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HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK THEY FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF COMING TOGETHER LIKE THIS TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS.
WE THANK THEY FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU GIVE US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AS ALWAYS, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR SOLDIERS WITH FAVOR AND BRING THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
TO KEEP A FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL ON HONOR, TEXAS FLAG, I ALLEGIANCE TO THE, THE EXCESS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
NOW I'M GONNA ASK, I'M GONNA SAY THIS ONE MORE TIMEALL.
Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING, HAVE YOU NOT? YES, SIR.
IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTION WITH ANY MOTION, UH, MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, APPROVE.
UH, NO ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE TO HAND OUT.
UH, RICHARD MURPHY'S GONNA PRESENT THE TAX ASSESS COLLECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH, 2008.
Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT IN YOUR FILE.
WE COLLECTED OF THE GENERAL FUND A LITTLE OVER 25 MILLION, WHICH IS 91% OF THE LEVY OF THE DELINQUENT ROLE.
WE HAD COLLECTED 467,000, WHICH IS 25% OF THE ROAD BRIDGE.
WE COLLECTED 3 MILLION 4 67, WHICH IS 91% AND 66,000 OF THE DELINQUENT ROLL, WHICH IS 23%.
THIS IS EQUAL TO OR AHEAD THE PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT IT'S JUST LAST MONTH WE WERE LIKE FOUR POINTS AHEAD, AND NOW WE'RE JUST ONE POINT AHEAD.
SO IT'S MUST HAVE BEEN FOR SOME REASON TIMING OF PAYMENTS BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH AS COMPARED WITH HISTORY, I BELIEVE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
CONSIDER EMERGENCY BUDGET AMENDMENT OF 19,000 IN THE ACCESS COLLECTION.
BUDGET FOR PART-TIME TAX OFFICE WORKERS AND $6,000 IN THE VOTER REGISTRATION BUDGET FOR PARTTIME VOTER WORKERS.
UH, DICK HAD REQUESTED A CODE AND THEN WE ASKED HIM TO BREAK IT DOWN THIS WEEK.
YOU HAVE COMMENTS YOU WANNA MAKE HERE? WELL, SIMPLY WHAT I SAID LAST WEEK, THAT DUE TO INCREASED VOLUMES AND COUNTY GROWTH, WE HAD TO UTILIZE SOME PART-TIME PERSONNEL TO A GREATER EXTENT THIS YEAR THAN WE HAD BEFORE.
AND THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE OFFICES.
UH, WE'LL HAVE THE ACTIVITY NOW THE END OF THE YEAR AND 8,000 OF THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD FROM RECLASSIFICATION FOR LINE ITEMS.
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ALREADY USED.I'VE GOTTEN SOME INQUIRIES AS TO, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, AS TO HOW COULD THAT BE THAT MUCH? UH, JUST, I DUNNO IF SOME OF THE TAXPAYERS ARE HAPPY, HAVE EXTRA BASE.
WELL, WE ARE TRYING TO SERVICE THE TAXPAYERS AS BEST WE CAN.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME EXTRA HELP TO GET ALL THE DETAILS DONE.
A PORTION OF IT IS IN THE VOTER AREA BECAUSE I THINK BECAUSE OF ALL THIS NATIONAL ATTENTION TO ELECTION, UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE REGISTER TO VOTE AND WE HAVE TO RECORD THAT INFORMATION FROM THE ELECTION.
HAD A LOT OF THE PRIMARY, HAD A LOT OF VOTERS AND WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD INCREASE.
AND I KNOW FROM THE TURNOUT OF THE VOTERS, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS MORE THAN NORMAL, BUT, UH, UH, LARGER INCREASE IN PEOPLE ING UP, NEW PEOPLE ING VOTE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE NONE, THEN WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, ALLOW THOSE AMENDMENTS.
MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE JOHNNY CUTMAN GONNA PRESENT THE TREASURES MONTH.
THAT'S THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
STILL THE INTEREST RATE IS STILL OVER 3%, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS OF JOHNNY REGARDING HIS, UH, MONTHLY REPORT? I THINK THAT, I THINK IT LOOKS VERY GOOD.
I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.
CAN, CAN'T COMPLAIN TOO MUCH EXCEPT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE INTEREST RATES, BUT HE'S DONE IT.
UH, I JUST, YOU NEED A MOTION TO, UH, MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, HIS MONTHLY REPORT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
LET'S GO WITH THE FEDS HAVE TAKEN THEIR DOWN.
DO WE SEE ANY OF THAT? DOES THAT ROLL DOWNHILL OR FOR YEAH, I WAS SAYING THEY'VE DONE WITH THEIR SAFETY, THEY DONE WITH THEIR PERCENTAGE WHERE THEY INVESTED.
JOHNNY ALSO NOW HAS THE QUARTERLY REPORT, UH, ENDING IN MARCH.
ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THAT? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COURTLY REPORT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
AND THEN, UH, DISCUSS THERE WITH COMMISSIONER, YOU SEE THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE ENDING IN MARCH.
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SHOULD BE THREE.UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
GOT THE INVESTMENT REPORT HERE, BUT THERE'S NO PLACE.
JACK, ARE YOU READY? AND TO GO ON THIS NEXT ITEM.
SIGNED BEFORE WE GET OUTTA HERE WITHOUT DID DID YOU SIGNED ONE PLACE? I GOT TIRED.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS A AWARD BID, UH, FOR THE RENTAL OF AN ASPHALT RECLAIMER FOR PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
UH, LITTLE BID IS B AND R EQUIPMENT.
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HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT HAVE A MACHINE AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL AT THIS TIME.AND I THINK THAT PUTS IT TO HOWARD AND MCNAIR EQUIPMENT.
UH, I BELIEVE THEY'RE THE, UH, LOWEST INVESTMENT BID CONSIDERING THE, UH, DELIVERY PICKUP IS INCLUDED.
AND, UH, BY LAW I HAVE NOTIFIED BNR THAT THEY WILL NOT BE AWARDED THIS.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO AWARD TO, UH, HOWARD MC.
SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
WOULD LIKE THANK UH, JACK WORKING ON THIS FOR ME QUITE A BIT.
UH, I LEARNED QUITE BIT ON THIS THING.
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PAID A LITTLE CLOSER ATTENTION TO WHAT THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO JACK FOR TIMEFRAME, UH, SPECIFICATIONS REALLY TO GET EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR.
IT'S GOING TO WORK WELL 'CAUSE JACK WORKED HARD ON THE
UH, THE ACTUAL PIECE OF MACHINERY THAT I WANTED IS NOT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IT MAY EVEN BE A BETTER DEAL NOW IF WE'VE BEEN EDUCATED BIT ON IT.
BUT WE RIGHTEOUS SPECIFICATIONS THAT LIKE SAID, WE JUST DIDN'T LOOK AT IT THAT CLOSE.
HE TURNED EM BACK TO EVERYBODY.
HE DID EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
NOT REALLY THE WAY I WANTED IT BE UP, BUT IT WAS MY FAULT.
SO MY POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHEN WE START WRITING SPECIFICATIONS, PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO IT.
ACCEPT THAT MOTION SHOULD BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TELLER.
NOW IT REMINDS YOU OF A GUY THAT WENT INTO THE HARDWARE SHOP TO BUY AN AX AND HE GOES UP THERE AND PICKS UP HIS AX AND, OKAY, HE SAID, HOW MUCH FOR IT? HE SAID, $35.
AND HE SAID, WELL, THE GUY DOWN THE STREET'S SELLING 'EM FOR 15.
HE SAID, WHY YOU BUY IT? HE SAID, WELL, THEY'RE OUT.
OH, WELL WHEN I'M OUT OF 'EM, I SELL FOR 10
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, PICK UP AND DELIVERY.
UH, IT MAY BE A LITTLE CHEAPER.
IF YOU PUT $500 FOR PICKUP AND DELIVERY, IT'S $300 CHEAPER THAN WHAT YOU WHAT THEY, THAT'S A OF COURSE THE UNKNOWN IS HOW LONG WE'LL HAVE IT.
BUT YEAH, THAT RM TWO 50 IS A PRETTY GOOD MACHINE.
OKAY, UH, NEXT WE WANT TO DISCUSS AWARDING THE BID FOR THE WASTE COTON COTON COUNTY CLEANUP DAY.
I DID VERIFY WITH THE VENDORS THAT THEY WERE ALL BIDDING, UH, 30 YARD CONTAINERS.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO WORK THE LOW BIDDER, UH, MARK ON THE CABINET.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, SITE ONE IESI SITE TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
DUNKING DISPOSAL SITE FIVE AND SIX IESI SITE, UH, SEVEN NATURE CALLS AND SITE EIGHT AND NINE DUNKING DISPOSAL.
Y'ALL HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLER.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU PUT OUT ON THAT ONE ALSO.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER APPRO THE DENTATION OF KAREN JONES FOR THE
ANYBODY WANNA MAKE ANY POINTS WITH MR. SHANE? DOES.
WE HAVE A LINE ITEM TRANSFER THIS MORNING.
WE CLOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFER TO THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
INCREASE OPERATING EXPENSES $50 DIRECTION GENERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASE INSURANCE LIABILITY INSURANCE, 10,000 PRODUCTION IN ATTORNEY FEE AND COURT COSTS.
FOUR 22ND DISTRICT COURT AND PRE EXTRA HELP.
JURY FUND SWITCH BETWEEN GRAND JURIES AND GRAND JURORS AND PETTY JURORS.
THOUSAND DOLLARS TAX COLLECTORS AND THREE SUPPLIES.
HUNDRED DOLLARS REDUCTION OF MILEAGE MILL AND LOGIC MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
$500 REDUCTION IN MISCELLANEOUS SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
INCREASED UNIFORMS. 5,000 REDUCTION IN REPAIRS AND THE JAIL.
$6,000 OF GROCERIES AND EXTENSION SERVICE.
INCREASE TRANSPORTATION FOR LIVESTOCK SHOWS $729 WITH REDUCTION IN AGENTS OUTTA COUNTY TRAVEL.
THREE $79 AND TRAINING COSTS OF THREE 50.
INCREASED COUNTY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. A THOUSAND REDUCTION TO IMPROVEMENTS
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IN THE COMPUTER AREA.10,000 REDUCTION IN SOFTWARE CHILD SHELTER.
2000 WITH REDUCTION OF SUPPLIES.
GENTLEMEN, Y'ALL AGREE? LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
SO MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUTING.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
ANY OF THOSE? AND I GUESS WE HAVE A COUPLE BILLS TO PAY.
SEE NOW FRIENDSHIP DOESN'T MEAN A THING.
YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU FIND 1 20 50 2 CENTS.
I'D LIKE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT, OH YEAH,
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WHETHER THEY DO THAT OR NOT.WRITING LITTLE NOTES ON GOT YOUR CATTLE.
THREE IN THE MORNING HAL? YES SIR.
HOW DOES THIS BEEN? NINE O'CLOCK THAT'S BEEN PAID RIGHT? I IN.
I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THEM THIS MORNING.
DID YOU GET YOURS UP? 10,000 PURCHASE NEW CAT PURCHASE ONE 40.
HE CAME BY MORNING OUT THAT YOU COULD BE TAKEN TO AN TO GET MORE OF IT.
I HAVE TO AND SINCE IT'S YEAH I DID AND I WOULD'VE GONE.
I WAS HAVING, I HAD A MEETING THEN.
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OH IT WAS AT SHERIFF'S.IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELP US OUT.
BUT THESE WERE TWO PEOPLE THAT CAME IN TRYING.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR GUYS.
DID YOU TALK TO THOSE OTHER TWO GUYS? YEAH.
UH, WHEN YOU JUST, WHICH ONE WAS IT? BACK TO WORK.
SO IF YOU TALK TO, IF I'M HERE, I'D LIKE TO JUST GO OVER THERE WITH, SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE GOING THROUGH THURSDAY.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO DO SAID THE GOOD THING.
MONEY SHE MAKES FROM THIS JOB, THEY'RE NOT GONNA CALL.
AND HE SAID WHAT THE LAST TWO CUSTOMERS SIGNED SOFTWARE, THEY FOR A, IF HE DOES THAT, HE CAN GET DOWN UNDER THE 25,000.
HE SAID HE RESEARCH FOR THE STATE AND HE OR NOBODY ELSE ON THAT.
BUT IT WOULD NOT ONLY EXPEDITE, IT COULD BE COMES UP SYSTEM EVEN MANDATE EVERYBODY GOING THAT'S POSSIBLE.
I MEAN I DIDN'T GET INTO THAT KIND OF DETAIL.
THAT MIGHT BE, I DUNNO WHETHER WE, ANYTHING WE HAVE OUR OWN, WE HAVE OWN ANYTHING.
WELL WE COULD BUY IT NEXT YEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW HE'S TALKING ABOUT LEASING THE SO INSTEAD BUYING BECAUSE THE QUOTE HE GAVE US WAS BUYING THE, SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN MONEY, TRYING TO GET AROUND THE TIMING PROBLEM BUT GO OUT WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT'S WHAT MORE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE NOT TO GET AROUND THAT.
BECAUSE THE ANTICIPATION OF THE STATE MAY GET, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR VOTERS.
SO THE STATE WENT ON THIS NEW TEAM SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN OFF.
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WENT ON BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO AND THEY BACKED OFF AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BACKED OFF.BUT THOSE BACK IN THE OFFICE THINKING, WELL MAYBE NEXT YEAR THE STATE WILL HAVE IT STRAIGHTENED OUT.
I'VE GOT A GOOD, HONESTLY BECAUSE IT MAY BE BEST TO GO ONLINE AFTER THEY GET UNRU.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET A, I DIDN'T ASK HIM JUST AN ALTERNATIVE TO GOING OUT AND HE WAS SAYING THAT GETTING BID BUT RATHER TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON A, IN THEORY THE STATE GOT A GREAT, JUST COULDN'T DO IT.
HE SAID HE'D BEEN TRYING TO CALL YOU ALL MORNING AND I TOLD HIM WHILE YOU WERE HERE
AND SHE STILL GOT THOSE THREE MAIN, THEY GAVE US TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND INSURANCE.
EMPLOYEES BUSINESS USED TO, I GUARANTEE.
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BEFORE THEY MOVED CORNER, THEY USED TO BE IN CITY HALL.I THINK WHAT THAT DOES, WE HAD ONE BIG ON THIS.
YOU STILL GOT YOUR, IT IS EASY.
MY BEST FRIEND SINCE FIRST GRADE.
WE ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO THE BILLS BILL.
BILL IS MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
THE BILLS, UH, NOTHING HAPPENS.
I GUESS WE'LL SEE Y'ALL HERE NEXT MONDAY.
SO WE MOTION TO ADJOURN WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER BOW.