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LET US PRAY.

MS. CHRIST IS HEAVEN TO FATHER.

WE THANK THEY FOR PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER 'EM TOGETHER LIKE THIS ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.

TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.

PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE OF WISDOM TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS.

PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR OUR BOYS AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY, AND, UH, HELP US AS WE GO ABOUT DOING YOUR BUSINESS.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.

ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND HE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION OF THE GOD I, WITH LIBERTY OF JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER TEXAS, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE, SAY, UNDER GOD, JUAN AND INDIVIDUAL JUAN.

ALRIGHT, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDED COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.

IF NO ADDITIONS ARE CORRECTIONS, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JOHN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

TAKE ONE.

SENATOR, OUR DISTRICT CLERK WANTED, UH, ME TO PASS THIS INFORMATION ALONG TO YOU.

UH, SHE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM, UH, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE POINTING OUT, UH, IT SAYS WE WOULD LIKE, DEAR MS. FEATHERS, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR OFFICE FOR THE CONTINUED JOINT EFFORTS IN ASSISTING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.

IN THE PAST YEAR, THIS REGION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN COLLECTING OVER $6,162,406 IN CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS ON CASES WITH KAMAN COUNTY COURT ORDERS.

WITHOUT YOU AND ASSISTANCE OF COLTON COUNTY COURTS, THIS WILL NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

VERY GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

OUR FIRST, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS MR. LARRY EWING.

GOOD MORNING, MR. EWING.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD.

OKAY.

SHAW, GO NOTE.

MR. LARRY IS OUR COUNTY FARM MARSHAL, AND HE'S GOING TO ENLIGHTEN US ON THE STATUS OF OUR BURN VAN AND WHAT, UH, WE NEED TO DO WITH THE STATUS OF OUR BURN BAND.

GOOD MORNING.

AND HERE WE GO.

JUST A LITTLE BACKUP INFORMATION.

AS OF THIS MORNING, THERE'S STILL 183 COUNTIES WITH BURN BANS ON IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND OUR FIRE FORECAST ON THE DANGER LEVEL IS ACTUALLY SHOWING TO BE IN A MODERATE LEVEL.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT IN OUR COUNTY, BUT CLOSE SINCE WE ENACTED THE BURN THE LAST TIME OUR COUNTY RESPONDED TO AT LEAST 215 ACRES OR MORE OF GRASS FIRES DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, OVER A HUNDRED BALES ROUND BES OF HAY HAVE BEEN LOST DURING THAT TIME IN MY DEPARTMENT ALONE.

AND WE DON'T RESPOND TO ANYWHERE NEAR ALL OF A LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS WILL GO OUT WHENEVER IT'S AN ILLEGAL BURN.

THEY'LL JUST, IF IT'S SOMETHING EXTREMELY MINOR, THEY HAVE IT PUT OUT BEFORE WE EVER EVEN KNOW, OR WE WON'T EVEN KNOW.

BUT MY DEPARTMENTS HAVE RESPONDED TO 28 INCENDIARY FIRES SINCE IT'S WENT INTO EFFECT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE'VE HAD FOUR FIRES, WHICH HAS BEEN AT LEAST 50 ACRES OR MORE.

THAT TOOK 215 PLUS ACRES.

I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET SOME RAIN IN ALMOST EVERY FIRE THAT WE WENT TO DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, WITH EXCEPTION OF ONE ON SATURDAY.

WE HAVE STUCK SOME OR ALL OF THE APPARATUS.

THE GROUND IS STILL EXTREMELY WENT UNDERNEATH THE DEAD GRASS, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE CRITICAL THAT WE KEEP IT ON BECAUSE IT'S MAKING ALL THE FIRE GUYS WHERE HAVE TO GET OUT THERE BY HAND WITH BACKPACKS, BLOWERS, AND BROOMS AND PUT THE FIRES OUT.

SO THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE LARGER SIZE BECAUSE JUST AREN'T

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ABLE TO GET THE EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.

SO, UH, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET RAIN AND I'VE GOT NUMEROUS PEOPLE JUMPING AT THE BITS TO BURN PASTURES AND BRUSH PILES, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO EXTEND IT AT LEAST FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD AND TRY TO GET US OVER INTO MARCH AND SEE WHERE WE CAN STAND AT AT THAT TIME.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE EXTEND IT FOR 30 DAYS.

WE ENTERTAIN MOTION.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.

ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIES VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, NEXT I MS. WEEKS.

SHE'S GONNA BRING US THE CHILDREN'S SHELTERS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY.

YOU'VE BEEN BUSY OUT THERE, YOUNG LADIES.

YES, I HAVE I TO HAVE IN THE BONES, JUST WHEELS AND NOT QUITE ENOUGH OIL.

UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, OUR OUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN, UH, CAN'T PREDICT THEM, CAN'T PLAN FOR THEM.

UH, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY EXPLANATION COMING FROM THE STATE OR ANYWHERE LOCAL.

UH, AS TO THE REASON FOR THE INCONSISTENCY IS THE ONLY WORK, UH, TO PUT IT NORMALLY.

IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO LOOK AT OUR HISTORY AND KIND OF PLAN FOR, FOR NEXT STEP.

UH, BUT SINCE PROBABLY JANUARY OF, OF OH SEVEN, UH, WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PREDICT OR, OR MAKE ANY PLANS.

WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF GO DAY TO DAY.

UH, THE END OF THE YEAR, OF COURSE, UH, CLOSE WITH THE BANG, WITH THE, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SPIRIT CHALLENGE, UH, WHICH PUTS US VERY MUCH IN THE COMMUNITY EYE.

UH, WITH THE SCHOOLS RAISED OVER 130,000, UH, DOLLARS FOR THE SHELTER SO FAR.

UH, AND I'M, I'M STILL GETTING MONEY CONNECTED TO THAT, AND I OPENED TWO CHECKS YESTERDAY THAT, THAT ATTACHED IS VERY CHALLENGED.

UH, SO AS OF YET, WE DO NOT HAVE A, A BOTTOM LINE FOR THAT.

BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE, WITH THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF REPLACEMENTS, UH, EXTRA REVENUE IS NOT, IS NOT UNTOWARD.

UM, AND SOMEHOW AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, ALL OF MY STATE REPORTS, UH, CAN'T DO THEN JUST A FEW DAYS OF EACH OTHER.

UH, NORMALLY THERE ARE SPACED OUT FOR THE YEAR, SO IT DOESN'T TAKE MY ENTIRE, UH, AWAY TIME KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT I HAD TO DO FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

UH, BUT THIS YEAR THEY, THEY SEEMED TO ALL FALL IN THE, IN THE SAME, IN THE SAME WEEK.

UH, THERE WAS SOME, SOME PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS THAT, THAT HAD CHANGED WITH THE LAST MINIMUM STANDARDS REVIEW, UH, THAT I INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE LICENSING REPRESENTATIVE.

SO WHEN SHE VISITED OUR FACILITY, WE WENT OVER THOSE AND I HAD TO REWRITE SOME OF OUR, UH, POLICY AND PROCEDURES, UH, TO MATCH HER RESPECTS, NOT MINE.

UH, AND DURING THAT, DURING THAT INSPECTION, WE DID RECEIVE SOME MINOR CITATIONS FOR SOME HOUSEHOLD ISSUES.

UH, BUT WE CORRECTED THOSE AND THOSE ARE JUST VERY MINOR, NO REFLECTION OR ON OUR STANDING.

UH, AND I WANTED TO SAY A PARTICULARLY THANK YOU TO JUDGE JAN FOR GETTING MY CONTRACT SIGNED SO QUICKLY.

, UH, THE STATE, THE STATE WAS IN A PANIC, AFRAID YOU WEREN'T GOING TO GET TO IT.

UH, AND THEY HAD, WITHOUT THAT CONTRACT IN PLACE, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE.

THAT WAS THE MAIN THING.

UH, AND I TOLD THEM THEY MIGHT GONNA MAKE SOME KIND OF PLAN FOR IF THAT CAME UP AGAIN IN CASE SHE WASN'T HERE.

THEY NEED TO PUT A FLAG ON THE ROLODEX TO GET TO A .

SHE NOTIFIED ME A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE.

UH, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING TO THAT VERY QUICKLY.

UH, ALSO IN, IN THAT TIME PERIOD WHEN I WAS DEALING WITH MY, WITH MY STATE REPORTS AND I REVIEW THE APPLICATION TO UNITED WAY CAME DO AND LEFT HAND, UH, SHE LET PUT IT OFF FOR JANUARY.

SO WE STILL MADE THE DEADLINE FOR THAT.

AND THEY ARE A, A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, DONOR TO US EVERY YEAR.

AND THEY GIVE US US SUBSTANTIAL MONEY, MONEY FROM THE UNITED WAY FUNDS.

UH, SO WE WERE, WE WERE THANKFUL THAT SHE WAS, TAKE THAT BACK.

UH, JANUARY WAS A, WAS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MONTH.

THEY HAD THE STOMACH BARS THAT IS JUST TAKING EVERYBODY AWAY.

AND I HIT MY STAFF.

NONE OF THE CHILDREN WERE AFFECTED.

UH, BUT WE WERE LOSING, WE WERE LOSING TWO TO THREE STAFF MEMBERS A DAY, UH, FOR ABOUT TWO WEEK PERIOD.

SO THAT

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REALLY, REALLY TOOK SOME TIME AND ENERGY FROM US.

UH, AND IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, A GROUP OF MEN FROM REST OF THIS CHURCH AND HAS BEEN PLANNING TO REMODEL OUR LAUNDRY ROOM TO PUT IN INFANT BATHING AND DRESSING STATION.

SO THEY CAME IN THE WEEK, EVERYBODY WAS SICK AND TURNED THE JACK HAMMERS IN THE AND THE HAMMERS.

UH, SO WE WERE TRYING TO BE SICK AND, AND FIGHTING ALL THE NOISE TOO.

UH, VERY STRESSFUL WEEK, BUT WE MADE IT MOVE.

YOU NEED TO COME SEE OUR LAUNDRY ROOM.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

UH, AND I THINK IT'LL BE MUCH MORE FUNCTIONAL, UH, THAN WE, THAN WE EVEN HOPED FOR.

UH, THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

THEY FINISHED IT UP, HUH? THEY DID.

UH, I POINT OUT THAT THIS IS, UH, UNITED METHOD MEN FROM THE MATERIAL.

YES, SIR.

UH, THEY SUPPLIED ALL THE WORK IN, THEY SUPPLIED ALL THE MATERIAL.

UH, ALL IT DID WAS INCONVENIENCE US FOR A FEW DAYS.

UH, BUT WE ACTUALLY PUT THE LAST COAT OF WAX ON THE FLOOR LAST NIGHT.

SO, WE'LL, WE'LL START RESTOCKING THIS AFTERNOON.

UH, AND IT WILL BE IN OPERATION TOMORROW.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED.

UH, IT'S GOOD.

THEY, UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THEY INVITED ME TO COME OVER ON LED DATA TO SPEAK, TO BE THE LAY LEADER OF CHURCH THAT DAY.

AND, AND PREACH TO THE CHURCH.

PREACH TO THE CHURCH.

SO ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I WAS SCHEDULED TO BE OVER THERE, THEY CALLED AND SAID, NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT? I SAID, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS YOU WANT ME TO PREACH TO YOU.

AND HE SAID, NO, WE WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.

SO I GOT TO PRESENT THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER TO THE WHOLE CHURCH.

AND AFTER THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED GETTING ACTIVE.

YES, SIR.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH THEIR KIDS.

AND THEY CAME OUT SUNDAY AND COOKED LUNCH.

UH, WE BUY COOKIES AND THEY BRING DOWNTOWN COOKIES.

THEY WERE THERE FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS.

AND KIDS LET THEM HAVE ROUGH TIME.

AND THAT IS TRULY A, A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE.

YEAH.

THE KAUFMAN COOK KIND OF LIT DOWN THE GARDEN LAST YEAR, DIDN'T THEY? THEY DIDN'T GET OUT THERE AND WORK THAT GARDEN LIKE THIS.

WELL, I THINK OUR GARDENER HAS, HAS KIND OF, HE'S GONE INTO A MORE CALM LIFESTYLE, I THINK.

UH, AND DOUBT.

SOME PUSH SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN'T GET, GET DONE AS QUICK AS WE'D LIKE IT.

I THINK THATS OKAY.

HE MAY CALL ON THE METHODIST SMITH AND KIM TO COME AND HELP US.

OKAY.

WELL, I KNOW THERE'S SOME GARDENERS IN KIM .

UH, WE HAD SOMEBODY TELL US AT A RESTAURANT THAT IT'S TIME TO PUT IN ALL THE GREEN VEGETABLES.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THE LITTLE PATCH OF GRASS GOING, MIGHT NOT MAKE THE GREEN ONES.

UH, BUT AGAIN, BACK TO OUR PLACEMENTS, UH, PROBABLY SINCE SEPTEMBER, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 30 TO 40% OF OUR PLACEMENTS HAVE BEEN SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS.

UH, AND I'M TALKING SEVERELY, SEVERELY CHALLENGED SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS.

UH, THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THEM PLACED WITHOUT ALL OF THE INITIAL ASSESSMENTS TO GET THEIR SERVICE LEVEL RAISED TO MATCH THE PAY SCALE FOR THE SPECIAL PLACEMENTS THAT THEY NEED.

SO WE HAVE HAD SOME TRULY CHALLENGING KIDS, UH, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

UH, I HAVE THREE RIGHT NOW, UH, AND MOVED THREE LAST WEEK.

SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE VERY TIME AND ENERGY CONSUMING AND RESOURCE CONSUMING, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY ARE SO NEEDY.

UH, BUT SO FAR WE HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND GET THEM ASSESSED AND GET THEM PLACED IN, IN TRULY GOOD PLACEMENTS, UH, THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEEDS.

AND, UH, WE'RE HOLDING A LITTLE, A LITTLE 7-YEAR-OLD RIGHT NOW, AND WE, GOING INTO HER FOURTH MONTHS, THEY NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A PLACE WHO CAN, WHO CAN PROVIDE THE RETIREMENT ENERGY, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF HER.

UH, SO WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE HOLDING THEM AS LONG AS WE CAN, UH, OR UNTIL WE CAN GET ALL THEIR ASSESSMENTS DONE AND ALL THEIR SERVICES MET, UH, SO THAT THEY, SO THAT THEY GO TO A TRUE, A TRUE PLACE.

UH, MY STAFF IS VERY TIRED, , BLESS THEIR HEART.

UH, BUT THEY, THEY'RE JUST STRIPPERS.

THEY JUST JUMP RIGHT IN AND WHATEVER IT IS TO BE DONE, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

UH, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS THE 1ST OF DECEMBER, WE HAD OUR FREEZER IN THE KITCHEN AND THE MOTOR SHORTED OUT OR SOMETHING, AND BACK FED INTO OUR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND BURNED UP ABOUT HALF OF OUR APPLIANCES.

TOOK US THREE

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ELECTRICIANS AND THREE SERVICEMEN TO FIGURE OUT THAT IT WASN'T IN THE APPLIANCES, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN OUR SERVICE.

UH, IT HAD SHORTED OUT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MAIN SUPPLIES INTO THE HOUSE, AND POSSIBLY LIGHTNING CAUSED IT, OR YOU DUNNO, DON'T KNOW.

UH, THE GUY THAT ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE, WITH THE SCENARIO SAID THAT HE THOUGHT, WENDY, WHEN THE FREEZER UNIT BURNED OUT AND BURNED BACK INTO THE GROUND WIRE AND BURNED AND SHOWED OUT THE GROUND WIRE, AND THEN THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FEED BACK THROUGH ALL OF THE APPLIANCES ON THAT PARTICULAR BREAKER.

AND SOMEHOW IT WAS GOING IN, GETTING ALL THE, GETTING ALL THE FIRE SWITCHES ON THE APPLIANCES.

UH, BUT THANKFULLY THE FOUNDATION AND SOME, UH, WELL, METHODIST DEFENSE GROUP, UH, TOOK CARE OF ONE OF THE WASHERS.

UH, AND THEN THE FOUNDATION, UH, REPLACED OR REPAIRED WHATEVER ELSE WE HAD TO HAVE DONE.

UH, BUT FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS WE HAD SOMEBODY AT THE HOUSE EVERY DAY BECAUSE NOBODY COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS.

UH, BUT IT WAS KIND OF SCARY.

UH, BUT SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HAD , SO WE WE'RE OPENLY FIXED IT.

OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ON, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE TRY TO PLAN, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MAKE PLANS OR WE'LL TAKE ANY KIND OF, UH, SET UP PROCEDURES TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.

WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE.

BOUNCES AROUND.

IT DOES.

WELL, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.

THANK YOU.

SO, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK Y'ALL DO.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM, UH, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE A YOUNG MAN, TAYLOR FRANKLIN.

COMMISSIONER RED, I BELIEVE THAT'S YOUR PRECINCT.

YES.

THEY JUDGE TAYLOR HERE THIS MORNING, OR HE YES, THEY'RE, OH, COME ON UP, SIR.

TAYLOR LEE IS HERE WITH HIS MOTHER LEISHA.

IF THEY WOULD COME ON UP, WE WOULD RECOGNIZE TAYLOR AND, UH, TAYLOR.

TAYLOR LIVES OVER 84 29 KAREN LANE IN MEADOW WOOD PARK.

UH, HE, UH, BECAME A, A EAGLE SCOUT ON DECEMBER THE SEVENTH.

APPROPRIATE DAY FOR THAT, I GUESS.

TAYLOR'S 15.

AND HE'S BEEN THROUGH TROOP THREE 90 OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN TAR.

SO TAYLOR, WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD TO RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR YOUNG MEN THAT TAKE, UH, INTEREST IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

I WAS A BOY SCOUT IN ONE TIME.

I DON'T, THEY BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT.

BUT, UH, IT, IT HELPED ME IN MY LIFE.

AND I KNOW IT'LL HELP YOU IN YOUR LIFE.

YOU HAVE TO, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THESE BOYS HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF GOALS ON THEIR WAY TO THIS.

SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND ALL THE WORK YOUR MOM HAS PUT INTO THIS WITH YOU.

BUT, UH, TAYLOR LEE, WE FRANKLIN, WE, UH, WE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE YOU AS AN EAGLE SCOUT HERE IN THE, IN THE COUNTY AND, AND, UH, CONGRATULATE YOU.

LET ME READ THE YEAH.

RESOLUTION.

YES.

UH, RESOLUTION, RECOGNIZING TAYLOR FRANKLIN ON RECEIVING THE HONOR OF EAGLE SCOUT AWARD, WHEREAS THE FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY OF AN EAGLE SCOUT IS TO LIVE WITH HONOR THE EAGLE SCOUT.

HONOR IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL CHARACTER.

HE KNOWS THAT A SCOUT IS TRUSTWORTHY, IS LOYAL, IS COURAGEOUS, IS CHEERFUL, AND IS RESPONSIBILITY IS SERVICE.

IT IS VITAL THAT HE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER SCOUTS HONORING HIS HOME, HIS CHURCH, HIS TROOP, AND HIS COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS TAYLOR FRANKLIN RECEIVED HIS EAGLE SCOUT AWARD FROM BOY SCOUT TROOP THREE 90 ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2007, THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS THE ICE RANK IN THE BOY SCOUT PROGRAM.

WHEREAS TAYLOR FRANKLIN IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND EXCEPTIONAL LEG ABILITY, EVIDENCED BY HIS ATTAINMENT OF THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS AND RECOGNITION TO TAYLOR FRANKLIN FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENT AND DEMONSTRATING FINE CHARACTER, OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT IN HIS COMMUNITY.

HE IS RICHLY DESERVING OF THE RECOGNITION HE HAS RECEIVED AND HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FOLK WAR SCOUTS CAN BE PROUD OF HIS DEDICATED SERVICE.

OUR HANDS THIS 11TH DAY OF

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FEBRUARY, 2008, CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG, MAD JURY.

WOULD YOU, UH, YOU WANNA, THE ONLY THING THE JUDGE DIDN'T SAY WAS SEPARATE BODY.

YES.

UH, JERRY, UH, AFTER YOU PRESENT THAT TO HIM, THEN TAKE IT BACK AND GET, UH, UH, LAURA TO DO HER SEAL ON IT.

OH.

AND THEN HE CAN TAKE, UH, TWO OF THOSE WITH HIM TODAY.

OKAY.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

WE'RE ALWAYS PLEASED TO, UH, BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

SO I'LL BRING THESE AND I'LL GIVE YOU ONE AND WE'LL, UH, GET A LITTLE PICTURE BACK.

COMMISSIONER, WHAT WAS HIS, UH, EAGLE PROJECT? IT WAS A ROOFING PROJECT FOR THE SHERIFF CENTER IN TAR.

AND IT'S LIKE A FOOD BANK THAT WRITES CLOTHING ALSO.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

THAT IS A BIG DEAL.

RIGHT? LET'S DO THIS ONE MORE TIME.

OKAY.

SAYS YOU NEED ONE.

HAVE TWO OF THOSE.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

TAYLOR.

YOU'LL HAVE TWO COPIES THAT TO TAKE WITH YOU.

UH, YOU BRING THEM WHAT YOU WANT WITH THEM.

AND THEN LAURA'S GOING TO KEEP A COPY TO ATTACH TO OUR MINUTES NEXT, NEXT MONDAY.

THANK YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO YOU, SIR.

OKAY.

NEXT.

DISCUSSING, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE RACIAL PROFILE AND REPORT FROM CONSTABLE PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.

Y'ALL HAVE BEEN, Y'ALL HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.

UH, JOE.

DONNA, I'LL ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION WE ASK EVERYONE.

WHEN YOU PRESENTED EVERY YEAR, HAVE YOU HAD ANY COMPLAINTS OF YOUR, AGAINST YOUR DEPARTMENT REGARDING ANY RACIAL PROFILE? NO, SIR.

NOT AT ALL.

IT EXTENDS THAT IN, UH, SECTION FOUR OF THE RACIAL PROFILE ON THE COURT.

INVOLVE ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL MAKE THE MOTION IF WE ACCEPT THAT.

YES, SIR.

COMMISSIONER DELLER WILL SECOND IT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S A VERY PROFESSIONAL LOOKING REPORT BOARD HONOR, SIR.

IT'S A VERY PROFESSIONAL LOOKING REPORT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

WE GOT, GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THAT BEFORE.

.

THANK YOU.

UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER PURCHASING A CHIP SPREADER TO BE USED BY ALL FOUR PRECINCTS WITH THE PURCHASE PRICE AND MAINTENANCE COST BEING EQUALLY SHARED.

JACK, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? UH, YES, SIR.

MR. CLARK QUESTION I PUT ON AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AND LET RAY TAKE THAT OVER.

IT WAS, AND THAT'S WHAT AUDITOR FOR, JUST TO OPEN UP DISCUSSION TO SEE IF THIS IS, SEE IF THIS IS A POSSIBILITY SINCE, UH, AN OPEN RECORD, WE CAN'T REALLY DISCUSS IT, SO I WANT TO AT LEAST GET THE BALL ROLLING OR, OR, OR TOP IT OR WHATEVER.

UH, I THINK IT'D BE A WISE USE OF THE MONEY, UH, PURCHASE 120,000 MACHINE THAT WE CAN'T, THAT, UH, IF IT WAS IN MY PRECINCT, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE.

BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, 15 DAYS OUT A YEAR, PROBABLY, UH, IF WE SHARED ALL AROUND THE, THE COUNTY, UH, IT'D BE A COST SAVINGS FOR EVERYBODY.

WE'D HAVE A FIRST CLASS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT BREAKING DOWN.

BUT BEYOND THAT, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, IF POSSIBLE, IF ALL THIS IS ILLEGAL POSSIBLE, TRAIN A CREW THAT WOULD BE PROFESSIONALS IN OPERATING THIS PIECE OF MACHINERY THAT COULD GO TO EVERYBODY'S PRECINCT AND DO THE CHIP SEALING FORM INSTEAD OF HAVING FOUR, UH, SEMI-PROFESSIONAL CREWS.

MAYBE HAVE A, A CREW THAT REALLY KNEW THAT EVERYTHING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ABOUT IT.

AND THEY'D HAVE TO COME FROM ALL FOUR PRECINCTS.

ALSO, JUST LIKE THE MONEY COME CREW TO COME FROM THEN, UH, IF JERRY HAD A ROAD, ANY THEY HAVE DONE, SEND TWO PEOPLE FROM MY PRECINCT, TWO FROM GYMS OR TWO, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER IT WORK OUT THE TRUCKS OR WHATEVER.

AND WE COULD ALL KIND OF HELP EACH OTHER OUT A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE MAKE THINGS A LITTLE SMOOTHER AND PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE PROFESSIONAL IN HOW WE DO THINGS.

HOW DOES IT, IS THAT A PROBLEM ACCOUNTING WISE? I BELIEVE IT IS.

WELL, WE, WE SHARE PEOPLE EQUIPMENT

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NOW.

I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.

YEAH.

ARE YOU EVER GONNA BRING THAT? UH, WHATEVER IT'S YOU HAVE AROUND ? I DID.

IS A CHIP SPREADER AN ASPHALT DISTRIBUTOR OR SOMETHING THERE THAT I PAID 18 FIVE OR SIX FOR? THAT'S AS NICE AS IT GOES DOWN TIGHT.

AND, UH, I, I DON'T SEE BUY ONE I SEND MY GUYS, I LIKE WHAT MY GUYS DO AND I'LL SHOW THE KIDS ROADS OFF AND I ROADS OFF AND I'M PLENTY COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.

SO YEAH, YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.

MAYBE 15 DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT WE, WE KIND OF TOGETHER SCHEDULE, BUT I DON'T, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE.

BUT YOU JUST WANTED SPEND SOME MONEY.

I DON'T, OURS IS PRETTY OLD IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.

THE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, UH, ARE, IT'S REALLY OUTDATED, BUT YOU, UH, GET COVER UP HERE.

OH, THAT THING OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

OH YEAH.

THE PARTS AND ONE, ONE, IT'S WORKING.

I MEAN, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH TO THESE CHIP SPRAYERS.

I MEAN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A WHOLE LOT TOO, IT, IT WOULD BE ONE THING.

JUDGE.

IT'S JUST NOT THAT MUCH TO OTHER THAN A COUPLE BELTS.

AND IF THE GUYS WON'T RUN OFF THE, INTO THE DITCH AND BEND BACK, BOTTOM DEAL.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENS TO THESE THINGS.

UH, THAT'S ONLY PROBLEMS IF THEY BACK OFF.

ALL WE HAVE IS JUST ONE OF THOSE, THOSE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, IT'S, THEY ALL DO THAT BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO, THEY DRAG THE DUMP TRUCK ALL ALONG AND PUT THAT LITTLE NOSE PIECE ON THE BACK OF THE DUMP TRUCK.

THAT BULLETS ON, ON THE CHIP SPREADER.

IT HOOKS ON THE BACK OF THE DUMP TRUCK.

IT JUST PULLS THE DUMP TRUCK ALONG AS IT GOES.

WE HAVE NO WAY TO REALLY, WELL, WE HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, TECHNICAL WAY TO ADJUST THE SPREAD OR ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF S AND THINGS THAT'S AN ANTIQUE MACHINE.

25 OR 30 YEARS OLD IT SEEMS LIKE.

YEAH.

AND I KNOW WE WASTE A LOT OF MATERIAL AND, UH, IT'S LOT SLOWER.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY HELP ME PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY ONE OF YOU.

I, I LIKE RAY'S IDEA.

YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE VERY LIMITED TIME IN THE SUMMER, SO WE CAN DO THIS CHIPS IN WITH HOT OIL, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME AND RUN OUT OF MONEY.

THE TWO THINGS THAT, THAT'S WHY RAY GOT THAT ON THERE.

YEAH.

BUT IF YOU BREAK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, YOU'RE REALLY INDEED DOOO BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE 4,000 GALLONS OF HOT OIL SITTING THERE.

THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE KEY.

UH, BUT I, I THINK JERRY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, I WAS GONNA DO SOME OF HIS ROAD, RIGHT? YEAH.

THIS SUMMER WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER AS SOON AS IT WARMS UP.

AND, AND IF KEN'S GOT A GOOD ONE, THEY'RE CLOSE TOGETHER, THEY CAN, I LIKE THE IDEA.

BUT I THINK FOR NOW, IF YOU TWO CAN SHARE, AND JERRY AND I CAN SHARE, UH, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

I'D LIKE TO GET A NEW ONE.

I THINK IF WE WORKED IT OUT, WE COULD WORK IT TO GET AROUND EACH PRECINCT.

BECAUSE YOU COULD RUN OUT OF MONEY BEFORE YOU RUN ON IT.

RUN OUTTA TIME.

THAT, THAT'S THE KEY.

I, THE REASON I, 'CAUSE I, I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW CLOSE THE CHIP TURTLE WAS TO AN ASPHALT DISTRIBU.

THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S SPENT TWO YEARS CONVINCING COMMISSIONER SPORT ONE TIME THAT THEY COULD SAVE MONEY IF WE HAD ALL FOUR PRECINCTS GOING TOGETHER AND BUY ONE MACHINE.

AND THEY ALL FINALLY AGREED TO IT.

AND WE GOT, I THINK IT'S 1980 AND, UH, AND THEY, ONE YEAR THEY COULDN'T GET A LOAN ON HOW MUCH TIME EVERYBODY NEEDED ALL AT ONCE.

YOU, LIKE I SAY, YOU HAD THAT SHORT WINDOW AND EVERYBODY NEEDED AT ONCE.

SO AS CONSEQUENCE, NONE, NONE OF THE PRECINCTS COULD AGREE ON WHEN TO USE IT.

AND IT SAID IN ONE PRECINCT.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET ALONG.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING OF COURSE, COMMISSIONERS BACK THEN, THAT CREW DIDN'T ALWAYS GET ALONG ANYWAY.

, MOST OF THEM.

BUT ANYWAY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO THROW THAT OUT.

AS LONG AS Y'ALL CAN WORK IT OUT AND THEN SAY, YEAH, I THINK CREW HERE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND I DON'T AND LIKE RACE THAT GET A PROFESSIONAL BECAUSE THIS CHIP SPREADER YOU MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE ON YOU DON'T JUST GET ON IT AND DO IT, DRIVE IT.

YOU EITHER END UP WITH TOO, TOO MUCH ROCK ON THE GROUND, NOT ENOUGH ROCK ON THE GROUND.

IT REALLY, AND IT CAN BE DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW, GET IT RIGHT.

I DON'T HAVE USING MY CREW AND, AND JERRY WORK TOGETHER.

UH, AND TIM'S GOTTA GOOD.

MAYBE LET'S PLAN FOR A YEAR OR TWO.

UH, IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

LET'S PLAN FOR A YEAR OR

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TWO AND, AND DO IT.

I WILL SAY THAT, THAT THIS GROUP OF COMMISSIONERS HAS SHOWN MORE COOPERATION THAN ANYBODY SINCE I'VE BEEN IN HERE.

UH, LIKE, EXCEPT THAT COMMISSIONER LER HAS A COUPLE OF MY MACHINES THAT HE'S HAD.

I'VE STILL GOT SOME OF HIS THAT I BORROWED FROM HIM.

SOMETIMES HE BORROW, JUST COMES THE FIELD .

HE GOT GOOD ONE.

THE BEST ONE HE DOES THE GOOD ONE.

WHEN HE DID, WE DID HAVE A, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE INCIDENT ONE TIME WHERE I TOLD MY GUYS TO GO OVER TO RACE BARN AND GET HIS MACHINE AND THEY THOUGHT I SENT HIM TO KEN.

THEY JUST WENT OVER TO KEN'S AND PICKED UP HIS MACHINE.

HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE COMING SO .

BUT WE WORKED IT OUT AND IT, THERE IS A LOT OF COOPERATION RIGHT NOW BETWEEN EVERYBODY THAT YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS THAT MAY NOT LAST, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S GREAT.

COMMISSIONER DELLER AND I TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME WORK FOR ME ON THE CHIP CHIPS, RIGHT.

PRICE, THE PRICE OF THE CHIPS TODAY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S JUST GONNA BE A VERY WINDOW.

DO ANYTHING WITH.

SO DID YOU WANNA TRY THAT AND SEE ? OH NO, THIS, I SAY I WANTED REALLY PULL THE TRIGGER ON THIS RIGHT HERE.

THIS WOULD JUST BRING UP FOR DISCUSSION TO SEE, SEE WHAT THE PROS, THE CONS, WHAT THE OPTIONS WOULD BE.

UH, AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO AT THE END, THE FUTURE MAYBE, MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW.

UH, TRY IT THIS YEAR AND SEE IF IT CAN BE WORKED OUT AND THEN MM-HMM .

YEAH.

I I I, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO USE IT ALL YEAR.

SO, UH, I I THINK OUR FOREMANS CAN WORK TOGETHER BETTER THAN HAVING THREE COMMISSIONERS TALK THAT I KNOW THEY CAN.

OUR FOREMAN CAN DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN ROGER AND GLEN AND, UH, PAUL, AND THAT THEY CAN GET TOGETHER, TOGETHER.

OUR FOREMAN CAN WORK.

I LIKE THAT.

I DON'T HAVE PROBLEM.

LIKE I SAY, IT WAS, IT WAS A, IT WAS THOUGHT.

HAD SOME MERIT FOOT, I KNOW HAD SOME, UH, PROBLEMS, WENT ALONG WITH IT AT THE SAME TIME.

YOU JUST WANTED TO GET AIRED OUT AND SEE, UH, IF IT COULD WORK.

LET'S, LET'S SEE.

YOUR FOREMAN CAN DISCUSS AND WORK THINGS OUT, WHEREAS YOU GUYS CAN'T GET TOGETHER.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

WE HAD TO, THEY ALL KNOW EACH OTHER.

OH YEAH.

EVERYBODY KNOWS EACH OTHER, SO.

YEAH, THEY DO.

EVERYBODY DOES.

OKAY.

OKAY.

GOOD.

NEXT, DISCUSS, CONSIDER SELLING COUNTY PROPERTY THROUGH RENEE BATES ONLINE AUCTIONEER SERVICES PER SECTION 2 63 0.1 52 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

STILL UP.

YES, SIR.

UH, GENTLEMEN, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE APPRECIATE HAS A 1 48 MOTOR GRATER, UH, ON A THREE YEAR LEASE.

AND WITH THE OPTION TO PURCHASE, I, I THINK THE PURCHASE PRICE IS 1 41 5.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, MACHINE MAY BE A VALUE OF ABOUT 200,000.

SO WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS POSSIBLY, UH, UH, PUT US UP FOR AUCTION AND I THINK WE CAN GET SOMEWHERE NEAR 200,000 PAID MACHINE OFF AT 1 41 5, MAKE THE COUNTY ABOUT THOUSAND.

SO THAT'S WHY I PUT ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

UH, REQUESTING IS, UH, PERMISSION TO SELL OPTION.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, I GOT A CALL FROM, UH, JUVENILE PROBATION.

THEY'VE GOT SOME MATERIAL SALE AND SO DPS, SO I PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER ON ONE OPTION, BUT I DEFINITELY WANNA TEST THE WATERS ON THIS MOTOR.

UH, IF WE CAN'T GET WHAT I THINK WE CAN GET MORE, WE CAN TURN IT BACK TO CAPITAL.

BUT I BELIEVE WE STAND TO MAKE, MAKE, UH, SOMEWHERE NEAR $50,000 ON MACHINE IF WE SHANE, MR. SHANE MAKES THAT MOTION.

SECOND.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH, NEXT DISCUSSION IS ADVERTISING FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

UH, KATHY, YOU WANT YOU INVOLVED IN THAT? YEAH, A LITTLE BIT, BUT UNLESS THAT MEANS , I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO AT THIS TIME IS TABLE THIS ITEM AS FAR AS, UH, AN RFP.

UH, ANOTHER VENDOR HAS APPROACHED KATHY, UH, INFORMATION ON MACHINE.

THEY SELL, UH, IT'S AVAILABLE ON, UH, T-C-P-N-N-H-G-A.

UH, SHE PROBABLY SPEAK BETTER ON THAT AS TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUY HER.

WE HAVE A, A MEETING SET UP ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE, OKAY, ENTERTAIN A MOTION INTO THE TABLE.

THAT ITEM MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROBIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT, DISCUSS.

CONSIDER PROVEN THAT OPE AGREEMENT COUNTY AND THE WEST CEDAR CREEK MUD TO INSTALL MOBILE DATA SYSTEM EQUIPMENT ON THE W-C-C-M-U-D WATER TOWER, LOCATED AT 16 9 55

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FM 26 13 KEMP.

THIS IS PART OF THE MOBILE DATA SYSTEM.

UM, WE'VE GOT THAT TOWER AND THE CITY OF TERRELL'S IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT UP NEXT WEEK.

AND THIS IS THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS.

THE MOBILE DATA SYSTEM, WELL, IT CAN BE COVERED AFTER WE DO TERRELL'S IN NEXT WEEK.

UH, SHOULD BE COVERED.

THAT SHOULD BE THE LAST ONE.

WE MAY PUT A COUPLE IN, SEE HOW THE COVERAGE GOES AND, AND TRY TO GET MAYBE A COUPLE MORE WATER DEPARTMENTS IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE.

BUT THAT SHOULD DO IT, THAT YOUR PRECINCT.

YEP.

I MAKE THAT SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DELLER.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, KATHY.

OH, YOU'RE THE NEXT ONE TOO.

HERE IN THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 24TH THROUGH MARCH 1ST AS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH, SEVERE WEATHER IN THE NEWS THE LAST WEEK.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THE STATE DOES EVERY YEAR, AND THAT'S WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S PROCLAIMED THIS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK.

AND DURING THIS, UH, DURING THIS PERIOD, WE ALSO HAVE SKY WARM TRAINING THAT IS DONE HERE IN THE COUNTY.

IT'S THE 20TH AT 7:00 PM SEVEN NINE AT THE FIRE STATION IN KAUFMAN.

AND IT'S BASICALLY FOR STORM SPOTTERS, BUT IT'S OPEN TO THE ENTIRE GENERAL PUBLIC IF THEY WANT TO GO AND LISTEN IN.

THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION.

AND I CAN, UH, CAN TELL YOU PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ON THE BACK OF A MOTORCYCLE ACROSS NEW MEXICO.

IT HELPS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING THE STORMS COME THROUGH, TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO GET, BUT IT, IT IS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.

AND SOME INFORMATION WITH THE MEDIA THAT'S HERE AND SEND OUT EMAILS TO THE FOLKS THAT AREN'T AND SEE IF THE PUBLIC OKAY, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, GUYS.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROBIN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL IN FAIR SKY.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIED.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

UH, RENEWAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS, AND A PROVEN PAYMENT OF ANNUAL HUGHES MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, JUDGE, THAT, UH, BG YOUNG IS HAVING THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN, UH, SO IS NASCAR.

IT'S ALL, SO IS THERE GONNA BE A RACE TO GET TO COUNTY STATION? IS THAT WHAT, UM, M PART STILL WANTS, STILL TRYING TO GET TELEPHONE SERVICE TO PRECINCT FOUR? YEAH, WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THROUGH SOME OF THEM.

UH, WELL, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO COMMISSIONER TO LET HIM, UH, LAY A CABLE ON COUNTY ROAD 40 15.

SO MOVE SECOND BACK.

COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

JACK, COULD I SEE THE, UH, SIGN UP LIST, PLEASE? YES, SIR.

MICHAEL, CAN YOU SIGN IN? NO, SIR.

I DID NOT.

YOU CAN'T SPEAK THEN.

SORRY.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

YES, MIKE, YOU'LL SIGN UP.

UH, WE'LL, WHILE HE IS WALKING UP HERE, UH, I TO THE AGENDA, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE WAY IT'S WORDED IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, CONSIDER EMPLOYING BIGGER STAFF.

HE DELGADO ACOA, AND KARUN LAW FIRM TO REPRESENT COLTON COUNTY AND CAUSE NUMBER ZERO SEVEN DASH 3 6 180 7 DASH HD H DASH 11, UH, A DV NUMBER ZERO EIGHT DASH 0 3 1 5 IN BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION AND STYLE CITY BANK, NA VERSUS TERRY CROW AND NANCY CROW VERSUS KAUFMAN COUNTY AND KAUFFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT.

UH, WE NEED A LAW FIRM TO REPRESENT US AND THE BIGGER STAFF FIRM HAS, UH, BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS FROM DAY ONE.

SO I RECOMMEND THAT WE BRING THEM ON BOARD TO DEFENDANTS IN THIS ACTION.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER FELLER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.

I.

MOTION CARRIED.

UH, WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A BRIEFING ON THIS SITUATION NEXT MONDAY IF CHUCK CAN LIFT THE SCHEDULE NEXT, UH, NEXT TUESDAY.

YEAH, MONDAYS IS, UH, PRESIDENT'S DAY.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

NEXT TUESDAY WILL BE TUESDAY.

AND

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HE HAD A CONFLICT ON MONDAY.

ANYWAY, WE'LL SEE.

ANYWAY, IF HE DOESN'T GET IN HERE, THEN WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET HIM IN ONE DAY.

UH, WE HAVE MIKE SHOOK, UH, WANTS TO TALK ABOUT LUKE NINE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

MIKE, THANK YOU, JUDGE.

JUST MEAN I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

MIKE, YOU WANT, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THEN WHAT YOU DO.

AND I'M MIKE SHOOK.

HANG OUT WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

CITY OF FORNEY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, I'M ON INFORMATIONAL CHAIR TODAY.

AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF.

NORTH TEXAS CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IS PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE WILLS PLANS THERAPISTS THROUGH COFFMAN COUNTY.

LUKE NINE IS THE NORTHERN LOOP HAS BEEN SET AT ROCKWALL AND CALIN COUNTY, AND IT'S BEEN SET IN OUR SOUTH SOUTHERN BOUNDARIES ALSO, UH, 2040 IN TERRELL AND IN CALIN COUNTY IN PARTICULAR, THE PROPOSED LOOP NINE HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY COG AND IT WAS LIKE FIVE OR SIX MAJOR ROUTES.

UH, CITY OF FOUR AND STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH JEFF NEIL AT NORTH TEXAS CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

IN DECEMBER OF OH SEVEN, OUR PLANNING ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL OMITTED THEIR THOROUGH AFFAIRS, TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS.

TODAY I'D JUST LIKE TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL OUR THOROUGH AFFAIRS PLAN FOR INFORMATION ONLY, UH, TO HAVE Y'ALL TO LOOK AT IT.

I'M SURE COG, TOMORROW'S MEETING AT COTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL TO DISCUSS LUKE NINE ALSO ON IT.

UH, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY, I BELIEVE, ECONOMIC BOOM TO KAUFFMAN COUNTY.

OUR MOBILITY PLANS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN DIRE NEED OF SOME TYPE OF MOBILITY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE IS THIS WILL NOT EVEN GO ON THE GROUND UNTIL LIKE 2005, BE IN OPERATION, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO PRESENT THAT FOR Y'ALL'S INFORMATION ONLY.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? COMMENT.

UH, COMMISSIONER CLARKMAN ATTENDED A BRIEFING IN ROCKWELL, UH, BACK IN DECEMBER, I BELIEVE WAS, AND, UH, UH, IT'S INTERESTING THE, THE PROPOSED ROUTES THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

YES, SIR.

UH, AND ONE OF THE, UH, PROPOSED ROUTES, UH, IS UTILIZING, UH, LAWSON ROAD.

WE HOPE THEY UTILIZE LAWSON ROAD.

UH, WE SURE DO.

DALLAS COUNTY.

THAT'S FOR ONE 90 THOUGH.

THAT'S ONE 90.

YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE 90, BUT YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH.

YES, SIR.

BUT, UH, WE SAW THE, THE SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES AND, UH, UH, WAITING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO GET STARTED.

YES, SIR.

SO IS THERE STILL THE, THE CONSIDERATION IS NORTH OF COMBINE COMING INTO COFFMAN NORTH OF COMBINE GOING UP BY THE ROCK CHURCH AND INTERSECTING WITH 1 75.

I THINK THAT ROUTE'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.

THE ROUTE'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED SOUTH OF US.

SO THE ONE GOING UP THROUGH FORNEY IS, IS NOT NO, NO, SIR HAS NOT.

OH, OKAY.

IT'S FROM WHERE THAT, FROM 1 75 OVER TO WHERE IT'LL HOOK ON.

UH, 5 4 8 2 0 5 5 4 8 2 0 5 IS WHAT DECIDED.

YEAH.

ROCKWELL COUNTY HAS ACCEPTED THEIRS AND MADE THEIR NOMINATION IN MACCO AND KAMAN COUNTY'S NEXT.

DID, HAVE YOU GOT MORE COPIES OF THESE, MIKE? YES, SIR.

I BROUGHT COPIES.

WHAT I BROUGHT TODAY WAS A COPY OF THE CITY OF ATTORNEY'S ADOPTED THIRD PER PLAN AND THEN AN ACTUAL BLOW UP OF THAT AREA.

SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE IT IS, COMES ALONG WEST OF RUSHING CREEK AS STATED.

COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM COPY TO THE COMMISSIONER? SURE.

THEY, IN CASE ANY OF 'EM HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT WHILE YOU'RE HERE? SURE.

AS STATE, I BELIEVE THE MOBILITY PLAN IS, WE NEED IT, AS I SAID, IT'S NOT GONNA BE IN OPERATIONS OF 2025.

WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE HURTING BEFORE THEN.

BUT JUST THE ECONOMICAL BOOM TO THE COUNTY ITSELF, I BELIEVE ON THE, THE 21ST FEBRUARY.

YEAH.

COMING HERE IN HIGH SIX 30.

YEAH.

I HAD, UH, WRITTEN, UH, MICHAEL MORRIS AND WELL, WHAT, WHAT THAT HEARING IS OR THAT COUNTY INTO THE METROPOLITAN.

THERE'S TWO, THE 21ST IS BELIEVE TO BRING IN THE, UH, ALL OF COUNTY, THE METROPOLITAN AREA.

RIGHT NOW HALF OF TON COUNTY'S IN THE PLANNING AREA.

YEAH.

THE OTHER HALF'S NOT.

AND THEY FINALLY REALIZED THAT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY IS GROWING TOO.

BEEN TELLING THAT FOR YEARS.

AND NOBODY'S DRIVEN DOWN.

WE FINALLY GOT PHONE SYSTEMS NOW PHONE THERE, PEOPLE COMING AFTER THE PHONES.

RIGHT.

ANYWAY, THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE I HAD MICHAEL AND HIM

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STATION, I IN STATION, BUT ADVISE EVERY I THIS FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE CALL FOR, THEY'RE GETTING AROUND TO DOING SOMETHING.

THEY HAD A RULE ALIGNMENT 10TH, 21ST.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY COMMISSION WILL ATTEND A TRANSPORTATION FORUM IN AUSTIN THIS YEAR? AND I BELIEVE IT'S APRIL, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION FORM.

I ATTENDED IT LAST YEAR.

IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

OF COURSE, GOVERNOR PERRY GOT UP THERE AND TOLD US HOW BROKE THE STATE WAS AND HOW IT WAS ENABLING THE COUNTIES AND THE CITIES TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. IS THIS ONE OF THE, UH, LET'S, THE COUNCIL GOVERNOR GOES DOWN AS A, IS THAT THE ONE? YES.

YES SIR.

IT IS.

I ALWAYS MAKE THAT.

I BELIEVE IT'S SET FOR APRIL.

YEAH, IT'S BEEN IN THE LAST, IT'S BEEN THE LAST WEEKEND.

AND, UH, OR LAST THURSDAY IN MAY, I NOTICED APRIL.

VERY IMPORTANT.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, MICHAEL.

UH, MICHAEL MORRIS ALWAYS DOES A GREAT PRESENTATION.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MIKE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WELL, MICHAEL, GO.

ANY OF Y'ALL GOT ANY, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING YES.

I, I CORRECT MIKE BECAUSE HE GETS UP THERE AND YOU CALL HIS LUKE MAN THAT'LL PUT YOUR LEGS UP RUNNING OUTER LOOP.

OUTER LOOP OUTER.

I MADE THE MISTAKE OF CALLING IT LUKE MAN BECAUSE IT TIES INTO LUKE MAN.

BUT IT'S NOT LUKE MAD BECAUSE WE, SOMEBODY BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR 20 YEARS AND THEY CALL IT, THEY ALWAYS CALLED EVER LOOP.

AND YOU DON'T CHANGE THE NAME OF IT, YOU'RE GONNA GET STRUNG UP IN UGLY.

WELL ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT DEAL, IT WAS CALLED LUKE NINE GOING, GOING AROUND THROUGH SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY.

IT IS LUKE NINE DOWN THERE.

YEAH.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO KAUFMAN AND ROCKWALL, IT, IT'S THE SAME LOOP IS CALLED THE OUTER LOOP.

YEAH.

THEY WERE HOPING AT ONE TIME TO GET TOGETHER, TIE INTO, TIE INTO THIS, THIS WENT AROUND, THIS IS THE TRANSEX CORRIDOR, JUST REPACKING AND RENA.

REALLY? YES SIR.

THIS IS GONNA BE A 440 FOOT RIDE AWAY AND WHERE OPPOSED TO 1200 FOOT RIDE AWAY.

SO WITH NY HAVING THIS ON THEIR, UH, THIRD FAIR PLAN, IT'LL GIVE US THAT, UH, WHEN SOMEBODY BRINGS A PLANT INTO US FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE, WE CAN MAKE THEM RESERVE THAT 400 FEET, FOUR FEET ROCK CAN DID 500 FEET FOR SOME REASON.

YES, SIR.

AND YOU, AND YOU WORKED WITH CAROL ON THIS ALSO.

YOU'VE BEEN VISITING WITH STEVE.

I HAVE NOT MET WITH STEVE.

I HAVE TRIED TO MEET WITH JANA BELL LAST WEEK AT CITY OF CRANDALL.

UH, STEVE ROGERS AND JEFF NEIL AND NORTH TEXAS CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATION ON THIS.

AND THEY KNOW NOWHERE AROUND I PERSONALLY HAD NOT MET WITH STEVE.

OKAY.

THIS IS REAL SIMPLE WHERE STEVE AND LOS L PEOPLE WANTED US, WANTED TO GO AND THEY BROUGHT TO ME A YEAR AGO.

THAT'S WHAT'S LOOKED LIKE TO REAL CLOSE WHEN I SAW THIS.

I SEE.

I THINK I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

SOMEWHERE.

, IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOES THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDENTIAL.

YES SIR.

IT DOES.

YEAH.

IS THAT HOW'S HOUSE? NO SIR.

DOUGLAS LANE.

IT'LL STILL HAVE SOME CRITIQUING TO BE DONE ONCE THEY, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE THE FINAL ROUTE.

THAT HAS TO BE DONE FIRST, BUT THEN IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT TAKE CONSIDERATION WHAT STRUCTURES, IT'LL STILL BE CRITIQUING.

ANY QUESTIONS WITH MIKE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MIKE.

THANK YOU.

SOMETIMES WHOLE THING.

OKAY.

OH MY GOODNESS.

WE'RE DOWN TO LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.

YES SIR.

CAPTAIN CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND.

WE PROPOSED LINE ON TRANSFER FOR SUB COURTHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS OF $5,000 REDUCTION IN REPAIRS AND A JUVENILE PROBATION INTENSIVE SUPERVISION FUND.

WE HAVE A TRANSFER OF $1,200 BETWEEN TWO LINE TWO, UH, SALARY LINE ITEMS. THIS WE ENROLLED BRIDGE PRECINCT FOUR WE'RE CERTIFYING ADDITIONAL

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FEMA REVENUES OF $14,470 AND BUDGETING THAT TOOLS, NEW EQUIPMENT.

OKAY.

UH, I GUESS, UH, COMMISSIONER HAS A STAKE IN MAKE THAT MOTION.

WILL MAKE THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER WILL SECOND ALL A MOTION CARRIED AND I GUESS SURE.

NICE.

I WAS GONNA SAY LEGAL, BUT IT WE DOWN THE YEAR AND THEN IF YOU GOT FROM A CERTIFICATE, THEY'LL COME, COME BY AND DO IT AGAIN IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.

AND IF YOU JUST WANT HAVE IT DONE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, UH, FOR I THINK YOU SAID 15 CENTS A FOOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY'LL DO IT AGAIN.

YEAH.

SO IF YOU GOING EVERYWHERE, THAT WAS ONLY ONE COAT.

DO SOME MORE ON IT TODAY.

BUT I WAS PLEASED WITH THE WAY IT LOOKED.

WELL, UH, Y'ALL LOOKING AT BILL, I ASK QUESTION, ARE ALL OF YOU GOING TO PG? YES.

I YOU'RE NOT.

I'M GOING TO WACO.

OKAY.

BECAUSE I GOT, UH, I GOTTA GO TO THAT BASTROP.

UH OH, THAT BASTROP SCHOOL.

SCHOOL.

YEAH.

UM, WELL THAT'S BECAUSE I WAS GONNA REMIND YOU OF ALL OF US ARE THERE, BE SURE WHERE YOU SU YOUR TIE BECAUSE THEY TAKE A PICTURE OF THE COMPLETE COURT.

YOU DON'T TO TAKE, MAKE IT CLEAR YOU'RE NOT SLEEPING.

I'M NOT SLEEPING.

THAT'S ALL THE COURT.

I GOT ROOM FOR 30 YEARS, 30 PHONE CALL.

I'M GONNA COURT.

WELL I'VE GOT TWO AND SPITE AND THEY'RE WALKING ALONG.

FENCE BALL.

OH YEAH.

PUT SOME SOME FEED UP ON.

TELL YOU WHAT,

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I CAN'T, I CAN'T, WE DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT.

GOT GOT FOUR MINE DUNNO IF THESE GUYS, THAT'S WHEN WE WERE HAVING, WE GOT THREE, SO I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GONNA LEAVE ABOUT 1 12 5 YET.

WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED THIS MORNING, THAT'S Y'ALL, YOU GUYS TOO MUCH OF FROM MR. MURPHY WANTED TO USE THEIR PEOPLE BUT COULD HAVE TO USE THEIR VACATION.

THEY, BECAUSE THEY DO.

THAT'S THE SAME PHONE.

OKAY.

MURPHY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

NO, HE THINKS WE'RE GOING DO IT.

MY GUYS DON'T KNOW THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A DAY OFF VACATION.

DOESN'T I? THEY'RE, I'M, I'M JUST ASSUMING THEY'RE NOT GOING BE INTERESTED IN THAT.

BUT SEE, THAT'S WHAT TOM TOLD ME.

NOW I DON'T, THEN I TOLD TOM TO TALK TO MURPHY AND LET THEM AND SO THEN THEY TALKED AND THEN MR. MURPHY KIND OF INDICATED THAT TOM INDICATED TO HIM THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE A VACATION, BUT THAT THEY DO HAVE TO TAKE A VACATION ACCORDING TO, TO COURTHOUSE.

IS THE COURTHOUSE CLOSED MONDAY? UH, YES MA'AM.

BE ALL PRESIDENT'S DAY.

SO WE'LL MEET ON TUESDAY.

SO, SO EVERYTHING'S CLOSED ON MONDAY? YES MA'AM.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY OBSERVED THAT DAY OR NOT.

I NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY WAS OBSERVED.

HUH? YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE A LIST OF OUR HOLIDAYS? I HAVE IT, BUT NOT WITH ME.

OH, OKAY.

I FORGOT.

YOU FORGOT.

WELL, I, I DIDN'T DO THAT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

, NOT VERY WAIT, WAIT A FEW MORE YEARS.

JUDY.

WHAT? JUST WAIT A FEW MORE YEARS.

IT GETS BETTER.

OH.

ALSO NEXT WHEN WE DO UP THE MEETING WILL BE IN MY OFFICE.

SEE I KNEW THAT FIGURED THAT ONE OUT.

I EARLY DOES IT ERNIE BONE START ON THE 19TH? YEAH.

SO A WEEK FROM TODAY? A WEEK FROM NO, IT STARTS ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY.

TUESDAY WEEK FROM TUESDAY.

SO NEXT WEEK I'LL HAVE TO MEET IN YOUR OFFICE.

TUESDAY, NEXT WEEK'S MONDAY.

IT'S THE EIGHTH.

YEAH, TUESDAY.

NEXT TUESDAY WE'LL MEET IN OUR OFFICE.

MEET IN YOUR OFFICE.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, WILL SHE'LL BE IN THE OFFICE? MM-HMM .

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

SO DELIVER.

I DIDN'T FORGET AS MUCH AS YOU'RE I DON'T, I PRETTY MUCH DELIVERED.

SAYS YOU CAN'T DO IT.

YOU CAN'T DO IT.

HE SAID IT IS AN ACCOUNTING NIGHTMARE.

OH.

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THAT'S WHY HE HAS TO WORK OUT NOW IF PAYROLL SO BACK TELL THEY TAKE A VACATION DAY, MR. MR. MURPHY CANNOT MAKE Y NO WE DON'T.

WE THAT WAS NOT, WE LAWSUITS FOR SOME REASON HE'S CONVINCED ME THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

YEAH, I HEARD THAT ALL 72.

JUDGE WHAT THE LEGAL, WHAT'S THE LEGAL THING SAYS WE CAN'T USE BECAUSE ROAD AND BRIDGE.

ROAD AND BRIDGE ARE DEDICATED FUNDS.

WE HAVE A TAX, YOU KNOW, FOR ROAD BRIDGE AND SO THE PEOPLE ARE TAXED FOR THAT MONEY TO GO TO ROAD BRIDGE.

SO THAT'S GOT TO GO TO ROAD AND BRIDGE.

YOU CANNOT USE THAT MONEY.

AND SINCE ALL THEIR SALARIES COME OUT ROAD BRIDGE, THEN THEY CANNOT WORK FOR SOMEBODY ELSE OR WORK.

SO THAT'S YOU.

YEAH.

YOU GONNA, YEAH.

SECRETARY COMES OUT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S NO PROBLEM.

AND WE SEE WHAT HE SAID BY AN ACCOUNT.

HOW COULD DIVIDE OUT WHAT MONEY THEY Y'ALL GET FROM FINES, FEES AND COURT COSTS.

IF HE COULD DIVIDE THAT OUT AND SAY, OKAY, THIS DAY WE'RE GOING TO PAY THAT GUY'S SALARY FROM FINES, FEES AND COURT COSTS AND NOT FROM ROAD AND BRIDGE.

BUT THEN MURPHY CAN'T REIMBURSE US FROM HIS ELECTION.

FINE.

NONE OF BRIDGE.

I MEAN NOT HE CAN, IF THE INDIVIDUAL TAKES A VACATION, HE CANNOT WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND BE PAID BY ROAD AND BRIDGE.

WE PAID FOR EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SOMEBODY WILL COME IN.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

IT CAN BE DONE BUT IT'S AN ACCOUNTING NIGHTMARE.

I DON'T WANT DO THAT.

WELL WE HAVE, REMEMBER IF YOU'RE BEING PAID FROM FROM ROAD BRIDGE, WHICH ALL YOUR PEOPLE'S SALARIES ARE PAID FROM ROAD BRIDGE, THEY CAN'T WORK FOR ANYBODY ELSE.

YEAH.

THEY GOTTA BE, YOU GOTTA BE DOING ROAD BRIDGE.

EVEN THOUGH MURPHY COULD REIMBURSE US FOR THAT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.

YEAH, I GUESS YOU NEED TO MAKE I DO YOUR I'M NOT GONNA THEM AND I KNOW THEY'VE ALWAYS SOME KIND OF BE HARD TO STUFF IN THAT CONSTABLE CALL SHELL PRECINCT FOUR BECAUSE WEIGHT TURNED UP MISSING DOWN THERE AT THE EXXON WHEN YOU TURN INTO THE COUNTRY CLUB, THEY TOOK 'EM ALL OUT, ALL THE BIG RIGHT.

BUT

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THE REASON THAT THEY GAVE WAS BECAUSE THE CONSTABLES RACE DOWN THERE HAD GOTTEN SO NASTY FROM PEOPLE CALLING THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT COMPLAINING.

THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT JUST TOOK 'EM ALL DOWN.

.

SO IT WASN'T ON STATE HIGHWAY.

THEY STILL TOOK THEM ALL DOWN.

I HAD ONE ON EVAN, WE HAD ONE ON EVANS PROPERTY, THE LIGHTING 1 75 AND IT WAS SURE WASN'T ON THE RIGHT BECAUSE WE MADE SURE.

YEAH BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO FAR BACK.

WE MADE SURE IT WENT ON THE RIGHT WAY.

PRECINCT FOUR AND PRECINCT ONE, TESTING NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE TESTING ALL MY SIGNS.

ABOUT TWO OR THREE OF JOE'S COME UP MISSING.

BROUGHT THE SIGNS BACK HOME.

MR. JOE.

REALLY? YEAH.

SO CALLED NIGHT, PUT THEM ON THE FRONT.

I MEAN THEY ALL GONE TWICE AS BIG.

YOU TALKING ABOUT JOE TERRY? NO, JOE.

JOE.

JOE PRETTY, YEAH.

BROUGHT HIM BACK.

YEAH.

WHAT WAS HE TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S FOUR QUESTION.

OH OKAY.

I SUBTRACTED.

YEAH.

JUST NOW DON ON ME.

HE RUNS FOR THAT OFFICE TOO.

CLEAN UP THE WHOLE TOOK THEM OFF.

YEAH.

WHAT'D THEY DO WITH HIM? WELL I DON'T KNOW IF HE, HE BROUGHT MINE BACK.

HE CALLED, I WAS GOING CHURCH LAST NIGHT AND SAID I BROUGHT YOU SIGNS ON FOR, I CALLED IT BACK.

I KNOW ONE THING.

SURE.

THERE'S A LOT OF SIGNS GOING UP THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO PUT.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT.

I KNOW THAT'S TRUE.

I TRY NOT TO PUT AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE TAKE THEM DOWN AND THROW 'EM AWAY.

YEAH.

IF THEY PUT 'EM UP WITHOUT PERMISSION, THEY SHOULD TAKEN DOWN.

I MEAN THAT'S WHAT THEY DO IS THEY THROW, TAKE THEM DOWN AND THROW 'EM AWAY.

MATTER OF FACT, I, I TOLD SOMEBODY THEY OUGHT TO CALL SOMEBODY AND TELL 'EM NO SIGNS THAT THEY WERE PUT UP WITHOUT PERMISSION OR COMING DOWN.

JUDGE CAN I STILL PUT ONE IN TINA'S PART OF YOUR YARD? , SHE FIXED TINA THE ROAD.

SHE FIXED TINA'S PART OF THE ROAD.

SHE, SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE HER SONS IN HER.

I NOTICED SHE DIDN'T SISTER'S YARD.

I DID.

I PUT ONE IN HER.

IS THAT HER? YOU ARE OUT THERE? YEAH.

YEAH, I GOT ONE THERE.

WHAT'D YOU SAY? SHE WADE THE SHERIFF.

YEAH, I THINK THE SHERIFF PUT ONE OUT ON THE OTHER END OF YOU WRITTEN THE TRIBUNE UH, ONLINE.

YOU STAYING HERE? NO, I DON'T READ.

HAVEN'T MR. FRANKLIN.

WELL IT SEEMS LIKE I HEARD SATURDAY NIGHT AT A MEETING THAT I WAS THAT HE WAS IN THE JAIL AT THAT TIME.

JAIL.

YEAH.

BUT I THINK THEY'D ALREADY PICKED HIM UP SATURDAY NIGHT.

DIDN'T HE REALLY? HE WAS INDIC.

ISN'T THAT WHAT THE SHERIFF SAID? HE HAD TWO.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID OUT THERE AT THAT MEETING.

I'M GONNA ASK THE SHERIFF, GONNA LET HIM OUT ON A WEEKEND.

THAT'S COLD.

PRETTY COLD.

YOU SHOULDN'T LET HIM DO AN INTERVIEW.

TELEVISION TELEVISION HEARD SOME KIND OF COOKING CONTEST.

DID WAS I KNEW HE WAS IN A COOKING CONTEST THERE.

ENOUGH QUESTION.

COOKING CONTEST.

GREAT.

GREAT.

IS THAT WHY Y'ALL? HUH? IS THAT WHY Y'ALL TAKE, HE MADE SOME UH, TEXAS SPRAY.

WHAT'S HE MAY YEAH, HE HAD HIM IN THAT CONTEST IN CRO.

THEY HAD, THAT'S WHERE HE WAS SATURDAY NIGHT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

IS THAT FELLA IN JAIL IN KAUFMAN? I DUNNO.

I IN HIS DOOR, I WAS, WE JUST HEARD SATURDAY NIGHT THAT THE TARRANT COUNTY GRAND JURY HAD THREE INDICTMENTS AGAINST HIM.

RETURNED THREE AND BACK TO GET HIM.

AND THEN I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS IN JAIL AT THAT TIME.

BUT THAT WAS, SO THEY NAMED FORT WORTH? YEAH.

IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULDN'T KNOW IF GUY, IF HE WAS LOCKED UP, HE SHOULD'VE BEEN IN FORT

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WORTH.

I WOULDN'T KNOW HIM IF HE WALKED IN THE STORE.

I WOULDN'T EITHER.

BUT UH, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS.

I'M COMPLETELY UH UH UH, YEAH, NEUTRAL.

I DUNNO WHERE HE IS.

I NEVER MET THE GUY.

I NEVER SEEN THE GUY.

SO IT WOULDN'T, DOESN'T HE OUTTA JAIL? UPSCALE WEST WALKING.

IF HE'S RUNNING FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE IF WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME.

SO, BUT I UNDERSTAND HIS QUO IN THE NEWSPAPER WAS IT'S ALL POLITICAL.

THE REASON THIS HAS ALL COME UP BECAUSE HE'S RUNNING FOR SHERIFF DOWN HERE.

WELL IF THE GRAND JURY INDICTED HERE, THEY'RE NOT NORMALLY POLITICAL AS FAR AS I KNOW.

WELL WHAT DOES A GRAND JURY IN TARRANT COUNTY CARE ABOUT? KAUFMAN COUNTY POLITICS ANYWAY.

THEY SHOULDN'T CARE AT ALL.

HE JUST MESSED UP .

THAT SOUND LIKE A VERY GOOD MOVE FOR SURE.

BAD TIMING.

I THINK SOME REALLY GOOD REPORTER WOULD JUST DO A LOT OF DIGGING AND FIND OUT WHAT THE REAL STORY IS.

JUST CALL TARRANT COUNTY DA'S OFFICE AND GET A STORY OUT WASHING THE MUD.

YOU KNOW, SHOULD TAKE MY CAR.

TALKING ABOUT POLITICS BETWEEN, MY GOODNESS.

YOU GOT THAT BUT AT SAME TIME THAT SAME GUY HAS BEEN WALKING THE STREETS OF NO, NO, NO WALKING THE STREETS.

THIS IS MOST, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT.

DID YOU COPY YOUR BILLS? DID YOU, YOUR BILLS IN TODAY WAS, THERE'S ONLY TO DO WHAT IS OR SOMETHING OUT THE CAR.

BUT

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IT WAS KIND OF LIKE MADE IT L SHAPE YOUR RUBBER IT BAD SHAPE.

SO PRETTY MUCH THAT BAND, FOR SOME REASON THEY SAID THERE WAS FOUR SEVEN REGISTERED.

1113.

THINK IT'S 11.

IS THAT STATIONARY? THE STATIONARY? THEY SAID THEY WERE BROUGHT US IN THIRD PARTY DEFENDANT ALLEGING THAT SINCE WE WOULDN'T PAY HIM, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.

AND THE BUT THAT SUBPOENA

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I WAS 7 3 2 VERSUS WHAT THEY THAT'S THE BEST KIND.

OKAY.

FREE MAINTENANCE UNTIL EPTEMBER GOES IN.

OKAY.

ENTERTAIN MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS.

MOTION SHANE MAKES IT.

AND COMMISSIONER.

DOLLAR SECONDS IT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES AND WE CAN PAY THE BILLS.

UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I MOVE.

COMMISSIONER ROB MAKES A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDS IT AND WE'LL BE BACK.

SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES AND WILL BE HERE.

IF THE CREEK DON'T RISE AND EVERYTHING LOOKS OUT, EXECUTE A IT OVER THERE WON'T BE HERE.

IT'LL BE ACROSS THE STREET.