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ALRIGHT, CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY HERE.
TODAY IS, UH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14TH.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN IS OFF ON SPRING BREAK THIS MORNING, AND I BELIEVE COLORADO.
AND, UH, MR. BARBER IS UNDER THE WEATHER.
HE'S ILL TODAY, SO HE WILL NOT BE HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A FORUM OF, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND END THE MEETING WITH THE INVITATION AND THEN I'LL ASK YOU TO STAND FOR BOTH OF OUR, UH, FLAGS AND THEN WE'LL GET ON THE DIGITS.
SO, HE'LL, WELL, WE THANK FOR TODAY AND WE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO, UH, SERVE THIS COUNTY.
UH, LORD, WE, UH, PRAY NOW THAT YOU WILL, UH, HELP US MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
UH, LET US BE EVER MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT, UH, WE BE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY AND, UH, STATE AND ALL OVER, UH, OUR GREAT NATION THAT PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY AS WELL AS OUR MILITARY FORCES HERE IN ABROAD.
UH, FATHER, WE PRAY THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, UH, THE FAMILY OF, UH, AND, AND TAMMY WINDHAM, WHO, UH, IS AN EMPLOYEE FOR JUDGE RICH AND HER HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
UH, WE, UH, SHE'S BEEN A, UH, A BLESSING TO MANY OF US THAT HAVE MET AND WORKED WITH HER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND, UH, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU'LL, UH, PUT YOUR, UH, CALMING HAND ON ALL, ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED.
UH, FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST ALLOWING US TO BE HERE AND TO, UH, DO THE WORK OF THE COUNTY AND FOR YOUR AMAZING GRACE AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGH THINGS WE ASK IN THY SON'S HOLY NAME, AMEN TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVIDUAL.
UH, WE MIGHT SHOULD OPEN THAT DOOR UP, TIM.
A PUBLIC MEETING IN CASE COMES UP IS LOOKING, UH, AT ANY RATE, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE, UH, UH, IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT ANYBODY IS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON, UH, IT WOULD NEED TO BE ON THE AGENDA, BUT THERE'S A FORM I THINK FILLED OUT.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE RECEIVED ANY THIS MORNING.
SO, UH, WE'LL, UH, MOVE RIGHT ON IN, UH, TO ROUTINE, UH, CORRESPONDENCE AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, UH, TO GIVE YOU IN THAT REGARD TODAY.
UH, SO, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS TO PRESENT AND ACCEPT STAR TRANSIT, UH, REPORTS FEBRUARY, 2018 FOR THE CAUFMAN COUNTY DEMAND.
IN RESPONSE ON CALL FOR CALL AND TROLLEY, THE LINK OF 8 0 2 LL HIGHWAY, UH, 80 AND NUMBER 8 0 3 AND THE TERRELL HORSESHOE ROUTE NUMBER 8 0 4.
ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING KAMAN COUNTY RURAL EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT, UH, NUMBER SEVEN, UH, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2017 AND, UH, 2016.
UH, SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE ITEMS? THEY ARE IN THE, UH, REPORT.
I LOOKED OVER THE STAR TRANSIT REPORT AND, UH, THEY'RE SERVING LOTS, LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE REALLY ARE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER FIDDLE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT TO PERFORM THE ARBITRAGE REBATE SERVICES BETWEEN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND FIRST SOUTHWEST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHO'S HANDLING THAT.
UH, IT'S JUST TO, TO RENEW THE RENEWAL OF THE ARBITRAGE REBATE CONTRACT.
UM, ANYBODY NEED TO, WANT ME TO EXPLAIN WHAT ARBITRAGE IS? IT PROBABLY WOULD BE GOOD JUST SO EVERYBODY WOULD KNOW.
IT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN AN ISSUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT NO, YOU KNOW, BUT IT COULDN'T, BUT YEARS AGO WHEN THE INTEREST RATES WERE HIGHER, A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WOULD GO DO BIG BOND ISSUES.
THEY WOULDN'T SPEND THAT MONEY WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME OF THEIR BOND STRUCTURE.
THEY WOULD INVEST IT AND THEY EARN TOO MUCH INTEREST.
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STARTED PENALIZING THEM 'CAUSE OF IT.AND WE HAVE TO DO A CALCULATION EACH YEAR SIMPLY FOR THAT REASON.
AND, UH, FIRST SOUTHWEST, UH, ASSET MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN DOING OUR ARBITRAGE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I'VE HAD LEGAL COUNSEL REVIEW THE CONTRACT.
REBECCA PERSONALLY LOOKED AT IT, IT'S THE SAME CONTRACT, BUT BECAUSE OF SOME CHANGES THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO, IT WAS KIND OF MANDATED TO THEM, UH, OUR FEES WILL GO UP JUST A SLIGHT PERCENT.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT.
AND IT HADN'T BEEN AN ISSUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW BECAUSE INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN SOLD LOW.
YOU KNOW, UH, THAT MAY CHANGE AS THEY INTEREST RATES CONTINUE TO CLIMB A LITTLE BIT.
BUT ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THE INTEREST RATES GONNA CLIMB IN OUR EFFECT.
NO, NOT THAT'S MIGHT NO TRANSPORTATION BONDS.
IT WAS, UH, I BELIEVE LESS THAN 3%.
SO, YOU KNOW, BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
SO I HAVE MOTION TO, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, APPROVE THIS MOTION ABOUT PHILLIPS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS FROM OUR FIRE MARSHAL AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR RANDY RICHARDS.
HE'S GOING TO PRESENT THE MONTHLY, UH, ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE MARSHAL AT OFFICE FOR FEBRUARY, 2018.
YOU WERE JUST HERE THE OTHER DAY? YES SIR.
THIS ARE BACK TO PRETTY MUCH NORM ON THE PUBLIC WORK SIDE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE, THE THIRD ROW DOWN THE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REPORTS.
AND WE RECEIVED ALMOST TWICE THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE IN A MONTH.
EVERYTHING ELSE STAYS PRETTY MUCH ON, PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME WAY THE COURT CASES ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE STARTING TO GET, UH, PRETTY GOOD COMPLIANCE ON THAT, WHERE THE COURT'S ACTUALLY MAKING A BETTER EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE IN COURT AND, UH, I THINK WORTH GETTING OUT.
AND THEN WE HAD, UH, THE REVENUE DEPOSIT BOTTOM, ALMOST 35,000 FOR THE MONTH.
QUESTION ON THAT WITH FIRE MARKER.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON PUBLIC NUMBERS? NO.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH THE AVERAGE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE, UH, GRASS AND BRUSH AND FIRE OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T THAT MANY OF THOSE AND, UH, NOT MUCH LEFT.
HOW YOU LEFT TO BURN? I GUESS ALL? NO, THERE'S STILL, THERE WAS A, A GOOD FUEL LOAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR YEAH.
BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN THAT WE DID HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BUT, UH, OF COURSE EVERYTHING DIED OUT.
WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A HARD ENOUGH WINTER LAY ALL DOWN.
SO WE STILL, AND THEN OUR REVENUE DEPOSITS AT THE END OF THE MONTH WERE, UH, 33,000, OR EXCUSE ME, 3000, THREE $44.
OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FOR AVERAGE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT BEFORE PRESENTED MOTION MAKES THAT MOTION.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE SICK POOL AND NEW SICK LEAD MEMBER.
AND MARY IS HERE WITH US THIS MORNING, OUR HR DIRECTOR, US AN UPDATE ON THAT KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO KIND OF GET BACK ON TRACK.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, KAREN LEY, THE DS OFFICE, UM, JUST SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL BY, UM, UM, ASKING, UH, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO, UM, BASICALLY GRANDFATHER IN THE PEOPLE WHO HAD DONATED IN IN THE TWO PRIOR YEARS WHEN I CAME IN.
AND THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, UM, SEPTEMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE MONTH THAT IT WENT OUT, UM, TO ASK PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLAN.
UM, I'D ASKED, YOU KNOW, TALKED TO THE PREDECESSOR AND UM, BASICALLY SHE SAID WE WERE GONNA WAIT TILL WE GET A PERMANENT PERSON.
AND OF COURSE THIS KIND OF GOT PUT ON THE BACK BURNER TO THE OTHER THINGS.
IT HAS PLENTY OF HOURS IN THERE AND STUFF.
WE'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE
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IT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT ONLY ONE PERSON ASKED TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE PLAN.SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS, UM, TO NOT DO AN OPEN ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR BECAUSE BY THE TIME THAT WE GET IT RAMPED UP, HALF OF THE YEAR IS ALREADY GONE.
GRANDFATHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY, UM, BEEN IN THE PLAN FOR THE TWO YEARS PRIOR, UM, AND THAT WE NOT DO AN OPEN ENROLLMENT, WE'LL DO ONE THIS COMING SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING WOULD BE ON THE LAST PAGE IS THE SICK POOL MEMBERS.
SO WHENEVER WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO GO TO THE PANEL, UH, FOR A JUDGMENT, UM, ONE OF THOSE, UM, MEMBERS, TOM MANNING, UH, COMMISSIONER PRECINCT FOUR IS NO LONGER HERE, UM, TO REPLACE THAT PERSON.
SO WE DO NEED TO APPOINT A MEMBER AND I THINK IT DID REQUIRE TO BE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR SOMEONE FROM COURT.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? I MEAN, IT'S A WONDERFUL YEAH, IT IS BENEFIT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE MANY EMPLOYEES THAT GENEROUSLY, UH, GIVE THEIR TIME.
THEY WANT TO GIVE THEIR, THEIR EXCESS TIME TO THE POOL.
AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR EVERYBODY.
DOES EVERYBODY GIVE A EIGHT HOURS A YEAR JUST WHEN THEY JOIN? UH, THEY HAVE TO HAVE 48 HOURS AND THEY DONATE EIGHT HOURS, BUT THEY CAN DONATE MORE, UH, DURING THE YEAR IF THEY WANT TO, BUT THEY HAVE TO DO THE EIGHT.
WELL, DID YOU, DID YOU SAY WHAT THE CUMULATIVE AMOUNT IS? UM, I DO HAVE THAT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE YOU NAMES, BUT, UM, THE BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS, UM, 12,249 HOURS, UH, 0.48.
WE'VE USED SINCE, I GUESS IT'S BEEN IN PLACE, 1,645 POINT 27.
I WONDER, DO WE, DO WE EVER SET A LIMIT ON THE SAY WE GET TO A CERTAIN POINT? UNLESS, WAIT, NO, NOT THAT I HAVE READ THROUGH.
UM, UM, ON ANYTHING, THERE IS A LIMITATION IN HOW MUCH THE EMPLOYEES CAN ASK FOR, WHICH IS THE 720, WHICH IS IN THE POLICY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, 12,000.
A LOT OF EMPLOYEES HURT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
NOW LOOK AT THE, WHEN I LOOK AT THE HISTORY, IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MANY ASKS.
I MEAN, MAYBE ONE, UH, POSSIBLY TWO A YEAR.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ACCRUED ONE A YEAR.
UM, AND MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE, UM, PASSED AWAY.
THREE OF THREE OUT OF THE FIVE PASSED AWAY, UM, WHEN THEY ASKED FOR IT.
YOUNG, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO WE NEED TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO REPLACE FORMER COMMISSIONER MANNING, UH, ON THAT, UH, COMMITTEE SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF PERHAPS SOMEONE THAT'S NOT PRESENT YOU WANT SERVE.
YEAH, I'LL DO, I DON'T MIND, I DON'T MIND DOING ON THIS BOARD.
THIS MR. PHILLIPS HAS VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE, UH, MAKE YOU MADE THE MOTION.
SO ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DONATING A BULLETPROOF VEST TO THE COLLIN COUNTY, UH, CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, PRECINCT TWO AND TIM, WE'VE GOT AN EMPLOYEE, BEEN A GOOD, GREAT BOY.
SHE'S GOT MARRIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
SHE'S BEEN MAKING IAC COMMUTE EVERY DAY TO WORK.
SHE GOT OFFERED A JOB WITH THE PRECINCT TWO COMMISSIONER OF THE CONSTABLE UP THERE AND THE VEST.
WE HAVE GOT ABOUT THREE YEARS LIFE IN IT, BUT THEY'RE CUSTOM FIT FOR FEMALES AND THERE'S NO WAY WE'D EVER USE IT.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT WE CAN DONATE THAT SO SHE CAN USE IT AND SHE GOES FORWARD UP THERE AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO FAVOR THESE PHOTOS OF IT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO GO WITH THAT.
SECOND, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND I'LL ALSO VOTE AYE ON THAT.
UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A PROJECT BEREAVE AND AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY OF, UH, COMBINE.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE, UH, INFORMATION ON THAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAY IS NOT HERE,
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BUT I BELIEVE IT WON'T MEETS ALL THE, ALL THE UH, REQUIREMENTS.SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT DOING THAT? NO.
IT THE MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND.
AND THEN DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
WE GOT A COPY OF THE, I BELIEVE EARLIER AND, UH, UH, MS. COOPER, DO YOU WANNA TO SPEAK TO THAT? I, IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE? I DO KNOW THAT CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR MISUNDERSTOOD SOMETHING, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR SOME MORE MONEY.
YEAH, I I RAN INTO HIM EARLIER SO I'VE HEARD, HEARD OF THE SAME DISCUSSION, SO, AND I DIDN'T KNOW, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUE IS? NO.
UH, AND IN ONE MINUTE OR LESS, I THINK YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT.
WHEN THEY CAME TO YOU AT BUDGET TIME AND ASKED FOR VEHICLES, UH, I THINK MISS LISA OR SOMEBODY HAD A QUOTE OF WHAT WE COULD GET.
Y'ALL APPROVED THAT AMOUNT, BUT EQUIPMENT, CAMERAS AND RADIOS WERE NOT.
SO NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK WANTING THAT MONEY.
SO I'M HAVING TO FIND IT AND MOVE IT TO COVER EVERYTHING.
SO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM WHEN THEY COME, THEY BRING A QUOTE FOR THE VEHICLE AND FOR EVERY PIECE OF EVERYTHING WE NEED.
AFTER THAT, I AIN'T FINDING NO MORE MONEY.
WELL THEN ALL 'EM DO IN THE, THE SAME WAY DID ALL OF 'EM, EVERY ONE OF 'EM, PRECINCT TWO, THAT'S THE SAME WAY.
EVERY ONE OF US THAT ORDERED THREE IS THE SAME WAY.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER JUDGE WOOD AND I BROUGHT IT TO YOU THAT WE HAD EXTRA FUNDS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, RIGHT? SO WE BOUGHT PRECINCT FOUR CONSTABLE HIS VEHICLE AND HE STILL ASSUMED WE HAD THE SAME AMOUNT IN THIS NEW BUDGET.
SO HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY SITUATED.
SO THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED FOR THESE VEHICLES.
BUT I WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW NEXT YEAR IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BLOW YOU OFF THE TABLE.
THE COST OF WHEN YOU, THE VEHICLE YOU GET CHEAP AND, BUT YOU ADD ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, THEY HAVE TO HAVE TO BETWEEN 18 AND 23,000.
SIR, IT'S BETWEEN 18 AND 23,000.
ON SOME OF THE SHERIFF ONE, IT WAS 23 PURSUIT THAT DAY OR SOMETHING.
WE, EVEN, EVEN THE SHERIFF SAVED SOME MONEY WHEN HE GOT THOSE VEHICLES.
IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THE SIX OR THE SEVENTH WHENEVER HE GOT.
UH, AND BUT STILL WHEN HE WENT BACK TO GET THE OTHER STUFF, HIS WENT OVER A LITTLE BIT TOO.
SO IT WAS EVERYBODY'S VEHICLES WENT OVER.
IT WILL BE A BUDGETARY THING THAT WE JUST NEED TO DO.
I WANTED TO MAKE Y AWARE OF IT.
WE KNOW WHERE WE KNOW THE TOTAL COST OF THE CAR.
YES, IT IS NOT BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE CAR.
I TO UNDERSTAND OVER, WENT OVER A MINUTE ACTUALLY.
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE LINE, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
YEAH, A MOTION FOR MR. MR ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER NINE AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIM PAYMENT, WHICH WE ALL HAVE A COPY OF, KAREN.
THOSE HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAD A PET JURY THAT WE HADN'T BEEN TOLD THAT WE NEEDED TO CUT THE CHECKS FOR.
SO WE ADDED ANOTHER THOUSAND $20.
BUT THE TOTAL BILLS IS $626,700 AND 12 CENTS.
UM, THE TOP PAYMENT WOULD BE TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR THEIR, UH, QUARTERLY PAYMENT THAT WE MAKE AND THEN ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT FOUR FOR SOME NEW EQUIPMENT, INMATE HOUSING AND MEDICAL.
AND THEN, UM, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT REMODEL OF THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
RIGHT? ALL THE OTHERS WERE MINOR, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, KAREN? NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, PAY THE BILLS.
MR. HUNT MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
SO PROBABLY NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING.
THE MOTION HUNT MAKES THAT MOTION.