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OUR MOST GRACIOUS HEAVEN PROBLEM WITH COMING TO YOU THIS DAY, THANKING YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.
WE THANK YOU TODAY FOR OUR REIGN.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS KEEPING US IN YOUR WILL TODAY AS WE DO OUR COUNTY BUSINESS, PLEASE BE WITH US, ALSO BE WITH OUR CULTURE IN HARM'S WAY, BE WITH THE LEADERS OF OUR NATION.
THESE THINGS WE ASK FOR YOUR SON'S NAME.
UH, Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THE I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR HONOR FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE UNDER GOD ONE.
THAT'S SO UP IN JANUARY, MY MIND'S ALWAYS IN A FOG.
SO, UM, FOUR YEARS AGO WAS WHEN IT WAS REALLY FOGGY.
NOW Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDED COPIES, MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.
IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DELLER.
HAVE A, UH, REPORT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL.
DID Y'ALL KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT HAVE FORMED A SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BACK IN 2002, FORMED A POWER POOL FOR US TO JOIN TOGETHER AND BUY OUR ELECTRICAL, UH, NEEDS FROM, UH, THROUGH THE POOL AND, UH, THE LAW.
IT REQUIRES, UM, THAT THE POOL ADVISE EACH MEMBER, UH, HOW THEIR STATUS WAS.
SO THIS REFLECTS, AND THE ONE THAT I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN IS THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS IT SHOWS $140,000 SAVINGS.
THIS IS HOW MUCH WE SAVED IN 2006 BY BEING A MEMBER OF THIS POOL OVER WHAT THE NORMAL COST OUT IN THE PUBLIC WAS.
UH, WE HAD OUR MEETING FRIDAY, THE BOARD DIRECTORS HAD A MEETING FRIDAY AND WE, UH, UH, ARE LOOKING INTO POSSIBLY GETTING INTO PURCHASING NATURAL GAS OURSELVES.
UM, AND, UH, IF WE COULD DO THAT, THEN MAKING LONG-TERM CONTRACTS ON NATURAL GAS, UH, THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT FIGURE GO, UH, GO MUCH, MUCH MORE IN SAVINGS.
ALSO, UH, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN DOING TWO YEAR CONTRACTS AND WE'RE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF GOING TO FOUR YEAR CONTRACT TO LOCK, UH, LESSER RIGHT IN FOR FOUR YEARS.
UM, THE HIRE PEOPLE ARE NOT TOO HAPPY WITH THAT, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW WE DO.
ANYWAY, WE STARTED OUR NEGOTIATIONS IN MARCH OF 2009.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO DEREGULATION.
I, WE GO BACK TO THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
SO THEY NEED TO, UH, LOOK AT, GOOD.
YOUR NOTE AT THE TOP IS, IS, UH, IS CORRECT THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE.
DID YOU GET THAT TO GEORGE'S ALREADY SENT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS.
MR. HOWELL JONES, OUR COUNTY AUDITOR HAS THE REPORT FOR
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DECEMBER.THIS REPORT WILL LAY ON MY DESK THIS WEEK IF Y'ALL WANNA COME BY AND SEE HOW THE FUNDS WERE SAVED AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT FILING.
I MAY MOTION MADE BY OUR COMMISSIONER ROUND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
UH, NEXT WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION.
CONSIDER PURCHASING A DUMP TRUCK OR SOME PRECINCT THROUGH THE BOARD CONTRACT.
I I PUT ON THEIR PRECINCT TWO.
UH, I'M SURE JUROR HAD NO PROBLEM WITH TWO PAYING FOR IT.
THE REQUEST IS FROM PRECINCT ONE.
PRECINCT TWO HAS TO PAY FOR IT THEN THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT.
YEAH, THE TOTAL PRICE OF $96,815.
AND THAT IS ON THE BUYBOARD PROGRAM WITH THE, UH, BUYBACK LESS 6,000.
THE SAME PROGRAM WE DID ON ONE BEFORE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE THEN.
AND, UH, GLEN REMINDED ME THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT OF CHIP SEAL THIS THIS SUMMER AND THEY WE'LL NEED, UH, SPRING SINCE THE WEATHER BORN, WE'LL NEED MORE TRUCKS TO GET THE, UH, AGGREGATE IN AND OUT.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO ONE MORE OF THOSE.
UH, WE DISCUSSED AFTER WE SAW THE MISTAKE THERE, WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD DO IT TODAY OR IF WE HAD TO PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK.
AND WE, AND WE DETERMINED THAT SINCE IT IS PURCHASING A TRUCK AND JUST BECAUSE WE HAD THE WRONG, UH, TYPE GRAPPL CLEAR ON THE WRONG PRECINCT, IT WOULDN'T MATTER.
WE STILL GO AHEAD AND DO IT TODAY.
HE DOES HAVE TO PAY FOR WHEN HE COMES THROUGH YOU.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SIGNING AN OVERRID FOR COOPERATIVE PERSON PROGRAM WITH THE CITY OF KE JUDGE.
UH, I'D LIKE THE CITY OF KEMP APPROACHED COMMISSIONER LER, UH, WANT TO UTILIZE THE PRICE THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CONTRACT FOR MATERIAL.
UH, THIS AGREEMENT WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW THAT.
IT WILL ALSO ALLOW THEM TO BACK OFF ANY CONTRACT I'M WITH.
AND COMMISSIONER GENERAL MAKES THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL SECOND IT ALL IN PRIVACY.
CARRIE, DO YOU HAVE THE SIGN, THE SIGNED DOCUMENT? I THINK THE JUDGE, YOU THINK JUDGE HAS IT? OKAY.
I WOULD DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT SOMEWHERE WITH THE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMEWHERE WITH THE CITY OF CRANDALL AND THEY CALLED, THEY GOT A BETTER PRICE THAN WE HAD THE SAME MATERIAL, SO THEY DIDN'T NEED US.
NEXT, LET'S DISCUSS, CONSIDER ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR WASTE DISPOSAL FOR PRECINCT FOUR ECO STATION.
JUDGE, AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE ANY DATES FOR YOU.
UH, MARILYN IS WAITING, UH, ON A DECISION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL FORWARD AND THAT WILL AFFECT THE SPECIFICATIONS.
SO I'M REQUESTING HIS PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE AND ONCE WE GET ALL THAT CLARIFIED, THEN WE'LL PUT THE BID OUT, BUT WE'RE NOT YET.
COMMISSIONER WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL SECOND MOTION.
REVEREND, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT OR? WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE PAPER, UM, RIGHT NOW OUT OF THERE AT CARDBOARD, AND I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT MORE NUMBERS AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A VALUE TO US AND TO YOU TO DO SOME OF THE RECYCLING.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE, THE REASONS THAT WE'VE DONE IT.
AND SO I, I JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND WE JUST REALIZED THAT THE CONTRACT WAS COMING UP REALLY SOON, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
IF WE CAN DO THAT, MARILYN FEELS THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER DEAL ON SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES THE WAY, THE WAY WE'RE PAYING FOR THE PAPER AND STUFF.
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THIS IS JUST OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE.WE VOTED ALL IN FAVOR, RIGHT? YES.
UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROVEN TIME AND MATERIAL COSTS WERE REPAIRED TO THIRD STREET IN KEN.
IS THAT IN, UH, IS THAT IN EVERYBODY'S PACKET? MM-HMM
UH, THE CITY OF KEMP HAS A SUBDIVISION THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO UPGRADE THE ROAD TO THE SUBDIVISION.
OF COURSE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, I, I'VE MADE IT A, UH, INTO A SCOPE OF WORK BECAUSE THE CITY OF KEMP WILL BE DOING, UH, ITEMS, UH, RIGHT OF WAYS.
THEY'LL BE MARKING THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THEY'LL HAVE TO GO TO DIG TEST, THEY HAVE TO REPLACE A CERTAIN COLOR OR EXTEND IT.
UH, AND THEY'LL FURNISH THE WATER FOR LIME STABILIZATION AND THEY'LL DO THE TRAFFIC CONTROL.
UH, ON THE SECOND PAGE, UH, THIS IS WHAT THE COUNTY, UH, HAS COMMITTED TO.
UM, AND THAT'S THE LISTING IS THE COST, UH, OF TIME AND MATERIAL.
I HAVE AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DOCUMENT HERE.
DO YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL? I DON'T HAVE THE, I'VE GOT A COPY.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WAS CARRYING THAT KATHY KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING.
TAKE ONE BACK TO JUST UH, HOW LONG IS THIS LITTLE ON TWO BLOCKS.
HE KNOWS THERE WERE WHITE WHICH MADE BY, UH, WHAT WAS THAT? I MISSED.
COMMISSIONER CLARK SAYING ABOUT COMMISSIONER ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
YEAH, THERE'S TWO ORIGINALS SO I CAN JUST TAKE ONE BACK.
THE MAYOR, THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR AMERICAN WOMEN IN 2004 WAS HEART ATTACK.
IT'S THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN REGARDLESS OF RACE OR AUTHENTICITY.
IT ALSO STRIKES AT YOUNGER AGES THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK.
AND THE RISK RISES IN MIDDLE AGE AND TWO THIRDS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE HEART ATTACKS NEVER FULLY RECOVER.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY THE FIRST IS GOING TO BE DECLARED RED DRESS DAY.
SO, UM, SANDRA COBB WITH THE UH, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF UH, HEALTH SERVICES SENT THIS, UH, DOWN AND ASKED THAT WE, UH, PUT ON OUR AGENDA AND DECLARE FEBRUARY THE FIRST RED ADDRESS DAY IN KATON COUNTY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
DO WE HAVE ANY LINE ITEM TRANSFER? YES SIR.
IN JP THREE WHO PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFER, INCREASE THE COST OF BONDS, $50 REDUCTION IN THIS LAND.
ADDITIONALLY, ROAD PRECINCT TWO.
WE WERE CERTIFYING ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $69,000 FOR SALE OF EQUIPMENT AND BUDGETING THAT FOR NEW EQUIPMENT.
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Y'ALL HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST? I ASSUME COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.AND UH, IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER LER WILL SECOND IT.
A MOTION CARRIES THEN I GUESS WE OUGHT TO PAY A BILL INFORMATION NEXT TIME I CALL.
YOU GOT A CALL FROM, I TOOK A OH.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING ALL THIS IS JUST FOR PRECINCT ONE.
IT'S JUST A RECAP OF DECEMBER.
IS IT JUST DECEMBER OR THROUGH DECEMBER? WELL, BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNTS WILL BE THROUGH DECEMBER, BUT THE OKAY.
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I THINK THIS IS GREAT.BY THE TIME WE GET IT DONE, HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB.
I TRIED ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONES THAT CAME FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
SOME KIND OF, I LOOKED, THOUGHT I SHOULDA SAID THIS.
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THINK REALLY? YEAH, THEY'RE TRYING TO BREAK INTO IT AGAIN THIS TIME.IT WAS A I THE, THE, I WAS GONNA SAY HOW DID WE CALLED P TWO GUY.
HE SHOWED, HE SAID, I COME OUT SHOW YOU HOW TO IT.
I'M GUARANTEE HE'S YOU GONNA GUARANTEE YOU GONNA SHOW US HOW TO DO IT.
YOU SEND THE STUFF UP HERE, YOU COME TOMORROW.
SO WE PUT WON'T IF GARY, J-A-J-E-R-A-L-D.
CAN THAT BE JERRY? I'LL SEE WHAT WE COULD DO.
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I'LL FIND, I'LL FIND YOU LATER.BUT JUST DON'T LET ME GET TOO FAR, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM IT.
JUST GIMME A SHOUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
LAST TIME SOME DIDN'T TAKE SERIOUS KNOW WHAT THEY, WHEN ED LEFT, THEY, I DIDN'T.
I THINK IT'S IS CURRENT AS YOU KNOW, DRIVER'S LICENSE AND COURT RECORDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS FOR.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS FIXING.
AND IT'S UH, IT'S NATIONAL AND WE'RE EXPECTING NO, I THINK IT'S SELECT STATES.
OH, THE STATES THAT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE I WAS, I WOULD RATHER EXPENSES UP OR DOWN FROM HERE.
THE SHERIFF'S, WE CLEANED UP THAT ONLY ONE OF THEM.
THIS ONE, THIS ROAD, THE ROAD TWO.
NO THREE MATERIALS RIGHT THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE CHEAPER THAN, LIKE I SAID, WOULD YOU HAVE 400? STOP VAN HAVE WHAT? 400 STOP VAN.
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OH, STOP PRECINCT.BE LEGITIMATE NUMBER THIS STOP SIGN.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE BOYS SAID I'S NOT A, IT COULD BE, MAYBE IT'S, BUT THE INTERSECTIONS, YOU KNOW, FOUR WHATEVER INTERSECTION.
I WAS LOOKING, GETTING ON STOP SIGNS.
PRIMARILY START OFF WITH GET ON THOSE SIGNS.
HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU SEEN THE UH, PLASTIC, THE VINYL STOP SIGN? YOU KNOW WHEN THEY DEFACE 'EM, THERE'S A VINYL ONE.
JUST PEEL THE BACK OFF AND STICK IT RIGHT UNDER THERE.
WELL, THEY STEAL THE WHOLE SIGN OVER THERE.
AND SOMETIMES THEY TURN 'EM BACKWARDS.
RADIO, WE NEED TO PAY THE BILLS.
COMMISSIONER SHANE SAYS IT'S OKAY WITH HIM.
MR. CLARK SAYS HE'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
UH, WILL, UH, UH, SEE Y'ALL HERE MONDAY.
UH, COMMISSIONER DILLER MAKES A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND COMMISSIONER CLARK.