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UH, BEFORE WE START THE MEETING, THEY WOULD JUST SAY THAT I ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR COFFEE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON WITH THE TRANSPORTATION BOND PROGRAM AND THE OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH THE REMODELING OF THE UPSTAIRS BUILDING HERE IN THE BUILDING, AND ALSO THE RENOVATION OF THE ARMORY FOR THE 9 1 1 CENTER, WHICH WE HOPE DID BOTH THESE PROJECTS STARTED PRETTY SOON.
SO I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT KAMAN COUNTY AND THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED, AND, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, UH, HARD WORK AS WE ENTER INTO THIS, UH, NEW 2014 YEAR.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME TRIALS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT WILL, UH, SERVING TO BE A PART OF WHAT TAKES PLACE HERE THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
THAT'S WHAT COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE BRIEF COMMENTS.
UH, WE'LL BEGIN THIS MORNING, UH, WITH AN INVITATION, AND I'LL DO THAT.
UH, WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.
AND THEN IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY AND YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT, YOU'VE NOT SIGNED UP TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE SOME FORMS OVER ON THE TABLE THERE AND WELCOME TO DO THAT, AND WE'LL HEAR YOUR COMMENTS JUST IN A FEW MOMENTS.
SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME NOW AND STAND MOST GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY.
UH, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NEW YEAR.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE THAT, UH, SOMETIMES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH ALL OF OUR FLAWS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT HAPPEN IN OUR COUNTRY THAT TAKE PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR STATE, IN OUR COUNTY, EVEN.
LORD, WE KNOW THAT YOU LOVE US AND YOU PROTECT US, LORD, WE PRAY NOW, IF WE ENTER INTO THIS MEETING, UH, THAT YOU'LL CAUSE US TO BE DELIBERATE, UH, THAT YOU'LL CAUSE US TO, UH, STUDY AND, AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND THOSE THAT LIVE IN OUR COUNTY.
ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK A NICE SON.
SO NAME, AMEN ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WORSHIP STANDS ONE NATION ON GOD IN INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS UNDER ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE, UH, PERSON HERE THAT TO ADDRESS COURT, THAT'S PAULA.
WE, UH, SHE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS COUNTY ROAD.
WE, IF YOU COME UP, STAND UP HERE TOWARDS THE FRONT.
WE DON'T HAVE OUR MICROPHONE IN PLACE.
OKAY, WELL, I BUDGET THAT, BUT, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAND RIGHT RIGHT THERE.
UH, THE COMMUNITY OF ABEL SPRINGS, PARTICULARLY MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I WORK AT ABEL SPRINGS WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION.
THE GENERAL MANAGER HAVE REQUESTED THAT I COME TO YOU AND ASK, UH, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET OUR ROADS BACK IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
THEY ARE IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 88 SQUARE MILES OF WATERLINE AND, UM, THESE ROADS ARE IN BAD SHAPE.
UM, LAST YEAR, MR. SHANE CAME OUT AND FIXED COUNTY ROAD 3 22 FOR US, WHICH WAS A, A, A REALLY BIG PROBLEM FOR US.
UH, WE HAVE A FACILITY AT THE END OF 3 22 AND COUNTY ROAD 30, I'M SORRY, HIGHWAY 34.
UM, THAT ROAD NOW IS, IS HAVING SOME ISSUES.
UH, I NOTICED THE OTHER DAY THAT THERE ARE SOME LARGE TRUCKS THAT ARE USING THAT AS, I GUESS A
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THOROUGHFARE.UH, A BIGGER CONCERN IS WHEN THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, WE ASK THAT THE DRAINAGE BE FIXED ON THAT ROAD AS WELL.
AND, UM, COMMISSIONER SHANE SENT A CREW OUT AND THEY DUG OUT THE DITCH LINE AND IMPROVED IT.
HOWEVER, NOW, UM, AND I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT I CAN SHOW YOU THAT THAT IS ERODING TO THE POINT.
AND, UM, BEING A WATER SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT FENCE INTACT AND SECURE.
THE FACILITY, THE DRAINAGE PART OF WHERE IT PONDS DOWN AT THE LOWER END IS, IS STILL THE SAME.
UH, WE HAD ASKED COMMISSIONER, UM, JACKSON AT THE TIME, UH, TO LOWER THE, UH, DRAINAGE PIPE UNDERNEATH 3 22 AND HE REFUSED.
UH, AND THEN WHEN COMMISSIONER SHANE CAME IN, WE EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM.
HE CAME OUT THERE, HE DECIDED THAT DIGGING DITCH LINE WOULD, WOULD, WOULD HELP, AND IT DID FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
MY CONCERN IS NOT ONLY IS THE FENCE LINE, UH, IS BEING, UH, JEOPARDIZED, THAT THAT PONDING IS GOING TO CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A NEW WATER TANK IN THAT CORNER, UM, THAT IT WILL BACKING UP WATER INTO THAT FACILITY, UH, WHERE THERE'S AN OUTFLOW FOR OUR FACILITY.
AND THIS SUMMER IS GONNA BE A HOT BED FOR MOSQUITOES.
SO I'M ASKING THAT, THAT SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT SITUATION.
I LIVE IN, UH, HEARTLAND, AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE APPROVED MORE HOUSES TO BE BUILT IN OUR AREA.
OUR KIDS GO TO CR SCHOOLS AND THEY USE 7 41.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A COUNTY ISSUE OR, OR A STATE ISSUE OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT ROAD IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.
SOME OF IT'S SINKING AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY BECOMING DANGEROUS TO TRAVEL.
AND WITH MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THAT AREA, I'M CONCERNED THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE SAFE ANYMORE.
AND IT REALLY, IT, IT'S ALSO AN REPAIR.
IF THE COUNTY HAS ANY INFORMATION ON THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT PERSONALLY I HAVE IS BUGGING ME AND ON, UH, 4 29, HE HAS LEASED THAT PROPERTY OUT AT THE ROCK FIFTH.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A COUNTY ISSUE OR IF WE GET SOME HELP WITH THAT, BUT THE TRUCKS THAT ARE DRIVING UP AND DOWN 4 29, UM, ARE NOT APPEARING TO SPEED LIMITS.
THEY'RE CAUSING, UH, SOME ISSUES AS FAR AS SPEEDING AND, AND PASSING PEOPLE.
AND AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I'M SURE 4 29 IS A VERY CURVY ROAD, VERY DANGEROUS EVEN IN UNDER NORMAL SPEED SPEEDS.
SO I'LL JUST LIKE TO KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
WE HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT, UM, ON OPENING REMARKS AND BECAUSE THESE ITEMS ARE NOT ON OUR AGENDA, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND, BUT CERTAINLY WE'VE THOSE AND, UH, WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MEET WITH COMMISSIONER SHANE AND I GUESS HEARTLAND IN, UH, HAS THAT IN, UH, COMMISSIONER AND, UH, BUT ANY RATE, IF YOU'LL CONTACT THEM AND WE CERTAINLY HEAR YOUR ARMS AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
AND I HAVE PLACED, UH, UH, AND I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED AS WELL TODAY, UH, THE INFORMATION ON THE, I'M SORRY, THE JP COLLECTIONS, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, INDIGEN DEFENSE CHARGE, UH, FOR THE LAST, UH, MONTH OF DECEMBER.
AND, UH, PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO THE PRESS AS WELL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
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JUST REPORTS IT LOOKS LIKE OUR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JPS AND THE COUNTY CLERK ARE WORKING ON THROUGH THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT, SO I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT ENGINE DEFENSE.IT DOES APPEAR THAT OUR NEW PROCESSES ARE WORKING AS FAR AS PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT APPLY THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
SO MOST OF PROGRAM ARE WORKING ALONG PRETTY WELL.
NEXT ITEM ON THE IS CONSENT AGENDA HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THERE.
ITEM MAY ACCEPTANCE DECEMBER 9TH, DECEMBER 16TH, 2013, DECEMBER THE 23RD, 2013, AND JANUARY 2ND, 2014.
UH, ITEM B IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REPOINTING MY TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE C IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER RENEWING MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNTY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND PAYING ANNUAL USE.
D IS TO CONSIDER AN APPROVE, AN OFFICIAL BOND AND OATH FOR THE COUNTY.
DEPUTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT ONE E IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER TERRY THOMAS, ERNEST OWEN TO DISTRICT THREE YEAR TERMS. F IS TO DISCUSS CONSIDER REAPPOINTING VERNON BROOKS, UH, MORRIS, VERNON, BROOKS, MORRIS, AND DAVID.
UH, COOK TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN FOR A TWO YEAR TERM AND G IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING MARK C.
AND THAT SHOULD BE, UM, I'M SORRY, JUDGE.
YES, UH, BY STATUTE YOU CAN ONLY DO A TWO YEAR TERM.
I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, IT CAN ONLY BE TWO YEARS.
OKAY, SO BACK UP ON, UH, UH, WHICH ONE IS THAT? EE WE'LL CHANGE THAT TO A TWO YEAR TERM.
AND, UH, H IS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER APPROVING DEDICATION OF, UH, BOBBY SUE BAR FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
AND I DIDN'T READ ALSO ITEM TO A TWO YEAR TERM TO REPLACE.
AND, AND SHE'S MOVING OUTTA THE SB ONE OKAY.
IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE? THE CHANGES WE MADE NOT ENTERTAIN MOTION.
SO, UH, MR. THAT MOTION ACCEPT.
NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM KATHY NORRIS WHO'S GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC REPORT FOR DECEMBER 20.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 12 PERMITS FOR DECEMBER, WHICH IS ABOUT NORMAL FOR THAT TIME OF YEAR PRECINCT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, PRECINCT WAS THREE FOR PRECINCT ONE, PRECINCT TWO HAVE FIVE PRECINCT FOUR HAD TWO EACH, NO CONTRACTOR 18.
AND WE HAD ZERO MAINTENANCE PROVIDED VIOLATIONS, WHICH GOOD BY PRECINCT.
THE COMPLAINTS PRECINCT ONE HAD 47, PRECINCT TWO AND THREE HAD 20 EACH PRECINCT EIGHT COURT 40 FOR NO MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS.
THERE IS NO MALFUNCTIONS FILED AND NO MAINTENANCE PROVIDER VIOLATIONS AND COURT CASES BY PRECINCT 18, PRECINCT PRECINCT 10, PRECINCT FOUR, PRECINCT FOUR SEVEN, AND ADDRESSING BY PRECINCT, UH, PRECINCT 1, 2, 5 EACH PRECINCT PRECINCT FOUR HAD FOUR TOTAL 14 ADDRESSES.
AND SINCE COG STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE GIS PROGRAM WORKING TO GIVE THE REPORT, UM, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AS FAR AS ACCURACY GOES.
WE HAVE STILL DONE, WE COMPLETED EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD, UM, OPERATIONS THAT BEEN MADE THAT THEY GAVE US THE LAST TIME.
AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW BACK OF A MEETING TOMORROW IS GETTING THE GIS MIGRATED TO THE SAME SOFTWARE.
THAT RESOLUTION THAT YOU GOT THAT'S STILL GOING FORWARD SHOULD BE ON THE PAGE.
AND THEN THE PAGE IS WHAT ASKED LAST A YEARLY BY MONTH, EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE.
THE TOTAL PERMITS FOR, UH, THE COUNTY IN 13 WERE 218.
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NEW? RIGHT? IT'S ALL NEW CORPORATED? WELL, I GUESS SOME WE DO HAVE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH SOME OF THE CITIES.UM, LIKE KAMAN HAS A FEW SYSTEMS, BUT IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THEY HAD, SINCE THEY HAD PUT IN QUESTION 352 TOTAL AT NEW ADDRESSES MM-HMM
I'LL JUST ROLL OVER THE NEXT MONTH, DROP OFF THE, I'LL KEEP IT IN A 12 MONTH FORMAT.
ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? PARDON? SHE THE, UH, THE COMPLAINTS BY PRECINCT AND THE COURT CASE, RIGHT? IT APPEARS THAT EVERYWHERE IT'S ABOUT 50%, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, COURT CASES PER COMPLAINT, UHHUH EXCEPT FOR IN THREE THERE WAS 252 COMPLAINTS GOING 98 COURT CASES.
IS THAT AN MABLE SITUATION OR WHY WOULD, UM, HOW WOULD THEY BE? FEWER COURT CASES? PROBABLY BECAUSE THEIR PEOPLE COMPLIED IN PRECINCT TWO ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE INFLUX OF THE AOB SYSTEMS CAME IN WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED BUILDING.
UM, THAT'S WHERE MOST, MOST OF THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE RENEWING THEIR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, THEIR MALFUNCTIONING SYSTEMS, THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE ROMAN SYSTEMS THAN THREE, TWO.
SOME OF US, I WAS LOOKING AT THREE ONE AND TWO TWO'S ABOUT 50%.
LIKE, BUT THREE LIKE 1, 1, 2 AND FOUR ARE ARE ABOUT 50%.
BUT THERE'S ONLY 98 COURT CASES OUT.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THEY COMPLY MORE THAN THEY GOT THEIR, THEY GOT THEIR CONTRACTS IN ORDER, RIGHT? WHICH IS OTHER QUESTIONS.
WHY, HOW COULD WE GET THE OTHER TO BECOME COMPLIANCE IF THERE'S A OF COMPLIANCE THERE? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN I WHAT IF WE DO THAT THERE THAN THAT ANOTHER THREE? I COULDN'T TELL YOU UNLESS IT, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MAINTENANCE PROVIDERS.
I KNOW THERE'S ONE THAT WE REALLY HAVE A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH NOT GETTING US THE CONTRACTS AND MOST OF THEIR STUFF IS IN PRECINCT TWO.
SINCE EVERYTHING'S REDISTRICT, IT'S NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.
BUT UH, I THINK THAT'S GOT A LOT TO DO WITH IT TOO.
SO ONE CONTRACTOR COULD SKEW THIS WHOLE.
HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, SO MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE SECOND MR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS HERE FOR LARRY ING TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A YEARLY REQUIRED TIER TWO SITES SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND GOOD MORNING.
I'VE, UH, PRESENTED Y'ALL A DOCUMENT ALREADY INDIVIDUALLY, SO I THINK WE'RE ALL UP TO PAR ON WHAT IT'S, RAY BROUGHT THIS UP LAST YEAR, SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AGREEMENT.
THERE'S 34 SITES IN THE COUNTY, 30, I WOULDN'T SAY SITES, THERE'S 34 COMPANIES, LOCATIONS OR WHATEVER.
THERE'S ONE OF THEM AT LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT SITES.
SO IT'S GONNA BE INDIVIDUALS, BUT THIS WILL JUST BE A YEAR SAFETY INSPECTION TO SEE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN.
THEY'VE GOT IT AS SAFE AS THEY HAVE.
MOST OTHER COUNTIES HAVE A LARGE OBVIOUSLY DO THIS.
IT'S JUST A SAFETY MEASURE CONCERN AND I AGREE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO.
UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I THINK I GAVE YOU GUYS THE SITE LOCATIONS, IF YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE DO HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT SITES, BUT ONE THERE THREE SITES ON PENALTY RESOURCES AND FIVE SITES ON DOWN AROUND THOSE WOULD BE INDIVIDUAL.
IF, IF YOU NOTICE ON OUR FEE SCHEDULES WHENEVER WE GOTTA BED, WE OF COURSE HAD TO ADD THAT TO IT.
AND THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THERE THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN TO YOU AS WE WENT THROUGH.
UM, OF COURSE ON ALL TIER TWO FACILITIES, THAT WOULD BE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM ON THE LEFT HAND
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SIDE OF THE ONE THAT WAS I HOPE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE, BLUE MAY ON WITH RED ON IT.HAVE BOTH OF THOSE DOES THAT FOR THAT, FOR THAT TIER TWO INSPECTION ON THAT TIER TWO INSPECTION, THE FIRST THING WE'VE GOTTA DO IS OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOTTA MAKE CONTACT WITH EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS WITH SOMEBODY.
FORTUNATELY STEVE WHO GETS THIS INFORMATION AND PRESENT IT AND, AND TAKES CARE OF, HAS THE CONTACT NAME SO WE'LL ABLE TO SENDING OUT SOME KIND, IT TAKE US A WHILE TO MAKE CONTACT AND GET EVERYBODY ON IT IF YOU GUYS APPROVE OF IT.
BUT THAT'S HOW WE'LL DO THAT ONE.
IT'D BE A HUNDRED INSPECTION FEE ON THAT ONE TIME YEAR.
IF YOU GO OVER TO THE 24 HOUR CARE FACILITIES, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBERS.
THOSE ARE PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE, THE CODE IN THE, THE LANGUAGE CODE THAT'S INSIDE THE, UH, CODES ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THE WORD THAT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AS FAR AS NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS RELATES DIRECTLY TO SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING IN THE CODE BY THOSE SAME NUMBERS.
SO WE JUST NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST.
BUT WE TRY TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE CODE, ALL THE NUMBERS MATCHES GO ACROSS, AND THEN THE PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, THAT'S ONE THAT WE NOT HAD BEFORE AND I, WE, RANDY AND I BOTH BELIEVE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG DEAL, LET'S JUST SAY, UH, A CATTLE BALL OR ANY OTHER LARGE EVENT THAT COMES IN, WE NEED TO GO OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION ON ALL THE ELECTRICAL STUFF, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS ON FIRE EXTINGUISHERS 250 FEE FOR THAT AND UH, THE INSPECTIONS FOR THE UH, STANDBY FOR POWER WASHER.
IT WAS THE SAME, WE JUST ADDED LANGUAGE TO IT.
SO EXCEPTION OF SPECIAL 50 50 AND WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY, WHICH IS THE
WHY IS THAT? WHY? WELL, THE CITY, THE CITY ARE, WE CAN'T ENFORCE A CODE IN IN THE MUNICIPALITY.
SO THE CITY ALREADY DO THAT TECHNICALLY, I'M GONNA SAY THEY DO OBVIOUSLY.
I DUNNO THAT FOR A FACT, BUT I MEAN OBVIOUSLY I'M TERRELL FOR SURE INSPECTS ALL THOSE FACILITIES.
THE CITY LIMITS TER AND WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED BY TO DO WHAT'S OUT.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE UH, LITTLE CITIES THAT HAVE NO FIRE MARSHAL ING DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION AND THEIRS BY CODE WOULD DO ANYTHING EXCEPT THE SYSTEM.
SO IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS SAY IN THE CITY OF TOUTING, UM, THEY'RE NOT UNDER THE SAME OBLIGATION OR REQUIREMENTS, WELL LEGALLY I GUESS YOU'D SAY THEY ARE, BUT IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE TO, IT DOES HAVE MUNICIPAL AND THEY DO THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION.
SO I FEEL SURE ONE LIKE THAT IS, BUT THEN YOU GET IN, CR DOES AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY THAT DOES ALL THEIR STUFF, SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE IT THERE AT BIG PLACES LIKE SCURRY AND, AND ROSS OR GRACE BERRY WOOD, THOSE KIND, THAT WOULD BE MORE APT TO HAVE THAT.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'LL FIND AS FAR AS A TIER TWO LEVEL PRESENT IN ANY OF THOSE SMALLER COMMUNITIES.
WELL THIS, UM, THE 10,000 POUNDS LIMITED OR LINE HERE, THAT'S, THAT'S CONSIDERED TAKING CONSIDERATION.
DIESEL FUEL, GASOLINE, UH, YEAH, BUT STEVE, STEVE RECEIVES ALL THESE AND I TELL YOU DIRECTLY EXACTLY WHENEVER YOU HAVE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT, THAT'S WHY I ASKED HIM WHO'RE TODAY.
SO YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN I COULD HONOR.
THE 10,000 POUND, UH, MINUTE HERE, HAW.
I GUESS YOU'D SAY THAT'S, UM, FOR GASOLINE, DIESEL.
SAY, UM, UH, THE LITTLE STATION AND POST OAK SERVICE STATION, OR DID THEY FIND FALL UNDER THESE GUIDELINES? UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN INCORPORATED CITY, BUT THEY HAVE NO FIRE INSPECTION THAT THAT IS UP TO THE MUNICIPALITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IF IT'S AN INCORPORATED CITY.
NOW THE, THE AMOUNT FOR, FOR DIESEL AND GASOLINE IS, IS SET FOR THOSE PRODUCTS DEPENDING ON WHAT PRODUCT IS IT MAY BE HIGHER, IT MAY BE LOWER DEPENDING ON VOLATILITY, LIFE HAZARD, SO FORTH.
IF SOMEONE, IF A FARMER HAS 2000 GALLONS STORAGE OF DIESEL, WHAT IS DIESEL WEIGHT? EIGHT POINT SOMETHING GALLON SIX.
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GALLONS OF DIESEL, HE'S GOT 12,000 POUNDS.IS HE SUPPOSED TO REPORT TO THE FIRE MARSHAL TO BE INSPECTED IF HE NEEDS THOSE GUIDELINES? HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE REPORTING TO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEN THROUGH, THROUGH THEM I WILL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE QUESTION.
SO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYBODY WITHIN COUNTY, WHETHER THEY'RE INCORPORATED OR NOT INCORPORATED, WHETHER THEY MEET THAT TIER TWO THRESHOLD, NOT THAT'S CORRECT.
AND YOU COULD FORWARD THAT INFORMATION ON TO THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THEN IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE, THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT OR WANT DOES IT DOES OR DOES NOT WANT TO DO IT.
THE LOCAL AGREEMENT YOU WERE GONNA SAY COULD SOLVE THAT.
WE CAN DO IT FOR THE, UH, STATUTE REQUIRES THAT UH, EACH ENTITY THAT HAS REPORTABLE QUANTITIES UNDER TIER TWO REPORTING SYSTEM HAS TO SEND A COPY OF THE REPORT TO THE LOCAL FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND AND LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS PART OF MY OFFICE.
AND WE GET, WE'RE STARTING TO GET THOSE IN NOW AND WE'LL THROUGH THE END OF MARCH.
AND UH, ONCE I HAVE ALL THE DATA, I CAN SEND THAT OVER TO, TO LARRY AND I CAN NOW, I CAN SEND HIM INFORMATION FROM NEXT YEAR IF HE WANTS GET STARTED.
USUALLY DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH AT ALL FACILITIES UNLESS IT'S A NEW ONE COMING IN.
SO I BELIEVE THE IS YES IN THE MUNICIPALITY ANOTHER WHERE THE TWO ARE YES SIR.
IT COULD FORWARD, SHOWS A METHOD IN WHICH WE GO OUT IF THEY'RE NOT DOING IT THEMSELVES.
SOMETHING MUNICIPALITY, THEY SAY NO, IT'S THEY ON THEIR OWN, I DON'T BELIEVE, TO BE HONEST WITH MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND DOES THAT PERTAIN TO ABOVEGROUND STORAGE AS WELL AS UNDERGROUND STORAGE IS WHAT? ABOVEGROUND.
THE UM, THE, THE LIKE TRANSIT MIX OF CONCRETE COMPANIES AND ALL THOSE.
UM, I GUESS THEY'RE, SOME OF THESE ACTUALLY ACTUALLY MINE
THEY'RE ONE OF THE REPORTING COMPANIES OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRESENTLY INSPECTED BY OSHA AND INSHA AS WELL.
SO YOU THINK IT'S NECESSARY OR, OR I GUESS IF WE PASS THIS, EVERY ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR INSPECTION EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALREADY INSPECTED BY THE OCEAN AS WELL? YES.
A LOT OF THIS HAS COME OUT OF THE TRAGEDY IN TEXAS AND IN THE STATE AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY'S WANTING LOCAL PEOPLE TO KEEP CLOSER TAB ON THESE FACILITIES.
WELL THAT FACILITY WAS INSIDE THE CITY.
SO THEORETICALLY FARM MARSH INSPECT, UNLESS THEY DON'T MARSH BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ONE POPULATION.
REJOICE POPULATION IF YOU'RE NOT A UH, IT'S PRETTY HIGH.
I SAY WACO ALL OVER DOWN THERE.
COUNTY DON'T, DOESN'T HAVE POPULATION.
THEY'RE CHANGING THAT I BELIEVE.
IS THAT CORRECT LARRY? I THINK IT'S WORK ON IS WHERE SMALLER COUNTIES CAN HAVE ONE IF THEY WANT OTHER QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND, THIS FIRST ROUND'S GONNA BE REALLY HARD ENOUGH BUT YOU MAY GO OUT THERE AND JUST FIND A DISASTER THAT HASN'T OCCURRED YET, IN WHICH CASE YOU MAY GO BACK NUMEROUS TIMES TO TRY TO GET THAT CORRECTED.
SO IN THAT CASE, NO OF COURSE IT WOULD NOT.
BEST CASE SCENARIO, YEAH, IT WOULD COVER YOUR
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COSTS, BUT THAT'S ALL IT WOULD REALLY DO IS JUST GONNA COVER YOUR COSTS.WORST CASE SCENARIO THEN IT COULD BE A LOT OF TRIPS.
WOULD YOU SUGGEST THAT START OFF WITH HUNDRED THEN ONCE YOU FIND OUT WHAT IT DOES COST? YEAH, I LIKE TO TRY TO MAKE THE ROUND ONE TIME AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING SO WE CAN ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE THEN COME BACK AND I'LL JUST TRACK THAT AND SO WE CAN COME BACK AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, THEN ADDRESS YOU AGAIN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COVERED VERY WELL OR SIX FROM SOMETHING OFF FEET ON THE GROUND.
TRY ONE TIME AND IF THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S APPROPRIATE THEN I'LL CERTAINLY TRACK IT FOR YOU AND COME BACK.
WE'LL TRY TO RECOUP WHAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO WHAT UH, CAN WE MAKE, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR EXEMPTIONS ON RESIDENTIAL UNITS OR RESIDE THINGS SUCH AS THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER, UH, GENESIS CENTER, THINGS SUCH THAT STILL, STILL INSPECT BUT NOT CHARGED.
I MEAN THAT'S FAR USUALLY FROM MY EXPERIENCE RECORDS THAT I HAVE.
THE CHILDREN'S CENTER, PLACES LIKE THAT DON'T HAVE NO, THIS IS, I'M SORRY.
WELL OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL INSPECT SCHOOLS DON'T CHARGE NEED AS LONG AS IT'S SMALLER AREA.
YOU GET INTO SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, TWO GUYS A HALF DAY OR SOMETHING OUT THERE, SOMETHING OFF THAT THAT'S SO THAT YOU SEE THAT YOU THINK AS FAR AS WORK WITH, I SAY CHARGE OF THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES, WHETHER SURE, ANY ASSEMBLY PART ON THERE.
LIKE THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND IS UH, IS LIKE THE COFFEE COUNTY FAIR.
WE CHARGED THEM THE $250 FOR A MANUAL INSPECTION LIMITS.
I SURE ARE, WE NEVER DO THAT JENISON CENTER, I GUESS OUTSIDE THE CITY OF LIMITS CURRENTLY, BUT I'M SURE IT'LL BE, BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY WHEN WE DO LIVE SAFETY EXCEPT ON TIER TWO SOME GONNA START.
BUT ON THOSE KIND OF FACILITIES, UNLESS THEY CONTACT US, DAYCARE IS MUST BY STATE STATUTE HAVE INSPECTED SO ASSISTED LIVING AREAS AND HOSPITALS, THEY HAVE TO BE GET INTO SOMETHING LIKE THE GENESIS CENTER.
THAT'S KIND OF A, A DIFFERENT SITUATION AND THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED FOR ANYONE TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THE BUREAU.
AND WE HAVE INSPECTED THEM SEVERAL TIMES IN THE OBVIOUSLY WE ANYTHING THERE'S A SAFETY COURTESY AND WE HAVEN'T CHANGED THE SLEEPING WHERE THEY WERE JUST TO JUST ON THE LARGER ONES WHERE YOU HAVE ASSISTED LIVING AND STUFF OUT GOING THROUGH SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND TESTING ON AND SUCH.
I WITH YOU ON, I SAID WE DON'T CHARGE ANYTHING INSPECTION.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO THEM IS IF WE GO AHEAD AND YOU GUYS PROVE TO GIVE IT A TRIAL, HERE'S LEAVE THAT HUNDRED LIKE WE'VE GOT IT.
I'D LIKE TO INITIATE THIS ABOUT MARCH ONE TO TRY GET STARTED.
SO GIVE US TIME TO GET SOME INFORMATION OUT TO EVERYBODY ON IT AND THEN TRYING AFTER MARCH ONE OR THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PROBLEMS GETTING INSPECTED AROUND, BE DIPLOMATIC, MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT IN EFFECT ON ONE.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD, ALL ALL CHANGES, CONTACT THESE TIER TWO SITES.
KIND PUT THEM ON AS TO WHAT WILL PHOEBE DO AND WHO THEY DO BEFORE WE
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FACILITIES PERMIT.PERMIT SET UP INSPECTION AND WHERE WILL THE MONEY GO? ANOTHER WAY I QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE YOUR REQUIRED TIER TWO SIZE NINE, FIVE SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND THE CHANGE SCHEDULE AMENDED.
SHANE DO HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IS THAT GONNA ADD, IS THAT GONNA BE WITH NO CHARGE TO THE, YOU GONNA ADD THAT IN THERE TO THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER OUTSIDE? I JUST UP THEIR DISCRETION, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD BE.
THEY CHARGED SOMEBODY SHOULDN'T BE UP.
THEY GOT, THEY COULD COME TO US AND YEAH, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE THE NO PROBLEM.
OTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO HEAR FROM, UH, DANNY GAMMON TO PRESENT AN ACCEPTED REPORT ON THE LICENSE AND WAGE PROGRAM.
GOOD MORNING JUDGE COMMISSIONER CLARK, YOU FOR THANK YOU SIR GEORGE, THIS IS OUR HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT WE GOT HERE.
I WANT, YOU KNOW, MAKE NOTE YOU DON'T HAVE YOU THE SAME THING ON OUR HAND.
I THOUGHT WE HAD THAT ALL LOOKING GOING THERE.
UH, I ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF THE, UH, EMISSIONS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PROJECTS.
WE STARTED THE EMISSIONS PROJECT THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, THE EMISSIONS PROJECT BASICALLY
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IS TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THE STEPS ARE FOLLOWED AND PROPER STEPS ARE FOLLOWED WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR VEHICLE IN TO GET IT INSPECTED, MAKE SURE THAT THE INSPECTORS ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ON THAT.WHEN AN INSPECTOR DOES AN ILLEGAL INSPECTION, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FINE OR CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST THEM DEPENDING UPON THE VIOLATION OF PERMIT.
UH, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE INSPECTION STATIONS IN CATON COUNTY ARE FOLLOWING THE DPS AND TCQ RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE INSPECTIONS.
UM, WE, UH, WORK CLOSELY WITH THE LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES.
UH, ANY COUNTY THAT TOUCHES DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY IS AN ADMISSIONS COUNTY.
NOT ALL OF THOSE COUNTIES HAVE ANY ISSUES PROGRAM.
WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT HERE IN
AND THEN ALSO THE PUBLIC AWARENESS TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THE ADMISSION LAWS AS WELL AS WHAT ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE ON ROAD STOPS, UH, IDENTIFYING COUNTERFEIT INSPECTION STICKERS AND, AND OR INSPECTION CERTIFICATES AND, UH, SOME KNOW CERTIFICATES THAT THEY'VE TAKEN OFF OF ONE VEHICLE TO PLACE THEM TO ANOTHER VEHICLE.
THE, UH, THERE'S 39 MISSION STATIONS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
UH, THOSE 39, I HAVE PROGRAMS THAT I HAVE BEEN ALLOWED INTO BY THE STATE AND TCEQ WHERE I CAN MONITOR THOSE STATIONS.
SO I GO IN AND, AND AUDIT THOSE STATIONS TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT TYPE OF INSPECTIONS THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING OUT.
UM, SINCE AUGUST, ABOUT AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, UH, THERE'S BEEN 42 CITATIONS ISSUED FOR CLEAN SCANNING AND THERE'S CURRENTLY FIVE FELONY CASES AS WELL AS PROPERTY SEEDS THAT ARE PENDING.
CLEAN SCANNING BASICALLY IS YOU TAKE A VEHICLE THAT IS A GOOD SOUND WORKING VEHICLE, YOU TAKE IT, PUT IT IN THE EMISSIONS BAY, PLUG IT INTO THE MACHINE, MANUALLY ENTER INFORMATION FOR A SEPARATE VEHICLE, AND THEN PUT AN INSPECTION STICKER ON THAT VEHICLE THAT'S SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT.
UM, THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT WE RUN INTO AND, UH, IT IT, IT SHOWS WHEN, WHENEVER WE RUN INTO FORCE THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT.
UM, THE, THE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM CONSISTS OF TWO PROGRAMS, ACTUALLY.
IT'S THE LRA PROGRAMS AND THE LIVE PROGRAM.
THE L PROGRAM IS THE, FOR THE LOW INCOME MAINTENANCE AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE LIP PROGRAM IS WHAT FUNDS OR HELPS FUND WHAT IT IS THAT I DO HERE IN THE COUNTY.
UH, EVERY TIME A VEHICLE GOES AND GETS INSPECTED, IT'S $6 OF THAT INSPECTION GOES INTO THE CLEAN AIR FUND DOWN IN AUSTIN.
ALL OF THOSE FUNDS ARE LEGISLATED TO THAT ACCOUNT.
ALL OF 'EM ARE LEGATE LEGISLATED TO THAT ACCOUNT.
AND THERE'S CURRENTLY $235.5 MILLION SEEN IN THAT ACCOUNT THAT THE LEGISLATURES HAVE DECIDED THEY DON'T WANT RELEASE NOW.
THEY CAN'T USE IT FOR ANYTHING ELSE, FOR JUST SETTING ON IT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE ABOUT 2011.
THE, UH, THE, THE
BASICALLY THE WAY THAT WORKS, RYAN, CAN YOU TURN THE LIGHTS OFF RIGHT HERE? OR MAYBE THESE GLASSES OFF IS.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY, THEY'LL TAKE THEIR VEHICLE IN, GET AN INSPECTED, AND IT FAILS THAT INSPECTION.
THEY CAN THEN FILL OUT AN APPLICATION WITH TCEQ.
IF THEY QUALIFY AS A LOW INCOME, TCEQ WILL GIVE THEM $600 OR UP TO $600 FOR REPAIRS SO THAT THAT VEHICLE WILL PASS.
OR WILL IT GIVE THEM 3,500 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VEHICLE? THEY HAVE TO RELINQUISH THEIR ONLY ONE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE DESTROYED.
AND IN THE LIP FUND, AS I SAID BEFORE, THAT, THAT'S WHAT HELPS FUND WHAT I'M DOING TO OVERSEE THESE MISSION STATIONS.
AND THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DECREASING EVER SINCE 2011.
UM, IN 2008 YOU CAN RECEIVE THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVED 417,000 AND SOME CHANGE, OR I SHOULD SAY THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.
THIS IS WHAT THEY RECEIVED THROUGH THE
AND THEN LAST YEAR IT WAS 68,000.
NOW THE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE NOT DE UH,
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HAVE NOT DECREASED.THEY'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED SINCE 2008, BUT THE LEGISLATURE HAS DECREASED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT THEY'RE RELEASING TO THE COUNTIES.
AND ON THE LIP SIDE OF IT, IT STARTED IN 2008, UM, IN OH NINE AND 10 HOFFMAN COUNTY RECEIVED FUNDS FROM THAT.
AND THEN WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY IN 11 OR 12.
AND IN THE, THE 78 9 65 IS WHAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR.
I PUT THAT IN THE RED UNDER RELINQUISHED FUNDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GONNA LOSE.
THE, THE, THE STATE WAS GONNA TAKE THAT AWAY FROM GOLIN COUNTY.
UM, IN THAT 78,000, I BELIEVE THERE'S ABOUT 20,000 THAT OTHER COUNTIES RELINQUISHED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T USE IT.
UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET PART OF THAT BACK.
AND I'M NOT EXACTLY LIKE 20,000.
I'M, I'M KIND OF GUESSING 19, 19 19.
REPRESENTATIVE JIM PITTS ON DISTRICT 10 IS THE CHAIRMAN FINANCE, UH, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
LETTERS FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT CARRIES A GREAT DEAL OF WEIGHT.
AND SORRY, IN THE BACK OF YOUR PACKET, I INCLUDED A LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN BY THE, UH, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL.
AND AS AN EXAMPLE FOR Y'ALL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS A COMMISSIONER OF COURT AS A COUNTY, Y'ALL CAN ACTUALLY TAKE PART IN LOBBYING YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND AUSTIN TO GET THEM TO RELEASE THESE FUNDS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT BEING USED FOR ANYTHING.
THEY'RE JUST NOT RELEASING THE FUNDS FOR WHATEVER REASON.
UM, THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION COUNSEL'S LOBBYING THEM AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER, UH, ENTITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM.
AND THEN OF COURSE, REPRESENTATIVE LANCE GOODEN, HIS, OUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AND I INCLUDED ALL OF HIS ADDRESSES HERE AS WELL.
SHOULD Y'ALL DECIDE TO, TO WANT TO UNDERTAKE A LETTER WRITING PROGRAM TO VEHICLE ON THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SIDE OF IT.
UH, WE WANT TO ENSURE THE SAFE PASSAGE OF FREIGHT AND, AND, AND MATERIALS ON OUR ROADWAYS, OBVIOUSLY.
AND WE WANT OUR PUBLIC TO HAVE A SAFE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WE WANT IN A SAFE OPERATING CONDITION.
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR COUNTY AND STATE ROADS WITHIN OUR COUNTY.
WE FOCUS ON ALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND, AND IN TERMS OF REGISTRATION IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, ANY VEHICLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A MOTORCYCLE THAT'S USED IN COMMERCE, IT'S NOT JUST BIG TRUCKS AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS ABOUT.
IT'S THE BIG TRUCKS GOING DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S SOMEBODY, IT CAN BE THE LAWNMOWER GUY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND WITH THE TRAILER, BUT HE CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS AS THE BIG TRUCKS, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT CONDITION HIS VEHICLE'S IN MORE.
UM, BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH JUST OBSERVATION AND TRAINING AND STOPPING THE VEHICLES AND INSPECTING THEM.
UH, THE MAJOR VIOLATIONS HERE IN CO OR IN KAUFMAN COUNTY ARE GONNA BE OVERWEIGHT.
WE, WE GET QUITE A BIT OF OVERWEIGHT VIOLATIONS, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO OUR ROADWAYS DETERIORATING.
AND IN THE DRIVER EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS, UH, THE CHIEF COMPLAINT IS DAMAGED TO VEHICLES THROUGH EITHER MATERIAL OR OBJECTS FALLING OFF OF THESE LARGE TRUCKS.
THAT'S THE CAUSE WE GET IN ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I INCLUDED SOME EXAMPLES HERE, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE Y'ALL AN IDEA OF WHAT I SEE ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS EXHAUST IS BENDING OUT ONTO A FUEL TANK.
AND OF COURSE THIS DRIVER CLAIMS HE DID HIS PRE-TRIP AND HIS WALK AROUND, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT NOT TO, NOT TO SEE THAT IF YOU WERE JUST TO WALK AROUND THE TRUCK.
THIS IS A COUPLING DEVICE FOR A HEAVY HAUL TRAILER.
THIS HAULS EXTREMELY LARGE LOADS.
WE'RE TALKING A HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS BETTER.
UM, THIS COUPLING DEVICE, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP RIGHT, HAS BEEN WELDED QUITE A BIT ON THE OUTSIDE.
THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE INSIDE OF THAT COUPLING DEVICE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IS CRACKED COMPLETELY ACROSS.
IF THIS CAME LOOSE, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHERE THAT'S GOING AND WHAT KIND OF MESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE ON A ROAD.
THIS IS ALSO A COUPLING DEVICE.
THIS IS THE FIFTH WHEEL ON THE TRUCK.
THIS IS WHAT THE TRAILER ATTACHES TO THE TOW UNIT WITH.
AND THESE ARE THE ADJUSTABLE RAILS ON THE TRUCK WHERE THAT PLATE'S WELDED ON.
THIS CRACK EXTENDS THE FULL LENGTH OF THE FIFTH WHEEL ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PIVOT PIN, WHICH IS A POINT WHERE THAT PLATE ACTUALLY PIT ON THE TRUCK.
UM, AND HE WAS HAULING A LOAD LIKE THIS ON 1 75.
HERE'S A PIVOT AXLE ON A DUMP TRUCK.
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YOU CAN TELL THE BUSHINGS ARE COMPLETELY WORE OUT AND THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.LOOKING FORWARD, THE FRONT AXLE OR FRONT TIRE IS FOUR INCHES CLOSER TO THAT FRAME THAN THE TIRES CLOSEST TO HERE IN THE PICTURE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE, THE ENTIRE TANDEMS OF THAT TRUCK ARE SITTING IN THEIR CADDY AS IT'S GOING DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT THIS DRIVER SAID IT WAS OKAY.
'CAUSE ONCE HE GOT GOING, IT KIND OF STRAIGHTENED OUT.
SO, UM, HERE'S JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF TIRES.
UM, YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU CAN HEAR THESE TIRES YOU DRIVE, DRIVE ALONG BESIDE 'EM WHEN THEY COME PAST YOU.
UM, OF COURSE WE HAVE REBAR STICKING OUT ON ONE THAT WOULD LOOK NICELY GOING THROUGH A WINDSHIELD.
AND, UH, AND UH, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL WHETHER THESE TIRES ARE UNDERINFLATED.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT ONE SITTING ON
THIS IS A TRUCK THAT WAS PULLED IN A MOBILE HOME.
AND WHEN I ASKED HIM TO RAISE THE HOOD, THE HOOD NEVER STOPPED UNTIL IT HIT THE PAVEMENT.
THIS DRIVER DECIDED IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE TO GO AND GET HIS TRUCK FIXED SO IT WOULD PASS INSPECTION.
SO HE JUST TOOK ONE FROM ANOTHER TRUCK AND, UH, PUT IT ON HIS.
AND THEN THE, THE STICKER UP ON THE TOP, THE RED ONE IS A 1547 OR AN OVERGROW OVERWEIGHT TOLERANCE PERMIT.
THEY PURCHASED THOSE THROUGH THE STATE AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CARRY UP TO 84,000 POUNDS ON ALL OF OUR ROOFS.
EVEN THE LOAD ZONE 58, 4 20 OR 40,000, WHATEVER CASE MAY BE, THEY CAN RUN THAT 84,000 POUNDS WITH THAT STATEMENT, WHICH HE BORROWED FROM ANOTHER TRUCK.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR CHIEF COMPLAINTS IN THE COUNTY, UH, DEBRIS OR MATERIAL COMING OUT OF A, OUT OF A TRUCK.
UH, NOT ONLY, IT'S NOT A COUNTY TRUCK
UH, NOT ONLY IS HE HEAVY, BUT OBVIOUSLY HE'S NOT
THIS YOUNG MAN IS TAKING THIS ROCK FROM SEVEN POINTS OVER TO TIS AND, UH, WAS ABOUT TO GET UP ON 1 75.
THAT WOULD DAMAGE YOUR VEHICLE NICELY, UH, SHOULD THAT COME OFF ON THE HIGHWAY.
AND THIS ONE HAD JUST COME OUT OF A ROCK PIT UP ON A, YOU CAN, THE REASON IT'S DIPPED IN IS HE WAS OVERLOADED.
SO HE HAD THE LOADER TO REMOVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE MATERIAL, WHICH HE WAS STILL OVERLOADED.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW IT PUSHED ALL THE MATERIAL UP AND, AND ALL OF THESE ARE LITTLE PROJECTILES WAITING TO BE LAUNCHED IN THE WINDSHIELDS.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE PICKAX WOULD, WOULD LOOK NICE TO A RADIATOR OR, OR, OR WINDSHIELD AS WELL.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE HEAVY HAUL TRAILERS.
AND UH, THIS IS A LITTLE BIN THAT THEY THROW THE TOOLS IN AND, UH, AS WELL AS THE CHAIN AND PIPE.
UH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALL THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WILL COME OFF OF THESE VEHICLES.
UM, THE TIME AND PERSONNEL, BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS, THEY FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, THE SAFER VEHICLES, UH, ARE ARE SAFER DRIVING CONDITIONS.
BOTH PROGRAMS DO GENERATE REVENUE.
ALL OF THAT IS NOT THE FOCUS OF EITHER OF THESE PROGRAMS. IT'S FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR DRIVING PUBLIC, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THE EMISSIONS OR WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THESE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND OUR EQUIPMENT BEING UP TO OUR, UM, IT'S VERY TASKING TO ADEQUATELY WORK BOTH OF THE PROGRAMS. THE EMISSION PROGRAM, IT REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF, OF RESEARCH.
IT'S A LOT OF COMPUTER TIME AUDITING EACH ONE OF THE 39 STATIONS.
AND THEN ONCE YOU IDENTIFY, UH, VIOLATIONS, THEN YOU'RE EITHER ISSUING A CITATION OR YOU START PREPARING CASES AGAINST THEM.
AND THEN THE ON-ROAD ENFORCEMENT OF THE EMISSIONS, UH, GETTING OUT AND ACTUALLY STOPPING VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE FRAUDULENT INSPECTION CERTIFICATES.
THE COMMERCIAL PROGRAM IS ALMOST PRI PRIMARILY ALL ON ROAD, ALTHOUGH I DO FIND MYSELF GOING A LOT TO LOCAL COMPANIES WHO WILL CALL AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU COME TALK TO OUR DRIVERS? CAN YOU COME LOOK AT OUR EQUIPMENT? WE'D RATHER EDUCATE THAN TO FIND 'EM.
I'D MUCH RATHER TALK TO 'EM AND LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT BEFORE THEY GET OUT ON THE ROAD.
UM, WE ALSO HELP WITH THE CITIZENS WHEN THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS REGISTERED THEIR TRAILERS.
THEY DON'T PATTERN REGISTERED OR THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY ON THE TRAILER.
AND, UH, THEN RESPONDING TO THE AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE
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COUNTY WHO WILL CALL.'CAUSE THEY HAVE A LARGE TRUCK.
THEY KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM.
AND SO THEY'LL CALL AND I'LL GO OVER THERE AND HELP THEM OUT AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
THE, I I DID A FEW COMPARISONS.
ELLIS COUNTY IS VERY SIMILAR TO WE TO TO TO WHAT WE ARE AS FAR AS COUNTY ROADS, STATE ROADS AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS.
AND ATLAS COUNTY CURRENTLY EMPLOYS, UH, SERGEANT BRAD ELLIOTT.
HE'S A DEPUTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO.
ALL HE DOES IS ADMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT.
UH, IF HE'S CAUGHT UP ON HIS AUDITING, THEN HE'S OUT ON THE ROAD AND HE'S WORKING THE ROAD.
UM, HE HAS DONE, UH, QUITE A FEW SEIZURES OVER THERE, QUITE A FEW COUNTERFEIT INSPECTIONS RECOVERED.
UM, AND HE WORKS QUITE A BIT WITH DALLAS COUNTY AS WELL.
AND THEN SERGEANT PETER STEWART AND SERGEANT TOMMY SPANIEL WORKED FOR ELLIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEIR PURPOSE IS COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION.
UH, SO THEY, THEY HAVE, UH, I I'VE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME IN ELLIS COUNTY LEARNING FROM ALL THREE OF THEM.
UM, BUT BASICALLY THEY'RE DOING THE JOB I'M DOING HERE AND, AND SOMETIMES IT GETS PRETTY OVERWHELMING.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR Y'ALL THIS MORNING, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER SURE.
IS ABOUT THE, UH, HEALTH CARD AND I'LL, I, I'LL TRY TO GET A A, A ANSWER AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GIVE AT THIS POINT.
THAT'S, IT'S THE STATE CAN GIVE YOU A CLEAR ANSWER AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT'S IMPLEMENTED AND AS TO ENFORCE IT.
I'LL, I'LL GET WHAT I CAN ON THAT.
I'D LIKE TO THANK DANNY FOR EVERYTHING HE'S DONE, SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS PRESENTATION AND HE HELPS KEEP OUR, OUR COUNTY ROAD SAFE AND GET ALL THE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE THROUGH HERE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S, UH, UH, A LOT OF GUYS THAT, THAT, UH, ARE DOING RIGHT A LOT THAT ARE NOT, AND, UH, APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS.
I KNOW HE TAKES A LOT OF ABUSE FOR IT, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND CONSTABLE DO.
WELL, ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN ALL OF IT, SOME OF NOT GOOD, BUT ABOUT THE UHIT, UH, YOU KNOW, INSPECTION AND STICKERS.
I MEAN THOSE, THAT STUFF, HONESTLY, I I HAVE NOT EVEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANY ON, ON THE ROAD WORK AS FAR AS THE EMISSION GOES.
JUST IN, IN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE WENT ACROSS SOME COUNTERFEIT INSPECTIONS.
UH, WE HAVE CHARGES FILED ON THOSE AND WE PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL ON THOSE.
BUT TO SPECIFICALLY GO OUT AND TARGET COUNTERFEIT INSTRUCTIONS, I, I JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO DO IT.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING COUNTERFEITING, UH, THEY SET UP SHOPS SOMEPLACE AND PEOPLE GO IN AND GIVE THEM X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO GET A COUNT OF THIS STICK.
THAT HALF WORKS WELL, THERE'S NOT GOING INTO DETAILS WHERE THEY MAY BE.
UM, THERE WAS ONE SHOP IN TERRELL THAT I VISITED WITH AND, AND ISSUED A NUMBER OF CITATIONS TO, UM, WHO THEY WERE CHARGING $120 FOR A CLAIMS SCAM.
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A VALID INSPECTION STICKER ISSUED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT IT'S GONNA COST YOU $120 TO GET IT.
UM, THE INSPECTOR, I THINK HE SAID HE GETS $40 OF THAT AND THEN THE STATION RECEIVE THE REST OF THAT MONEY.
ALTHOUGH IT'S A FRAUDULENT INSPECTION, IT'S A GOOD INSPECTION CERTIFICATE.
THE COUNTERFEIT ONES, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE LARGE PRINTERS THAT THEY PRINT OUT AND THEY JUST SELL 'EM ON THE STREET.
IT'S, I KNOW A GUY WHO CAN HOOK YOU UP CAR PASS AND IT'S GONNA COST YOU ABOUT A HUNDRED BUCKS.
IS THAT FOR LIKE THE REGULAR AUTOMOBILE? YES.
WHAT ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL? THEY COUNTERFEIT THE COMMERCIALS AS WELL, ALTHOUGH I'VE NOT RUN ACROSS ANY.
IS THERE A AGE LIMIT ON VEHICLES THAT DON'T HAVE TO, UH, PASS THE EMISSIONS? 1996 AND OLDER OR NEWER RATHER.
THEY'RE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PRESENTATION I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING TOGETHER.
THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE, UH, DANNY WAS ALONG WITH ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OTHER, UH, CONSTABLES WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS OVER THERE FOR THE WORK IN THE ADMISSIONS PART BECAUSE A MISSIONS ARE, UH, A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF HOW WE GET OUR FUNDING FOR ANY STATE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION
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AND IF WE DON'T MEET THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE SET BY THE FEDS, THE THREAT IS, AND IT HAPPENED IN ATLANTA, THEY WON'T SEND ANY MONEY TO THE STATE DETECTIVES, TO THE DALLAS DISTRICT TO, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR MISSIONS CRITERIA.
SO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO GET IT DOWN TO THAT GOAL.
AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY
IT REDUCES THEIR, WE'RE CLEANING THEIR DIRT, WE'RE MAKING THEIR AVERAGE A LOT BETTER, BUT WE WIND UP OUR CITIZENS.
WE'RE, AND THE $6 PER INSPECTION STICKER IS, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET THEIR INSPECTION STICKERS IN CONLAND COUNTY BECAUSE THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT YOU SHOWED UP THERE, WE HAVE OVER 110,000 VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE COUNTY.
IT SHOULD COME FOR THE COUNTY PARK.
WELL, BUT NOW HAVING SAID THAT, A 95 OR OLDER VEHICLE'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THAT FIGURE.
'CAUSE THAT'S EMISSIONS ONLY RIGHT THERE.
THAT THAT'S NOT ALL, THAT'S NOT IN SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
AND THEN ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES WHICH WE HAVE TO DO THIS EMISSION STUFF, WE GOTTA GET AIR CLEANER BECAUSE THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, BUT ALSO JUST BETTER HEALTHY FOR ALL US.
BUT WHEN DANNY SPENDING A LOT OF HIS TIME DOING THE ADMISSIONS PART, IT'S LESS ON THE ENFORCEMENT PART TO START OFF WITH, I WANNA TELL YOU THAT THE JP REPORT CALLED THAT THAT OTHER DAY.
WE GOT, DANNY HAS WRITTEN MORE CITATIONS AND EVERY CONS CONSTABLE, DEPUTY CONSTABLE AND THE ACCOUNT BY HIMSELF, ALL THAT TOLD UP DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT DANNY HAD WRITTEN IN CITATIONS.
THAT'S PRETTY TELLING REPORT ABOUT HOW HARD HE'S WORKING AND ALSO THAT IS GOING BY THE WAYSIDE A LITTLE BIT.
I'M ASSUMING HE'S NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, BUT I TELL YOU HE'S HAD TO DO THE VICIOUS STUFF.
HE'S NOT DOING THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT STUFF AND HE CAN'T DO BOTH.
AND UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, US START THINKING ABOUT LONG TIME BEFORE BOTH TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT IT, EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM.
I GOTTA QUESTION, HOW DID, UH, DOES DPS UH, HAVE TROOPERS THAT GO CHECK THE STATIONS? BECAUSE I WAS IN BUSINESS AND TERRIBLE BEFORE AND THEY COME AND CHECKED OUR INSPECTION STATION AND EVERY TIME SOMETHING WENT, IT WENT RIGHT TO AUSTIN, RIGHT BACK TO US AND THEY COME AND, UH, THEY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, TROOPERS ALL THE TIME NOW, HOW DO Y'ALL COORDINATE WITH THE TROOPERS OR WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? THE TROOPERS DO NOT DO ANY MORE.
UH, THE STATIONS, THEY HAVE A CIVILIAN THAT WORKS AT A GARLAND AND SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
UM, SHE HASN'T BEEN IN COFFMAN COUNTY IN SIX MONTHS BECAUSE THEY'VE TASKED THEM NOW WITH A LOT OF OTHER TASKS AS WELL WHERE THEY, THEY'VE CLOSED SOME OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS DOWN AND GIVEN THEM OVERSIGHT OVER OTHER AGENCIES.
UH, MET WITH HER QUITE A BIT AND WE'VE GONE OUT A FEW TIMES.
UM, BUT SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO TAKES CARE OF COFFMAN COUNTY.
THE ONLY TIME THAT SHE WOULD BRING A TROOPER IN IS IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN BEYOND HER SCOPE, THEN THEY WOULD BRING A TROOPER IN.
UM, THAT GENERALLY SHE'LL JUST WRITE OVER FLOOR AND THEY'LL EITHER DO FINES OR SANCTIONS AGAINST THE INSPECTION STATION IF A GARAGE OR BUSINESS IS CAUGHT COUNTY, UH, STICKER OR WHATEVER THE OTHER WAS YOU CALL WHERE THEY, THEY DO DO THE CLEAN SCAN.
WHAT, WHAT PUNISHMENT DO THEY RECEIVE? WELL, THERE THEY HAVE THEIR LICENSE.
THEY, IT, THE STATE HAS THAT OPTION.
UM, UH, MICHELLE WOULD BE THE ONE TO DO THAT.
SHE'S, SHE'S WITH DPSA, CIVILIAN WITH DPS, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ROUTES THAT COULD BE TAKEN ON THAT THEY COULD EITHER BE ISSUED A CITATION OR DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF IT, WE CAN FILE FELONY CHARGES FOR TAMPERING WITH GOVERNMENT RECORD.
UM, THE, THE FIVE FELONY CASES THAT ARE PENDING NOW, I'M, I'M GETTING READY TO PRESENT THEM THE DA'S OFFICE AND KIND OF TEST THE WATER AND SEE HOW THAT GOES THROUGH.
WE HAD MUCH RATHER FILE A FELONY CASES RATHER THAN WRITE THE CITATIONS.
UH, BUT WE WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW IT WORKS WITH, WITH THE FELONY CHARGES.
WE ACTUALLY GET INTO SEIZING, UH, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.
UM, AND IN THE CASE OF THE, THE CHARGES THAT ARE FIXING TO BE FILED, THERE'S A VEHICLE THAT THIS PERSON HAS USED REPEATEDLY TO DO THESE CLEAN SCANS.
AND THAT'S THE VEHICLE THAT MOVED THE LAST I KNOW THE PLACE I GO TO, MAN, THEY, THEY LOOK AT STUFF.
WHAT I GO TO SAY THEY, THEY, I, I WOULD NEVER SAY THAT THEY'RE ALL DISHONEST BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THEM I SAY ARE, ARE EXTREMELY HONEST, BUT WE HAVE OUR PERCENTAGE IN THE COUNTY THAT CONTINUE THAT SKIRT THEM OFF.
PRESENT WITH THE DIESEL, UH, PICKUPS AND STUFF, OR
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NOT TESTING THE SAFETY ONLY.THERE'S NO EMISSION TEST FOR, IS THERE ANY PLAN TO CHANGE THAT OR NOT? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE, THE ONLY CHANGE THAT I UNDERSTAND IS COMING IN 2015 IS THE EMISSION CERTIFICATE ITSELF WILL GO AWAY AND THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE REGISTRATION OF THE VEHICLE.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT YET, BUT, UH, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE EFFECT IN 2015.
BEFORE WE, UH, BEFORE WE ACT ON YOUR, ON YOUR, UH, JUST YOUR PRESENTATION HERE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH YOU AND, UH, CONSTABLE BRYAN, CONSTABLE MARSH AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WOULD ENHANCE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO NOW WITH THE EXISTING PERSONNEL WE HAVE, IF, IF WE'VE GOT, UH, GARAGES THAT ARE OUT HERE IN BUSINESSES THAT WE KNOW ARE, ARE VIOLATING THE LAW OR YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF THEY'RE, MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, WE DO A WARRANT ROUNDUP, MAYBE WE NEED TO DO A, A ROUNDUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OPERATING ILLICIT AS FAR AS THEIR, UH, INSPECTION STICKERS ARE CONCERNED.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOT REALLY AN AVENUE TO DO A A, A ROUNDUP.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD TERM.
IT AN EMPHASIS, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF COMPUTER TIME LOOKING AT THE DATA.
UM, WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FROM TECQ, THE PURCHASE OF A POLE CAMERA, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO WATCH REAL TIME WHEN THEY'RE DOING THESE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY ADDS TO THE EVIDENCE.
UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PERSONNEL TIME.
I, I CAN ONLY BE STRESSED SO FAR AND I, AND I JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO GET TO THAT POINT.
WELL I'LL UH, BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CONSTABLES.
WE SEE IF WE CAN ASSIST WAY WE CAN, WE NEED APPRECIATE IT TOGETHER AND BUY SANDWICHES AND HAVE LUNCH AND TALK ABOUT IT.
I THAT DEAL CO COOK COBBLER, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
OTHER QUESTIONS? DANNY, WE WE NEED TO MOVE ON.
I WAS JUST UH, ASK YOU, IS IT POSSIBLE WE COULD TRAIN SOME OF THE OTHER CONSTABLES, DEPUTY CONSTABLES TO ASSIST Y'ALL AT DIFFERENT PRECINCTS AS AS FAR AS ON THE EMISSIONS PART? YES, YOUR HONOR.
ON THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SIDE.
YEAH, I KNOW YOU HAVE TO EXPECT, BUT WILL THAT TAKE A HELP? TAKE A LOAD OFF ONION.
WE TOOK A, IT SAY PRECINCT TWO, THAT VERY SMALL PRECINCT, BUT WE STILL HAVE A CONSTABLE, A DEPUTY CONSTABLE.
IT, IT WOULD, IT, IT, IT WOULD ANY, ANY HELP IS GONNA TAKE THE LOAD OFF ME.
THAT CONSTABLE JUST NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THAT DEPUTY CONSTABLE WILL SPEND WHAT THE PAID FOR.
THEY'RE TALKING, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT ISSUES.
WELL MAYBE THAT LIKE SAY AND IT SPREAD THE ENFORCEMENT OUT.
SOMEBODY NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY, OF COURSE THEY'RE SOUTH.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL OF OUR CONSTABLE, BUT I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE NEED DO MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
MAYBE WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND KIND OF GET A GAME PLAN.
WOULD YOU BE GOOD WITH THAT? UH, I I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY NEED TO SIT AND DISCUSS SO WE'LL UNDERSTAND ALL THE DETAILS, ALL THE RAMIFICATIONS.
I'D LIKE TO ASK DANIEL SPARE TIME.
I'D LIKE ASK YOU DO TWO THINGS.
ONE IS PUT TOGETHER SOME NUMBERS FOR US, SOME BUDGET TO, UH, GET TO WHERE YOU THINK WE NEED TO BE.
THE SECOND THING IS I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO COME OVER TO PRECINCT TWO AND INSPECT ALL OF OUR VEHICLES FOR SAFETY, JUST LIKE YOU DO ON THE SOUTH ROAD.
I KNOW YOU DON'T CHECK THE COUNTY STUFF AND WE, WE SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
SO I'D LIKE YOU TO COME OVER THERE AND UNANNOUNCED AND JUST CHECK US OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE LAW.
OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT A ALLOWED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS REPORT.
SO MR. MANNING MAKES A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, MR. LIK SECOND.
LET'S MOVE THROUGH A COUPLE MORE ITEMS BEFORE WE, UH, TAKE A BREAK.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS FROM GEORGE TO DISCUSS CONSIDER VOICE DATA AUDIT BY SPY GLASS GROUP LC.
ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO THAT? YEAH, FOLKS, LAST TIME WE MET THAT WE TABLE AN ISSUE.
WE'RE FROM TIME TO TIME WE'D LIKE TO AUDIT, UH, TELCO BILLING BOISE DAVIS TO TRY TO GET THE BEST BANK LOOK.
AND AS WE KIND OF MOVE, MOVE AWAY FROM THE CONVENTIONAL COPPER TO MORE OF A WIRELESS MODE, WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT AND WE'RE GONNA COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND OF COURSE WE'LL DO IT FOR A YEAR, NOT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACT WHILE JOHN LOOKED AT IT AND IT A SOLID CONTRACT.
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IDENTIFIED WE NEEDED TO CHANGE, UH, THEY INCLUDED THINGS WE KNOW ABOUT.WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME WORK OUT HERE AND WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA CONSOLIDATE AND MOVE FOLKS AWAY FROM THE SOUTH CAMPUS SO WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SAVINGS THERE.
SO WE WANTED TO PULL THAT OUT OF IT IN A WAY THEY WANT TO BE PAID.
IT WAS KIND OF DIAN CONTRACT AWAY.
THIS FIRST DONE, THEY WANTED TO BE PAID IF WE ENJOYED LET'S SAY 50,000 SAVINGS OVER YEARS TIME.
WELL IF THEY DID THAT, THAT MONEY WOULD COME OUT.
THIS BUDGET FOR MONEY AND SAVINGS, WE WOULD ENJOY NEXT BUDGET.
SO WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT, WE WANTED TO, THAT COST US MORE MONEY.
SO BASICALLY WE JUST WANTED TO RE RE RELOOK AT IT, UH, RENEGOTIATE IT.
JOHN HASN'T SEEN TO FILE, SO IF YOU FOLKS WOULD LIKE MAYBE APPROVE IT PENDING HIS FINAL
ANY QUESTION? ANY QUESTIONS? GEORGE? WHAT KIND OF DOLLAR? NO, NO.
UH, THEY'RE PAID ON, UM, ANY SAVINGS, BUT THERE'S ZERO COST IN THE COUNTY.
WE SHOULD GET HOPEFULLY ANYTHING WE SHOULD GET REVENUE.
IN THE PAST WHEN, WHEN NON BELL DID IT, WE WOULD RECEIVE, UH, MONEY BACK FROM THE STATE, FROM THE IRS ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 50,000.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY I'M GONNA DO IT NOW.
I THINK WE'VE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
NOW WE'RE GOOD AT, YOU KNOW, HARVESTING THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, RIGHT? WE WANT TO GET A GUY TO SHAKE THE TREE AND KIND OF GET THE ONES ON TOP.
THAT'S WHY I WANNA HAVE THESE FOLKS COME IN AND HAVE A LOOK AT IT.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT DOC, THE SAME THING DON DOES, BUT IT'S MORE OF A, UM, NOT REALLY JOHN, I LIKE HOW DON DO IT, BUT HE'S BUSY.
HE'S A IT DIRECTOR FOR SMITH COUNTY AND, BUT UH, THIS IS THE COMPANY OUT OHIO YANKEES THEY'RE GONNA IN AND NATIONALLY.
SO I THINK OUR AUDITOR BROUGHT, THIS IS ONE OF A FEW THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AS LONG AS WE MAKE SURE THE SCOPE IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE KNOW WE PULL OUT.
WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO PAY THEM FOR THINGS WE KNOW BUSINESS.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DID PAST WEEK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT GEORGIA'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE THIS PENDING APPROVAL OF JOHN THE CONTRACT CHANGE.
SO HAVE A MOTION, MR. YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND CLARK SECOND.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND WHAT I WANT TO DO BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK HERE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE OVER TO NUMBER 1213 I HERE WITH.
BUT UH, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT NUMBER 12.
AND UH, KEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING PRELIMINARY FLAT FOR WINDING CREEK RANCH SUBDIVISION IN COUNTY PRECINCT
UH, FAR AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, ACCORDING TO THE SUBDIVISION RULES OF REGULATIONS AND WE HAVE THE, MY LARGE TWO, MY ART COPIES REQUIRED TO PRESENT TO THE, UH, COUNTY CLERK.
AND WE HAVE, THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE ISSUE ROLLBACK TAXES.
WE'VE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT NO ROLLBACK TAXES ARE DUE WITH LAND USE HAS NOT CHANGED.
IT'S INTERESTING READ THAT BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T CHANGE UNTIL THE PROPERTY, IT HAS TO BE, HAVE TO PURCHASED.
NORMALLY IT'S AFTER THE PROPERTY IS PURCHASED.
AS MR. LANE SAID, A COUPLE OF THESE PEOPLE WERE GONNA HAVE, UM, COMMERCIAL CATTLE, CATTLE OPERATIONS, COMMERCIAL OPERATION.
SO IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOT FEASIBLE TO CHANGE OR TO CHANGE THE ROLL BACK AND THEN HAVE TO GO AND APPLY TO, UM, THE TAXES ISN'T PAID, UM, ON
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF IT.
YEAH, IT JUST BEEN A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.
WE APPROVE THE PLUMBING COMMISSIONER ANY DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING A FINAL PLAN FOR WIND CREEK SUBDIVISION COUNTY PRECINCT ONE.
ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK,
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CALL THE COURT BACK TO ORDER AND NEXT ITEM WILL BE NUMBER SEVEN.I'LL REVIEW GIVING US A COPY OF THAT.
REVENUES LOOK LIKE THEY'RE STARTING TO COME IN NOW, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND UM, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ON THE GENERAL FUND OR THE OVERALL IS ABOUT THE 25% BENCHMARK THAT YOU SHOULD BE.
AND, UH, ROAD BRIDGE, WE NEED TO DO YOUR TRANSFER FOR YOUR DECEMBER.
THAT WILL BE APPROVED IN THE NEXT COURT.
UH, WE HAVE THIS THIS MONTH, SO THAT CHANGING.
SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME? YES, SIR.
UH, IN LOOKING AT THE 25% BENCHMARK MM-HMM
THE ONLY ONE THAT GOES THROUGH IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WHY, WHY ARE WE OVER 25% EXPENSES THAT LARGER EXPENSES COME IN EARLIER TO BUCK YEAR THAN I THINK THAT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAD PAID OCTOBER WAS AT ONE TIME.
YEAH, WE PAID THAT IN THE LUMP SUM.
WHICH WE GOT AN UPDATED INFORMATION ON THAT LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL, NOT ON INDEPENDENT MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT PRESENTED? ACCEPT ALL YOUR REPORT.
I'M HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER SHANE AND A SECOND COMMISSIONER CLARK.
OPPOSED? UH, NEXT ITEM MS. GIVE US A REPORT, UH, FOR A MONTHLY REPORT.
UH, EVERYBODY HAS COPIES, RIGHT? OKAY.
AS OF, UH, ON THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WE COLLECTED 11 MILLION, UH, $15,564.
SO RIGHT NOW, AFTER ONE QUARTER WE ARE UH, JUST UNDER 49% COLLECTIONS FOR THE YEAR.
SO FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE, WE'RE AT 48 AND A HALF AND COLLECTIONS ARE COLLECTED 1.6 MILLION FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE.
NOW WHEN YOU SEE THE ZEROS UNDER OUR PENALTIES AND INTEREST FOR CURRENT YEAR, THAT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PENALTIES AND INTEREST IN, IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
SO ALL THOSE THAT ARE COLLECTED ARE ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S SIDE ON THE FAR RIGHT UNDER THE DELINQUENT ROLE.
SO THE COLLECTIONS THERE ARE LIKE 55,000 COLLECTED ON PENALTIES AND INTEREST FOR, UH, GENERAL FUND AND, UH, THREE 500 PTED UNDER ROAD BRIDGE.
I HAVE A, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE, UH, ON YOUR REPORT WE'RE SHOWING THAT YOU COLLECTED, UH, PER DECEMBER OR 2013 11,015,564, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER? JUST FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
AND THAT IS BE, THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE MORTGAGE COMPANIES PAID IN DECEMBER.
SO THAT UPS OUR, OUR TAKE REALLY GOOD FOR DECEMBER.
ON KAREN'S REPORT THAT WE JUST, UH, ACCEPTED IT SHOWED THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED UH, 5 MILLION 5 74, 9 10.
I ASSUME THAT IT, A LOT OF MONEY COMES IN ON 31ST AND IT PROBABLY IS NOT DEPOSITED UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
Y'ALL DIDN'T THINK I COULD FIGURE THAT? I'M THINKING YOU WERE FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS EITHER YOU OR COMMISSIONER CLARK THAT BROUGHT THAT UP.
WELL, BUT THAT HAS CAME UP BEFORE THAT QUESTION.
THAT'S THE REASON SHE HAS HER OWN BANK ACCOUNT AND THEN WHEN THEY RUN THEIR REPORT FOR THAT WEEK TO MAKE THEIR DEPOSITS, THEN THE TREASURER RECEIPTS THEM THE DAY THEY GET 'EM.
SO IF IT'S DECEMBER'S MONEY, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT RECEDED UNTIL JANUARY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T LOSE 6 MILLION.
NEXT QUESTION IS, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE ON YOUR REPORT, UH, THAT YOU COULD BREAK OUT THE ROLLBACK TAXES SO WE
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COULD SEE FROM I I I ASSUME THEY'RE INCLUDED JUST IN ONE, ONE OF THE REGULAR LINES.WOULD THAT BE A HORRIBLE ISSUE? YEAH, I'LL CHECK WITH THE ATION SYSTEM AND SEE IF IT'S A SPECIAL FREE THAT WE CAN DO FOR EACH MONTH IF YOU WANT ADD THAT ON THERE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.
FAR HOW MUCH IS GIVING YOU BACK YEAH.
THAT WE'RE GETTING AND UH, THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF ROLLBACK TEXAS.
I, I THINK I NEED TO BE EDUCATED A LITTLE MORE.
I KIND OF REMEMBER IT FROM UH, OLD DAYS AS A SUPERINTENDENT, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY, AND IT IS QUITE INTERESTING.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO DO A A PROBABLY TAKING YOU TWO MINUTES NEXT COMMISSION MEETING OR SOMETHING.
YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE, THE LAWS ARE ON ROLL BACK TAXES? I THINK THAT, DON'T YOU GUYS THINK THAT WOULD BE YEAH, JUST SO WE KIND OF KNOW.
YEAH, WE, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE NEED TO INVOLVE CHRIS IN THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE, UH, I WONDER, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ON THE ROLLBACK TAXES THAT WE COLLECT, THERE IS NOT REALLY A CLEAR PROCESS.
I MEAN, HE KIND OF LEARNS ABOUT IT BY WHAT IS, UH, APPRAISERS SEE OUT IN MM-HMM
AND IS THAT PRETTY WELL HOW THEY DETERMINE THAT? THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOUR TAX BILL IS AS WHATEVER THE LAND USE WAS RIGHT ON ONE JANUARY.
SO, AND IF THEY'RE ONLY APPRAISING EVERY THREE YEARS, THEY DON'T HAPPEN TO SEE SOMETHING OR THE PERSON DOESN'T COME IN, THEN THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THE USE HAS CHANGED.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD HELP IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR VARIOUS PRECINCTS ON WHATEVER, BUT THOSE COMMISSIONERS ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE, UH, AS FAMILIAR WITH IT AS ANYBODY JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THEIR PRECINCT, YOU KNOW, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY SEE, IF THEY CAN TELL ME AND I CAN SEND IT REPORTS OVER TO APPRAISER'S OFFICE.
Y'ALL THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA JUST TO KIND OF LOOK AT, ALRIGHT, I'M TO THE ADD.
ALRIGHT, OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UH, MS. I TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT SHANE MOTION.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, I GO AHEAD AND UH, MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH DEPARTMENT STATE HEALTH SERVICES REGARDING GRANTS FUNDING FOR THE MASS EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM THROUGH THE CRI GRANT PROGRAM.
STEVE, THAT'S LANGUAGE WELL HAD TO BE A LITTLE, ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS, WE'VE BEEN IN THE CRI PROGRAM FOR 10 YEARS NOW, AND AT THE END OF EACH YEAR THEY'LL DO WHAT THEY CALL SUITE FUNDS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE STUFF LEFT OVER, THEY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN A YEAR TO DO IT.
WE'VE ONLY GOT SIX MONTHS, SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE OUR FATHER DAUGHTER AT ME, WE GOT TO PAY FOR IT THIS YEAR BY THE END OF, OF JUNE, JUNE 30TH.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK THAT OUT, BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT AND, AND SAVE US SOME NEXT YEAR.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
IT'S FOR THE SECOND YEAR IS NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS TERM.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON THE FIRST YEAR BECAUSE IT'S HAVE TO DO PAY FOR IT FORWARD AND THEN WE WOULD BE REIMBURSED WHEN, UH, ONCE WE PAY FOR IT, WE FILL THE PAPERWORK PROBABLY WITH A COUPLE MONTHS SO THE MONEY SHOULD COME BACK.
ANY QUESTIONS, STEVE? ON THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, I BELIEVE YOU WERE WORKING WITH REIMBURSEMENTS FOR SOME OF THE CITIES.
UH, I HOPE TO CATCH JOHN LONG TODAY TO FIND OUT.
UH, I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE NEED TO DO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO PROCEED WITH THIS OR SEND HIM AN INVOICE AND LET HIM SEND THIS MONEY.
SO, UH, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM ON THAT ONE, SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.
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ANY QUESTIONS? STEVE, THANKS FOR WORKING ON THIS GETTING GRANT FOR NEXT YEAR.NOT MOTION TO ACCEPT CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY HEALTH SERVICES, THE ATTORNEY'S.
UH, IT'S, IT'S ONLY THE, UH, HOW WE'RE GOING GET THE MONEY BACK FROM THE CITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM THAT HE NEEDED TO LOOK AT.
SO THIS, THIS IS READY TO GO? YES, SIR.
SO IS THAT, WHAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS TO APPROVE THIS MR. SHANE.
LAURA, ARE YOU READY NOW? YES, SIR.
DO YOU GUYS WANNA COME UP? CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY.
I'D LIKE I THE, THE COURT TO RECOGNIZE MY OFFICE FOR RECEIVING THE, UM, FIVE STAR EXEMPLARY AWARD FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THIS IS THE NINTH AWARD THAT WE'VE WON FROM THEM SINCE 2002.
IT'S THE FOURTH EXEMPLARY STATUS THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UH, CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO MEET.
AND THIS, THIS, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IT TAKES A YEAR TO DO.
YOU HAVE TO DO DEATH CERTIFICATES IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, BIRTH CERTIFICATES IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND MY RESPECT WORKS HARD EACH AND EVERY DAY TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS EXCEEDED.
AND WE ARE ALSO THANKFUL FOR THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR LOCAL JPS, OUR FUNERAL HOMES AND OUR HOSPITALS IN MAKING SURE THAT THEIR INPUT IS DONE AND THEN WE CAN DO OURS.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF A, A GROUP PROJECT AND WE BRING THIS BACK TO COFFMAN COUNTY AND JUST LET LET Y'ALL BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT KAUFFMAN HAS ANOTHER LOOK AT THE AWARD.
I'D LIKE TO COMMEND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR EDUCATION.
EVERYONE JUDGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET A PICTURE OF ALL OF US? WONDERFUL.
WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE PICTURE? I HAVE A CAMERA AND I GONNA GET GEORGE.
HE TAKE PICTURE GONNA WORK OKAY FOR US.
LOOK LIKE YOU LOST YOUR BEST FRIEND.
PUT THAT ON THE ALL ITEM NUMBER.
UH, WELL I GUESS WE NEED TO VOTE ON RECOGNIZING THEM SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RECOGNITION.
COMMISSIONER MANNING, UH, COMMISSIONER SECONDS.
ALL NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING, UH, ALLOCATIONS OF THE FAMILY PROTECTION FEE TO LONE STAR COUNCIL INCORPORATED.
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KATON COUNTY CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER, THE GENESIS CENTER AND THE KAMAN COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER PROJECT.I BELIEVE YOU HAVE, UH, THE INFORMATION ON THAT.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL, UH, FEE THAT IS COLLECTED BY THE JUDGES AND I BELIEVE THERE'S APPROXIMATELY, UH, $8,578 IN THAT, WHICH MEANS EACH OF THESE ENTITIES WOULD RECEIVE A TOTAL OF $2,144 AND 66 CENTS APPROXIMATELY.
AND WE STARTED THIS, WHAT, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY THAT FUND HAD BUILT UP QUITE A BIT OF THE MONEY IN IT AT ONE TIME AND NOW WE'RE DIS SUPPOSED BE USE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I WE APPROVE THE ALLEGATIONS.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MANNING SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE DOWN TO WITHOUT EVERY POPULAR SUBJECT LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
YOU GOT THESE ON YOUR EMAIL LAST WEEK.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THEM? YOU UNDERSTAND? THE, UH, EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM, BUDGET AMENDMENT? IT'S AN AMOUNT THAT WE GET AND WE HAVE TO CARRY IT OVER HERE AND EVERYBODY LAST ALL THE REVENUES TO, UM, THE ONE, UH, FOR 2013, UM, ADULT PROBATION WAS SENDING BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND THEY WERE BEING SENT TO THE WRONG PERSON'S EMAIL THAT'S NO LONGER THERE AND WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY'D BEEN SENT, SO WE HAD TO FIX THEIRS.
IT'S NOT COUNTY MONEY, IT'S THEIR MONEY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLEANED UP BEFORE THE OUTSIDE JUST FINISHED.
WELL THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN A LOT OF THE REPORTS AND STUFF AND THEN THEY'LL ADJUST THE THINGS THAT WE FIXED.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON OUR ALL RIGHT, GOOD.
UH, WE HAD TO GET SOME UNAUDITED FINANCIALS DONE FOR THE ROAD ON, UH, PAT AND SENT AN INVOICE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS INFORMATION FOR SOUTHWEST.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA PAY FOR THAT FROM THE, I WAS GONNA PAY THAT FROM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND THEN ASK ONCE WE GET THE BOND SOLD AND EVERYTHING AND WE RECEIVE THE MONEY REIMBURSED THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT THOUSAND FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
SO THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU? YEAH.
WHAT THIS IS FOR WE, TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RATINGS CALL, I BELIEVE AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING FROM STANDARD REPORT.
AND TO DO THAT, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF, QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION, NON WAITING COMPANY AS FOR, AND ONE OF 'EM WAS HOW WE WOUND UP THE BUDGET YEAR LAST YEAR AND IT LOOKED LIKE WE INCREASED OUR FUND BALANCE AROUND $300,000 TO ABOUT A MILLION FREE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKE US, YOU KNOW, OUR CREDIT RATE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A MINUS, UH, STABLE, WHICH IS NOT BAD, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET UP TO AT LEAST MAY.
AND UH, THEY'VE SENT US A TON OF QUESTIONS THAT KAREN AND I ARE GONNA BE TRYING TO ANSWER THIS MORNING, UH, AND UH, PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR LONG CONVERSATION.
AND SO, UH, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS IS FOR.
SO ANYWAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LINEUP? TRANSFERS? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED SO MAY MR. MANNING MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS, THIS IS FOR A THREE WEEK PERIOD.
UH, THE BILLS CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE MILLION $193,515 AND 42 CENTS.
DID YOU GET ALL THESE MAILS? THEM? MM-HMM
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD SOME EXTRAS THAT DIDN'T GET MAILED OUT OR CHANGE OF CARE WHAT WAS ON THERE.
AND NOT IF HE GIVE YOU ALL THOSE TAGS.
NO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EMERGENCIES OR ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT.
WE LIBRARY IS THAT UM, THAT'S A QUARTERLY PAYMENT THAT WE
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GETS.THE MOST CITY DOESN'T HAVE A IT'S IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK.
IN THE GENERAL FUND UNDER UM, GOVERNMENT.
YOU CAN THE DIFFERENT RECALL, BUT THAT'S COUNTER UH, THERE WAS ONE, UH, THERE WAS A BUILDER IN COMP ENGINEERS IN PRECINCT THREE.
GO BACK THAT IT SAYS THERE'S ONE THIS FAMILY PLAN REVIEW ROCK LAKE RANCH PLAN REVIEW FOR ROCK LAKE RANCH.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE UP FOR THAT.
AND THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH TASK, THE TOTAL BILL ABOUT $2,300, 2332.
AND ACCORDING TO JENNY OVER THERE, THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANY MORE WORK.
I ASKED THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT MENT FROM THE COUNTY JUDGE OR COURT BEFORE THEY STARTED RUNNING BILLS UP.
AND AS OCTOBER SAID, THE ONLY WORK FORM FOR THE COUNTY IS INDIVIDUAL COMMISSION FOR FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT'S WHY, I DUNNO WHAT THIS 23 IS FOR.
SOME OF IT COULD BE PLAN REVIEW FOR THAT SUBDIVISION.
NOT, THEY ALSO MET WITH US DOWN THERE THAT DAY.
WE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, HAVING A PLA FOR ALL SUBDIVISION NO MATTER WHAT SIZE THEY, THEY WERE WITH US DOWN THERE FOR YEAH, THEY MET WITH US DOWN THERE AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS.
THAT'S WHAT THE PROFESSIONAL, THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER PARTY DOING US FOR ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.
WE NEED TO REVIEW OUR IT DOES REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S WHAT YEAH, THEY'RE SAYING SIX AND A HALF HOURS.
SIX AND A HALF HOURS PROBABLY TRAVEL AND EVERYTHING.
THE CHARGES FOR THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PROJECT IN HERE.
ACCORDING TO CONTRACT PLAN IS CHANCE THEY CHARGE, THEY CHARGE US 80 SOMETHING FOR MAKING A PHONE CALL AND ASKING QUESTION.
YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY WAS ASKED TO COME OUT.
WHO ASKED HIM COME OUT THERE ABOUT THE PLA DID YOU ASK TO COME OUT? NO, I GUESS I, I WASN'T, NO, I WAS AND AND JOHN WANTED BEFORE JOHN, BEFORE JOHN HAD ISSUED EVERYTHING THAT WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, IT WAS ASKED BY SOMEBODY.
I GUESS I DID TELL THEM TO GET YOU SO THAT WE WOULDN'T BE RUNNING BILLS.
DID WE WRITE THEM OR ANYTHING AND ASK HIM I GUESS.
BUT I MEAN DID WE WRITE AND ASK THEM? COURT MEMBER, THE JUDGES DON'T YOU GET WITH ME LETTER SUGGEST WHAT I PUT IN THERE THAT DAY.
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REMEMBER DISCUSSION? YEAH.AND PUT US ON THE BOARD TO RESOLVE THIS WITH THEM AND CA JUST SEEMED LIKE THEY CHARGED A LOT.
DID THIS RIFLE WELL WE NEED THAT UP FRONT.
KNOW WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE, WE WENT THROUGH THE, THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THIS ENGINEER.
THEY TOLD RIGHT FRONT, YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS GONNA COST EVERY TIME I COME DOWN HERE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, EVERYTHING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED THROUGH YOU INSTEAD OF JUST PICKING UP THE PHONE CALL AND SAY, HEY YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS AND THIS AND THIS? AND ON THAT MEETING DOWN THERE, I JUST GOT AN EMAIL SAID SHOW UP PROCESS.
WELL THEY CHARGE US $1,120 TO REVIEW IT BUT ACCORDING TO THEIR, WE PAID A FIVE WATER, TELL US WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CHARGING AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGED US, UH, 400 FOR PRELIMINARY COLLECT FROM THAT WE COLLECT, WE COLLECTED 400 FEE FOR PRELIMINARY.
I DON'T YEAH, WE CHANGED FEES UP ON PRELIMINARY FOR PRELIMINARY AND 600 FOR FILING.
THEY CHARGED US HOW MUCH? 11 AND THAT IT WAS THAT WAS THEIR FOUR WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
YEAH, THAT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
WELL THE IDEA THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PAY FOR ITSELF, WHICH IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GOING NOT MAKING ANY MONEY BUT NOT GONNA BE GOING, WHAT DO YOU WANT? HOLD UP ON, I'M UP ON PAYMENT.
WE FIND THAT ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM UNTIL WE FIND OUT EXACTLY IN INVOICE FROM ON PAYMENT ON THAT THE LETTER WE NEED TO RAISE APPLICATION FEES ENGINEER ONE, THE NEED TO BE IN LINE.
SEE THE REST OF THOSE ENGINEERS WAS HIGHER THAN KYLE FINN.
IF MY, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY AND I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK YOU PROBABLY WERE AWARE OF WHAT THE YEAH, IT WAS LISA THAT WAS IN ON THAT DEAL, NOT JACK, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE 'CAUSE I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE ENGINEER AND THEY WERE THE, THEY WERE LESS THAN ALL THE REST OF THOSE GUYS BECAUSE THE REST OF THOSE GUYS WERE GONNA HAVE TO COME, ONE OF 'EM GONNA HAVE TO COME FROM A FAR NORTH DALLAS, ONE FROM ONE BUNCH FROM AUSTIN OR SOMEWHERE.
IS THAT CORRECT, JUDGE? SORRY? YOU CAN'T CONSIDER PRACTICAL SELECTING AN ENGINEER.
THAT'S WHY I SAY YOU SENT SOME BILL.
THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE REQUEST A ISSUE.
WHAT? LOOK INTO THIS A ORDER THAT'S I SENT BACK.
SAID BEFORE YOU DO SHE AND SO THEY SPENT SO MANY HOURS ON THIS PROJECT AND YOU ASKED AND THEY SENT LIKE EIGHT OR 10 PAGES BEFORE NOWHERE ON THERE.
KEN, SHANE NOWHERE ON THERE DOES IT WHAT THE PROJECT WAS.
SO YOU THEIR OKAY HE'S GOT TO HE'S ALREADY GOT IT EVERY TIME THEY GET
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I'M ACTUALLY SIGNED, I GOT SIGNED UP EARLY ENOUGH WHERE I GET TO STAY IN THE CIGARETTE BILL.YOU KNOW THAT ALWAYS WONDER YOU CAN, HE SAID THEY ALREADY LOOKED AT YOUR RIGHT.
AREN'T YOU GETTING THREE CONTAINERS CO-OP 12 THE WIRELESS JUST IN RIGHT NOW APPLICATIONS, YOU CAN'T USE THAT MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
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PROBABLY SIX WEEKS.I HEADS THERE'S NO WAY I CAN GET AND THE REST OF TO GET THE ELECTRONIC REPORTING INFORMATION.
AND I CAN, I CAN GIVE YOU AN ANSWER AS TO WHAT I'M
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SAYING IS YOU STILL HAVE THE PAY.[02:00:01]
ARTICLE TAKE.I THOUGHT YOU WERE HAVE A MOTION FROM SECOND MR. SHANE SECOND MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? SAY A OPPOSED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.