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ORDER TODAY IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, AND THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COURT.
WE HAVE TWO, UH, UH, DIFFERENT PIECES OF PAPER HERE.
ONE OF THEM IS, UH, THE INITIAL NOTICE AND THEN WE TO THAT, UH, THE OFFICIAL, UH, THE FIRST ONE WENT OUT ON SEPTEMBER THE 28TH, THEN THE SECOND ADDEND, OR THE SECOND, THE FIRST ADDEND WENT OUT ON SEPTEMBER THE 29TH.
SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE, UH, ONE THAT STATED, UH, SEPTEMBER THE 28TH.
AND THAT IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 22ND, 2016, AND THE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 23RD, 2016, UH, AUGUST 29TH, 2016, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2016, AND SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2016.
MOTION, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECONDS MOTION IN DISCUSSION.
OPPOSED? UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING PART-TIME HEALTH FOR, FOR PRECINCT THREE AND APPROVE THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER BUDGET AMENDMENTS AMOUNT OF 20,000.
THIS IS THE ITEM WE DISCUSSED THE LAST MEETING.
HAVE A SECOND, UH, MOTION DISCUSSION FAVOR SAY THOSE FOLKS.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS FROM JOHN POLLSTER.
OUR, UH, TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT.
GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, UH, WHAT ALL GOING ON IN THE COUNTY AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION CONCERN AND ANYBODY.
SO, JOHN, IF YOU COME FORWARD, I THINK YOU GOT A HANDOUT FOR US.
I, I, UH, PROVIDED THOSE TO THE, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT.
AND I'VE GOT ADDITIONAL 15 AGO PACKETS BACK THERE.
SO WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE, UH, BOND FUNDS RECENTLY, UH, I'VE PROVIDED A JUDGE WITH A, UH, SCHEDULED DRAW DOWN, UH, UH, SCHEDULE.
AND IT, I'LL SEND IT OUT ELECTRONICALLY, UH, TO THE OTHER, HUH? OH, YOU DID? YEAH, I'VE GOT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
I DID IT, IT WAS TOO SMALL FOR ME.
READ, SO I, A HAND OUT MAGNIFYING GLASS.
SO, UM, THE, ALL THIS SHOWS YOU, IT IS KIND OF HARD TO DECIPHER WHEN YOU FIRST SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THE COLUMN YOU WANNA LOOK AT IS THE 2016 ACTUAL ISSUANCE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE REPORT.
THOSE ARE THE DOLLARS IN THOSE PROJECTS THAT, UH, WERE REMAINING TO BE ISSUED FROM THE PREVIOUS BOND PACKAGE.
AND THEN WE TELL YOU WHAT YEAR WE THINK THEY'LL BE, UH, SPENT IN.
AND YOU GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE LAST TWO COLUMN THREE COLUMNS AND ONCE SAYS TOTAL 2016 FUNDING.
SO IN THEORY, THOSE TWO NUMBERS, UH, SHOULD ADD UP, BUT IF YOU LOOK, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS, UH, 21.7 IN THE TOTAL 2016 FUNDS.
AND WE ISSUED 24 AND SOME CHANGE.
THE DELTA OF 2.9 ISH, BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE ANY MORE NUMBER THAN THAT.
UH, I CAN TELL THAT IT'S GOT, UH, SEVEN NUMBERS.
UH, THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT, UH, WERE ARAMARK PROJECTS THAT ARE, ARE FINISHED OR WILL BE FINISHED.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GO LOOK UP AT, UH, NUMBER PROJECT NINE US 80 RAMP RELOCATION, WE HAD $2 MILLION IN THAT.
WE PUT SOME MONEY INTO ENGINEERING, AND THEN
SO THAT LEAVES THE PROJECT WITH 1.499 MILLION THAT, UH, IS NOT NEEDED FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO, UH, UH, THE 5 48 ADVANCED PLANNING, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT PROJECT ONCE WE KNOW WHERE THE, UH, INSTRUCTION'S GONNA END.
WE HAVE LEFT AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT SINCE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'LL DO THAT, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YEAR TO PUT IT IN, SO WE JUST LEFT IT IN THE, UH, DELTA COLUMN.
AND THEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE, UH, BOTTOM 23 AND 25, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, FREEZE NICHOLS IS FINISHING UP THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN STUDY AND THEIR, UH, UH, THIRD CAR PLAN.
AND THAT LEAVES $125,000 LEFT IN THE REGIONAL HIGHWAY 80 PLAN AND 130,000 LEFT IN THE
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Y'ALL GOT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, DEDUCE, YOU KNOW, READ IT, CHECK IT OUT, DIGEST IT, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL.THIS IS AGAIN, A BEST GUESS SCENARIO ON WHEN THE FUNDS WILL BE NEEDED BY A YEAR.
AND, UH, EVERYTHING TOTALS OUT AND I'VE PUT YOU SOME NOTES OVER THERE THAT WHEN I MAKE THIS BIGGER, WE'LL ALL BE OVER READ THEM.
SO THAT'S THE DRAW DOWN AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF WHERE WE'RE INTO THE PROJECTS.
SO THE COLOR, YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS THERE'S YELLOW AND WHITE, AND THEN THE BLUE, BLUE WAS, UH, ESSENTIALLY ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE, UH, STARTED WORKING ON IN THE FIRST ISSUANCE.
SO THERE WAS ONLY TWO THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY MOVE FORWARD ON.
AND THE FIRST ISSUANCE, AND THAT WAS THE 1641 ADVANCED PLANNING AND HIGHWAY 34 ADVANCED PLANNING.
UH, WE'LL PROBABLY START ON LOCAL.
THOSE, UH, HIGHWAY 34 ADVANCED PLANNING IS, UH, COUNTY SELECTED.
FREEZE OF NICHOLS WAS MOST QUALIFIED BACK WHEN IT WAS SELECTED FOR USA AND, UH, THE THIRD AIRPLANE.
SO WE'LL, UH, BEGIN INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIM ON THAT CONTRACT.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT IT GOES OVER BEFORE WE HAVE BUDGETED, WHICH I HOPE IT WON'T BECAUSE IT'S 1,000,005 TO THE EXTENT THAT IT DOES, WE CAN ACCESS THOSE $2 AMOUNTS AND OTHER TWO STUDIES THAT, UH, FREEDOM ON THOSE EARLIER STUDIES.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE ALREADY DOWN.
AND THE YELLOW WAS THAT, UH, JOHN, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, ON ITEM NUMBER, UH, ONE ON 1641, ITEM NUMBER 10.
UH, DID I READ OR DID YOU SEND US SOMETHING SAYING THAT THE PASS TO THAT HAD, UH, EXPIRED AND THEY TERMINATED IT BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY DEFECTIVE.
THE, UH, PASTURE TOWING WAS SUBMITTED BY AND ACCEPTED BY THE STATE AS A FORM PROJECT BECAUSE IT WAS IN
SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, ACTUALLY ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT.
AND SO T WE LOOKED AT IT, WE SAID, LOOK, PASTOR TO IS A PRETTY HARD THING TO DO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE FRONT MONEY IN, THEN YOU GOTTA GET CONSTRUCTED AND THEN SOME YOU GET PAID BACK.
SO WE JUST DECIDED TO GO BACK TO THE NORMAL 80 COOLING PROCESS THAT WE DO THINGS WITH.
BUT WE ARE TO START SOME OF THESE MONEY, START THE ADVANCED PLANNING LIKE WE'VE DONE ON THESE BASED ENGINEERING AND THEN JUST LIKE WE DO WITH THE HIGHWAY 80 RAMP, GET THE PROJECT READY AND TRY TO GIVE AS MUCH MONEY FOR THE PROJECT AS WELL.
ARE THEY STILL DOING, IS
SO THAT WAS IN CATEGORY 12 FUNDING, WHICH IS COMMISSION DISCRETIONARY, COMMISSION DISCRETIONARY, THAT'S PHASED OUT PASS ZONING AND THEN MOVING TO, UH, WHAT THEY CALL LEVERAGE FUNDING.
AND IN CATEGORY 12, THAT'S TWO ACCOUNTS.
NOW ONE IS YOUR LEVERAGE FUNDING, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU GOT A DOLLAR, THEY GOT A DOLLAR, AND THEN THEY PUT $5 BILLION OF PROP SEVEN INTO CATEGORY 12.
AND IT'S CALLED CONGESTION RELIEF.
AND I THINK Y'ALL REMEMBER WHEN COMMISSIONER BUG CAME DOWN, UH, LAST YEAR AND WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS NEW PROGRAM THAT $5 BILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE FOUR TOP METRO AREAS, DALLAS FORT WORTH, WHICH INCLUDES US, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, AND SAN ANTONIO BY FORMULA.
SO THE NORTH TECH AREA WILL BE ABOUT 36% OF THOSE DOLLARS.
AND THESE WERE PUT ON, UH, MAJOR ARTERIAL.
SO 82, SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR 16 ONE.
WOULD THAT MEAN THAT, SO WE DO IS LIKE ON THE 80 RANCH, WE PUT FIVE $1,000 INTO THAT JOB TO GET THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS DONE, THE ENGINEERING AND THE UTILITY DOCUMENTS DONE, AND THEN TEXT OUT PAID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO WHEN I SAY DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, I REMEMBER A DOLLAR.
I REALLY NEED A DOLLAR FOR 10.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MILLION? SO I'M GONNA USE SOME OF IT IF Y'ALL LET ME TO HIRE AN ENGINEER TO START DOING THE FAITH-BASED ENGINEERING LINE FROM THE RAMP.
I, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT MIGHT GET AMBUSHED, BUT IT'S REALLY UP TO Y'ALL HOW HANDLES IT.
AND PROTOCOL, HISTORICAL PROTOCOL HAS A CERTAIN WAY TO HANDLE IT.
AND UH, SO REMEMBER I'LL JUST START IT WITH THE DATE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THE BOND PROGRAM, WE HAD ONE PROJECT SHEET THAT WE SHOWED YOU THAT SHOWED THAT GENERALLY WITHIN A FEW DOLLARS HERE AND THERE, EACH PRECINCT WAS AS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AS POSSIBLE ON THE PHONE.
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CAN SEND IT TO THE, UH, SO IN THEORY, IF THE FUNDING COMES AVAILABLE IN A PARTICULAR PRECINCT, THEN IT'S THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT PRECINCT.BUT THAT'S ALSO NO, 2 55 25 TO ONE 30.
THOSE ARE KIND JUST FOR STUDIES.
THEY'RE HUH? SAME TO BE USED THE SAME WAY OR YEAH.
WELL THOSE WEREN'T REALLY INDIVIDUAL, THOSE WEREN'T PUT INTO YOUR PRECINCT RIGHT.
PERCENTAGES BECAUSE THOSE WERE NOT COUNTYWIDE.
SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO IS KEEP YOU POWERED AROUND THOSE OKAY.
UNTIL I GET FREEZING NICKELS ON CONTRACT AND ONCE I GET FREEZING NICKELS ON CONTRACT WITH THE OTHER ONE, IF WE DON'T EVEN USE THE ALL OF THE MILLION FIVE, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL SAY, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GO WITH IT, BUT THOSE MON ARE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PROJECTS.
AND Y'ALL PROBABLY PUT IN COUNTY ROADS IF I KNOW.
WELL LET GET THE MOST LOADERS LIKE WAS FOR THE ROADS AND PROJECT.
WELL, THERE WAS SOME IN THERE, THERE'S NOT, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS GONNA SPEND IT THAT FAST SHAPE.
THE WE'RE NOT AS SLOW AS MR COST.
QUESTION NUMBER FIVE, UM, THIS ONE IS THE ONE I'M CONFUSED ABOUT.
YEAH, WE'LL GET TO THAT ON THE NEXT ITEM.
I THINK THERE'S AN ITEM FOR THE PAY REQUEST.
DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW OR THEN? I WANT, WELL, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE THE MONEY.
'CAUSE I MEAN THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR 6 MILLION AND WE PAID THE 6 MILLION.
SO WHERE HAVE YOU GOT THIS BUDGETED IN HERE? OKAY, SO WE THEN ON THE NEXT ITEM, YES, WE ON ITEM FOUR.
SO, UH, I, WE CAN GO OVER THE REPORT, BUT REALLY I THINK YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
WE'RE MEETING WITH TEXT ITEM IN ABOUT 10 DAYS TO UH, UH, DO DESIGN ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
AND THIS IS A CRITICAL TIMEFRAME BECAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE 15TH, THE 18TH, UH, TODD WILL BE SITTING OUT AND SENDING OUT A LIST TO THE RTC MEMBERS, ALTERNATE AND TO THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, THE LIST OF PROJECTS AND THE 10 YEAR PLAN.
NOW IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT ON THAT 10 YEAR PLAN, REMEMBER IT'S A 10 YEAR PLAN, IT'S ADJUSTED ANNUALLY.
SO IT'S ALWAYS IN FLUX AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SO THAT THEY CAN ADAPT TO WHATEVER HAPPENED.
SO WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT A LOT OF GOOD STUFF'S GONNA BE IN THE KIDS PLANT FROM KAMAN COUNTY.
UH, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WILL MAY HAVE TO BE ADDED TO FOLLOWING YEAR.
UH, AND SO, AND OF THE 10 YEAR PLAN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF THE PLAN BECAUSE THE FIRST SIX YEARS FROM 2017 TO 20 22 3 IS COVERED BY THE FAST ACT ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE GUARANTEED THE, THE LAST FOUR YEARS DON'T HAVE A FEDERAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION PAYING THEM ON TOP OF THEM.
AND SO THEY'RE JUST GUESSING THAT THE FUNDING LEVELS IN THOSE, THOSE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND IT TOOK US 12 YEARS LAST TIME TO GET A SIX YEAR PROGRAM.
SO FIRST SIX YEARS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE AND YOU SEE WHERE YOU'RE AT, YOU WANT TO BE SOMETIME INSIDE THE 2023.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR REPORT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT THERE ARE SCHEDULES IN THE LOTTERY.
NOW THEY ASSUME THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
SO THIS SOON LIKE 18 TO 20 MONTHS FOR RIGHTAWAY ACQUISITION, SIX TO NINE MONTHS FOR UTILITY RELOCATIONS.
AND THEN THEY SET THE LET DATE BASED ON THAT.
IN ANY OF THESE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE TAKING THE LEAD ON THE NEXT PLAN, IF WE CAN BEAT THOSE SCHEDULES, WE CAN MOVE UP THE, LET THOSE PROJECTS, THOSE ARE JUST WORST CASE SCENARIO.
UH, WE DON'T NEED AN APPROVAL OF ANYTHING.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OVER AND GIVING THAT TO US.
AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING UTILITY REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENT TO THE CITY OF ASSOCIATION.
STATE THE AMOUNT OF 88 PAID UPON SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE TITLE LAW YOU TO HANG WITH ME ON.
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AND ONE OF THOSE COMMITMENTS WAS TO 34 PROJECT OF $2.7 MILLION.
AND THEN COSTMAN PUT 2 7 2 $0.7 MILLION INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF 34 BYPASS.
PART OF THAT COMMITMENT WAS, UH, COVERED BY A MILLION DOLLAR S LOAN OF WHICH WE, UH, PAID FOR RIGHT AWAY.
AND THE, UH, ATTORNEYS TO COVER THE, UH, IMMINENT DOMAIN WORK ON THAT.
AND THAT LP A'S ALL SIGNED FOR THE 950,000 A MILLION BUCKS.
IT'S NOT JUST RIDE RIGHT AWAY.
SO WE'VE PAID IN, IN SPECIAL PROJECTS, IN SPECIAL PROJECTS FUNDS.
WE'VE PAID, UH, THE, UH, WHAT NUMBER YOU WANT, UH, DOWN THE VERY BOTTOM.
AND THEN WE'VE SPENT, WE'VE TAKEN MONEY OUT.
YOU SEE THE FIRST ONE COMING OUT OF 950,000 WAS THE SX 34 NORTH LPA.
THAT WAS $950,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS PREVIOUS TO UH, SO WE PUT $950,000 IN 34 OF BOND MONEY AND WE HAD A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE SIV MONEY THAT WE PAID FOR RIGHT AWAY ON AND UTILITIES.
EXCEPT THAT THE MILLION'S GONE PRETTY MUCH, RIGHT? I MEAN WE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF IT.
AND SO WE STILL HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THAT JOB THAT WE HAVE TO FINALIZE.
AND SO ALL UTILITIES, WHETHER IT IS OAK GROVE, UM, AND I'M LOOKING FOR ENCORE, BUT I DON'T SEE IT, WELL, WE MOVED IT TO A LOAN ONCE WE FOUND OUT WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL S MONEY THAT WE USE.
THERE WERE, THERE'S UTILITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN REIMBURSED ON THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT BY THE STATE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS THEY WERE IN AN EASEMENT ADJACENT TO THE ROADWAY STATE OWNS RIGHT AWAY AND THE EASEMENT ADJACENT TO THE STATE'S ROADWAY, WHEN THE STATE WIDENS THE ROAD, THEY TAKE THAT EASEMENT, THEY PURCHASE THAT EASEMENT AND THEN THE UTILITY THAT'S IN THERE, IF THEY RELOCATE BACK OUT OF THE UH, DRIVEWAY, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE.
IF WE SET UP A POLICY THAT WE WOULD, WELL WE HAVE TO ON JUST BECAUSE YOU SIGNED GATE, THAT'S NOT SAYING AND RELOCATE UTILITIES, KAMAN HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF UTILITIES THAT THEY HAD TO RELOCATE THAT ONLY THIS DOLLAR MAP THAT'S IN THE UH, PAY REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
AND WE HAD TDOT REVIEW OUR DOCUMENTS TO CONCUR WITH OUR PERCENTAGES.
SO THE DOLLAR MAP T DOT AGREES WITH, SO THE $6 MILLION THAT'S IN THE ICA WITH KAUFMAN, THAT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE STATE, PROVIDE A RIGHT OF WAY AND RELOCATE THE UTILITIES.
IF YOU HAD A MILLION DOLLARS IN A S LOAN AND YOU'VE BEEN BACKFILLING IT WITH YOUR BOND PROGRAM MONEY WHEN YOU PAID FOR OAK GROVE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO I'M SAYING STRATEGIC PROJECT FUNDING PAYS THE UTILITY BILLS FROM KAUFMAN AND IT'S NOT PART OF THE ICA FOR KAUFMAN'S ICA.
DID THAT FOLLOW ANYTHING? BECAUSE I THOUGHT I TRIED TO WRITE THAT IN THE MEMO.
SO THIS, THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT PRIOR TO OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PROGRAM AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE, WE THOUGHT LOOKING IT UP THAT THIS COUNTY WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED FOR A $2.7 MILLION SIB LOAN, BUT ONCE YOU TOOK THE MONEY, YOU HAD TO START PAYING AN INTEREST ON IT.
AND SO I THINK THE COUNTY DECIDED TO TAKE IT AS THEY NEEDED IT.
BUT THE, THE ONE REMAINING $1.7 MILLION SIB LOAN BASICALLY GOES AWAY.
LIKE IF YOU GET A CREDIT CARD AND THEY SAY YOU APPLY FOR, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND YOU ONLY TAKE 20, YOU DON'T JUST NEED TO GET THE ADDITIONAL 80,000, YOU GOTTA GO BACK AND APPLY.
SO, UH, THE BOND PROGRAM PASSED AND THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED TAKING THE MONIES BECAUSE YOU ARE ALREADY PAYING INTEREST ON THESE MONIES.
AND SO WE THOUGHT WE JUST USE THE PAYING INTEREST ON.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS POINT? THIS SHOULD BE STRATEGIC PROJECT FUNDING.
NOW YOU HAD TWO ISSUANCES AND WE HAVE MONEY.
WHAT KAREN WAS INITIALLY TOGETHER
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WAS CONCERNED WITH, 'CAUSE I WAS SAYING SPECIAL PROJECTS, RIGHT? WELL, WE HADN'T ISSUED MONEY THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO GET THIS THROUGH.AND SO THERE WASN'T ANY MORE MONEY IN SPECIAL PROJECTS ISSUANCE FOR 2014.
BUT ONCE Y'ALL ISSUED THE REMAINING MONEY, WE ISSUED THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE STRATEGIC PROJECT FUNDING.
AND SO I WASN'T REFERENCING 20 14, 20 16.
I WAS JUST REFERENCING THE, THE OVERALL.
SO I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE THROWN YOU GUYS BECAUSE I DON'T, I I DO NOT RECOGNIZE JUST OVERALL.
SO WHAT THIS DONE IS CLEAN UP, UH, BILL, THIS IS THE LAST ONE FOR C I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS OUT THERE UNTIL THEY CALLED US.
SO YEAH, WE HAVE A WATER LINE.
THE END OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY NOBODY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT.
AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANY RECORDS EXCEPT THAT THEY PHYSICALLY COULD TELL YOU IT WAS THERE.
AND SO WE HAD TO GET THE PEOPLE THAT ORIGINALLY OWNED THE PROPERTY AND THE OAK GROVE WATER DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S THE STATE PROCESS TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT THAT THIS WAS THERE WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS EASILY DEMONSTRABLE.
AND SO WE SENT ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION TO THE STATE, THEY GO, YEAH, THAT WILL WORK FOR US.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE SAID, OKAY, WE'LL PAY IT.
SO WE DON'T PAY ANYTHING WITHOUT TEXT REVIEW.
WE DON'T RECOMMEND Y'ALL PAYING ANYTHING WITHOUT REVIEWING OCCURRENCE.
SO I'M NOT SURE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, KAREN.
YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PULL IT FROM AND FIX THE LINE ITEM FOR.
SO THERE SHOULD STILL BE SOME MONEY THEN THE STRATEGIC PROJECT FUND, OTHERWISE I'M IN TROUBLE.
I'M SAYING THERE'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OVER A MILLION BUCKS THAT WE USED.
UH, FOR 16, IS THAT JUST MILLION 20 3014? I'LL HAVE TO PICK THE WORD ON IT.
COUNTY WAS ORIGINALLY 3 MILLION AND THEN THE 2014 ISSUE ONLY ONE.
SO IT'S A RUNNING GUN BATTLE THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAD AND THAT'S WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
I KNOW YOU HAD ABOUT 30 MILLION, 31 MILLION UH, ON HAND.
AND SO AS EVERY TIME WE RECOMMEND DETECTIVE MONEY FROM STRATEGIC PROJECT FUNDING, THAT THOSE, ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS BELOW THE 1 9 7 6, THOSE TOTAL, THE 1 9 7 6, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE CALCULATIONS.
BUT IN 16 THEY WERE SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA ISSUE MEAN.
AND SO, UH, WE WERE TELLING YOU THAT NOW WE'RE GONNA BE AVAILABLE 16, 17, WHATEVER OUTCOME I GUESS NOW THAT IT'S OCTOBER 17.
SO THEY HAVEN ALL THE WAY 17TH, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO THE 16 ACTUAL ISSUANCE TELLS YOU HOW MUCH WAS IN YOUR ISSUANCE AND THEN THE NEXT COLUMN IS JUST INFORMATION AND THE FOLLOWING COLUMN 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, Y'ALL ARE ASKING ME TO TELL YOU WHEN WE THINK WE NEED THE MONIES AND THAT'S WHERE WE THINK WE NEED THE MONIES IN THESE PROJECTS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING COME UP FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS SOON.
AND IF WE DIDN'T NEED IT FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WENT OUT TO THE DELTA TO SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE SOME COST UNDERRUN THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO AT SOME POINT.
OKAY? I DON'T HERE TO REAY IT.
WELL, AND IT MAY BE A DISCUSSION THAT YOU AND THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE MAY NEED TO CONTINUE, BUT UH, UH, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE FUNDS IN STRATEGIC PRIVATE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR, AND IT IS PART OF YOUR OBLIGATION FOR THE YPA ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION HOPEFULLY IS THAT Y'ALL, THIS IS I THINK MY SECOND OR THIRD TIME THROUGH YOU ALL APPROVE THE PAYMENT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I DUNNO IF YOU'RE STILL NOT COMFORTABLE BUT YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE, I TAKE BACK SAID, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
HAVE A MOTION TO UH, APPROVE THE PAYMENT, THE STATE HIGHWAY THREE FOUR, UH, THREE 88,000.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ROSA.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE A.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO, UH, FIVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ENTERING INTO THE CONSOLIDATED 9 1 1 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OPERATIONS AGREEMENT.
AND, UH, KAREN AND REBECCA HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND I'LL, UH,
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LET THEM PROCEED.UM, AND THIS IS A PROCESS, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
WE BROUGHT THIS, UM, AGREEMENT BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
AND, UH, SINCE THAT TIME IT'S GONE OUT FOR, BASICALLY, FIRST OF ALL, IT WENT OUT FOR A COMMENTARY FROM THE DIFFERENT CITIES THAT IT WAS SENT TO.
IT WAS SENT TO TERRELL, KAUFMAN, CRAN AND HALING MAIN
AND, AND WE DID THE COMMENTARY, UM, AND WE DID THE COMMENTARY THAT THE DIFFERENT CITIES HAD AND WE, UM, MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT.
NONE OF THE AGREEMENTS CHANGES ARE REALLY OPERATIONAL AND IN SIGNIFICANT TO THE OPERATION.
PRIMARILY THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE WERE, OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE SOME GRAMMATICAL CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.
THERE WERE SOME, UM, CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO WHERE, UM, THE, UM, TERMINATION AND THE LENGTH OF THE AGREEMENT FOR EACH CITY IS JUST ONE BUDGET YEAR AS OPPOSED TO TWO.
AND UM, AND THAT WAS REALLY THE, THE, THE GIST OF ALL THE AGREEMENTS.
SO WE PUT IN SOME CLEAR LANGUAGE THAT JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT THE BOARD WOULD, UM, RECOMMEND OR MAKE THE, UM, ASSESSMENTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE SHERIFF AND THE ACCOUNTING AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WOULD APPROVE THE DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT EACH MEMBER CITY IS ASKED TO, UM, TO PAY FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND SO, UM, WE, WE, UM, SPENT TIME ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND WORKING WITH THE CITIES AND BASICALLY ALL OF THE CITIES SIGNED EXCEPT FOR COMBINE.
AND UM, TERRELL HAS NOT SIGNED AT THIS POINT.
THE STATUS WITH LL IS THAT BACK IN THE SUMMER, UM, THE CITY OF AND THE COUNTY, THE CO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ENTERED, ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT AND UM, YOU MAY REMEMBER IT TODAY, AND IT WAS APPROVED THAT THEY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO DO A CONSULTATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER, UM, HOW THE RADIO WAS PURCHASED BY TERRELL, THEIR MOTOROLA SYSTEM WOULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY'S OF HARRIS RADIO SYSTEM.
AND THEN TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS.
'CAUSE I BELIEVE THE CITY OF TERRELL OPERATES UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT AND THE COUNTY IS NOT.
SO WHAT THAT CONSULTATION WILL SHOW IS REALLY THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OR TERRELL AND THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE INTEROPABILITY OF THE RADIO SYSTEMS. SO WE HAVE A LETTER FROM LL THAT STATES THAT THEY ARE, ARE STILL CERTAINLY CONSIDERING.
AND A LOT OF WHAT THEIR DECISION IS WILL DEPEND ON THE RESULTS OF THAT CONSULTATION STUDY AND PRESENTED TO THE PARTIES BY THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER.
I WANNA SAY NOVEMBER 16TH SEVEN IS THE GOAL.
SO WE MAY HAVE THEM ON BOARD BY THE, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND I KNOW THAT HAS VISITED THE NINE ONE CENTER AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TALK, WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM AND THAT THE COUNTY HAS BECAUSE IT'S, AND IT'S, IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM.
AND THEN SO WE ARE EXPECTING, UM, THEM TO SIGN ON EVENTUALLY.
IT JUST MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT PROCESS AND SEE THE RESULTS OF THE CONSULTATION.
AND THEN, UM, SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIGNED IT.
COMBINE JUST IS REALLY NOT, PROBABLY NOT GONNA SIGN IT, JUST, UM, THEIR POSITION ON, ON COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
CITY GOVERNMENT HASN'T REALLY, UM, ALLOWED THEM TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN.
THEY, THEY CHOOSE TO REALLY REMAIN PRETTY INDEPENDENT.
SO THAT MAY CHANGE AT SOME POINT WITH THE CHANGE IN THEIR CITY LEADERSHIP, BUT THAT KIND OF REMAINS TO ME.
SO, UM, WHAT WE, WHAT WE BROUGHT TODAY IS THE SIGNATURES FROM THE CITIES THAT I MENTIONED AND WE BROUGHT, AND THERE'S A LETTER FROM THE CITY GENERAL THAT TALKS ABOUT THEIR STATUS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING TODAY IS FOR THE COMMISSION'S COURT TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE OUR AGREEMENT WITH THOSE CITIES SIGNATURES AND UM,
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AND ALLOW THE JUDGE TO SIGN OF THAT TODAY BEING THE FIRST DAY OF GOING GET, UM, ANY FISCAL BUDGET WE CAN GET STARTED, UM, WITH THOSE CITIES IN THE COUNTY IS BASICALLY THE PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT.THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE WE PRESENT A CLEAN COPY TO GET THE JUDGE TO SIGN THIS WEEK, IF THE COURT APPROVES THIS, IS THAT THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THE AGREEMENT THAT SPEAK IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER AND, AND INCLUDE CHERYL AND COMBINE IN THAT NUMBER OR THEY SPEAK WOULD RUN THE MEMBERS TO THESE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST PARAGRAPH BETWEEN IT HAS THE CITY OF TER INCLUDED AND HAS THE CITY OF COMBINE.
AND WE'LL JUST TAKE OUT THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T PARTIES TO BE AT THIS TIME.
SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING OTHER THAN COSMETICALLY WE'RE REMOVING THOSE PARTIES.
BUT ONCE WE, WE'LL CLEAN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEK AND THE COURT AGREES TO HAVE THE JUDGE SIGN AND THEN WE'LL PRODUCE THAT AS THE FINAL AGREEMENT THAT THE PARTIES HAVE SIGNED AND, AND GIVE A COPY TO ALL OF THE MEMBER.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DON'T, I GUESS I JUST WONDER IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON PAGE EIGHT, PROVIDE CHAIRS FOR THOSE TWO CITIES THAT WILL BE
AND THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WE WERE PRETTY SPECIFIC AND WE, WE HONESTLY DO EXPECT THEM THAT, UM, THE DELAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST BASICALLY.
AND THERE'S THE, THE BELOW PARAGRAPH BELOW THERE ADDING, AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURE OF BECOMING A NEW PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT BECAUSE THIS AGREEMENT IS KIND OF A FOUNDING AGREEMENT, A GOVERNING DOCUMENT.
SO I, AND ALL THAT MEANS IS JUST THAT THE OTHER MEMBERS CITY WILL HAVE TO, AND I DON'T THINK THAT, I'M NOT ANTICIPATING ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS LIKE THAT, THAT THAT THEY AREN'T ONE OF THE FOUNDING, YOU KNOW, PARTIES
SO TO BE CLEAR, THE COST OF OPERATION WILL BE DIVIDED THAT DO PARTICIPATE.
CHERYL PARTICIPATE IN THEIR COST DOWN THEIR COSTS WILL, YOUR HONOR, BUT LEMME BE CLEAR THOUGH, EXHIBIT A, THAT EXHIBIT B THAT WAS THE ASSESSMENTS, THOSE THAT IS THE COST PER CITY, THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN RIGHT NOW THAT THE WHOLE 9 1 1 BUDGET WILL BE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE MEMBER CITIES BECAUSE THOSE SMALL TOWNS WITH THE SMALL SMALLER BUDGET COULD NOT ABSORB EITHER COVERING LIKE TERRELL'S CAUSE IF TERRELL CAME TO PARTICIPATE.
SO IT, IT'S BASED, THEIR PARTICIPATION IS BASED ON THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND THE COUNTY STILL COVERS CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT 9 1 1 BUDGET, SO IT'S NOT CAROL PORTION IS, IS NOT DIVIDED.
WE DID ASSESSMENTS BASED ON POPULATION.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WAS A BIG AREA IN THE COMMENTARY THAT CAME BACK WAS, UM, IN THE SMALLER PLACES LIKE AND EVEN MAY COMBINE WHERE THERE'S THERE CITY OPERATING BUDGET IS SO LOW THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE A THIRD OF THEIR OPERATING BUDGET GOING TO PAY FOR A 9 1 1 SYSTEM IN THEIR POPULATION, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN 25 PEOPLE.
SO TO, TO CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION MR, THAT EXHIBIT B WE HAVE TO SUBTRACT OUT TO AND THEN ALSO THEIR ESTIMATED CONTRIBUTION AND SO THE TIME OF WHICH THEY WOULD COME ON BOARD.
SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE APPEARANCE AS WELL.
I DON'T, I HAVE COPY YOU CAN, AND THEN I HAVE EXHIBIT A TWO, WHICH IS THE ENTIRE RADIO SYSTEM DESCRIPTION.
ANYONE REALLY WANT SOME, YOU KNOW WHAT THE SMALL CITIES THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD, MOST OF THOSE WE DISPATCH QUITE A BIT FOR THEM ANYWAY.
SO, UM, AND WE'RE DISPATCHING FROM COFFIN.
SO REALLY WE'RE JUST GETTING SOME OF OUR MONIES BACK
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IN CONTRIBUTION FROM ASSESSMENT BECAUSE WE BASICALLY DISPATCH THAN WHEN THEIR POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT THERE.THEY HAVE I BELIEVE ONE FULL-TIME AND MAYBE TWO FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICERS AND UM, AND SO WE, WE DO DISPATCH WHEN THERE'S OVERFLOW AND THEY CALL TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IT IS A, UM, IT'S A KIND OF A DIFFICULT UM, ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE CITIZENS OF
UM, THE WAY THE NORTH TEXAS CO HAS DEALT WITH THAT ISSUE WITH COUNTIES LIKE COUNTY, SOME OF THOSE PLACES, UM, SOME OF THE CITIES THAT MAYBE DIDN'T WANNA JOIN, THEY HAVE GIVEN THEM, OKAY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO YOU FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN WITHIN THOSE TWO YEARS YOU NEED TO HAVE A PEACE THAT IS UP AND RUNNING.
AND THE PSAP IS OF COURSE THE 9 1 1 DISPATCH AND THE NORTH TEXAS COD HAS TO APPROVE OF ALL OF THOSE PSAPS WORK WITH PEOPLE, WORK WITH COMMUNITIES TO GET A SEPARATE PSAP.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT CON COUNTY HELPS SOME OF THE SMALLER TOWNS THAT THEY HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT DIDN'T WANNA CONSIDER BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE GETTING THOSE SERVICES ANYWAY IS, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY GAVE THOSE SMALL TOWN NOTICE THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT US, YOU DON'T WANNA PAY FOR THE SERVICES AND IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT AS YOU RESOLVE THAT, THOSE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE SMALL PLACES, THEN WE WILL GIVE YOU TWO YEARS TO SET UP YOUR OWN PSAP.
AND MOST OF THOSE SMALL TOWNS, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE EXPENSES OF SETTING UP THEIR OWN PSAP, THAT MEANT THE NORTH TEXAS CO STANDARDS, THEY WERE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE COUNTY'S 9 1 1.
WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THOSE EXTREMES BECAUSE EVERY CITY, UM, EXCEPT FOR TERRELL AND WILLING AND WE FEEL LIKE WILL JOIN, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE TIMING OF, OF THE CONSULTATION SETTING THAT THEY WANT DONE.
AND THERE MAY BE SOME PROVISIONS WHERE THEY CAN WORK WITH THE NORTH TEXAS CO AND POSSIBLY BE OTHER BACKUP PSAP SO THAT THERE RESOURCES ARE STILL USED, THEY, THE MONIES THEY BUDGET AND THEIR SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S JUST, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT MIGHT COME ON BOARD ALSO.
AND EVENTUALLY WE AND UM, THE SYSTEMS WORK, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE MORE IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND SO IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAD TO HAVE GRADUAL LINE KIND.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE INTERNET FIRST CAME OUT AND I REMEMBER A LOT OF PEOPLE BACK IN THE LATE NINETIES WHEN THE INTERNET BECAME POPULAR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT GO TO IT OR DIDN'T WANNA USE IT.
AND NOW THAT'S HARD TO IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT THE INTERNET, YOU KNOW, ONLINE RESEARCH AND ALL THAT WAS KIND OF THE CONCEPT OF LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A HARD TIME MOVING TOWARDS AND NOW I CAN CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT, SO I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE THIS OPERATION SYSTEM, THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM THAT IS SO INTEROPERATIVE HAS A BELLS AND WHISTLES CAN DO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED.
AND I KNOW THAT CHIEF BEAVER SAID THAT FROM EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTY YOU CAN TALK AND REACH UM, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL OR SHERIFF S SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT SYSTEM.
SO I THINK THAT GRADUALLY EVERYBODY WILL COME ON, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE, A LITTLE NUDGE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER? NO.
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OKAY.JUDGE, WOULD YOU HAVE ME, TO ME THAT, UM, WITH THE CITY OF CARROLL, UH, HOLDING NON OF THEIR STUDY THAT WE WOULDN'T COUNT THREE MONTHS REVENUE FROM THEM, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY SIGNED THE AGREEMENT, AND IT MAY BE THREE MONTHS, IT MIGHT BE FOUR MONTHS, BUT UH, OR RYAN, THE SHERIFF ELECT WILL NOT FILL ANY POSITIONS UNTIL THEY DO COME ON FOR BE OFFSET WITH, UH, WE WON'T HIRE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.
IS THAT, IS THAT, ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT TO THAT? YES.
THAT'S WHAT WE SIX POSITION THAT EXACTLY WHAT, OKAY, BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF WHO DIDN'T WANT DIDN'T, AND I JUST DIDN'T WANT HER BUT UNSURE.
SO I WAS JUST ASKING ONE OF THE BIG COSTS IS THE COST OF THE ACTUAL DISPATCHER, THE SALARY, THE THEN THAT'S ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT, AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE OFFSET IS NOT, TERRELL WOULD BE A HUGE OR A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION TO DISPATCH FOR TO TAKE OVER THEIR DISPATCH.
SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THIS IS GOING OFFSET IS UM, WE WON'T HAVE ANY THOSE POSITIONS FILLED AT ALL OR IN REGARDS TO, YEAH, AND I DO KNOW LAST WEEK, UH, THAT UH, THE MAYOR, THE NEW MAYOR DJ ALREADY, UH, SPENT SOME TIME OVER HERE TOURING 9 1 1 AND ASKED LOTS OF QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS AND I THINK CLEARED UP SOME, UH, INFORMATION THAT HE HAD RECEIVED.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A, A GOOD VISIT ON HIS PART.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY UH, IDEA, BUT HE DID SPEND SOME TIME OUT THERE LADIES AND WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE OF THE DISPATCH CENTER THAT DAY, WE KNOW FROM THE DISPATCHER STATIONS THEY HAVE, I DON'T, DO YOU KNOW THERE WAS TWO STATIONS, EIGHT DISPATCHER? DID THEY, UH, DID CITY OF GET MONEY FROM KYLE SYSTEM? YOU KNOW, I REALLY DUNNO.
I KNOW THAT CO IS FAVORABLE FOR HIM JOINING IN THE 9 1 1 BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEY WANT EVERYBODY CONSOLIDATED INTO THESE, UM, INTO ONE PIECE FOR THE COUNTY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE PUSH RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF THE CO DISTRICTS IS UM, THEY WANT BASICALLY THE COUNTIES TO BE IN 1 9 1 1 PSAP AND THEN, UM, PROBABLY THE FUTURE OF THE PSAP TO POSSIBLY BE EVEN MORE CONSOLIDATED.
THEY WANT ALL, POTENTIALLY MOST OF THE PSAPS, AND I BELIEVE I SAYING THIS WHITE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS PROBABLY THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, CAN HAVE SOME INTEROPERABILITY.
AND SO, UM, IT STARTS REALLY WITH THE PS IN PER COUNTY TO COUNTY.
AND SO THAT'S UM, THAT'S ONE OF IT.
DID YOU WANNA MAYBE GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RADIO STUDY? I THINK WE'VE TALKING ABOUT, UNLESS I GOT ANY QUESTION.
IF ANYBODY WANTS MORE INFORMATION AND I'LL SAY THAT BURN AND I WENT OUT TO COMBINE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, ONE AND SPOKE ONE THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO EDUCATE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE, AND WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.
AND SPOKE MAYOR AND SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DEFINITELY MORE AMEN TO, UH, REALIZING THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND UH, PLANNING THOSE SEEDS THAT SETS UP FOR THEM TO JOIN WITH.
IS THERE A CERTAIN, IS THERE A CERTAIN POPULATION THAT YOU, THAT, UH, REQUIRES YOU TO HIRE A POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CAN YOU STAY UNDER A SHERIFF KANSAS? UNDER SHERIFF COUNTY FOREVER? WE, WE KIND OF WISH THERE WAS A POPULATION TO DEAL NOT.
I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S THE REASON SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T OR SOMETHING POLICE OFFICER.
THAT'S ONE OF THEIR BIGGER, UM, TOWN EXPENSES IS THAT POLICE OFFICER EXCUSE I'M GONNA ASK CHIEF BEERS DID, UH, I DON'T, DO THEY OPERATE 24 HOURS POLICE? WELL THERE'S, THERE'S TIMES WE HAVE TO CATCH OUR CALLS.
I MEAN, WE'RE STILL DOING THAT.
I MEAN THERE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY,
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IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, WE TAKE THEM OFF.DID THE CITY OF OAKRIDGE STILL DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I'VE SEEN ALL THIS IN THE PAPER.
NOBODY FROM
THEY, THE CHIEF AND I, I CAN'T, I APOLOGIZE, I CAN'T STATE HIS NAME.
I DON'T REMEMBER, UH, BUT HAD A MEETING WITH THE SHERIFF SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND NEVER SHOWED UP TO SPEAK WITH SHERIFF.
SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE CHIEF MAYOR, UH, THE CHIEF, WELL MOSTLY CHIEF HIRED A CHIEF.
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT CHIEF HIRED.
YEAH, THEY HIRED, THEY HIRED A CHIEF AND SAID WE'RE DISPATCHING.
I SAID, WELL THEY NEVER TALKED TO US AND DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
SO WE COMMUNICATIONS BESIDES, THEY CALLED US ON THE PHONE AND WANTED TO KNOW IF WE'D GIVE THEM A CAR.
AND THEY SAID, WHAT ABOUT OUR ASSET FOR SAID NO.
AND THEY SAID, WHAT ABOUT THE DA? I SAID, WELL THAT'S THE DA'S.
SO I CURIOUS, THEY'RE HAVE COME ON BOARD WITH QUESTIONS OF OUR, UH, TWO EXPERTS HERE ON THIS.
I I WAS GONNA SAY, THAT'S THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THEIR HELP.
THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
THEY HAVE MET WITH TONS OF ATTORNEYS AND TONS.
Y'ALL JUST DON'T REALIZE THE PAST THAT THIS HAS BEEN, THIS HAS Y'ALL SEEN HOW LONG IT'S DRUG OUT? WE NEVER WOULD'VE DRUG OUT THIS FAR.
BUT TALKING WITH CITIES AND THEN TALKING WITH COUNCIL PEOPLE AND TALKING WITH ATTORNEYS, IT'S BEEN PAST AND THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON PULLING TOGETHER.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND I APPRECIATE ONE QUESTION I WANNA ASK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICTS HERE IN COUNTY.
UH, IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE ALSO BECAUSE WE'RE DISPATCHING FOR THEM? UH, SHOULDN'T THERE BE, UH, THEY ALSO SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, BUT THERE IS A PROVISION TO ADD ANY PARTIES AND I THINK BECAUSE THEY'RE TAXING ENTITY, THAT COULD BE AN OPTION.
PEOPLE PAY TAXES, THE CITIES ARE COMING TO THE PLATE.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY SHUT OUT.
IT'S AN OPTION AGREEMENT, A BOARD AND YOU KNOW, THE FREE LUNCH IS OUT.
BUT, UH, THAT'S MY OPINION, Y'ALL.
I WOULD SAY Y DON'T SPEAK TO THE, THE FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION BOARD YOU, BUT I'LL SAY THEY, WE DO, YOU KNOW, WORK THEM, IT'S A SECONDARY BOARD, A REGULATORY BOARD THAT, THAT SOME OF THOSE RULE FIRE DISTRICTS AND SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE A PART OF JUST TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE, UM, OPERATIONAL TYPE ISSUES AND TO KEEP THEM IN THE LOOP.
SO BY HAVING IN THE LOOP THAT LEADS TO POSSIBILITY, WE WANNA ASK THEM FOR CONTRIBUTION, CERTAINLY BE EMPLOYEES TO DO SOMETHING OR IF THEY WANNA MOVE UP TO COURT ONLY.
ONE THING I'LL DO, AND I'M I'M GONNA BACK BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN 35 YEARS, I UNDERSTAND THAT, IS THAT, UH, YOU GOTTA REALIZE THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND THEY USE THIS STUFF, EQUIPMENT TO BUY EQUIPMENT KEEP, KEEP MESSING, PLUS TRAINING.
SO YOU START MESSING WITH THEIR TRAINING AND WHAT THE ABILITY TO BUY THEIR EQUIPMENT I THINK WILL HAVE BE ISSUE.
AND YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE FIRE, FIRE FIELDS GO DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THAT I KNOW THERE, BUT TAXPAYER, YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH IT COSTS THE RUN TRUCK.
OTHER QUESTIONS? YES? ARE YOU READY FOR THE READY FOR TO HAVE A MOTION? YES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL MEMBERS SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS THE INFAMOUS D PACK PAD, FOOT ROLLER DISCUSS, CONSIDER A PURCHASE OF THE D PACK PAD ROLLER FOR BRIDGE PRECINCT FOUR IN THE AMOUNT OF 39,025.
SO A HOLDOVER FROM LAST COURT.
RIGHT? UH, I DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO ME FOR THIS PURCHASE, SO I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
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COMES IN WITH THE ACTUAL PURCHASE PRICE AT $48,475 AND THEY'RE APPLYING THREE MONTHS RENTAL, 90% OF THE THREE MONTHS RENTAL FOR 9,450, BRINGING THE TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE DOWN TO 39 0 2 5, WHICH IS UNDER THE AMOUNT IN WHICH IT HAS TO BE BID OUT.HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN? HAVE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE ADJOURN FORWARD TO THE ADDENDUM AND YOU HAVE SHOULD HAVE INFORMATION AS WELL.
WE'LL, ITEM NUMBER ONE, UH, TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER A AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY COTTONWOOD FOR COUNTY ROAD 48 3 IN THE AMOUNT OF 5,000.
WE'RE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, SHANE AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, ALSO, UH, NUMBER TWO IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FIRST IN A USED ROSCOE RV 48 ROAD RED PRECINCT.
ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF 39 MACHINE.
THIS IS BROUGHT FORWARD BY COMMISSIONER VA.
HE PROVIDED THREE UM, QUOTES, WHICH THEY'RE NOT OFFERED USED EQUIPMENT, BUT HE'S JUST SHOWING THE COST SAVINGS BETWEEN WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR AND NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND THEN, UH, ACTUALLY A SECOND PIECE THAT'S NOT AS IN AS GOOD A SHAPE AS THE ONE HE'S GONNA PURCHASE.
SO THAT KIND OF, UH, SATISFIES ALL THE CRITERIA FOR THE PURCHASE ON THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SAME UNDER, YEAH, THEY GOT A ONE OUT THERE.
YOU, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A OPPOSED, UH, DISCUSS, UH, THE CONSIDER PROVING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE GRANT FOR SENIOR, UH, CONNECT.
UH, YOU HAVE THE, UH, INFORMATION HERE.
THIS IS OUR, UH, CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
UH, AND THEY GIVE US A GRANT FOR, FOR VARIOUS SERVICES.
THEY PROVIDE MOTION ON THAT SECOND MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER ALLEN, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY ITEM, UH, NUMBER FOUR IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A SALE OF A STRUCTURE ONLY LOCATED ON 2 0 1 SOUTH OF JEFFERSON STREET.
UH, LISA, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AMOUNT? I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT AS MUCH AS LISA HAVE.
THERE ARE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
UM, THERE'S STILL, IT, IT STILL REFERS TO SECTION 2 63 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AVENUES, UM, WITH IT BEING ACTUALLY ATTACHED.
IT KIND OF LEANS TOWARD THE REAL PROPERTY CRITERIA, BUT THEN AGAIN, UM, WITH IT BEING ABLE TO BE TAKEN APART AND MOVED, IT KIND OF LEANS TOWARD THE SURPLUS, WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED PERSONAL PROPERTY.
UM, REALLY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE, UH, IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO SELL REAL PROPERTY VERSUS SURPLUS.
UM, WHAT DID WE FIGURE? IT TOOK ABOUT 10, 10 MORE DAYS MA'AM.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN APPRAISAL FOR A FAIR MARKET VALUE ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IF WE SELL IT AS SURPLUS, WE CAN STILL TAKE THE SEAL BIDS, BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT'S STILL, Y'ALL JUST HAVE TO DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO NAME THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AS TO HOW YOU,
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SIR, WHAT IS, SO HERE AND I, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ASKED, UH, DIFFERENT PURCHASING AGENTS, DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS, FOUR DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS.EVERYONE HAS ONE OPINION TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS EXCELLING IT UNDER SUBSECTION BEING A SURPLUS BECAUSE UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S A FIX TO THE PROPERTY.
BUT WHENEVER WE WE'RE GONNA SELL IT AS DETACHED, MOVING THE PROPERTY, UH, WE DON'T WANT ANYONE WHO BUYS IT TO BE CONFUSED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GETTING THE LAND TO.
AND THAT SUB CHAPTER A SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT, UM, GETTING TRANSFERS AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANT US TO GET IN ANY TYPE OF GRAY AREA WHERE WE END UP TRANSFERRING OUR PROPERTY TO
SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE SURPLUS IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT.
WE DON'T WANT SOME OF THE THING THAT THEY PURCHASED THAT LAND UNDERNEATH IT.
AND THAT'S SURE ENOUGH THAT WOULD HAPPEN, THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE TO HAPPEN.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE REMOVED OFF THE PROPERTY AND SO WE THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER JUST TO DO IT A SURPLUS SO THAT THERE'S NOT ANY QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THINKING THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE LAND UNDERNEATH BECAUSE THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER PINWORM AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S BETTER PAYING SOMEBODY DOWN.
LISA, ARE YOU GONNA USE THE RECYCLING PROVISION FOR THE, OR IT'S STAYING WITHIN THE COUNTY, RIGHT? I I DON'T THINK THE BRICKS BEING SO LONG.
SO AT THIS TIME IT WOULD JUST BE IT'S COUNTY PROPERTY SO OKAY.
SO WE'LL ADVERTISE IT TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
PHILLIPS SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING REQUEST BY FARMERS ELECTRIC COOP TO CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION FACILITY ACROSS, UH, STANDING LANE LOCATED IN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND COMMISSIONER.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM NUMBER SIX TO APPROVE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED THIS ON THE REGULAR, YOUR SPECIAL AGENDA, BUT UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON, WE EMAILED THAT TO YOU AND THAT WAS FROM LINE ITEM THE NEXT TO COVER THAT REQUEST BY, UH, CONSTABLE STEVEN MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. PHILLIPS SECOND TO THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, THOSE SEVEN TO DISCUSS FOR, FOR, UH, THE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ON 47,000 4 58 74.
AND THE REASON I PUT THAT ON, UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM AGENDA FOR TODAY IS I HAD SOME, UH, VENDORS THAT ARE LOCAL THAT WERE REALLY ASKING FOR THEIR MONEY AND I WANTED TO ASK Y'ALL FOR YOUR APPROVAL BEFORE WE TAKE CHECKS.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE, UH, LEMME JUST MAKE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM, UH, FREEZE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP MEETING TO DISCUSS THE MAIN STEM WATER PROJECT THAT'S GONNA CROSS SEVERAL ROADS DOWN IN PRECINCT.
I BELIEVE IT'S RECYCLE THE WATER IT FROM THE RIVER UP TO THE WHAT? RIGHT TO THE WETLANDS.
AND SO THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT, MAKE SURE WE ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND SO JUST WANNA CHECK, SEE IF 17TH.
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WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.