* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE, UH, MONDAY, OCTOBER THE EIGHTH, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. IF YOU'VE NOT SIGNED IN OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADDRESS THE COURT, WE HAVE SOME SIGN IN SHEETS THERE BY THE, UH, SHERIFF. AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU HERE. JUST IN A FEW MONTHS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN MEETING WITH AN INVOCATION. THEN WE'LL HAVE . WE'LL HAVE MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN THAT YOU'VE SENT OUR WAY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THESE COMMISSIONERS THAT WORK DAILY AND ALL THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WORK DAILY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER COUNTY. LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS IN LIFE THAT YOU PROVIDE. EACH ONE OF US, WE KNOW SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO TELL YOU THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS AND MOST OF ALL, WE THANK YOU FOR THE SAVING GRACE OF YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST. THESE THINGS FOR ASKING THY SON'S HOLY NAME, AMEN. AMEN. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH OF STANDS I MENTION, GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON HONOR. FLAG, OUR, I GLAD YOU SEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO. ONE SIDE OF THE, THAT'S WHAT ALL WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON SENATE AGENDA. UH, ONE ITEM THAT HAS, UH, BEEN ASKED TO BE REMOVED BY, UH, CONSTABLE LAW, AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER B. SO WE WILL NOT, UH, WE'LL MOVE, WE'LL REMOVE THAT REQUEST FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT WE DO HAVE ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES. UH, FROM SEPTEMBER 20 MEETING, I, UH, GUS, UH, ITEM C AND CONSIDER PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER THROUGH, UH, SEVENTH THROUGH 13TH AS NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN COFFMAN COUNTY. UH, WE HAVE, UH, TWO LOTS, ITEM D UH, TAX RETAIL, LOT OF, UH, CALL 7 7 2 5 9 8 6. I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF THAT, BUT IT'S LOT NINE BLOCK 21 IN THE EDITION, UH, ROSTER, CATON COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR. AND ALSO WE HAVE ITEM E TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A TAX RESALE NUMBER 7 6 7 2 DASH 86, UH, DESCRIBED AS LOSS THREE AND FOUR IN THE WESTERN EDITION ON THE WEST GROVE, UH, IN PRECINCT THREE MATERIAL. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST ITEM F TO, UH, APPROVE REQUEST FROM CENTURYLINK TO INSTALL A BURIED COMMUNICATION AND ACROSS THE COUNTY ROAD 40 37, PRECINCT FOUR. AND THEN MY G IS TO DISCUSS OR CONSIDER ACCEPTING, UH, THE 2010 AND 2011 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR CA COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER SIX. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF, UH, ALLOWANCE ON THE CONSENT? NOT I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. NO. UH, COMMISSIONER ROBIN MAKES THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I OPPOSED? NEXT ITEM, AND I'M NOT SURE THE FAMILY IS HERE THIS MORNING. UH, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE MS. MCCLELLAN HERE AND, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, OF COURSE, BUT WE HAVE A YOUNG LADY WHO HAS, UH, UH, OBTAINED HER 100TH BIRTHDAY, AND THAT'S MS. . AND, UH, YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE JUST SIGNED, UH, UH, PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER THE 30TH. UH, 2012 IS ANN MALONE DAY IN KAUFMAN COUNTY. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING MS. MALONE FOR JUST ABOUT ALL OF MY LIFE. UH, HER HUSBAND, UH, NAME PERCY MALONE, MALONE FAMILY, UH, IS, UH, JUST A GREAT FAMILY IN COFFMAN COUNTY. AND I THINK, UH, YOUR CHURCH OR HER CHURCH HAS HAD A, UH, UH, I BELIEVE ALREADY A RECEPTION FOR HONORING HER. AND THERE'S SOME QUESTION WHETHER SHE WAS GONNA BE MAKING IT OVER THIS MORNING. CATHERINE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT MS. MALONE DURING HERE? OH, NO. I ASSUME MY KIDS WILL BE HERE. OKAY. I JUST HAVE SUPPORT THE FAMILY. OKAY. WELL, IF THEY SHOW UP, WE WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, YOU'LL BE A LITTLE LATE OCCASIONALLY. SO, UH, IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE WILL, UM, CERTAINLY HONOR HER AND GIVE HER THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE SIGNED. AND CATHERINE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE IN SUPPORT. I'VE GOT THESE AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE GIVE THEM TO JUDGE. I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, ON LAST SUNDAY, I, YOU, IT WAS, THEY DID HAVE A FOR AND I DID [00:05:01] SEND SOMETHING FROM, I TOLD FAMILY THERE THEY COULDN'T GET HER HERE. WELL, THAT'S GOOD. WELL, THERE'S A VERY NICE STORY, CAROL. AND SO IT WAS, IT'S GOOD. SHE, AGAIN, THE WHOLE GREAT FAMILY THERE. WE, HER WELL ON 100TH BIRTHDAY, COMMISSIONER ROWDEN WITH A COUPLE YEARS. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT? GOOD. LISTEN, I KNOW WHAT IT WAS OF CHARGE JUST TO GET THROUGH 75. I DON'T THINK SHE EVER GOT THAT ALL. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO, AND I GUESS WE SHOULD VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. UH, COMMISSIONER I COGNIZE THE 3RD OF SEPTEMBER. I MEAN 3RD OF SEPTEMBER WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OR WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, BUT WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER NING. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. NEXT ADAMS. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDER, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPTING A THOUSAND DOLLARS GRANT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FIRE CHIEF FROM THE KAMAN COUNTY FIREWISE EDUCATION PROGRAM. UH, PAM, IF YOU, AND, UH, LARRY, YOU WANT TO COME UP AS WELL AND, UH, YES SIR, ANYTIME WE CAN GET A, ANY KIND OF A GRANT, THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. GOOD MORNING. UM, THE GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED WAS THE FIRE OFFICE AND MY OFFICE. UM, WE WANTED TO FIND A WAY THAT WE COULD HELP THE FIREMEN TO GIVE BACK TO THE FIREMEN. THESE GENTLEMEN GO DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. THEY PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY USE FOR THE CLAMS AND MAKE UP THE COSTUMES AND THE THINGS THEY GIVE OUT FROM THEIR OWN POCKETS MOST OF THE TIME. SO THIS GRANT WAS THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL, UM, SOCIETY OF, UM, FIRE KEYS. AND WE CREATED JUST KIND OF A TITLE WHEN WE TURNED THE INFORMATION IN JUST FIREWISE INFORMATION FIREWISE PROGRAM AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. LAST YEAR, WE SAW, SAW ALMOST 4,000 CHILDREN DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER EDUCATING THEM WITH SMOKEY BEAR WITH THE CLOWNS AND ABOUT NOT TO PLAY WITH MATCHES. THIS YEAR WE WANNA INCREASE THAT BY, UM, AT LEAST A THOUSAND. AND I THINK WE HAD A GOOD START. SATURDAY. MAYBANK FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JUBILEE AND THERE WAS LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE. SO THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE DIVIDED OUT AMONGST THE DIFFERENT FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO HELP US WITH THE EDUCATION. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE AT HOME DEPOT NEXT WEEK ON SATURDAY. WE'LL BE AT A HARDWARE THE NEXT SATURDAY. AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UM, COMPANIES ARE SUPPORTING US, ALLOWING US TO PUT A BOOST. THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE COMING IN, THE CLOWNS ARE COMING IN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR AWARENESS. OKAY. BUT BEFORE SHE GETS AWAY, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT SHE'S DOING. SHE, SHE'S OUT THERE, SHE AND I ARE TALKING ALL THE TIME BECAUSE WE BOTH COME UP WITH IDEAS AND I KNOW SOMETIMES I'M THE IDEA, IDEA, MA'AM, BUT BOTH OF THE TIME IT'S HER. BUT, UH, NO , BUT SHE'S, UH, GOT THAT GRANT AND WORKING ON SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT I'LL BRING UP HERE IN A MINUTE IN THIS OTHER PRESENTATION. SO I JUST WANTED, LET KNOWS APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE EFFORT IN GETTING THIS GRANT AND THE FACT THAT IT WILL BRING MORE ATTENTION TO THIS BEING THE ACTUAL FIRE CRED AS WELL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS THOUSAND GRANT FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEF. SO HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, MANNY. I SECOND. SECOND. MR. JACKSON SECOND MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS, UH, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER THAT EVERY POPULAR SUBJECT OF CANALIZED UH, BURN MAINTEN. SO YES SIR. AND THEN IF YOU WOULD, I'VE GOT THAT HANDOUT. I'D LIKE TO READ PART OF THAT OUT LOUD HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT, UH, WE WERE AT 4 74 PREDICTED IN TWO WEEKS TO STILL BE ABOUT THAT SAME, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WELL, A HUNDRED BELOW, AT LEAST ON OUR, WE'VE HAD NO CALLS PERTAINING TO ANY KIND OF VIOLATION THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PREVENTED. SO EVERYBODY'S WHAT THE BURNING WE'VE HAD HAS ALL BEEN SOUND AND SAFE. A COUPLE OF GRASS FIRES, BUT THEY WERE CAUSED BY POWER LINES DOWN. SO, UH, KIND OF UP Y'ALL, I PROBABLY JUST NEED TO GO AHEAD AND LEAVE IT OFF AND REVISIT IT IN A FEW MORE WEEKS OR SOMETHING, OR WHATEVER TIMEFRAME I WOULD LIKE TO, BUT I'M ASKING I THINK ALMOST BELOW NUMBERS. YEAH, WE'RE, WELL, WE'RE WELL BELOW. I'D REALLY LIKE TO KIND OF SEE, LET'S JUST SAY MAYBE WAIT FOR ONE MONTH AND GET BACK ON THE AGENDA. FOR SOME REASON WE START HAVING [00:10:01] A PROBLEM. DON'T THEN I, BETWEEN TAXPAYER YEAH. OVER THAT. SO, BUT YEAH, A LOT OF BRUSH PILES ARE BEING DEALT. SO LOOK AT IT, MR. MANNING, I THINK YOU GOT A, YOU GOT A BIG FIRE AT YOUR PLACE, I THINK YOU SAID. YEAH, FROM COUNTY HAD A STRUCTURE FIRE OVER THERE THAT WAS CAUSED BY A PROPANE GRILL ON A WOODEN DECK. AND UH, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE JUST USE CAUTION WHEN THEY DO START BURNING ANY BRUSH PILE, DON'T SET SOMETHING AND YOU WALK OFF AND LEAVE IT. NO. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE. AND YOU SAID YOU CAUGHT UP ON SOME BRUSH TILE BURNING AT YOUR YES, I DID. WE BURNED AN AREA 6,000 YARDS OF, OF, UH, BRUSH MATERIAL RIGHT THERE THAT WE COLLECTED OUTTA. ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S OKAY. REVISIT IT LATER ON. OKAY. NOW WHEN WOULD THE 30 DAYS BE? WOULD IT BE 30 DAYS FROM TODAY? WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO ACT ON IT. YEAH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT AND IF I NEED TO, WE'LL COME BACK. SO THE BURN, THE BURN VAN WILL BE LIFTED FOR ONE MONTH. WELL, WE'RE LIFTED OR INDEFINITE AND WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA ACT ON IT. OKAY. IT JUST MEANS WE'LL JUST, UH, IT PEOPLE CAN BURN UNTIL WE COME BACK AND IF, IF WE HAVE TO REINSTATE. ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE WILL JUST, UH, LARRY YOU WANTED TO READ SOMETHING? YES, SIR. ON THE HANDOUT. YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND. THAT'D BE FINE. UH, AS YOU'VE ALREADY NOTED, OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH 13TH FIRE PREVENTION, ACCORDING TO NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, IN 2010, OVER 1,331,000 FIRES REPORTED IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CAUSED 3,120 DEATHS AND OVER 17,000 INJURIES AND OVER $11.5 BILLION IN DAMAGES AND ALMOST 500,000 OF TRUCTURE FIRES WITH THE LOSS OF OVER 2,700 CIVILIAN DEATHS. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS TALKING ABOUT ON THE FIRE PREVENTION, WE BILL WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR. WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR WILL DOUBLE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING OUT OF A HOUSE AND THE IN, IN CASE THERE'S A FIRE. AND EVERY SLEEPING AREA SHOULD HAVE ONE IN EACH ONE OF THEM. AND EVERY LEVEL IN THE HOME SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE IN THE COMMON AREA. UH, MY OFFICE AS WELL AS ANY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY WILL GLADLY GO AROUND OR, OR TALK TO PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE ANY, UH, THOUGHTS ABOUT MAYBE WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF O SHOULD BE AND GIVE SOME IDEAS BASED ON THE ND. UNFORTUNATELY, AS I SAID THERE IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF MY JOB, I'VE HAD TO REMOVE FAR TOO MANY DECEASED PERSONS FROM BURNOUT HOMES WITHOUT WORKING SMOKE PROTECTORS. BUT I'VE ALSO HEARD MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT ONE ITEM WOKE COME UP AND LOUD TO GET OUT. SO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY REPLACES THE BATTERIES EACH YEAR, TWICE A YEAR WHEN THE TIME CHANGES. AND ANY TIME THAT ONE OF GOES OUT, THEY NEED REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. TOMORROW I HAVE, OF COURSE YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH ME, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT SIX OR EIGHT IN A LITTLE HOUSE THAT I LIVE IN, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I'VE SEEN THE BAD SIDE OF IT AND I TRY TO JUST REITERATE EVERYBODY ELSE HOW TERRIBLE IT CAN BE. AND IT'S SUCH A MINOR THING TO GO PURCHASE, PUT ONE UP THIS YEAR ON THE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. THE, THE THING PART IS TWO WAYS OUT. THE REALITY IS WHEN A FIRE SCRATCH YOUR HOME, YOU COULD THEN GO AND SMOKE A PLANES IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. AND A HOME FIRE CAN DOUBLE IN SIZE EVERY MINUTE. YOU SHOULD HAVE A PLAN WITH YOUR FAMILY ON GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE IN CASE THERE IS A FIRE. AND THE POINT IS ON THIS, ON THE FIRE PROVINCIAL, WE HAVE AT LEAST MORE THAN ONE WAY OUT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A DOOR IN THE BEDROOM, SO WE'RE HEAVEN SAFES. THERE NEEDS TO BE A WINDOW IN THE BEDROOM. BUT KIDS, WELL AS ADULTS, NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WINDOW CAN BE REMOVED, TAKEN OUT OR WHATEVER'S NECESSARY TO GET OUT OF THERE. SO IT IS REAL IMPORTANT IN THAT WAY. AND I WOULD ALSO TRY TO REACH PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY PRACTICE THAT. AND YOU DON'T PRACTICE THAT IN DAYLIGHT HOURS. YOU NEED TO TRY TO DO THAT AT NIGHTTIME IN YOUR HOME, GET ALL THE KIDS IN THE ROOM AND TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN HAVE A PLAN AND, AND INSTIGATE IT. THERE'S ALSO A CONCERN ABOUT WHENEVER YOU MEET IN THE AREA OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME, PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT ACROSS THE STREET. BUT ALL POSSIBLE. THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN FATALITIES AFTER PEOPLE HAVE EXITED HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE CROSSING THE WITH SMOKE AND ONLOOKERS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN ACCIDENTS INVOLVED THAT, AND UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THE COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS AND FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION PRESENTED PROGRAM GIVEN BY BASTROP FIRE CHIEF HENRY KERRY. [00:15:01] AND, UH, THAT COVERED OVER 32,000 ACRES, DESTROYED OVER 1700 STRUCTURES THAT TOOK OVER SIX WEEKS TO AB US. THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP IS THAT'S THE EXACT KIND OF THINGS THAT THE PROGRAM THAT PAM IS WORKING ON, THAT IF WE GET THAT WORD OUT TO PEOPLE TO GET VEGETATION AND DEBRIS AND LEAVES OUT OF THE GUTTERS AND THINGS AWAY FROM YOUR HOME, YOU HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE IF YOU HAVE A LARGE FIRE COMING TOWARDS YOU TO NOT LOSE THAT HOUSE. BUT WE HAD OVER 110 MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WERE THERE THAT NIGHT. WAS A COUPLE OF YOU GENTLEMEN HERE OR SOMETHING, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT DEFENSIBLE SPACE WILL WORK AND WILL SAVE PROPERTIES. SO I APPLAUD HER, WHAT THE SHE'S DOING ON THE PROGRAM AND MORE. WE CAN GET THAT OUT. EVERYBODY BETTER. AND, UH, OUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT'S COURSE ARE GOING TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK TO TEACH THE YOUNGSTERS ON FIRE SAFETY. I THINK ALMOST EVERY ONE OF 'EM HAS A PROGRAM NOW WHERE THEY GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS. BUT I THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN GET ACROSS TODAY TO ANYBODY THAT WILL ACTUALLY LISTEN AND TAKE NOTE WOULD BE HAVE WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS THAT SUGGESTED HAVE TWO WAYS OUT, PLAN AND PRACTICE YOUR ESCAPE. AND THE OTHER ISSUE THAT'S RARELY BROUGHT UP NEED TO HAVE WORKING NUMBERS OUT SOMEWHERE VERY VISIBLE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR EMERGENCY SERVICE. THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LOOK UP, TRYING TO FIND ADDRESSES AT LEAST FOUR INCHES TALL AND SOMETHING THAT'S REFLECTED AND VISIBLE. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THAT BOTH HIS DEPARTMENTS AND MINE FIRE DEPARTMENTS GO OUT AND SPEND THAT EXTRA TWO OR THREE MINUTES TRYING TO FIND THAT ADDRESS. AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT THE NEWS WOULD HELP LIKE TO SEE THE PUBLIC REALLY GET ONTO THE PROGRAM, TRY AND GET ADDRESSES OUT PROPERTY WHERE WE CAN FIND THEM IN EMERGENCY. THAT WOULD BE IT. DYLAN, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND Y'ALL. UH, UH, MAR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THE COMAN COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS FOR PRESENTING THE PROGRAM, UH, ON THE BASTROP COMPLEX FIRE. I WENT TO THAT AND, UH, ABOUT 15 MINUTES INTO IT, I DECIDED RIGHT THEN AND THERE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN DID IN THIS COUNTY. AND, UH, THEY OFFERED A WILDFIRE, UH, WILD LAND FIREFIGHTERS COURSE AT CAMP, WHICH WAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR TWO WEEKS. AND I WENT DOWN THERE AND TOOK THAT AND I DID PASS THE COURSE BY THE WAY, BUT, UH, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. I TELL YOU WHAT, UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA PUT ON ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE. YES, SIR. UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO THINKS THEY KNOW ABOUT WHAT ALL THE FIREMEN DO TO GO TO THAT COURSE. IT, IT DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIGHT FIRE, BUT THE COMMAND PROCEDURES, UH, THE PROCEDURES FOR, UH, KEEPING YOURSELF, UH, AND YOUR FAMILY AND, AND THE CITIZENS SAFE IS, IS REALLY A, UH, IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT THING. 'CAUSE YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU SAY, WELL, I CAN JUMP MY CAR AND RUN IT, OUTRUN IT. WELL, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. UH, ONCE YOU SEE THIS FILM ON THE, ON THE BASTROP FIRE, YOU'LL FIND OUT REALLY QUICKLY THAT, UH, YOU DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S EFFORT, LARRY. AND Y'ALL DOING A GREAT JOB. WELL, THANK YOU. AND WE'LL PASS THAT ALONG TO EVERYBODY. I APPRECIATE IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TOO IS THAT THE LOCAL, UH, BLIND CLUB HERE IN KAUFMAN HAS A PROGRAM WHERE ONCE A YEAR THEY BLIND CLUB VOLUNTEERS. UH, YOU WANNA SEE THE JUDGE CLIMBING UP ON THE LADDER TO REPLACE, UH, FIRE, UH, ALARMS AND, AND HOUSES. SO WE DO THAT ONCE A YEAR. YOU CAN'T GET EVERYBODY, 'CAUSE EVERY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ADVERTISE IN THE PAPER, BUT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WILL SEE IT. BUT, UH, WE'RE HOPING IF WE DO ENOUGH OF IT, PEOPLE WILL BE CALLING US AND ASKING US ABOUT TO COME OUT AND DO IT. UH, ALSO ONE THING I FORGOTTEN, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT, IS, UH, PAM'S ALSO DOING ME A FAVOR. SHE'S CALLING AROUND TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME SMOKE DETECTORS DONATED SO WE CAN HAND SOME OUT. A FEW OF 'EM MAY NOT BE, BUT A FEW OUT THESE DEPARTMENTS WHO'S ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED THAT ON TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND SHE'S GONNA KEEP WORKING ON IT AND SEE IF WE, EVEN IF WE GET A HALF DOZEN HAND OUT TO EACH DEPARTMENT THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM TO SOMEBODY DOWN THE ROAD, THAT WOULD HELP. GOOD ON ALL OF US. ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, JUST TO UH, NOT EXTEND THEAND, JUST LEAVE IT UNTIL WE HAVE TO STATE IT. SO, MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. COMMISSIONER CLARK. SECOND MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL SAY AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER SIX AND THAT IS TO RECEIVE THE AUDIT'S REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER, 2012. ONE. KEEP THAT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE AND WE'LL CARRY TO THE, UH, COUNTY CLERK'S [00:20:01] OFFICE WHERE THEY'LL HAVE IT ON FILE. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER. UM, GENERAL FUND, YOUR REVENUES SO FAR HAVE COME IN AT 97.91% AND YOUR EXPENSES ARE AT 95.13%. SO YOU HAVE MORE REVENUES THAT CAME IN, BUT EXPENDITURES WENT OUT IN YOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND. YOU HAD 97.4% OF YOUR REVENUES COME IN AND WHAT YOU HAVE SPENT IS AT 80% 0.8 0.48%. SO THERE'LL BE A MORE UPDATED REPORT AS WE OPEN, REOPEN THE BOOKS AND GO BACK AND PUT INVOICES AND PAYMENTS IN THAT WE'RE TRACKING RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE BILLS IN YET. BILLS ARE STILL NO STILL COMING IN, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE FINISHED LAST FOOT HERE IN BLACK. AGAIN. SERVICE, UM, THE, UH, INDEPENDENT AUDIT FIRM. WE CARE ALL WEEK WITH US. AND, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, GOOD REPORTS, GOOD COMPLIMENTS ON EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD IN THE AUDIT REPORT THAT WE CLEANED UP AND MOVING FORWARD WITH. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE MS. COOPER AND THE TRANSFER FROM ROAD BRIDGE? MM-HMM . WHY'S THE PERCENTAGES DIFFERENT? DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN ON. UH, SALE OF ASSETS, OPTIONS, UH, DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF HOW IT'S PRORATED TO YOU. THEY'LL NEVER BE THE SAME. YOU ASKED ME THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. UH, 'CAUSE EACH ONE OF YOUR BUDGETS ARE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT AND THAT GOES THE PERCENTAGE TOO. SO THE, WOULD THE PERCENTAGE BE THE SAME DISBURSEMENT PLANS? I KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. BUT THE PERCENTAGES WOULD BE DIFFERENT TOO. DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY NEED IN THEIR BUDGET AT THE TIME WE TRANSFER IT. GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED. I'LL COME SEE YOU AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH IT. NO PROBLEM. SCHOOL, WE CALL THAT REMEDIATION. NO. IT POSSIBLY COULD BE. THE FIRST NUMBERS THAT WERE GIVEN TO LISA WHEN SHE MADE THOSE TRANSFERS HAD CHANGED. SO BY AMENDMENTS, TR TRANSFERS AND STUFF STRIKE. OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COURT. MR. JACKSON MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION DISCUSSION. ALL IN SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUDIT THE THOUSAND 12 CHAPTER 50 ASSET REPORT BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. REPRESENT THE STATE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE, UH, HAVE HAD THAT DONE. WE HAD IT. ORDER. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEFORE? THIS IS A REQUIREMENT WE ENTERTAIN. MOTION ACCEPT AS. SO MAY COMMISSIONER MAKES THAT SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. DISCUSSION. ALL FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? ITEM TRANSFER. FIRST THING I'D, UH, LIKE TO GO OVER IS FOR JUVENILE PROBATION. THEIR BUDGET ENDED AUGUST 31ST, 2012. AND WE'RE CLEANING IT UP SO WE CAN SEND THE STATE THEIR REPORTS. UM, I NEED TO INCREASE A LINE ITEM BY $115 AND DECREASE A LINE ITEM BY 115. AND, UH, IN THEIR COMMITMENT REDUCTION, THEY GOT SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE. SO WE NEED TO, UH, INCREASE ONE LINE ITEM BY 3,214 AND DECREASE, UH, A LINE ITEM BY 3,214. [00:25:05] FOR 2012. I'M GONNA GO OVER THE MAJOR, THE, THE HUGE ONES. UH, IN THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE. THERE'S TWO LINES I NEED TO INCREASE BY 1600. UH, LINE ITEM I NEED TO DECREASE BY 1600. UH, COUNTY COURT IS SMALL GENERAL GOVERNMENT. UM, THE BANKS HAVE STARTED CHARGING US WHEN WE GET CHECKS, UH, AND DEPOSIT TICKETS. AND WE'VE CREATED A NEW LINE ITEM, UM, TO COVER THOSE CHARGES SO Y'ALL KNOW WHAT OUR BANKS ARE CHARGING US FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, 'CAUSE ALL THE JPS HAVE A SEPARATE CHECKING ACCOUNT SO WE CAN TRACK THEIR MONEY SEPARATE, UH, IN DIFFERENT OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO I NEED TO INCREASE SOME OF THOSE LINE ITEMS. UH, THERE'S SEVERAL IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 15,130, AND THEN THE DECREASE IS 15,130. UM, THE MAJOR ONE WAS THE OFFICE SUPPLIES AND THE LEASE OF COPIERS. UM, OFFICE SUPPLIES OF 7,300 AND LEASE OF COPIERS WAS BY 5,600. THEN WE DECREASED POSTAGE ATTORNEY FEES, THE TIP AND OFFICE FURNITURE TO MAKE UP THOSE DIFFERENCES. UM, THE NEXT ONE IS, THAT'S LARGE, IS THE 86 JUDICIAL DISTRICT. AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE COURT REPORTER THAT HAD RETIRED. WE NEED TO INCREASE BY 5,500 WHICH AFFECTED THE RETIREMENT ALSO AND INCREASE, UH, THE INSURANCE BY 6,000 TO COVER THOSE INCREASES. UH, JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM, TRANSPORT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. WE NEED TO INCREASE BY 3,700 INTERPRETERS BY 1700 AND INSURANCE ON DECREASE BY 5,400 TO COVER THAT. UM, IN THIS AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT, UH, WHEN WE HAD AN INTERIM AUDITOR BEFORE I WAS HIRED AND BROUGHT IN, UH, WE HAD TO INCREASE BY 4,200 SOCIAL SECURITY BY FOUR 50, RETIREMENT BY FIVE 50 AND DECREASE THE INSURANCE BY 5,200 COUNTY TREASURER. THERE ARE TWO LINE ITEMS I NEED TO INCREASE BY 770 AND ONE LINE ITEM TO DECREASE BY 770 TAX ASSESSOR. UM, ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES FOR 2,800 AND I NEED TO, UH, DECREASE THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES BY 28 60 TO MATCH THOSE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. UM, A TOTAL INCREASE OF FOUR LINE ITEMS THAT AMOUNT TO 1345 AND A DECREASE IN LAWN CARE FOR 1345. THE NEXT ONE THAT'S, UH, A LARGE AMOUNT IS IN THE SHERIFF'S FUND. PARTS AND REPAIRS. I MEAN TO INCREASE BY 4,800 GAS AND OIL BY 14,200 UNIFORMS. 535 INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT BY 1150. I AM DECREASING COMPUTER FORENSICS, FINGERPRINT EQUIPMENT, MOBILE RADIOS, RADIO REPAIR, AND K NINE MAINTENANCE TO COVER 20,002 $85. THE JAIL FUND, I NEED TO INCREASE FIVE LINE ITEMS. $5,005 640, UH, OFFICE SUPPLIES BY 90, GROCERIES BY 15,900. MEDICAL AND DENTAL BY 7,200. JANITORIAL BY 24 50. THE MAJOR REASON THIS IS OVER IS BECAUSE OF THE RADIO REPEATERS THAT YOU ASKED, UM, JACK TO WORK ON AND PUT THE BID TOGETHER. AND YOU'RE DECIDING WHICH WAY YOU'RE GONNA GO. I HAVE INCREASED THEIR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENTS BY THE 80,000 TO COVER THAT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY THE, THAT DEPARTMENT'S SO HUGE ON THIS MEETING. UM, I AM DECREASING OPEN POSITIONS BY 48,000. A MEDICAL CONTRACT BY 25,640 TRAINING AND EDUCATION BY 12,000 IN LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY BY 20,000. UH, INDIGENT DEFENSE, I HAVE TO INCREASE THEIR, UH, LINE ITEMS BY $6,060 AND ARE TAKING IT AWAY FROM, UH, 422ND, UH, DISTRICT INDIGENT DEFENSE BY THE 6,060, UH, PROBATE AND LANCY BY 940. A LOT [00:30:01] OF THESE THAT YOU SEE FOR A DOLLAR, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PAYROLL SYSTEM ON THE CAR ALLOWANCE. WHEN THEY GIVE IT TO 'EM BY THE MONTH, I'M HAVING TO INCREASE 'EM BY A DOLLAR TO COVER THE, THE FEW CENTS THAT IT DIVIDES OUT. TRANSFERS, UH, 'CAUSE OF THE ENDING IN HEALTHCARE FROM THE JAIL, I'VE HAD TO INCREASE THEIR LINE ITEM BY 31,000. UH, JUST THIS MONTH THEY HAD $62,740 WORTH OF BILLS COMING IN JUST ON INDIGENT HEALTHCARE. UM, I WANT TO DECREASE THE SALARY MEDICAL OFFICER IN THE, UH, JAIL BY 18,500 AND THE MEDICAL CONTRACT BY 12,500 TO COVER THAT 31, UH, CHILD SHELTER INCREASE OF FOUR LINE ITEMS AT 5,180 AND AN INCREASE IN THREE OF HER LINE ITEMS BY 5,180 ROAD BRIDGE. ONE, AN INCREASE OF 9,250 FOR GAS AND UTILITIES AND A DECREASE IN THE ROAD MATERIAL FOR THE 92 50 ROAD BRIDGE. TWO, UH, INCREASE OF $405 AND A DECREASE OF 405 ROAD BRIDGE. THREE DECREASE OF 15 AND A DECREASE OF 15 ROAD BRIDGE. FOUR DECREASE OF 540 AND A DECREASE OF 540 SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE STATION. AN INCREASE OF $1,010 AND A DECREASE OF 1,010. THEN ON UH, COMMITMENT REDUCTION FUND 72, UH, IS JUVENILE PROBATION. I NEED TO DECREASE TWO OF THEIR LINES BY 10,000 A PIECE AND INCREASE TWO OF THEIR LINES BY 10,000 PIECES. JUST MAKING MONEY THAT THEY SENT TO CLEAN UP THEIR FUNDS. INDIGENT HEALTHCARE, THE 31,000, I WANT TO SHOW THE TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT AND HER ELIGIBLE EXPENSES SO WE CAN FINISH PAYING THOSE. BILLS OF 31,000 KAUFMAN COUNTY LIBRARY NEED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF BOOKS SHE HAS PURCHASED FOR 8,551. AND I WANT TO DECREASE HER BALANCE, HER BEGINNING BALANCE BY 8,551. AND THAT'S ALL FOR 2012, 2013. SORRY, WE'RE JUST HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THIS AT ONE TIME. UM, I MISUNDERSTOOD OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MR. MIKE MCCLELLAN WHEN HE BROUGHT THE MISDEMEANOR, UH, PROSECUTOR IN, UH, BY $6,000. I NEED TO INCREASE SOCIAL SECURITY IN RETIREMENT, THE TOTAL PACKAGE OF $7,018. AND I WANT TO DECREASE OUR CONTINGENCY FOR $7,018. UM, 86 JUDICIAL DISTRICT, WHEN THEY ELIMINATED AN INDIGENT COURT REPORT COURT COORDINATOR, UM, THEY INCREASED, UH, ONE OF THE COURT COORDINATORS DUTIES AND THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF $2,000 WHICH AFFECTED, UH, SOCIAL SECURITY BY 153 IN RETIREMENT BY 894. AND I WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF 3047. AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LOTS OF LOTS OF CHANGES THERE. THERE WERE TWO SALARY INCREASES IN THAT 2013 BUDGET. IS THAT WHAT ABOUT YES SIR. ONE OF 'EM HAD TO DO WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND ONE WITH ADDITIONAL DUTIES IN THE 86 JUDICIAL, BUT WE HAD ELIMINATED THE POSITION, SO THERE WAS A SAVINGS THERE. ONE, ONE OF THEM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAD THE WRONG NUMBER, BUT WE WOUND UP INCREASING ONE POSITION FROM THE INGEN DEFENSE OR, AND I CAN MOVE THE EXTRA IN THAT CONTINGENCY LINE ITEM SO I HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA THERE. SO YOU SAID THAT, YOU SAID THAT OUR INGEN HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE FOR UH, SEPTEMBER OR AUGUST WAS 60 2007 40? OR IS THAT SEPTEMBER OR SEPTEMBER? OKAY. SHE STILL HAD, UM, RIGHT AT 30,000 LEFT, BUT I NEEDED ANOTHER 31,000 TO COVER THAT. 62. SO IS THAT BILLS THAT HAD BEEN HELD OR IS THAT COST INCURRED JUST DURING THE MONTH? IS THAT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER? ONE OF THEM TOO. ONE OF THE LOCAL HOSPITALS WAS OVER 27,000. [00:35:14] OTHER QUESTIONS YOU QUESTION. ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, LINE TRANSFERS THAT PRESENTED BY THE NOT GONNA DO THAT OR WELL, I, I, I MAY. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM SECOND SECOND. COMMISSIONER CLARK. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAIR TO SAY, I, I BOTH PARTIES. NEXT ITEM IS THE CLAIM FOR READY TO YOU. SEPTEMBER YEAR BILLS TOO. HUH? IT'S GOTTA BE ENDING IN FISCAL YEAR BILLS TOO. IT'S , KAREN? YEAH, WE HAD TO SIT. JANICE LIST IS LOOKING. WE GOTTA BE SOME END OF FISCAL YEAR STUFF IN THERE TOO. YES. THAT MUST OF THAT IS. YEAH. FISCAL YEAR IS SEPTEMBER 30TH. THAT'S SEPTEMBER BILL. OKAY. THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF OCTOBER, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT. I, BUT EVERY NOW I SEE STUFF AGO I DON'T. YEAH, LET GET BECAUSE I'M HELPING OUT. SURE. UH, THE MONITORING. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. YEAH, THEY HELPED US OUT WITH STORY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. SO OUT WE'LL HELP THEM OUT WITH THIS FOR A MEETING OR TWO. WELL NEED CAN HELP CALL ME BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM. [00:40:12] GOT A FRIEND DID THAT HOUSTON CITY MANAGER. MAYBE SHE UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE, THERE'S NOT NO CANDY IN IT. IT'S HALLOWEEN WAS YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO TELL TRINITY THAT SHE NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE CUPCAKES TO BRING TO HER UNCLE LLOYD. THAT'S WHAT, OKAY. OKAY. I SEE. SEE SOMEHOW I SEEM TO GET PICTURES ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW. OH, PAM, YOU NEED TO TELL THE PEOPLE AT LSGC THEY NEED TO UPDATE THEIR WEBSITE BECAUSE I WENT AND GOOGLE AND FOUND IT. IT'S LIKE 2009 IS THE LAST TIME I WAS UP THERE. YEAH. BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THE BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THE PHOTOS FROM THE YOUTH LIVESTOCK SHOW. 'CAUSE I MEAN I'VE TAKEN THE SAME PHOTOS AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, THOSE KIDS ARE NOW LIKE IN HIGH SCHOOL OR SOMETHING NOW. YEAH. YEAH. GOT A AT SERIES, THE BIGGEST OF THE BOULEVARD SERIES THAT, UH, THAT WAS A NEW MODEL IN OH SIX. I BOUGHT THE FIRST TWO [00:45:01] TWO AND, UH, IT, IT IS GOT THE ALMOST CAR HERE BY THE, AND ANYWAYS, IT'S PRETTY REALLY MASSIVE BALANCE. IT'S GOT LIKE A FIVE GALLON TANK, BUT SEEING HOW BIG THE BACK IS, YOU DO FIVE GALLON, IT LIKE 33 MILES TO GALLON. SO, YOU KNOW, SO YOU GET, YOU GET ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF A TANKAGE GET OUTTA LIKE A HONDA SHADOW 600. ABOUT 160 MILES. YEAH. EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU'LL GET YOUR, YOU GET 108 90 OUTTA IT. I TRY, I TRY NOT TO PUSH IT. YOU YOU GET THAT. I WAS DOING THAT 500 MILES A DAY. I, THAT WAS FIVE STOPS. IT'S EASY. MILES ON THAT ONE. YEAH, BECAUSE, AND I HAD GEL ON AGAIN, A GEL PAD, GEL PADS ON IT. IT MADE ME A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE. NO, YOU DO. ABOUT 45 MINUTES. AN HOUR AND A HALF. IT'S TIME TO GET OFF. STRETCH ONE AND DADDY SHOW UP AND LOOK AT HIM. AND SO, UH, UH, I THEY LIVED TEN THREE HOURS, TWO AND A HALF, THREE HOURS. SO A GOOD RIDE. YEAH. COUPLE STOPS. OH YEAH. SO YOU I THINK SO. UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY LIKE [00:50:01] THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE IT. I CAN SEE THERE. OH, THEY HAD THAT RIGHT HERE AT THE HALL. MM-HMM . IT WAS FUN. JERRY, HIS WIFE WAS THERE. [00:56:47] REMEDIATION. I NEED SOME, CAN WE DO IT MONTHLY? DOUBLE [01:03:29] NINE 10? I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE, [01:05:06] ALRIGHTY. WE'VE, UH, REVIEWED THE CLAIM FOR PAYMENT. I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. I, COMMISSIONER. I SET MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. MR. JACKSON SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NEITHER. A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MAY MR. MAY SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. AND VERY PATIENT. HE DOESN'T SEEM ANNOYED THAT YOU [01:11:16] I NEED TO, I NEED TO GET, HAVE IT HERE. UM, I. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.