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ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO A REGULAR MEETING AT KAMAN COUNTY REPORT.
TODAY IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE 13TH, UH, 27TH.
AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
I SHOULD ADD, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU, IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT, UH, YOU ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO SO.
THERE IS A FORM, UH, THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO FILL OUT IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA, UH, THAT WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU, UH, FILL OUT AND COMPLETE THE COUNTY CLERK.
UH, AND, UH, THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME JOHN ZABY, UH, THIS MORNING.
HE'S, UH, UH, ONE OF MY FORMER BOSSES WHENEVER I WAS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I GUESS, JUST CHECKING US OUT THIS MORNING.
I, YES, JOHN'S ON THE SCHOOL BOARD HERE IN SO, UH, WELCOME.
BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU.
UH, I'VE ASKED, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THAT WITH THE PLEDGES.
FATHER, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR TODAY, JUST GRATEFUL TO BE IN A COUNTRY THAT'S FREE AS WE ARE TO COME AND GOES TO PLEASED AND TO WORSHIP LIKE WE SEE HERE.
AND WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SON WHO DIED FOR US AND FOR WHAT HE MEANS TO US AND FOR THE ETERNITY WITH YOU IS WHAT WE, UH, STRIVE FOR.
WE ASK YOU ALWAYS BE WITH THE FOLKS IN THE SOUTH WHO'VE LOST INNOCENT LIVES, THAT WERE TAKEN BY SOMEONE WHO IS FULL OF EVIL.
AND WE KNOW THE WORLD IS FULL OF DEATH.
AND WE PRAY THAT HEARTS CAN GET CHANGED, BUT ONLY CHANGE THROUGH YOU.
GIVE US THE WISDOM THIS MORNING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR PEOPLE HERE IN OUR COUNTY THAT WILL BENEFIT THE MAJORITY, NOT FROM SELFISH MOTIVES, BUT BY JUST DOING THINGS THAT IS RIGHT.
FORGIVE US ALL OF YOUR SONS NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON HER TEXAS FLAG.
AND I ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE.
ONE INDIVISIBLE CORRESPONDENCE.
SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, FIRST IS TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER THE 18TH, OCTOBER THE 23RD, AND SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER THE 24TH AND NOVEMBER THE FIRST 2017.
UM, B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING DEPUTATION, UH, JOSHUA L. PHILLIPS AS DEPUTY SHERIFF MCCAW COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
ITEM C IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING NAR LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF COTTONWOOD FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE IN PRECINCT FOUR.
ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING, APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SCURRY FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE IN PRECINCT FOUR.
ITEM E IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTH TEXAS, UH, MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT FOR ROAD PROJECTS IN PRECINCT FOUR.
ITEM F IS TO ACCEPT THE STAR TRANSIT OCTOBER, 2017, TROLLEY RIDERSHIP REPORT, DEMAND AND RESPONSE RIDERSHIP REPORT.
AND THEN ITEM C IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING DEPUTATION OF CHARLENE GARRETT FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
GENTLEMEN, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE I DO WE NEED TO TABLE, UH, E IN ORDER TEXAS
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WATER.THEIR ATTORNEYS HAVE FINISHED WITH THE, UH, THE AGREEMENT YET.
WE'LL JUST TABLE THAT ITEM AND, UH, ANY OTHER, UH, CHANGES THAT ANYBODY HAS.
ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM EI MAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER CHU TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT IS JOHN POLLSTER, WHO IS, UH, WITH INNOVATION INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
I CAN'T FUNCTION A TWO SIDED, SO MIGHT LOOK BIGGER.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT EXTRAS FOR WHAT WE WANT PASS AROUND.
OKAY, SO, UH, AS I GO ALONG, I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP A RUNNING TALLY OF WHAT WE'VE INVESTED IN OUR BOND PROGRAM AND, UH, WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN BACK IN RETURN.
I KEEP PUNCH ON RIGHT NOW BIT RIGHT AROUND 10 MILLION BONDS THAT WE'VE GOT ACTIVELY SOME THESE PROJECTS.
AND WE'RE ALREADY AT ABOUT $70 MILLION IN PARTNERSHIP FUNDING FROM THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE'LL START WITH, UH, BOTH THE SX 42 43 INTERSECTIONS AT, UH, 25 15 AND 27 27.
UH, JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM BRENDA THIS MORNING.
SHE'S ALWAYS, UH, SHE'S NEVER LATE, BUT SHE'S REALLY EARLY RESPONSES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, A PROJECT LET SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE, UH, PATENT DESIGN COMPLETED.
THE REMOVAL PLAN COMPLETED, NOT IN THE REPORT.
UH, WHEN I RESEND YOU THAT TO YOU, I THIS, LIKE I SAID THIS MORNING, DRIVING PLAN DONE.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE QUANTITIES FOR BOTH OF THESE INTERSECTIONS.
'CAUSE THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE
SO WE SAVE THE ENGINEERING MONEY ON THAT.
UH, AND THEN THEY'LL INTER, I MEAN A FA WITH US, WHICH IS AGREEMENT FOR THE STATE.
AND ON THE NEXT PROJECT WE HAVE GOT ADDITIONAL $77,000 FOR PROJECT OVERRUN ON THIS PROJECT FROM THE NET RMA.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME FUNDS TO COVER SOME OF THAT PROJECT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR FOR BOTH OF THESE INTERSECTIONS GOING CONSTRUCTION AND YEAH, AND WELL TECH STOP BE DOING THE LABOR.
I MEAN, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING ENGINEERING WRITING CHECK TO.
AND REMEMBER WE WENT OUT, WE SELECTED A FIRM TO DO THE ENGINEERING ON THIS PROJECT, RIGHT? AND THE ENGINEERING WAS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THE MONEY WE HAD TO THE WORK.
SO TEXSTAR AGREED TO DO ENGINEERING IN-HOUSE TO SAVE THOSE DOLLARS AND ALL OUR MONEY GOING STRAIGHT TO, UH, THE, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, PRIZES, YOU KNOW, LESS A YEAR OFF OR ALMOST A YEAR.
WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HEARD ME SAY BEFORE THERE'S DARK GEARS, PEOPLE YEARS AND HIGHWAYS, RIGHT? SO SEPTEMBER 18 IS LIKE NEXT WEEK TO A DOG.
WE GOT A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL WORK TO DO, BUT TEX DOT DID THE ENGINEERING, SO WE KIND OF HAD TO GO ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
YEAH, BUT THAT SAVED US PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ALMOST $200,000.
SO THEN THE NEXT ONE AT THE 1 75 AND 1895, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WITH PROJECTS WHERE WE HAD MONEY IN THE BOND PROGRAM, BUT
SO THIS IS A PART OF THAT 10 MILLION I WAS TELLING YOU THAT INVESTED MONEY IN AND WE'RE GETTING, UH, YOU KNOW, $7 ON THE DOLLAR INVESTED BACK.
SO YOUR 80 RAMP RELOCATION PROJECT ON PAGE FIVE.
THIS PROJECT WAS LET, IT'S CURRENTLY GOT A COMPLETION DATE OF FEBRUARY.
WE'LL GO IN THAT SECTION IN A SECOND.
WE INVESTED $534,000 IN THE PROJECT AND T DO FUNDED ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION AT 5,049,000 AND CHANGE.
UH, SO THERE IS ABOUT 1,000,060 $5,000, UH, UNENCUMBERED IN PRECINCT TWO ON THAT PROJECT.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE NEXT PAGE, THEY, UH, THIS IS THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN THAT AREA.
Y'ALL GONNA LIVE OUT HERE, KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, BUT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING A FEBRUARY, UH, COMPLETION
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DATE, UM, OF NEXT YEAR.AND THEY'RE COMPLETING THE TIE END OF 6 88 INTO THE NEW FURNITURE OF NEXT MONTH.
SO 5 48, THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE WE HAVE RECEIVED $41.72 MILLION IN CATEGORY TWO FUNDS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE, YOU'VE GOT TWO SHEETS.
THE FIRST SHEET IS, UH, COVERS THE ENTIRE LIMITS FROM 82 0 5 AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE DOCUMENT.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR AGENDA ITEM AFTER THIS ONE, UH, WE ARE MOVING INTO DESIGN ON THE LIMITS ON THE NEXT PAGE, ON PAGE EIGHT, WHICH IS FROM US 80 TO, UH, GLENDALE FARMS. AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING FEE IS.
YOU'RE GONNA BE, UH, CONSIDERING THIS FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT TO GET THAT PROJECT READY TO GO, UH, FOR, UH, IN MARCH, 2023 LAST DATE.
NOW THAT IS A ESTIMATE BASED ON A JUNE, 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.
SO IF WE BEAT THE JUNE 19TH ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND UTILITY LOCATION CENTER.
AND, AND BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED, WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE THE LEFT DATE UP IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THESE PROCESSES QUICKER.
SO ON PAGE NINE, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, UH, WAS IN, UH, CAROL'S ICA.
THEY MOVED THAT MONEY TO THEIR, UH, OTHER PROJECTS.
SO THIS PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW ON HOLD IN DARRELL AT THEIR REQUEST.
AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THE FUNDS ARE TRANSFERRED.
THIS IS THE A D TWO OH BY 1 48 INTERSECTION.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE BY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR, UH, WHICH IS WHEN WE CAN FOCUS THEN ON GETTING A, THE RIGHTAWAY ACQUIRE.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF RIGHT WAY, UH, ON THIS PROJECT.
BUT IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT WHERE THAT CAR DEALERSHIP IS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE RAILROAD TRACK, A LOT OF THAT PARKING LOT THAT'S THERE NOW IS ENCROACHING ONTO THE STATE'S RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THE RIGHT OF ACQUISITION THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY ISN'T TAKING MORE, IS TAKING BACK WHAT THEY ALREADY GONE ALREADY.
SO IF WE GET THROUGH THAT TIMEFRAME QUICKER, UM, WE CAN MOVE UP THE LET DATE AS WELL.
AND THIS PROJECT IS RIGHT AROUND 9 MILLION BUCKS.
UH, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT A COUPLE MILLION IN, UM, IN ENGINEERING.
AND WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO GET, UH,
OKAY? SO YOU WANT 75 SOUTH FURNITURE, UH, AND THE, AND THE 1 75 SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD AND YOUR 1 48 BYPASS KIND OF NEED TO BE TAKEN IN TOGETHER.
UH, BECAUSE WHERE WE'RE DOING THE SOUTHBOUND FURNITURE ROAD, WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHERE THE 1 48 BYPASS, 'CAUSE THEY'RE COMING ON THE SAME TIMELINE, IS HITTING 1 75 AND THE DECISION WAS MADE.
YOU'LL KNOW IF THE COST IS HIGHLIGHTED, IT WAS ABOUT, UH, 9 MILLION, NOW IT'S 11.5.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHEN WE CAME IN WITH 1 48, UH, BYPASS TIE IN THE 1 75, WE NOTED THAT, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY THE THOUGHT WAS TO TAKE 1 48 OVER AND JUST TIE IT OVER TO THE BURNS ROAD AND BE DONE WITH IT.
AND LOOKING AT IT, UM, WE HAVE LEARNED SOME LESSONS IN OTHER AREAS.
SO WE TALKED TO TEXTILE ABOUT FLIPPING THE GRADE AND TAKING 1 75 OVER 1 48 AND LET 1 48 STAY AT GRADE, WHICH THEN OPENS UP THOSE CORNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE BLOCKED BECAUSE 1 48 WOULD BE UP IN THE AIR AND YOU CAN'T GET TO A BRIDGE FROM THE DRIVEWAY.
SO WE FLIPPED THE, THE GRADE ON THOSE, WHICH MADE THE COST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT ON 1 75, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES WE'RE SHOOTING FOR, AGAIN, SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR.
AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE 1 48, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON THIS ONE, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS NEW ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, AND IT'S KIND OF CLOSE TO A LOT OF, OF YOUR, UH, RUNOFF IN YOUR, UH, FLOOD PLAIN AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO MITIGATE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THE SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR, WHICH WILL SET US UP FOR GETTING CLEARED BY JUNE, 2019.
Y'ALL CAN STOP ME WHENEVER YOU WANT.
I HAVE A TENDENCY JUST TO KEEP GOING.
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IS IN THREE SEGMENTS.THE SEGMENT FROM UH, UH, 1388 TO 30 94 NORTH BECAUSE THERE'S NORTH AND SOUTH, UH, THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN FUNDED WITH, UH, CAT ONE MAINTENANCE DOLLARS, AND THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 4 MILLION BUCKS THAT TAKES UP COVERING ON THAT ONE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN THESE BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE SPLIT 1 28 INTO THREE SEVEN, WE'RE WORKING ON THE OTHER SEGMENTS, UH, AS A DEAL, WE HELP, BUT THEY'LL FOCUS ON THIS ONE AND WE'LL DO THE ENGINEERING ON THESE, AND THEN THEY'LL WORK WITH US ON CONSTRUCTION.
SO YOU'LL NOTE ON THE CONSTRUCTION REPORT THAT, UH, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH JUST SETTING UP THE SIGNING AND BARRICADES, GETTING THE STORM, STORM STORM WATER PREVENTION S WP THREE IS WHAT I CALL IT, THOSE FENCES THAT KEEPS THE STORM WATER FROM FLOWING OUT INTO YOUR DRAIN DITCHES AND GETTING ALL THAT SET UP.
SO IT'S GOT SEPTEMBER, 2018 COMPLETION DATES THAT SHOULD BE APPROVED TURNAROUND.
SO THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT ARE THE SEGMENT FROM 1388 TO UHH 34 AND 34 UP TO, UH, UH, 30 13 9.
SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS ABOUT $12 MILLION TOTAL.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE, UH, ENGINEERING PLANS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET CLEARED.
UH, WELL IT WAS CLEARED IN IN APRIL.
SO NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE DESIGN WORK ON BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND WE'VE GOT A PLAN THAT SUBMITTED TO
SO PROBABLY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, A GOOD IDEA ON WHERE WE ARE ON THE DESIGN.
AND WE'RE ASSUMING WE'LL HAVE THE PLANS COMPLETED BY APRIL SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, RADIO DATES OF, UH, TO THE O2 SIX PROJECT, WHICH IS WHAT I CALL RED, BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE FIVE PRIMARY COLORS IN MY BRAIN.
UM, IS THE, UH, O2 SIX IS BEING LET WITH, UH, DECEMBER, 2018.
SO WE, THE GREEN ONES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BEHIND.
WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, GOT SOME
AND SO IT'S, IT'S CURRENTLY FAIRLY FAR OUT, IT SAYS MARCH, 2021, BUT IF WE CAN RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, WE CAN MOVE THAT PROJECT UP AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, SO SX 34, I'M NOT SURE WHY
SO THIS SEGMENT IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED ABOUT 16 MILLION BUCKS.
IT'S THAT PARK COVER WITH THE BLUE BRACKET AND WE HAVE, UH, AN ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.
SO FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT DECEMBER, 2018.
IT IS PROBABLY TO BE AT, UM, WE'VE CURRENTLY GOT ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS FOCUSED ON THIS PROJECT THROUGH CAT SIX.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME IDEAS AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE YOUR PLAN, UPDATE THAT COGS DOING AT
SO THEN YOU LOOK AT SECTION TWO, THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES WHERE
SO I'M BREAKING OUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
YOU'VE GOT, UH, TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 18 MILLION BUCKS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION IN DECEMBER OF 2019.
WE'RE, UH, LIVING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
UH, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS BEING DONE IN OCTOBER, BUT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS ABOUT $7 MILLION IN ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND ABOUT $10 MILLION AND SOME CHANGE IN BRIDGES BECAUSE THERE'S FOUR BRIDGES THAT NEED TO BE RECONSTRUCTED ON 34 IN THIS AREA.
AND THAT'S A $18 MILLION COMMITMENT THAT ALL WE'RE PROVIDING.
T IT IS ASSISTANCE ON THE ENGINEERING AND, UH, THEY'RE COVERING THE 18 MILLION BUCKS.
NOW THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT, WE ARE PUTTING THAT ON HOLD FOR NOW BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR THIRD OUR PLAN UPDATE THAT WE DID AND WE'RE DOING IS THE OUTER LOOP PROPOSED OUTER LOOP COMES AND HITS AND DIES SOMEWHERE NEAR 34 IN THIS AREA.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR MAP AND THEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE DALLAS COUNTY IS, 34 CURVES OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST AND HITS 45 AT A INTER INTERSECTION.
AND SO IF THINK IN THIS PART OF
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34 MAY END UP BEING INVOLVED IN A ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT ON THE OUTER LOOP.SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOLDING OFF IN THAT SEGMENT FOR RIGHT NOW WHILE COG IN THE
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT MOVING ON THAT PART.
BUT THEN WE GOT KEN ROAD, UH, 1 51, UH, ICA WITH CITY KAUFMAN.
BASICALLY YOU GOT THE NOTES FROM, UH, MIKE FLY THERE.
I'M ACTUALLY, AFTER THIS MEETING, I'M GOING OVER TO HIS OFFICE.
WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
HE'S GOT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, UH, THEIR ENGINEERING FIRM AND WE WILL GO AND SEE WHAT THOSE ISSUES ARE.
BUT THAT'S HIS SCHEDULE AND IT'S LOOKING AT BEING COMPLETED BY OCTOBER, 2018.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS WHERE WE ARE INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT THROUGH
WE HAVE A PASS THROUGH TOILET AGREEMENT THAT AS THIS PROJECT COMES ONLINE AND THEY GET REIMBURSED, WE GET REIMBURSED AND IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND $4 MILLION CHANGE IN TOTAL.
WE WILL GET BACK TO THE FUNDS WE PUT INTO IT.
UH, HOWEVER, TERRELL WAS HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THEY NEEDED TO, UH, FINISH THE PROJECT IN ORDER FOR US TO GET OUR MONEY BACK.
AND SO BASICALLY I I, BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE COUNTY TOO MUCH, I ASSISTED TERRELL AND WORKING WITH COG TO TAKE THEIR PART OF THE PASS ZONE, NOT OURS, AND UH, DO A FEDERAL SWAP WITH COG.
SO THEY'RE GONNA GIVE COG THAT 6.4 MILLION OVER THAT 15 YEAR PERIOD THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET PAID BACK BY TEX STOCK AND TEX STOCK'S, GIVING 'EM THE 8.4 THEY NEED TO FINISH THE PROJECT NOW.
SO THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE RTC PROCESS NOW PROBABLY BY, UH, FIRST OF THE YEAR THAT THAT'LL, THAT AGREEMENT WILL BE SET AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE YOUR SCHEDULE IS COLORED YELLOW BECAUSE ALTHOUGH CAROL WAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD RIGHT NOW, IT HAD TO WAIT FOR THIS FINANCIAL SWAP TO GET THE 18 8 MILLION AND SOME CHANGE TO ACTUALLY LET THE PROJECT.
SO WE, UH, HELPED LL NEGOTIATE A EXTENSION OF THE PASTURE ZONING AGREEMENT.
IT'S 'CAUSE IT WAS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO DO THAT.
AND SO THIS PROJECT IS NOW FULLY FUNDED AND ONCE IT TRIGGERS AS TERL GETS THEIR MONEY TO PAY C**K BACK, WE'LL ALSO HAVE THEIR MONEY TO PAY BUS BACK.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE JULY, 2018 PART DATE.
LIKE I SAY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL, UH, WAS FOR US TO START LAST MONTH, BUT THEY COULDN'T START BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.
KYLE COULDN'T GET IT TO EM UNTIL THE UH, RTC CYCLE GOES THROUGH ITS PROCESS.
AND SO OTHER THAN THAT, THEY WERE READY TO GO.
ANYWAY, I THINK LAST TIME Y'ALL SAW ME, I INVESTING Y'ALL SPEND SOME MONEY ON AN RFQ.
THAT WILL BE, UH, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE FIRMS SUBMITTING ENCLOSED ON, UH, NOVEMBER 30TH.
AND WE WILL START THE PROCESS WORKING WITH YOUR PURCHASING AGENT TO, UM, VET THOSE ACCORDINGLY.
COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.
OKAY, YOUR, UH, SA 34 ADVANCED PLANNING.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE WE HAD MONEY IN THE BOND PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S, UH, SOMEWHERE AROUND ONE OR 2 MILLION.
I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE NEGOTIATED WITH TDOT TO LET THEM GO AHEAD AND DO THE, UH, ADVANCED PLANNING.
AND THEY'RE TELLING ME THEY SHOULD HAVE A CONSULTANT ON CONTRACT.
THEY'RE SAYING BEFORE THE END OF NOVEMBER, AS OF LAST WEEK.
UH, SO WE'LL SPEND ON THAT ENDS UP BEING TRUE, BUT THEY'LL PICK UP THE ENGINEERING, THEY'LL CREATE A, WE'LL HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING WITH BOTH TERRELL AND KAUFMAN AND THE COUNTY SIT DOWN AND EVERYBODY TELL US WHAT THEIR HOPES, DESIRES, AND DREAMS ARE, WHERE THE DEAD BODIES ARE BURIED.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT ALIGNMENT FROM THERE.
ALRIGHT, SO YOUR NEXT PROJECT IS JUST AN ACCOUNTING OF THE, ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WORKED WITH ON THE SX 34 NORTHFIELD, PA REMEMBER AT, WE GET OUR BOND PROGRAM.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, UH, TDOT SAID, OH, BY THE WAY, YOU OWE US OVER A PERIOD OF TIME SOME MONEY ON THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE STUCK THAT STRATEGIC PROJECT FUNDING IN THE BOMB PROGRAM.
PICK UP THOSE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T CATCH IN THE BOMB PROGRAM.
AND SO THESE ARE THE VARIOUS SUNDRY ACCIDENT ITEMS WE'VE DONE ON THE 34 NORTH PROJECT.
YOU'LL SEE THE RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENTS WHEN WE DO THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
WHEN YOU SAY YES, WE'LL ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHAT YOU TELLING
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THE RIGHT OF WAY AND RE RELOCATE ALL THE UTILITIES.SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOME UTILITY COMPANY, UH, EXPENDITURES IN THERE.
WE WON'T GET TALKED BY THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE I KNOW THE LANGUAGE.
I SAY IT'S 2 0 5 SOUTH, THIS IS THE PROJECT ALL THE WAY TO THAT 81 48, UH, 2 0 5 PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS, LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT A LONG SCHEDULE OUT THERE AND THAT'S BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE UH, 2 0 5, THE MISCONFIGURATION ISN'T IN THE CURRENT, UH, MOBILITY PLAN, MO MOBILITY 2040.
AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF UPDATING THE MOBILITY 2045 AND WE'RE THINKING BY MARCH OR MAYBE APRIL OF NEXT YEAR, THE 2045 WILL BE UPDATED.
AT THAT POINT, WE CAN OFFICIALLY TRY TO MOVE THAT SCHEDULE CLOSER, CLOSER TO, UH, TO TODAY.
AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE DALLAS DISTRICT IS, UH, ACTIVELY PURSUING TO GET DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UH, ONCE THEY GET A CLEAR DATE ON THE TIMING OF THE PROJECT AND THEY CAN MOVE IT UP, THAT'S WHEN TEXT ABOUTS SCIENCE FOLKS WILL START LOOKING AT A DATE FOR GETTING THE PROJECT FUNDED.
SO THEN WE'VE GOT THE I 20 BRU ROAD PROJECT.
IT'S A $508 MILLION PROJECT FROM LAWSON ROAD OUT TO UH, UH, SAY FOUR 60.
I THINK THAT'S A D UH, JUST, UH, WE'LL SAY JUST EAST TER.
AND UH, WE'VE GOT, BASICALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE US RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT A JANUARY, 2021 TIMEFRAME FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL.
I'M GONNA TRY TO TALK TO HIM 'CAUSE I THINK IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE SECTION FROM LAWSON ROAD TO THE COUNTY LINE THAN IT DOES ANYTHING IN OUR, OUR AREA.
AND SO IF WE CAN, WE WANT TO TRY TO SPLIT THAT UP BY CSJ TO WHERE WE'RE ONLY WORKING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT FOR THAT PROJECT INSIDE OF COFFMAN COUNTY.
BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE INTERSECTIONS.
FIVE 8 MILLION SHOULD BE GETTING PRETTY GOOD IMPROVEMENT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, SO MR. RELL HAD AUDACITY TO GO ON VACATION LAST WEEK AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THAT I WAS ONLY ABLE TO MANAGE THE, THE SHEET WITH THE THE TABLE AND SHE, SHE HAS TO DO ALL THE OTHER STUFF BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
BUT I'M ALSO INCLUDED HIGHWAY 80 IN THE REPORT.
AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS FROM LAWSON ROAD TO FOUR 60.
AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT
UH, WE'LL GET THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND THE SCHEDULE PAST THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, BUT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON AND I WANT TO START REPORTING YOU GUYS AND IT'LL LOOK LIKE THE OTHER.
SO AGAIN, WE'VE GOT ABOUT $10 MILLION INVESTED IN OUR BOND MONEY SO FAR TODAY.
WE'VE GOT 70 MILLION THAT, UH, IS ACTUALLY CONTRACTED AND READY TO EITHER, IS HIGHWAY 80 RAMP IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY BEING ACTIVE ON OR WILL BE AS THESE PROJECTS COME ONLINE NEXT BE THE MAJORITY PROJECT.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO DO THAT EFFORT WHERE YOU GOT A DOLLAR, THEY GOT SEVEN, UH, JUST TO MAKE THE MONEY GO FARTHER.
THE ONLY, THIS IS NOT RELATED TO WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, BUT HAVE A COMPANY HERE IN COFFMAN THAT TRYING TO GET POWER TO THE BUILDING.
I THINK YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT AND UH, I THINK THAT WRONG HEADED NEXT TO, I THINK MIKE WAS ONE, SOME NO CITY MANAGER THAT CHECK.
SEE IF I'M BACK IN MY OFFICE, ABSOLUTELY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY, WE'RE CERTAINLY DOING WHAT WE'VE ANTICIPATED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION BOND RUN IN THAT IS TAKING, UH, 56 MILLION AND TURNING IT INTO TRIPLE THAT OR HOPEFULLY EVEN MORE OF THAT.
UH, I THINK, AND SO THE TIMING ON OUR BOND ELECTION AND THE FUNDING WAS, WAS VERY GOOD.
WE DID IT WHEN THE STATE ACTUALLY HAD SOME MONEY TO DO SOME THINGS, SIR, AND THERE'S STILL, I MEAN THERE'S, THEY HAVE A GOOD COMMITMENT TO TRANSPORTATION RIGHT NOW AND I THINK THIS IS TIME NOW TO MAKE GOOD ON THE LEGAL.
WHEN WE MOVED THAT OUT IN 2013, WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE WHAT THE FUTURE WAS GONNA HOLD, BUT WE KNEW IF WE STOOD STILL, WE WEREN'T GONNA BE PART OF IT.
SO THAT'S WHY I ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I APPRECIATE THE, OKAY, THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY APPROVAL, BUT WE WILL, UH, ANGIE, IF YOU'LL HELP ME REMEMBER, WE'LL PUT THIS ON OUR WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN, UH, KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON ON AND CERTAINLY IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION.
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LIKE TO HAVE IT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT FROM THE, UH, WEBSITE.SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON INTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO FOR FM 5 48 BETWEEN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND TCHO.
ALRIGHT, THAT SOUNDS BETTER IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,984,000 7, 25 AND 25.
SO AGAIN, THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE HERE, JOE, THESE GUYS GONNA DO THE WORK.
SO AS I WAS TELLING YOU, WE'VE GOT A COMMITMENT, THE STATE ON THE SCHEDULE ON 5 48, IT'S FUNDED AT $41.72 MILLION.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING INTO THE DESIGN PHASE.
THE FIRST ORIGINAL PHASE WAS JUST, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL.
THIS IS ACTUAL ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT.
AND UH, I RECOMMEND THE COURT CONSIDER APPROVING THIS CONTRACT, MOVING ON THIS JOB.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, PROCESS OVER THERE.
WHAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE? MOTION.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND HALF? COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE OUR TRAYS WERE HAS MADE IT.
HE'S, UH, I BELIEVE HAND OUT CHECKS SINCE WE STARTED PAYING NOT CHECKS, BUT CASH SINCE WE STARTED PAYING OUR JURIES WITH, UH, UH, HARD COLD CASH.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE HERE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
SO WE'LL SKIP OVER AND, UH, DESIRE'S HERE TO GIVE US THE, UH, HEALTH CARE ORDERER.
I THINK YOU ALL GOT THROUGH REPORT.
I, THIS WAS PENDING THE LAST FOUR, HOW MUCH WE SAVED FOR THE JAIL.
UM, THE DASHBOARD FOR JUST KIND OF EXPLAINS, UM, PERCENTAGE THAT WE SPENT AS FAR AS THE HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES POSITION, UM, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, UM, AND SO FAR WITH THE JAIL AS WELL.
UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER REPORT THAT I ALSO SENT WITH TO Y'ALL.
IT WAS THE ONE ON THE NOTIFICATIONS.
THE JUDGE ASKED ME TO ADD THAT IN THIS TIME OF ALL THE HOSPITALS THAT WE GET NOTIFICATIONS FROM, UM, EACH MONTH YOU CAN SEE, UM, IN JULY WE HAD TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCE, PARKLAND, METHODIST, DALLAS, UM, BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, SUNNYVILLE METHODIST, SAN ANTONIO, ALL A LOT OF AREAS IN THERE THAT HAD, UM, NOTIFIED ME OUT OF THOSE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY, HOW MANY HAVE APPLIED, HOW MANY DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS, UM, RETURNED INTERVIEWS, AND HOW MANY WORK WERE DENIED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SAVINGS AGAIN ON THE REPORT I JUST GAVE YOU THE, UH, SOFTWARE WE'RE USING PLUS YOUR DUE DILIGENCE REALLY HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, YOU MIGHT WANNA JUST BRIEFLY MENTION IS WHAT WE RUN INTO SOMETIMES WITH PARKLAND HOSPITAL.
I THINK NOW AND UH, WELL WE'RE, WHAT I'M DOING NOW IS SENDING 'EM A, UM, A REPORT, UM, LETTING 'EM KNOW IF A CLIENT FOLLOWED THROUGH OR IF THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH AND LETTING 'EM KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL GIVING 'EM THE NINE, FIVE DAYS TO FOLLOW THROUGH.
UM, I HAVE NOTICED THAT WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW THAT HAS COME IN TO APPLY, BUT THEY DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY GET THE APPLICATION AND I GUESS THEY JUST DON'T WANNA FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PROCEDURE.
SO WE, WE DO WHAT WE CAN, UM, THEY DO WHAT THEY CAN.
UM, SO, BUT I AM WORKING WITH PARKLAND THE BEST THAT I CAN.
SO IT'S JUST GETTING THE CLIENT OR THE PATIENT TO DO THEIR PART IS WHAT WE'RE HAVING.
WE OCCASIONALLY YOU'LL SEE A, UH, A MEDIA ARTICLE YES.
OR STORY ABOUT DEPARTMENT AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES LIKE US AND THE ISSUES BEING THAT OUR PEOPLE, PEOPLE LIVE
WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEND 'EM THERE.
UH, BUT, UH, I, I WILL SAY AGAIN, UM, MY CONCERN THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I GO TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AT THE
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HOSPITAL AND, UM, THINGS IS WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SPECIALIST IN THIS COUNTY.UM, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN OB GYN NO MORE.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, LABOR AND DELIVERY AT THE HOSPITAL.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST, WE JUST DON'T HAVE SPECIALISTS IN THIS COUNTY AND THAT'S WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO DALLAS 'CAUSE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE SPECIALIST.
SO, UM, AND NOW WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PARKLAND, EVEN TAKING MY PROGRAM.
UM, SO I'M, I'M KIND OF BEATING AROUND TRYING BASICALLY BETTING SPECIALISTS, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU JUST SEE THIS PERSON? CAN YOU JUST SEE THIS PERSON? BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE 'EM AT THE MEDICAID RATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE PAY IS THE MEDICAID RATE.
AND A LOT OF THE DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS AREN'T TAKING THE MEDICAID RATE.
SO IT'S A, IT IS A LOT OF, UM, OF COURSE MY CLIENTS, THEY GET STRESSED OUT AND UPSET BECAUSE THEY, THEY WON'T GET HELP.
AND, UM, SO I, I DO THE BEST THAT I CAN BY TALKING TO 'EM AND EXPLAINING TO 'EM OUR SITUATION IN KAUFMAN THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF SPECIALIST OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND WE NEED, YOU KNOW, NEED HELP.
SO SOMETIMES THEY'LL WORK WITH ME, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DON'T WORK WITH US? UM, INFORMATION, THEY JUST KEEP GOING TO THEIR, UH, PRIMARY PHYSICIAN UNTIL EITHER THEY GET APPROVED FOR DISABILITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? DESIRE? DOES A GREAT JOB ACCEPT HUNT.
GET BACK TO YOU JUST IN A SECOND.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? GOOD THINGS RUNNING.
PRETTY, PRETTY USUAL AND NORMAL.
UH, YOU CAN SEE IN OCTOBER WE TOOK 707, UH, INCIDENT REPORT.
3 81 WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE INVESTIGATION.
UH, OUT OF 194 OF THOSE, WE CLEARED THOSE CASES AND GIVE US A 50.9%, WHICH WE'RE STILL AHEAD OF THE STATE.
YOU CAN SEE IN CAPERS THEY ASSIGNED SIX, NINE CASES TO INVESTIGATORS.
24 WERE FILED WHEN CLEARED UP 41 CASES, UH, PROPERTY WERE ASSIGNED 82 CASES.
38 WAS FILED AND 15 WAS CLEARED FOR DETENTION CENTER WHERE OUR DAILY ACT, UH, POPULATION IS 421, UH, 28 OF WAS BEING HELD BY T OR FOR TEC AND WHICH, UH, I THINK WE JUST MOVED QUITE A FEW OF THOSE OUT.
UH, SO WE ADMITTED 366 RELEASED 389 AND WE'RE HOLDING ABOUT 102 INMATES FOR US MARSHALS.
AND WE BROUGHT IN 177,000 123 34 FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
COMMUNICATION CENTER RECEIVED 2,590, UH, UH, COMMUNICATION, 9 1 1.
COST, COST OF SERVICE 4,195 AND ADMIN IS 2,840.
UH, WARRANT DIVISION 989, UH, SERVED OR RECEIVED.
AND THEN WE RECALLED AND SERVED 4 95 CIVIL PROCESS, 119 AND, UH, SERVED AND RECALLED.
137 YOU SAY ANIMAL PATROL IS STILL PRETTY BUSY.
UH, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE 249 CONTACTS, NINE FIVE OF THOSE OF REGISTRATION AND FIXED VIOLATION AND OVERWEIGHT WAS 1 54.
UH, THEN YOU CAN SEE IN OUR TRAINING HOURS, UH, WE DID 204 HOURS OF TRAINING.
197 STUDENTS AND WE SAVED 9,400.
WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON THAT STUFF.
UH, YOU CAN SEE OUR FINANCIAL REPORT CIVIL BROUGHT IN $2,480 70 CENTS FOR MONEY ORDERS ON OUR BONDS WAS 3,230.
UH, PRISONERS OF SSI SERVING IMPOSED WAS 5 0 5.
OTHER AGENCY BOND IS 14,000 1 59.
OTHER THING, LEMME GIVE YOU, KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
I KNOW WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OUR MEDICAL OUT THERE AND DESIREE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR HER.
THIS IS A MONTH BEFORE WHAT THEY'VE STARTED PRODUCING FOR ME.
WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE'RE STANDING.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, OUR CONTRACT IS 420, UH, IS WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED AND WHAT WE'RE PAYING.
AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK DOWN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
OUR MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER MEMBER THAT WE TOOK ON IN THE CONTRACT, YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE SEEN 2,228 YEARS TO DATE, UH, IN THE JAIL.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALWAYS DOING BLOOD SUGARS AND UH, BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS THROUGHOUT THE JAIL.
SO THAT GIVES A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ADMISSIONS IN THE HOSPITALS ARE LOW AND EMERGENCY ROOM CALLS ARE DOWN.
AND WHICH, UH, THEY HELPED US A LOT WITH THAT ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE REMEMBER BEFORE WE
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HAD THIS CONTRACT, WE SENT A LOT OUT TO THE ER.THEY'RE A GOOD, THEY'RE A GOOD SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY, HELPING US A LOT.
WE'RE EXPECTING JAIL STANDARDS SOMETIMES OUGHT BE WHERE WE AT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS.
WE INTERVIEWED TWO, THEY PACKED.
SO WE GOT IT PUT BACK OUT THERE.
OKAY, SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT ASPECT OF IT.
OTHER QUESTION, HOW ARE WE DOING ON HIRING DEPUTIES STAFF? UH, I THINK WE LIKE FIVE WHEN WE'RE INTERVIEWING THEM, SO WE SHOULD BE FULL BY THE FIRST YEAR.
FIRST TIME IN ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
SO LONG AS YOU DON'T LET ANYBODY LATE.
EVERYBODY, THEY LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
YOU CAN SEE WE ALL FILL UP FROM THE RAILROAD AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME GOOD DEPUTIES COMING ALONG.
WE GOT SEVEN RIGHT NOW AND FTO THAT JUST GOT MINI ACADEMY.
SO WE, WE'LL SEE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE JUST DOUBLE TEAMING RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE'LL GO BACK NOW THROUGH THE GOOD MORNING.
AND THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET.
THAT'S THE PERIOD JULY 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2017.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL FUND AND, AND, UH, THE GENERAL FUND MONEY'S HELD AT TECH POOL.
UH, TOTAL, UH, 12 MILLION, UH, $300,000 APPROXIMATELY.
WE HAVE RECEIPTS OF, UH, 4 MILLION 716, 828 99, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND, UH, FROM TECH POOL INTEREST, WE HAD 20, UH, 2000 172 17 IN INTEREST.
UH, WE DID TRANSFER IN THE QUARTER 6 MILLION FROM TECH POOL INTO OUR A AND B OPERATING ACCOUNT DISBURSEMENTS OF 10 MILLION 7 48, 7 54 63 FOR THE QUARTER.
SO OUR ENDING BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30TH, OUR FISCAL YEAR END OF, UH, 6 MILLION 3 97, 3 98, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, STILL HAVE IT SEPTEMBER 30TH.
WE STILL HAVE 3,009,000 988 43 OF GENERAL FUND MONEY AT TECH POOL PRIME.
THE SECOND ISSUANCE OF ROAD BOND YOU CAN SEE IS THAT TAX POOL AND THE TOTAL BALANCE THERE NOW IS 26 MILLION 264 281 42.
FOR THE QUARTER WE'VE EARNED 81,000 774 23 IN INTEREST.
AND THEN FROM THE FIRST ISSUANCE OF ROAD BONDS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE STILL GOT 2 MILLION 2 32 907 51.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING? HONOR? UH, WE'LL ACCEPT THE, IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY.
NOW THIS ONE FINAL NOTE WHERE WE NOW IN THE NEW DEPOSITORY CONTRACT PERIOD MM-HMM
THIS CLOSED OUT THE OLD DEPOSITORY CONTRACT WHERE THE INTEREST RATE WAS 35 BASIS POINTS AT AMERICAN NATIONAL.
WE'RE NOW THE NEW DEPOSITORY CONTRACT.
THE A AND B RATE IS 43 BASIS POINTS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE BANK TO GET THAT INTEREST RATE APPLIED TO OUR ACCOUNTS.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ON THE OCTOBER STATEMENTS, THEY STILL HAD IT AT 35.35%.
WHEN I REVIEWED THOSE BANK RECONCILIATIONS, I NOTICED THE OLD RATE WAS STILL THERE.
SO FOR OUR NOVEMBER STATEMENTS, AMERICAN NATIONAL WILL HAVE US AT THE 43 BASIS POINT RATE AND CORRECT THE OCTOBER.
ALRIGHTY, MOVE NOW TO NUMBER EIGHT.
AND, UH, WE ASKED THE, UH, COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE TO COME TOWARD GETTING THE REPORT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
GLAD TO HAVE RALPH AND CARRIE AND I DUNNO, I'M GOING TO, UH, I'M GOING TO BEG KATIE OFF.
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OR NOT? SHE NOT HERE.I ASSURED HER THAT WE COULD NOT WANT THE FLU.
SHE COULD STAY ON AND WE COULD GIVE THESE REPORTS.
UH, I'M GONNA START THIS OFF, UH, WITH A HORTICULTURE PROGRAM.
UH, I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF MY GRADUATES, UH, I SAW WALKED IN, UH, COURT.
KENNETH CHASE IS SITTING BACK HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, IN OCTOBER WE GRADUATED 18 NEW MASTER GARDENERS FROM, UH, UH, WILLIE RIGOROUS 10 WHEAT, UH, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WE GIVE THEM.
UH, WE'RE NOW UP TO 63 MASTER GARDENERS IN THE COUNTY.
UH, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD NUMBER FOR US.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE CLASS, BUT THROUGH ATTRITION, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO STAY SOMEWHERE IN THAT 65 MASTER GARDNER AREA TO, UH, UH, BUILD THE NEEDS OF HORTICULTURE EDUCATION IN THE COUNTY, WHICH IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IS HORTICULTURE.
UH, JUST THE NATURE OF OUR COUNTY AND THE WAY IT'S GROWING.
UH, WE NEED TO GROW THAT HORTICULTURE PROGRAM TO MEET ALL THE HORTICULTURE NEEDS.
PHONE CALLS ARE COMING TO OUR, UH, OFFICER, TREMENDOUS ON THE HORTICULTURE.
I WISH I COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHY IS MY TREE DYING WITH A GENERIC CANCER, BUT I CAN'T.
WE HAD THREE, UH, MASTER GARDEN PROGRAMS DURING OCTOBER.
UH, ONE ON THE TERRESTRIAL INVASIVE SPECIES.
AND THEN PLANT PROPAGATION WAS GIVEN.
UM, UH, WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL MEETINGS.
WE HAD TO, UH, THE EXTENSION SERVICE THE WAY WE OPERATE WITH VOLUNTEERS.
WE DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MEETINGS DURING THE MONTH JUST TO PULL OFF THE, UH, VARIOUS PROGRAMS WE HAVE.
I HAD 30 MASTER GARDENERS ACTUALLY REPORT VOLUNTEER HOURS DURING THE MONTH.
UH, THEY REPORTED 438 8 HOURS OF APPROVED VOLUNTEER SERVICE, AND THEY, UH, HAD 43 HOURS OF APPROVED TRAINING DURING THE MONTH.
THESE, THESE NUMBERS ARE REALLY KIND OF LOW.
I'VE IMPLORED THEM TO, UH, REPORT MORE AND MORE.
AND I THINK, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A NEW ONLINE VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REPORTING SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP US, UH, UM, EVERYBODY GETTING THEIR HOURS IN WITHOUT HAVING SEND THEM BY, UH, PAPER.
UH, MASTER GARDNER ASSOCIATION IS BROKEN UP INTO SEVEN 17 DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, THAT THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED TO RUN THAT ORGANIZATION.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE REPORT, YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF OUR, UH, 18 MASTER GARDENERS.
THEY WERE ALL HAPPY TO GET THROUGH.
AND I WILL SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER CLASSES.
I THINK THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY GRADUATED, UH, A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE IN THAT CLASS AND, UH, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE FUTURE OF THE MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM IN THE COUNTY.
THEY'VE REALLY BEEN ACTIVE THINGS.
GREAT THINGS YOU MIGHT KNOW DOWN AT THE, UH, UH, SUB COURTHOUSE DOWN HERE.
UH, UH, WE'RE REDOING THE ENTIRE GARDEN AREA.
WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE HOMEOWNER FRIENDLY.
WE'RE HOMEOWNERS CAN ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH THAT THING, SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO DO THIS AT OUR HOUSE.
UH, THEY CAN ASK US, WE'LL CONSULT ON DESIGN AND OTHER THINGS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW 'EM DIFFERENT AREAS OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE'VE GOT THREE, UH, THREE DEMONSTRATION GRASSES OUT THERE.
STEIN AND A, UM, TIFTON VARIETY TIPTON FOUR 19 VARIETY THAT WE CAN SHOW 'EM DIFFERENT TYPES OF TURF.
WE CAN SHOW 'EM DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERENNIAL PLANTS, ANNUAL PLANTS, HOW THEY CAN DO THEIR LANDSCAPE USE HARDSCAPE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING THERE HAS BEEN BULK IN TON COUNTY, SO THEY CAN PURCHASE THOSE PRODUCTS HERE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
UH, THE NEXT BIG PROGRAM WE HAD WAS THE, OUR ANNUAL HAY SHOW.
UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE HAY SHOW BEFORE.
THIS IS ONE OF, UH, MY LIVESTOCK AND FORD COMMITTEES BANNER PROGRAMS. WE HAD 155 SIGN INTO THAT.
UH, AG PRODUCERS AND, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE TO SIGN INTO THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
UH, WE TEACH EDUCATIONAL, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM'S ALL ABOUT TRYING TO TEACH, UH, HOW TO GROW A BETTER QUALITY OF HOW, UH, I HAD THE COUNTY AGENT FROM
WE GAVE AWAY, UH, SIX DIFFERENT TROPHIES.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A, WE DID NOT HAVE A, UH, ALFALFA CATEGORY THIS YEAR, OR A LAGOON CATEGORY.
UH, SO WE GAVE AWAY SEVEN TROPHIES.
WE GIVE AWAY THE NICEST TROPHY OF UNION HAY SHOW COUNTY, UH, IN THE STATE.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THEM BACK WHEN, UH, MR. MANN WAS ALIVE AND PART OF THE LIVESTOCK.
UH, FOREST COMMITTEE OWNS A GLASS COMPANY IN DALLAS.
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SO THE LIVESTOCK FOREST COMMITTEE DECIDED TO KEEP FUNDING THAT THEY DEAL, MAKE THE TROPHIES.THEY MAKE THEM DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR.
IT'S A KIND OF AN HONOR TO WIN ONE OF THE HAY SHOW TROPHIES.
UM, IT'S A HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW.
AND WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, 10, 12 YEARS, WE'VE, UH, UH, WE'VE AVERAGED ABOUT 150 TO 200 PEOPLE COME TO THAT, THAT MEETING EVERY YEAR.
IT STARTED OFF JUST UPON HISTORY.
UH, WILEY ROBERTS STARTED THAT HAY SHOW 54 YEARS AGO.
UH, THERE WAS FIVE PARTICIPANTS.
UH, THEY DID IT ON THE STEPS OF DR.
REISINGER'S, UH, UH, SALE BARN 50 50 A LOT OF YEARS AGO.
UH, THEY RAISED, UH, YEAH, THEY RAISED, THERE'S A HAY AUCTION DURING THAT THING.
AND, UH, FOR SALE GENERATED FUNDS, THEY, THEY GO OUT AND COLLECT FROM DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND STUFF.
THEY COLLECTED $4,920 THIS YEAR, UH, WHICH GOES DEBUT BACK IN COUNTY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. I'LL GIVE YOU NEXT MONTH.
WELL, I'LL DO A, A PROGRAM ON OUR OUTTA COUNTY TOUR.
THAT TOUR IS MOSTLY FUNDED FROM THE LIVESTOCK, UH, AT DISAPPOINTED WHEN YOU ENDED THE, UH, CAKE SALE AND THE COBBLERS AND ALL THAT KINDA WAS TOO, BUT WHERE THE SHOW WAS GOING SO LONG, YOU KNOW, WE WERE WEARING PEOPLE OUT
COULD HAVE HAD THAT PART WORK.
COULD AUCTION OUT TO HAVE A CAKE AUCTION OUT.
SO, UH, UH, Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THE COFFMAN HOG OUT GRANT GOT, UH, UH, LAST YEAR, THAT PROGRAM ACTUALLY RAN, UH, FROM AU AUGUST 1ST OF 16 TO JULY 31ST, 2017.
AS OF SEPTEMBER, ALL OF THE MONIES THAT THE COUNTY PUT OUT FOR THAT $15,000 THAT Y'ALL PUT OUT UP FRONT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE COUNTY.
UH, THE PROGRAM IS GOING WELL.
WE CAUGHT 91 HOGS WITHIN THAT YEAR THAT WERE CERTIFIED.
UH, WE HAD THREE PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.
ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF GRANTS HAVE BEEN MET.
YOU NOW OWN TWO TRAPS, UH, TRAILERS AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
WE'VE HAD THE TRAPS OUT CONTINUALLY.
UH, WE HAVE A SIGNUP, UH, SHEET.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN IS GOING TO GET ONE OF THE TRAPS THIS WEEK.
IT'D BE KIND, INTERESTED TO KIND OF HELP HIM GO THROUGH THAT AND, AND, UH, SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT WITH, WITH THAT PARTICULAR TRAP AND THE COMMISSIONER, I KIND OF INTERESTED AS LONG AS I DON'T GET CAUGHT IN, ALRIGHT.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW NOT TO LET THAT THING DROP ON YOU.
YOU DON'T, YOU DO NOT WANT THIS TRAP OF ALL OF YOU.
YOU MAY NEED A LITTLE HELP ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
WE, WE, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'VE HAD AND I'VE HAD TO WORK THROUGH SEVERAL PROBLEMS ON THE TRAP.
UH, AND I THINK WE'VE ABOUT GOT 'EM ALL LINED OUT OTHER THAN THE LONG TERM BATTERIES.
AND EVEN THE COMPANY THAT WE GOT 'EM FROM IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THESE LONG TERM BATTERIES.
SO THEY HAVE TO WORK THAT IT'S A SELF-GENERATED PROGRAM.
WE, WE RAISE ENOUGH FUNDS BY RENTING THE TRAPS OUT TO KEEP 'EM FI FIXED.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO FIX 'EM SEVERAL TIMES.
BUY BATTERIES, BUY, DO THAT, DO THIS, THAT.
AND SO, UM, IT'S A SELF-SUSTAINED PROGRAM.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE CALLED A LITTLE OVER 300 HOGS IN, IN IT.
WE HAD A, A REAL GOOD MONTH A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
UH, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IS PROBABLY MY BIGGEST, THAT'S MY BIGGEST HURDLE TO JUMP OVER.
UH, GETTING TO THEM DEBATE, RIGHT? AND THINGS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY MY BIGGEST HURDLE.
SO THAT'S MY REPORT ON THE AG SIDE.
UH, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KATIE'S PROGRAM.
UH, LIKE I SAID, KATIE'S
UH, SHE TAUGHT AT, UH, WH BURNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UH, IT WAS TAUGHT TO THE HEAD START PEOPLE.
THERE WERE 65 IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT PROGRAM.
UH, SHE PREPARED AND TAUGHT THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT MEALS DURING THIS.
THE TOTAL COST OF THOSE MEALS, A DOLLAR 50.
CAN YOU IMAGINE PREPARING A MEAL AND FIXING IT FOR A DOLLAR 50? SO SURE.
SO NOW THIS DOLLAR 50 PER MEAL IS FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
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I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS MEAL FOR DOLLAR 50.
BAKED CHICKEN CARIBBEAN, TINY FRUIT DOWN.
ALL PRETTY GOOD FOR DOLLAR 50.
UH, SHE HAD EIGHT VOLUNTEERS ACTUALLY, UH, THAT HELPED HER WITH THAT PROGRAM.
ALSO, KATIE HAS BEEN REAL INSTRUMENTAL.
UH, CARRIE, YOU MIGHT HELP ME WITH THIS OVER, I DON'T KNOW, THE LAST YEAR, UH, SHE STARTED DOING THIS FOUR H SEWING PROGRAM.
IT'S THE, IT, THESE ARE THE MOST EXCITING KIDS IN THE WORLD.
THEY COME INTO THE OFFICE AND THEY'RE USING OUR, UH, UH, MEETING ROOM TO DO SEWING CLASSES.
SEWING IS A, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL KNOW IT'S KIND OF GOING BY THE WAYSIDE, BUT KATIE PICKED UP HIS SEWING CLASSES.
UH, KIDS ARE REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE MAKING NEW PROJECTS ALL THE TIME.
UH, LIKE I SAID, CARRIE WOULD PROBABLY SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT, BUT THAT'S KATIE'S PROGRAM.
AND, UH, KAY REPORTS TO IT, UH, ONCE SHE STARTED, OR SHE'S, SHE'S GOT A COLLEGE DEGREE.
KATIE HAS A COLLEGE DEGREE IN SEWING.
I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE IN ANIMAL NUTRITION.
AND SO I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE WHEN, UH, THE TEXAS A N
AND THAT I'M NOT, THAT'S NOT ONE MY STRONGEST AREA.
SO WHEN A AND M ACTUALLY OPENED UP WHERE SHE COULD START DOING THE YOUTH PROGRAMMING AGAIN, THOSE TWO PROGRAM AREAS HAVE BECOME VERY STRONG IN THE SEWING AREA.
PLUS ALSO, WE FINALLY, UH, WITH HER BEING OPENED UP TO WHERE SHE CAN WORK MORE WITH THE YOUTH NOW, UH, WE HAVE OUR FIRST FOOD CHALLENGE TEAM THAT WENT TO THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS THIS LAST YEAR.
SO THAT WAS EXCITING PROGRAM FOR US IN THE FOUR H PROGRAM AREA.
AND IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO GO TO FOOD CHALLENGE, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, PHILLIPS AND I WORKED THAT THING ONE YEAR A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PROGRAMS. I MEAN, IT IS FUN.
THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO COOK USING INGREDIENTS.
THEY, IT'S AN IMPROMPTU THING TOO.
COME ON, MAYBE I DON'T WANT EAT THAT.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN, BUT THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND IT'S A VERY, VERY WORTHWHILE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THEY HAD.
I'M SO ASKED LAST TIME YOU SAW YOU ALL WENT CONDUCT COMMISSIONER'S BREAKFAST WITH THE FOUR HS.
OCTOBER WAS A VERY BUSY MONTH FOR US IN THAT IT WAS NATIONAL FOUR HV, BUT ALSO AS THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, THE EAST TEXAS, NORTH TEXAS, WACO, AND ALSO THE WEST TEXAS STATE FAIRS WHERE WE HAVE A HUGE LATCH LIKE SHOW TEAM THAT GOES TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE.
OUR HAMPER SHOW TEAM IS OUR LARGEST GROUP OF THE BREEDING SHEEP ARE MAKING A HARD TRACK TO BE THE LARGEST ONE.
SO WE'LL SEE IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY OVERTAKE THEM.
WE HAD, UH, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 45 MEMBERS THAT TRAVELED TO ALL THESE SHOWS, UH, PARTICIPATING IN A VARIETY OF LIVESTOCK EVENTS.
OUR LIVESTOCK PROJECTS ARE STILL OUR BIGGEST PROJECT IN COFFEE COUNTY.
UM, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT I HAVE ABOUT 12 VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP ME OUT WITH THOSE PROJECTS.
EITHER BETWEEN BREATH AND SWINE HEIFERS, UH, GOATS AND LAMBS.
AND ALSO WE'RE COMING ON HARD WITH THE RABBITS AGAIN, WHICH I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT I HAVE FOUR LITER THAT HELP ME OUT WITH THAT SINCE I'M DEATHLY ALLERGIC TO RABBITS.
AND SO I BASICALLY, UH, THEY SEND ME PICTURES, ARE WE DOING OKAY? AND I'M LIKE, NO, YOU'RE LOOKING GREAT.
I'LL SEE YOU ALL AT THE HOG FARM.
SO, UM, BUT WE ARE DOING VERY WELL WITH THAT END OF IT, UH, FROM THOSE 45 YOUTH THAT WENT TO THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS. WERE JUST NOW STARTING TO GET THE PREMIUM CHECKS IN.
UH, WE WERE IN THE TOP FIVE OR THE, UH, BREED CHAMPIONS.
SO THOSE KIDS EARNED ENOUGH MONEY, UH, FOR THOSE 45 TO BASICALLY HEAD INTO COLLEGE.
I THINK OUR AVERAGE CHECK WITH OUR HEIFER SHOWMAN, THEY BROUGHT BACK ABOUT, UH, THE HALLS CATTLE GROUP THAT HAS THEIR GRANDCHILDREN SHOWING.
THEY CAME BACK WITH ABOUT $9,000 IN PREMIUMS THIS YEAR.
SO I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THOSE, UH, LEADERS THAT HELPED ME OUT WITH THOSE KIDDOS.
AND OUR HEIFER SHOW TEAM IS DOING REALLY WELL.
BUT WITH THAT, UM, I'LL, I COULD TALK TO YOU ALL DAY ABOUT FOUR H AND I PROMISED, UH, DR. WOODS, I WOULD KEEP IT TO TWO MINUTES.
SO WE'LL SEE IF WE KEEP THIS GOING.
CLOSE
UM, DUE TO A NEW LEADER, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE DOING IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY, WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW PROJECTS.
UH, THE STEM CLUB, WHICH IS SCIENCE, ENERGY SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY.
IN THAT LAST MONTH, THEY ACTUALLY LEARNED HOW TO MAKE THEIR OWN FITBIT, UH, THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY OF EITHER MOTION OR, UH, HEART AND HOW THOSE FITBITS ACTUALLY WORK.
UH, THOSE KIDS ACTUALLY ENJOYED.
WE GOT A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL FOUR H, UH, GROUP TO BUY IN THREE, UH, THREE THOSE.
AND THEN TEXAS FOUR H GAVE US ANOTHER TWO.
AND SO THOSE KIDS GOT TO ACTUALLY LEARN HOW TO WORK IN A TEAM AND THE DESIGN CONCEPT FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND HOW TO MAKE A FITBIT.
UH, WITH THAT, OUR ENGINEERING GROUP, WE ALSO HAVE ROBOTICS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING INTO THEIR SPRING SESSION.
WE HAVE TWO KIDS THAT ARE ON OUR ROBOTICS TEAMS AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL BE SENDING ONE OF THOSE TO, UH, EITHER SAN ANTONIO, UH, FOR THE ROBOTICS.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A DISTRICT ONE.
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TELL THE LEADER, I GO, TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT.I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET IT FORWARD BECAUSE, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE THE STUPID THING GO YET.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, WE ALSO, THE KIDS MEET, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM COUNCIL.
THOSE ARE LEADERS AND ALSO OUR ADULT LEADERS AND ALSO YOUTH.
SO WE ARE DOING LEADER TRAININGS.
UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING YOUTH TRAINING.
SO YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL HAS STARTED UP EVERY MONTH WHERE THEY'RE DOING LEADERSHIP FOR AGE 13 AND ABOVE.
WE HAVE 33 YOUTH COMING TO THAT.
WE WENT THROUGH, UH, GOALS, DEVELOPMENT, WHAT TYPE OF LEADER YOU ARE IN COMMUNICATION.
THIS MONTH WE'RE GONNA BE ACTUALLY GOING INTO, UH, WE HAVE FOUR MORE TOPICS.
THOSE TEAM LEADERS ACTUALLY TEACH THAT.
I PROVIDE THEM THE ANCHOR, UH, THEY STARTED OFF THAT HAS BUILT US INTO WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE TEAM LEADERS THAT ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 18 THAT ARE LEADING THE PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT, WHICH THIS YEAR WE HAVE INCREASED OUR INCREASE INTO DISTRICT BY 125%.
UM, I'M HOPING TO INCREASE OUR, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE COUNTY FAIR WITH THAT.
ALSO, WE HAVE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE TEACHING A DANCE PROJECT.
UM, YOU MIGHT THINK, WELL, WHY ARE WE TEACHING A DANCE PROJECT IF WE DON'T TEACH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO SOCIALIZE AND HOW TO WORK IN A GROUP SESSION WHERE ACTUALLY THEY CAN STEP OUT AND MAKE THEMSELVES, UH, FORWARD THINKING AND ALSO REACH OUT AND MEET SOMEBODY, THEN, UM, THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE FLOWERS ON THE WALL.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW HOW TO ACTUALLY PRESENT THEMSELVES AND MARKET THEMSELVES TO A JOB SITUATION.
THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, IS ACTUALLY MAKING GO READ ABOUT THEMSELVES.
UH, WITH THAT ALSO, WE HAVE, UM, A YOUNG MAN THAT'S GONNA BE TEACHING EDUCATION PATIENTS ACTUALLY TEACHING THOSE KIDS HOW TO IN FRONT OF A GROUP.
UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, BUT THESE YOUNG KIDS ACTUALLY HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO TALK.
AND SO WE ARE GONNA PRESENT TWO EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION WORKSHOPS THIS MONTH.
ONE FOR JUNIORS AND INTERMEDIATES AND ONE FOR SENIORS.
I KEEP THEM FOCUSED ON THEIR SUBJECTS AND THEN THEY TEACH THE KIDS.
MY BIG THING HERE IN KAMAN COUNTY IS MAKING SURE THAT THE YOUTH CAN TEACH AND I BELIEVE IT VERY STRONGLY IN MENTOR TEACHING.
UM, MOVING ON FROM THAT, UM, WE DO ALSO HAVE A RECORD BOOK.
I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN KEEPING OF RECORDS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THIS MONTH FOR OUR LEADERS AND THEN NEXT MONTH FOR OUR YOUTH.
AND THEN LAST, BUT, BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE TWO PROGRAM ASSISTANTS THAT WORK VERY HARD.
LAST MONTH WE REACHED OUT TO 880 STUDENTS IN THE SIX DIFFERENT, UH, ISDS IN KAMAN COUNTY.
THIS MONTH IS GONNA BE EVEN BIGGER.
UH, WE'RE FOCUSING ON WATER AND CONSERVATION, WATER EROSION, SOILS, AND ALSO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, ENERGY THAT ARE BEING USED IN OCTOBER.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, WE ARE WORKING WITH SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE WHEN WE GO IN AND TEACH THEM, WE ACTUALLY, IF THE TEACHERS COME TO OUR TRAINING, WE ACTUALLY, EITHER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL OR I DO THROUGH THE TEXAS A AND M, UH, FOUR HU PROGRAM, GIVEN THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS.
UM, SO WE HAVE MORE AND MORE TEACHERS SIGN UP TO DO THAT WITH US.
LAST YEAR, UM, AS YOU KNOW FROM OUR, MY LAST PROGRAM LAST YEAR, WE REACHED OUT TO OVER 12,000 STUDENTS IN THE CALVIN COUNTY AREA.
ANY QUESTIONS, SIR, WANT YOU TO KNOW? WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, BOTH OF YOU BRINGING IN YOUR REPORT.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR US AND I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU.
WELL, I THINK YOU FOCUS UNDER HERE.
WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING US.
WELL, THANK I LIKE WHAT I MADE IT UNDERNEATH MY DID.
IS THAT OKAY GOING HERE? UH, NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER NINE AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ENTERING INTO AND UNDER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PATROL SERVICES BETWEEN KAMAN COUNTY AND THE KAMAN COUNTY FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE B AND ONE C, AND TO HIRE ONE FULLTIME OFFICER AND ONE PART-TIME OFFICER JASON, WHO'S GONNA GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS MORNING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE WINDMILL FARMS LOCATION WENT INTO AN OPEN BID CONTRACT, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASONS.
UH, THEY CONTACTED US TO PUT IN A BID, UH, ALONG WITH THE DPS OFFICE, OFF DUTY SERVICES AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UM, AFTER PUTTING IN A BID AND TALKING WITH BOTH THE ONE B AND THE ONE C, THEY AGREED TO GO WITH THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.
UM, THE CONTRACT WAS REVIEWED BY THE DA'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS WITH THEIR ATTORNEYS, AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS SIGNED, SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES, UM, AS AN AGREEMENT FOR A ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME POSITION FOR 60 HOURS A WEEK GUARANTEED TO BE IN THAT LOCATION.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE NOW WITH THE, UH, FULL-TIME AND A PART-TIME POSITION.
THEY'RE ALREADY RESERVING WITH ME NOW, SO THAT WOULD NOT BE A, UH, FURTHER BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION INTO IT.
THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DONE, THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE DRUG TESTING HERE FOR THE COUNTY AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SO IT'D JUST BE A MOVE OVER, UH, FROM A RESERVE UNTIL A PART-TIME, FULL
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TIME.ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CALL THE COUNTY ANY MONEY? NO, SIR.
WATER IS FEEDING A COMPLETE BILL CAR? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE AN EXTRA CAR AT THIS TIME, SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT GONNA UTILIZE ANYTHING.
THE BUDGET IS ALREADY SET IN MY BUDGET FOR THE, UH, THE, THE MAINTENANCE.
NOW THE WATER BOARD HAS AGREED TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL, UH, AMOUNT FOR THE FUELING AND THE MAINTENANCE UP TO A CERTAIN POINT.
AND WE DO HAVE A 10%, UH, COST JUST IN CASE IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, A CONTINGENCY PLAN THAT WE CAN PULL FROM THEIR HOA WATER BOARD BILL.
AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR BUDGET ON THE COUNTY AT ALL.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE FURNISHING IS THE VEHICLE THAT I HAVE.
IS THAT THE ARRANGEMENT YOU HAD IN THE PAST? UH, WHEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE GOT A VEHICLE FROM THE WATER BOARD THAT THEY PAID FOR, UH, FULLY EQUIPPED LIGHTS, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
NOW THAT'S NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
THAT'S NOT FOR ME TO STEP INTO.
THAT'S BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE WATER BOARD.
UM, SO IN ORDER TO GET THIS THING UP AND RUNNING, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO HIT THEM FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE, WE WERE GONNA UTILIZE THE OLDER CROWN VIC THAT WE HAVE TEMPORARILY UNTIL WHATEVER DECISIONS ARE MADE OR WHATEVER THEY CAN COME UP WITH.
UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU HAVE ANY I I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, THE, NOT FAR, THE OLD COUNTY, I, I DUNNO ABOUT THE OLD ONE.
NO, WE'VE OWNED IT FROM DAY ONE.
I MEAN, I, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKED.
REBECCA, YOU, EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE OKAY AS FAR AS THE, WE, WELL, OUR OFFICE HAS WORKED WITH A REALLY SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE FOR ONE C AND ONE B AND WE'RE ALL TALKING WITH THE AGREEMENT AND MADE SURE TO ADD IN SOME LANGUAGE FOR THE CONTINGENCY FEE THAT, UH, CONSTABLE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT WAY IT'S INVOICED PROPERLY TO OUR AUDITING DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN I TALKED TO AMBER ABOUT THAT INVOICING PROCEDURE AND HOW TO TAG IT SO THAT THEY GET THE CORRECT ONE.
AND I THINK KW HAS ALSO TALKED TO 'EM AS WELL.
SO WE'VE KIND OF WORKED THROUGH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE TOUCHING THE CONTRACT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS.
UM, THE ONLY THING TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT IT HAS AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL AND SO IF 30 DAYS PRIOR YOU NEED TO TERMINATE THAT FOR ANY REASON, MAKE SURE TO DO THAT NOTICE AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN, UM, IF COST CHANGE IN WHICH THEY PROBABLY WILL EVERY YEAR, THAT'S A NEW EXHIBIT A THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED 60 DAYS PRIOR, UM, TO THE TERMS SO THAT EVERYONE YEAH.
AND IT'S RIGHT HERE IN BUDGET SIDE THERE.
SO IT'S PROBABLY AROUND JUNE THAT, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE SUBMITTED.
BUT THOSE ARE THE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS OF IT.
UM, DOES THE, UH, CONTRACT THAT'S BEEN REVIEWED IS IN YOUR PACKET, SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I'VE READ IT.
ANYBODY YOU ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE A MOTION, UH, CONCERNING THIS ITEM? ITEM NUMBER NINE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA, THIS MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN INTER LOCAL GRIEVANCE FOR SALE CLERK SURPLUS TOWN SUE ROTARY, SHE TO THE CITY OF HOFFMAN.
AND, UH, I DUNNO WHO'S HANDING THAT.
THIS IS BASICALLY AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO SELL PROPERTY BETWEEN TWO GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
WE'VE USED THIS FORM BEFORE AND IT WILL GET THE, UH, ROTARY SHELLS OUT OF THIS STORAGE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
I SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY DOING IT THIS WAY THAN WHAT IT WOULD IF YOU PUT 'EM ON AUCTION.
YOU'RE GONNA BE LUCKY TO GET 10 BUCKS OUT OF IT THIS WAY.
AT LEAST SHE'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THE CONTRACT IS AS IS AND THEY'RE PAYING FOR ALL THE MOVING.
SO LAURA'S REALLY GOT A CREATIVE YIELD FOR THAT'S A GOOD DEAL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF CABINETS AS BEING JUST, YOU KNOW, YOUR FILING CABINETS.
THESE HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE REALLY LARGE UNITS.
ALRIGHTY, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HONOR MR. ALLEN? MAKE THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ENTERING INTO AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS TO COMPLETE ROADWAY ROAD WORK ON STEVENS ROAD.
THEY FINALLY DECIDED IT HUNDRED PERCENT IN THEIR COUNTY.
WE GONNA WORK ON THE LINE TOGETHER.
WE JUST PUT IT ON THE THAT WAY.
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EACH OTHER'S DETERMINED.IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF IT ON.
ALRIGHT, A MOTION TO TABLE SECOND, MR. ALLEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE TEXAS CONFERENCE OF URBAN COUNTY'S TEXTURE, INDIGEN DEFENSE IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT, UH, AND FISCAL YEAR OF 2018.
INDIGENT DEFENSE RESOURCE SHARING AGAIN, UH, HOW WOULD THAT BE? ARE YOU, I ASSUME PAM WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GRANT THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVED.
AND I THINK, HONESTLY, JUDGE, YOU PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN I CAN, THAT I DO, I KNOW THAT I CAN EXPLAIN THE COST ALLOCATION.
THERE'S ONE, UM, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THAT'S THE 7,600.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING ON SITE AND THAT'S THE 22,550.
AND THEN YOU BREAK APART THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FOR HALF THAT 22, WHICH IS, IT'S LIKE 11,000 AND SO IT'S AROUND 18 THAT THE COUNTY'S OWING FOR, FOR THIS YEAR UNDERNEATH THIS CONTRACT.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE JUDGE MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
AND WHAT HAPPENED? WE WENT BACK AND REALIZED WE HAD NOT ACTUALLY APPROVED ACCEPTING THE GRANT, I BELIEVE.
AND, UH, SO THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE WILL, UH, UTILIZE TO HELP ASSIGN, UH, THE, UH, ATTORNEYS THAT GO TO THE, UH, INDIGENT DEFENSE ATTORNEYS.
UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, I THINK THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WILL BE HA HAPPY WITH IT BECAUSE IT KEEPS UP WITH THE AMOUNT THAT IS SPENT.
UH, IT IS, UH, A, UH, WAY TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE ATTORNEY THAT IS APPOINTED, UH, IS AVAILABLE.
AND ALSO, UH, IN THIS SAME REGARD, IF A JUDGE LOOKS AT THE ATTORNEY THAT IS BEING APPOINTED AS AN INDIGENT, UH, DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND FEELS LIKE THAT PERSON DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITIES OR HAVE THE ABILITIES TO REPRESENT THE WHATEVER CASE MAY BE, THE JUDGE ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT TO OVERRIDE THAT.
SO IT'S, UH, WE DID RECEIVE A GRANT FROM, UH, END OF THE INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION.
UH, I BELIEVE IT WILL STREAMLINE OUR, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME TRAINING AND I THINK THEY'RE COMING BACK TO US SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
SO THAT IS WHERE YOU MIGHT FORGOTTEN THAT ACTUALLY ABOUT WHY WE WERE HAVING TO GO BACK AND WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED IT ONCE, BUT NOT WITH GRANT.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? A MOTION? HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION.
THOSE OPPOSED NUMBER, UH, 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CANVASSING THE ELECTIONARY, UH, RESULTS.
NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2017 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SELECTION.
GENTLEMEN, THE RESULTS THAT ARE UH, LISTED HERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THE, UH, ADA SPRINGS, UH, ELECTION AS WELL.
BUT THESE ARE THE, UH, RESULTS THAT HAVE BEEN CALCULATED BY YES SIR.
UH, WHO ALSO IS OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR AND YES, SIR.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE? WE USE OUR OLD EQUIPMENT.
SOME OF IT KIND OF PASSED ON AND THEN, UM, ALL THE AMENDMENTS PASSED IN
UH, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 26 0 4 VOTERS THIS TIME, WHICH WAS A LOT MORE THAN I EXPECTED.
SOME OF THE, UH, THE, ON THE EARLY VOTING, TERRELL GOT 193 VOTERS.
COFFMAN HAD 1 93, NO, EXCUSE ME.
CAROL HAD 1 91 AND COFFMAN HAD 1 93.
PONEY HAD 1 91 AND KIM HAD 68.
SOME OF THE BIG BOXES THAT WE HAD WERE ABEL SPRINGS.
OF COURSE THEY HAD A SPECIAL RULE ELECTION, BUT THEY HAD 2 89.
AVENUE BAPTIST HAD 1 61 AND THE NEY SUB COUNTY COURTHOUSE HAD 3 0 4.
OH, WE HAVE BECAUSE BRING A COUPLE EXTRA MACHINES OVER ON
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OH YEAH, WE, THAT'S GOOD.GOOD THING PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT.
THEY DIDN'T COME OUT IN THE EARLY PART, BUT THEY CAME OUT ON ELECTION DAY AND ON OUR UH, CENTERS, OUR VOTING CENTERS, WE'VE HAD TONS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS AND WE HAVE MOVED BLACK AND WHITE.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, NAYSAYERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR ISSUE WAS.
UH, THEN, UH, ALSO ARE RECORDS.
WELL WE THIS WHAT WE NEED TO DO ONE AT TIME.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE UH, UH, RETURNS FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
EVEN THOUGH THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE RESULTS THAT'S PRESENTED.
NO, MR. BARBARA MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND SECONDS.
ALL IN FAVOR? SAY A THOSE NOW.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CANVASSING ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2017 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCORPORATION OF THE PROPOSED TOWN OF ABEL SPRINGS.
AND UH, WITH 289 VOTES IT FAILED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE RESULTS AS PRESENTED.
MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, AND UH, ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER REQUEST SOLICIT RFP FOR ELECTION EQUIPMENT.
AND WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WITH LISA.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO SOLICIT THE BID OR PROPOSAL ACTION.
OKAY, SO THIS WOULD, UH, WE DEMOED A COUPLE OF MACHINES.
THIS WOULD PUT IT OUT ON THE STREET.
UH, TO SEE WHAT KIND OF INTEREST WE HAVE FROM VENDORS.
AND, UH, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST? MOTION? OKAY.
A MOTION, NOT A CUT MOTION BUT A MOTION COMMISSIONER A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.
A WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE WILL, UH, WHAT'S THE DEADLINE? WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE ABLE WE GET THIS? UH, WELL I CAN RUN.
DID WE GET HAMMERED OUT ALL OF THE DETAILS ON THE BID EXCEL? I THINK SO.
IT HAS TO RUN FOR TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
SO WE'LL HAVE STILL JUST THE TWO COMPANIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE BOTH OF 'EM CERTIFIED.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEND IT TO ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT THE LAWSUIT.
WITHDREW ANYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO BID ON CAN, BUT WE HAVE HAR AND WHO ELSE CAN IN AND YES.
AND IN THE, IN THAT DID WHEN WE SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED.
AND THEY'RE BOTH CERTIFIED THE STATE.
WELL EVEN IF WE PUT IT OUT AND SOME COMPANY DID TURN IN A BID AND IT WASN'T, YOU COULD OBVIOUSLY JUST MISS THAT BID BEING CONSIDER.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS AND SERVE PERMISSION TO SOLICIT ANNUAL BIDS FOR VARIOUS ROTARY.
LISA AGAIN, JUST ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO SOLICIT THE BID AND I STILL NEED, UH, I KNOW COMMISSIONER ALLEN COME UP AND SAID IF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE ANYBODY YOU NEED TO ADD TO THAT.
LIZ, Y'ALL GONE OVER, I SENT ALL OF THE CURRENT UM, STUFF.
I NEED YOU TO REVIEW THAT AND GET WITH ME IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, ANY ADMISSIONS, DELETIONS, WHATEVER OR ADD VENDORS THAT YOU WANT TO THE BID TO GO OUT TO.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 17 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING FULLTIME EDUCATION FOR STEVEN STEVEN HOOPS PART-TIME VEGETATION FOR GUADALUPE CHRIS TO FULFILL THE INTERLOPER AGREEMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTROL SERVICES BETWEEN CAIN COUNTY AND CA COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE B AND ONE C.
THIS IS THE, UH, IN RELATION TO THE ITEM THAT WE HAD EARLIER, RIGHT? THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING.
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YEAH.SO I'LL MAKE, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND MR. BARBER? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 18 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING, UH, 2018 DISTRIBUTOR TRUCK OR KAUFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT.
NUMBER ONE PUT ON THE AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER HUNT.
UH, HE SENT OVER THE QUOTES THAT THEY RECEIVED.
THEY DIDN'T, WE WENT OUT, RECEIVED THE THREE QUOTES.
I BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO GO WITH THE, IT'S THE ONE THAT'S, UH, $160,000 354 DO THREE I I'LL GET IT OUT IN A MINUTE.
$160,354 AND 63 CENTS UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACT 5 21 16.
UM, AND I SAID THAT THAT'S HIS AND MY RECOMMENDATION, I'M EXCITED.
OH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT MODEL IS, IS THAT THE ONE THAT'S 67, 65 IS WHAT WE HAD TO BETTER.
SO WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE REPLACING ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND IT'LL PAY FOR ITSELF JUST IT EFFICIENCY, YOU KNOW, SO IT SPREAD THE SAME WAY.
WE PUTTING A LOT MORE ROCK ON THE ROAD.
WE NEED TO, SO THE LAST LARGE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE SO THE GUYS CAN DO THE WORK EFFICIENTLY.
SO ONE THESE OTHER GUYS WANT, WELL, EVERYBODY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE.
MR. BARBER SECOND'S MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING LIE TRANSFER.
HEY, I THINK KAREN IS OUT THIS MORNING.
AND NUMBER 20, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAY.
UH, THESE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO YOU LAST THURSDAY BEFORE WE HAD THE HOLIDAY.
UH, THE ACCOUNTS OF PAYABLE INVOICES TODAY OWE $168,621 AND 35 CENTS.
AND THE EMPLOYEE SAVINGS DISTRIBUTION THAT WILL BE GOING OUT WITH THE EMPLOYEES CHECKS THIS WEEK.
A TOTAL 385 4 68 90 8 CENTS FOR TOTAL CLAIMS. FIVE 54,090 AND 33 CENTS.
OKAY, WELL THAT'S OUR EMPLOYEES READY TO UTILIZE THAT.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES, I THINK THE LARGEST AMOUNT WAS THE ROOF BONDS.
UM, NEXT AMOUNT OTHER THAN JUST MS THINGS WAS, UH, IN DEFENSE, UH, EXPENSES.
SO THOSE TOTAL 47,000 AND $19,000.
JUST SO ANYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMETHING MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, EACH MONTH OR EACH PAY PERIOD CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR OWN, UH, SAVINGS PLAN, UH, FOR CHRISTMAS.
AND I I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGER ONES THAT I'VE SEEN.
I DUNNO, MAYBE YOU, I DUNNO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
YEAH, I DO KNOW THEY EQUAL QUITE A BIT EACH YEAR AND UH, WE KEEP UP WITH IT AND THEN ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR WE DISTRIBUTE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLAIM FOR PAYMENT? I'LL MAKE UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKE THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND'S MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AND WE'RE GOING BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE JUST IN A MOMENT.
SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE EXIT THE REGULAR SESSION, UH, ENTER INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 7 1, UH, CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY REGARDING CONTEMPLATED, UH, CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION CONCERNING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND POTENTIAL DAMAGES.
AND THEN I'M GOING ADD OUR SECOND ONE TOO HERE.
AND THAT IS ON THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY AND I BELIEVE THAT, SO I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
THE, SO, SO WE WILL, I NEED A MOTION NOW TO COME OUTTA EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I WOULD
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POINT OUT THAT WE DID NOT DISCUSS, UH, ANYTHING DEALING WITH 5 5 1 0.072.UH, SO THAT WAS NOT PART OF OUR DISCUSSION.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
AND PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIME IS EXACTLY 11 O'CLOCK.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TAKING ANY ACTION NEEDED AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECTION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, MOTION TO CONFER AUTHORITIES TO THE DA'S OFFICE TO NEGOTIATE RETAINER AGREEMENT REGARDING OPIOID, OPIOID LITIGATION WITH REERS AWADI FOR, FOR PAROLE AND WABO AND LACKY AND HIRSCHMAN AND I WILL HAVE THIS SO YOU CAN SPELL IT HERE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MAY MOTION COMMISSIONER ALLEN COMMISSIONER ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND WE'LL SEE WEDNESDAY MORNING.