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I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE TO OPEN THIS UP THIS MORNING.
PRAY WITH ME OUR MOST GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FOLLOW.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND MERCY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU GIVE US.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE SEED OF THE YEAR THAT YOU BRING.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN AND THE COOL WEATHER.
WE ALSO ASKED YOU NOW BLESS OUR COURT AS WE DO THE BUSINESS OF OUR COUNTY, THAT YOU WOULD LOOK UPON US WITH FAVOR.
WE ALSO ASKED YOU TO LOOK UPON OUR TROOPS WITH FAVOR THAT ARE IN HARM'S WAY, THAT YOU WILL BE WITH HIM, REGARD AND PROTECT HIM.
ALSO, BE WITH THE LEADERS OF OUR NATION.
THESE THINGS WE ASK YOU YOUR SON'S NAME.
I PUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION OF GOD IN THE INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.
Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF OUR MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
FIRST UP THIS MORNING IS MS. LATA WILLIAMS FROM THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER.
I'M PRESENT HER REPORT FOR THIS SUMMER.
UH, WELL, THIS SUMMER WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF SLOW AND RAIN.
KIND OF PUT A DAMPER ON ALL OUR, ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES.
AND WE SAW A COUPLE OF, UH, NEW COUNTIES AND COST OF PLACEMENT REQUEST AND WE'RE AVERAGING, UH, FIRST DAY THE YEAR, ABOUT 15 KIDS PER DAY.
UH, NORMALLY TOWARD THE END OF SUMMER.
AND, AND FIRST OF, THROUGH THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, UH, WE SEE A DECREASE IN CPS ACTIVITY, AND THAT'S THE END OF THEIR PHYSICAL YEAR.
UH, SO WE DON'T SEE QUITE AS MANY REMOVALS.
UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY SPEND THEIR TIME CATCHING UP ON ALL THE PAPERWORK.
UH, I CAN CERTAINLY RELATE TO THAT.
UH, BUT OUR, OUR NUMBERS DROPPED, DROPPED REALLY LOW, UH, IN AUGUST.
WE WERE RUN FIVE TO EIGHT KIDS FOR THAT NIGHT.
UH, THE END OF, UH, THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE RAN EIGHT TO 10, UH, FROM S SEPTEMBER THE 29TH UNTIL AUGUST THE FOURTH, UH, WE PLACED 11 KIDS.
UH, SO WE WERE BACK TO CAPACITY AND, UH, TRYING TO READJUST, UH, SUMMER WAS, WAS PRETTY CALM.
WE HAD A LOT OF OF, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS COME OUT AND DO PARTIES AND CRAFTS AND COOKOUTS FOR THE KIDS.
UH, BRING STUFF FOR THE HOUSE.
UH, NOT, NOT, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF, OF, OF ACTIVITY OUTSIDE.
'CAUSE IT WAS SO, SO WET FOR SO LONG.
UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF GIRLS FROM THE COUNTY PLACED IN, UH, AT THE END OF JUNE.
UH, THEY WERE REMOVED FROM A VERY SEVERE, UH, DRUG ENVIRONMENT, UH, MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTING, UH, CONSUMPTION, YOU NAME IT.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE INVOLVED IN IT.
UM, AND THEY, AND THEY BROUGHT THEM IN AND THEY STAYED ABOUT 10 DAYS, UH, AND THEN TOOK OFF.
AND, UH, THEY ARRESTED THEM ONCE IN TEXARKANA AND THEY FLEW THEM BACK AND RAN OFF AT THE AIRPORT.
AND THEN THEY FOUND THEM AGAIN, UH, SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH TEXAS.
UH, SENT LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM THIS TIME AND ESCALATED TO LOCKDOWN.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET THEM THROUGH REHAB AND GET THEM BACK
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ON THE RIGHT PATH.AND, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAD A, A PRETTY CALM SUMMER.
THEY, HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY REPORTS BACK FROM THE, UH, FUNDRAISING WITH THE SCHOOLS? WE HAD OUR SECOND MEETING, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, IN FACT.
UH, AND THEY, AND THEY CHOSE THE ARTWORK, UH, AND ENDED OUT, UH, THE TEACHER ORDER FORMS AND, UH, AND THE, UH, BUSINESS SPONSOR, UH, PACKETS.
UH, THAT LAST MEETING, OF COURSE LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR AND EVERYBODY WAS GONNA KIND IFFY AND WINNING ON WHEN EVERYTHING WAS GONNA GET DONE.
AND THIS LAST MEETING IT WAS LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS AND YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.
AND EVERYBODY WAS JUST, LET'S GO.
MUCH MORE ORGANIZED, UH, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
UH, SO WE ARE, WE'RE EXPECTING A, A REALLY GOOD TURN.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM THAT DAY.
UH, WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT THE, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES, UH, ARE REALLY WANTING TO GET ON BOARD, THEY KIND OF GOT OVERLOOKED LAST YEAR 'CAUSE THEY WERE ABLE, WERE CONCENTRATE ON THE SCHOOL.
UH, BUT THEY UH, THEY SET THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, AND ESPECIALLY THE BUSINESSES AND, UH, WERE GOING, YOU KNOW, HERE, USE US.
WELL THEN THEY HAVE THAT LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL.
THEY, UH, THAT'S YOUR FRIS OF THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS.
AND SO, SO WE ARE EXPECTING A, A, A.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DOING A REALLY NICE JOB.
DO YOU LOOK FOR THAT START PICKING UP AGAIN THIS MONTH? NOW THAT ALREADY OKAY.
UH, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
SO MADE SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUNDS.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
HE'S GONNA BRING TO US THE TAX COLLECTIVE REPORT FOR AUGUST.
I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THROUGH AUGUST WE'VE COLLECTED 96% OF THE CURRENT ROLE FOR BOTH, UH, GENERAL FUND AND ROAD BRIDGE.
AND THAT FIGURE IS COMPARABLE WITH EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS.
ANY QUESTIONS? OBJECTION, FORM.
THIS SAYS, THIS SAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH 4% TO GO.
THE TOP LINE IS THE ADJUSTED LEVY ROLL.
I WISH IT WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DID.
WHAT WAS THAT? DID YOU, WHO DID THAT? JIM LER.
WHO DID THE LAST ONE? THE LAST ONE WAS DONE BY, UM,
JERRY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SLOW DOWN SO
OKAY, THIS NEXT ITEM DISCUSSED.
CONSIDER PROCLAIMING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH IS ELL CRAIGER DAY IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
JERRY, YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT? YES, JUDGE.
THERE BEEN SOME, UH, WE WERE HOPING THAT SHE COULD BE HERE AND SHE WAS IN THE
SO WE'RE GOING TABLE THAT UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
ALL IN FAVOR FOR TABLE, SAY AYE.
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TO MAKE IT NEXT WEEK? HOPEFULLY.UH, WE'RE HOPING IF IT DOES, WE'LL GO AHEAD.
THAT, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE POSSIBILITY.
BUT THE REASON IS BECAUSE, UH, MS. KRUGER WILL BE, UH, TURNING 100 YEARS OF AGE.
UH, QUITE A, UH, QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, CONSIDER AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR COLLECTING AT VALOR TAXES LEVIED BY KAUFMAN COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, DICK.
THAT'S, UH, KIND OF PLAIN AND SIMPLE THERE, ISN'T IT? VERY SIMPLE.
COMMISSIONER DOLL MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
CONSIDER ESTABLISHING POINT VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE HIGHWAY ONE 10 AND 30 39 IN COMBINE AS A POLLING PLACE FOR THE NOVEMBER 6TH ELECTION AT THE REQUEST OF CRANDALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A JUST FOR THE ISD, IS THAT CORRECT, DICK? NO, SIR.
IT IS A NORMAL, REGULAR POLLING PLACE IN THE COUNTY.
WE HAD ORIGINALLY CONSOLIDATED IT WITH THE CRANDALL COMMUNITY LIBRARY, BUT AT THE REQUEST OF THE, UH, I AS THE CRANDALL ID WE ARE CONSOLIDATING.
THE LAST TIME WE TALKED IT WAS A SEPARATE FOR JUST FOR THE ISD? NO SIR.
IT WAS REQUESTED BY THE ISD THAT WE REESTABLISH IT AS THE POLLING PLACE, BUT IT IS A REGULAR POLLING PLACE.
WELL, I, I THINK OUR ORIGINAL DISCUSSION WAS THAT IT WAS A SEPARATE, JUST FOR THE VOTING FOR THE BOND IN THE ISD, BUT IT'S NOT ANYMORE.
I I, I I DON'T, I'M JUST GOING BY BY WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU HAD TOLD US IN THE PAST, BUT THIS IS A, I GUESS JUSTICE APPROVED POLLING PLACE.
OKAY, SO THEN YOU CAN, THE, THE GENERAL ELECTION WILL, WILL APPLY THE, THE AMENDMENTS CAN BE VOTED ON AND EVERYTHING.
SOMEBODY ELSE'S
NEXT WE, WE WANT TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER DIGITIZING HOD GARDEN FOR THE TON COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT NUMBER TWO,
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
AGAIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR.
I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON JOE DON'S, UH, SELECTION.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES YOU HEAR THAT PEOPLE JUST HIRE THEIR BUNNIES, DO THEIR FRIENDS OR WHATEVER.
I SAT IN ON SOME OF THE INTERVIEWS OVER THERE.
IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE THE SPANISH INQUISITION BECAUSE HE HAD CONSTABLES FROM, UH, PRECINCT FROM TERRELL, CONSTABLE FROM LIN, THEIR DEPUTY CONSTABLES, HIS DEPUTY CONSTABLE.
THEY ALL SIT UP THERE WITH THEIR GUNS ON
AND THEY PUT 'EM THROUGH THE RAIDERS.
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU INTERVIEW? SEVEN.
SEVEN PEOPLE INTERVIEWED THE JOB AND BOY, EVERYBODY GOT THE VOTE ON IT.
THEY RANKED THEM, THEY MY CORRECT THAT JOE DUN, THEY RANKED THEM AND WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER GOT THE GUN.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY PROFESSIONAL WAY OF DOING THINGS AND I TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT.
UH, OKAY, NEXT WE WANT TO CONSIDER PUTTING THE PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR HEIM ROAD COMMERCIAL PARK IN COFFMAN COUNTY.
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JOE, WE, UH, JUDGE, WE NEED TO, UH, TABLE THAT AGAIN.WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE REPORT BACK FROM PBS AND JAY, BUT I TALKED TO 'EM THIS LAST WEEK AND I'LL, THEY'LL HAVE IT HERE THIS WEEK SOMETIME.
SO I, UH, DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET THOSE REPORTS TO BEFORE WE PUT IT BACK ON, OR, OR YOU WANT GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON.
NO, I WANNA PUT IT BACK ON NEXT.
SO COMMISSIONER MAKES A MOTION TO TABLE LAND.
COMMISSIONER SHANE SECONDED ALL IN
A MOTION TO CARRIED THE TABLE.
UH, NEXT WE'LL DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MAYBANK FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE TON COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR THAT'S ASSIGNED TWO ORIGINAL SIGNED, UH, THE CITY'S ALREADY APPROVED IT.
UM, I MAKE THE MOTION WE AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO SIGN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, THE CITY OF MAYBANK FOR AND MR. DE MAKE SOME MOTIONS SECONDED BY MR. SHANE.
NEXT, UH, EMBARK WANTS TO BURY CABLE ON COUNTY ROAD 40 42.
I MAKE THE MOTION WE APPROVE HEARING BAR'S.
REQUEST TO INSTALL TABLE UNDER CROSS 20 40 42.
CARRIE, NEED YOU NEED TO FIND HER HUNDRED? YEAH.
YOU HADN'T HAD MUCH TIME BUT WANTS, WANT TO CONSIDER? YES SIR.
THESE ARE LINE ITEMS. TRANSFERS ACTUALLY TO WIND UP FISCAL YEAR END IN SEPTEMBER.
A LOT OF 'EM ARE JUST $1 ROUNDING ISSUES.
A LOT OF THESE ARE SMALL ISSUES.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'LL JUST READ THE ONES LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HOLD THEM.
IN GENERAL, GOVERNMENT INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS EXPENSE $10,200 WITH THE REDUCTION IN ATTORNEY FEES AND COURT COSTS FOR REGISTRATION.
WE HAVE A SWITCH BETWEEN SALARIES FOR REGISTRAR AND SALARIES FOR DEPUTIES, UH, OF UH, 2007 61 AND ADDITIONAL COMPUTER AIDS OF 1001 84 DA'S OFFICE.
INCREASED MILEAGE MEALS IN LODGING 1,688.
REDUCTION IN BOOKS ELECTION EXPENSE, INCREASED VOTING EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE, UH, LINE ITEM EM TRANSFER RELATING TO A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WAS APPROVED EARLIER WHERE WE'VE, UH, ADDED $40,000 TO THEIR BUDGET.
IF YOU REMEMBER THAT A FEW MONTHS, A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, IN THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, UH, SWITCH BETWEEN OVERTIME PAY AND SALVAGE FOR DEPUTIES $5,016.
UH, ROUNDING ISSUES, COLLECTIONS, OFFICE SWITCH BETWEEN LONGEVITY AND SALARIES.
3020 $2 SHERIFF'S FUNDS SPLIT BETWEEN MISCELLANEOUS AND GAS AND OIL OF 49,002.
16,000 FOR PRODUCTION IN, IN THE FOOD COST COMPUTER AREA.
SWITCH BETWEEN GOVERNMENT SERVICES, AUTOMATION AND SOFTWARE APPROVED ONE PRECINCT 40 40 PRODUCTION OF THE SALARIES DROVE BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE INCREASED EXTRA HELP.
1,488 AND NEW EQUIPMENT LEASE PAYMENTS TO 7,379 WITH PRODUCTION IN SOCIAL SECURITY COSTS AND S RECORDS.
ARCHIVES FUND HAVE AN INCREASE IN IMAGING OF $95,999 WITH REDUCTIONS TO PUT PRESERVATION OF 46 2 50.
MISCELLANEOUS 25 IN OFFICE FURNITURE EQUIPMENT 24 7 4 9.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOME BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO CERTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE RECORDS ARCHIVE FUND.
74,000 1 9 2 AND VOTER REGISTRATION FUND 3002 43.
UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
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IN FAVOR? A MOTION CARRIED.UH, I GUESS WE OUGHT HOLDING BACK.
WELL JERRY, I NOT GONNA SECOND ANYTHING ELSE ON JERRY.
NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH OH, YOU LOOK SO BORED.
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I LAST, I JUST SAID THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE'LL CONFERENCE.I WAS THERE A LITTLE BIT SATURDAY WATCHING THEM AND YOU KNOW, SOME I COULD TELL TEXAS GATHERING AND THE OKLAHOMA CHEERLEADER PERFORMED ABOUT 10 MINUTES THAN THE TEXAS, YOU KNOW, IN SHOULDA HIM.
BUT YOU DON'T GET THE FIRST DAYS.
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DID HE WORK FOR YOU OR DID HE THEY DUNNO WHEN THEY VOTED FOR THE, I TELL YOU WHAT, THERE A LOT HAPPY GUYS.I HAVE BONDS, BUT I DUNNO IF I'M ONE FOR EACH.
I MEAN, I KNOW I GET EVERY YEAR, BUT WHETHER I ONE FOR I AM A NEXT TIME WE GO DOWN THERE, CAN YOU SET THAT WITH THE THE HOTEL? YEAH.
THIS ONE, THE JUDGE SAID PUT HIS PART ON THERE TOO.
ACTUALLY IF I TAKE THEORY, THEORY, THIS THEORY WOULDN'T REMEMBER THAT DE ARE REALLY CREDITS.
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DON'T DOWN YOU PLACE.WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GOT THE TRAILER SHUT THE DOORS, SOMEBODY GONNA COME GET THEIR TRAILER.
THE PLACE WHERE THEY USUALLY FIND THEM AFTER ON THE COUNTY ROAD.
NOT THAT'S WHAT I SUGGESTED TO THE JACK.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL BUY A TRAILER.
JUST HAUL IT OFF OR GET THEM TO COME PICK IT UP.
WELL THEN RELIABILITY, LIABILITY.
IF THEY UNLOAD, IF THEY WOULD, I KNOW THAT'S EFFICIENCY.
HATE TO HAVE TO TRUCK SO YOU CAN TAKE IT DOWN THERE AND THEY WOULD NEGOTIATE SOME BEST.
BE BUY OWN TRAILERS AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT.
OTHERWISE THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT ON YOUR OWN.
I TELL EVERYBODY TAKING PRECINCT, FORKLIFT.
THAT'S HOW WE TOLD HIM HE DOES.
FIND IF THESE COMPANIES, THEY, THEY'LL TAKE, I HAVEN'T BOUGHT A BOX I GOT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT THEY'RE GONNA COST UH, A WORST CASE.
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A BIG NUMBER.I LOOKED IN THERE, I DIDN'T SEE THE ENTIRE, THEY'RE BUILDING IT ABOUT THAT FAR FROM LEFT.
A FOUNDATION, ALL THE WALLS AND EVERYTHING.
IN THIS AFTERNOON THEY PUT 30 BY 60.
ENCLOS WITH WINDOWS SCREEN AND HAVE BARBECUE IN THERE.
IT'S GOT THE, I STILL HAVE ALMOST LIKE THE BOXES.
I'M LIKE BOXES OR PIZZA BOXES.
WE SHOULDA STARTED ABOUT THREE.
I MAKE A MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
A MOTION CARRIES HOW YOU PAY THE BILLS.
UH, CAN'T THINK WE DON'T HAVE A BREAKFAST NEXT WEEK.
UH UH THAT WAS A GOOD CASTRO THIS MORNING THAT YOU MISSED.
HEY, MY WIFE, HE WAS LATE BECAUSE HE HEARD IT WAS POSTPONED.
SOMEBODY POSTPONE PANCAKES MY PANCAKE BREAKFAST.
BUT WE ATE ALL OF YOUR STUFF ANYWAY, SO YEAH,
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WE TOOK, UH, CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING.UH, TRY FAIR AND SEE THESE KIDS UP THERE BROUGHT THEIR LIFE.
THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MORE MOVING IN TOMORROW.
BLACK ANS BLACK ANGUS WILL BE MOVING IN TOMORROW.