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ALL RIGHT.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU THIS MORNING TO A REGULAR MEETING OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER STEWART.
TODAY IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 26TH, UH, 2016.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH US HERE THIS MORNING.
THIS IS, UH, NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE WILL BE THE, UH, NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK.
WE'VE ENJOYED A VERY NICE BREAKFAST AT THE FOUR H, UH, CLUB, AND, UH, SPONSORS HAVE PROVIDED WITH US THIS MORNING.
WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING THEM HERE JUST IN A MOMENT.
UH, IF YOU THERE, IF THERE IS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WISH TO ADDRESS, THERE'S SOME SIGN IN SHEETS BACK ON THE TABLE, UH, BY THE DOOR, AND YOU CAN FILL ONE THOSE OUT.
IF THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UH, THEY'RE LISTED ON THE AGENDAS, WHICH WILL PROVIDED FOR YOU.
SO, UH, IF YOU'LL DO THAT AS SOON AS YOU CAN, AS WE BEGIN THE AGENDA, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE WILL GIVE OUR INDICATION AND WE'LL HAVE OUR PLEDGES.
SO IF EVERYBODY WILL STAND, WE TODAY COME TO YOU, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS HER ACCORDING, AS WE DO THE BUSINESS OF OUR COUNTY.
WE ALSO ASK YOU TO BLESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY DO, DO THEIR JOBS, SEND THEM HOME SAFE.
ALSO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE.
AND WE ALSO WANT THANK YOU FOR THE LIEN THAT YOU SENT ALSO TODAY.
JUST THANK YOU FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP THIS MORNING WITH FOUR H TO PROVIDE A BREAKFAST AND TELL US ABOUT THEIR LIVES AS THEY WILL BE OUR NEXT LEADERS IN OUR COUNTIES.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONE NATION INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR ON THE TEXAS SIDE P ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, BE INDIVISIBLE.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, THE ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, UH, TO HAND OUT UNLESS, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SHERIFF, IF YOU WANT, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT, UH, NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR.
UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, FIVE ITEMS THERE.
ONE WOULD BE THE ITEM I JUST MENTIONED, THE TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR THE FOUR H COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONER COURT TO SIGN APPRO FOR CLAIMING OCTOBER THE SECOND THROUGH THE EIGHTH, 2016, AS NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK FOR KAMAN COUNTY.
ALSO, B IS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FROM THE WAFER COUNTY ELECTRIC TO CONSTRUCT 138 KB ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION FACILITIES ACROSS COUNTY ROAD TWO 40, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE SAMUEL ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 2 33, KNOWN AS THE COFFMAN ROAD IN COFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT THREE.
UH, C IS TO DISCUSS AND ACCEPT THE, UH, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON ACCOUNTS COMPILATION REPORT FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
UH, D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING DEPUTATION OF BILLY J. VALENTINE AS A DEPUTY FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND E IS A, UH, FROM LORETA WILLIAMS TO PRESENT ACCEPT THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR MAY, JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST OF 2016.
UH, ANY COURT MEMBER, ANY MEMBER
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HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE'LL MAKE A PRESENTATION HERE.JUST A MOMENT OF THE, UH, PROCLAMATION THAT WE SIGNED.
MOTION MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER S THAT WE, UH, APPROVE ALL THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COMMISSIONER THE MOTION, AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
SO IN KEEPING WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO COME DOWN TO THE FRONT AND, UH, WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THE FOUR H CLUB.
SO COMMISSIONER TODAY I WOULD LIKE, UH, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, CONSIDERING THE NATIONAL FOUR H, UH, WEEK PROCLAMATION FROM OUR COUNCIL OFFICERS.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM FIRST, IT'S GONNA BE SETH MAXWELL FROM THE SCREW ROGER AREA, RYAN MATTON FROM NORTH TERRELL, AND KEVIN
UM, ALSO I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST THIS MORNING.
UM, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE WITH, DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE FOUR H PROGRAM IN KAMAN COUNTY, WE HAVE ONE RETURNING ONE OF OUR FOUR HF FOUR H AND FFA MEMBERS, UM, FROM THE CHARLESTON STATE UNIVERSITY.
AMY HATCHER IS, UH, MAJORING IN EDUCATION THERE AND HAS CHOSEN KAUFFMAN COUNTY IS WHERE HE WILL BE DOING HIS INTERNSHIP FOR EXTENSION, UM, EDUCATION.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIS, UH, TUTELAGE AND HIS NEW IDEAS COMING TO THE FOUR H PROGRAM, UM, AND HELPING OUT OUR FOUR H LEADERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR AN AGENT THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR 18 YEARS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I NEED TO GATHER NEW, UM, NEW IDEAS.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT A YOUNG PERSON HAS JUST WENT THROUGH COLLEGE AND IS EXCITED ABOUT COMING OUT AND WORKING WITH THE VOLUNTEERS WE HAVE AT KAMAN COUNTY.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IN LAST YEAR, KAUFFMAN COUNTY VOLUNTEERS, THEY WORKED WITH OVER 12,000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN KAMAN COUNTY AND CONTRIBUTED OVER 6,500 HOURS IN THEIR VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
THAT'S A TOTAL GIVE BACK TO THE KAMAN COUNTY OF OVER $140,000 BY FOCUSING ON HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH TODAY, THE KAMAN COUNTY FOR PROGRAM HOPES TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE CAN EXCEL IN HAD EXCELLED.
LAST YEAR WAS NOTED IN THAT IN OVER $20,000 IN PRIZES, MONEY AND SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO KAUFFMAN COUNTY YOUTH AS A RESULT OF THEIR SUCCESSFUL PROJECT WORK.
NOW, THE SCHOLARSHIPS ON THAT, WE HAD 300 INDIVIDUALS LAST YEAR THAT JUST THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS ALONE TOTAL OVER 40,000, UH, CA UH, CAITLYN PAAL RECEIVED THE, UM, HOUSTON BLACKSTOCK AND SCHOLARSHIP WITH THE, UH, FOUR H FOUNDATION THAT TOTALED $20,000 A MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAD HANNAH ELLA FROM UP NEAR THE POETRY AREA, HER SCHOLARSHIP, THROUGH THE FOUR H PROGRAM AND THROUGH FARM BUREAU AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHERS, LIKE THROUGH HER FOUR H WORK TOLD OVER 15,000.
SO IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE VOLUNTEERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE COMING BACK AND WORKING WITH OUR YOUNG, UH, YOUNG ADULTS.
I'LL CALL YOU YOUNG ADULTS, UH, IN THE COFFEE COUNTY.
SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU, KEVIN, RYAN, AND SETH TO PRESENT YOUR POPULATION, AND I HOPE THAT SOME OF YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, ANDY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
DID YOU WANNA READ IT OR DO YOU WANT OUR YOUNG WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A SIGNED COPY.
UNFORTUNATELY, COMMISSIONER ALLEN IS OUT TODAY ATTENDING A FEW.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET HIS NAME ON HERE AND I CAN GIVE THAT TO YOU LATER TIME, BUT, OKAY, HERE IT IS IF YOU WANT, LOOK AT IT.
SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE, AND THAT WOULD BE FINE.
COUNTY IS PROUD TO HONOR THE FOUR HE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR TEXAS A AND MARINE LIFE EXTENSION SERVICE FOR 108 YEARS OF PROVIDING EXPERIENCE BASED EDUCATION TO YOUNGSTERS THROUGHOUT THE LONE STAR STATE.
AND WHEREAS THIS ABNORMAL PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR, FOR THE WHOLE CHILD, INCLUDING HEAD, HEART, HANDS, AND HEALTH, HELPS YOUNG TEXANS TO REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE TO DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS AND FORM ATTITUDES TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF-DIRECTED, PRODUCTIVE IN CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY.
WHEREAS IT'S MORE THAN 600, 2000 URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL YEARS OF PARTICIPANTS RANGING IN AGE FROM EIGHT TO 19 FAIL FROM DIVERSE ETHNIC AND SOCIO ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS AND TRULY REPRESENT A CROSS SECTION OF THE STATE.
AND LAURA, THE PROGRAM UNDOUBTEDLY COULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED THE SUCCESS IT HAS TODAY WHERE NOT FOR THE SERVICE OF MORE THAN 30,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE GIVEN GENEROUS LEAP OF THEIR TIME, TALENTS, ENERGIES, AND RESOURCES TO VIEW THE TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT ITS PROUD HISTORY,
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THE FOUR H PROGRAM HAS DEVELOPED POSITIVE ROLE MODELS WITH COUNTLESS TEXAS AND FOR HIS INNOVATIVE AND INSPIRING PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BUILD CHARACTER AND TO INSTILL THE VALUES THAT HAVE MADE OUR STATE STRONG.GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THIS MORNING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AND FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS MORNING.
AND IT'S A TRUE HONOR THAT WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT STILL TAKE THE PASSION AND THE TIME TO MEET THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN CALTON COUNTY AND TAKE AN INTEREST IN THEIR INTERESTS.
THEY CAN CERTAINLY STICK AROUND, BUT THEY MAY WANT GET TO THE CLASSES.
I'M, THEY HAVE TRIED TO PUSH FORWARD THAT THIS IS AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
I SAID YES IT IS, BUT, UH, MATH AND WRITING IS MORE IMPORTANT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND, UH, IT IS FROM, UH, CONSTABLE KEITH STEVENS TO DISCUSS TAX DEPOSITS AND INCREASING PART-TIME.
JUST WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THIS TO HAVE ON OUR DEPARTMENT COURT OF OUR PRECINCT.
I, BEFORE THIS COURT ON 19TH AND IT THAT, UH, IT WAS A COMMUNICATION THERE.
IT WAS, Y'ALL WERE TOLD THAT I REFUSED, NEVER DID I REFUSE.
I GOT EMAILS SHOWING THAT I SAID I COULD NOT TAKE THEM EVERY DAY AT THE SAME TIME.
SAME EVERY SINGLE DAY DUE TO MANPOWER ISSUE.
I STOOD BEFORE THIS COURT ON THE 19TH AND SAID THAT I WOULD BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON THAT THIS MONEY WAS TAKEN.
I DO KNOW THE OTHER TWO CONSTABLES STATED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT THE MONEY, THE MONEY WAS TAKEN.
ANYWAY, I FEEL THIS IS A DIRECT ON ME BEING THE ONLY ONE THAT STOOD UP OUTSIDE OF THIS COURSE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE EVER EVEN LOOKED AT YOUR OWN COUNTY WEBSITE, BUT IT PLAINLY BASED WHAT THE JOB AREAS ARE OF THE CONSTABLES.
AND I MADE Y'ALL SOME COPIES HERE.
IT'S GOT ALL THREE CONSTABLES MINES AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT DRAWN THE ACTUAL WEBSITE.
THOSE WERE WRITTEN BY THE COUNTY.
THOSE, THOSE WERE WRITTEN BY THE COUNTY, NOT WRITTEN BY ME.
MY JOB IS TO SERVE PAPERS TO TAKE CARE OF JP COURT.
WE HAVE ENACTED SOME OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE DO OTHER THAN THAT TO TRY TO BRING REVENUE INTO THIS COUNTY WITHOUT AFFECTING THE TAX CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY.
PAPERS THAT WE SERVE OUTSIDE OF ORLANDO, IT'S TAX PAPERS OUTTA COUNTY PAPERS, AG PAPERS TO DATE, WE'VE SERVED 151 AG PAPERS SINCE JANUARY 1ST OF THE 22ND FOR A TOTAL OF 15,850.
I'M NOT GONNA HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
UH, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE ME AND ONE DEPUTY NOW THE BUSIEST PRECINCT IN THE COUNTY AND LEAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
I STOOD BEFORE YOU, LIKE I SAID, ON THE 19TH, I TOLD Y'ALL THAT I WOULD DO THIS.
I'M TELLING YOU NOW THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT, JUST LIKE I TOLD YOU IN THE PAST.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS COURT RECONSIDERS THIS POSITION ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY GONNA, IT'S NOT GONNA PERSONALLY AFFECT ME, WHICH I KNOW THAT'S WHERE SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO GO.
HE'S THE ONE THAT'S GONNA LOSE HIS JOB FROM THE BIRTH.
OKAY? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE HAVE BEEN.
OKAY? I'VE GOT A GUY, I'VE GOT A MAN ON THE STREET MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM EIGHT TO FIVE, SOMETIMES SEVEN.
MY FULL-TIME GUY WORKS 14 MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SO WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE IN DALLAS AND WE CAN'T GET 'EM SERVED WHEN THEY GET HOME, I GOT SOMEBODY ON THE STREET, MY PART-TIME MAN, THAT Y'ALL ARE FIXING THE CUT WORKS EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
SO WHEN THE PEOPLE FROM DALLAS ARE WORKING AND THEY'RE HOME ON THE WEEKENDS, WE CAN GET THOSE PAPERS SERVED.
JP COURT DOESN'T START UNTIL WE GET THOSE PAPERS SERVED.
BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU ALSO WHAT IT'S GONNA DO TO AFFECT HIS COURT.
OKAY? SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR RECONSIDERATION ON THIS ISSUE OF ELIMINATING THIS POSITION.
YOU STAY HERE, TALK ABOUT THIS.
SO YOU, WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TODAY.
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ABOUT IS COOPERATION.YOU, YOU BROUGHT ME YOUR DUTIES, BUT MY THAT ALSO, I WORK 24 7.
I'M NOT JUST ON CALL FOR MAKING I DON'T WORK AT.
AND UH, THE OTHER SITUATION IS, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS COME OVER AND I'LL FIX YOUR CAR.
I TAKE CARE OF YOUR TIRE DEALS FOR YOU, HELP YOU OUT ALL TIME.
IT'S NOT, I PAY, IT IS ALL COOPERATION.
WE ALL WORK FOR NEY COUNTY AND I DON'T THINK IT TAKES FIVE MINUTES.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS AN HOUR SCHEDULE FROM MS. IFF ABOUT YOU BEING THERE AT ANY SPECIFIC TIME TO TAKE THE
AND YOU, YOU DECIDE THIS YEAR THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA COOPERATE WITH US.
YOU PUT ME IN A BIND ON MY COUNTY CLEANUP DAY OVER THERE IN LEFT BACK, HE PUT ME IN MINE THAT AFTERNOON THAT I CALLED A GUY GETTING ROCK OFF THE COUNTY ROAD, PUTTING IT ON HIS DRIVEWAY, GOT GOOD PICTURES.
YOU DIDN'T ANSWER TWO CALLS FROM MY LOAN SUPERVISOR.
I WAS AT A MEETING IN DALLAS, I MADE OUT THERE WHEN THE SHERIFF DEPUTY SHOWED UP.
AND SO ANYWAY, YOU, YOU IGNORED THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS YOUR BUDDY.
BUT IT COMES DOWN TO ONE THING.
AND WE COOPERATION ME ON WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE VERY TOLD MR. BARBER OUT THERE HEADING OUT THERE GETTING THE ROCK.
WE GOT AN GUY THAT WORKS FOR THIS COUNTY.
RECORDS RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM MARY IN A YEAR BETTER.
WELL THAT'S, HE JUST, HE LEFT OFFICE LIKE, UH, JULY.
IS THAT THE ISSUE? YOU'RE TALKING, YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO COME TO THE COURT HERE AND TELL US YOU'LL HELP US ANY WAY YOU HAVE, I'LL GO BACK FOR YOU.
WE PUT THE MONEY BACK IN YOUR, THAT WOULD BE FIRST.
NO, NO, I'M SERIOUS ASKING YOU.
I HAVE TOLD THIS COURT THE 19TH AND I JUST TOLD THEM AGAIN, AT NO TIME DID I REFUSE TO TAKE THIS BANK MONEY.
I GOT THE EMAILS TO SHOW YOU I DIDN'T MAKE COPIES OF THEM BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE THE COUNTY'S MONEY ON PAPER MAKING COPIES OF THIS STUFF.
BUT I'VE GOT 'EM, ANYBODY'S WILLING TO LOOK AT 'EM, WANTS TO.
AT NO TIME DID I REFUSE TO DO, IF YOU TELL US THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO, COOPER NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUNTY CLEAN UP AGAIN.
THE NEXT MAN IN THIS OFFICE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE HELP NEXT.
THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN TOLD TO HIM ANYWAY.
SO CONSTABLE, TO MAKE IT CLEAR, YOU ARE WILLING ON A DAILY BASIS, AT ANY TIME YOU CHOOSE TO CARRY THE TAX DEPOSITS TO THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, ANY BANK YOU HAVE TIME DURING THE DAY, THAT IS IT.
I DON'T RECALL THAT BEING SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT MAYBE IT'S ON TAPE.
MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT.
BUT BESIDE THAT, UH, ALL I WANTED TO MAY HAVE WELL, WELL, IS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE THE TWO TO THREE MINUTES THAT IT TAKES TO TAKE THE DEPOSIT FROM THE TAX OFFICE TO HELP PROTECT THE EMPLOYEES OF THE TAX OFFICE.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO ANYBODY ELSE? NO, NO, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSION.
I TOLD HIM, HE SAID THAT I'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT.
THAT'S ALL WE NEED IS COOPERATION.
MY CONST DOES A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE'S NOT ON THIS AND I THINK ALL OF THEM DO.
AND I DUNNO WHAT HIS DEPARTMENT, APPARENTLY BY NUMBERS, THEY'RE DOING THE JOB.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT DEPUTY JOB, SO THAT DEPUTY COOLS AS MUCH AS ANY, HE WORKS FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND HE HAS SINCE HE CAME ON FOR PARTTIME AND HE PUT OVER TO ANY FULLTIME DEPUTY COUNTY.
I'M, I'M WILLING TO, IF NOW DO WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE, WITH THE BUDGET LEGALLY? I, I MEAN IT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO OTHER TWO COMMENTS.
I'LL HAVE, I'LL HAVE TO MOVE IT, YOU KNOW, SUB SUBMIT IT TO FOR TRANSFER.
BUT I DO HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SAY, COMMISSIONER SHANE BROUGHT POINT OF TEAM TEAMWORK.
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THIS IS WHERE ALL THE COUNTY OKAY.UM, CONSTABLE STEVENS, UH, I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH YOU AND WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED IT OUT AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND I RESPECT YOUR POSITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT YOU NEED TO, I WANTED TO STATE ONE THING AND I HOPE YOU ACCEPT IT IN GOOD GRACES, UH, COOPERATION IS MOST IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE SAFEGUARDING COUNTY ASSETS, NOT JUST YOUR, YOUR EQUIPMENT, BUT THE COUNTY'S MONEY BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $8 MILLION OR MORE THAT FLOWS THROUGH THIS COUNTY.
AND WE NEED ALL OF OUR CONSTABLES HELPING PROTECT THAT MONEY WHEN IT'S BEING TRANSFERRED.
AND SOME OF Y'ALL'S ASKED FOR EXTRA MONEY, EXTRA EQUIPMENT, GUNS, RIFLES, CAMERAS, LIGHTS, NEW VEHICLES.
UH, IF Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT, WE COULD HIRE, UH, A COMPANY THAT JUST COMES BY AND PICKS UP THE MONEY AND TRANSPORTS IT, BUT THEY CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT.
TO GIVE EXTRA OFFICERS AND NEW VEHICLES AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THE TEAMWORK 'CAUSE THAT WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
THE CITIZENS PAID THE MONEY TO THE COUNTY ON THEIR TAXES, THEIR CAR REGISTRATIONS AND STUFF.
AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZEN STUFF.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD STEWARDS AND THE SAFETY ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE TAX OFFICE TOO.
THEIR SAFETY ALSO, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO.
HAVING EACH OTHER'S BACK WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, THE OTHER COMMISSION FOR DOING THE JOB SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT THE MONEY.
THE MONEY WAS TAKEN BY SOMEBODY ANYWAY, JUST BECAUSE, WELL, THE ANTICIPATION WAS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO HIRE DOESN'T HAVE PARTTIME.
UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU GOT THE BUSIEST PRECINCT IN THE COUNTY AND WE'RE BASED OFF, EVERYTHING WE DO IS BASED OFF OF THREE FULLTIME EMPLOYEES.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF YOU PULL AWAY WITH A FULLTIME EMPLOYEE, WHEN YOU TAKE ONE OF THOSE THAT JUST CUT US BY A THIRD, WE CAN'T CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE THIRD.
WHAT WE GOT I THINK WE'RE ASKING FOR IS COOPERATION.
IT'S ALL, AGAIN, YOU HAD THE COOPERATION IN THE BEGINNING.
THEY NEVER REFUSED TO DO THIS.
OKAY, WELL, UH, KEITH, WE COULD DEBATE THIS ALL DAY LONG.
I THINK THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW DIFFERENT THAN THAT, BUT I BELIEVE NOW THE COURT HAS AGREED THAT IF YOU WILL MAKE THE DAY WITH DEPOSITS AT ANY TIME DURING THE DAY, THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO DO SO, THAT THEY WILL MOVE THE MONEY BACK TO THAT.
AND IT WAS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
IT WASN'T ANYBODY GOING IN THERE AND SAYING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT MOVING MONEY.
I MEAN IT WAS PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET WHENEVER WE DID THAT.
SO THERE WASN'T ANY HANKY PANKY GOING ABOUT MOVING $20,000 OUT.
IT WAS 10,000 TO CONSTABLE PRECINCT ONE 10,000 TO CONS PRECINCT TWO 20,000.
THE COURTESY OF BEING ABLE TO BE HERE TO DISCUSS THAT ISSUE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE AGENDA AT ONE TIME WHEN I PUT A RESERVE ON, ON, DIDN'T GET APPROVED BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE BECAUSE I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS APPROVED.
AND YOUR EXACT WORDS WAS WERE YOU SHOULD BE ON THE EMAIL LIST THAT YOU GET WITH ANGIE.
YOU GOT WITH ANGIE EVIDENTLY, BECAUSE I STARTED GETTING THOSE EMAILS AND AS OF AUGUST 15TH, I'VE NEVER GOTTEN ANOTHER NO, YOU'VE NEVER TALKED TO THAT ONE TO MY ATTENTION.
BUT LET ME, WE'RE NOT CONVERSATION YOU LEMME SPEAK.
THIS CONVERSATION IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITH THIS TYPE OF A DISCUSSION.
AND UH, THEY AGENDAS ARE POSTED EVERY AS SOON AS WE HAVE 'EM.
THEY'RE ON THE WEBSITE, THEY'RE FOR ANYBODY AND JUST WANTED TO GET I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THE, SINCE AUGUST 15TH, BUT IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? THAT'S WHAT SAID TODAY'S, I WAS NOTIFIED TODAY IS SEPTEMBER THE 26TH.
WHY? 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS BECAUSE I FINALLY GOT IT POSTED ON THE, UH, ON THE COMPUTER SO I COULD GO IN AND WATCH THE ACTUAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT DEAL AND HOW THIS PLAYED OUT, THAT I LOST MY PART-TIME MAN MONEY THOUSAND.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY UNTIL I SEEN WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH IT.
I MEAN, ALL I HEARD THAT HAD HAPPENED.
SO ONCE I SAW WHAT HAD HAPPENED, I STARTED WORKING ON DOING WHAT I CAN DO TO GET IT.
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DO I HAVE A, ARE YOU FINISHED? YES, JIM, DO I HAVE A MOTION CONCERNING ITEM NUMBER THREE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, IT'S ONLY AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.PARDON? IT'S JUST YES, THE DISCUSSION ITEM DISCUSSION.
AND WE CAN DO THAT WHENEVER WE MOVE OFFICIALLY THE MONEY BACK.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE, UH, DONE, UH, AS PART OF A CHAIN LINE OF TRANSFER, I SUPPOSE.
SO WE WILL COME BACK AND DO THAT.
I THINK THE COMMITMENT OF THE COURT AFTER HEARING WHAT YOU SAID THIS MORNING IS THAT WE'LL DO THAT.
SO IS THAT GONNA BE IN EFFECT AS OF NOW, OR GONNA BE DONE BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST? OR YOU'RE GONNA BE OFF BETWEEN NOW AND YOU NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
YOU GOT THE REST OF THIS BUDGET.
WELL, LISTENING TO THAT MEETING, THAT MONEY'S ABOUT GONE TOO.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
WHAT YOU MEAN WATCHING THE VIDEO WHEN THIS WAS ALL TAKEN, YOU TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS ONLY LIKE $1,200 IN THERE BECAUSE IT GOT BROUGHT UP OF BRINGING THE MONEY THAT'S LEFT NOW OVER AND TERMINATING THAT POSITION.
I MEAN, UH, CONSTABLE, I WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE WHOLE COURT TO SET UP THE NEW BUDGET WITH A MINUS 20,000 IN YOUR BUDGET AND I SPLINT THE 10 BETWEEN THE TWO.
LIKE I WAS INSTRUCTED, I HAVE NOT TOUCHED YOUR 2016 BUDGET.
RIGHT? YOU SAID YOU WHAT? I, I CAUGHT ALL THAT, BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS HE GONNA HAVE A JOB ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST AND CONTINUE ON? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I, AND I GUESS I WAS THE DEPOSITS THIS WEEK.
I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN THIS MORNING.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE WILLING TO START TOMORROW MAKING THOSE DAILY DEPOSITS? YES.
WE'LL HAVE THIS ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS THE, UH, I BELIEVE IS HERE TODAY.
SO WE HAVE THE, OKAY, SO I GUESS THE FIRST THING IS, UM, DISCUSS THE COLLECTIONS AND, UM, THE CURRENT COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, UM, ARE, UM, AND THAT COLLECTED THIS MONTH FOR THE M AND O 76,005, UH, AND 45 AND THE, I WAS 8,000 596 74 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 73 4 9 72.
UM, THERE WAS NO ROLLBACKS THIS MONTH.
SO OCCURRENCE, LOOKS LIKE THEY, THEY ADDED SOMETHING IN HERE'S 84.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? WE'RE ABOUT 98.3%.
SO LOOKS LIKE WE'VE ALREADY OVER COLLECTED TAXES.
WELL, PRETTY GOOD THAT I DON'T THERE'S ANY DOUBT.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TAX ASSESSOR REPORT.
PERMISSION FROM SHANE MAKES THAT MOTION.
AND THE NEXT THING AGENDA IS, UM, ON THE ELECTION BUDGET.
WITH THE ELECTION COMING UP, WE HAVE NOT ONLY, UH, EARLY VOTING THIS TIME, BUT WE HAVE ELECTION DATE AS WELL AND ALL 30 PRECINCTS.
SO, UH, I'VE DONE A LOT OF THE CALCULATIONS ON THIS AND COLLECTED THE INFORMATION ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE ALLOTTED THE, UH, THE POLL WORKERS TO HAVE IN EACH PRECINCT, AS WELL AS FOR EARLY VOTING FOR TWO WEEKS PLUS A WEEKEND AND EXTENDED HOURS.
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THAT, UM, MEANS WE'RE GONNA GO OVER OUR BUDGET, WHICH IT SAYS THAT WE CAN ONLY SPEND 8% OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR A MONTH.BUT IF WE PAY ALL THESE SALARIES TO THESE ELECTION JUDGES AND CLERKS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA GO TO ABOUT 30% OF THAT BUDGET FOR THAT MONTH.
UH, MR. FILE, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, WHAT'S YOUR COMMENTS ON ABOUT THIS? WE, MS. IFF AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY HOW MUCH THE EXPENDITURES ARE GONNA BE TO WE ACTIVELY PAY THEM OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CODE TALKS ABOUT ONE 12 A MONTH, WHICH IS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER THE 8%.
AND SHE WAS REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE COUNTY'S BUDGET AND PART OF HER DEPARTMENT PAYING FOR THE WORKERS AND SUPPLIES AND STUFF AND THE MAIL OUT, LIKE THE TAX STATEMENTS.
SO SHE HAD A REAL CONCERN ABOUT THAT AND I TOLD HER SHE WANTED TO PROBABLY MAKE SOME ESTIMATES AND SUBMIT THAT TO COURT SO Y'ALL BE AWARE OF IT.
SO DO YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS? I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE CALCULATIONS.
WELL, WE WE'RE NOT EVEN INTO THE NEW BUDGET.
THAT'S, THAT'S MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA IF PERHAPS THE TABLE THIS COME BACK AND REDO IT AT A LATER DATE WHEN THE AUDITOR HAS A CHANCE TO CALCULATE THAT.
AND CERTAINLY WE WON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT MUCH MONEY, WHATEVER WE JUST WANTED HEAR, YOU KNOW, WE REALIZE THAT THERE WAS NO WAY WE CAN STA THAT 8% AND CONDUCT THE ELECTION THE WAY IT HAS TO BE CONDUCTED.
MY, MY BELIEF WOULD BE TO GET THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND WORK THAT OUT CAN BE OKAY.
WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM THAT SECOND.
AND I GUESS YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE, UM, THE ID LAW AND, UM, FROM TALKING TO INDIVIDUALS, WE REALIZE THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION ON NEW ID LAW PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S DONE AWAY WITH AND BY NO MEANS IS THE ID LAW DONE AWAY WITH.
UM, IT JUST ADDED TWO DIFFERENT FACTORS TO IT, WHICH IS THE SIMPLE FACT THAT INSTEAD OF 60 DAYS EXPIRED WHEN THEY COME IN WITH AN ID, IT COULD BE EXPIRED UP TO THREE YEARS AND WE CAN STILL ACCEPT IT AS A ONE OF THESE SEVEN FORMS OF ID.
AND ALSO, UM, IF, IF NOBODY HAS THAT, ID, UH, AND SECRETARY STATE EXPLAINED IT AS IF THEY LOST IT OR THEY, UM, HAD STOLEN AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO GET ONE, THEY CAN SIGN A REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT DECLARATION AND SHOW ONE OF THE OTHER FORMS OF ID UNLESS B AND THEN THEY CAN STILL VOTE.
AND IF THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ONE, SAY SOME OF THE ONLY PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY JUST HAVE NOT HAD AN ID FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND THEY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING UP THERE TO GET ONE, THEY CAN ALSO SIGN THE IMPEDIMENT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO QUESTION ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO SIGN THE IMPEDIMENT FORM.
THEY SIGN IT, WE TAKE IT WITH ONE OF THE SET THE, UH, FORMS OF ID UNLESS BE AND WE LET 'EM VOTE.
BUT WE DO STILL, FIRST OF ALL, REQUEST ONE OF THE SEVEN FORMS OF ID.
SO WE'RE NOT, UH, HAVING THEM FILL OUT THAT FORM.
WHAT WAS THAT CALLED? OUT THE, UH, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT DECLARATION? NO, NO.
THE OTHER ONE THAT COMES TO PAPERS FORM, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR, THE ID OKAY.
WHETHER THEY WOULD VOTE PROVISIONAL.
YES, THEY FILLED THEIR OWN OUT.
SO WE'RE STILL DOING PROVISIONAL, WE'LL STILL DO PROVISIONALS IF THEY JUST DON'T HAVE AN ID.
IF THEY COME IN AND THEY SAY, I HAVE MY ID, BUT IT'S AT HOME, THAT'S A PROVISIONAL.
WE DON'T JUST AUTOMATICALLY, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE THEM FROM SHOWING THE ID.
THEY ADMITTED THEY HAD AN ID, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO GO GET IT.
THEY WILL HAVE THIS, STILL HAVE THE CURE PERIOD WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND BRING THEIR ID AND SHOW IT TO THE BALLOT BOARD AND CURE THAT BALLOT.
SO IT, THEY ADDED A FEW EXTRA THINGS TO IT, BUT IT STILL REALLY HAS NOT CHANGED THE FACT THAT IDS WILL BE REQUIRED SIGNED FORM.
IT'S NOT A PROVISIONAL, IT'S NOT A PROVISIONAL.
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DECLARATION, YEAH, THEY GET TO DO THE DECLARATION TO SHOW A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF UTILITY BILL, MOTOR CARD AND THEY VOTE REGULAR.SEEMS, SEEMS. WELL WE HAVE TO HOLD ON TO THOSE BECAUSE THOSE HAVE TO BE TURNED INTO SECRETARY.
WANT TO SEE ALL OF THEIR DECLARATIONS.
SO YOU'RE, I GUESS THROUGH THE MEDIA AND ON THE WEBSITE, YOU'RE GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT AFTER THE, AND I'M SURE OF COURSE IT'S NOT THIS COUNTY ISSUE, THE STATE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM MORE OR LESS TO BRING UP.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THANK ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, MR. OFIELD OUR TREASURER, UH, TO PRESENT THE, UH, TREASURER'S REPORT, UH, FOR AUGUST, 2016.
THANK YOU MR. COURT GUEST AND I HAVE A GOOD CROWD TODAY.
FUND 10, THE GENERAL FUND CASH BALANCE BEGAN THE MONTH OF AUGUST AT 7 MILLION 459 0 14 0.08.
WE HAVE RECEIPTS OF 1 MILLION 106 681 29 AND DISBURSEMENTS OF 3,085,000 1 9 2 86 FOR AN ENDING GENERAL FUND BALANCE OF 5 MILLION 4 85 0 2 51.
ALL OF THAT MONEY IS IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK UNDER THE TERMS OF OUR DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE INSERT THEIR GENERAL FUND CASH, THE MMI, THE, UM, ROAD BOND, ROAD BOND INS YOU CAN SEE HAS 38 5 59 58 BALANCE.
AND THEN THE ROAD BOND FUND, THE CASH THAT WE HAVE ON HAND FROM THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF ROAD BONDS IS STILL EIGHT B AND 8 0 4 5 77 30.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE LOWER LEFT THAT WE HAD INTEREST EARNED FROM OUR DEPOSITORY CONTRACT OF 7,000 2 98 36, DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE FUNDS THAT ARE HOLDING THE BALANCE.
YOUR NEXT PAGE, AGAIN, AS WE'VE TALKED SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, BECAUSE OF WE HAVE OUR FUNDS IN AMERICAN NATIONAL, UH, WE GET CREDIT AGAINST THE FEES THAT WE WOULD PAY FOR OPERATING OUR CHECKING ACCOUNTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL SERVICES AND REQUIRED BALANCES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS 44 60 0 4.
SO WE'VE EARNED A $7,000 OF CASH INTEREST AND $4,400 OF FEES WAIVED, WHICH, UH, CAN'T BE OVERLOOKED THEN.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, AS WE'VE TRADITIONALLY BEEN PROVIDING THE PLEDGE SECURITY LISTING IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THE SECURITIES THAT AMERICANS ACTION WAS PLEDGING AGAINST OUR DEPOSITS, UH, OUR OTHER TREASURER'S ACTIVITIES.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE KIND OF HAVE A SIMILAR PATTERN.
WE PROCESS ABOUT 400 RECEIPTS A MONTH.
UM, THERE WERE 501 AP CHECKS WRITTEN, 369, UH, JUROR CHECKS WRITTEN, AND THEN THE PAYROLL OF 1108, WHICH IS ABOUT 80% DIRECT DEPOSIT, 20% CHECKS WRITTEN.
AND, UM, THE AUDITOR AND I, AND, AND, UH, THE COUNTY CLERK AND THE DISTRICT CLERK, WE ARE, UH, WORKING TOWARD, UH, CASH PAY ON JURORS AS WE START THE NEW YEAR, AS WE DISCUSSED, UH, THE AUTO DRIVE TALK THAT, THAT, UM, WILL HOLD A FUND OF MONEY IN THE, UH, TREASURER'S OFFICE.
AND THAT WHEN THERE, THERE IS A JURY TO BE PAID, A TREASURER PERSONNEL AND AN AUDIT PERSONNEL WILL GO AND, UH, MAKE THOSE JUROR PAYMENTS AT THE TIME THEY SERVE.
UM, THE, AS Y'ALL KNOW WITH, UH, THE COURTHOUSE STRUCTURE, THE, THE MECHANICS, THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF HAVING THE JURORS TO RECEIVE THEIR MONEY AND SIGN THEIR PAPER, UH, THE LOGISTICS OF THAT IS, IS WHAT WE'LL PROGRESS THROUGH AS WE GO INTO OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
UH, I'VE MENTIONED IT TO ALL THE JUDGES AND, AND EVERYBODY IS, IS, UH, WILLING TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST THE, THE LOGISTICS OF THE, THE NUMBERS
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OF PEOPLE THAT WE'LL HAVE WITH EVERYONE'S COOPERATION AS COMMISSIONER SHANE TALK, UM, AND YOUR COMMISSION FOR COOPERATION, IT'LL ALL GO FINE.AND AGAIN, AND IT SAVES US THE EXPENSE OF WRITING THOSE 500.
CAN WE WRITE, UH, 369, YOU KNOW, IF IT COST US $10 TO WRITE A $10 CHECK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEARLY 4,000 FOR THE MONTH THAT WE CAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA SAVE THE MONEY BECAUSE THE TOTAL EXPENSES OF THE COUNTY AREN'T GONNA GO DOWN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE STILL HERE.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE CAN DO THINGS THAT MAY PRODUCE GREATER RETURN FOR LABOR COURTS ALREADY APPROVED 2015.
SO IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD.
IT TAKES TIME TO MOVE ABOVE JUDGE.
ALRIGHT, AND THEN IN YOUR, UH, REPORTS, UH, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR, THEN LASTLY, I, UH, CAN ONLY PRINT THIS TODAY, UH, BECAUSE HERE'S OUR, UH, GENERAL FUND VIOLENCE AS OF TODAY.
AS WE GET HERE TO THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE TOP LINE, OUR ENDING, UM, IS 3,097,000 855 56.
AND I THINK IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, IN AUGUST WE HAD RECEIPTS OF 1,000,001 AND DISBURSEMENTS OF 3 MILLION HERE IN SEPTEMBER.
SO FAR WE'VE HAD RECEIPTS OF 449,000 AND DISBURSEMENTS OF 2,000,008.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET INTO THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR TAX COLLECTIONS COME IN, I KNOW THE AUDITOR AND I WILL COOPERATE AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO BORROW ANY MONEY.
UH, BUT NOW THAT WE ARE IN THIS SEASON HERE, WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES ON THAT THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE TREASURER? ALRIGHT, THIS, I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, TREASURER PRESENTED BY MR. ORFIELD, A MOTION COMMISSIONER, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ROSA.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
UH, THIS REPORT HAS AUGUST, 2016.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, GENERAL FUND, YOUR AT LOWER TAXES, YOUR MIXED DRINKS FROM STATE OFFICIAL FEES, OTHER FEES AND INTEREST EARNINGS ARE ALL OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE, LIKE RIGHT THERE ON THE, ON THE TAXES.
THAT'S, UH, YOUR CURRENT ANNUAL DELINQUENT.
SO, UM, ALTOGETHER YOU OUT OF THE $36 MILLION BUDGET WE COLLECTED 30, 34000000000.5.
SO WE STILL HAVE, UH, QUARTERLY PAYMENTS THAT'LL BE DUE TO US FOR SEPTEMBER, BUT WE WON'T GET THOSE SOMETIMES IN OCTOBER.
SO WE'LL BRING YOU AN UPDATED REPORT WHEN WE START GETTING THOSE IN.
UH, YOUR GENERAL FUND EXP EXPENDITURES ARE AT, UM, 32 MILLION, WHICH IS 87.74%, AND FOR, UH, 11 MONTHS YOU SHOULD BE AT 9 1 46.
SO WE HAVE UNDERSTAND OUR BUDGET, WE GENERAL, MY CLIENTS SO FAR, UH, ROAD BRIDGE OUTTA AN $8 MILLION BUDGET.
YOU, UH, HAVE BROUGHT IN RIGHT AT 8 MILLION, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORT.
SO YOU'RE AT ALMOST 98% IN COLLECTIONS.
YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT BECAUSE WE ALREADY TRANSFERRED YOUR MONEY TO YOU OUT OF THE MAIN, UH, FUND 20 FOR ROAD BRIDGE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP THE EXPENDITURES DOWN.
AND NO SURPRISE, SEPTEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE MORE PAYROLL THERE THIS MONTH.
YOU YOUR FIRST PAYROLL IN OCTOBER, ALL 10 DAYS, 14 DAYS LONG BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
WHEN YOU DO THAT AS A TRANSACTION,
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JUST LET KNOW THE OUTSIDE AUDITORS ARE, UH, HAS BE HERE ALL WEEK STARTING OUR AUDIT FIELD WORK.ALL IN FAVOR SAY A OPPOSED NEXT IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ALL LIABILITY, ALL PHYSICAL DAMAGE, GENERAL LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIAL LIABILITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY, AND WORKERS' COMP.
AND THIS IS FROM OUR CARRIER THAT YOU DO BUSINESS WITH AND THAT'S THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
AND, UH, THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL BID, THIS IS JUST A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS ON THE DOOR, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND THIS IS AN AS RENEWAL, UM, TAX OVER QUESTIONNAIRE FOR OUR LIABILITY COVERAGE AND NOW FIRST COMP COVERAGE.
I, UM, UPDATED ALL OF THE, UM, EMPLOYEE COUNTS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
ONLY THING I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE, UH, COMMISSIONER CONSTABLE.
YEAH, I HAD A, THAT WAS CONFUSING FOR ME TOO.
IT'S, IT WAS A, A TOTAL DOWN AT THE UNDERNEATH, UM, OF EACH DEPARTMENT, SO IT WAS KIND OF CONFUSING TO LOOK AT.
ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.
THIS IS JUST FOR LIST TO EDUCATE EVERYBODY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ON THIS.
THE DEADLINE FOR SEND IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS TO EXIT OUR AND ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE COLTON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT RECORDS AND ARCHIVE PLAN FISCAL 20 16 17.
DO HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? PHILLIPS MOTION? SECOND.
WE'RE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO DISCUSS THE RECORDS ARCHIVE FEE AND, UH, OUR DISTRICT CLERK IS OVER.
SHE GOT A TRIAL SELECTING A JURY ON THIS MORNING.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING OVER AND LET US, UH, KNOW ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE HAS A QUESTION, THEY, UH, UH, SPEAK AS WELL.
UH, EACH YEAR WE HAVE TO APPROVE OUR RECORD ARCHIVE PLAN.
MY PLAN WILL STAY THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THIS YEAR.
WE'RE WORKING ON OUR BOOKS, GETTING OUR, OUR ALL RECORD FROM 1849 UP TO, IT WAS LIKE 1970, UM, ARCHIVE AND RESTORED.
AND WE'VE GOT ABOUT, I THINK 20 BOOKS THAT THEY'LL BE RESTORING, RESTORING THAT WE'RE RESTORING IN PHASES.
UH, WE'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'VE TAKEN EIGHT OF MY BOOKS OFF THE CO PROFILE THAT WHO'S GONNA BE DOING THIS YEAR AND THEY'RE THOSE FOR ME.
UH, OKAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RECORDS ARCHIVE? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ONCE AGAIN, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UH, RECORDS ARCHIVE? NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXIT THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER.
UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, 13 IS TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER FILE FOR ACTION, THE ADOPTION OF THE KAMAN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT RECORDS AND ARCHIVE PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 TO 17.
GENTLEMEN, WHAT YOUR ION HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER SHANE? HAVE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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UH, CRAIG KIN, UH, I'M SORRY I FAILED TO CALL YOU BACK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW, IT'S ALREADY A DONE DEAL, SO NO, IT'S, IT'S EVERYTHING WENT FINE.
AND I BELIEVE IS THERE ANOTHER, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, FORM THAT SOMEONE TURNED IN? I ONLY HAD ONE.
I GAVE IT TO THE CLERK THAT THIS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE ANOTHER ONE I'M ON 14 IS THE REASON I CAME TODAY.
THE REASON I SHOWED UP THREE WAS JUST HAVE TO FIGURE IT WAS ON THERE.
AND YOU ARE HERE TO DISCUSS ON ITEM FOUR.
WE'LL, AND ITEM 14 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A FINAL PLAT FOR ROLLING HILL SUBDIVISION.
UH, THE STATE'S IN PRECINCT THREE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE RECEIVED, UH, EARLIER A DOCUMENT ITSELF, WHICH HAS GONE BEFORE THE, UH, COUNTY ENGINEERING FIRM.
I BELIEVE THE COMMISSIONER WAS APPROVED BY UH, THEM.
AND SO, UH, DEVELOPMENT OUT 4 29 NORTH OF, UH, CAROL.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, WE HAVE ONE PERSONAL.
CRAIG, YOU'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THAT.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAIT FOR MR TO COMPLETE? ABSOLUTELY.
MR. WOULD YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND, UH, PRESENT YOUR ITEM HERE ON THE ITEM FOR, UH, 14TH CONCERNING THE ROLLING HILL? WELL, ALL THE DOCUMENTS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO
I GOT, I GOT ONE QUESTION ON THE LOTS THAT ARE FACING F FOUR 20.
YOU GOTTEN APPROVAL TO HAVE CUL EVERY HUNDRED FOOT? UH, YES WE HAVE UNDER CERTAIN STIPULATIONS.
DO YOU HAVE THAT IN WRITING? NO, I DON'T.
BUT THEY TOLD ME THE STATE LAW THAT THEY CANNOT DENY ACCESS ANYBODY OR LANDLOCK PEOPLE EACH LOT.
SO INDIVIDUALLY TO INDIVIDUALS AND THEY HAVE TO GIVE THE, UH, UM, EXCESS.
ONLY INDIVIDUAL IF ALL OF THEM, MYSELF, ALL OF THEM HAS TO BE 4 25 FEET FROM LOT TO LOT.
BUT SINCE THESE WERE PRE-SOLD AND BELOW EVERY INDIVIDUALS, THEY WILL NOT, THEY WILL ACCEPT THIS TO A HUNDRED FOOT LOTS.
IS THAT PARALLEL AS FAR AS HAVING TO ADD THE, UM, OUR COUNTY ENGINEERS HAVE LOOKED AND THEY WORKED WITH MR. MU AND WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH COMMISSIONER SHANE EARLIER THIS LAST WEEK.
UM, THE PLANS AS PRESENTED, THE COUNTY ENGINEERS APPROVED, UM, THE SUBDIVISION PLA PLAT.
SO IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY AS FAR AS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING YOUR QUESTION? YES, BECAUSE I KNOW MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE TDOT IS THEY REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME HAVING THAT CLOSE TOGETHER.
THEY PREFER, IT DEPENDS ON THE AREA, WHICH OUR PARTICULAR AREA, 4 29, 420 FEET.
BUT THEY, THAT'S PER INDIVIDUAL, I MEAN PER LOT.
IF IT BELONGS, EXCUSE ME, BACK UP.
TWO LOTS BELONG TO INDIVIDUAL, BUT IT, AN INDIVIDUAL OWNS IT THEN IT IS CAN BE 100 FEET TO EACH YOUR SPECIFICATIONS.
AND THEY, THEY SAID THEY WILL DO THIS.
THEY CANNOT COMPLETELY LANDLOCK ANYBODY.
THESE LOTS ARE RE SOLD, ALREADY OWNS IT.
NOW WE HAVE NOT SOLD 'EM BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVEN'T APPROVED IT.
ONCE Y'ALL APPROVED IT, THEY WILL SELL IT.
BUT THEN ONCE THEY SOLD THE INDIVIDUAL, THEN WE WILL APPLY FOR THE PERMITS FROM THE, FROM THE STATE TO PUT IN THE S AND THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD US TO DO.
SO YOU'VE TAKEN BASICALLY CONTRACT.
WE, WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THESE ARE ALL UP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEY'VE AGREED TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I'M MAKING UP SOMETHING I WANT
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TO DO WITH ALL THEIR INSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES SUPER, EVERYBODY.THIS PARTICULAR SHOWED, I GUESS THIS WAS TO SHOW THAT THE TAXES YOU SHOULD THAT WITH SOMEWHERE.
IT WAS THE, THE BLOCK A, BLOCK B AND BLOCK C, THE, UH, SO YOU GONNA DO ALL OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME? GONNA DO ONE, ONE PHASE AT A TIME? AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION OR THE PROOF? THE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION, WELL, THE CONSTRUCTED INDIVIDUALLY.
HERE IT'S THE, THE, THE, THE ENTIRE PLA IS ONE, IS THAT RIGHT? IT WAS WHEN WE FIRST IT.
AND I'M AT SOMETHING HERE, CERTIFIED OWNER.
THERE'S TWO PORTIONS ACRES AND THEN IT WAS 14.7 I BELIEVE.
AND, AND THEN IT WAS, THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
UM, IT SHOWED THE VALUE OF THE LAND AT 5,050 PER ACRE ON ONE ON THE 37 ACRE, AND THEN THE 14 AC VALUE WAS 1940.
SO YOU PURCHASED THEM SEPARATELY? I PURCHASED TOGETHER.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE COUNTY HAD BROKEN DOWN.
I PURCHAS ONE PURCHASE FROM MR. OKAY, SO IS IS, WHAT WAS THE VALUE OF IT THE DAY? THE PROPERTY, THE WAS PAID, WHATEVER YOU MEAN WHAT I PAID FOR? YES.
UH, IS THAT NECESSARY? NO, I'M JUST, I JUST WONDERED ABOUT THE TAXES.
THE TAXES ARE PAID, SIR, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY AND THEY WERE PAID, UH, AT THAT DATE AND THEY'RE NOT DUE AGAIN.
SO I WHATEVER THEY APPRAISED IT.
I CAN'T TELL IF THEY WERE AFRAID.
I HAVE NO IDEA IF YOU NOT FOR DAY.
OKAY, SO NOW THIS LARGE HAVE TO TELL US, SORRY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL US, BUT YOU DID SO WELL.
ASSUME I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF IT WAS THE SELLING PRICE WAS 5,000, WHY IS IT APPRAISED AT 1940? I HAVE TO ASK SIR, THAT I HAVE NO IDEA.
MY POINT IS HIM CREATING A LARGE FLAG,
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LOT OF, UH, 14 ACRES REDUCE THE BACKYARD FROM 5,000 TO DISCUSSION.SO THAT'S, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS WHY THE VALUE? 'CAUSE THAT WAS PAID PRIOR TO THE SALE.
THE SALE WASN'T FEBRUARY OR FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, TAX FIRST.
IT THIS STILL IS PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING.
THEY WILL BE A TAX THAT WILL COME IN.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THE BACK ACRES PROBABLY THE BACK.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S, I BROUGHT THAT UP JUST TO REINFORCE THAT OUR ISSUE, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ON FLAG LOTS.
YOU REDUCE THE PRICE FROM LEGITIMATE SALE PRICE OF 5,000 1940.
BY DOING THAT, THE DEVELOPERS MAINTAIN THAT.
EVERYTHING IS UP TO PAR ACCORDING TO OUR ENGINEERS AND COUNTY ATTORNEY.
BUT THE POINT IS WE NEED TO, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU COME UP, IDENTIFY YOURSELF JUST HERE.
I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS LATE IN, I STARTED WORKING ON YESTERDAY 11 ABLE 24 SIGNATURES AS INDIVIDUALS RESIDING ON COUNTY ROADS 3 55, 3 56 THAT, UH, TAKE EXCEPTION TO THIS ADDITION THAT WERE UNAWARE OF THE ADDITION UNTIL I CAME BY AND THEY HAD HEARD THAT SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO BUILD ABLE SOME CUSTOM HOMES ON FIVE ACRE LOTS, WHICH THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS.
UH, I'LL READ THE PETITION TO THE ROLLING HILL.
WE DEEMED RESIDENCE OF CONWOOD COUNTY, TEXAS 7 5 1 1 ON COUNTY ROAD 3 55, 3 56 PETITION TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO DELAY FINAL APPROVAL GROWING FIELD, THE STATE SUBDIVISION.
WE WISH TO HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THE PLA AND TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON OUR PEACE FIRE AND EMS AGENCIES.
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE INCREASE IN LOW INCOME STUDENT POPULATION TO CHANGING OUR RURAL LIFESTYLE TO A GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED SUBURBAN LIFESTYLE TO THE USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS BEING DONE AGAINST OURS.
OUR TAX DOLLARS, SUBSIDIZING THE UNWELCOME.
WE BUY OUR SIGNATURE BELOW HEREBY PETITION, COUNTY COMMISSION COURT TO DELAY FINAL APPROVAL OF THE
IT GOT DARK BEFORE I COULD FINISH.
TOMMY, NOT ON YOURS, BUT HE'S HERE TODAY WITH ME.
YOU GIMME ANOTHER TWO DAYS AND I'LL HAVE ANOTHER 2040 SIGNATURE.
AND THAT'S NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT LIVE UP THERE PERSONALLY.
I THINK THAT WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS WITH THAT PROPERTY WITHIN THE LAWS OF THE STATE, COUNTY AND US GOVERNMENT.
BUT WHEN HE'S TAKING MY TAX DOLLARS TO DO WHAT HE WANTS, THAT'S WHAT I THINK I SHOULD HAVE
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TO SAY.AND THAT'S WHY I'M ANY ANYWAY YOU CAN SLOW HIM DOWN AND GIMME TIME TO DO RESEARCH ASKING FOR.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I, I KNOW THE CERTAIN FOLKS I'VE TALKED TO ON CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, I DID NOT ANYBODY TALK TO EVERYBODY, BUT THERE MAY BE ONE.
WE TALKED ABOUT VALUES THAT'S NOT GOING HELP.
I OF HIS, I'M SURE DA'S OFFICE GIVE US ADVICE ON THIS.
IT'S ON THE, UH, AGENDA AS AN ACTION ITEM AND WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS OF THE, UH, COURT.
MAYBE YOU CAN COME FORWARD HERE SHORTLY HERE.
KAREN, I HAVE SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON THIS ISSUE AND I KNOW WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE PHONE WITH MR. HAM.
UM, HE'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE COURT FOR THE PAST, GOSH, SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS.
SO IT HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA ROUTINELY FOR A WHILE NOW.
HE'S GONE THROUGH CONCEPT PRELIM AND THEN FINAL.
UM, AS FAR AS MR. AKENS COMMENTS, I WOULD JUST REQUEST ANY TYPE OF STATUTORY AUTHORITY, UM, FOR THE PETITION BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THAT'S THE PART THAT, UM, IT'S KIND OF IFFY IN A RESPONSE.
AS I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE A LOT OF SIGNATURES AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S VERY, VERY CONCERNING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA.
BUT AS FAR AS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNTY CAN DO TO PROHIBIT A LANDOWNER FROM, UM, DEVELOPING A SUBDIVISION UNDER OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS, I THINK MR. ZALE'S, UH, MR. ZALE'S STATEMENTS ABOUT, UM, HIS CONCERNS OF HOW OUR REGULATIONS ARE DRAFTED NOW ARE VERY APPROPRIATE AND THEY, UM, COMPLETELY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT THE, UM, PETITIONERS ARE WRITING ABOUT.
IT'S JUST AS THE REGULATIONS STANDS RIGHT NOW, UM, SECTION 2 32 REALLY MAKES IT A MINISTERIAL TASK WHERE IF THE REGULATIONS ARE MET AND THE STATUTES MET, WHICH ARE ENGINEERS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND THERE ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THAT AREA, THEN IT DOESN'T LEAVE THE COURT WITH A LOT OF OPTIONS TO SAY, UM, TO, TO DENY IT.
AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY OTHER DEVELOPER, ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST, UM, I GUESS TROUBLING THINGS THAT WE COME ACROSS IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS HOW FAR REGULATION CAN GO.
UH, WE'RE NOT LIKE A MUNICIPALITY WHERE WE HAVE, UM, MUCH MORE AUTHORITY WHEN IT COMES TO SUBDIVISIONS AND REGULATIONS.
SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW OF, UM, ANY TYPE OF PETITION REQUIREMENT OR WAY THAT IT CAN CERTAIN OR DENY, UM, THE SUBDIVISION.
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT REBECCA HAS SAID.
WE'VE SPENT CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME SPEAKING WITH COUNTY ENGINEER AND THEY WORKED ON MAKING SURE THIS FLAT IS IN COMPLIANCE SO IT CAN BE APPROVED.
SO AS FAR AS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TODAY, UM, I'M SORRY AS FAR AS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TODAY ABOUT THAT.
AS FAR AS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TODAY, UM, IT IS PRETTY MUCH, OR IT IS BASICALLY A MINISTERIAL APPROVAL IF THE, UM, REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN MET FOR THE PLAT AND FOR THE SUB ISSUE.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF OUR SPEAKER HAS SOME KIND OF STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BRING, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UM, THERE'S NOT SOMETHING, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ON POINT REALLY THAT, THAT HE'S BROUGHT THAT AND HE'S BROUGHT THE PETITIONER'S SIGNATURES AND THAT'S A CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY VERSUS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, BUT NOT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
SO WHETHER THE COURT WANTS TO TABLE IT, YOU KNOW, FOR A WEEK OR TWO IN LIGHT OF THE, UM, THE PETITION THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COURT WILL HAVE TO DECIDE.
UM, THE COURT JUST NEEDS TO BE AWARE THAT IT APPEARS FROM OUR COUNTY COMMISSION, OUR COUNTY ENGINEERS THAT YOU KNOW, THIS, THE SUBDIVISION PLA REQUIREMENTS ARE MET ACCORDING TO, YOU KNOW, OUR
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EXPERTS.SO IT'S REALLY A DECISION THAT THE COURT WILL HAVE TO MAKE.
UM, I'M JUST NOT AWARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IN OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A STATUTE, THERE'S NOT A PROVISION THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT SAYS IF YOU'VE GOT PETITIONERS OR PEOPLE THAT OBJECT TO IT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THAT DELAYS BELOW THE PROCESS.
I I DO THINK IT COMPLETELY OPENS UP THE DISCUSSION ONCE AGAIN ABOUT WORKSHOPPING SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WHICH WE JUST DID PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO.
AND THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT THAT DONE, UM, IN ORDER TO CIRCUMVENT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THAT WE KEEP COMING ACROSS.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT WHAT COMMISSIONER CAME UP WITH
I DON'T THINK THAT WATER, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HOLD WATER IS A PAGE WITH LEGIBLE ON IT'S GONNA HOLD THE WATER FOR WHAT WE ED PREVIOUSLY, BACK WHEN HE STARTED ALL THIS STUFF, HE HAD A COUPLE DIFFERENT NAMES, THIS, BUT WE, NOT ANYTHING I ASKED HIM TO CALL ME, LET'S GO MEET PEOPLE WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAUSE YOU HAVE ABOUT TWO, 3.2 0.3 KIDS PER HOUSEHOLD AND WE'VE GOT, UH, 23 HOUSES.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE BASICALLY 60 KIDS GOING PUT ON ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WITHOUT TECHNICAL BACK.
SO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST AS, AS FAR AS THE UM, REGULATION AND THE CULVERTS BEING A HUNDRED FEET APART, OUR COUNTY ENGINEERS TOUCHED ON THAT AND ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY ENGINEER, THEY THINK THE REQUIREMENTS, THE CULVERTS ARE AT LEAST A HUNDRED FEET APART.
AND SO, I MEAN THAT'S ALL I CAN SPEAK TO IS ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY ENGINEERS THAT THAT IS BEING MET.
SO REBECCA AND I SPOKE WITH THEM TOGETHER.
UM, AND AS FAR AS THAT ISSUE OF TDOT, IF THAT APPEARS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY INTERIOR, THAT'S PART OF THE FLAG.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE WHAT THE COMMISSION'S COURT DECIDES TO DO TODAY.
SO IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE OPTION THREE OPTIONS, ONE TO NOT APPROVE, WHICH WOULD SUBJECT US TO SOME SORT OF POSSIBILITY OF A LAWSUIT.
I SUPPOSE THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY.
I I'M NOT SAYING THAT CERTAINLY WILL HAPPEN ABOUT OR SOME SORT OF SANCTION PERHAPS SINCE FEDERALLY WELL, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE FEDERALLY FUNDED HOMES, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS OR THE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? HE'S STILL A DEVELOPER WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT BEING LAYERED IN THIS, REGARDLESS, HE'S STILL A REGARDLESS MATTER.
REGARDLESS OF WHO WE'RE SELLING THE HOMES TO OR REGARDLESS OF WHAT ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC STRATA IS GOING TO PURCHASE THE HOME, REGARDLESS OF ANY FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET THE, UM, PLANNING REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY AND THOSE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
AND SO THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ABOUT TODAY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHOSE FUNDING, IT'S NOT ABOUT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. WE JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT ON THE PLAT THAT IS, WHAT THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S ABOUT WHETHER THE PLAT MEETS OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND WHETHER IT SHOULD BE APPROVED AS A FLAT.
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE WE STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS.
THE OTHER OPTION IS TO VOTE APPROVAL.
AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION IS TO TAKE CORRECT.
SO CASE THAT YOU ALL PETITION IF THERE'S ANY LEGAL MR. GREG, DID YOU RECEIVE ANYTHING? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT LEGAL, ANY KIND OF STATUTE TO NO, I STARTED YESTERDAY AT, UH, 11 O'CLOCK WORKING ON THIS.
I MAY BE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT TODAY ASKING, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, BUT I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE COURT TO
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JUST LOOK AT THE AGENDA ITEM AND JUST LET'S, LET'S JUST ADDRESS WHAT IS AGENDA MORE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENTLEMEN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE DA'S OFFICE? YES.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO FOR HIM TO A COUPLE WEEKS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UNITY.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO TWO TABLE.
UH, HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION DECISION.
HE MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR REGULATIONS CURRENT.
WE DUNNO IF THERE'S ANY STATUTORY PETITION.
OKAY, DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THE TABLE? AND FOR THE LAST TIME, DO I HAVE A SECOND AT THE TABLE? OKAY.
THE, UH, MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
DO I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION IN REGARDS TO APPROVING THE FINE PLAN FOR THE ROLLING HILLS ESTATE'S SUBDIVISION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION STANDARD, A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ROSA TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLA.
WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
OKAY, SO THE VOTE IS A TWO ONE VOTE.
SO, UH, THAT MEANS THE PLAT IS APPROVED.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER UTILITY REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENT FOR THE CITY OF COFFMAN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY 34 BYPASS PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF WE HUNDRED 88,000 4, 12 60 7 CENTS WITH THE AMOUNT WE PAID FROM SATISFACTORY BY IS THIS, IS THIS NOT, I WOULDN'T PROVE IT BECAUSE THE CONTRACT SAID 6 MILLION.
SO DID WE FIX WHATEVER IN HIS NOW ISSUE.
I'M ASKING YOU, DID WE CHANGE THE, I KEPT, I KEPT GETTING QUESTION, I KEPT QUESTIONING WAS THERE A CHANGE ORDER OR SOMETHING DONE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COURT FOR Y'ALL TO AGREE THAT IT'S OVER THE 16 AND I NEVER COULD GET A CORRECT ANSWER.
DID YOU EVER GET ANYTHING? JUDGE, ALL I HAVE IS WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED? I THINK MR. POLLSTER HERE TO EXPLAIN THIS WHY WE'RE OVER 16, HOW MUCH THAT WASN'T FOR AND UH, THIS I LOOKING ALL PAPERWORK.
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING I SAYING WE JUDGE HAS SENT EMAIL QUESTION.
I BOTH HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN IT BECAUSE WE, WE DID NOT WANNA SUBMIT IT TO YOU FOR PAYMENT WHEN WE KNEW WE HAD SPENT 6 MILLION, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR SO LEFT FRONT ME, BUT ADDITIONAL 200 SOMETHING THOUSAND THAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE UP THIS 3 88.
WELL, DO WE WANT TO TABLE THIS TILL WE GET, WE, I HAVE MOTION TO REVIEW THIS
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PHILLIPS, YOU MAKE IT.I'M, I'M AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT MAKE ME HAPPY OFF.
WE'LL HAVE A MOTION ON A SECOND.
THE TABLE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER, UH, 1516 IS UH, FROM UH, HIS MENT, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS.
DAWN, A WILSON, MIKE FAMILY AND JANICE BURNS SERVE ON THE BOARD OF COUNTY SHELBY.
SHELBY JUDGE COMMISSIONS, UM, THESE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WILL, UM, THEIR WILL EXPIRE BETWEEN NOW THE END OF THE YEAR AND, UM, WE'RE ASKING THAT THEY BE REAPPOINTED, UM, FOR ANOTHER TERM.
AND THE TERMS LAST FOR THREE YEARS.
AND, UM, WE'RE JUST ASKING THE COURT, THIS IS A
I'LL MOTION, I HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO APPROVE THESE NEW MEMBERS, OR I GUESS THEY CARRY OVER SECOND.
OPPOSED? OKAY, THANK YOU KAREN.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROVEN RESOLUTION AND A TAX PAPER AGREEMENT BETWEEN KA COUNTY AND THE OLD CASTLE.
BUILDING ON, THIS IS ONE THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED EARLIER, BUT UH, WE HAD NOT, UH, OFFICIALLY, UH, UH, VOTED TO FINAL APPROVAL FOR SIGNATURES.
SO I PUT IT ON THE AGENDA JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THAT.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, JUDGE? IF I MAY? UH, ORIGINALLY WE, THE COURT DID VOTE TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT, HOWEVER, IT WAS SUBJECT TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY REVIEW AND WE DID THAT AND I, UM, GOT THE EDITS AND THEN IT CAME BACK ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT'S, UM, SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED.
THE IN ADD, THE SECOND EDITION, THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 13 AND A HALF MILLION ON TOP OF WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL 15 MILLION.
AND, UH, THE ABATEMENT, UH, PERCENTAGES ARE THE SAME OVER THE EIGHT YEARS AND THEN IT MAINTAINS THE, YOU KNOW, TAKES AWAY, UH, ROAD AND BRIDGE.
AND THEN OUR INTEREST IN SINKING FUND IT DOES SAYS OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION AND IT'S FOR REAL PROPERTY ABOVE THE BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY.
AND I BELIEVE THE TWO COMMISSIONS ON THE, ON THE TIP BOARD ARE AWARE OF THE, OF THE CHANGES? YES.
WHAT, WHAT THE SITUATION IS, THEY COME BACK, THEY'RE GOING FROM 13 MILLION, NO, 15 MILLION TO 28 MILLION, 28 AND MILLION BUILDING SITE.
AND SO THEY GONNA INCREASE TO MAXIMUM ALSO, UH, IS WHAT UH, CASTLE WAS GONNA DO FOR THE COUNTY.
AND SO THIS IS REASON ME INCREASE THIS THING, UH, DO IMPROVE THEIR, UH, HERE IN IT'S A WE SITUATION FOR THE COUNTY SERVED ON THIS BOARD.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER SHANE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BECAUSE SOMEONE FROM MY COMPANY HAS ON THE WORK ON THIS.
OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, FROM UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
YOU NEED TO THREE, THREE OH VOTE AND SHOW COMMISSIONER.
ALRIGHT, NUMBER 17, NUMBER 18 IS, UH, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER THE APPROVING THE AGREEMENT FOR TWO TIME RESCUE SERVICES, UH, WITH KAUFMAN COUNTY.
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28 MILLION.I LOVE CATS, SO DON'T I APPRECIATE YOU EFFORT.
UM, SO THIS IS THE, UM, THE OWNER OF KAUFMAN, GAMAN, ACKERMAN AND HER RIGHT HAND LADY RIGHT OVER HERE, BARB.
UH, WE HAVE REALLY BEEN PLEASED.
IT'S WONDERFUL FOR OUR, OUR, UM, OFFICER TO BE ABLE TO STAY WITHIN THE COUNTY TO TAKE THE ANIMALS.
AND UM, WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AGREED ON IS THAT WE WOULD CHANGE THE CONTRACT AND RUNWAY WAY MAKING IT TO A QUARTERLY INSTEAD OF A YEARLY BECAUSE AS WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE CAN OPEN OUR SHELTER, UM, THEY WILL THEN START COMING OVER AND HELPING PARTICIPATE WITH US AND HELPING WITH THE ADOPTIONS OF THE CATS.
AND SO YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA COME OVER ABOUT 60, 70 HOURS A WEEK.
SO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE TOOK FROM OCTOBER TO NOW 275 CATS, WE'VE PAID OUT 17,170 FOR THE CATS AND KITTENS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US A LOWER RATE THAN WHAT WE WERE PAYING DOWN TO THE LAKE.
THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO PULL OUT THE STATE LEVEL LAST YEAR.
UM, WE STARTED CONTRACT IN MARCH, UM, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA 3 49 TAX FOR LAST YEAR.
UM, AND LAST YEAR, UM, WE ADOPTED OUT 304, WHICH INCLUDE OWNER ALSO.
SO WE DO A, WE AVERAGE 25 TO 30 ADOPTION A MONTH.
UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE AT UH, TWO, WE'RE AT A 273 YEAR DAY OF ADOPTION.
AND UM, WE'LL BE HAPPY CALL THE THREEQUARTERS OF THE LOCAL OUT COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, AN UM, ADOPTION CENTER IN
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING ADOPTED OVER THERE.
SO WE'RE ABLE DIRECTION KIND HELP THE, WE HAVE ADOPTED OUR LOCAL ADOPTION CENTER, IT T 75, THEY WERE SET 65 DAYS.
THEY THERE, MOST OF THOSE ARE IN COUNTIES, GO LOCAL SURROUNDING, BUT UH, BUT THEY DO A JOB FOR OVER THERE.
SO WE HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS ONCE WE TAKE THEM ON SALE.
OH YEAH, EVERY, WE ARE GETTING AWAY CATS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE RESCUE, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
THE ONES THAT AREN'T APPROPRIATE FOR HOMES FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
ANY, UH, QUESTIONS I GUESS, UH, AUDITOR, DID WE HAVE ANY MONEY IN THE TO RUN THIS? YES SIR.
THIS YEAR THEY REALLY SAVED US.
UH, IT'S THAT 65 PER CAT OR 15 PER KIT.
THEY'RE NURSING SO THAT SAVES A LOT.
AND THEY'RE LOCAL, SO TRAVEL THAT, NOT
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE ON THIS ITEM PLEASE? A MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAIR SAY AYE.
UH, 19 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DESIGNATING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT RECORD MEETING DAYS OR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
UH, BY STATUTE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO EACH YEAR DESIGNATE MEETING DAYS AND UH, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE, UH, SAME
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THAT WE'VE UH, UH, HAD IN THE PAST LAST YEAR WE DID MOVE IT UP TO NINE O'CLOCK.AND DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT? IT THE SAME LUNCH NORMALLY SECOND, FOURTH MONDAY COURT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, UH, SPECIALTIES AS WELL AND PUBLIC HEARINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
THOSE OPPOSED? UH, AND IN THAT REGARD, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEGINNING TO PLAN VACATIONS AND TIMES OFF TO NEXT YEAR.
SO WE DO HAVE A PROPOSED, UH, ITEM NUMBER 20, DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY.
THESE, UH, I LOOKED AT THEM AND THEY APPEAR TO BE PRETTY MUCH IN LINE, I BELIEVE WITH WHAT WE'VE HAD THIS, UH, THIS PAST YEAR TO.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE FOLLOW? WE'VE DONE? I MAKE A MOTION.
HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. PHILLIPS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON FAVOR SAY A OPPOSED ITEM NUMBER 21 IS TO DISCUSS CONSIDER RETIREMENT OF NINE RON DUE MEDICAL REASONS AND AWARDING OWNERSHIP TO HIS HAMBURGERS.
SEAN, THE SHERIFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? THIS THIS IS ONE OF OUR CANINE UH, ANIMALS, UH, AND UH, DUE TO MEDICAL REASONS WE'VE GOT ARE WHAT WE DUAL DOGS.
THEY, THEY'RE NARCOTIC AND ALSO THEY CANNOT BE, THE OPTION WOULD BE TO HAVE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION.
22 IS TO DISCUSS AND, UH, CONSIDER DONATING OLD PATROL CELL PHONES TO THE GENESIS CENTER IN DALLAS.
30 PHONES TO BE DONATED FOR NINE ONE ONE EMERGENCIES.
UH, ON THAT QUESTION ABOUT THAT, UM, WHAT CONSTITUTES AN OLD CONTROL STUFF? IT STILL FLIP PHONE.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE FLIP PHONES.
EVERYBODY'S GOING THE IPHONE NOW.
YEAH, THEY, THEY'RE JUST THE OLD AND FROM, UH, WE GET THE PHONE FROM THE PERSONNEL CONTRACT WITH, THEY DON'T CHARGE US FOR THOSE.
THE, THESE ARE ALL FLIP PHONES THAT WE'VE GOT.
SO YEAH, IF YOU DON'T TURN THEM ON AUTOMATICALLY, ALL PHONES, EVEN IF THEY'RE CONTRACT ANYMORE, PUT BATTERY IN, DIAL DOWN, THEY RESTRICT EMERGENCY.
MR. HAS MADE A MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NUMBER 23 IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, OBVIOUSLY HE'S NOT HERE.
LISA, I BELIEVE IS HERE TO, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING A D PACK PAD, FOOT ROLLER IN THE AMOUNT OF 39,025.
THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNT.
UH, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY I NOTHING ABOUT IT.
I, I GOT A, UH, I GOT A EMAIL OR A VOICEMAIL THIS MORNING WAS WAITING ON ME WHENEVER I GOT HERE AND IT WAS JUST SAYING, OH, THAT, THAT CROSS WAS GOOD TO GO WITH AND I'M, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO I WENT IN AND TALKED TO KAREN AND APPARENTLY THIS WAS SOME KIND OF, IT WAS PROBABLY DONE BEFORE MY TIME, BUT IT WAS LIKE A, I GUESS A LEASE TO PURCHASE.
BUT WE STILL HAD SOME KIND OF A CONCERN WITH THIS BECAUSE, UM, APPARENTLY THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT'S LIKE 125,000 SOMEWHERE ROUGHLY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE VENDOR THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING THE LEASE PAYMENTS TO IS NOT ON ONE OF THE CO-OPS.
SO ACTUALLY KIND OF REQUIRE A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH ON MY BEHALF TO FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING, OH YEAH, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOOD PRICE AND WE'VE BEEN PAYING THE RELEASE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE PROPER STEPS TO PROCURE THIS AND NOT BE OUT.
SINCE COMMISSIONER ALLEN IS NOT HERE, HAVE A MOTION MADE YOU OH YEAH, I MAKE MOTION.
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GIVE LISA TIME.BACKGROUND THE REST OF THE STORY.
UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND, UH, WE'LL UH, DISCUSS AND, UH, CONSIDER, UH, WE WE'LL ON THAT WHEN WE BACK AND, ALRIGHT, WE'LL CALL THE COURT BACK TO ORDER.
AND, UH, FIRST ITEM IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 24.
AND I NEED A, UH, MOTION TO EXIT THE REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HONOR, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE AND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
I I I'M SORRY, DO I HAVE A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY A.
NOW THE TIME IS, WHAT TIME IS IT? 10 0 2.
SO A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IF HE EXITS THE, UH, CLOSED SESSION THAT SECOND.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROSA SECOND MOTION.
NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER, UH, 27 AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TAKING ANY ACTION NEEDED AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ALLOW OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO, UH, SETTLEMENT, NEGOTIATE THE, TO NEGOTIATE THE SETTLEMENT, UH, WITH A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WITH, UH, ONE OH PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER SHANNON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
AND UH, NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO CONSIDER APPROVING LINE TRANSFER.
ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS? I DON'T, NO QUESTIONS HERE.
I A MOTION FOR ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. PHILLIPS TO APPROVE THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM, NUMBER 29.
NEXT, THE LAST ITEM, NUMBER 29 TO DISCUSS AND TO CONSIDER CLAIM FOR PAYMENT.
UH, BEFORE I DISCUSS THAT, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, OUR BOND WAS DEPOSITED INTO AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK LAST 30 AND, UH, MR. O' HILL GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THEM SAYING THAT HE WOULD LIKE US TO TRANSFER SOME OF THAT MONEY OUT BECAUSE IT CAUSE HIM TO PLEDGE TOO MUCH COLLATERAL TIES IT UP.
SO WE ARE GONNA TRANSFER TO TAX POOL, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR, UH, PREVIOUS INVESTMENTS UNTIL WE GET A DRAW DOWN FROM MR. POLLSTER.
I KNOW, UH, JUDGE WOOD AND I BOTH, AND I DON'T KNOW, RONNIE, DID YOU CONTACT HIM YOURSELF TO MR. POLLSTER? NO, I, UH, I JUST APPLAUDED THE JUDGE ON HIS OUTREACH TO MR. POLLSTER TO MAKE THE REQUEST.
WE HAVE, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING BACK FROM MY, MY REQUEST AND I KNOW YOU INCLUDED ME ON YOUR REQUEST AND LAST TIME I TALKED TO YOU, YOU HAD NOT HEARD FROM HIM EITHER.
NO, IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY, A THURSDAY.
SO I'LL, I'LL ON RONNIE ONE WE CAN ASK THEM.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF PUT, UH, A BURDEN ON US BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO DRAW THAT MONEY DOWN SO WE COULD, I'LL JUST CALL RECOUP SOME INTEREST, YOU KNOW, PUT IT IN SOME CDS, PUT IT SOMEWHERE
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WHERE WE'RE DRAWING SOME INTEREST A LITTLE BETTER, I GUESS.YEAH, AND I THINK JUDGE, UH, I SAW YOUR AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 3RD.
WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE IF WE UH, UH, WE HAVE CIRCULATED THE, THE DRAFT OF THE NEW INVESTMENT POLICY? UM, I'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS.
COULD WE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA? GET IT OVER TO US AND THEN SO I'LL, WE WON'T THANK YOU KAREN.
WE'LL, OF THIS, WE'LL JUST SEND THE WHOLE 26 MILLION, LEAVE THAT MONEY INACT.
IT'LL BE AT TEXT POOL, WHICH IS AN IMMEDIATE ACCESS.
BUT WE, I THINK IF WE LET THEM KNOW BEFORE 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE CAN ALWAYS GET THE MONEY, PAY A P LIKE THAT.
BUT THE BANK ALWAYS PAYS US A LITTLE BIT MORE INTEREST.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY, WELL TAX POOL NOW HAS FLIPPED, HAS RATES AND CHANGED.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING BACK UP.
AND SINCE WE'VE OPENED UP THIS DISCUSSION AND, UH, WE'LL TAKE THE FIRE BOND PROCEEDS AND I'LL DO A LINE CHART FOR Y'ALL TO SHOW YOU HOW THAT'S BEEN DRAWN DOWN AND, AND THEN APPLY A SIMILAR TIMELINE TO THIS SO THAT WE CAN ON THE THIRD HAVE A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION OF, OF, OF HOW SOME INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES MIGHT LOOK, GET THE COURT'S INPUT, AND THEN BE ON FOR OCTOBER, THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER WHERE MAYBE THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE WOULD COME TO THE COURT WITH IDEAS.
WE, WE, I KNOW MR. OAKHILL AND I BOTH HAD A CONCERN AND WITH THE FIRST BOND ISSUE WHEN HE CAME ON BOARD IN THE OFFICE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED FOR SOME STUFF AND WE HADN'T GOT, AND I WAS GONNA BRING THAT TO A POINT AND I'M GLAD THAT COMMISSIONER SHANE BROUGHT IT UP THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD YOUR, YOUR ENGINEERING FUND WITH FIRM LOOK AT THESE PLANS ON THESE PLATS AND THEY APPROVED IT SAYING THEY HAD TALKED TO TEX DOC, YOU NEED SOMETHING IN WRITING.
YOU DON'T NEED TO JUST TAKE SOMEBODY'S WORD FOR IT.
'CAUSE YEAH, YOU REMEMBER IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THAT, THAT WAS DOCUMENTED, YOU KNOW, YOU PAY THEM A FEE.
SO YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK FOR SOME DOCUMENTATION BACK UP WHAT THEY'RE TELLING YOU AND IT PROTECTS THE COUNTY.
THAT'S MY SPI AND I HAVE AGREED TO SIGN A TRANSFER WITH MR.
SO WE IT'S LEGITIMATE WHY HE'S TRANSFERRING IT OUT OF THE BANK TO TECH SCHOOL.
AND, UH, FOR CLAIMS CLAIM, YES, YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 2,294,000, $51 AND 43 CENTS.
AND THAT IS IN THE SEPARATE FUND.
IT DOES NOT COME OUT IN GENERAL.
UH, YOUR NEXT HEIGHTS EXPENDITURE WAS THE ROAD BOND ISSUE.
UH, SIX, UH, 662,000 AND UM, I THINK THAT WAS 383.
SO YEAH, WHEN WE GIVE YOU THIS CHART CONCLUDES ALL THE I FOR THE YEAH, BRINGING THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'D BE TAKEN IT OUT.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE BILLS ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE? THAT IS A PREPAID EXPENSE BECAUSE IT'S FOR POSTAGE DEPOSIT.
THEY NEEDED HALF OF THE MONEY DOWN AND AGREED TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER PREPAY IT.
SO WE HAVE A SPECIAL LINE ITEM THAT WE CARD THAT STUFF IN.
THE ONLY OTHER MEETING I SAW, WHAT PAGES? IT'S A BIG PACKET.
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FROM THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.YEP, THAT WAS ON ONE IN'S MEDICAL.
AND THEN THE NEXT, THE VERY LAST ITEM AND PAGE, THERE'S SEVEN SOUTHERN PARTNERS FOR 50,000 8 98, RIGHT? ONE IS FOR YOUR, YOUR ETT MEDICATION AND STUFF.
AND THEN YOUR, UH, THE OTHER ONE IS THE MEDICAL CONTRACT.
YES, I THE CONTRACT THE MEDICATION IS, YES, SIR.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, FOR, UH, MOWING AND CLEANING UP THE LANDSCAPE, UH, CUTTING DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE MONITORED.
UH, MR. RAY, RAYMOND SERVES ON BOARD WITH CLEAN.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ELSE IS ON THERE.
UH, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO DO WELL USUALLY WE USUALLY 4,500 IN THE GENERAL FOR THAT, THE MEMORIAL.
WE DID SOME, WE DID SOME WORK ON THE LIGHTS, THE THINGS LIKE THAT TOO.
YEAH, I THINK THE, I THINK THE, I I DIDN'T KNOW ONLY OTHER THING I PROFESSIONAL THOSE OAKS OR SOMETHING THAT INCLUDED PRE WHAT SHE SAID DID, UH, THEY BROUGHT ME THE BILL AND TOLD HIM, COMMISSIONER THAT I COULDN'T SIGN IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A W NINE.
SO I PRINTED ONE OUT AND HE TOOK IT AND HAD GENTLEMAN FILL IT OUT BECAUSE HE'S SPANISH, COULDN'T READ ALL OF IT.
SO HE GOT THAT FILLED OUT AND PROCESS FOR PAYMENT.
AND THAT WAS AN ACTUAL COMPANY AND THEN THEY HAD WORKER COMP? UH, SIR, I HAVE, I HAVE NO IDEA ON.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER SHANE.
THAT MOTION SECOND OPPOSED MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THAT MOTION.