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LIKE, TO WELCOME YOU THIS MORNING TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE KAMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT.

TODAY'S MONDAY, AUGUST THE 11TH, UH, 2014, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS MORNING.

IF YOU ARE HERE TO ADDRESS THE COURT AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING IN OUR OPENING, UH, UH, COMMENT SECTION HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THERE'S A SIGN IN SHEET WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT.

AND IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO A SPECIFIC ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, YOU CAN SIGN IN FOR THAT ALSO AS WELL.

SO, UH, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, UH, ONE THAT'S, UH, HERE.

AND, UH, I'LL CALL ON ANYBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS TO SIGN.

JIMMY, I'LL CALL ON YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT.

ANYBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE COURT.

I KNOW WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT'S HERE THAT WE CAN CALL UP DURING THE, UH, MEETING, UH, IN JUST A BIT.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

IF YOU WOULD NOW STAND, WE'LL HAVE OUR INDICATION, UH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PLEDGE FOR BOTH OF OUR FLAGS FOR HEAVEN.

THE FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY.

WE THANK YOU FOR AMERICA.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT, UH, YOU STOLE ON OUR COUNTRY BEYOND BELIEF.

LORD, WE PRAY FOR ALL OF THE, THE LEADERS IN OUR NATION AND OUR STATE, CITY, COUNTY, PRECINCT, WHEREVER, THAT, UH, THEY SERVE AS A LEADER FOR THIS COUNTRY, FOR THIS, WHEREVER THEY MAY SERVE.

LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL GIVE THEM THE GUIDANCE, THE PATIENCE, THE WISDOM, THE KNOWLEDGE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE PLEASING TO YOU.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MILITARY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE IN POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP US SAFE.

WE KNOW THEIR JOB, BUT IT'S CHALLENGING AT TIMES AND SOMETIMES IT IS, UH, DISREGARDED.

LORD, WE PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY.

UH, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR EACH OF US AS INDIVIDUALS.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU GIVE US.

WE KNOW WE'RE NOT DESERVING OF THOSE, BUT BY YOUR GRACE AND YOUR LOVE.

UH, LORD, YOU PROVIDE THAT TO US.

PRAY NOW AS WE GO THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF OUR, UH, MEETING, UH, THESE THINGS ASKED MY SON, SO BE NAMED.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

FOR HONOR, TEXAS FLAG, I ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MUCH.

IF ANYONE IS HERE, I'D LIKE TO ARREST THE COURT NOW SOME TIME TO SIGN UP.

I HAVE ONE AT THIS TIME.

THAT'S, UH, UH, JIMMY WEAVER, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY, UH, THE PUBLICAN PARTY WHO ADHERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE PRECINCT.

TWO BOTH.

WELCOME.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE.

GOOD MORNING, COMMERS.

HOW Y'ALL DOING? GOOD.

HEY, UH, JUST WANTED TO COME IN THIS MORNING.

LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT, UH, THE FINAL VOTE FOR MY, MY SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE SELECTION OF A PERSON TO GO INTO THE, UH, BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER FOR CONSTABLE WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT THE, UH, SUB SUB COURTHOUSE.

IT'LL BE THE FINAL VOTE, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT.

THAT'S IT.

GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.

AND THE ONLY THING I HAVE IN THE WAY OF CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING IS JUST TO, UH, LET EVERYBODY BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A BENEFIT TO BARBECUE FOR WALKER WAGE RO, WHO IS THE GRANDSON OF OUR FORMER, UH, AUDITOR, UH, OR ASSISTANT AUDITOR, UH, FROM A FEW YEARS, FROM A FEW WELL YEARS OLD, I GUESS NOW.

AND, UH, LISA.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH, UH, FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM THEY'RE GONNA HAVE BARBECUE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A SILENT AUCTION, I THINK, AND IT'LL BE OUT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

IT'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF TIME OFF, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE ACCEPTING DONATIONS AND GIFTS.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, UH, I WILL HAVE THAT, OR SEAN MAYFIELD IS THE ONE THAT, UH, NOTIFIED ME OF THIS.

AND I'M SURE YOU COULD TALK WITH SEAN AND HE WOULD PROBABLY BE, UH, HAPPY TO GIVE YOU, UH, MORE INFORMATION.

BUT THAT'D BE ON SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH, SIX O'CLOCK AT THE KAMAN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

UH, THIS IS, UH, FOR, UH, A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS SOME HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH AND SORT SURGICAL FOR GOOD, UH, CAUSE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.

NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THERE.

ONE IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE THE 23RD AND

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SPECIAL SESSIONS FOR JULY THE 21ST, JULY THE 28TH, AND JULY 30, UH, 2014.

ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING ELECTION JUDGES FOR ALL ELECTIONS THROUGH AUGUST, THE, UH, 31ST, 20, UH, 15.

AND YOU HAVE, UH, ITEMS, UH, IN YOUR PACKETS, UH, FOR BOTH OF THOSE.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

COMMISSIONER LIK SECONDS.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO HEAR FROM LARRY EWING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A COUNTYWIDE BURN BAN.

LARRY, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU, SO YES, SIR.

HAD A WET, WET SUMMER.

WE'VE HAD IT VERY CLOSE HERE.

BEST I CAN REMEMBER TO BE YOU, SIR, BUT, BUT WE ARE, THERE WE'RE THE NUMBERS THEY HAVEN'T POSTED THIS MORNING.

AS OF YESTERDAY, THEY WERE FIVE 40.

I FEEL SURE THERE'LL BE ANOTHER 10 OR 15 PASSED IT.

TWO WEEK PROJECTION 650.

WE ALREADY HAVE PORTIONS OF OUR COUNTY THAT EXCEED THAT 5 75 ANYWAY.

BUT AS I'M SURE Y'ALL KNOW, THERE'S TWO METHODS TO ENACT IN THE BURN BAND.

ONE IS BY GOING BY THE 5 75 DROUGHT INDEX LEVEL.

AND THE SECOND ONE IS, IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MAKES, DEFINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES PRESENT IN ALL OR ANY PART OF IN CORPORATE AREAS OF THE COUNTY, CREATE PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD THAT WILL BE BY BURNING.

I FEEL SURE THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT WE'RE THERE AND IT'S TIME.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE DO IN FACT PUT BURN BAND ON THIS TIME.

OKAY.

HAVE WE HAD MANY FIRES IN THE LAST WEEK? WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LITTLE GRASS FIRES OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE STILL SMALL, BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT LITTLE SMALL CROP UP OVER THE WERE THEY DUE TO PEOPLE BURNING TRASH OR YES, PART OF HIGHWAYS.

THE ONES I CAN REMEMBER.

I KNOW THERE WAS TWO OF 'EM THAT WERE BURNING TRASH.

WERE ON TWO OF THEM AND UH, THERE WAS ONE OF THAT THAT DIDN'T DETERMINE A CALL ON IT.

AND I BEEN SNOWED THIS MORNING.

LARRY, WOULD YOU REQUEST A 45 DAY OR A 60 DAY? I THINK 45 FOR RIGHT NOW, TOM, MAYBE WE'LL GET LUCKY SINCE WE'RE SO FAR INTO THE SEASON THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK MAYBE WE TRY 45 IF Y'ALL AGREE TO DOING THAT.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL TURN AROUND.

WE A GREAT YEAR.

IT IS THERE, IN MY OPINION.

IT GOT A LOT OF GRASS TOO BECAUSE OF THAT.

I ACTUALLY GOT YESTERDAY, I GOT A NICE, JUST BLEW ACTUALLY WHAT I MOVED.

WE IMPLEMENT A 45 DAY COUNTY BY BURN BAND.

I'LL SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING AND A SECOND MR. SHANE TO IMPLEMENT A 45 DAY, UH, BURN BAND AT REQUEST OF FIRE MARSH.

IF WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, WE CAN.

YES SIR.

WE CAN, UH, CANCEL THE BURN BAND IF WE JUDGE OR MYSELF.

IT'S NOW INCLUDED IN THERE OR EITHER THE JUDGE OR MYSELF AND REMOVE IT AT THE POINT THAT WE START IF WE GET RAIN EARLY.

YES.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HE AND I ARE GETTING TOGETHER INFORMATION.

YES SIR.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I THANK YOU VERY AND YOU COMMISSIONERS AND I'LL GET A HOLD TO SOMEBODY.

RAISE, DROP YOUR SIGNS FOR ME, YOU SIGNS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL START.

ISN'T THAT A DUTY? THE MARSHALS TAKING ON? WHEN DOES THAT TAKE A FACE? CONSIDER THAT.

THANK Y'ALL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LARRY.

NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO ACCEPT THE AUDITORS MONTHLY REPORT IN JULY 20.

BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT, UH, MS. COOPER HAS PROVIDED.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

ALRIGHT.

YOUR BENCH WARRANT FOR JULY IS, UH, 10 MONTHS, 83.3%.

YOUR GENERAL, UM, FUND REVENUES ARE AT 92.66% AND YOUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE AT 76.39.

UH, MAIN ROAD AND BRIDGE REVENUES TRANSFERS.

THE REVENUES CAME IN AT 95.5%.

THE TRANSFERS TO THE FOUR ROAD BRIDGES AT 96.

UH, YOUR REGULAR DIFFERENT ROAD BRIDGE FUNDS COME UP TO ABOUT 77.73% AND YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE AT 61.68%.

UH, YOUR ROGUE ON CONSTRUCTION IS GOT OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST EARNINGS ON THE BOND MONEY AND YOU'VE ONLY SPENT 7.5%.

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OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? THE OFFICER, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AS PRESENTED.

SO MAY MR. MANNING MAKES THAT MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YES SIR.

COMMISSIONER ROSA, SECOND.

ALL IN SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? THANK.

THANK YOU.

UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, FIVE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE 2014 APPRAISAL ROLE AS THE 2014 TAX ROLE FOR COLTON COUNTY AND CA COUNTY ROAD RIDGE.

UH, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT AND WHAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE DONE, I DON'T THIS SOMEONE HERE FROM, FROM THE TAX OFFICE OR NOT, BUT, UH, I KNOW KAREN, I'M NOT HEARING BUT TANYA'S OUT HIM THIS WEEK I BELIEVE.

BUT, UH, LISA OR SOMEBODY, TERESA, I'M SORRY I WASN'T SEEING YOU BACK THERE, BUT DIDN'T MEAN TO IGNORE YOU.

BUT, UH, THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS ACCEPT WHAT THE APPRAISED DISTRICT HAS GIVEN US AS OUR OFFICIAL APPRAISED VALUE, WHICH TURNED INTO THE, UH, CERTIFIED, UH, ROAD.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I, A MOTION TO ACCEPT? SO HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GO AND THE SECOND COMMISSIONER SHANE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

AND I HAVE, UH, SOME FORMS I'M GONNA NEED TO PASS TODAY.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REVIEWING, UH, AND CLARIFYING, UH, CONFLICT AND VEHICLE POLICY RULES.

UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT LAURIE, YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND COMMISSIONER SHANE BROUGHT OVER SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I DUNNO, YOU HAVE A, I DON'T SENSE TO GET IT OR NOT, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A, UH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA CLARIFY WHAT YOU WANTED BECAUSE WE HAD THAT, UH, WAS GONNA CALL VICKY REWORK THE, UH, THE SHEET AND THIS BUSINESS, WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

AND THAT'S YOUR CORRECTION.

THAT'S WHAT WE VOTED ON.

HERE'S YOUR, UH, WELL, I, UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF BRANDY ASKING ME TO COME IN SOME CLARIFICATIONS BECAUSE, UM, ON THE PRECINCT, ON PAGE ONE OF IT, THE DEFINITION OF A PRECINCT SUPPORT VEHICLE.

AND THEN ON PAGE TWO IT INDICATES THAT VEHICLES WHICH ARE ASSIGNED TO INDIVIDUAL OFFICIALS EMPLOYEES MAY BE TAKEN TO THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE IF, AND THEN IT HAS THREE CATEGORIES THEY HAVE TO HAVE.

AND THEN ON PAGE FOUR IT SAYS THAT AN EMPLOYEE MAY NOT ROUTINELY BE ASSIGNED A PRECINCT, PRECINCT SUPPORT VEHICLE AT THE TAKE HOME VEHICLE.

SO IT'S SAYING THE CANDIDATE, NONE OF US BROUGHT OUR VEHICLE POLICY UP WITH US TO DO ANY CHANGES.

PLEASE LET US KNOW, SEND YOUR DOCUMENTATION WITH US SO THAT WE CAN COVER THIS BEFORE YOU COME TO A MEETING.

WE NEED THAT IN THE PACKET WHEN YOU SEND OUR PACKAGE.

I READ THIS ON THE AGENDA.

I'M JUST HERE ON BEHALF OF RAY BECAUSE HE'S NOT HERE.

HE JUST ASKED ME.

SHE'S THE WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE SHOULDA HAD, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THEY, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE AREAS AGAIN, IT MAY BE SOME OF THE THINGS.

WELL, IT SAYS ON PAGE TWO THAT, UM, ANYBODY, YOU CAN BE ASSIGNED A VEHICLE.

IF THE ELECTED DEPARTMENT HEAD, THEY APPROVE THE ASSIGNMENT, THEY USE THE VEHICLE 40% OF THEIR NORMAL WORKING HOURS, AND THEN THEY FREQUENTLY DEPART THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENT AND GO TO A JOB SITE.

BUT THEN IT SAYS THAT A SUPPORT PRECINCT SUPPORT VEHICLE CANNOT BE ASSIGNED AS A TAKE HOME VEHICLE.

OKAY, THAT WAS THE QUESTION.

ALL COPIES OF THAT.

WELL, IT'S IN THE CURRENT POLICY THAT WAS PASSED, UH, THAT'S THE WAY THAT IT WAS PASSED.

SO I, HE HE JUST WANTED TO KNOW, CAN'T HIS FOREMAN TAKE HOME VEHICLE OR NOT QUESTION.

OKAY, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS SINCE THERE'S SOME QUESTION ABOUT IT.

WHY DON'T WE, UH, TABLE THIS? OKAY.

AND THEN WE'LL ASK EVERYBODY.

WE TRY TO GET A COPY OF EVERYBODY SO WE MAKE SURE WE, WE UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW YOU'RE JUST THE BEST.

I'LL A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE GET PUT IN SESSION.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE TO TABLE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HANEY.

UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL RIGHTY.

UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOWING RAY CLARK TO SUBMIT UTILITY INSTALLATION REVIEW DOCUMENTS TO TDO.

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AND I BELIEVE THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, THE LINE THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING UNDERGROUND FROM THE COURTHOUSE OVER TO THIS BUILDING BECAUSE OF ALL THE STUFF GOING ON UPSTAIRS, TECH TECHNOLOGY WISE.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNTY TO WORK THE TEXTILE AS THAT REALLY TAKES PLACE OR AS THAT UNDERGROUND TABLE.

AM I STATING THAT CORRECT? UH, YEAH.

WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, LESTER THOMAS FROM UNDERGROUND ENERGY COMPANY.

HE WAS THE VENDOR WE USED OUT HERE IN THE BACK PARKING LOT TO RUN WHEN WE DID THE POWER OF NEW POWER BUILDING.

AND WE HAVE A TENTATIVE QUOTE OF 18 FIVE.

UH, THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IT MAKES SENSE TO MANAGE RISK BY HAVING A MORE SOLID, RELIABLE WAY PUTTING VOICE DATA AND VIDEO ACROSS THE STREET.

SO WE THOUGHT WE'D GET QUOTE GOING RATHER THAN THE OVERHEAD CABLE THAT WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS TIME TO TIME.

SO IF YOU LOOK UP TODAY, YOU'LL SEE THAT STEEL WIRE WITH A FIBER HANGING OFF.

IT'S REALLY TIME.

UH, SO MANY OF OUR ASSETS AND OUR EMPLOYEES WILL BE IN THIS BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE COURTHOUSE, THERE'S A PARABOLIC WITH A DOME ON IT.

ALL THE VOICE DATA VIDEO GOES TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND BACK DOWN TO FIND TOOLS ARE NOW, WELL NOW WE KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF SCATTERED AND THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GO BACK TO LINK THEM DOWN IN THIS BUILDING WITH SO MANY HERE IT MAKES SENSE TO, I THINK, MANAGE RISK BY HAVING RELIABLE UNDER THAT PATCH.

SO ALL THIS WILL DO IS AUTHORIZE FOR RAY TO BE THE CONTACT WITH TDO WHENEVER THAT PROCESS TAKES PLACE, SINCE IT IS THE STATE HIGHWAY.

YEAH, WE JUST RECEIVED A QUOTE SEVEN 30 THIS MORNING AND WORK WITH JACK ON, ON ALL THE DETAILS.

SO IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, BUT WE NEED HIM TO BE OUR, OUR LEAD GUY SINCE HE'S GOT A SHOE IN THERE.

OKAY.

I APPRECIATE VOLUNTEERING TO DO THIS, SO I DON'T MAKE THAT MOTION.

OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER MANNING AND A SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

ITEM NUMBER, UH, EIGHT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A VARIANCE FOR A REDUCTION FROM A HUNDRED FEET TO 75 FEET WITH RESPECT TO MINIMUM BLOCK FRONTAGE FOR STERLING EDITION SECTION ONE AND TWO CA COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.

AND COMMISSIONER, UH, MANNING ASKED THIS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

SO COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE A COPY OF IT, WHAT YOUR, I HAVE, I HAVE, UH, ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT, THAT, UH, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MR. HAM AND I FURNISHED YOU A COPY OF THE PLAT.

UH, THIS ALL STARTED OF COURSE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO OUR BEST IN ENFORCE C SUBDIVISION AND, UH, UH, MAKE THEM EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND THIS MR. STERLING FIRST CAME INTO MY OFFICE ON 1113 OF 12 AND ASKED ABOUT RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SUBDIVISIONS.

UH, I FURNISHED HIM WITH ALL OF THE, EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO DO, TOLD HIM, GAVE HIM INSTRUCTION TO GO TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, PAY HIS FEES, PUT HIS APPLICATION IN TO BILL.

HE CAME BACK IN WITH MORE QUESTIONS, UH, AND UH, HE INDICATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULE HE DID NOT DO.

SO I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MARK NEEDHAM, WHO WAS THE BUILDER, UH, WHO HAS TAKEN THIS OVER.

IN OTHER WORDS, UH, MR. STERLING, UH, CUT THESE LIGHTS UP TO HIS OWN LIFE, SOLD 'EM TO THESE PEOPLE.

UH, PEOPLE STARTED BUILDING HOMES ON 'EM AND THEN WHEN THEY WENT TO GET ADDRESSES, THEY COULDN'T GET ANY ADDRESSES.

MR. NEED, MR. NEEDHAM HAS TAKEN THIS PROJECT AND RUN WITH IT AND HE'S DONE EVERYTHING, UH, TURNED OVER BACKWARDS, PAID ALL HIS FEES, MADE THE PLATS AND EVERYTHING.

AND, UH, THE ONLY VARIANCE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, MR. MR. STERLING, WHEN HE FIRST SURVEYED IT, HE MADE THE LOTS 75 FEET WIDE INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED FEET WIDE.

THEY'RE OVER, THEY'RE 1.052 ACRES INSIDE.

THEY'RE JUST 75 FEET WIDE INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING PARENTS FOR.

SO I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. TO COME UP AND YES, PLEASE, PLEASE DO.

MR. GIVE US A LITTLE MORE.

THERE'S EIGHT LOTS IN QUESTION, I BELIEVE.

NO SIR.

NO SIR.

THERE'S ORIGINALLY MATT MASS.

SURE.

GO AHEAD GENTLEMAN.

YOU SPEAKER, SPEAKER.

SO YOU GO HEAR.

WELL, WE WE'RE NOT VERY GOOD LISTENERS SOMETIMES, SO WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO LISTEN TO IT.

UH, THE REASON IT WAS EIGHT LOTS, MR. STERLING, UH, UH, PLANTED EIGHT LOSS TARGETED THE, UH, PROCESS OF GETTING APPROVED AGAIN IN SOME POINT HE STOPPED, BUT THE PROCESS, HE SOLD THE LOTS TO PEOPLE, HOUSES FOR LOT NUMBER ONE

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OF, OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONDITION WAS SOLD TO, UH, ONE GOT THE HOUSE WAS FINISHED, WE BUILT THE HOUSE ALSO AND GOT GOT THE ADDRESS.

AND THEN WE REALIZED WHEN WE STARTED THE OTHER FOUR HOUSES, UH, THAT WHEN WE GOT BY HALF, WE CLEANED THAT ADDRESS BECAUSE THERE A SUBDIVISION FILE COMPLETED.

SO WHEN I WENT TO MR. MANNING, COMMISSIONER MANNING, EXCUSE ME, AND SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, I WAS SURPRISED AND I WOULD DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO SEE IT THROUGH, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? AND HE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO DIRECT ME THROUGH ALL THE PROCEDURES TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE GOT EVERYTHING LEGAL.

THE, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE CORRECTION, BUT THE LOT FRONTAGE IS FOR THE COUNTY IS 75 FEET.

THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL HAVE IN YOUR REGULATIONS.

WHAT OUR DISCUSSION IS, IS THE FACT THAT THEY'RE STAYING AT THE BUILDING LINE, WHICH IS 50 FEET BACK BEHIND THE EASEMENT.

THE REGULATIONS SAY IT GOTTA BE A HUNDRED FEET.

SO IF YOU START OFF AT 75 FEET AND GO TO A HUNDRED FEET, THEN YOU HAVE A, NOT A PARALLEL LOT, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU TRY TO PUT A LOT NEXT TO IT.

IT GETS MORE AND MORE OUT OF, OUT OF SEEING EVERYTHING.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THEORETICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.

SO WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE, TWO LOTS, WHICH THERE'S EIGHT THERE.

UH, TWO, ANY RATE, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE ASKING FOR VARIANCE FROM THE BUILDING LINE, NOT FROM THE FRONT LINE.

THE FRONT LINE'S LEGAL, IT'S THE BUILDING LINE.

IT WE ASK YOU TO BRING UP TO 75 FEET, WHICH WHERE THEY ARE NOW.

THESE HOUSES ARE NOW, UH, HAVE BEEN PURCHASED.

THEY GOING THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCING.

HOW MANY HOUSES DO YOU HAVE? THERE'S FOUR.

ONE LOT ARE, THERE'S LOTS.

2, 3, 4 NAMES.

AND MR. MANEY ASKED US TO DO A PRE PRE-PLANT, WHICH WE DID OR REDO THE SUBDIVISION, WHICH WE DID, WHICH YOU SEE THERE, THE FOUR LOTS STERLING SECTION ONE HAS LOT TWO, THREE AND FOUR AND SECTION TWO AS LOT EIGHT.

AND WE DID ALL THIS.

WE DID, WE GOT ALL EVERYTHING DONE.

THE ENGINEER THAT Y'ALL FOR THE COUNTY WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.

WE GOT IT UP TO SINK WITH, WITH EXCEPTION OF, UH, THE BUILDING LINE IS NOT A HUNDRED FEET AT AT THE BUILDING LINE.

THE FRONT IS CORRECT.

THE FRONT FOOT IS ACROSS THE FRONT AND IT'S THEORETICAL AND PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT TO WIDE THE LOSS BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER.

EXISTING HOMES, WE'VE GOT TWO HOMES ARE 97% DONE AND TWO HOMES ARE 75% DONE, WHICH BELONG.

WE HAVE THIS GENTLEMAN HERE, UH, JOSH GAMMONS AND HIS SON HANDICAPPED TO 'EM.

UH, AND WE HAVE THREE SINGLE MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN THAT ALREADY BOUGHT THESE HOMES.

AND THESE ARE HARDWORKING PEOPLE WITH GOOD CREDIT AND, UH, TAXPAYERS ACCOUNT.

AND THE HOMES ARE ALL VALUED APPROXIMATELY 150,000 PIECE.

IF THIS VARIANCE IS NOT, UH, GRANTED, THEN IT'LL RUN WITH THESE LOSS TO THE VALUE OF THE DE ACREAGE ITSELF, WHICH IS GONNA BE ABOUT EIGHT TO 10,000 BUCKS.

NOW ONLY THESE LOTS, ALL THE SYSTEM ENGINEERING HAS BEEN DONE, BUT THE WATER'S IN PLACE THAT WAS IN PLACE, EVERYTHING'S THERE EXCEPT THERE'S ONE VARIANCE.

AND IF YOU TELL EM TO SEE YOUR WAY THROUGH TO GIVE HIS VARIANCE, IT'LL HELP THESE FAMILIES TREMENDOUSLY SAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, COST OF ALL THE MONEY HE WOULD.

WHAT ABOUT UN UNBUILT LOTS? WELL, THE, THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT LOTS.

ONE GENTLEMAN IN CALIFORNIA BOUGHT THREE OF THE LOTS.

5, 6, 7, CORRECT? YES SIR.

SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO WITH THOSE.

SO, UH, THEN THE FIRST LOT NUMBER ONE IS OWNED BY MR. MRS DUN, WHICH I BUILT THAT HOUSE ALSO.

THEN SHE LIKED THE AREA AND THAT'S SHE, THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING THERE WHILE BURG, SHE'S REFERRED TO US TO BUILD HOMELESS AND THEY PURCHASED A LOT.

REALLY? I TRYING, AS YOU CAN SEE TO BEFORE WE GET THE HOUSES.

T HOW DO YOU GET A HOUSE ON THE 75 FOOT LOT? IT MUST BE VERY SMALL SKINNY HOUSES, BUT NOT ENCROACH BUILD HUNDRED OF THEM LIKE THAT.

UH, OF THIS COUNTY, I BUILT OVER PROBABLY 600 HOMES, THIS COUNTY, AND I BILL ONLY, ONLY THING I BILL IS HOMES FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BUILDING HERE.

OKAY? SO, UH, I BUILT LARGER HOMES A MILLION PLUS YEARS AGO.

I QUIT DOING THIS, DO WHAT I'M DOING NOW, AND UH, I CAN PUT, UH, HALF A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE ON A 75 FOOT LOT.

I BUILT TWO GALLONS IN LAKEWOOD ON 50 FOOT LOTS IN, IN THE, UH, THE SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, 15 FOOT, 1550.

BUT THE, THE BUILDING LINE IS, IS GENERALLY 50 FEET AS Y'ALL RECOMMENDED IN THE LAWS BEHIND THE, UH, EASEMENT, THE EASEMENTS TURNING 15 FEET OFF THE ROAD.

AND THEN THAT'S, WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET.

AND I MEAN, FROM THE SIDELINE ISN'T IN THERE A 15 FOOT DISTANCE, YOU HAVE TO BE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING.

IF YOU HAD A HUNDRED WIDE FOOT LOT, THERE'S NO WAY TO DO THIS.

SO HOW CLOSE ARE YOUR HOMES? THEY'RE PROBABLY EIGHT,

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10 FEET, WHICH IS STANDARD IN MOST CITIES, WHICH IS AT THE CITIES COUNTY.

I UNDERSTAND.

BUT I BUILT THE CITIES TOO.

AND I BUILT OVER ON COUNTER 2 36, 2 37 54 HOUSES ON THE SAME SIZE LAWN.

WAS THEY 75 FOOT WIDE, 75 FOOT WIDE? UH, AND OVER ON CATTLE ROAD 2 36 AND GRIFFITH, THERE'S 15 OVER THERE ARE BUILT SAME SIZE LAWNS.

SO I'VE BEEN THIS, THEY FIT QUITE WELL, THERE'S NO PROBLEM.

UH, WE PASSED ALL THE CITY CODES AND TERROR WITH IT AND ALL THE OTHER CODES IN OTHER AREAS.

THE ONLY THING, UH, AND IT WORKS FOR, FOR THE SYSTEM ENGINEER AND THEY, THAT EVERYTHING WORKS.

I'VE BEEN DOING A LONG TIME.

SO I HAVE COPIES OF EVERYTHING MR. HAS DONE HERE.

UH, PLA APPLICATION, UH, SUBDIVISION PLA APPLICATION.

I MEAN, HE'S, HE'S DONE IT ALL.

PAID PAID FEES, PAID THE FEES, AND CONSULTED WITH OUR ENGINEER, UH, WHOLE BID.

IN OTHER WORDS, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT IT ALL HERE.

HE'S, HE'S DONE EVERYTHING HE COULD TO, UH, UH, MAKE THIS DEAL GO.

AND, AND I, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THESE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR MONEY.

UH, I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT SUBDIVISION RULE ONE, I MEAN SUBDIVISION LAW ONE MORE OR RULES ONE MORE TIME AND TRY TO PUT SOME TEETH IN THAT THING WHERE IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN, SOMEBODY COMES UP AND WANTS TO DEVELOP SOMETHING, DOESN'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND THEN GO AHEAD AND DO IT AND THEN SELL PROPERTY TO PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW GETTING WELL, YOU CAN'T GET AN ADDRESS FOR IT.

THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TEETH IN THERE WHERE HE SUFFERS.

HE OR SHE SUFFERS SOME ROOT REPERCUSSIONS FOR THAT.

WELL, BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS, THIS, THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE HAS ABSOLUTELY JUMPED THROUGH HOOP TRYING TO GET THIS DEAL DONE.

AND I WON'T SEE THESE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR MONEY.

I REALLY DON'T.

WELL, I WOULD, I'M GONNA BRING UP THE SAME THING.

WE HAVE REP, JOHN'S NOT HERE, BUT I REPRESENTED FROM THE DA'S OFFICE HERE.

I WOULD SUGGEST PERHAPS THAT WE COULD GO BACK AND SEE IF THERE'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN, SOME CAUSE OF ACTION THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE PREVIOUS SONG.

MR. YOU'D LIKE TO, NO, JUDGE.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THERE IS AN ENFORCEMENT SECTION UNDER 2 32 IN THE TEXAS, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT RULE.

IT'S NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ADOPTED IN THE REGULATIONS THAT YOU GUYS DID, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE FOR, UH, MONEY DAMAGES OR AN INJUNCTION EITHER OR.

AND IN THIS SITUATION, SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE AND IT'S BEEN, UH, BEEN BROUGHT UP TO COMPLIANT, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF MONEY DAMAGES THERE WOULD BE IN THERE, BUT I COULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT FOR YOU BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK YOU SHOULD, YOU, I THINK IF SHE, SHE WANT TO DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT HER WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION AND ALSO A COURT CASE.

SHE MIGHT IS SHE AN ATTORNEY? YES, SHE, SHE MIGHT.

LET ME GET YOU COPIES THIS YOUNG LADY.

OKAY.

YOU NEED TO READ THESE AND IF MIGHT GIVE YOU SOME HELP THERE.

OKAY.

I IF THIS REGULATES OR GETS INTO THE ROADS INTO THE AREA WHERE THE, IF IT'S ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE THEN I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE.

I'M SORRY.

I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO, DO A VARIANCE ON THIS RIGHT HERE AND STILL LEAVE OUR SUBDIVISION EGGS ALONE.

ABSOLUTELY.

'CAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY'RE COMING IN.

WE CAN DO THIS AS A ONE TIME DEAL FOR, FOR THIS GENTLEMAN.

AND UH, ALONG GOING BACK, THIS CORN HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT ABOUT NOT GIVING WAIVERS RIGHT? BECAUSE OF YOU DON'T WANNA SET A PRECEDENCE THAT YEAH, WE DON'T WANT TO, BUT IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, GOSH, WE'VE GOT INNOCENT PEOPLE HERE THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT AND DEVELOPER IS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

WHAT ABOUT THE THREE LOTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN BUILT ON? COULD WE, UH, NOT GIVE A VARIANCE ON THAT AND MAKE THEM STICK TO THE HUNDRED FOOT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BUILT ON? OR HE HAS, HE HAS A STRUCTURE THERE NOW, BUT SINCE HE HAS THREE LOTS, I DON'T, YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BOTHER HIM BECAUSE HE HAS UH, UH, 225 FEET WIDTH.

YOU DON'T, HE WANTED A PROBLEM THERE.

I DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA SEND HIM THAT.

HE BOUGHT THOSE LOT BECAUSE HE ONLY NEXT TO HIM.

OKAY.

HE'S RETIRED INDIVIDUAL.

HE'S LIVING IN CALIFORNIA DOWN HERE.

NICE MAYOR.

VARIANCE ON PROBLEM WITH THAT AND NOT A VARIANCE ON LOTS.

FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN.

YES, SIR.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW HOW IT MR. LOT NUMBER ONE THAT WAS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION, IT'S NOT IN THIS APPROVAL, BUT

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THAT LOSS ALSO A SEVEN FIVE FOOT BLOCK, THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR ADDRESS AND THEY'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

WOULD THAT AFFECT THESE PEOPLE IN ANY WAY? IT'S ALREADY THERE.

NO, I DON'T BELIEVE IT AFFECT, SINCE THEY ALREADY HAVE AN ADDRESS, IT'S ALREADY DONE.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE VARIANCE OF THE OTHER FOUR WOULD BE LOT.

1, 2, 3, 4, AND EIGHT.

I WOULD THINK SO TO IF THEY EVER WANTED TO SELL IT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY IT WOULD BE A LEGAL PART OF THE SUBDIVISION.

OKAY.

SOMEONE WON'T MAKE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD.

YES, I, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, GRANT A VARIANCE FOR, UH, STERLING ADDITIONS SECTION ONE AND TWO LOTS.

1, 2, 3, 4, AND EIGHT.

UH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS A ONE TIME VARIANCE.

THERE'LL BE NO MORE VARIANCE GRANTED AFTER THIS.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MAIN.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.

COMMISSIONER SHANE.

SECONDS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THE ONLY THING I'D ADD, AND WE WON'T PUT THIS INTO THE MOTION, BUT I WILL ASK, UH, OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION AND SEE IF THERE'S POSSIBLY SOME COURSE OF ACTION WE CAN TAKE AGAINST THE, UH, PERSON THAT ORIGINALLY FILED THIS, UH, PLAT FOR US.

IF ANYBODY AGREEABLE THAT? YES.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

BOTH OPPOSED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU.

I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT, I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO, UH, IF WE NEED TO PUT SOME MORE WORDING INTO OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.

WELL, THERE'S NO TEETH IN IT.

WHEN SOMEBODY DOES LIKE THIS AND THEN MARKETS IT HIMSELF SELLS A LOT OF TAXI MONEY.

WELL, THE GUY THAT STARTED THAT ISSUE DOWN, HE WAS AT LEAST ABLE TO PULL HIS OUT.

AND I UNDERSTAND YOU TAKING OF BUSINESS AND REMOVE, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN AND MOVE THE HOUSE PEOPLE.

IT JUST, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE PEOPLE.

RIGHT.

UH, I GUESS NUMBER NINE NOW IS DISCUSS, CONSIDER PLA STERLING CONDITION SESSION ONE AND TWO, COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.

THIS APPLIES TO THE SAME PROPERTY AND, UH, MR. M HAS DONE ALL, HE'S GOT ALL THE MILE LARGE, BUT, UH, THREE MORE COPPER COURSE BE FIVE MILE LARGE, RIGHT BAR.

WELL, HE LIKES FOUR MYLARS IS ALL HE LIKE I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATIONS HERE.

IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE, HAS HE ALREADY DONE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN? UH, WELL, MR. STERLING DID.

HE JUST HAD IT SURVEYED.

ALRIGHT.

BUT HE HASN'T DONE A PRELIMINARY PLAT.

SO THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT WE'LL BE SUBMITTING FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, I SUPPOSE.

OKAY.

WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO IS THERE, WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO IS GET A PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT 21 DAY PERIOD I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO HAVE TO KEEP US FOLLOWING OUR RATE.

RIGHT.

AND SO I HOPE THAT WON'T SLOW HIM DOWN ANY TIME.

WE DO NEED TO DO THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH.

MR. NATIVE, YOU'LL HAVE TO FILE FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT INSTEAD OF THIS FILE.

MR. YOU'LL HAVE TO FILE FOR A PRELIMINARY PLA INSTEAD OF THIS IS MARKED FINAL.

WE DID, WE DID FILE FOR OH, WE HAVE TO, I HAVE TO FILE FOR PRELIMINARY PLEA.

YES.

WE HAVE TO FILE PRELIMINARY PLA FIRST.

IT'LL HAVE TO BE ON FILE FOR 21 DAYS AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK TO COURT AND WE'LL VOTE AND WE CAN DO I BELIEVE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND THE FINAL PLA AT THE SAME MEETING.

IS THAT RIGHT? OR YOU WE HAVE DONE IT FOR PAST.

I'M NOT SURE.

THAT'S OKAY.

WE'LL VERIFY THAT.

YES.

YOU GONNA HAVE TO FILE FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT.

WHAT YOU'VE GOT IS A FINAL PLAS MARKED FINAL PLAT.

YOU'LL LET FILE FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT, UH, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND IT'LL HAVE TO BE ON FILE 21 DAYS AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL VOTE ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE SAME TIME.

SO WE HAVE TO WAIT THE HOUSE DOWN.

THERE'S SIX, SEVEN CHILDREN START SCHOOL MAKING SCHOOL.

I, I WOULDN'T, I I'M NOT GONNA BE OUT THERE.

KEEP LOOKING INTO THAT.

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YOU, THAT'S NOT MY THOUGHT.

THIS IS FOLLOW OURS REGULATIONS, WHICH WE ARE.

I'LL DO THAT.

I DIDN'T KNOW EITHER.

ALL NECESSARY.

I'LL DO THAT QUICK.

THE MAIN THING IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE ADDRESSES BECAUSE WE GOTTA GET THE WATER IN AND THE SEP SOON AS YOU BRING THAT, UH, PRELIMINARY PLANT, THEN THEY'LL KEEP START GETTING, I'M SORRY, I HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING.

WHEN DO YOU BRING YOUR FLAME? MARY PLAT.

THEN YOU GO GET YOUR ADDRESSES.

IT SO MEET I BE 21 DAYS.

OKAY.

AND THEY CAN'T HOUSE.

WELL, I CAN THE HOUSE.

I, I'M, I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T, I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP THOSE FOLKS.

I DON'T THINK THE COURT WANTS KEEP THOSE FOLKS FROM MOVING INTO THE HOUSE.

WE ARE ALREADY GIVING A VARIANCE.

YES.

YOU KNOW.

CAN WE GET THE ADDRESS THEN TO, UH, IS SOMEONE HERE FROM PUBLIC WORKS? UH, OKAY.

WE'LL, UH, LET US CHECK.

IS THAT GONNA BE A PROBLEM, LAURA? DO YOU I THINK SHE'S GONNA WANT THE PLAT.

YEAH, SHE'S GONNA WANT THE PLA.

YEAH.

THE ONLY PLAN I HAVE IS THE FINAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE YES.

INSTRUCTED TO DO.

WOULD THEY ACCEPT THAT FINAL PLAT AS A, AS A PRELIMINARY PLA IT ASK BE MARKED PLA SO DO I NEED TO RESURVEY OR JUST CHANGE THE NOTATION? JUST GO TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND FILE FOR APRIL AND AND IN 21 DAYS WE CAN VOTE ON THE FINALIZING OR ACCEPTING THE PRELIMINARY AND OKAY.

IT'LL BE 21 DAYS.

IT HAS TO BE.

I'LL CHECK, I'LL CHECK WITH PUBLIC WORKS AFTER COURT.

I'LL GO DOWN AND TALK PUBLIC WORKS AND SEE, UH, TELL HER THAT WE, THAT YOU'VE BEEN GRANTED VARIANCE AND APPLICATION FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT QUESTION WAS ASKED.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PRELIMINARY PLAT IF THERE ARE NO INTERIOR ROADS.

YES.

THAT'S THE SAME THING.

KEN S NO INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE PRELIMINARY.

I GET THAT.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT I NEED TO PLA PROCESS, I THINK WAS INTENDED TO KEEP THIS VERY THING FROM HAPPENING.

RIGHT, AS FAR AS THE LOT SIZES RIGHT AND ALL THAT, WHETHER THERE WERE ANY ROADS TO BE BUILT OR NOT.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOLLOW THOSE DIVISION RULES, BUT I THINK 21 DAYS IS, IS MANDATORY.

YEAH.

I'LL ASK THE DA'S OFFICE AGAIN MAYBE TO GIVE US SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT AND WE CAN GET BACK WITH MR. MANNING AND THE DEVELOPER HERE AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

LAURA, YOU NEED FIX CALL THIS AFTERNOON, MORNING AND GET THE ADDRESSES.

I'LL HAVE TALKED TO LADY PARK.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, THE ONE THAT WE JUST DID FOR KEN LANE.

HE HAD THE SAME THING, NO ROADS AND YOU GUYS ACCEPTED THE PRELIMINARY FLAT BUT THEN HELD IT THE 21 DAYS.

CAN HE, IF HE ONLY HAS THE ONE MARK, CAN HE CHANGE IT? IF HE'S NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE ON IT, CAN HE JUST CHANGE THE WORDING MARKED THROUGH FINAL AND PUT AND LET YOU AT LEAST ACCEPT IT? NOT APPROVE IT, BUT ACCEPT IT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT RAY MADE YOU DO WEEKS AGO.

I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM IF PENDING OF PENDING APPROVAL BY THE ATTORNEY.

ATTORNEY.

YES.

MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

WE CAN DO THAT.

COUNTY ENGINEER.

OKAY, SO WE KNOW WE PRETTY WELL WORKED THIS OVER.

WE, UH, PREPARED TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS PENDING, UH, CHANGING IT TO PRELIMINARY PLA FROM A TRIAL PENDING APPROVAL BY THE, UH, DA'S OFFICE.

YES.

AND THE ENGINEERING COMPANY AS WELL.

OKAY.

YEAH, I THINK IT SHOULD BE REWORDED TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE ENGINEER DA'S OFFICE FROM, FROM ENGINEER AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

THE ENGINEERING LAWYER.

WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET WHAT HIS MOTION WAS.

WE APPROVE A CLERK FOR THAT PRELIMINARY.

PRELIMINARY, THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT.

ARE YOU GONNA ACCEPT IT LIKE THEY DID A COUPLE WEEKS AGO? NOT APPROVE IT.

ACCEPT IT.

YEAH, THAT WE ACCEPT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THAT SAYS FINAL TO BE CHANGED TO PRELIMINARY PENDING APPROVAL BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE DA.

NO, HE'S DEAR , WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.

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ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MAN.

LORD, YOU GET ALL THAT.

GOT LAURA, NOT .

WELL IF YOU'RE GONNA GO WITH ACCEPTED PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR STERLING EDITION SECTIONS ONE AND TWO COING COUNTY PRECINCT BOARD THAT SAYS FINAL BUT WILL BE CHANGED TO PRELIMINARY PLAT PENDING APPROVAL FROM ENGINEERING AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING.

HAVE A SECOND MR. SHANE SECOND MOTION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU MR. STURDY.

PUT US TO A LOT OF WORK HERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK AND THE GUY WITH THE ANSWER JUST WALK IN THE DOOR SO WE'LL GO BACK WITH THEM LATER ON.

OKAY.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDED ANNUAL REPORT FROM CATON COUNTY PRECINCT ONE ROAD AND BRIDGE FOR FILING IN THE MINUTES OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

UH, THIS IS FROM COMMISSIONER .

UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I HAVE UH, REVISED MY ROAD REPORT TO SHOW THE CAUSE OF DEGRADATION AND A FEW, UH, CORRECTIONS ON SOME ROADS THAT WERE NOT COUNTY ROADS, PRIVATE ROADS THAT OKAY.

HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDED ANNUAL REPORT, UH, ROAD REPORT FROM CA COUNTY PRECINCT THREE ROAD BRIDGE FOR FILING A MINUTES OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

THIS IS FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE AND I'LL MOTION AND I WENT BACK AND, UH, THE CAUSE OF, AND ALSO, UH, AMEND SOME OF THE ROADS DOLLAR ISSUE.

GOOD DEAL.

WE HAVE PUT THAT IN FORM OF A MOTION.

PLEASE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE.

DO WE HAVE SECOND COMMISSIONER ROSA? SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NUMBER 12 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, AUTHORIZED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ACCEPT COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DONATION FROM DELL COMPUTER COMPANY.

THIS IS, UH, I THINK YOU HAVE A DEFINITE, UH, THE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.

THIS WAS A NICE GIFT THAT WE JUST KIND OF STUMBLED INTO.

IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, BRIAN, YES, SIR.

DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF CHIEF DICK? YEAH, WE DON'T GET MANY DONATIONS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

HOW THE WORLD YOU DO THAT, BUT WE'VE COVERED A LITTLE BIT OF PROPERTY IN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GIVE THAT PROPERTY UP.

WHAT WOULD IT UTILIZE? IT WORKED THE PROPERTY THAT WAS STOLEN IN COUNTY OR I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS STOLEN IN COFFMAN COUNTY OR IF WE WERE COVERED IT.

WE RECOVERED IT HERE.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S REPORTED STUFF.

COUNTY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ORDERED TWO.

I'LL JUST BRING THIS UP.

NOT THAT IT MEANS ANYTHING.

I'VE ORDERED TWO COMPUTER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

NEVER GOT IN.

THEY STOLEN THAT MAY.

NO, REALLY I'M TELLING THE TRUTH.

I'VE ORDERED TWO COMPUTER AND NEVER GOT, I DIDN'T PAY FOR EM.

MEAN BRIAN, I'M GONNA NEED VALUE ON THAT SO WE CAN THAT AND JACK WILL NEED THE VALUE FOR DONATING.

RIGHT.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I I THINK Y'ALL SEE IS ONE USED LAPTOP, ONE USED PRINTER, UH, THREE DOCKING STATIONS, UH, TWO BRAND NEW DELL LAPTOPS AND TWO MONITORS.

SO I'LL GET A VALUE FOR EACH ONE.

OKAY? OKAY.

WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE BRIAN? DO WE NEED THAT VALUE BEFORE WE ACCEPT THE DONATION OR JOHN? I WOULDN'T THINK SO.

I DON'T THINK SO.

WE NEVER, WE JUST NEEDED IT.

SO IT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY.

INVENTORY.

IF IT'S OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT THEN I HAVE TO RECORD IT.

IT'S A CAPITAL, THAT'S WHY I NEED TO OKAY.

I MOVE THAT WE SET THIS DONATION TO THE CAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF.

WE HAVE THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MOON AND SECOND COMMISSIONER SHANE.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE POLL IF IT DOES TURN OUT TO BE.

ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN AIR MONITORING SITE AGREEMENT WITH TCEQ FOR AIR MONITORING STATION LOCATED AT 37 90 SOUTH HOUSTON STREET IN COFFMAN.

IF YOU LOOK OUT BEHIND THE, UH, LIBRARY AND KIND OF, AND THE GENERAL AREA THERE OF THE, OF THE WALL, YOU WILL SEE, UH, THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS OWNED BY TCEQ AND THEY HAD AN INTERN THIS SUMMER THAT WAS GOING THROUGH, UH, THE RECORDS AND, UH, SENT US THIS INFORMATION ABOUT US NEEDING TO REAPPROVE THE, UH, UH, THE AGREEMENT.

AND YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NOT ALLOWED ENTERTAIN MOTION

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TO, UH, APPROVE DUE FOR THE WHOLE METRO.

THEY, THEY'VE GOT THOSE AROUND THE ENTIRE METRO AREA AND SINCE WE ARE ONE OF THE NON ATTAIN AREAS, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MONITORING SO NO, NO, YOU WANT THOSE FOLKS.

CI ALL REST.

I DON'T THINK YOU MIGHT MESS WITH YEAH, I JUST, THAT'S THOUGHT I'D ASK.

I JUST NOT GO THAT WAY.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MR. SHANE MAKES THAT MOTION.

COMMISSIONER MANNING SECONDS.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.

OPPOSED? NUMBER 14 IS, UH, DISCUSSED.

CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR AN ONLINE AUCTION OF COUNTY SURPLUS PROPERTY THROUGH RENEE.

RENEE BASED ONLINE AUCTION SERVICE.

THIS TIME WE HAVE A CLEANUP AND GET COUNTY SURPLUS.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY DATES FOR YOU.

WE'LL START COLLECTING THIS STUFF AND, UH, GET ADVERTISED AND START AUCTION.

UH, I LIKE TO ASK ALSO, I, I'LL HAVE OVER HERE, BUT IF I'M, I CAN GET SOME HELP FROM A ROAD BRIDGE.

MAYBE SET UP A COUPLE OF DATES FOR, TO PICK UP MATERIAL.

YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TELL INDIVIDUALS THAT PUT ONLINE IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE HELP YOU LOAD THE STUFF UP.

WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENS IS THEY'LL SHOW UP, UH, UNEXPECTED ONE PERSON, YOU KNOW, WITH A TRUCK HAD TO LOAD UP ALL THE EQUIPMENT.

SO I CAN USE SOME HELP.

GET THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

FIRST DAY RAIN.

I SUGGEST WE MR. CLARK, JACK, IS THIS GONNA BE GATHERED AT THE ARMORY? UH, WE'LL HAVE IT AT OUR PLACE.

OKAY.

WE'LL TRY GET, I THINK WE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE'LL TRY GET RID OF.

I KNOW A BUNCH OF CARS OUT THERE.

OH THAT YEAH.

VEHICLES.

THAT, THAT IS THE PLACE THEY'RE, YES.

OKAY.

WE PROBABLY, UH, I DUNNO WHETHER THAT'LL INTERFERE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

PROBABLY WON'T, BUT IN THE FUTURE WE'LL PROBABLY NEED NOT TO HAVE THAT OUT THERE FOR THE CARS.

I WOULD ANY OF THE PROPERTY THAT THE PRECINCTS HAVE, DO WE NEED TO BRING IT YOUR SIDE OR? UH, YES SIR.

OKAY.

I'M JUST TELL WHAT WE'VE GOT.

OKAY.

AND WE'LL NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO SEND THE, THE DOCUMENT WHAT YOU GET SO WE CAN GET OFF INVENTORY.

IN FACT, I'LL GET YOU GUYS A CASE.

WANTS TO TAKE SOME ELSE PROPERTY IF YOU WANT.

RIGHT? THAT'D BE I MAKE THAT MOTION.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, MAN, ANY OF THE DISCUSSION ALL SAY YOU HAVE ANY TIME.

I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY START, IT'LL PROBABLY START A COUPLE WEEKS NOW.

THAT'S ABOUT A THREE WEEK PROCESS.

HAS TO BE GET CHARGE COUPLE WEEKS.

ALL RIGHTY.

ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER PURCHASING A TRUCK FOR PRECINCT THREE ROAD AND BRIDGE WITH THE BUYBACK OPTION THROUGH THE BUYBOARD COOPERATIVE CONTRACT NUMBER 4 3 0 13.

HAVE REQUEST PRECINCT THREE TO UH, REPLACE TRUCK.

UH, THAT WAS ON THE BUYBACK AND NEW TRUCK IS 115,000.

AND WITH THE DOCUMENT FEES AND, UH, INSPECTION TOTALS 115,112, UH, THERE'S A BUYBACK AGREEMENT FOR 106,000.

UH, AND THEN I THINK WE'VE GOT ONE TRUCK GOING BACK AT, UH, 85.

REPLACE THAT TRUCK.

IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.

IT'S ALL CO-OP.

SO I DO THE BEST.

I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

MR. POWELL.

YEAH, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

COMMISSIONER SHANE, SECOND COMMISSIONER.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO RIGHT ON INTO THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER.

WE CAN GO TAKE A QUICK 10 MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK.

PAPER.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LINE ON TRANSFERS YOU'D LIKE TO GO OVER? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

OKAY.

YES, ELLIE? UH, BIG ONE IS AT THE ROAD ON CONSTRUCTION THAT Y'ALL APPROVED FOR, UH, SPUR BUCKET SEVEN AND FM 1 48 FOR EIGHT AND HALF MILLION.

THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY WOULD CAUSE WOULD CAUSE ATTENTION AND GET SOME KIND OF CLARIFICATION.

THAT'S WHY WE APPROVED IT.

YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE JAIL THAT THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL HAS WENT OUT.

WE NEEDED TO MOVE SOME MONEY IN THERE.

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OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

LINE ITEM TRANSFER SETTLE MAY MOTION FROM UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

UH, COMMISSIONER ROSA SECONDS.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A QUICK BREAK THEN WE'LL COME BACK.

UM, BEFORE YOU GO, TWO OF THESE THAT I'M INCLUDING IS SOME INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM AT THE JAIL, WE HAVE A PROBLEM AT THE ECO.

UH, I HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE REVENUE LINE REVENUE FOR THAT AND THEN THE EXPENDITURE TO ACTUALLY FIX AND SPEND MONEY.

SO THAT'S INCLUDED.

AND ANOTHER ONE IS SHERIFF'S OFFICE GOT A TECH GRANT AND IT'S DON'T, DON'T HERE TRANSFER THE THREE Y BRIDGE.

HE'D TRANSFERRED FROM PRECINCT TOO.

YEAH, THREE AND FOUR.

HE THANK YOU.

TWO OF THOSE THAT'S ON THE, THERE WASN'T MUCH TAX.

I MEAN THAT'S JUST FOR A, JUST FOR A TRACTOR.

I NOTICED THAT THAT TRANSMISSIONS ONE OF THOSE EM DRIVES.

THAT'S ALL.

TRY.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA GET NEXT TIME.

SO ARE WE READY TO DO THE MEALS, PAT? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 1,000,200 $36,821 AND 96 CENTS.

IF YOU TAKE THE JPS TREK TO THE TREASURER, ALL FOUR OF 'EM, THE ACTUAL BILLS YOU'RE PAYING OUT IS 1,000,009 1000 345 59.

IT'S ABOUT 154,000 OF THAT ACTUALLY IT COMING BACK TO THE COUNTY BESIDE THE JP ACCOUNTS.

ALSO, I NEED RETENTION.

I HAVE A BILL RIGHT UNDER $10,000 THAT I DID NOT APPROVE THE PAYMENT FOR ELECTIONS FOR FREE SLATES.

THE PURCHASING POLICY WASN'T FOLLOWED, NO PO WAS ISSUED AND I'M PAYING KIND.

THAT'S WHAT WE SAID.

WE WEREN'T GONNA PAY ANY BILLS UNLESS THE PURCHASING POLICY WAS FOLLOWED, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

AND UH, FROM WHAT MR. SEBASTIAN HAS TOLD ME, UH, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME

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THIS HAS HAPPENED.

AND, UH, VERY LENGTHY, UH, SCATHING E EMAILS BACK AND FORTH TO THE, BETWEEN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, WE'VE LET THAT RIDE AND WENT AHEAD AND PAID THE DEAL AND THE PROCEDURES ARE STILL NOT BE THE FOLLOW PROCEDURE.

PROCEDURE OUGHT TO BE PRETTY WELL CUT AND DRIED.

IF, IF IT'S GOOD FOR US THREE OR FOUR SITTING UP HERE, IT OUGHT BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THAT PARTICULAR PERSON WHO'S DONE IT.

CORRECT.

IT WAS BEST TO ALL FOLLOW THAT PROCEDURE.

OKAY.

IT'S FROM MR. MURPHY.

IT'S FOR THE EAST SLATES FOR ELECTIONS.

SO WE NEED TO TAKE, WE NEED TO TAKE AN ACTION ON THAT OR WHATEVER.

UM, PROBABLY MAYBE GET THE, THE DA LOOK AT IT.

I GUESS SHORT VERSION IS IT WAS UH, YOU KNOW, ORDERED INVOICE COMES IN, WANT A PO IS NOT REALLY A NEED FOR BE CUT A PO SO THAT I DIDN'T ORDER OR DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AFTER THE FACT.

MAYBE, MAYBE THE DA .

SAME THING HAPPENED WITH MS. HUGHES.

AND WHEN MS. HUGHES FOUND OUT, SHE SENT THE BOOKS BACK BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE THAT SHE HAD DIDN'T KNOW TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO GET THAT SHE ACTUALLY SENT, WASN'T IT BOOKED.

SOME KIND OF BOOKS SHE USED FINE.

THAT WAS AN INVOICE FOR $13,000 AND WE COULDN'T PAY IT BECAUSE THE PROCEDURE HAD BEEN FOLLOWED.

EVEN THOUGH MS. HUGHES EXPLAINED TO US THAT EMPLOYEE THAT ORDERED THOSE BOOKS DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT FOLLOWING THE PERSON POLICY, SHE AGREED TO SEND THAT STUFF BACK AND DO IT THE CORRECT WAY.

SO IF ONE DEPARTMENT CAN DO IT, OTHER DEPARTMENTS CAN DO, I GUESS THAT'S POSSIBLE.

IN THIS CASE, YOU COULD SEND THE MERCHANDISE BACK.

I HAVE NO IDEA IF THAT COMPANY WILL ACCEPT THOSE BACK OR NOT.

THERESA'S HERE, I'M SORRY.

YES.

THE INVOICE WE RECEIVED FROM ON THE EAST LAKES, THREE EAST LANES.

YES MA'AM.

THERE WAS NO PURCHASE ORDER PROCEDURE FOLLOWED.

YES MA'AM.

I REALIZED THAT AFTER THEY, UH, TALKED TO US ABOUT SOME OTHER ORDER WE HAD FOR CARS, BUTTER PARTS AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS RACK UNDERSTOOD THE PROCESS EITHER BECAUSE I MEAN I JUST, I ORDERED IT BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE WANTED IT OUTTA THIS BUDGET.

AND THAT'S WHO WE ALWAYS WORK OUR EQUIPMENT THROUGH.

I MEAN, I'M NOT, TELL ME WHAT TO DO AND I'LL SEND THE EQUIPMENT BACK, GET WITH THE PURCHASING AGENT.

I OBJECTION MARK AND SEE HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

OKAY.

JUST LET US KNOW.

OKAY.

THAT'LL WORK.

AND THEN WE CAN APPROVE IT.

OKAY? OKAY.

YES.

THANK YOU.

SATISFACTORY YOU JACK.

RIGHT? OKAY.

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LK.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT.

BEEN USING COME OUT THE REGULAR ONE.

YEAH, WE'VE BEEN USING THEM FOR LONG TIME.

WE'VE USING THEM FOR A LONG TIME.

I'M LOOKING BACK TO 2012.

2011 OR HAD INVOICES FROM THEM.

YEAH, WE USING THEM BACK 2001.

WELL HE'S LOOKING AT THE CURRENT INVOICE FOR YOU.

HE WAS JUST SAYING HOW FAR BACK THEY WENT AS VENDOR.

I DON'T RECALL.

I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.

LKP.

YEAH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT USES THEM.

HUTCHINS, TEXAS.

HUTCHINS, TEXAS.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHERE YEAH, THEY JUST ORDER THE PARTS THEY NEED.

LKQ.

YEAH.

UH, SCOTT SMITH INVOICE DEFENSE COURT.

MAY I STATEMENT OF FACTS.

1596 PAGES PAGE.

JULY 1ST, 2014, 21 PAGES.

JULY 28TH, 16 PAGES TOTAL.

UH, JUDGE.

SURE.

DAVIDSON LAW

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FIRM MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR MY AP.

THE AP, THE DODGE DESCRIPTION.

IT COULD BE FOR MILEAGE TO BRING IT.

IT WAS FROM FOUR ONE TO SEVEN SEIZURE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY PUT IN.

IT WAS FOR SEIZURE.

SEVEN.

IT'S AN COURT.

8 47 H IS IT STILL ROUTER? THERE'S A DSL.

DSL SHOULD BE SOLID GREEN.

IF NOT, IF NOT, THEY'LL LEAD TO I FIVE.

TOMMY NEEDS A IFI TWO BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NOT HIRED BACK THAT HIRED THE TOWER YET, HUH? YEAH.

WORTH.

SO I ESPECIALLY LISTED LIKE THAT IN THE DESCRIPTION.

RIGHT.

WHO'S GONNA BE MUD'S GONNA TAKE THAT OVER.

THEY'RE TAKING THAT WHOLE WATER DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY THERE.

I WOULDN'T THINK SO.

ANYMORE.

ONE DOWN.

WELL SURELY THEY GOTTA MAINTAIN IT.

THEY GONNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN, THEY GOTTA MAINTAIN OUT THERE TO BE A I FIRED CITY SECRETARY ESPECIALLY.

WHO IS DON? THE TWO BROTHERS.

HE WAS THE MAIN GUY AT DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHEN GINGER WAS DOWN HERE AND HE TO LIVE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB.

OKAY.

HAD THE AIR AIR DOWN THERE USED THERE.

WHO'S THE, WHO WOULD BE A 47-YEAR-OLD SON I SEEN AT WALMART THE OTHER DAY.

HE'S A BLACK PAIR.

LITTLE SKINNY GUY.

BLACK BLACK YEARS.

YEAH.

HE'S OLDER THAN FOUR SEVEN.

REALLY? YEAH.

HIS LEG.

YEAH.

HE'S OLDER THAN FOUR SEVEN.

IF IT'S 47 HE'D BE HIS GREEN SON.

YOU REMEMBER VONDA JUST THE EXACT SAME.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

HE HAS TO VOID IT.

IT'LL SHOW THAT WE VOID.

HE, HE'S MY AGE.

I KNOW WHO HE IS.

I'M TRYING TO,

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THAT MUST 19.

YEAH.

JANUARY.

I'M EXCITED I MY TOOK CARE OF MY EMAILS AND EVERYTHING I TO DO AND THEN I GOT OUT TO COME UP HERE.

I GONNA BE THAT THE JUDGE HAS EMAILED.

I CAN IMAGINE DEPARTMENT BEFORE UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENTAL.

YOU SEE WHY WE HAVE TO COME TO WHERE YOU'RE AT AND HERE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

I SAW THREE PEOPLE AND WHY WE HAVE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.

THAT YOU NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT YOUR BUDGET IS SET RIGHT.

YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE PUT RIGHT AND THE RIGHT PLACES.

YOUR REVENUES.

I KNOW I TRIED TO HELP EXPLAIN THAT TO SANDY AND SHE'S STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED.

AND GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING IS VERY CONFUSING.

I HEARD YOU THAT IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PROFIT.

YOU DON'T, REVENUES IS HARD THAN YOUR EXPENDITURES THAT GOES INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE FOR YOU TO CARRY OVER AND USE THE NEXT YEAR.

YOU'RE NOT MAKING PROFIT.

OKAY.

AND THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO RECEIVE LIKE THAT.

CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO EXPEND IN A CERTAIN WAY OR WE GET THOSE FINDINGS BACK.

THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME CASE THAT YOU, IT NEVER HAPPENS.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE EVERY YEAR TO ENSURE THAT WE GET CLEAN AUDIT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'VE MADE THOSE CHANGES.

AND WE TRY TO BE NOT STERN AND UNTHINKABLE, BUT THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN WAYS THAT YOU ACCOUNT FOR CERTAIN THINGS THROUGH THOSE.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING AND STUFF FROM THE STATE AND THE MANDATES THAT WE HAVE TO PICK UP AND SOMETHING TO COUNTY SYSTEM SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE US DO THAT.

SO WE CAN ALWAYS SHOW YOU THE LAW.

WE CAN ALWAYS SHOW YOU OPINIONS FROM THE OUTSIDE AUDITORS.

AND I'LL FEEL FREE TO GIVE YOU THEIR EMAIL AND YOU CAN ASK THEM ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT.

'CAUSE I WANT THAT, I WANT THAT TRUST BACK WHERE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

WE'RE DOING IT THE WAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO.

THEN IT HELPS Y'ALL EXPLAIN IT TO YOUR PEOPLE, YOUR OTHER PEOPLE

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THAT'S IN YOUR PRECINCTS.

AND THEN THEY, THEY'LL KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

YEAH.

WE MAKE MISTAKES.

WE'RE NOT PERFECT.

AND I TRIED TO TEACH KW THE BEST WAY, BUT SOMETIMES HE DOES MAKE MISTAKES TOO, YOU KNOW.

BUT, UH, JUST COMMUNICATE WITH US AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED.

TRY TO HELP.

I APPRECIATE ALLALL AND DON'T DON'T RIGHT.

SAID THAT BECAUSE HE'LL, IT'D BE ELIGIBLE.

THAT'S ALL THE BILLS, JUDGE.

OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BILL PAYMENT FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE.

WE SECOND COMMISSIONER.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL FAVOR.

AND BEFORE WE DISMISS, UH, NEXT WEEK, NEXT TIME.

THE REST OF THIS WEEK OR NEXT? NEXT, NEXT WEEK, YEAH.

HAVE A WORKSHOP.

SO I'LL TRY NOT HAVE AN CALL AND GET NATE.

THAT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.

IS IT ONE DAY OR PROBABLY JUST ONE DAY? YEAH, MAYBE, MAYBE START AT 10 AND HAVE LUNCH AND LINED UP.

JUST, UH, SEE WHERE WE'RE, OKAY.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND, MR. MANNING.

COMMISSIONER.

ALL ACCEPT.