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TODAY'S WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 14TH, 2018.
AND THIS IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND SO WE WELCOME EVERYONE HERE TODAY.
IF YOU ARE HERE AND YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS FORM, I BELIEVE, HERE IN THE HALL, AND IF YOU'LL GIVE THOSE TO OUR COUNTY CLERKS, UH, THEY WILL PROCESS THAT AND GET THAT TO US.
SO, UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE INVITATION AND OUR PLEDGES AND ASK COMMISSIONER TO GIVE OUR INVITATION WHILE THANKFUL FOR TODAY.
WE'RE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR THE RAINS YOU'RE SENDING OUR WAY THAT WE NEEDED SO BADLY.
WE KNOW THAT IT HELPS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNTRY IN WHICH WE LIVE, THE WAY TO SERVE AND THE CAPACITY WE SERVE.
WE PRAY AND HOPE THAT IT'S WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR BLESSINGS, DEAL WITH OUR PEOPLE WHO PROTECT US WHEREVER THEY ARE, IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THEY FEEL.
BUT WE KNOW THAT FREEDOM COMES WITH A HIGH COST AND SOMETIMES IT COSTS OUR OFFICERS AND THEIR MILITARY PEOPLE, THEIR LIVES WE PASS THAT YOU ALWAYS BLESS THEM AND, AND KEEP YOUR ARMS AROUND THEM.
FORGIVE US ALL OF YOUR SONS BLESSED AND OF THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THROUGH THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHES SINS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR, HONOR TEXAS ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE, SAY UNDER GOD ONE IN AN INDIVIDUAL CORRESPONDENCE.
AND, UH, THIS IS JUST A SALES TAX FOR ALL OF THE, UH, CITIES IN, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY, AND I THINK ALL GOT A COPY OF IT AND ELSE WANTS A NEWSPAPER POST.
I DID IT ANYWAY, BUT, UH, INTERESTING TO SEE.
I MEAN, OUR, OUR, UH, OUR SALES TAXES UP ACROSS THE COUNTY AND YOU SEE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS, UH, THERE.
AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED BY OUR CITY FOR A TOTAL OF, UH, I THINK THIS, I THINK THE WAY THIS REPORT RUNS, THIS WAS PROBABLY IN DECEMBER, YOU KNOW, THE CHRISTMAS AREA, UH, TIME OF THE YEAR.
BUT ANYWAY, IT, UH, GENERATED $2,472,268 AND 2 CENTS AS COMPARED, UH, TO, UH, $2,140,757 AND 42 CENTS LAST YEAR.
THAT'S, UH, OF COURSE WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY OF THAT MONEY, BUT IT IS, I THINK, A GOOD INDICATOR THAT, UH, UH, BUSINESS IS ALIVE AND WELL IN CA COUNTY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UH, NOW IN THE WAY OF CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. ONE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF JUSTIN BEING GUY AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN, UH, YOU GOT A REPORT FROM STAR TRANSIT, UH, PRESENT THE KAMAN COUNTY DEMAND IN RESPONSE ON CALL KAUFMAN, PROBABLY THE LINK NUMBER, A 2 8 0 2 TERRELL, HIGHWAY NUMBER 8 0 3 TERRELL HOE NUMBER 8 0 4, AND THE RIDERSHIP REPORTS, UH, FOR THE, UH, AMOUNT, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2018.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? NOPE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THAT MOTION.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE SEVENS STATEWIDE AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SERVICE, UH, GRANT CONTRACT WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE HANDLES, AND WHEN I SAY MY OFFICE, I SHOULD SAY ANNIE HANDLE.
AND, UH, IT IS A REPORT THAT WE SEND TO THE, UH, STATE, UH, SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CRIME VICTIMS THAT WE HAVE.
AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, CONTRACT, A CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
BUT IT IS THAT TIME OF WE RENEW THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO.
NOT I HOLD ANY UPON MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT, UH, OR APPROVE THAT CONTRACT.
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HUNT MAKES A MOTION.AND COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECONDS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE PARTIES ALSO, UH, NUMBER FOUR IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPTING A RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT.
THIS IS JUST OUR RICH PROFILING, UM, REPORT ANNUAL FOR, UH, 2017.
UH, CONSTABLE DO COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY.
UH, HE HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT THIS MORNING.
UH, NUMBER WERE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN LAST YEAR, UH, BUT DUE TO SOME INVESTIGATION, UH, OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAD GOING ON, UH, JUST A TINY BIT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THE REPORT? NO.
ENTER A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
AND WHILE YOU'RE IN THE, THE COFFIN, WOULD YOU MIND GOING BY AND CHECKING WITH PAM IN MY OFFICE ON THAT GRANT? YES, SIR.
AND, UH, ALSO WE HAVE THE, UH, UH, REPORT FROM RALPH DAVIS, SHARP EXTENSION ON, ON THE AGENDA.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS MORNING.
UH, I'VE HANDED YOU A, A COPY OF THE REPORT, UH, JANUARY FOR, FOR LIVESTOCK AND FORGE.
FOR, FOR MY PART OF EXTENSION IS REALLY A PLANNING MONTH.
WE, I MEET ALL OF MY COMMITTEES AND WE, WE HAVE CERTAIN FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND FINANCIAL GUIDELINES WE HAVE TO GO OVER EVERY YEAR AND MAKE SURE IT'S ANY MINUTES OF EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO JANUARY'S A MONTH I DO THAT IN CASE I GET AN AUDIT.
I KNOW LIKE WHERE TO TELL THE AUDITOR TO GO TO FIND ALL OF THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO GO BY.
MARCH IS GOING TO BE A VERY BUSY MONTH.
YOU'LL SEE AT THE END OF IT, I HAVE THE CLARAL HAUL.
TRAPS HAVE BEEN OUT, UH, CONSTANTLY.
UH, THEY WERE BROKE IN JANUARY FOR THE MOST PART.
WE HAD A, A TRIGGER BROKE AND, UH, CAMERA BROKE.
I HAVE ONE AT COMMISSIONER ALLEN'S HOUSE.
I'M FIXING THE PICKUP TODAY OR TOMORROW.
UH, SOON AS I GET, WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT UP TO, UH, TOMMY COOK'S IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY.
UH, AND I HAVE ONE, I MOVED UP THE LIST TO THE KEMP CEMETERY.
I HAD GOTTEN WORD THAT THE CEMETERY WAS BEING PULLED UP.
WELL, WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT SOME HOGS THERE LAST NIGHT, NIGHT BEFORE THAT.
I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH BEFORE THOUGH, BECAUSE I DO HAVE A REAL GOOD PICTURE.
THAT'S A NEAT TRAP OF THEM IN THE TRAP.
AND I'LL PUT THAT, I GOT IT BEFORE I PUBLISHED IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE 10 POINT DEER IN THIS ONE.
NEAR, THEY WERE, THEY WERE TEARING THE CORN UP UNTIL THESE HOGS SHOWED UP.
I THINK WE'LL CATCH HOGS THERE THE NEXT TWO OR THREE NIGHTS.
AND, UH, THEN I CAN MOVE THAT TRAP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I'VE GOT 17 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST FOR THIS TRAP AND, UH, UH, TWO OR THREE OF THEM I KNOW FOR SURE ARE BAD NEEDS IT, SO I'M GOING TO BE MOVING IT ALONG AS QUICK AS I CAN.
UH, THE HORTICULTURE PART OF AG, UH, THE, UH, VEGETABLE GARDEN, UH, HAS GOTTEN OFF TO A GREAT START.
THE VEGETABLE DEMONSTRATION THING WE'RE DOING, UH, COMMISSIONER HUNT AND, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE, UH, BOBBY BREED IS A REALLY STEPPED UP AND HELPED US ON THAT A GOOD BIT.
UH, WE'VE GOT SOME INFRASTRUCTURE NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE WHERE WE CAN GROW PLANTS YEAR ROUND AND, UH, WE'VE GOT WATER CAPABILITY WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
AND, UH, THEY'VE HELPED US OUT AND, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER HUNT SENT A TRUCK FOR SOME COMPOST FOR US.
UH, SO, SO ALL OUR DEMONSTRATION DEALS ARE GOING GREAT GUNS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HUGE PLANT SALE IN MARCH.
UH, Y'ALL OUGHT COME OUT TO IT.
ANYBODY NEEDS TO BUY SOME PLANTS.
IT'S GONNA BE A BIG ONE IF THERE'S, THEY'RE GOING, THAT THING LOOKS
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LIKE A JUNGLE BOARD IN THERE,BUT, BUT LOTS OF WORK GOING ON AROUND THE GARDEN.
UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO GOING BE A FUN TIME IN MARCH AND APRIL.
UH, OUR LEADERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS MADE UP OF ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE HAVE IN EXTENSION, UH, HAS PLANNED A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ON MARCH THE 17TH.
UH, AND, UH, SOMETIME NEW FOR THEM, IT'S GONNA BE TWO OR THREE, TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TAUGHT THERE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE, THEY'VE DONE THAT AND THEN THEY PLAN PLANNED OUR, UH, UH, YEARLY INFORMATION DAY THAT WE HAD.
UM, LAST TIME I WAS IN COURT, WE TALKED ABOUT OFF ACROSS TEXAS, KICKING OFF IN, UM, KAUFMAN.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 900 STUDENTS WALKING.
THEY'VE WALKED 2300 MILES AS OF WEEK THREE YESTERDAY.
I CHECKED THEY'VE DOUBLED THAT ALREADY.
SO THEY WERE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT WALKING ACROSS TEXAS, THE 830 MILES.
AND I SAID, RELAX EVERYONE SO FAR, THEY'VE ALREADY WALKED ACROSS TEXAS ABOUT FOUR TIMES,
BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATED THE HELP FROM THE CONSTABLE.
UM, MAYFIELD FIRST WALKING OFF THE STREET WHEN WE, UH, WALKED.
WE HAD A KICKOFF WITH MONDAY PRIMARY AND I HAD 500, UM, FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS WALKED A MILE.
AND YOU SEE A PICTURE THERE OF THE KIDS, UM, ACTUALLY WALKING.
SO ANOTHER GOOD PROGRAM I'VE GOT GOING RIGHT NOW IS A COOKING SCHOOL FOR DIABETES.
UM, THAT'S COOKING WELL WITH DIABETES.
I HAD ABOUT 15 PEOPLE, UM, COME TO A COOKING SCHOOL AND WE HAD IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES HOSPITAL AND THEIR, UH, DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP.
SO RIGHT AFTER THE SUPPORT GROUP ON A SATURDAY IN FEBRUARY, I GAVE MORE LESSONS AND DID SOME COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS WITH THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE ONGOING OR BETTER LIVING FOR TEXAN PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE SNAP EDUCATION PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY I HAVE TWO SERIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW TRYING TO HELP AND REACH OUT, UM, WITH NUTRITION EDUCATION FOR US, EXCUSE ME, OUR SNAP RECIPIENTS AND OUR MASTER WELLNESS PROGRAM.
UM, I'M CURRENTLY IN TRAINING WITH MASTER WELLNESS VOLUNTEERS.
SO, UM, THAT'S RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, UM, TRAINING.
AND BY THE END OF FEBRUARY I'LL HAVE SIX NEW VOLUNTEERS, FULLY TRAINED AS MASTER VOLUNTEERS.
AND AS JANUARY IS FOR ME, UM, THERE'S LOTS OF GOING ON IN JANUARY FOR ME.
I THINK HERE AT THE STOCK SHOWS THIS YEAR AT FORT WORTH, WE HAD POULTRY BREEDING, SHEEP BREEDING, SWINE MARKET LAMBS, MARKET GOATS, UH, MARKET STEERS, BREEDING HEIFERS.
UH, SOME KIDS WENT OVER AND PARTICIPATED IN THE SPEED EVENT CHALLENGE.
AND SO, UM, IT WAS A BUSY TIME WITH ME ON MY PHONE AND I STUPIDLY PUT THE CHIME ON TO SEE WHERE MY KIDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE NEXT.
AND I THINK I WALKED ACROSS TEXAS WHILE I WAS AT THE FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW.
UH, BUT THE NEAT THING ABOUT IT'S IS, UH, COMAN COUNTY IS VERY WELL BLESSED WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THE FACT THAT, UM, I COULD NOT DO MY JOB WITHOUT MY VOLUNTEERS.
UH, SO WE DID EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AT FORT WORTH.
AND NOW I HAD LAST WEEK, UH, WE ARE MOVING INTO SAN ANGELO.
WE HAVE RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION AL HEPPLER AT SAN ANGELO, UH, WITH SOME OF MY NEW FOUR ACRES.
AND THEY'RE MOVING NOW INTO SAN ANTONIO.
UH, THE BREEDING FLYING KIDDOS, THEY HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY OF SITTING 17 HOURS IN LINE BEFORE THEY COULD ACTUALLY MOVE THEIR SPINE INTO THE BARN AND HAVE THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SIT 21 HOURS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE THEY HOPE YOUR BATTERY ON YOUR PHONES AND YOUR LITTLE MEDIA THINGS STAY OPEN.
OR IF YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER OR LIKE ME SAYING, HERE'S ANOTHER GAME, PLAY THIS ONE.
UH, BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING SO WE COULDN'T SEND THEM OUTSIDE TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
SO, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, UH, WE HAVE OUR ROBOTICS GROUP IS MOVING UP LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH.
WE ACTUALLY, THE KIDS ARE PROGRAMMING THEIR ROBOTS.
UH, THIS YEAR'S CHALLENGE WITH DISTRICT FOUR FOUR H IS SUMO BOT.
SO YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY TRAIN YOUR OR TRAIN PROGRAM YOUR ROBOT TO WHERE WHEN YOU PUT IT INTO THE ACTUAL RING, IT A CANNOT LEAVE THE RING, BUT IT HAS TO SEARCH.
AND IT HAS ONE OF MY EIGHT YEAR OLDS, BUT IT HAS TO SEARCH AND DESTROY IT.
SO THERE'S LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT SENSORS ON A ROBOTS.
THE KIDS HAVE TO LEARN TO PROGRAM ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND THEY HAVE TO PROGRAM TO, IT DOES NOT LEAVE THE RING, BUT YET IT STILL SEARCHES OUT THE ROBOT.
AND THE PER, UH, THE PICTURE YOU SEE IS THE KIDS.
THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO ROBOTS THAT ARE GOING AT IT TO SEE WHO CAN ACTUALLY PUSH THE OTHER ONE OUT OF THE RING.
AND SO, UM, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF TEACHING SOME TEAM BUILDING, UH, ACTIVITIES.
IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THE KAUFMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD A GRAND TIME WITH ALL OF MY GAINS.
UM, LIKE SOME OF THE STIPULATIONS I PUT ON ON THEM THAT THEY COULD NOT DO, LIKE TALK.
UM, AND THEN I HAD TO ACTUALLY BLINDFOLD ONE.
UM, BUT ANYWAYS, WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
UH, JAN, UH, FEBRUARY'S COMING INTO IT.
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WE'RE HAVING, WE'RE ON THE STOCK SHOW TRAIL AGAIN BY FOURTH.LEADERS IN THE COUNTY ARE STILL IN THE COUNTY TEACHING AS IN CAMP.
WE HAVE A FOR UNIT THAT DOES A MONTH, OUR WEEKLY, UM, CLASS EITHER ON FOOD, NUTRITION, UM, SEWING, OR ALSO LEADERSHIP TYPES.
SO IF YOU EVER WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE WITH US, UH, THE LIVESTOCK CLUB IS HAVING THEIR PREPARATION FOR THE COUNTY FAIR.
UH, TOMORROW NIGHT UP IN TERRELL, WE ARE DOING CRAFTS.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP WITH US AND HELP OUT WITH THAT CRAFT FILLING, UM, ALSO IT ADULTS ARE ALSO ABLE TO ENTER THE COUNTY FAIR.
SO HERE'S THE SCHEDULE FOR THE COUNTY FAIR.
SO IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO A ART PROJECT, UM, THE FOUR ACRES OF THE LIVESTOCK CLUB WILL HELP YOU ALL IN GETTING AN ENTRY READY TO GO FOR THE COUNTY FAIR MORNING.
IT'S SIX 30 AT THE CHURCH, EMMANUEL CHURCH UP IN TERRELL.
AND THIS IS A SCHEDULE OF THE COUNTY FAIR.
UM, THE SHOW BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD.
IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENT.
AND IT'S ONLY IN A WEEK AND A HALF NOW.
SO THE FOUR H AND FFA KIDDOS WILL BE COMING HOME FROM SAN ANTONIO AND GO RIGHT INTO THE KAMAN COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW.
AND THEN SOME OF THEM WILL LEAVE THE KAMAN COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW AND GO DIRECTLY TO HOUSTON.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WANT TO JUDGE DESSERTS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
SO IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO JUDGE FOODS, UM, THE JUDGING TIME ON, YOU'RE A BRAVE PERSON.
ANYBODY ELSE NEED TO SCHEDULE FOR THE COUNTY FAIR? UM, I HAVE TWO LEFT.
I'LL GET, I'LL GET WHO'S GONNA FIGHT OVER? YOU GOT ONE? I'LL MAKE A COPY.
I NEED RALPH TO REPORT, UH, YOU, THOSE THREE WOMEN KNOW NINJA SO I BE CAREFUL ABOUT THEM.
OKAY, WELL, AS YOU CAN TELL THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY THICK ONE.
UH, WHEN THE SENATE BILL WAS PASSED, UH, ON 10 74, WHICH, UH, INTRODUCED RACIAL PROFILING, UH, THERE WAS A SECTION OF TIER ONE AND TIER TWO REPORTING.
WE'VE ALWAYS DONE TIER TIER TWO REPORTING BECAUSE IT, UH, PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION.
PLUS WHEN WE COMPARE AND ANALYZE OUR DATA, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO IS ANALYZE OUR DATA AND WE HAVE TO COMPARE IT THE WAY THEY GIVE IT TO NOW JUST THE CENSUS AND WHAT WE HAVE IN TRAFFIC.
YOU CAN'T COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE WIND UP FINDING OUT LONG AGO DOING RESIDENCE AND NON-RESIDENTS AND THEN WE COMPARE THAT 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT INTERSTATE 20, WE'VE GOT 80 AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE COMPARE IT TO SEE IF WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING ANY ISSUES.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE DONE TIER TWO REPORTING.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SUMMARY OF THE VERY FIRST PAGE, THE CONTACTS AND THE PERCENTAGES AND THE VARIANCES.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, UH, RESIDENTS TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
AND THEN YOU CAN TELL THAT WE BREAK IT DOWN IN THE SEARCHES AND HOW MANY SEARCHES THAT WE DO.
UH, THE OTHER, ALL THE OTHER DATA IS ON THE BACK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN YOU CAN GO THROUGH, THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF STUFF TO DO.
YOU CAN SEE EACH IN THE BREAKDOWN AND THE CENSUS.
THE OTHER PART THAT WE'VE ALWAYS PUT IN HERE IS WE PUT OUR COMPLAINTS PROCESS IF WE HAVE ANY RACIAL PROFILE AND COMPLAINTS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UH, CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, OUR SUMMARY STATEMENT, SENATE BILL 10 74 THAT STARTED THIS.
I'LL GIVE YOU OUR POLICY ON OUR VIDEOS.
I GIVE YOU OUR POLICY ON OUR TRAINING.
I GIVE YOU OUR POLICY ON, UH, PERFORMANCE, UH, BIAS POLICY THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ALSO.
AND THEN I GIVE YOU ALL THE CONTACT DATA IN THE BACK IF YOU WANT TO DO ANY OTHER RESEARCH ON YOUR OWN.
BUT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A HIGHLIGHT OF SENATE, UH, BILL 1849 THAT JUST COME OUT TO SANDRA BLA ACT.
SANDRA BLA ACT HAS HIT OUR COUNTY PRETTY HARD.
A LOT OF UNFUNDED BANDS AND THINGS WE DO.
IT ALSO IMPACT THIS, THIS, UH, RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.
WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE A LOT OF DATA FOR JANUARY 1ST TO PUT ON OUR TICKETS.
OTHER THING IT'S DONE IS IT TOOK OUT TIER ONE REPORTING.
SO YOU SHOULD BE GETTING TIER TWO REPORTING THIS NEXT OF ALL THIS DATA THAT YOU HAVE TO GET.
AND IT HAS TO BE ANALYZED, UH, READING ALL THE SENATE BILLS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAS TO BE DONE UNDERNEATH THE SANDRA BLIND UNDERNEATH GETTING ANY FUNDING FROM THE STATE BEFORE THAT.
YOU, YOU, NO, IT'S UNFUNDED MANDATES.
THEY ALLOWED TO PASS ALONG TO IT.
AND IT IMPACTED OUR JAIL A LOT, UH, WITH THE SANDRA LAND ACT.
SO I'LL COVER SOME, BUT IT'S TAKES TIME TO COMPLY.
THAT AND A LOT, THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE A TIER TWO FROM, FROM BEGINNINGS, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTA REALLY LOOK AT ALL OF IT.
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TO APPLES AND STUFF.SO WE'RE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN BIG ON LOOKING AT THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US ANYTIME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER SHERIFF? NO, THAT'S, THERE'S NO PLACE TO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
THE OFFICE, UH, 2017 SHERIFF'S OFFICE FORWARD.
HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, ALLEN.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
TO, UH, PRESENT THE, OR ACCEPT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE MONTHLY REPORTS FOR JANUARY, 2018.
YOU CAN SAY IT'S, IT IS PRETTY WELL AS NORMAL.
WE WERE, UH, ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF CALLS, UH, CLEARANCE PERCENTAGES A LITTLE MORE.
WE HAD SOME OTHER CASES THAT WAS FAIRLY EASY TO CLEAR OUT.
SO IT MOVED OUR, UH, PERCENTAGES UP QUITE A BIT.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR UH, PATROL SECURITY CHECKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IS, IS REALLY UP.
I'M IMPRESSED ON WHAT OUR, UH, PEOPLE ARE DOING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE OUR CASE STATUS FAR AS CAPERS.
UH, THEY WAS SIGNED, 58 CASES FILED 35 AND CLEARED 35.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD PERCENTAGE RATE.
AND PROPERTY WAS PRETTY DECENT.
I WAS PROUD WITH 112 CASES SIGNED.
WE FILED 45 AND CLEARED 48 CASES.
UH, OUR JAIL OR OUR DAILY POPULATION IS, IS EASING ITS WAY BACK UP AGAIN TO 3 89.
THEY SHOULD BE MOVING OUT PRETTY LONG.
WE'RE GETTING TO THE 45 DAY ACCESS WHERE THEY HAVE TO START PAYING US.
AND USUALLY THEY, THEY'LL NEVER PAY US BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET TO THAT.
THEY'RE GONNA USE YOU DENY, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA GET IT OUT RIGHT BEFORE THEY HAVE TO PAY IT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA USE THIS MUCH.
THEY CAN, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT, THEY'VE SHUT DOWN PRISONS AND, YOU KNOW, WHICH SAVES THE STATE MONEY, BUT IT REQUIRES COUNTIES TO HOLD THOSE
THEY'RE PASSING LUCK TO THE COUNTY.
SO, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE AVERS ABOUT 11, UH, INMATES IN AND OUT, UH, PER DAY.
WE'RE STILL HOLDING ABOUT A HUNDRED FEDERAL INMATES.
UH, WE COLLECT OR WE BILLED OUT 160,000 9 1 1 CALLS.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 322,000 CALLS IN 24 HOUR PERIOD.
UH, WARRANTS DIVISION'S RUNNING ABOUT THE SAME.
UH, WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 39 CIVIL PROCESS.
CATS AND DOG CATS ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THANK GOODNESS.
UH, BUT THEIR DOG'S STILL THE SAME COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UP QUITE A BIT.
WE'VE GOT THEM RUNNING PRETTY HARD.
I THINK THE COMMISSIONER HAS ALL BEEN CONTACTING ME AND I'VE BEEN RUNNING 'EM EVERYWHERE.
SO THEY, THEY'VE BEEN MAKING QUITE A FEW WHEEL.
YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN MAKING QUITE A FEW CONTACTS, WHICH IS GOOD.
AS FAR AS IN THE BACK, YOU CAN SEE IN-HOUSE TRAINING WE HAD 115 HOURS, UH, 36 STUDENTS, WHICH WE SAVED ABOUT $2,000 IN THAT TRAINING.
UH, THEY HAD ONE REF, SEVEN GRAMS FILED 19 CASES.
THE CANINE UNIT HAS REALLY BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB AND IMPRESSED WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY, UH, HAD 415, UH, HUNDRED GRAMS. UH, THEY CALLED OUT TWO, SEARCH FOR THEM WAS 43.
THEY'VE ALSO DONE 200 CALLS FOR SERVICE OUT THERE.
THEY'VE ASSISTED EIGHT 13 OTHER AGENCIES.
YOU SEE WHAT THE, THE NUMBERS ARE THERE.
UH, 20, UH, PUBLIC NUISANCE, 28 FOLLOW UP, 36, CLEAN UP HIS 15 HEALTH AND SAFETY THREE.
UH, THAT'S ALL THESE NUMBERS HERE ARE TRUE FACTOR UP BY CAST BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO IT.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY ARE TALKING TO Y'ALL.
I THINK SOME OF 'EM WANTED MEETING.
YEAH, I THINK YOU MISSED ONE AND THEN HE FOUND OUT REAL QUICK.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING THAT COMMUNICATION AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SEE.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE IN TRANSPORT, LIKE USUAL, PICKED UP 44 TEXAS.
LUCKILY WE DIDN'T HAVE NO OUT OF STATE BENCH WARRANTS WERE 14 MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS FOR 'EM.
WE CARRIED 35 TO TC AND THEN TO THE COURTHOUSE.
WE'VE HAD 105 AT COUNTY COURT, 85 AT DISTRICT JUVENILES WAS A LOT THIS MONTH.
UH, THIS LAST MONTH WAS 28 FEDERAL COURT.
WE CARRIED A HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN ONE CPS.
THEN OUR FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU CAN SEE ON THE BACK, IS PRETTY WELL NORMAL, A LITTLE BIT LOW.
THE ONLY THING WHY IT'S THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER IS OTHER AGENCY'S BONDS.
WE HADN'T BEEN TAKEN A LOT OF OTHER AGENCY'S BONDS UNLESS IT'S, UH, CLASS FEE OR ABOVE.
SO CAN WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE? YES, SIR.
ON THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION? YES SIR.
I KNOW, UH, I HAD A CALL LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, I BELIEVE, WHERE WE HAD AN EXPLOSION OF SOME SOURCE DOWN THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT COULD YOU TELL US HOW THAT AFFECTED
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OUR FIRST RESPONDERS? AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT OUR, OUR 9 1 1 CENTER, WELL, IT, IT, THERE WAS A LOT OF CALLS IN.THEY WIND UP PUNCHING OUT A FIRE DEPARTMENT, SCURRY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY.
I KNOW THEY'RE GETTING THE NUMBERS OF CALLS AND WE'RE GETTING THAT TO GO WITH THE REPORT.
I KNOW THE CONSTABLES WIND UP CALLING US.
HE, HE HEARD ABOUT IT AND COME OUT THERE AND DONE IT.
AND, AND THEN, THEN THE VIDEO.
I THINK IF YOU HADN'T SEEN THE VIDEO, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE VIDEO.
UH, THEY TAKE 40 POUNDS OF TANNERITE AND BLOW UP THE TRUCK.
JUST BLOW MEMORIAL FOR SOMEBODY.
YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FAR MORALIZED PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BLOW UP TRUCKS.
THE BAD PART, IT'S OVER THERE IN THE AREA WHERE THE PIPELINE BLEW UP MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, AND IT KIND OF SCARED LOTS OF PEOPLE.
I, I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST OFF THE TOP, 'CAUSE I, I WAS IN CRANDLE WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND I GOT TONS OF CALLS.
I KNOW YOU GOT TONS OF CALLS AND I, I I'LL BET YOU 50 TO A HUNDRED CALLS IS WHAT WE GOT.
BUT I KNOW WE'RE GETTING THE WHOLE DATA BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR RANDY'S.
WHO'S INVESTIGATING ALL THAT? OKAY.
IT MUST HAVE, I DIDN'T HEAR IT TERRIBLE, BUT I MEAN, I KNOW IT EVIDENTLY, I THINK SOME FOLKS SUPPOSED TO KAMAN HEARD IT.
AND EVEN SOMEBODY IN ELMO TOLD US THEY HEARD, WELL
ADAM, DO I HAVE A, A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORT? I MOTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER BARBARA TO SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I NOT GET, TRYING TO GET LOOK LIKE A STATUTE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO, UH, FROM CHAIR BEAVERS JAIL COMMISSION.
UH, INSPECTION REPORT PASSED THE JAIL INSPECTION.
WE HAD A LITTLE FEW ISSUES WITH SOME, UH, PANELS THAT WE HAD WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN SHOWED UP TO HELP US BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA HAVE LEAST COMMISSIONER OR THE JUDGE THERE.
AND I TALKED TO THE JUDGE EARLIER, HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME OUT AND SIGN WITH THE JAIL COMMISSION AND ALSO TALK ABOUT FRED'S REPORT.
UH, THE ONE THING WE HAD RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS WE HAD A FIRE PANEL, UH, SHOWING GROUND FAULT.
I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS, I'M BEEN IN THE BUSINESS.
UH, IT'S A SMALL ISSUE, BUT THE SYSTEM STILL WORKS WELL, THE COMPANY TO, WE DID HAVE, WHICH WE WORKED WITH LISA IN TRYING TO DRIVE THE CONTRACT REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE AT ALL.
'CAUSE I'VE GOT A STATE INSPECTOR THERE, THEY WOULDN'T COME BACK AND LOOK AT IT 'CAUSE IT WASN'T A RED TAG ISSUE.
IT IS A YELLOW TAG ISSUE BECAUSE THE SYSTEM STILL WORKS AND THEY WOULDN'T ARGUE WITH IT.
BUT THE RED TAG, WE'D HAVE FAILED.
IF WE FAILED THEN FEDERAL INMATES GOTTA COME OUT TO JAIL.
SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, UH, I CALLED HIM ANOTHER MAN THAT WANTS OUR BUSINESS FROM TYLER IN DALLAS, A REALLY GOOD COMPANY.
HE SENT SOMEBODY OUT HERE PROBABLY WITHIN A HOUR.
AND A GUY HAD IT FIXED AND AND YELLOW TAGGED IT DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
THE NEXT DAY HE HAD IT COMPLETELY FIXED.
SO, UH, WE SENT THAT TO THE, UH, INVEST, UH, FRED, OUR INVESTIGATOR AND EVERYTHING WAS CLEARED UP.
AND THEY'RE HAPPY BECAUSE WE GOT ON IT REALLY QUICK.
UH, AND THAT'S THE MAIN THING JEFF COMMISSION IS, IS A PERSON THAT PROTECTS US FROM LAWSUIT WHEN WE MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS AND THERE AIN'T DETAILS FOR US.
UH, SO THE OTHER FEW THINGS THAT WE DID FIND IS WITH THE SANDRA BLAND ACT, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT TOOK EFFECT IN JANUARY, UH, SOME OF THE STAFF IN THE BACK WHEN THEY'RE BOOKING SOMEBODY ELSE AND TAKING MEDICAL QUESTIONS UNDER 1622, WE HAVE TO NOTIFY ON MAGISTRATE, UH, WHEN ANYBODY ANSWERS A QUESTION.
UH, THEY DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION ON THE STAFF.
SO WE AGREED TO EDUCATED EVERYBODY.
WE FIXED A FEW PROBLEMS. WE DID OUR OWN AUDIT, FOUND ANYTHING THAT WASN'T SENT OFF AND WE SENT IT OFF.
SO THAT WAS A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAD ISSUE.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE OTHER 600 POINTS THEY LOOK AT, WE PASSED.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD INSPECTION.
YOU GOT ANYTHING? YEAH, I WAS VERY THOROUGH.
AND BRIAN SAYS, COME OUT HERE.
TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES FOR THREE HOURS LATER.
BUT IT'S THE REASON I WAS OUT TOWN.
BUT I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO TURN IT BEING THERE WITH THE INSPECTOR TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE.
YOU TURN ON EVERY SINGLE HYDRANT IN THE WHOLE PLACE.
PLUS YOU EVER, IT, UH, YOU'VE BEEN THERE.
A AND THEN THEY LIKE TO TURN THE LIGHTS BETTER.
THE BEST IN THE, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE GOT A GOOD THAT ONLY OTHER THING IS IS I DID SHOW COMMISSIONER, WE'RE GONNA START TRYING TO TAKE PICTURES OF, Y'ALL KNOW, WE SEE THE DRAIN ISSUES ALL THE TIME THAT WE'RE REPLACING.
UH, I WAS SHOWING HIM DOWN IN THE HALLS WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE PIPE CHASE AS YOU CAN SEE THE PIPE.
IT, IT IS REALLY AMAZING HOW MUCH THAT BUILDING'S MOVING AND BREAKING THE PIPE.
UH, SO, UH, HE ASKED ME TO TAKE SOME PICTURES.
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SO IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS I'M GONNA TRY TO GET A BUNCH OF PICTURES OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE'VE GOT AND KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE STAND ON THAT BUILDING AND EXPLAIN TO US TOO ABOUT ALWAYS GETTING A VOICE BID.WHAT HAPPENED? YEAH, WE, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER A WHILE BACK WHEN WE HAD THE FEMALE TANK AND EVERYBODY KIND OF GOT ON BECAUSE THEY USED THE ONE COMPANY THAT'S ALWAYS DONE DO A GOOD JOB.
I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH AND EVERYTHING FIXED.
I THINK THE COUNTY'S HAD A FEW PROBLEMS BEFORE HERE AND THERE APPARENTLY.
BUT I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIM.
UH, WHEN WE DID, UH, THAT CARRY A GUN, WE DON'T
THAT MIGHT, I DON'T HAD SOMETHING DO.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN WE DID, DID THAT ONE OVER THERE AND WE WENT WITH THE LOW BID, UH, THEY WOUND UP CUTTING ALL MY FIBER AND CABLE INTO MY BOOK IN AND SHUT MY WHOLE BOOK DOWN.
WE TOLD 'EM WHEN WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF RUNNING THERE, THEY DIDN'T DO IT ANYHOW.
SO THAT COST US ABOUT A MONTH OF A WHOLESALE BEING DOWN, PLUS TONS OF WIRES RUNNING.
SO IT'S, IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN, IN THAT BUSINESS.
BUT YOU SEE, WE JUST DID THE LAST ONE.
I THINK, UH, WE GOT THREE SALES INVOLVED IN A
I'M NOT GOING, IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK.
I'M TELLING YOU, THEY CUT IT OUT AND DO EVERYTHING BY HAND DIGGING AND IT'S SIX FOOT BELOW THE CONCRETE, ALL THAT PIPING.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STAYING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, WE DON'T THANK PRESENTATION.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, RANDY AND UH, RICHARDSON ITEM.
HE TRIED TO CALL ME, BUT I DON'T, I KNOW THEY HAD A FIRE LAST NIGHT.
COULD YOU SEE IF YOU COULD, WE'LL, WE'LL PASS OVER THAT FOR THE TIME BEING.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 10 WOULD BE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE RACIAL PROFILE REPORTS FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES TIER TWO AND IT HADN'T BEEN REQUIRED IN YEARS.
PAST NUMBERS ARE PRETTY HIGH FOR ONE PERSON IN PART TIME.
UM, ALL THE RESULTS THAT CAME OUT, IT'S TWO PAGES.
SO IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR Y'ALL TO READ OVER ANYTHING TO REPORT ON.
I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT COURT.
UH, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND.
I COMMISSIONER HUNT SECOND TO HE'S, HE'S GOT A ISSUE THAT THEY'RE WORKING.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.
AND, UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION OF THE TABLE THAT COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND COMMISSIONER ALLEN'S SECOND, THAT MOTION TO THE TABLE.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, LATER DATE ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING A REVISION FOR THE TOBACCO FREE WORKPLACE AND PERSONNEL POLICY MANUAL.
MARY, WOULD YOU COME UP AND SURE.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, I HAD A REQUEST THAT COME IN THAT CAME IN THAT, UM, ASK, UM, WHAT IS OUR POLICY ON VAPING IN THE BUILDINGS AND AUTOMOBILES? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
SO I WENT OUT TO TAC TO ASK, UM, IF OTHER, UM, COUNTIES DO HAVE VAPING IN THEIR PERSONNEL MANUAL.
UM, WE WORKED ON SOME VERBIAGE, UM, I BELIEVE Y'ALL SENT THE VERBIAGE.
UM, THE VERBIAGE IN RED, UM, IS THE ONLY PART THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, ADDING IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE, UM, JUST STATING KAUFFMAN COUNTY ALSO PROHIBITS THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES AND COUNTING VEHICLES, COUNTING BUILDINGS OR WITHIN 25 FEET OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY BUILDING FOR NOT CHANGING ANYTHING ON THE WELLNESS THAT WILL AFFECT THE WELLNESS.
YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR, THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE CHANGE OF THE POLICY FOR VAPING NOT IN THE BUILDING OR THE VEHICLES.
SO, AND WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO STEP OUTSIDE TO DO THE VAPING, UH, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A REQUIREMENT AND UNLESS WE APPROVE THIS CHANGE TO OUR POLICY, RIGHT.
THEY CREATED MORE CLOWNS THAN THE SMOKE
AT LEAST THEY REALLY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW.
I SAID I WOULD ASK, UM, IT IN FRONT OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO SEE
ANYBODY HAVE A SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ADDING THE, UH, TO THE, UH, WORKPLACE MOTION.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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MOST OF OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES ABIDE BY THE TOBACCO FREE WORKPLACE POLICY.UH, WE REMIND PEOPLE THAT THAT NOT ONLY INCLUDES UH, UH, SMOKING, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES ANY TYPE OF TOBACCO, UH, USE.
AND SO, UH, UH, ASK EVERYONE TO ABIDE BY THAT.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS TO DISCUSS, UH, CONSIDER AMENDING A RETAINER AGREEMENT WITH PEERS.
SO I DID MY BEST
UM, BASICALLY WE ENTERED INTO A RETAINER AGREEMENT THROUGH, UM, AARON WILEY WITH LACKEY HIRSCHMAN.
AND SO NOTHING HAS SUBSTANTIVELY CHANGED IN ANY WAY, BUT, UM, THEY, THEY WANTED TO PRESENT A NEW RETAINER AGREEMENT FOR THE COURT TO SIGN.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THEY HAVE ADDED SOME, UM, FORMS TO THE GROUP THAT IS WORKING ON THIS OPIOID LITIGATION.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE, UM, THEY'VE ADDED, UM, MCNY HOSEA FIRM.
THEY'VE ADDED JONATHAN NOVAK, WHO, UM, IS A FORMER DEA ATTORNEY.
HE WORKS FOR THE FIRM, MCNY HOSEA NOW.
AND HE WAS THE PERSON THAT WAS FEATURED IN THE 60 MINUTES EPISODE ABOUT THE OPIOID EPI EPIDEMIC.
SO HE'S CONSIDERED KIND OF AN EXPERT ATTORNEY IN THAT AREA AND HE HAS THE BACKGROUND.
AND THEN JONATHAN NOVAK HAS ALSO BEEN ADDED AND HE HAS AN EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT WITH, UM, THE LITIGATION GROUP.
YOU KNOW, THAT THEY SUE THEMSELVES AND HE SHOULD BE BASICALLY A, A POWERFUL KEY EXPERT WITNESS IN THE CASE AGAINST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG PHARMACY COMPANIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTORS.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED AS FAR AS THE CONTENTS OF THE RETAINER IS THAT THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE RETAINER THAT IF THEY SIGN UP ANOTHER COUNTY AND THAT COUNTY HAS A MORE FAVORABLE RETAINER AGREEMENT FOR SOME REASON, THAT THEY BASICALLY MEANING LIKE, UM, AS TO IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY, WHAT PERCENTAGE THE COUNTY WOULD GET, THAT THEY WILL CHANGE OUR PERCENTAGE TO WHATEVER IS IS FAVORABLE.
THEY'LL KEEP THEM BASICALLY THE SAME ALL THE COUNTIES WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK AND RESIGN A RETAINER AGREEMENT.
AND THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY TRANSPARENT BEFORE THE COURT AND THE COUNTY ON THIS RETAINER AGREEMENT.
AND, UM, AARON WILEY AND HIS, UH, PARTNER ROGER, HAVE BASICALLY ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP TYPE OF AGREEMENT WITH THESE FIRMS. AND THEY ARE DOING THAT OUTSIDE OF LACKIE HIRSCHMAN.
SO WE'VE REMOVED LACKIE HIRSCHMAN, BUT THERE IS STILL, AND SO IT'S JUST ANDREW AND AARON WILEY, YOU KNOW, PC.
AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COURT WAS AWARE THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE AS FAR AS THE FINANCING IS THERE FOR THE LITIGATION.
THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART IN HAVING THESE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND ALSO HAVING, UM, THESE DIFFERENT EXPERTS INVOLVED AS PART OF THE LAWSUIT SHOULD SIGNIFICANTLY CUT SOME OF THOSE EXPERT COSTS, WHICH IN THE LONG RUN WILL AFFECT THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE COUNTY GETS.
IT'S STILL NOT ANY MONEY THAT THE COUNTY WILL EVER PUT UP, UP FRONT OR IN ANY WAY PAY OUT OF POCKET.
BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST REALLY TRANSPARENT WITH THE COUNTY AND, AND THE COURT.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE WHEN YOU SAID WHEN THEY SIGNED UP ANOTHER COUNTY ON, DOES IT GO UP AND DOWN? WELL, BECAUSE IT JUST SAID IF IT'S MORE ACTUALLY READ THE LANGUAGE THAT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, IF THEY SAY WE'RE GETTING 10%, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SAY WE'RE GETTING EIGHT NOW.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THAT, THAT IT ACTUALLY SAYS IN ROCKWELL COUNTY DURING THIS PROVISION IN THERE, THIS IS A VERY SAME AGREEMENT THAT ROCKWELL COUNTY HAS SIGNED.
IT SAYS, FURTHERMORE, THE LAW FIRMS, THAT'S ALL THE FIRMS REPRESENTING THE COUNTIES AGREE THAT SHOULD THE LAW FIRMS REPRESENT ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ON THE SAME MATTERS, AS IN THIS AGREEMENT WITH COMPENSATION, WITH COMPENSATION TERMS MORE FAVORABLE TO THAT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAN THOSE LISTED ABOVE CLIENT, WHICH IS KAUFMAN COUNTY, WILL BE AFFORDED THOSE MORE FAVORABLE TERMS IN A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS CONTRACT.
SO IT WILL NEVER BE, IT WILL NEVER LIKE BE LESS.
IF IT DOES, WE BE MORE FAVORABLE.
AND SO THAT'S JUST SO THAT, JUST TO BE
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FAIR TO EVERYBODY.SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL HAVE, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE CHANGES.
I MAY, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
ITEM NUMBER 13 THEN IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ENTERING INTO A BOND COUNSEL AGREEMENT WITH STAFF KEITH DELGADO ACOSTA, LLE, TO ASSIST
SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, UM, HEADED BY JUDGE CHITTY AND, UM, COMMISSIONER BARBER'S A PART OF THAT TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE A BOND ELECTION OR, OR PURSUE, UH, BUILDING A JUSTICE CENTER.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, OUR COUNSEL THAT HAS HELPED US ON PREVIOUS BOND ISSUES AND IT'S, UM, THE LAW FIRM OF BIGGER STAFF.
HE DELGADO ACO AND TOM PAUL AND OUR OLD COUNCIL ACTUALLY RETIRED.
SO DAVID MENDEZ HAS TAKEN OVER FROM HIM.
AND SO WHAT I JUST, AND THAT'S, AND I THINK, UM, SO WHAT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FIRM ON A FEE AGREEMENT.
SO BASICALLY A BOND COUNSEL IS A CONTINGENCY FEE AGREEMENT WITH A LAW FIRM AND THAT CONTINGENCY FEE AGREEMENT IS SET OUT IN, AND IT'S PRETTY STANDARD.
WE'VE WENT THERE A LOT OF CONTRACTS, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD, IT'S A, UM, FOR NEW BOND MONEY IT'S $10,000 FOR THE FIRST MILLION DOLLAR OF BONDS AND A DOLLAR PER $1,000 OF BONDS OVER 1 MILLION WITH A $10,000 MINIMUM FEE.
AND SO BASICALLY IF YOU LOOKED AT A $40 MILLION BOND PACKAGE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A $49,000 FEE TO COUNCIL AND THEY WORK WITH A FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND PRETTY MUCH DO EVERYTHING, FILING ALL THE PAPERWORK, GETTING INTO THE BOND ELECTION, UM, GETTING THE, UM, LETTERS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, GETTING THE BONDS, UM, REGISTERED WITH THE COMPTROLLER PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
AND THEN FROM THERE WORKING ON GETTING THE BONDS DISTRIBUTED AND ISSUED TO THE, UM, AGENCY OR OR INSTITUTION THAT WILL PURCHASE THE BONDS.
SO THEY'LL WORK IN PLACE WITH A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, BUT THEY WON'T TAKE THE PLACE OF THE FINANCE FINANCIAL THOUGHT THIS MORNING.
FINANCIAL ADVISOR, THEY'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER.
SO, UM, IF FOR SOME REASON WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE DECIDE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY ISSUE BONDS OR FINISH UP THE ONLY, WE WOULDN'T OWE THE, THE ENTIRE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, BUT WE WOULD JUST OWE FOR, UM, ANY KIND OF PAYMENT FOR ANY NEWSPAPER PUBLIC PUBLICATIONS OR TRANSLATION SERVICES THAT THEY INCURRED.
THE UM, PART THAT WOULD BE OUT OF POCKET TO COUNTY IS THE EXPENSES INCURRED.
LIKE THERE'S FILING FEES, THERE'S COPYING COSTS, THERE'S POSTAGE, THERE'S, THERE'S THOSE TYPES OF FEES AND THEY'RE SET FORTH, UM, ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE AGREEMENT.
UM, IT'S KIND OF AN, AN ATTACHMENT THAT KIND OF, IT, IT'S REALLY THE NORMAL LAW FIRM FEES.
IF YOU HIRE NO LARGE LAW FIRM.
IT WOULD BE COPY CALLS, TRAVEL EXPENSES, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THOSE WOULD BE EXPENSES THAT, THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE CONTINGENT FEE AGREEMENT.
THE OTHER CLAUSE THAT I WANT THE COURT TO BE AWARE OF IS ON PAGE THREE, UM, THERE'S A CLAUSE CALLED ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND COMPENSATION.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE ELECTION AND PROCUREMENT ISSUES RELATED TO THE, UM, BOND, THEY, UM, THEY COULD PROVIDE ADVICE AND COUNSEL ON THOSE ISSUES.
BUT IT WOULD BE WHERE IT WOULD BE A CLEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY THAT WE WANT YOU TO ADVISE US ON THIS.
AND THOSE RATES WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT VARIOUS RATES FOR PARTNERS, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY COULD INCUR A BILL.
BUT WE SHOULD GET AN ESTIMATE BEFOREHAND AND SORT OF
AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME OF THOSE COSTS IS, UM, ON, IN THE VICAR STAFF FIRM, THEY HAVE SOME EXPERTS OF PEOPLE DEALING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, MANAGER AND, AND A PERSON THAT'S VERY GOOD AT DOING THE REQUEST
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FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND THE CONTRACT TO HIRE THOSE CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS OR ARCHITECTS, HOWEVER WE DECIDE TO GO OR BOTH.AND SO WE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THEIR EXPERTISE, SPENDING A LITTLE, SPENDING A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS UP FRONT AND I'M TALKING ABOUT 1500, $2,500 UP FRONT TO GET THEIR HELP BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH ARCHITECTS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS, SO THEY KNOW HOW THE CONTRACT SHOULD READ TO PROTECT THE COUNTY AND WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
I THINK THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF MONEY THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WHERE, UM, IT WOULD BE SO BENEFICIAL TO THE COUNTY IN THE LONG RUN.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU ALL ARE CLEAR ON THAT.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY STANDARD, UH, THE INDUSTRY? I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE, I'D LIKE TO BE EDUCATED MORE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
JUST, I MEAN, PLEAD IGNORANT PUBLICLY, BUT I HATE TO PLEAD IGNORANCE OF PUBLICLY, BUT I AM OKAY.
SO I JUST LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SHOULD NOT AN ISSUE AND WE CAN HELP WITH YEAH.
AND THEN JUST, THERE'S SOME TECH PUBLICATIONS THAT HONESTLY HELP US A LOT THAT WE CAN, CAN PASS ALONG.
WE CAN MAYBE PAY HERE UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
DO YOU THINK THAT GONNA BE NO, NEXT WEEK THEY'RE NOT NEXT WEEK'S THE AUSTIN MEETING? CORRECT.
WHERE YOU GUYS JUST DOING THE PAYROLL? A M MEETING ACTUALLY, UM, YEAH, IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO TABLE IT, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THE COURT, UM, ADD AN ADDITIONAL ITEM PLUS THIS ENGAGEMENT LETTER ON THE 28TH THAT APPOINTS A COMMITTEE TO DO A FULL REVIEW SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE PURCHASING STUFF ALONG.
AND BASICALLY WE'VE HAD THIS SAME AGREEMENT, STANDING AGREEMENT WITH THIS LAW FIRM FOR LIKE, WHAT, 10 YEARS? IT WAS SINCE LIKE 99.
I THINK LONGER THAN HE WAS ASKED TO UPDATE IT.
ALL HE DID WAS WE JUST UPDATED IT WITH SOME RECENT PROVISION AND JUST KIND OF, UM, REORGANIZED A LITTLE BIT, LIKE, LIKE THE MORE STANDARD.
BUT WE DIDN'T, THE FEE AGREEMENT STAYS THE SAME.
THE PROVISION ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES, ALL OF THAT PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME.
WE HONESTLY JUST KIND OF REORGANIZED AND WROTE IT A LITTLE CLEARER.
BUT, BUT THE CONTENT DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY CHANGED, BUT WE JUST FELT LIKE GOING INTO A BOND ELECTION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A NEW AGREEMENT OR A POTENTIAL BOND ELECTION, I SHOULD SAY, BASICALLY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A NEW AGREEMENT WITH.
BUT THIS AGREEMENT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A STANDING AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE WITH 1999.
YES, JUDGE BLUE AND THE COMMISSIONER HUNT THIS FIRM I'VE DEALT WITH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN FINANCE.
BUT, UM, DAVID MENDEZ WAS VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THE DOCUMENTS AND GETTING THE BANK AMERICAN NATIONAL WHERE THAT WE WERE FIXING TO PAY AN EXTRA SEVEN 50,000 ON THE PRINCIPAL.
SO THEY'RE A GOOD, THEY'RE A VERY GOOD FIRM, VERY WELL KNOWN.
AND TOM HOLLAND ACTUALLY PROBABLY AT SOME OF THE UM, VVGA THINGS THAT Y'ALL GO TO.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T DOUBT THE THE CREDIBILITY OF THE COMPANY BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE ALWAYS BROUGHT US THE BEST.
YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT DOUBTED THAT AT ALL.
I JUST LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS TO SEE GOING THAT'S NO PROBLEM.
IT, UH, MY ONLY SUGGESTION WOULD BE PERHAPS, UH, IN THE FUTURE WE SHOULD, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, WOULD BE TO BRING IT SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TABLE IT.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT BEING TABLED, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S NOT GOING, UH, US DOWN ON THE PROCESS.
YOU WANNA PUT THAT IN MOTION? YEAH.
HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ITEM SECOND.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING, UH, LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE FOR.
NOT, ANYWAY, THE BOARD OF JUDGES MET AND THEY DECIDED THAT TO KEEP THE COUNTY IN COMPLIANCE, WE NEEDED, UM, ADDITIONAL PART-TIME
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PERSON TO HELP INDIGENT DEFENSE.AND THE LAW LIBRARY ALREADY HAD SOMEONE PART-TIME.
SO WE ARE ADJUSTING THE BUDGET FOR HALF OF HER SALARY TO BE HEADING INTO, UH, THE LAW LIBRARY.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON FOR THE, THE OTHER, UH, ADJUSTMENTS.
AND I WANNA EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.
BACK AFTER WE APPROVED THE BUDGET, THE SHERIFF CAME UP AND PRESENTED AN ITEM FOR CAMERAS AND Y'ALL APPROVED IT.
WELL, I ENCUMBERED THE MONEY BACK IN SEPTEMBER, BUT THE SERVICE AND THE PRODUCTS HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED.
SO INSTEAD OF SPENDING THAT MONEY, IT ROLLED INTO FUND BALANCE WHEN I CLOSED THE BOOKS.
SO NOW I'M HAVING TO ADJUST BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT THERE TO GET THAT WORK DONE.
SO I WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND, WE DID HAVE IT BUDGETED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, WE DIDN'T SPEND THAT MONEY.
WE HAD THE MONEY, SO I NEEDED TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
AND EVERYTHING WAS UP AND GOING.
AND I THINK JUDGE WOOD HAD EVEN HAD BEEN, HAD BEEN PRESENTED AND LET HIM SEE WHAT IT WAS GONNA DO BEFORE IT WAS EVEN ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO Y'ALL TO GET APPROVED.
THAT COULD BE WORTH A TRIP JUST TO GO SEE IT.
JUST TO GO SEE US BECAUSE IT, IT DOES A, IT'S VERY THOROUGH.
THE OTHER IS THAT A IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AND THE REASON I'M DOING THIS ONE IS BECAUSE WE HAD ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO COME IN THAT WE HAD NOT BUDGETED FOR.
AND UM, SOME OF IT WILL BE SPENT ON SOME INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS WHERE PEOPLE MAKE CLAIMS. THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION.
WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM THE BY BOARD AND STUFF THAT WE USED.
THE REST OF IT I'M PUTTING IN CONTINGENCY.
I'M NOT GIVING IT AWAY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE IT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S DONE THAT WAY.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER HUNT? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS.
YOU JUST MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS.
THAT'S EXACTLY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S STEVE.
DO YOU ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DON'T BE HAPPY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WELL EXPLAINED THAT.
I THINK EVERY, EVERYBODY, ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS NOT MOTION.
SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPRO THE CLAIM FOR PAYMENT.
THIS CLAIM FOR PAYMENT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND IT'S CHANGED SINCE IT WAS EMAILED TO YOU.
'CAUSE I HAD A GRAND JURY AND I'M HAD TO WRITE CHECKS FOR IT FOR 640.
THERE'S ALSO A CHECK THERE THAT I'M NOT GONNA WRITE BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE A CASHIER'S CHECK.
SO RONNIE HAS TO GO TO THE BANK AND GET IT FOR US.
IT'S TO BUY THAT PROPERTY FOR PRECINCT THREE.
THE ACTUAL CHECKS WERE GONNA WRITE AS THE GRAND JURY PLUS THE 560,000 FOR BILLS, WHICH THE MAIN TOP CHECK IS THE A HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO SEVEN FOR THE CAMERAS.
SO ALTOGETHER WE'RE FIXING TO SPEND $596,300 AND 85 CENTS.
THAT'S INCLUDING THE GRAND JURY AND THE $35,000, UH, CASHIER'S CHECK WAITING FOR RANGER TITLE TO TELL US EXACTLY WHO MADE THAT CHECK.
THERE'S ALSO AN EARNEST MONEY CHECK IN BILLS FOR THE 500 HEC EARNEST, BUT WE'LL GET THAT BACK.
AND IT'S NOT CLOSING UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
BUT I DIDN'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY, ESPECIALLY DURING EARLY VOTING AND STUFF AND ASK HIM WHEN HE NEEDS TO BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE TO GO TO THE BANK TO GET THAT CRAFTSHIP CHECK.
BE AVAILABLE TO SIGN NEXT FRIDAY.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M DOING IT THIS WAY.
AND SO I'M INSTRUCTED KAY GIVE HOW TO DO IT.
'CAUSE HE HAD NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
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YOU KNOW.BUT IN FAIRNESS, I LOVE COMMISSIONER BARBER'S, FIRE DRILLS, DOG RELISH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME THROUGH FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS SO APPRECIATIVE.
SO, BUT AN EXTRA WEEK WILL BE NICE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, UH, CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT? NO.
HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE? I THE MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBARA MAY HAVE A MOTION.
A I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 16 TO ADJOURN THE RECORD.