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I, NOT ANOTHER, BUT I'VE REALLY, CONSIDERING I SMOKED CIGARETTES ALL THOSE 30 YEARS, YOU THINK I DOESN'T YOU'RE FINE.
A GOOD PLACE TO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY, IT'S NOT EXTREME.
YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED HERE, BUT I, THE VIDEO LAST WEEK, MY CAMERA WAS ON AND MAKE THE COMMISSIONER.
CAN WE GET YOU THE SLIDE? GOOD MORNING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, OR, SURE.
WELL, I DIDN'T, I NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL I WAS WATCHING IT AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWS HIS HEAD'S IN THE CAMERA.
IS THIS OKAY HERE? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
I JUST, WHEN IT, IT'S JUST FOCUSING ON YOU AND THE REST OF IT BLURRY.
USUALLY I JUST CAME, HERE THEY ARE MONIQUE.
TRY TO GET HIM OUT OF IT IF I CAN.
I'VE NEVER BEEN JUST A WRITER LAYOUT, WHATEVER, SO I ALWAYS HAD TO PICK UP THE IN DESIGN EXPRESS PAGEMAKER.
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I WAS MAY 28TH MEETING OF THE KAMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.UH, GLAD TO HAVE YOU THIS MORNING.
IF YOU ARE HERE AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADDRESS THE COURT ON ANY ITEM, UH, OR JUST IN PUBLIC, UH, FORUM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, YOU CERTAINLY ARE WELCOME TO DO SO.
WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA, UH, OR WE DO HAVE A FORUM.
AND, UH, IF YOU'LL TURN THOSE IN AFTER, RIGHT BEFORE WE GET TO THE, UH, REMARKS FROM VISITORS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU NOW TO STAND WITH ME AND TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION AND WE'LL HAVE, OH LORD, WE ASK YOUR GUIDANCE TODAY AND YOUR WISDOM TO CARRY OUT THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS, UM, IN THE PROPER WAY.
WE ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER ALL THE VICTIMS OF THE PAST TRAGEDIES OF, OF THIS YEAR.
BUT WE ASK THAT YOU CONSULT THE FAMILIES OF ALL THE VICTIMS AND HELP THE HEALING PROCESS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO REBUILD AND DISASTERS THAT WE SUFFERED.
AND WE ASK THIS JESUS I ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN ITS NEW REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS ONE INDIVISIBLE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, SOMEONE STEVE, BRING THAT UP TO.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER, DID HE LEAVE, UH, I BELIEVE HE DID.
WE'VE HAD A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION WITH HIM.
AND SO, UH, HE'LL BE BACK AT A, AT A LATER MEETING.
WE'RE NOT QUITE READY TO MOVE, UH, ON THE ITEM THAT WAS LISTED, UH, FOR SOME SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE'LL, UH, NOT HAVE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
UH, UNDER ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE, I REALLY DON'T, UH, HAVE ANYTHING TO GIVE YOU.
UH, UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES OF MAY THE 13TH, AS WELL AS MAY THE 15TH THROUGH 2013.
WE HAVE, UH, ITEM C TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE BOND OF PATRICK POSTON FOR PRECINCT THREE.
ITEM D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE WITH THE CITY OF POST OAK BEND, CAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT.
ITEM E IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE WITH THE CITY OF OAK GROVE AND CAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT.
ITEM F IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OAK GROVE COUNTY PRECINCT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR I'LL A MOTION TO APPROVE SO MAY MR. MANNING MAKES THAT MOTION.
NEXT ITEM IS JUDGE, UH, DAVID LEWIS IS HERE TO DISCUSS WITH US THE, UH, CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF SET OF VERNON STATUTES FOR JUDGE DENNIS JONES.
JUDGE LEWIS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
UH, ONE OF THE, UH, THAT I HAVE IS FOR THE JUDGES TO HAVE THE SAME, UH, PUBLIC ACCESS AND PUBLIC TO HAVE THE SAME, UH, AS THE JUDGES HAVE.
UH, I HAVE CONTRACTED WITH, UH, WEST TO, UH, HAVE COMPUTERIZED LITTLE RESEARCH JUDGE JONES COMPUTER, AND I FIND THAT I USE THAT, UH, PROBABLY PRIMARILY, UH, THAT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL EXPENSE.
NOW, UH, I ALSO USE THE SOFTBOUND BOOKS
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ON MY DESK AND THE THIRD ITEM TO MAKE A COMPLETE LIBRARY.UH, AND EACH ONE OF US, UH, JUDGES HAVE A SET OF BURDENS, UH, THAT WE USED.
UH, IT NORMALLY SELLS FOR PRETTY CLOSE TO $6,000, 5,886.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE OFFERED A SPECIAL PROGRAM, UH, FOR A 30% DISCOUNT.
SO ASSUMING THAT YOU APPROVED MY RECOMMENDATION, UH, WE'LL BE PURCHASING JUDGE JONES SET OF BOOKS FOR 4,001 20.
AND, UH, UH, I THINK THAT WILL GIVE HIM A COMPLETE LEGAL RESEARCH, UH, VEHICLE.
AND I THINK THE PUBLIC EXPECTS US JUDGES TO BE LEGALLY ACCURATE AND, UH, THEY SHOULDN'T EXPECT US TO BE LEGALLY ACCURATE.
UH, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THESE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
FUNDING FOR THESE COMES OUT OF A LAW LIBRARY FUND, WHICH HAS A PRETTY HEALTHY BALANCE.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO THESE STATUTE? THEY HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME SET IN THE LAW.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
SO MOVED FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING AND COMMISSIONER ROSA.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
NEXT IS HOW STANFORD FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON, UH, ACTIVITIES IN COLTON COUNTY AND HOW WE HAD YOU HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK AND GIVING US AN UPDATE AND DISCUSSING US, TELLING US WHAT ALL WAS GOING ON IN
UH, WELL I'LL YOU, IF I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR, I MEAN, WHAT YOUR, IF I'M NOT, UH, COVERING THE PROPER AGENDA POINTS, LET ME KNOW.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON NOW.
UM, UM, JUST THE, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, JUST AS THEY COME TO MY MIND, THE GATEWAY PROJECT AND, AND ON OVER S 80 BETWEEN 20 AND TERRELL, UH, IS GOING WELL AND IS SCHEDULED FOR A, UM, SEPTEMBER COMPLETION.
UM, THE STATE HIGHWAY 34, THE BRIDGE OVER US HEATING, UM, IN TERRELL, UH, IS SCHEDULED FOR A, UH, JUNE COMPLETION JUST IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO, MAYBE JULY, I SHOULD SAY JULY, A LITTLE OVER A MONTH.
UH, THAT'LL BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE THAT BRIDGE.
UM, INTERSTATE 20, THERE'S A PROJECT GOING ON INTERSTATE 20 THAT'S ABOUT 12 MILES LONG FROM THE COUNTY DALLAS COUNTY LINE, UM, TO, TO TER UH, FOR REPAIRING THAT CONCRETE PAVEMENT.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ALL OF IT REPAIRING.
THERE'S A LOT OF BAD PAVEMENT IN THERE.
AND, UH, WE, UM, WHEN I CAME ON THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE OVERLAYING IT WITH CLOUD MIX AND, UH, I, I MADE A ADJUSTMENT THERE AND SHIFTED THAT MONEY OVER TO CONCRETE REPAIR.
FELT LIKE IT'D BE A BETTER USE OF THAT MONEY.
AND SO WE'RE DOING FULL DEPTH CONCRETE PAVE REPAIRS, UH, IN THAT AREA.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S GOING, THAT'S GOING WELL AND SHOULD BE FINISHED THIS SUMMER.
UH, OF COURSE THE OFF SYSTEM, OFF SYSTEM, UH, BRIDGE PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON, UM, HAS, I BELIEVE SIX BRIDGES ON IT.
AND, UH, THAT'LL ALSO BE FINISHED THIS SUMMER, UH, PROBABLY AUGUST.
UM, LET'S SEE, I LEFT ONE OUT.
UM, OH WELL, THE, THE, UH, FM 1 48 AND FM 1641 JOBS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BY NINTH RIVER CONTRACTING.
UM, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP SOME, WE GOT A DRIVEWAY WE'RE FINISHING UP AND SOME, SOME, UH, KIND OF SOME FINISHING UP DETAILS ON THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, SO KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, ON THE UPCOMING PROJECTS, UM, THE FM SEVEN 40 FROM 40, UH, UP TO, UP INTO ROCKWALL COUNTY IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT THAT HAS LED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN, UH, VERY SOON.
AND SO, UH, I WOULD EXPECT, UH, CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ON THAT NEXT MONTH ON, UH, ADDING
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SHOULDERS AND, UH, REHAB OF THAT, THAT ROADWAY.UM, OF COURSE THE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A, I BELIEVE A DECEMBER LETTING ON THE, THE FIRST LEG OF THE KAUFMAN BYPASS FROM, FROM ONE SEVEN, UH, FROM 1 75 TO 2 43.
UM, AND ANOTHER JOB THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN DESIGNED, BUT IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US, AND I THINK WE'LL BE TO YOU AS THE, UH, FM 1 48 FROM 1 75 IN CVILLE DOWN TO 1390, ALMOST DOWN THAT WORKFORCE SAW.
UM, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY MUCH NEEDED PROJECT.
IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH CRANLEY, IS THAT JUST GONNA BE A WIDENING OR A SHOVEL? NO, IT, WELL, IT'LL BE, UM, FULL DEPTH RE RECONSTRUCTION.
UM, WE HAVEN'T, UH, I HOPE SO, BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN THE DESIGN OF THAT.
SO, UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD PUT SOME THREE FOOT SHOULDERS ON THERE, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR SURE.
I JUST KNOW WE GOT, WE GOT A COMMITMENT TO FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, 'CAUSE IT DOES HAVE SUCH, SUCH GREAT NEED.
WELL, THAT'S CUT OUT ANY OF THE CURVE THERE ON 1 48 AND
THAT'S, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, I GUESS
SO WITH THAT TYPE OF FUNDING, IT'S, IT'S JUST A, A RECONSTRUCTION OF WHAT'S THERE.
THAT WILL BE FULL DEPTH EXPLANATION.
BE SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DID ON 9 87, UH, RIGHT.
I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, UH, ON THE HIGHWAY STATE HIGHWAY 2 74, UH, BEFORE YOU GET TO KING CREEK BRIDGE, Y'ALL IN DENNIS SHOULDER REPAIR DOWN THERE, UM, ARE YOU SEEING, ARE YOU SEEING SOME SLOUGHING ON THAT, ON THE ROAD BASE ON THAT, ON THAT WEST SIDE DOWN THERE? IS THAT WHAT'S CAUSING ALL THAT SEPARATION DOWN THERE? HONESTLY, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THAT.
WELL, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S SOME MAJOR SEPARATIONS FOR GOOD DISTANCE AND IT DROPPING, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE M IT IN, UH, RESEARCH.
SO JUST ENGINEERS ON NO, NO SIR.
BUT I, I'LL SURE LOOK INTO THAT AND GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE.
I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THE 34TH.
UM, BRIDGE OVER 80, UM, YOU SAID THAT'D BE COMPLETE IN JULY? POSSIBLY.
WELL, THAT WHOLE INTERCHANGE, THE WHOLE SECTION OF THAT TO WHERE IT RECONNECTS WITH 34 AIRPORT ROAD, IS THAT ALL GONNA BE COMPLETE BY SIR? YES, SIR.
ACTUALLY THEY OPENED UP A LITTLE PART OF THAT CAME THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT WAS CLOSED, YOU KNOW, AND THEY KIND OF REDID THAT, I THINK THURSDAY OR FRIDAY THERE'S, THAT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY INTERESTING INTERSECTION.
YOU PAY ATTENTION NOW, YOU CAN'T, THAT WAS TO BE BUILT IN SIX SEGMENTS AND THEY ELIMINATED ONE DOWN WITH FIVE, BUT STILL IT TOOK LITTLE BITS AND PIECES TO GET TRAFFIC MOVING THROUGH.
ON I 20 HE WAS TALKING ABOUT DOING THE, THE CONCRETE WORK.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S A PAVEMENT FAILURE OR A SUBGRADE? YES.
NO, I THINK IT'S MOSTLY SUBGRADE, YES.
ARE Y'ALL GONNA DO ANY LINE A STABILIZATION I GUESS, WHERE YOU'RE GONNA REPAIR NO, NOT ON THIS, ON THIS TYPE OF WORK.
WE'RE GONNA, UH, REMOVE THE CONCRETE AND THEN MAKE SURE WHAT'S UNDER IT IS STABLE AND THEN BUILD CONCRETE BACK ON TOP.
NOW IF WE GOT IN THERE AND IT'S, IT'S SOFT AND AND SLOPPY, THEN WE WOULD YES.
NEED TO GO TO WHERE IT'S STABLE, BUT THERE'S NO PROVISION IN THIS CONTRACT TO STABILIZE WHAT'S UNDER CONCRETE.
THEY PUT A LOT BECAUSE OF OUR LOVELY SOIL THAT WE HAVE.
YEAH, THEY PUT A LOT OF SELECT FIELD IN THERE WHEN THEY BUILT IT.
JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST SO MUCH.
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ABOUT WAS, UH, COUNTY ROAD IDENTIFICATION SIGNS.FOR OUR COUNTY ROADS, UH, EVER, EVER COUNTY ALMOST HAS A, A SIGN, I GUESS IT'S A EIGHTH AND A MILE OR SO BEFORE A COUNTY ROAD, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING UP.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT, OUR COUNTY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE LOST FROM OUTTA COUNTY, THEY DUNNO UNTIL THEY PASS THE ROAD AND IT'S TRAFFIC HAZARD BECAUSE WE HAVE NO SHOULDERS PULL OVER ON, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET TURN AROUND.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GET DONE? WELL, IT'S WORTH A TRY.
I, I, UM, VERY ABOUT LOBBYING FOR THAT, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, I, I THINK A, A REQUEST FROM THE COURT, UM, TO ME AND I'LL FORWARD IT UP AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND SEE, SEE WHAT MIGHT CAN BE DONE.
THE CURRENT POLICY OF THE DALLAS DISTRICT, I, I LIKE YOU, I SEE AROUND STAGED, BUT PRETTY MUCH EACH DISTRICT HAS THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, POLICIES WITHIN THE BOUND OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL POLICIES.
BUT, UM, THE DALLAS DISTRICT POLICY IS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SECTION, IS THAT, THAT WE DON'T INSTALL THOSE SIGNS WHEN THEY SAY THAT IT IS, UH, THAT THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, UH, POLICIES ALLOW 'EM, UH, BUT ALSO ALLOW A LOCAL DISTRICT TO DETERMINE THAT IF IT'S COST EFFECTIVE OR WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR IT AND IF, IF THEY WANT TO TAKE ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE SIGNS IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO THOSE, THOSE TWO ISSUES, I, I BELIEVE, UH, THE, THE COST OF IT INITIALLY AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE OF IT, UH, THOSE SIGNS ARE WHY THE DALLAS DISTRICT DOESN'T INSTALL.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE AT THIS TIME.
UH, BUT, BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU COULDN'T, UH, FILL THE CASE FOR WHY YOU WOULD LIKE I JUST FEEL LIKE WITH OUR VERY NARROW ROADS AND NO SHOULDERS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A AHEAD.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MISS THE ROAD, THEY TRY TO GET TURNED AROUND AND THERE'S NO SHOULDERS OVER ON.
I THINK IT'D JUST BE A GREAT SAFETY.
SAFETY AND OUR FIREMEN AND YEAH, THEY FIRST RESPOND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE OUT THERE DOWN THE GUY'S HOUSE, THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH ROAD YOU DOWN TO GO TO.
AND SO HE LOST HIS WHOLE HOUSE AND NONSENSE REPORT.
BUT HE SAID YEAH, HE, HE DIDN'T, DIDN'T, BUT THEN I ONCE WAS, AND DEFINITELY ONE SECURITY ISSUES FOR OUR SHERIFF, FIRST RESPONDERS FOR PEOPLE COMING OUT HERE TRYING TO FIND WHERE THEIR FRIENDS LIVE.
AND IT WAS JUST BIG SITUATION.
SO ON STATE HIGHWAY, IMPORTANT TO US.
YOU NOTHING, IT'S A DALLAS DISTRICT DECISION, NOT JUST AN AREA THAT'S, IT'S SOMETHING YOU COULDN'T DO WITHOUT HAVING PLEASE.
THEY'LL THEY'LL TAKE ALL YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.
YOU CAN'T DO IT JUST BY YOURSELF WITHOUT THE DALLAS DISTRICT AUTHOR.
THAT'S, WE NEED TO MAKE A REQUEST TO YOU AND THEN WE'LL PASS IT.
WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
I'M SURE THAT HOW TO WORK ON THE SAME BUDGET.
WE HAVE MONEY NEVER DOESN MAKE MONEY, GETS THERE BE ENOUGH.
AND SO IF YOU TAKE THE MONEY PUTTING ON SIGNS, YOU GOING TAKE IT AWAY FROM SOMETHING ELSE.
PREFERABLY THEY TAKE AWAY FROM PLANT SITE AT THE INTERSECTION AND ALL THE IRRIGATION.
I THINK WE CONSERVE, CONSERVE WATER ON THE IRRIGATION AND ELIMINATE THE SHRUBBERY, POSSIBLY
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GET A LINE TRANSFER.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HOW VISIT UPDATED? IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I THOUGHT I'D MENTION ONE, ONE MORE THING OF INTEREST TO YOU, I BELIEVE IS, UM, EVERY, EVERY YEAR THE, THE DISTRICT ISSUES CATEGORY ONE FUNDING TO THE DIFFERENT AREA OFFICES.
AND UH, THAT'S FOR, THAT'S FOR REHABILITATION MONEY.
AND, AND SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FISCAL YEAR 2013 THAT WE'RE IN NOW, THE DISTRICT TOTAL CAP ONE WAS $82 MILLION.
UM, AND KAUFMAN COUNTY GOT 14% OF THAT 11,000, I'M SORRY, $11 MILLION.
UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, UH, AS WE PROJECT OUT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS FOR CAPITAL MONEY, UM, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT THE DISTRICT HAS PUT AN EMPHASIS ON PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AND SCORES.
AND WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A METHOD OF MEASURING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS.
IT'S, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND SO HE'S, HE'S USING THOSE SCORES AND LOOKING AT 'EM AND LOOKING AT THE CONDITION OF KAMAN COUNTY ROADS.
AND SO, UM, WHERE WE GOT 14% THIS YEAR, UH, OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, THE AVERAGE WILL GET 24% OF THE, OF THE DALLAS DISTRICT SHARE.
UH, NEXT YEAR IS ACTUALLY 31% OF THE, OF THE DISTRICT SHARE GOES TOMAN COUNTY AND THEN 12% THE NEXT AND 44% IN 2016, AND THEN 10% FOR AN AVERAGE OF OVER THOSE FOUR YEARS, 24 UP FROM 14.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS, I THINK FOR TOMAN COUNTY.
AND THOSE FUNDS WILL USED BE USED NOW FOR REHABILITATION.
UH, NOT NEW ROAD, BUT THAT'S CORRECT.
THOSE ARE, THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE, ARE THE FUNDS THAT WILL BE USED ON F1 48 GRANDVILLE SOUTH.
THOSE, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY PLANS FOR 25 78? UH, I THINK COMING OFF 1 75 ACROSS 9 87 AND COMES OUT AT 34 THERE AT THE NEW AIRPORT ROAD.
I KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS AND ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE CAPITAL ONE FUNDS AND, AND WE, YOU KNOW, IN THE LIST OF PRIORITY OF PROJECTS, I KNOW THAT I SAW THAT SOMEWHERE.
WELL, WHERE IT IS, IT IS THE MAIN TRUCK ROUTE NOW THAT ALL THE, THE, THE MINING FOR THE SAND AND GRAVEL, UH, FOR THE WHOLE CEMENT INDUSTRY ON THIS SIDE OF DALLAS, THE MATERIALS ARE COMING FROM THE TRINITY RIVER BOTTOM FROM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PEEL TOWN AND AND BEYOND.
AND THERE ARE NO NORTH AND SOUTH CORNERS GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO THEY, THE TRUCKS HAVE TO PICK A ROUTE, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO GET THE ROCK WALL TO POINTING, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MATERIALS.
AND SO THEY, THEY TAKE ONE ROAD UNTIL THEY BEAT IT UP AND THEY TAKE ANOTHER ROAD.
YOU KNOW, THEY STAY OFF THE 34 BECAUSE HAVING COME THROUGH TOWN AND DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC, SO NOW THEY'RE GOING TO 25 OR HAPPEN USING 25 78 AND THEN 9, 8, 7 AND 1 48 AND THEN SPLIT GOING.
AND NOW IT'S GOT SO ROUGH THEY'RE GOING UP 9 87 AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S RECENTLY BEEN REDONE AND IT'S SMOOTH RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT FOR A FEW SPOTS THAT ARE AROUND THE DRAINAGE AREAS THAT ARE GIVEN AWAY THAT NEED TO BE TENDED TO SOMEWHERE ANYWAY.
BUT IT BEING THE MAIN TRUCK ARTERY, IT'S GOING GET, YOU KNOW, WORSE AND WORSE UNLESS SOMETHING'S, UNLESS IT'S REINFORCED.
BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ROAD THAT IS A, BASICALLY A TRUCK ROUTE CHECK ON, CHECK ON THAT, ON THE INCREASED, UH, FUNDING.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND COME BACK AND GIVE US GOOD NEWS ON NEW AND LIKE THAT.
UM, I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
THERE IS ONE OTHER VERY IMPORTANT THING I CAN, WE CAN COVER.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE RUDE, BUT WE CAN COVER ANOTHER, THERE'S A AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THIS, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS FOR OFF SYSTEM ROAD, BUT EVERY YEAR IN A CATEGORY EIGHT FUNDING STATEWIDE, WHICH IS FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE RUN SAFETY INDEXES ON, ON FATAL CRASHES AND INCAPACITATING
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CRASHES.WE LOOK AT LOCATIONS WHERE WE MAY NEED TO FUND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT WORK.
WELL, THIS YEAR THEY'RE INCLUDING AN OFF SYSTEM ELEMENT TO THAT.
AND SO, UM, OFF SYSTEM IS NOT, STATE ROAD DOESN'T HAVE A STATE NUMBER BETWEEN A COUNTY ROAD, COULD THE CITY ROAD, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO, SO THAT'S VERY MUCH INTEREST TO YOU.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU TO HELP, HELP YOU PREPARE A, A SUBMITTAL FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE FUNDS.
THERE'S, I I BELIEVE $218,000,285 MILLION STATEWIDE.
UM, THE DALLAS DISTRICT, OUR GOAL IN DALLAS DISTRICT IS TO OBTAIN 18% OF THAT 18% OF THE STATE FUNDING.
UM, SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING YOU TO, TO CONSIDER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AREAS WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT PROJECTS, UH, AND THEN WHEN YOU PREPARE IT, I, I'VE GOT ALL THE, I MADE COPIES OF THE, THE INFORMATION HERE THAT I CAN LEAVE WITH YOU.
AND SO WHEN YOU COME UP WITH PROPOSED LOCATIONS AND YOU'LL FILL OUT, FILL OUT A FORM AND THEN, UM, THE DIVISION IN AUSTIN WILL RUN SOME SAFETY NUMBERS ON YOUR LOCATION AND SEE HOW IT SCORES UP.
SO, UM, THAT'S JUST A, WOULD SAFETY, WOULD ROAD CONDITION CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE? UM, IS THAT STRICTLY, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT CONSIST OF SIGNAGE OR, IT SAYS THAT ANY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, ANY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT TO A ROAD OFF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, WHICH ADDRESSES AN EMPHASIS AREA IN THE, UH, STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.
AND IN THAT PLAN, AND THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR ATTACHMENT I'M GIVING YOU, BUT IT MENTIONS RUN OFF THE ROAD CRASHES, HEAD ON CRASHES, INTERSECTION CRASHES, WORK ZONES, RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
UH, SO I WOULD SAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF IT CAN BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO CRASHES AND ACCIDENTS, UM, THEN, THEN THAT WOULD QUALIFY.
A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO THAT IN OUR SYSTEM ON THESE TO IMPROVE THESE ARE, ARE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE HAD A LEFT TURN BAY, UH, OR, UH, THESE, THESE EDGE, THESE RUMBLE STRIPS ON THE EDGE TO ALERT THE DRIVERS THAT MIGHT RUN OFF THE ROAD.
UM, UM, INTERSECTION IMPROVED LIKE A CHANGE IN THE HAT GRADE INTERSECTION TO A DIVIDED GRADE SEPARATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IF YOU CAN'T PREPARE THIS.
AND WE'RE HERE TO, TO WORK WEEKLY ON THAT.
THE TIMEFRAME FOR THERE'S GONNA BE A CAUSE OF PROJECTS ON THIS.
THERE'S JULY, JULY 22ND, I BELIEVE THERE'S JULY.
THINK YOU BETTER BE READY TO TURN SOMETHING IN.
YEAH, IT JUST CAME OUT LAST WEEK.
THE OTHER QUESTION I GOT BEFORE, BEFORE WE GET AWAY FROM ALL THE ROAD, WELL CITY STREETS AND EVERYTHING, 34 GOING, GOING HELP THE UP TRUCKS HAVE JUST ABSOLUTELY TORE THEM DOWN TO NOTHING.
BUT WHAT Y'ALL'S THOUGHT ON THAT ARE Y'ALL GONNA FIX 34 ALL THE WAY BACK OUT TO U 34? WE HAVE A PROJECT ACTUALLY ON 34 THAT LETS, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT LET'S, IT JUST, JUST LED OR IT LET IN JUNE ACTUALLY, BUT ON STATE HIGHWAY 34 FROM US 80 NORTH TO UH, WHAT'S FRA BALD FRANCIS, RIGHT? FRANCIS, THAT'S WHERE IT ANGLES IN UP THERE.
SO, BUT THAT, WE'RE GONNA RECONSTRUCT THAT, THAT SECTION OF ROADWAY, UM, AND NOT FROM THERE ON OUT TO THE, TO THE VIEWER.
THAT'S A COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FROM ON OUT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH.
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OKAY, YOU HAVE SIR, FIVE COPIES.ALRIGHT, WE'LL GET THAT ON THE AGENDA.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, STEVEY OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, UH, BRIEFLY ON THE STATUS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
I ASKED STEVE TO COME, UH, STEVE FINN NEWS A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH CHANNEL EIGHT, I THINK IN, UH, WITH THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
I THINK CONTACT, WE HAVE A FROM THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ALONG WITH OUR REGULAR FOLKS THAT ARE HERE.
BUT, UH, WE ALL ARE AWARE OF THE SITUATION THAT OCCURRED IN WEST AND, UH, I WAS PLEASED TO KNOW THAT WE WERE, I BELIEVE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD.
AND THERE WAS A STORY, UH, I BELIEVE LAST WEEK SUNDAY.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT COUNTY IS UP TO DATE ON ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, NOW'S TIME FOR TELL WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO DO, TO GET INTO COMPLAINTS.
AND I KNOW YOU TAKE ALL MORNING, BUT I'M GONNA LIMIT YOU FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
UH, WELL LET ME, SINCE WE GOT THAT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH THAT.
UH, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN WEST THAT IT, UH, THREW A LOT OF LIGHT ON OUR LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEES.
UH, IN KAMAN COUNTY, THERE'S ONLY ONE, ALL CITIES, UH, ARE PART OF THAT LEPC.
WE'RE AT THE VERY BARE BONES MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS WE'VE JUST KIND OF DID ONLY WHAT WE HAD TO DO.
BUT AFTER WHAT HAPPENED IN WEST, WE DO NEED TO TRY AND WORK TOWARDS MAKING OUR PROBING BETTER, UH, MAKING IT, UH, MORE TRANSPARENT FOR OUR CITIZENS AND ENABLING THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION SHOULD THEY WANT IT.
AND UP TILL NOW, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT THIS INFORMATION HERE, IT'S, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WORK WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT, GEORGE WORK AND THEM, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A KIND OF A SEPARATE WEBPAGE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHERE WE COULD POST INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY COULD, COULD SEE THAT, UH, WE DO TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION WE GET IN THE TIER TWO REPORTS AND PUSH THAT OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THEY ASK FOR IT, UH, SO THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO.
A LOT OF LIGHT CAME ON THE, UH, EL DORADO CHEMICAL PLANT IN LL UH, I SPENT SEVERAL HOURS OUT THERE, UH, VISITING WITH THE, UH, PLANT MANAGER WITH DARL S FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE MARSHAL.
I DON'T SEE ANY, ANYTHING NEAR WHAT HAPPENED WEST HAPPENING, HAPPENING THERE.
UH, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY KEEP ON HAND ARE DIFFERENT WAY THEY STORE THE MONUMENT.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLANTS THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, 50, 60 YEARS.
THEY'VE NEVER HAD ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS. SO I DON'T FORESEE US HAVING ANY IN THE FUTURE.
YOU WILL KEEP AN OUT ON IT AND, UH, GO FROM THERE.
UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO BRING TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION.
UH, MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE IN A DROUGHT SITUATION AND AS OF THE 15TH OF, UH, MAY NOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF GOOD RAINS SINCE THEN.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 66% OF THE CAPACITY OF OUR LAKES STATEWIDE, ABOUT 78% HERE IN OUR REGION.
UH, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO THE HOT DRY PART OF THE YEAR WHERE WE DON'T GET A LOT OF RAIN.
THAT BEING SAID, IT KIND OF CONCERNS ME THAT HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT OUR, OUR LAKES? HOW'S IT GONNA AFFECT OUR WATER SYSTEM FOR OUR CITIES AND OUR, OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS? 'CAUSE IF IT GETS TOO BAD, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WATCH,
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JUST MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ASPECT OF IT SO WE HAVE THE WATER FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO DRINK AND WASH DISHES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHICH IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF HARD ON THE COUNTY SIDE BECAUSE, UH, CITIES CAN STOP THE IRRIGATION ASPECT.BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE AS A COUNTY CAN, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO WATCH.
UH, FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 15 INCHES OF RAIN TO GET US BACK TO NORMAL OUT TROUT.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF RAIN AND I HOPE IT DOESN'T COME IN ONE DAY, LIKE DID IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, OUR HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN THAT OUR CONSULTANTS ARE WORKING WITH US ON, WE HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING COMING UP ON THE 12TH OF JUNE.
AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING LETTERS OF ATTEMPT FROM ALL OF OUR CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND NOTIFYING THOSE, UH, STAKEHOLDERS THAT MIGHT, STAKEHOLDERS COME TO THE MEETINGS ALSO.
UM, YOU GET A LOT OF REQUESTS AND YOU MAY GET SOME ABOUT THE SAFER AND REBATE PROGRAM WITH THE TORNADOES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE GRANBURY CLEBURNE AREA IN MORE OKLAHOMA, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS MITIGATION ACTION PLAN IN PLACE AND APPROVED BY FELAND AND ADOPTED BY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS BEFORE WE CAN PARTICIPATE.
UH, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HAS 1.3 OR $1.4 MILLION.
ONCE WE GET THIS APPROVED, WE CAN START ACCESSING THAT IMMEDIATELY.
WE CAN ALSO APPLY FOR FUNDS JUST FOR OUR ACCOUNT.
SO TO ME, THAT'S ONE OF MY PRIORITIES TO GET THAT IN PLACE BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP OUR RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PURCHASE SAFE ROOMS OR FARM SHELTERS TO PUT IN THEIR, THEIR HOMES TO, UH, SAFEGUARD THEM.
DURING THE TORNADO WEATHER, IS THAT, LIKE, IS THAT BASED ON LIKE, UH, INCOME LEVEL OR IS IT JUST SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO, IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.
IF YOU WANT ONE, THEY WILL PAY 50% UP TO $3,000 FOR YOU TO PUT A SAFE ROOM AT YOUR HOME.
COST OF SAFE ROOMS RANGES BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY $3,500 AND 11,000.
SO IF, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FAIRLY GOOD DEAL FOR PEOPLE, UH, I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL AND, UH, THE ONES I'VE TALKED TO ARE GONNA TRY AND WAIT IT OUT ANOTHER YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN GET SOME HELP ON IT.
SO, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THAT DIRECTLY DEALS WITH OUR CITIZENS, GONNA HELP THEM.
UH, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT'S GONNA COME UP IS WEST NILE.
UH, THEY JUST REPORTED THEIR FIRST CASE OF IT DOWN IN ANDERSON COUNTY LAST YEAR.
WE GOT BOMBARDED BY PHONE CALLS ABOUT WESTTOWN.
KAUFMAN COUNTY ONLY HAD 10 CASES.
NOW THAT'S NOT REALLY A SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, PANDEMIC SITUATION, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THE DALLAS MEDIA DRIVES OUR CITIZENS DOWN HERE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY.
AND, UH, TO BE HONEST, I GOT CUSSED OUT BECAUSE THE COUNTY WASN'T SPRAYING AND THEN ALSO GOT CUSSED OUT BECAUSE WE WERE AERIAL SPRAY, WHICH WE WEREN'T.
SO, UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF, UH, WHATEVER YOU DID WAS WRONG,
I WASN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.
SO, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE'S GET THEIR EMOTIONS INVOLVED AND THEY WANT US TO DO RIGHT.
AND WE, YOU TELL ME TO, UH, IF, IF WE SPRAYED ALL COFFMAN COUNTY THAT IT'S LIKE A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, UH, NO, IT, IT IS, UH, MORE LIKE 1.6, BUT THE STATE PROVIDES THAT, NO, SIR.
NOT, NOT, UH, LAST YEAR THEY, THEY WOULD'VE HELPED, BUT THEY DON'T PROVIDE, UH, PROVIDED ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.
UH, WHAT, WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR IS THEY ALLOWED US TO GET SOME OF THE, UH, WHAT THEY CALL DUNKS, THE THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT IN STANDING WATER.
WE GOT A LOT OF, UH, LITERATURE THAT WE CAN PASS OUT AND WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL LITERATURE FOR FREE THIS YEAR, WHICH I'VE ALREADY GOT SOME AND TRYING TO GET MORE TO PASS OUT, LIKE PUT SOME AT THE COURTHOUSE AND ANNEX.
SO WHEREVER PEOPLE COME, THEY MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
UH, ANOTHER AREA THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IS THE STEER PROGRAM, AND THAT'S THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY.
UH, AND IT'S ONE THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL INTO THE TWO ONE ONE SYSTEM OR GO ONLINE AND REGISTER.
AND IT'S FOR FUNCTIONAL NEEDS PEOPLE, AN ELDERLY PERSON THAT NEEDS A WALKER TO GET AROUND, SOMEBODY MAYBE IN A WHEELCHAIR,
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UH, SOMEBODY THAT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE HELP.AND WHEN THEY REGISTER, WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN PUSH THAT OUT TO OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOLKS SO THAT IF WE HAVE TO EVACUATE OR YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON WE NEED TO, TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF AN AREA, WE'LL KNOW WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND HOW WE CAN BEST GET THOSE FOLKS OUT OF THERE IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO IT'S A A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF, OF OUR JOB TO KNOW, KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE, WHERE THEY ARE, AND BE ABLE TO ATTEND TO THEIR NEEDS.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO GETTING INVOLVED WITH THAT.
IS IT PROGRESSES? UH, IT SHOULD GO ONLINE IN JUNE.
PART OF IT'S ALREADY ONLINE, BUT THE ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL BE COMING IN IN JUNE.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STAND TODAY.
UH, I'VE GOT MY INTERN, WE, WE HAVE AN INTERN PROGRAM WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND, UH, GOT JOSH GAN WITH ME TODAY AND THIS IS HIS LAST DAY.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE SENDING HIM BACK AND HE'LL BE GRADUATING IN AUGUST WITH A DEGREE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO, UM, NOT ONLY ARE WE TRYING TO HELP THE COUNTY, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.
WE CAN COME IN WHEN I FINALLY RETIRE UNTIL MY BOY, AND I HOPE THAT'S NOT TOO SOON BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I GOT A FEW MORE YEARS TO GO.
WELL, YOU ACTUALLY FINISHED WITH ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT, SO YOU DID VERY WELL.
DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON TOP OF WHAT WAS IN THE PAPER? LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND TALKING WITH, WITH, UH, SOME OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS BESIDES US INSPECTING A BUILDING TO START WITH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY START BUILDING TOWARDS, UH, REINSPECTING OR VISITING.
SO WE DON'T COME INTO SOMETHING, A TRAGIC SITUATION HAPPEN WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT BUILDING WHEN YOU GET THERE.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DO, DO THAT.
I, I, I BELIEVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
I KIND OF BELIEVE THAT WE CAN JUST WORK IT THROUGH THE COURT ITSELF JUST BY BRINGING THAT FORTH TO Y'ALL.
BUT LEMME ABSOLUTELY RESEARCH IT FIRST.
WE'RE IN HUNDRED PERCENT AGREEMENT.
IT NEEDS TO BE A YEARLY INSPECTION ON THOSE FACILITIES.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
I'LL RESEARCH IT AND WE'LL SEE THAT BRING SOMETHING FORTH.
BUT I BELIEVE JUST FROM YOU GENTLEMEN, THAT WE BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I NO EXTRA MONEY THIS WORK WORK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS STEVE.
UH, CRAIG FOR HERE WITH US THIS MORNING AND JOHNNY, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU TALK ABOUT ITEM SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT.
AND THAT E YOU KNOW THAT? YEAH.
THE QUARTERLY, UH, TREASURER'S REPORT FOR MARCH AND APRIL.
AND THEN ITEM SEVEN IS THE TREASURER'S QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH, 2013.
AND THEN THE, UH, PART OF THE REPORT, UH, FOR THE, UH, REGULAR REPORT FOR THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 13.
WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
BELIEVE YOU'VE GIVEN US COPIES OF THAT.
COMMENTS, HAVE ANY QUESTION? ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR AS FAR AS THE INVESTMENT CONCERNED, JUDGE, STILL NOT.
WE DON'T, THERE'S NO MONEY OUT THERE AS FAR AS INVESTMENT, SO WE'RE KEEPING MOST OF IT IF BY, UH, IF WE DON'T DO THAT, IT'S TIME FOR A POSITORY ACCOUNT AND REVIEW END THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, FOUR YEARS AGO I GUESS IT WAS, WE KEEP ALL OUR MONEY IN CRIME TEST, YOU KNOW, TEXTBOOK AND, UH, THEY WERE GOING TO TO PENALIZE US AT THE BANK.
NOT MORE MONEY IN, WE GET ALL FREE CHECKS ON THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO WE CHANGED THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS.
MOST MONEY MARKET NATIONAL INTEREST.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER SIX FOR JOHNNY? NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. CLARK TO ACCEPT THE COURT.
THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS TO HEAR ABOUT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
I'M SORRY? JUST, JUST TALK ABOUT THAT.
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OKAY, SO WE'VE ALREADY PRETTY WELL DISCUSSED THAT IN THE OTHER ITEMS I HAVE MOTION TO ACCEPT HIS, UH, QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.SO HAVE A MOTION FROM, HAVE A SECOND, SHANE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? AND THEN FINALLY NUMBER, UH, EIGHT IS, UH, QUARTERLY REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING MARCH, 2013.
AND I THINK YOU ALREADY DISCUSSED, UH, PRETTY WELL THAT AS WELL.
WE PROBABLY JUST NEED TO WRAP ALL THESE UP IN ONE AGENDA ITEM IN THE FUTURE IF WE CAN REMEMBER TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, BUT MAYBE THEY HAVE TO BE VOTED DOWN SEPARATELY.
BUT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT JOHNNY ON THAT? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT.
COMMISSIONER CLARK MOVES TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT WITHOUT SECOND, SECOND.
ALL NEXT ITEM IS, UH, JACK, I BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY POSSIBLE SUBJECT OF, UH, COUNTY CELL PHONE MAKING AN EXCEPTION TO THE COUNTY CELL PHONE POLICY AND RELEASING THE COUNTY ON PHONE NUMBER TO LORETTA WILLIAMS. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LAST MEETING.
UH, IF YOU REMEMBER WE HAD SOME, UH, I GUESS SOME ISSUES ON THAT PHONE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK TO COURT AND, AND WORD IT CORRECTLY ON THE AGENDA, UH, TO RELEASE THAT NUMBER.
UH, CURRENT POLICY, UH, DOES NOT ALLOW A INDIVIDUAL TAKE A NUMBER WITH THEM, BUT I THINK, UH, IT'S DESIRE OF THE COURT TO POSSIBLY DO THAT TODAY TO, UH, PERMISSION TO UH, UH, DO THAT FOR POLICY.
TRY MAKE, I WOULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OBJECT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND, UH, CONSIDER APPRO AMENDMENT THROUGH THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT FOR TON COUNTY 2011, UH, TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROGRAM GRANT FOR ELMO WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION FOR ADDITIONAL WORK.
AND IS TODD CAVE HERE THIS MORNING? WANNA HEAR FROM ELMO TO DISCUSS THAT? OKAY.
THEY, THEY GOT A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, ELMO WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION TWO YEARS AGO, COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND THEY GOT SOME GOOD BID IN BACK WHENEVER IT WAS INSTALLED.
AND SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TO DO IS INCLUDE A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, UH, SOME MORE WATER WORK THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE EXISTING GRANT MONEY.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE COPY OF THAT.
IF THEY DON'T USE IT, THEY'LL HAVE TO SEND IT BACK TO THE, UH, STATE SO IT ADDS AN ADDITIONAL, THE EXISTING CONTRACT AMOUNT WAS 30,007 50 AND THIS WOULD BE THE NEW CONTRACT.
WHAT THEY'LL DO, I BELIEVE IS SHOWN HERE.
YOU HAVE A MAP AND MAY AS WELL, BUT IT DOES SEVERAL THOUSAND OR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET.
ADDITIONAL WATER MINE ON COUNTY ROAD THREE, THREE.
SO, UH, MEAN IT'S MONEY THAT THEY GOT.
WE ARE THE ADMINISTRATOR WE HAVE, THAT'S WHAT'S COMING FROM THE, THE OLD, OLD STUFF THAT GRANT USED.
THIS IS SOME OF THE, UH, WATER CORPORATIONS CAN APPLY FOR, USED TO DO SO, BUT I DON'T, I'M SURE DEAL.
A MR. SHANE MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGES.
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WE'RE GOING TABLE ITEM 11 TO NEXT MEETING.AND, UH, SO, UH, HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THAT TIMEFRAME.
MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER.
UH, BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR CLOSED SESSION, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THE ITEM NUMBER 16.
THAT WAS THAT, UH, MEETING NOTICE.
PAM, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A HANDOUT THAT YOU, UH, PASSED OUT PASSED.
AND THIS, UH, THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL.
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, TEXAS, THE CLEAN AIR ACT.
AND, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS, I WAS CONTACTED, UH, SEVERAL, UH, WEEKS AGO BY RICHARD MCCOMB FROM THE NORTH.
AND WHAT THIS IS, IS THAT WE HAVE A PROLIFERATION THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A DIRECT ORDER, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PLACES IN OUR COUNTIES THAT OUR COUNTY THAT ARE ISSUING FAKE, UH, INSPECTION STICKERS.
AND RIGHT NOW, WHENEVER YOU AND I GO IN AND DO A, UH, HAVE OUR CARS INSPECTED, UH, 60 CENTS OR 60, 65 CENTS OF THAT COMES BACK TO COUNTY AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTY, WE'VE NEVER USED THAT ACCUMULATE 60 NEEDS TO, WE, IF WE DON'T UTILIZE IT, THEY'LL GIVE IT TO ANOTHER COUNTY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR MONEY.
WE PAID IT WHENEVER WE DID OUR INSPECTION STICKERS.
I DON'T REALLY WANNA SEND IT SOMEPLACE ELSE.
SO, UH, THERE ARE, UH, THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE CAN MONITOR, UH, THE INSPECTION STICKERS AND, UH, NOT REALLY TALKED WITH BRIAN.
HE WAS IN HERE A LITTLE BIT THOUGH.
MORRIS, OUR CONSTABLE FROM PRECINCT FOUR.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OFFICER THAT WORKS OUT THE, UH, PRECINCT FOUR DOWN.
YOU WANT ME TO READ IT LITTLE BIT? YEAH, I DON'T YOU DO THAT BECAUSE I'M GONNA MESS UP.
SO, RECEIVING THE LOCAL INITIATIVE PROJECT GRANT WILL HELP CREATE A EMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM IN KAUFMAN COUNTY TO HELP STOP THE SALE OF ILLEGAL COUNTERFEIT INSPECTION CERTIFICATES, AS WELL AS TO TARGET THE HIGH EMITTING VEHICLES AND SMOKING VEHICLES ENSURING ALL VEHICLES IN KAMAN COUNTY ROADS ON KAMAN COUNTY ROADS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS.
THESE FUNDS ARE FROM THE SALE OF THE INSPECTION STICKERS, RESIDENTS PAY $39 75 CENTS, I GUESS APPROXIMATELY PER VEHICLE.
TCUQ RECEIVES 60 CENTS OF THAT MONEY, EXCUSE ME, $6 OF THAT MONEY.
WE THEN TURN AROUND, THERE'S 10% OF THAT 60 CENTS.
IT'S SET ASIDE FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.
KAUFMAN COUNTY HASN'T USED THE MONEY IN THE PAST, SO THAT MONEY HAS JUST KIND OF BUILT UP.
SO THERE'S $59,000 SITTING THERE.
UM, DEPUTY GAMON, UM, HE'S OUR LICENSED AND WEIGHT DEPUTY.
HE WOULD BE THE TEAM LEADER FOR OUR ADMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
WE WOULD TRAIN ALL THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LET EVERYONE ELSE KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, TO BE ABLE TO STOP THIS AND GET THE, THE, UM, PROBLEMS THAT THE FRAUD TAKEN CARE OF.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE GRANT INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE? AND NEXT YEAR OUR COUNTY FUNDS WOULD, WOULD DROP BACK DOWN THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT $8,000 THAT WE WOULD BE RECEIVING EACH YEAR AFTER THAT EACH, UM, PHYSICAL YEAR FROM THE INSPECTION STICKER FROM THE INSPECTION STICKER.
SO IT'S MONEY THAT OUR RESIDENTS PAY.
IT'S MONEY THAT COMES TO KAUFMAN COUNTY AND WE CAN PUT IT BACK INTO OUR PROGRAM TO CLEAN THE AIR.
UM, JUST VISITING WITH JUDGE THIS MORNING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WHO GO IN AND GET THESE INSPECTION STICKERS, THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING 'EM.
THERE WAS A, UM, ARTICLE AND I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT, OF A YOUNG GIRL THAT GOT A CAR TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE.
HER PARENTS BOUGHT IT FOR HER.
IT HAD A, A FALSE, UH, STICKER ON IT AND THERE WERE PROBLEMS THAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT WITH HER CAR.
UM, ALSO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET THOSE WHO SEARCH PEOPLE TO GIVE GIVE THEM THESE, UM, FALSE STICKERS GENERALLY, OR PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE.
SO WE NEED TO GET THEM OFF THE ROAD.
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HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU GO INTO RESCUE, NOT NOT ONLY RESCUE YOUR CAR, BUT WHENEVER YOU GO INSPECT YOUR CAR, THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THIS, UH, FALSE INSPECTION STICKER ON.
ACTUALLY IT IS A, IT'S NOT A COUNTERFEIT INSPECTION.
IT, WELL, THEY CALL IT THEY ARE, THERE ARE COUNTERFEIT, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DO COUNTERFEIT.
THERE'S PEOPLE WHO, WHO FALSELY COME IN AND, AND, AND SAY THEY'RE INSPECTING YOUR CAR, USE THE VIN NUMBER BUT REALLY DON'T USE THAT CAR.
THEY RUN A CAR THROUGH THE MACHINE AND, YOU KNOW, A CAR THAT'S NOT GONNA BE INSPECTED.
I MEAN IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY INGENIOUS.
IT IS HOW THEY GET AROUND AND LISTENING, UM, VISITING OR TALKING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, REGULATIONS, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN INVOLVED IN THE REGULATIONS.
AND ALSO THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING AROUND HERE.
DALLAS HAS, DALLAS COUNTY HAS SEEN A LOT OF IT.
ELLIS COUNTY HAS SEEN A LOT OF IT.
SO WE KNOW IT'S GOTTA BE GOING ON AT COFFEE.
SO THESE ARE LEGITIMATE INSPECTION STATIONS GIVING STICK.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR OFFICER GAMON OR DEPUTY GAMMONS SALARY IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THE GRANT INFORMATION.
ALSO, HE NEEDS EQUIPMENT TO START THE PROGRAM.
YOU HAVE A BUDGET, UH, ATTACHED TO THE LAST TWO OR THREE PAGES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT HE WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, START THIS PROGRAM AND ENFORCE THIS PROGRAM.
I DON'T WANNA GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT WHAT HE MIGHT BE DOING.
I
SOME OF THIS IS SURVEILLANCE, SO YES, BUT CURRENTLY WE'RE PAYING HIS SALARY OUT FUND BUDGET.
YES, IT WILL HELP US THAT WAY.
YEAH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS ONE YEAR.
BUT TO CATCH UP USE OF MONEY WE GOT NEXT YEAR.
NEXT YEAR WE'LL ONLY HAVE 8,000.
WE WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE OUR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT BECAUSE WE WOULD BUY IT THROUGH THIS GRANT AND THEN WE'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT NEED, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT HE'LL NEED FOR HIS JOB.
THERE'S A BILL THAT'S PASSED ON LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS THIS IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A SINGLE INSPECTION STICKER, UH, LICENSE PLATE CLAIM ALL AT ONE TIME.
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET YOUR LICENSE PLATE UNTIL YOU ARE INSPECTED, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO AWAY WITH THE PROJECT STICKER BECAUSE YOU'LL, YOU'RE ONLY GET ONE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT? IT DIDN'T HAVE.
BE WE'LL JUST GET ONE STICKER, BUT TWO, WE'LL HAVE AN INSPECTION STICKER AS WELL AS THE REGISTRATION BECAUSE OF THE FRAUD OUT THERE.
AND IF THESE FUNDS AREN'T USED THIS YEAR, HOFFMAN COUNTY WILL LOSE SOME FUNDS.
SO WE NEED TO, AND THAT'S THE REASON WE KIND, WE BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION, WE YOU TO DO IT.
SO
YOU DO YOU RUN ACROSS THIS MUCH NOW OUT IN YOUR, UH, WHEN YOU MAKE STOPS, DO YOU? WELL, NOT SO MUCH.
I I'M NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF THE INSPECTION.
SACREDS, THE INSPECTION, INSPECTION STATIONS, THE LEGITIMATE ONES.
BUT WHAT I AM FINDING ARE THE COUNTERFEITING AND SHE DIDN'T REALLY TOUCH ON THAT MUCH, BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING AND BUYING FRAUDULENT STICKERS.
THE STICKERS ARE NOT COMING FROM AN INSPECTION STATION.
THEY'RE MAKING THEM AND THEN ATTACH TO THE VEHICLES.
HOW DOES IT WORK ON THE INSURANCE? BECAUSE IS YOUR INSURANCE TIED TO A STICKER? I KNOW IT IS.
THE INSPECTION, THE THE REGISTRATION IS, IS TIED TO THE INSURANCE, NOT YOUR INSPECTION.
I THOUGHT WE HAD TO SHOW OUR INSURANCE WHEN WE DONE YOU SUPPOSED TO.
I HAD MINE IF A COUNTERFEIT COUNTER MONEY.
SO NOT ONLY WILL WE BE ADDRESSING THE ADMISSIONS PROBLEMS THAT COUNTER THE COUNTERFEIT STICKERS, BUT ALSO THE INSURANCE PROBLEMS HOPEFULLY IN OUR COUNTY AND CLEAN HAVE KAUFMAN COUNTY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD'VE ANYBODY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY OF OURSELVES DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME THAT'S BEEN DOING IT.
I THINK DANNY, I THINK DANNY'S MADE A BELABOR OUT A BUNCH OF THE WORD AROUND.
BUT, UH, HOW DO YOU SAY, UH, NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
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DO YOU DETERMINE IF IT'S COUNTERFEIT? CAN YOU JUST LOOK AT IT AND TELL? WELL THEY ACTUALLY, SOME OF YOU CAN AND SOME OF 'EM YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY RUN THE STICKER AND THIS PROGRAM THAT PAM'S TALKING ABOUT HOW IT HAS A WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO AND ENTER IN THAT INSPECTION CERTIFICATE NUMBER OR EVEN THE BIN NUMBER AND IT'LL TELL YOU THE STATION, IT'LL TELL YOU WHO INSPECTED IT AND GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ON THAT.DO YOU NOT HAVE THAT CAPABILITY NOW? NO, SIR.
YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS TASK FORCE.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. PAM? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AND PLAN FOR THE GRANT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I THANK FOR WORKING ON THIS.
OKAY, WE'LL GO GET ATTORNEY RIGHT NOW TO ELLI COUNTY.
WE UH, NOW HAVE A CLOSED SESSION AND WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND WE'LL UH, COME BACK AND COME BACK.
AND KAREN, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO BEGIN, TAKE ANY ACTION ON ANY ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE FIRST MATTER OF THE SESSION.
SO ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
WE HAD TO MAKE ONE CHANGE, THAT'S WHY WE WERE LATE.
UH, WE WERE WAITING ON, UH, BEAVER, NO CHIEF BE'S TO CALL US BACK IS WE HAD A HUGE UH, INMATE BILL THAT WAS INDIGENT AND WE HAD OUR COORDINATOR IN DEFENSE GET INVOLVED AND SHE SAVED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, BUT WE STILL HAD TO PAY THOUSAND SO MM-HMM
WE JUST ADDED THAT ONE TOOK AWAY FROM SALARY ON JAIL WAITING FOR HIM TO GET BACK TO US AND HE BACK TO US TO HIS MOM.
UM, THEN I HAVE ONE BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THAT'S THREE AND THAT IS THEIR OF EQUIPMENT FROM THE OPTION OF 75,000 2 49 65.
AND HE WANTS TO INCREASE HIS TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT LINE ITEM BY THAT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT ENTRY CORRECT.
THE CONDITIONERS COURT, I'LL HAVE IT FOR EACH OF Y'ALL.
SO Y'ALL NEED TO GET KW TO TELL YOU SPEND THAT MONEY JUST FOR, UH, FUTURE REFERENCE WHERE I REALLY DON'T LIKE INTERDEPARTMENT TRANSFERS.
IF PEOPLE CAN'T DO THEIR BUDGET ABOVE WELL ENOUGH TO FIGURE WHAT THEY NEED, I'M, I'M GONNA GO AGAINST EVERY, I TRANSFER THE HOOK FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AND SO THE BUDGET TIME NOT GOING YET.
WHAT IS IT TAKEN FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO THE OTHER? LIKE MY DEPARTMENT? LIKE IF I NEEDED SOMETHING AND YOU DIDN'T SPEND YOUR MONEY, YOU WOULD LET ME GO.
ALRIGHT, LEMME LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT A LITTLE DEAL WE GOT GOING ON BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE, UH, JUDGE, UH, LEWIS.
NO, NOT JUDGE LEWIS IN EARLY WHEN SHE LEFT COUNTY COURT AT LAW AND WENT TO THE DA, THEY TO HIRE A JUDGE TO COME IN OR SOMETHING AND SHE'S OUT.
HELP ME REMEMBER KAREN, MAYBE YOU DON'T, YOU MAY NOTATION, BUT THEY'RE OUT EXTRA.
I'VE GOT LIKE 2,500 IN MY BUDGET THAT, YOU KNOW, I I, WHOEVER I TALKED TO AND I THAT THEY COULD TRANSFER THAT 2,500 TO THAT DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, WHICH I CONSIDER THOSE ARE LEGIT, THOSE ARE LEGIT WAYS TO DO LEGITIMATE REASONS.
BUT, BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE EXPLAINED TO US, TO STUDENTS SAYING THAT I'M TAKING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TAKE OVER EACH OTHER BUT YOU
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COUNTY CLERK, COUNTY JUDGE, SHE'S NOT GONNA THE MONEY.BUT IF IT WAS BROUGHT TO US, LIKE I SAY, THERE IS, THERE IS LEGITIMATE, LEGITIMATE WAYS TO DO IT, BUT WE'VE DONE IT A LOT.
WE JUST TAKE IT AWAY FROM INSURANCE AND PUT PAPER SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT.
THAT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY TELLING THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY ON THAT TO START OFF WITH CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HAPPENS.
IS IT, IS THERE A, A LEGAL ISSUE INVOLVED IN THAT OR MORE OR LESS A POLICY? I HAVENT, I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT RAY'S SAYING.
I JUST KNOW, OH I UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES SOMETIMES CAUSE US TO HAPPEN, DO THINGS THAT WE ORDINARILY WOULDN'T DO.
BUT WE SHOULDN'T JUST DO MATTER TEAM.
NO, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE JUDGE WANTS HIRE SOME SUMMER HELP.
THEY SHOULD HAVE DECIDED, WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE BACK
BUT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING FOR IT OUTTA UH, I MAKE IT FROM SEVERAL LINEUPS BUILDING RENT.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE THE NOT PAYING, WE TAKE THAT PAY FOR PARTTIME.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY TO COURT JUDICIAL.
NOTHING THAT'S FOR SIX JUDICIAL.
I'M NOT SAYING JUST AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BOSS.
BETTER AT NO, I MEAN HE, HE ASKED ME ABOUT IT AND I'M TALKING I WOULD TRY TO FIND SOME AND HELP.
UH, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SECOND PERSON THAT HE HAD IN THERE, MS. NETTE LARSON, SHE'S WORKING FOR ALL FOUR JUDGES NOW.
NOT JUST HIS, BUT SHE IS IN HIS BUDGET AND SO HE NEEDS SOME HELP FOR HIS SELF AND KELLY FOR SUMMERTIME AND I THINK IT'S LIKE TWO MONTHS, AN HOUR, 20 HOURS A WEEK.
AND I JUST CALCULATED HE WOULD HAD 25 AND THAT HE WOULD NEED 4,000 TO MAKE IT FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER.
BUT DIDN'T SHE UNDER THE UH, THE UH, COURT COORDINATOR BUDGET? THE ONE THAT DOES OFFICE COURT.
YES, SHE IS IN JUDGE ETT COURT BUT IN HIS BUDGET, BUT SHE'S NOT ABLE TO HELP THEM AS MUCH AS SHE HAD BEEN BECAUSE SHE'S DOING THIS FOR ALL.
AND THEN WE, I'LL HAVE PRECINCT ONE, RIGHT? WE HAD, WE HAD TO MAKE A CORRECTION 'CAUSE IT WAS A COATING ERROR AND UH, KW WILL GET THOSE AND PROBABLY CONTACT YOU BY EMAIL AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH IS IN YOUR LINE ITEM AND WHAT YOU NEED TO WHERE YOU WANT TO MOVE IT TO.
AND THIS LINE ITEM IS IS FROM THE WHAT, WHAT LINE? THAT IS IT I GUESS.
THAT'S HIS, THAT'S COMMISSIONER SHANE'S, UH, FUND YOURS.
WE ALSO HAVE, YEAH, I HAD TOLD HIM THAT EARLIER.
THAT 32 50 THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE CORRECTION AND THEN I COULD PUT IT IN THERE FOR NEXT COURT.
ANYBODY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER? NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO UH, APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS WHAT'S, CONSIDER A CLAIM FOR PAYMENT.
UH, THE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 425 64 9800.
THAT MILLION SIX LAST OR, WELL WE WERE CATCHING UP ON THE MEDICAL INSURANCE AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT HADN'T BEEN GIVEN TO US.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT, UH, TWO OF THOSE PAYMENTS.
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GOT A CHANCE TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL.UH, YOU SEEN THAT KWS SENT YOU, UH, PDFS ON ALL BILLS SO YOU COULD LOOK AT THEM ON PAPER? I I DON'T THINK I GOT A COPY.
DID YOU SEND THAT TO WHEN YOU IT IT WAS LIKE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
I BUT DO IT ON WEEKEND THOUGH.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE PRETTY GOOD SCENARIO FOR US TO DO, BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE TIME THAN GETTING ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE, CUTOFF THE DATES ON THE BILLS SO WE CAN GET THEM.
SO WHAT WOULD THAT ENTAIL? WE HAVE A WEDNESDAY CUTOFF AND THEN WE RUN THE REPORTS THURSDAY EVENING OR FRIDAY MORNING TO SEND THEM OUT.
UH, WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT TO THAT MONDAY.
THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE THEM PROCESSED AND HAVE THE REGISTER AND SEND IT TO Y'ALL MAYBE BY WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY MORNING.
AT LEAST A COUPLE OF DAYS TO LOOK AT IT.
THAT KEEP THEIR ATTORNEY'S LICENSE.
WHY WE ALL PAYING, WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM TO KEEP THEIR ATTORNEY'S LICENSE.
THE CLERKS SUPREME COURT REMARKS.
AND THAT'S DEPUTY, THAT'S ALL DA'S OFFICE.
WELL THAT WOULD BE JUST LIKE ME IF I HAD MY CPA LICENSE, Y'ALL WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PAY MY DUE TO KEEP MY LICENSE.
I MEAN THAT'S THE CUSTOM OF THE INDUSTRY BUDGET TODAY.
IT'S PAID OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND.
SEARCH TO SEE IF THAT'S A USUAL OBLIGATION.
I THAT'S ALL PEOPLE OUT DA'S OFFICE.
AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T RIGHT.
WE'RE ALL KIND FAR
I DON'T SEE THIS OTHER, THIS ONE.
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DID YOU READ THAT? YEAH, I THAT INTEREST.THIS HOW MUCH BUDGET I'M TRYING TO WORK IN THIS SCENARIO LOOKING AT STUFF.
WHAT NUMBER DO YOU NEED TO LOOK AT? BE THE NUMBER QUICK I SENT YOU, I LOOK AT THAT FRIDAY.
I GOT QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE INFORMATION DO I NEED TO ASK YOU ABOUT TO GET YOU TO SEND IT BACK TO NUMBER AND INVOICE NUMBER AND DEFENDANT NUMBER.
IS THAT 2 64 OR AT LEAST THE, JUST WHAT THE VENDOR IS.
I JUST LOOK IT UP THROUGH THE VENDOR.
WHAT DID HE TRYING TO FIND? UH, I JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY.
IT WAS FOR, UH, BATTERY FOR 1359 AND I HAD, HE'S A RELATIVE OF MINE.
HE SAID THAT HE COULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, ALONG THOSE DID YOU KNOW SPECIAL, SPECIAL TYPE BATTERIES? RIGHT.
DID YOU KNOW WHO WOULD'VE ORDERED THAT? IT WAS IN THE JAIL.
I, I GUESS WHAT I WAS GONNA QUESTION WAS I WAS GONNA CALL MY COUSIN AND SAY THIS WAS A BATTERY X, Y, Z 20 VOLTS OR WHATEVER.
I SAID WHAT THE NORMAL COST OF IT.
I I WAS GONNA, YEAH, THAT'S THE FIVE A MONTH TO COME IN THERE AND RE I JUST, I NEVER, AND I SAID, YOU, YOU KNOW THE $60 TO CUB WAS THAT FOR THAT LUNCHEON? HAVE
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YOU GET A FREE THAT COMMITTEE YOU PUT EMERGENCY READ THEY YEAH, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.WHAT WOULD THESE CASHING OUT BE FOR THESE CHECKS, THE THREE NUMBERS, THOSE RESTITUTION, THEY FIRED IT ONE TIME.
UM, THE CHECKS THAT MAKE THIS,
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THERE'S PROBABLY, UH, CHECKS OUT OF THE SAVINGS.THEIR SAVINGS ACCOUNT CASH IN.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS EVEN NUMBERS FROM THE EMPLOYEE WITH WITHDRAW.
YES, THAT'S EXACTLY SAFE AS PLAN.
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND THAT BATTERY NUMBER FOR ME? WE'RE LOOKING, IT'LL SHOW UP IN HERE SOONER LATER.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUY TALKING ON THAT HOSPITAL BILL? WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE DEAL ON THAT? JUST HAD MEDICAL PROBLEM OR, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT THE, SHE THE, THE REST OF IT WAS LEFT FOR US.
THEY INDIGENT BUDGET DANGEROUSLY LOW.
I THINK IT'S SHE'S OVERDRAWN NOW.
SO WHAT GONNA DO TRANSFER MONEY TRANSFER? THE GUY WAS SHOT OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS.
I JUST KNOW THAT HIS BILL, WHAT WAS THE BILL LIKE 70 SOME $80,000.
I THINK THEY CHASE HUNT COUNTY, RIGHT.
THEY SHOT IT RIGHT INSIDE
I THINK SHOT HIMSELF THAT YEARS AGO AGO.
DID SHE, DID WE ALREADY PAY THE BILL LAST TIME? AND POLICY FOR, IT'S A JUDGE.
IT'S A, UH, COUNTY JUDGE, UH, INSURANCE POLICY.
NOT ONLY
YEAH, BUT IT WOULD COVER ANY OTHER NEGLIGENCE I GUESS.
WHICH ONE IS IT? REMEMBER EIGHT 30 KW UH, FUND.
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THESE PEOPLE, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT PAY THAT ON AUTOPSIES, BUT THERE'S, IF IT LOOKS LIKE A MURDER CASE OR SOMETHING, IT'S JUST THEY CAN'T TELL WHAT IT'S, MAYBE WE SEND IT TO THIS OTHER KMART AUTOPSY.BUT UP TO ASKED THE CREDIT CARDS.
UH, TRYING TO GET THE WORK CARD.
GET, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE IN SOME KIND.
WE'RE SURVEY WHOLESALE AND WHATEVER.
I HOPE THOSE, WE GET THAT OUT AND RIGHT, RIGHT.
CART OR WHAT DO YOU CALL IT NOW? I OH I YOU SAY CART? YEAH.
YEAH, I WHILE THEY BOUGHT THAT CAME TO PASSING COURT.
I DUNNO WHY WE DO SOMETHING ONE DAY.
WELL THEY'RE NOT THAT IN THERE.
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NEED MACHINE UP AT NIGHT.SO, YOU KNOW, LOT OF, WE LAST WEEK, ALL PRICES GETTING THREE DAYS SO MUCH FOR OUR PLAN.
COULD CHECK, CAN YOU CHECK ON, UH, WHATEVER I, I GOT FROM NUMBER 39 57 INVOICE NUMBER OR THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
YOU GUYS HAVE MY PLACE LOCKED.
IS IT IN GENERAL? IS IT IN THE GENERAL? YEAH.
IT'S APEX ELECTRIC, APEX THAT PLUS IT NOW.
THESES WHERE YOU DON'T GET A BILL.
I HEARD, I HEARD A 5 61 AND IT'S NOT IN, DO YOU REMEMBER
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WHERE'S HE GETTING THAT MONEY? WHERE'S HE'S GETTING THOSE AMOUNTS? WHAT DID YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU SEND ME STUFF? I HAVE A QUESTION HERE.WHERE DO YOU GET PUT ON? ARE WE DOING THIS TRI? SO YOU MAY HAVE SENT ME THE WEEK BEFORE, WEEK BEFORE SOMETHING BECAUSE I WAS QUESTION, I THINK I ALREADY PAID FOR THAT BUT THIS, BUT I GOT THIS QUESTIONS OFF THE COMPUTER SENT YOU.
I TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF SYSTEM.
I TOLD TURN, I LOOKED, I LOOKED.
Y'ALL TALKING TO ME? NO I CAN'T.
ISSUE IS THIS IS, YEAH, SHE, SHE SUPERVISES PEOPLE OR SHE YES.
COUNSEL GO THROUGH THIS DIVERSION THING AND YOU COMPLETE IT.
IS THAT CORRECT? AS LONG AS YOU KEEP UP WITH THE QUESTION, COULDN'T YOU?
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SAYING WE WHERE YOU AT TODAY? SO THAT'S WHY I WASN'T GONNA PAY FOR TWICE.WE PAID DAVIS SALARY, WE PAY EXTRA.
CAN WE DO THAT? IS THAT DOUBLE DIFFERENT OR I SUGGEST THEY DO THAT TO COMMISSION.
UM, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HE DOES EXTRA THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN WHAT HE DOES AT THE JAIL.
I HEARD SOMEBODY EXPLAIN IT THAT UH, IF HE'S A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR US HOW TO BE PAID TURE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
WELL WE ALSO NEED TO COURT ORDERS THE SAME.
THE STATUTE ISN'T IT? WELL THE GOVERNOR SAYS DO IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK WHY HAPPENS NOW THERE'S SOME MIXED STUFF IN HERE I HAVEN'T SEEN.
WELL, WOULDN'T MUCH MORE IF YOU HADN'T SEEN IT.
HE SHOULD, DID HE HAVE TWO FOLDERS? KW? MM-HMM
IS THAT IT RIGHT THERE? NO, IT'S RIGHT HERE.
NO, BUT THE SHEET HE TOOK OFF OF IT.
I CAME IN THE STREET TWO HOURS YESTERDAY ON THE DAY OFF AND WE LOOKING AT THE WEEK BEFORE.
I THINK I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
I'LL TALK ABOUT PROGRAM NEXT WEEK TO SEE IF IT WORKS MY TEST.
LEMME PASS THIS TEST AND SEE ABOUT NEXT WEEK.
LET JUST, UH, JACK, I GUESS THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION.
UH, HE AND I HAVE, UH, IF WE DECIDE TO GO TO THESE LITTLE, UH, IPADS, UH, DO YOU HAVE PLACE? OH, HE CAN SIT IN BED, GO HOME ON, ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
I CAN LAY IN BED AND LOOK AT THE BUDGET STUFF AND GET IT FIGURED OUT.
IT'S BAD ENOUGH DOING IT DURING THE WEEK UP.
SO, SO
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MY GUESS.WHY DO WE HAVE TO PUT SOME OF THAT STUFF PART CONTRACT WE DO OURSELVES.
DON'T THINK DANNY HAD A IT DOES SAY, IT DOES SAY THAT.
WE'RE ALSO, YOU'RE GONNA CAN'T NOT, UH, TALK TO OUR JOB ORDER CONTRACTOR SAYING THAT.
UH, WE CAN JUST DO THAT FOR EXAMPLE.
WE'LL, WE'LL DO THE UH, SOMEBODY SOMETHING.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING KNOW.
GET INTO IS THAT GONNA BE FIVE INCHES OF CONCRETE GONNA BE 12 INCHES OF THE CONCRETE? I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FORM UP HERE, BUT, UH, YEAH.
WE COULD CUT HOLE OUT THAT LOOK SIDE DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR TO GET THOSE THREE MINUTES.
WE READY? THE SECOND YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME RIGHT? WE ALREADY DONE ADJOURN.