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MOST GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK THESE ARE THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF COMING TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION.
UH, WE THANK THESE FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT THOU HAS GIVEN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL DAY LIKE TODAY AND TOMORROW.
UH, AS USUAL, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR TROOPS OF FAVOR AND PUT THEM OUT HARM'S WAY AND SEND THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
I PLEDGE DILIGENCE TO DELAY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING.
IF THERE ARE NONE, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE UNDER, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
I'VE GOT A LETTER THAT SANDRA FORWARDED TO ME.
UH, IT'S TO GET HONORABLE WHEN HONORABLE.
OUR
UH, PLEASE READ THE ATTACHED CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDING CHILD SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE, HAVE COLLECT AND DISPERSE.
WHEN YOU SEE FIGURES IN WRITING, IT SOMETIMES SEEMS MORE IMPRESSIVE.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS INFO WITH YOU.
THANK YOU, SANDRA FEATHERSTON.
AND THE LETTER FROM THE, UH, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAYS, DEAR MS. FEATHERSTON, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU AND YOUR OFFICE FOR THE CONTINUED JOINT EFFORTS IN ASSISTING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY NON-PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.
THIS REGION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN COLLECTING OVER 8,119,004 $2 IN CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS ON CASES WITH TON COUNTY COURT ORDERS.
WITHOUT YOU, THE ASSISTANCE OF THE TON COUNTY COURTS, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
SO THAT IS A PRETTY NUMBER RIGHT HERE.
YET, SO WE CAN'T DO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
SO LET'S DROP DOWN TO SHERIFF BURNS.
WELL, HE WANTS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REQUESTING, UH, FILL TWO DEPUTY DETENTION OFFICER VACANCIES AT THE JAIL.
UH, THE DETENTION OFFICERS AT THE JAIL.
YOU NEED TO FILL TWO VACANCIES.
UH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE VACANCIES.
UH, THE NEXT, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVE THE RENTAL CAR EXTENS CONFERENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR FIVE DAYS.
THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO COUNT THAT DAY.
IT'S EITHER GONNA BE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.
SO THE RULES SAYS FIVE DAYS OR MORE.
YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FLYING IN ABOUT 60 MILES FROM THE CON, UH, CONFERENCE.
I THINK THE CLOSEST AIR FORCE.
WHAT TYPE OF CONFERENCE? IT'S A SOFTWARE CONFERENCE
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ON US SOFTWARE.WE GOT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
UM, NEXT GEORGE IS UP TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER
NOW, WE DISCUSSED THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO.
WE ASKED GEORGE TO, UH, GIVE, COME UP WITH PROPOSED COMMITTEE AND BRING IT BACK TO US.
UM, TALKING TO THE OTHER MEMBER COUNTIES OF SIERRA AND, UH, SOME CDC COUNTIES.
THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THAT NOT MAKE IT TOO LARGE, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE ONE PERSON FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT ON IT, HAVE IT SMALLER AND THEN HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE COURTHOUSE.
WE WANT TO HAVE ALL THE USERS OF THE ODYSSEY COURT SYSTEM TO BE IN ONE GROUP SO WE CAN MEET AND DISCUSS PROBLEMS WE MAY HAVE BETWEEN OFFICERS.
SO TODAY WE WOULD JUST WANNA LOOK AT A COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS FOR POSSIBLE, UM, PURPOSES OF THE COMMITTEE AND LOOK AT SOME POSSIBLE MEMBER.
I TALKED TO JACK AND TALKED TO COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A FEW OTHERS DURING THE WEEK TO KIND OF GET A GENERAL CONSENSUS.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS FROM DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL AREAS.
WE'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO GET EACH DEPARTMENT.
SO AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE, YES MA'AM, WE WOULD WANT TO OF COURSE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE COURT AND TO REPRESENT R OWN BRIDGE.
WE WOULD'VE A LAW ENFORCEMENT SHERIFF, WHICH WOULD BE ZAPETA.
HE'S ALREADY AGREED TO DO THAT.
ANOTHER PERSON WOULD BE LAW ENFORCEMENT, CONSTABLES, FIRE MARSHAL, OTHER NON SHERIFF.
WE HAVE NO ONE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE FOR THAT YET.
IN THE COURTHOUSE ODYSSEY, WE'VE TALKED TO A FEW, BUT WE WANNA HAVE SOME PERSON TO REPRESENT ALL THE FOLKS IN THE COURTHOUSE FOR ODYSSEY AS WELL AS THE DA SPECIFICALLY, AND THE JP COURTS.
A LOT OF THIS, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON IS PLANNING AND EMERGENCY, UH, DISASTER RECOVERY ISSUES.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE KATHY MORRIS REPRESENTING TAX AND ELECTIONS WOULD BE, I THINK DICK AGREED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO HAVE PHIL STEIN REPRESENT HIS DEPARTMENTS.
AND OF COURSE, I WOULD BE ON THERE SOME WITH PROBATION AND THEN PURCHASING AN AUDIT.
BECAUSE MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PLANNING, UH, HAVE PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ONE, TWO, AND FOUR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD SO THE COURT KNOWS WELL AHEAD OF TIME WHAT'S COMING.
AND THE AUDITOR AND PURCHASING CAN BE WELL INFORMED AND KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S NOT ONLY GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR, BUT IN YEARS TO COME.
UH, CHANGE UP WORD ON THAT INSTEAD OF WHAT'S COMING, WHAT, WHAT WILL BE RECOMMENDED? WHAT WILL BE RECOMMENDED.
Y'ALL REMEMBER MY CONCERN WAS I DON'T WANT THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE ON ITS OWN LIFE.
I WANT TO BE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IT'S NOT ONLY THE FINANCIAL PART.
WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST YEAR WE'VE HAD A FEW ISSUES WHERE, UM, THERE WAS ONE, UH, CASE WHERE WE ROLLED OUT NEW SOFTWARE IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THERE WAS A PERCEPTION THAT THERE WAS NOT, THE FUNCTIONALITY AND THE EASE OF USE WAS ON THAT WE BELIEVE WAS THERE.
THE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE TALKING AND IT'S MY FAULT.
HAD I HAD THIS COMMITTEE TOGETHER, WE WOULD'VE MET AND WORKED OUT THESE ISSUES.
UH, WHAT WE DID IS WE GOT TOGETHER AND HAD SOUTHERN SOFTWARE GO TO THE DA'S OFFICE, AND MICHELLE BROUGHT ALL THE GIRLS INTO THAT FRONT AREA.
WE TRAINED THEM AND WORKED OUT ALL THE BUGS.
AND, UH, THINGS ARE WORKING VERY WELL.
UM, THERE WAS AN ISSUE THIS PAST YEAR WHERE THE PERCEPTION WAS IN THE DA'S OFFICE, SOME ISSUES WITH ODYSSEY, WHICH WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER, WE FOUND OUT IT WAS HOW WE DO BUSINESS AND SOME, UH, JUST FUNCTIONAL AREAS IN THE COURSE.
THEY WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THE WAY WE WE'RE DOING IT AND PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY CHANGE AND GET FOLKS MORE ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A PLANNING IN A WAY TO GET EVERYBODY'S HEAD TOGETHER TO, YOU KNOW, SEE ANY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY FESTER AND, YOU KNOW, BECOME AN ISSUE.
AND OF COURSE, ANYTHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE POSSIBLY BE COMING UP, UH, FINANCIALLY THINGS ARE END OF LIFE.
THE TAX SERVER RIGHT NOW, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, FINANCIAL SOFTWARE AND NET SERVERS END OF LIFE.
BUT I FEEL THAT IF WE PLAN AND WE PRESENT TO THE COURT, YOU KNOW, IN KIND OF A UNIFIED VOICE THAT, HEY, THESE ISSUES ARE COMING, HERE ARE THE DEPOSIT, HERE ARE THE OPTIONS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LET YOU GUYS, LET'S GIVE IT TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO LATE.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WELL, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IS, UH, EVERY FIELD IS GONNA BE REPRESENTED.
WOULD YOU LIKE A CHIEF CLERK FROM THE JP CLERK? MIGHT BE BETTER.
ANYONE WHO THEY GROUP FIELD WOULD BE A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE.
I'M GONNA TALK TO JOHNNY, ADAM AND SEE IF, I THINK LEONO MIGHT BE A GOOD CHOICE.
AND THEN MAY TOO WOULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ODYSSEY, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE.
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NOW, THIS PAST WEEK WE CONDUCTED TRAINING OUT AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALL WEEK FOR THE JPS THROUGH THE DA'S OFFICE AND OTHER FOLKS.AND WE PLAN ON TRYING TO DO A LOT MORE TRAINING, GET EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED WHEN A NEW RELEASE COMES OUT, PRESENT IT TO 'EM, TRAIN 'EM, AND SO ON.
SO AGAIN, THIS, THIS KIND OF CAME OUT OF THE, YOU KNOW, WORK DOWN THERE WITH SIERRA AND WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE TRYING TO DO.
COUNTIES OUR SIZE DON'T, UM, WE'RE KIND OF BREAKING NEW GROUND.
MOST COUNTIES THAT DO ALL THESE COMMITTEE THINGS AND DO THIS PLANNING HAVE LARGER STATS.
WE NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT GROWTH.
SO I THINK NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO START.
HOW LET GEORGE SUPPORT HIS IDEA ON TO START WITH THE FACT THAT WANT TO COME TO US WITH, UH, WITH THE COMPUTER ISSUE OR WHATEVER SOFTWARE ISSUE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE'RE TOWARDS TALKING SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SOMETHING.
MY QUESTION ALWAYS BE, IS IT GONNA WORK WITH FROM THE SHERIFF TO, TO LAURA, FROM LAURA TO THE DA OR WHATEVER.
AND IF THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY GOT THAT BED OUT BEFORE THEY BRING IT TO US AND AL ALREADY KNOWS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE AN EXPENSE COMING UP IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, WE, I THINK WE'D BE A LOT BETTER.
I THINK I THE JUDGE, KIND THE TECHNICAL EXPERT ON THE COURT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT A GOOD RECORD.
UH, WELL I NEED TO A MOTION TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND APPOINT THE INDIVIDUALS SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THEM ALL JUST YET.
BUT I THINK WE COULD GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, FORM THE COMMITTEE AND UM, UH, APPLICANT GEORGE GETS ALL THE NAMES FROM EVERYONE, THEN RESUBMIT 'EM TO THE COURT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK ON
SO THAT COMMITTEE WOULD BE BASED UPON, UH, PRESENTATION OF GEORGE THIS MORNING.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO APPOINT THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE COMMITTEE AS MUCH AS WE DO, LIKE WE'VE DONE THIS MORNING TO PERFORM THE COMMITTEE AND LET EACH INDIVIDUAL THEIR NAMES WE PUT IN THE FILE.
THAT SOUND ALRIGHT YOU GUYS TIME? ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU GEORGE FOR YOUR WORK.
YOU GOT BRING US AGREEMENT WITH THE SMITH COUNTY DISASTER RECOVERY, UM, AT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY, SARAH.
UM, ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS HARVEY TANNER.
HARVEY TANNER IS THE IT DIRECTOR FOR SMITH COUNTY.
AND HARVEY TANNER IS, UM, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE IT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT I SERVE ON.
AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS DO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTIES AS KIND OF A PILOT PROGRAM FOR DISASTER RECOVERY.
AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO DO DATABASE REPLICATIONS, HAVE BACKUP MAIL SERVERS, UM, AND HAVE A CONDITION WHERE SHOULD WE HAVE A DISASTER? UM, WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIL SERVERS WOULD BE ABLE TO RUNNING OUR COURT SYSTEM WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING.
AND THAT'S THE LONG TERM GOAL.
IT'LL TAKE, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF PUT IT TOGETHER AND HARVEY AND I, WE KIND OF LIKE TO DO THIS AND AS A PILOT PROGRAM AND THEN KIND OF BRING IT TO SIR AS YOU KNOW, MAYBE ROLLING IT OUT TO OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE.
JUST BE THE FLIP OF THE SWITCH TO MAKE SURE THE FIRE COMPUTER AND EVERYTHING WENT DOWN HERE WOULD STILL BE YEAH, THE GOAL, I MEAN, TODAY, TODAY WE BACK UP DATA, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE PICTURES, SERVERS, AND YOU KNOW, WE BACK UP EVERY NIGHT.
WE BACK UP EVERY FRIDAY, WE MOVE THE TAPES TO THE SOUTH CAMPUS AND WE HAVE ALL THIS STUFF IN PLAY.
UM, WITH FAILURE, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET SERVERS BACK ON LARGE WITH COMPLETE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.
HEY, WE CAN'T DENY DUE PROCESS.
WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE BUSINESS.
SO THE GOAL WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO POINT TO A IP ADDRESS OF SERVERS THAT EXIST OVER IN SMITH COUNTY AND BRING A BUNCH OF FOLKS UP AND RUNNING EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTY MAY BE, YOU KNOW, IN A STATE OF DISASTER.
AND THAT WOULD BE, I WOULD WORK WITH KATHY ON THAT.
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LET'S SAY WE HAD A, UM, A LOCATION TO WORK TEMPORARILY WITH LAPTOPS SO WE COULD CONTINUE TO COLLECT TAXES.WE CONTINUE TO PAY BILLS, WE CAN CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE MOTIONS FOR CASES THAT ARE COMING IN.
THAT'S THE GENERAL NOTHING IN THERE WHERE WE'RE AGREEING TO LET SMITH COUNTY NEWS.
IS THERE A COURT BILL LET HIM COME UP HERE AND HELP COURT? NO.
IN FACT, WE HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT A INTERLOCAL.
I WAS GONNA GET WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ATTORNEY.
WE WERE GONNA GET TOGETHER AND PUT A BOILERPLATE TOGETHER AND HAVE YOU GUYS REVIEW IT.
YOU KNOW, THIS WILL TAKE TIME TO REVIEW AND TO, SO BEFORE WE BRING A INTERLOCAL TO YOU GUYS TO APPROVE, THIS IS MORE OR LESS TO GET YOUR APPROVAL TO LET US PROCEED, YOU KNOW, TO PURSUE THAT EFFORT.
WELL, I WAS CHASTISED ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO WHEN SOME OF THE SUPERVISING JUDGES ACROSS STATE, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T SIGN AGREEMENTS SAYING THAT OTHER COUNTY CAN COME IN HERE AND USE OUR COURTROOM IF THEY GET SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION AS TO HOW MUCH TIME THEY WERE GOING TO USE OUR COURTROOMS VERSUS US USING OUR COURTROOMS. AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, YEAH, YOU COME IN HERE AND USE OUR COURTROOMS AND THEN OUR COURTROOMS NOT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY BECAUSE WE GOT ZORA COUNTY IN HERE AND UH, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET KICKED OUT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AFTER HURRICANES, THAT THEY WANTED EVERY, EVERY, EVERY COUNTY COURT, EVERY COUNTY JUDGE AND STATE TEXAS TOOK THAT OTHER COUNTIES COULD BRING THEIR PEOPLE INTO OUR COURT AND CONDUCT COURT, OUR COURT ROOMS TO CONDUCT.
BUT THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION AS TO HOW MUCH TIME WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO COFFEE COUNTY, HOW MUCH TIME WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT.
AND WITHOUT THAT I COULDN'T SEE US AGREEING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WELL IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA IF THEY JUST HAD THE, THE PARAMETERS, BUT IT WAS JUST A BLANKET AGREEMENT.
Y'ALL COME INTO OUR COURT, OUR COUNTY COURT.
WOULD IT NOT WORK BOTH WAYS? YES.
SEE I MEAN, YEAH, WE'VE GOTTEN, IF WE'D LOST OUR COURTHOUSE, WE COULD'VE GONE TO BRAZO COUNTY OR ONE OF THESE OTHER COUNTIES IN AGREEMENT, BUT I FIGURED THE LIKELIHOOD OF US HAVING DAMAGE FROM A HURRICANE HERE WAS NOT AS GREAT AS IT WAS.
MOST WE MIGHT A TORNADO, BUT UH, MIGHT BE ASHAMED THOSE TWO PEOPLE THAT FROM VERY DISAPPOINTED.
WHERE WERE WE? UH, I THINK GEORGE, UH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD, GOOD IDEA, BUT WE JUST NEED TO KNOW PARAMETERS AND WHAT WOULD BE IN THE AGREEMENT.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? JUDGE? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.
NO, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU CAN GO FORWARD YES.
SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BROWN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN DECLARE AYE.
AND, UH, ON THAT NEXT ONE, THE REPORT ON PROGRESS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OWNER TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, DON BE RECALL, DON BE LOOK AT OUR BILLING AND LOOK AT OUR, UH, PHONE ISSUES AS HE DID FIVE YEARS AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO, FRIDAY WE MET WITH HAL JONES AND JACK SEBASTIAN AND I, WE'VE DONE, AND WE BROUGHT IN ALL THE VENDORS.
WE BROUGHT IN TRINITY VALLEY, UM, WELL, CEDAR VALLEY, I'M SORRY, WE BROUGHT IN AT T AND A BAR AND MADE THEM AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE, UH, BILLING AS WELL AS CIRCUITS.
UM, PUT A FEW RULES, YOU KNOW, GAME PLAN TOGETHER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD HOW WE, YOU KNOW, CONDUCT BUSINESS AND, YOU KNOW, GET NEW CIRCUITS AND SO ON.
AND I THINK, JUST TO GIVE YOU A, A BACKGROUND, COMMISSIONER CLARK MADE A GOOD POINT LAST WEEK THAT WE DID APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE PHONE SYSTEM COUNTYWIDE.
WELL, WE HAVEN'T REPORTED BACK TO THE COURT.
AND PROBABLY THE REASON IS TWOFOLD.
NUMBER ONE, WE IDENTIFIED, UM, ISSUES WITH THE TELCO, THE WAY THE BILLING WAS, AND WE FELT WE HAD TO CLEAN UP AND DO A LOT OF WORK AND CLEAN UP SOME ISSUES THERE BEFORE WE PROCEED.
WE HAVE, HOWEVER, LOOKED AT SEVERAL VENDORS.
WE LOOKED AT ANA, UH, WE LOOKED AT DENNY MACKEY'S COMPANY AND WE
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LOOKED AT A FEW THINGS, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT SINCE, UH, AND THE OTHER REASON WAS WE REALLY WANT THE FUNDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACCOUNTING, MY PHONE SYSTEM.SO I THINK WHAT WE DID WAS WE WANTED TO CLEAN UP THE BILLING, CONSOLIDATE BILLING, CONSOLIDATE CIRCUITS AND GET THAT DONE.
AND THEN BACK REPORT BACK TO THE COURT, OUR SUCCESS THERE, WHAT MONEY WE SAVED, AND THEN LOOK AT OUR PHONE SYSTEM.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE DEALT WITH THAT DAY WAS, UM, WHEN THE NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER WAS BUILT, IF YOU TRAVEL EAST DOWN 1 75 PASSED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, YOU'LL NOTICE A TELEPHONE HUT ON THE LEFT SIDE, ALL CIRCUITS INCLUDING THE PSAP OR 9 1 1 EQUIPMENT.
ALL THE T ONES PRIS GO THROUGH THAT LITTLE HUT.
AFTER, UM, THE HURRICANE AFTER KATRINA, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NAME OF IT WAS, WE HAD AN ISSUE HERE WHERE WE LOST POWER TO THAT HUT.
WHEN THAT HUT LOSES POWER, WE LOSE EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE 9 1 1 T ONES PRIS, EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY DEAD.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT, UM, I BROUGHT OUR EMBARK REPRESENTATIVE OUT THERE, WE WENT ON SITE.
I SHOWED HER, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO THIS.
WE NEED SOME SORT OF A BACKUP POWER SYSTEM.
SO OUT OF THAT MEETING, WE SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH EMBARK'S, UM, ENGINEERS TO MEET US AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER TO MEET WITH, UM, NIE
WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING IS WE HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS IN PLACE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE GENERATORS, BATTERIES, POWER, SUPPLIES, EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
IT'S HAPPENED I BELIEVE, THREE TIMES SINCE WE'VE BEEN OPEN.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO, UM, WORK TOGETHER.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TEST, WE'RE GOING TO ROUTINELY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA ROUTINELY GET WITH LIEUTENANT MOORE AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT, TAKE THE CIRCUIT DOWN, SEE IF THE GENERATORS WORK, SEE IF EVERYTHING IS ONLINE.
SO MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH YET.
SO THAT WAS, UH, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE RESOLVED OUT.
SO EVERYTHING'S NOT GONNA BE GOING THROUGH A SHACK ANYMORE.
UM, EVERYTHING WILL BE GOING THROUGH.
THAT SHACK WILL HAVE BACK CASE.
AND WE'RE PURSUING OFTEN A ROUTE BACK TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OUR VS A IN PLACE SHOULD WE LOSE DATA AND THEY REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE.
WE CAN STILL USE OUR VS A FOR DATA AND VOICE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE TIME IT TAKES FOR 9 1 1 TO ROLL OVER TO THE OTHER AGENCY.
YOU KNOW, IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME LAG THERE, BUT THE, I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE WAS THE PRI THAT BRINGS ALL THE VOICE LINES INTO THAT BUILDING FOR ALL THE OTHER CALLS IS CUT.
SO THEY'VE ADDRESSED IT, THEY'VE BROUGHT OUR ENGINEERS OUT TO WORK ON IT.
UM, WE HOPE THINGS WILL GO WELL.
UM, I THINK OUR CONCERN IS, AND EMBARK HAS, UH, BEEN BOUGHT BY ANOTHER COMPANY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
THEIR SENSE IS THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED NOW WILL STAY ON BOARD AND CONTINUE TO WORK.
BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE FOLKS IN PLACE.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE KEY PLAYERS AND WE'RE MEETING REGULARLY TO BE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ISSUES ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND AS FAR AS THE AUDIT PART, YOU'LL PROBABLY HEARING, UH, FROM JACK MORE THAN ME GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTRACTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSOLIDATION AND PURCHASING ISSUES.
SO I THINK YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR MORE FROM HIM, BUT NOT THAN ME GOING FORWARD.
THIS IS ALL COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COUNTY, NOT NOT JUST AT THE JAIL.
THIS IS AT AND T IS, UH, IN THE CALIFORNIA AREA AND BAR'S IN THE COFFIN AREA, AND KENT MAYBANK AREA AND CEDAR VALLEY, UM, ALSO WAS IN THIS AREA.
SO IT'S EVERY VENDOR WE BROUGHT EVERY VENDOR IN LOOKING AT ALL THE BILLS, WE CONSOLIDATE CIRCUITS AND BILLING AND TRY TO KNOCK OUT, YOU KNOW, GET SOME SAVINGS.
I THINK WE'RE MEETING FRIDAY, ARE WE? SO, BUT I THINK OUR NEXT STEP IS TO CONSOLIDATE OUR LONG DISTANCE AND, UH, OF COURSE JACK WILL BE DOING THAT.
CONSIDER APPOINTING A FINANCIAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL OF TEXAS TO ADMINISTER THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY VETERANS PARK PER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3 81 4 OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND JOHNNY, OUR COUNTY TREASURER IN 1997, THE COUNTY RECEIVED ABOUT LESS THAN $30,000 FROM STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, AND IT SET THERE FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
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I GUESS.TELL THEM I BROUGHT UP, WE NEED MONEY TO ADVERTISE IN OUR MEMORIAL PARK.
AND, UH, DIANA EMERGENCY MEMBER FILLED IT OUT.
AND REASON I, I, I SAID CERTAINLY 3 81 0 0 4 JUDGE DAR LETTER REQUESTED MONEY SAID WE WILL BE USING FOR THAT, THAT SUBSECTION RIGHT THERE.
AND, UH, WE WON'T USE IT FOR T USED YET.
BUT AGAIN, FOR ADVERTISING, UH, FOR LIKE PUTTING A FLAG OUT THERE OR HELPING MR. CLARK USE TALK.
GET THE BUILT AND REMEMBER THE IDEA WAS WHAT WE GET IT BUILT WHAT WE ADVERTISING ALL THE STATE AND THE TEXAS COMPANY MAGAZINE, TEXAS MAGAZINE, ALL THE ENTRIES COME, TEXAS HAVE PEOPLE GET DOWN HERE.
UH, TALKED TO OUTSIDE AUDITOR ABOUT IT, AND HE WAS, HE AGREED, HE'S ALWAYS SUGGESTED WAS WE TRANSFER ALL THE MONEY OUT ONE TIME, NOT DIP IT, YOU KNOW, THE FI THAT TIME TYPE THING.
WHICH, WHO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND DOING THAT SUBCOMMITTEE? WELL, IF, UNLESS Y'ALL DISAGREE WITH THE, THE, UH, HEAD, EDC, COFFEE S AND ANY GLASS COFFEE LEAD, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADD.
WE'RE THE THREE THAT'S PRIMARY TO PUT THE DEDICATION TOGETHER.
ONE THE POINT, JUDGE, WE TRIED TO USE THAT, THAT BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF YOUR DESK THERE.
AND THE WOMAN, I THINK WOMAN HAS IT TO, SHE'S, SHE'S PRETTY PROUD OF IT.
SHE SHOULDN'T, I GUESS, BUT SHE PRETTY MONEY FOR THAT THING HAD COMPARED TO P-O-W-M-I-A DESTINATION.
THAT LETTER SAYING USE DID ALL YOU WANTED, RIGHT? THAT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY UP THERE.
UH, SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD COMMITTEE TO ME.
AS LONG AS JOHNNY'S ON THAT COMMITTEE AND STAYS IN CHARGE OF IT, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
DO WE WANT TO USE, UH, I GUESS RIGHT NOW WE CAN, IF SOMEONE CHANGES JOB COME BACK, USE SPECIFIC NAMES OR PHYSICIANS, OTHER WORDS LIKE NAMES RIGHT NOW IN WE GET THIS THING DONE NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE.
NEXT A REAL COMMITTEE KIND WHITE C LIKE THEY HAVE A PARKING ITSELF.
I'M ASSUMING JUDGE, WHEN THIS WALL IS UP AND Y'ALL ARE BUILDING BUILT THIS COMMITTEE Y'ALL HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS
SEE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VETERANS DEPARTMENT.
GIVE US AN UPDATE ON, WELL, WE HAD 30 DAYS TO GET THE FIRST 13.
I SPOKE WITH JUDGE THE LAST TWO OF THE WEEKS I'D ASKED FOR PRAYERS.
UH, I SPOKE TO ARY CLUB IN, UH,
AND IT WAS, IT WAS BEEN BUSY OUT THERE AND, AND AWFULLY SLOW.
UH, THE PULLING THAT CONCRETE WITH A, THE TRUCK COMES IN AND TRUCK CAN'T GET DOWN THERE OBVIOUSLY.
SO THEY'RE HAVING TO PUT IT IN BUCKET AND TAKE IT DOWN THERE.
IT'S PRETTY SLOW, BUT THEY GOT IT DONE.
THAT PART OF IT DIDN'T, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, THAT END IS THREE FEET BASICALLY LOWER THAN, THAN THIS END.
SO YOU POURED EVERYTHING GOING TO BE LEVEL.
WHAT ABOUT THE SIDEWALK? ARE YOU GONNA HAVE TO BUILD UP LAND THERE TO PUT THE SIDEWALK ON WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK? EVEN WITH THE, THE SIDEWALK IS PERFECTLY LEVEL FROM, UH, THE STARTING POINT TO THE CENTER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
AND JAMES AND I TALKED ABOUT HAVING A 10 INCH SLOPE, UH, ON THE 185 FEET, WHICH IS NOT MUCH MM-HMM
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA REQUIRE THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP THAT LEVEL OR THE HALF OF THAT.
SO THE LAST FOURTH, IT WILL DROP BY MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN INCHES, BUT THE WALL BE LEVEL LIKE IS IT WON'T BE.
IF I HADN'T TOLD YOU THAT, YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN NOTICE IT THERE.
UH, RICHARD MURPHY IS GOING TO PRESENT THE TAX, TAX, LESSER COLLECTOR, TAX ASSESSOR, COLLECTORS, WHATEVER.
THE GENERAL FUND, WE'VE COLLECT 27.7 MILLION AND THE ROAD AND BRIDGE WE'VE COLLECTED 4.487
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AND TO COMPLIMENT THE TAXPAYERS OF KAUFFMAN COUNTY, THAT IS 97% OF THE ADJUSTED LEVY, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST IN THE LEAST IN THE LAST 15 YEARS, WHICH IS AS FAR BACK AS I'VE GOT A MEDIA RECORD OF.SO I THINK THE TAXPAYERS IN THIS YEAR OF ECONOMIC STRESS SHOULD BE COMPLIMENTED ON KEEPING THIS UP TO DATE.
ONE OTHER THING TOO, IF WE COMPUTED THIS LIKE SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO AND SOME OTHER COUNTIES DO, AND WE TAKE THE DELINQUENT ROLE AND ADD IT TO THE CURRENT ROLE AND THEY ADD PENALTIES AND INTEREST, WE WOULD BE AT 101% OF OUR LIVING.
SO I'M REAL PLEASED TO REPORT THAT.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THAT REPORT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BROWN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UH, NOW I DISCUSS TO CONSIDER AN LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ROAD MAKERS FROM THE CITY OF KEMP.
THIS IS THE, UH, RENEWAL, UH, ROAD MAKE.
UH, I MAKE A MOTION THE AUTHORIZED JUDGE TO SIGN THIS.
I THINK THEY WANTED YOU TO DATE IT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROUND.
IF YOU JUST GIMME A CALL WHEN THAT'S TESTED AND ALL THAT, UH, I'LL COME PICK IT UP.
SPEAKING OF
IS THAT RIGHT? COUNTY ROAD 1 0 4 IN PRECINCT.
WELL, JERRY, ROBIN IS TRYING TO RUSH REDISTRICTING JUDGE.
THAT'S IN PRECINCT AND UH, WE'RE GONNA LET THEM DO IT, JUDGE.
SECOND THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE AT ALL THAT NEED THE HOME LINES, WHAT'S MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
NOW WOULD IN PART, SO OUT GEORGIA, DO THEY SELL EVERYTHING OR THEY'RE ABSORBED BY A LARGER COMPANY? ANYWAY, UH, THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO HEARING IT'S TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE 10 0 7 AND, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON, ON SETTING A 30 MILE SPEED LIMIT ON B BOULEVARD ROAD BOULEVARD, AMARILLO DRIVE, RAPID TRAIL DEER RUN ALL IN PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
AND REPLACING A VERY MILE HOUR SPEED LIMIT SIGN
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ON SET ROADS.SO JIM WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING INTO, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SO WE MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING AS THE SHERIFFS, THE SHERIFF, COULD YOU HOLLER OUT IN THE HALL IF ANYONE HERE WANTS TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SAVING A 30 MILE HOUR SPEED LIMIT? DOES ANYONE IN HERE WISH TO? PEOPLE HAVE, ARE THESE IN CAMP? WHO ARE THESE? YES, IT, IT'S CALLED 1 75 PLACE.
THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS
NO ONE, UH, HERE TO SPEAK, UH, FAR OR AGAINST THEM WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, JIM TO GO BACK, LEAVE THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING AND GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER COURT MEETING SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ALL IN COURTESY, A MOTION CARRIES THAT WE'RE BACK IN OUR REGULAR MEETING.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SETTING A 30 MILE HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON MR. D'S BOULEVARD, COUGAR ROAD.
VICTOR BOULEVARD, AMMA DRIVE, RAPID TRAIL AND DEER RUN IN PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
STILL THINK IT'S ARMADILLO WHAT I SAY.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT REACHING THERE BY MORNING.
UH, OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE, UH, PUTTING THE SIGNS UP IN THAT SAME MOTION.
AND PLACING 30 MILE AN HOUR SPEED.
LINE THE SIGNS ON MR. V GER, VICTOR ARMADILLO RABBIT TRAIL AND
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
UH, HAVE ANY LINE ITEMS? JUDGE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LINE ITEMS TRANSFERS, BUT WE DO NEED TO CERTIFY SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES.
UH, THEY'RE RECEIVING STATE STATE FUNDS OF $24,618.
BUDGETING THAT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES.
IT NOT GET SELECTED FOR THE NOT YET.
HE DID PUT SOME STUFF ON IT, BUT THEY A PICTURE YET? NOT YET.
HER BEING TOLD ME LAST WEEK THAT SHE WAS
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THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF IN, I ALREADY DID IT GO BACK IN QUEEN AS LONG.YOU DON'T SEE 33 FOR DAIRY QUEEN SOMEBODY.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU JUST SEND
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I GUESS.ARE THESE SAMPLES, JUDGE? YES.
YEAH, SHE, UH, THE LADY, THE BOOTH THERE.
WHAT WAS HER NAME? WAS THAT SUE? THIS IS, THIS IS NOT SUE'S COMPANY.
SUE ANOTHER COMPANY SUE WORKS FOR.
OH, SHE DOES NOW? SHE DOES NOW.
UH, SHE HAD A CUSTOMER THAT WANTED A CERTAIN THING TO DO A CERTAIN THING AND ARMOR TOLD HER THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT PRODUCT AND TELL THAT PERSON THEY NEED USE TO USE THEIRS.
TELL CUSTOMER THAT IF YOU KEEP WORKING.
ANOTHER COMPANY DIDN'T, DOESN'T LIKE IT.
REASON CAME ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY SAY HER CONTRACT, HER CONTRACT, NON NONCOMPETE CONTRACT.
BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE, IF SHE NEEDED TO, WE HAD A, SHE'S ONE OF MY REGULAR.
UM, QUICK RUNDOWN ON FRIDAY MEETING, WHERE DID YOU GO? RIGHT HERE.
SO JP CAME OUT, TWO PEOPLE FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION CAME UP.
MATTER OF FACT, I TOLD HIM, I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL ARE HERE INSTEAD OF GETTING EVERYTHING HAND.
HOWEVER, AND I HESITATE TO SAY A LOT UNTIL I GET THE OFFICIAL REPORT FROM THEY'LL BE, OR AN OFFICIAL LETTER.
THEY DID REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SPARE.
OH REALLY? FOOT UNUSED IN THIS COURT.
ALL THAT STUFF OVER THERE ABOVE THE ANNEX
SO WHAT DID THEY WANT? UH, THEY INDICATED THAT NO, THIS IS NOT
I'M NOT TRYING, I'M JUST ASKING WHAT DO THEY WANT? THEY INDICATED THAT THEY, THEY WANT US TO MOVE THE, UH, SECURITY VESTIBULE BECAUSE IN THEIR OPINION WE DID AFFECT THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF THIS.
UH, WHICH I, I, AND THEY SAID THAT WE REALIZED, THEY REALIZED THAT I JUST AGREED WITH THEM AND I SAID, YEAH, WE DIDN'T AFFECT THE ARCHITECTURAL COURSE.
HOW DID THEY SAY YOU DID THAT? I COVERED UP THAT GRANITE WALL OUTSIDE.
WE COVERED UP THE GRANITE WALL.
NO, I'M JUST ASKING CURIOUS WHAT THE WALL, BECAUSE THE ARCHITECT THAT PUT THAT GRANT WALL ON THAT THERE MAKING A STATEMENT, HE MADE A STATEMENT.
AND WHAT STATEMENT DID HE MAKE? LET TAKE THAT GRAND WALL AND PUT IT OUTSIDE.
BUT THEY WON'T LET YOU DO THAT.
SO WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I TOLD 'EM.
I SAID, STAND OUT IN THAT STREET.
LOOK AT THAT BUILDING AND IT LOOKS JUST THE SAME AS IT DID BEFORE YOU PUT THAT.
IF YOU, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO MOVE THE WALL IS A WHAT YOU DO.
WE DON'T EVEN, WE DON'T EVEN REALLY HAVE TO APPROVE.
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HAVE WAY TOO MUCH POWER.WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THAT POWER OVER A HOUSE OR, OR ANY TYPE OF BUILDING OR ANYTHING.
IF YOU RESTORE, IF YOU DO ANYTHING THAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO DO, I MEAN THEY TAKE THAT MARKER.
THEY WOULDN'T TAKE THAT MARKER AWAY.
SEE, I THOUGHT THEY'D TAKE IN A WAY HE'D RATHER THAN TAKE THE MARKER AWAY TO FIND YOU HERE, YOU CAN IT TAKE IT.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH A COMPROMISE? I THINK SO.
THEY, THEY, THEY MADE SEVERAL, UH, SUGGESTIONS WHICH ARE TOTALLY UNREALISTIC.
LIKE YOU, LIKE TODAY WITH ALL THESE JURORS IN HERE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 4 0 3, 4 OH PEOPLE EXTRA THIS MINUTE IN THIS COURT.
NOW THEY, ONE OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS IS RUN THE LINE GOING THROUGH SECURITY THROUGH THESE TWO RESTROOMS. AND THAT WOULD ONLY RESTROOM THE END OF THE HALL.
I HEAR EVERY MORNING ON THE RADIO THEY TAKE SOMEBODY, THEY SAY, WELL YOU'VE GOT TWO EMPLOYEES.
WELL THERE ONE HOLE, EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, BUT THERE ONE HOLE.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO HELP TAKE AWAY SIX OR MORE THAN THAT? THREE, FOUR.
YOU TAKE AWAY SIX AND ADD TWO STILL FOUR SHORT AND YOU GOT FOUR OH PEOPLE AND NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
UH, IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
THEY DID SAY, WELL YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS HERE.
SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO MEET THEIR RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT SOME COST.
THAT'S WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING.
THE SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY'RE, IF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY ARE MAKING OBJECT GOING EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY, NOT TO THEM.
AND THEY DON'T WANT US TO USE OUR HANDYMAN WITH TRUSTEE MUST HIRED ARCHITECT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO DO WITH IT? INTERRUPT Y'ALL ON THOSE BILLS.
THESE TROUBLE IN BLANCO COUNTY, THEY HAVE STORM BLOW THROUGH BLANCO COUNTY AND BLUE THE WINDOWS OUT OF THEIR COURTHOUSE.
THEY HAVE ONE OF THOSE TRADITIONAL FRONT COURTHOUSE.
SO, WELL THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HIRED A MILL TO MAKE WINDOWS TO PUT BACK IN, BUT MAKE THEM OUT OF, UH, DOUBLE PANES, UM, ALUMINUM WINDOWS INSTEAD OF THE OLD WOOD FRAME.
YOU KNOW THE OLD TIMEY WINDOWS? MM-HMM
BUT THE NEW WINDOWS WERE MADE TO LOOK LIKE THE OLD WINDOWS.
AND FROM THE STREET, THE COMMISSIONER OUT THERE TOLD ME YOU COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE OLD WINDOWS.
WELL, SOMEBODY FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE HISTORICAL PLANO ONE TIME AND
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SAW THOSE WINDOWS WENT UP, STOPPED, INVESTIGATED, SAID, WELL THESE ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS.SO HISTORICAL COMMISSION FILES A PLAN.
THEY SAID, WELL YEAH, ORIGINAL WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT BY STORM.
YOU, THEY DON'T EXIST ANYMORE.
WELL YOU SHOULD REPLACE 'EM WITH THE EXACT WOODEN WINDOWS.
WELL THE COST OF THE WOODEN, EXACT WOODEN WINDOWS WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN HAVING THE MENT.
AND THEY SAID, WELL HERE'S YOUR CHOICES.
IF WE LEAVE YOU ALONE, YOU LEAVE HERE, LEAVES HERE AND PAY US A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY FOR X AMOUNT OF DAYS.
AND THEY SAY, NO, JUST SUE US.
SO THEY, THEY SET BACK AND THEY STORE COMMISSION.
SUE, UH, THEY SETTLED IT AT MEDIATION.
THEY SETTLED IT BY PAYING THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
THAT'S JUST, THAT'S BLACK MAN.
IT'S WELL, SO, UH, WHEN THEY CAME IN HERE FRIDAY, I TOLD THEM, I SAID, WELL, YEP, HERE'S THE SITUATION.
I SAID, THE DISTRICT JUDGE IS TELLING ME WE GOTTA HAVE, UH, TELLING ME IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THE SHERIFF, WE GOTTA HAVE SECURITY IN HERE.
US MARSHAL SAID WE GOT 10 THESE GLASSES AND HE HAD A LIST OF OTHER THINGS WE GOTTA DO.
I SAID IN HERE, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT SITTING IN HERE TAKING ALL OF THIS, WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THIS COURTHOUSE SECURE.
AND UM, THE SHERIFF, UH, STUDIED IT AND UH, AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND I SAID, EVERY, ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS BASICALLY WERE INVOLVED IN THAT DECISION.
AND THIS WAS THE BEST WAY WE FELT THAT WE COULD DO IT WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM THE COURTHOUSE LOOKS AND EVERYTHING.
WELL, WE, WE UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DO, WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT YOU GONNA TAKE IT DOWN.
UH, QUESTION IS HOW MUCH TIME THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US TO TAKE IT DOWN AND WHERE THEY WANT US TO MOVE THE NEW.
SO I BASICALLY SAYS, OKAY LOOK, WHERE'D Y'ALL SUPPOSED TO? HE YOU TELL US WHAT TO DO.
AND THEY CAN COME BACK AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY, FROM THE DAY THEY TELL YOU TO MOVE IT FROM THEN UNTIL IT'S BACK, LIKE THEY SAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THAT THEY CAN FIND ME A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY.
AND THEY, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO FACE THAT.
WELL I JUST TOLD 'EM, I SAID, WELL YOU TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR.
THEY SAID THEY, THEY SHOULD GET HIS LETTER TO US, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
THEY DIDN'T GIVE YOU INDICATION.
OH, THEY'RE SAYING TAKE IT DOWN TO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE TAKING IT DOWN HERE WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT IT UP.
THEY SAID WE BUILD IT OUT HERE.
WE DON'T WANT TO ADD ON TO THE COURT, ADD OUT HERE AS YOU JUST TAKE OUT THESE TWO RESTROOMS AT THE END OF THE HALL.
AND I SAID, WELL, AREN'T WE SOME UNDER SOME OBLIGATION AS TO HOW MANY RESTROOMS WE HAVE, HAVE TO HAVE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE? NO.
THAT'S, NO, THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, WE GOT 400 PEOPLE EXTRA IN THE COURTHOUSE TODAY.
NOW WHAT IF WE HAD SIX, SIX LESS BATHROOMS OR SIX LESS STYLE? I THINK HE'S WRONG ABOUT, THAT'D BE WRONG ABOUT IT.
I THINK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THAT'S ONE OF THINGS SAYS YOU GOTTA HAVE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN'T TOUCH AT ALL.
AND WHEN WE WERE DOING THAT STUFF UPSTAIRS, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T CHANGE ANY OF THOSE BATHROOMS. YEAH.
I WOULD SHOW WANT THAT, RIGHT? OH YEAH.
OH, YOU, WE GOING, WE'RE GOING THREAD WITH SALT.
SO LIKE I SAID THERE NO, NO YELLING OR ANYTHING, BUT UH, THEY CAME WITH, LET'S SAY THEY CAME WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE.
THEY CAME WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE, BUT THEY CAME WITH ATTITUDE WAS GONNA BE DOWN TOO.
THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION I COULD MAKE BUS RATIONALIZE EVEN LIKE THEY GOT OFF, EVEN WHEN I TOLD 'EM THE REASON THAT WE WENT OUT THERE THE FIRST PLACE AND PUT THAT, THAT WAS BECAUSE ALL THE SAND HAD WASHED OUT UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING WAS ABOUT TO FALL OVER SEE THE BUILDING.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW THAT FRONT OF THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE WITH THOSE GLASSES WINDS ARE WAS ABOUT TO TIP OVER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO, THE ONLY THING THEY HAD UNDER WAS JUST THE FOUNDATION.
THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THE FOUNDATION.
IT WOULD JUST SET, LET IT MAKE THEM ANY DIFFERENCE.
DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE LOOKS OF IT.
LIKE JERRY SAID, UGLY AST GOING AROUND
WELL ANYWAY, SO THAT'S WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, WAIT, WE'RE WE'RE ON GOOD TERMS WITH THEM AND WE'LL WAIT, COME OUT.
WE, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY'LL GIVE YOU TWO
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AND THEN WILL THEY HAVE TO APPROVE WHERE YOU MOVE IT, YOU OR WHAT YOU DO BEFORE YOU EVER START THE APPROVE OF THE UH, CONSTRUCTION? YES.WELL THEY, TO SUBMIT 'EM A PLANT WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? WANT TO AGO ABOUT? THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO USE OUR MAN.
THEY WANT TO USE A REGISTER ARCHITECT CERTIFIED TO PUT IT BACK OR TO TAKE IT DOWN.
TO TO PUT WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT IT.
BUT NOW FROM THE LABOR, THEY DON'T CARE, DO THEY? NO, IT'S NOT.
WE CAN USE MAN WITH TRUSTEE LABOR.
ONCE ARCHITECT HAS, DOES THAT OPEN OUR COURTHOUSE UP FOR RENOVATION GOALS? WELL, TO GET THE RENOVATIONS FUND, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT IT BACK LIKE IT WAS, I MEAN YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT LIKE IT WAS, YOU JUST RENOVATED.
BUT IT'S GOTTA KEEP, YOU GOTTA KEEP IT LIKE IT WAS.
YOU JUST TEAR IT DOWN AND LET IT GO.
IF WE ADD ON, PLAY IT BACK, MOVE EVERYBODY MOVE UP HERE.
BUT UH, ANYWAY, SO THAT'S, UH, WE JUST STEP BACK AND SEE WHAT, WHAT THE LETTER SAYS WHEN IT COMES.
THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY MAKE YOU DO NOW, WHETHER THEY GIVE YOU CHOICES OR WOULD THEY JUST SAY YOU MUST DO SUCH AND SUCH.
THEY MIGHT, WHETHER WE BUILD A BUILDING OVER HERE ON THIS END OR BUILD A BUILDING OVER THERE ON THAT END OR NOT BUILD A BUILDING AND GOT SOME THIS END OF THE COURTHOUSE.
OH, THEY WANTED TO GO IN THE BASEMENT.
THEY WANTED TO SEE WHERE, IF IT WAS A POSSIBILITY OF DIGGING THAT END OUT DOWN AND, AND MORE ROOM.
AND I SAID THE ENGINEER SAID THAT IS NOT FEASIBLE.
OH YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WE, WE HAD SOMEBODY CHECK THAT GOES JUDGE TIGER.
IS IS DIG THAT DIRT OUT OUT THERE.
AND UH, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER ANY HEY BILL.
RAY, MARK, RAY GOTTA GO TO WORK.
I'M, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
YEAH THEY WERE, THEY WERE ON SATURDAY.
IS THAT AT THE MEMORIAL? THAT'S FOR THIS VIETNAM TIME.
I LEFT THAT, I GOT THERE AT 7 11 3.
WELL WE WENT TO UM, THE KIDS, UH, THEY MADE A FOOTBALL GAME AT NINE, I MEAN 10 15 AND THEN A BASEBALL GAME AT 11.
AND THEN WE WENT ON THE WAY BACK TO TOWN.
YOU GOT REALLY EDUCATED, DIDN'T YOU? NO.
WHEN YOU WENT TO FOOTBALL AND OH YEAH.
AND BASE YOU SAY BASEBALL, TEE-BALL, T-BALL.
AND ONE DAY YOU GOT REALLY EDUCATED.
AND THAT WAS AFTER GOING SEVENTH GRADE GAME ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
I'VE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, DONE THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, UH, I GUESS WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONDAY IF YOU GOT ANYTHING.
UH, I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN THE REST OF THE WEEK.
GOT COUNTY OFFICER CONFERENCE.
WHERE AT? NOT LAS VEGAS IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
REALLY? OH, IT WAS REALLY GOOD CHANCE.
TELL YOU WHY, IF YOU CAN, I CAN'T.
COMMISSIONER DO MAKES A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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