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OF THE KA COUNTY COMMISSION COURT.OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT AT OUR REGULAR MEETING TIME.
IF WE MOVE IT, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER EVENT TO ATTEND THIS MORNING, SO IT'S ONE 30.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN LEAVE.
UH, WE HAVE A FULL COURT HERE PRESENT.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN, UH, WITH THE IMPLICATION.
JUST IN A MOMENT, IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON ANY ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, THERE'S SOME FORMS HERE, UH, OUTSIDE IN THE HALL THAT YOU'LL NEED TO COMPLETE AND GIVE TO OUR COUNTY CLERK FOLKS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM HERE, AND THEY WILL, UH, GIVE THOSE TO ME AND WE'LL GET YOU ON THERE, UH, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
SO IF YOU'LL JOIN WITH ME NOW FOR THE INTERVIEW, WELL, GRACE HEAVEN, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE, UH, HAVE TO SERVE YOU IN THIS COUNTY.
LORD, WE, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE INTENDANCE TODAY.
AS WE DISCUSSED THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS, UH, WE ESPECIALLY, UH, LARGELY BLESSED US THIS MORNING WITH THE, UH, UH, THE VICTIMS, UH, UH, BREAKFAST PROGRAM WE HAD, UH, CRIME VICTIMS, UH, AND, UH, LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT, UH, HOW MUCH SO MANY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR INVESTIGATORS AND ALL THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND, UH, TO KEEP US SAFE AND THE WORK THEY DO, UH, TO DO THAT.
LORD, WE PRAY NOW THAT YOU'LL KEEP US SAFE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS YOU PROVIDE US, ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK AND THY SON.
PIONS THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FOR ONE GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
HAVE ONE SOMEONE THAT IS, UH, COMPLET FORM.
SO WE'LL AHEAD AND MOVE THEM INTO THE AGENDA AND THEN BRING THAT UP.
UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS THERE.
ONE IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT RECORD MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 21ST, 2018 AND MARCH THE 28TH, 2018.
UH, TO BE AS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE DE TO BARON CAST DARL LANDRUM, CONNOR T MARTIN, AND PATRICK GREENY AS DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
ITEM C IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH POSTAL BEN ON THE COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $9,240.
UM, D IS TO DISCUSS OR PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE STAR TRANSITS, UH, REPORT MARCH, 2018 FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY DEMAND.
IN RESPONSE ON THE CALL CAMAN THE LINK NUMBER EIGHT OH TWO TO THE APPAREL HIGHWAY 80 LOOP 8 0 3 AND THE HORSESHOE NUMBER 8 0 4 IE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING REQUEST FROM, UH, FARMERS ELECTRICAL WARRANTY TO REROUTE EXISTING ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES ACROSS COUNTY ROAD.
UH, 3 32 A, WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1,420 FEET NORTHEAST OF BURG LANE, LOCATED IN COUNTY AND OUT F IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING NORTH, UH, EAST TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY INVOICE 2018.
AND OUR MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTION IS $2,000, WHICH IS WHAT IT'S BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ANY ITEMS THAT ANYBODY NEEDS TO PULL OUT AND DISCUSS? NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, THE TRUTH IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF COUNTY CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN.
UH, THIS OUT TO ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR FEEDBACK.
DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF FEEDBACK OTHER THAN SEVERAL PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GOOD.
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BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR FIVE YEARS, SO IT IS A LONG TIME COMING, BUT IT GIVES US A BASIC PLAN TO MAINTAIN THE CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT, TO KEEP OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES GOING SHOULD SOMETHING DISASTROUS HAPPEN, WHETHER IT BE A TORNADO OR LONG TERM POWERAGE.AND THIS IS THE BASIC PLAN TO MAKE A COMPLETE PLAN.
EACH DEPARTMENT HAS TO COMPLETE ONE FOR THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT DESIGNATING WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PROCEED SHOULD THEIR DEPARTMENT BE AFFECTED AND THEM NOT BE ABLE TO CARRY ON BUSINESS AT THEIR USUAL EDUCATION IN THEIR USUAL MANUAL.
AND MY OFFICE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST ANYBODY THAT NEEDS IT TO, TO DO THEIR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT PLANS.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO GET JUST THE CANOPY OVER US SO THAT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE JUST IN CASE.
I FIGURE IF WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE, NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WHAT WE HOPE, WE HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR WORD ON THAT, RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY.
SO TYPICALLY, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND I'LL MAKE A COMMENT AFTER THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF DEAN? NO, I, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE THIS AS OVERALL UMBRELLA.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, ALL THE DIRECTORS ELECTED OFFICIAL STUFF TO HAVE A NIM CERTIFICATION, UH, SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY INTELLIGENT AND SPARKED AND HAVE BEEN BOSSES, BUT WHEN IT GETS TO THIS, WELL SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD THAT IN PLACE TO OBTAIN GRANTS IN THE PAST.
SO, BUT THE NIMS NIMS, THEY'VE ALSO TO THIS OFFICER, THEY ALL CERTIFIED.
EVERYBODY'S CERTIFIED AS FAR AS I KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THIS ADVANCEMENT, I'M NOT GONNA SWEAR TO THAT EITHER, BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE HAD IT.
YOU CAN HAVE A PLAN IF YOU, ALL THE PLAYERS ARE NOT EDUCATED IN WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, THEN THE PLAN IS REALLY NO, DO IT.
AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OUT AND TEACHING NOT ONLY THIS, BUT OUR OVERALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN TO EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY IN THE FUTURE.
SO DO YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE YET IF WE GONNA START THIS? NO, SIR.
UH, NOW I GOT DEBBIE NIXON ON BOARD FULL TIME AND THAT'S GONNA HELP A LOT.
UH, AND WE, WE ARE MAKING PLANS RIGHT NOW, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN TO DO IT.
AND, UH, BUT IT SHOULD COME BE COMING HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER WITH THE NEAR YOU.
WE GONNA DO SOME, UH, SCENARIO TRAINING? YES, SIR.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STEVE? NO, NOT.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, UH, ADOPTION OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN MOTION.
SO OPPOSED HUNT SERVES ON THE EPPC, UH, COMMITTEE OVER AT COG AND SO I'M SURE HE YOU ALL THE ASSISTANCE HE CAN AND NEED HELP IN THAT REGARD.
SO HE ASSISTANCE AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY DIRECTLY ON THE AGENDA, IT DOES SOMEWHAT, UH, AFFECT THIS OR RELATED TO THIS, YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAVE A, UH, SPRING CONFERENCE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM SEASON, OF COURSE.
AND SO I REMEMBER ONE TIME YOU HAD TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY BACK FROM, UH, SAN ANTONIO.
AND Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE THAT CONFERENCE TOO.
OR MAYBE A LESS, UH, TIME OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL EXIST EVEN MORE.
IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OUR WEATHER, WELL WE WANTED TO MOVE IT INTO JUNE, BUT THEY'RE AFRAID THAT BY US DOING THAT, IT'LL CAUSE US TO HAVE A HURRICANE.
ITEM DON'T NUMBER OR IS RANDY RICHARDS AND RANDY STILL GONNA PRESENT, UH, A MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MARCH, 2018 FOR THE PRIOR MARSHALL'S OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON.
ON THE UH, PUBLIC WORKS REPORT, WE HAD, UH, 37 NEW ADAMS AND INSTALLATIONS.
THE CONTRACT RENEWALS ARE BUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST MONTH.
UH, MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REPORTS WERE 1445.
SO JUST BETWEEN THE CONTRACT RENEWALS AND THE INSPECTION REPORTS, THAT'S ALREADY, UH, WITH THE BUSY SEASON COMING UP THIS NEXT FEW MONTHS, THAT'S GONNA PUT US OVER 30,000 DOCUMENTS THAT WE PROCESSED
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LAST YEAR.UH, OPEN COMPLAINTS STAY ABOUT THE SAME.
UH, WE CLOSED OUT 466 OF THE PRIOR COMPLAINTS ACTUALLY AT UH, 35 CASES.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE SHOWED UP THIS TIME IN COURT.
AND OUR INITIAL INSPECTIONS ARE 26 AND THE FOLLOW UPS ONE 19.
UH, THE REVENUES FOR THE MONTH OR 31,310 THROUGH PERMITS AND VEHICLES.
HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? NO.
ON THE UH, FIRE MARSHALS ACTIVITY REPORT, I ONLY HAVE SEVEN STRUCTURE FIRE AND FIVE VEHICLE FIRES AND SEVEN OF THE, A COMBINATION GRASS BRUSHED AND HAY FIRES.
GLAD TO SEE THAT THE FIRES HAVE HAVE DROPPED, BUT, UH, HAVING SAID THAT ILLEGAL BURN VAN FIRES INCREASED AND, UM, ALL THE OTHER CALLS COMBINED, I KIND OF BREAK THAT DOWN 'CAUSE THERE'S JUST A FEW OF EACH.
BUT THE CONTROL S FOSSIL LEARNING PROMOTE INVESTIGATIONS.
WE HAD 19 OF THOSE INSPECTIONS HAVE JUMPED UP SIGNIFICANTLY AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO SHOW AN INCREASE.
UH, WE HAD TWO FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE HAD TO DO THIS YEAR.
UH, THAT'S
AND WHEN I PROVIDE YOU THE REPORT, SO, UH, HAD THE, THE ARREST CITATIONS, WARNINGS, WE HAVE FIVE.
AND THE BIG ONE IS THE NEW PERMITS CLAIM REVIEWS.
AND SO WE HAD 42 PERMITS COMING FROM.
CAUGHT THE COUNTY'S GROWING FAST AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S HUGE.
AND UH, RIGHT AT $9,000 ON OUR MONTHLY REVENUES, WHICH WOULD INDICATE MOST OF THOSE OR THE SMALLER TYPE OF FIVE, THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE NEXT MONTH.
I JUST, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO, ON THE INSPECTIONS ARE SOLELY BUSINESS INSPECTIONS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UH, THAT NUMBER WILL INCREASE WHEN FIRE UP SEASON GETS HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COUNT THOSE INSPECTIONS.
ANY STATE REQUIRED INSPECTION, THAT WOULD BE YOUR NURSING HOME, FOSTER HOMES, DAYCARES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE STATE REQUIRES THAT THEY HAVE AN INSPECTION.
AND IN SO THE FIREWORKS, THAT'S THE STATE REQUIREMENT.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WALTER WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S BUSINESSES TOO, RIGHT? YES.
THOSE ARE CONSIDERED BUSINESS AND WEDDING VENUES AND STUFF HAVE PEOPLE, WE, WE'VE HAD, UH, SIX PERMITS COME IN FOR WEDDING VENUES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
DESTINATION AND THEN BANK EVER WAITING VENUE, THEY GET A PERMIT TO GO AWAY.
DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A PUBLIC, A PERMANENT ONE.
YOU TALKING ABOUT ALL THE BACKYARD, ALL PERMANENT? NO SIR.
SOMETHING NEW AND WE JUST FOUND ONE THE OTHER DAY IN YOUR PRECINCT THAT HAS NOT PERMIT.
ALL WE REACHED OUT AND MADE CONTACT.
DID THEY BACK THING, MAYBE YOU'RE ON A WATCH NOW.
THEY HAVE, WE GOT A SERIES OF OF TAG VIOLATIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS A RED TAG VIOLATION.
THIS AN APARTMENT OR A NURSING HOME? IT'S APARTMENT.
AND THAT'S A 24 HOUR SEVEN SEVEN WATCH UNTIL THEY CAN GET THOSE DIRECTIONS.
THE, THE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS THAT THEY HAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WHERE THE UH, THE PUBLIC WOULD NOT BE NOTIFIED SHOULD THERE BE SMOKE OR FIRE.
AND UH, THE OTHER SERIOUS ISSUE IS THE FACT THAT THEY, FOR THE FOURTH TIME, THEY'VE REMODELED AND HAVE, UH, PAINTED OVER THE SPRINKLER HEADS ON ALL 16 BUILDINGS THAT INSULATES THOSE SPRINKLER HEADS.
AND YOU'RE AWARE, SHERIFF AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE HEADS ARE SUPPOSED TO POP IN 1 55, 55 DEGREES AND YOU CANNOT DETERMINE THICK OF PAINT AND HOW MUCH IS INSULATION BUILT POP WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
GOOFBALL, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY HE WAS MAKING A GOOD COMMENT ABOUT HOW THE COUNTY'S GROWING ON HIS REPORT.
WOULD IT NOT BE A GOOD IDEA SOMEWHERE RIGHT HERE TO SHOW WHAT WAS BUDGETED REVENUE AND HOW GOOD YOU'RE DOING, SIR.
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THOUGHT THAT WOULD HELP THE COMMISSIONERS COURT LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE.I WANT TO SEE TOO MUCH BECAUSE I'LL BE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY BUDGET.
WELL, THAT'S THE POINT THAT'S GOING.
I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ALLEN PHILLIPS, ANY DISCUSSIONS ITEM AND THAT IS ACKNOWLEDGED.
UH, COUNTY'S SERVICE OFFICER, ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT WE DID LAST EMPLOYEE THIS TO YOU.
NO MONEY ATTACHED TO THIS OR ANYTHING.
AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX OVER, OKAY, SO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, YOU CAN STAND RIGHT UP THERE FISCAL TODAY.
DID YOU, YOU HAD A QUARTER? I HAVE GENTLEMEN.
WE'VE HAD THE BUSIEST QUARTER THAT WE'VE HAD YET SO FAR SINCE I'VE BEEN ON BOARD.
UH, WE'VE JUST FINISHED, UH, WHAT IS THIS NOW? OUR FIFTH QUARTER THAT I'VE BEEN WITH YOU, I BELIEVE.
AND WE ARE AT, UM, 193 TICKETS THIS QUARTER.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 30, ALMOST 30 MORE THAN OUR SECOND LARGEST, WHICH WAS QUARTER BEFORE LAST AT 165.
UH, LAST, LAST QUARTER WE DIPPED DOWN TO ABOUT ONE 50.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I SAID IN THAT PRESENTATION, I THOUGHT PROBABLY BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE CLEARLY BACK, BACK MOVING AND COMMUNICATING AND DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO, UM, YOU SEE THE FIRST PAGE, ALL THREE OF 'EM ARE SIMILAR.
I JUST TRY TO GIVE 'EM TO YOU TWO DIFFERENT FORMATS FOR WHATEVER'S PLEAING FOR YOU.
BUT UM, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD 193 TOTAL TICKETS CREATED.
UH, BUT I EXPECT TO HAVE THAT CLOSED TOMORROW.
TICKET IS DEFINED AS A REQUEST.
ANY TYPE OF, I DEFINE A TICKET IS BASICALLY ANYTIME A VETERAN COMES TO THE OFFICE LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE AND THEY MAY COME TO THE OFFICE IN PERSON, THEY MAY CALL, THEY MAY SEND AN EMAIL AND THAT'S WHY I BRING IT DOWN TO THE THREE DIFFERENT FORMATS.
UM, SO ANYTIME A VETERAN IS NEEDING ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE, I TRY TO TRACK THAT.
UM, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS HAD SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE SOME KIND OF A REPORT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, HOW THE OFFICE IS BEING USED.
AND UM, SO BASICALLY I JUST, I DON'T CARE IF THEY COME IN AND THEY JUST INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO ME AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT SERVICES I PROVIDE.
IT SHOWS THAT THE OFFICE WAS USED.
I MARKED THAT AS AN OFFICE VISIT.
I TALKED TO THEM FOR 10 OR 15 MINUTES, 20 MINUTES, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND THEN I'LL GO INTO MY OUTLOOK PROGRAM AND I'LL WRITE A TICKET UP ON THAT STATING WHO CAME IN WHEN THEY CAME IN, WHAT WE DISCUSSED, AND THEN I CLOSE THE TICKET.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL ACTION, THEN I LEAVE IT OPEN AND I'LL GIVE A SUSPENSE DATES, YOU KNOW, OR I'LL KEEP TRACK SO TO WHERE I KNOW WHEN TO FOLLOW UP AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND THEN AS I COMPLETE THOSE, THEN I'LL GO BACK IN AND MAKE NOTES.
UM, SOME VETERANS MAY HAVE, WE MAY HAVE SOME TICKETS.
IN FAIRNESS, WE MAY HAVE SOME TICKETS, UH, ON A PERSONAL VETERAN OR A PARTICULAR VETERAN THAT MAYBE HE'S BEEN THERE FIVE TIMES.
BUT WHAT I DO IN THAT CASE IS THAT IT'S FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO IF HE COMES IN TODAY AND HE SAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY DD TWO 14, WELL IF I HANDLE THAT ACTION AND TAKE CARE OF IT AND GET HIM AS DD TWO 14 OR INITIATE PAPERWORK AND TOMORROW HE COMES IN AND SAYS, I'D LIKE TO GET A LETTER FROM THE DA SHOWING WHAT MY DISABILITIES ARE.
WELL, I MAKE A WHOLE NEW SERVICE TICKET BECAUSE IT'S SHOWING YOU WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE OFFICE AND HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE ARE EITHER COMING IN, PHONING IN OR SENDING EMAILS.
UM, I DO LOG, UH, ANY EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED FROM TBC WITH THE, UH, EITHER UPDATES TO OUR DEBT NOTIFICATIONS OR WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS TO CARRY OUT SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OR TASKS.
I DO LOG THOSE AS EMAIL TICKETS, BUT I HAVE THE WHOLE TIME.
SO I JUST CONTINUE TO DO AS SUCH RATHER THAN CHANGE IT.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, I WOULD SAY THAT OUR EMAIL TICKETS, THEY, THEY'RE ABOUT, I THINK THEY WENT UP ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE THIS QUARTER, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT.
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WHERE WE SAW THE BIGGEST INCREASE THIS PARTICULAR QUARTER WAS IN OFFICE VISITS.A LOT MORE PEOPLE WERE IN THE OFFICE.
UM, EVEN TODAY, UM, I DIDN'T GO TO LUNCH TILL ONE, SO I HAD TO EAT LUNCH TO GET BACK UP HERE, BUT I HAD PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE ALL DAY TO DAY EVEN.
SO, UM, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR THINGS MIGHT BE QUICK AND EASY AND SOME OF 'EM MIGHT TAKE AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS.
ONE GENTLEMAN TODAY, UM, HE'S BEEN FIGHTING THE VA NOW FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS AND HE WAS ACTUALLY FIGHTING THE VA WITH THE PREVIOUS SERVICE OFFICER.
AND UM, SO HE BROUGHT IN A HUGE STACK, LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR DESK WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF EMPTY FOLDERS.
AND HE SAID, WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME PUT ALL OF THIS IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LABEL IT? AND SO WE SAT DOWN AT MY DESK AND I PULLED OUT EVERY PAGE, I PUT 'EM IN ORDER AND THEN WE PUT 'EM IN A FOLDER.
SO SOME OF THE TICKETS MIGHT BE SOMETHING SIMPLE AS THAT, BUT I DO THAT AS TAKING CARE OF THE VETERAN.
SO, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED.
SO SOMETIMES THEY MAY JUST COME IN AND WANT TO TALK 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO TALK TO.
SO, WELL I CAN USE YOU PUT TOGETHER THIS, THIS IS GOOD.
THIS IS WHAT WE IS WHY WE ASKED.
AND WORD OF MOUTH I'M SURE IS HELPING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT HELPING DRIVE THAT MAYBE THE WEATHER BUT STILL WORK.
VETERANS TALK AMONG THEMSELVES.
THEY KNOW THEY'RE GETTING HELP AND SO THEY'RE TELLING THEIR FRIENDS COMING.
NO, THE ONE THING I WANT TO BRING UP, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, I DON'T NEED THE TEXAS JAIL COMMISSION UNDER STATUTE.
WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY OUR BEDROOMS IN OUR JAIL AND THE FARMS THAT WE USED TO GET FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION BEDROOM PEOPLE, UH, THEY DON'T PROVIDE 'EM ANYMORE.
THEY WON'T PROVIDE 'EM TO US ANYMORE.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO HAVE THEM PRINTED.
BUT MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING THEY GET OVER 40,000 THROUGH THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, THE END OF NOVEMBER AND ONLY 398 TO TURN THEM BACK IN.
UH, BUT MY CONCERN IS IF THEY LIVE IN THE COUNTY TO TRY GETTING 'EM HELP.
IF WE DID THESE CARDS ALSO, WOULD IT HELP US TO IDENTIFY 'EM WITH YOU TO MAYBE KEEP THESE PEOPLE FROM RE DEFENDING RECUR BACK IN OUR JAIL TO HELP HIM? YES.
BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BEING INVOLVED WITH ME ISN'T GONNA STOP FROM BEING BACK TO
WHAT'S THE BIG THING, THE MENTAL HEALTH AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU CAN DIRECT IT WHERE IF IF NOBODY ELSE IS ANSWERING OR THEY DIDN'T FILL IT OUT AND THEY SIGN UP, FILL OUT.
IF WE, BECAUSE I HAVE A SYSTEM THAT TELLS US EVERY BEDROOMS, WE SENT THAT TO YOU AND THEY LIVE IN THE COUNTY, CAN WE REACH OUT TO 'EM TO MAYBE HELP US WITH THAT? YES SIR.
SO THE VA IS NOT GONNA PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL.
THIS IS AFTER THEY GET OUT, AFTER THEY GET OUT TRYING TO HELP ONCE THEY GET OUT.
WHAT WE COULD DO, AND I SPOKE WITH, AND I'M VERY BAD WITH NAMES, BUT I SPOKE AT THE KAUFMAN COUNTY LEADERSHIP DAY.
UM, AND YOU HAD A YOUNG CAPTAIN, LADY CAPTAIN WAS THAT CAPTAIN COMPTON.
I SPOKE WITH HER AND WE SPOKE IN DETAIL WHERE SHE ASKED A PRETTY SIMILAR QUESTION AND I GAVE HER A TON OF CARDS AND TOLD HER THAT IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO, AS PART OF YOUR OUT PROCESSING THE SCENARIO FOR ALL VETERANS, HAND HIM MY BUSINESS CARD AND TELL THEM, GO SEE THAT MAN RIGHT NOW SO THAT HE CAN START.
'CAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED FOR MORE THAN 60 DAYS, BUT MAYBE YOU DO.
ANY VETERAN THAT IS RECEIVING BENEFITS FROM THE VA AFTER THEIR 60TH DAY OF INCARCERATION, THEY GET CUT ALL THE WAY TO 10%.
SO THEY COULD BE A 100% RATED DISABILITY OR A VETERAN DRAWING THAT $3,200 PAYCHECK.
BUT THE MOMENT THEY HIT THAT 61ST DAY, IT DROPS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 10%.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BEING 50, 60, 70, THEY ALL CARRY OTHER BENEFITS BEING 10%, BUT IT DOESN'T CARRY ANYTHING OTHER THAN FREE HEALTHCARE.
WELL, IF YOU'RE INCARCERATED, YOU DON'T GET THAT FREE HEALTHCARE.
SO NOT FROM THE YEAH, NOT FROM THE VA.
YOU CAN GET IT FROM THE COUNTY.
THAT'S COMPTON THAT I'M, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY.
WELL MAYBE, WELL MAYBE ONE DAY SINCE WE'VE JUST GOT THIS UPDATE AND IT'S UNFUNDED MANDATE ONCE AGAIN HANDED DOWN TO US, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 'EM PRINTED.
BUT IF WE CAN IDENTIFY 'EM AND HELP OUR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COUNTY AND MAYBE GET ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH OR DIRECT THEM THE RIGHT ONE, JUST GIVE 'EM SOME DIRECTION.
BUT TO CARRY THAT A BIT FURTHER, PERHAPS YOU COULD PROVIDE HIM WITH AN ON ONSITE SALE OUT THERE.
BUT I, WHEN THAT COME UP, I, I REMEMBER IN MY EMAIL, I JUST GOT FROM THE JAIL IT ON SO YOU KNOW, YOU, AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE IN OUR,
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FROM OUR COUNTY, OBVIOUSLY I TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY.I'M ONE OF THOSE, I TAKE CARE OF VETERANS RIGHT NOW FROM VANS ANDERSON.
I ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE COME FROM
ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING THEIR SERVICE OFFICER AND MAYBE THEIR SERVICE OFFICER TRIED EVERYTHING AND THEY DIDN'T GET THE RESULTS THEY WANTED.
SO NOW THEY'RE JUMPING TO A NEW GUY.
AND, AND THAT GUMS UP THE SYSTEM FOR THOSE THAT ARE TRYING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, SO I DO TRY FOR THAT.
AND UH, I HAD ONE, IT'S UH, DENTON, WHAT'S THE COUNTY THAT, UH, OF PEST DENTON WISE? WISE COUNTY.
I HAD SOMEBODY CALLING ME WANTING TO COME IN FOR WISE AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I WON'T EVER TURN A VETERAN AWAY, BUT TO GET TO ME, YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO DRIVE BY LIKE FIVE OF ME.
AND I'M APPRECIATE THAT SOMEBODY TOLD YOU I'M OUT HERE AND, AND EVERYTHING AND I'M HONORED THAT YOU WANT TO COME SEE ME.
BUT YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BEST ONES IN, YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR COUNTY THAT'S JUST AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER THAN I'M.
AND, AND I WOULD SUGGEST SPEAKING WITH HER.
SO I DO, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T STOP 'EM.
IF THEY COME TO MY OFFICE, I TAKE CARE OF IT.
IN FACT, THIS QUARTER I'M ACTUALLY GONNA START PUTTING A, A SPECIAL MARK ON THE, ON MY OUTLOOK.
THAT KIND OF TELLS ME HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THIS COUNTY I'M WORKING WITH.
WHAT WAS THAT GUY'S NAME? OTHER COUNTY.
I TOLD HIM I WANTED, I WANTED EVERYBODY TO SAY HIS NAME.
YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME.
NO IT'S NOT, I DUNNO WHAT JONES KNOW JONES COMING TO MIND.
MS. SPAIN, LAURA CLARK, WHO'S NOW MS. SPAIN.
UM, SHE'S THE WISE COUNTY VETERAN.
BUT IT WASN WELL WHAT THE SHERIFF BROUGHT UP IS, IS GOOD BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST BEING RECYCLED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO WE CAN GET'EM SOME KIND OF HELP MOVE FORWARD.
MAYBE MORE INTENSIVE THAN WHAT THEY RECEIVED.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
WHAT YOU, UH, THE DEDICATION YOU PUT INTO YOUR JOB.
WE HAVE MANY EMPLOYEES THAT DO THAT.
BUT CERTAINLY YOUR REPORT IS ALWAYS ENLIGHTENING TO US, ESPECIALLY FROM OUR VETERAN.
SO TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ROBERT'S REPORT, I'LL THANK, UH, MR. ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
THE NEXT ITEM IS UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A AGREEMENT FOR COUNTY ROAD 3 78.
AND I THINK MR. YOU AND REBECCA TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
ISSUE, BUT FIRST I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME UP TO OUR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.
I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA SUPPORT AND THEN YOU GUYS GETTING TO SPEND TIME WITH ALL OF OUR AGENCIES TO HELP US DO OUR JOB AND TO MAKE OUR VICTIMS FEEL SPECIAL AND LIKE THEY'RE APPRECIATED.
OKAY, SO THIS, A COMPANY HAS APPROACHED US WHO WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A DOLLAR GENERAL IN ELMO OFF OF UM, 3 48, WHICH IS ACTUALLY SIXTH AND BROAD STREET WITHIN THE CITY.
WELL THREE IT IS, IT IS 3 78 BUT TECHNICALLY THERE IT'S CALLED SIXTH AND BROAD STREET.
THE WAY IT LOOPS AROUND AND UH, TECHNICALLY THE OLDEST AND OLD RAILROAD IT IS THE WAY IT'S CUT THROUGH ELMO, THAT'S THE COMPLETELY UNINCORPORATED AREA.
SO IT COMES TO YOU GUYS AND I THOUGHT AS OF YESTERDAY THAT WE KIND OF HAD A, A ABANDONMENT AGREEMENT WORKED OUT, BUT THE OWNERSHIP ACTUALLY HASN'T CHANGED YET.
SO IT'S STILL IN THE CUSTODY OR THE, UM, THE SELLER STILL HAS THE PROPERTY AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING A, SOME TYPE OF ESCROW AGREEMENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
I'M GONNA BRING THAT BACK TO YOU GUYS AND I'LL TIE IT IN TO THE ABANDONMENT AGREEMENT.
BUT WHAT THAT AGREEMENT DOES IS IT TALKS ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE DRAINAGE AND IT SAYS THAT THEY'LL COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION UP TO THE STANDARDS THAT OUR ENGINEERS HAVE APPROVED.
UM, JENNY, UH, WITH OUR CON UH, CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRM HAS ALREADY REVIEWED THAT SHE'S OKAY THAT, UM, THEY'RE WIDENING SOME OF THE DRAINAGE IN ONE AREA.
SO IT'S, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE COUNTY TO HAVE THESE THINGS DONE.
SO WE'RE I, FROM MY POSITION, I THINK WE'RE DISCLOSING SOMETI, YOU KNOW, SOME ENDS ON IT AND THEN I'LL BRING IT BACK IN A PACKAGE.
BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST TAKE THE OPPORT TO LET YOU KNOW.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO WAIT 30 DAYS 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME UTILITIES THAT WERE STILL IN THAT RIGHT AWAY.
I THANK UH, GOODNESS TO ANGIE YESTERDAY.
SHE SIGNED ALL MY CERTIFIED NOTICES AND SO WE'VE GOT MAYBE THE 9TH OF MAY IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE ORDER AND ACTUALLY DO THE TRANSACTION.
BUT I'LL BRING THE OTHER DOCUMENTS TO YOU BEFORE THAT.
YEAH, AND IT IS IT, NOTICE IT SAYS PARTIAL UH, WROTE ABANDON.
SO IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE ROAD, IT'S JUST THE
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KIND OF THE, IT'S THE DRAINAGE DRAIN ASPECT OF THE ROAD AND WE DEFINITELY CARE ABOUT THAT.SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY CHANGES AND IF THERE WERE THAT THEY WERE BETTER FOR YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT ROAD AND IT WOULD BE MAINTAINED.
SO WE FEEL PRETTY SECURE IN THAT AT THIS POINT.
YEAH, YOU KNOW THERE ANYTHING'S IN IMPROVEMENT.
ESPECIALLY THE DOLLAR GENERAL THERE.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS DELAY? I HAVE AN OFFICIAL MAYOR.
I WISH THEY HAD A REAL MAYOR WHEN THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE DOING THIS.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TABLE I YES PLEASE TABLE THIS.
THEY THE COMPANY OR THE, THE INVESTMENT COMPANY HAS ASKED THAT YOU GUYS PUT IT BACK ON NEXT, UH, AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY.
I KNOW THAT ANGIE'S ALREADY POSTED THAT AGENDA SO IT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THAT AMENDMENT OR NOT.
UM, BUT I CAN LET THEM KNOW EITHER WAY IF WE'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THE 18TH OR THEN THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS 20, MAYBE 25TH, WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET EVERYTHING SQUARED BETWEEN THEM.
I ASKED THEM AND THEY SAID THEY'LL HAVE IT TO ME TODAY, MAYBE TOMORROW.
SO THEY'RE VERY EAGER TO GET DOWN.
SO IT DOESN'T, ITS UP TO YOU GUYS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, MR. BARBER SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
ONE ITEM, JUST A LINE ITEM TRANSFER PRECINCT TWO REQUEST FOR SOME SUPPLIES.
THE BUDGET AMENDMENT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONTRACT THAT Y'ALL APPROVED IT LAST COURT FOR, UM, THE CLEMENTS RANCH AND THEN THE REVENUE FOR THE ADDITIONAL OFFICER FOR THAT PATROLLING.
THEN I DON'T KNOW IF PRECINCT, UH, TWO AND FOUR HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR OTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT I'VE PUT IN THERE.
THIS HAD TO DO WITH, UM, LAKES RAISED LIBERTY AND POLICE STORE.
UM, THAT'S ON, THAT'S ON CHANGING THE, WHERE THE MONEY SIT.
IT'S CHANGING WHERE THE MONEY I HAVE THAT IS BECAUSE THE REASON WHY I'M GOOD WITH THAT REPORTED AS A LIABILITY TO THAT MONEY SPENT.
BUT YOU DON'T SEE IT IN YOUR BUDGET AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT MONEY USED OVER OKAY.
SO WE DECIDED TO DO IT THAT WAY AND THEN WE'LL CORRECT IT BEFORE THE NEXT AUDIT.
SO THAT WAY THE OUTSIDE AUDITORS WON'T SAY Y'ALL NEED TO DO IT THIS WAY.
THEN UH, THE LAST ONE HAD TO DO WITH, UM, CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR HAS SOME SEEDS MONEY AND HE WANTED TO BUY SOME EQUIPMENT AND WE JUST PUT IT IN THE ESTIMATED BEGINNING BALANCES.
'CAUSE HE HADN'T TOLD US THAT WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET WHAT WE WANTED TO DO UNTIL, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ONE'S FOR.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LINE TRANSFER? NO.
HAVE A MOTION FOR, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER HUNT.
OPPOSED? AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSIDER FOR, I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET ALL THESE SOMETIMES BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY THAT GETS SENT TO US LATE IN THE GAME.
BUT WE HAD A, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND SOME PE JURY GRAND JURIES THAT HAD TO HAVE SOME CHECKS DONE.
THEN THERE WAS SOME ELECTION PAYROLL.
WE PAID THE ELECTION WORKERS THAT WERE OUT IN THE DIFFERENT PRECINCTS THAT THIS SPECIAL ONE HAD TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE OUT ACTUALLY DOWNSTAIRS IN THAT DEPARTMENT THAT WORKED THE EXTRA HOURS.
SO THE TOTAL IS 672,000 533 72.
UM, YOU DIDN'T SEE THE, THE TWO LITTLE JURY ENTRIES.
AND ONE THE PET JURY WAS $30 AND THE GRAND JURY WAS 400.
BUT I WANTED Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND 'CAUSE I KNEW THE TOTAL WASN'T GONNA BE THE SAME.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE BILLS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR? NO.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE P FOR I.
ALL IN FAVOR? I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN FAVOR.