* 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] OKAY, COMMISSIONER SHANE UP THIS MORNING, PLEASE WILL YOU PRAY WITH OUR MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER. WE COME TO YOU TODAY ALWAYS THANKING YOU. BEFORE YOU BE ANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU BESTOW ON US TODAY, WE ASK YOU TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TROOPS. WHO IN HARM'S WAY, BE WITH THE LEADERS OF OUR NATION. BE WITH US NOW AS WE DO OUR COUNTY BUSINESS. BE THANKFULLY, ASK YOUR SON'S NAME, AMEN. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FOR WHICH IT STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FROM HONOR MATTER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN IVIS. OKAY, Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. ARE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLER. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIED. HEY, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, DISCUSS AND CONSIDERED DECLARING, UH, PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH OCTOBER 11TH AS NATIONAL FOUR WAGE WEEK IN KAUFMAN COUNTY. YOUNG PEOPLE. Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP AND, UH, SAY YOU'RE, UH, SAY COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE, AND I CAN TO YOU, TWO OF OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY FOUR H YOUTH COUNCIL. HI, I'M BRIAN MOORE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FOUR H YOUTH COUNCIL. HELLO, I'M HANNAH FELLER. I'M THE SECRETARY OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FOUR H YOUTH COUNCIL. WELCOME. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE 2008 PROCLAMATION FOR THE NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK WEEK, WHEREAS FOUR H IS A COMMUNITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA WHO ARE LEARNING LEADERSHIP, CITIZENSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS. FOUR H IS ONE OF THE LARGEST YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN TEXAS WITH NEARLY ONE IN EVERY 10 TEXANS. YOUTH INVOLVED IN FOUR H FOUR H IN TEXAS CLAIMS OVER ONE BUILDING YOUTH MEMBERS AND OVER 40,000 ADULT VOLUNTEERS WA COFFMAN COUNTY'S FOUR H PROGRAM MEMBERS. OVER 250 CLUB MEMBERS AND OVER 80 LEADERS FOUR H AS A PART OF THE TEXAS AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE IS A PROGRAM WHERE YOUTH PLAN TOGETHER IN ALL KINDS OF PROJECTS, EVENTS, AND ACTIVITIES. FOUR H HAS BEEN HELPING YOUTH AND ADULTS LEARN, GROW, AND WORK TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. THE COUGHLIN COUNTY FOUR H CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT PROGRAM HAS REACHED OVER 5,000 STUDENTS IN CHARACTER EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND AG LITERACY LITERACY PROGRAMS. WORKING WITH 250 VOLUNTEERS NOW, THEREFORE I COUNTY JUDGE. WELL WE, WE GOT A QUOTE ON THIS FIRST MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER TO PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 5TH 11TH, UH, NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK INMAN COUNTY. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN A MOTION. CARRIES NOW, THEREFORE, I JUDGE WAYNE, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BOARD, KAMAN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. WE HEREBY FOR A CLAIM OCTOBER 5TH, THE 11TH, 2008 IS NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK IN COMAN COUNTY. AND URGE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM, WHICH GIVES YOUTH THE CHANCE TO LEARN TOGETHER AND OWN THEIR OWN AS PART OF KAMAN COUNTY FOUR WAGE. AND TO JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING THE UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR COUNTY AND OUR UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. UH, WHILE Y'ALL ARE HERE, WE GOT YOU. [00:05:01] YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, YOU ALL AT THE STATE FAIR AND WELL, WE JUST FINISHED UP WHAT WE CALL THE OPEN SHOW WEEKEND, WHICH IS OUR NEWEST CLUB. THE NI UH, LONE STAR NIGERIAN WAR GOAT CLUB WAS THERE, THERE WAS OVER 15 KIDS IN KAMAN COUNTY. IT WAS EXCELLENT. UH, WITH THE NIGERIAN WAR GOATS, WE HAVE KIDS FROM THE AGES OF FIVE BECAUSE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SHOW THOSE 'CAUSE THEY ONLY GIVE ABOUT 40 POUNDS BECAUSE, UM, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 18. AND I HAD, UH, EIGHT LEADERS THERE HELPING THEM. AND THIS WEEKEND WAS REALLY QUITE ASTOUNDING BECAUSE WE DID EXCELLENT. UM, I WAS TRYING TO BE, UH, SUPPORTIVE FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS AT THE STATE FAIR, BUT GOT A LITTLE EMOTIONAL WHEN, YOU KNOW, CALLED COUNTY MECHANIC MECHANIC FIRST PROPOSITION. UM, ALSO WE HAD OUR, UH, NEWEST MEMBERS. UH, THE RESIDENT CHECKS WERE THERE WITH THEIR BREEDING HOGS. THEY'VE BEEN SHOWING MARKET HOGS FOREVER AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING THEIR STANDS THAT INSTEAD OF GOING OUT AND BUYING THEIR MARKET HOGS, THEY'RE GONNA TRY THEIR EXPERTISE THAT ACTUALLY MAY BE RAISING THEIR OWN, WHICH IS WHAT FOUR H IS ALL ABOUT. TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER, WHICH IS WE CAN COMBINE ALL THESE, I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH EXPERTISE, WE'RE GONNA TRY RAISING OUR OWN. SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN GUILTS. WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HEAD TO SAN ANTONIO NEXT. STATE FAIR WAS QUITE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. OKLAHOMA KIND OF WHOOPED UP ON US A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE READY FOR 'EM WHEN WE COME TO STATE FAIR OR TO SAN ANTONIO. UM, SO WE DID EXCELLENT. THIS WEEK IS OUR BIG WEEK. UH, WE HAVE OUR LAMBS AND MARKET HOGS MOVING IN TODAY AND THERE WILL BE, UH, SIX MARKET HOGS AND ONE LAMB MOVING IN TODAY. AND THEN WE HAVE 11 STEERS MOVING IN TOMORROW. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME WATCH THE PROSPECT STEER SHOW, THAT'S WHERE OUR YOUNGEST MEMBERS WILL BE GETTING THEIR STEERS TO SEE HOW WELL WE MIGHT FARE FOR THE BIG SHOWS OR JUST FORT WORTH, NOT THE FORT WORTH, SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON SHOWS. WE'RE GONNA SEE IF THOSE PROSPECTS ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE WORTH US HOLDING. SO THERE'S THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE OVER 18 HEIFERS HEADING UP FOR THE NEXT WEEK. AND SO THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IS GONNA BE VERY BUSY FOR US AND WHEN WE'RE ON THE WAY. AND THEN THE HORSE JUDGING TEAM HEADS FOR WACO ON SATURDAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO FAR STRETCHES OF ALL END DIRT THIS WEEKEND. THAT WAS GREAT. BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. IT'S BUSY THE LAST TIME. KIDS ARE VERY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL PUT IN YOU AND YOUR ADULT LEADERS AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE. I KNOW IT'S, UH, IT'S A GRUELING TIME THESE TWO WEEKS, BUT I KNOW IT'S VERY FOR FULFILLING ALSO. IT'S EXTREMELY FOR FULFILLING. SO WE HAVE A LOT TO COME UP. THE FOUR H PROGRAM IS ON THE GROW. WE HAVE THREE NEW CLUBS THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE ONE IN CHERYL, THE LOVE STOCK FOUR EIGHT CLUB. AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW CLUB IN SPUR ROSTERS CALLED THE RUMINANTS UNLIMITED KIND OF OFFSHOOT ON THE DUCKS UNLIMITED . BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT GIVES US. AND AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY SUPPORTIVE IN OUR PROGRAM AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE ARE TRULY BLESSED IN THIS COUNTY. UM, ALSO WE'RE TRULY BLESSED IS BECAUSE HOPKINS COUNTY HAS STILL THE, PROBABLY THE LARGEST VOLUNTEER BASE THAT PROBABLY NONE OTHER, UH, COUNTY HAS THAT I HAVE OF PEOPLE THAT STILL RECOGNIZE YOUTH AS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FUTURE. WELL, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE THE GOOD WORK THAT, UH, THAT YOU ALL DO FOR OUR COUNTY AND OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR PEOPLE. SO, AND DON'T FORGET TO COME HUNGRY NEXT MONDAY. MONDAY NEXT MONDAY MORNING. YEAH, EVERYBODY GOT ON THEIR AND UH, LAST SUMMER BRIANNA AND HER BROTHER AND, AND UH, HOW MANY KIDS WERE THERE? YOUNG PEOPLE? NINE. NINE NINE. YEAH. I GOTTA GO TO WASHINGTON DC FOR A FIELD TRIP AND UH, SEE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND, AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH BRIANNA'S PICTURES AND I COMMENTED ON ONE THAT SHE HAD ABOUT WHAT IT MEANT TO ME. AND LOOK WHAT SHE BROUGHT ME THIS MORNING. SHE HAD DONE THIS, HAD THIS DONE FOR ME. AND ACTUALLY THAT, UH, PHOTOGRAPH THERE THAT, UH, THAT TOOK HER, THAT GOT HER RECOGNIZED ON THE STATE LEVEL AND THE DISTRICT LEVEL IN THE BLUE CATEGORY. RIGHT? SO SHE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED. SO BEEN DOING OUR UH, LEADERSHIP TEAM WILL BE HEADING, UH, TO WASHINGTON NEW C AGAIN NEXT YEAR. AND SO WE'LL BE HAULING BACK THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO GUARANTEE WE'LL BE TAKING THE TRAIN AGAIN. UH, TWO DAYS ON A TRAIN WAS A LITTLE MUCH FOR THE OLDER ADULTS, SO THE KIDS ENJOYED IT. IT WAS TOO MUCH TIME ON A TRAIN FOR ME. SO BRIANNA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW YOU GUYS DON'T TO BE SLA NOW BRIANNA ALSO BROUGHT THIS FOR ME TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. . OKAY. WE GONNA SHARE IT BY PRECINCT . I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN FOUR H FOR 44 YEARS NOW. AND BEFORE H PROGRAM IN RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY AS STRONGEST AS I'VE EVER SEEN IT. AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH EVERY COUNTY ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT, EVER BEEN HERE. AND UH, THANK PERRY FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, WHAT YOU'VE DONE. YOU [00:10:01] THANK YOU. YOU'RE A YOUNGSTER WHEN IT COMES TO PARTICIPATION. INMAN COUNTY, YOU'VE 40 YEARS LOT. I'VE GOT 60 YEARS PARTICIPATION IN COUNTY FOUR. WOW. BECAUSE I HAD, UH, I WAS IN FOUR H WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. SO FOUR H WHAT THIS DOES FOR THE KIDS, OH COMMUNITY REALLY GIVES THEM AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE AGRICULTURE IS ABOUT AND HOW THAT THE FOOD MAKES IT TO THE TABLE. THEY GET TO LEARN THINGS THAT'S AVERAGE CHILDREN DON'T GET TO LEARN. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO FAMILY. HELLO. I'LL THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY, NEXT WE'LL DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION DESIGNATED THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL FOR THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE INDIGENT DEFENSE GRANTS PROGRAM FOR 2009. AND UH, THAT'S ME. I'M ONE THEM. YOU'RE ONE OF THEM. YES, SIR. WELL, HAL AND I HAVE TO SIGN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH, SO WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING THAT. THIS WILL GIVE US, UH, SEE WE GOT OUR AMOUNT FOR THIS COMING YEAR. YES, ACTUALLY THIS IS OUR ONGOING GRANT. SO, UM, THOUSAND ABOUT 48. 48 THIS YEAR. 48, 8 2. WE APPRECIATE, UH, Y'ALL LETTING US DO THAT. COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES A MOTION COMMISSIONER. SECONDS IT ALL IN RIS AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, NEXT, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN A PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH ANNE PORTER TO PERFORM CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION REPAIR MAINTENANCE OR REMODELING THE PROPERTY FOR TON COUNTY AND SUPERVISION OF SUCH WORK FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2009, AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE BID REQUIREMENTS ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 6 2 FOR PERSONNEL SERVICES CONTRACT JACK THAT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENT OF THE THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY. YES SIR, IT DOES. WE ENTERTAIN THE MOTION. I MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROBIN SECONDARY COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. NEXT DISCUSS, CONSIDER REQUESTING ADDITIONAL MONIES AS MERIT PAY FOR COUNTY COURT AT LAW ADMINISTRATION FOR COMPETING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO TEXAS CENTER FOR THE JUDICIARY AND OBTAIN CERTIFICATION AS A COURT ADMINISTRATOR COURT. NOR HERE. GOOD MORNING. YOU CAN TELL I DIDN'T WRITE THAT. . HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS MORNING? GREAT, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING GREAT. UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO Y'ALL BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS. WE HAD PERHAPS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THIS IN AS IT WOULD RELATE TO A SALARY INCREASE IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE IN, IN THIS TIMEFRAME IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WANT TO ENTERTAIN INCREASING THE, UH, COURT COORDINATORS WITH THAT KNOWN AS SALARY AT THE TIME WE DID OUR WORKSHOPS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I WANTED TO JUST PUT IT ON YOUR, UM, ON THE AGENDA BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS PASSED AS IT RELATED TO MERIT PAY AND DISTINGUISHED STAFF. UM, ALL THE JUDGES HAVE, SO THE FIVE JUDGES ALL HAVE COURT COORDINATORS AND THE REASON THAT I ADDRESS IT AS THE COURT OF LAW ADMINISTRATOR IS BECAUSE IT'S A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT'S CREATED BY THE JUDICIARY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE JUDGES AND WHAT I ATTACHED WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM HAVE TO HAVE. IT'S A THREE YEAR PROGRAM AND SOME PEOPLE WILL GO AND ATTEMPT FOR ONE YEAR AND SAY, I CAN'T DO THAT THREE OR FOUR DAY PROGRAM. SOME PEOPLE DO TWO YEARS, SOMETIME AFTER THE SECOND YEAR THEY WILL GO TO THE THIRD YEAR AND GET A COMPLETION AND ACTUALLY EARN THE TITLE OF A COUNTY COURT LAW ADMINISTRATOR. AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO THE COMMISSIONERS INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT IT AS A SALARY INCREASE TO, AND, AND PERHAPS LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF A MERIT PAY [00:15:01] FOR THE, IN OUR COUNTY IT'S WOMEN, BUT IT'S MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM OVER THREE YEARS AND BE ABLE TO, AFTER THEY COMPLETE EACH YEAR TO AWARD THEM. IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COUNTY PAYS FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO GO TO. AND I'M USE, I'M USING THE TERM AGAIN WRONG, IT'S OUR COORDINATORS TO GO TO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVE ENDORSED AS PRO SOMETHING AS AN ACCREDITATION FOR THE, UH, COUNTY COURT, UH, ADMINISTRATORS THEY WANT THEM TO ATTAIN. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REMISS FOR ME NOT TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THEY SHOULD BE AWARDED IF COMPLETED, IF THE COMMISSIONERS THOUGHT THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE THING TO DO. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT IS. AND WE COULD DISSECT WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE IN A WEEK. BUT FRANKLY I HAVEN'T GONE TO ONE OF THOSE. SO IT SEEMS RULING AND IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING YOU, UM, HAVE TO DEVOTE YOURSELF TO, TO COMPLETE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETHING YOU EARN BY COMPLETING. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE FAIRLY GIVEN IF PEOPLE WANTED TO TRY TO OBTAIN THAT. WHAT, WHAT KIND OF REMUNERATION? I KNOW, I I I HAD, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT OTHER THINGS YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T ATTENDED ALL Y'ALL'S COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETINGS, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS CONTINUING EDUCATION OR, UH, MERIT FOR, UH, SOME OF THE INVESTIGATORS OR SHERIFFS THAT MAY NOT BE THE SAME TYPE OF THING THAT YOU LOOK AT SINCE IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, POSITION. UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT TRYING TO ANALOGIZE WHAT THE COURT ADMINISTRATORS WOULD DO WOULD BE THE SAME, BUT I THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY MAKE THE COURTS WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY FOR THE JUDGES IN THE COMMUNITY. AS JUDGES, WE CANNOT SPEAK TO LITIGANTS AND ATTORNEYS IN CASES AS THEY'RE PENDING. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT THAT MAKE THE FACE OF THE COMMUNITY IN LOTS OF TIME. THE FACE FOR Y'ALL, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO WORKS FOR WHO AND STUFF. SO I THINK IT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT THING, BUT IT'S MORE OF A MERIT AND NOT JUST FOR THEIR SALARY. UM, I THINK IF I WOULD, I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET STUCK WITH THIS NUMBER, BUT IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT SOMETHING A THOUSAND OR $2,000 AT EACH LEVEL, THEN AS THAT PERSON GRADUATES THROUGH, IT WOULD BE THREE OR 4,500, WHATEVER NUMBER OF THOUSAND 1500. BECAUSE I THINK THE COMPLETION OF IT'S IMPORTANT. UH, LIKE I SAID, I I, I KNOW, UH, ALL THE COURT, UH, COORDINATORS HAVE GONE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE ALL COMPLETED IT. I KNOW MS. WE MINE WHEN THE LAST YEAR COMPLETED, I KNOW THAT, UH, A LOT OF THE OTHERS HAVE GONE AND THEN THEY MAY GO BACK OR THEY MAY NOT. I THINK IF WE WANT, WE SEND THEM TO THIS AND WE DON'T GIVE THEM ANY KIND OF MERIT FOR IT. I MEAN IT'S, THEN I THINK I I GUESS YOUR, YOUR POSITION COULD BE, WELL IT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO LEARN FOR THEMSELVES THAT WE PAY FOR AS COUNTY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND ASK YOU CONSIDER THAT. DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S BEEN DONE IN ANY OTHER COUNTIES OR NOT? CERTAINLY. I CAN'T, I COULDN'T SIGN TOO ANY BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING THAT WITH ME. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND A COURT COORDINATOR IN MOST COUNTIES. I COULD TELL YOU THAT FOR CERTAIN AND I COULD PROVIDE YOU THAT. I KNOW THE, UH, BUDGET HAS TO BE PASSED AND TELL YOU THAT FOR EXACT, BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER WANT TO GIVE YOU ANY INCORRECT INFORMATION. I KNOW THAT ORIGINALLY AT, UM, ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS WE DISCUSSED IS THEIR, THEIR SALARY AND I DON'T KNOW THE INFORMATION Y'ALL RECEIVED. I I HAVE A DIFFERENT, UH, SALARY FOR, UM, AVERAGE SALARY THAT'S LOWER THAN WHAT Y'ALL HAD BECAUSE I, I GOT IT FROM THE TEXAS COURT COORDINATOR'S, UH, SALARY SURVEY FROM THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATORS OUT OF AUSTIN. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT Y'ALL RECEIVED FROM TWO COUNTIES THAT WERE JUST PULLED OUT. I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHERE THEY CAME FROM. SO I CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU AND SUPPLEMENT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I KNOW JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE AS A, A, UM, ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON THAT WOULD BE IN DALLAS, SO I, I COULDN'T OKAY. YOU KNOW, STRAW POLL THAT, THAT IN DALLAS, A PERSON THAT TAINED A COURT ADMINISTRATOR WAS GIVEN AN INCREASE. BUT I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT AMOUNT AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU IF THAT'S DONE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. I HAVEN'T WORKED IN ANY OTHER PLACE. SO THAT'S ALL I KNOW ANECDOTALLY. BUT I COULDN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING. I WOULDN'T WANNA MAKE ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION THAT I WASN'T SURE OF. IF Y'ALL WOULD ME TO GET THAT INFORMATION, I'D BE GLAD TO. SO BEFORE RIGHT HERE, BUDGET CHECK, WOULD IT BE A PROBLEM IF WE WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR ON THE NEXT BUDGET AND REALLY DO A OUGH ON THIS? IT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM WITH ME, BUT IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH PROBABLY THE COURT COORDINATORS. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I THINK [00:20:01] THAT IT'S, IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TIME TO THOROUGHLY GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. RIGHT. BUT I FELT LIKE I WOULD'VE NOT BEEN FAIR TO HAVE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AFTER REVIEWING THE BUDGET AND SEND IF THERE WASN'T AN INCREASE. RIGHT. TO REALLY APPROACH IT FROM A DIFFERENT YES, WE DID DO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I MAY HAVE SOME OTHER AREAS WE NEED TO LOOK AT. I SUSPICION THAT EACH OFFICE HAS SOME THINGS, SO MAYBE WE CAN DO A BETTER THOROUGH JOB OF THIS THE COMING YEAR. I DUNNO, Y'ALL, THAT'D BE MY FAULT. I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON IT, JUST ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT MAYBE GET WITH, UH, UH, TREASURE COUNTRYMAN, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT KIND OF COST IT WOULD BE AND YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE INFORMATION ON A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. WELL, KENLEY I CAN ANSWER ONLY THE FIRST BUT NOT THE LATTER. I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD BE AS THE INCREASE WOULD BE, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE COURTS, SO IT ONLY AFFECT FIVE PEOPLE. SO THAT I CAN TELL YOU. BUT, BUT THE MONEY IS OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE TRAILER COUNTRY WICK AND NOT KNOW. SO I DO NOT KNOW THAT ANSWER. WELL, I AGREE TO COMMISSIONER SHANE THAT IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LATE, WE'RE GOING PROVE THE BUDGET HERE PROBABLY IN ABOUT ANOTHER 10 TO 15 MINUTES AND, AND TO MAKE THIS, UH, DIRECTION OF THIS TYPE, THIS, THIS LATE IN THE GAME I THINK IS KIND OF TOUGH. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE APPROVAL FOR PEOPLE DOING, DEALING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM, WELL I THINK YOU'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, CLEAR THAT, UH, DIFFERENT ABOUT WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD BE MERITED AND WHAT SHOULDN'T. BUT I, I THINK WITH THAT, WHAT THE, I I THAT WHAT THE, UH, COURT COORDINATORS DO IS AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF THE COUNTY SYSTEM. SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S ATTENTION. AND IF OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER THAT NOW, IT'S FINE. BUT I WOULD, I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOU. IS THIS A THREE YEAR COURSE TO, IT IS A THREE YEAR COURSE, SO SO THEY HAVE TO DO IT FOR THREE YEARS. THAT'S AND BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN GET A MARRIED GRADE THEN, RIGHT? WELL IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WANT TO STRUCTURE IT. YOU COULD, THAT WOULD BE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, A QUESTION YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO REALLY WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND DO SOME HOMEWORK BEFORE WE WELL, IT WOULD JUST DEPEND ON HOW YOU WANT TO STRUCTURE IT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLY COMPLETE ONE YEAR. OR LEMME SAY THIS, I DON'T KNOW A LOT, SOME PEOPLE COMPLETE ONE YEAR, SOME PEOPLE COMPLETE TWO YEARS, SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE PROGRAM. THE QUESTION WOULD BE AMONG THE FIVE, IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE ANY MERIT TO BEGINNING THE PROGRAM AND NOT COMPLETING IT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT LIKE I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING COMMISSIONER SHANE, IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IN A MAYBE, UH, AN ENVIRONMENT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET CYCLES AT THE END SO YOU COULD KNOW WHO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY HAD COMPLETED IT AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY ENTAILED. IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD YOU SAID, RIGHT? MM-HMM . AND IF THERE'S OTHER OFFICERS THAT NEED MERIT PAY OR WHATEVER, WE NEED TO DEFINITELY LOOK AT ALL OF THEM. WELL, I CAN, AGAIN, I CAN SAY ONLY AGAIN, I MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO FIVE OF'EM THAT WOULD FIT UNDER THIS JUDICIAL COURT COORDINATOR. THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR CHANGE THERE PROBABLY ARE FOR SURE EVERY OTHER OFFICE IN THIS COUNTY, I BELIEVE THEIR DEPARTMENT HEAD WOULD COME DOWN AND TELL YOU THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES DESERVE MERIT PAY. I WOULD, UH, SPECULATE THAT. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOBODY WITH THREE YEARS OF TRAINING. YES. THE REASON I'M SPEAKING OF IS SPECIFICALLY IS MY COURT ADMINISTRATOR HAS COMPLETED IT THIS YEAR AND JUDGE CHITTY WILL PROBABLY COMPLETE IT NEXT YEAR IF SHE'S INVITED BACK. BUT I DON'T KNOW THE OTHERS, I I KNOW FROM TALKING TO, UH, JUDGE TOXIC THAT SHE'S COMPLETED ONE YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, UH, JUDGE LEWIS HAS A NEW ADMINISTRATOR, SO I DON'T BELIEVE, UH, HER, HIS FORMER ONE COMPLETED ONE YEAR AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION I KNOW JUST FROM KNOWING THAT. BUT NOT ANYTHING, UM, MORE DETAILED THAN THAT. SO THERE WOULD BE ONE OR TWO YES. THAT HAVE ALREADY YES, THAT. RIGHT. THAT PROBABLY AGAIN, IF, IF YOU DID WHAT YOUR, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE'S FIRST THOUGHT WOULD BE TO DO IT NEXT YEAR, THAT'D PROBABLY BE TWO. BUT I THINK IT WOULD GIVE INCENTIVE TO SOME OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT ARE ASSISTING IN OUR OFFICES THAT WANT TO PERHAPS BE A COURT COORDINATOR ONE DAY TO GET THEM TO MOTIVATE THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AND IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY REALLY WAY OF GIVE ANYTHING IN AN INCREASE IN, OF COURSE AS THEY GO TO THESE SCHOOLS AND THEY DO INCREASE THEIR CERTIFICATION, WHATEVER IT ENHANCES THEIR ABILITY TO DO TO THE MARKETPLACE JOB. AND THAT'S WHY THE COUNTY'S WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THE LAW SAYS WE CAN IF THEY GO TO SCHOOL TO HELP CALKIN COUNTY AND IMPROVE THEIR JOB WITH KAMAN COUNTY. I AGREE WITH THAT COMMENT. YES. UH, I APPRECIATE JUDGE WA UH, TAKING UP HER OFFICE. I THINK [00:25:01] LIKE SHE MENTIONED, WHILE THROUGH EVERY OTHER OFFICE AROUND HERE, PROBABLY GOT THE SAME CRITERIA. SAME, SAME WANTS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES TOO. AND SO I THINK IT'D BE VERY IMPORTANT POLICY IN PLACE BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING TOO. MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S TREATED EQUAL. YEAH, WELL THE POLICY THAT'S IN PLACE NOW, AND THIS COMMISSIONER, SHE DID IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND NOT SEVERAL, BUT PROBABLY ABOUT, UH, FOUR YEARS AGO, WHERE EVERY FIRST LEVEL PERSON UNDER THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, YOU KNOW, DRAWS THE SAME. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HOUSED PERSON, JACK'S PERSON, Y'ALL'S CLERK, CHIEF CLERK, THE DEPUTY CLERK, CLERK, DEPUTY CLERK, UH, THE CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK AND, UH, DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. UH, WE SET THAT, UH, ALL THE SAME LEVEL, ALL BECAUSE WE FELT AT THAT TIME THE COURT FELT THAT THEY WAS EQUAL SERVICE TO THE COUNTY. SO JUDGE, IF WE OKAY THIS BUDGET TODAY, WHICH WE WILL AND, UH, IF, IF THE JUDGES COULD WORK THAT INTO THEIR CURRENT BUDGET, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD, UH, OKAY. ON THAT KIND OF BASIS, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT UH, WE'VE TRIED TO STEER AWAY FROM IS JACKING WITH SALARIES DURING THE BUDGET YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO PROHIBITION TO IT. YEAH, THERE IS FOR ELECTRIC, BUT NOT FOR EMPLOYEES. WELL, I I, AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE IF Y'ALL STOP ME FROM THE HISTORY HERE IN COFFMAN COUNTY, WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT. UH, NOW IN OTHER COUNTIES IT CAUSES A LITTLE BIT OF A ROUGH BECAUSE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL HEAD, AS YOU JUST SUGGESTED, COULD TAKE THAT MONEY WITHIN THE BUDGET AND, AND PERHAPS GIVE IT AS SOME KIND OF MERIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROHIBITION AGAINST IT 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN IT DONE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT SOMEBODY WHERE I'VE BEEN BEFORE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT WAS A PROHIBITION, DID IT ANYWAY. BUT I WOULD NOT, UH, I'M NOT SUGGESTING TO DO THAT. I THINK IT'S BETTER TO GO DIRECTLY TO YOU BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO TREAT SALARY, UH, EVEN IF IT'S MERIT THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT BECAUSE IF NOT THEN WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT TIMES, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS SAYING, I DON'T GET THIS. WELL I'LL JUST TAKE IT OUT OF THAT. AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO, UH, IN RUN THIS. I WANTED TO COME DIRECTLY. I KNEW IT WAS LATE. UM, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IT ON AN ITEM LAST WEEK I WAS IN TRIAL SO I COULDN'T HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU AND THIS WEEK I'M NOT. SO THAT WAS JUST SOME OF THE SITUATION THAT I HAD. SO THAT'S JUST WHERE WE ARE. WELL, I'M MORE INCLINED TO BE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE ABOUT STUDYING THIS THING AND GETTING ALL THE INS AND OUTS AND MAYBE LOOKING AT IT ON NEXT YEAR AND NEXT YEAR BUDGET SINCE WE'RE ALREADY INTO THIS ONE TODAY, BUT WITH AT LEAST ONE PERSON. WELL, YEAH, AND YOU, IT MAY DISCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE GOING TO CLASS, BUT THOSE ARE THEIR DECISIONS. I'M, I'M JUST PRESENTING WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT ITEM. I WOULDN'T HAVE COME AND SAID IF I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT, BUT THAT'S NOT MY DECISION TO MAKE. AND I, AND, AND YOU KNOW, TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING MERIT PAY, THAT'S FINE TOO. I MEAN, I DON'T SEE IT, BUT THAT'S NOT FOR ME TO SEE. I'M FINE WITH THAT. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, DON'T WE HAD PLENTY TIME TO LOOK AT THIS A MONTH AGO OR SO? WE PROBABLY GIVEN IT OKAY. JUST TO BE HERE FOR THE LAST DAY. JUST . WELL THAT'S A CONVENIENT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE. I DON'T TIME. THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH. UH, AND WHAT I WAS HEARING, DANIELLE, TO UH, TABLE THAT AS FAR AS TODAY'S MEETING GOES AND COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL MAKE THAT MOTION AND COMMISSIONER TAYLOR WILL SECOND IT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. DOWN NEXT BUDGET HERE. WE'LL, UH, NEXT ONE DISCUSS. CONSIDER AWARD REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER 0 2 0 8 COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THE COMMITTEE HAS, HAS BEEN MEETING ON THIS AND WE HAD THE COMMITTEE THAT, THAT, UH, ASSISTANT OF, UH, IT DIRECTOR, TWO MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND MYSELF, AND WE HAVE MADE DECISION TO RECOMMEND AWARD TO SATELLITE IN MOTION, SATELLITE MOTION OUT WILLIS, TEXAS IN THE AMOUNT OF 37,000 [00:30:02] 2 46 90. SATELLITE IN MOTION? YES, SIR. AND WHAT WAS THAT? 30 46 90 2 CENTS. AND THIS FOR THE SATELLITE FOR THE, UH, MOBILE UNITS? YES, SIR. ANYBODY? MOTION COMMISSIONER CLARK. WE WILL MAKE THAT MOTION TO AWARD, UH, THAT THE COMMUNICATION SET DID TO SATELLITES IN MOTION AND AMOUNT OF 37,046 92 CENTS. AND COMMISSIONER DOLLAR WILL SECOND IT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU JACK. OKAY, NOW I'M GONNA CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR A BID TO FURNISH AND INSTALL SECURITY FENCE FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT UM, FOUR FM 4 29. NUMBER THREE. UH, YES SIR. UH, THIS IS A HORSE FENCE FOR PROPERTY ON, ON UH, FOUR NINE. AND UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CLOSE THAT BID ON OCTOBER THE 23RD AND OPEN ON OCTOBER 27TH. IS THIS THE NEW PROPERTY? YES SIR. WHAT TYPE OF SECURITY FENCE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? UH, SIX FOOT . YOU WANNA PUT SOME CONCERTINA WIRE ON TOP OF IT? WELL, I, I THINK WE DID DISCUSS SIX FOOT FENCE SQUARE WIRE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT MR. SHANE WANTS TO STORE OUT THERE. A LOCATION. I WE'RE GONNA, THE CO-OP IS ALREADY MAKING PLANS TO START USING PART OF THE PROPERTY UP THE FRONT, UH, FOR THEIR BALER AND, AND TO HAVE DROP OFFS ALREADY. AND SO HAVE TWO 20 FOOT ROLLING GATES ON, ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. UH, WE JUST FIXING TO GET OUR PERMIT FROM THE STATE TO PUT THE CO IN AND SO, UH, WE DO THAT. LIKE I SAID, STILL START USING IT. WE ARE CO-OP AND THEN WE START USING STOCK UP MANY ACRES. ARE WE TALKING 20? WELL, IT IT'S ABOUT, UH, 4,000 FEET. WHAT THAT MEAN? YEAH, PERIMETER BECAUSE THE WHOLE PERIMETER PUT IN THERE. I ALREADY GOT SOMEWHERE. COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL SECOND AND COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY, NEXT, WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, JACK IS DISCUSS, CONSIDER ADVERTISING BID FOR MOTION FOR ALL PRECINCTS. YES SIR. UH, TRYING TO GET FAST TRACK THIS ONE. UH, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF PRICES ARE, ARE GETTING OUTRAGEOUS ON THAT STUFF, WE NEED RE THIS I, I'M HOPEFUL GET BID ON THIS WITH YOU. UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO UH, CLOSE IT OCTOBER 16TH AND OPEN ON OCTOBER. THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER ER WILL SECOND IT ALL IN A MOTION. CARRIE? THANK YOU JACK. JACKIE, BEFORE YOU RUN AWAY, UM, THE GENTLEMAN THAT DID MY, MY FENCE ON THE ECO STATION WAS GOOD. AND LET ME JUST EMAIL HIM HIS ADDRESS, MAKE SURE HE GETS SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHITE FENCE WHITE. YEAH, THAT IT WAS WHITE FENCE PEOPLE A RIGHT, THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE THAT DID ONE AT THE JAIL FOR US TOO. THE SAME ONE THAT DID YOUR OH IT IS? YEAH. OKAY. IT'S A FEW MINUTES AFTER 10. SO LET'S GO BACK UP TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND [00:35:07] OKAY WE HAVE UH, NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 2009. UH, IT'S BEEN ON FILE FOR OVER 30 DAYS IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. THERE ARE A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE COME TO LIFE, PUT IN THAT NEW BUDGET. UH, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO UM, WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS BACK IN APRIL AND UM, TODAY'S THE LAST DAY TO DO SOMETHING. SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 2009. BILL MAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER FELLER. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN YE MOTION CARRIES. NOW IN ORDER TO FULFILL THAT, THOSE BUDGET REQUIREMENTS, WE NEED TO ESTABLISH AND SET THE TAX RATE IN THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND OF 0.447 AND ROAD BRIDGE MAINTENANCE FUND 0.078 AND UH, INTEREST IN SINKING FUND RATE OF 0.0315 FOR THE TOTAL TAX SIX FIVE WHICH IS A HALF PERCENT, UH, LESS THAN LAST YEAR. UH, BUT IT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE. AND THE TAX RATE WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY A $5 DECREASE. UH, IS THAT THE EXACT WORDING THAT MAY NEED TO PUT IN THE MOTION SOMEONE TO MAKE THAT THIS READ THIS. YOU WANNA READ THIS? YEAH, I MOVE THE PROPERTY TAX FEE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF GENERAL OPERATING FUND 0.447 ROAD BRIDGE MAINTENANCE FUND 0.078, INTEREST IN SINKING RATE OR INS AT 0.0315 FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.5565. THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE. AND THE TAX RATE WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME BY APPROXIMATELY A $5 DECREASE. OKAY, COMMISSIONER DON MAY SET A MOTION. SECOND. COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDARY. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAIR TIME? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. HOW DO WE HAVE ANY LINE ON TRANSFERS? BEEN THE LAST DAY OF THE YOU GOT LOAD? YES SIR. WE HAVE A FEW BEGIN WITH YOUR PERMISSION. I'LL JUST READ THE SIGNIFICANT ONE. IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT, WE OPPOSE LINE ON TRANSFER TO INCREASE OFFICE SUPPLIES $1,100 COPIER LEASE 1600 PRODUCTION POSTAGE FROM JP TWO. WE'VE GOT A UH, SWITCH BETWEEN EXTRA HELP AND SECRETARIES OF 1214 MAINTENANCE OPERATION INCREASED THOUSAND 1 25 SOCIAL SECURITY COSTS. CONSTABLE PRECINCT FREE INCREASED GAS AND OIL 1000 WITH PRODUCTION PARTS AND REPAIRS. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT INCREASED GAS AND OIL, 12,000 TRAINING EDUCATION CONFERENCES, 1100, UH, WIFE FINGERPRINT EQUIPMENT 2099 WITH DEDUCTIONS TO OFFICE SUPPLIES AND COMMUNICATIONS AND JAIL FUND. WE HAVE A SWITCH BETWEEN SALARY FOR JAILERS AND SALARY FOR COMMUNICATION OFFICERS OF 6,446. AN INCREASE IN MEDICAL DENTAL EXAM OF 16,100 WITH DEDUCTIONS TO GROCERIES. COSTS INCLUDE COSTS PROBATE LANCY DEPARTMENT INCREASED ATTORNEY FEES 2005 22 WITH PRODUCTION TO IN EXPENSE COSTS. COMPUTER AREA INCREASE REPAIR IS 4,067 WITH PRODUCTION OF SOFTWARE COSTS. THE TRANSFERS AREA AN INCREASE THE TRANSFER OF THE GENERAL ROAD AND BRIDGE A GENERAL RIGHT OF WAY COSTS OF 31,500. AN INCREASE TO SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE STATION OF 3,500 WITH PRODUCTION TO HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. CHILD SHELTER DEPARTMENT INCREASED INSURANCE COST 2009 18 WITH PRODUCTION. THE PART-TIME YOUTH WORKER COSTS [00:40:01] RIDGE PRECINCT ONE INCREASED SUPPLIES $30. COMMUNICATIONS 4 53 UNIFORMS 2 42 WITH ION CONTRACT LABOR BRIDGE PRECINCT TWO INCREASE THE SWITCH BETWEEN EXTRA HELP AND SALARY EMPLOYEES INCREASING PARTIAL REPAIRS. 1009 67 SUPPLIES. BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE, INCREASE EXTRA HELP, 5 85 OF SALARY COSTS. AND ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT WERE DISCUSSED, UH, IN THE, THESE, UH, LINE TRANSFERS FOR GENERAL RIGHT OF WAY AND FOR THE SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE STATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE CERTIFYING ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT GO REGISTRATION THE 5 72. THAT MOTION APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SHANE. COMMISSIONER. MOTION CARRIED. I GUESS WE HAVE A FEW BILLS TO FINISH UP THE YEAR ON. YES SIR. UH, YEAH AND I AGREE. I SEE THAT RESEARCH APPRECIATE OH, OH, [00:45:53] A COUPLE OF NUMBERS AT AND WHEN HE WAS ALL DONE, HE DO THINGS. HE SAID HE DIDN'T REALIZE WHY HE WAS THERE AND THEN HE SAID, WHERE DID YOU SEE HIM? THAT'S, YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO. YOU KNOW WHAT I CALLED YOU THE OTHER DAY. I KNOW THE YOU JUDGE DIDN'T SAY YOU CAN SHARE WITH ME, BUT THAT'S ALL CHOCOLATE CHIPS HERE. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. BRIANNA THERE EATING THE COOKIES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU AGAIN. NO PROBLEM. APPRECIATE IT. [00:50:28] TAKE THE OTHER LITTLE ONLY 2 0 8. OKAY, WELL I I JUST WANTED, YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU FIXED UP THERE. HE THOUGHT I WAS DOING SOMETHING ELSE. COME VISIT WHEN YOU FINISH. THAT'S WHY I WAS GONNA, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IT'S GONNA COST. JACK INVOLVED IN IT. OKAY. AND LET HIM MAKE I THINK FIVE. I THOUGHT WE THE WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU PUT, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT CAN KIND OF DRAW US OFF? YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD SHOOT THAT THING AND I THINK WE COULD GET OUT NUMBER. WE NEED TO COME UP SOME WAY. A STANDARD MARKING PROBLEM WE HAD THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION. CAME IN AND NOBODY WENT OUT THERE WITH THE GUY AND [00:55:15] LAY. YEAH, WELL WE MAKE IT ALREADY DO THAT NOW. WE GET DOWN HERE. THEY WENT OUT MOW ONE THING THAT I FOUND, THE THING WAS WE DID IT 10 MINUTES BEFORE WHEN WE, WHEN WE DID HAVE SPACE OUT THERE. IS THAT WHEN YOU TELL, WHEN THE FUNERAL HOME CALLED, HE SAYS, OH, WE GOT JOE DOWN HERE AND JOE HAD, DOESN'T HAVE JOE DOESN'T HAVE A FAMILY MONEY. LOT TIMES FUNERAL CEMETERY ONCE THE COME, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE OVER. DID YOU HEAR INSIDE? WELL, UP OFF OF THAT ONLY REASON I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WATER BECAUSE THE, WE ABOVE A PAGE OUTTA THIS. PARDON? GET A PAGE TO IT. YEAH. THERE THERE IS AN EMPTY WAY WITH A CULVERT THERE. IT DROPS OFF. WE MAY WANT TO COME INSIDE AND PUT ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, EXTEND THAT BURN COMING ACROSS. WE'LL TO PUT, I DON'T THAT KIND OF, BUT THERE IS AN ENTRYWAY COMING OFF 1 75. NOT IN THE DOWN LOWER END. WELL IT COMES OFF THE ERV IT'S THERE ARMORY. WHEN THAT ARMORY IT'S TURNED BACK, IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I BELIEVE THE KAUFMAN COUNTY AFFAIRS FAIRGROUND ASSOCIATION DON'T EXIST ANYMORE. HUH? THEY DON'T EXIST ANYMORE. WE'RE DOING, WELL SEE, ORIGINALLY IT WAS OFF COUNTY FARM. WELL I KNOW YOU REMEMBER WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING A COUPLE, THREE YEARS AGO. UH, WE HAD, BECAUSE WE OWNED THAT LAND OR SOMETHING, WE HAD TO SIGN AN EASEMENT FOR THE FIRE LINE. FIRE LINE COMPANY. REALIZE THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN EASEMENT DOWN. REMEMBER? COURT. COURT. THAT OUGHT TO BE DIDN'T RICHARD GIVE YOU A CALL? UH, HE MAY HAVE. I'VE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHEN ABANDONED THEIRS AND WHEN THEY MOVED OUT. WHEN THEY MOVE YOU'RE IN TOMORROW. I'M SAYING THAT [01:00:01] CAME OFF NOT REASON, BUT AREA OFFICE TO THE COUNTY. THEY SAID NO, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO SET IT. I SAID SHOW ME THE DEED. SHOW ME THE DEED. THEY CAN'T SHOW ME. I'M TELL YOU HAS GOTTEN VERY DEAL WITH BECAUSE THEIR MONEY, THEY HAVE GOTTEN YOU USED TO UGLY BUT EASY TO DEAL WITH. I YOU WHAT? THAT'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY CHURCH 41 EVERY ELECTED RAISED. THAT'S NOT YOU. THAT'S GOING BE, THEY'VE OUTGROWN THOSE CHURCHES. DO HE KNOW YOU? THAT CONFUSE ME. . YEAH. COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES A MOTION AND WE PAY THE BILLS AND COMMISSIONER DOLLAR SECONDS IT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIED. DON'T FORGET BREAKFAST HERE NEXT MONDAY AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. EIGHT O'CLOCK. SO YOU DON'T GET TO GET UP AND LIFT WEIGHTS AND YOU DON'T GET TO GET UP AND GET THE TWO MILE WALK IN. CAME IN FROM YESTERDAY AND SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT PRESBYTERIAN HOLLER ON WE GOT IT'S NOT A RECTANGLE KIND OF. WE, WE DID. YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE. OKAY. I CAN ANYTHING. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? [01:05:01] UM, THIS WEEK AUR MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ADJOURNED. ADJOURN. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. AND WE AJOUR. * 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.