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UH, WE SEEM TO BE DEAD IN THE WATER ON OUR MICROPHONE THIS MORNING IN GEORGIA.
YOU GOING TAKE FIVE MINUTES TO UNDO WHAT WE DID FOR THE DAY.
Y'ALL TO TURN THE ON AWAY OBJECTION.
GEORGE SAID THE
FIRST, WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT GEORGE? OKAY.
WOULD YOU OPEN US UP TODAY, PLEASE? WE HAVE TO JUDGE.
PRECIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THINK THEY, FOR AN OPPORTUNITY OF GATHER TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY TODAY, PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH A FAVOR, GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE CORRECT DECISIONS.
YOU THANK FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.
AND, UH, PLEASE LOOK DOWN AND AID THOSE PEOPLE ON ALL OF OUR GULF COAST AS THEY FACE THE ONCOMING ONSLAUGHT OF, UH, UH, THIS ALL SPILL.
UH, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR TROOPS, HELP THEM, UH, AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY AND BRING THEM HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ALL THIS WE ASK TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHEST FANS, ONE NATION OF INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE IN TEXAS.
ONE IS SAY UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
Y'ALL HAVE PREACHED, BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF A MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING.
ARE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I ENTERTAIN MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
ONE WAS CANVAS AND ONE WAS RIGHT.
WELL I LOOK, I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
WHAT? I HAVE MINUTES OF ON THE 11TH.
IT WAS JUST ME AND RAY, WHAT WE APPROVE OF MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? UH, ON THE CANVAS SPECIAL MEETING WE HAD, COMMISSIONER DUN MAKES A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES.
AND COMMISSIONER BROWN SECONDED.
AND I DID YOU, ARE YOU DOING THAT AS A SEPARATE MOTION? YES, MA'AM.
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OKAY.SHE CALLED AND SAID SHE HAD TWO PEOPLE DIDN'T COME IN TODAY.
SO, UH, SHE ASKED THAT WE TABLE THIS TILL NEXT TIME.
AND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
SO THAT WILL TABLE THE READER'S REPORT.
UH, NEXT JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN WANTS TO DISCUSS A PROVEN RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE INVESTMENT OFFICER AND INVESTMENT POLICY.
AND I HAVE THAT RESOLUTION RIGHT HERE.
AND THAT IS, UH, FOR US TO APPOINT.
JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN IS OUR INVESTMENT OFFICER.
AND, UM, THIS ANNUAL RENEWAL, THE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF THE, UH, POLICY COMPANY, INVESTMENT POLICY AND INVESTMENT POLICY SAYS INVEST IT, BUT DON'T LOSE ANY MONEY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECOND BY COMM.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, UH, MONTHLY REPORT.
JUST ONE THING TO LOOK AT, UH, FOR SMALL SHEET OF PAPER ACROSS THE TOP.
THERE ARE 907,003 PAGES OVER ANCE, 3,000,007, BROKER THREE AND 9,000.
OH, Y'ALL SEE THE, UH, MONTHLY REPORT THERE.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.
SO MADE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TELLER.
WE COME BACK FROM OUR CONFERENCE.
YEAH, I BELIEVE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO APPROVE THAT.
OKAY, JOHN, PROBABLY NEED CHECK THAT OUT FOR US.
IT'S, UH, LOW GOVERNMENT CODE ONE 14.026 C.
AND WHAT, THE REASON I BRING IT UP, COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT D IS, WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO ON D BECAUSE HE SAYS WE HAVE TO SIGN THE AFFIDAVIT AT END OF THE YEAR, COMMISSIONER AND JUDGE ON THIS, THIS REPORT.
AND WE HAVE NO, IT ALL DUE TO ME WHEN THEY TOLD ABOUT THAT DAY.
ONE 14.026 C YOU C AND THEN D AND THEN D REQUIRES AN AFFIDAVIT.
I THINK ANNUALLY OR SOMETHING.
DO YOU MIND IF THEY, IF THEY, UH, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT FARMER'S MARKET THING THEY SIGNED.
UH, I ALSO COMMISSIONER, I THINK, RIGHT? I THINK IT REQUIRES, I I THINK THIS IS CORRECT, THAT THAT, UH, REQUIRES AN AFFIDAVIT FROM EACH OF Y'ALL AT THE END OF THE TERM, UH, VERIFYING THE AMOUNTS AND SETTING FORTH A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THERE, UM, SET FORTH IN THE TREASURY'S REPORT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE PROPER HER AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
IT SAYS AT THE END OF EACH TERM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF TERMS RUN BY FISCAL
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YEAR, BUT THEY'RE GOING BY CALENDAR YEAR.WHAT ABOUT FISCAL YEAR? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
SO BEFORE THAT TIME, WE'LL NEED TO HAVE ONE PREPARED THAT MIRROR THIS LANGUAGE.
GOING TO JAIL IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, HAVE TO PAY MONEY TO FIND OR ANYTHING.
IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO READ THE TEST CASE, THE RESOLUTION.
JACK, WHILE THERE'S SIGNING THAT UP SHEET, PLEASE SIGN SHEET.
THE GRANDKIDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE.
TOP TWO MINUTES AND I AGREE TO MOVE.
UH, WE'LL GO OUT OF ORDER NOW.
AND, UH, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UM, AND THEY'RE NOT ON AGENDA ITEMS. SO, UH, THE FIRST, UH, PEOPLE WE HAVE IS DAVID CARROLL AND CODY
UH, WE'LL DISCUSS PROPERTY USAGE, UH, BORDERING THE SHADOW LAKES.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SOME TIME THIS MORNING.
UH, CODY AND I WORK WITH THE NON-PROFIT CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.
CURRENTLY WE'RE LOCATED IN CARROLLTON, TEXAS.
OUR MISSION ACTUALLY, UM, OCCURS MORE IN 10 COUNTRIES IN ASIA THAN HERE IN, IN THIS COUNTRY.
BUT WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, THE STAFF OF ABOUT 87 FAMILIES IN CARROLLTON, TEXAS RIGHT NOW.
THEY WORK BEHIND THE SCENES GETTING PRAYER SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE MISSIONARIES WHO ARE ON THE MISSION FIELD, PREACHING THE GOSPEL THERE.
AND WE ALSO WORK WITH CHILDREN, UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN, AGAIN, ON THE MISSION FIELD.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO RELOCATE TO A PIECE OF GROUND THAT WE FOUND, UH, ADJACENT TO THE SHADOW LAKES DEVELOPMENT ON I 20, OR JUST OFF OF I 20, I THINK FARM ROAD 29 65.
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UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO MORE TO A CAMPUS MODEL THAN TO BE IN AN EXPENSIVE CITY LIKE CARROLLTON, TEXAS, WHERE OUR STAFF, UH, LIVES ON A EARLY LIMITED INCOME AND IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO FIND HOUSING FOR NEW STAFF WHO COME.UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO MORE OF A, AS I SAID, A CAMPUS ARRANGEMENT.
WE, WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME, UH, CAMPUS HOUSING THERE FOR THE STAFF AS WELL AS OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO.
A SMALL WAREHOUSE AND A FULFILLMENT CENTER.
NOT LARGE, BUT JUST A SMALL ONE.
AND ALSO SOME, UH, HOUSING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A PROGRAM CALLED SCHOOL OF DISCIPLESHIP, WHERE WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 18 TO 25 FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND SOME FROM CANADA ALSO, WHO COME AND SPEND A YEAR WITH US.
AND, UH, THEY GO THROUGH AN ACTUAL DISCIPLESHIP SCHOOL.
IT'S BASED ON INSTILLING GODLY CHRISTIAN CHARACTER IN THEM AND MAKING THEM A USEFUL PART OF SOCIETY.
NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T ALREADY USEFUL, IT'S NOT TAKING IN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, BAD KIDS AND MAKING THEM GOOD IS TAKING IN KIDS WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR WALK WITH THE LORD AND JUST TRYING TO, UM, ENCOURAGE THEM TO LIVE A LIFE THAT'S, UH, SIGNIFICANT.
AND, UH, ALSO BE A BLESSING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE IN.
WE HAVE, UH, AN OPTION ON THIS LAND THAT EXPIRES ON JUNE 4TH, AND SO WE WANTED TO COME AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU ALL THE COMMISSION AND ALSO JUST TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S JUST PRELIMINARILY THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM WITH US, UH, DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I REALIZE YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE, THE WHOLE IDEA.
WE PLAN TO WORK WITH, UH, TODD WINTERS.
HE'S AN ENGINEER WHO I THINK HAS, UH, DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN THIS AREA.
TODD WAS GONNA BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE HAS A TRAINING SEMINAR AND HE'S, UH, ON BOARD WITH IT, AS ARE THE SHADOW LAKES, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, PEOPLE THERE AS WELL.
SO THEY HAVE GIVEN US THEIR THUMBS UP.
AND SO, BUT AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO BE ABOVE BOARD IN COMING TO YOU AND GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
CODY HAS SOME INFORMATION, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
WE, WE'LL GIVE YOU TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MINISTRY AND SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE, UH, BUILDINGS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE BUILT, UH, OTHER PLACES.
SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE.
WE'RE ABOUT 31 YEARS OLD, ALMOST 32 YEARS OLD, THIS MINISTRY.
SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND A LITTLE.
SO YOUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON ASIA, BUT, UH, YOU STILL MINISTER TO PEOPLE AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS AREA? YES, SIR.
WHAT WE SEE IS A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS GENERATION WHO ARE QUITE EAGER TO LIVE FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES.
AND, UH, WE THINK WE HAVE JUST THE CAUSE FOR 'EM TELLING PEOPLE IN ASIA ABOUT THE LORD JESUS.
AND, UH, ALSO, NOT ALL OF THEM WILL WANT TO DO MISSION WORK.
NOT ALL OF THEM WILL, WILL, YOU KNOW, STAY AT GOSPEL FOR ASIA AFTERWARDS.
BUT EVERYONE WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SCHOOL DISCIPLESHIP FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS, AND LITERALLY EVERY YOUNG PERSON WE'VE SEEN COME THROUGH THE SCHOOL HAS GONE BACK SOME TO BE HOUSEWIVES AND MOMS, SOME TO BE MISSIONARIES.
ONE, ONE YOUNG MAN IS ON THE MISSION FIELD AT TURKEY, IS A MISSIONARY PIONEER, MISSIONARY.
UM, BUT THEY'VE ALL SEEM TO HAVE THESE VALUES GUIDE THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AND HELP THEM.
SO WE SEE GREAT VALUE IN THAT.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY USE WOULD BE TO EDUCATE THEM AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE AND EQUIP THEM TO SO THEY CAN GO OUT THAT'S RIGHT.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND VISIT HER FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO ASK HIM, COME IN, KIND OF PRESENT THIS TO THE COURT, NOT ON AGENDA, BUT HEADS UP.
SO, UH, IN THE BEGINNING I JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS, IT'S GONNA BE A CAMP, NOT A COURT.
SO, UM, BUT I THINK THEY PROBABLY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
IT'S AN OLD ONE COME IN UP TO THE COURT.
SO IN THE DO GET, WE HAVE NO, NO REGULATORY POWER OUT THERE.
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YOU DON'T PLAN, YOU DON'T PLAN ON SUBDIVIDING IT AND SELLING.NO, THEY, I DON'T SEE WHY WE HAVE ANY REGULATORY AFFORD DO 10 ACRES.
YEAH, PROBABLY, PROBABLY PROBABLY BE THE FIRE CODE.
I'M SURE WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE BACK AS THINGS PROGRESS.
BUT
AND THEY DID, THEY DID HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE KIND OF BUILDING THEY THINK ABOUT PUTTING OUT.
THAT'S OUR OFFICE BUILDING IN CARROLLTON JUDGE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR THERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS A FACILITY, NOT THE SAME.
NEXT YOUNG MAN, WE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND JERRY CORDELL WANTS TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE KAUFFMAN FARMER'S MARKET.
DID THESE GUYS GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR SOUL OR YOU'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR STOMACH? THERE YOU GO.
SOME OF YOU MAY NOT THINK EVERYBODY DOES, BUT I'M JERRY CORDELL.
I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FARMERS' MARKET ASSOCIATION, AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS AND, AND ESPECIALLY MR. ROWDEN FOR HELP TO GET A NEW LOCATION OUT BY THE OLD JAIL WHERE WE'RE GOING BE THIS YEAR.
WELL, LAST YEAR WE WERE RIGHT ON THE SQUARE AND IT WASN'T A VERY GOOD LOCATION AND DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS.
SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE MOVED OUT THERE.
WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE PARKING LOT THERE, THE, UH, BY THE OLD JAILHOUSE.
AND THE FIRST SATURDAY IN JUNE, WHICH IS A WEEK FROM SATURDAY, WILL BE OUR FIRST DAY TO SET UP.
AND WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAN SPREAD THE WORD AND YOU KNOW, Y'ALL SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TELL 'EM ABOUT IT.
AND OF COURSE, NOT ONLY FOR CUSTOMERS, BUT VENDORS TOO.
SOME OF THE FRIENDS THAT HAVE BIG GARDENS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN'T EAT ABOUT ALL THE RAISE, THEY JUST THROW A WHOLE LOT OF IT AWAY SO THEY CAN COME OUT AND SET IT.
UH, AND, UH, SO IF YOU'LL SPREAD THE WORD TO YOU PEOPLE THAT, AND WE, WE, WE WILL MEET, WE'LL DO IT EVERY SATURDAY EXCEPT THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
WE, WE WILL SHUT DOWN, UH, THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND IT'LL GO THROUGH, UH, MID-NOVEMBER IS WHEN WE ACQUITTED, UH, COMPLETED.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
SO IT'S EITHER A HOT AND DRY, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING GOING ANYWAY, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD FOOD BROUGHT IN UP THERE.
UH, AND THAT, THAT, UH, DISSUADED A LOT OF VENDORS I THINK FROM COMING OUT, BUT I THINK THIS WILL BE VISIBLE OUT THERE.
BIG ARTICLE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE MORNING NEWS LAST WEEK ABOUT KIND OF, UH, FARMER'S MARKETS ALL OVER THE AREA AND WHAT THEY DID.
AND, UH, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
SO I'M ALL EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW LOCATION, BUT IT WAS HOT AND IN BETWEEN THOSE BUILDINGS THERE, IT WAS NO WIND LOWING.
YOU HAVE SOME OF THOSE BROCHURES THAT WE, UH, YES.
I, I, I, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I I'VE BROUGHT WITH ME.
UH, SANDY SOLOMON, SHE'S PRESIDENT.
SHE'S GOT A GOOD MEETING OF MEAN ALSO THE, UH, THE CITY OFFICE THERE.
BUT THE CITY, THE CITY'S HELPING US WITH THIS TOO.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH US AND BACK, THEY PAY FOR ALL THE POSTERS.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'D BE ANY REASON WHY WE COULDN'T PUT ONE THOSE SUB COURT.
I THINK HE PUT ONE ON OUR WALL RIGHT UP THE HALL THERE.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT DEAL THAT, UH, I WANTED EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP MAKE, MAKE SURE IT GOES WELL.
WE, WE SURE APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND APPRECIATE YOU HELP, UH, ALLOWING US TO GO OUT THERE AND I THINK IT'LL BE A, A, A REAL GOOD LOCATION AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL GIVE A LOT OF OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT RAISE THE GARDENS AND, AND CAN'T EAT IT ALL TO, TO GET 'EM A LITTLE EXTRA INCOME.
AND THEN IT ALSO HELPED THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT CAN'T PLANT A GARDEN TO COME BUY A GOOD FRESH PRODUCE.
SO I THINK THE ONLY THING WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE INSURANCE.
AND YOU SAID TAMRAN WAS ALREADY TAKING CARE OF THAT? YEAH.
SANDY'S GOT THAT, UH, GOT THE INSURANCE.
WE, WE ACTUALLY JOINED THE, UH, TEXAS FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION TOO THIS YEAR, WHICH WE GOT A BETTER RATE ON THE INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING THAT WAY BY JOINING THEM.
SO, UH, AS LONG AS THE COUNTY IS EXONERATED FROM YEAH, I THINK IT IS PRETTY WELL ALL WE'VE ALREADY HANDLED GOT ALL THAT HANDLED, I THINK SHOULDN'T MEAN ANY PROBLEM.
WHERE'S OH ONE? THAT'S THE SOUTH CAMPUS SOUTH.
YEAH, THAT'S CALLED SOUTH CAMPUS.
OF COURSE, EVERYBODY SAYS SOUTH CAMPUS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST I SAID, OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OLD JAIL.
SO IT IS THE OLD JAIL THAT IS, DON'T KNOW THAT JAIL.
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BUT US OLD FOLKS HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE.ANYWAY, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALLOWING ME.
DID YOU NOTICE USDA HAS GOT SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HELP PROMOTE FARMERS' MARKETS? NO, IT'S A BRAND NEW THING ABOUT PAST WEEK, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THE MAKING BE USED FOR, BUT IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED STRICTLY TO HELP PROMOTE THESE THINGS.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA CHECK INTO THAT.
IN THAT SAME ARTICLE, A LITTLE SIDE.
HOW CAN YOU KNOW US USDA RESPONSIBLE FOR A FOOD STAMP PROGRAM? SO HOW THE UNITED STATES CAN WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OBESITY YET WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE, WE'RE HAVING LEGAL DEATH IN THE SAME COUNTRY.
I'LL GET, WE'LL CHECK THAT SDA GET SOME FUNDING.
WE DON'T HAVE, WE GOT $24 LEFT IN THE BANK.
GEORGE WANTS TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE REVISED INTERNET USE POLICY.
JUDGE, AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE IT COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE, UH, INTERNET USE POLICY.
WE HANDED IT OUT TO THE MEMBERS WHO, UH, MADE CHANGES.
UM, THEN WE GAVE IT TO OUR ESTEEMED ATTORNEY.
JOHN LONG PUT HIS BLESSING ON IT, AND HE ALSO MADE CHANGE TOO.
SO IT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE HAD USED TO.
THE SAME THING ABOUT THE INTERNET.
UH, WELL, ONE I EMAILED YOU LAST WEEK.
YEAH, I GOT, SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE ONE WE HAD CHANGES BY MEMBERS AND THEN CHANGES BY GENERAL LAW.
AND I GUESS THE QUESTION IS NOW, I GUESS IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO ACCEPT IT.
AND THEN FURTHER WOULD BE TO, I GUESS WE WOULD SEEK THE COURTS DIRECTION, WHETHER WE'D MAKE THAT PART OF OUR, UM, EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK.
AND HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THE NEW POLICY? WOULD WE WANT TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO DEPARTMENT HEADS TO HAVE EMPLOYEES SIGN IT? OR WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST? I THINK THAT'S, I THINK EVERY EMPLOYEE READ THIS AND BE AWARE OF IT AND ALSO SIGN IT.
SO WE DO HAVE IT IN THEIR FILE.
I THINK IT JUST DISTRIBUTED EACH DEPARTMENT.
GO OVER, GET THAT VEHICLE SIGNED IN.
HOW ABOUT JUDGE? SHOULD WE MAKE AN YEAH, YEAH.
I, UH, GET, REMEMBER MR. SCHRADER FROM TUESDAY CONFERENCE, UH, OFFERED TO SEND US A COPY OF POLICY MANUAL, CORRECT.
I HAD IT SENT AND, UH, I GIVE A COPY TO JOHNNY SAID WE'D LIKE TO COMPARE IT WITH, AND MAYBE THIS BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT THIS IN THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING THAT THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, ON, ON SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT POLICY, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
UH, BECAUSE IF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ALLOWS THEIR EMPLOYEES TO PLAY GAMES AND ONLINE CHAT OR DOWNLOADING FILES AND STREAMING VIDEOS AND AUDIO, UH, I THINK THE ENFORCEMENT POLICY SHOULD COME TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
UH, THE ELECTED OFFICIAL MAY NOT LIKE TO DO THAT, BUT IF, IF THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THAT HAS TIME TO, UH, PLAY GAMES AND DO ALL THOSE ITEMS, UH, YOU MAY THINK ABOUT IT DURING BUDGET TIME.
WELL, YOU CAN BLOCK GAMES, CAN'T YOU, GEORGE? WE CAN BLOCK ANYTHING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR, I THINK OUR POINT ALL THE WAY THROUGH IS WE SERVE AT THE WILL OF THE COURT AND THE DEPARTMENT HEAD.
WE ENFORCE THE WILL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD.
UNLESS IT IS A SECURITY OR A BANDWIDTH ISSUE, THEN WE WOULD TAKE ACTION.
UM, ONE THING WE'VE DONE WITHIN THE LAST, UH, TWO WEEKS IS WE PUT IN A NEW BARRACUDA SPY WALL VIRUS APPLIANCE.
I THINK YOU'LL NOTICE YOUR SPYWARE, YOUR ADWARE'S PROBABLY GONE WAY DOWN COMPARED TO THE WAY IT WAS.
UM, THIS AND OTHER THINGS WE DO JUST TO MAINTAIN SECURITY, UH, AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH AND, YOU KNOW, JUST KEEP THINGS IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN BE USED.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE EN FORCING THE WELL OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SO IT MAY BE WHERE LAURA HUGHES'S OFFICE MAY BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE DA DA INVESTIGATORS.
AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS GONNA, OF COURSE, UM, THEIR INVESTIGATORS ARE GONNA NEED, NEED A LOT MORE ACCESS IF THEY'RE INVESTIGATING COMPUTER CRIMES.
SO IT VARIES FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY ENFORCING THE WILL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, UNLESS IT'S A SECURITY
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OR A BANDWIDTH ISSUE.Y'ALL WANT TO, UH, ANDRE ON THIS, UH, WALL OR Y'ALL READY TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH IT TODAY? IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE PART OF THE MANUAL.
NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT'S OVERLY RESTRICTIVE.
CAN I NOT PAY FREE SALE ANYMORE? IT'S, WHAT WAS YOUR CONCERN, MA'AM? UH, JUST ENFORCEMENT TELLING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT HE OR SHE CANNOT DO, UH, LIKE PLAYING GAME.
WELL, DO YOU THINK MAYBE A SOLUTION TO THAT MAY BE LET'S START OVER, SIGN THE AGREEMENT OR SIGN, SIGN THE, UH, POLICY.
AND IF THE DEPARTMENT WANTS THEIR, UH, DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT, THEN LET'S DO IT IN WRITING.
YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A MEMO IN WRITING.
I WANT SO AND SO TO INVESTIGATE WHATEVER, AND I NEED ACCESS TO THESE SITES.
SO, AND IF SOMEONE WANTS THEIR SECRETARY TO PLAY A GAME, WELL, THEY CAN PUT IT IN WRITING
IF THEY GOT TIME TO PLAY GAMES, WE NEED LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET.
I GUESS WE SHOULD ASK JOHN IF WE INCLUDE THE OPTION TO PUT IT IN WRITING.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, UH, IF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD WANTS TO CIRCUMVENT WHAT WE HAVE IN POLICY, SHOULD THAT BE ADDED TO THE POLICY? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAY.
LET, LET'S SAY WE WANT, A DEPARTMENT WANTS THEIR, UM, FOLKS TO PLAY GAMES AND NOT THAT THEY WOULD EVER DO THAT, BUT LET'S ASSUME THEY DID.
UM, WOULD WE WANT THEM TO SUBMIT THAT IN WRITING? AND IF SO, SHOULD THAT BE A PART OF THE POLICY THAT SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING WHICH MAY BE AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, AGAINST THE POLICY THAT, UH, WELL, I WOULD THINK, I MEAN, NOT NOT JUMPING AHEAD OF JOHN THERE, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT IF WE MISSION COURT PASSES THIS AS PART OF THE POLICY, AND IF ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL WANTS TO GO AROUND THIS, I THINK THEY WOULD PETITION THE COURT AND COME TO THE COURT AND TALK ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHY I SAID I LIKE EQUIPMENT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH WHAT WE HAVE IN WRITING.
I MEAN, YOU PUT, WE PUT EVERYTHING WANT, WE WANT OUR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, GO BACK AND SAY INTERNET USE OR WHATEVER.
UH, MY ROAD SUPERVISOR HAS TO LOOK UP, UH, DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROAD MATERIALS ON INTERNET.
HE HAS TO BROWSE THROUGH ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
DO I NEED TO HAVE THAT IN WRITING? I ALLOW HIM TO LOOK UP USING WELL, THAT WOULDN'T CIRCUMVENT THE YOU THE MOUSE.
I THINK THEY CIRCUMVENT THIS LIKE PLAYING GAMES AND I DON'T THINK STREAMING VIDEO AND STUFF, WHICH YEAH.
FACEBOOK AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
ANYTHING DEALING WITH WORK DAILY WORK WORK SHOULDN'T.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND MY, I KNOW DO, I'LL USE IT MS. MY ROAD SUPERVISOR USING FACEBOOK.
WELL, WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? FIRING SQUAD
UNLESS THERE'S A BANDWIDTH OR A SECURITY ISSUE, THEN WE STOP IT.
IF WE HAD AN ISSUE IN CAROL LAST WEEK, UM, WE, THE WAY OUR MAIL SERVERS ARE SET UP DEPARTMENTS RELAY THROUGH THEM REMOTELY.
SO IF I'M, UH, IN A AIR CARD, I'M IN AUSTIN, OR IF I'M IN A DIFFERENT BUILDING, LIKE IN FOUR, WHEN I EMAIL, THAT EMAIL COMES FROM THAT OUTSIDE LOCATION.
SO IF I USED WEB MAIL, WHICH MOST FOLKS DO USE, AND I, UM, SAID A LOT OF BAD STUFF LIKE SPAM OR SPYWARE, WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS THE OUTSIDE IP ADDRESS TO THAT LOCATION WILL DO BLACK WILL BE BLACKLISTED.
SO WE HAD A DEPARTMENT MEMBER CALL LAST WEEK SAYING, I'M TRYING TO EMAIL A STATE AGENCY WITH MY COUNTY EMAIL AND IT WON'T GO.
WELL, THE PERCEPTION IS THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE COUNTY EMAIL.
THE REALITY WAS THE OUTSIDE IP ADDRESS WAS BLACKLISTED BECAUSE OF BAD TRAFFIC.
IT CAME FROM THAT LOCATION, NOT FROM THE MAIL SERVER AND NOT FROM THE COUNTY'S NETWORK.
SO WE HAD TO PETITION THE GODS OF BLACKLISTING AND GET IT REMOVED AND,
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UM, GET THINGS BACK THE WAY IT WORK.BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT IF WE SEE THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC GOING OUT ONE OF OUR REMOTE LOCATIONS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
I STILL KIND LOST A LITTLE BIT.
YOU SAID THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO PETITION THE COURT TO USE, THEY WANNA USE GAMES OR WHATEVER.
WHAT'S DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PETITION THE COURT TO USE GAMES BETWEEN NOT GOD HAVE PETITION THE COURT TO DO WORK RELATED STUFF? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS WELL, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY WORK RELATED STUFF IN HERE.
I WHAT I, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I JUST GOT TICKED OFF WHEN I SEEN PLAYING GAMES AND STREAMING VIDEO, WHICH EATS UP BANDWIDTH.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT, IT IS NOT IN HERE CONSIDERED WORK UNLESS YOU GIVE NOT WORTH.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE, THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS NOT SO MUCH TO LIMIT IT, BUT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY YOUR COMPUTER, IT'S THE COUNTY'S COMPUTER THAT YOU GET TO USE.
AND ANYTHING THAT DOES THAT IS GOING TO BE GOOD JUST BY VIRTUE OF THAT REMINDER.
AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IN, IN PUTTING THE PEOPLE ON NOTICE OF HERE'S THE, HERE'S KIND OF THE LIMITS OF BOUNDARIES, THEN THERE MAY BE MORE RESTRICTIVE ONES THAT SOME PEOPLE MAKE.
I, I, I CAN'T IMAGINE PEOPLE HAVING LESS RESTRICTIVE OR, OR SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, USE IT FOR MORE PERSONAL USE OR USE IT FOR WHATEVER ELSE.
AND, AND THE OTHER THING, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD YOU INCLUDE IS THE REMINDER THAT EVEN IF YOU THINK IT'S FOR PERSONAL USE, IT STILL COULD BE SUBJECT TO THE, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT OR OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.
SO, SO WE KIND OF WANT THE EMPLOYEES TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT, HEY, I CAN CONSIDER THIS PERSONAL, GUESS WHAT, IT MAY NOT BE PERSONAL.
AND ONE OF THE DETERRENT IS NOT ONLY THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD IS GONNA BE UPSET OR THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THE PUBLIC MAY SAY, I WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN SENT OUT FROM WHATEVER THAT'S, WELL, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
CONTINUE WITH WHAT HE'S SAYING.
WHERE WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT CROSSES THE, YOU KNOW, THE GATEWAY IS MONITORED BY THE BARRACUDA.
AND IN PAST WE, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WHERE FOLKS IN THE COURTHOUSE SAY, I'VE GOT AN EMPLOYEE, UM, THAT SEEMS TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON THE INTERNET.
WHAT COULD YOU TELL ME? WELL, WE'VE PRESENTED A REPORT TO THEM SHOWING EVERY SINGLE PLACE THEY'VE BEEN, AND IT WAS VERY QUICK, VERY QUICKLY YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA.
SO THAT DEPARTMENT HAD ASKED ME TO REMOVE INTERNET FROM THESE, THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE INVOLVED.
SO WE HAVE THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO PROVIDE, UM, THE INFORMATION TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
EXCEPT FOR THE VERY REMOTE LOCATIONS, YOUR BUILDING AND YOUR BUILDING, WE DON'T HAVE A BARRACUDA DUE TO COST AND LIMITED FOLKS, BUT WE STILL CAN SEE TRAFFIC GOING ACROSS THE WIRE.
IT'S JUST NOT AS GRANULAR AND IT'S, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL THERE AS WE DO OTHER LOCATIONS.
AND REPORT TO US IF SOMETHING, YES, WE NEED A BAR.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS ARE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES, MOST EMPLOYEES REALLY GOOD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE.
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS AND MOST, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD WITHIN THE LAST QUITE A FEW YEARS, UM, DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE VERY, SOME ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT MONITORING THEIR FOLKS.
AND, UH, WHEN WE WANT TO, WHEN THEY ASK FOR INFORMATION, WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO GIVE IT TO THEM.
AND IT'S THEIR DECISION TO TAKE ANY ACTION.
IT'S NOT MINE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DEAL WITH BANDWIDTH SECURITY.
BUT IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MORE RESTRICTIVE ACCESS IN JUST THEIR DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT.
I'D LIKE TO YOUR QUESTION WHETHER YOUR EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE TO PETITION, UH, DEPARTMENT HEAD IS GONNA, DOES IT, DEPARTMENT HEAD IS GONNA CONTROL THAT, THOSE COMPUTERS IN THAT OFFICE.
IF, IF, IF IT'S SO RESTRICTIVE THAT, THAT AN EMPLOYEE IS NOT NEEDS MORE FREEDOM TO ACTUALLY DO THEIR WORK, THEN THAT WOULDN'T BE ANY PROBLEM.
BUT IT WOULD BE YOU THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD WOULD BE THE ONE IN PETITION COURT FOR MORE, UH, EXPANSION OF THE, UH, IES.
AND I THINK IT'D PROBABLY BE GOOD THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE AND DEPARTMENT HEAD OUT THERE KNOWS THAT EVERYTHING THEY DO IS SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY FROM SOMEBODY.
WELL I THINK IF, IF, UH, EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF STACK OF THESE AND THEY GO TO EACH EMPLOYEE AND SAY, I WANT YOU TO READ IT AND SIGN AND YOU READ IT AND LIKE GRACE SAID, PUT PUT PUT IT IN THEIR FILE AND IF ANYTHING EVER COMES UP LATER AND THEY GO, WELL, I DID NOT, COULDN'T DO THAT THEN.
SO IF Y'ALL ARE READY TO PROCEED THAT I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, UH, ACCEPT THE, UH, REVISED INTERNET USE POLICY
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PUT IN FILE AND PUT IN SECOND.SO WOULD YOU, UM, AS PART OF THAT ORDER, WOULD IT, WOULD IT INCLUDE TO PRESENT A COPIES OF THAT TO EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD TO DISTRIBUTE AND HAVE SIGNED RETURN TO? YEAH.
DID YOU GET THAT, LAURA? WELL, I HAVE, UH, APPROVED THE REVISED INTERNET USE POLICY TO BE SIGNED AND PLACED IN EMPLOYEES FILES, PLACED IN EMPLOYEE TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, AND TO EMPLOYEES AND HAVE EMPLOYEES SIGN IT AND BECOME PART OF THE FILE.
AND COMMISSIONER DELL SECOND THAT MORE DISCUSSION MOTION IS, IS THAT EMPLOYEE FILE AT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD'S OFFICE OR AT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE? I THINK IT GO TO THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.
WELL, I THINK A COPY OF IT SHOULD REMAIN WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, BUT SINCE, UH, THE TREASURER IS THE PERSONNEL MANAGER, I THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO HIM AS WELL.
DID WE DECIDE TO PUT IT IN THE, HE RECOMMENDED PUT IT IN THE PERSONNEL FILE RIGHT? BY HANDBOOK.
I NEED TO MAKE THAT A DECISION LATER.
OR, I THINK THAT'S JOHNNY'S DECISION.
I MEAN, I MEAN, HE WANTS TO, TO REVISE THE HANDBOOK AND INCLUDE THIS.
'CAUSE IF A NEW SOMEONE IS NEWLY HIRED, IS IT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OR PERSONNEL WHO WOULD HAND THAT OUT TO A NEW EMPLOYEE AND HAVE IT SIGNED IN? NEW HIRE SHOULD BE OVER THERE.
IT'S NOT ON MAKE THAT PERSONNEL POLICY.
BUT IF AMEND THE CURRENT PERSONNEL POLICY AND INCLUDE THIS AND WE CAN COME THE AGENDA LATER.
WE GOT ONE FOR YOU JC AND ONE FOR UH, AND I'VE GOT ONE FOR ACCESS IS THE SAME.
IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE INDICATION WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STATE REGARDING YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO.
YOU MAY HAVE WENT TO THE BELL COUNTY JAIL BEFORE.
UH, HERE'S A REPORT ON THE COUNTY FROM FIRE.
FIRE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR IF WE HAD NOT SENT HIM THE POOL BY BEING IN THE POOL, YOU SEE THEIR PRETTY SHOW.
WE SAVED 30 3008 20 BY BEING IN THE POOL.
YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER NO WATER, NATURAL GAS.
WHEN THE COMMISSION IS GOOD TO THE CONFERENCE,
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THEY COME BACK ALL SORTS OF CRAZY.UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE PASSED A RESOLUTION AND I DIDN'T GET Y'ALL TO SIGN.
I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE COPIES.
ALRIGHT, YOU THREE I OBJECTION.
DANNY WAS GOING THAT OVER WHAT HE WAS ASKING ABOUT.
WHAT, HOW ARE YOUR KNEES? OKAY.
THERE'S THREE OF THEM, GEORGE, ON THIS INTERNET
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POLICY.ARE YOU, ARE YOU GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING COPIES TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EVERYTHING OR YES.
WHO'S GONNA YOU, YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT? YES.
OH, IS THAT THE MAN I TOLD YOU COPPER LIVE ON OF COMPUTER STUFF.
DID I TELL YOU ABOUT RENEE BATES? RAY IS RAY, YES.
WE ARE NOT GONNA USE THEM ANYMORE.
JACK BLACKBALL, I'M ASSUMING AS WELL.
DID HE CALL NO, THAT MR. BATES HIMSELF.
HE JUST, HE JUST STAYED HIMSELF.
I THINK HE'S, HE'S PROBABLY USING THE SAME THREE ON HIMSELF BAT.
I JUST GIVE THE PURCHASING AGENT A BID NUMBER AND YOU KNOW, AND THE GUY SAYS, YEAH, HE SAYS THOSE YOUNG GUYS CAN HANDLE A COMPUTER.
I'LL BE SURE TO TELL HER THAT STORY.
HAL, I GUESS YOU'VE GOT THAT, UH, REPORT MADE FOR US.
THIS IS THE, UH, AUDITOR REPORT FOR APRIL MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON TO ACCEPT THAT.
WE, UH, WE MISSED OUT ON THE VESTI DEAL.
YOU GONNA DO THAT LATER? NO, THAT'S NEXT.
UH, NO, WE GOT, UH, RICHARD MURPHY TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE ACCESS COLLECTORS REPORT FOR APRIL.
THROUGH APRIL, WE HAD COLLECTED 26.7 MILLION OF THE GENERAL FUND, 3.7 MILLION OF THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND, WHICH ALL, WHICH IS 92% OF THE ORIGINAL ADJUSTED LEVY, WHICH IS EXACTLY EQUAL TO EACH OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, PERCENTAGE WISE AND PROJECTS TO A 96 OR 97% FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR, 9 6 97 LAST YEAR.
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IT WAS NINE SIX EACH YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT I WHAT WERE THOSE NUMBERS? PARDON? WHAT WERE THOSE NUMBERS? 26.7 MILLION AND 3.7 OF THE ROAD BRIDGE.WE ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT COURT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.
NOW WE'LL DISCUSS, UH, THE SECURITY VESTIBULE AT THE COURTHOUSE.
UH, OFFICER MARIANNE, ALL DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ON THIS HONOR? DID YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE YOUR COPY OF THE DRAWING? I DO NOT.
AND JACK, THIS IS A PROS PROPOSAL THAT THE DEPUTIES HAVE COME UP WITH.
AND AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IN THIS DRAWING, YOU CAN REMOVE THE PLASTIC, THE PAGES INSIDE, AND THEN MOVE THE PLASTIC AROUND AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WHAT OUR PROPOSAL IS, IS TO TAKE THE EXISTING SECURITY VESTIBULE, MOVE IT OUT, MAKE A FREE STANDING BUILDING USING THE EXISTING MATERIALS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER SIDE AND WE WOULD REQUEST ADDING AN ADDITIONAL FOUR FEET TO IT.
BUT TURN IT AROUND TO WHERE THE GLASS IS FACING THE COURTHOUSE, ADD THE FOUR FEET AND PUT A BRICK BUILDING BRICK WALL ON THE STREET SIDE, WHICH THAT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE MORE ROOM.
IT WOULD ALSO BE SAFER FOR THE DEPUTIES AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE WE HAD THAT SOLID WALL.
WE WOULD ALSO SUGGEST, UH, LOWERING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
THE MIDDLE SECTION IS TALLER THAN THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE, AND WE WOULD SUGGEST LOWERING THAT PART WHERE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE IS ONE HEIGHT.
NOW, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THIS OUT, YOU COULD MOVE AS IT STANDS ON THE DRAWING HERE.
THIS IS, UH, WITHIN THE COURTYARD.
THE, THE SECURITY AREA IS MOVED OUT AND IT'S CONTAINED IN THE COURTYARD.
IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO MOVE IT OUT FARTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANTER OR JUST WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING, BUT NOT ACTUALLY TOUCHING IT WHERE IT WOULD BE A FREESTANDING BUILDING.
THIS IS IF YOU RAISE THE PLASTIC, THAT WOULD BE THE SECURITY AREA.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE NEW SECURITY AREA.
THAT WOULD BE THE SECURITY AREA.
SO THE, THE PAPER SLIDE, IT SLIDE DOWN HERE TO THE FRONT.
I THINK IT WOULD NEED TO SLIDE OUT.
YOU SLIDING, WHEN YOU SLIDE IT DOWN, YOU SLIDING IT CLOSER TO THE COURTHOUSE.
SO IT MAY NEED TO BE SLID OUT FURTHER.
UH, WHERE THE PLANTER WOULD BE REMOVED.
AS IT STANDS RIGHT THERE, THE, THE EDGES OF THE COURTHOUSE WHERE IT COMES OUT INTO THE COURTYARD, THIS SITS WITHIN THE COURTYARD.
IT'S NOT EXTENDED BEYOND THE COURTHOUSE ITSELF.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING RIGHT THIS SIDE OF WHERE IF YOU PUSH THIS ON OUT, THE FLAG POLE IS RIGHT HERE.
AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE IN BETWEEN THE PLANTER AND THE STATUE AS IT IS IN THIS FOLDER.
IF YOU REMOVE THE PLASTIC, IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO MOVE IT OUT TO WHERE IT'S CLOSER.
MAYBE IN BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING AND THE FLAG POLE.
WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE THE FLAG POLE WITH THE MONUMENT, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF IT WERE PUSHED OUT A LITTLE FURTHER JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE COURTYARD AREA.
WHY DON'T, UH, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND FINISH THE REST OF OUR AGENDA AND THEN ALL OF THE SCHOOL THERE AND LOOK ON THE GROUND SURE.
AND SEE EXACTLY ON THE GROUND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IS THIS, IS THIS APPROVAL? NO, THIS IS THE FIRST PRELIMINARY SHOT.
UH, AFTER WHATEVER THE COURT MIGHT WANT TO AGREE WITH, THEN IT'S GOTTA GO TO AUSTIN FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
I THINK WHAT SHE SAID IS THIS DOESN'T TOUCH THE BUILDING.
SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T, UH, YOU DON'T DESTROY THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING.
YOU DON'T INTERFERE WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING.
YOU GOT THOSE WORDS, MAGIC WORDS, ARCHITECTURAL.
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HOW CLOSE IS IT GONNA BE? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.IT'S ABOUT 10 FEET OUT THERE, I THINK TO WHERE THAT IS, IF I'M READING THAT RIGHT.
CONSIDER SELLING KEMP ISD SURPLUS PROPERTY FOR THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
UH, WHAT DO WE HAVE THERE? JACK? JIM? CURRENTLY, UH, KEMP, ISD DOES NOT HAVE A PATROL CAR.
THE OFFICER THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CAMPUSES OUT THERE, UH, DOES NOT HAVE POLICE CAR.
UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS OFFERED TO, UH, SELL KEMP IDA CAR AT, AT A REGIONAL PRICE THAT THEY CAN FIX UP.
UH, THE VEHICLE THAT THEY HAVE PICKED OUT IS, UH, OH THREE CROWNED VEHICLE THAT HAS OVER A 50,000 MILES ON IT.
UH, WE'RE NOT BE USEFUL IN OUR TYPE OF OPERATION RUNS HIGHWAY, BUT FOR THE, UH, CAMP ISD FOR JUST BEING IN THAT AREA, IT WOULD SUIT THEM.
AND 2 6 3 1 5 2 DOES GIVE US AUTHORITY FOR, UH, US TO SELL, UH, TO AN ENTITY WITHIN THE COUNTY.
UH, A VEHICLE AT A BRIEF PRICE.
UH, KIND OF GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UH, ON THE NADA USED CAR VALUE, THAT PARTICULAR CAR HAS A, UH, ROUGH TRADE IN PRICE OF, UH, 1,325
UH, AND THAT'S ROUGH TRADE IN.
UH, THEY TOOK THIS CAR, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO TRY GET INSPECTED.
IT FAILED INSPECTION, A FUEL PUMP AT THE TANK.
I THINK IT A STEERING PUMP ISSUE.
SOME OTHER THING THEY PAINTED.
UH, AND KE HAS OFFERED 500 FOR THAT CAR.
AND KIND GIVE YOU EXAMPLE, I WAS TALKING DAY THE OFFICER OUT THERE, HE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL, I GUESS LAST MONTH OR TWO THAT TRIED TO LEAVE THE AREA OF THE CHILD.
AND HE WAS IN A, UH, VEHICLE THAT HE SHARES WITH, WITH THE, UH, ADMINISTRATION.
HE HAD A HARD TIME PULLING THAT CAR OVER BE A DEAL.
THEY'RE AFFORD BUY A VEHICLE, UH, FOR THEM TO USE.
THERE AGAIN, IF THEY PAID IT, UH, IT WOULDN'T BE CIVIL FOR OUR USERS RUN DOWN DOWN THE HIGHWAY, BUT FOR WOULD BE VERY USEFUL.
SO IT'S JUST SITTING OUT THERE DOING NOTHING RIGHT NOW.
TRY TO GET INSPECTED AND UH, I THINK IF WE, WE WERE SPENDING MONEY TO GET THE CAR UP AND RUNNING, I THINK IT'D BE, YEAH.
UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER REQUEST TO FULLY REPLACE FOUR DETENTION OFFICERS TO FILL EXISTING VACANCIES AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON IT? NO, SIR.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROVEN USE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT PLANS TO PURCHASE TWO ODYSSEY SOFTWARE MODULES.
ONE FOR JURY MANAGEMENT AND ELECTRONIC PORTAL FOR DATA DOWNLOAD AND ATTORNEY ACCESS.
NOW, WHO'S GOING TO DISCUSS THAT?
THEY'RE, UH, THEY, THEY TIE IN WITH OUR COURT PACKAGE THAT WE PRESENTLY HAVE AND GIVE US SOME, UM, ASPECTS, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T PRESENTLY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO IT.
UM, WORK WITH GEORGE AND GEORGE IS AWARE OF IT AND OKAY WITH IT.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER MODULES WE'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD LATER.
UM, WORK WITH HAL AND THERE'S, THERE'S MONEY THERE TO DO IT.
AND WE'VE ALSO HAD THE CONTRACTS REVIEWED BY JOHN.
IS THERE ANY CONTINUING MANAGEMENT? I SORRY, RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUNDED? YES.
IS THERE ANY CONTINUING COST, FAR MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS ON THIS IN THE FUTURE COURT? THERE, THERE'S MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT FOR BOTH OF 'EM AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WORKED OUT WITH GEORGE, THAT I WOULD TAKE THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN HE WOULD BUDGET FOR THE RECURRING YEARS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT CLERK WILL USE AS WELL AS THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
DOES THAT AGREE WHAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT TODAY? GEORGE? AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION WITH JOHN GALBRATH, OUR UM, REP FROM TYLER, WE'RE TRYING
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TO GET A HANDLE FOR HOUSE BENEFIT.AND FOR JACK'S BENEFIT, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HIT ON RECURRING COST SO WE CAN FORECAST WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING ONE, TWO, AND FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
FRIDAY LATE, WE RECEIVED, UM, A SPREADSHEET WITH MOST OF THE RECURRING COSTS.
UM, THE COSTS ARE TIED TO POSSIBLE INCREASES, CONTRACTUAL INCREASES.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF DETERMINING WHAT THE, UM, FUTURE COSTS WILL BE.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE EAGLE, BUT DON'T YOU PAY FOR THE EAGLE RECURRING COSTS OR DO WE DO THAT? NO, THAT'S NOT OKAY.
SO IF, IF LAURA'S GONNA BE PAYING OUT OF HER FUNDS AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE COUNTY, THEN THESE FUNDS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, YOU GET IN FROM FEES AND THEY'RE EARMARKED FOR RESERVATION DOCUMENT PRESERVATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SAY SO HOW MONEY SPENT ANYWAY, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT.
THE COUNTY CLERK AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAVE TO AGREE.
BUT I MEAN, IF WE SAY NO, WE WANT TO TAKE PART OF THAT MONEY, PUT IT AND DIVIDE FOUR WAYS TO GIVE, GIVE THE COMMISSIONER USE MONEY ON THE ROAD HOUSE, SAYS CAN'T DO THAT.
WELL LET'S DO IT FOR A BIGGER DOLLAR AMOUNT TO 13,000.
YEAH, I GUESS, I GUESS MY POINT, SEE WE, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE HAVING ANY MONEY TO BUY ANYTHING EXTRA FOR NEXT YEAR IF AND IF THAT RECURRING COST IS GOING TO INCREASE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S LOOKING TO THE GENERAL FUND TO GET THAT MONEY.
WE NOW WON'T BE THERE RIGHT NOW IS A UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE JUST NOW LOOKING AT RECURRING COST.
WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD SENSE NEXT YEAR AND GOING OUT FIVE YEARS WHAT IT MAY BE.
AND LIKE I SAID, I RECEIVED THE SPREADSHEET FRIDAY.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, IF, IF LAURA IS PAYING THOSE RECURRING COSTS FOR FIVE YEARS, THEN WE'RE OKAY.
BUT, BUT, BUT ON THESE TWO PACKAGES, AM I GONNA PAY THE CURRING COST OR AM I GONNA PAY THE INITIAL M AND S AND THEN HAVE IT PICKED UP? WELL THAT'S AN UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE FIGURES ON THE RECURRING COSTS.
BUT DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT YOU WANTED TO PICK UP THE RE THE, UH, SUPPORT FOR THOSE? I WAS GONNA DO IT ON THE FIRST YEAR.
WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING, JUDGE.
IT'S NOT THAT LARGE AND ALLOWED, YOU KNOW, TO GO AHEAD AND, AND CONTINUE ON IF YOU WANNA CONSIDER THESE.
WELL, AND AND ANOTHER THING THAT CAME TO LIGHT TOO IS WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT SPREADSHEET LATE FRIDAY, I DIDN'T GET YOU A COPY OF IT.
WE, UM, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY FOR FINANCIALS SOFTWARE.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ADD UP THE SUITE OF SOFTWARE, WE HAVE LEGACY SOFTWARE FROM TYLER AND WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING GSA FOR THAT ONE BUDGET.
I MEAN WE COULD BUY A NEW, UM, FINANCIAL SUITE, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED IN OUR LAST, UH, MEETING, THE HARDWARE THAT OUR FINANCIAL SUITE OF SOFTWARE ARRIVES ON IS END OF LIFE.
SO ONE THING WE NEED TO LOOK IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS NEW PIECE OF HARDWARE OR POSSIBLY GO TO ANOTHER FINANCIAL SUITE.
BUT I THINK ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND ON THAT WE'VE PAID, WE SHOULD BE FINISHED PAYING OUR ODYSSEY PAYMENTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TON OF MONEY PUT ASIDE TO PAY FOR OUR COURTS PACKAGE OVER A FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME.
AND WE'VE THE END OF THAT, BUT WE NOW OWN THAT PACKAGE.
AND SO A LOT OF THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR IT, FOR THE PURCHASE OF THAT IS NOT GONNA BE THERE.
RIGHT NOW THE RECURRING COST FOR CASE MANAGER IS $59,463 A YEAR.
I'M A LITTLE MORE CONFUSED THAN I WAS TO START WITH.
I THOUGHT WE WERE LOOKING AT 13 DOWN.
BUT IF THIS, I GUESS IF IT'S RECURRING COST OF THE COMPANY, WILL IT COME BACK OUTTA RECORD MANAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE? I CAN BUDGET IT FOR THAT.
AS LONG AS YOU CAN BUDGET IT OUTTA THE RECORD MANAGEMENT FUND.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL CONTROL THAT'S, THAT'S DESIGNATED.
YOU GET THOSE FEES IN WHEN PEOPLE FILE DEEDS AND, AND OTHER TYPE PAPERS.
AND SO, AND THAT, THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT PERIOD.
WE CAN'T USE IT FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
UH, NOW WE WANNA DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING IN
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A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH, UH, FOR A BRIDGE RELOCATION AND KE, I, I TRIED TO CHEAT AND I GOT NERVOUS.UM,
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CONTINUING AGREEMENT, I GUESS THEY CALL IT PROJECT AGREEMENT.
NOW THIS IS ONE PROJECT AND IT DOESN'T FIT IN THE ROAD MAINTENANCE INTER AGREEMENT.
SO I, I REWROTE THIS TO TRY AND INCLUDE BOTH OF THOSE AGREEMENTS IN ONE, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ONE PROJECT AND 6, 7, 8, AND NINE WOULD WOULD BE THE PROJECT AGAIN.
AND I'M GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT THIS WILL FLY.
UH, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK JOHN IF HE COULD TELL ME TO APPLY.
IF NOT, UH, I'LL REWRITE IT AND GET DO THE SECOND, THE SECOND PROJECT AGREEMENT.
'CAUSE I PUT THE PROJECT AGREEMENT IN HERE, SEE WHAT, WHAT TO DO AND, UH, START AND FINISH DATE AND EVERYTHING.
BUT IF I COULD GIVE A COPY OF THIS TO JOHN AND HAVE HIM TELL ME WHAT HE THINKS OF IT.
UH, OKAY, SO WE THAT'D MAKE A MOTION TO THAT.
YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS JOHN TO MOTION MADE TO TABLE THAT ITEM.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
SINCE BRIDGE THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A YEAR THAT HIS, THAT HISTORICAL COMMISSION BRIDGE REMAINING BRIDGES OF THE STATE.
CONSIDER REAPP APPOINTING CURRENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER CAPTAIN MCCLELLAN TO THE LAKES REGION.
UH, MS. MCCLELLAN HAS BEEN SERVING ON THAT BOARD AS OUR COFFEE THE PAST THREE YEARS.
IS SHE WILLING TO STAY ON THERE? YES.
SHE'S WILLING TO STAY ON AND, UH, I'D RECOMMEND IT.
IS SHE IN MY PRECINCT? SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER.
UH, NEXT, UH, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF BRUCE WOOD FROM THE FE
BRUCE SAYS HE'S JUST GOT HIS PLATE FOR A WHILE.
WHAT WE, COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLER.
UH, NEXT ONE WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE PROVING THE BID FOR RESALE OF TAX PROPERTY KNOWN AS TRACKS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
PRECINCT, ANYBODY? MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
A MOTION CARRIES, UH, WE'LL DISCUSS IMPROVING, UH, FARMER'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE TO CONSTRUCT ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION FACILITY ALONG AND ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 2 22.
AND THAT IS IN PRECINCT? YES SIR.
AND JUST PUTTING ONE POWER POLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOF.
ANY QUESTION? MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
OKAY, WHY DON'T WE, UH, TAKE A SHORT RECESS AND YOU CAN TAKE A RESTROOM BREAK ON THE WAY OVER IF YOU WANNA, AND THEN LET'S, UH, RECONVENE OUT IN, IN THE COURTYARD OF THE COURTHOUSE AND, UH, GET, UH, OFFICER BRIGGS TO SHOW US ON SITE WHAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND PAY THE BILLS AFTER WE GET BACK.
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YEAH, WE DO.I JUST NEED TO KNOW, UH, WOULD YOU PUT IN FORM A MOTION, UH, WHETHER OR NOT Y'ALL WANT TO, UH, PRESENT ME TO PRESENT THIS PLAN TO THE RESTORATIVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER DALLAS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
SO, OKAY, NOW LET'S LOOK AT THOSE LINE ITEM TRANSFER TOWN.
PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE PROPOSE MOVING $500 FROM MILE MILLS AND LOGIC TO, TO DO JP TWO.
MOVE $600 FOR TRAINING EDUCATION COMP SYSTEM OUT OF MEALS AND LODGING IN THE ELECTIONS AREA.
TRANSFER 1007 50 FOR ANNUAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TO BE USED FOR JUDGES AND CLERK SALARIES AND THE IN THE ELECTIONS AND MOVING $12,000 THE UTILITIES FROM COST THEM MATERIAL.
Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST.
WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROU.
BEFORE WE PAY THE BILLS, THIS WAS ON LIKE THIS, THIS MORNING, CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FROM THE UNITED WAY, UH, FOR YOUR LOYAL, DEDICATED, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CAMPAIGN AND FOCUSING ON LIVE UNITED.
LIVE UNITED TALKING COUNTY NINE CAMPAIGN.
I GUESS YOU WERE OUT THE DOORS.
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IS IT? OKAY.PRECINCT THREE COMES OVER HERE TODAY.
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING I LEARNED REALLY? GO PRECINCT.
IS IT LISA THAT IT DOESN'T LIKE? YES.
CAN I SEE MY BILLS THAT TURNED INTO YOU? HAVE I I JUST APPROVED THIS ONE
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CENTER TOO GRANT FOR A 25 OR SOMETHING.MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS AND COMMISSIONER IT.
I'M SORRY, WHO IS THAT? COMMISSIONER DE MAKES THE MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS.
AND COMMISSIONER IT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, JERRY, UH, JOHNNY WAS TELLING US THIS MORNING THAT THEY GOT A PRETTY GOOD PROGRAM PLANNED FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND, UH, I AS MANY AS 10,000.
REALLY? THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO GET OUTTA HERE.
JOHN IS WORKING ON ONE JUDGE, A FRIEND OF MINE, NATIONAL GUARD.
THERE'S BENEFITS TO NATIONAL GUARD.
NO, UNLESS YEAR IN MEETING MORE THAN SIX MONTHS TO SEE.
THEY MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU WERE ACTIVATED DURING ONE OF THESE DEALS, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE THROUGH BASIC AND THEN YOU'RE OUT BEFORE THE SIX MONTHS AND YOU HAVE TO BE IN ON ACTIVE DUTY MORE THAN SIX MONTHS TO GET I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T THINK, UH, ANYTHING ELSE? YOU WELL, I MAKES A MOTION ADJOURN.
AND COMMISSIONER JACKSON SECOND.