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WEDNESDAY, UH, APRIL THE FOURTH.AND WE DO HAVE A, A FORUM, UH, PRESENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER HUNT IS OUT OF TOWN TODAY AND WILL NOT BE WITH US.
SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO HERE IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, WHEN WE GET INTO THE AGENDA, THERE ARE SOME FORMS OUT IN THE AUDIO, OUT IN THE HALLWAY THAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO, UH, PICK IT UP AND THEN FILL OUT AND PRESENT TO OUR, UH, UH, COUNTY CLERK, AND THEN WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE AS WE GET TO THE CORRECT AGENDA ITEM.
OUR FIRST THING WILL BE ON INVOCATION AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BARBER, WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE? OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO BE WITH US ALL THIS MORNING WHILE WE CONDUCT A, UH, COUNTY'S BUSINESS.
I ASK YOU TO BE WITH ALL OF OUR, UH, MILITARY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, THAT KEEP US ALL SAFE, ASK YOU TO BE WITH OUR PRESIDENT FOR TOUGH DECISIONS AND THINGS HE HAS TO DEAL WITH THERE IN WASHINGTON THAT CONCERN ALL OF US.
UH, PLEASE BE WITH US ALL AND, UH, FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND NAME WE PRAY.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL ON OUR WAY TO TEXAS.
I ALLEGED OF CITY OF TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SPEAK? I DO HAVE ONE, UH, ROUTINE ITEM ON AS FAR AS CORRESPONDENCE.
IT IS A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS, AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS, UH, WHETHER BRENDA'S IN HERE OR NOT.
BUT, UH, BACK THERE, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN CERTIFIED AS, UH, ON THE, UH, VOTER, UH, SIDE, WHAT WE CALL 'EM, THE VOTE SETTING POLLING PLACES.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR PERMISSION TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
IT'S JUST AUTOMATIC BECAUSE OUR ELECTION HAS WORKED WELL AS FAR AS PEOPLE GOING, NOT EVERYBODY MAY KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THE WORD WILL GET OUT.
IT'S MUCH MORE CONVENIENT FOR OUR, OUR VOTERS AS THEY, UH, GO AROUND THE COUNTY.
SO I HAVE A LETTER HERE, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS A COPY OF IT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, UH, PROVIDE THAT TO YOU AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND ITEM A UNDER THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING REGULAR MINUTE, UH, MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 14TH, 2018.
AND THEN, UH, TO, UH, ID IS TO RECOGNIZE PRECINCT THREE, ROAD BRIDGE CREW MEMBER FOREMAN, UH, MICKEY PORTER FOR RECEIVING A PATRIOT EMPLOYER AWARD FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
AND MR. WALKER, I'LL LET YOU THE HONORS ON THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT.
UH, WHEN WE WERE IN, UH, IN AUSTIN LAST MONDAY, UH, NOBODY IN THE OFFICE EXCEPT ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES KNEW THIS WAS GONNA TAKE PLACE.
BUT, UH, ONE OF OUR, UH, CREW MEMBERS THERE, UH, WILL MORRISON, UH, HE'S A MEMBER OF THE, THE TEXAS GUARD, AND HE HAD, UH, SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR HIS FOREMAN, UH, MICKEY PORT TO BE RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR BEING WHAT THEY CALL A PATRIOT EMPLOYER.
AND BASICALLY, UH, THEY CAME OUT TO THE OFFICE AND WE WATCHED IT ON VIDEO FROM, OR I WATCHED IT ON VIDEO FROM AUSTIN, AND THEY, UH, GAVE HIM A LITTLE, UH, A PLAQUE HERE, AND THEY ELIMINATE FOR ME TO HAVE, HAVE, KEEP IN HIS RECORDS, BUT BASICALLY SAYS, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE RECOGNIZES MICKEY PORTER, FALCON COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER THREE, AS A PATRIOT EMPLOYER FOR CONTRIBUTING TO NATIONAL, UH, SECURITY AND PROTECTING LIBERTY AND FREEDOMS BY SUPPORTING EMPLOYEE PER PRECIPITATE GOODNESS, PARTICIPATION IN AMERICA'S NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVED FORCE.
AND, UH, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY A GOOD DEAL BECAUSE MICKEY, UH, HAS HAD TO WORK A WHOLE LOT, UH, WITH, UH, WILL TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE COULD GO AND DO WHATEVER THE RESERVE NEEDED HIM TO DO.
AND HE WAS CALLED UP, OF COURSE, FOR, UH, HURRICANE HARVEY, AND HE WENT DOWN THERE AND, AND WORKED REALLY HARD, DID A LOT OF WORK.
WE SHOULD COMMEND HIM FOR THAT OURSELVES, BUT THE FACT THAT MICKEY WORKED WITH HIM AND, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T GIVE HIM ANY TROUBLE OR ANYTHING, HAVING TO BE OFF AND DO ALL THAT, SO THEY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM.
SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MICKEY, UH, IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY HERE AND LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE A, A, UH, PATRIOT EMPLOYER HERE.
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AND THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY FOR THE COUNTY FOR CERTAIN.AND THIS IS A GREAT AWARD FOR YOU, A GREAT HONOR FOR YOU, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU, UH, AS, UH, ONE OF OUR PATRIOTS THAT TAKES CARE OF US AND TAKES CARE OF KEEPING
I THINK IT'S ALREADY, YES, SIR.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW HAVE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
I MOTION, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER, WE HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER, PHILLIPS SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, THOSE OPPOSED.
AND, UH, SO AGAIN, UH, WE APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND WE VARIETY OF AREAS.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM THREE, AND THAT IS FROM RALPH DAVIS, KERRY SHARP, AND KATIE, SOMETHING IN THE NEVER IT AGAIN.
CARRIE AND I ARE THE WALKING WOUNDED TODAY.
SO WE'RE GIVING A TWO MONTH REPORT, UH, FEBRUARY, UH, UH, AND MARCH.
WE KIND OF BUSY FOR, CARRIE WAS OUT MOST OF THE TIME WITH LIVESTOCK SHOWS AND WHATNOT.
SO WE'RE DOING A, A COMBINED TWO MONTH REPORT HERE.
UM, I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE, IN THE AG PROGRAM IN FEBRUARY, UH, DO JUST DOING INDIVIDUAL PLANS, FARM PLANS FOR PEOPLE.
WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE BUYING LAND THAT DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT, HOW TO GROW A BLADE OF GRASS.
THAT, UH, MY MIND, MY TIME IS SPENT A LOT JUST WITH THAT COURSE.
IT'S HORTICULTURE ALSO, UH, HORTICULTURES, UH, UH, PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GROW THINGS TO KEEP WEEDS OUT, BUT THEY WANT THAT.
AND THAT, THAT, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THAT, UH, AND NOT JUST IN FEBRUARY, BUT EVERY MONTH, IS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THIS REPORT ABOUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY IN THE TRANSLATION ABOUT HALF OF IT DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THAT AG PART OF IT.
UH, IN MARCH, I ACTUALLY HAD, UH, FOUR AG PROGRAMS, UH, THAT I THINK I GAVE AWAY 12 CES FROM TESTIFIED APPLICATORS.
DURING THOSE, UH, FOUR PROGRAMS WE HAD, UH, A BIT OVER.
SO RIGHT AT 200 PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE JUDGE WOOD ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE WATERSHED PROGRAM THAT WE HAD MARCH, UH, THAT WAS PUT ON BY TART REGIONAL WATER BOARD.
UH, THEY SERVED FOOD, THEY FOOD, UH, THE WATERSHED DEPARTMENT FROM, UH, COLLEGE STATION IS GOING AROUND THE STATE DOING THESE PROGRAMS ON DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS AND, UH, THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING IN, IN, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UH, WATER HOLDING AREAS LIKE, UH, UH, CEDAR CREEK LAKE AND ARE TRYING TO CLEAN THOSE UP FROM SOME EPA STANDPOINT AND WHATNOT.
AND THAT'S THE REASON THEY, THEY'RE DOING THOSE PROGRAMS AROUND THE STATE.
WE, WE HOSTED ONE HERE, UH, IN MARCH.
UH, OUR ANNUAL CAL CAL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN, UH, VANZANT COUNTY IS A, A THREE COUNTY, UH, JOINT PROGRAM BETWEEN HOFFLAND COUNTY, AMP COUNTY, AND, UH, RAINS COUNTY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT PROGRAM NOW FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
AND, UH, UH, IT WAS HELD YEAR AT THE FAIRGROUNDS MANTA COUNTY.
UH, THEY HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY NICE HOLDING FACILITIES.
WE HAD A LARGE CROWD FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
UH, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT 20 YEARS, BUT IT WAS, I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE OF THE BETTER PROGRAMS WE'VE PUT ON A VERY LARGE CROWD FROM, FROM A, A WIDE VARIETY OF COUNTIES, NOT JUST THE THREE COUNTIES, UH, THAT, THAT HOST IT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO THAT, UH, ANYWAY, A VERY BUSY KIND OF MARCH.
UH, WITH THOSE, THOSE LITTLE PROGRAMS PUT ON OUR FERAL HOG PROGRAMS. A LITTLE HARD TO SEE THE HOGS HERE.
UH, I'M TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BETTER PICTURE, BUT UNLESS IT'S IN DAYLIGHT, THE CAMERA'S KIND OF A LITTLE HARD TO COME OUT.
TOMMY COOKS BEEN AT SILVER CORN RANGE, UH, ON 4 29 NORTH OF TERRELL HAS HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THE TRAP.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE GETTING IT RUNNING TO START WITH.
MY CAMERA WAS IN THE SHOP AND, AND WHATNOT.
THE OTHER TRUCK TRAP IS IN THE SHOP.
I'M GOING TO GO PICK IT UP WHEN WE
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LEAVE THIS MEETING TODAY.UH, AT, UH, STEVE ANGELS, UH, WELDING DEAL ON 4 29.
HE'S ACTUALLY HAD TO REPAIR THAT, THAT TRAP.
AND, UH, HE'S FINISHED WITH IT.
SO I'M GOING TO GO PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT TO BILL DENNIS'S PLACE, UH, THIS AFTERNOON OUT ON, UH, BETWEEN COFFMAN AND, UH, CANYON.
AND YOU'RE NOT LIFTING IT? NO, I'M NOT PICKING IT UP.
OH, MY DOCTOR, THE DOCTOR TOLD ME YESTERDAY I NEED TO BE MORE OF A SUPERVISOR THROUGH WORKER.
THAT ONE THAT YOU LET JACKIE USE.
SO ANYWAY, MAYBE WHEN IT GOES TO BILL TO THEN HAVE TO GO TO THE SHOPPING.
YEAH, WHEN IT GOES TO BILL'S, IT'S GOING TO CATCH A LOT OF HOGS.
HE, HE'S GOT WAY TOO MANY HOG.
I DUNNO HOW YOU'LL EVER GET RID OF THEM.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, FROM THE REPORT, THE HORTICULTURE PROGRAM, UH, WE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, UH, HORTICULTURES, UH, MASTER GARDENERS PUT ON.
THEY ACTUALLY DID, DID THE TALKS ON THAT.
UH, AND, UH, REACHED QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
UH, OUR RESULT DEMONSTRATION GARDEN, UH, THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED HARVESTING, UH, THINGS FROM THAT GARDEN, UH, AND, UH, A LOT OF RADISHES.
I ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND DID THE HARVEST MYSELF ONE DAY.
THEY, UH, NOBODY ELSE COULD DO IT.
SO LOTS OF RADISHES, LOTS OF LETTUCE, UH, THAT KIND OF THING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD IT, TRY PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S A LITTLE SPICY, BUT, UH, PRETTY GOOD.
ANYWAY, THAT, THAT GARDEN'S GOING GREAT.
WE'RE GOING HAVE A, A, A GROUP PROGRAM IN MAY ON THAT.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A MASS PROGRAM TRYING SHOWING PEOPLE HOW WE DID THE GARDEN.
IT, IT IS TOTALLY DESIGNED FOR A FAMILY OF, FOR ON A VERY SMALL AREA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW A FAMILY OF FOUR COULD EAT EVERYTHING THAT'S GROWING IN, QUITE FRANKLY.
UH, WE'RE HOPING WE'RE GOING DO A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE TOMORROW MORNING.
UH, I'M GONNA MEET PHIL OUT THERE, AND, UH, HE'S GONNA WRITE AN ARTICLE ON IT.
ANYWAY, I, I'M VERY, VERY SATISFIED WITH THAT.
THAT RESULT ILLUSTRATION I DID PUT IN A, UH, UH, IN MARCH, I PUT IN A HERBICIDE DEMONSTRATION OUT ON IRON ROAD WITH DR.
WE'RE, WE'RE TESTING TWO DIFFERENT PRE-EMERGED CHEMICALS, AND WE'LL SEE, UH, REALLY HOW BAD THEY HURT THE BERMUDA GRASS THAT'S GROWING OUT.
THERE IS WHAT, WHAT THE PREMISE OF THE, UH, DEMONSTRATIONS ABOUT.
WE HAD, UH, WE DID A NEW PROGRAM IN MARX WITH OUR LAB, UH, WHICH COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS WAS ON.
AND, UH, WE CAME UP WITH THIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
THE LAB DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING NEW, PUT ON AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM CALLED THE BACKYARD BASICS.
THERE WERE THREE PROGRAMS DONE THERE.
ONE OF 'EM WAS ON VEGETABLE GROWING, ONE OF 'EM ON BEEKEEPING.
AND BECAUSE BEEKEEPING IS, UH, AN AG EXEMPT TYPE OF THING THAT THEY HAVE NOW, BEEKEEPING PROGRAM.
AND THEN, UH, WE, UH, HAD ONE OF OUR REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SMART LADIES FROM COLLEGE STATION COME DO A PROGRAM ON, UH, ON CANNING AND FOOD PRESERVATION.
I HAD NO IDEA THIS PROGRAM WOULD GO OVER, QUITE FRANKLY, ON SATURDAY MORNING, WE HAD, UH, 60 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THAT THING.
THE, UH, INTERVIEWS WE HAD, UH, EXIT EVALUATIONS.
I, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN.
PEOPLE LOVED IT, AND ESPECIALLY THE FOOD PRESERVATION PART OF IT, AND KATIE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, CONTINUE TO DO, UH, FOOD CANNING TYPE PROGRAMS. UH, LOOKS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WENT OVER REAL WAY.
SO RALPH REFERRED TO THE FOOD PRESERVATION.
SO IN THE FUTURE, COME THIS SUMMER, WHEN EVERYTHING STARTS COMING INTO, UH, HARVEST TIME, WE'RE GONNA DO THREE FOOD PRESERVATION WORKSHOPS.
THEY'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA CALL 'EM SATURDAY SEMINARS.
WE'RE GONNA COVER, UM, JAMS AND JELLIES ON ONE SATURDAY.
WE'RE GONNA DO PICKLING ON ANOTHER SATURDAY.
AND THEN, UM, SALSA AND TOMATO GARDEN.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR TOMATOES ON ANOTHER SATURDAY? SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A LOT OF, UM, ACTIVITY THERE AND PEOPLE, PEOPLE REALLY EXPRESS THE INTEREST OF THIS, UH, BACKGROUND BASICS.
JEN, ANDY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE, OUR PRESERVATION TO KIND OF KICK OFF, UH, SOME OF THE BASICS.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA COME BACK THROUGH WITH THE SPECIFICS ON HOW TO HANDLE WHAT YOU HARVESTED FROM YOUR GARDENS AND FROM YOUR TREES
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AND WHEREVER AND WHOEVER.SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS A ABUNDANCE OF PRODUCE DURING THAT, DURING THE SUMMER.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
SO WE'RE IN THE PLANNING STAGES FOR THAT ONE.
UM, IN MARCH, WE WRAPPED UP OUR WALK ACROSS TEXAS.
I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH.
SO, UH, WE HAD 1,005 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
1,105 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, UM, PARTICIPATE.
AND THEY WALKED OVER 18,000 MILES.
SO WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING AND MOVING.
AND THE THREE SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED HERE IN KAUFMAN WERE, UM, HELEN EDWARDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, MONDAY PRIMARY AND NORMAN JUNIOR HIGH.
SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE, UM, PARTICIPATION AND HOW, HOW EXCITED THE KIDS WERE.
SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE KICKOFF AND HOW THE KIDS GOT THOSE 500 LITTLE ONES WALKING A MILE.
IT WAS REALLY FUN TO CORRAL THEM.
AND MY THINGS, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSTABLES WERE HELPING US CORRAL THEM.
UM, IN FEBRUARY, I DID CONCLUDE MY, UH, COOKING BUBBLE DIABETES COOKING SCHOOL.
AND WE DID HAVE, UM, 11 FOLKS FINISH THAT SERIES.
AND, UM, I DID COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS TO SHOW THEM HOW THEIR FOOD CAN REALLY HELP THEIR DIABETES.
UH, I ALWAYS GET A GOOD RESPONSE AND EVERYBODY ALWAYS WANTS MORE RECIPES.
AND, UM, THE HOSPITAL PARTNERS WITH ME ON THAT ONE.
UM, AGAIN, OUR SNAP EDUCATION PROGRAM, I CONCLUDED A SERIES WITH THE KAUFMAN HEAD START.
UM, WE DIDN'T GET AS MANY PARTICIPANTS AS WE HAD HOPED, UM, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
SO WE'RE STILL, UM, WORKING WITH THE PARENT PARENTS TO RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE EDUCATION SIDE IS OF THE SNAP OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
OTHERWISE, THE WHOLE FOOD STAMP SYSTEM.
SO, UH, THAT'S A CONTINUAL PROGRAM WHERE I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A GROUP OF LOW INCOME FOLKS TO HAVE A PROGRAM TO EDUCATE THEM WITH NUTRITION.
UM, WE CONCLUDED OUR FIVE WEEKS OF MASTER WELLNESS VOLUNTEERS.
I HAD SIX COME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM THIS TIME TO, WITH A TOTAL OF 19.
I HAVE 19 MASTER WELLNESS VOLUNTEERS TRAINED.
THEY COME AND HELP ME WITH MY PROGRAMS SET UP COOKING ADMINISTRATIONS.
SOMEBODY HAS TO CHOP ALL THOSE VEGETABLES BEFORE I CAN DEMONSTRATE 'EM.
SO THOSE FOLKS WILL COME IN AND HELP ME, AND IT'S A BIG HELP.
UM, THEN I DID A FOOD HANDLERS CLASS.
I'M, UH, CERTIFIED TO TEACH THE STATE FOOD HANDLERS CLASS FOR, UM, ANYONE WHO'S IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT BUSINESS THAT COVERS DAYCARES, UH, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, ANY RESTAURANT.
SO I DO TEACH THAT CLASS AND I HELD IT WITH, WITH THE FOLKS AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL.
SO, AND THEN THIS WILL SEGUE INTO KERRY
WE, UH, WE DID HAVE A FOOD CHALLENGE, THE FOUR H FOODS CHALLENGE TEAM THIS YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND I TOOK 'EM, UH, THEY WENT TO DISTRICT, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THEY DID REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND HIS WIFE CAME AND JUDGES THEM AT THE COUNTY GROUND UP AND HELPED GIVE SOME POINTERS.
UM, THEY PLACED FOURTH PLACE AND WE WERE PROUD OF THEM, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BECOMING A TEAM AND WORKING HARDER FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, MOVING INTO THE JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARK WAS A, I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T MEAN TO BLOCK Y OFF.
UH, JANUARY, FEBRUARY WAS A HUGE MONTHS FOR THE, UH, MARK WAS A HUGE MONTHS FOR THE FOUR H PROGRAM.
UM, JUST ON THE MAIN TASK OF THE LIVESTOCK TEAM GOING DOWN.
I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE, UH, FOUR H LEADERS AND PARENTS THAT HELPED ME OUT DURING THOSE, DURING THOSE TWO MONTHS SINCE, UH, SOME OF THOSE DAYS I HAD GET OUT OF THE OFFICE AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WITH OTHER AFFAIRS.
BUT, UM, JUST THE TEAMS GOING DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, IT'S REALLY KIND OF COOL TO KNOW THAT OF THE, ALL THE STOCK SHOWS THAT ARE COMING BACK THROUGH OUR PREMIUM CHECKS ARE STARTING TO COME BACK IN.
AND, UM, THROUGH THE WORK OF OUR LEADERS IN OUR FOUR ACRES AND THE HARD WORK THEY PUT INTO THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THROUGH EITHER CASH, SCRAMBLE, CERTIFICATES, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND PREMIUM MONEY FROM THEM WINNING IN THE ACTUAL ARENA, IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE FOUR ACRES ARE GONNA BE BRINGING BACK ABOUT $13,000 TO HELP PROMOTE THEIR OWN PROJECTS INTO IT.
SO, UM, I WAS VERY PROUD OF THE KIDS THIS YEAR.
UM, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
THE LEADER DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND SO I'M LOOKING REALLY KIND OF EXCITED.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THE VALIDATION PROCESS TO, UH, START THE NEXT YEAR.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT NEVER STOPS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO I WAS VERY HAPPY AND VERY PROUD OF MY KIDS BEING DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, WE WON SEVERAL SHOWMANSHIP AT THE STOCK
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SHOWS.IT'S DONE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
UM, THERE'S NOT A SHOWMANSHIP, UH, CLASS PER SE.
YOU'RE BASICALLY PICKED, UM, BY A JUDGE THAT'S HIDDEN IN THE CROWD.
AND, UM, THEY PUT IN THEIR NOMINATIONS OF, UH, THREE EXHIBITORS.
UM, CIE BOWDEN, UH, CAME OUT AND ALSO, UM, CIE BOWDEN CAME OUT WITH SEVERAL, UH, SHOWMANSHIP.
SHE ALSO PLACED BERT AT SAN ANGELO WITH HER SALES TALK ON HER HEIFER.
THAT'S WHERE SHE HAS TO TAKE HER HEIFER UP IN FRONT OF, UM, JUDGES AND ACTUALLY TRIED TO SELL HIM HER HEIFER.
AND, AND SO SHE, UH, SHE PLACED THIRD ON THAT, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD OF HER.
'CAUSE TWO YEARS AGO, UM, BASICALLY IF YOU TRIED TO PUT HER IN FRONT OF SOMEONE TO TALK, UM, IT WAS A CATTLE PRODUCT.
UM, THERE WAS SOME, UH, OUTSIDE EXTRA, UH, ME LOOKING AT HER LIKE GOING, YOU WILL TALK OR YOU WILL DO PUSHUPS.
SO, BUT SHE'S COME A LONG WAYS.
UH, SHE ACTUALLY DID THAT SALES TALK FOR HER ROUNDUP, UM, IN FEBRUARY.
WE ACTUALLY DID OUR COUNTY ROUNDUP THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WE'VE HAD FOR QUITE A WHILE.
OUR LEADERS AND PARENTS HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB PREPARING OUR KIDS.
WE HAD 41 YOUNG PEOPLE ACTUALLY GIVE A, A TALK OVER SUBJECTS AS FAR AS, UM, CLOTHING AND TEXTILES TO, UM, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO, UM, THE SALES TALK.
I HAVE, UH, ALL MY SENIORS QUALIFIED ONTO DISTRICT AND WE'RE ENTERING UP, WE'LL PROBABLY PAY, PAY THE LARGEST CONTINGENT, UH, SPEAKERS TO RE UM, THE DISTRICT COMPETITION.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WE'LL QUALIFY CLIMB ON TO STATE.
AND SO I WAS EXTREMELY PROUD OF THOSE KIDS, UH, FOR GETTING UP.
UH, WE ARE KNOWN IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY LAST YEAR.
UM, WE CAN TAKE AS MANY KIDS AS WE WANT.
THEY ALL QUALIFIED ON LAST YEAR IN TWO DIVISIONS AT DISTRICT, ONLY THREE SENIORS CAN GO ON TO DISTRICT, UH, ON THE STATE COMPETITION.
AND LAST YEAR IN TWO DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, THAT WAS CROSS COUNTY SENDING ALL THREE OF OUR KIDS TO STATE WHERE'S THAT GONNA BE HELD, UH, IF THE DISTRICT IS GONNA BE HELD THIS YEAR AT TEXAS A AND M COMMERCE.
AND SO THEY'LL, THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING HERE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH ON THE 28TH AND, UH, 29TH.
AND SO WE ALSO HAVE SHARE FUND GROUPS COMING THROUGH.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE HOFFMAN COUNTY HIT IN THE DISTRICT COMPETITION.
SO, UM, AS PER ON OUR CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT ROUTE, UH, DUE TO THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL BELIEVED IN US LAST YEAR, UH, TWO PROGRAM ASSISTANTS WERE ABLE TO STAY OUT IN THE CLASSROOM LONGER.
UM, SO WE ACTUALLY DID 132 PROGRAMS IN NINE DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT SET 67 CLASSROOMS. UM, BECAUSE Y'ALL'S SUPPORT LAST YEAR WHERE I COULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO LET THEM STAY OUT OF THE, OUT IN THE, UH, OUT IN THE SCHOOL LONGER, UM, THAT WAS PRETTY ASTOUNDING.
WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO 2,653 STUDENTS.
SO THAT IS THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE, UH, FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THE TEACHERS TO GETTING READY FOR THE, UH, STAR TESTING WAS PLANT GROWTH, THE TYPES OF SEEDS AND THEIR NEEDS, HASHING THE CLASSROOM LIFE CYCLES.
UM, IF ANY OF YOU, UM, WE HAVE A BRAND NEW BUNCH OF, UH, HISSING COCKROACHES.
SO, UM, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE SOME, WE, WE HAVE THOSE FOR SALES HAS BEEN ON THE SIDE OF YEARS,
THINK COMMISSIONER HUNT WANTED TO GO, BUT WE ALSO DO THE WATER CYCLE.
UM, THEN RENEWABLE, NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TERRAINS AND EROSION.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE BIG AREAS THIS SPRING THAT THE TEACHERS ARE FOCUSING ON AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND ACTUALLY HELP THEM.
BUT BECAUSE OF Y'ALL'S SUPPORT LAST YEAR, I'M BELIEVING IN THE PROGRAM, IT WAS EASIER FOR ME TO OPEN UP AND LET THEM GO OUT AND STAY IN THE, IN THE COUNTY JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THE TEACHERS DO APPRECIATE IT ALSO.
SO, UH, THE COUNTY FAIR WAS A BIG SUCCESS THIS YEAR.
UH, IT WAS, IT'S NOW BEEN DEEMED, UM, MUD AGAIN
SO, UM, DO THE WONDERFUL RAIN, UH, BUT ALSO DO THE NEW, UH, THE NEW ANNEX THAT'S BEEN BUILT ONTO THE ONE SHOW END OF THE SHOW BARN.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ENJOYABLE AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME OUT AND HELPED, UM, CONTROL THE MUDDY GUT.
UM, AND LAST NIGHT IT WENT AWAY BY AS FAST AS WE BROUGHT IT OUT THERE.
HUH? IT WENT AWAY ABOUT AS FAST AS WE BROUGHT IT OUT THERE AS WE DID.
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AFTER WATCHING SOME OF THOSE TRAILERS TRY TO PULL AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THAT.
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT FOUR, UH, FOUR BY FOUR DUALLY COULD ACTUALLY PULL A 38 FOOT TRAILER THROUGH MUD, BUT THEY CAN.
YEAH, THOSE ROLLERS DOWN A LOT.
UM, I'LL BE, UH, LAST NIGHT THE SHOW BOARD MET AND WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING THE SHOW ABOUT THE SAME TIME NEXT YEAR AGAIN.
AND YOUR ANNUAL, UH, PEACH PRUNING.
WELL, THE PEACH PRUNING, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, UH, BUT THE ANNUAL EVENT THAT YOU HAVE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS EXPO EXPO, MAY 18TH, MAY, SO YOU MAY PUT THAT DOWN ON THE CARD.
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QUESTIONS? HAMBURGERS COME.RIGHT? I HAVE LIKE SIX TEENAGE BOYS THAT MUCH KNOW YOU NEED HELP AT THE COOKER.
ROBERT DO YESTERDAY HE SAID HE'D TAKE YOU UP ON THAT FLAG.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 23 ENTERED UP AND FRIDAY'S THE DEADLINE.
SO I'M EXPECTING TO TAKE AT LEAST 53 KIDS TO DISTRICT.
WE ALL GET, WE ALL GET, OH, OKAY.
LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT THANK, THANK YOU.
ITEM AGENDA IS PRESENT COUNTY COLLECTION REPORT.
UM, AND I'LL TRY TO MARK, UM, OUR TOTAL DEPOSITS FOR FEBRUARY 71,700 A MONTH.
DISBURSEMENTS THAT WERE DUE, UH, WERE 9,000 9 69 48, AND, UH, DISBURSEMENTS MAY AND FEBRUARY WERE 8,000 2 0 7 33.
AND OUTSTANDING DISBURSEMENTS.
WERE FEBRUARY, WERE 9,000 9 41 68.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LI? NO.
ALWAYS GOOD AND CLEAR CRISP REPORT.
WE NEGOTIATE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT FROM THE, UH, COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT.
SECOND, MR. PHILLIPS, COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UM, OUR TREASURER, MR. OLDFIELD, UH, RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE AND OCCUPATIONAL FOR FOLLOWING INVESTMENT COMPANY'S, UH, TEXAS CLASS MULTIPURPOSE, I MEAN MULTI-BANK AND SECURITY.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A BIG POCKET INFORMATION.
UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, FOR EACH OF THE ENTITIES, YOU'VE GOT THE DOCUMENTS ON A TAB AND, AND THE GENERAL SUMMARY OF EACH OF THESE IS ONE, UH, JUDGE WOOD WILL SIGN A RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO BECOME A CUSTOMER.
AND THEN THERE'S DOCUMENTS TO APPLY TO OPEN THE ACCOUNT WHERE WE TELL THEM THAT, UH, RONNIE OLDS FIELD, THE COUNTY TREASURER AND DEBBIE GRAHAM, THE ASSISTANT TREASURER, WILL BE THE ONES TO EXECUTE TRANSACTIONS.
IF THE ENTITY HAS THE ABILITY TO GET ONLINE ACCESS, OUR COUNTY AUDITOR, KAREN MCLEOD WILL HAVE VIEW ONLY ACCESS.
AND WHERE WE HAVE THE OPTION TO GET DUPLICATE STATEMENTS AND DUPLICATE CONFIRMATION SENT, THE COUNTY AUDITOR WILL RECEIVE THOSE DOCUMENTS AS WELL.
AND IN, IN WHAT WE HAVE IS, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE, WE'VE GOT TEXAS CLASS HERE ON THE FIRST TAB.
TECHSTAR LOGIC IS THE LAST, THOSE ARE TWO POOLS SO THAT WE CAN PERIODICALLY SHIFT MONEY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SUPERIOR YIELD BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE SIMILAR, UH, SAFETY EDGE, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE ALL LIQUID.
THEN WE HAVE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, FINANCIAL, NORTHEASTERN COMPANIES AND MULTI-BANK SECURITIES TO PROVIDE US WITH CD FLOW.
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK IN THEIR DOCUMENTS EMPHASIZES THAT THERE ARE EARLY WITHDRAWAL BENEFITS.
UH, MULTI-BANK SECURITIES HAS A CD PROCESS THAT IF WE NEED TO GET OUT OF A CD, WE COULD SELL THAT CD TO SOMEONE ELSE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THE COURT, YOU KNOW, THE PENALTY MAY BE THAT IF THE INTEREST RATE MARKET HAS MOVED, WE, WE GET LESS PRINCIPLE BY IT BECAUSE IT'LL BE DISCOUNTED.
BUT THE COUNTY WOULD BE MAKING A DECISION.
SO MULTI-BANK SECURITY, THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY HIGH FEATURE THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, UH, WE'VE REVIEWED THESE HEAVILY, UH, AND I SPENT YESTERDAY REVIEWING AND, AND STILL FINDING LITTLE THINGS.
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UM, WE TODAY WILL SEND EACH OF THESE DOCUMENTS TO THE COMPANIES AND SAY, OKAY, IF WE SIGN, THIS IS EVERYTHING.AND I'VE TALKED TO ALL THE LOGIC, UH, TEXT OUR LOGIC, UH, YESTERDAY.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
AND JUDGE, HOPEFULLY ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY WE'LL BE GOOD TO SIGN.
AND I KNOW THAT'LL BE PLEASING.
IT WILL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF PATIENCE TO, UM, TO GET SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE COUNTY.
THERE'S NOT MANY COUNTIES IN THE STATE THAT HAVE A ROBUST PROGRAM LIKE THIS, AND WE SURE WANT TO PULL IT OFF VERY, VERY SIMPLY.
SO ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? I I I'M GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO MEET WITH EACH, EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS INDIVIDUALLY TO, TO UNDO A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW, BE RESPONSIVE TO ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, AS WE GO FORWARD AND LEGAL Y'ALL HAVE REVIEWED.
UH, YEAH, I GUESS I WOULD JUST TAKE SOME DIRECTION FROM THE COURT AS TO WHAT YOU GUYS WANT US TO REVIEW.
EVERY ONE OF THE CONTRACTS IN HERE, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO DO THAT YET.
UM, SO I GUESS JUST WHATEVER THE COURT WOULD LIKE FOR THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, IF YOU WANT TO POINT OUT THE ONES THAT YOU WANT REVIEWED OR IF WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL OF THE ABOVE.
WELL, I AGREE AND WE, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT TO REVIEW.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD CERTAINLY THINK IT'D BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE YOU OR SOMEONE IN THE DA'S OFFICE TO WE'LL, WE'LL REVIEW IT.
WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND, AND WE CAN TALK THROUGH SPECIFIC THINGS.
UH, THERE ARE SOME PARTICULAR TRUST AGREEMENTS IN HERE.
UH, FOR THE POOLS AND THOSE TRUST AGREEMENTS MIGHT BE HAVE PARTICULAR INTEREST, BUT OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE LARGE COMPANIES THAT DO BUSINESS ALL OVER THE STATE.
MANY OF 'EM ALL OVER THE NATION.
AND THESE ARE THEIR STANDARD AGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE WHENEVER YOU GET ONE OF THESE AGREEMENTS ON THE IPHONE, A STORY ABOUT IT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU NORMALLY JUST CHECK I AGREE.
BUT I, AND THAT'S WHY I GOT A SET FOR THERE.
YOU GOT A SET FOR THE AUDITOR SO THAT WE CAN ALL BEGIN TO REALLY TEAM UP AND DIAL IN BEFORE WE PULL THE EXECUTE.
SO, BUT ALSO SETTING UP AN ACCOUNT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE EVER GOING TO PUT ANY MONEY WITH IT.
YOU HAVE TO PUT MONEY IN THERE BEFORE BOTHER YOU OR THE THAT'S RIGHT.
SO AGAIN, GETTING THE ACCOUNT SET UP IS THE STAGE THAT WE'RE AT NOW.
UH, INVESTMENT COMMITTEE WILL MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA COME TO THE COURT FOR ALLOCATING MONEY.
I KNOW THE TECHSTAR ONE, WE ACTUALLY USED IT IN, YOU KNOW, IN OUR, IN OUR ACTUALLY USED TECHSTAR AND THEY SEEMED TO WORK PRETTY WELL.
I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THE HANDLING, SOME OF THE OTHER ONES DID OR WITHDRAW.
IT WAS MORE ON THE INTEREST, NOT ON PRINCIPLE, LOST ON PRINCIPLE.
AND THEN, I DUNNO, I READ THAT.
WELL, LIKE I SAY, WE'RE, WE'RE, THIS IS NEITHER THE BEGINNING NOR THE END.
IT'S JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROCESS AND THIS IS A BIG STEP.
SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO TODAY IS JUST TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT THE FINAL, UH, DOCUMENT THIS TIME, BUT THE AFTER REVIEW, RIGHT.
WELL, I THINK, UM, UH, THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT, THAT YOU'LL SIGN IS THE, YOU KNOW, ARE THE NCE.
SO IF, UH, AND, AND IF THE COURT'S CONVENIENT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT COULD BE A MOTION IF IT'S ON THE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN DO IT IS, UH, WHEN LEGAL IS, IS SATISFIED AND THAT THE, THE COURT AUTHORIZES YOU TO SIGN THE RESOLUTIONS TO START THESE ACCOUNTS.
AND WE HAVE A LIMIT DISCUSSION ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE MOVE IN A TIME OR YES.
THIS IS, THIS IS JUST TO ESTABLISH ACCOUNTS.
WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU EVERY TIME YOU MOVE MONEY, YOU NEED TO COME HERE.
UH, NOT EVERY TIME WE MOVE MONEY NINE A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
IF, IF WE, IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN A CD IN A PARTICULAR COMPANY, I, I THINK FROM MY PART IT WOULD BE TO KEEP THE COURT INFORMED.
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YES.BUT ONCE THE POOLS ARE SET UP, THEN THE, THE INVESTMENT OFFICER HAS THE ABILITY TO MOVE MONEY AMONG POOL.
BUT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT INITIAL MOVING OUTTA COUNTY, COUNTY.
SO NO, WE'RE IN THE INVESTMENT POLICY AUTHORIZES US.
I GUESS IT'S JUST, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN ALL THESE DOCUMENTS.
I'M TRYING TO REVIEW 'EM REALLY QUICK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE RESOLUTION, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ONE FOR EACH ONE EACH STEP.
AND SO WHAT THEY, WHAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S SETTING A FEW PEOPLE TO BE YOUR DECISION MAKERS TO SIGN OFF FOR MOVEMENT OF FUNDS.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COURT UNDERSTANDS THAT AND THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW EACH ONE SO THAT YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN UH, WELL THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT WHEN I READ THE, THE FIRST, THAT THAT HAD MORE THAN ONE DECISION.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M COMFORTABLE WITH GOVERNMENT MONEY.
IF ONE PERSON DECIDE DON CARE, TAKE TO MOVE IT TODAY, MOVE IT SOMEWHERE, NOBODY EVEN ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT IT.
WELL, THAT'S PRETTY WELL HOW WE'VE BEEN.
I KNOW, BUT I, IT'S, I MEAN I, I MEAN I GUESS THE COURT COULD, COULD PASS AN ORDER OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WOULD SUPERSEDE THE STATE LAW.
SO WE CAN GET SOME ADVICE ON THAT.
THE GOAL IS TO ALWAYS KEEP THE COURT.
I KNOW, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS, I, IT WE CAN WHAT? SURE.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA ASK THE QUESTION.
SO WHAT IS PRIME? UH, JUDGE, I HAVE BEEN FOCUSED DOWN ON DOCUMENT SETS FOR TWO DAYS.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED IT WAS ABOUT 1.72%.
SOME OF THESE ARE PAYING MORE THAN TWO.
WELL, ALL ON, ON ALL THE, ALL OF THE POOLS IN A VERY, VERY CLOSE RANGE OF VALUES.
NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT CDS OF MORE THAN ONE YEAR, THEN THEN YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS, UH, THAT WE'LL GET MORE THAN ONE.
SO I THINK MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAD SEEN, WHICH FROM SAMUEL VAUGHN FINANCIAL, NORTHEASTERN, HIS PROFORMA PORTFOLIO, SOME OF THE, THE TRANSPORTATION BOND MONEY THAT'S ON OUT THERE BEFORE, DON'T TOUCH, YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE A GOOD PLACE I WOULD MUCH INTEREST, BUT I THINK THERE, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, WE WILL COME TO THE COURT, KEEP THE COURT INFORMED.
BUT MOVING MONEY, I'M NOT SAYING ANYBODY DO ANYTHING WRONG.
I SAYING, I'M JUST SAYING THAT I DON'T WANT ACTUALLY PUT US IN A JAM BECAUSE ALL SUDDEN WAS SOMEWHERE AND SO WE DIDN'T, AND IT'S JUST THE, THE MOVING, THE MOVING MONEY AMONG THE POOLS, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, FULLY LIQUID.
THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE, WE MAY DO, YOU KNOW, MAY MOVE FROM ONE POOL TO THE NEXT.
BUT AGAIN, ALWAYS MY GOAL AND I'M NOT PERFECT, BUT MY GOAL IS TO ALWAYS TELL THE COMMISSIONER BY EMAIL, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS MONEY IN THIS POOL OR WE'RE GONNA BRING THIS MONEY BACK.
SO I GUESS I WOULD LOOK OVER TO KAREN AND REBECCA AND WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THIS AS FAR AS THE COURT MAY WANT TO REVIEW ALL THE RESOLUTIONS? IT MAKES ME NO DIFFERENCE.
I JUST WANT TO SPEED IT UP AND KAREN MAY HAVE AN OPINION.
I'M SURE KAREN WILL HAVE, OH, I HAVE AN OPINION ON IT THAT NEED TO HEAR FROM LEGAL FIRST.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO REVIEW IT.
AND SO WHETHER YOU WANNA APPROVE OR TABLE APPROVE UP UPON REVIEW OR A TABLE, I'D KIND LIKE YOU REVIEW IT BEFORE WE PASS IT.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, ACTUALLY.
THAT'S HOW WE, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN, AND SINCE I GOT 'EM THE OTHER DAY AND I HAVE HERE BEEN READING AND LOOKING HIM, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD.
BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED TO GET TO THIS DAY SO WE COULD PRECIPITATE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
I NEITHER WANT, I DO NOT WANT TO GO TOO QUICKLY.
Y'ALL KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S MONEY AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT, IT IS ONE THING FOR APPLE FOR US TO DO IT ON TAPE.
IN OTHER WORDS, 'CAUSE IT IS PAPER, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SOLID.
SO IT MAKES ME NERVOUS, BROTHER.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
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AGREE.AND THERE'S A REASON, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU START DEALING WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND WHEN THE SHERIFF CAN'T PAY HIS DEPUTIES, HE'S GOING BE UPSET.
WELL, WE'RE NOT HEADED DOWN THAT.
BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST IN REVIEWING YESTERDAY I FOUND TAX ID NUMBER THAT WAS ON A DOCUMENT THAT WASN'T RIGHT.
I MEAN, IT IT IS A LOT OF STUFF.
AARON, DID YOU WISH TO INTERJECT? SO, NO, THE PART I'D LIKE FOR LEGAL TO LOOK FOR ME FOR IS BECAUSE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE MM-HMM
SAYS THAT THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S SUPPOSED TO COUNTERSIGN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, THAT'S WHAT THING, ONE THING, MY OPINION IS YOU NEED TWO OR THREE OF THESE ARE, ARE TEXAS BANKS AND INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
WHY AREN'T THEY FOLLOWING LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND REQUIRING TWO SIGNATURES? WELL, THAT MAY BE, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE FAIR QUESTION.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT YOU AND LEGAL ALL TALK ABOUT THIS, THAT YOU'RE OUR AUDITOR AND THEY'RE ILLEGAL.
SO LET'S, LET'S ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT.
AND I MEAN, DISTRICT BE A GREAT INTERESTING READING TOO.
LEMME TELL YOU IT, IT'S HARD TO, TO ME AT NINE 30 ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
OKAY, WELL TO MOVE ALONG, I THINK BEST WOULD BE FOR US TO TAKE THIS.
AND UNTIL WE GET ALL THE, THE WRINKLES WORKED OUT AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND MAYBE DO WHATEVER, MAYBE DO, UH, ADOPT THESE AND RESOLUTION AT THE SAME TIME.
AND, UH, MAKE SURE WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT THE AUDITOR HAS RAISED TOO.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN GOING SLOWLY BECAUSE THIS IS NEW FOR ALL OF US.
NOW ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO DISCUSS AND PROVING THE ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR 75 ROAD PROJECTS BETWEEN COUNTY AND IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE THIS JOHN AND THIS TRUTH.
AND UH, SO THIS ISN'T OUR MONEY, THIS IS JUST THE STATE MONEY.
THIS IS COLLECTING A STATE MONEY, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND UH, JOHN HAS PUT IT TOGETHER, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
HE HAD UH, OTHER, ANOTHER COMMITMENT HE HAD ALREADY MADE, BUT HE FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET THIS ON TO GET IT MOVED.
COMMISSIONER, THIS IS IN YOUR PRECINCT AND YOU'VE BEEN WAITING LONG.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND MR. BARBARA SECOND.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO FOR THE FM 1 48 BYPASS PROJECT 20 KAMAN COUNTY.
AND HOW THE AMOUNT OF 1,000,300 24,204 AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE YEAR, THIS IS THE 1 48, 2 0 5 80 OME, ALL THAT EXPANSION.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION ACCEPT THAT WE HAVE A MOTION FROM UH, RICHARD BARBER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A THOSE OPPOSED AND I OBJECT? YES, MA'AM.
WHO'S OVER? UM, WHAT PRECINCT WOULD BE OVER THE 2 73 25 15 COUNTY ROADS? TWO MY CONSENT, BUT WHAT WAS THE OTHER THE, I THINK IT WAS EITHER 25 15 OR 27 15, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANYWAY, UM, I HAD TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE STATE THIS MORNING FOR ITS TO ASK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
SO I'VE GOT THAT SENT TO ITS THIS MORNING JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.
DID WE, DO YOU THINK, UH, NUMBER SEVEN, IS THAT NOT THE ONE 40 BYPASS? IT'S GOING TIE TO 1 7 5.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONE OVER IN BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PULL MANY OF THOSE TOGETHER.
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I, THAT'S TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST DOING THE WORK ON ONE MAY MOM DOING THE OTHER ONE.
NUMBER EIGHT IS TO HEAR FROM CONSTABLE JASON JOHNSON, UH, TO DISCUSS HIMSELF THROUGH THE INTER AGREEMENT FOR CALL COUNTY CONSTABLE FOR PATROL SERVICES AND DISTRICT FIVE AND CONS, UH, DA'S OFFICE ON THIS CONTRACT.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
SO TELL US WHAT YOU GOT ON YOUR MIND.
UH, THE DEVELOPER FOR CLEMENS RANCH, UH, REACHED OUT TO COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, UH, EARLY PART OF JANUARY WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT THE WINDOW FARMS CONTRACT AND HOW WELL IT WAS GOING.
THEY WANTED THE SAME TYPE OF PATROL SERVICES FOR CLEMANS RANCH.
UM, AFTER WORKING TIRELESSLY, THE DA'S OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WORK OUT A CONTRACT SIMILAR TO THE WIND FARMS, UH, PATROL CONTRACT.
AND THEY'RE GONNA START OUT WITH 40 HOURS A WEEK FOR PATROL SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING IS GOING ON, NOBODY IS ROBBING FROM THEIR HOUSES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING MAINTAINS A SAFE LIVING AREA, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT WE'VE UH, COME UP WITH WAS BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, THE SAME CONTRACT AS WEILL FARMS, WHICH IS GONNA BE FOR 40 HOURS.
CLEMENTS RANCHES AGREED TO PAY FOR THE DEPUTY, ALL THE INSURANCE BENEFITS.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO GONNA DONATE THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THE PATROL FOR 40 HOURS A WEEK.
UM, THE DEVELOPER ALSO SAID THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT GOING 24 7 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN OFFICER OVER THERE, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
RIGHT NOW THEY JUST WANTED TO GET SOMETHING UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THAT MANY HOMES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OVER THERE.
THERE'RE GONNA BE, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT 3,800 ON, ON THE PLANT.
RIGHT? THIS VERY MANY ON CLEMENTS, ON CLEMENTS AND TRINITY ACROSS, ACROSS THE SPRING.
AND WHERE THEY STARTED AT IS IF YOU TAKE SEVEN 40 TO LAKE GRAY HARBOR BOULEVARD AND MAKE A LEFT, THEY HAD STARTED JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAKE HARBOR BOULEVARD.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST SOUTH OF TRAVIS RANCH, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP FROM SEVEN 40 AND FOUR 60, ALL OF THAT AREA ALL THE WAY DOWN.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE GROWTH DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING UP.
IF THE COMMISSIONER WOULD WRITTEN ABOUT ME OVER LUNCH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A TEAR OF, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE.
BUT, SO THE DEVELOPER DID SEND US, OVERNIGHTED US A COPY, UH, FROM THE DA'S OFFICE WITH THE SIGNATURES ON IT SO WE COULD PRESENT IT TO COMMISSIONER COURT FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONERS, UH, STEVE, YOU'VE KIND OF BEEN THE LEAD PERSON ON THIS AND I KNOW THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS, UH, PARTICIPATED AS WELL.
THEY HAVE, THEY, I GUESS THEY TOOK ALL THE CONTRACTS AND, AND PUT 'EM TOGETHER AND REBECCA AND KAREN WORKED TIRELESS.
THEY ON IT AND UH, THEY THINK THAT THEY'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT CONTRACT THAT NOT ONLY DOES IT MAKE CERTAIN, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME ISSUES OVER CAR ALASKA DEAL, BUT THIS ONE WHOLEHEARTEDLY TAKES CARE OF ALL THAT.
UH, THERE WON'T BE ANY ISSUES OVER ANYTHING THAT I KNOW OF.
AND ALSO THERE'S A 30 DAY CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT.
SO IF WE DECIDE THAT WE DON'T WANNA DO IT ANYMORE, WE JUST GIVE A 30 DAY NOTICE AND IT'S OVER AND ALL THE BENEFITS COME TO US AND THERE'S NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE COUNTY THAT I CAN FIND.
AND I DON'T THINK KAREN OR REBECCA CAN FIND EITHER OF COST.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SURE OF IT.
AND, UH, SO KIND OF THE WAY I FEEL IS THAT IF WE GET TO ADD AN OFFICER IN A CAR, IT COST US NOTHING, THEN IT HAS TO BE A BENEFIT FROM THE COUNTY JUST HAVING MORE CONTROL OFFICER.
WE, UH, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UH, WORK, BUT PARTICULARLY THE INVESTIGATION PART OF THE, UH, WHEN WE HAVE A CONSTABLE OR ANYBODY, ANY PARTICULAR AGENCY THAT DOES WORK AND COME A PRIVATE SECURITY, NOT, IT'D OBVIOUSLY BE OUR EQUIPMENT AND OUR HAND POWER PAID AS SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND I THINK WE, UH, WORKED THROUGH MANY OF THOSE ISSUES YESTERDAY.
I THINK WE DID THE SHERIFF AND THERE MAY STILL BE A FEW LITTLE THINGS OUT THERE THAT WILL NEED TO THROUGH.
IT'S PRIMARILY THE INVESTIGATIVE PART OF IT AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
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UH, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AND UH, STILL MAY HAVE A FEW THINGS WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH.UH, BUT MY POSITION HAS BEEN THIS PUTS AN EXTRA OFFICER ON THE STREET, UH, THAT'S BEING PAID FOR BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
UH, THAT, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT APPEARS TO ME TO BE A GOOD THING, UH, DEALT IN DETAILS AS WE WE'VE DISCUSSED, BUT HOPEFULLY WE BE ABLE ALL OF THAT AND GET THAT STARTED.
SO SEE IF, IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THE SHERIFF WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US HERE, REPORT ABOUT HIS CONCERN.
AND I THINK WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THOSE.
I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME ISSUES TO WORK THROUGH.
UH, MY BIG CONCERN WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE A WORKSHOP WITH ALL THE OTHER CONSTABLES AND EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT A FLAT FIELD ACROSS THE END OF THE DAY.
I THINK IT'S A LOT EASIER WHEN EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED IN THE SAME THING AND KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE ACTUALLY TAPED THIS LAST, UH, FIRST REPORT WAS, AND UH, I I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOME KIND OF WORKSHOP ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE ALL THE DETAILS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE CONSTABLES AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
I'M, I'M SEEING THERE'S KIND OF THE APPEARANCE HERE THAT WE'RE GETTING IN THE PRIVATE SECURITY BUSINESS AND IF, IF, UH, A COMMUNITY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAS SOMEBODY TO PAY TO HAVE PRIVATE SECURITY FOR THEM, THEN THEY'RE DOING IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT LIABILITY HERE AS FAR AS HOW THAT WORKS OUT.
I MEAN, I MAY BE TOTALLY OUT, OUT RANGE HERE.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING LEGAL WOULD'VE TO MAYBE DEFINE BETTER.
BUT, UH, I JUST, IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME WE'RE, WE'RE DOING PRIVATE SECURITY WORK FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I JUST, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UH, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT WITH WINDMILL FARM.
THAT'S WHAT SHERIFF BURNS GAVE.
WELL, 'CAUSE ANOTHER CONCERN WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 30 DAY CLAUSE IN THERE WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET OUT.
I ASSUME THEY CAN'T DO AND WITH END, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY JUST DOESN'T SAY, WE DON'T WANNA DO THIS ANYMORE.
NOW ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO START PAYING THIS DEPUTY SALARY? ARE WE GONNA LAY THE GUY OFF? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? I MEAN, HOW'S ALL THAT GONNA WORK OUT? YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD EITHER BE OUR EMPLOYEE OR NOT BE OUR EMPLOYEE.
AND IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS PAYING THE SALARY, HE'S NOT REALLY NOT OUR EMPLOYEE.
WELL THE MONEY PASSES THROUGH THE COUNTY, SO I BELIEVE HE WOULD BE HE'S OUR EMPLOYEE.
I MEAN ON PAPER HE IS, HE'S OUR EMPLOYEE.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS HE'S BEING PAID FOR BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND IF THEY DECIDE NOT TO PAY FOR IT ANYMORE, NOW WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THAT DEPUTY? I MEAN, UNLESS HE WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB.
THAT'S WHAT I, IT'D BE, IT'S JUST LIKE OUR, WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.
WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER LIKE JERRY ONLY HIS MONEY ONLY COMES FROM YEAH.
SO IF WE LOSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACT, WE LOSE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS GETTING SO THICK, WE HAVE SO MANY POPULATION GROWING SO STRONG OVER THERE.
PEOPLE JUST WANT TO SEE A PATROL CAR DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
SEE, THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE A SECURITY.
CAR YELLOW BLINKER ON IT OR SOMETHING.
THEY WANNA SEE AN ACTUAL POLICE OFFICER.
WELL IT DOES COME TO, AND WE KIND OF HAVE A HARD TIME, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, SHOWING A POLICE PRESENCE WHEN THEY'RE MAKING CALLS.
UM, AND THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT A CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, WHETHER IT'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT AT LEAST THEY ARE IN THEIR PRECINCT MM-HMM
SO IF THEY DO HAVE TO MAKE A CALL, THEY WILL BE BACK VERY
THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING AND I JUST, I JUST CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.
AND THE DA'S OFFICE CAN'T EITHER.
THE DA'S OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THE LEGALITY OF THE CONTRACT.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PHONE IN THAT FILE.
WE'VE TALKED OFFLINE ABOUT IT.
WE, THAT'S A DECISION FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO DECIDE.
BUT THE CONTRACT AND KAREN THE CHIEF, WE HAVE NO A PROBLEM WITH THE CONTRACT.
THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THE CONTRACT.
REBECCA AND KAREN WORKED THAT OTHERWISE POLICY, OTHERWISE IT'S YOUR POLICY.
OH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY PROBLEM WITH THE, THERE'S NOT A, A PROBLEM WITH WE'VE BEEN DOING IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE.
UH, MR. JARED, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, AS FAR AS GETTING WORKED OUT IN INVESTIGATIONS AND ALL THAT GOES? OR THERE STILL SOME ISSUES OUT THERE? THERE'S STILL, SO I GUESS, UH, QUESTION YOU REPHRASE THE QUESTION.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH AFTER THE DISCUSSION WE HAD YESTERDAY
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THAT IF WE CHOSE TO MOVE OR IF WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THAT THOSE, UH, DETAILS STILL CAN BE WORKED OUT? SOME SORT OF PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE CONFERENCE OFFICE SHERIFF? I THINK SO WITH MY, MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS Y'ALL'S CONTRACT.I WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
NUMBER ONE CONCERN WOULD BE THAT ALL OF US WOULD BE THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AT THE END OF THE DAY AND GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY DESERVE.
EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR.
UH, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT A WORKSHOP.
AND, UH, WE, WE DO THAT UH, COULD SLOW US DOWN LITTLE BIT ON TRYING TO GET THE SERVICES THAT, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING.
UH, BUT I'M HOPING TO COMMISSIONER YOU WHAT YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT.
I KNOW WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY ISSUES THAT'S COME UP BECAUSE I'VE NOT BEEN THAT INVOLVED IN IT.
I DO CONCERN WITH THE COUNTY LIABILITY JUST TO MAKE SURE IF THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE INVESTIGATION, IF THERE IS SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN, THAT IT IS DONE CORRECTLY.
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE INS AND OUTS, HOW THAT'S SUPPOSED TO OPERATE IF SOMEONE HAS TO BE CERTIFIED IN CRIME SCENE.
IF HE IS OR IS NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, AS LONG AS OUR CITIZEN, IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, WE END UP IN THE LEGAL SITUATION.
IF WE DO EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT REGARDING LIABILITY, IT'S THE SAME FOR ANY OFFICER, SHERIFF CONSTABLE, THIS CONTRACT REGULAR.
IT'S LIKE ANY IN INCREASED LIABILITY.
IT'S NOT ANY DECREASED LIABILITY.
IT'S LIABILITY AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PERIOD.
AND THE 30 DAY THING, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I MEAN IT'S A TWO WAY STREET WORKS TO ADVANTAGE, BUT IT COULD WORK AGAINST US AS WELL.
UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO BE LOOKED AT OR JUST LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS? I SUPPOSE AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE COULD ALWAYS ISSUE WE'RE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY BUILT THE 30 DAY PART IN THERE.
WHAT WE'RE THE ONES THAT PUT THE 30 DAY IN THERE? OKAY.
SO I MEAN THAT IT IS SO THAT WE COULD RELEASE AND AS LONG AS THAT OFFICER WON'T DO IT, IF WE DO THIS THEN OFFICERS HIRED, HE NEEDS TO KNOW, THEY NEED TO KNOW THERE IS A CONTRACT, YOU HAVE A JOB AND, AND CORRECT.
THE OFFICERS DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE UNDER A CONTRACT AND IF THAT CONTRACT HANDS AGAINST, THEN THEY NO LONGER HAVE, WE'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO COME UP WITH MONEY TO, TO COVER THEM OR TO FIT THEIR BILL.
THEY ARE IN A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING.
SO, UH, MORE DISCUSSION OR WE READY? I I JUST DON'T, I THINK I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
WE, WE DO HAVE A, HAVE A SMALL ISSUE IN THE ACCOUNTING PART OF IT SIMPLY BECAUSE IF ONE OFFICER IS 50% GRANT AND 50% DOING THIS, THEY'RE TOLD UP FRONT WHEN YOU SEND THOSE INVOICES IN OR YOU SEND THAT TIME IN, YOU NEED TO MARK IT.
AND WE'RE HAVING A BUNCH OF CORRECTIONS TO DO TO MAKE IT, BECAUSE IF THE GRANT'S NOT RIGHT AND WE SUBMIT THE WRONG FINANCIAL INFORMATION, WE LOSE THE GRANT.
SO THERE IS SOME SOME ACCOUNTING ISSUES THERE ALSO.
AND I WILL, UH, I WOULD ASSUME TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO JUST, UH, THAT'S A SEPARATE THING THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT'S NOT THIS CONTRACT, IT'S A SEPARATE CONTRACT.
WE ALREADY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE ONES THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE SO MUCH EASIER IF WE JUST HAD A BIG REVENUE LINE ITEM FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS AND THEN THE SALARIES COVERED WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AND NOT HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF IT OVER HERE AND 50% OVER HERE.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD TO MAKE HIS DEPARTMENTS SEPARATE SOME STUFF SO WE CAN KEEP IT SEPARATED FOR REPORTING PURPOSES.
SO ARE YOU WANTING TO AMEND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OR DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND WAIT AND DO THAT? I'LL DO THAT AFTER YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS.
AND EITHER APPROVE IT OR NOT APPROVE IT.
NO, I WANT THIS TO BE, I WANT THIS TO BE AS SMOOTH AS IT POSSIBLY CAN BE.
AND NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH UH, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND SO, BUT I THINK WE
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NEED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL.AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, LET'S SAY THIS, THIS IS APPROVED AND WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER ONE APPROVED OR WHATEVER.
SO WE CAN HAVE HALF A DOZEN AND WE, WHO KNOWS? WE DON'T KNOW.
I'M JUST, WHO THINKING DOWN, DOWN THE ROAD HERE, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY JOBS WE HAVE? MM-HMM
YOU DON'T, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, ACCOUNTABILITY IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE PAPERWORK WISE.
WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT EMPLOYEE? HOW'S THAT GONNA BE PAID FOR? WHERE'S THE OFFICE SPACE? WELL, AND, AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO THAT AND IF WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COVER THE PAPERWORK SIDE OF IT, UH, THEN IT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN WHATEVER COST THAT WE ARE GIVING TO THAT DEVELOPER AT THE TIME.
SO AGAIN, IT IS AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY WHATSOEVER.
IS THAT IN THE CONTRACT? IT IS IN THE CONTRACT.
AND IT'S CLEARLY IDENTIFIED THAT, UH, THE DA AND, AND WE ALL WENT THROUGH AND MADE SURE THAT ALL THE I'S WERE CROSSED AND T'S WERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE WINDMILL FARMS CONTRACT WAS KIND OF AN OPEN-ENDED AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN EVERYTHING GOT REVAMPED TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE, THE COUNTY WAS COVERED AND A HOLE AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER WAS COVERED IN A HOLE.
BUT WE ALSO HAD A WAY OUT AND IT WAS NOT GONNA COST COUNTY ANY MONEY.
THERE'S ONE MORE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT THIS OFFICER THAT'S ON THIS CONTRACT GETS INJURED, HE'S OUT ON WORKER'S COMP, HOW ARE WE GONNA FILL THAT SPOT WHEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT THAT GUY WAS HIRED FOR THAT JOB.
ARE YOU GONNA HAVE TO PULL GUYS OFF OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT HERE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO COVER THAT CONTRACT? YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NOT GONNA COST THE COUNTY ANY MONEY BECAUSE THE OFFICER, DEPENDING ON HOWEVER LONG HE'S GONE, HIS MEDICAL IS GONNA BE PAID UNDER THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
IF WE NEED TO COVER THOSE POSITIONS DURING HIS SCHEDULED PATROL TIME, AN OFFICER CAN TAKE VACATION TIME OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT AND COVER THAT BEAT UNTIL WE CAN GET THAT COVERED OR UNTIL THAT OFFICER COMES BACK AND THEN AN OFFICER DOESN'T COME BACK.
AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, OKAY, WELL HOW ARE WE GONNA HANDLE THIS? IS THIS GONNA BE A COMPLETE 100% WORK AND COMMISSION OR IS IT GONNA BE DISABILITY? HOW DO WE ROTATE THIS THING OUT? I KNOW THAT WE WENT INTO GREAT DETAIL ON THIS CONTRACT, IDENTIFYING EVERY ASPECT THAT NEEDED TO BE COVERED.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PRECINCTS GONNA HAVE THESE AGREEMENTS? I MEAN, I, I JUST WONDERED, I LIVE IN FARNEY.
I LIKE, BUT WHAT IS SO PARTICULAR ABOUT CORN THAT WE GOTTA PROTECT THEM WHEN THE SHERIFF'S PROTECTING EVERYBODY ELSE.
WELL, THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THESE, ALL I KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE SOME IN CRANDLE, UH, THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.
AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT ONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE ANY MORE ANYWHERE ELSE THAT'S FARMLAND.
YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN YOUR AREA WHERE THEY SOLD ALL THOSE LOTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF LIKE THEY'RE GONNA NEED SOMEBODY TO, AND THEY START BUILDING THOSE 200 SOMETHING THOUSAND HOMES AND THAT WOULD BE WHEN THE DEVELOPER COMES FORWARD AND ASKS FOR, WANTS TO PAY FOR IT.
THEIR COMMISSIONER OR THEIR UH, CONSTABLE OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN EACH, IN MY OPINION, EACH CONTRACT WOULD DEPEND UPON THE, ANY SPECIAL NEEDS OR SERVICES THAT PARTICULAR AREA MIGHT BE, MIGHT HAVE.
YEAH, I THINK THE MAJORITY OF, OF THIS TO ME IS MORE OF A DETERRENT THAN IT IS ACTUAL TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CATCH SOMEBODY AN ACT NECESSARILY.
THE MORE POLICE PRESIDENTS ARE, THEY'RE GONNA GO NEXT DOOR.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA STAY IN THAT AREA.
THEY'RE GONNA GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO WE HOPELY PUSH 'EM ON OVER THE ROCK WALL.
THEY, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF HOMES IN BUILDING.
IT'S JUST BUSY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST BUSY AND IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S A SMALL TOWN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BY ITSELF WITHOUT, SO IT'S JUST CRAZY.
YOU CAN'T PUT THAT MANY PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN TIME MAYBE THERE WILL BE A LEGISLATIVE FIX OR MAYBE SOME OF THE LEGISLATURE MIGHT DO, I DUNNO WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
BUT, UH, I MAYBE THE POLICE DON'T CLEAN THOUGH.
I MEAN WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COUNTY THAT'S EXPERIENCING THE KIND OF GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING.
AND SO IT MAY BE, WE CAN, UH, LEARN AND SEE IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY OR A DIFFERENT WAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTIES DOING EXACTLY THIS AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COUNTY THAT'S DOING SUBDIVISION CONTRACTS.
I MEAN EVEN DALLAS THEMSELVES HAVE THEIR OWN CONTRACTS WITHIN THE CITY OF LIMITS.
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RIGHT.SO DALLAS PD GOES OUT, THEY USE A PATROL CAR, BASICALLY THE SAME TYPE OF CONTRACT.
'CAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND OUR COUNTY'S GROWING, IT'S DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP.
OFFICERS ARE WANTING TO GO TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HIGH PAYING AND STUFF WHERE THEY CAN GROW AND THE COMMUNITIES CAN'T KEEP UP AND THEY'RE LOSING OFFICER PRESENCE.
AND SO THIS IS ONE WAY THAT THEY'RE CHOOSING TO DO THIS.
AND IT'S NOT COSTING US ANYTHING MORE POWER.
I KNOW IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THEY EVEN FURNISH THE POLICE CAR UP FOR THEM TO RIDE IN AND PAY THEM AND CONTRACTS THE OFFICER JUST GOES OVER AND GOES, HE'S GETTING PAID BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
HE'S DRIVING THE DALLAS POLICE, POLICE, POLICE.
AND WE EVEN HAVE A CONTINGENCY PERCENTAGE JUST IN CASE IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG WE CAN PULL FROM THAT IN BOTH OF THE CONTRACTS WITH NOT ONLY HARFORD, NOT ONLY WINDMILL FARM, BUT UH, THAT THAT SAME PROVISION IS IN THERE.
WELL, UNDERNEATH THE LAW IT STATES THAT YOU GOTTA DO 100%.
THE GOVERNMENT CODE TELLS YOU YOU HAVE TO COLLECT ONE, YOU CAN'T DO 90.
ARE WE READY FOR THE QUESTION? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, UH, TO ACCEPT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AS LISTED AND AS, SO ME THIS CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, WE HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
OKAY, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE, UH, UH, ITEM NINE.
THIS IS ALSO FOR CONS JOHNSON TO DISCUSS AND ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE DONATION OF A NEW VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE CONTRACT BETWEEN COUNTY CONS TWO AND TALK COUNTY MUNICIPAL DISTRICT FIVE.
THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT WE HAD ON THE AGENDA I THINK LAST TIME AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE GRIEVANCE.
YEAH, YOUR LEDGER ON, UH, ON THIS ITEM.
UM, SO THE DEVELOPER WENT AHEAD AND ALREADY CUT A CHECK.
AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THEY'RE GOING TO FULLY FUND THE VEHICLE AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT GOES IN THE VEHICLE, HE'S ALREADY, UM, SENT US A CHECK, OVERNIGHTED IT AND DIRECTED IT TO, UM, A PURSUIT IN ROYCE CITY TO PURCHASE ALL THE EQUIPMENT.
UM, AS WELL AS WE FOUND A VEHICLE THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA PURCHASE AND HE'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE VEHICLE OUTRIGHT.
AND, AND IT'S NOT COSTING THE COUNTY ANY MONEY WHATSOEVER.
UM, THE, UH, IT'S EVEN WORDED IN THE CONTRACT THAT THE TITLE WOULD BE DIRECTED STRAIGHT TO THE COUNTY.
UM, SO THAT WAY THERE WOULD NEED TO BE NO, UM, WHERE'S THE TITLE GONNA GO? OR WHOSE VEHICLE IT IS TO HAVE THE VIN NUMBER LISTED TO IT AND THE WHOLE NINE ONE.
SO IT WOULD BE DONATED TO THE THAT IS CORRECT? YES, SIR.
IT'S NOT GOING YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THAT HE'S ISSUING A CHECK AND IT'S GOING THROUGH, IT'S NOT COMING THROUGH THE COUNTY TO PAY FOR THIS? THAT IS CORRECT.
IT'S GOING STRAIGHT TO WE'RE NOT ORDERING ANYTHING.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THE EQUIPMENT WE LOOKED THAT WAY? THAT THAT IS CORRECT? YES.
HE ACTUALLY OVERNIGHTED THE CHECK TO US ALREADY.
UM, AND IT WAS MADE OUT STRAIGHT TO PURSUIT FOR ALL THE EQUIPMENT.
SO IT IS NOT LINKED TO THE COUNTY.
WE WILL HAVE TO THEN HE'LL JUST DONATE THE CAR AND EQUIPMENT TO THE COUNTY.
YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE AMOUNT 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO RECORD IT.
NO, BUT WHEN HE DONATES IT, YOU WILL.
AND I MEAN, AS, AS SOON AS WE RECEIVED THE CHECK IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED UH, KAREN AND REBECCA, THEY KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO WE, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE AMOUNT OF A QUICK YES AND THEN SOON HE ES THE CAR.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO UH, ACCEPT THE DONATION OF THIS VEHICLE FOR THE CLAIMANTS BRANCH CONTROL.
THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S, IS IT THE VEHICLE OR THIS FOR THE VEHICLE AND, OKAY.
AND EQUIP I DID SAY THAT A SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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10 IS TO, IT'S ALSO PRIOR READ DISCUSSION EXCEPT AND APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THEIR LOCAL AGREEMENT, THE ENFORCEMENT LAW, IMPORTANT SERVICES FROM TALTON COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO AND THE TAKIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT NUMBER ONE B AND ONE C.AND WE HAVE A DOCUMENT ON THAT.
AS YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THE WINDMILL FARMS CONTRACT.
UM, WE STARTED OUT WITH 40 HOURS, MOVED UP TO 60 HOURS AND NOW WE'RE WANTING TO DO 80 HOURS.
UM, SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE DOING AGAIN, UH, MS. REBECCA AND KAREN, UM, GOT WITH THE, THE WATER BOARD AND MADE AN, AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT ADDING THE ADDITIONAL 20 HOURS, WHICH WINDOW FARMS IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE ADDITIONAL 20 HOURS TO MAKE A, WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A FULL-TIME AND A PART-TIME OFFICER.
WE HAVE TWO FULL-TIME OFFICERS DOING THE EIGHT HOURS.
IS THIS FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE TOO? NO MA'AM, IT IS NOT.
SO YOU'RE HAVING TWO OFFICERS, ONE VEHICLE.
AND THAT WAS WHAT WE AGREED TO AT THE BEGINNING.
THAT THE, TO EASE THE COST OFF OF 'EM, TWO OFFICERS CAN USE ONE VEHICLE, ONE WILL PATROL AND THEN WE WILL GET OFF AND THE NEXT ONE WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE AND PATROL THE, OKAY.
YOU HAVE THIS ITEM, UH, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON IT? THIS IS, UH, ALSO THERE'S AMENDMENT.
THE AGREEMENT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE.
COMMISSIONER, THIS IS IN YOUR YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
SO WE'RE JUST ADD SOME HOURS TO THE SECOND OFFICER.
DO WE HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE OPPOSED, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS JOHNSON TO DISCUSS FROM PARTTIME TO FULLTIME AMENDMENT TO THE INTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN DALTON COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO AND DALTON COUNTY CREDIT BY DUTY NUMBER ONE BEING ONE C.
UM, AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, DEPUTY FRI IS THE ONE THAT'S BEEN WORKING PART-TIME UNDER THE WINDMILL FARM CONTRACT.
SO THIS WILL MOVE HIM TO FULLTIME UNDER ALL THE BENEFITS.
EVERYTHING IS ALREADY SET UP WITH HR.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY RECEIVING THE BENEFIT, RIGHT? HE'S ALREADY RECEIVING THE BENEFIT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND UH, LOOK FORWARD ISSUES COME UP.
WE FORWARD TO ADDRESSING THOSE AT THAT POINT.
LET'S MOVE NOW TO UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 AND THIS IS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER PLANNING COMMISSION TO ADVERTISE AND SOLICIT OF PUBLIC LOCATED AT 14 8 43 HIGHWAY 2 43 AND IT'S IDENTIFIED AS PROBABLY ID NUMBER 8 4 6 7.
ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS THE, UH, PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO SOLICIT THE FIFTH.
UH, COMMISSIONER HUNTS BROUGHT ALL THIS TO ME AND UM, WE DEVELOPED A SPECIFICATION AND NOW WE NEED TO SOLICIT.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, UH, TO APPROVE THIS LISTING BIDS.
SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECOND MOTION.
OPPOSED? AND THIS IS KIND OF A NEW, UH, NEW THING FOR US, BUT UH, BASED ON WHAT I'VE UNDERSTAND, IT'S PROBABLY MUCH NEEDED.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU EVERY MUCH LISA.
AND NEXT IS, UH, TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CENTURY LI TO PROVIDE IT SERVICES.
JUDGE, IT'S JUST A FOLLOW UP FROM LAST WEEK.
SHE, UH, HAD FOUR REQUIREMENTS TO WENT TO CENTURY LAKE AND THEY'VE APPROVED IN THE CONTRACT.
BUT REBECCA MIGHT WANT ONLY COMMENTARY I HAVE IS THAT CENTURYLINK ACCEPTED ALL OF OUR REQUESTS FOR CHANGES REGARDING, UM, NO WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, NO BINDING ARBITRATION, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND THEY ALSO ADDED IN A CLAUSE ENABLING THE COUNTY TO CHANGE OUR SITE AS ONE
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OF THE TERMINATION.I FORGET THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE THAT GEORGIA ASKED FOR IT IN CASE WE RELOCATED ONE OF OUR POINTS, UM, ON OUR GRID.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE PRICING STRUCTURE AND FUNDING, I'M GONNA PASS IT BACK TO GEORGIA HEARING TO GO THROUGH THAT.
WELL, ESSENTIALLY WE WENT OVER IT LAST WEEK AND UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM OUR DISCUSSION LAST WEEK, WE'D BE HAPPY.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
NO, IT'S GONNA BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT.
THIS ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH DISCUSSION REPLACING, THERE IS A JAR, HE CALLS IT A PARA, I CALL IT A BIG ROUND DISH.
AND UH, SO IT'S THERE AND UH, BUT WE'LL BE MOVING FROM THAT TECHNOLOGY TO THE OTHER, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ROOFING SYSTEM, I THINK, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT LEAVING THE DISH UP THERE AND UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT JUST IN CASE SOMETHING WOULD TO HAPPEN THAT WORKING WITH, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY WILL DO A, UH, UM, A DIFFERENT, BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, SMALLER AND I HOPE THAT WE TO TOWER.
SO AGAIN, WELL THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD, BIDING OUT ROOF ABOUT.
AND WE, WE'VE GOT A LEAK IN THE LOWER PART OF THAT BUILDING, UH, THAT WE'VE JUST ABSOLUTELY GOTTA ADDRESS.
SO, AND LISA WORKING ON GETTING BIDS ON THAT, WHICH WE HAVE MONEY BUDGET YOU WANNA ADD? WHERE'S THE FUNDING COMING FROM WITH THIS? SO DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST WEEK IS THERE IN, IN THE FOURTH FISCAL QUARTER THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF TIME OR KILLING ALL THE OLD CIRCUITS AND TURNING THINGS DOWN AND BRINGING THE OTHERS UP.
SO THERE IS, THERE IS A CHANCE THAT, UM, WE MAY HAVE MORE THAT'LL COST US MORE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
ULTIMATELY THOUGH, WITH THE SAVINGS, WE'RE SEEING GOING TO TELEWORK PHONES AND REMOTE SITES AGAIN IN 2013, THE PLANNING WE BUILT THE ELC WAS INSTALL THE MITEL 3,300.
WE DRIVE THE REMOTE PHONE FROM THERE AND UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
SO IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA TURN UP ALL THE PHONES HERE, WHICH WILL CUT, WE'LL BE CUTTING.
ESSENTIALLY ALL THE CENTURYLINK BILLS ARE PAYING OUT WILL PRETTY MUCH GO AWAY.
UM, WE HAVE GAINED ABOUT A $1,500, UH, SAVINGS FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
AND WE'LL CONSOLIDATE ONE RING CIRCUIT.
SO WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE BE BE SECOND, BUT THE FOURTH QUARTER BE AN ORDER.
SO, SO WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THE MONEY? WELL, AND THAT WHAT I'M FIXING TO THAT POINT YET, BUT WE, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN REPAIRS, ADDITIONS TO THE WHATEVER THE LINE ITEM IS, WE MAY HAVE CONTING, WE'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE AFTER WE GET DOWN THE ROAD THERE.
ONE THOUGHT, I MEAN THIS IS, I'M JUST KIND OF LOOKING OVER THE FENCE ON THIS ONE, BUT YOU FOLKS DID ALLOCATE A QUARTER OF A MILLION FOR A NEW PHONE SYSTEM, BUT WE'RE USING THE 3,300 AND UM, IT'S NOT GONNA COST THAT.
SO IT JUST, SO WE MAY HAVE SOME EXISTING FUNDS THAT WE CAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUDGET? YES, YES.
THAT'S, AND TOMMY IS USING THE THREE 300 WE PUT IN THERE IN 2013.
WE'RE NOT PUTTING NEW PHONE, WE'RE USING ALL EXISTING EQUIPMENT.
SO WHAT ABOUT OUR OTHER THIRD 300? WHICH OTHER 300? THE ONE THAT'S SITTING IN THE COMMAND'S HOUSE AND BOX THAT BELONGS TO HIM.
AND THE, WE, WE HAD A DISCUSSION, UM, WE TALKED TO THE FOLKS FROM MITEL AND WE HAD DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH.
WE HAD 'EM SUBMIT A SUMMARY AS TO WHAT HIS SENSE WAS AND WE PASSED THAT OUT TO EVERYONE.
AND TODAY WE DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN TOMMY AND I WHAT WE SUGGESTED AND ALSO THE LADY FROM
AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE REALLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT MYTEL NEEDS TO GET BEHIND THIS.
SO WE NEED TO SEND TO THE DA, YOU KNOW, SEND THE DEMAND LETTER IF YOU THINK IT'S OURS, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO THAT'S OUT OF MY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LEGAL ISSUE.
I CAN'T REALLY COMMENT ON THAT.
WELL I KNOW ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT I ATTENDED WITH IT WHEN SHE CALLED THE COMPANY, THAT MACHINE WAS REGISTERED TO COFFMAN COUNTY.
IT IS WHAT? SO I THINK WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT WHETHER WE PAID FOR IT OR NOT.
YEAH, I SUGGEST WE TAKE THAT DOCUMENT, REDISTRIBUTE IT AND WE SEND A DEMAND LETTER ASK.
WELL, AND UH, THAT, UH, THAT DISCUSSION IS ONGOING.
UH, WE UH, KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
SO WE'RE, IT IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE THIS THE 3,300, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW GEORGE, YOU MAY HAVE HIT, I MEAN EVERYBODY HERE WILL KNOW IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IT'S A, I GUESS A SERVER ON A PHONE SWITCH.
IT'S SIMPLY, IT IS JUST A PHONE SWITCH.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SX TWO HUNDREDS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
WE'RE SOLELY TURNING THOSE DOWN AND WE'RE, THE
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PLAN IS AND WAS IN 2013 IS TO MIGRATE ALL ALL THE PHONE SERVICES TO THAT, TO THAT DEVICE.NOW WITH BARRY FIBER AND THE THINGS WE'RE DOING NOW, WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S GONNA BE MORE ROBUST, IT'S GONNA DO WELL AND WE'RE SIMPLY IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE PLAN IN 2013.
AND IT'S WORKING WELL AND IT'S NOT GONNA COST ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DISH BY.
YEAH, I MEAN YOU PUT, YOU'VE ALLOCATED, IT WAS 200,000 CASH IN A QUARTER MILLION TIMES FROM ALL THE PHONES THAT WERE, THAT WERE BOUGHT IN THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET THAT THEY WERE ADDED TO IT.
SO WE HAVE PLENTY TO GET DONE.
BUT THE 1 3300 WILL CARRY EVERYTHING THOUGH.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENED THAT THE WAY THE CENTURYLINK CONTRACT IS SET UP, THE SIP TRUNKS ARE ARE GONNA BE IN TWO LOCATIONS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE 'CAUSE WE'RE OPEN 24 7.
WE HAVE GENERATOR POWER AND AT THE ELC.
SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S HOW WE'RE DOING.
SO, OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT THAT DISCUSSION? SO DID WE, WE DIDN'T VOTE.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 13TH.
SECOND MOTION ON 14TH 14 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER IMPROVING PAYROLL AND BENEFITS.
UH, YOUR PAYROLL BENEFITS AND A C TRANSFER ARE 1,000,100 $48,496 AND 22 CENTS PAYROLL.
JUST MAKE SURE WE GET THE CHECK.
I THINK EVERYBODY TO HAVE A MOTION TO UH, APPROVE THE PAYROLL.
MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY PHILLIPS SAY A 15 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER BY TRANSFERS.
THESE WERE MAIL TO YOU EARLIER DURING THE WEEK.
UH, ONE OF 'EM IS FOR THE ADDITIONAL CEMENT DOWNSTAIRS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE OTHER ONE IS FROM THE ROAD BOND MOTION.
THE SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECOND MOTION.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER CLAIM FOR PAYMENT.
UH, YOUR ACCOUNT FAILED INVOICES FOR AN AMOUNT OF 930 1009 86 18 AND WE HAD UH, SOME ANNUAL CHECKS FOR 4,900 1153.
YOUR MAIN EXPENDITURE WAS AN EMPLOYEE INSURANCES.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, RIGHT? THAT'S ALWAYS, YEAH.
UH, I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING PAYING BILLS.
SECOND MR. PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THEN I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.