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UH, BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY PUT THEM INTO, INTO SELFCARE.

UH, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THAT THING, UH, THAT FINANCIAL INCENTIVE PAST.

UH, SO THE FAMILIES ARE, UH, DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT FINANCIAL TRAUMA, UH, TAKING THREE OR FOUR KIDS.

YEAH.

UH, MOST OF THE, THE PLACEMENT REFERRALS WE'RE GETTING NOW ARE HERE FOR THE VERY, I THINK IT'S THE, IS THE POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM, AND PROBABLY 14 TO 17, UH, WHO WE CANNOT MAINTAIN BEHAVIOR IGNORANCE IN.

UH, AND OF COURSE, THERE'S NO PLACEMENTS TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER.

UH, BUT THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR PLACES RIGHT NOW, THEY QUICKLY ADVISED THAT ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HANGS AROUND THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER HAS BLACK BELT IN S FROM WHEN HE WALKS OUT.

THEY JUST GO, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL KIDS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UH, THE OLDER BOYS ESPECIALLY, WHO THRIVE REALLY WELL, UH, GOING TO, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUTSIDE, GETS THEM OVER BEING INTIMIDATED BY HIM.

AND, AND HE HAS SOME REALLY MEN, UH, IN HIS SCHOOL.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR HIM.

UH, SO WE ENCOURAGE THAT.

UH, WE DID HAVE HER IN MARCH, UH, VERY DISTURBED, 15-YEAR-OLD MANY TIMES.

UH, JUST DIDN'T WANNA BE IN CARE.

SHE JUST WANTED HER FAMILY.

UH, BUT SHE WAS GONE OVERNIGHT AND THEN SHOWED, REBECCA HAD FOUR GIRLS ADMITTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

AND ONE GIRL WE ADMITTED THREE TIMES, UH, SHE'D GO.

AND THE WAY THEIR INSURANCE IS, IS SET UP ONCE THEY ARE CONSIDERED STABLE, UH, THEY RELEASE THEM.

SO THEY'RE KEEPING THEM 72 HOURS, MAYBE, MAYBE UP TO FIVE DAYS.

UH, THEY HAVE A RELAPSE OR SOMETHING.

OH, YEAH.

.

THAT, THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR ALWAYS COMES OUT WHEN THEY'RE UPSET.

WHEN THEY GET UPSET, THEY START CHATTING.

UH, SO IT'S, I DON'T THINK THEY EVER GET OVER THAT.

UH, SO ANY, ANYTIME THEY, THEY MAKE AN ATTEMPT, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IT VERY SERIOUS.

SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM BACK TO HOSPITAL.

SO WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL LATE OVER, OVER TO GLEN, UH, BUT THEY'VE SINCE GOT ALL THOSE PLACED, ALL THOSE GIRLS PLACED IN, UH, IN, IN VERY RESTRICTIVE, UH, PLACEMENTS, UH, INTENSE THERAPY.

SO MAYBE THEY CAN, CAN GET A LITTLE BETTER.

LET'S SEE.

UH, WE DID HAVE ONE MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

UH, OF COURSE, KIDS GO SKATING EVERY WEEK.

AND WE WE'RE VERY LUCKY.

WE DON'T HAVE MORE, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR KIDS DON'T KNOW HOW TO SKATE.

UH, WE HAD A 15-YEAR-OLD HELPING THE YOUNGER CHILD, AND SHE FELL AND STRAIGHT AND SPRAINED HER WRIST, AND THEN SHE HAD THIS BIG POOL SPUN.

SO , WE GOT HER A LOT OF ATTENTION AT SCHOOL.

SO IT'S, IT'S OKAY.

UM, WE DID HAVE SEVERAL UNEXPECTED EXPENSES ON OUR VEHICLES.

THEY GETTING A LITTLE OLD.

UH, AND I, I PLAN FOR, FOR A LITTLE REPAIR.

UH, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME EXTENSIVE REPAIR.

UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET OVER WORKING IT IN OUR BUDGET.

UM, AND WE HAVE HAD, OH, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH, WE PROBABLY HAD PARTIES EVERY CLEAR WEEKEND SOMEBODY WAS OVER.

WE HAD FOUR OR FIVE MOTORCYCLE GROUPS AND CHURCH GROUPS AND YOUTH GROUPS, UH, GIRL SCOUTS AND BOY SCOUTS.

AND WE JUST, WE'VE JUST ALL HERE.

AND, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN HIGH LATELY, THE GROUNDS LOOK GREAT.

THE RAIN HAS JUST PERKED EVERYTHING UP.

EVERYTHING'S GREEN.

GREEN, SO GREEN AND L IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

UH, GOSH.

DID I DO THAT? NO, I DIDN'T MEAN TO TELL US THE TRUTH.

NOW, MY BLOOD PRESSURE.

WE PUT THE TRUCK IN HERE.

DON'T, THERE'S A IN THERE IN FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL.

WE JUST HAD TWO CHILDREN FROM COFFMAN MOTORCYCLE.

WE GONNA MAKE A RAIL RIGHT THERE AGAIN, THE WHOLE

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THREE MONTHS.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S, IS THAT UNUSUAL? NO, SIR.

WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COFFMAN PLACEMENTS, UH, AGAIN, ABOUT WHAT WE GET FROM OR EITHER THE MORE DIFFICULT CHILDREN OR LARGER SICK GROUPS.

AND WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG FOSTER OF HOME NETWORK, UH, IN OUR COUNTY.

AND SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY THEY CAN MOVE THEM AROUND INTO FOSTER, THEY TAKE THAT OPTION, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, BETTER FOR THE KIDS.

AND WITH OUR NUMBERS DOWN, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WE HAVE HAD SOME STAFF TURNOVER.

UH, OF COURSE, MY STAFF ARE ALL WORKING PEOPLE.

ANYONE OUTSIDE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET YOU LAYOFF FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS.

THEY GO LAYOFF.

WHAT'S THAT? UH, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY GO LOOKING FOR WORK.

'CAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT SENDING ON PEOPLE, THEY'RE WORKING PEOPLE.

UH, AND THAT JUST THROWS US INTO THAT VICIOUS CYCLE OF, OF HIRING AND TRAINING AND WAITING FOR THE NEXT LAYOFF.

UH, THAT IS ALSO A TREMENDOUS STRAIN IN OUR BUDGET, BECAUSE BEFORE I COULD, IN MY RATIO, THEY HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 40 HOURS OF HANDS ON SUPERVIS.

THAT MEANS I'M ON THE FLOOR FOR AT LEAST 40 HOURS.

AND BEFORE I CAN SAY, OKAY, YOU CAN TAKE THIS QUICK.

AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S REALLY A STRUGGLE IN OUR BUDGET AND, AND OF COURSE MY TIME TOO.

UH, BUT SOME PART WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STRUGGLE THROUGH IN THE LAST ITEM.

WE WERE, I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I HOPE AT LEAST SOMEBODY FROM OUR COUNTY CAN GET INVOLVED IN THIS NEXT YEAR.

UH, I DUNNO WHO EXACTLY SPEARHEADED THIS, UH, BUT JUDGE CAROL CLARK FROM SMITH COUNTY IS, IS WHO APPROACHED US.

SHE HAS, UH, SHE HAS BEEN DOING IT STATE OF RESEARCH INTO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, EMERGENCY PLACEMENT, UH, WITH CPS, UH, AND HER JUNIOR KIDS, UH, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND SHE, SHE RECRUITS, UH, FAMILY LAW PEOPLE CAUSE UH, VOLUNTEERS, UH, FAMILY COURT JUDGES.

UH, THE DAY SHE CAME OUT TO OUR HOUSE, SHE HAD SEVERAL LEGISLATIVE, UH, MEMBERS AND, UH, TRYING TO IMPROVE THE CARE AND SERVICES TO KIDS IN COUNTY.

AND OF COURSE, THEY DON'T HAVE AN EMERGENCY SHELTER KIDS.

UH, BUT THEY HAD A, UH, JUDICIAL CONFERENCE IN, UH, DALLAS, UH, IN MARCH.

UH, AND IT WAS ALL FAMILY COURT JUDGES, COST OF VOLUNTEERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, SCHOOL OFFICIALS.

UH, THERE WERE A FEW LEGISLATORS THERE, UH, UPPER LEVEL MANAGEMENT AND CPS.

UH, AND THEY DID, UH, THEY DID CASE STUDIES ON, ON KIDS TO PLACE, UH, FOSTER KIDS THERE, FOSTER PARENTS.

AND IT WAS MORE A RESOURCE EXCHANGE, INFORMATION EXCHANGE ON WHATEVER BETTY'S ROLE WAS, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE TIME OF REFERRAL, UH, THROUGH CPS INVESTIGATION INVOLVING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UH, IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE FOR EVERYBODY THERE.

UH, COL COUNTY WAS THERE.

SMITH COUNTY WAS THERE, GREG COUNTY AND HAWKINS, I THINK.

UH, AND IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.

IT WAS, IT WAS SOFT.

DO YOU THINK Y'ALL BE, UH, INVITED TO ATTEND AGAIN NEXT YEAR? YES, SIR.

I DO.

I DO.

UH, AS SOON AS I, AS SOON AS I CAN GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH, UH, JUDGE CLARK PERSONALLY, I'M GONNA REQUEST THAT SHE, HER COUNTY, UH, JUST BECAUSE I THINK I JUST, EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN CPS IN THE CPS, UH, PROCESS, UH, NEEDS TO KNOW, NEEDS TO KNOW HOW THEY WOULD RELATE TO EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED.

UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL PROGRAMS INTRODUCED.

UH, SMITH COUNTY HAS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM, UH, FOR THEIR FOSTER KIDS AND EVEN, UH, PROBATION.

UH, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PROCESSES THAT THE OTHER COUNTIES WENT, WE COULD DO THAT.

WE CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR OUR KIDS.

SO, UH, I I HOPE THEY MAKE IT STATEWIDE.

IT WAS, UH, IT WAS NOT A BIG CONFERENCE.

THERE WAS PROBABLY THERE, UH, BUT I THINK JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT THAT COULD, THAT COULD REALLY EXPAND IT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE STATE.

SO I'M GOOD ABOUT THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I GUESS I SAY TELL US HOW WE COULD HELP YOU TO HELP PUSH THAT FORWARD.

UH, CALL JUDGE CLARK .

UH, JUDGE

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? NO, MA'AM.

OKAY.

YEAH.

UH, I, I FORWARDED HER THE INFORMATION.

SHE WAS AT A MEETING LAST MONTH AND SHE ASKED ME ABOUT IT AND I FORWARDED TO HER, BUT I THINK IT WAS SO LATE IN THE PLANNING STAGE THAT THEY COULDN'T GET HER IN.

SO I'M HOPING THAT SHE WAS STAY JUDGE INVOLVED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ACCEPT OUR REPORT.

SO MADE MR. MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION CARRIED.

THE REASON I WALK OUT WITH YOU, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

UH, RICHARD MURPHY, TEXAS COLLECTIONS, NOTHING.

COURT FOR APRIL.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

HAVE YOU GOTTEN HOT OUT THERE YET? GETTING THAT WAY? IT WILL.

OKAY.

ON THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL.

EXCUSE ME.

OKAY.

WELL, OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT HE THINKS OF IT.

WE COLLECT 25 AND HALF MILLION OR 92% OF THE ADJUSTED LEVY UNDER THE GENERAL FUND.

UNDER THE ROAD AND BRIDGE, WE'VE COLLECTED THREE AND A HALF MILLION OR 92%.

THE DELINQUENT ROLE GENERAL FUND IS, UH, ALMOST HALF MILLION OR 28% AND 74,000 ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE.

THE, UM, CURRENT ROAD IS THE SAME PERCENTAGE THROUGH APRIL AS EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AND, UH, THE DE ROLE IS A LITTLE BIT BELOW PERCENTAGE COLLECTION OF EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS.

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD.

NO, WE GET, WE LIKE TO COLLECT DELINQUENT TAXES TOO.

YEAH, WE WOULD TOO THAT, GO AHEAD.

BUT IN LIGHT OF ALL THE NOISE ABOUT MORTGAGES, IT HASN'T HAD AN IMPACT ON US THAT WE YEAH, BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT MANY MORTGAGES COUNTY.

I DON'T THINK SO.

NOT LIKE IT IS.

YEAH.

ALL NOT LIKE NATIONWIDE.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, I SEE EVERY, EVERY TIME WE GET THIS, UH, WE HAVE A 28% DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS.

CAN THESE BE PUT ON A PAYMENT PLAN OR DO WE HAVE SUCH A THING AS A PAYMENT PLAN? AND IF SO, WHAT CAN WE DO TO, TO INCREASE THIS COLLECTIONS ON THESE DELINQUENT ARY? WELL, WE'LL TAKE MONEY ANYTIME.

WE DON'T SET UP A PLAN BECAUSE IT GETS YOU IN THE LEGAL PROBLEM.

BUT IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND WANTS TO PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS A WEEK OR A MONTH, OR WE TAKE IT, WE ALLOW THEM TO MAKE PAYMENTS.

WE, WE DON'T SET UP ANY PLAN FOR THEM TO, NO.

TO RECOUP THIS.

NOT, WE DON'T SET UP A SIGNED LEGAL PLAN BECAUSE THEN WHEN WE GO TO FORECLOSE OR GET INTO, I DON'T KNOW, THE LAWYERS WON'T WANNA DO THAT.

BUT WE DO TAKE PAYMENTS AND I, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A NOTE, THEY CALL IT A DM DEAL THAT THEY PUT IN THE COMPUTER THAT THE TAXPAYERS AGREED TO PAY SO MUCH A MONTH.

AND I USUALLY TRY TO GET THEM, IF IT'S CURRENT YEAR DELINQUENTS, AND GET IT PAID OFF BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S TAXES COME OUT.

SO I TRIED TO GET AN AMORTIZATION THAT WOULD BE DONE BY DECEMBER.

UH, IT'S MORE THAN ONE

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YEAR.

THAT'S THE ATTORNEY'S REALMS. WE STILL TAKE MONEY FOR IT, BUT IT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS OF ATTORNEY COLLECTION.

THERE IS A TIME LIMIT ON THIS RIGHT THOUGH, FOR THE RELIEF COLLECTION.

WHEN DO THEY BECOME TO THE POINT WHERE YOU FORECLOSE OR WHEREVER YOU DO WHAT YOU DO? THE, THEY GO TO THE ATTORNEY ON JANUARY, ON JULY ONE, AND THEIR PROCESS THEN STARTS IN JULY WORKING TOWARD SUITS AND FORECLOSURES.

THAT'S AFTER ONE YEAR? NO, NO, THAT'S THE OH SEVEN TAXES.

THE DELINQUENT.

THIS YEAR'S TAXES, THEY'RE NOT PAID BY JULY.

JULY ONE, THEY GO TO THE LAWYER.

AND ON JULY ONE THERE'S A 20% LEGAL TAX BE ATTACHED, WHICH THE TAXPAYER HAS TO PAY.

NOT, DOESN'T COME OUT OF WHAT HE OWES, BUT IT'S TAXED TO THE, UH, THEN WHAT THEY DO, THEY'VE GOT THEIR PROCESS WHERE THEY SEND OUT, I THINK TWO COLLECTION LETTERS.

TAXES ARE NOT PAID.

NOW, I'M NOT TAKING YOUR SPEECH HERE.

UH, IF THE, IF AND IF THE TAX PAYERS HADN'T PAID AFTER TWO DELINQUENT LETTERS, THEN THEY FILE A LAWSUIT.

AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE, ONCE THEY GET THE LETTERS, THEY'LL COME IN AND PAY.

AND THEN ONCE THEY GET SERVED WITH PAPERS, UH, THAT THEY'VE BEEN SUED, THEN THEY'LL COME IN AND PAY.

UH, IF THEY DON'T, THEN AFTER ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, THEN THAT'S WHEN HE STARTS THE, UH, FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE TO FORECLOSE ON THE PROPERTY.

ONCE THE FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE START, THEN PROBABLY 95% OF 'EM COME UP WITH THE MONEY, THEN YES, WE HAVE THE LIST FOR SALE.

AND THEY'LL COME IN THE DAY OF THE SALE DAY BEFORE THE SALE PAY.

AND THOSE THAT DON'T, USUALLY THE PROPERTY'S NOT WORTH WHAT YOUR TAXES WORTH.

WHAT THE TAXES THEY HAVE.

YEAH.

UH, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW THE, UH, BECAUSE THE CAMP AND THE SCURRY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BEHIND THE COUNTY AVERAGE, WE HAVE, WE'RE MAILING POLITE, DELINQUENT NOTICES TO OUR TAXPAYERS THERE THAT HAVE A FORM IN THERE TELLING 'EM THAT THAT 20 GOING TO HIT 'EM ON JULY ONE.

THEY DON'T PAY IT BEFORE THAT, BEFORE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THOSE TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ATTORNEY DELINQUENT.

NOTICE THAT JUST OUT.

AND, UH, BUT THIS IS ON TOP OF THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET SCURRY AND HIM CAUGHT UP WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

, ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

THANK YOU.

WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ACCEPT THAT.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.

ALL IN MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, THAT BRINGS US AROUND TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR, MR. HOWELL JONES TO PRESENT THE HONOR COURT FOR APRIL.

THANK YOU, HOWELL? YES, SIR.

COMMISSIONER SHANE SAYS HE'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE FILING OF THIS AND COMMISSIONER LER WILL SECOND IT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIE.

AND THAT'LL BE IN MY OFFICE THIS WEEK.

Y'ALL WANT COME BY AND LOOK AT IT, SEE HOW THE FUNDS ARE STACKING UP.

UH, NEXT, THAT BRINGS AROUND TO MR. JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN.

HE'S GONNA BRING US THE TREASURE'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL TO PAY OUR BILLS.

YEAH, I NEED, ANGIE NEEDS THREE OF THESE.

YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE? I GUESS ONE, YOU

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MAY BE PUT, SHE NEEDS QUESTIONS.

ONE COMMENT.

UH, OUR INTEREST NOW IS 2.457.

PROCEED.

COOL.

AND, UH, CARRY WHAT DICK SAID, WE'VE ALMOST TAKEN UP MONEY OVERALL FUND SO FAR THIS YEAR.

BEEN ALL LAST YEAR, BUT LAST YEAR TOOK ME ABOUT 3.9 MILLION BEFORE 3.4 MILLION.

OKAY.

EXCELLENT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DULLER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE TO ACCEPT THAT COURT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIED.

OKAY.

EVERYWHERE.

YOU SEE YOUR NAME CHAIR, THE MINUTES TOO.

I DID THREE SIGNATURES.

DICK, HAVE YOU GOT THE, UH, ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE CITY OF CAROL? YES.

GO AHEAD AND FINISH SIGNING JUST BECAUSE I TOOK ONE HOME THREE YEARS AGO.

YOU NEVER FORGET .

OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO CANVAS THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE MAY 10TH LOCAL OPTIONS ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF AND, UH, MR. MURPHY DID HIS ELECTION, SO HE'S PASSED OUT TO YOU A LIST.

AND AS Y'ALL RECALL, THIS IS, UH, PRIMARILY CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF PROP PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OF HURRELL HAD ANNEXED.

AND, UH, THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION

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IN THAT NEW TERRITORY.

SO THAT, BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE WHOLE TOWN VOTES, NOT JUST THE WHOLE TOWN VOTES.

YEAH.

IT'S NOT JUST IN THAT ANNEX AREA, BUT THE WHOLE TOWN AND THE LAW REQUIRES THE COUNTY TO RUN THE ELECTION FORM.

YEAH.

NOW THIS IS NOT AN OPTIONAL ON LOCAL ELECTION ELECTIONS, IT'S COUNTIES.

YES, SIR.

UH, IF YOU'LL SEE THERE ON THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE, THERE WAS 190, I MEAN, AS YOU WERE 259 VOTED FOR AND 39 VOTED AGAINST.

AND IN THE SALE OF MIXED BEVERAGES, 262 FAR AND 38 AGAINST Y'ALL GOT ANY QUESTIONS? OBJECT REGARDING THIS.

COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO PREPARE THE RESULTS AS STATED.

AND COMMISSIONER LER WILL SECOND IT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

SO THOSE ARE THE OFFICIAL RESULTS.

THANK YOU, DICK.

THANK YOU.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM WE DO EVERY YEAR, UH, WE HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR, AND THAT'S TO DISCUSS THE CENTER PROOF AND RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY OF KAUFMAN, UH, ELECTING TO BECOME ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX ABATEMENTS AND ADOPTING TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES.

UH, I MONTHS ARE YOU THE COMMITTEE MAN FOR THE COUNTY? THE COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE, UH, RIGHT NOW, AND COMMISSIONER SHANE IS JUDGE THE FORM THE FORMULA SHOWS A HUNDRED PERCENT FIRST YEAR, 75.

50 25.

BUT THERE'S A STATEMENT IN THERE THOUGH THAT SAYS THAT, UH, AT LEAST THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE THAT, UH, THE GUIDELINES CAN BE, UH, MODIFIED WITH THE VOTE OF COMMISSIONER.

OKAY.

DID WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON THAT? YEAH, I THINK WE DID.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THAT ONE COME IN.

UH, ON PAGE, UH, FIVE ABATEMENTS ON ALL PROJECTS, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ARE OPEN TO NEGOTIATIONS A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND OUR PERCENTAGE OF ABATEMENTS CAN ALSO BE DECIDED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

OKAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH THE CITY OF COLLEGE.

SEE, THAT WAS NOT IN THERE BEFORE.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION.

DOES IT HAVE, UH, BUT IT'S LIMITED TO 500,000 TO BRINGING THE TAX ROLL.

IS, AM I READING THAT RIGHT ON PAGE FOUR? RIGHT.

PROJECT IS IS 500,000, RIGHT? YEAH.

YEAH.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO DO THAT AND APPROVE THAT PLAN.

ALL MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL IN FERRIS AYE MOTION.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL, Y'ALL BEEN READING THE NEWSPAPER AND WE GOT A, A COMMUNICATE FROM, UH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, AND WE SENT A COPY OF IT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO, UH, GET THEIR OKAY ON IT BEFORE I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT, UH, UH, WE'RE ASKING, UH, THE CITIES TO ENACT, UH, AND ENFORCE ORDINANCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE INSTRUMENTS REGULATING THE PURCHASE OF COPPER AND OTHER VALUABLE METALS BY SECONDARY METAL RECYCLERS.

UH, WE JUST, UH,

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THE THEFT OF COPPER SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR DEAL AND, UH, WHEN THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ASKED THAT WE DO THIS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE AND, UH, VISITED WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ABOUT IT AND THEY AGREED, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL DO ANYTHING TO HELP, BUT IT SURE CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO HARM.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SHERIFF.

IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? YES.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL CLASS FOR THE RELA OF LOT 57 OF KAUFMAN STATE SUBDIVISION.

UH, JUDGE, I NEED TO TABLE THAT SHE'S NOT READY WITH ALL OF HER STUFF YET, SO SHE'S GOING TO, I'LL, I'LL TALK TO, WE'LL GET IT PUT BACK ON FOR NEXT WEEK.

OKAY.

MOTION TO TABLE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

WELL, YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THE FINAL PLAT FOR HARM ROAD COMMERCIAL PART? WE CERTAINLY WOULD JUDGE.

WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT ONE, UH, COMPLETED AND FINISHED UP.

I THINK, UH, LAST TIME THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE WORDING ON IT AND, UH, IF YOU RECALL, HE CAME IN, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OR THREE WEEKS AGO AND THEY HAD DONE EVERYTHING WE HAD ASKED EXCEPT THE, UH, I THINK THAT NEW WORDING ON THERE ABOUT BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE THAT WASN'T ON, ON THE PLANT.

SO PEOPLE BROUGHT THOSE BACK BY AND, UH, GOT THAT FILL THERE.

SO THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WE LACKED.

AND GETTING THIS THING COMPLETED, HE GOT, HE'S GOT THE HERE, SO HE WENT BACK AND HAD THAT, IF YOU REMEMBER, DIDN'T HAVE NOW THAT THE COUNTY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE .

SO THEY GOT THAT PUT ON THERE AND, UH, COPIES MADE FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THEY'RE READY TO START PUTTING SOME, UH, WORK OUT THERE AND GETTING SOME TRAILERS OUT.

OKAY.

FOR THE, UH, BENEFIT OF, UH, PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE OF CLAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAYS I MOVE TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF COUNTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 3 2 0.002 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT COURT APPROVED FOR FINAL PURPOSES ONLY A PLAN OF THE HARM ROAD COMMERCIAL PARK SUBDIVISION UPON THE FOLLOWING CONDITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LANGFORD B.

CRAFT 4 98 SOUTHWEST SECOND 42 COMMISSIONER'S COURT VERSUS JE DEVELOPMENT 1 9 9 SOUTHWEST SECOND 1 0 4, AND MILLER OF D ELLIOT 94 SOUTHWEST THIRD 3 38, THAT THE FILING AND APPROVAL OF A PLAT, WHICH DEDICATED STREETS, ROADS, DOES NOT MAKE THEM COUNTY ROADS SUBJECT TO COUNTY MAINTENANCE.

SINCE THE DEDICATION IS A MERE OFFER AND THE FILING OF THE PLAT FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ACCEPTANCE OF OR OF ANY DEDICATION CONTAINED IN THE PLAT.

I HEREBY MOVE THAT THE COURT EXPRESSLY APPROVED THE FOLLOWING OF THIS PLAT ON THE TIME ROAD COMMERCIAL PARK.

SO WHAT BASIS SAYS IS THEY CAN DEDICATE TO THE COUNTY OR DEDICATE TO THE PUBLIC ALL DAY LONG THE STREETS AND ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT IT'S NOT COUNTY MAINTENANCE.

YEAH.

NOT DEEP COUNTY MAINTENANCE.

I THINK THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY HAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY ROADS THERE.

BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER STORY.

WE, WE PASSED THAT TO A MOVE ON DOWN.

SO, AND THAT IS THE CLAUSE AS THAT, UH, YES, WE CAN STILL ACCEPT ANY ROADS, BUT IT'S UP TO US AT POINT IN TIME.

YEAH.

AFTER THEY'VE DONE THE TWO YEAR BID AND ALL THAT AND SATISFY AS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER THAT PRECINCT PUT ON FOR COUNTY.

ALRIGHT, SO COMMISSIONER ROUND WILL MAKE THE MOTION AND APPROVE OF THE FINAL FLAT OF HAR ROAD COMMERCIAL PARK.

I SECOND COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL SECOND IT.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

A GLAD TO HAVE THIS ONE.

THE, WE

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SURE JERRY'S GOT SIGNATURE.

THE PURCHASE.

I WISH RAY WAS HERE.

MR. VOTE PARTIES GONNA BE BETTER.

ONE SUBDIVISION, RIGHT? IF YOU DON'T, I'LL YOU, UH, YOU NEED ANOTHER ONE SIGNED.

THREE COPIES SIGNED.

AS LONG AS WE, AS LONG AS I HAVE ONE PUT YES, SIR.

YOU KEEP A COPY OF THESE IN FILE IN YOUR OFFICE.

I, OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING DISCUSS, AND INSTEAD OF PURCHASING THREE TRUCKS FOR PRECINCT TWO THROUGH THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE PROGRAM.

GOOD MORNING.

COMMISSIONER

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CLARK'S NOT HERE TO MAKE A MOTION RE JURY JUST OVER THERE.

I'LL DO THAT.

UH, GENTLEMEN, THESE ARE THREE TRUCKS REPLACED, UH, THREE TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING BACK TO, UH, DALLAS MACK.

UH, THREE.

YES SIR, IT IS.

HE'S, UH, REPLACING TWO DUMP TRUCKS, UH, NINE, 7,000 EACH AND ONE, UH, TRACTOR 93,000 AND PLUS.

THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE ABOARD, UH, OUR FEE FOR AN INVOICE AND ANY OTHER, UH, FEE SUCH AS INSPECTION, LIKE POINT OUT THAT COMMISSIONER ADVISED THIS MORNING'S A BRAND NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION.

UH, SO I'LL BE GETTING WITH COUNSEL TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT AGREEMENTS AND, UH, ANY NEW ONES WE'RE AT ON THAT.

SO THIS WAS THIS BOTTOM, THIS BOTTOM PARAGRAPH TELLS ME, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE WILLING TO PURCHASE IT.

DOES THAT FALL UNDER THAT COMPETITIVE THING? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I, I FEEL AHEAD.

MY, UH, THESE ARE, THIS IS LIKELY SOME, UH, TRUCKS WHERE THEY GUARANTEED BUY BACK LESS $6,000.

MM-HMM .

UH, I READ THAT, BUT I THOUGHT IT JUST WAS UNDER THE STATEMENT THAT IF, UH, HE WAS GONNA SELL TO SOME INDIVIDUAL THAT UH, THERE WAS A PROBLEM BEING, UH, AWAY.

FROM WHAT I'VE READ, MY OPINION IS THE RUB IS ATTORNEY YEAH.

IS THE MOTOR.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE, WE PURCHASED AOR FROM, UH, .

HE TURNED AROUND, SELLS THAT PAPER TO CAT FINANCIAL SERVICES.

NOW THEY'RE THE NEW OWNER.

WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH HOPE THAT BUY IT BACK AT A CERTAIN PRICE.

NOW CAT FINANCIAL IS A NEW OWNER.

IF WE TAKE PAYMENT FROM WHOLE CAT, IT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY.

AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FEELS LIKE THAT TO NOT MEET THE PROCUREMENT LAWS OR AS A BID OR A AUCTION.

I THINK WHERE THE RUB IS, UH, IF, IF HOPE CONTINUED TO BE THE OWNER, THEN I'M RETURN TO THE OWNER AT THE AGREED CONTRACT.

RIGHT.

BUT HOPE SELLS IT TO CAD.

YEAH.

NOW CAT'S, THE NEW OWNER NOW, NOW TURN AND, UH, TAKING MONEY FROM HOPE.

AND SO I NEED TO GET WITH COUNSEL ON THAT.

THAT CLARIFY.

YOU KNOW, IT, IT MIGHT BE A SAVING GRACE AND I'M SURE YOU CAN GET THAT PRICE.

RENEE BATES, I, I CHECKED THAT OUT LAST TIME AND, AND HIS THOUGHT WAS HE MADE SOME CALLS.

HE FELT LIKE THAT, UH, THE BUYBACK WOULD PROBABLY BRING MORE THAN WHAT, WHAT AN OPTION.

REALLY? YEAH.

THAT WAS IT.

CONSIDERING FEES OFF YOUR FEES AND SUCH.

MM-HMM .

LIKE ON THOSE MOTOR GRADERS, C ONE SAYS THEY CAN GET MORE THAN WHAT WE GOT SALES PITCH.

OKAY.

UH, IF YOU PUT THAT IN WRITING, I'D BE BLESSED.

AND THAT'S WHY MAX.

BUT THE WHOLE THING IS WITH, BECAUSE THEY'RE BUYING THE PAPER BECAUSE THEY'RE BUYING THE, WELL, THAT'S WHY I READ IT, BUT I'LL GET, I'LL GET YOU ALL A COPY OF THAT.

BUT BASICALLY THAT MAKES THEM THE OWNER OF THE, THE VEHICLE AND THE WAY I READ THIS, THERE AGAIN, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, HOPE IF THEY KEPT BEING THE OWNER TO HAVE PAID IT OFF, I'M ATTORNEY ESSENTIALLY IT TO THE, NOW HE BRINGS IT BACK INTO THE LOOP.

JUST A LEGAL THING.

RIGHT.

I'LL SAY THAT WE'VE ONLY DONE THIS ONE TIME AND WENT THROUGH AN AUCTION.

CURRENTLY IT'S AN AUCTION NOW.

BUT I'D LIKE TO COUNSEL, LOOK AT THIS.

YOU KNOW, HIS WHOLE FINANCIER ACTUALLY A PRIVATE PARTY.

I THINK THAT WAS THE WORDS THEY SAID.

PRIVATE PARTY, PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, A SEPARATE ENTITY.

YEAH.

UH, I DON'T SEE THAT A LOT, YOU KNOW, LAST I ACTUALLY FILED THROUGH CORP.

THEY STILL HAVE, AS THE OWNER'S STILL DON.

BUT WHEN THERE AGAIN, WHEN PAUL WENT TO CAB, NO.

ON MACHINE, ARE THEY TRANSFERRING ON TO THE, UH, MACHINE OR JUST, JUST UH, UH, JUST THE, JUST THE, I I THINK THEY'RE TRANSFERRING EVERYTHING BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, I'M ASSUMING IS HOPE.

I MEAN, CAT FINANCIAL RIGHTS HOLD A CHECK AND THEY'RE PAID OFF.

OH, SO THEY DON'T SHOW THEM AS AEE OR A LIENHOLDER NOW CAT FINANCIAL, BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES BACK TIME TO REDO THE WHOLE THING, WE'RE BACK DEALING WITH HOLDING WHEN COME BACK TO DO IT AGAIN.

NOW.

NOW KEN NO LONGER WANTS IT.

THEY WANT THEIR MONEY AND, AND HOLD WANTS TO BUY IT BACK.

OH, OKAY.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

WHERE THE ROAD NOW ON THE BACK, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE STILL THE OWNER.

YEAH.

UNTIL WE PAY OFF THE MONEY.

OKAY.

THAT MAY WORTH, I WANNA

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MAKE SURE I I'M SURE YOU WILL RUN THAT BY OUR LETTER.

WE DO THAT.

OKAY.

THAT'S A BRAND NEW ATTORNEY THIS WEEK.

I DIDN'T SEE.

YEAH.

14TH.

I JUST ALL OUR ATTORNEY WAS SO DID I MAKE THAT MOTION FOR A RIGHT? YEAH, I DID.

WELL, IF YOU WANT TO, I DO MAKE A MOTION FOR MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALSO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR RAID TO PAY OFF SOME EQUIPMENT IN PRECINCT ONE MAY NOT GO THAT FOR LACK OF SECOND.

UH, NEXT ONE.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING BORING LOCATIONS FOR NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT IN TON COUNTY PRECINCT TWO.

UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST WEEK WITH RAY AND, UH, UH, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER LER MAKES THE MOTION COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDS IT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH, LET'S DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPRO THE DENTATION OF CATHERINE HILL IN MANSFIELD FOR THE COFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

SURE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER TELLER.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

NOW LET'S DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVE THE DEPUTATION OF COURTNEY PENNEY FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S OFFICE.

SO MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROWS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FELLER.

ALL IN SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH, BEVERLY ATKINS WANTS TO BE DEPUTIZED FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THAT COMMISSIONER.

DOLLAR SECONDS IT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A MOTION CARRIES, UH, RUTH LAW WANTS TO BE A DEPUTY IN THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S OFFICE.

WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE CHECK INTO HER BACKGROUND.

YEAH, I DO TOO.

I SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LER ALL THURSDAY.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH, HAVE LINE ITEMS THIS MORNING NOW.

YES SIR, WE DO.

WE PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFER TO THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE TO INCREASE DUES.

$35 IONS MS FOUR 22ND DISTRICT COURT BETWEEN THEFT VISITING 2000, THE JURY JURY COSTS HUNDRED GRAND JURY COSTS.

$8 REDUCTIONS COST INCREASE MISCELLANEOUS DOLLARS AND OPERATIONS INCREASE PEST CONTROL.

$500.

MISCELLANEOUS IN THE JAIL FUND.

YOU HAVE TO SWITCH FROM, UH, SALARY FOR JAILERS TO SALARY FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS.

15,000 EXTENSION SERVICE.

INCREASE OFFICE FURNITURE, NEW EQUIPMENT 7 29 TRANSPORTATION FOR LIVESTOCK SHOWS AND THE EXTENSION PROGRAMS SWITCH TO $120 TO AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOR CONSUMER SCIENCE EDUCATION PRECINCT FOUR.

CONVENIENCE STATION.

INCREASED MISCELLANEOUS COST $500 FOR PRODUCTION TO GARBAGE PICKUP, CHILD SHELTER, INCREASED PERSONAL CARE SUPPLIES 500 PARTS AND REPAIRS, 1500 GAS AND OIL, 4,000 MILEAGE MILLS AND LODGING 500.

THE REDUCTION OF INSURANCE COSTS TO 6,500 AND IN ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT.

FOUR.

INCREASED UNIFORMS. 2000 PRODUCTION OF NEW EQUIPMENT LEASE.

ADDITIONALLY, UH, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, MAYBE THE WEEK BEFORE THERE WAS A GRANT THAT THE COURT APPROVED IN PUBLIC WORKS.

WE'VE GOT A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO SET UP THAT GRANT OF REVENUES OF $78,846 AND BUDGETING THAT FOR EXPENDITURES.

GENTLEMEN, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLER ALL THURSDAY.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

AND I SUPPOSE YOU WANNA PAY A BILL OR TWO? YES SIR.

I THOUGHT WE DID THIS.

YES, SIR.

WEEK WE GOT A CREDIT CARD HERE.

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I'VE, I WISH IT WAS HERE BECAUSE I ORDERED ABOUT 300 TONS OF TXI JUST SEND ALL THE BILLS.

DECREASE.

THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF JUST FOR YOUR AL YOUR BEDTIME LEAVE.

I WANT TELL WATCH, READ THAT.

WATCH STAR GAME TONIGHT.

YOU GET THAT, UH, CHANNEL AT ITSELF? NO, I DON'T JUDGE.

I'M GOING TO TONIGHT.

I'M GONNA TRY IT AND SEE IF I CAN DOWNLOAD IT OR WHATEVER THEY DO THING.

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT.

I HAVEN'T USED THE LOCKER.

THAT IT WAS THE LOCKER.

I LOOKED ON MY LIST AND I COULDN'T FIND IT.

I HADN'T READ THAT.

HAVING A LAWYER AND US HAVING A LAWYER, WHAT THAT HEARING DATE WAS.

HEARING WAS.

SO THAT'S AFTER, I THINK, I THINK THE REAL REASON, REASON RAISED NOT HERE.

THE CITY OF VOTED AGAINST SUPPORTING US

[00:55:01]

ON HAVING THE WHOLE COUNTY DECLARE, UH, IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA.

DID THEY JUDGE, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE YEAR WAS EIGHT 16 REALLY JUST NOBODY.

DID YOU GET, DID YOU GET FINALLY GET ALL THOSE TIRES? IS THAT NO, THEY'RE STILL, THEY CAME OUT THERE OFF 3000 AND THEN I DON'T, THEY'VE SHOULD JIM, HOW DOES THOSE CHURCH, THEY SAID THEY HAD, THEY HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

THEY, THE CHURCH MEMBERS DOWN THERE HAD REALLY DONE A LOT OF WORK PRE-WORK ON THAT.

THEY HAD, WE DIDN'T DOING, WHEN I CAME OVER HERE ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO ABOUT THAT, WE HAD THE NEW PASTOR.

HE SAID THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN OUTREACH PROGRAM OVER THERE AT METHODIST.

I COME OVER HERE AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT, AND THEY WERE TALKING, I'M SITTING BACK AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNEW WHERE I WAS FROM.

THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT CHURCH.

WE GOT A WORK TO DO.

DIDN'T EVEN MENTION HE ONE OF THOSE WOULD EMPTY THAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A DEAL THAT FITS OVER, OVER THE TOP GALLON BUCKET.

NO, IT, IT JUST GOES DOWN INTO IT.

IT, YOU JUST DROP IT DOWN INTO THAT BUCKET.

IT,

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THAT CONSTRUCTION THING AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.

AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE A COVER.

WE KEPT SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING DIDN'T FALL.

BUT IT HAVE TO BE.

SO YOU, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR CHURCH THERE COOKING THE MALE AND THEN A BUNCH OF CHURCHES HAD TWO OR THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE THERE OR WORKING ON, BUT THERE WERE A LOT.

AND THEN 1889 CAME BEFORE THE COURT TO DO A FAIR, I THINK HE HAD TO PAY SEVEN A YEAR OR SOMETHING.

COUNTY FARM.

HE TOOK IN 3000 CATTLE.

13,007.

ONE.

I STILL REMEMBER, MATTER FACT, IN 78 EVERY PRACTICE ALONG THE 35,000 COST SIX.

THAT'S WHEN THEY WAS TWO.

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THEN HE MOVED TO, I BET YOU THEN THOUGH, WHEN THAT SO LATE TOO.

WE MEETING WITH, WE NEED TO DO YOUR BIRTHDAY ONE.

HE REALLY, I'M OUR COLORS NEXT WEEK.

NEXT WEEK YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE, UM, WHAT Y'ALL ARE HERE IS LOOKING ON OVER INTERVIEWED, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.

AND, UH, EVERYBODY'S REQUEST I THOUGHT WAS VERY REASONABLE.

THERE'S NOTHING, UH, EVERYBODY HAS CONCERN ABOUT, UH, THE MILEAGE.

UH, THE SHERIFF HADN'T HEARD HIM SHOW HER, SO I DIDN'T GET TO VISIT HIM.

BUT, UH, NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, UH, OVERALL WHAT PLANNING, HOW YOU BRING COUNCIL, I THINK SENT Y'ALL A COPY OF THE, OF THE, UH, I'LL GET HER TO GET A LETTER OUT TO YOU TO GIVE YOU THE, THE DATES HOW I WENT OVER 'EM.

HE'S PLEASED WITH THEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DONE QUICKER AND, AND, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, ONE THING I THOUGHT ABOUT JUDGE IS WAS GETTING THE CERTIFIED TAX RECORD.

IT, IT DOESN'T COME OUT LATE JULY.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T HAVE THE FINAL HEARINGS ON IT UNTIL, UNTIL WE GET THAT.

BUT WE CAN MEET WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, AND GET AN IDEA.

AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'LL JUST BE THE COMMISSIONER'S MEETING.

THAT'D BE GOOD.

OUR FIRST, OUR FIRST MEETING WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, JUST PHILOSOPHY AND DISCUSSION OF WHAT OUR PHILOSOPHY'S GONNA BE REGARDING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE MEETING WITH THE OFFICIALS AND THEN AFTER MEETING WITH OFFICIALS, THEN IT'LL JUST BE THE COMMISSIONER WORKSHOP.

BUT WE DO ANY OF Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE AN EXTENDED TIME OFF AND JUST LIKE I DID LAST YEAR, THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST, WE HOPE WE'RE GONNA BE DEAD WEEKS FOR US.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING DONE BY THEN.

COMMISSIONER SHANE SAYS, MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS.

COMMISSIONER DULLER SECONDS IT.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT PAYING THE BILLS? ALL IN FAVOR

[01:10:01]

SAY AYE.

AYE.

NOW YOU CAN PAY THE BILLS, SIR.

UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME NUMBERS ALONG THERE.

BUDGETARY, TRYING TO GET SOME BACK INTO BY THE AMOUNT THAT WE ISSUE WOULD REALLY MEET ALL OF OUR NEEDS IF WE, INSTEAD OF PUTTING 2 CENTS 2.2 WOULD MAKE A REAL EASY TRANSITION IF WE DON'T FORCE IT.

OKAY.

YEAH.

UH, AND WE ALL HAVE TO SUFFER A LITTLE BIT, BUT 2.2 WOULD PUT IT BACK UP TO A DIME, WASN'T IT? IF YOU COULD THINK, IF YOU COULD THINK PUT IT UP TO A NINE DIME.

IF YOU COULD THINK ALONG THOSE TERMS. I THINK WE CAN HANDLE IT.

AND I THINK AS I TALKED TO OFFICIALS, I POINTED OUT THAT Y'ALL HAD BEEN, MONEY HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM Y'ALL THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT WE HAD A GOAL OF GIVING IT BACK TO YOU THIS YEAR AS MUCH AS WE COULD GIVE BACK.

SO TO PUT THEM TO BUDGETS, BECAUSE WE NOW IT'S 6.8, WE NEED TO JUST TWITCH IT BACK UP LITTLE.

YEAH.

CERTAINLY HELP EVERYBODY WITH EVERYBODY ON THEIR ROAD.

WELL THAT, UH, FIELD KNOWLEDGE, UH, YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT, UH, OF COURSE EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN AND SAYS, ARE WE GONNA GET A RAISE? SO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THERE.

SO, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S IT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

I'VE GOT JUDGE, UH, NORVILLE THIS AFTERNOON, AND THEN WHEN THE SHERIFF GETS HIS SCHEDULE WITH HIS SHOULDER, THEN WE'LL BRING HIM IN AND TALK TO HIM.

OF COURSE, TRADITIONALLY THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, THE BIG BOX, BIG BIKE WITH THE BIG BUDGET.

I'M SORRY.

YEAH.

BIG BIKE PICKED UP.

UH, Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

THAT'S RIGHT.

UH, COMING UP THIS, THIS WEEK AND REMEMBER OURVES AND THE ONES THAT'S GIVING THEIR LIVES, UH, THAT HAVE GONE ON BEFORE US AND THE OLD SAYING ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL.

SO I REMEMBER THOSE THAT GAVE ALL BE A GREAT PROGRAM OUT AT THE MEMORIAL PARK.

WE WON'T BE HERE, BUT, UH, WE'LL BE MEMORIAL CHURCH.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THIS YEAR BECAUSE IN SEPTEMBER I'M GOING TO MY SCOTT NYER ASSOCIATION REUNION.

SO I DECIDED SINCE I'M GOING TO SAN DIEGO IN SEPTEMBER, I STAY WITH A FAMILY THIS MEMORIAL DAY.

SO WE'RE HAVING A FAMILY GET TOGETHER.

JUDGE, IF YOU GO OUT THERE AT BALBOA PARK AT THAT AIR MUSEUM, YOU CAN SEE THAT BLACK BIRD OR THE S 71, WHATEVER IT IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, STILL HOLDS ALL THE RECORDS FOR SPEED AND PIPE.

IT'S ALSO WANTS TO FLY.

IT JUST ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.

IT'S, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE TO GO BY THERE AND LOOK AT IT.

I'M HOPING ONE OF THE CARRIERS WOULD BE IN.

I'VE NEVER BEEN ON A BIG MODERN CARRIER.

I'VE BEEN ON CARRIERS, BUT I'D LIKE TO TOUR SAN DIEGO'S WHERE THEY MADE THE PLANE THAT LINDBERGH FLEW ACROSS ATLANTIC AND THEY HAD A LITTLE THING THERE THAT SAID, UH, THAT THE GAS THAT LINDBERGH USED TO FLY FROM, UH, NEW YORK TO, TO PARIS WOULD NOT EVEN START THAT.

, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE TOLD YOU NOT, BUT WE'RE GOING GET TO GO UP TO ACKER SCHOOL.

THEY'RE GOING, WE'RE GONNA GET TO TOUR OF THE SCHOOL AND UH, THEN WE WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT.

SO WE LET LET THE OLD GUYS, UH, SHOOT SOME OF THE NEW WEAPONS.

SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

YOU WANT THAT 50 CALIBER? YEAH.

SHOOT THAT 50 CALIBER.

I NEVER SHOT IT.

I SHOT THE 3 0 8 PLENTY TIMES, BUT I MUCH JUST HOPE THEY DON'T TAKE UP COLLECTION BEFORE THE AMMO.

.

OKAY.

WELL Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD HUMP DAY.

WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS.

I'M OVER ADJOURN.

SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN.

SECOND, MR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

WE'RE OUTTA HERE.