* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. WELCOME [00:00:01] TODAY TO, UH, OUR REGULAR MEETING OF THE, UH, FOX COUNTY COURT. TODAY IS, UH, WEDNESDAY, MAY THE 23RD, 2018. IT'S NINE O'CLOCK, AND WE'LL BEGIN OUR NUMBER SHORTLY. UH, IF THERE IS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, THAT YOU WISH TO ADDRESS, THERE ARE SOME FORMS IN THE HALL THAT YOU CAN COMPLETE AND PRESENT TO OUR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. UH, AND THEY WILL, UH, UH, HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE WILL CALL YOU UP AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. IT DOES NEED TO BE ON THE AGENDA. I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE, BUT, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, WE ARE CERTAINLY MORE THAN HAPPY TO HEAR, UH, YOU, UH, YOUR COMMENTS AT THAT TIME. UH, WE DO HAVE A FORUM PRESENT. UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, UH, AND COMMISSIONER BARBER ARE BOTH, UH, OUT OF TOWN TODAY AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US, BUT, UH, YOU'VE GOT THE CREAM OF THE CROP, I GUESS, , AND YOU TELL HIM I SAID THAT YOU RUN . BUT ANYWAY, WE, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I'VE ASKED, UH, JIM DAVIS, A RESIDENT OF OUR COUNTY AND A FORMER COUNTY OFFICIAL OVER IN, UH, TON COUNTY TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION. AND SO IF YOU'D STAND AND YOU'LL HAVE FAITH, OUR MOST KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY, MANY BLESSINGS YOU GIVE US ON A DAILY BASIS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. HELP US TO BE NOT THAT SILLY, THAT WE WOULD FORGET THE THINGS THAT YOU GIVE US. GUIDE AND DIRECT OUR STEPS AND KEEP THIS MEETING IN ORDER. IN, IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE, THROUGH THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THROUGH THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVIDUAL. THANK, AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER, WISH TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON ANY ITEMS THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST REMINDER FOR BE SURE TO COMPLETE THE FORM. UH, WE, UH, HAVE NO ROUTINE, UH, CORRESPONDENCE, UH, TO GIVE OUT. AND SO WE, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, ITEM A IS TO PRESENT STAR TRANSIT, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY DEMAND IN RESPONSE ON CALL, UH, KAMAN, PROBABLY OF THE LENGTH NUMBER 8 0 2 TERRELL HIGHWAY 80 AND NUMBER 8 0 3, AND TERRELL , 8 0 4 RIDERSHIP, APRIL. YOU COPIES OF THAT, UH, EARLIER. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST FROM, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING, UH, A REQUEST FROM THE, UH, FARMER'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE TO CONSTRUCT AN ELECTRICAL, UH, POWER DISTRIBUTION, UH, FACILITY ACROSS I DRIVE, WHICH IS LOCATED THREE 50 FEET SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 2 0 5, EXCUSE ME, KAMAN COUNTY, TEXAS PRECINCT THREE. YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION ON THAT, UH, GENTLEMAN. AND, UH, I ALSO, THE MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE, UH, THAT WILL TAKE PLACE. AND I BELIEVE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, BARBARA HAS, UH, HE'S FINE WITH THAT. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, UH, UH, THE, NO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND I WILL, UH, VOTE IN THAT INSTANCE SINCE WE, UH, ARE HAVING ONLY THREE OF US HERE TODAY. UH, NEXT IS, UH, TO HEAR FROM LYNN TANNER. AND LYNN IS HERE TO PRESENT THE KAMAN COUNTY COLLECTION REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2018. LYNN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE TOTAL DEPOSIT 55 4 41, UM, DISBURSEMENTS DUE IN APRIL 8,000 2, 68 82. DISBURSEMENTS MADE IN APRIL WERE 11,018. AND, UM, TOTAL OUTSTANDING DISBURSEMENTS FOR APRIL EIGHT, 8,000 2 68 2. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COURT AS PRESENTED. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION MOTION FOR PERMISSION HUNT. SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS WILL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEN FOR HERE WITH US. THE NEXT IS FROM, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, [00:05:01] AND THAT IS TO PREVENT, ACCEPT APPROVING THE'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL, 2018. MR. OFIELD. THANK YOU JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE GENERAL FUND HAS BEGINNING VIOLENCE. APRIL ONE OF 5 MILLION 929, 669 15. THAT WAS AN AMERICAN NATIONAL AND 16 MILLION OH 4 7 8 12 87. THAT WAS AT SPOOL IN TPO PRIME. THE TEXT POOL EARNED 25,000 409 77 OF INTEREST INCOME. UH, THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK TOOK IN OPERATING RECEIPTS OF 1,000,003 78 4 0 1 98 MADE DISBURSEMENTS OF 3 MILLION 686 1 6 7 28. SO WE HAVE ENDING BALANCES OF 3 MILLION 6 21, 9 0 3, 8 5, AND 16 MILLION. OH 73 2 22 64, YOU KNOW, ALMOST $20 MILLION. WE DID BRING $3 MILLION, UH, BACK FROM TPO PRIME TO AMERICAN NATIONAL, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, ROAD BOND FUNDS THAT ARE AT, UH, TECH POOL 22 MILLION 644, 4 35 49. THEY EARN 35,000 8 54 77 IN INTEREST. SO THEIR ENDING BALANCE IS 22 MILLION 600 8290 26. THE MONIES THAT WE HAD AT AMERICAN NATIONAL AND THE GENERAL FUND, THE ROAD BOND FUND AND THE ALL OTHER FUNDS, THAT INTEREST TOTALS 6,000 939 99. AND WE HAD ENOUGH ELECTED BALANCE EVERY DAY THAT AMERICAN NATIONAL DID NOT EAT ANY SERVICE CHARGES. YOU KNOW, WE HAD COMPENSATING BALANCE TO COVER ALL OF THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO BE A GOOD, UM, DEPOSITOR WITH THE BANK. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL TAX POOL INTEREST WAS 61,000 265 14. UH, TAX FULL RATES ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER 1.8. JUDGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ONLY, UH, QUESTION, REALLY A COMMENT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN INSTANCE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN AN ACCOUNT, UH, TO PAY THE BILLS THIS, UH, IN ONE ACCOUNT THIS PAST MONTH. UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S PART IS, UH, I BELIEVE THAT WAS EARLIER IN MAY. WE HAD, UH, UH, A CLERICAL, UM, ERROR WHERE WE DIDN'T BRING MONEY BACK FROM TAX FULL CRIME FOR WE ROAD BOND FUND. UH, WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE THAT WE KEEP THAT ROAD BOND FUNDED A MILLION DOLLARS. AND, UH, I REEMPHASIZE THAT TO STAFF. THAT IS OUR POLICY. BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN CORRECT. OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY THAT DAY, JUDGE. ALRIGHT, ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, TREASURER? NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT. I, I HAVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. AND THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANNABEL. WE'LL, UH, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER, UH, FIVE. AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPOINTING AND REAPPOINTING, UH, BOARD MEMBER TO THE LAKES REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD TO REPRESENT COFFMAN COUNTY FOR A TWO YEAR, UH, TERM. AND YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION ON THAT. UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ON THAT? DR. KERIS HAS BEEN SERVING, UH, AS I REMEMBER, ON THAT LAKES REGIONAL BOARD, UH, AND HE HAS BEEN, UH, RECOMMENDED TO SERVE AGAIN. UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I MOTION? ALRIGHT, WE'LL HAVE MOTION HUNT TO APPROVE THE MORNING DR. JOHN RIS AS I MEMBER REPRESENTING US ON THE KAMAN COUNTY, UH, BOARD FOR THE, UH, LAKE REGIONAL. AND A SECOND. I SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND SET. MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED. THE NEXT ITEM IS FROM, UH, CINDY RICH, UH, TO DISCUSS, PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE KAMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. AND I DON'T THINK CINDY'S HERE ON THE I'M JIM DAVIS, YOUR HONOR. YOUR HONOR. AND I'M, UH, UH, THE CO-CHAIR OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION ALONG WITH CHUCK SHEPHERD. UH, WE WORKED TOGETHER TO DO THE CHAIRMAN'S POSITION. UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 COMMISSIONERS ON THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. WE RECENTLY HAD ONE RESIGNATION, [00:10:01] ROSEANNE MORROS RESIGNED, AND SO WE HAVE 10, WE HAVE THREE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS AND, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO DO MORE. UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO CLEAR LAND AT THE FOR FARM. UH, WE THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR A LOT OF THEIR HELP. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO THE FOR FARM IN SOME TIME, YOU WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE IT IF YOU'D BEEN OUT THERE A YEAR AGO OR SO. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT, GREAT JOB OF CLEARING A LOT OF THE BRUSH AND STUFF OFF OF IT. THEY, UH, ALSO HAVE CLEARED THE, UH, AREA BETWEEN THE POOR FARM AND THE FAIRGROUND AND PUT UP THE A FENCE. THE FENCE IS WONDERFUL. IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY NICE. IT DOES. IT, IT IS A GOOD, GOOD FENCE. AND, UH, WE REALLY NEEDED THAT. AND IT'S A, WE'VE ALSO GOT, UH, THE BOUNDARY LINE'S MARKED. NOW WE KNOW WHERE MOST OF THE BOUNDARY LINES ARE. THERE'S STILL A COUPLE THAT ARE IN QUESTION, BUT, UH, WE KNOW BASICALLY WHERE THEY, WHERE THE POOR FARM IS. IT SEEMS THAT OVER THE YEARS THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THE POOR FARM AND THERE WASN'T EXACT DOCUMENTATION TO SAY, THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS AND THIS IS WHERE IT STOPS. SO IT'S A, THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB THOUGH, FINDING MOST OF THOSE. SO, SO THE, UH, THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO START, UH, WORK ON THE, UH, THE JAIL. AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE STUFF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE DONE TO HELP US WITH THE, WITH THE, THE ROOF ON THE JAILS. THE FIRST THING WE'VE GOTTA GET DONE IS THE ROOF ON THE JAIL. KEEP THE REST OF IT FROM FALLING APART ON US AS WE ARE WORKING ON IT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S SHOULD BE UNDERWAY WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS. COUPLE WEEKS. SO YEAH, REDOING THE ROOF OVER THE, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. EXCELLENT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT WEEDS AND TREES OUT TOP OF THE, WE GOTTA GET THAT FIXED. WELL, WE APPRECIATE ALL, ALL THE HELP WE'VE GOTTEN. UH, MIKE ESPECIALLY HAS BEEN OUT THERE. MIKE HUNT HAS BEEN OUT MANY TIMES WORKING AND HE'S A PART OF OUR BOARD, OUR COMMISSION TOO. HE COMES, SITS ON OUR COMMISSION AND HE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH US. SO IT'S A, AND ALL OF 'EM SEE SUCCESS. HE'S HELPED, HELPED ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE THEY'VE EVER, ONE, BEEN A REAL ASSET TO US. UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID THIS, UH, WE GOT A QMC UH, COMPANY CAME OUT AND DID A, UH, CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF, UH, A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE FOR FARM. AND, UH, THEY, UH, TOLD US HOW WE CAN RESTORE THE BUILDINGS AND HOW WE CAN PUT THEM BACK. WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING, ON OUR JULY MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THAT. THEY'VE GIVEN US A REPORT THAT, UH, WE GOT JUST BEFORE OUR LAST MEETING. SO WE MADE COPIES OF IT FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO LOOK AT SO THEY CAN GO OVER IT AND DECIDE IF WE WANT TO ACCEPT EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY OR DO WE WANNA MAKE SOME, SOME CHANGES ON IT BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY CAN. WE CAN START WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS. WE WANNA START WITH THE, UH, THE SEC, UH, SUPERINTENDENT'S HOUSE AND GET IT OPERATIONAL WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY USE IT AS OFFICE FOR THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. UH, THERE'S SOME PROB PROBLEMS WITH THE ROOF. THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS WITH A LOT OF THINGS IN IT. SO IF THEY'VE, UH, GIVEN US SOME GOOD IDEAS ON HOW TO FIX IT AND HOW WE CAN DO IT AS INEXPENSIVELY AS POSSIBLE, THAT'S THE, OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK OUT THERE. THE WHOLE PLACE IS LOOKING NICER. AND, UH, DOING THE, THE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS HAVE PUT IN A GARDEN OUT THERE THIS YEAR. THEY'RE DOING, UH, EXACTING WORK ON IT. THEY KEEP A RECORD OF EVERY TIME THEY GO OUT THERE, THEY KEEP A RECORD OF EVERY SEED THEY PLANT. THEY KEEP A RECORD OF EVERY, UH, PIECE OF FRUIT THEY HARVEST, OR A PIECE OF VEGETABLE THEY HARVEST. AND CURRENTLY THEY HAVE CORE, THEY HAVE, UH, HARVESTED OVER 150 POUNDS OF VEGETABLES OUT OF THE GARDEN THAT THEY PUT OUT THERE THIS SPRING. SO, UH, WHICH IS A NICE, UH, WHEN WILL THE TOMATOES BE READY? ? I'M NOT SURE. I HAVE SEE A FAMILY HERE, . I DUNNO WHAT ALL THE, THEY PLANTED A BUNCH OF STUFF OUT THERE. IT, THEY GOT ALL, WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN CHUCK WILL CALL YOU. UH, WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE, UH, WE WERE GONNA HAVE A CAR SHOW OUT AT THE CORE FARM THIS LAST SATURDAY BECAUSE OF SOME HEALTH SITUATIONS WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT WAS POSTPONED. WE'RE WORKING ON SOME IDEAS FOR THIS YEAR. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, UH, AN APPRECIATION BANQUET THAT WILL BE COMING UP. UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW. I'M TRYING TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT DATE WOULD BE BEST FOR THAT. IN OCTOBER, WE'LL HAVE AN ARCHEOLOGY DAY AGAIN, WHICH WILL BE, WE HAD THAT ON THE SQUARE LAST YEAR AND WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN. AND THAT WILL BE IN CON IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. UM, WE'RE ALSO GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE CONCERNING OUR CEMETERIES. AND, UH, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, WITH THE, UH, CEMETERY COMMISSION IS TO KEEP UP WITH, UH, TALKING TO, UH, TO THEM AND WORKING WITH THAT AND MAYBE WORKING WITH SOME FUNERAL HOMES AND FINDING WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP, UH, FIX SOME OF THE CEMETERIES THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED. [00:15:01] WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT SOMEBODY SOMETIMES ONCE IN A WHILE GOES IN THERE AND MOWS IT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO MOWS IT OR WHO'S BEEN IN THERE DOING STUFF. WE WANT TO MAKE SOME, WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE HISTORICAL MARKERS ON THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF PROPERLY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO IS GET A GROUP TOGETHER WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT EACH OF THE CEMETERIES AND DO SOME MORE WORK WITH THOSE. SO, YEAH. CAN I SAY SOMETHING ? SURE. WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE NEEDS THE LAW AS LONG AS IT'S 50 YEARS OLD. RIGHT. AND NO FUNDS SET UP TO DO THAT. I CAN SEE 'EM TRUSTEES OUT THERE TOMORROW. OKAY, GOOD. SO THAT, THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE LAW. WE'LL BE TALKING WITH YOU. IN FACT, UH, CINDY AND I WERE TALKING OTHER CINDY. CINDY RICH AND I WERE TALKING THE OTHER DAY AND WE SAID WE WOULD TALK WITH THE SHERIFF TO SEE IF WE COULD GET ALL THIS STUFF, MEET THE CRITERIA UNDERNEATH THE LAW. I'LL GET REBECCA IN BECAUSE WE, WE'VE DONE SOME OTHER STUFF. RIGHT. GOOD WAY WE CAN GET THE CEMETERY. WE, CINDY GOT A CALL ON MONDAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM SOME GENTLEMAN THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN KAMAN COUNTY, BUT HE IS INTERESTED IN BLACKLAND CEMETERY, AND HE'S TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT WAS BURIED THERE. AND THEN HE STARTED, HE WENT TO THE CEMETERY TO TRY AND FIND SOMEBODY WAS TELLING HER HOW BAD IT WAS WALKING AROUND AND THE THING, AND COME TO FIND OUT THAT, UH, SOME OF THE TOMBSTONES HAD BEEN KNOCKED OVER AND STUFF OF THIS NATURE. SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO THAT. WE FOUND ANOTHER ONE OUT AT, UH, CEDAR GROVE THAT WAS AT IT, CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY OUT IN, UH, ABEL SPRINGS AREA. UH, THERE'S A, UH, BUNCH OF MARKERS THAT ARE OVER THERE AND THE TRINITY INDUSTRIES HAS THEIR GRAVEL PIT RIGHT CLOSE TO IT. RIGHT. THEY DOING BLASTING. AND WE WERE CONCERNED THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE DOING IT. TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THEY SAID, I THINK IT'S JUST OLD AGE THAT THE THINGS WERE FALLING OVER. AND NOT NECESSARILY SOME OF 'EM BLASTING, BUT, UH, THE LAST THREE TIMES THEY TRIED TO BURY SOMEONE OUT THERE, THEY DUG A HOLE AND DUG, DUG INTO A GRAVE. MM-HMM . SO THEY AFRAID TO DIG OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA FIND. BECAUSE WHEN THAT, WHEN SOME OF THOSE CEMETERIES, THOSE GRAPES ARE WELL OVER A HUNDRED AND 150 YEARS OLD AND THERE'S BEEN, THE MARKERS WERE A WOODEN MARKER AND THEY'VE DETERIORATED SINCE THEN. AND SO THEY'RE NOT ANYTHING NOT MARKED A LOT OF 'EM. THERE WAS ALSO SOME SLAVES THAT WERE BURIED IN THAT AREA AND THEY'RE BURIED OUTSIDE THE CEMETERY. UM, SO WE HAVE A FAMILY THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO IT, JUST SOUTH OF THERE. AND I TALKED TO THEM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND THEY WERE, THEY HAD ACTUALLY FOUND TWO GRAVES THAT WERE ON THEIR PROPERTY THAT THEY BELIEVE WERE SLAVES GRAVES AT THAT TIME. BUT THERE'S NO MARKERS OR ANYTHING ON THEM, SO WE NEVER KNOW. SO ATE EFFORTS, TRYING TO, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO RESOLVE A LOT OF THIS STUFF. CINDY OR RICH DOES, SHE ONLY WORKS HERE ON PART-TIME FOR US, BUT SHE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH A LOT OF, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE PAM AND PAM HELPS US IMMEASURABLY, UH, KEEP UP WITH A LOT OF THE PAPERWORK AND A LOT OF THE STUFF SHE DOES . BUT I HAVE TO RELY ON MY CHUCK. HE, HE HELPS ME. HE IS MY CO-CHAIR. SO . BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT, SO WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN. GOOD DEAL. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME? I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING WHAT YOU DO AND, UH, WE WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ANY WAY THAT WE CAN. AND, UH, CERTAINLY THE POOL FARM IS, UH, IS A PRIORITY, BUT ALL THE CEMETERY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SACRED AND OH YEAH, THAT PART WE, ANYTHING THAT WE LEGALLY CAN DO AND THE SHERIFF OPEN UP HERE, AND THAT MAY BE A GOOD SOURCE OF THAT POOL LABOR. WE START LOOKING, WHEN I FOUND THE CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY UP THERE, GOT LOOKING, THERE USED TO BE A TOWN CALLED CEDAR GROVE UP THERE. I, THAT WAS OVER 5,000 PEOPLE IN THAT TOWN AT ONE TIME. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT , I DUNNO, ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD. THERE'S SEVERAL RECORDS, SEVERAL STATE RECORDS THAT THERE WAS OVER FIVE FIVE. THE TOWN OF CEDAR GROVE ACTUALLY WENT ALL THE WAY OVER INTO VAN Z COUNTY. BUT I THINK YOU LIVED IN THAT AT THAT TIME. , YOU WERE THE MAYOR. DID YOU, YOU RAISE YOUR HAND. DID YOU WANNA SAY SOME? YEAH, WE, UH, WE ARE WORKING, UM, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS COMPLETELY FENCING IN THE POOR FARM. THE POOR FARM. RIGHT. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF OUR PROJECTS IS ALONG WITH THE JAIL, GETTING THE JAIL DONE AND WE GOT THE WEST SIDE OVER ON OLD 34 FAIRGROUNDS ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE FAIR GROUND. UM, AND WE'RE WORKING ACROSS DOWN 18 TO 65 ROAD AND WE'RE GONNA PUT NEW ENTRYWAY OUT THERE AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT LOT STUFF GOING ON, LOT STUFF. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA SELL SOME MORE OF THOSE PANELS THAT HAVE PEOPLE'S NAMES ON AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE HAVE RONNIE, YOU DON'T ONLY HAVE TWO OF THAT ARE PAID FOR THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN PUT UP YET. ONE OR TWO THAT ARE ALREADY PAID FOR. WE'RE GONNA BE SOME ADDITIONAL ONE OF THEM. OKAY. I KNEW THERE WAS SEVERAL TIME WE GO IN AFTER SOMEBODY FIX IT. YES, THEY ARE. OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAYBE SET UP A MEETING WITH THE YOU AND CHUCK AND WHOEVER FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WOULD [00:20:01] LIKE TO ME AND WITH, UH, OUR AUDITOR. YES. UH, MS. COOPER. MM-HMM . UH, THERE MAY BE, UH, I BELIEVE WE SET ASIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR WORK AT THE POOL FARM. WE'RE PAYING FOR THE, THE REROOFING OF THE, UH, UH, JAIL FOR FARM JAIL. YEAH. OUT OF, UH, GENERAL UPKEEP OF A COUNTY OWNED BUILDING, WHICH THAT IS A COUNTY OWNED BUILDING. UH, BUT I WANT TO GET WITH, UH, WITH KAREN AND YOU ALL AND MAKE SURE WE, UH, GO OVER THAT. AND THERE MAY BE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT AMOUNT, UM, BUT I THINK YOU DID PUT SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY IN OUR BUDGET. OKAY. NOT, NOT, NOT THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, BUT IT'S TO BE USED BY THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. AND I BELIEVE I'M CORRECT, WE, IN 4 0 9, WE TRANSFER TO BOTH THE FOUR FORM AND THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. A CHECK. OKAY. IT IS A TRANSFER. OKAY. OBJECTION. BUT AS YOU SAID, THE ROOF WAS INCLUDED IN THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET. RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP AND IF THERE'S MONEY THAT IS THERE THAT CAN BE OF HELP IMMEDIATELY, ALWAYS , THAT WOULD BE GOOD. I'LL, I'LL COORDINATE WITH PAM AND PAM, YOU CHECK WITH YOU AND WE'LL SET A PLAN. WE'LL SET IT UP. NO PROBLEM AT ALL. BE THERE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE WHAT THE MONEY IS. EXCELLENT. IS THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT FROM UH, UH, UH, NOT MS. RICH DAVIS, UH, FROM THE, UH, CON COUNTY, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS ACCEPT MOTION COMMISSIONER ALL SAY I THANK YOU FOR THAT. GOOD UPDATE. UH, NEXT IS TO NUMBER SEVEN TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM JOSH PHILLIPS FOR A CUSTOM ELECTRONICS HAND. L RADAR UNIT MADE $600 WITH A 12 POWER CORD TUNING CORD. EX, EX AUXILIARY, EXCUSE ME, BATTERY PACK AND A HARD SHELL PAGE TO THE HOFFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE, UH, DOCUMENTATION ON, UH, THAT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT DONATION. SHERIFF, YOU WANT TALK THERE? IT'S PRETTY WELL SELF-EXPLANATORY. THEY'RE DONATING AND Y'ALL KNOW I GET CALLS FROM Y'ALL ABOUT PEOPLE SPEEDING DOWN ROADS. SO ANY, ANY DEVICE WE CAN USE TO HELP CATCH THESE FEEDERS AND SLOW 'EM DOWN ON THESE COUNTY ROADS. YES. THAT'S WHAT WE USE. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S FREE. THAT'S COMING. I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT DONATION. COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES THE MOTION. SECOND PHILLIP SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, NUMBER EIGHT IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 18 DASH OH EIGHT BOILER REPLACEMENT AT THE KAUFMAN LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. AND I BELIEVE OUR PERSON AGENT HAS INFORMATION ON THAT IS THE SECOND YOU GUYS WERE SENT OVER THE BID TABULATION SHEET. WE HAD FOUR RESPONSES TO BID AND THE, UH, ONE THAT CAME IN THE LEAST EXPENSIVE WAS 3D MECHANICAL AT $55,000 EVEN, UM, FOLLOWING THE BID SPEC SPECIFICATIONS. UM, THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMME OR, OKAY. ANY QUESTION FIRST? I WILL CLARIFY. GO AHEAD. I CLARIFY SOMETHING. I SAID WE HAD THREE, WE HAD FOUR. I WENT BACK HERE AND FOUR, I THOUGHT THERE WAS THREE. YEAH, WE DONE TWO HAVEN'T. THERE'S FOUR. AND THIS MAKE, SECOND ONE WE DONE, WE STILL GOT TWO MORE. THEY'RE ONLY GOOD, BUT WE'RE REPLACED FROM ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE A YEAR SEEMS LIKE, SO YEAH, TWO OF THEM. YEAH. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BUDGET THIS ONE MORE TIME, SO THIS TIME WE AT LEAST HAVE ONE BUDGET. ALRIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR FIRST I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTION TO APPROVE THIS BILL. I'LL MAKE MOTION MR. PHILLIPS MAKE THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND MR. HUNT. SECOND MOTION, ALL THAT SAY A THOSE VOTE. THANK YOU LISA. UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS TO PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE, UH, TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR MONTHLY REPORT FOR 2018. BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A BUSY FEW DAYS AND SO, UH, WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR YOUR, UH, YOUR REPORT THIS MORNING. YES SIR. THANK GENTLEMEN. UH, IN APRIL, WE UH, CURRENTLY COLLECTED $352,811 92 CENTS. WE, UH, THAT IS IN KAMAN COUNTY. AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE 60 3005 43 0 9 THAT ARE IN DEFERRAL ROAD AND BRIDGE. WE'VE COLLECTED 68,006 1939. WE HAVE 12,000 [00:25:01] 464 86 THAT ARE DELIN DELINQUENT. AND WE HAVE 98 75 0 6 THAT ARE IN DEFERRAL ON THE ROAD BRIDGE ROLL BACK, WE HAD A FEW ACRES. WE HAD 5.8 ACRES IN ROLLBACK. WE'VE COLLECTED $2,810 AND 42 CENTS. YEAR TO DATE ON ROLLBACK, WE'VE COLLECTED 36,000 670 20. THE ATTORNEY FEES THAT WE'VE COLLECTED ARE 13 71 79 ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. AND ON THE DELINQUENT ROLE, THE ATTORNEY FEES ARE 14,001 1545. AND I'VE GIVEN Y'ALL, UH, COPIES OF THE ROLLBACK. RIGHT, I SAW THAT. APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THAT TO US GENERAL FUND. WE'VE ACTUALLY 37,000, SO ALMOST, ALMOST 2 38. YES SIR. SO THAT'S A LOT. WE'VE BEEN BUSY. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE TAX ASSESSOR ELECTRIC? HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT HER REPORT MOTION. MR. HUNT MAKES THAT MOTION. I SECOND MR. PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MAY I PUT DOWN NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 10 AND APPROVE THE CREATION OF THE BAIL BOND BOARD FOR KAMAN COUNTY FOR BEING HERE MORNING. YOU'VE UH, BEEN WORKING ON THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NOT HAD BEFORE, PROBABLY WE HAVEN'T. YEAH, SO THEY'RE ON BOARD. I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK KIND OF WHAT IT IS. WHAT IT'S, BY THE WAY, IS AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND WORKS IN THE DA'S OFFICE AND, UH, HANDLES A VARIETY OF DUTIES AND I THINK WHEN NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT, SO, NO, IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL. KAREN AND REBECCA WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND JUST HAND THESE OUT TO YOU NOW IT'S NOTHING, I'M GONNA GO OVER THIS BRIEFLY, SO IT'S NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO IN DEPTH. JUST A FEW LITTLE HANDOUTS FOR YOU. OKAY, PERFECT. SO WHAT THE BAIL BOND BOARD IS, IS IT'S A BOARD COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEFENSE FOREST ASSOCIATION AND THE, UM, ONE OF THE BAIL BOND COMPANIES. AND SO THIS BOARD HAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER SOME OF THE BOND, THE BAIL BOND COMPANIES. I'M GONNA GET TRIPPED UP ON THAT BAIL BOND. YEP. UM, SO BEAR WITH ME WITH THAT. BUT, SO THEY HAVE CHARGE OVER THE COMPANIES WHO GETS LICENSE IN, IN THE COUNTY AND THEN OTHER ISSUES THAT COME UP, UM, SURROUNDING BAIL BOND ISSUES. AND SO BASICALLY THE TEXAS OCCUPATION CODE CREATES THIS BOARD. AND THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT IT'S CREATED. ONE IS MANDATORY. SO ONCE YOUR COUNTY POPULATION HITS 110,000, IT'S AUTOMATIC. YOU HAVE IT IN PLACE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, OR IF YOU WANT TO START IT EARLIER, THERE'S A DISCRETIONARY CREATION, WHICH IT'S A TWO, TWO STEP PROCESS BASICALLY. UM, A MAJORITY OF THE BAIL BOND BOARD MEMBERS WILL VOTE TO HAVE IT CREATED. ONCE THEY HAVE THAT VOTE, THEN IT COULD COME BEFORE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR YOUR APPROVAL. AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING AND THEY HAVE TO MEET WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF THEIR CREATION AND, UM, HANDLE LICENSING. AND THAT AFFECTS THE, THE BAIL LOAN COMPANIES THUS FAR. AND SO, UM, IN YOUR PACKAGE YOU'LL SEE JUST THE TEXAS OCCUPATION CODE, THE CREATION PROCESS, THE AUTHORITY THAT'S GIVEN TO THE BOARD AND THE, THE TEXAS OCCUPATION FLOW AS WELL AS THE 13 MEMBERS THAT SIT ON THE BOARD. AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ALL OF OUR MEMBERS YET. WE'VE GOT, I WANNA SAY EIGHT OF THEM SO FAR. EIGHT OR NINE. AND THEN ONCE EVERYTHING'S APPROVED, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND LET OUR BAIL BOND COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES KNOW AS WELL AS OUR DEFENSE FOR ASSOCIATION. AND SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN ON FEBRUARY 27TH, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS AND THEY AGREED, THEY VOTED MAJORITY TO APPROVE THE BOARD. AND THEN, UM, IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, LIEUTENANT BRADEN FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS, THE DOCUMENTS, SOME MORE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS TO GET THE BILL ON BOARD READY. SO ONCE IT IS APPROVED, THEY CAN KIND OF HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. SO I THINK I'VE COVERED EVERYTHING. IF DOES, IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS. IF NOT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SHERIFF TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, I GUESS MAYBE THE NEED AS, AS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THERE IS THAT MANDATORY CREATION WHEN YOU HIT 110,000 AND I THINK TECHNICALLY WE'RE THERE, BUT [00:30:01] IT WOULDN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THE 2020 CENSUS. AND SO THERE, THERE REALLY IS A NEED AND A DESIRE FOR IT NOW. SO I WAS GONNA KIND OF LET SHERIFF TAKE OVER ON THAT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE, UH, IN THE COUNTY WITH THE BAIL BONDS COMPANY. UH, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THEM. UH, WE, UH, REGULATE 'EM PRETTY WELL, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO PROCESS BESIDES JUST THE SHERIFF CODE, THE FALLS UNDERNEATH THE SHERIFF AT THIS POINT. SO WE WANTED TO GET THE, THE, THE EVERYBODY INVOLVED AS FAR AS THE, THE BOARD AND UH, THE TREASURERS AND EVERYBODY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE EASIER PROCESS. PLUS WE CAN KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING A LOT EASIER. RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT ONE PERSON THAT'S DOING IT ALL AND THIS WAY WHEN THERE'S A DECISION MADE, THEY CAN TO SAY, OH, THE SHERIFF MADE THE DECISION, WE'LL WE'LL RUN THIS COMPLAINT THROUGH THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, THE SMALL STUFF WE'LL TAKE CARE OF, BUT THE BIGGER STUFF WE'RE GONNA RUN TO THE BOARD AND WE'LL GET A DECISION FROM THE BOARD TO HAND OUT ANY DECISION AS FAR AS ANY DISCIPLINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE RULES AND REGULATION, WHICH WE'RE FIXING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE, UH, BONDING COMPANIES AND BRINGING 'EM ON THE BOARD. EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT IT. THEY, THEY THINK THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING ANYHOW. AND EVERY COUNTY AROUND US, I BELIEVE HAS ALREADY GOT ONE. UH, SO IT'S JUST GONNA HELP STREAMLINE THE SYSTEM AND HELP US REGULATE, UH, THESE BONDING COMPANIES. AND ALSO IT CUTS DOWN BEFORE WHAT WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH IS, UM, AFTER IN THE JAIL, THE WAY YOU GOT YOUR NAME PUT ON IS BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER, THEN THEY GET NUMBERS. WELL THEN WE HAD BONDING COMPANIES THAT HAD THREE OR FOUR COMPANIES JUST TO MOVE THEIR NAMES AROUND ON DEAL. THIS IS THE WAY IT STOPS ALL THIS. WE GOT ONE COMPANY, IT CUTS IT DOWN, STREAMLINE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH EVERYBODY FINANCIAL REPORTS. SO IT'S 10 TIMES BETTER OPERATION. WE CAN DO IT MORE EFFICIENT. AND LIKE I SAY, EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A, A GREAT ASSET TO THE COUNTY. LIKE I SAY, 2020 IS COMING AFTER THE CENSUS, WE GOTTA DO IT ANYHOW. SO IT MIGHT AS WELL GET ON BOARD TO GET, GET THE PROCESS MOVING AND MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY. YEAH. AND MOST OF THE CENSUS, UH, NOT THE CENSUS, BUT MOST OF THE POPULATION ESTIMATES THAT WE GET FROM, UH, COG AND UH, TEXAS, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER, THE DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER SHOW THAT WE'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 120 AND 125,000. AND SO WHEN THE NEXT SENTENCE IS DONE HERE IN A COUPLE YEARS OR WHEN IT STARTED, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION THAT WOULD BE AT THAT POINT. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE A COPY OF THIS AND THERE'S WAS INTERESTED, CLERK WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO HAVE ONE AND THE MEDIA PERHAPS TOO. BUT ON THE BACK PAGE YOU'LL NOTICE THE MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED TO THAT BOARD AND IT SAID THAT THE JUDGE, COUNTY JUDGE COULD SERVE OR APPOINT SOMEONE. AND I APPOINTED, UH, COMMISSIONER BARBER TO SERVE SINCE HE HAS THE ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND. AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM. AND SO, BUT I THINK TO ME BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, EVERYONE'S JUST BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY WILLING TO COOPERATE AND I WAS KIND OF AFRAID WHEN I HAD TO GO, YOU KNOW, LET EVERYONE KNOW, HEY, HERE'S ANOTHER RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THEY WOULD SHY AWAY FROM IT AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN MORE WILLING TO SERVE AND, AND HOW CAN WE HELP? WHAT CAN WE DO? SO IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO WORK ON. OKAY. JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. SO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. SO COMMERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SHOULD I HAVE A MOTION APPROVE THE CREATION OF THIS, UH, THIS BAIL BOND BOARD? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. YOUR TIME MAKES A MOTION, MR. HUNT. SECOND MOTION. ALL MAYOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AND I, I AS WELL. ALRIGHTY. THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS WHERE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET BACK UP AGAIN, UH, LISA, BUT NUMBER 11, AS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CONVERTING THE USE OF FLEET FORD TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUEL CARS TO LARGER FLEET, UH, UTILIZING TECH SMART BUY NUMBER 9 4 8 6 M THREE. THAT IS A MOUTHFUL. IT'S KIND OF SHORT, BUT LOTS OF WORD IN THERE. UM, YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN USING UH, FUELMAN, WHICH IS FLEET CORN. AND WHENEVER FUELMAN, WHEN WE FIRST UH, SIGNED ON WITH HIM, THEY WERE A, IT WAS A BIG, YOU KNOW, AS FAR OVERALL, BUT IT WAS STILL RUN KIND OF BY INDEPENDENCE. WELL ALL THAT GOT BOUGHTED OUT AND ABSORBED BY FLEETCOR. SO NOW TRYING TO GET ANYTIME YOU HAVE TO CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST LIKE CALLING ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, BIG PLACE YOU GET PUT ON HOLD AND THIS WHEN THAT, WHEN YOU GET IN NO SERVICE. UM, SO WE HAVE CHECKED INTO, UM, FLEETCOR, UH, OR UH, INTO VOYAGER, WHICH IS ON TEXAS SMART BUY AND IT APPEARS THAT WE CAN RECEIVE SOME REBATES. UH, IT SAYS 1.8 ON EVERY DOLLAR SPENT. AND THEN IF WE PAY, WHICH I MEAN I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS, BUT IF WE CAN PAY INVOICES WITHIN UM, A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME, WE GET ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGES OFF. WHAT'S TIME? SO, UH, SEVEN DAYS, 14 DAYS, 21 [00:35:01] DAYS. WELL WE MEET SHOULD ABLE, SHOULD BE ABLE SOMETIME. YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT DEPENDS 'CAUSE I KNOW LIKE FOR SHERIFF HAVING SUCH A LARGE, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO GET ALL THAT TOTALLY IN IN TIME AND, AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE. IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF A, THAT'S A GOOD INCENTIVE. I BET YOU WELL, UH, 12% OR ON THE, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT, WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. YEAH. 1.12, SORRY PERCENT ON 0.12, SORRY, ON SEVEN DAYS PERSONALLY. AND I'VE ALSO HAD, UH, I'VE HAD REBECCA TO REVIEW THE, THE CONTRACT AS WELL AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE IN LINE AS FAR AS THAT GOES. OKAY. SO, UH, WE STILL HAVE BOTH FUEL IN SOME AREAS LIKE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND YOU RUN, HAVE SOME SHORTAGE OF GAS OR SOMETHING. GAS, ICE STORM OR SOMETHING. STORM. YEAH. RIGHT. AND WE STORE GAS PRECINCT, SO WE'RE IN A GOOD TEAM. BUT I THINK WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HAVING THE GAS CARD, IT'S WORKED VERY, VERY WELL. IT, IT IS HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY. IT'S TRYING TO COME BACK HERE AND GET FUEL AT THE OTHER STUFF HAS BEEN OUR RESPONSE IS EASED UP SINCE WE'VE DONE THIS. IF YOU'RE WAY UP FOR AND YOU GOING FUEL, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE BACK TO SOMEWHERE, GO BACK TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. YEAH. IT MAKES, IT'S PROBABLY BENEFICIAL FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL. WHENEVER YOU HAVE TO TRANSPORT, YOU DON'T TRANSPORT. YES. ISSUE A CREDIT CARD FOR THE DAY AND THAT SORT OF THING. ALRIGHT GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF UH, PERSON AGENT? NO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, SWITCHING TO THIS FLEET CORPS TECHNOLOGY. VOYAGER, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, LARGER FLEET. LARGER YOUR PLEA UTILIZING THE TECH SMART BUY. SO I'LL SECOND HUNT. MOTION. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. MR. DEVELOP SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALRIGHT, THANK MUCH. AND THE NEXT ONE I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ON ITEM NUMBER 12 AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESCINDING AWARD OF BID, UH, 18 DASH OH FIVE POLICE SPECIAL V UH, SERVICE VEHICLES TO T CHEVROLET DUE TO NON-DELIVERY AND PURCHASE VEHICLES FROM CALDWELL CHEVROLET IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,094 UTILIZING THE BUY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 5 2 1 16. THAT WAS MOUTHFUL. IT WAS, WE, UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE AWARDED THE BID TO TEAGUE. UM, WE CUT THE PO RIGHT AFTER COURT ISSUED PURCHASE ORDER TO T UM, THEY CALLED, ACTUALLY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CALLED OUT TO T TO FIND OUT WHERE THE VEHICLES WERE BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN QUITE SOME TIME AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN ORDER THEM. WELL THEY HAD TWO THAT COME IN. THEY HAD TWO TO GET AND THEY, THEY HADN'T BROUGHT 'EM TO THEM YET AND HELD THEM TO GET ALL OF THEM. OKAY. AND THEY WANTED TO, HEY, DO Y'ALL WANT HELL DAMAGED CARS OR NOT? AND I SAID, WE GET HELL DAMAGED CARS, Y'ALL GONNA DROP THE PRICE A WHOLE BUNCH OR NOT. I SAID, I'D RATHER NOT. SO THEN THEY COULDN'T FIND, HE TOLD THE, HE ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT HIS GUY DROPPED THE BALL AND DID NOT ORDER THE VEHICLES . I'M TELLING YOU WHAT RANDY TOLD ME THAT THAT, AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT IT. BUT, BUT ANYWAY, WE WENT, WE TRIED TO GET TWO WHEEL DRIVES FROM 'EM AND THEN WE WENT TO THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER, WHICH WAS MUSTER CHEVROLET. WE, WE, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED THE OFFER TO THEM AND THOSE TRUCKS ARE JUST NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THEM, THAT ARE EVEN AVAILABLE WHATSOEVER ARE CALDWELL AND THEY, WHICH THEY BUY A BUNCH OF THEM. YEAH, THEY DO. AND THEY'RE IN STOCK AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE DELIVERED FAIRLY SOON. MM-HMM . OKAY, SO GENTLEMEN, WE'VE HEARD THIS DISCUSSION. SHERIFF, ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, THE ONLY OTHER THING IS THE PRICES A LITTLE BIT MORE. I THINK IT'S THE DIFFERENCE IS WHAT, 8,006 SIX, WHATEVER. I, I HAVE THE MONEY IN THE PHONE, I HAVE TALKED TO THE ABOUT THAT SO I CAN MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE IN TYPE GETTING INTO ANY OF SURPLUS SO I CAN MAKE THAT UP. WELL THIS WAS OF EFFORT WE MADE IN GOOD FAITH AND THE DEALERSHIP DID AS WELL. MAY, MAY BY, UH, BUT STUFF HAPPENS AND THEY JUST, WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK THE FEELING OF THE COURT HAS BEEN, AND I ASSUME IT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE IF WE CAN BYLAW, LET'S BYLAW, BUT IN THIS CASE IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT. SO I'VE GOT ONE, ONE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONEY DOWN AND I'M NOT SPENDING 6,000 FOR A VEHICLE THAT GOT OVER 200,000 MILES. DON AND HE, HE, HE EXTENDED, HE TRIED, HE TRIED, HE TRIED, HE TRIED TO UM, GO AHEAD AND GIVE US THE NINETEENS AND, BUT NO MATTER WHAT, WHENEVER YOU CHANGE THE SCOPE OF YOUR BID, IT'S STILL GONNA HAVE TO GO, YOU GOTTA [00:40:01] START OVER NO MATTER WHAT. SO MY BOARD HERE OR WHATEVER IT WAS, YEAH, MY BOARD THAT ELIMINATES THAT. SO GENTLEMEN, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE ON ITEM NUMBER? UH, 12 A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, BUYING THESE TWO VEHICLES FROM, UH, CALDWELL CHEVROLET. A UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. LEMME THINK, UH, BOTH Y'ALL ARE STAYING ON TOP OF IT, GETTING IT, GET THE VEHICLE ORDERED. OKAY. UH, ITEM NUMBER 13 IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING. AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT, BUT MUTUAL AGREEMENT. SO PARTIAL ROAD ABANDONMENT OF COUNTY ROAD 3 78, RIGHT OF WAY IN KAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT THREE. AND I THINK THE, UH, PART THAT'S BEING ABANDONED IS THE, UH, ACTUALLY THE, UH, THE DITCH AREA. BUT WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, TALK. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS THAT YOU GO AHEAD, UH, REBECCA AND PRESENT AND THEN WE WILL ASK YOU TO, UH, PRESENT AS WELL HERE JUST IN A MOMENT IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. I'D BE HAPPY TO. OKAY. DID YOU GUYS GET THE UPDATED ORDER FORMS THAT I SENT OUT? YES. SO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON IS IN THE EXHIBITS AND THAT SHOWS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, OF 3 78 IN PRECINCT THREE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABANDONING AND JUDGE, RIGHT? IT'S STRICTLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. UM, YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT, WHICH INCLUDED THE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS THAT THE COMPANY'S GONNA DO AFTER THEIR SALES TRANSACTION IS COMPLETE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DRAINAGE IS STILL THERE. UM, AND THEN IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY INCLUDE ANY PART OF THE ROAD, RIGHT? JUST THE RIGHT AWAY. AND THEN, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR TWO, UM, CURRENT LANDOWNERS HERE, MR. DAVIS AND MR. SHEPHERD. AND SO THE WAY THAT THE ORDER IS IS WRITTEN, IT GOES TO ELMO WATER AND THEN, UM, UH, REALTY COMPANY IS WHAT YOU HAVE YOURS UNDER. AND THEN AFTER THAT POINT, THEY'VE ALREADY SIGNED THE ESCROW AGREEMENT TO COMPLETE THE SALES TRANSACTION WITH ROS. AND SO THAT WOULD THEN TRANSFER TO THEM AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO BUILD THE, THE DOLLAR GENERAL. SO I INVITED, UM, KELLY AMORE, WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE, FOR THE A DOLLAR GENERAL AND ELMO, AND SHE WORKS FOR VAQUERO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND THEN THANK YOU TO THE, UM, OWNERS HERE, HERE AS WELL. SO ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW WE COVERED IT A LOT OF WEEKS, SO WE, WE'VE TALKED, UH, A LOT, BUT POINT, WE'VE TALKED IT TODAY. KEVIN, WE, YOU SIGNED UP IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US JUST A BRIEF, UH, UH, OVER YOU, UH, JUST, UH, SURE. I WON'T, WHEN'S CONSTRUCTION GOING TO START AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SURE. UM, SO WE ARE PLANNING TO TRY TO CLOSE SOMETIME THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK WITH THE CURRENT LAND ODORS, BUT WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS RIGHT OF WAY ABANDONMENT WAS IN PLACE PRIOR TO THAT HAPPENING SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY BUILD WHAT WE NEEDED TO BUILD THERE. THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SPACE ONCE WE GOT OUR SURVEY BACK, UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE REQUESTED THAT YOU GUYS ABANDON SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAY SO THAT WE COULD HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO FIT THE STORE. UM, I THINK YOU GUYS FOR CONSIDERING ALL OF THIS, UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK. OKAY. GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK WE'RE ALL PRETTY GOOD, BRANDY, JUST TO KIND OF TIE THE, THE WHOLE PROCESS TOGETHER. UH, IN ADDITION TO THIS ROAD ABANDONMENT EASEMENT, UH, THERE'S ALSO THE, THEY HAVE APPLIED, UH, FOR A PERMIT, BILLING PERMIT. THEY PRESENTED THE PLANS, THOSE PLANS HAVE BEEN, UH, REVIEWED AND APPROVED. AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS GOES, WE CAN'T PRESENT THOSE PLANS UNTIL, YOU KNOW, COPELAND COUNTY, WE'RE KIND OF DOING THIS ONE STOP SHOP NOW RIGHT. UNTIL WE EITHER HAVE DOCUMENTATION INDICATING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A SURVEY OR SOMETHING THAT THEY DO HAVE AT LEAST AN ACRE OF GROUND FOR THE OSSF OR WE HAVE A, UH, A VARIANCE, UH, DONE ON THE, IF IT IS LESS THAN ONE AC OKAY. I THOUGHT I ALREADY HAD A SAFETY. WE HAVE A, WE HAVE DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS FOR NEW SYSTEM. OKAY. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT, KEVIN? YEAH. OH, WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY ABANDONMENT. WE DO END UP WITH 0.95 ACRES. SO WE ARE UNDER THE ONE ACRE, SO WE WOULD NEED A VARIANCE FOR THE SEPTIC SYSTEM. IS THAT, SO YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE WAYNE PRESENTING THAT LIKE HE NORMALLY WOULD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, WAYNE'S AWARE OF IT. HE IS AWARE AND HE'S JUST WAITING TO EITHER CONTINUE AS IS ONCE HE RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION THAT IT IS AT LEAST AN ACRE AND, UH, HE CAN MOVE FORWARD IMMEDIATELY. OR IF IT'S NOT AN ANCHOR, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO, IF WE HAVE IN COURT BEFORE THE, OUR VARIANCE WOULD'VE TO BE GRANTED BEFORE HE COULD GRANT THE OSSF [00:45:01] PROGRAM. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, THIS, OF COURSE IT IN PRECINCT THREE, BUT NO, I KNOW IT'S BEEN WORKED AND REWORKED. MM-HMM . I THINK WE'RE TO THE POINT NOW OF, UH, OF BRINGING IT TO FRUITION. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES THAT MOTION AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, COMMISSIONER HUNT. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. SO OPPOSED. ALL RIGHTY. AND SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, HEATHER, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR GRAND OPENING OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE HAVING HOT DOGS AND PEANUT OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND COCA-COLA AND ALL? I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE USUAL. WELL, YOU MIGHT TAKE, YOU DON'T TRUSTING THAT . NO, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HURT. HE LIKES FOOD EVENTS. WHO DO I I THINK WE ALL KNOW. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A COMMERCIAL ADVENTURE SHOPPING, SHOPPING BALL. THAT'S AN INDOOR SHOPPING MALL STATUS OUT THERE. ALRIGHT, SO NOW LET'S MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER 14. AND THIS IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER UPDATING HOLIDAY PAY POLICY WITHIN THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HR MANUAL. AND MARY, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING AND WE KNOW YOU'VE, UH, BEEN WORKING HARD AND TRYING TO GET THE FEELING BETTER, SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE EXTRA EFFORT. WELL TRANSFER THE DELAY TOO. YEAH. UM, LET ME, LEMME SO THIS IS, UM, WANTING TO ADD VERBIAGE TO OUR, UM, HR PERSONNEL MEAL. UM, IN REGARDS TO HOLIDAY PAY, UM, WE HAVE REALLY TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK LONGER HOURS, UM, THAN NORMAL EMPLOYEES. UM, SO PRECINCT ONE COMMISSIONER HUNT'S GROUP WORK FOUR 10 HOUR DAYS. SO THEY PUT THEIR 40 HOURS IN IN FOUR DAYS. UM, EVER SINCE HE'S BEEN THERE, HIS EMPLOYEES ONLY GET CREDIT FOR THE EIGHT HOURS AND THEY HAVE TO USE TWO HOURS OF THEIR OWN VACATION COMP TIME, WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. SO OVERALL, THEY'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 22 HOURS THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO COME OUT OF, OF THEIR OWN POCKET. SO, UM, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS, UM, EMPLOYEES WHO WORK 11 AND A HALF HOURS. UM, HE'S PERFECTLY FINE. WE'VE MET PREVIOUSLY IN REGARDS TO HOW, UM, HIS EMPLOYEES ARE BEING PAID THE HOLIDAY PAY, UH, CURRENTLY. SO WHAT THIS IS ASKING IS WE WANT TO INSERT VERBIAGE, UM, THAT WOULD BASICALLY TALK ABOUT COMPRESSED WORK HOURS. UM, SO EMPLOYEES UNDER COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES ARE ENTITLED A HOLIDAY PAY IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO WORK DURING THEIR BASIC WORK REQUIREMENT ON A HOLIDAY. THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF HOLIDAY PAY MAY NOT EXCEED THE HOURS IN AN EMPLOYEE'S COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULE FOR THAT DAY. FOR EXAMPLE, EIGHT, NINE OR 10 NON-COMP COMPENSATORY TIME, TIME HOURS, EMPLOYEES QUALIFY AS COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULE, UM, QUALIFY AS COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULE EMPLOYEES IF THEY COMPLETE THE BASIC 40 WORK 40 HOUR WORK IN LESS THAN FIVE DAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, 10 HOUR WORKDAY, FOUR DAYS PER WEEK. SO WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY ASKING, UM, FOR PRECINCT ONE, UM, AND IF ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE FUTURE HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF SITUATION THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET A 10, UH, 10 HOUR HOLIDAY, UM, IF IT FALLS ON THAT DAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? CLEAR AS MUD OR DID I CLOUDY IT UP? NO, IT'S, IT'S CLEAR AS MUD AGAIN. CLEAR AS MUD, CLEAR MONEY . SO IF IT'S ON THE DAY THAT THEY'RE OFF, WHAT HAPPENS? SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IF A HOLIDAY FALLS ON A FRIDAY. HIS WORK, UM, HIS CREW WORKS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THEY DON'T CARE IF THE HOLIDAY FALLS ON A FRIDAY. THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT. IT'S ONLY THE MONDAYS. OKAY. SO MAKE YES, THEY THE SAME WAY. YEAH, 40. ABSOLUTELY 40. THEY GET, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M, YEAH, THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE NOT SCHEDULED TO WORK THAT DAY, THEY DON'T GET IT. THE SAME THING AS US OUT THERE. IF THEY'RE NOT SCHEDULED, THEY EXACTLY, THE MAIN PURPOSE IS THEY'RE WORKING 40 HOURS, OTHER PEOPLE ARE WORKING 32 HOURS TO GET AN EIGHT HOUR HOLIDAY. THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING 40 HOURS. WE'RE JUST ASKING TO GIVE 'EM THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, 10 HOURS. 10 HOURS ON THE ONE DAY. MARY, HAVE YOU TALKED TO F CW ABOUT THE ACCRUALS? ABSOLUTELY. UM, SO BASICALLY THEY SAID THAT, UM, IT'S A VERY EASY FIX. UM, AS SOON [00:50:01] AS I GET THIS APPROVED, UM, I HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT I'M GONNA CALL AND HE CAN SET IT UP IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT DONE FOR THIS MEMORIAL DAY. THAT'S AWESOME. I HAVE SOME HAPPY PEOPLE. I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT MY FACULTY COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. MY STAFF, SOMETIMES WE, WE HAVE TO WORK HOLIDAYS, UH, FOR FIREWORK SEASONS AND SO FORTH. HISTORICALLY, IF THEY WORKED THAT HOLIDAY, THEN THAT HOLIDAY IS CREDITED BACK INTO BANK HOLIDAY. WOULD THAT STILL REMAIN THE SAME? YES. THEY STILL, YES. NOTHING ELSE IS CHANGING. ALL WE'RE DOING IS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMPRESSED WORK HOURS SCHEDULES THAT THEY GET THE FULL 10 HOURS, UM, FOR THAT WORK DAY ON THE HOLIDAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THINK WE'RE GOOD? ALRIGHT. I KNOW WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS AND WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN KIND OF HANGING OUT THERE FOR SOME TIME AND I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING IT, UH, GETTING IT RESOLVED. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY'S DONE. LEGAL AND HR JOB. ALRIGHT, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION CONCERNING THIS, UH, ITEM AS FAR AS THE, UH, UH, AMENDING THE POLICY, UPDATING THE POLICY ON ITEM NUMBER 14? MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES THAT VOTE MOTION. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND COMMISSIONER SECOND. AND OKAY. SAME WAS TWO TIMES. Y'ALL HAVE MOTION? I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, SIR? YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YEAH, I DID TOO, JUDGE. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING DONATIONS TO COVER THE COST FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAFE SCHOOLS SYMPOSIUM. AND BEFORE STEVE, UH, SPEAKS, UH, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A, A NICE EVENT, A GREAT EVENT FOR OUR COUNTY. AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT, UH, THAT STEVE AND HIS OFFICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS, UH, DONE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. SO, STEVE, WITHOUT STEALING ANY MORE OF YOUR THUNDERER, WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND MAKE SOME VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS TO CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. SO YES SIR. THEY HAVE, UM, WE STARTED PLAYING THIS AND I BROUGHT IT TO YOU A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, STARTED RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTINGS IN PARKLAND. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THIS SYMPOSIUM, WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING HERE IN TEXAS IN SANTA FE. UH, SO IT BRINGS IT A LOT CLOSER TO HOME. AND AS YOU SAID, WE'VE HAD SOME VERY GENEROUS FOLKS COME IN AND WE'VE GOT APPROXIMATELY $7,500 IN DONATIONS TO COVER OUR SPEAKER'S FEES AND, AND EXPENSES AND ALSO SOME GIFTS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE DOING THE PRESENTATIONS. SO, UH, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL. UH, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME VERY GOOD HELP FROM THE TAR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO IS PROVIDING LUNCH FOR ALL THE ATTENDEES. AND, UH, WE'RE OF COURSE PROVIDING A VENUE TO HOLD IT. SO, UH, MY THANKS TO CAROL ISD FOR STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND HELPING AND TO OUR COMMITTEE AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO HELP US. AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT AND MAKING SURE YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GETTING THE DONATIONS AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET EVERYTHING FINANCIALLY IN PLACE. RIGHT. AND I THINK IF YOU DESIGNATE ON THE PROGRAM, WHO ALL HAS MAY DESIGNATE YES SIR. WHO ALL HAS DONATED TO THIS EVENT. GO AHEAD. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A CLOSED EVENT, UH, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF IT, YOU DON'T WANT TO INVITE PEOPLE TO IT THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT USE THIS FOR GOOD PURPOSE. IT'LL PRIMARILY BE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS AND WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. UH, BUT YOU MIGHT TELL 'EM WHO THE MAIN SPEAKER WILL BE. I THINK THIS IS, WELL, OUR SPEAKER VERY INTERESTING IS FRANK DANGELO, HE'S THE FORMER PRINCIPAL OF COINE HIGH SCHOOL. AND, UH, IT IS, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T SAY HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE HIM. UH, DEBBIE NIXON, MY DEPUTY COORDINATOR, TRIED TO CALL HIM YESTERDAY AND WHEN HE CALLED BACK HE SAID, I APOLOGIZE, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH GOVERNOR ABBOTT. SO HE IS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER FOLKS IN OUR STATE WORKING THROUGH THE, THE, UH, INCIDENT IN SANTA FE. SO, UH, SOMEBODY WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THESE TYPE OF EVENTS IS GONNA BE OUR KEYNOTE. AND I KNOW FOR A FACT HE WILL BE BRINGING US SOME OF THE BEST INFORMATION WE CAN HAVE, [00:55:01] YOU KNOW, IN OUR COUNTY. AND I, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SAY THIS, I THINK OUR COUNTY IS A, A LEADER IN THE STATE IN BEING PROACTIVE TOWARDS THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. SO THE EVENT IS NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THAT'S CORRECT. WE, THE COMMISSIONERS WERE RIGHT TO ATTEND. I'M SURE WE AVAILABLE. WE, WE SENT OUT STUFF TO THEM. WE, WE JUST HAD TO KEEP FROM HITTING THAT OPEN MEETINGS. RIGHT. UH, DEAL, UH, GOT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE GOT FIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UH, WE INVITED SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES THAT ARE AROUND US. UM, AND UH, THAT REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DPS, I MEAN, UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT A, A BROAD COVERAGE. WE GOT FOLKS FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER, UM, RED CROSS. AND SO BRIDGE 10 T 10 WILL BE THERE. THEIR SECURITY GUY CALLED THIS MORNING. HE SAID HE WAS A LITTLE LATE TO THE PARTY, BUT HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE COULD MAKE IT. SO, UM, I'M THINKING WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VERY GOOD PROGRAM AND VERY GOOD, UH, EVENT TOMORROW. OKAY, GOOD. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THIS? SO YOU'RE STILL GETTING DONATIONS, I BELIEVE, AND YOU'LL PRESENT A COMPLETE LIST. A LIST. UH, BUT WE DO NEED TO ACCEPT DONATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED AT THIS POINT. I BELIEVE YOU SAID THEY'RE UP TO ABOUT 65. ABOUT 75. 7,500. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUDGE WOOD? YES MA'AM. I'M IN RECEIPT OF THOSE CHECKS. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH 'EM TO, YOU APPROVED IT. THERE WAS 250 LEFT TO BE BROUGHT TO THIS. SOMEBODY BROUGHT ME A $2,000 CHECK YESTERDAY, SO WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT. 75. OKAY. CHECK ON THE MAIL THEN. . I HAVE NO IDEA WHO IT'S COMING FROM. THEY JUST BRING IT TO ME. OKAY GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DONATIONS TO COVER THE COST OF THIS STRAIGHT EVENT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKE THAT MOTION TO HAVE SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT SECOND'S MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED. UH, NOW WE, ONE OF THE FAVORITE SUBJECTS IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE AUDITOR'S MONTHLY REPORT, UH, FOR APRIL 20 18TH. ALRIGHT? AND YOU'VE GOT THESE IN THE EMAIL, BUT, UH, YOUR BENCHMARK FOR SEVEN MONTHS IS 58%, A LITTLE OVER 58%. YOUR GENERAL FUND IS SITTING REVENUES AT ALMOST 87%, WHICH IS MOSTLY THE TAX MONEY THAT CAME IN THAT'S BEING INVESTED BY THE TREASURE. BUT I THOUGHT I'D CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE SITTING AT 38 MILLION A LITTLE OVER AND LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WE ONLY HAD 34 7. SO WE'VE UPPED OUR REVENUES COLLECTIONS, SO, WHICH IS EXCELLENT. UM, YOUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE AT 53%. WE'RE ABOUT 3 MILLION AND A HALF OVER WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR, BUT WE'VE PAID SOME THINGS UP FRONT AND, UH, BOUGHT SOME VEHICLES AND ALL THE REPAIR WORKS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AROUND. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS. UM, GENERAL ROAD AND BRIDGE, THIS IS WHERE ALL OF YOUR MONEY COMES IN AND THEN WE TRANSFER IT OUT TO YOUR DIFFERENT FUNDS. YOU'RE SITTING AT 83, ALMOST 84%, YOU'RE LIKE 1,000,004 MORE THAN WHAT YOU WERE LAST YEAR, WHICH IS VERY, VERY GOOD. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR TRANSFERS OUT TO YOU ARE ALMOST AT THAT 83% TOO. SO THAT TELLS YOU AS SOON AS IT COMES IN, WE'RE TRANSFERRING IT TO YOUR FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO USE. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT I SENT TO YOU? IS PRETTY EXPLANATORY TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF. KEEP YOUR, SOUNDS LIKE A PERSONAL PART. . WELL, I'M NOT GIVING YOU THAT . THERE WAS A EMAIL THAT JUDGE WOOD HAD SENT TO US ABOUT SOME, UM, MONEY BEING RECEIPTED FOR THAT DAMAGE. YEAH, WE THREE. OKAY. WE RECEIVED THAT AFTER WE SENT REPORTS OUT. YEAH. SO NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE AMEN. AMENDING YOUR BUDGET TO COVER THAT. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE, WE'VE GOT THE MONEY YEAH. FOR EVERYBODY TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HELPED, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HAZMAT CALL AND IT ALL WORKED OUT REAL WELL. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DID A GOOD JOB [01:00:01] DOCUMENTING, AND I GUESS REBECCA SCARED HIM, MUST HAVE FACETIME, SCARE HIM, SCARED HIM AND THEY PAID US LIKE THAT. AND, UH, SO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, THIS ACCEPTING THE, UH, REPORT OR THE, UH, MONTH OF APRIL, 2018? HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? LET ME MENTION ONE OTHER THING QUICKLY AS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, OUR PRELIMINARY, UH, UH, OUTSIDE AUDIT, UH, FROM, UH, THE, THE GROUP THAT, UH, WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT TO DO OUR OUTSIDE AUDIT WORKFORCE. AND, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE VERY PLEASED TO SEE, UH, WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. AND IT'S, UH, CERTAINLY THE BEST REPORT WE'VE HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. AND, UH, THAT'LL BE COMING, I BELIEVE AT OUR JUNE MEETING. I THINK, I THINK OUR FIRST JUNE. YEAH. SO, UH, WE'VE GOT, GOT SOME GOOD NEWS COMING FOR, UH, EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY OUR TAXPAYERS. AND SO I THINK, UH, WHEN IT'S NOT FINAL, THEY'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH AND DOUBLE CHECKING AND ALL THAT. BUT, UH, I THINK YOU'LL BE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. SO ITEM NUMBER 17 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. THESE WERE ALL EMAILED TO YOU. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS SETTING UP THE DONATION EXPENDITURE FOR, UH, WHAT MR. STEVE JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE 7,500 THAT WAS ONE OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND THEN ADULT PROBATION, UH, THE STATE SENT US A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO CHANGE SOME OF THEIR BUDGET AROUND AND THAT'S WHAT THAT COURT OF IT IS. AND DID THE ADMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT GRANT, THERE WAS SOME CHANGES MADE TO YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE THAT, THOSE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO US. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT GONNA NOT ON ENTERTAIN MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MR. PHILLIPS, WHO MAKES THAT MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. COMMISSIONER HUNT. SECOND THAT MOTION. AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY A. THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT. YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT HAVE CHANGED SINCE WE MAILED 'EM TO YOU. UM, WE HAD A HOME DEPOT CREDIT CARD BILL COME IN THAT HAD TO BE PAID FOR $248 AND 92 CENTS. AND THEN I HAD AN ELECTION PAYROLL BROUGHT TO US Y UH, MONDAY LATE FOR 22,000 365 23. SO THE TOTAL OF THE BILLS TODAY IS 756,000 723 26. OKAY. WE'VE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THESE OVER EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT WE JUST ADDED HERE, UH, THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? UH, COMMISSIONER MOVE TO APPROVE AND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND SET. MOTION. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. SO OPPOSED, UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, MAYBE ME MAKE ONE, UH, QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I SHOULD HAVE MADE EARLIER WHEN GROUPING CORRESPONDENCE MONDAY AT 11 O'CLOCK AT OUR VETERANS, UH, MEMORIAL HERE OUT BY THE LIBRARY. UH, THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY, UH, UH, HONORING OUR, THE, UH, OUR VETERANS THAT ARE DECEASED AND IT WILL, I THINK THEY'RE HAVING ANOTHER ONE IN CAROL. I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIME ON IT, BUT THIS ONE WILL BE AT 11 O'CLOCK AND, UH, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE OR IN TOWN, AND IT'S ALWAYS A VERY, UH, UH, VERY GOOD, I MEAN A VERY MOVING CEREMONY. AND, UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT LAST TOO LONG BECAUSE OF HEAT AND ALL THAT. AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE DRY WEATHER, SO, UH, AS WELL. BUT IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE AND WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT AT END SEVEN 11 AT VETERAN SIDE. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, I'LL MAKE THIS MOTION, JUDGE. YES. I'M SORRY. BEFORE WE ADJOURN. SURE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TWO COMMISSIONERS FOR WORKING. PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON, PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ME, BUT I, WELL, I. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.