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          EVERYONE TO 
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A REGULAR MEETING OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. 
          TODAY IS MONDAY, JANUARY THE 23RD, UH, 2017. 
          AND IT'S, UH, NINE O'CLOCK. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK OF THANK, UH, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE HAVE A VERY LENGTHY AGENDA, UH, BUT WE ALWAYS BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION, AND THEN THE PLEDGE IS TO OUR FLAGS. 
          AND, UH, I'LL ASK COMMISSIONER BARBER IF HE WOULD, TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION. 
          SO IF YOU'D STAND WITH FRANK, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY IN KAMAN COUNTY, AND WE WANT TO ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US THIS MORNING AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS, UH, OF KAMAN. 
          WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH THIS COURT. 
          WE MAY CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER PLEASING TO YOU. 
          DEAR LORD, WE WANT TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE BE WITH OUR TROOPS AND WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          GOD BLESS THE FAMILY OF, UH, OFFICER WALKER WHO LOST HIS LIFE THIS LAST WEEK. 
          LITTLE LAMB, BE WITH US ALL. 
          MAY WE BE MINDFUL, LORD, OF HOW IMPORTANT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE TO US, AND WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM SO THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF US. 
          BE WITH US DEAR LORD. 
          AND FORGIVE US. 
          KEEP US SAFE. 
          JESUS NAME WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          I PRAY TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS, ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. 
          FOR ALL OUR HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. 
          ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVIDUAL. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THOSE AND THEN WE ARE GOING CHANGE THE AGENDA UP HERE JUST A MINUTE IF WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT, UH, NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED AND, UH, MOVE ALONG THE WAY. 
          UH, FIRST ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE OF DANIEL HUTCHINSON AS A DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR PRECINCT ONE AND CHRISTOPHER WHATLEY AND SHERRY CHI AS RESERVED DEPUTY CONSTABLES FOR PRECINCT ONE. 
          ALSO, ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS CONSIDERED APPRO DEPUTY FOR PATRICK TON AND KYLE GROSS AS DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR PRECINCT THREE. 
          AND CECIL R KATHY AS RESERVED DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR PRECINCT THREE. 
          ITEM C IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING BONDS, UH, FOR CONSTABLE JOSEPH, CHAD JONES, AND CONSTABLE KEITH STEVENS. 
          ITEM D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, ACCEPTING CALIN COUNTY RURAL EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR YEARS ENDING SEPTEMBER THE, UH, 30TH, 2015 AND SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2016. 
          E IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REAPPOINTING ROBERT, MINGER, ROBIN, UH, REY, JUDGE LEWIS, DAVID WILLIAMS, AND DANNY BAUMGARTNER AS BOARD MEMBERS, UH, TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICTS FOR TWO YEARS TERM. 
          UH, AND I BELIEVE ON THAT ONE, UH, UH, SOME OF THOSE, LEMME LOOK AT THAT RIGHT QUICK. 
          AND STEVE, YOU LEARNED A COUPLE OF THOSE FOR ONE YEAR TERMS. YES, SIR. 
          THREE, UH, SECTION 7 75 OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE. 
          WE CAN ONLY APPOINT THREE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. 
          THE OTHER TWO HAVE TO BE A ONE YEAR TERM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THE TWO THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING TO BE REC FOR OUR TWO YEAR TERMS WERE, I BELIEVE IT WAS DAVID WILLIAMS AND DANNY BAUMGARTNER WERE THE, UH, FOR THE ONE YEAR TERM. 
          FOR THE ONE YEAR TERM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE. 
          UH, THAT'LL KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, THAT STATUTE. 
          UH, ITEM F IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING COMMISSIONER COURT MINUTES FOR REGULAR MEETINGS ON DECEMBER THE 12TH, 2016, DECEMBER THE 27TH, 2016, AND JANUARY THE NINTH, 2016, AND SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER THE FIFTH, 2016. 
          UH, ITEM G IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE KAUFMAN COUNTY IDLE REDUCTION POLICY AND ACCEPTING THE IDLE REDUC, UH, REDUCTION POLICY GUIDANCE INFORMATION. 
          ITEM H IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING PHONE ALLOWANCE FOR PHILLIP UH, NERLAND AND TOMMY SHANNON IN THE FACILITY, UH, MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, WE HAVE ONE ADDENDUM THAT WAS SENT OUT, UH, ON, UH, FRIDAY, UH, I BELIEVE, AND THAT IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND 
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CONSIDER REAPPOINTING MICKEY AL, HER BELL AND JIMMY, UH, ROLAND AS BOARD MEMBERS, UH, TO EMERGENCY SERVICES NUMBER SIX FOR TWO YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. 
          GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THIS? NO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO APPROVE. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          COMMISSIONER FARMER SECOND A MOTION. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE ARE OPPOSED. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, NEXT ITEM IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HEROES, UH, FOUNDATION. 
          I BELIEVE THEY HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE THIS MORNING. 
          THEY HAVE ASKED TO PRESENT AN APPRECIATION BOARD, AN APPRECIATION BOARD, UH, TO RETIRED SHERIFF DAVID BURNS. 
          SO IF WHOEVER IS HERE FROM THAT ORGANIZATION WOULD STEP UP AND IDENTIFY YOURSELVES AND, UH, COME FORWARD. 
          WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU SUE WEST. 
          I AM CO-FOUNDER OF KAUFMAN COUNTY HEROES FOUNDATION. 
          WE DECIDED IN 2011 GIVE YOU A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT WE DID. 
          2011, WE FOUND OUT THAT IF ANY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE INJURED ON THE JOB OR UNFORTUNATELY DIE, THERE AIN'T A LOT OF HELP FOR THE FAMILY OUT THERE. 
          THIS AIN'T RIGHT, FOLKS. 
          THEY'RE ON CALL 24 7. 
          IT'S TIME WE THE PUBLIC STEP UP TO BE THERE FOR THEM. 
          SO THE COLMAN COUNTY HERO FOUNDATION WAS FORMED, AND WHEN YOU SEE THE HELPING HAND TOY RUN OR THE TEDDY BEAR RUN WITH ALL THE BIKERS, THAT'S US. 
          THAT'S HOW WE RAISED OUR MONIES TO HELP. 
          AND SHERIFF DAVID WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GIVING US THE SUPPORT ALONG WITH KAUFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF. 
          THOSE GUYS ESCORT US ON ALL OF OUR RIDES. 
          AND WE HATE TO LOSE SHERIFF DAVID, BUT WE ALMOST MOVE ON. 
          AND I THINK HE'S MORE THAN EARNED HIS RIGHT TO RETIRE WITH THE, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE, SIR, YOU ARE AWESOME. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU AT THIS BLACK FOR LIN COUNTY HERS FOUNDATION AND HELPING HANDS. 
          AND TO MAKE SURE YOU NEVER EVER FORGET US, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE OF OUR T-SHIRTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO MODEL THAT T-SHIRT . 
          ONE MORE PICTURE HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, AND I WOULD ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP AROUND A LITTLE BIT HERE THIS MORNING. 
          UH, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO MOVE OVER TO ITEM 15. 
          UH, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO DISCUSS CENTER APPROVING A RESOLUTION TO SIGN, TO SIGN A MEMORIAL DESIGNATION HONORING STAFF SERGEANT ROBERT E. COCHRAN TO A BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 34 IN THE ROSTER COMMUNITY IN CALIN COUNTY. 
          AND THIS IS PURSUANT IN PRECINCT FOUR ARE SECTION 2 2 5 0 0 2 SECTION A OF THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE. 
          SO IT'S, YEAH, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO THAT WE HAD A, A, A VERY YOUNG MAN, I THINK 27 YEARS OLD, IS THAT RIGHT? FRED? 26. 
          26, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE VIETNAM WAR. 
          AND YOU KNOW, MOST THE PEOPLE WHO COME BACK FROM THAT WERE TREATED REALLY BADLY AND WE HAVEN'T HONORED THEM VERY MUCH  AT ALL. 
          AND ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE AND DEPENDING OUR COUNTRY. 
          SO LIKE WE SEE IN WASHINGTON, A LOT OF TIMES ALL THESE NUMBER HEADS MARCHING OVER SOMETHING. 
          THEY DON'T DUNNO WHAT THEY'RE DOING WAS PEOPLE LIKE THIS THAT DIED SO THAT WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS. 
          AND I WANNA READ SOMETHING TO YOU. 
          HE ALSO RECEIVED, UH, THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, WHICH IS THE SECOND TO THE HIGHEST AWARD THAT OUR COUNTRY GIVES OUT. 
          AND I WANT JUST READ YOU THE REASON WHY HE RECEIVED THAT AWARD. 
          THIS IS ROBERT E COCHRANE, FOR EXTRA ORDINARY HERO HEROISM AND CONNECTION WITH THE MILITARY OPERATION INVOLVING CONFLICT WITH ARMED HOSTILE FORCE IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. 
          STAFF SERGEANT COCHRANE, UH, DISTINGUISH HIMSELF BY EXCEPTIONALLY VALERIE'S ACTIONS 
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ON 22 SEPTEMBER, 1967, WHILE SERVING AS AN INFANTRY COMPANY COMPANY SQUAD LEADER DURING A SEARCH TO DESTROY OPERATION IN THE HOBO WOODS, THE COMPANY'S LEAD ELEMENT CITED WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ENEMY IN PLACEMENT. 
          SERGEANT COCHRANE AND A RADIO OPERATOR ADVANCED TO INVESTIGATE. 
          THEY SUDDENLY BECAME UNDER HEAVY FIRE FROM A WELL FORTIFIED VEHICLE BUNKER COMPLEX. 
          AS SERGEANT COCHRAN RETURNED FIRE ON THE INSURGENTS, HIS CONRAD, WHO WAS 10 METERS BEHIND HIM, WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED BY ENEMY FIRE. 
          AFTER EXPENDING ALL OF HIS OWN AMMUNITION, SERGEANT COCHRAN MOVED THROUGH THE HAIL OF BULLET'S BACK TO THE RADIO OPERATOR, SECURED THE WOUNDED MAN'S RIFLE, AND RETURNED TO HIS PREVIOUS POSITION TO PLACE DEVASTATING FIRE ON THE BIG CALM FORTIFICATIONS ONCE AGAIN, HE RAN OUT OF AMMUNITION, CRAWLED TO THE REAR, UH, TO RE-ARM HIMSELF SECURING A GRENADE LAUNCHER AND A PISTOL. 
          HE PERSONALLY ASSAULTED THE NEAREST ENEMY BUNKERS. 
          HE KILLED FOREIGN INSURGENTS AT POINT BLANK RANGE, AND WAS THEN WOUNDED BY FRAGMENTS FROM AN ENEMY GRENADE. 
          HE LIFTS UP HIS WOUNDS. 
          HE CONTINUED HIS FIERCE ATTACK AND SHOUTED FOR THE REST OF HIS COMPANY TO JOIN HIM. 
          SERGEANT COCHRAN SINGLE HANDEDLY DESTROYED THREE VECON BUNKERS WITH HAND GRENADES WHILE EXPOSING HIMSELF TO LETHAL LETHAL ENEMY FUSELAGE. 
          WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY, HE MADE HIMSELF A TARGET FOR WITHERING INSURGENT FIRE TO PROTECT HIS ADVANCING FELLOW SOLDIERS. 
          HIS DAUNTLESS ACTIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERWHELMINGLY VICTORY OVER DETERMINED VIA CALM STAFF SERGEANT COCHRAN'S, EXTRAORDINARILY HERO AND DEVOTION TO DUTY AND KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITION OF MILITARY SERVICE AND REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND HIS UNIT IN UNITED STATES ARMY. 
          UH, THIS DIRECTION, THIS AWARD WAS GIVEN BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED IN 1963 BY GENERAL , GENERAL ROBERT TABER. 
          UH, FRED IS HERE TODAY, UH, HIS BROTHERN AND TODD P IS THE ONE THAT SENT ME ALL THIS INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET THIS GOING. 
          I'VE TALKED WITH JEFF BUSH FROM T DOT, HE'S BACK THERE. 
          AND ONCE WE APPROVE THIS, UH, MOTION, THEN IT WILL GO TO JEFF AND IT WILL GO THROUGH THE RANKS THERE. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE BRIDGE GOING OVER THE TRINITY RIVER, UH, IN HIS NAME AS A BOARD. 
          AND I THINK IT'S WELL PAST DUE THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. 
          SO THANK, UH, I WANT TO SECOND THAT MOTION SINCE HE, HE DID SERVE IN THE SAME UNIT AS I DID IN VIETNAM. 
          AND THAT'S, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY A GOOD HONOR. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          YES. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR ANY OTHER, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES. 
          UH, 16TH. 
          YOU GOTTA DO 16TH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN 16 NEEDS TO BE ADDED ON TO THAT, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 2 5 0 0 2 OF TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION REGARDING THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE DESIGNATION ON STATE HIGHWAY 34. 
          DO HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? I MOTION. 
          MOTION ALLEN AND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND NOW WE'RE GOING CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT. 
          UH, AND I WOULD ASK OUR TREASURER, MR. OFIELD TO COME FORWARD. 
          HE IS ASKED THAT HE BE MOVED UP ON ITEM ITEMS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10. 
          HE'S GOT A APPOINTMENT IN DALLAS THAT HE NEEDS TO MAKE. 
          AND SO, UH, WE ASK THAT YOU PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          THANK YOU, COURT. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR ACCOMMODATION. 
          AND, UH, IT'S NOT A BUSINESS APPOINTMENT, IT'S A FAMILY APPOINTMENT, WHICH, UH, MAKES ME VERY MUCH APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION. 
          IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE OUR MONTHLY DECEMBER TREASURER'S REPORT AND THE QUARTERLY, UH, UH, TREASURE REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST AND THE, FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, THE BEGINNING BALANCE OF OUR GENERAL FUND WAS 7 25 9 20 15. 
          WE HAD RECEIPTS OF 12 MILLION 1 33, 2 33 83, 
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DISBURSEMENTS OF 4 MILLION 372 1 25 63 FOR AN ENDING GENERAL FUND BALANCE OF 8 MILLION 4 87 0 28 35. 
          ALL OF THESE FUNDS WERE HELD, UH, UNDER THE TERMS OF OUR DEPOSITORY CONTRACT AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, UH, YIELDING 35 BASIS POINTS. 
          AND THEY'RE ALL AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE UH, EXPENDITURE. 
          UH, FURTHER IN YOUR LIST YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, A POINT OF INTEREST IS FUND 1 28, OUR ORIGINAL TRAN OF ROAD BOND FUNDS. 
          UH, WE STILL HAVE 5 MILLION 1 67 6 97 19 OF THAT AND THE SECOND TRANCHE OF ROAD BONDS, UH, 26 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO TECH SCHOOL PRODUCT. 
          AND, UH, WE WILL DISCUSS MORE OF THAT IN OUR INVESTMENT REPORT THAT COMES UP. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE WE EARNED 18,000 INTEREST ON THAT. 
          UH, SO THAT, THAT FUND HAS GROWN FROM 26 MILLION TO 26 MILLION 51, 4 64, UM, SINCE WE RECEIVED THOSE FUNDS LATE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND THEN THE LAST, YOU CAN SEE THE INTEREST EARNED, UH, AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK UNDER THE DEPOSITORY CONTRACT 3008 39. 
          THE, UH, SO JUDGE, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO CALL FOR APPROVAL OF THIS NOW? YES, I BELIEVE IT WOULD. 
          DO WE HAVE A OR ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE TREASURER? UH, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT MOTION. 
          PHILLIPS I SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WATER. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 
          MAY MOVE RIGHT AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE COURT, THE NEXT PAGE IS THE OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2016, UH, QUARTERLY TREASURER'S REPORT. 
          AND WE BEGAN OCTOBER 1ST, 2016 WITH 3 MILLION 4 54, 5 66 0.85 FOR THE QUARTER. 
          WE HAD RECEIPTS OF 15 MILLION EIGHT TEN FIVE NINETY EIGHT FIFTY TWO, AND DISBURSEMENTS OF 10 MILLION 7 78, 1 37 0 2 FOR THE ENDING BALANCE AT 12 31 16 TO 8 MILLION 487 0 28 35. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE GENTLEMEN, YOU LOOKING AT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY A $36 MILLION COUNTY BUDGET. 
          UH, IN THIS FIRST QUARTER. 
          WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT SOMEWHAT NORTH AND 40% OF OUR FUNDS. 
          AND FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, WHAT WE'LL SEE FROM JANUARY IS, IS PROBABLY ANOTHER 50%. 
          AND, UH, THEN AGAIN, WE CAN, UH, SEE THE QUARTERLY INTEREST THAT WE'VE EARNED. 
          UH, 12,000 OH 98, 49. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE TEXT POOL QUARTERLY INTEREST OF 49, 10 14. 
          AND, UH, UH, I MET, UH, AT LUNCH ONE DAY LAST WEEK WITH COMMISSIONER BARBER TO START INTRODUCING HIM TO THE TREASURY FUNCTION. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER LL DO THE SAME WITH YOU THIS WEEK AND NEXT. 
          AND I'LL WALK THROUGH YOU GENTLEMEN, THE DETAIL OF ALL THAT'S HERE, UH, SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SUSPICION. 
          IS THAT FAIR? SOUNDS GOOD. 
          HONOR. 
          UH, JUDGE, CAN YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON BOARD QUESTIONS FOR THE TREASURER? I DO HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED? I APOLOGIZE TO THE COURT FOR NOT HAVING THE, UH, UH, INVESTMENT OFFICER'S REPORT. 
          AND, UH, WE'VE TAKEN TIME TO WORK TO, UH, KEEP, UH, GIVING THE COURT MORE INFORMATION, UH, BUILDING TOWARD, UM, SUCCESSFUL INVESTMENT POLICIES TO, UH, MAXIMIZE THE, UH, SAFETY OF OUR FUNDS, THE LIQUIDITY OF OUR FUNDS, AND TO OBTAIN SOME YIELD. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS QUARTERLY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO REPORT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE INFORMING YOU THAT AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE TREASURER'S REPORT, ALL OF OUR GENERAL FUND MONIES ARE HELD IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK UNDER OUR DEPOSITORY CONTRACT. 
          UM, THE, UH, SECOND ROUND OF ROAD BOND FUNDS WERE SENT TO, UH, TEXTUAL PRIME. 
          UH, OUR ACCOUNT THERE, 0 0 6, UH, THEY HAD ORIGINAL DEPOSIT WAS IN, I THINK SEPTEMBER 22ND, LATE IN SEPTEMBER, UH, 26 MILLION. 
          UH, THE CURRENT MARKET VALUE OF THAT IS 26 0 5 1 9 0 4 64, UH, WHICH IS THAT CUMULATIVE INCOME OF 51 9 0 4 64 THAT WE'VE SEEN. 
          AND THE QUARTERLY INCOME OF 49 18 14. 
          UM, THE YIELD RATE ON 
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THAT AND, AND, AND ALL, UH, THIS 13 O OTHER PAGES THAT ARE HERE GIVES YOU, UH, SOURCE DOCUMENTS FROM TECH POOL, UH, UH, UH, GIVING YOU ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. 
          THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU'VE GOT. 
          UM, THE YIELD RATE QUOTED BY TEXTUAL, UH, FOR DECEMBER WAS POINT 80 13 BASIS POINTS. 
          AND THE TEXTUAL PRIME WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY IS 52 DAYS. 
          OUR FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. 
          OKAY, GENTLEMEN? AND, UM, THE QUARTER TO DATE INTEREST EARNED WAS 49 18 14 ON THE $26 MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S A QUARTERLY YIELD OF 19 1 58 BASIS POINTS, WHICH IS 76 6 31 ANNUALIZED. 
          SO THAT'S A BIT MORE THAN TWICE WHAT WE WOULD RECEIVE AT AMERICAN NATIONAL UNDER OUR DEPOSITORY CONTRACT AND MOVE IT. 
          MARK, MOVING THESE FUNDS AWAY FROM AMERICAN NATIONAL HELPS THEM WITH THEIR CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WE, THAT WE HAVE WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL, AND THEY ARE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTING THESE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE GOT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ON DEPOSIT AMERICAN NATIONAL DEPOSIT CONTRACT. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ITS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTY ALSO. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INVESTIGATOR PORTION? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INVESTMENT REPORT? APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO GET EVERY TIME YOU CAN, UH, GET OUT OF WHAT THE MONEY WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY ON ALL OF IT, CERTAINLY ON BONDS, BUT, AND THEN THE IMPORTANT THING IS SAFETY, RIGHT? YOU YIELD IS THE LAST THING, BUT YOU CAN SEE NO TEXT POOL SAYS IN THERE THERE'S RISK OF LOSS. 
          BUT IF, IF THAT TEXT POOL FUND BREAKS THE BUCK WHERE IT'S LESS THAN DOLLAR PER DOLLAR, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS IN CALAMITIES. 
          YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED ONE TIME BACK ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. 
          STEP UP TO PLAY. 
          YEAH, DID AND THEY DID. 
          THE STATE, STATE STEPPED UP TO PLAY. 
          SO, UH, AND I THINK WE, DID WE APPROVE? WELL, NO. 
          ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MR. A MOTION? COMMISSIONER ALLEN? DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK, JUDGE, LAST THING, THE ONE THING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WAS A LITTLE BIT OF WORKSHOP TIME. 
          MM-HMM . 
          TO LOOK AT INVESTMENT POLICY. 
          ONE MORE TIME. 
          I GAVE COMMISSIONER A COPY AND QUICK SUMMARY ON LAST WEEK. 
          I'LL DO THE SAME WITH COMMISSIONER HUNT. 
          UH, WE DO NEED ONE OF MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO SERVE ON OUR INVESTMENT COMMITTEE. 
          AND, AND YOU CAN, I, I, I BELIEVE THIS REPORT REALLY PS EVERYONE'S INTEREST OF WHAT COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. 
          IF YOU WILL HAVE, REMEMBER WE WILL PUT THAT ON AN AGENDA, FUTURE AGENDA. 
          I'LL, I'LL GET AN AGENDA REQUEST DONE, JUDGE, AND WE'LL JUST LEAVE A COURT DATE UNTIL YOU CAN GET SOMETHING. 
          OKAY? IS THAT FAIR? THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH. 
          THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME CONSIDERATION. 
          I'M GOING TO GET MY OLDER DAUGHTER LAUREN TO LOVE FIELD, GET THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 
          MY GOODNESS. 
          THANK COURT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FOUR NOW IS, UH, FROM PURDUE BRANDON FIELD COLLEGE TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE DELINQUENT, UH, UH, COURT FINES AND FEES PROCESS. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION YOU'VE SENT US. 
          SIR, YOU MAY WANT TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF. 
          WE HAVE TWO NEW COURT MEMBERS HERE THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MEET, BUT THANK YOU JUDGE WOOD. 
          GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS DOUG BURNSIDE. 
          I'M WALKING FROM PURDUE BRANDON FIELDER MONT. 
          WITH ME TODAY IS DAN ROMO, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF  OPERATIONS. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT A BRIEF REPORT FOR YOU TODAY. 
          UM, AS YOU SEE FROM THE MATERIALS PROVIDED IN THIS QUARTER, WE HAVE RESOLVED, UH, JUST OVER THREE $57,000 TOTAL, 156,000 IN COLLECTIONS, AND $200,000 IN CASES RESOLVED, UM, AS CASES RESOLVED, CASE CASES ARE DISMISSED BY THE COURT TIME SERVED, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          THAT KIND OF MAY IS WHERE THE MONEY IS NOT ACTUALLY GENERATED, BUT WHERE THE TICKETS ARE REMOVED FROM THE ROLES OF WHAT'S STILL DELINQUENT. 
          UH, AS USUAL HAS BEEN THE CASE ALL YEAR. 
          THE MOST ACTIVE COURTS HAVE BEEN JUDGE SMITH AND JUDGE ADAMS COURT, WHERE WE'VE SEEN CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT THIS YEAR. 
          UM, FOR THE YEAR, WE HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT RESOLVED OF 26.3% OF THE ENTIRE DELINQUENT ROLE. 
          UH, WE ARE ABOUT TO START OFF, WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH 
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THE DIFFERENT COURTS TO GET READY FOR THE WARRANT ROUNDUP, WHICH IS TYPICALLY GONNA BE OUR ACTIVITY OR OUR PERIOD OF MOST ACTIVITY. 
          AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF FEBRUARY WE'LL START TO SEE A LOT MORE MONEY ROLLING IN. 
          UM, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN WE'RE GONNA GENERATE THE MOST REVENUE FOR THE YEAR, SOON. 
          HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S GOOD REPORT, IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 
          AND, UM, APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US COMMISSIONERS, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY JP MAKE COMMENTS? OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE COURT APPROVAL, IT'S JUST, UH, AN ITEM THAT THEY MAY PRESENT EVERY QUARTER AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO US. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          A IT'S OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          RIGHT. 
          NEXT ITEM IS JOHN POER HERE. 
          JOHN, UH, CALLED EARLIER AND HE WAS IN A TRAFFIC JAM, UH, AND WAS ON HIS WAY, BUT HE, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE I SEE, SO HE BE HERE MOMENTARILY. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA SKIP OVER ITEM FIVE AND, UH, GO TO ITEM SIX. 
          PARDON? YEAH, SIX IS JOHN AS WELL. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE DO HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE, I BELIEVE TODD, ISIS OR KEEL? I SAY KEEL. 
          KEEL, OKAY. 
          I KNOW WE TALKED AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER A NAME WIN, BUT, UH, TODD IS WITH THE, UH, TEXAS ASSOCIATION COUNTIES. 
          AND THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM, BUT IT'S AN INFORMATION ITEM AND IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ITEM BECAUSE OF THE, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, INSURANCE THAT, UH, T UH, TEXAS ASSOCIATION COUNTIES, UH, CARRIES FOR US. 
          SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO PROCEED. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. 
          UM, MY NAME'S TODD KEEL. 
          I'M WITH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES WE CALL TAC. 
          UH, I AM YOUR RISK MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT. 
          AS, AS THE JUDGE MENTIONED. 
          UM, WE PROVIDE ALL OF YOUR INSURANCES. 
          UM, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE A RISK MANAGEMENT POOL, SO INSTEAD OF THE WORD INSURANCE, I'LL USE THE WORD COVERAGE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL AN OVERVIEW TODAY OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT POOL, WHICH IS OUR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY. 
          IN, IN YOUR PACKET IS THIS, UM, POOLING BROCHURE, IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, IT'S TWO-SIDED ON THIS SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY CASUALLY. 
          AND ON THIS SIDE IS THE HEALTH INSURANCE SIDE. 
          I'M, I'M A BRICKS AND MORTAR KIND OF GUY, SO I'M GONNA TOUCH BASE AND JUST PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DO FOR Y'ALL. 
          AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS BOOK. 
          IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE COVERAGE THAT WE PROVIDE AND KAMAN COUNTY IS OUR PRIVILEGE AND OUR PLEASURE TO PROVIDE Y'ALL WORKERS' COMPENSATION, AUTO LIABILITY, AUTO PHYSICAL DAMAGE, PUBLIC OFFICIAL LIABILITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY, PROPERTY COVERAGE, AND GENERAL LIABILITY COVERAGE. 
          SO WHAT I DO FOR Y'ALL IS I WORK WITH THE BREW RESOURCE DEPARTMENT WITH TIFFANY. 
          BASICALLY TIFFANY MAINTAINED ALL THE RENEWAL QUESTIONNAIRES, AND THEN I ALSO WILL MEET WITH THE JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONERS THROUGHOUT THE COVERAGE YEARS. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE COVERAGE THAT WE PROVIDE TO YOU, WE PROVIDE AN AWFUL LOT OF TRAINING AND RESOURCES THAT THAT IS BASICALLY, IT'S AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE OTHER THAN THE CONTRIBUTION THAT YOU PAY FOR THE COVERAGE THAT I JUST MENTIONED. 
          SO YOU HAVE MYSELF AS A RISK MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS I'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THE COVERAGE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE CERTAIN COVERAGES, CERTAIN DEDUCTIBLES, CERTAIN ENDORSEMENTS, UM, BESIDES MYSELF BACK IN OUR OFFICE IN AUSTIN, YOU HAVE YOUR MEMBER SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE WHO WILL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR HR DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU ADD OR DELETE VEHICLES OR MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UM, OUR RISK CONTROL CONSULTANT. 
          SO WHEN YOU THINK A RISK CONTROL CONSULTANT, THINK, THINK, UM, SAFETY, ISAAC GARCIA IS YOUR LOSS CONTROL CONSULTANT. 
          HE ATTACHES HIMSELF TO PROPERTY COVERAGE AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND PROVIDES SAFETY TRAINING. 
          UM, DIANA CECIL, SHE'S PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR ONE OF US ALL. 
          SHE'S YOUR HUMAN RESOURCE CONSULTANT. 
          UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, YOU CAN DIRECT IT TO, OBVIOUSLY TO TIFFANY. 
          CAN YOU KNOW, THEN GO HR TRAINING TO YOU, FSL TRAINING, OLOGY TRAINING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          UM, YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT, HIS NAME IS 
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THOMAS CURBS. 
          UH, HE'S THE FORMER SHERIFF IN NACODOCHES COUNTY. 
          HE WAS A SHERIFF FOR 12 YEARS, AND TYPICALLY HE'LL WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOUR SHERIFF, UM, AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS. 
          UM, IN OUR OFFICE IN AUSTIN, WE HAVE OUR CLAIMS FOLKS. 
          UM, WE HAVE CLAIMS FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR PROPERTY, UM, FOR AUTOMOBILE, GENERAL LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, LIABILITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COVERAGE. 
          UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE SOME DRIVER SIMULATED TRAINING. 
          WE HAVE THREE SIMULATORS. 
          WE HAVE ONE FOR WOODBRIDGE, WHERE WE ACTUALLY WILL BRING A TRAILER UP TO THE COUNTY. 
          AND IT IS VERY GOOD TRAINING WHERE WE CAN PUT PEOPLE BEHIND THE WHEEL IN THE TRAILER TO PUT THEM THROUGH SOME SCENARIOS. 
          SO WE HAVE A DRIVER TRAINING SIMULATOR FOR WOODBRIDGE AND ONE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE A RESISTANCE TO RESPONSE, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINER, UM, THAT REALLY ALLOWS LAW ENFORCEMENT INDIVIDUALS BE TO BE PUT IN SCENARIOS TO HELP THEM TRAIN ON DEESCALATING, UM, SERIOUS ITEMS. I WANTED TO COME UP TODAY, INTRODUCE MYSELF, INTRODUCE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. 
          I I WASN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO GET INTO ANY SPECIFICS ON YOUR COVERAGE. 
          UM, I'M AVAILABLE TO YOU 24 7. 
          I LEFT MY CARD FOR YOU. 
          UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? UH, YES SIR. 
          COUPLE, ONE ON PAGE TWO OF THE DOCUMENT, YOU, IT'S UPSIDE DOWN. 
          I MEAN YOU HALF OF IT, THE OTHER HALF YOU HAVE TO TURN OVER. 
          SO YES, SIR, ON PAGE TWO OF THE, UH, POWER FOR WHO CAN TALK ABOUT WITH DRAWING COVERAGE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU PROVIDE ON DRONE PROJECT? YES, SIR. 
          DRONE COVERAGE IS RELATIVELY NEW TO THE INSURANCE AND THE COVERAGE INDUSTRY. 
          10 YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF DRONES, UM, BECAUSE GENERAL LIABILITY POLICY, LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY POLICIES HAVE AN AIRCRAFT EXCLUSION, WHICH IS A DRONE. 
          SO THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY INTACT ALIKE. 
          WE'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO WHERE NOW IF YOU HAVE A DRONE, WE CAN COVER IT THREE DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          ONE, YOU WANT TO COVER THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE DRONE. 
          SO WE WOULD ADD THAT TO YOUR PROPERTY COVERAGE TO BE PART OF YOUR MOBILE EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE TO PROTECT THE DRONE, UM, IF IT'S STOLEN, UM, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          THEN IF IT CRASHES, IF IT CRASHES, UM, DEPENDS ON HOW IT'S, HOW IT CRASHES AS TO WHERE THE COVERAGE WOULD COME INTO PLAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHICH I HOPE THAT THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UM, THEN YOUR, YOUR BIG CONCERN ON A DRONE IS YOUR LIABILITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHAT WE THEN DO IS WE SCHEDULE IT ON YOUR GENERAL LIABILITY COVERAGE AND YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY COVERAGE. 
          SO WE MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR COVERAGE FORMS SO THAT WE CAN NOW PROVIDE COVERAGE. 
          UM, SO IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO AN AIRCRAFT EXCLUSION. 
          SO BASICALLY WE'VE REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT EXCLUSION, ALLOWING FOR THE DRUM TO BE COVERED AND TO PROTECT OUR LIABILITY. 
          AND THAT'S VERY NEW TO THE INDUSTRY AND TO TECH. 
          RIGHT. 
          I'VE, I'VE BEEN KIND OF READING UP ON IT AND I KNOW IT'S, UH, A NEW AREA, JUST LIKE A LOT OF THINGS ARE. 
          SO, AND THE OTHER THING, IF YOU FOLLOW UP JUST TO BRIEFLY, UH, ON OUR WORKERS' COMP, UH, PROGRAM, HOW IT HAS PROGRESSED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, WORKERS' COMPENSATION, HOW, HOW Y'ALL ARE CHARGED AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THE WORD PREMIUM FROM OUR HOME INSURANCE, OUR AUTO INSURANCE, UH, WE'RE, WE SPEND THE POOL. 
          SO INSTEAD OF USING THE WORD PREMIUM, WE WERE USE THE WORD CONTRIBUTION. 
          WORKERS' COMPENSATION IS BASED UPON PAYROLL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND CLASS CODES FOR ASSIGNED DUTIES FOR THAT PAYROLL WORKERS' COMPENSATION IS ALSO BASED UPON HISTORICAL LOSSES. 
          UM, KAUFMAN COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, GOING BACK INTO 2010, HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH WORKERS' COMPENSATION. 
          UM, IT'S CALLED AN EXPERIENCED MODIFIER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          UM, YOU WOULD CALL IT THE EXPERIENCED MODIFIERS CALCULATED BY NCCI, WHICH IS NATIONAL COUNCIL OF COMPENSATION INSURANCE. 
          UM, BACK IN 2013, YOUR EXPERIENCE WILDFIRE WAS 1.52. 
          1.0 IS TECHNICALLY CALLED UNITY. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AS AN AVERAGE. 
          UM, SO ESSENTIALLY YOU WERE 0.52 ABOVE UNITY, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A SURCHARGE. 
          AND THAT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF LOSSES. 
          UM, WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACCIDENTS WILL 
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HAPPEN, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 
          THE THING THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS TO CONTROL THEM THE BEST YOU CAN WITH SAFETY AND CULTURE, UH, AWARENESS TRAINING. 
          UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, YOUR MODIFIER HAS COME DOWN. 
          UH, BACK IN 13 IT WAS 1.52. 
          UM, THE NEXT YEAR IT WAS 1.38, UM, 2015, IT WAS 1.22 LAST YEAR. 
          AND THIS YEAR IT'S 1.17. 
          SO Y'ALL ARE MAKING TREMENDOUS STRIDES, UM, IN DOING A NICER JOB OF CONTROLLING THE FREQUENCY OF YOUR ACCIDENTS THAT THAT WILL OCCUR. 
          UM, AND THAT'S KUDOS TO Y'ALL. 
          UM, PAYING ATTENTION TO SAFETY. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT YOUR EMPLOYEES APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. 
          IT'S NO FUN GETTING HURT. 
          UM, AND, UM, IT ALLOWS Y'ALL TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE. 
          UM, SO, SO THE JUDGE AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          I STARTED WITH TAP TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS BASICALLY SINCE I FIRST MET WITH HIM. 
          UM, AND HE'S VERY PLEASED WITH, WITH HOW Y'ALL ARE GETTING BETTER IN REGARDS TO THAT. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YES, MR. I STORY, I THINK WE HAD THE SECOND OR THIRD HIGHEST MODIFIER IN THE STATE, HISTORIC COUNTY WERE CONCERNED. 
          SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S DONE BY THE COMMISSIONERS, FORMER COMMISSIONERS AND THE TRAINING THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S HUGE IN OUR HR DEPARTMENT TOO, I SHOULD ADD AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR TODD? ANY COMMENTS? WE HAVE A, WE HAVE AN INSURANCE EXPERT ON THE COURT HERE. 
          IT'S VERY EASY TO DEAL WITH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEY COULD COMMENT, I DON'T HAVE, I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULDN'T HIRE OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES FROM US  FROM BOY WHEN YOU HIRED HER, BUT I KNOW SHE'S NOW ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE. 
          YEAH. 
          SHE'S ONE OF THE BEST. 
          AND, UH, I, I SAW HER JUST FRIDAY, SO SHE WANTED TO SAY HELLO TO ALL WE ALL. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECORDING. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          OKAY. 
          HAVE NICE DAY. 
          THANK. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          I THINK I SAW JOHN BOLSTER SLINGING AROUND OUT THERE. 
          HALLWAY. 
          JOHN, COME ON IN. 
          YOU'RE OUT THERE STILL THERE YOU, YEAH. 
          COME ON. 
          UNDERSTAND. 
          YOU HAD SOME TRAFFIC TIE AND SO, UH, YOU'VE GOT, UH, SOME HANDOUTS I BELIEVE FOR FOLKS. 
          AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS, UH, JOHN IS OUR, UH, CONSULTANT WITH, UH, ITS. 
          HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE STATUS OF THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION BOND CHARTER AND THEN ITEM SIX WHO WILL BE HERE AS WELL TO DISCUSS THE, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 34 MILLION LANDS, UH, PROJECT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          IT WASN'T IN LIN COUNTY EXCEPT FOR, SO I'M GONNA JUST START HERE. 
          I BELIEVE TYPICALLY WE PUT THESE ON OUR WEBSITE SO EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY CAN, UH, SEE. 
          SO REMEMBER, DO THAT. 
          SO PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO BE HERE, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          WE'LL LET YOU START. 
          DOUG. 
          UH, I'M JOHN POLLSTER WITH INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS. 
          WE DO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR, UH, ROADWAY SYSTEMS. JOHN, ME INTERRUPT YOU. 
          JUST A SECOND. 
          JEFF BUSH, OUR AREA ENGINEER. 
          JEFF, WOULD YOU STAND, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANYBODY ELSE IS WITH YOU THIS MORNING. 
          NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          HE'S ACTUALLY THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IF YOU'VE GOT ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT, YEAH. 
          STATE HIGHWAY C JEFF, WHILE HE'S HERE, I'M SURE BE TALK TO. 
          SO THE, UH, FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS THE, UH, REGION HAS BEEN IN THE PROCESS FROM ABOUT, UH, NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR TO DEVELOP THEIR, UH, NEW TRANSPORTATION 10 YEAR PLAN. 
          UH, THE RTC VOTED ON THAT BACK IN, UH, DECEMBER. 
          AND, UH, THE COMMISSION, HIGHWAY COMMISSION IS ANTICIPATING TO APPROVE THAT IN FEBRUARY. 
          AND IN THAT PLAN, THERE ARE, UH, ABOUT $172 MILLION CLOSER MINUS COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, DOLLARS EARMARKED FOR COFFEE COUNTY PROJECTS. 
          UH, AND THAT IS, UH, UH, EARMARK. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA ATTEMPT TO, THEY, THEY ASSUME WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN EACH OF THESE COUNTIES AND THE PROJECTS THEY WANNA MOVE FORWARD ON. 
          AND RIGHT 
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NOW, THERE AREN'T VERY MANY COUNTIES IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA THAT ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING THEIR OWN DESTINIES. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS, IS THAT THAT'S KIND OF A EARMARK OF WHERE THEY THINK WE'RE GONNA BE. 
          BUT IF WE CAN, UH, BEST THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT BY GETTING PROJECTS READY SOONER, WE CAN, WE CAN STILL DO THAT. 
          AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON HIGHWAY 85, 40. 
          THERE'S DIFFERENT OTHER LOCATIONS, BUT THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PROJECTS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED BECAUSE THEY STILL NEED TO HEAR FROM US AS TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THOSE DOLLARS. 
          AND OUR BOND PROGRAM IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUSH THEM TOWARDS. 
          UH, ALMOST FUNDING, RIGHT? BE CLEAR. 
          SURE. 
          EVERYBODY REALIZES THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION BONDS. 
          AND WE WILL LURE THEM, I GUESS IT'S A GOOD WORD TO PARTNER WITH US ON MOVING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AHEAD BECAUSE WE, WE DO HAVE MONEY IN THE, IN THE, UH, TO BE IN THE BANK. 
          AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A COUPLE EXAMPLES RIGHT OFF THE BAT WHERE WE, UH, UH, SEEDED THE PROJECT AND THE STATE PICKED UP A LARGER SHARE JUST 'CAUSE WE DID THE, THE INITIAL PLANNING. 
          SO WE'LL GET INTO THAT. 
          RIGHT NOW. 
          YOUR FIRST TWO PROJECTS ARE COMBINED. 
          THERE ARE TWO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ON 2 43. 
          THEY ARE BOTH, UH, BEING DESIGNED BY TECH STOCK. 
          AND, UH, AND WE'VE GOT $200,000 EACH. 
          EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WE'VE RECEIVED, TDOT RECEIVED THEIR TRAFFIC INFORMATION THEY GOT JUST LAST FRIDAY. 
          UH, I'D ALREADY HAD THESE REPORTS PRINTED UP, SO I DIDN'T CHANGE IT. 
          SO THE NOTES SHOULD BE IN THERE THAT THEY RECEIVED THEIR, UH, TRAFFIC FROM DESIGN AND THEY GOT IT YESTERDAY UP LAST FRIDAY. 
          AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT THE STATE'S DOING, THE ENGINEERING FOR US, AND, UH, WE WILL PARTNER WITH THEM BY PUTTING MONEY INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. 
          IF YOU GO TO PAGE FOUR, THIS IS THE, UH, THE, UH, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THE FLASHING LIGHTS OUT ON 1 75. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE WE HAVE MONEY IN THE PROJECT TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT, IT QUALIFIED FOR ONE OF  SAFETY PROGRAMS. SO NOT ONLY DID THEY DO THE DESIGN FOR US, BUT THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE INSTALLATION. 
          SO THAT'S $200,000 THAT WE CAN USE TO MOVE INTO POTENTIALLY THESE OTHER TWO PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE A COST OVERRUN OR WHATEVER THE COURT DECIDES TO DO THOSE DOLLARS. 
          SO THAT'S A SITUATION WHERE WE STARTED THE PROCESS, WE GOT THE STATE PARTNERING WITH US, AND THEY FUNDED THE, THE, UH, THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON PAGE FIVE. 
          THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, BETTER NEWS. 
          THE, UH, PROJECT WAS, UH, AWARDED TO ED VALVE BACK IN JUNE, A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION. 
          WE HAD $2 MILLION EARMARKED FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          THE, UH, THE, UH, COUNTY PICKED UP THE ENGINEERING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          WE TOOK IT OVER FROM UH, 40. 
          THEY WERE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE. 
          WE, UH, PICKED UP THE ENGINEERING AND MICHAEL BECKER DID THAT. 
          AND, UH, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, TEXDOT WENT AHEAD AND AWARDED THE PROJECT USING THEIR, UH, PROP ONE FUNDS IN CATEGORY FOUR AND CATEGORY ONE. 
          SO THERE ARE, THERE'S PROBABLY A MILLION BUCKS OR MORE. 
          IT'S AVAILABLE, UH, TO THE COUNTY TO MOVE TO ANOTHER ON SYSTEM PROJECT BECAUSE THE STATE PICKED THIS UP FULLY IN THEIR CON FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE. 
          I KNOW, UH, THAT ONE IS, UH, OF COURSE THIS IS 4 62 FM SEVEN 40 ON THE, UH, ONE THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE , RIGHT? AND SO, UH, ON THAT, WE LEFT THE PROJECT IN JUNE. 
          THERE WAS SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH. 
          SO THERE WAS A DELAY START. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD A, UH, THE DELAY TILL THIS MONTH. 
          AND IT WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES FOR OUR COST SAVINGS TO THE PROJECT. 
          SO, UH, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD START SEEING, UH, SURVEY STAKES AND, AND PEOPLE OUT THERE THIS MONTH. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. 
          CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN. 
          AND THEY'RE SAYING IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, THIS IS THE REPORT WE GET FROM T DOT, UH, FROM T DOT ON THESE PROJECTS, ONCE THEY START TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION AND GIVES YOU, UH, THE PROJECT MANAGER FROM, UH, TDOT AND THE, UH, CONTRACTOR NAME AND THEN, UH, A PHONE NUMBER FOR WHOEVER WANTS TO USE IT TO CALL. 
          AND THEY'VE GOT CONCERNS, IT'S SHOWING THAT THEY'RE GONNA START IN JANUARY AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THEY SHOULD BE DONE. 
          THE BOOK RANCH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IS ANYTHING THAT SAYS, UH, ITEMS OF WORK CONTROLLING PROJECT COMPLETION, NONE, AND THEN THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE. 
          THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS YOU WANNA LOOK AT. 
          I'D A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT, UH, WE SAVED. 
          YES. 
          AND UM, 
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I'M CERTAIN THAT TEXDOT KNOWS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY REINVESTED IN SOME OTHER ON SYSTEM PROJECTS, BUT THAT'S ALSO A CONVERSATION Y'ALL HAVE TO HAVE AMONGST YOURSELVES THAT BE LEFT UP TO THE CORE ALWAYS. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FM 5 48 IS A PROJECT BEING DONE BY A PK. 
          THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS ON, AND THIS IS A, WE WE'RE DOING ONE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT FOR THE ENTIRE LIMITS. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE WE HAVE A BREAKOUT SECTION. 
          IT'S THE SAME LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE'RE DOING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOR THE ENTIRE CORAL. 
          BUT THE FOCUS ON 5 48 IS THAT SMALLER SECTION TO THE SOUTH. 
          SO THE, UH, THEY'VE GOT THE, THE, THE 60% PLANS ON THE DRAFT SCHEMATICS, UH, DONE. 
          AND THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AND DOING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ON THAT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S THE SAME, UH, LANGUAGE ON THE NEXT PAGE. 
          AND THERE ARE FUNDS EARMARKED IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN FOR FM 5 48. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL CHECK WITH, UH,  IN THE MPO, WHICH IS THE, THE FUNDING CATEGORY THAT'S IN CATEGORY TWO, WHICH IS THEIR FEDERAL DOLLARS. 
          UH, 'CAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE MONEY IDENTIFIED IN THIS BOND PROGRAM FOR PARTNERING NOT ONLY ON THE ENGINEERING BUT ON CONSTRUCTION. 
          BUT IF THEY'RE GONNA PICK THAT UP WITH THEIR CAT $2, THEN THIS IS ANOTHER SCENARIO WHERE WE DID THE ENGINEERING. 
          THEY WERE WILLING TO PICK UP THE, THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE JOB. 
          ALRIGHT, SO FM NINE SIX IS A PROJECT THAT, UH, WE INITIALLY STARTED WORKING ON AND THEN IT WAS, UH, PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE, UH, UM, IT WAS A, A PROJECT IN TERRELL. 
          AND TERRELL DID SOME REVAMPING OF THEIR PRIORITIES JUST PRIOR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND THEY WANTED THESE FUNDS MOVED TO A SHORTFALL WE HAD ON ANOTHER PROJECT. 
          SO 9 86 RIGHT NOW IS, UH, ON HOLD. 
          AND AT SOME POINT IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT, WE CAN USE SOME OF THESE COST SAVINGS ON THESE OTHER PROJECTS TO START THIS AGAIN. 
          BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE PROBABLY MIDYEAR THIS YEAR SOMETIME. 
          LEMME SEE HOW THOSE OTHER PROJECTS CAN OUT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO YOUR US A INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT. 
          THIS IS A, YOU'LL SEE THE BACK OF THE REPORT. 
          THERE'S ALSO A REPORT FOR SH 2 0 5. 
          THAT 2 0 5 REPORT IS IN COLLIN COUNTY AT 78. 
          IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THIS INTERSECTION IN CHARLES. 
          SO IT GOES THROUGH THREE COUNTIES, COUNTIES. 
          TXDOT IS GONNA BE BREAKING UP 2 0 5 INTO THREE, UH, PROJECTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, ESSENTIALLY THE COLLIN COUNTY SECTION TO JUST NORTH OF ROCK WALL. 
          AND THEN THE ROCK WALL SECTION TO JUST SET UP THE ROCK WALL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO THE JOHN KING BYPASS. 
          AND IF THEY'RE WORRIED, THAT'S GONNA GET HELD UP IN ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          AND THEN OUR SECTION, AND THE REASON THEY'RE BREAKING IT UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS IS THEY DON'T WANT THE MIDDLE SECTION IF IT GETS BOGGED DOWN TO SLOW DOWN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AS A PART OF THE SOUTHERN SECTION, WE'VE ALREADY COMMUNICATED WITH TECH THAT OUR INTENTION IS TO TAKE THIS PROJECT AS A BREAKOUT OF 2 0 5 AND DO IT AS A STANDALONE PROJECT. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT, UM, THE, UH, SCHEMATIC SCHEMATIC PRETTY FAR ALONG. 
          WE GOT OUR, UH, LEVEL OF SERVICE INFORMATION LATE DECEMBER BASED ON THOSE COMMENTS, LEVEL OF SERVICES, THE NUMBER OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND COG PROJECTS THAT OUT TO THE 20 35, 20 40 TIMEFRAME. 
          BECAUSE WHEN YOU DESIGN A PROJECT, YOU ARE ALWAYS GONNA DESIGN IT TO YOUR DESIGN YEAR, WHICH IS A, THE 2035 OR 2040 VOLUMES. 
          BASED ON THAT, THERE WAS SOME LEVEL OF SERVICE, UH, ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. 
          TEXTILE MADE SOME COMMENTS. 
          THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT CONTRARY TO WHAT I THINK CAROL'S LOOKING AT. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING WITH CAROL IN, UH, TXDOT TO MESH THE, UH, EXPECTATIONS. 
          BUT THE INTENT IS TO GET THIS PROJECT, UH, READY TO ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR AND BE CLEARED BY SOMETIME LATE THIS YEAR. 
          AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW, ONCE YOU GET THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR, YOU'RE FREE TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY, RELOCATE, UTILITIES, ET CETERA. 
          Y'ALL STOP ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. 
          I KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW, WHICH IS A LOT. 
          I DIGRESS. 
          OKAY, UH, 1 7 5 SOUTHBOUND FURNACE ROAD. 
          THIS IS A PROJECT THAT DANONE'S DOING. 
          UH, YOU GOTTA KIND OF LOOK AT IT IN COMBINATION WITH THE NEXT PROJECT F1 0.8 BYPASS BECAUSE THE BYPASS HITS THE SOUTHBOUND FURNACE ROAD. 
          AND SO, UH, HALF AND DANONE HAD TO KIND OF COORDINATE THEIR WORK BECAUSE THE INTENTION IS FOR THE SOUTHBOUND FRONT ROAD PROJECT TO DO THE NORTHBOUND. 
          AND YOU'RE GONNA CORRECT IF I'M WRONG, JEFF, WE'RE TY 1 48 INTO 1 75. 
          SO 1 48 HITS THE BYPASS HITS, UH, 1 75 AND 
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CROSSING. 
          SO THEY'LL HAVE TO BUILD AND UH, TIE INTO THE NORTHBOUND, UH, SIDE OF THE FREEWAY ROADWAY. 
          AND SO 1 48 IS GONNA DO THE NORTHERN, UH, SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, AND THEN 1 75 WILL DO THE SOUTHERN UNLESS IT'S EXACTLY OPPOSITE. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY, GOT IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          I TOLD YOU HE ACTUALLY WORK. 
          SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, VALIDATING THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, UH, DANAL WILL START FULL TILT INTO THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE PROCESS. 
          AND THIS PROJECT HAS FUNDING EARMARKED ON IT AS WELL. 
          UH, AND THE TENURE PLAN, I THINK IT'S FOR THE TUNE OF ABOUT 11 MILLION BUCKS. 
          UM, SO IF THAT'S THE CASE AND IT PANS OUT, YOU SEE WE'VE GOT ABOUT A MILLION, 2,000,001 THERE MINUS WHAT WE PAY, UM, DOWN BOND. 
          WE MAY OR NOW HAVE TO PUT THAT MONEY INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT, WHICH PROVE US UP TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT PRIORITY IN TDO. 
          THE, UH, THE COMMISSION WILL BE VOTING ON THE END OF YOUR PLAN THIS NEXT MONTH, FEBRUARY 3RD, FOURTH DATE OR FEBRUARY SHORT. 
          SO MAY BE THE THIRD THURSDAY DUE. 
          I'M SURE YOU'LL BE THERE. 
          I, UH, DO ANY OF THE COMMUNITY OR ANY COMMISSIONERS NEED TO BE PRESENT? I, I DON'T THINK SO. 
          IT'S A STATEWIDE PLAN AND IT, IT TYPICALLY, THEY, UH, IT TAKES ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES TO DO. 
          THEY JUST BRIEF IT. 
          BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE COMMISSION, IT'S ALREADY DONE. 
          UH, IF IT IS NOT DONE IT, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. 
          I MEAN, AND THEN IT IS IMPORTANT 'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME ASSUMPTIONS. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR CAT ONE MONEY, I MEAN YOUR CAT TWO MONEY, WHICH IS SELECTED OUT OF METHOL OR CAT ONE, CAT TWO, OKAY, I'M SORRY. 
          CATEGORY TWO IS FEDERAL DOLLARS. 
          UH, THAT, UH, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS IN OUR AREA IS CALLED THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, WHICH IS A BODY OF GOVERNING ENTITIES IN THE REGION 16 COUNTY AREA. 
          THEY SELECT THOSE PROJECTS IN THEIR FEDERAL DOLLARS, SO THEY CAN BE USED ON ANYTHING. 
          SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLOWS YOU TO DO TOW ROADS, CONGEST, UH, CDAS, WHICH ARE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT, VERY DESIGN, BUILD, UH, INNOVATIVE FINANCING. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE OF TOOLBOX OF ABILITY OF TOOLS TO USE ON A PROJECT. 
          THE STATE OF TEXAS IS BACKING AWAY FROM, UH, FINANCING TYPE, UH, PROJECTS AND TOLL TYPE PROJECTS. 
          SO CATEGORY $2 WILL BE USED FOR THOSE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED WITH A TOLL COMPONENT, WHETHER IT'S A MANAGED LANE OR, OR A TOLL ROAD. 
          THAT'S CAT TWO. 
          CATEGORY FOUR IS CALLED UH, UH, CONGESTION RELIEF AND IT IS SELECTED BY YOUR DISTRICT ENGINEER, OR JEFF'S BOSS, WHO'S KELLY SOME. 
          AND HE'S, HE RESIDES IN MESQUITE. 
          CATEGORY FOUR IS FOR, UH, WHEN I SAY CONGESTION, I MEANT, UH, CONNECTIVITY. 
          YOU DIDN'T CORRECT ME. 
          HE WAS SUPPOSED TO. 
          SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S THE ROADS THAT GO OUTSIDE THE REGION. 
          SO 6 35 IS A LOOP, RIGHT? IT'S A CIRCLE. 
          IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CATEGORY $4 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY GO ANYWHERE. 
          BUT, UH, US 80 IS I 20, IS THOSE ARE, THEY GO OUTSIDE THE REGION. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT CONNECTIVITY FUNDS ARE FOR. 
          AND UH, THAT'S PART OF THE 10 YEAR PLAN. 
          AND THEN YOU'VE GOT CATEGORY 12 CONGESTION RELIEF FUNDS, WHICH ARE DOLLARS THAT THE COMMISSION SELECTS. 
          AND THEY'RE THE PROJECTS THAT TYPICALLY ARE WHAT'S PART OF THE TOP 100 MOST CONGESTED FREEWAYS IN THE STATE. 
          UH, HOWEVER, THEY, UH, FORMULA ALLOCATED IT TO THE DISTRICTS BECAUSE IF THEY HAD JUST USED THE TOP 100, NOW THE NORTH TEXAS AREA WOULD BE, I'M NOT GONNA USE THE WORD CHEATED, BUT THEY WOULD BE SHORTCHANGED ON WHAT THEY GET BECAUSE THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE NORTH TEXAS AREA HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE AT USING THOSE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, THE TOLL LANES AND THE MAN'S LANES TO BUILD THEIR OWN ROADS WITH LIMITED AMOUNT OF STATE DOLLARS IN PARTICIPATION. 
          SO OUR CONGESTION NUMBERS MAY BE LOWER TO SAY HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN, WHO DECIDED NOT TO HELP THEMSELVES OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND JUST IGNORE THE PROBLEM. 
          THEY MAY HAVE A WORSE PROBLEM NOW, BUT WE WERE A BETTER PARTNER. 
          SO THE WAY THE GREAT COMPROMISE WAS IS THAT THEY'RE STILL GONNA USE THE TOP 100, BUT THEY'RE GONNA FORMULA ALLOCATE IT TO THE, TO THE EIGHT METRO AREAS OR IT JUST FIVE. 
          IT'S FIVE. 
          SO IT'S, UH, THE DALLAS FOR WORTH AREA, UH, AUSTIN AREA, HOUSTON, 
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SAN ANTONIO, AND SOME OTHER FIFTH ONE. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES. 
          CLOSE ENOUGH. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. 
          SO THAT'S THE CATEGORIES. 
          AND SO THAT'S THOSE 10 YEAR, THAT, THAT MONEY THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THE HUNDRED 72 MILLION THE WEEK WE GOT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE CATEGORY FIVE, WHICH IS WHAT'S CALLED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION METRO MOBILITY, WHICH IS ALSO SELECTED BY THE NPO, RIGHT? BUT IT CAN BE USED ON ANYTHING FROM A COLLECTOR AND ABOVE. 
          SO IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE ON SYSTEM. 
          IT CAN BE A, A CITY STREET AS LONG AS IT'S FOUR LANE OR LARGER AND CARRIES CERTAIN VOLUME OF TRAFFIC. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO A, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE, UH, CATEGORY THAT WE CAN USE FOR A LOT OF THESE IN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS OR THROUGHPUT ENHANCEMENTS, AND THAT'S CALLED CONGESTION MITIGATION SLASH AIR QUALITY OR CMAC. 
          UH, AND THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT WE USE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'VE GOT BOTTLENECKS ON THE INTERSTATE SOMEWHERE, YOU CAN COME IN AND FIX THOSE, UH, BOTTLENECKS ON THE INTERSTATE MAKES TRAFFIC FLOW BETTER, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY DON'T ILE AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY DON'T POLLUTE AS MUCH. 
          SO THERE'S AIR QUALITY BENEFIT TO IT. 
          SO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES BASICALLY WILL USE, IF YOU'LL LOOK ON SOME OF THESE, WE'LL SEE THAT SOME SAY CAT ONE, CAT FOUR, CAT ONE IS IF IT'S ON SYSTEM AND WE'RE GONNA REHAB IT, THEN THEY CAN USE SOME OF THOSE DOGS. 
          SO THOSE ARE MAINTENANCE DOGS. 
          SO WE'VE TAKEN THE SCENARIOS WHERE WE WERE TAKING TWO LANES BAR TO MARKET GOING FROM TWO LANES TO SIX, RIGHT? A TWO LANE WITH 10 FOOT SHOULDERS IS AS WIDE AS THREE LANES OF A SIX LANE DIVIDED. 
          SO YOU WOULD USE MAINTENANCE MONEY FOR THREE OF THOSE LANES AND THEN CAT FOUR CONNECTIVITY FOR OTHERS. 
          SO YOU CAN MAKE SOME EXTRA FUNDING AS LONG AS THAT PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE FOR ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES OF FUNDING. 
          SO THAT THERE'LL BE A, THERE'LL BE A TEST AFTER CLASS. 
          SO NOW ON, UH, 1 48 BYPASS, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND THE JUDGE, WE HAD THAT, UH, PUBLIC MEETING. 
          UH,  WAS A MEETING WITH DETECTIVE PROPERTY OWNER GIRL MAPO, UH, IN THE JUDGE'S OFFICE. 
          WE'VE GOT A CONSENSUS ON THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS ALSO THE TECHNICALLY PREFERRED. 
          AND SO WE ARE NOW INITIATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORK ON THIS TO, UH, GET THAT ESTABLISHED. 
          AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT PROJECT ESTABLISHED, WE WILL WORK WITH OP BECAUSE THERE'S A PART OF 1 4, 1 48 THAT'LL HAVE TO COME OFF SYSTEM. 
          BUT IN ORDER TO GET THE BYPASS ELIGIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL TYPES OF FUNDING, WE MAY HAVE TO PUT 1 48 BYPASS ON KIND OF IN A CONCURRENT TIMEFRAME SO THAT IT, UH, ALLOWS US TO USE THOSE FUNDS WHILE WE'RE DEVELOPING IT. 
          WE WOULDN'T CHANGE THE SIGN OR ANYTHING OF 1 48 THROUGH THE TOWN UNTIL WE'RE COMPLETED WITH BOTH PROJECTS. 
          BUT, SO MAYBE A SCENARIO WHERE WE HAVE TO RUN A COUPLE OF THESE PROCESSES CONCURRENTLY, BUT NONE OF THAT CAN GET, WE CAN'T GET ANY OF THAT UNTIL WE GET THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT DONE. 
          AND NOW WE'VE HAD THE, UH, MAP UP. 
          WE CAN START IN EARNEST ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT. 
          WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT MIGHT START? UH, THEY SHOULD ALREADY BE STARTING ON IT. 
          AND IT'S SAYING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, SOMETIME IN 2019. 
          NOW THAT'S UP. 
          IF YOU'LL LOOK, THERE'S ALMOST TWO YEARS, UH, IN BETWEEN JUNE 17TH AND JUNE 19TH. 
          SO TDO PUT THIS IN WHAT THEY CALL THEIR SANDBOX, AND I'M STILL NOT SURE WHY THEY CALL IT SANDBOX UNLESS IT'S JUST THAT'S WHERE YOU KEEP ALL YOUR SAND. 
          UH, THESE ARE ALL GRAINS OF SAND. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          THEY DIDN'T ANSWER MY THOUGHTS ON IT. 
          THESE ARE WHAT THEY THINK IS GONNA HAPPEN BASED ON WORST CASE SCENARIOS. 
          AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THESE PROJECTS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE THESE SCHEDULES AS WE EXPEDITE 'EM. 
          SO BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO HIRE THE FIRMS AND TO, THEY REPORT TO US, WE WORK THROUGH WITH ON IT, WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE THESE, UH, THESE DOCUMENTS. 
          SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY WE COULD PROBABLY CUT THAT BACK TO MAYBE THE FIRST PART OF, UH, END OF 2018, MIDDLE OF 18, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S A LONG TIME AND CLEARED AND USUALLY DOESN'T TAKE LONG. 
          OKAY, SO 1 48, IT SAYS 1 48, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY IN THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. 
          AND WE, UH, SHOWED YOU THE THREE DIFFERENT C SJS. 
          NOW, CSJ IS WHAT'S CALLED A CONTROL SECTION JOB NUMBER. 
          AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S, AND SO IT'S GOT THREE DIFFERENT CSJ, WHICH MEANS IT HAS THREE DIFFERENT SCOPES, NOT SCOPES, BUT THERE ARE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT IDENTIFY FOR EACH ONE OF THESE THREE DIFFERENT CSJ. 
          SO WE SHOW YOU THOSE. 
          UH, CSD IF YOU LOOK AT THE 
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FUNDING, YOU'LL SEE THAT UH, OH TWO SIX AND OH THREE EIGHT ARE CAT ONE AND THAT PROGRAMMED, WHICH ARE THE, UH, RED AND BLUE. 
          BUT THE GREEN ONE IS NOT PROGRAMMED YET, WHICH MEANS THERE'S NO WAY IDENTIFY FOR IT, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT, THEY'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE PROP ONE. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WHERE WE'LL COME IN AND IF WE'VE GOT, UH, COST UNDERRUNS ON SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS AND WE THINK THE 1 48 PRIORITY WORK WITH TO FUND THAT MILL SECTION AS WELL WITH SOME UNDER. 
          SO THEY'RE 60% ON THE SOMATIC AND UH, THEY EXPECT TO HAVE ALL THE COMMENTS, UH, RECEIVED AND, UH, ADDRESSED BY THE, UH, WELL THEY, THEY GOT 'EM, THEY GOT 'EM RECEIVED AND UH, ON JANUARY 17TH. 
          SO THEY'LL BE MAKING THE CHANGES BASED ON THOSE COMMENTS. 
          OKAY, SO SH 34 IS A LONG, UH, PROJECT. 
          WE BROKE IT OUT INTO TWO TYPES OF PROJECTS. 
          THE FIRST SHEET IS BASICALLY YOUR, UH, BRIDGES. 
          THERE ARE I THINK FIVE BRIDGES ON THIS PROJECT. 
          1, 2, 3, 4. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? 1, 2, 3, 4. 
          SO CLOSE FOUR. 
          AND WE'RE USING, IF YOU LOOK DOWN A FUNDING, YOU'RE, WE'RE USING UH, SOME CAT ONE WHICH IS MAINTENANCE AND THEN CAT SIX, WHICH ISAP, WHICH IS YOUR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE PULLING OUT THE BRIDGES AND FUNDING THOSE WITH, UH, THOSE BRIDGE BRIDGE FUNDS. 
          AND WE HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE SCOPE WHEN WE FIRST GOT LTRA ON CONTRACT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE, AND IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET THERE. 
          SO THE NEXT PAGE IS THE ACTUAL ROADWAY. 
          OH WAIT, THIS IS ANOTHER BRIDGE. 
          THIS IS A SEPARATE BRIDGE. 
          NO, NO. 
          DID I SAY THAT WRONG? ALRIGHT, EVERYTHING I JUST SAID WAS ON PAGE 15. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE THE BRIDGES AND IT TELLS YOU WHERE THEY ARE. 
          AT KINGS CREEK. 
          AT KINGS CREEK, KINGS CREEK, RELIEF, KINGS CREEK, RELIEF TWO. 
          EVERYTHING I SAID ON THE OTHER PAGE, THAT'S FOR THE MAIN ROAD WITH IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THIS STUFF THAT'S BEEN DONE. 
          COUNTY HIRED NICHOLS TO DO AN 80 REGIONAL PLANNING STUDY. 
          IT'S DONE. 
          IT'LL BE OUR BLUEPRINT ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH UH, UH, 80 AS THE REGION CONTINUES TO DO THEIR, UH, CONNECTIVITY, IMPROVEMENTS ON AID. 
          WE'LL USE THIS AS OUR GO BY ON WHAT WE KNOW THE PEOPLE ALONG THE COURT WILL WANT. 
          BUT THAT STUDY'S DONE AND WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO, UH, INFORM US GOING FORWARD. 
          YOUR COUNTY. 
          THIRD, THIRD PLAN'S BEEN DONE AND ADOPTED. 
          SO THAT ALSO IS WHAT WE'LL USE TO INFORM US AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THESE PROJECTS IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO USE ON ALL THESE ROADWAYS REQUIRES US TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE THIRD OR PLAN OF THE COUNTY AND WITH THE COMMUNITY WE'RE GOING THROUGH. 
          SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DID THAT. 
          OKAY, SO SH 34 BYPASS, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS DONE IN KAUFMAN. 
          IT HAS, UH, IT'S COMPLETED, IT HAS A PASS THROUGH, UH, COMPONENT. 
          AND AT SOME POINT, UH, JULIA DISCUSSED ABOUT WHEN THE PAYMENTS START ON THAT OR HOW Y'ALL WANT TO HANDLE PASS THROUGH ON THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN DIFFERENT WAYS TO HANDLING IT. 
          UM, BUT AS THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, THE CLOCK HAS STARTED. 
          'CAUSE AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THE STATE WILL START REIMBURSING COFFIN FOR THE INVESTMENT ON THAT. 
          AND SINCE WE WERE PARTNERING THE INVESTMENT, THERE ARE AGREEMENTS SAYS THAT THEY'LL START REIMBURSING US. 
          CURRENTLY THAT AGREEMENT SAYS THEY'LL REIMBURSE US A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE WERE IN ON THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          THAT'S JUST ON THE, NO, ACTUALLY IT'S USUALLY A MACHINE OF SOME SORT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT INDICATED WE MIGHT ACTUALLY RECEIVED SO WELL. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GET BACK NOW IT'S THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. 
          WE KNOW IT'S COMPLETELY, WE'RE GONNA GET BACK AND WORK WITH COFFIN ON THAT BECAUSE, UH, COFFIN IN TEXAS, I'D HAVE TO AGREE ON THE, WHEN THE CLOCK STARTED, AND I THINK WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT ONE YEAR CLOCK IS, WHEN THAT AND MY UNDERSTANDING NO LONGER CORRECT. 
          SO PASS THROUGH TOING USED TO BE DONE OUTTA CATEGORY 12. 
          AND NOW CATEGORY 12 IS PARTIALLY BEING USED FOR CONGESTION RELIEF, ABOUT 5 BILLION. 
          AND THE REST IS 
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GONNA BE USED FOR, UH, UH, LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIP SCENARIO. 
          SO, SO THAT'S THE KIND OF SITUATION WHERE IF YOU COME IN AND SAY, I HAVE THIS PROJECT, I WANT HELP, I NEED HELP ON, AND YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT MONEY INTO IT. 
          AND THE COMMISSION, WE USE THEIR COMMISSION DISCRETIONARY CATEGORY 12 DEPARTMENT ON PROJECTS. 
          THEY USED TO USE IT FOR PASSWORD. 
          THEY FOUND THE ER WAS ONLY BUILDING ROADS LIKE THIS AND NOT REALLY MOVING A LOT OF TRAFFIC. 
          AND SO THEY WANT TO USE CAT 12, USE IT PEOPLE WHO BUILD BIGGER ROADS. 
          SO YES, IS OVER NO NEW ONES. 
          SO YOU GOT THE SAME, UH, SITUATION ON, UH, UH, WELL CAN ROAD 1 51 IS UH, UH, A PROJECT WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH KAUFMAN THERE, VINCE CAME IN A LITTLE BIT OUTTA WHACK. 
          SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REBIDDING THAT, WHICH IS GOOD. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING VALUE ENGINEERING IF YOU GET THE PROJECT THAT THEY WANT TO DO UNDER THE SCOPE OF THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND AS THEY NEED OUR ASSISTANCE, WE PROVIDE. 
          SO YOU'RE 5 57, UH, COUNTY ROAD 3 0 5 BRIDGE IS COMPLETED. 
          IT'S ALSO A PASS THROUGH, AND IT'S IN THE SAME BOAT WHERE WE'RE COORDINATING WITH TAROT ON ANTA ON WHEN THE CLOCK STARTS, WHICH IS THE TIMEFRAME AND WHEN THE PAYMENT STARTS. 
          AND THIS INTERLOCAL ALSO, UH, ANTICIPATES THAT THE CITY WILL BE REIMBURSED IN THE COUNTY FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS PROJECT BASED UPON THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE JOB. 
          BEFORE YOU GET TOO FAR ON 1 51, UH, THE CITY MANAGER FROM KAUFMAN AND MAYOR HERE, UH, MIKE, YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT KIND OF WHERE YOU GUYS ARE ON 1 51? UH, YES, SIR. 
          I, I CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ORIGINALLY THAT PROJECT WAS DESIGNED AS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROAD FROM, UH, WASHINGTON STREET OR STATE HIGHWAY 34 OUT TO THE 34 BYPASS BIDS CAME IN EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH, UH, FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAD BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE PROJECT. 
          WE'VE DONE SOME VALUE ENGINEERING. 
          UH, THOSE ENGINEER PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, UH, AND IT REDUCED IT FROM A FOUR LANE TO A TWO LANE ROAD WITH THE ABILITY TO WIDEN IT AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. 
          UH, BUT WHAT YOU, WHAT I WOULD EXPECT IS THAT TO BE BID OUT IN MARCH WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN APRIL. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S TWO LANE, WE'LL, WE'LL WIDEN IT AT THE WALMART AREA AND IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT THERE, UH, BACK TO AT LEAST THREE, UH, TO HAVE A, A LEFT TURN LANE. 
          UH, OTHERWISE, BUT, BUT BEYOND THAT, OUT IN THE AREA THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED, IT'LL REMAIN A TWO LANE WITH THE ABILITY TO WIDEN IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THAT'S, UH, MUCH TALKED ABOUT PROJECT KAMAN. 
          SO, SO, OKAY. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE, UH, 1 48 NORTH PROJECT. 
          AND THIS ALSO IS A PROJECT THAT'S PART OF, UH, BATTER'S, UH, PLAN. 
          IT'S BASICALLY AN EXTENSION OF 2 0 5 IN MY MIND, DOWN TO 20, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, CITY AS THEY, UH, PROCESS THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY'RE, WE HAVE AN LOCAL WITH THEM. 
          SO THEY BASICALLY MANAGE ALL KITCHENER AND ALL WORK. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING THIS PROJECT PROJECT AND THEY'RE SHORT SOME MONEY. 
          AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO EITHER FIND A PROJECT THEY CAN BUILD WITH THE DOLLARS OR FIND A WAY TO GET MORE DOLLARS TO THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEY, WE MEET REGULARLY WITH CAROL AND THEY KEEP IT PROGRESSIVE. 
          SO 1641 IS A PROJECT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE BOND PROGRAM TO PARTNER WITH, UH, CORN ON THEIR PASS THROUGH TOLLING PROJECT THAT THEY RECEIVED. 
          HOWEVER, THE LIMITS OF THE PASS THROUGH TOLLING PROJECT WERE LARGER AND LONGER THAN WERE JUST INFLUENCED. 
          SO DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT WENT THROUGH  COUNTY INCORPORATED AND INTO, UH, SO COMMISSION. 
          WE'VE TRIED FOR A LONG TIME TO, TO RIGG THE PROCESS TO MAKE THAT PASS GOOD THING WORK. 
          UH, IT, IT DID IT, THEY TERMINATED IT. 
          AND SO PROBABLE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BY MIDYEAR, ONCE WE GET SOME DUST SETTLE ON SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT I TOLD YOU THAT HAVE, UH, COST UNDERRUNS, I'LL PROBABLY BE COMING BACK TO THE COURT AND SUGGESTING THAT WE PICK UP SOMEBODY TO START ENGINEERING ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. 
          UH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T START THE 
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ENGINEERING, YOU DON'T EVER GET THE ROAD. 
          SO WE HAD A CHUNK OF THE ORIGINAL IDEA AND GO BACK TO JUST STANDARD, UH, FAITH BASED ENGINEERING. 
          FAITH BASED ENGINEERING IS MY TERM FOR STARTING ON THE ROAD WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S GONNA COME FROM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          S 6 34 ADVANCED PLANNING. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH BOTH, UH, JEFF AND THE DISTRICT ON, UH, DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE MPOS INTERESTED IN AS WELL. 
          THE DISTRICT HAS A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR WHAT'S CALLED DISTRICT DESIGN AUTHORITY, AND THAT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO, UH, TAKE A PROJECT THROUGH THE ADVANCED PLANNING, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, THE CONTROLS COMMAND, UH, AND ENOUGH OF THE ENGINEERING TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          THEN THEY CAN ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THEY CAN RELOCATE THE UTILITY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY, THIS IS A FAIRLY LARGE PROJECT. 
          WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA COORDINATE AND PARTNER WITH THE COMMISSION, I MEAN WITH THE DISTRICT TO SEE IF THEY CAN'T PICK UP THE ENGINEERING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, AND, AND IF THEY WILL, WE'RE HOPING THEY'LL DO IT SOON THIS YEAR AND THEY'LL HIRE IT OUT SO THAT, UH, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF THESE ENGINEERING FIRMS ON CONTRACTS THAT HAVE JUST A DOLLAR OUT SET, SET ASIDE, AND WE WANNA GET THEM TO PUT SOMEBODY ON. 
          OKAY. 
          THE, UH, NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR, UH, THIS IS BASICALLY OUR IDEA, OUR THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE THINK THE ROOF IS GONNA COME THROUGH. 
          C UH, WHERE OUR CONSTRAINTS ARE CEREBRAL FOLD ON THIS ONE IS WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. 
          UH, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT WE COORDINATED THE THIRD ROAD PLAN WITH COFFMAN COUNTY AND ROCKWALL COUNTY, AND, AND THIS IS WHAT ROCKWALL COUNTY HAS THERE, UH, OUTER LOOP HITTING, UH, COFFMAN COUNTY. 
          SO WE'RE PICKING IT UP THERE, WHICH IS A, I THINK THIS YELLOW LINE IS A FAIRLY, UH, CONSENSUS DRIVEN ALIGNMENT SO FAR. 
          I THINK TERRELL AND, UH, PO ARE BOTH OKAY WITH THIS. 
          REMEMBER, THIS IS 2000 FEET WIDE, SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GONNA BE IN THAT AREA UNTIL WE START TO WORK ON IT. 
          SO THIS IS A, A GUESS AS TO WHAT YOU THINK IT'LL GO. 
          AND THEN IT HITS 34 DOWN ON OUR 34 JOB. 
          AND THEN WE CANNOT IMPACT, IF YOU LOOK ON THIS MAP, YOU SEE AT THE VERY TOP LEFT, THERE'S A BLACK LINE THAT ZIGS IN AND OUT OF COFFMAN AND RUN DRIVE ON THE DALLAS COUNTY TIME. 
          THAT'S THE, UH, LOOP NINE PROJECT, WHICH IS A PROJECT THAT TIES INTO, UH, TO BUSH. 
          JUDGE JENKINS IN DALLAS COUNTY SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT THE OUTER LOOP TO DO ANYTHING THAT IMPACTS THE VIABILITY OF LUKE NINE BECAUSE HE'S JUDGE JENKINS, I GUESS HE CAN SAY THAT. 
          UH, SO WE'LL PROBABLY END UP TAKING THE, OUR ALIGNMENT AND HITTING 34 AND WHERE IT TIES INTO 45 AND  AND ELLIS COUNTY'S AWARE OF THAT. 
          THEY'RE A PART OF A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE PROCESSES RIGHT NOW. 
          IT INCLUDES ELLIS COUNTY, COFFMAN COUNTY, ROCKWELL COUNTY, COLLIN COUNTY, AND DENTON COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ALTERNATIVES ABOVE UP THERE AND BASICALLY REQUESTS, OR ACTUALLY DIRECTS  TO BEGIN THE, UH, STUDY OR THE ADVANCED PLANNING FOR THE OUTER LOOP IN ALL OF THOSE COUNTIES. 
          SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE MAYBE NOT KNOW, WE'VE GOT IT ON OUR THOROUGH FAIR PLAN IN THIS YELLOW AREA. 
          ROCKWELL'S GOT IT IDENTIFIED ON THEIR THIRD FAIR PLAN. 
          COLLIN COUNTY GOTTA IDENTIFY ON THEIR THIRD FAIR PLAN AND SO HAS TON COUNTY. 
          SO THERE IS AN ALIGNMENT THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE CORE COUNTIES. 
          UM, SO ALLEGED A STATE REP OUTTA COLLIN COUNTY IS PASSING LEGISLATION. 
          WE THINK IT WILL PASS BECAUSE IT'S FAIRLY BENIGN, JUST DIRECTING TDOT TO STUDY THE OUTER LOOP AND TO COME BACK WITH REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO, UH, THE ALIGNMENT AND THE CROSS SECTION. 
          SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE WERE, YOU'LL SEE HERE WE GOT FREEZING NICKLES ON HERE. 
          WE WERE LOOKING ABOUT FIXING THIS FIT ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS OR SO TO START, UH, FREEZING NIEL ON ANALYZING THIS ALIGNMENT. 
          I LET 'EM KNOW LAST WEEK THAT WE'RE PENDING THAT LEGISLATION. 
          IF THAT LEGISLATION PASSES, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA WANT TO JUST PARTNER WITH  AND LET THEM CARRY THE, THE MONEY OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING ON THIS AS THEY'RE GOING ON 2 0 5. 
          SO THEY GOT HALF 200 PROJECTS IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNTIES. 
          SO THEY'LL HIRE AN ENGINEERING FIRM AND THEN THEY'LL BREAK THAT PROJECT UP INTO SECTIONS, BUT THEY'LL BE CARRYING THE WATER FINANCIALLY ON GETTING THIS PROJECT DONE. 
          AND IF THE AUTO LOOP'S GOT 
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A LOT MORE STEAM BEHIND IT NOW, 'CAUSE IT DOES SHOW UP ON ALL THE COUNTIES OR, OR, AND, UH, DISTRICT ENGINEER IS INTERESTED IN THE AUTO LIST, SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE SOME MONEY THERE AS WELL. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THIS PAGE FOR THOSE, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A, EVERY TIME YOU DO A BOND PROGRAM, YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT YOU DO KNOW IS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING YOU SHOULD KNOW. 
          AND SO WE PUT MONEY INTO WHAT WE'LL CALL STRATEGIC PROJECT FUNDING, UH, TO CATCH THOSE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T CATCH IN THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WHAT ALL I DO IS I SHOW YOU MORE OR WHERE WE PUT MONEY FROM STRATEGIC PROJECT, UH, INTO SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE UNDERRUN. 
          SO MOST OF THEM WERE ON THE SH 34 PROJECT BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAD A COMMITMENT TO THE REGION OF EXPENDING ABOUT $2.7 MILLION TOTAL FOR ALL OF 34. 
          UH, WE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE PASS THROUGH TOLLING, NOT PASS THROUGH STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK S LOAN. 
          UH, AND WE HAD ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAD TO PAY THE T DOT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEN THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT ONLY THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT ALL UTILITY RELOCATIONS THAT, THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT. 
          SO ANYTIME WE USE THE STRATEGIC PROJECT FUNDING, WE SHOW YOU ON THIS SHEET WHERE WE'RE TRANSFERRING MONEY TO. 
          OKAY. 
          THE PROJECT I WAS TALKING ABOUT A MINUTE AGO, 2 0 5 THERE, IT, UH, IT'S BEEN BROKEN DOWN AS I SAID, INTO THREE SEGMENTS. 
          THE, THE ORDINANCE SECTION GOES FROM 78 TO JUST NORTH OF, UH, ROCKWALL, BASICALLY WHERE JOHN KING IS NORTH OF WHERE JOHN KING HITS. 
          THE SECOND PHASE GOES FROM JOHN KING, WHERE IT GETS TO SOUTH OF ROCKWALL ABOUT 5 4 9. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, LAST SECTION GOES FROM, UH, BASICALLY MCLENNAN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, INTO TAR. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE EASIEST SECTION OF ALL TO DO IS THE SOUTHERN SECTION. 
          UH, AND SO HALF IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SCHEMATIC AND UH, WE WILL, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS PROBABLY SOMETIME IN THE, UH, SUMMER. 
          AND BECAUSE THEY SEPARATED THIS PROJECT INTO THREE SCHEDULES, THREE DOCUMENTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS OF MAY OF 2019, THAT WAS BASED ON WORST CASE SCENARIO OF THE LAW FALL SECTION. 
          SO, UH, I MET WITH T DO SOMETIME LAST WEEK, I CAN'T REMEMBER. 
          AND THEY THINK THAT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTION THAT, THAT, UH, THEY CUT A YEAR OFF OF THAT DATE, UH, BECAUSE THAT STILL GIVES UP FROM MAY OF 2018, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF DOCUMENT, WHICH IS A LOT OF TIME. 
          SO THIS IS A PROJECT ONCE WE GET CLEARED IN THE SOUTHERN SECTION, THAT FREES US UP TO CONSTRUCT AND DO THE WORK WE NEED TO DO ON, UH, THE 81 48 2 0 5 INTERSECTION INTERNAL. 
          IS THERE ANY, UH, SINCE IT'S GONNA BE DIVIDED IN THREE PROJECTS, UH, WHICH IS THE SOUTH PROJECT LIKELY TO BE MOVED UP NEXT FIRST? SO IT'S, IT'S A HORSE RAISE, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          SO IT'S WHOEVER GETS CLEARED FIRST AND, AND READY TO GO. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE ROCKWALL COUNTY SECTION IS NOT FUNDED. 
          THERE'S A SECTION IN THE NORTHERN PART THAT'S FUNDED. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE, LIKE I SAID, THE $171 MILLION THAT WE HAVE IN COFFMAN COUNTY, UH, THEY PUT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT ON A PART OF 5 48 THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN WORKING ON PER SE. 
          SO THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THE MONEY THEY GAVE US TO MOVE TO, TO, OH FIVE MONTHS WE GET THE PROJECT CLEARED. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S LIKE A HORSE RACE, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          YOU JUST BIT ALL OF 'EM. 
          ONE PLACE WILL SHOW AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. 
          NOT THAT I BET ON HORSES, NOT THAT I DO. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          THEN, UH, FM 5 48 AT FALCON WAY. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT UH, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TALKED TO US ABOUT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE, UH, ALL THE EQUIPMENT'S I STALLED AND THEY JUST NEED TO GET THE METER AND SOME ELECTRICITY AND THEN ONCE THEY GET THAT UP AND RUNNING, THEY'LL LET IT BLINK FOR THREE DAYS AND WE'RE GONNA TURN IT ON. 
          SO IT SHOULD BE SOON. 
          YEAH. 
          RESTAURANT. 
          ASK HIM WHEN THEY WERE GONNA TURN IT ON TO MAKE A POINT. 
          SO JEFF, IS THAT THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION? YES. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR JE VERY 
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THANK YOU. 
          GIVE US SOME GOOD NIGHTTIME READING MATERIAL MATERIAL. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, FOR JOHN? I GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO SUGGEST TO YOU TO READ IF YOU GOT TIME TO READ THIS. 
          OKAY, WELL, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, UH, THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY 34 MAIN LANE PROJECT, UH, FROM COUNTY AND ASSOCIATES IN THE AMOUNT OF MILLION TWO 46,000 3 85 80 8 CENTS. 
          SO THE MAIN ISSUE ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL IS WE INITIALLY SCOPED THIS PROJECT IS ONE PROJECT WHERE THE BRIDGES AND THE ROADS WERE CONNECTED AS ALL ONE DESIGN TEXT DOTS ASKED US TO BREAK OUT THE BRIDGES, UH, AS SEPARATE, UH, PLAN SHEETS, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL DESIGN WORK FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE FOUR BRIDGES. 
          THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE MAJOR CHANGE IS THAT WE'RE GOING FROM ONE SET OF PLANS TO FIVE SETS OF PLANS AND WE'VE VET ALL OF OUR SUPPLEMENTALS THROUGH THE DISTRICT TO CONCUR WITH THE SCOPE AND WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T JUST TAKE OUR OWN WORD AT, WE HAVE DISTRICT LOOK AT IT AND CONCUR WITH THE, UH, NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING WITH THE ENGINEER TO DO, BUT WHAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING IN THE TERMS. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT TECH STOCK, UH, WE PAY FOR THESE SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? DID COMING OUTTA YOUR BOND MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT? THAT'S WHAT WE PLANNED FOR BE, RIGHT? THAT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO CHAIR. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER APPROVING THAT AGREEMENT. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES THAT MOTION. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND MR. PHILLIPS SECONDS MOTION? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          SO OPPOSED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND JEFF, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? UH, WE'RE JUST IN ADDITION ALL THE PROJECTS JOHN SPOKE ABOUT. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR REHAB PROJECTS IN COUNTY ROAD. 
          WE'RE ABOUT TO START ON F 25 78 START CONSTRUCTION NEXT WEEK, THEN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO, F 29 32, F 1392 AND 27 28. 
          YOU GOT LOT OF WORK TOGETHER. 
          YES SIR. 
          AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THESE CRITERIA. 
          SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING. 
          I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON A SCHEDULE TO COME AND MEET WITH YOU, JUDGE BEFORE YOUR, YOUR, UH, COFFEE COUNTY DAYS DISTRICT ENGINEER KELLY SUM. 
          JEFF, WE'RE GONNA COME MEET WITH YOU AND JUST SHOW Y'ALL, UH, BASICALLY ALL THE STUFF WE'RE DOING ON, ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, THEN WHAT WE'RE GOT IN ADVANCE PLANNING AND THEN WHAT WE SEE IS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE CAN HAND OUT TO THE COURT. 
          SURE. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          LOTS OF WORK GOING ON AND THAT'S GOOD FOR ALL OF US. 
          ALRIGHTY, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS, UH, BRENDA SAMPLES OUR TAX SESSION COLLECTOR TO GIVE HER MONTHLY UPDATE AND IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. 
          DOES LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, GENTLEMEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, Y'ALL BEEN PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THIS? YES, WE'VE UH, WE ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD. 
          UH, THIS IS FOR LAST MONTH IN DECEMBER, THE AMOUNT WE COLLECTED WAS 58.93% THAT WE COLLECTED. 
          UH, THE TOTAL OF M AND O AND I I AND S WAS $14,000,412, 8 38 0.62. 
          THERE WERE NO ROLLBACK TAXES ELECTED IN DECEMBER. 
          ROLLBACK TAXES COLLECTED TO THE END OF THE YEAR WAS 40 1003 78.25. 
          AND UM, WE STILL HAVE SOME THINGS WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT UH, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR TAX ASSESSOR FLAG? THIS, UH, ROLLING ALONG WITH GOOD AND FACT THAT PREPARED THIS TIME LAST YEAR IS HUGE. 
          YES SIR. 
          UH, SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE END OF THE YEAR AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          YES SIR. 
          SO IT WAS A BIG INCREASE, BUT PROBABLY SEE QUITE A QUESTIONNAIRE IN JANUARY THAT LAW BALANCE OUT. 
          SO. 
          ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, THE REPORT COMMISSIONER ALLEN MOTION. 
          HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A. 
          THOSE OPPOSED. 
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THANK YOU JULIE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE FROM OUR HISTORICAL, UH, UH, COMMISSION AND UH, A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE ASKED TO, UH, SPEAK, UH, TO THE COURT. 
          AND SO WE WELCOME THAT. 
          BY THE WAY, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, THIS, I KNOW A LOT OF TIME EFFORT WENT INTO DOING THAT. 
          IT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR ME. 
          UH, THE COURT JUST RECEIVED THEIRS THIS MORNING. 
          I CARRIED MINE HOME AS WE DID AND I CAN'T SAY I MEMORIZED IT, BUT I DID GO OVER IT. 
          SO IT WAS SOME, SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION. 
          SO, JUDY, I, MS. BADDEN, I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, COME UP. 
          DIDN'T STAND, CAP STAND WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND YOU DO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          I REALLY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OTHER THAN TO THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR OUR NEW APPOINTEES. 
          UM, WE HOPE THAT THE BOOKS HAVE ANSWERED SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          UH, WE WILL IN THE FUTURE BE KEEPING PROBABLY A QUARTERLY, IF NOT MORE OFTEN SCHEDULED, COME TO DO A REPORT FOR Y'ALL. 
          I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          UM, IF, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, I YOU CHECKED INTO THE GRANTS TO HELP MAINTAIN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE, FOR THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW THERE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY PERTAINS TO WHAT WE NEED IT FOR. 
          UH, OF COURSE WE'RE ALWAYS ON . 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          STAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? AND JUDY, WHY DON'T YOU JUST STAY HERE IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST FOR A SECOND IN CASE WE HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          SO THIS IS STAN GAP. 
          UH, HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, STAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ALSO TO HELP ON YOUR QUESTION ON THE GRANT, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THC REALLY HAS LOST A LOT OF THEIR GRANT MONEY WE'VE GOTTEN FOR THE STATE. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY. 
          SO MAINLY WHAT WE TRY TO LOOK FOR IS PRIVATE FUNDING TO TRY TO HELP US ALONG SOME OF THAT, TRYING TO GET STUFF DONE OUT THERE. 
          WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD PERSPECTIVES ON THAT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE FEW THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO Y'ALL IS IN UH, 2015 WE HAD, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REALIZE THIS, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PAID EMPLOYEE. 
          SHE ONLY WORKS ONE DAY A WEEK. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALL VOLUNTEER HOURS. 
          IN 2015, WE HAD 5,167 HOURS OF THIS VOLUNTEER HOURS WAS ALL ACCORDING TO THIS, UH, TO THE STATE AVERAGE. 
          AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AS A PROFESSIONAL, WHATEVER THE STATE AVERAGE TO CONVERT THE HOURS INTO MONEY IS ABOUT $23 56 CENTS AN HOUR, WHICH TOTALS UP, UH, $120,734 52 CENTS. 
          IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT OUR VOLUNTEER HOURS EQUAL OUT OF DOLLAR AN OUNCE AND FROM. 
          SO WHAT WE, WE TOOK THAT NUMBER AND COMBINED IT WITH THE MONEY THAT WE GET FROM Y'ALL, THAT WHAT THAT EQUALS OUT TO IS ABOUT FOR EVERY DOLLAR Y'ALL GIVE US, WE TURN IT INTO 800 AND I MEAN $8 AND 95 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR Y'ALL GIVE US. 
          SO WE FEEL LIKE WE, WE ARE CONTRIBUTING QUITE A BIT BACK TO THE COUNTY FOR WHAT YOU KNOW, Y'ALL SPEND ON US. 
          SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD INVESTMENT. 
          BUT ONE OF MY BIGGER THINGS, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW, UH, CHAIRMANS ON HERE. 
          I WENT BY YOUR OFFICE LOOKING FOR YOU THE OTHER DAY TOO. 
          UM, WELL FIRST OFF, I WANNA BUY, IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, Y'ALL NEED TO COME TAKE IT TO HER. 
          MY NUMBER'S ON THERE. 
          IF Y'ALL WANNA GIMME A CALL, I CAN BRING IT TO HER. 
          ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR IS WE STARTED IN OUR ARCHITECTURAL PHASE OF EVERYTHING, WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM CALLED IQ OR JQ, EXCUSE ME. 
          AND, UH, THE COST ON THAT WAS $15,000. 
          AFTER THEY FINISHED THEIR REPORT ON ENGINEERING, THEY, THEY PART BELONGS TO US. 
          THEY, THEY GAVE US THE 15,000 BUCKS FOR 300 ENGINEERING. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD ON WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTS TECH. 
          WE'VE HAD TEXAS A AND M WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I THINK A LOT OF THE COUNTY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CORE FARM ITSELF. 
          THE REASON WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING, 'CAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I DO. 
          UM, THAT, THAT RIGHT THERE COULD DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE THIS CITY AND THIS COUNTY INTO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL. 
          WE HAVE 
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A LOT MORE INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR BIGGEST INVOLVEMENT COMES FROM PEOPLE OUT OF THIS COUNTY, NOT IN THIS COUNTY. 
          I MEAN, WE GET, LIKE I SAID, A AND M WE GET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE, THE STATE, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT ARE GETTING US QUESTIONS, ASKING US ABOUT IT. 
          WE'VE HAD TWO DIFFERENT FILM CREWS COME OUT THERE QUESTIONING US ABOUT IT. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE GET A LOT OF NOTICE ON IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS FALLING DOWN. 
          I MEAN, IT'S IN, IT IS IN BAD SHAPE. 
          THERE'S NOT TWO WAYS ABOUT IT. 
          UM, I GUESS THE BIGGER PART ABOUT IT ALL THIS, ESPECIALLY YOU, SINCE YOU'RE RIGHT BEHIND US, THAT'S WHY I KEEP LOOKING AT YOU. 
          I REALLY WANT TO GET YOU OVER THERE. 
          TAKE A TWO OF IT. 
          IS THAT MY TO-DO LIST? IT'S ACTUALLY LAYING RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY KEYBOARD EVERY SEE, EVERY DAY, EVERY SATURDAY WE DO COMMUNITY SERVICE OUT THERE WITH THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. 
          AND FROM WHAT WE GATHERED BACK FROM THE PROBATION OFFICE AND THE JUDGES AT THE COURTHOUSE IS THEY REFER US MORE THAN THE OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR ONE THAT WE WORK WITH THAT, UM, PROBATIONERS TO TRY TO, WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE OUT THERE TO USE 'EM AS JUST FREE LABOR. 
          WE ALSO TRY TO COUNSEL 'EM AS WE WORK BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY THINK IN A DIFFERENT MODEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE, I GUESS PUT IT. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S, I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND THANK Y'ALL. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          HOW MANY FORMS ARE STATE RIGHT NOW? YES SIR. 
          JUST ONE. 
          OURS COUNTY. 
          AND NOT ONLY THAT IS THE STATE HAD AT ONE TIME CAME THROUGH AND WAS GONNA TAKE ALL THE POOR FARM LAWS OFF THE BOOKS BECAUSE OUR OURS IS STILL REMAINING. 
          THEY LEFT THOSE, UH, POOR FARM LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS. 
          AND THERE'S A, WE THINK WE'RE THE ONLY ONE IN THE, IN THE COUNTY? YEAH, IN THE NATION. 
          WE'RE NOT SURE, BUT WE THINK THERE ARE, WE'RE WE'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT WE KNOW OF THAT STOKE COUNTY. 
          COUNTY. 
          THAT JAIL. 
          THE JAIL, THE JAIL THAT SITS IN THERE. 
          WASN'T IT REDONE ONE BEFORE? DIDN'T IT GET WELL THE JAIL'S NOT REALLY PART OF THE HISTORIC, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT IN 1951 WHEN IT'S JUST ALL INCORPORATED, RIGHT. 
          WHEN THEY TURNED IT OVER FROM A, FROM A UM, SITE THAT WAS TO BENEFIT TO POOR PEOPLE, TRY TO GET THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET AND IN THEN IN THE FIFTIES AND TURN IT OVER TO PENAL SYSTEM WHERE THE COUNTY USED IT MORE FOR THE PENAL SYSTEM. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY LIKE TO TAKE TOURS AND SOME THE SCHOOLS, THEY SAID THAT WAS ALWAYS MOST INTERESTING PART. 
          I, THAT'S REALLY PART OF IT. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT IT, IT IS SUCH A BAD SHAPE NOW. 
          I WENT INTO THE OTHER DAY, MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW, AND IT, SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS YEAH, I'M SURE YOU ALL Y'ALL KNOW THAT SAW MR. BOJANGLES THAT WAS WRITTEN OUT THERE RIGHT BACK IN THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS. 
          UM, WE STILL HAVE THE JAIL CELL BARS FROM THE OLD COURTHOUSE. 
          WELL THAT WAS HERE, THAT HELD BONNIE PARKER. 
          I MEAN THERE'S A LOT. 
          EVERY TIME I GO OUT THERE, WE, WE FIND NEW PARTS OF HISTORY OUT THERE AND OUR NEXT EVENT FOR THEIR, UH, TEXAS INDEPENDENT CELEBRATION IN MARCH. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL, AND, AND THE FRIDAY BEFORE THAT, WE'RE OPENING IT UP TO ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT ONLY THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO ON ALL THE CITY LEVELS TOO. 
          ALRIGHT, PRETTY GOOD. 
          THE OTHER HAND, UH, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE, AGAIN, THAT WE, UH, COMMEND YOU ON PROVIDING THE DOCUMENT, UH, THAT YOU DID, I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT. 
          THE COMMISSIONERS JUST RECEIVED THEIRS THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET IT OUT TO FRIDAY. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST INFORMATION, SO AS I'M PRESENTING IT WITH, UH, JUST SO THE COURT WILL BE AWARE, I KNOW YOU'VE LOST SOME MEMBERS THIS YEAR THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SERVE FOR VARIOUS REASONS. 
          AND I THINK WE'VE APPOINTED ONE NEW MEMBER, UH, THREE THREE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. 
          YES. 
          OH, DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR OF THIS YEAR, CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK ONE, UH, OF LAST YEAR ACTUALLY, AND I NOTICED ON WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET ON AUGUST THE NINTH OR SEPTEMBER THE 23RD OR 18 OCTOBER THE 18TH YOU ACTUALLY MET, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A FOUR OF 'EM, SO YOU COULDN'T CONDUCT ANY BUSINESS. 
          AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HAVE THE MINUTES FOR DECEMBER, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE, UH, MET, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, ACCORDING TO WHAT I'VE LOOKED, I BELIEVE THERE IS A, UH, TOTAL OF EIGHT MEMBERS NOW EIGHT ABOUT, BESIDES THE TWO EX OFFICIO MEMBERS, BUT BESIDES THE TWO EX OFFICIO, I SHOW, UH, MORE THAT PUT AN APPLICATION, ONE FROM TERRELL AND ONE FROM I I SHOW, UH, GINA AND APRIL FLAT AND MS. BROWN, BETTY BROWN AS THE TWO EX OFFICIO MEMBERS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND STAN CAP AND JUDY, UH, EX PAT, KENDALL, MILTON, RONNIE OFIELD, PAT RAYMOND, SUZIE SMITH, AND JOE STAGGS AND FALLON WENT AWAY. 
          IF SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE HERE, WOULD YOU STAND SO WE CAN, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND AND TELL US WHO 
          [01:35:01]
YOU ARE SO WE'LL KNOW WHO WE'RE, UH, I'M KENDALL MELTON. 
          UM, I'M A MEMBER OF THE TOOL COMMISSION. 
          I'M IN 40, THE MANAGER OF THE PELLAND MUSEUM OF FOR HISTORY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M BO SPAN, UM, JUST JOINED. 
          I OWN, UM, LEGENDS OF TEXAS PRODUCTIONS, WHICH DOES WESTERN HISTORICAL MOVIES, ET CETERA. 
          I THINK YOU'LL BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAS ASKED TO BE APPOINTED. 
          AND BUZZ, I KNOW OF YOUR, YOUR GREAT LOVE FOR HISTORY AND, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          SO I SAY THAT, UH, THINKING, UH, THAT IT MAY BE SOMETHING I PROVIDED THIS DOCUMENT, UH, AND I THINK I PUT THAT IN AN EMAIL THAT I SENT YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS FROM EACH PRECINCT. 
          YES. 
          AND, UH, I BELIEVE MAYBE STAND YOUR BOOTING INTO A DIFFERENT PRECINCT. 
          RIGHT. 
          I'M MOVING, I'M IN FOUR IN EACH DISTRICT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO PICKED UP ANOTHER PERSON, UH, TERRY'S PRECINCT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO RIGHT NOW I SHOW, UH, FIVE MEMBERS FROM PRECINCT ONE THAT WOULD BE, UH, UH, NOW DOWN TO FOUR BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO PRECINCT TWO. 
          THAT'S WHERE KENDALL IS THAT WE JUST HEARD. 
          AND RIGHT NOW IN PRECINCT THREE, I ONLY SHOW ONE MEMBER, I BELIEVE. 
          AND THEN IN PRECINCT FOUR I SHOW, UH, THREE MEMBERS. 
          AND SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, FOR US TO START GETTING OTHERS INVOLVED FROM ALL THE PRECINCTS BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE, UH, PEOPLE IN OUR PRECINCTS AND I THINK THAT WOULD, UH, ENJOY SERVING ON, ON DIVISION. 
          AND THAT'S NOT A CRITICISM, IT'S JUST HOW THINGS HAPPEN. 
          AND WE, AND WE'VE WE'VE TRIED. 
          I'M SURE YOU HAVE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S JUST, IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE SCHEDULED. 
          SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DO AT LUNCHTIME, RIGHT. 
          SOME PEOPLE WANT TO, IT'S HARD TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE TO GET MEETINGS EVEN HAPPENING. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, I SENT THE INFORMATION, THIS INFORMATION OUT AS WELL AS THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT, UH, THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING TO US, OUR LOCAL COMMISS COMMISS. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE PERSONALLY, LIKE FOR US TO TABLE THAT TODAY. 
          I CALLED MR. WOLF, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, UH, FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND TALKED WITH HIM IF THERE WAS ANY SANCTION ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, HE SAID THERE IS NOT. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THAT UNTIL THE FEBRUARY THE 13TH MEETING, WHICH IS OUR NEXT MEETING, AND GIVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TIME TO COME UP WITH PEOPLE. 
          AND THERE'S AN APPLICATION IN YOUR, IN YOUR, UH, PACKET OF PEOPLE THAT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN HELP PROVIDE AS WELL. 
          I BELIEVE YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 29 MEMBERS IS UH, WE'VE ALSO FOUND OUT THE MORE PEOPLE YOU TRY TO GO ON, THE HARDER YOU HAVE ON. 
          NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD 17 AND IT WAS, WAS JUST THAT YOU HAD SIGNED IT LEFT. 
          I KNOW DURING THE, THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. 
          THE, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT TRYING TO STAY AWAY IN FEBRUARY, PART OF, SINCE WE GOT THE AGENDA MOVED LAST TIME AROUND, WE'VE ALREADY HAD TO MISS THIS MEETING AND THE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE THIS EVENT COMING UP IN MARCH AND WE CAN'T HOLD MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THE BOARD YET. 
          WE CAN'T ORGANIZE TO HAVE THAT EVENT FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN THAT WE HAVE ABOUT THAT PART. 
          SO, UH, THE EXISTING MEMBERS THAT, UH, ARE ALL OF YOU HAVE ALL OF YOU, ARE YOU STILL ON THE BOARD? HAVE YOU BEEN ED? SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO MEMBERS. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          FUNCTIONING MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. 
          WE'RE, AND SO IF WE DICTATE IT, IT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          CONCERN. 
          AND SO I WOULD ASK THE COURT TO, UH, LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND, UH, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING, I DO THINK THE COURT, UH, SHOULD SOLICIT OTHER PEOPLE AND, AND AS WELL AS YOU CAN, UH, TO GET PARTICULARLY FROM THESE PRECINCTS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          SO IN THAT REGARD, IT MAY BE THAT WE MAY WISH TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, REAPPOINT THE, THE PO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED, UH, THAT ARE ON HERE AND I BELIEVE MR. FANON IS HERE AND THEY'RE, AND MILTON AND THEN THERE'D BE SOME OTHERS. 
          WHAT'S, UH, AND I READ OUT THE LIST OF EXISTING NAMES. 
          I THINK WE MAKE THAT MOTION SO THEY CAN CONDUCT BUSINESS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND BUZZ, YOU WOULD BE, YOU WOULD BE OFFICIALLY A MEMBER OF WHO DID THAT? YEAH, THERE'S THREE. 
          THREE. 
          SO BUZZ AND WHO ELSE UH, THEY WERE IN THAT I DON'T INSPECT. 
          CARRIE. 
          YEAH, CARRIE AND UH, MATT TON. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          WE'VE UH, WE DEDICATED CEMETERY OUT THERE, THAT CHURCH AND WHAT A NICE PERSON 
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CHURCH. 
          VERY NICE. 
          UH, I JUST, AND AGAIN, EVERY YEAR I KNOW Y'ALL GET AN AWARD FOR WHAT YOU DO IS WE ENJOY HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THAT. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE, WE DON'T WANT TO GET A HUGE COMMITTEE LIKE 29 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT BECAUSE YOU DO RUN INTO, WELL WE DO, WE GOTTA HAVE A LARGER ROOM THE WHOLE TIME. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO, WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS, GENERALLY, WE CAN MAYBE HELP YOU WITH THIS ROOM OR ROOM UPSTAIRS. 
          WE'LL TRY TO HELP FIND A PLACE FOR YOU. 
          UH, BUT IT MAY BE THEN SINCE UH, YOU DO HAVE THIS ISSUE OF TRYING TO GET, UH, THE, UH, INFORMATION TOGETHER FOR THE MARCH EVENT THAT YOU'RE PLANNING, THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND UH, APPROVE THESE. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? ANYBODY? THEN THEY'LL COME BACK LATER WITH SOME WORK. 
          YEAH, I TRY, TRY TO MOVE THAT IN FEBRUARY 13TH. 
          THAT'S OUR NEXT COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING. 
          LIKE I SAID, I I WE'RE PRETTY SURE WE HAVE TWO MORE THAT ARE COMING THAT WE, THAT WE GOT WORKING ON FOR APPROVAL. 
          AND IF Y'ALL CAN HELP US FIND THAT, THAT WOULD AND OKAY, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND SEND US THAT INFORMATION SO I CAN GET, WELL, WE'LL WAIT, HEAR BACK TO GET IT BACK FROM THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ALL, UH, YEAH, WE'RE TAKING THE VOLUNTEER MONEY THAT WE MADE. 
          I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTY. 
          JERRY HEDRICK HERE, WHO WAS ON THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AT ONE TIME. 
          HIS FATHER WAS THE, UH, THE FOREMAN OR WHATEVER THEY CALL HIS FOREMAN, UH, WARDEN OR WHATEVER. 
          UH, AND HE'S A GREAT SOURCE. 
          JERRY'S GOT A STORY AFTER STORY OF UH, OF THE POOR FARM. 
          I DON'T WHETHER YOU TALKED WITH HIM OR NOT. 
          UH, AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS, UH, ALSO HAVE OR JERRY'S DAUGHTER HAVE INFORMATION TOO THAT THEY CAN REMEMBER ABOUT THEIR GRANDDAD WHEN HE WAS OUT THERE. 
          AND IT IS, EVEN WHEN TOM MANNING SERVED, HE CAME OUT THERE AND YOU REMEMBER COMING OUT THERE AS A LITTLE BOY. 
          SOMEBODY LOOKED AT A FARM, WOULD ALWAYS GET OUT THERE EVERY TIME HE GOT, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING, I MEAN COMMISSIONER ALLEN WAS ACTUALLY OUT THERE AT ONE POINT, UH, WORKING WEREN'T CHIEF. 
          SURE. 
          MAY NOT WANNA GO INTO A LOT DETAIL ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT, UH, ANYWAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAY. 
          ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOU. 
          NEED ANYTHING AND I'LL ASK JUDY TO GET, ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE'LL COVER A COUPLE BEFORE ITEMS BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY. 
          ANYBODY GOT ANY OBJECTION TO THAT ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER I APPRO ALLEGATIONS OF THE FAMILY PROTECTION FEES, LONG STAR COSTS INCORPORATING CAUSE OF COUNTY CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY OR THE GENESIS CENTER IN CA, COUNTY CHILDREN'S ACT ADVOCACY CENTER IN IN FOUR EQUAL SHARES. 
          YOU, UH, HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION ON THAT. 
          WE DO THIS ANNUALLY, UH, AT THE, UH, END OF THE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED THAT CAN BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. 
          THEY COLLECTED THROUGH THE, UH, COURT SYSTEM. 
          UH, THE APPROXIMATE BALANCE IS $7,860, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, 1,965 PER UH, ENTITY APPROXIMATELY. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THERE? WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER HUNT. 
          SECOND MOTION. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          I, ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING PRECINCT FOUR TO PUT ROCK ON THE TEMPORARY SCHOOL BUS. 
          TURN AROUND ON THE PROPERTY AGAIN. 
          AND LINDA TAYLOR DUE TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CLOSING, UH, THE BRIDGE ON COUNTY ROAD 40 83. 
          COMMISSIONER, YOU WILL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          WELL,  HAS CLOSED THE BRIDGE ON 48 3 AND IT MAY BE SOME TIME BEFORE IT'S COMPLETED. 
          THE STRY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO TURN AROUND BUT'S PROPERTY AND IT'S INTO A PASTURE AND THEY'VE GIVEN US COMMISSION AND THE SCHOOL IS ASKED US TO PUT SOME ROCK IN SO THE BUS COULD JUST PULL IN AND BACK UP AND TURN AROUND. 
          OH, THEY BACK ALONG. 
          WAY UP BACKWARDS TO TURN AROUND. 
          AND THEN WHEN I SEE WE HAVE A 
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IN DISTRICT REQUEST, AND I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE TO OUR, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS IS THIS  THING FOR US TO DO? I I THINK IT IS, ESPECIALLY BASED ON THE SCHOOL'S LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONER AND WHAT WE DID. 
          UM, WE CAME UP WITH AN ORDER THAT JUST BASICALLY APPROVES A TEMPORARY ALTERATION OF THAT ROAD UNTIL THAT BRIDGE CAN BE REPAIRED AND THEN ONCE IT'S REPAIRED, UM, THE ROAD ROUTE OF, OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE COUNTY ROAD WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT IT IS EXISTING RIGHT NOW AND IT JUST HAS A SECTION FOR THE COPY OR THE SIGN, UM, THAT THEY'RE CONSENTING THAT WORK BE DONE ON THE PROPERTY. 
          I HAVE IT. 
          DO YOU GUYS HAVE A COPY OF IT OR NO? I DON'T, I DIDN'T. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT. 
          HERE'S THE FIRST ONE. 
          APPROPRIATE NOTES AS FAR AS THE STATUTE IS, I'M SORRY WE, THERE'S NOT REALLY A GREAT STATUTE FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK, BUT WE JUST KIND OF BRING IT UNDER THE GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ALL APPROVE IT, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE EACH OF YOU GUYS TO VOTE ON IT. 
          THAT STATUTE ALL YOU HEAR THE REQUEST FROM. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, I'VE GOT THE ORDER HERE THAT WE WILL ALL NEED TO SIGN IF WE APPROVE. 
          UH, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I MAKE A MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. ALLEN. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YES. 
          SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER. 
          UH, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? BARBARA. 
          I THOUGHT WE'D GOT YOU. 
          I GUESS NOT SIR. 
          ALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A THOSE OPPOSED AND WE'LL NEED TO SIGN IT IN FRONT OF UH, UH, WELL, I I THINK THE HOMEOWNERS ONE LANDOWNER SIGNED IT, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S THE SECOND ONE. 
          I HAVE THE FIRST ONE RIGHT HERE. 
          THERE'S, SO THERE'S TWO DOCUMENTS. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD AND IF YOU'LL GO ITEM 17, THEN I'LL, I'LL EXPLAIN. 
          ALRIGHT, WE VOTE ON THIS. 
          YEAH, WE DID. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S GO. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 17. 
          DISCUSS CONSIDER BRIDGE BEING CLOSED ON COUNTY GROVE COURT 40 31 B. 
          OKAY, SO THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SIMILAR ORDERS ARE ABOUT THE SAME EXCEPT ONE HAS THE EXHIBIT AND ON THIS ROAD, UM, THE BRIDGE IS ACTUALLY ONCE THEY CLOSE IT, THERE'S NO WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THEIR HOMES. 
          AND SO COMMISSIONER UH, TALKED TO A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS A PIECE OF, UM, LAND WHERE HE CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT IT TO ANOTHER COUNTY ROAD. 
          AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE COUNTY TO DO THAT SO THAT THE NEIGHBORS CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THEIR PROPERTY. 
          AND THEN THAT WOULD JUST BE A TEMPORARY ALTERATION OF THAT ROAD UNTIL, UM, YES, UNTIL THE BRIDGE IS BASED SENDING THE LETTER TEXTILE AND THEY CAN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT SCHEDULED TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR. 
          STILL BACK THERE. 
          DO THE INCOME. 
          UH, TWO YEARS FOR THE PEOPLE THEY CAN'T GET OUT. 
          SO HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE BRIDGE WE TOOK AND THE INSPECTOR TOOK. 
          YEAH, THE BRIDGE IS REALLY BAD BUT ANYWAY, PROPERTY PASTURE 59 FEET, IT'S NOT THAT FAR. 
          LANDOWNER. 
          YEAH, SO BASICALLY SAME ORDER BUT DIFFERENT ROADS. 
          AND THEN THE FIRST ONE HAD THE EXHIBIT WITH THE BRIDGE. 
          ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE ITEM NUMBER 17? THEN I MAKE THAT MOTION. 
          A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE DONE IT ALL LEGAL GOOD. 
          AND I THINK QUEEN OF ALL, UH, LET'S MOVE ON REAL QUICKLY. 
          MOVE ON TO OUT NUMBER 18 AND THAT IS FROM OUR FIRST AGENT AND.
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