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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME, OUR MOST GRACIOUS HEAVEN FATHER WOULD COME TO YOU THIS TODAY THANKING YOU MANY PLACES.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE WEATHER THAT YOU BRING US, THE CHANGE TODAY.
AS WE DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY, WE ASK YOU TO LOOK HONEST WITH FAVOR AND THAT WE DO THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT MANNER FOR YOU.
ALSO BE WITH OUR TROOPS IN HARM'S WAY, BE WITH THE LEADERS OF OUR NATION.
THESE THINGS WE ASK YOUR SON'S NAME, AMEN.
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION OF GOD AND INDIVISIBLE, WHO LIBERTY AND JUSTICE SOGI TO BE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING OR ANY ADDITIONS ARE CORRECTIONS.
IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
AND JACK, I SAW SOMEONE SIGNING UP TO SIGN SUSPICIOUS MORNING.
UH, BEFORE I TAKE THIS FIRST ITEM UP.
FIRST PERSON WE HAVE TO SPEAK.
UH, IS THIS ON THE FIRST ITEM, DALE? YES, SIR.
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT TODAY.
I'M REP, I'M REPRESENTING FARM BUREAU.
I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR FARM BUREAU.
UH, IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, THE GOVERNOR VETO A EMINENT DOMAIN BILL THAT WAS ON HIS DESK.
AND HE SAID THAT THE REASON THAT HE VETOED IT WAS BECAUSE THE GOVERNORS, THE COMMISSIONERS, AND THE MAYORS IN TEXAS WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT AND DID NOT SUPPORT IT.
SO WE HAVE A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WE'RE CARRYING TO EVER COMMISSIONER, EVERY JUDGE, AND THE THREE LARGEST, THE MAYORS ARE THE THREE LARGEST CITIES IN TEXAS, UH, OR EACH COUNTY IN TEXAS.
AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE THESE TO YOU.
AND IF, UH, Y'ALL LOOK OVER 'EM, IF YOU AGREE WITH HER, IF YOU FILLED THE SURVEY OUT, IT ANSWERS YES OR NO.
AND IF YOU FIGURE, FILL IT OUT FOR ME AND JUST, UH, PUT IT BACK IN THE LETTER AND MAIL IT TO ME, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
SURE WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE IT.
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THESE OTHERS WE'LL TAKE UP AS WE COME TO 'EM.UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSED.
CONSIDER PROVING THE LEDGE OF AMENDMENT FOR THE GENERAL FUND UNDER SECTION ONE 11.01, ONE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE PURCHASE OF COUNTY PROPERTY OF $750,000.
AND TO ESTABLISH A NEW FUND FOR THE VIETNAM WALL TO BUDGET REVENUES DON DONATIONS BY 50,000 AND EXPENDITURES FOR PURCHASE OF THE WALL BY 50,000.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH THAT.
WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION LAST WEEK.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED CONSIDER AUTHORIZED AND PURCHASING AGENT TO NEGOTIATE THE PURCHASE OF LAND FOR PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
AND WE HAVE, UM, UH, STEVEN DAVIS HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT MATTER.
HE'D COME ON UP, SIR, AND USE THE MICROPHONE.
HE LIVES, UH, 16 7 51 LAKE RAY, HUB DRIVE, LAKE RAY, HUB DRIVE FOR, UH, THANK YOU JUDGE.
UH, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ON RAYO DRIVE, UH, AND MYSELF, ALL OF US TAXPAYERS AND DOERS, UH, WANT TO COME TO DISCUSS THIS PROPOSED PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY NEXT TO THE SUB COURT HOUSE IN MORNING.
UM, OVER THE YEARS, MONEY HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM OUR PRECINCT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED ON RAILROAD DRIVE AND OTHER ROADS.
AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES THAT, THAT THERE'S NOT THE MONEY ALL.
WELL, NOW WE SEE THAT APPARENTLY THERE IS NEW FUNDS OR ADDITIONAL FUNDS, TAX MONEY AVAILABLE TO POTENTIALLY BUY THIS PROPERTY AT AN INFLATED RATE.
CERTAINLY ON THE ROAD TAX ROLL, JUST NOT APPRAISED FOR ANYWHERE NEAR THE AMOUNT.
I ASSUME THE 750,000 IS THE PURCHASE PRICE.
AND, UH, I STOOD UP HERE BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT TAXES AND TAX INCREASE, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD, WELL, SHOW US WHERE WE CAN CUT SPENDING.
AND I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT HERE IS ONE PLACE AMONG OTHERS THAT SPENDING COULD BE CUT.
UH, I SEE VERY LITTLE USE OR NEED FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AT THIS TIME, PARTICULARLY IN THE SITUATIONS GOING TO ENRICH MR. ROSELL THIS GREAT EXTENT BECAUSE, UH, IN DISCUSSION IN PAST TIMES ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES, WELL, IT'S WHAT IT SELLS FOR AND WHAT IT'S APPRAISED FOR IS COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO SELL FOR.
AND IT SEEMS A GREAT DISFAVOR TO THE TAXPAYERS OF KAUFFMAN COUNTY TO EVEN CONSIDER THE IDEA OF AN EXORBITANT FEE FOR PROPERTY THAT APPARENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY USE FOR RIGHT NOW.
IF ADDITIONAL PARKING IS NEEDED FOR, SAY, ELECTION TIME, THEN THEN RENT THE LAND FROM HIM FOR A WEEK OR WHATEVER'S NEEDED.
SO WE ON RAY RIVER DRIVE, IT FELL FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'RE BEING TAXED, BUT WE DON'T EVER SEEM TO REAP A BENEFIT FROM OUR POSITION AS TAXPAYERS INMAN COUNTY.
WE CAN'T EVEN GET OUR ROAD PATCHED IN A DECENT WAY.
AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A REFLECTION ON RAY OR ANYBODY ELSE, IT'S JUST THAT IT HASN'T HAPPENED AND THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING ON THIS DAY PATCHING THE POT, BUT IT REALLY NEEDED.
BUT PERSONALLY, I STAND AGAINST ANY KIND OF PURCHASE LIKE THIS WHEN THERE'S AT LEAST ONE ROAD IN OUR PRECINCT THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED FOR YEARS AND DESPERATELY NEEDS TO BE, UH, NOT JUST RESURFACED, BUT REFILLED, UH, RANCH ROAD, VALLEY VIEW ROAD UNIVERSITY, RITA ROAD.
OTHER ROADS IN OUR AREA HAVE BEEN REDONE RECENTLY AND REDONE RIGHT.
WITH BASE WORK AND, UH, SEAL COAT AND PAVING ALL.
SO I THINK I SPEAK FOR US AS A GROUP.
WE COME TO STAND AGAINST PARK PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY AND WOULD CALL FOR THIS.
IF THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR SPENDING, UH, DISCRETIONARY
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SPENDING, THEN CERTAINLY WE, WE CALL FOR THAT MONEY TO BE SPENT ON OUR ROAD.SO WE FEEL LIKE AT LEAST WE'RE, UH, ON EQUAL STANDING IN KAMAN COUNTY WITH THE REST OF THE TAXPAYERS, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION ON THIS CLAIM.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS FRED LANDIS, UH, SPEAKING ON THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY IN POINT.
I APPRECIATE IF YOU'D REMOVE YOUR HAT, PLEASE.
UH, ROBERT STEWART SHOULD BE ON ROBERT'S ON HERE.
I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF WE HAD SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA REGARDING THE BURN VAN.
SO, BUT ROBERT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND LISTEN TO YOU WHILE WE'RE LISTENING TO PEOPLE.
MAYOR STEWART, I'M SORRY, I SHOULD SAY THE TITLE AND A DOLLAR BILL WILL GET YOU A CUP OF COFFEE NEARLY ANYWHERE.
WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME, GENTLEMEN.
UH, I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, A POSSIBLE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN KAMAN COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF SCURRY TO ENFORCE THE BURN BAN IN KAMAN COUNTY.
IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT, UH, THE COUNTY CANNOT ENFORCE THE BURN BAN WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY HALFWAY CORRECT.
I THINK IF THE FIRE MARSHAL WERE TO SEE, UH, HE MIGHT GO TALK TO THE INDIVIDUALS, BUT WHETHER HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY CITE THOSE PEOPLE, I DUNNO.
BUT, UH, UH, BECAUSE NORMALLY MOST CITY CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN CITY ORDINANCES AND WE, WE STAY AWAY FROM ENFORCING CITY ORDINANCES VERY WELL.
UH, WHAT I WOULD MARK WOULD BE TO MAKE A FORMAL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR TOWN AND THE COUNTY TO GO AHEAD AND ENFORCE THE BURN BAND AGREEMENTS BECAUSE OUR GRASS BURNED JUST ABOUT AS HOT AS COUNTY.
AND THAT'S THE POINT THAT I'M HERE ABOUT.
AND, UH, I WOULD, I HAVE TALKED TO, UH, THE, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE CHIEF IN SCURRY.
I'VE ALSO TALKED TO MR. LUKE AND MR. LARRY EWING MAY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS.
AND SHOULD THE, UH, COUNSEL, UH, NOT DISAGREE, I'M GONNA TURN THIS MATTER OVER TO, UH, MR. ER AND HE WOULD, UH, GET SOME SORT OF A FORMAL AGREEMENT, YOUR HONOR, AND PRESENT IT THE PROPER TIME FOR THIS COUNCIL.
OKAY, LEMME UH, GET A MOTION A SECOND AND THEN, UH, MAKE A MOTION FOR A PRECINCT TO PURCHASE.
IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER LER WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.
UH, JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO SAY, SO PURCHASE OVER THERE.
I THINK, UH, WE MIGHT ORDER LOOK AROUND A LITTLE BIT YET BEFORE WE, AND GET US A GOOD GAME PLAN AS TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE THE LAND FOR.
UH, I HAD A PHONE CALL THIS MORNING THAT POSSIBLY THE SAME BUILDING WAS GONNA BE UP FOR SALE NEXT DOOR TO OUR OFFICE ALREADY OVER THERE.
SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO MAYBE LOOK AT OUR OPTIONS FOR A LITTLE BIT.
UH, BUT I KNOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING GREAT.
PRECINCT FINE WITH ME, BUT I'D LIKE FOR US TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
UH, BUT LET'S DO A LITTLE MORE STUDY AND THAT REGULAR LOOK AROUND OVER THERE, SEE WHAT ALL'S AVAILABLE.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE CLARIFICATION ON THAT, THAT IT'S NOT, THE $750,000 IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND IN PRECINCT, UH, THREE AND IN PRECINCT TWO, POSSIBLY.
IT'S, UH, NOT A 750 PURCHASE PRICE FOR THAT WAS BOUGHT AT ALL.
IT, I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE, UH, MISLEADING WHEN YOU SEE IT ON THERE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, TWO REAL ESTATE PURCHASES AT LEAST POSSIBLY.
WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS ALL DOWN FOR THE AGENDA THIS MORNING.
I THAT AT THE LAST MINUTE WOULD'VE REALLY LIKED IT DONE THAT WAY THAT SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW WHAT WE'RE EXACTLY
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VOTING ON.WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS PUT $750,000 IN THE FUND TO PURCHASE REAL ESTATE IN THE BUDGET.
AND THEN I GUESS STEVE, PART OF THAT, UH, THE ROAD BRIDGE MUD IS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD HAVE TO USE TO PATCH LAKE? RAY HARBOR DRIVEWAY IS DOING THAT.
IT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE BUDGET THING.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM ROAD TO BRIDGE TO, IF WE DO THIS, ISN'T THIS SUPPOSED TO, UH, BRING IN ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE SALE OF THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY TO OFFSET MOST OF THAT? NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA SELL ANY PROPERTY.
NO, THAT COULD BE, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING WITH MINE.
I'M SELLING MY PROPERTY AND BUYING BY THE OTHER, WHICH THAT'S IN THREE THEN, WHICH IT SHOULD COME OUT.
DID REMIND YOU AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE, SO THE CURRENT SUB COURTHOUSE, UH, WAS, YOU KNOW, ADVISED AT THE TIME BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT WHY IT WAS ONE REASON FOR SUCH A GOOD DEAL IS BECAUSE WE WOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO BUY THE, THE PROPERTY IN ADJACENT TO IT FOR EXPANSION.
UH, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DO AWAY WITH THAT ONE.
I JUST WANNA REMIND Y'ALL OF THAT.
THIS, THIS PROCESS IS NOT WHAT INITIATED BY ME.
THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND I, I RESPECT YOUR RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
INSTEAD OF GRANTING DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION, OH, I'M SORRY.
ANYWAY, WHERE WERE WE? DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION.
CONSIDER GRANT DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 2 6 2 1, JUST ABOVE ONE.
BEFORE THAT I TALKED TO THE PURCHASING AGENT.
OH, THAT WAS THE SPLIT ABOVE, RIGHT? I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT, JACK.
CONSIDER GRANTING DISCRETIONARY DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 2 6 2 0.024 A NINE A CONCERNING PERSONAL PROPERTY SOLD AT AUCTION FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR.
UH, COURSE SECTION 2 6 2 0.024 ALLOWS AUTHORIZES THE COUNTY TO MAKE PURCHASE AT A, AT A AUCTION, UH, WHEN THE PRICE MAY EXCEED 25,000 IF IT'S EXEMPT PROCUREMENT.
UH, WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO SINCE, UH, WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING ON A SATURDAY, UH, WHAT WHAT COMMISSIONER MIGHT PURCHASE AND WHAT THE PRICE WOULD BE, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ASK FOR THE COURT GRANT, UH, THAT EXEMPTION FOR THE YEAR, FOR THE BUDGET YEAR UNDER THAT 2 62 4.
WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT JACK FEELS COMFORTABLE DOING IT.
COMMISSIONER DELLER MAKES THAT MOTION.
I DON'T THINK JONES WOULD WORK ON THAT.
CONSIDER PROVING POTHOLES TO BE REPAIRED ON DOUGLAS CREEK, GEORGE CREEK AND COUNTY ROAD TWO 16 WITH PROPOSED COST OF $900.
THIS WAS LEFT OFF OF LAST, UH, LAST WEEK'S AGENDA BY STATE.
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WE'D LIKE TO RESUBMIT IT AND I'LL MAKE MOTION.I SECOND THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE POTHOLES.
STEVE, WON'T I HAVE A SIGN? I HAVE A SIGN.
DO WE HAVE ANY LINE ITEMS THIS MORNING? YES SIR, WE DO.
JP ONE, WE PROPOSE A LINE ITEM, FRANK FLORIDA OFFICE SUPPLIES, HUNDRED MILEAGE MILL AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT INCREASED TRAINING, EDUCATION AND CONFERENCES BY 10,000.
MISCELLANEOUS, WE HAVE THE FORMALIZATION OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT JUST PASSED.
WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
DO WE HAVE ANY THIS MORNING? YOU GOT ONE? THIS IS MESS UP HERE.
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WHAT'D YOU BUY TRACTOR? JUST LIKE YOUR UH, TRACTOR.YOU GOT THIS GUY OFF BACK THAT REDUCE THE GRASS.
I SAID, BUT I CAN'T PUT A ON THERE.
THE, LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU DON'T WANT THE YEAH, I TALKED TO HIM.
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SO COST 32, THEY SAY COST.DID YOU PICK UP THAT OFFSET? YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'S THE ONLY, THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE IS JUST MAKE SURE THE INVENTORY GETS TRANSFERRED SO BUSY.
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THREE INCHES.YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, I'VE ALSO DONE SEVERAL INNOCENT.
THEY WERE INNOCENT OF WHAT? THEY WERE INNOCENT.
THEY, MY GUY WAS THE MATERIAL OUT.
SO I, WHEN THE NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT.
YOU DON'T WANT IT NOW? I COULD HAVE AND I JUST THINK I HELLO
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO CARRY IT IN MY TRUCK AND WIPE IT UP AND PUT IN MY LITTLE TRASH CAN IN MY TRUCK.
WELL, I GUESS I'M GONNA CALL IT A DAY HERE.
WELL, I THINK, I THINK I BETTER GET OUT HERE AND DO SOME WORK.
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SEE YOU LATER.YEAH, I HAD ONE UNTIL 35 SECONDS.
START TALKING ABOUT REIMBURSES.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I, I GOT SATURDAY AND
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NOT SHOW UP.HEY JIM, HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SITUATION WHERE YOU STREAM BIG LOGS LIKE THIS BIG DOWN THERE, MADE A HUGE BIG BUNDLE THERE.
I TOOK OUT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BURN THOSE SOMETIMES.
HE SAID YOU HAD TO GET THE CITY AND GET, PROBABLY DID, BUT YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY.
I BET THE T CQ WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE B IS AND STUFF.
WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PAY THE BILL.
ALL THREE OF US TAKE MAKES THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER IT.
UH, THIS IS AN INTERESTING, UH, SCENARIO.
UH, BASICALLY HE'S BASICALLY ASKING WHAT CONTROL OF THE COUNTY HAS WITHIN THE TJ AFTER THEY HAVE THE CONTRACT.
THIS, THIS IS, UH, A MUD DISTRICT PROBABLY I HAVE WITH THE CONTROL COUNTIES HAVE IN OR LACK OF CONTROL COUNTIES HAVE THE SEA OF DALLAS HAS CREATED 90 ACRE MUD DISTRICT.
I WAS HOPING THE SHERIFF WILL BE, BECAUSE I WANNA TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT.
UH, OVER IN PRECINCT TWO, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE, UH, 630 APARTMENTS ON IT.
IT IS OUT, IT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF FLORIDA.
SO IT'S GONNA BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
YET WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS THROUGH THE GREAT BANK.
IT'S IN D TJ OF, IT'S IN ETJ OF DOUBTS.
SO ANYWAY, WHAT HE'S GOT IS KUMAR COUNTY IS ASKING BASICALLY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION AND JUST WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY CAN REGULATE THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE ON ONE ACRE LAND WITHIN THAT B-T-J-B-T-J OF A CITY, WHICH COULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR.
WHAT THE PROBLEM WE'VE GOT TOLD THERE, UH, GOING, WE'RE GONNA FILE A PROTEST WITH TCQ ON THIS THING.
I GUESS THAT WAS THAT GUY CALLED FRIDAY MORNING.
UM, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT NO, THAT'S OKAY.
UH, WE, UH, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SCHEDULED TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT WISE UNTIL NEXT MONDAY.
WE'RE HERE NEXT MONDAY AND THEN LEAVING MONDAY.
RIGHT? WE'RE LEAVING IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE? HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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YES.ALL MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER TO ADJOURN.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.