* 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. [00:00:04] OKAY, WE'LL COME TO ORDER NOW. PLEASE. I'M GOING TO ASK THE VISIT IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, TO GIVE THEM CASE WARNING. MR. HARRIS NEE, WOULD YOU, UH, PROCEED THIS MORNING, PLEASE? GOD, THOSE OTHER PEOPLE DUNNO WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. DO THEY? I'D BE GLAD TO THOUGH. UH, LET US PRAY. WHAT GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK THEY FOR THE PRIVILEGED AND OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. UH, PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US FOR FAVOR. GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS. WE THANK THESE FOR A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL DAY LIKE THIS TODAY. WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE ALSO GIVE THINGS FOR THE MANY BLESSING THAT DEATHS GIVEN UPON US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UH, AS ALWAYS, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR TROOPS WITH FAVOR AND BRING THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. ALL THIS WITH ALL THIS WE ASK A JESUS NAME, AMEN. IGI TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD THE INVIS WITH NEVER BE JUSTICE FOR ON SIDE. I ADVISE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVIDUAL. UH, COMMISSIONER ROUND WAS IN A PLAY ON FRIDAY EVENING, UH, AT THE METHODIST CHURCH, METHODIST MEN'S PLAY THAT WAS OUT THE FAIRGROUND. AND HE PLAYED A CHARACTER BY THE NAME OF HARRY SNEAD. AND, UH, CHARACTER IS NOT QUITE LIKE HE IS IN REAL LIFE. I TOLD HIM MY CHARACTER. THAT CHARACTER WAS, UH, UNDERHANDED, UNSCRUPULOUS. MY PERSONAL CHARACTER IS MORE LIKE BILLY GRAHAM . I COULDN'T GET ANYBODY TO BELIEVE THAT. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING. UH, WE HAVE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HATE TO DEPRIVE THEM OF, UH, THEIR LEARNING POSSIBILITIES THIS DAY. SO, UH, WE HAVE CARRIE SHARP WITH US WITH SOME, UH, FOUR H UH, PEOPLE. AND CARRIE, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU OR BRIANNA, WHOEVER'S GONNA GIVE THE, UH, PROGRAM. JUDGE. WE GOTTA TO SEE BRIANNA. I USED TO GET TO SEE HER BROTHER COME WITH IT NOW COLLEGE. BUT, UH, WE GET TO SEE HER PRETTY REGULARLY. WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY FOR THAT. UM, I'M COLTON MOORE. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE KAMAN COUNTY COUNCIL FOUR H AND I'M BRIANNA MOORE. I'M THE TREASURER AND THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE KAMAN COUNTY FOUR H COUNCIL. AND I'M KERRY SHARP, FOUR H AGENT FOR COUNTY. UM, THIS IS OUR PROCLAMATION TO THE NATIONAL FOUR H WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU. WHEREAS FOUR H CHIEF ACROSS THE NATION ARE LEADING, LEADING EFFORTS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE FUTURE. WHEREAS FOUR H IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHIEF DEVELOPMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN TEXAS AND THE LARGEST IN THE NATION WITH 6 MILLION . WHEREAS FOUR H AND TEXAS CLAIMS OVER 1 BILLION YOUTH AND 40,000 ADULT VOLUNTEERS HERE IN COMAN COUNTY. WE HAVE IN THE FOUR H PROGRAM, 15,000 YOUTH, WHICH COUNTS OVER 300 THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY CLUBS AND EVERYBODY ELSE. WE HAVE IN THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT WE DO WITH THE FORAGE IN THE CLASSROOM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE MORE THAN 542 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT PROGRAM. WHEREAS FOR H IS PART OF THE TEXAS EXTENSION SERVICE OF TEXAS A AND UNIVERSITY IS A PROGRAM WHERE YOUTH LEARN THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROVIDE THEM HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES AND FOUR H MISSION MANDATES OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY HEALTHY LIVING AND . WHEREAS FOUR H HAS CONNECTED YOUTH AND THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH THE INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND RESOURCES FROM OUR NATION'S 106 LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS. SO WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS PROCLAMATION JUDGE FOR THE NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK. OKAY. WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, PROCLAIM, UH, THE, UH, WEEK OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH AS NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK IN KAMAN COUNTY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER [00:05:01] S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING THOSE TIME, KEVIN AND BRIANNA AND, UH, CARRIE FOR COMING IN. UM, WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF OUR FORAGE PROGRAM IN CALTON COUNTY AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO AND YOUR VOLUNTEERS AND, AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, THE WAY THEY PARTICIPATE. AND, UH, IT'S WHEN YOU WATCH THESE, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE'S ROAD FROM HERE TO HERE TO HERE TO TO HERE, IT'S, UH, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND, UH, IT'S GREAT WORK AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UH, YOU WANT GIVE A REPORT ON THE FAIR YET, OR YOU GOT THIS WEEKEND GOING? WE HAD A, WE HAVE STARTED OFF THE STATE FAIR, UH, QUITE WELL. MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS THAT WENT OVER TO EAST TEXAS, UH, STALLMAN WENT OVER THERE TO SHOW, AND THE ANGUS SHOW, UH, THEY DID VERY WELL. UM, I'M WAITING TO HEAR, BUT THE, THE LAST COUNT, WE HAD SOME FIRSTS GOING IN, BUT WHEN I TRIED TO CALL HIM ON FRIDAY, THEY WERE MARCHING BACK TOWARDS, TOWARD THE GRAND DRIVE. SO I NEED TO CONTACT MIKE STONEMAN TO SEE HOW WELL THEY DID THERE. WE HAD, UH, THE REST OF CHECK SHOW THEIR BREEDINGS WINE OVER THERE THIS WEEKEND. UH, AND WE ALSO HAD THE LONE STAR GOAT CLUB, WHICH SHOWS THE NIGERIAN BOARD COATS. AND TODAY I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, THREE GRAND CHAMPIONS AND, UH, TWO RESERVE GRAND CHAMPIONS IN THE BREED SHOW. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT PLACED IN THE, UH, TOP FIVE AND ABOVE IN THE SHOWMANSHIP. AND SO WE HAD 22, UH, FOUR ACRES OVER THERE SHOWING NIGERIAN WORK GOATS. AND THEN OUR TWO YOUNG MEN SHOWING THE BREEDINGS ONE, THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE UP. THEY'RE HOPING TO IMPROVE THEIR STOCK, SO THEY DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK SHOW THIS YEAR WITH THEIR BREEDING. SO, UM, TODAY WE HAVE OUR SWINE GETTING IN LINE TONIGHT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK TO TRY TO KEEP THE HEAT. AND, UH, THEN OUR MARKET STEERS MOVE IN TOMORROW. AND THEN THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE OUR BREEDING HEIFERS MOVE IN, UH, THE FIRST SECTION OF THEM. AND THEN I HAVE A SECOND SECTION OF BREEDING HEIFERS THAT MOVE IN NEXT WEEK, WHICH KELVIN WILL BE SHOWING NEXT WEEK. AND HE HAS A, ACTUALLY HAS A GIFT FOR YOU WHILE, SO THAT YOU CAN PERSONALLY COME UP AND WATCH HIM SHOW THE CLIENT IS HERFORD COUNTY IN TEXAS. RIGHT. TICKETS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THESE TICKETS. OCTOBER 6TH. GOOD DAY AFTER. THEY'RE GOOD FOR OCTOBER 6TH. OCTOBER 6TH THIS YEAR IS THE AG AWARENESS DAY. UH, STATE FAIR IS CHANGING THINGS UP ON TOP. THAT'S A TUESDAY. IT'S AG AWARENESS DAY WHERE, UH, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO EMPHASIZE TO THE PEOPLE WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM ON, ON A DAILY BASIS AND HOW TEXAS FITS INTO THAT, UH, PERIOD. AND THEN ALSO, UM, THEY'LL, SO THEY'LL HAVE SEVERAL DISPLAYS WITH THE FARM BUREAU AND THE EDUCATIONAL MOBILE, UH, MOBILE BARN, WHICH, UH, WE USE QUITE EXTENSIVELY IN THE CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. UH, TON COUNTY. AND THEN, UM, THEY'LL BE HAVING SEVERAL DISPLAYS ON THAT DAY ALSO. SO, UH, YOU WANNA GO UP AND TRY YOUR FRIED BUTTER. THEY ALSO HAVE A WALK, BUT, UH, WALK ACROSS TEXAS. SO IF YOU WANNA MAKE A COUPLE LAPS AROUND THE, UH, UH, FAIRGROUNDS TO WORK OFF THAT FRIED BUTTER, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL THE MORE POWER TO YOU. THANK YOU, CARRIE. WHILE BRANDON AND KEVIN ARE HERE, THERE, THERE ARE TWO OF THE, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MADE THE TRIP TO WASHINGTON THIS YEAR. AND BOTH FACT SOME GOOD PICTURES AND, UH, THEY'LL BE, UM, APPRECIATE THAT. THEY'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU WITH THE INVITATION THAT BRIANNA HAS FOR YOU. YES. OCTOBER 12TH FOR COMMISSIONER'S BREAKFAST. I KNOW Y'ALL ENJOY THAT VERY MUCH. BRING LOTS OF GOOD FOOD. WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF SEATING THIS TIME 'CAUSE WE WILL BRING IN EXTRA TABLES. SO TELL EVERYBODY OCTOBER 12TH AT EIGHT O'CLOCK HERE, WE'RE GONNA, UM, SERVE YOU SOME VERY, VERY NICE FOODS AND WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, THE PHOTO ALBUM FOR YOU ALL TO SIT AND, 'CAUSE MOST OF OUR KIDS ARE AT WASHINGTON, DC WILL BE HERE TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THE, WELL, I'LL GO OVER, WE WILL NOT DISCUSS CERTAIN PARTS OF THE . WHAT HAPPENS ON THE TRIP KIND OF STAYS ON THE TRIP START. SO, OKAY. OH YEAH. SOMEBODY PUT A PROCLAMATION. PROCLAMATION, DIDN'T YOU PUT THE PRO ON? OH, OKAY. IT'S MIXED IN WITH ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THERE. IT'S THAT, UH, ALL THIS OTHER JUNK OR, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON OCTOBER 12TH AND OF OUR CLUB PROGRAMS AND LETTING YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO NOT JUST TALK WITH ME, BUT TALK WITH OUR OFFICERS FROM OUR CLUBS AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. [00:10:01] WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO IT. SO, OH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO CAMPING WITH US THE FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO TIS CREEK THE FIRST TIME. AND THEN, UH, FOR OUR TO FINISH UP THE ROUND, UH, WE'RE GOING IN SPRING, UH, THIS SPRING BREAK NEXT YEAR, UH, WE'RE GOING TO EITHER MATAGORDA COUNTY OR TO CORPUS CHRISTI 'CAUSE WE'RE MEETING UP WITH THE, UH, TEXAS, UH, UM, IT'S CALLED A FLOATING CLASSROOM. BASICALLY IT'S A BIG, UH, BOAT THAT THEY TAKE OUT INTO THE, UH, AND SHOWS YOU THE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND THEY DRUDGE UP STUFF FROM THE BOTTOM AND, AND EACH SHRIMP THAT WE CATCH, WE GET TO KEEP. SO LET'S, CARRIE. YES. UH, THAT'S YOUR COPY AND I CAN EMAIL IT TO YOU TOO. EMAIL? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU CARRIE. I THINK HE'S COMING. I THINK HE COME AROUND. I THINK HE COMING TO GET A PICTURE MADE PRESENT PROCLAMATION ON CAMERA HERE. HERE HE'S THIS YOU MEMBER. WHICH CHARACTER YOU'RE SUPPOSED, CAN YOU GIVE US, IF WE STAND HERE, CAN YOU GET THE WHOLE COURT? YES. GO. A CUP OF COFFEE. REALLY? ALL OF YOU SHOULD STAND UP BEHIND THEM. MAKE A BETTER PICTURE. YOU WANT ME TO GET JIM? YEAH, IF YOU'LL COME AROUND AND KIND OF STAND IN THE CENTER, THAT WOULD MAKE A MUCH BETTER PICTURE. I WAS AFRAID TO ASK . COME AROUND IN FRONT. YOU MEAN? THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT, JERRY. NO. REMEMBER IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEBODY BACK OF SOMEBODY'S HEAD, WE CAN'T SEE YOU. YOU CAN'T SEE HER. SHE CAN'T SEE YOU'S POCKET. ONE MORE JERRY. ONE MORE. JERRY. LEMME DO ONE MORE. I JUST WANNA BE SURE WE GET JERRY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. BEFORE Y'ALL REMIND ME, UH, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU OF OUR LAST GATHERING MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL COURTESY. AYE. MOTION. CARRIE? I KNEW THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE VERY ANXIOUS TO GET BACK INTO SCHOOL, SO I WOULD NEVER LIKE THAT. IF YOU HAD A DAY OFF, YOU'D SUPPOSED TO LAST ALL DAY. I AND, UH, [00:15:11] THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, IS ANYONE HERE THAT WE NEED TO GET TO ON THERE? WE CAN PUT THESE GO. OKAY. UH, LET'S JUMP NOW SINCE WE'RE JUST JUMPING AROUND ON THE AGENDA. LET'S GO TO KATHY MORRIS WHO'S GONNA DISCUSS, UH, APPROVING CHANGING THE ASSISTANT 9 1 1 GIS COORDINATOR POSITION FROM A FULLTIME POSITION TO A PART-TIME POSITION AND TO FILL THE CURRENT VACANCY. I DO HAVE A CURRENT VACANCY FOR THE GIS COORDINATOR, IS BASICALLY WHAT THAT POSITION IS. AND ALSO THERE 9 1 1 ADDRESSING GOING. MY ADDRESS'S NOT HERE. UM, I MET WITH CAPTAIN ZAPETA AND TWO OF THE MEMBERS OF CO OF UGIS AND WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF, UM, WHAT WAS LEFT FOR OUR MAPPING TO BE COMPLETE. COG HAS GOT A CONSULTING COMPANY THAT'S GONNA HAVE INTERNS COME IN AND THEY'VE TAKEN OUR PAPER MAPS AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE ADDRESSES ON THE DIGITAL MAP. SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS ASSIST WITH THAT PLUS DO, UM, CLEANUP AND ERROR RESOLUTION. AND IN THESE DISCUSSIONS WE FIGURED OUT THAT WE COULD PROBABLY USE JUST A PART-TIME PERSON AT THIS POINT TO DO MAINTAIN THE MAPS AND DO 20 TO 30% OF THE ADDRESS CORRECTIONS THAT ARE GONNA NEED TO BE DONE AFTER THEY GET PUT ON THE MAP DIGITALLY. CAPTAIN ZAPETA, HE SAID THAT, UH, THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD HELP OUT TO DO THAT. HE'S GOT ENOUGH ON HIS PLATE AT THIS POINT, OTHERWISE HE WOULD DO IT, BUT HE JUST CAN'T, HE DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS CHANGE IT TO A PART-TIME POSITION. PART-TIME WOULD BE SUFFICIENT OF SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN THREE DAYS A WEEK AND DO THIS. PLUS IT WOULD SAVE THE COUNTY ABOUT $20,000 A YEAR. SURE. THAT'S WHEN YOU SAY, UH, FOR THE, YOU NEED SOMEONE TO HELP WITH THE CLEANUP. IT'S CLEANUP, IT, IT'S, IT'S ADDRESS RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, AND FORGIVE ME 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW ALL THE TECHNICAL STUFF TOO AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE PERSON. ANYWAY. THEY'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT ALL THE ADDRESSES ON PAPER MAPS AND WHAT COG HAS DONE IS TAKEN OUR PAPER MAPS, SCAN 'EM INTO THEIR SYSTEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO MATCH THEM UP, TRY TO MATCH THE ADDRESSES UP WITH THE GEO POINTS THAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS GOT FOR THE ACTUAL HOUSE LOCATION. AND KNOWING GOING IN THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ERRORS ON THE PAPER MAPS BECAUSE THEY'VE BASICALLY BEEN DONE BY GOING OUT AND ESTIMATING MILEAGE TO WHERE THE HOUSES ARE. WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMEBODY TO, WHEN CO GETS DONE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH IT TO COME BACK IN AND MAKE THOSE POINTS MATCH UP. OKAY. SO IT'S PARTIALLY CLEAN UP. COGS MESS OUR MESS, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S MESS. AND I KNOW CO NOT CO GIS IS NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE. ACCURATE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. ISN'T THERE? RIGHT, COMMISSIONER? FAR CERTAIN CASES. WE AND COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE TWO SITUATIONS THAT YEAH, I DO. , THAT'S NOT THE CLEANUP YOU WERE MENTIONING. NO, NO. THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER BRAND NEW PROJECT TO CLEAN UP. THAT SOUNDS, SAVE SOME MONEY ON. YEAH. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON TO ALLOW TO DO THAT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU KATHY. UH, NEXT WE, WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES, UH, BOARD FROM TAR STATE HOSPITAL WITH US THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS BOB WINCHESTER. I'M WITH THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL AT TAR STATE HOSPITAL. I'M JOINED THIS MORNING BY SHEILA KNICK, WHO IS WITH THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AT THE HOSPITAL. WE HAVE A BRIEF POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THROUGH YOU THIS MORNING. THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT FOR A BETTER PART OF THE YEAR. AND, UH, WE'D ASK THAT IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE, IF YOU LET THE ROTAS AND VARIOUS SERVICE CLUBS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED BACK IN YOUR DISTRICT, LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS PRESENTATION, BE FOR YOU OUT TOO. DID Y'ALL KNOW WE NORMALLY DO THINGS LIKE THIS IN A WORKSHOP, BUT SINCE THE, THE KEY WORD HERE WAS PREACH? WELL, I THOUGHT, WELL, WE GO AHEAD AND, [00:20:19] UH, THE TERRELL STATE HOSPITAL. IT'S AN INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. WE HAVE A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE, UH, UH, TERRELL STATE HOSPITAL. PRIOR TO 1885, THERE WAS REALLY ONLY ONE, UH, INSTITUTION IN THE ENTIRE STATE TO HANDLE THOSE WHO WERE MENTALLY ILL AND THAT WAS LOCATED IN TEXAS FREQUENTLY. PEOPLE WHO WERE MENTALLY ILL BACK IN THOSE DAYS WERE HOUSED IN COUNTY JAILS OR COURT HOUSES. IN 1883, THE LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INSTITUTION THAT WAS TO BE LOCATED NORTH OF THE TRACKS OF THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY. GOVERNOR JOHN IRON COMMISSIONED THE LAND PURCHASE FOR ABOUT $200,000 ON 672 ACRES JUST SOUTH SAN ONTARIO. ON JULY THE 14TH OF 1885, THE NORTH TEXAS LUNATIC ASYLUM OPENED UNDER THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT, DR. DAVID WALLACE. IN ITS FIRST YEAR, THE ASYLUM ADMITTED 330 PATIENTS FROM 46 COUNTIES. IN 1888, THE FACILITY WAS RENAMED THE NORTH TEXAS HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. AND BY 1906, THE HOSPITAL HAD ADMITTED 1400 PATIENTS AND HAD A STAFF OF ABOUT 175. INTERESTINGLY, BY 1920, THE PATIENT POPULATION HAD DRAWN TO 2300, MAKING IT THE LARGEST INSTITUTION OF ITS TYPE WESTERN MISSISSIPPI TERRELL STATE HOSPITAL. THE CURRENT MENU WAS ADOPTED IN 1925. MANY OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE PRESENT CAMPUS WERE BUILT IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES, BUT THE BEAUTIFUL THREE-TIERED FOUNTAIN, WHICH PROBABLY MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN, IS THE ONLY STRUCTURE REMAINING FROM THE ORIGINAL 1885 CONSTRUCTION. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TARRELL STATE HOSPITAL TODAY. TODAY, THE HOSPITAL SERVES, UH, OVER 12,000 SQUARE MILES OF NORTHEAST TEXAS WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 3 MILLION. IN 2008, THE HOSPITAL SERVED 2,727 PATIENTS, AND DR. JOE FINCH IS THE PRESENT SUPERINTENDENT. THREE OF THE, UH, MAJOR PROGRAMS THAT THE, UH, HOSPITAL HAS FOR THE ADULT ACUTE PROGRAM, THE CHILDREN IN ADOLESCENT SERVICES. INTERESTINGLY, THERE'S A CAMPUS SCHOOL AT THE HOSPITAL, UH, FOR THE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS OPERATED BY THE TERRIBLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GERIATRIC SERVICES, WHICH IS FOR PATIENTS OVER 65. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL ITSELF. THE COUNCIL WAS, UH, THE PREDECESSOR OF THE COUNCIL WAS CALLED THE GRAY LADIES. IT WAS FORMED BY 13 LADIES BACK IN, UH, 1952. AND THEIR MAIN GOAL, AND THE GOAL THAT CONTINUES TODAY FOR THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL IS TO PROVIDE PATIENT CARE OVER AND ABOVE THAT, THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE STATE. THE PRESENT, UH, VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL WAS FORMED IN 1954. PAST PROJECTS OF THE COUNCIL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WHITTEN GABLE ALL FAITH CHAPEL. UH, VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL, UH, SUPPORTS MANY ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR OUT AT THE HOSPITAL, BUT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS CHRISTMAS. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT BEFORE WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO HERE ABOUT CHRISTMAS COUNTRY STORE. THE CHRISTMAS COUNTRY STORE IS, UH, UH, A FACILITY WE HAVE AT THE HOSPITAL, WHICH WE WORK ON ALL YEAR LONG, GETTING, UH, NEW ITEMS IN AND, UH, BEFORE CHRISTMAS, UH, THE PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL ARE BROUGHT TO THE COUNTRY STORE AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SELECT THREE GIFTS EACH. WE GET WRAPPED FOR THEM, AND THAT ALLOWS THE PATIENTS TO GIVE GIFTS TO THEIR LOVED ONES. THAT IDEA WAS, UH, BROUGHT FORTH BY A FORMER PATIENT. I'LL MENTION THAT AGAIN A LITTLE LATER HERE IN THE PRESENTATION. BUT HERE'S A, A LITTLE, UH, VIDEO IF IT RUNS. AND THE CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, CONTINUES TO BE STRONGLY SUPPORTED, UH, TO THE, UH, LEGACY OF SERVICE AND SUPPORT FOR ALL PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL. THERE'S A CEMETERY ON THE GROUNDS OUT GERALD STATE HOSPITAL. IT'S CALLED THE WILD CEMETERY. THE FIRST BURIAL OCCURRED THERE ON OCTOBER THE 22ND OF 1885, JUST [00:25:01] THREE MONTHS AFTER THE HOSPITAL OPENED. BUT FOR MANY YEARS, THE HOSPITAL SERVED AS A SANITORIUM. SO MANY PATIENTS THAT SUFFERED FROM TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER HIGHLY INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE ALSO BURIED AT THE WILDWOOD CEMETERY. MOST BURIALS, UH, THE DECEASED WAS PROVIDED WITH A SIMPLE CONCRETE BLOCK WITH A NUMBER EMBEDDED IN IT. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY FORM OF IDENTIFICATION FOR THE GRAVE. WELL, OVER THE YEARS, THE NAMES BEHIND THOSE NUMBERS WAS LOST. SO IN 1994, A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS AND WILDWOOD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION MEMBERS BEGAN A MASSIVE RESEARCH PROJECT TO FIND THE NAMES BEHIND ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS. AND THAT PROJECT TOOK 14 YEARS. THIS IS JANIE BISHOP, ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO DID THE 14 YEARS OF RESEARCH, AND SHE TELLS US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BACK IN 1994. THEY, UH, A YOUNG MAN WHO IS MUCH LOVED BY, UH, ALL THE STAFF AT OUT HERE, UH, DIED AND HE WAS TO BE BURIED IN THE WILDWOOD CEMETERY. UH, THEY FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A QUITE DISARRAY, THE CEMETERY WAS IN DISARRAY, AND, UM, THEY DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE STAFF FORMED, UH, COUNCIL AND GOT VOLUNTEERS TO WORK ON IT. AND, UH, THE PATIENTS WERE, WHEN THEY DIED AND WERE BURIED, THEY JUST HAD A, A MARKER, A CEMENT MARKER WITH A NUMBER ON IT. AND, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO RESTORE THEIR DIGNITY FROM NUMBERS TO NAMES. AND THE, WE STARTED THIS IN MID 1994, AND WE COMPLETED RESEARCHING ALL THE NAMES. IN MAY OF 2008, WE HAVE 3,533 PEOPLE BURIED. WE HAVE RECEIVED, WE'VE ALREADY PLACED MARKERS FOR IN 2,100. AND WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE OVER 1400 MARKERS TO GO. WELL, WHAT, WHAT IS THE UPSHOT OF ALL THAT RESEARCH? BECAUSE WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS REGULARLY WHO ARE COMING OUT LOOKING, UH, FOR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT MIGHT BE BURIED OUT AT THE CEMETERY. BUT HERE'S THE STORY. I STARTED LOOKING FOR MY GRANDFATHER 20 YEARS AGO, AND I ASKED EVERYBODY. I WENT TO LONG OAK. I WENT TO HUNT COUNTY. I WENT EVERY PLACE LOOKING FOR HIM. AND WHEN MY UNCLE DIED, UH, ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN BURIED AT THE STATE HOSPITAL. SO I STARTED OUT THERE, AND OF COURSE THEN EVERYBODY WASN'T WORKING ON THE CEMETERY LIKE THEY ARE NOW. WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. AND I TALKED TO SEVERAL OUT THE STATE. AND SO WE DECIDED, AND THEY TOLD ME WHAT KIND OF TOMBSTONE THEY WANTED AND EVERYTHING, AND WE BOUGHT IT. AND, UH, THEN THEY CALLED AND LET HIM KNOW IF WE HAD A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HIM. AND I SAID YES. AND THEY DID A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL SERVICE. AND WE LAID HIS TOMBSTONE. HE TOOK CARE OF US FOR YEARS AND YEARS. AND, UH, THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM, MY MOTHER HAD DIED. AND I WAS GOING TO DALE, ARIZONA AT THE AGE OF EIGHT YEARS OLD ON THE BUS BY MYSELF. AND HE STAYED WITH ME ON THE BUS AND GAVE ME MONEY TO BUY ORANGE COLD DRINKS. SO I FELT LIKE THAT I HAD TO FIND, HE HAD DONE SO MUCH FOR US, I HAD TO FIND HIM AND I HAD TO PLACE HIM. AND WHEN I FOUND OUT HE HAD A NUMBER, IT WAS JUST AWFUL. AND I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD DIE WITH DIGNITY AND THEY SHOULD HAVE A KNOWN AND NOT A NUMBER, ALWAYS A VOYANT STORY. SOME OF THE MAJOR, UH, VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL INITIATIVES THAT ARE UNDERWAY NOW, WE ARE CONTINUING TO PLACE, UH, MARKERS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME IN THIS CASE, JOHN HANKS. WE DON'T HAVE HIS EXACT DATE OF BIRTH, WE, BUT HE WAS BORN IN 1856 AND HIS DATE OF DEATH WAS DECEMBER 23RD, 1900. SO THOSE ARE THE MARKERS THAT WE ARE PLACING, UH, THE SIDE OF THE CONCRETE MARKER THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN PLACE. AND WE HAVE THE WILDWOOD CEMETERY LANDSCAPING, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, THE, THE, UH, RUD IRON FENCING AND OTHER LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS, THERAPEUTIC GARDENS. PHASE ONE IS ABOUT HALFWAY FUNDED. AND, UH, THE GROUNDBREAKING USED TO BE ANNOUNCED. WELL, THE OASIS IS, UH, UH, A PLACE ON CAMPUS WHERE PATIENTS CAN COME TO TALK ABOUT THEIR RECOVERY AND WHAT THEY WILL DO WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. AND I WANT YOU TO MEET AMY, UH, PIERCE. AMY, UH, HAS BEEN ON THE STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, AND, UH, AMY'S UH, UH, [00:30:01] IDEA WAS THE OASIS. UH, AND SHE RUNS THE OASIS OUT THERE. THE CHRISTMAS COUNTRY STORE WAS ALSO HER IDEA, BUT YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY ONE PERSON MIGHT HAVE SUCH GREAT IDEAS WHERE YOU SEE, AMY USED TO BE A PATIENT AT CARROLL STATE HOSPITAL. SO, UH, AMY WILL EXPLAIN TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE OASIS. OASIS IS OUR PEER SUPPORT CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED ON CAMPUS AND IT'S PATTERNED AFTER, LIKE A DROP-IN CENTER IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A PLACE WHERE OUR PATIENTS CAN COME, RECEIVE PEER SUPPORT, TALK ABOUT RECOVERY, TALK ABOUT WELLNESS AND, AND WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS ONCE THEY GET OUT OF HERE. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE IN OUR PEER SUPPORT CENTER IS THE RECOVERY WALL, WHICH IS BEHIND. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND SOMETHING THAT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF HANDS ON THAT WALL. AND WHAT THAT WALL SYMBOLIZES IS THAT RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE. THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY COME IN HERE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS AND COME INTO THE HOSPITAL, IT'S JUST A SHORT STAY IN OUR JOURNEY OF LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. UM, IT SYMBOLIZES THE HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION IT TAKES TO LIVE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE STRUGGLES THAT WE GO THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS. THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER AND BEING TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, THAT WE CAN GET BETTER AND THAT WE CAN RECOVER, AND THAT WE CAN LIVE JUST LIKE YOU LIVE. ANYBODY ELSE LIVES A NORMAL, HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE LIFE. WELL, THAT'S OUR BRIEF PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BRINGING, ALLOWING US TO COME OUT AND SHOW IT TO YOU, UH, SHEILA AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SHOW YOU YEARS AGO, SOME OF US WENT OUT AND, AND, UH, PLANTED A BUNCH OF TREES THERE AT CEMETERY. YES. THEY HANDLE THOSE TREES. TAKE ROOT AND SURVIVING OR I, I SHE CAN YOU ACTUALLY, YEAH. IS IT LIKE IN FRONT FOR THE GATE? YES. YES, THEY ARE. LONG LINE ACROSS, ALONG THE LINE. YES. THEY ARE THERE. AND THEY'RE TALL. MM-HMM. GOOD. WE HAD PRETTY GOOD SELECTION FROM THE COMMUNITY THERE. GOOD. WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'D LIKE TO, I'LL GIVE AN INVITATION. COME TO THE LINE. THANK SAME PRESENTATION. LOOK FORWARD. WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU JUDGE COMMISSION. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING. OKAY. OUR BIGGEST NEED, WE SUPPLI PERSONAL CARE ITEMS TO ALL THE PATIENTS THERE, THE STATE SUPPLIES, BABY SHAMPOO, BAR SOAP, AND, UH, TWO PAIRS OF SOCKS AND A PAIR OF UNDERWEAR WHEN AT ADMISSIONS. AND WE SUPPLY THEIR NEEDS FROM THERE ON. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO A LOT OF FUNDRAISING FOR. THAT'S A DAILY NEED. THAT'S NOT A CHRISTMAS NEED. WE GET, WE GET HELP AT CHRISTMAS, BUT WE DO SUPPLY THEM WITH PERSONAL HYGIENE, DEODORANT, BODY WASH, PERFUME MAKEUP FOR THE LADIES, THAT SORT OF THING. AND WE ALSO GIVE BIRTHDAY GIFTS TO ALL THE CHILDREN. WE HAVE CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS SIX YEARS OLD IN OUR HOSPITAL. AND IF THEY HAVE A BIRTHDAY THERE, THEY GET A CAKE EITHER THAT I MADE OR THAT ONE OF THE CHURCHES DONATED AND THEY GET A GIFT. AND WE'RE ALWAYS RUNNING LOW ON BOYS GIFTS. WE GET A LOT OF BARBIE DOLLS AND STUFF FOR THE LITTLE GIRLS, BUT THE BOYS GIFTS ARE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE. AND, UH, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, THAT'S A DAILY BASIS THAT WE DO AT COMMUNITY RELATIONS. DO YOU HAVE A, UH, A CENTRAL LOCATION IF SOMEONE, FOR INSTANCE, UH, CLEAN OUT THEIR CLOSET AND THEY'VE GOT YES, WE HAVE RUMMAGE ROOMS SALE MONTHLY AT COMMUNITY RELATIONS. AND WHEN YOU COME IN, OUR HOSPITAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS IS THE OLDEST BUILDING AND IT'S THE FIRST BUILDING YOU COME TO. AND THERE'S A SIGN. THE MUSEUM IS ALSO HOUSED IN OUR BUILDING, BUT WE HAVE A DROP OFF DOCK. WE TAKE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SELL, WE TAKE ANYTHING THAT'S DONATED. WE SEND YOU OUR LAUNDRY, CLOTHING ITEMS, UH, THAT OUR PATIENTS CAN USE. BUT ANYTHING THAT OUR PATIENTS CANNOT USE, WE SELL ON THE SALE. AND 100% OF THAT MONEY GOES BACK TO THE PATIENTS. AND THAT'S USUALLY IN, YOU KNOW, THE CAKES, THE GIFTS, THE PERSONAL CARE ITEMS, SOCKS. THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST THING IS, IS KEEPING OUR PATIENTS SUPPLIED WITH SOCKS IN UNDERGARMENTS. SO YEAH, WE ACCEPT ANYTHING. AND WE ARE A 5 0 1 C3, SO ANYTHING YOU DONATE IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND WE APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE CAN GIVE TO US. AND HERE'S THE NUMBER FOR ANY, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO UHHUH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO STAY THE REST OF THE MEETING, BUT IF Y'ALL FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO, TO LEAVE OR WHATEVER, WE'LL, WE'LL STAY. OKAY, GREAT. UH, NEXT WE HAVE ON OUR [00:35:01] AGENDA, UH, YEAH, WE CAN, UM, THIS IS THE REPORT. OKAY. OKAY. LET'S MOVE BACK UP TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING. AND, UH, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 7 4 A1, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE DELIBERATIONS ABOUT PERSONNEL MATTERS. COMMISSIONER WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. SECOND. COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES. SO WE'LL MOVE FROM, UH, THE OPEN SESSION TO A CLOSED SESSION. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE? I HAVE NO IDEA. THIS IS, UM, I, I CAN'T PICTURE IT BEING VERY LONG. GOT GOT THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST? YES, JUDGE. UNUSUAL. NEED TO PUT MORE MONEY IN MY, OKAY. WE TAKE MOTION. ACCEPT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TELLER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY GUYS, THERE'S THREE, THREE, UH, THREE DIFFERENT ONES TO DICK. YOU CAN BE MAKING YOUR WAY UP THERE TO THE PODIUM WHILE WE'RE, WE JUST, UH, SHE'S GONNA, I DO THAT FREQUENTLY. IT'S BEEN DONE. OKAY, MR. MURPHY, YOU'RE UP NEXT. UH, FIRST THING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SOME CONTRACT FOR ELECTION SERVICES, KAUFMAN, ISD FIRST. ALTHOUGH THEIR TAX RATE TOTAL WILL REMAIN THE SAME DUE TO [00:40:01] A SHIFT BETWEEN M AND O AND INS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO HAVE A ROLLBACK ELECTION. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND WE WILL RUN THE ELECTION FOR KAUFMAN. ISD. UM, MAYBANK, ISD HAS THE SAME SITUATION. THEIR TAX RATES GOING UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT. EXCUSE ME. UH, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A ROLLBACK ELECTION IN THIS ONE. I BROUGHT YOU A NEW COPY OF THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THE CONTRACT I INADVERTENTLY GAVE BEFORE WAS US RUNNING THEIR ELECTION. BUT IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE RUNNING THEIR OWN ELECTION. THEY'RE SIMPLY RENTING OUR EQUIPMENT AND OUR THAT'S FOR MAYBANK. FOR MAYBANK. SO THIS CONTRACT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE THAT'S IN YOUR, UH, FOLDER. AND WE'LL BE RUNNING COFF HANDLING THE COFFMAN ELECTION. WE'LL BE RUNNING THE COFFMAN ELECTION. MAYBANK WOULD BE RUNNING THE MAYBANK, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, VAN ZEN'S DOING THE SAME VAN ZEN'S CONTRACTING WITH 'EM. HENDERSON COUNTY'S CONTRACTING WITH THEM. THAT'S RIGHT. FOR VOTERS FOR, FOR THE DIFFERENT THERE COUNTIES THAT HAVE MAYBANK OVERLAPS. YES. YEAH. YEAH. AND UH, SO EARLY VOTING WILL BE AT THE MAYBANK SCHOOL AND THEY'LL BE USING OUR EQUIPMENT PROGRAM FOR ALL COUNTIES. ELECTION DAY COUNTY VOTERS GO TO THEIR PRECINCTS, NORMAL COUNTY PRECINCTS. SO HENDERSON COUNTY AND WILL BE DOING THEIR OWN ON ELECTION DAY, BUT EARLY VOTING WILL BE DONE ON OUR EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS INTERESTING. THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S GONNA BE TOUGH TO UNDERSTAND. I KNOW WE GOT A GOOD LADY TAKING CARE OF US. I AGREE. FIRST ONE, UH, HE'S ASKING, UH, APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH , THEIR ELECTION, UH, COMMISSIONER JUDGE. SECOND BACK TO COMMISSIONER MCDO ON FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AND THE SECOND ONE IS TO ON MOTION CARRIED. UH, THE NEXT ONE IS TO, UH, AUTHORIZE THE RENTAL OF CAL COUNTY'S EQUIPMENT TO THE MAYBANK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT STILL YOU'RE AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR ELECTION SERVICES. RIGHT. THAT'S WHY I STARTED SAYING WE STILL FALL UNDER THAT WILL NOT JOHN. YES, JOHN. OKAY. CONTRACT HADN'T YET, BUT I HAVEN'T SIGNED EITHER. OH, OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER DYLAN MAKES A MOTION TO, UH, AUTHORIZE THE ELECTION SERVICES WITH MAYBANK IN, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROW. OKAY. FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. OH. WE HIT THE VOTE ON IT, APPROVE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THE FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO LL HAS WANTED TO GET US OUT 'CAUSE THEY RUN OUT SPACE AND OUT OF CONVENIENCE. SO THE CITY OF TERRELL HAS ALLOWED US TO USE THEIR NEW FACILITY OVER THERE, WHICH IS REALLY CLOSE TO THE FIRE STATION. IT'S ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AND, UH, SO WE'RE CONTRACTED WITH THEM TO USE WHAT'S A REALLY NICE FACILITY IS REALLY NICE PARKING. AND, UH, SO WE NEED APPROVAL TO CHANGE FROM THE FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO TO THE, UH, WORKS PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. I A DISCUSSION ON THAT. MS. MURPHY. I'VE GOT A COUPLE PORT, UH, MOVE THIS, THIS IS LIKE THE SECOND TIME WE MOVED, UH, THIS POLL, THIS UH, PRECINCT, UH, VOTING POLL. NO, WE, THE FIRST TIME FOR THIS ELECTION, WE JUST, NOT THIS ELECTION. UH, I THINK IT WAS AT THE HIGHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH AT ONE TIME. AND THEN YOU MOVED IT FROM THE HIGHLAND CHURCH TO, TO THE STATION STATION. THAT WAS BEFORE MY ZONE. OH, MAYBE. MAYBE SO. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO TEAR A CONVENIENCE CENTER AT THE AIRPORT. YES SIR. MY, MY CONCERN IS, UH, THE BOAT ARE GETTING CONFUSED ON WHERE TO GO. VOTE. WE'RE LOSING VOTERS BECAUSE THIS, THIS POLL IS KEEP BEING MOVED. UH, I HAD TALKED WITH THE MINISTER AT THE HIGHLAND [00:45:01] CHURCH. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL TALKED WITH ME. THOSE WERE THE TWO PLACES THAT EVERYBODY KNEW TO GO VOTE. HE SAID IT WAS OKAY TO MOVE BACK. NOW YOU'VE DONE YOUR RESEARCH AND YOU'VE DONE YOUR WORK. WHERE IS THE ? YEAH, IT'S THE I INSTALLING EDITION. BUT THAT WAS, THAT'S PROBABLY BEFORE YOUR TIME, BUT THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY USED TO GO FROM BEFORE THEY MOVED INTO THE BOX STATION. SO WE KEEP MOVING THEM, WE KEEP MOVING THE POLE AROUND AND PEOPLE ARE NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO VOTE. WOULD YOU, WOULD SOMEBODY BE THERE TO DIRECT THEM WHERE TO GO VOTE AT THE FIRE STATION WHEN THEY GET THERE? SAY, WE'LL HAVE SIGNS UP. YES SIR. WE SURE WILL. OR WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY THERE. THAT'S REALLY A, BECAUSE WE GONNA, WE GONNA LOSE SOME, SOME VOTES IF PEOPLE COME IN. YOU DON'T VOTE THERE. SOMEBODY DON'T, DON'T GIVE SOME DIRECTION. UH, VIOLENCE MAY NOT KNOW YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT BE THAT CONCERNED TO GIVE INFORMATION. CAN YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THERE AT THE SURE. AT THE FIRE STATION? SURE. WE WILL. AND WE'LL ENCOURAGE THE NEWSPAPERS TO GET THE WORD OUT, WHICH WE WILL ANYWAY. SURE. THAT BE GOOD. I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE, UH, FIRE, FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT. UH, IT COULD BE MORE THAN JUST THEY WANT COULD BE SECURITY REASON AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I I THINK THEY JUST OUT SPACE. OUT SPACE. YES. OKAY. AND THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO GO ALONG WITH US LAST, LAST YEAR. RIGHT. BUT WE WEREN'T PREPARED TO MOVE IT. YEAH. IT WAS TALKED LAST YEAR ABOUT MOVING. YEAH. AND THEN THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON I WAS ASKING 'CAUSE IT WAS A BIG CONCERN LAST YEAR. NOBODY KNOW WHERE TO GO VOTE. 'CAUSE IT WAS KIND OF IN THERE AND THEN YOU END UP LEAVING IT AT THE DISTRICT. SO, WELL NOW THE NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION, IT IS CONSOLIDATED WITH ANOTHER POLLING PLACE THAT IT USED TO NORMALLY BE CONSOLIDATED AND IT'S, I CAN'T CALL IT, BUT IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A CHURCH, BUT THEN FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION, IT'LL BE MOVED TO THIS LOCATION. A CHURCH? NO, THE FIRE STATION WOULD BE MOVED TO THIS, UH, TOILET WORKS CODE WORKS. WELL, MY CONCERN IS NOT LOSING VOTES. THAT'S, THAT'S WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY THERE TO DIRECT THEM. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. YOU THINK THEY WOULD RATHER BE BACK AT THE CHURCH? I MEAN, FROM FROM YEAH, FROM MY INFORMATION GETTING FROM THE VOTERS. YEAH. THEY WOULD RATHER BE BACK AT THE CHURCH. BUT LIKE I SAID, HE'S DONE HIS RESEARCH I GUESS. BUT HE HADN'T TALKED WITH THE CHURCH EITHER. I HAVE NOT. LIKE HE SAID, THAT WAS BEFORE HIS TIME. THAT WAS IN THE VOTING AT THE CHURCH WAS BEFORE HE CAME IN AND THEY MOVED IT FROM THE CHURCH TO THE FIRE STATION. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2010 ELECTIONS. YES SIR. DID YOU WANT TO TAKE TIME? UH, LET TABLE THAT AND LET YOU CHECK WITH 'EM AT THE CHURCH. WELL, IS THERE ALREADY A POLLING PLACE AT THE CHURCH? USED TO BE. USED TO BE. IT JUST USED TO BE MANY, SOME YEARS AGO, I THINK. OKAY. WELL I'LL CHECK. CAN YOU KIND OF TELL ME FROM THE FIRE STATION WHERE THE CHURCH IS? YES. IT'S UH, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, NORTHEAST, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO, YOU HAVE TO GO IN THIS AREA THERE A SECTION MATERIAL CALLED ISSUE. OKAY. IT'S A COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST A COMMUNITY WITHIN THIS ITSELF, WITHIN CHURCH. OKAY. WELL I'LL, I'LL JUST, I'LL AND I'LL, I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU, UH, GET AHOLD TO THE MINISTER AND WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO. I'M GLAD TO DO ALL THAT. AND IF IT WORKS OUT GOOD, DON'T WE JUST, IF OKAY OFFICER, BUT I, WHAT I ONLY THING I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE IT'S A PLACE WHERE THE VOTERS NO. TO GET TO. IT'S VERY CONFUSING. YEAH. I CONSIDER MYSELF JUST SLIGHTLY INTELLIGENT AND I THINK I'VE HAD TO VOTE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT PLACES YEAH. IN MY PRECINCT. AND THAT'S WHY EARLY VOTING IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE. EXACTLY. BUT IT IS HARD TO KEEP UP WITH IT. AND, AND I KNOW THINGS CHANGE, THEY'LL GO OVER THERE AND THEY'RE NOT DOING IT OVER THERE ANYMORE. AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THINGS GONNA CHANGE. WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES. EARLY VOTING IS EVOLVING. WE'RE UP TO LIKE 65% NOW. EARLY VOTING MAY EXCEED THAT THIS YEAR, SO, OKAY. BUT IF YOU CAN CHECK INTO THAT FOR SURE, WE CAN TAKE THE CLAIM BACK. 2010. YES. WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU WANT MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE THAT UNTIL LATER? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE THAT AND SECONDED [00:50:01] BY COMMISSIONER TAYLOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. AND THAT ITEM WILL BE TABLED. OKAY. NOW WE WANT TO DISCUSS APPROVING HIRING AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL THE OPEN POSITION OF UTILITY ENGINEER IN THE TAX DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE ASSIGNED DUTIES AND ELECTIONS AND VOTER REGISTRATION DEPARTMENTS. WHEN THIS POSITION BY CONSOLIDATION OF AN UNFILLED POSITION FROM LAST YEAR WITH A RETIREMENT POSITION FROM THIS YEAR AND LOWERED THE SALARY SO THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY SAVINGS SOME BUDGETED MONEY THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR. BUT I NEED TO FILL THE POSITION. I THINK WHEN, UH, COMMISSIONERS CREATED THAT POSITION, IT WAS LEFT THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD BE THE ONE SETTING THE SALARY, WHICH WAS NORMALLY DEPARTMENT HEAD DOES. BUT BECAUSE THIS WAS A NEW POSITION, UH, SO, UH, DID, WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE WITH JOHNNY AND PROPOSE A SALARY FOR THAT POSITION AND THEN LET JOHNNY BRING IT BACK TO US? OR YOU BRING IT BACK TO US? I THINK I ALREADY GAVE IT THE SALARY COURT OBJECT JUDGE 39 1. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. I I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING AN OPEN POSITION FOR UTILITY ENGINEER. WE DIDN'T HAVE A NAME ON IT. WE'VE GIVEN THE NAME SINCE THEN. BUT YOU HAD KAREN LEAVE AND THEN THERE WAS ALREADY AN OPEN POSITION THERE. WE ALREADY HAD ONE POSITION LAST YEAR WAS IN VOTERS. YEAH. AND THEN KAREN RETIRED AND I NEED HELP IN ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS. SO I CREATED THIS UTILITY ENGINEER TO HELP IN VOTERS ELECTIONS AND TAX. MOSTLY IN TAX AND COMMUNICATION WITH, UM, OUR, WITH THE PR DISTRICT AND THE, UH, SOFTWARE PEOPLE. UH, SOMEBODY THAT CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR COMPUTER PEOPLE AND TRY TO GET OUR SYSTEM WHERE IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. HOW THIS MONEY WOULD COME OUT. TWO SEPARATE BUDGET ITEMS? NO SIR. IT WAS, IT WAS DONE IN THE BUDGET MEETINGS. UH, WE ELIMINATED THAT ONE POSITION IN THE FOLDER, SOME WITH A EMPTY ONE CLAUSE AND PUT THE MONEY INTO THE OTHER BUDGET. THIS, THAT, THAT WAS DONE IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT BUDGET PERIOD. DOES THAT AMOUNTING WITHIN THAT WITHIN THAT YES. PARAMETER. THE AMOUNT HERE. IT DOES. OKAY. THE WHOLE 9 0 10 BUDGET SHOWS TWO OPEN POSITION FOR DEPUTY CLERK 26 9. I DON'T HAVE ONE. I DON'T HAVE ONE EITHER. YOU TALKING ABOUT MY IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO. I DON'T RECALL. TWO S. OH YEAH, WE DID. WE COMBINED THEM. YEAH, WE COMBINED THEM. RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SALARY YOU PUT ON THEM. I DON'T REMEMBER. AS I RECALL, WE JUST COMBINED WHATEVER THE BUDGET WAS AND THEN IT WAS THE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO COURT TO DETERMINE. YEAH. SO IN THE BUDGET NOW IT IS TOTAL TWO TOTALS COMBINED. THAT'S THE WAY I REMEMBERED IT. BUT I I AND THIS IS LESS THAN THAT? YEAH. YEAH. THIS IS LESS THAN HE TOOK THE TWO POSITIONS AND PUT 'EM INTO ONE AND THEN IT WAS LEFT. THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD BE THE ONE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE SALARY WOULD BE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THE SALARY TO BE, BE TOTAL COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY'D BE MAKING MORE MONEY THAN ME AND ME. YEAH. YEAH. THAT, THAT WAS NEVER THE INTENT OF THIS. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. YOU'LL HAVE NO OPEN POSITIONS. THAT'S CORRECT. DIXON HIS SALARY. BUT YOU SAID IT'S, UH, THE SAME PRICE AS THE, UH, OR SAME DOLLAR MAN AS THE I FEE. YES. AS EACH [00:55:01] OF THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE IT DEPARTMENT BELOW GEORGE. WILL IT WILL INDIVIDUAL HAVE THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS THAT REQUIRED FOR YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT I NEED IS COMPUTER SKILLS. AND THAT'S WHAT WHAT ARE THE, UH, CRITERIA FOR IT DEPARTMENT? WELL, THAT'S MY MY POINT IS THAT THERE'S NO JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THAT. NO JOB FOR ANYBODY REALLY. WELL EXCEPT ROAD AND BRIDGE. WE HAVE ONES ONE THAT CRIPT, I THINK LAURA MAY, MAYBE LAURA DESCRIP. WELL, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT'S THE SALARY MA'AM? IT'S IN THAT 39 1. IT'S IN THAT MEMO. WELL, JUDGE IF, UH, IF MR. MERCURY IS DOING THE HIRING AND HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE IN THIS GUY TO FILL WHATEVER IT NEEDS WITH, WITH HIS, HIS, THAT THIS GUY HAS THE ABILITY TO FILL WHATEVER THIS POSITION IS AND THE SALARY IS WAY LESS THAN BOTH OF THOSE PUT TOGETHER. AND DID WE DISCUSS THIS SALARY? HOW IN THE, THE BUDGET HEARINGS? DO YOU REMEMBER? THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT, UH, COMPARING THIS POSITION WITH THE IT. WITH THE IT. OKAY. AND SO IT MEETS THAT CRITERIA. BASIC AS FAR AS YOU KNOW. I I HAVEN'T CHECKED IT OUT, BUT IT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. OKAY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. YOU WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MOTION MADE TO, UH, LET MR. GO FORTH. AND THIS UTILITY ENGINEER TERMINOLOGY, BY THE WAY, MULTIPLY. MULTIPLY, ALLOWED TO DO THAT MOTION BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECONDED BY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE CRITERIA WAS FOR THE IT GAS AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE SAME, GOT THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS. IS THAT, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE, BUT I HAVE AN IMMEDIATE NEED COMING UP. IS THAT, IS THAT REASONABLE? NOT POSSIBLE. IS THAT REASONABLE? HEY, WE'VE GOT AN ELECTION ON NOVEMBER THE THIRD THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF AND WE GOT TAX STATEMENTS COMING OUT QUICK. WELL, MONEY'S IN THE BUDGET. POSITIONS. IN THE BUDGET. SO THE QUESTION IS, I MEAN, ALL THAT'S LEFT FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SALARY IS, IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE OR NOT. YES. COMMISSIONER EVANS MADE THE MOTION, AS I UNDERSTAND THIS SALARY IS THE SAME AS THE OTHER, UH, ASSISTANT IT PEOPLE IN GEORGIA'S, UH, OFFICE. YES. AND I'M TALKING BASE SALARY. THEY MAY BE A LONGEVITY, NOT LONGEVITY AND BASE SALARY. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED? YES. MR. RICK REFLECT THAT. UH, COMMISSIONER , COMMISSIONER JACKSON AND JUDGE JEN VOTED YES. AND COMMISSIONER CLARK AND COMMISSIONER LER VOTED NO. I SAID I OH, YOU SAID AYE. YES SIR. I'M SORRY. I SAID NO. WHO VOTED? NO MAAM. EVERYBODY ELSE VOTED. YES. EVERYBODY HAS VOTED YES. I DIDN'T PICK THAT UP. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE. OKAY. OKAY. UH, NEXT ONE. DISCUSS, CONSIDER ANY ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND COUNTY REGARDING REMOVAL OF THE SECURITY DIVISION TO THE MAIN COURTHOUSE. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE HISTORICAL PEOPLE AND THAT ON TO YOU ALL. AND, UM, Y'ALL KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS, SO WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT. BUT I'LL, UH, MAKE MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UH, WE ASK, UH, MR. WOLF, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, UM, HERE'S THE LETTER I HAVE [01:00:01] PREPARED AND SEE WHAT Y'ALL THINK ABOUT IT. UH, DEAR MR. WOLF, ON MARCH 7TH, 2006 WHEN WE ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, THERE WAS A BOND ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR MAY 13TH, 2006. COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAD PLANS TO BUILD A NEW COURTS BUILDING WITH THE BOND PROCEEDS. THE PLAN WAS TO MOVE ALL COURTS TO THE NEW COURTS BUILDING AND ONLY HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES IN THE CURRENT COURTHOUSE. WITH THE COURTS GONE FROM THE COURTHOUSE, THE COURT GOT, WE DID NOT NEED THE SECURITY VEST BILL AND WOULD REMOVE THE SECURITY VESTIBULE. THE BOND ELECTION FAILED. SINCE THEN, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS AS TO THE FUTURE OF THE COURTHOUSE AND A NEW COURT'S BUILDING. AT PRESENT, COMMISSIONER'S COURT DOES NOT HAVE A COMPLETED PLAN, BUT STILL IN DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT TO DO FOR COURTROOM SPACE, WE WOULD REQUEST AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE SECURITY VESTI UNTIL THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT CAN AGREE ON A PLAN. IN THE ALTERNATIVE, IF THE COMMISSIONER, IF THE COMMISSION DOES NOT FEEL THEY CAN GRANT MORE TIME, THEN WE WOULD REQUEST HELP AND GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMISSION ON WHERE WE CAN PLACE ANOTHER SECURITY VESTIBULE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE SECURITY COURTHOUSE SECURE AFTER THE CURRENT INVEST IS REMOVED. HAVE Y'ALL GOT ANY OTHER IDEAS? THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. YOU KNOW, HE MAKES MENTION IN HERE THAT WE COVERED UP THE LETTERS IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THOSE COULD BE PUT ON THE OUTSIDE UP THERE IF THEY WOULD LET US LEAVE THAT LIKE IT IS. WELL, IF HE WOULD COME AND LOOK AT IT, YOU'D SEE THAT YOU CAN STILL SEE IT FROM THE STREET. YOU KNOW, AND HE MENTIONED THAT WE COVERED UP THE DOORS. LIKE THAT WAS REALLY, I MEAN, THOSE DOORS THAT WE HAVE ARE EXACTLY ON THE OUTSIDE, ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE DOORS WE COVERED UP. UH, AND THE BRACING ON THE OUTSIDE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME LINE WITH THE BRACING ON THE INSIDE. YEAH. I'LL ADMIT THE GRANITE WALL IS HARD TO SEE. AND ACCORDING TO THE STATE ARCHITECT, THE ARCHITECT THAT PUT THAT GRANT WALL THERE WAS MAKING A STATEMENT. OKAY. THEY KNEW WHAT STATEMENT WAS. ANYWAY, I'M, MY SUGGESTION IS, UH, OKAY, IF Y'ALL, Y'ALL GONNA MAKE US MOVE, I TOLD THEM THAT IF ANYBODY GETS HURT IN THAT COURTHOUSE, THAT'S THEIR, IT'S ON THEIR NECK AND NOT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. ANYWAY, I'D, UH, RECOMMEND Y'ALL SEND THAT LETTER MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON IN YOUR DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION. CARRIE. NOW I WANT DISCUSS, UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, UH, OF EQUIPMENT USED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY OF TERRO BETWEEN THE CITY OF TERRO AND DALTON COUNTY AND PRECINCT NUMBER THREE. YES, SIR. JUDGE, OBJECTION. UH, THIS IN LOCAL AGREEMENT ATTEMPTED TO DO THIS WHEN I FIRST GOT IN OFFICE, WAS JUST GETTING AROUND AND GETTING IT DONE AND IT PROBABLY RAISED SOME HIGH DRIVES. UH, ON THE 11TH, IF YOU READ IT, IT'S BASICALLY SAYING THAT, UH, THEY NEED TO USE, UH, COUNTY EQUIPMENT THAT I, THEY ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT ALONG WITH MY DRIVER. AND IF WE NEED TO USE ANY, THE CITY EQUIPMENT OR WHATEVER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR CHARGES FOR EITHER THE CITY OF, AND IT'S JUST BASICALLY HOW, UH, HAVING A DOOR OPEN IN CASE. IT'S NOT THAT I NEED TO DO THIS, I NEED TO USE ANY EQUIPMENT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I JUST WANTED FOR FUTURE REFERENCEING IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP THAT WE ARE HAVING. UH, I ALSO, UH, I THINK IT'S A TWO YEAR. IT'S A, WHERE IT A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT. UH, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT, UH, THE JUDGE HAD SAID WE COULD GO TWO YEARS, NO MORE THAN TWO YEARS, BUT IF IT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED TO ONE YEAR, DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE THAT CHANGE YEAR. WELL, I THINK TWO YEARS EXHIBITING JOB. YES. AND, AND, AND THE CONCERN WITH ONE YEAR IS JUST THAT WE DON'T DEBT THE COUNTY BEYOND THE BUDGET CYCLE. AND, AND THIS IS A SPORADIC THING THAT THERE MAY NOT BE ANY DEBT THAT'S, THAT'S CREATED. SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY SIGNING A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES BEYOND THAT PERIOD OF TIME. HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY YET TO LOOK AT PROPOSED AGREEMENT? I'LL LOOK THIS, I THINK IT'S FINE. THINK IT'S FINE. I GUESS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A SECOND AGREEMENT WHEN SOMETHING, [01:05:01] WHEN SOMETHING DONE. THAT'S THE THING. NOT TO FORGET THIS. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE THE SECOND AGREEMENT YOUR MOTIVATOR FOR A OKAY. YEAH. OH, THERE STILL HAS TO BE AGREEMENT WHEN HE BORROW THE EQUIPMENT. JUST THE SECOND, THE SECOND. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE THIS SPECIFIC HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S GONNA COST. WELL THIS COST NUMBER TWO, I MEAN, THEN MUTUAL RELEASES I THINK, IS THERE NOT AN ALLOWANCE FOR THAT, BUT UP TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE PAST MUTUAL AID? I DON'T RECALL. I'LL LOOK AT THAT. I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT IT'S 15,000. WE RARELY USE THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SPECIFY TIMEFRAME. 15,000 A MONTH, A YEAR. OKAY. DOES THIS NEED TO BE REWORDED? THEY'RE LOOKING, THE CITY TYPICALLY SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S THE COST OF THE LABOR AND MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU PUT IN THE PROJECT AGREEMENT. IT'S GONNA COME TO, IF YOU DON'T GIVE TO, THEM'S GONNA COST HUNDRED DOLLARS. CORRECT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS ON THIS AGREEMENT, IT'LL BE OKAY, BUT IF THEY NEED TO USE THE EQUIPMENT, THEN I HAVE TO PUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN WHEN I BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION. AND VICE VERSA, IF WE NEED TO USE THEIR EQUIPMENT, MAKES IT PRETTY COMPLICATED. BUT I IF YOU HAVE TO DO THAT OR NOT, I TELL YOU IS I THINK THERE IS SOME KIND OF LEGAL MECHANISM WHERE MAYBE YOU COULD BYPASS THAT PROJECT AGREEMENT. BUT THAT'S UP TO THE LEGAL MANAGER THAT OUT. BUT JUDGE, IF YOU NEED TIME, WE CAN TAPE THIS. OKAY. I'LL, I'LL LOOK AT THIS AGAIN. THE, UH, BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, COMMISSIONER. IT WAS A, THERE'S NO COST, BUT I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS JUST THE EQUIPMENT. IT'S NOT ANY SERVICES. SO IF YOU WANNA MAKE, IS IT YOUR THOUGHTS? HAVE PROBATION FOR OH NO. I, I BATTLE. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A LEGAL MECHANISM TO DO THAT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HELPING THE CITY OUT OR ANYBODY HELPING THE CITY OUT. OKAY. WE WANT TO, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, UH, PROVIDED, UH, SUBJECT TO A SECOND LOOK BY, UH, JOHN ON THE YES SIR. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLER. ALL IN THIRD, A MOTION CARRIES. SO JOHN, YOU WORK ON THAT WORDING, GO CHECK IT AND, OKAY. IT'S OKAY. YOU TELL ME AND I'LL SIGN OFF OR MAKE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE. OKAY. ALL. OKAY. NEXT WE WANT TO, UH, CONSIDER INCLUDING A REQUEST FROM AT&T TO INSTALL COMMUNICATION. AT&T. YEAH. WELL AT T USUALLY SAYS T. THAT'S RIGHT. WE'VE NEVER, I'VE NEVER SEEN AN AGREEMENT FROM THEM BEFORE. THAT'S GREAT REQUEST. YOU GOT SOMETHING ON THOSE PEOPLE? NO, SIR. I THINK THEY, THEY STILL HAD TO REQUEST US. THEY'RE REQUESTING IT. OKAY. YEAH, I TALKED TO THE, THE GENTLEMAN THAT HE WAS KIND OF UPSET. HE DIDN'T THINK HE NEEDED TO COME TO COMMISSION COURT. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A NORMAL OPINION, BUT I MAKE THAT MOTION TO, THIS IS ON COUNTY ROAD 3 24. YES, SIR. PRECINCT THREE. COMMISSIONER JACKSON MAKE THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. MOTION GARY. UH, NEXT ONE TO CONSIDER APPROVING ATION OF COLBY GRADY AS A RESERVE DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR COMPTON COUNTY PRECINCT. NUMBER ONE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A MOTION CARRIED. YOU'LL CONSIDER DEPUTY [01:10:01] STEVE SMITH AS RESERVED DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR PRECINCT NUMBER ONE AND COMMISSIONER RATHER MAKES THAT MOTION. AND COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDS. THAT ONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES, UH, PROBABLY HAVE A LINE ITEM OR TWO LIGHT ON THE TRANSFERS WHERE GENERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS, 10,000 AND LIFE INSURANCE COSTS 7,000. THE PRODUCTION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN THE JAIL FUND. INCREASED JANITORIAL SUPPLIES. 2,405 DEDUCTION OF LAUNDRY SUPPLIES. CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND PREPARES COUNTY PROPERTY. 7,000 6 55. PRODUCTION, PURCHASE OF PROPERTY. THE CHILD CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCREASED GROCERIES. 3,700 PRODUCTION OF PART-TIME YOUTH WORKER COSTS. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO CERTIFY AND REGISTRATION FUND RECEIVING IN STATE 14,000. BUDGET. YOU ALL HEARD THE LINE ON TRANSFER REQUEST? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A MOTION CARRIES PROBABLY THE WERE YOU IN THE PARADE OR NO? I WAS, I'M JUST SAYING. [01:15:49] RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT WHAT I, JIM, WHEN JURY DOES HIS THING ABOUT OH YEAH. TAKE A LOT OF COMMITMENT TO, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, WE DON'T, WE THANK YOU AND I INCLUDE YOU ON THAT. SHE HAS FIRST TIME [01:20:01] I MET HER, TALKED YEAH. CONSTRUCTION. WHAT GONNA DO WHEN YOU GET BACK WITH THAT FILM, WHAT GONNA DO WHEN YOU GO BACK WITH, AND THEN I'LL START 10. I BE THAT'S THE SUB COURTHOUSE. THEY, THEY GOT 10. SO WORK NEEDS TRUST. NO TRUST, NO MEETING. NEXT MONDAY, I GUESS EVERYBODY WILL BE DOWN IN AT THE STATE. ASSOCIATED COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS. AND, UM, JILL MAKES EVERY ONE OF THOSE. SURE DO. I'LL BE LOOKING FOR, I DON'T THINK I I GOT IT. OH, YOU ALREADY GOT ONE? I GOT MY, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. WELL, IF NOTHING COMES UP, Y'ALL HAVE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING, THEN WE'LL SEE IN TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. OR YOU'LL SEE ME NEXT MONDAY. IF YOU DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING, NO, I WON'T GO UP THERE UNTIL THAT, UH, THE DAY AFTER WE DO THE WALL, VIETNAM WALL. NEXT DAY WE GO. OKAY. OKAY. UH, MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. JURY SAYS HE WILL. AND COMMISSIONER DO WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. A MOTION HEARING. I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THE END OF THE MOUNTAIN. GOD, HAVE YOU STAY THERE? UH, NO. UH, WE, UH, [01:28:46] BUT YOU DON'T. YES. I HAVE [01:30:17] TO HER TOMORROW. SURE. BECAUSE IT SAYS JANUARY. OKAY. OKAY. SEE, BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN TWO MORE PAGES LATER. SEE HERE'S THE THREE. YOU'RE VOIDING OUT AND SO ON. THIS ONE YOU SAID IT WAS FIVE PAGES AND THEN IT'S ONLY THREE, BUT I PUT IN NINE WHEN I VOIDED IT. YES. YOU MADE FIVE SHEETS. SO MY QUE I DIDN'T WANNA DO SOMETHING, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD WORK. YOU WANNA COME SIT? TELL ME. I MEAN, DO WE GO BACK INTO INDEXING AND JUST DO THAT AGAIN AND DO THE RIGHT NUMBER OF SHEETS AND RESCAN AND RESCAN? YEAH. WELL I HAVE TO. OKAY. WELL THAT'S IT. I DIDN'T WANT SOME ELSE. NOW THIS, I GET IT. SHE GOT THREE. HUH? YOU GOT 3, 3, 3, 3, 3. NO, THE LAST DOCUMENT HAD FIVE PAGES. FOUR PAGES. WHEN YOU RECORDED IT THE FIRST TIME, YOU ONLY DID THREE PAGES? RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO THAT THREE PAGES IS ALL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE OUT. OKAY. BUT DOING THIS AFTER JUVENILE PAYMENTS, SO TOTAL CASH, 100, 220, 40 45, 6 47. 2 47 CASH. * 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.