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SO THEN IF I, FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY TODAY.
PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION.
YOU THINK THEY GIVE ANY BLESSINGS THAT WAS GIVEN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
PLEASE WARM THE COLD PLACES IN OUR HEARTS LIGHT, THE DARK PLACES IN OUR SOULS.
FILL THE EMPTY SPACES IN OUR LIVES AND HEAL THE INJURED AREAS IN OUR SPIRITS.
IN JESUS' NAME, I PUT TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SUSTAINS ONE NATION AND OUR GOD INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE UNDER TEXAS I TO THE TEXAS STATE THAT OKAY, Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED COPY OF MINUTES.
ARE THERE CORRECTIONS? ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, UP THIS MORNING, WE HAVE MS. MARITA GONNA PRESENT, UH, HER DIRECTED REPORT FOR THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER FOR APRIL, MAY, JUNE, AND JULY.
UH, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE SEEN A, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
BAD NEWS IS MORE REPLACEMENTS.
WE GOT MORE MONEY TO OPERATE YOURSELF.
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT WE'VE GOT THAT MANY IN THERE,
AND WE WERE SO LOW FOR SO LONG, I LOST A LOT OF MY STAFF.
UH, SO WE ARE, WE ARE STRUGGLING TO, TO MAINTAIN OUR, OUR STAFF RATIO THAT WE ARE MANDATED TO HAVE.
UH, SO FAR, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT WILL VOLUNTEER TO DO
UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN COVERED SO FAR.
UH, IF WE, IF WE STAY WHERE WE ARE, UH, I'M PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO HAVE, HAVE ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER SCREENING AND, UH, PUT ON ANOTHER COUPLE PEOPLE.
UH, THAT MEANS WE CAN KEEP THE DOORS OPEN FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
WE ARE, WE ARE STILL SEEING CALLS FOR THE HARD TO PLACE KIDS.
UH, WE HAD ONE, UH, IN, UH, JUNE HAD A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM GREG COUNTY WHO LEFT THE FACILITY, AND I CALLED LOCAL PD AND CAUGHT HER BEFORE SHE HIT THE RED LIGHT.
UH, AND SHE ATTACKED THE OFFICER AND HE FINALLY GOT RESTRAINED AND GOT HER BACK TO THE FACILITY.
AND SERGEANT CARRINGTON CAME OUT, UH, WHO IS WONDERFUL WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE, AND SHE ATTACKED HIM.
SO THEY TOOK HER TO DETENTION
UH, VERY DISTURBING, UH, TRULY TRAUMATIC HISTORY FOR THIS YOUNG LADY, BUT JUST NOBODY HAD BEEN ABLE TO REACH HER.
UH, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY'VE GOT HER ON, ON IN THE RIGHT, IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
NOW, UH, ALSO IN JUNE, WE HAD, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
ONE OF THEIR PLACEMENT UNIT TEAM MEMBERS CAME OUT AND, AND MET WITH, UH, ONE DIRECTORS.
UH, BUT SHE WAS THERE, UH, THANKFULLY, AND KIND OF WENT OVER THE PLACEMENT PROCESS, UH, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
UH, SHARED SOME INFORMATION ON THEIR PROTOCOL,
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UH, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS GOOD FOR MY BOARD.UH, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT SIDE OF IT.
UH, SO WE KIND OF, KIND OF GAVE SOME INFORMATION TO WORK WITH TO MAKE SOME LONG TERM PLACEMENTS, UH, LONG-TERM DECISIONS, UH, WITH OUR NUMBERS BEING SO LOW FOR SO LONG, OUR, OUR FUNDING ISSUES BECAME QUITE CRITICAL.
UH, IN JUNE, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE DOWN THE LINE, UH, AND THEN SOMETHING, UH, BUT HOPEFULLY WITH OUR NUMBERS UP, UH, WE CAN PLAY A LITTLE BIT TO CATCH UP.
AT LEAST, AT LEAST STAY ON E AND KEEL.
UH, OF COURSE, THE FOUNDATION STEPS UP AND, AND THEY HAVE FUNDING.
UH, IT'S NOT A LOT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ENOUGH TO, TO SUSTAIN THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS.
UH, IT BECAME RIGHT DOWN TO IT.
UH, BUT I THINK AS LONG AS OUR NUMBERS SAY ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE, WE'RE AT 13 TODAY.
SO IF, IF WE CAN MAINTAIN AROUND THAT NUMBER, WE CAN, WE CAN PLUG THE BILLS, UH, WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE FROM THEM.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THEIR FUNDING IS LIMITED.
UH, SO IF WE, IF WE DO GET ANOTHER SLUM, WE CAN DELETE THEM JUST A FEW MONTHS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY AT A CRITICAL STAGE.
UH, WE ARE, WE ARE FLOORING OPTIONS, UH, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE FUNDING.
UH, SO WE JUST, WE JUST GOT ONE DAY TODAY.
BUT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY STILL REMAINS VERY INVOLVED.
UH, WE HAD A, UH, TEXAS MOTORCYCLE RIDER
AND THEY ADVERTISED THAT ALL THE WAY ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
AND WE HAD CHAPTERS FROM, AS FAR AS WAY AS BEAUMONT, UH, HAD HAD SOME PEOPLE HERE FROM OCK.
UH, HAD ONE COUPLE DROVE IN FROM EL PASO.
SO THAT IS, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG EVENT.
UH, THEY BROUGHT US ABOUT 2200 CASH AND, UH, A WHOLE TABLE FULL OF STUFF JUST FOR THE HOUSE.
THE KIDS LOVE, UH, OF COURSE, OUR LOCAL PDS ESCORTED 'EM IN FROM TIGER MALL FOR THIS STAGE.
UH, SO THEY GRADED OFF THROUGH JAM.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR US.
UH, HAVEN'T HAD ANY SERIOUS MEDICAL ISSUES.
HAD A COUPLE OF KIDS FALL, UH, FALL ON BICYCLE AND WANTED SKATING, UH, AND SPRAINED THEIR WRIST.
UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO STAY COOL AND KEEP BUSY.
UH, THE, UH, MEETING WITH, UH, CPS SUPERVISOR THAT WE HAD OUT THERE, I, I ASSUME THAT'S DONE SOME GOOD SINCE OUR NUMBERS HAVE PICKED UP.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MEET AND, UH, AT LUNCH AND THE BOARD GOT EXPRESS SOME THEIR CONCERNS AND, AND, UH, HAVE TO EXPRESS TO THE, UH, UPPERS WHAT, UH, SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HAD BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS WERE DOWN.
AND, UH, OF COURSE, SOME PART OF IT IS BECAUSE THE LAW HAD TO BE FOLLOWED, BUT WE FELT LIKE PART OF THE NUMBERS BEING DOWN WAS JUST BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR FACILITY WAS.
AND I ALSO THINK HAVING, HAVING HER THERE, UH, WHAT I'M ASSUMING THAT SHE DID IS WENT BACK AND REMINDED HER WORKERS THAT PROTOCOL IS TO KEEP THE FAMILIES TOGETHER.
AND, UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK THEY WERE DOING, UH, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UH, SO I KNOW AT LEAST MY, A COUPLE OF FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO I THINK IT WAS GOOD FOR HER TO, TO HEAR, HEAR FROM US, UH, AND MAYBE TAKE BACK THAT, THAT THEY WERE NOT FOLLOWING THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN PROTOCOL.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HEARING PATRICK COULD GET THROUGH THOSE HARD TIMES LIKE THAT.
IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY SCARY THERE FOR A WHILE.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT RECORD MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN ALL FAVORS THE AYE.
NEXT, UH, MR. HOWELL JONES COUNTY AUDITOR GONNA BRING TO US THE REPORT FOR JUNE 9TH.
I ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT FOR MADE BY COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
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MR. RICHARD MURPHY.WE'VE COLLECTED IN THE GENERAL FUND 27 AND A HALF MILLION, AND ANOTHER QUARTER OF A MILLION IN PENALTIES AND INTEREST IN THE ROAD AND BRIDGE.
WE COLLECTED FOUR AND A HALF MILLION AND ANOTHER 41,000 IN PENALTY INTEREST.
THIS IS EQUIVALENT OF 96% COLLECTION RATE, WHICH EVEN IN THE CURRENT ECONOMICS TIMES, UH, IS AS HIGH AS WE'VE EVER BEEN FOR THE END OF JULY.
SO WE'LL BE READY FOR COUNTY TAXPAYERS.
THAT MAKES IT COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
THANK, UH, UNDER RICHARD, YOU'RE STILL UP THERE? YES, SIR.
WE'LL DISCUSS INSTEAD APPROVE THE INITIAL ANNUAL AND SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH COMPUTER INFORMATION CONCEPT FOR THE ACQUISITIONS OF THE TAX OFFICE BOOKKEEPING SYSTEM.
IS THIS A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM OR IS THIS JUST A THIS IS REALLY AN ADD ON TO OUR EXISTING SYSTEM.
THE SOFTWARE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE SOFTWARE PEOPLE, WE HAVE, UH, ENGAGED THIS OTHER COMPANY TO UPDATE THEIR SYSTEM AS FAR AS BOOKKEEPING GOES.
IS THIS IN YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR? YES SIR.
WELL, OR IS THIS FOR NEXT YEAR? OH, THIS IS THE DEAL.
IT IS SET FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT WE, I THINK IT'S IN EITHER ONE, BUT I THINK WE WANTED TO DEFER IT OCTOBER.
I THINK THAT, UH, OUR ATTORNEY LOOKED, LOOKED OVER PART OF THIS BUT DIDN'T, DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER ALL THAT.
WHY HE KIND UNDERSTOOD, UH, ONE OF HIS QUESTIONS HE HAD THAT, I JUST GOT THIS ONE, SO DON'T IF YOU GOT THAT.
UH, IS THIS A NATIONAL PROGRAM OR IS IT CUSTOM BANK OR COUNTY BY COUNTY OR DID YOU GET, DO YOU KNOW? WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF COUNTIES INVOLVED.
I DUNNO YOUR DEFINITION OF CUSTOMIZATION.
I THINK WHAT HIS WORK THAT IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK? AND IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A NATIONAL THING, IT'S BEEN USED IN, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER COUNTIES ALL AROUND.
BUT THIS IS A BRAND NEW THING FOR, OR OUR, OUR COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OUR TRUE AUTOMATION IS USED IN A LOT OF COUNTIES.
THEY'VE HIRED THIS COMPANY TO UPDATE THEIR SYSTEM AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IS BEING INSTALLED BECAUSE THEY JUST UP DID THE WORK THIS LAST YEAR.
HAS GEORGIA, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS OR REVIEW IT OR ANYTHING? SIR, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS OR REVIEW IT? UH, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY JACK LAST THURSDAY.
I CALLED THE BANKER AND, WELL, BRIEFLY, HISTORICALLY, THE ISSUE WITH COLLECTIONS AND APPRAISAL SOFTWARE IS, UM, WAS TRUE WITH GSA, WAS TRUE WITH LEGACY TYLER AND HERE AS WELL, ACCOUNTING HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE.
HE NEEDS THE ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE WITHOUT A DOUBT.
UM, I CONTACTED THE VENDOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY.
UM, THERE WERE A FEW ISSUES THERE THAT THEY TOLD ME.
ONE IS, WELL ONE ISSUE THAT I HAD WAS I DID NOT SEE THE HARDWARE SPECS THROUGH THE CLIENT OR THE SERVERS.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIT INTO OUR, UH, OUR CURRENT SITUATION.
AND THEY ALSO SAID EACH CLIENT NEEDS A COPY OF MICROSOFT ACCESS ON THE CLIENT PC.
WE NEED TO CHECK AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE IT.
IF NOT, WE NEED TO ALSO PURCHASE THAT PRODUCT.
NOW AS FAR AS HE NEEDS IT, THAT'S WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A POOR, A VERY WEAK SPOT IN COLLECTIONS.
BUT I JUST HEARD ABOUT THURSDAY, SO I'M KIND OF NEW.
DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT HIM.
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BUT YOU'RE, ARE YOU SAYING THERE WAS A ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO PURCHASE TO MAKE THIS COMPATIBLE? NO, NO, NO.IT RUNS ON MICROSOFT SQL SERVER, WHICH WOULD BE INSTALLED AT OUR CURRENT COLLECTION SERVER.
TO MAKE IT WORK ON THE CLIENT SIDE, YOU WOULD NEED A LEVEL OF MICROSOFT OFFICE THAT INCLUDES MICROSOFT ACCESS AND IF THOSE WHO KEEP IT, UH, PICK MURPHY DESIGNATES TO RUN THAT SOFTWARE, WE JUST NEED TO GO AND FIND THAT IF IT'S INSTALLED AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH ADDING THAT TO, AND I'M NOT, JUST HAVEN'T, THIS IS NEW TO ME.
I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK THAT OUT YET.
I THINK LIGHT, YOU HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT.
JOHN HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FULLY UNDERSTAND.
TAKE THIS UNTIL THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER IT.
WELL, THE EMAIL I GOT FROM JOHN SAID HE WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH EITHER.
WELL, WHAT, WHAT PROBLEM DID JOHN HAVE? UH, I GUESS HE DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE THIS.
I DIDN'T GIVE YOU, I THINK, JOHN, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO, WANTED TO LOOK OVER THE CONTRACT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
ONE THING THAT THEY TEACH US IN COMMIT FOR SCHOOL IS ANY KIND OF IT CONTRACT, SINCE WE'RE NOT THE SMARTEST, UH, PENCILS IN THE BOX, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE LOOK IT OVER, WHICH THAT'D BE, UH, GEORGE ATTORNEY TYPE OF THING FROM MY PART OF IT.
ANYWAY, JURY PROBABLY CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
LET THE ATTORNEY AND GEORGES LOOK INTO THE THAT'S FINE.
I HADN'T HAD A RESPONSE FROM THE ATTORNEY, SO I GOT THIS HEARD THIS MORNING.
THE MOTION COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THE MOTION COMMISSIONER BILL SECONDS IT ALL IN
WE'LL WITH, UH, DICK AND GEORGE AND, UH, JOHN GET A LITTLE COMFORTABLE WITH, OKAY, SURE.
GEORGE, TALK TO ME ABOUT, UH, REFERENCE OF DEMONSTRATION OF TRAFFIC PAYMENT.
UH, JUDGE, OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM CATHOLIC PAYMENT.COM AT A DEATH OF THE FAMILY WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
UM, BRIEFLY WHAT THE PRO, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE, BUT BRIEFLY WHAT THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON IS TO GO AFTER THOSE WHO RECEIVE CITATIONS IN THE JP COURT.
UH, AND TYPICALLY IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OF GROWING PERCENTAGE THAT DOESN'T DO BUSINESS IN THE CONVENTIONAL WAY THAT A LOT OF US MAY STILL DO.
UH, FOLKS DRIVING THROUGH I 20 OR 1 75 AND YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS PEOPLE, THEY'RE WORKING AND THEY PAY THINGS ONLINE.
THEY DON'T DO THE WHOLE CHECKS AND STAMPS THING AND, AND, UH, THEY DON'T, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY AREN'T USED TO THE CONCEPT OF GETTING A MONEY ORDER AND GOING TO THE JP COURT IN PERSON.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY TRY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CLOSE AT FOUR 30.
IF THEY LEAVE WORK TO GET THERE EARLY, THEN THEY, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON A BUNCH OF FOLKS THAT THEY BELIEVE WE CAN GENERATE QUITE A BIT OF REVENUE.
UM, WE'LL PICK UP SOME REVENUE FROM THESE FOLKS FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, SHE HOPEFULLY CAN RESCHEDULE, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
IT'S, UH, IN PLACE IN MANY OF THE LARGER CITIES IN METROPLEX.
UM, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, ELLIS COUNTY, PARKER COUNTY, IF YOU OTHERS ARE USING, AND I THINK I HAVE A LIST OF THOSE FOLKS DOING IT.
BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S TO TRY TO GRAB SOME REVENUE FROM FOLKS THAT WOULD, UH, BE VERY RESPONSIVE THAT THEY HAD ON THE BACK.
SEE WHEN THE, WHEN THE TROOPER ISSUES THAT JUDGE'S LETTER ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM OF THE JUDGE'S LETTER WOULD BE THE WEBSITE TO GO TO WHERE THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, GET TO THE OFFICE AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE, THEY MAKE THE PAYMENT.
IF THERE'S NO COST TO US, NO COST TO US AT ALL, ZERO NO COST.
HOW DO THEY MAKE MONEY? THEY CHARGE A PERCENTAGE.
THEY PICK UP A FEE FOR THE TRANSACTION.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
UM, IT'S JUST FOCUSED ON THE JP COURT AND THEY PICK UP FEE FROM THE TRANSACTION
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TALKING ABOUT THEY GET A PERCENTAGE WHEN THE MINE'S PAID.NO, UM, SHE'LL HAVE TO CLARIFY THAT, BUT MY SENSE IS WHAT THEY DID IS SORT OF LIKE WHEN YOU BUY ANY WITH THE CREDIT CARD, THERE'S, THERE'S FEE TO DO IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S HOW WE DO IT WITH TRUE.
IS WHAT YOU DO IN THE PAYMENTS AND ALL.
IT'S USUALLY A DOLLAR OR MORE, BUT THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY GETS THAT.
THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY THEM.
IN ESSENCE, THE CLIENT IS PAYING THE CREDIT CARD PEOPLE TO MAKE THE TRANSACTION.
SO SEE THE WINE THERE AFTER 60 DAYS, THEY CHARGE A FEE, BUT THAT FEE BY STATUTE IS ADDED ON TO THE PRICE OF THE TICKET.
THEY DON'T, THAT BIG CHUNK THEY DON'T DO, THAT'S JUST A SMALL PROCESSING FEE TO TRY TO FOCUS ON THE FOLKS THAT ARE WILLING TO PAY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA WAIT.
WE WANT TO GET IT BEFORE THE COLLECTION PERIOD.
WE WANT TO GET IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT OFFENSE OCCURS AND IT'S FOCUSED THAT A SET OF PEOPLE THAT THEY BELIEVE WE'LL PAY IF THEY CAN, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
THEY DON'T HAVE, A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE STAMPS AND ENVELOPES HAVE TO GO HOOK SOME UP IF I HAD TO MAIL IT IN.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DON'T DO BUSINESS THAT WAY ANYMORE THAT THIS IS FOCUSED ON.
AND THEN THEY WAIT UNTIL THE BAD STATE TRY TO MAIL IT IN.
SO THIS IS REALLY NOT A COLLECTION INITIATIVE.
IT'S TO TRY TO CAPTURE THAT MONEY, UM, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THEY DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY IN THIS STATE.
THEY MAKE MONEY ON A, ON A FEE.
THEY CHARGE TO PROCESS THE, UH, COLLECTION, BUT SHE'LL BE HERE AND, UH, CAN RUN THROUGH A DEMO.
WHAT WE TAKE THAT FOR A THAT THEN AND RESCHEDULE IF SOMEBODY, MR. CLARK WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON WILL SECOND IT.
WILL YOU LET, UH, CASSIE KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO BACK ON THE AGENDA? YES, SIR, I WILL.
UH, NEXT WE'LL DISCUSSING THE SENATOR CO REPRESENTATIVE WORK ON THE KAUFMAN COUNTY PLANNING CONSORTIUM.
UH, I KNOW THE PRESENTATION WE HAD LAST TIME, UH, COMMISSIONER PARK VOLUNTEERED TO, UH, BID THAT EFFORT AND BE GLAD TO HELP.
IF HE NEEDED ANY HELP ON THAT THING.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER MAKING A ALL SAY AYE A MOTION CARES, MARYANNE.
THAT'S, UH, POINT, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CAL COUNTY PLANNING CONSORTIUM.
SAID THEY HAD REALLY GOOD TIME AND THEY CAME OVER, REALLY ENJOYED IT, ENJOYED TALK TO US, AND, UH, WAS IMPRESSED.
IMPRESSION OF THE, WE WERE TRYING, UH, DISCUSS, SIT APPROVING THE RESOLUTION FOR THE THOUSAND NINE.
YOU WANNA, YOU CAN STRESS ABOUT THAT.
DURING, DURING ALL OF OUR BUDGET, UH, NEGOTIATIONS AND WE, UH, WE CAME UP WITH SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT TO MAKE THE BUDGET, BALANCE AND WORK, UH, WE HAVE COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION.
UH, AND DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT, JUDGE? GO AHEAD.
WHEREAS THE POP COUNTY REVENUES ARE DOWN AND EXPENSES ARE UP, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS RESOLVED THE BALANCE OF BUDGET WITHOUT RAISING TAXES OR REDUCED SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF GOMAN COUNTY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I BE, IT RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING IS PROPOSED TO TAKE PLACE EFFECTIVE FOR THE BUDGET THE YEAR 2009, 2010.
ITEM ONE, ALL PAY AND ALLOWANCES AND CERTIFICATE PAY WILL BE FROZEN AT THE 2008 2009 RATE, EXCEPT FOR THE REGULAR 3% LONGEVITY.
NO HIT, NO HIRING OF NEW PERSONNEL.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HIT EITHER.
YEAH, NO HIRING OF NEW PERSONNEL.
REPLACEMENT PERSONNEL MUST BE APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S.
COURT LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT PRIOR TO EXPENDITURES BEING INITIATED.
UH, ALL OUT OF COUNTY TRAVEL FOR SEMINARS AND CON CONFERENCES MUST BE PRE-APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IF THE TRAVEL EXPENSE EXCEEDS A BUDGET FOR THAT ITEM.
NUMBER FIVE, NO NEW EQUIPMENT PURCHASED WITHOUT COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPROVED.
UH, ALL THESE ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED PRIOR, PRIOR,
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PRIOR TO, UH, OUR BUDGET.UM, AND SOME, THERE'S SOME, SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS WE DIDN'T WANT.
NONE OF THESE WE WANTED TO DO, BUT, UH, BY THE FACT THAT OUR BUDGET IS, WAS REALLY TIGHT, UH, WE FELT THAT WE NEED TO, UH, DO THIS RESOLUTION, UH, AND COME THE JUDGE AS A BUDGET OFFICER, I'LL MAKE THIS MOTION.
I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE ANY LAYOFFS OR ANY, THAT WAS THE KEY LAYOFF, PAYROLL CUTS, RAISING TAXES, AND, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE THE ROAD AND BRIDGE SUFFERED THE MOST IN THIS.
WE'VE BEEN DEALING ROAD, ROAD AND BRIDGE AND, UH, THE SHERIFF JAIL TOOK PROBABLY THE BIGGEST.
UM, SO I'M, I'M PLEASED THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO LAY ANYBODY OFF OR HAVE ANY PAYROLL TAX ABOUT PASSING THIS RESOLUTION NOW, THEN EVERYBODY, ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND BASICALLY WE GET AN OF, ON THE SURFACE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING.
BUT I THINK WHAT OUR GOAL IS, I SAY BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS ATTACKED AND COULD BE PROBABLY EVEN TIRED NEXT YEAR, IS THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T PROHIBIT ANYBODY FROM GETTING ANY SERVICES THAT NEED.
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO OUR, TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO DOING THAT.
IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? YEAH.
THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CUTTING SERVICES.
WHEN YOU CUT PEOPLE, YOU'LL CUT SERVICES THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO.
I'M SHORT, UH, I'M SHORT FOR, UH, BODIES RIGHT NOW IN MY DEPARTMENT.
AND I, UH, FOR THIS, I CAN'T HIRE WITHOUT COMING TO THE COURT.
BUT I DON'T MIND COMING TO COURT AND SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SHORT FOR PEOPLE.
I'D LIKE TO HIRE TWO OF 'EM BACK, YOU KNOW, TWO OF THESE PLACES.
SO I THINK IT, IT WORKS OUT IF WE KEEP THE PAYROLL AT THE PRESENT LEVEL.
OUR BUDGETS, OUR BUDGET'S GOOD.
WE DON'T RAISE TAXES, WE DON'T CUT SERVICES.
PEOPLE ARE, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE, UH, AGENDA.
SOME, SOME, SOME PLACES TOOK HITS THAT OTHERS DIDN'T.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A, A SMALL OFFICE WITH TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, ALL YOU CAN CUT IS PAPER AND PENCIL.
BUT, UH, YOU TAKE BIG DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE ROAD AND BRIDGE, UH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPENSES AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN NIBBLE AWAY AT SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
WE ALL HAVE TO TAKE A, WE ALL HAVE TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS QUITE A BIT.
I LOST THREE POSITIONS, UH, IN MY STAFF, IN MY, IN MY, IN MY WORKERS.
UH, I, I GAVE THEM UP SO THAT THEY COULD BE, THAT DOLLARS COULD BE USED ELSEWHERE.
UH, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT WE HAVE BALANCED A BUDGET.
WE'RE NOT GONNA REDUCE SERVICES.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET A PAY RAISE.
UH, WE WILL HOPEFULLY GO ALONG.
WE KNOW UNTIL NEXT YEAR, UH, WHICH NEXT YEAR MAY BE.
COMMISSIONER BELL WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER BROWN WILL SECOND THAT.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
CARRIE, DO WE NEED TO REITERATE THIS? THE TITLE IT BE THIS, THIS WAS OUR WORK WORKSHOP.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY IN THE, IN THE BUDGET.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF GIVING EVERYBODY A HEADS UP.
WELL, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE RUMORS I HEARD, UH, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THE COURT APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION AS I READ IT, UH, DISCUSSING, CONSIDER DECLARING EMERGENCY SITUATION, AMENDING THE BUDGET TO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PART-TIME HELP FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR AND REDUCING HIS GAS AND OIL BUDGET BY THE SAME AMOUNT.
WHAT THIS IS, IS THE, UH, CONSTABLE IN FOUR DID NOT HAVE PART-TIME HELP IN HIS OH 8, 0 8 0 9 BUDGET.
HE, HE NEEDS SOME PART-TIME HELP
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THIS YEAR FOR, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.UH, AND IT WILL FOLLOW ON INTO OH 9, 0 10.
UH, HE HAS PLENTY IN HIS, UH, GAS AND OIL.
HE'D JUST LIKE TO ADD NO CHANGE IN BUDGET, NO INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR, UH, THAT SOME PART-TIME HELP BETWEEN NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
NO, IT, IT IS A LINE ITEM TRANSFER WE PRESENTED LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT INVOLVES YEAH.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONERS ION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN A FAVOR, SAY AYE.
UH, NEXT DISCUSS AND CONSIDER.
OKAY, WE, COMMISSIONER JACKSON GETS BACK TO THAT DEALS WITH, UH, DISCUSSING, CONSIDER PROVING THE DEPORTATION OF JAMIE E BURLEY, WAYLON L
NOW, UH, I KNOW IT WAS DISCUSSED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THAT THE SHERIFF WAS CUTTING HIS BUDGET CLOSE ON SALARIES.
IF WE DO THIS, IS HE GOING HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE THE END OF THE YEAR? YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? OKAY.
I I WHAT THESE ARE, UH, I CAN'T ANSWER IF HE'S GONNA BE SHORT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT THESE DEPUTIZATION ARE.
THEY ARE ALREADY EMPLOYEES, UH, IN THE JAIL.
THEY'VE BEEN GET THEIR TLOS LICENSE.
THESE, THESE ARE ALREADY TLO CERTIFIED NOW? YEAH.
AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE DEPUTIES INSTEAD OF JAILS.
IS THAT THE WAY I READ IT? YEAH, SOME OF IT'S BEEN ON SINCE OH SEVEN.
IT'S NOT, THEY'RE NONE OF 'EM ARE NEW HIRE.
THEY'RE JUST TRANSFERRING FROM JAIL.
A COUPLE OF 'EM MAY NEW HIRE JIM.
I, I CAN'T SAY BY THE NAME FOR SURE.
I HAVE, I HAVE THE DATES, SIR.
THE DATE THAT, UH, UH, 7 29 0 9 IS THE, IS THE MOST RECENT.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY A, A NEW HIRE.
IT'S, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR WHAT, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
SO YEAH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL PRESENTLY ON, ON APRIL.
NOW, AS FAR AS IS THE BUDGET TILL THE END OF THE YEAR, I THINK JOHNNY HAS A CONCERN.
WE'RE GONNA BE THE LAST PAYROLL FOR SEPTEMBER.
UH, THE ERS AND
WILL THERE BE RAISES INVOLVED IN THESE PEOPLE TOO IF THEY'RE MOVING TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT? UH, PROBABLY.
NO, THEY, ANOTHER BUDGET, THEY COME OUT, THEY COME OUT THE JAIL BUDGET AND GO INTO THE, UH, UH, OPERATION BUDGET.
I THINK HIS QUESTION WAS UPDATED.
IT WOULD BE A PAY INCREASE INVOLVED.
THEY'RE GONNA BE A COMMISSION OFFER RATHER THAN THE KITCHEN OFFICE.
BUT THAT MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.
LET ME REMIND Y'ALL SOMETHING I THINK I ALREADY TOLD JUDGE, AND I MAY HAVE TOLD JIM TOO, BUT, UH, TWO, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE THE BUDGET WORK AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD ALL THESE OPEN SPOTS IN THERE THAT THEY COULDN'T FILL.
AND WE TOLD HIM NEEDED, LET'S GET RID OF SOME OF OPEN SPOTS YOU CAN'T FILL ANYWAY.
AND I THINK WE PROBABLY TOLD HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT COMES BACK, THE TIME COMES.
IF YOU CAN HIRE, WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S OKAY.
I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US, THE RECESSION CAUSING PEOPLE TO BE, BE AVAILABLE FOR NOW.
YEAH, I THINK YOU GO BACK TWO OR THREE YEARS OF BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE THE POSITIONS THAT EAST FELLOW WERE THERE, WE TOOK AWAY FROM THEM.
COMMISSIONER DE WILL MAKE THE MOTION THERE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, I, LET ME TELL YOU WHERE OUR PROBLEM IS IN BUDGETING.
OUR PROBLEM IS THAT AT 75,000 POPULATION, THE SHERIFF WAS REQUIRED TO MAKE A STEP LIST OF DEPUTIES, CORPORAL, SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANT, CHIEF, WHATEVER.
WE GIVE HIM A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND HE SHUFFLES A CAR.
I THINK WE NEED TO, FOR THIS, NICK, WE'RE TOO LATE BECAUSE WE'VE AUTHORIZED A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I THINK I'D LIKE THE JUDGE TO APPOINT ME TO WORK WITH THE SHERIFF TO SET UP THIS, UH, STAT STEP PAY RAISE A SLOT VERSUS A DOLLAR.
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I'M SAYING.YOU GIVE X AMOUNT DISPOSITION X THIS POSITION? YES.
COULD ANY COST THAT IS THAT WAY? I IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THE SHERIFF.
YEAH, BUT IT DOESN'T DISALLOW CONSTABLE DOES.
I MEAN, IF YOU DID IT FOR THE SHERIFF'S, COULD HE NOT, COULD YOU ALSO NOT DO IT FOR THE CONSTABLES? SURE HE COULD.
I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE DA'S OFFICE.
JOHNNY, I I DON'T THINK THAT WAS HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE DA'S OFFICE? WE HAVE SLOTS.
I JUST THINK WE NEED TO, NEXT TIME WE BUDGET, WE NEED TO DO THAT FOR THE SHERIFF.
IT'S EASIER ON US AND IT'S ALSO EASIER ON HIM.
WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA NEXT TIME TO APPOINT YOU TO OKAY.
AS, UH, ANYBODY ELSE WANNA WORK WITH HIM ON THAT COMMITTEE?
NO, IT'S, I IT'S JUST, I THINK THE SHERIFF ALREADY HAS IT IN FORMAT.
SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BRING THAT TO THE COURT AND, AND WELL THIS WILL PAY.
THAT'S GONNA BE FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE.
IS THAT GONNA BE ENOUGH TO OFF TO AFFECT OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR? UH, COULD WAS THAT INCORPORATED THE NUMBERS THAT JOHNNY DID YOU GIVE HAL? I'M SORRY.
HEARING SO THE INCREASE IN SALARY FOR THIS, WAS THAT INCORPORATED IN THE NUMBERS THAT YOU GIVE HAL FOR THE SHERIFF'S UH, BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR? NO, BECAUSE THAT WAS LIKE JULY 10TH.
SO THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT WEREN'T EVEN IN THERE.
THE OTHER THING WE CAN'T FIGURE IN THERE EITHER IS IF YOU PROFICIENT PAY THINGS, UH, Y'ALL THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND UH, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF USING TODAY'S NUMBERS, NOT KNOW WHAT, HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE GETTING THAT MONEY? SIGN THOSE ON.
THAT'S ALSO GONNA FOR NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S BEEN NEXT YEAR THAT'S BEEN, UH, FROZEN.
OH, WHAT'D YOU SAY? IT'S BEEN FROZEN FOR YEAR.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I MISUNDERSTANDING THAT, BUT HE'LL HAVE TO TAKE THAT FROM ANOTHER LINE ITEM.
THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT, BUT THEN AGAIN, THESE POSITIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE JAIL, HE'S MANDATED TO HIRE, HAVE THOSE POSITIONS.
YEAH, BUT THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE JAIL SO THAT SALARY COME WITH HIM.
PLUS A LITTLE MORE WHAT WEEK'S? GOTTA LEAVE.
WE DON'T, WE WON'T TAKE ABOUT YOUR SALARY UNTIL NEXT.
WE'LL TAKE BOTH OR JUST ONE? NO, IF YOU NEED.
I BELIEVE THESE TO BE ROUTINE IN NATURE.
LINE ITEM TRANSFERS IN GENERAL, GOVERNMENT WILL INCREASE COMMUNICATIONS.
$4,000 IN REDUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL MOVING 15,000 IN GAS AND OIL.
INCREASE IN GARBAGE PICKUP COSTS 2000 WITH REDUCTION OF MISCELLANEOUS 1000 OFF FURNACE EQUIPMENT.
A THOUSAND ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE MOVING 15,000 FROM TOOLS
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TO NEW EQUIPMENT TO THE LEASE PAYMENTS ON NEW EQUIPMENT AND SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE STATION.MOVING A THOUSAND DOLLARS COST FROM CAROL MCC KAUFMAN.
DID WE EVER FIND OUT, UH, ON THAT CONVENIENCE STATION IN UH, WHAT I IS MARILYN WORKING ON FOR IF, IF THERE IS ONE IT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
BE THE, DID YOU DISCUSS ITEMS? YEAH, I DID.
MOTION ON THE LINE ITEMS. SO COMMISSIONER CLARK SAYS YES, COMMISSIONER DO SAYS GO ALONG WITH IT.
NOW DID YOU DISCUSS THE, OKAY.
UH, BUT THIS IS UH, SALE OF RESALE OF TAX PROPERTY KNOWN AS LOT NINE AND 10 AND BLOCK SIX.
SECOND EDITION MATERIAL PRECINCT THREE AND JCS ONE REQUESTED BE ON THE AGENDA.
SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, ER SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER A MOTION.
CARRIE, I GUESS WE'RE GOING PAY A BILL OR TWO, SIR.
A ANGIE NEED ANGIE DOESN'T MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT.
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10 OUNCES A BIG DEAL ON N ROAD.WE HAVE THE ONLY WAY YOU PUT, HEY JERRY, YOU TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT ROAD.
THE ONE WHICH ONE? NOT THE ONE I LOOKED AT OVER.
I LOOKED AT YOU LOOKED AT 41 16.
DID YOU CHIP SEAL IT OR ONE ONE? WE 41 0 1 OIL.
OH, YOU WELL, NO, I'M NOT GOING GO LOOK AT THAT.
DID YOU, DID YOU GO CUT THAT 80 50? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, IT'S NOT BAD.
12,000 WHEN WE FIRST CAME, I FIRST CAME HERE.
I HAVE UH, I HAVE A NEW BATCH OF, UH, RHINO BLUE.
WE GOT SOME COMING IN TOMORROW.
OR WE, I GUESS IT'LL BE PAINFUL.
WELL THIS IS A TEST THAT HE'S GONNA WORK WITH US TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALKED TO THAT LADY DOWN THERE ABOUT THE, ALL ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, SHE SAID WE DIDN'T SELL.
I'VE GOTTA GO RUN ERR UNTIL I WOULD STAY.
HE CAN'T EXCEED HIS T HIS NO, HE CAN'T BUDGET.
JUST ON HIS YES, HE'S THAT'S YOUR JOB.
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HAVE SIX MONTHS TO WORRY ABOUT.YOU GONNA BE, I HOPE I GOT FAITH IN YOU.
SOMETIMES TOO MUCH INFORMATION OVERLOAD.
I TOLD THESE OTHER GUYS HEARD THIS STORY AND YOU MAY HEARD IN OUR TRIP, WE'VE TAKEN A TRIP FOR THE LAST 32 YEARS AND, AND WE JUST GO AND, UH, SO IT BREAK DOWN.
WE GOT THE IDEA SOON AS WE, BECAUSE ALWAYS WENT IN A MOTOR HOME.
SO AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE, ONE OF US WOULD TRY TO HURRY UP AND GET UP INTO THE ROOM TO SHUT OFF THE FENCE TO GO THE BEDROOM.
ALL THE, EVERYBODY SWEATING ALREADY GONE FOR THE COURT.
YOU'RE LUCKY WE SAW THAT LAST WEEK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
DID YOU WE DID FILE ONE 68,000 FOR 68.
SEE WHICH ONES BEING THAT TRUCKS AND NOT ALONE.
ONE OF THEM SWAP OUT THAT THESE TRUCKS, WE'LL THAT GUY HAD NEVER CALLED ME BACK.
THEN HE GOT, HE COULDN'T SOLICIT IN.
WELL YEAH, THE LAST TIME HE CALLED, HE LEFT KIND OF A CRY MESSAGE ON THE PHONE.
SAID I NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY UNDERSTAND.
WELL THAT'S PART OF YOU BEEN ACCEPTED ON ANY OF THOSE.
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YEARS.I THINK THE GUY, CHRIS, IS THAT GUY YOU WORKED.
BUT THEN AFTER HE FOUND OUT HE COULD, HE DID ALL THAT WORK.
ANY VEHICLES, LIKE HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIND UNLESS WE GO BID.
HE SAID HE COULD BEAT THE BIDS.
LOOKED TO ME LIKE YOU, IF YOU LOOK, THE CO BID IS YOUR SALESMAN.
LOOKS LIKE IT'D BE VERY EASY TO BE TECHNIC.
YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PRICE IS TO GET, TO GET A CONTRACT.
THAT IS A, THAT'S A GOOD DEAL.
IT'S A GOOD DEAL IS A LOT OF MONEY.
WHEN YOU START BUYING A TRACTOR, A COMPUTER, IT'S, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY ANYWAY.
UH, YEAH TO GET THIS IS FOR THIS YEAR THOUGH.
I THINK JACK AND I STARTED EARLY ACCORDING TO THAT.
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT THIS YEAR DID IF JACK AND I PERSONALITY, THERE YOU GO.
I MAY HAVE ENOUGH IN THERE WITHOUT RIGHT NOW.
I STILL WANT TELL BARBARA, BARBARA RIGHT HERE, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.
THAT LADY DON'T, DON'T LEAVE YET.
WERE THERE PULLED A MOBILE HOME IN ED UP.
I MEAN THE ONE THEY PUT IT IN TWO WAS WORSE RESTROOM.
PEOPLE NEVER GO TO THEIR YARD.
PICK UP, THEY THROW THE TRASH OUT AS TALL PICK UP NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED.
THEY SAID, WELL WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE HIM
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TO JAIL? HE SAID, I'M GONNA TAKE HIM FROM THIS AND PUT HIM INTO A JAIL WHERE HE EIGHT HOURS SLEEP, WATCH EVERY DAY.GUY SAID, WELL, YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT AGAIN NEXT MONTH, NEXT MONTH, NEXT MONTH.
YOU CAN'T, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
HOW YOU GONNA GET 'EM THE MOBILE? THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY.
WE GONNA HAUL YOU EVER SEEN US? NOW YOU MAY HAVE START SENDING ME ONE OF, ONE OF THOSE THINGS I GET EVERY DAY.
WHAT IS THAT SLEEPING FIELD? IS THAT ALL THEY DO OVER THERE IN FOUR? YEAH.
ARE YOU JUST STILL SENDING THOSE BILLS TO, UH, PRECINCT? YEAH.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THIS ONE UNDER, JUST WAITING ON YOU GUYS.
UH, WHERE? NO, MARYANNE STILL HERE? YEAH.
UH, ANYBODY WANNA PAY THE BILLS? COMMISSIONER DE WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL SECOND THE BILLS ALL FIRST.
A MOTION CARRIED BEFORE WE LEAVE? UH, UH, THERE IS, UH, SOMETHING I NEED TO SAY.
UH, AFTER LAST, THE ELECTION LAST TIME, UH, I LOADED ALL MY SIGNS UP AND TOOK 'EM TO THE DUMB GROUND AND THREW 'EM AWAY.
'CAUSE I MADE UP MY MIND AT THAT POINT THAT I WASN'T GONNA RUN FOR REELECTION.
BUT I NEVER DID TELL ANYBODY EXCEPT, UH, JERRY'S MAN WAS THERE LOOKING AT SIGNS WHEN I DUMPED THEM.
SO I, I FIGURED JERRY'S KNOWN IT ALL ALONG.
BUT, UH, I'VE GOT 20 YEARS IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS COUNTY JUDGE OF KAMAN COUNTY.
AND, UH, THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO GET DONE IN MY LIFETIME THAT BEING TIED DOWN HERE IS NOT ALLOWING ME TO DO.
UH, SO I GUESS I'M OFFICIALLY MAKING MY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I'M NOT GONNA RUN FOR REELECTION, UH, STANDING ATION OR WHAT? NO, JUST, I KNOW SOME OF THEM SAY THANK GOODNESS YOU, UH, UH, AND AS THE COUNTY JUDGE, AS JUDGE, ANY JUDGE CANNOT ENDORSE, UH, ANYBODY.
IT'S AGAINST THE, UH, CANS OF ETHICS FOR JUDGES TO ENDORSE, UH, A POLITICAL CANADA.
HOWEVER, I DO HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, UM, HAVE DR. BRUCE WOODS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
DOC, WOULD YOU AT US? I DUNNO IF THESE GUYS ALL KNOW OR NOT, BUT, UH, HE'S A, HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE, KNOWN HIM MANY, MANY YEARS AND, UM, REALLY NICE GUY.
MOST OF US KNOW DR. WOODS AND REALIZE I'M TO BE A, A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, CAPABLE PERSON.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW.
AND I WANTED TO CATCH BARBARA.
THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE UNTIL I TOLD YOU NOW LAST FRIDAY AT LION'S CLUB.
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, AFTER DOING
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AFTER 20 YEARS, IT'S NOT EASY TO STEP DOWN BECAUSE I LOVE THIS COUNTY AND, AND I LOVE THIS JOB AND LOVE THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH.AND, UH, WELL JUDGE, I'LL SAY THAT WE'LL MISS YOU PERSONALLY AND WE REALLY MISS YOUR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY OF THE TRADITIONS OF THE PATH.
THAT'S ALWAYS AND YOUR, YOUR LEGAL KNOWLEDGE TOO.
THAT'S ALWAYS COME IN VERY HANDY FOR US.
UH, SO CAN I HAVE THE REST OF YOUR T POSTS?
I LIKE, THERE'S YOUR QUOTE MICHAEL.
SO IT'D BE A DIFFERENT LIFE FOR YOU FOR A WHILE.
BUT UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, FRACTION LAW A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK WITH THE KIDS AND, UH, SPENDING, UH, MORE TIME WITH MY HORSES AND MY COWS AND MY, UH, FAMILY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT FIVE GRANDKIDS NOW AND, UH, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY INVOLVED IN SOMETHING TO THEM AT THE HOUSE THIS WEEK WITH US.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY? WHEN, WHEN JOHN MADDEN STEPPED DOWN, WHEN HE WENT OUT TO HIS RETIREMENT AND THEY ASKED HIM WHY, HE JUST SAID IT'S TIME
SO I GUESS THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY IS IT'S TIME.
SO WITH THAT, HAVING BEEN SAID, UH, COMMISSIONER DUN MAKES A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
JUDGE, CAN WE GIVE, THESE ARE PROBABLY LORE
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SHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR.WELL SHE SAID THERE, SHE, SHE SCARED TOO.
SHE ON OR WHATEVER AND SHE OFF TRIED TO PUT HER BACK OVER.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME.LADY KNOW CAN PUT THE OF THEM AWAY.