* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. REGULAR COMMISSIONER [00:00:01] COURT MEETING TODAY. THE JUDGE IS ASKING TODAY, I'M SORRY, HE'S A IN LUBBOCK DEPENDENT JUDGE JUDGE'S CONFERENCE. AND SO WE'LL BE DOING THIS PROCESS WITHOUT HIM TODAY. WE'LL MISS HIS HUMOR, THAT QUESTION ABOUT IT. SO ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD ANYBODY SIGN UP. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE. WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE SIGN UP, SOMEBODY IN. UM, AND ANYWAY, UH, SO I'VE ASKED JACKIE TO GIVE THE INDICATION WHETHER FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. I IS GRATEFUL THAT THIS TIME OF YEAR WE GET TO ENJOY THE SPRING AND SEE THE BEAUTY THAT YOU'VE MADE FOR US, UH, AS WE CONDUCT BUSINESS FOR THE COUNTY. AND WE ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THOSE THAT WE SERVE. AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE SERVINGS. FIRST, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SON WHO DIED FOR US, AND WE ALWAYS KEEP HIM FIRST BEFORE MOST IN YOUR LIFE. HIS PRECIOUS NAME, FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC OR WHICH HANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, TEXAS FLAG, RELIGION, CITY, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. CORRESPONDENCE, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE, UH, DISCUSS AND ACCEPT IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 20TH, 2017. FEBRUARY 28TH, 2018, AND MARCH 7TH, 2018. B DISCUSSING, CONSIDERING PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN THE KAUFMAN COUNTY. UM, ANY COMMENTS ON I ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY A A I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR WHO GAVE THE PERSON SECOND. I GAVE THE FIRST. THANK YOU. I WAS SECOND. THANK YOU. NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSIONS. CONSIDER RECOGNIZE AND CAPTAIN LAURIE COMPTON. I DUNNO IF SHE'S HERE FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AND CORRECTION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF TEXAS. IS HE HERE? HE'S HERE. HE'S HERE. . ALRIGHT. WELL, GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. YOU BET. WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. EVERYBODY KEEPS GETTING EDUCATION DONE HOURS AND KEEPS UP WITH EVERYTHING. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. I DON'T, I THINK ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT DONE WITHOUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OFFER. THAT IS A VERY LIMITED CLASS. UH, SHE'S ONE OF VERY FEW THAT'S GOT THAT EDUCATION. SO SHE'S HIGHLY RANKED IN HER PERIOD OF PROFESSION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. TEXAS. I KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I, I JUST CAN'T, CAN'T SAY ELSE. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE SENT ONE OVER, I DUNNO, IS IT YOUR FOLDER? IT WE FLIP THAT ONE. AND THIS, THIS SAYS, WHERE IS THE COUNTY OF KAUFFMAN PRIZE ITSELF ON GIVING BACK TO ITS COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE QUALITY, QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG OUR CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS LOANS, THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T RIGHT. THAT'S THE, THAT'S OKAY. I'M GONNA GET AT THIS. [00:05:02] Y'ALL GOTTA REMEMBER. BUT ANYWAY, WHY DON'T YOU STEP UP HERE AND MILL PICTURE STAND UP. COME ON COMMISSIONER COURT, DO THIS. LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS REALLY GOOD DEAL. COME ON SHERIFF. CHAIR. CHAIR. STAY THERE. OKAY, NOW LOOK AT ME. SMILE. ALRIGHT, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB, LAURIE. THANK. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ THAT PROCLAMATION SO THAT WE HAVE IT. THE JUDGE HAS TO SIGN IT. I KNOW IT'S AFTER THE FACT. Y'ALL HAVE TO KIND OF EXCUSE ME, BUT WE'LL GET THROUGH IT. UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION ON, UH, KAMAN COUNTY FOR THE CHILD. UH, AND IT SAYS, WHERE IS THE COUNTY OF KAMAN? THE PRIDES ITSELF ON GIVING BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG OUR CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS LONE STAR CAST INC. IN ASSOCIATION WITH NATIONAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE, CASA ASSOCIATION, SPEAKS FOREVER FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF ABUSED AND NEGLECT CHILDREN WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE JUVENILE COURTS AND MORE THAN 400 CHILDREN IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY AREAS SUFFER FROM SOME FORM OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT. EACH YEAR THROUGH THE NATIONAL EFFORT, KAMAN COUNTY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN TOGETHER TO BLAZE AWARENESS FOR THOSE CHILDREN FALLING VICTIM TO ABUSE, NEGLECT THROUGH OUT THE MONTH OF APRIL. THIS IS AN EFFORT WE'LL GIVE ABUSE AND NEGLECT CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AND A CHANCE FOR SAFE AND POSITIVE FUTURE. NOW THEREFORE, IT SAYS I BRUCE WOOD, WHICH I'M KNOW JUDGE OF COUNTY, COUNTY OF KAUFMAN. I GET THAT BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME TO DO SO, PROCLAIM APRIL, 2018 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY AND DOING SO URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN NATIONAL EFFORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND HELP PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. THAT'S THE ATION. WE ALREADY PASSED THE DEAL. READ IT. BRUCE WILL SIGN THIS, THE JUDGE, HE WILL SIGN THIS AND THEN IT'LL BE OFFICIAL AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING A LITTLE BIT PATIENT. ALRIGHT. MOVE ON TO FOUR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARDING A BID 18 DASH FIVE POLICE SPECIAL SERVICE VEHICLES THAT, WILL THAT BE LISA? YES SIR. I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKETS THE BID TABULATION AS YOU SEE YOU HAD, UH, THREE VENDORS THAT RESPONDED, UM, OUT OF THOSE THREET CHEVROLET CAME IN AT THE LOWEST BID. UM, IT WOULD JUST KIND OF BE UP TO THE SHERIFF AT THIS TIME AS TO WHETHER HE WANTS TO GO WITH THE TWO WHEEL DRIVE OR THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VERSIONS OF THESE VEHICLES SINCE WE REQUESTED A BID ON BOTH. BUT AT THIS TIME WE'VE GOT THE MONEY TO GO, GO AHEAD AND DO THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. SO WE'LL ASK, WE GO WITH THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND THAT IS TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL TWO ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO PURCHASE TWO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE PICKUPS AT $28,930 AND 29 CENTS EACH FROM CHEVROLET. YEP. WHAT YOU THEN IN MM-HMM 57 8. 60 58. TWO OF THEM. MOTION THROUGH IT. OKAY. SECOND. [00:10:01] SECOND. DID YOU GET THAT BACK? YES SIR. TERRY BARBER WAS AT FIRST, BUT I DID NOT HEAR A SECOND. DID MINE ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I NUMBER FIVE. SETTING A DATE FOR ANNUAL COUNTYWIDE CLEANUP, SETTING LOCATIONS, AUTHORIZING PURCHASE AND AGENT TO ADVERTISE BIDS FOR TRASH HAUL. WE USUALLY HAVE THAT AROUND MOTHER'S DAY. UH, EITHER THE WEEKEND BEFORE OR THE WEEKEND AFTER. I DUNNO. UH, LOOKS LIKE RIGHT 21ST. I DON'T KNOW. HAVE Y'ALL GOT ANY MOTHER'S DAY? WELL, NORMALLY WE DO IT THE WEEKEND BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY. YEAH, WE THE FOURTH, 5TH OF MAY. THAT'S MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE THE WEEKEND BEFORE. SO THE FOURTH, FIFTH? MM-HMM . MOTHER DAY'S. THE 13TH. THAT WILL BE ELECTION. THAT'S FOURTH AND FIFTH. THAT IS ELECTION DAY, RIGHT? NO, EARLY VOTING STARTS THE 14TH. IT'S THE SCHOOL SCHOOL. THERE'S A SCHOOL ELECTION. BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA PICK THE LOCATION. WE'RE NOT DOING YES. PREFERENCE YOU THINK FOURTH, FIFTH. YEAH. BEFORE GET I SECOND IT. WHAT, HOW MANY LOCATIONS OVER THAN THAT? SO START WORKING ON THAT ASPECT OF IT. WHY WE DO KEMP. WE DO KEMP 20. TERL GRAN, GRANDPA. CC KAMAN IS ALL WE DID LAST YEAR. LISA? I BELIEVE SO. I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE DIDN'T DO BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS 5, 5, 5 LOCATIONS. 'CAUSE WE HAD TRIMMED DOWN SOME ON SOME OF THE LOCATIONS. IT'S FIVE AT MOST. AND THE BIGGEST PROBABLY WE GONNA MEET THIS FOR HER. WE GET THE 30 YARDS. WE GONNA DO ONE FOR EACH PRECINCT BESIDES JP, YOU HAVE TO, RIGHT? CORRECT. RIGHT. AS LONG AS WE CAN GET VENDORS TO RESPOND TO THE BIDS FOR THE I KNOW TRAFFIC PICKUP BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF BEEN AN ISSUE WHENEVER I FIRST STARTED DOING THIS. WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF FOUR TO FIVE VENDORS, IF NOT A FEW MORE, UM, RESPOND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO, I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO TWO. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK, I THINK CW DOES SOME, I GUESS, UM, SA PRIVATE. YEAH. WELL I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING WITH US HERE IN COFFMAN BECAUSE THE CITY HAS A CONTRACT. THEY'RE DOING THE CLEANUP ALSO. AND THEN WE HAVE A DIFFERENT VENDOR AND WE TRIED LAST YEAR TO MERGE THE TWO AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK. THEY DID NOT WANT TO. SO I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING WHENEVER YOU TURN DIVIDING IT'S BACKING UP BECAUSE OF THAT. YEAH. I DON'T THINK THAT THE, THE CITY WAS KIND OF ON BOARD, BUT I OH, THE CITY WAS ON BOARD. THEIR VENDOR WAS NOT. THE VENDOR WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THE PROPERTY. AND WHAT IT IS FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET, UM, THE, THE WEEKEND HELP BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY DRIVE FOR SO MANY HOURS AND ONLY BE ON THE CLOCK FOR SO MANY HOURS. SO THEN WHENEVER YOU RUN IN ONTO THAT SATURDAY, THEY HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF OVERTIME AND IT'S NOT WORTH THEIR TIME. YEAH. AND THEN THEY STOP COMING AROUND THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY AND HAVE ALL THESE CANS THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BRING THEIR JUNK. THEN WE HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP COME MONDAY MORNING. UH, ALSO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THIS SINCE WE'RE GETTING BIDS ON 30 YARD DUMPSTERS, UM, SHERIFF BEAVERS WAS TALKING ABOUT WE'RE FIXING TO START THE, UH, LITTER CLEANUP THE COUNTY USING THE TRUSTEES AND STUFF. UM, THERE'S ONE ROAD IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE GONNA NEED THREE OR FOUR EXTRA DUMPSTERS TO EVEN BEGIN TO START CLEANING UP. CAN WE INCLUDE THOSE IN THE BID IT BID FOR A DIFFERENT LOCATION? BUT I, I DON'T KNOW. JUST WE COULD, I DON'T IF IF IT'S COMING OUT OF THAT SAME LINE ITEM THAT'S SET UP FOR THE COUNTYWIDE CLEANUP, WE COULD PROBABLY INCORPORATE IT WITH THAT. BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF THAT. I DON'T, I JUST CHECK INTO WITH THE, THE BRAINS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT. I'M READING . YOU'VE GOT IT. YEAH, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO 'EM A GOOD WAY TO GET THEM CHEAPER BY GETTING NUMBERS, THEN MAYBE IT'S THIS TIME TO DO IT. IF NOT, THEN IT'S OKAY. [00:15:09] YEAH, WELL I TOLD Y'ALL THE JUDGE WANTED TO DO IT ON THE 21ST. HE COMMEND FIRST MAY. HE SAID YEAH, AFTER MOTHER'S DAY. OKAY. BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DISTANCE. OVERRULED. WELL HE SAID I GUESS HE'S SAYING MARCH. HE'S SAYING MARCH. HE'S GONNA DO MARCH. NO, NO. YEAH, NO, HE'S GOOD. WE'LL A VOTE. YEP. READY? YOU MADE I MADE THE MOTION. I IN FAVOR. AYE. I'M SORRY. YOU SAID TERRY SECONDED IT. YES. OKAY. NUMBER SIX. APPROVE TEMPORARY CLOSURE AND TRAFFIC DETOUR PLANS DURING BRIDGE PLACEMENTS AT, UH, COUNTY ROAD 3 0 1 BACHELOR CREEK BRIDGE IN PRECINCT THREE, COUNTY ROAD 2 79 KINGS CREEK ROAD BRIDGE AND COUNTY ROAD 1 51 PRAIRIE BRANCH BRIDGE AND PRECINCT ONE AND COUNTY ROAD 4 0 8 3. AND UH, CREEK, LET'S SEE, UH, WHERE AM I? LOST CREEK BRIDGE ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD. 4 0 3 1 B TRIBUTARY AND KINGS CROSSING KINGS CREEK BRIDGE IN PRECINCT FOUR. AND A BILL IN HERE. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW ABOUT, WELL I JUST, I GAVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS AS TO WHAT HAPPENED IN PRECINCT FOUR ON THE BRIDGE OF 83 AND 31 B. JUST SO THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD KNOW THAT WE ALREADY CLOSED, WE'VE ALREADY CLOSED THEM OVER A YEAR AGO AND WENT THROUGH COURT. BUT I DID SIGN THESE FOR YOU CAN BRING 'EM TO YOU. OKAY. AND USE THE ENVELOPES AGAIN. STATE THE LETTERS THAT WERE REQUESTED? YES. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO JUST SO THE COURT KNOWS A COUPLE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED THOSE LETTERS. SO WHENEVER YOU GUYS MAKE YOUR MOTION TODAY, I'M JUST ASKING FOR AUTHORITY, UM, FOR THOSE LETTERS TO BE SIGNED. RIGHT. I KNOW THE COUNTY ENGINEERS ALSO RECEIVED THEM AND THEN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS MM-HMM . UM, STEVE HUEY HAS AS WELL. NO ONE ELSE HAS CALLED US ABOUT IT, SO I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE, BUT I JUST THAT FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE. YES. FIRE MARSHAL AS WELL. OKAY. AND THEN I WOULD JUST ASK YOU GUYS TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR THE TEMPORARY CLOSURES THAT WAY THOUGH, AND WHERE THAT WOULD BE POSTED. THAT WAY THE PUBLIC KNOWS, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU ABOUT THE CLOSURES IN JEFF BUSH ALSO AND ABOUT THE MONEY. SO YOU MIGHT WANNA EXPLAIN TO EVERYONE WHAT OUR TIME SCHEDULE IS IF YOU . OKAY. UM, FIRST I GUESS, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY DETOUR RIGHTS? I DON'T. I MEAN, NO. I THINK EVER MADE THIS IS, THIS IS BRENDA. SHE'S WITH . RIGHT. UM, WE, AS PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, WE SEND OUT LETTERS TO ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE DID GET A RESPONSE BACK FROM, UH, MR. HUFF FROM COUNTY ROAD, UM, 1 51. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 1 51 DETOUR, WE HAD PROPOSED DROPPING DOWN TO COUNTY ROAD 1 52 AND USING THAT AS A DETOUR ROUTE. HE'S CONCERNED THAT THAT ROAD'S VERY NARROW AND IF WE USE IT AS A DETOUR ROUTE THAT UM, BUSES, EMERGENCY VEHICLES TRYING TO PASS EACH OTHER. THEY'D FIND IT VERY HARD. ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS RAINING. UM, WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING IS DROPPING DOWN TO COUNTY ROAD 1 53 AS A DETOUR ROUTE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER OF A ROUTE. TAKES YOU FURTHER SOUTH TO GO AROUND, BUT WE WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE COURT AND SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE. BUT YOU GET, YOU GET THE COMMENTS ON THE COUNTY ROADS, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN WE DO. YEAH. AND THE APPROPRIATENESS, WE WON'T CLOSE 1 52. AND, AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE LOCAL, IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GO DOWN 1 52 SAFELY, THEY'RE, THEY'LL [00:20:01] MORE THAN BE ABLE TO. BUT, UM, WE PROPOSED BASED ON HIS COMMENT AND THEN, UH, POSSIBLY YOUR RECOMMENDATION MOVING IT DOWN TO 1 53. THAT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO ME IF IT'S MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER AND HAPPY. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL LONG. WE GET THE TRAFFIC ROUTED AROUND IT. YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES. NO, WE DON'T WHERE IT IS, YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU LEAVE 1 52 WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE, OKAY. IT'LL TAKE A SHORTER ROUTE. THEY HAVE OFFICES. OKAY. BIG SIGNS UP. LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. YEAH. RIGHT. WHICH THEY'LL DO. NO QUESTION. OKAY. UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS TIMELINE ON THESE BRIDGES, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT, UM, ABOUT 75% TO 90% PLANS COMPLETE. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR UTILITY COMPANIES TO RELOCATE UTILITIES WITHIN THE QUARTERS. UM, AS SOON AS WE GET THAT DONE, WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE ABLE TO LET THE BRIDGES, THE TIMING ON THEM IS GONNA BE VERY DEPENDENT. 'CAUSE THEY'RE IN TWO PACKAGES. YOUR 1 51, UM, COUNTY ROAD 40 31 B AND, UH, 40, 80, 83 ARE ALL IN ONE PACKAGE. OKAY. AND WITH TWO OF THOSE BRIDGES BEING CLOSED, UM, ONE OF 'EM BEING MORE HIGHLY TRAVELED THAN THE OTHER, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS PROPOSE THAT WE START WITH 40 83 FIRST, UH, IN THE CONTRACT. AND THEN WHEN THEY GET IT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, WE DON'T WANT TO TELL 'EM THEY HAVE TO COMPLETELY FINISH IT. BECAUSE IF THEY'VE GOT A CREW THAT CAN DO PEERS AND FOUNDATIONS, WE WANT THEM TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE FOR THE TIMEFRAME. UM, AND THAT'S VERY DEPENDENT ON THE, THE TYPE OF CONTRACTOR THAT BIDS IT. IF IT'S A LARGER COMPANY, THEY HAVE SEPARATE CREWS FOR EVERYTHING. MIGHT BE THAT THEY COULD DO 40 83 FOUNDATION, THEN MOVE TO 40 31 B, THEN MOVE AND THEN IT FOLLOWS IN A PHASE. OKAY. IF IT'S A SMALLER CONTRACTOR THAT ONLY HAS ONE CREW THAT DOES PRETTY MUCH ALL OF IT, THEN OF COURSE THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO FINISH ONE, MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE. UM, BUT BASICALLY IT TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM BEGINNING TO END TO GET ONE DONE. UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY, 2019, BUT AS I SAID, WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO MOVE THAT UP AND CELEBRATE THAT. ESPECIALLY ON THE PAGE OF THREE THAT'S GOT THE TWO THAT ANSWER. IT DOES, YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. DID YOU GET IT TERRY? AND THEN NO, I DID YOU SAY WITH MODIFICATIONS? WITH MODIFICATIONS, YEAH. DID SHE MENTION ABOUT THE DETOUR, THE DETOUR MODIFICATION OR THE DETOUR? UH, REBECCA SAID SHE WOULD LIKE A RECORD VOTE ON THIS WHEN WE ARE VOTING. DO WHAT? WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ALL RIGHT. BRENDA, SAMPLE TO PRESENT THE TAX ASSESSOR'S MONTHLY COLLECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 2018. ? NO, BUT SHE HAS REPLACE. SHE HAS. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. SHE BACK AND, UH, THE BACK IS PRETTY GOOD MAIL. ALRIGHT, YOU WANT TELL US ABOUT, WELL, I HAVE MY NOTES HERE AND IT SHOWS THAT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY FOR ROLLBACKS, THEY HAVE, UM, FOR FEBRUARY, THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY THAT WAS COLLECTED WAS SIX MILLION NINE HUNDRED TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND 46 CENTS. THAT INCLUDES CURRENT ANNUAL TAXES FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY. UH, UH, FOR DEFERRALS [00:25:02] THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS TOTAL WE COLLECTED $69,429 AND 55 CENTS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE. CURRENT AND DELINQUENT TOTAL COLLECTIONS WERE $1,392,802 AND 70 CENTS OF THAT TOTAL THERE WAS $10,735 AND 4 CENTS, WHICH WERE DEFERRAL. AND FOR LAST MONTH THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 1080 ROLLBACK ACRES. AND WE COLLECTED FOR LAST MONTH FOR ROLLBACK TAXES. UM, CURRENT YEAR FOR 2017 ONLY WAS $112,118 AND 20 CENTS. SO YEAR TO DATE FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY, WE'VE COLLECTED $211,228 AND 53 CENTS PER ROLLBACK FOR BRODEN BRIDGE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE COLLECTED $16,772 AND 7 CENTS. AND YEAR TO DATE FOR ROAD BRIDGE, $32,294 AND 47 CENTS FOR ROAD FOR ROLLBACK. AND WE ALSO INCLUDED, I BELIEVE, A LIST OF ALL THE ACRES THAT WAS INCLUDED FOR LAST MONTH FOR EACH PARTICULAR AREA. COFFMAN FOREIGN, KEMP, MAYBANK CAROL, THAT SHOWED HOW MANY ACRES WAS ROLLBACK IN EACH PARTICULAR AREA. YEAH, I SAW FOUR HAD TWO, TWO OF THE BIG PIECES. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY GOOD MOUNTAIN. I AGREE. 0.79% OF S ALL OF THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. HUNDRED PERCENT YEAR. THAT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD. YEAH. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD REPORT. ANYWAY, THAT'S NICE. ALL THE ROLL BACK TAXES. YES, IT'S, IT'S GOOD THAT NO, NOW WE ACCEPTED ACCEPTANCE. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. A ALL NUMBER NINE. I MEAN NUMBER EIGHT. NUMBER EIGHT. UH, SHE'S ON HERE TWICE BY ACCIDENTAL AUDITOR. SO WE'LL MOVE EIGHT. WE'LL MOVE EIGHT OVER TWO. UH, 12 AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN SHE DOES HER, WE MOVE IT TO 12 WITH HER OTHER. YEAH, IT'S GONNA DO IT TWICE. ALRIGHT, SINCE NUMBER NINE, UH, DISCUSS THE DONATION FROM CLEMENTS RANCH LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF 17,000 137 11 FOR PURCHASE OF WARRANTY EQUIPMENT TO BE INSTALLED ON CONTRACT VEHICLE. UH, I'VE TALKED TO THE DA'S OFFICE AND BACK AND FORTH AND WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT ON THIS YET. WE'RE GOING, WE DON'T TANGLE THIS ITEM UNTIL, UH, THEY HAVE CONTRACT OR WHATEVER DISPUTE, CONTRACT, WHATEVER HAPPENS. SO GIVE SECONDER SECOND MY MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? DID YOU GET THAT? NO, I MADE THE MOTION. TERRY SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, WE TABLED IT. NUMBER 10, DISCUSS ENTERING INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS IN COMAN COUNTY TO PROVIDE FOR FRANK DEANGELO AND LINDA, UH, FORMER PRINCIPAL OF COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT SAFE SCHOOLS. SYNOPSIS SPONSOR BY THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND THAT'S GONNA BE, STEVE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO SECURE THE SERVICES OF MR. DEIS, WHO WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT COLUMBINE WHEN THE SHOOTING OCCURRED THERE IN OUR SYMPOSIUM IS TO BRING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE SCHOOLS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE RECENT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND TO TRY AND MAKE OUR SCHOOLS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY THE SAFEST WE CAN AND GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE. UM, TO GET MR. ANGELO HERE, IT'S GONNA COST ABOUT $6,000 TO PROVIDE FOR, YOU KNOW, HIS UH, UH, TRANSPORTATION ROOM AND BOARD AND SO FORTH. AND [00:30:01] WE'VE ALREADY GOT VERBAL COMMITMENTS FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO HELP PAY FOR THAT. SO IT'S NOT GONNA COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING. AND HE IS A TREMENDOUS SPEAKER AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND TO, UH, YOU KNOW, LEARN FROM WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED AT COLUMBINE. AND, AND SINCE THEN, UH, HE, HE'S VERY HIGH PROFILE RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY IN PARKLAND AND SO WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET HIM TO COME TO KAUFMAN COUNTY. SO, UH, WANTED TO GET YOUR PERMISSION TO SIGN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL PUT ALL THIS IN PLACE. OKAY? YES SIR. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES, SIR. CAN WE COORDINATE THAT WHERE WE CAN GET FOR ALL OUR PEACE OFFICER? WE'LL, WE'LL DO ALL THE WORK FOR THAT. YOU, YOU, WE'LL, WE'LL GO ALL WORK FOR THAT. AND THEN IF WE NEED TO PAY FOR ANYTHING ELSE, WE WE'LL DO TRAINING LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'LL MAKE SURE I CAN PICK UP WHATEVER'S LEFT OUT. OKAY. IF SOMEBODY DON'T PICK IT UP, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT, BUT IF WE CAN DO IT, I'M, I'M ALL FOR IT. WE'LL TAKE THAT. WE'LL GET A A, WE CAN GET A LESSON PLAN AND EVERYTHING. WE'LL GET ON FILE WITH TECO AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN GET A ROSTER OF EVERYBODY WE GET TECO FOR. OKAY. THAT WAY OUR PEOPLE ARE GETTING THAT WORKS FOR ME. STEVE, WHEN IS THIS? UH, IT'S SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW FOR MAY THE 24TH WHERE, UH, SCHOOL WILL BE OUT AND TEACHERS AND STAFF WILL STILL BE IN SCHOOL. SO WE THINK THAT IT IS GONNA BE A PRIME OPPORTUNITY SINCE THEY'RE STILL WORKING. IT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME AND THEY CAN GET THEIR CE HOURS, UH, FOR, FOR COMING TO THIS SYMPOSIUM. OKAY. SO WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE CAN DO THAT ALSO. WHERE'S IT GONNA BE? IT'S STILL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR. WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE AT THE NEW FAIRFIELD INN IN TERRELL TO, TO USE THEIR NEW FACILITY. IS THAT HOLD THAT BIG ENOUGH? NO, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW. WE, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A NUMBER, BUT THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S STILL KIND UP IN THE AIR DEPENDING ON, ON HOW MANY IT WILL HOLD. I WAS TOLD 250 TO 300. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT BIG ANYBODY IN THERE? WELL, IT'S GONNA BE GET ALL THE SCHOOL. WELL I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY BEEN IN, WE GIVE SCHOOL AS A BACKUP, ONE OF THE CAP OR SOMETHING. WHAT ABOUT TURTLE IN THERE? BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST PHD. YEAH, WELL WE'RE PROVIDING LUNCH SO WE NEED TO WORK THAT INTO THE SCHEDULE. I BET WE WORK AT OUR CAFETERIA SINCE IT'S CLOSE. OKAY. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THAT, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING PLANNING NEEDS TO WORK ALL THE STUFF THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR OUT OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE TRYING TO, WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA, WE STARTED AND CAME UP WITH THE TENTATIVE STUFF AND THEN AS WE GET CLOSER WE'LL WORK OUT ALL THE KEY, GET THE SPECIFIC DETAILS ONS IS INVOLVED IN THAT. SO WHATEVER, IF I NEED TO GET INVOLVED, LEMME KNOW. YES SIR. WE WILL DO THAT. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK WE, WE HAVE IT JEFF HELP. WE WANT TO HELP. AND Y'ALL GONNA FIGURE OUT A LOCATION, RIGHT? WE WILL. I BE IN THE FRONT. GET YOU A LOCATION SCHOOL. I WISH, WISH THEY HAD THAT. UH, AND I KNOW THE GUY NORMALLY HERE GET YOU A LOCATION THERE. WHAT? I KNOW THE GUY THAT SITS HERE NORMALLY CAN GET YOU A GOOD SPOT. I YOU ALL THE HELP I CAN GET. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANKS STEVE. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION. YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WHICH SECOND? ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, Y'ALL DOING HEARING OUT? GARY MADE THE MOTION AND MR. HUNT MADE THE SECOND. ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR A AYE IT'LL BE A GOOD THING. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NUMBER 11, DISCUSS OBTAINING PERMISSION TO DISPOSE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY RECEIVING NO BIDS IN THE AUCTION. THAT'LL BE LISA AND AL AGAIN. ALRIGHT, I BELIEVE I SENT Y'ALL A LIST, THE FOUR OF THE FOUR LOTS THAT RECEIVE ZERO BIDS. IT'S MAINLY JUST MISCELLANEOUS, UH, OFFICE FURNITURE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE WILL CALL THROUGH THAT AND SEE IF ANYTHING IS WORTH KEEPING, UH, PERHAPS FOR A FUTURE OPTION. BUT WE JUST WANT PERMISSION TO, TO GO THROUGH THAT STUFF AND GO AHEAD AND DISCARD IT IF IT RECEIVE NO BID AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH I'LL MAKE A MOTION. GO AHEAD JAKE. YOU MAKE SOME MOTION. I'LL SECOND 30. ANY SECONDS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. PASS. [00:35:01] ALL RIGHT. THANK NUMBER 12. AUDITORS MONTHLY REPORT. FEBRUARY, 2018. AND THIS WILL TAKE IN, SHOULD TAKE IN, UH, THE NUMBER EIGHT TOO. SO THIS WILL BE EIGHT AND 12 SINCE THEY BOTH SAY THE SAME THING. YES SIR. MM-HMM . UH, FOR YOUR, UH, BENCHMARK FOR FIVE MONTHS, YOU SHOULD BE AT RIGHT AT 41.67% ON YOUR REVENUES FOR THE GENERAL FUND, YOU'RE AT 81%, YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE AT UH, 38. SO THAT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND UH, GENERAL ROAD FUND REVENUES ARE AT 78.54 AND OUR TRANSFERS TO YOU, UH, IN OUR VENUS INITIATIVE, UH, IS AT 64%. SO EVERYTHING'S LOOKING PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LINE ITEMS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S USED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT WE'VE PUT OUT AS SOON AS THE TAX MONEY CAME IN. MM-HMM . GOOD. YOU ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD. ALRIGHT, SO I'LL THE MOTION SOLEMAN. I'LL SECOND. JACOB DICKEY. JACOB MADE THE MOTION. YES. JERRY SECONDED ALL ON PAPER? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. EIGHT IN 12. NUMBER 13, DISCUSS APPROVING PAYROLL AND THE BENEFITS. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE TWO PAYROLLS THIS TIME. UM, REGULAR STAFF PAYROLL WITH BENEFITS IS 1,000,100 38,000 693 0 8. WE ALSO HAD ELECTIONS PAYROLL IN THE AMOUNT OF 30,000 739 72. MAKE A MOTION. MOVE FURTHER THAT SECOND. ALRIGHT, MR. BARBARA MADE A MOTION. MR. HUNT. SECONDLY ALL THE PAPER A AYE LINE ITEM TRANSFER DISCUSSING , DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS LINE? ITEM TRANSFERS OVER SENT TO YOU. UH, THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING TO MOVE INVESTIGATIVE EXPENDITURES FOR UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL IS DUE TO, HE DOES NOT HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR THE EXPLOSION STUFF THAT HE'S HAVING TO SEND OFF TO THE LAB FORENSICS TESTING AND THINGS. SO WE, HE GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE AND WE TALKED WITH JUDGE WOOD AND HE TOLD ME I COULD TAKE IT FROM CONTINGENCY. SO THAT WAS WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU THEN? UH, COMMISSIONER BOARD ASKED FOR, UH, AN INCREASE IN HIS PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT LINE ITEM AND TOOK IT FROM HIS CONTINGENCY. THE OTHER IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND I HAVE TO DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE SALE OR WE GET EXTRA REVENUES. SO THAT IS FOR WHAT FUNDS? 21, 23 AND 24 FOR YOUR AUCTION SALES. UH, AND THEN WE PUT THAT IN YOUR CONTINGENCY LINE ITEMS BECAUSE IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION TO TELL US WHERE YOU WANT TO SPEND IT. SO I CAN'T ADD IT ANYWHERE EXCEPT TO A CONTINGENCY LINE ITEM. AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS A ROAD, UH, REPAIR REIMBURSEMENT FOR PRECINCT ONE FOR COUNTY ROAD 2 81 THAT WAS SENT TO Y'ALL. UM, I THINK THE FIRST PART OF MARCH, SECOND WEEK OF THAT WE HAD A MEETING THAT YOU APPROVED AND THE OTHER ONE IS SOME JURY DONATIONS THAT WE ARE, UH, DOING FOR THE VETERAN'S COURT. UH, JUDGE ROACH THAT'S OVER SEVERAL OF THE COUNTIES, UH, HAD SOME PROGRAMS AND WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE ACTUALLY HAD IN THAT FUND BECAUSE IT'S SEPARATE AND Y'ALL HAD APPROVED THAT. SO WE WERE MAKING A LINE ITEM ADJUSTMENTS 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A COUPLE PROJECTS THEY WANT TO SEND SOME VETERANS TOO. ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL ON THAT? WE MAY RECEIVE THAT IN THE PACKET. I TAKE A MOTION. MOTION. ALRIGHT, MR. HUNT, MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND THERE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A THANK YOU. UM, [00:40:07] MAKING SURE THAT PAYMENT, WE DISCUSSED ALL THAT PAYMENT IS STILL THE SAME THING. CLAIMS FOR THE PAYMENT THAT'LL BE ALSO CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE MILLION 509,000 475 29. UH, YOUR MAIN, UH, EXPENDITURES ON THAT SIDE ARE EMPLOYEE INSURANCE AT 536,000 ROAD ON EXPENDITURES IN THE AMOUNT OF 383,000. AND THEN, UM, REFUND FOR VENUS INITIATIVE WAS AT 162,000 AND THAT'S 50% OF WHAT THEY PAID US IN TAXES. THAT'S THE REBATE. SO WE STILL KEPT A LITTLE BIT IN OUR REVENUE ON ITEM ON THAT ONE. ALRIGHT, I SECOND MR. ALLEN MADE THE MOTION. MR. BARBARA SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. LAST ONE. MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT. MR. ALLEN MADE THE MOTION. I I DID SIGN UP TO STATE. OH, DID, IF I COULD JUST, YEAH, IF I COULD JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY. OKAY. WHAT IS THE TIME TO, TO DO IT? IS THERE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA YOU WANNA ADDRESS? NO, IT'S UM, IF IT'S NOT ON, IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, I'M NOT, I'M VICKY TON WITH STAR CAA UHHUH AND I JUST WANTED TO COME TODAY AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND SUPPORTING OUR WORK AS WE DEAL WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO ALSO INVITE YOU TO OUR BALLOON RELEASE, WHICH WE'LL BE HAVING ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE FIFTH. AND IT WILL BE RIGHT, RIGHT HERE DOWNSTAIRS AT NOON. AND THIS IS WHEN WE, UH, RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO MAKE A SAFER PLACE FOR THESE CHILDREN. AND ALSO I HAVE BLUE RIBBON PANTS THAT I'D LIKE TO GET TO EACH OF YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO WEAR THEM, UH, DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SAY PLEASE. WHAT TIME IS THAT? IT'S AT NOON ON THURSDAY. APRIL THE FIFTH? YES, RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS. OH, I'M SORRY. WE'RE THE ATEX? YES. I'M SORRY. THE COURTHOUSE ON THE SQUARE. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS BE THERE THIS YEAR? UNFORTUNATELY, NO. THEY HAD A UIL SO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.