* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] MR. SHANE ON THIS UP THIS MORNING, PLEASE. YES. WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME OUR MOST GRACIOUS HEAVEN? FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE MANY QUESTIONS YOU GIVE US EACH DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO COME AND DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY. PLEASE BE WITH US, BE WITH OUR TROOPS, OR IN HARM'S WAY, BE WITH OUR COUNTRY AND OUR LEADERS. THESE THINGS WE ASK YOUR SON'S NAME, I IS FLAG ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, HONOR, TEXAS. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO SEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE IN THE INVIS. OKAY, FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING IS, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AYE. MOTION CARRIED. SO THAT BRINGS US AROUND TO, UH, MR. RICHARD MURPHY TO PRESENT THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S REPORTS OF THE MONTH OF MAY. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. MORNING, SIR. DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? YES, SIR. YOU DO. YOU DON'T HAVE IT? NO, BUT I GOT YOURS. I GOT SOME MORE. I'LL TAKE THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. I WAS GOING THERE THROUGH THE END OF MAY. WE HAD COLLECTED 25.8 MILLION OF THE FEDERAL FUND, WHICH IS 93%, WHICH IS RIGHT ON TARGET WITH EACH OF THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. WE COLLECTED 3.568 MILLION OF THE ROAD AND BRIDGE, WHICH IS 93% AGAIN, ON TARGET. ANY QUESTIONS? LOOKS GOOD TO ME. QUESTION, QUESTIONS ON, ON ALL THIS COLLECTIONS FROM ROAD BRIDGE, HAS ALL THAT BEEN TRANSFERRED INTO MAIN ROAD BRIDGE? ID, UH, DIVIDED AMONGST THE PRECINCT? I DO NOT KNOW IT SHOULD BE THOUGH WE HAVE ANYTHING. NO. WE, WE MADE A COUPLE TRANSFERS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND, UH, THAT'S, YEAH, THERE'S STILL SOME IN THERE. IT'S NOT SIGN, NOT SIGNIFICANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY. UH, TO ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. NO. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER EG. BY COMMISSIONER FELLER. ALL IN . AYE. I WAS WRITING DOWN HERE. NEED FOR RADIO ? I'LL GIVE THIS COURT ON RADIO. FIVE O'CLOCK, FOUR 30. ALL GOOD. OKAY. NOW THAT BRINGS AROUND TO MR. RALPH DAVIS AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WATER LITERACY. RALPH, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IS OUR CANADA AGENT. I HAVE SOMETHING, BILL, [00:05:03] I TRIED TO GET BRAD ACKMAN TO COME UP HERE WITH ME AND HE SAID, NO, GO BY YOURSELF. OKAY. I'VE GOT SOME EXTRA COPIES HERE. I KNOW YOU WANT A COPY. , THERE'S A COUPLE. THANK YOU. UH, I KNOW IT'S HEAD ON YOUR WATER THERE AND THAT THE WATER IS REALLY THE DRIVING FORCE. BUT BEHIND WHAT I WANT TO, UH, TALK TO Y'ALL TODAY, UH, THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM. UH, THIS PROPOSAL THAT I, I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. HEY, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET A NEW JOB, YOU, YOU GO TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING RELEVANT AND, UH, FIGURING OUT WHAT, WHERE YOUR PLACE IN LIFE'S GOING TO BE. I, I WANTED A DEMONSTRATION GARDEN OR SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC COULD, COULD COME LOOK AT. I'VE SEEN SEVERAL AROUND THE STATE THAT WERE EXCELLENT. AND OF COURSE, IT'S TAKEN ME EIGHT YEARS TO REALLY GET AROUND, BUT I THINK I'M IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. AND, UH, UH, WE GO THROUGH THIS. I'LL TELL YOU WHY. UH, I, I HAVE IN MY MIND THAT WE NEED IN KAMAN COUNTY, AN EDUCATIONAL LEARNING CENTER THAT WE TEACH PEOPLE, UH, THINGS ABOUT WATER LITERACY. AND ALONG WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE AESTHETICS. SO THEY NEED TO LEARN ABOUT LANDSCAPING AND PLANTS AND THAT, THOSE SORT OF THINGS. ALSO, UH, SO WE WANT TO BUILD THE A ALL BASICALLY AN OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER, OKAY. THAT WE CAN TEACH NOT ONLY YOUTH, ALTHOUGH, AND, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PART OF, OF THIS THING IS YOUTH EDUCATION. WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE CURRICULUM, UH, IN PLACE FOR, UH, FOURTH GRADERS TO LEARN, UH, OUTDOOR THINGS ABOUT WATER LITERACY, UH, DIFFERENT PLANT THING. WE WANT TO PLANT SOME CARNIVOROUS PLANTS. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? KIDS WILL LOVE THAT. UH, BUT, UH, WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND IS TO BUILD AN OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER. UH, ALSO THIS THING WOULD BE USED TO TRAIN MASTER GARDENERS. AND THE MASTER GARDENERS AND KIND WILL GO OUT TO THE CIVIC CLUBS AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTY, AND, UH, HOMEOWNERS IN PARTICULAR, UH, TO, UH, KEEP EDUCATING THEM ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH WATER LITERACY AND, UH, AND HORTICULTURE ALSO, UH, THE, THIS CENTER WOULD HAVE A SELF-GUIDED TOUR. WE'RE GONNA HAVE EDUCATIONAL BROCHURES OUT THERE. EVERY PLANT WILL BE NAMED. SO YOU CAN GO LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE GOT. AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT ONE, ONE MODEL NEARLY DONE. AND THAT'S AT THE NEY, AT THE SUB COURTHOUSE. SO THAT, THAT'S SEEN THAT IT'S NOT QUITE DONE. WE'VE GOTTA GET OUR EDUCATIONAL BROCHURES AND SIGNAGE OF, UM, BUT IT'S BE PART OF THIS ALSO. UH, AND, UH, IF YOU LOOK ON OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ON PAGE TWO, THE LAST THING THERE WAS THE TOOL FOR HOLDING, UH, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES. UH, I JUST LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EVOLVING THING. UH, WE THOUGHT ABOUT BUILDING A PAVILION, UH, AT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR CENTER THAT WOULD HOLD, BE A CLASSROOM PLACE FOR, FOR LIKE 20 KIDS. IF, IF WE BROUGHT THE FOURTH GRADE CLASS FROM COUGHLIN OVER TO, TO DO AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. WE NEED A PLACE FOR 'EM TO SIT DOWN AND PLACE TO HOLD THE CLASS. UH, SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BUILDING A BUILDING WITH, WITH Y'ALL'S MISSION. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, IT LOOKS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S PRETTY INVOLVED. UH, IT'S MORE SO INVOLVED. I HAVE A LOT BIGGER, UH, INVOLVED THING HERE WITH THE DIFFERENT COSTS AND WHATNOT AND EVERYTHING. UM, BUT I, I COME HERE TODAY REALLY TO ASK YOUR PERMISSION TO DO THIS, I GUESS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE AS OF LAST THURSDAY, WE HAVE, UH, SECURED THE MONEY FOR THIS. AND I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU FOR MONEY , AND NOW I DON'T HAVE TO. THAT MAKES IT EASY. DOESN'T THAT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE? UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN GUIDELINES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS, BUT, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, UH, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS ALONG WITH TERRA COUNTY REGIONAL, UM, WATER BOARD HAS THE MONEY FOR THIS. THEY'RE HAPPY TO LET US HAVE IT. GREAT. UH, WE WANT TO, UH, PUT ANOTHER ONE IN MAYBANK. AND AS, AS WE'RE ASKING FOR MONEY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAY HAVE THE MONEY IF WE CAN GET TO SITE AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER BEFORE THE END OF THE PHYSICAL YEAR. UH, WE HAVE TO GET THE MONEY BEFORE THEN, BUT, UH, WE GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER AT THAT, ON THAT ALSO. THAT WAY I CAN HAVE A, A LEARNING CENTER IN FOR, I CAN HAVE ONE IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY, ONE [00:10:01] IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTY, AND ONE IN THE SUB PART OF THE COUNTY. UH, AND I, I DON'T KNOW REALLY OUTTA ANYTHING ELSE. I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO OVER THE COURT SO Y'ALL CAN SEE IT. IT'S PRETTY INVOLVED. UH, I KNOW I TALKED TO THE JUDGE ONE TIME BEFORE AND HE TALKED ABOUT A LANDSCAPING PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT THERE. AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT MAYBE NOT AS A TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE. YOU GOTTA REMEMBER 250,000. WE DECIDED NOT TO SPEND THAT. THERE YOU GO. EXACTLY RIGHT. UH, THIS PROJECT WILL COST SOME MONEY. UH, IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY RUN, OUR INITIAL ESTIMATE WAS 20,000. UH, PROBABLY GONNA LOOK LIKE IT'S GONNA RUN MORE LIKE 30,000, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. UH, NOW, SEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? YEAH, EXACTLY. WHERE ARE WE TALKING? WE'VE GOT, UH, I SEE HIGHWAY 34. MM-HMM . WHAT'S THAT OTHER BLUE LINE COMING UP THROUGH THERE? OKAY. THAT, LET'S SEE, YOU SEE HIGHWAY 34, THAT WAS THE SIDEWALK. UH, BRAD ACKERMAN, WHO'S IN THE BACK, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE Y'ALL TO BRAD. HE, BRAD IS, UH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF MY MASTER GARDEN ASSOCIATION. UH, HE'S KIND OF GIVEN THAT UP FOR THE TIME BEING SO HE CAN WORK ON THIS PROJECT FULL OF TIME. IT IS, UH, UH, THE SMARTEST THING I'VE DONE IS MAKE SURE HE'S ONE OF MY VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE, BECAUSE HE, HE REALLY DID THIS, UH, THIS IS, UH, AN EXCELLENT DRAWING. WE'RE GOING TO USE IT OKAY. FOR A PROPOSAL FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT THE BLUE LINES, AS YOU SEE THAT, THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL, THAT'S THE EXISTING SIDEWALK. THE ONE THAT COMES OFF OF HIGHWAY 34. YEAH. IN FRONT OF THE OLD JAIL. YEAH. IS THIS, IS THIS THE OLD JAIL BUILDING? THAT'S THE OLD JAIL BUILDING RIGHT THERE. THAT'S THE, THE BIGGEST PART OF IT. THE, THE BRICK BUILDING WOULD BE TO THE LEFT , YOU SEE? OKAY. THE BLUE TO THE UPPER LEFT CORNER IS THE ENTRANCE LIGHT THAT GOES INTO THAT BUILDING. AND THE BIG BLUE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE EXIT. OKAY. AND THE, UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, VIETNAM MEMORIAL WILL BE OVER THIS WAY. YEAH. THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL IS BEHIND THE BUILDING. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY BACK, WAY BACK BEHIND THE BUILDING. THIS IS NOT, YEAH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING, UH, REALLY FROM HIGHWAY 34 IN, IN A DOWN AREA SCHEMATIC. WHAT, WHAT I, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, RESERVATION. WE'VE GOT A PAVILION DRAWN IN THERE THAT'S RIGHT BY THE ROAD. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL WANT THERE. UH, I WANT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PAVILION SOMEWHERE. UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE THINGS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE JUST LIKE WE, WELL, MOST OF ALL OF IT, BUT THE PAVILION REALLY WOULD BE, THE BROWN LINES ARE WALKWAYS. WE DO THAT OUT CRUSH GRAN AND THE LINE WITH SOME DECORATING ROCK AND THOSE PATHWAYS THROUGH THERE. UM, YOU SEE THAT SOME OF THE COLOR PICTURES THAT ARE IN HERE, UM, I NEED, UH, I, UH, I NEED SOMETHING TO KEEP MY BOG OUT WITH. THAT'S AN 18 INCH, THAT'S 18 INCHES. WE'LL, WE'LL PAINT IT ON THE GROUND. MM-HMM . OKAY. WE'LL DRAW IT OUT ON THE GROUND AND THEN WE JUST NEED TO, TO DIG IT OUT. WE CAN PROBABLY HELP YOU WITH THAT. THAT AND THE PART THAT'S, UH, OVER CLOSE TO THE ROAD, THE GROUND RIGHT SIDE. WE, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. UH, WE NEED SCRAP DIRT. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO BURN THERE TO, TO, UH, STOP THE WATER AND EROSION CONTROL THAT'S COMING, COMING OFF OF THAT BUILDING THERE. TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EROSION. HOW SOON ARE YOU GONNA START THIS TOMORROW MORNING, WITH Y'ALL Y'ALL'S PERMISSION TOMORROW MORNING. AREN'T, AREN'T YOU ALREADY WORKING ON THE RAINWATER TANKS? THE, UH, THE RAIN STUFF OUT THERE NOW? I DO. RON WILL, UH, UH, RANDY WHITFIELD HAD TOLD ME HE COULD HAVE ME, UH, SOME LABOR TOMORROW MORNING TO HELP US SET THE TANKS. WE, WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THEM SET AND THEN THURSDAY MORNING WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PLUM PIPE ONE TANK IN IF WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO ALL THAT ON THURSDAY MORNING. SO YEAH, YOUR QUESTION IS, YEAH, WHEN WE START RIGHT NOW, , WE'RE YOU, YOUR BOG ? WELL THAT DID, UH, WE'RE READY TO DIG IT AS OF TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ANYTIME AFTER THAT, TELL MERCY TO GET THAT GUN. IT'S GOING BE LINED. IT HAS TO BE LINE AND A THICK LINER TO PUT THAT AROUND. WE'VE GOT DECORATIVE STONE AND I THINK THAT THEY COME UP WITH, UH, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT STONE? BRAD? THEY GONNA USE ARKANSAS. [00:15:01] OKLAHOMA. OKLAHOMA. SOME KIND OF OKLAHOMA. WELL, YOU KNOW, UP THERE, ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, SOME KIND OF REAL, PRETTY RED COUNTY. IT'S GOING TO MESH WITH THE BUILDING. THEY TELL ME IN CONTRAST WITH THE BUILDING. NICE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SURE IT'S NOT, PEOPLE KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT THAN I DO TO GET THAT ROCK STONE, THE PLANTS. WE WILL NEVER, WE WON'T GET ANY PLANTS IN UNTIL THIS FALL HERE. SO IT'S THIS, WHAT WHAT WE WOULD HOPE IS THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE, THAT THE CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO COME SEE, UH, EVENTUALLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE VIETNAM WAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK THERE. UH, IF WE EVER GET SOMETHING DONE AT POOR FARM, WE CAN TIE IT ALL TOGETHER WITH A TRAIL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT SOME, NOT, NOT TOTALLY TOURIST, BUT KIND OF. I, I THINK IT SOUNDS EXCITING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEBODY'S PAYING FOR IT. YEAH. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SAID, THIS IS HOW YOU GOT INTO IT. NOW. I CAN'T GET OUTTA IT. . ALRIGHT. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE, UH, SERVICE TO GO WITH THE, UH, WATER LITERACY PROJECT. SO MAY JUDGE SECOND. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARE. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WE NEED, UH, MORE PROJECTS. I, I'M TRYING IT, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THIS WATER THING THERE'S MONEY FOR, FOR WATER LITERACY. ESPECIALLY THE CEDAR CREEK WATER PROJECT IS THE WHOLE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND. IT'S ATTRACTIVE. WE GOT, ANYWAY, THIS WILL, THIS WILL HELP A LOT. THERE. YOU TURN THIS INTO A LITTLE BUTTERFLY GARDEN. YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE SOME KIND OF ATIONS GARDEN. AND I LIKE, UH, I HAVE SMART PEOPLE. I LIKE THIS BEING THERE THAN THAT DESERT SCENE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS WANTED. THERE YOU GO. I THINK THIS BETTER. THANK Y'ALL. I KNOW WHY JERRY LIKES IT LOOKING LIKE A LITTLE GREEN . IT DOES. CAN I GET A PHOTO THAT ONE CHIP BACK INTO THERE. OKAY. NEXT ITEM. YOU'ALL, REMEMBER ME TELLING YOU THAT, UH, TO MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR OF THE DISASTER RELIEF, UH, MONEY THAT Y'ALL GOT, UH, FROM FE GOT 75% OF THE PROJECTS AND WE'LL MAKE AN APPLICATION TO, UH, PICK UP THE OTHER 25% AND, UH, I NEED A RESOLUTION. AUTHORIZED US TO DO THAT. JERRY GOT THE MOTION. SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER D. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION. CARRIE, DON'T YOU PASS THIS DOWN THE LOWER AND LET HER GO AHEAD AND DO HER BUSINESS ON IT. YEAH. WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN HERE FROM MR. GOODMAN'S OFFICE THAT'S DOING THIS MORNING AGAIN. MORNING, UH, GOT SOME INFORMATION HERE THAT, UH, TIM WANTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SHE'S DOING THAT RESOLUTION FOR YOU NOW. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE YOUR SEAL OVER HERE? I DON'T. OKAY. OKAY. [00:20:01] RIGHT ALONG THEN. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MOBILE COMMAND TRAILER. GOOD MORNING, SIR. MORNING. THIS IS A, UH, SATELLITE, UH, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR THE MOBILE COMMAND, UH, TRAILER. I BELIEVE GEORGE, OUR IT DIRECTOR PROBABLY ELABORATE ON EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. YOU'RE UP GEORGE, THAT LIKE THIS FOR THE, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE NASA IS GONNA LAUNCH A SATELLITE IN ORDER FOR US, BUT REALLY IT'S AN UPLINK TO A SATELLITE. WHEN WE DESIGNED THE COMMAND TRAILER SOME YEARS AGO, WE HAD PLANNED FOR AN UPLINK. SO WHEREVER WE ARE, WE COULD COMMUNICATE VOICE, DATA, AND VIDEO. AND THAT PIECE WAS NEVER PUT ON A COMMAND TRAILER. WE'VE SINCE GONE BACK AND JACK IS HERE. WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK. WE LOOKED AT A BUNCH OF VENDORS. LIEUTENANT DOWN HERE HAS DONE MOST ALL THE WORK ON THIS THING. HE PUT OUT THE, UH, DID ALL THE RFP WORK. AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT IT UP LINK. SO IN A REMOTE LOCATION, WE CAN COMMUNICATE. ALRIGHT. WE STILL HAVE HOMELAND SECURITY MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS. WE FORWARD, IT WAS BUDGETED IN THE LAST BUDGET YEAR. SO IT, WELL, IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. YES SIR. IF IT'S IN THE BUDGET, THEN I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTIONS ALLOW JACK TO ADVERTISE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAIR. AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION. CARRIE. JUDGE, I HAVE SOME DATES FOR YOU ON THAT. I PROPOSE, UH, CLOSING THAT FRIDAY, JULY 18TH. AND, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING THE, UH, RFPS ON MONDAY, JULY 21ST. OKAY. NEXT WE DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR BID ON USED RECLAIMER PULVERIZING MACHINE FOR PRECINCT NUMBER TOTAL JUDGE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO USE THOSE SAME DATES. UH, UH, CLOSE THAT ON, UH, FRIDAY, JULY 18 AND OPEN ON JULY 23RD. OKAY. COMMISSIONER WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAIR. AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE WANT TO DISCUSS CONSIDERED NOT IN RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS FOR RFP ZERO ONE DASH ZERO EIGHT ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR FOOD SERVICE IN THE COLTON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. UH, JUDGE, WE HAVE ONE PROPOSAL, UH, THIS MORNING, AND THAT IS FROM MIDAMERICA, UH, OF DALLAS, TEXAS. ALRIGHT. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECEIPT OF THAT. UH, RFP MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A MOTION CARRIES ONLY HAD ONE, HUH? YES, SIR. AND WE DID ADVERTISE THAT ON THE STATE WEBSITE. UH, WE HAD ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN CALLS. NOW ARAMARK TALKED TO ME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA SUBMIT A BID, BUT I GUESS THEY DECIDED I THOUGHT THEY WERE AS WELL. OKAY, NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER OPENING AND AWARDING THE BID ZERO EIGHT DASH ZERO FIVE FOR THE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR TRAFFIC SIGN AND MATERIAL FOR ALL PRECINCTS. JUDGE, YOU HAVE A, A, UH, COPY OF TABULATION. THERE ARE 60, UH, PLUS ITEMS AND SIX VENDORS. UH, WE COULD READ THOSE OUT. I'D BE GLAD TO, UH, REMAIN HERE AFTER COURT AND LET ANY ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SEE THOSE, UH, BIDS, BE FREE TO GO THROUGH AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. I THINK, UH, WE OUGHT PROBABLY JUST TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. YEAH, I THINK WHAT I MIGHT DO IS JUST READ 'EM OFF. OKAY. FIRST, UH, BID WE HAVE IS FROM CUSTOM PRODUCTS CORPORATION, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. SECOND BID IS HALL SIGNS INCORPORATED, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. THIRD BID IS ROE INCORPORATED. FRANKFURT, OHIO. NEXT BID IS, UH, FROM SAY SO. LOOKS LIKE THAT'S OUT OF SUNRISE, FLORIDA. [00:25:05] NEXT BID IS THE SIGN LADY. UH, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS ON, I BELIEVE WE'RE OUT. AND THE LAST BID IS BULKING SIGNS AND THEY'RE FOLEY, ALABAMA. SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION. GO AHEAD. ARE WE GONNA YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, TOTAL AND YES, I'LL AND EVERYTHING PARA TABULATION AND WE'LL REVIEW. I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY MEETS FACTS. MY HOPE IS THAT WE PICK ONE COMPANY AND NOT PICK AND CHOOSE EACH ONE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE DISASTROUS. I HAVE IT IN MY, MY SPECIFICATION. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO AWARD BY LINE ITEM BY CATEGORY OR BY, IF YOU ORDER THREE OF 'EM FROM, FROM THE CPC AND FOUR OF 'EM COME FROM HALL SIGN PEOPLE CRAZY, CRAZY EARTH. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD I'D ENTERTAIN MOTION THEN TO, UH, PEOPLE THE WARNING OF THE BID UNTIL CAN DECLARE A, A SPREADSHEET TO PRESENT TO US IN A RECOMMENDATION, WHICH MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ONE, DISCUSS. CONSIDER SIGNING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH RENEE BATES ERS FOR OUR ONLINE ER SERVICES. YES. YOU STILL UP, JACK? YES, SIR. UH, WHAT RENEE BASED OFFICER HAVE, HAVE DONE IS THEY, THEY PRESENTED A, UH, A CONTRACT FOR US. UH, CURRENTLY WE PAID, UH, 10% ON MISCELLANEOUS FAR AS FURNITURE, UH, OLD FURNITURE, OLD SHARES, JUST JUNK AND 8%, UH, COMMISSION ON EQUIPMENT. AND, UH, HE HAS OFFERED A DISCOUNT TO, UH, GIVE THE COUNTY 7% ON COMMISSION ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EQUIPMENT AND, UH, VEHICLES. AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THAT'S CHEAPER THAN, UH, METRO FLAG. ALL CITIES I'M AWARE OF. ALRIGHT, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION, A TO SIGN THAT SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. HAVE YOU, UH, TALKED TO AUCTIONEER EXPRESS DO COM? I HAVE NOT. I HAVE NOT. AND ONE, ONE REASON JUST INFORMATION. ONE REASON I, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE HAD TO RENEE BLAKES AUCTIONEER. IF YOU GO ON THEIR WEBSITE TIME, THERE'S PROBABLY 35 TO 40 CITIES, COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THAT GOING AT ONE TIME, UH, IF YOU NOTICE, COUNTY STARTED USING, UH, NOW CITY KAUFMAN USED I AND, UH, UH, OUTTA 30 YEARS, I'VE USED, I'VE NEVER HAD ONE COMPLAINT. ANY, ANY PROBLEM. REAL COMFORTABLE. OKAY, YOU'RE STILL UP. NEXT, WE GOING TO DISCUSS, INSTEAD OF GRANTING A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION FOR AUCTIONEER SERVICES FOR SECTION 2 62 0.024 A FOUR OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. AND JUDGE, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS JUST THE COURT TO GRANT THAT EXEMPTION. UH, I CONSIDER OFFICER SERVICES PROFESSIONAL AND DUE THE APPROACHING THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT 25, UH, BRING IT FOR COURT, MAKE IT EASIER. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, BY COMMISSIONER ROW. ALL IN FAVOR THE ACT MOTION CARRIES. ONCE AGAIN, LET'S DISCUSS THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAN FOR THE RELA COUNTY SUBDIVISION. WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, JUDGE, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING. UH, DENISE'S UH, PRESENTED EVERYTHING TO US ALREADY BEFORE WE LOCATE EVERYTHING EXCEPT, UH, GETTING THE PEOPLE TO SIGN OFF BECAUSE, UH, WHEN HE BOUGHT THAT LOT, IT WAS A 10 ACRE LOT AND HE DIVIDED INTO THREE, THREE ACRE LOTS, WHICH WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE'S LOT WAS IN THERE. THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT FROM ANYBODY ELSE'S. UH, HOUSES ARE THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE'S IN THERE. SHE'S GOTTEN, UH, SIGNATURES FROM, [00:30:01] UH, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE. SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE MOVE ON IN THIS THING. AND, UH, UH, OKAY. HER PLA OKAY, HER REQUEST FOR THE, THIS, THE SIGNATURES FOR EVERYBODY. HAVE WE GOT, UH, A DRAWING, AN ACTUAL WE OKAY. ALL OF THAT BEFORE JUDGE, I, IF WE NEED TO, I CAN, UH, GET, WE BE PUT IN THE COURT'S OFFICE, OKAY. BE FOUND. COUNTY COURT, UH, WE DO HAVE ALL OF THAT AND ALL THAT. I'LL, I'LL GET THAT TO YOU THEN. TODAY. THIS NEEDS TO STATE WITH IT. OKAY? OKAY. MR. BROWN WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT, UH, PER APPLICATION FOR THE, FOR TO OKAY. THE REFL. OKAY. IT SHOULD BE THE REFL OF BLOCK 57 KAUFFMAN COUNTY SUBDIVISION. IT SHOULD BE KAUFMAN STATES. YES, I THINK SO. YES. KAUFMAN, THE SUBDIVISION OF KAMAN. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE ALL IN FERRIS. ANY OPPOSED? I'LL GET THOSE CLAPS AND THINGS OVER TO YOU TODAY, JUDGE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY, YOU'RE UP. HAVE MR. SNOW HERE FROM THE CITY OF KAUFMAN AND, AND WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS CONSIDERING SOME FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. CITY SQUARE AND WASHINGTON STREET CORRIDOR. YEAH, THE, I GET COMPLETED. THEY FINISHED MINE YESTERDAY, FINALLY. OH, DID, I DUNNO IF YOU'VE SEEN IT YET, BUT I THINK IT LOOKS NEVER LATE. NEVER TOO LATE. NEVER TOO LATE. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, THANKS FOR INVITING ME OVER ON THAT. I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOU TO ADOPT THIS POLICY. CITY OF KAUFMAN HAS A, HAS ONE OF ITS GOALS IS TO REVITALIZE THE OLDER COMMERCIAL AREAS OF THE CITY, UH, PRIMARILY IN DOWNTOWN ALONG WASHINGTON. THREE CARS, VISION, ALSO POLICY EXTENDING TO DOWN MULBERRY STREET SOMEDAY. THE, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE BUSINESS DISTRICT OF KAUFMAN IN THE OLDER SECTIONS THAT JUST SEEMS SAID OVER PAST 50 OR SO YEARS, UH, THERE'S BEEN, UH, SOMEWHAT OF A, AN OUTCRY FOR REINVESTMENT IN, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN AND THE CITY REALLY, UM, I GUESS I COULD SAY HAS A POLICY THAT, UH, IMPROVING THE SIDEWALKS AND, AND KIRBY PROBABLY IS NOT GONNA HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH, UH, STIMULATING THE ECONOMY, BUT MAYBE THE REINVESTMENT OF PUBLIC DOLLARS COULD BE BETTER MEANT BY, BY GIVING TAX ABATEMENTS TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PUT INVESTMENTS IN PRIVATE PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE THE STIMULUS FOR, UH, A RESURGENCE IN, IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN. THAT APPLIES TO WASHINGTON STREET CORRIDOR TOO. BUT WHAT THIS POLICY DOES IS SPECIFICALLY, AND I'LL USE, UH, SERVICE BOOKSTORE AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF IT. UM, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF GETTING INTO OUR POCKETS. WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, UM, SHELLY BOUGHT A PIECE OF LAND, I THINK I HAD, I HAD TWO HOUSES ON IT, SHORT DOWN WHATEVER THE VALUE OF THAT LAND AND THOSE HOUSES WERE, IT PRETTY MUCH SETS THE BASE OF WHAT THAT PROPERTY VALUE IS WORTH. SO EVEN THOUGH SHE GOES THROUGH THE EXPENSE OF DEMOLISHING IT, THAT'S NOT GONNA APPLY FOR ABATEMENT. UH, THE LAND IS, UH, IS SET IN, CAN'T OBEY LAND. UH, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS SHE TURNS AROUND AND BUILDS THAT STRUCTURE, UH, SERVES FOLKS TO IT. YOU SUBTRACT THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE VALUE OR WHAT WAS ON THE TAX ROLLS AT THE TIME, UH, THAT HAD THE TWO HOUSES AND THE LAND. YOU SUBTRACT THAT FROM, UH, WHAT SHE BUILT THERE. AND THAT MARGIN IS WHAT DETERMINES WHAT BE ABATES ALSO ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY SHE BRINGS IN TO MAKE THAT BUSINESS VIABLE IN A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT THAT, UH, THAT CAN BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE ABATEMENT. WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS POLICY THINKING DOWNTOWN, IT'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF DOLLARS IN TERMS OF ABATEMENT, UH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING, IT'S, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS TO REINVEST IN THEIR BUILDINGS. UM, IF WE SUPPOSE, UH, I THINK BACK ON, UH, PAGE THREE OF EIGHT, LET'S JUST SUPPOSE THAT, UH, [00:35:01] UH, SHELLY INVESTED $250,000, UH, IN BUILDING THAT BUILDING AND BRINGING, UH, UH, AND BUILDING A STRUCTURE. YOU HAVE TO SUBTRACT FROM THAT THE VALUE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES. UH, AND THEN THAT TO PRETTY MUCH DETERMINE THE ABATEMENT, NO, THAT'LL DETERMINE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ABATEMENT. BUT THE TRUE ABATEMENT'S, NOT ONLY $250,000, IT'S WHAT'S ON THE TAX ROLLS BEFORE SHE STARTED AND WHAT'S ON THE TAX ROLLS AFTER SHE STARTED. SO IT MIGHT NOT BE ANYTHING NEAR THAT. UM, BUT THIS WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THAT, UH, NET GROWTH AND VALUE ON THE TAX ROLL, WHETHER SHE WOULD BE AWARDED A FIVE YEAR, SEVEN YEAR, OR FOUR YEAR PAYMENT. UM, AND WHETHER IT BE AT 80% OR 60%, UM, I HOPE SHE QUALIFIES FOR THE $250,000. UH, 'CAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE TAX ROLL WILL HAVE GROWN THAT MUCH AND WILL ALL BE WINNERS FOR IT. UM, AND WE'RE WILLING TO WAIT SEVEN YEARS TO, UH, TO COLLECT THOSE TAXES. AS YOU KNOW, KNOW, MAYBE DON'T KNOW, BUT THE STRUCTURES THAT GROWN THERE WERE OF MINIMAL VALUE NOT REALLY PRODUCING ANY TAX VALUE. THEY WERE NOT COMMERCIAL IN VALUE, THEY WERE RESIDENTIAL. SO OF THE LONG RUN AND WE'RE WAITING, WE'RE PATIENT TO WAIT FOR THAT GAIN, UH, IN ORDER TO CREATE THE INCENTIVE FOR HER TO DO WHAT SHE DID. NOW TODAY, UM, WE'RE ASKING THE COUNTY TO ADOPT SIMILAR GUIDELINES AND ALSO THE SET UP, THE SAME KIND OF ABATEMENT. WE'LL HELP YOU ADMINISTER ALL THE STAFF WORK FOR AND BRING COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHEN, UH, WE THINK SOMEONE QUALIFIES FOR IT. AND THAT WAY YOU WON'T BE BOGG DOWN WITH ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. AND THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL, I THINK. ARE YOU MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT? YES. UH, THIS DOESN'T APPLY. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE POLICY FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE NOT OFFERING COMMERCIAL, UH, ABATEMENTS ANYWHERE IN THE CITY IN THE PRIME PROPERTY ALONG 1 75. UH, THIS, THIS DOES NOT APPLY. UH, THIS ONLY APPLIES TO AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO REVITALIZE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS THE CITY, UH, APPROVED THIS YET. YES, WE ADOPTED IT LAST YEAR. I WANNA EMPHASIZE NOT TRYING TO GET INTO YOUR POCKETS. I THINK THAT WE OFFER INCENTIVE THAT WILL WIN OVER TIME, WHERE WE START GETTING INCREASE VALUES IN THE DOWNTOWN. UH, WE'RE ALREADY SEEING, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON IN THE DOWNTOWN. UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA CLAIM THIS POLICY AS A FACTOR BECAUSE I'M THINKING ANYONE IN THE DOWNTOWN MAIN APPLICATION FOR YET WHETHER ORIA IS EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT. CERTAINLY GONNA ENCOURAGE, UH, UH, MR. JOHNSON WHO'S DEVELOPING THE BARBECUE IN THE HOTEL OVER THERE, UH, TO MAKE SURE HE APPLIES FOR IT BECAUSE I THINK HE'S GONNA MAKE A SIZEABLE INVESTMENT THERE. BUT ANYONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE THEIR OWN INVESTMENT IN THEIR FACADE OR, OR IMPROVE THE VALUE OF THEIR BUILDING, UH, SHOULD BE OFFERING TO DO THAT RATHER THAN THE CITY GOING OUT, PUTTING OUT FANCY SIDEWALKS, WHICH COULD PROBABLY END UP DOING ANYWAY. BUT I REALLY THINK THE TRUE, UH, KEY TO REVITALIZATION IS PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. NOTHING HAPPENS THEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THIS HAS TO STIMULATE SOME GROWTH FOR US TO HAVE ANY OF TRADITIONALLY, UH, THE COUNTY HAS GONE ALONG WITH WHAT THE CITIES HAVE DONE, WHETHER IT'S CITY, TER COUNTY, OR I THINK WE PUT THE GOING ON NOW THE COUNTY THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND START HELPING. WELL, AND JUDGE, IF WE, UH, IF WE FOLLOW UP ON, UH, THE THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE ARCHITECT ABOUT THIS BUILDING, UH, THAT WOULD, UH, HELP ALL OF THAT LOOK A LOT BETTER. IT WOULD IMPROVE ALL TAXES . BUT ANYWAY, UH, I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT DEAL FOR THE CITY AND A GREAT DEAL FOR US TOO. IT WOULD HELP GENERATE SOME, SOME IN SOME TAXES FOR US, AS IF I MIGHT SAY JUDGE, I I, I WANT THING TECHNICAL ASPECT TO THIS. I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT SORT OF CHANGED OVER, OVER HISTORY, THAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO ADOPT THE POLICY IN ORDER POLICY HANDED OUT. THAT POLICY FITS INTO THE COUNTY'S THINKING, THEN IT WOULD BE CLEANER THAN THAT. YOU ADOPT THAT TOO. COURSE THAT MEANS KNOW, IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY THE DISTRICTS. YOU MIGHT WANNA LATER OR DROP OUT DISTRICTS OR YOU MIGHT WANNA LATER ADD DISTRICTS IN THE OTHER CITIES. I THOUGHT CHARLES HAD, UH, SUCH POLICY THAT THE [00:40:08] OVER HERE LOOK REALLY NICE OVER HERE, LIKE WALTER HILLSBOROUGH, LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND WE GOTTA REVITALIZE. I HAVE, I HAVE, THIS IS LIKE A TIP. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. IT HANDED ME 10 PAGES OF MATERIAL AND EXPECT ME TO MAKE A DECISION IN 15 MINUTES. I CAN'T DO THAT. I NEED TO READ THIS. OKAY, I HEARD THE PRESENTATION, BUT I HAVEN'T READ THIS. THAT'S MY PROBLEM. WELL, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND, UH, THAT WE TABLE APPROVING IT UNTIL JOHN HAS A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER IT ALSO. AND, AND ANY, ANY OF YOU COMMISSIONERS THAT WANNA LOOK IT OVER AND HAVE A COMMENT, THEN CONTACT JOHN ABOUT IT. AND UH, THEN WHEN JOHN GIVES US HIS OKAY ON IT, THEN WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA. THAT'S FINE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH I UNDERSTAND ALSO WE HAVE A POLICY THIS DIFFERENT WHAT WE'VE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I WAS, WE HAD A COPY OF THIS IN OUR PACKET LAST WEEK, SO WE COULD YEAH, THAT, THAT'S MY FAULT FOR NOT GETTING THAT IN. THERE'VE BEEN LITTLE EASIER. WE'LL JUST TABLE IT AND PUT IT BACK ON FOR NEXT. THAT'S FINE. UM, MOTION. ADAM SHANE ALL FAVOR. MOTION. LET OUR LEGAL COUNSEL GO OVER AND LET EACH ONE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND UH, OF COURSE VOTE COMES. I'LL ABSTAIN. BUT, UH, UM, I'LL SEE YOU NEXT ONE. YOU CAN SEE HOW SERIOUS CURTIS IS ABOUT THIS. HE GOT A HAIRCUT. COINCIDED WITH MY QUARTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CURTIS. WELL, I'M NOT SAYING IT'LL BE ON NEXT WEEK. I DON'T KNOW IF JOHN CAN. CURTIS, YOU SAID YOU'D SEE US NEXT MONDAY. I'M NOT SURE IT'LL BE ON NEXT MONDAY. OH, WELL WHENEVER YOU'LL LET ME KNOW, I, I'LL GET, I'LL KICK YOU NOTIFIED WHEN WE AHEAD, BUT JOHN GETS TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE Y'ALL LEAVE DOWN TODAY. Y'ALL DRIVE AROUND THE SQUARE. WE A GOOD LOOKING BUILDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE NEXT OF THAT GREEN CHURCH STORE OR THE GREEN COWBOY FURNITURE. YEAH, . UH, SEE MY YOUNG SON UP THERE. HE'S THE ONE THAT TOOK CONTROL OF THAT REMODELING. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT OTHER THAN BORROW THE MONEY FROM THE BANK. . IT LOOKS GOOD. OKAY, NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE APPOINTING DAVID WILLIAMS TO REPLACE JIMMY HUTCHINS ON THE KEMP EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT. YES. WITH THE PASSING OF JIMMY HUTCHINS HERE, UH, BRIAN BEAVERS FIRE CHIEF KIM HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY DAVID WILLIAMS AND ASKED TO BE REPLACED ON THE SD I MAKE THAT MOTION JIMMY WILLIAMS. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN FAIR MOTION CARRIES. NOW LET'S DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING SOME R PARISH FOR THE CITY OF S. THIS ONE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING ANNUAL ROAD REPORT FOR THE CALIN COUNTY PRECINCT. FOUR. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S UH, SUBMITTED TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A MONTH THAT THE GRAND JURY LEAKED. UH, THAT'S WAS SUPPOSED TO COINCIDE WITH IT, BUT [00:45:01] FOR SOME REASON THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, PRESENTED TO THE GRAND JURY. I GUESS IT'S TO KEEP US FROM LINE OR SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE WHY , BUT, UH, I GUESS THAT'S TRANSPORTATION CODE WOULD DIRECT US TO DO THAT. AND YOU HONOR MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THAT I MAKE THAT MOTION. YES SIR. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN THURSDAY. AYE A MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT ROAD GUN IN SCURRY OUR ROADS. THIS, THIS REQUEST IS, IS DONE LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE, UH, WE WENT UP AND INSPECTED THE ROADS IN SCURRY AND MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCILS AND THEY WANTED TO PICK IT APART. AND I HAD THE PRICE AT THAT THAT WAY. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A BUNCH OF LITTLE JOBS LIKE THE INTERSECTION, ONE ROAD AND CALLED, UH, I GAVE THEM A PRICE. SO WHEN I, WHEN IF WE, IF THE COURT APPROVES IT, I WILL TAKE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SAY, OKAY, IF YOU WANT THIS JOB DONE, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA COST YOU. IF THIS JOB YOU WANT DONE, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA COST. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THESE SMALL CITIES DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND EACH CITY COUNCILMAN HAS THEIR OWN IDEA OF WHAT ROAD THEY OR CULVERT OR WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO PAY. SO THIS, THIS IS A MULTITUDE OF LITTLE JOBS. YEAH. IS WHAT DID, AND I PUT TIME AND MATERIAL AS, AS REQUIRED. UH, SO IF, IF I MAKE THE MOTION, IT'S THE MOTION TO APPROVE AS THE CITY OBSCURITY DECIDE. THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY A, UH, LIST OF SMALL JOBS. YEAH. SO YOU MIGHT DO SOME OF THESE THIS MONTH, NEXT MONTH, SOME NEXT YEAR. YES. UH, YES. UH, THEY'VE GOT THE OUT NOW ONE YOUR SALARY SUPPOSED PROBABLY. BUT YOU SURE THAT YEAH, THIS JUST GOT ME A TT COMPARED WITH, UH, THEY GOT A NATIONAL BIBLE AND THEY KEEP UP WITH THE, IT ALMOST GOT IN TROUBLE. THEY GOT, I THINK IT'S A STATE PUBLISHED ONE THAT I WAS IT A BLUE BOOK THAT'S IN THE BIBLE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT DALLAS COUNTY CALLED BLUE BOOK. THIS SPOKE HAVE EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND AGENT EQUIPMENT. HOW MUCH YOU CHARGE FOR? I REQUEST ONE. I GOT ONE OBJECTION. GOT IT. I I THINK THIS WAS A NATIONAL ONE THAT WAS BROKEN DOWN BY STATE LOCATION. WHAT WAS THE I'LL IT WAS, UH, WHAT WAS IT GONNA BE? ABOUT $3,000 FOR ALL BEFORE THE PRECINCT. WHAT MR. SHANE GOT WAS AN ACTUAL, UH, MANAGER TO MANAGER FLEET ON, ON WHAT YOUR FLEET WAS WORTH. REPLACE IT COST PER HOUR FOR THAT EQUIPMENT PRETTY EXTENT. PRETTY. DO YOU WANT WAIT AND CHECK THAT LIST FOR YOU? YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND REDO DO THIS? NO, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT IT. OKAY. MOTION TO ACCEPT THE WORK, UH, PIECEMEAL WORK, UH, FOR THE CITY OF, UH, SCURRY AS PRESENTED IN, UH, THIS MORNING. BE ADDED TO THE MINUTES. THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. IS THIS THE SAME DOCUMENT THEN THAT WE APPROVED WORK? IS THIS SAME DOCUMENT WE APPROVED WAY BACK TO DO SOME WORK FOR THAT? NO, THEY ADDED AND SUBTRACTED DIFFERENT DEAL. IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. YOU GONNA STILL CHARGE 'EM FOUR $6 FOR THE WHEN IT'S NOW 67? I KNOW, I KNOW. YEAH, I KNOW. I JUST WANNA COME PLAY MY COVERAGE AFTER I'VE GOT A LIST. OKAY. UH, M EMBARK WANTS TO BURY CABLE ON COUNTY ROAD RIGHT OF WAY TWO [00:50:01] 80 IN PRECINCT ONE. THAT MUST BE REAL CLOSE TO PRECINCT TWO. YEAH, WE'D SURE LIKE TO LET THEM DO THAT. THEY NEED SOME PHONES OVER THERE. I MAY SEE IF WE CAN GET A SECOND. ONE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION TO CARRIED. NOW JIM'S STILL TRYING TO GET VERY CABLE ON TELEPHONE SERVICE ON COUNTY ROAD PLAINVIEW DRIVE, PLAINVIEW DRIVE. AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A AYE. MOTION CARRIED. YOU'RE UP WITH SOME LINE ITEM TRANSFER. WE APPROACHING THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEARS. WE HAVE ABOUT LINE TRANSFER COURT LAW, EDUCATION, CIVIL GOVERNMENT, INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS, 10,000 DEDUCTION OF CAPITAL MURDER COSTS, DA'S OFFICE INCREASED MILEAGE MEALS AND LOCKING 200 ION OF EXCHANGE CARD AND INCREASED DUES. 300 IN REPAIR. JP TWO INCREASED DUE $60 IN MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES. INCREASED AUTOPSY AND HOLD COSTS 30,000 IN DEDUCTION OF WORKERS' COMP EXPENSES. EXPENSES INCREASED MILEAGE MEALS AND 500 REDUCTION FOR TAX COLLECTOR INCREASED BONDS. $200 IN REDUCTION DUES MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. INCREASE UTILITIES OF COSTMAN 20,000. JANITORIAL SERVICE FOR THE COURTHOUSE AND SUB COURTHOUSE IS 15,000 WITH REDUCTION IN WORKERS' COMP. SHERIFF'S FUND INCREASED INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES, 5,000 WITH REDUCTION PARTS AND REPAIRS. THE JAIL FUND WE SWITCHED BETWEEN SALARIES FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS, NURSES AND, AND, UH, MEDICAL OFFICERS AND NURSES FROM TAYLOR'S OF 107,000 INCREASED UNIFORMS. 8,000 REDUCTION PENALTIES, UH, CHARITIES SUPPORT AND RELIEF. INCREASED BARREL EXPENSES. 2000 WITH REDUCTION IN STATE OF FACTS. CAPITAL OUTLAY INCREASED REPAIRS TO COUNTY PROPERTY. 12,000 AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING, 8,000 WITH REDUCTION WORKERS' COMP COSTS AND THE CHILD SHELTER AREA. INCREASED GAS AND OIL 2000 SHELTER UP TO 3000 AND ALLOWANCES FOR 100 WITH REDUCTION IN PART-TIME USE WORKER COSTS. ROLLING BRIDGE PRECINCT TWO. INCREASED RENTAL EQUIPMENT, 40,000 IN PRODUCTION OF ROAD MATERIALS ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE. INCREASED EXTRA HELP. 5,000 PRODUCTION OFS. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO CERTIFY AND AND BUDGET IN ROSE BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE FOR FUEL REIMBURSEMENT OF 22,688. INCREASED GAS AND OIL BUDGET. ROSE BRIDGE PRECINCT TWO, UH, CERTIFYING REVENUES AND SELL EQUIPMENT FOR THREE 20,000. BUDGETING THAT FOR TOOLS AND NEW EQUIPMENT AND JUVENILE SERVICES INCREASE HOME IN-HOME SERVICES. 1004 NINE FIVE. UH, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUES FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF ELECTION EXPENSES. 23,950. THAT BALANCE IS GENTLEMEN, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST. WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. USE THAT'S UH, TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK AND PAINT THE TABLE. JUDGE, HAVE YOU NOTICED, UH, WE ALL HAVE, WE HAVE THE, UH, INTERIOR OF THIS BUILDING ALL PAINTED FOR THIS ROOM. IT'S ALL PAINTED BRIGHT WHITE AGAIN. NEXT TIME Y'ALL COME BACK THERE, PROBABLY THOSE EMAILS. THIS IS JUST ONE. I MEAN THIS JUST, [00:57:59] YOU GOT SOMEBODY THIS SATURDAY AND I IS THERE. YOU PUT SOME IN THOSE. YEAH, I CALLED HIM FIRST THING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. SAID NO, HE SAID I DON'T HAVE EQUIPMENT MAKE CALL. HE [01:00:26] WE SHOULDN'T ASK. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE COULD GOT YEAH, YOU DID. I THINK I GOT REALLY? YEAH, MY JEEP FAILED INSPECTION LAST YEAR AND THEN I TOOK IT AND HAD IT WORKED ON AND TOOK IT BACK IN AND THE TAX STILL HASNT LISTED IN HERE. FAILED. SO ENDED UP WITH A PAPER NOT, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. THAT SAYS THEY WOULDN'T PAY FOR MY ROOM IN HOUSTON. I DIDN'T TURN BECAUSE THEY TURNED THAT DOWN. WELL THAT'S MY MONEY FROM THE MONEY. OH MAN. NO, I DIDN'T SEND THAT. THAT WAS GREAT. WASN'T GREAT. I DIDN'T HAVE THAT. I NEVER HAD MUCH. CAN YOU REMEMBER? I MEAN, YOU CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT I USED TO GO IN THERE AND EAT THAT ALL YOU CAN EAT DEAL TWO DOZEN OYSTERS AND ABOUT TWO THREE DOZEN BOIL SHRIMP AND THEN FRIED. IT WAS GOOD. [01:05:02] THIS IS BEING TAPE RECORDED, RIGHT? SAYS WE NOT. WE FIGURED SOMEBODY STANDING WHEN THAT SO CODE. I'M SURE WHOEVER RAN THE CAR AND AT THE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, OF COURSE SOME S LET'S JUST SAY WE'RE, WE DIDN'T KNOW. WELL, UM, MAY BE ON IT. SOMEBODY MAKE SURE FOLDING YOU HAVE CHAIRS WITH ARMS, ARMS NOT COMFORTABLE SETTING WHEN YOU GET READY TO GET UP SOME PROBLEMS. [01:10:24] WHAT I DID PRONOU WOULD'VE GOTTEN AS IF HE WAS IN THE THIS IS, THIS GOES TO THAT'S WHAT WE MOVED INTO. DID Y'ALL ANYTHING JUDGE, WHAT'S HER NAME? AMANDA PAGES. TOP OF AROUND THE EDGES. THAT'S WHY I THINK WE MOVED. YEAH. AND THAT'S JUST A COPY. LEMME CHECK. YEAH. IT, IT SAYS FAMILY CARE TALKS ABOUT MAYOR AND THERE'S TWO PAGES THAT SHE, WE HAVE 20 SOMETHING IN CHAPTER 19. WE ALSO I THINK HAVE SOME. YEAH. THE ONLY THING WE SEE IN HAVA IS TRAINING. TRAINING. IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR TRAINING. HALF OF THE COST IS TRAINING ALLOCATED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TRAINING. SO THERE'S THERE'S A $40,000. YOU GOT 40 . BUT THANKS FOR, COME ON. YOU KNOW WHAT? HE LIKE STOLE MONEY. FIND EVERYWHERE. NOTHING. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? I TO KEEP IT FOR NEXT YEAR. YOU SPEND THIS . I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS THERE UNTIL I WAS GETTING READY FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUS. I DO FIND THOUGH. SO YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA SEND YOU THAT [01:15:05] THEY DIDN'T AT A CONFERENCE NEXT TUESDAY? I DO. I'LL PREAPPROVE THEM. OKAY. UH, WE START BUDGETS NEXT TUESDAY. OKAY, NEXT TUESDAY. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. AND I HOPE WE'RE THROUGH THURSDAY. WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A DO. OH WE DO. MOTHER-IN-LAW. THAT WAS UP. TERRIBLE. OH NO, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. YEAH, BUT SHE GETTING OUTTA BED. HI, YOU GUYS LOOK SO COLORFUL TODAY. YOU 49. WHAT? WHY DID SHE HAVE TO GO AGO SUNDAY? HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE YOU USED TO BE? A NINE YEAR THREE. IT DOES MAKE MORE SENSE. SO IF EVERYBODY, ONE PERSON, TWO PEOPLE. 11 30, 12 AND I, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF RACIAL GOING IN. I'M SITTING IN THE JOHN DEERE. WELL ALSO I KNOW IT'S, IT'S JUST LIKE, BUT CAN'T BELIEVE HIS PASTOR. [01:20:01] I CAN'T BELIEVE TRACTOR AROUND WHOLE TIME. YEAH, THEY'RE, WELL YOU WERE USING MORE GAS THAN ME. LITTLE CASE IS A CASE, BUT WE HAD ABOUT THREE WITH NOTHING. NOTHING MATTER WITH NOT WITH MY CASE. I SAID MY JOHN DEERE, YOU KNOW THAT JOHN DEERE? YOU HAVE JOHN DEERE HAVE A TWIN. MM-HMM THEY GOT THOSE SAME TIME AND I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT HEARTACHE. MINE DEERE. OKAY. OH THAT'S BECAUSE HE WANTS ALL THOSE CATS. HE DOESN'T WANT ANY JOBS. NO. THOUSAND GOT TWO JOHN DEERE WATER GRID THAT ARE FIVE YEARS OLD. I GOT 20. I'LL TELL YOU, I GOTTA GO OUT TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA AND WATCH THE JOHN DEERE PROVEN GROUNDS OUT THERE. OH REALLY? DEMONSTRATION BACK IN THE DAYS WHERE COUNTY PRISONS COULD STILL DO THAT, THEY'D CALL US OUT. THIS WAS THIS ONE ME. THAT WAS WHEN CATERPILLAR PE UH, TO THE JOHN DEERE YELLOW FACTORY CATER CATERPILLAR. CATERPILLAR YELLOW FACTORY. UH, FIRST TIME I'D BEEN IN FOUNDRY, I MEAN EVERYTHING GOES IN EXCUSE A RAW STEEL. AND THEY FOUND, AND THEN THE COMES OUT TO FINISH PRODUCT. ONE NIGHT THEY TOOK US OUT TO EAST PEORIA, WHICH IS ACROSS THE RIVER. IT'S WHERE ALL THE HONKY TONKS WERE . AND THE ONE THAT WE WENT TO WAS RUN. YOU REMEMBER THE MOVIE WALK ABOUT BEAUFORD? UH, THIS WAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER BUFORT WAS KILLED AND HIS BROTHER OWNED THIS CLUB AND HIS BROTHER CAME AND SAT THE TABLE WITH US AND WITH US. TOLD HIM SORRY ABOUT HIS BROTHER. AND ANYWAY, SO THAT WAS PRETTY , BUT I REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THOSE. UH, CASH BEING OKAY. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PAY THE BILLS? RAY, THAT'S BETTER FOR ME TO 300,000. YOU GOT WROTE? YEAH, I COULD. THAT RAY MAKES THE MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS. AND JIM SECONDS IT ALL. WE'RE OUTTA HERE. I MEAN, UH, PAY THE BILLS. JIM, UH, KENNETH SAYS HE'D LIKE TO GO HOME AND JIM SAYS HE'LL SECOND. ALL FAVOR SAY AYE. WE ADJOURN. UH, NEXT TUESDAY WE'LL START ON THE BUDGET AND EARN AND UH, HOPEFULLY I'D LIKE TO KNOCK IT OUT. NEXT WEEK WON'T BE MONDAY. TAKE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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