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THIS IS THE, RIGHT, ONE SECOND.
SEGMENT ONE IS EXACTLY LIKE THIS.
AND SOON AS THEY SENT IT TO ME, 10 TO 12 COMPANIES, NEXT DAY THEY SAID, SAID, THAT'S ALL WRONG.
BECAUSE TWO, THERE'S TWO COMMITTEES.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL COME AND, UH, SINCE THIS IS MY LAST MEETING, I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP THIS MORNING.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE WITH THESE GENTLEMEN ON THIS BENCH.
PRAY LORD, THAT, UH, YOU'LL WATCH OVER THE NEW ONES COMING IN AND, AND HELP THEM, UH, PRAY AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AS FAR AS LEADING THE GO.
THE GO COUNTY GOVERNMENT FORWARD.
PRAY LORD THAT YOU'LL BLESS ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
PRAY THAT YOU'LL, UH, BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE SERVICEMEN THAT ARE IN HARM'S WAY.
PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH THE CON FOR FAMILY DOWN IN MAYBANK, UH, OTHER MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGH THE LAST YEAR.
LORD, WATCH OVER THESE FAMILIES.
PRAY THAT YOU'LL KEEP AN EYE AND WATCH OVER ALL OF THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
AND WE PRAY, LORD, THAT AS WE GO LOOKING FOR INTO THE FUTURE, THAT YOU'LL BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
AND ALWAYS LET US BE MINDFUL OF SERVICE TO YOU.
FOR JESUS CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY.
THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR, I ALLEGIANCE TO BE ONE, SAY UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
WE HAVE BEEN AN AUDIENCE THIS MORNING.
UH, MR. ROY OR THE DOOR WAS, UH, PAST PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, WHICH, UH, IN THE HISTORY OF NACO HAS ONLY BEEN, I GUESS, THREE PEOPLE FROM TEXAS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, PRESIDENT.
BUT, UH, UH, MR. OR AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY A COUPLE OF THREE YEARS AGO TO GO TO VAN Z COUNTY TO PRESENT AN AWARD TO THE, UH, VAN Z COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
SO WE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEY OPENED UP THEIR COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND ROY AND I NOTICED ONE THING RIGHT OFF THE BAT IN VAN ZANT COUNTY, THEY DO NOT SAY A PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.
SO, UH, Y'ALL REMEMBER THE HISTORY OF VAN Z COUNTY IS STILL MAD BECAUSE TEXAS REJOINED THE UNION AFTER, UH, THE CIVIL WAR.
SO THEY'RE STILL PROTESTING IN VAN Z COUNTY
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Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED COPY OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED.
SO, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING IN ROUTINE.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THAT NEXT TIME THERE.
MR. RICHARD MURPHY, HE'S GOING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, BRINGING US THE TAX SUCCESSOR COLLECTOR REPORT FOR NOVEMBER MORNING.
AREN'T YOU GUYS GLAD YOU'RE NOT SHOVEL SNOW? BUT ARE YOU, ARE WE ARE? WE SAW HERE.
THROUGH NOVEMBER, WE HAD ONLY COLLECTED 1,000,005 IN THE GENERAL FUND AND 150,000 IN THE ROAD BRIDGE.
HOWEVER, IN THE FIRST 17 DAYS OF DECEMBER, WE COLLECTED OVER THREE AND A HALF MILLION.
SO WE'RE GETTING THERE AND I PREDICT, UH, WE'LL BE THE ENJOY THE SAME PROCEEDINGS COLLECTIONS AS WE DID LAST YEAR, WHICH, UH, EQUAL THE HISTORIC RECORDS.
IS THIS ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR IS UP THROUGH NOVEMBER? THROUGH NOVEMBER? NO, IT'S LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR'S ROUNDED PERCENTAGES.
SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW CLOSE LAST YEAR WAS 3% THROUGH, WELL, NO, THAT WAS OCTOBER.
WE WORKED THROUGH NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, BUT WE'VE GOT FOUR BIG BOXES OF MAIL SITTING BACK THERE,
AND, UH, I'M SURE WE HAD A LOT OF WIRES FROM THE MORTGAGE SERVICING COMPANIES.
THEY'RE NOW HOLDING TO THE END OF DECEMBER TO SEND US THE MONEY.
SHOULD BE I TO COME IN THIS WEEK.
WE ENTERTAIN MOTION EXCEPT OUT THE COURT.
UH, SOMETIME AGO YOU GAVE US A PRINTOUT ON THE, UH, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF NON-ELECTED TAXES.
SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION NON COLLECTED TAXES.
THAT WAS OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL YEARS.
MUST BE BECAUSE OUR DELINQUENT TAXES AT THE MOMENT ARE 2 MILLION.
WELL, THE BALANCE AS THROUGH NOVEMBER IS 2,000,003 DELINQUENT.
THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, CUMULATIVE.
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HOW, HOW FAR BACK DOES THAT GO? UH, I'M NOT SURE.I'LL GO CHECK THAT OUT FOR YOU.
WHERE ARE THEY? MY, MY ONLY, I GUESS THE, THE NUMBER DOESN'T MATTER, BUT WHAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED WITH IS WHAT DO WE, ARE THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE DELINQUENT, DO WE PUT THEM UP FOR SALE? DO WE SELL 'EM? DO WE TAKE EVENTUALLY YES.
THE REASON, THE REASON IT BROUGHT TO MY MIND IS I KNOW COMMISSIONER JACKSON HAS COME, UH, ON THE, ON THE TABLE THIS TIME.
UH, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING? THIS GOES THROUGH THE A I GUESSERS.
WELL, WE HAVE A SALE THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH ON THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE.
AND THEN THOSE THAT DON'T SELL GO INTO THE COUNTER PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE CAN BID ON THEM.
AND THE ENTITY, Y'ALL BEING ONE OF THEM, APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE ACCEPTING THAT BID, WHICH PUTS IT BACK ON THE TAX ROLL.
SO EVENTUALLY WE FORECLOSE ON ANYTHING, UH, THAT'S DELINQUENT.
NOW, SOMETIMES WHEN TAXES ARE 50 BUCKS A MONTH, I MEAN A YEAR, WE NEVER GET TO THE POINT OF BEING WORTH CHASING IT UNTIL IT'S PAST THE TIME THAT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT, IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF TRIGGERS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GO AFTER IT, THEN THERE'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT DOESN'T JUSTIFY THE COST INVOLVED IN TRYING TO COLLECT IT.
IS THERE SOME KIND OF A GUIDELINE THAT YOU USE THAT WHEN IT REACHES A CERTAIN AGE IT'S THAT YOU GO AFTER? WELL, THERE'S A CERTAIN AGE AFTER THAT ON PERSONAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS INVENTORY AND MOBILE HOMES AFTER WHICH YOU CAN'T GO AFTER.
THERE WAS A TIME LIMIT, LEGAL TIME LIMIT AND, BUT NOT ON REAL ESTATE.
ON REAL ESTATE HOMES ARE HARD, HARD TO CHASE.
SOME OF 'EM WE DON'T WANT BECAUSE IT COST MORE TO REMOVE 'EM OR IN THERE A LIST OF 'EM, UH, A SHEET OF 'EM LIKE THIS OUTSIDE YOUR OFFICE UP THERE THAT YOU CAN GO LOOK AT AND DIFFERENT PRECINCTS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO AFTER YOU RETIRE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LOOK AT THAT LIST.
YOU MEAN I CAN'T LOOK AT 'EM THIS WEEK? NO, SIR.
THAT'D BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I WOULD IMAGINE.
BUT NOT BEING AN ATTORNEY, I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU DICK.
YOU'RE ALREADY, WELL, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MY PEOPLE YET, BUT I ENJOYED BEING OFF ALL
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.
EXCEPT THAT RECORD BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
DISCUSS, CONSIDER RECOGNIZING THE STAR PROGRAM AND JOE DOWN LAW FOR FIVE SUCCESSFUL YEARS.
IF Y'ALL RECALL, UH, COMM UH, CONSTABLE
UH, WE PUT HIM UP FOR THE BEST PRACTICE AWARD WITH TAC AND THEY WON THE BEST PRACTICE AWARD STATEWIDE.
AND, UH, HE'S NOW COMPLETED FIVE SUCCESSFUL YEARS AND WE'RE FRONT OF THAT.
AND JOE DON, WHAT DON'T YOU BRIEFLY FOR SOME OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE STAR PROGRAM IS.
WELL, I WANNA INTRODUCE ANGELA MILLER.
SHE'S PART OF OUR BACKBONE TO OUR, OUR SUCCESS TO THIS.
AND OUR, OUR DEPUTIES ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST INSTRUMENTAL IN IT BECAUSE, UH, STAR PROGRAM IS A JUVENILE OFFENDER, UH, PROGRAM.
WE DON'T WASH SQUAD CARS OR THINGS LIKE THIS.
WE HAVE, UH, A BLACKLAND CEMETERY.
IT'S 150 YEAR OLD CEMETERY THAT WE TAKE CARE OF.
UH, WE JUST TOOK OVER BRISCOE CEMETERY AS, UH, DESCENDANTS OF DPH BRISCOE, UH, AND IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
WE JUST TOOK THAT OVER AND ANGELA WOULD, SHE'S WORKED PRETTY DILIGENTLY
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ON THE LAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS.AND NOW WE HAVE ALL OF FM 29 32 AND ALL OF FM FOUR 60 IS THE ADOPT THE HIGHWAY PROGRAM.
AND IT, AND IT'S THE STAR PROGRAM'S TAKING CARE OF THAT.
WE'VE HAD, UH, SINCE DECEMBER OF 2005 TO NOW, WE'VE HAD 437 PEOPLE THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
WE'VE DONE ALMOST 10,000 HOURS WORTH OF, UH, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND OUT OF THAT, WE'VE DONE 37 JAIL TOURS FROM KAUFMAN COUNTY JAIL AND A LOT OF HELP FROM THE SHERIFF TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT KEEPS THE OFFENDERS, IT KEEPS THE JUVENILE PEOPLE THAT WAY THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.
AND UH, LIKE THE JUDGE SAID, HE'S, UH, WE HAD A HOUSE RESOLUTION 4 72 IN THE 80TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS, UH, IT HAS A, UH, THAT HOUSE HOUSE RESOLUTION IS DEDICATED TO THE STAR PROGRAM ALSO, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN WITH A LOT OF HELP, LIKE FROM THE SHERIFF AND STUFF.
BUT I JUST WANNA TELL THE JUDGE SINCE HE'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, I GUESS HIS LAST MEETING, HE'S, UH, HE WAS, HE'S BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN A CONSTABLE AND HE'S REALLY BEEN REAL SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM RIGHT THERE.
AND I JUST WANT, I JUST WANT TO TELL HIM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
BECAUSE WITHOUT, WITHOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF LIKE THAT, WE WOULDN'T BE THAT SUCCESSFUL AS WHAT WE ARE.
THIS FIRST CERTIFICATE GOES TO ANGELA AND YOU SHARE IT WITH YOUR COWORKERS OVER THERE.
BUT IT'S A ACCOMMODATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO THE STAR PROGRAM STAFF.
NOT BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, WITHOUT YOU, IT WOULDN'T HAVE GONE.
AND WE WANNA COMMEND YOU AS WELL.
AND, AND WE, WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME COPIES OF THE WHO WE DO WHO, WHO WE'VE DONE WORK FOR, UH, MR. ROWDEN, UH, LAURA HUGHES.
WE, WE'VE DONE WORK FOR ALMOST ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT WE COULD.
WE, I THINK OUR FIRST JAIL TOUR WHERE WE STARTED THE JAIL TOUR WAS WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE OLD JAIL TO, TO OUR STAR PEOPLE WERE HELPING 'EM PUT THE, UH, COMPUTER STUFF, OR I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS THEY WERE PUTTING, STORING SOMETHING OUT THERE.
AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE OLD JAIL.
AND THE OLD JAIL WAS PRETTY SPOOKY PLACE.
AND I'VE BEEN AROUND IT SINCE 1985 AND IT WAS STILL A PRETTY SPOOKY PLACE WHEN THERE'S NOBODY IN THERE EXCEPT A FEW LITTLE SPOTLIGHTS HERE AND THERE.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE JAIL TOUR STARTED.
AND THE SHERIFF'S BEEN REALLY JUST GOOD WITH US ON LETTING US DO THAT AND, AND, UH, AFFORDING PEOPLE TO COME OUT THERE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL US.
'CAUSE WE'RE THERE AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE DOING IT.
'CAUSE FIVE YEARS, WE'VE, I THINK IT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
WELL, I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT IT'S STILL IN EFFECT.
I'VE USED IT, UH, MANY, MANY TIMES.
I CLARK I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF, UH, RUGS CLEANED UP AND, UH, THINGS PICKED UP OFF THE HELPED A LOT.
WE A PARENTS AROUND AND JOE HAVE A STATISTIC IN HERE, BUT I KNOW REPEAT OFFENDER BY SITTING RIGHT.
IF REPEAT OFFENDERS MADE IS AWFUL SMALL, THEY'LL COME BACK VERY MANY TIMES.
AND WE WON'T, WE'VE ONLY GOT, WE'VE GOT TWO TIMES YOU CAN GO.
YOU GO THE FIRST TIME, SECOND TIME EVERYTHING'S ON TWO, YOU GOT TWO EYES TO LEARN SOMETHING.
YOU GOT TWO ARMS TO WALK, I MEAN, TWO ARMS TO WORK, AND THEN YOU GOT TWO LEGS TO WORK.
AND SO KEEP THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, TO YOURSELF.
YOU GOT YOUR CHOICES OF FRIENDS, CHOICES OF PLACE TO BE, CHOICES OF THINGS TO DO.
AND THIS IS THE WIN-WIN BECAUSE BEFORE THE PROGRAM, IF YOU GOT IN TROUBLE FOR FIGHTING, MOM AND DAD PAID A $300 FINE AND THE KID NEVER GOT ANYTHING, NOW THE CHILD HAS TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE SOCIETY ABOUT BEING IN 150 YEAR OLD CEMETERY OR WALKING DOWN 29 32, PICKING UP TRACTION, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND IT, IT IS JUST A, I THINK IT'S JUST A BENEFICIAL PROGRAM.
AND WE PUT IT ON FOR SEVERAL OTHER CONSTABLE'S OFFICES DURING THE, THROUGH THE STATE AND SOME OF PICKING UP ON IT.
AND, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO BECAUSE WITHOUT FUNDING, WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE, YOU HAVE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, DIVERT YOUR, DIVERT YOUR, UH, MANPOWER TO MAKE IT WORK.
AND, AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE LIKE ANGELA AND, UH, DEPUTY JOHNSON.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE MAKE IT WORK.
WE'RE PROUD OF YOU AND COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THEM AND COMMISSIONER WILL SECOND IT.
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AND ANGELA, UH, NEXT ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER NOMINATING BRUCE WOOD TO PHIL ANCY ON THE URBAN COUNTY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, COMMITTEE.
NOW IT'S ACTUALLY HIS COMPETITION DOWN THERE, UH, BECAUSE THEY'LL BE, HE'LL BE COMPETED AGAINST PEOPLE FROM ROCKWALL COUNTY AND, AND, UH, ELLIS COUNTY.
AND, UH, BUT, UH, WITHOUT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT NOMINATING, UH, UH, BRUCE, WE DON'T HAVE A CHANCE OF HAVING REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COUNCIL ON THE, UH, CONFERENCE OF URBAN COUNTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE NOMINATE, UH, BRUCE WOOD TO FILL THE VACANCY ON THE URBAN COUNTY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
AND I DID NOT ASK BRUCE IF HE WAS WILLING TO SERVE.
I JUST PUT HIS NAME DOWN HERE.
BUT, UH, ELECTION'S ON THE 12TH.
IS IT HERE? IS IT OUT THERE IN COUNTY AUSTIN? THIS IS THE CONFERENCE COUNTY, NOT THE, NOT THE, SO I GUESS IF THERE'S ANY WAY POSSIBLE, AND SOME OF US COULD BE THERE TO VOTE, WE SHOULD TRY TO DO THAT.
I THINK I'LL TRY TO GO AND BRUCE, YOU, YOU'RE VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO YOU AND TOMMY.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR THAT TRAINING.
WELL, THEY USUALLY HAVE THIS AT THE, UH, THIS MEETING'S AT THE SHERATON.
UH, USED TO BE THE MARRIOTT OVER THERE NEXT TO BRECKENRIDGE HOSPITAL.
BUT YOU'LL FIND IT, YOU'LL GET WORD ON IT.
CONSIDER FOR CLAIMING THE DAY DECEMBER 16TH AT JOHN LONG DAY IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
MOTION ALL MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DELLER.
CARRIE, HOW ABOUT THAT? NEXT ONE I, I MAKE.
DECEMBER 24TH IS JUDGE WAYNE B IN
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DULLER.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN.
UH, I'M SAY I APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE YEAH.
WE'RE, WE ALL OWE THAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
DO YOU? AND, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU AFTER YOU'RE GONE.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UH, BRUCE AND JUDGE.
WE'RE GONNA MISS MR. WHEN HE'S GONE.
HE'S, UH, HE'S BEEN OUR MENTOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA REALLY MISS THAT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH TOMMY WHEN HE GETS IN HERE.
BUT, UH, UH, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE GOING OUT HERE AND WE'LL MISS THAT.
THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE ABOUT THE FALLING OFF OF A HORSE.
ANYBODY DO THAT? ANYBODY DO THAT? YEAH.
THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW IT.
ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, I GOT THROWN FROM HARD, NOT FALL OFF
CONSIDER ACCEPTING A REBATE CHECK FROM THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT EVERY YEAR BY BOARD GETS REBATE BASED ON THE, UH, DOLLAR SPENT THROUGH, AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE A CHECK FOR 3,144 AND 10 CENTS.
AND
I DIDN'T THINK MOST TO ACCEPT THAT CHECK.
MOSTLY MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
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ROWDEN.NEXT WE'LL DISCUSS, UH, CONSIDER AWARD RFP TEN EIGHT OH ONE INMATE HEALTHCARE SERVICES PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR COLTON COUNTY JAIL.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A COMMITTEE STUDYING THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
UH, YOU GOT REPORTED THAT COMMITTEE AND JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO START OFF SAYING THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH I DID EAT, UH, DURING THE HOLIDAYS, I LEFT PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE, THIS MORNING TAKE LIKE CHICKEN, I THINK, I THINK THE COUNTY WILL SAVE MONEY ON THIS.
I DO REGRET WE'RE NOT READY TO BRING THIS, UH, TO YOU GUYS THIS TIME.
UH, WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING AND THE LATEST OFFER LAST WEEK.
SO THERE, THE TABLE THAT, I'LL PUT IT BACK TOGETHER ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT OUT.
THE TABLE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TO TABLE THAT, UM, WILL BE JUDGE.
I, I EXPECT THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
UH, ACTUALLY THEY SENT THE LAST OFFER, UH, LAST WEEK AND WE WERE OFF.
AND I JUST SAW IT THIS MORNING AND I'VE ALREADY, UH, SPOKE WITH THE VENDORS, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY NEGOTIATING WITH ONE OF THE VENDORS? YES, SIR.
UH, THE COMMITTEE SELECTED, UH, THE, UH, VENDOR THAT OFFERED THE BEST OVERALL RFP.
AND SO WE'RE IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT FINAL PHASE THAT IS NEGOTIATING WITH THE BEST FILE OFFER.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO TABLE THAT UNTIL JACK FINISHES THAT NEGOTIATION.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FILLING A VACANT INVESTIGATOR POSITION EFFECTIVE JANUARY THE FIRST.
UH, UH, THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY RICK HARRISON TO BE EFFECTIVE, UH, JANUARY THE FIRST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? UH, YES, YOUR HONOR.
UM, THIS, THIS IS MADE IN COOPERATION WITH THE INCOMING DA 'CAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A RESIGNATION OF ONE OF THE FOUR INVESTIGATORS AND THEY WANT, UH, AND, AND MR. MCCLELLAN WANTS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SWEAR IN AND HIRE, UH, A REPLACEMENT FOR THE INVESTIGATOR THAT HAS RESIGNED.
AND, AND, UH, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS COURT ORDER.
I REALIZE THAT IT SOUNDS STRANGE THAT RICK HARRISON IS PRESENTING SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE EFFECT WHEN HE'S NOT IN OFFICE, BUT IT WAS MADE IN COOPERATION.
THIS IS A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, A NEW ADDITION OF ONE OF THE INVESTIGATORS HAS ALREADY RESIGNED AND, AND HIS, UH, VACANCY IS GONNA BE CREATED.
WELL, I GUESS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE NEW DA REQUESTED THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE CONSEQUENCES OF, IN THIS CASE, WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU WAITED 60 DAYS TO HIRE SOMEBODY? UH, I, I GUESS A POSITION WOULD BE UNFILLED FOR 60 DAYS.
I, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, MR. MCCLELLAN HAS ALREADY COMMUNICATED WITH SOMEONE AND SPOKEN WITH HIM ABOUT THE VACANCY.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S ALREADY ARRANGED TO SWEAR THEM IN ON THE FIRST, BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY IF Y'ALL, UH, DECIDE TO WAIT 60 DAYS, I WANT TO LET HIM KNOW.
SO THAT CAN MAKE WHATEVER PLANS THEY NEED TO MAKE.
I JUST, WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A CRITICAL POSITION IN YOUR OPINION? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, IF, IF IT WAS THE, THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE GONE FROM FIVE TO FOUR AND NOW IT'S GOING FROM FOUR TO THREE.
SO I, I THINK WITH THE CONFIGURATION OF FOUR COURTS AND THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, THEY, I THINK IF, IF, IF, UH, MR. MCCLELLAN OR HARRISON OVER HERE, THEY'D SAY, YES, IT'S CRITICAL POSITION.
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FOUR.IT WAS PROBABLY JUST SLOW DOWN.
THE LIFT PEOPLE WE HAVE, I THINK WITH, UH, MR. MURPHY'S, UH, REPORT IS PROBABLY GONNA BE CASH THERE THREE.
NOW, NEXT TIME MAY NOT BE THEN I'M UNDERSTAND YOU.
THERE ONLY THREE INVESTIGATORS LEFT RIGHT NOW.
UH, AS, AS OF JANUARY 1ST, THERE WILL BE ONLY THREE.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL HANDICAP ANYBODY.
I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE DO THIS.
I ALWAYS WONDER WHAT THE, UH, ALTERNATIVE BE OR WHAT WOULD BE THE EFFECT WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO JUST POSTPONE IF WE WERE TO GO TO A 60 DAY HIRING IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES? THAT'S WHAT, UM, IF WE DECIDE TO DO THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, THIS GOING TO COME UP.
WOULD IT BE A, WOULD THIS BE A KILLER? WOULD THIS BE AN RECEPTION WE NEED TO MAKE OR, UM, I, I I THINK COMMISSIONER JACKSON HAS STATED IT CORRECTLY THAT IT, IT WOULD BE A SLOWDOWN OF WORK BECAUSE THE WORK IS SUCH THAT EACH PERSON TAKES ON A COURT.
I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T SHUT DOWN THE OFFICE, I THINK, BUT, UM, I'M SURE IT SLOW DOWN THE DOORS.
I THINK A COMBINATION OF THAT.
WE, I THINK IF WE HAVE FUNDS, HE WAS SAYING THEY DON'T, MAY NOT HAVE, IT'S A CURRENT POSITION.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE HIRE AN INVESTIGATOR ON FIRST TO REPLACE WITH THE VACANCY.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
A MOTION CARRIES, UH, THERE'S CONSIDER APPROVAL OF
UH, I WAS NOTICING THAT, UH, THE NEW MEMBERS WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
AND I'VE GOT A QUESTION IS, UH, DID Y'ALL EACH ONE OF Y'ALL SUBMIT ANY VALUE FOR SUBMISSION? WASN'T ASKED TO.
WE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT UNTIL JANUARY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT UNTIL JANUARY.
THAT'S WHAT THE LAW, THE STATUTE SAYS WE DO IT JANUARY.
SO I WASN'T TOO CONCERNED ABOUT WELL, I, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA, UH, SAY THAT Y'ALL CAN'T DO THIS UNTIL JANUARY ANYWAY.
BUT I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD SUBMIT SOME NAMES.
UH, IF THERE'S ANYBODY Y'ALL WANT TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE AFTER ALL, IT'S THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT APPOINTS THE COMMISSION.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, I GUESS, DON'T YOU? YES, PLEASE.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE GEORGE OR NOW GEORGE, YOU, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR SOME TIME.
I DON'T SEE YOUR NAME ON HERE.
DID I MISS IT? DID I MISS YOUR NAME FOR SOME REASON OR WHAT? I, I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR WITH ALL THE ACTIVITIES, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE THAT TIME OUT DURING THE DAY.
WHY DOING THAT? HE, UNDER OUR BYLAWS, HE HAD NOT ATTENDED, UH, ENOUGH MEETINGS TO BE, AND WE HAD TO GRANT HIM BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T EXCUSED ABSENCES HE DIDN'T CALL IN AND GIVE US AN EXCUSE FOR BEING NOT BEING THERE.
SO WE HAVE JAMIE LAY WELL FROM THE, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION SPEAKING NOW.
UM, I'VE GOT THE LIST THAT WE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR, UH, AND THESE NEW NOMINATIONS ARE ONES THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS HAVE SUBMITTED.
AND WHEN I SENT IN THE CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF NOMINATIONS FOR THE TERM PLUS EXCEPT FOR APPROVED NOMINATIONS FROM COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEMBERS THAT SHOWED BEEN ON THE AGENDA.
SO THAT WOULD'VE GIVEN YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORTH ANY NAMES THAT YOU WANTED TO PUT ON THAT COMMISSION.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT TIME.
SO IF, UH, IF WE NEED TO DO THIS IN JANUARY, UH, OUR FIRST MEETING IS JANUARY 11TH, AND THAT'S WHEN WE GET SWORN IN.
WE GET YOU, YOU KNOW, TO BE REAPPOINTED FOR ANOTHER TERM OR APPOINTED FOR ANOTHER TERM.
AND THAT'S JANUARY 11TH OR SECOND,
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UH, TUESDAY.AND EACH MONTH, EVERY OTHER MONTH IS READY FOR MEETING AND WE CAN'T CONDUCT A MEETING UNLESS WE'RE SWORN IN.
SO WE DO THIS, TRY TO GET EVERYBODY APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND GET EVERYBODY NOTIFIED.
WE CAN'T CALL 'EM TO A MEETING TO BE SWORN IN IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED BY THE COURT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO GET ON THE AGENDA NOW FOR OUR JANUARY 11TH MEETING.
YEAH, WELL, IT'LL HAVE TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR THOUGH.
INSTEAD OF THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
THIS YEAR IT'S BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR THE, THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, WHICH WILL BE JANUARY 10TH.
JANUARY 10TH, FOURTH JANUARY, TUESDAY.
BUT YOU GONNA COME TO WORK ON TUESDAY.
YEAH, I'M, I AM AN EMPLOYEE NOW ONE DAY A WEEK ON TUESDAYS AT THE OFFICE, SO I'LL BE THERE.
BUT, UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S FINE.
AND, BUT I CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT POINT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE CHANGED ON THIS.
WE HAD THESE EMERITUS MEMBERS THAT WEREN'T ACTIVE, UH, FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US AND STILL WORK WITH US.
UH, BUT THEY, THEY DON'T EVER COME TO MEETINGS OR ANYTHING.
SO THEY'RE JUST THE EMERITUS MEMBERS.
AND RATHER THAN HAVE THEM STILL LISTED ON OUR, UH, ROSTER, WE HAVE REMOVED THE ONES THAT ARE NOT ACTIVE ANYMORE AND DON'T COME.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE'VE APPROVED THE FRIENDS OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, THEY HAVE APPROVED TO, UH, APPOINT TO GIVE THEM LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP IN THE FRIENDS.
SO THEY'LL BE SERVING THE COMMISSION THROUGH THE FRIENDS OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
AND SO OUR ROSTER WON'T LOOK AS LIKE, WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER MEMBERS, THE MEMBER, THE MEMBERS THAT ARE COMING ON.
WE HAVE 13 THAT ARE RETURNING COMMISSIONERS AND FIVE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET NOMINATED TO JOANNE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE THE, UM, LET'S SEE.
WE ADDED ONE EMERITUS MEMBER, WHICH WAS DR.
FLAT, HIS HISTORY OF HEALTH HISTORY.
NOW HE'S GOTTEN SO THAT HE'S NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO COME TO OUR MEETING.
SO WE MAKE HIM ERUS MEMBER BE HE'LL STILL BE ACTIVE.
SO, AND WE HAVE OTHER ACTIVE EMERITUS MEMBERS.
WE HAVE, UH, ELIZABETH R WHO'S THERE EVERY TIME WE OPEN THE DOOR.
SO WE'RE KEEPING HER ON ACTIVE AND, UH, REPRESENTING, UH, BETTY BROWN HAS BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR YEARS AND YEARS, EVEN BEFORE SHE WAS A STATE REP AND SHE'S COMING BACK AS AN ACTIVE EMERITUS MEMBER.
AND, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NEW ONES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD.
UH, WHEN, UH, WENDY MANNING WAS NOMINATED BY JEAN ANN AND JEAN ANN, UH, NOMINATED SUSAN ROBERTS AND I NOMINATED CAN, HE HAS WORKED WITH US A LOT AND HE'S MADE SOME, UH, DONATIONS TO OUR COLLECTIONS, SOME SIGNIFICANT DONATIONS TO OUR COLLECTION.
AND HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH US THROUGH THE FRIENDS.
AND, UH, WE FELT LIKE HE COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL, UH, WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE OF HAVING BEEN A PAST COMMISSIONER, UH, FOR OUR DEVELOPING
HE'S WILLING TO HELP US WITH THAT A LOT.
SO WE WANTED, PARDON? I JUST GOTTA MAKE A COMMENT.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN THE CITY OF FORNEY, HE'S WILLING TO HELP.
AND HE WAS ON THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
IF IT DIDN'T BENEFIT THE CITY OF FORNEY, HE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF DOING IT ANYTHING AT THE COUNTY FARM.
BUT HE'S HAD A CHANGE OF HEART
AND HE'S, HE'S MADE SOME, UH, SOME DONATIONS TO US.
AND, UM, HE'S HAD SAID HE'S WANTS VERY MUCH TO TRY TO HELP US DEVELOP THAT CORE FARM OUT THERE.
AND I THINK IT PROBABLY WILL BENEFIT 42 BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BENEFIT THE WHOLE COUNTY.
WHEN WE GET THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE TO DO OUT THERE, IT'S GONNA BENEFIT THE WHOLE COUNTY AS FAR AS VISITORS COUNTY.
SO IT'S SOMETHING, IT'S A HISTORICAL SITE THAT WE NEED TO, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DEVELOP FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND NOW I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE LAW OUT THERE AND WHAT THE MUSEUM IS GOING TO BE.
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING OUT THERE.
SO THERE'S NOT SUCH AN EYESORE FOR THE DISTRICT THAT COME TO EVERYTHING ELSE, AND HE'S WILLING TO HELP US WITH THAT.
SO, UH, WE WOULD BOTH, I MEAN, I NOMINATED HIM AND I TALKED TO HIM AND DISCUSSED, DISCUSSED IT WITH HIM.
AND, UH, HE'S, HE WOULD, UH, WE'D VERY MUCH
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TALK TO THAT.AND JUDY MCSPADDEN IS, UH, MARY KATE MANAGER, OUR, UH, CHAIRMAN ELECT, UH, THAT'S COMING ON.
I MET HER AND HER HUSBAND
AND SHE'S A NEIGHBOR OF MARY KAY'S AND SHE'S VERY INTERESTED IN VERY TALENTED WOMAN THAT MARY KAY SUGGESTED WE BRING ON.
AND MARGARET BRIGGS IS WITH THE G AND SHE'S THE SECRETARY AND SHE'S WITH THE TERRELL HERITAGE SOCIETY.
AND WE'VE WORKED, BEEN WORKING WITH THEM A LOT TO THROUGH THE FRIENDS AND SHE IS VERY INTERESTED IN SERVING THE COUNTY ON COMMISSION.
SO WE, UH, NOMINATED HER FOR A MEETING.
AND THEN THE OTHER LIST, OF COURSE, ARE THE ONE THAT WOULD BE RETURNING COMMISSIONERS FOR RENOMINATION.
WE HAD TWO, TWO THAT SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT BE REPLAY.
THAT WAS MARTHA DECKER AND YASMA, UH, YASMA HOLLAND.
I THINK THAT YA WAS JUST SO BUSY WITH EVERYTHING GOING OUT AT THE LIBRARY THAT SHE COULDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO, BUT SHE'S STILL HELPING US.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE REAPPOINTED, BUT SHE'S STILL VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMISSION.
OKAY, WELL I'LL ENTERTAIN MOST OF THE TABLE IS TO NEXT, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROW, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
SO WE'LL TABLE AND PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR.
AND JUDGE, SHE WILL SHE GIVE US A LIST OF THE, OF THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE APPROVED FOR NOMINATION BRING UP.
WILL YOU A AFTER IT? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL BRING YOU A LIST AFTER.
WILL YOU WANT A COPY TOO? YES.
NEXT ITEM, UH, DISCUSSION CENTER.
ACCEPTING NOMINATION FOR 2011.
12 COLMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION MEMBERS.
WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
AND THAT'LL BE, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER PAYING MR. PORTER FOR WORK PERFORMED AT SOUTH CAMPUS FOR MASTER GARDENERS.
I THINK THAT WAS DISCUSSED LAST WEEK WHEN I WASN'T HERE.
IS THERE YOU REMEMBER HOW THAT DISCUSSION WENT? YES.
UH, I THINK IF, UH, HE WANTS TO WORK FOR THE MASTER GARDEN, MASTER GARDENERS MAKE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES AND I THINK THEY OUGHT TO PAY FOR HIS TIME.
SO WHAT ENTERTAIN MOST OF THEM, NOT MR. ORDER WORK DONE WITH MASTER MADE BY COMMISSIONER, BACK COMMISSIONER CLARK.
CONSIDER ACCEPTING
THAT'S THE ONE YOU AND I WORKED ON YEARS AGO.
UH, IT'S THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
IN FACT, THEY GOT AN AUDITOR TRAIL CERTIFIED.
WE ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICE NUMBER SEVEN.
SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN FOR BEING THE FIRST AND THE MOST TIME OF ALL THE S GETTING THEIR STUFF DONE LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
YEAH, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT ON.
CHUCK IS HERE REPRESENTING, I'M SURE.
BUT CHUCK, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
THE, UH, NEXT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA DEAL WITH FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
UM, HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT, JACK? NO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? IS THIS YOURS? NO, JUDGE, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COURT MIGHT HAVE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE HEARING WAS CONDUCTED, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
AND SO TODAY I WAS GONNA CONSIDER ACTING ON THE, UH, ORDER ITSELF AND THE, UH, CREATION OF THE DISTRICT AND THE FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOTED, UH, IN, IN THAT ORDER.
SO I'M, I'M BASICALLY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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OR MAY NOT KNOW, CLAY CRAWFORD, UH, REPRESENTING THE GEORGE SCHRADER IS HERE ALSO.OH, HE WAS HIDING BEHIND THE CAMERA.
AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT WERE, UH, THAT, THAT WAS DISCUSSED THAT WERE, UH, DISCREPANCIES, I GUESS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED SINCE THAT TIME.
GOT ALL THE COPIES, Y'ALL, THESE RECORDED? UH, THE FIVE ACRE MINIMUM WAS, AND SO, UH, SOME OF THE WARNING WAS CORRECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE ON IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, GRANT THE PETITION AND THE POINT TEMPORARY SUPERVISORS AS LISTED FOR FIRST FIVE.
DISCUSS, UH, THE TEXAS COMMISSIONER ON JAIL STANDARDS INSPECTION REPORT.
WELL, I THOUGHT WE DID IT ALL TOGETHER.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE
FIVE AND SERIES PETITION FOUR NUMBER SIX AND APPOINT THE SUPERVISORS LISTED.
OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, OKAY.
MOTION MAY BY COMMISSIONER CLARK TO DO THAT.
AND SECOND IT BY COMMISSIONER DELLER.
NOW WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, INSPECTION REPORT FROM THE JAIL.
AS I RECALL, IT WAS A GOOD REPORT.
THEY DIDN'T, THE SHERIFF IS HERE.
WILL YOU, YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, PASSING THE REPORT? WE PASSED
I THINK WE GOT A GOOD REPORT AND, UH, EVERYTHING AND I THINK WAS IMPRESSED WITH I THINK THE PHYSICAL PLAN AND THE OF IT UPKEEP OF FACT, HE TOOK SOME COPIES OF SOME OF OUR FORMS WE CREATED TO, UH, SUGGEST SOME, ANOTHER JAIL.
NOW WHEN I READ IT, I SAW APPRECIATE GREAT GOOD DEAL.
INSPECTOR WAS HIGHLY IMPRESSED OUT THERE AND THE EMPLOYEES.
AND ALSO HE WAS HIGHLY IMPRESSED.
HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE INMATES THAT THE RESPECT THAT WERE SHOWING TOWARDS THE DETENTION OFFICER OUT THERE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GOOD.
HE HAD ONE OR TWO LITTLE MINOR THINGS.
I THINKING YOU CANNOT GET A PERFECT REPORT.
SO THEY HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING.
I TRIED TO GET HIM TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR MEETING, BUT HE, HE NEVER WOULD ACTUALLY ADMIT TO THAT.
BUT, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING, I BELIEVE TO SEND BACK.
BUT HE WAS, UH, VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE, WITH OUR FACILITY OUT THERE.
I THINK ONE OF THE AREAS WAS BACK IN THE SINGLE MAN CELL ON ONE SIDE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY USING THOSE.
TOOK THE HOT WATER A LONG TIME TO COME UP.
BUT I MEAN THAT'S, UH, WE DID COME UP AND WITH PLENTY MORE CAME UP.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME IN COLD WATER, A LONG WAY FROM THE, FROM THE WATER.
I THINK WE DID, WE DID HAVE A VERY GOOD, UH, INSPECTION REPORT.
I THINK THAT EVERYBODY GOES OUT TO PRESS WITH THE UPKEEP OF THE JAIL.
WE WORK 24 HOURS A DAY KEEPING THAT THING CLEAN.
AND WE'VE BEEN THERE OVER SIX YEARS AND STILL DOESN'T SMELL LIKE A JAIL.
I THINK YOU AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE SHOULD BE COMMITTED.
THAT'S WHAT COGNIZE ALL THE STATE.
ONE OF THE I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE ATTEND IS THIS ANNUAL INSPECTION.
WHENEVER THEY HAVE THAT TO, TO ATTEND THAT EXIT REVIEW.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE WITH WELL THEY THEY ACTUALLY REQUIRE SOME SIGN OFF OR THEY, THEY GENERAL, THERE IS SOMEBODY THERE, BUT ANYTIME
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ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OUT AGAINST THAT JAIL, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY.TAKE WILL WE GET A NOTICE WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE SO WE CAN TURN OUT AND WALK IN? WE KNOW PRETTY CLOSE.
I MEAN, WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE MAYBE ONE OH YEAH.
WELL WE CAN CALL TAKES TWO DAYS AND, AND IT'LL BE THE SECOND DAY OF USUALLY LATE AFTERNOON.
IF WE HAD MORE THAN TWO MEMBERS OF THE COURT THERE, WOULD THAT BE A FORUM THAT WOULD'VE TO HAVE ADMITTED? RIGHT.
SO WE CAN ONLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE.
BUT YOU SAID YOU GOT TWO DAYS.
SO AS NORMALLY YOU'LL GET THERE AND THEN WE CAN NOTIFY THE, THIS PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE THERE FOR THE EXECUTIVE BRIEFING.
YOU COME BE US FOR THE WHOLE INSPECTION IF YOU WANT TO
BUT, UH, THE FIRST DAY OF NOTHING, PAPERWORK, NOTHING VERY BORING.
AND THE SECOND DAY WE DO THE WALKTHROUGH AND, UH, THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE JAIL, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.
BUT, UH, THAT'S PRETTY WELL MY ALL DAY DEAL.
AND BRUCE, IF YOU LET 'EM KNOW THEN, UH, THAT YOU'RE ON STANDBY, THEN YOU, THEY CAN CALL YOU WHEN, WHEN THEY FINISH THE INSPECTION AND GET READY FOR THE EXIT.
COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THE MOTION FOR US TO, UH, UH, ACCEPT THAT, UH, RECORD.
OKAY, NOW WE HAVE, UH, SOME RESALE OF, UH, FOUR TAX PROPERTIES.
SO ONE THIRD OF THE CURRENT VALUE.
JIM, THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO THIS.
THESE ARE PROPERTIES THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO BIDDERS ON THEM.
WHY DO WE WAIT SO LONG TO SELL IT? WAIT UNTIL THEY ASK
UM, CAN'T SAY A WHOLE LOT, BUT UH, AFTER JANUARY THIS WON'T BE CORRECTED.
THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS FROM 2005, 2007.
I GET THIS BACK ON THE TIGHT ROLLS.
WHAT DO WE, WHAT IS THE, WHAT GETS US 47? SOMEBODY BID A THIRD OF THE PRICE MADE.
EVIDENTLY SOMEBODY ALREADY HAS.
IF THEY DON'T GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THAT'S WHY THEY, AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S, YEAH.
SO THIS WAY THIS IS A THIRD OF THE THIS IS WHAT THEY NO, THIS YEAH, THAT, THAT ON THE RIGHT I VALUE.
SO WE DUNNO EXACTLY WHAT IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT.
RIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW ON SOME OF THEY HAVE THE, I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE SELLING JUDGE FOR FIVE.
OH, THEY HAVEN'T, THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED BIDS YET.
THEY, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS GETTING A THIRD OF THIS ONE AND GETTING $500 OFF A PROPERTY? NOBODY, THESE NOBODY TO, TO PAY AT LEAST A THIRD OF IT.
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AND THE ONES I HAVE HAVE BEEN AUCTION.NO, THEY DIDN'T GO TO AUCTION.
THE ONES, YEAH, THAT'S WAS COMMISSION.
AND THESE HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE, THEY, THE ONLY OPTION THEY GO TO IS WHEN THEY FIRST FOR CLOSE AT THAT.
THEN IF NOBODY BID ON THAT, THEN THEY GO BOOK ONE BIDS ON THE BOOK IS WHEN THEY GO AND DO THIS.
THE ONE THAT NO ONE HAD EVER BID OFF.
WHERE DID THE ONE THIRD VALUE COME FROM? ONE THIRD OF THE CURRENT VALUE.
THAT'S THEY START THE BID STARTED AT ONE THIRD OF THE, BUT SEE THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THIS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE APPRAISED VALUE, UH, IS NOT GONNA CHANGE US.
THE APPRAISED VALUE IS, IS WHAT WE GET OUR PROPERTY TAX OFF OF.
IF WE GET BACK ON THE TAX, WE GET MORE AND WE DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE, YOU DON'T APPROVE THESE, THEN THEY'RE GONNA SIT THERE FOR FOREVER.
DO OTHER TAX IES HAVE ANY SAY SO WITH THAT? YEAH.
UM, THE OTHER TAX MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK ALL IN COURTESY ACT MOTION TO CARRY 2019 98, 2 0 5.
THAT JUST, THAT'S SO, YEAH, I DON'T LIKE THAT.
WHAT ARE THESE, THE NAME PRECINCT THREE, FOUR.
OH ONES IN, ONE'S IN THREE, ONE'S IN FOUR.
UM, WHAT, I DUNNO, I I THINK I HAVE ONE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THE GUYS MONEY BACK.
UM, DID THEY, ARE THEY SELLING GOING UP FOR BID OR ARE THEY SOLD FOR THE ONE THIRD PRICE? THESE ARE GETTING READY TO GO TO AN AUCTION.
THE PRICE WOULD BE ONE AFTER NOBODY DID THE THIRD.
AND THEY SIT THERE, I THINK THAT'S WHEN THEY GO UP THERE AND THEY'RE STUCK OUTSIDE THEIR, UH, DICK'S OFFICE AND YOU GO BY THERE AND LOOK AT THEM ALL THE TIME.
THEY GO UP THERE BEFORE THIS HAPPENS.
BEFORE THIS, THEY, THEY GO UP THERE BEFORE THIS HAPPENED.
I THINK SOME OF THOSE UP THERE ARE THOUGH, AFTER THEY'VE BEEN TO AN AUCTION AND NOBODY BOUGHT THEM BECAUSE THERE'S SOME HAVE BEEN HERE FOR LIKE NOW THERE WAS SOME PROPERTY IN MATERIAL ONE TIME THAT, THAT WHEN COMMISSIONER JOHNSON WAS OVER THERE THAT WE LOOKED AT ABOUT PAYING OFF THE OTHER ENTITIES TAXES THAT WERE OWED ON IT.
AND THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY BOUGHT IT BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD, GOOD BIG AREA THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE FOR STORAGE OF MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT AND STUFF.
BUT THE PROBLEM THERE WAS THERE WAS A TERRIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROBLEM AND IT, I MEAN IT WAS NOT WORTH EVEN TO THE COUNTY TO GET IT FOR TAXES.
SO ANYWAY, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET THIS, GET THIS RUNNING AND UH, WE VOTE ON THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR? SAY UH, ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JIM.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO PROPERTY WHERE OFFERS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR COMMISSIONER JACKSON ELL OF, UH, LAST 1, 2, 3 AND FOUR BLOCK.
NINE, NINE MOORE NASH AND PRECINCT THREE.
THESE PROPERTY THROUGH AND WASN'T SOLD.
SO, UH, THESE PEOPLE HAVE, UH, BID ON THE, I'M KIND LIKE COMMISSION GET ROAD JUST THESE HERE.
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I DO THIS, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY THE CITY OF, AND I THINK THEY GONNA DRAFT UP SOMETHING TO COURT.THEY KIND OF SALE RIGHT NOW, I THINK ENTITIES THAT APPROVE THIS, THE SCHOOL, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT, YOU MIGHT, THAT'S SOMETHING TAKE UP ON, BUT I THEY APPROACH DON'T HAVE EFFECT ON THIS RIGHT HERE.
SO, WELL THEY DO HAVE A FINAL SAY BECAUSE EACH ONE OF US HAS TO APPROVE IT.
WE DON'T NEED DRAFT ANYTHING IF THEY, THEY APPROACH.
BUT YEAH, YOU MAKE SURE YOU GET JOHN TO READ THAT OVER BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT READ ANYTHING THAT OH, OKAY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE HAVE UH, TRACK ONES OF SUITE LOT SIX BLOCK FOUR.
STALLINGS EDITION NUMBER THREE.
YOU MAKE THAT MOTION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK ON MOTION CARRIES.
MR. JACKSON MAKES THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER DI WILL SECONDED.
NOW WE GOT, UH, LOTS 47, 48, 49, 50 AND 51 AND BLOCK FOUR BACON EDITION.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON WILL MAKE THAT MOTION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ER.
OKAY, THIS NEXT ONE'S NOT COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UH, NEXT ONE IS TO REJECT THE BID FOR LOT 21 A CREEK RANCH ESTATES.
YEAH, THIS GUY MADE A BID ON THIS THING FOR, IT WASN'T MUCH $300 I THINK, BUT THEN I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE REASON WAS.
HE BOUGHT, HE BOUGHT OTHER PROPERTIES FROM US, BUT HE CAME BACK AND DECIDED HE DIDN'T WANT THIS ONE AND HE'D JUST LIKE TO GET HIS MONEY BACK.
HE HAD PUT UP SOME EARNEST MONEY AND IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IT'S UH, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WHOLE 500, BUT ANYWAY, JUST LIKE TO GET HIS MONEY BACK.
NOW COMMISSIONER WILL MAKE THAT MOTION TO REJECT THAT BID.
COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL SECOND IT.
DO WE HAVE THE LINE ITEM THIS MORNING? NO SIR.
YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO CUT OFF THE BILLS ANOTHER WEEK? NO SIR.
GEORGE, CAN I SEE YOU A SECOND? YES SIR.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON WILL SECOND THING.
LET HIM MAKE THE LAST MOTION TO ADJOURN AJOUR.
I I, WELL I'M GONNA TELL Y'ALL SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN RICK DID THAT THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS GIVING HIM MY LITTLE KIND OF FAREWELL TALK THERE, DID YOU KNOW THE SHERIFF TURNED AWAY AND SAID, REMIND HIM HE'S ONLY SUPPOSED TO TALK THREE MINUTES.
UH, THESE LAST 12 WENT BY TOO FAST.
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UH, BUT TOTAL OF 20 YEARS AND, AND, UM, I CANNOT THINK OF A DAY THAT I DREADED GETTING UP AND COMING TO WORK AS COUNTY JUDGE.IT'S, IT'S JUST GREAT BEST JOB IN THE WORLD, I GUARANTEE YOU, IN MY OPINION.
THAT GETS A LITTLE OUS, LITTLE TEACHES BUDGET TIME.
BUT WE'VE HAD A REAL GOOD COURT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON HERE FOR SIX YEARS AND, UH, YOU'VE BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT AND OBVIOUSLY SO IS JIM.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS Y'ALL OF US.
WELL MISS A LOT, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF HISTORY AND A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR ME.
I I I JUST SAY ONE THING, OLD SOLDIER THAT THEY JUST FAT.
SO I GOT DANDY DUNN SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A GREAT RUN.
I THINK THE FUNNIEST THING HE EVER SAID WAS WHEN HE GOT OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL, THEY SAID, WHY ARE YOU GOING TO SM U? HE SAID, WELL, BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO HOME AND EASY TO SPELL
I BE, HE SAID THAT THE PAPER HOW LAURA JACK THE MEDIA, THE MEDIA ENJOYED WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
WELL, BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN STILL COME BACK AND BE A MR. HER.
AND, UH, I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS WORKING THAT EVEN MIGHT, MIGHT, MIGHT BRING ME BACK ON BUSINESS.
WHO KNOWS? WHO KNOWS, WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
CAN WE STILL CALL AND ASK YOU QUESTIONS? OH YEAH.
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER PUT ON THE YOU AFTER, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK THOUGH, I, I WOULD GET THE CHARGE.
Y'ALL KNEW ABOUT THE DOCTOR AND THE LAWYER THAT UM, UH, THEY WERE AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY AND THE DOCTOR WENT UP TO THE LAWYER AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, I GUESS YOU COULD GET THE SAME THING.
BUT HE SAID, EVERY EVERY PARTY AND EVERY GROUP I GO TO, THEY'RE ALL ASKING ME QUESTIONS.
THEY GOT A PAIN IN THE BACK, THEY GOT A PAIN IN THE NECK, THERE'S SHOULDER HURTS.
AND YOU KNOW, HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU, HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? AND LAURIE SAID, WELL, I SENT HIM A BILL
AND SO TWO WEEKS LATER THE DOCTOR GOT A BILL
AND JIM, YOU WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAKE A MOTION.
WE ADJOURN WHO'S, WHO'S NEXT IN SENIORITY? A SECOND.
SO YOU'LL SECOND IT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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WHY DON'T WE HER TO, THOSE ARE STATE REQUIREMENTS, MAN.THOSE AREN'T THOSE, THOSE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THOSE, THOSE ARE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT FORMS OF ID THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRES US TO ACCEPT.
NOW IF SHE HAS AN INDIVIDUAL IN HER FAMILY THAT'S AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER THAT HAS THE STATE, TEXAS STATE ID, WE COULD ISSUE YOU THEM THAT BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
BUT I MEAN IF THEY CAN GET IT SOMEHOW THROUGH DALLAS COUNTY, SHE, WE CAN'T.
YEAH, THEY NEED A LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE THEN YOU HAVE TO THE WHERE IF THEY FORM YOU GO ANY COUNTY LONG AS THEY, OKAY.
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HOW WOULD THAT WORK? HOW WOULD SHE PAY? IT'S JUST I'M MINUTE.[01:20:43]
OH NO, THIS SHE'S, I DUNNO.IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN? NOT THIS
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FINANCIALS.AND CALL STATE LIBRARY RETENTION AND GET THAT KIND OF STARTED? YES.
JUST, JUST ON THE APPEAL OR DID YOU WANT ASK? I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY MUCH, AND THEN, UM, JUST THEY, THEY WANTED, SHELLY WANTED KNOW THE WORKMAN'S COMP, IF ANYBODY SAW IT CALLED IT MAY CALL THEREA MARYANNE.
AND THEN, UM, I'LL LET PAM KNOW THAT SHE, THAT STUFF.
AND THAT'S MARYANNE'S BLANKET.
I JUST, I TOOK IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY GOT THERE AND I DIDN'T SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT ANIMAL GOES IN THE SOCKET SAID THAT, SO SHE SAID, AND, BUT THAT SURGERY IS NOT DAYS.
SHE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, NOWADAYS SURGERY AND IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER.
SHE SAID THE KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY.
BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE KNEE HAS TO, I DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN I DID HAVE, A FRIEND OF MINE HAD IT DONE.
SHE HAD IT DONE LIKE ON A MONDAY AND SHE WAS OUT BY THURSDAY.
AND I KNOW A WEEK LATER, YOU KNOW, SHE'S, SHE'S GOT A WALKER, BUT SHE'S, SHE'S DOING GOOD.
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OH GOD, IT'S ON THE SIDE.IS IT THIS ONE OR THAT ONE? THIS ONE.
BUT DID SHE GET THE ACTUAL LICENSE IN THAT COUNTY.