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THEN FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU LOOK DOWN ON LEADER OF THIS NATION, BLESS THEM AND THEIR DECISION, MAKE IT THEN FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD LOOK DOWN ON OUR TRUTH THAT ARE STANDING IN DEFENSE OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY.
BLESS THEM AND GIVE THEM A SAFE PASSAGE BACK HOME.
THIS WE PRAY IN OUR SON JESUS NAME.
I ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH, WHICH HANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON TEXAS SOCIETY.
I PLEDGE THE TO BE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD IN ONE.
HOPEFULLY Y'ALL PROVIDE A COPY OFS OF LAST MEETING PREVIOUS TO THIS DATE.
IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS, IDENTIFYING MOTION, APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROUND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
I HAVE A, UH, LITTLE HANDOUT FOR YOU.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE, UH, ARE IN A POWER POOL.
P THREE, UH, THERE WAS OUR ELECTRICITY FROM, COULD YOU HAND ONE OF THOSE DOWN TO HAL PLEASE? JACK, I THOUGHT I HAD YOU ONE IN HERE, I GUESS SHORT ONE.
UH, AND THIS IS, UH, WE JUST SIGNED A CONTRACT THE POWER POOL DID WITH, UH, OUR POWER COMPANY.
AND THIS WILL GIVE YOU THE PROPOSED, UH, GUESSING OF WHAT THE, UH, ELECTRICAL RATES ARE GOING TO BE, WHAT THEY WERE IN 2008, BIG ESTIMATION FOR 2009 AND 2010.
THAT'S A, AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT OUR ELECTRICITY BILL WILL BE.
IS THAT CORRECT, JUDGE, THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WENT DOWN SOME.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE, THE BUYING POWER NOW THAT OUR, UM, UH, CORPORATION HAS OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROGRAM UNDER CONFERENCE BOURBON COUNTIES.
AND THEN THIS IS A SEPARATE CORPORATION WITHIN THAT, AND PROBABLY DUNNO, BUT I'M THE SECRETARY OF THAT CORPORATION.
ANYWAY, WE'RE REAL PROUD OF WHAT, UH, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT FIRE CREW AND WE KEEP GETTING, WE JUST SIGNED THE NAVARRA COUNTY, UH, LAST WEEK.
SO MORE COUNTIES COME ON BOARD.
WE CAN ALSO SERVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CITIES, ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HEAVILY ON THE IRVING SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE IRVING IS A BIG SCHOOL.
SO, UH, PROBABLY WE DIDN'T GET IRVING, BUT, UH, WE, WE CAN GET 'EM NEXT TIME.
BUT ANYWAY, I WANTED Y'ALL TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND HOW THAT'LL KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET, WHAT, WHAT LOOK FOR, CAN WE GET SOME DATA TO PRESENT THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL? WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? SURE.
IF I HAD SOME DATA, I, I MEET WITH HER.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
AND WE'RE GONNA GET THAT FINISHED.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, THE MORE PEOPLE GET ON BOARD, THE LOWER OUR RATES ARE GOING TO BE.
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FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS MS. MARILYN MAY, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS SEVERAL THINGS, MARILYN.THE FIRST ONE IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CO-OP TO LOCATE A BAYLOR AT THE NEW PRECINCT THREE COUNTY ROAD 4 29 SITE TO FULFILL COMMITMENTS FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT'S GRANT AND THE NEED FOR ROAD ACCESS AND STREET TO THE BAYLOR SIDE.
YOU AND MR. JACKSON, I'M SURE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS.
UM, I WILL, WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE FIRST DID THE GRANT WITH THE COUNTY AND THE GRANT WITH THE CITY OF TERRELL WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO IMPROVE THE CONVENIENCE STATION DOWN IN TERRELL.
AND SO WE PUT MONEY FOR CEMENT BAYLOR, UM, SO THAT WE COULD KEEP, GET OUR PROGRAM UP AND GOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WELL, WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THE FACT THAT THEY HAD PROBLEMS DOWN AT THE CONVENIENCE STATION AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WEREN'T REALLY WANTING TO CONTINUE THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK WHAT THEY WANT IS TO KIND OF GET OUT THAT BUSINESS EVENTUALLY.
SO, UM, IN TALKING TO COMMISSIONER SHANE AT THE TIME, HE WAS PUTTING IN THAT PROP OR HE WAS TRYING TO BUY THAT PROPERTY ON 4 29 AND HE HAD BEEN DISCUSSING WITH US THAT HE WOULD ALLOW US TO PUT OUR BAILER THERE AND WE HAVE MONEY FOR CEMENT, A BAILER, A COVER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, SO WE COULD START MAKING A LITTLE MINI FACILITY THERE.
BUT, UM, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CHANGES, I'VE JUST STARTED TALKING TO COMMISSIONER JACKSON ABOUT THAT, TRYING TO GET HIM ON BOARD WITH UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO KATHLEEN, UH, GRAHAM AT COG AND SHE IS STATING THAT, AND I'M JUST ASKING RIGHT NOW IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT THIS, INCREASING YOUR GRANT, PUTTING ALL OF THOSE MATERIALS INTO YOUR GRANT AND DECREASING THE CITY OF TERRELL SO THAT THE COUNTY WILL ACTUALLY, IT WILL BE IN THEIR GRANT TO HAVE THE SAMANTHA COVER THE BAYLORS, UM, OVER THERE SO THAT YOU'LL OWN THOSE INSTEAD OF THE CITY.
AND I HAVEN'T GONE TO THE CITY TO ASK THEM THIS YET, BUT I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU WOULD, UM, CONSIDER THAT, UH, WOULD BE PROBABLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS MORE ON YOUR GRANT AND, AND TAKE THAT AND CO DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, WHO CO DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
THEY ARE GOING, WELL, WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO TCQ AND ASK, BUT THE IDEA WAS THAT IT'S ALL GONNA BE NOW MOVED TO 4 29.
SO SHE FELT THAT, UH, SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE, TO TCQ AND HOPEFULLY WE GET PERMISSION.
ALL OF THIS IS HOPEFULLY, I'M JUST, I HAVE TO ASK WHETHER YOU WOULD EVEN CONSIDER IT FIRST BEFORE WE EVEN GO ANY FURTHER.
SO, UM, BASICALLY IT WOULD JUST BE MONEY THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT ON THAT PROPERTY ANYWAY AND WOULD JUST BE PUT INTO YOUR, YOUR INCREASE YOUR A GRANT AND DECREASE THEIRS.
WELL, UNDER THE OLD WAY, IT WAS, PART OF IT WAS GONNA BE UNDER OURS AND PROBABLY WAS GONNA BE UNDER THE CITY.
WE ONLY HAD, IN THE COUNTY GRANT, WE ONLY HAD TWO DROP OFF SITES.
WE'VE ALREADY PUT ONE AT PRECINCT TWO, AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO, UH, PROBABLY END UP PUTTING ANOTHER ONE AT PRECINCT THREE ON 4 29.
BUT ALSO THE CITY WAS GONNA, THEY WERE GONNA KIND OF WORK WITH YOU TOGETHER 4 29.
AND SO ALL OF THAT MONEY FROM THEIRS' GONNA GO INTO THAT ONE ALSO.
JIM, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, IS, IS THIS NOT A JOINT VENTURE WITH, WITH THE CITY OF TURTLE? NO, IT'S TWO SEPARATE GRAINS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW THAT THE, THE DUMP SITE IS HALF TURTLE AND HALF COUNTY.
BUT ONE, THIS IS, IT'S CONFUSING.
WE HAVE ONE SITE BEHIND THE SUB COURTHOUSE THAT IN PRECINCT THREE THAT IS IN DOWNTOWN AREA OF TERRELL.
AND YES, THAT'S THEIR, SUPPOSEDLY THEIR DROP OFF SITE FOR THE CITY, BUT IT'S ON THE COUNTY'S PROPERTY.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEING USED BY EVERYONE.
AND WHEN UH, WE GET INTO THE FACTS AND FIGURES, YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT'S BEING USED A LOT.
I MEAN THAT IS DEFINITELY, BUT HOW'S THE EXP, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EXPENSES ARE A LOT, ARE, ARE NOT DIVIDED EQUALLY.
IS THAT TRUE? THAT'S NOT TRUE.
ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE THE, THE, THE EXPENSES FOR THE HAUL OFF AND, AND WELL, THERE IS NO EXPENSE FOR THE HAUL OFF.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HANDLING ALL THE HAUL OFF OF THE CARDBOARD AND PAPER IN OUR PROGRAM, THE CO-OP PROGRAM.
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AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CONTAINERS THAT ARE BEING MANAGED BY ISI AND ISI AND THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.SO RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOT ANY EXPENSE TO ANYBODY TO HAUL.
YEAH, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, IT'S PROBABLY THE CONVENIENCE STATION ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
SHE REFERRING TO THE, SHE'S REFERRED TO THE RECYCLING CENTER IN TOWN.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE THEN, THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER, WE HAVE ONE, UH, AT PRECINCT TWO AND WE HANDLE THE, THE COST OF THAT ALSO, UM, THROUGH THE GRANT RIGHT NOW.
SO THE COUNTY GRANT IS PAYING FOR THE HAULING FOR THAT CONTAINER AT PRECINCT TWO BARN.
SO WE HAVE TWO OF OUR FOUR THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PUTTING IN, IN PLACE WE HAVE UNTIL JULY TO GET ALL OF THIS COMPLETED.
AND IT'S GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE WITH A LOT OF THE WORK BECAUSE THERE'S SOME ENGINEERING WORK AND NOW POURING CONCRETE AND GETTING A BUILDING IN AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO GET BAYLORS DELIVERED.
AND SO THAT'S, IT'S ALL KIND OF CONDENSED.
I KIND OF NEED TO, TO REQUEST THAT I EITHER HAVE SOME HELP OR THAT YOU'LL TAKE ON PART OF THAT EXPENSE AND WE CAN UM, WE CAN PUT THAT ON YOUR GRANT.
UM, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, WITH IT BEING ON THEIR GRANT, BUT IT'S KIND OF, IT'LL BE YOUR PROPERTY AS FAR AS COX CONCERNED, IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE IN THE MONEY.
IT'S JUST SPLIT UP DIFFERENTLY.
YEAH, IT'S JUST THAT, UM, IT'S NOT WORKING THE WAY THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BACK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THIS AND THAT WAS WHAT, AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
SO WE STILL NEED TO PROVIDE A FORKLIFT OUT THERE FOR THAT.
WELL THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS GONNA UM, ASK YOU IS IS THAT I HAD ON HERE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE FORKLIFT AND, AND THE LAST MEETING THAT I WAS IN, YOU SAID GO AHEAD AND START LOOKING FOR ONE, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO USE IT YET.
SO IT WAS KIND OF SILLY TO LOOK FOR ONE.
BUT YEAH, EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO NEED ONE AND I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, HELP US WITH THAT.
WELL, IF IT'S ALL THE COG, I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY REASON NOT TO INCREASE OUR GRANT TO COVER THAT WHOLE THING OUT THERE THERE THEM, IT WOULD JUST BE PUTTING THE THINGS THAT WERE GONNA BE PUTTING ON THAT PROPERTY ONLY.
NO, IT'S NO EXPENSE US ANYWAY, COMMISSIONER JACKSON THINKS ABOUT WHAT I'VE TALKED WITH MS. MAY AND THEY, THEY'RE REALLY IN A PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THIS AND I THINK IT'S DOWN TO A TIME FACTOR NOW.
WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO AID HER.
THEY JUST FOR A PATH FOR A PLAYER RIGHT NOW.
AND PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE THEY MIGHT EXPAND, BUT I THINK THEY LOOKING AT LIKE MAYBE TWO ACRES OF THE LAND.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE THEY PUT THIS IS OKAY WITH YOUR FUTURE PLAN.
YEAH, WE, WE'VE BEEN OVER AT THE SITE ONCE.
WE BRING IT BACK TO THE FIELD.
AND I WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNLESS COMMISSIONER JACKSON HAD PLOTTED IT OUT FOR ME.
I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
I JUST, I JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE IN A TIME CRUNCH AND ALONG WITH THIS WE HAVE REQUESTED, UM, 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND SOMEWHERE FOR THESE BAILERS WE HAVE REQUESTED FROM THE CITY SOME HELP.
THEY ARE, UM, THEY HAVE GIVEN ME A LEASE FOR THE OLD, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ON AIRPORT DRIVE, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THEIR OLD MAINTENANCE BARN WAS.
THEY HAVE VACATED THAT OR IN THE PROCESS OF VACATING THAT, BUT THEY WILL ONLY ALLOW ME TO BE THERE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR REALLY OCTOBER.
BUT THAT GIVES US SOME TIME TO GET THE BAILERS HERE AND TO PUT THE BAILERS IN THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE THE BAILERS.
BUT I STILL HAVE CONCRETE THAT I DON'T WANT TO PUT ON A PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM ME.
I MEAN, I WANT TO PUT THAT ON SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO USE.
HAVE YOU GOT A BUDGET SET UP FOR THIS? I WILL.
I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE I JUST, BEFORE I DID ANYTHING, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS FEASIBLE.
I STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY OF
OKAY, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, YOU MOTION SECOND.
OKAY, NOW WE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU PRESENT THE RECYCLING REPORT FOR,
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RIGHT, THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR PRECINCT.THE FIRST PAGE, UM, AFTER OF MY REPORT IS THE NUMBERS FROM THE GENERAL SITE AND THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN IN PAPER AND THEN BOTTLES AND CANS.
AND WE HAD 22 AND A THIRD TONS, UM, OF PAPER.
AND YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS ONLY FROM NOVEMBER.
THIS IS WHEN WE STARTED ACTUALLY MOVING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ALL THESE IN.
SO IT HAS BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL, IN FACT, MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE REALLY HAVE HAD THOUGHT.
WE ARE MOVING THESE CONTAINERS APPROXIMATELY ONCE A WEEK, UM, IF NOT A LITTLE SOONER.
AND IT'S BEEN A PROJECT TRYING TO GO OVER THERE.
WE'RE MONITORING EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GROUND IS CLEAN AND THAT THINGS ARE NOT BEING FIT IN THERE.
SO WE KIND OF PULL BURN BARREL STUFF OUT, WHICH IS, UM, NOT APPROPRIATE TO PUT IN THESE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL GETS TO THE, THE TRASH.
UM, THE BOTTLES AND CANS, UM, THERE'S BEEN ABOUT EIGHT OF THEM AND THREE FOURTHS OF, OF TONS.
UM, OF THOSE MATERIALS OUT OF TERRELL, ONLY PRECINCT TWO, UM, WE HAVE ONE CONTAINER.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WE HAVE THREE CONTAINERS IN TERRE.
WE HAVE ONE CONTAINER AT THE PRECINCT, TWO BARN, AND THAT'S, UM, WE RECYCLED FIVE AND A QUARTER TONS OUT OF THAT SINCE, AND AT THAT ONE WE PUT IN WHAT, A WEEK OR TWO? I THINK.
SO IT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER.
UM, SO THAT IT HAS BEEN TOWED VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, WE ENDED UP PUT, AT FIRST COMMISSIONER, UH, CLARK HAD TOLD ME THAT WE COULD PUT THE CONTAINER WITHIN THE FENCED AREA BECAUSE WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT ANY KIND OF DUMPING OR PROBLEMS WITH TRASH.
AND AT CHRISTMAS, UM, THEY WERE CLOSING DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS.
SO WE MADE A DECISION TO PUT THE CONTAINER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE GATES AND WE HAVE HAD EXTREMELY GOOD, UH, PEOPLE HAVE KEPT IT CLEAN.
UM, I, I'M JUST VERY, VERY AMAZED, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THAT TO BE SITTING OUT THERE, UH, 24 HOURS A DAY AND, AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING GOOD MATERIALS.
I HAVEN'T HAD ANY REPORTS FROM OUR RECYCLER ON ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
SO THAT, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY, UM, SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE MONEY FOR KIOSKS AND WE ARE GONNA PUT ONE IN AT THE TARRELL SUB COURTHOUSE.
IT WILL BE, UM, A STRUCTURE THAT WILL, WILL BE, HAVE A LITTLE A-FRAME ROOF ON IT AND THEN IT'LL HAVE, UM, WINDOWS AND DOORS THAT CAN OPEN.
YOU CAN PUT MATERIALS IN THERE AND THEN SHUT IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THINGS THAT, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UM, WE'RE PLANNING TO USE THAT FOR A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
AND THEN NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN PRECINCT TWO, BUT COMMISSIONER CLARK, IF WE NEED TO DISCUSS WHERE WE CAN PUT ONE THERE, BECAUSE PUTTING ONE OUTSIDE OF HIS BARN AREA IS NOT REALLY A PLACE UNLESS YOU CAN FIND A PLACE.
AND THEN, UM, THEN WE HAVE TWO MORE THAT WE'LL BE NEEDING AND ONE PUT OUT PRECINCT THREE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE HAVE ONE THAT WE WERE WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYWHERE AROUND THE COURTHOUSE THAT YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE SO THAT WE COULD PUT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION MATERIALS.
YOU CAN JUST
YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE WE WILL BE TRYING TO, TO FIND SOMETHING.
SO THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY THE REPORT ON THE, THE, UM, TWO DROP OFFS FOR THE COUNTY.
WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES IN THERE.
THE THIRD AND FOURTH PAGE, WE DID NOT HAVE THIS IN THE GREEN WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.
AND COMMISSIONER CLARK, I MENTIONED IT TO HIM AND HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE RECYCLING TRAILERS AVAILABLE.
THE RECYCLING TRAILER RIGHT HERE, UM, THIS PICTURE IS $17,000.
IT'S QUITE EXPENSIVE AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THE GRANT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND WORKING, TRYING TO ENGINEER SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE MADE THAT WOULD BE A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A BID FOR $9,000, UM, FOR ONE SIMILAR TO THIS THAT WILL BE MADE RIGHT THERE IN TER.
SO IT'S BEING CUSTOM MADE FOR US.
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WE LIKED ABOUT THIS AFTER TALKING TO COMMISSIONER CLARK IS THE FACT THAT WE COULD TAKE THESE TO EVENTS.WE COULD TAKE IT TO HERITAGE JUBILEE, WE COULD BRING IT DOWN TO THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL.
WE COULD PULL IN, PULL A LOT OF MATERIALS OUT OF THE WASTE STREAM AT EVENTS AND GET PEOPLE TO, TO START THINKING ABOUT RECYCLING.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL PURSUING THIS AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE, UM, A PART OF YOUR GRANT SO THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE IT, WE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE IT AND MANAGE IT.
SO IT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL IN MATERIALS TO OUR BALER, BAILLE 'EM UP.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO, TO HAVE THAT.
THAT'S UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING, I WANNA GO TO THE TIRE GRANT AND THAT IS WE, UM, MONTHS AGO YOU HAD RW BECK HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, UM, THIS TIRE GRANT THAT THE COG HAD, AND THEY'RE ON THE SAME TIMEFRAME THAT I'M ON.
THEY WERE WORKING WITH TDOT TO COME UP WITH, UM, BAILED TIRES THAT WOULD BE USED FOR EROSION CONTROL AND THEY'RE STILL PURSUING THAT.
WHAT I THINK IS GONNA HAPPEN IS THAT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT TIRE TRAILERS OUT AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRY TO FILL 'EM.
THEY WANT 10,000 TIRES FROM KAUFMAN COUNTY.
WELL, I THINK I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T THINK WE'D HAVE ANY TROUBLE GETTING THOSE, BUT, AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP TO YOU.
IF WE PUT TRAILERS OUT AND WE START TELLING EVERYBODY, BRING YOUR TIRES, THEN WHEN THIS IS OVER, THEY, THEY TALK TO ME ABOUT A THREE MONTH SPAN.
THEN WHEN THAT'S OVER, EVERYBODY'S STILL GONNA BE BRING ALL THEIR TIRES.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THOSE TIRES BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA PUT 'EM EVERYWHERE.
THEY'RE GONNA WANT YOU TO TAKE THEM.
BUT IF WE PUT THE TRAILER TIRES WHERE WE KIND OF ALREADY HAVE TRAILER, I MEAN TIRE TRAILERS WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE TIRE TRAILERS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE ONE TOO.
AND WE, WE COULD POSSIBLY USE THIS DURING COUNTYWIDE CLEANUP BECAUSE, AND THEN WE COULD REALLY PROMOTE, BRING YOUR TIRES AND WE COULD GET THE, THE, UH, TRUSTEES OUT THERE TO PACK THESE TRAILERS AND THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MESS AFTER THAT OF WE'RE GONNA PUT ALL THESE TIRES THAT PEOPLE, I MEAN HOPEFULLY WE WOULD GET ALL THE TIRES, BUT WE PROBABLY WON'T.
YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA BRING THE TIRES? ALL THE TIRE SHOPS.
THAT'S WHO'S GONNA BRING, IF YOU, WE ONLY ALLOW FOUR DURING COUNTY CLEANUP, BUT I GUARANTEE THAT THESE TAR SHOPS WILL HAVE A TRUCK IN THE BUILDING.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY MADE MONEY ON THOSE.
UM, OKAY, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE ROBERTSONS PROPERTY, WE GOT RID OF ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE ON ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE GOT THROUGH AN SEP GRANT.
AND UM, SO THEY'RE STILL SITTING WITH TWO THIRDS OF THOSE TYPES AND THESE TRAILERS ARE TOO BIG TO TAKE OUT THERE AND PUT ON THAT ROAD.
IS THAT RIGHT? SHE WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF WE COULD STICK 'EM ON, STICK 'EM ON HER PROPERTY ALREADY.
IF THEY COULD DO THAT AND GET 'EM DONE IN A HURRY THAT, THAT ROAD'S PRETTY NARROW SO YOU COULDN'T, SHE HAS A DRIVE BUT WE CAN GET IT DOWN THE DRIVEWAY.
ARE THEY STILL DUMPING OUT THERE? THEY'RE NOT JUMPING, IT'S BEEN FOREVER.
IT'S SITTING JUST MUCH LEFT OVER.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOREVER.
UM, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER FAMILY THAT BACK WHEN SHE STARTED ASKING, THERE WAS ANOTHER FAMILY OVER IN THE CHERYL KAUFMAN AREA THAT CREW IT.
SO I DUNNO IF YOU KNOW THAT, THAT HAD SOME PROPERTY THAT HAD A BUNCH OF TIRES.
BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THOSE ARE THEY'RE SCATTERED ALL OVER AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THOSE.
SO I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN BECAUSE WHEN THEY START DROPPING, WANTING TO DROP THESE TRAILERS, WE'RE GONNA WANT TO DROP THEM RIGHT AWAY SO WE CAN START USING THEM.
IS THIS IN CONJUNCTION, WHAT JACK'S WORKING ON? WITHERS RIGHT NOW, JACK OR JACK? IT IS ALL THE SAME THING.
SO IS THAT WHAT YOUR RW BECK ROB.
RW BECK KIND OF WENT DORMANT THERE FOR MONTH.
OH NO, I THINK THIS WAS A MORE DIFFICULT PROGRAM PUT TOGETHER THAN, THAN THEY HAVE THOUGHT.
AND I ACTUALLY THINK THEY GAVE IT TO SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND IT KIND OF, YEAH, IT JUST, IT HAS, IT'S REALLY BEEN A MUCKING A MESS KIND OF.
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THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND AMITEX IS WHO WE USE.IS THAT RIGHT? TEXAS, AMERICAN, TEXAS, AMERICAN TIRE RECYCLING AND THAT'S WHO THEY'RE TRYING TO, UM, CONTRACT WITH AND RIGHT, RIGHT NOW UMT AMERICAN IS BEING ASKED BY TCEQ TO GET SOME TYPE OF A PERMIT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOT THIS ALL KIND OF JUST WHOLE, AS SOON AS THEY GET, THEY'VE ALREADY PUT IN THE PAPERWORK, UH, TCEQ HAS TO APPROVE IT.
AND SO WHENEVER THAT GETS APPROVED, I THINK IT'S GONNA JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE GONNA SAY, OKAY, WE'RE DROPPING THESE TRAILERS.
THAT'S WHY I KIND OF NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THEM.
AND COMMISSIONER DELL'S ALREADY GONNA NEED HIS REQUEST.
SO I JUST NEED FOR EVERYBODY TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE COULD PUT THESE.
WELL WE NEED TO HAVE A PERSONNEL VAN, THESE TRAILERS, UH, TO KEEP THE PEOPLE FROM JUST DROPPING THE TIRES OFF, UH, JUST ALL AROUND THE TRAILERS.
RIGHT? I MEAN I WOULD THINK THAT YEAH, THAT WE DO, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF I HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT TALKING ABOUT CITY OF TERRE AND ASKING THEM IF WE COULD PUT THAT OUT AT THE, UH, CONVENIENCE STATION WHERE THEY HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE, UM, YOU'VE GOT BOB, SO YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE SOMEBODY THERE AND WE CAN PUT TWO TRAILERS THERE, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PROBABLY PUT PUT PLACES, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE A PLACE TO PUT A BIG TRUCK LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THOUGHT IS OF MINE IS HOLD ON TO THE TIRES YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WHENEVER THIS HAPPENS, THOSE WILL BE PAID FOR AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM OUT OF YOUR BUDGET.
SO I WOULDN'T HAVE ALREADY TOLD JACK, TRY NOT TO SEND ANY OF THOSE OUT TO THE RECYCLER YET UNTIL WE FIND OUT EXACTLY.
I DO, DID YOU? I JUST COULDN'T, COULDN'T WAIT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST THE ONLY WAY I KNOW TO DO IT 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY APPROVAL TO DO ANYTHING YET.
SO IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, JUST, I'M, I'M WAITING TOO.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME TO GET THE APPROVAL.
I JUST KNOW THAT THE, THE KATHLEEN AT THE CO IS REALLY FISHING THEM TO GET THIS DONE.
SO I KIND OF THINK IT WILL GET DONE, BUT BOY, IT'S GONNA BE A REAL FAST KEEP IN MIND TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOME WAY WE COULD PUT A TRAILER OUT THERE AND WHERE, UH, AT, OUT ON BY THE ROBERTSONS ROBINSONS.
AND, UH, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEND SOME OF MY GUYS OUT THERE IF WE CAN GET ANY TRUSTEES READY.
IT TAKE A LONG TIME TO LOAD THAT MANY TIRES OFF OF THAT.
AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE, THEY PROBABLY HAVE A COUPLE THOUSAND.
THEY TOOK SMALLER TRAILERS, BUT THEY TOOK SEVEN SMALLER TRAILERS, UM, OF TIRES FROM THAT.
IF THE ESTIMATES ARE ALL RIGHT, THEY SHOULD STILL HAVE 7,000 TIRES.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF TIRES, THEY HAVE A LOT AND THEY'RE ALL STACKED VERY NEATLY.
THEY ARE VERY STACKED, VERY NEATLY.
THEY'RE IN ONE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET TO ANYWAY.
SO THAT'S THE, THE DEAL ON THE GRANT AND I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO GET BACK WITH MAN IN THE SHORT PERIOD I'LL PROBABLY BE CALLING YOU.
AND THEN ON THE LAST PAGE, OR THE SECOND TO THE LAST PAGE IS OUR BUSINESS RECYCLING, UM, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE GOING.
UM, I PUT ALL THE NUMBERS HERE.
OBVIOUSLY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER IS THEY USE A LOT OF MATERIALS AND UM, THIS IS ALL PAPER AND CARDBOARD.
UM, BELOW THIS JUST TELLS YOU ALL OF THE TREES AND THE HOURS OF ELECTRICITY AND GALLONS OF WATER.
AND I HAVE THAT FOR YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER DELLER FROM PRECINCT FOR, SO THAT YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AND YOU CAN PUBLICIZE THOSE.
UM, WE SAVED OUT OF JUST THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, $3,800 IN TRASH DISPOSAL.
AND I HAVE JUST TALKED TO, UM, SHERIFF BURNS ABOUT GOING TO THE NEXT PHASE AND TRYING TO WORK ON PLASTICS.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA START WORKING ON THAT, SEE IF WE CAN, UH, UP THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN THE TOTAL PROGRAM OF OUR BUSINESS RECYCLING WHERE WE GO AROUND AND PICK UP IS, UM, LAST YEAR IT WAS 293, BUT ALMOST 294 TONS OF MATERIAL THAT WE PICKED UP AND THAT WAS JUST MY GUYS RUNNING AROUND PICKING MATERIAL.
SO IT'S AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
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UM, SINCE OCTOBER IT HASN'T BEEN KIND TO US BECAUSE ALL THE MATERIAL WE, WE ARE NOT GETTING PAID FOR OUR MATERIALS NOW.SO, UM, HOPEFULLY IT'LL, IT'LL COME BACK.
BUT I'M NOT GONNA STOP THE PROGRAM.
I'M DETERMINED THAT I'M GONNA KEEP, DO YOU NEED AN ACCOUNT FROM THE PAPER, FROM THE SUB COURTHOUSE? BECAUSE I, I CARRY THE PAPER, BUT YOU, YOU CARRY IT OVER TO YOUR BIN AT THE KE STATION AND NOW I'VE GOT THE NUMBERS FOR THE KE STATION.
THE, IN FACT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT IT WAS, UH, 39,695.
HERE'S YOUR LETTER, 39 6 9 5 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CHEAPER FOR US TO JUST TAKE IT OVER THERE.
YES, IT'S SEND BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY.
YEAH, WE HAVE TO PAY MILES AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN JUST, UM, OUT OF THE, THE COURTHOUSE AND THE, THE, AN ANNEX BUILDING AND THE, UM, COURTHOUSE DOWN, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE, THE SOUTH CAMPUS, SOUTH CAMPUS, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHERE ELSE WE PICK UP COUNTYWIDE, BUT WE GO DOWN TO THE, THE BARN.
THE BARN WE GO DOWN TO, UM, THE AGRILIFE, ALL OF THOSE WAS 4,611 POUNDS OF MATERIAL.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AND I THINK WE, IF WE COULD GET THE, THE COURTHOUSE MORE INVOLVED, I THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TO DO A LOT BETTER.
AND THEN THE FINAL THING IS THE PROCLAMATION AND THE, THE KAUFMAN COUNTY GRANT THAT WE HAVE WAS CALLED KEEP KAUFMAN COUNTY CLEAN AND GREEN.
AND SO WE WANTED TO, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT EARTH DAY IS APRIL 22ND, WE HAVE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ODYSSEY WITH ALL THE SECOND GRADERS NEXT THIS MONTH ALREADY MARCH.
UM, AND WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT'LL BE GOING ON AND WE WANTED TO KIND OF PROMOTE AND, UM, GET THE PUBLIC TO THINKING ABOUT THE THING.
THEY'LL BE SEEING THAT FOR YEARS BECAUSE WE'LL USE THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAVE UM, A LITTLE LOGO ON EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THAT.
SO WE WERE HOPING THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY COMMENTS GUYS? WELL I TAKE A MOTION TO UM, ACCEPT THE 2008 END OF THE YEAR REPORT AND, UH, THAT PERMIT, UM, THE CO-OP TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK.
SO MADE SECOND MOTION MADE BY MR. SECOND BY MR. DOLLAR.
AND, UH, WHEN, UH, MARCH AND APRIL KEEP KAUFMAN COUNTY CLEAN IN THREE MONTHS.
COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER ROB WILL SECOND IT.
WHICH PROBABLY I'M HAVE TO CALL YOU, I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY OR HAVE.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND UH, CONSIDER APPOINTING COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE AN UPGRADE OR REPLACEMENT OF THE COUNTY PHONE SYSTEM.
WHERE'S GEORGE EUROPE? GEORGE CURRENTLY COUNTYWIDE ALL OUR PHONE SYSTEMS, UM, ARE MITEL.
WE INHERITED MITEL FROM BACK WHEN LINDA SPENCER WAS AUDITOR AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW LONG THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN IN THE COURTHOUSE, UM, LINDA WAS IN DON SNOW'S OLD OFFICE, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HALL.
SO IT'S BEEN SINCE THE 19, UH, LATE 1990, WHILE THE EQUIPMENT IN THE REST OF THE COUNTY IS CURRENT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND SO ON, STILL THE SAME PLATFORM, IT'S STILL
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END OF LIFE.AND JUST AS WE REPLACE THE DATABASE SERVER FOR ODYSSEY COURTS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING SOME MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT, WE ALSO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO EVALUATE EITHER UPGRADING OR REPLACING THE EQUIPMENT IN THE COURTHOUSE BEFORE WE HAVE AN ISSUE.
IF WE COULD MAYBE GET A COMMITTEE OF FOLKS TOGETHER, WHAT'S IMPORTANT NOT ONLY IN ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE, BUT FUNCTIONALITY AND USE IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.
AND IN THAT COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD HAVE SOME KEY FOLKS, UH, THAT HAVE INPUT, THAT WOULD BE WOULD BE GOOD.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR SYSTEM? NOTHING.
IT'S END OF LIFE, BUT WE NEED TO EVALUATE EITHER IT IS SORT OF LIKE HAVING A, UH, 1950, UH, 19 55, 12 T CATERPILLAR MOTOR GRADER, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING A COUNTY ROWS YOU WHILE IT WORKS AND IT MAY LAST ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA TO EVALUATE IT AND LOOK AT THE OPTIONS OF UPGRADING IT OR GETTING APPROVAL.
DO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GENTLEMAN THAT USED TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS NOT AROUND ANYMORE OR WHAT HE CHOSE TO NO LONGER SUPPORT THE EQUIPMENT.
AH, UM, WE HAVE, SINCE JACK AND I, UH, UH, WHEN JACK WAS INVOLVED WITH OUR, THE EQUIPMENT WE PUT IN OUT AT THE S UM, WE FOUND SEVERAL, SEVERAL OTHER VENDORS.
AND WE HAVE A VENDOR WHO'S HEADQUARTERED IN DALLAS BUT LIVES IN COFFIN COUNTY THAT WE'RE USING, UM, TO SUPPORT OUR EQUIPMENT.
UH, AND WITH MYTEL EQUIPMENT, IT IS, YOU KNOW, PROPRIETARY PRODUCT.
SO IN THE EVENT OF, YOU KNOW, FAILURE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MITEL CERTIFIED PERSON TO GET EQUIPMENT FROM.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH MAINTAINED OURSELVES AS FAR AS HARDWARE, SOFTWARE MOVES, UPGRADES AND CHANGES.
BUT FOR THOSE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UM, ONE INDIVIDUAL SINCE THE 1990S WHO, UM, HAS CHOSEN UP TO NO LONGER DO IT.
YOU'RE GOING, YOU'RE GOING MICROWAVE AROUND, YOU'RE GONNA INCLUDE THE WHOLE COUNTY IS WELL WE DO.
RIGHT NOW MUCH OF THE EQUIPMENT IS RUNNING OUT TODAY.
UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS PUT IN, UM, IN OH FOUR.
DO WE WANT TO UPGRADE AND CHANGE? DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE PLATFORM TO ANOTHER VENDOR IN THE COURTHOUSE? DO WE WANT TO KEEP THE SAME VENDOR? THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO BOTH.
ONE OF THE CONS WOULD BE MY TELLS GUARD PROPRIETARY.
IT'S NOT OPEN LIKE AVAYA AND CISCO.
SO WHILE WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT A PLATFORM THAT WOULD INTEROPERATE WITH THE OTHER BUILDINGS AND THAT CAN BE DONE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS AN OPTION TO, YOU KNOW, MIGRATE TO ANOTHER PLATFORM.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT THIS BEFORE WE HAVE, UM, FAILURE PHONE SWITCHES ARE EXPENSIVE AND IT'S GOOD TO BE PROACTIVE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S TERRIBLE TIMING FOR, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL REASONS AND THAT, BUT UH, I GUESS ZONING COMMITTEES NOT GONNA COST US ANYTHING.
THAT'S, YOU COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS EQUIPMENT IS X YEARS OLD AND THIS IS WHAT WE THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO DO.
WELL, IT HADN'T BEEN THAT LONG AGO BEFORE WE WENT FROM THAT SYSTEM WHERE ALL CALLS CAME IN TO 9 7, 2, 9 3, 2, 4, 3, 3 1 TO, TO EACH ONE OF HAVING OUR OWN NUMBER.
RIGHT? THAT HASN'T BEEN VERY LONG AND THAT WON'T CHANGE.
WHAT WE DID THERE IS WE, UM, GOT A BLOCK OF DID OR A BLOCK OF NUMBERS AND WE CHANGED THAT T ONE OVER TO A PRI.
WE, WHATEVER THAT MEANS, WE REQUIRED, REQUIRED 20 OUTSIDE LINES.
SO THAT WOULD MOVE WITH, IF WE CHANGE, IT MAY BE AS SIMPLE AS, YOU KNOW, UPGRADING SOME COMPONENTS IN THAT THING.
IT MAY BE, UM, THAT UH, MAYBE THE TAX DEPARTMENT WOULD ENJOY FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT SHOULD WE EVALUATE THIS? WE MAY HAVE SOME OF THE KEY FOLKS IN THE COURTHOUSE GIVE THEIR INPUT YEAH.
THAT, THAT OCCURS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE.
BUT THAT, THAT'S NOT A FUNCTION OF, UH, PHONE SWITCH.
BUT YOU SAID IT IS NOT IN NAME WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM.
WE JUST WANT THIS COMMITTED TO LOOK AT IT.
YEAH, WE WOULD LIKE TO AND IT'S NOT GONNA COST ANYTHING FOR WELL UNLESS GO BUY A COFFEE OR SOMETHING.
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WE WOULD JUST HATE TO COME IN ONE MORNING AND FIND THAT WE HAVE NO, WE SHOULD KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DONE.IF WE HAVE NO PHONES, IT'S GONNA COST US 10,000, EVEN COST US 2 MILLION SO WE CAN REPORT BACK TO THE COURT AND THEN LOOK AT IT AT BUDGET CYCLE, MAYBE DO NOTHING.
JUST AS WE LAST BUDGET CYCLE, WE, UM, BUDGETED TO REPLACE THE DATABASE SERVER THAT RUNS ALL COURSE.
IT'S BEING PROACTIVE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE COUNTER CALL AND A JURY TRIAL AND ALL THIS SORT OF THING GOING ON AND THE DATABASE SERVER DROPS OUT AND WE TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AND HAVE THIS STUFF RUNNING.
YOU KNOW, IF IT'S END OF LIFE, IT'S END OF LIFE, WE NEED TO EITHER EVALUATE IT TO, YOU KNOW, UPGRADE IT OR POSSIBLY GO TO ANOTHER SYSTEM.
JURY DOESN'T LIKE TURN IN THE LAB.
I'VE GOT AN OLD 12 TEAM MAINTAINER AT MY HOUSE.
IT GOT ONE FLAT TIRE JUDGE IF I WOULD BE GLAD TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE IF I NEED TO, IF THEY NEED SOMEBODY ELSE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON IT.
UH, WE CAN PUT TWO FROM THE COURT ON THAT COMMITTEE.
MR. JACKSON, YOU SEEM A LITTLE INTERESTED IN THAT.
GEORGE, GEORGE, PURCHASING AGENT, UH, JACK SEBASTIAN.
UH, WELL WE'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, MR. MURPHY FROM THE TAX OFFICE AND IF WE COULD FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE SHERIFF, LIEUTENANT ZAPETA SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND LIEUTENANT ZAPETA AND UH, COUNTY TEXAS COLLECTOR DICK MURPHY.
YOU WANT HAL IN THERE WITH YOU OR LET Y'ALL REPORT BACK TO HAL.
JUDGE, WOULD IT BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE COURTHOUSE ON THERE THAT MAYBE IS FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THE DAY TO DAY OPERATION OF THAT? I THINK MR. MURPHY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP BECAUSE I DON'T MIND APPOINTING, UH, LAURA HUGHES ON THAT COMMITTEE ALSO.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE COMMITTEE.
UH, REAL DIVERSE AND COVERS JUST ABOUT EVERY FACTS THERE IS GEORGE AND I'LL APPOINT GEORGE THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE.
NOW HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING.
THAT'S WHAT GO BACK TO THE 4, 4 19.
ARE WE
AND REMEMBER THAT KNOWING MY PHILOSOPHY, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
SO REMEMBER THAT I'M ALL FOR THAT.
BUT WE GOT SOMETHING ON THE SHELF IN CASE IS UP.
UH, THAT COMMITTEE IF APPOINTS, UH, IN MY DISCRETION.
YOU GOT EM ALL THE NAMES THERE LAURA? SURE I DO.
OKAY, NEXT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, DO WE HAVE A FIRST AND THE SECOND OR DID I MISS THAT? DON'T NEED A FIRST AND SECOND ONE.
I'M APPOINT THE COMMITTEE YOU APPOINTED.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME BACK IN 99, JANUARY 99, EVERY TIME SOMETHING WOULD COME UP, I DON'T CARE WHAT IT WAS, WHETHER IT WAS WHETHER WE SHOULD STRIPE THE PARKING LOT OR WHETHER WE SHOULD, UH, HIRE SOMEBODY TO MOW THE LAWN.
EVERYTHING THAT CAME UP THAT COMMISSIONER'S COURT WAS USED TO THE COUNTY JUDGE APPOINTED COMMITTEE.
AND, AND SO THEY, EVERY TIME SOMEONE WOULD COME UP, THEY, THEY'D SAY, WELL JUDGE, WE THINK YOU'RE APPOINTED COMMITTEE TO TO STUDY THIS.
AND I, ONE THING I STOPPED AND I SAID, LISTEN, YOU GUYS ARE ALL ELECTED FOR FROM YOUR PRECINCT GUYS.
BUT ANYWAY, IN THIS CASE I CAN UNDERSTAND GEORGE, SO NO PROBLEM.
UH, NOW WE WANT TO DISCUSS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO, UH, APPROVE THE ESTIMATION OF MATCH PATCHING ROADS IN THE CITY OF ROSS.
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TIME AND MATERIAL I THINK COMES TO, UH, 700.UH, THIS IS THE CONTRACT FOLLOWING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND UH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS.
BUT YOU HAD MADE A MENTION ONE TIME ABOUT WANTING THE COMMISSIONER TO SIGN THIS.
I ALSO PUT A SIGNATURE BECAUSE IT HAS TO COME THROUGH THE COURT.
I MAKE A MOTION THE JUDGE TO ASSIGN, ASSIGN THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE SECOND COMMISSIONER.
UH, EACH YEAR WE GET A LITTLE LETTER FROM MIKE NELSON.
I ASSUME THAT'S WHO THIS LETTER CAME FROM.
MIKE, YOU DISCOUNTING MIKE DYKEY.
Y'ALL PROBABLY GRADUATED KAMAN HIGH SCHOOL AND, UH, HE NOW WORKS FOR THE NORTH TEXAS POISON CENTER.
AND EACH YEAR HE ASK US TO DECLARE A CERTAIN WEEK AS POISON PREVENTION IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND THIS, THIS YEAR IS CHOSEN MARCH 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST AS POISON PREVENTION WEAKEN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO DECLARE THAT SO AND ENTERTAIN MOTION OF COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
SO THE KEY THING IS, IS TO MAKE, UH, THE CONSTITUENTS AWARE OF THE POISONS THAT THEY LAY OUT AND HOW EASY THEY ARE FOR LITTLE ONES AND PETS TO GET A HOOKED THAT WEEK.
JUDGE, SHOULD I ASK MY WIFE TO NOT COOK DURING THAT WEEK? YEAH.
IF SHE DOESN'T WATCH IT, I'LL MAKE SURE SHE HEARS ABOUT IT.
AND NEXT, UH, WE NEED TO CONSIDER DIGITIZING ANNABELLE GUERRERO FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE COURSE MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROWING.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
NOW, NOW DO WE HAVE ANY LINE ITEM THIS MORNING? THIS WILL BE BRIEF JUDGE COUNCIL PRECINCT THREE.
WE REQUESTED LINE ON TRANSFER TO TOOLS AND NEW EQUIPMENT FOR $4,000 FOR PRODUCTION OF NEW EQUIPMENT, LEASE PAYMENTS.
ALLY, IN THE UH, GENERAL FUND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATION OF NEW REVENUE PARTICIPATION FEE FROM THE DIVERSION $2,600 AND BUDGETING THAT FOR THE DIVERS OF THE COURT.
WE ENTERTAIN APPROVE THOSE PAID BY COMMISSIONER.
UH, WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO PAY SOME BILLS TODAY SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE NEXT MONDAY.
WILL THE COURT MEET ON THE MONDAY OF COUNTY DAY? NO.
SO WE MEET ON THE NEXT WEEK WILL BE THE NINTH.
NEXT WEEK IS THE, UH, TEXAS A M SCHOOL FOR COUNTY JUDGES.
AND THEN IT WOULD NOT BE ON THE 20, NOT BE ON THE 23RD ALSO.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS WE'LL BE HERE ON THE 16TH.
UH, BUT NOT ON THE NINTH OF THE 23RD.
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THE FIFTH.MONDAY BY, UM, TRADITIONALLY YOU HAVE LI TEMPATIONS SOME HIRE, IT'S NOT A NEW POSITION, BUT EVIDENT.
WELL WITH HIS IT COULD BE BECAUSE SELDOM HAS A FULL POSITION.
SO IT COULD BE HIRING TO FILL THE OPEN POSITION OR SELDOM HAS SEEMS LIKE WELL WE COULD MAKE THAT NOTATION REQUEST PUT IN, WHETHER IT'S A NEW HIRE FROM THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE COMMISSIONER COURT VOTED HERE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT SHOULD, UH, FOR THE COUNTY FOR PARTICULARLY THE,
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YOU GRIND IT UP, IT'S GONNA, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE GOT SOME KIDS COME IN AND THEN THE SECOND DAY, OF COURSE THEY'RE GONNA DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GO AROUND, THEY'RE IN THE HALLWAY FROM THE VAN HALL ALL THE WAY UP AND AROUND THAT FRONT.
SO THEN YOU CAN GO INTO THE CAFETERIA AND HAVE ROOM TO SIT.
AND OF COURSE THE VANS GONNA PLAY.
WE GET WANT TO GET THAT? YOU WANT, YOU WANT TICKETS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO IN LINE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY WELL, YOU, YOU CAN FIND, I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU FIND, BUT THEY, LAST YEAR THEY HAD SO MANY PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, THEY DIDN'T EXPECT IT.
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THE BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE FOOD IN THERE.HOW THAT CLEAR STUFF WORK OVER THERE.
SO 30 GRAND? NO, WE'RE JUST GETTING CLOSE.
WHAT'S THAT? THE BG OFFICER? YEAH.
THEY'LL BE GETTING IN AFTERNOON.
WELL IF YOU PLAN ON GOING, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THIS.
NO, THIS WILL BE THE LAST YEAR.
TEACHERS GET TO DO IT FOR ONE SCHOOL.
ISN'T THAT CORRECT? WELL, WHEN THEY HAVE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, WE TALK ABOUT THAT.
I ASK, SEE IF THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THAT YOU DO IT.
YOU DON'T WHAT'S HAVE, HOW SPLIT THIS GOT.
SHE JUST LET HER KNOW SHE WANTS TO.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK YOU DON'T HAVE,
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BUT NOW THIS IS GONNA GO FOR THE JACK.THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT GOING FOR JACK, BUT I KNOW SHE'S GOTTEN SOME PHONE CALLS.
I JUST, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED HOW THE SHOULD GET THERE AND MESSAGE TO THE DO THEY DO THE VENDORS PAY? THEY THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THEY STUFF.
THEY HOW MUCH THEY WERE GONNA GET FROM FROM, BUT AFTER WE TOLD THEM ALL, WE'RE NOT GIVING Y'ALL MORE MONEY.
WE THEM TO, BECAUSE WE DON'T CARE.
SHE'S THE ONE SHE NEEDS TO GET A HOLD OF.
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SO IF YOU MAYBE THEY CONTEMPLATED YOU STILL GOT THOSE, THOSE REPORTS YEAR LONG.SHARE AFTER COURT APPLICATION.
YOU PAY SECTION, SOMETHING SPECIAL BURNS JUST LIKE THE OTHER OR BEFORE THE SAME THING.
UH, LEMME ASK YOU ABOUT THE, I WAS LISTENING TO A PROGRAM EVERY WEEK THEY'LL HAVE CHANGE FUEL FILTER FOR ABOUT A MONTH OR A MONTH AND A HALF, ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE TIMES.
AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S AN EASY PROCESS.
YEAH, IT SAYS THE SO I HAVEN'T I GET WORD.
I'M GONNA ASK, ARE THERE BILLS WE
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MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.IT'S JUST A PUT A BIG SIGN UP.
PRECINCT BACK AND STARTS HERE.
WELL, THEY'RE ABOUT THE CITY TALKING SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT? I DON'T.
WELL ACTUALLY I DIDN'T KNOW THE BILLS MOTION.
WE'LL ADJOURN THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON MAKES A MOTION TO PAY BILLS.
NOW REMEMBER NO MEETING NEXT MONDAY.
WE'LL, TEXAS A AND M SCHOOL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL MISS YOU GREATLY, RIGHT? YEAH, WE MAKE BILL, WE'LL DO ONE.
AND COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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ER WILL SECOND IT.THEY WERE FIGHTING OVER RANDY.