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UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, YOU GIVE US SOME, GET SOME GUIDANCE TO GET US STARTED HERE, DOWN ON THE GENERAL THEY, TO MAKE THEIR DECISION, BE WITH US TO OUR DECISION MAKING, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FAIR AND EQUAL TO ALL.
THEN FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO LOOK DOWN ON THE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY.
IN THE DEFENSE OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY, WE ASK THAT YOU BRING THEM HOME SAFELY.
PRAYER, WE ASK TO NOT JESUS NAME REPUBLIC, WHICH NATION AMONG GOD AND THE INDIVIDUAL NEED JUSTICE GOD.
THERE'S NO ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
UM, YOU, YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING.
UH, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DEN FAVOR SAY AYE.
KATHY MORRIS, FIRST ITEM I'VE GOT IS TO DISCUSS THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION CONTRACT.
AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS THE THIRD ROUND, BUT SINCE WE'VE USED IT A COUPLE TIMES, I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANTED TO RECONSIDER.
TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN OR WHAT THE PRICE IS GONNA BE, THE $41,505 FOR A YEAR.
WE CANNOT GET AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT AND A CONTRACT EXPIRES TOMORROW.
SO IS THAT IT? THAT THAT'S FOR A YEAR, RIGHT? ONE YEAR.
AND IT'S JUST FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, THE COUNTY, WE TOOK OUT THE CITIES OF TAR AND 20 BECAUSE THAT WOULD INVEST 60, 65,000 AND THEY'VE GOT STANDALONE CONTRACTS.
THEY CAN RENEW THEMSELVES IF THEY WANNA.
WOULD IT BE CHEAPER IF WE MOVED WHEN WE ALL GOT TOGETHER? NO, BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON, ACTUALLY IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE THAT WAY FOR THE CITIES.
LAST TIME IT'S WITH THE GRANT FUND.
WE DID THE ENTIRE COUNTY, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR DID THE ENTIRE COUNTY HAD THE OPTION OF LETTING THE ENTIRE COUNTY UP OF AN EMERGENCY.
THE CITIES OF KAUFMAN AND TERRELL AND CORNING HAD TO GET ANOTHER STANDALONE CONTRACT THAT COST THEM AN EXTRA DOG FOR HOUSEHOLD IN THEIR CITY IN ORDER TO DO THEIR NOTIFICATIONS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
BASICALLY IT'S THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE NON-EMERGENCY THINGS, THE WATER CLOSING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT YEAH, IT COSTS MORE IF WE CONTINUE TO DO IT THAT WOULD IT COST THE CITY MORE? SO IF WE HAD A REALLY TERRIBLE EMERGENCY, WE WOULD NOTIFY EVERYBODY IN THE UNINCORPORATED IN THE CITY.
BUT THEN NOTIFIED WHEN YOU DID THAT FIRST ONE YOU DID EVERYBODY.
IT, IT WAS STILL UNDER THE, THE EXISTING CONTRACT THAT HAS EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY 60.
IT'S ABOUT 20,000 MORE THAN THIS.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT THINK I DID.
I DID SOME MATH ON IT, BUT MY MATH WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE FUZZY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
THE CITY, IT'S $2 25 CENTS PER HOUSEHOLD IS WHAT THEY CHARGE YOU WITH.
WE CAN USE IT AS MANY TIMES AS WE WANT, BUT PERSONALLY, IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT ACTUALLY WORTH IT, YOU GOTTA USE IT.
AND IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS SINCE I WAS HERE
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LAST, I'VE MADE TWO CALLS WITH IT AND IT WORKED VERY WELL.SO IT REALLY WORKS PRETTY WELL.
ABOUT 70 TO 75% OF THE PEOPLE ARE CONTACTED AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT WITH USING IT.
I JUST DUNNO WHETHER Y'ALL THINK IT'S GOOD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THAT KIND OF COST YOU EVEN TO, UH, NOTIFY EVERYBODY OF AN UPCOMING ELECTION OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CREATE USER GROUPS WITH THIS AND I IS A LOT OF MONEY.
WHAT I WAS, WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, I THOUGHT THAT'S, UH, ABOUT, UH, 46 PER PERSON TO ANOTHER COUNTY.
BUT THAT WAS THAT AND I THINK CENTS ON WHAT A LIFE COULD BE WORTH IN CASE CASE.
BUT I ALSO, MY KEEP TELLING ME THAT, UH, TOUGH THINGS AND ON THAT PROS AND CONS, ALMOST $40,000 AND THE NEXT DEAL IS 40,000.
NEXT DEAL, HUNDRED THOUSAND IT'S GONNA GO UP.
THEN ALL THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE, IT'S IT'S BASED ON THE CENSUS FIGURES AND WE'RE GOING DO THE CENSUS NEXT YEAR.
SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP BECAUSE THAT'S BASED ON THE CENSUS FIGURES NINE YEARS AGO.
HAVE WE EVER, HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY BEDS FROM ANYBODY ELSE? IS THIS THIS IS THE CHEAPEST? YEAH.
YEAH, WELL, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WHAT YOU GET, THIS IS THE EXPENSE WE HOPE WE NEVER, EVER, EVER HAVE TO USE IT.
BUT IF YOU EVER DIDN'T NEED IT, IT SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY SERIOUS AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT.
IT PROBABLY SIT THERE FOR MOST OF THE TIME WITHOUT EVEN BEING USED.
BUT I MEAN, YOU WOULD GET USED IT FOR OTHER THINGS.
I KNOW THE CITY OF FLORIDA DID PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS DURING THE ICE STORMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW THEY DON'T KEEP USING THE BAR RUNNING STUFF LIKE THAT.
THE CITIES GET BETTER USE OUT OF IT THAN WE DO, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT WATER DEPARTMENTS WHO MADE BREAKS AND THEY NOTIFIED PEOPLE WITH THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO USE IT IN CASES LIKE WHERE WE DO HAVE BAD WEATHER, YOU COULD TELL EVERYBODY WHERE THE COUNTY WAS GONNA BE OPEN OR CLOSED OR OPEN LATER AN HOUR OR WHATEVER.
YOU COULD NOTIFY THE CITIZENS THAT SO THEY DON'T COME UP HERE AT NINE IN THE MORNING.
YOU DON'T LIKE THE ONE ABOUT THE ELECTION
AND I GUESS YOU COULD USE IT FOR, YOU WANT TO IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD SYSTEM.
THAT GIVES PEOPLE THE, IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR CELL PHONES INTO THE SYSTEM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A A SOLID LINE.
SO THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING NOTIFIED.
THIS IS JUST, RIGHT NOW THE SYSTEM IS PUBLISHED PHONE NUMBERS AND THEY UPDATE THEIR DATA MONTHLY, WHICH IS BETTER THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER COMPANIES DO.
THEY ONLY DO IT QUARTERLY AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
THESE FOLKS, YOU DON'T, IT'S LIKE, IT'S ONE STOP SHOPPING AND EVERYTHING'S PAID FOR QUARTER.
BUT I HATE TO THINK ABOUT ADDING ANY MORE EXPENSES TO OUR ALREADY LOW DOWN ACCOUNTS.
BUT I HATE FOR THIS TO BE A NECESSARY, I'D HATE FOR IT TO BE, FOR US TO NEED IT REALLY BADLY AND THAT NOT HAPPEN.
SO I WANNA MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND I'LL SECOND THE SECOND FAVOR.
DISCUSS OR JC WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM SYSTEM.
THE ONLY THING WE'VE GOT IS DOOR TO DOOR AND THAT CAN BE DONE TOO.
IT'S JUST, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE UPCOMING STORM SEASON AND NOTIFYING PEOPLE, WE RELY ON THE MEDIA.
AND IF YOU WILL NOTICE, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE MEDIA, ONCE THE STORMS GET OUT OF DALLAS, THEY PRETTY WELL QUIT.
WELL, THEY'RE COMING THIS WAY AND THESE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A TORNADO COMING OR NOT.
IF THEY'RE NOT WATCHING TV, THEY'VE GOT THEIR CELL PHONE WITH THEM, THEY'RE REGISTERED WITH THE SYSTEM, THEY CAN BE NOTIFIED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THERE'S A TORNADO USING THE SYSTEM.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S GOT GOOD ONE.
IT IT'S GOT GOOD ONES AND COST.
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IT, IT'S GONNA GO UP.THE PRICE WILL GO UP AND I HATE TO GET PEOPLE USED TO IT THEN US NOT BEING ABLE TO DO IT.
A I I I JUST, OF COURSE THE PROBLEM IS IF I SAY NO AND HE SAYS NO, IT'S TIED.
I JUST, I'M, I'M REALLY NOT FOR IT.
I'VE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE THAT THE LAST FEW TIMES WE USED IT AND THEY, UH, LET THE SENIOR THING THEY ALL THOUGHT WAS A GREAT THING.
I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE MONEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU IF IT, IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER.
THIS, I KNOW HUNT COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE IT.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF ROCKWALL COUNTY GOT ONE OR NOT.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
DALLAS COUNTY OF COURSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE, THE PEOPLE.
THE CITY OF DALLAS I DON'T THINK EVEN HAS IT.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FAIRLY NEW AND A LOT OF PEOPLE JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON 'CAUSE THEY GOT EVERYTHING GRANT FUNDED FOR A YEAR.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HAVE OPTED OUT SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE GRANT FUNDS TO PAY FOR.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS AFTER.
I MEAN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE.
WE CAN DO IT DURING BUDGET TALKS.
WHEN I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT I JUST, I JUST THINK WE GOTTA GET THROUGH THIS YEAR.
LOOK AT THE NATION AND LOOK AT THE CITIES AND LOOK AT THE COUNTIES.
WE ARE NOT, OUR CASH FLOW IS KIND.
I PUT MY, YOU KNOW, $200,000 FOR MY NEW, I SAID THAT CAN'T DO IT.
I'D SURE LOVE TO A NEW, THAT'S MY
I THINK TWO MONEY IT MIGHT BE FOR US.
IT'S A TWO TWO VOTE, THEN IT JUST DOESN'T PASS.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT IT IN JULY.
WE BOTH
DON'T MAKE ROBERT'S RULES, BUT THAT'S SECOND IS DISCUSSION.
UH, ANY ANYMORE DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR SET RICK? I I THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD BE WISE TO WAIT TILL WHAT COULD BE DONE ON THE PHONE.
I, I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT THE SHERIFF COULD PROBABLY BACK ME UP ON THIS.
THIS NOTIFICATION, UH, STRICTLY FROM THE TORNADO AVENUE.
WE'VE GOT IN NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CORPORATE AREAS.
THEY ONLY WORK IF YOU CAN HEAR.
IF THEY'RE HALF THE TV YOU CAN'T HEAR.
BUT THIS WOULD, THIS IS MUCH CHEAPER, PROBABLY MORE EFFECTIVE THAN I WANNA GO ALONG WITH MY PHILOSOPHY.
IF WE JUST TAKE A VOTE, WE'VE HAD THE MOTION MADE AND SECOND AND WE HAD THE DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY HI TO NO, THE MOTION WAS, THE MOTION WAS TO PURCHASE IT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A BUNCH OF TIMES.
THE SECOND THING I'VE GOT ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADOPT THE STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THE DALLAS AREA CHAPTER IN COFFMAN COUNTY.
AND IT'S BEEN, UH, ABOUT FIVE YEARS SINCE WE HAD AN AGREEMENT FROM THE RED CROSS.
COUPLE THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND REALLY DOESN'T AFFECT US TOO MUCH OTHER THAN THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THE, THE LEAK WHEN IT COMES TO SHELTERING.
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GOT TWO RED CROSS SHELTERS IN THE COUNTY AND WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING READY FOR HURRICANE SEASON.THE POSSIBILITY OF THE SHELTER IN EVACUATES AGAIN.
AND THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE ISSUES THAT CAME UP LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH MARTY MARIN, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OVER THE RED CROSS, THE DALLAS CHAPTER.
AND HE ASSURED ME THAT WE WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AGAIN.
SO WE JUST WANTED, WE'VE HAD DISAGREE IN, IN FACT IN THE PAST, YES WE HAVE.
ONE WAS THEY HAD UPDATED SOME INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE TO HOW PEOPLE CAN LOCATE THEIR RELATIVES AND THAT WAS ADDED TO IT.
AND ALSO, UM, THINGS, SLIGHT CHANGES IN REQUIREMENTS, THE COUNTY WILL DO.
RIGHT? JUST AN AGREEMENT TO LET THEM TAKE CARE OF THE SHELTERS AND LET PEOPLE, LET THEM TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DISPLACED IN THE EVENT IN THE HOUSE FIRE OR SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE HOUSE.
JUST LET THAT, IT'S JUST THEIR AGREEMENT THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND DO THAT WITH THE COUNTY.
AND IT POINTS OUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH ARE THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY DAY ANYWAY.
OPPOSED JOHNNY TREASURY REPORT FOR SIGNATURE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING JUST THAT'S END OF FEBRUARY AND VERY PLEASANT TIME YEAR NOW.
I DID TELL YOU THE LAST TIME YOU MET, I MOVED SOME MONEY OUT.
UH, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS ONE.
OPPOSED? WHAT YOU NEED SHERIFF.
THESE, THESE TWO NEXT TWO ITEMS ON HERE FOR GRANT.
OH, YOU GOT THE RUSSIAN PROFILE FIRST.
WELL, THIS EDWARD
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ALL THIS YEAR.
I THINK WE'VE GOT 94,000 THAT CORRECT.
SO $94 GRANT AND WE HAVE ELECTED TO DESIGNATE THAT AS EQUIPMENT.
THE SECOND ONE IS A, UH, THIS, UH, COP HIRING RECOVERY PROGRAM GRANT THAT IS A, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY, UH, WILL PAY THE SALARY FOR ADDITIONAL OFFERS FOR THREE YEARS.
UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO HIRE THE 10 PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT BUDGET, UH, APPROVE TO HIRE, THIS WOULD BE A VEHICLE BY WHICH IF WE CAN GET THEM HIRED, THEY'LL PAY NEXT THREE.
OKAY, LET'S JUST, UH, LET'S JUST TAKE IN AN ORDER.
UH, GIMME A MOTION ON, UH, EDWARD SUBMISSION MOTION MADE BY CLARK.
MR. OPPOSED MR. PERRY, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL CONCERNING THE COST HIRING RECOVERING GRANT PROGRAM.
SECOND, MR. JACKSON, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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OKAY.OKAY, CONSTABLE, WE, JUAN, I'M GONNA ASK YOU THE SAME THING THAT JUDGE T WOULD ASK YOU.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY COMPLAINTS? NO, SIR.
YOU ARE FREE
I NEED A MOTION EXCEPT MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
OPPOSED? IS CITY OF CORN, CITY OF AND CITY OF TOTAL? YES, SIR.
I, THEM ALL THEM AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS, AND I DUNNO WHY WAS DONE PREVIOUS YEARS, IT SAID THE COUNTY SHALL PROVIDE ROAD MAINTENANCE, ALL ROAD PUBLIC MAY.
I'LL TRY AND GET IT ON THE EVERY JANUARY AGENDA.
YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US TO SIGN OR ONE BREACH AND THEN I HAVE TO GET COPY, I HAVE TO TAKE THESE TO THE CITIES, GET THEM TO SIGN THAT.
THE JUDGE, UH, THE JUDGE HAD RECOMMENDED, UH, JUST PUT HIS SIGNATURE ON HAND AND HE CAN SIGN FOR ALL.
JUST KEEP TO SIGN THISTEST TO YOU.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY JACKSON.
A OPPOSED? NEXT DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SPRINGER FIRE DEPARTMENT COUNTY PRECINCT.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OR YES.
UH, THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN AS IT'S IN THE, IN THE AGENDA BETWEEN ABEL SPRINGS PRECINCT THREE.
SHOULD NOT THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BE BETWEEN THE ESD AND PRECINCT THREE? BECAUSE WE CANNOT MAKE, I'M ASKING A QUESTION.
PUT A QUESTION MARK BEHIND YOU.
WE CAN'T MAKE A, UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN A CORPORATION AND ALL THE VOLUNTEER FIRES ARE 5 0 1 C THREES.
BUT WE COULD DO IT WITH THE ESD THREE.
BUT IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, AND THAT MEANS EVERY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE HAVE IN PLACE WOULD BE KNOWN.
IT COULD BE BECAUSE THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS SIGNED UP BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE COUNTY AND NOT THE SDS.
BUT SEE THE OUTCOME IS EXACTLY THE SAME BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT WITH A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, WHICH THE ESDS ARE.
THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS CONTROL OR GIVE MONEY TO, I GUESS.
THEY THEY DON'T, THEY JUST, THEY ARE IS WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO BE SD TO PROCURE.
THEY CONTRACT FIRE PROTECTION WITH US.
THIS, THIS, IT'S A TECHNICALITY.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I ASK OKAY.
AN OPINION THAT THE OUTCOME, AND I'M ASSUMING SOMEBODY SAID THIS IS GONNA BE
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PARKING LOT.SEE, THE OUTCOME IS GONNA BE EXACTLY THE SAME.
IT IS JUST THAT TECHNICALLY WE CAN DO IT WITH A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, NOT A CORPORATION.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
I I HAD NOT THOUGHT THAT THROUGH.
I, I SEEN THE DRAFT OF THIS MORE ABIDE, I CONSIDER DEATH ASPECT OF IT.
I THINK WE'RE WAYS OFF THE GOVERNMENT.
WELL, NO, RIGHT NOW NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN CORPORATION.
YOU'RE 5 0 1 C3, UH, BUT THE OUTCOME IS THE SAME.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT WITH ESD WELL IF THE COURT VOTES ON IT, WE'LL DO IT WITH DSD AND, AND THE AGREEMENT WILL BE WITHIN, AND THEN MR. JACKSON OBJECTION WILL DO THE WORK.
JUST TECHNICALLY CORPORATION VERSUS POLITICAL SUBJECT.
UM, SO YOU'RE NOT OBJECTING TO THE TERMS, YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT THE ENTITY THAT NEEDS TO BE THE OTHER PARTY TO IT IS NOT NAVAL SPRINGS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT SHOULD BE ESD NUMBER THREE.
I THINK THREE IS, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY, WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND A A CHURCH.
NO, WELL, MY ONLY QUESTION IS S D'S NOT THE ONE GOING BE WRITE THE CHECK
SO IF THEY WERE WRITE THE CHECK, WE'LL SURE.
LET CONSCIOUSLY
I I MEAN ON SPACE WHERE YOU SAID MAKES SENSE.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED ANY FURTHER INTO IT THAN WHAT YOU SAID CAME UP.
THE IDEA THAT THEY BOTH NEED TO BE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
AND, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE ESD AND PART PARTY GIVES IT, IT'S JUST THAT THEY GIVE US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY PER A YEAR.
AGAIN, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE A TEXAS CHARTER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WE, UH, OUR, OUR ABILITY TO, TO WRITE IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT IS VERY SPECIFIC AND, UH, 1 91 IN, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND UH, WHEN I SAW THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL RIGHT THEN I GOT TO THINKING THEY'RE NOT A POLITICAL SYM AND WE'RE LIMITED TO POLITICAL SETTLEMENT.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY I NEED JOHN'S HELP.
WE CAN TABLE THIS AND PUT IT ON NEXT WEEK'S.
CAN YOU AND, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL IT'S GONNA TAKE IS A, UH, UH, CHANGE ON THE PROBABLY SO, BECAUSE EITHER EITHER REQUIRES UH, NO MODIFICATION, IN WHICH CASE YOU APPROVE IT AS IT'S PRESENTED, OR IF IT REQUIRES AN MODIFICATION, I GUESS LET THEM KNOW SO THAT THE IN THE PAST, YEAH.
BUT WE'VE GOT, I MEAN WE'VE GOT, EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ITS ENTIRE COUNTY HAS THEIR LOCAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY, NOT THROUGH THE ESDS.
BECAUSE THE ESD IN THIS COUNTY IS SET UP DIFFERENT THAN IT IS.
AND SEVERAL MOST ESDS OWN THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OWN THE EQUIPMENT AND OWN THE DEPARTMENT.
THIS COUNTY, THE EFDS CONTRACT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO FIRE, FIRE FOR THAT DISTRICT.
SDS DON'T OWN OUR EQUIPMENT, DON'T OWN OUR BUILDINGS.
THEY DON'T, I MEAN, THEY BASICALLY ARE THERE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OWN THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT AND, AND BUILDING AND EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING IS TITLED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S NAME, NOT ESD.
AND, AND THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN SOME COUNTIES.
'CAUSE A LOT OF COUNTIES IT'S CHANGING, YOU KNOW, A LOT NOW WITH A LOT OF COUNTIES.
DSD ACTUALLY HAS TILE TO THE BUILDINGS AND TO THE FIRE EQUIPMENT AND THINGS, BUT THIS COUNTY
WE SET OUR OWN BUDGET UP OF WHAT WE PAY OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, EXPENSES AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE ESD DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT.
WE BASICALLY TURN THAT INTO THEM WHEN THEY APPROVE A BUDGET, YOU KNOW, KIND LIKE COMMISSIONER TURN INTO THE JUDGE, HE APPROVES THEIR BUDGET.
SO I DON'T KNOW, IT'S LET ASK YOU THIS GOING THROUGH, UH, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UH, THE COUNTY HAS TO GO THROUGH SD TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE WE DEAL DIRECTLY.
DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEN, THEN COME BACK TO THE, IF THEY NEED SOMETHING? YOU THAT A GREAT QUESTION.
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WELL, EVERY TIME YOU DO THIS, THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER BOARD MEETING OF THAT ENTITY AND THEN GET ON AGENDA AGENDA BECAUSE THEY ONLY MEET ONCE.LIKE I SAID, WE'VE ALWAYS SIGNED THE INTERRUPT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN US AND COUNTY.
AND MAYBE, MAYBE IT SHOULD HAVE BEFORE AN HOUR.
MAYBE IT'S YOU A LITTLE TIME TO RESEARCH THIS AND SEE IF THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IS, UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COUNTY.
WE SIGN THE COUNTY ALL THE TIME FOR EMERGENCY.
THERE'S, I MEAN, EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT'S REQUIRED EVERY YEAR TO RENEW THEIR OWN LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE COUNTY.
UH, IT'S FOR AUTOMATIC MUTUAL AID.
IT'S FOR, I MEAN THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA, BUT I'M, I'M NOT TOO SURE THAT S GOT THE DOOR FINGER AN I A WELL THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU GET MUTUAL AID BETWEEN US AND CAROL AND US FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES.
DO OUR INSURANCE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TO SIGN INTEROP WITH THE COUNTY, UH, EVERY YEAR FOR A AUTOMATICALLY JULY 20 DEPARTMENT.
BUT IT'S NOT SIGNED BY THE JUDGE.
I THINK I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
BECAUSE WE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU MISSED IT WHILE AGO, I, I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
SHE IT TO THE BANK OF THE JUDGE.
I DUNNO THAT IT'S NOT JUDGE, BUT IT STILL HAS TO COME THROUGH ION MUTUAL AID.
I HAVE MUTUAL AID WITH COMBINE WITH THE C.
AND I ASSUME IT STILL COMES THROUGH.
SO I, I WOULD HOPE THAT OURS SEE, BUT YOU SEE, TECHNICALLY YOU CAN'T SIGN AN INTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ESD NUMBER THREE AND THE COUNTY FOR MUTUAL AID BECAUSE THEY DON'T CONTROL OUR ACTIVITIES.
AND WHEN I, WHEN I READ IT AND I SAID THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A CORPORATION.
THEY'RE A 5 0 1 C NOW, HOW, HOW THE ABEL SPRINGS DOES IT.
BUT THE ESD THAT'S, THAT'S IN GIVE US, GIVE US A RULING ON THAT PLEASE.
WE CAN TAKE IT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A, AN ANSWER NEXT WEEK.
WE'D LIKE TO GET IT DONE BEFORE ESD HAS THEIR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
BUT OTHERWISE THERE'LL BE ANOTHER 30 DAYS AFTER THAT BEFORE HAPPENS.
AND I MEAN S WHO IS ON ESD OVER THERE? YEAH.
I MEAN, WE WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING HARVEY, JAMES POSTON, DALE HAM, UM, MARTY BAKER.
THEY FILED, HAVE THEY FILED OR BOND WITH THE COUNTY? JUDGE? I, I DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
I WOULD SAY NO, BUT I DON'T, I'M NOT, WE GOT SEVEN ESDS AND I THINK THREE, ONLY THREE OF 'EM ARE FOLLOWING OURS.
PROBABLY HAS NOT BECAUSE THEY DUNNO.
I MEAN NOT, I MEAN THEY THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TRAINED.
I MEAN THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE, THEY THEY JUST DIDN'T.
YEAH, NO, THESE, THEY DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN IT'S, UH, AND SAFETY, WHICH IS THE GROUP THAT GOVERNS THE ESD, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STARTING TO DO SOME TRAINING AND STUFF.
SO HOPEFULLY YOUR ESDS ARE GOING TO THOSE MEETINGS.
UH, WE'VE GOT A NEW BOARD THERE THAT REALLY IS, IS TRYING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND UH, THOSE GUYS ARE GOING TO THE MEETINGS NOW AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE REPRESENTING DOWN IN AUSTIN AND ON SO, SO YOU SHOULD SEE THEM STARTING TO GET WHAT HAVE WE SEEN THESE COME BEFORE THE COURT BEFORE? WELL, COLLEGE MOUNTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD ONE WITH YOU GUYS ON BUYING A FIRE TRUCK.
UH, THAT WAS LAST YEAR AND THEIRS WAS BETWEEN COLLEGE MOUNTAIN FIRE AND THE COUNTY.
JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW,
WELL THEY HAD TO HAVE IT WITH CAMP COLLEGE BECAUSE THERE HAD TO BE MONEY IN I REMEMBER THAT.
WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT SIMPLE.
IT SEEMS SIMPLE WHEN CAME IN, WE'VE PUT PLAIN VANILLA.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET, YEAH, WE, YEAH, WE'RE READY TO MOVE.
WE CAN'T DRIVE THROUGH THE MOTION.
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NEXT ITEM IS, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING SARAH KELLY ROGERS TO THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.I PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA TO REQUEST OF MS. FLAT.
SHE RECOMMENDED HER, UH, AFTER WE HAD MADE HER APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION.
UH, ACTUALLY SHE'S ALREADY BEEN SWORN IN TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT THE COURT HAS NEVER OFFICIALLY APPOINT HER BECAUSE SHE GOT, SHE'S GOT TOASTER
SO I'D LIKE TO FISH YOUR POINT FOR SECOND.
MR. CLARK OFFICIALLY APPOINTS MR. MR. WHO IS MR. SECOND? MR. MR. SECOND.
O UH, DISCUSSING PRO THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2009.
OKAY, LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
UM, WHEREAS THE COUNTY OF KAUFMAN PRIDES ITSELF ON GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, CONTRIBUTING TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG OUR CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS LONE STAR CASA, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE, CASA ASSOCIATION SPEAKS FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE JUVENILE COURTS.
AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN IN COFFMAN COUNTY AREA SUFFER FROM SOME FORM OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT EACH YEAR HAND.
WHEREAS THROUGH A NATIONAL EFFORT, KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THOSE CHILDREN, FALLEN VICTIM TO ABUSE AND NEGLECT THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF APRIL.
AND OR AS THIS EFFORT WILL GIVE ABUSE AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, A CHANCE FOR A SAFE, POSITIVE FUTURE.
NOW THEREFORE, COMMISSIONER COURT, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN US, YOU HEREBY PROPANE APRIL, 2009 IS KAUFFMAN COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH IN THIS COUNTY.
AND IN DOING SO, URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN A NATIONAL EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND HELP PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
SIGNED ON THIS 30TH DAY OF MARCH, 2009 BY COUNTY JUNE.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
ONE OF THE LADIES THAT'S IN CHARGE OF, WE HAD A LAST YEAR COURTHOUSE OVER, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA TRY AND HAVE ONE OVER POINT, POSSIBLY SOMETIME IN APRIL.
WHAT HAVE I FIND OUT THE DATE? WHO DID YOU SAY SECOND THAT, MR. CLARK.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR APPOINT THE WEEK OF APRIL THE SIXTH THROUGH APRIL THE 12TH IS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK IN KAMAN COUNTY.
READ THIS ANOTHER WHERE AT WHEREAS OUR NATION SPENDS MORE ON HEALTHCARE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, THAT OUR HEALTH SYSTEM IS FAILING.
WE ARE NOT AS HEALTHY AS WE SHOULD BE.
AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN BABIES ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN THOSE BORN IN SOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
AND WHEREAS ETHICAL MINORITY POPULATIONS HAVE NEARLY EIGHT TIMES THE DEATH RATE FOR KEY HEALTH CONDITIONS SUCH AS DIABETES RATHER THAN OF NON-MINORITY POPULATIONS.
AND WHEREAS AMERICA HAS MADE THE TOP 10 LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST, WITH HIV AIDS.
AND WHEREAS THESE CHALLENGES, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTED TO DRAMATIC PROCESS OVER THE LAST CENTURY, ADDING FLUORIDE, TOY DRINKING WATER, INTRODUCING SEATBELT, AND ELIMINATING POLIO AMONG OTHER ADVANCES THAT IMPROVE OUR HEALTH.
AND WHEREAS THEREFORE, THERE CAN BE NO SUCCESSFUL HEALTH REFORM WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF A STRONG PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WHEREAS BY SUPPORTING OUR NATION'S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, WE CAN BUILD ON THE SUCCESSES
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OF THE PAST AND ESTABLISH THE SOLID FOUNDATION NEEDED FOR A HEALTHY NATION.AND NOW THEREFORE, WAYNE GEN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL THE SIXTH THROUGH THE 12TH, 2009 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK IN COMAN COUNTY.
AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF COMAN COUNTY TO OBSERVE THIS WEEK BY HELPING OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, COWORKERS AND LEADERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO SUCCESSFUL HEALTH SYSTEMS. IN LIGHT OF THIS YEAR'S THEME, THEME IS BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY AMERICA WILL BE SIGNED BY WAYNE JAMES WILL HAVE A MOTION.
SO MOTION MADE BY SECOND BY JACKSON.
WE CAN GET HIM A LOT OF WORK WHEN HE GETS BETTER, BY THE WAY.
DISCUSS, CONSIDER DEDICATION OF CAMERON IN BECKHAM FOR KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER RHODE.
LINE TRANSFERS IN THE 86 DISTRICT COURT INCREASE OFFICE SUPPLIES $300 ION FURNACE AND EQUIPMENT COLLECTOR HEALTH.
2000 SOCIAL SECURITY OF CONTRACT LABOR EXTENSION SERVICE.
INCREASE TRANSPORTATION FOR LIVESTOCK SHOWS SEVEN 10 FOR PRODUCTION OF GENERAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS.
INGEN HEALTHCARE AND TAKES OFFICE SUPPLIES, $300 PRODUCTION POSTAGE, ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE BRIDGE, BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, 5,000 PRODUCTION.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO CERTIFY AND BUDGET USING PROBATION FOR SECURE REPLACEMENT.
AND THEN OFFICE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 8,036 BY MR. CLARK.
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DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING.IT, JIM, ON THAT VERY FIRST ONE, DID YOU NO.
ON THE, UH, THE CONNECT CY STUFF, UH, I KNOW THAT JERRY AND RAY DID IT FIRST AND CAME BACK AND SAID NO, I THINK WE, I THINK WE ALL VOTED NO.
DIDN'T WE? I JERRY VOTED YES, BUT I, I DIDN'T, I VOTED NO.
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CHECKS THAT A MINUS DEDUCTION.STUFF YOU WALK IN, THERE'S NO ROOM ANYWHERE REALLY EXPANDING.
WHAT YOU GUYS TOGETHER TODAY? PURPLE.
I BROUGHT MY JACKET AND, AND SATURDAY THEY HAD, THEY PUT SO MUCH THIS CHAMBER OF, AND THEY STILL KEEP THE BRANCHES.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE ISOLATING.
AND IT'S, AND THE, THIS GROUP TO HELL.
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WELL THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S JUST A STANDARD CHAPTER TRANSPORTATION CODE.DID YOU GET THE AMOUNT THAT HOW MUCH? I THOUGHT SHE SAID 40,000.
IS THAT WHAT I HATE TO TELL THESE COMMISSIONERS WHERE I LIVE? THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET ME.
AND WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM.
I'M SITTING THERE WATCHING THE TV.
IT DOESN'T HD STUFF BECAUSE THAT'S THE WEATHER FILL IN.
YOU, YOUR I GOT ONE OF THOSE CONVERTER BOXES AND UH, YEAH, A LOT.
AND THEY WAS SAYING ABOUT THE TIME, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, ON THE HD ANTENNA IT SAYS SURE YOUR ANTENNA SOMETHING MILES.
I MEAN THAT'S WHAT IT, WE PAINT THESE AND THEN WE HAVE TO, UM, LAUREN, DO YOU KNOW BOTH OF YOU? DO YOU KNOW A RITA CLOUDS? SHE WORKS FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT CRAN.
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OPENER CALLED BUSINESS CALLED GORGEOUS DOORS.WELL, THIS CASE BEEN, I'VE BEEN HUNTING.
THIS GUYS IS OFF I FOUND YET, BUT THIS YEAH, NO, AND SHE WAS GONNA, SHE WAS GONNA HELP ME FIND HIM.
WELL, APPARENTLY THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AGO.
APPARENTLY SOMEBODY GOT TO HER AND SHE DROVE AND SHE WAS TALK.
WELL NOW I HAVE SOME MORE AMMUNITION OVER HER.
THE HOUSE THAT HE LIVED IN, SHE OWNS IT.
AND MS. RITA CLARK IS A FRIEND OF THIS GORGEOUS GEORGE IS JEFF HILLARY'S MOTHER.
SO I'M JUST GEORGE DO, HE HAS A GARAGE DOOR.
HOW MUCH DOES HE OWE YOU? I DON'T, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME IF 10 CENTS, I'M NOT AWAY WITH INTER THERE IS CONTRACT.
A LETTER COMES FROM S OR HOPEFULLY TO YOU AND BRING IT TO COURT MAY APPROVE YOU SPENDING THAT MONEY.
THERE'S ANOTHER YES THROUGH THE ESD BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVES MATTER WHO YOU OTHER, IT'LL 3000 AND SAY, HERE GIVE THIS TO AGREEMENT THAT FOR THAT JOB, IF IT'S ONE INTER THAT'S ALL DOWN THE STREET STREETS.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS INTER TO BE FOLLOWED BY ES PARKING LOT PERMISSION.
WHAT YOU DO, I'LL GIVE COUNCIL, COUNCIL GIVE IT TO ME AND I GET IT ON COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND THAT MAY TAKE A WEEK, 10 DAYS.
THAT'S BACK TO THE I AM VERY HARD.
HAVE WE, I HAD READ IT THREE, FOUR TIMES A PHOTOGRAPHER AND WELL, I TO SAID WHAT GRADE SAID HE
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OKAY WAYNE.OH, THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE GIVING MONEY TO SOMEBODY.
SHE SAID, WELL, JIM'S DRIVING, BUT HE DIDN'T.
NOW FOR THE LAST, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF TREE DRIVING.
BUT I DID GO BY A CHAINSAW SHARP.
IT'S JUST EVERYBODY GETS OUT AND THERE WAS FOUR OF, SO I'LL GO BACK AND TAKE THE THE BILLS.
BUT YEAH, WE, SO ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RAINS REAL HARD AND DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HOLD THEM UP.
ONCE A YEAR, ONE LIMB WILL FALL.
YOU MIGHT, UNLESS YOU WANNA BE IN THE WE GIVE THOSE TO THESE, WOULDN'T DO THAT CEMETERY LONG.
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DON'T DO.WELL WE PROMOTE FUNDRAISER FREE.
SO MOTION CLARK SECOND MOTION.
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DON'T.