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WHAT? HI, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.I'D TO TALK YOU TO A, UH, THIS IS A RECORD MEETING THE COURT COUNTY.
IF YOU'RE HERE WITH US TODAY, IF YOU ARE ON THE AGENDA, UH, YOU'LL NOT NEED TO COMPLETE A FORM, BUT IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO AN ITEM, UH, THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, UH, AND THERE'S A FORM THAT YOU CAN FILL OUT TO SOME OF THE, UH, TABLE OVER THERE.
AND SO, UH, YOU CAN DO THAT AND GIVE THAT TO, UH,
UH, WE'LL BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH OUR IMPLICATION, AND I'VE ASKED, UH, TO DO THAT.
AND THEN, WE'LL, IF YOU'LL STAND, BE PRAY.
ALMOST GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST COME HERE TODAY AND FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
SO RICH, EACH DAY TODAY, WE COME LIFT UP TO YOU.
NINE LONG TRAGEDY THAT WE HAD IN OUR NATION.
WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THIS TRAGEDY.
WE JUST EXECUTE RESPONDERS, OFFICERS THAT PROTECT OUR HOME SAFELY EACH DAY.
YOU TO OUR COURT AS WE DO OUR'S, BUSINESS THAT YOU AMEN PGI TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC BEFORE WHICH IT STANDS IN ONE NATION UNDER GOD, AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A LIBERTY AND JUSTICE PROBLEM ON HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS ON THE STATE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH THAT, AND WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO THE, UH, AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE, UH, JUST USING BEFORE WE TURN IN FORM? OKAY.
UH, IN THE WAY, IN THE WAY OF ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING.
I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE, UH, WE GET INTO AGENDA ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, WHERE TALKS ABOUT, UH, SMITH MAKING A PRESENTATION.
UH, HE HAS INDICATED HE WANTS THAT TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE, THAT OUT.
WE'LL NOT BE, UH, DISCUSSING, UH, AT THIS POINT, AT THIS MEETING.
SO, UH, AND THEN THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO, THIS IS THE SECOND HEARING.
UH, WE HAVE ON OUR PROPOSED, UH, TAX RATE FOR THIS COMING, UH, TAX YEAR BUDGET.
AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, EXIT THE RECER MEETING AND ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, MR. SECOND, THE MOTION.
NOW WE'LL ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING AND ON THE, UH, TABLE WHEN YOU, UH, UH, WALKED IN, THERE IS A TAX RATE INFORMATION FOR OUR NEW TAX RATE.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, SECOND HEARING WE'VE HAD.
AND LET ME JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THAT.
ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO, UH, COME, UH, TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK TO YOUR CIRCUIT, DO SO.
YOU'LL SEE THAT DURING THE 2015 TAX YEAR, WE'VE DONE A COMPARISON JUST SO YOU CAN SEE.
AND OUR TWO, UH, OUR TWO MAIN FUNDS ARE OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUNDS.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE AMOUNT WAS FOR 2015 AND 2016, UH, PROPOSED FOR 2016.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE TOTAL THERE, OR THE SUBTOTAL IS THE SAME 0.53 CENTS FOR BOTH YEARS.
SO OUR TWO BASIC, UH, OUR TWO MAIN OPERATING FUNDS, UH, DO NOT CHANGE THE INTEREST IN SINKING FUND ARE WHAT IS ALSO THE BOND REPAYMENT FUND DOES CHANGE.
AND THAT IS A RESULT OF THE, UH, SELLING OF THE REMAINING $26 MILLION WORTH OF TRANSPORTATION BONDS THAT WE DID BACK EARLIER, UH, THIS, UH, OR LAST MONTH ACTUALLY.
AND I BELIEVE THOSE FUNDS ARE TO BE RECEIVED AROUND SEPTEMBER THE 22ND.
SO THEY WILL BE VIEWED, UH, THE ADDITIONAL AND DE VOTED ON BY THE PUBLIC BACK IN 2013 TO NOVEMBER.
AND SO YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT DID CHANGE FROM 0.05 CENTS,
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UH, TO A PROPOSED 0.06 CENTS.SO THAT DOES CAUSE THE OVERALL TAX RATE COULD NOTICE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, UH, TO GO UP FROM 0.58 CENTS TO 0.5887, WHICH IS A 1.25 CENT, NOT PER PERCENT, BUT A 1.25 CENT INCREASE IN NEXT YEAR'S TAX RATE.
BUT IT'S STRICTLY FOR THE, UH, THE BONDED TRANSPORTATION DEBT.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UH, CONCERNING THE PROPOSED TAX TRADE FOR NEXT YEAR? AND ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT ABOUT THIS ITEM? AND FINALLY, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS HEARING NONE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXIT THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT MOTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER LIK SECONDS A MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, WE WILL, UH, JUST, UH, SO YOU'LL KNOW, UH, THIS NEXT MONDAY WE WILL BE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, THE COURT TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT THE TAX RATE THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, A 0.5887.
UH, AND, UH, SO THAT WILL BE, UH, NEXT, UH, SEPTEMBER THE 19TH, ONE ONE WEEK FROM TODAY.
AND THAT'S ALSO THE SAME DATE THAT WE WILL OFFICIALLY BE ADOPTED, YOUR BUDGET AS WELL.
AND SO, UH, THAT'LL BE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COURT.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO CONSIDER, UH, THAT'S JUST AN INFORMATION PIECE.
UH, SO JUST AS, UH, WE'VE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS THE PUBLICATION AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT, SO THAT'S JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY.
SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON INTO THE, UH, ROUTINE.
I'M SORRY, TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THERE.
ITEM NUMBER A IS TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES, UH, FOR WORKSHOP MEETINGS ON JULY 18TH, UH, 2016, REGULAR MEETING FOR JULY 25TH, REGULAR MEETING FOR ON AUGUST THE, UH, EIGHTH, A SPECIAL MEETING ON AUGUST THE EIGHTH, UH, A SPECIAL MEETING ON AUGUST THE 12TH, AND A SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING FOR AUGUST THE 15TH, 2016.
WE ALSO HAVE ITEM B TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER, OR APPROVING DEPUTATION OF KB FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
UH, ADAM C IS TO, AND I DO HAVE ONE THAT WE WILL NEED TO, UH, REMOVE AND, UH, I'LL MENTION THAT JUST IN A SECOND ON ADAM C, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DEPUTATION OF PROPERTY SEMAN JAMES A HOBERG, MARK FAULKNER, WILLIAM C. KENNEDY.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, JEREMIAH BANKS, IF YOU WOULD MARK THROUGH THAT ONE.
THAT ONE, UH, UH, WILL NOT, UH, UH, HAS NOT MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, THE DEDICATION.
SO REMEMBER THAT IN THE, UH, IN THE MOTION ITEM D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER AS THE NATIONAL PREPARED THIS MONTH IN TON COUNTY.
AND ITEM E IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING TIFFANY MADON AS THE CE COOL ADMINISTRATOR TO REPLACE LORI FLOYD.
ITEM F IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FROM THE GASTONIA SCURRY SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO INSTALL OVER 13,000 FEET OF WATER LINE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 47 7 DICKIE LANEY COUNTY ROAD 48 1 AND ADAM STREET IN COLTON COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER ALLEN, YOU HAVE A BIG AMOUNT IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE, UH, UH, THE ENGINEERING ON THAT.
AND THEN IG IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND.
GRANT, CONTRACT NUMBER 7 2 1 6 2 5 0 FOR THE APRIL SPRINGS FOR WATER, UH, I'M SORRY, APRIL SPRING SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
AND WE ARE THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THE VARIOUS WATER CORPORATIONS THAT ARE NOT IN AN INCORPORATED AREA.
AND SO THIS IS PART OF THE, UH, PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGH.
WE DID THE SAME THING FOR ELMO, AND I BELIEVE IT'S MAYBE THE SECOND ONE WE'VE DONE FOR, UH, APRIL SPRINGS, I BELIEVE AS WELL.
SO STEVE, UH, ON YOUR ITEM, YOU HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, OPERATION, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, SATURDAY OUT AT, UH, THE, UH, UH, TANER MALL, I HAPPENED TO DROP BY AND, UH, GOT A PIECE OF CANDY, BUT ALL I GOT, I GOT A BOTTLE OF WATER, BUT IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
YOU CARED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? WELL, WE WERE VERY HAPPY.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP, UH, AS EXHIBITORS DESPITE THE POTENTIAL WEATHER.
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AND WE FIGURED WE CAME SOMEWHERE AROUND 250, UH, CITIZENS CAME OUT TO, TO SEE THE EVENT.AND I WANT TO COMMEND MELISSA SMITH IN MY OFFICE FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT ANY ITEM ON THAT? ONLY QUESTION I GOT IS WATER LINE.
UM, THIS PIECE OF PAPER FROM CONSULTING ENGINEERS SAID THAT THE WATER LINE WOULD BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO IS THAT MORE THAN 30 FOOT ON THE CENTER LINE OF THE, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL ONLY BY SOMEONE IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.
SO I KNOW IN MY PRECINCT I HAVE ISSUES WITH SOME WATER LINES THAT WERE PUT RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROAD INSTEAD, 30 FOOT CENTER.
I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, THAT LET THEM KNOW WHEN THEY COME OUT.
OTHER THAN THAT, AND WE DO NEED TO REMOVE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE NOT MIAH.
SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION EXCEPTION.
WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, THIS MORNING WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE CHRIS MILLER WITH US TODAY.
MR. MILLER IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NET RM A AND HE HAS A PRESENTATION, UH, FROM, UH, HIS, UH, NET RM, A NORTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, AND AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT THERE AND DISCUSS THE E PROJECT.
AND AS YOU'LL RECALL, PROBABLY, UH, ROBERT MESSER, UH, IS OUR OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMISSION.
I THINK HE'S ALSO THE TREASURER OF THE COMMISSION.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
AND, UH, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE JOB ABOUT SIX MONTHS NOW? UH, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.
SO, UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I HAVE OBVIOUSLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH JUDGE WOOD AND, AND, UH, MR. MESSER, UH, WHO IS OUR TREASURER AND HAS BEEN A FABULOUS JOB FOR US.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE APPOINTMENT.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, UH, KEEP OURSELVES OUT THERE AND, AND, AND, AND CERTAINLY LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THE, THE NORTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY DOES AND CAN DO FOR COUNTIES.
UM, WE, UH, I'VE GOT A LITTLE HANDOUT HERE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WE DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY GET INTO ALL THE INTRICATE DETAILS OF SOME OF THE STATISTICS, BUT I THINK ON THE SECOND PAGE WE'LL SEE THAT WE ARE A, UH, 12TH COUNTY, UH, MEMBER ORGANIZATION, UH, COFFMAN COUNTY, OF COURSE BEING ONE OF THEM.
YOU ARE A FAR WESTERN COUNTY, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, WE GO ALL THE WAY.
UH, WE, OUR EASTERN, TWO EASTERN MOST EASTERN COUNTIES ARE HARRISON AND PANOLA WAS DRAWN THE STATE LINE WITH LOUISIANA.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE COFFMAN COUNTY, VAN ZAN, WOOD COUNTY, SMITH COUNTY, CHEROKEE, RUSS, OLA HARRISON, UPSHIRE TITUS, AND BOWIE.
UH, BOWIE IS OUR WAY OUT IN THE NORTHEAST.
UH, WE HAVE A MEETING ACTUALLY THERE TOMORROW ON REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING, AND SO WE'LL BE TRAVELING UP THERE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE 19 BOARD MEMBERS, UM, AND OUR CHAIR IS, UH, LINDA THOMAS, WHO IS, UH, FROM GRAY COUNTY.
AND THE ORGANIZATION IS SET UP IN A WAY THAT THE CHAIR IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND THEN ALL THE OTHER, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY.
SO, AS, AS JUDGE WOOD INDICATED, UH, MR. MESSER IS OUR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM COFFMAN COUNTY AND, AND, UH, SERVE AS OUR TREASURER AND DOING A FABULOUS JOB FOR US.
UM, WE HOLD BOARD MEETINGS, UH, USUALLY ONCE A MONTH.
SOMETIMES IT MIGHT SLIP TO EVERY TWO MONTHS, OR IT'S NORMALLY EVERY MONTH, AND WE ROTATE IT ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY.
SO I KNOW WHAT THE ROTATION IS, COUNTY, BUT WE'LL BE COMING SOMETIME IN THE NEXT, IN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, WE, UH, WORK WITH THREE DIFFERENT OP DISTRICTS, UH,
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THE, THE MESQUITE DISTRICT, THE, UM, FATHER DISTRICT, AND THE, UH, IT'S CALLED THE ATLANTA, UH, TEXAS DISTRICT.AND, AND SO, UH, WE GET AROUND, UM, WE DO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
UM, THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM IN OUR, UH, JURISDICTION THAT WE WORK WITH.
UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE NET RMA OTHER THAN TOLL 49, WHICH, IF YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF, WE ARE IN THE, I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL IT, ABOUT TWO MONTHS INTO PHASE FOUR OR SEGMENT FOUR, AS YOU CALL IT, WHICH, UM, I THINK I HAVE A MAP IN HERE THAT THAT'S KNOWN AS THE LYNDALE RELIEF ROUTE, WHICH IS GONNA GO I 20 NORTH AROUND THE, UH, COMMUNITY OF GLENDALE AND TAKING ALL THE NORTHERN AREAS.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE, UH, USE OF THE, TO TOLL BOAT.
BUT, UM, NET RMA, UH, THE AUTHORITY IS A, UH, IT'S SET UP LOT.
IT'S AN INFINITE GOVERNMENT ENTITY SET UP, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS BY THE STATE, UH, BY STATE LAW.
AND IT'S, IT HAS THE ABILITY TO BE TOLD AUTHORITIES TO OPERATE AUTHORITIES, BUT IT ALSO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND FINANCE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
UM, ACTUALLY, I, UH, AS YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO, YOU, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE, WE USE, UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND SERVICES, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FINANCE, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, MAINTAIN, AND EXPAND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
UM, HIGHWAYS, UH, WE CAN BE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHWAYS, WHICH IS EITHER TOLL OR UNTOLD, UM, FERRIES, AIRPORTS, RAIL, BIKEWAYS, INTERMODAL, UH, HUBS.
UH, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WHEN YOU RELATE IT TO THE BUILDING OF ROADS, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE OR CONDEMN PROPERTY FOR PROJECTS.
AND WE ALSO ENTER INTO, UM, UH, PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL.
ON PAGE THREE IS KIND OF A, A, SHOWS A MATRIX THAT ACTUALLY GETS INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT RMAS HAVE VERSUS A TECH STOCK, UM, AUTHORITY.
AND SO WE SEE OUR ROLE, UM, AS A COMPLIMENT TO TEXTILE, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I'M NEW TO TEXAS.
I CAME AND, UH, AS I SAID, I STARTED AT THE END OF JUNE, UH, OF THIS YEAR.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE WAS A, UH, UH, REGIONAL, UH, COG DIRECTOR, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, DIRECTOR IN, UH, MOBILE, ALABAMA FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
SO IF, IF TEXAS TRANSPORTATION IS LIKE ALABAMA, TRANSPORTATION IS, THERE'S NO MONEY.
UH, YOU, YOU DO THE, YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.
AND TDOT OBVIOUSLY IS A FABULOUS ORGANIZATION AND IT'S DONE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND IT'S LOOKING FOR MORE RESOURCES, BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LIMITED AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN ASK THE TAXPAYERS TAKE ON.
SO THEREFORE, THAT'S WHERE THE RMA OBVIOUSLY CAME IN, UH, WAY BACK IN 2000, WAS THE IDEA THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF AN ENTITY THAT COULD COMPLIMENT WHAT TDOT IS DOING.
UM, A LOT OF NET, A LOT OF RNAS THERE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY EIGHT OF 'EM THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
ONE OF THE, THE BIG ONES IS, UH, C-T-R-M-A, WHICH IS DOWN IN AUSTIN IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE.
UM, AND C CT RA IS IN, UH, TRAVIS AND WILKINSON COUNTIES.
AND, UM, THEY OPERATE THE PAC AND THE 2 83 AND ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SEVERAL OF 'EM THAT THEY OPERATE.
UM, A LOT OF FOLKS ASSOCIATE RA WITH JUST THE TOLL AUTHORITIES.
UM, AND CERTAINLY THAT IS THE WAY THAT MOST OF THE RMAS MAKE THEIR MARK, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE JUST DOING ROAD PROJECTS AND, AND WORKING ON OTHER, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY NOT NECESSARILY A REQUIREMENT THAT IT IS TOLL AUTHORITY, BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP OF PAGE THREE THERE THAT WE HAVE CERTAINLY A, A, A NUMBER OF, UH, DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE THAT TXDOT DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE, UM, VERY BROAD RANGING ABILITY THAT THE RMAS HAVE.
AND SO WHAT THE NORTHEAST TEXAS RMA HAS BEEN DOING THROUGH THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF 1249.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THAT.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CALL THE PRIORITY PROJECTS, WHICH IS,
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UM, SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IS REALLY ONE OF THE, THE, IF YOU WILL, IS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHY WE HAVE SO MANY COUNTIES AND WHY THE, THOSE COUNTIES ARE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ORGANIZATION.UM, TOLL 49, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSACTIONS.
SO THEY'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF, OF, UH, PAGE THREE.
WE'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED THERE IN AUGUST OF, OF, UH, THIS YEAR, 2016 THAT WE HAD A DIP.
WE THINK THERE'S A COUPLE, JULY ACTUALLY IS WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
UM, JULY AND AUGUST, WE'VE HAD SOME DIPS IN THE TRANSACTIONS AND WE'VE HAD SOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH.
AND, AND WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME, SOME PARTS OF THAT.
UM, WE ALSO THINK THAT, UH, WE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, SOME PRESS ISSUES ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, UH, THE SAFETY ISSUES OUT THERE, WHICH WE HAVE ADDRESSED.
WE'VE MET WITH THE TEXTILE OFFICIALS, THE DPS OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR SIGNAGE IN OUR STRIPING ISSUES.
AND SO THOSE ARE GONNA BE GOING FORWARD TO PUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT THE, UM, THE TOOL IS VERY HEAVILY USED.
IT'S NOT JUST AROUND SMITH COUNTY AND TYLER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PULL THE TRANSACTIONS, UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE THAT ARE USING EAST EAST TEXAS, EXTREME, EAST TEXAS, AND ALL THE WAY OVER IN WEST TEXAS, OR EXCUSE ME, IN THE WESTERN PART OF OUR REGION, UM, KAUFMAN AND VAN COUNTY.
UM, SO IT'S A POPULAR, UH, CERTAINLY A POPULAR TRANSPORTATION FACILITY IN AROUND THAT AREA.
UM, AND WE PROJECTED IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THAT.
UM, ON PAGE FOUR, YOU JUST SEE SOME TRANSACTION TRENDS, UM, WHERE CERTAIN SEGMENTS HAVE OPENED UP, WHICH OBVIOUSLY INCREASED THE VOLUME AND INCREASED THE, THE DEMAND FOR THE SERVICE.
UM, THE, UH, I'M GONNA DEFER YOU TO PAGE FIVE, WHICH AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE FIVE IS THE, UM, YOU, YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE CALL THE, UH, THE EAST TEXAS HOURGLASS, UM, IN THE BLUE.
UH, THEN THE LIGHT BLUE ON THAT MAP IS GOING TO BE THE, UH, TOLL 49, THE EXISTING TOLL 49, AND JUST ABOVE I 20 THERE IN, UH, SMITH COUNTY, AS YOU CAN SEE IN ORANGE IS THE NEW PROJECTED.
UM, SEGMENT FOUR, WHICH IS OPENING IN 2018 TO THE, TO THE SOUTHEAST OF TYLER, IS A GREEN, UM, SHADED, UM, ROUTE.
AND THAT IS GONNA BE WHAT WE CALL SEGMENT SIX.
AND WHEN SEGMENT SIX IS COMPLETED, THAT MADE ESSENTIALLY A ENTIRE ROUTE AROUND, UM, TYLER WILL GO ONE SIDE BY COUNTY TO THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE DOTTED, UM, BLACK LINES ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UP, UH, THROUGH, UP BY GRAYWATER AND INTO GRAY COUNTY AND UP TO THE A, UH, THROUGH UPSHIRE JUST SOUTH OF, UH, GILMORE.
THAT'S WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE EAST TEXAS HOURGLASS.
AND THAT IS MANY YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT PARTS OF HARRISON AND PARTS OF GREG AND PARTS OF UPSHIRE WOULD CALL SEGMENT SEVEN, EIGHT NINE WOULD COMPLETE WHAT'S KNOWN AS EAST TEXAS HOUR GLASS.
AND THESE ARE TO CREATE ESSENTIALLY ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, FACILITIES IN, IN, IN AND AROUND THOSE AREAS.
THESE AREAS HAVE TO BECOME THESE, THESE SEGMENTS AS I, AS I REFER TO 'EM, HAVE TO BECOME WHAT'S KNOWN AS TOLL VIABLE, IF WE EVER DO IT BACK, DO SOME, UH, TOLL TOLL ACTIVITY ON THOSE ROADS.
THERE HAS BEEN A STUDY ON THE CORRIDOR.
UM, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO DO A, WHAT THEY CALL A-A-T-N-R, WHICH IS TO TRACK REVENUE ANALYSIS.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU RISE TO WORKS VERY COMPLICATED.
IT'S SOMETHING VERY DOCUMENTATION ANALYSIS TO SHOW THAT IT'S GONNA SUPPORT THE, THE REVENUES GONNA SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA UNDERTAKE.
THESE, THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY TO THOSE PARTS OF OUR REGION.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THOSE COUNTIES ON, ON THESE ITEMS. AND, UM, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF THIS IS THAT TDOT IS GOING TO WIDEN 2 71 AND MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO 2 71 AS IT GOES INTO WATER.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON SOME THINGS THAT WILL GO ABOVE BLADE WATER INTO GILMER.
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UM, AND SO THAT'S, REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER HAPPENS ON 7, 8, 9, ON THE FUTURE OF 7, 8, 9, THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS WILL GO FORWARD.UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT, UM, AND I'LL CERTAINLY ASK OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON STATEMENT FOUR.
UM, OR I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, ON, UH, ON, ON 1249, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN EAST ON I 20 LATELY, IN AND AROUND THE HIDEAWAY, UM, EXIT OR THE EXIT TO 1249, YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE DOING SOME WORK AND THEY'RE EVENTUALLY GONNA HAVE A FLYOVER WHERE 1249 INTERSECTS WITH I 20 RIGHT NOW.
THERE'LL BE A, UH, OR THERE'LL BE A RAMP THAT WILL GO OVER I 20 AND THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED ON NORTH.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S KNOWN AS SA.
AND SO LIKE I SAID, THAT STARTED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, 2016.
AND THE PROJECTION OF THAT IS THE END OF THE, UH, END OF THAT PERIOD, UH, SUMMERTIME 2018.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL.
WE'RE NOT RUNNING INTO ANY SIGNIFICANT, UM, DELAYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CONTRACTOR, WEBER, UH, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US.
ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE SIX IS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ESSENTIALLY WHY THIS AND THAT WHY THIS RMA, WHY THIS, UH, REASONABLE MOBILITY AUTHORITY WAS SET UP.
THE WAY IT WAS SET UP IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE CALL THE, THE NET A PRIORITY PROJECT.
AND, AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS TO TRY TO RETURN THE, SOME OF THE REVENUE THAT SURPLUS REVENUE THAT WE HAVE OFF THE OPERATION OF THE TOLL BACK TO OUR MEMBER COUNTIES.
AS I SAID, WE HAVE 12 COUNTIES AND ALL THOSE COUNTIES HAVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT, THAT ARE EXTENSIVE.
UM, AND THERE'S SO MUCH TECH STOCK CAN DO.
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT THE LOCAL COUNTIES CAN DO OF THE CITIES.
AND SO WE FEEL OUR ROLE IS TO SOMEHOW OFFER A WAY TO FACILITATE A PROJECT, UH, OR TO IN PARTICULAR COUNTY OR WITHIN SEVERAL COUNTIES.
UM, THIS LAST YEAR THEY AWARDED A PROJECT TO GREAT COUNTY FOR AN IMPROVEMENT TO, UM, A VERY KEY CORRIDOR OF THEIRS.
AND IT WAS OUR FUNDING THAT WENT TO, IT WAS INFORMED ABOUT $400,000.
AND IT WAS IN THE, IT WAS, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY TO ADVANCE THAT PROJECT.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE SEE THE PRIORITY PROJECTS IS ALL ABOUT IS, IS THE PROJECT IS CERTAINLY SHOVEL READY, IT'S STANDALONE, BUT IT NEEDS SOME KIND OF EXPERT LEVERAGING.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE, THE N RMAS, UH, PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT COME IN.
AND I KNOW WITH Y'ALL, AND I'VE MET WITH JUDGE WOOD, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO COME AND MEET, GIVE IT BACK IN JULY, WASN'T I BELIEVE, UH, WHEN THEY MET WITH THE FOLKS FROM THE RTC OVER IN DALLAS, UM, AND THE NORTH, NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, TRANSPORTATION GROUP.
THERE'S A TON OF NEEDS, OBVIOUSLY IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, I KEEP, EVERY TIME I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO A LOT OF THE COUNTIES IN OUR JURISDICTION, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE, THE REAL PROGRESS THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING.
AND, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU GOT A GREAT PLAN, YOU HIRED SOME GOOD FOLKS TO WORK ON THAT.
AND A LOT OF WHAT WE CAN DO IS ESSENTIALLY HELP OUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THOSE TIMES COME AND IT'S GONNA MAKE IT A LOT EASIER BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY IN PLACE.
THERE'S, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY, WE NEED TO, WE NEED HELP ON THIS ONE.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS SERVE AS AN ENTITY TO HELP, UH, TO HELP FUND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S LEVERAGE PROJECTS, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO ANOTHER LEVEL ON, ON A PROJECT.
UM, WE, ON THE PAGE SEVEN, EXCUSE ME, UH, YOU HAVE A, UH, EVALUATION MATRIX AT WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN THOSE PROJECTS.
AND THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT IS SET UP, IT'S OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND WE HAVE A TIMELINE THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE PROJECTS, HOW THEY GET EVALUATED, UM, IS OBVIOUSLY, IS IT A PROJECT, A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT? DOES THE PROJECT HAVE REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE? DOES THE PROJECT HAVE LOCAL POLITICAL SUPPORT? DOES THE PROJECT HAVE LOCAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT? WILL THE PROJECT LIKELY GET STATE OR FEDERAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT? WILL THE PROJECT PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? WILL THE PROJECT PRODUCE REVENUE? AND WHAT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT IS THE PROJECT IN?
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AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THE FINAL ONE THERE IS, IS, IS REALLY ONE OF THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO OBVIOUSLY GET PROJECTS THAT ARE 10 YEARS IN MAKING, OR FIVE YEARS IN MAKING.IF WE'VE GOT SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS OR THEY, THIS, OUR, OUR INFUSION OF OF MONEY HELPS GET THAT PROJECT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND SO THESE ARE, UH, THERE ARE FUNDS BUDGETED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR US TO DO THIS.
AND WHAT THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE, ARE COMMITTED TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THIS EVERY YEAR AND TRY TO SET ASIDE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN BE IN THE POSITION TO HELP OUR COUNTIES OUT.
NOW OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU THINK OF, WE'VE GOT 12 COUNTIES A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS DOING, COMMITTEE IS DOING IS TRYING TO REEVALUATE HOW THEY DO THIS SO THAT THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT CORRIDORS OR RAIL PROJECTS OR, UM, PROJECTS THAT MIGHT DEAL WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA FALL INTO A SAFETY CATEGORY.
I THINK WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT US, YOU KNOW, IF YOU START TALKING ABOUT US AID IMPROVEMENTS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE PART OF OUR REGION.
F*****G IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM THE LOUISIANA LINE ALL THE WAY BACK INTO DALLAS.
SO IT'S GONNA TOUCH ON MOST ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN SOME WAY.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE PROJECTS, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE, WITH THE TCO OFFICIALS, BUT ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY OFFICIALS AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, DID YOU SEE, ACCORDING TO OUR TIMELINE, WE'LL START BE, UM, REACHING OUT TO ALL THE COUNTIES THROUGH TO JUDGES AND, AND WE'LL START WORKING WITH ALL THE LOCAL OFFICIALS IN TERMS OF THEIR PROJECT.
UM, I'LL ASK, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KIND BLAST THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACT IS I'M THE FIRST PERMANENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
PRIOR TO THIS, WE HAD, UH, AN INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO'S A CONSULTANT.
AND, UH, SO I'M HERE AND I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO COME TO A MEETING WITH THE JUDGE OR ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS, ALWAYS ASK ROBERT QUESTIONS, GET SOME FRIDAY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LITTLE, I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS MONEY THAT Y'ALL, WHERE THIS MONEY COME FROM MONEY.
I KNOW, I GUESS Y'ALL HAVE PEOPLE FINANCE BOTH OTHER COMPANIES, WHATEVER.
WELL, WAY, THE WAY THE, OBVIOUSLY THE WAY A TOLL WORKS IS YOU, YOU DO THESE ANALYSIS AND THEN YOU GO TO THE BOND MARKET.
AND SO, SO WHO, WHO, WHO IS THAT? WHO SELLS THAT BOND AND WHO IS THAT Y'ALL? YES.
BUT Y'ALL HAVE TO HAVE COOPERATION WITH COUNTIES WITH THAT ROAD THAT THE ROAD IS GOING.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE COORDINATION WITH, WITH T STOCK COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTIES.
SO IN THE CASE OF, IN THE CASE OF, OF, UH, SMITH COUNTY, AND LIKE I SAID, I'M NEW IN SENSE THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING 1249, IT WAS CALLED WEEK 49, GOES BACK TO LIKE THE MID EIGHTIES, I BELIEVE, WHEN THEY STARTED WORKING ON IT, 34.
AND SO THEY STARTED WORKING ON IT.
AND THEN WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS WHEN THE NET RMA GOT ORGANIZED IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS BASED ON THIS LEGISLATION, THEY STARTED WORKING WITH TDOT TO BUILD CERTAIN SEGMENTS.
TXDOT CAME IN, BUILT CERTAIN SEGMENTS ALMOST IN THE FORM LIKE A LOAN.
THE ORGANIZATION WAS THE AUTHORITY THAT WAS OPERATING AND EVERYTHING.
TECH STOCK BUILT IT, DO IT ON A LOAN, CAME IN FOR FORGAVE THE LOAN AND PUT, AND, AND DETERMINED IT WAS MORE OF A GRANT.
AND SO THAT ALLOWED THE NET RA TO GOES ON FOR CERTAIN OTHER SEGMENTS, ESPECIALLY FOUR, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THEY, WE ARE, UM, THEY WENT TO, THEY WENT TO THE BOTTOM MARKET IN, UH, IN MAY, AND, AND IT'S FUNDED THE, UH, SEGMENT FOUR.
SO WHAT THESE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT YOU REFERRED TO, WHAT WERE, WHAT THE ORGANIZATION DID, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MAKE THE DETERMINATION THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE CERTAIN SURPLUS REVENUE AFTER YOU PAY YOUR BONDS, AFTER YOU DEAL WITH YOUR OPERATING
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EXPENSES, AFTER YOU DEAL WITH WHATEVER PERSON YES, SIR.AND TURN IT BACK TO THE REST OF THE REGION.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU FUND PROJECT BASICALLY, WELL, TO FUND THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY, NOT TO FUND THE TOLL.
THESE ARE NON TO PROJECTS, BUT IT'S TO FUND THOSE KIND OF THINGS IS TO TO BE A RESOURCE, IF YOU WILL.
THE GOAL OF OUR BOARD, THE GOAL OF THE NRA IS TO BE A RESOURCE IN THE SENSE OF LIKE FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUT ALSO IN THE SENSE OF PROVIDING ADVOCACY, BEING AT THE TABLE TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR, FOR PROJECTS.
SO HOW CAN Y'ALL HELP US EXPEDITE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE SOLD? I KNOW THE LAST GROUP, I THINK THAT, UH, Y'ALL DID APPLY FOR A PRIORITY PROJECT.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT ONE.
IT WAS KNOWN THE, UH, INTERSTATE 20 HIGHWAY 34 PROJECT TRIED TO ACCESS TO, AND SO IT WAS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WERE GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTING PARTNER IN THAT THERE WERE EIGHT PROJECTS SUBMITTED THROUGHOUT OUR REGION AND THE PROJECT WENT TO GREG COUNTY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WILL SUBMIT AGAIN AND, AND THAT THAT PROCESS WILL WEED OUT AND WHO WILL GET IT AND YOU KNOW, AND Y'ALL COULD GET SOME FUNDING, BUT I DO, I DO SAY THIS, THAT, THAT THERE IS A DESIRE, I BELIEVE, TRY TO FIGURE OUT NOT JUST TO DO A ONE TIME ANNUAL AWARD.
BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAT, AND IF YOU JUST SAID, OKAY, THIS COUNTY'S GONNA GET IT HERE, WE'RE TALKING 11 YEARS OR SO BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS A PROJECT.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT PROJECTS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO, UH, I ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU GOT HERE, RIGHT, SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU, AND I SHOULDA ALREADY ASKED YOU TO DO THIS, TO SEND US, UH, A COPY OF YOUR AGENDA FOR YOUR MEETINGS YES.
AND SEND TO OFFICE TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS SURE.
SO WE GOTTA SEE WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
DON'T THINK WE GET I KNOW AS WELL, RIGHT.
BUT THAT MIGHT BE JUST KIND, SEE WHAT ALL YOU GUYS DOING.
AND I, I DO SAY THIS WITH ALL OF ALL THE, I'M NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK ILL OF ANY OTHER COUNTY, MOST OF THE COUNTY I WAY OF THE, AND THAT IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT CHARACTERISTIC.
I IF YOU, FOR HOW WE OUGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS.
AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT BETWEEN COMMISSIONER, JEFF, COMMISSIONER AND I, CONVERSATION THAT'S COUNTY I WOULD BE LOOKING AT IN TERMS HOW I THOUGHT I'D BE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME THINGS.
AND SO HE'S AWARE OF THOSE THINGS AND, AND OBVIOUSLY, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR BOARD, UH, BY HAVING ME COME AND MEET WITH THE COUNTIES AND WHAT I'M COMMITTING MYSELF TO DO IS WE, WE GOT SEPTEMBER FOR Y'ALL AND I'LL BE IN ANOTHER COUNTY NEXT MONTH AND IN NOVEMBER, ANOTHER COUNTY.
SO I CAN GET IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND JUST FAMILIARIZE EVERYBODY QUESTION ON THERE, LINE SAYS DISTRICT BOUND.
ALL OF THESE COUNTIES IN THE SAME DISTRICT.
YELLOW LINE SAYS DISTRICT, IS THAT Y'ALL'S DISTRICT? NO, THIS WOULD BE, UH, LIKE, OKAY, HERE'S THE, UH, Y'ALL WERE IN THIS DISTRICT, YOU'RE IN, UH, MESQUITE SMITH COUNTY OR THE, THE, THE TYLER DISTRICT GOES YEAH, EVERYTHING EAST ON THAT LINE, RIGHT? TYLER DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S A, ACTUALLY A POOR REPRESENTATION THAT SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY GONE UP HERE LIKE THAT.
SO IS, IS THAT A TDOT THING, THAT YELLOW LINE OR IS THAT YES.
SOMETHING TO DO WITH NET? NO, THAT'S A, THAT'S A T DOT.
SO EVERYTHING EAST OF THE YELLOW LINE AND IT ACTUALLY SHOULD GO UP HERE.
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I NEED TO HAVE THAT CORRECTED.'CAUSE ATLANTA DISTRICT IS ALL BASICALLY HERE.
TITUS IS IN ATLANTA CAMP MORRIS, THE BLUE, THE BLUE SHADED ARE ALL OF OUR COUNTIES.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE COUNTIES DOWN BELOW, ANDERSON, HENDERSON, OSH, AND SHELBY THAT ARE NOT IN, AND AT ONE TIME CAMP, I MEAN CAMP AND CASS WERE IN OUR JURISDICTION, THEY BACKED OUT.
UM, WELL THEY WERE MEMBERS, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN, IN THE SAME DISTRICT.
THEY'RE IN THE SAME TECH STOCK DISTRICT.
AND SO WE DON'T CONTROL HOW TECH STOCK.
YOU KNOW, WE, BUT I MEAN, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
Y'ALL ALIGNED WITH SOMETHING NEW WITH NO, IT'S, I'M SORRY.
SO COUNTY, WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTY OUTSIDE OF THE, THE T DISTRICT THAT THAT IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, Y'ALL WERE THE T STOP DISTRICT.
WE, WE, SO WE WORKED WITH THE TDO DISTRICTS, WHETHER THE TDOT DISTRICT IS UP HERE INCLUDED, YOU, WE WOULD BE WORKING ON YOUR BEHALF WORKING WITH T.
AND SO I MET WITH ALL THE ENGINEERS.
I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MR. UH, AND I'M GONNA DO THAT.
WELL, THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE KAMAN COUNTY HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE DALLAS DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT? AND IT'S, I DUNNO IF YOU'RE AWARE, UP UNTIL LAST YEAR WE HAD THE WORST PAYMENT SCORES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF THE DALLAS HISTORY.
ALL THE MONEY'S BEEN GOING TO HIGH FINES AND HOB LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE GOT GOOD PROGRESS GOING THERE, RIGHT? SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING BE A STEPCHILD OF MET OR A, LIKE WE WERE A STEPCHILD OF TEXTILE BECAUSE WE'RE OUTSIDE OF THAT DISTRICT.
WE'RE STILL IN THE DALLAS DISTRICT.
UH, AS LONG AS I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AS LONG YOU ON, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE A STEPCHILD.
ROBERT IS VERY ACTIVE AND HE MAKES IT KNOWN WHAT THE ISSUES OF KAUFMAN COUNTY ARE, UH, AT EVERY MEETING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL PLANNING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO HE'S A VERY GOOD REPRESENTATIVE.
AND I UNDERSTAND, I THINK THAT MEETING WITH JUDGE WOOD WHEN I FIRST CAME AND HE MET WITH MS. THOMAS, WHO WAS OUR CHAIR, SHE UNDERSTANDS IT.
I THINK THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, US 80 IS THE THING THAT IS THE KEY TO SO MUCH.
UM, BECAUSE I, AND I THINK WE ALL TALK ABOUT I 20, THAT I 20 IS GOING TO MAKE ME EXPANDED AT SOME POINT, BUT THEY CAN'T OVERLOOK 80, UH, BECAUSE IT TOUCHES SO MANY COMMUNITIES.
BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AND I, I DO SAY THAT AND I CAN'T, WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK, WE'VE SPENT OUR MONEY STEPPED UP FOR MONEY.
SO WE'RE, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN HELP US.
WE JUST, YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RT C FOLKS.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET A COPY OF OUR, UH, THE COURT INFORM APPROVED, UH, ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, OUR FORMAL, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN WITH STUDY.
WE DID THOROUGH PARK PLANNING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
PLUS WE STUDIED IN THE US A AS WELL.
IT WENT FROM THE DALLAS COUNTY LINE TO, UH, VAN COUNTY LINE.
NOW, THAT BEING SAID, DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN CAROL AND LOT OF TIME SPENT, BUT WE MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS GET A COPY OF THAT AND THOSE ARE DOWN BEING BOUND.
AND UH, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE ANY DEPTH ANYBODY CAN GIVE US AND UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED, UH, UH, THAT WE DIDN'T GET FUNDED, UH, A LITTLE BIT THIS TIME, BUT, UH, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT A PLAN IS IN PLACE TO, TO MAKE THAT PROCESS MAYBE A LITTLE MORE, UH, TRANSPARENT OR WHATEVER.
AND, AND I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE ONE LAST FINAL THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FOCUS FOR THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS TRYING TO GET THE TOLL.
AND THE TOLL NOW IS IN A PLACE WHERE WE'RE IN EMPLOYMENT FOR, AND THEN WE START, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO.
AND SO NOW IT'S A TRANSITION TO THE PERMANENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GETTING OUT, SELLING THE IDEA THAT THERE'S OTHER WAYS OF HELPING OUT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I INTEND TO KEEP APPRECIATE.
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YOU COMING? UH, NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND THAT IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING MARK ED AS RESURFACING THE SOUTHERN PART 2 57 AND CLOSING OFF ACCESS FOR APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS.THIS IS NOT MARK FIVE STREET DRIVE, TEXAS.
WE'RE THE ENGINEER THAT WORKS WITH
THIS WHITE SHEET SHOWS THE PROPOSED NEXT PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT.
SHE SUBMITTED THOSE CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
AND THERE'S ALSO A SMALL PHASE SEVEN EIGHT ENDS UP BEING ABOUT 299 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, ISDS ALSO UNDER JUST CONSTRUCTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
UM, SO WE WANT TO BREAK DOWN OUR PORTION AND MAKE END OF OCTOBER FOR EXCAVATION.
SO THAT REQUIRES US TO RECONSIDER RELOCATION OF THIS TEMPORARY ORDER THAT'S WE'RE TODAY.
ONE OPTION WAS TO RELOCATE IT TO THE EAST A LITTLE BIT, GO ABOUT A HALF MILE UP TO THE EXISTING CONCRETE THAT'S AT HOMETOWN.
THIS, THIS COLOR EXHIBIT SHOWED YOU KIND OF A BIG PICTURE.
THE OTHER THING WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK WAS POTENTIAL NINE MONTH CLOSURE OF THE TEMPORARY NORTHERN PIECE.
REBUILD THE EXISTING 2 57 DOWN 27 57 ABOUT SOUTHERN HALF.
SOUTHERN HALF IS FAIRLY ROUGH.
SINGLE LANE DRIVABLE RIGHT NOW.
IS DRIV A SIGN THAT SAYS WHEN IT'S WET? SO WE WOULD, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE, WHAT KIND OF ROAD ARE Y'ALL GONNA UH, WE DID GRAVEL ON THE NICE TIGHT GRAVEL ON THE TEMPORARY FOR HOLDING UP PRETTY WELL.
A LITTLE BIT OF MAINTENANCE HEAVY EQUIP OUT THERE WHEN WE THE PREVIOUS IT UP PRETTY WELL ON TODAY.
YEAH, THEY BUILT THAT PART UP DOWN.
IT'S ABOUT 10, 12 INCHES OF ROCK TO A LITTLE BIT.
YES, THEY TOOK CARE OF ALL THAT.
DIDN'T ANY DID AND REQUESTED 18 FOOT WIDE AND I BELIEVE 16 TONS, TWO FAMILIES ONLY ON THAT ROAD.
IT GIVE THEM, UH, ACCESS, EMERGENCY BENEFITS EVEN CAN'T GO DOWN.
THE ROADS HAS THEIR METERING STATION, BUT THEY HAVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION TO UH, APPROVE.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY.
ITEM NUMBER NINE AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, HAS BEEN UH, REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF JUDGE SMITH.
AND THIS IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE FEE INCREASE FROM $10 TO $25
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FOR THE ON ONSITE SEWAGE FACILITY.MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, ANNUAL RENEWAL FEES AFFECTED ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2016.
THIS WAS AN ITEM WE HAD DISCUSSED, UH, BACK DURING, IN OUR BUDGET SESSION.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, HERE AND UH, BRIEFLY GIVE US UH, AN UPDATE.
THIS YOU SAID WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS SEVERAL TIMES.
I SHOULD GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THIS.
I DID ANOTHER STUDY AND, UH, THE 25 PUT US ACTUALLY BELOW DEADLINE NORM FOR THE SURROUNDING.
I WOULDN'T WANNA GO UP TOO MUCH AT ONE TIME.
AND ALSO AS A, UH, SECONDARY PROPOSAL ON THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW
SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE, UH, CONTRACTS SEVERAL MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
WE RAN INTO THIS ISSUE WHEN WE FIRST IMPLEMENTED THE 10 PROPOSAL.
SO, AND THIS IS INSTEAD OF FUNDING TAX MONEY, THIS WOULD BE FUNDING FEES THAT COVER ANY OTHER MOTION? HAVE THE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECONDS.
ALL ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PAYING INVOICE NUMBER FIFTY EIGHT FIFTY SEVEN SEVEN CALL AUTO LAST IN $1,075 OUT THE STATE ASSET DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT.
AND THIS IS DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE FOR A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE.
SO, UH, THE REASON Y'ALL ARE SAYING THAT ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A UP DEAL WITH THE, WITH THE SHERIFF.
THIS BY HONOR PHILLIPS MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE PAPER? SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? UH, NUMBER 12 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN HEALTH PARTNERS INCORPORATED.
THE BUSINESS IS SAP, VISTA HEALTH COMMUNITY INCORPORATED.
ALRIGHT, WELL THIS EXISTING CONTRACT WE'RE IN, RIGHT? THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR BUDGET HEARING IS THEY'RE GONNA PICK UP MENTAL HEALTH AND GIVE UP THE POSITION ALSO.
KAREN, IS THIS GONNA SAY THIS? IT IT'S ABOUT A, A WALK.
IT, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO A THERE MIGHT BE ONE YES.
INSTEAD OF HAVING AN AND I THINK IT'LL BE STREAMLINED AND A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR US.
AND THE REASON WHY, UH, WE DON'T HAVE OUR DOCTORS TALKING ABOUT THIS CONTRACT.
THINK IT'LL BE A LOT EASIER FOR, ALRIGHT, WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER
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SHANE AND I SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DID THE FIRST COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, JASMINE HOLLAND TO PRESENT A, UH, SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 30 1007 68 FROM THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE THROUGH THE LIBRARY.
UM, WHAT PROMPTED ME TO WRITE THIS GRANT IS WHEN WE SEE LIKE THE DOLLAR TREE AND THE WALMART AND THAT COME INTO THE COUNTY AND PEOPLE COME INTO THE LIBRARY TO APPLY FOR THESE JOBS.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SIX PUBLIC COMPUTERS, UM, AVAILABLE FOR FREE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND USE THESE COMPUTERS.
AND BECAUSE THAT JOB, UM, FILLING OUT THOSE APPLICATIONS, CREATING THOSE RESUMES, UM, THE TESTING THAT SOME APPLICATIONS REQUIRE, WE ALLOW THEM AN HOUR, BUT THEY NEED MORE.
SO THUS I WROTE THIS GRANT TO ENHANCE THE JOB SEEKING, UM, EXPERIENCE AT THE LIBRARY TO MAKE IT A ONE STOP SHOP WHERE YOU CAN COME IN, APPLY FOR THE JOB, IF YOU NEED TO FAX, UM, SCAN RESUMES OR ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THAT PROCESS, THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO IT ALL THERE.
AND THEN YOU LEAVE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PROCESS IS COMPLETE.
BUT TO SUBMIT BACK IN AND CHECKING EMAIL ON THE UPDATES.
UM, THIS GRANT IS THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY FUNDED THROUGH THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES.
IT'S FOR $31,000 AND 768 31 7 68.
THE MINIMUM THAT THAT THE GRANT, UM, REQUIRES US TO DO IS 10 CORP STATIONS, FIVE LAPTOPS.
UM, A COPIER THAT SCANS FAXES, UM, COPIES, UM, WIRELESS PRINTING, UM, FOR THE PATRONS AS WELL.
ANOTHER INITIATIVE OF THE GRANT IS, UM, AFTER EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE, IS TO ACTUALLY TEACH JOB SEARCHING CLASSES, BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS.
UM, CREATING RESUMES AT LEAST TWO MONTHS.
SO HOPEFULLY IN THE SPRING AFTER EVERYTHING IS SET UP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I'M ASKING THE COURT TO, UM, JUST TO REVIEW THAT AND ACCEPT IT.
UH, IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT.
UM, IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, I THINK THERE'S SOME STIPULATIONS WHERE WE CAN GO IN AND GET THE MONEY UP FRONT.
QUESTIONS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS FOR GOING AFTER THE GRANT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JASMINE? WON ANY? NO, THAT'S WHAT SHE'S, WE'LL JUST CREATE A LINE ITEM FOR THAT GRANT REGARD.
THERE'S A FOR SO MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO APPROVE THE UH, GRANT.
SHOULD I HAVE A SECOND DEFENSE COMMISSIONER? SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOWING FACILITIES TO RECYCLE MATERIALS TO MOVE DURING NOVATION OF SOUTH CAMPUS IN ACCORD.
CODE SIX THREE DISPOSAL, UH, A FOR THREE MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A RECYCLING UNDER WHICH PROPERTY COLLECTED, SEPARATED ARE PROCESSED AND RETURN TO USE IN THE FORM OF RAW MATERIALS IN THE, UH, PRODUCTION OF NEW PRODUCTS.
BUT
I THINK Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF ALL THE RENOVATIONS THAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE.
UM, THEY HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT AND UH, THEY FEEL LIKE IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO TAKE INTO THE RECYCLING AND, AND POSSIBLY FOR IT THAT WAY.
TRYING TO PUT IT IN THE AUCTION.
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HAVE A MOTION TO A MOTION.COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS CONSIDER CHANGING PERSONNEL HANDBOOK.
PAGE 16 OF 86 REGARDING THE REHIRE OF FORMER EMPLOYEES, SPECIFICALLY THE REHIRE OF RETIRED EMPLOYEES AND ITS POLICY SECTION A.
THE RETIREE HAS BEEN RETIRED FOR AT LEAST SIX CALENDAR MONTHS.
CHANGED TO RETIREE, HAS BEEN RETIRED FOR AT LEAST 30 CALENDAR DAYS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND IT SHOULD BE ON PAGE 12 OF 68.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD DO THAT, UH, JUST BE PART-TIME SEASONAL WORK ONLY, NOT A FULL-TIME POSITION.
WELL HE'S TALKING ABOUT PROPER NOTICE THAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT HE OVER AT ME.
'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'VE, GIVEN EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE HANDBOOK AND I HAVEN'T GOT THAT WITH ME.
DOES IT DELINEATE SEASONAL? ORPS IT JUST SAY I THINK WE'RE FINE.
INSTEAD OF THE 30 CALENDAR DAYS, I WOULD SUGGEST IT BEING THE ONE FULL CALENDAR A MONTH.
UM, THE RETIREMENT INSTEAD OF DAYS, MONTH INSTEAD OF DAYS, IT HAS TO BE ONE FULL CALENDAR MONTH.
AND SO IT TRACK THE SAME LANGUAGE ONE CALENDAR PER MONTH AND THEN WHERE HE'S ASKING ABOUT IS THIS, HE, UM, WHAT COMMISSIONER WAS ASKING IS THAT IT WOULDN'T BE FULL TIME AVAILABLE.
IS THIS, IS THIS, LEMME ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, MA IS FINE, WRONG, FINE AS FAR AS NOTICE.
SO NOW THE SECOND QUESTION IS REALLY Y'S DISCUSSION IF YOU WANT LIMIT IT SOME OTHER WAY.
SO WHAT I WAS JUST ASKING WAS WHAT THE, UH, POLICY WAS THAT SHE WANTED ATTRACTIVE LANGUAGE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE, AS YOU'RE SAYING, SO FOR THE LANGUAGE, IT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR TCR.
SO ACCORDING TO THEM, YOU'RE NOT FULLY SEPARATED UNLESS YOU'RE, UM, SEPARATED FROM THE COUNTY FOR AT LEAST ONE FOUR A MONTH.
YOU CAN'T BE CONTRIBUTING OR YOU CAN'T BE, I JUST WANNA LET LET THIS BECOME SOMETHING WHERE SOMEONE COULD RETIRE THEIR JOB RIGHT BACK.
AND I DON'T KNOW THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GET THEIR RETIREMENT CHECK IF THEY COME BACK.
I DUNNO THAT THEY THEY CAN, THEY CAN.
UNLESS, UNLESS IT'S UM, SOONER THAN THAT ONE FULL.
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU STILL DO IT FOR PART-TIME OR SEASONAL OR I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KIND OF DO A WIN DEAL AND EXACTLY.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND BONAFIDE SEPARATION.
BUT, BUT I THINK COMMISSIONER ALLEN IS SAYING IS THAT WITH THE SIX MONTH, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY HAVE A BONAFIDE SEPARATION.
SO HE WANTS SOME OTHER LANGUAGE PERHAPS SO THAT HE CAN ENSURE THAT IT IS A BONIFIED SEPARATION IF NOT THE MONTH PLUS SOMETHING ELSE.
IF I KNOW THEY CAN'T COME BACK FULL TIME, WE'VE GOT THAT STUFF IN THERE.
IT'S PARTTIME SEASONAL, RIGHT? NOT JUST SAY NOT FULL TIME.
SO YOU'RE SAYING YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT THAT ALREADY IN THERE.
I THINK WHAT WE CAN'T HEAR Y'ALL, WE CAN'T HEAR Y'ALL JUST SO WE CAN, I JUST ASKED YOU, UH, THE QUESTION WHY DID WE STAY WITH THE SIX FOUR MONTHS IS WHAT I ASKED YOU.
UM, I I THINK THAT COMES FROM TCRS.
WE ACTUALLY PUT IN A CALL TO TCRS AND THEY SUGGESTED US NOT TO CHANGE THE SIX MONTHS.
UM, SO THAT JUST GOING GOES IN MIND WITH THE IFIED SEPARATION.
AND MY REASON FOR DOING THIS, I I WAS TELLING SHANE YOU HAD A A MAN RETIRED BACK YEAR, THEN WE LOSE AOR OPERATOR.
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RETIRED FOUR MONTHS.BUT I CAN'T HIRE NEED SOMEONE QUALIFIED CERTIFIED WORK DOESN'T DONE IF THIS BE FULL WORKING IT A SPECIALIZED TYPE.
THAT DID TELL US I ROCKWELL COUNTY, WE, SOME OF US CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SO I DID LOOK INTO ROCKWALL COUNTY'S POLICY AND AND THEIR POLICY DOES, UM, IT'S, THEY HAVE IT ONE CALENDAR MONTH, BUT I TALKED TO T AS THIS MORNING AND THEY SUGGESTED WE KEEP IT AS AT THE SIX MONTH, BUT IT'S NOT VIOLATING A RULE.
IT'S NOT VIOLATING A RULE IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO DO, DO ONE FULL CALENDAR.
SUGGESTING THAT WE, OUR RETIREMENTS THE COUNTY, TEXAS COUNTY DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEM, BUT WE'RE NOT FOUR TIMES AND WE COULD DO ANY NUMBER IN BETWEEN.
WE COULD DO 90 DAYS, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT MORE
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU FOUR TIMES THEY'RE STILL STILL SOME TO OUR RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
SO IT IS GOING TO GET BACK AS THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM ONLY IF HE ONLY WORKS, HE HAS TO WORK UNDER 30 HOURS.
YEAH, JUST I'M TALKING PART-TIME.
BUT I THINK KAREN'S POINT OUT THE ABUSE THAT HAPPEN AND THE PERSON CAN START ACCRUING RETIREMENT TIME THOSE MONTHS IF THEY HIT THE THIRD.
THAT'S, I DON'T PUT A STIPULA IN THERE.
SO WHAT'S YOUR SUGGESTED PLAN LOOKING AT YOUR PAGE? WELL LOOK AT MY PAGE AT THE END.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UH, IF WE GO THREE CALENDAR MONTHS, THAT'S THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.
I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT SIX MONTHS.
IT JUST, SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE IT'S TOO LONG, RIGHT? UH, I DON'T MIND IN THREE MONTHS.
UH, RETIRE HASN'T BEEN Y'ALL THAT LONG.
UH, SEASONAL WORK, NOT FULLTIME.
MUST BE OUR ESTATE MUST BE UNDER 30 HOURS.
AND THAT WILL KEEP THEM FROM GOING BACK INTO, DON'T EVEN THINK THE STATE EVEN GOES THAT LONG.
SO NOW YOU GOT A NEIGHBOR THAT RETURNED FROM THE STATE JOB TEACHER RETIRE.
TEACHER RETIREMENTS HAVE TO BE OUT A YEAR.
UM, I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE, SO I DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW THAT SHE, YOU HAVE, BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT WE'RE NOT IN VIOLATION AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE ONE MONTH AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO HAVE IT MEET A NEED.
I DO LIKE THE, THE, UH, QUALIFICATION TO HAVE IT UNDER THE 30 HOURS.
SO THAT, I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE AUDITOR CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING MONEY IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT RIGHT.
IT'S AFFECTING OUR UN MUST BE UNDER 30 HOURS.
MAY, MAY I SUGGEST MAYBE THAT WE'RE, WE'VE GOT TWO OR THREE OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY THAT MAYBE WE TABLE THIS FOR TODAY AND THEN COME BACK AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CORRECTING AND EVERYTHING CIRCLING.
AND, UH, SO TIFFANY, IF YOU'LL GET THROUGH, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND THE DA'S OFFICE.
SO I HAVE A MOTION TABLE, WE'LL HAVE ON THE AGENDA NEXT 19TH HAVE A MOTION.
I DO I MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN THE TABLE TO, WE WORK OUT TO FIND DETAILS ON THIS AND THEY HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, UH, AN ITEM TO, UH, DISCUSS OR CONSIDER A RESOLUTION REGARDING OPPOSITION OF UNFUNDED MANDATES AT THE, UH, RECENT, UH, THAT I MISSED.
UH, THIS WAS A, A RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN SENT OUT BY T UH, URGING COMMISSIONER COURT
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TO CONSIDER PASSING THIS AND IS SIMPLY JUST SAYING THAT WE UPHOLD ANY UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES.UH, BECAUSE OUR LEGISLATURE AND FEDERAL, FEDERAL, UH, CONGRESS AS WELL HAS A HABIT OF, UH, MAYBE UNINTENDED BUT PASSING LEGISLATION THAT MAY NOT BE BAD.
THEY GONNA GIVE US THE MONEY TO DO IT WITH.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD OPPOSE THIS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS FROM MY, UH, MEETING THAT I ATTENDED.
THIS IS GOING BE PROBABLY, UH, ONE OF THE VERY TOP, UH, ITEMS THAT TEXAS ASSOCIATION COUNTIES AND, UH, THE COUNTY JUDGES COMMISSIONERS WILL BE OPPOSING.
THIS NEXT IS MAKING SURE ANY LEGISLATION THAT'S PASSED THAT HAVE A, UH, THEY PAY FOR IT.
KAREN JUDGE WOOD, UH, TAX SENT ME A SURVEY TO ASK ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UN MANDATED UNFUNDED I A 30 PRETTY LENGTHY SURVEY AND I HAD TO PRINT LOTS OF REPORTS ABOUT THAT THICK TO COME UP WITH THE NUMBERS THAT THEY NEEDED TO KNOW AND IT WAS KIND OF, UH, COMPLEX AND WAS IN LIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED PAYOUT.
THAT'S MANDATED TO US, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.
YEAH, BUT YOU ON THEIR I'M SURE THERE WILL BE.
AND WE'LL ALSO SEND COPIES TO OUR SENATOR AND OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH.
WE NEED TO MOTION SECOND MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER.
AND UH, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN ELECTRONIC RECORDING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN E RECORDING PARTNERS NETWORK, LLC AND KAMAN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR ELECTRONIC, UH, RECORDING AND REAL PROPERTY DOCUMENTS IS EACH, THIS IS THE SAME CONTRACT THAT WE'VE USED WITH OUR TWO OTHER REPORTING PARTNERS AND REBECCA HAS LOOKED AT IT LIKE SAID IS IDENTICAL TO THE OTHER ONE THAT WE, I JUST ASK THAT TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT SO THEY CAN BECOME A SUBMITTED DOCUMENT MOTION.
THANK I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION YOU MIGHT HAVE? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPLYING FOR A 2017, UH, TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOR TWO 75,000 AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A COUNTY NOW TO APPLY AND I'LL LET PAM EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS.
IN THE PAST, THIS GRANT HAS BEEN MAINLY OPEN TO WATER SUPPLY COMPANIES DOING WATER IMPROVEMENT.
SO WE SPONSORED ELMO IN THE PAST.
WE'RE SPONSORING ABEL SPRINGS RIGHT NOW.
UM, LAST YEAR COMMUNITIES WERE, WE'RE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR RODENT AND DRAINAGE.
AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY AS A COUNTY.
UM, IT IS BASED ON LOW INCOME.
THE CITY OF ROSSER HAD CERTAIN STREETS THAT QUALIFY.
THEY ARE STARTING PROGRESS ON OUR STREETS, GETTING THEM DONE.
UM, KEMP AND SCURRY, I BELIEVE ALSO WILL HAVE IMPROVEMENTS DONE WITH SOME OF THEIR FUNDING THAT THEY GOT.
IT'S A 75 GRANT WITH AN FROM THE THOUSAND 750.
IF THE COUNTY, UM, WERE TO APPLY, WE, UM, WE WOULD WANT TO PROCURE THE, UM, THE SERVICES OF A GRANT COMPANY.
GRANT WORKS AND, UM, THIS IS A VERY IN-DEPTH AND DETAIL GRANT AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HANDLE OURS AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.
UM, THEN WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO, UH, PROCURE A ENGINEER.
NOW THEY WOULD DO THE APPLICATION AND THE ENGINEER WOULD DO THE BUDGET.
IT WOULD NOT COST US ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE ADS THAT WE HAVE TO RUN IN THE PAPER IF WE'RE NOT FUNDED.
IF WE ARE FUNDED, THEN IT WOULD BE 11% WOULD BE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION COST.
AND THEN IF YOU DO DRAINAGE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGINEER.
IF YOU ONLY USE STREETS, THEN YOU AS COMMISSIONERS,
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YOU COULD DO THE WORK YOURSELF OR WE COULD PUT THE JOB OUT FOR BID.AND IF WE DO DRAINAGE, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGINEER COME IN AND WE AT THAT AND, AND SO, SO 275,000 ADMINISTRATION AND ENGINEER, 75,000 WOULD BE THE AWARD.
AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION COST WOULD BE ABOUT 11%.
THAT'S GONNA RUN PROBABLY ABOUT $30,000.
AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO DRAINAGE, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT USING, AND THAT WOULD BE UP TO 12%.
THERE'S A PERCENTAGE UP TO, AND THEN OF COURSE HER 13,750 MATCH THAT THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH.
SO IF, IF WE DIDN'T DO DRAINAGE AND WE JUST HAD THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE MATCH, WE WOULD BE GETTING ABOUT $231,000 WORTH OF
WERE WE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE GRANT WOULD JUST ALLOW US TO BUY MATERIALS? IT'LL, IT'LL USE THEIR EQUIPMENT TOO.
YOU COULD DO THE WORK IN EVERYTHING.
OR YOU COULD HIRE SOMEONE TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WHEN WE, AFTER THAT GRANT, WE HAVE TO TURN IN THE PROJECTS WHERE GONNA DO IT? WE DO.
AND SO WE FIRST STEP IS TO PROCURE THE ENGINEER OR THE, THE, THE, UH, ENGINEER AND THE, UH, COMPANY TO HELP US.
AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY'LL DO AN EVALUATION AND THEY'LL SEE WHERE THE INCOME AREAS WOULD BE IF IT WAS ALL, AND IN THOSE AREAS, ALL AREAS THAT WOULD ABLE TO BE DONE.
SO IT'S ABOUT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES OR THAT'S WHAT THE GRANT, THEY'LL GO THROUGH, WORK WITH THE, AND THEY'LL GO TO THE CENSUS STATEMENT, THE CENSUS BLOCK AND DETERMINE WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE IN THE COUNTY.
TAKE DOOR TO DOOR ALSO IN OUR WE DO THAT.
WE DO THAT FIRST AND THEN WE DETERMINE THAT WE CAN DO A ROAD, SOMETHING IN THAT AREA.
AND UH, BUT IT DOES OUT ROLLS OUTSIDE AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE NO, NO, BUT THIS QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO PAY, I MEAN IT'S GONNA COST US 13 TO 15,000 OR SOMETHING IF WE RECEIVE IT.
IF WE RECEIVE IT, DON'T RECEIVE IT.
IT DOESN'T COST US THE COST US THE COST OF TWO ADS.
FILL IN THE PAPER, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, THE INTENT TO APPLY.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE MOTION.
I MAY COME BACK AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND MAKE SURE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE MCC, THE PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PREPARE AN APPLICATION ON BEHALF BE SUBMITTED.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE SECOND THAT.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, WILL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, KAREN, I KNOW WANTED TO PRESENT SOME INFORMATION.
UH, ARE YOU GONNA BE PREPARED TO DO THAT? OH, THE EXECUTIVE.
I KNOW WHAT SHE WANTS TO PRESENT.
AND I KNOW IF, IS THERE SOMETHING, DO YOU TAKE CARE? DO YOU WANNA I THOUGHT WE JUST TAKE A BREAK, RIGHT? UHHUH? I THINK SO.
AND THEN IF SHE'S NOT HERE, WE CAN GO BACK AND ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND, UH, SHE'S NOT HERE.
I THINK IT A MORE COMPLETE, SHE SHE WAS ACTUALLY THERE.
SHE'S, SHE'S HERE IF YOU WANT GO INTO SHORT PERIOD MONEY.
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WELL, WE CAN DO THAT OR WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND WHILE WAITING TILL SHE WALKS IN, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS WE MAY BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND DO BEFORE YOUR PLEASURE, JUDGE.UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, 23 IS LINE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I WANT ASK ON THESE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS? I HAD ONE.
HIGHWAY PATROL MORE THAN 1600 CHAIR.
WELL, IT WAS, IT WAS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN THAT.
AND UM, THEY WERE BUYING 12 CHAIRS AND I SAID, WHY DO THE TWO SECRETARIES AND THE 12 CHAIRS? SO THEY, THEY CAME OFF THAT TWO, UH, THE TWO CHAIRS WERE FOUR ORIGINALLY.
I MEAN, WAIT, WE GOT DOWN TWO, FOUR, RIGHT? I DON'T REMEMBER.
LISA, DO YOU REMEMBER THE CHAIRS? THE NUMBER OF CHAIRS EXACTLY FOUR.
THEY, THEY ORDERED, THEY TRIED TO ORDER 12 AND WE KICKED IT BACK AND THEY ENDED UP ORDERING FOUR, WENT THROUGH A LOOKS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD WENT AHEAD AND ORDERED THEM AND LISA GOT THE INVOICE AND BROUGHT IT TO ME AND I SAID, PAYING DIDN'T FOLLOW PROCEDURES.
AND THEY, WELL IT WASN'T ACTUALLY INVOICED AT THAT TIME.
THAT WAS THE FURMAN'S $3,000 APPROVAL.
AND UH, LISA SENT AN EMAIL TO PROVE TO 'EM THAT THE SAME LADY THAT ONE OF THESE HAD FILLED OUT PURCHASE ORDERS AND I SAID, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT BUYING 1412 SHARES AND WE ONLY HAD TWO SECONDARIES.
SO WE THE, UH, UNDOUBTEDLY THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD TRANSFERRED MONEY OUT OF THAT OFFICE INTO COMMUNICATION AND THEY ASKED FOR THE DIRECT, THE OFFICERS DID.
SO WE HAD DONE THAT, THAT QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTION FROM LINE ITEM TRANSFER? I'LL A MOTION TO APPROVE.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN PHILLIPS MOTION.
ALL NEXT ITEM BEFORE WE GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.
DO YOU HAVE PARENT CAN GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION.
ALRIGHT, I'M GLAD Y'ALL ARE SITTING DOWN BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO, UH, THE TIME CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 3,000,140 2084 1 MILLION.
SO I JUST THOUGHT I BETTER TELL YOU UP FRONT YOUR EMPLOYEE INSURANCE IS 488 AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS TO VARIOUS ACCOUNTS WAS 310.
THAT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE, WHAT THAT WAS MADE UP OF.
I THINK YOU GOT A COPY OF THAT SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE BILLS? OKAY, ON PAGE 15 OF GREG, THAT I, THAT'S A BIG PACKET, SIR.
WHAT? THAT WAS FOR THE TAX OFFICE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK UP NOW TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 19 AND MOTION TO, UH, ENTER INTO SESSION.
SO THAT MOTION AND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECONDS AND REASON NOTE THAT THE TIME IS 10 45 AND, UH, IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSED.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE EXECUTIVE IS PURSUANT CODE SEVEN ONE CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY REGARDING THE PENDING
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OR CONTEMPLATING THE LITIGATION AND THEY'RE A SETTLEMENT REGARDING LITIGATION FROM COUNTY AND BOBBY.SO TO THAT POINT AND UH, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND, UH, I BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND THE TIME WAS 1105.
UH, AM ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 19.
AND WE ALL HAVE THE UNANIMOUS BOAT TO THE EXIT.
SO NOW NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER 22 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TAKING ANY ACTION NEEDED AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ALLOW OUR, UH, DA TO, UH, EXECUTE A CHAPTER 11 AGREEMENT WITH THANK, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE TO ALLOW THE, UH, TO AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO EXERCISE RULE 11.
UH, CONSIDER THIS ISSUE TO HAVE A SECOND, MR. ALLEN.
SECOND, YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE'VE ALREADY CONDUCTED ITEM, UH, NUMBER 23 AND 24.
DID HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? RECONVENE A MOTION.
MR. PHILLIPS AND A SECOND PROMPT DISCUSSION.