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GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO A MEETING OF THE, UH, COUNTY, UH, COMMISSIONER COURT.
SECOND, UH, WE DO HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'LL BE CONDUCTING HERE, JUST, UH, JUST IN A MOMENT.
AND, UH, SO, UH, COURT, UH, WE'LL OPEN OUR MEETING THIS MORNING, PRAYER, AND I'LL GIVE A PRAYER THIS MORNING.
SO IF YOU, LORD, I GRACIOUS HAVING FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AS A COUNTY, AS LEADERS OF THE COUNTY TO DISCUSS THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS.
LORD, WE, UH, PRAY A SPECIAL PRAYER TODAY FOR THE 25,000 PLUS KIDS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WORKERS THAT ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY, UH, IN COUNTY.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND YOUR GUIDANCE, AND THAT WE HAVE A SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE SCHOOL OF YEAR.
LORD, AS WE ENTER INTO ANOTHER BUDGET YEAR FOR THIS COUNTY, WE PRAY FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM, AND, UH, THAT YOU ALLOW US TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND AND OPEN HEARTS AND BE GOOD LISTENERS.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY.
WE ENTER INTO UL TIMES, IT SEEMS LIKE.
AND, UH, LORD, ONLY YOU CAN GIVE US THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR LOVING US AND TAKING CARE OF US, AND PROVIDING US WITH THE NEEDS THAT WE, UH, HAVE.
UH, WE PRAY NOW THAT YOU'LL PROTECT US.
AND, UH, THESE, ALL OF THESE THINGS WE ASK MY SON'S HOLY NAME, AMEN.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR OF TEXAS FLAG, I BELIEVE TEXAS ONE SAY, UNDER GOD, WE HAVE HAD THE, UH, WE'LL AHEAD AND CALL A MEETING YOUR ORDER.
WE DO HAVE A FORUM, UH, PRESENT.
THE TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 9 34.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A TIME HERE FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I BELIEVE I HAVE, UH, FIVE, FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE, MAYBE SIX PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THIS MORNING TO, UH, UH, UH, ADDRESS THE COURT.
THE FIRST IS JESSE KOHLER, UH, AND GENE KOHLER.
THEY LIVE IN, UH, SOME SILVER CREEK AND SCURRY, AND THEY'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROPERTY TAX.
LET ME, UH, TELL YOU, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY TO, UH, DISCUSS THE PROFIT TAX IMMEDIATELY HERE, JUST IN A FEW MOMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, AND YOU'RE, YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THAT TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, MAKE COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BUDGET, OR NOT BUDGET, BUT THE TAX, UH, THE TAX, UH, RATE HEARING THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE TAX RATE TODAY.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE WILL BE ADOPTING THE, THE TAX RATE AND THE, UH, BUDGET THIS NEXT WEEK.
UH, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT TODAY.
SO IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DELAY UNTIL WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, UH, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO TO DO THAT IF YOU ARE HERE, UH, TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER PURPOSE, AND I BELIEVE MR. COOK, I SEE YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.
NOW WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR YOU TO COME FORWARD TO DO WELL, I'D LIKE TO WAIT TOO, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR NEXT.
ARE YOU GONNA TALK ABOUT THE TAX RATE THEN? YES.
IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUZZING IT, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD NEXT, NEXT WEEK.
AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD.
I'M JUST READING WHAT YOU WROTE.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, UH, HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR 20 15 20 16.
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UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION.AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE, ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU DID ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
I HAVE, UH, PREPARED A DOCUMENT, OR I SAY I PREPARED.
AND THIS IS, UH,
AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO TALK UP.
I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET THE COMPLAINTS THAT YOU CANNOT HEAR US, AND SO I CERTAINLY WILL TRY TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, THERE, THERE WERE SOME COPIES ON THE DESK THERE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, BUT LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS REQUIRED BY STATUTE, UH, THAT REQUIRES ALL TAXING JURISDICTIONS, NOT JUST THE COUNTY, BUT ALL TAXING JURISDICTIONS TO PUBLISH.
AND IF THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE A COPY OF THAT, UH, I WILL, UH, POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR IS 0.58 CENTS.
UH, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE THIS LAST YEAR, THE BUDGET YEAR WE'RE JUST COMPLETING, UH, IS, UH, FIVE SEVEN, UH, SIX 2 CENTS.
SO THE TAX RATE IS NOT CHANGING.
AND I HAVE A DOCUMENT HERE THAT, UH, SOMEONE, UH, PUT TOGETHER, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HAVING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
BUT, UH, IT IS NOT TOTALLY ACCURATE IN THE FACT THAT OUR TAXES ARE GOING UP.
WHAT IS UH, DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT THERE IS A 10 PAGE CALCULATION THAT THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR MRS. RADFORD IS, IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PREPARE.
ONE OF THEM IS AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, AND THE OTHER ONE IS A ROLLBACK TAX RATE.
A ROLLBACK TAX RATE COMES IN AT SIX TWO 9 CENTS.
AND WE'RE A LONG WAYS FROM THAT.
AND CERTAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING INTO ABACK SITUATION WHERE IT WOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC ELECTION WHERE PEOPLE, UH, WOULD GO IF WE WERE GOING TO THAT 0.62, UH, 9 CENTS.
UH, THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, AGAIN, IS A SOMEWHAT OF A, A, WELL, IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A CONFUSING, BUT IT IS ACCURATE OF THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
AND THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE IS FIGURED USING, UH, PROPERTY VALUES FOR THIS NEW YEAR.
UH, AS COMPARED TO PROPERTY VALUES OF THE LAST YEAR, OUR VALUES DID GO UP IN OUR COUNTY BY APPROXIMATELY 6% ACROSS THE COUNTY OF THAT AMOUNT.
THERE, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $220 MILLION, I'M SORRY, $202 MILLION OF NEW CONSTRUCTION IN OUR COUNTY.
AND SO THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT.
BUT THE TAX RATE THAT YOU WILL PAY THIS YEAR IS THE SAME THAT YOU PAID, UH, THIS LAST YEAR.
THE CURRENT, THE YEAR THAT WE ARE NOW WINDING UP, OUR BUDGET YEAR BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST AND RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER THE 30TH.
SO WHEN THE TAX STATEMENTS GO OUT LATER THIS FALL, UH, YOU WILL SEE NO CHANGE IN YOUR TAX RATE.
YOU MAY HAVE A CHANGE IN YOUR VALUE IF YOUR HOMES HAVE BEEN, UH, REVALUED, AND IF THEY WERE ON THE TAX ROLL OF A LESSER AMOUNT, IT'S INDIVIDUALLY DETERMINED WHAT YOUR INDIVIDUAL, UH, TAX WILL BE OR THE ACTUAL DEVY THAT YOU WILL PAY.
UH, SO I WANTED TO, TO MAKE THAT YOUR, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE ALL AWARE OF THAT.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD POINT OUT, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE TAX RATE DOES STAY THE SAME, WE HAVE THREE COMPONENTS OF THAT TAX RATE.
WE HAVE THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, WHICH FORMS, UH, WHICH, UH, IS THE, THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE COUNTY.
IT'S CALLED THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, OR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FUND THAT ACTUALLY IS DECLINING BY 1 CENT.
THE OTHER TWO PARTS OF THAT, UH, WOULD BE THE, UH, THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND.
UH, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING UP BY ABOUT 1.20 CENTS, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY, UH, PRODUCE MORE MONEY THAT WILL GO INTO EACH, UH, COMMISSION'S, UH, ROAD AND BRIDGE PRECINCT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY RAISING ABOUT A MILLION $200,000, UH, BECAUSE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL BE DIVIDED UP AMONG, UH, THE FOUR PRECINCTS.
SO EACH OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WILL BE GETTING AN INCREASE JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY VALUES THAT HAVE GONE UP.
AND SO THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.
THE OTHER PART OF OUR TAX RATE, THE THIRD PART OF OUR TAX RATE IS THE BONDED DEBT.
UH, WE HAVE FUNDS THAT, UH, WERE DEDICATED OR THAT ARE DEDICATED TO PAY OFF THE, UH, DEBT SERVICE THAT WE OWN BONDS THAT WE SOLD OVER THE YEARS.
THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THOSE, UH, WOULD BE FOR THE, UH, UH, THE ROAD AND BRIDGE, UH, SIX $56 MILLION, UH, ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND THAT THE VOTERS ACCRUED BY A 65% MARGIN
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BACK IN 2013.AND WE'VE SOLD, UH, UH, 30 MILLION OF THOSE BONDS.
AND SO NOW WE ARE, WE'RE PAYING OFF OUR BOND.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER LOANS THAT WE'RE PAYING OFF, UH, THAT WILL BE PAID OFF WITHIN A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
UH, PART OF THAT IS FOR THE, UH, NEW 9 1 1 CENTER THAT WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED AND WILL BE PROVIDING NEW EQUIPMENT AND, UH, UH, FOR OUR, UH, PATROL UNITS IN THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER IS THE, UH, WE STILL OWE ABOUT, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, I BELIEVE, ON THE, UH, UH, COUNTY JAIL THAT WE OPERATE NOW.
SO, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT BIT OF EXPLANATION, UH, BUT THE TOTAL TAX RATE, WHEN YOU, IT'S GOING TO STAY THE, THE SAME, THE THREE COMPONENTS OF THAT TAX RATE DO CHANGE, BUT THE TOTAL TAX RATE DOES NOT CHANGE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO WELCOME ANY OF YOU THAT WOULD LOVE TO COME FORWARD IF YOU, UH, WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
UH, SO IF WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO COME FIRST, UH, FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP.
WHERE DO I GO? PLEASE COME TO THIS MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE.
AND, UH, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, YOU MAY BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT UP YOU MR. YES.
I'M, I DUNNO HOW YOU HEARD ABOUT ME ON THE LIST HERE.
OH, I THANK YOU FIRST ON THE LIST.
I, I, I THINK YOU GOT FOREWARNED ABOUT MY WILL PETITION.
I PUT UP SOMEONE DIDN'T, UH, GIMME THAT INFORMATION.
I GOT, UH, 64 SIGNATURES OPPOSING TO THE TAX RATE INCREASE, BECAUSE ALSO I READ THE PAPER THAT SEPTEMBER 2ND, THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER MEETING FOR A TAX INCREASE.
IS THAT COMBINED WITH THIS ONE TOO? THAT'S THE SAME, SAME, THE TAX RATE HERE IS THAT 5%.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE DID NOT COME IN AND CHANGE, UH, THE TAX RATE AFTER WE'VE HAD THESE HERE, WE'LL ACTUALLY VOTE ON THEM NEXT.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, OKAY, WELL I'VE GOT 64 SIGNATURES WITH THEIR ADDRESS AND YOU, THEIR PHONE NUMBERS.
AND WE DO NOT WANT AN INCREASE IN ANY PENNY OR ANYTHING BECAUSE WE PAID 70% MORE THAN ALL THE OTHER PRECINCTS IN OUR LITTLE AREA.
UM, AND COULD YOU LET ALONE WE PAY MORE.
COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? I'M NOT SURE WHO PAY MORE PROPERTY TAXES, 70% MORE PROPERTY TAXES THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OUR SILVER CREEK AREA USED TO HAVE A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION IN EFFECT.
AND I REALLY DO THINK PEOPLE PENALIZE THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT TO MAKE SOMETHING BETTER FOR THEMSELVES.
MAY I MAKE THAT SOUNDS AWFUL UNUSUAL, DOESN'T IT THOUGH? YES, IT DOES.
WELL, HOW COME WE PAY 70% MORE THAN LIKE A MILE AWAY? WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST.
AS YOU, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TODAY, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BY AND VISIT WITH THE TAX OFFICE FOLKS HERE OR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT OKAY.
AND GO OVER THAT AND, AND JUST TO VERIFY THAT YOU HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION, I'M JUST SAYING JUST VERIFY THAT AND MAKE SURE IT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEN MANY CITIES UNDER COMAN COUNTY BENEFIT THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ONE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
OURS IS VOLUNTEER ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
ADDITIONALLY USING BENEFIT PROGRAMS. WE DO NOT.
THEIRS ARE NOT, YOU CAN'T COMPARE CITY OF COTMAN TO SCURRY.
THEY'RE LIKE CAPITALS AND ORANGES.
AND THEY'RE UNDER THE COUNTY PRECINCT.
SO EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS A MAINTENANCE GROUP, I INVITE YOU TO COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WILL, I PROMISE YOU PLEASE DO THAT BECAUSE YOU NEED TO GO DOWN WHERE I LIVE.
SILVER CREEK, YOU NEED TO GO DOWN TIMBER TRAIL, YOU NEED TO GO DOWN BLUE BONNET.
F1 48 IS KIND OF TAKEN CARE OF, BUT THEY NEED TO REGRADE OUR ROADS.
THEY NEED TO PUT COMING EVERY COUPLE YEARS TO PATCH 'EM.
AND THEN OUR, OUR TRUCKS, OUR CARS HAVE TO PATCH, HAVE TO HAVE PUT WEIGHT ON 'EM TO LEVEL 'EM OUT.
AND THEN THEY JUST SPEND A COUPLE MONTHS IT TO WHERE WE WERE.
AND LET ME ALSO ADD, I WILL RIDE WITH COMMISSIONER ALLEN BECAUSE HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE TERRITORY AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'VE GONE TO OUR WEBPAGE, BUT HE HAS A NO, I DON'T HAVE INTERNET SERVICE.
WELL, IF YOU GO TO THE LIBRARY WHERE WE DO HAVE INTERNET SERVICE, HE HAS A LISTING OF WHAT THE ROADS HE'S WORKING ON MM-HMM
AND SO IT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD IDEA TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, THEY CAME OUT JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND ATTACHED THEM.
AND THEN THEY HAD A GUY BEHIND, IT WAS LIKE A BING MACHINE.
HE REALLY DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB.
HE JUST KIND OF LIKE, KIND OF EATEN IT OUT.
BUT IT STILL DEPENDED ON OUR VEHICLES TO PACK IT DOWN.
AND THEY DIDN'T DO ALL THE HOLES.
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AN ISSUE THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER, AND I PROMISE YOU HE WILL DO ANY OF, ANY OF THESE COMMISSIONERS WILL DO THAT.AND UM, I DO INVITE YOU TO GO AND CHECK IT OUT.
JUST GO DOWN THE ROADS, THE ROADS THAT I'VE LISTED AND I TOLD YOU I'LL DO THAT.
I DON'T WORK ON ROADS ABOUT ONE MY RESPONSIBILITIES IS IT REALLY THANK, BUT WE NEED
JUST BECAUSE THAT OWN LAND DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE THEM RUNNING.
BUT, UM, I JUST PICKED THAT TYPE OF SITUATION BECAUSE WE LIKE THE NEIGHBOR'S NOT CLOSE TO US.
UM, AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT WHEN IT FLOODS, IT REALLY FLOODS A LOT OF PROPERTIES AND THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THE WATER TO GO.
AND THE CULVERTS, SOME OF THEM ARE CLOSED OFF AND LIKE ON THE CORNER OF, UM, SILVER CREEK AND BLUE BONNET, THEY'RE CLOSED OFF BECAUSE PEAK TRUCKS, LIKE DELIVERY TRUCKS AND CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS, THEY'LL USE BLUE BONNET AS A SHORTCUT TO GET TO SHADY LANE TO THESE LITTLE NICE BLUE HOUSES AND NO, THAT'S WHAT I GOTTA SAY.
AND THEN, UH, THEY NEVER COME OVER TO CHECK OUR SIGNS.
THEY NEVER COME OVER TO CLEAN AND REPAIR THE AREA.
WE'RE ONLY A VERY SMALL SUBDIVISION IN A VERY SMALL TOWN, AND IT'S MORE LIKE A PASS THROUGH.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE STREET LIGHTS.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A STOP SIGNAL, SO YOU CAN'T COMPARE OUR AREA.
ARE YOU INCORPORAT THE, ARE YOU INCORPORATED AS THE CITY? WE ARE INCORPORATED AS THE CITY AS OF 2007.
AND THEN, UH, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HEARING OUR VIEWS, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT SOMEONE TAKES ACTION AND JUST STAY LEVEL WITH THE FEES THAT WE ALREADY PAY OR EXEMPT US FROM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, CAROL, CITY FORNEY, THEY'VE ALL GROWN.
THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM ALL THIS PROGRESS.
WE'RE PAYING FOR ALL THEIR PROGRESS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OUT THERE.
I'VE BEEN LIVED THERE 15 YEARS AND I'VE PAID FOR NOTHING.
AND I, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR AND YOUR OPENING OPENNESS WITH US.
UH, THE REVENUE FOR THE COUNTY ALL COMES IN AND IT GOES INTO ONE, UH, FUND, UH, OR THREE FUNDS.
ACTUALLY, THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE ROLAND BRIDGE FUND.
WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO THAT FUND.
AND AS DO OTHER, UH, WE'RE ACCOUNTING OF APPROXIMATELY 110,000 PEOPLE.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE PAY TOWARDS THAT.
AND JUST SO YOU WILL KNOW, APPROXIMATELY 6% OF THE COUNTY'S, UH, BUDGET, UH, FUNDS, TAX FUNDS COME FROM PRECINCT TWO, WHICH IS THE FOREIGN PRECINCT.
SO THE FOREIGN PRECINCT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTES MORE TO YOUR PRECINCT THAN, UH, WHAT, UH, YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING TO THE FOREIGN PRECINCT.
WELL, ONE YEAR, UM, I ASKED THE, UH, GUYS THAT WERE, I TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES AND SAW OTHER PEOPLE, AND WE'VE CALLED AND CALLED AND GOTTEN NOWHERE.
AND I WAS TALKING TO THE ROAD WORKERS, WHETHER I KNOW THIS OR NOT, THEY SAID THAT PRECINCT FOUR IS THE LARGEST PRECINCT, AND IT HAS, IT'S THE LARGEST PRECINCT.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T GET VERY MUCH ATTENTION.
WELL, IT'S GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT'S THE LARGEST PRECINCT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
BUT I SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 96 LOTS HERE.
WELL, UH, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
I THINK YOU HEARD ME SAY THIS A MOMENT AGO.
WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WISH TO SPEAK AS WELL, BUT WE ARE MOVING $1.2 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
AND THEY WILL, UH, DIVIDE THAT UP, UH, UH, ACCORDING TO A FORMULA THEY USED TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEM GETTING TO YOU.
AND I'LL ASSURE YOU, IF YOU'LL VISIT WITH MR. ALLEN, HE WILL, UH, GIVE YOU HIS PLAN WHERE HE IS.
AND IF THERE'S EMERGENCY SITUATION, HE ISN'T EVEN NEW.
ISN'T HE NEW? HE'S RIGHT HERE.
I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE THIS FATHER NAME TO THE ADDRESSES.
AND, UM, SOME PEOPLE WERE SCARED TO SIGN IT BECAUSE THEY WERE SCARED SOMETHING WOULD COME BACK ON THEM.
SO WE'LL JUST GIVE IT OUR NEWS.
AND WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BE HEARD.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CHECK ON THAT 70% INCREASE
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING.
WELL, AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT.
AND, UH, BUT THAT THAT'D BE EASILY DONE WOULD BE QUICKLY DONE AS WELL.
MUCH PRESENT THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU.
WHAT DO I GIVE IT? GIVE IT TO ME OR YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THE CLERK IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
AND I AGREE WITH 99.9% OF WHAT GENE JUST SAID.
WHEN YOU COME UP, AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALSO IN THE SILVER CREEK AREA.
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I'M, I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT SILVER CREEK WAS INCORPORATED.I HAD NOT HEARD THAT BEFORE TODAY.
YES, IT'S, AND, UH, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT GENE SAID.
THE ONLY TROUBLE I HAVE WITH ROADS, AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR OF, I'M, I'M TIRED OF, I ALREADY DID IT ONCE, BUT REPLACED THE STRUT ON MY CAR.
'CAUSE OF THE HOLE WAS SO DEEP.
NOW THE CAR'S COMING DOWN, I GOTTA GO TO THE RIGHT, I GOTTA HIT THE HOLE CAR, I GONNA GO IN THE DITCH.
SO THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS.
AND TO STOP 18 WHEELERS COMING DOWN, YOU ARE ONLY GOING FOR SO MANY POUNDS, I'M SURE.
AND 18 WHEELERS FULL OF DIRT AND WHATEVER, CONCRETE AND CONCRETE TRUCKS COMING DOWN THROUGH THERE TO GO TO SHADY LANES FOR THOSE, UH, NEW HOMES.
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO STOP THAT WITHOUT A SIGN, I DUNNO HOW WE WOULD STOPPED CONSTRUCTION IF THERE, YOU KNOW, WE WELL, NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WEIGHT LIMIT OF THE TRUCKS, I MEAN, YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH IN DESIGN OF THOSE ROLES, RIGHT? WE ARE, AND THIS AGAIN, IS A TAX RATE HEARING, BUT YES, I THINK IF YOU'LL GET WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER, HE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLAIN OKAY.
THE LIMITATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN'T DO.
AND AGAIN, I AGREE WITH YOU WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID.
EVERY COMMISSIONER THAT SITS AROUND THIS TABLE WITH ME, ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, TO HAVE THE BEST ROADS POSSIBLE, IT'S JUST WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ROADS AND, AND THEY WORK HARD TO GET THOSE ROADS FIXED.
UH, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GET TO 'EM AS QUICK AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO OR YOU WOULD LIKE FOR 'EM TO, BUT I PROMISE YOU THEIR, IN YOUR INTEREST IS THEIR INTEREST AND MY INTEREST FOR THAT MATTER.
WELL, I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1986.
AND ALL I'VE SEEN WAS PATCHES.
AND I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING THEIR POSITIONS AND NOW YOU, I GUESS YOU'RE HEARING ONE OF OUR B*****S, BUT, UH, WELL, HE'S THE MAN WHO PLANS, SO, OKAY.
UH, NEXT, UH, I'M NOT SURE, UH, ROBERT, THAT'S, YOU WERE BY YOURSELF WHEN YOU OVER THERE? YES.
UH, JOHN COKER OR THAT'S JAMES KOHLER.
YEAH, YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP? SURE.
I'M PRETTY SURE SHE GAVE ME HER POLE.
AND AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE ROADS, YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN ON 34.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT ENOUGH.
AND SO THAT, UH, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE, UH, IT INCREASING ONE, UH, THREE AND FOUR.
AND, UH, SO IT TRAVERSES THE COUNTY.
IT'S THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE NORTH AND SOUTH COUNTY.
IT'S A STATE HIGHWAY NOW WILL BE WHINING.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE LOT MORE TRAFFIC COME IN STREET, PROBABLY WILL.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE, ALRIGHT.
DID WE CLEAR UP ANY QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE GOT TAX RATE? YEAH.
AND YOU GET THE NEXT HEARING COMING IN NEXT WEEK.
JOHN'S HERE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND YOU SURELY CAN COME FORWARD, JOHN.
UH, BUT I WASN'T REALLY ON THAT REGULAR BUDGET.
I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, UH, AVERAGE PAYS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND EVERY COUNTY AND WE'RE ABOVE AVERAGE ON, UH, THE PAY RAISES THAT ARE GOING OUT.
DID WE NOT GIVE A $1,200 RAISE LAST YEAR? YES.
AND YOU KNOW, JOHN, THIS IS NOT THE BUDGET HEARING.
AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE DO THIS.
WOULD YOU RATHER DO I THINK IT'D BE MORE APPROPRIATE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE, UH, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME BY AND SEE ME.
UH, I WOULD POINT OUT TO YOU THOUGH, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GAIN BACK WHERE WE WERE, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES GOT NO RAISE.
IN FACT, ONE YEAR, UH, THEY, UH, TOOK A 1400, UH, I MEAN A 14 DAYS WITHOUT PAY.
UH, AND SO THEY WERE FOREGONE MANY OF THE, UH, INCREASES THAT, UH, THEY WERE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SURVEY YOU'RE LOOKING ABOUT.
I CAN TAKE A SURVEY AND MAKE IT PROVE ANYTHING I WANTED TO PROVE.
IF I HAND FIX WHERE I GO NUMBER, WELL, I'LL, I'LL, IF YOU'D LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU COME BY AND VISIT WITH ME.
OKAY? I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I AM A PROP FOR THE PAY RAISES THAT OUR EMPLOYEES GIVE.
WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
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WORKING FOR US.BUT I'M, I HAVE ONE VOTE ON THE, OKAY.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING, UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WILL APPEAR TO SPEAK ABOUT THE, UH, TAX RATE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD TALK, WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE, UH, PROPOSED TAX RATE, WHICH I WOULD AGAIN SAY, UH, WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS 0.58 CENTS.
NOW I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXIT THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
ROSA MAKES THAT MOTION AND PHILLIPS SECONDS MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? UH, NEXT ITEM WILL BE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ANNOUNCING THE DATE AND TIME LOCATION OF A MEETING TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE.
UH, I BELIEVE AT, UH, NINE 30, UH, A YEAR THAT SEPTEMBER THE SECOND.
LET ME VERIFY THAT I'VE GOT THE RIGHT DATE.
IT'S A WEDNESDAY, NEXT WEDNESDAY, I'M SORRY.
AND THAT WILL BE AT NINE 30 HERE IN THIS ROOM.
WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET AND TAX RATE IS AN OPTION AT THAT TIME, IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER OR CHECK WITH ME AND, UH, SO WE CAN HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION IF WE'VE TRIED TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN.
AND WE WANT THE PUBLIC, IF THE BUDGET IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, UH, AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT.
UH, WE TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN, BUT IF YOU COME UP AND ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT MAYBE WE'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO RESEARCH, IT'S HARD FOR US TO GIVE YOU A DIRECT ANSWER TO THAT.
WE WILL PLAN ON, UH, OR MAYBE A DIRECT AND A DIRECT ANSWER AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE WILL BE ADOPTING THE BUDGET THIS NEXT, UH, THIS NEXT WEDNESDAY AT NINE 30.
AND WE'LL BE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE.
WE'LL ADOPT THE TAX RATE FIRST, I MEAN THE BUDGET FIRST.
AND THEN BY LAW WE WILL ADOPT THE TAX RATE.
AGAIN, THE TAX RATE IS PROPOSED TO BE THE SAME.
SO, UH, IF THAT, UH, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WE WILL NEED TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
UH, AND WE'VE ANNOUNCED THE DATE AND TIME AND LOCATION, NINE 30.
UH, NEXT, UH, WEDNESDAY, UH, SEPTEMBER THE SECOND.
I A MOTION TO APPROVE, APPROVE, APPROVE THAT.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO, UH, UH, GIVE YOU AS FAR AS ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE, UH, THIS MORNING.
UH, WE DO HAVE A, THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM A AND THAT'S TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER A PROVEN DEDICATION OF JACOB FOREMAN AND CATHERINE MANSFIELD AS DEPUTIES FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF VILLE FOR POTHOLE REPAIRS IN KAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT POOL.
AND ALSO TO DISCUSS CONSIDERATION, UH, PATRICIA ROBINSON, TAMMY WINDHAM, HOLLY AL I HOPE I'M PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT.
AND IT GONZALEZ FILE FOR THE COMAN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOT ON ENTERTAINED MOTION TO, UH, UH, APPROVE THE AGENDA.
MR. SHANE? MAX, MR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? UH, MOVING NOW INTO ADAM NUMBER SEVEN.
UH, MS. CARTER IS HERE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING A LOCAL INITIATIVE PROJECT GRANT FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO, UH, KAMAN COUNTY.
UH, AND IT DOES TAKE YOUR APPROVAL.
UH, WELL, AND I APOLOGIZE, GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT I CAN GO THAT AND MAKE SOME CHANGES.
I ACCIDENTALLY USED THE POSSIBLE SALARY AT THE TOP INSTEAD THE DEPUTY, SO I WANTED TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
I'LL READ THOSE UP AND HAND THEM TO YOU BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW.
HE IS A GENTLEMAN THAT WE HOPE WILL BE WRITING OUR ENFORCEMENT, UM, EMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, IT USED TO BE IN PRECINCT FOUR UNDER, UH, CONSTABLE.
NOW, UH, IT'S GONNA BE IN PRECINCT TWO UNDER JASON.
UH, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS PERSON OR MR. KITCHENS WILL BE TRAVELING THE WHOLE COUNTY.
HE'S JUST STATIONED OUT OF PRECINCT TWO, BUT THE WHOLE COUNTY WILL BENEFIT FROM IT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, I APOLOGIZE AGAIN THAT I HAD TO
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CHANGE IT.WE HAVE RECEIVED $4,300 SITTING IN THE BANK FROM TCEQ FOR THIS PROGRAM.
WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED, UM, AND WAITING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS OF ANOTHER $4,003.
AND THEN I WILL BE APPLYING FOR $30,544.
THOSE ARE ALL GRANT FUNDS FROM TCEQ.
AND THOSE FUNDS ARE GENERATED THROUGH THE INSPECTION, SICKER COSTS AND SOME OF THE COUNTIES THAT SOMETIMES THE COUNTIES WILL NOT USE THE MONEY AND THEY'LL TURN THE MONEY BACK IN AND THE MONEY IS PUT OUT THERE FOR US TO APPLY FOR AGAIN.
AND KAUFMAN COUNTY IS GONNA BE VERY AGGRESSIVE AT TRYING TO GET THE FUNDS THAT PEOPLE TURN BACK IN.
IF YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S THE BASE SALARY OF THE OFFICER, THE FRINGE BENEFITS, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF THAT 20 1090 4 55.
IF WE TAKE THAT, THAT'S TAKING AWAY FROM THE $30,000 GRANT THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING, ADD IN ALL THE COSTS FOR THE, FOR WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO HIS JOB.
UM, THEN THE COUNTY WOULD ONLY GET OUT $28,238 AND 55 CENTS TO MAKE THIS POSITION A FULL-TIME POSITION, WHICH TO DO THE JOB ADEQUATELY.
IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE A FULL-TIME POSITION TO RUN ALL FOUR PRECINCTS IN OUR COUNTY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS OF WHAT THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT GUY DID? NO, SIR.
BUT I'LL, I'LL FIND THOSE OUT AND GET THOSE TO YOU TODAY.
MY QUESTION IS, IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, NUMERICALLY BENEFICIAL PROJECT, THE STATE ALREADY DOES THIS, CORRECT? YES.
IS LOOKING AT, THIS IS OUR OFFICER AND I'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT HE DOES.
HI, I'M JERRY ENSS, UH, SECURITY DEPUTY CONSTABLE.
UH, THE STATE DOES HAVE, UH, AN MBI PROGRAM, HOWEVER, IT'S NOT MBI, UH, ABOUT WHAT IS MBIA MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION PROGRAM.
MBI, UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, UH, THE STATE RODE IN THEIR, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION PROGRAM INTO A REGULATORY PROGRAM.
SO THEY NO LONGER HAVE UNIFORM TROOPERS THAT DO, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION ENFORCEMENT.
UH, PAULIN COUNTY DOES HAVE ONE CIVILIAN IN, UH, INSPECTION TECHNICIAN THAT OVERSEES YOUR 48 INSPECTION SECTIONS.
UH, SO OTHER THAN THAT, UH, THERE'S, THERE WAS NO ACTUAL DPS REGULATORY OTHER THAN THE, THE THEY HAVE ONE UNDERCOVER? NO.
OH, YOU SAID CLOTH? YEAH, THEY'RE A CIVILIAN TECHNICIAN THAT JUST DOESN THEY STILL TO MAKE SURE THEIR, IT'S CLEAN OR CLOTHES ARE DONE RIGHT.
UH, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE NO UNDERCOVER OPERATION.
UH, THEY, THEY ROLLED THEIR UNDERCOVER OPERATION INTO, UH, THE REGULATORY SERVICES.
THEY USED TO HAVE SIX FOR THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS REGION.
UH, THEY WROTE IT INTO THEIR REGULATORY SYSTEM OF SERVICES THAT DOES, UH, PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS, SCRAP METAL.
UH, THEY DO THE PHARMACEUTICAL AND THEY NOW HAVE, UH, 18 TROOPERS THAT WORK THAT DO THAT.
AND INCLUDING THE MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION FOR THE NORTH TEXAS REGION.
FOR HOW MANY COUNTIES IS THAT? 18? UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S 19 COUNTIES.
SO THEY DO HAVE MORE OR LESS ONE UNDERCOVER PER COUNTY? NO, NOT PER COUNTY.
IF YOU AVERAGE IT OUT FOR THE, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS THAN, SO YOU HAVE ONE THAT, UH, BASICALLY WILL DO.
UH, CURRENTLY DOES, UH, DALLAS, UH, KAUFMAN, ROCKFALL AND, UH, TARN, YOU SAID THEY HAD 18, THE OTHER OFFICERS WERE 19, BUT THEY, THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO OTHER DETAILS.
THEY'RE DOING THE PRIVATE SECURITY, UH, WITH SCRAP METALS.
NO, THEY ROLLED THAT IN TO HAVE A FULL 18.
WITH THE NEW ADMISSIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT, WILL WE HAVE TO, NOW WE GET A INSPECTION STICKER ANYMORE? YES, SIR.
THIS IS MAINLY WHAT YOU INSPECTION NOT THE LAST, UH, STICKER.
SINCE, UH, THE INSPECTION STICKER, SINCE WE GET AWAY WITH THE INSPECTION CERTIFICATE, IT'S ALL PART OF REGISTRATION.
UH, WHEN I LOCK, WHEN I WROTE THAT LAW TO DO AWAY WITH INSPECTION STICKERS, UH, WE FORECASTED SEEN AN INCREASE IN, UH, EITHER EXPIRED INSPECTION CERTIFICATES, UH, THIS ISSUED DEALER TAGS OR FRAUDULENT DEALER TAGS.
ALSO, WE FORECASTED A, UH, A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE CLEAN SCANS OR THE, THE FRAUDULENT INSPECTIONS, WHICH WE, WE'VE SEEN.
I, I'VE RECENTLY HAD MY VEHICLE INSPECT.
OF COURSE YOU DON'T GIVE A STICKER ANYMORE.
UH, BUT THEY DID THE INSPECTION OF COURSE, AND THEY GAVE ME A PIECE OF PAPER, YOU KNOW, VERIFYING THAT.
SO I HAD TO REGISTER MY CAR AND BROUGHT OVER THERE TO MS. RAT AND SHE TOOK MY MONEY
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AND, UH, AND SO I GOT IN THE CAR REGISTER.SO HOW, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING? WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR THIS PROGRAM? DO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT TELL, TELL US A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW, ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS.
UH, THERE, THERE'S A NEED FOR THE PROGRAM.
UH, AS FAR RAISE THE MICROPHONE UP THERE.
AS FAR AS FRAUD IS CONCERNED, INVOLVING THE INSPECTION PROCESS, UH, THOSE PEOPLE THAT, UM, EITHER ALTER THE ADMISSIONS TEST OR THE INSPECTION PROCESS ON THE VEHICLE, OR DON'T EVEN INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND ISSUE IT, UH, THERE ARE INSTANCES OF IT IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH DEALING WITH INSPECTION STATIONS AS THERE IS IN DALLAS COUNTY.
AND, AND PRIMARY RESEARCH IS KAMAN COUNTY ONLY HAS 48 INSPECTION STATIONS.
DALLAS COUNTY HAS NEARLY A THOUSAND.
UM, THERE IS A LITTLE PROBLEM THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED ADEQUATELY AND, AND PRETTY QUICKLY, UH, BY, WITH ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION.
UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS YOU HAVE IN, IN FA COUNTY IS WHAT YOU CALL THE PASS THROUGH TRAFFIC.
THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT ARE TRAVELING ON NINE 20 AND 80, GOING BACK AND FORTH TO DALLAS, COMING OUT OF, UH, COUNTIES THAT DON'T REQUIRE ADMISSION TESTING, UH, SUCH AS, UH, IN JONES COUNTY, ZA COUNTY, AND THEN GOING TO WORK IN DALLAS COUNTY OR, UH, OR TRAVELING.
A LOT OF YOUR, UH, ADMISSIONS PROBLEMS, THE MAJORITY OF ADMISSIONS PROBLEMS IN IN CAL COUNTY IS THAT PASS THROUGH DIRECTLY, UH, WHICH WILL BE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY AND, AND FOCUS.
SO HOW CAN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WHEN THEY PASS THROUGH OUR COUNTY BECAUSE THEY PASS THROUGH OUR COUNTY, GO TO WORK EVERY DAY JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE? UH, YES, SIR.
DOING, HOW ARE YOU GONNA STOP THEM? UH, DETECTION, C 'EM, UM, ISSUING THE CITATIONS, IF THERE ARE, IF THERE IS PAUSE, THERE ARE, UH, ANY REQUIREMENTS IT MAY EVEN IMPOUND IN THE VEHICLE.
UH, THERE'S MANY TOOLS THAT, THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE STATUTES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE.
UH, THE NUMBER ONE FOCUS WILL BE THE ON ROAD ENFORCEMENT, UH, DOING THE EDUCATION AND AN ISSUANCE OF THE CITATIONS.
AND THEN IF THERE ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS, UH, WE CAN STEP IT UP AND DO, UH, MAYBE VEHICLE IMPOUNDS OR, UH, ENFORCEMENT, UH, TO GET COMPLIANCE.
BUT I KNOW IF I UNDERSTAND RIGHT, WHAT GOES ON RIGHT NOW IS THAT WHEN A CITIZEN, JOHN Q CITIZEN GOES AND HAS HIS CAR INSPECTED THAT, UH, THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN, UH, UH, GO AROUND THIS SYSTEM NOW BECAUSE NO STICKER IN, UH, BECAUSE THE GUYS THAT DO THESE THINGS, UH, THEY SAID, I'M NOT GONNA GO TO JAIL BECAUSE OF A STICKER.
AND, AND, UH, SO, UH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA JUST BE DOING VEHICLES THAT GO TO INSPECTION STICKERS.
YOU'RE GONNA BE PICKING UP, UH, I'LL BE DOING BOTH, SIR.
UH, I CAN MONITOR THE SYSTEMS. I HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATABASE.
UM, I DESIGNED A LOT OF THE, UH, FLAGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE DPS AND UH, TCQ DATABASE TO DETECT FRAUD.
THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES IN FALTON COUNTY IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, WITHIN THE 48, IT'S MINOR, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAD ABOUT 48 INSTANCES OF PEOPLE THAT WERE CIRCUMVENTING THE SYSTEM AND ISSUING THE INSPECTION REPORTS FOR VEHICLES THAT DIDN'T PASS.
UM, IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN THEY DID THE ADMISSIONS TEST, THEY USED ANOTHER VEHICLE, UH, THAT, THAT PASSED.
IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THOSE.
MOST OF 'EM ARE, UM, MANIPULATING THE DATA, UH, IN ORDER TO, TO GENERATE THE INSPECTION REPORT.
PART OF THE ABILITY TO CHECK THAT DATA.
I, I CAN SEE IT AND, AND FLAG IT.
UH, SOME OF 'EM ARE, ARE CHANGING THE VEHICLE WEIGHTS, CONTINUING THE VEHICLE YEARS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE A PASSING INSPECTION WHEN IT, WHEN THE VEHICLE.
WHAT ABOUT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE? WE HEARD THAT DISCUSSED EARLIER, UH, TEARING UP OUR ROADS.
WHAT ABOUT THAT? UH, HOW DOES THAT FIGURE INTO THIS? UH, CURRENTLY THERE IS NO GRANT FUNDING UNDER THE TCQ, UH, TO MAKE FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
THE ONLY THING IS FOR, UH, LIGHT DUTY PASSENGER VEHICLES.
CAN I GIVE YOU A TICKET TO SOMEBODY PERMISS MISSION FROM ANOTHER COUNTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO PASS MISSION? UM, UNDER THE STATUTE, IF THE VEHICLES OPERATED WITHIN ADMISSIONS COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS, UH, MORE THAN NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN A CALENDAR YEAR, THEY'RE TECHNICALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE ADMISSION STEPS.
SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY, THEY'RE PASSING THROUGH BOFFIN COUNTY, GOING TO DALLAS COUNTY EVERY DAY FOR 90 DAYS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR.
TECHNICALLY, THEY SHOULD HAVE AN ADMISSIONS TEST.
HOWEVER, IF IT'S A, UH, VEHICLE THAT HAS DEFECTIVE ADMISSIONS SUCH AS A SMOKING VEHICLE OR, OR EXCESSIVE EMISSIONS THAT DOES VIOLATION OF ON ITSELF OR HAVING BEEN DEFECTIVE FOR EXCESSIVE EMISSIONS.
SO YOU COULD STOP SOMEBODY OUT ON NINE 20 THAT'S FROM, THAT WORKS IN DALLAS THAT DOES NOT PASS COUNTY STANDARD.
IF THEY HAVE, UH, IF I HAVE SOME PROBABLE CAUSE OR REASON, IF I SEE A BAR GOING DOWN I 20 THAT'S SMOKING OR, YOU KNOW, DUSTING
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MOSQUITOES, UH, THAT CAN BE STOPPED AND BE ISSUED.THAT'S NOT ONLY A CITATION FOR DETECTIVE ADMISSIONS IS THROUGH THE COURSE OF TALKING TO HIM, I CAN PROVE THAT, UH, THEY DRIVE MORE THAN 90 DAYS IN A CALENDAR A YEAR.
THEY CAN ALSO BE ISSUED TO THE SUBSTATION FOR NOT HAVING AN ISSUES.
YOU TYPICAL, OR WOULD YOU TYPICAL GIVE THEM A WARNING, UH, CITATION THE FIRST TIME? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? UH, IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE, THE VIOLATION.
IF IT'S SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT SMOKING THAT THEY JUST, THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW, I WOULD GIVE THEM A WARNING AND THEN GIVE THEM A PAMPHLET.
UH, WE HAVE EDUCATIONAL PAMPHLETS THAT WE PASS OUT AND THEN ALSO IT'S A, A, A VEHICLE THAT HASN'T BEEN ADMISSIONS TESTED BECAUSE OF A, UH, UH, MANUFACTURER OR 'CAUSE OF A MECHANICAL ERROR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH COFFMAN COUNTY AND A CALL TO BE TO REPAIR.
WE HAVE A PAMPHLET THAT WE GIVE THEM, UH, FOR REPAIR ASSISTANCE.
OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSION? THIS IS ACTUALLY, I THINK ON A LATER ITEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE, A GOOD TIME TO TALK.
BUT IT'S A GOOD TIME TO DISCUSS AND JUDGE, I WANNA ADD, I DUNNO, UM, I DON'T THINK BECAUSE ANY COMMISSIONERS WERE HERE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE PROGRAM, BUT THERE WAS A STORY WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING RESEARCH AND, UM, THERE WAS A YOUNG GIRL WHO PURCHASED A CAR FROM A CAR LOT AND SOMEONE, A COMPANY, A INSPECTION TAKER COMPANY, HAD DONE WHAT CALLED A CLEAN SCAN SCAN ON ALL THE CARS THERE, WHETHER THEY PASSED OR DIDN'T, IF THEY COULDN'T PASS, THEY DID THE SCANS.
WELL, THIS YOUNG GIRL WAS IN ON HER ROUTE BACK TO COLLEGE, UH, FIRST YEAR OF FRESHMAN AND WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE A CAR DID NOT PASS THE INSPECTION STICKER OR THE INSPECTION BECAUSE SOMEONE DID A FALSE INSPECTION ON IT AND IT WOULD NOT PASS IT.
THIS PROGRAM IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD SO MUCH.
WHAT IF SOMEONE HAS A CAR THAT DOESN'T PASS AND THEY HAVE GONE AND GOT IT INSPECTED, BUT IT DOESN'T PASS IN A BRAKE SPELL? WHAT IF THEY HIT MY CHILD? I MEAN, I, I WANNA PROTECT EVERYONE AND I THINK THIS IS A WORK LAW PROGRAM TO DO THAT.
SO I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK YOU.
WHEN YOU STOP THESE VEHICLES, IS IT, DO THEY GENERALLY, AND I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF A BROAD BRUSH, BUT DO THEY GENERALLY HAVE OTHER ISSUES? UH, PEOPLE THAT TEND TO VIOLATE THE LAW SOMETIMES DO OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
DO YOU FIND THAT TO BE ENT FOR EVERY REASON BE YES, SIR.
A LOT OF TIMES, UH, THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY HAVE GOT THEIR CAR INSPECTED, UH, OR THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE ADMISSIONS TESTING REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, FAULTY, UH, FAULTS ON THE VEHICLE.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T HAVE THE INSURANCE.
UH, SOMETIMES, UH, DRIVER'S LICENSE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUES, UH, USUALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE IT'S NOT JUST A SINGULAR, UH, REASONING BEHIND IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE VEHICLES AREN'T SAFE.
AND, AND LIKE COURT HAD SAID, UH, THE ONE, THE INCIDENT WHERE THE GIRL WAS KILLED, UM, I WAS INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE, A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIONS ON THAT.
UM, AND, AND THAT VEHICLE, THAT VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE SCRAPPED.
I MEAN THERE WAS NO, THERE'S NO WAY.
AND ON THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT, AND THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED IN OUT EAST DALLAS, UH, THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER THERE.
UM, THE INSPECTION STATION WITH THAT VEHICLE, UH, WAS IN A, UH, STORAGE SHED.
BUT UNDER DPS GUIDELINES, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE AN INSPECTION MACHINE, AN INSPECTION OF, UM, WHICH WILL YOU SEE A LOT COMING IN CAMAN COUNTY BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE FOUR EIGHT STATIONS.
UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT IT, UH, WILL GO TO DALLAS COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, OBTAIN THEIR PASSING INSPECTION REPORT TO GET THEIR GENTLEMEN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ACCEPTING THE $4,006 GRANT.
IT'S, OR GRANT, WHATEVER IT, 4,003 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO WE ARE, UM, WE ARE, UH, WE SPEAK ABOUT THE 30,000 APPROVING TO GO AHEAD AND BE ABLE TO, UM, ACCEPT THOSE FUNDS AS THEY, WE HAVE, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR 'EM AND WE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM JUDGE.
SO WHO ACCEPT THE FUNDS FROM THE, FROM THE, UM, WE HAVE, WE NEED TO ACCEPT THEM.
AND THEN THERE'S TIME FOR, IT TAKES TIME FOR THE PAPERWORK TO BE DONE AND FOR THE MONEY TO COME.
SO FOR NEXT YEAR, BASICALLY THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR THE 2016 BUDGET.
I BELIEVE THIS EXCUSE I'M THERE A 4,000, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE COPY OF EACH GRANT.
YOU HAVE THE 4,003 AND SHOULDA
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THOUSAND.WE HAVE, WE ALREADY HAVE 28,000 IN THE BUDGET.
IT'LL TAKE, WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE FUNDS INTO THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S, NO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS FIXING.
I'LL HAVE TO HOW, AND I GUESS THAT LEADS TO ANOTHER QUESTION.
WHEN WE GET TO THIS POINT, WILL THE PROGRAM PAY FOR YES SIR.
DOES THAT AND IT'LL GET DIRTY VEHICLES OFF THE UNSAFE VEHICLE.
SO IF WE COME BACK NEXT YEAR, COURT DOES APPROVE THIS AND WE COME BACK NEXT YEAR TO REUP IT, WE'LL HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION SHOWING HOW MANY CARS THAT TOOK OFF THE ROAD THAT WERE UNSAFE AND WHAT REVENUE IT GENERATED FOR THE COUNTY TO COVER THE COST.
AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT NEXT YEAR, UH, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK FOR ANY FUNDS FROM KAUFFMAN COUNTY, UH, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH.
UH, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, THAT IS AVAILABLE OUT THERE TO MORE THAN COVER THE PROGRAM AND
UH, OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IN DALLAS COUNTY, I I WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN, UH, OBTAINING THIS ALTERNATE FUNDING CARE YEAR, UH, FOR FUNDS FROM 300 TO UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, FROM 2008 ALL THE WAY UP TO 2014.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I'VE JUST BEEN WORKING WITH MS, UH, WITH PAM ON, UH, STARTING THE PROCESS.
THERE'S A PROCESS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR THE COUNTY, BRING STUFF FOR YOU, THE COMMISSIONER COURT, UH, TO GET YOUR BLESSING ON ATTAINING FUNDS.
SO GOING INTO 2017, ALL EXCEPT WILL ALREADY BE IN PLACE.
SO WE, WE WOULDN'T BE, WE WOULD HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUTTA GENERAL JUDGE.
UH, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GIVE US A MONTH AND THEN ALSO YOU'LL BE HELPING THE JP OUT ON COUNTY ROAD AND I MEAN, CONS.
WE'RE JUST NOT DOING THIS FOR STRICTLY DOING ONE THING.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, I THINK TO DO THAT.
ALL OF US IN THE LOOP AND OUR NET.
SO FAR I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE, OBTAIN EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING.
UH, IT'S BEEN OUT FOR FOUR DAYS, UH, IN OPERATING FOUR DAYS.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND I DO ITEM AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING AND SO WE DO NOT TAKE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I VOTE YES.
AND UH, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, UH, ACCEPTING LOCAL INITIATIVE PROJECT FUND GRANT FUNDS AND AS YOU HAD TO EXPLAIN, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO, UH, APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, I SECOND.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OKAY, SO MOTION CARRIAGE AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS ANOTHER ITEM FROM PAM CONCERNING A, UH, GRANT, UH, THAT, UH, SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON.
SO JUST SO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE, PAM CARTER IS WHERE MANY HATS FOR US, BUT SHE IS, UH, OUR GRANT RIDER AND GRANT ADMINISTRATOR ALONG WITH OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND WE FOUND OUT OVER THE YEARS, AND THIS IS MONEY THAT IS STATE MONEY, THAT WHEN WE REGISTER A CAR EARLIER, WE HAVE A CAR INSPECTION THAT WE PAY FOR IT.
AND IF WE DON'T APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS, WE DON'T GET THEM.
SO OTHER COUNTIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THAT.
AND SO IT'S, UH, IT'S MONEY THAT WE'RE PAYING EVERY DAY TO STAY IN KAMAN COUNTY.
AND THE FIRST POSITION THAT'S CREATED, THERE WAS $59,000 THAT WAS SITTING THERE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE.
BECAUSE KAMAN COUNTY HAD NOT BEEN TAKING ANY TO THAT.
SO, SO THIS IS ANOTHER GRANT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WEIGHT OR, UH, CLEAN AIR.
IT DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH, OKAY.
THIS IS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNORS.
AND I APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT BACK IN FEBRUARY IN HOPES THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET BODY CAMERAS AND VEST FOR OUR CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.
UH, THE STATE TOOK THE BODY CAMERAS OUT OF EVERYONE'S GRANT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FUND COMING UP AND THE MID-SEPTEMBER WILL BE THAT WE'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT AND THEN WE CAN APPLY THE BODY CAMERAS IN.
BUT THEY DID LEAVE IN THE, UH, SAFETY VESTS OR BULLETPROOF VESTS.
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UM, IN LISTENING TO WHAT MY, THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND LISTENING TO DIFFERENT ONES, OUR OFFICERS, UM, HAVE VERY OUTDATED VESTS AND THEY'RE ONLY GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN YOU NEED TO REPLACE THEM.SO, UM, WITH HELP FROM THE CONSTABLES, UH, GRANT WAS WRITTEN AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STILL WAITING.
THERE'S STILL, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET IN.
MEANING THIS RESOLUTION BEING ONE THAT THERE WOULD BE $14,400 AVAILABLE TO KAUFMAN COUNTY TO PURCHASE VEST FOR THE, FOR THE 12 CONSTABLES, SO THE DEPUTY CONSTABLES.
SO THAT WE WOULD TAKE THREE INTO, TO EACH OF THE DIFFERENT PRECINCTS.
SO WE WOULD PURCHASE 12 VESTS.
QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? I HAVE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER ROSA MAKES A MOTION.
IS THAT APPROVE? COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU FOR FINDING THAT GRANT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM, AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS TO GREATLY AGREE BUT UH, AS TO NOT CONSIDER BUT TO DISCUSS THE STATUTORY PROCEDURES USED BY THE ADMISSIONS CONTROL OFFICER IN KAMAN COUNTY'S, UH, PRECINCT, UH, WELL STATIONED AT COFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT TOO.
AND YOU SAID EARLIER YOU WOULD WORK THE ENTIRE COUNTY? YES.
BUT YOU'LL JUST BE WORKING OUT OF THE PRECINCT TO THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.
SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE PROCEDURES.
UH, THE PROGRAM WILL HAVE THE TWO PRONGS TO IT.
ONE WILL BE AN INVESTIGATIVE SIDE, UH, LOOKING INTO INSPECTION STATIONS, MONITORING THEM, UH, MAKING SURE THEY'RE DOING RIGHT.
UM, I HAVE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THE DPS AND TCP DATABASE.
UH, WE'VE BUILT, UH, FLAGS INTO THE SYSTEM THAT WILL ALERT US IF SOMEBODY'S NOT DOING IT RIGHT.
UM, THEN ONCE IT'S DETECTED, IT WILL MAKE THE DECISION TO BE MADE, WHETHER IT'LL BE CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT, A CIVIL SUIT, UH, THERE IS A CIVIL SUIT THAT'S, UH, AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY AND WE COULD ACTUALLY GO, IF THEY'RE DOING HIGH NUMBERS ON IT, WE CAN ACTUALLY GO AND FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THAT INSPECTION, UH, STATION FOR DOING THE VIOLATIONS.
AND THAT, THAT FUNDS, UH, COMES BACK TO THE COUNTY.
BACK INTO YOUR YOUR GENERAL FUND.
UM, OR DO CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT WHERE WE FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, WE'RE DOING THE INVESTIGATION, WE FILE CHARGES AND PUT THEM IN JAIL.
UH, THE OTHER COMPONENT OF IT WILL BE THE ON ROAD, UH, PART OF IT, UH, USING THE UNIFORM DEPUTY TRAVELING ALL OF ALL OF THROUGH REPAIRS IN PALM COUNTY, LOOKING FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE, THE VEHICLE, EITHER REGISTRATION OR EMISSIONS INSPECTIONS.
UM, LOOKING, MAKE SURE THE ARE SAFE OPERATED, UH, WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE EMISSIONS INSPECTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE A METHOD OF READING THE LICENSE PLATE WITHOUT ACTUALLY STOPPING
BUT UH, WITH THE ACCESS THAT I HAVE, NOT ONLY DO I, WHEN I RUN ONE, NOT ONLY CAN I SEE THE INFORMATION OFF OF EITHER NC ING OR T LABS, UH, I CAN ALSO RUN AND LOOK AT ALL EVERY INSPECTION THAT THAT VEHICLE HAS EVER HAD.
AND THEN IT EVEN GO IN AND LOOK AT THE DATA TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CHANGES OR IF THERE'S ANY FLAGS IN IT ALL FROM THE COMPUTER.
MY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICER.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE UH, NEXT ITEM THEN.
UH, THAT ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO AGAIN, KIND OF DISCUSS THIS SAME THING AND WE, UH, ADD THAT ONE ITEM IN BETWEEN THAT RELATE TO THIS.
BUT THIS IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING, UH, CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO POSITION FOR THE CONDITIONS CONTROL, UH, POSITION AND ALL MATTERS RELATED.
SO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DON'T, I UM, I, WELL OTHER THAN I FEEL THIS IS A WORTHWHILE POSITION, GENTLEMEN WOULD SO TOO, UM, IT'S GONNA GIVE US SOMEONE ELSE OUT ON THE ROAD AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAT WON'T COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE IS REALLY, UM, SOMETHING YOU HAVE NO QUESTION WHERE'S THE SALARY COMING FROM THEN? UH, PART OF IT, PART OF IT'LL BE COMING FROM THE STATE AND THEN THE OTHER PART, WE'LL TAKING CONTINGENCY, UH, HE'S BEEN PAYING I THINK SOME OUT OF YOUR EXTRA HELP.
JUDGE OBJECTIONS IS ONE OF MY RESERVES THAT I BROUGHT ON SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SUBMISSIONS.
AND I THINK WE DO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE COURT DECIDES TO APPROVE THIS, I THINK WE DO NEED TO HAVE A MONTHLY REPORT.
AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO GIVE IT.
YOU WERE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO THAT.
BUT YOU EMAIL IT TO US AS WELL AND UH, AND THEN COME AND GIVE AN UPDATE.
I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
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AND JUDGE, UM, WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED, THE 4,000, I'M ASKING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PUT HIM ON AS PART-TIME NOW STARTING SEPTEMBER SOON AS WE CAN.AND THEN, UM, THEN THE 28,000 WOULD BE DONE MAKE HIM UP FULLTIME OFFICER OR AN EMPLOYEE IN 2016.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO, UH, WHENEVER WE ADOPT THE FINAL BUDGET, WE'LL NEED TO HAVE ALL THAT.
WE HAVE THE FUNDS FOR THE PARTTIME RIGHT.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE THE FUNDS WE CURRENTLY HAVE PARTTIME, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SEE, COME UP WITH THE YOU WANT ME TO GENERATE ANY REVENUE FOR THE HE'S GONNA ARRIVE.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET WITH HIM AND
MAYBE YOU AND I DO WITH MEETING WITH THE OFFICERS AND THE CONST HERE LATER ON BETWEEN NINE NEXT WEEK.
YOU WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE GRANT MONEY WILL GO INTO A SEPARATE FUND LIKE IT ALWAYS HAS.
AND THEN WE BRING SOME OF THAT OVER TO, TO HELP OFFSET THE BUDGET FOR HIS EXPENSES.
SO THAT'S WAY THAT'S GONNA WORK COME WITH THE GRANT MONEY AND THE MONEY THAT YOU GENERATE WILL, THE CITATIONS AND THE FILING SHOULD OFFSET, SHOULD OFFSET MOST OF IT.
BUT I'M NOT GONNA BLOW IT OUT JUST TO COVER.
WE'LL, ORDER WOULD BE EASIEST THING WOULD BE MAKE MOTION JUST TRANSFER MONEY.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'M, WHAT I'M SAYING IS 4,003 IS GRANT MONEY THAT WE HAVE SITTING THERE.
I'LL HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO RECEDE IT SO WE'VE GOT IT.
AND THEN INCREASE THAT EXPENDITURE.
HE HAS ENOUGH MONEY IN HIS PART-TIME TO COVER UNTIL I GET IT FIXED FOR NEXT QUARTER.
IS THERE ENOUGH TO CARRY THROUGH THIS BUDGET YEAR? IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY HOURS IT'S GONNA WORK.
THE WAY WE ALLOCATED IT WAS 36 HOURS.
UM, WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAD AND THE 4,000 GETTING IN, THAT WAS TO COVER THE PART-TIME POSITION UP TO A POINT TO WHERE THE NEW BUDGET WOULD KICK IN AND WE COULD POSSIBLY BRING HIM ON FULL TIME UNDER THIS.
SO THE 4,000 GRAND IS SITTING, THAT MONEY'S SITTING IN THE BANK WAITING TO BE USED AND NEEDS TO BE USED AS BUDGET USED.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT WE'LL DO IT SAYING SAME THING.
ALL I WANT IS ALL I NEED IS A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
COMMISSIONER ROSA MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE GENTLEMEN, WE APPRECIATE YOU WORKING TOGETHER WITH PAM TO GET THIS DONE.
UH, THE AUDITOR AND I'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE WE ALRIGHT, UH, NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER TOPIC.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING ELECTION JUDGES FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, OUR ABLE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR HERE TO GIVE US, UH, WHO'S ALSO SERVE, SERVES AS OUR ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR AND, UH, A JOB SHE DEARLY LOVES.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME UPDATE ON THAT.
EACH YEAR GENTLEMEN, THE DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE US A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO SERVE AS ELECTION JUDGES.
AND THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, HAVE TO APPROVE THAT LIST FOR US TO PUT THEM ON AND JUDGES.
SO YOU'VE GOT A LIST FROM EACH OF THE PARTY CHAIRS OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SERVE IN THOSE POSITIONS.
AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON THOSE LIST.
ANY CONCERNS WITH ANY OF NO, I DID, I TELL YOU AWARE.
ANY CONCERN? I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER TO PRESENT THESE, UH, OR TO ACCEPT THESE AS PRESENTED AND, UH, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
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NUMBER 12, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING CONSOLIDATING THE POLLING SITES FOR THE NOVEMBER, 2015 ELECTION, I BELIEVE.THE AMENDMENT ELECTION IS GENERALLY A LOW TURNOUT ELECTION AND RATHER THAN KEEP 30 STATIONS OPEN FOR THAT, I'D LIKE TO CONSOLIDATE DOWN TO 12, UM, UH, POLLING SITES OPEN.
THAT WOULD BE THREE FOR EACH PRECINCT.
AND, UM, I'VE GIVEN YOU THE, THE NUMBERS ON HOW IT WORKS OUT FOR COMBINING THE PRECINCTS AND DO NOT HAVE THAT ONE.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT ONE, IT'S LIKE THE WHITE ONE, BUT, UM, YEAH, IT'S THAT ONE.
HERE'S SO, AND YOU SEE THAT THE HEAD YEAH, THE FIRST OF EACH ONE IS THE ONE THAT WE WOULD CONSOLIDATE TOO.
AND I'D LIKE YOU PERMISSION TO GO DOWN TO 12, UH, POLLING SITES FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION WITH THIS COMBINATION.
AND OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE ADVERTISED.
SO, AND, UH, THERE WILL BE SIGNS OUT SO HE VOTE A MOTION.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE AND RECOMMENDED TO COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? UH, ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS CENTER APPROVING EARLY VOTING HOURS.
ALRIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE, UH, COUNTY POPULATION, YOU ALSO APPROVE WHAT HOURS WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE POLLING SITES OPEN.
THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANGE THIS YEAR FROM WHAT WE NORMALLY DO.
NORMALLY THE ONLY SITE THAT GETS 12 HOURS OPEN IS THE MAIN POLLING LOCATION, WHICH IS VERY OFTEN.
BUT I'VE, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO LET ALL OF THE SUB SUPPORT HOUSES HAVE TWO DAYS THAT THEY REMAIN OPEN 12 HOURS A DAY.
SO THAT EV EVERYBODY ACROSS THE COUNTY DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO COME IN TO CALL AND THEY CAN GO TO THEIR NORMAL, UM, SUBSTATION.
SO AS YOU'LL NOTE, THE NORMAL HOURS, UM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ARE EIGHT TO FIVE, BUT THE LAST TWO DAYS, UH, OF THE VOTING, UH, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, I'D LIKE TO KEEP VOTING FOR 12 HOURS A DAY EACH SITE.
SO ALL OF THE POLLING SITES WILL BE OPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER, UH, PHILLIPS MADE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN, SECOND MOTION.
SO CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE TO THIS NEXT ITEM? WHAT DO I KNOW? THERE ARE SOME COUNTIES, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG NOW, THAT WHEN WE HAVE AN ELECTION, LIKE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN NOVEMBER, I KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT THIS NOVEMBER, BUT MAYBE THE PRIMARY OR CERTAINLY NEXT NOVEMBER WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST GO VOTE WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO VOTE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A SPECIFIC VOTING POLL OR VOTING SITE.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? OR CAN WE, OR WE ELIGIBLE TO DO THAT? AND WHAT WOULD IT TAKE? AND SOMETIMES TO ME THAT'S JUST REALLY, IT WOULD BE GREAT.
IT'S CALLED VOTE CENTERS JUDGE.
IN ORDER TO HAVE VOTE CENTERS IN, UM, A COUNTY.
ACTUALLY I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP IN CONNECTION WITH THE ITEM THAT IS, UM, WHICH WAY WE'RE GONNA VOTE.
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GO TO VOTE CENTERS, I, I HAD MENTAL LIT, I WROTE
WELL, IN ORDER TO GO TO VOTE CENTERS, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHERE YOU APPLY AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE HEARINGS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DO OTHER THINGS.
BUT THE FIRST THING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO NEED TO BE IN ALL ELECTRONICS COUNTY.
SO BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A SMALLER ELECTION COMING UP IN NOVEMBER, I'D LIKE TO START WITH THAT AND GO ALL ELECTRONIC VOTING AND THEN GET YOUR PERMISSION TO APPLY TO BE A VOTE CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE, WE WOULD HAVE FEWER THAN 30 LOCATIONS.
THEY WOULD TELL US HOW MANY WE ARE BEING REQUIRED TO HAVE AND PROBABLY BE SOMETHING LIKE 18.
AND THEN ANYBODY COULD GO TO ANY OF THOSE PLACES AND VOTE AS LONG AS THEY'RE OPEN.
SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF VOTE CENTERS.
UH, BUT YOU HAVE TO APPLY AND BE ACCEPTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
THEY ONLY TAKE SO MANY APPLICATIONS THROUGH YEAR AND I'D HAVE TO GET YOUR PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
AND UH, AND A GOOD WAY TO START THAT IS BY GOING ALL ELECTRONIC FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
WELL, I KNOW ALSO THAT OF COURSE WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED IT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A MACHINE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, PAPER, PAPER, THEY MAKE A MACHINE NOW THAT ACTUALLY PRINTS A PAPER AND AFTER YOU ELECTRONIC, SO YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN HAVE ACTUAL PAPER.
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SO THAT S TO BE ALL ELECTRONICS TRUNKS AND STILL HAVE A PAPER AND STILL HAVE A PAPER TRUCK.BUT THAT WOULD BE BUYING THE EQUIPMENT.
BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'D BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD, WOULD, WOULD MAKE THEM HAPPY IF WE WEREN'T, DIDN'T HAVE A PAPER FOR THAT.
WELL, THERE, UH, COMES PAPER, COMES PAPER BALLOTS.
EVERYBODY WHO IS OVER 65 AND OR DISABLED CAN REQUEST A PAPER BALLOT ANYWAY AND VOTE BY MAIL BY PAPER.
EVEN IF WE MOVE TOWARDS, EVEN IF WE HAVE ALL ELECTRONIC VOTING.
AND, AND THAT NUMBER HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY.
IN 2011, WE HAD 25 PEOPLE ASKED FOR BALLOTS BY MAIL.
IN THE LAST ELECTION WE HAD 1400.
SO THAT IS REALLY GROWN AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS GONNA BE 80.
SO I, I EXPECT THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO VOTE, UH, BY PAPER WOULD BE ABLE TO BY REQUESTING A BALLOT, BY MAIL.
I LIKE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, BUT CERTAINLY VISIT WITH TANYA AND WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW, WE'D PROBABLY, I WOULD BE A BIG CHANGE.
WE, WE GO NOW JUST CONSIDER A PETITION FOR A NOVEMBER ELECTION TO LEGALIZE THE SALE OF BEER AND MIND AND JUSTICE OF PEACE PRECINCT TWO AND ORDERING THE ELECTION FOR SAME.
SO THAT INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORNEY, BUT ALL THE PRECINCT TWO, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
I'M REQUESTING THAT COMMISSIONER'S COURT ORDER AN ELECTION FOR THIS NOVEMBER FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT.
TWO, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LEGAL SALE OF BEER AND WINE FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION, UH, ONLY IN THE PRECINCT TWO.
AND THAT, IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, I HAVE TO HAVE A PARTICULAR NUMBER OF PETITIONS SIGNED.
I HAVE TO HAVE 35% OF THE VOTERS FROM THE LAST, THAT 35% COMES FROM THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION NUMBERS.
AND THAT NUMBER MEANS THAT WE REQUIRED 2079 ERS AND WE HAD PETITIONS WITH 2,277 SIGNATURES.
SO THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENT TO, UH, ORDER A SPECIAL ELECTION.
SO I'M REQUEST THE STATE OF CITY IS ALREADY WE, SO IT'S REALLY NOT AFFECTING THE CITY.
DOES THE, IF PEOPLE IN THE CITY VOTE ON IT OR JUST THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY VOTE? WELL, EVERYBODY CAN VOTE ON IT, BUT AS FAR AS WHAT PRESIDENT TAKES PLACE, IT JUST THE ONLY OUTSIDE.
UH, BUT IF THE CITY, SAY THE CITY HAD THEY WAY THE CITY STILL HAVE YEAH.
FAILS AND CITY ALREADY THEIR RULE OVER SUPERSEDES WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
WHO MANY, MANY ESTABLISHMENT DO WE HAVE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY? I HAVE NO IDEA.
AND ALSO I KNOW THAT ON ELECTION HEARING IN YEARS AGO WHERE THE CITY HAD ANNEXED PROPERTY AND IT, BUT IT WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, IT HAD NOT BEEN VOTED WELL OR WHATEVER AT THAT TIME.
SO THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND ADD THAT PROPERTY AND HAVE AN ELECTION TO DO THAT.
THAT WAS, DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD VOTE FOR TIME.
PRECINCT ONE IS, UH, ALREADY, UH, SO ANYWAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY, I MOTION WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO HAVE SECOND COMMISSIONER VAL.
UM, JUST WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA CLARIFY ON ITEM 14, WE'RE JUST GONNA ADD IN THERE OFF PREMISE.
SO IT REFLECTS WHAT THE PETITION SAYS ALMOST FROM OFF, OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION ONLY.
AND THAT'S THE, UH, THE ORDER THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM AND THEY YEAH, THEY'VE DONE IT CORRECTLY AND HAS DONE IT RIGHT.
IT JUST, WE WANT ADD THOSE FEW WORDS IN THERE OFF PREMISE
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STORE.IT'S WHAT'S A, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD OUT ON 20 AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION PENDING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, NEXT IS TO, UH, ITEM 15 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER PETITION FOR A NOVEMBER ELECTION.
LEGALIZE THE SALE OF MIXED BEVERAGES AND RESTAURANTS BY FOOD AND BEVERAGE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS ON THE IN JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT TWO AND ORDERING ELECTION FOR, AND THIS IS JUST FOR BASICALLY HOME PRE TO HAVE DRINK OUTSIDE AND IT'LL STILL STAY THE SAME ON THE INSIDE OF THE CITY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS DISCUSS PAPER OR ELECTION.
I RECOMMEND WE GO ALL ELECTRONIC FOR THIS ELECTION IN PREPARATION FOR, UM, 'CAUSE THIS IS FROM OUR ELECTION.
WELL, WILL THAT INCLUDE WHAT, UH, MR. PHILLIPS COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS WAS DISCUSSING? NO, NO, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF MACHINES.
THE REASON THAT SHE WANTS TO TRY ON THIS IS, UH, JIMMY, I'M GONNA MAKE AN EXCEPTION AS PRESIDING OFFICER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT THIS.
YOU HAVE OPINION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER SINCE YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE AN HERE THAT WANTS TO DO ANYTHING.
I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES FOR THIS TYPE OF ELECTION.
HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE STATE PARTY AND I'LL BE GOING DOWN IN JUST A FEW WEEKS TO COMMUNICATE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC PAPER ON A, ON A PEOPLE BALLOT.
AND I'M GETTING A LOT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AS FAR AS, UH, VOTE CENTERS.
AND IT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE, UH, CONVENTION PROCESS THAT TAKES PLACE AFTER THE VOTE DAY.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST CONFUSION OF THE STATE BEING PARTY LEADERS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA REALLY TALK ABOUT AND WE CONSIDER GOING TO ALL ELECTRONIC.
THERE ARE MACHINES THAT CAN BE PURCHASED THAT DO, UH, PRINT A PAPER BALLOT AT THE TIME THAT YOU, THAT YOU VOTE, BUT THEY'RE AVAILABLE, BUT THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.
SO WE'VE GOTTA, IF WE GO TO THIS, WE GOTTA GO ALL THE WAY, NOT PARTWAY AND, BUT I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AFTER, UH, THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER WHEN WE GO THROUGH ALL THE NEW LAWS THAT'S BEEN PASSED IN THE LAST LEGISLATURE, WE GOT ALL THE NEW RULES FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS.
I WOULD NOT OBJECT ON AN AMENDMENT ELECTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PEOPLE PER SE ELECTION.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN, AN OBJECT THAT WE'RE VOTING ON AMENDMENTS.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS, AS FAR AS OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS, STATE AND NATIONAL OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW, THAT THAT WHOLE SUBJECT IS UP IN THE AIR AND THERE'S PROBABLY MORE PEOPLE AGAINST IT THAN ARE FOR IT.
AND I'M TAKING THE OPINIONS OF SOME OF THE LARGER COUNTIES LISTENING TO WHAT THEY GOTTA SAY ABOUT IT.
SOME HAVE ALREADY GONE THAT DIRECTION AND THEY'RE WANTING TO GO BACK.
BUT THE NEW MACHINERY MADE CORRECT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP.
BUT IT, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S IN A, IT'S IN A TRANSITION STATE AND IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE TO HAVE THOSE CENTERS.
BUT ME BEING IN CHARGE OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE VOTING PROCESS, I'M KINDA OUT IN THE MIDDLE SITTING ON THE FENCE POST RIGHT NOW, OKAY? UNTIL I GET MORE INFORMATION BACK AND FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A GOOD SECURE WAY OF VALIDATING THE VOTES.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STAY IN THE MIDDLE ON IT RIGHT NOW.
I WANNA GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOUR OPINION THEN.
FOR TODAY, FOR THE ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER, UH, AMENDMENTS ELECTION, UH, I HAVE A MOTION CONSIDER, I'LL MAKE MOTION TO DO THAT.
AND I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH ELECTRONIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M THE SAME WAY WE HAVE CANDIDATE, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO CHECK THEM DOWN SYSTEM SOMETIME.
SO THIS, THIS IS AN EXCEPTION TO GO WITH THE ELECTRONIC MACHINE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A I OPPOSED, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY YES PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT, UH, IS ITEM NUMBER
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17 TO PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE TAX ASSESSORS, UH, COLLECTORS MONTH REPORT FOR JULY, 2015.AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT, I BELIEVE.
ALL DO, UH, THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.
YOU LOOK AT YOUR M AND O AND INS TOGETHER, IT WAS 190 3004 AND $64 IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
UM, TOTAL YEAR TO DATE WOULD BE 26 20 7 MILLION AND $18,770 IN MO AND ANOTHER 3 MILLION.
I I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT WITH OUR DELINQUENT COLLECTION TAXES, UM, FOR THE COUNTY, UH, GENERAL FUND OF $49,394, IF THAT WAS ADDED INTO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS COLLECTED THIS MONTH, OUR, UM, OUR PERCENTAGE RATE OF WOULD BE 99.75%.
BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T ADD IN THE DELINQUENT TAXES WHEN WE FIGURE OUR PERCENTAGES WERE NOT 97.85%, UH, FOR THE ROAD AND BRIDGE REFLECTED TO $27,459 THIS MONTH FOR A COLLECTION RATE OF 97.86%.
THIS, UH, IN THE MONTH OF JULY, QUESTIONS ON THE MONTH OF, WE GOT TWO MONTHS TO GO.
SO WE'RE LOOKING, WE ONE FIVE TO GO TWO MONTHS.
I BELIEVE THE, UH, FIRST LETTER FROM THE UH, UH, ATTORNEY WILL BE GOING OUT SOON OR MAYBE IT'S ALREADY GONE OUT OR THE 20 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
UH, BUT NO, THE LIEN THAT DOESN'T UNTIL FEBRUARY.
AND THEN, YEAH, I THOUGHT THEY HAD NOT SENT OUT THE ONE AFTER IN JULY.
THEY NORMALLY SENT OUT BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE GONE OUT.
ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TAX MONTHLY REPORT.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT IS MR. OLDFIELD AND HE'LL PRESENT THE, UH, TREASURER OF MONTHLY REPORT.
I BELIEVE I GAVE YOU GUYS A COPY THAT FOR ALL OF THE PRECEDENT.
I ONLY HAVE THE GENERAL FUND HAD A BEGINNING BALANCE OF 9,000,090 2008 84 28.
WE HAD RECEIPTS FOR THE MONTH OF 1,000,080 THOUSAND NINE 16 AND DISBURSEMENTS AT 3 MILLION 8 61 6 7 6 0 9, ENDING BALANCE OF 6 MILLION 3 12 1 24 58.
ALL OF THOSE FUNDS ARE AT AMERICAN NATIONAL.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, AUDITOR RATES ARE STILL VERY LOW.
I MEAN THE TREASURER, UH, RATES ARE STILL STILL VERY LOW.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT? WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING, JUDGE, IS THAT ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, WE'RE EXPECTING THE, UH, JOHN POLLSTERS GROUP TO GIVE US A DRAW DOWN TIMELINE ON THE 22 54 7 0 1 THAT'S IN THE ROAD FUND.
AND THAT SHOULD ALLOW US TO CAPTURE SOME ADDITIONAL INTEREST INCOME ON MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT ON DEPOSIT FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
THERE IS A REASONABLE SPREAD NOW BETWEEN ONE YEAR CD RATES AND THE 35 BASIS POINTS THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CAN GO 18 MONTHS IN TWO YEARS, UM, THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE.
THE OTHER ATTACHMENT THAT I'VE, I'VE MADE HERE THAT'S DIFFERENT IS THE, UH, FOURTH PAGE OF THE PACKET.
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CRIME COVERAGE, UH, BOND.AND UH, THIS BOND, UH, IS THROUGH WESTERN SECURITY COMPANY.
THIS RENEWAL NOTICE CAME IN MAIL TO THE OFFICE AND UM, THIS BOND HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE OCTOBER 1ST, 2011.
AND IT'S SUBJECT TO JUST ANNUAL RENEWALS.
UH, THE PREMIUM IS I THINK A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, CONTINUING THIS COVERAGES, UH, BY THE COUNTY AND THAT THE COVERAGE LIMITS WILL ADEQUATE.
HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? UH, NO SIR.
I GET RID OF, LET THEM REVIEW.
AND THE FAR AS I KNOW THE LIMITS ARE $40,000, WHICH MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.
UM, I'M SORRY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2011.
WE ALSO, UH, IF YOU, YOU MAY RECALL WHERE WE HAD THE ISSUE IN THE UH, UH, TAX OFFICE A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE WE DID HAVE A LOT, I BELIEVE IT WAS MORE THAN THIS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE COVERAGE THROUGH TAG OFFICIALS, ARIZONA.
I THINK WE'RE REQUIRING THE LAW TO HAVE TREASURER IS SURE.
I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE GET WITH THE OTHER FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT IT FEEL LIKE NEED.
I'M SURE THE COURT BONDS ARE FAIRLY IN FEEL.
HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT MR. PHILLIPS MOTION.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 1919 IS, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK HERE AND GO GET IT YOU GUYS.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 19 IS COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPTING AN AMENDED GROVE REPORT FOR COUNTY GOLDEN BRIDGE.
EVERYONE SHOULDA HAVE A COPY'S OFFICE TO VERIFY EVERYTHING.
SECOND MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO APPROVE THE, UH, AMENDED DRUG REPORT.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 20, UH, IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A ROAD USE AGREEMENT AND CONS AND, UH, CONSTRUCTION BOND AMOUNT FOR HOLMAN CONSTRUCTION, UH, THE ATMOS ENERGY PIPELINE PROJECT.
AND UH, REBECCA, OUR ATTORNEY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
REBECCA, WHAT YOU LIKE TO FORWARD THAT INFORMATION TO? JUDGE, DO YOU MIND WE GET A BREAK NOW AND SO I CAN MAKE COFFEE? SURE, YEAH, LET'S TAKE, WE'LL TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTE BREAK AND COME BACK, FINISH UP.
AND WE'LL, UH, CALL OURSELVES BACK INTO ORDER AND I BELIEVE WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 20 AND THAT IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING ROAD USE AGREEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION BOND AMOUNT FOR HOLLOMAN CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS THE ATMOS PIPELINE BE GOING ACROSS OUR COUNTY.
WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US AND APPRECIATE HOW ATMOS
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THAT WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND, AND, UH, TRYING TO GET THIS DONE THE RIGHT WAY.YEAH, SO IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKET THAT I HANDED OUT, THE FIRST PAGE IS THE ROAD USE, UH, AGREEMENT, CONTRACT AND PERMIT.
AND THEN ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT CONTRACT IS THE LIST OF ROWS THAT THEY PLAN TO UTILIZE DURING THE PROJECT.
AND THEN AGE HAS ACTUALLY HELPED MICAH PUT TOGETHER AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT HIGHLIGHTS ALL THE ROADS THAT ARE GONNA BE USED AND WE HAVE COPY FOR EVERYONE.
SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN THE AGREEMENT THAT ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE THE PROJECT IN THEIR AREA IS TO USE THAT LOOK AT THAT MAP, LIST THE ROADS, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, I KNOW YOU TRAVEL ROAD ALL THE TIME, BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, UM, MONITORING THE PROCESS OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN PARAGRAPH, UH, THREE AND FOUR IS GONNA BE MOST IMPORTANT IF YOU SEE DAMAGE OR DAMAGE OCCUR TO REPORT THAT IMMEDIATELY.
AND THEN WE PUT HAD HOME AND PUT IN THEIR ADDRESS SO THEY CAN CONTACT YOU THROUGH THAT
AND THEN, UM, I'M NOT SURE MICHAEL, HOW DOES YOUR ROLE, UM, IS IT CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT OR? YES, I, I'LL DO THE, THE MAIN RIGHT.
CONTACT THE COUNTY, UM, AS FAR AS COFFEE COUNTY, COUNTY, HENDERSON.
SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
BASICALLY THE MAIN CONTACT DRIVEWAY AGENT, THE DIRECTOR, COMMISSIONER, AND UH, THE COUNTY KNOW MY CONTACTED YOU GUYS THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY STARTED IN HENDERSON COUNTY? YES, SIR.
SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT TERMS OR THE PROJECT IN GENERAL? PROBABLY ANSWER MORE, BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
THIS IS GONNA HELP US A WHOLE BUNCH.
I THINK ONLY MORE THAN I HAVE.
LOOKS, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HANGING UP IN THE PRECINCT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU PEOPLE COME AND ASK QUESTIONS.
I THINK THE BOND WAS ESPECIALLY NICE.
WELL, YEAH, I APPRECIATE WORKING.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? LOT MORE INTERACTIONS IN THE, NOTHING HERE.
THEY'RE NOT MORE UNDERNEATH THE ROAD.
THE, THE ROAD, THE, THE LISTINGS THEY'RE JUST TRAVELING ON WHICH THEY'RE TRAVELING ON ROAD.
ALL THE ROADS LISTED ON THE LEFT SIDE ARE JUST ACCESS ROAD.
AND IF MEMORY SEARCHING, WE'RE GONNA ONE PRECINCT, ONE AND THREE HIT ONE OF YOURS AS FAR AS ACCESS WHEN YOU COME ACROSS, DOWN HERE, THAT BE BORING OR YOU GOING BE CUTTING BORING Y'ALL EVERY ROAD? YES, REBECCA? UH, ASSUMING THE COURT APPROVES, HOW MANY COPIES DO WE NEED TO SIGN? I'D LIKE TO GET EVERYBODY TO SIGN WHILE WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER, RIGHT? TO BE HONEST, JUDGE, I THINK ONE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT AS LONG AS UM, THE 21ST TEST ON THE SECOND PAGE.
OKAY, WELL, SO WE JUST NEED, BECAUSE THEY, I'VE GOT THE ORIGINAL RIGHT HERE, YOU'VE GOT THE ORIGINAL JUST ONE IS GOOD AND THEN HOME, THEN SIGNED.
I'VE GOT THE ORIGINAL BOND AS WELL AS UM, THE AGREEMENT SIGNED.
WELL IF WE APPROVED ON, LET US GET OUT HERE WITHOUT SIGNING START.
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UH, ITEM NUMBER 20, GENTLEMEN, I MAKE A MOTION TO BROTHER COMMISSIONER.UH, NEXT MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH HOLMAN CORPORATION AND UH, ADD MOST ENERGY TO HAVE A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE SECONDS MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAIR TO SAY AYE.
BE THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR WORK.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 21 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, HANG ON.
WAS THAT THE AGENDA HAS IT DOWN TO APPROVE THE ROAD USE AGREEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION BOND? UH, I PUT THAT SEPARATELY SO THAT WE, UM, WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND ABOVE THE AMOUNT OF THE BOND IF THE 1 MILLION WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
UM, I JUST THINK IT'S BETTER TO BREAK IT DOWN THAT WAY.
THAT WAY THE COMMISSIONERS, THEY KNOW THEIR ROADS AND ONE AMOUNT, WOULD IT BE SUFFICIENT AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT.
I GUESS FOR, SINCE WE'RE RECORDING FOR CLARIFICATION, IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT IT'S $1 MILLION AND IF YOU FEEL THAT THAT IS SUFFICIENT FOR APPROXIMATELY.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE ENTIRE COUNTY, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR MOTION.
I DO HAVE YOU MAKE A MOTION, UH, COMMISSIONER AND MR. SHANE SECOND.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 21 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOWING CITIZENS TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK WITH ROAD BRIDGE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT COMING FOUR.
ACTUALLY WHAT THIS IS, WE'VE HAD THIS FOR A WHILE.
WE'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE VOLUNTEER WHILE THEY ON THEIR ROAD, BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL OR SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY PRECINCT LIES IF SOMEONE THERE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEND THE DAY COMMISSIONER TO SEE WHAT WE DO, HOW THE PROJECTS GO, HOW WELL SOMETIMES IT CAN BE ISSUES THAT WE GO THROUGH BECAUSE THEY DEAL WITH BUDGETS TOO RELATING TO TAX ISSUES AND MONEY.
SO ONLY ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER DO THAT THAT I CAN.
NOW IF NO ONE, UH, VOLUNTEERS AND IT, YEAH, SO THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY TO COMMISSIONER PRECINCT COURT? YES.
AND IF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS DECIDE THEY WANT DO IT, THEY CAN DO IT LATER ON OWN.
ANYBODY MY CITY COUNCIL, THIS, THIS IS STRICTLY CITY COUNCIL.
CITY COUNCIL BOARD ELECTED OFFICIAL.
SOMEWHERE IN NO, YOU PUT THAT FORM MOTION? I DO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? UH, ITEM NUMBER 22 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING, UH, REPAIR TO A TRANSMISSION FOR A MOTOR GRADER BY RDO.
WHO? RDO IS IN THE AMOUNT OF 30,500 PER ROAD IN RIDGE PRECINCT.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO NOT.
DID Y'ALL AFTER? SHOULD WE GET ANYTHING OVER THAT'S SO THEY KIND OF YEAH, AND I, ALL THREE OF 'EM BROKE, SO NO, NOT YET.
ONE OF, UH, THE OTHER ONE IS STILL IN MATERIAL REPAIR SHOP WITH, I THINK YOU HAVE THE TWO MACHINES.
WELL, THEY'VE LONG HAVE, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER SECOND MOTION.
THAT'D, THAT'D BE A QUESTION FOR THE SUPER DIDN'T TEACH, I DUNNO.
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TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER CHANGES TO THE KAUFMAN COUNTY SALE PHONE POLICY.UH, GENTLEMEN, UH, PHILLIPS HAVE, HAVE A COPY OF THE, I PUT IT SMARTPHONE DON'T WANNA BE TAX ANYMORE.
THEY, UH, TEXT ME OR SEND ME PICTURES OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? AND THE SAME WAY MY PERSONAL ASSISTANT DECIDED SHOULD BE OUR CHOICE.
UM, BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT IN THE POLICY EITHER WHERE IT SAYS ANYWHERE ABOUT IT BEING BETWEEN PHONE OR A REGULAR PHONE OR ANYWHERE.
I MEAN, YOU YOU TOLD ME IT WAS AND I SAID NO, WELL, BACK IN, BACK IN THE DAY, I'LL SAY THERE COMMITTEE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, DOWN UP WITH A POLICY AND THE COMMITTEE CAME TO, AND TOMORROW MAY NOT BE SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE'LL FURNISH, FURNISH A STANDARD TO WHATEVER ELECTED OFFICIALS SO ON.
AND UH, AT THAT POINT, UH, ATT HAD A PROGRAM WHERE THEY WERE GIVING, UH, WHERE THEY WERE SELLING PHONES, PHONES, UH, MILL SPEC PHONES, AND THEN THE, UH, SMARTPHONE WERE FREE IF YOU CHOSE WHATEVER PROGRAM THEY GOING AT TIME OFFICER, YOU GET, YOU GET A FREE C PHONE OR YOU CAN BUY IPHONES, WHATEVER.
SO, AND THIS, UH, I, AS I RECALL, THIS IS ABOUT THE TIME I GOT HERE.
WE HAD, MAN, I DON'T REMEMBER WE HAD HUNDREDS CELL PHONES, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST, YEAH, THIS WAS, BUT UH, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM PUTTING DOWN PERSONAL PHONE, BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM IF WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE OR JUST LIKE THE OTHER DAY TO TAKE A PICTURE, TRYING TO TAKE A PICTURE, SEND ME A PICTURE OR GET A PICTURE OF A PART OR WHATEVER WE NEED.
RIGHT? AND, AND SO, AND THEN, THEN WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT MORE, I WE KIND OF SYSTEM THAT IF JUST PAY EMPLOYEE STAFF.
20 FOR THOSE THAT NEED A PHONE, THOSE THAT NEED A PHONE, 20 BUCKS OR 25 BUCKS, WHATEVER, JUST FURNISH OWN 20 A MONTH COST US.
NOW THAT'S KIND OF MISLEADING ON THE ROAD BRIDGE, I THINK THEY, THEY WERE LIKE 1995 OR WHATEVER, BUT AT&T HAD THIS PROGRAM WE SIGNED ON AND YOU HAD A SELECTION OF THAT YOU GOT AT A REALLY, REALLY LOW RATE AND THOSE WERE PASSING.
SO IF YOU GOT A HUNDRED PHONES MAKING 20, 30 MILES, I GOT PARTICULAR.
THAT'S WHY YOUR PHONE GOES OVER.
BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET A, AN IPHONE OR SOMETHING GO SUPERVISOR SO THEY CAN ACCEPT EMAILS, TEXT OR PICTURE.
GET, I JUST NEED TO KNOW, BE AWARE AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY TELLING DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WE WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOR ACTION? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION USE TO SIT DOWN AND COME UP WITH A NEW POLICY BECAUSE YOU NEED SOMETHING SO THAT WHENEVER DEPARTMENT HEAD ELECTED OFFICIAL YOU, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT OUR POLICY IS, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SOMEBODY POLICY.
I THINK COUNCIL PROBABLY SUPPORT ME ON THIS.
I OTHER THAT NOT GONE TO PROGRAM WE'RE, I'M ONE
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CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY IF WE JUST GIVE OUR EMPLOYEES A STAFF OF, OF $20 A MONTH MIGHT SAVE US A LOT.WHAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE LOOKING AT? WELL, YOU, WE THIS ROUND UP TO PROGRAM, UH, I'LL SAY PROBABLY THERE'S LOT SAVINGS.
UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT HEART COST, SOFT COST MANAGEMENT THING.
WE, WE LOOKED AT THIS YEARS AGO WE HAD SPRINT, AT&T AND VERIZON.
WE GOT ALL THOSE AND WE WENT, WE CALLED ALL THE OTHER THAT THEIR BEST OFFER ALL BASED ON THE TEXAS AND AT INVESTMENT OVERALL, NOT THE BEST COVERAGE OF ANYTHING.
WE GET CERTAIN WORK, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE THE BEST OVERALL PACKAGE AT THAT TIME.
THEY HAD TWO FOLKS THAT WERE OUR SUPPORT COME OUT THERE.
THEY DO UPGRADE A PROBLEM WITH THE PHONE.
THEY HAD A ORDER SINCE THEN T'S CHANGED AND NOW EVERYTHING IS ON THE INTERNET AND GET SIGN ON.
LEMME ASK YOU THIS, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A MEETING BETWEEN, TO TAKE, TO TAKE PLACE BUT IT ULTIMATELY MAY SAVE US MONEY.
I KNOW IF WE NEED, WE NEED TO, WE NEED IS A LINE ITEM FOR EMPLOYEES.
I MEAN IF, IF WE'RE GONNA PAY THEM OR COULD WE JUST OUT A POLICY THAT WE HAVE POLICY? I MEAN WHO'S GONNA, WHO'S GONNA GET US HOW MUCH? WELL I GUESS LIKE RIGHT NOW ON A ROAD BRIDGE, THEY GUYS, WE HAVE NO RADIOS.
RIGHT? SO THERE'S NO WAY TO GET OLDER.
AND IF WE DON'T REQUIRE HIM TO HAVE A PHONE, UH, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYING FOR IT, THEN WE HAVE TO EITHER FURNISHING ONE BECAUSE HE BREAKS DOWN ON SET UP ROAD.
WE DON'T HAVE NO WAY FOR HIM TO SHOW UP TO US UNTIL, AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING GET FUTURE RADIO.
I'LL BE TICK THAT THAT WE SAY NO I DON'T WANT ANY OF MY PHONE OR THE MONEY GEORGE RAISED TO HIS HANDS TO SPEAK.
SAY THIS TOO, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THE SAVINGS, YOU KNOW THERE NOT MUCH OF A SAVINGS I WITH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE BUY THE PHONES, UH, IF YOUR EMPLOYEES CAN'T BUY OR I CAN'T BUY, YOU CAN'T BUY PHONES CHEAP.
THINK WE GET LIKE 10 50% OF DISCOUNT EMPLOYEES.
WE ALL ALREADY, WE ENJOY DISCOUNT THAT.
SO THE PROBLEM IS ALWAYS TRYING TO PROVE THE POINT.
YOU CAN'T, BUT WHATEVER THE RATE WE'RE PAYING NOW, I UNDERSTAND THE EMPLOYEE WOULD PAY ABOUT 15% MORE FOR THAT SAME.
SO IF YOU SAVE MONEY, I KNOW NOT TO SAVE MONEY NECESSARILY JUST TO CUT OUT CONFUSION AND YOU NOT HAVING TO MANAGE THE WHOLE PROGRAM.
ALWAYS HAVE TO IT IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NUMBERS AND WHAT AND WHERE GOES.
MOST THEM HAVE IPHONES SO I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO CARRY TWO PHONES.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE LOT OF FOLKS HERE, TWO PHONES, BEST CASE AND THEY CAN BUY A PHONE.
WELL I MEAN THAT'S IF THEY DON'T WANT THEIR NUMBER, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
I MEAN THE OTHER, OTHER IS I THINK I SEE ON A LOT OF THEM PATROL OFFICERS.
A LOT OF THEM, I MEAN BY FIRST BY THE COUNTY AND THEIR PHONES ARE, ARE PERFECT THROUGH UH, UH,
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I'VE ALL KIND, SOME FOLKS GIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE OR PERMIT AT 50 OR I MEAN I SUPPOSE IT HAVE TO BE ON YOUR PAYROLL.I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT'D BE A LINE.
WELL, YEAH, YOU KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER SUBJECT WE'RE GONNA HIT YOU WITH.
IF I IS STILL DOING AN AUDIT AND WE GOT SOME FINDINGS AND Y'ALL SOME MONEY, YOU JUST SAY, HEY POLICY, YOU MENTIONS THAT I MORE THAN 25 OF THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE OFFICE, WE POLICY.
YEAH, MY, MY, YEAH, MY SYSTEM'S ON CALL 24 7.
NOT ONLY US BUT PEOPLE CURRENTLY USE THEIR OWN PHONE.
THEY GO OUT THERE TO SELL AND THEY TAKE PICTURE BOXES, INVENTORY AND THEY'RE NOT COMPENSATING ANYTHING.
I MEAN THAT'S, THEY WOULDN'T USE THE OTHER ONE.
THEY WOULD DO IT IN THE DRAWER AND WE'RE SITTING THERE PAYING FOR THE PHONE TO SIT IN THE DRAWER.
I JUST ALSO ASKED FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SHOULD I CAN DISCUSS IT WITH MY BOSS IN REGARDS TO OUR, UH, INVESTIGATORS IN THE OFFICE AND AREAS OF THE PHONE AND POTENTIAL FOR OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS AND HOW THAT WOULD WORK IF YOU WERE USING A PERSONAL PHONE AND YOU HAVE COUNTY BUSINESS ON.
I YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE CONFUSING IN OUR OFFICE, BUT I NEED YOUR FLUSH OUT IF YOU HAVE STOP BEFORE YOU PROVIDE YEAH, EVERYBODY.
YEAH, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THE, I THINK JACK DID THIS RESEARCH PROBABLY TWO BUDGETS AGO AND WAS GONNA PRESENT IT TO THE COURT AT THAT TIME.
UM, BECAUSE OF ALL THE TIME HIS STAFF HAS TO SPEND GETTING PHONES REPAIRED AND GETTING ON ONLINE, SETTING THEM UP.
THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME SAVINGS THERE.
BUT WE ALSO HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE, UH, SOMEONE HAD ONE OF OUR PHONES AND THEY TOOK THE CAR OUT OF THAT PHONE AND PUT IT IN THEIR PHONE SO THEY COULD BE ONLINE DOWNLOADING STUFF AND WE WIND UP GIVING THEM A BILL AND THEY HAD TO PAY IT.
SO IF WE GET A STIPEND, IT WOULD STOP ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BRINGING UP JUST BACKWARDS, YOU HAVE A A UH, PHONE, CUSTOM PHONE GROUP THAT HAD OVER A HUNDRED PHONES, THEN YOU CANNOT GO TO THE RETAIL STORE TO GET HELP.
SO WHEN I, WHEN I, WHEN I WANT GET AN IPHONE, IT TOOK ME 10 DAYS TO GET AN IPHONE.
I BOUGHT MY POCKET BUT I COULDN'T TO THE STORE WEEKEND.
IF YOU GO TO A CORPORATE STORE AND THEY SAY THEY FIND OUT THE TRUMP COUNT HAVE A HUNDRED CALLS, THEY WILL NOT HELP.
IT'S, IT'S SHOULD BE THE OPPOSITE.
I WAS HOPING MAYBE WE COULD COME BACK AND BE BETWEEN NOW AND YOU KNOW, WE BUDGET THAT MAY NOT, THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GONNA BE TAKE PLACE.
BUT WHAT KIND OF ITEM NEED WE COULD SAY, LET'S PUT THAT IN THERE.
SUGGEST WE COME UP WITH FIGURE PUT AS THE LINE ITEM JUST PUT DOWN ON IT OR SOMETHING OUT.
COULD WE WE CAN AMEND THE, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? I MEAN, YOU SEE A PROBLEM.
NO, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM OF IT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF OUR, UH, PAYROLL SOFTWARE WOULD HANDLE IT ALL.
BUT I THINK IT'LL, I'LL JUST RESEARCH IT REAL QUICK AND MAKE SURE.
WELL I MEAN JUST LOOKING FOR A WAY AHEAD.
MAKE SURE PUT IN A LINE ITEM AND PUT $10 OR A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN IT.
WE HAVE AT LEAST ESTABLISHED A LINE ITEM ITEM THAT WE CAN STILL NOT BE RUSHED AND DID THE PROPER RESEARCH AND DECIDE HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO IT.
I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DRIES UP, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW AND I AGREE TOTALLY.
DO YOU THINK MAYBE WITH A COUPLE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND YOU AND WHOEVER ELSE YOU WANT TO NEED WITH YOU TO GET TOGETHER BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME AND UH, WE, WE GET WHAT? AND THEY SOME OTHER COUNTIES TOO.
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WELL EVERYBODY EXCEPT CONCERNED BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND THEY DIDN'T WANT GO TO BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID THAT HE'D GIVE AN EMPLOYEE THE PHONE MONEY FOR PHONE AND THEY, NOW THAT'S, I GUESS, YEAH, THAT'D COMMISSION REQUIRE FOR EMPLOYMENT.SO, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE, AND I GUESS THAT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL, RIGHT? YEAH.
REQUIRE TO, AS FAR AS I KNOW YOU TELL THAT HERE'S MONEY TO BUY PHONE.
THEY DON'T BUY A PHONE HAVING TRANSPORTATION GET BACK WORK.
OKAY, SO WHAT DO YOU WANT DO ON THIS ITEM THAT LATER AFTER WE, WHO WOULD YOU, WHICH OF THE TWO COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER? I VOLUNTEER ONE OF Y'ALL.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT? OKAY, BE ONE.
SO, UH, IF YOU CAN AND, AND JACK, I THINK YOU AND GEORGE AND WHOEVER ELSE, YOU JUST GATHER A COMMITTEE, BUT THE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD UH, AND TRY TO GET THAT GOING.
SO, UH, DO WE JUST NEED TO TABLE THIS ITEM, HOW TO HANDLE IT AT THIS TIME? THEY HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE HEAR BACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THEY A RECOMMENDATION OR ON RECOMMENDATION, BUT MOTION FROM UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER A TABLE THIS ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND THEN COME BACK, WE'LL WORK LATER ON.
HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A A.
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SIMPLIFY THIS PROCESS.
ITEM NUMBER, UH, 24 IS TO DISCUSS AND, UH, CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR A WHEEL LOADER FOR PRECINCT ONE ROAD BRIDGE.
I HAVE REQUEST FOR PRECINCT ONE.
I GET SPECIFICATIONS JUST FOR, I DID SECURE PERMIT TQ PROCESS AND EVERYBODY HAS GOT THE, UH, PERMIT HE ALREADY GIVE IT TO.
HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER ROSA, SECOND COMMISSIONER SHANE.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE OPPOSED? UH, ITEM NUMBER 20, UH, 5 26, 27 AND 28.
WE NEED TO TABLE, UH, AT THIS TIME WE STILL NEED SOME INFORMATION FROM UH, THE CITY OF KAUFMAN ON THAT.
SO I DON'T ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE 25, 26, 27 AND 28.
UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THAT MOTION.
ITEM NUMBER 29 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT ONE AND FOUR IN THE AMOUNT.
MR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ROAD BRIDGE AMENDMENTS? THIS IS FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT FROM THE AUCTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, WE HAVE A SECOND.
MR. PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED.
ITEM NUMBER UH, 30 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
ALRIGHT, I THINK PW EMAILED YOU A CORRECTION.
HE LEFT OFF THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE MAILBOX.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO SIR.
COMMISSIONER Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LINE ITEM? THIS IS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE START HAVING A LOT OF LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS ON THE, UH, MONEY OUTTA THAT.
YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER I HAD THOUSAND
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DOLLARS LEFT.THAT NINE MONTHS WORTH OF MONEY AND WE'RE DOING THIS TO DO SOME REPAIRS TO THE JAIL'S ACTUALLY MAKING MONEY FOR, SO THAT'S, I HAVE NOT YET ANY MORE NEW REVENUE FOR ANYTHING.
I I HAVE, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 91, 92 AND THAT'LL BE DONE.
YEAH, THE, THERE WAS A UH, COMMISSIONER 4,000 FOUNDATION REPAIR AND THEN THE TREAD ON THE 42 STEPS.
AND BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS NOW, WE GOT FLOOR, THEIR BUDGET, REMEMBER THE TRAY THAT Y'ALL SERVING, LINE TRAY, WHICH Y'ALL APPROVED THAT LAST BIG TRANSFER OF USING THAT MONEY.
AND I THINK THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
I JUST, I WAS CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD ANY OTHER, I I LOOKED AT THE BUDGET SHEET THAT YOU GAVE US.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOT ALL THE OTHER LINE ITEMS, RIGHT? THE MEDICAL AND I THINK MEDICAL THERE WE'RE GONNA GET SUMMARY.
YEAH, HE NEED TO LET KNOW THAT THAT'S, SO WE THAT I THINK RAY HELPED US ON ONE OF THOSE.
LIKE SHE GOT DOWN LESS THAN PRICE BY WORKING WITH THE HOSPITAL.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TRANSFER SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE 31 TO DISCUSS CLAIMS SITTING DOWN.
YEAH, I WAS KIND OF HOPING THAT, I WAS KIND OF HOPING SOME OF WE'RE GONNA SAY HERE WHAT THIS MONEY'S BEING SPENT ON.
YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE $3,042,132 AND 53 CENTS.
2.3 MILLION OF THAT IS IN THE GROWTH BOND.
OKAY? YOU HAVE 19,000 OR INMATE GROCERIES, 20,000 FOR COUNTY CLERK'S INDEX AND RECORDING.
20,000 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE TO COUNTY PROPERTY.
25,000 TO IN HEALTH, 25,000 FOR ROAD MATERIALS AND PRECINCT.
ONE 32,000 IN ENERGY AND UTILITIES, 40,000 IN JUVENILE DETENTION CONTRACT SERVICES, 50,000 IN INMATE MEDICAL, 92,000 IN ROAD BRIDGE FOR ROAD MATERIAL.
148,000 FOR ROAD BRIDGE FREE EQUIPMENT, NEW EQUIPMENT, WHICH MAKES 2.799 MILLION.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW GOING YES SIR.
YEAH, THAT'S ALL IT MIGHT DEPEND, COMMISSIONER, WHERE THEY HAD TO MOVE IT FROM.
WELL THAT WAS MY QUESTION WAY.
IT WAS THEY THEY MUST HAVE MOVED THE TRUCK.
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MUST BE THE TRUCK.THE GUY THAT'S SIX A PRETTY EXPENSIVE TRIP SAYS HE GOT SHOT IN THE, WE'RE MOVING A MAX 600 CHU RED 2014, UH, TOWED FROM WEST FAIR TO 1900 US HIGHWAY 1 75 34.
THAT IS THE CHILD CARE SHELTER.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INSURANCE.
RODNEY ON THE, WHEN WE IMPOUNDED THAT TRUCK, WON'T WE GET OUR FEES BACK? THE TRUCK STILL IN TOWN? NO, HE ALREADY, SO HE PAID THAT FEE.
WHAT DOES THAT FEE DOES THAT IT GOES BACK PAGE JAIL, HOSPITAL, INMATE PRESBYTERIAN.
ANYTHING ELSE? OTHER QUESTIONS? PAGE 27, WINDOW CLEANING SERVICE.
THERE IS A SERVICE THAT COMES AROUND.
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SOUTH CAMPUS WORK.ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SECOND, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO UH, APPROVE THE BILLS AS UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ALL OPPOSED EITHER MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
HOW'S THAT? WHATEVER THAT'S CONSIDERED.
WE'RE FIXING YOU SOMETHING ELSE WORTH CONCRETE.
THEY CONSIDERED BECAUSE THAT CONCRETE WAS DELIVERED TO PART OF THAT SERVICE.
NO, GET AN AUDIT BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE WAS ONE.
SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT A SURFACE TAXABLE TO TAXABLE TO US, WE'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE 28%.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT, I KNOW WE'RE NOT THAT BUT THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE IN THE MAIL.
THAT COMPANY, IF THEY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM FOR HAVING TO HAVE FILL OUT SPECIAL THAT I'VE MAILED TO AND THEY'RE MAILING US BACK BECAUSE IT SAID IT WAS CREDIT CARD.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT'S SUBJECT TO THE CLOSING TAX.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THE FIRST PROBLEM IS, IS BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SMALL BUSINESSES ARE NOT CLAIMING ON THEIR TAXES.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE SAYING ONE OF THE PHOENIX TELL YOU TELL YOU HOW HE HAS SOMEBODY THAT CLEANS SOME OFFICES FOR THEY FILLED OUT A W NINE, THE COMPANY NAME AND NUMBER SHE GOT ONLINE TO A SPECIAL PLACE.
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DIDN'T BUSINESS JUST CAN'T PROVE SHE CLAIMED IT ON HER HAND.BUT A COMPANY THAT DELIVERS PRODUCT THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR.
LET ME WAIT AND GET ALL THE DOCUMENTATION.
PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE WORKSHOP.
SO Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THIS? ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE IT'S GOING PUT SOME EXTRA ON BACK WATCHING AND MY OFFICE, I'M KIND THAT'S PUT THE PRESSURE ON TO GET Y'ALL CREDIT CARD.
WELL I MIGHT, WE KIND OF SUSPECTED THAT YOU WEAR HAVE YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID THOUGH? THEY LIKE THE, YOU KNOW THOSE THE TEAM? YEAH.
THOSE ARE IN CENTER EVERYWHERE YOU WEAR.
YOU DIDN'T SLEEP ON YOUR SO YOU
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YES.SHE'S BRINGING BEEN WE'LL SEE YOU.
Y'ALL READY TO START YOUR COLORS NOW? OH YEAH, YOU CAN.
Y'ALL WANNA BE Y'ALL? ARE YOU ON BATTLE? YES.
I'M GOING TO AUSTIN WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.
SO LOOKS LIKE TUESDAY THEN YOU GET TUESDAY OR NEXT WEEK.
YOU GET EVERYBODY GOOD? I HERE.
I MEAN I, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IS IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO BOTH OF THEM HAVE A STIPEND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT THAT AND THEN FURNISH THE PHONE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T OR THAT BE SO COMMON? I THINK WE NEED TO.
DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE SOMEBODY HE GET A PHONE? YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW.
SOME, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE NO CREDIT.
EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.