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HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THINK THEY COULD PRIVILEGE AN OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER LIKE THIS ON THIS MORNING TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
PLEASE GIVE US THE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE CORRECT DECISIONS AND HELP US AS WE GO ALONG.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS LIFE GIVING RAIN, ALTHOUGH THIS STOPS OUR ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS, BUT, UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT ANYWAY.
UH, LOOK DOWN ON OUR SOLDIERS AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY AND BRING THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALL THIS WE ASK, IN JESUS NAME, I PLEDGE FIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY BEING JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER IGI TO TEXAS.
OKAY, FIRST ITEM WE'RE GONNA DO THIS MORNING.
UM, RICK, WOULD YOU BRING THE YOUNG MAN UP HERE AND INTRODUCE HIM, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY MET JOHN WONG.
UH, HE'S A NEW ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
UH, JOHN IS GONNA BE HANDLING COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN, UH, COUNTY AFFAIRS, CIVIL AFFAIRS.
UH, HE'S BEEN IN PRACTICE FOR 23 YEARS.
UH, HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE CIVIL SECTION FOR DALLAS COUNTY FROM 1997, 2002, AND WORKED WITH THE, UH, DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON A WEEKLY BASIS FOR SOME OF THAT TIME.
SO I SAID HE DEALT WITH, UH, JOHN WALEY PRICE AND MAYFIELD AND ALL THOSE GUYS.
BUT, UH, THIS OUGHT TO BE AN EASY GIG FOR YOU.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, JUST, UH, JUST NEED TO COMMENT
I HAVE TWO RULES FOR YOU TODAY.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY, PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR VALUABLE THING, ANY MONEY OR VALUABLE THING OR PROMISED TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, OR RECEIVING THE APPOINTMENT FOR RECEIVING THE APPOINTMENT, OR CONFIRMATION THEREOF OR CONFIRMATION THEREOF, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
SINCE YOU DIDN'T BRI RICK TO TAKE THIS JOB, THEN RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
I, JOHN, LONG BEFORE I, JOHN, LONG BEFORE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY KAUFFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS OF KAMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND AND CO CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.
WHAT YOU WANT A PICTURE HERE? YEAH.
LET'S NOT TAKE ONE MORE JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY'S EYES ARE CLOSED.
YOU GONNA HANG AROUND THIS MORNING? OH, YES, YES.
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OKAY.HOPEFULLY Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS, AREN'T CORRECTIONS.
WE WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
SOME MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DULLER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
Y'ALL BE THINKING ABOUT THIS AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP.
UH, THIS IS TCEQ HAS REQUESTED NOMINATION OF TWO INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE ON THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE RECOVERY ADVISORY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
UH, SO Y'ALL BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
WHICH ONE Y'ALL MIGHT WANNA SERVE ON THAT.
UH, FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING IS, UH, MS. KATHY MARS TO DISCUSS CONSIDER FOOD THE AMENDED CITY'S READINESS INITIATIVE CONTRACT.
IS THAT A MONTH AGO? Y'ALL APPROVE THE CITY'S READINESS INITIATIVE CONTRACT FOR THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE WAY THE CDC AND THE STATE DHS DS.
KEEP TALKING THROUGH YOUR NOSE.
I'M GOING TO THE DOCTOR A SECOND AND IF I DON'T TURN OFF, I'LL BE ALRIGHT.
UM, BUT THIS IS AN AMENDMENT FOR SOME REASON.
THEY SPLIT IT UP THIS YEAR AND GAVE US 20,000 AND HAVE TURNED AROUND HERE A MONTH LATER.
AND THEY'VE GIVEN US ANOTHER 20,000.
BUT WE NEED TO PROVE THE AMENDMENT SO WE CAN HAVE IT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
THE GRANT ENDS, IT'S ACTUALLY THE GRANT AND IT ENDS JULY 3RD.
AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE THE LAST TIME THAT THE CDC IS GONNA RELEASE FUNDS FOR THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING AND IN PLACE.
IT GOES THROUGH JULY THE THIRD FIRST, YOU WANNA, UM, KIND IN CASE SOME OF THEM ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY'S READINESS IS.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE MASS, UM, ANTIBIOTICS OR ANYTHING GIVEN OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE SEVEN POD SITES PLUS SITES IN THE COUNTY FOR SAFE SCHOOLS, AND WE GET VOLUNTEERS TO MAN THOSE AND HAND OUT THE MEDICATION OVER A 48 HOUR PERIOD.
AND STEVE, WHO IS THE ONE THAT'S THE COORDINATOR, SOS BEING PAID OUT OF THIS GRANT TO JUST, WE'RE FINISHING UP PODS AND ENDS.
THERE'S A COUPLE PIECES EQUIPMENT WE STILL NEED TO GET AND JUST KEEP REASSURING THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL ON BOARD.
KATHY, WE GONNA, A MOTION THE AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S READINESS INITIATIVE CONTRACT.
A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. MARILYN MAY, MARILYN, UH, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, UH, THIS IS GONNA REPORT ON THE, ON THE RECYCLING POUNDAGE COUNTY FACILITIES HAVE RECYCLED IN 2007, AND ALSO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE GRANT PROPOSAL FOR CONTINUATION.
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OKAY.WELL, AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME AND TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AT ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE GRANT APPLICATION THAT WE PUT IN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THAT.
THIS WAS THE FIRST PHASE OF TWO YEAR, YOU KNOW, 2008, 2009 GRANT CYCLE.
AND, UM, THAT CYCLE HAD 1,000,400 AND, UH, $74,328 AVAILABLE.
THE SECOND PHASE IS GOING TO START WHERE APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE IN ON MAY THE 16TH.
AND THERE IS MORE MONEY IN THIS PHASE THAN THERE WAS IN THE FIRST PHASE.
PROB I, I DIDN'T LOOK TO SEE EXACTLY, I JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS, SO IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, AND WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THAT, UM, WELL, LET'S GO THROUGH.
THERE WERE 67 GRANTS SUBMITTED, 27 WERE FUNDED, UM, ABOUT SIX COUNTIES PUT IN AND TWO WERE FUNDED.
SO, UM, I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH THAT WAS NECESSARILY A PROBLEM FOR US.
WHAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS MIGHT HAVE BEEN IS THAT WE ACTUALLY, UM, WERE ASKING FOR $237,000 AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.
SO I'M GOING TO COVER POSE THAT WE BREAK IT UP AND SUBMIT A LOT OF DIFFERENT LITTLE THINGS SO THAT WE WON'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR A HUGE AMOUNT.
WE ALSO FIT IN WITH THE CITY OF TERRELL, AND I THOUGHT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD THAT IS TO PARTNER TOGETHER.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WORKED, OR I'M NOT SURE IF THE JUDGES UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE DOING.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY BREAK OFF THE CITY OF CHAR AS CITY OF CHARIT TO PUT IN THEIR OWN GRANT.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, IF WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, GET YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO PUT IN ONE GRANT FOR THE CITIZENS CONVENIENCE STATION UPGRADES AND THE BAYLOR FOR THOSE, THE PRECINCT RECYCLING DROP-OFF CENTERS WOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT, WHICH IS PRECINCT TWO, PRECINCT THREE.
UM, UNLESS SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, THINKS OF ANOTHER ONE THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN AND I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT WE NEED EDUCATIONAL ITEMS AND ALL THESE THINGS COST.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN A GRANT FOR EDUCATIONAL ITEMS ON THE RECYCLING SIDE.
AND THEN A NEW ONE THAT I THINK WE NEED IS AN ILLEGAL DUMPING EDUCATION, UH, APPLICATION FOR BASICALLY, UH, EDUCATIONAL TOOLS.
NOT, YOU KNOW, THE TRUCK OR ANY OF THE THINGS THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT NEEDS, BUT WE ARE STILL GOING OUT, UM, CONSTANTLY GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING, GIVING INFORMATION OUT.
AND I'M RUNNING OUTTA THAT INFORMATION.
SO THE BANNERS, UM, WE GIVE OUT AND WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE PROBABLY EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS WANTING A BANNER AND I'M REALLY GETTING LOW ON THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I'VE BEEN REAL, UM, LUCKY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THAT GOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE GRANT, BUT I'M KIND OF THINKING WE NEED TO, TO DO THAT AGAIN.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER, UM, WE NEED TO DECIDE TODAY THAT YES, YOU APPROVED TO DO THAT, OR IF YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK AFTER WE HAVE WRITTEN ALL THOSE, THOSE GRANTS, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE YOU TO MAKE A FINAL GRANT.
THAT WAY WE CAN START WRITING ON KNOW THAT YOU, YOU ARE APPROVING THAT.
AND I'LL COME, I'LL HAVE THE RESOLUTIONS WHEN WE GET ALL THIS GRANTS WRITTEN.
SO, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROB, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
I, A QUESTION BEFORE WE CONTINUE.
CONVENIENCE STATION UPGRADES IN BAYLOR.
WAS THIS BAYLOR FOR, FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR NO, IT, IT'S WHAT WE WERE, SINCE WE ARE OVER IN THE MATERIAL AREA AND WE ARE, I GET PLASTIC DROPPED OFF AT OUR FACILITY ON
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A DAILY BASIS.I GET, UM, CARD, WE WE'RE PICKING UP CARDBOARD AND PAPER.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT MATERIAL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO I WAS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO GET A BAILOR THAT WE COULD PUT OVER AT THE TARIFF CONVENIENCE STATION BECAUSE WE'RE IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW.
SOMEBODY HAS EVEN MENTIONED MAYBE A MOBILE SO THAT WE COULD MOBILE GO AROUND, YOU KNOW, AND USE IT.
BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO, TO PURCHASE ONE.
IT WOULD BE THE COUNTIES, BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE USING IT.
Y'ALL HAVE A BAIL LIMIT DOWN THERE? SURE.
HE HAS A BAILER AND WE USE THAT A LOT.
BUT IF WE HAVE TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, GAS IS GETTING REALLY EXPENSIVE AND WE HAVE TO DRIVE IN FROM LL AND BRING THAT MATERIAL INTO THE, TO THE, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO USE IT.
CAN, CAN IT BE MADE MOBILE? I'M SURE THEY CAN.
YEAH, I'VE SEEN, I'VE HEARD OF IT, SO I, BUT I, I HAVE TO INVESTIGATE IT.
BUT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD MAYBE BE A REALLY, YOU KNOW, GOOD THING, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU DO IT.
AND THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED THE EQUIPMENT OF MAYBE ONE OF THE PRECINCTS TO GET IT OFF OF A TRAILER SO THAT WE COULD PUT IT DOWN SO THE BALES COULD COME OUT.
I DUNNO, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING.
SO IF NOT WE, WE'LL JUST GET A, WE'LL JUST GET RIGHT.
WE'LL JUST TRY TO, WE MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COMPANIES AROUND TO HELP US BUILD SOMETHING WHERE YOU GUYS CAN HELP US.
YEAH, IF WE COULD DO THAT, WE WOULD, THAT WOULD REALLY BE WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE COULD PUT IN STATIONS WHERE WE COULD GET PLASTICS, WE COULD BAIL THEM UP AND THEN GET THEM PICKED UP AND WE WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS FOR THOSE.
SO IT'S ALL JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT? NO, IT'S KIND OF ALMOST, WE TALKED ABOUT THE US DELIVERING THE RECYCLABLE TO THE RECYCLE WAS TO THE CONVENIENCE STATION AND KEMP, DO I START THAT NOW? ARE YOU GONNA TELL THAT GENTLEMAN NO MORE? I'LL, I'LL HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE THEM OVER TO THE RECYCLE RIGHT PAPER.
IN FACT, THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVEN'T CONTACTED, WHICH I WILL DO TODAY IS LEANNA OVER AT THE SUFFOLK COURTHOUSE.
UM, THE CITY OF THE CITY MANAGER AND KEMP IS GOING TO TAKE HIS OVER THERE AND THEN IF YOU'LL PICK UP EVERYTHING AT THE SUB COURTHOUSE AND TAKE IT OVER, I'LL JUST HAVE HIM.
THEN TELL HIM YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BY ANYMORE OKAY.
AND THE REASON THAT WE WERE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GOING FROM HOFFMAN ALL THE WAY OUT TO KEN AND WE'VE ONLY BEEN PICKING UP ABOUT 25 POUNDS.
IT COSTS, WE GET A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER 2000 POUNDS.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS, WE'RE PAYING MILEAGE AND A PERSON AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
THE THE NEXT PAGE, UM, THAT YOU HAVE IS THE RECYCLING STATISTICS FOR 2007.
AND WE RECYCLED OUT OF KAUFMAN COUNTY ABOUT, UH, 250 TONS OF MATERIAL AND POUNDS.
UM, WE HAVE, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, A VERY LITTLE KIND OF ACTIVITY WHERE WE HAVE A MAN THAT WE PAY FOR 20 HOURS A WEEK AND THEN WE PAY HIS MILEAGE AND HE GOES AROUND AND PICKS UP.
AND SO WE HAVE A PICKUP AND, AND DELIVERY TYPE OF PROGRAM, AND WE'RE USING THE BAILER AT THE JAIL TO BE ABLE TO BAIL OUT A LOT OF THAT MATERIAL.
WE'RE ALSO, UM, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH ROCK 10, UH, PAPER RECYCLING AND THEY FURNISH US CONTAINERS, WHICH I'M ASKING FOR MORE CONTAINERS NOW BECAUSE WE'RE FILLING EVERYTHING UP THAT WE'VE GOT.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
IT'S JUST KEEPING UP WITH IT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM.
BUT A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES WE ACTUALLY GO AND PICK UP AT THE BUSINESSES AND THEY DEPEND ON THIS, THIS PROGRAM NOW.
SO YOU CAN LOOK DOWN AND SEE THE POUNDAGE THAT MAYBE YOUR ORGANIZATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, CAPTURED.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT I DID AT THE VERY BOTTOM WAS THAT I PUT DOWN HOW MANY TONS THAT THAT WAS EQUIVALENT TO AND WHAT TYPES OF SAVINGS AS FAR AS TREES OR TWO TONS OF PAPER AT 17 TREES, UM, KILOWATT HOURS, WATER, HOW MUCH LANDFILL SPACE THAT WE, WE HAVE SAVED FROM JUST THE PAPER.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ALL, UM, FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.
I ALSO PUT DOWN THE SAVINGS FOR WHAT THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO CALL OUT OF THERE.
AND THAT WAS $3,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS FOR LAST YEAR THAT THEIR
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HALLS WOULD'VE COST THEM.SO THIS IS JUST, UH, IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
WE'RE DOING IT ON A SHOESTRING
IT JUST KEEPS, I'VE HAD FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS COME TO ME, NONE OF THEM HAVE RECYCLING.
AND, UM, KIM MAYBANK, UM, STRAY AND TERRELL, ISD ALL WANTED TO DO RECYCLING.
SO THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.
AND WHAT ABOUT FROM, FROM THE CONVENIENCE STATION HERE AT KAUFMAN PRECINCT LAW? YOU HAVE NUMBERS THAT ARE FROM, UM, ISI AND I CAN GET YOU THOSE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY PUT THOSE IN.
THIS WAS BASICALLY WHAT THE NUMBERS THAT I HAD IN CONJUNCTION, BUT ISI CAN GIVE ME THOSE AND I'LL GIVE THOSE TO YOU.
AND I SHOULDA HAVE PUT THOSE IN.
AND ALSO WE HAVE
UM, AND THEY'RE THE SCHOOL CONTAINERS THAT THE PUBLIC IS PUTTING INTO.
SO IT'S WELL OVER THIS AMOUNT, BUT THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A DEAL FOR HOW MUCH IT'S, BUT WE'RE, AND THAT'S JUST PAPER AND CARD WORK.
THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I'VE, I'VE CAPTURED.
UM, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER FUNDING AND THAT IS SEP, SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT FUNDING THAT TCEQ HAS AVAILABLE.
AND WE HAVE, UH, $12,000 IN THE POT RIGHT NOW FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY TO DO CLEANUPS AND ENTIRE CLEANUPS.
WE HAD TRIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO DO SOME BIG CLEANUPS, AND SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND, UM, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THAT FOR THAT, UH, PROJECT OUT THERE ON 21? THAT'S THE FIRST PROJECT THAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO.
IT MIGHT TAKE THAT ALL 12,000, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S HUGE.
BUT, UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS USE THE, UH, CITIZENS THAT OWE THE COUNTY, UH, WORK TIME.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GET TRUCKS OUT, UH, THAT WE'LL WE'LL BE PAYING FOR.
AND THAT'S, UH, ABOUT $1,200 A TRUCK.
AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY TIRES THAT WE CAN GET ON THERE, BUT, UM, THEY'RE ALL THE SMALLER TIRES.
UM, RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT I KNOW OF ANY LEFTOVER MONEY, THEN I THINK WE'LL TRY TO DO SOME OTHER KIND OF A, A CLEANUP.
WE HAVE A HUGE BIG DUMP SITE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER RADDEN KNOWS ABOUT.
HAS, UH, THERE BEEN ANY MOVEMENT OR ANY PROGRESS AND FIND OUT WHO DUMPED THOSE RIGHT THERE? UM, IT WAS, I THINK THEY CAME OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS ANY ONE PERSON.
UM, THOSE TIRES ARE ALMOST MELTED.
UM, SHE HAD SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A NEIGHBOR THAT, THAT HAD LIVED THERE AND, AND SAID THAT A LOT OF THIS STARTED WHEN, UM, SHE WAS ON VACATION AND THEY DUMPED EM MOVED.
AND IT WAS ALL AROUND THE TIME THAT THE, THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN IN A YEAR.
THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN IN THREE YEARS.
THAT HAD TO BE A LONG ONGOING THING WHEN YOU USE, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR PEOPLE MM-HMM
DO WE FURNISH SOME GLOVES AND EVERYTHING? I MEAN, WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE GOT SAFETY EQUIPMENT THAT THEY, WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO, AND THE MONEY IN THIS CAN BE USED FOR GO FOR THAT.
WE, WE WILL NOT GET ANYTHING FOR MANAGING IT, THE, THE, UH, CO-OP, BUT THE, UM, THE PERSON THAT IF WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME OUT ON A SATURDAY, I PAY AN OFFICER OR SOMEBODY TO BE WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET, THEY GET THIS DONE.
AND THE FAMILY ITSELF, THEMSELVES, THEY'RE WILLING TO, THEY'VE GOT TEENAGE KIDS AND THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP.
AND SO IT'S, I JUST THINK THAT BETWEEN EVERYBODY, WE CAN GET THIS CLEANED UP REALLY GOOD PROJECT, MAKE SURE THAT ALSO HAD A SHOTGUN TO KILL THE SNAKE SINCE WE'RE ON CLEANUPS KIND OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, THIS IS NOT REALLY ABOUT THIS SEP MONEY, BUT I FORMED KEITH KAUFMAN COUNTY.
SO THAT IS BEING MANAGED BY ME AND IT'S REALLY ME.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF COUNTY ROADS THAT NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, BE CLEANED UP.
AND I THINK THAT I COULD USE THOSE, UH, PEOPLE THAT NEED TO WORK OFF THEIR TIME AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE GLOVES AND THE MASKS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED BAGS, BECAUSE KEITH TEXAS BEAUTIFUL SENDS THOSE TO US.
A LOT OF THAT, IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE THAT OVER OUR BUDGET.
BUT I'M THINKING THAT THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD PROJECT, UM, TO DO.
I THINK THE SHERIFF IS FINALLY ABLE TO HELP US AND THIS, UH, IN THIS ENDEAVOR
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AND THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.I HAVE A TRASH TRAILER, WHICH IS BUILT UP THAT WE CAN USE.
AND ANY PRECINCT IS QUITE, I THINK WE CAN GET THE SHERIFF TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, UH, HE'S, HE'S AGREED TO, UH, TO HELP WITH THAT AREA.
WELL WE'VE GOT, DEFINITELY GOT ROADS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP.
I CAN ACTUALLY FIND THOSE ROADS.
AND MARILYN BEN CARMONA SAID THAT, UH, WELL, LET ME START OVER.
WHEN I USE, UH, THAT STAR PROGRAM FROM JOD ON SATURDAY, UH, NORMALLY I HAVE TO SEND ONE OR TWO OF MY GUYS OUT THERE TO START SUPERVISE DEPENDING ON HOW MANY I HAVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SEND, I HAVE TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE.
SO WE INCUR A LITTLE BIT OF A SMALL EXPENSE.
BUT BEN CARMONA SAYS THAT WHEN THEY DO IT WITH THE ADULT PROBATION, UH, THEY SEND THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
SO YOU MIGHT TALK TO EVAN, JUST SEE WHAT THEY HAVE.
THAT'S WHAT I, I'VE GOT SOME CALLS IN FROM HIM AND ANOTHER GROUP THAT I'M THINKING IF WE COULD JUST USE THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TIME THAT THEY NEED TO BE MAKING UP, UM, IN A, YOU KNOW, IN A MANNER THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
YOU DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SEND ANY SUPERVISORY PEOPLE WITH HIS, THEY SENT THEIR OFFICE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING, BECAUSE I REALLY WORK A LOT OF SATURDAYS NOW, NOT HAVE TO DO THAT
AND WE CAN SHOW THAT THE COUNTY IS REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
'CAUSE THIS WILL BE REPORTED STATEWIDE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT IS JUST A REAL GOOD WAY TO, TO PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN THE, UM, THE LAST PART IS JUST A LIST OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS.
I LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME THROUGH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ODYSSEY.
IT'S WHERE WE HAVE SECOND GRADERS, UM, COME IN AND WE DO THIS ANNUALLY.
AND IT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL WHEN KIDS GET A LOT OUTTA IT.
I SEE CHILDREN THAT I, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT STILL REMEMBER THIS PROGRAM.
THEY REALLY, IT'S A GOOD BASIC, GET A LOT OF INFORMATION AND THEN THEY GET TO TAKE THAT WITH 'EM TO LEARN TO KEEP ON LEARNING.
AND I THINK, LET'S SEE, THE LAST PAGE I JUST PUT IN ALL OF THE, THE, UM, THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SINCE WE DID RECEIVE THIS ONE, I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY.
UM, THE FIRST TWO WERE IN 1996 AND I BELIEVE THE COUNTY WROTE THOSE BECAUSE THE CO-OP HAS ONLY BEEN IN FOR 10 YEARS.
THIS, THIS WAS MONEY USED TO CREATE THE CO-OP, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND, UM, TO GET THAT 20 YEAR, UH, SOLID WASTE PLAN WRITTEN, WHICH WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND DO ANOTHER PLAN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND THEN, UM, I TOOK OVER AROUND 2004.
SO SINCE 2004 WE'VE DONE FAIRLY WELL ALSO.
AND WE GO OUT AND GET, YOU KNOW, MONEY FROM TEXAS FORESTRY SERVICE FROM BLUE DONUT, RC AND D.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE SEP MONEY.
THIS IS ALL A BIG, YOU KNOW, INTERNET, INTERNET OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE HELPING THE COUNTY.
I NOTICED, UH, YOU'VE GOT THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OPS 10TH ANNIVERSARY THAT SAYS, UH, BEGINS AT 6:00 PM FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH CAROL.
DON'T SAY WHAT DATE, I'M SORRY.
TYPICALLY, LEMME SAY NO, IT'S, ANYWAY, IT'S THE 13TH OF MARCH AND I INVITE EVERYONE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SPEAKER.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, WE ARE EXCITED.
SO I HOPE THAT EVERYONE OF YOU, UM, ATTENDS AND IF YOU'RE GONNA PLEASE JUST GIMME A CALL, LEMME KNOW SO THAT WE CAN PLAN FOR THAT BECAUSE WE DO FEED EVERYONE.
I ALSO BROUGHT, THIS IS A NEW CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE GONNA START AND IT IS, UM, TAKE CARE OF TEXAS AND THE KIDS ARE, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT OUR, UM, LOGO IS FOR THIS YEAR'S ENVIRONMENTAL ODYSSEY.
SO PLEASE TAKE STICKERS AND PUT THEM AROUND AND, AND, UM, PENS.
AND I THINK IT'S A VERY PATRIOTIC, UH, CAMPAIGN.
I'LL PUT THEM BACK IN THE BACK.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT IF THE JUDGE IS SPEAKING OF THAT WE HAVE TO GO? YES.
THE FIRST CLUE, UH, WE ONCE AGAIN, WE, UH, FIRST MAYOR, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
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WORK YOU DO.YOU CAN TELL FROM THIS REPORT THAT SHE GOES UP AND ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT HER JOB DESCRIPTION CALLS FOR AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT SHE DOES, UH, FOR THESE PROGRAMS. I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THOUGH.
UH, AND IT DEALS WITH COMMISSIONER CLARKS PER SE.
UM, I KNOW WE CANNOT GET A GRANT FOR CONVENIENCE STATION OVER THERE UNTIL WE HAVE THE PROPERTY.
CAN WE FILE FOR AN APPLICATION, BE CAN FILE FOR NOT UNTIL WE HAVE PROPERTY.
AND WE DID LAST TIME ASK IF A LEASE A LONG TERM LEASE WOULD WORK.
AND THEY SAID THAT THAT WOULD WORK, UM, IF WE HAD SOMETHING WHERE SOMEBODY WAS WILLING TO GIVE IT TO YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR A DOLLAR A HUNDRED YEARS OR SOMETHING.
SOMETHING FOR A LONG TIME ORIGINAL.
AND THAT MIGHT BE FASTER THAN AFTER DEAL IN HEARTLAND.
THEY MADE, UH, COMMENTS IN PAST THEY WOULD BE IN, UH, THEY'VE BEEN BOUGHT OUT BY HILLWOOD.
I HAVE TALKED TO ABOUT THAT AND THEY SAID IF WE WOULD, I PROBABLY TAKE THEM DOWN TO SHOW THEM, UH, TAKE DOWN THERE.
THEY WANNA KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO AND THE LEASE PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO THEM JUST GIVING IT TO US FOR 99 YEAR LEASE.
UH, THE GRANT PEOPLE WOULD SAY 50 YEARS.
THEY JUST SAID, I I ACTUALLY THINK IT WAS LIKE 20 OR 25 YEARS SINCE SHE SAID THAT WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH.
UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR LIST.
WE DO AS SOON AS ENVIRONMENTAL ODYSSEY IS OVER THE WEEK OF THE 17TH.
DO YOU REALLY LOOK FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN ON WITH ALL THOSE TIRES OUT THERE ON 1 21 THIS YEAR? OH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN CALLING
AND I THINK IT HAS TO WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, SO I'M READY.
BRIEFLY, YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE TREE CARE WORKSHOP AND THE FORESTER AND WE HAVE? SURE.
WE HAVE A NEW FORESTER, UM, URBAN FORESTER, PAM PORTER.
SHE HAS AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN NURSERY.
SHE'S LIVED WITH A FAMILY THAT OWNS A NURSERY.
SO SHE HAS A LOT OF, UH, LANDSCAPING EXPERIENCE.
SHE HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH PLANTS AND TREES AND, UM, SHE, I NEEDED SOMEBODY THAT COULD WORK ABOUT 20 HOURS A WEEK, WHICH WAS THE FUNDING THAT I REALLY HAD.
SO WE, UH, SHE IS GOING TO SCHOOL TWO NIGHTS A WEEK TO BE AN ARBORIST AND, UM, SHE IS ALSO WORKING ON ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE HER.
I THINK THAT SHE IS JUST GONNA BE A WONDERFUL PERSON AND WE GET GRANT FUNDING FOR HER THROUGH SEPTEMBER THE 31ST.
AND AFTER THAT WE HAVE TO FIND FUNDING TO KEEP HER, TO KEEP HER ON.
BUT SHE'S ALREADY, UM, BEEN OUT TO PRECINCT THREE THIS WEEK, UM, AND WORKED WITH THOSE GUYS AND SAID THAT THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE.
UM, SHE WENT OUT AND TALKED AND DID A PROGRAM WITH CITY OF TERRELL AND THOSE, UH, WORKERS WERE EX THEY WERE VERY OPEN TO ALL OF HER SUGGESTIONS.
IN FACT, WE WENT THE NEXT DAY AND LOOKED AT A TREE THAT SHE HAD.
BASICALLY THE FORESTER DIRECTOR WENT OUT THERE AND THEY HAD SAID THAT THIS TREE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND WE WERE JUST AMAZED THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN OUT AND DONE THAT TO THE TREE.
SO, UM, THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE.
AND THEN WE'LL BE OUT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PRECINCT FORMS, UM, OUT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.
WE'RE GONNA DO TRAINING ON, UM, ALL KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, CARE OF TREES.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, UM, IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THE TREE CARE WORKSHOP ON THE EIGHTH, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY.
AND WE OPEN THIS LAB UNTIL TOMORROW BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BUY TREES.
IT'S $25 FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT YOU GET A FIVE GALLON CHINESE PIST, WHICH IS THE FLAMING RED IN THE, IN THE FALL TREE THAT, UM, IS NATIVE TO THIS AREA.
AND THEN THE FORESTER IS GONNA DO THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S A TWO HOUR NINE TO 11 PROGRAM.
AND, UM, PEOPLE WILL LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR TREES, HOW TO PROPERLY PLANT THEM, PREMIUM 'EM WHAT TO DO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY GET SICK.
JUST, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, A LOT OF INFORMATION.
SO I THINK WHEN I MET WITH HER OUT AT THE, UH, SOUTH CAMPUS,
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SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT TWO CHINESE PISTACHIO.WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING, I THINK THAT WE'VE DECIDED, I MEAN, BUR OAKS AND OAK TREES ARE REALLY NICE, BUT THOSE RED, THAT RED COLOR IN THE FALL IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S ORANGE AND RED AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY OUTSTANDING AT ALL OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY PROPERTIES.
SO I'M THINKING THAT WE'LL PROBABLY GO MOSTLY WITH THOSE UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS SOMETHING ELSE.
AND WE CAN ALWAYS GET ANOTHER, I THINK WE NEED TO WATCH THIS PROGRAM CLOSELY AND SEE AND GET SOME INPUT BACK FROM THE PEOPLE THAT SHE'S WORKING WITH.
UH, AND WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET, WE MIGHT WANT THINK ABOUT THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL AND WORKING AND BENEFITING THE COUNTY SINCE UH, IT ONLY GOES THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
WE MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT.
I KNOW THAT THE, UM, FORESTRY SERVICE IS LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM VERY HARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER EVER FUNDED A NONPROFIT AND THEY HAVE NEVER FOUND FUNDED A COUNTY PROGRAM.
SO FOR ME TO BE WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY AND YOU KNOW, THEM FUNDING A NONPROFIT, THIS WAS A BRAND NEW THING FOR THEM AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, THEY'RE REALLY BEING VERY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT US A LOT.
SO WE'VE DONE AN AWFUL LOT IN JUST A SHORT TIME IN THE FORESTRY IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MARILYN OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU MARILYN.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE IS MICHAEL
UH, MIKE WORKED WITH AIRVAC LIFE TEAM MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM.
UH, STATE LAW REQUIRES THEM, UH, ANY HELICOPTER MEDEVAC SERVICE IF THEY WANT TO OPERATE IN A COUNTY, UH, TO SELL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE, UH, UH, THEY HAVE TO ADVISE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
UH, SENT Y'ALL A COPY OF THE BROCHURE.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UH, TWO FIRMS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THIS.
UH, EAST TEXAS MEDICAL, UH, DOES THIS AS WELL AS, UM, UH, CARE, CARE PLAN, UH, PERHAPS CHILD AND, AND THEY'RE ALREADY SERVING, RIGHT? THEY'RE ALREADY SERVING THE AREA IF THEY GET A CERTAIN CALL, UH, UH, THE WAY THE SYSTEM, UH, IS WORKING WELL DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THIS WAY, BUT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK IS THAT THE CALLS GO INTO EAST TEXAS, EAST TEXAS IN DISPATCHES THE CLOSEST HELICOPTER THAT'S CORRECT TO THE ACCIDENT OR TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SOMETIMES THESE, THESE TEXAS DISPATCHES THEIR OWN HELICOPTERS.
SOMETIMES THEY DISPATCH, UM,
SO THEY'RE ALREADY HERE AND OPERATING, BUT THEY'D LIKE TO SELL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
FELLOW COMMISSION, MICHAEL DUR.
I'M WITH THE AIRVAC LIFE TEAM AND MY REGIONAL MANAGER, RON HERE FROM TEXAS.
WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD TO SERVE IN THIS AREA OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE THE LARGEST PRIVATELY OIL AIR FOOD COMPANY IN AMERICA.
WE'VE BEEN SAVING LIVES SINCE 1985 AND 13 STATES ON SEVEN SIX BASE.
WE JUST OPENED UP OUR N BASE AIRVAC SEVEN FOUR IN JULY AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ALSO WITH YOUR COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS, MR. EWING, AND THEN MR. RICK TOWNSEND AND FOREMAN AND TERRO AND ALL OF THE OTHER SMALL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND WORKING TOGETHER WHEN WE GET A CALL TO, UH, UH, RESCUE FOLKS IN NEW TOWN.
SO WE'VE HAD MANY FLIGHTS SINCE WE'VE OPENED OUR BASE HERE.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THREE AIRCRAFT TO THE IMMEDIATE AREA, OUR TEXAS LIFESTAR, THREE OUT OF GREENVILLE, OUR AIRVAC 4, 5 3 OUT OF FAIRFIELD AND OUR AIRVAC BASE SEVEN, FOUR AND THE ENNIS.
SO YOU REALLY HAVE A GOOD THREE OF OUR FLEET WITHIN A PRIMARY SPONSOR OF 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING REAL CLOSELY WITH YOU RIGHT NOW WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL AND WITH ALL THE FOLKS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN WE ARE, WHEN WE ARE BEING REQUESTED TO COME INTO THE COUNTY TO FLY IN.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT NOW SINCE, UH, THE COUNTY'S OPENED UP AS FAR AS COMING IN WITH OUR BASE AND OUR OPERATIONS WHEN WE'RE REQUESTED TO COME IN.
SO WE HAVE HAD MANY RESCUE CALLS FOR SOME OF THE CITIZENS IN HERE AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO
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BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND GET INVOLVED IN, IN THIS AREA.BUT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, UNLIKE IN ANY OTHER STATES, IS THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO EACH COUNTY TO REQUEST PERMISSION TO SELL OUR, OUR MARKET, OUR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE HAD MANY CITIZENS IN, IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT'S ASKED US HERE ABOUT HOW TO JOIN AIR, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT'S A VERY VALUABLE WAY FOR THEM TO SAVE MONIES, $50 FOR A WHOLE YEAR, ONE PERSON 8 CENTS A DAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM.
IF FLIGHT COULD BE SEVEN, FIVE TO $20,000.
AND AS A MEMBER OF AIRBAG, IF YOU'RE FLOWN, YOU NEVER SEE A BILL.
SO A HOUSEHOLD OF TWO OR MORE IS $55 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR AND A HOUSEHOLD OF THREE OR MORE, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN THE HOUSE, EVEN IF THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL IN TEXAS A AND M OR, OR I BETTER SAY TEXAS MOM WANTS TOO, OR TEXAS TECH.
I'M FROM GERMANY, PROBABLY I KNOW BETTER NOT TO SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT FANS HERE.
BUT REGARDLESS IF, IF THEY'RE THERE, THEY LIVE IN THE HOUSEHOLD HERE IN THE COUNTY, IT'S A LOW COST ALTERNATIVE.
A THEY BECOME A MEMBER OF OURS.
SO IT'S A LOW COST ALTERNATIVE TO SAVE THEM FROM HAVING TO GO THROUGH A HUGE MEDICAL CLAIM PROCESS.
SO IF SOMEONE IS AIRVAC, AIR, AIR EVACUATED OUT AND THEY'RE NOT A MEMBER, THEN THEY DO, THEY DO RECEIVE THE BILL.
FOR 50 BUCKS A YEAR, ONE SINGLE HOUSEHOLD DRIVING, 8 CENTS A DAY, 55, 2 AND 64, HOUSEHOLD OF THREE OR MORE.
SO WE'RE ALREADY HAVE PERMISSION IN ELLIS COUNTY, ALL THE SURROUNDING PHONES AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED.
AND I KNOW THAT WE, WE DO APPRECIATE BEING HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE TO GO TO EVERY COUNTY TO DO THIS.
AND THERE WAS A FORM LETTER I ACTUALLY SUPPLIED IN YOUR PACKAGE FROM, UH, THE OTHER COUNTIES, JUST A COUPLE OF THEM LIKE, UH, HUNT COUNTY.
AND ACTUALLY THERE'S THE WAY THE LETTER OUGHT READ SO THAT WE CAN ABIDE BY THE SAME WITHIN THE LAWS.
AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE, UH, TEXAS, UH, CODE OF HEALTH PARAGRAPH BY YOU HAVE A LITTLE EXCERPT THERE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, SEEK PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE MEMBERSHIP.
SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS JUST GIVING YOU PERMISSION TO THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.
YOU'RE NOT ENDORSING US IN ANY WAY.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE FORM LETTER.
IT CLEARLY STATES YOU ARE NOT ENDORSING OUR ACTIVITY IN ANY WAY.
WE'RE STILL LIABLE TO RESPOND HERE.
WHETHER YOU KNOW A PATIENT WITH A HEARTBEAT, WE NEED TO RESPOND.
BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MARKET THIS MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, WE DO NEED YOUR PERMISSION.
WHERE, WHERE IS YOUR CLOSEST, UH, COPPER? THAT, WHERE IS IT? UH, I I HERE.
THERE SHOULD ALSO BE A MAP THERE THAT I PROVIDED, LIKE WITH RINGS ON THE BACK.
THERE'S THREE AIRCRAFT, PRIMARILY OUR INNER SPACE WHERE IT'S IN RESPONSE TIME OF EIGHT, ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 15 MINUTES, DEPENDING ON WEATHER AND CONDITIONS.
THIS, THIS SHOWS ON GREEN, RIGHT? AND THEN WE HAVE OUR GREEN WHEEL BASE FROM THE NORTH.
YOU'RE COVERED FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND THE NORTH QUITE WELL, FRANKLY.
YOU GOT FAIRFIELD, ENISH, FAIRFIELD, ENIS AND GREENVILLE FAIRFIELD, AND YEAH, THREE SIDES IN THAT 15 MINUTES.
THOSE ARE OUR PRIMARY RESPONSE AREAS.
BUT ACTUALLY IN THE AREA WE HAVE MORE AIRCRAFT THAN THAT FOR LIKE DURING A DISASTER TIME OR SOMETHING, WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND.
FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE HAD HURRICANE KATRINA, WE SET NINE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING DOWN TO THE FOLKS DOWN THERE TO HELP RESCUE PEOPLE OFF THE ROOFTOP.
THAT'S THE WAY OUR COMPANY WORKS.
WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT JUST OFFERS, UH, PEOPLE IN THE, IN ADDITION TO MR. DE WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER BROWN WILL SECOND IT ALL IN FAVOR SAY A MOTION CARRIES.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE LETTER AND I MIGHT ADD, SO YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF US IN PRESENCE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS TO DO GOOD THINGS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, PUBLIC RELATIONS EVENTS, MORE TRAINING WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND TO WORK CLOSER TOGETHER IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO SERVE YOU.
YOU, UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, JOHNNY CUTMAN, OUR COUNTY TREASURER IS GOING TO BRING US THE REPORT FOR JANUARY.
YOU COMMENTED BACK IN JANUARY ABOUT THE, UH, WHAT MONEY WAS COMING IN SO FAR.
GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN THREE TOO MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS, WHICH 19 DAYS LAST TWO MONTHS.
UH, WE'RE ALSO ABOUT $14 MILLION HEAD GENERAL LAST YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR, BUT NOTHING.
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YEAR 0.2 WE STILL HAVE FINE FEES AND COURT COSTS COME, STILL HAVE FINE FEES AND COURT COSTS COME IN.UH, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF JOHNNY REGARDING THIS REPORT? IF YOU DO NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN TO ACCEPT IT.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
JOHNNY, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, IT'S, UH, NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT, UH, YOU WANNA GIVE US A, A SHORT, UH, BRIEFING AS TO HOW THE, UH, MEMORIAL'S DONE? YEAH.
UH, WE FILES OUR BROCHURES, GOT SIX SIDE PUG BROCHURE, UH, PICTURES AND A REALLY, REALLY GOOD THING, ARLENE HANS, THAT FOR US.
AND EVERY PREVIOUS WEEK, UH, WE HOPE TO START SENDING OUR, OUR TOTAL LETTERS OUT.
WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, FROM INDIVIDUALS AT THE COMPANY SO FAR.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY ASKED THAT YET.
SO IT'S KNOW OF IF YOU COULD, UM, I GAVE A REPORT TO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT'S EXECUTIVE BOARD LAST THURSDAY, AND, UH, TOLD 'EM WHAT WE WERE DOING HERE.
AND, UH, UH, EVERYBODY APPLAUDED ON WE WERE DOING HERE.
AFTER LEFT FOR ME, I STEPPED OUTSIDE AND THE GUY FOLLOWED ME OUT AND HE ASKED TO QUIT.
CONTRACTED, UH, CONTACTED ROSS PEROT AND I SAID, ROSS PER WAS ONLY HELPING AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ BY NOW.
BECAUSE THEY HAD HIS GUY, HIS GROUP HAD DONE SOMETHING IN ROSS GROVE, SUPPORTED THEM, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR AFGHANISTAN AND, UH, KENON AMAR MARINE.
AND, UM, HE'S GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS, IN FACT, HE BROCHURE WEEKEND HAVE RING FOR LEAD AND HE'S FOUND TAKING THOSE PLACEMENTS THAT WE CAN'T, CAN'T GET TO.
AND HE HAS CONTACTED LOCKHEED AND BOY LIKE THAT.
STRAIGHT HIM, MONEY LOOK GOOD.
BROCHURES SEND A COPY THAT HOPEFUL TODAY.
DRAWING ON THE BENCHES OF THE WALL, WE HAVE ANY DRAWINGS YET? UH, NO.
THE ONE YOU SEE ON THAT BROCHURE IS JUST NOT MINE.
UH, ONE THING WE DIDN'T KNOW JOEL, LAST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THAT AT THE, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER WHERE I HAD THE MARINE CORPS PEOPLE SITTING OUT THERE WALKING AT ONE SIDE, THAT'S BEEN OUR LAND, THAT'S A PRICE STATION.
SO WE GOT PUT, ADJUST UP THERE FIRST.
REMEMBER WHERE WE HIT THE TANK WITH YOU? DRIVE BACK AT THE STREET THERE, TURN BACK TO JAIL.
THEY MAY AS WELL AVOID THAT, THAT LEVEL BACK THERE, BUT, UH, WAY TOO MUCH PARTY BACK.
BUT SINCE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THREE PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD, IT SHOULD BE, IT'S ALREADY, ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
THE PROBLEM I'VE GOT, I KNOW ABOUT, UH, THAT, UH, STATES WILL LIVE BEHIND THE LIBRARY.
UH, YOU CAN'T PLANT AROUND IT RED TIL, I'M NOT SURE IT CAME.
GO THERE, PUT BUILDING, I GLOVES THIS ERROR THAT'S, UH, PUT, WE WERE REQUIRED TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE, THE STATE TO PUT OVER AND I WANTED TO PUSH DOWN IN PRECINCT FOUR NEXT TO HENDERSON COUNTY.
THIS WAS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN ME AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY POLICE OF ER COUNTY RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S POLICE OF ITY COUNTY RIGHT THERE, BOTTOM THERE.
THE SOUTH, NO, IT'S BETWEEN CENTER COUNTY THERE.
THEY WERE GONNA PUT IT IN TAR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 80 AND I 20.
AND I SAID NO, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA PUT IT ON STATE HOSPITAL GROUND AND THEY ARGUED WITH THEM THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA DO ANY GOOD.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, WE KNOW IT PATENT FAIL OVER THERE TIME THAT THERE IS ONE, BUT PUT IT HERE IN THE S COUNTY IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE ANYWAY.
SO IT WAS A COMPROMISE, BUT, UH, SHOULD TALKED TO WORK, WE START PLANNING OUT THERE PARKING.
UH, THIS NEXT ITEM I PUT ON THE JANET DISCUSSION.
CONSIDER AMEN COUNTY TAX ABATEMENT, GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES.
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GUIDELINES THAT, THAT WE HAVE, HAVE BEEN IN PLACE LONG BEFORE ANY ONE OF US HERE ON THE COURT.UH, WE, UH, APPROVED, UH, AND EVERY TWO YEARS WE HAVE TO COME UP.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS JUST EVERY TWO YEARS, WE'VE JUST BEEN A PASSING A RESOLUTION OF PROVING IT AS IT WAS, UH, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
I BELIEVE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER LER IS THE ONE THAT, UH, PICKED UP ON IT.
UH, WHEN WE, UH, APPROVED THE, UH, ABATEMENT PLAN FOR A BOX, UH, OUR, OUR PLAN, UH, DID NOT, UH, THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN DID NOT ALLOW US TO, UH, PROVE IT THE WAY WE DID.
UH, SO I PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR US TO DISCUSS ON, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO CONSIDER AMENDING OUR GUIDELINES TO, UH, ON PAGE, UH, FIVE, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, UH, PRESENT.
ONE SAYS, UH, FIRST YEAR, A HUNDRED PERCENT, SECOND, THIRD, UH, YEAR 75%, AND FOURTH TO FIFTH YEAR, 50% ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UH, UH, AFTER 10 YEARS.
SO I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AMENDING THESE, UH, ABATEMENT GUIDELINES TO ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, TO DO THINGS LIKE, UH, THE CITY OF KAUFMAN APPROVED IT, WHICH THEY HAD DONE IN THIS CASE, UH, FOR US JUST TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, APPROVE WHAT THE CITIES HAD DONE IN AN ABATEMENT CASE.
ACTUALLY, THE FIRST, UH, TAX ABATEMENT WE'VE HAD COME UP IN, I DON'T KNOW, SEVEN, SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS IT SEEMS LIKE.
AND, UM, SO WHAT'S Y'ALL'S TAKE ON IT? UH, DON'T TELL ME.
COULD WE AMEND THE JUDGE JUST TO SAY THAT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED SOME REQUIREMENTS OR NOT, BUT, UH, UH, THAT CERTAIN, UH, ADJUSTMENTS COULD BE MADE ACCORDING TO THE INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
ALL THAT, THAT DOESN'T TIES TO ANYTHING.
IT JUST GIVES YOU THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO CHANGE.
YOU WANNA, COUNSELOR, WELCOME BOARD.
I, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, UH, BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN I READ THROUGH IT, I, I THOUGHT THAT, UH, THE, UH, THAT PERHAPS YOU COULD HAVE AN ARRANGE AND THEN IF IT BECOMES A NEGOTIATED ITEM EACH TIME A TRANSACTION COMES UP INSTEAD OF DEVELOP, ASSUMING THAT THEY GET 100%, I THINK THAT THEY KNOW THAT DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE LIKE, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU'RE TALKING.
IT GIVES THE COURT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND, AND LIKE, SAY NEGOTIATING.
THAT'S NUMBER TWO WHERE IT SAYS, UH, ABATEMENT ON PROJECTS ABOVE 5 MILLION NEGOTIATION.
IF YOU JUST CHANGE THAT 5 MILLION TO EVERYTHING OPEN FROM ATION.
YEAH, ABOVE THAT WE COULD DO THAT.
UH, COUNCIL C NUMBER TWO PARAGRAPH.
I DO JUST CHANGE THAT TO JUST LEAVE IT OPEN FOR ANY AMOUNT.
WE, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF
UM, WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE PERCENTAGE AND THE NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO WE'LL END PARAGRAPH TWO TO ALLOW THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT THEN TO, UH, BE, TO NEGOTIATE THE, THE PERCENTAGE OF AN ABATEMENT PLUS THE NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE ABATEMENT TO, UH, EXIST.
5 MILLION MIGHT TOO LARGE FOR SO BIG GOOD WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
THEN GENTLEMEN, COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL MAKE IT AND COMMISSIONER D WILL SECOND IT.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING, UH, APPROVAL FOR A GRANT.
4 21 TO BE WRITTEN AND SUBMITTED.
UH, THE REASON WE PUT THERE BY 2 29 0 8, UH, IS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DEADLINE WAS TO BE SUBMITTED.
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FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.SO, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, ALLOW THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THAT GRANT APPLICATION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROW IMPEACH.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED SETTLING THE PROFILING REPORT FOR CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF, UH, FRONT, ALL OF Y'ALL ARE COPIED.
AND IT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THAT IS THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW.
UH, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE.
WE HAVE HAD NO COMPLAINTS, UH, FOR THE PAST YEAR.
TALK ABOUT THE, UH, TRASH CLEANUP.
WE, WE ARE IN, IN POSITION TO CAUSE OF STAFFING TO START ASSIGNING PEOPLE TO, UH, CLEAN UP, UH, COUNTY ROADS.
AND, UH, SO I NEED FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT.
WE DO IT IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE WAY WHERE I'M NOT IN THE MIDDLE PRECINCT.
ONE'S A LOT CLOSER, SO YES, I KNOW AND I'LL BE REMINDED OF THAT.
BUT WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SCHEDULE THIS AND ALSO SINCE WE DO HAVE A TIRE PROBLEM, LET'S TRY TO SET UP A, UH, CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME EACH MONTH THAT WE WILL, UH, DO, UH, TIRE A I THINK WHERE WE CAN SPECIFICALLY, UH, DEDICATE TIME FOR THAT.
WHILE WE ARE GOING TO, UH, HAVE CONTAINERS IN THERE AND THE RECYCLABLE THINGS THAT WE PICK UP, WE'RE GOING TO START ALL THE SIDE AND WE'LL TAKE THOSE DOWN TO THE, UH, STATION AT, UH, PRECINCT FOUR AND THEN CONTRIBUTE THAT TO THE RECYCLING
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, UH, WITH AS MUCH IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY OF THE ECONOMY AS WE CAN.
UH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT STARTED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS DEPENDING ON WHETHER, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL SCHEDULE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT IMPACT US ON WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DEDICATE SOMEBODY EVERY TIME.
UH, THERE WON'T BE A PROBLEM WITH PERSONNEL FROM OUR SIDE, BUT, UH, SOMETIME WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS IN JAIL OUT THERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY GO OUT.
SO WHAT I, I HAVE THE TRASH TRAILER THAT WE BUILT UP, UH, AND WE CAN USE THAT ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
UH, I THINK THE SHERIFF CAN BRING A TAHOE AND YES, WE'LL TAKE THE TAHOE THAT WE, OUR PREVIOUS PATROL UNITS THAT WE NOW RECYCLE THOSE AND USE THEM.
UH, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE BACK IN JAIL FOR TRANSPORT AND UH, THEY HAVE OF COURSE HAVE TOING PACKAGES, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH WEIGHT THERE ANYWAY, SO, WE'LL PLUS WE CAN CARRY THE INMATES INSIDE.
WE DON'T ALLOW THE INMATES TO RIDE AN OPEN BED PICKUP FROM
WELL THAT, UH, MANY, THREE OR FOUR YEARS, TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO GET I THINK FOUR OR FIVE FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW.
AND, UH, THAT WORKED OUT REALLY, REALLY WELL.
WE, UH, WHEN WE DO THAT THING WITH JOE DON, THOSE ARE JUVENILES, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THEY CAN'T DO.
SO I THINK IF WE CAN DO THIS IN A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A SCHEDULE BASIS, THEN IF WE HAVE A, A ROAD WHERE WE HAVE, LIKE, WE'VE GOT A LADY THAT'S CONTINUALLY DOWN AROUND PEEL COUNTY, COMPLAINS ABOUT A ROAD DOWN THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
UH, BUT UH, I THINK THAT THE OTHER ADMINISTRATOR'S TAKING THOSE CALLS ONCE HAS TO BE OUR FIRST PROJECT.
SO, BUT I, I THINK WE COULD TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THOSE ANNOYANCES TO THE PUBLIC OUT HERE THAT WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, MAYBE STUFF THAT'S DUMPED, WE COULD GO OUT THERE AND MEET, TAKE CARE OF THAT MAYBE.
BUT THE TIRE SITUATION, UH, AS I DRIVE AROUND, I SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME PROBLEMS WITH TIRES.
AGAIN, WE ADDRESS THAT PERIODICALLY, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM.
I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY, WHEN Y'ALL DECIDE HOW YOU DO, THIS'LL, WE'LL WORK IT, WE'LL GET DEDICATION TIME TO JUST THE TIRE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL.
WILL WE HAVE A COURT NEXT, NEXT WEEK? WE HAVE A COURT NEXT WEEK.
CAN WE SCHEDULE 30 MINUTES AFTER, AFTER COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND HAD AN OPEN WORKSHOP BECAUSE OF SCHEDULES AND THE TRAILER OF THE SHERIFF AND THE JAIL? NO, WHEN AND WHERE AND WHO? YOU KNOW IT'S MY TRAILER ON THAT AND THAT YOU CAN USE IT ANY TIME.
I JUST LIKE TO SEE THE SCHEDULE.
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IT'S IN JERRY'S NEXT WEEK, IT'S IN GRADE.JUST, UH, IT ONLY TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO DISCUSS THE SCHEDULING AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PROBLEM IF, IF MIKE KATHY TAKES THE SCHEDULE AND, AND CORRESPONDS.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO DO IT WHOEVER YOU DONE.
PARDON? YOU WANT DONE WRAP
KENNY, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, YEAH, SIR, BEFORE YOU WALK OFF.
HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO POSSIBLY CAMERA SUMMARIZE LOCATION BEFORE WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF DUMPING? UH, WE DO THAT SOME, YES.
AND IF YOU HAVE HAVE A UH, AREA THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THE COUNT.
PUT OUT WHERE MY POLITICAL SIGNS ARE MESSED UP.
LET'S SEE, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE TWO NOW.
WE NEED TO, MIGHT LOOK INTO GETTING SOME MORE SOMETIMES.
WELL, WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT THAT IF, IF WE HAVE SOME PROBLEM AREAS.
SO THE PROBLEM IS THAT IF ONCE SOMEBODY DUMPS SOMEWHERE, IT KIND OF, IT IT, YEAH.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET A, WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF SOME PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND GET THAT IMMEDIATELY.
THEN IF, WHERE CAN WE GET THAT OFF? THE, THE, THE ROAD OF WILL BE THERE BECAUSE IT KIND OF DRAWS ADDITIONAL CONTENT.
THERE'S SOME GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR CAMERAS.
IS THERE NOT MARYLAND? UM, THERE IS, YEAH.
IN THIS NEXT, UH, COUNTY PROGRESS MAGAZINE WAS DOING AN ARTICLE, I THINK IT CAME OUT LAST MONTH ON, UH, YES THEY CALLED UP HERE TO, UH, TO SEE HOW WE WERE DOING WITH OUR CAMERAS.
SO THEY UH, THEY'RE BEING USED ACROSS THE STATE WORLD.
DID I GET A ORDER ON THE, UH, RACIAL PROFILING? I DIDN'T THINK SO.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER TO ACCEPT THE SHERIFF'S RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
UH, NEXT WE WANT TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING THE FINAL PLAT FOR HIGH ROAD COMMERCIAL PARK ON COMMISSIONER ROUND.
THAT'S IN YOUR PRECINCT, I UNDERSTAND? YES IT IS.
AND THIS IS MITCHELL LINEMAN WITH, UH, DAVIS ENGINEERING AND HE'S GONNA BRING, UH, BRING THIS REPORT TO US.
UH, SEEMS REALLY ODD THAT THREE AND A HALF YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN, THIS IS THE FIRST FINAL PLAN WE'VE EVER DONE.
THIS IS ALL DUE TO, UH, MITCHELL WAS NOT LEAD
UM, WINMAN, I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER WITH ERIC DAVIS ENGINEER AND WE WORK WITH COMMISSIONER ROUND.
YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY PLA FEW MONTHS BACK AND, UH, WE'VE, UH, WORKED THROUGH AND SATISFY ENGINEERING QUESTIONS.
YOU, UM, THIS FROM SCOTT HUTCHINS, PS AND J AND, AND COMMISSIONER ROBS.
AND TODAY, WE'LL JUST FOR THE FINAL OKAY.
DO WE HAVE IT? I DO HAVE A COPY OF IT.
I CAN CERTAINLY, UM, IF EVERYTHING IS SATISFACTORY, I CAN, UM, BRING ALL MY PERMITS AND IF YOU REMEMBER THIS IS OFF.
YEAH, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON THERE.
YEAH, AND I CAN CERTAINLY, UM, CORRECT THAT AND APPROPRIATE NUMBER.
YOU DON'T HAVE, UH, I THOUGHT ON THE PRELIMINARY WE HAD HAD SHOWN THE LOTS AND STUFF.
THIS IS JUST A, THIS IS JUST A WE'RE,
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UM, WE'RE NOT SEPARATE BY THE PROPERTY INTO SEVERAL LOTS.THIS IS PROPOSED ONE COMMERCIAL AS DEFINED ON THE, I THINK WE NEED THAT OTHER DRAWING THAT SHOWED THE, THE, THE, UH, ENTRANCE AND ALL OF THAT ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
WE DO INCLUDE A LOT MORE INFORMATION FOR YEAH.
INFORMATION PURPOSES THAT WE DON'T SHOW ON THE FINAL PLAT.
FINAL PLAT WOULD JUST SHOW THE PROPERTY LINES AND WHAT'S NEEDED FOR RECORD INFORMATION.
BUT ON THE PRELIMINARY PIPE WE DO SHOW A PROPOSAL CONTOUR AND A LOT OF THE, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED THAT.
I THINK WE NEED, SORRY, I THINK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PRELIMINARY IS ONE THING.
BUT NOW YOU'RE COMING BACK AND ASK US TO PROVE SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN ONE PRELIMINARY
UH, WE JUST NEED TO SEE THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE THAT WE HAD THAT SHOW THE ENTRANCE AND ALL THE, THE, UH, CLASS MARK ON THAT.
DOES HE, DOES HE LEAVE A PLANT? WELL THAT IS, UH, COMMERCIAL.
HOW DOES THE COMMERCIAL, THAT'S WHAT I ASKING MR. TO PROVE IT AS A COMMERCIAL PARK, HOW MANY ACRES IS, BUT I DON'T THINK THE, WELL, LET'S SEE.
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THAT OUR REGULATIONS SAY IF IT'S A RV PARK OR WHATEVER, THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AS OUR REGULAR SUBDIVISION RULES.
YEAH, WE HAD THAT SAME QUESTION COME UP ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE INTERIOR ROD, BUT LIKE MR. CLARK SAYS, IF IT'S LESS THAN 10 ACRES, HOW MUCH IS LEFT OVER? IS PART OVER HERE JIM? OR, UM, APPROXIMATELY SEVEN.
WELL, THAT THIS WOULD BE ONE, UM, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT'S MAINTAINED BY ONE PROPERTY OWNER, NOT, UM, SOLD OFF AS INDIVIDUAL LOTS OR, OR EVEN LEASED FOR THAT MATTER.
WE GONNA BE LEA IT WOULD BE YES SIR.
FOR A FEW NIGHTS WOULD BE AN RV PARK SINCE IT IS LESS THAN 10.
DOES IT? YEAH, THAT WOULD MAKE IT, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED THE, THE PLA PHONE FLAT MADE LIKE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
AND UH, THE WORDING UP HERE AT THE TOP WHERE IT'S GOT, I'LL GET YOU A COPY OF THAT.
NOW THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED ALSO.
UH, YOU GET YOUR COPIES, LET SEE, LORI'S GOTTA HAVE THREE COPIES.
IS THAT THAT FILE IN YOUR OFFICE? PLUS THE MYLAR THREE.
PLUS THE MYLAR THREE PLUS THE, OKAY.
AND BEFORE I CAN SIGN OFF ON IT AND ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU BRING IT IN, WE'LL PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA.
THE FINAL PROOF YOU GET YOUR GUYS NEED TO SIGN.
OKAY, WELL I'M GLAD THAT WE ESTABLISHED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THERE AND I'LL, I'LL GET THAT ALONG WITH ORIGINAL SIGNATURE.
I'LL GET YOU SURE YOU GET MOTION.
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UH, NEXT WE WANT, DISCUSS, CONSIDER RESPONSIBILITY OF ROADS AND BRIDGE TO REPLACE CUL TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE ALONG COUNTY ROADS.THAT WAS, UH, I REQUESTED THAT THE COUNTY DOES NOT RUN S UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, NOT ONLY IS DEVELOPER WATER HAVE PUT THE TS IN, AND MY QUESTION IS, IF I'VE GOT A COUNTY ROAD, UH, THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY TS ON IT, HOUSES ARE ALREADY THERE.
ALL WE GOT COVER ON THE ROAD THAT ARE INADEQUATE OR TOPPED UP OR PAID IN THAT, AND I'VE GOTTA GET THE WATER OFF THE ROAD TO MAKE IT WORK.
HOW DO I WHO PAY FOR THOSE CUPBOARDS? CAN I PAY FOR THOSE CUPBOARDS? THE LAST ONE I DID, I, I PAID, WE PAID FOR THE COVERS, THEN I ASKED THE PEOPLE TO REIMBURSE THE CAMERAS.
THEY DID, BUT THIS PARTICULAR ROAD THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HAS GOT ACTUALLY ALL OLD HAZARDS IN PRECINCT THREE, BUT THE ROAD IS IN PRECINCT TWO.
THESE PEOPLE ARE, I'M ASSUMING
SO HOW, HOW DO I, I WOULD THINK THAT, THAT WE COULD, THAT THE COUNTY CAN BUY, BUT, UH, YOU WANT TO RESEARCH THAT OR I, I'D LIKE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
IT'S NOT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT ONLY ON THIS ROAD, BUT IT PROBABLY A LOT OF OUR
UH, WE MOSTLY JUST CAME IN AND FIXED THOSE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT YEAH.
BUT, UH, IF YOU WANT TO GET A, IT WAS JUST KIND OF LEFT UP TO US.
AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES READ MY FEET, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN DONE.
BUT YOU KNOW ME, I HATE FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY, WELL, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY.
SO, SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE A PROBLEM FOR SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, COUNTY OR HOMEOWNER, WHATEVER, SOMETHING DONATIONS.
THAT WAS PAINFUL, WHAT THEY DID ON, ON OTHER ROAD.
BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ROAD, I'M AFRAID
SEE, I HAD, IF IT WERE, IF I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS REALLY A PROBLEM TO OUR ROAD AND LET'S SAY THERE'S SOMEBODY LIVED THERE LIKE, LIKE THIS ONE, UH, WE KIND OF JUST WENT IN AND FIXED IT AND DIDN'T EVEN ASK THEM TO.
UH, AND THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED, ALRIGHT, Y'ALL HEARD THAT IT'S ON RECORD, RIGHT? ALRIGHT.
MINE'S BEEN STOPPED UP EVER SINCE Y'ALL
THAT, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT, MY NEXT PROBLEM, TRY THIS, HAVE A POLICY OR SOMETHING.
BECAUSE WHEN I FIXED THE ONES ON THIS SIDE, THE ROAD, THEY DON'T HAVE ONE WHERE THE GUYS ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROAD ARE GONNA SAY, WELL, I NEED A BIGGER ONE BECAUSE MINE WORK BETTER IF I HAD A BIGGER ONE.
IS THAT JUST A POLITICAL DECISION THAT I HAVE TO MAKE? I IS A DECISION.
2 54, THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION CODE SAYS THAT, UH, THE COUNTY CAN PAY THE ONE THAT SAYS THE COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND.
THEY PAY, YOU CAN PAY IT OUTTA THE COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND OR ANY AVAILABLE COUNTY MONEY.
UM, AND, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS WHAT RAY'S, RAY'S TALKING ABOUT.
AND, AND AREAS TALKS ABOUT PRIVATE DITCHES.
AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT PRIVATE DITCHES ALONG THE COUNTY ROAD.
UM, AND, AND THE ONLY THING IS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT SHALL PAY THE COST INCURRED IN CLEARING OR REMOVING A BLOCK EIGHT UNDER THIS SECTION.
AND BLOCK EIGHT INCLUDES DITCHES.
DITCHES ALSO, ACCORDING TO THIS, INCLUDES A CULVER.
UM, SO RAY'S PROBABLY RIGHT, BUT I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE CLEARER DEFINITION.
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO, UH, I WON'T BE OUT THERE TOMORROW JUST TO FIX.
AND THIS IS WHAT KIND OF, THIS IS A SUBDIVISION THAT'S INSIDE, OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
CITY, TJ, BUT THE CITY CAN'T ENFORCE IT.
IT'S A TYPICAL MESS THAT WE'VE GOT.
WITH, WITH THE CITY APPROVED IT, BUT THEN THE COUNTY'S MAINTAIN IT.
AND NO ONE HAS EVER REQUIRED THESE HOW MANY HOUSES? 12.
OH, THERE MORE THAN THAT TO BE.
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BUT ONE THING THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE ALL OF THIS HAS GONE DOWN AND I COME IN AND VISIT WITH THE PEOPLE DOWN IN CITY OF ENGINEERS AND THINGS, NOW THEY'RE COMING TO US WITH THINGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT INSIDE THE EJ THAT, UH, THE COUNTY STILL MAINTAINS ROADS, BUT ITS IN ETJ.SO WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ISSUE TO LOOK AT.
OUR COUNTY ENGINEERS ALREADY LOOKED AT THIS.
UH, AND I'D LIKE TO VISIT WITH YOU WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE IS, IS WHAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING IS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH JUST AN AGREEMENT, WHICH IS ABOUT EVERY CASE CITY IN THE COUNTY, THAT IF A SUBDIVISION IS WITHIN THAT CITY'S ETJ, THEN THEY'LL BE THE ONE WHO, UH, APPROVE THE PLA AND WHATEVER.
BUT LIKE COMMISSIONER CLARK SAYS IT COMES UP WHEN IT'S IN THE CITY'S ETJ, THEY APPROVE THE PLAT, BUT NOW IT NEEDS TO BE WORK DONE IN THERE.
IT'S NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS COUNTY.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR, OUR CONTRACTS WITH THEM AND, AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ON WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT GRAY AREA.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST THAT WE GET SOME EXPERT, MORE EXPERT INFORMATION.
UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK MOTION THAT WE THAT FOR NOW.
COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL SECOND IT.
WE MAY WANT TO WAIT, UH, UNTIL A COUPLE, TWO, THREE MORE WEEKS BEFORE PUT, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING BOND FOR THE CALKIN COUNTY CLERK.
WHY ARE WE JUST NOW DOING THAT? THE FIRST BOND WAS FIVE YEARS.
AND NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT SUPER CERTIFICATION, TELL US ABOUT THIS NEW CERTIFICATION.
I READ ABOUT THE MASTER TO REGISTER.
IT'S BASICALLY, YOU GO AND YOU SPEND WITH CONFERENCE A WEEK AT TRAINING, AND THEN YOU HAVE SEVERAL OUTSIDE CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET.
AND YOU GO AND YOU'RE AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AREA, AND YOU JUST MEET WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UM, DEPARTMENT OF OLOGY DIVISIONS AND YOU JUST LEARN MARRIAGE TODAY.
DOESN'T HAPPEN BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS BOND.
WE JUST EXPECT MORE OUTTA NOW
I DIDN'T A MOTION COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
SO MAY A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BELLA ALL IN ACT A MOTION CARRIES, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPRO ALLOWING A CONTRACTOR TO BURN IN A PIT TIMBER THAT WAS CLEANED OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 3 54 FOR TON COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER THREE.
IS THAT, THAT ONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT LAWSUIT? RIGHT.
SO HE JUST NEEDS A PLACE TO BURN.
AND WHAT I SUGGEST DO, LIKE, UH, PUT IT IN A PIT, THE CONTROL.
AND SO THAT HAS SATISFIED ALL THE LANDOVER AROUND THERE.
SO THAT CRITERIA, DID THIS, DID THIS COME OFF OF OUR COUNTY? YEAH, I, MR CALLED ME AND ASKED ME WHETHER GOOD WITHOUT GOD'S PERMISSION, YOU CAN'T BURN ANYTHING.
YOU WILL, THAT'S WHY HE GOT IT ON THE AGENDA.
UH, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
IF IT WAS PRIVATE, IF IT WAS MY BRUSH, I COULD, THROUGH A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS, GET THEIR APPROVAL MADE.
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NOW, COMMERCIAL STUFF, I THINK IS PROBABLY WHAT KATHY CAN AGREE.WELL, ACTUALLY WHAT I WANNA ADDRESS IS THE DISASTER PROCLAMATION THAT THE GOVERNOR'S ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE STATE, COPLAND COUNTY INCLUDED.
AND CHIEF JACK COLLEY, WHO'S, UH, HEAD OF THE STATE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MADE A COMMENT THAT, UH, AND IT WAS FOR PRESCRIBED BURN ON ONE OF THE CO CALLS THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO, ABSOLUTELY NO BURNING AT ALL WHATSOEVER EVER ABRAHAM PERIOD.
SO THAT SINCE WE'RE UNDER THIS DISASTER PROCLAMATION, NOT GOVERNOR, THEY'VE GUTTED DISASTER DECLARATION PENDING IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.
UM, I MEAN, IT'S NO BURNING ACCORDING TO THE STATE IS NO PERIOD WHATSOEVER.
IS ANY CHANCE OF JUST BEARING IT, PERIOD.
AND DEFINITELY I WAS, WAS JUST MY, YOU KNOW, IF IT COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S JUST FOR OUR COUNTY TO, TO, UH, MOST OF THE STATE IS UNDER, MOST THE COUNTIES IN THE STATE ARE UNDER BURN BAPTIST, EXCEPT FOR DEEP EAST TEXAS.
UH, MOTION TO TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM 14.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COLOR.
CARRIE, THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S INPUT.
UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING A KIN COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE TO DIVISION OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING COUNSEL.
UH, I HAVE BEEN SERVING ON THAT, AND, UH, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THAT.
MOTION TO APPOINT, UH, COUNTY JUDGE WAYNE JEN AS THE TALKING COUNTY'S, UH, REPRESENTATIVE TO THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING COUNCIL.
A MOTION MADE BYARD SECOND BY ALL IN FAVOR.
WAS THAT ALL I NEEDED ON THAT ONE? THAT WAS IT.
THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO GET Y'ALL BACK IN THE, THEY WANT EMBARK WANTS TO VARY A DROP WIRE ON THE COUNTY RIGHT AWAY.
MOTION MAKE BY COMMISSIONER TO LET THEM.
AND SECOND, COMMISSIONER SHANE.
MOTION CARRIES, UH, ON COUNTY ROAD 40 23.
UH, COUNTY ROAD, FAIRHAVEN CIRCLE.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DE SECOND IT ALL.
BOY, THEY'RE GETTING ACTIVE HERE.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME THING DONE.
DOESN'T WHY? THE FIRST ONE IS FAIR ROAD UNDER FAIR HAVEN.
FIRST ONE IS FAIR ROAD UNDER FAIR.
NEXT ONE IS FAIR HAVEN CIRCLE.
UH, ANY LINE ITEM? ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
CER CERTIFYING ADDITIONAL REVENUES IN A PUBLIC WORKS GRANTS FUND OF $18,025 AND BUDGETING THAT FOR EQUIPMENT AND THEN IN THE STAR PROGRAM CERTIFYING ADDITIONAL REVENUES FOR DONATIONS OF FOUR $50.
AND BUDGETING THAT FOR MISCELLANEOUS.
Y'ALL HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST.
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MOTION.ASSURE ME THAT EVERYBODY'S STUFF ON THE LIST ANYWAY.
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I'LL GET, GET ALL.[01:36:05]
THE, THAT'S HOW IT COMES UP HERE.MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE TO PAY THE BILLS.
MOTION? UH, WE'VE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
ACTUALLY WE HAD THREE INDIVIDUALS.
UH, ONE OF 'EM WAS, UH, MITCHELL, UM, TO SPEAK ON THAT PLAQUE.
SO HE SPOKE AND THE OTHER WAS, UH, MICHAEL, ER, NOT ER, BUT WHATEVER.
OH, HE ALREADY ER, SO AJ MCCLURE IS, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEED.
IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT TOPIC HE CALL AJ.
I TELL YOU WHAT, THREE MINUTES.
I WANT TO INPUT A LITTLE BIT AND I WON'T PUT IT ON, ON, ON THE RECORD.
I COULD HAVE TALKED TO EITHER ONE OF YOU OR, UH, ABOUT THIS.
BUT, UH, LIKE I SAY, I WANTED ON
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THE RECORD, THERE'S TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, TALK TO IS, UH, UH, THE COUNTY COURT UP THERE, UH, YOU TAKE MOST CAR, MOST OF THEM CAR GARAGES ARE BIG HOUSES.UH, THIS COUNTY COURT DOWN HERE, THEY GOT TWO OFFICERS AND ONE JURY ROOM.
AND THE COURT AREA IS 25 BY 40 A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS A TINY BIT BIGGER THAN A DOUBLE GARAGE.
I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING AROUND AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY SOLUTIONS THAT I MIGHT SUGGEST ON THAT.
BUT THE MAJOR THING IS I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP IN THE, THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET AND GO UPSTAIRS AND LOOK.
UH, NOW I MADE MY LIVING REBUILDING HOUSES AND BUSINESSES, TEARING DOWN WALLS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO I GOT A LITTLE EYE FOR IT, I THINK WENT UP THERE AND THE FLOOR GOES IN LIKE THIS.
THERE WAS ONE SHORT, UH, UH, FILING CABINET UP AGAINST THE WALL.
AT THE TOP IS ABOUT THIS FAR FROM THE WALL.
NOW THE THING ABOUT IT IS, UH, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAD PLANS OR ANYTHING, BUT IF ONE OF THOSE FLOOR JO LET LOOSE, THEY'RE ALL PROBABLY LET LOOSE.
AND THAT AND, AND WHEN I WAS OVER THERE LOOKING AT IT, DANIEL'S, UH, DANIEL WAS WITH ME.
THERE'S A GIRL RUN OVER THERE WITH SOME BOXES OF STUFF.
I THINK SHE WENT UPSTAIRS TO BOSS IT.
AND IF THAT THING FALLS WHEN SOMEBODY'S IN THERE, IT'S POSSIBLY FACING THE LAWSUIT.
YOU THINK WE SHOULD REPAIR THAT THEN BE PARDON? DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD REPAIR THAT THEN? I'M SORRY.
WHAT? YOU THINK WE SHOULD REPAIR THAT FLOOR? WELL, IF I HAD A DISCUSSION, I COULD TELL YOU HOW I WOULD DO IT AND NOT REPAIR THE FLOOR.
BUT, AND I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU
UH, I'D LIKE TO, I'D HATE TO SAY THAT SOMEBODY WOULD GET HURT.
NOW HOW SEVERE IS IT? IN MY MIND, I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER GO BACK UP THERE ON THAT SECOND FLOOR.
UH, BECAUSE IT, IT COULD POP AND ONE, ONE POP RATHER THAN MISS.
SO I ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING HOW TO DO THAT OR TALK TO ME YOU WANT TO, AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT CAN BE PUSHED UP.
MIGHT NOT COMPLETELY LEVEL THE FLOOR, THE SECOND FLOOR, BUT IT'LL KEEP IT FROM FALLING IN AND IT A REAL SIMPLE WAY OF DOING IT.
HUH? WHAT CAUSED YOU WANT TO GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT THAT FLOOR? BEG PARDON? WHAT CAUSED YOU, WHAT CAUSED YOU TO WANT TO GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT THAT FLOOR? I WAS TOLD BY COMMISSION.
I'D BE GLAD TO GO OVER AND LOOK AT IT AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT.
SEE WHAT WE, I KNOW IT'S, I KNOW IT'S A NEW PRECINCT AND THAT'S THE REASON I CAME TO YOU TO ASK YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING IN THERE.
BUT THE POINT IS NOW WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE, I'D HATE TO SEE COMMISSIONER, UH, COUNTY FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER SUIT.
I DON'T THINK THAT, I HOPE IT DON'T HAPPEN.
AND UM, THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.
AS FAR AS THE COUNTY COURT DOWN HERE.
I I GOT SOME OTHER IDEAS THAT, UH, IF YOU ALLOW ME, I'LL COME BACK AND SHARE MY IDEAS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO.
BECAUSE A JUDGE DOWN THERE HAS A BUDGET.
UH, HE HAS A BUDGET TO HAVE AN ASSISTANT CLERK, ASSISTANT COURT CLERK.
BUT HE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PUT IT.
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BUILD A NEW COURT? BUILD IT? DEFINITELY.
WE, I DUNNO, BUT I, I GOT SOME ON THAT TOO.
UH, IF YOU PATENT, IF OBAMA WAS PASSED THIS MONTH TO BE ABLE TO DO COURT BUILDING, IT'D PROBABLY BE TWO YEARS, A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE IT'D BE READY TO BE
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OCCUPIED.THIS, THIS, THIS NEEDS TO BE RELIEVED NOW.
AND, UH, LET ME KNOW WHAT THREE MINUTES.
IS THAT WHAT WE DONE FIVE MINUTES AGO? WELL, IT'S LIKE I SAID JUDGE, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, Y'ALL ARE DELIBERATING BODY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M APPRECIATE.
I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET LUNCH, BUT BACK IT OUT.
SOUNDS LIKE I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS HOW TO FIX THAT.
YOU WANT TO GET WITH ME AND I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE, THE COURTROOM DOWN HERE.
YOU GET WITH ME? I'M GOING OUT SOME STUFF.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.
ALL MOTION CARRIED, ADJOURNED.
I'M GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND WE'RE COME BACK AND DO OUR WORKSHOP.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY OTHER STATUTE, IT IS REAL SPECIFIC EXCEPT.