* 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] UM, WE BUSTED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER DOWNSTAIRS CLOSE TO THE VENDING MACHINES, AND WHEN IT DID, IT JUST FOGGED EVERYTHING. AND, AND IT'S A VERY, UH, NOT OB NOT ONLY OB OBNOXIOUS ORDER, BUT AS ONE OF THE FIREMEN SAYS IT'LL OPEN UP THEIR SCIENCES, . AND, UH, SO NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THE COURTHOUSE WAS ON FIRE. WELL, WE ORDERED THE EVACUATION AND EVERYBODY LEFT. AND THEN WHEN THE FIREMEN GOT THERE AND FOUND OUT WHAT IT WAS, THEN EVERYBODY'S BACK IN NOW. AND, UH, WE'RE STARTING UP COURT OVER THERE. SO WE BLOCKED THAT CORRIDOR OFF. ONE OF THE, UH, UH, PERSONNEL OPERATING THE, UH, SECURITY SYSTEM SAID THAT, UH, THERE WAS A IRATE PERSON BETWEEN THIS MORNING GOT MAD BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM IN THE COURTHOUSE WITH HIS KNIFE. AND I SAID AFTER THAT, HE WAS VERY, VERY AGITATED AND DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE GUY OR NOT, BUT, UH, AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY ON PURPOSE. DID THE, UH, FIRE EXTINGUISHER? HAVING SAID THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER YOU UP THIS MORNING, PLEASE PRAY MS. CHRIST IS HAVING THE FATHER. WE THANK DEE FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY. UH, PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND SEND US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS. WE THANK THE FOR SENDING US A BEAUTIFUL DAY LIKE THIS. I THINK THEY, FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL WEATHER WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, AS USUAL, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR TROOPS WITH FAVOR AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY, AND, UH, HELP TO BRING THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, ALL THIS WAY, ASKING JESUS' NAME, I MENTION I PLEAD THIS ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION OF GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY. IN HONOR AND FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL. Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING OR ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS. IF THERE ARE NONE, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ALL AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNDER A ROUTINE, UH, CORRESPONDENCE. I'D LIKE TO READ A LETTER THAT I RECEIVED. UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING FOR THE COUNTY, YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET, UH, LETTERS OF APPRECIATION, BUT, UH, WE, WE ALWAYS HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE DISSATISFIED, BUT VERY FEW WHO ARE SATISFIED. BUT, UH, I WANT TO READ THIS LETTER, AND IT DOESN'T, IT DEALS WITH, UH, ONE OF OUR DEPUTY SHERIFFS. UH, DEAR JUDGE GENT, THIS LETTER IS FAR OVERDUE FOR, I AM SORRY, BUT I STILL NEED TO TELL YOU THIS STORY. ON AUGUST 30TH, 2008, MY MOTHER, GRACE FICKLING, WOKE TO WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS THE SOUND OF RAIN. SHE WENT BACK TO SLEEP. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WATER SHE HEARD WAS COMING FROM THE RUBBER HOSE INTO HER WASHING MACHINE, AND THE ENTIRE HOUSE WAS ABOUT FIVE INCHES DEEP IN WATER. AT 81 YEARS OF AGE, SUFFERING CONSIDERABLY FROM PARKINSON'S DISEASE. SHE PANICKED UPON WAKING UP, AND SHE CALLED 9 1 1 IN MY TOWN. I'M PRETTY SURE IF THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES OCCURRED, A 9 1 1 OPERATOR WOULD SAY, I'M SORRY, BUT YOU HAVE TO CALL A PLUMBER. AND I WOULDN'T FAULT THEM FOR THAT. BUT IT SAYS, IN THIS CASE, HOWEVER, YOUR NINE ONE OPERATOR FELT THIS DESERVED TO BE PASSED ON. I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT OPERATOR'S JUDGMENT. IT WAS DEPUTY BILLY KILGORE WHO RESPONDED TO THE CALL. HE WENT BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY TO CARE FOR MY MOTHER, AND I'M STILL AMAZED AT HIS PUBLIC SERVICE. [00:05:01] FIRST, HE CAME TO THE COUNTRY HOUSE, THEN HE RETURNED TO THE FARM ROAD TO SHUT OFF THE WATER. NEXT, HE HELPED MY MOTHER FIND HER INSURANCE PAPERS AND CONTACT HER INSURANCE COMPANY. FINALLY, HE STAYED UNTIL THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM ARRIVED. FOLLOWING THAT DAY, MY MOTHER HAD TO MOVE OUT OF HER HOUSE FOR A FEW WEEKS WHILE THE PLACE WAS REPAIRED. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SHE FELL AND BROKE HER SHOULDER, BUT ONCE BACK HOME, SHE FELT, AGAIN, FELL AGAIN AND WENT INTO SERIOUS DECLINE. SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN ONE CRISIS AFTER ANOTHER. THAT IS WHY IT IS TAKEN ME SO LONG TO WRITE THIS LETTER COMMENDING DEPUTY KILGORE TO YOU. I THINK HIS SERVICE WAS EXEMPLARY, AND I HOPE HE WILL PASS ON MY FAMILY'S HEARTFELT. THANKS FOR HIS HELP AND COMFORT TO MY MOTHER. THAT MORNING SIGNED CARL L FLING, UH, FOUR SEVEN LINCOLN SHIRE DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. AND HE SENT A COPY TO THE SHERIFF, SO I'M SURE THE SHERIFF HAS PASSED IT ON TO, UH, DEPUTY KILGORE. BUT, UH, WE'LL SEND THIS ON. I THOUGHT THAT WAS, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, A GOOD OF DEPUTY KILGORE DO THAT, BUT KIND OF SHOWS HOW THE PEOPLE I AM GOING TO, UM, PASS THIS AROUND. UH, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE WANTED A, UH, RESOLUTION FOR OUR TWO COURTS, SIGNED ALL OF THIS INSTEAD OF JUST ME. SO THEY'LL SIGNED THAT. AND COMMISSIONER SHANE'S THE ONE THAT MADE THE MOTION. UH, I THINK WHAT I'LL DO, UH, WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, JC IN A MINUTE, GO OVER THAT AND HOW WE CAN HANDLE THAT. OKAY. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, NO, IT'S NOT HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT 10 O'CLOCK. SO LET'S GET DOWN TO THE NEXT ITEM. UH, MS. LORITA WILLIAMS IS GOING TO PRESENT THE DIRECTOR REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER THROUGH JANUARY. MR. AS READ, OUR NUMBERS, UH, ARE EXPERIENCING A, UH, I HATE TO SAY DRASTICALLY, BUT IT DID ALMOST DRASTICALLY DECLINE IN OUR, IN OUR NUMBER OF REFERRALS. UH, ACCORDING TO THE, THE FPS STATS FOR 2008, WHICH WE, IN JANUARY, UH, THEIR REMOVALS DECLINED 1820 5% FOR THIS PREVIOUS, FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY, UH, THE YEAR BEFORE. OUR NUMBERS ARE TRACKING ALMOST IDENTICAL, UH, TO GO TO THEIR RECORDED STATS. UH, HOWEVER, THEY, THEY DID EXPLAIN IN THEIR, IN THEIR REPORT THAT WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, WAS A, WAS A DECLINE OVER THE PAST YEAR. AND IN NOVEMBER, THEY WERE KIND CLASSIFYING AS A BLOOD, UH, AND EXPECTED AN INCREASE IN RENEWALS FROM THAT TIME. AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPERIENCING THE SAME, THE SAME STATISTICS. UM, OUR NUMBER OF CALLS HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR THE MORE SERIOUSLY CHALLENGING KIDS, UH, ARE WAY UP. A LOT OF THOSE, UH, HAD SEVERAL CALLS FOR TEEN MOMS. WE, WE'VE HAD THREE TEAM MOMS OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, UH, WHICH I SAY IT IS, IT'S A GREAT CHALLENGE FOR US, UH, BECAUSE TEAM MOMS AREN'T ALWAYS OPEN FOR, FOR DIRECTION. UH, BUT IT IS ALSO A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US, UH, TO TEACH MOMS, UH, THE YOUNG MOMS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. UH, SO WE HAVE KIND OF A, A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THING, AND IT'S A SAD THING BECAUSE THE MOMS ARE NOT ALWAYS UP IN THE DIRECTION. UH, BUT BABIES ALWAYS BRING THEIR OWN OWN SET OF CHALLENGES, JUST LIKE EVERY GROUP DOES. AND SO WE ARE ALL WORKING A LITTLE SLEEP DEPRIVE. AND, UH, LITTLE SHORTHANDED AGAIN, HAD SHE CUT BACK ON HER STAFF. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO COVER ALL THE BASES, EVERYBODY OUT. UH, WE HAD SOME COUNTY'S, UH, CALL FOR REFERRALS THAT WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH IN A WHILE. UH, JOHNSON COUNTY , UH, CAMP AND EL HAVE ALL CALLED US THE, THE LAST FEW [00:10:01] MONTHS. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM IN A LONG TIME. SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, I, I FEEL THAT WE WE'RE ON ANOTHER SWING ON OUR REFERRALS. UH, OF COURSE, UH, END OF THE YEAR IS ALWAYS A TREMENDOUSLY BUSY TIME FOR, FOR US, UH, BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS SO INVOLVED IN OUR SHELTER. UH, IN NOVEMBER, THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONCE AGAIN, A SPONSORED EXPERIENCE CHALLENGE WHERE EACH CAMPUS, UM, RAISES MONEY FOR THE SHELTER. UH, THIS YEAR WE GOT KIND OF A LATE START. WE'VE HAD SUCH A TURNOVER IN PERSONNEL, IN, IN ADMINISTRATION AND, AND AT THE, AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL AND THE SCHOOL LEVELS. UH, WE'VE GOT KIND OF A LATE START, BUT THEY STILL MANAGED TO BRING US IN OVER THOUSAND DOLLARS. UM, SO THAT WAS A TREMEND PROJECTION. YOU SAID 80, 80. UM, IN, IN LOOKING HERE, IT SAYS EIGHT, UH, I NEED TO CORRECT THAT. IT WAS OVER 80,000, HAS TWO YEARS IT OVER. AND, AND EVEN WITH THE , THEY STILL TREMENDOUSLY. UH, OF COURSE, CHRISTMAS ALWAYS, ALWAYS BRINGS THE COMMUNITY IN TO, UH, SUPPORT THE KIDS. WE PROBABLY HAD 12 FIVE GROUPS OUT. I THINK WE HAD PARTIES LIKE EVERY DAY, THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. UH, OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF, OF TOYS AND, AND STUFF FOR THE KIDS, PERSONAL STUFF, UH, HYGIENE STUFF. UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH, UM, KIDS FIXED ABOUT 28 CHRISTMAS PACKAGES, UH, THE WEEK BEFORE, BEFORE CHRISTMAS, KIDS AND CCPS KIDS COMING IN LATE. UH, IT STILL HAD ABUNDANCE. UH, SO WE'RE DOING, UH, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF BIRTHDAY GIFTS, UH, FOR CTS KIDS AND KIDS WHEN, UH, WE WERE VERY LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ANY MAJOR INJURIES OR ILLNESSES, UH, OTHER THAN PERSONAL. UH, WE MADE IT THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS WITH, WITH NO ER BRUSHES OR CAST OR BROKEN BONES OR ANYTHING. UH, I SEPARATED THE RIB TWO WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND THEN I DISLOCATED MY KNEECAP WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS. SO I SPENT SOME MONTHS OF JANUARY KIND LAYING AROUND. UH, BUT I'M ALL BETTER NOW. UH, BUT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY TRYING BECAUSE WE WERE, WE WERE SO BUSY. I JUST, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO STOP. UH, SO I JUST MADE IT THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND THEN I FELL OVER. UH, WE DID HAVE VERY YEARLY IN OUR LICENSING AND INSPECTION IN NOVEMBER. UH, IT IS USEFUL. WE HAD SOME PAPERWORK ISSUES THAT SHE WASN'T COMPLETE UNION, UH, HAPPY WITH. SO WE HAD OUR USUAL CITATION FOR, FOR HER PREFERENCE ON OUR PAPERWORK. UH, HAD TO RE THIS IS LATE FROM CPS? YES, SIR. UH, THIS IS OUR LICENSING REPRESENTATIVE DIVISION. THEY DO UNANNOUNCED, YEARLY INSPECTIONS ABOUT EVERY 10 MONTHS, 10 TO 12 MONTHS. AND IT'S HER JOB TO FIND ISSUES. SO I ALWAYS, I ALWAYS EXPECT THEM TO FIND SOMETHING. WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PERFECT, EVEN THOUGH WE STRIVE TO BE. UH, BUT THANKFULLY WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY SERIOUS ISSUES. UH, TWO YEARS AGO THEY, THEY PUBLISHED A WEIGHTED STANDARD FOR ALL OF THE MINIMUM, UH, LINE ITEMS. UH, AND IT, AND IT'S BASED ON THE RISK TO CHILDREN. AND THANKFULLY WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CITATIONS, UH, FOR ISSUES THAT PUT CHILDREN AT RISK. UH, IT'S ALL PAPERWORK SCHEDULING, SOMET. UH, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE, WE ARE VERY, WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON, ON MAKING OUR SHELTER SAFE, UH, FOR KIDS. UH, SO, SO I DON'T, I DON'T INTEND TO HAVE ANY, ANY CITATIONS THAT AT RISK FOR CHILDREN. UH, WE HAVE HAD TO LAYOFF, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF, UH, AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT WITHOUT WEARING EVERYBODY ELSE. WE'VE GOT OUT, WE'RE JUST TRYING NOT TO WEAR THE MOUTH. UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE IN A PATTERN NOW AND EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE, SEEMS TO BE OKAY WITH THIS. AND I'M LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE TRAINING FOR MY STAFF. I DO A LOT OF MY STUFF FOR, FOR OUR SHELTER SPECIFIC, UH, REGULATIONS. BUT I LIKE TO SEND THEM OUT AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR, JUST, [00:15:01] JUST TO SEE WHAT ELSE EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. UH, AND I DO HAVE ONE, UH, SCHEDULED AT THE, UH, NEW PSYCH HOSPITAL IN MINNESOTA. UH, AND IT WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME THERE. SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OF MS. WILLIAMS? I HAVE, YES, SIR. IT SAYS YOU HAD TO REDUCE THE STAFF DUE TO THE DECREASE IN POPULATION. YES, SIR. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR POPULATION GOES UP? YOU JUST GO OUT AND RECALL? BACK RECALL? MOST OF, MOST OF THE ONES THAT WE LAY OFF, UH, WE'LL DO OUR JOBS ARE, UH, DO ALL THEIR EMPLOYMENT. HOPEFULLY IT'S SHORT TERM. UH, WE, WE TRY TO ROTATE THE HOURS TO KEEP OUR, OUR CORE STAFF, UH, ON HAND. AND, UH, THEN THE PART-TIME THAT WE LAY OFF AS, AS OUR NUMBERS INCREASE AND CALL BACK. IS THIS A MANDATE, IS THIS A STATE MANDATE FOR EMPLOYEES VERSUS POPULATION? OH, YES, SIR. WE, WE DO HAVE A STATE MANDATED RATIO, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO, THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN. UH, BASICALLY I TAKE IT SLOW. UH, WE NORMALLY HAVE WHATEVER, UH, WHATEVER MANDATED RATIO IS PLUS ONE TO DO THE CURRICULUM. UH, AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE ARE SHORT STAFFED, UH, THEN I KIND OF PUT MY OFFICE WORK OFF UNTIL AFTER LIFE OUT AT NIGHT. UH, AND THEN I TOOK IT WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE SLIDE, YOU KNOW, THEIR INCOME IS BASED ON PER CHILD PER DAY. YES. SO, UH, THEY GET SO MUCH PER CHILD PER DAY. YES. THAT MUST BE REALLY DIFFICULT. IT FLUCTUATION. UH, AS LONG AS IT'S A SHORT TERM LAYOFF. UH, MOST OF OUR PEOPLE ARE, ARE VERY DEDICATED, UH, DOING THIS A LONG TIME. UH, IF, IF IN FACT, AND IT HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT, THAT THE LAYOFF LASTED MORE THAN THEN THEY COULD WAIT. UH, AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THEY BRING OUR SCREENING. SO IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. WE'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE STAFFING AT THE JAIL. MM-HMM . BECAUSE AS THEIR POPULATION FLUCTUATES EXACTLY, THE 48 TO ONE KICKS IN AND YOU JUST DON'T GO OUT AND PICK UP THE JAILER NO, SIR. OFF THE STREET. YES, SIR. SAYING WE HAVE A, UH, THERE IS A, IT TAKES ABOUT THREE WEEKS OF TRAINING, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THEIR PRE-SERVICE TRAINING, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE TO LEARN ALL THE, UH, DFPS MANDATES. UH, AND THEN THEY HAVE, I HAVE ABOUT A, ABOUT A 28 HOUR TRAINING, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, UH, THAT I TRAIN THEM IN PERSONALLY. AND THEN I HAVE TO SUPERVISE THEM 40 HOURS ON THE FLOOR BEFORE I, BEFORE I CAN COUNT THEM IN RATIO. AND, UH, EVEN AFTER ALL OF THAT, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE I COUNT THEM. . SOME OF 'EM JUST NEED A LITTLE EXTRA TIME. UH, BUT IT'S, IT IS VERY, IT'S VERY TRAUMATIC ON OUR BUDGET, UH, WHEN WE LOSE TRAIN PEOPLE. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO OUT THERE. WE KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY, UH, TASK AND WE APPRECIATE, WE DID A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROBIN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DULLER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND, UM, AN INVITATION TO COMMISSIONER JACKSON, UH, TO COME AND VISIT OUR SHELTER THIS MORNING AND TO OUR HOUSE. I'D THANK YOU, SIR. UH, NEXT WE'LL HAVE MR. JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN GONNA BRING US THE TREASURY REPORT FOR JANUARY. Y'ALL SEE SOME STATEMENTS THERE? IT'S JANUARY. I GOOD TIME BE UP HERE. YOU'RE NOT GOING INCREASE BY $9 MILLION ON JANUARY 21ST. UH, THE ONLY THING I'M TELL YOU IS I'M GONNA PROBABLY MOVE SOME MONEY OUT, OUT PRIME, UH, TAX PRIME. THEY'RE, I SEE NO REASON TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THEM, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND PUT A FEW MILLION BACK INTO THE CDS AT THE AMERICAN NATIONAL SAFETY BUCKS IN. [00:20:02] AND UH, IS THAT ABOUT WHERE WE, IS THIS ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR? I DUNNO. WE SHOULD GET ABOUT MILLION BY . WE'RE ABOUT AS OF TODAY. WE'RE ABOUT LAST YEAR, FEBRUARY BECAUSE OF THE WHAT? EITHER MONTH FAIL. WE LOT THE MONEY. FEBRUARY YOU NORMALLY DO OPPOSED FEBRUARY STATE COUNTY. YEAH. WE HAD A LOT OF MONEY COME IN BECAUSE DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2ND. WE GET ABOUT FOUR OR SO IN FEBRUARY. WE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF JOHNNY? NO. WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. PLEASE ACCEPT THAT REPORT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MR. HOWARD JONES, AND HE'S GONNA BRING US THE, UH, MONTHLY AUDITOR'S REPORT. AND WITH THAT, GOING THROUGH EACH, UH, LINE ITEM, WE'LL LEAVE THIS ON MY DESK THAT WE CAN Y'ALL COME BY AND, UH, LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW THE FUNDS ARE ENTERTAIN. MOTION. ACCEPT THAT REPORT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. SECONDED BY CLARK. ALL IN AYE. MOTION, CARRIE. NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MARSHALL. LARRY UNION IS GONNA DISCUSS, UH, THE STATUS OF THE COUNTYWIDE BURN BAND. I MET WITH LARRY THIS MORNING AND HE SAID, JUST KEEP IT ON, LEAVE IT ON HIGH WINDS COMING UP. UH, MAKE A MOTION TO JUST LEAVE IT ON IF THAT'S WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM SAYS. UH, SAYS, JUST CONSIDER A STATUS. SO SECOND. UH, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, THE A COUNTY WIFE RN VAN ON VERY SHY. A MOTION CARRIES. UH, NEXT ONE. DISCUSS. CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR WRITER C HU, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. KAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT THREE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. ARE YOU GENTLEMEN? GOOD. HOW YOU, I APOLOGIZE. FIRST FOR NOT BEING HERE LAST MONTH, I WAS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER THIS REPORT LAST MONTH. UM, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THESE NUMBERS, WE HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY. UM, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF REPORTS, UH, IN THE LOCAL MEDIA AND IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE IN SLOW ECONOMIC TIMES. THE NUMBERS IN THIS REPORT CERTAINLY VARY THAT OUT, AND WE CAN SEE IT ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE LIBRARY IS UP 16% OVER THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REGISTERING FOR LIBRARY CARDS IS UP 40%. OUR CIRCULATION OF BOOKS AND OTHER ITEMS IS UP 13% ATTENDANCE AT THE PROGRAMS THAT THE LIBRARY HOLDS IS UP 73%. AND THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WE ANSWERED DURING THE QUARTER WAS UP 119%. WE ARE RUNNING IT FAST AS WE CAN . UM, IN ADDITION, I'D LIKE TO, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH WINGS, WHICH IS OUR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM. UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN ESL CLASS AT THE LIBRARY THAT MEETS ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS FOR THREE HOURS EACH EVENING. WE HAVE ABOUT 35 PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING THAT ON AN AVERAGE BASIS. WE ARE ABOUT TO MAXIMUM CAPACITY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE RECENTLY STARTED ANOTHER ESL CLASS HERE IN KAUFMAN AT ONE OF THE CHURCHES, AND I CANNOT REMEMBER WHICH ONE. UM, WE'RE ALSO DOING ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING IN MATH AND READING AND WRITING. UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE SESSIONS GOING IN TER WE HAVE A FEW HERE IN KAUFMAN AS WELL. UM, [00:25:01] WE HAVE A COMPUTER LITERACY CLASS FOR, UM, SENIOR CITIZENS THAT'S MEETING ON FRIDAY MORNINGS AT THE LIBRARY WHILE WE'RE CLOSED. WE HAVE ANOTHER COMPUTER LITERACY CLASS IN SPANISH THAT'S BEING HELD AT THE SHARE CENTER IN TERRELL. AND WE ALSO HAVE ONE SPANISH CLASS. UH, WE HAVE GREAT DEMAND FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LEARN SPANISH. AND SO WE HAVE ONE SMALL CLASS GOING WITH THAT. UM, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ESL CLASS THAT'S ALSO SORT OF A CITIZENSHIP CLASS THAT'S RUNNING AT, UH, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN . UM, WE'VE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS IN WORKING WITH YAMA HOLLAND HERE AT THE LIBRARY. SHE'S PROMOTING THESE PROGRAMS HERE LOCALLY. WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO BORROW SOME OF HER CURRICULUM FOR, UM, COMPUTER LITERACY. SHE'S DONE A FABULOUS JOB WITH THAT. SO, UM, WORKING TOGETHER I THINK IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN NOT. IS THE, UH, YOU WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WORKING WITH YOU OR TRINITY VALLEY WORKING WITH YOU ON SOME OF THESE? UH, PROGRAM? THEY WORK. THEY OKAY. WE HAD TO DISSOLVE THAT THEY ARE VERY CONSTRAINED BY, UH, GRANT STIPULATIONS AND ONE OF WHICH WAS HAVING AN EXTREMELY NEGATIVE EFFECT ON OUR PROGRAM. UM, THEY HAD ESTABLISHED A RULE THAT IF YOU MISSED ONE CLASS OR WERE LATE TO ONE CLASS, YOU WERE OUT OF THE CLASS. WOW. YEAH. IT'S A LITTLE STRINGENT. AND THESE ARE, THIS IS FOR ADULTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LIFE. UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THESE PEOPLE WERE ASSUMING THAT WHEN THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT COME BACK, THIS IS A CLASS BEING HELD AT THE LIBRARY, THEY ASSUMED THAT THE LIBRARY WAS TELLING THEM TO GO HOME. AND WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE THIS, NO, THIS IS A RULE THAT WE DID NOT MAKE. THIS WAS A RULE THAT THE COLLEGE MADE AND IT JUST, IT DID NOT TRANSLATE WELL. SO WE HAD TO VERY PRECIPITOUSLY SAY THANK YOU, BUT NO THANK YOU. WHICH THEN REQUIRED THAT WE FIND THE FUNDS TO PAY THE INSTRUCTORS. UM, ACTUALLY WE LOST THE INSTRUCTOR. WE HAD TO FIND AN INSTRUCTOR AND FIND THE FUNDS TO PAY THEM. AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THAT. WE KIND OF SCRAMBLED, BUT WE PULLED IT TOGETHER, UH, THANKS TO THE HELP OF OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY GROUP. UM, BUT ONGOING FUNDING FOR THAT IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE. UM, 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE THIS BEING, WE CERTAINLY STILL REFER PEOPLE INTO TCCS, GED CLASSES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THEIR RULES ARE SO STRICT THAT WE'RE CATCHING A LOT OF, UH, STUDENTS WHO CAN'T MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS. AND SO WE'RE DOING ONE OF THEM, TUTORING THOSE PEOPLE, KIND OF TRYING TO FILL THE GAP. UM, BUT IT WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE. WE HAD FOR YEARS HAD A VERY GOOD COLLABORATIVE SITUATION, BUT THAT WAS JUST NOT TENABLE. UM MM-HMM. TERRIBLE PR FOR THE LIBRARY. SO, I MEAN, WORD SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE LIBRARY TURNING US AWAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE ALL BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY. WE HAVE, I THINK ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES AREN'T RIGHT NOW. IT'S AT THAT TIME. WELL, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT, UH, MR. JACKSON MAKE THE MOTION. AND, AND SECOND. SECOND. YEAH, I TRIED. IT'S IN YOURS TOO, ISN'T IT? I DON'T, COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST THOUGHT, UH, NOW WE WANNA DISCUSS, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FOR A LICENSE PLATE READER. I'M JUST GONNA, THAT SUBJECT FROM THE SHERIFF DEPART. DOES ANYBODY HERE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WANT SPEAK TO THAT? JACK, WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THAT? NO, SIR, I WAS NOT. IT'S JUST A, IT'S A GRANT, ISN'T IT? THE LICENSE PLATE FOR I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT THIS BASICALLY IS JUST, [00:30:01] UH, THEY'RE WANTING PERMISSION TO, UH, APPLY FOR THAT GRANT DUE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING FUND FUND 4 21. AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN OF THE OPINION THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR A GRANT THAT'S NOT GONNA COST THE COUNTY MONEY. LET'S DO IT. AND ALL THIS IS TO MAKE THE APPLICATION THIS ONE, MAKE THE APPLICATION JUDGE AND SEE WHERE IT GOES. THAT'S A GOOD MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIED. UH, NOW WE'LL DISCUSS, UH, CONSIDER PURCHASING A POTHOLE PATCHING MACHINE FOR PRECINCT TWO THROUGH THE BUYBOARD COOPERATIVE PROGRAM. JACK? YES, SIR. I HAVE A REQUEST PRECINCT TO THE, TO PURCHASE A, UH, POTHOLE PATCHING MACHINE. AND THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH, UH, TEXAS PASTURE, WHICH IS THE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM. UH, THE PURPOSE PRICE IS 55,000 EVEN. AND I THINK COMMISSIONER CLARK INDICATED THAT, AND, UH, I WOULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. PROCURE REQUIREMENTS. UH, I'VE SEEN COMMISSIONER ROUND'S GROUP WITH THEIR BOTTLE PATCHING MACHINES AND IT'S A SHOVEL . IS THAT NOT WHAT THESE ARE MY SHOVEL FOR 50. THESE, THOSE ARE $7 ON SHOVEL. RAY IS THIS ONE. WE WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THAT DAY. NO, I DON'T THINK, UH, OR THEY HAD THE, WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR. UH, ACTUALLY THIS, THIS CONTRACT IS ABOUT 4,000 OR LESS THAN BUYBOARD CONTRACT, WHICH YOU CAN BUY LESS THAN BUYBOARD. YEAH. TIMES ARE TOUGH. SO THEY, IT IS A LITTLE BIT LESS, LESS THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN A YEAR AGO. THE PROB THE ONE YOU PROBABLY LOOKED AT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 13,000 HIGHER THAN THIS MACHINE. OKAY. WITH THE SAME, SAME PRINCIPLE. SAME PRINCIPLE. RIGHT? DOESN'T THIS ONE MIX MIXED THE ROCK AND ASPHALT? YES. WHERE THE OTHER ONE THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE FIRST ROCK, FIRST ASPHALT THAT DID NO MIXING THAT, THAT'S THIS, THIS COACHED THE ROCK AS IT THE ASPHALT THAT'S COACHED THE ROCK WHEN IT COMES THROUGH AND BLOWS OUT ON TOP AIR. YEAH. UH, SUPPOSEDLY MAKES A PERMANENT PATCH, WHICH, UM, PATCHING POT HOLES IS A WASTE OF MONEY. IT'S SOMETHING WE, IT NEVER GET OUT. IT, IT'S NEVER PART OF IT. AND THIS, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LONGER LASTING THING. ALL THOSE COUNTY'S GOT NINE OF THESE MACHINES AND THEY'RE THEIR ENGINEERS ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH THEM. I THINK MY GUYS THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY PRETTY NEAT. THE ONE THEY LOOKED AT WAS JUST, IT WAS SLOW AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO DO IT IN A HURRY. BUT IF WE CAN, UH, EVEN AND IF YOU GUYS NEED SOMETHING GOING TRY OUT OR WHATEVER AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, WE'LL BE DOING ALL THE TIME. WE'LL BE MEETING ALL THE TIME. THE MACHINE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL. ALSO BE GLAD TO SHARE IT WITH ME. THANK YOU. I THINK HE'S LOOKING FOR A SECOND. I THINK, UH, MR. CLARK WILL MAKE THE MOTION. THANK MR. ER WILL SECOND IT ALL. DECLARE AYE. A AYE. MOTION CARRIED. UH, NOW WE WANNA DISCUSS, UH, ENTERING INTO INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY OF , UH, ANNUAL RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT, THE MAINTENANCE OF THEIR STREETS. SO I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IN LOCAL AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO SIGN IT. I'LL SECOND THAT. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK COMMENTS. WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE MAKE THESE THINGS FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR? PROBABLY BE ROSTER'S, PROBABLY GONNA BE NEEDING THIS. NO, I'M NOT SURE. UH, JOHN, DO YOU THINK, IS THAT ADVISABLE? NO, I THINK IT SHOULD BE FOR JUST WHEN YEAR. YOU CAN'T COMMIT THE PUBLIC FUNDS BEYOND MUCH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. I MEAN, IT MAY FEEL LIKE IT'S ROUTINE RENEW SEEMS LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR. YEAH, I THINK SO. SOMETHING CAME ABOUT THAT. BUT ANY MORE DISCUSSING ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIED. UH, FIRST ONE TO DISCUSS, UH, CONSIDERING ACCEPTING THE 2008 RACIAL PROFILE AND REPORT FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT NUMBER TWO. SO, CONSTABLE SANDERS, UH, I MEAN CONSTABLE LAW OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, ONE QUESTION. UH, CONSTABLE, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS? HAS YOUR DEPARTMENT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING RACIAL PROFILING DURING THIS LAST 12 MONTHS? NO, SIR. WE HAVE NOT. WE THANK YOU FOR THE VERY COMPLETE AND VERY DETAILED [00:35:01] REPORT. THANK YOU. THERE'S LOT OF HELP FROM LOT OF PEOPLE. COMMISSIONER GAVE THIS, UH, STAFF, UH, MR. CLARK, YOU MAKE THE MOTION? YES, SIR. TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. DER. SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THEN I SAW CONSTABLE, UH, LARRY SANDERS IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT. COMMISSIONER, UH, CONSTABLE SANDERS. NOW I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION OF YOU. UH, DID YOUR DEPARTMENT RECEIVE ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING RACIAL PROFILING DURING THIS LAST 12 MONTH PERIOD? NO, SIR. HAVE NOT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER JACKSON MAKES THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. COMMISSIONER BROWN WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, THE NEXT ITEM, UH, I PUT ON THE AGENDA. THE, UH, 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE REDISTRICTED, WE EMPLOYED THE FIRM OF BIGGER STAFF, HEATH, ELGA AND ACOSTA. ACTUALLY, WHAT EXACTLY THEM, BECAUSE IT WAS A DIFFERENT NAME, THEN THE SAME PERSONNEL, UH, TO DO OUR REDISTRICTING. UM, I THINK THEY DID A AS GOOD A JOB AS COULD BE DONE. AND THEY GET ALL THE FIGURES TOGETHER AND, AND, UH, BASED UPON THE CENSUS. AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD. THERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON. WE'RE ALREADY GETTING INFORMATION THROUGH THE MAIL REGARDING THIS. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, I WOULD, UH, REQUEST A MOTION AND I'LL MAKE IT IF NOBODY DOES, UH, THAT WE EMPLOY BIGGER STAFF. HE DEL GOD ON ACOSTA FOR OUR, UH, COMING UP DISTRICTING PROGRAM. SO, SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. NOW, IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO THAT REDISTRICTING PROCESS, UH, THERE IS A CENSUS COMING UP THAT HAS TO BE CLEAR COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR 2010. AND I'VE MENTIONED IT TO Y'ALL SEVERAL TIMES TO THINK, UH, HAVE ME THINK OF SOMEONE WHO, UH, MIGHT BE, UH, UH, A GOOD PERSON TO, UH, HEAD THE CENSUS TAKING. UH, 10 YEARS AGO WE HAD, UH, JOHN HOFFMEYER, UH, WHO VERY GOOD JOB. AND, UH, SO LOOKING AROUND AND THINKING, UH, I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO'S, UH, UNEMPLOYED , UH, LOT OF US , BUT I, I, I TALKED TO DONNA ABOUT DOING THIS AND, UH, UH, SHE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND SAYS, WELL, IF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LET HER, SHE'D LIKE TO DO THAT. SO, DONNA, YOU, YOU, UH, AGREE TO DO THAT. IF WE CAN ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT, I CERTAINLY WILL LOOK FORWARD TO IT. IT'S A CHALLENGE AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. YEAH, I MAKE THAT MOTION. HE ASKED US TO TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY. I SEARCHED AROUND. YOU ASKED EVERYBODY FOR EVERY THEIR AREAS ON THE, UH, TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE. CAN ANYBODY COMMITTED TO, BUT THE FIRST PERSON I THOUGHT OF COMAN COUNTY WAS, WAS DON. YEAH. SO SHE WASN'T FOR POINTING, SO I DIDN'T, BUT SHE'S THE VERY FIRST PERSON THAT CROSSED MY MIND WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE KNOW SHE'LL DO A VERY JOB. WE ALL EXCITED. MR. CLARK MAKES THAT MOTION. AND COMMISSIONER JACKSON WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. AND, UH, UH, WE'LL COVER THE DETAILS AS WE GET. I'M ALREADY GETTING INFORMATION AND NOW I'VE GOT SOMEBODY TO FORWARD THAT INFORMATION ON, SO I'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A YEAH. THANK YOU MS. DON FOR, FOR WANTING TO, OR FOR DOING WHETHER YOU WANTED TO OR OFFERING TO, OR WHATEVER. THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING IT FOR THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M IN MY FIFTH YEAR OF RETIREMENT AND I'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON MY FAMILY GENEALOGY. AND YOU DO NOT KNOW THE TIMES I HAVE THANKED THOSE OLD CENSUS PAPERS OF OLD FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED ME TO DO. SO A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, MAYBE A COUPLE PEOPLE THANK US. YEAH. WELL, WELL DONNA'S HERE. ALSO, WHILE YOUR COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE, YOU KNOW THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF WORKERS OUT THERE, A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORKERS. UH, SO IF ANY OF YOU IN YOUR PRECINCT [00:40:01] KNOWS SOME PEOPLE WHO, WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HELPING DONNA, UH, THEN JUST BE SURE AND GIVE HER THEIR NAME SO SHE CAN CONTACT THEM. I SURE WILL. THANK YOU, DONNA. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT WE'LL DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22ND THROUGH THE 28TH AS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN KAUFMAN COUNTY. THAT'S THIS WEEK. SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME THAT THE, UH, BAD WEATHER AND, UH, TORNADOES STUFF WILL START HITTING. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT, UH, TO BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER DURING THIS PART OF THE YEAR WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN. SECOND ABOUT COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. UH, NEXT ONE, DISCUSS. CONSIDER RENEWING MEMBERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY JUDGES COMMISSION ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS AND PAYING THE ANNUAL DUE ANNUAL DUES. 12. 1200. ONE MOVE MOTION DATE BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN. ALL IN FAVOR OF AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, NEXT ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE DENTATION OF LAWRENCE SES BROWN FOR THE COL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER. ALL FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIED. NEXT ONE. CONSIDER THE DEPUTATION OF BRIAN M. SIMMONS FOR THE COFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DELLER. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT, WE WANT TO DEPUTIZE GILBERT A MITCHELL FOR THE CA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER SECONDS. IT ALL OPPOSED. AYE. MOTION. CARRIE, DO WE HAVE ANY RIGHT OUT THIS MORNING PUBLIC HEARING? SORRY AL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT A MINUTE. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. WHAT WE WANNA DO NOW IS MOVE IN FROM THE OPEN SESSION REGULAR SESSION TO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED CANCELLATION OF, UH, CERTAIN SUBDIVISION LAND ENTITLED ELMO ACRES IN TON COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER THREE. UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON WILL MAKE THAT MOTION TO, TO MOVE INTO A PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. SO NOW WE'LL TAKE, UH, COMMENT. IS THERE A SIGNUP SHEET THERE, SIR? YEAH, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SIGN IN. OKAY. AND, UH, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON, UH, WE ALWAYS ALLOW OUR PEOPLE TESTIFYING TO KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES. AND, UH, SO WE'LL TAKE ANY PUBLIC INPUT NOW ON THIS IS RIGHT NOW, WE WE'RE NOT USING IT WAS DONE THAT WAY IN 1970. OKAY. WE, WE WANNA DO, SIR, LET'S, LET'S GET BACK TO THE, WE DON'T HAVE RECORD WHO YOU ARE, JACOB HUFFMAN. OKAY. WOULD YOU SAY IT IN FOR THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? MY NAME'S JACOB HUFFMAN, PROPERTY OWNED BY BILLY JACOB AND I BILLY TO ME. OKAY. AND WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS, SIR? UH, 15 4 12 AVENUE 15 9 2. THANK YOU. THAT'S JUST, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT ON RECORD WHO, WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT WHAT IT IS. SO YOU'RE, YOU AND, UH, BILLY JACOBS. BILLY JACOBS ARE THE ONES MAKING THE REQUEST, RIGHT? YES, SIR. UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, IS THIS THE ONE THAT YOU AND I DISCUSSED? YES SIR. NOW MY CONCERN AND ONLY CONCERN WAS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO DO A REFLEX, YOU GOTTA HAVE PERMISSION FROM EVERY LANDOWNER WHO HAS PURCHASED LAND IN THAT ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION. I HAVE IT. AND IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE THOSE, SO [00:45:01] WE'LL NEED TO KEEP THOSE ON RECORD. YES. YOU GOT THE ORIGINAL THERE, COMMISSIONER. ORIGINAL. WE HAVE A COPY. A COPY. THERE ARE ONLY THREE PEOPLE. YES. IF YOU LOOK, MY, MY INVESTIGATION IS, UH, IS THIS WAY IT'S GONNA BE NOW. YES. MULTIPLE. THAT'S JUST THE UNDEVELOPED NO ROAD. IT'S JUST BEEN FLAT, BEEN DISTURBED. ANYTHING THE ROAD HASN'T BEEN BUILT. NO, IT DOES HAVE, IT DOES HAVE A COVER THAT YOU CAN GET IN, BUT IT'S, IT'S, AND THE THREE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE PROPERTY THERE ARE ON THESE UH, THESE LOTS FACING THAT FACE, THE FOREIGN MARKET ROAD. AND BASICALLY WHAT HE'S ASKING THEN IS WHERE HE ORIGINALLY FLATTED, UH, THE, THE REST OF IT WITH THAT PROPOSED ROAD IN THERE. HE'S ASKING FOR THAT TO BE CHANGED TO JUST ONE PIECE OF LAND. BUT DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF WHAT HE WANTS IT TO LOOK LIKE? UH, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THAT'S ALL. THERE'S FIVE ACRES THERE AND THERE'S GONNA BE LIKE 10 OR 12 LOTS ON FIVE ACRES ORIGINALLY. WOULD THAT BE RIGHT? WELL BACK AS WE EXPLAIN TO ME BACK IN, I THINK THIS DONE BACK IN THE SEVENTIES. SEVENTIES, I THINK HE MADE A LOT SMALLER, BUT NOW HE CAN'T SELL THOSE SMALL LOT MM-HMM. ACRES. YEAH. YEAH. I GET A, THEY EXTREMELY SMALL. I GET A TAX DEAL EVERY YEAR ON ALL BLOCKS LOT. YEAH. I WAS ONLY GETTING BACK TO ONE LOT. THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION TOO, MR. JACKSON. WELL HOW COULD HE EVER DONE THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE? WELL, THIS WAS BACK THEN AND OH YEAH, THEY DID THINGS DIFFERENTLY BACK THEN, BUT I THINK TO HIS ADVANTAGES WERE THE BEST. OH, DEFINITELY WAS ADVANTAGE. YEAH. Y'ALL GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT OR DID YOU GET THOSE NAMES? I COULDN'T FIND THEM IN MY PACKET. THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR LOTS IN AND I ONLY HAVE THREE NAMES. IS THERE REASON? THERE'S ACTUALLY, UH, ABOUT FIVE LOTS. ONE LADY, ONE LADY OWNS THREE LOTS AND THE OTHER TWO LADY OWNS ONE LOT. OH, I SEE, I SEE. OKAY. MR. JACKSON TO MAKE THAT MOTION. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS SUBJECT? YEAH. ALRIGHT. NOW WE WOULD REQUEST A MOTION THEN TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE BACK INTO A REGULAR SESSION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ON FAVOR SAY AYE. A. A. GOOD. NOW WE'RE BACK INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. NOW, MR. JACKSON, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, DO YOU WANT MAKE THAT MOTION TO UH, APPROVE THAT REPLANT? YEAH, I'LL MAKE THAT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER ALL SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NOW HOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY YES, DO WE PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS FOR GLOBAL REGISTRATION TO INCREASE MILEAGE MILL AND LODGING 300 ION OF TRAINING TAX ASSESSMENT COLLECTOR INCREASED MILEAGE MEALS AND LODGING, 500 REDUCTION IN CONTRACT LABOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR, INCREASE OFFICE SUPPLIES 500 PRODUCTION OF NEW EQUIPMENT AND INCREASED MILEAGE MILLS AND LODGING. 800. THE PRODUCTION OF TRAINING EXTENSION PROGRAMS. INCREASED TRAINING EDUCATION FOR THE URBAN FOREST FOR 200. THE PRODUCTION OF MILEAGE MILL AND LODGING BRIDGE PRECINCT ONE. INCREASED RENTAL EQUIPMENT, 8,000 WITH PRODUCTION TO NEW EQUIPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOME, [00:50:01] UH, REVENUES TO CERTIFY BUDGET AMENDMENTS. UH, THE GENERAL FUND INCREASED REVENUE FROM CONSTABLES ABOUT $1,300, RECOGNIZING, UH, TRANSFER FROM DAS FOR FUND PRECINCT. ONE TO BUY, UH, NEW EQUIPMENT IN PUBLIC WORKS CERTIFYING ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS. $2,552 TO BE USED FOR EXTRA HELP. UH, IN MY OFFICE. THERE WAS A, UH, PAYROLL ERROR MADE OF THE YEAR TO CORRECT THAT WE'RE REDUCING, UH, COST OF BY 11 TO UH, CORRECT THE SALARY OF ONE OF MY INDIVIDUALS FOR ONE. OKAY. YOU GOT THREE PROGRAMS, ADDITIONAL REVENUES OF 2050 $7 TO BE USED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATION. ALSO CERTIFYING REVENUES FOR A FAMILY OF CONSUMER SCIENCE. $32 TO BUDGET FOR SIX. AND THEN, UH, PROBATION INCREASED STATE COMPTROLLER REVENUES $63,000 WE USE FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES NOW. OKAY, NOW WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE REQUEST MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIED. I HAVE A YES SIR. DO YOU MIND HOLDING, SIGNING THOSE BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY? I A SHORT TIMEFRAME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ON YOU ON YOU CANCEL PART OF THIS [00:56:59] MAY AND I SO WHAT DO YOU DO IN YES, SOMEBODY SAID, OH, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THESE, YOU KNOW, I'D ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION AND YOU KNOW, YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THAT SITUATION. MEN DO. BUT HE WAS SO HAPPY. HE, [01:00:06] I'M NOT. I PUT YOU OH YEAH. CAN'T HE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY. I MEAN THAT'S HOW HE, THAT'S HOW HE SEES IT. YOU KNOW, HIS MOTHER, FATHER, HE JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE MOTHER FATHER, YOU SHOULD TAKE BOTH THE, YOU PUT A SHOVEL. [01:06:56] DID YOU READ THIS? THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT JOHN, YOU HAVE AN EXTRA, DIDN'T MEAN TO BE DROPPING JERRY, BUT YES. IF YOU, YOU SUBDIVISION, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE BROUGHT, I CAN'T JUST TAKE IT OVER ROCK ROAD. IF YOU GONNA KEEP YOUR BACK. OKAY. I'M GONNA KEEP IT. BUT I DO, I WOULD NEED TO GET AN EASEMENT OFF 5,000 FROM ARE ON THERE. YEAH, BUT I I SAY YOU CAN DO ROCK ROAD. I DON'T, WE NEED BACK THROUGH THE REGULATIONS. I THINK THERE'S A VISION THAT SAYS THAT YOU'RE GONNA TAKE OVER A NEW ROAD. IT'S GOTTA BE BROUGHT UPSTANDARDS FIRST. THERE IS, EXCEPT IT'S NOT SPECIFIED AS IT COULD BE. GRANDFATHER. THAT'S THAT. LOT OF THESE. [01:10:03] CHECK IT. IF YOU CAN MAKE A, A YEAR TWO, BE COMPLAINING. I MESSAGE I REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE TEENAGERS THINK, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE IT'S VERY INTERESTING. VERY MUCH [01:15:50] THIS IS ALL. YEAH. JOHN, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A FEW MINUTES FOR ME HERE IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES? YES. YES. AND I [01:20:01] DISAGREE WITH YOU. THAT'S WHAT YOU PAID HIM FOR. RIGHT? THAT'S ARE THEY NOT PERMITING? THAT'D THE INTER AGREEMENT DOESN'T SAY I HAVE, I HAVE CAN'T WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE WAY THE CONTRACT INTERFERE WITH, BUT THE OTHER, THEY, I CAN'T JUST GO OUT AND FIX THE ROAD. SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN PRECINCT, I WAS THINKING THAT I DIDN'T WHAT YOU I WAS, I WAS THINKING YOU WERE YOURSELF. I SAY YOU HAVE TO, I ALWAYS THINK IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF WE DID IT TWO YEARS TIME, THREE YEARS AT TIME. REMEMBER TO DO IT EVERY TIME. I GUESS IF IT HAS TO BE DONE ANNUALLY, WE CALL FIRE BILL. DO IT EVERY JANUARY ONE AND WE'RE GOOD FOR A YEAR. JOHN MAY AGREE WITH ME THAT RATHER THAN GO TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY, BUT THEY'RE SPENDING MONEY IN THE SEARCH. THEY'RE NOT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATING THEMSELVES, THEY'RE ALSO NOT THERE'S ANY PARTY. MAKE IT EASIER. I COME UP, YOU ALREADY GOT CHARLIE, YOU START ANY FIRES OVER THERE AT THE COURTHOUSE, HUH? START ANY MORE FIRES AT THE COURTHOUSE? NO. Y'ALL REMEMBER CHARLIE KERNS, DON'T YOU CHARLIE? IS THAT AT, UH, BACK WITH A ARCHITECT THAT WENT DOWN TO BE COUNTY? YEAH. DID [01:25:01] DID THAT BE, ARE WE AHEAD, AHEAD, AHEAD OF THEM? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT? HE SAID WE, WELL WE GOT, UH, WE GOT KEEP TEMPORARY WHEN AND COMMISSIONER JACKSON SECONDED. AYE. AND MR. CLARK WILL MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN AND COMMISSIONER LER SECOND THAT. AYE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED THE FIRST OKAY. FOUR, I MEAN 6.1. THE 6.1. THAT VERY FIRST SECTION IS AWFUL. AND THE ONE WE HAD IN OUR REGULATIONS WAS REALLY GOOD. AND I'LL PASS OUT COPIES TO Y'ALL, BUT I CAN BRING, UH, SO YOU WANT TO JUST, UH, I WANNA, I WANNA SUBSTITUTE, SUBSTITUTE TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. SO THIS YES, IT, I'M GONNA TAKE OUT 6.11 AND 6.12 WHERE IT, IT IS IN LONG VERBIAGE, IT WILL SAY CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY SHALL BE ONE TO THE SP STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS. UM, THE DEVELOPER SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE DESIGNATED ENGINEER SHALL BE ENGAGED IN THE INSPECTION AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DEVELOPER. ALL CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING REPORTS SHALL BE FURNISHED TO COMMISSIONERS CERTIFYING THAT CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET C 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY CONSTRUCTION ITEMS SUCH AS STABILIZATION, CONCRETE. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER SHALL BE NOTIFIED THE TESTING RESULTS MUST BE APPROVED PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEXT PHASE. UH, THE DEVELOPER UPON COMPLETION OF THE DRAINAGE, ROADS AND STREETS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. AND I'LL, I'LL JUST PASS THAT AROUND AND I HAVE THAT I'LL, I HAVE IT PROBABLY AT MY DESK AND I'LL GET IT TO EVERYBODY. AND YOU'RE GONNA REPLACE WHAT WITH IT? 6.2 0.1 UHHUH 6.1, LINE 6.11 AND 6.1 2 1 2 0 1 1. AND YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA TAKE OUR OLD ONES AND STICK THEM IN THERE. OKAY. I, THE ONLY QUESTION I GOT IS THE LINE STABILIZATION. LINE STABILIZATION NOT REQUIRED. I'M SAYING IT'S, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF MINE. WHERE [01:30:01] ARE YOU? NO, WE'RE UP HERE. WE'RE GETTING RID OF THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE. SEE, SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? I WANT TO TAKE THIS SECTION OUT AND PUT THIS SECTION IN AND IT'S JUST YOU. * 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.