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MEETING THEWE'RE SORRY FOR OUR CRAMPED QUARTERS, BUT OUR, UH, COMMISSIONER COURT MEETING MEETING WILL BE HOPEFULLY COMPLETED AS SOON AS WE GET STARTED ON AND ANOTHER ISSUE.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND THIS IS A, A SPECIAL TIME, UH, IN, IN OUR STATE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US HERE THIS MORNING.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I HAVE ASKED THE, UH, PASTOR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HERE, UH, IN KAMAN, BRENT GENSEL TO COME AND DELIVER OUR INVOCATION.
UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH, IF YOU, UH, HAVE AN ITEM, UH, ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, UH, PLEASE, UH, BE SURE TO FILL OUT A FORM THAT'S PROVIDED OUTSIDE THE DOOR HERE AND PRESENT THAT TO OUR COUNTY CLERK IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
AND THEY WILL GET THAT, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
IT MUST BE ON THE AGENDA, UH, FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS THE COURT.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IF YOU WOULD STAND WITH ME AND ASK ACTION AGAIN.
FRIENDS, I KNOW IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT A QUICK PRAYER IS OFTEN THE BEST ONE, BUT TODAY, UH, OUR STATE FACES SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES.
SO WOULD YOU GO WITH ME BEFORE LORD? AND AS WE ASK FOR HELP.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS GOOD DAY, FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE SUNSHINE THAT WE ENJOYED AS WE WALKED INTO THIS PLACE, UH, FOR THE CAMARADERIE OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH WE LIVE FOR THE PROSPERITY THAT WE ARE ENJOYING IN THIS SEASON.
BUT GOD, AS WE COME BEFORE YOU WE'RE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THAT FACE OUR WORLD AND OUR STATE, AND WE COME BEFORE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE OFTEN NEED YOUR HELP.
UH, WE FIRST WANT TO LIFT UP OUR FRIENDS ON THE COAST THERE, UM, OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS VERY MOMENT WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR LIFE AND ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY, ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN, AND FOR THEM, WE WANT TO PRAY A SPECIAL SENSE OF YOUR PRESENCE AND WISDOM AND COURAGE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE AT THIS VERY MOMENT, RISKING THEIR LIVES TO RESCUE THOSE WHO ARE IN DANGER AND IN PERIL.
I WANNA LIFT UP THE NURSES AND THE DOCTORS THAT ARE SERVING IN THOSE COUNTIES.
UH, MANY ARE DOING HEROIC WORK TO KEEP THEIR HOSPITALS OPEN AND TO CARE FOR THOSE PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THEM.
WE PRAY, UH, YOUR GRACE TODAY AND WE PRAY FOR THE LEADERS IN THOSE COUNTIES AND CITY GOVERNMENTS WHO ARE MAKING IMPORTANT AND, UM, AND REALLY, UH, LIFE DETERMINING DECISIONS AT THIS HOUR THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM THE WISDOM THAT THEY NEED TO LEAD WELL IN THE MOMENT IN WHICH THEY'RE CALLED UPON, UH, TO DO SO.
GOD, WE ALSO WANNA PRAY FOR OUR NATION.
SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT THIS COURT GATHERED TOGETHER, OUR COUNTRY ONCE AGAIN HAS BEEN REMINDED THAT HATE IS REAL AND THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO, UH, SPEAK WORDS THAT ARE DESTRUCTIVE, UH, AND HAVE DEEP SENSE OF ANTIPATHY TOWARD THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR FRIENDS.
THIS IS TRUE ALONG RACIAL LINES, BUT GOD, WE ARE ACUTELY AWARE THIS MORNING THAT IN OUR NATION IT IS ALSO TRUE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, THOSE ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT.
AND GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD ONCE AGAIN CALL OUR NATION TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AND TO LOVE EVEN OUR ENEMIES, GIVE THOSE WHO ARE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN OUR NATION THE CAPACITY TO DISAGREE IN AN AGREEABLE MANNER AND TO WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD, EVEN IF IT MEANS THEIR OWN DETRIMENT.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE PROSPERITY THAT WE ARE ENJOYING, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THE LEADERS IN THIS ROOM GREAT DISCERNMENT AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR FUTURE.
WE WOULD, THAT WE WOULD LIVE IN A COUNTY WHERE ALL THE OLD AND THE YOUNG, THE POOR AND THE RICH WOULD ALL BE ABLE TO FLOURISH.
AND GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THESE WHO GIVE LEADERSHIP IN OUR COUNTY THE WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL MARK A PATH IN THAT DIRECTION.
FINALLY, TODAY, LORD, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM AND IN THIS COUNTY WHO HAVE MADE GREAT SACRIFICES TO PROTECT OUR NATION.
THESE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS THAT BE HONORED TODAY AND ALL THOSE ACROSS OUR COUNTY ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
AND I WILL, I WOULD, THAT THEY WOULD FEEL, UH, GREATLY VALUED BY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY TODAY.
GOD, IT WOULD BE EASY FOR US TO FLY INTO THIS DAY AND BE UNAWARE OF THE GRATITUDE THAT WE OUGHT TO FEEL TOWARD THE CREATOR WHO HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND TO ENJOY THIS MOMENT.
I, I PRAY THAT WE WOULD NOT, AND IT'S IN JESUS NAME.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR WITH THE TEXAS FLAG ON ELECTED ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
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ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ITEMS ON ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE DOES, AND I'LL TRY TO SPEAK UP.SO, UH, WE'VE GOT A LARGE CROWD AND, UH, AND WE'LL TRY TO, UH, SPEAK UP SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR.
UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, ITEM A IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING EDUCATION OF STEPHEN HOOPS AS THE DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR CONTINUING EDUCATION REPORT, MS. SAMPLE.
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOUR MOVING RIGHT ALONG YOUR EDUCATION THERE.
AND WE HAVE A REPORT FROM STAR TRANSIT AND WE HAVE THE TWO HEAD OFFICIALS HERE FROM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE, THE, UH, AIR REPORT AND RESPONSE RIDERSHIP AND THE COFFMAN, THE TROLLEY RIDERSHIP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR, UH, UH, PACKET OF MATERIALS.
WE ALSO, ITEM D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING REQUEST FOR FORMER ELECTRICAL COOPERATIVE TO CONSTRUCT ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES STARTING 40 FEET SOUTHEAST OF WILD ROLL CIRCLE, EXTENDING PRIMARY OVERHEAD FOR APPROXIMATELY 930 FEET AND THEN CROSS UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
THE CROSSING IS APPROXIMATELY 270 FEET NORTHWEST OF ROLL HILLS LANE AND KAUFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT THREE.
UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, PRECINCT TWO, I'M SORRY.
UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS HAS PERSONALLY WENT OUT AND MEASURED THOSE FEET AND CLIMBED THE POLE.
LAYING ON THE GROUND OUT IS FROM LORETTA WILLIAMS, UH, PRESENT EXCEPT THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER REPORTS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE.
ITEM F IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING PHONE ALLOWANCE FOR ALICIA MCGEE, FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2017.
AND ITEM G IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A PHONE ALLOWANCE FOR THEREA FLOYD, UH, TAX SUCCESSION COLLECTOR OFFICE
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOT I ENTERTAIN.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS A SECOND.
THOSE OPPOSED, UH, I THINK WHAT I'M GOING DO, I'M GOING SKIP ITEM THREE, JUST A MINUTE, SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS HERE TODAY.
AND, UH, IF YOU WOULD MOVE DOWN TO ITEM FOUR, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU TO ITEM FOUR.
THAT IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A PROCLAMATION NAMED KAMAN COUNTY, A PURPLE PARK COUNTY, AND DESIGNATING AUGUST THE 28TH AS THE DAY OF KAUFMAN COUNTY TO REMEMBER AND RECOGNIZE VETERANS TO THE RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE PARK MANNER.
AND I HAVE A RESOLUTION HERE THAT, UH, I BELIEVE BEEN PREPARED AND I'VE SIGNED SEVERAL OF THEM.
UH, ROBERT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, UH, ROBERT
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORKING, DOING THAT AND ALL THE PURPLE HEART FOLKS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT ROBERT AND THE WORK HE HAS BEEN DOING WITH OUR EFFORTS AT THE COUNTY.
WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM, AND HE DOESN'T.
HE STAYS PRETTY BUSY AND, UH, HE'S NOT BASH ABOUT ASKING THINGS, WHICH IS GOOD, MAKING GREAT CONTACTS, HUGE ASSET, TOMAN COUNTY.
SO LEMME READ THIS, AND IF YOU'LL LISTEN ALONG WITH ME, UH, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM THE KAUFMAN COUNTY, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT DESIGNATING COFFMAN COUNTY AS A PURPLE HEART COUNTY, WHEREAS THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF KAUFMAN HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION AND THE UTMOST GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SELFLESSLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AND THIS COMMUNITY IN THE ARMED FORCES.
AND WHEREAS THE PURPLE HEART IS THE OLDEST MILITARY DECLARATION AND AT PRESENT USE, AND WAS, UH, INITIALLY CREATED AS A BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT MERIT, UH, BY PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1782.
AND WHEREAS THE PURPLE HEART WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN SERVICE AWARD OR DECLARATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMON SOLDIER, AND IS SPECIFICALLY AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN COMBAT WITH THE DECLARED ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM KAMAN COUNTY TAXATIONS, WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN VITAL IN MAINTAINING THE FREEDOMS AND THE WAY OF LIFE ENJOYED BY OUR CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS MANY MEN AND WOMEN IN
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UNIFORM HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING ON THE ARMED FORCES.AND WHEREAS MANY CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE EARNED THE PURPLE HARD METAL AS A RESULT OF BEING WOUNDED AND WHILE ENGAGED IN COMBAT WITH AN ENEMY FORCE CONSTRUED AS SINGULARLY MERITORIOUS ACT OF ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS AUGUST THE 28TH HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE DAY IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS TO REMEMBER AND TO RECOGNIZE VETERANS WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF PURPLE HEART MEDAL.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE DID RESOLVE THAT THE KAMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY PROCLAIMS KAMAN COUNTY, TEXAS AS A PURPLE HEART COUNTY FOR HONORING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICES OF OUR NATION'S MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, WOUNDED, OR KILLED BY THE ENEMY WHILE SERVING TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS ENJOYED BY ALL AMERICANS.
AND THIS IS SIGNED BY MYSELF ON THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2017.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE THAT I THINK WE WILL DISTRIBUTE HERE IN A MINUTE.
AND ROBERT, I'M GONNA KIND OF LET YOU TAKE OVER NOW AND, UH, INTRODUCE SOME FOLKS.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME, I KNOW DANNY HAS, UH, A BOOTH HAS SOMETHING AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER FOLKS.
I'LL JUST KIND LET YOU TAKE OVER.
SO TODAY WE HAVE, UH, THE VICE COMMANDER OF THE DALLAS ORDER OF THE MILITARY PURPLE PARK.
IF I COULD, MR. HAVE YOU COME UP, SIR.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOW I JUST WANTED TO READ IT TO YOU AND CORRECT THANK YOU.
MILITARY OR THE PURPLE HEART SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD IS BESTOWED WITH PRIDE TO KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO SUPPORT HONORING AMERICA'S COMBAT WOUNDED VETERANS, BECOMING THE PURPLE HEARTS COUNTY PRESENTED BY PATRIOT MEMBERS OF THE DFW MID CITY, CHAPTER 1 5 1 3 MILITARY OR PURPLE HEART USA.
REMODEL IS DONE IN THE PRESENT FOR, I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE CAN PLACE THIS, BUT THANK YOU.
SO, UH, I SENT OUT A REALLY LARGE EMAIL TO A LOT OF THE VETERANS OF COFFMAN COUNTY, UH, ASKING THEM TO COME IN AND PARTICIPATE IF THEY COULD.
DO I CURRENTLY HAVE? I KNOW THAT I HAVE ONE FOR SURE.
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS IN THE ROOM? COULD I ASK YOU TO STAND PLEASE? MR. JACOBS IS ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY VETERANS PARK.
SO HE'S A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER WITH THE VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY.
ARE YOU JUST A MEMBER OR ARE YOU, YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE, ARE YOU THE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION IN NOT VICE MAYOR.
WE'LL MAKE YOU P SOME DAYS SOON.
AND THEN ALSO I HAVE MR. DANNY BOOTH HERE FROM FORNEY.
HE'S ALSO EXCUSE FROM THAT HIS BLOOD PRESSURE UP
AND, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
WELL, WHEN I READ ABOUT THIS, UH, IT MADE ME GET OUT MY DAD'S, UH, WHICH KYLE NEVER SEEN OVER HERE.
THAT'S A REAL PURPLE HEART THAT MY DAD RECEIVED ON HOSPITAL SHIP IN 1944.
HE TOOK PART IN THE BATTLE OF KENNY ANN AND CYAN AND WAS WOUNDED IN SOUTH HAND AND PUT ON THAT HOSPITAL SHIFT AND CAME BACK AND FINISHED, UH, WORLD WAR II IN CALIFORNIA AS A DRILL INSTRUCTOR.
SO I GOTTA TO BE RAISED BY A DRILL
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INSTRUCTOR IN THE MARINE CORPS.BUT, UH, HE WAS ON THE SHIFT HEADED TO, UH, JAPAN FROM THE INVASION IN JAPAN WHEN THE THOMAS BOMBS WERE DROPPED.
AND THE COOL THING ABOUT HIS STORY IS HE LIVED ON THE FAMILY FARM THAT I'M HONORED TO LIVE ON RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S LEFT OF IT.
AND HE TOOK THE TRAIN TO DALLAS, UH, TO JOIN THE NAVY.
AND THE LINE HAD JOINED THE NAVY WITHOUT THE DOOR AROUND THE BLOCK.
THE ARMY WAS EQUALLY LONG, BUT THE MARINE CORPS HAD SIX PEOPLE IN IT,
HE WAS IN THE SECOND MARINE DIVISION.
SO THOSE TWO KNOW ABOUT THE MARINE HISTORY, AND THEIR FIRST BATTLE HE WAS INVOLVED IN WAS THE INVASION OF
SO HE HAS FOUR BATTLE PENS AND HIS PURPLE HEART.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY DAD AND, AND THANK ALL THE VETERANS FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S SEEN THIS OUTSIDE HOUSEHOLDS.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT, UH, TELL YOU THAT I HAVE AN UNCLE, UH, THAT IS, UH, ENTUNED ON THE USS ARIZONA.
HE'S 17 YEARS OLD WHEN COLONEL HARBOR, UH, OCCURRED, WHICH WOULD BE, I THINK, I THINK 70 YEARS THIS NEXT DECEMBER THE SEVENTH, UH, HIS BODY IS STILL THERE.
AND SO WE, UH, WE REMEMBER HIM EACH SEPTEMBER OR EACH, UH, DECEMBER.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT WE DID TODAY.
UM, I'M VERY HAPPY AND VERY HONORED TO BE A PART OF IT FOR ALL YOUR PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS THAT ARE HERE.
AND, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND YOU GENTLEMEN ARE WELCOME.
YOU GENTLEMEN ARE WELCOME TO REMAIN OF THE COURT.
NOW LET'S GO BACK UP TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
DID YOU APPROVE THAT PROCLAMATION? PARDON? DID YOU APPROVE THAT PROCLAMATION? UH, SECOND.
UH, AND WE HAVE A RECORD THIS MORNING FROM, AND I BELIEVE MIKE SIMS WAS HERE.
SHE DOES THE TAKING CARE OF, UH, RIDERS.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, UH, SENIOR CITIZENS IN THIS COUNTY HAVE NO BETTER ADVOCATE THAN OMEGA.
UH, SHE'S USED DAILY MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SENIORS GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, AND SHE LETS ME HANG OUT AND HELP, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME.
SO, I'M MIKE SIMS. I AM, UH, THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STAR TRANSIT.
AND WE'RE JUST GONNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
I HAND IT OUT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DWELL ON IT.
THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY MEETING NOTICE, UH, WE ARE HAVING SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS SOON RELATED TO SOME FIXED DROUGHT SERVICES.
WE WILL, UH, WE DID RECEIVE A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RUN A, UH, LINE BETWEEN COFFMAN AND CARROLL.
AND WE ARE STARTING UP SOME SERVICES IN, UH, LL UH, THAT WILL TRANSITION SOME OF OUR WORK TO FIXED DROUGHT SERVICE TO SAVE US SOME MONEY IN THE CITY OF TAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE ABOUT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THESE, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.
UH, THE JUDGE CAME FORWARD TO US, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO OR SO, AND SAID, UH, UH, THAT CHILD HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT PLACE, UH, FOR VOTING PURPOSES.
UH, WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, A POLICY ISSUE GOING ON NOW WITH OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHERE WE WERE ADOPTING A BRAND NEW FAIR POLICY.
AND WE SAID, UNDER THAT FAIR POLICY, LET'S GIVE OMEGA SOME DISCRETION.
AND SO WE PUT SOME DISCRETION IN THERE FOR, FOR, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, HAVE, UH, ZERO FARE FOR, UH, VOTING
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IN THE PAST.WE'VE GENERALLY DONE ON ELECTION DAY, UH, IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, I WANT TO GO OVER THE VOTE.
UH, AND WE SCHEDULE THAT RISE FOR YOU, REMEMBER, WE'RE DEMAND RESPONSE.
YOU'RE GONNA CALL US AND WE'RE GONNA COME TO YOU.
UM, UH, WHERE WE'VE DONE ZERO FA TO GO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY, WE'RE EXPANDING THAT OPPORTUNITY NOW SO THAT DURING EARLY VOTING, FOLKS CAN DO, DO THE EXACT SAME THING.
SO IF YOU WANT AN EARLY VOTE, YOU CAN CALL UP STAR TRANSIT AND WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE FOR FREE, NO CHARGE, AND, UH, GET YOU, UH, WHERE YOU NEED TO GO TO GO VOTE AND GET YOU BACK TO YOUR, UH, BACK TO YOUR HOME.
REMEMBER, WITH OUR DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICES, IT'S REALLY, UH, A HIGH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
'CAUSE WHAT WE DO IS WE COME, UH, TO YOU AND PICK YOU UP AT THE CURB.
SO WHETHER YOU'RE IN A HOUSE OR A NURSING HOME OR WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE, UH, WE COME TO THE CURB WHERE YOU NEED TO LOAD IN, UH, GET YOU ON THE BUS, UH, TAKE YOU DIRECTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, UH, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU'RE GONNA SPEND IN THAT BUILDING.
FOR EXAMPLE, SOME PEOPLE HAVE A LONG-TERM DIALYSIS APPOINTMENT.
THEY'LL DROP 'EM OFF, HAVE A SCHEDULED TIME TO COME BACK FOR A SHORT EVENT.
LIKE WE HOPE VOTING IS NICE AND QUICK AND EFFICIENT.
UH, WE WOULD ACTUALLY JUST WAIT OUTSIDE WHILE THEY GO IN VOTE AND THEN, UH, GO BACK.
SO THAT'S A VERY PERSONALIZED, UH, SERVICE.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
UH, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, NO COST, UH, FOR EARLY VOTING, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL HELP US PUBLICIZE THAT A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL HOPE TO PUBLICIZE THAT ON THEIR OWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT'S OUR QUICK PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY? BRENDA, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY? NO, I APPRECIATE IT.
WORKING THIS OUT FOR US TO BEING IMPORTANT.
LOG OR SENIOR HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
THEY
WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM AND WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR COUNTY WEBPAGE.
AND SO BRENDA, IF YOU'LL KIND OF HELP COORDINATE THAT, UH, THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE GOOD.
NOW, UH, WE'RE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION SINCE I BELIEVE ALL OF THAT WOULD BE ON THERE WOULD BE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
AND WE ARE NOT COMBINING POLLING WELL, WE ARE COMBINING POLLING PLACES, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO THE, THE, UH, NEW TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT'LL PROBABLY COME IN IN MARCH OR HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE READY TO GO.
BUT, UH, IT'S A GREAT SERVICE AND WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE, UH, WORK YOU GUYS HAVE PUT INTO CAUSING THIS TASK.
YOU ALRIGHT, I'M GOING GO AHEAD NOW AND, UH, INSERT, UH, INTO THE AGENDA OUR, UH, THE ADD THEM AT THE VERY BACK OF YOUR FOLDER.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, IN AFTER THE OFFICIAL, UH, MEETING AGENDA HAS GONE OUT.
AND, UH, SO, UH, I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE I BELIEVE THAT SIGNED UP TO, UH, SPEAK, UH, ON THIS TODAY.
AND, UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE ADDENDUM, UH, AGENDA IS, UH, NUMBER ONE ALLEN DON, UH, TO DISCUSS, UH, ONGOING ISSUES WITH DAMAGES TO COUNTY ROAD THREE 14 AS A RESULT OF THE ACT ACTIVITIES OPERATIONS AT THE LAKE ON BLACK LANE, DAMAN COUNTY IN PRECINCT THREE.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH? UH, WELL, I JUST LIKE TO, I JUST HAVE SOME PHOTOS HANDED TO ME HERE WITH SOME OF THE DAMAGE TO THE ROAD.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, MR. POLLY, UH, WILL SPEAK A LITTLE WHILE AS WELL.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN, UH, TRYING TO DIG A LAKE OVER THERE, I DON'T KNOW, GOING ON A YEAR OR TWO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOW, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND, UH, HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM, UH, PEOPLE WHO LIVE UP AND DOWN, UH, THREE 14 ABOUT THE TRUCK TRAFFIC DAMAGE TO THE ROAD AND SUCH.
AND, UH, MR. DONAN WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT THIS MORNING.
SO I, IF YOU WERE, COME UP HERE AND TELL US WHAT YOU GOT AND TRY TO WHAT, UH, THREE MINUTES IS WHAT I NORMALLY, YOUR HONOR, ANGIE, GO AHEAD.
I WAS GOING TO NOT MENTION MR. PAULIE'S NAME PERSONALLY, BUT SEEING HOW HE'S HERE TO DEFEND HIMSELF AND SO, SO TO SPEAK, I HOPE THEY CAN SAY, THIS IS NOT PERSONAL, MR. PAULEY.
BUT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, MR. PAULIE DECIDED TO DO A LAKE 10 ACRE LAKE.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WE HAVE HAD ALMOST A CONTINUOUS RUN OF SOME OF THE RUDEST TRUCK DRIVERS THAT RUN OVERWEIGHT OVER SPEED AND RECKLESS, ALMOST HITTING ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN ANGER BECAUSE THEY WERE VIDEOTAPING THE ROAD.
THE LAST SET OF TRUCK DRIVERS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND CAME FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OVER HERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 1 48, WHO BROUGHT A TANKER AND LOADER INTO HIS PROPERTY, ACTUALLY WENT AS FAR AS TO FILL UP
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THE TANKER AT FIRE HYDRANT AT THE SOUTH END OF THREE 14.I, AS A FIREFIGHTER, KNEW IT WAS THERE AND I ALSO KNEW THAT IT WAS OBSCURED WHEN I DROVE BY.
I SAW IT WASN'T LATER THAT DAY.
I SAW THE TANKER GO DOWN, SAT THERE FOR 20 MINUTES AND CAME BACK FULL.
I CALLED COLLEGE MOUNT, ASKED HIM IF WE AS TAXPAYERS HAD TO TAKE AND FUND MR. POLLY'S WATERING DOWN FLASH LANE TO KEEP THE DUST DEAD.
AMAZINGLY, THE OPERATION SEATS THE NEXT DAY.
IT IS MY FEELING THAT THE TAXPAYERS OF TON COUNTY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE THAT YOUR TRUCKS AND YOUR PROP, YOUR OPERATION HAS DONE.
OUR ROAD, THE CULVER DOWN THERE, OVER THE CREEK IS COLLAPSING.
IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEBODY HITS IT AND FALLS IN THE DITCH AND GETS KILLED.
I HAVE ALMOST BEEN BROADSIDED BY A TRUCK THAT DID NOT UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T PASS ON A COUNTY ROAD.
AS I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN INTO MY OWN DRIVEWAY, THIS IS WHAT WE GET.
THE ROAD BETWEEN FLASH LANE AND THE STATE MAINTENANCE AT THIS POINT HAS BEEN SO THOROUGHLY DESTROYED THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT.
IT IS MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT TAXPAYERS SHOULD NOT CARRY THIS BURDEN THAT MR. POLLY AND THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE.
UH, WHO ALSO LIVES ON COUNTY ROAD? YES, SIR.
I LIVE ON COUNTY GROVE THREE 14.
UH, I MOVED OUT, BOUGHT RIGHT PLACE IN THE RANCHER.
NOW, UH, USED TO BE KIDS, RIGHT PLACE ROAD LAZY PEOPLE RIDE THEIR HORSE SOMETIMES, WHATEVER.
I'VE HAD TRUCKS LAY HORN ON GOING PAST MY HOUSE WHEN I START FILMING 'EM, THEY'RE RACE DOWN THE ROAD.
THE ROADS GETTING TORN UP MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
UH, FOR LONG IT'S JUST GONNA HIT SOMEBODY.
UH, I FEEL THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD NOT PAY FOR THAT ROAD, THAT HE SHOULD PAY FOR IT.
AND THE TAXPAYERS SHOULD NOT BE BURDEN WITH THAT EXPENSE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A POND.
IT'S A SAND FIT OPERATION WITH HOW MANY TRUCKS? ONE DAY, NOT 50, 62 MONTHS OLD.
NOT WORTH, IT'S NOT A, HE'S NOT TAKEN POND.
DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR YOU? ONE OF THE GENTLE OKAY, NEXT IS, UH, MR. BILLY POLLY, WHO LIVES ON FLASH LANE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M NOT OPERATING A AIR PIT.
UH, YES, THERE IS TRUCK TRAFFIC.
UM, THE LAST STINT I NOTIFIED MR. BARBER, I NOTIFIED THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE TO LET 'EM KNOW THE TRUCKS WERE GONNA BE RUNNING.
IT WAS GONNA BE A SEVEN EIGHT DAY STRETCH.
BASICALLY, THEY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RAIN THAT WAS IN THERE, WE HAD ABOUT A EIGHT, NINE DAY STRETCH.
THEY GOT THE DIRT OUT FOR THE SHOPPING MALL UP AT 1 48.
THEY WERE DONE AS FAR AS ME STEALING WATER.
COLLEGE MOUND DID COME DOWN, TALK TO ME.
THE TRUCK THAT, THAT MR. DONAN SAW IS A FUEL TRUCK THAT THE CONTRACTOR SENT OUT TO FILL UP THE MACHINES, GREASE 'EM, AND THEN LEAVE.
WE WERE PUMPING WATER OUT OF GROUND WATER AND EX EXISTING POND TO FILL THE WATER TRUCK TO KEEP THE DUST DOWN.
UH, COLLEGE MOUND CAME DOWN, THEY SAW WHAT WE WERE DOING, KNEW WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY WATER OUT OF ANY FIRE HYDRANT.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY EVEN TALKED TO ME AT THAT POINT ABOUT, UH, SPEAKING TO SOME ENGINEERS AND POSSIBLY PUTTING A PUMP STATION ON THEIR PIECE OF LAND RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF FLASH LANE THREE 14 TO HELP SUPPLY WATER TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, DUE TO THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WERE IN A WATER SHORTAGE AND THEY'RE HUNTING FOR WATER.
UH, AS FAR AS THE ROAD GOES, WAY BEFORE MR. BARBER, UH, EVER TOOK OFFICE, THAT ROAD WAS NEVER FIXED PROPERLY.
IT WAS STILL COATED OVER, OVER POTHOLES.
UH, I MEAN THE POTHOLES, THE, THE EXISTING ROAD WAS NEVER REPAIRED PROPERLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED THERE 20 YEARS MYSELF, SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE DEALT WITH THAT ROAD FROM INTERSTATE 20 ALL THE WAY TO, TO HIGHWAY 80.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT DOUBTING, THERE'S STRUCTURE ON IT, BUT IT'S NOT AN EVERYDAY CONSTANT DEAL LIKE IS BEING BROUGHT
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OUT.UH, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A FEW WHEN, UH, THE COUNTY OR THE STATE WAS PUTTING THE GUARDRAIL ON INTERSTATE 20, UH, TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FROM TERRELL ALL THE WAY PAST WILLS POINT.
ALL OF THOSE BIG TRUCKS OFF OF THAT HIGHWAY WERE COMING DOWN THREE 14 AND GOING TO 80.
THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
I EVEN SAW TRUCKS, OVERWEIGHT TRUCKS.
I MEAN, LIKE HAULING WINDMILL BLADES A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING THOUSAND PLUS COMING UP AND DOWN THREE 14.
SO, YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE IF I'M CAUSING AN INCONVENIENCE TO, TO THESE FOLKS.
I'M PROJECTED TO BE DONE NEXT SUMMER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE GUYS.
ANYBODY, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
WELL WAIT FOR JUST A MOMENT, SIR.
DID YOU, I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION.
BUT I WANT THE COMMISSIONERS, IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION.
UH, DO THE DIRT THAT IS COMING, THE SAND THAT IS COMING FROM YOUR KIT? IT IS A SAND PIT.
I MEAN IT WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE VEHICLE? YES SIR.
AND WHERE IS IT, WHERE HAS SOME OF IT GONE? UH, THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT HERE OFF OF 1 48 CARROLL.
AND YOU'RE GIVING THAT STAND TO THEM? YES, SIR.
THEY BROUGHT THEIR MACHINES IN THEIR TRUCKS, THEIR WATER TRUCKS, MOTOR GRADERS, THEY BROUGHT, THEY HIRED HELP EVERYTHING IN.
THEY DUG IT, THEIR TRUCKS HAULED IT OUT.
SO YOU'RE NOT SELLING THE SAND? I DID NOT SELL THAT, NO.
SO, UH, AND RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE YOU, UH, APPEARED BEFORE THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD? YES, SIR.
UH, MONDAY AND OR WHENEVER IT WAS LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, UH, CHIEF APPRAISER WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR, UH, AG USE ON YOUR PROPERTY.
I HAD A, AND UH, RIGHT NOW THE FENCES ARE DOWN.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY FENCE TO BLOCK OFF WHERE THE TRUCKS GO IN AND OUT.
SO, UH, DO YOU RUN CATTLE? I DO HAVE CATTLE, YES, SIR.
I'VE MOVED THEM TO A DIFFERENT PASTURE.
MYRTLE SPRINGS IN MYRTLE SPRINGS IN COUNTY? YES, SIR.
SO HOW DO YOU CLAIM, UH, AN AG EXEMPTION? I KNOW THE APPRAISAL GRANTED YOUR, UH, REQUEST FOR THAT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOUR REASONING I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START CUTTING MY HAY.
AND, AND THEY SAID WE WOULD'VE READDRESS IT IN JANUARY.
UM, ONLY QUESTION I HAD, UH, BILLY WAS, UH, HAD, HAS THERE BEEN OTHER, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE BOUGHT SAND FROM YOU OUT OF THERE OR THERE HAS BEEN, YES, SIR.
AND ABOUT WHEN DID THAT START AND WHEN DID THAT STOP? WE, WE STARTED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY, JUNE OF LAST YEAR, MIDDLE OF JUNE.
AND THEN, GOSH, THAT ENDED PROBABLY DECEMBER-ISH.
WAS IT TO CONTRACTORS OR JUST INDIVIDUALS OR JUST ANYBODY THAT, THAT NEEDED DIRT? I, I HAVE GIVEN DIRT TO PRETTY MUCH EVERY NEIGHBOR WE HAVE.
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN, UH, DOWN THE STREET BUILDING A BRAND NEW HOME ON THREE 13.
I JUST GAVE HIM, GOSH, 20, 30 TRUCKLOADS, UH, TO BUILD HIS HOUSE BACK.
THERE'S ANOTHER GENTLEMAN DOWN THREE 14 THAT JUST BOUGHT 66 ACRES.
I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, COME GET IT.
HE'S GONNA BUILD A ROAD, A HOUSE, AN BARN.
UH, HE'S GONNA PUT UP A HIGH FENCE AND SOME TYPE OF A GAME.
THAT'S ALL I, AARON, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES.
SO YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT SELLING? NO, SIR.
WELL, I JUST SPOKE WITH THE ADJUSTER OR THE APPRAISAL, THE GUY THAT SPOKE CHRIS.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE SPOKE WITH YOU WHEN YOU WERE AT COURT ON MONDAY AND THAT YOU WERE RECEIVING BETWEEN 80 AND A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER LOAD ON, ON SOME TRUCKS.
I HAVE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT THAT, THAT I'M JUST GIVING AWAY.
BUT WHEN THEY ASKED YOU IF YOU'RE SELLING IT, TECHNICALLY YOU'RE SELLING IT.
BUT YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU WEREN'T.
I, I'VE SOLD SOME AND I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF WHAT, OKAY.
UH, I THINK THE SHERIFF BEEN ACTIVE OUT IN THAT AREA WITH THE, AND UNDERSTAND, OR I THINK MOST OF US UNDERSTAND
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THERE'S AN ACCIDENT OR WORK GOING ON IN THERE WHEN INTERSTATE, I'M SURE EVERYBODY FINDS A SHARK COMMITTING AND SIT IN TRAFFIC.THAT'S NOT REALLY THE POINT HERE.
I MEAN, THAT CAN BE HANDLED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THEY'RE BECAUSE PROOF.
BUT I BELIEVE THE SHERIFF HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION AND BELIEVE THE SHERIFF THAT YOU PRESENT.
UH, THE SHERIFF GAVE YOU THIS, UH, ASKING THE OTHER DAY TO LOOK AT IT FOR ME.
AND FROM, UH, THE DATES HE HAS HERE FROM MARCH OF 2017 TO THE LAST DATE ON HERE WAS JUST LIKE WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO I BELIEVE.
UH, WELL, JUNE OF THIS YEAR, UH, THERE WERE 51 CITATIONS, UH, HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, UH, TO TRUCK DRIVERS OVER THERE RANGING ANYWHERE FROM, UH, THE MAJORITY OF IT IS FOR SPEEDING AND FOR WEIGHT OVER LIMIT.
UH, THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE TRUCKERS THERE.
NOT TO MENTION THE COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE TAKEN AT MY OFFICE FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.
UH, WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD EVIDENCE RIGHT THERE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OVERWEIGHT TRUCKS AND SPEEDING TRUCKS BECAUSE OF THE OPERATION, HOWEVER YOU'RE DOING THERE, CAUSING SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS. SO, UH, JUST WANNA BRING THAT UP.
AND THEN ALSO I HAVE, WHO'S INTERESTED IN SEEING THE PHOTOS HERE OF THE ROAD? UH, YEAH, THE ROAD WAS BLADED, I BELIEVE IT WAS BACK AROUND MARCH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
WE WERE DOWN THROUGH THERE, CLEANED UP, CLEANING THE DITCHES OUT QUITE A BIT TOO.
UH, BUT SINCE THAT TIME, UH, THIS DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE, UH, MAINLY FROM THOSE TRUCKS BECAUSE OTHER THAN THOSE TRUCKS COME DOWN THERE, THE ONLY OTHER, OTHER TRUCK TRAFFIC'S GONNA BE IF THERE IS SOMETHING ON INTERSTATE 20 WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWN THERE TO, TO GET OFF OF 20, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE ON THAT WHEN IT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
BUT, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME EXCESSIVE DAMAGE TO THOSE ROADS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT AND, UH, GET THAT ROAD REPAIRED PROPERLY.
UH, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE COST.
I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THIS? IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
SO HOW LARGE WILL YOUR LAKE EVENTUALLY BE? UH, EIGHT, EIGHT ACRES TO UM, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UH, DIDN'T, UH, TCEQ UH, DO AN INVESTIGATION? YES SIR.
WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THAT? UH, THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT I WAS LEGAL TO DO WHAT I'M DOING AS FAR AS, UH, THE AIR QUALITY DIVISION AND THE WATER DIVISION.
THERE WEREN'T ANY ISSUES WITH THE WATER DIVISION? NO, SIR.
AND I HAVE NO, I HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION IF YOU'D LIKE THAT.
YEAH, IF I CAN GET COPIES OF THAT.
'CAUSE THE AIR QUALITY PEOPLE, THEY CONTACTED ME TO LET ME KNOW THEY WERE GONNA BE OVER THERE AND THEN THEY CONTACTED ME BACK AND SAID THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE THERE AND THEY STILL HAD THE WATER DIVISION WAS GONNA INVESTIGATE AND NEVER HEARD BACK FROM 'EM AFTER THAT.
PROBABLY THIS IS ON THE AGENDA AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE SPEAK.
UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION TODAY.
UH, BUT IT'S ON OUR, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A COUNTY ROAD THAT'S BEING DESTROYED AND IT'S BEING DESTROYED AND, YOU KNOW, APPARENTLY FROM THE SAND THAT IT TRUCKS THAT ARE TAKING THE SAND, I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER TRAFFIC THERE.
UH, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT MONITOR BECAUSE THE TAXPAYERS OF THE COUNTY, WE HAVE A LOT OF, I WANTED TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO BE HERE.
UH, WE'RE NOT AGAIN, GOING TAKE ANY ACTION.
I KNOW THE, THE NEIGHBORS ARE HERE AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT VERY HAPPY AND, UH, I'M SURE YOU VERY MUCH AWARE OF THAT.
UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT, BUT, UH, UH, IT, IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION.
WE HAVE A PRODUCT, UH, THAT IS RAISED.
UH, THERE'S A NEED FOR YOUR PRODUCT AND, UH, SO IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S BEING SOLD AND WHAT'S NOT BEING SOLD.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE OTHER FOLKS BEING HERE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PURSUE THIS ANYMORE TODAY.
UH, BUT UH, I THINK THIS DIALOGUE WAS AT LEAST INFORM YOU THAT ON MY END AT LEAST FIND THANK YOU MUCH.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM TWO ON THE, UH, ADDENDUM.
AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN STAR TRANSIT AND TON COUNTY TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
I BELIEVE OUR FRIEND FROM THERE HAVE ALREADY, UH, UH, LEFT.
BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT STAR TRANSIT, UH, PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE? THIS ISN'T NORMAL TO WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST,
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NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPLYING FOR A GRANT TO PURCHASE IMMEDIATE FIRST, UH, RESPONDER SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CONSTABLE'S DEPARTMENT AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S, UH, INVESTIGATORS.
THIS IS A GRANT THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO, UH, UH, BEFORE YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT, OR NOT IT'S, UH, SAFETY FOR OUR OFFICERS.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED.
HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
I HAVE ANOTHER SET OF JURORS TO, OKAY.
AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE NOW IS FOR MR. OFIELD TO, UH, PRESENT THE, UH, APP MONTHLY REPORT OF MONTH, BELIEVE THE MONTH OF JULY.
UH, YOU HAD THIS IN YOUR PACKET, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE.
AND, UM, WE'VE GOT THE GENERAL FUND CAST THAT STARTED WITH 3 MILLION 4 28 35 89, RECEIPTS OF 1,000,004 9 5 7 64 DISBURSEMENTS OF 3 MILLION 3 76, 3 54 50 ENDING BALANCE OF 1,000,005 42, 41 43.
AND UH, IN, IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE'VE MOVED AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION FROM TAX POOL PRIME INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, TEXT POOL PRIME CASH WAS 8 MILLION 9 87 8 16 26.
RECEIPT 9,000 2 22 64 IS THE INTEREST EARNED.
SO IT'S ENDING BALANCE AT THE END OF JULY WAS 8 MILLION 9 97 0 38 90.
AND UH, SO WE HAD AT THE END OF JULY THE TOTAL CASH OF 10 MILLION 5 37 203 3.
UH, THE ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDS THAT WE HIGHLIGHT, UH, OUR ROAD BOND INS, WHICH WOULD BE USED FOR THE ROAD BOND PAYMENT AND THE, UH, ROAD BOND FUND, 3,065,300 1853.
THAT IS FROM THE FIRST ISSUANCE OF ROAD BONDS.
THAT IS REMAIN FROM THE SECOND ISSUANCE OF ROAD BONDS.
UH, WE HAVE 26 MILLION 180 2 5 0 7 19.
THAT EARNED 26 866 61 IN INTEREST AT EXPO CRIME FOR ENDING BALANCE THERE.
UH, THE, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE AT, UH, AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, UH, UNDER THE TERMS OF OUR DEPOSITORY CONTRACT EARNED $5,053 AND 8 CENTS IN INTEREST.
SO OUR TOTAL INTEREST INCOME FOR THE MONTH MONTH IS A BIT OVER 41,000.
OUR CURRENT POOL PRIME RATE TODAY IS 1.2482%.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR PLEDGE SECURITY LISTING IN YOUR PACKET, UH, BANK STATEMENTS AND OUR, UH, NORMAL, UH, ANALYSIS INFORMATION PRINTED FROM SPW SOFTWARE.
WE ALSO STARTED MAKING JURY PAYMENTS IN JULY.
UH, THAT HAS GONE PRETTY WELL.
IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED BY, UH, COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND BY THE PROSPECTIVE JURORS.
UH, THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WIGGLE A LITTLE BIT ON IS WHEN JURORS DONATE THEIR JURY FEE TO A, A, UH, ONE OF THE DESIGNATED CHARITIES.
UH, THEY'VE NOTED THAT ON A FORM THAT THEY SIGNED FOR ME.
BUT WE DO HAVE A FORM THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT CLERK AND THE COUNTY CLERK AND WE DON'T QUITE HAVE ALL OF THOSE COLLECTED.
SO WE'RE GOING CORRESPOND BY MAIL GET, GET THAT RECORD PERFECTED.
AND WE PAID THE JURY THIS MORNING.
UH, THE DISTRICT CLERK AND I TEAMED UP.
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GOT ALL THOSE DONATION FORMS, SO WE'RE ON A MUCH BETTER FOOTING GOING FORWARD.AND I'VE GOT ANOTHER JUROR, THE JURY THAT SEE BOBBY RICHES COURT ONGOING PAY OUT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS GENTLEMAN? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TRADE? NO.
HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT FOR COURT.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE MONTH OF JULY.
AND WE HADN'T GOT THERE YET, SO, UH, HAVE A MOTION.
THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU, SIR.
I COLLECT, WE COLLECTED, UH, THE END OF JULY.
WE COLLECTED 98 21 4% OF THE TAXES.
WE HAD, UH, WELL BACK TAXES IN 2067, A LITTLE OVER 67 ACRES AND CAROL 50 ACRES.
AND WE COLLECTED 40 3009 FROM OUR BACK TAX THERE.
AND THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE NUMBERS, I BELIEVE? YES SIR.
SO, UM, I THINK THE OTHER'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION GOING ON ABOUT SOME OTHER ROLLBACK TAXES AND UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED TO SIT DOWN DISTRICT SOMETIMES.
MAKE SURE WE'RE, I'M AFRAID THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OUT THERE.
I AFRAID YOU'RE AN ONGOING ISSUE.
DO I HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT HER OR, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIP, SECOND MOTION.
FRIDAY, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
AND THAT IS TO PRESENT, UH, THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 2017.
WE GOT RIGHT MONTH ON HERE NOW.
UM, COURT JULY ARE TOTAL OF, UM, DEPOSITS.
UM, THE DISBURSEMENTS DUE FOR THE MONTH FOR 5 3 7 72.
AND THEN THAT'S OUTSTANDING DISBURSEMENTS 3, 4, 9 WHEN I'M IN THE THIS BUILDING.
I SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AT YOUR OFFICE THERE, PEOPLE.
AND THEN I MAKE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS.
IT SEEMS TO BE THERE WAS AN UPTICK THIS MONTH AND I KIND OF THINK MAYBE IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, PUT OFF THEIR INCOME TAX TO THIS MONTH.
WELL, AND I BELIEVE THE, UH, YOU, BRANDON, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING DO A WARRANT ROUND UP.
EVEN WHEN WE HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED.
UM, PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT IT AND THEY HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THESE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENTS MONTHLY REPORT.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION ON COMMISSIONER HUNT.
COMMISSIONER HUNT MADE THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO HEARING NOW.
WE'RE GONNA GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'RE GONNA COME OUT, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK IN, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF THE NATURE OF THE, UH, WHERE WE ARE.
SO THE UH, FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ENTERING INTO PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT ON THE ADOPTION OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY CLERKS RECORDS ARCHIVE FUND PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ONE DISTRICT COURT RECORDS ARCHIVE, GOVERNMENT CODE 51 5 DISTRICT COURT RECORDS
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TECHNOLOGY FUND.SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING? COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, MAKE THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, MR. SECOND MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? SAY A OPPOSED SO PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.
I'M NOT SURE THE DISTRICT CLERK IS AROUND, BUT I KNOW, I THINK WE'RE CONDUCTING BOTH HEARINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, FLORIDA, ANYTHING? IT'S, UH, SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME, YES.
UH, THIS IS, UH, DISTRICT CLERK WOULD BE HERE, BUT SHE HAD A JURY.
AND BASICALLY THIS IS A MECHANISM THAT THE STATE HAS PUT INTO PLACE IN ORDER FOR THE COUNTIES TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THEIR HISTORICAL RECORDS.
AND IT IS A, THEY'RE BOTH SELF-FUNDING ACCOUNTS, IF YOU KNOW, MINE IS BASED ON LAND RECORDS.
HERS IS BASED ON COURT RECORDS.
THE, UH, THERE'S A $10 CHARGE FOR EACH RECORD FILED AND IT'S PUT INTO A SEPARATE ACCOUNT AND IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ARCHIVAL OF OUR RECORDS.
AND, UM, OF COURSE IT'S ONLY SPENT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER COURT AND THE CLERKS APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER APPROVING THE FUNDING OF THESE ACCOUNTS.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER OF THE COUNTY CLERK OR THE DISTRICT CLERK? UH, FEE AND THE PROCESSES OR THE WAY THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO ARCHIVE AND, UH, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T DETERIORATE ANY MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE.
AND SO I HAVE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO COMMENT.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE SAY ANYTHING.
IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, END THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NOW WE'LL, THE ADOPTION OF THE COUNTY CLERKS RECORDS ARCHIVE COUNTY, UH, CLERKS THE DISTRICT CLERK.
HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED THEN ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE DISTRICT COURT RECORD ARCHIVE PLAN.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE DISTRICT COURT RECORD ARCHIVE PLAN.
UH, WE NOW HAVE AN ITEM NUMBER 12.
AND THIS IS KIND OF A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.
UH, YOU HAVE THE, UH, INFORMATION ON THE, UH, SUPERIOR VISION, UH, RATES.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IN PROCESS OF, UH, UH, WORKING THROUGH WHERE WE ARE IN THE, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, YOU, WE DID WANT YOU TO SEE THIS AND GO AHEAD AND WE SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SUPERIOR VISION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THIS? UP? ONE UP SUN, BUT NOT, UH, NOT, UH, TO HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THESE, UH, RATES AS PRESENTED BY THE HR DEPARTMENT FOR SUPERIOR.
AND WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. PARKER.
THAT A SECOND? COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, ON ITEM NUMBER 13, WE'RE GONNA THAT AT THIS TIME AND, UH, ACT ON I'LL, UH, A MOTION TO VOTE.
I SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, A ACCEPTING THE RESOLUTION REGARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING VEHICLES AND PRECINCT.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE, THE PAPER ON THAT, THAT, UM, UH, WHEN COMMISSIONER MORRIS STARTED LOOKING AT THE VEHICLES, HE HAD CONTACTED A COMPANY TO LEASE THESE FROM AND THEY WANTED TO USE, THEY SUGGESTED GOVERNMENT CAPITAL FOR THEIR FUNDING.
AND I'VE USED THEM BEFORE AND THEY REQUIRE RESOLUTION.
BANK COURT FINANCING AND LEASING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THEY JUST WANT OUR CORRECT MINUTES WITH OUR COUNTY CLERK SEAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OF THAT? NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
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ON NUMBER 15, UH, TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MAN BEREAVEMENT FROM THE COUNTY OF COLTON, TEXAS IN THE CITY OF OAK RIDGE.BELIEVE THIS IS IN, UH, ONE, WE JUST TRY TO GET IT STARTED.
COUNTY ROADS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UH, KAMAN, TEXAS AND OR KAMAN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF OAK.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN LUBBOCK COUNTY AND
AND THIS IS THE GROUP THAT IS REPRESENTED US NOW SEVERAL YEARS.
AND COURSE WE'RE VERY ACTIVE, UH, IN THE TWO CAPITAL MURDER CASES THAT WE HAD IN 24 20 13.
WROTE THE, UH, AGREEMENT OVER AND, UH, AS DISCUSSED BACK AND FORTH WITH THE, UH, ABOVE OFFICE.
THIS IS AN FUL AGREEMENT WITH LUBBOCK COUNTY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE STARTED.
AND THERE WAS SOME MOVING IN THE LEGISLATURE TO, UH, TRY TO MAKE THIS A STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM OR A STATE PROGRAM, BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
SO IT STILL WILL BE AN INTER AGREEMENT THAT CALLED COUNTY, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES YOU SEE LISTED THERE, UH, WILL BE A MEMBER OF AND STATE FUNDING FOR IT.
SO OUR, OUR AMOUNT DID NOT GO UP, UH,
REBECCA, YOU GOT ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY? UM, OTHER THAN DURING NEGOTIATIONS, THEY'RE REALLY, IT'S REALLY NOT A NEGOTIABLE ILA.
SO I HAD QUITE A FEW CHANGES THAT I WANTED TO MAKE.
UH, THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT'S STILL PENDING, AND YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR THE AGREEMENT, IT'S WHETHER OR NOT IT'S EXCLUSIVE.
MEANING COULD WE APPOINT A PRIVATE ATTORNEY IF, IF WE OR THE JUDGE WANTED TO DO SO? AND I BELIEVE THEY ANSWERED YES ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION.
'CAUSE MOST OF THE EXPENSE, UH, CAPITAL DEFENSE COMES FROM EXPERTS AND THAT'S USUALLY AT THE, THE PICK OF THE ATTORNEY WHO'S LEAVING THE CASE.
SO IT'S JUST IN ESSENCE, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE AN INSURANCE POLICY IF YOU WANT TO USE IT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN MAKE THE CLAIM.
UM, BUT IF, IF WE DON'T, THEN I WANNA HAVE THE OPTION FOR THE COUNTY TOO.
SO I'LL GET THAT ANSWER TO YOU.
BUT I KNOW THE COURT, UM, MOST LIKELY WANTS TO STILL GO FORWARD WITH IT.
AND WE HAVE DONE SO SINCE I BELIEVE 2013.
BUT DOES ANYONE HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT? I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT A LOT.
AND OUR SHARE THIS YEAR IS $65,695.
AND IT STARTED OUT, THIS WAS CALLED MURDER INSURANCE.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT VERY, NOT GOOD NAME, BUT I MEAN, WHAT IT'S, WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT INCREASE IN BUDGET.
SO DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? YEAH, IT'S LIKE ANY INSURANCE POLICY, IT'S NO GOOD USE TO USE.
WE HAD EXPERT WITNESSES AND, UH, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH, BUT, UH, AND I THINK THEY PROBABLY HAVE MADE SOME, UH, CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM THAT MAKES IT, UH, I THINK WE HAD THOSE TWO CASES, THE WILLIAMS CASE AND THE BROWNLOW CASE AND, UH, WE WERE FOR COUNTY OUR SIZE TO HAVE TWO CAPTAIN MURDER CASES IN ONE YEAR.
AND SO, UH, I THINK BASED ON THE CONVERSATION I'VE HAD WITH THE FOLKS THAT RUN THE PROGRAM, UH, THEY'RE AWARE THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME CHANGES MADE IN OUR, IN OUR PROGRAM.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT IN THEIR PROGRAM, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION CAN ALL IN FAVOR SAY A A AYE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 17 IS TO, UH, I TELL YOU WHAT, I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN HERE ABOUT AN HOUR.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THE HEARING.
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I MAKE, AS LONG AS Y'ALL DO IT, I'LL DEATH.AND, UH, FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS THIS, THE REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER INTO A PUBLIC MEETING, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR 20 17 20 18.
SO I'LL HAVE A MOTION DO SO COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER, UH, BARBARA SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO WE'RE NOW INTO A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, JUST LIKE WE DID JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO ON THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT CLERKS.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP, UH, TO SPEAK, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CANNOT SPEAK.
SO WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE, UH, UH, COUNTY, UH, TAX RATE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, UH, SEVERAL TIMES NOW.
UH, AND, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO ALLOW ANYBODY WHO EVER LIKE TO SPEAK TO COME FORWARD.
NOW IDENTIFY YOURSELVES AND TELL US, UH, ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE COUNTY TAX RATE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE, UH, POINT, UH, 0.5887, UH, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME TAX RATE THAT WE ADOPTED THIS LAST YEAR.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COURT? UH, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE TAX RATE TODAY.
THAT WON'T BE UNTIL I BELIEVE OUR SEPTEMBER THE 11TH MEETING.
UH, BUT, UH, THERE HAVE ANY, ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE TAX? ANYBODY WOULD TAX.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO EXIT THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX? I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER UH, ALLEN SAND'S MOTION.
UH, NOW WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SCHEDULING A MEETING TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE FOR 20 17 20 18, UH, FOR SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.
UH, 20, UH, SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, 2017.
WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION.
MR. BARLEY? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, NOW WE NEED TO EXIT THE MEETING AGAIN AND ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO EXIT THE REGULAR MEETING AND THIS WILL BE THE HEARING ON THE, UH, BUDGET THAT WE, UH, WILL ADOPT TODAY.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO EXIT THAT.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
SO WE ARE NOW IN A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED 2017 BUDGET, AND I BELIEVE WE PROVIDED, UH, PREVIOUS MEETINGS, UH, SEVERAL, UH, DOCUMENTS, UH, DEALING WITH, UH, THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA NEXT ONE AND THEN I'VE GOT SEVERAL WHO, UH, THINK THIS IS SOME NEW, NEW DATA THAT ANGIE, UH, PUT TOGETHER FOR US.
ALRIGHT, IF YOU WILL, UH, YOU ALSO, WE'VE, UH, PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED A HANDOUT SHOWING THE, UH, HISTORY OF OUR TAX RATE, UH, SINCE 2008.
UH, BUT IF YOU, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TURN OVER TO THE SECOND PAGE OF THIS HANDOUT.
I'LL GO OVER THIS, UH, BRIEFLY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT, UH, DISCUSSES THE, UH, UH, BUDGET AND HOW MUCH WE'LL BE GOING INTO THE, UH, UH, THE VALUES AND HOW MUCH WE'LL BE GOING INTO THE, UH, DIFFERENT FUND, THE GENERAL FUND, UH, AND
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THEN THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND AND ALSO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.AND, UH, UH, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE JUST, THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LEADING, EXCEPT THERE ARE SOME PRETTY MAJOR CHANGES IN THAT, UH, BEING PRIME.
ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES IS THAT, AND I'VE GOT ANOTHER HANDOUT, I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS, BUT LEMME JUST GO OVER THIS AGAIN.
UH, UH, THE GENERAL FUND TAX RATE WILL BE, UH, 0.4322 ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND TAX RATE WILL BE POINT 10 CENTS, AND THEN THE DEBT SERVICE RATE WILL BE 0.0565.
AND SO THERE ARE SEVERAL HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MENTION.
AND THE, UH, RADIO BOND THAT WE, UH, BORROWED FUNDS FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE WILL BE, UH, MAKING AN EXTRA PRINCIPAL AMOUNT PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $715,000.
THAT COUPLED WITH OUR REGULAR PRINCIPAL PAYMENT OF $285,000 WILL SHOW A TOTAL PRINCIPAL REDUCTION THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND WE'LL PAY THESE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE PAY THE REGULAR PRINCIPAL.
SO WE, THAT'S NORMALLY, I BELIEVE IN FEBRUARY, IF I REMEMBER IT CORRECTLY.
UH, SO WE'LL BE REDUCING THE TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ON THAT LOAN BY A MILLION DOLLARS AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT YEAR.
BUT AS WELL, IT DOES INCLUDE A 4% RAISE FOR MOST EMPLOYEES.
IT DOES, UH, HAVE AN EQUITY PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICER.
AND ACTUALLY, I WAS HARD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THE DIVIDENDS OF DEATH.
YES, THAT'S, UH, UH, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE HOPE WOULD HAPPEN.
UH, IT DOES, UH, INCLUDE A NEW ROOF ON THE MAIN COURTHOUSE.
I HAD SOMEONE ASK ME EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE STUFF GOING ON IN THE COAST, HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT OUR PRICES.
WHO KNOWS? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE ON THAT.
BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S LOTS OF, WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOF WORK AND OTHER WORK DOWN ON THE, UH, UH, DOWN AROUND THE, THE GULF OF MEXICO.
IT DOES ALSO INCLUDE THE WATERPROOFING AND CLEANING THE BRICK ON THE, UH, MAIN COURTHOUSE AND ALSO SEAL COATING OR REWORKING THE, UH, MORTAR AROUND THE COING STONES ON TOP OF THE COURTHOUSE TO KEEP WATER OUT OF THE MAIN COURTHOUSE.
IT DOES INCLUDE A NEW ROOF AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, OR THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.
IT INCLUDES A NEW ROOF AT THE JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICE.
UH, IT DOES INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES FUNDS FOR THE, UH, CLEANUP CONTINUED TO PRINT, UH, CLEANUP AND IMPROVEMENT AT THE, UH, FOR FARM.
AND SO, UH, THE BUDGET DOES RAISE NEW FUNDS BECAUSE OF OUR INCREASED PROPERTY RAISE THAT WE HAD, UH, BUDGET THAT WAS DUE TO THE, UH, UH, GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE COUNTY AND ALSO INCREASED APPRAISALS.
BUT, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON BUDGETS, THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN ONE OF THE, THE BEST ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN DELAYING DOING, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY.
SO IT'S ALLOWING US TO DO SOME ONETIME EXPENDITURES, UH, AND DOING THAT, PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, OUTSTANDING, UH, UH, CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THE US MARSHAL'S OFFICE THAT THESE ARE, ALL OF THESE BASICALLY ARE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.
AND SO THAT, THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT NOW THAT THE DO YEAH, WE DO.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HOLD A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE, BEFORE THE TAX MONEY ROLLS IN.
ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON THE ADOPTION OF THE UH, 20 17 20 18 BUDGET.
GARY, CAN I DO, UH, ACCORDING TO THE, UH, PAY PERIODS, HOW THEY, THEY FALL, UM, THE FIRST PAY PERIOD BEING FULL TWO WEEK PERIOD IN OCTOBER WITH THE INCREASES.
NO, WE WILL NOT BE DOING THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE DISCUSSED THAT LAST YEAR.
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUT IT IN A RULE THAT SAID WE WOULDN'T DO THAT.
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INTO, YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND Y'ALL.THANK WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO CALCULATE IT THAT WAY 'CAUSE IT'S TOO HARD ON PAYROLL CLERK TO FIGURE EVERYBODY'S CHANGES.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, BUDGET? NOT WOULD CONSIDER THE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? I MAY HAVE A MOTION FROM UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.
THOSE OPPOSED? NOW WE WILL, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, SETTING SALARIES, EXPENSES AND OTHER ALLOWANCES OF LAW ELECTED, UH, COUNTY AND PRECINCT OFFICERS, I BELIEVE HAVE A DOCUMENT ON THAT.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THIS IS WHAT WE'VE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY IN THE BUDGET COURT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SETTING THE SALARIES, EXPENSES, AND OTHER ALLOWANCES OF ALL COUNTY AND PRECINCT OFFICER? HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION? UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF SAYING AYE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 25 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR 20 17 20 18 AND TAKE A RECORD VOTE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARBER.
AND SO IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR HANDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENTLEMEN.
UH, NEXT WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 26 AND THAT IS TO HAVE A PRESENTATION AND ACCEPT THE AUDITOR'S MONTHLY REPORT.
AND, UH, I LOOKED THIS OVER LAST NIGHT, UH, WHILE I WAS TRYING TO GO TO SLEEP.
AND, UH, IT, UH,
VERY, UH, GOOD TO SEE IN THIS KIND OF SHAPE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE ONLY ON A REVENUE SITE AT 30 35 2.
SO WE HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB EVERYBODY HAS OF BRINGING IN THE MONEY ACCOUNTING FOR IT.
UH, YOUR REVENUES ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER THAN WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME CAPITAL OUTLAY THINGS GOING ON THAT Y'ALL HAVE APPROVED DURING THE YEAR.
UM, YOUR REVENUES FOR YOUR, UM, ROAD AND BRIDGE ARE MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.
YOU WERE AT 8.6, MEANING THE LAST YEAR YOU WERE 7.8.
AND UM, OF COURSE YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.
ALL THE OTHER FUNDS SEEM TO DO BE DOING PRETTY GOOD.
SO YOU, UM, WE ARE CLEANING UP YOUR ESTIMATED BEGINNING BALANCES TO CARRY FORWARD ON THOSE FUNDS.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY BRINGING SOME CHANGES TO THE BUDGET LATER AS WE SEE HOW THE BILLS ARE COMING IN SO YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH YOU HAVE IN YOUR ACCOUNTS.
AND IN THAT REGARD, UH, UH, WE HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON GETTING THE REIMBURSEMENT ON THE COURT REPORTER FEES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AND THAT HAS BEEN A, UH, BEEN FIGHTING EXPERIENCE, I'LL TELL YOU CHALLENGE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY, SOME OF THEM PERSONNEL HAVE TURNED OVER.
THE NEW PERSONNEL THAT CAME IN WENT TO A TRAINING IN WASHINGTON DC FOR 10 DAYS OR SOMETHING.
WE COULDN'T GET PEOPLE TO TURN A PHONE CALL.
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THAT WE'RE GOING GET THAT $173,000, WHICH IS A BROWN LITTLE CAPITAL MURDER CASE FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC FOR THE, UH, RECORDS DOCUMENT THAT WAS PREPARED BY THE COURT REPORTER.SO, BUT WE WON'T COUNT IT UNTIL WE GET IT SO WELL AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE 25,000 FROM THE STATE AND THE APPEAL ON THE WILLIAMS CASE.
AND THEN JUDGE BEARD CALLED ME, UM, LAST WEEK AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD RECEIVED ANOTHER BILL FROM THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE FOR ABOUT ALMOST 11,000 AND HE TOLD HIM, I'M GONNA ONLY ASK YOUR, OUR AUDITOR TO PAY $1,800 SO WE CAN EAT THE REST.
SO IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON, YOU KNOW.
SO DO HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUDITOR'S REPORT? THANK A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, THOSE VOTES.
ITEM NUMBER 27 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A APPRO LINE ITEM TRANSFER YOUR LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
UH, THESE WERE EMAILED TO YOU, UH, LAST WEEK FROM CHUCK AND, UH, THE ONLY ONE I'D REALLY CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, BUT YOU ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT, WAS THE REPAIRS AT THE, UM, AT THE JAIL.
Y'ALL HAD APPROVED THOSE REPAIRS? YES, BUT WE JUST HAD TO MOVE MONEY TO, TO COVER IT.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAD THE LITIGATION SETTLEMENT THAT WE HAD TO BUDGET AND THEN TRANSFER TO THE DIFFERENT ROAD BRIDGES AND REIMBURSE THE, UM, GENERAL FUND FOR ALL THE LOCATION COSTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER ONE WAS, UH, ABOUT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE I CALLED YOUR ATTENTION IS, UH, ROAD AND BRIDGE PRECINCT ONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING OR WHAT HE'S TEARING UP OVER THERE, BUT WE GOT SOME INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT, SO WE WANTED TO INCREASE THAT REVENUE SO WE CAN INCREASE THE EXPENDITURE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE EMAIL YOU'D SENT ME WHILE YOU WERE AT CONFERENCE.
WE ALREADY DO THAT SO THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE THE MONEY, THEY CAN REPAIR WHAT THEY NEED TO REPAIR.
MOTHER NATURE TOOK CARE OF THAT.
UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS SOME QUESTIONS ON IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE AUDITOR? NO, NOT I'LL
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL SAY I.
OKAY, NEXT IS THE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIM FOR PAYMENT.
CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 1,000,600 $27,734 AND 41 CENTS.
UH, 313 OF THAT WAS, UM, ROAD MATERIALS 286,000.
THOSE ROAD BOND MATERIALS, UH, WE PURCHASED SOME COUNTY VEHICLES FOR AROUND 160,000 AND WE SPENT A HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN FIVE ON SOME NEW EQUIPMENT FOR PRECINCT THREE AND FOUR.
AND, UH, WE HAD THE, THE REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER THAT WE HAD TO SEND THAT MONEY TO.
AND IT, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY IT SET IN A PREPAID ACCOUNT 'CAUSE THE BUDGET HADN'T BEEN APPROVED AT THAT TIME, BUT THAT'S THE WAY WE HAD TO DO IT 'CAUSE OF THE WAY THEY BILLED US.
AND, UM, UTILITIES WERE 61,000 AND THE REST WERE JUST MINOR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NINE ITEM TRANSFERS? I MEAN THE, I'M A MOTION APPROVE.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN MADE THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, AND THE LAST ITEM IS TO ADJOURN THE PHILLIPS.