Sep 25, 2023 Commissioners Court

[Call to Order]

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MEETING OF THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO ORDER ON THE 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023.

LET THE RECORD SHOW IT IS 9:00 AM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE, UM, COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT.

UH, THE AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW AND MEMBERS OF THE COURT, UM, HERE ARE PRESENT.

THAT WILL BEGIN WITH INVOCATION LED BY MARK JULIAN FROM NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY PARK COUNTY JUDGE PROTE.

COMMISSIONER GOLY, PLEASE STAND.

THANK YOU, SIR.

LET US PRAY.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR A NEW DAY.

GOT A NEW WEEK.

GOD, WE JUST REALIZE MORE AND MORE HOW IN NEED WE ARE OF YOU, THE, JUST THE CONSTANT PRESSURE OF LIVING AND KEEPING UP AND BEING AHEAD.

AND I PRAY FOR THESE, OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR JUDGE THAT GOD WE WOULD HONOR YOU AND BLESS THESE DECISIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNTY.

AND WE GIVE YOU THANKS IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH FAMOUS ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, JUSTICE.

ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG I TWO, THE TEXAS ONE, SAY UNDER GOD ONE.

MOVE TO

[4. CONSENT]

UNDER ITEM A, ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.

UNDER TREASURER ITEMS ONE AND THREE AND UNDER COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

I'D ASK FOR A MOTION.

JUDGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED TO THE COURT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

UH, SAY GOODBYE, COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE OH.

UH,

[4.D.1. Interdepartmental transfers of equipment and inventory reports.]

UH, KIM, I HAVE SUBMITTED SOME ITEMS, UH, TO TRANSFER.

UH, AND THEY'RE MOSTLY, UH, MOTOROLA RADIOS TO THE DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN THERE IS, UH, A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE, UM, LIKE A DESKTOP PRINTER.

OKAY.

MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE OH.

GO TO ITEM

[4.D.2. Final Report on Results of On-line Surplus Property Auction Ended 8/18/2023. (Kim Rivas / JudgeDeen)]

FINAL REPORTS ON RESULTS OF THE ONLINE SURPLUS PROPERTY AUCTION ENDING 8 18 20 23.

UH, RESULTS FOR THE MOST RECENT, UM, ONLINE AUCTION TOTALED OUT TO $94,433 OR A FEW ITEMS THAT DID NOT SELL, UM, HIGHEST BIDS.

12 FIVE FOR A NEW HOLLAND TRACTOR AND A CAT MOTOR GRATER WENT FOR 74,000.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S BASICALLY A NOTIFICATION.

IT'S REALLY JUST A NOTIFICATION.

YES, SIR.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, YOU WANNA WITHDRAW THE MOTION? GOOD ITEM THREE

[4.D.3. Approve the salvage & destruction of a shield & taser from the Sheriffs Department. (Kim Rivas /Judge Deen)]

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED THAT WE, UM, REQUEST APPROVAL FOR THE SALVAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF A SHIELD AND, AND TASER FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND ALSO TO JUST SALVAGE AND DESTROY A DIAMONDBACK SHIELD AND AN X TWO TASER AS WELL.

THESE ARE NOT ITEMS THAT, THAT WE CHOOSE TO AUCTION OFF TO THE PUBLIC MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

GOOD.

ITEM FOUR EXCEPT

[4.D.4. Accept/Reject/RenewPC23-52 1 Ton CNG Pickups. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Walden)]

NO BIDS WERE RECEIVED FOR PC 23 DASH 52 FOR THE ONE TON C N G PICKUPS FOR PRECINCT THREE.

IT CLOSED ON TUESDAY UG AUGUST 15TH.

UM, THEY WILL BE PURCHASING THE VEHICLES THROUGH A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ITEMS FOR A MOTION? MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

WE GOT

[4.D.5. Accept/Reject/RenewPC23-56 Lease of Parker County ROW Strip 0.3286 Acres at the tenninus of Eden Rd. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Holt)]

UM, NO BIDS WERE RECEIVED FOR PC 23 DASH 56 LAA PARKER COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY STRIP OF 0.3286 ACRES AT THE TERMINUS OF EDEN ROAD.

THAT BID CLOSED ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023.

THERE'S NO INTENTIONS AT THIS TIME TO REBID THIS.

UM, WE'LL WAIT FOR FURTHER, UM, INFORMATION TO COME.

JUST FOR THE COURT'S EDIFICATION, THAT'S A STRIP OF LAND THAT'S EFFECTIVELY WORTHLESS DUE

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IT'S A VERY SMALL STRIP OF WHAT'S EFFECTIVELY RIGHT AWAY, ALMOST ON A SLOPE.

AND SO THERE WAS A GROUP INTERESTED IN LEASING THAT SPOT FOR PARKING, BUT THEY DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE WHEN THEY SAW THE PRICING.

OKAY.

SO NOTHING TO DO ON IT.

OKAY.

NO ACTION ON THAT.

OKAY.

WE'LL

[5. NOTIFICATION]

THE CONVENIENCE FEE FOR USING A CREDIT CARD VISA, MASTERCARD IN THE AUTO REGISTRATION'S OFFICE WILL BE 2.62% EFFECTIVE 9 26 23 ITEM B PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UPPER ATTORNEY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT REGARDING PAY FOR TEXAS BRU ON WATER.

AND ITEM C GRANT APPLICATION FOR ADVERTISING FOR TEXAS RUNS ON WATER WILL, UH, BE ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES.

IF I CAN INFORM THE COURT ON THE TEXAS RUNS ON WATER.

DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CONVENIENCE FEE FIRST? DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT? UH, ONLY IF THERE'S A NEED.

OKAY.

SO JUST TO GIVE THE COURT A HEADS UP, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M, UH, KEEPING Y'ALL IN THE LOOP.

I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH, UM, DOUG SHAW AT THE UPPER TRINITY GROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, AND THERE'S A PROGRAM OUT THERE CALLED TEXAS RUNS ON WATER, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS, BUT FOR WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

AND SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DOUG TO GET PARKER COUNTY INCLUDED ON THAT.

THAT WILL PROVIDE REALLY NICE MARKETING MATERIAL THAT OUR CONCERNED CITIZENS CAN SHARE ON FACEBOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA, ET CETERA, TO TRY TO INGRAIN IN THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE MOVING IN THAT WHEN YOU WATER YOUR LAWN, THAT'S NOT FREE WATER.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TWO TO FIVE ACRES OF REALLY GREEN ST.

AUGUSTINE AND WE DON'T NEED TO WATER IN 107 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

SO, UH, THE, THE FEE FOR THAT IS GOING TO BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

UM, UPPER TRINITY IS WILLING TO PUT IN 500 AND WE CAN PUT IN 500.

AND THEN AS FAR AS ADVERTISING FOR PART C, THERE, THERE, UH, THROUGH, I BELIEVE IT'S THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, EITHER THAT OR THE SWIFT FUND THAT WE HEARD ABOUT AT THAT WATER FORUM, THERE ARE DOLLARS OUT THERE THAT WILL PAY IF WE APPLY FOR THE GRANT, WHICH I'M PURSUING IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOUG, THAT WILL PAY FOR US TO HAVE REALLY NICE, UH, ADVERTISING, UH, 32ND SPOTS CAMPAIGN TYPE STUFF FOR GETTING THIS MESSAGE OUT THERE TO FOLKS WHO ARE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU JUDGE.

I THINK JENNY, WAS YOU WANTING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR PART ON THAT? YES, I WAS JUST GONNA LET Y'ALL KNOW I HAD REQUESTED P'S CAPITAL TO PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS ON OUR TRANSACTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE IS DISCUSSING MONEY RIGHT NOW AND RATES.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO LOWER OUR FEE FOR THE CUSTOMERS FROM 3.85 TO 2.62 AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR TRANSACTIONS.

'CAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE KINDS OF CARDS WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE IN OFFICE, BUT AT LEAST IT'LL BE A SAVINGS WHEN THE CONSTITUENTS DO COME INTO OURS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

UM, I KNOW IT'S UNDER NOTIFICATION, BUT I WOULD REQUEST THE COURT TO ACTUALLY APPROVE.

SO ANY GRANT THAT'S APPLIED FOR SHOULD COME BEFORE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT AND HAVE THE APPROVAL.

AND THEN IF IT'S ACCEPTED, THEN THERE WOULD BE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT GRANT AND THEN ANY RELATED GRANT AGREEMENT.

SO I WOULD ASK, UM, FOR THE COURT TO ACTUALLY APPROVE, UM, THAT YOU WERE PURSUING THE GRANT.

DO WE NEED TO DO THIS UNDER A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM, JOHN? OR CAN WE DO IT UNDER THIS ONE AT THE TIME OF THE GRANT'S APPLIED FOR, THAT'S WHEN WE SHOULD MAKE THAT REQUEST FOR APPROVAL.

OKAY.

YEP.

SO WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT.

NO, RICH, IF YOU WOULD PUT THAT BACK ON.

OKAY.

GOOD.

ITEM, UM, SIX, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM

[6.D. Discussion / Action regarding communication between County departments. (Commissioner Walden)]

UH, I'M SORRY, UH, D AND DISCUSSION.

ACTION REGARDING COMMUNIC C DISCUSSION ACTION REGARDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN COUNTY DEPARTMENTS.

JUDGE, I PUT THAT ON THERE.

UH, I I THINK THAT WE NEED SOME, UM, IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA.

UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, LAST WEEK WE HAD RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE MM-HMM.

, UH, RICK WILLIAMSON.

AND, AND SOME OF US WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THAT.

AND, AND, AND, UH, AND, AND PRIOR TO THAT, UM, UH, ON SOME OTHER EVENTS, NOT IN A TIMELY MANNER, NOT, I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT, SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I PUT IT ON THERE THOUGH, SO THAT WE ALL ARE AWARE.

SO THERE MAY BE OTHER COMMENTS.

WELL, I WILL SAY ON THE, UH, AS FAR AS WE LOOKED AT THAT FROM A POSTING STANDPOINT, UH, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE LAW UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 0 4, UH, WHERE IT DID NOT HAVE TO BE POSTED UNDER MEETINGS OF THAT SUCH, UH, I WILL NOTE THAT THAT WAS A, UH, A EVENT THROUGH FREEZER NICHOLS AND ALSO THROUGH,

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UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION THERE ON THAT BEING A FREEZER NICHOLS AND CHAMBER EVENT TO WHERE THEY KIND OF MANAGED THAT.

AND WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY OVERSAW THAT A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

UH, I KNOW THAT THEY ASKED COMMISSIONER HOLT, UH, BECAUSE HE WAS TO SPEAK, UH, BUT IN THE FUTURE WE WILL, UM, GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE SOME, UH, INVITATIONS THERE THAT MAYBE NOT HAD BEEN CONVEYED.

UM, CERTAINLY NOT MAKING ANY EXCUSES ON THAT, BUT, UH, THAT WAS NOT A COUNTY EVENT, BUT IT WAS AN EVENT BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES AND WE'LL CERTAINLY STEP IN NEXT TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.

CAN I MAKE, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT REAL QUICK? PLEASE.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER EVENTS COMING UP WHERE WORK OF PRIOR COURTS IS COMING TO FRUITION? BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NEAT TO SEE JUDGE RILEY, COMMISSIONER DUGAN, COMMISSIONER PEACOCK, ET CETERA, THE FOLKS WHO WERE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND OF GETTING THAT THING RUNNING.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO SEE THEM.

LIKE I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COMMISSIONER FOR PRECINCT TWO SPEAK, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MR. PEACOCK BECAUSE HE WAS THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT PROJECT, AND I THINK HE PROBABLY DID, OR I KNOW HE DID QUITE A BIT MORE WORK THAN I DID.

UM, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT TO THE COURT THAT IN THE FUTURE, LET'S, LET'S BRING BACK SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT SPEND A LOT OF HOURS AND A LOT OF TIME ONCE IT ACTUALLY CROSSES THE FINISH LINE.

OKAY.

NOTED.

MOVED

[6.E. Discuss/Take action on 2016 Transportation Bond Funds for noise pollution issue on East Loop. (Commissioner Holt)]

TAKE ACTION.

ON 2016 TRANSPORTATION BOND FUNDS FOR NOISE POLLUTION ISSUE ON EAST LOOP COMMISSIONER.

SO THE RESIDENCE OF SILVERSTONE AND MEADOW VISTA APARTMENTS HAVE INDICATED THAT THE NOISE LEVEL OFF OF THE LOOP IS, UH, PRETTY EXCESSIVE.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OFFICIAL READINGS YET, SO WHAT I'VE ASKED FREEZING NICHOLS TO DO IS TO GATHER BIDS, UM, USING FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING.

THIS WOULD NOT REPRESENT AN INCREASE TO TAXPAYERS AT ALL.

IT'S NO NEW MONEY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE SPENT.

THESE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM THE 2016 TRANSPORTATION BOND.

I'VE ASKED FRIES NICHOLS TO GATHER QUOTES AND BRING THEM TO COURT SO WE CAN MAKE A PROPER DECISION ON HOW TO ALLEVIATE THE NOISE POLLUTION ISSUES ON SILVERSTONE.

AND HAS ANYBODY DONE? I I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

IF IT'S FOUR 50,000, WE HAVE TO OKAY, THEN WE'LL, WE WILL INFORM, UH, MR. BOSCO OF THAT.

UM, I'M GUESSING IT'LL BE MORE THAN 50,000, BUT HE DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WOULD REACH SEVEN FIGURES.

SO JUST NOTIFYING THE COURT OF THAT.

AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MS. RES IS THAT EVEN IF THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR WHO'S WRAPPING UP ITEMS ROLLS THAT IN THERE, WELL COME ON UP.

LIKE IF, IF ED BELL HANDLES IT.

SO WITH ALL OF THE CHANGE ORDERS, UM, FOR THEIR PROJECT, IF THEY EXCEED 25% OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT, IT HAS TO BE A SEPARATE CONTRACT.

THERE'S A, THERE'S A CEILING FOR CHANGE ORDERS AND THAT WOULD BE A CHANGE ORDER.

PERFECT.

I WOULD, UM, I NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS RELATED TO OKAY.

I'LL ASK MR. BOSCO TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.

YEP, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT.

WELL, I GOT A QUESTION FOR THE COUNSELOR ON THAT.

UH, HAS ANYBODY DONE THE, EXCUSE ME, THE, THE DECIBEL COUNT ON THAT NOISE POLLUTION COMMISSIONER, HAVE THEY DONE A DECIBEL? THEY HAVEN'T YET SINCE IT WAS JUST OPENED HERE A FEW CO FEW BUSINESS DAYS AGO.

BUT WE WILL, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT FOR US TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON IT THAT, DOES IT HAVE TO BE OVER 85 OR IT'S JUST, WE JUST DO IT? WELL, THAT'S AN OFFENSE AND THAT'S USED IN A CRIMINAL CODE AS SOMEONE'S COMMITTING THE OF OFFENSE OF NOISE POLLUTION ONTO THE NEIGHBORS.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, VISITING WITH HOUSTON AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, COUNTIES THAT HAVE PURSUED NOISE POLLUTION, THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT CASES TO PROVE UP BECAUSE IT'S NOT USUALLY, IT'S NOT A CONSTANT SOUND, IT'S A INTERMITTENT, IF YOU'RE MOWING YOUR LAWN, YOU'RE OVER THE 85 DECIBEL AND IF YOU'RE USING A CHAINSAW.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF SITUATIONS WHERE IT WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE TO THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.

AND PROBABLY HERE THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE EITHER WITH TRAFFIC GOING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM.

GOOD.

ITEM F

[6.F. Discuss/Take action on approval of Downtown Weatherford, Inc. to use County parking lot Friday, 10/6/23 - Saturday, 10/7/23 for RetroFest. (Judge Deen)]

TO USE COUNTY PARKING LOT FRIDAY TEN SIX TWENTY THREE SATURDAY, TEN SEVEN TWENTY THREE FOR RETRO FEST.

UH, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I THINK YOU'RE OKAY.

VERY WELL.

I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION THAT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH ANY, ANY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE ON FILE.

SO QUESTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM

[6.G. Mooring Service Agreement for Removal/Repair of Santa Fe Annex Flooring related to the flooding on December 25, 2022. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]

SO BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER 29TH MORNING IS GONNA COME IN AND PULL UP THE OLD TILES IN THE CORRIDORS OF THE ANNEX

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AND SO THIS IS, UH, A CHANGE ORDER TO THEIR ORIGINAL CONTRACT FOR THE THE INSURANCE CLAIM.

AND WE'RE JUST REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JUDGE TO BE ABLE TO SIGN THAT, THAT CONTRACT.

I HAVE MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HALE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, THE AMOUNT OF THE CHANGE ORDER, UM, IS 1 0 8, I'M SORRY, 108,000 357 47.

AND THAT WILL BE ADDED ON TO THE TOTAL CONTRACT FOR, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 422,000 178 32.

A GOOD PORTION OF THAT IS REIMBURSABLE BY THE INSURANCE CLAIM.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSED FIVE OH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE ON ON THAT ITEM? UM, ONE ADDITIONAL THING OF KIM IS IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR ALL THE, UM, PERSONAL PROPERTY, PERSONAL PROPERTY, PROPERTY FOR THE DESK AND SO FORTH, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE ITEMS JUST YET EITHER.

AND SO WHAT I'LL BE DOING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S RELATED TO FISCAL FISCAL YEAR, UH, 23, I'LL BE BRINGING A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR ANYTHING THAT IS NOT COVERED, UH, TO CORRECT THAT BUDGET FROM PROGRAM CONTINGENCIES.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER, UM, AT THIS MOMENT, BUT IT'LL BE ANYTHING THAT'S NOT REIMBURSED UNDER THE CLAIM.

SO, SO TAC DOES REIMBURSE THE ACTUAL CA UH, REPLACEMENT VALUE FOR THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE CONSIDERING THE DEPRECIABLE VALUE, BUT THEY WILL, UM, REIMBURSE THE FULL CA UM, REPLACEMENT VALUE.

OKAY.

VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

MOVE

[6.H. Tyler Technologies Munis ERP SAAS Agreement. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]

SO I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE TYLER TECHNOLOGIES MUNIS E R P, UM, SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE AGREEMENT.

THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SOURCE.

WELL CO-OP CONTRACT R F P OH 9 0 3 2 0.

THIS IS FOR THE ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE THAT WILL BE UTILIZED, UM, TO REPLACE SS T W.

OKAY.

MOTION MAKE, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECOND BACK.

COMMISSIONER HOLT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? FOR WE GO.

ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE VOTE.

GOOD ITEM

[6.I. Authorize County Judge to sign Debtbook service agreement. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

ON AUTHORIZED COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN DEBT BOOK SERVICE AGREEMENT, UH, COUNSELOR AND BRIANNA.

BRIANNA HAS A, A PROGRAM THAT SHE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT INTO HER DEPARTMENT.

I'LL LET HER EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A DEPO.

WE EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH THEM LAST YEAR TO HELP WITH SOME OF OUR G A SS B REPORTING FOR FINANCIAL PURPOSES.

UM, GOING INTO REPORTING FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, THERE'S NOW A NEW REQUIREMENT, UM, WHERE WE HAVE TO REPORT ALL OF OUR IT BASED SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENTS, UM, AND RECORD THE FOOTNOTES AND RELATED JOURNAL ENTRIES INTO OUR FINANCIALS.

AND SO JUST LIKE WITH, UH, GSS B 84, WHICH WAS, UM, LEASES, WE WILL HAVE TO GATHER, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE MAY HAVE SEEN THE EMAILS THAT I SENT, UM, EARLIER THIS SUMMER, UM, RELATED TO THOSE REQUESTS.

AND SO WHAT DEBT BOOK DOES IS THEY HELP US GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE AGREEMENTS AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR THAT REPORTING.

AND THEN IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, IN A CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE THAT HELPS WITH THE REPORTING TRACKING OF THAT AND THEN ANY RELATED JOURNAL ENTRIES.

AND SO OUR CURRENT CONTRACT, UM, ANNUALLY IS 9,750.

AND SO, UM, THIS WOULD BE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT OF COURSE, UM, IF FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATED EACH OF THOSE YEARS AND UM, FOR THE FIRST YEAR IT'LL BE $11,000 AND THEN IT'LL INCREASE BY, UM, THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREMENTS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THAT CONTRACT.

AND SO THEY ARE NOT CHARGING US A, UM, IMPLEMENTATION FEE FOR THE NEW, UH, G A SS B REPORTING SINCE WE'RE ALREADY, UH, CURRENTLY A CUSTOMER.

OKAY, BERG COMMISSIONER, EXCUSE ME.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE GO UP? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE ABOVE GOOD ITEM

[6.J. Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Millsap ISD for SRO services and take any action the courtdeems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY AND THIS IS AN ACTUAL ADDENDUM TO THAT CONTRACT.

THE FEE SCHEDULE HAS CHANGED BASED ON DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND MILLSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO THEY'RE WANTING TO ADOPT A DIFFERENT FEE SCHEDULE FOR YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

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FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE.

OH, GOOD ITEM

[6.K. Approve the resolution for the Harmony Circle over the Tributary of the Three Mile Branch BridgeProject with the Texas Department of Transportation and take any action the court deems necessary.(John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE HARMONY CIRCLE OVER THE TRIBUTARY OF THE THREE MILE BRANCH BRIDGE PROJECT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT.

DES NECESSARY, UH, COUNSELOR, THIS IS A BRIDGE IN MY PRECINCT THAT, UH, DID NOT SCORE WELL ON T DOTS, UH, TESTING.

AND SO, UH, THEY HAVE AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, THAT WE'LL REPLACE THIS BRIDGE.

WE NEED THIS RESOLUTION TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.

OKAY, MOTION.

I MAY BY COMMISSIONER WALL AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OOPS.

PASS FIVE.

OH, WE

[7. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES]

ITEM B, JUVENILE PROBATION CONTRACT WITH BECKY HARRIS.

ITEM C, FISCAL 2024 SEVEN'S GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATION ITEM D, ENTER LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH HASKELL COUNTY FOR INMATE HOUSING.

ITEM E IN HER LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE FOR INMATE HOUSING.

AND ITEM F, ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HUDSON OAKS MUNICIPAL COURT SERVICES.

WOULD THOSE BE NOTED INTO THE MINUTES? UH, WE

[8. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONVENE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM, A DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION, CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR OPEN PERMITTING, DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR POSITION.

UM, FOR THE TWO THAT ARE HERE, UH, WE WILL, UH, STEP INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN WE'LL PROMPTLY GET YOU IN.

SO, UH, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE WILL AT 9 22.

MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE GOT A RETURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10 27 AND MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT ON DISCUSSIONS ON ITEM A, ON DISCUSS TAKE ACTION, CONDUCT, CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR OPENING PERMITTING, DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR POSITION.

UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT AND, UH, PUT THAT BACK, UH, ON, UH, IN APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, JUST BACKGROUND AND, UH, BUT WE'LL PROMPTLY, UH, DEAL WITH THAT AND GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH BOTH OF YOU IF BOTH ARE HERE.

I KNOW I SEE YOU HERE, UM, BUT WE'LL BE IN TOUCH VERY QUICKLY ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, SIR, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ITEM SIX UNDER SIX A.

WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY MOVE DOWN TO, UH, AND START WITH ADAM B ONE ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL M AND O RATE.

UH, I'M GONNA OPEN THE FLOOR ON THAT DISCUSSION.

LET'S SEE.

CAN YOU GO GET BRIANNA? I THINK SHE'S IN BY OFFICE.

OKAY, WE, UH, BRIANNA, WE HAVE OPENED UP TO ITEM SIX AND WE'RE ON ITEM SIX B ONE ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL M AND O RATE.

UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ON AND THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

ANY COMMENTS YOU WANNA MAKE TO THIS? UM, CAN I ASK A, JUST A QUESTION? I I, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET FIRST AND THEN THE TAX RATES.

WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

WE, WE, IT IS THE PROPER THING IS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THEN ADOPT A TAX RATE THAT SUPPORTS THE BUDGET.

I THOUGHT, OKAY, I THOUGHT WE HAD THE OPTION OF DOING THE MOTHER THEN.

THAT IS, DO WE HAVE TO ADOPT A BUDGET? I MEAN, THE ORDER SHOULD BE THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING THE BUDGET AND

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OKAY.

IT'S OKAY TO, IN THAT BUDGET, I DO HAVE THE PROPOSED TAX RATES AND SO THAT'S, I THINK MAYBE WHERE SOME OF THE CONFUSION OR BECAUSE WHAT I WAS DISCUSSION OF HOW TO DO THAT.

IF WE ADOPT SOMETHING, THEN YEAH, BECAUSE WHAT I WAS WANTING TO DO IS GO THROUGH AND ADOPT THE RATES, BUT IF WE NEED TO UNDER THE, YOUR DIRECTION HERE, UH, WE CAN ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THEN COME BACK AND ADOPT THE RATES IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE, OKAY.

ALRIGHT,

[6.A. Adoption of the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year budget. (Judge Deen)]

OKAY.

SO I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH FINAL PRELIMINARY, UM, SPREADSHEETS.

SO THESE HAVE BEEN UPDATED FROM FRIDAY BASED ON ADDITIONAL ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN.

SO THIS SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR AGAIN.

THIS FOR FIRST SECTION GOES THROUGH OUR, OUR TAX RATE, OUR CURRENT RATE VERSUS THE PROPOSED RATE, WHICH IS A DECREASE OF, UH, TWO AND A HALF CENTS.

AND THEN THE CURRENT, UM, WITH A 98.75 COLLECTION RATE FOR PROPERTY TAXES OF 60.1 MILLION.

AND THEN THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 72 POINT, UM, 1 MILLION.

THEN THIS NEXT SECTION AGAIN GOES THROUGH OUR DEBT SERVICE, UM, NOTING THAT 1.75 MILLION, UM, WAS USED AS A REDUCTION OF FUND BALANCE TO LOWER THAT DEBT RATE.

AND THEN THIS NEXT, THE NEXT SECTION IS TOTAL EXPENSES.

SO RIGHT NOW, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN APPROVED, THERE ARE TOTAL EXPENSES IN THE PROPOSED F Y 24 BUDGET OF 79 POINT ABOUT 9 MILLION, UM, WITH 62 OR SIX POINT, ALMOST 3 MILLION COMING FROM FUND BALANCE AT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, WE STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR 24 PROPOSED BUDGET WITH A CONTINGENCY OF 1.1 MILLION AND THERE HAS BEEN 14.6 MILLION OF APPROVALS, UH, BROKEN DOWN FROM, UH, CAPITAL, NON-CAPITAL AND CAPITAL PROJECTS OF 7.4 MILLION.

THERE ARE ROLLOVERS FROM THE F Y 23 BUDGET FOR EITHER, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE COMPLETED OR ITEMS NOT GONNA BE RECEIVED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 1.6 MILLION.

UH, SALARY AND BENEFITS INCLUDING NEW FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME POSITIONS, ANY RECLASSIFICATIONS AND COLAS OF 2.7 MILLION.

UH, NEW EMPLOYEE CAP NON CAP REQUESTS OF 406,000.

AND THEN A NET OPERATING INCREASE ABOUT 2.4 MILLION WITH 2 MILLION OF THAT BEING A OVERALL CONTINGENCY FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

AGAIN, BRINGING THE CHANGES FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF 14.6 MILLION.

UM, INCLUDED IN FUND 10 IS THE, UM, ANTICIPATED GRANT FUNDS FROM SB 22 SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I'VE SET UP A SEPARATE FUND FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

UM, AND JUST TO GO OVER THAT AGAIN, THE REASON WHY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS PUT IN THE GENERAL FUND WITH THAT REVENUE, UM, FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES AT THIS POINT IS BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE, UM, ONCE THE RULES COME OUT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT ITEMS MAY BE RECEIVED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, IT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO BUDGET THOSE WITH SO MANY VARIABLES OF WHAT MIGHT COME IN AND WHEN THESE NEW POSITIONS WOULD BE HIRED.

AND WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS.

UM, COMPLETELY QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

IS THAT, ARE THOSE ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR? UM, I THINK THE HOPE IS THAT IT'LL CONTINUE, BUT IT'S, IT'S FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE CURRENTLY.

AND, AND THE PLAN IS IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY'LL CONTINUE THAT BEYOND THAT DATE.

YES.

AND JUST TO, YOU KNOW, REITERATE, I KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID UM, BEFORE, BUT THAT THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A COMPETITIVE GRANT THAT IF YOU APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS THEN IT'LL BE APPROPRIATED.

UM, AND THEN NOTABLE CHANGE IS THE CHANGE IN THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, UM, WHICH GENERATES ADDITIONAL OVERALL REVENUE OF THE 6.7 MILLION.

UM, SO AGAIN, THAT TOTAL PROJECTED USE OF FUND BALANCE AT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS ABOUT 6.3 MILLION.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SPREADSHEET IN YOUR PACKET, YOU WILL, THIS SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.

AND THIS IS JUST A DETAILED BREAKOUT OF WHAT ALL OF THOSE, UM, CHANGES FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET ARE.

SO AGAIN, ANY COLA UH, NEW TIME, NEW POSITIONS, RECLASSIFICATIONS, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE DETAILED ALONG WITH THE, UM, RELATED COST COMPONENT OF THAT.

UM, AND THEN ANY CHANGES IN DEPARTMENTAL OPERATING COSTS.

AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BUDGETS WERE SUBMITTED BACK IN APRIL, I WANNA SAY, UM, IF ANYONE HAS COME BACK WITH,

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AND THEN, UM, CAPTAIN ON CAP, THOSE ARE JUST THE TOTALS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIM HAS GONE, HAS HER SPREADSHEET THAT SHE'S PROVIDED TO YOU OF ALL THE DETAIL OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION, NEW CAPITAL NON CAP.

AGAIN, THOSE ARE, UH, DETAILED ON UM, KIM'S SPREADSHEET.

AND THEN THE, THAT LAST PORTION IS THE ROLLOVER FROM THE F Y 23 BUDGET AGAIN, WHICH, UM, ITEMS WON'T BE RECEIVED.

CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT NEED A ROLLOVER FOR, AGAIN, THAT, UH, TOTAL, UH, 14.1 MILLION AT THE, IF YOU WERE AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THE USE OF FUND BALANCE WOULD HAVE TO BE ALMOST $13 MILLION.

BUT WITH THAT CHANGE, UM, FOR THE TAX RATE, THEN IT WOULD BE, UH, A REQUIRED USE OF ABOUT 6.3 MILLION.

IF WE COMPARE THIS ADOPTED BUDGET OR THE PROPOSED F Y 24 BUDGET TO THE ADOPTED F Y 23 BUDGET, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT POINT, ALMOST $8.2 MILLION INCREASE.

AGAIN, $2 MILLION THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED AS AN OVERALL CONTINGENCY.

AND THEN THE LAST SPREADSHEET THAT IS INCLUDED IS JUST A DETAILED BREAKOUT, UH, BY DEPARTMENT.

SO HOW WE STARTED WITH THE JUDGES PROPOSED.

AND THEN ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ITEMS I'VE BEEN GOING OVER FOR APPROVALS, THOSE ARE IN THERE TO GET TO A TOTAL PROPOSED F Y 24 BUDGET, UM, ALONG WITH ALL THESE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY HAS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIANNA? ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE? OKAY, WHAT WE'RE ON IS SIX A AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ADOPT, UH, THE 20 23 24 BUDGET FISCAL YEAR.

UH, THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM B ONE, TWO AND THREE AND, UH, ADOPT THE RATES AND THEN AS WELL AS WE'LL TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAXES AS SET IN ITEM C.

UH, SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D ASK FOR A MOTION.

ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS GIVEN THE APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS? UH, WE HAVE NOT SET THE RATES ON THIS YET.

UH, BUT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE, UH, PROCESS THAT THE, UH, AUDITOR HAS, UH, DIRECTED HERE, UH, WE WILL APPROVE THE ITEM.

A FIRST MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

I'LL SECOND IT.

WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? HAS SENTIA PROVIDED YOU THE WORDING? I THINK SHE HAS IT.

SHE, THE WAY WE WERE GONNA DO THIS WAS IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO ADOPT THESE, SHE WAS GONNA IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT THOSE PRINTED AND I WAS GONNA READ IT.

OKAY.

YEAH.

'CAUSE IT'S GOTTA HAVE THE ACCURATE NUMBERS AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA VOTE YET.

OKAY.

SHE'S PROMPT.

WE RIGHT, WE GOT 'EM.

BUT I GUESS WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT AND COME BACK AND READ.

RIGHT.

IF WE HAVE TO TAKE A MOMENT RECESS, WE WILL.

OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

WE CAN GUESS, BUT SURE ENOUGH, IT'S MM-HMM.

.

UM, OKAY, WE'LL MOVE

[6.B. Adopt order to set tax rates for General Fund (M&O), Lateral Road and Debt Service for fiscal year 2023-2024. (Judge Deen) ]

2024.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM ONE, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL, UH, THE M AND O RATE.

IF THE RATES ARE APPROVED AS, UM, PROPOSED, THEN WHAT I'VE PROVIDED YOU ALL IS,

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NOW JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE, UM, INFORMATION YOU JUST GAVE ME, UH, IS IT A SUPER MAJORITY THAT, UH, APPROVES THESE OR IS IT JUST A NORMAL? IT IS THE NORMAL.

OKAY.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE, UM, AT LEAST FOR UNDERSTOOD MEMBERS IN ORDER TO ADOPT IT, BUT IT'S JUST BY MAJORITY VOTE.

I THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'RE ON ITEM B ONE.

BRIANNA ON THIS, ON THIS FORM HERE.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

WHERE IT SAYS CURRENT 0.19 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT PROPOSED 0.1 8 4 9 3 7 AND THE DIFFERENCE IS 0.07.

YES.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? AND GO AHEAD.

I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS LOOKING AT THE VERY BOTTOM, I THINK I KNOW WHY IT SAYS THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA CONFIRM.

IT SAYS THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 16.19% AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR M AND O ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY.

AND THEN IT HAS NEGATIVE 13.83.

AND SO IT'S THE CHANGE OF THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD VALUE.

OKAY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN MY SPREADSHEET WHEN I'M SHOWING YOU GUYS, 'CAUSE WHEN I CALCULATE IT, IT'S 35 ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

BUT MY SPREADSHEET IS NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CHANGE IN THAT HOMESTEAD VALUE.

GOTCHA.

UNDERSTAND.

SO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNDERSTAND HOME LAST YEAR.

SO IGNORING WHAT THAT HOME PROBABLY DID OVER THE YEAR, THEY'RE PAYING, IF, IF THEIR HOME VALUE DID NOT CHANGE AT ALL, THEY WOULD PAY $13 AND 83 CENTS LESS THIS YEAR.

NO ONE THE AVERAGE, RIGHT? NO ONE'S HOME.

RIGHT.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT, UM, TI AND I ACTUALLY WENT AND HAD, UM, RICK ARMSTRONG FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT IF WE ADOPTED THESE RATES TO RUN IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO GET A NUMBER BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO INTO THE ORDINANCE, THE TAX ORDINANCE, THIS WORDING HERE.

AND SO, UM, THAT WAS GENERATED FROM, FROM THE SYSTEM AND SO I CALCULATED INDEPENDENTLY THAT 16.19.

BUT AGAIN, UM, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT IT, I'M JUST LOOKING AT FROM THE, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED TAX RATE OVER THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE ON YOUR AVERAGE HOME NOW.

YEAH.

WHAT, I GUESS THAT'D BE THE MAXIMUM, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S THOSE CHANGES OF VALUES FROM THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD, THAT'S HOW THAT NEGATIVE NUMBER IS BEING CALCULATED.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY HEAD WAS AT.

I JUST, I WISH THAT THE LAW ALLOWED US TO HAVE A, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS, THIS IS WHY, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S CONSTRAINED ON WHAT WE CAN SELL.

RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE ASKED THEM JUST TO PULL IT, IT PULLS IT FROM THE SYSTEM AND CALCULATES IT.

YEAH.

BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THAT NUMBER IS IS CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT COMMISSIONER.

AND THIS INCLUDES, UM, BOTH M AND O AND ROAD AND BRIDGE IN THAT NUMBER.

IT'S THE TOTAL OF THOSE, THIS, THE 0.28 IS BOTH TOGETHER THE RIGHT, SO THE 0.2 8 7, 0 9 8 IS OUR M AND O,

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UM, AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TAX RATE, UM, WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 16.9% WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

WHEN IT'S TALKING SPECIFICALLY ON THAT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, IT'S INCLUDING BOTH THE GENERAL FUND M AND O AS WELL AS, UH, LATERAL ROAD AND BRIDGE AND THEN AGAIN ON A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOME BY APPROXIMATELY NEGATIVE 13.83.

AND SO JUST AGAIN, IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, APPROVING THESE SEPARATELY.

AND SO THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS ABOUT 0.03 ABOVE, UM, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR AT, BUT THIS IS HOW WE NEED TO WORD IT THE WAY IT'S WROTE HERE.

WELL, RIGHT, RIGHT.

'CAUSE IT TAKES, IT, IT TAKES THE TOTAL BY STATUTE OF HOW YOU, UM, PUT IT IN THE ACTUAL ORDER.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE ADOPTED SEPARATELY.

AND SO WHEN IT'S TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THIS PERCENTAGE AS WELL AS THE DECREASE THAT ADDS ALL OF IT TOGETHER.

OH, JUDGE, ARE YOU, ARE YOU READY OR I'M READY FOR A MOTION.

YES.

AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO REMIND YOU WHERE THE PROPOSED TAX RATES ARE.

I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.2 8 7 0 9 8, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 13.8% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

COMMISSIONER HOLD.

YOU MENTIONED REFERENCE 16.19 INCREASE, UM, WHAT COMMISSIONER COLLEGE JUST REFERENCED IS A 13.88% INCREASE WITH A REDUCTION.

THAT'S AM AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE OR IS IT, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU JUST SAID? WHAT YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP ON YOUR NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE? ONE IS ONE, THE TOP PORTION IS TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL TAX RATE, WHICH INCLUDES DEBT SERVICE AND THEN THIS BOTTOM PORTION, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 13.88 AND THE 16.19 IS JUST FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.

SO THAT NUMBER WOULD NOT INCLUDE ANY DEBT SERVICE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

AND SO AT, AT, AGAIN THAT, THAT 0.2 8 7 0 9 8 IS A TOTAL NUMBER.

AND SO FOR M AND O THAT WOULD BE 0.1 8 4 9 3 7.

SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE.

POINT ONE 8 4 9 3 7.

OKAY.

I'M GONNA SECOND THIS TO GET IT IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.

UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, ON YOUR MOTION, UH, CAN YOU REPRESENT NOW WHAT THE OVERALL THEN INCREASE WOULD BE THE, WHEN YOU ADDED THAT TOGETHER, WHAT, WHAT NUMBER, WHAT INCREASE IS THAT? THAT'S THE 0.3.

OKAY.

THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

0.3 1 2 3, 3 6.

IS THAT RIGHT, BRIANNA? CORRECT.

YES IT IS.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.

FOUR ONE.

MOVE TO ITEM TWO ON THE DEBT SERVICE RATE.

THE DEBT SERVICE RATE, AGAIN USING 1.75.

A FUND BALANCE TO DECREASE THAT RATE IS 0.0 4 6 1 7 5.

I AM GONNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE DEBT SERVICE RATE OF THE NUMBER, YOUR HONOR, CALLED OUT, WHICH

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YES.

POINT ZERO 4 6 1 7 5.

OKAY.

MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALTER WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT IN THE DISCUSSION BASE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE.

MOVE TO ITEM THREE ON LATERAL ROAD RATE.

SO THAT RATE AS PROPOSED IS 0.0 5 5 9 8 6.

MOVE TO APPROVE THAT.

APPROVE THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSED.

FOUR ONE.

MOVE TO ITEM C ON VOTE TO RATIFY PROPERTY TAX RATE AS SET BY PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR THE 20 23 20 24 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE GENERAL FINE LATERAL ROAD, BRIDGE FUND AND DEBT SERVICE.

AGAIN, IT'S A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.2 8 7 0 9 8.

SAY THAT AGAIN, I'M SORRY.

POINT TWO 8 7 0 9 8.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.

EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER CONLEY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSED FOUR ONE.

SO IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET SO WE CAN READ SO THE JUDGE CAN READ THE LANGUAGE, UM, THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATUTE.

AND THIS ON THE PARKER COUNTY, EXCUSE ME HERE, HOLD ON A SECOND.

ON THE PARKER COUNTY 20 23 20 24 BUDGET.

THIS YEAR'S TAX LEVY TO FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS EXPENDITURES DOES EXCEED LAST YEAR'S MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX LEVY.

THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY $11,736,141 OR 19.5%, WHICH IS $9,324,964 FOR THE GENERAL FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

1,929,944 FOR THE LATERAL ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND AND $481,233 FOR DEBT SERVICE OF THAT AMOUNT.

$4,311,049 OR 37% IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.

THE TAX RATE USED IN THIS BUDGET HAS EXCEEDED THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

OKAY, THIS YEAR'S

[6.C. Vote to ratify property tax rates as set by Parker County Commissioners Court for the 2023-2024 fiscal year for the General Fund, Lateral Road and Bridge Fund, and Debt Service. (Judge Deen)]

THE TAX RATE MUST BE A RECORD VOTE OF 60% OF THE GOVERNING BODY MUST VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE.

A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE RESOLUTION OR ORDER MUST BE MADE IN THE FOLLOWING FORM, MOVE THAT THE FOLLOW THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.0 0.2 8 7 0 9 8, WHICH

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THIS YEAR'S LEVY TO FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES EXCEEDS LAST YEAR'S MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX LEVY.

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE RESOLUTION OR ORDER SETTING.

THIS YEAR'S TAX RATE, THE STATEMENTS MUST BE LARGER TYPED THAN THE TYPE USED IN ANY OTHER PORTION.

THE DOCUMENT, THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE, WHICH WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 16.19% AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A HUNDRED YEAR, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $13 AND 83 CENTS.

STATEMENT MUST BE POSTED ON THE HOMEPAGE OF ANY INTERNET WEBSITE OPERATED BY THE TAXING UNIT AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT RICH IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS.

THIS YEAR'S LEVY TO FUND THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS EXPENDITURES EXCEEDS LAST YEAR'S MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE LEVY.

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE RESOLUTION OR ORDER SET IN THIS YEAR'S TAX RATE.

THIS STATEMENTS MUST BE IN LARGER TYPE THAN THE TYPE USED IN ANY OTHER PORTION OF THE DOCUMENT.

PARKER COUNTY GENERAL LATERAL ROAD ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 16.19% AS NOTED AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $13 AND 83 CENTS.

THAT CONCLUDES THE, THE LANGUAGE THAT IS TO BE READ AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THIS RATE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, THE PORTION HERE THAT, UH, ADOPTED THE RATE FOR THE, UH, 20 23 24 BUDGET.

UH, THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS ON THAT.

UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE IS, IS, UH, PLATTS.

UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DO HAVE A STATEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE WITHOUT, UH, INTERRUPTION IF THE COURT WOULD INDULGE ME ON THIS.

UH, FIRST, A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE HOURS AND FOR ALL THE HOURS OF WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS BUDGET PROCESS, AS WELL AS ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTAL HEADS THAT WORK SO HARD TO ASSIST WITH THIS.

AND ESPECIALLY GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT SHARPENING THE PENCIL, WHICH YOU DID IN THE FIRST PLACE, I THINK, AND, UH, WAS ASKED TO DO THAT AGAIN.

I THINK THAT, UH, THIS, THIS COUNTY HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND ON DOING THAT INITIALLY AND UPFRONT AND BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS COUNTY.

AND I DO, AGAIN, I WANT TO COMMEND EACH AND EVERY ONE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, THE, THE WORKERS THAT MAKE US ALL LOOK GOOD.

UH, WHICH DO WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WORK FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

UH, SECOND, UM, THIS IS A PASSIONATE PROCESS.

THIS IS A, UH, A PROCESS WHERE YOU PUT FIVE PERSONALITIES TOGETHER AND, AND PUT AND PUT ON THEM THE TASK OF ADOPTING A RATE.

UM, WHICH WE, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE POLITICAL.

IT, IT NEEDS TO BE WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS COUNTY.

UM, AND, AND WE HAVE, UM, WHAT I OVERALL HAVE DONE, I THINK THAT THIS COURT HAS DONE THAT.