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          WE'VE GOT A FULL ROOM HERE THIS MORNING, AND SO IF EVERYBODY CAN TRY TO SCOOT OVER A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE TOWARDS THE WINDOWS SO ALL OF OUR GUESTS CAN, CAN FIND A PLACE TO SIT DOWN, THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE GOOD. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF GUESTS HERE THIS MORNING FROM OUT OF THE COUNTY, AND, UH, I THINK THEY'RE ALL WITHIN THE STATE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME, SOME, UH, LOCAL COUNTY PEOPLE HERE AS WELL. 
          AND SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME EVERYONE IF YOU, UH, HAVE, UH, IF YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THE COURT LATER ON. 
          UH, THIS MORNING AS WE GET INTO OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE SOME FORMS, UH, BACKED BY THE SHERIFF HERE THAT YOU ARE WELCOME TO, UH, FILL OUT AND COMPLETE. 
          AND IF YOU'LL HAND THOSE TO THE SHERIFF, WE'LL, UH, UH, HAVE, UH, HIM PRESENT THOSE TO US HERE JUST IN A FEW MOMENTS. 
          UM, AS YOU ARE AWARE, IN OUR COUNTY OVER THE LAST, UH, THREE OR FOUR DAYS, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, REALLY TRAGIC EVENTS OCCUR, PARTICULARLY IN THE CITY OF FORNEY. 
          AND I KNOW WE INVITED SOME FOLKS THIS MORNING FROM HORNEY TO BE HERE. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE BIG COME, BUT WE WERE VERY LUCKY. 
          OR THAT CITY WAS VERY LUCKY. 
          THAT COMMUNITY WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE ANY FATALITIES. 
          THEY DID HAVE SOME INJURIES, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW THE LATEST INFORMATION I HAVE NONE OF THEM IN LIFE THREATENING. 
          UH, AND IN THAT REGARD, UH, I HAVE INVITED, UH, BRENT GENSEL. 
          DR. 
          GENSEL IS THE PASTOR OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN, UH, IN KAUFMAN. 
          HE'S PROMISED NOT TO TAKE UP AN OFFERING THIS MORNING, BAPTIST DO SOMETIMES. 
          BUT, UH, IF YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU STAND NOW? WE'LL ASK DR. 
          GEN, GIVE OUR PRAYER, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE . 
          WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER? HEAVENLY FATHER, DURING THIS SEASON OF RENEWAL, WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE A GOD THAT GIVES LIFE. 
          AND FOR THE HOPE THAT WE KNOW IN YOU, HOPE FOR THE LIFE THAT IS TO COME, BUT HOPE IN THE LIFE THAT WE LIVE NOW. 
          AND WE WOULD PRAY FOR SUCH A SPIRIT OF HOPE IN THE COMMUNITY OF FORMING. 
          THANK YOU FOR OUR FRIENDS THAT LIVE THERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT HAVE TIRELESSLY SERVED THEIR NEIGHBORS AND CARED FOR SOME THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IN THE DAYS THAT HAVE JUST GONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT LIVE THERE. 
          AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM. 
          YOU'RE AWARE OF ALL THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WITH, UH, GOOD FRIENDS THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY JUST OVER THIS WEEKEND. 
          GOD, FOR ALL THOSE THINGS, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE ENCOURAGEMENT AND YOU WOULD BE THE GOD OF LIFE AND RENEWAL FOR THEM. 
          THANK YOU FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL MEET THIS DAY FOR THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO OUR COUNTY AND FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE IN ORDER TO LEAD US. 
          BLESS THEM, GIVE THEM WISDOM. 
          BLESS OUR COUNTY. 
          IT'S IN CHRIST NAME. 
          WE PRAY THESE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO, FOR WHICH HE STANDS. 
          ONE NATION AND UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. 
          I ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE, YOUR HONOR. 
          ONE SIGNED UP, JUDGE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE BAY PARTY WAS WANTING TO SIGN UP, COME BY AND GET THANKS TO THE COUNTY FOR ALL ASSISTANCE. 
          THEY GET PARTY OVER THE WEEKEND, JUST GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM THEM. 
          IT, IT APPEARS THAT, UH, HE COME HERE PRETTY SHORTLY, BUT IT APPEARS THAT HE'S RUN OUT GAS BETWEEN BARNEY AND . 
          HE'S HAD A LOT OF THINGS WORRIED ABOUT LAST FEW DAYS. 
          THE SHERIFF WAS A GREAT HELP OVER THERE. 
          STEVE WAS GREAT HELP. 
          IT WAS AMAZING, UH, THE COORDINATION EFFORT WE HAD WITH THE CITY OF CORN AND TERRIBLE DISASTER. 
          I THANK EVERYBODY. 
          'CAUSE IF I THANK PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY, I LEAVE SOMEBODY OUT AND WHO WAS AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU, JUDGE, IN MY REPORT I GIVE TO YOU AFTER OUR LAST COORDINATION MEETING. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU SOME WRONG NUMBERS, TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WE HAD OVER THERE. 
          THE CHURCH HAD SIGNED UP OVER A THOUSAND, SIGNED UP AND TRAINED OVER A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS ON DAY ONE AND HAD AN ADDITIONAL 600 SIGNED UP ON DAY TWO. 
          AND THEY TRAINED THOSE TWO COME UP THERE AND DO WORK. 
          THAT'S NOT COUNTING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO HELP. 
          IT WAS AMAZING OUT POURING OF SUPPORT AND IT REALLY, UH, REMINDED ME OF HOW MUCH OUR FELLOW FAMILY CARES MUCH. 
          THEY WERE, IT WAS AN AMAZING SITUATION. 
          CERTAINLY THE CITIZENS OF NEY AND OUR COUNTY, AND I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, MAYOR MONACO HERE THIS MORNING FROM THE CITY OF MESQUITE. 
          UH, THEY SERVED, UH, HELPED THE FOLKS. 
          YOU EVEN HAD YOUR OWN PROBLEMS, BUT I BELIEVE IN MUSKE AS WELL. 
          BUT WE HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM, UH, OUTSIDE AREAS AND I KNOW THE FOLKS  DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, A LITTLE PERSONAL STORY. 
          UH, WHEN THAT WAS ALL BREAKING, I CALLED THE SHERIFF TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON 
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AND, UH, HE, UH, SAID, WELL, I'M ON MY WAY OVER THERE. 
          AND I SAID, WELL, STOP BY AND PICK ME UP AT THE COURTHOUSE. 
          THAT WAS THE MOST EXCITING RIDE OUT THERE AND MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO GET SOMEPLACE IN A HURRY, I INVITE YOU TO RIDE SHERIFF . 
          I AIN'T THAT STORY A LITTLE BIT TO THE LAWYER EVERY TIME I TELL YOU. 
          COUNTY RESPONSE. 
          THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS GREAT, SET UP A COMMAND POST, AND THAT WORKED AS WELL ALONG WORKING WITH THE, UH, CORN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CONSTABLE'S OFFICE AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THERE. 
          ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE UH, GET INTO, UH, OUR AGENDA HERE IS, IS THAT I ASKED, UH, DR. 
          GENSEL TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. 
          I HAD A TWOFOLD REASON TO DO THAT. 
          UH, ONE OF COURSE WAS TO GIVE OUR INDICATION, BUT THE OTHER WAS THE FACT. 
          AND I WANTED THE, OUR FRIENDS HERE FROM, UH, ALL THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS WE HAVE HERE, MR. AUSTIN AND, UH, MR. MORRIS AND, UH, ALL THE GUYS FROM AROUND THE AREA. 
          I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE THAT DR. 
          GENSEL WAS A COLLEGE, UH, CLASSMATE AND ROOMMATE OF OUR NEW STATE COMMISSIONER, UH, TRANS NOT COMMISSIONER, BUT OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF, OF TEXAS HIGHWAY COMMISSION, UH, AND PHIL WILSON. 
          AND BRENT, YOU SAID YOU HAVE SOME BLACKMAIL STORIES. 
          IF WE EVER NEED ANY HELP, THERE IS NO DOUBT WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN INSIDE FIRST ITEM IS THE AGENDA. 
          DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEMS? I HAVE A MOTION ACCEPT. 
          COMMISSIONER JACKSON. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OPPOSED. 
          NEXT ITEM IS A PRESENTATION BY THE NORTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER JEFF AUSTIN HERE WITH US AND, UH, COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS, ONE OF THE COMMISSION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS LINDA THOMAS, THE, UH, CHAIR OF THE NORTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY AND ALSO GARY HALBROOKS OR HALBROOKS, WHO IS THE, UH, VICE CHAIR. 
          BUT BEFORE WE, COMMISSIONER, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, I KNOW WE, UH, HAVE A NUMBER OF GUESTS HERE WITH US AND, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU'D STAND UP AND, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 
          AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE HERE WITH US THAT ARE WITH, THAT YOU CAN COME TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          MY RECORD. 
          ALWAYS NOTE TO SIGN IN APPROPRIATELY FOR THE RECORD, JEFF THIRD COMMISSIONER TAKES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITH US. 
          I KNOW LINDA THOMAS, UH, IS HERE. 
          LINDA IS NOW THE VICE, WAS VICE CHAIR OF THE NET RMA FROM ITS INCEPTION AND WAS APPOINTED RECENTLY BY GOVERNOR PERRY TO FOLLOW ME AS, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NET, UH, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE NET RMA AND GARY HALBROOKS, WHO, UH, WAS, WAS THE FINANCE CHAIR, IS NOW VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE NET RMA AND STILL CONTINUES TO DO A LOT OF WORK FROM TYLER, UH, WITH THE NET. 
          RMA AND LINDA IS LONG HERE. 
          I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO, I KNOW WE'RE SENATOR KANE, WE SAY DAVID KA, UH, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SUPPORT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION AND REGIONAL YOU TO REPRESENT PART OF BEACH TEXAS UP IN DALLAS HAS BEEN A VERY BIG SUPPORTER. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER GUESTS AND COMMISSIONER IF YOU WANT TO STAY UP HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU CAN DO THAT BECAUSE WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU. 
          UH, LET'S START DOWN THIS SIDE. 
          UH, MICHAEL, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF, SO, WE'LL, WELL, I THINK THAT MEANS YOU, NO, ME. 
          TODAY'S SPELL BEFORE POST. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M BILL HELD AT T DISTRICT OF, I KNOW WE HAVE A SITTING MANAGER HERE, I BELIEVE SCOTT WALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ON THE NEXT, UH, ROW, MICHAEL, IF YOU AND, UH, UH, MIKE SIMS, CITY OF TAR. 
          OH, AND I'M CITY C. 
          OKAY. 
          LARRY MINOR. 
          UH, F STEEL COMAN. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MAYOR JOHN MON MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF MESQUITE. 
          I'M JERRY DIMAN. 
          I'M AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MESQUITE. 
          ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          I ALREADY GOT INTRODUCED, BUT I'M DAVID KING, TAXPAYER COFFMAN COUNTY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FORMER SENATOR DARWIN MYERS, AREA ENGINEER WITH T BRENDA CALLOWAY. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT AREA ENGINEER WITH T ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN I, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE FROM THE COUNTY THAT'S HERE ON ANOTHER ROAD ISSUE. 
          AND WHILE WE'VE GOT ALL THESE TRANSPORTATION GUYS HERE, MAYBE WE CAN GET THEM OUT. 
          UH, IS THAT PRETTY? WELL GET EVERYBODY, UH, CHIEF BILL, BILL HILL. 
          BILL HILL BILL, YOUR HONOR, I, I, BEFORE THE COMMISSION STARTS, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, GIVE US A FEW WORDS OF 
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WISDOM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR? JUDGE, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AT THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          UH, BILL AND I, YOUR, YOUR DISTRICT ENGINEER, PROBABLY SPEAK TO EACH OTHER EVERY SINGLE DAY ON TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, I DID NOTICE YOU HAVE SOME, UH, SITTING WATER AROUND THE, UH, BUILDING NEXT DOOR. 
          WOULD LIKE TO FIX THAT. 
          YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT. 
          WE'LL SEND SOME MONEY OVER THE BILL SYSTEM. 
          I'D LIKE TO GET THAT WATER OUT OF THE STREET. 
          SO, JUDGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. 
          THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY HAVING ONE OF THE FIVE COMMISSIONERS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HERE, AND ESPECIALLY A VERY ACTIVE ONE AND ONE THAT VERY MUCH BELIEVES IN THE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THAT THIS COUNTY REPRESENTS. 
          THE THREE THINGS I WANNA FLAG FIRST IS, UH, PARTNERSHIP, AS THE MINISTER TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE IMPORTANCE OF RENEWAL. 
          UH, PARTNERSHIPS, UH, CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND MOVE AHEAD TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING IN OUR CASE, TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE TO HELP US, UH, ADVANCE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN THIS COUNTY OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          IT'S, UH, TRULY A PARTNERSHIP. 
          SOMETIMES, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER AUSTIN MIGHT SCRATCH HIS HEAD WHEN HE SEES SOME OF OUR PROJECTS AT FIVE OR SIX SOURCES OF MONEY TO FIX A FARM TO MARKET ROAD OR BUILD AN INTERCHANGE. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TODAY TO GET THESE THINGS, UH, ACCOMPLISHED. 
          AND THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY HERE. 
          UH, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL CONSTANT GOVERNANCE COURSE HERE, UH,  THROUGH BILL HALE AND THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. 
          UM, THE SECOND THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS OUTCOMES. 
          UH, THE MECHANICS OF HOW WE DO THINGS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IS IMPORTANT AND IMPORTANT OF INSTITUTIONS IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT OPTIONS TODAY WITH REGARD TO THAT. 
          BUT I HOPE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM FOCUSES ON IT, IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GO AHEAD AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND THE MOBILITY AND THE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. 
          AND OUR, HOPEFULLY OUR FOCUS ALWAYS IS WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, OUR PARTICULAR OUTCOMES. 
          UH, MAYOR MONACO IS ON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE SEE COMMISSIONER CLARK. 
          I SEE COMMISSIONER CLARK MORE THAN I SEE SOME OF MY OWN STAFF. 
          A VERY ENGAGED, UH, TRANSPORTATION PERSON. 
          JUDGE, YOU HAVEN'T MISSED A MEETING, UH, TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. AND I THINK IT TAKES THIS RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIP TO MOVE US ALL ALONG. 
          AND WHEN THERE IS THAT WILL SOMEHOW WE FIND THE MONEY TO, TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. THE THIRD THING IS TO FOCUS ON THE PERSON WHO YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM TODAY. 
          COMMISSIONER AUSTIN, UH, A LEADER IN EAST TEXAS. 
          NOW A LEADER FOR THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          HE'S ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S FIVE APPOINTEES, UH, TO THE COMMISSION. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DISTRICTS HE'S SEEN. 
          I THINK HE'S SEEN ALMOST ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          UH, HE VERY MUCH FOCUSES ON THE SAME PRINCIPLES OF OUTCOMES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, LET'S CREATE THE DISCUSSION ITEMS, PUT OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. 
          WELL, LET'S GO DO SOMETHING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE POINT OF HAVING DISCUSSIONS FOR YEARS AND IT DOESN'T LEAD TO IMPLEMENTATION. 
          WHATEVER IT, A SAFETY PROJECT, A PROGRAM, INCREASING TRANSPORTATION CHOICES, WHATEVER THAT IS. 
          LET'S PUT THE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. 
          UH, LET'S DEBATE THEM. 
          LET'S CREATE PARTNERSHIPS AND LET'S GO AHEAD AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, IMPROVE AND IMPROVE THE, UH, IN OUR CASE, THE TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO IS A GREAT HONOR FOR YOU TO HAVE ONE OF THE FIVE COMMISSIONERS IN THE STATE. 
          HE IS A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE WHOLE STATE. 
          HE CAN'T JUST WAKE UP AND FOCUS ON THIS PART OF THE WORLD. 
          UH, BUT HE HAS IN HIS HEART A LOT OF THE TIME HE HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, GREAT HONOR WITH YOU TODAY. 
          SO I HOPE YOU, UH, REVIEW THOSE OPTIONS THAT HE PRESENTS TO US AS WE HEAR HIM HEAR THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME AS WELL. 
          THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND OF COURSE, SENATOR CAME TO COME HERE. 
          IT MUST BE A BIG DAY FOR SENATOR TO BE HERE AS WELL AS PART OF THAT. 
          BUT JUDGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALLOWING TO SPEAK COMMISSIONER THINGS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I THINK, UH, MAYOR ROSE IS HERE. 
          HE GOT HIS GAS IN HIS CAR AND EVERYTHING THAT THE OF CORN HAS GOING ON, COMMISSIONER AUSTIN, HE PAID SOME TAXES, UH, AFTER RAN OUTTA GAS TO GET THE GOVERNOR. 
          THANK, I THINK WE ALL GIVE A MAYOR HAND. 
          THEY BEEN, AND JUST GOING ON AND ON. 
          THEY HAD A, A TRAGEDY IN ONE OF THEIR, UH, CITY, UH, FOLKS. 
          EMPLOYEES, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WAS, UH, KILLED IN AN AUTO MOTORCYCLE LAST NIGHT. 
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YES, I BELIEVE SATURDAY COURSE. 
          SO THEY'VE JUST GONE FROM ONE, UH, ONE PROBLEM TO THE NEXT. 
          BUT THE MAYOR HAS PROVIDED GREAT LEADERSHIP AND, UH, IT'S JUST, UH, GOOD THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE HAVING YOU HERE WITH US THIS MORNING. 
          AND I KNOW YOU'VE STILL GOT LOT OF WORK TO DO BACK AT HOME. 
          BUT THANKS FOR COMING OVER THIS MORNING. 
          SORRY, MIKE, BUT I CAN MAKE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL YOU GUYS, YOU CAN FIND A SEAT. 
          JUST MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. 
          AND COMMISSIONER, I THINK WE'RE GONNA FIND, GET AROUND. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, GUESTS, FRIENDS, UH, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS MORNING. 
          AND I WANT TO, UH, SHARE A COUPLE THINGS, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT. 
          I'M GONNA SUPPORT LINDA AND GARY, UH, WITH THE NET. 
          RMA PART OF TODAY'S, UH, AGENDA ITEM IS TO HAVE A PRESENTATION TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE RMAA REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY. 
          I SAID, PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY POINT. 
          I'M GONNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO LINDA AND GARY. 
          BUT, UH, THE NET RMA NORTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY THAT WAS CREATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, INITIALLY BETWEEN TWO COUNTIES, UH, SMITH AND GREG WITH, WITH TYLER LONGVIEW. 
          AND THERE WERE TWO BASIC NEEDS THAT OCCURRED. 
          TYLER WAS LOOKING AT AN OUTER LOOP, AND SO WAS LONGVIEW. 
          AND THE THEN MAYORS, UH, THAT CAME TOGETHER. 
          UH, AND THE TWO COUNTY JUDGES JUDGE OUT, AND BAKER DIPSEY, JUDGE DIPSEY SAID, WHY DON'T WE GET TOGETHER AND FORM TOGETHER AND TRY TO CONNECT THEM? THAT WAS PROJECT NUMBER ONE. 
          AND THE SECOND ONE WAS INTERSTATE 20. 
          UH, 'CAUSE IT'S A COMMON THREAD. 
          AND AS I TALK ABOUT THE, WHAT THE RA DID TO EXPAND AND BEGIN TO LOOK AT, IT'S ABOUT REGIONALISM PARTNERSHIPS, COMMON THREADS, COMMON CORRIDORS. 
          BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IN TYLER, AND I, I'M A RESIDENT OF TYLER SMITH COUNTY, WHAT WE FOUND IN TYLER LONGVIEW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THERE IN TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH. 
          AND IT'S NOT ALL WHAT HAPPENS IN AUSTIN, NOT THIS AUSTIN, BUT AUSTIN OR DOWN HOUSTON. 
          WE HAVE NEEDS. 
          'CAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING SOMEWHERE, THEY'RE GONNA PASS THROUGH WHEREVER WE ARE. 
          AND WHEN THEY LEAVE, THERE'S, CHANCES ARE THEY MIGHT PASS BACK THROUGH. 
          AND WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE YOU GO OUTTA STATE TO REALIZE HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO BE IN TEXAS. 
          I JUST HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THIS LAST WEEK TO DRIVE ROSE A COUPLE OTHER STATES. 
          I WENT, UH, UH, TO THE EAST COAST AND WENT DOWN TO INTERSTATE 20 QUARTER. 
          AND YOU DON'T REALIZE UNTIL YOU GET THAT TEXAS, UH, WE HAD TEARS IN OUR EYES, WATER THAT WAS IN THE BIG SIGN TO WELCOME TO TEXAS. 
          AND YOU SEE GOOD ROADS AND A FRIENDLY FACE AND PEOPLE WAVING AT YOU, YOU DON'T REALIZE AGAIN HOW LUCKY THEY'RE, BUT THERE, THAT BRINGS CHALLENGES. 
          AND AS YOU LOOK AT, WHEN THE LEGISLATURE FORMED AND CREATED, GIVE AUTHORITY, LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY TO FORM REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITIES IN 2003, THEY WERE LOOKING AT GIVING MORE CONTROL FROM THE STATE LEVEL BACK DOWN TO THOSE AT THE COUNTY, CITY LEVEL, REGIONAL LEVEL TO HELP HAVE INPUT AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR WHAT THEY WANT. 
          AND THERE'S MORE THAN ONE RIGHT ANSWER. 
          AND, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE, THERE'S MORE THAN ONE RIGHT ANSWER. 
          MICHAEL MORRIS, WHO'S BEEN, I WISH I, IF HE'S FORGOTTEN MORE THAN I'LL EVER KNOW ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND I, I, I HOPE THAT KNOWLEDGE LEADS CONTINUES TO HELP MORE PEOPLE AND LEAVING MORE OPTIONS, NOT JUST IN THE METRO PLACE, BUT AS WE LOOK AT BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN EAST TEXAS. 
          AND I KEEP SAYING WE AS IT SO PART TO RMA, LINDA, BUT I, UH, I WAS THERE EARLY, UH, IN FORMATION, BUT WE WANT TO BRIDGE THE GAP. 
          THAT'S WHAT TODAY'S ABOUT, IS EDUCATION. 
          AND ULTIMATELY THE NET RMA, UH, UH, I KNOW LIN COUNTY COULD COME TOGETHER TO, UH, JOIN, UH, JOIN HANDS AND HAVE, UH, CALIN COUNTY COME INTO THE NET. 
          RMA AND LEMME TALK ABOUT HOW WE EXPANDED, UH, WHEN I WAS THERE AS CHAIRMAN AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, POSSIBILITY TODAY WHEN WE FOUND THE REGIONAL NEEDS WERE GREATER THAN SMITH AND GRAY COUNTY, WE WERE ASKED BY SOME SURROUNDING, UH, COUNTIES, WELL, HEY, WHAT ABOUT US? WE WANT TO JOIN, WE'RE PARTICIPANTS AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE COMMON QUARTERS. 
          THE US 69, US 1 75, UH, DID 31 59, 2 59, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO INTERSTATE 20, THEN YOU HAVE COMMON COUNTY ROADS THAT COULD LEAVE ONE COUNTY, GO TO THE NEXT. 
          YOU HAVE THE STATE SYSTEM, THE FARM MARKETS, THEN YOU HAVE AIRPORTS AND YOU HAVE RAIL COMING THROUGH. 
          WHAT ABOUT THESE COMMON CORRIDORS? WELL, IN RMA HAS THE ABILITY TO GRANTED LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY TO OWN, OPERATE, BUILD, FINANCE, ACQUIRE, UH, ANY TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST TOLL ROADS, BUT, UH, ANY OTHER ROADWAY ALSO. 
          AND I CAN OPERATE A FERRY. 
          NOW. 
          I SAY I JUST POSTING THE  RIVER GOING 
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THROUGH GRAY COUNTY, MAY NOT LIKE THE DUCK HUNTER ON THERE. 
          YOU HAVE A VERY, UH, YOU CAN OWN AND OPERATE AIRPORT. 
          I CAN WORK ON AIRPORT PROJECTS. 
          AND I SAY THE THREE CONSTITUENCIES ARE RAIL, FREIGHT, HIGH SPEED, AND PASSENGER. 
          SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND, AND GOODS AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          IT'S NOT JUST ALL ABOUT ROADS, BUT IT'S A CONNECTIVITY. 
          AND IN A DAY WHERE AIR QUALITY'S BECOMING A GREATER CONCERN, CONGESTION, YOU KNOW, TEXAS AGAIN, IS ONE OF THE GREAT STATES BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE MOVING IN AND WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADWAYS THAN WE DO RESOURCES. 
          THE PARTNERSHIP THAT MICHAEL WAS TALKING ABOUT, DIFFERENT FUNDING CATEGORIES IS GOING TO BECOME MORE PREVALENT OF HOW, UH, WE HAVE USED TOOLS, WHETHER IT'S A TRI TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT ZONE AT A COUNTY LEVEL, TO LOOK AT CERTAIN ROADWAYS OR AIRPORTS OR RAIL QUARTERS, UH, TO BEGIN TO GO TO THIS, UH, THIS TECH STOCK WITH THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK, UH, WHICH IS A GREAT, GREAT TOOL OR BEGIN LOOKING AT OTHER BONDING CAPACITY, UH, THAT MIGHT BE, THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE TO HAPPEN. 
          WE NET RMA WENT FROM TWO COUNTIES TO FOUR BECAUSE OF THESE ENHANCED TOOLS. 
          UH, SMITH, UH, GREG, THE INITIAL TWO THEN CAME, UH, WOOD VAN CHEROKEE AND RUSS COUNTY. 
          UH, IT LATER EXPANDED, UH, TO, UH, PANOLA HARRISON, UH, UPSHIRE, UH, BOWIE COUNTY, CASS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT NOW HAD ENCOMPASSES 12 COUNTIES, UH, WITHIN THE TEXAS REGION. 
          AND WHAT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND RIGHTLY SO ABOUT THE TEXAS TRIANGLE DALLAS, UP HERE AT THE TOP, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, METROPLEX AT THE TOP, YOU'VE GOT THE HOUSTON AREA, AND THEN AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IS. 
          AND I LOOK AT WHERE WE STOOD IN EAST TEXAS. 
          YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE THE AWARE, WE SAID WE WISH IT TO BE A RECTANGLE, MICHAEL, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT DIDN'T WORK. 
          BUT WE WANT TO BE A, WE'RE A SPOKE IN THE HUB AND YOU, YOU PIVOT UP ON THE INTERSTATE 20, YOU PIVOT UP ON THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR. 
          YOU COME BACK DOWN TO 45, INTERSTATE 45, YOU COME BACK DOWN TO 1 75. 
          THESE ARE ALL PI UH, UH, PIVOT POINTS COMING BACK INTO THE METROPLEX. 
          THE NET RMA HAS LOOKED AT SEVERAL THINGS. 
          AND ONE THAT'S A VITAL, UH, VITAL FOR IT IS LOOKING AT LONG RANGE CONGESTION RELIEF, UH, ON THE INTERSTATE 20. 
          AND I THINK WORKING WITH, UH, UH, , WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE RMA WITH BILL, THE COUNTIES, THE LONG RANGE. 
          WHAT CAN HAPPEN. 
          AT OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING, UM, THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY WAS UNVEILED AND INTERSTATE 20 WAS ONE OF THE QUARTERS ON THERE THAT RECEIVED A LOT OF ATTENTION BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF ITS CONGESTION. 
          AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, I JUST WATCHING THE EVENTS LAST WEEK DURING THE, UH, UH, DURING THE BAD WEATHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WITH CONGESTION, UH, ON THERE AS THEIR QUALITY BECOMES MORE OF A CONCERN. 
          HOW DO WE MOVE PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE METROPLEX? YOU KNOW, I KNOW FOLKS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT KAUFMAN COUNTY , YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COMMUTE IN FROM CEDAR CREEK LAKE. 
          THEY GO INTO DALLAS. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COMMUTE FROM OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, CANTON AND THE OTHER SIDE OF TYLER, UH, THAT COMMUTE INTO THE PROVINAL PLACE. 
          SO YOU HAVE COMMON CORRIDORS IN THERE. 
          UH, THE NET RMA, UH, ENTERED INTO A LONG RANGE PLANNING AGREEMENT. 
          IT'S CALLED IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DART TO LOOK AT EXPANDING LIGHT RAIL, UH, PASSENGER RAIL, REALLY BETWEEN DALLAS AND SHREVEPORT AT THE SAME TIME. 
          UH, THE, THE HIGH SPEED RAIL QUARTER ADVISORY GROUP, UH, IS WORKING TO, UH, STUDY EXPANSION OF THE AMTRAK ROUTE, WHICH IS A HIGH SPEED RAIL. 
          IT COMES THROUGH EAST TEXAS. 
          IT COMES BACK ALONG US A , UH, THROUGH YOUR COUNTY AND BACK INTO THE METROPLEX. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO BEGIN BRIDGING. 
          UH, AND LOOKING AT HOW DO WE MOVE PEOPLE? HOW DO WE, UH, HOW DO WE MAKE IT SAFER? AND THAT'S ONE OF TECHOPS GOALS. 
          HOW DO WE RELIEVE CONGESTION? UH, REALLY WORK WITH SAFETY. 
          AND ALSO AT SAME TIME, TO BE STEWARDS OF, OF OF OUR FUNDS, UH, TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. 
          THERE IS A PROCESS TO, FOR A COUNTY TO COME INTO THE NET, RMA OR TO ANY RMA. 
          THERE'S, THERE ARE, UH, THERE, THERE'S SEVEN OR EIGHT RMAS AROUND THE STATE. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ONE IN CAMERON COUNTY. 
          YOU HAVE ONE IN HIDO COUNTY, UH, GRAYSON COUNTY UP IN SHERMAN. 
          THE CITY OF EL PASO HAS ONE THAT WAS A UNIQUE PIECE OF THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, UH, PROCESS WHERE THE CITY OF EL PASO HAD ONE. 
          YOU HAVE THE CENTRAL TEXAS RA, WHICH IS TRAVIS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, BASICALLY ROUND ROCK, UH, GEORGETOWN AND AUSTIN. 
          YOU HAVE ALAMO, RMA, UH, WHICH IS BASED ALL OF SAN ANTONIO, EAST TEXAS CAME TOGETHER TO BEGIN LOOKING AGAIN. 
          COURSE COMMON COURT. 
          BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN JUST VERY EASILY. 
          I THINK WE, WE PASSED, UH, UH, SENT Y'ALL A SAMPLE RESOLUTION. 
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NOW, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON TODAY, BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, YOUR COUNTY OR COUNTY WOULD PETITION PASS A RESOLUTION. 
          AS A PETITION. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN. 
          THAT'S STEP ONE. 
          I LIKE TO CALL THIS A LOT LIKE FRATERNITY RUSH OR SORORITY RUSH. 
          YOU DON'T WANNA BE BLACKBALLED. 
          THEN IT COMES TO THE NET. 
          RMA, THE NET RMA OR ANY RMA OF WANTING TO BRING IN A COUNTY HAS TO, UH, ACCEPT THAT. 
          THAT'S STEP NUMBER TWO. 
          THEN IT GOES BACK, JUDGE TO YOUR PEERS, TO THE OTHER COUNTY JUDGES WITHIN THE RMA, WHERE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF EACH OF THOSE COUNTIES WOULD ACCEPT, UH, PASS RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING A NEW MEMBER INTO THE RMA. 
          AND THE FOURTH ONE, UH, STEP WILL COME BACK TO THE TECH, UH, TO T STOCK COMMISSION. 
          THE COMMISSION WOULD CONSIDER THAT. 
          THEN THE, AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WHEN WE WOULD, IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE, WE WENT FOR THE COMMISSION THAT WERE ASKED, IS IT BEING DONE FOR THE RIGHT REASON? WERE THE COMMON QUARTERS? WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS? AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY IT COMES BACK, WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? UH, WHAT THE QUESTION THAT Y'ALL HAVE TO ANSWER. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE EVERYTHING. 
          BUT AS A TEAM, AS A REGIONAL PARTNER, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE WAYS TO FIND COMMON QUARTERS AND SOMETHING I WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR. 
          TO ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T CARE WHO GETS THE PROJECT DONE AS LONG AS WE, TOGETHER AS A TEAM, WHETHER IT'S A STATE LEVEL, A LOCAL LEVEL, OR REGIONAL LEVEL, UH, SOMETIMES EVEN A NATIONAL LEVEL CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER. 
          FIND DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING IN INNOVATIVENESS AND PARTNERSHIPS TO FIND A WAY TO GET IT DONE. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY, UH, STRATEGIC PLANS, WHETHER PRIVATE BUSINESS, UH, ET CETERA, THAT PEOPLE CREATE PLANS, PUT 'EM ON A SHELF, AND YOU CHECK THE BOX, IT'S DONE. 
          THAT'S NOT THE WAY I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO OPERATE, WHETHER IT'S IN BUSINESS OR IN VOLUNTEER CAPACITY. 
          WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO GET IT DONE. 
          AND IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE THAN ONE PERSON, MORE THAN ONE TEAM, AND MORE THAN THERE'S MORE THAN ONE RIGHT ANSWER. 
          AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE, UH, AS A REGIONAL, AS LOOKING AT THE REGION, Y'ALL ARE THE GATEWAY TO BRIDGE EAST TEXAS AND THE METROPLEX. 
          AND I THINK YOU'RE SITTING IN A GREAT SEAT. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT TWO POINTS OF ENTRY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMING IN INTERSTATE 20, AB CORNER 1 75, AND YOU HAVE MAJOR RAIL QUARTERS COMING EAST AND WEST DOWN THE ROAD. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND A BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST TEXAS AND, UH, THE METROPLEX TO, UH, TO FIND, UH, ENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. 
          I'M GONNA, I'M FOCUS SETTING UP, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE, I KNOW BEING HERE ON BEHALF OF THE STATE, REALLY PROUD OF WHAT, UH, UH, BILL HILL HIS TEAM IS DOING, WORKING WITH MICHAEL. 
          AND WE'VE HAD MICHAEL MOORES, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS OF CREATING GREATER PARTNERSHIPS TO REGIONAL LABS, UM, AND IT REALLY MAKES SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
          AND I'M TURN THIS OVER NOW TO LINDA THOMAS, WHO IS, UH, CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE . 
          OKAY, THANK YOU MS. THOMAS. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO BE HERE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, I'M LINDA THOMAS. 
          I'M CHAIR OF THE NORTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, AND I WAS PLEASED. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR BEING HERE WITH US, BEING OUR ADVOCATE AND ALSO MY GOOD FRIEND MARY . 
          WE'VE ALL BEEN IN THIS TOGETHER, UM, CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE NET RMA SINCE 2005. 
          IT WAS A JOINT VENTURE OF SMITH AND GREG COUNTIES. 
          AND WHEN I SAY THAT, THAT'S LIKE SAYING IT'S A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES ABOUT 40 OR 50 YEARS AGO. 
          BUT IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND WORK TOGETHER AND, UH, FOR A COMMON GOAL. 
          'CAUSE WE REALIZE THAT THE ENEMY IS NOT THE NEXT COUNTY. 
          THE ENEMY IS A LONG WAY AWAY IN INDIA AND CHINA AND HEAVEN ELSEWHERE ELSE. 
          BUT WE'VE SERVED SINCE, SINCE A CREATION. 
          WE REPRESENT 12 COUNTIES DOWN NORTHEAST TEXAS WITH 19 BOARD MEMBERS RECOVER FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS, FROM BOWIE TO PINOLA COUNTIES ON LOUISIANA BORDER. 
          UH, THE VAN TITUS COUNTIES ON THE WEST EXCEPT FOR MORRIS CAMP MARION AND HENDERSON. 
          UM, OUR GOAL IS TO ALL THESE TEXAS WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE WE THINK THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, AND WE'LL BE A MUCH BETTER FORCE IF WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. 
          COMMON GOALS. 
          OUR ORIGINAL PROJECT IS THE 1249 PROJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN FUNDED FROM HIGHWAY ONE 10 ON THE SOUTHEAST OF TYLER, THE ONE I 20 WEST IN THE GLENDALE AREA. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BEGIN STUDY ON THE EASTERN SECTION OF 1249, CROSSING I 20 ON THE EAST, GOING NORTH TO UP SURE. 
          ACROSS GREG INTO HARRISON COUNTY. 
          AND FINALLY CONNECTING WITH THE I 69 INTERSTATE PROJECT. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CROSS BOUNDARIES, AND WE ENVISION THAT OUR POWER GLASS THAT WE CALL TILL 49 PROJECT, UH, GOING INTO LOUISIANA AND CONNECTING THERE. 
          OUR MISSION IS TO DELIVER INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION 
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SOLUTIONS THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CITIZENS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. 
          RMA WAS AUTHORIZED IN 2001 BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AS AN INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT AGENT, SEE, FORMED BY ONE OR MORE COUNTIES WITH AUTHORITY TO FINANCE, DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE TANK TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. 
          AND OUR SCOPE IS BROAD. 
          ANY PROJECT MOVE PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER IS WITHIN OUR SIDES. 
          THE DEBT RMA IS FOCUSED ON BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS. 
          IT'S OUR GOAL TO ENCOURAGE ENTITIES TO FIND WHATEVER RESOURCES WE CAN AMASS TO SUPPORT PROJECTS IN OUR CORNER OF THE WORLD. 
          THE NORTHEAST TEXAS RMA PROVIDES THE NORTHEAST TEXAS REGION PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY TO THE EASTERN AND THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF OUR COUNTRY. 
          THIS WEEK SHOULD HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO ALL OF US HOW WE ARE INTERCONNECTED. 
          THE SITE OF CAR'S, BUMPER TO BUMPER WITH NOWHERE TO GO AND TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN AT WILL ON I 20 IS TERRIFYING. 
          NOT TO MINIMIZE. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOUR LOSSES WERE OF PROPERTY BUT NOT LIES. 
          THE STRESS ON I 20 IS MONUMENTAL AND OUR AIR QUALITY IS CHALLENGED. 
          OUR MUTUAL INTEREST FOR COMMUTER AND HIGH-SPEED RAIL TO LOUISIANA IS A PRIORITY FOR THE NET RMA WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THESE PROJECTS. 
          OUR MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DART IS A FIRST STEP IN BUILDING THE PARTNERSHIPS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL FOR THE FUTURE. 
          IN CONCLUSION, THERE WAS A SEMINAR AT UT ARLINGTON THIS WEEK TITLED STRONGER TOGETHER, WHICH EMPHASIZED REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE METRO PLACE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE. 
          THE SAME MESSAGE APPLIES TO NORTHEAST TEXAS. 
          OUR RESOURCES ARE LIMITED AND WE MUST LEARN TO UTILIZE RESOURCES FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO THEIR FULLEST. 
          WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BYLAWS AND THE PROCESS OF JOINING, UH, PROVISIONS OF THE LEGISLATION, UH, THAT WOULD CONCERN YOU AND WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. 
          UM, I THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO MAKE OUR PRESENTATION ON THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION IN EAST TEXAS. 
          AND NOW GARY HALBROOK WILL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THEY PROVIDED A HANDOUT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY IN HERE RIGHT NOW, HAVE A OBJECTOR POWERPOINT, BUT WE DO HAVE A HANDOUT HERE SOMEPLACE. 
          ALL THE SHOULD ANYBODY DIDN'T RECEIVE ONE? WE DO HAVE THAT, SIR. 
          JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. 
          THE CRUX OF ALL THIS IS, IS, IS, AS LINDA JUST SAID, AT THE END OF HER TALK, IS RESOURCES. 
          A BIG PART OF THAT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS A PIE, A BIG PART OF THE PIECE OF THAT PIE IS MONEY. 
          UM, THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE TALENT, UH, BEYOND THAT. 
          BUT MONEY'S THE BIG KEY. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY, I THINK, WHERE THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN, UH, AROUND 2000 STARTED REALLY BACK INTO THE, INTO, UH, MID 1995 OR SO, STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT, CAME UP IN EARLY TWO THOUSANDS TO CREATE THE RA. 
          AND REALLY WHAT THEY DO IS, WHAT WE ALL KNOW NOW IS THAT THE FUNDING MECHANISMS PROGRAM, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY HAS THE PERFECT FIX. 
          THERE'S BEEN A BUNCH OF STUDIES STILL CURRENTLY A LOT OF STUDIES GOING ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE FIX, UH, PRIMARILY THE, THE, THE GAS BASED TAX THAT WE HAVE THAT IS NOT BRING IN ENOUGH, UH, TO DO OUR MAINTENANCE AND BUILD OUR NEW FACILITY, NEW, UH, FACILITIES. 
          OBVIOUSLY  COUNTY, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A HUGE GROWTH AREA. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE KEY, UH, AT THE TOP OF YOUR MIND. 
          BUT FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, THE LEGISLATURE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OVER THE LAST SEVERAL SESSIONS OF GIVING US SOME TOOLS THAT WE CAN GO OUT WITH. 
          YOU HEAR A LOT OF THE, UH, UH, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, PPP, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UH, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT, UH, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK THROUGH UNDER THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UH, THE RMA ALSO KIND OF GIVES CONTROL BACK ON A LOCAL LEVEL. 
          UH, WE LOVE OUR FRIENDS AT TDO. 
          THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH FOR US. 
          THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY ONLY HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES, SO MUCH MONEY TO SPREAD AROUND, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          SO WE'VE USED THAT, UH, LEVERAGE THAT TEXDOT HAS GIVEN US AT THE STATE AND LEVERAGE THAT BACK LOCALLY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET SPECIFICALLY THE PROJECT, UH, TO 49. 
          THAT'S, UH, THE, UH, OUTTA LOOP AROUND THE SOUTHERN PART OF TYLER AND EVENTUALLY BE AROUND THE NORTHERN PART OF LONGVIEW. 
          UM, AND THEN REALLY IN THE SPAN, LYNN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING, UH, REALLY IN THE SPAN OF ABOUT, UH, ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO FROM NOTHING ON THE GROUND, UM, TO, UH, WITHIN A YEAR, UH, WE WILL HAVE JEFF LIN, WHAT, HOW 
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MANY MILES IS IT? IT'LL BE 28, ABOUT 28 MILES, UH, AROUND THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWER, UH, LINCOLN IN INTERSTATE 20. 
          UH, WE THINK WHEN IT LEAKS IN, UH, LINKS INTO INTERSTATE 20, THAT'S GONNA TAKE A SIGNIFICANT JUMP OF, UH, USAGE, UH, ON TOLL 49. 
          BUT IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IF THIS WAS 10, 15, CERTAINLY 20 YEARS AGO, UH, WITHOUT THE RMA, WE WOULD'VE NOT HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          SO, UH, VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR BUSINESS WITH, UH, KALIN COUNTY. 
          WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS JOIN IN WITH US AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          QUESTION, AND WE MAY HAVE OTHERS, OF COURSE, HERE ON FROM THE COURT, BUT, AND THIS I GUESS, IS ADDRESSED TO ALL OF YOU AND SPECIFICALLY MAYBE YOU COMMISSIONER ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO JOIN ME, AS YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE JUST HAD MICHAEL MORRIS HERE. 
          YOU HAD TO, UH, HE'S ON A CONFERENCE CALL RIGHT NOW. 
          HE MAY COME BACK IN. 
          UH, BUT, UH, WE CURRENTLY ARE A PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THROUGH IN, IN ARLINGTON AND THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, WHICH, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? CLARK, I'M SORRY, IS OUR, IS OUR MEMBER. 
          HE'S AN ALTERNATIVE MEMBER OR AN ALTERNATE MEMBER WITH DOUGLAS COUNTY. 
          I'LL GET IT OUT IN A SECOND. 
          UH, WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WOULD EXIST BETWEEN, UH, THE EAST TEXAS ORGANIZATION THAT YOU GUYS HERE WITH AND THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THAT WE ARE A PARTICIPANT IN? WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE THE NINTH FASTEST GROWING COUNTY INTO THE STATE. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN WITH ANYBODY, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE'VE GOT, WHAT, 70 OR $8 MILLION WORTH OF WORK GOING ON IN OUR COUNTY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE STILL HAVE OTHER NEEDS. 
          SO HOW, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT WORK? AND, AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A, UH, ANYTHING NEGATIVE WITH, WITH YOUR GROUP OR WITH THE COUNCIL GOVERNANCE IN ORDER. 
          THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, JUDGE. 
          UH, AND I WANT TO, IF I MAY SHARE, I WANT TO USE A COUPLE OF EAST TEXAS EXAMPLES ABOUT HOW IT MIGHT APPLY TO Y'ALL. 
          THE NET RMA HAD, UH, CURRENTLY GOES WITHIN TWO TXDOT DISTRICTS, UH, THAT OPERATES BETWEEN TYLER AND UH, ATLANTA. 
          AND WITH THIS, Y'ALL BEING PART OF THE DALLAS DISTRICT, SO THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE THREE. 
          THE NET RMA WITHIN TWO 12 COUNTIES HAS THREE MPOS, TYLER LONGVIEW, AND TEXARKANA. 
          UH, THEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, TWO DIFFERENT COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT, TWO COGS, UH, AND THE RELATIONSHIP, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE, JUST START AT THE VERY LOCAL LEVEL WITHIN THE CITIES, WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS CREATE A BOTTOMS UP APPROACH AND GOING BACK TO SOMEBODY ELSE, SOMEBODY MAY TAKE A LEAD ON IT, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY OR IT MAY BE A CITY PROJECT, IT COULD BE A TECH STOCK PROJECT AT THE, AT THE REGION. 
          UH, WHOEVER'S GONNA TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT, WE WANT TO BE, UH, FROM THE RMAS PERSPECTIVE, BE SUPPORTIVE. 
          AND I FEEL, YOU KNOW, FROM BILL'S PERSPECTIVE TO BE SUPPORTIVE AS WELL, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE COORDINATION AS YOU COME INTO THE, UH, METROPLEX WITH THE RTC AND, AND THE COG HAVING A GREATER HAND AND OPERATING AS THE NPO TO HAVE A GREATER HANDLE OF WHERE THE FUNDS GO. 
          BUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DIFFERENT, THE NPOS DON'T HAVE THE BONDING ABILITY. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO OWN OPERATE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, LIKE THE RMA MAY BE ABLE TO DO, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING BACK IN. 
          THERE'S DIFFERENT TOOLS NOT TO COME BACK IN AND SAY, HEY, I'M PUTTING ON MY NET RMA HAT, RIGHT? I MUST BE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION WHEN WE WERE AT THE RMA TO COME BACK. 
          AND WE WANNA SUPPORT THAT ROLE. 
          AND I THINK, UH, THE RMA WOULD DO THAT AS WELL. 
          NOT SAYING WE WANT TO TAKE OVER THAT, THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PROJECTS THAT WE FOUND THAT WERE ON THE BOOKS MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND TO BE ABLE TO OFFER ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE OR A TOOL IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          IT MAY WORK AND IT MAY NOT. 
          LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 
          UH, OVER IN HENDERSON, RUST COUNTY, UH, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE NPO, THEY'RE PART OF A COD. 
          UH, THEY HAD A PROJECT IS WORKING ON THE LAND AND OFFER OUTSIDE, UH, OUR LOOP. 
          AND TO MOVE FORWARD, WHAT THE COUNTY DID WAS PASS A RESOLUTION TO, UH, UH, AND I WOULD DEDICATE SOME FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AND THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS IN THERE. 
          UH, THEY DID AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE RMA TO USE THE RMAS GENERAL ENGINEERING CONTRACTOR, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          NOW IT'S READY TO, IT'S ALMOST READY TO GO TO LOOK, TO BE, UH, TO BE FUNDED. 
          SO THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PARTNERSHIP, AND IT'S NOT TO STEP ON ANYBODY'S TOES, IT'S NOT MEANT TO DO ANYTHING. 
          UH, BUT THE ADVANTAGE OF AN RMA IS THAT YOU CAN ENTER INTO AN, UH, UH, AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH AN ADJOINING COUNTY OR JURISDICTION FOR ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT. 
          LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          DOWN IN, UH, AND THAT'S WITH ANOTHER STATE, ANOTHER CITY, ANOTHER COUNTY, UH, JUST LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH, UH, OR COUNTRY FOR THAT MATTER. 
          UH, WHAT WE, THE NET RMA 
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DID WITH DART ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT, YOUR, UH, THE NET RMA IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL BODY WITH DART, UH, ENTERED INTO A LOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          THE, UH, NET R MAYOR HAS PARTICIPATED WITH THE COGS ON THE HIGH SPEED RAIL STORE A QUARTER AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT THE LEAD. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY ARE ANTICIPATING, UH, AS WE LOOK AT WORK, UH, POTENTIAL WORK ON INTERSTATE 20, UM, UH, BEGINNING TO LOOK AT ALL THE COUNTIES WITHIN THAT QUARTER, MOST REPRESENTED BY RMA. 
          AND THEN YOU GO INTO THE DALLAS DISTRICT IN THE BILLS AREA, THINKING ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO ON THAT CORRIDOR TO PICK UP SOME ATTENTION? AND WE RELIEVE, UH, CONGESTION THERE. 
          DOWN IN CAMERON COUNTY, I BELIEVE IT WAS CAMERON COUNTY BILL, UH, THEY HAVE AN INTERLOCAL GROUP WITH THE GOVERNOR OF MEXICO WORKING ON THE BRIDGE. 
          UH, LOOK AT EL PASO, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR RM A, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE POTENTIAL TO WORK WITH THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO OR, UH, THE GOVERNMENT, UH, OF MEXICO TO WORK ON A COMMON COMMON QUARTERS. 
          SO THEORETICALLY, WHETHER IT LOOKED AT RAIL, UH, OR INTERSTATE 20, WE COULD GO INTO LOUISIANA AND HAVE AN OPEN AGREEMENT ON THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT 1 75, UH, HENDERSON COUNTY AND ANDERSON COUNTY, NOT MEMBERS OF THE RMA, WE COULD THEIR REVENUE GO FROM CHEROKEE COUNTY WITH THE RMA RIGHT NOW UP TO ANDERSON, HENDERSON AND KAUFMAN UP INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, DALLAS TO LOOK AT 1 75 FOR A COMMON PROJECT. 
          SO IT'S MEANT TO SUPPLEMENT SUPPORT, AND AGAIN, IT COMES BACK TO WHOEVER'S GONNA TAKE THE LEAD. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          UH, LONG RANGE. 
          IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING IT, UH, GETTING ITS TACKLED. 
          RIGHT. 
          I'M VERY INTRIGUED BY YOUR WORK WITH, UH, DAR AND THE, UH, CONVERSATIONS YOU'RE HAVING WITH THEM ABOUT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL BETWEEN LOUISIANA AND THE METROPLEX. 
          THAT, UH, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN SOMETIMES. 
          I MEAN, YOU HAPPENS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, GARY MADE YOU VERY GOOD COMMENT. 
          UH, LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH TOLL 49 AROUND TYLER LONGVIEW. 
          THAT COULD HAPPEN BECAUSE THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE BEFORE, THERE WAS, UH, IT WAS BOTTOMS UP OUT ON THE CITY OF TYLER. 
          AND THE LONGVIEW, BOTH CHAMBERS INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER, HAD LOOKED AT THE COMMON NEEDS WITH POLLING, NOT JUST OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT CITIZENS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. 
          UH, WHAT ARE THE GREATEST NEEDS? AND WHEN THE MISSION, VISION, AND PARTNERSHIPS ALL ALIGN WITH MUTUAL INTEREST, THAT'S WHEN THINGS WILL HAPPEN. 
          AND NOW, COMING BACK TO THE COMMON PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE HERE, THERE MAY BE A TIME TO HAVE A, UH, UH, TO SUPPORT WORKING ON A COUNTY PROJECT, UH, OR PASSING ON TO SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT WHO, WHO, WHO'S THE BEST PARTNER WITH AT DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          UM, IT CAN HAPPEN, BUT IT'S GOTTA COME FROM THE GRASSROOTS UP. 
          WE, UM, GARY AND LINDA HAD GONE BACK TO THE COUNTIES COMING BACK AND ASKING Y'ALL, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? HOW CAN THEY HELP YOU? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          INSTEAD OF A CRAMMED DOWN, IT'S GONNA BE VERY BOTTOMS UP AND PARTICIPATING. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT CONNECTIVITY TO INLAND PORTS AND YOU START LOOKING AT AN EXPANSION OF THE PANAMA CANAL. 
          YOU'VE GOT, UH, AIRPORTS. 
          HOW DO YOU, UH, USE THE EXAMPLE IN LONGVIEW? UH, WE WERE WORKING ON A RAIL PROJECT TO CONNECT EXISTING RAIL TO THE AIRPORT OUT THERE TO MAKE IT MORE MULTI-MOBILE. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT MULTI-MODAL ASPECTS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE RMAS COULD PARTICIPATE IN, UH, AS WELL. 
          WELL, I WOULD NEVER BE ONE TO, UH, POINT OUT, UH, SOMEONE'S PAST AS A STATE SENATOR, BUT WHENEVER SENATOR KANE WAS OUR SENATOR A FEW YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE PROMISES HE MADE, AND I THINK HE WOULD ADMIT THIS, UH, WAS THAT YOU SEE AT HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN CAROL AND COLTON WAS CONSTRUCTED. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENED YET, BUT IT STILL PROMISES, IT STILL PROMISED THAT, WELL, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A COMPACT. 
          IF YOU REELECTED ME , THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, I WANNA SHARE SOMETHING. 
          SURE. 
          SENATOR HAS BEEN A GREAT FRIEND OF TRANSPORTATION, AND WITH HIS TENURE WITH HE SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, HE WAS THERE WHEN THE RMA LEGISLATION WAS PUT IN PLACE. 
          AND THINKING AHEAD BROADLY AND REGIONALLY CONTINUES TO BE A FRIEND, I THINK WITH HIS PRESENCE HERE TODAY, UH, STILL SHOWS WITH FRIENDS IN EAST TEXAS AND THE METROPLEX, THE INNOVATOR THAT I KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS OF HOW CAN WE, AND TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT TO REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS, UH, BRINGS A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT. 
          AND HE'S HELPED ME A LOT, UH, JUST WHEN I WAS WITH THE RMA. 
          AND JUST TO BRAINSTORM, WHAT ABOUT WHAT, HOW DO WE PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER? HOW DO WE PARTNER? UH, HE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS, UH, TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS SUPPORT. 
          SO THAT MEANS DON'T GIVE UP ON HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN, DON'T GIVE UP. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GOOD. 
          MR. Y'ALL HAVE A, WOULD THIS EVER COME DOWN AS FAR AS THE COUNTY ROADS? YEAH, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE, THE RMA HAS THE AUTHORITY TO WORK ON THAT, AND I THINK IT COMES BACK TO, WELL, HOW'S IT GOING TO BE FUNDED? WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES 
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AND HOW THE FUND'S ALLOCATED BACK TO Y'ALL OR GENERATED? BUT IT CAN'T, THE RMA CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA COME BACK IN AND TAKE OVER. 
          NOW I'M GONNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. 
          SURE. 
          BUT IT COULD HAVE WORKED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, YOUR FUNDING SOURCES, UH, IS IT FUNDED? I'M SORRY? ARE YOUR FUNDING SOURCES BASICALLY LIKE THE, THE CO FORMULA FUNDED CERTAIN PERCENTAGE FOR DIFFERENT AREAS? I, YOU, UH, BEING A BOY SCOUT, I SAID WE WERE THRIFTY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, OH BOY, FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          UH, WHEN IT WAS FUNDED, I THINK SMITH AND GRAY COUNTY WAS TWO MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES, BUT IT WAS A 70 START OFF WITH $5,000 A PIECE FOR ANNUAL, UH, ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION. 
          THE, THE, THE ADDITIONAL COUNTIES WERE PAYING, I THINK 2,500 I STATED TO BE CORRECT YOU ON THE EXACT AMOUNT, BUT I KNOW I'M, I'M PRETTY CLOSE. 
          WHAT THAT DID WAS COVER PART OF THE MEETING, UH, THE MEETINGS AND REIMBURSED TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING, THE BOARD MEMBER IS APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, AND THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS OF WHO, THEY CANNOT BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. 
          THEY CANNOT BE A CITY, UH, GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEE, YOU KNOW, THAT. 
          AND, AND THEY CANNOT BE ENGAGED TO PREVENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 
          UH, THEY OR IMMEDIATE RELATIVE NOT HAVE, UH, I THINK MORE THAN 5% OF ANY WORK COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, TECH STOCK, UH, LIKE THAT. 
          SO YOU REALLY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT GROUP THAT IS, UH, THAT Y'ALL, UH, APPOINT. 
          THE TERMS ARE STAGGERED WITHIN ALL THE, OUR A BOARD STAGGERED FOR TWO YEARS. 
          AND THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REPLACE ANY TIME THAT YOU WANT OR APPOINT REAPPOINT, UH, WHAT'S IN THERE. 
          AND ONE THING THAT WE STARTED, UH, PREVIOUSLY IN ROTATING THE MEETINGS TO EACH OF THE MEMBER COUNTS, YOU KNOW, SO WE ROTATE WITHIN. 
          ONE IS TO LEARN WHAT ARE THE LOCAL NEEDS, WHAT'S GOING ON, AND EXPOSE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT ALSO TO GET AROUND AND TO SHARE, SHARE FACE. 
          I JUST DON'T BE IN ONE SPOT, BUT THEY DIDN'T MEET ONE SPOT. 
          I PROBABLY WORDED THAT A LITTLE WRONG. 
          AND THE, THE APPROACH THAT YOU'RE USING IS THE SAME APPROACH WE'RE TRYING TO BE USING HERE. 
          THE FUNDING THAT GOES TO THE NORTHEAST TEXAS RMA FROM THE STATE, IS IT LIKE DALLAS GETS A PERCENTAGE USED TO GET THE PERCENTAGE? UH, THE NET I MADE FROM THE STATE RECEIVED ZERO. 
          IT DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY ALLOCATION. 
          LIKE AN NPO WOULD OR A, POTENTIALLY THE COUNTY OR THE, UH, OR THE RT C WOULD, UH, IT'S, IT, IT HAS A DIFFERENT SET OF, UH, CRITERIA TO BE ABLE TO RAISE FUNDS AND PARTICIPATE. 
          LET USE AN EXAMPLE. 
          ONE OF THE, UH, SAY Y'ALL HAD A WATER LEAD HERE, AND YOU'RE GONNA DO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING. 
          THE RMA CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, TRANSMISSION OF UTILITIES, NOT THE RETAIL DELIVERY. 
          SO IF YOU HAD A PIPELINE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GO FROM POINT A OR POINT B, UH, OR MAYBE GOES ALONG A QUARTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THOSE POSSIBILITIES EXIST, UH, FOR THE RMA TO PARTICIPATE. 
          ONE OTHER THING THAT THE LEGISLATURE DID IS THAT ALL OF THE FUNDING, UH, WHEN IT COMES DOWN, ANY EXCESS REVENUES STAY WITHIN THE JURISDICTION, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE WOULD BE THE RMA. 
          UH, AND IT DOES NOT GO BACK TO THE STATE OR WHATEVER. 
          SO IF YOU HAD, UH, A PROJECT, SAY YOU WERE BUILDING A NEW WATER LINE, THE CITY DID NOT WANT TO FINANCE, AND I'M, AGAIN, I'M USING THIS JUST HYPOTHETICALLY, SAY THE CITY DID NOT WANT TO FINANCE IT, BUT RMA CAN STEP BACK IN POTENTIALLY THOSE REVENUES THAT ARE AFTER DEBT SERVICE, EXCESS CAPACITY COULD GO BACK TO WORK ON ANOTHER COUNTY ROAD, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING. 
          SO THERE, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS OF PARTNERSHIP. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A, A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE, UH, TO THOSE ARE TYPE OF THINGS WHERE YOU GENERATE REVENUE. 
          WE NEED REVENUE GENERATING SOURCES AT THE RMA SO THEY CAN GO BACK AND HELP SUPPORT, UH, OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          AND MOST, THE MAYORS HERE HAS PERKED UP QUITE A BIT. 
          WHENEVER, UH, UTILITIES CAME IN, THE MAYOR MESQUITE THAT AND WERE, THE INTENT WAS TO PARTICIPATE, NOT REPLACE WHAT ANYBODY ELSE IS DOING. 
          BUT I'M SAYING THOSE ARE JUST POSSIBILITIES TO KIND OF THINK BACK OUTSIDE THE BOX. 
          JACKSON, ON THE RM A IS, UH, PRIMARILY TO MOVE TRAFFIC, UH, PROJECT PROJECTS AREA. 
          DOES IT ALSO WORK ON PLACES LIKE, UH, SAY, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS WHERE YOU MIGHT PUT UP SHOPPING CENTERS, WHATEVER WORK WITH THAT? TO ME, TRANSPORTATION, AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS AT THE CORE OF THE FOUNDATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, I LISTEN TO FRIENDS IN DALLAS, LISTEN TO FOLKS IN EAST TEXAS WITH THAT GOOD TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT HAPPEN. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ING RIGHT NOW WITH THE WIDENING ON USA, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS RIGHT THERE TO CREATE, MAKE IT SAFER WITH THE OVERPASS, WITH 
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INCREASE VALUE, CONGESTION, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, WORK. 
          WE WORK, THEY HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS. 
          WE'RE LONGVIEW, UH, UH, GRAY COUNTY. 
          I KNOW WE'RE UPTON CASS COUNTY, CAMP COUNTY, TITUS COUNTY RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE'S A PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE LOOKING AT CONNECTIVITY. 
          UH, WE HAD, THERE'S A GROUP IN, UH, CHEROKEE COUNTY IN JACKSONVILLE THAT HAS A RAIL SPUR THAT THEY WANT TO ADD IN. 
          RMA COULD PARTICIPATE DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, THERE BE A SUPPORTING PARTNER IN THERE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COULD BORROW IF THEY WANTED TO, TO, TO BUILD IT THEN, AND HAVE THE REVENUES COME BACK AND PAY IT BACK. 
          WELL, THE RMA COULD DO THAT. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S GOTTA BE LOCALLY, LOCALLY, LOCALLY SUPPORTED. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S NO TAX REVENUES LIKE THE FOUR A OR FOUR B THAT ARE COMING BACK IN. 
          THEY COULD BE POTENTIALLY PASSED THROUGH. 
          NOW IN THE TWO SESSIONS AGO, MAYBE IT'S THREE SESSIONS AGO, CAMERON COUNTY AND HIDALGO COUNTY HAD A SPECIAL BILL THAT WENT THROUGH THAT ALLOWED INCREASE IN THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES FOR THAT COUNTY. 
          WHAT THEY DID, IT PASSED RIGHT THROUGH TO THE RMA, THE COUNTY COLLECTED IT, THAT WENT TO THE RMA, AND THEY IMPLEMENTED AND WORKED ON AND ARE WORKING ON THE PRIORITY OBJECTS THAT WERE HELD JOINTLY SET BETWEEN, UH, TDO, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THE NPO. 
          SO THAT WAS ANOTHER WAY OF FUNDING IT DOWN TO HELP, UH, TO HELP BUILD AND LEVERAGE THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS. 
          THERE'S MORE THAN ONE RIGHT ANSWER. 
          SIMPLE. 
          MR. WELL, I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO FORGET THE, THE, UH, PARTICIPATION OF THE COUNTIES. 
          UH, YOU MENTIONED HENDERSON COUNTY AND, AND ANDERSON COUNTY AND COLMAN COUNTY. 
          WOULD THAT, IS THAT PART OF YOUR, UH, YOUR PARTICIPATION PLAN IS TO LINK ALL OF THOSE COUNTIES ON THE, IN, IN THE, IN THE, YEAH. 
          SOUTH, SOUTH SOUTHERN SECTION OF, OF, UH, THIS AREA TO WHERE THIS, THIS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR, POSSIBLY DOWN 1 75 MIGHT BE EXPANDED ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT WAY? LOOK, FIRST OF ALL, GOT, HENDERSON AND ANDERSON ARE NOT MEMBERS RIGHT NOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND AS FAR AS FUTURE PLANS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS HAD THAT WE ADOPTED, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, UH, AT, AT ALL. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT CAN EXIST. 
          AND THAT'S THEIR DECISION ON THEIR OWN, UH, TO WHEN THEY DO THAT. 
          NOW, I'LL SAY THIS AS A, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS A POSSIBILITY WITH ONE COUNTY POTENTIALLY COMING IN, IS TO INVITE THE OTHERS. 
          AND THAT WAY YOU'VE SHARED THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF, OF COMMON COURTS, AND THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. 
          AND THAT THAT'S UP TO LINDA AND THE OTHER STUDENT. 
          YES. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'D LIKE THANK YOU FOR COMING. 
          SURE. 
           BETWEEN DALLAS, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH TWO OF BAKER CITIES TO GET THERE. 
          YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO, FOR Y'ALL LEAVE MAYOR RELLE OR MAYOR, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? NO, I, I CAME TO LISTEN TO THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT IS A RARE PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE HERE. 
          LISTEN. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMMISSIONER'S PLANS ARE, BUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, MAYBE WE CAN GET TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE MAYORS OF THE CITIES. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S YOUR DECISION TO MOVE THE COUNTY FORWARD, BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO HEAR FROM US. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY. 
          I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT NOT TRYING TO COME IN AND SUPPLANT ANYTHING BUT SUPPLEMENT. 
          I, I LIKE THAT BECAUSE WITH OUR COUNTY GROWING THE WAY IT'S GROWING AND THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE TRAVELING EAST TO WEST, WE NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY TOOL WE HAVE. 
          AND WE KNOW, WE'LL ADMIT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TOOLS, UH, TOOLS THAT WASTE THE MONEY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING. 
          AND IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS THAT HELPS US COLLECTIVELY SOLVE A PROBLEM, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. 
          JUDGE, IF I MAY DO SOMETHING, THE ABOUT ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, PASS THROUGH FINANCING. 
          NOW THAT, THAT'S BEEN TOOL, UH, THAT TDO HAS USED WITH COUNTIES IN WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UH, BEFORE THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION PASSED THROUGH, FINANCING COULD ONLY BE DONE THROUGH TEXTILE. 
          AND WHEN IT WAS DECOUPLED, IT COULD STILL BE DONE IN TEXTILE. 
          HOWEVER, THOSE FUNDINGS, THE FUNDING THAT WOULD COME FROM TEXTILE TO PASS THROUGH A COUNTY OR RMA OR WHOEVER THAT'S GOING TO GO TO, CAN GO SOMEPLACE ELSE FOR FINANCING OTHER THAN JUST TEXTILE. 
          SO IF THE LEGISLATURE, AGAIN, REALLY HAS SOME GREAT TOOLS COMING BACK AND GIVES SOME FLEXIBILITY TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, I JUST, I ALSO WANTED TO KEEP MY, THE STATE TRUCTURE BANK, REALLY GREAT TOOL COUNTIES TO SUPPLEMENT DEBT FINANCING AS WELL. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO NAME, UH, BILL HA AND DARWIN MYERS AND CALLWAY 
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FOR HELPING US A LOT, ASSISTING US IN THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS, TRYING GET THINGS DONE IN PAST YEAR FINANCING. 
          UH, WE'RE DOING CIVIL LOANS. 
          THEY'RE PROMOTING FOR US AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT DOING DO SOME THINGS TO, TO HELP. 
          AND THEY, SINCE THEY WORK FOR YOU, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          AND I'LL SAY THIS, I'M A COMPLI DOG. 
          I STOPPED BY THERE THURSDAY, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, ABOUT 4 55, AND HE WAS THERE WORKING, I WAS ON THE WAY BACK FROM AUSTIN. 
          SO, AND THAT IS, AND THE TEAM THAT THEY'RE DEDICATED, THEY DO A GREAT JOB IN WORKING RELI SAFETY. 
          AND AGAIN, IT TAKES A LOT, BUT WHAT MAKES THEIR JOB EASIER IS HEARING FROM THE CITIZENS, THE TAXPAYERS, AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, IS SETTING PRIORITIES. 
          AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE CERTAINLY DONE THAT, UH, AS WELL. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BECOMING CALL COUNTY. 
          WE WILL, UH, INVOLVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO, I THINK SAID A GOOD IDEA FOR, WE WANNA BE, UH, WE WILL TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE BREAK. 
          LET EVERYBODY IT DOES NOT WORK. 
          IT WON'T WORK. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK ORDER. 
          WE STILL AGENDA. 
          AND IN THAT REGARD, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE BY 14, 15, AND 16 UP. 
          WE'VE HAD THESE CITIZENS HERE FROM ALL THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, A HEARING, TO RECEIVE INPUT REGARDING EXECUTIVE LANE IN TA COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER ONE, INTO THE TAKIN COUNTY MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2 53 OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE. 
          HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER TO ENTERED INTO PUBLIC HEARING. 
          DO WE HAVE SET SECOND? COMMISSIONER MANNING MAKES A SECOND. 
          DID ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OPPOSED OKAY, WE'RE IN A PUBLIC HEARING IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK, UH, REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 14, WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE JUDGE FROM . 
          UH, I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY UNLESS ANYBODY JUST WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          DO YOU LIKE TO KIND OF GIVE US SOME YEAH. 
          THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A NUMBER OF MEETINGS A LONG TIME. 
          AND BEDROOM LANE IS A LITTLE, UH, OH OH, ABOUT HALF A MILE LONG ROAD IN THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR, MY PRECINCT PRECINCT. 
          ONE RUNS OFF OF 25 78 AND, UH, IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. 
          AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT INTO THE, TO THE COUNTY MAINTENANCE ROOF SYSTEM. 
          AND WE'VE TRIED THIS BEFORE AND IT WAS MY THEORY THAT SINCE, SINCE THIS WAS NOT A, UH, SUBDIVISION, THAT IT, SUBDIVISION RULES DIDN'T APPLY TO IT. 
          BUT WE'VE GOTTEN INFORMATION FROM, UH, ATTORNEY GENERAL OR JIM ALLISON, THAT THE SAME RULES APPLY TO TAKING IN ANY ROLE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE SUBDIVISION OR NOT. 
          SO WE HAVE CHANGED OUR TACK AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TAKE IT INTO THE COUNTY JUST LIKE IT WAS, UH, UH, AND USE THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AS WE WOULD ON ANY SUBDIVISION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I BELIEVE OUR ATTORNEY, JOHN LONG, HAD REVIEWED THIS AS WELL. 
          YOU, ANY COMMENTS WERE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THAT DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          UM, MY COMMENT IS THAT, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, UH, PROPOSAL IS GOING TO BE TO, UH, HAVE A VOTE PUT TO THE RESIDENCE THERE TO ASSESS THE COURT RAT ACROSS ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ROAD. 
          AND IF, IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN IT'S PROPERLY SENT OUT, THE COURT CAN CONSIDER AND CAN COUNT THE BALLOT SUBSEQUENT HEARING 30 DAYS Y'ALL SET TO TAKE THAT ACTION? I THINK WE'RE SET TO DO THAT. 
          SET. 
          DO, NO, I THINK HE JUST, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 14TH? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXIT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTER BACK INTO THE REGULAR MEETING ON ITEM NUMBER 15. 
          MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER JACKSON, MAKE SECOND MOTION. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 
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ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OPPOSED. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          NUMBER 16 IS TO TAKE ACTION ON PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ACCEPTING LANE IN THE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT, NUMBER ONE, AND TO THE KAMAN COUNTY ROAD MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2 53 OF THE, UH, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, WHICH GOES BACK TO THE, UH, ITEMS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED IN REGARDS TO THAT. 
          WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS? ITEM NUMBER 16 TO ACCEPT, UH, LANE FOLLOWING THE OUTLINES CHAPTER TWO. 
          JUDGE, ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE'RE, UH, UH, THERE, THERE HAVE, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A BALLOT ON THIS, THAT THE, UH, THE CITIZEN IS ON THE BEDROOM LANE. 
          YES. 
          IT'LL COME OUT. 
          IT'LL BE MAILED OUT TO ALL OF YOU, AND THEN YOU MAIL IT BACK IN TO US. 
          IT JUST HAVE TWO OPTIONS, YES OR NO, AND IT'LL TELL YOU ON THERE, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO AND A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR COST WILL BE. 
          EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH EACH ONE OF YOU AND ANY, ANY OF YOU THAT WANT TO, UH, PAY IT OUT IN ANY KIND OF A PAYMENT PLAN. 
          UH, WE'LL DRAW UP A, A LITTLE PAYMENT PLAN FOR THAT. 
          YOU CAN PAY CASH FOR IT IF YOU WANT TO. 
          I THINK THAT MOST OF YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA COST. 
          SO, UH, IT'LL BE THE SAME COST THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. 
          UH, OUR SUBDIVISION RULES SAY THAT THIS HAS TO BE A ASPHALT OR A CONCRETE ROAD WITH PROBABLY ASPHALT ROAD. 
          IT'S ONLY HALF A MILE. 
          IT'LL GO DOWN. 
          IT'LL HAVE A, A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END. 
          SO EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND SCHOOLS, BUSES CAN TURN AROUND AND COME OUT. 
          BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT JUST LIKE IT SAID IN, UH, IN THE TRANSPORTATION CODE. 
          UH, WE'VE, WE'VE NOTICED WE'VE READ IT IN THE PAPER TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. 
          I HAVE THESE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO READ THESE, THE PUBLIC NOTICE JUST SAID, THE NOTICES EVERYBODY GAVE UNDER COMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL THE NINTH, WHICH IS THE, TODAY AT 9:30 AM AT THE COUNTY COURT. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST TO KAMAN COUNTY TO ACCEPT BEDRICK LANE IN THE COUNTY ROAD MAINTENANCE SYSTEM. 
          THE ACTION IS A COST OF $40,000, ALL OR PART OF WHICH WILL BE ASSESSED TO THE PROPERTY OFFICE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THE BALLOT WILL SAY, AND I THINK I'VE EXPLAINED THAT TO ALL OF YOU. 
          SO WE'VE DONE THAT PART OF IT. 
          UH, IT WILL COME BACK TO LAURA. 
          SHE WILL CANVAS THE BALLOT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO COURT AGAIN, OKAY. 
          AT THAT TIME, AS I UNDERSTAND, I BELIEVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS THE SAME SCENARIO THAT WE USED TWICE ON THERE. 
          PRECINCT TWO? YES. 
          ONE OF THEM, THEY VOTED TO DO IT. 
          THEY NOW APPRECIATE ONE, BUT TALKED TO THEM ABOUT DATA, SAID THAT, UH, THEY COULDN'T COME UP WITH MONEY ON THEIR OWN TO DO IT WITH, BECAUSE I WAS GOING BACK PAPER HALF FRONT. 
          I THINK WE GOT, THEY AGREED TO, BUT, UH, THEY JUST, SINCE THAT TIME, THEY'VE JUST DECIDED TO, UH, DO IT PRIVATELY. 
          SO, BUT WE, WE'VE GOT ONE WAS PUT THE SECOND COURSE OF SEAL CODE ON BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          WE GOT YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR, UH, VERBIAGE ON ALL OF THAT ABUSE SIDE OF THAT. 
          WAS THERE, FORMER COMMISSIONER UNIVERSALLY AGREED TO MAKE THAT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONLY LEGAL MECHANISM YOU CAN USE TO DO THAT. 
          UH, THEY HAVE AGREED TO. 
          UH, YOU DIDN'T AGREE TO TO THAT YOU DIDN'T FIRST PREPAY . 
          I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GET THE VOTES, SO I DIDN'T, I WOULD VOTE. 
          UH, YEAH, I'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THEIR PAYMENT PLAN AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S GONNA CAUSE. 
          AND WOULD YOU COME GET THIS AND MAKE, THIS IS A EVERYBODY'S ADDRESS. 
          WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ADDRESS IS CORRECT ON HERE SO THAT, UH, WHEN THE COUNTY CLERK BAILS OUT, THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL COME TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. 
          UH, WE'VE DONE ALL THAT. 
          WE'VE DONE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ANY QUESTIONS? YOU READY TO VOTE? YEAH, WE'RE READY TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          I'LL KNOW THAT, UH, THAT WE ACCEPT THIS, UH, LAND INTO THE COUNTY SYSTEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          THE GUIDELINES HAVE THAT MOTION. 
          COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER JACKSON. 
          SECOND MOTION. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, THESE THINGS WILL, 
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YOU'LL MAIL THESE OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THEY'LL BE, AND IF YOU'LL JUST MAIL THOSE BACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WE'LL MOVE OFF FROM THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THIS WOULD'VE PASSED BEFORE, BUT RAY JUST DIDN'T WANT DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR, JEFF, UH, BROWN IS HERE FROM OUR DE TAX FIRM TO GIVE US A COLLECTION ON FINES AND FEES. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          COMMISSIONERS, AT LEAST I'M UNDER THE BUS AT THIS . 
          UH, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BRING YOU THIS REPORT. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, I CAME EVERY MONTH MADE THIS REPORT. 
          WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, THEY DO THIS ONCE IN QUARTER THIS YEAR. 
          THIS IS MY QUARTERLY REPORT DETAILING WHAT'S HAPPENED THE JANUARY THROUGH MARCH. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO Y'ALL IS ABOUT MIDWAY DOWN THE PAGE WHERE IT SAYS 2012 TOTAL COLLECTIONS OF $848,000, WHICH IS $220,000, UH, BETTER THAN THE LAST YEAR'S COLLECTION OF THE FIRST QUARTER. 
          PRETTY GOOD  INCREASE, INCREASE OF 35%. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, FROM THE JP PRECINCT FOUR, THE DATA WITH HIS PEOPLE. 
          AND CONSTABLE HERE STANDING WITH US AS WELL. 
          CONSTABLE MORRIS IS HERE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD AND THE NUMBERS REFLECT THAT, UH, 104% INCREASE IS PRETTY GOOD FOR A QUARTER. 
          UH, THEY MAINTAIN THAT ALL YEAR TO BE OUTSTANDING. 
          YES. 
          UH, BECAUSE I GUESS THEY GOT SOME HARD NUMBERS TO RUN AGAINST WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO THE FALL. 
          SO, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE REALLY, WELL DO THAT. 
          UH, EVERY PRECINCT IS UP, AS YOU CAN SEE. 
          UH, AGAIN, UH, PRECINCT THREE CONTINUES TO, TO ASTOUND ME. 
          UH, THEY, THEY CONTINUE TO, TO TO REALLY INCREASE THEIR, THEY'RE UP 20, ALMOST 28% AND THEY'RE RUNNING AGAINST SOME, SOME REALLY TOUGH NUMBERS FROM LAST SPRING. 
          SO THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. 
          EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S PULLING THE WAGON THE SAME DIRECTION. 
          EVERYBODY'S UP, EVERYBODY'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GET BETTER. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SAY, I, I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ABOUT US. 
          UH, THE BOTTOM LINE THERE IS WE HELPED COLLECT $183,000 IN THE 800 2840 $8,000. 
          WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN PAID 5,000 IN FIRST. 
          WE GOT PAID 40 LAST YEAR. 
          SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          YOU'RE CURRENTLY DOING JP THREE AND JP THREE AND FOUR. 
          THREE AND FOUR, I'M SORRY. 
          YES. 
          AND, UH, THE OTHER FIRM, OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT YOUR CONCERN, BUT I BELIEVE THERE WAS A TRANSITION PERIOD, JUDGE. 
          IN FACT, THEY, THEY'VE REALLY ONLY BEEN WORKING NOW. 
          THIS IS A KNIFE THAT THEY REALLY STARTED WORKING FIRST. 
          THIS IS GOOD, NEW GOOD. 
          IT HELPS US A GREAT DEAL AND WE CAN JUST KEEP DOING THE SAME THING ON YES, SIR. 
          WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA DO THAT SOMETIME. 
          GUESS THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I WANNA VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT THAT, THAT VERY ISSUE. 
          YEAH, YOU MISSED ONE EARLIER, SO WE'LL DO THAT. 
          BUT, UH, I'M PLEASED WITH THAT, THAT FRONT AS WELL. 
          BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE J FEES AND BEFORE, AND I GUESS, AND LISA OF COURSE, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE SOON HAVING A NEW AUDITOR, BUT LISA IS, UH, OUR INTERIM AUDITOR AND WE APPRECIATE HER DOING THAT. 
          DO WE, AND I'M INVOLVED THE OFFICE, DO WE HAVE A YET A TRUE AND EXACT NUMBER ABOUT HOW MANY MUCH IS STILL OUT THERE? NO, SIR. 
          IN FACT, I BELIEVE ON THE COURT'S AGENDA TODAY IS, IS AN ITEM TO, UH, BASICALLY INVALIDATE ANYTHING WAS PRIOR TO 2006. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD STEP. 
          I THINK ONCE THAT, ONCE THAT IS DONE, THE BOOKS ARE KIND OF CLEARED. 
          THE DECKS ARE KIND OF CLEARED AS IT WERE. 
          I THINK WE'LL HAVE A GOOD NUMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND AT LEAST THE NUMBER THAT I THINK EVERYBODY CAN WORK ON. 
          UH, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL ABLE DO THAT TO YOU NEXT TIME. 
          AGAIN, NEXT TIME WE MAKE A REPORT, MAYBE NEXT MONTH, THAT ITEM WAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED BY OUTSIDE AUDIT FIRM THAT REQUESTED THAT ON THE AGENDA, THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING CODE. 
          SO THAT'D BE DOWN THE WAY. 
          THE WHAT? MINIMAL RETURN WE MIGHT GET FOR THOSE PRE SIX TICKETS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY'S SPENDING A LOT. 
          WHICH MAY BETTER ON WORKING THE COURT, CORRECT? RIGHT. 
          WELL IT GOT OUR ATTENTION WHENEVER THE OUTSIDE AUDITOR SAID THEY COULDN'T COMPLETE OUR AUDIT UNTIL THAT DONE. 
          SO IT GAVE US MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          WE NEED THAT. 
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF JEFF? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO JEFF FOR WORKING WITH THE JPS OFFICE DOWN PRECINCT FLOOR AND CONSTABLE, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK EVERYBODY'S PUT IN AND THE NUMBERS CERTAINLY REFLECT. 
          THANK YOU, CONSTABLE. 
          THANK YOU JEFF. 
          CONSTABLE, JUDGE, I SAY ONE MORE THING. 
          NO, I REALLY DON'T WANNA HEAR IT, , BUT I WANNA SAY, I WANNA SAY REMEMBER OUR MEETING JANUARY OF LAST YEAR. 
          REMEMBER QUITE WHAT COME TOGETHER AND, UH, SHERIFF AND THE CONSTABLES AND JPS HAVE REALLY, THEY THEY DID, THEY ACTUALLY DONE WHAT THEY SAID THEY HAVE FOR ALL THE BAD THINGS WE HEAR ABOUT POLITICIANS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, THOSE PEOPLE BAND TOGETHER AND DID WHAT THEY SAID. 
          AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF IT TO SAY THAT. 
          PROUD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK, I THINK IT ALL AS WELL AS THE OTHER TURNED AROUND, WE STILL HAVE ISSUES AND I'M INTERESTED IN GETTING, JUST TO SHOW WHAT'S GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA BE PLEASED THAT WE'RE NOT IN RED ANYMORE, BUT WE'RE IN. 
          BUT WE STILL HAVE DO. 
          WELL WE DO. 
          THAT'S ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, UH, FEATHERSTON. 
          IS HE HERE? ITEM NUMBER FIVE TO I DON'T SEE HIM. 
          UH, PRESENT THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FOR CONST SEAN AROUND THIS MORNING. 
          SEAN WAS HERE. 
          HE HAD TO LEAVE THAT CALL ON, UH, A PROPERTY DISPUTE THAT'S COME THROUGH THEIR COURT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE FAMILY WAS THERE AND BUY PROPERTY, SO HE HAD TO LEAVE. 
          I DID HEAR HIM SAY HE HAD NO, UH, COMPLAINTS. 
          THAT MEANS WE JUST THAT YEAH, WE CAN TABLE THAT TO THE NEXT, UH, MEETING HE NEEDED TO TAKE. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THAT BEFORE I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ROUND. 
          WE HAVE SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER NEY. 
          UH, SECOND MOTION. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          ITEM NUMBER SIX IS, UH, TO CENTER AWARD. 
          RFP NUMBER OH ONE DASH 12. 
          UH, HEATING, UH, AIR CONDITIONING PROOF WAS FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. 
          GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN. 
          UH, WE SENT OUT UH, 30 PLUS BIDS. 
          I BELIEVE WE HAD SEVEN, UH, 10 PRE BID. 
          THAT THREE BID, WE HAD THREE PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED AND THEY WERE PRECISION ERROR OUTTA VILLE. 
          3D KAUFMAN AND AIR PERFORMANCE FOR DALLAS. 
          UM, PRICES RANGE FROM, UH, UH, PRECISION ERROR WAS 122,400 3D. 
          MECHANICAL WAS 117,000 2 41 8 6 AND AIR PERFORMANCE WAS 121,500. 
          UH, WE HAD A, WE PUT A QUICK COMMITTEE TOGETHER ASSISTED OF BRIAN BEAVERS, RAY CLARK, GEORGE, AND MYSELF. 
          AND WE SCORED, UH, AS FOLLOWING POSITION. 
          68 5 3D SCORE 90.5 AND AIR PERFORMANCE SCORE 60.75 AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AWARD TO 3D MECHANICAL IN THE AMOUNT OF, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, UH, DID PRETTY COMPETI AND THIS IS THE, THE GRANT BEEN USING. 
          IT FALLS WITHIN THE GRANT. 
          UH, THE GRANT WAS I THINK 115 FIVE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          UH, I THINK BONDING PUT WE'RE, WE'RE WELL HIGHER ENERGY EFFICIENT, UH, UNITS AND SHOULD, UH, ACTUALLY PAY FOR ITSELF FREE. 
          YES. 
          THANK WE HAVE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS. 
          JACK ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT YOUR RECOMMENDATION SUB SECOND MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER AND SECOND COMMISSIONER OTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL IN ITEM SEVEN IS WE DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 12 DASH OH THREE WASTE HAULING FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY, UH, COUNTYWIDE RESIDENTIAL, THAT'S JUST AROUND CORNER. 
          YES, IT'S, WE HAD FOUR BIDDERS ON THAT. 
          UH, COMMUNITY WASTE OUT OUT OF, UH, DALLAS, UH, WOOD LINE OUT HUTCHINS, TOTAL SANITATION OF MOUTH OFF AND A AND R TRASH SERVICE OUTTA SECURITY. 
          UH, GOING DOWN THE LIST OF SITES, ITEM ONE, UH, RECOMMEND AWARD TO, UH, BLUE BONNET AMOUNT HUNDRED FOR ALL. 
          [01:15:02]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMEND, UH, AWARD TWO, UH, COMMUNITY WASTE THREE $18. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMEND. 
          UH, BLUE BONNET 4 25. 
          ITEM FOUR. 
          OF COURSE YOU NOTICE, UH, C WASTE HAD A CHARGE FOR, UH, DELIVERING THE KIND THAT FIGURED THAT OUT WHO THE LOWEST WAS. 
          SO ON ITEM FOUR, UH, WE TOOK FOUR CANS OF 2 9 5 BEING DELIVERED TOTAL 1180. 
          AND LAST YEAR WE HAD 17 HALLS AT 4 79 AND UH, THAT BROUGHT THE TOTAL OF WASTE. 
          93, 23 AND BLUE. 
          BOUGHT IT AT 9 3 50. 
          RECOMMEND AWARD TO C7 NINE. 
          PRETTY CLOSE. 
          CLOSE, YES. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, COMMEND AWARD, TOTAL SANITATION, FOUR $50. 
          ITEM SIX, RECOMMEND WASTE NINE. 
          THE SAME SCENARIO REAL CLOSE. 
          ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE SIX CANS DELIVERED 2 0 5 BEEF FOR 1230 AND WE HAD 30 ONES LAST YEAR. 
          UH, TOTAL 12,000 1 21. 
          THAT BRINGS A TOTAL OF 13 351 COMMUNITY. 
          13 1 75 FOR BLUE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, VERY CLOSE. 
          RECOMMENDED WORD TO UH, UH, BLUE BOND. 
          I, I NEED TO BACK UP A SECOND ON THAT. 
          SCRATCH WHAT I JUST, UH, I REMEMBER WE END UP HAVING A, A BID BETWEEN BLUE BOND AND TOTAL CITATION. 
          SOME CASES, UH, CUSTOMER REVIEWS, A COIN FLIP, EVERYTHING IS EQUAL. 
          UH, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, BLUE BOND HAS A CHARGE OF $75 PER CAN FOR EMPTY CANS. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE, UH, COMMISSIONER FORD, DO YOU EVER HAVE ANY EMPTY CANS? UH, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. 
          I BELIEVE THERE, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE EMPTY CAN LEFT IN MY LANE, BUT, UH, BLUE BOND IS HANDLING OUR, OUR SERVICE NOW AT THE ECO STATION. 
          AND UH, THEY'RE DOING US A REAL GOOD JOB. 
          UH, OF COURSE THE TOTAL SANITATION ALWAYS DOES A GOOD JOB ALSO, BUT THAT 75 10, I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY EMPTIES. 
          YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE A 75 PICK UP, I'D RATHER GO WITH I THAT. 
          YEAH, ONCE AGAIN, I THINK NORMALLY YOU WANT FLIP COIN. 
          WHAT? SURE. 
          YOUR RECALL. 
          UH, I I YOU KNEW BETTER FAR AS EMPTY CAMP IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE EMPTY CAMPS IS NOT ISSUED. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY EMPTY STUFF. 
          GENERALLY THEY FILL UP EVERYTHING WE GOT. 
          YOU GOT A QUARTER PIPE SHERIFF, IS THIS LEGAL? BUT THIS, YOU MAY WANNA STEP OUTSIDE FOUR. 
          THE JUST DROPPED IT. 
          WE, WE DON'T TAKE TWO THREE. 
          SO THAT WILL BE A TOTAL, TOTAL CITATION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, TOTAL CITATION TO 4 75 COMMEND. 
          ALRIGHT, RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          COMMISSIONER MANNING SECOND DISCUSSION. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A FUNDING CHANGE, FUNDING CHANGE OR CHARGE BURN BAND SIGNED FOR ALL. 
          COMMISSIONER PRECINCT. 
          I DUNNO IF WE CHANGE JUST, WHICH ONE DO WE TAKE THE MONEY OUT WHEN SIGN WE GO BACK TO UH, UH, SIGN. 
          DANNY, REPLACE TWO 
          [01:20:01]
SIGNS. 
          WE'LL GO BACK TO THE MARSH. 
          THIS WAS WATER THROUGH THE MARSHAL THROUGH BACK IN OH NINE, UH, OUT INSTALLATION STATE RIGHT AWAY FOR MM-HMM  AND NINE THE CAME OUT THE FIVE. 
          DO WE GO BACK TO THE FILE? I'M NOT BUY LARRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THAT? SURE. 
          UH, I, THIS IS SOMETHING, WHENEVER WE ORIGINALLY DID THIS, WE DID IN FACT TAKE THAT MONEY. 
          I, WE SPENT 1763 FOR SIGN AND 3 28 FOR THE BRACKET. 
          WE TOOK THAT OUT. 
          THE FIRE CODE FUND. 
          THE FIRE CODE FUND SAYS THE COUNTY SHALL ADOPT FEES RECEIVED UNDER THIS SUBCHAPTER AND A SPECIAL FUND IN THE COUNTY TREASURY AND MONEY. 
          AND THAT FUND MAY BE USED ONLY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE FIRE CODE. 
          BUT AT THE TIME THAT WE DID THAT, I DID RUN THAT THROUGH JOHN, I HAVE MY NOTATION HERE WHERE IT WAS APPROVED BY JOHN LONG. 
          PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD, BUT HE APPROVED IT AND I'M ALL PART, IF THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL WANT DO, AGAIN, THE MONEY IS IN THERE AND WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THEM OUTTA IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO. 
          I KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER, I THINK IN UH, TOM'S PRECINCT, THEY'RE MISSING SOME OF THEM I BELIEVE THAT WERE STOLEN OR SOMETHING. 
          SO WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE, I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GET IT ALL TOGETHER ONE TIME FOR, THEY WERE, UH, ABOUT $35 EACH AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY, IT WAS $20 TO THE SIGN AND $15 TO GET 'EM HINGED IN THE MIDDLE LIKE THEY HAD TO BE IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUT TO APPROVE. 
          SO I'D STILL ANTICIPATE MAYBE $40 PER SIGN, BUT, AND THE MONEY IS IN THERE. 
          IT'S JUST UP TO YOU GUYS HOW YOU WANNA DO IT. 
          I DON'T OBJECT, BUT THE DA'S OFFICE, JOHN LONG APPROVED IT THE LAST TIME, THE ONLY TIME WE DID PROVE IT TO TAKE OUT BARCODE. 
          THAT'S STILL OKAY WITH ME IF THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL WANNA DO. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T JUST A ONE TIME DEAL THAT WE TOOK IT OUT. 
          I TALKED TO DAN, DAN SAID WE HAD MONEY IN THE SIGNED BUDGET THAT WE PAY. 
          HE TOLD US ABOUT 45 TO SIGN. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE HE MONEY IN THAT BUDGET. 
          SO I, I NEED TO SIGN CONFUSED. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER. 
          I DON'T GUESS I HOW TO ANSWER THAT EITHER EXCEPT TO TELL YOU THAT FOR JOHN AT THAT TIME FOR THAT EXPENSE AND HE'S NOT HERE SO WE CAN'T RUN IT BACK BY HIM. 
          I ASSUME IF IT'S OKAY FROM NOW ON, BUT I, THAT'S JUST AN ASSUMPTION. 
          ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION THEN TO, I'M JUST, THERE'S ANY ISSUES ON WHETHER WE CAN DO IT OR NOT BECAUSE Y'ALL RECORD SIGNED BECAUSE WE'VE ONLY GOT, IF YOU'RE TALKING 40 SIGN AND YOU GOT FIVE SIGNS, FIVE OR SIX SIGNS, ITS WHY EVEN TAKE A CHANCE ON IT BEING QUESTIONED. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IF IT WAS QUESTION, PARTICULARLY IF YOUR FUNDING QUESTIONED, WHAT WOULD BE THE RECOURSE ON THAT? I, I, I, ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S ONE THAT FOR THE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO THAT'S KIND OF REASON CAN BUT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE FIRE CODE. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, ANY OF THE BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS THAT WE DO ANYTHING TO ON PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS, THEN IT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR ANYTHING THAT RELATES BACK TO THOSE. 
          THEREFORE THAT'S WHY IT APPLIES TO VEHICLES. 
          YOU GOTTA HAVE THE VEHICLE TO GET OUT AND DO THE INSPECTION. 
          THAT'S KIND OF OFTEN OUT IN THE LEFT FIELD. 
          BUT LIKE I SAID, JOHN APPROVED IT TIME, IT KIND, WE TAKE A CHANCE, SOMEBODY COME 'CAUSE IT VERIFY. 
          WE ONLY HAD, THE STATE ONLY ALLOWED US 50 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, SO YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GROW FROM THAT NUMBER. 
          SO IF YOU ARE MISSING FOUR, THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN SAY, WELL LET'S GET 50 MORE OF 'EM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT APPROVED TO DO THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE REPLACEMENT I WOULD EXPECT. 
          SO I, I HAVE WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? TAKE IT OUT, WITNESS. 
          OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION. 
          COMMISSIONER 
          [01:25:01]
JACKSON, WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OTHER DISCUSSION? SECOND. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, I'VE ALREADY DUG OUT THIS UP THERE AND BEEN PAID FOR IT. 
          AND UH, NOW WE'RE GONNA DO A COMPACT CONCRETE REHAB OF LIN ROAD IN THE CITY OF COST PROJECT 38,008 90 DAY OF THE PROJECT AND REMAINING HALF ON THE LAST DAY OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND WE ARE READY TO GO. 
          READY TO GO. 
          SO I WOULD MOVE THAT WE PASS THIS SECOND, SECOND ONE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER UH, MANNY, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. 
          ITEM NUMBER 11, UH, TALKS ABOUT, UH, CONSIDER AND APPROVE A POLICY THAT DIRECTS THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO REVIEW AND DETERMINE THAT ALL CASES OLDER THAN ONE YEAR WITH A BALANCE OF $10 OR LESS BE WRITTEN OFF AND THE CASES WILL BE CLOSED OUT. 
          SO 10, I'M SORRY. 
          SO ABOUT GETTING TO 11, I GUESS ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PUTTING GATES ON COUNTY ROAD 40 11 AT THE CREEK TO CLOSE DURING FLOODING TO KEEP CITIZENS FROM REMOVING TEMPORARY BARRICADES AND GETTING TRAPPED IN HIGH WATER. 
          YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY IN YOUR PRECINCT THAT WILL DO THAT. 
          THIS, UH, I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE HERE, JUDGE. 
          UH, FOUR 11, UH, IS PRONE TO FLOODING. 
          IT HAS A, IT HAS A GOOD BRIDGE ON IT AND A GOOD ROAD, BUT, UH, THAT ROAD WILL GET FOUR TO FIVE FEET UNDERWATER. 
          WE HAVE A FIVE OR SIX INCH RAIN AND STAY FOR 48 HOURS OR MORE. 
          UH, APPARENTLY THE COUNTY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME HAS BEEN USED IN WOODEN AND BARRICADES, UH, TO GO ACROSS BOTH ENDS OF THAT BRIDGE. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN TORN UP, THROWN IN THE CREEK, GONE AROUND, UH, CONSTABLES WIND UP, UH, CATCHING A OR, UH, STOLEN FORWARD OR DOWN THERE, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A, IT IS. 
          AND THERE WAS A LADY TRAPPED ON THE BRIDGE BECAUSE SHE DROVE THROUGH THE WATER AND SHE SAYS, WELL, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR SO MANY YEARS, YOU KNOW, I BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THERE. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THEMSELVES. 
          I BELIEVE THE ONLY SOLUTION TO DO TO, TO PROTECT THE CLIP IS TO PUT UP SOME STEEL GATES DOWN. 
          AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT DOING IS BUILDING A BAR, WHAT I CALL A BAR GATE. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, BE TWO GATES, BE FAST AND OPEN EXCEPT WHEN WE NEED 'EM. 
          AND THEN IT'LL JUST BE CLOSED. 
          THERE'D BE A BAR WITH A BRACE GOING DOWN. 
          AND THEN I'LL BUILD A LOCKING MECHANISM WHERE WE CAN PUT A PADLOCK ON AND LOCK, UH, BARRING SOMEBODY BACKING DOWN THERE, THE TRACTOR AND THROWING THE CHAIN AROUND AND TRYING TO DRAG 'EM OUTTA THE GROUND. 
          IT SHOULD KEEP FOLKS FROM, UH, GOING AROUND THOSE BARRICADES. 
          UH, I SPOKE TO JOHN ABOUT IT AND HE RECOMMENDED THAT, UH, WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND, AND LET COMMISSIONER VOTE ON IT. 
          BUT I'LL TELL YOU, UH, IF YOU EVER SAW THAT, THAT, UH, LACY CREEK GET OVER DOWN THERE AND THEN WHEN THERE'S WATER STRETCHING, UH, 350 YARDS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND THEN THE FOLKS STILL DRIVE OFF IN IT, IT'S PRETTY SCARY BECAUSE IF ANYBODY EVER GETS WASHED OFF OF THAT BRIDGE, IT'S GOING BE TOO BAD. 
          SO IT DON'T WORK ANY TIME ANYWAY. 
          I RECOMMEND THAT, UH, UH, WE VOTE PUT TO LET ME PUT GATES ACROSS THIS BRIDGE. 
          YOU'LL, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A PROCEDURE IN PLACE TO CLOSE IT. 
          THAT'S BE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO WHENEVER YOU HAVE. 
          YES, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD. 
          WE PUT UP BARRICADES ANYWAY, GO WIND UP. 
          UH, JUST LIKE LAST TIME, UH, WE HAD BARRICADES UP ABOUT TWO HOURS AND HAD A CALL THAT SOMEBODY HAD THROWN 'EM OFF IN THE DITCH, THREW 'EM OFF THE DITCH AND BROKE THE BARRICADE. 
          HAD ALL THE GUYS OUT WORKING ALL, ALL OVER THE PRECINCT. 
          SO I WENT OUT THERE AND SAT ON THE BRIDGE AND, UH, KEPT THE PEOPLE OFF OF IT AND, UH, TURNED AWAY ABOUT NINE PEOPLE IN TWO HOURS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ASKED ME WHO IN THE HECK I WAS WHAT AUTHORITY I HAD TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY. 
          I JUST TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, I'M COMMISSIONER I ROAD CLUB. 
          WELL LIKE IT COULD BE, COULD BE. 
          IT'S ONE, ISN'T THERE ONE IN THE MAKING THERE? SO I MOVE THAT WE, UH, LEMME 
          [01:30:01]
FILL SOME GATES. 
          PUT GATES DOWN THERE. 
          YOU HAVE THE MOTION. 
          COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SECOND, SECOND MOTION. 
          MR. ROCKWELL COUNTY. 
          WE'VE GOT A ROAD GOES SECOND ROCKWELL COUNTY AND PART OF IT'S PAID AND PART OF IT'S MUD. 
          THE, UH, GONE G PS WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT GOOGLE MAP OR WHATEVER, THEY'LL TELL YOU GET THE ROCK THAT WAY. 
          SO MUD ON THEIR, THEY PUT ROAD PUT GATES ACROSS IT. 
          THEY ATTORNEY MAP THEIR COUNTY ATTORNEY WOULD NOT GOOD. 
          HOWEVER, ON THE SERVICE ROAD OF 80 TEX DOCTORS GOT VERIFICATIONS ACROSS IN ALL THE TIME. 
          LIKE EXACTLY. 
          WHAT ABOUT DOING? SO MAYBE A DIFFERENCE ON CLOSING THE ROAD. 
          HE TALKING ABOUT THEY'RE CLOSE BUDDY IS CLOSING THE WATER. 
          THIS IS STRICTLY, THIS IS STRICTLY IN THE INTEREST OF SAVING SOMEBODY'S LIFE. 
          SURE. 
          THIS IS SAFETY MEASURE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SINCE IT'S, IT'S ABOUT TWO AND THREE TENANTS FROM MY HOUSE AND I CAN GO DOWN THERE AND, AND LOCK THE GATES. 
          UH, IF IT COMES FLOOD AT THAT WATER GETS UP, I CAN GO DOWN THERE AND LOCK AT TWO IN THE MORNING, WHATEVER. 
          I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. 
          I DUNNO WHY THEIR ATTORNEY WOULD HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT. 
          YEAH, I TOLD BECAUSE THE SIDE, EVERY TIME THEY CLOSED THE ROCK SIDE, OF COURSE THIS ON BEFORE I COMMISSION, I HAVE A ROAD THAT HAVE ALREADY HAVE THOSE ON. 
          WE SO EVIDENCE BEEN DONE BEFORE. 
          I JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE, HERE I HAVE A MOTION ON SECOND WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER 11. 
          IF CONSIDER APPROVED POLICY THAT DIRECTS THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO REVIEW AND DETERMINE THAT ALL CASES OLDER THAN ONE YEAR WITH A BALANCE OF $10 OR LESS BE WRITTEN OFF CASES TO BE CLOSED OUT. 
          ACTUALLY, THESE NEXT THREE ITEMS WERE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SENT TO US BY THE, UH, OUTSIDE AUDIT FIRM. 
          ARE YOU OUTSIDE AUDIT FIRM? UH, TOM MANNING. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S HIS NAME? CHARLES MANNING. 
          PARDON? JOHN. 
          JOHN MANNING. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          TOO MANY MANNING, UH, IS THE CPA THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. 
          AND, UH, I, UH, CALLED JEFF AND ASKED HIM TO LOOK AT IT. 
          WE ALSO SENT A, UH, UH, AN EMAIL TO THE, UH, ALL THE JPS HEARD BACK FROM A COUPLE OF THEM THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, UH, DOING THIS, BUT, UH, UH, WAY, UH, MS. MANNING EXPLAINED IT TO US. 
          UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE OR, AND WE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO COME BACK AND ADOPT A FORMAL POLICY THAT WE DON'T HAVE, BUT AT LEAST WE SAID WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS TODAY AND, UH, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CLOSING OUT OR OUTSIDE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SOUNDS LOGICAL. 
          JEFF, YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL? I KNOW YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT AND YOU SPOKE. 
          JUST A MOMENT ABOUT IT, JUDGE. 
          JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK IT'S A, IT MAKES SOME SENSE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AREAS, NOT JUST THE AUDITING, UH, ASPECT OF IT, BUT IF YOU GOT A BILL THAT'S LESS THAN $10, WE'RE SENDING OUT A COUPLE LETTERS ON IT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WELL, 10 WORTH OF EFFORT TIME, PROBABLY NOT WORTH TO US. 
          JPS ARE NOT GONNA GET, IT'S NOT MUCH BETTER FOR THEM. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE HAVING THEIR CLERKS HANDLING THOSE THINGS WORKING, SO IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR THEM DO THAT EITHER. 
          UH, SO IN TERMS OF THAT, PROBABLY IN TERMS OF PROFICIENCY, IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THERE PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE A POINT, UH, AT LEAST THIS, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ITEM THAT FOR, FOR ANYTHING THAT THAT'S MORE THAN SIX, FIVE OR SIX YEARS OLD, PROBABLY WE NEED TO GIVE UP ON THAT. 
          UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A RESEARCH SYSTEM THAT WE USE, UH, AND I KNOW MCC FROM PRECINCT ONE TOO WILL HAVE THAT AS WELL. 
          THE JPS THEMSELVES AND THE OFFICERS ARE DOING RESEARCH, TRYING TO ADDRESS RESEARCH. 
          ANY QUESTIONS PLANNED BY WHAT KIND OF BOND DO YOU GET? ? WELL, I DUNNO, JEFF'S YOU A QUESTION WHERE THEY'VE BEEN MADE DOWN OR SOMETHING THAT THAT'S PURELY WHAT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE MADE A PAYMENT AGREEMENT AND THEY GOT, THEY GOT THE BALANCE DOWN PRETTY LOW OR THEY, THEY JUST DID FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT. 
          THAT MAY BEEN PARTLY OUR FAULT AND IT JUST, IT MAY BE, I I WOULD BET THAT THAT NOW JPS ARE MORE CONSCIOUS, THIS AWARE THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY DOING A BETTER JOB OF MONITORING PAYMENT. 
          THEY'RE PROBABLY SETTING HIM UP IN SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME FOR THAT 
          [01:35:01]
YOU DON'T HAVE A 10 BALANCE. 
          WE'LL NEED TO COME UP WITH A FORMAL POLICY. 
          WE MAY GET YOU TO HELP US COME UP WITH THAT, BUT DISTRICT WILL GET OUR HE NEEDS SO THEY DOWN POLICY. 
          I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK TO APPROVE THE POLICY. 
          AND HERE ON ITEM 11, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MAIN, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. 
          OPPOSED? NUMBER 12 IS TO CONSIDER A POLICY AND APPROVE THE POLICY THAT DIRECTS THE JUSTICE COURTS TO ANNUALLY REVIEW THE RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR THEIR COURT FILES AND PAPERS AND SAID THEY  AGAIN, THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE OUTSIDE OF PERMIT THE COURT. 
          WE'LL NEED TO WORK WITH THEM COMING A POLICY THAT WOULD ADDRESS THIS. 
          BUT WILL THIS, WITH THIS POLICY HERE, WILL THAT, UH, THE DISPOSAL POLICY, WILL THAT INCLUDE SHREDDING OF THE RECORDS OR CAN WE, CAN WE STILL WEAR 'EM IN NOT WORKS? I KNOW, I THINK YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN ELECTION IN YOUR POLICY. 
          DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU? SURE. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU KNOW ALL THAT RECORD RETENTIONS, RETENTION STATUTE YOU GET ELECTION HOW YOU, THINGS DO DO THAT AS, AS, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE OF POLICY THAT THE JUDGES AGREE WITH, RIGHT? WE'LL COME UP WITH A POLICY WORKING. 
          MY MY PURPOSE FOR HAVING THIS ON TODAY IS THIS IS SLOWING OUR AUDIT DOWN AND ALL HE ASKS THAT WE GET IT APPROVED AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN MOTION WITH THE ACTUAL POLICY. 
          WE CAN TWEAK IT IF THE JUDGE WROTE ACCEPT DIFFERENT. 
          SO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, PROVE ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          MR. WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          90 SECONDS. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE OF POLICY DIRECTS ALL ENFORCEMENT REVIEW CASES WITH BALANCES WITH OUTSTANDING BALANCE AS SHOWING PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2005, CONVERSION TO HONESTY AND DETERMINE WHETHER CORRECTIONS ARE NEEDED. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS A, AND I THINK ONCE AGAIN, THE REASON HE'S RECOMMENDED THIS IS NOT JUST SIT AROUND AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO RECOMMEND, BUT IT'S A PART OF THE NEW AUDIT PROCEDURES THAT GA 34 REQUIRES. 
          UH, THAT'S THE REASON THAT HE RECOMMENDED WE THIS JACKSON MOTION. 
          SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          WE'RE DOWN, I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER 17, BUT BEFORE WE GO, I 17 AND ALL OF OUR GUESTS THAT WERE HERE EARLIER THIS MORNING, I HAD ASKED STEVE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND I BELIEVE HE'S PROVIDED EVERYONE WITH A HANDOUT ON THE EVENTS OF LAST WEEK. 
          ALL OVER WAS BUSY, UM, FROM NOT YOU WOULD A COPY OF, UH, AN UPDATE TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, I ALSO GAVE YOU A DISC, WHICH HAS THE VIDEOS THAT MYSELF AND MY HELPERS HAVE TAKEN IN THE POINTY AREA, UH, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE DAMAGE THAT, THAT, UH, THEY HAD THERE. 
          SO, UH, I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE AND REALIZE THAT, UH, THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE, UH, INSURANCE COVERED AREAS IN THE COUNTY. 
          IF THAT HAD HAPPENED IN SOME OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY WHERE A LOT OF THE FOLKS ARE LESS ABLE TO HAVE INSURANCE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE DEVASTATING. 
          UH, NOT THAT IT WASN'T DEVASTATING TO THOSE FOLKS, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
          UH, SO FAR WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP. 
          UH, CORNY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT. 
          UH, WITH THE LOSS OF, UH, CARE OF STAFFORD, IT IS KINDA LIKE GETTING YOUR FEET KNOCKED OUT FROM UNDER YOU RIGHT ABOUT TO GET UP ON A HORSE. 
          AND, UH, THEY'VE LOST THE PERSON THAT WAS TRACKING ALL THE FINANCES. 
          SO I'LL BE GOING OVER THERE TO HELP THEM AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON TO TRY AND HELP THEM FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. 
          UH, SO WITHOUT GETTING INTO ANY LENGTHY THING, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT I'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU AND SEE IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS. 
          HOW MANY ACTUAL, UH, TORNADOES DID WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY? TWO CONFIRMED TORNADOES? WE HAVE THREE, WHICH 
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A HIGH EF THREE, WHICH THEY WERE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN F THREE AND EF FOUR. 
          UH, EF FOUR AND EF FIVE ARE THE TWO LARGEST, MOST POWERFUL TORNADOES THAT, THAT YOU COULD HAVE. 
          SO, UH, WE, WE CAME VERY CLOSE TO BEING IN THE CATEGORY LIKE TUSCALOOSA JOB, AND IT'S VERY SOBERING THOUGHT TO REALIZE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MORE DAMAGE IN THE CATTLE. 
          UH, THE OTHER WAS AN EF ZERO, WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE POETRY AREA. 
          IT MOVED THROUGH FARM LAND AND PASTURE LAND AND DID NOT AFFECT ANY HOMES THAT WE KNOW OF AT THIS POINT. 
          PART OF MY TODOS IS TO GO OUT THERE AND VERIFY THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY HOMES AFFECTED. 
          AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT LIST EFFECT, WHAT IT SAYS AFFECTED, THAT MEANS THAT THERE WERE SHINGLES MISSING OR MAYBE A WINDOW BROKEN OUT, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, EXTREMELY MINOR THAT MAYBE A OWNER A HOMEOWNER COULD DO WITHOUT HAVING TO WORK WITH INSURANCE. 
          MAY OR MINOR WOULD BE MULTIPLE WINDOWS, SECTIONS OF ROOF BLOWN OUT. 
          UH, THINGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FILE WITH THEIR INSURANCE. 
          A MAJOR MEANS MAJOR WORK ON THAT HOUSE TO GET IT LIVABLE AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS NOT LIVABLE AT THIS TIME AND DESTROYED MEANS THAT IT'S A SLAB CLEANER. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THOSE WERE WORKED OUT. 
          STEVE, UH, ON THE, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CATEGORY BUT THE ONE ONE CONDITION. 
          WHAT TIME OF A WARNING DO THESE PEOPLE NORMALLY? DOES SIRENS STILL GO OFF THE SIRENS? UH, IT'S IN, IN THAT LIST, THE SIREN. 
          THE, UH, 40, UH, REVERSE 9 1 1 OR EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM WENT OFF AT 1518. 
          SIRENS WERE SENTED A MINUTE LATER. 
          1519. 
          AND I BELIEVE THE FIRST REPORTED TOUCHDOWN WAS AT 1533. 
          SO THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. 
          AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY WARNING IN THE COUNTY AREAS. 
          FORNEY AND KAUFMAN ARE THE ONLY CITIES I KNOW OF THAT HAVE A, AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. 
          AND I WILL BE ASKING IN OUR NEXT BUDGET TO, TO TRY AND GET SOME FUNDING FOR AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ALL OF OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
          UH, I THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT MAY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR CITIES TO LOWER THE COST FOR ALL OF US. 
          AND IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULDN'T JUST BE A CITY THING, IT WOULD BE A COUNTY CITY PROPOSAL ALL OVER. 
          IT WOULD, IT WOULD WORK AS A MASTER SYSTEM THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PURCHASE. 
          THE CITY WOULD PAY INTO US TO COVER THE TOTAL COST. 
          IT'S AN UNLIMITED SYSTEM. 
          EACH CITY COULD CONTROL THEIR PART OF IT AND IT BEING AN UNLIMITED SYSTEM. 
          THEY COULD USE IT FOR WATER OUTAGE NOTIFICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ALSO. 
          AND I THINK AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE EACH CITY WILL BE ABLE TO REDUCE THEIR COST FOR THE CITIES THAT HAVE ONE, CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT, UH, IS GONNA COST THEM SOMETHING THEY HADN'T PAID BEFORE. 
          AS, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEAL, MAY BE SOMETHING THEY'LL NEED TO CHIP IN ON. 
          ALSO, THE LONG RUN, IT'LL HELP ALL OF US AND NOT COST US AS MUCH, BUT WE REALLY NEED SOMETHING TO WARN OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          I KNOW THE, UH, CITIES, UH, RESPONDED, UH, TO NY SEVERAL OF THE CITIES DID. 
          SHERIFF, YOU WANT TO BRING US UP TO DATE ON YOUR RESPONSE, UH, TO THE NY UH, SITUATION? I KIND OF GAVE YOU A HARD TIME EARLIER, BUT WE, UH, OF COURSE GOT THE NOTE BY THE TIME YOU ENDED OUR DISPATCH, WE HIT OVER THERE. 
          UH, AND UH, WE IMMEDIATELY MOVED PEOPLE THAT WAY. 
          UH, WE GOT OVER THERE, UH, THE CHIEF POLICE WAS THERE, THE COMMAND POST SET UP, WORKED OUT OF HIS CAR. 
          WE IMMEDIATELY GOT OUR MOBILE COMMAND POST OVER THERE AND GOT THAT SET UP, WHICH WAS A BIG PLUS FOR THEM. 
          THEY COULD GET IN TO TRY TO GET A BUFFER BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS OUT THERE IN THE OPEN, EVERYBODY'S COMING UP AND IT WAS A LOT OF CHAOS. 
          UH, WE HAD ABOUT EIGHT UNITS OVER THERE VERY RAPIDLY. 
          UH, TRUMP WAS RESPONDED. 
          UH, EVERYBODY PRETTY WELL RESPONDED. 
          WE HAD, UH, LUCKILY THERE WERE CID AND DPS HAD ABOUT 22 PEOPLE TRAINING IN GARLA. 
          THEY MOBILIZED THEM EITHER THEY GOT THERE. 
          WE HAD ABOUT, UH, I THINK A LEVEL MARKED HIGHWAY PATROL UNITS VERY QUICKLY. 
          PARCEL 
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WILDLIFE RESPONDED. 
          UH, WE KIND ATTACHED THEM TO GO TO LAN BECAUSE THEY HAD MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM. 
          UH, BUT IT WAS, UH, AN OVERALL EFFORT FROM EVERYBODY. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE AREA RELATIVELY QUICK. 
          UH, THE PROBLEM WE HAD EARLY ON WAS TRYING TO CLEAR THE ROAD. 
          WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE IN, UH, YOU KNOW, POLICE VEHICLES, BUT CIVILIAN GOING IN. 
          SO WE STARTED, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE AREA AND GOT SOME OF THE CARS UP. 
          SO WE GET PUBLIC WORKS IN THERE TO CLEAR THE ROADWAY. 
          A LOT OF DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY. 
          YOU, WE IN THERE. 
          AND, UH, UH, SO WE HAD PROBLEM WITH, UH, GETTING THE TIRES PUMPED AND ALL THAT. 
          IT'S EARLY ON, SO IT WAS, UH, ABOUT THE FIRST TWO HOURS WAS PRETTY CHAOTIC. 
          UH, BUT ONCE WE, WE GOT THE PEOPLE IN AND WE GOT BOAT AND EVERYTHING KIND SETTLED DOWN AND WE HAD A PRESENCE OVER THERE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 
          WE HAD AT LEAST SIX UNITS. 
          UH, THEY'RE HELPING SECURE THAT AREA. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY INCIDENT OF LOOTING. 
          UH, NO PROBLEM AT ALL. 
          EVERYBODY WAS VERY  AND, UH, SOME PEOPLE WERE UPSET BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GO IN BACK IN THEIR HOMES AND THAT THEY WERE, SOME OF EM WERE NOT SAFE. 
          UH, I THINK OVERALL IT WAS A VERY, UH, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. 
          UH, AND UH, AS WE DO IT ALL, WE LEARN SOMETHING. 
          WE HAVE TO THERE A POSITIVE THAT WE DID, YOU KNOW, LEARN SOMETHING. 
          WE REALIZE WE HAVE TO A, A LITTLE MORE REPAIR. 
          WE HAD HAVE COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS. UH, WE HAD TO PATCH IN A RADIO INTO OUR, OUR COMMAND UH, TRAILER OVER THERE. 
          WE DID THAT, THAT SMOOTHED THAT OUT. 
          UH, THE CITY ONE WAS OPERATING OUT OF THE OC WHERE THE MAYOR AND, AND CITY MANAGER PEOPLE WERE. 
          SO IT, UH, UH, COMMUNICATION WAS CRITICAL. 
          AND UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE PHONE SERVICE OUT THERE. 
          ATP DIDN'T HAVE ANY PHONE SERVICE OUT THERE HARDLY. 
          AND THEY WERE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE BY CELL PHONE AND ONE THAT ATT COULD NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, GET, GET THE MESSAGES OUT AND COULD NOT BE CALLED. 
          SO WE WOULD HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT, UH, IN THE WE AT ANTICIPATE. 
          BUT ALL IN ALL, I THINK AS BAD AS IT WAS, IT COULD HAVE GONE. 
          GOOD. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEVE OR THE SHERIFF, JOB CONSTABLE. 
          ALL YOU GUYS. 
          I KNOW CONST WERE THERE THAT DAY, SO. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A LINE ITEM TRANSFER. 
          WE HAVE LISA WITH US TODAY, MS. RO FROM THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. 
          IN THAT REGARD, I LIKE TO ANNOUNCE, AND ACTUALLY YOU'LL NEED TO GET A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JUDGE AND JUDGE T THAT OUR NEW AUDITOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THEM. 
          HER NAME IS KAREN COOPER. 
          I BELIEVE SHE, UH, SO YOU GUYS, THE MEDIA WOULD LIKE YOU CAN DO THAT AND BE WITH US. 
          UH, I GUESS UNDER NEXT COMMISSIONER WE ARGUMENT WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ONLY HAVE FIVE TODAY, SO WE'RE GOOD. 
          UM, WE'RE INCREASING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT DUE BY 25 AND WE'LL BE DECREASING MISCELLANEOUS IN THE SAME HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          WERE INCREASING HER MILEAGE BY 500 FOR HER TRAINING THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING AND DECREASING HER OFFICE SUPPLIES BY 500 AND CONST PRECINCT TWO. 
          WERE INCREASING HIS DUE BY 200 AND DECREASING OFFICE BY AND THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT FOR CLERK, INCREASING THEIR EQUIPMENT AND DECREASING THEIR QUESTIONS. 
          A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE LINE ITEM. 
          TRANSFER. 
          MOTION. 
          COMMISSIONER, ANY? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER JACKSON SECTIONS. 
          MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ITEM NUMBER 18 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER CLAIM PAYMENT. 
          SO NEED BOX A 
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GET IT UP, THROW SOMETHING AGAIN. 
          ARE WE, I BELIEVE MAKING HIS DECISION. 
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OKAY, SO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? I THINK SO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ISN'T IT JUDGE? JUDGE THE WATER IS AWAY. 
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THAT'S THAT'S LATE. 
          RIDICULOUS. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER. 
          I MEAN THEY, WE DID OTHER WAY. 
          I OH YEAH. 
          TO, I CAN'T FROM THE LISA WHAT? FROM LISA, WHAT DO WE BUY FROM FOR 28? SHERIFF? IT WAS COUNTY ASSET SUSTAIN. 
          DID YOU? IT DID. 
          NO, IT DID CINEMA. 
          IT HAS 2005 OR SIX. 
          WELL WE SHOULD MOVE OUT HERE. 
          POLICY DISCUSSION WITH THAT, THAT AREA, YOU KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 
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I MEAN SO HE TAKES IT FROM WHAT JACK SAYING I STAND, ALL THAT KIND STUFF. 
          WE NEED TO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE PROCEDURE IN, BUT SINCE THAT THING GONE UP SO MUCH THAT'S IT'S 50 GRAND NOW. 
          IS THAT A THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          WE WELL BID WE 15. 
          OH THAT'S RIGHT. 
          NOT MONEY, BUT I DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD GOOD ENOUGH FOR US TO KNOW? I THINK 
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SO. 
          WE NEED TO DO THAT ON PURCHASING. 
          BUT DO THEY HAVE AT THIS TIME BROKEN UNTIL ONE THE STATE JUST PUT ON THEIR WITNESSES, THEY BROKE AND THEN THE DEFENSE WILL PUT THEIRS ON CHARGE. 
          I THINK THEIR TYPICAL INSTALLS PROBABLY A GSA OR THEY PROBABLY, I DON'T HAVE A, 
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I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT? ACCOMMODATE A MOTION. 
          COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES SIR, I DO. 
          ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A, WE PAY THE BILL FOR YOU. 
          MOTION ADJOURN. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? DO WE HAVE TO CLARK? I DO. 
          EVERYBODY IN FAVOR SAY A A I BOTH. 
          JUST A REMINDER NOW OF OUR LUNCH TOMORROW OUT AT.
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