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LIKE TO, UH, WELCOME YOU TO THIS, THE, UH, REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S MEETING COUNTY'S COURT ON MONDAY, MARCH 11TH, 2013.
UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AND WE ALWAYS BEGIN OUR MEETINGS WITH AN INVITATION.
UH, AND I'VE YOUR STATEMENT ALSO WITH FLAGS AT THAT TIME, WE'LL ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT.
UH, WE HAVE A FORM FOR YOU TO FILL OUT, UH, KEEPER OF THAT FORM OVER THERE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT, UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, UH, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR, UH, FROM YOU.
AND WE ASK THAT THOSE, UH, UH, PRESENTATIONS BE KEPT TO, UH, THREE MINUTES, NOT RESPOND.
UH, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO WE CERTAINLY TALKING YOUR COMMENTS, BUT WE'RE NOT, UH, PERMITTED TO, UH, TO RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME UNTIL IT SHOWS UP ON A LATER AGENDA ITEM.
BUT ANYWAY, IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME NOW IN STANDING AND AMEN.
OUR MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS GLORY DAY.
THIS OPPORTUNITY SERVE TOGETHER.
GIVE US THE STRENGTH AND THE WISDOM, LORD, TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS TO ADVANCE OUR COUNTY FORWARD.
BLESS THOSE WHO HAVE HAD LOSSES, BLESS OUR SOLDIERS WHO ARE IN DANGER OVERSEAS.
BLESS THE LEADERS OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO HELP THEM MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO BE THE TEXAS ONE UNDER GOD ONE.
AND I ANYBODY? YES, WE HAVE TWO FOLKS.
FIRSTLY, JOHN, UH, HELTON FROM ON 27TH, 28TH, AND WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TALK GENERAL TURN.
YOU'D LIKE COME AT THE FRONT HERE WHERE WE CAN, UH, HEAR YOU.
WE'LL ASK OUR COUNTY CLERK TO BE THE OFFICIAL TIME SHE HAS OUR MAIL.
OKAY, WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER ANY OF MY QUESTIONS TODAY THAT, UH, WHAT ISSUES I HAVE BASED ON WE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN A LITTLE, UH, AREA OF, UH, KAMAN COUNTY CALLED ELK.
AND PRIOR TO THAT PURCHASE I GOT WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER THAT I HAD AT THE TIME WAS MR. JACKSON.
MS. JACKSON AND I WALKED THE PROPERTY AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE PROPERTY.
ONE WAS A 10 AND HALF AC, THE OTHER WAS A TWO TRACK, HAD TWO HOMES ON THERE.
THE 10 AC TRACK USED TO HAVE THREE HOMES.
AND WHAT I WAS GONNA DO IS SUBY THAT INTO THE 2 5 2 ACRE TRACKS.
AND THERE COUNTY, ALL MY, BEFORE I, THE PROPERTY, NOW THAT I HAVE, I STARTED TO WORK ON IT.
WE GOT A NEW COMMISSION AND MR. KEN IS TELLING ME THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MR. JACKSON HAS INFORMED ME IS, IS BOYD NOW.
SO WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS, IS IT BOYD? UH, CAN I TRUST A COMMISSIONER EVERY TIME? DO I HAVE TO WAIT? BUT NO ONE'S ELECTED TO OVERTURN HIS RULING OR RULING.
WHAT'S MY CASE? WHAT'S MY FORCE OF ACTION? I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING OUT THERE OTHER THAN TRYING TO PUT A FEW MOBILE HOMES IN AN AREA THAT HAS ALL MOBILE HOMES.
THERE'S A FEW BRICK HOUSES OUT THERE, BUT WHEN HE, HE, HE TOLD ME IN FRONT OF A FEW WITNESSES THAT MOBILE HOMES AND WOOD FRAME HOMES WAS NOTHING BUT TRASH AND THAT THEY DIDN'T COLLECT ANY TAXES ON THOSE.
AND THE PROPERTY, WHEN I BOUGHT IT, I WAS TOLD THEY COLLECTED $18 LAST YEAR.
SO I KNOW MY TAXES ARE GOING THAT THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND, I'M KIND ABOUT WHAT TO DO.
KEN IS NOT A MAN THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND TALK TO.
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OVER A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT, THAT I WASN'T LIE.WE ALSO HAVE DON THURMAN HERE FROM UH, RICK AVENUE AND CAROL DON, I THINK YOU'RE HERE FOR THE RIGHT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY ON ITEM THREE.
ALRIGHT, FIRST ITEM I NEED TO DO, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, FROM TANYA TAX COLLECTION.
TANYA'S GONNA BE DOING HER JOB THIS MORNING HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT BY 11 ON TAX SALE.
SO SHE NEEDED TO MOVE UP ON, SO IF YOU'LL LOOK AT YOUR TAX JUDGE.
THANK YOU FOR MOVING ME UP JUDGE.
SO I CAN GET ONTO THE OTHER JOB JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH TAXES WE HAVE COLLECTED TO DATE.
AND IF WE LOOK AT YOUR SHEET, WE START WITH LAST YEAR AND YOUR SECOND LETTER IS CURRENT ROLL AMOUNT.
AND UNDER CURRENT ROLE AMOUNT, UH, WE COLLECTED 92% AND THEN WITH FELONIES AND INTEREST, UH, ON TOP OF THAT HAS FAMILIES AND INTEREST STARTED IN FEBRUARY.
OUR TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED, UH, FOR THE 2012 TAXES IS $27,006,553.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO LOOK FURTHER DOWN THAT SAME COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE YOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE TAXES AND HOW MUCH REFLECTED THERE WAS TRAILER ABOUT LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR? ABOUT 92%.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY COMING TO US THIS YEAR, BUT IT, PERCENTAGE WISE, WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK.
AND UH, THEN THE REST OF IT'S JUST COLLECTING SOME DELINQUENT TAXES AND HOPEFUL WE GET THAT UP AS A YEAR GOES BY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, JOHN? THINK GOOD DELINQUENT ON THE QUENT? YES MA'AM.
WHAT'S THE QUESTION? WHY IS THERE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR? COULD THAT JUST BE ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY POSSIBLY, OR NO? NO, LAST, THE LAST YEAR DELINQUENT ROLE IS FOR ACTUALLY 2011.
SO IT GOES A YEAR FARTHER BACK THAN THE, THAN THE CURRENT YEAR ROLL.
AND THEN THE DELINQUENT ROLL ALTOGETHER IS ALL THE OTHER PREVIOUS YEAR'S ROLL TOGETHER.
SO THE TAXES COLLECTED YEAR TO DATE? YES.
SO ON, ON THE LAST YEAR, DELINQUENT ROLL AMOUNT, THAT WOULD BE FOR 2011 AND THE NEXT ONE OVER TO THE RIGHT, THE FARTHEST ONE OVER, THAT'S FOR 10 AND BEYOND.
WELL, AND AND THEN THE OTHER THING I BELIEVE IS THE CASE THAT LAST YEAR WAS AT THIS TIME WE, UH, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT BALANCE TO GO PARTICULARLY UNDER THE, UH, GENERAL FUND.
WE, WE, I'M SORRY, WE 9 52 THIS YEAR WE ONLY HAVE MILLION 80.
SO WE'VE GOT FEWER TAXES COLLECT, WHICH MEANS THAT LENGTH TAXES THERE, FEWER TAXES OUT AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS MORNING, WE HOPE TO SEE THAT QUITE A BIT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOU MOVING UP, JUDGE.
WE HAVE A MOTION, I BELIEVE MADE A MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AY THE UH, NEXT ITEM IS TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REPLACEMENTS TO THE CITY OF CARROLL TAX CONSTRUCTION COMMISSIONER RAY AND FOR COMMISSIONER J JACKSON WITH, UH, NEW MEMBERS BEING COMMISSIONER ROSA AND COMMISSIONER THUR HERE.
AND WE JUST TO SCARE PEOPLE IS EARLY HOUR, IT KIND OF WAKES US UP.
CHERYL, I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAX FINANCING BOARD CITY CHAIR.
I SIMPLY BE GOING THANK THE BOARD FOR TAKING THIS ACTION BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT MONTH.
WE ALREADY HAVE PROJECTS UNDERWAY.
WE EXPECT MORE PROJECT NEXT MONTH.
WE THANK YOU FOR DEFEATING OUR BOARD BEFORE WE HAVE A FULL EFFECT.
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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE REPLACEMENTS? THAT MOTION? DO I HAVE TO SECOND TO SAY, COMMISSIONER MANNING SECONDS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.OPPOSED? OR DID I SKIP? I DID THE AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO ACCEPT MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH, 2013.
ITEM B IS TO ACCEPT MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 25TH MEETING.
AND ITEM C IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH CALLED COUNTY AND D IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER FOR PLANNING THE WEEK, UH, MARCH 17, BETWEEN 23 2013 AS POISON PREVENTION WEEK IN KAMAN COUNTY.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS? ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ACCEPT SO MAY MR. MANNING MAY SET MOTION, SAY NUMBER FOUR IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER EMPLOYMENTS TO A 13 MEMBER CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT CONCERNING SAFETY, UH, SECURITY AND SPACE NEEDS FOR THE COFFMAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND OTHER COUNTY OWNED FACILITY WITH A FINAL COURT PRESENTED TO THE COURT NO LATER, UH, THAN JULY 1ST.
AND AS PART OF THAT, UH, WHEN YOU GOT HERE TODAY, HAD PLACED, UH, KIND OF A, UH, JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE EXPECT THIS TO IT AVAILABLE TO, UH, THE PRESS AND ALSO TO THE, UH, PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING COMMITTEE TO DO.
AND CERTAINLY THIS IS A TIME TO, OR WE DO NEED A CHARGE, WE DO NEED TO GIVE THEM, ASK THEM TO LOOK AT THE THINGS WE FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO STUDY, BUT DO SO WITHOUT HAND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT TYING THEIR HANDS.
GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK TO ALL SELF TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN.
SO, UH, UH, WHAT I'M ASKING TO DO, UH, HERE, THIS IS, UH, UH, YOU, YOU JUMP IN HERE IF YOU WANNA ADD FUNDS OR WHATEVER THESE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, WHICH GIVE PRETTY BROAD AUTHORITY THERE.
UH, POLLING AREAS, THE COUNTY, UH, UH, GOVERNMENT.
AND, UH, ONE WOULD BE THE EXISTING COURTHOUSE CONDITIONS.
THE ANNEX BUILDING BUILDING, WE'RE IN SOUTH CAMPUS, THE OLD JAIL, OR I CALL IT THE OLD, OLD JAIL.
IT'S THE BUILDING THAT IS CURRENTLY LEASED TO THE MASONIC LODGE.
PUBLIC PARKING AREAS OWNED BY THE COUNTY, COUNTY DIS OFFICES, WHICH WE CURRENTLY LEASE.
THE REGIONAL NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER, THE OLD BUILDING, COFFMAN COUNTY JAIL AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE SUB COURT HOUSES IN PONY CAMP AND TERRELL.
AND THEN ALSO THE COUNTY PRECINCT BARNS.
AND THAT COVERS A LOT OF CHARACTER.
UH, BUT, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? I'D LIKE TO ADD THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, PUTTING SOME PROPERTY THAT'S AVAILABLE, THE COURTHOUSE POSSIBLE, UH, PROPERTY, UH, THAT COULD BE.
UH, IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? I THINK THAT'S GET THAT YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS.
UH, THEN WE WOULD ALSO, ANY, ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR THROUGH THIS S GONNA WORK IT'S BIG CHARGE.
I TRYING TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT THEY POSSIBLY, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE GOING COME BACK EVERYTHING, IT'S JUST THAT THEY LOOK AT ALL THE AREAS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAINTED WHEN THEY DO THESE TOURS OF THIS RIGHT HERE.
UH, SHOULD THE, SHOULD ONE OF THE PRECINCT COMMISSIONERS ACCOMPANY THESE PEOPLE SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO, TO ALL THESE PLACES AND ALSO, UH, BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHERE, WHERE, WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT, WHERE? WE, UH, I THINK SO.
AND, UH, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP IT.
BUT I THINK CERTAINLY IN THE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE, LIKE YOUR PRECINCT BARNS, YOUR SUB COURTHOUSE AREA, CERTAINLY
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YOU COULD ATTEND.I, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD ALLOW THIS COMMITTEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA REPORT BACK TO US AND ULTIMATELY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS GONNA BE THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, DECIDES WHAT WE DO IF WE DO ANYTHING.
AND, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD, UH, UH, PROVIDE THEM WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOUR AREAS BETTER.
ANYBODY ELSE? SO I WOULD THINK THAT JUDGE, WELL, I CAN CERTAINLY, UH, WHEN THEY COME TO THEIR YEAH, BE PRECINCT SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, AND I, I, I KIND OF THOUGHT I WOULD KIND OF SERVE AS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER.
I, I REALLY WANT THIS TO HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN, BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE FEEL PRESSURED BY ANYBODY.
I GUESS THAT'S THE REASON THAT I, YOU KNOW, WOULD KIND OF LIKE, JUST, I'LL BE AROUND, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER, THESE ARE THE SAME FOLKS THAT WE ASKED TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, AND CERTAINLY WE CAN ADD ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ON THERE AS WELL AS, UH, AS MEMBERS OF THE RESOURCE COMMITTEE.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY HAVE MEETINGS THAT UNLESS WE POSTED AT THE MEETING WE WE'RE NOT IN VIOLATION.
THE, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ALL THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, WELL THEN I CAN CERTAINLY ADD MYSELF AS A, AS A PERSON TO THIS RESOURCE, PROBABLY SHOULD.
ANYBODY ELSE YOU THINK WE, UH, AND I'LL, UH, START THEN ON THE PERSON THAT I'VE ASKED TO SERVE AS, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE GROUP, AND THAT IS JIM THOMPSON.
UH, JIM LIVES HERE IN KALIN AND HE'S IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, UH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD HERE IN AND RECENTLY HAS SERVED ON THE, UH, CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR THE COFFEE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE SOME, UH, UH, EXPERIENCE IN SERVING ON THESE TYPES OF COMMITTEES.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, PRECINCT ONE, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, MIKE WOULD BE MIKE SHOOK.
MIKE SHOOK, UHHUH
AND WE WILL PROVIDE THE PRESS WITH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GET FROM EACH OF YOU, ANGIE, IF YOU GET THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND MY OFFICE WILL SERVE AS THE PERSON THAT GETS THE MESSAGES THAT FAR.
THIS C ALRIGHT, UH, PRECINCT FOR NUMBER TWO.
I'VE GOT, UH, VEGAS, SPAIN, TERRY GRIFFIN AND SANDRA WILSON AND ALL THREE WERE THRILLED AND HONORED TO BE ME.
WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE MEDIA ON THE COMMITTEE.
THE PRECINCT UNDER THREE AND I'D LIKE TO ADD TO MY LIST PRECINCT REPRESENTATIVE JIM DAVIS.
UH, BILL AND BILL BAKER AND THEY WERE ALL EXCITED ABOUT TRYING TO GO FOR A COUNTY.
DO IT DOWN IF THE COPS WISH I IN COUNTY.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL GET YOU ALL THESE NAMES, UH, HERE.
WE CAN FOLLOW UP WHEN WE TAKE A BREAK.
AND THEN PRECINCT FOUR MY APPOINTMENTS WOULD BE TONYA REDWOOD, LARRY T AND CARL THOMAS.
WE APPOINT, WE APPOINT THOSE 13 PEOPLE TO COMMITTEE.
ALONG WITH THE, THAT'S A SEPARATE ITEM IT.
MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PARKER.
UH, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER NIK.
AND THE NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO RESOURCE TO ASSIST
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THE CITIZENS, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, INCLUDING THE, UH, FOLLOWING JUDGE HOWARD WITH MICHAEL CHI JUDGE EARLY NOR WHITE JUDGE DAVID LEWIS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE MCCLELLAN, SHERIFF DAVID BURNS, DISTRICT AND COUNTY CLERK LAURA HUG.NOW WE DISCUSSED EARLIER ABOUT IT ADDING FOUR COMMISSIONERS TO THAT.
I DUNNO THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT CERTAIN WANTED NECESSARY REPORTING TO YES SIR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT THOUGHT? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPOINT THIS RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER MANNING MAKES A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECOND MOTION.
ANY HAVE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER GRANTING PERMISSION 1 0 3 PIPELINE COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT A 16 INCH DIAMETER NATURAL GAS SURFACE PIPELINE ACROSS AND UNDER THE FOLLOWING
AND SET THE AMOUNT OF A ROAD BOND PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
AND THOSE ROADS INCLUDE COUNTY ROAD 3 31, 3 33, 3 39, 3 41, WHICH THE PIPELINE WILL GO UNDER THAT ROAD TWICE.
THAT PIPELINE WILL GO UNDER 3 47 2 TIMES AND ALSO 3 48 2 TIMES CHAIN PRECINCT THREE AND I BELIEVE HAS MET WITH THEM.
WE HAVE A MAP, UH, IF ANYBODY WISHES TO PROCEED WHERE THIS IS.
UH, KEN, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT THAT? WE'LL NEED TO, THAT'S THE THING I'LL HAVE COMMENT ABOUT IS SETTING THE BARN TWO 50 SOME THE OTHER FOR A TWO 50 BOND.
SAID YOU COULD SET ANY I BE A MAP MAP FOR ALL.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T.
THIS IS ONE OF TWO PIPELINES WE HAVE THAT WE WANT ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UH, THIS KIND OF CATCHES US ON THE PORTION OF THE, THE IN HUNT COUNTY GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTY SEA SEAWAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS? OKAY, COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THAT INTO A MOTION WITH THE BOND AMOUNT.
ALL IN FAVOR? SAY NEXT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, CONSTABLE TO PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE PROFILING REPORTABLE PRECINCT OUT THIS MORNING OUTTA NINE 60 STOPS, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS.
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YEAH, I HAVE THAT IN MY OFFICE.ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A, UH, MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FROM CONSTABLE PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR? SO MAY COMMISSIONER I ACCEPT MOTION.
SECOND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS, UH, CONSTABLE MAYFIELD TO CONST.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CONSTABLE? NOT MOTION TO ACCEPT MOTION.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
NEXT, UH, KAREN COOPER PRESENT THE, YOUR BENCHMARK FOR FIVE MONTHS OF OPERATIONS IS AT ALMOST 42%.
YOUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES WERE AT 78%, ALMOST 79.
AND YOUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND ARE AT 39%, WHICH IS BELOW THE BUDGET ON YOUR EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS GOOD.
SO EVERYTHING LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
THE REVENUES ARE COMING IN AND EXPENDITURE FOR BEING KEPT AT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, AUDITOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT? WHAT EVERYBODY IS, IS THAT A REASON FOR THAT? SOMETHING WE, OUR INSURANCE INSURANCES AND STUFF.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDITOR? I'LL AION.
OPPOSED? UH, WE'VE ALREADY DONE ITEM NUMBER 10.
SHANE HAS ASKED WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER 11, UH, FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UH, CITY OF CARROLL IN THEIR EJ.
I WOULD MOTION ITEM NUMBER 11.
SECOND 12 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN IT'S WRITTEN, NOT A RESOLUTION RESOLUTION.
THE TOWN OB SCURRY FOR A
THE, UH, CITY OF SCURRY, THESE LITTLE
UH, JACK MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO PIGGY ON ONE OF OUR CONTRACTS.
THEY, I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER MANNING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER NINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
THESE WERE ALL MINIMUM ONLY ONE IS JUVENILE PROBATION AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR, THESE WERE EMAILED TO US EARLIER, I BELIEVE.
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ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LINE? ITEM? TRANSFERS NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THAT MOTION.WE MAY HAVE TIME TO GO THE AUCTION IN CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.
SHORTEN IT USUALLY RUNS ABOUT A MILLION.
I KNOW, BUT I NEED THE PROCEDURE.
IT TAKES ALL TO GO THROUGH O-E-O-B-E-C.
I BUILDING HOW YOU SPELL BOO? THAT ONE.
I JUST DON'T, THAT'S GOTTA BE HERE BECAUSE THEY GOT KIDS.
CAN WE SEE THE BILL ON THE, UH, AUTOPSY? SOMEBODY? YEAH, I,
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OKAY, GOOD.WHAT'S A NAME? SO IT'S 13 COMMISSION.
UH, SEE JUDGE, UH, I JUST MISSED AND MISSED THE LAST NAME THAT SHOWING I HIS NAME AND I, AND I THOUGHT THEY SAID TERRY THOUGHT IT WAS COREY.
I, TERRY THEY SAID THEY SAID THIS.
HE DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T USUALLY IT'S SO THIS IS, THERE'S NOTHING ON THAT.
I REALLY WANTED TO MY BROTHER.
I, I MEET YOU COVERING THE MEETINGS FOR MONITOR.
OH, HOW IS BARBARA DOING? SHE IS, UH, SHE'S STILL REHABILITATION.
OH, SHE, BUT I UNDERSTAND SHE'S GETTING VISITORS.
SHE'S, SHE MUST HAD A SEVERE STROKE.
I MEAN IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE THAN EVER.
UM, IT MUST HAVE BEEN A MORE SEVERE STROKE THAN WHAT WE EVER DREAMED IT, YOU KNOW, WAS WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AMAZING.
BUT YOU KNOW, AND THEY SAID SHE WOULD NOT BE BACK.
SO BY THAT I'VE JUST GATHERED THAT IT WAS MORE SERIOUS THAN WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO RECOVER FROM.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I GATHER.
UH, AND SHE'S JUST GOING TO BE, I MEAN IS SHE AN WELL I THINK SHE'S JUST UP THERE GOING REHABILITATION STROKE INSTANTANEOUSLY.
WE WERE JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS HERE, A LADY WAS HERE ONE DAY AND I BELIEVE SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE BACK THAT WELL THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE CONTRACT.
I TIME ANYTIME YOU SHE USED TO SIT RIGHT HERE BY ME
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TIME.SHE USED TO SIT RIGHT THERE BY ME.
SO WHERE ARE YOU DOING EVERYTHING? SHE DID.
I THINK I'VE GOT ABOUT LIST OF ABOUT 15.
I BET YOU, I BET YOU'RE DOING WHAT SHE DID.
ANYTHING THERE CA CA LAST WEEK? I WOULD SAY THE THING THAT SHE, I THOUGHT WAS THE THING WAS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, KEMP SCHOOL BOARD AND KEMP SCHOOL BOARD DOES THE THING THEY HAVE.
OF COURSE THEY'RE STILL SMALL AND THEY HAVE PARENT OR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THEY MEET AND YOU CAN, AND THEY MIGHT HAVE ONE OR TWO BOARD MEMBERS AND YOU CAN ASK THEM ANYTHING YOU WANT.
AND THEN THEY HAVE BABYSITTING FOR THE STUDENTS AND IT'S, YOU GO, BECAUSE IT'S A NIECE.
SHE USED TO TELL US ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT IS, TO ME, THING WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU, YOU, YOU GO TO THAT IF YOU CAN.
BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT WOULD BE A, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING FEATURE.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT.
AND THEY ROTATE THEIR BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY DO IT ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, HOW DO I'VE FORGOTTEN SCHOOL DISTRICT UHHUH.
'CAUSE THAT'S A NEW THING THAT THEY DO IT, THEY ROTATE.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE, IT'S NOT A MEETING, IT'S JUST INFORMATIVE.
PEOPLE CAN GO AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND THEY MAY JUST HAVE ONE OR TWO BOARD MEMBERS.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA MAKE IT A FORM.
IT'S ALWAYS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
SHE SAID THAT IT STARTED OUT PEOPLE, BUT AS, AS PEOPLE LEARNED WHAT IT WAS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SPEAK, ASK QUESTIONS, THE ROOM'S FULL.
I WASN'T AWARE THEY WERE THERE.
CHECK ON THAT AND SEE WHAT IS YOUR NAME, DAVID? I CAN, SURE.
I THINK I CAN GIVE YOU GIVE YOU THAT CARD.
YOU CHECK, YOU CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S, ISN'T THAT INTERESTING THAT, THAT I MEAN, FORNEY WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
FORNEY WOULDN'T EVEN DO IT WHEN HIM LITTLE NO.
FORNEY IS THE BOTTOM OF TOMORROW'S SIDE OF CHART.
AND I HAVE NOTHING TO BASE IT ON BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN IN ANOTHER SCHOOL.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ANOTHER MEETING.
FIND OUT, FIND OUT ABOUT THAT AND LET US KNOW BECAUSE I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING.
I THINK YOU'RE READY TO BE EXIT THIS WEEK.
I THINK IT WOULD, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY DID THAT.
THERE'S ALWAYS, EVERYBODY ALWAYS HAS LOT.
WELL THEY JUST IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE BIGGEST AQUARIUM.
IT'S THE BIGGEST DEPOSITOR IN THE BANK.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON, WHETHER YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT, EVERYBODY PAYS SCHOOL TAXES.
YOU KNOW, WHEN UH, WHEN 40, WHEN THE, WHEN THE MONITOR, THE T BOND CAME, I CAME HOME AND I TOLD KERRY, I SAID, YOU KNOW THAT DUDE, HE'S GOT BACK, HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT BACKWARDS.
HE SAID, WE ARE GOING TO WORK OUT A PLAN TO TAKE CARE OF THE STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND TAXPAYERS AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT GUY'S GOT LITTLE BIT WARDS.
DO YOU TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE? PAY THE BILL FIRST AND THEN WHEN YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM, THE OTHERS ARE GONNA BE HAPPY.
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SO THAT POINT, BUT 40, THEY HAD, THEY HAD THEM MIXED UP.YOU GOTTA HAVE TO MAKE THEM HAPPY FIRST.
AND THEN THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ALL HAPPY IF PEOPLE PAY THE BILL.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT.
I THOUGHT, YOU'VE GOT THIS, YOU'VE GOT THIS VERSE, DUDE, NOT RIGHT.
JUST LIKE, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE TAXPAYER, THE TAX, THE PEOPLE PAY THE BILL.
THEY'RE YOUR CUSTOMERS AND THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY LIKE OR NOT, THEY ARE A BUSINESS.
THEY'RE THE BIGGEST BUSINESS IN THE TOWN.
THEY PROBABLY, THE MOST PEOPLE, IN MOST CASES, MUCH TIME.
WAY TOO MUCH TIME TO PAY THE BILLS.
I SOMETIMES I LEAVE MUCH LONGER.
BUT CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A, I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING, A REALLY INTERESTING ONE.
DID BARBARA EVER DO A STORY ON IT? I DON'T KNOW.
SHE'S ALWAYS TOLD ME ABOUT IT.
SHE WENT, BUT I DUNNO IF SHE EVER DID A ARTICLE ON OR, I HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT SHE WAS REAL, SHE WAS REAL INTERESTED.
SHE WAS VERY IN BECAUSE SHE WATCHED IT FROM WHEN IT WAS FORMED, WHEN THEY STARTED IT TO HIDE THROUGH.
AND I THINK SHE WENT SOMEWHERE.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WENT FOR THE PAPERWORK.
SHE JUST WENT WHEN SHE WAS JUST INTERESTED.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY, A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS WOULD COME.
SHE SAID, NOT ONLY THAT, SHE JUST SAID IT WAS AMAZING WHEN IT STARTED.
THE PEOPLE REALLY REALIZED THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THEM AND WANTED TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY, GOOD OR BAD.
AND WOULDN'T TOLERATE CRITICISM.
I'VE, I'VE NEVER BEEN WITH, SO I DUNNO HOW THEY, I DUNNO IF THE REST OF THEM, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NEVER, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO MEASURE ALL.
I HOPE THEY'RE ALL NOT, IF THEY ARE PRETTY, PRETTY.
DEPENDS ON THE VERY FIRST ONE.
VERY, OH, OURS IS A VERY SCHOOL.
IT'S JUST NOT A VERY FRIENDLY SCHOOL.
WE'RE VERY SCHOOLS WE'RE JUST NOT A VERY FRIENDLY, WE DON'T TOLERATE.
AND IF A NEW BOARD MEMBER WOULD CAST NO, WHICH WE HAD, HE WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
THEY, THEY'LL STRAIGHTEN HIM OUT.
WELL, I WOULDN'T CALL THAT, CALL THAT, I KNOW THAT'S JUST HOW, HOW HAD KIDS AND THEN MY SECOND WIFE USED TO ALLOW TO HAVE,
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SO DO YOU LIVE IN FLORIDA? UHHUH? WE HAVE 40 YEARS.SO WOULD YOU BE IN THE KEN INDUSTRY? YEAH.
SO SEE, YOU'D BE REAL INTERESTED IN, I MEAN IT'S, UH, I A WORK BASED PROPERTY TERMS UHHUH, SO YOU'D BE REAL INTERESTED AND I, THEY ROTATE AND SHE SAYS THEY ROTATE FROM SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, ONE TIME THEY MEET ELEMENTARY, ONE TIME THEY MEET THE HIGH SCHOOL.
ONE TIME THEY MEET THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THERE'S BEEN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVEN DO IT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA.
I WOULD BET THEY WOULD BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA SUCCESSFUL.
I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD, BUT I DON'T FIND OUT.
I, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NEXT WEEK OR WEEK AFTER I GO TO THE, THEY STILL THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY, IT RUINED ME A VERY, VERY POPULAR BECAUSE ALL PEOPLE WANT, ALL PEOPLE WANT IS TO FEEL IMPORTANT AND TO HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THAT'S ALL THEY WANT.
AND TO FEEL WELCOME AND IMPORTANT, IT'S ALL.
AND TO BE TREATED FAIRLY, THAT'S ALL THEY WANT.
SO HOW, SO YOU TOOK OVER FARMERS? WELL I, I AM A, I'M NOT A EMPLOYEE.
SO I CONTRACTED TO COVER MEETINGS.
SO THEY PAY YOU SO MUCH PER MEETING.
IS THAT THE WAY IT WORKS? MAY I ASK WHAT DO THEY PAY YOU? OKAY.
WELL THE REASON WHY WE KNOW IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A RUN INTO THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT I SHOULD, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
IT'S NOT A LOT OF, IT'S LIKE I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I WAS A JOURNALIST FOR 35 YEARS, BUT I JUST WANNA KEEP, KEEP WORKING.
BEEN RETIRED FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS LATER.
I WAS BOARD, I SAW LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO, UH, DO YOU KNOW SUSAN HARRIS? SHE'S THE GENERAL MANAGER.
NO, SHE, UH, I'LL ASK IF IT'S OKAY.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IN CASE WE EVER YEAH, AND I, AND I DUNNO, IF DOESN'T MATTER'S, FINE.
WHATEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
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OH YEAH.I LIKE PEOPLE WHEN WE FALL BACK SATURDAY NIGHT AND LATE ENOUGH THAT SUDDEN I REALIZED THE GUIDE ON THE TV WAS CAN'T THAT LATE.
I REALIZED THE TIMING CHANGED.
AND UM, SO WE WENT FROM ONE TO TWO REAL QUICK AND UH, ANYWAY, SO WE MESSED ME UP LAST NIGHT.
SO I DON'T ASLEEP TOOK FIVE, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TUESDAY.
SO I TRIED IN, NOT REALLY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE PLAYED THIS LONG.
I'VE GOTTEN IN THE BED A LEAVE ALL THE TIME AND HE IS COME BACK TO BAT.
THIS IS THE FIRST BOARD THOUGH THAT I'VE EVER BEEN AT WHERE THEY TAKE ALL THIS TIME GOING THROUGH ALL THESE BILLS.
THIS IS EVERY TIME, EVERY ONE DAY YOU TAKE PAID BILLS AND TWO SECOND MAKE THE MOTION VOTE.
WELL, I GUESS THIS IS, I GUESS I JUST NEVER EVER SEEN IT BEFORE UNTIL I GOT HERE.
BANK ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM IN THE FIRST OF THE YEAR THAT HAS CREATED HABIT.
HAVING TO GO THROUGH AND CHANGE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S TERRIBLE GETTING, I, I LIKE TO GET ALL MY STUFF SET UP BECAUSE
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I LIKE MEETING IN THE, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE TO DO PICK SOMETHING ONE TIME AND DEAL.I, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY, THE REASON THEY, THAT IS THE, I JUST THOUGHT TO PUT A SECURITY CODE ON MINE BECAUSE I'VE GOT EVERY PERSON'S CELL PHONE FROM THE COUNTY THAT DOESN'T WANT GIVE OUT, YOU KNOW, MATTER HOW MUCH ALL I THINK AT SOME POINT, AT SOME POINT MAYBE NOT, JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF THE WEB PAGE.
ENOUGH MONEY TO, I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE SEATTLE INTELLIGENCE TOTALLY ONLINE NOW.
LIKE, WELL, IT'S ONLY LIKE THREE DAYS A WEEK.
NO, ACTUALLY YOU COULD, IF YOU PRINT DISCOVERY, GET FREE ONLINE OR YOU COULD PAY THE PRINT SUBSCRIPTION AND GET IT ONLINE AWAY.
IT WORKS OUT THE SAME, YOU KNOW,
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WE CHARGE THE SAME RATE AND THEN, UH, GENERALLY PEOPLE DO THAT IN UTAH OR SOMETHING, WHATEVER.NOW THE ONE THING IS WE JUST WENT TO A NEW WEB HOSTING SERVICE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO AND PART OF THE DEAL WAS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AROUND WHAT THEY CALL THE PAYWALL.
UH, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY GET LIKE THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS OR SO, UNLESS YOU'RE ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION AND SO FORTH.
THEY'RE DRAGGING THEIR FEES, PUTTING EVERYTHING IN PAPER.
I GOT FROM RIGHT NOW ASKING ABOUT THAT THING EVERY OTHER DAY.
AND THE MONITOR HAS JUST FIRST SWITCH TO THE ENTIRE NEWSPAPER.
I'VE BEEN THERE GOT A LOT OF NEWSPAPERS USING NOW WHERE YOU GOT WHAT THEY CALL CONDITION.
YOU CLICK ON IT AND YOU SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A NEWSPAPER THING.
IT'S BASICALLY THEY TAKE THE PDFS ONLINE.
SO TRY TO GET THAT CONTACT INFO BECAUSE OKAY, THAT'S CONVERTED
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TAKES MORE TIME.30 MINUTES, 40 MINUTES CONSTRUCTION WE COULD DO TO SEE WHERE IT CAME OUT.
THEY HAVE CHECK EACH ONE SOMETHING ERROR.
UM, USUALLY JUST TO SEE, TO SEE WHAT IT WAS.
I MEAN, BECAUSE ALL THEY SEE IS COMES OUT OF THIS NEED, NEED BACKUP, NEED WE ABLE TO SCAN SO WE WON'T HAVE TO HAVE PAPER UNLESS, UNLESS WE'RE INVOICES ON SYSTEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DOWNLOAD THE CHECKS.
CHECK COMMISSIONS BEFORE COMMISSION.
BEFORE, BEFORE THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE, SOME THINGS JUST HAPPEN.
I KNOW KAUFMAN'S ALREADY DOING FOR ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY SEND ME THE, THE COUNCIL PACKET, THEY EMAIL IT TO AND, AND I GOT ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION WHERE ALL THE NUMBERS ARE.
AND I MEAN IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY GIVE ME A LIKE 170 PAGE PACKET.
IT WORKS OUT LIKE THAT BIG, BUT IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ALL ON MY COMPUTERS AND, AND, AND IT IS LINKED.
SO I CLICK ON IT, I CLICK THE AGENDA ITEM AND IT GOES RIGHT TO THE SUPPORTING INFORMATION.
Y'ALL GOT TWO HIGH SCHOOLS? NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT HIGH SCHOOLS.
HE'S GOT YOU GOT WHAT? A FOUR A AND A TWO A? NO, FOUR A.
BUT THEY'RE VERY, THE NORTH CAN'T COMPETE.
IF YOU HAD ONE, YOU'D BE A FIVE HIGH.
IT'S NOT THAT WE WOULD BE A HIGH SCHOOL.
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NO DESIRE AND TRUSTEE.AND THAT HAD TO BE, I CAN IMAGINE TO GO 15 THE TAXES ON THE BUILDING.
I I THINK IT'S NEARLY FOUR GALLON GASOLINE.
I KEPT PILLS EVERY NIGHT AND THINKS MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT TAKES GASOLINE THAT YOU COULD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT AT SOME POINT THOUGH, I'M SURPRISED IT HADN'T HAPPENED.
IT HAPPENED WALKS, BUT I EXPECT IT'S BECOME MORE OF A BEDROOM THAN FOR DALLAS BECAUSE WE GOT 1 7 5 POPPING STRAIGHT IN THERE.
YOU GOT PEOPLE LIVING BARELY OUT.
PLANO TAKE THEM AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET TO WORK BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC.
YOU COULD LIVE OUT HERE AND STILL GET TO WORK AN HOUR AND A HALF TO, WE DIDN'T HAVE BUT IS EXTREMELY BEHIND GOLD.
AND SHE SAID WHAT THEY DID, SHE WAS TAKING AND
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MAKE US A COPY.SO SENT IT TO A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE.
OKAY, WHAT DAY DOES SHE BRING DAY? LET'S COME.
I JUST HAVE TO GO BACK OFFICE AND START WRITING AND DOING BITS.
I HAD SOMEBODY CALL ME BACK AND LEFT MY CELL PHONE NUMBER AND THEY CALLED ME BACK FRIDAY.
SO I TOOK NOTES AT THE HOUSE, DID AN INTERVIEW ON THE, BUT IF I WAS A COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL, I, I DRIVE FIRST THING I ASK, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MEETING.
I'VE BEEN WRITING THOSE SALES TAX STORIES FOR YEARS AND SALES TAX YOU CAN OH YEAH.
BUT, BUT YOU CAN SEE, I'M SORRY, UNEMPLOYMENT STORIES FOR YEARS.
BUT UH, YOU CAN MARK WHERE THE ECONOMY WENT BAD IN 2008, 5% UNEMPLOYMENT, 4.6% OF THEM AND THEN 2009 IT POPPED 8.5%.
AND IT'S NEVER GOTTEN REALLY, EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU'LL GET A LITTLE BELOW SEVEN ONCE ONE, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT'S ABOVE SEVEN.
OCCASIONALLY IT POPS A GRADE AGAIN.
THE BEFORE YOU CAN, I, BEFORE SIX MONTHS OR AT LEAST HAD A PART TIME JOB, HAD A PARTTIME JOB BECAUSE THEY LET YOU MAKE A LITTLE MORE MONEY.
THAT, AND I SEE HELP TIMES ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO THE, WHEN SOMEONE CALLS AND ASKS US ABOUT DEPARTMENT, IF THEY DON'T GIVE THEIR NAME, WE SAY WE'RE NOT ALL MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS ALL.
MY BOSS LADY'S KIND OF LIKE THAT.
SHE, UH, SHE FIRES A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND THE PAPERWORK CAME IN.
THEY, WE WERE REQUESTING HER APPOINTMENT.
SHE, SHE'S PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THIS STUFF TO SEND BACK SO THAT THEY WON'T GET HER UNEMPLOYMENT.
A LOT OF BUSINESSES, THEY FIRE SOMEBODY AND THEN THEY DON'T WANT THE BACK.
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THEY OUGHT, THIS IS IF YOU'RE WORKING, Y'ALL BE ABLE TO, SO THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.SO TAKES WHEN YOU GET, WHEN THEY GET LEFT OFF, YOU CAN SCAN ALL THAT STUFF.
IT WOULD BE A CD ON THE ACTUAL SOFTWARE.
IT HAS PLACES, ATTACH INVOICE.
MOST OF THAT STUFF STARTS OUT ON THE COMPUTER.
I MEAN THAT'S A LOT OF INVOICES.
HE SAID ANYTHING COULD MY JOB.
I JUST SAY A MOTION TO, UM, NUMBER 15.
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THE NEXT ITEM GOING ON WITH YOU.YOU START WORKING OUT SOMEWHERE.
AND THE SAD PART IS I HAVE A BIKE, I HAVE A TREADMILL.
UH, I HAVE WEIGHT, BUT DO I GET ON THEM? NO.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BIKE A FEW TIMES.
THIS, WELL, LAST WEEK I THINK I WROTE IT TWICE, BUT IT'S NOT A, I JUST CAN'T BREAK MYSELF TO JUMP UP AND DO IT.
WELL I HAD SOLD MY TREADMILL A COUPLE YEARS AGO, MY BIKE LAST YEAR AND I WISH, BUT IT WAS JUST LIKE HE DOES AND NOT DO ANYTHING.
SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHEN IT GETS NICE TO WHERE THEY START WALKING AT LUNCH OR SOMETHING, IT WAS WALKING MY DOGS IN THE MOR YOU KNOW, GO AND WALK THE DOG IN THE MORNING.
THEN I'D WALK AFTERWARDS MM-HMM
AND THEN IT GOT, UH, IT GOT COLD.
I JUST HAD ALL MY EXCUSES MADE UP.