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O'CLOCK.SO GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO, UH, OUR FIRST REGULAR MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR, JANUARY 9TH, 2017.
UH, THIS IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT, AND WE WILL BEGIN HERE.
JUST IN A MOMENT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON ANY ITEM THAT IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, THERE'S SOME SIGN-IN FORMS THERE THAT YOU WILL NEED TO, UH, COMPLETE AND, UH, GIVE TO MRS. UH, UH, HUGHES, OUR, UH, COUNTY CLERK, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY, UH, LET YOU SPEAK AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME.
UH, BEFORE WE START, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, WELCOME OUR INTERVIEW COMMISSIONERS, UH, HERE THIS MORNING, YOUR FIRST MEETING, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU ON THE COURT.
SO IF YOU WAS, JOIN ME NOW AND STANDING, I ASKED COMMISSIONER, WHILE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR TODAY, AND SO THANKFUL FOR OUR LIVES AND FOR THE LIFE THAT YOU PRAY, YOUR SON FOR US, WE'RE MINDFUL OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES AND DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FREEDOM HERE.
WE ALWAYS KEEP THEM OUR PRAYERS AND OUR THOUGHT AS THEY, UH, GIVE US THE FREEDOMS THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO ENJOY.
BLESS THIS, UH, MEETING TODAY, AND WE PRAY THAT THINGS WE DO WILL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTY AND ALWAYS KEEP US, UH, AWAY FROM THE EVIL ONE ALL POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SON AND HIS NAME.
LET ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND INJUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE SAVED UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON ROUTINE, UH, CORRESPONDENCE, UH, TO GIVE OUT.
IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY, UH, SIGN UP TO ADDRESS THE COURT.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON THE END TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, ITEM NUMBER A IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING REQUEST FROM THE FARMER'S ELECTRICAL PROPERTY BE INCORPORATED TO CONSTRUCT AN ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION FACILITY ACROSS ARMSTRONG ROAD, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 375 FEET SOUTHEAST TO FM 1392 IN COFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER THREE.
UH, ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REAPPOINTING CHUCK CARPENTER, MARK SMITH AND TRICIA SMITH AS BOARD MEMBERS FOR ESD DISTRICT NUMBER THREE FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. UH, ADAM C IS TO DISCUSS CONSIDER REAPPOINTING SHERRY THOMAS, FRED CARTER, TAYLOR GOLD, GOLDEN, JOHN LO ERNEST AS BOARD MEMBERS FOR, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, ALSO FOR THREE YEAR TERMS. UH, D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING A REPORT FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS REGARDING THE KAUFMAN COUNTY JAIL.
E IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING WAYNE JEN AS THE VOTING MEMBER, COMMISSIONER SKEE PHILLIPS AS FIRST ALTERNATE, AND COMMISSIONER JAKE ALLEN AS SECOND ALTERNATE TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD TO REPRESENT KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
AND F IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING BONDS FOR THE TAX ACCESSOR COLLECTOR.
BRENDA SAMPLES, SHERIFF BRIAN BEAVERS, COMMISSIONER, UH, MICHAEL DAVID HUNT AND COMMISSIONER KERRY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT? NO.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, PHILLIPS TO, UH, APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER? AYE.
ALLEN SECOND MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DO, WE DID ISSUE AN ADDENDUM.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE BEST OF THE AGENDA, UH, WE SENT OUT AN AGENDA, AN ADDENDUM FOR A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UH, ONE OF THOSE, UH, WAS I'M DOING THIS SO I DON'T GET TO DO IT TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING.
SO, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING A KAUFMAN COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER AND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, I BELIEVE YOU, UH, UH, WAS CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, JP YOU WERE YES, SIR.
DID Y'ALL WANT TELL US WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE? UH,
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YEAH, WE, WE DID, UH, IN FACT, WE HAD 28, UH, APPLICANTS, I BELIEVE WAS THE NUMBER.AND, AND WHEN THEY WAS DOWN THE SIXTH, THEY WERE ALL, UH, REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.
UH, AND THEN THE COMMITTEE VOTED AND, UH, WE ALL CAME TO THE SAME NUMBER, WHICH WAS KIND OF STRANGE.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S THE ONE WE NOMINATED.
HE'S CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, SO HE'S GOT TWO WEEK NOTICE.
SO FOR TWO WEEKS SHE HERE WITH US THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT FOLKS THAT WERE ON THE COMMITTEE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD IN NARROWING IT DOWN.
WE HAD SOME OUTSTANDING APPLICANT, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SAID.
SO, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? NO.
YOU PUT THAT IN FORMAL MOTION? I DO.
WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REPOINT ROBERT FAIR AND BART MATTHEWS AS BOARD MEMBERS TO, UH, ESD, UH, NUMBER ONE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
UH, BELIEVE THIS IS IN PRECINCT, EVERYBODY'S SATISFIED WITH, MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, UH, FROM OUR COMMISSIONER HUNT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY A OPPOSED.
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS JUDGE, EXCUSE ME.
THIS GENTLEMAN HERE WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ON THE ELECTRICAL, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
AND HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHO DOES HE GET WITH TO FINALIZE IT SO HE CAN ELECT GET ELECTRICITY TO HIS HOME? HIS COMMISSIONER.
THAT'LL BE WHAT, PRECINCT? THREE.
AND, UH, YOU CAN DO THAT, UH, HERE LATER AFTER THE MEETING.
BEEN WAITING THREE WEEKS TO GET ELECTRICITY TO THE HOUSE.
WELL, UH, NORMALLY I WOULD STAY WITH THE MEETING, BUT, UH, BECAUSE OF MY SITUATION OF A BRAND NEW HOUSE SITTING THERE AND I CAN'T MOVE INTO IT, I'D LIKE TO GET FARMERS' ELECTRIC, UH, BILL FIRE BELT DOWN THERE.
YOU CAN SIT IT FOR THE WHOLE MEETING AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE WELL, IF, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I WON'T GO AHEAD BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I GO TO TEXAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, ALRIGHTY.
NOW BACK TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND THAT'S TO DISCUSS CONSIDER AWARDING AND ANNUAL CONTRACT FORBID NUMBER 17 DASH OH TWO VARIOUS ROAD MATERIAL FOR ALL PRECINCTS.
HAVE EVERYBODY RECEIVED THE TOPIC SENT OUT WITH YOUR PACKET OR THE BID THAT WAS SENT OUT FOR YOUR VARIOUS ROAD MATERIALS AND DID A LOT OF CHANGES OTHER THAN I CAN SEE THAT, UH, WHAT USED TO BE APAC IS NOW OLDCASTLE, BUT AS YOU SEE THERE'S PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND ALTERNATE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? IS THERE ANY? NO.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THESE WERE PRETTY COMPETITIVE.
IT'LL JUST BE DISTRIBUTED PRETTY MUCH EQUALLY AMONGST THESE BECAUSE SO MANY DIFFERENT VENDORS TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, AS YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, WE'LL HAVE A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO LEAVE PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND ALTERNATE WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS, IF SOMEBODY'S OUT OF THE PRODUCT OR WHATEVER, THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER AVENUE TO GET MATERIALS NEEDED FORM THE, OKAY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE FIRST AGENT? NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.
MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN? SECOND.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL PREPARED TO SAY AYE.
SO OPPOSED, UH, ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES HERE ON THE TRAILER? OKAY, I'M GOING, UH, IF YOU WOULD, UH, STAND UP AND, UH, UH, I'LL INTRODUCE YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO SKIP DOWN TO, UM, ITEM 13.
UH, THIS IS A, UH, GRANT THAT WE ARE SEEKING, UH, FOR THE ABEL SPRINGS, UH, SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
IT'S CONSIDER, UH, OR CONSIDER AND DISCUSS APPROVING ALL REQUIRED CIVIL RIGHTS
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AND SIGNATORY DESIGNATION FORMS FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GRANT.7 2 1 6 2 5 0 FOR THE ABLE SPRINGS, UH, WATER SUPPLY, UH, NOT WATER SUPPLY, BUT FOR THE, UH, SPECIALTY UTILITY DISTRICT.
AND THE REASON THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER COURT, WE ARE THE, UH, AGENCY THAT HAS TO, UH, DO THE PAPERWORK MORE OR LESS.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ON THAT? I KNOW YOU'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH ANOTHER MEETING OR TO ANOTHER EVENT, SO WE WANTED TO GET YOU HERE.
UH, THE APRIL SPRINGS IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN AS FAR AS WHAT THEY CAN TAKE OVER THAT THE COUNTY WOULD NORMALLY DO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE GRANT.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR PACKET THAT HAS ALL CIVIL RIGHTS IS SOMETHING THE COUNTY HAS TO, UM, PASS SAYING THEY WILL COMPLY WITH ALL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS AND ALSO YOU HAVE TO SET UP A BANK ACCOUNT BECAUSE ALL THE MONEY THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY AND BE DISPERSED FROM THE COUNTY.
BUT, UH, ABLES SPRINGS WILL GO INTO CONTRACT WITH THE, UM, YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND BID IT FOR THE WORK AND GO DO THE CONTRACT IF WE TURN THEM WITH Y'ALL'S APPROVAL.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE AS MUCH OF THE WORK OFF OF THE COUNTY AS POSSIBLE THAT STILL COMPLY WITH PA REQUIREMENTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T.
I, I'VE LOOKED AT ALL OF IT AND I'VE SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANYTHING ELSE.
LIKE THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT IS 200 AND $275,000 AND TABLE SPRINGS IS PUTTING UP THE MATCH AND THE BANK ALREADY GIVEN IT TO THE, WHICH THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO.
SO Y'ALL HAVE THE MATCH AVAILABLE, UH, WHEN NEED BE.
AND THEY'VE ALSO AGREED THAT IF ANYTHING GOES OVER THAT, THAT THEY WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, PAY A WAGE THAT COMES UP OR, YOU KNOW, WORK THAT OUT THAT HOPEFULLY WE HAVEN'T ALREADY SPENT THAT.
SO NO, WE RECEIPTED IT AND WE HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER, YOU WANNA PUT THAT IN YOUR FORM? YES.
WE MAKE MOTION TO, UH, GO AND PASS THAT.
YOU HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER? UH, OTHER SECOND.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW LET'S GO BACK, UH, TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
AND THAT WAS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING KAUFMAN COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S, UH, BOARD OF, AND WE DO HAVE A PERSON HERE, BRUCE, HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
UH, BRUCE, IF YOU STAND UP AND CERTAINLY GOT A GOOD FIRST NAME, I'LL COME.
UH, WE, IT WAS OUR TIME TO NOMINATE.
UH, IN THE PAST OUR COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR HAS ALWAYS SERVED, UH, OR NOT, MAYBE NOT ALWAYS, BUT IN RECENT YEARS HAS SERVED AS, UH, THE, UH, UH, OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNTY BY LAW, THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR AS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER.
UH, AND SO I TALKED WITH MRS. SAMPLES, I NEW THE TAX ASSESSOR, AND SHE HAD AGREED TO CONTINUE IN SERVING AS THE ALTERNATE ORTHOPEDIC AND NOT THE ALTERNATE, BUT THE, UH, UH, EX-OFFICIO AND, UH, MR. BYNUM, UH, HAS, UH, WAS CONTACTED AND HE'S FROM THE POINT AREA WHERE WE HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF GROWTH GOING ON AND HAS, UH, AGREED TO SERVE IN HIS PLACE.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST CITIBANK, UH, CITI BUDGET.
CITIBANK, NOT FIRST CITY, CITIBANK THERE.
AND SO, UH, YOU HAVE A COPY OF HIS RESUME AND, UH, UH, HE'S AGREED TO SERVE AND, UH, BE A MEMBER OF THE, UH, UH, GOVERN BOARD OF THE APPRAISING COMMISSION.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I, I THINK THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE I MEAN, I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF RECORDS, THE DISTRICT AND TAX ASSESSOR WAS A VOTING MEMBER AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFLICT WHENEVER YOU WERE DEALING WITH DISTRICT AND IN THE COUNTY.
LOT OF TIMES PERSONAL, BUT THIS TAKES ALL THAT AWAY, RIGHT? AND THEN, SO I, I APPRECIATE WE THIS WAY.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
GAVE YOU A QUICK BIO OF, OF MY HISTORY OF BEING IN KAMAN COUNTY.
THREE YEARS, LIVED IN KAMAN COUNTY TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.
I, I I WORKED IN KAMAN COUNTY IN THE MID EIGHTIES, SO I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT SINCE THEN IN BANKING BUSINESS.
SO I'D BE HONORED TO SERVE ON THE PLACE OF DISABILITY.
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I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. BROWN.SECOND MR. PHILLIPS, MAKE A MOTION.
THOSE, UH, NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
WE HAVE A REPORT, UH, FROM SHERIFF BRIAN BEAVERS.
AND, UH, HE'S HERE TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORT,
WHAT'S GOING ON? UH, I WENT AHEAD TO FINISH OUT THE END OF DECEMBER, WHICH YOU CAN LOOK AT THE STATS AND SEE THAT FAR AS CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE WIND UP DOING ABOUT 720 INCIDENT REPORTS AND THAT THREE OUTTA NINE FOUR WENT INTO INVESTIGATIONS.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A CLEARANCE DRIVE OF THESE IN DECEMBER WAS 44.9.
THE STATE IS 32.3 AND THE NATIONAL IS 33.3.
SO INVESTIGATORS ARE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
UH, FAR AS RETENTION STAFF, WE AVERAGE, UH, 409 AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION.
WE'RE AVERAGE AROUND 13 OR 14 INMATES IN AND OUT OF THE JAIL.
IF YOU LOOK AT COMMUNICATIONS, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 283 CALLS FOR SERVICE EVERY 24 HOURS.
WARRANT DIVISION, WHICH IS, UH, PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY, 509.
SO THAT PRETTY WELL GIVES YOU A GOOD WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THE MONTH.
AND THEN THE LAST PAGE, I WENT AHEAD AND, AND GOT THE, IN THE 2016.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AS FAR AS UH, THE INCIDENT REPORTS WE TOOK 9,225 AND THE TOTAL FOR LAST YEAR OF CLEARANCE RATE WAS 36.9.
AGAIN, WE'RE AHEAD OF THE STATE FROM THE NATION AND WENT WE AVERAGE 418, UH, POPULATION ON OUR INMATES.
AND THEN WE WIND UP DOING ABOUT 1.8 MILLION, UH, IN HOUSING.
AND THEN WE WRITE, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE COMMUNICATION IS DOING ABOUT 271 CALLS FOR 24 HOUR.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WARRANTS AND ALL ONE HAD INCLUDED THE ANIMAL CONTROL.
YOU'LL START SEEING THAT ON THE MONTHLY REPORTS OF HOW MANY DOGS AND CATS.
AND THEN, UH, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES, YOU'LL SEE THEY WIND UP HAVING 202,385 CONTACT.
AND THIS IN THE FINES, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED WAS 268,000.
I LIKE IT INFORMATION FOR VERY GOOD.
CAN YOU GET, AND I DID GET CALL FROM THE, UH, JAIL INSPECTOR WHEN THEY DID AND COMPLIMENTED ON HOW WELL THINGS WENT.
AND COUNTY HALF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS COMPLIMENTED THE JAIL REPORT, SIR, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIND INTERESTING THAT I'VE, UH, LEARNED AND MENTIONED TO FROM OTHER PEOPLE IS THE FACT THAT ABOUT 60% OF OUR POPULATION IN KAMAN COUNTY LIVES OUTSIDE AN INCORPORATED CITY BANKS.
AND UH, SO THAT MEANS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SERVES 60% OF THE POPULATION OF ABOUT 115,000, GIVE OR TAKE ACCORDING TO WHICH ONE YOU LISTEN TO.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND IT'S PRETTY LONG WAY FROM MAYBANK TO FOUR
SO THAT'S, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? YOUR REPORT, SIR? THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING UNIFORM PAGE FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATORS AND COMMAND STAFF.
YEAH, SO THIS IS, UH, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THE IRS ALL THAT WE GOT INTO, UH, WE ALWAYS TOOK THE CLOTHES OUT OF, UH, INVESTIGATORS ON COMMAND STAFF.
UH, THEY HAD ALLOWANCE OF 600.
SO WE ALWAYS GIVE 600 WHILE UNIFORM, WE ALWAYS GIVE THEM MONEY, BUT THEY WASN'T BEING TAXED ON IT.
SO THE IRS BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
SO WORKING WITH THE OFFICER AND, AND EVERYBODY, WHAT WE'VE DECIDED IS THE BEST WAY OF GIVING OUR 600, WE'LL PUT IT IN THEIR, UH, PAY TO BE TAXED FOR IT AND THEN WE'LL DO IT EVERY MONTH.
THAT WAY IF SOMEBODY CHANGES OUT OF CID OR ADMIN, WE'LL CATCH IT AND WE'RE NOT PAYING X THIS ONE YET.
AND THEN IT CAN GO FOR THE NEXT PERSON THAT FILL THAT SPOT.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CATCH UP TO WHERE WE GOT IN TROUBLE WITH IRS AND MAKE SURE WE TAX EM FOR THE UNIFORM BECAUSE IT'S PLAIN CLOTHES AND THEY CAN USE IT OUTSIDE OF WORK.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'VE GOTTA BE TAXED.
ALEX, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? PERFECT.
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ANY QUESTIONS? UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, BARBARA SECONDS MOTION? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLASSIFYING POSITIONS IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 1 5 2 0.071.
WELL, WE'VE KIND OF MADE A FEW CHANGES OUT THERE AND, UH, TALKING WITH THE DA'S OFFICE AND WE'RE MAKING EVERYBODY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT EVERYTHING, UH, PROPERLY DOCUMENTED AND CHANGED BECAUSE DURING THE TRANSITION, IF YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE GONNA WIND UP, UH, MOVING EIGHT OR SIX PEOPLE OUT TO THE STREET, UH, OUT OF THE STACK.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE VERY FIRST REPORT, WE, UH, ELIMINATED ADMINISTRATIVE CHIEF THEFT, ADMINISTRATIVE LIEUTENANT, ADMINISTRATIVE PATROL, A CORPORAL AND TWO CAN NINES AND PUTTING THEM ALL BACK ON PATROL.
UH, AND JUST GOING WITH TWO CANINES IN WHICH IF YOU LOOK AT THE MONEY ON THAT, IT'S ABOUT 42,000 338 77.
SO THEN WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PASSED ON THE EXPENSES TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND SHEET, IT WILL SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE ADDING SOME TO THE COMMAND STAFF, UH, AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S TAKEN ON SUPERVISED ROLES, TAKING QUITE BIT FROM WHAT I USED TO DO AS ADMINISTRATIVE CHIEF AND, AND CHANGING IN DUTIES AND PUTTING THAT IN THERE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE AUDITOR ON EVERYTHING AND IT'S NOT GONNA IMPACT THE BUDGET AT ALL.
ALL THE POSITIONS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU SEE, WE STARTED WITH 85, WE'RE ENDING WITH 85.
WE'RE NOT ADDING ANYTHING, WE'RE JUST ADDING PEOPLE TO THE STREET AND KIND OF CUTTING THE TOP OUT OF THE TREE A LITTLE BIT AND THE ADMIN STAFF AND STREAMLINE.
SO WHAT WE DID IS I WENT AHEAD AND GIVE YOU EVERY POSITION THAT WE HAVE TITLE.
THAT WAY WE CAN APPROVE ALL OF 'EM AND IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
AND THERE'S NOTHING OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS.
AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL'S GONNA BE PAID.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREEN, I CAN'T EV EVERGREEN BODY IS GONNA BE.
AND THEN ON THE VERY BACK, I THINK I DID, I GAVE Y'ALL A, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
THAT WAY YOU'LL UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW WE'RE OPERATING.
I THINK THIS IS A VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART WE'VE EVER HAD IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO, BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY AND PLUS YOU'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO'S OVER THAT DIVISION CONTACT.
HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE SHERIFF? KAREN, YOU UH, GONE OVER ALL THIS WITH THE SHERIFF AND UH, REGARD THE OFFICER STANDPOINT? YOU FEEL COMFORT IT? YES, SIR.
I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. PHILLIP.
MR. WALTER SECOND MOTION IN FAVOR? AYE.
PAPER ALL ITEM NUMBER RIGHT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE EDGEWATER SUBDIVISION CATON COUNTY, UH, IN PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
UH, HE HAS SOME COPIES OF YOU'D LIKE TO AHEAD GIVE ONE.
UH, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS CUNY.
UH, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF FC CUNY CORPORATION.
WE'RE BASED IN ROCKWALL, TEXAS.
UM, I'M REPRESENTING THE, UH, DEVELOPER, UH, WHICH IS CEDAR CREEK
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PRESERVATION, LLC.UH, THEY'VE ACQUIRED 250 ACRES ON CEDAR CREEK ON THE, UH, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE, UH, NORTHWEST CORNER.
AND, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING 145 LOTS.
THAT WILL BE, UH, BUILT ON 250 ACRES, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE ACRE AND A HALF.
WE'VE GOT A MIX OF TWO, THREE, UH, LOTS.
UM, WE ARE, UH, SEEKING APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT.
WE'VE SUBMITTED THE PLAT BACK IN, IN THE CONCEPT PLAN BACK TO YOUR CONSULTING ENGINEER BACK, UH, IN NOVEMBER.
AND WE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM CO FINLEY AND, UH, UH, WE WILL COMPLY WITH ALL THEIR COMMENTS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, UH, WE NOTICED WAS THE, UH, THE HOFFMAN COUNTY PAID SPECIFICATIONS, WHICH WILL MEET, UM, THE NEXT THING IS, UH, WE WOULD SEEK THAT.
UH, THE ONLY THING WE'RE ASKING IS THAT WE, UH, UH, HAVE THESE STREETS TO BE PRIVATE.
UH, I THINK THAT MAY BE YOUR PREFERENCE, UH, SO THAT WE MAINTAIN THE OWNER AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION WILL BE MAINTAINING THE STREETS IN COUNTY.
SO IT WOULD BE A GATED, UH, TYPE.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA GATE ALL THE INFERENCES, BUT I THINK THAT WE'D LIKE THAT OPTION IF WE COULD GATE IT.
AND THIS, WE THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A HIGH END DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THE LAKEFRONT LOTS.
UM, UH, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S NOT, NOT MANY PROPERTIES LIKE THIS AVAILABLE.
SO THE DEVELOPER'S GOT A HISTORY OF DOING, UH, WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENTS.
SO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOUR AVERAGE HOME? UH, LOT PRICE? YEAH, LOT PRICE.
MR. GRANDY, THIS IS THE, THE, THE DEVELOPER.
THAT MAY BE A LOADED QUESTION.
WELL, AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUR WATERFRONTS TO PROBABLY BE ABOUT $200,000 AVERAGE.
AND INTERIORS WOULD BE ABOUT $67,000 ON AVERAGE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOMES IN THE, YOU KNOW, HALF A MILLION, YOU KNOW, 300 TO HALF A MILLION DOLLAR RANGE EASILY.
THAT'S ALONG THE LINE OF WHAT WE'VE TYPICALLY DONE IN THE PAST.
I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK, I BELIEVE IN ROCKWALL COUNTY.
UH, I HAVE NOT WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER, BUT YES SIR.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN IN ROCKWALL, IN BRISCOE.
MOST OUR CLIENTS ARE, ARE HIGH END DEVELOPERS.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP, OBVIOUSLY.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, WE'VE MET AND TALKED A COUPLE TIMES.
YEAH, I GUESS I GUESS NOT ASKING EXCEPT YOU'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, STATE.
AND WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT'S A GOOD THING.
OTHER, OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. CUNEY? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH THE CONCEPT PLAN.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ENTERING INTO AGREEMENT FOR ROAD ABANDONMENT WITH TRAVIS RANCH MARINA, LLC CONCERNING A SECTION OF LAKE RAY HUBBARD DRIVE.
AND THIS IS IN PRECINCT AND UH, I THINK UNDERSTAND IS BASICALLY KIND OF REROUTING THE ROAD GOING TO THE LAKE.
DOES EVERYONE HAVE A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT? IT KIND OF SQUEEZED US IN BACK HERE.
SO COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, SHOULD HAVE BEEN TWO YEARS ALMOST.
UM, WHAT IT IS, BASICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT EXHIBIT A, PRECINCT TWO HAS THE COUNTY'S ONLY PUBLIC ACCESS TO LAKE RAY HUBBARD.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE MARINA LOTS, UH, BORDERS THE LAKE HERE.
AND THEN ON THE NORTH PART OF THIS MAP, THAT'S WHERE LAKE GRAY HUBBARD USED TO GO ACROSS.
AND THEN NOW THAT BRIDGE IS BURNED OUT, BUT IT STILL HAS ACCESS TO THE LAKE.
SO WHENEVER THE DEVELOPER APPROACHED, UH, THE COMMISSIONER, HE WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING THAT PUBLIC ACCESS AND SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BECOME COMPLETELY PRIVATE AND THEY HAD KIND OF INTENDED TO KEEP THOSE ROADS PRIVATELY MAINTAINED.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER JUST A LITTLE ROAD, UM, ABANDONMENT AGREEMENT AND ALL IT IS, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY ABANDONING THE ROAD AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S JUST KIND OF A MORALIZING THE STEPS THAT ARE GONNA, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH OVER THE NEXT LIKE,
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I GUESS IT'S LIKE TIMELINE OF A COUPLE MONTHS, RIGHT? WE DIDN'T PUT AN ACTUAL DATE WITHIN THE AGREEMENT JUST IN CASE.I DON'T KNOW HOW THE WEATHER'S GONNA BE IF THEIR CONSTRUCTION'S GONNA HAPPEN THAT FAST, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS, NUMBER ONE, IT UM, HAS THEM BUILD THE NEW ROADS FIRST BEFORE WE ABANDON LAKE REHAB DRIVE.
AND IF YOU EXHIBIT A IS THE BEST TO KIND OF SHOW WHERE, WHERE IT WOULD BE ABANDONED, BUT IT'S THIS MIDDLE SECTION HERE.
AND SO ONCE THEY BUILD THESE, THIS ACTUALLY IS AN EXTENSION OF UM, TRAVIS RANCH ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND THEN, UM, THIS NEW ROAD IS A CUL-DE-SAC PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THIS WOULD BE THE ABANDON SECTION HERE.
AND THEN, UM, THEY WOULD BUILD THIS THEN WE WOULD, UM, CONSIDER THE ABANDONMENT ORDER.
OF COURSE WE CAN'T AGREE TO AT THIS POINT UNTIL YOU GUYS LOOK IT THROUGH AND THEN WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE ATIONS AND THE EASEMENTS, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE ALL THE WORK.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEM BUILDING IT AND THEN YOU GUYS CONSIDER IT AGAIN.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER ALLEN, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HAS DONE A ROAD ABANDONMENT ABANDONMENT BEFORE AND IT'S KIND OF A PROCESS.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT SHOULD BE, BUT THE DEVELOPER HAS WORKED REALLY WELL WITH THE COMMISSIONER TO KIND OF SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS.
AND I THINK COMMISSIONER SKI, I THINK YOU FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THE AGREEMENT NOW? YES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, ANYTHING ELSE THEY NEED TO KNOW? I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH IT AND, AND I THINK ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET ARE HAPPY WITH IT.
UM, I KEEP ASKING FOR FEEDBACK.
I THINK LAURA HUGHES IS ONE OF THEM ON THE STREET.
SHE CAN EVEN WELCOME TO STAND UP MASK AND SHE'S SEMI I HAPPY WITH THE WITH ARE YOU PUT HER ON THE SPOT.
UM, BUT, BUT WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW LOCAL MEETINGS, UH, AND EVERYTHING OVER BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP ACCESS TO THE LAKE AND THAT WAS THE MAIN ISSUE, UH, BECAUSE IT IS OUR ONLY ACCESS TO THE LAKE
WHICH IS WHY WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO GET THE DEDICATION UPFRONT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING 'EM AT THIS POINT.
IT JUST KIND OF MAKES THE PROCESS, UM, GO A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER FOR THE FUTURE.
SO YOU GUYS WILL PROBABLY BE SEEING THE ABANDONMENT ORDER IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, RIGHT? THIS WAS WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME ANOTHER PRETTY HIGH END IN ALL THESE LOTS.
ALL THESE LOTS ARE, UH, THESE LOTS ARE 150,000 A PIECE FROM WHAT THEY, THE ORIGINAL PRICE.
I KNOW IF THEY'VE GONE UP SINCE THEN, BUT I FORGOT HOW MANY OF THEM NOW.
THIS IS IN CITY OF DALLAS, ET JT J, NOT CORN, RIGHT? I GUESS THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE LAKE THAT'S CALLED COUNTY.
I DOUBT THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS EVER COME BACK AND PUT IT IN THE CITY.
I GUESS THEY COULD, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A GOOD REASON TO DO IT.
COMMISSIONER SHAW, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR UH, REBECCA OR THE COMMISSIONER? NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTION TO UH, ACCEPT UH, THIS AND APPROVE THIS PRESENTED.
HAVE A MOTION FROM I MAKE A MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO DISCUSS AND, UH, TIMELINE AND RELATED ISSUES CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COLLECTIONS, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 1 75 OF TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, THANK CAL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS, IS TAKING OVER THE COLLECTIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND UM, IT WAS REALLY SET TO START ON JANUARY 1ST, BUT, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PROBABLY BE STARTING THE COLLECTIONS ON FEBRUARY 5TH.
AND SO LAURA HUGHES COUNTY CLERK HAS GRACIOUS AGREED FOR HER OFFICE TO CONTINUE WHAT THEY'RE DOING UNTIL THAT TIME.
DAVID, DANIEL AND PROBATION, UH, ADULT COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE WHAT THEY'RE DOING UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST.
AND THEN THE JPS ARE CONTINUING, UM, THEIR COLLECTIONS AT THIS POINT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IS THE, UM, JPS HAVE NOT, THEY'VE TURNED IT ALL OVER, TURNED JP FORCE TURNED IT OVER.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE JPS AND UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO WORK ON TURNING IT ALL OVER, GOES TO THE DA'S OFFICE.
BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE HARD.
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TO YOU ALL.SO THE REASON THAT THE COLLECTIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS MOVING IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND UM, WE'RE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THOSE.
AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A SUPERVISOR AND AT LEAST ONE TO TWO COLLECTION CLERKS FOR THE COLLECTIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THOSE JOBS HAVE BEEN POSTED AND UM, THEY'LL BE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE SHORTLY.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE EVERYBODY ON BOARD.
WE'RE GETTING THE NEW OFFICES SET UP, THEY'LL BE IN THE ANNEX.
AND SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TIMELY PROCESS.
BUT I WANTED TO UPDATE THE COURT ON WHERE WE ARE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
AND WE'RE SHOOTING FOR A FEBRUARY 1ST TIMELINE AND WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE COUNTY CLERK GOING TO KEEP COLLECTING WHILE WE ARE GETTING UP TO SPEED AND GETTING EVERYTHING ADDRESSED AND SETTING A MOTION SO THAT WE CAN START HOPEFUL ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THE COURT, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM? NO, NO ACTION.
IT'S REALLY NOT AN ACTION ITEM, IT'S JUST AN UPDATE MORE.
THANK VERY MUCH FOR THE, UH, FOR THE UPDATE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ITEM 11, UH, DOWN, UH, TO, UH, TOWARDS END THE MEETING AND PROBABLY WHAT WE, WE'LL NEED TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, 5 5 1 0 7 TALKING ABOUT REAL PROPERTY.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE NOW TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 12.
AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A PROPOSAL FOR A PRESERVATION PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR NATIONAL PLAN OF THE KAMAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE BY QUIMBEE MCCOY PRESERVATION ARCHITECTS.
AND LEMME JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE OF THE HISTORY OF THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, UH, TALKED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME NOW.
UH, BUT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE, UH, FROM THE STATE AS FAR AS RENOVATION OF OUR EXISTING COURTHOUSE, THEY REQUIRE A, UH, A MASTER PLAN, UH, FROM AN ARCHITECT THAT IS, AND A PLANNER THAT IS APPROVED BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MRS. TOY.
PAM HAS TALKED WITH HER A NUMBER OF TIMES AND WE DO HAVE MONEY.
I BELIEVE, UH, KAREN, WE BUDGETED, UH, MONEY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE $46,000 BUDGETED THIS YEAR.
SO THE MONEY IS BUDGETED TO DO THIS.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOVING AHEAD WITH THIS IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL, UH, OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW ON THE VESTIBULE IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE.
AND, UH, THAT'S A SAFETY CONCERN OBVIOUSLY.
I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTANDS THAT.
AND THIS WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE US A LITTLE MORE TIME, UH, WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
THEY ARE CERTAINLY MONITORING US.
I CAN TELL YOU THEY, WE'VE HAD ONE OR TWO VISITS, UH, FROM ACTUAL MEMBERS OF THE, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION, STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION LOOKING IN OUR SITUATION.
SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY.
BUT THE FIRST THING TO, UH, THAT WE NEED TO DO AND THEN WE, UH, STRONGLY RECOMMEND WE DO IS, UH, APPROVE THIS, UH, QUIMBY MCCOY, UH, PRESERVATION ARCHITECTURE COMPANY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE PLANS FOUND.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
UH, SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, MONEY IS BUDGETED.
UH, AND THEY, THEY WILL COME BACK.
AND AGAIN, LEMME REITERATE THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS IT WILL PUT US IN LINE AFTER THE STUDY IS COMPLETED FOR ANY STATE GRANTS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME IN AND HELP US, UH, UH, RENOVATE AND, UH, GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE, THE INTERIOR, PARTICULARLY THOSE PUT OUR EXISTING COURTHOUSE.
BUT THE BIG ITEM IS THE BEST VIEW IN FRONT.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT MISLEAD OURSELVES.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE THAT'S JUST A MATTER, UH, HOW WE APPROACH IT.
THERE MAY BE SOME HELP FROM THE LEG, UH, ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE, UH, BUT WE, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE ON THAT.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE, UH, ARCHITECTURE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE INSIDE TOO, RIGHT? YES.
THEY WILL LOOK AT EVERY ASPECT OF THE BUILDING AND IN ORDER FOR US TO GET A GRANT ON THE INSIDE, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK TO A HUNDRED PERCENT ORIGINAL ON THE INSIDE.
ONLY CERTAIN OFFICES WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN BACK.
SO YOUR COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE, YOUR CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO OF THE ORIGINAL COURTROOMS MM-HMM
AND SO SOME OF THOSE AREAS WILL BE LOOKED AT.
ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR INSIDE IN THE RETROFIT AND THE LIGHTING, WE'VE KEPT EVERYTHING, WE JUST CHANGED OUT THE VALVE SO WE COULD KEEP THE FIX THE FIXTURES.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING WITH THE STATE TO KEEP EVERYTHING WITHIN COMPLIANCE
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INSIDE SO THAT WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO DO THIS, THAT WE, IT WON'T BE SUCH A, A HARD HURDLE TO OVERCOME.YEAH, NO, I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK.
AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD COME BACK OBVIOUSLY BE INCLUDED IN THE FOUR, 6,000.
THE LADY HAS BEEN, HAS VISITED THE COURTHOUSE AND, BUT OBVIOUSLY SHE'S GOTTA COME BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN LOCATE SOME OLD PLANS.
DO SOME, I MEAN IT'S GOING BE A, A PRETTY EXTENSIVE LONG PROCESS.
IT'S NOT GONNA JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
ON, ON THE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR PRICE AND YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR OVER AND ABOVE WHO, WHO CONTROLS, WHO DO THEY DEAL WITH COURT.
SO ALL THESE ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR IF ANYTHING COMES IN THAT'S, UH, ABOVE THE CORD WILL COME BACK AND BEFORE THEY CAN DO IT.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, I BELIEVE NOW WE CAN MOVE DOWN TO MOVE DOWN NUMBER 14 TO DISCUSS AND REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS.
I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA JUST KIND OF AS A LAST MINUTE ITEM BEFORE WE SEND IT OUT BECAUSE OF THE, UH, I GUESS MOST OF THE YEAR, I THINK ALL OF YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF THE DAMAGE WE HAD, UH, UH, LAST WEEK OR WEEK BEFORE LAST, WHENEVER IT WAS WHERE WE HAD A GENTLEMAN RUN THROUGH THE, UH, THE COURTROOM DOWNSTAIRS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE MET UPSTAIRS.
AND ACTUALLY THIS WAS ONE OF THE ROOMS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.
AND BOBBY, YOU'RE HERE, I BELIEVE SOMEPLACE.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP AND TALK WITH US.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE, WE'D ACTUALLY PLACE SOME MONEY IN THIS YEAR, TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO RENOVATE AND ENLARGE THE
UH, AND THIS IS PROBABLY SPEED IT UP SOME BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE IS MOVE THAT WALL OUT, THAT GLASS WALL OUT AND PROPERLY, UH, REDESIGN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE AN ENGINEER, UH, AND AN ARCHITECT TO HELP DESIGN THAT TO MAKE THE ROOM BIGGER, TO TAKE OVER THE COURT, UH, THE SIDEWALK AND DO SOME OUTSIDE WORK.
OF COURSE, THE ROOF WILL HAVE TO BE EXTENDED, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SMALL JOB, BUT IT'S A JOB.
I THINK, BOBBY, THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU AND YOUR CREW CAN DO A LOT OF WORK.
UH, AND, UH, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO HIRE SOME CONTRACTORS FOR, RIGHT.
UH, WE STILL WILL BE DEALING WITH THE, UH, INSURANCE COMPANY WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, IT DAMAGED.
HE, BY THE WAY, IS NOT INJURED OTHER THAN BEING LITTLE EMBARRASSED, I THINK.
BUT, UH, UH, NOBODY WAS HURT AND, UH, WE WERE LUCKY, UH, UH, THE HOLE THAT STOPPED HIM FROM GOING ANY FURTHER INTO THE BILL.
I DON'T WHETHER HE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OR NOT.
YEAH, WE DID WAKE EVERYBODY UP KIND OF AT 10.
PRETTY, PRETTY EXCITED THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO, UH, QUESTIONS, BOBBY, YOU WANT TO KIND OF, I KNOW YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT.
BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE WERE DISCUSSING PRIOR TO THIS WAS WE WAS TALKING ABOUT MOVING THAT BALL OUT ABOUT 15 FEET, EXTENDING TO 15 FEET.
AND, AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME, SOME QUESTIONS FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM JIMMY AND SKEE AND SOME OTHER GUYS BECAUSE I RECENTLY WAS TALKING ABOUT PUTTING YOU GUYS ON THAT WALL.
RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S LIKE, OH WAIT A MINUTE.
THEY WANTED THE JUDGE TO BE ON THE WALL.
SO THAT'S THE THING IS, IS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING THAT WALL OUT 15 FEET AND THEN RUNNING THE COMMISSIONERS DOWN THAT WALL AND HAVING A CONFERENCE ROOM IN THAT BACK CORNER.
SO WHEN YOU GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, YOU GUYS JUST GO INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM, NOW, DO YOUR, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND YOU CAN COME BACK OUT RATHER THAN EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAVING TO LEAVE.
SO YOU CAN ADD, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW OPTIONS HERE.
WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL DO SOME, SOME, UH, SOME LAYOUTS.
I'LL BRING THEM BACK FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT AND LET Y'ALL DECIDE WHICH ONE FITS Y'ALL.
BUT WE WERE, IT WAS LOOKING AT DOING LIKE A, A CINDER BLOCK WALL, MAYBE A STUCCO ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN OF THAT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SOME CONCRETE BEARS YES.
ACROSS THE BACK OF IT WHERE PEOPLE CAN DRIVE THROUGH.
BUT THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT, THAT GLASS WALL.
AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE ECHO THAT YOU HEAR IN THAT COURTROOM IS BECAUSE OF THAT GLASS
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TRUCTURE.THAT'S, UH, WE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND SOMEBODY LOCALLY THAT'S AN ENGINEER THAT CAN HELP THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER THAT CAN HELP DO, GOTTA RUN ACROSS THE STREET FROM
SO, UH, WE JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW KIND WHAT THE PLANS ARE TO THE ROOM, I BELIEVE IS USEFUL NOW.
WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO GET INTO WHEN WE, UH, MOVED THIS MEETING UP HERE.
SO I ASSUME UNTIL WE BEGIN WORK ON THAT, WE'LL GO BACK DOWNSTAIRS AND THEN SOMETIME, HOPEFULLY NOT IN TOO DISTANT FUTURE, THE WORK WE'LL BE, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF PRELIMINARY WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO BEFORE WE CAN DO THAT.
SO, MR. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK BOBBY NEEDS WORK ON, DO WE NEED A MOTION EXCUSE? I THINK THAT BE APPROPRIATE.
DO WE'LL MAKE A MOTION GIVE ALONG WITH THE PURCHASING AGENT YEAH.
ALONG THE PURCHAS AND HAVE IT FINISHED BY FOR WHAT, FEBRUARY THE FIRST MORNING.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO, UH, HAVE THE MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR, FACILITIES DIRECTOR BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REPAIR OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURTROOM, AND NOT ONLY REPAIR, BUT RENOVATION AND ENLARGING THE COMMISSIONER'S, UH, COURTROOM, MAKING IT A LITTLE MORE, UH, ADVANTAGEOUS, A LITTLE BETTER FOR OUR PUBLIC.
SECOND MOTION FOR THE DISCUSSION.
UH, WE, BEFORE WE GO INTO THE CLOSED SESSION, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND IF WE HAVE ANY, UH, UH, LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
UH, WE EMAILED YOU ONE AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ABEL SPRINGS, UH, GRANT.
RIGHT? UH, THEIR ANY KIND SERVICES WAS THE 13,750 THAT WE RECEDED.
AND THE, UH, GRANT FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER IS 275,000.
SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE LINE ITEMS ARE FOR IN ESTABLISHING THE RECEIVING SIDE AND THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
UH, WATER IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION OF 225,000.
UH, ENGINEERING IS 1330 5,200, AND THE ADMINISTRATION FEES ARE 28,550.
SO THAT'S WHAT, UH, YOUR PRINTOUT THAT WAS EMAILED TO YOU IS DOING, ESTABLISHING THAT BUDGET.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SENT BY THE, UH, AUDITOR CONCERNING THE
OPPOSED? OPPOSED? UH, ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIM FOR PAYMENT.
UH, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SENT A THAT, DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BILL THAT NEED? AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS WE SEND THOSE OUT JUST FOR TO YOU COMMISSIONERS, IS TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LOOK THOSE OVER AND, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU GET THOSE, UH, ANSWERED BEFORE YOU COME TO COURT.
UH, MS CLOUD ALWAYS COMES PREPARED WITH BILL, BUT IF YOU GIVE HER KIND OF A HEADS UP, MOST OF THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED BEFORE YOU GET TO THE COURT.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF NI WELL, I KNOW I GOT EXCITED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE'S ANOTHER 360
I KNOW THAT'LL HAVE, I'LL REMEMBER THAT.
MR. HOLMES
WAS IT YOUR EMPLOYEE INSURANCES THAT WE PAY OUT AND, UH, VARIOUS ACCOUNTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES WERE 133 QUARTERLY PAYMENTS TO OUR OUTSIDE ENTITIES WERE AT 99,000.
YOUR ROAD BOND EXPENDITURES WERE ABOUT 84,000.
THE UTILITIES RAN ABOUT 73,000 AND MISCELLANEOUS STUFF THAT MADE UP THE, THE MILLION 19,000.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT IT PRESENTS.
A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY IYE.
BEFORE YOU, UH, LEAVE, LEMME JUST MENTION ONE THING
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AND WE'LL ARE GONNA GO IMMEDIATELY INTO, UH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS PROVIDED HERE.BUT I'LL MENTION, UH, JOHN NEXT MEETING ON THE 23RD JUST TO BODY BRIEFING ON WHERE WE'RE ON ALL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
AND I BELIEVE HE'S TRYING TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS TO YOU GUYS KIND OF GO OVER.
WE, HE WILL, UH, BE OUR JUNE, JANUARY 23RD MEETING TO, UH, GIVE THE ENTIRE COURT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION WHERE WE'RE ON VARIOUS PROJECTS.
SO, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE GO INTO, UH, EXECUTIVES SESSION, UH, TO DISCUSS REAL PROPERTY AS PROVIDED IN GOVERNMENT CODE 5 1 0 7 2 AS IT RELATES TO THE HELLO.
READY? OKAY, WE, UH, EXITED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON A MOTION, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND FROM MR. PHILLIPS.
I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY VOTED.
AND SO THE MOTION PASSED UNANIM AND THE TIME WE DID THAT WAS 10 43 AND WE TOOK NO ACTION ON ANY ITEMS, UH, THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO NOW I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MR. PHILLIPS AND MR. HUNT MAKE THE MOTION.