* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GO [00:00:01] AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR MEETING. TODAY IS FRIDAY, MARCH THE 24TH, UH, 2017. UH, WE DO, UH, THIS IS A REALLY A SPECIAL MEETING OF OUR COURT DUE TO THE FACT THAT OUR REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, WE, UH, MANY OF US AND MANY OF OUR OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE COUNTY OFFICIALS, WILL BE IN, UH, AUSTIN AT KAUFMAN COUNTY DAY. SO, UH, THAT'S A REASONABLE MOVE THE MEETING UP. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH, IF YOU DO WISH TO ADDRESS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IF YOU WOULD, UH, FILL OUT A FORM AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM THERE. AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, UH, WE'LL SELECT THOSE BEFORE WE START. UH, AND SO, UH, THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW. SO, THAT BEING SAID, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, ALLEN IS ONE TO GIVE OUR INDICATION, WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGES TO BOTH OUR AMERICAN FLAG AND OUR TEXAS FLAG. SO IF YOU'LL JOIN ME. SO FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN WHICH WE CAN WORK AND SERVE WITH CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY, BUT WE'RE ALSO THANKFUL WE CAN SERVE YOUR SON WHO DIED FOR US. WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH OUR LEADERS AND OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, THAT THE DECISIONS THEY'RE MAKING ARE FOR THE WHOLE, NOT FOR THE FEW, AND THAT WE GET THINGS RIGHT AND HELP US NOT TO BE SO CONFUSED AND SO ON. THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON COMMON GROUND. WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE TO USE THINGS THAT HAVE TO HERE TO OCCUR ON OUR BUSINESS. BUT WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THINGS WILL AWRY, AND WE ASK THAT YOU FORGIVE US OF THAT THE REST OF THIS DAY. BE WITH US AND THE REST OF THIS YEAR, YOUR SON'S BLESSED. AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLICAN VOICE STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVIDUAL. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WE DO I ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. WE HAVE A COUPLE, I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THAT WILL BE, UH, ADDRESSING AND I BELIEVE AN ITEM ON THE, UH, AGENDA HERE, JUST IN A FEW, IN A FEW MOMENTS. AND, UH, UH, RANDY, IF YOU'LL GIVE THOSE TO THE COUNTY CLERK AND SHE'LL PROCESS 'EM AND GIVE UP HERE TO US. SO, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TODAY, UH, JUST TO COMMENT THAT, UH, THIS WILL BE THE, UH, LAST MEETING THAT WE'LL HOLD IN THIS ROOM, UH, AS IT IS NOW, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE NOW. AND, UH, UH, I HOPE I'M SAYING THE TRUTH. UH, BUT, UH, WE, THIS ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE SHUT DOWN, UH, NEXT WEEK AND PART OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK, MAYBE ALL THE FOLLOWING WEEK. BUT THIS BUILDING WILL BE EXPANDED OR THIS ROOM WILL BE EXPANDED. AND, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES GUYS ARE REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET THAT IT WAS THE OTHER PEOPLE LOCATED IN THIS, UH, BUILDING. SO WHEN WE COME BACK, WHENEVER WE DO COME BACK, UH, IT MAY BE A WHILE, UH, WE'LL HAVE A BIGGER ROOM AND IT'LL BE A, I BELIEVE, A MUCH MORE FUNCTIONAL ROOM FOR US. AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, EVEN HAVE A ROOM, UH, ADJACENT HERE WHERE THE COURT CAN LEAVE THE ROOM AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND, UH, AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, UH, AND THE AUDIENCE WILL BE ABLE TO STAY IN HERE. AND THAT'LL BE A MUCH BETTER SITUATION THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW. BOBBY, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, IT'S YOUR FAULT. I THINK. SO, , I DON'T WANNA SET YOU UP, BUT I JUST, I THINK, I THINK YOU DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB, SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND, UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, THE, UH, STAR TRANSIT REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 2017, UH, AND THE SECOND QUARTER DEMAND AND RESPONSE RIDERSHIP REPORT FOR THAT AGENCY. YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT. UH, THEN WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL COMMISSIONER COURT MEETING, UH, MINUTES, UH, FOR YOU TO ACCEPT. UH, AND THAT'S ON JANUARY ONE, ON JANUARY THE 23RD, 2017, FEBRUARY THE 13TH, UH, 2017, UH, FEBRUARY THE 27TH, 2017, MARCH 13TH, 2017. AND A SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR JANUARY THE 17TH, 2017. JANUARY THE 18TH, 2017. JANUARY THE 27TH, 2017. MARCH THE SIXTH, 2017. MARCH THE NINTH, 2017, AND MARCH THE [00:05:01] 13TH, UH, 2017. WE'VE BEEN DOING LOTS OF MEETING THAT YOU CAN TELL. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES. AMENDMENT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 20 MM-HMM . UH, IT SHOULD BE VIS, SHOULD BE 2015 IN THE, IN THE MEETING. YES. I ACTUALLY, THE SHE DID. SO DID YOU, YOU TOOK, TOOK OATH OF THAT, UH, SUGGESTION. IT WAS ON THE SUGGESTIONS. THANK ALL. HAVE OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HAVE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MADE A MOTION TO HAVE SECOND COMMISSIONER ALLEN. SECOND, THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED. NEXT ITEM IS TO, UH, DISCUSS, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A RENEWAL OF THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION CONSULTATION SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $120,000. THIS IS THE, UH, ANNUAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH JOHN POLLSTER, UH, THAT'S THE NAME OF HIS COMPANY. AND WE, UH, PAY THAT, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, MONTHLY, UH, AND WITH AN INVOICE THAT WE RECEIVED. AND, UH, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS FOR, FROM NEXT YEAR. SO, ANYBODY MOTION? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A THOSE OPPOSED CONSTABLE RASH. SEAN MAYFIELD. YOU COME BACK HERE, SEAN? NO, SIR. OKAY. WE'LL, UH, WE'LL SKIP OVER ITEM, UH, FOUR RIGHT NOW, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN TEXT HIM AND, UH, SAY, WHERE ARE YOU? YOU KNOW, AND WE GET HIM HERE. JUST A MOMENT. UH, TRENT MARKER WITH THE GAME WARDEN IS GOING TO GIVE US THE REPORT ON HIS ACTIVITIES. TRENT, COME ON UP. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE HAD THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE COURT AND OUR CITIZENS. AND IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE TO, UH, MICROPHONE, UH, RIGHT THERE. WELL, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN THE COUNTY FOR A WHILE. THE WOODS, HUH? YEAH, IT'S JUST NATURE. GO THROUGH, GO THROUGH THE PAST. SO, WELCOME TO COFFMAN. YOU'VE BEEN HERE A FEW MONTHS NOW. YES, SIR. I, I, I TRANSFERRED, UH, INTO COFFMAN COUNTY. THAT'S THE GAME WARDEN HERE LAST SPRING, PROBABLY ABOUT 10 MONTHS. SO I'VE JUST BARELY GOTTEN TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I 20 IS NOW. THERE'S A, UH, HEEDING THE ADVICE WITH SOME OF THE, THE JUDGE AND SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS. I, UH, TOOK THE CHANCE TO COME UP HERE AND TALK WITH Y'ALL. UH, INTRODUCE MYSELF, UM, AS WELL AS ANYBODY HERE. UM, HALF THE BATTLE FOR ME AS A GANG WARDEN IS GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY, UH, CONSTITUENTS AND MAKING SURE THEY KNOW WHO I AM, THAT I'M ACCESSIBLE, UM, AND WHAT I CAN DO TO, TO ASSIST OR OFFER ANY HELP TO, TO ANYBODY, UH, THAT SHOULD NEED IT. UM, SO WE'RE DOWN HERE IN KAUFMAN. UH, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHAT A GAME WARNING IS, BUT JUST A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW IS THAT PRIMARILY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'M A STATE PEACE OFFICER, UM, COMMISSIONED BY THE PARKS WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. UM, AND MY, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO ENFORCE THE FISH, UH, GAME AND VOTING LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S OUR PRIMARY FOCUS. UH, WE, WE DO ALL KINDS OF OTHER, UH, OTHER JOBS AND, AND WERE SPREAD PRETTY THIN. UH, JUST THIS PAST WEEK WE WERE ASSISTING, OR, WELL, WE WERE THE PRIMARY ON BODY, BODY RECOVERY, UH, LAKE RAY HUBBARD. WE WERE RECOVERED THAT VICTIM. UH, UM, AND THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE ALSO DO. 'CAUSE IT, IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH BOATING. UM, AND, AND THE WAY THAT, THE WAY THAT I MAKE SENSE OF THAT IS, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, THE GANG BOARDS WERE THE ONLY ONES IN THE COUNTY THAT HAD A VESSEL, UM, A GOVERNMENT ISSUED VESSEL. SO IT KIND OF FELL BACK ON US. IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE ONES THAT ENDED UP DOING A LOT OF THOSE COVERAGE. WE KIND OF PERFECTED IT. UM, THIS LAST ONE TOOK SEVEN DAYS, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. BUT, UM, WE WERE [00:10:01] OUT THERE THE WHOLE TIME TRYING TO DO IT. BUT, UH, WE DID HAVE A DOUBLE GROUND HERE IN, I BELIEVE, SEPTEMBER, UM, OVER THERE ON CEDAR CREEK. AND, UH, WE END UP RECOVERING THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL. BUT, UM, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE INSIDE OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST CHECKING FISH HUNTING LICENSES, UH, THAT WE DO. UM, OKAY. CORRECT. SO, UH, I SPOKE WITH, UM, OFFICER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, WITH, UH, WITH THEM FOR, UH, SINCE I GOT HERE. PRETTY MUCH. I'M, I'M ALSO A SWIFT WATER, UH, SWIFT WATER TRAINED, UH, TECHNICIAN TO OPERATE IN, IN SWIFT WATER CONDITIONS. UH, RECENTLY BEEN GIVEN A SWIFT WATER VESSEL. THERE'S A SMALL BOAT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY POWERFUL MOTOR ON IT TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN THOSE KIND OF CONDITIONS. UM, WE DO CONTINUAL TRAINING. I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN PROBABLY FOR A WEEK, UH, IN APRIL AND PROBABLY A WEEK IN MAY, DOING SOME TRAINING FOR THAT. UM, AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL THAT I CAN OFFER THE COUNTY, UM, AND THE PEOPLE, AND THE PEOPLE HERE AS WELL AS SURROUNDING COUNTIES. UM, UH, SO LATELY, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF SHIFTED FROM, UH, HUNTING SEASON AND NOW, UH, THE FISHING IS STARTING TO PICK UP, SO WE'RE GONNA START SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON THE, ON THE CREEKS AND THE RIVERS AND THE LAKES. UM, SO WITH THAT, WE GET FROM A LOT, A LOT MORE OF THESE, THESE GROUNDINGS, WHICH TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME, ESPECIALLY UP IN THE DFW AREA. WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 10 GAME WARDENS, UM, THAT IN AND AROUND THE DALLAS COUNTY, WHICH WHERE WE RECEIVED A LOT OF THOSE, UM, THOSE DROWNING FATALITIES. SO THEY END UP PULLING A LOT OF THOSE RESOURCES. UM, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE I'LL BE, I'LL BE GETTING A REAL GOOD TAN, UH, 'CAUSE I'LL BE ON THE BOAT PROBABLY FOUR DAYS A WEEK. SO, UM, BUT REALLY THE, MY, MY MY MAIN FOCUS HERE TODAY WAS TO, UH, COME INTRODUCE MYSELF. I BROUGHT A BUNCH OF BUSINESS CARDS, UH, LEFT THE STACK BACK THERE ON THE TABLE. UM, ANYBODY IN HERE, FEEL FREE TO TAKE 'EM. UM, AND, AND I, I WANT PEOPLE, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE MORE THAN ONE, PASS 'EM OUT. UM, AND, AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, CAN CALL ME ANYTIME THEY WANT. A LOT OF THE TIMES, UM, I GET CALLED OUT WHENEVER, AND I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY WORK EIGHT TO FIVE THOSE HOURS, OR, UH, SOMETIMES I DO WORK EIGHT TO FIVE LIKE YESTERDAY, AND THEN I GET A CALL AT EIGHT, AND THEN I END UP WORKING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SO IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST PART OF THE GIG. AND, AND, AND I ALWAYS, UH, REITERATE WITH PEOPLE TO, IF, IF YOU WANT TO CALL, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, UM, WHETHER IT'S AT 2:00 PM OR 2:00 AM YOU KNOW, MY PHONE RINGS, UM, EITHER WAY. AND I ENCOURAGE THEM TO CALL ME OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IF THEY DON'T HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER TOO, GET AHOLD OF ME. UM, SO WHAT'S THE, UH, BIGGEST, UH, GANG VIOLATION WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY? WHAT IS THERE A WELL BETWEEN THREAD? UH, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR. SO MY JOB MORPHS, EXCUSE ME. UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, FISHING VIOLATIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT COME FROM THE, UH, DALLAS, UM, AND FISH UP ON EAST FORK, TRINITY RIVER RIGHT THERE, AS WELL AS COME DOWN HERE OFF CEDAR CREEK. AND IF ANYBODY, I'LL GO DOWN 1 75. YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE OVER THERE. UM, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF VIOLATIONS, UM, IN, IN REGARDS TO FISHING, WHETHER IT BE LICENSING LINKS, LIMITS, UM, UM, OTHER SIMILAR FISHING VIOLATIONS USING GAME FISH FOR BA AND I WANT TO GET TOO TECHNICAL, BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. UM, AS FAR AS HUNTING GOES, UM, WE, WE DO HAVE SOME DEER HUNTING IN THIS COUNTY. WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, A GOOD AMOUNT OF HOG HUNTING AS WELL. UM, WHERE I RUN INTO A LOT OF THE ISSUES IS, UM, WITH, WITH, PARTICULARLY WITH DEER HUNTING, IS GONNA MOSTLY BE, UH, WE HAVE AMAL RESTRICTIONS IN THIS COUNTY, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CANNOT TAKE A DEER THAT'S, UH, WITH AN ANTLER SPREAD OF LESS THAN 13 INCHES WIDE. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S AN ISSUE. AS WELL AS, UM, O OTHER RELATED TAGGING VIOLATIONS. UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE, THEY EITHER UNINTENTIONALLY, UH, HAVE A TAGGING VIOLATION OR THEY INTENTIONALLY DO IT TO TRY TO, UH, SKIRT THE SYSTEM AND, AND, UH, HARVEST, UH, MORE THAN THEIR ALLOTTED. UM, NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A, IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IS CALL IT HUNTING WITHOUT LANDOWNER FARM, UM, OR POACHING. SO PRETTY MUCH IF, IF ANYBODY'S ON YOUR [00:15:01] PROPERTY, WHETHER THEY'RE HUNTING HOGS OR THEY'RE HUNTING DEER, UM, THAT'S A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, WHICH IS A GO TO JAIL. UM, A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BIRDS AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, UM, HUNTING WITHOUT LANDOWNER CONSENT IS, IS A BIG ISSUE. AND I, I TRY TO DRIVE THAT HOME WITH THE LANDOWNERS VERY MUCH. I, YOU KNOW, I TELL 'EM, I WORK, I WORK FOR THE LANDOWNER, I WORK FOR THE PEOPLE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, AND, AND, UH, WHATEVER THE, AND THAT'S WHY I TRY TO GET MY INFORMATION OUT THERE SO THE LANDOWNER KNOWS TO CALL ME IF THEY'RE HAVING AN ISSUE. 'CAUSE UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE AS A LANDOWNER OR DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE A FENCE UP OR, YOU KNOW, I HAD A FENCE UP, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE NO TRESPASSING SIGN. UM, A LOT OF 'EM DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TRESPASSING LAWS AND THE HUNTING LAWS. UH, SO I TRY TO, I TRY TO, UH, STRENGTHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP AND, UH, 'CAUSE THAT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT IS A LARGE ISSUE THAT DOESN'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION AS IT COULD. UH, IF I HAD THE RELATION, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WILL, ONCE I FORGE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE LANDOWNERS AND, UM, AND, AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO AND, AND WORKING IN, IN COOPERATION WITH THEM, WE CAN HELP EXTEND THE ISSUES, UM, OF, OF ILLEGAL HUNTING, WHICH EVERYBODY I HERE, I'M, I'M JUST ASSUMING EVERYBODY KNOWS ERIC, THE MENTOR, THE, THE GANG WARDEN THAT I REPLACED, UH, HE WAS HERE FOR 14 YEARS, SO THAT'S A VAST, UH, AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT HE, THAT HE HAS. UM, I DON'T BUG HIM TOO MUCH. HE, HE PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN IN HOUSTON AND HE'S GOT HIS OWN MESS OF PROBLEMS. SO I DON'T, I DON'T TRY TO, UH, BUG HIM TOO MUCH UNLESS SOMETHING FROM HIM. SO A LOT OF THIS KIND OF LEARNING BY MY, BY MYSELF, WHICH I GOT A PROBLEM DOING. BUT, UM, IT, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME FOR ME TO GET TO WHERE HE, WHERE HE WAS AS FAR AS THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. SO WHERE IN YOUR OFFICE IS LOCATED AT, IN FORNEY, I BELIEVE? CORRECT. UH, THE FORNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN ME AN OFFICE THERE. THE JUSTICE CENTER AT THE, YES SIR. AT THE JUSTICE CENTER. BUT MY OFFICE REALLY IS THAT ON FOUR WHEELS OVER THERE? UH, THAT'S, I, I MIGHT GO TO THE OFFICE ONCE EVERY WEEK OR TWO. YEAH. UM, MOST OF WHAT I DO IS, IS OUT IN THE FIELD, SO, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ON OUR WEBSITE OR NOT, OR LINK, BUT MAYBE YOU GET WITH GEORGE. IS IT GEORGE? OR, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE, BUT IF NOT, WE'LL, WE'LL GET IT DONE. OKAY. THEN WE CAN GET WITH HIM AND PUT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. SURE. BECAUSE WE, WE DO GET CALLS FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH A GANG COURT, AND I'M SURE THESE COMMISSIONERS DO AS ABSOLUTELY. GUYS, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? I'M OPEN. NO, HE'S BEEN BUSINESS GOOD. GOOD. ALRIGHT. WELL THEY, UH, I'VE GOT A FEW I THINK I TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, SURE. SOME VIOLATIONS. I THINK THAT MAY BE AROUND THE TABLE HERE, BUT I'LL TALK TO YOU. I'M KIDDING. I'M TALKING ABOUT TERMINATION. I ONLY HAVE HANDCUFFS. OKAY. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANYTHING, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME ANYTIME. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU HONOR. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ALRIGHTY. UH, NEXT IS, UH, BRENDA SAMPLES, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE US OUR TAX ASSESSOR REPORT. AND, UH, BRENDA, I LOOKED IT OVER AND LOOKED AT LOOK VERY GOOD. YES, SIR. GENTLEMEN, YOU? UH, YES SIR. WE'VE DONE, I THINK PRETTY GOOD. WE'RE AHEAD OF LAST YEAR A LITTLE BIT. UH, WE'VE GOT 83.177 ACRES THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THE ROLL ARE IN THE ROLLBACK. OF COURSE. 40 ISP IS WHERE THOSE ARE. BUT, UM, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M EXCITED. LIKE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE HERE LAST YEAR A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. KICKING IN. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. YEAH. ALRIGHT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU. VERY. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS FROM RONNIE OFIELD, OUR TREASURER, CONCERNING THE, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF THE KAMAN COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT. GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN. UH, THE GENERAL FUND STARTED FEBRUARY WITH 16 MILLION 405 834 9 4. HAD RECEIPTS OF 6 MILLION 502 3 1 0 6 83, DISBURSEMENTS OF 3 MILLION 1 3 4 928 50 [00:20:01] IN AN ENDING BALANCE OF 19 MILLION 7 9 4 0 13 27. AND YOU KNOW, AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR WORKSHOP MEETING, UM, LIKE MARCH 7TH OR MARCH 8TH, WE DID MOVE 14 MILLION TO TEXAS POOL FUND TO AN ALREADY EXISTING ACCOUNT THAT WAS LABELED GENERAL FUND. AND, UM, LOOKING AT THE REPORT WE HAD, WE DID CLOSE AT AMERICAN NATIONAL, THE GENERAL MONEY MARKET FUND, WHICH WAS 17. WE MOVED THAT 47 CENTS OUT SO THAT THAT ACCOUNT HAS BEEN, UH, BEGIN TRYING TO, UH, REDUCE INACTIVE, ELIMINATE INACTIVE ACCOUNTS IN AMERICAN NATIONAL. UH, THE, UH, OLD, UH, THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF ROAD BOND FUNDS FUND 1 28, UM, THAT STILL HAS 4 MILLION 576 9 14 50 AVAILABLE AND THE SECOND ISSUANCE OF ROAD BOND FUNDS, UH, WITH THE INTEREST THAT'S ACCRUED THERE IS NOW 26 MILLION OH 9 4 45 16. AND YOU CAN SEE THE INTEREST EARNED, UH, AT, UH, AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK UNDER THE TERMS OF OUR DEPOSITORY CONTRACT WAS 10,000 360 6 94. I GAVE YOU A SUPPLEMENTAL SET OF INFORMATION ABOUT TEXT POOL PRIME AND REGULAR TEXT POOL NEEDLE. SO YOU CAN SEE ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS INCREASING JUST A LITTLE BIT AND, UH, THE FED RAISED THE OTHER DAY, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT THAT UP BIT MORE TOO. YES. JUDGE, ON THE FIRST SHEET OF THE SUPPLEMENT THAT I GAVE YOU, THE FIRST LINE UNDER DAILY PERFORMANCE, 3 23 17, THAT SEVEN DAY TRAILING PERFORMANCE IS NOW 1.01. ALRIGHT, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TREASURER? I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, THE COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT. SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIP, SECONDS FOR REPORT. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A APPOINTING THE COUNTY JUDGE BRUCE WOOD TO THE COUNTY'S INVESTMENT COMMITTEE. AND, UH, AND YOU WERE ACTUALLY AT THE MEETING WHEN THAT WAS PROPOSED, JUDGE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STEPPING UP. I LOVE, I LOVE MEETINGS. OKAY. MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION. THANK YOU. VERY WELCOME. THE BOARD JUDGE, I'M FIRED UP. I CAN TELL YOU ALL. ALRIGHT. UH, SEAN IS HERE, I THINK. YEAH, MY APOLOGIES. I'M NOT USED TO FRIDAY COMMISSIONER COURT. WELL, IT'S COMING FROM A CALL AND I'M DRESSED FOR THE WEATHER NOT FROM COURT TODAY. OKAY, WELL YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR JOB. THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. SO DON'T, DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT. SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A COPY OF, UH, THE CONSTABLE'S, UH, RACIAL PROFILE AND REPORT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NOTHING UNUSUAL THAT I, NO SIR. WORKERS GOES ON. NO COMPLAINTS. I DO APPRECIATE YOU WORKING IN THE SCHOOL ZONE. I HEAR SEVERAL OF OUR CONSTABLE WORK IN THE SCHOOLS ZONE. YES, SIR. THAT'S GREAT. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FROM, UH, CONSTABLE MAYFIELD. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER. HAVE SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER HUNT. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK, THANK ALL. ITEM NUMBER, UH, NINE IS, UH, THE REPORT FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FEBRUARY 27TH, THE REPORT. AND WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITH US HERE TODAY. I WILL. THANK YOU, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I NEEDED TO DO REPORT. SOMEBODY BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION THAT IF WE START COLLECTING MONEY THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. DID YOU GUYS GET ATTACHED THE REPORT ALREADY? DID YOU HAVE IT? LET ME DID. THERE YOU GO. SURE. UM, GENTLEMEN, IT'S THE, I THINK THAT'S ALL OF MINE ACTUALLY GAVE MY LAST ONE. DON'T CARRY YOU. I'LL LOOK OVER. UM, I [00:25:01] WAS GONNA SAY, THIS IS THE REALLY ATTACHED TO HIS OCA REPORT, WHICH IS THE OFFICER COURT ADMINISTRATION REPORT. WE PULL THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER. SO THE TOTAL DEPOSITS THAT WE MADE IN THE COLLECTION DEPARTMENT WAS 50,896,000. AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED, WE SET UP COLLECTION WHEN OFFICIALLY THAT'S GONNA BE THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. SO THAT TOP REPORT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL REPORT. WE JUST PULL THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING IN THE BACK IS WHAT WE SEND THE OCA IN OUR REPORTING. I APOLOGIZE, I CAN'T GIVE YOU WHAT, WHAT I LIKE TO KNOW WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, WHAT DOES THAT COMPARE TO LAST YEAR? AND I'D ASK LYNN TO TALK TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. THEY'D PROBABLY BE GLAD TO TELL US WHERE THEY WERE. AND SO WE HAVE A POINT OF COMPARISON AND I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU, BUT I PROBABLY WILL BY NEXT TIME, WE'LL MAKE ANOTHER REPORT NEXT MONTH. OVER TIME LYNN MIGHT COME MAKE THE REPORT OR SOMEBODY ELSE FROM MY OFFICE, BUT I WANNA MAKE THE FIRST ONE. SO I'LL JUST SAY THE TRANSITION'S GONE REALLY WELL. WE GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. AND SO WE'LL KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA SO WE CAN KIND OF GRAPH OUT WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR, WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT THAT. SO DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S REALLY THE FIRST MONTH'S REPORT. AND I BELIEVE DURING THE TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN OF THIS BUILDING, YOU'RE, THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT'S GONNA BE WORKING OUT OF YOUR OFFICE ABSOLUTELY. UPSTAIRS. YOU JUST CRAM THEM. I MEAN, YOU'LL JUST PLACE THEM ALL IN. YEAH, . NO, IT'S FINE, IT'S FINE. ACTUALLY, THERE'S A SPOT AT THE WINDOW. IT'S FINE. WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE JUST CAREFUL. IT'S FINE. IT'S GREAT. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT THOUGH BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE EVERYTHING, BUT, SO WE, WE'LL FIND SPACE, IT'LL WORK OUT. EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY'S BEEN PULLING TOGETHER, TOGETHER AND, UM, PLACING COMPUTERS SO WE CAN USE 'EM IN SCANNERS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO WE'RE DOING GOOD. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD ANSWER 'EM, BUT I'LL TRY. IT IS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE START AND THE SETUP AND GETTING IT GOING. AND YOU KNOW, INITIALLY PEOPLE PROBABLY GOING TO, UH, THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY'VE BEEN REDIRECTED. AND OF COURSE THEY'LL, I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY THIS POOR FOLKS HAVE TO NOW GO BACK. THEY'LL HAVE A SIGN OVER HERE, THEY'LL START OUT THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO CLERK'S OFFICE, THEN THEY'LL COME OVER HERE AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK TO, BUT IT'LL BE FINE. IT'LL ONLY BE TWO WEEKS. THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THE, UH, REPORT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. DO HAVE A SECOND? MR. ALLEN SECOND MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON, IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK POOL. OUR HR DIRECTOR LAURIE, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING PROPERTY RENEWAL OF QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION COUNTY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UM, I THINK EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED THE BREAKDOWN LIST OF THE INDIVIDUAL, UM, MACHINERY OR PROPERTY IN EACH PRECINCT AS WELL AS THE, UM, LIST OF BUILDINGS I SENT TO , UM, FOR REVIEW TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY, UH, UPGRADES OR MAJOR RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDINGS. UM, AS WELL AS, UM, I SENT, UH, TIM, I THINK THE SHERIFF'S EQUIPMENT LIST FOR, SINCE THAT THE SHERIFF'S BEEN OUT, UH, THE LIST IS DUE BACK TO TAG ON THE 31ST AS WELL AS THE QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH WE'RE WORKING THROUGH. SO IT'S JUST FOR CONSIDERATION AND, UM, FOR THEM TO DO THE RENEWAL. I HAVE A QUESTION ANSWER. I'M SORRY THAT I WAS INSTRUCTED BY NO NEED TO BE SURE TO TALK MORE INTO THE MICROPHONE. UH, I WANT TO KEEP IT UP, BUT, UH, I NOTICED SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE A REALLY HIGH NUMBER ON IT AND IT'S NOT WORTH, ARE WE, ARE WE SAYING REPLACEMENT COSTS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF THE NUMBERS, I DUNNO IF THEY'RE GOING BY MACHINERY OR MACHINERY. I DUNNO. WHO USING, I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT NONE THAT MUCH MONEY. OKAY. WELL, I ACTUALLY ALSO, UM, TOOK AND WENT TO CASSIE AND GOT A LISTING OF MACHINERY AND THE VALUE THAT SHE HAS AND I'M GONNA CHANGE THE VALUE SHE HAS AND I GUESS I CAN, UH, CONSULT WITH THEM TO FIND OUT BECAUSE YOU, BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE INSURED BASED ON THE VALUE. YES. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT RATE THAT WE'RE INSURED FOR, BECAUSE [00:30:01] THAT INCREASES OUR RATES. YEAH, I I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS LACKED BECAUSE SOME OF OUR STUFF IS KIND OF LIKE ANTIQUE AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO AN ANTIQUE CAR, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO THROUGH ANTIQUE BROKERS, REGISTER FOR $40,000, BE WORTH $40,000, BUT RENT WITH A REGULAR INSURANCE COMPANY OUT MAKE 2000. YES. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE EXACTLY. BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING, IF WE'VE GOT A PIECE OF MACHINERY WORTH 350, SAY IT'S WORTH THREE 50, BUT IT'S REALLY ONLY WORTH 80. TRUE. I ANOTHER EXAMPLE 15, THERE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A JOHN DEERE MOTOR GRADER, UM, IN PRECINCT FOUR , UH, IT WAS LAST YEAR LISTED. THAT'S NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE. LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. UM, THE, THE 20, WELL BOMAC IN PRECINCT THREE WAS LISTED ON THEIRS AT 330,000. THE VALUE THAT WE HAVE LISTED AS 218,000. YEAH. SO YES, IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE VALUE, I'M GONNA LET TACK KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE RATED AND THE COST WILL BE RATED ON THAT 218,000 HEY, ON BALL. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. SURE. SO THAT, I JUST NEED THOSE BACK IN VERIFYING THAT THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE IN YOUR PRECINCT. YEAH. OKAY. WE DO. OKAY. WE HAVE ANY, DO WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION, UH, TODAY? I MEAN, OTHER THAN YOU NEED BACK BY THE 31ST, JUST APPROVING THAT. WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE QUESTIONNAIRE. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ALRIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION. MR. PHILLIPS SECOND. MR. ALLEN, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR SAY AYE. SO, ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS TO, UH, PRESENT AND KIND OF DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE ANNEXATION. DO YOU WANT COME UP AND KIND OF TELL US WHERE YOU ARE ON EVERYTHING? YOU GOT A LOT GOING ON. WE DONE YET? WE WERE GOOD. YEAH, WE ACTUALLY, UH, FOR, FORGOT THAT THEY ALL HAVE A MEETING TODAY. SO WE ACTUALLY HAD THIS EMPTY OUT YESTERDAY, SO WE PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER LAST NIGHT. BUT YEAH, SO BASICALLY AS WE'RE ON SCHEDULE, ACTUALLY WE'RE, WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. UM, AS OF TODAY WE WILL HAVE ALL THE FURNITURE REMOVED FROM HERE. UM, ONLY THING LEFT IS THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT TAX OFFICE AND MISS THERE UP FRONT IN THIS COURTROOM. SO AS, AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE HERE, WE'RE GONNA LOAD THIS ALL UP AND PUT IT OUT THERE. AND I THINK THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE DONE TODAY AROUND FOUR 30, WE'LL FINISH GETTING ALL THEM OUT HERE. SO IT'LL ACTUALLY BE EMPTY TODAY. AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT WORK WILL ACTUALLY BE OUT ON MONDAY? NO, SIR. THEY WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE 10 DAYS, THE 10 DAYS STATE NOTIFICATION. SO, UM, THE 29TH THEY'LL BE HERE TO START THE ASBESTOS REMOVAL. OKAY. UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE, HE'S SAYING HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE DONE FRIDAY, BUT HE'S, HE'S TAKING SATURDAY JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. SO SUNDAY ACTUALLY BE THE ONLY DAY THAT WE'RE DOWN WITH NOTHING GOING ON HERE. AND THEN MONDAY, UM, TURBAN WILL START THE INSTALLATION OF THE CARPET AND I'VE HELD THEM TO A THREE DAY INSTALLATION. SO IT'LL BE DONE IN THREE DAYS. OKAY. START MOVING. RIGHT. SO THANK YOU. THURSDAY OF WHICH IS FOUR SIX, WE'LL START PUTTING ALL THE FURNITURE BACK IN. SO WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET ALL THE FURNITURE BACK IN. AND WE DID. IT'S BEEN A PAIN FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING. I MEAN, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THAT INCLUDES WHATEVER OFFICE IN HERE. AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S BEEN COOPERATIVE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, WELL WE'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS. YEAH, I REALLY SMOOTH YESTERDAY. IT IS WHAT IT IS. EVERYBODY'S BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL. YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY ALL WANT TO, THEY WANNA SEE THE OUTCOME OF THIS ANYWAY. YEAH. IT'S GONNA BE BETTER. RIGHT. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU MIGHT WANNA MENTION TOO IS THAT WHEN WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR, WE PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO PAINT THE EXTERIOR OF THIS BUILDING. AND, UH, THAT WILL BE COMING UP LATER ON. YES, YOUR HONOR. AND WE'RE DONE. WHEN WE'RE DONE DOING THE EXPANSION IN THIS ROOM, WE'LL REPAINT THE GROUND. WE'VE GOT AN ENGINEER WORKING ON THE PLANS ON DRAWING CURRENT OR THIS, THIS ROOM. YES, SIR. ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE MENTION TO ME, UH, ABOUT, OR, OR SOMETHING TO WANTING US TO CONSIDER IS TAKING DOWN THE METAL, UH, OVER THE WINDOWS. OVER THE WINDOWS. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, A BAD IDEA OR WHAT, WHAT IT GETS US INTO. BUT I'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE [00:35:01] BUSINESSES ON THE SQUARE THAT ARE PAINTING ON UPGRADING THEIR BUSINESSES WHENEVER THEY, WHEN THE CITY STARTS, THE RENOVATION OF THE DOWNTOWN SIDEWALKS AND PARKING, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN MAY NOW. I THINK IT'S BEEN PUSHED TO, TO MAY. THAT'S THE LAST I HEARD. MAY. YEAH. AND SO, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT SOMETHING WE'RE NOT GONNA DECIDE TODAY, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME PROS AND CONS OF THAT. UH, SO I DON'T DISAGREE. YOU KNOW, IT MAKES IT, IT LOOKS LIKE, OH, IT LOOKS LIKE A PRISON OUT THERE WITH THEM, THINGS ON THE WINDOWS. SO I THINK IF THIS IS NOT A HISTORICAL BUILDING, THEN YOU, WE WON'T BE HELD. IT'D BE, IT'LL BE OVER TO US. OH, THANK GOODNESS. YEAH. IT'S NOT, THE ONLY THING HOLDING US BACK IS US. YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE CHECKING ON THAT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S GOING BE INVOLVED AND SURE. IF WE CAN TAKE THEM DOWN OR, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW HEAVY THEY ARE. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A, UH, YOU KNOW, A CRANE OR SOMETHING. COMMISSIONER BARBER'S ALWAYS WILLING TO LOAN US HIS, HIS BUCKET TRUCK. ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION? ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO I THINK THAT OBJECT ALARM, IT MAY HAVE BEEN. UH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT, IF IT'S NOT THERE, THE SOUND CAN KEEP EVERYBODY AWAKE, SO. OH, OKAY. I JUST, BUT I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET THERE AND START LOOKING AT IT, IT MAY BE MORE INVOLVED THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO IT'S KIND OF A, KIND OF UPDATED, BUT IT CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE PAINT THE EXTERIOR BUILDING. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THE, I THINK THEY, THEY HAVE SOME DOWN DOWNTOWN. YEAH. COLORS. PAINT COLORS. EXACTLY. YEAH. THEY GAVE ME A BOOKLET OF COLORS THAT WE CAN PICK FROM. SO I'LL BRING THAT TO Y'ALL AND LET Y'ALL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. OKAY. AND AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE GOING BACK WITH A PAINT THAT WILL NOT FADE. I MEAN THIS PAINT, THIS PAINT PUT ON YEAH. BACK WHAT, 10 YEARS AGO IS JERRY AND IT REALLY HAS MADE, I MEAN, IT'S NOT VERY PRETTY. ANYBODY GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO, SIR. I HAVEN'T GOT THAT YET. UM, I'M WAITING ON THE DRAWINGS TO COME BACK AS SOON AS WE GET THE DRAWING. WE DID. WE FINALLY EXECUTED, FINALLY EXECUTED THE PURCHASE OF IT. LISA DID. AND LISA, WE GOT TO BE, GOT THE ARCHITECT SIGNED UP, STARTED WORKING TOGETHER OUT A GROUP FROM, UH, AUSTIN. AUSTIN, A GROUP FROM CORN. UH, AND HE'S ALSO DOING THE PLANS ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL. WE SIGNED OKAY. MOVING ALONG. MOVING OUT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? THANK YOU. BOB, GO AHEAD. BEFORE WE GET OUTTA HERE. UM, COMMISSIONER HUNT AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THAT CULVERT FIXED OUT THERE ON 1388 RIGHT. OR I'M SORRY, ON 34 AT THE OLD JAIL ON 34. RIGHT. SO, UH, PER THE CITY STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO A CONCRETE CULVER WITH CONCRETE END CAPS. THEY WERE DROPPED OFF YESTERDAY. CITY STANDARDS OR SHAPE STANDARDS. CITY, CITY, CITY. WE, I GUESS THE CITY'S NOW ADOPTED TO WHERE ANYTHING IN THE CITY OF WOMEN'S CO AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THEM TO GET A PERMIT AND THEN THEY GO TO THE STATE. BUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION ARE THE CITY STANDARDS IS THIS CONCRETE NOW. SO, BUT IT'S A LOT OF LEVEL WORK JUST FOR, BUT WE, WE FINALLY GOT THE PERMIT. IT'S DONE. MIKE ORDERED THE CULVERT EQUIPMENT, THE CULVERT AND THE END CAPS. IT'S SITTING OUT THERE NOW. AND MONDAY THEY'RE GONNA START INSTALLING THAT NEW CULVERT OUT THERE. OKAY. AND AS SOON AS THAT'S DONE, WE WILL WE'LL SRAP THE PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW. IT'S CHAOS OUT THERE. YEAH. THE PARKING LOT NEEDS TO BE PROFESSIONALLY STRIP GUESS SO WE CAN DO THAT. I'M SURE YOU WOULD ACCEPT ANY HELP ANYBODY SEND YOU. GOT IT. ALRIGHT. GOOD. ALRIGHTY. THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, TO DISCUSS. AND THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 12. THAT'S TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RECEIVING THE FILING OF A PETITION FOR THE DISILLUSION OF KAMAN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 3 83 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO FOLKS HERE WITH US, I BELIEVE. UH, THIS IS IN [00:40:01] PRECINCT TWO, AND WE HAVE MATTHEW SHARM, UH, HE'S BACK HERE. THE BACK IS MATTHEW. OKAY. IS AND THEN, UH, CLAY CRAWFORD. UH, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD. I'M CRAWFORD. I'M WITH THE FIRM OF CRAWFORD IN GEORGIA. OKAY. AND, UH, WE REPRESENT VIRGINIA COUNSEL FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. AND WE'RE HERE TODAY MAKING A REQUEST THAT IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE NOT HEARD BEFORE IN CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE THAT COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT SPECIAL DISTRICTS. THEY WANT YOU TO CREATE SPECIAL DISTRICTS HERE. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DISSOLVE THIS DISTRICT. UM, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OR PROCEDURE SET OUT IN SECTION FOR 83 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH IS THE STATUTORY OF, UH, WHICH IS THE STATUTE THAT GOVERNS THE DISTRICT'S OPERATION. THE REASON THAT WE'RE FILING THIS PETITION IS THIS COURT CREATED THIS DISTRICT IN 1996. UH, LATER, UH, IN THAT YEAR, UH, THERE WAS AN ELECTION TO CONFIRM THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS TO ALL RISE OF A HALF SINCE SALES TAX. SO THAT HAPPENED OVER 20 YEARS AGO. AND AS OF TODAY, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A PROJECT DONE BY THIS DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT IS TO FUND PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE TOURS AND DISTRICTS OF THE COUNTY. SO IN 20 YEARS, THERE'S NOT BEEN A PROJECT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN. AND THE BOARD IS, IS UNAWARE OF ANY POTENTIAL PROJECT THAT COULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD. AND, UH, AS BEST WE CAN TELL, THE MAJORITY OF THE LAND AND DISTRICT IS EITHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL OR FLOODPLAIN OR FARMLAND. AND SO THE BOARD HAS MADE DETERMINATION THAT, UH, THERE IS NO DEBT. THEY'VE NEVER ISSUED ANY DEBT, UH, AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE FEASIBILITY OF DOING A PROJECT THAT'S VERY IMPRACTICAL. AND SO THE BOARD HAS MADE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS AND, UH, HAS, UH, AUTHORIZED ME TO FILE THIS PETITION, UH, WITH THE COURT, WHICH I'LL GET TO YOUR, UH, COUNTY CLERK. UH, REALLY I'M HERE TO SIMPLY TO PRESENT THE PETITION, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF TO, UH, UH, TO DEVELOP A NOTICE FOR THE HEARING AND TO ESTABLISH A TIME AND DAY FOR A HEARING THAT, UH, UH, THAT, UH, WOULD COINCIDE WITH YOUR, YOUR MEETING SCHEDULE. SO, UM, I'M BASICALLY HERE TO PRESENT PETITION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. I GUESS THE DA'S OFFICE, Y'ALL HAVE, UH, YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, I, I BELIEVE HAVE WE'RE AWARE OF, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. CRAWFORD. SO WE'RE TRYING TO ALL, WE LOOK AT THE PETITION, WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH THE EFFORTS IN OUR OFFICE AND GET THE NEXT STEPS IN LINE, BASICALLY FOR NOTICE ISSUE OF NOTICE. AND, UM, THEN ON A CERTAIN DATE, 60 DAYS HEARING OR THE PUBLIC CAN BE INVOLVED TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST, FOR DISSOLUTION OF THE DEVELOPER DISTRICT. NUMBER ONE, AM I CORRECT THIS DISTRICT ALREADY HAS SOME SAME FAMILY HEALTH? YES, SIR. YES SIR. THIS DISTRICT, THE MAJORITY OF THE ENCOMPASSES MOVE. OKAY. AND OF COURSE, THAT'S A PRIMARILY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, PROJECT. NOW THERE IS SOME, UH, SOME, UH, A FLOODPLAIN AND I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME FARM IN, UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE USES OF THE PROPERTY, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT. AND THAT IS TO FUND PROJECTS TO PROMOTE VISITORS AND TOURISM TO THE, TO THE COUNTY. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS YES, SIR. ON THIS FOR SOME TIME. , DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO NO, I DON'T. THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. AGAIN, MATT BACK THERE, HE'S BEEN DOWN BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE WATER BOARD AND HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. ME AND MATT WORK TOGETHER ALL THE TIME. IT'S, IT'S GOOD. IT, ITS, I'M GLAD IT GOT BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT. MATT WAS JUST BRING PURPOSE, PURPOSE 130 OR $40,000 IN THE BANK ACCOUNT THAT'S THERE. UM, UH, IT'S TAKEN A BIT LONGER THAN, UH, WE WOULD LIKE, BUT WE DIDN'T CREATE THIS DISTRICT. WE WERE JUST HIRED ABOUT IN 2008. THE DISTRICTS MAYBE MET FIVE OR SIX TIMES. 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY JUST TO DO SOME FILINGS TO KIND OF KEEP IT STAND. BUT BASICALLY BEEN AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL FOR NO MANY, MANY YEARS. MATTER OF FACT, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS EVEN RAN OUT REAPPOINTED A BOARD. WE DID THAT. I REMEMBER DOING THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. WE REAPPOINTED A BOARD. UM, AND THERE'S JUST, IT'S JUST NOT OF USE FOR IT. SO I'M HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE. WILLIAM BOARD. AGREE. MATT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD IF YOU'D LIKE TO. THANK YOU. UM, NOT MUCH MORE. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMISSIONER SINCE I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. UM, AFTER [00:45:01] RESEARCHING IT AND EVEN GETTING WITH THE FORMER BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE TELLING ME WHAT THEIR PURPOSE WAS, JUST DIDN'T EXACTLY MAKE SENSE TO ME. AND AFTER PULLING SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM WINLOW FARMS, UM, THEY WERE IN GRAVES, THEY JUST DIDN'T SEE THE POINT OF HAVING THIS WATER FOR TOURISM. IF THERE'S NO AMUSEMENT, IF WE HAD THE GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAD, WE WOULD'VE GOT SOMETHING OUT OF IT. BUT, UH, NO, I MEAN BASICALLY IT'S JUST WHEN IT, IT TOOK THREE YEARS BASICALLY TO GET THIS FAR AND EVERYTHING. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND DISSOLVE IT AND, YOU KNOW, STOP IN THIS GOVERNMENT WASTE THAT, UH, THAT'S UH, DETERMINED TO BE DETERMINED, THEN I WOULD'VE AND THE OTHER WHAT PERCENT SALES TAXES GAR IT, IT, IT GOES TO THE STATUTE READ UNDER ASSETS, FUNDS, PROPERTY GOES TO THE COMMISSION COURT. BUT OKAY, SO WHEN YOU STOP COLLECTING THE SALES TAX YES, SIR. IS THAT THEN, OR GOES AWAY? GOES AWAY, GOES AWAY, GOES BACK TO THE, WE JUST WANT THE PUBLIC WOMEN FARMS WANTS PUBLIC HEARING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THAT MONEY GOES AS WELL. IT WAS COLLECTED WOMEN FARM FOR, TO KEEP IT IN IT. BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, IT'S A LEAD DISTRICT. SO OBVIOUSLY THE LEAD DISTRICT CAN'T GET THE MONEY. BUT WE ARE OKAY WITH DOING IT THROUGH FIRST RESPONDERS, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AMBULANCE, EMERGENCY VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT SERVICE US ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE DON'T, WE DON'T FEEL THAT THEY GET ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, OUT OF IT. SO WE THINK THAT SHOULD GO TO AT LEAST THEM IN OUR AREA, THAT OUR OPINION. SURE. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE YOU LIKE? I, I WOULD JUDGE, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY TO THIS DISTRICT. WHEN IT WAS CREATED, IT WAS TO BE THE FINANCING VEHICLE FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OUT IN THAT AREA. UH, AS A RESULT OF SOME LITIGATION, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION, UH, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WAS NOT THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE, OF THE DISTRICT. AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS SORT OF PUT ON THE SHELF AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAD THE SERIES OF FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICTS TO TAKE OVER SOME INFRASTRUCTURE. ALRIGHT. THIS IS THE THE FIRST STEP THAT HAS TO BE DONE AND OUR ATTORNEYS EVIDENTLY ARE RIGHT ON BOARD. SO APPRECIATE YOU HANDLING IT IN THE THANK YOU. SO DO I, DO I HAVE A MOTION CONSIDERING, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. YOU HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN THAT, UH, CONCERNING THE FILING OF THE PETITION, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE NOW, AND, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ASSIGNING THE MEMORIAL DESIGNATION TO THE TRINITY RIVER BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 34 AS THE STAFF SERGEANT ROBERT E COCHRANE MEMORIAL BRIDGE IN MEMORIAL OF ROBERT E COCHRANE AND PROVING THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE SAME. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS ONCE, IN FACT, WE'VE ALREADY PASSED ONE RESOLUTION, BUT WE GOT WORD BACK FROM, UH, TDOT THAT, UH, WE NEEDED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND SO THEY HAVE ADDED A, UH, A PARAGRAPH, UH, UH, THAT THEY SUGGESTED, SUGGESTED THAT WE, UH, APPROVE. AND THE NEXT STEP IS, IS, UH, THEY'VE ALSO GOT TO HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE ELLIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT SINCE THIS IS ON THE, THE, THE, THE BRIDGE OR ON THE RIVER. AND SO I WILL BE TALKING WITH JUDGE BUSH DOWN THERE, UH, AND TALKING ABOUT, UH, TRYING TO, TRYING TO GET THIS, UH, UH, THEIR SUPPORT FOR DOING SO. I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY ISSUE, BUT THAT'S THE NEXT STEP. AND IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S, UH, IT'S A BRIDGE THAT WE SHARED WITH, UH, ELLIS COUNTY. SO ANDY, DID I GET ANYTHING ELSE? UH, OKAY, SO YOU HAVE A COPY. WE NEED TO GET SIGNATURES, UH, ON, UH, ALL FOUR COPIES OF THIS. YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, RESOLUTION AND, UH, I BELIEVE THE LA IN THE LAST PART OF THAT, WHAT THEY ASKED, UH, WHERE IT SAYS NOW THERE FOR, SO WE HAVE THE RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. AND YOU I KNOW HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS AND UH, WE JUST, WE JUST NEED MAKE THE MOTION AND WE'LL GET YEAH. AND, AND MAYBE THE COMMISSIONER OVER THERE. I DON'T WHO THAT IS. YOU MAY. I DO. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO YOU MAKE THIS INFORMAL MOTION. I DO. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, BARBER, ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN, UH, IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING EXHIBIT F RESOLUTION OF [00:50:01] GOVERN BODY FROM THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WELL, STATE BANK AND THE COUNTY ROAD BRIDGE NUMBER, PRECINCT NUMBER ONE FOR THE D UH, DEMO BOAG 2015, I BELIEVE. UH, MPH 360 4. SO, UH, KAREN, IS THAT, UH, YOURS OR IS THAT COMMISSIONER HUNT'S WHO WANTS TO TALK COMMISSIONER HUNT? WE, UH, WE HAD SENT IT TO LEGAL COUNSEL BUT HAVEN'T CHECK IT SINCE. IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT AND, UH, THE DA'S OFFICE HAD SOME CHANGES THEY WANTED TO MAKE. OKAY. DO, UH, KAREN, YOU WANT COME AND SPEAK TO THAT? AND I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE COULD THEY, IF WE APPROVED IT SUBJECT TO THE CHANGES? UH, SO WE DON'T DELAY, UH, WE BASICALLY, WHAT, WHAT REALLY OCCURRED IS IN THE EQUIPMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH WE STATE BANK FOR THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THEY, UM, HAD AS, AS AN EXHIBIT A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT BEFORE, UM, LAURA OR JUDGE WOOD, THE COUNTY CLERK JUDGE WOOD SIGNED IT, THAT, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EXACT RESOLUTION LANGUAGE CAME BEFORE THE COURT AND, UM, IT'S EXHIBIT F TO THAT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. AND BASICALLY IT, IT, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH THAT WE, WHAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COURT INITIALLY WAS THE AGREEMENT OR THE, THE PASSING THROUGH LEASE OF THE PURCHASING AID AND COMMISSIONER HUNT TO PURCHASE THAT EQUIPMENT TO LEASE AND PURCHASE THAT EQUIPMENT. AND SO I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE REALLY WORKED WITH THIS PARTICULAR BANK AS THE, THE LESSER LEASER OF THE EQUIPMENT. AND SO THEY HAVE A REALLY, UM, DETAILED PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND EX AND EXHIBITS THAT THEY WANT US TO SIGN. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, SINCE, SINCE THIS EXHIBIT F THE RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY WAS NOT PER SE, AGREED TO AND ENTERED BEFORE. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE AS A RECORD THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT DID AGREE TO ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER THEM. BUT, UM, PRI PRIMARILY WHAT IT DOES IS IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE ISSUE OF, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COVENANT TO MEET ALL THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE, UM, I MEAN, AND I CAN READ IT IF YOU WANT. UM, BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S IN, I THINK IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. YEAH, I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A COPY OF THEIR CRIPT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IT IT'S A PRETTY GENERAL AGREEMENT. THERE'S NOT PROBLEMS THAT I SEE WITH ANYBODY SIGNING IT, BUT MAINLY WE JUST WANTED THE EXACT VERBIAGE TO BE IN THE COURT'S RECORD THAT IF, IF THE JUDGE AND THE COUNTY CLERK IS SIGNING SOMETHING THAT IT'S PRESENTED IN THE PAST BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS, IS THE REAL REASON WE'RE HERE. COMMENTS? YOU THEY'RE PRETTY STANDARD. THE WERE OF, WE HAVE ANY OTHER, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? ALL YOU'RE ASKING IS THAT ALRIGHT? YOU'VE HEARD THE REQUEST, UH, AND THE COMMENTS FROM OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, AND I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ENTER INTO THIS LEASE FOR BETWEEN, WELL STATE BANK, CAMAN COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE PRECINCT NUMBER ONE FOR THIS BOAG MACHINE. A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER HUNTER. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. THOSE OPPOSED. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW MS. MCLEOD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND GIVE YOUR UH, UH, AUDITOR'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 2017? GOOD MORNING. MORNING. WELL, WE'RE SITTING AT ALMOST 83% COLLECTING IN OUR GENERAL FUND FOR OUR BUDGET. UM, ABOUT 53 MORE THAN WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. AT THIS TIME, OUR EXPENDITURES ARE AT 14,000,005, WHICH IS ABOUT 25 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT OUR BUDGET IS SO FAR. SO OUR TAX REVENUES REALLY CAME IN GOOD THIS [00:55:01] YEAR. SO, UH, GENERAL, UH, THE, UH, ROAD AND BRIDGE, YOUR MONEY CAME IN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR. YOU'RE AT 7 MILLION OR LAST YEAR UP 6.2 MILLION. YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER, BUT THAT'S AS WELL THE INSURANCE IS AND ALL THE WRONG PAYMENT SYSTEM STUFF THERE. I STUFF BROKEN DOWN. YEAH. DOWN. SO, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION. HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT MR. CLOUD'S, UH, REPORT AND HAVE MOTION ON MR. ALLEN. THAT A SECOND? SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS THE LINE ITEM, UH, TRANSFERS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THE TRANSFERS OR BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE DID OR THAT WE RECOMMENDED TO BE DONE? WE HAD TO DO THAT FOR THE INSURANCE CHECK THAT WE RECEIVED. SO IT, UH, DO SOME OF THIS REMODELING STUFF, RIGHT? AND WE HOPE TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL CHECK, I BELIEVE AFTER WE GET THE COST ON. AND WE INCLUDED A COPY OF THE CHECK SO YOU KNOW, WE'D ALREADY RECEIVED IT. DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN HERE. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THE REPORT. A MOTION. ALRIGHT, MR. PHILLIPS MAKE THAT MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND COMMISSION? MOORE A SECOND MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE. NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT TO PAY THE BILLS. UH, YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE $669,964 AND 7 CENTS. 178,000 OF THAT FOR ROUGH MATERIALS PRECINCT ONE, THREE AND FOUR. UH, ROAD BOND EXPENDITURES WERE 127 AND A HALF. SO, UM, OTHERS ARE JUST, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE LIKE BETWEEN THE MINIMUM COST THAT WE PAY IN MONTHLY. SO THAT WAS, UM, YOU SEE YOUR, YOU LOOKED AT YOUR CHART. I HOPE YOU'RE STILL ENJOYING THOSE. SO IT KIND OF, IT KIND OF GIVES YOU SOMETHING. WHY IS THAT SO MUCH? YOU CAN START LOOKING. I APPRECIATE MORE INFORMATION YOU GIVE US, WHICH YOU'RE GIVING US NEW WAYS ALL THE TIME. I APPRECIATE BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS US KEEP, KEEP A BETTER TRACK. WELL IT GIVES YOU ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. IT DOES DID A GOOD JOB. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK I REALLY LIKE IT. MOTION. A MOTION. TAKE THE CLAIM FOR PAYMENT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN FOR SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS. ALL IN FAVOR STATE? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NOW WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE ADDENDUM THAT CAME IN A LITTLE LATE AND WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS SUCH IMPORTANT WE DIDN'T WANNA WAIT OUR NEXT BREAK MEETING. AND, UH, THIS IS A, UH, AN ADDENDUM TO THE, UH, FIRST, UH, MEETING THAT WE'RE ON. AND THIS KIND OF COMES FROM OUR INDIGENT HEALTH COORDINATOR. UH, AND IT IS CONCERNING, UH, APPROVING THE CONTRACT WITH IPM INTEGRATED PRESCRIPTION MANAGEMENT. DESIREE, THANK YOU, UH, FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS. MM-HMM . UH, WE'VE KIND OF GOT THE RUG PULLED OUT FROM UNDER, SO YOU WERE ON TOP OF IT AND TELL US WHAT YOUR SOLUTION IS. UM, A LOT OF OUR CORPORATE PHARMACIES HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH INDIVIDUALS AS FAR AS DISCOUNTS ON THE, UM, THE PRESCRIPTIONS, BUT THEY WILL DEAL THROUGH A THIRD PARTY. UH, THE PROBLEM WE RUN INTO IS A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS CANNOT TRAVEL TO OUR MOM AND POPS PHARMACIES, WHICH IS, WE HAVE ONE IN KIM AND ONE AT TERRELL. UM, SO, UM, WHAT WE'VE DECIDED IS TO SEE WHAT A THIRD PARTY HAD TO OFFER, UM, THE THIRD PARTY, IT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING TO GO INTO THE CONTRACT. THEY ACTUALLY, UM, GET THEIR MONEY THROUGH THE DISCOUNT PRESCRIPTION DRUG. THEY GET A PERCENTAGE OF IT. NONE OF OUR DRUGS WILL EVER GO OVER THE MEDICAID RATE, WHICH IS WHAT WE PAY NOW. AND WE WILL PROBABLY EVEN BE ABLE TO GET DISCOUNTS EVEN UNDER THAT, UNDER THAT. SO IT, IT IS GOING TO BE A BENEFIT FOR US. UM, THE, ALL OF THE COUNTIES SURROUNDING US, THEY'RE ON THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. UH, MOST OF THE INDIGEN HEALTHCARES ARE ON THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM AND IT'LL SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. UH, I'VE HAD REBECCA, UH, SHE HAS, UM, LOOKED OVER THE CONTRACT AND KAREN, THEY HAD A FEW ISSUES. UM, THEY'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH. I THINK THEY FINALLY GOT THE FINAL DRAFT YESTERDAY ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK. [01:00:01] UM, BUT UH, DOES EVERYTHING LOOK GOOD REBECCA? YEAH, IT DOES LOOK GOOD. IPM WAS EXTREMELY, UM, HELPFUL GOING BACK AND FORTH. WE TURNED IT AROUND IN ABOUT TWO DAYS, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS WITH BIG LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATED THAT. UH, I KNOW CODY FIELDS, OUR SALES REP WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, HE'S COMING OUT TO VISIT WITH US, UM, NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY OR SOMETHING THURSDAY. SO IF HE BRINGS ANY NEW INFORMATION WE CAN CERTAINLY RELAY THAT TO YOU GUYS. BUT AT THIS TIME, UM, WITH THE RATES AS HIGH AS THEY ARE, DESIREE AND I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND GOING AHEAD AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT TO DROP THOSE UH, PRICES FOR THE COUNTY. AND IT MAY BE EVEN BETTER PRICES FROM WHAT WE WERE GETTING. YES, CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. UM, SOMETIMES UM, THEY WERE TELLING US, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS DON'T MAKE SENSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO Y'ALL GET PAID OR ANYTHING. BUT, BUT THEY, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF THE DISCOUNTED PRESCRIPTIONS THAT WE ALREADY RECEIVED. THEY STILL MAKE MONEY OFF. SOMETIMES THEY LOSE, SOMETIMES THEY GAIN. UM, I WAS GONNA ALSO SAY IF ONE OF YOU, UM, COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO SIT THROUGH THE JUDGE, IT'S GONNA BE OUT TOWN. IF Y'ALL LIKE TO SIT THROUGH THE MEETING WITH YOU AND REBECCA AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT AND LISTEN TO LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER Y'ALL DO. SO ONE OF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. WHAT? UH, IT'S THURSDAY AT EIGHT 30 AND WE'RE GONNA MEET IN UH, JUDGE WOOD'S OFFICE. 'CAUSE IT'S NEW. HE'S LETTING US BORROW HIS OFFICE. YEAH, BE THERE. UH, DESIREE DID A LOT OF WORK AS FAR AS CHECKING AROUND WITH OTHER COUNTIES. SO I WAS, WE'RE DEFINITELY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THERE'S ONE COMPETITOR SERVICE, UM, PROVIDER AND UM, OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES ARE NOT CURRENTLY UTILIZING THEM, BUT DESIREE HAS AN EXISTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AS WELL. SO IF FOR ANY REASON WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS PROVIDER, WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE OVER TO THE OTHER, RIGHT. UM, BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND DEFINITELY BASED ON THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. SO, BUT HERE'S THE FINAL. I HAVE IT. I ONLY HAVE ONE COPY SO I APOLOGIZE AND I WAS PLANNING ON MAKING ANOTHER ONE, BUT ALL THE COPIERS WERE GONE. YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD. UM, SO WHO SHOULD I GIVE IT TO RIGHT NOW? THAT'S OKAY. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED EXTRA SIGNS. YEAH, AND I'LL GIVE IT TO ANGIE AND SHE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL GETS DONE. SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? YEAH. AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR THAT'S GOOD. DESIREE STAYS ON TOP OF. YES SHE DOES. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING UH, THIS ADDENDUM? MY I MOTION COMMISSIONER TO HAVE A SECOND, MR. PHILLIPS? ALL FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE FOLKS ALL, WE NOW NEED TO GO BACK TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. UH, AND THE LAST ITEM ON THAT IS THE, UH, ADJOURN SPECIAL MEETING. LET ME MAKE ONE COMMENT JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL KNOW. UH, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON APRIL 10TH RIGHT NOW, UNLESS SOMETHING, UH, GO RIGHT ON OUR RENOVATION DOWN HERE. UH, WE WILL BE MEETING UPSTAIRS AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE MEETING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS UNTIL THIS ROOM IS RENOVATED AND COMPLETED. UH, IT IS A BUSY ROOM, BUT WE'VE SET ASIDE, I MEAN, WE USE IT A LOT AND SO, BUT THAT WILL BE WHERE WE WILL BE CONDUCTING OUR, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETINGS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS UNTIL WE CAN GET THIS BUILDING READY TO GO. THE OTHER THING I'LL REMIND YOU THAT TOMORROW THERE'S A BIG HEALTH FAIR, HEALTH FAIR, WHICH IS GOING ON OUT AT THE, UH, COUNTY LIBRARY. UH, THERE'S SOME, UH, HANDOUTS BACK THERE. YOU CAN GET FREE BLOOD WORK, YOU CAN GET TESTED, SCREEN TESTED FOR SKIN CANCER. I MEAN THERE, THERE'S TONS OF VENDORS OUT THERE AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS THAT WORD AROUND DESIRE YOU ADD. UM, YESTERDAY WE HAD A COALITION MEETING AND WE FOUND OUT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE THAN 50 VENDORS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE. UH, IT'S MORE THAN JUST HEALTH SCREENING. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES AROUND THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION, UH, STAR TRANSIT, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS AROUND HERE. SO WE WOULD GREATLY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, IT'S FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. PLEASE COME OUT FOR YOUR FAMILIES. WE'RE GONNA HAVE NAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN. UH, CANDY GIVEAWAYS, RAFFLES. SO COME ON OUT AND JOIN US. YES. HOT DOGS, HAMBURGERS, I ABOUT ALL THAT. I WAS GONNA EMAIL THAT OUT, BUT I'M NOT THAT COMPUTER FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THERE'S A GUY THAT CAN FIX THAT PART. WELL, I GOT IT BACK. I FINALLY GOT IT BACK, BUT I CAN'T EMAIL IT TO EVERYBODY, SO THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T GO OUT. SO IF EVERYBODY WOULD MAYBE TAKE ONE TO THEIR DEPARTMENT AND HANG IT UP, THAT'D BE GOOD. WELL, MAYBE YOU CAN STILL EMAIL IT TODAY. I'M HOPING, BUT I'M NOT SURE THEY CAN GET THAT EMAIL DIS DISTRIBUTION LIST. OKAY. OKAY, SO THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE A MOTION. MOTION FOLKS, YOU RAISED YOUR HAND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO [01:05:01] ADJOURN. MR. PHILLIPS MAKE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER ALLEN, SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.