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HEARD COMMENTS ABOUT THE CLOCK NOT WORKING.I DON'T WHETHER IT IS OR NOT, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
IT IS WEDNESDAY, MAY THE SECOND, AND, UH, TODAY IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
UH, AND SO WE'LL BEGIN HERE JUST IN A MOMENT.
JUST AS A MATTER OF INFORMATION, IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WISH TO DISCUSS, THERE ARE SOME FORMS THAT ARE OUT IN THE HALLWAY, UH, THAT YOU'LL NEED TO FILL OUT.
AND BEFORE WE GET TO THAT ITEM, IT WILL NEED TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
AND IF YOU WOULD SUBMIT THOSE TO THE COUNTY CLERK OR TO THE, UH, THE BAILIFF WHO HAS JUST STEPPED OUT FOR A MOMENT.
BUT, UH, UH, CHIEF BE WILL BE BACK IN HERE A MOMENT.
WE'LL BE GLAD TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS, UH, AS AS NECESSARY.
SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, OUR INVOCATION, UH, THAT COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL THEN HAVE OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGES OVER FLAGS.
SO, FATHER, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY.
YOU'VE GIVEN US ANOTHER ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL DAY TO ENJOY LIFE.
WE'VE BEEN SO BLESSED TO BE IN AMERICA, LITTLE BIT FREE.
WE CAN HAVE MEETINGS LIKE THIS WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT COMING IN AND TELLING US THAT WE CAN'T DO IT.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO ALSO, FOR THOSE WHO PROTECT US, WHETHER IT BE ON OUR HOMELAND OR FARM SOUL, PROTECT THEM AND GUIDE THEM AND THEY CAN BE HOME OF THEIR FAMILIES AND CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER THEM AND BLESS THEM ALSO, AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS THIS MORNING, MAY DO SO IN A WAY THAT, UH, IS RIGHT FOR OUR CITIZENS AND ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST INTEREST FOR OUR COUNTY AND MONEY.
FORGIVE US ALL OF OUR SIN CHRIST ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SAINT ONE A NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON OUR TEXAS FLAG ON ALLEGIANCE TO LEAD TEXAS.
UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS IS CONCERNED.
AND THE FIRST IS THE, UH, REMINDER ON MAY THE 18TH THAT THERE WILL BE A, UH, AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE PROGRAM, UH, OUT AT THE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY FAIR GROUND.
IT WILL, UH, INCLUDE, UH, LUNCH AND, UH, AT BEGINS AT 11 O'CLOCK AND GOES TO TWO O'CLOCK.
AND SO IF ANY OF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THAT, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ON THEIR WEBSITE.
THEY DO NEED A HEAD COUNT, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND, JUST SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH FOOD TO, UH, PREPARE.
AND, UH, SO THE OTHER, THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ME AND
OKAY, SO Y'ALL ARE, SO IF YOU'RE COMING LEAVE, WE'RE STICKING THEIR FINGER.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE DO HAVE A, A MEMBERSHIP UPDATE FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE COPELAND, UH, COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, UH, TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS NOT THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, THIS IS THE FRIENDS OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND I'LL SHARE THAT, UH, WITH YOU.
THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO BECOME INACTIVE, UH, FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
UH, AND I HAVE A, A LETTER WITH AN EXPLANATION ABOUT THEIR REASONING IN DOING SO.
UH, THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF JUST KIND, UH, REST YOUR OWN REST A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO, UH, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT AND THEN I'LL, ALRIGHT.
UH, THE NEXT, UH, ITEM, UH, IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND, UH, I DO HAVE, UH, UH, THREE ITEMS THERE, OR WE DO HAVE THREE ITEMS THERE.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL THE 11TH, 2018, APRIL THE 18TH, 2018, AND APRIL THE 25TH, 2018.
ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING KAUFMAN COUNTY EMERGENCY SHELTER OR CHILDREN'S SHELTER DIRECTORS REPORT FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH, UH, MARCH, 2018.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION TO ANNOUNCE, UH, NOT PIERCE PAM HERE THIS MORNING.
AND, UH, THAT IS TO RECEIVE INFORMATION
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CONCERNING, UH, MATERIALS MANAGEMENT GRANT THAT RECOMMENDED, UH, BY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE COUNTY CLEANUP.NOT PROFITABLE, IT IS A PROBLEM, BUT A PROGRAM PROJECT.
AND, UH, BEFORE WE HEAR FROM PAM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE HEAR PAM? NO, THIS RIGHT HERE IS JUST, UH, EVERY STARTED EX EXCUSE.
THE TRUSTEE STARTED FIRST WEEK RIGHT.
STARTED DOING SOME, ALL THE KICKED OFF.
COMMISSIONER SECOND IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
SO PAM, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS GRANT.
SO, UH, SOME OF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THE MEETING, UH, COMMISSIONER HUNT, UH, SAW THE NEED ALONG WITH OTHERS THAT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP KAUFMAN COUNTY.
SO WE APPLIED FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE COST AND, UH, THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANT AREA.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE ABOUT ALMOST 69, WELL, $69,000.
WE WILL DO TWO ELECTRONIC CLEANUPS THAT WILL BE FREE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY.
SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO, THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR TVS OR COMPUTERS.
WE'LL DO TWO HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, WHICH WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE HERE IN YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, UM, THAT AGAIN WILL BE FREE TO THE RESIDENTS.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, PURCHASE SOME CAMERAS THAT WE NEED TO JUST HAVE AROUND.
AND THEN WE WILL DO, UM, ADVERTISEMENT FOR OUR CLEANUPS AND EDUCATION IN THE CLASSROOM.
WE WILL, WE'LL CREATE, UH, TRUNKS FOR OUR, UM, PARAPROFESSIONALS TO TAKE IN THE CLASSROOM AND EDUCATE THE CHILDREN ABOUT RECYCLING.
AND WE WILL ALSO SET UP AN ADVANCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO CLEAN UP COMAN COUNTY.
AND, AND THIS IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE CLEANUP WE HAVE THIS WEEKEND.
SO, UH, AND COMMISSIONER, YOU MAY WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO WHAT I KNOW WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON.
UH, AS FAR AS CLEANUP, OH, THE ROAD THAT WE, WE ACTUALLY GOT SOME GRANT MONEY ON CLEAN UP 2 62 61, AND WE DIDN'T GET ENOUGH GRANT MONEY TO, UH, PAY FOR ANYTHING, BUT THEY PAID FOR SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF IT.
AND, UH, I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY AND THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO USE FOR DUMP GROUND AGAIN.
YEAH, SO IT WAS ALREADY THREE PILES THERE.
IT'S, UH, THEY WENT OUT, I GUESS JOHNNY WENT OUT AND STARTED CHECKING IT OUT.
SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM ONCE WE GET THE CAMERAS UP AND WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT ON THE, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND I WANNA SAY KUDOS TO PAM REALLY TAKING THE BALL AND RUN, RUN WITH THIS.
AND, AND I THINK THE BIG DEAL FOR ME IS THAT THE KEEP PICKING UP THE ROADS TRASH BECAUSE YOU'VE HAVE TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR OF THE CHILDREN.
AND SO WE'RE GETTING IN THE CLASSROOMS TO LIFE AND, UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR.
IT TAKES TIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT I THINK IT PAY OFF IN LONG RUN.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE EDUCATION, SO WE, AND SHERIFF HAS THE BACK OUT SIDE ROAD BEFORE MARCH 19.
SO WE'LL GET, WE APPLY FOR THIS EVERY OTHER YEAR THAT WE CAN.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE HANDOUT, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN YOUR PACKET, THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVED A GRANT FOR THE $69,000, UH, FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY CLEANUP PROJECT.
AND THEN THE CITY OF TERRELL ALSO RECEIVED A GRANT THROUGH THE, UH, CONVENIENCE STATION OR THE, UH, RECYCLING, UH, CO-OP OVER THERE AND THE AMOUNT OF 37,500, I THINK THAT WAS WHAT YOU WRITTEN.
ANYWAY, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, UH, GOOD NEWS.
AND, UH, THOSE GRANTS, UH, ARE OUT THERE AND YOU'LL NOTICE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AWARDED THE GRANTS.
OURS ACTUALLY WITH ONE OF THE LARGER GRANTS THAT, UH, WAS FUNDED BY COG.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
UH, NOW THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING TREASURY MANAGEMENT RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE, UH, AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES PURSUANT TO AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS TREASURY MANAGEMENT, UH, SERVICES AGREEMENT.
AND OUR TREASURY HAD ASKED THAT THIS BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
IT WAS IN THE PACKET FROM, UH, LAST, UM, COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING AND WE DISCUSSED IT.
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THE THIRD PAGE.AND IT, UM, THAT WE JUST, UH, HAVE THIS ABILITY TO DO THE, UH, UH, USE OF AN ELECTRONIC SCANNER TO SCAN OUR CHECKS THAT ARE DEPOSITED TO AMERICAN NATIONAL TO, UM, ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR US TO SEND THOSE CHECKS TO THE BANK AND, UM, SAVES US PHOTOCOPYING EVERY CHECK WE RECEIVE.
AND IT WILL, UH, ASSIST AMERICAN NATIONAL ON THEIR END.
AND AGAIN, AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, IT IS A BETA TEST OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IN THIS PROCESS THAT IF IT WORKS WELL AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AGREE IT, IT COULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON, UH, OFFICES THAT HANDLE LOTS OF CHECKS SUCH AS THE TEXAS SUCCESS REPORT.
THE, UH, OTHER, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE ON THIS, UH, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE AGENDA DID SAY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE WHO PUT UP AN S ON IT, UH, JUST SO, UH, THE OFFICES CHANGE, THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, CHANGE, BUT THE OFFICES ALWAYS STAY THE SAME.
SO AS PART OF THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADD TO THE AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNTY, OFF THE COUNTY AUDITOR ALSO BE HAVING THIS AUTHORITY AS WELL AS THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE, WHOEVER OCCUPIES THOSE OFFICES AT THAT TIME, UH, AND DISCUSS THIS WITH, UH, REBECCA.
AND I THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE IN IT.
THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH YOU SIGNING, UH, THE AGREEMENT.
NORMALLY THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE SIGNED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE.
UH, BUT WE WILL NEED TO ADD, UH, THE OTHER TWO OFFICES, NOT THE PERSONS, BUT THE OFFICES, THE COUNTY DIRECTOR AND THE COUNTY JUDGE, JUST SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING.
I THINK MS. BERG WILL HANDLE THAT FORM.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HANDLE IT FROM THIS POINT.
AND JUST RUN IT BY ANNABELL AND WE'LL NEED YOUR SIGNATURE THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE, AND I, WELL WE'LL GET THIS WAS GENERATED BY AMERICAN NATIONAL.
SO I, I'LL GET THEM TO REGENERATE A THAT WAY IT'S NOT HANDWRITTEN IN THAT IT LOOKS NOT RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE TREASURER? NO.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT.
I THINK COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES THE MOTION.
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, I BELIEVE IS HERE THIS MORNING, UH, FROM, UH, BRENDA CALLAWAY WITH, UH, THE LOCAL OFFICE HERE AT
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE.
UH, AND THE NOTICE THAT SAYS POSSIBLE BRIDGE, UH, REPLACEMENTS OR PROJECTS.
DUCK CREEK, TRI AREA COUNTY ROAD 3 38, UH, TWO BRIDGES AT COUNTY ROAD, UH, 41 0 6, UH, BACHELOR CREEK LEAF AT COUNTY ROAD 2 7 9 MUDDY CEDAR CREEK, TRI AREA AT COUNTY ROAD THREE 12 AND JONES CREEK AT COUNTY ROAD ONE 10, UH, LOCATION FOR THE EQUIVALENT.
UH, MATCH PROJECT RIDGES ARE AT THE LITTLE HIGH POINT CREEK COUNTY ROAD TWO 40 AND WOLF CREEK AT HISTORY AT HICKORY TREE LANE.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW THE HISTORY WHO NAMED THOSE CREEKS OVER TIME.
BUT BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK WITH Y'ALL TODAY IS BECAUSE THIS PAST YEAR, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS, BUT COLEY COUNTY FELL OFF OF A DISADVANTAGED COUNTY'S LIST FOR FUNDING PERCENTAGES.
IN THE PAST YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDING FOUR 5% MATCH MONETARY MATCH TO THE OFFICES AND JUDGES WE'VE DONE.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THE, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE THE FULL 10%.
SO BEFORE WE ENTERED INTO ANY AGREEMENTS OR PENDING ANY AGREEMENTS, WE WANTED TO COME AND DISCUSS WITH YOU THE EQUIVALENT MATCH PROGRAM AND WHAT'S INVOLVED IN IT.
I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND PAGE OF YOUR HANDOUT, UH, THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.
IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE PRIMER THAT TELLS YOU WHAT'S ELIGIBLE AND WHAT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
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THE EQUIVALENT MATCH.UM, COMMISSIONER HUNT CALLED ME IN, REMINDED ME THAT HE'S ALREADY REPLACED WOLF CREEK AT HICKORY TREE LANE AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING, UH, A NEW BRIDGE REPORT ON IT.
SO THE BOTTOM TWO HERE WERE JUST SUGGESTED EMP PROJECTS.
THE SECOND PAGE OF THE, UH, OF YOUR HANDOUT HERE WHERE IT DISCUSSES WHAT TYPE OF EEM PRO EMP PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE, UM, YOU MIGHT THINK OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO.
SO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS WE NEED TO GET AGREEMENTS FOR SOME OF THE BRIDGES THAT ARE ON THE TOP OF THE TABLE.
WE CAN DO IT ANY NUMBER OF WAYS.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO SEE IF THERE ARE SOME EQUIVALENT MATCH PROJECTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO.
WE COULD SAY DO AN AGREEMENT ON THE TOP THREE AND DO A MONETARY 10% MATCH ON THE TOP THREE THAT'S IN THE LIST OR ANY COMBINATION OF THOSE AND SAVE MAYBE THREE OF 'EM, UH, TO DO ANOTHER AGREEMENT WITH AN EQUIVALENT MATCH PROJECT.
UH, LATER ON SAYING SIX MONTHS OR SO.
WE DO HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR EQUIVALENT MATCH PROJECT IS THOUGH BEFORE WORK'S DONE ON IT AND BEFORE WE CAN ENTER AN AGREEMENT.
'CAUSE TO GET CREDIT FOR IT, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE IT IN THAT AGREEMENT AND HAVE IT ALL EXECUTED BEFORE YOU WORK ON IT.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THE EQUIVALENT MATCH PROJECTS ON THE BOTTOM WERE JUST SUGGESTED.
BASICALLY OUR BRIDGE SECTION RAN A REPORT, SAID, OKAY, HERE ARE THE SIX THAT BUBBLE UP TO THE TOP.
HERE ARE THE NEXT COUPLE OF ONES THAT ARE POSSIBLE THAT NEED SOME WORK DONE ON 'EM THAT THE COUNTY MIGHT COULD DO.
UM, WE LIKE TO KEEP IT IN GROUPS OF ABOUT THREE TO DO THE AGREEMENTS AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT WE LIKE TO LET WE FOUND OUT.
IF WE GET ANY LOWER THAN THAT, THEN WE DON'T GET AS MANY, UH, AS GOOD BID PRICES ON IT OR AS MANY QUALIFIED BIDDERS THAT COME IN AND BID ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE GET UNDER ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO CAME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UH, GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION SO YOU CAN CONSIDER HOW YOU WANTED TO APPROACH, UH, THE OFF SYSTEM BRIDGES.
WE'VE DONE A BUNCH OF THEM IN THE COUNTY.
I KEEP THINKING WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL CAUGHT UP AND HAVE 'EM ALL DONE.
A LOT OF CREEKS, A LOT OF BRIDGES.
HOW DOES, WHAT CAUSES TO FALL OFF THE THE LEASE? UM, IT'S YOUR COUNTY POPULATION.
IT IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY AND IT'S THE MEDIAN INCOME OF THE COUNTY.
SO I GUESS THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
MEDIAN INCOME'S RAISING, YOU'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE IN HERE, YOU'RE GETTING MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A PLUS PLUS.
UM, BUT IT DOES CAUSE YOU TO FALL.
THE DISADVANTAGE COUNTY WAS SO DO YOU HAVE A TIME SCHEDULE AS WHEN THESE MIGHT BE ACTUALLY DONE? ONCE WE AGREE ON IT, UH, IT NORMALLY TAKES A YEAR TO 18 MONTHS FOR US TO GET THEM ENGINEERED AND THEN GET THEM ON THE SLATE FOR LETTING.
UM, IT ALSO DEPENDS ON AUSTIN OFFICES AND HOW MUCH THEY HAVE EACH YEAR ALLOCATED FOR OFFICES SYSTEM BRIDGES STATEWIDE.
THE SOONER WE CAN GET 'EM ENGINEERED, THE QUICKER THEY COULD PROBABLY BE SLOTTED INTO THAT LETTING SCHEDULE.
UM, AND THE QUICKER THAT WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE MOVING THEM UP.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE RIGHT NOW, I KNOW, UH, 40 83 AND 40 31 B THAT ARE CLOSED THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACCELERATED.
SO, UM, AS SOON AS WE GET THE CONSULTANTS, SOON AS WE GET THE AGREEMENT SIGNED, WE CAN GET CONSULTANTS ON BOARD TO DO THE ENGINEERING AND THAT JUST THE PROCESS.
WE DO THIS AS SOON AS WE CAN BECAUSE THE DELAY, WE JUST DEAL WITH THE MONEY MM-HMM
AND WE DO HAVE THIS LONG YEAH.
AND WE DO HAVE THIS ON THIS MORNING'S AGENDA AS AN ACTION.
UH, SO I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED ON THE GOLD DO THE FIRST THREE MM-HMM
TODAY OR MAYBE WE COULD DO MORE, BUT THE FIRST THREE FOR SURE AND, UH, THAT WILL GET THE BALL ROLLING AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND PROVE THE OTHERS AT SOME LATER DAY.
AND THE MATCH IS, DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE, IT CAN BE IN KIND WORK, IS THAT CORRECT? FOR THE, THAT'S YOUR EQUIVALENT MATCH PROJECT.
SO I MEAN IF, IF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A BRIDGE OF MIND THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON ACRES, OR IF YOU LOOK AT THE TYPES OF WORK THAT CAN BE DUG, IT CAN EVEN BE CLEANING OUT THE CHANNELS WITHIN 10 FOOT OF THE BRIDGE.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE 20 OR 30 BRIDGES
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IN A COUPLE OF THE PRECINCTS THAT YOU NEED TO GO LAYING OUT CHANNELS AND CLEAN OUT 10 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL.SO IF YOU HAVE IN MIND A PROJECT, UH, THAT YOU THINK WE FIT THE EQUIVALENT MATCH, THEN WE DEFINITELY COULD DO THAT.
NOW IF YOU WANT TO THINK ON THAT AND SAY, HEY, LET US, LET US GET OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH DONE AND ANALYZE THIS A LITTLE BIT, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THE TOP THREE WITH THE MONETARY 10% MATCH AND THEN COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER AGREEMENT WITH AN EQUIVALENT MATCH AND NO REASON TO BRING THAT UP.
SO THE THREE COULD BE, UNLESS COMMISSIONERS HAVE NO, I THINK WE NEED TO, ARE WE ALREADY DOING NO.
WELL, WHICH ONE HAVE YOU ALREADY? YOU SAY YOU OKAY.
AND THEN WHEN WE DO DO THE AGREEMENT WITH YOU, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT A HUNDRED, 1,000 20,000 FOR THOSE TOP THREE.
UM, OUR FIRST UH, REQUEST FOR, UH, CASH WOULD BE FOR THE ENGINEERING ALONE.
SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $30,000.
AND WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND? 45.
YEAH, WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND? DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO ALL OCCUR IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OR IN THE NEW BUDGET YEAR OR? YEAH, IF YOU TOLD ME TODAY THAT YOU WANTED TO DO THE TOP THREE, UM, OUR CONTRACT SECTION IN DALLAS ALREADY HAVE THE AGREEMENTS KIND OF DRAWN UP AND JUST NEED TO PUT THE ADDITIONAL SHEETS IN THERE SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT TO YOU FOR SIGNATURE PROBABLY WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEN GO DOWN TO AUSTIN AND BE A COUPLE WEEKS THERE.
SO, WELL, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU NOTICE THERE ON THE TOP ONE, THE TOTAL PROJECT FOR REPLACING ALL THE BRIDGES THAT LISTED, NOT JUST THE TOP THREE ARE, IT'S $2,470,000.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK WHERE IT'S TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, MATCH PART, UH, BOTTOM, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT 51,000.
SO AS WELL AS 3 MILLION WORTH OF WORK THAT WE WOULD DONE.
AND THAT'S WONDERFUL THING HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY, BUT CERTAINLY LIKE WOULD BE UH, BE MOVING ALONG PRETTY, PRETTY RAPIDLY.
SO GENTLEMEN, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? OR YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OF BRENDA? I DON'T, I WOULD PREFER TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE TOP THREE TODAY.
UH, THE TOP THREE ARE LISTED HERE.
YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, UH, THE ONES THAT LISTED THERE.
AND SO THAT'LL BE THE THREE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PREPARING OR REDOING.
AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIP A SECOND MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO WE'LL DO THE TOP THREE AND IF Y'ALL COME UP WITH SOME EQUIVALENT MATCH PROJECTS, GET WITH ME AND WE'LL SEE ABOUT DOING THE NEXT THREE.
THIS IS, THIS IS A WIN-WIN BILL FOR THE COUNTY.
GOT ANYTHING YOU WANT? SAY YOU BILL, TODAY'S THE BIGGEST ONE WE'RE ABOUT TO START DOING, UH, PAYMENT IMPROVEMENTS ON I 20 FROM EAST OF 34TH TO THE COUNTY LINE.
UH, WE STARTED WORKING ON THE RAMPS AND SUCH, BUT HERE IN JUNE THE PAPERWORK SHOULD END AT THE NEW SURFACE.
A LITTLE DROP THE BLOCK TRAFFIC FOR MILES PROBABLY.
ARE THEY DOING IT AT NIGHTTIME OR HE DOING IT EVERY DAY? NO SIR.
JEFF IS OUR AREA ENGINEER ALL OF YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT'S GOOD TO, GOOD TO HEAR.
SO KATIE, TRAFFIC DOWN THE DIGS INSTEAD OF COMING ON THE COUNTY, COME OUT ON THE SIDE.
YEAH, WE WORK ON IT WHILE YOU'RE CHIEF, WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
THAT'S WHEN WILL THAT START BY THE WAY? UH, THE PROJECT'S ALREADY STARTED, UH, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE MAIN LINK WORK IN JUNE.
SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, I MEAN, ON OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT
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OFFICERS, THE WEIGHT OFFICERS, UH, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, I'LL DO THAT.AND BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY PROBABLY KNOW THOSE TRUCKS AND CARS TAKE OFF THROUGH THE COUNTY ROAD.
I THINK ONE GOT HUNG UP, DOWN SOMEWHERE ON, ON THE ROAD YOU HAD AND THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY DO GREAT DAMAGE TO THE, SO MAYBE WE CAN, UH, SURPRISE SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN AMENDED ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT, THE GOLD TEACHER AND PETER LLP FOR REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE THE US COURT, UH, TAX COURT CONCERNING FEDERAL TAX RETURNS.
SO DO YOU HANDLE THAT OR DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? UM, SO KAREN'S OFFICE ACTUALLY ALERTED US THAT ONE OF OUR INVOICES WENT OVER A CAP AMOUNT THAT WE HAD ON OUR ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT TO SET AT 2000.
AND SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT, UH, THE COURT APPROVE AN AMENDED ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT WHICH UPS THAT CAP TO 5,000.
AND THEN THE EXPLANATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR TAX LAWYER IS THAT, UM, UNANTICIPATED DOCUMENT PURPOSE, UH, PREPARATION MOTION MEETINGS WITH IRS ATTORNEY.
UH, BUT THEY FEEL THAT THE EXTENDED CAP SHOULD COVER THE REST OF THE SETTLEMENT.
ANYBODY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO.
THE TEST WAS, WERE THE 10 99 ISSUE.
KAREN, YOU HAVE ANY YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO SIR.
I'M JUST GLAD THE IS HAS GIVEN US SOME OUR YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE GETTING A TAX REFUND, YOU KNOW.
OPPOSED? NEXT ITEM IS FROM DESIREE RULE TO PRESENT, UH, FOR US TO ACCEPT THE
DESIREE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
UM, OKAY, SO Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF, OF THIS RIGHT HERE ON THE REPORT.
IF YOU NOTICE THAT, UM, FEBRUARY BY NOTIFICATION
UM, SO I CALLED, REACHED OUT TO THE HOSPITAL AND I ASKED THEM FOR THIS REASON.
THEY WERE, THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, I, I LET THEM KNOW AT THAT TIME THAT IF THEY DO NOT NOTIFY US THAT WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY EMERGENCIES.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I EVEN REACHED OUT TO THE STATE, EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO THEM.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THEIR RESPONSE WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
PROBLEM, THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
UM, THE STATE DID TELL ME THAT IT IS OUR DECISION WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HELP WITH ANY HOSPITAL BILLS OR ANYTHING FOR, UH, AN INDIGENT PERSON.
UM, I HAD ONE TO CALL ME THE OTHER DAY THAT HAD REACHED OUT TO PARKLAND TO MAKE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS.
UM, I TOLD THEM THAT I COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THE HOSPITAL BILL BUT I COULD TAKE CARE OF ANY FURTHER, ANY FURTHER CALLS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
UM, I CALLED THE STATE, LET THEM BE AWARE AND THEY TOLD US, YOU KNOW, TOLD ME THAT WAS OUR DECISION, WHETHER NOT DO IT.
UM, MY THING IS IF PARKLAND'S TRYING TO PROVE A POINT, I'M GONNA PROVE ONE TOO.
YOU KNOW, WE'D ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WORK TOGETHER.
UM, AND MY NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP A LITTLE BIT AT THE TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCE.
UM, THIS IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, IT WAS 328 NOTIFICATIONS.
I ALSO EXPLAINED TO, UM, THE STATE, SOME OF THE HOSPITALS ARE WANTING ME TO SEND OUT APPLICATIONS ON, UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS.
I TOLD 'EM IF I DID THAT I'D BE DOING THAT ALL DAY LONG.
AND THAT'S ALL MY JOB IS BE CONSISTENT OF, IS JUST SENDING OUT APPLICATIONS.
ONCE SHE HEARD THE NUMBERS THAT I RECEIVED, SHE WAS DID NOT, WAS NOT AWARE OF IT.
AND THEY ARE VERY AMAZED THAT WE KEEP UP WITH WHAT WE KEEP UP.
MY OFFICE KEEPS UP THERE THE BEST I CAN, AS MANY PEOPLE AS I GET.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, I HAVE A TOTAL OF 39 PEOPLE ON THE PROGRAM.
UM, I HAVE A TOTAL OF 18 INMATES ON THE PROGRAM THIS TIME.
UM, ALSO ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN LAST YEAR AND THEN UP.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED DO ALL THE NUMBERS FOR THE JAIL.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? YOU DOING GOOD JOB? OKAY.
I A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT FROM THE IN HEALTH COORDINATOR COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES A MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ITEM SEVEN, THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND
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CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST BY LENORA HOMES OF TEXAS LAND AND CONSTRUCTION TO INSTALL A WATER LINE ACROSS LAKE RAY HUBBARD.DRIVE NORTH OF TRINITY CROSSING PHASE ONE, UH, AND LOCATED IN TON COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS I BELIEVE HAD THIS ON THE AGENDA.
THEY PUTTING A WATER LINE ACROSS.
I SEE JAKE STANDING RIGHT THERE UP BEHIND US.
UH, A WHOLE OTHER EDITION AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE MONEY TO REPAIR SOME OF THE ROAD, SOME OF IT.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME MORE MEETINGS ABOUT THE ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING SERIOUS ABOUT THIS ROAD.
WELL GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NEGOTIATE.
YEAH, WELL WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE, WE'RE WELL GENTLEMEN.
IT'S A REAL, UM, PRETTY SIMPLE, UH, LITTLE PROJECT.
UM, THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO TIE INTO AN EXISTING 16 INCH WATER LINE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA RUN AN EIGHT INCH ACROSS THE ROADWAY THERE.
UM, IT'S SCHEDULED TO PUT A MINIMUM OF 50 SQUARE YARDS OF, UH, ASPHALT BACK, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY WE'LL PROBABLY PUT MORE AND UH, IT'LL DEFINITELY BE IN, UH, BETTER CONDITION THAN IT'S IN CURRENTLY.
SO, UH, YEAH, WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT, UH, YOU GUYS APPROVE, UH, THESE TWO PERMITS FOR THESE TWO LOCATIONS.
ONES AT LAKE RAY HUBBARD AT BILL CLEMENTS AND THE OTHER LOCATION AT LAKE HUBBARD AND A LITTLE MORE DRY.
WE HAVE DO ONE AT A TIME, BUT YES, WE WILL DO ONE AT A TIME.
WE'LL ALSO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC, UH, ON MORE CUT, CUT THROUGH.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE OTHER END OF ITS OPEN NOW.
SO BEFORE YOU KNOW IT WAS RIGHT, BUT THEY'RE STILL GONNA MAINTAIN ONE SIDE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. PHILLIPS, UH, TO APPROVE TO HAVE A SECOND MR. HUNT SECOND'S MOTION.
AND THE SECOND RELATED NUMBER EIGHT AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE REQUEST BY LE OF TEXAS.
EAST TEXAS IS, UH, NORTH OF TEXAS LAND AND CONSTRUCTION TO INSTALL A WATER LINE ACROSS LAKE RAY HUBBARD DRIVE NORTH OF TRINITY CROSSING PHASE ONE AND IT'S LOCATED IN COFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER, UH, TWO AS WELL.
THIS IS THE SAME ITEM THAT WE JUST HAD A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION CONSIDERING UH, THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES THAT MOTION.
AND YOU WORK IN COLTON COUNTY.
ALL ITEM NUMBER NINE IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING AN ON ONSITE SEWAGE FACILITY VARIANCE FOR 60 24 BOWIE LANE IN CAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT.
UH, NUMBER ONE AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE HERE, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
THIS IS GOING BE A DESIGN OF THE, UH, PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED HERE.
UH, WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW DOING THAT.
THEY HAVE A CONVENTIONAL OLD CONVENTIONAL THERE THAT HAS FAILED.
WE DO HAVE A PULLING SUIT ON THE PROPERTY AND ADJACENT PROPERTY.
UH, I DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT, BUT UH, I HAVE INVESTIGATORS.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO PUT IN A NEW AEROBIC SYSTEM, UH, WITH THE NEW TANKS 20 FEET OFF THE LINE.
THE PROBLEM THAT THEY'RE HAVING IS THEY ONLY HAVE THE UH, 0.832 OF AN ACRE AND THAT WAS PLATTED BACK AND FORTH 13 2011.
THE HOME IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND, AND EVERYTHING, IT'S A TS TYPE FOUR SOIL.
SO THIS WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT BETTER SYSTEM FOR THAT PROPERTY.
IT DOES MEET ALL OF PCQ LAWS AND RULES AND UH, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE ENVIRONMENT OF, THE ONLY PROBLEM THEY HAVE IS THE ONE ACRE RULE
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AND THIS IS THE RESULT OF FAMILY MOVING IN A FAMILY MEMBER ON THEIR LAND AND PUTTING THE S SYSTEM SYSTEM AND THEN PEOPLE PASS AWAY.AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED IT BEFORE.
IT'S EITHER WE KICK THEM OUT OF THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PUT THE SEPTIC SYSTEM IN THIS KIND OF LIKE ONE WE HAD.
THIS WAS A FAMILY MEMBER THEN SOMEBODY, WHATEVER THAT MOVED ON OR PASSED AWAY AND THEN IT WAS AN EXISTING FENCE THERE AND THEY JUST SURVEYED THE EXISTING FENCE AND SOLD THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH WAS LESS THAN AN ACRE TO MEET OUR STANDARDS TODAY.
BUT IT'S, THIS IS JUST A RESULT OF SOMETHING IN THE, IN IN THE PAST WHENEVER BACK THEN I GUESS IT DIDN'T REQUIRE THAT THEY REQUIRE BACK IN DISTRICT.
YEAH, SO THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE YOU COME IN, YOU GET THE LAND TOTALLY TO PUT IN TWO SYSTEMS AND YOU DO IT AND THEN THEY DON'T DIVIDE IT OUT.
SO, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
I THINK IT'S GONNA GET BETTER WHEN WE GET THE ONE STOP SHOP WHERE EVERYBODY CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER.
WE'RE GONNA STILL GONNA HAVE THESE COMING TO US FROM THE PAST THAT WE'VE GIVEN VARIANCES TO OR WHATEVER, BUT PEOPLE THAT HAVE FALLEN OUT, FAMILIES THAT PASSED ON OR THEY MOVED ON AND WHATEVER AND THEN YOU STUCK WITH THIS AND SOMEONE'S BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY AND YOU KNOW, I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT.
SO, AND I WILL, I, IF I MAY, THE OLD CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS AND STUFF WERE, THEY WERE GOOD BACK IN THEIR TIME, BUT NOWADAYS WE RUN SO MUCH WATER AND SO MUCH WASTE IN IT BECAUSE THE LAW REQUIRES EVERYTHING TO RUN INTO THE SUSPECT SYSTEM.
UH, THE OLD CONVENTIONAL, THEY JUST RAN THEIR BLACK WATER IN IT.
THEY DIDN'T RUN A LOT OF THE GRAY WATER RAN ON TOP OF THE GROUND, WHICH YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO.
SO THESE NEW SYSTEMS THAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN IS A WHOLE LOT BETTER FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY AND OUR, AND OUR WATER SUPPLY THAT WE HAVE.
ANYBODY HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER MC? NO, THIS, THIS IS, I MEAN YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T GO INTO THAT.
I MAKE MOTION TO DO HAVE A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE COMMISSIONER ALLEN? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
YOU NEXT I HAVE IS, AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER UH, SOLICITING THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS OR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS FOR THE BETWEEN SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AT THIS POINT IT'S JUST UH, A REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO SOLICIT THE RFQ.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ALL OF OUR I'S DOTTED AND T'S CROSSED RIGHT AT THIS TIME.
THE COMMITTEE STILL HAS A FEW TWI TWEAKS TO MAKE BEFORE EXTENT.
WE'RE JUST RIGHT NOW TRYING TO GET PERMISSION SO THAT WHENEVER THAT IS UH, FINISHED WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET US AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO THIS IS GETS US LINED UP TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AFTER WE'RE READY TO PROCEED.
AND THIS IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE BUT RIGHT.
IT YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE, UH, I MEAN IT'S GONNA COST SOME MONEY.
I MEAN I DON'T THINK ANY DOUBT ABOUT THAT BUT WE DO NEED TO BE READY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE SUBDIVISION THINGS NOW FOR MONTHS AND PROBABLY YEARS AND SO WE DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
SO TELL WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I MAKE A MOTION TO DO IT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO HAVE A SECOND.
MR. PHILLIPS MAKES UH, A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NUMBER, UH, 11 IS TO DISCUSS AWARDING BID NUMBER 1807 ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC USE NUISANCE TO A VENDOR BASED ON BID QUALIFICATIONS.
YES, HONOR, I BELIEVE YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH THE, UH, TWO VENDORS THAT, THAT, UH, ANSWERED THE BID.
UM, I MEAN IT'S KIND OF AT YOUR DISCRETION YOU CAN SEE THERE'S QUITE A LARGE PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO AND ALSO THE LESS OR EXPENSIVE VENDOR HAD PUT IN A CLAUSE TO UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ADJUST HIS PRICE ACCORDINGLY.
IF WE, IF UH, THE FOLKS OF THIS PROPERTY ACTUALLY CLEANED UP AHEAD OF TIME, UM, THAT WAS BASED ON WHAT WE, WE MADE A MANDATORY SITE VISIT.
SO ALL VENDORS THAT WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY ANSWER HAD TO, THAT WERE REQUIRED TO COME AND LOOK AT FOR, THERE WAS NO SURPRISES.
SO WE ONLY HAD TWO VENDORS OUT OF THE FOUR THAT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ANSWERED THE BID.
AND UM, AND LIKE I SAID, HE ALSO PUT IN THE CLAUSE 'CAUSE THE HOMEOWNERS WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME AND UM, THEY HAD SAID THAT THEY WERE, OR YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SOME CLEANUP.
UM, ENVIRONMENTAL GENTLEMEN ARE HERE AS WELL.
OFFICERS, UM, THEY'VE BEEN OUT TO THE RESIDENCE SINCE THE SITE VISIT AND
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SAID THAT THE RESIDENT HAD, HAD BEEN CLEANED UP SO IT MAY NOT EVEN COST AS MUCH AS THE BID WAS.SO, SO IT'S A PROGRESS I ACTUALLY DROVE THROUGH, UH, OUT BY THAT AREA AND WE'RE NOT DESTROYING THE RESIDENCE, UH, WE'RE JUST CLEANING UP THE AREA AROUND, UH, THE BUILDING AND I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OVER THE YEARS AND SO IT'S AN EFFORT TO UH, UH, TO IMPROVE THAT AREA AS WELL.
THERE WILL BE A LIEN BASED ON PLACED ON THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THE PROPERTY SELL THE COUNTY WILL BE REIMBURSED PLUS ENTRIES FOR UH, THE CLEANUP THAT WE DO OUT THERE.
SO IN YOUR PRECINCT COMMISSION, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, NO.
IT'S JUST, UH, I GUESS UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE BROUGHT IT TO ME SINCE WE BROUGHT UP AND UH, WE GOT A COURT ORDER TO UH, THE PROPERTY AND UH, I HAD AN OPTION TO US DO IT OURSELVES OR WE PUT IT OUT FOR BID AND I CHOSE TO PUT OUT FOR BID SO MY GUYS COULD BE BUILDING ROADS, THE ROADS BUILDING SEASON.
SO, UH, AND THAT'S WHERE ING TOOK OVER FROM THERE TO GET THE BID.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO NO, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY AND THEY SAID THAT THEY CLEAN UP A THIS, SO I THINK THE PITCHING STUFF LIKE KIND COMMUNITY PROJECT RIGHT NOW, CLEANING UP THAT, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
MY RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE TABULATION BID TABULATIONS THAT YOU GENTLEMEN WERE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED WITH WAS IF WE GO TO BOY BAILEY FOR THE LESSER BID TURNKEY JOB.
ESTIMATED C8 50 IS THE ESTIMATED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, LISA, OR I'M SORRY, THIS, THIS PART OF THE MEETING IS IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK, YOU WERE TO SIGN UP TO DO THAT AND SO YOU'VE NOT DONE THAT SO YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THAT.
THIS IS A DECISION OF THE COURT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO, UH, THAT'S HOW THE COURT OPERATES.
UH, SO UH, GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE A MOTION CONCERNING I MAKE A MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND THE MOTION.
THOSE VOTES ARE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING COURT REVENUE INTO THE ROAD BRIDGE DIVISION PRECINCTS.
UH, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED OUT WE ARE RECEIVING, UH, TOLL FREE.
AND WHEN I SAY TO STATE IS PAYING THE, UH, CITY BACK MONEY FOR ROAD THAT THEY MONEY FROM ON OUR DIME SO TO SPEAK AND BE REIMBURSED SIMPLY WHAT THIS DOES IS PUT THOSE FUNDS BACK INTO THE COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND FOR THIS AND FUTURE COURT TO AS SO I ASKED, UH, REBECCA HAVE WORKED ON THIS I THINK FOR, UH, FOR SOME TIME THIS JUST, UH, GIVES THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH MONEY.
AND UH, IT WILL OVER A PERIOD OF TIME BE IT'LL GROW AS THE UH, PASS THROUGH POLL MONEY DOES COME BACK AND IT'S NOT FROM THE CITIZENS, IT'S FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I GUESS A LITTLE LOST IN THE WEEDS THERE.
BUT, UH, IF THE BOND WAS PASSED, AND I WOULD EMPHASIZE THIS, THE BOND WAS PASSED THAT THESE FUNDS BE USED FROM COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
IT ALSO ACCORDING TO THE UH, BOND ATTORNEY AND UH, ALSO TO OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR ANY SUBJECT PURPOSE, LEGAL PURPOSE.
UH, THIS COURT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGNATE IT FOR THE COUNTY ROAD BRIDGE FUND.
SO FROM, IT CAME FROM, IT'S EXACTLY WHERE IT CAME FROM.
I MEAN IT WAS A COUNTYWIDE BOND PROGRAM.
SO EVERY PERSON IN THE COUNTY IS PAYING TOWARDS THAT.
SO, UH, IT'LL STAY FOR THE INTENDED PURPOSE IF YOU AGREE TO THIS AND UH, TO BE USED ON COUNTY ROADS.
IN THIS CASE IT BE USED ON COUNTY, COUNTY ROADS, NOT THE STATE HIGHWAYS COUNTY HIGHWAY WASTE.
AND I THINK THE PUBLIC WILL, UH, I THINK THEY'LL THIS, THIS, THIS IS A LONG TERM DEAL HAVE PASS GOING THROUGH CRANDALL.
SO WE'LL ALL BE SPLITTING THE MONEY
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FOR YEARS, FOR YEARS TO COME.IT IS A CRANDALL THE PASS FOR BOTH.
AT THIS POINT IN THE DREAM IT IS.
SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT ADDRESS, WE KNOW THE LOOP.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING FOR YEARS TO, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO MY PASS DUE FUNDS IS SET IT ASIDE BECAUSE THERE ARE ROADS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN SUB OUT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE MONEY BUILDS AND I CAN REPLACE SOME OF THE ROADS THAT REALLY NEED A LOT OF WORK DONE ON THEM AND I CAN STILL BE BUILDING COUNTY ROAD WITH MY ROOF AND SINGLE CONTRACT OUT STUFF, BUT IT'LL JUST TAKE A WHILE FOR THAT PASTURE MONEY TO BUILD UP, AFFORD TO DO THAT.
BUT OVER TIME WE'LL HAVE THIS POOL FOR OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS, RIGHT.
KNOCK OUT SOME ROAD THAT ARE BIG PROBLEMS AND BIG JOBS SUMMER.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? NO.
YEAH AND KAREN, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE LIKE THAT? I JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU WANT IT SPLIT UP.
I THINK, UH, THE MOTION IS SPLIT UP WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPLIT UP JUST THE WAY IT IS WITH ALL BRIDGE FUNDS ON THE PERCENTAGES ON THE PERCENTAGE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND JUDGE WOOD WILL PROBABLY SLAP ME AFTER THIS.
WELL I HOPE I THERE'S ANOTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION THAT YOU CAN DO ACCORDING TO TOM HOLLAND AND GEORGE WILLIFORD, YOU CAN USE THAT MONEY TO PAY AGAINST THE DEBT ON THAT BOND ISSUE.
WHEN YOU DO YOU LOWER THE INS TAX RATE THAT COULD BE MOVED INTO ROAD AND BRIDGE.
JUST GONNA LEAVE IT THERE BECAUSE THAT IS AN OPTION AND I KNOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE TRANSPARENT AND ARE AWARE OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT MONEY.
SO EITHER WAY IT'LL HELP THE ROAD AND BRIDGE.
I BELIEVE I'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT.
UH, THE BONDS ARE NOT CALLABLE UNTIL 2022 AND 2025.
MM-HMM
UH, BUT UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE SAME? I MAKE MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT IS UH, AN ITEM NUMBER 13 AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING EAC TO PROVIDE SECURED ED PACKAGE SERVICES FOR COUNTY.
SO GENTLEMEN, LAST WE MET, YOU FOLKS APPROVED THE UH, PLAN TO DO FIBER, VERY FIBER TO ALL THE LOCATIONS IN CTON.
UH, WE HAD AN UPDATE ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD ON TOP BEFOREHAND.
THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HAS RESOLVED THE ISSUE OF NINE ONE ONE CALL COMING IN ON THAT 3,300
NEXT STEP IS TO RECONCILE ALL THE 21 FAX MACHINES WE HAVE IN COURTHOUSE ANNEX.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS WE DOING THAT.
PAGE TWO, YOU'LL FIND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES WE HAD WAS WILL THERE BE, WILL THERE BE SEED IS COMPLIANT AND WILL THERE BE HIPAA COMPLIANT? SO FIRST OF ALL, YOU REMEMBER ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO WE MOVED FROM A PREMISE TO A CLOUD-BASED UH, EMAIL SERVER THROUGH MICROSOFT, WHICH IS TLS, WHICH IS TRANSPORT LAYER SECURITY ENCRYPTION COMPLIANT.
THIS PRODUCT, UH, GOES ALONG WITH TLS.
SO THE ENCRYPTIONS END TO END FROM THIS PRODUCT BACK EMAIL.
IT'S ALSO TOTALLY HIPAA COMPLIANT AND CGIS AS IT TURNS OUT IS NOT AN ISSUE.
WE HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE DA'S OFFICE AND EVERYONE ELSE AND YOU MAY HAVE TO AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, DO SOME SEED FAST.
IF SO, WE HAVE TO KNOW COPPER SPARE CO TO DO THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW LET ONE LOOK AT, I THINK SO IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
THAT'S KIND OF WAY THE WORLD IS GOING AND IT'S SUFFICIENT, ENCRYPTED AND COMPLIANT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT UH, YOUR AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL DO WITH? UH, SO THE LAST SHEET, THE LAST SHEET OF THE FEES.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY TRIAL AND I BELIEVE THE AUDITOR WOULD LIKE TO BE THE ONE TO TEST IT.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN BEGIN IN MAY.
SO THEN WE WOULD HAVE JUNE, JULY, SEPTEMBER AND THAT'S ALL WOULD BE
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REQUIRED TO PAY THERE.SO IT'S A MONTHLY MONTHLY, YEP.
YOU HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT WHERE THE MONEY WILL COME FROM? WE'LL FIND IT.
UH, WE'RE PAYING A FEE NOW I BELIEVE.
THE, THE PRI PROVIDES ANALOG AND DIGITAL SERVICES WHEN THAT PRI GOES, THE ANALOG SERVICE FROM THE RS CARDS ARE GONE AS WELL.
SO THERE WILL BE NO MORE FAX LINES.
OH, SO WELL TWO YOU SAID HE HAD 21 FAX MACHINES WE'RE 21 RIGHT NOW.
THOSE ARE SEPARATE PHONE LINES.
THAT'S, WELL THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT TRUE ACTUALLY.
THEY ARE ANALOG SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE PRI.
THERE WILL BE NO SAVINGS THERE.
UH, IT'S JUST PART OF IT, PART OF THE DEAL WHEN WE BUILT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE UH, IN 2004 ALL THE FAXES OUT THERE ARE PART OF THE ANALOG SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE UH, MYTEL PHONE SWITCH.
SO THERE'S NO COPY FAXES OUT THERE.
WHERE WE SAVE MONEY IS ON THE REMOTE LOCATION.
THESE GUYS THAT HAVE COPPER TO REMOTE LOCATIONS.
YOU SAYING IT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF FAX MACHINE BECAUSE ANY PLACE ANYBODY HAS AN EMAIL YEAH.
AND IT'S LARGE CORPORATION, WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND SHOULD WORK BETTER.
LITTLE TIME TO GET ACCUSTOMED TO IT.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE SAME THING.
NOT THAT THIS PRODUCT INTEGRATES WITH THE THREE IN ONE DEVICES WE HAVE IN CABINET, NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO GET RID OF IT.
I KNOW IT'S JUST ONE THING BUT SEEMS AS LONG AS, AS THE AUDITOR APPROVES THE TEST.
I WOULD SUGGEST AFTER THE MEETING IF YOU WANT MORE CLARIFICATION OH NO, THAT, LISTEN, I, THE, I'M JUST MOVE MOTION REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 13.
MOTION COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY FOR WORKING ON THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING PAYROLL AND BENEFITS.
YOUR PAYROLL AMOUNT IS 1,000,100 $56,803 AND 60 CENTS.
FRIDAY I THINK PAYDAY, THEY'RE SITTING ON MY DESK READY TO BE STAMPED.
OKAY, WELL I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION MR. PHILLIPS.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
ALRIGHT, YOU GOT THESE IN THE MAIL.
I THINK KENTUCKY SENT 'EM TO YOU BEFORE HE LEFT TO GO TO SCHOOL, BUT UH, PRECINCT TWO NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP FOR SUMMER AND UH, THE JUVENILE BOARD APPROVED AN INCREASE FOR YOUR JUVENILE PUBLIC PROBATION DIRECTOR AND SHE GETS STATE MONEY AND SHE GETS COUNTY MONEY AND WE ADJUSTED IT BY THOSE PERCENTAGES.
SO THE COUNTY WASN'T PAYING FOR ALL THE RAISE, IT WAS ON THE STATE TOO 'CAUSE SHE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND YOUR BUDGET AMENDMENT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, PRECINCT FORM HAS UH, AN INCREASE IN ITS BUDGET DUE TO UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ROAD REPAIRS THAT WAS BEING REIMBURSED.
AND UM, IN THE FIRE CODE FUND WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVE FOR THE FIRE WATCH AND THEN WE ADJUST THE BUDGET SO THE PART-TIME PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORKING THE FIRE WATCH CAN DO ROAD CHECK.
THEN THE LAST ONE IS, UM, JUVENILE PROBATION, UM, TITLE VE EXPENDITURES THAT UM, WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE STATE AND SO SHE NEEDED TO ADJUST HER HER BUDGET BY THOSE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AND THINGS.
OKAY, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
DO HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER HUNT SECOND MOTION.
AND THEN NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.
UH, YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT YOU HAVE ACCOUNTS TOTAL INVOICES AT 444,000 957 78,
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UH, MANUAL CHECKS OF 3075 17 GRAND JURY AT 480.THEN WITH THE PAYROLL THAT WE JUST WENT OVER, YOUR TOTAL AMOUNT GOING OUT TODAY IS 1,000,006 OH 5 3 16 55.
ANY QUESTIONS ON, AGAIN, AS I ALWAYS SAY, WE'VE THE OVER, IF ANYBODY ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE MOTION.
PHILLIPS MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR ITEM UR ALLEN THAT.