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OKAY, WE'LL COME TO ORDER NOW.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROGER, ARE YOU OPEN TODAY, PLEASE? I'LL BE HAPPY, JUDGE.
MR. GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE TRIAGE AN OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR.
GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS.
UH, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR TROOPS AND BRING 'EM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND WARM THE COLD PLACES IN OUR HEARTS.
HEAL THE INJURED PLACES IN OUR SOULS.
LIGHT, THE DARK PLACES IN OUR WORLD.
ALL THIS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
AN INDIVIDUAL PREVIOUSLY BEEN PROVIDE A COPY OF THE LAST MEETING OR ANY ADDITION.
IF THERE ARE NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.
SECOND COMMISSIONER ROB MADE THE MOTION.
FIRST ONE UP THIS MORNING IS RICHARD MURPHY GOING TO BRING US THE, TO ACCESS THE COLLECTED REPORT FOR JULY MORNING, DICK, GOOD MORNING.
THROUGH THE END OF JULY, WE HAD COLLECTED THE GENERAL FUND, $27.7 MILLION AND THEN THE ROWAN BRIDGE FUND ALMOST 3.9 MILLION, EACH OF WHICH IS 96% OF THE, UH, ADJUSTED LEVY AND PUTS US ON FORECAST TO GET UP TO 97 BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, I HOPE.
I READ IN THE PAPER THERE'S SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION NOT COLLECTED.
THAT'S FOR ALL ENTITIES, NOT JUST YEAH, I KNOW.
THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO EXPEDITE THAT? LIKE WARRANTS AND WE DO.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT THE, THERE YOU'RE GOING OFF WARRANT? WELL, YOU DON'T ISSUE WARRANTS.
YOU DON'T GET ARRESTED, NOT PAYING TAXES.
ONCE YOU GET BY A LAWSUIT, THAT'S WHERE THE LAWSUIT LAW FIRM COMES.
SO THIS, THIS IS GONNA TRANSLATE TO A LAWSUIT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL OR IT SHOULD? YES.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF, YEAH.
IS THAT ABOUT THE SAME EVERY YEAR? 9 6, 9 7 9 8.
SOMEWHERE ALONG IN THERE, SAY COLLECTED UHHUH.
IT IS, HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN 96 OR LESS.
YOU ANNUALLY EVERY YEAR, UH, YOU, IT ACCUMULATE TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT BEFORE YOU FILED INDIVIDUALS.
THE ATTORNEYS LET IT ACCUMULATE TO AN AMOUNT THAT'S WORTH THE EXPENSE OF TRYING TO COLLECT.
THEY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FILE A LAWSUIT ON A 10 OR $15, UH, TAX DUE UNTIL 10 YEARS WHEN IT'S WELL UP THERE.
BUT, UH, THERE'S A GENERAL RULE THEY KEEP ON TOP OF ANY SIGNIFICANT TAX DUE.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR.
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I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT.MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOLLAR.
THAT'LL BE ON MY TEST THIS WEEK.
I WANT COME BY AND LOOK AT IT.
UH, NEXT ONE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR COLTON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ONE, DISCUSS THE, INSTEAD OF THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM OF THE TEXAS FARMLAND TRANSPORTATION, CLARK, YOU REQUESTED THAT TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS PERIOD? YES, SIR.
DO HAS TO PROGRAM THEIR PHONES FOR THE, FOR THE BRIDGES.
UH, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER IN BUDGET, I GIVE EVERYBODY A COPY OF, UH, WHICH BRIDGES THEY PROPOSED TO REPLACE WITH THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF WHAT OUR, OUR 5%, UH, MATCHING COSTS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
AND WE NEED TO KIND OF FINALIZE IF WE'RE GONNA LET THEM DO THESE BRIDGES IN THE FISCAL YEAR, IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
OR DO WE WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING? AND FOR OUR 5% MATCH, WHICH IS $95,000, UH, WHICH BRIDGES WE, WE HAD TO TELL 'EM WHICH BRIDGES WE WANT TO REPLACE ON OUR OWN.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER DE HAD ONE, HE'S ALREADY WORKED UP PRICES AND STUFF ON AND I DIDN'T KNOW I'VE ONLY GOT ONE BRIDGE IN MY PRECINCT.
IT'S, I REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF, BUT IT'S NOT A PRIORITY.
Y'ALL MAY HAVE BRIDGES THAT NEED TO BE DONE THAT YOU WANT TO PUT ON.
WE WANNA DO OURSELVES TO MAKE OUR 95 ON MATCH.
AND SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHICH BRIDGES THOSE ARE.
I HAVE ONE THAT I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN REDO AND THAT I THINK WE'LL WITH THAT TEXT DO BOOK YOU GAVE ME THAT BRIDGE THAT I WANT TO DO, I CAN COVER ABOUT HALF OF THAT 95,000.
UH, AND WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS HOW WE GONNA PAY FOR IT.
HOW WE GONNA, THE COST OF, UH, IT, IT COMES TO ME AS MY, MY COST MATERIAL AND PEOPLE IS ABOUT 6,000 BUCKS.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE WORKSHOPS SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT PAY FOR IT.
I HAVE SOME MATERIAL THAT I'M BE WILLING TO LET YOU HAVE.
UH, I'M TAKING SOME I-BEAMS OUT.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THOSE I-BEAMS. UH, SO WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN JUST LAY IT RIGHT OUT.
ANY, ANYTIME WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, OFFSET THAT WHOLE 95,000 MINE.
UH, THAT'S A GOOD BOOK TO GIMME.
WELL, WHAT TEXTILE NEEDS NOW IS A RESOLUTION FROM US TO THAT.
WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
WE'LL PARTICIPATE WITHOUT IDENTIFICATION OF WHICH BRIDGE WE'RE GONNA DO BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND DO A BRIDGE ON OUR OWN AND NOT GET CREDIT FOR IT.
WE NEED TO IDENTIFY, WE'RE GONNA DO THE BRIDGE HE'S TALKING ABOUT WORKING ON AND THEN MAYBE ANOTHER BRIDGE, MAYBE IN ONE OF Y'ALLS PRECINCT, WHATEVER.
SO WE'RE GOING THAT NO, THERE WAS TWO LISTS.
THERE WAS A LIST OF BRIDGES THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING FOR, UH, 1,000,007.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST LET THEM DO THESE BRIDGES HERE.
'CAUSE THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT BRIDGES TO DO.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO, TO DO OUR MATCH.
LIKE JIM'S GOT PRECINCT DOWN THERE AND IF YOU'ALL GOT A BRIDGE YOU WANT TO DO SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THAT BRIDGE THAT CAME OUTTA THAT SECOND LIST THAT HAD ALL THE RANKINGS.
WE NEED TO PICK UP TWO OF THOSE BRIDGES OR WE NEED TO PICK UP NINE, $5,000 WORTH MORE OR LESS OF WORK ON TO MAKE OUR MATCH.
WE'RE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THIS TEXT AND WE'VE GOT TWO YEARS TO DO.
WE, WE MIGHT TO DO, WE CAN DO ONE
I ASSUME THEY NEED THE LIST TEXT OUT.
DO THEY NEED THE LIST THE SAME TIME THEY NEED THE RESOLUTION IS MY MY POINT.
OR CAN WE DO THIS RESOLUTION AND Y'ALL WORK ON THE LIST? YEAH, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ONES WE'RE GOING BE DOING SO THAT THEY OH, I DIDN'T HEAR.
SO THEY CAN PROGRAM IT IN THERE, BUT I'VE GOT A LIST OF ALL THE, ALL THE STUFF THEY'RE GONNA PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THESE TWO ON THE TOP ON THEIR LIST, THEY'RE
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GONNA PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION.SO I GUESS THAT'D BE OCCURRENCE UNLESS WE'RE NOT GOING DO THAT.
I THINK THAT NUMBER ONE BRIDGE ON THERE IS PROBABLY MY ON THAT BASIS.
AND THESE BRIDGE, THESE ARE BRIDGE GOT THE WORST RANKINGS.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE UNSAFE BRIDGES.
YOU GOT, YOU GOT TWO CHOICES, EITHER LIFT 10, FIX 'EM AND PAY 5% MATCH TO IT OR DO THE IN KIND MATCHES OR CLOSE ROAD BECAUSE LAKE DOWN WHERE NOBODY GOT ACROSS THE BRIDGE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICES ABOUT THAT.
BUT YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THEM BEFORE YOU DO IT.
BEFORE YOU START BEFORE, BEFORE WE FIX ONE THEN WE HAVE TO TELL WHAT ONE FIX KNOW CREDIT.
IF THAT HAPPENED TO US SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I GOT CAUGHT IN THAT.
COMMISSIONER JUMPED OUT AND DID THE BRIDGE AND THEN SENT TEXT OUT TO BILL AND THEY SAID, NO, IT DON'T WORK THAT WAY.
ARE Y'ALL NOT READY TO DETERMINE WHICH BRIDGES YOU WANT TO DOWN LIST? I KNOW ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR SURE.
WE MIGHT GO AHEAD AND DO THE OTHER ONE.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET A WORKSHOP.
TALK ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF YOU HAVE AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
I THOUGHT TEXTILE, WE WERE WORKING AGAINST A DEADLINE.
WELL, OH SEE, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE LIKE WHAT HAPPENED DONE THIS MONTH.
OKAY, WELL NEXT MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO JUST TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONDAY OR, AND DISCUSS IT THEN I HAVE THE BRIDGES.
I I MAY BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THE ONE.
WELL NO, THIS, THIS IS THE ONE THEY PROPOSED TO FIX.
THE OTHER IS, WAS ALL THE BRIDGES THAT WE GOT IN THE, I DON'T THAT I, I THINK WE, WE NEED TO JUST, UH, TAKE SOME MONEY.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE, WHAT WE'LL NEED TO KNOW IS WHAT BRIDGES WE'RE GONNA DO SO WE CAN TELL THEM.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME DISCUSSION.
IS THIS GOING TO COME OUT OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PRECINCTS ROAD BRIDGE FUND OR IS IT GONNA COME OUTTA THE UH, GENERAL FUND OR THE MASTER ROAD? BRIDGE FUND? WELL, WE PROPOSED TO THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS TO ADD $50,000 IN THERE FOR UH, BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.
IF WE DO THAT FOR TWO YEARS, THEN WE COULD PAY FOR OUR $95,000, WHETHER IT'S THE MAIN ROAD CASH RENTAL IMPACT.
THE MAIN ROAD THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
WELL, WHAT YOU NEED, UH, DO YOU NEED ME TO GIVE YOU THE LIST OF ONES I'M GONNA DO NOW OR DO YOU WANT ME TO UH, EMAIL IT TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON? OR WHAT, WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR WE'RE GOING TABLE THIS MORNING.
YOU CAN BRING IT BACK NEXT MONDAY.
BUT YOU DON'T, I SAY YOU DON'T WANT DO THE BRIDGES THEY'RE PROPOSED TO DO.
WHICH IS BETTER DEAL FOR WELL, TELL 'EM YOU DON'T WANT DO ANY MORE BRIDGES THAN WE HAVE TO UNLESS YOU GOT ONE.
I I WOULD LOVE TO GET RID OF MY BRIDGE, BUT MY BRIDGE WILL LAST IN A COUPLE YEARS FOR SURE.
BUT IF YOU GOT ONE THAT'S REAL BAD, THAT'S THE ONE YOU CAN GET DONE.
BUT I GUESS, SO I'M ASKING FOR YOU TWO GUYS TO TELL US WHICH ONE, WHICH OTHER ONE.
NOT ABOUT HALF OF OUR EXPENSES OFF.
SO Y'ALL COME UP WITH ANOTHER BRIDGE BETWEEN NOW WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, WE WE CAN SUBMIT THAT TO HIM.
I I MAYBE WE TABLE THIS TILL NEXT MONDAY.
MOTION TO TABLE IT MR. JACKSON.
SO WE'LL TABLE THAT NEXT WEEK AND HAVE LIST WHERE, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK.
UH, NEXT WE'LL DISCUSS, CONSIDER REQUEST TO REPLACE A CREW MEMBER FOR AN EXISTING VACANCY ON THE PRECINCT.
UH, GOT
CONSIDER MAKING A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TO FILL THE EXISTING SLOT IN COPPER COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR ROAD BRIDGE.
I HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA RETIRE NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER DURING THE BUDGETING LAST YEAR, I GAVE UP TWO POSITIONS AND KEPT ONE,
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UH, INTENDED THAT I COULD FILL IT, BUT I DIDN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T NEED IT.I USED TEMPORARY AND NOW I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT TEMPORARY.
COMMISSIONER DULLER MAKES THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON WILL SECOND IT.
CONSIDER PR UPON THE RYAN JOHNSON.
DEPUTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLER.
ALL OPPOSED A A MOTION CARRIES.
CONSIDER APPROVING AMENDED RESOLUTION, APPROVING PURCHASE OF LAND AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS BY THE CONEY COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND WE HAVE SOMEONE,
UH, THEY TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT.
UH, SOMEONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT SUBJECT.
UH, MR. JEFF DAVIS? UH, YES, SIR.
SO IF THAT'S THE ISSUE JUST DEAD, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION BUT IT CAN WAIT TILL THE END OF THE, IN THE MEETING IF THAT'S OKAY.
WELL, IF IT'S ON THIS SUBJECT, YOU NEED TO SPEAK NOW IS YOU'RE GONNA PASS OVER.
THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE SPECIFICALLY IS THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT GETS MONEY FROM THE COUNTY.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT NO, YOU'RE NOT HERE TO ASK THE QUESTION.
YOU'RE HERE TO MAKE A STATEMENT
WELL, OKAY, MY, MY STATEMENT WOULD BE IT APPEARS THAT THE COUNTY PAYS FOR THE APPRAISALS DISTRICT'S NEW BUILDING.
MY STATEMENT WOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT TO SEE IF THE COUNTY PAID FOR THE ORIGINAL BUILDING THAT NOW THE COUNTY WANTS TO BUY FOR 350,000 BUCKS.
IF THEY ALREADY PAID FOR IT, WHY WOULD THEY PAY FOR IT? AGAIN? I SAY MS. DAVIS, THAT'S A DEAD ISSUE, SIR.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE TO COMPLAINT ABOUT YOUR ROAD
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROVEN RESOLUTION OF PROVING THE PRE DISTRICT, UH, RETENTION OF FUNDS.
THAT'S, UH, THEY'VE GOT $50,000.
UH, THEY HAVE REQUESTED TO RETAIN THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING IT TO THE PURCHASE OF THAT LAND.
UH, I ASSUME THAT WHAT JOHN SAID TAKE, BECAUSE WE STILL GOTTA DO SOMETHING OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE THING CAME ABOUT 'CAUSE WE'RE OUT OF SPACE OUT THERE.
YEAH, WE'RE HAVE TO ADD ON OR LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
THE ONES UNDER 500 JUST KIND CLEAN UP.
I'M GENERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASING, UH, INSURANCE FOR AUTO LIABILITY.
OFFICE SPACE, $1,000 PRODUCTION OF COMMISSION COURT DUES.
UH, DA'S OFFICE REMOVING SALARY FOR SECRETARY SALARIES OF 23 9 68.
MR. SWIFT BETWEEN CATEGORIES WITH NO EFFECT ON OVERALL BUDGET.
UH, DUE TO THE UH, HAVING AN ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE OUT THERE THROUGH AN ILLNESS OF ANOTHER ONE.
UH, THEN YOU CAN INCREASE THE SALARY FOR 10,000
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5 25 THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH IN THE, UH, YEAR.UM, AND WE TAKE THAT UP HEALTH INSURANCE AND NOT AFFECT THE OVERALL BUDGET.
SHOULD WE PAY TWO? WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY TWO SALARIES? DO WE HAVE TO PAY TWO POINT OF THAT TOTAL? TOTAL COMPENSATION.
STATUTES OF TOTAL COMPENSATION.
UH, TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTION THREE.
HEALTH 1400 AND SOCIAL SECURITY 300 FOR SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE 3078.
THE PRODUCTION OF OFFICE EXPENSES AND UH, I MEAN OPERATING EXPENSES AND MILEAGE.
MILL AND LOGIC PUBLIC WORKS AREA 1489.
IF WE CAN REDUCE, UH, THE SALARY OF ASSISTANT NINE ONE COORDINATOR WHO CAME ON LATER 4,019.
COVER THAT CONSTABLE PRECINCT.
TWO INCREASED PARTS AND REPAIRS THAT'S UNDER FIVE $400.
TRAINING EDUCATION CONFERENCE, UH, SHERIFF'S AREA DUE A, A BUDGETING PROBLEM WE HAD THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE NEED TO INCREASE SALARY FOR SECRETARY.
WE GET A FEW PERSONNEL IN HIS OFFICE.
WE TAKE THAT EQUIPMENT IN THE JAIL MOVING 5,000 FROM LAUNDRY SUPPLIES TO HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES.
URBAN FORESTER INCREASE MILEAGE MEALS AND LAUNDRY.
TRAINING, EDUCATION AND CONFIDENCE.
THE CAPITAL OUTLAY INCREASE AIR CONDITIONING HEATING 20,000.
WE'LL TAKE THAT OUT OF INSURANCE COSTS.
UH, DA ASSET FORFEITURE FUND, WHICH IS NOT COUNTY BUDGET MONEY.
WE'RE INCREASING MISCELLANEOUS COSTS TO MAKE THOUSAND IN PRODUCTION OF EQUIPMENT.
SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE STATION.
SOCIAL SECURITY 20 AND REDUCING H COSTS FOR CARE FOR THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOME LINE ITEM TRANSFERS FOR, UH, ADULT AND JUVENILE PROBATION DONE WITH WHICH EFFECT COUNTY FUNDS.
AND THE SAME THING WITH UH, CHILD SHELTER, CHILDREN'S SHELTER.
UH, WE HAVE SOME LINE ITEM TRANSFERS JUST TO CLEAN UP THE YEAR.
THE DATE OF NOT INVOLVED COUNTY IES AS WELL.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE CERTIFYING ADDITIONAL REVENUES IN THE DIVERSION COURT FEES.
3005 45 USING THAT FOR DIVERSION FOR COSTS AND IN PUBLIC WORKS CERTIFYING ADDITIONAL REVENUES FROM GRANT FUNDS OF 3005 NINE TWO.
USING THAT FOR EXTRA AND MILEAGE BILLS AND LUNCH.
UH, DIGITAL INCOME FOR DIVERSION COURT REMINDS OF JUST CHI MIND.
SAID WE HAVE TALK TO YOU TWO, BUT THAT WE NEED TO PUT THAT LINE ITEM IN IN CASE OF INCOME FROM HIS NEW PROJECT.
WHAT, WHAT WE DID, JUDGE IS SET UP A SEPARATE FUND FOR BOTH THE COUNTY COURT DIVERSION COURT AND THE DISTRICT COURT BEFORE HAVE TO BE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE SPENT FROM ANYTHING ELSE.
Y'ALL HEARD THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
MOTION CARRIED BEFORE THE BILL, WE HAVE ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
HE DID NOT PUT DOWN WHAT SUBJECT, SO I DO NOT KNOW, BUT EARL CARTER FROM COUNTY MAYOR.
I'VE GOT A DUAL PROBLEM AND I THINK THAT UH, THE COUNTY SHOULD APPLY SOME PRESSURE TO THE STATE TO RESURFACE.
I WAS GOING TO ROCK BALL THE OTHER DAY AND 5 48 WAS LIKE A SUPER HIGHWAY COMPARED TO 1641 AND THERE THEY WERE RESURFACING.
AND SO WITH 1640 ONES LIKE RUNNING AN OBSTACLE COURSE TO DODGE ALL THE HOLES.
I DUNNO WHETHER YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT AN AUTOMOBILE TIRE ONLY HAS TWO FLIES IN THE WALLS.
AND THE WAY THAT BLACKTOP IS SEPARATED FROM THE TRAFFIC LANE, YOU CAN RUN OVER THAT AND JUST CUT THE SIDEWALLS OUT ON THE TIRE ACROSS THE
MY OTHER PROBLEM IS THE TOWN OFT HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT GRASS, IT'S OVER A FOOT HIGH HAS TO BE MOVED.
AND IF IT'S NOT, THEY PUT A LEANN ON YOUR HOUSE AND UH, EVENTUALLY DIDN'T
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TAKE THE HOUSE AWAY FROM YOU.WELL THE TOWN ITSELF HAS SOME GRASS ON 16TH ON UH, TWO 14 THAT'S NOW ABOUT CHEST HIGH ON ME AND I'VE BEEN AFTER THE TOWN TO MOW IT.
WELL, THEY CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY AND SAID THAT THE ALDERMAN VOTED NOT TO CUT THAT GRASS.
NOW IF YOU GOT AN ORDINANCE, CAN'T YOU AT LEAST DO THE TOWN WHAT YOU ASKED THE CITIZENS TO DO? SO THERE ANY WAY WE COULD PUT PRESSURE ON 'EM TO HAVE THEM MOW THAT RIGHT AWAY?
UH, I ASSUME THAT GROUP ASSISTANTS COULD PROBABLY HIRE A LAWYER AND SUE FOR NOT ENFORCING THEIR OWN ORDINANCES, BUT UH, OKAY.
UH, THAT'S NOT LEGAL ADVICE, THAT'S JUST A STATEMENT OUT OF THE BLUE.
UH, BUT, BUT THE COUNTY CAN DOESN'T STEP IN TO ENFORCE CITY ORDINANCES SINCE THAT ROAD WAS ORIGINALLY COUNTY ROAD UNTIL THEY INCORPORATED AND THEN THEY SAID THE PART THAT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS BELONGS TO THE CITY, THE TOWN.
SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE AND WHO I GO TO TO GET IT MOWED.
YEAH, WELL IF IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS OF UH, TAL, THEN THE CITY OF TAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
EVEN THOUGH AT ONE TIME IT WAS A COUNTY ROAD.
ONCE THEY INCORPORATE IT AND TAKE IT OVER, IT'S THEIRS.
YEAH, THEY DID THAT RIGHT BEFORE I GOT BE MAYOR.
YEAH, BUT ON THE OTHER ONE, UH, YEAH, WE MAKE A LIST WITH TDOT EVERY YEAR AND SAY, LOOK, WE NEED HELP HERE.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GOT TOTOS GOT SEVERAL PROJECTS GOING THAT UM, SHE'S BEEN KEEPING UP WITH SOME OF IT, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, LOOP AROUND KAUFMAN, THE BRIDGE OVER, UH, TERRELL, THE BRIDGE OVER AT FORNEY.
THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY GOALS RIGHT NOW THAT TDO HAS.
BUT UH, I'VE GIVEN THAT 'CAUSE I HAVE TWO HAVE A DAUGHTER OVER THERE AND ALSO A SON OVER THERE AND I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
Y'ALL TRY PULLING A TRAILER ON IT SO IT REALLY WORKS WITH YOU.
OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, TDOT'S LETTING THE CONTRACT TO RESURFACE 1641 ADD WIDTH TO THE ROAD AND REPLACE THE BRIDGE.
THEY'LL CLOSE THE BRIDGE, THEY'LL CLOSE THE ROAD DOWN AT, AT, UH, AT WOODBRIDGE IN 1641 NEXT SUMMER.
IT HAS ALREADY BEEN BEEN DESIGNED TO GO AROUND IT, BUT THE PRESSURE'S ALREADY BEEN PUT ON.
THEY'RE DOING IT OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
THE RED LIGHT WILL COME IN BECAUSE THEY'LL DO A TURN LANE AT ELMS TRAIL AND 1641 RED LIGHT WILL COME IN SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
BUT HERE THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
IT IS IN THE MORNINGS YOU TRY TO GET IN TO 1641 ON OVER THE HIGHWAY EIGHT.
IT IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT WITHIN 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
SO THEY, THEY NEED TO REPAIR OR REBUILD THAT ROAD.
THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR YOUR TIME.
COMMISSIONER CLARK IS OUR, OUR UH, POINT MA'AM WITH TDO.
SO, UH, HE'S UH, HE CALLED ME TIME STAY ON TOP.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHEN I CALL YOU?
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JANUARY ONE.YEAH, BUT YOU GOT CALL TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS AGO IT WAS 72.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BUY THAT MONITOR BECAUSE THAT'S
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NEXT.DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING THE CHECK BACK BOOK AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND OKAY.
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SHE HAS A RECUMBENT BICYCLE RIDE SIX MILES A DAY.THE FIRST DAY SHE NO, SHE WANTS SAN FRANCISCO.
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DO IT LIKE THE TRANSFER? YEAH, WE SAID SEPTEMBER 1ST, BUT THEN WHEN I GOT, WHO'S THIS FOR? IT'S A GOOD THING.[00:50:01]
THIS, THIS SOUNDS BETTER.I KNOW ONE, THIS ONE CAME UP, I PASSED ON IT.
UM, WHATCHA GONNA DO ON THE BUDGET MEANS YOU GOT ONE.
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I WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT'S IT WOULD'VE THE BILLS.ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? ENTERTAIN.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON MAKES A MOTION OF ADJOURN.
COMMISSIONER GENERAL SECONDS IT MAYOR SAY A ANY PLACE THERE?
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YES.DID THE PAST FEW YEARS? HE HASN'T ACTUALLY.
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OH, MACHINE IS NOT ON.NO, WHAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S MAKING YOU PAY FOR FIRST BEFORE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE BALL.
WHAT IT'S GONNA DO IS JUST GONNA SAVE THEM IN YOUR FILE.
WHEN YOU'RE ALL SET AND DONE, YOU JUST GET THEM UP THERE.
I'M TRYING TO GET THE SUPPORT TO CHANGE THAT.
THEY DID AN UPGRADE YESTERDAY.
SO FOR RIGHT NOW, JUST TELL PROPER.
IT'S FORCING THEM TO PAY FIRST BEFORE THE PRINT, BUT IT'S NOT IN THERE.
MS, DID HE CLICK OVER HERE TO CHECK OUT AND PUT A NAME ON IT? I DID NOT.
SO CLICK ON YOUR LITTLE, IT'S RIGHT HERE.
WHICH ONE WAS YOURS? YEAH, THESE ALL YOURS.
WHAT DID YOU CLICK ON? JUST CLICKED ON THE CHECKOUT.
I'M JUST GONNA PUT THE LETTER Q.
AND THEN SHE'S GONNA LOOK ON HER COMPUTER AND THE NAME'S GONNA BE Q.
PLEASE PAY THE CASHIER WHEN YOU'RE READY AFTER.
NO, THEY DID AN UPGRADE AND IN THE UPGRADE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD.
BUT IN THE UPGRADE, THAT'S THE NORMAL.
ARE YOU, WHAT YEAR DID YOU GET A THEY'RE TRYING TO FIX IT.
DAVE'S TRYING IT ACTUALLY, BUT HE HASN'T.
YEAH, IT'S TODAY UNTIL WE MAKE IT.