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UH, COMMISSIONER ROWDEN, WOULD YOU OPEN THIS UP TODAY, PLEASE, SIR? I, YES, I WOULD.
GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, AND WE THINK THEY, FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND AN OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER LIKE THIS, TO DO THE BUSINESS OF PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE WISDOM TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS.
AND AS ALWAYS, LOOK, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR TROOPS THAT PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY AND, UH, HELP THEM AND BRING THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALSO, HEAL THE HURT PLACES IN OUR LIVES.
LIGHT THE DARK PLACES IN OUR SOULS.
FEEL THE EMPTY PLACES IN OUR SPIRITS, AND WARM WITH WHOLE PLACES IN OUR HEARTS.
ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS' NAME, IGI TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, TO LIBERTY.
I PLEDGE THE ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVIDUAL.
Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETINGS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE FROM A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
TWO PLACES TO DECIDE THIS MORNING, PLEASE.
THIS MORNING IS MS. PATRICIA WOODRIDGE.
PATRICIA, UH, SHE'S GONNA SHARE A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORTH STAR PROGRAM WITH US.
YOUR HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
UM, I KNOW MY NAME IS ON THE AGENDA, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE FAR MORE INTERESTING AND ENLIGHTENING TO HAVE, UM, DR.
ED MILES, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS DR.
PENSKI, UM, DID THE CEO OF VALUE OPTIONS.
TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, IF THAT'S ALRIGHT.
I'M THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
WE USED TO BE STANZA, UH, BOTH, UH, JACK STS, IF I COULD HAVE HIM COME UP HERE AS WELL.
WE ARE ESSENTIALLY YOUR PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
IF YOU'LL, UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, ON BEHALF OF AUTHORITY OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, BY THE WAY, IS JUDGE CHITTY.
UM, AND WE'RE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM.
HE HAS BEEN, UH, ACTUALLY, MR. MIDLAND, I THINK SOME SERVICES THAT WE THINK ARE COMING YOUR WAY.
WE HAVE THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS PAST YEAR.
SPEAKING OF JUDGE CHITTY JUST CAME, YOUR NAME JUST CAME UP.
JUDGE CHITTY, PLEASE TURN AND WE'RE GONNA TURN EVERYTHING OVER TO JUDGE CHITTY.
TALK ABOUT NOW THAT, NOW THAT YOU'VE SAID ALL THE BAD THINGS ABOUT IT,
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE, UH, JUDGE SHA AS, AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.
AND, AND FOR US, IT'S BEEN A, ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY, UH, THE AUTHORITY, UH, WE HAVE FULL BOARD REPRESENTATION FROM ALL SEVEN COUNTIES, WHICH FOR US IS ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL.
UH, AND IT'S HELPING US, I THINK, TO MOVE
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TOWARDS BECOMING A MUCH MORE INDEPENDENT BOARD.THERE'S BEEN, UH, CLAIMS OVER THE YEARS THAT DALLAS COUNTY HAS CONSUMED THE MAJORITY OF RESOURCES, UH, AND TIME ON PART OF THE AUTHORITY 'CAUSE DALLAS IS VERY POPULOUS.
HOWEVER, WE'VE MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT OUR RURAL SYSTEM.
AND AS I WAS STARTING TO SAY BEFORE, I WAS SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED BY JUDGE CHITTY, UH, WHO WAS TARDY, BY THE WAY.
I WAS UP AT THE OU GAME,
SO I THROW THAT IN AND I'M, I'M WITH JUDGE CHI, SO THAT BETTER LET ME GET OUT HERE.
UM, THE LEGISLATURE APPROPRIATED $82 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH THIS PAST YEAR.
UH, THE NORTH STAR REGION'S, UH, AMOUNT THAT SHOULD, IS GOING TO BE COMING IN IS A TOTAL OF $7 MILLION OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UH, THE FIRST, IT'S SPREAD OUT.
SO THAT $2 MILLION HAS COME IN THIS FIRST YEAR.
5 MILLION WILL COME IN, UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF OH EIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO LET PATRICIA TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
WE'RE HOLDING, UM, MEETINGS IN EVERY COUNTY, WHAT WE CALL TOWN HALL MEETINGS, BEGIN TO GET INPUT FROM EVERYBODY ON HOW THE BULK OF THE MONEY, WHICH IS THE $5 MILLION SHOULD BE SPENT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND I'M GONNA LET JACK STEFANSKI TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR YOU ALL HERE.
BUT JUST REAL QUICKLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROVIDING VIRTUAL ER ROOMS IF WE, IF YOU WILL, IN EVERY COUNTY 24 HOURS A DAY.
WHILE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ESSENTIALLY THE CAPABILITY FOR PROVIDING EVALUATIONS, WHICH WILL SAVE TIME FOR OUR RURAL AREAS, UH, FOR COUNTY SHERIFFS AND SO ON, TO BE DRIVING ALL THE WAY TO GREEN OAKS.
UH, OR EVEN AT THE PARKLAND HOSPITAL, WHICH I KNOW DOES OCCUR.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ENHANCING SOME OF THE, UH, CRISIS AND MOBILE SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT REGIONALIZING, IF YOU WILL, WITHIN OUR REGION, UH, UH, CRISIS STABILIZATION TYPE PROGRAMS, CRISIS RESPITE, CRISIS, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE EQUAL ACCESS TO EVERYBODY, SO THE CUT DOWN ON ALL THE DRIVING TIME THAT GOES ON, BECAUSE IT IS SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF, FOR THE REAL FOLKS IN TERMS OF THE DISTANCES INVOLVED.
I JUST DROVE THIS MORNING, UH, AND I ACTUALLY CLOCKED IT FROM GREEN OAKS ALL THE WAY OUT HERE, AND IT'S ALMOST 50 MILES.
AND THAT'S, IT IS, IT IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS WHEN WE HAVE A STATE HOSPITAL NINE MILES AWAY FOR US TO HAVE TO CARRY PATIENTS TO GREEN OAKS.
UH, JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT THAT I'VE BEEN VERY BITTER ABOUT NORTH STAR SINCE IT CREATION, UNDERSTANDABLY SO.
LIKE YOU SAID WHILE AGO, DALLAS COUNTY IS DOMINATED.
DALLAS COUNTY'S GOTTEN THE MONEY.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I I HOPE THERE IS A CHANGE.
WELL, AND, UH, YOU'LL BE HAPPENING TO KNOW THAT YOUR BOARD REPRESENTATIVE HAS LEAFLY POINTED THAT OUT TO ME,
NOW, UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, UM, I'VE BEEN THE DIRECTOR, UH, FOR THE AUTHORITY FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF THIS PAST YEAR.
WE'VE GOTTEN CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE NOW STARTING AND BEGINNING TO ACT AS LIKE THE AUTHORITY, WHICH IS IN, UH, ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 10 OF THE TEXAS STATE STATUTE AND ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
UH, I, WE'VE ALSO WORKED VERY HARD THIS PAST YEAR, I THINK, TO GET A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH VALUE OPTIONS, WHO OPERATES AS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOR OUR AREA.
WE ARE EXTREMELY EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICES OVER THE SERVICES IN THE WAY THAT WE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO OPERATE.
AND WE'RE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO CHANGE THAT.
AND I TELL YOU, IT IS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US.
THE MORE STRONG RURAL REPRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE, THE MORE THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SHIFT THINGS AWAY.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW AS IT IS, DALLAS COUNTY CONSUMES 80% OF THE NORTH STAR RESOURCES AND THEY HAVE 69% OF THE POPULATION.
THAT MEANS IT'S KIND OF UNFAIR, AND I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY THAT.
YES, THERE'S SOME IN INEQUITIES INVOLVED.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING CONCERTED EFFORT.
UH, AND JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, THE, UH, MY BOSS, MY DIRECT BOSS IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AUTHORITY IS FROM COLLIN COUNTY, WHICH WE LOOK AT AS RURAL AS A RURAL COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH COLLIN COUNTY IS, UH, IN MANY WAYS IS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING COUNTY, I GUESS, IN TEXAS.
UH, HOWEVER, WE ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT BUSTING UP PROGRAMS AND MAKING THE REGIONALIZED SO THAT THERE'S GONNA BE IMPROVED ACCESS
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AND IMPROVED CARE.THAT DOES INCLUDE SPECIFICALLY A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH OVER
UH, THERE ARE POLITICS INVOLVED IN THAT.
I WON'T KID YOU THAT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AUSTIN.
IT MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT OF FUN AND REQUIRES NUMEROUS TRIPS TO THE DENTIST ON MY PART TO GET MY FRONT TEETH FIXED.
OKAY, SO TO GIVE YOU JUST BRIEFLY SOME SPECIFICS, I'D LIKE FOR JACK TO TALK BRIEFLY IF I COULD.
Y'ALL ARE THE ONES THAT OPERATE THE MOBILE, UH, CRISIS UNIT THAT COMES OUT.
WE, WE SUBCONTRACT FOR, WE ON ANY STAFF SERVICE MODELS, BUT WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT PROVIDES THAT SERVICE.
BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH THE MOBILE CRISIS UNIT.
YEAH, I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY THERE IS DEFINITELY TO EXPAND ACCESS TO MOBILE CRISIS SERVICE, UH, AS WELL AS CRISIS SERVICES IN GENERAL.
THE RESPONSE TIME, UH, THAT'S EXPECTED FROM MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS IS AROUND 30 MINUTES.
AND THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN IN RURAL AREAS RIGHT NOW.
SO ALL, A LARGE CHUNK OF THE MONEY THAT ED REFERRED TO WILL GO TOWARDS EXPANDING AND REGIONALIZING SUBCONTRACTING WITH CLINICAL TEAMS IN RURAL AREAS IN ORDER TO, UM, TO EXPEDITE THE RESPONSE FUND.
UM, JUST, UH, FUNDAMENTALLY, UH, COMING RIGHT DOWN TO THE STATE HOSPITAL ISSUE AND ACCESS POINT.
I THINK THAT IS THE MOST, UH, FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE IN NORTH STAR IN ITS FUTURE AND IN ITS, UH, HISTORY.
WHEN THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1999, UM, THE NORTH STAR REGION HAD ACCESS TO CLOSE TO 500 STATE HOSPITAL BEDS.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S AT 220 OF THOSE ARE ATTACHED TO FORENSICS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT TAR ALLSTATE HOSPITAL AS A RESULT, IN ORDER TO AUGMENT THE LEVEL OF CAPACITY, AND THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN 18% INCREASE ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS IN TERMS OF UTILIZATION, WE'VE HAD TO PURCHASE BEDS IN THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO OFFSET THOSE LIMITATIONS.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, YOU HAVE RELATIVELY REGIONALIZED ACCESS POINTS TO, UH, HOSPITAL BEDS IN THE SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT WHAT ED WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF GETTING, UH, VIRTUAL ER SET UP ON A REGIONAL BASIS, EXPANDING MOBILE CRISIS SERVICES AND PROVIDING GREATER DIVERSION OPPORTUNITIES AWAY FROM, UH, TAR STATE HOSPITAL THAT'S ON THE CIVIL SIDE, WOULD OPEN UP GREATER ACCESS, ESPECIALLY FOR KAMAN COUNTY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY, UH, FUNDAMENTALLY, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE NEXT, UH, YEAR AND A HALF.
AND I'M HOPING WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, IN, UH, THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN OH NINE WILL BE ABLE TO EVEN EXPAND THOSE SERVICES ON A, ON A BROADER LEVEL.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FRONT DOOR VALUATION FACILITIES, ONE IN SOUTH DALLAS, ONE IN NORTH DALLAS, ONE IN COLLIN COUNTY, UH, THAT, UH, REALLY ACT AS THE CRISIS TRIAGE POINTS FOR, UH, THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
UM, IF, IF YOU, UM, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN, THE AUSTIN STATESMAN ON FRIDAY INDICATED THAT, UH, THE STATE IS CLAMPING DOWN ON ACCESS TO THOSE STATE HOSPITAL BEDS OVER THERE, UH, AS WELL.
AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, AUSTIN DOESN'T HAVE ANY ACCESS TO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS.
SO PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY BEING PUT OUT INTO THE STREETS AND OVERWHELMING THE JAIL SYSTEM.
THE NORTH STAR HAS ITS BAD POINTS.
ONE OF ITS GOOD POINTS IS THAT YOU HAVE A COMPLETE ZERO WEIGHT, UH, ACCESS, UH, POINTS.
NOW, THE LEVEL OF CARE DELIVERED IN THOSE ACCESS POINTS IS CERTAINLY AN ISSUE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND IT AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE.
JUST STATISTICALLY, KAUFMAN COUNTY ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY $3.2 MILLION IN CLAIMS PAID OUT FOR ALL LEVELS OF CARE, INCLUDING STATE HOSPITAL, INPATIENT, UH, MOBILE CRISIS, AS WELL AS OUTPATIENT, UH, SERVICES.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE ARRAY OF SERVICES AVAILABLE HERE AS WELL AS PHARMACY.
UH, VALUE OPTIONS IS AT RISK, UH, FOR PHARMACY ON THE INDIGENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
UH, NORTH STAR GETS
IT'S ABOUT A 40% MEDICAID, 60% IN INDIGENT.
SO, UH, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT, WHAT WE'RE HERE TO SAY.
I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'LL SEE MATERIAL, UH, CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN THE PAST, I KNOW THE STATE'S GRADUALLY BEEN CUTTING THE ALLOCATION OF NORTH STAR.
YOU'RE SAYING THIS YEAR YOU GOT AN INCREASE IN IT'S, IT, IT IS AN APPROPRIATION RELATED TO CRISIS, UH, DOLLARS.
THERE ARE ABOUT 11 DIFFERENT BILLABLE CODES ATTACHED TO THIS APPROPRIATION, AND THEY'RE ALL ASSOCIATED WITH CRISIS SERVICES, COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, MOBILE CRISIS, UH, TRIAGE, THOSE TYPES OF, UH, SERVICES.
SO THEY'RE THROWING EVERYTHING ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR
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AND SHUTTING DOWN BEDS AT THE STATE HOSPITAL.IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT SHUTTING BEDS DOWN, BUT THEY, THEY SH THEY'RE NOT GIVING YOU AS MANY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING ACCESS TO AS MANY.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE,
SO IF, IF, IF IN FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN MANAGE THE FORENSIC LENGTH OF STAY AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE'VE MANAGED IT ON THE CIVIL SIDE, WHICH IS FRAUGHT WITH POLITICS, AND THE LEVEL OF ACCESS MIGHT BE VERY DIFFICULT IN THEORY, WE COULD OPEN UP MORE CIVIL CAPACITY IN THE STATE HOSPITAL.
I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST, I'M, I'LL JUST SAY IT VERY BLUNTLY.
UH, OVER THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS, UH, MY COUSINS IN MENTAL HEALTH, THERE WAS A BIG SHIFT TO THINK THAT ALL EVERYONE COULD BE TREATED EFFECTIVELY IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF REASONS, UH, WHY THAT HAS NOT PANNED OUT.
IT'S NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY SHUT THE STATE HOSPITAL BEDS DOWN.
HISTORICALLY, TEXAS DID NOT TAKE THAT MONEY AND INVESTED IN COMMUNITY TREATMENT.
YOU WHAT AUSTIN DOES, WE'RE VERY WELL FAMILIAR WITH.
GOOD, UH, THE NET RESULT, AND I'VE BEEN, UH, VERY CLEAR ON THIS POINT, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN, THE COST HAS BEEN COST SHIFTED TO THE COUNTY JAILS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, OUR COUNTY JAILS BECOME THE NEW STATE MENTAL HOSPITALS.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY INHUMANE IF WE DO THAT.
PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN NORTH STAR IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE INTERMEDIATE TYPES OF CARE PROGRAM LIKE INTERMEDIATE.
I'M TALKING ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE WEEKS TO SIX MONTH TYPE PROGRAMS WHERE FOLKS CAN STAY.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY STABILIZED, BUT THEN YOU HELP 'EM GET ON THEIR FEET AND THEN DO SOME THINGS THAT, THAT WE KNOW STATISTICALLY WILL HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL AND REMAIN OUT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
INSTEAD, WHAT WE HAVE IS KIND OF A REVOLVING DOOR, IF YOU WILL, FROM COUNTY JAIL TO MENTAL HEALTH, TO STATE HOSPITAL, BACK TO COUNTY JAIL.
AND IT JUST KIND OF CIRCULATES AROUND.
AND WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF EFFORT.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND THINGS AND WORK TO DO.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE ONLY ONE REGION.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO INVOLVE ALL OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE 35 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN OUR REGION, SEVEN COUNTY JUDGES, 15% OF THE TEXAS POPULATION.
AND THE WAY THAT THE STATE HAS MANAGED TO DO THINGS IS TO KIND OF KEEP US FIGHTING AMONGST OURSELVES AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING WHERE WE NEED TO BE LOOKING.
AND THAT'S DIRECTLY DOWN AT AUSTIN, BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND AT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
AND, UH, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE, QUITE FRANKLY, THE CLOUD TO DO IT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T TAKE CARE OF, OF BUSINESS IN OUR OWN HOUSE.
AND I GUESS I WANNA LET PATRICIA COME AND TALK ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO FROM THERE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES WILL TAKE.
WELL, LEMME ASK JUDGE, YOU WANT, DO YOU NEED TO GET UP BACK TO COURT? I JUST COMPLETED MY PRETRIAL, JUDGE.
LET ME JUST ADD ONE THING TO WHAT ED WAS HITTING ON, AND THAT IS THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD SINCE LAST MARCH, IT HAS BECOME SO APPARENT TO ME THAT MOST OF THE DIFFICULTY IN THE DELIVERY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, UH, IS A BUREAUCRATIC ROADBLOCK IN AUSTIN.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I MISSED BEFORE I, I ARRIVED, BUT I HAVE BEEN ASTONISHED TO LEARN THAT, UH, THIS SEVEN COUNTY AREA IN WEST TEXAS THAT WE'RE PART OF IS NOT GETTING OUR PRO ROT AFFAIR SHARE OF THE FUNDING OUT OF AUSTIN.
UH, THE, THE LIONS SHARE OF IT IS GOING TO HARRIS COUNTY AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE STATE.
AND ONE THING THAT I HAVE SUGGESTED TO OUR NIPA BOARD IS THAT WE HAVE A, AN INFORMATIONAL GATHERING OF ALL THE COUNTY JUDGES, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND COUNTY SHERIFFS FROM THE SOUTHERN COUNTY AREA WITH OUR ELECTED LEGISLATORS FROM KAUFMAN, DALLAS, NARA, LS, ROTHWELL, HUNT, COLLIN, AND LAY IT ON THE LINE THAT, UH, WE ARE NOT GETTING WHAT WE DESERVE IN OUR SEVEN COUNTIES.
AND WE WANT OUR LEGISLATORS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND GO TO BAT SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL.
AND ESPECIALLY MY INTEREST IS THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL CAUGHT UP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
UH, WE ARE MAKING SOME STEPS, UH, BUT IT HAS BEEN SLOW MOVEMENT AND
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WE NEED TO GET OUR ELECTED LEGISLATORS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS TO SHAKE THOSE DOLLARS LOOSE IN AUSTIN SO THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF DELIVERING SERVICES IN OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES.UM, WE ARE DOING SOME THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME KUMI MONEY THAT WILL PUT TELEVISIONS IN THE JAILS WHERE WE CAN DO, UH, TELEVISED HEARINGS ON MENTAL EVALUATIONS, UH, SO THAT PATIENTS WON'T HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED FROM MENTAL HOSPITALS BACK TO THE COURTHOUSES.
UH, THERE IS SOME KUMI MONEY AVAILABLE.
I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ADD SOME, UH, MENTALLY ILL, UH, FOCUSED PROBATION OFFICERS, BOTH JUVENILE AND ADULT, TO AID THOSE THAT, UH, WE JUDGE HAS PUT ON PROBATION SO THAT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE PROBATION, TAKING THEIR MEDICATIONS, BEING SUPERVISED AND BEING RETURNED, UH, INTO SOCIETY.
BUT WE FRANKLY, AS ED HAS MENTIONED, OUR STATE HAS DONE A SHAMEFUL THING, AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE DUMPED THE MENTALLY ILL OUT ON THE STREETS AND UNDER THE BRIDGES.
AND BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER TO HOUSE 'EM IN JAILS THAN IT IS IN A HOSPITAL FACILITY.
THE LEGISLATURE IS CHOOSING TO LET THE JAILS BE THE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES.
BECAUSE THE JAILS ARE FINANCED BY THE COUNTY AND THE STATE HOSPITALS FINANCED BY THE STATE.
IT IS A MONETARY ISSUE FUNDAMENTALLY IN THE LEGISLATURE IS MY BELIEF.
AND I HAVE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
MANY OTHER JUDGES HAVE DONE THAT, MANY SHERIFFS HAVE DONE THAT.
BUT UNTIL SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED IN DALLAS COUNTY RECENTLY WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SUED DALLAS COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS IN DALLAS COUNTY JAIL, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATURE WILL EVER STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND DO WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
UH, WE ARE LUCKY IN THAT SHERIFF BURNS IS VERY SENSITIVE TO THESE PROBLEMS. WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC DEFENDER VERY SENSITIVE TO THESE PROBLEMS. AND I KNOW ANDREW, IF HE HAS NOT ALREADY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, UH, FUNDING A MENTAL ILLNESS, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S POSITION, HE'LL PROBABLY DO THAT SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UH, IF WE CAN GET A PROBATION OFFICER WHO IS FOCUSED ON THE MENTALLY ILL AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE, UH, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE PROBATION, I THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME STEPS IN OUR COUNTY TOWARDS SOLVING SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. UH, WE HAVE, FRANKLY, SOME LAWS IN PLACE UNDER THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE THAT ARE SENSIBLE, BUT WE FRANKLY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE.
IF WE RELEASE A MENTALLY ILL PERSON ON PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE BOND WITHOUT HAVING A PLACE FOR THEM TO LIVE AND, UH, ANY KIND OF SUPERVISION FOR THE, UH, MEDICATIONS, UH, THEY'RE SIMPLY GOING TO RE-OFFEND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CAPABLE OF CONFORMING TO SOCIETY'S RULES.
IF THEY'RE MEDICATED, SUPERVISED, THEY CAN USUALLY REENTER THE WORKFORCE.
THEY CAN BECOME, UH, CITIZENS THAT CAN COMPLY WITH OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS.
BUT UNTIL THEY TAKE THEIR MEDICATIONS AND THEY'RE SUPERVISED AND AND REGULATED AND, UH, HAVE SOME DEGREE OF ABILITY TO CONFORM TO OUR, OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS IN OUR SOCIETY, THEN IT'S JUST A REVOLVING DOOR.
UH, ONE THING THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED IS, UH, OPENING UP SOME OF THE COTTAGES AT THE STATE HOSPITAL.
WE'VE GOT A LARGE PHYSICAL PLANT AT THE STATE HOSPITAL THAT'S BEING UNDERUTILIZED.
IT WOULD MAKE GREAT GOOD SENSE TO ME FOR THE STATE TO RENOVATE THOSE FACILITIES, MAKE THEM AVAILABLE.
WE NEED FORENSIC BEDS FOR MENTAL EVALUATIONS.
WE NEED RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES TO HOUSE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BUT WHO COULD REALLY FUNCTION IF THEY WERE SIMPLY MEDICATED AND SUPERVISED AND HAD SOME SORT OF RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY THAT WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY INTENSIVE ONCE THEY'RE REGULATED.
AND I TALKED TO FRED HALE ABOUT IT.
UH, FRED IS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER HE CAN DO, BUT AUSTIN HAS HIS HANDS TIED.
FRANKLY, I KNOW ED'S BEEN TALKING TO, TO FRED ABOUT TRYING TO OPEN UP THOSE COTTAGES.
AND I THINK THERE MAY BE AN 18 BED FACILITY THAT HOPEFULLY WILL OPEN UP SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE WE COULD TRANSPORT THE EXTREMELY, UH, MENTALLY ILL OUT OF OUR JAIL FACILITY DIRECTLY TO THOSE COTTAGES, HAVE 'EM SUPERVISED, MEDICATED, TREATED, AND, UH, NOT CREATE THE HEADACHES FOR THE SHERIFF THAT HE PRESENTLY HAS TRYING TO HOUSE AND TREAT THE MENTALLY ILL.
BUT THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING AN INVITATION TO THIS DINNER, LUNCH, AND BREAKFAST, WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO END UP BEING.
BUT WE ALL NEED AS A BODY TO FOCUS AUSTIN'S ATTENTION ON THIS PROBLEM, THE LEGISLATURE'S ATTENTION.
AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
UH, LAST TIME I VISITED WITH FRED
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HALE PROBABLY, UH, MONTHS AGO, HE THOUGHT THAT THE STATE WAS POSSIBLY GONE GOING AND START OPENING UP SOME BEDS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY HAD BUILDINGS OVER THERE JUST SITTING THERE.AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT ABOUT THE COTTAGES BEING AVAILABLE ALSO, THEY'RE PROBABLY, UH, WHAT SIX COTTAGES THAT, UH, SEPARATES OUT INTO, THERE'S HOUSES ON BOTH SIDES HOUSES UP TO SIX OR EIGHT PEOPLE AT A, IN EACH UH, SIDE.
IT'S ABOUT 16 PEOPLE PER COTTAGE.
BUT THEY ALSO DO HAVE THE, THE BUILDINGS SITTING OVER THERE THAT'S JUST MOP BALL RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, COULD HOUSE THE MORE, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE DANGEROUS.
BUT, UH, I WISH, I KNOW HE WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS FOR MOMENT.
WE GOT FRED COME AND VISIT ALSO BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF BEEN ONE OF OUR PET DEALS.
WELL, WE'VE TALKED TO FRED MANY TIMES ABOUT IT.
IT'S NOT FRED WHO'S THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? IT'S AUSTIN WHO'S THE PROBLEM.
AND SO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONER COURTS AND THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO FOCUS ATTENTION IN AUSTIN.
AND, UH, UH, THE BUREAUCRACY IS AS BAD AS ANY I'VE EVER SEEN, FRANKLY, IN THE DEPARTMENT DOWN HERE.
AND, UH, IT'S LIKE DEALING WITH THE IRS AND, UH, WHAT MAKES COMMON GOOD SENSE JUST DOESN'T PREVAIL.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US ON THERE.
UH, JUDGE NORVELL, YOU, YOU OBSERV OBSERV.
ASKING, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GETTING LOCALLY, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, PLANNING REGIONALLY PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IS WE'RE DOING A LOCAL PLAN THAT WILL REALLY FOCUS REGIONALLY, UM, IN THAT PROCESS.
OBVIOUSLY STAKEHOLDER INPUT IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.
AND ONE THING THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS WE'RE HOLDING TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN EACH ONE OF THE REGIONS.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY TARGETING, WE HAVEN'T HAD IT CONFIRMED YET, BUT WE ARE TARGETING ON NOVEMBER 28TH, UM, FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND, UM, WE WILL ALL RECEIVE NOTICE AS SOON AS THAT'S CONFIRMED.
RIGHT NOW, I'M STILL THIS CLOSE TO HAVING PLACE, UM, IN THAT TOWN HALL MEETING.
WE ARE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE WORD OUT THEIR ADVERTISEMENT AS WELL AS JUST WORD OF MOUTH TO ALL TYPES OF STAKEHOLDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PHYSICAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, GOVERNMENT MEMBERS IN ANYONE WHO'S POSSIBLY TOUCHED BY NORTH STAR IN ORDER TO GATHER INPUT AS TO WHAT ARE THE NEEDS, WHAT ARE THE FAILINGS, WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, A LOT OF THIS WE DO KNOW BECAUSE OF INPUT, UM, BUT WE DO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING PERIODIC CHECKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THAT.
UM, BECAUSE IN, IN THE PAST WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS AS, AS FREQUENTLY OBVIOUSLY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT GOING ON THAT WE'LL BE DISTRIBUTING AS WELL.
THAT TARGETS A FEW, FEW SPECIFIC POINTS TOO.
UM, BUT AGAIN, BE SURE THAT, THAT YOU WILL DEFINITELY RECEIVE NOTICE OF THAT AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD PASS THAT ON TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE A FULL HOUSE.
UM, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR THE POSITIVES AND THE NEGATIVES BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE AN ACCURATE OR AN EFFECTIVE PLAN.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, IS MAKING AN EFFECTIVE PLAN TO IMPROVE THE NORTH STAR SYSTEM WITHOUT IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, THAT THAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIPE AND I'D APPRECIATE IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OUT.
APPRECIATE BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I WOULD, UH, YES, SIR, YOU, UH, ADVISE SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW OUR LAKES REGION FITS INTO THE NORTH STAR PROGRAM.
I'M ACTUALLY, SINCE I'M VERY, VERY NEW TO, TO NI, BUT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO PROBABLY DEFER THAT TO ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN ON
I'M, I'M, I'M VERY NEW AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION THAT'S INCORRECT.
SO WOULD ONE OF YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THAT
THE LAKES, LAKES MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, UH, IS A, THEY ARE STILL THE MENTAL RETARDATION AUTHORITY AS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE AND THE NORTH STAR SYSTEM.
LAKES MENTAL HEALTH CENTER IS SIMPLY A PROVIDER OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL FOLKS TO COME IN IN OUR SYSTEM, NOT ONLY, QUITE FRANKLY, FROM THE OUTSIDE.
UH, PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE RUN INTO IS, UH, IS COMPETITION.
AND THE REASON WHY BELIEVE THE COMPETITION IS IMPORTANT IS FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE I MISS IS FOR QUALITY, UH, OF CARE THAT WE NEED FOLKS COMPETING FOR QUALITY OF CARE.
THE BETTER QUALITY OF CARE, THE MORE THAT THEIR MARKET SHOW SHARE WILL INCREASE.
ALSO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE, THE NORTH STAR AREAS NEEDING AN INFUSION OF SOME NEW IDEAS AND NEW WAYS OF PROVIDING CARE
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THAT WILL HELP BRING THE COST DOWN.AND JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, UM, AS THE AUTHORITY NOW, WE ARE THE REGULATORY AGENCY INVOLVED IN SETTING RATES FEES FOR ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS IN THE REGION.
SO WE ARE, THE, OUR BOARD OVERSEES ME AND THE STAFF AND WE NOW HAVE THE STAFF HAVE THE CAPABILITY AND WE ARE SETTING RATES FOR ALL THE PROVIDERS.
THE PROVIDERS DID GET A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN RATES IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WERE PAID, AND THEY ARE RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE TEXAS MEDICAID RATES ROUGHLY SPEAKING.
UM, AND SO IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT VALUE OPTIONS DOESN'T RUN OFF WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY IN TERMS OF PROFIT.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
WELL, LAKE STREET IS ONE OF Y'ALL'S PROVIDERS.
I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE FREESTANDING ENTITY, BUT Y'ALL HAVE SUBSIDIZED YES, YES.
I MEAN, BEST ANALOGY THAT I CAN THINK OF IS THEY'RE LIKE A, A PHYSICIAN WHO'S PART OF A INSURANCE NETWORK THAT PROVIDES SERVICES.
THEY'RE JUST AN AGENCY IN OUR NETWORK THAT PROVIDES SERVICES.
AND I'LL SAY THAT THE NORTH X'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY IS ALWAYS HAPPY TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO HAS ANY CONCERNS, HAVE MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS, UH, SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, I BELIEVE.
AND, UH, IF ANYONE HAS ANY CONCERNS, I KNOW LIEUTENANT JANUARY HAS BEEN AT A, AT A BOARD MEETING, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE ANYONE WHO HAS ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO COME AND TELL US IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.
SO, UH, IT IS A SITUATION THAT FRANKLY NEEDS MORE ATTENTION FOCUSED ON IT, PARTICULARLY THE CRIMINALLY, UH, INVOLVED MENTALLY ILL.
ANY QUESTIONS GUYS? THANK YOU, JUDGE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL TIME.
THANK YOU MUCH VERY MUCH APPRECIATE.
UM, LAURA, DID YOU GET BOTH OF THESE MINUTES RECORDED? ALRIGHT, WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 22ND.
WE'LL PUT THE 18TH BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE MS. YAMIN HOLLAND.
SHE'S GOING TO BRING THE, UH, LIBRARY REPORT FOR THE PHYSICAL YEAR, 2006, 2007.
THIS IS THE HOFFMAN COUNTY LIBRARY REPORT FOR THIS 2007 FROM OCTOBER, 2006 THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2007.
UM, THE VERY FIRST PAGE OF YOUR REPORT IS THE STATISTICS.
THESE STATISTICS AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S I'VE GIVEN YOU PLUS USUALLY OUR OPERATING EXPENSES AND ANYTHING DEALING WITH OUR, UM, FUNDS ARE THE STATISTIC, THESE STATISTICS WE SEND TO AUSTIN FOR OUR TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORTS AND ALSO TO OUR REGIONAL LIBRARIES SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS LIBRARY SYSTEM.
I'VE ALSO GIVEN YOU SOME OF THE 2006, UM, NUMBERS SO YOU CAN KIND OF COMPARE FROM LAST YEAR FROM 2007 TO HERE.
UM, OUR CIRCULATION AT 43,868.
AND WHAT, AS FAR AS THIS REPORT GOES, WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO AS CIRCULATION? THIS IS ANY, UM, MATERIALS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CHECKED OUT THAT CAN BE VIDEOTAPES, BOOKS, ANY FORMAT THAT ACTUALLY LEAVE THE LIBRARY AND COME BACK.
WE ALSO DO INTERLIBRARY LOAN WHERE WE ACTUALLY BORROW FROM OTHER LIBRARIES WITHIN TEXAS AND OUTSIDE OF TEXAS WHERE PEOPLE, THE PATRONS CAN REQUEST ITEMS. IF WE DON'T OWN THEM, THEN WE CAN SOLICIT OUT AND SEE WHO WE CAN BORROW 'EM FROM.
SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN THERE AS WELL.
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SO ANY MATERIALS THAT ARE GOING IN AND OUT, YOUR REFERENCE IS ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE DO IN IN-HOUSE THROUGH THE EMAIL, OVER THE TELEPHONE, AND ANY WRITTEN, WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE GET THROUGH THE MAIL.AND THAT NUMBER 32, 223, OUR NEW PATRONS FOR LAST YEAR, WE HAD 1031.
THE REGISTERED BORROWERS, THESE ARE ALL OF THE PATRONS THAT HAVE LIBRARY PRODUCTS.
WHAT I DID WAS FOR IN FIVE, SINCE 2003, I TOOK ALL OF THE PATRONS THAT HAD CONSISTENTLY USED THEIR LIBRARY CARD AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR AND INCLUDED THEM IN THIS NUMBER.
WE PROBABLY HAVE AT LEAST 16 TO 17,000 THAT ARE REGISTERED BORROWERS, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT I'M COUNTING AS OUR ACTIVE BORROWERS.
AND OUR SYSTEM PROMPTS US EVERY TWO YEARS TO UPDATE OUR PATRONS INFORMATION.
THAT WAY WE KIND OF WEED OUT THE ONES THAT HAVE, UM, EITHER PASSED ON OR MOVED AWAY TO KEEP OUR, TO KEEP THE NUMBERS MORE ACCURATE.
AT THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU SEE LIKE DALLAS COUNTY, ELLIS COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY,
THESE ARE PATRONS THAT EITHER WORK OR LIVE EITHER ON THE BORDERING, BORDERING KAMAN COUNTY.
SO MOST OF THEM WORK IN KAMAN COUNTY, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO GET LIBRARY CONTRACT AND USE OUR SERVICES TOO.
WHAT THESE NUMBERS DON'T CAPTURE ARE JUST, UM, THE PATRONS THAT JUST COME IN AND MAYBE THEY DON'T GET ON THE COMPUTER OR THEY DON'T CHECK OUT ITEMS IF THEY COME IN AND READ THE MAGAZINES OR THEY GET THEIR TAX FORMS OR THEY JUST COME IN FOR INFORMATION PERIOD.
SO, BUT WE DO CATCH THEM DOWN THERE IN OUR DOOR COUNTY.
SO THEY MAY NOT BE REGISTERED BORROWERS, BUT THEY STILL USE OUR SERVICES TOO.
OUR PROGRAMS, WE HAD 92 PROGRAMS THIS YEAR.
THESE WERE OUR COMPUTER CLASSES, OUR STORY TIMES, AND OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAMS. UM, WE'RE STILL DOING OUR COMPUTER CLASSES EVERY TUESDAY MORNING AT FROM, UM, 10 TO 1130.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ADVERTISING THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A WAITING LIST FROM LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FULFILL THOSE, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE WAITING LIST.
UM, STORY TIMES ARE, SO WEDNESDAYS AT 11, WE USUALLY AVERAGE BETWEEN 20 TO 25 WITH THE PARENTS AND THE CAREGIVERS PARTICIPATING IN OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
UM, THE PROGRAM ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS COMBINED, WE HAD 4,642 PEOPLE TO ATTEND ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. THE SUMMER PROGRAM ALONE, WE HAD 814 KIDS.
THE MEETING ROOM, WE SERVE NEWS 203 TIMES OUR LIBRARY DOOR COUNT, WHICH INCLUDES OUR MEETING ROOM WAS A LITTLE OVER 56,000.
UM, OUR GENEALOGY VISITORS, UM, WE HAVE 66.
THESE ARE, THIS NUMBER IS ONLY THE ONES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF COFFEE COUNTY.
THEY COME AND USE THE GENEALOGY COLLECTION.
WE HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET WHERE THEY SIGN IN AND IF THEY STAY IN A LOCAL HOTEL OR, UM, AND THEN COME AND USE THE LIBRARY, THEN THEY CHECK THAT SO WE CAN REPORT THAT THAT NUMBER IS REPORTED TO THE CITY AS WELL.
UM, COMPUTER USAGE 4,117, WE HAVE SIGN IN SHEETS WHERE PEOPLE SIGN IN SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF THOSE STATISTICS.
THE MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS WAS 27, AND THESE ARE THE STAFF BOARD VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO MANY, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS FOR THE STATE LIBRARY TOO.
THE SECOND PAGE IS JUST KIND OF A, UH, PROS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AS FAR AS THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
WE DID HAVE SOME LINKING FROM ALL THE RAIN, BUT COMMISSIONER ROUND DID TAKE CARE OF THAT.
WE GOT THE ROOFS AND SOME OF THE REPAIRS TO JUST GENERAL MAINTENANCE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING QUITE A FEW PROGRAMS WITH THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FOUR H DURING OUR SUMMER, DURING THE SUMMER AND ALSO FOR OUR STORY TIMES.
AND THAT HAS WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME MORE PARTNERING WITH THEM.
UM, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED OUR ONGOING PROGRAMS AS FAR AS OUR COMPUTER CLASSES, STORY TIMES, UM, TRINITY VALLEY STILL DOES THE ESL CLASSES AND, UM, THE READING STRATEGIES CLASSES ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, UM, WE STILL HAVE OUR SENIOR OUTREACH WHERE MS. SANDERS DELIVERS OUR BOOKS TO THE AREA NURSING HOMES AND, UM, TO SOME OF THE HOMEBOUND PATRONS THAT CAN'T GET OUT.
OUR VOLUNTEERS LOGGED OVER 2000 HOURS AND THEY, WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE REGULAR SCHEDULE IN THE LIBRARY MAYBE EVERY THURSDAY, EVERY WEDNESDAY, AND WORK FOR FOUR TO SIX HOURS FILING MANY BOOKS.
UM, DOING OUR GENEALOGY RESEARCH, UM, HELPING WITH OUR BOOK SALE AND OUR,
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LOOKING OFF THE LUNCHEON THAT WE DO IN THE SUMMER IN THE, IN NOVEMBER.AND THEN OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM, I'VE LISTED SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WE GET FROM THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY, WHICH IS OUR LONE STAR GRANT.
THE STATE TOOK SOME OF THE MONEY OUT OF THE REGIONAL LIBRARIES AND REDISTRIBUTED THAT AMONGST THE LIBRARIES.
THIS YEAR, I THINK IT'S OVER 5,000.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURE, BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE $5,600 THIS YEAR.
AND USUALLY WE SPEND MOST OF THAT MONEY GETTING READY FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
WE BUY THE BOOKS TO SUPPORT WHATEVER THE THEME IS.
AND ANY ADVERTISING, WE SEND FLYERS TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO WE USED THAT MONEY TO, UM, DO THAT.
AND THEN NORTH TEXAS GAVE US $2,900, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR BOOKS ON TAPE, BOOKS ON CD COLLECTION.
WE HAD DONATIONS FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, THE CLOVER CLUB, THE GARDEN CLUB, AND THE DER AT A ROCK WALL.
AND THE REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION GAVE EITHER BOOKS, FUNDS OR SEND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TO THE LIBRARY.
UM, LAST NOVEMBER WE HAD OUR BOOK AND AUTHOR LUNCHEON AND THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, THEY SPONSOR THE BOOK AND AUTHOR LUNCHEON IN NOVEMBER AND THEN A BOOK SELL IN THE SPRING AND THESE FUNDS DIRECTLY GO, UM, SUPPORT THE LIBRARY.
THE FRIENDS HAVE ABOUT 150 PAID MEMBERS NOW.
UM, WE DID SOME EXHIBITS IN THE LIBRARY ARCHEOLOGY.
WE DID A, UM, VETERAN'S DAY EXHIBIT IN NOVEMBER.
AND THEN DURING THE SUMMER WE DID LIKE A SHELL COLLECTION AND DOLL COLLECTION EXHIBITS, UM, TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING WE DID.
UM, I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THIS FOR NOVEMBER.
UM, AND WE ALREADY HAD THE BOOKING ON THE LUNCHEON LAST THURSDAY.
AND I THINK THE FINAL WE HAD LIKE ABOUT AT THE DOOR JUST THAT DAY.
I THINK WE TOOK IN ALMOST $2,000 JUST AT THE DOOR.
I THINK WE ENDED UP HAVING OVER 215 PEOPLE ACTUALLY ATTEND THE LUNCH, WHICH WAS A REAL, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST ONES WE'VE HAD SO FAR.
WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH MARILYN MAY TO DO SOME RECYCLING PROGRAMS AND WE'RE NOW, WE'RE DOING THE RECYCLING ES ESSAY CONTEST WITH THE CO-OP AND WE'VE GOT SOME RECYCLED CITIES THAT WE'RE GIVING AWAY.
SO IT'S LIKE, OF TODAY I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 50 ENTRIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTY THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, YOUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY GROUP, UH, YOU'RE THE ONES THAT DO A LOT OF THESE FUNDRAISERS.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO THE, UH, SPONSOR OF THE, UH, ANNUAL AUTHOR, UH, BACK LUNCH.
SO THEY THEY ACTUALLY GET OUT AND AND SOLICIT MONEY YEP.
MAKE AND GET CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE, THE LIBRARY.
AND THEY DON'T BILL Y'ALL FOR THINGS THAT THEY DO? NO, ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY, THAT THEY RAISE GOES DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE LIBRARY.
THE COUNTY, THEY DON'T SUBMIT THOSE INVOICES BACK TO THE COUNTY.
WHEN WE AVERAGE OUT THE SUMMER PROGRAM JUST TO SERVE LIKE THOSE 814 KIDS, I THINK THEY SPEND MAYBE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO $5,000 JUST IN THE SUMMER.
AND THAT'S BOTH BASICALLY PERFORMERS THAT ARE COMING IN.
SO YEAH, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU JUST SORT OF SOMETHING ELSE COME UP WITH ANOTHER GROUP THAT THEIR FRIENDS ARE BUILDING THE COUNTY FOR SERVICES THAT THEY DO.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF WRONG, BUT, UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE TRUTH FRIENDS DO GOOD FOR THE GROUP THAT THEY'RE FRIENDS OF.
ALL THEIR MONEY BACK TO THE LIBRARY AND THE BOOK AND AUTHOR LUNCHEON WAS REALLY, REALLY SUCCESSFUL THIS TIME.
THE FINAL NUMBER IS WE DID, THE FRIENDS DID MEET THAT FRIDAY AFTERWARDS.
I THINK THE FINAL, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FINAL NUMBER, BUT THEY WERE RIGHT AROUND 5,000.
AND USUALLY WE DO BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR IN THE BOOK SALE.
SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR THE BOOK AND NOT
I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THE, UM, JUSTICES AND, UM, OFFICIALS THAT CAME OUT TO THE FOOD WAS GOOD.
WE, UH, THANK YOU FOR WORK WORKS SO EFFICIENTLY OUT THERE AND, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONER ROUTING AND, AND HELPING UP KEEP THE FACILITY WHEN YOU CAN.
SO I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
WE DID SOME REPAIRS UP THE FRONT DOOR WHERE IT WAS LEAKING UP ABOVE, BUT IT MAY HAVE NOT RAINED MUCH SINCE THEN, BUT YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED ANYTHING? NO, NO MORE.
WE DID GET SOME, UM, LATER ON IN SEPTEMBER, BUT, AND NO FLOODING UNDERNEATH AND WE HAD A LITTLE INCIDENCE OF A, OF A COUPLE OF BREAKINS
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A COUPLE DAYS THERE, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE AN ISOLATED THING.AND YEAH, DURING THE SUMMER WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF CARS THAT HAD, UM, ITEMS WERE TAKEN FROM THERE WHEN THE COFFIN POLICE DID COME OUT AND THEY DID THOSE CAR, THE WINDOWS WERE DOWN, THE CARS WERE UNLOCKED TOO, SO, YEAH.
AND SINCE GEORGE'S HERE, UH, DO YOU WANT TO ASK HIM IF HE CAN OPEN UP EBAY? SO THOSE WHO WORKING GEORGE'S REALLY BEEN GIVING ME MORE ACCESS TO, UM, FOR SOME OF THOSE BECAUSE OF THIS FILTERING SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
SOME OF THOSE DATABASE SITES ARE BLOCKED, BUT GEORGE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE UNBLOCKED ARE UNBLOCKED.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU ON GEORGE.
OCCASIONALLY THERE'LL BE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE JASMINE WON'T LET 'EM ACCESS SOME OF THE SITES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO ACCESS.
AND I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW, SHE'S THE CALL ON THAT.
IF SHE SAYS, YOU DON'T GO ON THAT ACCESS, YOU DON'T GET IT.
SO WE DO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK OUT THERE.
AND I THINK, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT RECORD, JUST IT SHOWS THAT, UH, THIS IS TRULY A COUNTY LIBRARY, I MEAN, WITH PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND I THINK IT'S GREAT.
AND EVEN WITHIN OUR FRIENDS GROUP, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FROM NOT ONLY JUST COFFMAN, WE HAVE LOTS FROM AND FROM THAT ARE REALLY ACTIVE TOO.
WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
SO SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROWING, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
DO I? UH, YOU READ THAT REPORT? YES.
DON'T READ MUCH
UH, NEXT WE HAVE JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN IN OUR COUNTY TREASURER AND HE'S GONNA BRING TO US THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER, UH, TREASURY REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE, UH, TREASURER QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT OF THIS AHEAD OF TIME.
SO I'M SURE Y'ALL HAD TIME TO STUDY IT.
UH, LET'S TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF JOHNNY FOR THE, UH, MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DELLER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF JOHNNY REGARDING THE, UH, TREASURER'S QUARTERLY REPORT? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT IN COURT.
SO MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROBS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UH, QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT? WHAT COMMENTARY? UH, PROMISE NOW IT'S UP TO, UH, PROTECTION.
FIVE POINT 0.045% WHICH IS SLOWLY SLOWER.
UH, WE ENTERTAINED A MOTION IN, UH, TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER.
A MOTION CARRIES LOTS OF SUN IN.
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WELL, Y'ALL ARE SIGNING THAT.I KNOW YOU CAN DO THREE THINGS AT ONCE, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET THIS NEXT ITEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WE HAVE TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO RECEIVE OUR INDIGENT DEFENSE GRANT AND I'D ENTERTAIN MOTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
COMMISSIONER, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
TOM, WHILE THEY'RE FILING, WHILE THEY'RE SIGNING ALL THIS STUFF, YOU WANT TO START MAKING YOUR WAY UP TO THE PODIUM.
YOU'RE NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA, JUDGE.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT ANDREW? YES.
ANDREW, YOU STILL HERE? YEAH, THERE, YOU HONOR.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OTHER DAY.
I, COMMISSIONER
GIVE HIM SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO DO THEIRS.
I DON'T WANT TO GET HIM CONFUSED NOW.
SEE YOU WALKING UP THERE AND HE SAID YOU AIN'T GONNA CONFUSE HIM.
NOW YOU START UP THERE AND THEY'RE STILL SIGNING.
I GET HE JUST SAID WE DO TWO THINGS THEN WOULDN'T HAVE TO CALL, WOULD HAVE TO, ANGIE WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE SEVEN SAID YOU FORGOT TO SIGN THE SECOND ONE OF THE THIRD REPORT.
I'LL JUST WAIT UNTIL ALL SIGNATURES.
AND PRESIDENT COUNTY ALSO I FOR THE MEDIA HERE, I POINT OUT THAT THE RESOLUTION WE JUST PASSED ON THE IN DEFENSE GRANT PROGRAM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.
THIS IS THE, UH, WHEN COURT CASES ARE FILED, CRIMINAL CASES, THERE IS A COURT COST ATTACHED TO IT AND UH, THAT MONEY ALL GOES TO AUSTIN.
AND THEN HOW AT THE END OF THE YEAR FILLS OUT A REPORT ON WHAT OUR INDIGENT DEFENSE SPENDING WAS.
AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE DOWN IN AUSTIN THEN SAT THERE WITH THEIR MAGNIFYING GLASS AND THEY GIVE YOU MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND WE GET ABOUT 36,000, UNFORTUNATELY.
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I DID.SOMEONE PUT IT IN THAT THEY KICKED YOU OUT THE MOVIE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED.
WELL NOW A POLICY HERE, COMMISSION GOING OFF DURING COURSE OF THE MEETING IT'S 200 PHONE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER COLLECTED A PENNY.
THAT
Y'ALL IN THE SIGN GIVEN AN, OKAY.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE UP IS, UH, CONSIDERATION OF THE, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SHADOW LAKE SUBDIVISION PHASE THREE, PRECINCT NUMBER THREE.
TOM KIM, YOU HAVE ANY? GOT ALL THE PAPERWORK IN AND WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING SIGNED, ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT YOU NEED IN ABSOLUTELY.
KENNETH WILL, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THAT PRELIMINARY PLA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKS GOOD TO ME.
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT PIECE OF WORK Y'ALL HAVE GOING OUT THERE.
I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO IN YOUR HEAD, SO I'LL SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AMENITIES BUILDING OUT THERE, IS THAT NOT RIGHT? UH, YES.
WE, UH, HAVE STARTED THE AMENITY CENTER WITH THE SWIMMING POOL AND THE PICNIC GROUNDS.
THE, UH, UH, SHOWER STALLS, BATHROOMS, UH, VOLLEYBALL COURT AND BASEBALL DIAMOND.
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PIECE.
AND, UH, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE HAVE SOLD ABOUT 115 LOTS IN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, UH, ALL THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, UM, ON INTERSTATE 20 HAS BEEN SOLD.
AND, UM, SO IT IS PROGRESSING VERY NICELY AND, UH, WE GET A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ON IT.
AND I INVITE ANY OF YOU AT ANY TIME TO COME BY AND SEE IT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS SOMETHING, UH, THAT IS I THINK, UH, A COMPLIMENT TO KAUFMAN COUNTY.
UH, NEXT WE'LL HAVE, JOEGON HAS BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING IN THE BACK AND HE'S GOT A REQUEST, UH, FOR US TO ACCEPT, LET ALLOW HIM TO ACCEPT A 200 DONATION FOR HIS PROGRAM TO BE USED FOR EXPENSES OF THE STAR PROGRAM.
UH, FYI THIS WAS FROM A, A, A BUSINESS PERSON IN 20 THAT'S, UH, HEARD ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD DEAL AND HE WANTED TO DONATE A $200 CHECK.
I'D LIKE TO PUT THIS IN THAT SPECIAL FUND THAT WE USE FOR THE, UH, STAR THING, UH, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SO WE CAN ACCEPT THAT AND, UH, I'M SURE HOW PUT IT WORKS IN THAT SPECIAL FORM 18.
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YOU, SIR.UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED CONSIDER EXTENDING CLOSING DATE FOR THE BID 0 8 0 2 FOR VARIOUS ROAD MATERIALS FOR ALL PRECINCTS FROM NOVEMBER THE NINTH TO NOVEMBER 16TH.
JUDGE, WE'RE MAKING SOME LAST MINUTE CHANGE ON SPECIFICATIONS AND I COULD USE THIS EXTRA WEEK, UH, TO GET THAT OUT.
THE GOVERNMENT CODE DOES ALLOW US WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, APPROVAL.
UH, ALSO I'M ON SUBJECT, UH, PROBABLY COME BACK AT A LATER DATE, UH, UNDER THE SAME CODE.
UH, YOU CAN GRANT THE AUTHORITY TO ME, UH, FOR FUTURE CHANGES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LER TO PUT THAT DATE OFF TO THAT OTHER DATE.
CARRIE, IT'S OUR FAULT THAT HE HAS TO DO THIS
OKAY, NEXT TO DISCUSSION, CONSIDER ACCEPTING TIMON DRIVE IN TIMON ESTATES FOR COUNTY MAINTENANCE.
UH, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT, UH, ACCORDING TO THE GSA REPORT, I WENT OUT ON 3 6 0 5 AND ACCEPTED AND INSPECTED THE ROAD, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCEPTING IT AS COUNTY MAINTENANCE.
IT WAS REPAIRED, BUT I CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE IN THE RECORD WHERE WE ACTUALLY ACCEPTED IT TO THE MINUTES OF THE COMMISSION'S COURT.
THIS IS MORE JUST TO CLEAN UP THE FILE.
WE ACCEPT, UH, TIM TIMON DRIVE, TERON TERON DRIVE AND TERON STATES ACCEPT IT FOR COUNTY MAINTENANCE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR BID FOR THE SALE OF COUNTY PROPERTIES RELATING TO THE KAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT THREE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
WHAT MY CORRECTION, UH, I HAVE A OLD LIST.
THAT PROPERTY OF 600 EAST NASH.
IT'S ACTUALLY 6 0 1 EAST NASH.
WHAT, WHAT IS THIS? IS THIS THE COUNTY BARN? THIS IS THE COUNTY BARN THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER'S CONSIDERING SELLING.
I THINK HE'S HAD PEOPLE INTERESTED IN BUYING A PROPERTY AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS AND THIS IS KIND OF THE NEXT STEP ON IF WE DECIDE TO PURSUE THAT.
UH, WE HAD, I'VE GOT A GUY THERE WHO WANTS TO BUY ALL OF OUR PROPERTY THERE IN, WE'VE LOCATED, UH, JACK AND I 29 24 ACRES.
IF YOU GO DRIVE UP THERE THAT DAY.
THERE'S 24 ACRES THERE THAT, UH, CAN BE BOUGHT.
BUT WE'RE GONNA, THIS IS GONNA BE PUT THROUGH THE BROKER, RIGHT, JACK? WELL, THE, YOU'LL NOTICE THIS FIRST ITEM ON HERE IS AS TO, UH, ADVERTISE FOR A BID.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE THE WORDING CORRECT ON ALL THIS.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CONTACT WITH A BROKER.
UH, SO DEPENDING ON, AND WE FELT THAT WE'RE BRING IT UP, WE COULD MOVE OUT THERE AND MOVE BARN AFTER WE MOVE THE TAX OFFICE.
WE COULD EVEN HAVE A SPACE FOR THE SHERIFF TO HAVE A SUBSECTION, WHICH HE DEFINITELY NEEDS.
UH, AND THIS COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
UH, OF COURSE IT'D HAVE TO BE PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT YOU NOT BE KICKED OUT UNTIL ABSOLUTE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT UH, JUDGE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT.
IF, IF, IF THE COURT GAVE US OKAY DO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE SOLD THE PROPERTY WOULD BE MAYBE A LEASE FOR SIX MONTHS OR 12 MONTHS POSSIBLY TO BUILD PROPERTY BARN.
IF THAT'S WHAT WAS APPROVED, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT ALL THIS BACK ON THE CITY OF TRAILS TAX ROAD AND PUT US OUT THERE WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE FACILITIES TOGETHER, THE TAX OFFICE, THE PROBATION, WE HAVE AN IDEA WHAT IT'S GONNA COST, I GUESS.
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KIND OF THIS WHAT THIS THING WILL BE, BUT I THINK, UH, RIGHT NOW FROM JUST WHERE WE'RE AT, IF WE SOLD THE BARN, WE COULD BUY THE ACREAGE.THEY WON HUNDRED 91,000 FOR 24 ACRES.
AND I TOLD THEM, WHETHER Y'ALL COME DOWN OR TALKED ABOUT ANY OTHER PRICE THAT WAS JUST KIND OF PRICE HE THROWN OUT AT US.
BUT I THINK WE COULD, THAT'S NEGOTIABLE.
IT HAD POSSIBLY HAD TO BE APP PHRASED AND I EVERYTHING BE DONE, YOU KNOW? SURE.
WHAT, UH, IT'LL ALL BE DONE LEGALLY.
WE'RE GONNA BUILD A OVER COURTHOUSE OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY WE TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHOLE SUB COURTHOUSE, MAINTENANCE COURTHOUSE.
CAROL SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OUR, IN OUR FIRST THEY WANTED CATTLE OUT.
YOU TALKING ABOUT MOVING EVERYBODY OUT THERE, THE JP THE ADULT PROBATION AND EVERYBODY, UH, I THINK WE CAN BUILDINGS YOU JUST DID A HUNDRED BY HUNDRED SLOT OUT HERE, RIGHT? THOUSAND.
I WAS JUST, YOU WANT TO PUT IT FROM METAL BUILDING WITH, WITH THE BRICK ROCK FACADE, YOU KNOW, EASY OR YOU PUT METAL.
I, I THINK, UH, AND I THINK THE PROPERTY IS STILL A 2 65.
I REALLY BELIEVE YOU'LL WELL, YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THE APPRAISAL DEAL ON BOTH SIDES, WOULD YOU NOT? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS, THIS, WHAT IF YOU, IF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU WERE TO SELL IT AND THEN THE APPRAISAL CAME IN ON THE PROPERTY YOU WANTED TO BUY, HAD A PRICE THAT THAT SELLER DIDN'T WANT, SELL IT FOR THAT.
WELL, WHAT'D YOU HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO THEN? WELL, IN MY, MY INVOLVEMENT, I, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO THE GOVERNOR AND I EXPLAIN THAT, BUT DECIDE TO BUY THE PROPERTY PAGE APPRAISED PUT, YOU COULD PUT A
AND I THINK THE DISCUSSION WAS TOO THAT PRIMARILY LOOKING FOR A BARN.
DO YOU KNOW, UH, NOW AND THEN MAYBE DO THE OTHER LATER BASE? IS THAT CORRECT? MR 800 FEET ON 4 29, 8, 800 FOOT FRONTAGE.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE REASON I SAID HE'D GET THE SHERIFF OF A BUILDING OR WE PUT CONSTABLE JP THE TAX OFFICE AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
I, I THINK IF WE WORK OUR FINDINGS RIGHT, JUDGE, I BELIEVE THAT IT CAN BE DONE JUST, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAY BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE WE GET TO THAT DOESN'T THAT WAS THE POINT.
WE MIGHT
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT BEFORE THAT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN ISSUE GET MOVE AFTER FIRST MOVE THE OTHERS, BUT, UH, SEE HOW MONEY WORKS OUT.
BUT, UH, DIDN'T WE JUST, DIDN'T WE JUST SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN THE COURT SYSTEM THERE REMODELING AFTER THEY MOVED UP? WE JUST, YEAH, WE JUST FINISHED.
WE JUST DID THE MINIMUM REMODELING ALL I, WE JUST KEPT IT TO A BARE MINIMUM.
HE SHOULD BE THROUGH THIS WEEK.
UH, I DIDN'T GO IN THERE AND READJUST EVERYTHING LIKE HE WANTED TO
COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THAT MOTION TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS.
JUDGE, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH THIS AS LONG AS WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA, UH, EVENTUALLY HAVE SOME, UH, FIGURES TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT IT'S GONNA COST.
UH, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL ON THURSDAY? A ANY OPPOSED? I'M SORRY JUDGE, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT NEXT ITEM WAS, UH, JUST APPROVED TO ADVERTISE THAT WE MAY ELECT TO GO TO BROKER INSTEAD OF ADVERTISING BID.
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YOU'VE GOT HERE ON THE SECOND ONE IS TO CONTRACT WITH A BROKER FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA SELL IT.
WE'RE WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA POWER BROKER TO PAY HIM THE 6%.
WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF YOU TELL'EM DECIDE THAT YOU WANT SELL A PROPERTY, THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM A PERSONAL AGENT STANDPOINT, I, I'LL PUT IT ON THERE TO GIVE ME PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE, SELL A PROPERTY, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, IT'D BE ONE OR THE OTHER.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE, UH, PERMISSION TO GO TO THE BROKER.
AND SO THAT WAY, INSTEAD OF, UH, PUTTING OUT A BID, UH, WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS THERE.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD MY WORDING CORRECTLY ON THERE.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE ONE ON THERE TWICE.
BUT ON THE SECOND ONE, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO GO DO THAT.
THAT'S WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO.
JUST WANT THE COURT UNDERSTAND IN CASE YOU PASSED THIS ADVERTISE CAME BACK FROM NEXT ITEM TO, UH, SOLID A BROKER.
YOU, YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY FOR THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
IT JUST GIVE YOU THE ELIMINATE SOME OF THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE BROKER.
WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS JUST TALK TO THE BROKER AND THEN ONLY REASON I'VE TALKED TO THE BROKERS.
HE'S THE GUY THAT'S TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY THAT THE MISSION'S INTERESTED IN.
AND, UH, HE SEEMED TO THINK THE PROPERTY'S WORTH, UH, MORE LIKE 750,000 VERSUS THE CRAIG BAY 2 56.
UH, HE THINKS THAT THROUGH A BROKER, UH, WHAT YOU DO IS YOU, YOU CONTRACT WITH A BROKER AND ROUGHLY, WE'LL SAY 3% TO THE BROKER, HE WOULD GET OFF THAT PROPERTY IF HE BRINGS A BUYER FOR SEVEN $50 OR IF ANOTHER BROKER COMES TO HIM, THEN LET THESE TWO GUYS, I'M JUST THINKING THAT MIGHT BE BEST PROPERTY GO THE BROKER LIST PROPERTY.
THEY'LL, THEY CAN GET TO A LOT MORE FOLKS THAN I CAN, BUT STILL, THAT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE REALLY WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
WELL, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT.
PRETTY MUCH SAYING WE'RE GONNA SELL THE PROPERTY.
WELL ON THAT, OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THE BROKER BRINGS YOU MAY OFFER AND YOU DECIDE TO TAKE IT OR NOT.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE A BROKER A MINIMUM THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH.
WELL, IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN THAT MAY BE A LITTLE PREMATURE RIGHT NOW THEN.
IS THAT, IS THAT NOT RIGHT? I MEAN, IF WE, IF WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF WE'RE GONNA SELL THE PROPERTY OR NOT, DO WE NEED TO HAVE ALL THIS BUSINESS WITH A BROKER YET, DO YOU THINK? WELL, WHAT I NEED AS FAR AS COVER ME SURE.
IS, UH, AUTHORITY FROM THE COURT TO DO ONE, TWO THINGS.
EITHER ADVERTISE PROPERTY FOR SALE AND, AND PUT A BID OUT OR TO SEEK A, UH, SEEK A BROKER OUT AND USE THAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
THAT'S DEPENDING WHETHER YOU GIVE THEM WANNA SELL PROPERTY OR NOT.
THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE DOLLARS THAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAN, THAN JUST GOING OFF AND HAVE A BROKER AND TAKE BIDS.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GONNA COST TO DO THE OTHER END OF IT.
THE OTHER, WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WAS CONCERNING ME.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW I'M NOT, I'M NOT WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UH, APPRAISAL IS ON THIS PROPERTY AND WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO DO THE OTHER ONE.
WELL, WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE HOLDING FOR HERE, I'M SORRY, WAS JUST TO, UH, UH, GIVE THEM THE, THE, UH, RIGHT TO GO GET APPRAISALS ON, UH, BOTH OF THESE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO GET APPRAISAL.
YEAH, WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO GET AN APPRAISAL.
WE'VE GOTTEN AN APPRAISAL, BUT, UH, UH, THE WAY WE JUST PASSED IT GIVES JACK STARTED TO ADVERTISE AND SEE IF THERE IS INTEREST OUT THERE IN PURCHASING IT AND, AND AT SOME PRICE.
YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT ANY OF THAT.
UH, BUT YOU'RE SAYING IF WE WERE GONNA GO AHEAD AND SELL THE PROPERTY, YOU, YOU THINK A BROKER WOULD'VE MORE? I I BELIEVE WE, I BELIEVE WE GET EXPOSURE THAN, THAN YOU WOULD TO YOURSELF.
THE WAY WE'RE GOING THAT, THAT WE CAN USE AND EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THE FACILITY IN AND NEED A PLACE OUT THERE FOR ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.
UH, I, I THINK, UH, WHAT YOU NEED TO BE THINKING IN TERMS OF IS JUST, IS IF YOU DO THIS, THEN IT'S JUST IN TERMS OF MOVING THE SHOP OUT THERE AND YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE, BUT, BUT LATER ON WE'D HAVE ROOM FOR, WE'D HAVE 20 SOMETHING ACRES OUT THERE.
I'M NOT SURE, LIKE DISCUSSING THIS PURCHASE.
THE JUDGE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD TO TO THAT IS JUST THAT, UH, IF YOU PUT A BID OUT, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA COME IN AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU GONNA HAVE YOUR HIGHEST BID AND YOU DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WANNA ACCEPT
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THAT OR NOT.UH, GOING THROUGH THE BROKER, UH, I THINK WE CAN JUST TELL HIM WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE PRETTY MUCH THAT HE EVEN BRING US AN OFFER AND, UH, WE DETERMINE THEY WANNA SELL IT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE FURTHER DISCUSSION WHETHER SELL A PROPERTY, DECIDE WELL JUST PASSED THE, THE ORDER TO, UH, AUTHORIZE JACK TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE COUNTY PROPERTY.
UH, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE, AS THEY COME IN, THERE'S NOTHING EVEN IN THERE THAT SAID, I HAVE TO ADVERTISE.
I JUST, Y'ALL GIMME PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER DOUGH, THAT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS OF, OF, OF PROPERTY AND SELLING A BUYING, WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO DO THESE IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS TO DO THIS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SIT DOWN AND THE WAY THIS IS CONSIDERING, CONSIDERING CONTRACTING FOR BROKER, WE PASSED THIS, HE'S GONNA GO CONTRACT WITH THE BROKER.
WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS, JACK? WELL, IT JUST GIVES HIM THE AUTHORITY TO GO.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO, NO, IT DOESN'T SAY GIVE HIM, ONCE YOU CONTRACT WITH THE BROKER, YOU'RE GONNA SELL IT.
IT SAYS THIS, JUST CONSIDER CONTRACTING WITH A BROKER, BUT SELL THE PROPERTY.
YOU'RE GONNA SIGN A CONTRACT WITH A BROKER SAYING, PLEASE SELL THIS PROBLEM AND WE'LL PAY YOU.
HOPEFULLY YOU GET BY 3%, 3% COMMISSION.
AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, IT IS A DEAL WHERE IF YOU HAVE THE SELLER, THE BUYER HAS A BROKER TO INTRODUCE THAT PROPERTY, THEN THEY WOULD SPLIT 5%.
BUT DO YOU SEE THIS AS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A BROKER CONTRACT WITH 'EM, OR THAT YOU JUST HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO DO THAT? I WAS TRYING TO, WHAT'S THAT? I WAS TRYING TO PRESENT THIS.
I'M SEEKING OF AUTHORITY AND YEAH.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE COMMISSIONER'S DEAL HERE THAT I SHOULD COMMISSION TO.
YOU GUYS EITHER BID IT OUT OR, UH, HIRE A BROKER OUT.
I WOULD OPINION, IF YOU WANT HIRE A BROKER, BID FOR THE BROKERAGE PERCENTAGE, YOU SHOULDN'T PUT OUT THE BID FOR THE BROKERAGE PERCENTAGE FOR SALES FEE.
THAT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
NOW YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT OUT PROPOSAL RFP TO SEEK A BROKER, AND THEN YOU PICK ONE BASED ON THIS QUALIFICATION, THEN, THEN YOU DETERMINE IT HIS FEE.
BUT EVEN IF, EVEN IF YOU DO, WE'RE NOT BOUND TO, I MEAN, UNLESS WE GIVE THEM A FIGURE, WE DON'T LIKE ANY OF THIS, THIS, WE'RE NOT BOUND TO SELL THE PROPERTY UNTIL WE CAN FOR NOT GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO US.
MAYBE THIS SHOULD BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COURT.
JUST, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER SELLING PROPERTY.
THIS, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE EVER BROUGHT THIS OUT IN THE, THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
SHOULD NEVER BEEN ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE THE PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE IN BUSINESS TO BUY PROPERTY WHEREVER HE WANTS TO GO.
IT, I, I, I JUST, I THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST TABLE THAT.
AND BECAUSE I DON'T WANT SIGN A CONTRACT WITH ANY BROKERAGE TO SELL EACH PROPERTY.
WE NEED TO GET SOME APPRAISALS.
WE NEED TO DISCUSS THEM IN, IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CAN WE, CAN WE LEAVE THAT FIRST PART IN EFFECT, COMMISSIONER? I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS GREAT.
AND JUST DO AWAY WHAT THIS WAIT FOR THE BID.
IS ANYBODY GONNA SECOND, UH, KEN'S MOTION TO GO WITH THE PROGRAM? UH, I GUESS I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND? BUT THAT WON'T STOP HIM.
HE CAN STILL GO AND GET BIDS ON ALL OF THAT AND SEE WHAT THE VIEW IS GONNA COST AND, UH, AND, AND STILL BRING THAT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION IF WE, IF THAT'S YOUR WISH.
MY ONLY, MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE WOULD BE YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA SELL THE PROPERTY, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'D BE WISE TO PUT A BID OUT AND, AND GET A BID ON IT, THEN TURN AROUND
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AND TELL THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA SELL PROPERTY.AND ONCE AGAIN, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE AN AGENDA JUST, UH, ABOUT BUYING THE PROPERTY VERSUS OKAY.
THE METHOD OR SELLING PROPERTY.
MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION ABOUT THAT SOMETIME AND JUST DISCUSS THAT WHOLE THING.
SO THERE'S NO SECOND ON THIS MOTION TO DO A BROKER.
SO THAT MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
UH, NEXT IS DISCUSSING THE CENTER PROVEN DIVISION OF RECYCLED ASPHALT FOR EACH PRECINCT.
JUDGE, MA'AM, I'M JUST WONDERING, MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADVERTISING.
DO WE HAVE A BID TO CLOSE ON THE BID TO OPEN DATE? OKAY.
HEY, YOU GONNA WORK THIS PART THOUGH BEFORE YOU CLOSE 'EM OPEN, RIGHT? YES.
IT WASN'T TABLE, UH, THE RIP WRAP, NOT A DIRTY WORD.
WE'D, UH, DIVIDE THE, UH, RECYCLE ASPHALT MATERIAL BY FOUR TO EACH PRECINCT.
SECOND QUESTION MADE, UH, TO PROVIDE THE, UH, UH, EXCESS ROAD MATERIAL PROVIDE TO US BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UH, BY EQUAL SHARES AMONG THE FOUR PRECINCTS.
UH, MOTION MADE BY ER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
Y'ALL BELIEVE WE SPENT AN HOUR ON THAT ONE DAY,
I WONDER IF YOU WAS GONNA MAKE A COPY.
TALK ABOUT WHETHER ENOUGH TO APPROVE A SECOND RESERVE DEPUTY FOR PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD, WHAT, WHAT MY CONSTABLE WANTS TO DO, AND I KIND OF AGREE WITH HIM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE DO OMNI, UH, OMNI IS BUY YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, SOME DRIVER'S LICENSE ARE NOT RENEWED FOR FOUR TO SIX YEARS, RIGHT? UH, WHAT THE JUDGE WANTS TO DO IS, IS HAVE, UH, HAVE A NOTICE PUT ON THE DOOR, LIKE, UH, THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT LIKE JOHNNY.
IN FACT, WE COPIED IT BECAUSE WE MADE OUR SCREEN.
UH, WE'RE JUST A PRECINCT, THAT'S ALL.
UM, BUT HE'D LIKE TO SERVE WARRANTS.
UM, AND WHAT THIS IS, THE FIRST ISSUE IS, IS JUST HAVING A SECOND, UM, A SECOND RESERVE, BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY.
WE'RE NOT AT A POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE NEED A SECOND DEPUTY.
UH, BUT WE DO NEED SOME BACKUP ON SERVING SOME OF THESE WARRANTS.
SOME OF THESE WARRANTS CAN GET JUST AS DANGEROUS AS, UH, AS A CRIMINAL WARRANT, YOU KNOW? UM, SO WE'D LIKE, AND IT'S A VERY CHEAP WAY TO, TO, UH, TO GET SOME SERVICE OUT OF SOME OF THESE, THESE YOUNG MEN.
UM, UH, SO I I, WE DO HAVE ONE APPROVED NOW, AND I, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, UH, AUTHORIZE, UH, CONSTABLE GARLAND TO HAVE A SECOND RESERVE DEPUTY.
HE HAVE A CAR AND EVERYTHING AND ALL THAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER RESERVE, BUT THAT'S WHAT, YEAH, THERE'S NO COST.
WE HAVE TO GIVE HIM HUNDRED BUCKS EVERY TIME.
UH, THE SECOND ONE IS, IS WE LOST, WE LOST OUR RESERVE DEPUTY.
AND, UH, THIS IS JUST TO REPLACE, THAT'S WHY IT'S SECOND ON THE LIST.
UH, REPLACE OUR RESERVE WITH A MATT MURRAY AND A JOHN SULLIVAN, UH, AS THE RESERVE DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR PRECINCT FOUR.
ONE OF 'EM REPLACES THE ONE YOU LOST.
WE LOST ONE AND ONE AS A SECOND.
YOU JUST AUTHORIZED TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
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LOOKING FOR A SECOND? SECOND.SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
MOTION CARRIES, UH, THE NEXT ITEM TO APPROVE THEIR BONDS.
THAT'S WHY THAT FOLLOWS THE APPROVAL OF THE, WE DON'T HAVE THE BONDS.
I COULDN'T THE, I WANT TO GET IT APPROVED FIRST.
UH, I'LL HAVE THE, I'LL HAVE MY CONSTABLE BRING THE BONDS AND IT'LL BE ON THE, IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT TIME AROUND.
SO WE NEED TO TAKE THAT TABLE ITEM.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DOUGLAS TO TABLE THE BONDS.
SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSED, CONSIDER RENEWING OUR MEMBERSHIP WITH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND APPROVING THE PAYMENT OF THE ANNUAL DUE, WHICH ARE 984.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, FOR, FOR THE BENEFITS, THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TALKING COUNTY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THAT'S PRETTY CHEAP.
NOW WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL BOND OF SEAN MAYFIELD.
DEPUTY COMES FROM PRECINCT NUMBER ONE.
HAS IT BEEN A YEAR? I GUESS IT HAS.
SECOND, UH, DECEMBER ONE TO DECEMBER ONE.
HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ER.
NEXT, UH, LET'S CONSIDER PROVING THE DEPORTATION OF DAVID MAYFIELD FOR THE KAUFFMAN.
I THOUGHT SOMEBODY HAD MISSPELLED DAVID DAVITA MAY FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
NEXT, UH, M EMBARK WANTS TO BURY A CABLE ON COUNTY ROAD ONE 17.
JUDGE, WE NEED PHONES OUT THERE.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
NOW THEY WANT TO BURY ONE ON COUNTY ROAD.
WAY DOWN IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
UH, HOW YOU'RE UP IF WE HAVE ANY, I HAVE ONE ITEM WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
UH, THIS IS NOT REALLY A LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
I DON'T CONSIDER THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.
UH, IN THE TAX ASSESSOR, COLLECTOR AND AUTO AREA, WE CONSOLIDATED THEIR PAYROLL INFORMATION INTO ONE CATEGORY.
UH, THAT'S JOHNNY'S IDEA TO KIND OF GET A HOLD OF, UH, TAX COLLECTIVE AREA IN TOTAL.
AND WITHOUT Y'ALL'S PERMISSION, I LEFT OUT, UH, ONE OF THE CAR S FOR $7 AND PUT THAT BACK IN BECAUSE HE COULD GET THAT.
AND, AND Y'ALL APPROVED IT FOR THIS YEAR.
I JUST DROPPED IT WHEN WE CONSOLIDATE THAT INFORMATION.
JUDGE THIS JUST FOR INFORMATION.
THAT WAS JUST MAKE SOME THIS MORNING OR
MAYBE THE NEXT TIME IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
WELL, AFTER WE PAY THE CLAIMS, I HAVE REMARKS FROM VISITORS.
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IT'S ALREADY NO, BUT MAYBE WE CAN GET IT DONE.IS HE BACK FROM WORK THIS MORNING? HE WAS, HE WAS HAVING TO GO.
I WOULDN'T IT'S ONE IF THAT CONNECTS WITH OH YEAH.
I, THERE WAS TODAY SHE SAID COMPLAIN ABOUT HER ROAD AND SHE SAID THAT ON THE OTHER HAND IS REALLY GOOD.
IS THAT JUDGE GENTLY
THE BEST THING JOHNSON AND DAY.
OKAY, COME BACK TO THE COURT THEN.
I HAD A LADY TELL KATHY, SHE SAYS JUST LIKE COMMISSIONER DILLARD SAYS, DON'T.
YEAH, I THINK OCTOBER SAID DID THAT.
YOU HAVE A BIRTHDAY COMING UP, DON'T YOU? THEY HAD, AND IT WAS GONE BEFORE WE AND I WERE TALKING.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT BROUGHT, THEY HAD A, UH, LONE UH, UH, STEER HEAD.
THEY HAD LONGHORN HEADS AND IT WAS DONE THE EUROPEAN STUFF.
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NOT HAVING THAT I DON'T DESTROY THE YOU TOO MUCH.SO I DO PUT, SO THE LONGS, I CAN'T SCREW THEM WOOD, BUT I THAT'S WITH HIS TT ON STICK THE BACK PUT ON.
YEAH, THEY, I MEAN I'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH IT, LIKE WHEN WE WERE IT.
THAT ONE HAS THE SPORTS PACKAGE AND THE LUXURY PACKAGE.
SO IT HAS YOU, YOU KNOW, WHICH I REALLY SAW.
IT'S S HAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S THE CAR, BUT IT'S GOT THE BACK PART ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE SUV NOTING, BUT IT'S, YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
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WHAT SIZE, WHAT SIZE BILL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THESE TICKETS? FOOTBALL, TWO NIGHTS STAY.IT HAS, YOU KNOW, THE, IT YEAH, IT SHOULD BE TEXAS.
DO THINK WE'D, IF WE, UH, THE LEGISLATURE GET IT, WE MORE, WE GOT MORE POWER RUNNING THROUGH THE COUNTY.
IT'S A SPARE CAR, STILL RAISING CHILDREN AND THEY JUST EAT IT AS BEST AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
YOU SOMETHING ON HIS HAND ON FRIDAY.
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MY SON AND I, SHERIFF TRIED DIDN'T GET ONE.TAKE A THERE BECAUSE NOBODY WAS A CLEAR CUT.
YOU GUYS WHO'S PLAYING TOO PEOPLE OUT.
ALL THE LAWYERS ARE COMPLAINING.
STILL ONLY TRASH THAT WE BRING IN AND THE TRASH GETS HAULED OFF.
WE'RE ACTUALLY BREAKING YOU COLORADO SUNDAY.
HEY RAY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BRING? WHAT'S HIS NAME OVER TO? LOOK AT MY CONVENIENCE STATION WHEN I GET ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF TIME.
WE PROBABLY GET A KEY, CAN'T WE? OH YEAH, I THINK I KNOW.
OH YEAH, I'LL BE, UH, NOW I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHERE I AM.
I CAN'T GET CELL PHONE SERVICE.
NO, NO, IT WOULDN'T WORK EITHER.
REALLY? NO, IF YOU DON'T TURN IT UP.
BUT IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP, YOU CAN CALL ANGIE AND I USUALLY CHECK IN AREA EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS.
UM, BUT NOW THE FOLLOWING WEEK I MAY OR MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT THERE WILL BE A COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING.
AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET WITH UH, ANGIE AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A BIG AGENDA.
YEAH, I HAVEN'T SCRUTINIZED IT YET.
YEAH, I KNOW HOW AND THERE'S POSSIBILITY I'LL BE BACK THAT SUNDAY NIGHT.
BUT, UH, THE WAY OUR SCHEDULE IS, WE, WE WON'T BE GETTING HOME UNTIL SOMETIME LATE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY.
OH, STILL IT WAS SHE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT'S, THAT'S ALL DAMAGE HAD 50 30.
50 POUNDER, DOMESTICATED TURN IT ON.
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WELL SIGN UP.YOU'RE NOT SIGNING IT THAT UH, THAT IT'S CORRECT BECAUSE THEY'LL DO, YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT YOU, OH NO, I WANT TO SAY THIS, BUT THEY'RE ALL SMALL.
MCDONALD, THE BIG BOYS ARE AT YOU.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST, THAT'S WHAT'S WORTH YOU EVER.
HAS HE EVER GOT A ROAD PICKED UP OR GET TO THE PARKING LOT YET? SURE.
NO, I JUST HAVEN HAVE TIME DO THAT WHEN IT GETS COLD.
I NEED TO GET CHIPS BEFORE IT GETS COLD.
I GUESS THEY FILL UP ON THE FIRST FILL UP ON, ON THE 30TH.
S WITHOUT A DOG DON'T RUN ARE GOOD.
NEXT TIME I ASK YOU I'LL CHASE YOU.
YOU DON'T RUN 'EM DOWN, HUH? ALRIGHT, NEXT MONDAY'S A HOLIDAY.
THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME THAT MONDAY'S A HOLIDAY NOT LOSING WORK.
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SO Y'ALL, OH, HE TOLD ME DEVELOPER AGREEMENT TIPS AND ALL THAT.IS THAT IT? OKAY, COMMISSIONER SHANE SAYS PAY THE BILLS.
COMMISSIONER DOLLAR SECONDS IT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, REMEMBER YOUR VETERANS NEXT WEEK AND UH, YEAH.
I'LL, I NEED Y'ALL'S HELP AND I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF YOU ALREADY.
WE'VE GOT TO PUT LOADS AND BRIDGES ON THE BALANCE SHEET.
BUT I'VE GOT THE BRIDGES OFF THE STATE WEBSITE.
I'VE GOT A LIST OF ROADS OFF THE STATE WEBSITE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW CLOSE THEY ARE Y'ALL ROAD REPORTS.
BUT WHAT I NEED FROM Y'ALL IS AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN THOSE ROAD WERE CONSTRUCTED OR SIGNIFICANTLY RECONSTRUCTED IF IT'S AFTER 1980.
THAT MADE A LOT SENSE WHEN HE TOLD ME.
IF I COULD GET THAT LIKE IN TWO OR THREE WEEKS THERE WOULD BE SUBDIVISIONS PROBABLY WOULD BE THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT.
MOST OF IT CALCULATE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
IF I, IF I KNOW THE MILEAGE WE GET, WE GET THE GUESS.
THEY GIVE US A NUMBER PER MILE BASED ON WHICH ROAD IT GIVES.
TELL ME WHAT THE VALUE OF A DIRT ROAD IS.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
THEY SIGNED A NUMBER FROM THEY DID.
THEY'VE GOT VERY BIG FILE, VERY BIG DOCUMENT CAUTION AND ALL THAT BECAUSE I CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT IN A HEARTBEAT.
ALL ALL I NEED TO HERE A GUESS.
I SEE ONE YEAR YOU PUT A ROCK ON IT, THE NEXT YEAR YOU PUT OIL ON IT AND THE NEXT YEAR CHIP IT HERE RIGHT NOW HAS BELY.
SO IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A ROCK ROAD, YOU JUST SEAL CO IT.
PUT A ROCK ON ROAD SEAL SO YOU, SO YOU HAVE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED THAT ROAD.
YOU'VE IMPROVED ALL BUT YOU DIDN'T SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE SUBSTANTIAL ASPHALT.
50% OF, I DUNNO IF YOU HAD A ROCK LOAD AND NOW YOU HAVE A ROCK LOAD CHECK REBUILD IT.
IF YOU JUST MAINTAIN IT AND REPAIR IT, THAT DOESN'T COUNT.
I'M, I'M DOING MY CONCRETE ROAD
FIND OUT WHEN THEY WERE BUILT BECAUSE ROCK ROAD BEEN THERE SINCE 1980.
IF I NEED TO COME VISIT Y'ALL AND I'VE PROBABLY BEEN ASPHALT SOMETHING LIKE IT COULD BE, I'VE GOT ONE OF THOSE.
I HAVE A FILE CALLED INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD BRIDGE.
I GOT IT STARTED BY COMMISSIONER D TO ADJOURN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
MOTION CARRIES AND WE'RE OUTTA HERE.