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LAST MEETING OF THE, UH, DALTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF THE COURT.
TODAY'S, UH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27TH AT, UH, NINE 30.
WE WELCOME EVERYONE WE HAVE, IF YOU WISH, TO ADDRESS THE COURT.
WE HAVE SOME FORMS THERE, UH, BACKED BY THE, UH, SHERIFF THERE.
AND, AND YOU'D LIKE TO GO ONE OF THOSE OUT.
WE'LL BEGIN OUR MEETING THIS MORNING WITH OUR INVOCATION THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBIN WILL BE GIVEN, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO, UH, AMERICAN FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG.
SO WE, YOU JOIN ME NOW AS WE, MR. GRACIOUS HEAVEN AND FATHER, WE, FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING TOGETHER LIKE THIS, TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH FAVOR AND GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, REASON FOR THE SEASON AND THE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS THAT WE HAD.
WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE SUNSHINE TODAY AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
UH, PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON OUR TRUTH A FAVOR AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY AND BRING THEM HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALLEGIANCE IS FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND IT, WHICH SUSTAINS ONE NATION ON GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ON NEXT FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS WILL STATE UNDER GOD ONE AN INDIVIDUAL, HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.
THAT IS COMMISSIONER CLARK IS NOT HERE TODAY.
HE'S OUT OF TOWN, WILL NOT BE ATTENDANCE SET.
TODAY'S MEETING, I HAVE ONE FARM THAT HAS BEEN TURNED IN.
SHERIFF, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, MORE? NOBODY SIGNED UP? NO.
I HAVE ONE FARM THAT IS RETURNED BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, AND THAT IS FROM DON BECKER, UH, WHO WISH TO WISH TO BE ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE ON OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING.
SO, MR. BECKER, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD HERE AT POINT, WE HAVE A MINUTE STATE DECISION ON, UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS, THE REINSTATEMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS, UH, UH, LIKE YOU KNOW, THAT THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE, UH, SERVED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARD STANDARD.
UH, THEY DID BOTH SERVE VERY SHORT TURN BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY HAVEN'T REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE BEFORE TERM.
AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED A LOT OF INTEREST IN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY, UH, GAINED THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRED TRAINING, ACTUALLY SURPASSED, UH, KNOW THEY'VE REQUIRED TO GET ABOUT SIX HOURS, LIKE NINE OR FOUR HOURS.
SO TO REPLACE ANYONE AT THIS TIME BE ESTABLISHED AND, UH, I FEEL LIKE GOOD JOB.
AND THEY'LL SAY, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
GOT ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE WE, WE SHOULD NOT RESPOND DURING THIS TIME.
THANK YOU FOR REMARKS AND I DO HAVE SOME GOOD USE FOR YOU.
I THINK THERE'S SOME FRESH RELEASES AS WELL AS SOME, UH, FINANCIAL DONATION ON YOUR
THE, UH, SINCE THE OCTOBER THE FIRST, WHEN OUR NEW BUDGET BEGAN, BEGAN, UH, WE DO SHOW PERIOD DURING THAT TIME, UH, SHOWING THAT OUR EXPENSES, I'M SORRY, OUR REVENUES ACTUALLY UP $209,502 AS COMPARED TO THE END TIME LAST YEAR.
MUCH OF THAT IS THE, UH, CERTAINLY OUR TAX COLLECTIONS ARE A LITTLE BETTER DURING NOVEMBER AND OCTOBER, BUT ALSO, UH, OUR FINES AND FEES THAT BEEN HEARING FROM JEFF BROWN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS ARE CONTINUED TO IMPROVE.
AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE STILL HAVE LOTS OF FINES AND FEES THAT NOTED THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE SO INCREASE IN REVENUE OF $209,000.
BUT THE OTHER PART THAT'S GOOD, YOU SHOW A DECLINE EXPENSE, UH, FROM NOVEMBER, 2010, THREE NOVEMBER, 2011,
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UH, A DECLINE OF 90,000 4 89.SO THAT, UH, PART OF THAT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UH, WE, UH, ARE ABOUT 60 FEWER EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
AND THE OTHER, UH, EXPENSE, UH, UH, AREAS THAT WE WERE ABLE IN THIS YEAR'S NEW BUDGET TO ELIMINATE.
SO IF YOU PUT THROUGH THE TWO TOGETHER, UH, PLUS REVENUE 209,000 AND THE REDUCED EXPENSES OF 890,000, YOU ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER, UH, AND YOU SHOW A TOTAL DIFFERENCE THIS, UH, YEAR DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR FOR ME AND 99 9, WHAT'S EVEN MORE REMARKABLE ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR HAD MONTH OF OCTOBER.
AND SO THAT COMPARED TWO PERIOD LAST YEAR.
SO IF WE HAD THAT BE GREATER, SO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS IN THAT REGARD.
THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO START OFF OUR NEW YEAR.
UH, AS YOU REMEMBER, WE ENDED LAST BUDGET YEAR WITH THE SAME SORT OF INFORMATION HERE, $4 MILLION, UH, ON THE PLUS SIDE.
SO YOU ADD THAT TO THIS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, AND THAT'S, THAT'S CONTINUED GOOD NEWS FOR OUR BUDGET.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO.
AND THAT'S WITHOUT ANY, UH, DUTIES THERE? NO, THEY'VE ALL BEEN ADDED BACK TOO.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE THAT SHOULD BE INDICATIVE OF, UH, THE COMING YEARS COMING.
YEAH, I THINK WE WILL, WE WILL, UH, PROBABLY LONG AROUND, YOU KNOW, MAY OR JUNE, WHENEVER WERE SOME OF OUR REDUCED EXPENSES WE HAD LAST YEAR BY ELIMINATED POSITIONS.
THAT'S HARD KICKING IN, BUT, UH, I THINK FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS WE SHOULD SEE A POSITIVE TREND OVERALL.
THE EMPLOYEES SEEM TO BE REAL HAPPY WITH, WITH THE REINSTATING THEIR FOUR POINT, 4.4% THAT THEY HAD THOSE DAYS.
EVERYBODY SEEMS REAL HAPPY ABOUT IT, PLEASED WITH THE ALL THE HARD AND JUDGE UP.
THAT'S WE NEED TO DO ON, UH, NOW THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR ROUTINE, I'M SORRY, IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES, MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 12TH, 2011.
ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AN ACT ON APPROVING DE OF RONALD E BARDEN FOR THE, UH, COFFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN ALSO ITEM C IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF THE BID TO RESELL THE TAX PROPERTY CAUSE NUMBER 8 0 7 8 1 DASH EIGHT SIX EAST HALF FOR BLOCK 55 WILSON'S EDITION, CITY OF COFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE? NOT I'LL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I KNOW THAT WE, THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN OKAY'S, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR PERMISSION MEETING AND A SECOND, MR. JACKSON, YOU HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON THE 22 BOARD MEMBERS TO THE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, UH, THE BOARD.
AND IT'S EFFECTIVE FOR JANUARY 1ST, 2012 THROUGH DECEMBER THE 31ST, UH, 2013.
AND I BELIEVE JACKSON HAS UNDERSTAND POSITION AND I BELIEVE YOU AND JC MET THE OTHER DAY AND YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR US.
MR. COMMISSIONER JACKSON CAME OVER.
WE MET WITH, UH, UH, LINDA MCDOWELL, THERESA DEONE AND UH, TWO OF DEBBIE WACKER AND, UH, GINGER RAMSEY DAVIS.
ALL HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE SEEMINGLY.
AND UH, ALSO THE DESIRE TO BE HOME ON THIS COMMISSION, ON THIS COMMITTEE.
UH, TWO WERE ALREADY ON THAT COMMITTEE AND TWO MORE HARASSMENT TO BE ON, AND WE ONLY NEEDED TWO PEOPLE.
SO AFTER DISCUSSING IT WITH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, UH, WE CAME DOWN TO THERESA DE DE AND GINGER RAMEY DAVIS.
AND ANYONE THAT WASN'T SELECTED ON THIS, THIS CERTAINLY DOESN'T MEAN, UH, ANY KIND OF A SLAP IN THE FACE OR ANYTHING.
ALL THESE WERE HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE WERE JUST TRYING TO WORK TO GET A, UH, AN EQUALIZATION ON THE BOARD, GET EVERYBODY TO BE WORKING TOGETHER.
AND, UH, I THINK COMMISSIONER JACKSON AND
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MYSELF SAW, UH, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.UH, THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME QUESTION ABOUT, UH, MS. DAVIS.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF, UH, ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ITSELF, TALKED TO THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW AND, UH, NONE OF THEM SEEN THAT THAT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SO WE WENT AHEAD WITH, UH, I DUNNO IF, UH, IF WE HAD RUN THAT BY JOHN, BUT SHE'S, UH, THE SON-IN-LAW OF RONNIE DAVIS WHO'S ON THERE.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OTHER BOARDS THAT HAVE PEOPLE ON THERE FROM THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T FORESEE A PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT A PAID POSITION, IT'S A OKAY, WE'RE PUTTING THAT.
I JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE VOLUNTARY TIME SERVICE TO THE COUNTY.
UH, COMMISSIONER DEN DISTRICT ONE, A LITTLE BIT MORE FORTUNATE THAN THE REST OF WE HAVE TOLD FIND SOMEONE ONE.
HE HAS TOO MANY, BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HAD THAT.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT, UH, THEY'RE ALL WELL QUALIFIED AND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SERVING AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COUNTY AT THE SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER WITHOUT HAVING PERSONAL.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY MAIN IS IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE ON THE, ON THERE THAT'S HAVE A RELATIVE OR SOMEONE ON THERE, I DUNNO WHAT KIND OF PERSON CONCERN THAT WOULD BE.
BUT, UH, MR. ROBIN, HAVE YOU INTERVIEWED EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN I HAVE AND, AND, UH, HE SEEMED TO THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY, SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, MATTER OF FACT, I ACCEPT THIS MOTION.
WELL, MR. BECK, UH, BECKER, DON BECKER, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFOREHAND AND HE GAVE ME HIS, UH, HIS TAKE ON, ON THE, THE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE ALREADY ON THE BOARD WHO WERE BOTH VERY, VERY QUALIFIED AND, UH, AND THE TWO THAT WE HAD IN ADDITION TO THOSE, I, I JUST CAN'T SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE ANYBODY WILLING TO DONATE THEIR TIME TO THIS BOARD.
UH, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD BOARD THERE AND NO PROBLEMS WITH IT OR ANYTHING.
SO ANYWAY, I'LL, UH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, JUDGE.
YOU WANT TO PUT THOSE NAMES OUT THERE AGAIN, JUST SO THE CLERK? YES.
UH, THERESA DE ZO, D-E-S-H-A-Z-O AND GINGER RAMSEY DAVIS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT WILL, UH, HAVE THEIR TERMS GO UNTIL, UH, DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.
COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY SECONDED THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE A.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK IN THAT REGARD AND APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT ALL OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OUR ESDS DO FOR US EVERY, EVERY DAY THIS TIME.
WE APPRECIATE THAT REGARD AND WE APPRECIATE THE INTEREST YOU SHOW THIS MORNING AND SHOWING OUT TODAY.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND THAT IS COLLECT.
YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND, UH, TELL US, UH, ABOUT ALL THE GOOD, UH, THINGS HAPPENING IN THE TAX OFFICE.
OKAY, WELL, I'LL SAVE A GOOD UNTIL I GET THROUGH SO FAR THIS YEAR IN THE GENERAL WE'VE, AND IN THE ROAD BRIDGE FUND WE COLLECTED, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS SO FAR IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, I BELIEVE, WE'LL, 12 MILLION.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT ISSUE, YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THE STATE SETTLED EARLIER, I THINK THIS YEAR, I THINK.
NO, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE FEDERAL TAX DISCOUNT, SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
SO COMES FROM DICK CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY AND HE SAID, MAN, I GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
I SAID, I NEED GOOD NEWS TODAY.
AND HE SAID, WE GOT A CHECK TODAY FROM ONE
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OF THE MORTGAGE COMPANIES, NEARLY 11 MILLION.AND CALLED ME BACK ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER AND HE SAID, WELL, THE BANK'S NOT GONNA DEPOSIT IT UNTIL THEY MAKE SURE THE CHECK CLEARED.
YES, THAT'S FINE THE TIME WE LIVE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
A MOTION TO APPROVE OR ACCEPT THE COMMISSIONER ROWDEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT ITEM IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND ACT AND WILLIAM, FOR AS THE COUNTY AUTHORITY PORT RECENTLY HAD A SURGERY, NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT WE DID CONTACT HIM.
HE WOULD LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED FORWARD TO SERVING IN POSITION.
HE'S BACK HOME NOW IN FRONT OF SURGERY.
HE HAD A VALVE REPLACEMENT DOING JUST BY, LIKE YOU SAID, READY TO CONTINUE ON.
SECOND MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER, SECOND COMMISSIONER, MAN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAIR TO SAY, AYE.
AND NOW THE TREASURE COURT, UH, JOHNNY READ GOOD INFORMATION.
THE ONLY ONE LITTLE FLYING MOMENT, REMEMBER LAST OCTOBER WAS GIVEN US THREE PAYROLL COSTS.
OKAY? SO THE EXPENSES THIS YEAR DON'T, I WISH YOU HADN'T MENTIONED THAT
I I DON'T WANNA GET TOO HIGH HERE, BUT YOU STILL GOT MILLION DOLLARS AND UH, BY THE WAY, THAT, UH, MR. LEY WOULDN'T MENTION THAT THAT, UH, BANK HELD BANK OF AMERICA IF THEY'RE, IT DOESN'T MAKE IN THE POSITION THE GENERAL FUND END OF NOVEMBER, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NORMAL.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR TREASURER? THANK YOU JOHNNY.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT ONE THE TREASURER'S REPORT A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MAN TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER REPORT.
SECOND, SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED ALL DISCUSS AND ACT ON ADOPTING NEW POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS FOR COST COUNTY AND PERFORMANCE FOR CHAPTER 43 OF THE TEXAS ELECTION GOING ON AND ON.
WELL, WE GOT 13, I MEAN, UH, 30, EXCUSE ME.
POLLING PLACES TO GET FOR, UH, DIDN'T WE HAVE 36 LAST YEAR? 42 LAST.
WE'RE DOWN TO 30 FOR PURPOSES OF SAVING MONEY AND LOADER PER BOX.
AND OF COURSE WITH THE ELECTRONIC EFFICIENCY, WE'RE ABLE WOULD HANDLE MR. YOU STILL TRYING TO GET, WE'RE TRYING.
UH, WE WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT IN TWO IN NEY, UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER PUBLIC BUILDING IN THE PRECINCT AND UH, HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE THAT STUDENTS CANNOT USE.
SO WE CAN USE THAT AND NOT CREATE A PROBLEM.
AND LEWIS ELEMENTARY, UH, IT JUST WAS NO ALTERNATIVE.
SO THEY AGREED TO LET US DO IT.
AND ONE GOOD THING IS THOSE TWO PRECINCTS IN ANY ELECTION OTHER THAN A ELECTION WILL PROBABLY BE CONSOLIDATED TO SUB COURT.
WHAT, WHAT YOU DOING TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO VOTE IN THE SAME PLACE? VOTING, RIGHT? WE
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ARE GOING TO GET IT OUT, OF COURSE WE HAVE TO MASS MAIL ALL EVERYBODY A VOTER REGISTRATION CARD AND WE'LL GET INFORMATION OUT THAT WAY WE'LL GET IT OUT IN THE PRESS BE ING.AND I WAS GONNA ASK SOON AS WE GET THROUGH THIS, I WAS GONNA ASK JOHN TO GIVE US AN UPDATE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S STILL IN, IN LET'S GET THIS DONE FIRST BEFORE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
YEAH, IT'S WHAT I READ THIS MORNING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? J THAT AND WE'LL ALL NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET PUBLICIZED PRESS AND HAVE OTHER FOLKS GET IT POSTED.
YOU CAN GET, WE CAN LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE TO VOTE.
OF COURSE NOW, YOU KNOW, 65% OF US ARE VOTE ANYWAY, SO THAT'S GOOD THING.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. MURPHY? THANK YOU.
OKAY, ARE WE READY TO UH, VOTE ON THE POLL PLACES? NO, I LIKE THAT MOTION.
NO, WE NEED MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, BACK ON THE TAX COLLECTIONS, I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT BECAUSE OF STATE HOLIDAYS AND FEDERAL HOLIDAYS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY NEXT TUESDAY.
ACCEPTING DECEMBER PAYMENTS FOR FEDERAL TAX PURPOSES.
WELL, FOR OUR PURPOSES, PRIMARILY FOR FEDERAL TAX PURPOSES.
YEAH, A LOT OF THE OFFICES IN THE STATE ARE CLOSED ON MONEY AND A LOT OF PUBLICATIONS AND NEWSPAPERS AROUND THE STATE BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSED ON MONDAY.
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ON TUESDAY.
I THINK MONDAY'S A HOLIDAY STATE TAXES FOR OR COUNTY TAXES FOR FEDERAL TAX DEDUCTION PURPOSE.
IN FACT WE ENTITIES, I THINK THAT WE'LL BE CLOSED FRIDAY FOR EVERY.
UH, JOHN, WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THE LATEST? I THINK ALL THESE DATES WE'VE HEARD ARE STILL IN UP IN THE AIR TO SOME EXTENT.
AND, AND JUDGE I READ PROBABLY THE SAME REPORT THAT YOU READ DISTRIBUTED AND SAID EFFECTIVELY, UH, BASED ON THE FACT THE US SUPREME COURT HAS TAKEN THE CASE, UM, THERE'S JUST A LOT THAT'S NOT GOING RIGHT NOW.
AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE BETWEEN THE THREE JUDGE FOUND SAN ANTONIO AND US SUPREME COURT TAKING THE CASE.
UM, WE PROBABLY WON'T KNOW MUCH MORE UNTIL MID THERE IS A THERE WAS AN EMAIL I WISH I HAD MORE DONE ANSWER.
WELL THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED THIS MORNING.
I GUESS EVERYBODY GOT, MAYBE IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT YOUR EMAIL.
TEXAS ASSOCIATION COUNTIES AND THE, UH, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS AND SOME OF THE STATE GOVERNMENTS NOW ARE SAYING THAT THIS APRIL THE THIRD DEADLINE OR THE THE THIRD ELECTION REALLY WILL NOT GIVE THE COUNTY'S TIME TO PRINT OUT NEW CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
AND THEY'RE HAVING, UH, THEY'VE ASKED PEOPLE TODAY, I BELIEVE, UH, THEY IS THE, I THINK THERE'S, I THINK THEY'RE HAVING, HEARING THAT THERE THREE JUDGE PANEL IS HAVING A HEARING AND FROM WHAT I READ THAT MAY, THAT THE APRIL 3RD DAY MAY BE CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM PEOPLE ARE HAVING ALL THE TIMELINES JUST, OH YEAH.
SO WE MAY HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, BUT DICK, I HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OR NOT, I HAVE NOT HEARD LATELY, BUT IT'S BEEN UP IN THE AIR SO LONG.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHERE TO VOTE WHEN TO VOTE OR I KNOW HOW TO VOTE BUT WE MAY NOT KNOW ANYTHING ELSE OR CAMPAIGN.
MAYBE WE CAN DO IT BY PRETTY UNUSUAL.
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ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING A RESOLUTION DESIGNATED PER PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO REQUEST AND SIGN FOR FUNDS UNDER THE COUNTY'S TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE ELMO WATER SUPPLY, UH, GRANT THAT THEY GOT.
AND WE NEED TO, UH, HAVE, UH, UH, PEOPLE DESIGNATED TO BE ABLE TO SIGN THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THAT.
REALLY JUST TO PASS THROUGH PROJECT CLARK COUNTY ELMO WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION AND THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE THE KALIN COUNTY JUDGE, KA COUNTY AUDITOR AND KALIN COUNTY TREASURER TO BE SIGNATORY AS FAR OF THE TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOP PROGRAM AS CORPORATION.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON SECOND AND I HAVE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, MANNY TO APPROVE THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON PROVING NEW, A NEW GRANT CONTRACT BETWEEN COFFMAN COUNTY AND THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF LOW INCOME REPAIR ASSISTANCE RETROFIT AND ACCELERATED VEHICLE PROGRAM THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2000.
AND THIS IS A THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THIS IS WE, UH, FOR SOME TIME AND THIS JUST WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CONTINUATION OF THAT.
AND RAY THIS PROGRAM WAS YES AND I'M WORKING ON, ON PAPERWORK TO, UH, GETTING ME SOME.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THIS CONTRACT BETWEEN US AND TC COFFEE COUNTY.
COMMISSIONER RATHER MAKES A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? NEXT ITEM IS A ITEM NUMBER 10 TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON RECOGNIZING THE KAMAN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR RECEIVING THE 2011 STATES VITAL STATISTICS FIVE STAR EXEMPLARY AWARD FOR, UH, UH, VITAL RECORDS.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ AND HAVE THE AWARD AS WELL.
WELL I REALLY WANTED MY STAFF TO BE HERE.
PAM, CAN YOU CALL AND SUPPOSED WELL THE COMMISSION, THIS COURT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN PLACE FOR Y'ALL RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT AWARDS THAT ARE GIVEN TO
AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT DURING THE VITAL STATISTICS CONFERENCE, THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE WAS AWARDED THE FIVE STAR EXEMPLARY AWARD FOR VITAL REGISTRATION.
THIS IS OUR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR FOR GETTING THE EXEMPLARY STATS IN OUR SEVENTH OVERALL.
AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD CONSIDERING THERE'S ONLY 1300 COUNTIES IN THE STATE THAT GOT THE EXEMPLARY STATUS.
THE, UM, THE STATE USES A FIVE STAR AWARD TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL REGISTRARS TO FILE TIMELY BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS SO THAT THEY'RE RECORDED AND ACCESSIBLE FOR THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM.
AND THEY HAVE A HUGE CRITERIA OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND IT WELL OVER THE YEARS TO, TO COVER VARIOUS AND DIFFERENT ASSORTED THINGS.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT IS ONE OF THOSE AWARDS THAT I THINK REALLY ACCENTUATES THAT, THAT ALL THE AGENCIES THAT TAKE PORT AND MY ADMINISTRATION WORK TOGETHER THERE ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN COMAN COUNTY TO NOT ONLY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE, BY THE STATISTICS OR THE STATE HEALTH SERVICES, BUT WE'RE EXCEEDING THOSE.
SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THERE'S A COOPERATION BETWEEN IT'S, AND WE NEEDED TO SAY WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
SO WE, WE WANT TO THANK THE JPS FOR THEIR PART, THE HOSPITALS, THE FUNERAL HOMES AND, AND I JUST NEED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR A JOB ALL DONE FOR MY STAFF.
AND WE THOUGHT IT'D A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF 2012.
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I'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE COME DOWN.COPY MY SON WHO'S HOME FROM THE COLLEGE STATION, THEM
ANY, UH, I HOPE YOUR STAFF COMING OVER.
WE'LL GET EVERYBODY IN THE PICTURE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT, OR LAURA, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND MS. HUGHES AND OUR STAFF FOR FINE JOB THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE AND, UH, I KNOW THEY'RE THRILLED TO GET THIS AWARD AND I'M PROUD OF THE CA COUNTY, UH, TO HAVE A CLERK AND THE STAFF CALIBER AND, UH, MY ACCOMMODATIONS TO YOU AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION FOR THE PRESS' SAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DECORATE THE FILING OFFICE OF THE, UH, CLERK'S OFFICE ABOUT BRANDING BOARDS WITH REGISTERED CATTLE BRANDS AND COFFEE COUNTY.
I'LL BE DOING THAT FROM EIGHT TO TWO EVERY SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH.
EIGHT TO 10, EIGHT TO 10, EIGHT TO 10 AT THE COUNTY BARN PRECINCT COURT EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE FOLKS THIS PATIENT AND THE BOARD, I HAVE PICTURES OF 'EM, THE BOARDS ASKING BOARD, THE BOARDS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
THE BRANDING AND IRON ON THE OAK BOARDS JUST SHOW UP REALLY, REALLY WELL.
AND WE HAVE HISTORICAL CARDS THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO FILL OUT.
UM, WOULD SOME OF THE STORIES ABOUT LIKE THE GUY THAT WAS 91 YEARS OLD, HE SENT HIS SON OVER TO, TO BRAND HIS BRAND HE MADE WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD OUT OF WAGON.
WAGON ROB, THAT'S QUITE INTERESTING.
I I JUST WANT SAY IN ADDITION TO WHAT TOM SAID, I THINK 13 YEARS IN A ROW, WINNING THIS AWARD IS, UH, IS A BIGGER AWARD.
I HAVE A MOTION TO RECOGNIZE THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR RECEIVING THE 2011 STATES STATISTICS.
FIVE STAR AWARD OR VITAL REGISTRATION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY GET SOME ROOM.
I GUESS WE WANT 'EM ON THE INTERNET TOO, SIR.
WELL, WE HAD THEIR, THEIR CAMERA SHOT.
NO, YOU CAN TWO USED TO HIDING BEHIND THE COUNTER OUT SAW ORANGE.
OH, I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE READY FOR THE PICTURE YET.
OH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LIKE YOU WANNA OKAY.
HAVE TO IN FRONT OF YOUR CAMERA HERE.
IT'S NOT COOL, BUT JUST LOOKS IN THERE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOUR FACE IS YEAH.
IT'S A LITTLE LIGHT NOW, ISN'T IT? YES.
NOW IF YOU'RE BEHIND SOMEBODY, YOU CAN'T SEE THE CAMERA, SO ALL OF YOU MAKE SURE YOU'RE BETWEEN SOMEBODY YOU'RE BEHIND.
COME ON, YOU WANNA GET IN IT? I'M COMING.
THIS YOUNG LADY HERE, YOU'RE IN THE DEPARTMENT TOO.
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ARE WE WAITING FOR YOU GUYS WANNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE A BREAK? WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? WE'LL JUST MOVE RIGHT ALONG HERE.I BEG DID YOU BRING THAT BOARD? I INSTRUCTED YOU.
I I DO HAVE, IF YOU GUYS WANT PICTURES OF THAT.
I HAVE LIKE A LITTLE ARTICLE WRITTEN UP WITH THE DIFFERENT PICTURES.
I THINK I OH, WE HAVE ONE NOW WITH YES.
MINES THEY, THEY TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD.
THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN WHO HAD A BRAND THAT, UH, AND I'M NOT GONNA GET THIS RIGHT, HE, HIS DAD DIPPING IT IN ACID AND THEY WERE DEBATING WHETHER IT WAS BATTERY ACID OR THIS YOU TAKE NEXT YEAR'S WAR TWO.
THAT YOU, WE HAD SEVERAL THAT SAID THE VET HAD THEIR, WE JUST NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT ON A BASIS.
UH, SITTING HERE SHE SAID TAKE HER AND THEN Y'ALL BE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT CAMERA THEN LOOK, WAIT TOO LONG.
I THINK ALL OF THOSE ARE GOOD.
WE'VE GOT 12 HALF MILLION ELECTRONICALLY, 40% OF THAT OTHER 10 MILLION.
THAT'S, UH, ALL THAT TOGETHER.
WE'RE ALMOST UP FOR WHERE I SAID.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS ACTUAL SKID STEER LOADER ATTACHMENTS.
PRECINCT NUMBER TWO, UTILIZING COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM.
UH, I HAVE A REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK TO PURCHASE THE SKID LOADER AND THAT AVAILABLE I THINK YOU HAVE FROM THE, FOR THE, UH, SKID LOADER WITH EQUIPMENT 60,988.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S BOARD THAT MEET ALL THE DEPARTMENTS RECOMMENDATION.
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A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR DISCUSSION.ANY QUESTIONS? UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER MANNY MAY HAVE MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS TO DISCUSS, THIS IS GONNA BE A TOUGH ONE HERE.
NOW DISCUSS AN ACT ON ACCEPTING A REBATE CHECK BY PARTICIPATION IN PURCHASING PROGRAM.
UH, JIM, I THINK WE HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, LETTER.
UH, BASICALLY THE CO-OP ONCE THEY, UH, PAY FOR ALL THEIR EMPLOYEE COSTS AND BILLING.
WHAT'S, UH, REBATE? REBATE THAT BACK TO THE, ALL THE UH, PEOPLE.
THIS BUY I THINK 2.5 MILLION THAT THEY REBATE THIS YEAR THOUSAND 51 MEMBERS.
UH, THIS YEAR OUR CHECK WASN'T BUT 567 WE A ONE TIME A YEAR, ONCE A YEAR.
AND I ANTICIPATE, UH, BEING DONE NEXT YEAR, WE ACTUALLY, UH, WATCH, I THINK UTILIZING BY METHOD.
YOU WANT ME TO BUY ANOTHER BLADE'S? I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THAT.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM UH, NOT A RECOMMENDATION.
WE TAKE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MONEY COMING AHEAD.
THAT'S ALWAYS, I MAKE THAT MOTION.
MR. JACKSON MAKES THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER MANNING MAKES A SECOND DISCUSSION FAVOR.
ALRIGHT, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK OR DO Y'ALL WANNA GO RIGHT ON INTO THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH LISTEN? ALRIGHT.
JONES, ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS AN ACT ON LINE.
MOVE ON TO ITEM 14 IS DISCUSSED.
I HE HAS, HE DOESN'T NEED TRIES TO
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COURT.SATURDAY, MONDAY IS THE DAY GRANDSON.
I KNOW I WAS SITTING OR SOMETHING.
WELL, GRANDPA, GRANDPA WILL GET A, TWO OF MY KIDS MADE IT, WHICH THEY PIECE, SO SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT.
I HAD ONE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER MAKE IT.
THE OTHER SON WAS IN MINNESOTA BUT HIS SON MADE ON SATURDAY AND HE HAD TO GO TO IN-LAW STUFF ON SUNDAY AND MY DAUGHTER MADE IT ON SUNDAY.
SO I DIDN'T GET NONE OF 'EM TOGETHER.
SO IT KIND OF, IT WAS KIND OF PEACEFUL SOMEWHAT.
MY SECOND SON, THIRD YEAR COLLEGE,
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I MEAN THAT'S WHAT PHYSICS IS ADVANCED.THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL PHYSICS COURSE IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE EIGHTH PRE ENGINEERING.
HE NEEDS TO, I'D SAY THEY WERE, IT WAS SAD BECAUSE WHEN YOU, SO YOU READY FOR BOTH ELECTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S SIX OF IN THE FRONT OFFICE.
HOW MANY ARE SIX? CHARLIE FOX, TERRY CROW, TERRY CROW, SOME PEOPLE CALL HIM RABBIT.
AND ALSO THERE'S SIX ROSA WHO? ROSAL COMPANY.
IT'S PRECINCTS ONE AND THREE THIS YEAR.
I HAVE, I MAY HAVE SOME IN THE CAR.
AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH IN THOSE 48 BY THIRTIES, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY GOT.
ARE WE ABOUT THROUGH OR BRUCE, DO I HAVE TIME TO GO LOOK DOWN? YEAH, WE, WE STILL GOT, OKAY.
LISTEN, THEY ANYTHING LESS THAN THOROUGH? I WON'T BE POSITIVE.
THOSE I THE BIG ONE, THE DESK.
THIS IS ON YOU GOT, YOU HAVE TWO.
I MEAN MORE THAN I WOULD NOT COMPLAIN.
WELL THIS WORKS BECAUSE I LIVE 43 MILES AWAY.
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MY VEHICLE TAKES CARE OF, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T NEED, TAKES CARE OF GAS.I I DON'T HAVE A HE IS GRANDKID.
HOW LONG BEEN YOU? WHAT? NO, THAT'S FOR YOU.
DID YOU WANT ONE FOR YOU? DID YOU WANT ONE? SURE.
COME TO THE PAPER OFFICE AND YEAH, ME.
THE UH, SHERIFF'S FOUR HOURS NOW.
DO I GIVE YOU ONE? YES YOU DID.
I COULDN'T, I DID APPRECIATE IT.
I'M ONLY TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE OFFICE.
I'M GLAD I'M ONLY TWO BLOCKS FROM THE OFFICE OUT WAITING ON A REFILL.
UH, MY CHOLESTEROL GOES COME OUT.
AND THEY SAID ONE BUSINESS DAY, ONE MONDAY, BUT THAT MAY NOT COUNT.
SO TODAY MAY BE THAT BUSINESS DAY.
SO IT SENDS ME A TEXT MESSAGE, REFILLS.
I GET A TEXT MESSAGE ON MY PHONE, MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY.
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I THOUGHT OF YOU WHILE THEY WERE, I SAID I BE THE UP AGAINST THE, I BELIEVE I WHERE CAME FROM.THEY HAD ON CHANNEL EIGHT THIS MORNING FOR YOU TO COME INTO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE AND GO EITHER FOR THE COWBOYS OR FOR THE NEW YORK GIANTS TO WIN NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'D BE A VERY DIFFICULT VOTE.
THEY WERE ABSOLUTE, THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY PITIFUL.
WE WATCHED IT AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON WE WATCHED IT A LITTLE BIT AND THEY WERE WORSE.
THERE'S ONE COPY IN THERE THAT THESE GENERALLY SIGNED, BUT THAT'S IT.
60, 70% OF THEM VOTED EARLY VOTING ANYWAYS.
ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, MR. THE MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED THE CROWN IS TO UR MENTIONED THAT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON JANUARY 9TH FOR EVERY SAME, SAME PLACE.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, JACKSON.