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UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING THE WORD OUT TO YOU, BUT UH, AS LONG AS IT'S OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES, I DON'T REALLY PLAN ON WEARING COAT AND TIES.
WE APPRECIATE THE, APPRECIATE THE MEMO.
SEE MR. LYNCH GOT THE MEMO ABOUT NO COAT AND TIED HERE IN AUGUST.
I DON'T THINK MR. LYNCH HAS WORN ONE SINCE JANUARY.
MR. ROBIN, YOU, US UP TODAY, PLEASE.
MS. GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK THEY FOR PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER LIKE THIS.
TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY, PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
WE THANK THEY FOR MANY BLESSING THAT THOU HAS GIVEN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, AS ALWAYS, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD PRAY FOR SOME, UH, LIFE GIVING REIGN.
AS ALWAYS, UH, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR SOLDIERS WITH FAVOR AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY.
AND PLEASE TRY TO BRING THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALL THIS WE ASK, IN JESUS NAME, I SAY THE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION NOT ALLOW INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
HOPEFULLY Y'ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE MOSTLY CARRIES WHEN THE LAST MEETING TODAY, THAT CHAIR USED TO BE OVER THERE AND NOW I, OKAY.
UH, FIRST DISCUSSION THIS MORNING IS GOING TO BE WITH THE, UH, FIRE MARSHAL.
WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT, UH, WE NEED TO INITIATE THE COUNTY BURN VAN.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? WELL, I THINK IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS.
I BELIEVE IT'S AT 658 RIGHT NOW.
PROJECTION IN 14 DAYS WOULD BE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT THEY EVEN RATE, AND THAT'S 27 800.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE THERE, UH, I THINK PROBABLY FOR 60 DAYS TO BEGIN WITH.
WE TALKED ONCE BEFORE LARRY ABOUT, UH, UH, IT IS POSSIBLE TO, I GUESS IT'S UP TO US, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW BURNING IN THE, BURNING YOUR TRASH IN A CONTAINER AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A COVER.
I KNOW THAT VAN COUNTY AND, UH, GOSH, I'M ON VERA COUNTY, I BELIEVE ONE YEAR MADE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THEIRS AND WOULD MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO DIFFERENT THINGS ON IT.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO BURN TRASH, BUT RANDY CAME WITH ME THIS MORNING AND BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION AGAIN THAT GENERALLY MOST OF OUR FIRES ARE CAUSED BY A BURNING TRASH.
WELL, THE LAST TIME MY PASTURE CAUGHT FIRES BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOR WAS BURNING TRASH IN THE COVERED BARREL.
YEAH, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IF YOU MADE AN ACCEPTION TO IT, YOU HAVE A FIRE.
WELL, I REALIZE THEN THAT PUTS, UH, UH, INSPECTION AND UH, YEAH, IT MAKES IT KIND OF WHERE YOU GOT THE RUN ON ALL OF THEM THAT WAY UNTIL YOU FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT WAS BURN BARREL AND LEGAL OR WHETHER IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
MY DEPARTMENT RUNS ITSELF RAGGED FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO OUT ON SO MANY CALLS OF UNKNOWN TYPE FIRES.
YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WHEN YOU GO, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXCEPTION TO IT, YOU KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT, AND YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT AS SUCH AND HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME OUT.
OTHERWISE YOU NOT, CERTAINLY YOU GET THERE WITH A CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO GETTING OUT THERE OR NOT.
SO SITUATION, MY PRECINCT, UH, BAR CONSTRUCTION IS DOING 80 ACRES OF, UH,
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LAND.THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE NEW, UH, FACILITY FOR THE WATER AND THEY'RE CLEARING AND THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR HEAD AND BURNING, BUT THEY GOT WATER TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING RIGHT ON SITE RIGHT THERE AT, AT THIS.
AND UNDOUBTEDLY THEY, LARRY SAID, I NEED TO CHECK THEY'RE ON THE TECQ, BUT I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE WITH EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'VE GOT A TIMELINE BAR CONSTRUCTION FRIDAY.
SO WE'VE GOT SO MANY DAYS TO DO THIS JOB.
SO THE, THE ONLY TIME THAT WE HAVE CHECKED WITH TCEQ WAS WITH CHAMPION PALLET THAT HAVE A LICENSE INCINERATOR TO BURN THE OLD PALLETS OVER THERE ON 20 AND TCEQ AT THAT TIME, I'M SURE STILL THERE.
THEY, IF THEY'RE LICENSED WITH TC, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BURN EVEN DURING A BURN.
AS LONG AS SOMEONE THE COURT AGREES TO THAT, IT DOESN'T.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
AND IN THE PAST OF COURSE, WE JUST HAD NO BURNING PERIOD AND I DIDN'T SHUT DOWN CHAMPION POWER FROM BURNING, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY TWO LOCATIONS THAT I'M AWARE OF IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE LICENSED THROUGH PQ.
SO Y'ALL DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT EXCEPTION BASED ON TC Q'S REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN DURING IN BIRMINGHAM.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY, THE ONLY CIRCUMSTANCE I DOING JOB FOR THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THEIR, YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVE TO US IF THEY'RE LICENSED TO TCEQ FOR THAT TYPE BURNING.
IF THEY WERE THEN TCE Q'S REGULATIONS ALLOW TO Y'ALL TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO THE BURN VAN.
THAT'S THE ONLY EXCEPTION THAT THEY ALLOWED.
WELL, WAS GONNA BE HERE THIS MORNING AND HE SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HE SAID EVERYTHING WAS OKAY WITH HIM.
I HAVEN SPOKE TO HIM, BUT I'M SURE IF HE TOLD YOU THAT IT IS, BUT THAT THAT WOULD BE A DECISION Y'ALL WOULD'VE TO MAKE.
I ONLY TELL YOU THAT IT IS ALLOWABLE BY Y'ALL.
ONLY IF THEY ARE IN FACT LICENSED THROUGH TCEQ AND IF THEY'RE NOT THEN IT WOULDN'T BE.
AND THAT'S ONLY AFTER IT COMES TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR PERMISSION.
WELL, NO, THEY GET THE PERMISSION FROM TCEQ IF THEY HAVE THAT LICENSE IN THEIR HAND RIGHT NOW.
AND Y'ALL SAY IF THEY PRODUCE THAT LICENSE TO US AND IT IS VALID THAT YOU WILL GRANT THEM PERMISSION TO DO IT, THEN YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU PREFER THAT ONE COME IN AND PRESENT THAT TO YOU, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.
SO THEY GOTTA PRESENT IT TO SOMEBODY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IF THEY PRESENT IT TO YOU.
THEY HAVE TO PROVE TO US, WE KNOW THE ONE OVER CHAMPION PALLET'S LICENSE BECAUSE WE'VE CHECKED IT OURSELVES AND WE ALSO VALIDATE THAT WITH TCEQ YEARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STILL UP TO DATE.
AND IT'S, SO I, I DON'T NEED A COPY OF THEIRS, BUT I KNOW IT'S THERE AND AVAILABLE.
THIS IS THE NEW ONE, SO WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THOSE PAPERWORK.
ALRIGHT, SO IF WE INITIATE THE BURN BAND, THEN IT WOULD BE BASICALLY BANNING ALL BURNING OUTDOOR BURNING, ONLY BURNING THAT BE PERMIT PERMITTED IF THEY'RE LICENSED BY TC EQ, LICENSED INCINERATOR.
AND THAT CAN BE A TRENCH INCINERATOR, WHICH IS WHAT I BELIEVE THIS IS.
OR IT CAN BE AN INCINERATOR LIKE T CQ OVER AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO BURN, THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY YOUR OFFICE AND PRESENT TO YOU THAT DOCUMENT.
IF THEY DID THAT, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT AS LONG AS Y'ALL ARE.
BUT THE DECISION, WELL SEE THAT'S BRING THAT YOU'LL BE OKAY WITH IT AS LONG AS WE ARE WELL Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THE EXCEPTION THEY BRING IT TO YOU.
IF YOU WANT KNOW THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER AS THE TCQ SAYS THEY CAN, BUT AS YOU WELL KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THE DISCUSSION IN THE PAST WHEN YOU SAY NO BURNING, YOU MEANT NO BURNING.
AND I ABIDE BY THAT RULE VALUE, BUT WE CAN IN FACT MAKE THAT EXCEPTION OR LICENSE INCINERATOR.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU'RE SAYING I'LL BE WILLING TO, TO DO IT ONCE WE REVIEW IT IF IN FACT WE BELIEVE IT'S SAFE.
ALRIGHT, BUT I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT THE POSITION OF THE COURT TO BE.
ARE YOU ASKING THAT WE GIVE YOU THE PERMISSION TO GRANT THE EXCLUSIONS IF THEY PRESENT THE PROPER LICENSE BASED ON TC WITHOUT HAVING, WITHOUT EACH ONE HAVING COME FOR THE COMMISSION? WELL, I THINK THIS BE ON TO YOU'LL HAVE, BUT YES SIR, THAT WOULD BE FINE TO ME.
AS LONG AS Y'ALL WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT THAT WAY.
I ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AT IT AND IF IT'S NOT LICENSED, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN UNDER A LICENSED BURN LIKE THAT, I MEAN JUST LIKE CHAMPION PALLETS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LICENSE TO BURN ALL THE TIME AND I ASSURE YOU THAT IF I ALLOW THEM TO GO AHEAD AND CHAMPION BALLOT BURN THERE FOR PROBABILITY, WE'LL BURN THAT PASTURE OFF BEHIND IT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE OF THE DRYNESS.
NOW I DON'T KNOW THE SIGNS THAT MR. CHAIN'S TALKING ABOUT IF IT'S CLEARED OFF.
RANDY HAS, IN FACT, I BELIEVE BEEN THERE KNOWS OF IT.
HE SAYS IT'S CLEARED OFF ALL AROUND IT.
SO YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILLING TO COME OUT THERE AND MAYBE BABYSIT IT WITH HIM OR WHATEVER KIND OF THING THEY'VE DONE.
BUT THAT'S THE ONLY EXCEPTION I'D MAKE.
AND THAT ONLY BECAUSE PQ SAYS WE CAN MAKE THAT EXCEPTION.
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SO IT WOULD TO BE PROVEN TO ME THAT IT WAS LICENSED THAT IF Y'ALL DON'T, THAT'S, I JUST SAID YOU MAKE DECISION.SO I I I HATE TO SAY AT THIS POINT THAT I COULD APPROVE IT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SITE AND I'D HATE TO SAY YES AND GO OUT THERE AND FIND OUT THAT IT ME TO DEATH BECAUSE THE CHAMPION PALLET DOES BOTHER ME BECAUSE WE HAVE, I MEAN, THEY'RE BACKED UP TO A PASTURE ABOUT 20 FEET AWAY FROM THEM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE BURN IT OFF NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT THE BURN BEING OFF THE, WE GET THE MORE LIKELY IT'S GONNA OCCUR ALSO UNDERSTAND, NEED TO GET THAT DONE, THAT BE THE ONLY ISSUE.
BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO BE LEGAL AND EVERYTHING FITS YOUR CRITERIA THEN.
WELL, ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING ME TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT GREAT BIG FIRE THAT MIGHT OCCUR AND NO SIR, I WON'T ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW AND LIKE IT DOES, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE SAY IT'S A PROVEN LICENSE, YOU GOOD TO GO? WELL, THIS GOES BACK TO MY INITIAL DONE, MY INITIAL COMMENT YOU WANT BROUGHT FOR THE COURT.
WELL, I THINK YOU PROBABLY BE ABLE TO BRING THAT DOCUMENT UP HERE, PROVE THE FACT THAT HE HAS THAT, THAT HE IS LICENSED AND REQUESTED FROM Y'ALL AND IN THAT ONE WEEK PERIOD OR WHATEVER WE CAN DO, I'LL GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT AND GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT WE SEE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
AND THEN I THINK IF WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, WE CAN MAKE THAT ACCEPTION TO THAT.
IF YOU TALKED TO HIM, ASK IF COMMISSIONER ASK HIM TO BRING IT BEFORE THE COURT AND AS SOON AS I'LL GO LOOK AT IT AND WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE DOWN ON WHAT WE SEE AND THEN BASED ON THEIR LICENSE AND IF IT'S ALL IN AGREEMENT THEN YEAH, WE, SO ACTUALLY THE MOTION THEN WOULD BE TO, UH, INVOKE THE BURN BAN COUNTYWIDE IT IS AT THE MOMENT.
AND, UH, ANY EXCEPTIONS WOULD'VE TO BE APPROVED BY COURT BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THEN IF THEY'RE WILLING TO BRING THAT THROUGH THE FIRE MARSHAL.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY RECOMMENDATION AT THAT SAME TIME, AFTER REVIEWING THE SITE AS WELL, I BELIEVE IT BE SAFE AND I'LL ALSO GET THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PUT IT IN WRITING TO ME THAT HE IN FACT AGREES WITH IT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL WAY WE DO IT AND COVER OURSELVES.
DON'T, DON'T BE THIS MORNING AND THEY DO IT THIS AFTERNOON AND HALF THE OFF AWARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WANTED RESPONSIBILITY OR YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD ALL THE COURT SAY YES OR NO ON THEIR PERMIT AND I'LL GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION AT THAT TIME AS I BELIEVE IT'S SAFE TO DO.
YEAH, YOU MAKE THE MOTION UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I HEAR FROM Y'ALL WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA.
WE'LL GO REVIEW IT BETWEEN NOW THEN ANYWAY.
AND I'LL BE SITTING ON READY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON WHAT WE SEE WHENEVER Y'ALL UP HERE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE VICKY GARNER.
SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH MOBILE USA TO PROVIDE MOBILE X-RAY AND EKG SERVICES AT THE JAIL.
LEMME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
EVERY TIME THAT WE LOOK IN AN INMATE AT THE JAIL, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TB SKIN TEST.
A LOT OF TIMES THOSE TESTS WILL SHOW THE POSITIVE REACTION.
USUALLY IT'S A FALSE POSITIVE REACTION, BUT WE HAVE TO SEND THEM OUT TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD A CHEST AIDS DONE, WHICH COST, EVEN AT MEDICAID RATES COST THE COUNTY BETWEEN 150 AND $60 PLUS THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE DEPUTIES TO TRANSPORT INMATES.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE CHECKED AROUND, DR.
PORTNER HAS WORKED WITH THE COMPANY MOBILE XA IN ELLIS COUNTY.
THIS COMPANY IS THE LEADING PROVIDER IN THE COUNTRY ITSELF THAT PROVIDES MOBILE X-RAY SERVICES.
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM.
THEY CAME OUT, THEY WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
THEY WORK WITH, UM, SEVERAL OF THE STATE PRISONS, SEVERAL OF THE FEDERAL PRISONS, A LOT OF THE OTHER COUNTY JAILS IN THIS AREA.
THEY WILL COME OUT TO THE JAIL, BRING ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT, SEND
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A TECHNICIAN, DO THE X-RAYS, AND THEY WILL ALSO DO EKGS FOR US.IF THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR A COST OF $40 PER TEST.
WILL THEY COME OUT EVERY DAY OR WILL THEY JUST BE THERE ON CERTAIN DAYS? THEY WILL COME TWICE A WEEK.
THAT'S THE WAY THE JAIL WANTED TO SET IT UP.
NOW THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, THE NURSE OUT OF THE JAIL CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH 'EM AND THEY WILL SEND THE UNIT OUT TO DO THAT.
UM, THEY FAX THE INFORMATION TO 'EM THE DAY BEFORE SO THAT THE TECHNICIAN COMING OUT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE GOT LINED UP, HOW MANY THEY'RE GONNA DO, EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO DO.
THEY KEEP ALL OF THE RECORDS FOR US.
THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICES ONLINE SO THAT DR.
FORGER CAN PULL IT UP AND LOOK AT IT ANY TIME HE NEEDS TO.
UM, IT'S JUST REALLY A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR THE COUNTY.
WHAT WOULD BE THE DOWNSIDE? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OLD BRAINER.
YOU GET 40 EXAM PLUS THE DEPUTIES TO HAVE TO TAKE THEIR TIME TO TAKE THEM OUT THERE.
I I DON'T SEE IT DOWNSIDE TO IT AT ALL.
THEY DO THE X-RAY THEN THE EKG AND THE EKGS.
WHAT'S THE COST OF READING THE X-RAY? DO THEY, DO THEY MENTION THAT? IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE 40? THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE $40 COST OF READING IT? YES.
THE TECHNICIAN DOES THE X-RAY RIGHT THERE.
THEY GO OUT, THEY PROCESS IT, THEY READ IT, THEY PUT IT ONLINE.
THEY'LL ALSO PUT IT ON A DISC AND SEND IT TO DR. PORTER SO HE HAS ACCESS, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY.
BUT THAT'S THE TOTAL COST IS $40.
IS THIS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT? IS IT A LONG TERM CONTRACT? IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW UNLESS WE DECIDE WE DON'T WANT SERVICE ANYMORE.
AND YOU'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH, UH, THE JAIL AND THE SHERIFF.
THE SHERIFF AND SHERIFF BURNS AND, UH, CHIEF RICHMOND HAVE GONE OVER THE CONTRACT.
CHIEF RICHMOND WAS IN ON THE MEETING.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
BIG HAD DISCUSSED THIS WITH ME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD AND WE PUT ON THE AGENDA TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT IT TOO.
YOU, WHENEVER WE TAKE TAKE IN, UH, VISITING, VISITING PEOPLE, VISITING PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTIES,
SO WE HAVE TO SCREEN, WE HAVE SCREENED THEM ALSO.
SO THAT COUNTY PICKS UP THAT TAB THEN? WELL, EVENTUALLY, YES.
BUT WE CAN ALSO USE THIS FOR OUR JAILERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE TB TEST TOO.
AND WE COULD ALSO USE THIS FOR, FOR ALL OF THE JAILERS OUT THERE.
ANY DEPUTY, ANYONE THAT IS OUT AT THE JAIL THAT HAS THE NEEDS TO HAVE A A X-RAY DONE.
WE CAN LOT OF DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF BALLPARK FIGURES TO HOW MANY OF THOSE WE DO A MONTH? WELL, I KNOW IT KIND AND GOES LAST MONTH.
WELL, JUST LAST WEEK AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE BILLS LAST WEEK, WE SENT THROUGH 11 JUST LAST WEEK.
UH, THE WEEK BEFORE, I THINK IT WAS ONLY TWO OR THREE.
BUT IN A MONTH'S TIME AT, YOU KNOW, $160 A POP, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
JOHN HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THE CONTRACT.
OH YEAH, WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TELLER.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS? DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
GOOD DEAL, THEN JOHN, YOU LEMME KNOW.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR ILLUSTRIOUS COUNTY TREASURER, JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN BRING JUDGE THE, UH, MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE SAID? NO, I'M JUST TALKING MYSELF.
I WHEN YOU YOURSELF I ASK QUESTIONS, JUDGE, JUST TO TELL Y'ALL WE'RE WISE AHEAD.
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7.77.SO WE'RE, WE'RE LAST YEAR AS FAR AS CASH CONCERNED.
ANY COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
SO MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER.
NOT YOU'RE NOT, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS A GOOD NEWS.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND BRING US A, OKAY.
THE, UH, HEALTH RENEWAL THIS YEAR, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE BEEN S GONE DOWN PRETTY STEADY THIS YEAR'S GOING UP.
UM, OUR EMPLOYEE PRICE WILL GO FOR 4 69 A MONTH UP TO FIVE THREE, ABOUT 3 5 3 MONTH PER EMPLOYEE.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE, WE'RE GONNA GET A, A CREDIT OF $150,000, UH, WHEN THEY, THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE FOOD HAS DONE WELL.
AND SO I TO COVER EXPENSES AND COVER THE RESERVES THEY NEED AND MONEY THAT
SO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE FOOD FOR A YEAR OR TWO AND SAYING IT WILL GET SOME MONEY BACK.
SO THEY'LL CREDIT US 1 12, 1 50 EVERY, EVERY MONTH.
AND THE REASON THAT OUR RATE WENT UP IS BECAUSE OF, UH, OUR EXPERIENCES LAST YEAR.
LARGE OR PAYOUT MORE THAN OUR UTILIZATION.
WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS, HEALTH PROBLEMS, BUT STILL, UH, CHEAP.
WE'RE STILL WAY BELOW THE INDUSTRY.
UH, YOU JUST REPORTING THAT? WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVE THAT, DO WE? I GUESS WE, I THINK YOU DO.
YOU GOT TO SIGN OFF ON BOTH ON THERE.
ENTERTAIN MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, NEW EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THOUSAND NINE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA DISCUSS WITH JUDGE? GOOD.
NOW THAT BRINGS US AROUND TO DISCUSS SIGNING AN AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY MORNING.
SO TELL US ABOUT THIS SAME LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HUNT COUNTY.
UH, FROM WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND, WHAT JACK TOLD ME IS, UH, THEY WANT TO UTILIZE THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH SAFEGUARD FOR THE COUNTY CLERK.
AND IN ADDITION FOR THEM PIGGYBACKING OFF OUR CONTRACT, AND I CAN UTILIZE SOME OF THEIR ROAD MATERIAL CONTRACTS AS WELL.
SO THEY JUST WANNA SORT OF PIGGYBACK ON OUR MM-HMM
AND THEN WE CAN PIGGYBACK ON OFF ANY OTHER CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAVE AS LITTLE THAT WE NEED.
UTILIZE WHAT'S IT MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SEGMENT BY COMMISSIONER, ER.
THEY HAVE A MUCH BETTER PRICE ON THE ITEMS. UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, CONSIDER PURCHASING A CHIP SPREADER THROUGH THE PROGRAM FOR PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
UH, WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS CHIP'S FURTHER FROM WHAT JACK TOLD ME AS WELL, IS THAT, UH, THE PRICE, ONE COUNTY BOUGHT IT AND WHENEVER THEY RECEIVED IT, THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT WASN'T IN THEIR BUDGET.
SO IT WENT BACK AND I, PRICE IS LOWER ON MY BOARD AND I THINK RED KNOW A LOT MORE THAN I DO.
IT'S UH, ACTUALLY IT WAS A CITY THAT PURCHASED THIS ON THE BUYBOARD OR WAS GONNA PURCHASE ON THE BUYBOARD AND THEY GOT THE, THEIR GOOD BUDGET NEWS AND DECIDED THEY HAD SOME DRASTIC CHANGE.
THEY COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD THEIR LEASE PAYMENT ON THIS PIECE OF MACHINERY.
SO IT WAS JUST SO THEY'RE OUT OF BID.
WELL, THEY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA SELL IT FOR LESS THAN THE BUYBOARD PRICE.
OF COURSE THE BUYBOARD PRICE IS OUR BID PRICE ON, BUT IT'S GONNA BE ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE BUYBOARD PRICE JUST SO THEY COULD MOVE IT.
THIS IS IT BRAND NEW? IT'S BRAND NEW.
UH, WE WENT OUT TO PARKER COUNTY WITH THE ONE THAT THEY HAD OUT THERE.
UH, ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE BOY RUNNING IT AND THEY'VE GOT ONE THEY'VE HAD FOR SEVEN YEARS AND THEY'VE HAD NOTHING HAPPEN TO IT.
I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION AND I
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WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT MAY USE IT WITHIN THE MACHINE AND OPERATOR AT ANY TIME TO TRY TO GET SOME COMMISSIONER.OKAY, NEXT ITEM, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER OPENING AND SLASH CONSIDER AWARDING THE BID UNDER 0 8 0 6 USED RECLAIMER PULER FOR PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO OPEN THAT.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR WILL MAKE IT.
COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL SECOND IT.
FIRST BID FROM CONSTRUCTION SALES OUT OF PRINCETON, TEXAS.
FOR WHAT KIND MACHINE IS THAT? IT'S FOR, UH,
REASON I KNOW IS BECAUSE HE CALLS HIM.
NEXT BIT IS H AND B EQUIPMENT OUT OF PROGRESSIVE TEXAS.
IT'S DOWN BY, I DUNNO, PROGRESSIVE, WAY DOWN, WAY DOWN THE BOW MAG BOAG BO MAG.
DID THEY GIVE THE YEAR OF THAT BY CHANCE? OH, THE BOW MAG IS 5 77.
THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 1200 HOURS ON IT.
IT'S UH, IS THAT THE BOAC? THIS IS THE ROADS, THE ROAD, THE, UH, BOAC HAS 2,400 HOURS.
THEY'RE NOT GIVEN THE YEAR ON THE YES, ON THE, BUT HE'S NOT ALWAYS, UH, OBLIGATED TO TAKE THE LOWEST BID ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHEN THERE ARE DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS AND DIFFERENT HOURS.
NO, THE, THE STIPULATION THAT WE PUT IN THE, THE BID CONTRACT WAS DISTANCE, UH, WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SELECTION.
AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE DONE IN THE VALLEY.
UH, BUT IT'S A NO BRAINER BECAUSE PRINCETON'S RIGHT UP HERE JUST BY GREENVILLE.
UH, I MAKE A MOTION, BUT I'D LIKE TO GO REVIEW THIS.
I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BIDS AND AWARD IT A COUPLE WEEKS.
MOTION MADE THAT, UH, WE ACCEPT THE PROPOSALS FOR THE USED REC RETAINER ER ONCE MADE BY COMMISSIONER.
YOU'LL LET, UH, LET US KNOW WHEN WE PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA TO AWARD IT.
ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECEIVE PROPOSALS.
UH, FOR THE COMMUNICATION SATELLITE FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA ACKNOWLEDGE, GIVE ERNIE AND GEORGE.
THERE WAS A BOB TIME TO LOOK OVER THESE.
WHO THEY CAME FROM AND WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIVING THEM.
SO GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM OUT.
ALRIGHT, THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM SATELLITE INTERNET SOLUTIONS OUTTA WEST FOR YEAH.
CCS OUT WALK WALL SATELLITE WIRELESS SOLUTIONS OUTTA CITY
CCS, SATELLITE, CCCS AND SATELLITE INTERNET SOLUTIONS.
LAURA WAS KEEPING THAT PRETTY GOOD.
YEAH, SHE CAN TAKE ON FACE SO SHE'S NOT SMALL.
WHAT WAS THE LAST ONE? GLOBE CALM.
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COMMUNICATION.AND THERE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO, UH, AWARD THE BID.
CONSIDER FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.
FORMAN COUNTY SQUARE AND STREET COURT.
UH, DID ALL THE COMMERS GET YOUR INFORMATION ON THAT? CAN'T GET A FAX.
IT WAS JUST A TABLE FROM LAST TIME TO GIVE JOHN A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND GIVE YOU A COPY.
ATTORNEY JOHN LOOKED AT IT AND, UH, DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT.
UH, COMMISSIONER, I SIMPLY WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UH, TE ACKNOWLEDGE FOR ALL TE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COUNTY POLICY THIS PASSED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
THIS POLICY AND THAT ANY DISCREPANCIES FOR THE, FOR ONLY THIS AREA ARE GOING TO BE CONTROLLED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ORDER FOR THIS AREA.
THAT'S WHY EFFECTIVELY MORE LIBERAL INTERPRETATION OF THE TAX ABATEMENTS FOR THIS AREA.
WELL, THERE NOT A, UH, COMMISSION COURT HAVE SUED OVER GRANTING TAX ABATEMENTS RECENTLY ON LEASED PROPERTY.
DID I READ THAT? THAT YOU PUT THAT GRANTING TAX ABATEMENTS ON LEASED PROPERTY? OH, I DUNNO.
NO, THAT WASN'T THE SAME BEFORE WAS NO, I'VE NOT SEEN THAT.
I, THIS, THIS SAYS THAT, UH, ABATEMENT FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO TENANTS, THE BUSINESS LEASING PROPERTY.
AND I BELIEVE I READ SOMEWHERE, I MAY BE COMPLETELY INCORRECT.
I BELIEVE SOMEWHERE THAT YOU COULD NOT PRINT TAX ABATEMENTS PROPERTY.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THE CITY'S OPPOSED TO THAT.
AS LONG, AS LONG, AS LONG AS IT'S LEGAL I'M FINE WITH IT.
BUT WELL, EACH INDIVIDUAL, UH, REQUEST THAT HAVE COME FROM COURT, IT DOESN'T COMPLY THE TIME WILL THE CITY INCLUDED THEIR SCHEDULE IN THERE OF, UH, THE, THE FIVE YEARS AND WHAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR.
AND, UH, BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR NEW PROPERTY OR, UH, ADDING ON TO OLD PROPERTY.
SO, UH, IN MY OPINION, IF WE DON'T DO IT, THEN NOBODY ADDS ON.
WELL, OR ADDING ON TO THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
OKAY, SO WOULD YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
AND COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL SECOND IT ALL.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR TO SAY, AYE.
DISCUSS, CONSIDER CHANGING VOTING BOX 34 LOCATIONS BACK TO JF KENNEDY SCHOOL FROM ROSEVILLE CHURCH OF GOD AND REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CHAIR.
UH, DICK, IS THAT YOURS OR? YES, SIR.
ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT TO ADD? DEMOCRATIC CHAIR IS HERE.
YOU WANNA COMMENT ON THAT? NO, WE JUST WOULD LIKE IT MOVED BACK.
WE WERE CONSIDERING MOVING IT TO THE CHURCH, THE ROSEVILLE CHURCH, AND INSTEAD KENNEDY, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CAROL, HAS AGREED TO LET US CONTINUE TO KEEP IT AT KENNEDY.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE IT THERE, MOVE IT BACK TO JOHN F. KENNEDY AND LEAVE IT.
THAT'S WHERE IT'S BEEN FOR I THINK THE LAST 20 YEARS PROBABLY.
AND WE'D LIKE, AND, UH, EXCUSE ME, AT ONE TIME WE THOUGHT THERE WAS GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
THE SUPERINTENDENT AGREED THAT WE MET WITH HIM THIS MORNING AND HE AGREED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AT ALL LEAVING IT AT KENNEDY.
WE'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION WITH HIM PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, BUT THAT THERE'S NO PROBLEM HAVING IT THERE.
THE, THE MOVE THAT YOU'RE REVERSING
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WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE SUPERINTENDENT BEGIN WITH, OR THE PRINCIPAL WHO WAS AT KENNEDY AT THAT TIME.AND, AND NOW THERE'S A NEW PRINCIPAL, BUT THEY'RE ALSO, IT WAS THE MOVE REQUEST FROM THEM WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN OF THE STUDENTS THERE AND THE ELECTION BEING HELD DURING THE SCHOOL TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASSURED THEM THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS DECEPTIVE THE CHILDREN WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.
THIS WILL BE A HUGE ELECTION AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION THAT WE ASSURE THEM THAT THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN ALSO.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE'LL MEET WITH THEM PRIOR TO THE JUVENILE ELECTION TO SET UP ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY NEED US TO DO, SO THAT THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN COME FIRST AND THAT THEY'LL BE SECURE.
UH, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT.
HE'S FINE WITH IT BEING TIMES KENNEDY PRECINCT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
DISCUSS CONSIDERS IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURTROOM AT THE COLMAN COUNTY COURT ON AS THE CENTRAL COUNTY STATION FOR ALL ELECTIONS THROUGH JUNE, 2009.
Y'ALL GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NO, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEN.
UH, NEXT WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING THERE.
FLOYD IS THE PRESIDING JUDGE FOR THE CENTRAL COUNTY STATION FOR ALL ELECTIONS THROUGH JUNE, 2009.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STELLAR.
CONSIDER APPOINTING PJ GIBSON AS THE CENTRAL COUNTY STATION MANAGER FOR ALL ELECTIONS THROUGH JUNE, 2009.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
CONSIDER APPOINTING JODY DILLER AS A CALCULATION SUPERVISOR FOR CENTRAL COUNTY STATION.
WE, WE WERE, I WRITTEN OUR NAME ON THE LIST.
ASK TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION WITH THAT.
CAN WE TALK NOW RATHER? THAT'S ON THE APPOINTING.
WELL, LET ME FINISH READING THE MOTION.
WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA? I KNOW WE JUST DIDN'T WANT, 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH KIND OF FACTS, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF IT.
WOULD YOU HAND ME THE ASSIGNMENT SHEET? BUT OUR NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSED WITH CENTER POINTING GEORGE DE AS TABULATION SUPERVISOR FOR THE CENTRAL COUNTY STATION FOR ALL ELECTIONS THROUGH JUNE, 2009.
AND WE HAVE, UH, SOME PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP, UH, TO SPEAK.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR LETTING THIS SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UH, I'M GEORGE WA I LIVE IN FORNEY, TEXAS ON SUNSET COURT.
UM, I THINK IT LOOKS KIND OF BAD FOR A COUNTY WHEN YOU HAVE A, A COMMISSIONER'S WIFE WORKING IN A, IN A, IN ANY PLACE IN THE, IN THE ELECTIONS BUREAU.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT JODI IS GOOD AS SHE DOES HER JOB.
SHOULD BE WORKING OVER HERE DOING ANYTHING IN THE ELECTIONS AREA.
I'M, I'M GONNA, I I WOULD THINK THERE'S BE A RULE AGAINST COUNTY HIRING PEOPLE'S WIVES THAT ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UH, REASONABLE SURE'S PROBABLY AGAINST THE LAW.
THERE'S SEVERAL UPLOADS THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTEST THIS TO THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH THE SECRETARY OF HIS TAKE.
JODY DOES A FINE JOB AND I DON'T THINK NOBODY WORRIES ABOUT HER JOB.
IT JUST PUTS A BAD FLAVOR ON THE WHOLE ELECTION WHEN THE FORMER COUNTY CHAIR AND THE WIFE OF THE COMMISSIONER IS WORKING THAT ELECTION, UH, JODY DOES A GOOD JOB.
MAYBE SHE OUGHT TO GO TO
UH, NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS SARAH WICKER.
UH, JUDGE, WHILE SHE'S COMING IN, SHE MAY, I'M SORRY, BUT I WAS FEW MINUTES LATE THIS MORNING AND I DID GET TO SIGN IN, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK IF I COULD.
I AM THE NEW KALIN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CHAIR WITH THE PASSING OF OUR, OF PAUL.
UM, OUR CONCERNS ARE ALSO WITH THE WIFE OF AN ELECTED
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OFFICIAL BEING APPOINTED AS THE TABULATION SUPERVISOR, UH, BEING THE COUNTY CHAIR.THAT MAKES ME A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION AS SET FORTH IN THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE.
UM, WHICH MEANS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION OR THE DECISION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY OR TABULATING THE VOTES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
AND THAT'S POINTING IN, UH, THERESA FLOYD AND PJ GIBSON, JODY DILLER AND BARBARA DAUGHTRY.
UM, HAD I BEEN INCLUDED AT THAT TIME, I WOULD'VE, AND I, THOSE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS I WOULD'VE VOICED OR STATED MY VIEWS OR MY OPPOSITIONS TO IT.
UM, THE REASON FOR MY OPPOSITION IS THE DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP TO AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN KALIN COUNTY, AS STATED IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE TEXAS SELECTION LAWS SUB CHAPTER B, CHAPTER 5 73 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND THAT'S IN SECTION 5 7 3 0.024, WHICH ADDRESSES THE DETERMINATION OF AFFINITY A.
TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER BY AFFINITY, IF NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE MARRIED TO EACH OTHER'S TO EACH OTHER.
SO I HAVE CONCERNS THAT THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE AND KAUFFMAN COUNTY DEMOCRATS WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD THAT KAUFFMAN COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARE OPPOSED TO THIS APPOINT.
UM, I HAVE FURTHER CONCERNS THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE FUTURE LITIGATION FOR OUR KAUFFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND SO WE TRIED TO AVOID WHATEVER IT COULD TO COST THE COUNTY MORE MONEY WITH ANYTHING ELSE.
AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
NEXT IS MARTHA WILLIAMS. SHE DID NOT GET, SHE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, SO IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND SCRATCH OFF, SHE WAS HERE AND HAD TO LEAVE.
UM, SO NEXT IS KEN LEONARD, 5 7 3 0 2 4.
I'D LOVE TO VISIT WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO GO AGAINST MY, YOU NOTICE, I, YES.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, I, I HAD HEARD THAT, UH, THE DEMOCRATS WERE GONNA COME TODAY LAST NIGHT, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT I COME ALSO, AND I'M ONLY SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
I AM A FORMER COUNTY CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I AM A FORMER ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I'M A FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
UH, AND THIS SEPTEMBER I WILL BE A DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, AND THAT WILL BE THE THIRD TIME.
BUT AS I SAID, AND ALSO I SERVED ON THE CANDIDATE RESOURCE COMMITTEE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS.
UM, BUT I'M NOT HERE REPRESENTING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
UH, AN ELECTION IS A SACRED TRUST AND THERE SHOULD BE NO QUESTION THAT WE BEND OVER BACKWARDS.
SO EVERYONE ASSURED IS ASSURED THAT THERE IS IMPARTIALITY IN OUR ELECTIONS.
AND IF YOU APPOINT A COMMISSIONER'S SPOUSE, YOU CANNOT ASSUME IMPARTIALITY.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT WILL BE IMPARTIAL, I'M JUST SAYING TO THE AVERAGE PERSON IT
AN ELECTION DOES NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL Y'ALL SAY IT TAKES PLACE.
THAT IS THE SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES.
THAT MEANS WHEN YOU CANVAS THE ELECTION, YOU SAY, WE HAVE LOOKED OVER ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, WE CERTIFY THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND YOU CANNOT SERVE AS AN OVERSIGHT AND HAVE ONE OF YOUR SPOUSES, UH, IN THE POSITION OF AUDITING ONE OF YOUR SPOUSES.
THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO DO THAT JOB.
UH, I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU FIND SOMEONE THAT IS BEYOND A DOUBT, IMPARTIAL AND APPOINT SOMEONE ELSE IN THIS POSITION.
AND NOW I'LL BE GLAD TO VISIT IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS BRENDA PRINCE.
EACH MEMBER COMMISSION'S COURT.
I DO APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR BEING FEW MONTHS LATE, BUT YOU KNOW, HOW IS WITH GRANDKIDS IN THE WEEKEND? WE JUST NOW GOT TWO.
OH, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD, UH, STATING THAT, UH, I DO LIVE AT 1 0 3 ROCKWALL COURT IN TAROT, TEXAS, AND I AM A REGISTERED VOTER.
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AS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, I DID TELL THE WORDS OF, UH, MR. LEONARD, MY CHAIRPERSON AND GEORGE LOT, AND I'D LIKE TO GO ON RECORD STATING THAT I DO HAVE OBJECTION AS TO THE, UM, LET ME SEE HOW IT'S WORDED HERE, UH, TO APPOINT JODY GELLER AS THE TABULATION SUPERVISOR OF THE CENTRAL COUNTY STATION FOR ALL ELECTIONS THROUGH JUNE, 2009.AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ALL WOULD LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, WE WANT THIS TO BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.
I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL WORKED TOGETHER, BUT, UH, I REALLY WISH THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE, UH, WE DO KNOW THAT IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST.
AND I THINK THAT YOU THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, THERE WAS, UH, SOME LEGAL ISSUES BROUGHT UP THAT I'M SURE JOHN HADN'T HAD HAND.
YEAH, I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE DEGREE OF AFFINITY AND, AND, UH, AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A PAID PHYSICIAN.
DO YOU NEED SOME TIME PAID POSITION? THINK ABOUT THAT.
OR CAN YOU, UH, UH, IS THAT, COULD, COULD WE MOVE THIS TO NEXT WEEK FROM CONCERN RESEARCH ORDERS, THE POSITION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TODAY, UH, TIMEWISE DICK, UH, NEXT WEEK? WOULD THAT BE TOO LATE? UM, I DO KNOW THAT THE BOTH, UH, PARTIES WERE SENT EMAILS BECAUSE BY JUNE THE 30TH, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TURNED INTO US A LIST OF WHO THEY WANTED AS ELECTION JUDGES.
UH, WHO THEY WANTED AS THE RESIDING JUDGES OF THE COUNTY STATIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE EACH SENT FROM SECRETARY OF STATE.
YOU KNOW, THIS LIST TURNED INTO OUR OFFICE BY JUNE 13 FROM DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
AND, UM, A LIST THAT SAID THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING THE TABULATING PEOPLE.
THERE WAS A MEMO FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE BECAUSE I, IT IT WENT TO ALL COUNTY CHAIRS.
AND THAT WAS, AND YOU TOLD THERE WAS A DEADLINE ON, WHEN DID IT GET SENT? JANELLE? I KNEW THAT THERE WAS A, A DEADLINE OR A THING REGARDING THE ELECTION JUDGES AT THE VOTING BOXES.
IT'S ALL, IT'S IN THE SAME, I WOULD THINK WE COULD DEFER IT TO NEXT WEEK AND GIVE THE ATTORNEY TIME.
I, I I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY NOTICE ISSUES ON THAT.
MY CONCERN IS JUST WITH THE CAPACITY, WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE DESIGNATED SOMEONE OR DIDN'T, THAT THAT DOESN'T GO TO THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY MIGHT HAVE.
YOU MIGHT GET A COPY OF THAT MEMO FROM SECRETARY OF STATE AS WELL.
CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN TO TAKE LESS UNTIL JOHN GET MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE AND BY COMMISSIONER.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSSED CONSIDER APPOINTING BARBARA DARTY AS THE ASSISTANT TABULATION SUPERVISOR FOR THE CENTRAL COUNTY STATION FOR ALL ELECTIONS THROUGH MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHANE.
NEXT WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER EXCEPT INTERIOR LEE LANE.
GRIFFITH AVENUE MASTERS DRIVE, COLONIAL DRIVE FOUR FIVE DRIVE, CLEARVIEW DRIVE, SKYVIEW DRIVE, GRANDVIEW DRIVE, SKYVIEW LANE, FAIRVIEW COURT OR COUNTY MAINTENANCE WHERE LOCATED PRECINCT PRECINCTS.
TWO THAT BE BY THE GOLF COURSE.
WELL ACTUALLY, UH, ALL THE GOLF LANE WERE OVER IN GOLFING.
TERRY TERRY LEE LANE IS IN, UH, PROBABLY RIGHT OFF OF, UH, OSIS TERRY LEE LANE.
ALL THE, UH, PROCEDURES WERE GONE THROUGH TO ACCEPT THAT IT JUST FELT
UH, I BELIEVE MR. EVERYTHING'S BEEN APPROVED ON, UH, I HAD PS COME
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OUT AND CHECK ON MASTERS ON PARK FIVE.UH, HE REQUESTED SOME REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE AND REPAIRS WERE MADE BY THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION.
UH, FIFTH AVENUE WAS JUST MISTAKENLY LEFT OFF THE MAP AND MAPPING PROJECT.
THERE'S ABOUT HALF A MILE IN THE COUNTY.
JU IN THE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS OF GERALD THAT HAS ONLY BEEN MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY.
JUST LEFT OFF, UH, ALL THE CLEARVIEW SKYVIEW, GRANDVIEW, THAT'S ALL THE GRANDVIEW ESTATES.
UH, THEY'RE ALL CONCRETE TORE.
THEY'RE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD NOW.
UH, THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE WANTED, UH, THE COMPLAINT BASICALLY WAS, UH, LACK OF A SPEED ENFORCEMENT IN TRACK.
AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE, SINCE THEY'RE NOT ON THE COUNTY MAINTENANCE LIST, THEN WE CAN'T PUT TRAFFIC SIGNS UP ON THEM.
AND SO THEREFORE THEY CAN'T HAVE ANY, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE.
SO HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I'M GONNA ASK ANY OF YOU TO AFTER, IF WE APPROVE ALL THESE FOR SPEED LIMITS.
SO HOA IS
COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, NOW WE WILL DISCUSS, CONSIDER POINTING MARK S CO SAX CO.
UH, TO REPLACE FLOYD SMITH ON EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.
WHO'S GOT NUMBER SEVEN? THAT'S, THAT'S IN YOUR PRECINCT, IS IT? PRECINCT? IS CHUCK HERE? PRECINCT TWO.
OH, I MOTION MADE Y'ALL PRONOUNCE HIS NAME FIRST.
INTERESTING MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER.
UH, NOW WE WANT TO CONSIDER APPOINTING JOHN DABS TO REPLACE PAUL MOORE TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT.
UH, I HAVEN'T ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY ABOUT ANY WHETHER GENTLEMEN.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TELLER.
UH, NEXT WE'LL DISCUSS, CONSIDER RENEWING THE TITLE OF FOUR E CHILD WELFARE CONTRACT WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
UH, YOU, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT? THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
IT'S WITH, UH, CONTRACT WITH US WHERE WE CAN KEEP THE CHILDREN OUT AT THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER AND THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER BOARD BE REIMBURSED FOR SOME EXPENSES BY CHILD WELFARE THROUGH A CHILD WELFARE CONTRACT LIKE IT'S BEEN APPROVED.
I, UH, YEAH, NORMALLY IN THE PAST.
SOMETIMES I THINK WE JUST SIGNED OFF ON IT.
BUT, UH, THIS TIME WE'LL COURT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
UH, NEXT ONE TO CONSIDER PROVING THE DE OF ROBERT D. MCGEE FOR THE
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CHAIN.
A MOTION CARRIES GETTING ALONG TOWARD THE END OF THE BUDGET.
UH, MR. JONES I'M SURE HAD A FEW LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
WE PROPOSED SIGNIFICANT LINE ITEM TRANSFERS IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASE OFFICE SUPPLIES 5,000, LIFE INSURANCE, 4,000 WITH IONS SPECIAL SERVICES, $1,106.
ELECTION EXPENSE, INCREASED EQUIPMENT, 11,100.
SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
INCREASED POSTAGE METER RENTALS.
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TO ANIMAL CONTROL COSTS IN THE JAIL.WE HAVE A SWITCH BETWEEN OPEN POSITIONS AND SAL ONE.
OFFICER EXTENSION SERVICE AGENTS TRAVEL 3006 WITH OFFICE SUPPLY COMPUTER AREA.
INCREASED COMPUTER REPAIRS 1,700 WITH REDUCTION OF SOFTWARE EQUIPMENT.
UH, COUNTY CHILD SHELTER, INCREASED GROCERIES.
3000 IN PRODUCTION OF CLOTHING.
700 PRODUCTION OF MISCELLANEOUS LOGAN BRIDGE PRECINCT TWO.
20,000 TO DO WITH EQUIPMENT LEASE PURCHASE.
5,000 WITH PRODUCTION OF ROAD MATERIALS BRIDGE PRECINCT.
INCREASE UNIFORMS. A THOUSAND DOLLARS DUCTION GARBAGE PICKUP.
1200 PRODUCTION OF EQUIVALENT REPAIRS.
I OFFICE 3012 REDUCTION STATISTICS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS CERTIFYING ADDITIONAL GRANT REVENUES.
5,000 PUBLIC WORKS, BUDGETING THAT FOR EXTRA HELP AND KNOWLEDGE AND LOGIC.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SERGEANT GRANT FOR BUREAU OF JUSTICE FOR $8,000 FROM THAT.
OKAY, GENTLEMEN, Y HEARD LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST WITH ENTERTAINING MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
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THANK YOU.THEY SHOULD GIVE YOU THREE COPIES OF THESE.
SO THERE'S MORE THAN ONE SENT THESE.
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HOW YOU DOING? GOOD.I JUST WANNA BE SURE YOU, YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP.
THAT GOES IN THIS NEW DRIVEWAY.
LIKE MARIJUANA? NO, WE TO CHANGE WEEDS.
WE REPAIRED, THE GUY HAD GRASS SO WE JUST PUT PALLET.
YEAH, YOU BOUGHT PALLET FOR 20? NO.
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YOU APPROVE THOSE COMPANY.WHO APPROVES? THEY THE GUY DOES.
WE, NO, I, WELL HE AND I TALKED THE, THE DATE THAT HE PRESENTED TO ME, THE, THE 18TH I THINK AS I RECALL.
WE GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE AT CONFERENCE.
THAT MAY BE GONNA PLAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT CEDAR CREEK.
HOW Y'ALL DOING? MATTER IN LINE.
DOING Y'ALL DOING ALRIGHT? UH, I MET WITH LARRY ALREADY.
HE TOLD ME JUST GOOD THEY DIDN'T GET DRESSED.
NOW NEXT WEEK WE'LL ALL COME UP HERE.
HOW'S YOUR ROAD? SOMETIMES IT'S NOT BAD.
I THINK I'VE GOT MY CHURCH STILL.
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REALLY? NO, I THINK THEY, UH, THEIRS IS ONLY A ONE FIVE.YEAH, WE, WHAT'S THE WORST THING? NO, THAT'S FINE.
SORRY, I GOT YOUR MESSAGE AND I GOT TIED UP.
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GOT THAT BRIDGE TAKEN CARE OF.SOMEBODY DUMP WITH A BUNCH OF CONCRETE CHUNKS AND BRUSH AND STUFF AROUND THAT.
YOU KNOW, HAS THE FARM AROUND THAT FIRST.
WHEN DID YOU GUYS, WHEN HE COME, WELL, LIKE, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ON, IT'S ON RADIO, WHICH IS OFF FOUR 60 AND SEVEN 40.
AND THE TALKING ABOUT FIVE FIVES OF
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I HAD A, YOUR NAME ALL CARRIED, SECONDED.SHE CAN'T WHAT? RAY CLARK FIRST DID IT.
WHO DID? AND COMMISSIONER SHANE SECONDED.
COMMISSIONER SHANE FIRST DID IT.
COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDED IT.
IN FAVOR OF EVERYONE'S IN FAVOR, EVERYONE.
ARE YOU SURE? EVERYONE WITHOUT A DOUBT.
WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE JURY.
ARE YOU GOING TO EVERY TWO WEEKS.
BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY GREAT SCHEDULE FOR ME AND SOME OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS OFFICE.
OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS AUGUST 11TH.
WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT COMES OVER MONDAY.
WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION INTO ADJOURN.