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WE THANK THE, FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN, THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY, UH, DURING THIS THANKSGIVING SEASON.
UH, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH JUDGE JIM'S FAMILY AND ALL OF HAZEL'S FRIENDS AS THEY MARKED HER LOSS.
UH, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR SOLDIERS AND BRING 'EM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, COMMENT, AMEN OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICA, AND LUKE, WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE.
I DIDN'T, IF THERE ARE NONE AS COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING IS KATHY MARKS.
WE WANNA DISCUSS, UH, THE CREATION OF THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS.
AND WHAT IS THAT THAT, UM, WE HAVE THE IT COMMITTEE, WHICH GEORGIA STARTED AND WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND WHEN IT GOT DOWN TO PART OF WHAT WE DO, IF WE HAVE A DISASTER FOR IT PURPOSES, THEN WE STARTED THINKING, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IF A FLOOR OF THE COURT DOWN COURTHOUSE GETS CATCHED ON FIRE AND SOMEBODY CAN'T WORK IN THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE FOR A WHILE? WE'RE THE WHOLE BUILDING CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLANNING IS SOMETHING THAT'S STARTED, UH, RECENTLY.
IT'S NOT STATE MANDATED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST REALLY A GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICE TO DO.
AND WHAT WE WANT IT FOR AND NEED IT FOR IS, GEORGE, AS PART OF HIS PLAN, NEEDS TO KNOW IF THERE IS A DISASTER IN ONE OF THE COUNTY BUILDINGS, WHERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE GONNA GO TO CARRY ON THE BUSINESS OF THE GOVERNMENT? AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PLANNING IS FOR.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT TO BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION, IT'S JUST LIKE A 30 DAY STOP GAP THAT THIS IS WHERE THE TAX OFFICE
IT'S JUST LIKE A 30 DAY, EXCUSE ME, PLACE THAT THEY CAN GO TO KEEP DOING THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY UNTIL SOMETHING PERMANENT DONE LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD.
GEORGE WILL KNOW ABOUT IT AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THAT PART, AS FAR AS THE COMMITTEE, WE, WE WANT TO HAVE IT AS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE IT COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE REALLY JUST NEED MYSELF AND HAL AND JACK AND GEORGE AND RAY ON IT BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY STAFF.
WE NEED TO HAVE FINANCIAL ADVICE, PURCHASING ADVICE, IT AND THEN A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COURT TO DO THE PLAN.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE LOOKING FOR THESE LOCATIONS.
YEAH, WELL, WE'LL TALK, WE'LL TALK TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS AND FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT THEY WOULD NEED OR SPACE AND TO CONTINUE ON DOING BUSINESS IN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
GEORGIA HAS BEEN WORKING ON AN ISSUE ON SURGERY WITH OTHER COUNTIES OR OTHER LOCATIONS, RIGHT.
THIS, THIS KIND OF DOVETAILS ALL WITHIN THAT PLAN TO WHAT, WHICH OPERATION WOULD GO TO THIS LOCATION IN THE CASE OF A, A DISASTER IN THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE THE COURT
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APPROVE, START THIS PROCESS.THIS IS WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL BRING TO THE COURT AND THAT TO BE APPROVED BY THE COURT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, BEST LAID PLANS, I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WHAT WILL IS WHAT IS PRESENT AT THAT TIME.
THE PLAN MAY HAVE BEAUTIFULLY HAVE IT BEAUTIFULLY LAID OUT, BUT IMPLEMENTING IT AT THE TIME MAY NOT.
WELL, THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE DOWN THERE, IT'S CALLED EXERCISE
WE CAN, AND THAT'S HOW THE PLANNING IS DONE.
THAT'S HOW OUR, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN IS DONE.
WHEN WE HAVE A REAL EVENT, WE GO BACK AND SEE THE BASIC PLAN, ACTUALLY WORK FOR THAT AND NOT BEEN, WE CHANGE AND WE EXERCISE SPECIFIC AREAS OF THAT PLAN.
AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK AS IT'S WRITTEN, THEN WE CHANGE IT.
AND THAT'S PLAN IS IS FLUID AND, BUT YOU'LL UPGRADE THAT PERIODICALLY, WHETHER ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU HAVE A BUILDING PICKED OUT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT GETS SOLD OR TORN DOWN OR WHATEVER.
UH, WANNA BE CAREFUL, PARTICULARLY
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKED LAST YEAR TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT BASICALLY WITH ALL THE COUNTIES IN TEXAS, THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AT THEIR COURTHOUSE, THEY COULD COME TO OUR COURTHOUSE AND HOLD COURT DOMINATE.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HOLD COURT OURSELVES BECAUSE WE HAD AGREED TO LET THEM COME OVER TO THEIR COURT HERE.
YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT IS JUST INTERNAL WITHIN THE COUNTY.
IF WE NEED TO MOVE THE DISTRICT COURTS TO THE COUNTY COURT LAW OUT TO OUR BUILDING OR THE JP COURTS OR WHATEVER THAT THAT'S ALL IT'S FOR.
IT'S NOT, IT'S HIS, WHAT HE'S DOING WITH THE SERVERS, PUTTING DATA ON SERVERS IN OTHER COUNTIES, THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AS FAR AS DAY-TO-DAY FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY ON THIS, ON
YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE NEED TO, OBVIOUSLY GEORGE KNOWS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ANY SPACE THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKE THAT MOTION TO, UH, AND COMMISSIONER WILL SECOND IT.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE STRONGLY FROM FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO, THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING 10 THEREAFTER.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH EXPLANATORY, ISN'T PRETTY MUCH THE, UH, FIRE CHIEF OF FIRE STATION TWO, PRIMARILY FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER ONE I THINK WAS SAFETY AND THE WERE PARKING WHERE THE FIRE TRUCKS COULDN'T GET OUT.
THE PARKING LOT FOR PARKING IS SO SMALL.
THE OTHER IS THE AREA AVAILABLE IS THE GARAGE AND THERE'S NO HEAT IN IT.
AND WITH NEW EQUIPMENT, THERE'S A LOT LESS SPACE AVAILABLE, HE SAID THAN THERE USED TO BE.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE IT FROM THE FIRE STATION TO THE NEW FACILITY.
THE CITY IS BUILT CROSS HIGHWAY 34, I THINK IT'S WITHIN A MILE OF THIS LOCATION AND THE CITY'S OUR OF THAT FACILITY.
I'M HAVING TO EXPLAIN NOW TO WASHINGTON DC WHY WE BLEW BOXES THE OTHER DAY.
AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT APPROVAL PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.
AND I HAVE FOUND OUT, I KNEW, BUT I'VE RECENTLY BEEN REMINDED BY THE FBI AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED PRIOR TO THE ELECTION BY THEN.
SO I JUST WANTED REMIND YOUR WELL THAT THIS IS, THIS WILL BE PRIOR TO NEXT ELECTION.
THE LAST ONE WASN'T, EXCUSE ME, DICK.
I THE LAST ONE WASN'T A PERMIT MOVE, IT WAS A TEMPORARY CONSOLIDATION.
BUT ALL THAT, JUST ONE MATTER, BUT ALL THAT HAS TO BE DONE PRIOR AND APPROVED IN WASHINGTON PRIOR TO THAT BEING DONE WRITE UP IN, FOR EXAMPLE, WASHINGTON OPPOSITION.
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UH, SIGNED UP FOR YES, I KNOW WHO'S SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT, BUT THERE WE, AND THEN BRENDA PRINCE AND ROBINSON ROBERT SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.HELLO, I'M SARAH WHITAKER AND, UM, WHAT WE, I ARE, MY MAIN OPPOSITION TO THIS IS I GUESS WHERE YOU'RE MOVING IT TO, NOT NECESSARILY THE BUILDING IS MOVING TO, BUT WHERE YOU'RE MOVING IT FROM, THE AREA YOU'RE MOVING IT FROM.
UM, WHERE THE BAKERY, WE, IT'S FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO.
WE ALSO REFER TO IT AS BAKER STREET.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I USE THAT, I'M USING THE SAME THING WHERE THE BAKER STREET FIRE STATION IS.
THERE ARE, IN THAT PRECINCT FIVE, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1100 VOTES, 40% OF THEM VOTE RIGHT THERE AT THAT BOX OR LIVE IN THAT AREA.
I'M SORRY, LIVE RIGHT THERE AROUND THAT FIRE STATION WHERE IT'S THAT MUCH EASIER.
A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE OLDER PEOPLE AND WHERE THEY WANT TO MOVE IT TO IS ACROSS HIGHWAY 34, WHICH IS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC, OF BUSY TRAFFIC, WHERE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE GO ON THEIR MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR TO VOTE OR HOWEVER.
UM, AND WHEN I WENT TO SPEAK AND COULDN'T GET THERE TO GO VOTE, AND THAT I KNOW, I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS RIGHT NOW IS THAT BUILDING THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IS YET A DA APPROVED.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THE THING IS GONNA COME BACK AND SAY, OH, WELL WE'LL HAVE ALL THIS DONE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.
AND I THINK, AM I RIGHT DICK? ARE YOU THINKING OF USING IT IN MARCH OR IN NOVEMBER? IN MARCH.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE DONE BY THEN OR NOT, DEPENDING ON WHETHER, BUT ANYWAY, THE, THE PARKING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND WALK UP TO WHERE IT IS, IS GRAVEL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN THERE.
WHEN I WENT BY AND SPOKE WITH THE, UM, FIRE CHIEF, HE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPOSITION AT THAT TIME.
HE DID BRING UP THE, THAT WHERE THE LADIES, WERE THEY IN THE BAY AREA OR, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THE, IT'S COLD.
I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE LADIES THAT WORKED THERE AND THEY SAID THEY'D RATHER LEAVE IT THERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW OF THE CONVENIENCE FOR THE VOTERS.
AND IT, IT'S AN IMPORTANT BOX TO US.
IT'S ONE OF OUR LARGER BOXES OF, UM, PEOPLE THAT TURN OUT TO VOTE.
I LOOKED AT SOME OTHER PLACES TO FIND, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER AREA TO MOVE IT FROM.
IF WE MOVED IT FROM THE FIRE STATION.
UM, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED WITH SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT LEFT THERE, AT LEAST FOR NOW, FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE 2010 ELECTION AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT GIVES ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT, UM, I'M SORRY, DID YOU TALK TO THE FIRE CHIEF? I THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONE THAT
AND HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPOSITION TO IT, THAT THE COUNTY HAD COME TO HIM, MR. BRADLEY.
UH, I MURPHY, UH, HIS CONCERN WAS SAFE, BUT HE DID SAY HE, WE CAN ADDRESS THE SAFETY ISSUE.
IS THAT WHAT HE'S SAYING? IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK? YEAH, AND AT THIS POLLING PLACE, IT'S EASY FOR HANDICAPPED OR LIKE, YOU KNOW HOW NOW YOU CAN TAKE A, UH, A SLATE OUT TO THE CAR IF SOMEONE HAS TO? IT'S RIGHT THERE.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, TO ME IS IT SAYS ACCESSIBLE OR BETTER THAN MOST OF THE CHURCHES THAT WE VOTE IN OR THE SCHOOLS THAT WE VOTE IN.
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND IN THERE IT IS A SMALL PARKING LOT.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING, CAN THAT BE THE WHOLE PROBLEM, ISN'T IT? THEY PARKED THERE IN FRONT OF THE GATES? I MEAN, WELL, THERE'S HANGING OUT.
THAT CAN BE THOUGH, I WOULD THINK EASILY HANDLED BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO BAY AREAS AND IF THAT'S MARKED OFF, YOU KNOW, NOT THERE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET OR WHATEVER, UM, FOR THAT, IN THAT ONE DAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HELD THE ELECTIONARY THE ONE DAY, THE EARLY VOTING IS DONE AT THE SUB COURTHOUSES THAT ONE DAY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THERE WOULD BE, I'D SAY OUT OF THOSE DAYS OF THE YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD IT HERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE EVEN BEEN CALLED TO A FIRE ON THAT DAY.
I KNOW IT CAN HAPPEN, BUT IN WHAT, SO
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OUR MAIN THING, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE DAY OR TWO DAYS IN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN 2010 WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT DAYS OF USING THAT POLLING PLACE.AND SO ANYWAY, THAT IT'S A HUGE, IT WOULD BE TO US, THE PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE PICKED TO MOVE IT TO IS NOT GONNA BE AS ANYWHERE NEAR CONVENIENT FOR THE VOTERS.
AND THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN IS TO GET, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE VOTERS AND NOT TO MAKE IT A DETRIMENT TO THEM.
FIRST OF ALL, JUDGE JEN, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY NESS TO YOU.
BUT I AM ALSO HERE, UH, SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOVE.
UH, TO ME THIS IS NOT A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR OUR VOTERS.
UM, I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE FIRE CHIEF ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AS WELL AS THE CITY OFFICIALS.
AND UH, I'M ALWAYS A FIRM BELIEVER OF IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, JUST NOT TRY TO FIX IT.
AND, UH, BUT WHAT I SEE IN THIS AREA AS MANY VOTERS THAT WE HAVE THAT COME TO THIS LOCATION, UH, IS GOING TO REALLY CREATE A SITUATION THAT IS NOT A WIN-WIN FOR ALL OF US.
UH, AS FAR AS BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF IT, UM, ON ANY GIVEN DAY, THERE COULD BE AN ACCIDENT.
AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, UH, AT THIS LOCATION WHEN WE HELD VOTING THERE AT ONE TIME.
AND, UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING.
UH, THERE IS AN AREA THERE AND IF THE PEOPLE NEED TO PARK POSSIBLY, UH, WHERE THE, UH, FULL SIDE OF THE RESIDENCY IS, THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
AND UH, WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, THAT WAS NOT A PROBLEM FOR HIM.
AND AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE BABY DOORS OPEN OR WHATEVER, UM, I DON'T SEE WHERE THAT'S A PROBLEM.
AND LIKE I SAY, I'VE BEEN THERE TO WORK THERE, UH, TO HAVE IT FIRSTHAND WHERE I CAN LET YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM.
AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TO AS FAR AS THE CITY, UH, IT'S TOTALLY NOT ACCEPTABLE.
UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TWO WEEKS AGO TO BE THERE FOR A MEETING FOR THE CITY.
UH, THERE'S NO DESIGNATION ON THIS BUILDING FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN AS FAR AS WHEN YOU GET READY TO GO INTO, UH, ACCESS THE BUILDING, THE GROUNDING IS SO LEVEL.
AND TO ME, WHY ARE WE GOING TO PUT OUR VOTERS INTO A SITUATION SUCH AS THIS? UH, I THINK AS WELL AS FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND ALL THAT, YOU'RE HERE TO TRY TO MAKE IT A SAFE HAVEN FOR ALL.
AND IN DOING THIS TO ME, IF WE HAD INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY DO GO TO THE LOCATION TO VOTE OR WHATEVER, YOU HAVE THAT FEELING OF SAFETY.
UH, IT'S IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE IT'S NICE, IT'S A LITTLE CRIME, WHATEVER.
AND IF THERE ARE ANYTHING THAT NEED, NEED TO BE CONTROLLED, UH, THEY, THEY'VE UH, SOMEHOW NEVER GIVEN ME IN MY AREA THAT I'M KNOWN AS THE CITY POLICE, IT WON'T BE A PROBLEM.
AND, UH, I DON'T SEE THAT PART.
SO MY QUESTION IS NOW AFTER SPEAKING TO THE, UM, FIRE CHIEF AS WELL AS OTHER CITY INDIVIDUALS, WHY ARE WE EVEN TRYING TO DO THAT? UH, IT'S ONLY GOING TO CREATE HAC UH, VOTING SEASON IS UPON US.
AND AS ANY POLITICIAN KNOWS, MARCH WITH THE PRIMARY COMING UP, THAT MEANS TO A POLITICIAN.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO WEEKS, AND RIGHT NOW I'M TRYING TO DO THAT.
SO I ASK THAT YOU ALL WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND DO NOT VOTE TO APPROVE THIS MOVE.
UH, MR. ROBERTSON OR SENATOR ROBERTON? WELL, I, BEFORE Y'ALL SAID EVERYTHING, MY NAME IS CA
AND I WAS INFORMED THAT IF THE CITIZEN IN THAT PRECINCT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, THEN IT HAS TO BE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE COME UP WITH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MY DAD, AND THAT STAY NOT TOO FAR FROM THAT TO GET THEM TO GO ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FOR THEM.
SO I'M ASKING IF THE CODE STAY WHERE SET, BECAUSE I WORKED AT CODE AND WE HADN'T EVER HAD ANY MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THAT CODE.
NOT EVEN WITH THE, YOU KNOW, BEEN TOO COLD OR TOO HOT.
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WE, THE ONE THAT WORKS THAT COLD WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.SO I'M JUST ASKING TO TAKE THE ELDER PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT IN CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO THANK YOU.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE WOULD'VE JUST UP AND DOWN THE BLUE AND DECIDED TO MOVE THIS WITHOUT SOMEBODY SUCH AS THE FIRE CHIEF APPROACHING.
GUYS, COULD YOU ILLUMINATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? YES, SIR.
UH, JUDGE, I'M SORRY, BUT WHEN I HAD THE FLOOR, I FAILED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS MORNING, RIGHT, THAT I WAS WALKING OUT, I HAD A CALL FROM THE, UH, MARILYN ROBINSON THAT WORKS AS THE ELECTION JUDGE THERE.
AND, UH, SHE'S ALSO IN OPPOSITION AS TO NOT TO APPROVE THIS, BUT SHE COULDN'T BE WITH MR. TODAY BECAUSE HER FATHER'S IN THE HOSPITAL.
BUT SHE DID WANT ME TO EXPRESS THAT.
SOMETIME AGO THE FIRE CHIEF COMMUNICATED WITH, UH, WITH UH, JANELLE THAT HE WOULD LIKE US OUT.
WHEN I MET WITH HIM, MY INTERPRETATION WAS HE WOULD LIKE US OUT.
I THOUGHT, NOW MAYBE I'M MISINTERPRETED, BUT I BELIEVE HIS INTENT WAS TO GET, LIKE I SAID, HIS WAS THE, AND, BUT HE LEFT.
HE SAID IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT THERE, YOU WOULD KEEP IT THERE.
HE KEPT OPEN, HE DIDN'T MAKE THE DECISION, HE LEFT IT UP TO US.
BUT MY IMPRESSION WAS HE WAS ENCOURAGED.
THE FACILITY WE'RE MOVING TO, UH, IS, UH, THE ONLY ONE WE COULD FIND IN THE AREA THAT WAS USABLE.
IT'S A COMMUNITY ROOM KIND OF THING.
IT LOOKED GOOD TO ME, MR. YES.
UH, I ALSO TAUGHT OFFICIAL ASSISTANT MANAGER AND HE WANTED TO SHARE KIND.
THEY JUST MOVED INTO THIS BUILDING, BASICALLY DIDN'T, THAT WAS THE FIRST COMING TO ME THAT I DON'T THINK, WELL, IT'S GOT ACCESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE EITHER WAY, BUT EVERYTHING LOOKED TO ME LIKE IT OUGHT TO BE.
AND ALSO I DID, WE DISCUSS ONE TIME, UH, YOU WERE GONNA CHECK ONE, THE CHURCHES THERE, THE CHURCH WAS WAY UP AT THE TOP OF THE WHOLE PRECINCT AND BACK OFF TO THE RIGHT.
I HAD A HARD TIME FINDING MY WAY OUT.
SO I, I OPTED TO GO TO THE, THE OTHER BUILDING AND THE REASON I DO THE CHURCH, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING, MY CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY, THEY'RE GONNA GO THERE.
I SAID, YOU SAID YOU WOULD'VE SIGNS OUT WHATEVER YOU NEED.
THIS LAST ONE WE CONSOLIDATED, BUT THIS PRECINCT STARTS UP AT HIGHWAY 80, COMES ALL THE WAY DOWN BELOW I 20.
AND THIS PROPOSED LOCATION IS PRETTY WELL DEAD CENTER OF THE PRECINCT, NOT NECESSARILY THE POPULATION.
I'LL GRANT YOU THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THAT GROUP UP THERE WHERE THE CHURCH USED TO BE BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE FIRE STATION.
OKAY? THE CITY, CITY, THE CITY, THEY CAN ISSUE THE CITY.
I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT THE FIRE TOLD ME.
BUT THE CITY HAS PRECINCT, SO THEY'VE GOT FIVE DIFFERENT POLLING
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PLACES.SO YOU'VE GOT THAT CONFUSION PROBLEM.
THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL RUN THEIR OWN ELECTION.
WOULD IT BE WORTH GOING BACK AND TALKING TO THE FIRE CHIEF AGAIN AND HOW ADAMANTLY HE IS AGAINST THIS AND WHAT WE MIGHT OR PERHAPS INVITE HIM TO COME TALK TO YOU IF, UH, I MAY WELL HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD AND I DON'T WANT TO PURSUE SOMETHING WHERE I'M WRONG.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT WANTING TO MOVE SOMETHING JUST TO BE MOVING NO, TO MOVE.
IT IS BECAUSE OF HIS SION TO IT.
WE, UH, MAYBE IF YOU TALK TO HIM AND SEE OR IF HE WANTS TO COME TALK TO US.
I WAS CONVINCED HE WANTS US TO MOVE IT.
MAYBE SINCE YOU TALKED TO HIM, SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TALKED TO HIM AND HIM.
I'LL GO BACK, TALK TO YOU HAVE A YES, I I HAVE A CONCERN.
UH, BASED ON WHAT THE FOLKS SAID IN THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, UH, EITHER PRE-CLEARANCE, THEY'LL USE A RETRO AGGRESSION STANDARD, WHICH MEANS IS IT, IS IT BETTER OR IS IT WORSE? I MEAN, IT HAS TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND, AND BASED ON THE COMMENTS WE TAKE ALL THEM IS TRUE OF WHAT'S BEEN STATED, OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE TESTIFIED THAT IT IT'S NOT, I MEAN, AND THE FACT THAT YOUR SAFETY CONCERNS, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT ITSELF JUSTIFY.
WELL, I MEAN IF HE WANTS US OUT THOUGH, WE HAVE TO MOVE.
WELL, IF HE WANTS US OUT, THAT'S, YEAH.
I MEAN, EVIDENTLY SOMETHING'S CHANGED SINCE, OKAY.
JUST TALKED TO HIM AFTER YOUR LAST COMMISSIONER'S MEETING, BUT Y'ALL LEFT TWO DIFFERENT WELL, HE JUST HAD, HE, HE EXPRESSED THE CONCERN OF SAFETY LONG EVER SINCE THEY MOVED HIM FROM, FROM THE CHURCH 5, 6, 7 YEARS.
I DON'T THINK THE JUSTICE WOULD PROVE THIS.
SO I, I SUGGEST THAT, UH, THAT WE LOOK AT KEEPING IT WHERE IT IS 2010 AND THEN IF, IF THE FIRE CHIEF WANTS US OUT OR THE CITY OF WANTS US OUT, THEN THAT'LL GIVE US A COUPLE YEARS TO TRY AND CONVINCE DEPARTMENT JUSTICE THAT DEPARTMENT JUSTICE 20 THIS SITUATION.
BUT IF DICK'S RIGHT IT, THEY WANT US OUT, THEN WE HAVE TO KNOW WHETHER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WANTS OR NOT.
BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT THAT WHETHER HE REALLY, MAYBE WE, MAYBE JUST, UH, WHAT HE WAS, HE MAYBE SOMEONE WOULD CHANGE HIS MIND.
SOMEBODY, WELL, THEY GIMME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND TALK TO HIM AGAIN.
MAYBE I GET SOMETHING WRITING.
YOU CAN'T SAY IT'S OKAY WITH ME.
YOU STAY HERE AND YOU TABLE THIS AGAIN AND LET CONFIRM WHETHER THE, WHETHER OR NOT MR. JACKSON MAKES MOTION.
THANK YOU LADIES FOR THANK YOU.
PROBABLY NOT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
YOU KNOW, GEORGE ABOUT THIS HE KEEPS UP WITH WHEN
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HE COMES IN FROM THE, UH, MORTGAGE COMPANY AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING WAS GOING GOOD AS LONG AS EVEN THE ONE OR TWO ENTITIES THAT WERE STILLING THE EXEMPTION, HOW THE MONEY WAS STILL COMING IN IN OCTOBER AND THEY QUIT GRANTING IT, NOT JUST STOP.AND BEYOND THAT, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF JOHNNY ON THIS REPORT? THANK MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT, WHICH I HAVE A REPORT FROM LEWISVILLE, WHO I HAVE A REPORT FROM LEWISVILLE.
DISCUSSING BID FOR ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR GOOD MORNING.
IT'S TIME TO, UH, REBI OUR CULVERTS AND I WOULD PROPOSE A CLOSING THOSE BID ON WEDNESDAY, UH, DECEMBER THE 30TH AND UH, THURSDAY.
AND, UH, ASK IF GENTLE TO GIMME A SHOUT IF ANY KIND OF CHANGES OR ADDITIONS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.
ANY OTHER PROCEDURE WE WE'LL CLOSE AT, UH, 10 O'CLOCK AND OPEN AT 10 30 AT SEVEN.
CAN YOU SEND THE UH, BID REQUEST OUT TO NUMEROUS PLACES? NOT
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MANY PLACES I KNOW AROUND HERE.WELL WE, WE, WE HAVE A LIST OF VENDORS THAT RESPONDED IN THE PAST AND WE'LL SEND ALL THOSE FOLKS AND BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND ONCE, THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAT WE GO TO ELKHART, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
UH, THAT'S ALMOST A DAYS DRIVE DOWN THERE AND BACK.
BUT WE CAN GET THEM RIGHT HERE FROM ON EMERGENCY BASIS.
CAN WE DO SOMETHING? WE'RE GONNA GO 50,000 BUT MAKING A SECOND BID, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S THE WAY IT COMES OUT, WE CAN SET UP AN ITEM, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO PICK UP.
OUR CURRENT VENDOR ALSO DELIVERS, BUT I, BUT I THINK THAT'S HAD TO BE SCHEDULED.
I'M SURE 1500 IF YOU ORDER MORE THAN 15, DELIVER.
BUT WE NEVER 1, 1, 5 GET THREE OF THEM.
FOUR OF THEM FOR THEM TO DELIVER.
AND WHEN WE NEED IT COVER, WE DON'T NEED IT TOMORROW, WE NEED TODAY USUALLY WATER RUNNING THROUGH THERE.
IF WE DO GO OUT, THINK WE'LL ABLE TO HAVE AN OPTION OF GO IN THERE.
ONCE YOU GET, Y'ALL JUST LEMME KNOW ON ANY KIND.
UH, NOW WE CONSIDER TO BID COUNTY SURPLUS PROPERTY PROBABLY IN THE PAST.
WE GENERALLY HAVE HAVE PUT ON SURPLUS LAW THREE WAYS, TRADE IN OR VIA AN OPTION OR A BID.
UH, CURRENTLY TAX OFFICE HAS A COUPLE OF THESE CARD DECKS ROTATING.
THEY HOLD CARDS, BIG MACHINES, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT ON BID THOSE UP DISASSEMBLE HERE AT THE AMEX.
SO I WANNA SAY A BID THAT REQUIRES SOMEONE WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE OF MACHINES THAT HAS INSURANCE TO TAKE APART, THEY'RE ELECTRONIC AND MONEY FIND A USE FOR, THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
THEY'RE JUST, UH, AND I HAD CALLED BROWN PUT ON LISTERV OTHER COUNTIES AND STILL USING THAT CURRENT TECHNOLOGY FOR THAT TECHNOLOGY AND WE HAD NO KIND, WE HAVE ONE VENDOR THAT I THINK SOLD MACHINES TO US TAKE APART.
AND NOW I THINK SOME PARKS, HOUSES OR YOU DOWN IN THE GARAGE LIKE THAT STORE STUFF.
BUT THE BIG CONCERN WAS, UH, GETTING REMOVED, BUILDING WITHOUT SOMEONE GETS HURT.
I, I LIKE TO CLOSE THAT ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, BE IN MY OFFICE.
IS THIS OTHER SURPLUS CAN ADD TO THIS OR IS THIS JUST EXCLUSIVE? IT IS PROBABLY JUST FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF SPECIAL THING THAT, THAT MOTION JUDGE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER.
JACK, HAVE YOU GOT THAT NEXT ONE ALSO? YES SIR.
DISCUSS, CONSIDER SIGNING AN AGREEMENT FOR LONG DISTANCE PHONE SERVICE WITH AT&T THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
REMEMBER BACK WE, WE, UH, ARRIVED, SIGNED CONTRACT WITH DON BELL FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO LOOK AT OUR BILL, THE PHONES OR BILLING AND CONSOLIDATE THINGS MAYBE CAME DOWN AND POSSIBLY UH, DON BELL, GEORGE SEVERAL TIMES A FEW WEEKS.
UH, I HOUSE FOLKS AND TRYING TO HELP OUT WITH THE BILLING, BUT THE BILL'S VERY COMPLICATED AND MAYBE AWARE FOR LONG DISTANCE SERVICE AND TAXES.
HE'S WORKING WITH HOUSE'S OFFICE.
UH, THE FIRST PART OF THIS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LONG DISTANCE, UH, CURRENT.
WE'RE USING FREE PROVIDERS AND UH, THROUGH MEETING WE DETERMINED THAT MAY THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY TO, UH, SIGN ON WITH THE STATE ON AT&T, THEIR LONG AS OF SERVICE.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT MAYBE A SAVINGS OF ABOUT 35,000
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PER YEAR CURRENT PAYMENT AND ELIMINATE SOME.WE HAVE ONE PROVIDER AND UH, THE RATE WE UH, I THINK IT'LL SAVE ABOUT 35,000 PER YEAR.
SO I MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND I THINK COUNCIL HAS TO YES.
CAN WE TAKE, OKAY, NOW DISCUSS PRE ANY QUESTION.
SHERIFF, SHERIFF, ARE THESE REPLACING PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE HAD OR YES.
THEY'RE 50, BUT ARE THESE AT THE STARTING SALARIES? I'M SORRY? ARE THESE AT STARTING SALARIES? SO ARE THESE POSITIONS AT THE STARTING SALARIES? YES.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON MAKES THAT MOTION.
SECOND COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND.
NEXT, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPRO BID RESALE OF TAX PROPERTY ON AS LOT 11 LOT THREE NEWTON AND HOW ADDITION IN PRECINCT NUMBER THREE.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, TAX PROPERTY, RESALE OF TAX PROPERTY KNOWN AS BLOCK 12.
NEWBERRY FOURTH EDITION MATERIAL.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON, MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UH, NEXT WE WANNA DISCUSS RESALE THE TAX PROPERTY KNOWN AS LOT THREE EIGHT BLOCK 21.
GERALD ORIGINAL JUDGE ON I'D LIKE THE TABLE.
OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON TO TABLE THAT AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLER ALL ACT.
UH, NOW WE DOWN TO LOTS EIGHT, NINE, BLOCK FOUR OF THE JACKSON TO RESELL THAT BACK TO MR. KELLER.
NOW WE'RE DOWN TO LOT ONE BLOCK SIX 15 OF REVISED MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
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NOW WE'RE DOWN TO BLOCK ONE, BLOCK 89 OF MOORE AND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.NOW WE'VE GOT, UH, LOTS ONE AS YOU WERE LOTS.
TWO B, THREE A, THREE B, THREE C AND BLOCK 24 OF THE GENERAL JACKSON WILL MAKE A MOTION AND COMMISSIONER WILL SECOND.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSED CONSIDER PROVING BOND OF JOHN SULLIVAN.
DEPUTY CONSTABLE APPRECIATE UH, YES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UM, COSIGN ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES.
YES, JIM SHIPLEY, THIS BOND IS TAKEN OUT.
SHIPLEY AND DON BLITZ AND DONNER BLITZING AND, AND UH, SO RATHER THAN JERRY SECONDED IT SINCE HIS NAME IS PART OF THAT, HE'S NOT ANYMORE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT ANY QUESTION ABOUT A CONFLICT THERE.
Y'ALL BETTER WATCH THOSE GLASSES OFF AND ON.
NOW DISCUSSING PROOF THE DE OF JOHN E. KNAPP FOR THE TON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
MR. KNAPP IS REPLACING SOMEONE THAT'S APPROVED ABOUT TWO SECONDS AGO.
WAS HE LEAD BY COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER BROWN.
COULD BEEN AND REASON FOR NOT GETTING ON THE WHEN IN GOOD TERMINOLOGY, TERMINOLOGY
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GO DOWNHILL FROM THERE.UH, WELL YOU SAW JOHNNY'S REPORT AND UH, YOU KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW, ACTUALLY SEVERAL MONTHS.
UH, AND UH, JOHNNY AND HAL, WELL JUDGE IT WAS COUPLE YEARS BUT WE WRITTEN MIGHT HAVE A SHORT TERM BORROW, YOU KNOW, POSSIBILITY.
UH, WE SIGNED THIS, WE COME IN, THE PAYROLL IS 30 WEEK AND RIGHT NOW VERY, AS OF AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE USABLE FUNDS, PEOPLE FUNDS GOT 5 48 MONEY THURSDAY.
AND THIS IS, UH, DISCUSSED IN THE THREE MONTH, UH, THREE MONTH LOAN.
MR. COLLINS SAYS LONG IT'S PAID FOR THIS BUDGET.
I HAD TALKED TO ROBINSON TODAY.
HE WASN'T THERE BUT, UH, LUCKILY GET PAPERWORK DONE.
DID NOT ACTUALLY SIGN IT UNTIL WE, WE EVER TALK ABOUT THIS THING ABOUT A LINE OF CREDIT.
THIS, THIS BASICALLY A LINE CREDIT'S ALSO STIPULA JUDGE THAT, UH, A OF CREDIT SET UP.
NEXT UP WE USED TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPT I USED TO TALK REFER TO AS THE SCRIPT, BUT WE STILL, STILL STILL COME IN HAVE PROVE IT YOU DOLLARS THIS WEEK.
WE CAN TALK TO STEVE AND SEE HOW HE LIKE TO HAVE I CALL, HE WAS MEETING.
I CAN TALK TO HIM, I CALL SECOND.
BUT I THINKING IS THAT IF THE, UH, IF THE FUNDS TO COME IN IN NOVEMBER OF DECEMBER, THIS WILL BE ALL WE'LL NEED OR MAYBE NOT EVEN NEED ALL THIS, THIS BE THE MOTION NEED THE MONEY SHOULD ESTIMATION NEXT TWO WEEKS AND THEY START TAX DID THIS BEFORE.
AND WHAT WAS THAT 2006 OR BUDGET? IF IT JUST LINE OF CREDIT.
THIS SAYS BORROW, I'D LIKE TO SEE A LINE OF CREDIT INSTEAD.
MATTER NOTE, WE'RE GONNA START GETTING IN.
BE VERY RESPONSIBLE IF WE AN CASE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK BY COMMISSIONER.
MORE DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR? AYE.
JUDGE, CAN I ASK TWO QUESTIONS? CERTAINLY.
WHERE IS THE NOTE COMING FROM? WHO'S LOANING THE MONEY? OH, I'M SORRY.
I POSITORY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.
AND WHAT IS THE INTEREST RATE? UH, I THINK HE SAID IT'S GONNA BE AROUND FOUR.
AND IT'S KIND, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DRAW NOTE.
IF YOU DON'T USE IT, YOU DON'T PAY.
AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT THING ON THE TWO, FOUR YEARS.
UH, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE WAS AND UH, THE ONLY CHANGE IN THE PRIOR
THIS ONES CHECKS NOT BIG CHECKS, BUT WE USED SOME COUNTY IN ONE TIME OR LIKE A THOUSAND CHECKS THEN THAT REALLY LOOKED
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THREW THOUSAND MORE COST SO FORGOTTEN YET.SO THEY I THINK FIVE FOR YEAR.
I GOT, I GOT A LONG MEMORY, I FORGOTTEN.
CAME UP, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN TO, UH, AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.
THIS TWO YEAR CONTRACT, TWO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FELL ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE.
UM, DID YOUR COUPLE TIMES SATURDAY FOURTH WAS A LITTLE BIT.
THANK GOODNESS, JUDGE, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST OUT THIS UH, IT WAS SHORT.
UH, SHE PASSED AWAY SATURDAY MORNING.
SHE ALREADY HAD ALL HER FUNERAL EVERYTH AND ALL WE DID WAS JUST WENT FUNERAL HOME AND FOR THE TIME DAY THAT MAKES, I TOLD MYSELF RIGHT THEN THAT I'M GONNA GET THAT DONE BURDEN.
WITH THAT SAID, THERE ARE, OKAY, THANK WE.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? HOW SHE YEAH, I TAXPAYER AND CITY AND
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I MEAN THAT'S WHAT I DO.I PAY THE PAY THE LET DO THAT.
WELL THEY'LL, THEY MAY NOT BECAUSE MAY NOT BECAUSE THE PAPERWORK, BUT IS THAT ONE TIME MASTERCARD AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE I SAY MILES AND SINCE YOU DO CHARGE, YOU
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WANT THIS, THIS I DON'T SEE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.I I IT SAID THE ONE I LOOKED SIX 30 WOULD BE WITH A I CAN THANK YOU FOR THE CALENDAR.
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I'VE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT.I HAVE TO USE IT, BUT IT'S THERE.
IF YOU PAY YOUR, IS IT AN INDIVIDUAL COMPANY? IT'S A THAT'S BUT HOW LONG WE WE DON'T HOLD.
SO HE, WE MAKE DEPOSIT, WE MAKE DEPOSITS, WE MAKE A DEPOSIT EVERY AND WE MAKE A DEPOSIT THE LAST DAY.
SO WE MAKE BUT YOU MONEY WHAT IT'LL CARRY? NO, NO.
OF THUMB IS 50 DEGREES IN RISING.
WELL YEAH, HE BID ON 50 PIECE.
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IF WE COME OUT, I WOULDN'T, WE'RE WELL THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU DO IF YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN, PUT OR WHATEVER, FILL OUT SOME PAPERWORK OR SOMETHING.TELL THE PAPER WHAT WE OH THEY, HOW YOU ALL GOOD.
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO TALK TO WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT OUTFIT.
WAS IT JOHNNY AND THEY AS FAST, THEY COULD CARE LESS I THINK.
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ASKING IT.WASN'T SOMEONE VETERANS, TRIBUTE VETERANS IF YOU WERE, I WOULDN'T KNOW.
I JUST KNOW THAT AS PEOPLE GO UP AND ASK HIM TO TURN IT DOWN, HE TURNED IT UP.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE EVERYONE, EVERY ONCE IN WHILE HIS TAPE OR WHATEVER HE WAS DOING WAS RUN OUT.
PEACE, QUIET, TALLER AND THEN ALL A SUDDEN HE START UP AGAIN LOUDER THAN HE WAS, HE TURNED IT OFF.
AND I, I SAID, I DUNNO ANY OF THESE, I GUESS YOU MUST BE SURE HAVING A HOLD IT.
IS THAT RIGHT? BECAUSE I, BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD A BOOTH AT THE FAR END.
I WENT TO GET US SOME WAS AND SHE, WHOEVER THIS WAS HAD SIGN UP, VOTE FOR SOMEONE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, I THOUGHT WAS, I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY THAT DIDN'T, THIS WASN'T ABOUT, I WAS JUST COMPLETELY AND WAYNE SAID OFFICER, I DIDN'T SEE HER.
WHAT DID RIGHT, WHAT DID WRONG AND WHAT HAPPENED? JACKSON, WE'D TO PAY THE BILLS.
UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING AROUND.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UH, YOU THINK OF ANYTHING HAPPENING.
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UM.