* 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] MY PRAYER TO YOU TODAY IS TO THANK YOU FOR US BEING ABLE TO LIVE IN A FREE NATION, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GO AND COME AS WE CAN. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS. WE ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU, PUT YOUR ARM AROUND OUR TRUTH THAT ARE IN HARM'S WAY. PUT YOUR ARM AROUND THE LEADERS OF THIS GREAT NATION AND AMEN. THE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTY. SEE YOUR SONS NAME, AMEN. UNITED AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE UNDER TEXAS. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVIDUAL. OKAY, Y'ALL HOPEFULLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RODNEY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION. Y'ALL MAY HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF THIS. UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING IS MARCUS JOHNSON. IS MARCUS HERE? I MAY HAVE TOLD HIM 10 O'CLOCK. WE'LL SKIP OVER THAT AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE. UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER PURCHASING VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTION SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE. UH, JACK, DID SOMEONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THAT MATTER? YES, SIR. WOULD THAT BE MR. BILL BAKER? YES, SIR. DO YOU WANT ME NOW? YES, SIR. GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, UH, BILL BAKER WITH THE COWELL COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY AND UH, ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THE, UH, DICK, UH, FORWARDED THE PARTIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT THROUGH A, UH, DEMONSTRATION OF THE PROPOSED, UH, SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING. UH, I THINK EVEN US AND THE DEMOCRATS WERE PRETTY, UH, ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS, UH, GOING TO GET AWAY I THINK A LITTLE MORE WITH, UH, HAVING THE JUDGES AND CLERKS HAVE TO FILL OUT PAPER SHEETS. IT'S A SYSTEM WHERE YOU SCAN SOMETHING AND IT PRINTS UP A, A LITTLE, UH, A LITTLE STICKER WITH THEIR NAME AND VOTING INFORMATION ON IT. YOU PUT IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND THE VOTER SIGNS IT. SO IT, IT'S GOING BE A SYSTEM. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE JUDGES AND THE CLERKS ON ELECTION DAY AND EARLY VOTING. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO A SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR HERE AT THE COUNTY AND DOWNLOADING THAT INFORMATION OFF OF THE COMPUTER. ONCE IT'S DONE, IT'LL ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE PAPERWORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT INTO AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT THAT MOST EVERYBODY NOWADAYS, UH, REQUIRES. AND, UH, UH, MIGHT SAVE YOU SOME MONEY IN THE LONG AND I WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THE COST OF IT WAS AND IT SEEMS LIKE NOBODY COULD TELL YET. SO, UH, BUT, BUT I AM, UH, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE, THE COUNTY PURCHASING THIS IF IT'S FEASIBLE FOR Y'ALL TO DO IT ECONOMICALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. DID WE EVER COME UP WITH A FIGURE, UH, JUDGE, WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF 112,000, UH, FOR THE TOTAL PACKAGE. [00:05:01] UH, I THOUGHT GEORGE MIGHT BE MORE EXPLAIN THE TECHNICAL, UH, INFORMATION. MAYBE JANELLE MIGHT HELP ON THAT. AS FAR AS THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON, ON THE PROPOSED SOFTWARE, MR. I GENERALLY, MR. YOU, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT IT DO, WHAT PROPOSED, WHAT, WHAT IT PROPOSED TO DO AND HOW LONG WOULD I DO IT? YEAH. AND HOW LONG WOULD IT THEY HAVE VISITED? HAVEN'T, HOW MANY, DID YOU VISITED DENTON AND DALLAS AND TURN ALL THE AREAS THAT YES, WE, UM, WE WENT TO DENTON A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND LOOKED AT THEIR EQUIPMENT. THEY HAD THE SAME EC ALONG WITH HEART THAT WE USE. SO THAT WAY IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE USING. IT IS A WHOLE LOT BETTER. UH, IT SHOULD CUT DOWN ON JUDGES BRINGING UP THE INCORRECT VOTER, YOU KNOW, WITH THEM LOOKING IT UP. 'CAUSE THERE IS A DRIVER'S LICENSE SWIPE OR BARCODE WHERE WE PRINT OUR VOTER CARDS. WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE A BARCODE CODE AND THAT RIGHT THERE WILL CUT DOWN A WHOLE LOT OF ERRORS. AND, UM, THEN ON OUR SIDE OF IT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MONITOR LIVE, UM, AT EACH POLLING PLACE, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAS VOTED, UH, SEND THE REPORTS TO THE STATE. IT'S JUST GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER. IF THEY COME IN WITHOUT A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR A, OR A A A A VOTER CARD, DO WE STILL LET 'EM VOTE PROVISIONALLY AND THEN TRY TO ADJUST THE LABEL? THEY DO. UM, THE JUDGE CAN PULL 'EM UP ON THE COMPUTER. THEY WILL HAVE A LAPTOP AND THE JUDGE WILL BE ABLE TO PULL THAT VOTER UP TO SEE IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO VOTE. IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO VOTE. IF THEY'RE ON THEIR ROLE, THEN THEY LET 'EM VOTE NO. THEN IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY CONTACT US AND THEN WE GO MAYBE THROUGH A PROVISIONAL. OKAY. NOW DOES THIS PRICE, DOES THAT INCLUDE ALL OF THE LAPTOPS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AS WELL? YES, SIR. UH, THE, UH, THE SOFTWARE FOR EC IS AROUND 70,000. THAT 112,000 METER INCLUDES ALL THE HARDWARE LAPTOPS HARD. AND THIS ALSO IS, I THINK WE SPOKE, UH, THE OTHER DAY, BUT THIS IS A, UH, CONTRACT WITH PIGGYBACK OFF COUNTY A RECENTLY PURCHASED EQUIPMENT. AND, UH, I HAVE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THOSE FOLKS AND THAT WOULD, UH, ALLOW US TO PURCHASE RATHER QUICKLY WITHOUT THE BID PROCESS. IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. DOES THAT INCLUDE TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES AS WELL? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE USING THIS OTHER THAN DENTON AND DALLAS? I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE TARRANT COUNTY, UH, IS USING IT FOR DENTON. UH, I BELIEVE, UH, ROCKWALL. YEAH, ROCK WALL, ROCKWALL . IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ONES OUT THERE. OKAY. THIS, THIS, WOULD THIS HELP, UH, AFTER THE POSE CLOSED IN GETTING AN EARLY TING? YES. UH, THE MINUTE THAT THE POSE CLOSED, UH, ALL THE NUMBER OF VOTES OR PEOPLE THAT HAS VOTED WILL BE RIGHT THERE AS LONG AS THE, EACH POLLING PLACE HAS INTERNET CONNECTION. NOW, WE MAY, I THINK GEORGE SAID THAT NOT ALL POLLING PLACES WE'RE GONNA HAVE INTERNET, THAT THEY WILL USE A JUNK DRIVE. THEY WILL DOWNLOAD THAT, BRING IT IN, WE PLUG IT IN, AND ALL THE TOTALS ARE RIGHT THERE. THAT WAY, IF A CANDIDATE COMES IN THE NEXT DAY, ALL OF OUR, UH, VOTING HISTORY IS ALREADY THERE. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED. WILL IT BREAK IT DOWN BY VOTING PRECINCTS? IT WILL BREAK IT DOWN BY VOTING PRECINCTS. UH, WE CAN ALSO BREAK IT DOWN WHETHER THAT PERSON VOTED EARLY OR ON ELECTION DAY, AND THERE'S NUMEROUS REPORTS THAT WE CAN BREAK DOWN. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOES AWAY WITH A LOT OF MANUAL. UH, YES. THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE, REMEMBER WE GET NAILED WHENEVER WE HAVE AN ELECTION. MY OFFICE, WHICH THERE'S TWO, THREE, UH, WE HAVE TO MANUALLY ENTER EVERY ONE OF THOSE VOTERS. THIS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THAT. UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, WHENEVER THAT JUDGE QUALIFIES THAT VOTER, BY THE TIME THEY WALK OUT THE FRONT DOOR, IT'S ALREADY IN THEIR HISTORY. AND THAT WAY THEY CAN'T [00:10:01] GO TO ANOTHER POLLING LOCATION AND TRY TO VOTE AGAIN. THIS PROBABLY REQUIRE ALL THE JUDGES AND ALL THE ELECTION WORKERS. YES, BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE TRAINED ON THE SYSTEM AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO IN TURN, TURN AROUND AND TRAIN EACH ONE OF OUR ELECTION JUDGES. YEAH, THAT'S WHY I ASKED IS THE INVOLVED IN TRAINING THAT WE'RE TALKING, AT LEAST THE TRAINING I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE JUDGES FROM THE COUNTY, FROM FROM THE IT AND YOUR OFFICE? YES. JUDGE TRAINING, THAT'S, THAT'S INTERNAL. YES. THAT, THAT INCLUDES THEM TRAINING US. AND THEN A LOT OF IT IS ALSO, UM, OVER THE INTERNET. WE WILL GET TRAINING OVER THE INTERNET ALSO, BUT THEY, EVERY PERSON THAT IS WITH VO-TECH, THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTION JUDGES OR THEY HAVE WORKED IN VOTER REGISTRATION OR ELECTIONS, SO THEY KNOW EVERY ASPECT OF IT. SO THEY HAVE FIXED UP THIS SOFTWARE WHERE IT HANDLES ANY KIND OF PROBLEM OR ANY REPORTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, AND IT'S TO MAKE OUR JOBS EASIER. UH, JACK, DID YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK IN TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY GRANT FUNDS OUT THERE AVAILABLE? I HAVE NOT. UH, ONE THING THAT THIS SOLUTION DOES ALSO INCLUDES IMAGING. I KNOW JOHN UNDERSTAND IS A BIG, BIG PART OF THIS THAT, UH, I THINK DICK WAS GETTING QUOTES ON IMAGING SEPARATELY ON FROM ANOTHER VENDOR. THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES THAT. AND, UH, WHAT GEORGE TOLD ME, THE BIG THING ABOUT THIS IS, IS THAT THE BALANCING AFTER THE, THE VOTING THAT NIGHT, EVERYTHING YOU UP BEFORE YOU LEAVE THINK IT SOLVED PROBLEMS THAT PAST. HOW, HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN IN USE? I THINK, UH, DIDN'T TURN AND UH, USE FOR SOME TIME. UH, UH, ROCKWELL THINKS FAIRLY NEW. IS FAIRLY NEW. UM, THERE WERE ABOUT THREE VENDORS OUT THERE THAT MOST OF THE COUNTIES ACROSS STATE USED. AND I'M GONNA SAY 60% OR BETTER USE OTHER, OH, IF IT'LL DO WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO. SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD DEAL. UH, I JUST HOPE IT WILL DO IF COUNTY GOES IN AND DOES IT, GETS IT. I'M JUST HOPING IT'LL DO WHAT THE SALES PEOPLE SAY IT WILL DO. JACK, DO YOU KNOW ANY, I'M SORRY, JUDGE, DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAVE JUST HAD IT FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS? I MEAN, THAT THEY'RE STILL PRETTY REVIEW WITH IT. EA OR HAVE THEY JUST GOT E JUST GOT IT. I THINK ROCKWELL'S PROBABLY HAD EVERY YEAR OR TWO THAT DID. I HAS BEEN WITH ON FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. I'D LIKE TO TALK TO, I'LL TALK TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN ROCKWELL. YEAH. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR 10 YEARS. NO, I MEAN THEY'VE BEEN WITH EC ON DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. OH, OKAY. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO TALK TO ROCKWELL. THEY'LL BE USED TO HOW THEY WERE DOING IT AND SEE HOW MUCH IMPROVEMENT IT MADE OVER WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE. ONCE AGAIN, TALKING TO GEORGE, UH, YORK, HE, HE THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS, ELIMINATE, LOVE, MISTAKE THEY HAVE OR PROBLEM COULD HAVE. I GUESS TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE IN THIS, BUT IT'S GONNA BE PURCHASED, TRAINED PEOPLE TRAINED AND USED BY THIS, UH, NOVEMBER. YES, SIR. WE DO NEED TO MOVE ON IT SO WE CAN GET THE, THE TRAINING STARTED. WE GOT A COUPLE GUYS UP HERE THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION. SO Y'ALL WANNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON I I DON'T THINK JURY DOES EITHER. THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT BEFORE TODAY. SO MOVE FORWARD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID BECAUSE IT'LL PIGGYBACK ON SOMEBODY, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. UH, EC ALSO JUST HAD RECENTLY REDUCED THE PRICING OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, AND, UH, E COUNTY WAS THE LAST PERSON TO PURCHASED THIS SOFTWARE BASED ON THE NEW PRICING. AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I'VE GOT INTER LOCAL ALREADY SIGNED BY ERA AND ONCE WE SIGN IT, WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO. OKAY. HOW THE IMPORTANT THING DOES, UH, DICK HAVE MONEY IN HIS BUDGET ALREADY FOR THIS? OR WE'RE GONNA BRING SOME IN. I'M NOT SURE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE HUNDRED 12. CLOSE. CLOSE. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS WE WERE LOOKING AT. THAT WAS GONNA BE ALMOST, ALMOST, YEAH. YEAH, MAYBE THAT'S RIGHT. WE WE CAN, WE CAN FIND, [00:15:01] YEAH, YOU GOT THAT RIGHT HAND DRAWER, RIGHT? THE MIDDLE DRAWER, NOT THE TOP, BUT THE MIDDLE RIGHT HAND DRAWER WE MAY PULL. WELL, GENTLEMEN, WHAT SAY HERE I SAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. ER. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE WANNA DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPRO, UH, APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RELOCATION OF TWO POLLING PLACES IN PRECINCT NUMBER THREE. YOU I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. MOVE DOWN TO THE 16TH CHURCH OVER THERE. DIDN'T IT USED TO BE THERE AT ONE TIME? UH, I DUNNO. UH, IT MAY HAVE, BUT THE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. WHERE ARE THEY UNDER TWO? UH, THE SENIOR TERRACES IN, UH, ROSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH. I THINK IT'S, YEAH. YEAH. ROSE HILL CHURCH OF GOD AND CHRIST AND, UH, INTO THE SENIOR. THAT'S OUT 20. DID THAT TAKE A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A UH, NOW WE WANT TO DISCUSS WITH SARAH WARDING, RFP NUMBER 1 0 8 ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR FOOD SERVICE FOR TON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. JACK, YOU HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING THAT, UH, AGENDA ITEM? YES, SIR. I BELIEVE THE, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION AND I AGREE WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO AWARD, UH, TO MIDAMERICA. UH, THE PRICE BID IS 90 CENTS PER MEAL. THAT'S THE SAME PRICE WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING. UH, MY MATH IS CORRECT. UH, UH, THAT REPRESENTS AROUND 400,000 FOR A YEAR OF DOLLAR COST, UH, BASED ON 400 INMATES. UH, SHERIFF MAY WANT TO ADD TO THAT. YES. IT WAS BASICALLY THE SAME CONTRACTOR DRIVES THE SAME VENDOR AND I BELIEVE IT ONLY BID WE HAD THAT. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. SO WE'VE, UH, WE WERE NOT EXPERIENCING ANY PROBLEMS. ANYTIME WE HAVE A PROBLEM ABLE TO WORK THROUGH IT, WE, I THINK IT'S, I WAS SURPRISED IT DIDN'T GO UP. IF THERE WERE FEE FOR 9 CENTS A BE ON HOUR, THEY BID THAT SAME PRICE. SO, UH, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED CUT UP. FIGURED WAS MORE, BUT THEY DIDN'T. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS WE HAD THE COMMITTEE AT IT ALONG WITH JACK AND COMMITTEE. UH, THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. SHERIFF. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER THIRD. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SHERIFF AND JACK FOR Y'ALL'S WORK ON THAT. UH, NEXT ONE DISCUSSION. CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL ROAD REPORT FOR FILING FOR COFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER ONE. JERRY, I GUESS YOU MAKE THAT MOTION. I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. JUDGE. IT MAY DIE FOR LACK OF SECOND. I'LL, WE GET A COPY. GIVE HIM ALL THE COPY. THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE ONE. ANGIE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ONE. ALL MY SECRETARY'S GONE ON VACATION. OH, OKAY. OKAY. I, YEAH, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE. I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE FOR THE JUDGE TOO. OKAY, JUDGE. JUDGE. SO JIM'S ONLY ONE. WOULD YOU DO THAT LITTLE BUSINESS OF THAT GENTLEMEN? THIS IS THE ADMIRAL ROAD REPORT FOR PRECINCT ONE. IT WOULD BE AT MY OFFICE. THE REST OF THE, THE GRAND JURY TAKE UP THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, CAROL WILL BE BACK IN THE MORNING. I'LL FIND OUT IF SHE'S THE REST OF IT. MAKE SURE WE GOT 'EM ALL DISTRIBUTED. YEAH. MADE THAT MOTION AND, UH, SECOND IT ALL AND SAY, AYE. A MOTION CARRIED. [00:20:04] OKAY. LET'S SEE. RECEIVED A LETTER FROM, UH, COPY OF LETTER THAT MR. MURPHY HAD WRITTEN, UH, A MARTHA B. MCDONALD, UH, WHEREIN HE, UH, SAYS THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH HE REALIZES THE COUNTY MADE A MISTAKE ON THAT HE HIMSELF DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THE PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON THE TAXES. AND THEN THE MCDONALD MCDONALD WROTE A LETTER, UH, ASKING, UM, THAT WE CONSIDER WAIVING THE, UH, PENALTY AND INTEREST ON HER TAX BILL. WELL, JUDGE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS OUR FAULT ACCORDING TO MR. MURPHY'S LETTER, AND IF THEY DID PAY IT WITHIN THE 21 DAYS, WHICH I ASSUME THEY DID, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY CAME IN AND TRIED TO PAY IT. MM-HMM . SO, WELL THE ONLY, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHOSE FAULT IS IT THAT THE NAME WAS SPELLED INCORRECTLY? YEAH, IS IT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT? TEXAS, AN INDIVIDUAL, ALL OTHER ITEMS. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE PAID IT 5 29, WHICH IS WITHIN THE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN SHE WAS NOTIFIED OF DELINQUENT AND, BUT I DO KNOW THAT SHE HAS MADE THE REQUEST WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE SIX MONTH TIME. UH, UH, YEAH. I DUNNO WHOSE FAULT IT WAS THAT IT WAS MISSICK. WELL, THERE'S A BASIC PREMISE AND YOU LADIES FROM THE TAX OFFICE MIGHT TELL ME WHAT I'M RIGHT OR WRONG. THERE'S A BASIC, UH, PREMISE THAT EVERY TAX HOLDER KNOWS THEY HOLD TAXES AND IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. EVEN IF THEY DON'T GET A TAX STATEMENT, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TAX OFFICE TO FIND OUT WHY. CORRECT. SO THAT'S THE BASIC LAW. YES, SIR. SO YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT IT'S HER RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT HER NAME IS SPELLED CORRECTLY? THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN IF SHE, IF THAT WAS THE CAUSE THAT WAS THE REASON WHY SHE DIDN'T GET A TAX STATEMENT. THAT'S HER. WELL, SHE GOT A TAX STATEMENT. SHE CAME IN AND TRIED TO PAY, SHE CAME IN. OH, SHE CAME IN AND TRIED. SHE CAME IN AND SAID, HEY, I OWE TAXES. TELL ME HOW MUCH, AND ACCORDING TO HER, IF I'M READING ALL THIS RIGHT, UH, ACCORDING TO HER, UH, WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING BECAUSE HER NAME WAS SPELLED WRONG. ALRIGHT, WELL IF SHE CAME IN AND TRIED TO DO IT, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S IT TAKES CARE OF THE, AS FAR I'M CONCERNED. DO HER JOB. DO WE NOT TREAT, DO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS IN THAT ESSENCE REALLY WHAT HAPPENED? WE DON'T, WE CAN ONLY GO BY WHAT SHE'S SAYING. I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE CLERKS ABOUT, UH, WE CAN'T POSSIBLY KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY OWNS. SURE. SO WE DO THE BEST WE CAN. AND IF THE NAME WAS FELT WRONG, I MEAN, SHE'S THE ONE WHO GOES DOWN THAT SHE OWNS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESPONSIBILITIES HERS IN THE END. BUT IF SHE ACTUALLY CAME IN AND TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THEN MM-HMM . BUT I MEAN IF SHE, TO ME, I'M SORRY THAT IF SHE LEFT KNOWING THAT SHE OWED THREE PIECES OF PROPERTY I ONLY PAID ON, THEN SHE KNEW SHE STILL OWE. SO, JIM, THAT APPEARS TO BE, I KNOW THAT TO, LUCKILY SHE LIVES IN ARIZONA. . I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S FAIR. I, I'VE RESEARCHED THIS, HIGHLIGHTED EVERYTHING. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF DELINQUENCY. UH, WELL GO ACCORDING TO WHAT THERESA JUST TOLD ME. I, I, I'M INCLINED NOT TO. UH, NOT. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER THAT WE NOT GRANT THIS REQUEST. THERE A SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROW. ANY MORE DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES REQUEST 77. YEAH. YEAH. [00:25:04] OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY LINE ITEM TRANSFER THIS MORNING? MR. YES SIR. WE DO LINE TRANSFER TO THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW SUPPLIES 1000 PUBLIC MEMBERS' OFFICE, INCREASED MY MEALS, HUNDRED CUBI GENERAL GOVERNMENT, INCREASED LIFE INSURANCE COST 8,000 DA'S OFFICE, INCREASED TRAINING, THOUSAND AUTOMOBILE COSTS, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, INCREASE POSTAGE METER RENTAL, $20, INDUCTION OF MILEAGE EXTENSION SERVICE, INCREASE AGENTS OUT OF COUNTY TRAVEL, 2000 EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL BRIDGE PRECINCT. ONE, INCREASED COMMUNICATION, 1000 REDUCTION OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND JUVENILE PROBATION. INCREASED TRANSPORTATION IN COUNTY FOR $2,000 IN REDUCTION OF OPERATING EXPENSES. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO CERTIFY THOSE. ONE FOR FUEL REIMBURSEMENT. 95 BUDGET GAS AND OIL AND PRECINCT THREE. YOU REIMBURSEMENT OF 20,366 AND BUDGET GAS. AND OKAY GENTLEMEN, Y'ALL HEARD THE LINE MOTION SHANE TO APPROVE THOSE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SHE CARRIES. UH, WELL ANGIE'S HERE. SHE ASKED ME IF WE LIKED THE CARPET AND I SAID THAT EVERYBODY SAYS GREAT. GOOD CHOICE. THANK YOU ANGIE. I KNEW HER TASTE PROBABLY BETTER THAN MINE. LIKE I SAID, MINE HAVE BEEN RED. YOU DON'T. GOOD MORNING JOHN. GOOD MORNING. SORRY. LATE. UH, FORTUNATELY THIS MORNING WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING COME UP. CAMPAIGN FINES, REPORTS ARE DUE AND YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE THE COPY ON HERE. OKAY. THEY'RE DUE THE 15TH. YES. AND THEY'RE FROM JANUARY 1ST THROUGH JULY 30TH. UNLESS YOU DID THE PRIMARY SAMPLE, I GUESS DID YOU, [00:31:01] WHEN'S YOUR GAL FRIDAY COMING BACK? IS SHE BACK? SHE APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAN'T COMPETE. YOU WELL IT'S KIND OF A MAGICAL ATMOSPHERE ANYWAY. ONE VOTE. WHAT THAT ONE VOTE ONE SHALL ONE KILLED ONE COUNTY, ONE VOTE. OH ACTUALLY WE GET THREE VOTES. WE GET THREE VOTES IN TEXAS COLLEGE AND THEN THOSE THREE CARRY OVER [00:35:27] NEW YORK. THEIR CAUCUS VOTED TO SUPPORT IT. THE GUY THAT ACTUALLY WENT, YEAH, Y'ALL ARE USING IT. YOU THINK WE MIGHT, THEY CAME DOWN AND [00:40:07] YOU KNOW LAURA? YES. DO I PUT THIS DOWN FOR THE ELECTION TWO YEARS AGO OR FOR ONE COMING UP TWO YEARS FROM NOW. I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS. WE'RE IN BETWEEN. I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS. WHAT DATE IS THE ELECTION? TWO YEARS FROM NOW. IT'S PROBABLY 97. YOU SAID 96? NO, THAT HE DID THAT. CALLING EVERYONE AND MESSAGE. I TAKE IT HOME AND SOMEBODY FILL IT UP. COUNT ALL YOUR MONEY, ALL YOUR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. OH BOY. WOULDN'T BE NICE. YEAH, YOU PUT UNTIL YOU CAME TO YOUR CENSUS, RIGHT? YOU LOOK, IT'S KIND OF A [00:45:07] OKAY. I YOU EVER HEAR OIL JURY? YOU KNOW, I THINK I SAW HER IN CHURCH SUNDAY AND I CAME UP AND WHISPERED TO HER AND I SAID, WE SUPPOSED THE LOWER PASTURE I [00:50:01] HORSES SATURDAY AND BE AHEAD AND SIGN. WE MADE ORDER ON THE NO, YOU WEREN'T THERE. WE JUST, IT I REALLY DO NEED, I'M NOT GIVING MY DATE OF BIRTH. THAT WAS THE ONLY TWO. MAKES A MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS AND COMMISSIONER SECOND IT ALL INYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. UH, NO MEETING NEXT MONDAY. UH, ANGIE SAYS WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO BE ON THE AGENDA AND SO WE JUST WON'T HAVE MEETING UNLESS EMERGENCY COMES UP. AND I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET MY REPORT. I KNOW YOU WANNA READ IT. PERUSE. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT'S WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR. NO, THAT'S PROPOSED. THAT'S FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S PROPOSED NEXT YEAR. OKAY. OKAY. ASK ABOUT THAT. OH MY ASPHALT CHIPS. YOU GOT MACHINE WORKING THE 16 IN 79. I'VE BEEN TRYING SINCE 79, 30 YEARS. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOU DON'T KNOW ANY COMMISSIONER? YEAH, JERRY'S DONE MORE THAN ME. HE DID IT. WE REDID IT LAST YEAR. WE JUST TO JUST BEFORE THE ELECTION NEXT YEAR. YOU RIGHT UP MAKE SURE TRYING TURN THE DRIVEWAY BACK. RIGHT. WE COULD DO THAT. MOW THE YARD. AND THEY HAD, HE HAD HIM IN HIS MOWING, HIS PASTURE TOO UNTIL TO DO ANYTHING. MY AFRAID CRITIC. THAT'S RIGHT. [00:55:01] THEY TOLD. UH, SO Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD TWO WEEKS AND NOTHING HAPPENS. WE'LL BE HERE TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. AND, UM, MOTION TO LEAVE. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. * 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.