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AND I'D ASK YOU NOW TO, UH, STAND FOR THE, UH, INVITATION, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON AND THEN FOR THE PLEDGES.
AND IF ANYONE, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE COURT, WE HAVE, UH, FORM FOR YOU TO FILL OUT, UH, OVER ON THE TABLE.
SO, JESSE, MAYOR, BOW OUR HEADS HEAVEN.
THANK YOU FOR THIS ANOTHER DAY.
FATHER, HE ASKED THAT YOU LOOK DOWN OUR, AND BLESS US IN OUR EFFORTS, BLESS THIS COURT, AND BLESS THE GENTLEMAN THAT ASSIST ON THIS COURT.
BLESS US IN OUR DECISION MAKING.
THEY COULD BE RIGHT AND JUST FOR THE COUNTY THEN FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD LOOK DOWN UPON ANYONE THAT IS SICK OF INJURED, BLESS THEM AND THEIR OFFENDERS.
BLESS THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
THEN FATHER, LOOK DOWN UPON OUR TRUTH THAT'LL OVERSEE, KEEP 'EM IN THE FORM OF YOUR HANDS AND HAVE LET THEM HAVE A SAFE TRIP BACK HOME.
THIS WE ASKED, AND I SON, IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THROUGH THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS FOR NATION UNDER GOD, ANY THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
UH, CHIEF, COULD YOU BRING THAT UP FORM UP HERE TO WOW.
HE SAID HE'S NOT SURE WHETHER HE WANTS TO SPEAK OR NOT, BUT HE WENT, OKAY.
FIREWORKS THING, WHICH WOULD BE FIRST OKAY.
FROM 2205 MELDED CIRCLE HERE AT COFFMAN.
WE DO HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA.
SO DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE COURT NOW? DO YOU WANT WAIT UNTIL, UM, I JUST DON'T IF THE ABANDONED FIREWORKS IS CONSIDERATION HERE.
WELL, REALLY IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
IT IS A BURN BAN THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING.
WE DID HAVE A MEETING LAST WEEK AND FIRE MARSHAL'S HERE WITH US AND HE CAN, UH, ADDRESS THIS.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING IS THAT, OR WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALL GOING TO DO A BURN, UH, VAN, DOES THAT BAN ALL FIREWORKS UNDER A BURN VAN OR NO? NO.
AND WE ARE GONNA MONITOR THAT BASED ON THE, UH, YES, SIR.
AND THE FIRE MARSHALS THERE IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE GRAY SHIRT.
SO WHEN HE'S THROUGH SPEAKING, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M SURE HE CAN HELP YOU OUT.
ANYONE ELSE THAT WE SHOULD, UH, ADDRESS THE COURT? ALL RIGHT, WELL THE NEXT ITEM IS ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE, UH, THEY HAND TO YOU TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE THE CONSENT ITEM, UH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE MINUTES OF JUNE THE SIXTH, 2011, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE MINUTES.
UH, DISCUSS AND ACT ON PROVING REQUEST FOR CENTURYLINK TO INSTALL A BARRIER COMMUNICATIONS CABLE ON COUNTY ROAD ONE OH, UH, NINE B IN PRECINCT ONE.
AND THEN ALSO FOR THEM TO DO THE SAME THING IN COUNTY ROAD ONE 10 IN COLTON COUNTY PRECINCT ONE.
UH, AND ALSO, UH, FOR CENTURYLINK TO INSTALL A BURIED COMMUNICATIONS DROP ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD OUTWAY LANE IN CAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO PULL OUT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR IS THAT PRETTY WELL ADDRESS? OKAY.
UH, IT'S NOT THIS, I GUESS I MAY NEED TO DO THIS ANOTHER TIME, BUT, UH, CENTRALLY, THEY PRETTY MUCH IN DETAIL WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY CABLE ATT JUST CABLE NOT BE CUT IT AND WE GOING AROUND AND AROUND.
SO I DUNNO WHAT WE NEED TO DO ABOUT THAT.
OKAY? THESE ARE CABLES THAT AREN'T IN GROUND THAT, THAT WE, THAT WE CUT.
YEAH, THERE WAS ALREADY GROUND, BUT THEY'RE NOT VERY LIKE SIX.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE IT SEEMS. NO, HE SAYS ATT AT&T.
WOULD IT HAPPEN IF WE MAYBE GOT AT&T IN AND MAYBE TRIED TO? IT MIGHT BE.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THE, BEFORE I HAD TO HAVE THE JUDGE SEND THEM TWO LETTERS FROM US SAYING, HEY, WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY THIS.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ASKING US TO MAKE THOSE ON TOP OF THE GROUND.
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I HAVE THEM TAKE TAKE, BUT I'M STILL GOING AROUND LIKE THE COURT BE AWARE.IT SEEMED TO WORK REAL WELL WHEN I TALKED WITH THE SUPERVISOR, MS. SHE WITH HER, ABOUT THEM MAKING SURE THAT THEIR TRACTORS ARE BEARING.
WE'VE, THEY'RE DOING A BETTER JOB OF IT NOW, PREVIOUSLY, NOW.
AND YOU MIND ASKING THEM TO SAY, WELL, IF WE LET US SEE YOUR, UH, EASEMENT THAT YOU SIGNED WHEN YOU PUT THIS IN.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T EVER GET ONE.
THEY DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT THAT STILL DOESN'T STOP FROM SENDING BILL.
UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UH, FIRE MARSHAL LARRY EWING TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON IMPLEMENTING A COUNTYWIDE BURN BAIL.
YEAH, WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY IS, UH, DISCUSS AN ORDER RESTRICTING THE OUTDOOR, JUST SOME OF THE DATA THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.
WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE DROUGHT INDEX LEVEL IN OUR COUNTY OF 624.
THE LOWEST IS IN THE 500 THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP THE 14 DAY OUTLOOK SHOWS FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE IN THE 700 RANGE, WHICH IS AFTER 700.
SO I MEAN, WE'RE TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE ENTIRE STATE BEING THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT CAN BE RECORDED AS, UH, STATE OPERATIONS CENTER HAS REPORTED SO FAR, 1,515 FIRES WITH OVER 2 MILLION ACRES BURNED.
THERE'S 225 COUNTIES CURRENTLY IN A BURN VAN.
UH, TALKED TO THE FORESTRY SERVICE RESOURCES, UH, AGAIN YESTERDAY.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE DOZER THAT'S IN, UH, GREENVILLE.
IT'S AN UNMANNED UNIT, SO FORESTRY SERVICE SUPERVISOR FOR THAT UNIT.
IF WE NEED IT, WE'LL HAVE TO CALL SOMEBODY AND TRY TO GET A PART-TIMER TO COME OPERATOR TO BRING IT.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BACK IN TOWN THIS AFTERNOON, SO I'VE GOTTA FIND OUT WHAT ELSE WE'VE GOT.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE NEAREST THING, LIKE THREE COUNTIES AWAY FROM US FROM THE FORESTRY SERVICE, WHICH DID STILL BRING FORCE, THEY DO HAVE SOME AIR ATTACK UNITS THAT, UH, ARE PROBABLY LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM US.
THEY'VE EVER GOTTA THAT POINT.
CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY DRY OUT THERE.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AS FAR AS TALKING ABOUT, UH, HAVING AN ORDER RESTRICTING THE OUTDOOR BURNING, I'D LIKE TO TRY TO DO IT FOR 60 DAYS.
AND THAT ORDER, UH, ALSO, UH, WOULD INCLUDE AN OUTDOOR WELDING CLAUSE IN IT THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND SOMETIMES IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT, THAT OUTDOOR WELDING, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT IF THE WIND EXCEED 15 MILES AN HOUR THAT THEY CAN'T USE OUTDOOR WELDING OR CUTTING IF IT'S BELOW THAT, AS LONG AS THEY GOT A DESIGNATED FIRE WATCH OR REMAINS AT ALL TIMES WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE WELDING, GRINDING OR CUTTING AND REMAINS ON THE SCENE FOR MINIMUM OF 30 MINUTES AFTER ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND HAS THE MEANS TO PUT IT OUT IN THE PROPERLY OPERATING CELL PHONE, THAT WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO WELD AND CUT AT THIS TIME.
WE MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT LATER ON IF THE WIND HAS TO BE HOW MUCH LESS THAN 15? LESS THAN 15.
UH, ELLIS COUNTY HAD ONE, THEY PUT 20 MILES AN HOUR ON IT, BUT THEY REGRETTED IT AND WISH THEY'D HAVE BACKED IT OFF 15.
SO WE'RE GONNA STICK WITH THE 15 TOO.
UH, I KNOW I GAVE YOU ALL SOMETHING FROM ELLIS COUNTY THE OTHER DAY THAT SHOWED THAT THEY ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THEIR BURNING BAND WHERE IT WAS ILLEGAL, THAT SHOOTER DISCHARGE ANY FIREWORKS, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT AT THIS TIME, BUT I DO FORESEE THAT IF CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO GET WORSE, THEN THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING MORE SEVERE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST KEEPING WITH THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE TWO THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IN AN ACT IN BURN BAND AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
SO THIS TIME WHEN I READ INTO THE ELLIS COUNTY BANK AND I TOLD YOU THEY, THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH WHAT THEY DO.
IT'S STILL NOT AGAINST LAW TO START A FIRE OR SHOOT FIREWORKS OR WHATEVER.
YOU GET CAUGHT THE SECOND TIME.
YOU START THE FIRE THE FIRST TIME YOU GO OUT AND YOU NOTIFY 'EM OF IT, THEN THEY START ANOTHER FIRE, THEN THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CONSERVATIVE AND OBVIOUSLY THEY MUST HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES WHO HAD THE ABILITY TO GO OUT THERE AND CHASE YOU DOWN TWICE.
SO THAT WAS NOT WORKING ON US AT ALL.
AND OF COURSE, THE ONLY OTHER THING AFTER THIS POINT, IF WE DO THE BURN VAN CONTINUE TO ESCALATE, IS TO COME BACK AND TRY TO ASK FOR AN EMERGENCY DISASTER DECORATED FOR THE COUNTY, AT WHICH POINT YOU'D HAVE THE RIGHT AS A JUDGE TO SOLVE ALL FIREWORKS.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA HOLD HER BREATH AND, AND GO FOR IT AND SEE WHAT, HOW MUCH CLOSER WE CAN GET.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET THAT RESTRICTION ON BURNING AND ACTIVE TODAY, TODAY POSSIBLE.
AND WHAT, WHAT IS OUR FIRE SITUATION AROUND THE COUNTY? WE, WE'VE HAD ABOUT A 60 ACRE FIRE THAT, UH, CHIEF BEAVER'S DEPARTMENT HAD
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DOWN LAST WEEK.AND WE HAD A FIVE OR 10 ACRE ONE HERE OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT NOTHING OTHER, ANY LARGER THAN THOSE AT THE MOMENT, BUT EVERYBODY AROUND US IS THAT DALLAS COUNTY HAD 220 ACRE ONE OVER THERE.
YEAH, I SAW THE ONE BETWEEN ELS COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY.
AND THAT WAS SMITH COUNTY HAD SOME YEP.
AND I DROVE BACK THROUGH FROM LOUISIANA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND AFTERNOON.
I WENT THROUGH TWO THAT I, I WOULD CALL THE BEGINNING OF TWO FOREST FIRES BECAUSE IT WAS UP IN THE TREES, YOU KNOW, COVERING OVER THE HIGHWAY.
SO, WELL, I'VE HAD A LOT OF CALLS FROM, FROM CITIZENS, UM, WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUTDOOR BURNING AND ABOUT THE FIREWORKS.
THEY, UH, WHEN I SAY A LOT OF CALLS, I'M TALKING ABOUT 30 TO 50 CALLS.
SO APPARENTLY THE CITIZENS ARE BEING REAL.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CALLS IN THE JUDGE CALLS.
I CAN ONLY SAY THAT OF ALL THE CALLS THAT I'VE RECEIVED, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN IN CONCERN FOR WHAT CAN WE DO TO NOT HAVE THIS OCCUR.
NO ONE HAS CALLED AND SAID, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO SHOOT MY FIREWORKS THIS YEAR.
THAT CALLS ME THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A REAL HAZARD.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DO THIS AND PLAY IT OUT A DAY AT TIME.
WE HAVE TO CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO TRY TO, I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT'S AN EMERGENCY MEETING.
IT'S SOMETHING YES, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD ENACT UPON AT ANY TIME.
SO IF WE HAVE TO DO IT, WE HAVE TO DO IT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE RIGHT NOW AND GIVE A FEW MORE DAYS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION, COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? I LARRY ON MY UH, ORDER RIGHT HERE.
IT'S ALREADY GOT THE VOTE ON HERE.
HAVE YOU CANVASED THE COURT ALREADY? NO, SIR.
I JUST WONDER HOW THAT WORKED.
I GUESS I, I GUESS I COULD TELL YOU THAT THE ONE YOU REALLY NEED TO THANK FOR THAT IS THAT LADY SITTING BEHIND YOUR BACK OVER THERE,
OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK, OH, I'M SORRY.
IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, AND SOME OF YOU I THINK ARE
YES, I'VE GOT COPIES OF BOTH YOUR PRECINCT AS WELL, THE ENTIRE LIST.
AND I KNOW SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THEY PUT IT UP ON THEIR SIGNS AROUND.
AS WELL AS WE STILL HAVE SOME LEFTOVER SIGNS.
SMALL YELLOW ONE THAT WE PUT UP ON DID BASIS.
WE'VE DONE F'S, WE OKAY? YEAH.
YOU GOT THOSE WELDED RESTRICTIONS.
WELL, ACTUALLY I DON'T UNTIL SHE GETS IT DONE OVER THERE AND IT GETS SIGNED OFF.
I BELIEVE, UH, AFTER SOME DISCUSSION AND WORK BY EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, WE ARE READY NOW TO, UH, SET A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND TENTATIVE LEAVE.
WELL, I SAY 10 WE HAVE BACK FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING ON JULY THE 11TH AT TWO 2011.
THAT'D BE AT NINE 30 HERE IN OUR REGULAR MEETING.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
I, I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
ANGIE, I BELIEVE HAS PLACED SOME COPIES OUT ON THE DESK, UH, HERE OF THE PROPOSED, UH, PLAN.
JOHN, I THINK HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL.
THERE'S A, AN ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN B, WHICH IS A KIND OF A SLIGHT VARIATION FROM THE, UH, OTHER PLAN B, BUT IT'S ALL, ALL, ALL THREE OF THE PLANS THAT THE COURT HAS LOOKED AT, UH, ALL WOULD BE LEGALLY SATISFACTORY BECAUSE THEY ALL ARE BELOW THE 10%.
BUT, BUT IT'S OUR THOUGHT THAT THIS ONE PROBABLY ADDRESSES, UH, THE CONCERNS OF COMMISSIONER ROUTE AND MANNING, UH, OF, OF HOW YOU, YOU KNOW, RANGE FOR THE AREAS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
SO YES, EVERYBODY, AND, AND TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, I THINK THAT ALL THE GUIDELINES HAVE HAVE BEEN, I SAY TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE BECAUSE I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME VOTING PRECINCTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SPLIT.
UH, AND I'LL GO BACK AND CHECK WITH SHERRY AND CALL ON THAT.
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UH, BUT IT, I MEAN THE FIRST PRIORITY I THINK WAS KEEPING CITIES INTACT AND RIGHT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD DO THAT.WE WANTED TO DO THAT THEN TAKE FROM THERE.
I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE WILL BE THE VOTING PRECINCT, RIGHT? YEAH.
WHEN WILL THAT, THAT THAT'LL BE, UH, PROBABLY IN, IN MID-JULY AND, AND AUGUST.
AND, UM, LEMME TO GET WITH GEORGE.
DOES THAT TAKE MR. COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPROVAL? I GUESS IT DOES.
IT, IT, YES, IT WILL ULTIMATELY TAKE COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPROVAL, BUT THEN THE IMMEDIATE STEPS, IT'S SOMETHING FOR, UH, FOR THE COUNTY OFFICIAL OR SOME OF THE COUNTY TO WORK, GEORGE TO WORK OUT.
AND THEN AFTER THEY KIND OF GO THROUGH THEIR STEPS, THEN Y'ALL SHOULD PROBABLY GET INVOLVED AND SAY THIS WORKS, THIS DOESN'T WORK FROM WHATEVER POLITICAL STANDPOINT, BUT THEY PROBABLY NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT FROM A LOGISTICAL PRACTICE.
THIS WILL BE OUR PLAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE FORMALLY GONNA APPROVE IT NEXT WEEK, DESIGNATED AS OUR NOT APPROVAL DESIGNATED AS OUR PROPOSAL.
IF WE MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IT, WE REELECTION MIGHT HAVE TO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING, UH, COMMISSIONER AND MAKES A MOTION COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND MOTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAIR TO SAY? AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS TO HEAR FROM MARK JOHNSON.
PARDON? HEAR THE, UH, DATE? IT'S, I'M SORRY.
UH, JULY THE 11TH AT NINE 30 HERE IN THE, UH, IN OUR REGULAR MEETING ROOM.
OKAY, NEXT ITEM IS TO HEAR FROM MARK JOHNSON WITH, UH, MARK, I HAVE IT DOWN AS FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY NEXT CARE.
NEXT ENERGY, THE NEXT AREA ENERGY, UH, WHO'S BEEN IN THE COUNTY TODAY.
THIS WAS SOMETHING YOU ACTUALLY, UH, ASKED TO APPROVE, WAS ALIGNED THEM TO COME IN AND DO A PRELIMINARY FACILITY AUDIT.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY, WE'RE JUST ASKING.
I WANTED MARK TO COME AND I THINK I TOLD YOU, 10 MINUTES OR LESS, I THINK MARK, TO GO OVER WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP HERE.
AND, UH, THEY'RE BEEN WORKING, UH, UH, TOURING SOME OF OUR FACILITIES, UH, TODAY AND FRED GUTHRIE AND, UH, BEEN ALL OVER PART OF THE COUNTY AND I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA COME AND VISIT SOME OF THE COURTHOUSES.
BUT I THOUGHT I'D LET YOU HEAR FROM MARK FIRSTHAND.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S KIND OF NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
I I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST POWER COMPANIES, BUT I DO LIKE KEEPING THE MONEY HERE.
SO, MARK, YOU WANT TO TELL US KIND OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING? UM, I, I AM WITH A DIVISION OF NEXTERA ENERGY, UH, THAT FOCUSES SOLELY ON ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR OUR CLIENTS.
UM, WHEN I FIRST CONTACTED JUDGE WOOD, I SAID, UH, THROUGH OUR, OUR FORNEY POWER PLANT OVER HERE, WE SEND A FEW NUMBER OF TAX DOLLARS, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY'S WAY, AND IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE YOU HANG ONTO AS MANY OF THOSE DOLLARS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO OUR DIVISION IS, UH, FOCUSED SOLELY ON, UH, LOOKING AT FACILITIES AND WAYS TO RENOVATE THEM, UH, IMPROVE THEIR OPERATION AND REDUCE YOUR BOTTOM LINE BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT YOU EXPEND.
UH, SO, UH, I THINK IN THE LAST COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, YOU APPROVED US TO COME IN AND DO A PRELIMINARY STUDY, WHICH WE STARTED THIS MORNING.
I HAVE A MECHANICAL ENGINEER HERE.
UH, I ALSO HAVE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ON STAFF WHO WORKS WITH ME OUT OF THE DALLAS OFFICE.
UH, AND WE ARE SURVEYING, UH, 10 OF YOUR FACILITIES.
UH, THIS MORNING WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE COURTHOUSE, THIS ANNEX BUILDING.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TO JUVENILE PROBATION, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, THE LIBRARY, AND, UH, SOUTH CAMPUS.
UH, AFTER THE MEETING TODAY, WE'LL GO OVER TO THE JAIL AND START TAKING A LOOK AT THAT, UH, TIME PERMITTING.
WE'LL PROBABLY TRY AND GET TO THE FORNEY ANNEX LATER TODAY AND THEN DO THE TAROT AND CAMP ANNEXES TOMORROW.
UM, THE MISSION HERE IS TO COME BACK TO THE COURT AND DELIVER WHAT I DEFINE AS THE 50,000 FOOT VIEW.
IF YOU WILL START TO DEFINE WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE IN TERMS OF ENERGY CONSERVATION AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, DEFINE FOR YOU WHAT THE PROBABLE SAVINGS WILL BE.
PROBABLY GIVE YOU A SAVINGS RANGE IN NOT ONLY ENERGY, BUT IN OPERATIONAL
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COST REDUCTIONS.UH, FROM THAT WE WILL, UM, SO TO SPEAK BACK INTO WHAT THAT LEVEL OF SAVINGS WOULD ALLOW THE COUNTY TO SPEND AND SUPPORT THAT EXPENDITURE IN A ZERO COST STANDPOINT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF.
UM, SO IF, IF, JUDGE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, LAST FIRST TIME WE TALKED, I THINK THE COUNTY SPENDS SOMEWHERE IN THE REALM OF $600,000 A YEAR, OVER 600,000, $600,000 A YEAR.
SO, UH, IF THE COUNTY CAN SAVE 15%, THAT'S ABOUT $90,000 ANNUAL.
UH, THAT'S GONNA ALLOW YOU TO FUND ANYWHERE BETWEEN 400 AND $600,000.
EASE WITH A POSITIVE CASH FLOW TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
UH, SO IT'LL ALLOW YOU TO UPGRADE THINGS SUCH AS, UH, AIR CONDITIONING, LIGHTING, PERHAPS THE BUILDING ENVELOPES SUCH AS WINDOWS AND ROOFS.
UH, CERTAINLY CONTROL SYSTEMS WOULD BE INVOLVED, UH, AND WOULD ALLOW FOR THE BUILDINGS TO RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY.
UH, THEY WOULD BE MORE EVENLY, UH, OPERATED FROM A TEMPERATURE AND EQUIPMENT STANDPOINT.
WE TALKED TO THE FOLKS AT JUVENILE PROBATION TODAY.
THEY SAID THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, UH, QUITE ROUTINELY IS A PROBLEM FOR THEM.
IT EITHER DOESN'T START OR IT JUST DOESN'T PERFORM AS, UH, EXPECTED.
UH, I WAS SITTING WITH FRED RIGHT AFTER LUNCH TODAY, AND, UH, THEY BROUGHT IN A PART FOR ONE OF THE UNITS OVER IN THE, IN THE COURTHOUSE, ONE OF THE FAN CALL UNITS.
UH, UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS FAIL REGULARLY AND THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY'RE 50 PLUS YEARS OLD.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, EXPONENTIALLY INCREASING MAINTENANCE COSTS.
UH, SO WE WANT TO TRY AND ADDRESS THOSE AS WELL.
SO AT THE END OF, UH, SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS FOR OUR OBLIGATION TO THE COUNTY IS TO COME BACK AND DELIVER TO YOU THIS 50,000 FOOT VIEW, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU A BRACKET OF WHAT THE SAVINGS ARE, GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT EXPENDITURE WOULD BE TO ACHIEVE THAT, AND THEN, UM, KIND OF PUT YOU AT A DECISION POINT, WHETHER YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD OR, OR JUST STOP THE PROCESS, IF YOU WILL.
IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN WE WOULD ASSIST THE COUNTY IN GOING THROUGH A SOLICIT, A SOLICIT PROCESS SO THAT YOU'LL MEET ALL, ALL THE, UM, BID REQUIREMENTS AND, UM, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SELECT, UH, AN ENTITY TO COME IN AND DO THE WORK.
WE CERTAINLY HOPE WE STAY IN YOUR GOOD FAVOR AND ARE SELECTED TO DO THAT.
BUT, UH, THAT'S ALL SUBSEQUENT TO, UH, THE SOLICITATION PROCESS.
UH, BUT THIS IS A, THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN FOR WELL OVER 20 YEARS.
UH, WE'VE DONE LITERALLY MILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WORK LIKE THIS.
AND OVER THE ENTIRE TENURE OF OUR WORK, WE HAVE NEVER MISSED A SAVINGS ESTIMATE.
SO FOR COUNTIES THAT ARE VERY RISK ADVERSE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING BUSINESS WITH THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS, IT'S IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, VERY SAFE FOR THE COUNTY.
UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERFACE WITH A CUSTOMER OR A VENDOR OR A PARTNER IF YOU WANT TO, THAT ALREADY OPERATES HERE IN YOUR COUNTY, UH, IN A VERY SAFE AND AND RISK ADVERSE, UM, PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF THAT.
AND AS I SAID, WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS, WE WILL BE BACK TO YOU WITH A REPORT SHOWING YOU WHERE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE.
UH, I'M CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU AT THIS TIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE MENTIONED TO MARK WAS I KNOW WE HAVE THIS GRANT AT THE SHERIFF'S AT THE JAIL.
I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE PROCESS BEING, I THINK RAY, YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THAT.
I BELIEVE SHERIFF BRIAN, I GUESS, UH, THEY WILL, UH, COME IN AND HELP US EVALUATE WHEN WE GO OUT AND, AND JACK, I THINK YOU WERE INVOLVED THAT THEY WOULD, IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THEY WOULD'VE TO COME IN AND HELP US EVALUATE THAT, UH, PROCESS.
WE HAVEN'T BID THOSE THINGS OUT I DON'T THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO THIS WOULD FIT IN PRETTY GOOD.
IF WE DO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE YOU, UH, MAXIMIZE THAT GRANT DOLLAR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND, AND GET AS MUCH LEVERAGE OUT OF IT AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
THERE'S A TIME RESTRAINT ON THAT THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
YEAH, YOU'LL BE WELL WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, YOU AND OR SO YOU
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MET WITH, WE MET THE OTHER DAY, I THINK ABOUT THIS AND IS SOMEONE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO, BRIAN WILL GO OUT THERE.WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A LONGSTANDING EX UH, EXPERIENCE IN WORKING IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE IN PERFORMING IN AND CAN HELP YOU WITH LOTS OF THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH NOT ONLY ENERGY BUT CONTRABAND.
ONE THING THAT I FAILED TO MENTION, THEY DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR A 30 MINUTE STAY IN ONE OF THE CELLS THERE JUST SO YOU WILL BECOME ACCLIMATIZED TO THE JAIL WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE.
BUT NOTHING I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO BE THE OLD FLORIDA POWER MIC, BUT WE ARE IN 28 STATES, CANADA AND SPAIN.
SO WE'RE REALLY NOT FLORIDA ANYMORE.
UH, WE'RE THE, UH, NORTH AMERICA'S LARGEST WIND ENERGY PRODUCER.
WE'RE THE LARGEST WIND ENERGY PRODUCER HERE IN TEXAS.
UH, WE'RE THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCER, AND OBVIOUSLY WE OPERATE THE FORNEY PLANT AND THE PLANT UP IN PARIS, TEXAS.
UH, WE HAVE OVER $6 BILLION INVESTED IN TEXAS.
UM, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS MYSELF FOR OVER 30 YEARS, UH, HERE IN TEXAS.
OKAY, SO ANSWER TO THE OBVIOUS QUESTION.
UH, YOU SELL POWER OR YOUR VISION DOESN'T, BUT YOUR COMPANY DOES.
AND SO HOW DOES IT BEHOOVE THE COMPANY THEN TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULDN'T USE ENERGY AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED ANY NUMBER OF ACCOLADES FOR BEING ONE OF THE GREENEST POWER COMPANIES, UH, IN THE PLANT OR IN THE WORLD.
UH, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP 50 PRODUCING ENERGY COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES, WE ARE NUMBER THREE TO NUMBER FIVE IN THE GREENEST, UH, PRODUCTION.
UH, WE PRODUCE WELL OVER 50,000 MEGAWATTS OF ENERGY AND WE DO IT WITH SOME OF THE LEAST PRODUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY FOCUSED INVESTMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? AND, AND MY JOB, OUR DIVISION, UH, IS SOLELY FOCUSED ON ENERGY CONSERVATION.
SO THE COMPANY AS A WHOLE IS FOCUSED ON ENERGY.
WE'RE EITHER MAKING IT, PRODUCING IT AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE CAN, OR WE'RE HELPING OUR CLIENTS CONSERV IT THE BEST THEY CAN.
AND THOSE TWO, UH, SHOULD OPERATE IN HARMONY WITH ONE.
WELL, THE NEED TIMES COMES INTO ALL THAT, I SUPPOSE, WHERE YOU TRY TO ELIMINATE USAGE WHENEVER THE POWER IS THAT USING THE NO QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
PROBABLY NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
I HAVE, AS I SAID, I'VE BEEN THROUGH SIX OF YOUR FACILITIES THIS MORNING.
UM, YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES.
MY IMPRESSION, TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I'D PROBABLY SAY THE LEAST
BUT, AND, AND I'LL BREAK IT DOWN TO YOU, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, ENERGY SAVINGS PER MINUTE.
AND SO YOU CAN SIT THERE AND THINK, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR 10 MINUTES.
HOW MANY DOLLARS HAS THE COUNTY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE IN THE 10 MINUTES WE'VE TALKED, YOU'LL KNOW THAT HERE IN 60 DAYS.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
YOU SAY THE 15% SHOULD SAVE, SAVE ACCOUNT LIKE 90, $90,000 IN ENERGY AND I THINK HE'LL SAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY IN OPERATIONAL COSTS.
WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PERCENTAGE IS SAVED TO HAVE TO DO STUDY OF.
UH, ACTUALLY THIS WILL TAKE, OUR PRELIMINARY STUDY WILL GIVE YOU A RANGE.
SO LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST SAY FROM 70 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WE, WE ALL REPORT MAY WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF A BRACKET.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A 50,000 FOOT VIEW, IT'S NOT AN ENGINEERING STUDY.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, IF, IF THE COURT IS SO MOVED TO PROCEED, THEN YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION IS YOU GO OUT FOR AN RFQ OR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION, YOU'VE GOTTA DO SOME SOLICITATED TYPE PROCESS.
ONCE THAT IS COMPLETE AND YOU PICK AN ENTITY THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH, THAT FIRM WILL COME BACK.
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IT'S US, WE WILL COME BACK AND NOW PERFORM WHAT WE DEFINE AS THE DETAIL ON IT.NOW WE'RE LOOKING UNDER EVERY ROCK, EVERY STONE I'M IN EVERY ROOM.
I'M LOOKING AT EVERY LIGHT FIXTURE OUT OF THAT REPORT.
I WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN INVESTMENT GRADE REPORT.
HERE'S EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN DO.
HERE'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'LL SAVE AND WE'LL GUARANTEE THAT IF YOU'D LIKE US TO, AND HERE'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'LL COST AND WE'LL GUARANTEE THAT THERE ARE NO CHANGE ORDERS.
SO AGAIN, BACK TO A COUNTY THAT'S RISK ADVERSE BUT HAS TO WATCH OUT FOR THE MAX DOLLARS.
THAT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT OR A GOOD PROTECTION AGAINST WHERE YOU INVEST AND WHAT YOU GET FOR THAT INVESTMENT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MARK.
I'M GO TO, UH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, BY ALL MEANS YOU CAN REACH ME 24 HOURS A DAY.
SO YOU GUYS MIGHT AS WELL AS WELL CALL ME ANYTIME.
AND, UM, WE'RE OFF TO THE JAIL HERE JUST SHORTLY.
WELL REMEMBER THAT 30 MINUTE STAY I MENTION THAT'S OKAY.
CAN'T BE ANY WORSE THAN THE OTHER ONES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO HEAR FROM STEVE EY, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER COORDINATOR, TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT.
UH, I HOPE YOU'VE GOT THE, THE LIST BEFORE YOU BECAUSE I FORGOT MY, UH, THANK YOU.
UH, MET WITH, UH, ESD THREE THE OTHER NIGHT.
TALKED WITH THEM, UH, GOT A LIST OF BOARD MEMBERS TO APPROVE FOR THE TERMS LISTED.
UH, GARY PEARSON OF JAMES POSTMAN AND DALE HAM FOR A TWO YEAR, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A FULL TWO YEARS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT THIS TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN MARTY BAKER AND HARVEY CHITTY, UH, FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.
AND THIS WILL KEEP THEIR TERMS IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE THEY ALL EXPIRED.
AND, UH, THEY WILL BE GETTING ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE.
UH, DID SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT THE, UH, AUDIT THAT IS REQUIRED.
AND I TALKED TO THE STATE AND THEY SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH SECTION 7 75 SAYS AUDIT, I BELIEVE YOU CALLED IT A COMPILATION YES, SIR, WOULD BE SATISFACTORY AS FAR AS THE STATE GOES.
IF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT, WHICH A FULL AUDIT IS GONNA BE, WHAT, FOUR OR $5,000 FOR EACH OF THEM.
SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE COMPILATION IS MAYBE TWO OR 300.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT ONE DISTRICT THAT ONLY BRINGS IN 32,000 AND HIT THEM WITH A $5,000 AUDIT.
SO I'M GLAD THAT THE STATE CAME BACK AND GAVE US THIS INFORMATION SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS AND GET THEIR REPORTING AND EVERYTHING DONE THE WAY THAT, UH, NEEDS TO BE DONE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
STEVE AND I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT EMAIL.
I, I BOO BOOED SOMEWHERE AND IT KICKED IT BACK WHEN I SENT IT TO YOU AND THE JUDGE AND WHEN I SENT IT THE SECOND TIME, I DIDN'T PUT YOU ON THERE, SO THAT'S MY FAULT.
I'M NOT THE MOST COMPUTER LITERATE PERSON IN THE WORLD.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON TO APPROVE THESE NAMES AS MEMBERS TO THE, UH, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, MR. RALPH.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A THOSE POST STEVE, UH, SIR, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I MEANT TO ASK WHILE YOU LEFT HERE HOW, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DILIGENTLY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
WHERE ARE WE NOW ON ALL OF OUR ESDS RIGHT NOW? I BELIEVE I ONLY LIKE, UH, ESD FOUR, UH, TRIED TO, TO GO IN ORDER SO I WOULDN'T GET LOST.
AND WE ALREADY HAD, UH, SIX AND SEVEN PRETTY MUCH UP TO SPEED.
UH, THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE TO DO WITH, I BELIEVE IT'S ESD SIX, IS THEIR QUOTE AUDIT WAS JUST A COPY OF THEIR BANK STATEMENT.
SO WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE FIX ON THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOUR AND YOU'RE NEXT.
SO, SO WE'RE GETTING, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE THEN.
WELL, AND IT IS TAKEN ME A LITTLE LONGER THAN I ANTICIPATED BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TELLING ME WHEN THESE BOARDS MEET.
SO IT IS, UH, ONE OF THOSE THINGS I COULD JUST CATCH 'EM WHEN I COULD.
SO, UH, I'M TRYING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY ON AS ON IT AS I CAN.
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I APPRECIATE Y'ALLS INDULGENCE WITH ME AND THE TIME AND STATEMENT.WE APPRECIATE YOU OR I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US NEEDED TO HAPPEN.
SO NOW WE'RE GETTING, AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S BEEN COOPERATIVE.
I BELIEVE STEVE, EVERYBODY YOU TALKED WITH HAS WANTED TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
YOUR, THERE'S BEEN I THINK ONE THAT WAS A LITTLE FUSSY.
UM, AND I THINK ANGIE KIND OF TOOK CARE OF HIM FOR ME, SO, OKAY.
SHE FUSSES AT ME EVERY DAY TOO.
NUMBER SEVEN IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPOINTING A COMMISSIONER TO REPLACE, UH, FORMER COMMISSIONER JIM LER ON THE KALIN COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD.
AND THIS IS THE BOARD THAT MONITORS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND, UH, THE COUNTY JUDGE, I THINK MY LAW IS A MEMBER OF IT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE JUST IN A MOMENT.
BUT WE ALSO NEED A COMMISSIONER COURT MEMBER TO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC, UH, DEFENDER BOARD AND WE'LL BE ACTIVATING THAT BOARD, UH, HERE SHORTLY.
UH, JEFF, SINCE I'M IN THIS AREA AND SO CLOSE BY, I'LL VOLUNTEER FOR THAT IF, IF NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO JUMP IN AND DO THAT.
IT'S NONPAYING NOW YOU UNDERSTAND.
ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD OR, I'M WITH JURY SERVING ON THAT MORE.
I WAS CHECKING INTO, PUT AWAY TO THE SCHOOL ON DEFENSE GRANTS DOWN THERE.
OPENED MY EYES QUITE A BIT AS WHAT WAS GOING ON MATTER HOW THINGS WENT ON THERE.
DEFINITELY WE NEED SOME OVERSIGHT AND WE CAN DO SOME THINGS BETTER THAN WE'VE BEEN DOING.
I THINK OUR GRANT HAS EXPIRED, UH, FROM THAT WE INITIALLY GOT FROM THIS, I BELIEVE.
AND SO NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE STATE REQUIRED.
THEN, YOU KNOW, OUR FOLKS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
SECOND, MR. JACKSON MOVES, UH, PUT UH, COMMISSIONER ROUTING ON THE BOARD.
COMMISSIONER MANNING, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS TO TALK ABOUT, DISCUSS AND ACTING ON CONFIRMING WERE NOT ACTUALLY APPOINTED, BUT CONFIRMING, CONFIRMING MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD.
AND OF COURSE THE COUNTY JUDGE.
MY, UH, STATUTE I BELIEVE IS A PART OF THAT AS WELL AS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER COURT, WHICH OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE JURY.
UH, THE CAIN COUNTY LAW JUDGE, WHICH HAS BEEN, I BELIEVE JUDGE WILEY HAS CONTINUED TO SERVE.
AND THEN, UH, ONE, UH, ATTORNEY DESIGNATED BY THE, UH, CALIN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
AND THAT HAS BEEN DENNIS JONES AND HE WISHES TO CONTINUE THAT.
AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE DISTRICT JUDGES HAS SERVED AND I BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN JUDGE T HAS, UH, CONTINUED TO, UH, SERVE IN THAT REGARD.
SO THIS IS NOT REALLY APPOINTED THEM.
WE'VE ALREADY APPOINTED JERRY.
THIS IS JUST CONFIRMING THE MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD JUST SO WE'LL HAVE A RECORD OF IT.
AS MUCH AS ANYTHING WE LOOK BACK AND THERE'S NOT A, I MAY MAYBE WHEN THE INITIAL GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED, I THINK THAT'S WHEN THE BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED, BUT IT, IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED NOW.
SO WOULD YOU REPEAT THE MEMBERS THAT BOARD JUDGE? UH, DISTRICT JUDGE, ONE OF THE MEMBERS HAS TO BE BY STATUTE OF THE DISTRICT JUDGE.
AND JUDGE TIGRE HAS BEEN IN THAT POSITION, UH, A COUNTY COURT AT LAW JUDGE AND THAT'S BEEN JUDGE WILEY, A COUNTY JUDGE.
AND THEN, UH, A A, AN ATTORNEY WHICH IS DESIGNATED BY THE KAUFMAN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
AND THAT HAS BEEN DENNIS JONES AND WE CONTACTED HIM AND HE WISHES TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THAT, UH, ROLE.
AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE THE COMMISSIONER REP, THAT'S A FIVE MEMBER BOARD AND THAT BOARD WILL, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN, UH, MET IN SOME TIME, BUT IT WILL BE ACTIVATED SHORTLY TO COMMITTEE.
SO WE JUST NEED YOU TO CONFIRM THOSE.
SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING TO CONFIRM THOSE MEMBERS AS GIVEN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE ONE HERE TO, UH, UH, CONSIDER A MOTION TO ADJOURN, BUT IF WE DON'T DO THAT, WE'LL BE IN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
SO MAY IN FAVOR SAY, WELL, COMMISSIONER MANNING, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER
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JACKSON SECOND.