HAVE SOMETHING FAIRLY, WE HAVE MONEY IN FOR NO PRESSURE. WE CAN TALK TO YOU. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME AVAILABLE AT ONE TIME. I KNOW IF IT STILL, I'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT GET IT DONE IN 30 DAYS MIGHT BE. YEAH. LITTLE, WELL WE'RE TALKING DECEMBER PROBABLY WE GOT ABOUT THREE. MIGHT BE ABLE TO EVEN IT OUT EXACT STARTS IN NOVEMBER. RIGHT. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO A LEASE, A SMALL LEASE AND THEN GO INTO THE OTHER LEASE PROPERTY WOULD BE, WELL I THINK AT ONE TIME THEY DID SAY THAT THAT WAS OKAY. IF THE COUNTY WAS LEASING IT AND WE HAD AN ACTUAL AGREEMENT AND IT WOULD BE A TERM THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. RIGHT. BUT IT'S BETTER TO GO BUY IT. YEAH. EITHER BUY IT OR, I THINK THEY WERE GIVING, THAT'S IT MUCH BETTER. IS THERE, WHERE CAN YOU TAKE LATEX PAINT? I BE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE. LATEX PAINT. THERE IS A SECTION IN THE BOOK THAT TELLS HOW TO DRY IT. WE ARE EXCEPT, BUT THERE'S NO WAY THAT UNLESS YOU POUR IT OUT ON A PLYWOOD OR JUST PUT KITTY LITTER IN IT AND STIR IT UP, GEL IT. YOU PUT IT IN THE TRASH. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A HAZARDOUS WASTE. LATEX PAINT HAS NO HAZARDOUS NO. WHAT IT IS, IS IT IS A MESS AND THE GARBAGE PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT. OKAY. SO THEY WON'T PICK IT UP BECAUSE IF IT'S SQUISHED IN THAT, IN THAT TRUCK, IT JUST CREATES A HUGE PROBLEM. [00:10:01] AND YOU CAN IMAGINE IF EVERY RESIDENT WAS DOING THAT. YEAH, THEY WON'T PICK IT UP. IF IT'S SOLID, THEY'LL PICK IT UP. OKAY. SO AS LONG AS IT'S SOLIDIFIED OR YOU, YOU KNOW, POUR IT OUT A PIECE OF CARDBOARD AND LET IT DRY. ANY, ANY OF THAT. BUT ANYTHING THAT'S ENAMEL OR UM, THAT KILLS, THAT'S REALLY GOT SOME BAD STUFF IN IT. SO THAT WOULD TAKE, BUT THIS, THAT WOULD COST THE COUNTY A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND SO WE JUST DECIDED THAT SINCE IT WASN'T TOXIC, THEN IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THEY NEED TO START LEARNING WHICH THING IS BAD AND WHICH APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO, MAAM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, UH, LET'S DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING THE SHERIFF'S AND COUNCIL FEES FOR 2008. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT ANY CHANGES ON SAME AS I MAKE THIS MOTION. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. ROWDY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND WELL YOU GOT A QUESTION THERE JOE. DON, CAN I JUDGE? YES. THE WR OF POSSESSION ON THIS, ON THE FEE SCHEDULE IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS. THE WR OF POSSESSION TAKES LONGER THAN ANY OTHER WRIT. AND I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER MOVING THAT UP TO THE $150. ALSO IS THE SHERIFF HERE HE IS? YEP. SHERIFF, YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT? I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. IS THAT STILL WITHIN THE PARAMETER THAT WE CAN, UH, CHARGE? YES, SIR. BY STATUTE. OKAY. THAT'S THE REAR OF POSSESSION. SO WE PRESET FROM A HUNDRED TO ONE 50. OKAY, WITH THAT CHANGE, COMMISSIONER, I AMEND MY MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU JOHN. THANK YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD. BECK. I ALL THAT MEANS YES OR NO. . UH, NEXT WE DISCUSS, CONSIDER HAVING AN ONLINE AUCTION TO DISPOSE OF COUNTY SURPLUS AND PRESENT LIST OF EQUIPMENT TO BE SOLD. MORNING. MORNING JACK. UH, GENERAL'S TIME. WE HAVE ANOTHER COUNTY AUCTION FOR, UH, UH, COUNTY EQUIPMENT SURPLUS AND WE HAVE SOME MISS PROPERTY. ALSO SOME STOLEN, ABANDONED PROPERTY. UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE USE RENEE BATES AUCTIONEER'S ONLINE SERVICE. WE HAD REAL USE WHO? RENEE BATES AUCTIONEER SERVICE. WE HAD REAL LAST YEAR WITH VERY ACCESSIBLE AUCTION. UH, WE WERE TAKING PICTURES, I BELIEVE LAST FRIDAY. WHAT I'VE GOT AS FAR AS THE LIST MADE COPIES OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE. ANY EQUIP POTHOLE? YES SIR. WE DID. YOU LIKE YOUR TODAY? SO I GOT RID OF ONE THING TODAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PROBABLY HAVE THE ACTUAL OPTION SOMETIME WHEN MID-OCTOBER. YOU DON'T NEED THE DATE IN THIS ORDER? NO SIR. WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO EARLIER, BOGGED DOWN WITH THE CLOSE UP 2007. SO PROBABLY MID-OCTOBER FOR AUGUST STARTS. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THE MOTION THAT WE, UH, AUTHORIZE JACK TO PROCEED WITH THE AUCTION TO DISPOSE THE COUNTY SURPLUS AND PRESENT LIST OF EQUIPMENT TO BE SOLD AND EMPLOY THE FIRM OF RENEE TO CONDUCT THAT AUCTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER ROWING. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIED. IS THAT THAT MOORE? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. DOES ANY OF THIS EQUIPMENT RUN? IT LOOKS TERRIBLE. GET [00:15:01] BETTER. PHOTOGRAPHER. I DO SO MUCH WITH THAT. YOU NEED TO PUT THE WEIGHTS ON. CAN'T TOUCH THEM UP A LITTLE BIT. THAT PHOTOSHOP'S UP THERE. THEY CALL COMPUTER RE ENHANCEMENT OR SOMETHING? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A, UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPTING DONATIONS OF 150 TONS OF CRUSH CREEK ROCK AND ONE BY EIGHT FOOT. 24 FOOT TWO, UH, 34 BY 30 FOOT AND 1 24 BY 30 FOOT GALVANIZED STEEL COVERS FROM SOIL EXPRESS OF FOSTER TEXAS FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT. NUMBER THREE. THESE PEOPLE WERE UPGRADING ALL THE POWER LINES. I WANT. I WANT SEE THESE. I WANNA SEE THESE PIPES. I WANNA SEE WHAT ROAD THEY GOING. EIGHTH. WE THEY WANTED TO BRING IT TO US AND WE THEM. NO, WE CAN DO THAT UNTIL I GO THROUGH COMMISSIONER'S COURT. ALRIGHT, SO COMMISSIONER MAKES THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND AND COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND IT ALL IN . AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. NEXT WE HAVE, UH, TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVE BID FOR RESALE PROPERTY. RESALE TAX PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 14 CEDAR ACRES, CEDAR ACRES, MAYBANK, ISD MAYBANK. THAT'S BEEN OFF THE RECORD, OFF THE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST, I THINK THERE'S TWO BIDS. ONE WHERE, WHERE'S OUR PACK ASSESSOR, ARE YOU WORKING TODAY? I DIDN'T, UH, ANTICIPATE THIS, SO I I NEED TO GO GET SOME INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. UH, COMMISSIONER GUNNER, ARE YOU UP ON IT? I'M, YES. I, ANDY, ANDY FAXED ME THE INFORMATION. IT'S BEEN OFF THE, THERE, THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES, BUT ONE OF 'EM, THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT THE, UH, ISD HAD DENIED THE BID. SO DON'T BOTHER PUTTING IT ON BECAUSE IF THEY DENY IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD FOR US TO APPROVE. IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD FOR US TO. SO THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WOULD PASS THROUGH. I DON'T HAVE MY, I DO, I KNOW YOU IT. TWO DIFFERENT. WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE DID THEY CALL TO DENY? UH, GOOD ONE. THE GOOD ONES IN MY PACKET. THE ONE WE CAN DO IS IN MY PACKET START SAY THE ONLY ONE I HAVE IN MY PACKET IS LOT 14. I HAVE TWO. I HAVE TWO. OKAY. THAT'S THE ONE. I HAVE 14 CEDAR ACRES. UH, AND COMMISSIONER JELLO MAKES THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THAT. I, SO AND COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDS IT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, NEXT, UH, AN EMBARK WANTS TO BURY CABLE DOWN THERE. I GUESS. UH, Y'ALL ARE STILL COMING US TO WE'RE GETTING THAT. YEAH. COUNTY ROAD 40 27. YEAH, IT'S WAY DOWN IN THE BOTTOM'S. TRUE. UH, I MAKE THAT MOTION. LOOKING FOR A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN FAVOR. A AYE. A MOTION CARRIED. UH, NOW WE WANT TO CONSIDER DEPUTIZING WAYLAND AND JUSTIN REN REEN AS DEPUTY SHERIFF WITH THE KA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. WE GOT ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES. SO WE'RE HAVE LINE ITEM WE'RE PERIOD. A SIGNIFICANT LOT ON TRANSFERS ARE, ARE PRESENTED HERE AS COUNTY JUDGE INCREASED EXTRA HELP. $2,000 WITH REDUCTION IN BOOKS OF THOUSAND COMMUNICATIONS. A THOUSAND COUNTY COURT OF LAW, INCREASED OFFICE SUPPLIES 1500 WITH REDUCTION TO OFFICE FURNISH AND EQUIPMENT. GENERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASED OFFICE SUPPLIES 5,000 WITH DEDUCTIONS OF 33 IN COURT COSTS. THE DA'S OFFICE, WE JUST HAVE SOME SWITCHES BETWEEN SALARY AREAS THAT, UH, IF YOU RECALL, THEY CAME TO THE COURT WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH WOUND UP NOT BEING IN MINIMUM BECAUSE IT DIDN'T INCREASE THEIR TOTAL, UH, BUDGET. [00:20:01] SO WE'RE JUST HANDLING WHAT WE'VE GOT TO THE POINT NOW THAT AS A LINE ITEM, TRANSFER THREE CATEGORIES TOTAL OF ABOUT 68,000. UH, JP TWO, UH, INCREASE BETWEEN, UH, UH, SECRETARY COST OF 1800 FROM EXTRA HELP. TAX SUCCESSOR COLLECTOR. INCREASED OPERATING EXPENSES. 1,840 REDUCTION IN OVERTIME PAY, UH, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. INCREASED UTILITIES TO COFFMAN OF 16,000. UTILITIES OF TERRIBLE 1000 WITH REDUCTION IN WORKERS' COMP COSTS AND THE JAIL FUND. INCREASED REPAIR REPLACEMENTS. 1500 DUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS. EXTENSION SERVICE. INCREASE AGENTS OUT OF COUNTY COSTS WITH OF $1,554 WITH REDUCTION PRIMARILY IN OFFICE SUPPLIES IN THE COMPUTER AREA. SWITCH BETWEEN, UH, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, AUTOMATION AND SOFTWARE GROUP. 16,717. UH, ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT ONE. INCREASED UNIFORMS. $300 DUCTION OF MISCELLANEOUS ROAD PRECINCT. THREE. INCREASED UNIFORMS. 300. MISCELLANEOUS 700 NEW EQUIPMENT. LEASE PAYMENTS 1300 WITH REDUCTION OF PAYMENT COSTS. 23. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A COUPLE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, NOT IN GENERAL FUNDS. ONE IS TO SET UP A BUDGET FOR THE STAR PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM THAT RUNS OUTTA PRECINCT TWO. UH, HE WILL BE PRESENTING A DONATION FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION SHORTLY. WE WE'RE GONE AHEAD AND SET UP THE BUDGET. UH, LINE ITEMS FOR IT FOR THE STAR PROGRAM. RECOGNIZING FREE DONATIONS OF $250. AND SO MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE LINE ITEM AND THEN DA CHECK FUND, TOP CHECK FUND. RECOGNIZE ADDITIONAL REVENUES OF 1500 AND INCREASE EMPLOYEE HEALTH. Y'ALL HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL MY WATCH HAS ABOUT TWO MINUTES. THAT UP THERE HAS FIVE. SO WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR TIME, IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON OUR NEW LOWER TAX RATE, WELL, YOU MIGHT COME UP AND SIGN UP AND GET READY. LAST TIME YOU SHOOK YOUR HEAD LIKE AT YOU? ME? YES. I GUESS YOU GO AHEAD AND PASS OUT THE MINUTES. YOU STILL [00:25:13] I THINK WE OKAY. WE AIN'T GONNA DISCUSS THAT. THIS OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE. PROBATION. [00:30:04] MY BROTHER-IN-LAW KEYS, THEY KEYS OUT IS WHAT WE CALL, SEE THIS HYDRAULIC. HYDRAULIC. THAT'S WATER DISTRICTS TO DO WITH. DO I NEED TO DO ANYTHING ON THE LANE? I SAW THAT ON MY CLASS. WE GET IT. I NEED TO GO SET. IT'S ABOUT 18. IT'S ABOUT 18. OKAY. UH, LET'S, UH, WE ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO MOVE FROM MY REGULAR MEETING TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX [00:35:01] RATE FISCAL YEAR 2007, 2008. SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROWING, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION TO CARRIE. SO WE'LL MOVE FROM A REGULAR SESSION TO A PUBLIC MEETING. UH, JACKIE, ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK AT OUR PUBLIC MEETING? NO, SIR. OKAY. NO. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHES TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHTY. WELL THEN WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN TO MOVE BACK FROM OUR PUBLIC MEETING TO, UH, OUR REGULAR SESSION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES. SO WE'LL MOVE BACK TO OUR REGULAR MEETING. UH, THE NEXT THING WE WANT TO CONSIDER SCHEDULING THE MEETING TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. 2007. 2008 FOR SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2007 AT 10:00 AM IS THAT A WHAT? FRIDAY. FRIDAY. FRIDAY? YEAH. TIME, TIME, TIME ELEMENTS. MOTION LEAD BY COMMISSIONER DELLER SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES STILL PENDING. JUST RIGHT UP HERE TO GO FAR. I'LL SHOW IT. IT COULD BE YOURS TODAY. JUST MY LUCK. RIGHT. IF YOU SEE HOW YOU WANT, YOU LEMME KNOW. , WHAT PRECINCT IS THAT MOTOR IN THE 15 FOOTER? YEAH, IT'S OURS. IT IS. YEAH. IT'S GOOD. OUR PROBLEM. SERIOUSLY, OUR PROBLEM IS THAT, UH, WE CAN'T DRIVE DOWN ROAD WITHOUT GETTING KILLED OVER THERE BECAUSE THAT FIVE FOOT STICKS OUT IN THE ROAD. TRACTOR, WHATEVER. THEY, THEY'LL PASS SCHOOL BUSES. I NEED TO GET ONE. MOW. PURPOSE. MOW GOOD. IT PROBABLY WORK FOR YOU BUT IT WON'T WORK THERE. YOU, YOU CAN'T DRIVE DOWN ROAD. GOOD. IT I LIKE THAT. OH YEAH, WE DO TOO. GOING TODAY. WE'RE USING, I LEASE I ANOTHER, I CAN'T KEEP UP. I CAN'T EITHER. GUY CALLED ME OTHER DAY AND SAID THE TREE WAS, TOLER WAS COVERING THE STOP SIGN. IT WAS THE JOHNSON GRASS SAID, WASN'T THE TREE NOT GOOD? WELL, YEAH, I'M NOT COMPLAINING, BUT THE OTHER DAY RAY CAME OUT TO SEE ME ON MY JEFF THE AUCTION. WHEN THEY, THE AUCTION COMPANY. AUCTION. THAT'S, WE HAVE ONE PERSON BUDGET OR [00:40:18] SUNDAY. SO LONG WE GET, THANK YOU SO MUCH. DRIVEWAY. YOU OKAY? HE'S OKAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH, BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY HOW TO GET THERE. SO IT'S AN ONLINE, IT'S AN, IT'S ONLINE. RIGHT? NOT ALL DOING, SHOWING UP NOW. THAT'S WHY THERE SO MANY THAT TRACTOR SIR. 10 86. YEAH. JURY TALKING ABOUT A DEPARTMENT, A JURY AWARDED $1.3 MILLION TO THE HOMEOWNER FOR HIS HOUSE. REALLY? YEAH. COUNTY ROAD, COUNTRY ROAD. THREE, FOUR. YOUR PRECINCT. YEAH. WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE WHOLE DEAL? WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WAS THE CONTRACT ACTUALLY GOT ON OR COUNTRY? COUNTRY? THERE IS A COUNTRY THAT WAS A DISCLOSURE. DISCLOSURE PROBLEM. YEAH, JUDGE, I THINK THAT'S WHERE OH, OKAY. THAT THAT DEAL. THEY'VE HAD PROBLEMS THERE SINCE THEY BUILT THAT. WHAT WAS IT? I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE. ENGINEERS HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING. DIGGING, DIG DEEPER, DIGGING TO COURT. I TELL THAT ONE. HE BACKED UP THAT WEEK. THEY SAID ALL, THEY SAID WE'LL RELEASE YOU FROM THIS THING OF, AND OF COURSE THAT WAS, WHAT WAS THAT? HE SAID HE WASN'T, HE DIDN'T WANT THE MONEY. HE STILL WANTED TO GET GOING SEVERAL YEARS AGO. SOME STORES. THAT ONE I WAS JUST TELLING ABOUT WHEN I TOLD HIM TO PUT ON PAM LANE OUT THERE, THE WORST ONE I'VE EVER SEEN. [00:45:01] THIS GUY'S CAR, HOUSE WATER WAS IN HIS HOUSE. HE SAID THAT'S THE, WAS IT, I MEAN IT GETS CLOSE. I REALLY THINK THIS GUY WOULD, SHE'S ALREADY GOING OVER WHAT ANGIE? SHE'S ALREADY GOING BACK. OKAY. WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PAY THE SHANE SAYS WE CAN PAY 'EM AND COMMISSIONER DE GOES ALONG WITH IT. YOU TWO SAY A ON THAT. A ALRIGHT. YOU PAY THE BILLS NOW? UH, LET'S SEE, I GUESS NEXT MONDAY, SEVEN 17TH. MONDAY THE 17TH, WE'LL BE HERE AT NINE 30. SO WE'LL SEE Y'ALL THEN. WE'RE NOT MEETING THE 24TH. RIGHT? UH, LET'S SEE. JUDGE, I THINK THAT'S, UH, CORRECT. WE'LL NOT MEET THE 24TH. OKAY. SO NEXT MONDAYS THE LAST MEETING FISCAL BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY, I'LL GET IT THE 21ST. THE 21ST IS ON FRIDAY. WE'LL SET THE TAX. YES. ANGIE'S GOT IT. OKAY. JIM ALLISON. ALRIGHT. INTO THAT DISCUSSION. HEAR. OKAY. UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MOTION. COMMISSIONER DE MOTION CARRIES. * 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.