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WELL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T OFTEN COME TO OUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, WE ALWAYS OPEN OUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING WITH A PRAYER THIS MORNING, MS. JUDY GRIFFIN FROM THE MORNING MESSENGER.
EACH YEAR, THE MORNING MESSENGER DOES A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE THEM BY THE MICROPHONE.
WHERE PEOPLE IN THE BACK IN HERE.
EACH YEAR, THE 40 MESSENGER DOES A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION, AND WE HAVE DEAR SANTA LETTERS AND WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO
LETTERS GIVE A LOT OF LETTERS.
AND BACK IN 2001, BEFORE 40 GREW, WE, WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME FOR ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, PLUS ALL THE DAYCARE CENTERS.
WELL, EVERYBODY GREW AND WE HAD TO STAY.
BUT IN 2001, A YOUNG LADY, UH, SHE WAS IN THE SIXTH GRADE AT THAT TIME.
SHE WAS IN COMMISSIONER CLARK AT THE TIME.
NOW, IS SHE, AND I'M GONNA READ YOU THIS, IT HAS A TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.
AND THEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF IT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A COPY.
IT SAYS, MY FAMILY IS JEWISH AND ALTHOUGH WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR, I'M ESPECIALLY HAPPY FOR WHAT I THINK CHRISTMAS STANDS FOR HAS TRULY, TRULY SHOWN TO ME DURING THE PARENTS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DIVORCE AND I AM THANKFUL THAT I WILL BE LIVING WITH MY MOM AND NOT MY DAD.
WE HAVE A LITTLE, WE HAVE LITTLE MONEY AND CANNOT AFFORD ALL THE DECORATIONS MY GRANDMOTHER HAS PROVIDED US.
I FEEL THOUGH LITTLE, I FEEL, EVEN THOUGH LITTLE THAT I HAVE BEEN PROVIDING OF ALL.
SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS LETTER AS MUCH AS WE DO.
COPY DID WHAT? OH, COMMISSIONER.
JUDY, SHE WAS IN MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S.
I GRANDDAUGHTER BEEN A REAL, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T WANNA INTERRUPT YOU WHILE YOU WERE ON THE ROAD THERE.
I THOUGHT IF SHE WAS IN COMMISSIONER CLARK'S CLASS, SHE NO, SHE WAS IN, SHE WAS IN, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, WHEN WE MADE THE COPY, IT SAYS KELSEY CLARK.
WE HAD CUT OFF HER LETTER JUST A LITTLE BIT.
ACTUALLY IT TOOK GRADE THAT LONG TO GRADUATE.
THAT'S, UH, Y'ALL JOIN ME IN PLEASURE TO OUR FLAG.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND INCLUDING REPUBLIC FOR WEAK STANDS, ONE NATION AMONG GOD, EVERYTHING JUSTICE FOR ALL THE SOCIETY I ALLEGIANCE TO THE ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
NOW THIS WEEK Y'ALL HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS THAT THERE ARE NONE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN, SETTING BY COMMISSIONER.
UH, IT'S NOT QUITE 10 O'CLOCK.
SO, UH, LET'S GO TO THE FIFTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UH, LARRY ARE, UH, YOU WANT MAKE ANY COMMENT BAND? WELL, IT JUST THOUGHT SINCE I PASSED AND FAILED TO SHOW, THAT OUGHT AT LEAST SEND MY FACE TO LET YOU KNOW I DO EXIST.
BUT ACTUALLY TO TELL YOU THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO ENACT IT.
WE'RE BACK DOWN TO THREE LEGS.
SO, UH, THE PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS REMAIN THERE.
SO WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE AT LEAST UNTIL FIRST.
I, UH, JUST REALLY WANTED TO DO THAT SINCE I'VE KIND OF COME AND GO ON THE LIST ALL THE TIME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
SO EVERYONE WILL YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A SAFE ONE BECAUSE YOU MIGHT WANNA BE ON THE SIGNING LIST, BUT YOU DON'T WANT SHOW UP ON MINE.
UH, MARILYN, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP PROGRAM? ANY, OKAY.
MARILYN, DO YOU HAVE ACTUAL COFFEE? THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAD WAS HERS, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU MY,
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JUST SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS I WANTED TO GO OVER REAL QUICKLY.UM, SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN IS THE FACT THAT ON OUR PAPER AND CARDBOARD BUSINESS RECITE CENTER AND THAT MOST OF A MILLION POUNDS THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE RECYCLED THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTY, UM, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM ON THE CONVENIENCE AND WORKOUT DETAILS ON, THERE ARE JUST A FEW FINANCIAL THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT BEFORE WE JUST WENT AHEAD AND SAID THAT WE COULD OPEN THAT UP TO THEM.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IS ON OTHER, AVAILABLE TO THEM AND PRETTY, AND THAT'S THE ONLY CONVENIENCE STATION THAT IS COUNTY PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE, THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA BE FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET SO WE CAN GET HER, UH, KEEP THOSE PART.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT THE CREAM, WHEN IT'S WORKING WORKS IS GREAT.
'CAUSE IT ACTUALLY MAKES A CONVENIENT STATION CONVENIENT, WHICH THE OTHER TWO ARE KIND OF INCONVENIENT, CONVENIENT STATIONS BECAUSE SATURDAYS NOBODY CAN REALLY, UH, JUST ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT TAKE THEIR A TICKET.
SO THAT HAS BEEN GOING REALLY NICE.
WE DID TWO CLEANUPS THIS, UH, FALL AND THAT WAS THE RESOLVE.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN, BECAUSE THOSE ARE RUN BY THE CITIES.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT SHIPPED WITH THE CITY, SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO YEAH, COME ON.
SEND ME, THAT'D BE GREAT IF WE HAD IT OUT THERE.
OH, I THINK IT'S BOTH TERRELL AND THIS ONE.
IT'S SOFTLY FOR SOMEONE TO COME OUT THERE AND THINK THEY'RE GONNA DUMP SOMETHING AND THEN THEY CAN'T, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE.
SO WE'VE MAY SUM IT UP SOMEWHERE ELSE AND MOST OF THEM CANNOT TAKE OFF WORK DURING THE WEEK TO COME UP THERE AND GET A, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
SO WE MIGHT TALK TO WE'LL, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL SYSTEM.
SO I MEAN, I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO ATE.
UM, THE CLEANUPS THAT WE'VE HAD WERE AT TRINITY RIVER TRASH BASH, WHERE WE WENT OVER TO THE PLACE IN CRANDALL THAT WE, COMMISSIONER DELL SENT OUT, UM, ONE OF HIS PEOPLE THAT PICKED UP ALL THE TRASH AND THAT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
UM, AND WE ACTUALLY GO OVER SOME OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THE SAFETY RULES.
UM, AND THEN WE WENT OUT TO
AND THEN WE MET UP WITH THE TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DI AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
AGAIN, THEY HELPED US A LOT WITH KIND, JUST FINANCING SOME, SOME OF THE ADVERTISING THINGS.
THE, THE PARTNERING FOR, UH, WITH THE COUNTY LIBRARY.
WE'VE DONE SOME HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EDUCATION AND UM, AND THEY HELPED ME A GREAT DEAL WITH THAT.
WE HAD A PARTY AND THAT, THAT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL.
UM, EPAI AM ATTENDING A, UM, GROUP THAT IS A POLLUTION PREVENTION ROUNDTABLE GROUP AND WE WENT TO NEW MEXICO AND I, UM, HAVE BEEN HELPING THEM, BUT, UM, WILL COMING UP AND SO I'M HOPING, WHICH IS VERY, VERY GOOD.
UM, OR WHEN WE VISITED, UH, HENDERSON COUNTY, WE FOUND OUT THAT, UH, THEIR, UH,
AND THE WAY WE DO IT, CREDIT CARD REALLY DON'T HAVE ONE AND THEY CAN'T TAKE A CREDIT CARD.
THEY'RE REALLY MAD WHEN THEY LEASE IT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO, WE'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT.
UH, AND THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS TO GET, I FOUND A, I FOUND SOMETHING, SO I'M, I'M, IT'S CALLED ABLE.
I'M GONNA TRY TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
THEY DON'T, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ONE.
THIS TEXAS AMERICAN, UH, HAS A STATEWIDE CONTRACT.
I HAVE A GETTING THOSE PEOPLE TO CALL EVERYBODY.
DID YOU SAY YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD A LAST WEEK FROM NEIGHBORS? YEAH, NEIGHBORS.
AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TIRES, I JUST WANT, I AM INVOLVED IN A BLUE ON OUR C AND D GROUP AND THAT IS THE TEXAS AGRICULTURAL, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE BRICK LITTLE ORGANIZATION OFF OF THE TEXAS AG.
THEY HAVE THESE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, JUST KIND OF LIKE WE ARE WITH YOU.
THEY ALSO, FROM COMPANIES THAT HAVE
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HAD REGULATION PROBLEMS AND ARE FINE, UM, COMPANIES CAN ACTUALLY DONATE THAT MONEY TO A CITY OR A COUNTY PROGRAM.AND WE HAVE THE COUNTY, I'M TRYING TO THINK, 10,000, $24 THAT IS IN THAT FUND.
AND WE, WE WILL BE HANDLING USED, WE DON'T GET ANY MONEY TO HANDLE IT, NOR DOES THE COUNTY.
IT'S THAT MONEY GOES SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT CLEANUP, AND THIS CAN BE USED FOR THAT TIRE CLEANUP OVER AT THAT RESIDENCE.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT TOO.
SO THAT SHOULD BE, GET ALL THAT COMPLETED.
THE, UM, THE GRANT THAT WE'RE, UH, WAIT A MINUTE.
LET'S DO THIS, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO UH, UH, ACCEPT THAT MOTION MADE BY, UH, COMMISSIONER, ER SECOND COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ER.
UM, THE GRANT THAT WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENT FOR A, A REALLY, UH, PART ALL THE CITIES AND, AND THE COUNTY PARTICIPATING TOGETHER AND GONNA BE A VERY KIND OF LARGE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAVE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS IN IT AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH AND KIND OF THE RESOLUTION THAT I SENT TO YOUR OFFICE, UM, A WEEK OR SO AGO IS IFICATION.
AND WITH THAT SIGNED, WE'VE ALSO, I'VE HAD THE CITY OF MATERIAL SIGNED ONE AND WE'RE GONNA PARTICIPATE WITH THE CITY OF KAUFMAN, ALSO BE ON ALL OF THESE, UM, CONVENIENCE STATIONS.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ECO STATION ON THIS ALSO TO DO SOME UPGRADES AND MAYBE JUST ENHANCE ALL THOSE PROGRAMS. WANT THE FOUR PARTNERS MONEY GETS, KEEPS GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER WHEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE GRANTS ARE BEING GIVEN OUT.
MORE GRANTS ARE BEING WRITTEN FROM EVERYWHERE.
IF WE PUT ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND PUT THEM IN ONE BRAND, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SHOW THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA BE WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLOR COPY THAT I GAVE YOU, THE REPORT FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS PRODUCT, THAT STUDY THAT THEY JUST HAD DONE ON THEIR RECYCLING RIGHTS SHOWS IN THE LITTLE LAVENDER BARREL HAS NO RECYCLING WITH RECYCLING PROGRAM.
AND SO WE WANTED, WE DECIDED TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF TERRELL, UM, FOR CURBSIDE RECYCLING AND INVOLVE IT IN THIS TALL GRANT.
'CAUSE WE'RE ONE, TWO SEPARATE ONES.
UM, SO THAT'S THE POINT OF, OF WHY EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE TO WORK THE TYPE OF GRANT APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TOP COG.
UM, IT BASICALLY, UM, SHOWS THE, THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND TRYING TO, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COGS REGIONAL PLAN AND THAT ALSO FITS IN WITH THE KAUFMAN COUNTY 20-YEAR-OLD FALLS TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT VERY, UH, VERY WELL ON OUR BEHALF.
I BELIEVE THERE THE ONLY MATCHING FUNDS WOULD BE NOW IT'S IN KIND, THERE'S NO MATCHING FUNDS FOR THIS.
AND SO THAT MEANS THAT I MIGHT ARMS AND SAY, CAN YOU HELP US WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME MANPOWER HERE AND WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT TO, TO PUT IN SOME FENCING THAT WE'RE GONNA BUY THE FILM.
THE GRANT TASKS ARE THAT WE WANNA DEVELOP A RECYCLING EDUCATION INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT THE, CAN WE GO IN AND UPDATE AND ENHANCE SOME OF THE RECYCLING.
UM, AT THE, THE CONVENIENCE STATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY THE KAUFMAN NEED THOSE MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN THE KEN, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT THE ECO STATION AND WE HAVE A FEW LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO, UM, INSTALL, RECYCLING, DROP OFF SITES AT OCEANS.
AND JUDGE GEN, YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU WENT ON A TRIP AND SAW THESE LITTLE RECYCLING CENTERS ALL AROUND SOME COUNTY THAT YOU WERE AT AND, UM, BECAUSE THE CONVENIENCE OR THE YEAH, THE RECYCLING CENTER AT THE CITY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY.
WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAIN PRECINCT TWO THAT ARE OUT IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY CAN'T, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO TAKE THEIR RECYCLABLES.
SO I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE AT SOME RECYCLING STATIONS SO THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
AND, AND THIS WAY THE GRANT WILL PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
UM, ALSO WE ARE WANTING TO PURCHASE FOR OUR COMMERCIAL RECYCLING.
AND SO THIS WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY
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TO, TO GET THAT.RIGHT NOW WE'VE TALKED TO THE CITY OF CHERYL PUTTING A STATION OVER THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT MORE AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE OKAY WITH THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE THE COUNTY'S BAYLOR BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE A COUNTY PIPELINE GRANT OR THE, UH, CURBSIDE RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM.
AND IT'S ONLY A PILOT, BUT WE'VE SAID WE WANT TO TRY IT FOR A YEAR OF TRYING TO GET MONEY OR SOME, SOME IDEA OF HOW MUCH THAT'S GONNA COST FROM A VENDOR.
WELL, THAT BAYLOR BE TAKEN FROM BARN TO BARN OR THEY'RE AWFULLY BIG.
UM, IT'S PORTABLE AS FAR AS IF IT TAKES TWO, UH, TWO PHASE ELECTRICITY.
WE'VE JUST BEEN, I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I COULDN'T, WELL I WAS JUST THINKING IF, IF, UH, COMMISSIONER DECIDED TO HAVE SOME BINS AT THEIR BARN, UH, THEN NO, WE DID BRING THAT, UH, BALER AROUND EVERY SO OFTEN.
I MEAN, JUST, JUST TO MAKE THE BALER ON SOME, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S, YEAH, WE CAN, THIS IS JUST TO GET TO PUT THE MONEY IN FOR IT, BUT THE OTHER THING'S NOT THAT EXPENSIVE FOR THEM.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANNA TRY TO DO IN HERE, AND I I FORGOT TO PUT THIS IN, WAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE BRINGING IN SHREDDER TRUCKS TO SHRED PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PEOPLE COULD BRING THAT.
SO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR THAT AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ABILITY TO DO THAT, AT LEAST ABOUT THAT IN DALLAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
THAT'S A REALLY ONE THING PEOPLE WANT AND THEY JUST DON'T, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, EVEN SOME SMALL OFFICES HAVE LARGE, YOU KNOW, 26 BOXES OF MATERIAL THEY WANT SHREDDED.
THIS WILL SHRED IT JUST LIKE THAT.
SO YOU HAVE ANY LOTS OF RECORDS STACK? DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE THEIR HAND ON GOT THIS TRUCK TO COME.
UM, IT IS THAT WE HAVE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION, WE'D BE ABLE TO UPDATE THAT.
SOME WEBSITES WOULD PROBABLY CAN WORK ON GETTING OUR INFORMATION OVER TO THE WEBSITE FOR THE COUNTY, UM, OR SOME LINKS AND THEN ENHANCE THE CONVENIENCE STATION RECYCLING PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD GIVE US TWO CITIES THAT WILL POSSIBLY HAVE CURBSIDE RECYCLING.
AND THEN THE, THE COUNTY, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS BY JANUARY 4TH AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UM, AWARD OF THE, THE GRANT TO US.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, AROUND $250,000.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT, BUT THAT SCENE AND, UM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR IS ANY KIND OF EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL WOULD, UM, BE THE FINANCIAL AND WE WOULD WE, UH, BECOME LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION BY RESOLUTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROW.
OH, PAM, MS. MAY, UH, SHE INTRODUCE SOMEBODY.
PAM, YOU WERE SLEEPING WELL, LET'S SLEEPING.
SO SHE'LL BE HAVING APPOINTMENTS WITH YOU AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, I GUESS OUR TREE TRIMMING WITH THE BILL MOWS NOT LEAVE THE FOURTH CREEK FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT HAVE HEARING.
SO WE CAN TAKE A RULING ON EVERYTHING.
SECOND, UH, OUR OPEN REGULAR COURT FROM THE PUBLIC ON WOLF CREEK, FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT OF KAUFFMAN COUNTY MOTION MADE BY COMM SHANE, SEGMENTED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK PEAK ON THIS MATTER.
I'LL REMIND EVERYONE THAT, UH, WELL THAT THIS IS A, JUST A PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, IT'S NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER GROUP.
UH, IT'S JUST A, Y'ALL PUT, UH, YEAH, THAT'S, UH, AGO SOMEONE I BEEN DRAWING.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY TO, UH, I GUESS Y'ALL, UH, FIRST PERSON WE HAVE SIGNED UP.
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THAT'S A LAWYER'S HANDWRITING, I GUESS.
MY NAME IS CLARK LORD, UH, WITH VINCENT ELKINS.
UH, FERENCE THE DISTRICT, UH, REALLY JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'VE CALLED MOST OF YOU AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU, BUT OUR HOPE FOR TODAY IS THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
AND, UH, OUR DESIRE IS, IS THAT, UH, WE LET EVERYONE TALK AND THEN AFTER, AFTER THE HEARING, WE A FEW WEEKS OR HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS, UH, SPECIFICALLY AND, AND HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES AND THEN COME BACK, UH, WHENEVER, UH, IT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COURT AND RECONVENE THE HEARING AND PROCEED OR NOT PROCEED WITH THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT AND FILING US TO PRESENT THIS PETITION.
UH, COUNTY JUDGE RON HARRIS FROM, UH, COLLINS, COLLIN COUNTY.
HOW, HOW DO YOU HAVE IT? ANY WAY PEOPLE WANT
NO, IT TAUGHT ME VERY, UH, STRONGLY NOT TO BE LONG.
AND I'M NOT LONG WHEN I SPEAK MASON.
UH, WE WANT TO LAW IN WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF COFFIN COUNTY.
NEXT PERSON WE HAVE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IS DAVEY, UH, PRESENT.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME START OFF.
IN 1999, I BOUGHT THE PLACE RIGHT NEXT TO THE QUARRY AND PLAYING LIVE THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD REGARDING, UM, THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE THE ROAD AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A BIG, BIG PROBLEM WITH ME WHEN I BOUGHT MY PLACE SCHOOL IN WILLS POINT WAS A DIRECT ROAD THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO WILLS POINT.
THAT WAS A MAJOR ASPECT OF US BUYING THE LAND AS WELL AS POINT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WHEN I HEAR THAT A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND NOT REALLY ON AND A SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BEND OVER AND CHANGE OUR WAYS JUST SO THEY CAN HAVE THEIR PRIVATE AND CREATE A ROAD THAT, YOU KNOW, ZIGZAGS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S TO ME NOT RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE WHAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE RECLAIMING THE, THE QUARRY BACK TO A
AND THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE WANTING TO DO THAT, REALLY IT RELATES TO THIS PIPELINE HAS
THERE'S NOT REALLY A DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF HOUSING OUT IN THE LOCATION INSIDE, YOU KNOW, UM, IN GOING TO BUILD A, A FIVE, HALF A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE IS GONNA PUT IT WHERE THE LOCATION IS.
IT'S JUST, IT, IT MAKES ZERO SENSE.
OKAY? THAT'S NICE TO KNOW RIGHT HAND.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING THIS, UH, GET THE FACTS OUT THERE AND TO LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.
UH, BASICALLY I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FACTS ON THIS 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FACTS.
UH, HE'S A, THIS WHOLE THING BOILS DOWN TO TBO.
PICKENS IS JUST OUT TRYING TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
BUT IT'S ALSO THE AMERICAN WAY FOR PEOPLE FROM SOMEBODY THAT HAS MORE MONEY THINKING THAT AS IF Y'ALL HAVE THE POWER TO TURN DOWN THIS PETITION.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU CAN TURN IT DOWN AS LONG AS IT'S, THEY GOT ALL I'M GONNA ADDRESS THAT WE'VE BEEN LIVING HERE IN COFFMAN COUNTY WORTHY HOUSE OWNERS THAT MAY MOVE INTO OR MAY OR MAY NOT MOVE INTO THAT DISTRICT.
WE ARE NOT SOME GUY MA MARILLO.
AND WHAT SCARES ME MOST ABOUT THIS CAN BE DONE, IT'S NOT RIGHT.
WE ALL, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT.
IMMINENT DOMAIN IS A TOOL USED FOR, UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS INTENDED FOR, BUT THAT CAME INTO LAW YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
THEY WERE A GOOD, COULD COME IN AND MAKE THAT MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF COFFMAN COUNTY THAT ARE HERE NOW AND THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AND THAT HAVE VOTED AND ARE MAKING MONEY AT OUR EXPENSE.
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GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR AND COMMISSIONER.UH, FIRST OFF, WE GONNA RECEIVE SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM THE DEVELOP NOT BEGINNING THE 15TH DAY.
ALL SAYS THE HEARING MUST BE HAD DURING PERIOD, BE GIVEN THE 15TH DAY AND THEN WITH THE DAY RIGHT.
1520 SIXTH WAS THE FILED DATE.
THE UH, TELL US I CHALLENGE THE FORM AND ALLEGATIONS OF PETITION AND CONTEST.
THE PROPOSITION OF THE PROJECT TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY PROPOSED DISTRICT IS LOCATED.
ALL OF THESE PETITIONERS ARE NOT ON THE APPRAISAL AFFECT THE AREA.
THE SO-CALLED LARGE WATER PIPELINE WILL NOT AFFECT THAT, WHICH WILL BE USING WATER FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO SEVERAL EXISTING UTILITIES CAUSE OF TCQ.
THERE'S NO STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN POSTED TO PREVENT, TO PROTECT THE STUDY PRESENTED TO FEMA BEFORE THIS ACTIVITY STARTED.
AND JUST A NEIGHBOR I'M PROUD OF.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR KAMAN AND DO NOT BELIEVE THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THE PETITION WILL BENEFIT THE PROPERTY IN WORDS.
THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED THEIR PROJECT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AS IF THEY HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN Y'ALL'S APPROVAL WITH THE DISTRICT.
THERE ARE NO UNDERPASSES, OVERPASSES AND PROPOSED SITE.
ARE THEY GOING TO DISCLOSE THE, THIS AREA WAS A ROCK MINING SITE THAT SOME OF THESE AREAS THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD HOUSES ON, NOT START SAYING THESE DISTRICTS CAN FIND OUT ANY JUDGE FRANK COOK THE BUSINESS AND I DO NOT THINK THIS IS RIGHT.
THIS IS THE USA THERE DECISION.
UM, AT THIS TIME I ASK YOU DO NOT APPRE THANK YOU.
I LIVE OUT ON COUNTY GROVE 3 46 AND I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
TIME'S GOING GO THROUGH YOUR PROJECT.
HAVE YOU GONE TO THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, LOOKED AT THE PETITION? NO, SIR.
WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS.
YOU KNOW, I, I I DON'T SIT WELCOME ANYTIME.
WE ALSO POSTED THIS HEARING WITHIN FOUR.
EACH ONE OF 'EM, AS YOU POINT OUT, SAYS THAT PETITION IS IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
MS UH, I WANT TO EXPAND THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UH, THE FIRST PETITION WAS TURNED DOWN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW.
UH, DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
YOU CANNOT HAVE A VOTE TO CREATE THE DISTRICT SEE FIT OR AS BEING ABLE TO, IF THE DISTRICT IS CREATED, THEN THE LEGISL IN THERE.
OF COURSE, AS ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN, I THINK AS MR. MERCK POINTED OUT, THESE, THESE WERE DESIGNED TO BRING WATER AND IMPOUND WATER AND LEE, UH, AND THE COMMISSIONERS PERSONALLY OR I PERSONALLY AGREE OR DISAGREED WITH THE FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT.
UH, BUT IF IT, IF THE PETITION FULFILLS ALL THAT SAYS WE CAN DENY, THEN I'D LIKE TO, UH, MS. GROSS POINTED OUT, UH, UH, SHE FELT LIKE IT WAS A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE OF THE, UH, HOUSES OF PROOF WHEN THE SUBDIVISION TWO, UH, IF A PETITION OR, OR A SUBDIVISION PLAN IS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR A DEVELOPMENT TO, UH, AS WELL AS TCEQ PRESENTED TO THIS CO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
COMMISSIONER SHANE AND COMMISSIONER SHANE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, TABLED ANY ACTION, UH,
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REGARDING THE CREATION OF WOLF CREEK FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT AT THIS TIME.AND COMMISSIONER DOLLAR SECONDS.
IT, THE DISCUSSION OF IT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THE COURT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE ON THIS ITEM.
THAT I GONNA PRESENT THE ER THAT GETS THICKER EVERY TIME EVERY YEAR.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER RAP SECOND BY THE MOTION CARRIED.
WE'RE STILL IN SESSION UP HERE, PLEASE.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, FOR THE 2010.
EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT, THAT SONG COMES TO MIND, UH, UH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE MULE.
THIS IS IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2010 FUNERAL HAS JAZZ THAT, AND THEY WANT THE COUNTY TO REVIEW THOSE YET.
AND WE CAN CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE OR WE CAN CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IF WE DON'T THOSE DATA TO BE ACCURATE.
AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THAT.
I'D RATHER THAT WE REVIEWED IT.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN, WE CAN SEND 'EM OUR FILES AND THEY CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE OR THEIR FILES AND WE CAN REVIEW THEIR FILES TO DO THE SAME THING IN PAPER, WHICH WE'RE NOT, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
WE'VE GOT S STATED THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE THEM SEND US WHAT THEY'VE GOT AND MY JUDGE OR WHAT THEY, UH, THAT'S THE ACCIDENT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD TAKE JUST, BUT WE NEED THE COURT'S APPROVAL TO DO THIS AND KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT IT FORM TO, AND THEY CAN SEND US THEIR MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER D TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, LOCAL VOTE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING THE PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR OVERVIEW RANCH PHASE TWO TON, COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER.
IT DIDN'T BRING ME ALL THE DOCUMENT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE TO TABLE THAT.
ALL IN FAIR A MOTION CARRIES, EMBARK WANTS TO, UH, BURY A CABLE.
TRANSFERS GENERAL GOVERNMENT FOR OF OFFICE 6,800 DEDUCTION IN INTERNAL FEES.
FEES AND THE JURY BOND INCREASED GRANTED.
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, INCREASED MILEAGE, MILL AND LODGING 500 PRODUCTION JANITORIAL SERVICE EXCHANGE CAR COSTS 1001 90 WITH PRODUCTION OF OFFICE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT CHARITIES FOR AND RELIEF BOND INCREASE, DECREASE IN INVESTIGATIVE EXPENSE AND THEN CAPITAL OUTLAY A SWITCH OF $1,400 BETWEEN THE SUB COURTHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE FORMALIZED THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT Y'ALL AGREED UPON LAST WEEK ON THE COURT QUARTER SALARIES AND THE, UH, PUBLIC DEFENDER.
Y'ALL HEARD THAT LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST WOULD ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MOTION MADE BY SHANE.
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LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF WE GOT ANY BILL.UH, KENNETH BEEN A COUPLE INSTANCES WHERE CARS HAVE THAT DOES THE INSURANCE THIS EVERYBODY, THIS SHOULD GO TO THE THREE, 3003.
WELL, WHAT I'M DOING, WHAT I'M DOING, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO JUST WASH OUT 20TH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MY QUESTION IS, BECAUSE I GOT THIS, SO I SENT IT BACK TO THE SHOP AND I SENT IT BACK TO LISA.
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WE GOT NOTHING.WELL, SHE WAS OFF FRIDAY, SO THAT MAY HAVE HURT.
THAT MAY HAVE HURT YOU A LITTLE BIT.
JUDY, THANK YOU FOR THE CALENDAR.
I'VE GOT A CHECK IN THIS FIVE SOMETHING.
HE'S TRYING TO SNEAK PAST, MAKE A MOTION.
WAYNE'S MOTHER SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T IN 98, UH,
WON'T MEET NEXT MONDAY, BUT WE'LL TALKING EMPLOYEES.
THE EMPLOYEES ARE OFF ON THE 31ST.
LAURA, DID YOU GET THAT? SOMETHING? AYE.