* 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. [00:00:38] MEETING OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION COURT. WE HAVE A FORUM THAT IS PRESENT AND UH, TODAY IS MONDAY, UH, JUNE THE 26TH. UH, AND WE'LL BEGIN HERE MOMENTARILY IF THERE IS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WISH TO ADDRESS. THERE ARE SOME FORMS HERE. I BELIEVE THERE. ITEM CALL THIS MORNING. WE HAVE A, A BIG CROWD AND THAT'S GOOD. WE HAVE HERE TODAY HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN. AND SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL ASK COMMISSIONER ALLEN IF HE WOULD, TO GIVE OUR INDICATION AND THEN YOU WILL JOIN. AND PLEASE, FATHER, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE NATION WHICH WE LIVED, AND THOSE WHO PROTECT US IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT IS AND ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER AS OUR LEADERS, WE MAKE THE LAWS AND THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO US, THAT AFFECT US ON A DAILY BASIS. AND AS WE TRY AND DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR THE COUNTY HERE, ALWAYS GIVE US THE WISDOM TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US WITH TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR US. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON WHO DIED COURSE AND SOLY THROUGH HIM. WE CAN HAVE A HOPE FREE ETERNITY WITH YOU. AND JUST NAME WE PRAY SUPER FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS FOR MY NATION OF GOD AND INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON HONOR TEXAS FLAG. I ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. SORRY. ALRIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS ON THE AGENDA? PLEASE GET THOSE IN. AND THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPOND, WHICH I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. COMMISSIONER, DO YOU WANT TO MENTION THIS? UH, US FLAG ETIQUETTE? UH, YEAH. WELL WE HAVE, UH, THROUGH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HAVE BOXES IN SUB COURTHOUSE AND HERE AT THE ANNEX SO THAT ANYONE CAN PUT THEIR TATTERED UNITED STATES FLAG IN SO THEY COULD BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY. THEY'VE BEEN SHIPPED, THEY SHOULD BE HERE THIS WEEK. AND AS SOON AS WE DO, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. AND I WANTED TO GIVE THE FEEL OF THE PRESS RELEASE ON IT SO THAT WAY THE BOY SCOUTS AND THE D JUDGES CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO GOOD WAY TO SHOW RESPECT TO THE FLAG. IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS THERE. UH, ONE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FROM FARMLAND'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE FOR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION TO SELL THESE CROSS COUNTY ROAD 2 43, WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3,600 FEET SOUTHWEST OF PORT ROAD IN KAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT THREE. AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MAP THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED UP FOR YOU. UH, AND THEN ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, NEW INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, CITY OF OAK GROVE FOR ROAD A MAINTENANCE. AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT AS WELL IN INDEED YES, IN THE PACKET. DO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE, THOSE TWO ITEMS? NOT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. COMMISSIONER BALLER MAKES THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER HUNT SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A, THOSE POST ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF CEDARVILLE REGARDING ITS INTENT TO ANNEX PROPERTY, WHICH INCLUDES 0.07 MILE IN PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR. COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. WE HAVE, AND WITH THE DA'S OFFICE AND THE CONFERENCE CITY MANAGER, SENIOR SECRETARY THERE, THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE OVER THAT SECTION OF ROW SINCE IT'S REALLY USED BY THEM MORE THAN US. AND IT'S RIGHT THERE BY THEM. AND THEY AGREED TO TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS SECTION OF ROAD. IT'S ONE. I'M SURE YOU THEY DELIGHTFULLY. I HATE TO GIVE IT UP. I IT'S KIND OUTTA THE WAY UP, HUH? I'M GLAD THAT GIVEN YEAH, IT NEEDED TO BE AND IT'S IN THERE LIMITS. SO DO [00:05:01] I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? SO MOTION COMMISSIONER ALLEN A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS FROM THE, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PRESENT THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR COLLECTION INTRUSION PROB. AND I BELIEVE, UH, YOU ARE HERE. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE THAT, UM, FOR MAY. OUR TOTAL DEPOSITS, UM, OUR COLLECTIONS WERE SIX 2009 36, UM, DISBURSEMENTS DUE, UH, FOR MAY ARE 5,629 CIRCUIT COURT DISBURSEMENTS MADE ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT, UM, WERE COLLECTED IN APRIL FOUR, FIVE. AND THEN THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THE REPORT AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE? VERY THANK YOU. THANK VERY MUCH. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY APPROVAL BY THE COURT. WE ACCEPT. SO THANK YOU. WE PRAY FOR YOU LIVING WITH YOU HAVE. ALRIGHTY. UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO, UH, FOR US RAMP RELOCATION PROJECT BETWEEN KAMAN COUNTY AND MICHAEL, UH, BAKER AND THE AMOUNT OF $10,000. THIS, SO YOU HAVE A MEMO ON THIS, I BELIEVE FROM UH, ITS AND, UH, JOHN STER EXPLAINING THE NEED FOR THIS. UH, THIS IS, UH, LEAD IN YOUR ING SCHEME. YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS GO THROUGH THERE THIS WEEKEND, MAKING PROGRESS. ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING MS. ALLEN? THINK I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ON THIS OUT. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. YES, SIR. MR. SECOND MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT, MR. OAKFIELD. UH, WE'LL NOW PRESENT THE, UH, TREASURER'S REPORT AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT. UH, MR. OAKFIELD, COULD WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW MR. ROBERTSON IN AMERICAN NATIONAL TO GET ON WITH THIS DAY NUMBER? WE, YES. UH, YEAH, WE CAN. I SEE STEVE BACK THERE. SO, WE'LL, IT'S YOUR REQUEST. MOVE TITLE NUMBER SEVEN. AND SO THAT IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER A TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF THE FOUR YEAR POSITORY CONTRACT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL BANKS, WHICH EXPIRES ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2017. AND STEVE AND I, UH, HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, EXTENDING THAT, UM, A MONTH AGO. SO THEY'VE HAD TIME TO TALK INTERNALLY AND FOR A MUTUAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE A REALLY RECOLLEC AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE DOES ALLOW FOR THIS TWO YEAR EXTENSION, UH, FROM MY FRIEND IN OLA COUNTY. UH, I'VE GOT, UH, THE, THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE PURCHASING AGENT TO USE TO, TO EXECUTE THIS. HOW ARE WE DOING THAT WHEN IT WAS BID OUT FOUR YEARS AGO UNDER RFP SEVEN 13 OR A FOUR YEAR TERM? THERE AGAIN, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ALLOWS A TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF THESE FOUR YEAR CONTRACTS. HOW, WHENEVER IT WAS ACTUALLY BID OUT WITH THE TERMS OF EITHER A TWO YEAR OR A FOUR YEAR TERM. CORRECT. AND IT WAS BID OUT, IT WAS ACTUALLY DONE FOR FOUR YEARS. CORRECT. AND HAS IT BEEN EXTENDED ALREADY? BEEN EXTENDED ONCE? YES. IT'S ALREADY BEEN EXTENDED ONCE. SO THAT EXTENSION HAS ALREADY OCCURRED, STEVE. SO IT WAS A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT, IT WAS A TWO YEAR OR A FOUR YEAR. IT WAS THE CHOICE OF PATRICK WAS BID OUT AND IT WAS, SO WE, WE ELECTED A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT. I'M ASSUMING SO BECAUSE IT SAID TWO YEAR FOUR. SO WE ELECTED A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT. AND ON A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO ONE, TWO, IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH OUR OFFICE. CORRECT. AND LEGAL BEFORE WE JUST AGREE THIS? ABSOLUTELY. YOU WANT ME, JUST WANT, REBECCA, HAVE YOU GUYS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS? BECAUSE I HAVE NOT AT ALL. SO AGAIN, YOU WANNA MAKE THE COURT AWARE, WE WANNA START THESE DISCUSSIONS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TABLE THAT ITEM? SO WE'LL GO BACK AND RESEARCH AND MAKE SURE, I BELIEVE THE, UH, PURCHASING AGENT HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH ON [00:10:01] THIS AND, BUT I'M OF THE IMPRESSION, STEVE, THAT WE'VE ALREADY EXTENDED ONCE MAY BE WRONG, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW THE, FOLLOW THE STATUTE, THEN WE'VE GOT TIME TO DO THAT. RIGHT. AND AGAIN, I, I DO FOLLOW THE STATUTE. OKAY. AND WE MAY BE, BUT SINCE WE HAVE, YEAH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE COURT AWARE SO WE'RE FULLY TRANSPARENT. WE'LL START WORKING WITH ORGANIZATION. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE, UH, ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECONDS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS YOURS CONCERNING THE MONTHLY BEFORE. GOOD MORNING. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TRADE REPORTS IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THE GENERAL FUND CASH THAT IS AN AMERICAN NATIONAL BEGAN THE MONTH 4 MILLION 3 97, 2 75 60. WE HAD THE PROCEEDS OF 2 MILLION ONE TEN TWO SEVENTEEN FIFTY THREE AND DISBURSEMENTS OF 2 MILLION 9 74, 7 84 90 ENDING BALANCE THAT RECOGNIZ 3 MILLION 2 7 0 8 23. AND FOLLOWING THAT SAME YOU CAN SEE OF THE FUND 10, WHAT WE HAVE AT TECH POOL AND THE TECH POOL INVESTMENT PRODUCED 10,000 8 57 25 IN INTEREST GIVING ITS ENDING VIOLENCE FOR 11 9 76. 9 12 9 7. AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE, UH, FIRST ROUND OF ROAD BOND MONEY THAT REMAINS 1 28, THAT AMERICAN NATIONAL 3 MILLION 4 35, 21 61. AND THE SECOND ROUND OF ROAD BONDS, THAT'S A TEXT POOL, UH, 23 7 9, INTEREST IN MARK MAY. SO IN ANY VIOLENCE OF 26. AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, DISTRIBUTION, THE ALLOCATION OF THE INTEREST EARNED AT AMERICAN NATIONAL, UH, ON OUR CASH ACCOUNT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THERE? AND YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE PACK IS WHAT WE NORMALLY ENCOUNTER AND UH, I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU, UM, TODAY'S, UH, VIOLENCES. UH, AS OF TODAY AT AMERICAN NATIONAL, WE STILL HAVE 1,000,030 3000 OH 83 28 A, UH, IN THAT GENERAL FUND. AND STEVE AND THE LAST PAGE OF THIS SUPPLEMENT, UH, OUR CURRENT TAX POOL, HIGHER PRIME RANGE IS 1.17. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK, ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT? THANK MR. OFIELD. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, MR. ALLEN SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? UH, RONNIE, ONE QUESTION. UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT TWO OR THREE MEETINGS AGO THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE A MEETING OF THE INVESTMENT. YOU LET US KNOW. YES SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT FOLLOW ON. YOU KNOW, I WENT TO THE 2017 COUNTY INVESTMENT ACADEMY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK, AND, UH, MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH A COUPLE OF THE PRESENTERS THAT HAD PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE THAT WE WANT TO INCORPORATE AND GOT GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THEM. SO JUDGE, I THINK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IT'LL BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOU AND OR NOT MEETING AND I BELIEVE HAVE A GREAT PACKET PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU. AND THE NEWS IS WITH WHAT WE'RE GETTING IN TAX POOL AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, WE'RE REALLY OTHER TREASURER SHARING. WE'RE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. VERY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER EIGHT AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS, UH, THE TAX ASSESSOR REPORT SAMPLES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND DUE TO YOUR, UH, IMMOBILITY SLIDE IMMOBILITY, WE'LL LET YOU REPORT FROM BACK THERE. OKAY. UH, AS OF, UH, MAY WE REFLECTED 90 A LITTLE, JUST A TAD BIT OVER 97%. UH, AND THEN, UH, OPPOSED TO 2016, [00:15:01] I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS 96%. BUT ANYHOW, WE'VE GOT, UH, ON THE CURRENT WE'VE, UH, $318,813 11 CENTS. WE HAVE LINKED, WHAT, 59,000 283 30 AND UH, THERE'S A DEFERRAL OF FOUR 7,000 926 92. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, IN THE ROAD BRIDGE, WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE COLLECTED 53,000 706 79. THERE'S 8 87, 79 57 DELINQUENT IN THAT. AND, UH, THEN WE, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $62,486 AND 36 CENTS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED. AND WE, THE DEFERRAL IS 74,000, NO, EXCUSE ME, $7,413 AND 35 CENTS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A ROLL BACK IN TAR OF 15 ACRES. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MS. GOOD REPORT. WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT. 98% HARD ON IT. THANK YOU. RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. UH, COMMISSIONER HUNT. SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE'RE ON TABLE ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, AT REQUEST OF THE, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. YOU'RE NOT QUITE FINISH BACK AND REVIEW. WE'RE FINISHED. OKAY. WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD AND I OKAY, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, SO THE WORK, YEAH, SO MY NOTES TABLE, SO I GUESS I DIDN'T HAVE AN UPDATED NOTE. WE TABLED IT, UH, LAST TIME WE WERE STILL WORKING ON A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE ANIMAL CONTROL DEPUTIES READ THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE THE CORRECTIONS ARE MADE THAT THEY WANT IT. AND SO WE DID THAT. THE ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY IS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UM, LIKED WHAT THE PROCEDURE TOLD BE AND THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO REALLY ADOPT THOSE PRETTY QUICKLY. PAM PORTER, UH, HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON IT AS WELL, BUT I SENT IT OUT ON FRIDAY. HAS ANYONE HAD TIME TO REVIEW IT OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? IT'S, UM, IT'S BEEN SINCE 2009 SINCE WE REVAMPED IT. SO WE JUST KIND OF CROSS CHECKED ALL THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UPDATED AND THEN ANY OF THE ADMIN CODE THAT WAS UPDATED AND WE WENT WITH ONE YEAR FOR RABIES FOR DOGS AND CATS. SO SHERIFF BEAVERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YOU'RE GOOD TO GO? NO, SIR. WE'RE GOOD. I TROUBLE AT IT. THE OTHER ONES OUT THERE ENFORCING IT FOR US. SO, UH, I THINK WITH THE WORK OF THE DA'S OFFICE, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN ENFORCING IT. I THINK IT'S THE BEST OUTPUT FOR THE COUNTY, MAINTAINING THE RABIES, EVERYTHING. SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH IT. ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, SHERIFF OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO NOT TABLE, BUT TO APPROVE THE UPDATED? UH, MR. ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION. HAVE SECOND, SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. TO DISCUSS PURCHASE FOR PRECINCT THREE, GOLDEN BRIDGE OF MO UNIT AT 189,000, UTILIZING THE BY BOARD CONTRACT. UH, 1516, I BELIEVE. UH, 5 15 16. I'M SORRY. YES SIR. THIS WAS BROUGHT BY PRECINCT THREE COMMISSIONER, UH, NEED, NEED TO UPGRADE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. VERY EXPENSIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT , BUT HE IS ON DUE DILIGENCE. HE IS FOUND ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY A DEMO UNIT, THEREFORE THERE'S NOT REALLY, WE CAN GET PRICES ON NEW ONES, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A, A FAIR COMPARISON ON DEMOS, BUT, UH, IT SATISFIES THE BY BOARD AND UH, CO-OP WHERE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO OUT FOR FORMAL BID. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? YOUR I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, UM, THE COMPANY WAS REAL GOOD ABOUT, UH, THEY ACTUALLY LOANED TO US FOR A WEEK, UH, AT NO COST. AND, UH, THE SAME IS AWESOME. I MEAN, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, BEFORE WE TAKE THREE TO FOUR, UH, PEOPLE TO, TO DO A PASSING JOB AND NOW WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE PERSON DOING IT AND HE'S DOING THREE TIMES WORK WITH THAT MACHINE. SO I, WE'VE GOT NEW EMPLOYEE THAT WE UH, MORE OR LESS WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT HIS MACHINE AND UH, HE'S TAKEN TO IT AND JUST, HE'S DOING GREAT WITH IT. SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH IT. GOOD PAYING CASH MONEY. YEP. THANK YOU. GOT IT. SO WE'RE PAYING. GOOD. GOOD. DO YOU UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO PUT THAT FORM? THE MOTION? YEAH, I MOTION THAT'LL HAVE MOTION FROM PERMISSION BARBER TO UH, UH, PURCHASE THIS PIECE [00:20:01] OF UH, UH, EQUIPMENT. I SECOND FILL A SECOND MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? UH, AND THEN ITEM NUMBER 11 THEN I'M GONNA SKIP AROUND A LITTLE BIT ON THE AGENDA, BUT ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER OPTION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY, UH, WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CODE 2 63 1 5 2. LISA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP STEP IN? AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE ACCUMULATED A LOT OF STUFF. IT NEEDS TO GO AWAY. MEANS WE BID OUT OR SOLD IN AUCTION WHERE WE CAN TURN IT INTO SOME REVENUE RECOUP SOME OF OUR MONEY THAT'S JUST LAYING AROUND. BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM FACILITIES, WE ARE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS OUT OF THE SOUTH CAMPUS AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOU COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUITE A BIT OF SURPLUS PROPERTY AS WELL. SO I WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET ON THAT. OKAY. I CAN ASK A QUESTION. SURE. WHENEVER WE POST ALL THIS STUFF, WHEN THEY TURN IT INTO YOU MM-HMM . CAN WE POST THAT INTERNALLY SO OTHER DEPARTMENTS CAN SEE WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE GETTING RID OF? SURE. JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, SHORT PERIOD, I MEAN WE'VE BEEN REASON WE CAN, UH, I GUESS WHAT I GENERALLY DO IS ONCE OUR AUCTION COMPANY GETS IT ONLINE, WE HAVE LIKE A FEW DAYS TO REVIEW IT TO, TO MAKE ANY CHANGES BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOES LIVE ONLINE. AND I GENERALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE YOU COMMISSIONERS AWARE MORE SO, BUT WE CAN ALSO SEND THAT OUT TO DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT SAY, HEY, THIS IS HERE FOR YOU. LOOK AT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE EASIEST. NO WAY. IF WE HAVE SOMETHING, WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING NEW, THERE'S SOMETHING SOMEONE CAN USE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. BECAUSE I CAN ASSURE YOU MOST OF THE STUFF, 90% OF THE, THE STUFF OUT AT THE SOUTH CASE DON'T BUY. YOU DON'T WANNA BUY THE STUFF I PUT IN THERE , BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT THERE STILL COULD BE SOME GOOD ITEMS. YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN WE HAD TO BUY A HALL TRAILER WHERE WE IN IN THE PAST IF THAT HAD BEEN ABLE TO LOOK, WE COULD HAVE PICKED IT UP FROM ANOTHER PRECINCT. SO I MEAN JUST STUFF LIKE THAT. SURE. YOU KNOW, BUT WE PRETTY MUCH TALK TO EACH OTHER, KNOW WHAT WE NEED AND STUFF. SO I THINK IT'D BE NICE FOR OTHER SMALLER FORMS, FILING CABINETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SURE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A DATE OR NO SIR. NOT A DATE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO GET IN A LOT OF THE FORMS RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD. ALRIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. COMMISSIONER ALLEN A SECOND. MR. BARBER SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH, NOW I'D LIKE TO MOVE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 21 AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION WITHIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. AND MR. OFIELD BE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THAT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, GIVE US YOUR INFORMATION ON THAT, I'D BE GLAD TO, GLAD TO HEAR YOU WELL, UH, AND I THANK YOU JUDGE AND I REALLY, UH, AM THANKFUL THAT, THAT WE'RE HAVING A GREAT DIALOGUE, UH, ABOUT THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S CLEAR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, APPOINTS THE, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSIONERS AND THAT WE ARE A PART OF THE COUNTY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THROUGH TIME AS THE WORK AT THE COURT FARM HAS PROGRESSED, THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT BEEN ADEQUATE COORDINATION WITH THE COURT IN A FORMAL SENSE. I THINK IN AN INFORMAL SENSE. YOU KNOW, WE TALK AMONG OURSELVES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF TEAMING UP TO ACCOMPLISH THE COUNTY'S GOALS. AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT WILL COME FAIRLY QUICKLY IS, UM, ON LAST THURSDAY WE MET WITH A, AN ARCHITECT, UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND ARCHITECT THAT'S BEEN ENGAGED. UM, AND THEN THIS ARCHITECT IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON THE RESTORATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S HOME. AND YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE, UM, UM, ABOUT A 13,500 COST FOR THE ARCHITECT WORK. SO WHETHER IT'S THIS ARCHITECT THAT DOES IT OR ANOTHER ARCHITECT THAT DOES IT, WE CAN SEE MORE OR LESS A VALUE THAT'S GONNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND THEN THE ARCHITECT INFORMED US THAT EH, IS EXPERIENCED. WE CAN THINK THAT MAYBE ON AN AVERAGE OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER, PER PER SQUARE FOOT OR THIS RESPIRATION WORK, UH, IF WE PAID CASH FOR EVERYTHING. SO ON ON THAT STRUCTURE, THAT WOULD BE A RANGE OF VALUES FROM 150,000 MAYBE UP TO 225,000. SO AGAIN, I THINK AS, AS THE WORK, UH, THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THE, THE, UM, UH, [00:25:01] LASER, UH, UH, SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE BY TEXAS A AND MA COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE ENGINEERING REPORTS ON THE BUILDINGS THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, LAST YEAR AND NOW MOVING INTO THE ARCHITECTURAL PHASE, UH, I THINK THE COURT CAN SEE THAT THIS HISTORICAL PERMISSION IS REALLY MOVING, UM, IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE TAXPAYERS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY WANT. THE TAXPAYERS THAT, THAT ARE AROUND US OR ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT CAN BE BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH THIS RESTORATION. AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO CUT BRUSH. THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO EVERY WEEK. AND WE'VE OPENED UP NOW SO THAT YOU'VE GOT ALMOST A CLEAR VIEW FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PHONE BACK TO THE POND. AND IF THE COURT WANTS TO KIND OF SEE HOW THE POOR FARM CAN BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF, UH, ONCE AGAIN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF KAUFMAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NASH FARM THAT'S IN GRAPEVINE AND THE NASH FARM THAT'S IN GRAPEVINE IS IT IS A TOURIST DESTINATION. AND I THINK WITH GREAT, UM, TEAM EFFORT OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, WE CAN GET THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY POOR FARM SO THAT IT CAN GET A FUNCTIONING PART OF OUR SOCIETY AGAIN. AND, AND THEN AGAIN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT FARM TO SEE SOME OF THAT ATTENTION. AND, UM, BUT THE, THE, THE SITE ITSELF IS AN ENDANGERED SITE. ONE OF THE, UH, TEXAS, HIS HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS, A NONPROFIT HAS RECOGNIZED IT AS THE ONE OF THE MOST ENDANGERED SITES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THAT IS, HAS STRONG FEELINGS FOR THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HIGHLY EMOTIONALLY INVESTED, UM, IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE FOREFRONT. AND UH, AND AGAIN, WE, WE JUST APPRECIATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO SHARE AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS. AND THOUGH WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE AND WE REALLY WANT TO GO FORWARD A POWERFUL POSITIVE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANNER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE CLOSELY DIALOGUE. THANK, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COMMISSION. DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, ANY DISCUSSION THAT THEY'D LIKE US TO THIS NOT AN ACTION OUT JUST TO DISCUSS THE, UH, ROLE OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION WITHIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. I THINK WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED, UH, A VERY EXCELLENT MEMORANDUM FROM OUR LEGAL, UH, DEPARTMENT, FROM THE DA'S OFFICE. AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, UH, MR. OFIELD THAT THE COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS THAT IT IS A PART OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. CAN I MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MEETING ON THURSDAY WAS THE, THE POTENTIAL THAT THE STATE GOAL OF HAVING THE PORT FARM LISTED ON THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL SITE RECOGNITION AND, YOU KNOW, DOING THE RESTORATION ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUILDING THE ARCHITECT IS TAKING ON AS ONE OF THEIR FUNCTIONS TO, TO BEGIN THAT DIALOGUE AND TO KNOW THAT PROCESS AND TO DO THIS RESTORATION SO THAT WE QUALIFY. AND AS COMMISSIONER ALLEN LEARNED EARLIER IN THE YEAR WHEN WE CAN GET ON THAT NATIONAL REGISTRY, THAT WILL OPEN UP FEDERAL DOLLARS TO ADD THAT. OKAY, THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 22 AND, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A CLEAR DELINEATION ON OUR ORGANIZATION CHART SHEET. WE HAVE PUT THIS TOGETHER. SO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS, UH, MY LAW IS UNDER THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR COME DOWN. COMMISSION HAS TO APPROVE ANY, UH, CONTRACTS WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION, JUST LIKE MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT DO. BUT THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, UH, IS A PART OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT. GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT THERE, IT'S SO, ALRIGHT. UH, SO WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON NUMBER, UH, 22 AS FAR AS THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. ITEM NUMBER 23 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AVOIDING ANY PROPERTY OR, UH, EXISTING ANY PROPERTY LEASES BETWEEN KAMAN COUNTY AND KAMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. UH, I BELIEVE, UH, [00:30:02] MR. LIK FORMER COMMISSIONER LIK HAS ASKED TO SPEAK ON THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT. YES, SIR. JIMMY LIK 6 7 6 9 IN NINE SEVEN TEXAS. UH, I HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS BEFORE FARM AS WELL. I STRONGLY URGE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT NOT TO DECIMATE ANY MORE OF THIS PROPERTY. AS YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES, NOW IT'S DOWN TO 20 SOME ODD ACRES. AND, UH, MR. OFIELD HARD WORK, UH, COMPASSION SHOW, IT CAN BE SOMETHING REALLY GREAT COGNIZE ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATE. UM, IF, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT DOG TOWN SOMEWHERE, THAT'S DECISION, THAT'S WHATEVER Y'ALL WANNA DO. BUT I STRONGLY URGE Y'ALL, I THINK IT CAN BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE COUNTY, UH, DONE PROPERLY AND WE HAVE A GREAT COMMISSION THAT'S WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION. UH, THEY'VE GOT STRUGGLES WITH FINANCES, HOPEFULLY MAYBE THE FEDERAL DOLLAR WILL HELP THAT. SO POCKET ON THAT. BUT IF NOT, I THINK PROBABLY THE OTHER WAYS THAT IT CAN BE FINANCE IF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT DECIDES THEY FAIR. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION? THE, UH, ADDING THE PROPERTY LEASES, THE, UH, DA'S OFFICE HAS GIVEN US THE INFORMATION INDICATING THAT THE LEASES WERE NOT VALID WHEN THEY WERE INITIALLY, UH, STARTED. AND THAT UNDER STATE STATUTE, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWABLE NOW. SO DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 23. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. UH, WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED? OPPOSED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, NOW WE'LL GO BACK UP. ITEM NUMBER 12 TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRECINCT THREE AND THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT. UH, UH, UH, FOR PARKING ESD NUMBER THREE FOR PARKING LOT. OKAY. UH, YES, UH, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY, UH, CAROL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, ELMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND, UM, APRIL SPRINGS AS WELL. UH, THEY ALL APPARENTLY IN THE PAST, UH, HAVE, UH, RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM PRECINCT THREE AND, UH, REPAIRING THEIR PARKING AREAS, PARKING LOTS TO GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR FACILITY THERE. AND, UM, WE JUST NEED TO RENEW THAT WITH THE, UH, ESD THREE THERE. SO I TALKED WITH, UH, HARVEY CHITTY, UH, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OVER THAT, AND HE AGREED TO THE AGREEMENT THAT THE, UH, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THERE PUT TOGETHER FOR US. AND HE'S ALREADY SIGNED IT AND JUST REQUESTING WE GET THIS APPROVED SO WE CAN ASSIST THOSE FOLKS IN GIVING HER FACILITIES UP FOR THEY NEED. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAKE A MOTION. WE, UH, MOTION COMMISSIONER, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A VOTE THE PUBLIC, UH, ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS CENTER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE ELIMINATION OF COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCT POLL PLACE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTYWIDE POLL PLACE PURSUANT TO ELECTION CODE 43 0 0 7. AND AS YOU KNOW, MS. UH, UH, SAMPLES, IT'S OUR ELECTION COORDINATOR, OUR ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, AND I KNOW SHE'S, UH, SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS, SO WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT IS AT THE END OF ITS LIFE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. AND ONE THING WE THINK MIGHT BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE ALL THE VOTERS AND THE TAXPAYERS IS TO HAVE . I MEAN TO HAVE, UH, VOTE CENTERS, THAT MEANS ANYBODY, IT'D BE JUST LIKE EARLY VOTING. YOU COULD GO TO ANY PLACE THAT IS OPEN FOR ELECTIONS AND VOTE THERE. UM, WHEREVER THEY LIVE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THEY CAN GO, IF THEY'RE RUNNING TO DALLAS AND THEY NEED TO STOP AT 40, THEY COULD DO THAT. UM, IT WOULD BE A COST SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY AND THE POLITICAL PARTIES AS WELL. AND THERE, 'CAUSE THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY PAPER BALLOTS. AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, [00:35:01] BUT, UM, THEY'VE BEEN CHECKED AND CHECKED, UH, AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW ERRORS. I BELIEVE WE'LL, UH, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF POLLING LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY. IT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF POLL WORKERS REQUIRED FOR EACH ELECTION. AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, COST SAVINGS REPORTING WOULD BE QUICKER, UH, LESS ELECTION NIGHT STAFFED BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE LESS POLLING PLACES TO REPORT. AND WE WILL NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE PAPER SCAN EQUIPMENT. BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS ON ELECTION DAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT TRYING TO VOTE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT BOX NUMBER THEY'RE IN AND THEY'RE ALL, I MEAN, I THINK IT MIGHT CAUSE A LOT LESS STRESS ON OUR CITIZENS, BUT I'D LIKE FOR US TO BRING THAT BEFORE THE COURT TO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF WE COULD. SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP? YES, SIR. THIS IS THE FIRST, WE HAVE 31 VOTING BOXES I BELIEVE NOW. YEAH. UH, 30 30. 30 30. AND IT, IT CANNOT BE REDUCED LESS THAN 65% OF THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH, THAT, SIR. SO IT WOULD BE WHATEVER THAT FIGURES OUT TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 1820, SOMEWHERE ON THERE. SO, UH, BUT IT CONSOLIDATES, I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S PLUSES AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. SURE. WE DON'T WANT TO GET THE RUSSIANS INVOLVED IN IT. NO. WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. BUT, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN DOING THAT. YES, SIR. WE HAD SEVERAL STEP PROCESS TO DO IT. YEAH. BUT NO, OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT IS, UH, 12 YEARS OLD, I BELIEVE. YES, SIR. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, PARTNERING WITH SOME OTHER, UH, COUNTIES, UH, AND TRYING TO GET A GOOD PRICE FOR ELECTION EQUIPMENT. UH, TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED A LOT IN THE LAST 12 YEARS. AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT GOING ON AND, UH, THAT STUFF'S NOT CHEAP, BUT, UH, OUR EQUIPMENT, UH, IS AT THE END OF LIFE AND I THINK PEOPLE, UH, ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, UH, CERTAINLY LOOK AT OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT AND THAT IT'S NOT A PART OF THIS NECESSARILY, BUT IT, IT, UH, IS AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT AT THE SAME TIME. SO YES, YOUR HONOR. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. I JUST THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT SO MUCH EASIER ON OUR VOTERS. OKAY. I THINK YOU'RE WANTING TO JUST A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. SO, UH, WHEN MS. SAMPLES BROUGHT THIS OVER TO OUR OFFICE, WE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE PACK ON WHAT'S NEXT. SO IF YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO KIND OF GO FORWARD TODAY, WE DO WHEN IT'S AT A PUBLIC HEARING AND I'VE JUST PROPOSED JULY 24TH AT 9:00 AM IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. AND THEN, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE A COURT REPORT PRESENT. SO I'M NOT SURE WHOSE FUNDING THAT NEEDS TO COME OUT OF, BUT AS A PART OF SETTING THAT PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT THOSE THINGS INTO MOTION. UM, AFTER THIS, THE PUBLIC HEARING REALLY IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP. UH, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS WERE ON BOARD AND WANTED TO GO THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN YOU HAVE WORKSHOPS AND THEN YOU HAVE TOWN HALLS AND DIFFERENT PRECINCTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CITIZENS ARE ON BOARD AND YOU'LL WANT TO GET, THERE'S LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION AND IT'S A PRETTY LENGTHY PROCESS, BUT OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE IT IN PLACE FOR IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE GRANTS IT FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. RIGHT. THIS YEAR, KIND OF TEST IT OUT. YEAH. AND I'VE GOT A, A CALL IN ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE GOOD WITH STARTING THE PROCESS KIND OF LATER IN THIS SUMMER FOR THIS COMING ELECTION STATUTE. REALLY DOESN'T SAY WHEN THE DEADLINE IS, BUT IT, IT'S KIND OF A LONG PROCESS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE TIME TO DO EVERYTHING AND THEN IF WE, UM, IF WE DON'T OR THEY SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I CAN JUST ASK THE, THE COURT TABLE OUR HEARING. RIGHT. UM, BUT WE MIGHT AS WELL GET IT GOING IF Y'ALL WANT TO. OKAY. THE, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO IN EARLY VOTING ALREADY. WE HAD HOW MANY OF OUR VOTES ARE CAST IN THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD? 60%. 60%. NORMALLY IT IS A VERY, YEAH, VERY BIG PERCENT. WE HAVE EARLY VOTING AND IT'S, UH, PRECINCTS AROUND THE COUNTY. YES. AND SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO WOULD SIMPLY NARROW THOSE DOWN. AND WE DO THAT SOMEWHAT ALREADY WHEN WE HAVE SPECIAL ELECTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE TROUBLE FINDING VOTING PLACES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD ALL NEED TO BE DISCUSSED AT THAT BY THE 24TH, UH, MEETING IF OUR HEARING, IF THE COURT SO, SO AGREE. SO GENTLEMEN, WHAT'S YOUR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, REBECCA? NO. OTHER THAN JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE COURT REPORTER FUNDING? YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, WE'LL DO THAT. WE'LL FIND A COURT REPORTER. SO, [00:40:01] UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 20? UH, THREE. I MAKE A, MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THAT MOTION TO ADD A SECOND. YES SIR. AND THE DATE WILL BE ON JULY THE 24TH. UH, WE WILL GET, PROBABLY BE IN THE MORNING AND WE WILL, UH, GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN GET A COURT QUARTER LINED UP TO DO THAT. SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I DO THOSE SECOND. I DIDN'T HEAR IT. SECOND. WHO SECONDED? I DO THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM FOR Y'ALL'S WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHTY. ITEM NUMBER 13, I'M SORRY, 14. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF UPDATING THE PRIMARY CONTACT FOR NATIONWIDE, UH, RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS FROM LAURIE FLOYD TO LAURIE POOL. UH, JUST FIRST NAME BUT LAST NAME. YES SIR. UM, JUST BASICALLY ANOTHER CONTACT CHANGE AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MAKE A MOTION MOTION ON THAT? UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES UP A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. NO, SIR. COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECOND'S. MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? UH, ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER TO ASSIGN LORI POOLE AS THE E-VERIFY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR AND REMOVE LORI FLOYD, WHO OF COURSE IS NO LONGER WITH US. SAME, SAME SITUATION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 16 TO REQUIRE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER UH, THE ANNUAL ROAD REPORT FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY PRECEDING TO ONE ROAD AND BRIDGE. AS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PRESENTED UH, TO THE GRAND JURY AND UH, ALSO, UH, WILL BE POSTED ON OUR INTERNET. SO, MR. HUNT, I BELIEVE THIS IS, UH, YOUR ITEM. YES. AND WE HAVE COPIES OF THAT. YES. EVERYBODY'S GOT, SORRY. PROCESS. PROCESS. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UH, THIS ITEM. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL ROAD REPORT OR APPROVING THE ANNUAL PROBE REPORT FOR TON COUNTY PRECINCT ONE? I HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PHILLIPS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A THOSE OPPOSED, UH, ANNUAL ROAD, UH, REPORT FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO, ROAD BRIDGE. UH, I BELIEVE HIS IS READY. THE COMMISSIONER HAD TO LEAVE EARLY. UH, NO. HIS, UH, ALSO BEEN LEAVE EARLY. HE'S BEEN HERE. YOU'RE HERE. OKAY. I'M SO YOU'RE READY HERE? I'M READY HERE. OKAY, SO I'M SORRY. SO IS YOURS READY TO GO, SIR? I'M READY. OKAY. UH, YOU LIKE TO PUT THAT IN? UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MOTION. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. UH, COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? I'M NUMBER 18 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE ANNUAL ROAD REPORT FOR KAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT THREE ROAD BRIDGE. MR. BUR, I'M GONNA REQUEST WE TAKE WIRES TO THE NEXT, UH, COMMISSIONER COURT MEETING. ONCE WE STARTED WORKING ON, WE FOUND NUMEROUS ERRORS THAT, UH, WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK AS FAR AS ROAD CONDITION, ROAD LENGTH, AND, UH, ROAD SERVICES. SO, , NEXT TIME PLEASE. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSIONER IN PRECINCT FREE TO TABLE, UH, HIS UNTIL, UH, HE CAN GET IT CLEANED UP. UH, SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER 19 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE ANNUAL ROAD REPORT PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR. HE DID LEAVE AND, UH, SO, UH, HIS IS HERE. WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT. I HAVE A MOTION. AND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. YES. COMMISSIONER BARBARA. SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR OF STATE? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NUMBER 20 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AMENDED INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROCKWALL COUNTY AND CARLTON COUNTY TO COORDINATE AND EXECUTE LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATOR SHOULD TARGET THE FRAUDULENT OR IMPROPER MOTOR VEHICLE, UH, INSPECTIONS. AND, UH, I DUNNO, PAM OR YOU WHO'S, WHO'S SPEAKING ON THIS? I'LL SPEAK. SO, SO ROCKWALL COUNTY HAD A FEW EDITS TO IT AND THEN THEIR CHOICE REPORT MEANS TOMORROW. SO THEY ASKED THAT YOU GUYS REVIEW THE VERSION OF IT AND THEN, UM, IF YOU CHOOSE TO PASS IT TODAY, JUST PASS IT CONTINGENT ON THEM EXCEPT MEANT, UM, TUESDAY. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EDITS ARE JUST, ARE MAINLY, THEY'RE NOT SUBSTANCES, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. RIGHT. OKAY, GOOD. I KNOW I'VE TALKED WITH JUDGE SWED A COUPLE TIMES ABOUT IT. HE SEEMS THEY'RE JUST GETTING, [00:45:01] THEY'RE NOT SUBSTANTIVE AT ALL. THEY'RE NO ISSUE. OKAY. DO I HAVE, I DON'T, I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO HAVE A, A SECOND. I SECOND. SECOND. MR. BARBER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? UH, LET'S SEE. UH, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER. UH, THERE IS, UH, UH, INFORMATION GOING AROUND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, ARE GOING TO BUILD AN ANIMAL SHELTER. THAT IS THE TRUTH. UH, THE EXACT LOCATION IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. UH, WE HEARD THE REMARKS FROM THE OTHER, UH, FOLKS THAT SPOKE EARLIER TODAY. UH, WE DO SPEND, UH, A LOT OF MONEY NOW SENDING OUR ANIMALS, UH, TO, UH, THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF CEDAR CREEK. OVER THE LAST, UH, ALL GOING BACK THROUGH 2008, WE HAVE, UH, SPENT WITH THEM, UH, $638,000. AND, UH, IT'S A LONG WAY FROM 40 TEXAS TO, UH, CEDAR CREEK HUMANE SOCIETY. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. THIS IS A SMALL ANIMAL SHELTER. IT'S NOT A, UH, BIG ANIMAL SHELTER. THE SHERIFF BY STATUTE TAKES CARE OF THE ASTRAY AND HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH PEOPLE THAT DO, UH, O THOSE ANIMALS, I BELIEVE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTIVE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING AN ANIMAL SHELTER WHERE IT'S EXACTLY LOCATED IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. AND I WOULD SAY ONE OTHER THING, UH, MR. OFIELD AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE FROM THE, UH, HUMANE SOCIETY, UH, THE, I BELIEVE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND ARE NOT THE HUMANE SOCIETY, BUT THE, UH, THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEARD WHAT IS SAID. I'M A 70-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY. THERE'S NOBODY THAT WANTS THAT HUMANE, THAT COMMITTED THAT POOR FARM, POOR FARM OR COUNTY FARM. I'VE NEVER REALLY HEARD IT CALLED A POOR FARM UNTIL JUST RECENT. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THE COUNTY. WE WANT TO HELP IN THAT PROCESS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS OF, OF WORKING TOGETHER WITH US. I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT YOU'LL BE MORE THAN WILLING. THE FIRST THING WE'VE GOTTA DO IS GET THAT AREA CLEANED UP AND, UH, THE, UH, THE WHAT EXISTS OUT THERE NOW IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION. HERE WAS A TEMPORARY, UH, POWER POLE SERVICE THAT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. IT'S A HUGE LIABILITY ON THE COUNTY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, UH, THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS IN CONCERT WITH THE, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION. WE DON'T NEED TO BE ARGUING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A WIN-WIN FOR THE COUNTY. AND I CAN APPROVE, I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY APPROVE FROM MY STANDPOINT, UH, BUZZ, I KNOW YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION. UH, WE WANT TO DO THAT. AND I THINK WE WILL, UH, START SEEING SOME ACTION, UH, FAIRLY SOON, AS SOON AS WE CAN WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND OUR PURCHASING, UH, AGENT AND TRYING TO GET IN THERE WITH A DOZER AND CLEAN UP SOME OF THE BRUSH. BUT YOU CAN'T WALK THROUGH THERE NOW. YOU, YOU CAN'T. I MEAN IT'S, UH, UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD SITUATION. SO AS FAR AS THE ANIMAL SHELTER, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE. UH, WE CONTINUE TO TAKE ANIMALS, UH, DOWN, UH, TO CEDAR CREEK, UH, AND SPEND A LOT OF MONEY WITH THEM. UH, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR CITIES I KNOW, UH, PARTICULARLY CLIN AND I THINK, UH, TWO OR THREE OTHERS THAT WANT TO PARTNER WITH US ON AN ANIMAL SHELTER. AND, UH, SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM THAT WILL PRODUCE, UH, UH, OFFSET THE COST OF, UH, BUILDING THE ANIMAL SHELTER. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE, UH, THAT, UH, THAT BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND BEFORE THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS CONSTRUCTED AND LOCATED, IT WILL BE, WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND GET AS MUCH INPUT AS WE CAN. THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT WILL BE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT DECISION ON WHERE THAT GOES. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF THAT. UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 20, UH, FIVE. KAREN MCCLOUD PRESENTING THE AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR MAY OF 2017. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT. YES SIR. UM, THIS IS FOR YOUR, THE MONTH OF MAY, 2017. YOUR BENCHMARK FOR EIGHT MONTHS OF FINANCES IS AT 66.67%. YOU LOOK AT YOUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES, YOU'RE ALMOST AT 92% OF COLLECTION, WHICH IS EXCELLENT. YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE SITTING AT 58%, WHICH IS AWESOME THAT EVERYBODY'S WATCHING THEIR BUDGET [00:50:01] AND NOT JUST BLOWING IT TO BUY STUFF. YOU KNOW, UH, GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS AND REVENUES THAT COMES INTO THE ROAD AND BRIDGE IS AT ALMOST 90% AND THEIR EXPENDITURES ARE AT 86%. SO EVERYBODY'S KIND OF HOLDING PRETTY GOOD AT THEIR BUDGET. I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU, IF YOU'VE, UH, LOOK AT THE FRONT, THE UH, GENERAL FUND YEAR TO DATE IS AT 35,000,007. AND LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME IT WAS 33 3 9 5, ALMOST 33,000,004. SO WE'RE A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE GAME ON ON THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUDITOR'S RECORDING FOR MAY, 2017. UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKE A MOTION. MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT SECOND'S MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. ITEM NUMBER 26 IS, UH, APPROV. THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AS PRESENTED BY THE, UH, AUDITOR. ANY TRANSFER QUESTIONS? MOTION? I'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, BY COMMISSIONER BARBER AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY A ITEM NUMBER 27. IT'S TO DISCUSS. CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT. YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 1,000,100 77,000 622 84. ROAD MATERIALS FOR ALL FOUR PRECINCTS WAS ABOUT 44% OF THAT, WHICH IS WAS AT 512,800. UM, ROBOT EXPENDITURES WAS 134. UH, COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WHICH WAS OUR TIF PAYMENTS THAT WE PAID AFTER EVERYBODY'S PAID THEIR TAXES FOR MOST OF THEM WAS AT THE 89% AND THE OTHERS AUTOPSY A LOT OF ROAD, UM, MILEAGE MILLS AND LODGINGS FOR PEOPLE GOING TO SCHOOLS AND SEMINARS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BILL? WE'VE HAD A COPY OF THE REVIEW PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS. SAY A MOTION TO COMMISSIONER BARBER. SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY A. AND MS. LEE, I KNOW YOU CAME IN A LITTLE BIT AND I NEED TO GET WITH YOU. THE ITEM THAT YOU LISTED IS NOT ON AGENDA, SO I WILL GET WITH YOU AFTER DISCUSS IT. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. ALRIGHT, GOOD. ALL DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER. * 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.