* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] OPEN THIS UP THIS MORNING. YES. WILL Y'ALL PRAY WITH ME? I MOST GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU. THANK YOU ALWAYS FOR ALL THE BLESSING THAT YOU GIVE US, ESPECIALLY AND OTHERWISE BE TODAY. BE WITH US NOW AS WE DO THE BUSINESS OF OUR COUNTY. BE WITH OUR LEADERS OF OUR NATION. BE WITH OUR TROOPS IN HARMS WAY. THESE THINGS WE ASK YOUR SON'S NAME. AMEN. AMEN. I BELIEVE IS TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TWO FOR WHICH STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, AN INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY. JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVIDUAL. MY MIND WAS WANDERING, I GUESS AFTER Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY. I HOPE A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN THE MOTIONS. APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. MOVE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. MOTION. CARRIE, UNDER THE ROUTINE MATTERS, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL A COPY, UH, A COUPLE COPIES YOU ARE GIVEN. HOW ABOUT THE COPY OF THE, UH, NOTHING FORM? UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE, UH, FURNISHED DOWN THE SPOT ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, A REPORT OF THE PEOPLE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY THAT THEY, UH, SERVED LAST YEAR. ACTUALLY THIS WAS, UH, JUST TWO MONTHS, SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER. AND CHILDREN ZERO TO 18 YEARS THERE WERE 180 VACCINATED, 152 ADULTS FOR TOTAL OF 3 32. AND THE DOSE IS GIVEN 5 54 FOR THE CHILDREN, 180 FOR ADULTS. SO YOU SEE THAT THAT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICE OUT THERE IS QUITE BUSY. SO ANYWAY, I THOUGHT Y'ALL MIGHT, MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. OKAY, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR COUNTY TREASURER, JOHNNY JOHNNY'S GONNA CONSENT THE TREASURY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. LAST MONTH WE DISCUSSED THE CHANGE WHERE MONEY WAS COMING IN AND YOU'LL SEE THERE HOW MUCH MONEY WE ACTUALLY HAD IN THE OPERATING ACCOUNT. NOW WE HAD MORE MONEY THAT OF COURSE, OVERALL AND ALSO WE HAD CHECK WE WERE HOLDING THERE. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IN LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR IN NOVEMBER OF OH SIX, WE TOOK IT $6.3 MILLION IN THE OPERATING ACCOUNT IN NO ACCOUNT. THIS YEAR BECAME 1.3 MILLION. THE FIRST TWO WAS THE FISCAL YEAR. UH, THIS YEAR DROPPED FROM 7.4 MILLION, 2.8 MILLION AND ALL CAME IN DECEMBER. WHAT'S THAT MEAN TO US? ACTUALLY, YOUR BUDGET TIME THAT THE RULE'S GONNA CHANGE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. IT WON'T BE THE FIRST MONTH BUDGET, SO TO SPEAK. YOU CAN'T SPEND ANY MONEY. THERE WON'T BE ANY CARS BORROW BUY IN MY ESTIMATION. I TOLD OFF DECEMBER, JANUARY OUR PURCHASE BECAUSE THE MONEY JUST NOT COME IN. IT'S ONLY REASON COULD BE DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR. [00:05:01] I HEARD DICK STORY ABOUT THE, THE MARCH COMING IN UNTIL DECEMBER. HAVE TO, IS THAT MOSTLY BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING THAT DISCOUNT? IF YOU PAY IT'S MORTGAGE, MORTGAGE HOLDING BACK, YOU RE UP. EXCEPT THEY HOLDING A MILLION SALES DISCOUNT. ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. NO. MAD. SECOND. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER RED. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. I SUPPOSE THERE'S NOT EVEN REAL REASON TO WORRY UNLESS IT DOESN'T COME IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY. DECEMBER FEW . YEAH, THIS REPORT'S JUST TO THE END OF NOVEMBER. THIS IS NOT COVERED. NEXT IS DISCUSS. CONSIDER ADDING ADDITIONAL LONG DISTANCE LINES TO THE CURRENT SPRINT CONTRACT. JACK. GOOD MORNING. UH, JUDGE, YOU'RE AWARE WE HAVE A, A CONTRACT WITH SPRINT FOR LONG DISTANCE SERVICE. UH, GEORGE YORK, OUR IT DIRECTORS ARE WORKING WITH, UH, SPRINT ON SOME LINES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT WITH SPRINT AND, UH, HAS FOUND BETTER PRICING. SO WE LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THOSE PHONE LINES, UH, SAME TO THE COUNTY AND HAVE A CONTRACT HERE. COMMISSIONER SHANE, MAKE THE MOTION TO DO THAT. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROUTING. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE, UH, ESTABLISHED THE HOLIDAYS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2008, THE SAME ONES WE HAD LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, SET THOSE HOLIDAYS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TELLER. ALL IN FAIR? AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE HAVE A DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVEMENT REQUEST FROM ELECTRIC TO CONSTRUCT ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SELFIES ALONG ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 2 33. RIGHT? IS THAT YOUR YES SIR. MINE. ALL THAT'S FINE WITH IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR? A MOTION CARRIED. NOW WOULD WE HAVE ANY LINE ITEMS? YES SIR, WE DO. IF Y'ALL GET OUT TOO EARLY, WE PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW INCREASED MISCELLANEOUS 500 DEDUCTION OF MILE APPEAL OF WATCHING TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR INCREASE OFFICE FURNITURE EQUIPMENT, 600 PRODUCTION OF OPERATING CONSTANT PRECINCT. THREE INCREASE BONDS, 100 PRODUCTION AND OFFICE FURNITURE, DA HOT CHECK BOND INCREASE, OFFICE SUPPLIES 2000 WITH REDUCTION IN TRAINING AND IN RECORDS MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE A, A SHIFT BETWEEN EXTRA HELP AND SALARIES OF UH, 29,000. WHERE IS THAT IN? UH, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, NOT IN THE GENERAL BOND. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO CERTIFY NEW REVENUE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AREA FOR A GRANT OF 13,966 BUDGETED FOR EQUIPMENT AND INCREASE IN THE FIRE FIRE CODE FUND FOR PARTS OF AFFAIRS OF 2000. GENERALLY Y'ALL HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST. WE TAKE MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAIR TO SAY? AYE. A MOTION CARRIES AND I GUESS WE OUGHT YES. [00:10:24] HAVE MANY. I HAD THE JACK AND IT WAS WELL, YOU KNOW. NO, NO, IT'S JUST, UH, THE JUDGES, WE, WE USE THAT. I'M SAYING WE MAY BE CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DID THAT MUCH WHEN YOU DEBIT. WHEN YOU DEBIT AND IT ACCOUNT, YOU TAKE IT AWAY WHEN CREDIT IT, PUT IT IN. [00:15:05] THAT'S ONE THE BANK. CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT. THAT'S YOU SUPPOSED, BUT YOU WANTED THAT CREDIT. THAT'S A CREDIT TO YOUR, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. CREDIT, DON'T WORRY. IT'S JUST A CREDIT. EVERY TIME I GET THAT PRINTOUT EVERY WEEK I CROSS OUT CREDIT. CREDIT. I UNDERSTAND. JOHNNY'S BACKWARDS, ISN'T IT? JOHNNY'S CREDITS DEBITS ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOURS. THEY CAN'T BE . IT MAY BE SHORT CREDIT BANKS, THE BANK CREDITS. ARE YOU A DEBIT? OTHERWISE WE'VE ONLY COME OUT THE SAME. EVERY DEBIT HAS CREDIT WAS EASY. LET'S SEE, SHE WENT FULL TIME. FIVE. WE MADE THAT SWITCH. AND THEN IF THAT'S A BUDGET, WAS IT IN THE BUDGET LAST LAST YEAR? THEY HAD IT BROKEN OUT OR THEY DIDN'T BREAK IT OUT? BROKE OUT. 60,000 IN THERE. THEY BROKE IT OUT. BUT THEN THIS YEAR IT DIDN'T GET BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN EXTRA SALARY. WE TORE THAT. WE DID IT. BUDGETS. WE DON'T SEE THAT. SO HOLD THIS. TELL SURE, TELL I AT THEY COME RIGHT DOWN. DID YOU GET A BILL CABLE? I, IN MONEY BACK WHAT? I WANTED WATER COMPANY ROAD AND OUT MY ROAD FIXED IT BILL TO EIGHT, NINE MONTHS AGO I FINALLY TOOK IT TO THE D EIGHT, THE LEG STATUTE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT WITH AT T WHERE THEY HAD FIBER, OPTICAL CABLES, IN OUR DITCH LINE AND IT WAS, IT WASN'T EVEN UNDERGROUND AT ALL. SO I CALLED TO COME OUT AND BASICALLY WHAT SHE TOLD ME WAS THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE ATTORNEYS THAN YOU DO. WE'LL PUT THAT RIGHT WHERE WE WANT TO PUT IT ANYTIME WE WANT TO. SO I TOLD HER, I SAID MONDAY WE'RE GONNA BE OUT HERE. WE'RE GONNA DIG UP THAT DITCH SLIDE. IF THAT BOX IS THERE, WE'RE GONNA DIG IT UP. AND SHE GOT SOME OTHER GUY COME OUT WHO WAS A REALLY NICE GUY. REALLY IS. YEAH. TELL HIM WHAT THE UTILITY CODE SAYS ON 24 INCHES. WELL I PULLED, I PULLED OUR EASEMENT AGREEMENT AND IT, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY DON'T EASEMENT AGREEMENT ANYWAY. I TOLD HER WHAT I SHOWED HER WHAT IT SAID. SHE DIDN'T CARE. THE OTHER GUY STATUTE GIVES AN EASEMENT. THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT ON ANY OF OUR EASEMENTS. YEAH, MY STATUSES. BUT I'M SURE THEY DID HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, THIS THING WAS STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND. IT WASN'T EVEN BURIED GROUND. I HAVEN'T PROBLEM. AND SHE JUST WASN'T GOING. SHE JUST TOLD ME THAT YOU TAKE US TO COURT, WE DON'T REALLY CARE. THE OTHER GUY CAME OUT, HE BURIED THE THING DOWN [00:20:01] ON THERE. THIS GOES TO JOHNNY. IS THAT PART OF HIS SALARY? NEXT, NEXT TIME. ISN'T HE ? THAT'S RIGHT. I'M NOT BUYING HIS ANYMORE. I I DID LOOK, YOU TALK ABOUT ONE POINT HERE SAID PBS GETTING, I'M SURPRISED. NO, THEY'RE STILL ON ANOTHER NO, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THE PICTURE. GET IT OVER. YES. FIRE AND, BUT ALL OF OUR GUYS, WE GET THOSE ALL. I'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS. WE'VE GOT ONE LINE THAT WAS VERY REST OF THEM UNDER. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER, THEY'VE ALWAYS JUST, [00:25:06] THEY'RE ALWAYS REALLY RIGHT CLOSE TO THEIR DRIVEWAY. I'M WAITING FOR THOSE CALLS SO FAR. I KNOW SOME OF THEM ACCORDING I CALL CAN YOU GET SOME SAUCE? JUST CUT THAT, SHRED IT, HIS BUDGET, WHATEVER IT WAS. WHATEVER THE, WE'RE GONNA GET SOME QUESTION ANSWERED. WE'RE GONNA GET OH YEAH. ASK ME ANYTHING. TAPE RECORDER. WE'LL HAVE SOME. MOSTLY WE'LL JUST SAY, WELL THE PURCHASING AGENT TOLD US THIS. ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE, WE QUESTIONS. HE SAYS GONNA BLAME PERSON, EVERYBODY. ANYWAY. SO CAN YOU APPEAL FOR BULLETPROOF LIST OR I MIGHT HAVE. WELL CAN YOU WORK BACK WHEN YOU PUT OVER YOUR REAR COMMERCIAL? I MADE YOUR RECEIPT. SHE SAID YEAH, THAT, THAT WORK. . SO TOMORROW HAD TO MEET THE KENNEDY TONIGHT. YEAH, HE GONNA LET YOU PROBABLY JUST, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE A LOT OF SPEECHES. WE CAN'T BECAUSE THERE'S 22 PEOPLE RUNNING OVER TOO. THAT'S RIGHT ON DOING THOSE NUMBERS. SRS 42 AT MY ANTIQUE CAR TOOK PICTURES OF IT UNDERNEATH DOWN THE FRONT THAT YEAH, HE, I GAVE HIM A SET OF SCREENS AND I TOLD HIM HE COULD HAVE SOME, SOME CHAIN. REALLY MEET GUY. WHO'S THAT WESLEY OVER THERE WHERE HE HAD SHOW. OH, OH YEAH. I IS HE THE ONE THAT'S THE PHOTOGRAPHER? I SEND HIM AN EMAIL PICTURE OF IT, TAKE A LOOK AT OH, DIDN'T, YEAH, [00:30:01] NOT ALWAYS ON SATURDAY. AND WE HAD ANOTHER NEWBIE RIGHT HERE AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE STOP LIKE THAT. AND UM, THIS GUY, HE CLOSER TODAY, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS GUY FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T KNOW, HE DIDN'T, AFTER EVERYBODY WAS SEE AND HE WAS SO CATCH ONE OF THEM TO, BECAUSE HE HAD A WINDSHIELD I GUESS WITH SOME KIND OF BUMP ON IT AND IT HIT JESSE'S HANDLEBAR, YOU KNOW. AND SO HE STOPPED LIKE RIGHT HERE. BUT OF COURSE JESSE WAS ON EDGE, HIT THE BIKE AND YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE I LEVEL, YOU KNOW, LIKE HE DID WHEN I FELL DOWN AND I WAS JUST LIKE, I GOT IT. SO I MEAN YESTERDAY, IT'S LIKE A HONDA. WELL, SMALL LIKE THAT. DEFINITELY QUESTION BECAUSE WE WEST RIGHT OVER HERE. HERE'S IN DALLAS WEST. TOLD DAVE, YOU KNOW, HE SCARE ME. HE SAYS HE'LL PUSH, HE'LL PUSH YOU INTO THE OTHER LANE. HE GOES, HE SPEEDS UP AND HE BRAKES UP, HITS HIS BRAKES. AND I KNOW HE WROTE NEXT TO HIM, ARKANSAS SAID, HE GOES, I, BUT WHAT? IT'S HARD TO SAY HE DIDN'T RIDE WITH CAR, BUT, BUT IT'S LIKE DAVE SAID, IF HE WAS BACK, YOU KNOW, HE WAS WAY, WAY BACK HERE AND SCARED. HE HIT SO UP. I GUESS I MORE DIFFICULT, YOU GET IN TOWN, YOU'RE OUT SMALL ROW WHATEVER TO, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE [00:35:02] TRY THING IN MIND IS YOU HAVE TO GO WITH WITH THAT. SO YOU GOT THE OTHER GUY THAT SECOND OR THREE BEEN THERE? EIGHT. ARE YOU SURE THAT I'M SEEING YOU SOMETHING? YOU KNOW PATRIOT GUARD HERE, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT I SAW THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. HE WAS ON 2 76 AND ONE DID NOT SEE HIM. YOU KNOW, HE'S OUT THERE. DID NOT, I MEAN TIRES ARE SQUEALING EVERYTHING ELSE. AND YOU JUST THINK TO YOURSELF, OH MY, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE RIGHT, WHERE ARE ALL THOSE GUYS? WOULD YOU GIVE COMMISSIONER MAKES A MOTION. MR. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? SOMEBODY SECONDS IT AND EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS YES, PAY THE BILL. JIM, WE GOT, WE GOT STOPPED BY THE D PS THE OTHER DAY ON ONE OF OUR TRUCKS. I GUESS WE'RE GOING DOWN 20 GOING AND HE CLOSED US OVER AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A TARP ON IT, SO HE DIDN'T GIVE US A TICKET, BUT HE SAID, IF I SEE ANOTHER TRUCK OUT HERE WITHOUT A TRUCK ON IT, I'M GONNA STOP EVERY TRUCK YOU HAVE COME BY. AND HE SAID YOU WILL BE OVERWEIGHT. SO WE'RE PUTTING TARS ON ALL I JUST, IS THAT WHY YOU ASKED ME TO HAUL THAT RIGHT FOR YOU? YEAH. IF YOU HAVE ANY WITHOUT ANY TARS ON TAR. TAR DIDN'T IT? IT CAME WITH A TRUCK PARK? YEAH. OH YEAH. IT'S WORTH GOING. BUT HE WAS, HE, WHAT HE WAS SAYING WAS THAT YOU BETTER NOT HAVE ANY OUT THERE WITHOUT PARK ON, ACCORDING TO HIM. COST US ABOUT 1,000 BUCKS A TRUCK. NEW DBSI THINK IT WAS A HIGHWAY TRUCK. YEAH, WE PUT IT ON OURSELVES. IT COST 800 BUCKS TO HAVE IT PUT ON BUT WE JUST PUT IT ON. YEAH, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. ANYWAY. UH, NOTHING HAPPENED THE REST OF THE WEEK THAT I CAN THINK OF. JUST WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK. UH, SEE Y'ALL NEXT MONDAY. COMMISSIONER SAYS HE'S READY TO GO. WHO'S HAVE TO GO? MR. SHANE SAYS HE, I MADE THE MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS. YOU WERE GOSSIPING. YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT. I 66 ADJOURNED. JIM, THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. COMMISSIONER SHANE. SECOND. MOTION TO ADJOURN, BUT COMMISSIONER SECOND. THE MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. PAYING THE BILLS. WELL, I DUNNO, SOME OF THEM MAKE ADJOURNS MOST WELL, MOST IMPORTANT. [00:40:01] I READY TO ADJOURN. I'VE GOT LOT OF STUFF I GOT. OKAY, WELL LET'S GO ON. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY A MOTION. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.