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OH, THANK YOU, SIR.WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM FIVE B
[5.B. Waive 10-day posting period for position of Legal Secretary with the District Attorney's Office. (Jeff Swain / Judge Deen) (*This meeting was joined in progress*)]
ON WA 10 DAY POSTING PERIOD FOR POSITION OF LEGAL SECRETARY WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.UH, JEFF, YOU WANT ME TO COME UP? I DON'T USUALLY MAKE A PRACTICE OF, UH, ASKING Y'ALL TO WAIVE THE POSTING PERIOD, BUT WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE A PERSON THAT WE'D LIKE TO HIRE FOR THIS POSITION.
UH, THEY WORK FOR ADULT PROBATION, SO KIND OF THE COUNTY, KIND OF, NOT THE COUNTY, I THINK OFFICIALLY FOR PERSONNEL PURPOSES, NOT THE COUNTY, BUT, UH, ACTUALLY SUBJECT TO, UH, LONGEVITY PAY.
SO THEY WOULD GET THE ANNUAL LONGEVITY BONUS OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL THAT IN THANKSGIVING, BUT, SO KIND OF A HYBRID EMPLOYEE, REALLY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER COLEY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER? HELLS MADE THE SECOND THE, OF THE DISCUSSION.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM 5G.
[5.G. Discuss/Take action regarding Justice of the Peace #3 purchase request. (Commissioner Walden)]
DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION REGARDING JUST THE PEACE NUMBER THREE PURCHASE REQUEST.RANDALL GRISSOM JUSTICE, THE PEACE PRECINCT THREE.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS KIND OF AFTER THE FACT THE PURCHASE HAS DONE BEEN MADE, BUT WE JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION, I THINK FOR THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE THROUGH THE COURT.
AFTER ALL THIS WAS, WAS FOR SOME PICTURE FRAMES FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN PUBLIC AREA.
WE'RE TALKING $81 AND 98 CENTS.
IT WAS 10 PICTURE FRAMES THAT WE TOOK.
SOME REAL PRETTY PICTURES THAT THE, UH, TEXAS ASSOCIATION, THE COUNTY SENT US OF THE STATE CAPITOL.
WE PUT THOSE PICTURES IN THERE JUST TO KIND OF MAKE THE, THE OFFICE AND CLERK AREA WHERE THE PUBLIC COMES IN LOOK A LITTLE NICER, BUT, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S KIND OF, AFTER TALKING TO THE AUDITOR, IT KIND OF FALLS INTO A GRAY AREA FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO, UH, WE'RE JUST HERE TO GET CLARIFICATION FOR THE COURT TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THAT.
I GUESS THE, WHERE'S SHE, WHERE'S SHE AT? OH, SHE'S RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE TO APPROVE.
THAT'S ONE, ONE FRAME THAT YOU'RE, NO, IT WAS 10 DIFFERENT FRAMES WE PUT AROUND TO WHERE THE, WHEN THE PUBLIC COMES IN TO THE YEAH.
CLARK FOYER AREA, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 'EM IN THERE JUST TO KIND OF GIVE 'EM SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AND TO BE PROUD OF OUR STATE CAPITAL.
SO WHEN MY OFFICE WAS AUDITING THIS EXPENSE, IT CAME ACROSS, THERE WERE 10 FRAMES.
AND SO THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS? AND SO, UM, THE RESPONSE WAS, UM, THIS WAS FOR, I BELIEVE IT SAID WALL ART.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSE WAS, WELL, THIS IS PERSONAL IN NATURE, SO ANYTIME THERE IS, IF SOMEONE IS PURCHASING A RUG OR, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF DECOR ON THE WALL OR ANYTHING THAT, THAT IS BASICALLY NOT FOR THE REQUIRED FUNCTION FOR YOUR OFFICE, THEN IT IS PERSONAL IN NATURE.
THERE ARE OTHER, YOU KNOW, ELECTED OFFICIALS OR DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE PURCHASING FRAMES OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER ONES THAT HAVE A VERY NICE WOODEN, YOU KNOW, THING OF THE COURTHOUSE THAT ARE PURCHASED THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON THE WALL THAT LOOKS VERY NICE AND IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC DISPLAY.
BUT AGAIN, IT THEN WHERE DO YOU KIND OF DRAW THE LINE OF, OF THESE PURCHASES AND HOW MUCH WAS THAT TOTAL? AGAIN, IT WAS $81 AND 98 CENTS.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE $81 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S CAN, AND SO THAT WAS, CAN YOU SPEND CORRECT.
AND THAT WAS X DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THAT YEAH.
YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S NOT RANDALL, IT'S EXACTLY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAID.
IT, IT DIDN'T, DOESN'T MATTER WHICH DEPARTMENT IT IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER THE AMOUNT THAT IT IS.
IT'S, IT'S PERSONAL IN NATURE AND THERE'S OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT JUST THIS THEN.
SO IT BECOMES AN ISSUE OF, UH, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWABLE? AND IF THIS IS APPROVED, DOES IT THEN ALLOW FOR OTHER THINGS TO BE APPROVED? CORRECT.
AND WHERE'S THE LINE? CORRECT.
SO WHERE'S THE LINE? WE DON'T ALLOW THAT, THAT, THAT IS FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO DETERMINE YOU'RE BE, AND SO, AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
SO WE GET, I APPROVE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF I PUSH THIS THROUGH MM-HMM.
BUT TO ME IT, IT'S COMMISSIONER'S COURT MAKING THAT DETERMINATION.
AND AGAIN, IF, IF IT'S SOMETHING WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S DISPLAY IN A PUBLIC AREA OR WHATEVER IT IS, TO ME IT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PRE-APPROVED BY COURT.
UM, SO WOULD, PRIOR TO A QUESTION, WOULD THEN, ANYTHING LIKE THIS EACH TIME BECOME A COMMISSIONER'S COURT DECISION THEN? AND I GUESS I'M ASKING, UH, SO WE
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HAVE A NEW BUILDING COMING ONLINE.IS IT GONNA HAVE FRAMES ON IT IN PICTURES OR ART OR WHATEVER? ARE WE, ARE WE PURCHASING THOSE ITEMS TOO? I I MEAN, IT, IT, IT EXPOSES A MUCH LARGER PICTURE THAN THE JUDGES.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M HERE IS THE, RIGHT, OUR OFFICE, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCEDURAL STEPS SURE.
SET FORTH BY THE COUNTY REQUISITION PURCHASE ORDER.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE, ONCE IT WAS APPROVED WITH THE PO, YOU PUT IT IN THE SHOPPING CART AND THEN ING RELEASES THAT SHOPPING CART.
SO WE DID EVERYTHING LIKE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M HERE AS WELL AS WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE GOING FOR.
SO THE DAY, SO IT WAS FLAGGED AFTER YOU ALREADY PURCHASED THE STUFF? YES, SIR.
THE PICTURES HAD BEEN ALREADY ON THE WALL FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
NOW WE DIDN'T GET, WE ORDERED IT ON JANUARY 6TH AND I THINK THE EMAIL WAS FEBRUARY 10TH.
NOW FROM WE, WE UNDERSTAND YOU DID EVERYTHING CORRECTLY, BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IS THE BIGGER PICTURE.
ARE WE GOING TO DRAW THE LINE HERE AND SAY, THIS IS NOT ON ALLOWABLE EXPENSE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE ALLOWABLE SOME OTHER WAY? WELL, I THINK YOU, YOU KNOW, BRING UP A GOOD POINT.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT.
OKAY, YES, YOU'RE BUILDING A BUILDING MM-HMM.
AND SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE IF YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC AREA, IF COURT DECIDES AS PART OF THAT BUILDING, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MM-HMM.
I THINK THAT'S, I COULD SEE THAT, RIGHT? SURE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COURT IS GONNA DO AS PART OF THAT BUILDING, OR ARE YOU GONNA TRY TO GET DONATED PIECES OR WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT IT'S THAT PRE-APPROVAL PRIOR TO NOT JUST EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL OR DEPARTMENT HEAD GOING OUT AND DOING IT ON THEIR OWN.
BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT OF DEPARTMENTS PURCHASE THINGS AND, UH, SO DOES DECORATE THEIR OFFICE AND EVERYONE HAS STUFF ON THEIR WALLS.
AND IT WAS A, IT WAS APPROVED TWO MONTHS AGO.
IT SLIPPED TO THE CRACKS UP FROM MY STAFF AND ALL THE CHAOS TRYING TO KEEP THINGS MOVING.
SO HOW DID YOU FIND IT TWO MONTHS LATER? WELL, IT WAS WHEN IT GOT TURNED IN TO BE PAID.
SO SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE SAW 10 FRAMES AND ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THIS FOR? AND IT SAID IT WAS FOR WALL ART SPECIFICALLY.
AND SO TO ME IT WAS, IT WAS DECORATIONS.
AND SO THEY ASKED ME ABOUT IT AND I SAID, WELL, IT'S PERSONAL IN NATURE.
AND SO AN EMAIL WAS SENT THAT YOU EITHER NEED TO RETURN THIS OR PAY FOR IT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE IT'S JUST A REIMBURSEMENT, IT WAS FROM AMAZON.
WELL, WE COULDN'T JUST NOT PAY AMAZON.
THEY, THEY DELIVERED THE GOODS.
CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT OUR AMAZON ACCOUNT TO BE TURNED OFF.
AND SO AN EMAIL WAS SENT THAT, YOU KNOW, EITHER YOU NEED TO, OR WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND THE EMAIL OF EITHER YOU NEED TO RETURN THE GOODS IF YOU CAN RETURN THEM, OR WITH, IF IT'S WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, OR YOU NEED TO PERSONALLY REIMBURSEMENT, REIMBURSE IT.
BUT GEORGE, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THAT CHECKS AND BALANCE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE PROCESS THAT'S SET UP.
IF HE GOES THROUGH ONE DEPARTMENT HITS THE NEXT ONE, IT'S CAUGHT AND THEN THAT'S QUESTIONED AND IT MAY BE APPROVED.
IT'S JUST ALLOWS US TO REVIEW THINGS MORE THOROUGHLY.
AND WE DID HAVE THE CONVERSATION, WHICH I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICE WENT THROUGH THE, THE PROPER CHANNELS OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE PURCHASE ORDER AND, YOU KNOW, MADE THE PURCHASE AND ALL OF THAT.
AND I SAID, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MY OFFICE, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO.
WE, WE AUDIT IT SO I CAN'T PUSH IT THROUGH.
AND THEN LATER ON, WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DID IT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PAY FOR IT AGAIN.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WILL YOU, YOU PAID FOR THIS ONE? YEAH.
IT, IT'S STILL NOT, YOU KNOW, I I STILL FEEL LIKE IT'S PERSONAL IN NATURE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WELL, I JUST, YOU KNOW, CAME INTO OFFICE OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND I BOUGHT THESE THINGS AND IT HAS WHATEVER IT IS.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID, I'M SURE IT PROBABLY DOES LOOK NICE IN THE OFFICE AND BRINGS PROFESSIONALISM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ALSO DOING THE SAME THING.
SO ARE WE GONNA REIMBURSE THEM FOR THOSE PURCHASES AGAIN, IT JUST OPENS UP THAT CONVERSATION.
AND WHERE DO YOU STOP? CAN I, CAN I ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? UH, JUDGE, DO YOU HAVE THE $81 98 CENTS IN YOUR BUDGET? I ASSUME YOU DO.
I, I ASSUME THAT YOUR BUDGET WAS SUFFICIENT TO COVER 90 BUCKS.
UM, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS APPROPRIATE JUST TO ADD TO THE GENERAL, YOU KNOW, AMBIANCE OR DECOR, WHATEVER THAT IT'S, I, I THINK SO IN THIS SITUATION, CUZ IT'S NOT PERSONAL, IT'S NOT IN MY CHAMBERS OR ANYTHING, OR A PERSONAL OFFICE.
IT'S IN A PUBLIC AREA TO WHERE SURE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE COME IN THAT ARE
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GETTING READY FOR COURT OR PAYING FINES, WE PUT IT IN THAT AREA JUST SO THAT AREA IS THE SAME AREA WHERE THE CLERKS ARE.BUT THEY'RE HAVING VERY NICELY ON THE WALL.
AND, AND, UH, THE LADIES DID A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING 'EM IN THERE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THE, AND THE PICTURES ARE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, FROM THE, UH, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES THAT SENT US AND IT'S, UH, EVERYONE OF 'EM IS SOMETHING OF THE STATE CAPITAL OR FLAGS IN.
SO I THINK WHERE I WOULD LAND IS, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DID EVERYTHING THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO BY THE BOOKS.
AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FOR WORK, IT'S, IT'S FOR THE, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENT OF YOUR OFFICE.
MY THOUGHT WOULD BE, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO CLARIFY THIS GOING FORWARD, UM, BRIANNA, IF YOU COULD MAYBE DRAFT A POLICY THAT THE COURT COULD LOOK AT THAT WOULD GIVE, I GUESS, HEADS OF DEPARTMENT SOME DISCRETION WITH THEIR BUDGET, WHERE IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, CUZ I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS A GREAT USE OF YOUR TIME OR A GREAT USE OF OUR TIME TO, TO ARGUE OVER $82.
UM, IF YOU COULD MAYBE DRAFT A POLICY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AT NEXT COURT, THAT WOULD CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY HERE, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR FUNDS.
THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD WOULD BE ON THIS.
DO WE NOT ALREADY HAVE A POLICY? I MEAN, WELL MOSTLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALLOWABLE EXPENSES, YOU'RE OWN, YOU'RE GOING BACK TO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S STATUTE OR PUBLIC PER, WE'RE STILL HERE TO MANAGE ACCOUNTING IS MONEY.
I, I I DON'T THINK, OR IT'S SOMETHING, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE $81 IS THE ISSUE HERE.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE P WELL, THE POLICY, WE, WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING THERE.
THE, THE KEY THING I THINK WE'RE TAB DANCING AROUND HERE IS, IS THAT YOU, YOU SAID IT IS THAT WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS THAT ONCE WE DECIDE HERE TODAY AND WE, AND APPROVE THIS, AND I, AND JUDGE I I, I THINK WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS, IS GREAT FOR, FOR THAT BUILDING.
BUT IT DOES OPEN THAT DOOR TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THEN TO COME AND SUBMIT THESE THINGS FOR PICTURES AND THEN TO BE BUDGET OR TO BE EXPENSED.
AND SO WHAT WE DO HERE TODAY THEN SETS THE PRECEDENT FOR WHAT WE WOULD DECIDE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S THE, THE KEY ISSUE TO ME THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
JUDGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY INTENTION TO TAKE THOSE PICTURES WITH YOU? NO, SIR.
THEY'RE FIXED TO THE WALL AND THEY'RE STAYING THERE.
THEY, THEY BECOME PART OF THE BUILDING.
I, I, IF I COULD THROW SOMETHING IN THERE.
YOU, YOU HAVE ELECTED OFFICES.
SOME ARE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE MOST PART, AND THEN SOME ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS TO COME IN AND DO BUSINESS, LIKE AUTO REGISTRATION AND THE COURTS AND STUFF.
SO MAYBE THE DEFINING, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT LINE IS, AND IT'S OF COURSE TOTALLY UP TO THE COURT, ANDRES, IS DECISIONS LIKE THAT WHAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND IS IT, IS IT, UH, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THE WORD ON IT, BUT DOES IT, DOES IT MEET THE NEEDS OR DOES IT HELP THE PUBLIC FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN THE AREA FOR SOMETHING TO KIND OF, CUZ IT IS KIND OF TOUGH WHEN YOU'RE COMING INTO A COURT AND YOU'RE NOT FOR REAL SURE.
AND YOU'RE NERVOUS ABOUT THINGS.
SO SOMETIMES IT KIND OF EASES LIKE COLORS ON THE WALL, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT, IT CAN EITHER HEIGHTEN THEIR AWARENESS OR, OR LOWER AND MAKE 'EM MORE COMFORTABLE VERSUS CLOSED OFFICES WHERE NOBODY'S EVER COMING IN.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO MEAT FOR ANYTHING.
I'M JUST KIND OF THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER IN THAT, BUT, WELL, I BROUGHT PICTURES FROM MY OWN HOME TO PUT OUT IN THE FOYER OF OUR OFFICE, BUT I GET TO TAKE THEM HOME WHENEVER I LEAVE.
BUT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON A BEEN ON THE LISTERV EVEN ON THE AUDITOR LISTER IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
AND IT'S BEEN, I MEAN, KIND OF A HOT TOPIC AND THAT WAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT AUDITORS HAVING TO SIT AND HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN CHANGES IN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAD BEEN IN OFFICE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND SO WHEN THEY CAME IN, SOME OF THE OFFICES WERE PRETTY BARE.
AND SO THERE WAS MAYBE IN, IN THESE CASES ASSUMPTIONS THAT, OH, OKAY, WELL I CAN, YOU KNOW, DECORATE THE OFFICE.
AND SO THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, PURCHASES BEING MADE AND THEN HA HAVING HAD TOUGH CONVERSATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE COUNTIES THAT THOSE WERE NOT ALLOWABLE EXPENSES OR THINGS THAT WERE GOING TO BE, UM, WELL I DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PAMPERING PEOPLE CUZ THEY DON'T LIKE THE WAY THE WALL LOOKS AND, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
EVERYBODY'S KIND OF SENSITIVE NOWADAYS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND THAT WAS THE, THE CONVERSATION WE HAD.
IT'S ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THAT YOU'RE STUDYING.
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WAY, I'M, I'M TALKING TO AUDITOR AND PURCHASING, WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN A WAY TO MANAGE THIS SOME OTHER WAY? UH, OTHER THAN THE, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD ORDERING THESE, COULD THERE HAVE BEEN A WAY IN WHICH, UH, THAT PURCHASE COULD HAVE BEEN MADE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWABLE? AND FROM THAT I'M SAYING, UH, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN I THINK, UH, PROCEDURE WHERE YOU SAY, WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF THIS JUST TO DECORATE THIS OFFICE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY TO, UH, THROUGH BUILDING AND GROUNDS, PERHAPS THROUGH SOME OTHER WAY, RECOGNIZING THAT THESE ARE NOT PERSONAL, THAT THEY WOULD THEN BECOME A PART OF THE BUILDING.THERE SHOULD BE A WAY THAT THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED.
JUST LIKE WE'RE, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT OUR NEW BUILDING, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING HANGING ON THE WALLS IN A FEW PLACES THAT, THAT, THAT THE COURT IS GOING TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF DURING BUDGET.
MAYBE JUST HAVE IT THAT WAY WHERE COURT JUST APPROVES IT THAT WAY.
BECAUSE I COULD SEE, OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE BUILDING A NEW BUILDING MM-HMM.
I COULD SEE IN A NEW BUILDING, YOU'RE NOT JUST GONNA HAVE COMPLETE BLANK WALLS, RIGHT.
WHERE IT'S, ARE WE GOING TO BUY THOSE? ARE WE GONNA TRY TO GET 'EM DONATED? WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, GOING ABOUT IT THAT WAY IN THE PUBLIC AREAS, USING THAT EXAMPLE, DO WE HAVE PLANS FOR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE AT THE NEW BUILDING? I'M SURE WE DO.
IS THERE ANYTHING PURCHASING, I CAN'T SEE YOU OR DO WE HAVE PLANS FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT THE NEW BUILDING? NOTHING'S BEEN DISCUSSED ARE, BUT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE BLANK WALLS IN THERE OR ARE WE GOING TO, BUT AGAIN, I DISCUSSION, BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'D BE A COURT INSTEAD OF, OR ELSE THEN YOU NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS, WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN A PROCEDURE THAT THE JUDGE COULD HAVE FOLLOWED THAT WOULD BE ALLOWABLE AND ACCEPTABLE IN ANY WAY? I WOULD SAY NO.
AT THIS POINT THERE'S NOT, NO, NOT NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE OF THESE FRAMES, WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN A PROCEDURE, ANY PROCEDURE THAT WOULD ALLOWED, UH, A DEPARTMENT HEAD TO PURCHASE ITEMS THAT WOULD, UH, I MEAN COME TO COURT AND GET APPROVAL AHEAD OF TIME? I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU, HOW COME TO COURT? YES, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
THERE WOULD'VE BEEN A PROCEDURE YES.
THERE WOULD'VE BEEN A PROCEDURE AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, AND AND OBVIOUSLY NO ONE WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT YOU NEEDED TO DO THAT ON, ON A FEW PICTURE FRAMES.
HOWEVER, THERE WOULD BE A PROCEDURE THAT YOU COULD FOLLOW THAT WOULD BE TO COME TO COURT AND SAY, I'M REQUESTING TO, UH, PURCHASE THESE FRAMES FOR THESE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM TACK TO BE ABLE TO PUT THESE ON THE WALL TO MAKE MY OFFICE MORE PRESENTABLE TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING IT.
SO THERE WOULD, THERE IS A PROCEDURE.
I WOULD SAY ANYTIME, ANYTIME YOU'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE SOMETHING AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A PURCHASE ORDER MM-HMM.
WOULD IT NOT MAKE SENSE ALSO THAT THAT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING ELSE? WOULD IT NOT MAKE SENSE ALSO TO HAVE THE APPROVALS OF THIS TO BE IN A PUBLIC SETTING? NOT IN A PRIVATE OFFICE.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN A PRIVATE OFFICE THAT WOULD BE EXEMPT OF IT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR OFFICE MAY NOT BE CONDUCIVE TO WHAT THE NEXT JUDGE EVENTUALLY DOWN THE ROAD AT SOME POINT.
AND SO THOSE WOULD BE THINGS LIKE GEORGE COMMISSIONER COLEY HAS SAID, HE TAKES THOSE THINGS HOME AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT DIDN'T DEFACE THIS, HIS BUILDINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT.
BUT TO HAVE THESE THINGS IN A PUBLIC PLACE THAT ARE APPROVED, THAT, THAT ARE, THAT PEOPLE FREQUENT, UH, NOT IN A PRIVATE SETTING.
AND, AND I THINK ESPECIALLY THESE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE IT'S, YOU DO NOT NEED IT FOR THE FUNCTIONALITY OF YOUR OFFICE.
IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR YOUR OFFICE TO FUNCTION, THEN IT KIND OF FALLS BACK ON ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S, DOES IT, DOES IT HAVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE? DOES IT HA SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE? AND THEN IT COMES TO FOR COURT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
SO YES, WHAT I'M GETTING AROUND TO IS THAT THAT'S THERE, THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE A POLICY.
AND THE POLICY IS IF THERE IS A REQUEST FOR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, YOU SHOULD BRING IT TO COURT AND THE COURT WOULD MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GIVEN, YES OR NO, RATHER THAN THEN SAYING, YES, THIS IS GONNA BE OKAY.
AND, UM, THEN THAT OPENING UP THE CAN FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO DO THE SAME THING.
I SUGGEST THAT, THAT THAT'S OUR POLICY.
OUR POLICY IS IF THERE'S SOMEONE WHO, UH, NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DESIRES TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RECOGNIZES THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THE PEOPLE THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE THAT COME IN TO USE IT, THEN IT WOULD BE ALLOWABLE AFTER IT'S APPROVED BY COURT.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT
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IT BECOMING A PRECEDENT THAT WE'RE SETTING THAT WOULD CARRY FORWARD FOR EVERY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL AND EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD.WELL THE KEY IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO, UM, HOW CAN WE NOW FIX THIS SITUATION SO THAT IT'S ALLOWABLE THIS $81 IS ALLOWABLE, UH, COULD, WOULD IT NOT BE ACCEPTABLE THEN FOR THE COURT TO CONSIDER THIS TODAY AND APPROVE IT AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO SAY THAT YES, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE JUDGE IS MAKING A GOOD CASE FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE AND WE APPROVE IT, OR WE TELL HIM, YOU OWE US $81 AND 98 CENTS ONE OF THE TWO.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE DECISION MADE IN COURT.
AND THEN EVERY TIME SOMEONE ELSE HAD SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE, IT WOULD COME TO COURT RATHER THAN, THAN TRYING TO OPEN IT UP FOR EVERYBODY TO DO WHATEVER THEY THINK AND TRY TO GET IT THROUGH YOUR OFFICE.
SO THEN YOU HAVE TO COME HERE EVERY TIME.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WELL, I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY THE $81.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO KEEP THE FRAMES, I'M SURE.
WELL, I THOUGHT KEEP, I MEAN THE FRAMES ARE PART OF THE, I MEAN THE PICTURES, JUDGE, WHERE ARE THE PICTURES AT AGAIN? WHERE ARE THE, WHERE ARE THE PICTURES AT AGAIN? ARE THEY, ARE THEY IN YOUR OFFICE? NO, THEY'RE NOT IN MY OFFICE.
YOU'RE NOT KEEPING THE PICTURES OR THE FRAMES CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND, AND IN YOUR OPINION, THEY'RE THERE FOR THE, THE PURPOSE OF MAKING YOUR PLACE MORE PROFESSIONAL.
YOUR YOUR SPACE MORE PROFESSIONAL AND, UH, MAKING IT A BETTER PLACE TO COME IN AND PAY YOUR TICKET.
THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR, ARE WE PASS THE RETURNED, UH, TIMELINE WITH AMAZON? YES.
THERE'S NO LATE FEES IF YOU RETURNED THEM AND THEN WE CAME TO COURT AND ASKED FOR APPROVAL AND REORDER 'EM.
I THINK WE, UH, UH, I'M, I'M, YOU HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS CAN WE, CAN WE AFTER THE FACT NOW MAKE THAT APPROVAL AND MAKE IT, OKAY.
THAT IS UP TO YOU ALL WITH YOU.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB.
IT'S OUR CALL THAT'S, IT'S YOUR CALL.
I WANNA MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS PURCHASE.
HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALTER WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, WE'RE SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE.
I SUPPORT THIS, THIS MOVE KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A PROCEDURE GOING FORWARD.
WE HAVE A PROCEDURE JUST FELL THROUGH THE CRACK.
YOU WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT CORRECTLY.
WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE VOTED HERE, BUT IN, IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE OF THIS STILL, I'M GONNA SAY YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF TAKING THESE OFF THE WALL, TAKING 'EM HOME.
THESE WILL BE A PERMANENT FIXTURE THAT IS IN A PUBLIC SPACE THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COUNTY.
WELL THE NEXT JP MIGHT NOT LIKE THOSE PICTURES SO HE CAN TAKE 'EM DOWN.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN, THEN HE COULD COME, IF HE WANTED TO REDECORATE IT SOMEHOW HE COULD COME TO COURT AND ASK PERMISSION TO PURCHASE WHATEVER IT IS.
WE CAN, THOSE WILL BE TAGGED AT THIS POINT IF, IF THE VOTE GOES THROUGH, THROUGH THE INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY.
ONE, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE ON THIS.
I KNOW YOU'RE IN A VERY TOUGH POSITION WHERE YOU'RE ASKED TO STEWARD DOLLARS AS WISELY AS YOU CAN.
AND SOMETIMES THAT MAKES YOU THE, THE PERSON WHO HAS TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M GONNA GUESS YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO ASK.
UM, SO I REALLY SELL, IT'S MY JOB.
YEAH, I I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE.
WOULD YOU MIND DRAFTING A MEMO OR SOMETHING AND JUST NOTIFYING DEPARTMENT HEADS OF THIS, OF, HEY, KEEP IN MIND IF YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD FALL INTO THIS AREA, PLEASE TAKE IT TO COURT FIRST.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE IN FRONT OF US IN THIS SITUATION AND I WAS ONE OF 'EM.
AND I WOULD RATHER YOU BE THIS WAY AND, AND, AND HAVE THAT COME TO US RATHER THAN JUST BLINDLY JUST CONTINUE.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
WE'RE GONNA ALLOW THIS STUFF TO CONTINUE ON.
WE NEED TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE POLICY.
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO FIVE A ON DISCUSSING
[5.A. Discuss and approve purchasing Vista Solutions Campaign Finance Portal and allow the County Judge to sign the agreement. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
APPROVED PURCHASING VISTA SOLUTIONS CAMPAIGN FINANCE PORTAL AND ALLOW THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT.GOOD MORNING MS. MILLER COURT.
THIS IS A COMPANY THAT WE ALREADY USED.
WE USE THEM TO SCAN ALL OF OUR VOTER REGISTRATION, OUR BALLOT BY MAIL APPLICATIONS.
AND, UM, THEN WE'RE USING IT FOR OUR RETENTION ALSO.
NOW, UM, THIS IS A NEW THING THAT THEY HAVE, IT'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE TOOL.
AND SO ANYBODY THAT'S RUNNING FOR OFFICE OR IS ALREADY ELECTED AND KEEPS THEIR FINANCE CAMPAIGN FINANCES OPEN, CAN LOG ON, GET A, A LOGIN, AND THEN
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THEY CAN DO THEIR FINANCIAL REPORTS FROM THEIR HOME, FROM THEIR WORK, THEIR OFFICE, UM, YOUR PHONE, WHEREVER.YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COME INTO OUR OFFICE ANYMORE AND SUBMIT IT.
UM, IT WILL BE TIME STAMPED AND DATED THE TIME THAT YOU SUBMIT IT, AND THEN IT WILL BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING, UM, WE ARE ALREADY DO IT.
Y'ALL ALREADY COME INTO MY OFFICE AND FILE IT.
UM, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING KIND OF MORE CONVENIENT FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO, THE NEW COOL FEATURE IS THAT AFTER YOU'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING, INDIVIDUALS CAN GO ON THERE AND REQUEST FOR A RACE WHO ALL'S RUNNING.
UM, AND THEN THEY CAN LOOK AT THEIR CAMPAIGN REPORTS.
YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT WHO'S CONTRIBUTED AND UH, PULL UP WHO ALL THEY'VE CON CONTRIBUTED MONEY TO AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, I DO HAVE THE MONEY IN MY BUDGET FOR THIS ITEM, BUT NEXT YEAR IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $2,000.
SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET FROM THERE ON OUT.
AND IT IS A THREE YEAR, EVERY YEAR IT'S 2000, CORRECT? YES SIR.
DOES IT HAVE A, AN ESCALATION CLAUSE? ANYTHING IT'S GONNA GO UP OR WELL, YEAH, IT WILL.
IT'S A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT FOR NOW.
SO IN THREE YEARS THEY WILL MORE THAN LIKELY GO UP, MAKE THE DETERMINATION WHAT THE COST IS VERSUS WHAT THE NEED IS.
AND WE'VE HAD THREE YEARS AT THAT POINT THEN TO EVALUATE WHAT THE, AND THIS FIRST YEAR IS 37 50 AND THAT INCLUDES THE $2,000.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE 2000 AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR WILL BE 2000.
SO CURRENTLY THE ONES WE SUBMIT HAVE TO BE NOTARIZED.
AND THERE IS, THERE'S GONNA BE A WAY IN THERE.
I'M NOT REAL SURE CUZ I, I JUST DID A QUICK THING ON, ON IT.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE A SIGNATURE A, A WET SIGNATURE AT SOME POINT IN OUR OFFICE AND THAT WAY WE CAN PUT THAT PART ON FILE.
THE NEW FORMS. YOU HAVE A POT DOWN THERE WHERE YOU CAN SIGN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET IT NOTARIZED.
ON THE NEW CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS.
SO IS THIS, UH, I GUESS IS WEB-BASED? YES.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S GONNA BE LINKED TO OUR WEBSITE, BUT IT GOES TO A DIFFERENT WEBSITE.
JAMES, JAMES SECURE WHILE HE IS WALKING UP.
IT'S A, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL PACKAGE TO A VENDOR THAT WE CURRENTLY CONTRACT WITH.
IT IS, UH, HELD WITH A, UH, SSL CERTIFICATE, UH, TO THEIR CLOUD PORTAL.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
YOU HAD MENTIONED TO OTHERS ARE USING THIS.
CAN YOU KNOW, LET ME, LET ME GET A SECOND FOR YOU.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T WANT YOU TO SHUT YOU DOWN DISCUSSING.
UH, JUST TO KIND OF FOLLOW THE ROBERTS RULES HERE, DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THIS MOTION BEFORE WE TO DISCUSS THIS? I'LL, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
UM, WE'RE IN DISCUSSION PLEASE.
DO YOU, YOU'D MENTIONED SOME OTHERS ARE USING THIS ONE.
DO YOU KNOW SOME EXAMPLES OR OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE USING IT? WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL VENDORS THAT DO IT.
UH, THIS VENDOR HAS JUST STARTED.
SAN PATRICIA IS THE ONLY OTHER COUNTY AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT HAS IT.
UM, WE'RE KIND OF GETTING A DEAL CUZ THE JUST NOW STARTING IT SO WE GET A CHEAPER RATE.
UM, BUT LOTS OF COUNTIES USE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES AND KINDS.
SO THE LARGER COUNTIES USE REALLY NICE ONES.
MY, MY MAIN, MY MAIN QUESTION I HAD TODAY WAS, YOU KNOW, JAMES, MR. K WOULD ANSWERED A SECOND AGO.
THIS IS ALREADY, UH, AN APPROVED VENDOR OF OURS AND ACTUALLY ELECTIONS ARE USING THE BUSINESS SOFTWARE APPARENTLY.
PART THE SAME VENDOR SOFTWARE.
SO WHAT DO YOU USE VISTA FOR FOR SOMETHING ELSE? THE, WE USE IT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION.
ALL OF OUR VOTER REGISTRATION IS SCANNED ON IT AND IT'S ACTUALLY ON A SEPARATE SERVER CUZ NONE OF OURS, ELECTIONS IS A STANDALONE SERVER, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MIXED WITH ANYONE ELSE.
SO THAT IN CASE OF AN MAJOR BREMAN OR SOMETHING, WE STILL CAN FUNCTION.
YEAH, THAT WAS WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE SUPER TRANSPARENT.
WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS AROUND HERE.
AND THIS IS A PRIVATELY OWNED COMPANY.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OUTSIDE SUPPORTERS OR CONTRIBUTORS.
SO WHY, WHY DO WE NEED THIS? BECAUSE CURRENTLY GONNA BE CURRENTLY WE HAVE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEARCH THE, ALL THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
WHY DO WE NEED THIS? THE THE MAIN REASON IS CONVENIENCE TO ELECTED AND CAN AND CANDIDATES.
AND THAT'S THE MAIN, THAT'S THE MAIN GOAL.
SO YOU CAN DO IT FROM YOUR HOME OR YOU CAN GET IT UP AND BRING IT UP HERE IF YOU NEED TO.
SO WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WOULD YOU HAVE WITH THIS PROGRAM? WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WITH THIS PROGRAM? THAT'S GONNA BE IT.
IT'S REALLY CONVENIENCE FOR THE CANDIDATES TO, UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A TIMELINE TO GET THESE, THESE THINGS TURNED IN, RIGHT? SO
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OUR OFFICE CLOSES AT FIVE.YOU CAN STILL FILE THESE ALL THE WAY UP TO 1159 THAT DAY.
SO YOU'RE NOT LATE WHENEVER YOU'RE FILE.
SO IF THEIR JOB OR CONSTRAINTS PREVENT THEM FROM MEETING THAT TIMELINE, THIS ALLOWS THEM TO, TO DO THAT.
HOW, HOW, UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER, SO FEEL FREE TO BALLPARK IT.
DOES THIS SAVE YOU A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME IN TERMS OF LABOR HOURS IN YOUR OFFICE? I'M THE ONE THAT DOES ALL THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS.
SO WHEN Y'ALL BRING 'EM IN, STAFF SCANS THEM AND EVERYTHING AND THEN THEY TELL ME THE NAMES AND THEN I HAVE TO GO PUT 'EM ON THE WEBSITE.
SO IT, IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME FOR MYSELF.
AND BECAUSE THESE WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY, I GET AN EMAIL, IT SAYS, YOU'VE UP UPLOADED IT, I'D HIT A BUTTON AND IT'S THEN PUBLISHED ONTO THE WEBSITE.
BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND I KNOW IT'S A PAIN TO SUBMIT THESE FORMS. I'VE HAD TO DO IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MYSELF, NOT AS MUCH AS SOME LONGER SERVING FOLKS.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO MAKE LIFE SLIGHTLY EASIER.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE'RE REMOVING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LABOR COSTS TO THE COUNTY, FREEING UP RESOURCES TO WORK ON OTHER THINGS, THAT'S, THAT'S APPEALING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY GUESS ON HOW MANY LABOR HOURS PER WEEK, MONTH, YEAR WE'RE SAVING WITH THIS? IT'S THE MAIN TIME IS WHENEVER IT'S A FILING PERIOD MM-HMM.
SO PRETTY MUCH THE DAYS THAT EVERYTHING'S DUE, I, THAT'S ALL I DO.
IS THERE ANY NEGOTIATION ON THIS SINCE WE'RE KIND OF NOT THE GUINEA PIG, BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONE OF THE, THE ONES THAT'S COMING UP FORWARD, UH, WHEN A LOT OF COUNTIES DON'T USE THIS AND WE ARE, IS THERE ANY NEGOTIATION OF THIS TO TRY TO GET THIS DOWN TO, UH, THEY'VE CUT 1300 OFF OF THE ORIGINAL COST.
SO THE, THE, THE, THE REALLY, THE, THE BITE OF THIS IS THE FIRST INITIAL JOINING OF IT.
AND THEN THE 2000 SUBSEQUENTLY AFTER THAT? YES.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT.
[5.C. Accept $2,200.00 donation to Parker County Sheriffs Office from Bar M Coating. (Sheriff Authier / Judge Deen)]
22,200 DONATION FOR PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FROM BAR M COATING RUSS.OUR SHERIFF MORNING, UH, WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE BAR M FOLKS.
OUR ANIMAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR KAREN, WAS, UH, THEY ASKED IF THEY COULD DONATE THIS COATING, UH, TO COAT TWO OF OUR STOCK TRAILERS WITH, AND IT'S A COATING THAT GOES OVER THE ROOF AND IT BASICALLY, IT'S A RADIANT BARRIER AND IT CAN, IT CAN REDUCE THE TEMPERATURES IN THOSE TRAILERS BY 20 OR 30 DEGREES.
NOW BY THE TIME WE'RE USING OUR STOCK TRAILERS, WE'RE SEASONED ANIMALS THAT ARE USUALLY IN, IN QUITE A BIT OF DISTRESS.
AND, UH, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HELP THOSE ANIMALS WITH BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
SO WE, WE REALLY APPLAUD THESE FOLKS FOR OFFERING.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS.
UNDER THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE SHERIFF, I HATE TO EVEN ASK, I KNOW THE ANSWER ALREADY.
I ASSUME THERE'S NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT HERE? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
[5.D. Approval for Parker County to participate in the Texas Association of Counties' Cybersecurity Training Program to fulfill the requirements of Texas Government Code § 2054.5191. (James Caywood / Judge Deen)]
APPROVED FOR PARKER COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS, A ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 2 0 54 0.5191.UH, JAMES, WHAT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN TO FULFILL THAT REQUIREMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT? UH, FOR BASIC SECURITY AWARENESS, UH, USING THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY'S TRAINING, IT'S NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
WE WILL ENROLL EVERYONE THAT HAS EMAIL COMPUTER ACCESS, AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE, UH, BASIC TRAINING AND HAVE TO PASS A TEST CERTIFY, AND THEN WE WILL REPORT BACK A HUNDRED PERCENT CERTIFICATION.
I JUST NEED Y'ALL'S APPROVAL TO START THIS.
MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SAY BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND THEN ALSO, OH, SORRY, WE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE US THAT GO OVER TO THIS PLACE.
ANY OTHER OTHER DISCUSSION YOU WANNA GO OVER? NO.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS JUST HAVE
[5.E. Authorize County Judge to execute the course enrollment form for the Texas Association of Counties' Cybersecurity Training Program. (James Caywood / Judge Deen)]
THE JUDGE OKAY.SIGN AND APPROVE IT SO I CAN SUBMIT IT.
AUTHOR, WHICH IS ITEM E AUTHORIZED COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE COURSE ENROLLMENT FORM FOR THE TEXAS OR ATTACK CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM.
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I WANNA ASK FOR A MOTION OR IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, SO I ALREADY, I ALREADY MADE THE MOTION.OH, I'M, I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY YES, I SHALL.
HOW ABOUT THAT? SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE, HAVE ON SCREEN, UH, COMMISSION.
WALDENS MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THE COMMISSIONER HALE THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
[5.F. Consider/Authorize setting a formal termination date of the Parker County VHF radio system. (Sean Hughes / Judge Deen)]
CONSIDER AUTHORIZED SETTING A FORMAL TERMINATION DATE OF THE PARKER COUNTY VHF RADIO SYSTEM.UH, THIS ITEM, UM, A COUPLE OF LAST MONTH WE HAD A MEETING OF THE USERS.
IT WAS THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION MEETING FOR, UH, THE RADIO SYSTEM UPGRADE.
ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, THAT CAME FROM THAT MEETING FROM THE USERS WAS TO ASK THE COURT TO ACTUALLY, UH, PICK A DATE FOR TERMINATION OF THE VHF SYSTEM TO ALLOW THOSE ENTITIES TO DO SOME PLANNING WITH THEIR BUDGETS, UM, FOR REPLACEMENT RADIOS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, THAT WAS SENT IN AN EMAIL TO THE COURT.
UM, AND AS WE START TO MOVE FORWARD GETTING READY FOR, FOR BUDGET AS WELL, UH, I'VE ASKED MOTOROLA TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, LIST OUT THE COSTS TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE VHF SYSTEM THROUGH SERVICE AGREEMENTS.
AND I HAVE PUT THAT PIECE OF PAPER IN FRONT OF EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS SENT OUT TO, TO THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS GONNA AVERAGE ABOUT 150 TO 160,000 TO THE COUNTY.
UM, EACH YEAR STARTS OUT AT 149542.86 FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, UH, FISCAL YEAR 28.
I WENT AHEAD AND ASKED MOTOROLA TO RUN THAT OUT TO FISCAL YEAR, UH, 2028.
UM, SO WHAT I'M ASKING, UH, THE COURT TO DO IS TO TRY TO DETERMINE, UM, AN END DATE FOR THE VHF SYSTEM TO ALLOW THOSE USERS TO BE ABLE TO PLAN IN THEIR BUDGETS, TO REPLACE RADIOS THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE AS PART OF THE, UH, OF THE UPGRADE OF THE COUNTY'S RADIO SYSTEM.
UM, WE DO HAVE TWO SHERIFFS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, TWO CHIEFS HERE.
THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
AND, AND THE, THE LAST DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WITH THE COURT, UH, THE COURT HAD HAD TALKED ABOUT THREE YEARS.
UH, THE USERS HAVE REQUESTED FIVE.
I WENT AHEAD AND RAN IT OUT FOR SIX JUST TO GIVE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE COURT TO MAKE A DECISION.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND STOP AND, AND LET SOME OTHER PEOPLE TALK.
I'M THE FIRE CHIEF FOR THE CRESCENT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I'M ALSO THE MAYOR PRO TIM DOWN IN CRESCENT.
UH, AS SEAN SAID, YOU, HE HAS WISELY STARTED A USER GROUP FOR THIS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RADIO TRANSITION PROJECT.
UH, ALL OF Y'ALL GOT THIS EMAIL, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COPY HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE, UH, 12 AGENCIES THAT WERE PRESENT AT FEBRUARY MEETING ALL REQUESTED THAT, UH, SET AND HE SET FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, I AM HERE TO ON BEHALF OF PRESTON, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BE AT THAT MEETING.
THERE'S ALSO IN THERE A LETTER FROM OUR MAYOR SUPPORTING THE FIVE YEAR DATE.
AND, UH, SO THAT WOULD BRING YOU TO 14 OF YOUR CITIES OR PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
OBVIOUSLY ON A BIG PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU ARE WISE TO BE HAVING THE INPUT OF THE USERS.
AND I WOULD CON I DON'T THINK IT'D BE REAL WISE THE FIRST TIME THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU FOR YOU TO JUST OUT OF HAND SAY, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
UH, MY PURPOSE IN COMING AND TRYING TO UH, UH, ASK YOU TO DO THIS DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH BUYING RADIOS.
OUR DEPARTMENT ALREADY, BECAUSE IT GOES INTO OTHER COUNTIES, WE HAVE THE RADIOS.
MY PURPOSE IS THAT RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A PATCHED IN 700 MEGAHERTZ SYSTEM, LIKE WHAT THE NEW SYSTEM WILL GO TO DO DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY 3 77 SOUTHEAST CORNER.
AND THE VHF SYSTEM IN MY RADIO, IN MY FIRETRUCK, THOSE CHANNELS ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER WHEN I CALL AND THEY DON'T ANSWER ON ONE.
I FLIP TO THE OTHER AND I GO BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH.
UH, THE PROJECTED MAPS FOR THE NEW SYSTEM CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT
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THAT FAR SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE A AREA PERHAPS WITH SOME CHALLENGING COVERAGE.SO IT'S CRITICAL TO US TO HAVE FROM, FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THE ABILITY TO FLIP BACK AND FORTH TO, TO THESE TWO SYSTEMS. LAST YEAR ON THAT FIVE AND A HALF MILE SECTION, UH, WE ANSWERED 120 INCIDENTS.
90% OF THEM ARE IN THE UNINCORPORATED PART OF THE COUNTY, NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS OF CRESCENT.
UH, THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GIVES US 3 77, ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND HIGHEST TRAFFIC COUNT BEHIND THE INTERSTATE OF ANY OF YOUR ROADS IN PARKER COUNTY.
IT TIES REAL CLOSE WITH, UH, UH, THE SIX MILES OF FORT WORTH HIGHWAY AND JUST AHEAD OF 1 99 UP THERE.
SO, UH, THIS IS NOT AN AREA THAT IS, UH, UH, JUST KIND OF OUT IN THE PASTURE OR SOMETHING.
UH, AND SO WHAT HAPPENS TO US IF I CAN'T GET OUT, I DEFAULT TO THE CELL PHONE.
THERE'S TIMES THAT WE'LL HAVE THE SHERIFF'S FOLKS DOWN THERE, THEY CAN'T GET OUT.
I RUN TO MY TRUCK, FLIP OVER TO THE OTHER SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK AROUND TO GET TO THE SHERIFF'S DISPATCHER.
AND UH, HERE YOU'VE GOT ALL YOUR AGENCIES PRETTY WELL TELLING YOU THIS FIVE YEAR DATE.
WE'RE IN FAVOR OF A TERMINATION DATE THAT THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE DATE TO, TO SELECT.
I DON'T WANNA BORE YOU WITH, UH, WAR STORIES ABOUT WHERE IT'S SO CRITICAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT.
WE GET THERE, A FELL ON A ATV HAS HIS WIFE OR GIRLFRIEND ON THE BACK.
HE DRIVES UNDER THE TREE, HE KNOCKS HER OFF.
SHE'S LAYING UNDER THE TREE BLOODIED, WE GET THERE.
HE IS, UH, PROBABLY HIGH ON METH.
HE'S ARMED, HE'S RUNNING AROUND AND HE BELIEVES THAT ONE OF MY FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS IS HIS GIRLFRIEND.
SO I'M CALLING FOR RUSS'S FOLKS AND HIGHWAY PATROL REAL QUICK.
WE CAN'T ABANDON THIS LADY THAT'S BLEEDING AND LAYING UNDER THE, UNDER THE TREE, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLIP TO A RELIABLE SYSTEM TO GET OUT, I CAN HAVE FIREFIGHTERS THAT, THAT THAT GETS SERIOUSLY HURT.
SO, UH, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO SPEND ONE MORE PENNY OF MY TAX MONEY THAN NEED BE.
SEAN HAS SOME THINGS WORKING WHEN WE GO TO THIS 700 SYSTEM.
IF HE PLUGS IN WITH THE FORT WORTH SYSTEM DOWN THE ROAD, THAT CAN MAYBE CLOSE THIS GAP.
IF I GET TO THE POINT WHERE I DON'T NEED THIS SECOND VHF SYSTEM SOONER THAN THE FIVE YEAR DEAL, I'LL BE, I PROMISE YOU, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE UP HERE TO SAY, HEY, I'M GOOD.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED IT BECAUSE I'M NOT TRYING TO GET YOU JUST TO THROW MONEY OUT THE WINDOW.
BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR FOLKS DOWN THERE, WE NEEDED, AND BASED ON THE TIMELINES AND THE MAPS THAT WE'VE SEEN, I SUPPORT CRESCENT SUPPORTS THESE OTHER 12 AGENCIES THAT SAY IN A FIVE YEAR TIMELINE.
CERTAINLY APPEARS TO BE THE, UH, APPROPRIATE TIME WITH ME IS, UH, AS THE JUDGE NOTED IS, UH, CHIEF WATSON FROM E S D ONE.
HE HAS THE SAME DILEMMA THAT I HAVE IN TRYING TO, UH, UH, COMMUNICATE RIGHT NOW AND THROUGH THIS TRANSITION.
AND I'LL TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO CHIEF WATSON, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON WITH THOSE OTHER COUNTIES RELOCATED.
ARE THEY, WHAT? ARE THEY ON DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OR
UH, THIS IS ARGUABLY THE FIFTH RADIO SYSTEM TRANSITION THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THESE MAPS THAT THE CONSULTANTS CREATE ABOUT HOW IT'S GONNA WORK, THAT'S NICE.
BUT UNTIL IT'S IN AND IT'S WORKING, WE DON'T KNOW
UH, TWO OF MY COUNTIES NOW, WE USE THE FORT WORTH SYSTEM AND THAT'S ALSO A 700 SYSTEM.
IT GIVES REASONABLY GOOD COVERAGE DOWN IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTY.
AND OF COURSE SEAN HAS PLANS TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THAT SYSTEM BACK IN WITH
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THE SYSTEM THAT PARKER COUNTY'S PUTTING IN.AND THAT WOULD BE A, IF THAT HAPPENS, IT'LL PROBABLY CLOSE THIS GAP THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND, AND WE'LL BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
HOOD COUNTY IS SIMILAR TO PARKER COUNTY TR UH, ON THE ROAD TO TRYING TO DO THEIR OWN, UH, 700 STANDALONE SYSTEM.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WHERE YOU ARE IN GETTING IT UP AND RUNNING.
THEY'RE A LITTLE AHEAD OF YOU IN DISTRIBUTING OUT RADIOS TO DEPARTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE HIT ON EVERYBODY'S IN THE SAME BOAT THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS STUFF DONE, DONE RIGHT.
UH, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT IS TARGETING SHUTTING DOWN AN EXISTING SYSTEM.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS JUST WITH, UH, UH, IS TRYING TO KEEP HIS KEEPING EXISTING SYSTEMS GOING LONGER, LONGER AND LONGER.
JOHNSON COUNTY HAD THEIR 700 SYSTEM GO DOWN A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, AND OF COURSE THE FACT THAT THEY HAD KEPT THEIR VHF SYSTEM UP BECAME A DEFAULT SYSTEM TO COME BACK.
YOU'VE GOT TWO D VHF SYSTEMS, YOUR P 25 SYSTEM AND YOUR ANALOG.
SO WE CERTAINLY WANT THE ANALOG SYSTEM KEPT UP AS A BACKUP FOR THAT LONG TERM, WHICH IS NOT REALLY PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I, I HOPE I WAS RESPONSIVE TO YOUR QUESTION.
THE, THE RADIOS FOR THE JOHNSON COUNTY 700 SYSTEM.
ARE THEY COMPATIBLE WITH THE 700 SYSTEM THAT WE'RE INSTALLING? YES SIR.
UH, EVERYBODY'S RADIOS THAT THEY'RE BUYING, UH, MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS TO GO ON THE FORT WORTH SYSTEM, WHICH IS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, KIND OF THE CADILLAC SUSTAIN AROUND HERE.
AND, UH, UH, ALL THE RADIOS THAT I HAVE ARE CAPABLE OF WORKING ON THAT SYSTEM.
AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT SH SEAN HAS GIVEN US, BASICALLY, WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS OF SPECS, IS IF SOMETHING QUALIFIES TO WORK ON THAT SYSTEM, IT SHOULD QUALIFY TO WORK ON YOUR SYSTEM.
SO YOUR CONCERN ISN'T NECESSARILY BUYING EQUIPMENT OR HAVING ENOUGH EQUIPMENT, IT'S ABOUT RECEPTION.
MY CONCERN, SIR, COVERAGE IN YOUR AREA, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES.
UH, UH, AS SEAN INDICATED, THERE ARE AGENCIES THAT ARE HAVING TO PURCHASE MM-HMM.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M UP HERE TALKING.
MY OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, MY FIREFIGHTERS E S D ONE FIREFIGHTERS WHEN THEY'RE DOWN THERE, HAVE A REASONABLY RELIABLE SYSTEM WHILE WE'RE IN THIS TRANSITION.
AND IT'S GONNA BE THAT LONG OF A TRANSITION TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TRY TO KEEP THESE PEOPLE SAFE.
YOU KNOW, TWO-THIRDS OF THESE CALLS INVOLVE DIFFERENT AGENCIES WHERE IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO CROSS COMMUNICATE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT A CHICK.
I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THE ROOF IS FALLING.
UH, A LOT OF THESE CALLS ARE ROUTINE.
IT'S NOT A, NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT ALL WE NEED IS ONE THAT'S NOT ROUTINE LIKE THE ONE I DESCRIBED THAT GOES SOUTH.
AND IF IT'S BECAUSE WE JUST PULLED THE PLUG ON A RADIO SYSTEM THAT WE ALREADY HAD A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE BAD FOR ALL OF US.
CHIEF, DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY THAT 3 77, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY BUSY ROAD, DOES GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE YES, RECEPTION IS A CONCERN.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I HAVE THE PROBLEM.
SO IF WE'RE BOIL, BOILING THIS DOWN TO GET AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, WE HAVE A HIGH VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THROUGH AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A CONCERN OF RADIO COVERAGE.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT SYSTEM TOO QUICKLY.
AND THE, THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT I QUOTED FOR YOU ARE NOT MY PART OF PARKER COUNTY.
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT CORRIDOR AND SOME OF THE RIGHT ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE, WHERE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE FROM DOWN THERE.
WELL, I DON'T THINK WE WERE EVER JUST GONNA CUT THE SYSTEM OFF WHERE WE MR. SIR HUGHES? NO, SIR.
NO, I THINK, UH, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
YOU, YOU NEED TO PICK A TIME TO SAY, THIS IS OUR TARGET TIME TO SAY WE, WE WANT TO PULL THE PLUG ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, SOME PEOPLE DO HAVE TO GO BUY NEW EQUIPMENT AND IT'D BE NORMAL BECAUSE THIS EQUIPMENT, IT'S LIKE COMPUTERS.
AS SOON AS YOU BUY ONE WITHIN A WEEK, YOU'VE BOUGHT A OLD ONE.
AND SO YOU HAVE A NORMAL TENDENCY TO TRY TO, UH, HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET THE LATEST
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AND THE GREATEST AND ALL THAT, WHICH IS GONNA END TWO YEARS, NOT BE THE LATEST AND GREATEST, BUT, UH, YOU, UH, UH, YOU, YOU MAKE THE BEST CALL THAT YOU CAN.ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT ALL OF US USERS, PERHAPS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, SEE THAT A FIVE YEAR DATE IS A VERY REASONABLE TIME TO DRAW THE LINE.
AND UH, UH, MY, MY SITUATION AND CHIEF WATSON I BELIEVE WILL ECHO THAT, IS IT'S FOR US TO BE ABLE, WHILE WE'RE IN THIS TRANSITION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW SYSTEM DOES, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA DO BETTER THAN WE THINK IT WILL, BUT THAT WE'VE GOT A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT WE CAN REASONABLY RELY ON IF THE NEW ONE DOESN'T PLUG ALL THE HOLES UNTIL WE GET THE KINKS WORKED OUT IN IT.
COMMISSIONER, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, WE WERE GONNA PULL THE SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THAT VHF EQUIPMENT AND LEAVE IT IN PLACE UNTIL IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS NO LONGER SERVICEABLE.
SO WE WERE GONNA PULL THE SERVICE BACK BUT LEAVE THE SYSTEM UP.
WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE.
WE DIDN'T SET A TERMINATION DATE.
AND SEAN, WAS THERE A COST, THERE WAS A COST TO IT TOO.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
WHAT, WHAT YOU TOLD US BEFORE WAS, UH, AND WHAT SEAN RELAYED TO US BEFORE IS WE'LL KEEP IT RUNNING UNTIL IT BREAKS
WELL, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE NEED TO NOT JUST SAY, WELL WE'LL KEEP IT RUNNING CUZ IF IT BREAKS TOMORROW AND WE SAY THAT'S IT, WE'RE DONE WITH IT.
I'M IN, UH, MY GUYS WE'RE IN DEEP TROUBLE.
YOU NEED MORE DEFINITIVE COMMITMENT.
AND WE WILL, WE, WE SUPPORT THAT THERE BE A COMMITMENT THAT THE COUNTY'S GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, IF IT BREAKS, WE'LL KEEP IT RUNNING TILL THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S ONLY GOOD BUSINESS TO HAVE THAT YEAR.
AND THE FIVE, KEEPING THAT RUNNING, I'M, I MOVE TO APPROVE OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION JUST TO GET TO THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
WE, I MEAN WE DO HAVE CHIEF WATSON HERE.
NO, WE HAVE, WELL WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
SO JOHN, WHAT DO YOU GOT? AND AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER ABOUT THE COST AND THE ABILITY TO, TO MAINTAIN IT.
THAT WAS, I THINK WAS THE LAST DISCUSSION.
THAT'S, AND THAT'S PART OF WHY I GOT THESE FIGURES AS WELL.
CHIEF, IF YOU HAD COME ON UP, I MEAN, YOU, YOU'VE SHOWN UP HERE TO SPEAK, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU SPEAK.
STEVEN WATSON, FIRE CHIEF FOR E SD ONE.
I'D JUST LIKE TO, I'LL BE BRIEF.
UM, TWO, TWO THINGS TO BRING TO LIGHT.
ONE, UH, ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY IS TIME TO RESPOND TO UPGRADING THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, SEVERAL COUNTIES IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION ARE UTILIZING ARPA FUNDS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS THOSE ARPA FUNDS WERE SHARED WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO HELP THEM UPGRADE THEIR EQUIPMENT TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE NEW SYSTEM.
AND, UH, THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE, UM, IN PARKER COUNTY.
SO ON THE WEST SIDE, SOME, SOME OF THOSE ESDS ARE STRUGGLING TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS WITHIN A QUICK ENOUGH TIMELINE.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE, UH, SEEKING THE FIVE YEAR, UH, MAINTENANCE ON THE VHF SYSTEM IN ESD ONE, WE'VE BEEN BUYING RADIOS THAT ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE NEW SYSTEM FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS BECAUSE WE RUN INTO TARRANT COUNTY AND RUN WITH FORT WORTH AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF OUR FLEET REPLACED YET.
WE'RE ABOUT TWO FISCAL CYCLES FROM GETTING THAT DONE.
IT'S BEEN A FOUR YEAR PROJECT FOR US.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE BUYING THAT BULLET AND WE'RE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I WOULD ECHO IS INDEED COVERAGE.
SO FOR A FEW YEARS NOW OF YOUR FIVE SITES ON YOUR PARKER COUNTY RADIO SYSTEM, TWO OF THOSE FIVE SITES, YOU'VE HAD THIS 700 MEGAHERTZ SYSTEM RUNNING IN TANDEM OR IN PARALLEL WITH WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE VHS SYSTEM.
HERE IN THE SITE THAT WE PREDOMINANTLY USE IN EAST PARKER COUNTY IS THE, IS THE SITE THAT'S ON WEST FM FIVE, UM, THE PROB AND IT'S, IT'S A DUAL SITE.
SO FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, IT'S BEEN RUNNING THIS NEWER 700 MEGAHERTZ EQUIPMENT AND ALSO THE OLDER VHF EQUIPMENT AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE EXPRESSED TO MR. DRISCOLL, THE CONSULTANT THAT THE COURT, UM, HIRED TO, TO HELP ADVISE YOU ON THIS VERY TECHNICAL PROJECT WAS ALONG THE FARMER ROAD AND KELLY ROAD CORRIDOR.
UM, WE HAVE SIR COVERAGE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE TO, TO CALL UP A RADIO SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR AND LOOK AT LIKE, UH, CHIEF BECKER WAS SAYING THE VHF SIDE AND THE 700 SIDE.
AND CONSISTENTLY THE VHF SIDE IS ABOUT 10 DB HIGHER FROM THAT SAME TOWER SIDE.
THAT SOON WILL JUST BE 700 EQUIPMENT.
UM, AND OUR, SOME OF OUR REALLY CHALLENGING AREAS ARE, UM, OLD WEATHERFORD ROAD AND NORTH AND IN THE MORNINGSTAR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, UM, KIND OF SOUTH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THE S-CURVES ARE IN KELLY ROAD SOUTH GOING ON DOWN INTO THE NORTH SIDE OF CHIEF BECKER'S AREA AND 3 77, BOTH OF WHICH I WILL MENTION
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ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SUBURBAN AREAS AND PARKER COUNTY BETWEEN THE S AUTO GOLF COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING IN, I THINK THERE'S ALREADY 240 LOTS ON THE GROUND.AND OF COURSE THE MORNINGSTAR MUD DISTRICT IS ONLY ABOUT A THIRD BUILT OUT AND THE NEW SUB COURTHOUSE IS GOING THERE.
FRANKLY, THE VHF SYSTEM DOESN'T PERFORM WELL THERE EITHER, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED FROM THE 700.
SO MY ONLY REQUEST FROM THE COURT WOULD BE THAT YOU AT LEAST GIVE THIS TIME FOR US TO EVALUATE THE NEW EQUIPMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WORKING BETTER.
WE DID POINT OUT TO THE CONSULTANT OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THESE, THIS CORRIDOR OR THIS AREA THAT, HEY, WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER SITE OVER HERE SOMEWHERE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS INCLUDED IN ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AS A NEXT STEP BEYOND THIS PROJECT THAT YOU'RE DOING NOW.
UM, ME PERSONALLY, AND I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE WEST SIDE WOULD NOT MAYBE LIKE THIS, BUT SPECIFIC TO E SD ONE AT SOME POINT, GIVEN THE SUBSTANTIAL COST OF THIS VHF MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, UM, WE'D RATHER SEE YOU PUT THOSE RESOURCES INTO AN ADDITIONAL TOWER SIDE ON THE EAST SIDE THAT CAN ENHANCE YOUR COVERAGE.
CAUSE THIS IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINE ISSUE.
IT'S NOT JUST FIRE, UM, SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS, THIS IS ALL UNINCORPORATED DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR THAT.
AND OF COURSE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AS WELL.
CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE CORRECTLY, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I DON'T.
IF WE FAST FORWARD FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, VHF HAS ROLLED OFF, WE'RE AT 700, WE HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN PARKER COUNTY.
THAT 700 DOES NOT PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT OR APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF COVERAGE.
IS THAT FAIR TO SAY THAT'S, I WOULD SAY A FEW.
SO HOW DO WE FIX THAT? IS THAT JUST A MATTER OF ADDING MORE TOWERS? YES.
WHAT IS OUR, WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR THAT? GO AHEAD.
THE, THE CONSULTANT THAT WOULD HIRE, THAT WAS HIRED BY THE COURT, UM, DID RECOMMEND, UH, IN THE FUTURE THAT WE ADD TWO SITES, TWO ADDITIONAL SITES, ONE DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY, THE OTHER, IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.
AND THAT WILL BRING US TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH 700 WELL STUDIES STUDIES WILL PROVE THAT OUT.
THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT HAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THIS ARE THE WEATHERFORD SITES THAT HAVE NOT COME ONLINE YET.
THAT'LL ALSO BE PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL 700 COVERAGE.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THEN WE FEEL REASONABLY CONFIDENT.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL IT TURNS ON AND WE ACTUALLY TEST IT AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WE FEE FEEL REASONABLY CONFIDENT THAT AFTER THOSE TWO SITES ARE ADDED AND WEATHERFORD COMES ONLINE, WE WILL NOT HAVE THIS COVERAGE ISSUE AREAS LIKE 3 77 FOR CHIEF BECKER AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
IS THAT FAIR? THAT'S THAT'S FAIR, YES.
UM, THE, THE, JUST FOR THE COURT'S INFORMATION, I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO CHIEF WATSON.
THE COMPLETION DATE THAT WE GOT FROM MOTOROLA ON OUR CURRENT PROJECT IS DECEMBER OF 2024.
SO WHEN THE, ALL OF THE UPGRADES THAT ARE BEING DONE, THOSE ARE DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
UH, I WANT TO ADD TO THAT OR ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO WITH THESE UPGRADES IN THIS, THIS CHANGE THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, DO WE ANTICIPATE STRONGER SIGNAL THAT MAY HELP THESE PROBLEM AREAS? YES, SIR, WE DO.
AND, AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL IT IS ALL DONE AND COMPLETED.
UM, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER TWO TOWERS CAME INTO PLAY.
UM, ONCE THE SYSTEM IS UP AND THE WEATHERFORD TOWERS ARE ALL UP AND EVERYTHING'S FUNCTIONING, THEN THEY'LL DO TESTING.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE CAN DETERMINE WHERE THOSE OTHER TWO TOWERS OR IF A THIRD TOWER MIGHT BE NEEDED, BUT TWO AT THIS TIME, WHERE THE PROPER PLACE TO PUT THOSE AND THESE TOWERS, THESE TOWERS RUN ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF A PIECE.
AND, AND WE THINK RIGHT NOW, THE TARGET COMPLETION ON THOSE IS 24, FEBRUARY 24 DE DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
IS WHEN THE, THE, THE SIXTH SITE, WHICH IS THE BROCK SITE, UM, THAT'S PART OF THIS UPGRADE.
THAT, THAT ALL THAT EQUIPMENT WILL BE UP AND FUNCTIONAL AND WILL, WILL ACTUALLY DO TESTING BECAUSE AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT, MOTOROLA HAS TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS BASED ON A RADIO ON THE HIP WITH A SPEAKER MIC.
AND THEY ACTUALLY DO THAT TESTING.
AND THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A NUMBER THEY HAVE TO MEET.
WE'VE HEARD FROM, OH, GO AHEAD CHIEF YOU, SO THOSE AREAS THAT YOU'VE MEASURED DOWN ON KELLY ROAD OR IN THOSE PROBLEM AREAS IN PRECINCT FOUR, DO WE, ARE THOSE ALREADY BEEN UPGRADED ON THE TOWERS OR ARE WE EXPECTING MORE SO THE, THE COVERAGE MAPS FOR THE NEW SYSTEM YES, SIR.
THAT YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING AND INSTALLING, UM, STILL INDICATES A, UM, A LACK OF COVERAGE IN THE MORNING STAR FARMER ROAD CORRIDOR AREA AND, UH, THE CRESTON KELLY ROAD,
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BEAR CREEK AREA.UM, SO, AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE TWO ADDITIONAL TOWER SITES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT AND ARE NOT FUNDED.
SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL THIS GETS TECHNICAL INFORM ARE ALL I I UNDERSTAND NOW, ONCE THE, THE NEW EQUIPMENT IS INSTALLED MM-HMM.
WE'LL SEE IF THAT CHANGES SOME, BUT THOSE COVERS LAPSES ARE INDICATED ON THE MAPS THAT WERE SUBMITTED WITH THE UNDERSTAND THE NEW PROJECT AS WELL.
THEY'RE INDICATED THAT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW TILL YOU HOOK IT UP.
SO TO ME, WHAT I'M SEEING IS A COUPLE OF ISSUES HERE AND, AND, AND THE NE THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TOWERS, THOSE ARE THREE AND FIVE YEAR.
SO WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD THINK IS ON THIS DEAL, IF WE CAN COMMIT TO THREE YEARS AND WE STRESS TEST THAT SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS HERE ON THE TABLE AND THE COVERAGE IS ACCEPTABLE AT THAT TIME, THEN MAYBE WE CAN ALLOCATE THOSE TOWARDS GETTING THE TOWERS THAT WE NEED AND THE DEMAND AT THAT POINT.
BUT I, I'M, I'M 100%, UH, IN SUPPORT OF TAKING CARE OF THE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN, IN PARKER COUNTY.
I JUST WANT TO BE AS SMART AS WE CAN BE HERE WITH THIS.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO, UH, OVER COMMIT AND UNDERPERFORM.
ISN'T IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF IT ALL ONE WAY HOOK IT ALL UP AND WE CAN CLOSE IT EVEN IF WE SAY FIVE YEARS NOW? YEAH.
IF YOU SAY FIVE YEARS NOW, UH, WE CAN MOVE BACK IF THEY TURNED IT OFF AND I DO SHAKE DOWN THERE.
I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE UP HERE.
SO THEN WE CAN, I QUIT SPENDING MY MONEY, MY TAX MONEY HOME.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN, OKAY.
WHEN YOU GET HALF HERE AND EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY ELSE, THEN WE CAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO FIVE YEARS.
WELL, WHAT ALL THIS HAPPENS, WE'RE COMMITTING TO FIVE YEARS.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU ORDER THESE DAYS TAKES LONGER WITH EXCESS.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ME, I'LL, AND, UH, UH, I, I THINK THIS STUDY, YOU KNOW, YOUR USER GROUP TOOK ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION TO GIVE YOU THIS FIVE YEAR RECOMMENDATION.
UH, NOTHING STOPS, BUT IF WE GET THIS THING, WE GET THESE HOLES PLUGGED.
NOTHING STOPS YOU FOR COMING BACK AND REVISITING IT DOWN THERE.
BUT I, I THINK YOU WOULD BE, YOU'LL ADVISED TO NOT AT LEAST SET A DATE THAT FAR OUT AND THEN YOU CAN WIN COMING BACK RATHER THAN HAVE TO PICK UP A LOT BETTER BUSINESS BUSINESS DECISION ON YOUR PART.
WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, COVERED THIS PRETTY WELL FROM, FROM ALL THREE OF YOU.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COURT, UH, FOR ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS? AND OF COURSE, EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS WILL COME TO THE COURT AS PART OF THE BUDGET MOVING FORWARD.
SO THE COURT CAN ALSO MAKE A DECISION, UH, EVERY YEAR WHETHER TO RENEW.
WHAT ALL HAVE VOTER DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE VHF SYSTEM SERVICE AGREEMENT AND THE 800 707 800 SERVICE AGREEMENT ARE SEPARATE.
AND THAT WAY THE COURT CAN VOTE ON, ON THAT BOTH OF THEM.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE VOTE.
THANK GOT OUTTA MAY ON DISCUSS, DISCUSS,
[5.H. Discuss/Take action regarding recommendation from Hydrology 2050 Committee to establish a utility authority for Parker, Palo Pinto, and Stephens Counties. (Commissioner Walden)]
TAKE ACTION REGARDING RECOMMENDATION FROM HYDROLOGY 2050 COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH UTILITY AUTHORITY FOR PARKER PAPINO AND STEVENS COUNTY.I DON'T KNOW THAT WE REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE THE, UH, THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US YET.
IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS THAT AND IT'S NOT RETURNED IT.
WHEN WE DO, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO COURT FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION.
TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT AND BRING AND LOOK AND COORDINATE WITH YOU ON THAT AND, AND, UH, WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE APPROPRIATE TO COME BACK.
[5.I. Discuss and take action on forming a subdivision regulations committee which will report to the Commissioners Court on a regular basis with recommendations for revisions to the Subdivision Regulations. (Commissioner Holt)]
AYE, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON FORMING THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.SO TAKING A CUE FROM HOW ARPA WAS HANDLED WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT OVERSAW THOSE FUNDS, THE HYDROLOGY
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COMMITTEE, SOME OF THAT, IT, IT STRUCK ME THAT BEING THAT WE'RE THE NINTH FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE NATION, THIRD FASTEST IN TEXAS, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE A FORMAL STRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO UPDATE THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AS THE NEED PERMITS.IT'S BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE CERTAINLY UPDATED THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS MANY TIMES THAT THAT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS, BUT IT TENDS TO HIT MORE IN SPURTS AND THERE'S NOT REALLY A FORMAL PROGRAM IN PLACE.
AND IF THERE IS, THEN I APOLOGIZE.
I'M, I'M CERTAINLY NOT AWARE OF IT AND WISH THAT I WOULD'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF IT IF THERE IS A PROCESS.
BUT MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE CREATE A FIVE PERSON COMMITTEE.
THAT FIVE PERSON COMMITTEE WILL BE COMPRISED OF ONE DESIGNEE FROM EACH OF US.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, JUDGE DEAN WOULD DESIGNATE A PERSON, COMMISSIONER HALE, COMMISSIONER CONLEY, COMMISSIONER WALDEN, MYSELF, THOSE OBVIOUSLY CAN BE YOURSELF.
WE WOULD HAVE TO AVOID HAVING MORE THAN TWO OF US BE OUR OWN DESIGNEE FOR QUORUM ISSUES.
BUT WE WOULD MEET NOT LESS THAN QUARTERLY TO OVERSEE THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND THEN BRING SUGGESTIONS TO THE COURT OF LANGUAGE TO MODIFY AND ADOPT.
SO TO BE VERY CLEAR, THIS COMMITTEE WOULD NOT MAKE ANY FORMAL OR BINDING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, BUT IT WOULD SIMPLY ACT AS A SUPPORT STRUCTURE TO KIND OF TARGET AND FOCUS ANY CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED, WHICH CERTAINLY IN PRECINCT TWO, I BELIEVE THERE'S, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CHANGE THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
I THINK THAT HITS ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ON OUR ROADS, ON OUR WATER, IT HITS ON ALL OF IT.
SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION TO THE COURT, IS THAT WE CREATE THAT COMMITTEE AND OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
WE DID IT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO,
IS JAMIE WILLING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE OR IF WE FORM THIS COMMITTEE? UH, JAMIE TIER.
SO LET ME, LET ME GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT, UH, THAT COMMITTEE WAS NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL.
IS THAT A GOOD WAY OF PLACING A GOOD, IT WAS NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL BECAUSE THEY, UH, ONLY MET A COUPLE OF TIMES AND DID NOT BRING RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO COURT.
WELL, IT WAS, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, IT WASN'T HANDLED RIGHT.
BUT, YEAH, SO I, I APPLAUD YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, UH, IDEA THERE.
UH, WE DO NEED THAT, BUT, BUT IT WAS, UH, I THINK MAYBE A COMMISSIONER THAT'S NO LONGER HERE WAS IN CHARGE.
AND, UH, UH, IT, UH, WHAT'S A GOOD WAY OF PLACING IT? THIS WAS OUT.
WE INVITED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN COMING AND, BUT, UH, TO COM TO, WELL, LET ME, LEMME SAY SOMETHING REAL DUMB.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT TO COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S POINT, COMMISSIONER HO, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE TO, TO, TO LEAD THAT AND TO ENSURE THAT WHAT THE COMMENTS WERE JUST MADE DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN? CERTAINLY THAT, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY AND I WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING THAT THAT COMMITTEE IS NOT, THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
AND, AND I'LL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING SURE IT'S NOT A WASTE OF ANYBODY'S TIME WHO PARTICIPATES THERE.
AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A WASTE OF THIS COURT'S TIME WHEN THOSE CHANGES GET BROUGHT TO THIS COURT TO DECIDE UPON.
SO TO BE CLEAR, MY DESIGNEE WOULD BE MYSELF.
IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH, UH, COMMISSIONERS WANTING TO BE ON THERE, UM, AND HAVING QUORUM PROBLEMS, THEN I THINK WE CAN GET AROUND THAT WITH, UH, PUBLIC NOTICE.
I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE A PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDLESS.
BUT I ALSO AM CERTAINLY FINE WITH PUTTING SOME TYPE OF LIMITATION IN THERE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BE ON THERE FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN A ROW TO ALLOW US TO CYCLE THROUGH IF EACH ONE OF US WANTS TO BE ON THERE.
AND THE EASIEST WAY IS TO WORKSHOP, PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO BEGIN IT WOULD BE HAVE A WORKSHOP AND HAVE EACH COMMISSIONER MAKE A SUGGESTION AS TO WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.
THAT'D BE THE EASIEST WAY TO BEGIN.
THAT'LL VERY NEXT, VERY CLEAR.
I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS A LIVING COMMITTEE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT A ONE TIME, ONE PROJECT, ONE UPDATE, BUT INSTEAD IT MEETS ON AN ONGOING BASIS, EVEN IF THERE'S NOT A NEEDED CHANGE AT THAT TIME.
SO HOW DO YOU SEE GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE AND, AND, UH, THE SEATS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, HAVE INPUT ON THAT COMMITTEE? SURE.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT EACH ONE OF US DESIGNATES ONE PERSON.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER WHO YOU WANT TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE FOR YOUR ONE PERSON.
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SAME WITH COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SAME WITH JUDGE DEAN, MYSELF, COMMISSIONER WALDEN.IF YOU WANT THAT PERSON TO BE YOURSELF, THEN WE CAN WORK THAT OUT AMONGST OURSELVES.
TO BE CLEAR, I'D NOMINATE MYSELF AS MY OWN DESIGNEE.
UM, AND THEN THE PURPOSE OF THAT COMMITTEE AGAIN, WOULD BE TO HAVE FOLKS LIKE THE FIRE CHIEFS AND ET CETERA COME IN THAT MIGHT HAVE INPUT ON SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SEAN, DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? UH, YES, SIR.
I WAS GONNA GONNA ASK THAT, UM, FIRE BE REPRESENTED IF, WELL, AS THE FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE, I'M MOVING FORWARD AS, AS WE GET INTO SOME OF THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF THE FIRE CODE BEING ADOPTED IN PARKER COUNTY OR, OR NOT BEING ADOPTED.
UM, HOPEFULLY IT IS ADOPTED, BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE TO DIRECTLY AFFECT FIRE RESPONSE, EMS RESPONSES, AND, AND PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO, UM, MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, UM, HAVE A REPRESENTATION AS PART OF THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN THE FIRE CHIEFS, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD ALSO SERVE AS PART OF THAT AS WELL.
OR, UM, SO EXPAND IT FROM, FROM FIVE TO SEVEN.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE INCLUDE SHERIFF'S OFFICES ONE AND THEN FIRE AS A SECOND.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU? YES, SIR.
I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, AND, AND I WAS NOT A PART OF THAT, BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY WAS THE, THE GROUP WAS TOO LARGE AND, UH, UH, IF IT WERE LIMITED IN NUMBER, THEN IT'S EASIER TO GET THINGS DONE.
OBVIOUSLY, A COMMITTEE OF THAT NATURE WOULD WANT TO TAKE INPUT FROM FIRE, FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, FROM EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IS TO BRING THEM TO THE TABLE.
BUT, UH, IF, IF THE SMALLER NUMBER MIGHT BE, WELL, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER AND IN FACT I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, IT'S NOT MY INTENT TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
UH, THAT PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE MY DESIGNEE.
WHETHER IT'S YOU AND SHERIFF, UM, WORK TOGETHER ON THAT.
I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GETTING UP IN, YOU KNOW, SIX, SEVEN PEOPLE.
IF WE CAN KEEP IT AT FIVE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, SO OF THAT WOULD, YOU COULD HAVE MY DESIGNEE TO DO THAT CUZ IT'S NOT MY INTENT TO BE ON THAT BOARD.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, UH, WALDEN HAD STATED.
COMMISSIONER WALDEN STATED IS IT WAS EXPANDED TOO LARGE LAST TIME.
UH, A LOT OF THE AGENCIES THAT THAT COULD COME IN AND MAKE EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATIONS RIGHT.
TO THAT COMMITTEE, IF HE KEPT IT SMALLER, THEY COULD TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
UH, DOUG SHAW, WE'VE BEEN VISITING WITH HIM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY GROUNDWATER DISTRICT.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT INTERLOCAL, I'M WORKING WITH WISE COUNTY DOUG TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNTY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
BUT THAT COULD BE ADOPTED INTO IT AS WELL.
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE HIM A MEMBER OF THE, THE COMMITTEE TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
ANYTHING ELSE? SO THIS COMMITTEE IS, IS SIMPLY FOR BASICALLY GATHERING DATA AND REPORTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO US.
SO IT'S TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS YEAH.
OF THIS COURT MAKING DECISIONS ON HOW TO CHANGE THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
THEY HAVE NO DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY.
IT WOULD BE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I JUST TO, JUST TO OVERLY EXPOUND, SORRY, BUT SUPPOSING THAT FIRE HAS SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR US, INSTEAD OF FIRE HAVING TO COME TO THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT YEAH.
AND TAKE UP THE TIME HERE, WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT.
NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS, BUT, UH, JUST TRYING TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OTHERWISE I'D ASK FOR A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HOLT HAS MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
UM, COMMISSIONER HOLT, UM, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT MOTION? YES.
MY MOTION IS THAT WE MAKE A SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS COMMITTEE THAT IS ONGOING AND WILL MEET NOT LESS THAN QUARTERLY COMPRISED OF FIVE MEMBERS.
THOSE FIVE MEMBERS BEING DESIGNATED ONE EACH BY EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.J. Authorize to request the appraisal of 2 two acre lots at the NE intersection of Shadle Rd. & FM 920. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Holt)]
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OF TWO ACRE LOTS AT THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF SHED ROAD AND FM NINE 20.KIM, I CAN, I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS.
SO THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A FORMALITY.
EFFECTIVELY WE TALKED THREE COURT SESSIONS AGO, I BELIEVE ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH SHALE AND NINE 20 WHERE WE HAD FRIES, NICKELS COME OUT AND DO AN EVALUATION ON THE SITE.
THEY INDICATED THAT WITH THAT INTERSECTION, FOLKS ON NINE 20 WOULD NEED TO BE GOING SOMEWHERE AROUND 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR TO MAKE IT SAFE.
PEOPLE DO NOT DRIVE 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
AS SHERIFF O CAN PROBABLY ATTEST WITH HIS DEPUTIES.
THEY GO QUITE A BIT FASTER THAN THAT.
SO LOOKING AT HOW TO MAKE THAT MORE SAFE, WE HAVE ABOUT 229 HOMES THAT ARE GOING IN THAT ARE GONNA USE THAT, UH, INGRESS AND EGRESS.
SO THIS IS JUST A FORMALITY TO GET APPROVAL TO APPRAISE TWO LOTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE SOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ANY COMMENTS? MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALL WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[5.K. Authorize the county judge to execute the Liquid Networx Master Services Agreement. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE LIQUID NETWORK WORKS.THIS IS, UH, DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR BUDGET? YES SIR.
WHAT WILL IT DO? PROJECTS, UH, NETWORK PROJECTS.
I WAS HERE THIS WEEKEND TO GET CAUGHT UP.
SO NO ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY? NO SIR.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSION CONLEY WE'RE THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
WELL, NOTHING ADDITIONAL OTHER THAN OUR HAD BUDGETED WHAT'S BUDGETED.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.
[5.L. Authorize the county judge to execute an agreement with JKC Construction to modify the District Attorney's Offices. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH J KC CONSTRUCTION TO MODIFY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.MR. HOLMES, YOU HAD A QUESTION EARLIER AND I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT CALL YOU BACK AFTER I MISSED YOUR CALL.
THAT'S ON ME THAT, UH, THE UH, ANYONE THAT WORKS FOR THE COUNTY HAS COMPENSATION.
THE HIM AND HE WAS STILL THE LOWEST ONE.
SO CLARIFICATION FOR THE COURT.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THESE THREE BIDS, I NOTICED THAT WORK COMP WAS OUTLINED AS A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM ON ONE OF THE THREE.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS GENTLEMAN PROBABLY HAS TO GO GET PROJECT SPECIFIC WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE BID.
THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT DID THE SAME THING.
THE THIRD ONE HE PULLED OUT, HE DIDN'T WANNA WAIT, BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT CONTRACTOR OR VENDOR HAS TO WAIT TO PAID IS THAT THE J HD THREE BELIEVE FRAMING AND CONSTRUCTION? YES.
KIM? TERMS, CONDITIONS THAT THE CONTRACTORS HAVE TO COMPENSATION INSURANCE OR OUR COUNTY POLICY IS LOCKED OFFICE FOR THEIR, AND WE'RE STILL GONNA BE PART OF THE WORK.
PART THAT OUR OLD STORAGE SPACE, BUT IT'S ALSO THE STORAGE SPACE FOR THE 4D 14TH MR. COURTS.
SO IT ALSO END UP, UH, RECREATING THOSE SPACES FOR THE COURTS AND UH, ALSO RECREATING STORAGE SPACE FOR US.
BASICALLY WE'RE TAKING THAT AREA, CLEAN IT ALL OUT ALREADY.
AND MOTION YOU MADE BY COMMISSIONER COLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH DISCUSSION JUST, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY, UH, UH, THAT MIGHT NOT BE AWARE, GO OVER WHAT THE PROJECT IS, UH, IF YOU DON'T
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MIND.SO BASICALLY WE, WE ARE UH, LANDLOCKED FOR LACK OF BETTER DESCRIPTION, UH, WHERE WE CAN'T REALLY REALLY ADD EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEES OFFICES.
SO WE'RE UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD THREE OFFICES, UH, AND THEN KIND RECALIBRATE THE SPACE THAT WAS IN THERE FOR STORAGE TO ALLOW FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF STORAGE FOR BOTH DISTRICT AND OURS SIGNIFICANTLY.
CAUSE WE WERE UH, HAVING A LOT OF PAPER STORAGE IN THERE.
WE'VE TAKEN SOME OF THAT AFRICA, BUT WE'VE SCANNED A LOT.
WE'VE DESTROYED A LOT CAUSE IT'S ON PAST RECORD DETENTION, UH, PERIODS.
AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND AND GROW FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
WHO'S ARCHITECT ON THIS JOB?
WELL THE ARCHITECTS, MY SON ANDY.
AND, UH, THE COST AND THE SOURCE.
THE COST, WE HAVE IT NUMBER AND THAT MONEY IS ALREADY BUDGETED.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THANK Y'ALL.
ALL IMPRESSION APPRECIATE THANK YOU.
[5.M. Authorize the county judge to execute the Donation Agreement with Walsh Ranches Partnership, LLC. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
MI I'M AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTES THE DONATION AGREEMENT WITH WALSH RANCH'S PARTNERSHIP LLC.UH, THE, UM, THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT FROM CHRIS BOSCO IS ASKED THIS BE TABLED THAT THERE'S AN AGREEMENT BEING WORKED ON.
JOHN, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA ADD TO THIS ON THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN WALSH RANCH AND THE COUNTY.
UH, SO HE IS ASKING TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE FA AFA TILL NEXT COURT TO BRING BACK THE TEXT DOT AFA AND THE WALSH RANCH AGREEMENT TOGETHER FOR COURT APPROVAL.
JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? AND I, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH BE NOBLES WITH THE WALSH RANCH AND CHRIS BOSCO AND WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE THE SAME AGREEMENT.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE SAME AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY FOR RIGHT TO ACCOMPLISH SAME THING.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY ANY CONFUSION, WE'RE JUST GONNA BE A, A PASS THROUGH.
UH, THIS WILL NOT COST THE COUNTY ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY.
UH, THE WALSH RANCH WANTED A MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ENTRANCE INTO THEIR SUBDIVISION AND SO THEY'RE PAYING THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WOULD COST TO DO SO AND IT'S GONNA BEAUTIFY THAT AREA OUT THERE.
ALSO, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT AND PUT THAT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA IN COORDINATION WITH, UH, MR. BOSCO.
UH, WE'LL GO TO ITEM N, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM O, UH, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
TAKES US TO ITEM SIX ON EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE HAVE NOTHING ON EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, THEN THAT TAKES US TO ITEM SEVEN ON THE PLAS IF WE WOULD.
LET'S TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS AND WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK AT 10 TILL 11.
UH, AND TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS.
UH, THE RECORD SHOW IT IS 10 52 AND WE WILL GO TO ITEM SEVEN ON ITEM A ONE.
APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN
[7.A. PRECINCT 1]
AS MCKINNEY.ADDITION CONSISTING OF SIX ACRES DEVELOPED BY JOHN PATRICIA MCKINNEY LOCATED OFF OF FM HIGHWAY 1 99 WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER IN PRECINCT ONE AND IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
R IS GONNA BE SIX ACRES, DID OUT A JOINT.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 53.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN A ONE, HEARING NINE C NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 53 AND GO TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.
EVERYTHING GOOD TO APPROVE THE FINAL PROPERTY PLACE IN THE NEWSPAPER? AND THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED INDICAT HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED THAT'S ON THERE.
I'M BELIEVING THAT JAMIE IS, THAT'S GONNA BE A FAMILY DOLLAR, ISN'T IT? THE UH, MCKINNEY EDITION IS THE, WHERE THE FAMILY DOLLAR IS CURRENTLY OR IS BEING BUILT.
I MOVED TO APPROVE SEVEN A ONE AS PRESENTED, MUCH MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
UH, COMMISSIONER HESS MADE THIS SECOND DURING THE DISCUSSION.
ALL OF FAVOR PASS FIVE OH WITH ITEM TWO.
APPROVE THE FINAL PLA FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS SANDERS SUBDIVISION CONSIST OF 4.085 ACRES DEVELOPED
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BY GLEN SANDERS LOCATED OFF OF FRIENDSHIP ROAD OF WALL WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.THIS IS GONNA BE A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION.
THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM TWO ACRES TO 2.085 ACRES.
THEIR ROAD FRONTAGE IS OFF OF FRIENDSHIP ROAD AND WELL WATER IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.
COUNCIL, ARE EVERYTHING GOOD FOR A FINAL? UH, YES COMMISSIONER THERE IS A, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL.
IT IS A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN ORDER.
I MOVE TO APPROVE 7 82 AS PRESENTED.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
IS THERE ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
UM, COMMISSIONER HILL IF YOU WIN, UH, PASS PAVO.
I APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLA FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS OCEAN VIEW ESTATE.
THE STATE'S CONSISTING OF 8.466 ACRES DEVELOPED BY ELI FRIED LOCATED OFF OF GARNET ROAD IN THE E T J OF THE CITY OF RENO WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.
THIS IS A THREE LOT SUBDIVISION.
LOT ONE'S GONNA HAVE ONE ACRE LOT, TWO IS GONNA HAVE 3.726 ACRES AND LOT THREE IS GOING TO HAVE 3.057 ACRES.
UH, THEY ARE GONNA BE PUTTING IN AN EXTENSION OF GARNET ROAD THAT WILL BE BONDED THROUGH THE COUNTY.
AND WALNUT CREEK IS THEIR WATER SOURCE.
SO IT'S IN THE EJ OR RENO FIRE.
UH, THE CITY SINCE THAT ROAD IS GONNA BE A COUNTY ROAD, THE CITY WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNTY TO SIGN OFF ON THE PLAT AS WELL.
MOVE TO APPROVE 7 83 AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ANY OF OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY RE PRELIMINARY
[7.B. PRECINCT 2]
REVISION PROCESS BY MEETS AND BOUNDS FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS CORNER RANCH ESTATES DEVELOPED BY CHAD BUSK LOCATED OFF OF FM NINE 20 WITH WALL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.THIS IS JUST GOING TO, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVISION IS TO MOVE A LOT LINE, UM, FROM UH, CHANGING LOT TWO FROM 2.76 ACRES TO 4.073 ACRES AND WELL WATER IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE AND THEY STILL HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF FM NINE 20.
THIS IS JUST TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS COUNSELOR ARE ALL DOCUMENTS FOR THIS PROCESS IN ORDER AND THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.
OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST TAKING TWO LOTS AND RESIZING THESE TWO LOTS, CORRECT? JAMIE? YES SIR.
AND SO IT'LL BE A, INSTEAD OF A MEETS AND BOUND, IT'LL BE A LAW.
WE'LL USE AN R INSTEAD OF A MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION ON THAT.
SUBJECT TO WHAT COUNSEL JUST SAID.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT WITH THE SIGMA COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
OH WE'LL GET ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION.
BE KNOWN AS WALD MUSTANG CONSISTENT OF 4.968 ACRES.
DO ALL BY RICARDO VILLUS LOCATED OFF OF PRICE LANE WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS SUBDIVISION IS GONNA HAVE TWO LOTS ON IT.
UH, THE LOT ONE IS GONNA BE TWO ACRES AND LOT TWO IS GONNA HAVE 2.968 ACRES.
UH, THEY DO HAVE FRONTAGE OFF OF PRICE LANE AND WELL WATER IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.
COUNCILOR ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER? THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFI CERT TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THE DEVELOPER HAS MET ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS BY COMMISSIONER HOLT FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN FOR THE DISCUSSION.
ITEM THREE, BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN SD AON ESTATES CONSISTENT OF 33.506 ACRES.
DEVELOPED BY WILLIAM CHARLENE, SEAN AND MEGAN LEWIS LOCATED OFF OF MIDWAY DRIVE WITH WA WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS, UH, SUBDIVISION, THIS REVISION IS GONNA INCLUDE TWO LOTS, LOT TWO R ONE A IS GONNA HAVE 16.753 ACRES AND TWO R TWO B IS GONNA HAVE 16.754 ACRES AND YOU BOTH HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF MIDWAY DRIVE AND WELL WATER IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE AND THIS REVISION, THE PURPOSE IS JUST TO DIVIDE UP FAMILY PROPERTY.
OKAY, COUNSELOR, ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER AND THEY HAVE MET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REVISION PROCESS.
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO PLAT IT IF IT'S FAMILY? THEY
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ALREADY HAD IT PREVIOUSLY PLATTED INTO A SUBDIVISION.MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN FOR THE DISCUSSION.
APPROVE OF ORDER FOR THE FINAL CANCELLATION FOR
[7.C. PRECINCT 3]
SUBDIVISION.BE KNOWN AS LACY RANCHES LOCATED IN PRECINCT THREE.
I DID RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, TO CANCEL LACY THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS LACY RANCHES.
SO HE BOUGHT THE ADJOINING LAND AS WELL.
HE'D JUST LIKE TO REVERT THIS BACK TO, UH, A MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION TO ADD THAT TO HIS EXISTING LAND.
SO I DID, UH, POST, I DID GET THE, I DID RUN THE AD IN THE PAPER, UM, AS PER THE STATUTE TO UH, CONCLUDE THIS ABANDONMENT PROCESS.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 11 O'CLOCK.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM C ONE PRECINCT? THREE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 11 O'CLOCK, UM, AND GO TO THE ITEM AND PROPER NOTES WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER, LISTED THE DATE AND TIME, LOCATION AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
UH, WE HAVE CHECKED ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO CANCEL THIS SUBDIVISION AND THE DEVELOPER HAS MET THOSE.
AND AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE CANCELLATION.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE, UH, FINAL CANCELLATION OF THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS LACY RANCHES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH THE SECOND MR. COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
OH WE'LL GO TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION PROCESS FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS BEAR CREEK RANCH.
CO CONSIST OF 12.08 ACRES DEVELOPED BY GH LUMAR LLC LOCATED OFF OF WING CREEK TRAIL WITH WAT WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.
THIS IS GONNA BE A REPLAT OF LOTS.
THEY'RE GONNA COMBINE LOTS 35 AND 36 INTO UH, 35 R AND CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF 34 R INTO A 7.36 ACRE TRACK.
UH, WELL WATER IS THEIR WATER SOURCE AND THEY DO HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF WINDING CREEK TRAIL AND UH, THE LEFT DRIVE AS WELL.
OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1101.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM C TWO PRECINCT THREE, HEARING NINE C NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1102.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE FINAL REVISION.
PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER, LISTED THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THE DEVELOPER HAS MET ALL OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
ITEM SEVEN C TWO IS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION BEING KNOWN AS EAGLE ROCK SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF 14.984 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JOSHUA AND LISA ELIAD LOCATED OFF OF TAYLOR ROAD WITH WALL WATER AND PARKER COUNTY SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT PRECINCT THREE.
THIS 14 ACRE TRACK IS GONNA BE SPLIT UP INTO FIVE LOTS.
THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM TWO ACRES TO 3.228 ACRES.
THEY ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, THE OPTION FOR WELL AS WELL AS PARKER COUNTY, S U D, WHO I BELIEVE ALREADY HAS A CURRENT TAP OUT THERE.
THEIR ROAD FURNISH IS GONNA BE OFF OF TAYLOR ROAD AND THIS IS JUST THE PRELIMINARY TO GET STARTED.
LEAVE EVERYTHING FOR THE PRELIMINARY JOHN AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN FOR APPROVAL.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, YOU THE DISCUSSION.
ITEM FOUR, ACCEPT THE EXTENSION FOR THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR BULLDOG CROSSING PHASE TWO, LOCATED IN PRECINCT THREE FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND THE PRECINCT HAS APPROVED THE EXTENSION FOR THIS LETTER OF CREDIT FOR THE DEVELOPER TO HAVE THE TIME TO GET THIS ROAD IN ORDER BEFORE WE ACCEPT IT AS A COUNTY MAINTAINED ROAD.
SO MOVE TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION SERVED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
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BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR LA MADEIRA.[7.D. PRECINCT 4]
OF 4.493 ACRES DEVELOPED BY, EXCUSE ME, JONATHAN AND FELICIA.PAULK PAULK, DID I GET THAT RIGHT? MIKE? LOCATED OFF OF RUSTIC VIEW LANE IN JANINE DRIVE WITH A WATER AND PRECINCT FOUR.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF LOT SEVEN AND EIGHT INTO ONE LOT, LOT SEVEN R FOR A TOTAL OF 4.493 ACRES.
THEY DO HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF RUSTICY LANE AND ANGELA DRIVE AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING COUNSELOR, AND YES, EVERYTHING IS IN RE IN ORDER FOR THE REVISION PROCESS, I MAKE A MOTION TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.
RIGHT? 71 MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HILL FOR APPROVAL WILL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
OH WE'LL GO TO ADAM MADE ON ADJOURNMENT FOR A MOTION.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE ADJOURN AT 1105.