* 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] JUST IN A FEW MOMENTS. AND, UH, ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU THIS MORNING TO THE MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE 11TH, UH, MEETING OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. AND, UH, WE'RE PLEASED TODAY TO HAVE A GOOD GROUP HERE AND WE WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH OUR PRAYER HERE JUST IN A MOMENT. BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE FLAGS. AND DID ANYBODY THAT HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR ANY, UH, INFORMATION THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE COURT THIS MORNING AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING? UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT. WE DO HAVE A FORM THAT WILL NEED TO BE, AND IF YOU WOULD DO THAT, UH, BEFORE YOU, UH, BEFORE YOU COME FORWARD, THAT'LL BE GOOD. WE ARE HONORED THIS MORNING TO HAVE REVEREND CHRIS, UH, ALLEN, WHO IS THE, UH, PASTOR OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN FORNEY, WHO IS HERE TODAY TO, UH, BE WITH US AND ALSO TO OFFER OUR INDICATION. SO YOU'LL STAND. AND IN LIGHT OF OUR BEING HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO READ TO YOU FROM MATTHEW CHAPTER 25, BEGINNING WITH VERSE 31 SAYS, WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES IN HIS GLORY WITH ALL HIS ANGELS BEFORE HIM, THEN HE WILL SIT IN HIS GLORIOUS THRONE BEFORE HIM, WILL BE GATHERED ALL NATIONS, AND HE WILL SEPARATE PEOPLE ONE FROM ANOTHER AS A SHEPHERD, SEPARATE SHEEP FROM GOATS. AND HE WILL PLACE HIS SHEEP ON HIS RIGHT WITH THE GOATS ON HIS LEFT. THEN THE KING WILL SAY TO THOSE ON HIS RIGHT, COME, YOU'RE BLESSED BY MY FATHER. INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR MY, THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD WHERE I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME FOOD. I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK. I WAS A STRANGER, AND YOU WELCOMED ME. I WAS NAKED AND YOU CLOTHED ME. I WAS SICK, AND YOU VISITED ME. I WAS IN PRISON. AND YOU CAME TO ME WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS WILL ANSWER HIM, SAYING, LORD, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU HUNGRY AND FEED YOU OR THIRSTY AND GIVE YOU DRINK? AND WHEN DID WE SEE YOU AS STRANGER AND WELCOME YOU, OR NAKED AND CLOTHED YOU? AND WHEN DID WE SEE YOU SICK OR IMPRISON AND VISIT YOU? AND THE KEY WILL ANSWER THEM TRULY. I SAY TO YOU, AS YOU DID TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BROTHERS, YOU DID IT TO ME. BUT TO PRAY, GOD OF ALL GRACE, WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU POURED DOWN UPON US. WE THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE THE HANDS AND THE FEET OF JESUS CHRIST. WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT WE MAY SHOW FORTH YOUR LOVE AS YOUR BLESSING HERE TODAY. IN JESUS' NAME ALL. AMEN. AMEN. ONE, THANK. DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD, UH, WISH TO ADDRESS THE COURT AT THIS POINT? I DON'T. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. AND I DID HAVE, UH, AN ITEM, UH, FOR YOU THIS MORNING. WE DID RECEIVE A, UH, THANK YOU LETTERERS, HAVE A COPY OF THAT FOR THE DONATION, UH, TOMAN COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER, UH, FROM THE FAMILY PROTECTION FEE FUND THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2002. AND I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY, UH, TAX COLLECTIONS, UH, UH, OR JP UH, NOT TAX, BUT FINES AND FEES COLLECTIONS, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, END OF, UH, DECEMBER, UH, FOR A FULL YEAR. AND, UH, THAT SHOWED THAT OUR TAX ELECTIONS, UH, ARE NOT TAXED. FINES AND FEES AGAIN DID INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF $2,502,000 TO 2,608,000. SO THAT'S A 4.2% INCREASE, AND A TOTAL INCREASE IS SIX. SO OUR, UH, COLLECTIONS ARE CONTINUING TO, UH, GO UP. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT KUDOS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO, UH, UH, JUDGE, UH, INCREASING PRECINCT. ADAM, I'M SORRY, TELL YOU I COULDN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME. , UH, AND, UH, COLLECTIONS THERE. SO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK ON OUR TAX COLLECTION, FEES, COLLECTIONS, ALL, ALL. THE NEXT ITEM, UH, IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS OF THAT. WE HAVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FOR JANUARY THE 14TH, 2013, AS WELL AS JANUARY THE [00:05:01] 28TH. TWO, UH, 2013 ITEM C DISCUSSED CONSIDERATION KYLE GROSS AS A DEPUTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT DE OF, UH, ALLEN, CECIL, KATHY, AND PATRICK HOLON AS RESERVED CONSTABLES PRECINCT THREE. ALSO, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BID FOR RESALE PROPERTY EIGHT DASH TWO 18 AS 5 0 5 ACRES. AND THE, UH, JOHN HUBBLE SURVEY CALLED COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR. UH, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER REVIEWING MEMBERSHIP WITH COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PAYING ANNUALS DUES, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REVIEWING MEMBERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS ASSOCI OF COUNTIES AND, UH, PAYING ANNUAL DUES. UH, ALSO TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REVIEWING MEMBERSHIP WITH NORTH AND THESE TEXAS COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONS ASSOCIATION IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER THE DEPUTATION OF JOSEPH C. JONES, CAROL A. KIRBY AS DEPUTY SHERIFF'S, ONE OF THE KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I AS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPRO DEPUTATION FOR JOHN P. PALMER AS DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO. UH, ALSO ITEM J TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING TRI SMITH TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER THREE BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. AND THEN ITEM K IS TO DISCUSS CONSIDERATIONS OF TIMOTHY MOORE, UH, SANDRA RANKIN AND JOLIE STEWART FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. SO YOU HAVE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT? ONLY ONE THAT I SEE THAT LOOKS A LITTLE STRANGE TO ME IS WE'VE ONLY GOT A BID OF $200 FOR FIVE ACRES ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, IT, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LANDLOCKED PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND, UH, BASICALLY THAT'S ABOUT ALL I KNOW ABOUT IT. THAT, UH, WELL, I YOU DON'T SOLICIT YOU, I WOULD GET I FIVE ACRES. I DUNNO EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKED. AND I, IS TANYA HERE THIS MORNING? NO, SIR. SHE'S NOT HERE. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? ITEM D? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT I CAN ASK NIKKI IF YOU NEED ME TO GO FIND OUT IF SHE HAS ANY. SHE WOULD BE THE ONE THAT GIVE THE BID TO. OKAY. TOM, UH, COMMISSIONER WHAT, WHAT YOUR WELL, I I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE LOW BID TOO. UH, WE MIGHT PULL THAT OFF OF THERE AND, UH, WITH INVESTIGATION. YEAH, THAT'S UP TO YOU. I MEAN, I JUST WORDS WORDS IT, UH, IN BACKGROUND INFORMATION HERE. IT STATES THAT IT'S, IT APPEARS TO BE A LANDLOCKED PIECE OF PROPERTY. SHE, UH, PERSON BID ON IT STATES THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF THE PROPERTY HAS ACCESS TO IT OR IF SHE COULD OBTAIN ACCESS FROM ANY OF THE JOINT PROPERTY AT HOME. HER INTENT IS TO TRY TO OBTAIN ACCESS FROM THE JOINT PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVE IT CLEANED UP. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO BUILD A ROAD TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND, UH, SHE DIDN'T TAKE ANY PICTURES OF IT, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL I KNOW ABOUT. WOULD YOU, YOU MENTIONED MAYBE TAPING. YEAH. JUST PUT IT OUT THERE AND DO A LITTLE MORE INVESTIGATION, THE AD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO. I MAY ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SO MAY COMMISSIONER MANNING MAKES THAT, UH, MOTION. DO WE SECOND MOTION? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALRIGHT. NUMBER THREE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RECOGNIZING THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF [00:10:01] CORN FOR PROVIDING A FREE UNIONIZATION TO THE CITIZENS. YES, HONOR PUT ON THE AGENDA TO RECOGNIZE, UH, A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE COUNTY. UH, IN THIS PROCLAMATION I READ IT'S GONNA SAVINGS SIX 70, SAY SMALL GROUP, UH, WESLEY, YOU GONNA COME FORWARD? ARE YOU GONNA BE THE SPOKEN TO I FOR A LITTLE BIT? I'D LIKE FOR TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE TOO. WE, WESLEY, TAKE THEM HERE. BUT WHEN I SAY A SMALL GROUP, WE'RE TALKING, IT WAS DRA OF ONE PERSON AND IT PROBABLY STARTED OFF WITH 10 OR 12 PEOPLE, MAYBE AT THE MOST. THE, THE FIRST GROUP WE HAD, UH, AROUND 15. LET, LET ME ANEZ, WOULD YOU STAND UP, PLEASE? WE HAD A SMALL CITY GROUP AT OUR CHURCH AND IT, CONCLUSION OF OUR STUDY GROUP, I THINK WE HAD 15. WE HAD 12. 12 HAD 12 CHAIRS AT MY TABLE, . AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR GROUP, WE, UH, TRIED TO COME UP WITH A PROJECT THAT WE COULD GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND IEZ SHARED THAT. IT WAS, HER HAD ALWAYS BEEN HER DREAM FOR A LONG TIME, HISTORICALLY, UH, REALLY A FREE CLINIC, A HEALTH CLINIC IN FOR, AND SHE DONE A LOT OF INVESTIGATION. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK. AND THEN SHE, I'LL LET YOU GO FROM THERE. 'CAUSE I, I HAD VISITED MANY, UH, OF THE FREE CLINICS IN DALLAS COUNTY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PROBLEM AT THE CHURCH WAS STORAGE OF VACCINES AND, UH, THAT TYPE OF THING, YOU KNOW, HAVING REGISTERED PEOPLE TO GIVE THE VACCINES. AND AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS I ATTENDED, I MET THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN, KAYLE ANDERSON. AND AFTER THE MEETING WAS OVER, SHE CAME BY AND SHE SAID, I MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU, AND LORD HELPS. HE HAS CERTAINLY HELPED US. , THEY BRING THE VACCINE, THEY SUPPLY THE, THE REGISTERED LICENSED PERSONNEL TO GIVE THE VACCINE. OUR COMMUNITY HAS, UH, VOLUNTEER NURSES THAT HELP SCREEN THE CHILDREN. AND, UM, MANY OF THE HERE, THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE CHURCH AND IN MY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS, UH, SET THE PLACE UP, CLEAN IT UP, AND PROVIDE A WONDERFUL MEAL FOR EVERYBODY WHEN WE'RE FINISHED. SO IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I REALLY THANK GAIL AND THE PEOPLE FROM FOR HELPING US AND THE REST OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. AND, AND PEOPLE THAT HELP LOCALLY WITH THE SHOCK CLINIC WOULD GO AHEAD AND STEM ABSOLUTELY BLUE SHIELD FROM THE CARING CHILDREN FOUNDATION. AND THEY WOULD ALSO STAND WHY HE IS THE, ALL OF THE, UH, CLINICS IN THE AREA THAT THEY PROVIDE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SAY JUST A FEW WORDS. WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TODAY, AND THE SUCCESS OF THE CARAVAN PROGRAM IS REALLY TWO. PART ONE, AS WE SAID, UH, WE DEPEND UPON COMMUNITIES LIKE INFORMING IN COUNTY TO COME FORWARD AND HAVE A VISION AND A COMMITMENT LIKE SCHOOL CLASS DID TO, TO SEE THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO RESOLVE THE HELP AND, UH, STEP FORWARD LIKE THEY HAVE. AND THEY STEP FORWARD WITH PEOPLE TO HELP AS VOLUNTEERS AND NURSES AND CLERK TO HELP US OUT, UH, ON A MONTHLY BASIS. BUT THEY ALSO STEPPED FORWARD FINANCIALLY, UH, TO HELP PAY, UH, UH, NURSES ON A MONTHLY BASIS. UH, AND THEY ALSO PUT UP A BILLBOARD, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO PROMOTE THIS CLINIC. AND THE RESULT, AS YOU KNOW, IS OVER 3000 CHILDREN. UH, AND THE RESULT FOR THE FAMILIES IS HEALTHIER. KIDS HELPING FA UH, PARENTS STAY WORKING, KEEPING THE KIDS IN SCHOOL. SO THE BENEFIT IS MULTIFOLD. UH, SECOND PART IS IT HELPS US AS A CARE CARAVAN PROGRAM. AND MY, OUR STAFF ARE NURSES AND I, I, YOU'VE SEEN GAIL ANDERSON, UH, WHO'S OUR STATEWIDE, UM, NURSE. UH, BETH IS OUR DALLAS NURSE. AND THEN LINDA SHIRLEY. LINDA STAN IS OUR CARAVAN MANAGER. UH, IT'S TWO PARTS. OUR CARAVAN STAFF AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND ATHLETIC PROGRAM. SO SUCCESSFUL. UH, THE THIRD PART IS, UH, FOR OUR CARAVAN. WE ARE A 5 0 1 AND THIRD PART THAT HELPS US BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND PROVIDE THESE IMMUNIZATIONS AT NO COST TO THE COMMUNITY AS A STATEWIDE PARTNER THAT WE HAVE IN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, TEXAS [00:15:01] PROVIDES ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE VICE PRESIDENT FOR BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS TO COME FORWARD. MICHELLE, WHO IS GONNA INTRODUCE THIS, THIS, UH, STRANGE PERSON WE HAVE MICHELLE . WELL, HE NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. DOES HE USE OUR BLUE BEAR? AND, UH, REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITY, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WELL, INCLUDING THE CARIBBEAN, UH, PROGRAM. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, GETTING A VACCINE IS PROBABLY NOT THE MOST EXCITING THING, UH, FOR A CHILD. SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO, TO MAKE THAT A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. BUT, UM, WE KNOW THAT, UM, BUILDING A HEALTHIER TEXAS IS A PRIORITY, UH, FOR YOU AS COMMUNITY LEADERS, AS BUSINESS LEADERS, AND CERTAINLY AS A COMMITMENT, UH, THAT BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS, UH, HOLDS. I TOO WANT RECOGNIZE THE, UM, SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND THE VISION THAT THEY HAVE. UH, I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED AND MOVED, UH, BY THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND TO, UH, SERVE THEIR OWN CHILDREN. WE KNOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN LIVES AS YOUNG PEOPLE THAT REALLY, THAT CAN PROVE TO BE A LIFETIME COMMITMENT TO HEALTH. AND SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP. WE MANY, MANY MORE LIKE THEM ACROSS, UH, TEXAS. AND SO THEY REALLY STAND AS A SHINING EXAMPLE. SO JUST THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP. WELL ABSOLUTELY. THANK, THANK YOU. AND ALL THE GROUP AND THE, AND THE BLUE BEAR AND, AND EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED, THIS IS FOR ALL OF OUR COUNTY, CERTAINLY IN CORN, BUT FOR ALL OF OUR COUNTY AND THE FIRST UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH IN FOREIGN SHOULD CERTAINLY BE CONGRATULATED FOR WORKING PARTY. IT STARTED OUT AS A VERY GRASSROOTS, UH, PROGRAM AND, AND MOVED FORWARD. THAT'S, THAT'S US AGAIN. LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND APPLAUSE. OKAY. I DO HAVE PROCLAMATION THAT I'D LIKE TO READ IN D REGARD. AND SO IF YOU LISTEN TO JUST FOR A MOMENT, WHEREAS THERE WAS A NEED FOR LOW INCOME CHILDREN TO DECEIVE PREVENTATIVE IMMUNIZATIONS, AND WHEREAS IN 2007, I I, AS WE SHARED WITH THE STUDY GROUP AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF CORNING, HER LONGTIME DREAM OF HAVING A SHOP STAND FOR THE CHILDREN IN CAMAN COUNTY. AND WHEREAS ANEZ WILLIAMS MADE CONTACT WITH CARING FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF TEXAS AND FOUND THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE THE DD IMMUNIZATIONS, AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL AND RECORDKEEPING, WILLIAMS CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE STUDY GROUP, THE SEEKERS AND BOOSTERS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, CHURCH OF FORNEY AND OTHERS, UNTIL A PLACE WHERE THE SHOT CLINIC WAS PERMIT PERMITTED IN FINANCING OBTAINED. AND WHEREAS THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF FORNEY AND THE CARING FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION CAME TOGETHER TO SERVE THESE CHILDREN. AND WHEREAS ONGOING EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN OVER 3,250 CHILDREN RECEIVING MORE THAN 8,370 IMMUNIZATIONS RESULTING IN SAVING FAMILIES APPROXIMATELY $670,000. THEREFORE, COUNTY JUDGE COMMEND THE CONTINUED DEDICATION OF CARING FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION FOR TEXAS, THE SECRETS CLASS OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 20 AND OTHERS INVOLVED FOR THEIR ONGOING SERVICE. TO ENSURE, ENSURE THE CHILDREN OF KAMAN COUNTY ARE RECEIVING THE NEEDED IMMUNIZATION FOR HEALTHY LIFE. AND THIS IS SIGNED ON TODAY, THE 11TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2013. AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, AS MANY AS WE CAN PERHAPS GATHER AROUND, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH COPIES OF THIS PROCLAMATION SO THAT YOU CAN CARRY, GET THIS DONE GOING FORWARD. WE'LL TRY TO GET THE PEOPLE WELL, WHILE EVERYBODY'S COMING UP, THERE'S ONE MORE THING I WANT TO SAY IN THE RESOLUTION IT SAID, AND OTHERS, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HAVE HELPED GET THIS STARTED AND KEEP IT GOING, THAT ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS FORWARD WITH OUR CHURCH. IT'S, AND AS IMPRESSED AS I WAS WITH STATISTICS, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND CHART GIVEN AT OUR CHURCH, I GOT SOME STATISTICS FROM THEM ALSO. I'M A MATHEMATICIAN BY THE WAY. THEY, THEY, UH, HAVE BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1997 AND THEY HAVE IMMUNIZED ON THE ORDER OF 640,000 CHILDREN AND PROVIDED OVER A MILLION, UH, IMMUNIZATIONS, ALL THREE OF CHARGE THROUGH DONATIONS TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS. SO ANYBODY WANTS TO WRITE OUT THE CHECK YOUR CHECK, GIVE 'EM A CHECK ON THE WAY OUT. YOU CAN DO THAT, YOUR HONOR. ALRIGHT, LET'S [00:20:01] SEE HOW WE CAN GET UP HERE. MAKE, KIND OF SURROUND THIS AREA UP HERE. WE MAY HAVE TO GET IT TWO ROWS. WE GET EVERYBODY. OH, EVERYBODY LOOK AT ME. AND ONE MORE. DO THE SAME THING. TRY TO DO IT. HOW FAMOUS YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH. IS ALWAYS 14 TO HONOR A GROUP. LIKE WE HAVE GROUPS ALL OVER THE COUNTIES THAT ARE WORKING ON THEIR PROJECT CIRCUIT. THIS IS MAJOR EFFORT. KIDS THAT ARE AFFECTED AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS SAVED. THAT'S, THAT'S HUGE. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH DURING THE LAST, UH, FEW DAYS WITH THE EVIL THAT IS IN OUR COUNTY. THERE ARE A LOT MANY I NUMBER FOUR FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ACCEPT COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT. I, IF YOU HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, TABLE THAT NEXT MEETING, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR CONSTABLE LAW PROFILING. UH, OUR FOR 2012 WAS SUBMITTED IN, UH, ACCEPTED BY THE STATE IN JANUARY 14TH. AND HAVE, OR I HAVE THE WHOLE VERSION AND IT'S AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE AT TIME. GOT TIRED OF READING THE LAST TWO OR THREE. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST LEVEL. DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THOMAS? I'M JUST PRETTY SURE THAT HE HAS HAD NO COMPLAINTS. AM I CORRECT TO THAT CORRECT JOB? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT. HAVE A MOTION. SECOND ITEM NUMBER SIX, US TODAY TO PRESENT AND ACCEPT PROFILING REPORT FOR CONSTABLE, UH, PRECINCT. THREE MORNING, GOOD PROFILING WAS, UH, REPORTED WITH THE ON JANUARY 25TH AND FULL COPY OF EVERYTHING IN MY OFFICE. ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT IT? NO COMPLAINTS. NO COMPLAINTS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BEFORE YOU GOT IN? I'LL [00:25:01] ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE. THAT MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER REMAINING SECONDS. ALL FAVOR SAY AYE. CHILDREN SHELTER NOVEMBER 12 THROUGH JANUARY FORWARD. WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY. UM, HOLIDAYS ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS A BUSY TIME FOR US. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR NUMBERS HAVE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY HIGH OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND PROBABLY SINCE END OF OCTOBER, 2014 AND 16. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY, UH, BY THE PURPOSE AS THEY MOVED THE, UH, THE KIDS THAT HAD BEEN THERE. UH, THEIR TERM LENGTH WE EXPERIENCED WEEK AND A HALF. UH, WE WERE A LITTLE LOW, BUT THAT ALWAYS GIVES US TIME TO CATCH UP ON CLEANING AND ORGANIZING AND INVENTORY. UH, AND, AND WE'RE BACK UP TODAY TO 13. UH, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN WE YEARS, WHICH IS ALWAYS IMPRESSIVE. BUT WE, WE DO ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, THE FROM IS A GREAT NAME TO OUR, TO OUR, AND WE DID HAVE NO MEDICAL. WE HAD 10 DAYS DURING DECEMBER. I HAD SEVEN KIDS IN QUARANTINE AND FOUR OF MY STAFF OUT WITH EXTREMELY CHRISTMAS DAY. UH, I DID WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, BROUGHT THE ISSUE OF THE EXCESSIVE OVERTIME. UH, WE, WE, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS OVER THE YEARS WITH, WITH DEBBIE AND, AND LISA, UH, ABOUT THE OVERTIME. UM, IT IS ALWAYS IN MY MIND TO REDUCE THAT SOMETIMES MOST AREN'T POINT. THIS INCIDENT COME UP A COUPLE TIMES OVER LAST I HAVE ADDRESSED WITH MY, UH, JUST BACK HOURS TO, TO GET US BACK. THERE ARE SOME CONFLICTING, UH, FEELINGS THAT WERE DOING THAT OF COURSE THE BUDGET. UH, ANOTHER IS THE RAMIFICATIONS FOR THE COUNTY THAT IF MY DEPARTMENT DOES IT IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T THAT WOULD REFLECT ON THAT. UH, BUT AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE SOME GUIDANCE OR DIRECTION FROM THE COURT ON HOW BEST TO WITH, WELL, COURT IS A FEDERAL ISSUE. LABOR THAT'S EVERY, EVERY, EVERY HAS TO DO. AND FOR US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, WE NEED TO, AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO IT. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND YES, BUT WE'VE GOTTA MAKE AN EFFORT DO SO WE DON'T DO SO PENALIZE. SO I I'M AWARE OF IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IS REAL. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA GO AWAY. MY ADVICE WOULD BE FOR YOU TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO, AND I KNOW YOU'RE FULL NOW AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN TO ELIMINATE HOURS ARE OVER, ABOVE THE COURT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME BUYING BACK HOURS AND THEY'RE JUST PAYING FOR THOSE HOURS UNTIL AT LEAST TO THE POINT WHERE COMPLIANCE, DO YOU HAVE MONEY IN YOUR BUDGET TO DO SO? IF WE DON'T, I TAKE THE FOUNDATION WITH STAND, UH, AT THIS POINT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME AND TO THAT I FEEL IT'S TOO, I SUGGEST THAT BE SOMETHING FOUNDATION PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ADDRESS. SORRY, [00:30:01] JUST WALKED BACK IN THE ROOM AND SHE MAY HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS AS WELL, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD CONTINUE. THERE'S NO QUESTION. IF THE COURT IS AGREEABLE, THEN I'M GONNA PRESENT THAT WE NEED TO FOR THOSE COMPLIANCE AND I THE NOT TO NOT. THAT'S FINE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. MISS LAURIE, OUR ATTORNEY OVER HERE OUGHT LOOK AT THAT BEFORE SHE DOES BUY BACK. I JUST DON'T WANNA GET A LAURIE. YOU HAVE ANY, UH, JOHN YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE COMPENSATORY TIME THAT'S OVER THE AMOUNT THAT SHOULD BE AT THE CHILDREN'S CHILDREN? UM, WELL WE'VE KIND OF BEEN TALKING AND I SUGGEST THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PAY IT DOWN, UM, TO AT LEAST GET IN COMPLIANCE, BUT, UM, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY WON'T EARN IT BACK 'CAUSE SHE'S SHORTHANDED OUT THERE. SO I PROCESS FOR MORE HOPING FUTURE BE AN ISSUE. I MEAN, I WILL, I WILL COMMIT THAT THAT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. MR. LONG, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? MIND, UM, DID, DID YOU DISCUSS IT WITH THE BOARD, WHETHER IT BE COUNTY MONIES USED OR IT WORK MONIES, UH, TO, TO PAY THE TIME? NO, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, WE DON'T FUNCTION ON COUNTY MONEY. OKAY. UH, WE FUNCTION ON, ON STATE REIMBURSEMENT. OKAY. UH, AND THEN OUR 5 0 1 C THE, UH, MANAGERS ARE DONATED FUNDS. OKAY. UH, SO IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD'VE TO COME OUT COUNTY THE BUT IT WOULD, YEAH, IT WON'T BE OKAY. UH, BUT I THINK WITH, WITH LORI'S RECOMMENDATION AND IF, IF, IF COMMISSIONER ARE AGREEABLE, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA PRESENT TO. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN DIRECT YOUR BOARD TO DO ANYTHING. I UNDERSTAND. UH, BUT I THINK THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE SENT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND IT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED AS ANY NOT I HAVE MOTION TO, UH, COURT. ONE MORE THING. SURE. UH, WE DID HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MEMBERS, UH, INSTALLED INTO OUR, OUR ADVISORY BOARD, OUR SHELTER BOARD. GOOD. UH, KNOWN SMITH FROM CAROL, WHO WAS ON OUR BOARD FOR YEARS AND YEARS, SOME HEALTH ISSUES AND REQUIRED THAT SHE, UH, SIT DOWN FOR A WHILE. UH, SHE HAS BEEN REINSTATED ON THE BOARD AND CAMP, UH, WAS ALSO INITIATED AT LAST MEETING. UH, AND I'VE INCLUDED THEIR CONTACT NUMBERS. UH, SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE, AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING, UH, MEMBERS TO, UH, BUT THESE TWO, I'M VERY EXCITED. THERE'S A LOT, LOT OF ENERGY COMING. ONE THING WE HAVE, WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY MEDIA HERE TODAY, SO YOU MIGHT GET WITH THEM, THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY GOOD ABOUT PUBLICIZING, PUBLICIZING THOSE THINGS. YES. AGAIN, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COURT, UH, SUBMITTED BY LO UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. SHANE. DO ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. NEXT IS THE, UH, REPORT FROM TANYA RADFORD WHO IS NOT HERE, I BELIEVE. AND SO THE REASON I YOU THE I'M IN PRESENTING THAT REPORT. YES, SIR. SHE DOING A SEIZURE THIS MORNING, BUSINESS DOING A SEIZURE NOT HAVING RECEIPT. YES. . YES. UM, SO SHE, UM, WANTED ME TO PRESENT THE REPORT. AND SO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, OUR CURRENT COLLECTIONS WERE AT, UM, LOOKS LIKE 83% AND THEY ARE STILL AT 83% THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK. AND THAT WAS REALLY GOOD SINCE WE WERE LOCKED DOWN ON THE LAST DAY OF JANUARY. THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD THING I THINK. AND, UH, ON OUR DELINQUENT COLLECTIONS, UH, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DOWN FROM LAST YEAR. WE WERE AT 14% LAST YEAR. WE'RE AT 11% THIS YEAR. SO CAN YOU, UH, SPEAK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AUCTION THAT WAS HELD LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE DOWN IN, UH, KEMP, UH, AT THE KEMP HIGH SCHOOL OR I BELIEVE, I THINK I ONLY THING I KNOW IS THEY SAID IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SALE, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WAS GOOD SHOWING AND THAT THEY DID SELL, YOU KNOW, NOT AS MANY IN CAMP, I THINK AS THERE WAS IN ANCE, BUT THAT IT WAS A GOOD SALE. UM, DID YOU BEAR ANYTHING? HAVE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FIRM AND [00:35:01] THE TAX, THEY'RE GONNA CONDUCT THOSE TYPE OF OPTIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTY, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY. OKAY. WELL I COMMEND YOU GUYS AND CERTAINLY, UH, LINE AND JEFF BROWN FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN DOING THAT. THIS IS MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE PROPERLY, NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK ON THE TAX AND IT WAS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, SO HOPEFULLY REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN THIS TOO. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THERE? NO. I'VE A MOTION TO ACCEPT COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THAT MOTION. HAVE SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER. SORRY, COMMISSIONER. THAT MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. REPORT. REPORT FOR JANUARY 13. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. OUR GENERAL FUND, WE'RE SITTING AT 57% COLLECTIONS AND OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND ARE AT 30.77%, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCELLENT. OUR BE ABOUT 33%, SO WE'RE UP ON OUR REVENUES AND LOWER ON OUR EXPENDITURES. UH, ROAD BRIDGE FUNDS. UM, WE'RE SITTING AT THE, THE MAIN ROAD BRIDGE THAT RECEIVES ALL OF YOUR MONEY AT 44% AND OUR TRANSFERS ARE AT ABOUT 38%. UH, THE TRANSFERS INTO YOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS ARE AT 30% AND YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE AT 19%. SO EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, UH, CONCERNING THE AUDIT COURT? IS THERE ANY OF THESE I THIS BEEN THAT SEEM TO BE, UH, DOUBT COMPLAIN, BUT ARY? LOOK AT, UH, THE, THE CAPITAL OUTLAYS IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE AT ABOUT 39%. THAT'S BECAUSE WE JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLES AND UH, THE NEXT ONE, THE COMPUTERS AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH REPLACING A LOT OF THE COMPUTERS THAT WERE OUTDATED AND, AND GETTING EVERYBODY UP AND RUNNING. MOTION. HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER I APPRO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE CITIES OF, UH, THE COMBINE MAYBANK COTTONWOOD AND FOR THE PURCHASING PROGRAM. YES SIR. THESE ARE ALL MY, IN MY AREA AND UH, I'M JUST RENEWING INTER LOCAL. CLARK STATED LAST TIME I RENEW ONE OF THESE THAT'S NOT NECESSARY TO RENEW THEM EVERY YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? COMM CHANGE STATUTE, LEGISLATURE CHANGE STATUTE LAST YEAR THAT THEIR LOCAL CAN BE EXTENDED FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR. WILL THERE HAVE TO BE AN EXTENSION FILE NEXT YEAR? NOT MIGHT KNOW. I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. THE INTER AGREEMENT WE'VE GOT WITH SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS DID NOT HAVE A TIME ON IT AND SO I QUESTION WHETHER IT STILL VALID AND I THEY GOT, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THEY EXPECTED THOSE AGREEMENTS TO GO ON FOR A WHILE SO THEY DID NOT HAVE TO DATE HOW THEY DETERMINED, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S RULING THAT I GOT. WE HAVE AGREEMENTS THAT THEY WANNA AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE AND SIDES HAVE, HAVE OPTIONS OF TERMINATING IT EITHER 30 DAYS OR 60 DAYS NOTICE. SO, SO EFFECTIVELY WE HAVE ONE YEAR AGREEMENTS THERE JUST SIMPLY, WELL I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE EVERYTHING COVERED SO I MOVE TO ACCEPT THESE UN GRIEVANCE WITH CITY OF COMBINE, MAYBANK, COTTONWOOD, AND WASHINGTON. SECOND. MOTION [00:40:02] AND DISCUSSION JUST TWO TAKES, RIGHT? AMEN. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ROAD REPAIRS COUNTY ROAD 4 0 0 6 FOR THE CITY OF UH, MAYLAND. YES SIR. THIS IS ON MY AND OF IT ALSO. COULD I INTERRUPT IT A SECOND? HAVE YOU GOT MY LAWYER BRIDGE? YES, SIR. DIDN'T TRAIN INTERRUPT. I TRYING NOT BREAK UP, BUT I JUST COULDN'T, I HAD LOTS OF THANKING CALLS IN DALLAS COUNTY THIS WEEKEND. SO, UH, THIS IS ON COURT OF OH SIX, WHICH IS, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MAYBANK AND COLTON COUNTY. AND UH, THIS IS A ROAD THAT, UH, WAS NOT ON THE REPAIR LIST WHEN I CAME IN. UM, I MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY MAYLAND BECAUSE IT GOES INTO HENDERSON COUNTY AND CITY MADE AN AGREEMENT. THE CITY MIGHT IT THAT THE CITY BARREL IS NOT GONNA PARTICIPATE IN IT, THAT WE COULD SHARE THE COST. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS COVERS. UH, WE'VE ALREADY PASSED IT AND IT'S ON A EVERY SIX MONTH PATCH, UH, SCHEDULE. AND THIS JUST COVERS THAT. UH, CITY MAY BANK PAYS FOR HALF THE MATERIAL. I LIKE IT. IT SEEM TO WORK WELL. YES SIR. GOOD. ALRIGHT, I MOVE, ACCEPT, HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER MAN TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY NUMBER, UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO FIELD AGENCIES ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF RIDGE FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT OF COLTON COUNTY. THIS IS ALSO IN MY PRECINCT JUDGE. THIS IS UP THERE ON THE, UH, EAST END OF I GUESS THE NORTHEAST END OF LOWER RIDGE ROAD. OH YEAH. . THAT'S . IS THAT CORRECT COMMISSIONER? THAT'S CORRECT. SUB BECOME A POPULAR AREA? YES. AT THIS POINT, UH, THIS IS TO REAPPOINT SUPERVISORS OF THE POLO RIDGE FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT. AND UH, I THERE'S A NOTE HERE THAT SAYS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET TWO COPIES. DID YOU RECEIVE DOCUMENTS FROM VERY, YOUR HONOR, THANK YOU. I MOVE. PLEASE ACCEPT THE POINTS TO THIS COURT. SECOND, SET A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER CLARK. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND I DO HAVE THE NAMES OF THOSE FOLKS. C ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE, UH, COUNTY PURCHASING, UH, AGENCY TO SIGN OUR COUNTY PURCHASING TO SIGN PROCUREMENT. EXPEDITE SOME OF THESE AGREEMENTS, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME COUNTY WILL CALL CONTACT THEM AS PROCESS. ANY QUESTIONS OF UH, JACK? I MAY BE AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY PURCHASING TO SIGN PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER I TO YOU ON ANYWAY. A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK. SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AYE. [00:45:01] THOSE ALL. ITEM NUMBER 14, NOW DISCUSS AUTHORIZING PURCHASING TO SIGN PURCHASING COOPERATIVE. A GRIEVANCE. YEAH, THIS IS KIND OF A SIMILAR DEAL. I PROBABLY HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF DOING CO-OP ONLINE AND APPLIC ON THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? PERSON, AGENT ON THAT? OBJECTION. FEW. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE. COMMISSIONER ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE ITEM NUMBER 15, IT'S TO DISCUSS CONSIDER PURCHASING PRECINCT THROUGH THE PURCHASING. I BELIEVE HAVE A COPY OF THAT QUOTE, UH, TRIPLE BLADE. UH, THEY'RE ON THE BOARD. UH, WOULD LIKE ITEM IT'S 32 AND ONCE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS PERSON FIREARM, COUNTY CONSTABLE AND OTHER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. UH, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT. UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, I'VE HAD REQUEST TIME, TIME, TIME, TIME TO CONSTABLE IN THE, I ENCOURAGED THE CONSTABLES, PUT SOME AGENDA TO HAVE DISCUSSION AND SUPPORT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. UH, I WAS APPROACHED BY A COUPLE CONSTABLES THAT MAY HAVE SPOKEN WITH COMMISSIONER TWO AND THEY CAME AND I, SO HERE TODAY, UH, I MENTIONED THAT I DIDN'T, I DID NOT GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE, UH, WE FOR CONSTABLE NEXT WEEK, THE WEEK'S OFFICE, HOWEVER YOU WANT DO IT, I APPROVAL. DO THEY HAVE MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET PURCHASE? THEY, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THERE'S NOT MONEY IN THEIR TO LOOK AFTER. UH, I HAVE CONCERNS THAT THAT DOWN YOU THAT WE, SO I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED THERE'S MONEY THERE, HOW IT'LL AFFECT THEM. REST YOUR, ASK THAT QUESTION. SO WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS, IS TO HAVE ALL THE CONSTABLES CARRY THE SAME WEAPON WHERE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO CHANGE CLIPS OR AMMUNITION OR WHAT HAVE THEY. I THAT'S A BIG ADVANTAGE. AND IT'S STRICTLY FOR JUST THE CONSTITU. THIS THIS WAS DISCUSSED FOR AS WELL. DO WE, DO WE HARNESS THE WEAPONS FOR ALLS? THEY'RE ALL THE SAME WEAPONS THAT BE STANDARDIZED WITH THE WEAPONS THAT BE BOUGHT. I'LL SAY THE SHERIFF'S NOT HERE. I'LL SAY THAT HIS WEAPONS, THE LAST ONES THEY, BUT WE DO, BUT THEY WOULD BE STANDARDIZED WITH THE CONSTABLE THAT, THAT THE CONSTABLE'S WEAPONS WOULD BE STANDARDIZED WITH THE DEPUTY. WHICH WEAPONS THE GUNS DID DENIED ON PRECINCT TWO BEFORE. WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT HAS CHANGED THE UH, THE MINDSET BECAUSE IN PRECINCT TWO I KNOW THAT WE'VE DENIED BY THOSE GUYS, UH, FIREARMS. WELL THAT'S WHAT I TO DID [00:50:01] ASK FOR, FOR I GUESS LAST YEAR. AND HOWEVER, HE DID HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET UNDER, UNDER HIS BUDGET FOR EQUIPMENT AT THAT POINT. I JUST TOLD HIM IT WASN'T NOT WANNA BUY A GUN FOR OFFICER CABINET DISCUSSION. WE HAVE HAVE FIRE MARSHALS, WE HAVE DA'S, OFFICE INVESTIGATORS, ALL THOSE. I'M NOT OFFICE ATTORNEY BACK IN LAST YEAR, YEAR DID NOT SPEND ENTIRE BUDGET. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? YES. DID ANY OF THE PRECINCT, PRECINCT, I CAN'T, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ALMOST EVERY OFFICE TURNING BACK IN SOME WAY, VERY, VERY FEW SPEND ON IN THEIR LOCATION BECAUSE LOT OF TIMES WE'LL COME UP WITH HUNDRED PERCENT APPLICATIONS WITH, WHICH IS VERY GOOD. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO HAVE STANDARDIZED WEAPONS. I JUST WONDER WHERE THE, WHERE'S THE MONEY GONNA COME FROM? I, I COUNT SO ABOUT HOW MUCH, SEE I CAN FIND AND FOR PURPOSES OF THE FUTURE YOU WHAT OTHER ROCKWELL COUNTY? THEY FURNISHED THEIR OWN, UH, BASTROP COUNTY FURNISHED THEIR OWN HUNT COUNTY FURNISHED THEIR OWN. THOSE THE, THOSE THE DEER PEOPLE THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT I KNOW FOR THAT THEY FURNISHED THEIR OWN. I'M, I HAD TO BE THE BAD GUY TELLING THE GUYS WE CAN'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. AND I TOOK THE HEAT OFF. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT WOULD BE, WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE. THEY'LL COME BACK AND SAY HOW COME WE'RE DOING IT NOW IF SOMEBODY GIMME A REASON TO DO THAT, I'LL, I THINK RIGHT NOW HE'S CARRYING A, A FIREARM FROM HERE OR OR BE CONSISTENT. YEAH. GUYS KNOWS COMMENTS DISCUSS SO WE SHOULD THAT'S KIND WHY I POLICY STRICTLY WE WOULD NOT WANT INCLUDE THOSE DEPUTIES. I MEAN WHEN WE DO START TALKING ABOUT DENVER BUDGET, WE WOULD NOT WANNA INCLUDE THOSE DEPUTIES TO HAVE A, TO HAVE A STANDARDIZED WEAPON ALSO WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOT TWO CLIPS OR THREE CLIPS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND SOMEBODY GOT ONE NEEDED WAS THE, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD OVER THERE. AND THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS BOTH THOSE GUYS BOUGHT THEIR OWN WEAPON AT THE SAME PRICE. I BELIEVE THAT JACKIE GOT FOR THE SHERIFF OVER THERE SO THEY COULD INTERCHANGE CLIPS OR WHATEVER BUT THEY PAID BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD IDEA. DO OKAY. WE ALSO NEED TO COUNT ALL THE DEPUTIES I GUESS HAVE COUNCIL WE ABOUT IT. WE DECIDED NEED AMOUNT OF AMOUNT. KAREN, CAN YOU [00:55:02] BETWEEN THEN MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING JUDGE I RIGHT. DO THAT. RIGHT. THAT MAY BE YOUR ANSWER. TALK TO JOHN. YOU LIKE THIS, GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY, BUT IF YOU'D RATHER NOT, WE'LL WE I'LL I WOULD MENTION IT TO HIM BUT I WOULD NOT WELL WHY DON'T WE KNOW THE LIMITS OF MY JOB. I UNDERSTAND. UH, WHY DON'T WE TABLE THIS UNTIL WE GET INTO AND UH, DO SOME PLANNING AND SOME, SOME OTHER WORK ON IT THEN UH, WE'LL WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT'LL THE, FOR SOME FIREARMS. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER UH CLARK AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE TO THIS ITEM. FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ALSO DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT IN NEXT YEAR BUT ALL FAVOR SAY ITEM NUMBER 17 IS TO DISCUSS PURCHASING A USED CATERPILLAR 3 0 7 C EXCAVATOR EXCAVATOR FOR PRECINCT ONE FROM TRACTOR FOUND A TRACTOR, TRACTOR INCORPORATED. IT'S A PAST MAY, MAY I DON'T HAVE WARM FUZZY FIELD. I GO OUT HERE AND GET QUOTE ON EQUIPMENT. I DIRECT I'M BUYING 50. I DON HAVE PROBLEM WITH IT. UH, YOU SEE QUOTES THAT I, MY OFFICE CONTACTED THREE FOUR COMPARABLE QUOTE AND THIS SEE IT ON THE FRONT PAGE? YES. OKAY. YOU BIT . WELL I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT THREE OR FOUR BACKUPS COMPARABLES ON THERE AND THIS, IT SHOWED THIS, YOU KNOW, APPEARS TO BE THE BEST. IT'S A REALLY CLEAN MACHINE THAT IT LOOKS RELATIVELY NEW. IT CAME FROM A CATERPILLAR LIKE SOMEONE SPENT A LOT OF TIME SITTING WITH AIR CONDITION ON. DOESN'T HAVE MUCH I ALONG LIFE OF 19, USING THIS MACHINE TO REPLACE AND PRICE, I THINK EQUIP SIR HISTORY IN THE PAST WHAT I WOULD DO IS IT WAS UH, GET A MACHINE LIKE THIS, PUT OUT A BID. YOU SAYING THREE SEVEN C NOT EXCEED A YEAR OR HOURS. THERE AGAIN, I, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. I'LL MOVE IF WE PURCHASE IT. ME TOO. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE SECOND, SECOND. COMMISSIONER MANNING HALL FAVOR SAY ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ITEM NUMBER 18. AND THAT IS ITEM ATTENTION TO IS UM, [01:00:02] THE MONEY IN HIS EQUIPMENT ON ITEM TWO, THE EXCAVATOR AND T UH, IN LOWER, LOWER HIS DRUG MATERIALS WITH THE GREATER Y'ALL HAD APPROVED LAST TIME. CORRECT. ALRIGHT, I'M SORRY, BEING RECORDED. THAT'S I HAVE IS, IS TO INCREASE THE REVENUE LINE CALLED TRAFFIC STUDY WITH HUNDRED THOUSAND AND INCREASE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND ORAL FUND TO COVER THAT. THEN UM, I HAVE SOME UM, ADULT PROBATION AND UH, LINES THAT NEED TO BE INCREASED. ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY. CORRECT THE STATE OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST REQUEST FROM THE AUDITOR. ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY OF THOSE? NOT ON THERE. MOTION TO UH, ACCEPT RECOMMENDED COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL. ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE ABOUT FIVE, SIX AND UH, NUMBER 19, JUST CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR GOT THAT LITTLE TAN PRINT BACK IN HERE. IT'S ONLY ON THE, I DIDN'T DO THESE SMOKE DETECTORS. WERE THEY PAID FOR ANOTHER FIRE? THIS DOES THIS PAPER? NO, IT WON'T TELL YOU. IT'S THE WAY THAT HE CODES THE CREDIT BILL. OKAY. MY QUESTION IS THEY THE COURT [01:05:14] AND SUPPOSEDLY THE GUY THAT DOESN'T BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAME IN OVER THE WEEKEND. THE JUDGE, THE JUDGE DOES COME IN THERE, DO WHATEVER SOPHISTICATED. YOU DON'T, NO YOU DON'T. THAT'S IT'S A WAREHOUSE THAT THE TAX OFFICE HAS. EQUIPMENT ONE BUILDING. IT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT ALL THE MACHINES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S, I GUESS ONE OF THESE, ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS IS RIGHT OFF SQUARE HERE. WHAT DID SHE LOOK AT ME RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW WHERE RESTITUTION THAT'S WILL THIS BE? IT SHOULD BE. [01:11:53] WE SHOULD THANK YOU. BUT I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP I CAN GET YOU THAT. BUT YOU ALSO REMEMBER KEEPS GOING. THAT'S WHY I'M NOTING HE SQUEAKS INSTEAD OF SQUATS. NOT IN YOU DID LEWIS. UM, LEMME [01:16:05] WELL HE MAY HAVE PASSED AWAY, GOES FROM THE RIGHT BACK AROUND THERE TO THERE. IF HIS ROLE WAS TO DO NOTHING FOR THE KID DOES NOT THERE TREES THEES THAT. BUT ANYBODY GOING? [01:20:07] YES. 38. THANK YOU. THEY DON'T, [01:25:16] IT WAS YOU QUITE HARD. WHO THE SO MR. MANNING, MAY 2ND? SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY OPPOSED TO AJOUR, MAN. FOR SHANE SECONDS ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED, THANK YOU. * 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.