* 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] HE'LL TRY TO DRAG IT OUT. , WE HAVE A DATE ON WEDNESDAY. UH, WE'LL COME TO ORDER NOW AND I'D ASK COMMISSIONER JACKSON TO OPEN THIS UP, PLEASE. MS. BOB HEAVEN. FATHER, WE COME. THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY. THANK YOU FOR REIGN THAT WE RECEIVED. FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS COURSE. BLESS PEOPLE, ASSIST ON THIS COURSE. BLESS US IN OUR DECISION MAKING. BETTER BE THE RIGHT DECISION THEN. FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU LOOK DOWN ON THE FAMILY AT THIS TIME. GIVE THEM STRENGTH AND BLESS THEM THAT THEY GO THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME. THEN FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THIS COUNTRY AND BLESS OUR SOLDIERS THAT ARE YES IN HARM'S WAY WITHIN THIS GREAT NATION. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM, THAT THEY WILL HAVE A RETURN JOURNEY BACK HOME. THIS PRAYER, OUR SON JESUS NAME, AMEN I TO THE FLAG UNDER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO RELATIVE, WHICH STANDS WHILE A NATION, THE INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN IN BILL MATTER ON THE ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. UH, Y'ALL ALL GOT A COPY OF THIS, UH, BILL FROM TECH STOP ON THE BRIDGES. YEAH. UH, DID Y'ALL SIGN 'EM AND SEND THEM IN? I DON'T THINK I HAVE YET. OKAY. WELL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK THE LIST THAT THEY SENT AND THEN THERE'S A WEIGHT LIMIT, SIGNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DIDN'T, DID THEY FIND SIGNS? I DIDN'T KNOW SIGN. WE CALLED THEM. YOU DID CALL HIM? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, ON THE, UH, FIRST SHEET DOWN HERE. OKAY. OKAY. YOU SIGNED SAYING THAT, UH, YES, THESE, THESE, THIS INFORMATION IS CORRECT. UH, SO Y'ALL NEED TO, Y'ALL NEED TO CHECK THE LIST AND THEN SIGN THAT AND GET IT BACK TO, UH, DARWIN. OKAY. THANK YOU. Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF OUR MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING. ARE THE ADDITIONS ARE CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ALL IN FAVOR. A MOTION CARRIES. ALSO, Y'ALL WERE PROVIDED, UH, PROOF TO PROVIDE A COPY OF, UH, THE TREASURER'S REPORT. JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO COME ON AND OFFICIALLY MAKE THAT PRESENTATION? I PROBABLY AROUND THAT LAST WEEK. SAY AGAIN? KICKED AROUND THAT LAST WEEK. SO, YEAH, WE KICKED IT AROUND, THAT'S FOR SURE. AND THEN, SO WELL ALL OF YOU, AS JOHNNY ALWAYS SAYS, Y'ALL GOT THE INFORMATION BEFORE. ANY QUESTIONS OF JOHNNY OR I MOTION MADE TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROW. ALL IN THURSDAY. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. DO YOU HAVE THE ONES THERE I NEED TO SIGN OR, OR WE GONNA, NOTHING I, YOU LAST THURSDAY, I THINK. OKAY. WHEN WE START THE RUN, [00:05:08] WE'RE DO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR PERRY HAS DECLARED THE BURN BAND STATEWIDE. YEAH. DISASTER. DISASTER. DISASTER. LARRY, LARRY. UNION'S GONNA ASK TO HAVE A BURN BAND PUT ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA. DON'T MEET NEXT WEEK ON THE THIRD. THIRD, YEAH. OKAY. IF IT'S EMERGENCY, I CAN'T, BUT, UH, WHEN I DO SOMETHING ONLY FOR SEVEN DAYS, UNLESS THEY WITHOUT YOU TO DO JUST THAT. YEAH. WELL, Y'ALL THINK ABOUT IT WHILE WE'RE MEETING THIS MORNING AS WELL. SAY THE REST OF 'EM ARE OUT MY TRUCK. UH, NEXT, HOW WANTS TO PRESENT THE ORCHARD REPORT TO US FOR JUNE AND THIS REPORT ON MY WORK TABLE THIS WEEK. SEE HOW YOUR FUNDS ARE STANDING? SO WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN YE AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT THING WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK HAS PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY LITTLE PACKET AND WANTS TO PRESENT, UH, TON COUNTY PRECINCT TO COMMISSIONER COURT TO THE COURT AND PRESENT THAT AND MAKE A MOTION TO COURT ACCEPT. YES, SIR. SECOND. AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY A A MOTION CARRIED. SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE THIS MORNING NOW? YES. JUDGE YOU THE FIRST SAY AGAIN. YEAH. YEAH. JOHNNY, THAT SIGNED? OH YEAH. I THOUGHT THIS IS THE, I UH, NEXT THING JOHNNY DISCUSSED. 2009 RENEWAL FOR COUNTY GROUP HEALTH PLAN. YES. I GUESS Y'ALL GOT COPIES. UH, WE THOUGHT FOR SIX YEARS WAITING FOR DOWN LITTLE DEAL. REMEMBER, THAT'S BASED ON, UH, STATEWIDE. WELL, STATEWIDE LOSSES. THEY STILL BETTER THAN, UH, COMMISSIONER. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIED. I ASSUME WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES. RETIREMENT THIS YEAR GOT ENTITLED [00:10:25] OUT THERE. NO. I'LL MAKE IT JOHNNY. UH, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS. MAYBE YOU GET AN ANSWER. BECAUSE I ASKED REPRESENTATIVE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD THREE WEEKS AGO AND THEY COULD NOT ANSWER. UH, YOU HAVE A COUNTY EMPLOYEE AND THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES HAVE 20 YEARS IN AND THE COUNTY EMPLOYEE RETIRES. YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY PAYS HIS PORTION. NOW WHAT ABOUT HIS SPOUSE? UH, HE CAN PAY. HE CAN, I MEAN HE CAN PAY. UH, SO SHE CAN STILL STAY ON AS LONG AS HE PAYS? YEAH. CHECKS THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU KNOW SOMEBODY MIGHT, UH, DAN, DO WE HAVE HIM ON UH, TRANSFER? YES SIR, WE DO. WAIT, LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING HERE. , WE SIGNIFICANT LOT ON TRANSFER. PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. INCREASED CONTRACT SERVICES FOR COMPUTER. $1,000 CONDUCTED TO MISCELLANEOUS JUDICIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. MOVED $5,000 FOR PROSECUTION AND EXPENSE FOR MISCELLANEOUS SHERIFF'S. UNIFORM MOVE, UH, FROM MISCELLANEOUS $5,000 TO UNIFORMS, PROBATE CY, INCREASED ATTORNEY FEES, 2000 WITH REDUCTION OF, UH, COUNTY CLERK FEES AND ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT. ONE. INCREASED TOOLS, NEW EQUIPMENT. 3000 WITH REDUCTION OF MISCELLANEOUS. EVENTUALLY WE'RE CERTIFYING REVENUES IN THE EXTENSION PROGRAMS, UH, FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF OFFICE SUPPLIES. 41 TRANSFER REQUEST. WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. THOSE MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY A MOTIONS. I GUESS WE HAVE A FEW BILLS. YES, SIR. REALLY? THEY CALL THIS DISTRICT, CALL THAT COUNTY, NOT COUNTY. THE GORILLA GLUE CAME IN, UH, FRIDAY. DID IT? WE'RE GONNA USE THEM JUST POWDER AND TELL JOHN. AND YOU SAID THREE OF THOSE PER MILE? YEAH. DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT. YEAH. THAT THREE PER MILE, DOES THAT COUNT? THAT LAST COATING THAT GOES OVER THE TOP TWO, TWO AND A HALF, TWO UNDERNEATH AND ONE AT THE TOP. WE'RE STILL, WE'RE EXPERIMENTING. [00:15:34] OKAY. NOW, THANK YOU. AND ASSETS. I, I I THINK THAT WAS MUCH. THESE TWO DON'T LINK. AND, AND THAT THIS IS A SPACE PROGRAM THAT IT TIES THOSE TWO SYSTEMS TOGETHER. I ASKED HIM TO DO THAT LAST TIME. I, I THINK DOESN'T HAVE ANY [00:20:17] EVERYBODY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE INFORMATION TO SCAN EVERYTHING AND PUT THE CLERK, I MEAN THEY COUNTYWIDE. DID YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO CALL THAT GUY IN LOOKING AT IS? YEAH. EXP OKAY. I I MEAN THAT'S, LOOK, I CAN CAPTURE IT HERE. SORRY. SHOW LEFT. VERY CONFUSING. [00:25:01] AND I GUESS YOU IN AS A CONFUSING, WHAT IS THIS? THE SYSTEM THAT YOU USE? PURCHASE MODULE. SO WHEN THIS, WHEN YOU WANNA GO IN, YOU'LL DO A PURCHASE THAT'S, I MEAN YOU CAN WHEN YOU KNOW IT, BUT UM, SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT YOU USE. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, OH CRAP. OKAY. BUT THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW I DID, I SHOWED THEM HAVE, YOU CAN HAVE KNOW WHEN I GET. OKAY. IT IS THE SYSTEM THAT YOU USED FOR YOUR PLAN AND ASSET INVENTORY. OKAY. THIS IS THIS THING. SYSTEM FINANCIAL, THE JAIL FUNDS UNDER INVENTORY AND RIGHT NOW TWO SYSTEMS WHEN BUY SOMETHING, SHE DOESN'T SEE THAT. I GOT A STOCK TANK A QUARTER ACRE RIGHT NOW EXPANDING INTO ABOUT HALF AN ACRE. I HAVE BACKHOE AN THE YARD THREE AROUND AND SUN RHINO, THEY DON'T WANT THEIR TO GALLON PLASTIC, ANOTHER [00:30:01] FRAME. AND I'VE GOT 17 SITTING. THEY DON'T WANT BACK. I JUST THEM A 300 GALLON PLASTIC CONTAINER. YEAH. THIS SOLUTION COMES IN ON THE BOTTOM OF IT. OPEN OF YOU NEED BECAUSE GETTING READY. GALLON TANK. I NEED ONE. BRING IT IN. BE ON COMPANY CALL MY LITTLE STIMULUS CARD CALL CAN, THAT'S GOOD, MAN. BIG. I MEAN I CAN GET HURRY. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, THEY GOT A LITTLE WIRE, BUT THAT'S LIKE I SAYING THIS IS, THIS IS SOLD. IT'S FUN. IT'S FUN THOUGH. YOU LIKE BIG STUFF IN HERE. OH, WELL IT MAKES, IT TAKES ME BACK IN 1980 AS A, AS A CIRCUIT BOARD DESIGNER ON SYSTEM. AND THIS IS DID OUR, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIONS AND ON OUR SPACE AND WE HAD THIS, THIS PAPERS PRINT OUT 45 MINUTES BECAUSE ONCE YOU DID YOU HAD TO, YOU WE TOOK IT OUT. WELL IT COMES ABOUT 8 75 TO AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW. SO THREE TO PER 2,500 BUCKS A THAT'S PRETTY CHEAP. THE ONLY THING WE DON'T KNOW IS HOW LONG IT'S GONNA LAST. THAT'S, THAT'S, WELL WE HAD A LITTLE RAIN THE WOW. EARLY THIS MORNING. IT COULD BEEN WHEN I GOT READY. I MEAN THE ROAD HAD ALREADY BEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE DOWN, ONE SIDE AND NO, NO, NO, NOT, YEAH, WE JUST HAVE, WE ASK, USE IT, [00:35:01] WE'RE WHAT IT'S GONNA DO AND THEN SAY PARTICULAR USE TO PRIORITY IS GET ONE. RIGHT. IT'S, IT'S IS THE DISTRICT DE THEY'RE NOT GONNA TELL YOU ANYTHING. THAT'S WHAT THEY BRING IT IN. IT WORKS GOOD. ONE OR TWO OF THEM. SO OUR CAPABILITIES, I THINK THIS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. RIGHT, RIGHT. JUDGE DID I HEAR SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUNERAL TODAY AT TWO THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING THE COURTHOUSE. WHAT? CLOSING THE COURTHOUSE. I HADN'T HEARD THAT. I HEARD THAT. . WHAT DAY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY? MR. FUNERAL. YOU COULDN'T HAVE HEARD. 'CAUSE YOU HAD BEEN OFF ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU HAD BEEN HOME. RIGHT. DON'T YOU GET YOUR BIRTHDAY HOME? MINE'S ON LABOR IF YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYBODY IN THEIR OFFICE, THEY'RE KNOWING THAT WELL AND WON'T BE GOING FUNERAL. WELL I HAD HEARD THAT AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD. I DUNNO WHERE YOU'RE, I MEAN, I DUNNO. COURTHOUSE RUMOR, YOU PROBABLY ARE CLOSING YOUR OFFICE AND THEN JUST GOT OUT THAT YOU WERE GONNA CLOSE THE COURTHOUSE. NO, I'M NOT CLOSE TO MY OFFICE EITHER. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM. THEY JUST HIT ME UP WITH IT THIS MORNING. I GOT MY EMAIL [00:40:01] CAME FROM WHEN DID YOU HEAR, WHEN DID YOU HEAR HIM? THIS MORNING? NO, SHE WAS SAYING THAT, I MEAN I HEARD THAT HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, BUT COURTHOUSE, WE WERE CLOSING THE COURTHOUSE. THEY WERE CLOSING THE COURTHOUSE AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS. NO, I NOTICED THE SHERIFF, PAM, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOW ATTORNEY AROUND USED TO BE, NOT TELL YOU USED REALLY? SHE, I WAS MORE IMPRESSED. HE USED TO BE COUNTY CLERK. OH, . I DON'T THINK SHE WANTED TECHNICAL. THAT WAS BEFORE HE WENT TO LAW SCHOOL. UHHUH WAS IT? HE WENT TO LAW SCHOOL WHILE IT WAS COUNTY CLERK. UH, HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN HE BECAME A LAWYER? OH, LET'S SEE. CAN'T SAY. LET'S SEE. 50. ABOUT 52 WHAT? 52 FROM NOW. SEVEN YEARS. HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN HE DID QUESTION? 90? SO HE 52, HE AROUND 40. YOU COULD BE 19. BECOME 40 YEARS. YOU MADE, HE MUST HAVE BEEN VERY YOUNG WHEN HE WAS A COUNTY JUDGE. UH, COUNTY CLERK. WELL, YOU FIGURE HE WAS PROBABLY 22 DURING 1944 AND HE WAS, UH, CLERK THE EARLY FIFTIES. EARLY FIFTIES. SO HE WAS PROBABLY IN HIS MID THIRTIES, EARLY THIRTIES WHEN HE WAS KIND. HE LIVED TO BE 92. YEAH, THAT'S A LONG TIME. YEAH. MY MOTHER, MY THE BILL COMMISSIONER LER MAKES THE MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS. AND COMMISSIONER JACKSON SECONDS. IT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION. CARRIE, UH, WILL BE GETTING THE FINAL FIGURES IN UH, UH, PROBABLY NEXT MONDAY. WELL, WE'LL BE NEXT MONDAY. UH, NEXT MONDAY. WE MEET NEXT MONDAY. BUT I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDARS. UH, AUGUST 3RD, THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 3RD, THE WORKSHOP TO FINALIZE THE BUDGET. OH, OKAY. AUGUST THE THIRD. YEAH. WE'LL MEET THE RECORD COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING THE MORNING OF AUGUST 3RD AND THEN THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 3RD. WE'LL NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP TO FINALIZE THE BUDGET. AND Y'ALL BE PREPARED TO STAY FOR SUPPER. WE'LL GO OUT AND EAT OR HAVE SOME PIZZA BROUGHT IN FOR SUPPER BECAUSE WE'LL, HUH. IT'LL BE AN ALL NIGHTER. IT GONNA BE AN ALL-NIGHTER. WE'LL FINISH IT. THAT, THAT DAY. IT'S GONNA BE A SMALL IS IT A ONE 30 ON AUGUST? YEAH. OKAY. HOPEFULLY WE BREEZE RIGHT THROUGH IT AND GET OUTTA HERE IN AN HOUR. , BUT, UH, DON'T COUNT. I WANT TO BE PREPARED TO STAY LATE. WHAT ABOUT MEETING NEXT WEEK? NEXT WEEK'S NOT THE FIFTH MONDAY. NO. UH, I'M GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN NOW IF THEY WANT TO MEET. IF SOMETHING COMES IN AND, AND Y'ALL WANT MEET JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRE DECLARING THE FIRE BAND. UH, YOU KNOW, YOU TELL ANGIE LET HER KNOW EARLY. I MEAN, WITH THIS RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD, THERE'S MORE COMING. I DOUBT IF ONE WEEK'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO I'D SUGGEST JUST NOT MEETING AND THEN WAITING IF LARRY WANTS. WE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE THIRD. ANY OTHER THING, UH, WE NEED TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE GET OUTTA HERE. EPTEMBER. FIFTH. Y'ALL HAVE TO GET THOSE BRIDGE DEALS. YES. LETTER SAID IF THEY DON'T GET IT BACK IN THAT. YEAH. DIDN'T HAVE ADJOURN. COMMISSIONER DUN MAKES THE MOTION. WE ADJOURN. COMMISSIONER ROUTE. AND SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIED. AND WE'LL [00:45:01] ADJOURN AND NOT NEXT. HE NEED, DON'T HAVE ANY ON, UH, WOULD THINK SO. DID Y'ALL GET ONE? YES. WE DON'T HAVE LISTED. I DID. YEAH. OKAY. MOVE TWO. MM-HMM . HOW DO YOU, WHICH SAYS, OH, BECAUSE IT SAYS ON SITE SERVICE FOR FIVE YEARS FOR THE LOAN WITHIN 40 MILES OF THE STORE. HMM. AND HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU HAVE? HMM MM-HMM . THAT WAS NICE. THEY BRING 'EM IN. BIG PEOPLE LIKE THAT. OH. MM-HMM . NOBODY, NOBODY HAS CONSIDERATION OR CARES ABOUT YOUR JOB. QUALITY OF WORK ANYMORE? MM-HMM . OH, [00:50:01] I'LL LET YOU GO. MY BRAKES ABOUT OVER. SO LET'S SEE WHOSE WHITE TRUCK THAT WAS. MM-HMM . ONE. OH HMM. INTERESTING. I DON'T EVER GET TO LISTEN TO IT ANYWAY. I DON'T EVER GET TO LISTEN TO IT ANYWAY. NO, BUT THE TIME I GET HERE, THERE'S NO TALKING, THERE'S JUST MUSIC AND COOL. HMM. GO. SHE GOES TO FRIEND'S HOUSE. I, [01:05:52] NO, [01:05:52] NOT [01:05:52] YET. YEAH. HEAR ME YELLING? [01:18:01] YOU'RE [01:18:03] YEAH, I CAN, I CAN TELL EXACTLY WHAT THAT, I JUST WANTED TO, I FEEL VERY OUTTA PLACE IF I DIDN'T DO THAT, [01:23:14] AREN'T THEY? [01:26:58] WOW. [01:32:17] ALREADY GOT IT. * 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.