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UH, SEPTEMBER THE 18TH.UH, WE'RE HAVING A, IT'S A MOVE UP OF OUR REGULAR MEETING, UH, WHICH NORMALLY WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THIS NEXT, UH, WEEK, PART OF NEXT WEEK AND BEGINNING ON MONDAY.
SO, WE'LL, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR FOR PURPOSES WITH THE AUDITOR.
I'M NOT SURE I NEED TO VISIT WITH HER ON THAT IF WE NEED TO DO THAT, BUT WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT.
SO MAYBE ON WEDNESDAY WE APPROVE BILL, YOU KNOW, GET INTO THAT.
SO, ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM THAT IS PRESENT.
UH, WE WILL, AGAIN WITH AN INVITATION, UH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO VOTE OF HER FLAG.
SO IF YOU THANK FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GIVE US TO, UH, TOGETHER HERE TODAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, YOUR GRACE, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR US ON A DAILY BASIS, SOME THAT WE FORGET TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THIS COUNTY, THE STATE WE LIVE IN, AND THIS GREAT COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN.
LORD, WE KNOW WE HAVE MANY CHALLENGES, UH, THAT WE'RE FACING, UH, ALL ACROSS THE BOARD THAT SEEMS, BUT WE KNOW WITH YOUR GUIDE, OUR PRAYER, UH, THAT THOSE NUMBER OF CHALLENGES, UH, UH, CAN NOT BE MET.
AND THE LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE US THE WISDOM TO DO THAT.
LORD, WE THANK YOU AGAIN THIS MORNING FOR THOSE THAT ARE JOINING US THIS MORNING, OUR FOUR H MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND FOR WHAT THEY MEAN TO OUR COUNTY AND FOR THE, UH, GOOD WORK THAT THEY PROVIDE.
WE PRAY NOW FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND, UH, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND THE NATION, THE FLOODS AND THE, UH, TERRIFIC, UH, SCENES CATASTROPHE THAT HAS OCCURRED.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
UH, WE PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO BRING SOME SORT OF NORMALCY BACK TO THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN HARMED.
WE PRAY NOW THAT YOU'LL BLESS US.
SO I, WITH TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ON HONOR TEXAS SIDE, I HAVE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE A TEXAS ONE STATE, A HUNDRED DOLLARS ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ANYBODY THAT'S SIGNED UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT? WE, THE ONE THAT SIGNED UP, WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE WITH US THAT I MENTIONED, JUST MOMENTS.
AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE AND WE CAN RUN OUTTA ANY, WE HAD SOME MANY TO SIGN, BUT, UH, YOU GOT THEM DONE JUST HERE.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND JUST TELL US WHO ALL'S HERE WITH US DOWN IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MY OFFICERS FOR THE COMPMAN COUNTY COURT YOUTH COUNSEL.
UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE NATIONAL FOUR HB.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE
I AM NOT, AND I AM SECRETARY OF THE COFFEE COUNCIL.
I'M THE TREASURER OF THE CONMAN COUNTY COUNCIL, BUT I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORY COUNCIL AND THUS A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE STATE BOARD.
THE KAMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS PROUD TO HONOR THE FOUR H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE FOR 110 YEARS OF PROVIDING EXPERIENCE BASED EDUCATION TO YOUNGSTERS THROUGHOUT THE LONE STAR STATE.
THIS ADMIRAL PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE WHOLE CHILD, INCLUDING HEAD, HEART, HANDS, AND HEALTH, HELPS YOUNG TECHNICIANS TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS, FORM ATTITUDES TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF-DIRECTED, PRODUCTIVE, AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
WITH ITS MORE THAN 550,000 URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL YOUTH PARTICIPANTS RANGING AGE FROM EIGHT TO 19 TALE FROM DIVERSE
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ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, AND TRULY REPRESENT THE CROSS SECTION OF THE STATE.THIS PROGRAM PROGRAM UNDOUBTEDLY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED, BUT NOT THE SUCCESS FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE 220,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE GENERALLY GIVEN THEIR TIME, TALENTS, ENERGIES, AND RESOURCES AT TEXANS.
THROUGHOUT IT, PROUD HISTORY, THE FOUR H PROGRAM HAS DEVELOPED POSITIVE ROLES OR ROLE MODELS FOR COUNTLESS TEXANS, AND THROUGHOUT ITS INNOVATIVE AND INSPIRING PROGRAMS CONTINUES TO BUILD CHARACTER AND TO INSTILL THE VALUES THAT HAVE MADE OUR, OUR STATE STRONG AND GREAT.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT THAT THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY DESIGNATES OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH SEVENTH 2017 AS NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK IN TEXAS, FOUR H WEEK IN TEXAS, AND COMMEND THE FOUR HE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE AND THE MANY MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.
SO THESE ARE, MY NAME IS CARRIE SHARP FROM THE FOUR H AGENT FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROGRAM, KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
AND THE FOUR H PROGRAM ITSELF HAS OVER 300 KIDS THAT PARTICIPATE IN AGES EIGHT TO THE 12TH GRADE.
WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE CLOVER KID PROGRAM, WHICH IS FIVE TO EIGHT.
BUT THE BIG THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, VOLUNTEERS THAT DONATED OVER 12,000 HOURS TO THE YOUTH OF KAMAN COUNTY, AND THAT'S JUST NOT THE FOUR H PROGRAM.
THAT'S ALSO OUR CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE VERY BLESSED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, HELPED SUPPORT IN.
AND LAST YEAR WE REACHED OUT TO OVER, JUST IN THE SCHOOLS ALONE, OVER 12,000 YOUTH WITH OUR SCHOOL
UH, SETH DOES THE AQUAPONICS PROGRAM.
DON TELL IS CREATIVE WRITING, AND ISAAC HAS SO MANY TALENTS THAT, UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE LONGER TO LIST THEM, BUT DANCING AND JUDGING AND JUST BEING AN OVERALL LEADERSHIP IS HIS BIGGEST TALENTS.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT OF COMAN COUNTY FOUR CHIEF PROGRAM.
SO I, I I SUPPOSE WE GONNA GET A PICTURE AND THE OFFICIAL CLAIM SIGNED DOCUMENT.
THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE DRESSED UP IN THEIR BOW TIE TODAY.
SO HOW DID YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAYBE TO I HAVE OUR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND MR. RATAN BACK HERE.
UM, AND SO THE YOUNG MAN CAN STEP BACK BY THE, THE TEXAS FLAG AND THEY CAN GET THAT WITH OKAY.
WELL THEY'RE COME BEHIND YOU ALL SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYBODY IN.
BRIAN AND, UM, NOAH AND
EVERYBODY IN AND IT IS CHEESEBURGER NATIONAL DAY, SO.
THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
WE APPRECIATE THIS 'CAUSE I HAVE TEACHERS READY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE VOTE JUDGE, DID WE VOTE? ARE YOU GONNA APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION? IS THAT ON THE AGENDA? IT IS ON THE BREAKFAST.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION.
SO WE'LL MOVE NOW INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, I THINK THAT, UH, ONE YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW IS WE DID RECEIVE OVER THE WEEKEND A, UH, EMAIL FROM GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYING THAT THEY WERE GONNA FUND A HUNDRED SIXTY, SIXTY FOUR.
WE AGREED 4,000 OF THE GROUND MURDER TRIAL.
SO I WANT YOU BE AWARE OF THAT.
WE ASK FOR 179, BUT YOU KNOW, WE GOT 164 WHEEL WORK.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION JUST FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION IS, IS THAT, UH, WE ARE MOVING
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ON AND SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT WE WILL HOPEFULLY START WORK ON THIS THIS NEXT YEAR.I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY INTO THE NEW BUDGET YEAR, AND SO, UH, THE COURT HAS DECIDED TO LOOK FOR A, UH, ANIMAL SALE, ANIMAL SHELTER LOCATION OUTSIDE THE AREA OF THE, UH, POOR FARM.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
AS FAR AS THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS. ONE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING A REGULAR MEETING, UH, OR A REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 14TH, 2017, AUGUST THE 28TH, 2017, AND THE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 21ST, 2017 AND SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH, 2017.
AND ITEM B IS TO ACCEPT AND CONSIDER, UH, THE, OR ACCEPT THE
SO I BELIEVE YOU HAVE COPIES OF THOSE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, ANY OF THAT? NO.
A MOTION TO ACCEPT AS PRINTED MOTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER BARBARA MAY SAY, MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROV THE TREASURERS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST.
THAT'S YOUR, OUR GENERAL FUND CASH BALANCE IN AUGUST 1ST, 2017 WAS 1 MILLION 5 42, 41 43.
AND WE HAD GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT WERE IN TECHNICAL FINE OF 8 MILLION 997 0 38 9.
DURING THE MONTH, UH, THE GENERAL FUND RECEIVED 1,000,786 $3 AND 96 CENTS.
THE RECEIPT FROM THE TPO PRIME WAS INTEREST OF $7,023 AND 29 CENTS.
WE TRANSFERRED 3 MILLION FROM TPO PRIME TO AMERICAN NATIONAL AND WE HAD DISBURSEMENTS OF 3 MILLION 949, 169 AND 16 FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF 2 MILLION 377 0 76, 23 AND 6 MILLION FOR, UH, 4,000 OH 62 19, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 8,000,003.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, UH, QUICK SNAPSHOT AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND TO MOVE INTO OUR, OUR TAX RECEIPT CYCLE, UH, WE'VE GOT 8,000,003 COMBINED IN GENERAL FUND.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL FUND DRAW DOWN FOR AUGUST WAS THE 3,000,009 RECEIVED LESS THAN 1,000,008 DISPERSED.
SO YOUR DRAW DOWN, UH, WAS ABOUT 2 MILLION.
YOU WITH ME? SO WE'VE GOT 8 MILLION SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
SO THE HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON PACE TO HAVE, UH, ADEQUATE GENERAL FUND CASH SO THAT WE DON'T BORROW, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BORROW FROM ROAD AND BRIDGE.
SO THE, UH, THE TAX POOL, UH, ROAD BOND FUND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE SECOND ISSUE OF ROAD BONDS, UH, THAT EARNED 27,000 641 31 IN INTEREST.
AND I WAS AT A TREASURER'S CONFERENCE IN ADDISON AND, AND SAW THE FOLKS FROM TEX FOOL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY KNEW US.
Y HAVE REALLY BEEN ACTIVE IN TAX POOL CRIME THIS YEAR.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL ON BOARD.
SO IT WAS GREAT MEETING, UH, OUR REGULAR GENERAL FUND INTEREST AT AMERICAN NATIONAL WAS 5,000 37 31 55.
YOU CAN SEE YOUR ROAD BOND INTEREST THERE OF $900.
UH, SO A TOTAL OF AMERICAN NATIONAL OF 5,081 TOTAL AT, UH, TEXT POOL OF 34,000 665 18.
UH, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR PACKET IS YOUR SECURITIES LISTING.
UH, AGAIN, MET THE, THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT AT THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK, UH, THAT ARE THE CUSTODIAL ULTIMATE CUSTODIAN OF THOSE SECURITIES THAT ARE HELD BY AMERICAN NATIONAL.
WE HAVE JUST ABOUT ENOUGH COLLECTIVE BALANCE TO EARN OUR SERVICE FEES.
UH, THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, DISPOSITION OF CHECKS A VERY SIMILAR MONTH, UH,
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WHERE WE ISSUED 956 PAYROLL, DIRECT DEPOSITS, AND 164 PAYROLL HARD COPY CHECKS.THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL WORK KEN OFF CYCLE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, UH, TO APPROVE PAYROLL BEFORE IT'S ISSUED.
AND I KNOW THE COURT IS WORKING ON SCHEDULING ON THAT.
UH, WE WILL ISSUE THE REGULAR PAYROLL BASED UPON THE BUDGET AND DEPARTMENT HEAD, UH, TIME SHEETS.
UH, THAT'S BEING PREPARED TODAY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? QUESTIONS? ENTERTAIN, ENTERTAIN.
AND THE NEXT ITEM IS THE, UH, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER TERRY.
UH, YOU KIND OF SEE WE WOUND END UP RUNNING, UH, 746, UH, REPORTED CALLS 392 WENT TO INVESTIGATION, UH, BY THE OFFICE.
UH, 213 WAS CLEAR WITH PITCH 4.3%.
UH, YOU CAN SEE IN CAPERS WE ASSIGNED 68 CASES.
UH, PROPERTY WAS NINE, SEVEN, UH, CASES 29 FILED AND 12 CLEARED.
UH, YOU CAN SEE ATTENTION WAS RUNNING ABOUT 4 0 3.
IT SHOULD GET OUT WITHIN 24 DAYS.
WE'VE ADMITTED 352 IN THE JAIL WITH AT LEAST 345 AND WE'RE HOLDING ABOUT 102.
AND THIS BILLING FOR JUST THE HOUSING PART OF 158,003 50, I DID GIVE KW KIND OF IN LIGHT WHAT WE OWN THE END OF THE YEAR.
THIS WILL PUT US A LITTLE BIT OVER.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE MORE BILLING.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY AVERAGE A LITTLE OVER 200,000 EXTRA THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THE, UH, HOUSING.
WE TOOK 202,000 529 9 1 1 CALLS, CALLS FOR SERVICE 4,961.
THE ADMIN WAS 3002 34, WHICH THE AVERAGE OF 3 46 CALLS FOR 24 HOURS WARRANTS HAS REALLY STEPPED UP.
UH, 1381 IS WHAT WE RECEIVED IN COURTS FOR 169, UH, IS WHAT WE RETURNED BACK TO THE COURTS.
UH, CIVIL PROCESS 160, WE RECALLED OR SERVED 178, PICKED UP 101 DOGS, 64 CATS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN REALLY AGGRESSIVE IN PICKING UP MAINLY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
240, IF YOU NOTICE THAT WHEN'S UP, WE'VE GOT THE ONE GUY TRAINING, WHICH HE'S FIXING TO GO TO SCHOOL.
BUT THAT'S, THAT IS PICKED UP.
240, UH, 79 OF THOSE WERE, UH, REGISTRATION INSPECTION AND THE OVERWEIGHT AND AND MOVING WAS 1 61.
AND THEN OUR TRAINING HOURS, UH, WE DID 120 HOURS, 81 STUDENTS AND WE, UH, AVERAGE THE COST OUT ON WHAT IT COSTS.
SEND SOMEBODY IS 8,924 SAVING AND TRAINING AND DOING IT OURSELVES FOR THAT MONTH.
WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S COMING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WE'LL LET ANY, ANY OTHER AGENCY IN THE COUNTY, EVEN OUTSIDE IF WE'RE GOING AHEAD TO PUT THAT ON.
THEN WE'VE GOT OUR LEGAL UPDATES THAT'S COMING UP, UH, WITH THE DA'S OFFICE.
WE'VE GOT THAT UP FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO TRY TO GET ALL OUR LEGAL UPDATES IN.
AS FAR AS OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS.
YOU'LL SEE, UH, CIVIL, UH, 2000 207 22 MONEY ORDERS FOR OUR BONDS.
5,110, UH, RECORD WAS 265 CASH BONDS WITH 4,500.
UH, THE SSIS FOR A CERTAIN SENTENCING POST
OUR OTHER AGENCY'S BOND WAS 4,200 1873.
AND THE TOTAL, UH, FINANCIAL WAS 16,006 FIVE.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SHERIFF? WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, SHERIFF'S COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION.
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPTING.
YOU WANNA DO THAT THIS OUT TODAY? SO I'M THE ONE, UM, BUT I DIDN'T LET HER KNOW THAT I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OUT OF THE ORDINARY BECAUSE I'M NOT EXACTLY
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SURE WHAT COLLECTIONS DOES.BUT I DO HAVE A REPORT AND I THINK THE TWO IMPORTANT NUMBERS ARE THE TOTAL DEPOSITS FOR AUGUST AND THAT'S THE 49,271.
AND THEN THE TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS MADE OUT OF THAT WAS 5,324 99 CENTS.
UM, BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE TO ASK YOU GUYS IF THIS REPORT IS WORKING FOR YOU.
INCLUDE, OR IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ON IT.
ANY CONSULT? GOOD INFORMATION.
SO WE DO, I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS MR. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM I BEEN ASKED TO TABLE, SKIP OVER HERE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS BUZZ AND I ARE GONNA MEET TODAY.
SO HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER SIX, PHILLIPS SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, SO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REPAIR OF COUNTY ROAD 3 45 LOCATED AT PRECINCT THREE AND AMOUNT OF 50,000 HUNDRED $68.
SO MASQ CHIP LOCK MATERIAL OF DONALDSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
IF THIS WAS BROUGHT TO COURT FOR TWO REASONS, ONE IS IT EXCEEDS THE $50,000 THRESHOLD.
AND SECONDLY, JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THE, THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING AGAIN TO, TO UH, MAKE THIS SOLE, THIS VENDOR A SOLE SOURCE.
IT WAS APPROVED IN COURT ON 7:00 PM AND 17TH FOR THIS, THIS VENDOR TO BE DESIGNATED AS SOLE SOURCE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL, BE ABLE TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS, YOUR HONOR.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AYE VOTE VOTES.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT VENDOR.
SOMEONE PULLED DS DOWN ONE OF THE VOTES THEY DID FOR US.
THEY JUST VOLUNTEERED TO SO THE PURPOSE OF PULLING A DOWN THE ROAD I GUESS TOO GOT MORNING THIS THE ONE THAT WE HAD PUT THIS OH, OKAY.
ON SOMEBODY SAYING, WELL THE VENDOR SAID, HEY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT, WE'LL COME OVER AND YEAH.
THEY'VE ALSO ASKED US ABOUT DOING A TEST NINE ON THE WHITE ROCK ROAD.
THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND SEE IF THIS STUFF WILL WORK OVER THAT ROCK.
YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE GONNA DO IT JUST TO SEE IF IT WORKS NOT WELL, NO, THEY'RE GONNA FROM THREE 50 WEST END.
YEAH, FROM 3 51 THEY'RE GONNA GO WEST OF PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET.
JUST SEE HOW THREE 50 AT LEAST A MILE.
YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD TO SEE FISH.
YEAH, HE WANTS, HE SAID, HE ASKED ME ABOUT TRYING IT.
I SAID YEAH, LET'S TRY IT, SEE IF IT WORKS.
THEY'RE NOT CHARGING YOU FOR IT.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FIRST CANINE DOG CONSTABLE PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE CONSTABLE HERE WITH US THIS MORNING.
DO YOU HAVE HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PRESENT ON THIS? NO SIR.
HE'S PROVIDED ME WITH THE, THE ITEMS I ASKED FOR EVERYTHING.
I'M, I'M GOOD AS FAR AS BASICALLY UH, THERE'S A GENERAL FUND THAT FOR ALL FOUR CONSTABLES, NO EQUIPMENT WE'RE MY PART AND TWO OF THE OTHER CONSTABLES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA USE THAT TO PURCHASE.
THE DAS GONNA PROVIDE THE REMAINING BALANCE.
3000, I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT CAN BE AVAILABLE TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WE'RE GONNA USE IT WITH SCHOOLS TO TEACH NARCOTIC SHERIFF'S OFFICE OBJECTIONS ONLY.
ANYBODY? I MEAN WE'RE ALL, I GOT IT MIGHT BE A SILLY QUESTION, BUT IT SAYS A DUAL PURPOSE NARCOTICS CAN NINE WHAT? EXPLAIN THE DUAL PURPOSE A AND CAN ALSO
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CRIMINAL.I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS DUAL PURPOSE NARCOTICS.
I'LL JUDGE, WOULD I HAVE, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS I NEED TO MAKE.
OH, BOTH CONSTABLES FROM PRECINCT ONE AND TWO SENT US EMAIL SAYING THAT WE COULD USE THEIR FUNDS IN THAT LINE ITEM.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THAT'S THE SAME ISSUE WE HAD WHEN CONSTABLE PRECINCT THREE WAS WANT TO BY A JUDGE'S CHAIR AND THE PRIOR PURCHASING AGENT BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
'CAUSE THOSE FUNDS WERE FOR PACIFIC PURPOSES, NOT FOR A CHAIR.
I HAVE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL INVOICE THERE.
CONSTABLE JONES MAILED TO HAD EMAILED TO ME.
IT'S GOT A DATE OF AUGUST THE SIXTH ON IT.
I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT 'CAUSE IT WASN'T DONE LIKE IT SHOULD BE.
I'M GLAD HE'S GETTING THE DOG.
I JUST WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND I THINK WE PROBABLY, WITH A NEW BUDGET, I'M ON REQUEST.
EVERYBODY GETS PURCHASE ORDERS AND THAT I HAVE TO APPROVE THEM SO WE FOLLOW THE LAW.
I I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD THING TO DO.
I MEAN, SO YOU KEEP EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE AND EVERYBODY CAN GET IN TROUBLE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO STIR UP NOTHING.
WE JUST NEED TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
LIKE I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GARBER.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THE NEXT ITEM IS TO, UH, HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE AUDITOR'S MONTHLY REPORT.
I ASSUME Y'ALL GOT A COPY OF THIS IN EMAIL.
UH, CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AT THE SAME TIME AS LAST YEAR.
UH, THE GENERAL FUND HAS 39,000,460 IN REVENUES AND LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME IT WAS ONLY 36 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE DONE GOOD ON OUR REVENUE COLLECTIONS.
UH, OUR EXPENDITURES, HOWEVER, ARE ABOUT A MILLION OVER AND THAT IS DUE TO THE EXTRA COST AND EXTRA UPFRONT STUFF THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED.
AND THEN WE FOUND SOME EXTRA VEHICLES AND EMPLOYEES THAT WE HADN'T BUDGET FOR ORIGINALLY.
UM, ROAD BRIDGE REVENUES ARE 700 SOME THOUSAND OVER AND EXPENDITURES ARE 9 MILLION.
AND COMPARED TO LAST YEAR THEY WERE 8.2, WHICH TELLS ME WE'RE DOING SOME WORK AND GETTING SOME THINGS DONE AND FINDING THE MATERIALS UP FRONT LIKE YOU NEEDED TO.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS HAVE ANY OTHER FUNDS? I WILL PULL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT I HAD A W PULLING ME A COMPARISON OF THE COLLECTIONS REPORT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
AND OUR REVENUES ARE LOW, BUT THAT HAS TO DO WITH STATE MANDATES COMING DOWN AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO, THAT PROVE THEIR SELF INDIGENT DOING CERTAIN TIME INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY BRINGING IN.
SO THAT'S OUR REVENUE DOWN BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO IN THAT CASE, ON OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, THEN WE PROJECT MORE THAN WE SHOULD HAVE.
I THINK WE WELL, FOR THIS YEAR WHEN WE'RE CLOSING OUT THIS MONTH YES.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT TIME.
WE DID THAT BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
I'LL, I'LL SCAN THAT, UM, COMPARISON AND EMAIL IT TO THE FIVE OF Y'ALL JUST SO YOU CAN REVIEW IT AND SEE HOW THOSE MANDATES OCCURRED.
THAT'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
HE AT FIRST CAME IN, WAS PULLING THE INFORMATION JUST FROM COLLECTIONS AND I SAID, UHUH, THAT'S WAY OFF.
I SAID, YOU GOTTA TAKE CONSIDERATION.
THE OTHER STUFF, COUNTY CLERK WAS DONE.
IT'S GONNA HURT Y'ALL'S REVENUES BECAUSE THE FEES FROM THE DISTRICT COUNTY CLARK ALSO.
SO IN LOOKING AT, AT YOUR REPORT, JUST TO MAKE SURE, UH, WE'RE ALMOST, AS FAR AS REVENUES ARE CONCERNED THROUGH THE MONTH, 11 MONTHS, WE'RE AT 39,004 BUDGET 34 BUDGET 39 86.
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RIGHT.AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT EXPENDITURES, WE, AS WE COLLECTED, UH, REVENUE 39 4 60 EXPENDITURES 33,000,567.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ABOVE THE, UH, BENCHMARK, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL UNDER WATER, BUT VERY GOOD SHAPE.
THAT'S THE WAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE READING, RIGHT? YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
YOU WERE SAYING THAT I, WELL GO BACK.
YOU MENTIONED THAT BI LIKE, WELL I LIKE TO DO THE COMPARISON BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THE, THE EXPENDITURES ARE, ARE GOING.
IS EVERYBODY LIKE IN THE SAME SPENDING FRAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR BUT WE WENT A LITTLE BIT OVER BUT WE HAD A LOT MORE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GET DONE WHICH BUDGETED FOR.
WE HAVE SPENT SOME MONEY IN VEHICLES AND THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR RIGHT OUTTA THE BUDGET SECTION.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE WERE OKAY.
DO I HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON MONTHLY REPORT? I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN, I SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
ALL FAVOR SAY 10 IS CONSIDERED MINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
THEY RECEIVE A COPY OF THOSE IN THE MAIL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS UNDER THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS? NO.
MAKE A MOTION MOTION, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
ALL IN FAVOR? SO, UH, NEXT ITEM IS, I KNOW I'VE REPORT THE ADD ADD.
THE, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE NUMBER 11 BEFORE WE UH, UH, ADJOURN.
SO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT CLAIMS ARE PAID ARE 657,000, $56 AND 7 CENTS FOR SOME REASON.
YEAH, WELL YOU DISAPPROVED BILLS LAST MONDAY TOO.
SO, UH, YOUR MAJOR EXPENSES WERE, UH, NEW EQUIPMENT PRECINCT THREE FOR 189,000.
UH, ROAD AND BRIDGE, UH, EXPEND ROAD BOND EXPENDITURES, 138 ROAD MATERIALS 73 WASN'T A, A LOT OF THESE BIG EXPENDITURES.
OUR THAT'S WHERE OUR, ALL OF OUR INSURANCE AND ALL THAT STUFF WILL DO NEXT TIME ONE WEEK AND THEN BOOM.
THAT'S ALL HAPPEN IN THE NEW IN THE NEW ONE.
WE'VE GOT ONE MORE PAYROLL TO GO.
WE'RE DOING PAYROLL RIGHT NOW AND YOUR PAID FIRST PAYROLL IN OCTOBER.
WE'LL ALSO GO BACK ALL BUT ONE DAY GOES BACK INTO THIS YEAR'S, THIS YEAR.
I'M SURE THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
WELL, REMEMBER WHEN YOU APPROVED THE BUDGET, THE SALARIES, I ASKED YOU TO MAKE THOSE EFFECTIVE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD.
SO STILL THAT GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THOSE NUMBERS.
I STILL GO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, SO YES, WE'LL JUST SEND THEM TO YOU, SIR.
HE SAID WE'LL JUST SEND THEM TO YOU.
I, I'M GOOD WITH MAKE A MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A, A, A.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT ITEM AND THEN THAT IS TO ACCEPT THE TAX ASSESSOR COURT FOR AUGUST, 2017.
GLAD TO HAVE THIS SAMPLE WITH US AND, UH, TIME GETTING UP HERE AND GOT A GOOD REPORT.
UH, CURRENTLY FOR THE MONTH, 14,000 383 12.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ROLLBACKS THIS PAST MONTH, BUT, UM, I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON
AND LAST YEAR? LAST YEAR WAS 98.3.
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PROCESS FOR TAX SO FAR WE'RE ON SCHEDULE.AS LONG AS THE ENTITIES GET THEIR INFORMATION TO US, WE'RE READY WHEN THEY'RE READY.
WHEN THEY COME IN, WE'RE READY TO GO.
WE ALREADY GOT THE, THE PRINTER READY.
JUST AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE AND THEY HAVE, THERE'S A COUPLE LITTLE STEPS THEY HAVE TO DO AFTER THAT.
MY GOAL IS GO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HAS, HAS ANYBODY TURNED IN YET? OH, YES SIR.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY LEFT OUT? THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 15 THAT, UH, IS TURNED IN MAYBE 16 AND WE HAVE 33 ENTITIES.
OKAY, SO ABOUT HALF SOME OF 'EM ARE JUST NOW.
AND SOME OF 'EM ARE JUST NOW GETTING THEIR MEETINGS SO THEY CAN SET THEIR, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM THAT'LL PROBABLY HOLD OUT FOR THE LAST SECOND, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, SO WE, WE CAN CHARGE THEM UP THE DEADLINE? YES SIR.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME CHANGES.
ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM NEXT FROM OUR MARSHALL AND HE'S GONNA TALK TO US ABOUT CONSIDER ENACT A BURN BAN IN COUNTY.
AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN LISTENING AND I KNOW OUR, PRIMARILY ON THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY, YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAPS THAT I PROVIDED YOU, UH, PRETTY DRY FROM COMBINE ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO MAYBANK.
THEY'VE, UH, BEEN TAKING MORE OF THE FIRES.
MOST ANY OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
APPLE SPRINGS SEEMS TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY BIG ISSUES BUT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, UH, WE DO SOME OF THE LOWER PARTS OF THE COUNTY FROM YOUR LAST PAGE.
UH, TOP LINE YOU'LL SEE SERIES OF NUMBERS THERE.
THAT'S THE LOW, HIGH AND THE AVERAGE IN OUR COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE SOME AREAS OF OUR COUNTY THAT ARE AS HIGH AS SIX 50.
AS OF WE HAVEN'T HAD THE INFORMATION COMING IN FROM THE WATER SERVICE TODAY AT THIS
USUALLY AFTERNOON WE'LL GET THAT.
UH, THAT PLUS SEVEN IS JUST INDICATING IT'S UP SEVEN POINTS FOR THE PRIOR DATE.
AND THAT HAS BEEN THE AVERAGE FOR ABOUT THE LAST, UH, WEEK OR 10 DAYS.
WE'RE INCREASING ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT POINTS DAY.
SO PUT FAN INTO EFFECT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE FORECAST, WHAT OUR SURFACE IS PROVIDING AND THE WEATHER FORECAST WE WERE.
AND UH, TODAY WE'RE 30 AND REQUEST FORM OF A MOTION.
I BELIEVE IT TIME THAT I, THAT WE FOR 45 DAYS SIGNIFICANT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALL TO SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SAY AYE.
A MOTION TO GO INTO A AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, START INTERVIEWING.
OKAY, WELL I DID NOT GOOD AUTHORITY, BUT THIS WAS GONNA BE QUICK
WANTED TO KNOW, MAKE A DECISION.
LEMME CALL THE COURT BACK TO ORDER.
FIRST THE TIME IS, UH, I NEED A MOTION TO UH, ENTER, UH, TO EXIT THE EXECUTIVE SEAT.
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MAKES THE SECOND? I'LL MAKE MR. FAR SECONDED.AT WHAT TIME? I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ITEM 15.
DISCUSS, CONSIDER TAKING ANY ACTION NECESSARY FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE HAD, UH, THREE VERY GOOD, UH, CANDIDATES THAT WERE INTERVIEWED FOR THE, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, JOB.
AND, UH, THE COURT HAS, UH, I NEED A MOTION ON, UH, WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, NOMINATE OR HIRE AS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES PERSON.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HIRE MARY WESTBROOK AS, UH, HR.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT, UH, TO HIRE MARY ANDREW WESTBROOK.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND I SHOW THE JUDGE HOLDING AND AYE AS WELL.
AND, UH, THOSE POLLS ARE NOBODY HERE TO OPPOSE.
SO, UH, I GUESS WE'RE APPROVED TO THAT.
AND SO I NEED MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, DIVISION BARBER.