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PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

[Call to Order]

COURT, UH, TO ORDER ON THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020.

FIRST, LET THE RECORD SHOW IF WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY CLERK AND COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PRESENT.

UM, IT IS 9:00 AM WE DO, UH, HAVE THE QUORUM AS NOTED, UH, IT HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, WITH, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT PRESENT.

WE WILL BEGIN A VACATION LED BY NEIL ROWE FROM THE WATERHOUSE CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY JUDGE, PORT COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

PLEASE STAND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALL POWER, YOU HAVE ALL WISDOM, AND YOU ARE EVER PRESENT.

AND SO, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE PRESENT IN THIS MEETING.

BE PRESENT IN OUR COUNTY.

FATHER, GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, DECISIONS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE HARD.

GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU GIVE US ALL KNOWLEDGE.

LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD FORGIVE US, WHERE WE FAIL YOU, THAT WE WOULD MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.

GOD GIVE EVERYONE IN HERE PEACE.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNTY.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON IT.

AND GOD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO LEAD US AND GUIDE US IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

AMEN.

ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

MOVE TO ITEM

[4. CONSENT]

FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UNDER ITEM A, UH, ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, UNDER AUDITOR, UH, ITEM B ON THE TREASURER ITEMS ONE AND THREE, AND THERE ARE COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS C, ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

JUDGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS OUTLINED.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PASS FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN TO, UH, ITEM FIVE

[5.B. Presentation of 2022 Distinguished Service Award to Parker County Historical Commission from the Texas Historical Commission. (Teri Hubbard / Judge Deen) ]

B ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2022 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION FROM THE HISTORICAL COM, UM, COMMISSION WHO, UH, WE HAVE TERRY HUBBARD HERE, AND I BELIEVE SOME OTHERS.

UH, IF Y'ALL WOULD COME UP, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OF US HERE.

UM, DID Y'ALL JOIN? I DO HAVE A, UM, THIS IS NOT IN, I DO HAVE AN AWARD THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU AFTER WE, UH, APPROVE THIS AND THEN HAVE Y'ALL COME UP AND LET Y'ALL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

THEN WE'LL GIVE THIS TO Y'ALL.

OKAY.

SO, WE'LL, WE ARE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE.

VOTE.

WE GOT THAT OUTTA THE WAY.

PROCEED PLEASE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING.

WE ARE TRULY HONORED, UM, AND SURPRISED WHEN WE RECEIVED THE AWARD NOTIFICATION OF THE AWARD FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

UM, THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW TO RECEIVE IT, WHICH IS, UM, I'M PRETTY PROUD.

OUR THIRD TIME, I BELIEVE OVERALL, TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS AWARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

WE GOT IT.

UM, I THINK BEFORE MY TIME ON THE COMMISSION, WE HAD A VERY BUSY YEAR LAST YEAR.

WE, UM, HAD A GROUP THAT CLEANED THE HISTORICAL MARKERS HERE ON THE, THE COURTHOUSE LAWN AND ON THE BUILDING, DIDN'T WE, DONNA? DIDN'T YOU DO THE YEAH.

ON THE BUILDING.

AND THEN, UM, SEVERAL OF US MET WITH A DESCENDANT OF OLIVER LOVING THAT WAS FROM COLORADO.

THEY HAD NEVER BEEN TO WEATHERFORD.

THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THEIR ANCESTORS GRAVE.

THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN IT.

HOWEVER, DUE TO COVID CONCERNS, THEY DIDN'T WANT A BIG CROWD WHEN THEY WERE HERE, AND THEY WOULDN'T GO TO EAT WITH US OR LET US HOST THEM AT ANYTHING.

BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THEM IN THE SEMI, IN THE OLD CITY GREENWOOD CEMETERY AND, AND VISIT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

THEY HAD SOME INFORMATION, BUT THEY ALSO LOVED RECEIVING THE INFORMATION.

WE OUTLINED A KIND OF A MAP OF WHERE THEY COULD GO IN THE CA IN PARKER AND PAL PINNA COUNTY TO SEE PLACES OF INTEREST OR THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO HIS FAMILY.

WE RECOGNIZED TWO BUSINESSES AT THE TEXAS TREASURER'S AWARD, UM, RECEPTION.

WHO, WHO DID WE RECOGNIZE THIS YEAR? I'VE GONE BLANK.

CITY DRUGS.

THANK YOU.

DAVIS CITY PHARMACY AND, UH, GREENS, GREENS, FLORIST, , .

LIKE I SAID, I WENT BLANK AND I DIDN'T MAKE ANY NOTES THIS MORNING.

I'M DOING THIS ALL FROM MEMORY, BUT WE DID HAVE A BUSY YEAR AND, UH, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET OUR OFFICE THAT Y'ALL HAVE GRACIOUSLY FURNISHED US, UH, FURNISHED

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AND REMODELED SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR CONFERENCES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, LIKE A REGIONAL CONFERENCE AT SOME POINT, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT FEATHER IN OUR CAP TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TERRY.

UM, ELSE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? NO.

DONNA.

ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY ANYTHING? CAN WE DO A PHOTO? UH, YEAH.

UH, YEAH, WE'LL LET YOU DO THAT.

WHAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO READ, UM, I, I CAN'T BELIEVE, LARRY, YOU DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING.

.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS AND THEN HAVE Y'ALL COME UP.

UM, UH, THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS EARNED A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR THE 2022 YEAR OF SERVICE BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE AFTER A STATEWIDE ANALYSIS REPORTS BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

UH, PARKER COUNTY IS PROUD OF THEIR HARD WORK AND EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, AND NUMEROUS CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRESERVE TEXAS DIVERSE HISTORY IN ALL.

ADD, UH, THE HISTORY IN PARKER COUNTY ESPECIALLY, AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORICAL COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE AND WHO WE ARE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR WORK PRESERVES TEXAS HERITAGE FOR THE EDUCATION, ENJOYMENT AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT, UH, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE AND THE OVERALL PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AS A WHOLE AND ALL ITS APPOINTEES ON THE WELL-DESERVED.

ON, ON THIS WELL-DESERVED HONOR AND EXTENDED ITS APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO PRESERVE THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF TEXAS.

PLEASE GIVE THEM A HAND, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

IF Y'ALL WOULD COME, I USUALLY GET IN.

I'LL GET BEHIND.

OKAY.

WE'LL TAKE TWO PICTURES, RIGHT? 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

GOOD.

GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

ON AHEAD.

THANK Y'ALL.

APPRECIATE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I WANNA GO TO ITEM SEVEN

[7.A. Proclaim October 2023 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Parker County. (Lisa Mehrhoff / Judge Deen)]

A ON PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2020 THIRD AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN PARKER COUNTY.

UH, DO WE HAVE LISA HERE? ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? AH, HERE WE GO.

I MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE UP MY CHAIR AGAIN ON THE PICTURE.

.

PARDON? OH, I'M KIDDING.

OH, YEAH.

WELL, SHE'S DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION.

I THINK IT'S, AND HAS PATTY FROM FREEDOM HOUSE.

IT'S MORE HER CHAIR THAN MINE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

UM, WE APPRECIATE THE WAY PARKER COUNTY RALLIES BEHIND SO MANY DIFFERENT IMPORTANT EVENTS.

NONE OF THEM MORE IMPORTANT THAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

WE SEE A HEAVY GROWTH OF CASES AND SERVICES BEING REQUESTED, AND, UM, I THINK IN GREAT PART THAT'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU HELP US MAKE PEOPLE AWARE AND, AND KNOWLEDGEABLE OF SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THAT .

UM, AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE AGENCIES LIKE FREEDOM HOUSE TO SUPPORT IN THAT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ? UH, GOOD MORNING.

UM, WE ARE, UM, THANKFUL THAT, UM, YOU ARE SUPPORTING OUR ORGANIZATION, UM, AND, UM, WE JUST APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU.

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ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THERE'S ONE THING I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF.

MM-HMM.

, EVERY YEAR, FREEDOM HOUSE PUTS UP THESE SILHOUETTES, UM, AROUND THE COUNTY AND THESE, UH, SYMBOLIZE VICTIMS OF CRIME.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE AND LOOKED AT THEM BEFORE, PLEASE DO.

BECAUSE THERE ARE STORIES OF PEOPLE IN OUR REGION WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED AND, UM, IT'S VERY MOVING AND IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING YOU KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD TO REMEMBER.

OKAY.

WE HAVE AN ONGOING BATTLE HERE, BUT, UM, THEY'RE VERY MOVING AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A LOOK AT THEM.

OKAY.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROCLAMATION AS WE NEED DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, UH, S FIVE O? YES, SIR.

I CAN SEE IF, UH, PATTY COULD TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT FREEDOM HOUSE DOES AND WHAT SERVICES THAT IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

SO, WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY AND ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF BROADENING OUR SCOPE OF WORK.

THERE, UNFORTUNATELY ARE A LOT MORE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES THAN IN THE PAST.

UM, WE'RE THANKFUL THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THE WORD OUT, AND SO AS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE THERE SO THEY CAN RECEIVE SERVICES.

UH, THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE, THE ONE THAT PEOPLE KNOW US THE MOST FOR IS EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR PEOPLE FLEEING FROM A BAD SITUATION.

AND PEOPLE CAN STAY THERE ANYWHERE FROM OVERNIGHT TO SEVERAL MONTHS, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THEY NEED OUR HELP.

UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR OUTREACH CENTER AND WE HAVE ADVOCATES THAT CLIENTS FIRST GO TO AND WE HELP 'EM WITH, WITH, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH LISA IN GETTING, UH, PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT OTHER TYPES OF LEGAL HELP.

THEY CAN FILE FOR CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION, HELP THEM FINANCIALLY TO MOVE ALONG, AND THEN THEY CAN MOVE ON TO THERAPY.

AND WE HAVE TWO LICENSED THERAPISTS WITH OTHER CERTIFICATIONS THAT COME IN VERY HANDY TO HELP VICTIMS MOVE ALONG.

AND BY THEN WE CALL 'EM SURVIVORS.

BUT THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR SCOPE THAT I'LL BRING UP DURING THIS MONTH.

I'LL SEE YOU IN APRIL ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH, AND WE'LL THROW IN TRAFFICKING WITH THAT, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY MUCH BIGGER RIGHT NOW.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, READ THIS PROCLAMATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND THEN HAVE Y'ALL COME UP, IF YOU WOULD.

UH, WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A SERIOUS CRIME THAT AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OF ALL RACES, AGES, RELIGIONS, AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A PERVASIVE PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EACH YEAR, AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A VIOLATION OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, DIGNITY, AND WHEREAS THE EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE FAR REACHING AND LONG LASTING, AFFECTING NOT ONLY VICTIMS, BUT ALSO THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE DEVASTATED IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES COMMIT COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE COURAGE OF SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOMMIT THEMSELVES OURSELVES TO SENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ALL ITS FORMS. NOW THEREFORE, BE A NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF COUNTY OF PARKER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2023 IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

AND CAUSE THIS OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR CITIZENS.

SO PROCLAIM THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023, IF Y'ALL WOULD COME ON OUT.

YES, SIR.

OH, I'M HERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU COMING UP.

YOU'RE GOOD THAT WAY.

LOOK AT THE CAMERA.

SWEETER.

OKAY.

1, 2, 3.

DO ONE MORE.

1, 2, 3.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ROLL POSE.

HERE WE GO.

OKAY.

GOOD GIRL.

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THANK BETTER CHAIR.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

.

OH, THAT IS SO COLD.

THAT IS SO COLD.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM FIVE A ON THE

[5.A. Parker County Goes Pink presentation. (Cintia Ortiz / Judge Deen) ]

PARKER COUNTY GOES PINK PRESENTATION.

CYNTHIA, IF YOU WOULD, UH, COME UP.

I'M GONNA ASK, UH, BLAKE AND OUR PAR PARKER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT SUPPORTERS COME AND JOIN ME TODAY.

THANK YOU.

WELL, YOU BROUGHT SOME BIG WHEELS HERE, .

GOOD MORNING.

UM, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL, UH, PARKER COUNTY GHOST PINK.

UM, OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

IT'S AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN IN PARKER COUNTY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER.

UM, OUR ANNUAL, UM, CAMPAIGN FOR PARKER COUNTY GOES PINK FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

IS ONE WAY TO ENCOURAGE ALL PARKER COUNTY CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS BY DISCIPLINE.

THE COLOR PINK HAS A SYMBOL COUNTYWIDE.

UM, WHEN WE RAISE OUR VOICES, WE HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING AND SUPPORT.

PARKER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT HAS MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SUCH AS FREE MAMMOGRAMS AND SCREENINGS, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE GUIDANCE.

PARKER COUNTY ENCOURAGES OUR COMMUNITY TO UTILIZE ALL LOCAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS.

NOW, THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

ALL OF US AT SOME TIME OR OTHER NEED HELP, WHETHER WE'RE GIVING OR RECEIVING HELP, EACH ONE OF US HAS SOMETHING VALUABLE TO BRING TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES US A GREAT COMMUNITY.

PARKER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT HAS BEEN AMAZING RAISING CANCER AWARENESS ALONG OUR SIDE BY DONATING PARKER COUNTY PINK GHOST PINK SHIRTS.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY BY DONATING FOOD ITEMS TO FILL THE PARKER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY, AND THIS, UH, WAY WE CAN HELP THOSE IN NEED OF FOOD ON THEIR TABLES.

SO A A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS.

THIS YEAR, UM, PARKER COUNTY, UM, WILL COLLABORATE TO PROVIDE A FOOD DRIVE TO HELP OUR FRIENDS AT THE PARKER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO FILL UP THEIR, UH, COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY.

THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT HAS A DISTRIBUTION PANTRY THAT THEY PARTNERED WITH THE TRAN AREA FOOD BANK, AND THEY'VE DONE IT FOR A WHILE NOW.

UNFORTUNATELY, TRAN AREA FOOD BANK IS STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN ALL THOSE FOOD PANTRIES FULL DUE TO VARIOUS SHORTAGES AROUND THE STATE.

THIS YEAR, WE WILL PARTNER UP ALONG PARKER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT WITH PARKER COUNTY, GOES PINK FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, AS WELL AS ASSISTING OUR COMMUNITY IN NEED BY HELPING FILL UP THE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY.

EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT DONATES A FOOD ITEM FOR THE FOOD PANTRY WILL RECEIVE A PARKER COUNTY, UM, GHOST PINK SHIRT.

AND THIS IS THE FLYER THAT YOU'LL SEE AROUND PARKER COUNTY.

UM, I, UM, WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US TO WEAR PINK, UM, TO GO PINK SOMEWHERE OR ANOTHER.

WE HAVE SOME CITIES THAT WILL DO THEIR LANDSCAPING PINK.

WE HAVE SOME CITIES THAT WILL DO LIGHTING PINK.

WE HAVE SOME, UM, THE, WHAT THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD ACTUALLY PARTNERS UP AND WILL, UM, THEY WRAP OUR TREES IN THE LAWN AND THEY WILL TURN THE, THE LIGHTS PINK FOR US FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER, EXCEPT THE LAST WEEK DUE TO THEIR, UM, SUPPORTING ANOTHER DIFFERENT, UM, PROGRAM.

SO I WANNA SHOW YOU THE DESIGN THAT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT CAME UP WITH THIS YEAR.

IT'S PARKER COUNTY GOES PINK.

IT HAS, UM, THE PARKER COUNTY LOGO ON ONE SLEEVE, AND IT HAS THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT LOGO ON THE OTHER SLEEVE.

SO WE REPRESENT, UM, UH, COLLABORATION IN PARKER COUNTY.

SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, BLAKE.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU.

YEAH.

IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOUR GUESTS AND SEE WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL, WOULD YOU WANT, UH, I THINK BLAKE'S GONNA DO TO TALKING.

WELL, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, THANKS FOR HAVING US.

UM, WE REALLY VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND C E O, UH, RANDY BKU.

UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, TO GET AWARENESS OUT THERE DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

AND, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

UH, UH, CYNTHIA'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH TO, TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THESE T-SHIRTS.

AND, UH, WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO, TO WEAR PINK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN THIS MONTH, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAYS.

AND,

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UH, WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET A PHOTO OF ALL OF YOU IN THE T-SHIRTS, HOPEFULLY, AND WE CAN POST THAT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE THAT.

UH, Y'ALL ARE ALL GOING PINK, UH, THIS MONTH.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

RANDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? NO, I THINK BLAKE SAID IT ALL.

OKAY.

I, I DO HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU, UH, RANDY AND, AND BLAKE, UH, EVEN GOES BEYOND THIS PROGRAM, BUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY HAS TENFOLD MORE OR BETTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN BEFORE WORKING TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S A COLLABORATION THAT HAS BEEN CRITICAL.

AND SO, THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL MEETINGS AND, AND, AND WE CONTINUE TO GET AND, AND GROW OUR RELATIONSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I DO HAVE NEWS FOR YOU.

WE ARE GONNA TAKE A, A PHOTOGRAPH TODAY AS WELL.

SO IF Y'ALL WOULD COME ON UP.

ALRIGHT.

THE SHIRT, HIS TITLE.

IF I GIVE YOU THE OID, I'LL GIVE YOU THE I SURE DID.

THE EXTRA LARGE.

OKAY.

WE'LL TAKE ABOUT THREE PICTURES.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

HOLD ON.

ONE MOMENT.

1, 2, 2, 3.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

GLAD, GLAD TO KNOW WE'RE OKAY.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU DID GOOD.

THANK LUCK.

CYNTHIA, TWO X, COME ON NOW.

I'LL TAKE UP FOR YOU.

PROMISE.

THAT IS GEORGE TRIPLE .

OKAY.

WE, UM, ARE GOING TO MOVE DOWN THE AGENDA, UH, BRIEFLY.

UH, AND I ASK THAT YOU BE PATIENT WITH US.

WE'LL BE PROMPTING IN THIS, UM, AS WELL IF I CAN GET TO IT.

OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM NINE ON EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, RESERVING THE RIGHT TO, TO MEET AND CLOSE SESSION, UH, TO DISCUSS ITEM MAY DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION, CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR OPEN, UH, PERMITTING, DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR POSITION.

WE DO HAVE TWO APPLICANTS HERE THAT WE'RE GONNA, UM, UH, HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH BRIEFLY AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE.

UM, AND JEFF, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, BEFORE WE DO THIS, I JUST SAW YOU IN THE AUDIENCE TO GET YOU IN AND OUTTA HERE JUST FOR TAXPAYER MONEY.

PARDON? YES.

TWO ITEMS. UH, YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS. UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, BEFORE WE ADJOURN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, LET ME GO BACK UP THE AGENDA.

UM, SEVEN C UNDER SEVEN

[7.C. Discuss/Take action on District Attorney staff salary supplements utilizing SB 22 funds. (Jeff Swain / Judge Deen) ]

C IF YOU WOULD, UH, COME ON UP.

I APOLOGIZE.

I JUST NOW SAW THAT.

I DON'T WANNA KEEP YOU WAITING.

I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

OKAY.

SO, UH, THE REQUEST HERE IN, UH, SEVEN C ESSENTIALLY IS TO ALLOW US TO SUPPLEMENT STAFF SALARIES.

UH, THESE ARE WITH SENATE BILL 22 FUNDS.

UH, THIS IS THE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS SET UP THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHEREBY THE STATE'S PROVIDING US MONEY FOR HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF SPECIFICALLY, UH, ESPECIALLY PROSECUTORS.

UM, AND Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THAT WE HAVE ONE PROSECUTOR POSITION THAT'S GONNA BE COMING ON BOARD, UM, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET SOMEBODY HIRED FOR IT.

UM, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING, AND I THINK BECKY HAS CIRCULATED TO Y'ALL RIGHT? THE NO, NOT YET.

OKAY.

THE, UH, SUPPLEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING TO, UH, OUR ASSISTANT DAS AS WELL AS INVESTIGATORS.

UM, AND SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR THAT.

I THINK.

THANK YOU BECKY.

UH, BECKY AND BRIANNA DETERMINED THEY BELIEVED THEY NEEDED TO HAVE COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPROVAL FOR THAT.

SO WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THE COURT APPROVE THOSE EXPENDITURES.

YES.

BECKY, IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE

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BUDGETED FOR? NO, NO.

THIS IS ACTUALLY WITHIN THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY EVERYBODY IS DOING, BUT THAT I WANTED TO DO, UM, IS TO INCLUDE, UH, BENEFITS IN WHAT WE'RE ASKING Y'ALL FOR.

UM, RATHER THAN WE SPEND THE MONEY FOR SALARY AND THEN THE COURT AND THE COUNTY IS ON THE HOOK FOR THE BENEFITS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT EXPENDITURE.

WE'RE INCLUDING THE SALARY AND BENEFITS WITH THAT.

AND SO I THINK WHAT BECKY'S DONE IS KIND OF WORST CASE.

THOSE, AND THEN WE SEE WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE IN THOSE POSITIONS AND WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE THAT ARE APPROVED WITH THAT.

IS THAT RIGHT? RIGHT.

THAT WOULD BE FOR THE NEW POSITION.

SO IN WHAT THAT I'VE JUST PASSED OUT.

SO THE TOP PORTION OF IT, ABOVE THAT GRAY LINE, THAT'S THEIR CURRENT SALARIES AND STATE SUPPLEMENTS AND CELL PHONE ALLOWANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO BELOW THE GRAY LINE WHERE IT SAYS REQUEST EFFECTIVE 10 10 20 23, UM, IN THE BLUE, THIS IS THE SUPPLEMENT THAT HE'S REQUESTING FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.

SO THE WAY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE HANDLED IT IS THERE IS A FUND 24 FOR THE SSB 22 STATE FUNDS.

SO, UM, SO WE AGREE THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT THESE SUPPLEMENTS WOULD COME FROM THAT FUND.

SO THEY'RE NOT COMING FROM GENERAL FUND.

AND SO YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SEE, SO IN SALARIES OR THE SUPPLEMENT INCREASE IS $57,004.

SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR THREE UNIFORM ALLOWANCES FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1800.

AND THEN I WENT AHEAD AND PUT THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE INCREASE OVER THERE ON THE SIDE.

SO HAS IT ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED? YES, IN THAT, IN THAT SSB 22 SPECIAL FUND, BUT THESE AMOUNTS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED IN COURT.

SO THIS AMOUNT, UM, WHAT YOU ALL HAD APPROVED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS WAS THE NEW EMPLOYEE.

SO I HAVE THOSE INTO THE ACTUAL BUDGET LINES AND THEN THE EXCESS, BECAUSE, UM, THE GRAND AMOUNT IS 275,000, ANY EXCESS I PUT IN A CONTINGENCY.

SO IF THIS IS APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD THEN HAVE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IN A FOLLOWING COURT TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE FUNDS FROM PROGRAM CONTINGENCIES INTO THE RELEVANT LINES.

VERY WELL.

AND JUST KIND OF FOR Y'ALL'S, UH, RECOLLECTION, THE GRANT IS NOT A COMPETITIVE GRANT.

IT'S AN A IF YOU ASK FOR IT, YOU GET IT.

GRANT, SO LONG AS WE'RE NOT SUPPLANTING COUNTY FUNDS, UM, WITH THE GRANT FUNDS, WE ARE GOOD TO GO AND WE'LL BE AWARDED THAT GRANT.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS SSS FIVE OH.

UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO

[7.Z. Master Relationship Agreement for the NICE Systems, Inc. contract and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

GO TO, UH, ITEM, LET'S SEE, GET DOWN TO IT HERE.

ITEM Z UNDER L M N O P Q UNDER ITEM Z ON MASTER RELATIONSHIP AGREEMENT TO THE NINE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED CONTRACT.

TAKE ANY ACTIONS THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

JOHN AND, UH, JEFF AND I HAD BEEN REVIEWING, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF PARTNERING ON SOME COMPUTER SOFTWARE THAT WOULD ALLOW US, UH, BETTER MEANS TO PRESENT DISCOVERY TO DEFENSE ATTORNEYS.

UH, JEFF'S DONE A LOT OF WORK AND RESEARCH ON THIS, AND I THINK JEFF HAS, UH, SOME COMMENTS HE'D LIKE TO MAKE AS WELL.

I DO, I THINK THIS, AND, AND THIS IS ONE WE DISCUSSED DURING BUDGET, SO I WON'T BELABOR IT TOO MUCH, BUT BASICALLY THIS IS A PORTAL THAT WILL ALLOW US TO RECEIVE CASES IN FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT DIRECTLY, DIGITALLY RETAIN THOSE ALL THERE IN PORTAL FORMAT SO THAT WE CAN ACCESS 'EM THAT WAY AND SEND THEM OUT TO THE DEFENSE.

IT'LL REALLY EASE THE BURDEN OF, UH, SOME OF OUR DISCOVERY PRODUCTION FOR OUR OFFICE FOR JOHN'S OFFICE, UM, AS WELL AS FOR JUVENILE PROBATION.

THEY'LL RECEIVE THEIR CASES FROM, UH, FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THE SAME WAY AND HAVE ACCESS TO THEM THE SAME WAY.

IT SHOULD BE A GREAT, UH, PORTAL.

WE DID MAKE SOME SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THEIR CONTRACT, UM, ONE OF WHICH AS, AS A TEXAN, I, IT ORIGINALLY SAID, UH, WE ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF NEW JERSEY, WHICH WE WERE NOT TOO THRILLED WITH AND, AND WE GOT THEM TO AGREE TO BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF TEXAS.

UM, WE'RE THERE TO BE CONFLICT AND THE REST OF IT WAS JUST IRONING OUT THE CONTRACT.

AND JOHN AND I LOOKED AT THAT AND, AND IT LOOKS GOOD TO US.

SO WE ASKED THE COURT'S APPROVAL AND Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY BUDGETED THE FUNDS FOR THIS, WHICH WE ARE SPLITTING THIS FIRST YEAR, 50 50 BETWEEN THE COURT AND, UH, MY ASSET FORFEITURE FUND.

AND, AND THERE'S JUST ONE ITEM THAT, THAT I DIDN'T GET TO VISIT WITH THEM ABOUT TAKING OUT AND IDENTIFICATION LEGALLY.

WE CAN'T AGREE TO THAT.

SO, UM, I HAVE THAT MARKED IN MY COMMENTS AND THE CURRENT COPY I HAVE HAS THAT IN THERE STILL.

SO WE'LL GET THAT TAKEN OUT.

OKAY, SO SUBJECT TO THAT CORRECT, WE WOULD ASK FOR THE, THE COURT'S APPROVAL.

OKAY.

IS IT A ONE YEAR DEAL, 10 YEAR DEAL OR WHAT? IT'S A, IT'S A THREE YEAR DEAL SUBJECT TO FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED.

SO IT'S GOT THAT PROVISION IN THERE SO THAT WE'LL VIOLATE OUR, OUR OWN BUDGET LAWS.

VERY GOOD.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

UM, SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE AND FURTHER DISCUSSION

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WITH ITEM.

ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE VOTE.

THANK YOU JUDGE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, BACK TO ITEM NINE ON EXECUTIVE

[9. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SESSION.

UH, DISCUSS ITEM A ON THE DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION, CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR OPEN PERMITTING DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR POSITION.

UH, THE RECORDS SHOW THAT WE WILL, UH, MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 9 31.

OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA RETURN TO, UH, GENERAL SESSION HERE AT 10 15 AND

[9.A. Discuss/Take action/conduct interviews for open Permitting Department Director position. (Judge Deen) ]

GO TO ITEM NINE ON ITEM A.

DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR OPEN PERMITTING DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR POSITION.

I MOVE TO APPOINT RUSTY BRONNER AS OUR NEW PERMITTING DIRECTOR EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONY.

UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? A BECKY, COULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? IS THERE A, UH, WHAT'S THE RANGE? I HAVE, I HAVE, I WROTE THAT DOWN.

I BELIEVE THE RANGE WAS STARTED AT 80.

I BELIEVE THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR WAS AROUND 85.

IT SAID IT ON THAT SHEET, ON HIS APPLICATION SHEET, WHATEVER YOU 83 1 23 83.

1, 1, 2, 3.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO WE'RE, WE, WE WE'RE, WE'RE WE'VE MOVED TO THE VOTE, UH, IN THE DISCUSSION.

GO BACK TO THE MOTION.

UH, WOULD THAT RECORD REFLECT IS WHAT THE MOTION WOULD BE ON THAT COMMISSIONER CONLEY? WOULD THAT BE 83? 1 23? WOULD THAT BE YOUR PART OF THE MOTION? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

AGAIN, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSED.

FIVE.

OH, WELCOME ABOARD.

THANK YOU, RUSTY.

ALRIGHT, JUDGE, DID YOU SEE WHAT TIME WE CAME BACK? I THOUGHT I DID, YES.

LET THE RECORD SHOW.

WE CAME BACK AT 10.

10 14.

THANK YOU.

YES.

UM, AND COUNSELOR, IF YOU WOULD GET WITH RICH ON THE FOLLOW UP SUBSEQUENT TO THE NEXT ACTION TO TAKE ON THE NEXT, NEXT.

OKAY.

VERY WELL.

OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM D ONE ON INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS OR EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REPORTS.

KIM, IS THERE ANY? NONE.

THANK YOU.

GO TO ITEM TWO

[4.D.2. Accept/Reject/Renew PC23-58 Used Pneumatic Rubber Tire Roller for Pet. 3. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Walden)]

ON EXCEPT FOR OBJECT FOR NEW PC 23 DASH 58.

USE USED PATIC RUBBER TIRE ROLLER FOR PRECINCT.

THREE, THREE RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FOR PC 23 DASH 58.

USED PNEUMATIC RUBBER TIRE WHEEL ROLLER FOR PRECINCT THREE.

THOSE RESPONSES WERE FROM BAIN MACHINERY, ASCO EQUIPMENT, AND CLONER EQUIPMENT.

BAIN MACHINERY IS THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER WITH A BID OF $92,967 FOR 2021.

DONNA PACK MODEL CP 2,700 WITH 320 HOURS MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN PAPER PASS.

FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM THREE, SURPLUS PROPERTY LIST AND AUTHORIZATION INCLUSION AND THE ONLINE AUCTION SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 23RD, 2023 THROUGH NOVEMBER 3RD, 2023.

SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION, UM, TO SURPLUS AND SELL THE AUCTION ITEMS GIVEN TO YOU'ALL ON THE LIST, WHICH INCLUDE SOME FURNITURE, SOME COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, UM, HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES.

THERE'S TIRES.

THERE'S A WHOLE VARIETY OF OF ITEMS HERE, UM, THAT WE WILL BE AUCTIONING ON.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN FOR THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, KIM.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

THAT ITEM FOUR,

[4.D.4. Approve the salvage & destruction of bulletproof vest for Constable #1. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen) ]

APPROVE THE SALVAGE OBSTRUCTION OF BULLETPROOF VEST FOR CONSTABLE ONE, CONSTABLE ONE.

UM, CONSTABLE ONE HAS REQUESTED THAT WE, UM, GET APPROVAL TO SALVAGE AND DESTROY A BULLETPROOF VEST, UM, THAT THEY HAVE THAT HAS EXPIRED, UM, QUITE SOME TIME AGO.

AND, AND, OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.

FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

GOOD.

[4.D.5. Request approval and authorize the County Judge to execute Premier Commercial Group Change Order 5, 6, 7 and 8 to RFP PC22-19 Courthouse Interior Repairs. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]

ITEM FIVE, REQUEST APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE, EXECUTE PREMIER COMMERCIAL GROUP CHANGE ORDER 5, 6, 7 AND EIGHT R F P P C 22 DASH 19 COURTHOUSE INTERIOR REPAIRS.

SO WE HAVE, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT CHANGE ORDERS, UM, AS THE PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE FOR THE RESTORATION, AND THEY'RE FINDING, UM, DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE PLASTER

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AND PAINT NEED TO BE DONE.

AND SO, UM, FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN ARE THE ADDITIONS OF THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN ON CHANGE ORDER EIGHT, UM, IT'S BASICALLY UNUSED AMOUNT, THE MASONRY REPAIR ALLOWANCE AND, UH, EXISTING, UM, USE OF THE TRACK AND INSTALLATION FOR THE CEILING FABRIC.

UM, IN THE LARGE COURTROOM UPSTAIRS, THAT MONEY WILL GO BACK INTO, UM, THE OWNER'S CONTINGENCY ALLOWANCE.

OKAY.

DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

MIGHT ASK FOR A MOTION.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, PASS BY VOTE.

THANK YOU.

[6.A. Notification of resignation by County Extension Agent effective 10/13/2023. (Becky McCullough/ Judge Deen) ]

GOOD.

ITEM SIX A ON NOTIFICATION OF THE RESIGNATION BY COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT EFFECTIVE 10 13 20 23.

BECKY, I THINK YOU ALL GOT THE EMAIL OF HIS, OF HIS RESIGNATION.

I BELIEVE HE'S RECEIVING A PROMOTION.

HIS LAST DATE IS GONNA BE OCTOBER 13TH.

AS FAR AS THE PROCESS, WE'LL BE NOTIFIED OF HIS REPLACEMENT.

UM, THAT'LL BE APPOINTED TO, TO US.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS OR A TIMEFRAME OF THAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COURT WAS AWARE.

YEAH, WE'RE GONNA MISS MR. KINGSTON.

YES, HE WAS A GOOD GUY.

GOOD, GOOD.

YEP.

SO YEAH.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, WE'LL

[7.B. Resolution 23-13 for the approval to submit Engaging Youth and Preventing Truancy grant application for FY 2024. Grant Number 3994304. (Violet Browning / Judge Deen) ]

GO TO ITEM SEVEN B ON RESOLUTION 23 DASH 13 FOR THE APPROVAL TO SUBMIT ENGAGING YOUTH IN PREVENTING TRUANCY GRANT APPLICATION FOR F Y 2024.

GRANT NUMBER 3 9 9 9 OR I'M SORRY, 3 9 9 4 3 4.

GOOD MORNING.

SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD.

UM, THE, SO THE TRUANCY GRANT HAS BEEN APPROVED ALREADY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.

UH, JUST PENDING THIS RESOLUTION.

IT IS A NEW THREE YEAR GRANT.

UM, SO IT IS A RENEWAL PROJECT, UM, AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

LIKE I SAID, I DID BRING SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE THIS.

IT'S JUST KIND OF A LITTLE COMPARISON OF DATA OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS, UH, PROGRAM.

UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT IF ANYBODY, ANYBODY WANTED THAT.

UM, AND JUST KIND OF GO OVER A BRIEF LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IT IS THAT I DO WITH THE PROGRAM.

OKAY.

IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE COPIES OF THIS, I CAN PASS IT AROUND.

HOW DO YOU PREVENT TRUANCY ? SO WITH MY PROGRAM, UM, I WORK WITH EIGHT DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, SEVEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ONE CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY.

AND ANY STUDENT THAT IS AT RISK OF HAVING TO GO TO TRUANCY COURT, THE SCHOOLS WILL SEND ME A PREVENTION REFERRAL.

AND SO I AM ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE FAMILIES AND PROVIDE, UH, CONNECTION WITH SERVICES, WHATEVER IS NEEDED.

UM, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS, WHY THE STUDENT IS MISSING SCHOOL AND WHY THEY ARE AT RISK OF GOING TO TRUANCY COURT.

A LOT OF TIMES IT IS THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION.

THE FAMILY DOES NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION.

UH, THEY MIGHT NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RIDE THE BUS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, SOMETIMES IT'S THINGS GOING ON IN THE FAMILY THAT THEY MIGHT NEED COUNSELING OR OTHER RESOURCES FOR.

UM, AND SO I JUST AM ABLE TO CONNECT THESE FAMILIES WITH THOSE SERVICES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED AND TRY TO ENGAGE THE CHILD BACK IN SCHOOL SO THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO SCHOOL AND ARE NO LONGER AT RISK OF GOING TO TRUANCY COURT.

UM, PART OF THE GRANT IS, UM, OUR GOAL IS THAT WE REDUCE, UH, TRUANCY BY AT LEAST 60%.

SO OUT OF ALL OF THE REFERRALS THAT I RECEIVED, UM, I HAVE THIS ON HERE FOR YOU.

LAST YEAR I RECEIVED 1003 PREVENTION REFERRALS.

AND OUT OF THOSE 202 ENDED UP HAVING TO GO TO TRUANCY COURT, AND THAT'S ONLY 20%.

SO WE DID, UM, REDUCE THAT BY MORE THAN 60%.

UM, OF THOSE REFERRALS THAT HAD TO END UP GOING TO COURT, IT WAS REDUCED BY 80%.

UM, SO I, I DO HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY, UM, AND THE ONE CHARTER SCHOOL CROSS TIMBERS.

UM, AND I JUST TRY TO IMPROVE EVERY YEAR ON WHAT I CAN DO TO PREVENT TRUANCY AND, AND REACH OUT TO THE FAMILIES.

I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON A BETTER, UM, PROGRAM TO RECEIVE THE REFERRALS FROM ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SO I'M LOOKING INTO OTHER, UM, PROGRAMS THAT THEY COULD UTILIZE, FILLING OUT FORMS ONLINE THAT THEY COULD SUBMIT TO ME RATHER THAN BY PAPER.

SO I'M LOOKING INTO A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD, UM, REALLY IMPROVE THE SYSTEM AS WELL.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR STAFF? OR IS IT JUST YOU? IT'S JUST ME.

JUST YOU.

IT'S JUST ME.

UM, I'M THE ONLY ONE.

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UM, AND THIS IS A GRANT THAT IS, UM, STATE FUNDED.

AND SO THERE ARE A FEW OTHER TRUANCY PROGRAMS OUT THERE.

UM, I KNOW ARLINGTON UTILIZES THIS GRANT AS WELL.

UM, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT UTILIZE THIS GRANT.

UM, SO IT IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT.

UM, EVERY, EVERY THREE YEARS I HAVE TO RENEW THE GRANT AND EVERY YEAR I STILL HAVE TO, UM, APPLY FOR THE GRANT AS A CONTINUATION PROJECT.

UM, AND SO FAR, UH, THEY REALLY LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO NEED A MOTION ON THIS TO APPROVE JUDGE MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, 23 DASH 13 MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HELM.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID.

WE APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU.

WHAT YOU DID.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

GOOD ITEM

[7.D. Waive 10-day job posting for Animal Control position. (Sheriff Authier / Judge Deen) ]

D ON WAIVE 10 DAY JOB POSTING FOR ANIMAL CONTROL POSITION.

SHERIFF, SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO HEAR FROM ME OR NOT.

IT'S JUST AN ANNUAL THING THAT Y'ALL ARE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO DO FOR US.

AND THIS'S JUST RENEWAL WITH A NEW BUDGET CHAIR.

WE'VE ALREADY GOT A MOTION A SECOND.

SO LET, OKAY.

SO I DON'T LIKE WE'RE TALKING I DON'T LIKE THE INTERRUPTING.

DON'T TALK US OUT IT OR, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS IF THERE'S AN OPENING IN THIS DEPARTMENT OR THESE OTHERS THAT FOLLOW THAT IT CAN BE FILLED WITHOUT, UH, WAITING UNTIL WE HAVE A COURT SESSION.

IT ALLOWS EXACTLY, IT ALLOWS THE SHERIFF TO, UH, FILL THAT POSITION BECAUSE THERE ARE POSITIONS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED IMMEDIATELY.

THEY'RE CRITICAL.

YES, SIR.

CRITICAL.

YEAH.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.

UH, THE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WAS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

THE DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE I.

YES.

GOOD.

ITEM E

[7.E. Waive 10-day job posting for Deputy/Courthouse Security position. (Sheriff Authier / Judge Deen)]

ON THE WAIVE 10 DAY JOB POSTING FOR DEPUTY COURTHOUSE SECURITY POSITION.

UH, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? OKAY.

WELL THAT'S DEPUTY BEFORE INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN AND COURTHOUSE SECURITY.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALREADY.

UM, UH, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR? SORRY, I HAD YOU COME UP.

NO, NOT AT ALL.

PAST FIVE.

OH.

[7.F. Waive 10-day job posting for Telecommunicator position. (Sheriff Authier / Judge Deen) ]

ITEM F WAIVED 10 DAY JOB POST OVER TELECOMMUNICATION POSITION AND SHERIFF EA IS HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

A FURTHER DISCUSSION, EXACTLY WHAT IS THAT POSITION? UH, DISPATCHER TELECOMMUNICATORS.

DISPATCHER, YES.

OKAY.

WELL, OKAY.

YOU KNOW THE DISCUSSION ON VAPOR PAST FIVE OH GOT

[7.G. Accept $1,373.00 donation to Parker County Sheriffs Office from 3 Alarm Fireworks. (Sheriff Authier / Judge Deen) ]

MG EXCEPT ONE $1,373 DONATION TO PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FROM THREE ALARM FIREWORKS.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR A WHILE.

VERY, VERY GRACIOUS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND, UH, WE WILL GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT IT AND WE'D LIKE TO APPLY IT TO OUR, OUR TRAINING LINE.

GREAT.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS.

FIVE.

OH, GOOD ITEM

[7.H. Consider authorizing the Office of Emergency Services to accept the Office of The Governor Rifle Resistant Body Armor grant in the amount of $57,512.61. (Sean Hughes / Judge Deen) ]

H.

THANK YOU SHERIFF.

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO ACCEPT THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S RIFLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR GRAND IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,512 61 CENTS.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS.

ACTUALLY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TYPO, UH, ON ITEM H.

IT'S CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY JUDGE, UH, TO ACCEPT THE OFFICE, NOT, NOT MY OFFICE.

UH, THE JUDGE.

UM, WE'VE GOTTEN THIS GRANT IN THE PAST.

THIS YEAR IS FOR UP TO 59 VESTS, RIFLE RESISTANT VESTS, UH, FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE AWARD IS $57,512 AND 61 CENTS.

WE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED 59, IT LOOKS LIKE DUE TO, UH, THE, THE COST INCREASES IN THOSE VESTS.

WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO 57 AND ALL 57 OF THOSE ARE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS BEFORE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE.

OH,

[7.I. Authorize/Approve the required Resolution authorizing the Parker County Judge to be the Authorized Official and to apply for, accept, decline, modify or cancel the grant application for the Indigent Defense Formula Grant Program. (Sean Hughes / Judge Deen) ]

GOOD ITEM.

I AUTHORIZED APPROVE THE REQUIRED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PARKER COUNTY JUDGE TO BE THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL AND APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, DECLINE, MODIFY, OR CANCEL THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE INDIGENT DEFENSE FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.

THIS IS ALSO, UH, A GRANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN PAST YEARS FOR ENT DEFENSE.

UH, WE DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT IS CALCULATED BY THE STATE.

IT DOES REQUIRE A RESOLUTION FOR US TO ACTUALLY PUT IN FOR THIS GRANT.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TO, TO DO TODAY, IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO APPLY.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SEAN.

GOOD ITEM

[7.J. Authorization for the County Judge to execute the Advanced Glass Systems, Inc. agreement to install safety doors at the Santa Fe Annex and JP #2 Office. (Kim Rivas / Mark Long / Judge Deen) ]

J.

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE ADVANCED GLASS SYSTEMS INC.

AGREEMENT TO IN INSTALL SAFETY DOORS AT THE SANTA

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FE ANNEX AND JP TWO OFFICE.

AGAIN, I'M JUST REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JUDGE TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THESE, UM, THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED.

OKAY.

MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

SECOND.

GOODBYE.

COMMISSIONER HALE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE? , IT'S NOT MY STYLE TO INTERRUPT.

I'M SORRY.

YOU HAD US SAY HELLO.

I WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.

KEN .

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

GOOD.

ITEM

[7.K. Request to adopt the following changes to the current Parker County Subdivision Rules and Regulations. Implementation of the following distances between driveways fronting county roadways. Variances may be authorized by the Commissioner of said Precinct. (Commissioner Holt) PUBLIC HEARING ]

K AND REQUESTS HE ADOPT THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE CURRENT PARKER COUNTY SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOLLOWING DISTANCES BETWEEN, EXCUSE ME, BETWEEN THE DRIVEWAYS RUNNING COUNTY ROADWAYS VARIANCES MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF SAID PRECINCT.

UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU WANNA OPEN THIS UP BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? SURE.

SO THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION COMMITTEE MET RECENTLY, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT IT IS PROPOSING TO THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

UH, THIS IS THE FIRST CHANGE.

YOU WILL SEE A, BASICALLY A TABLE HERE THAT DEFINES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN DRIVEWAYS IN TERMS OF FEET.

AND IT'S, IT'S SEPARATED OUT BY MILES PER HOUR.

THIS TABLE WAS GRABBED FROM THE TEXDOT STANDARDS.

UM, THE REASON THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IS IT GIVES US SOME TYPE OF STANDARD TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.

HOWEVER, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WON'T ALWAYS MAKE SENSE.

SO WE ARE REQUESTING ALSO THAT A VARIANCE BE ALLOWED IF THE DEVELOPER MEETS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE APPROPRIATE PRECINCT.

AND THEN, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, A VARIANCE MAKES SENSE THERE.

SO, READING THIS VERY QUICKLY, IF IT'S UNDER 30 MILES AN HOUR, 200 FOOT DISTANCE IN BETWEEN THE DRIVEWAYS, IF IT'S 35, THEN 250, 40 IS 3 0 5 AND 45 MILES PER HOUR IS 360 FEET.

OKAY.

I LIKE THOSE DISTANCES.

OKAY.

WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GO AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 32.

UM, WE'RE IN A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR OPEN COMMENT.

IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, UH, FROM THE AUDIENCE, UM, THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BEGIN AT 10 32 .

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE? ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONERS YOU'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSION AS WELL.

ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? YEAH, THE ONLY, ONLY THE, THE GOAL HERE IS JUST PUBLIC SAFETY.

IF, IF DRIVEWAYS ARE CRAMMED TOGETHER TOO CLOSE AND FIRE TRUCK.

UM, FIRE ENGINE.

SORRY.

UH, YOU KNOW, AMBULANCE, WHATEVER, JUST TRYING TO GET BY.

THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, I GOT THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF TWO CLOSE DRIVER DRIVEWAYS TOO CLOSE ON V STATION ROAD OFF SEVEN 30.

IT'S JUST REALLY DANGEROUS.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

SO, OKAY.

ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE AUDIENCE? WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 33 AND GO TO THE ITEM.

ALRIGHT.

I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE SPEED LIMIT, UH, PER THE, THE DISTANCES SET AS PER THE SPEED LIMIT.

I, I DID, SORRY.

IDENTIFIED HERE.

UM, PER THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THIS.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SAY GOODBYE.

COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS BEFORE WE VOTE? ONE THING WE DO NEED TO CHANGE, THE VARIANCE NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE COURT.

'CAUSE AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, COMMISSIONER CAN'T MAKE A CHANGE THAT TYPE OF RULING WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE COURT.

I AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT.

SAY THAT AGAIN.

SECOND, THE COURT MUST APPROVE THE VARIANCE, NOT JUST THE COMMISSIONER.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

YEAH.

AND SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS BEFORE WE GO? I SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSED.

FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM

[7.L. Request to adopt the following changes to the current Parker County Subdivision Rules and Regulations. Subdivisions with 50 lots or more are required to install a second entrance or a boulevard entrance of 40 feet in width that can be utilized as an emergency Ingress/Egress Easement. Variances may be authorized by the Commissioner of said Precinct. (Commissioner Holt) PUBLIC HEARING ]

L, REQUEST TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE CURRENT PARKER COUNTY SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGULATIONS.

SUBDIVISIONS WITH 50 LOTS OR MORE ARE REQUIRED TO INSTALL A SECOND ENTRANCE OR A BOULEVARD ENTRANCE OF 40 FEET AND WIDTH THAT CAN BE UTILIZED AS AN EMERGENCY.

INGRESS, EGRESS EASEMENT VARIANCES MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER SAID PRECINCT.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, COMMISSIONER HOLDS.

YOU WANNA OPEN THAT ITEM? SURE.

THE INTENT BEHIND THIS IS TO, UM, ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY SO THAT IF YOU HAVE A LARGE SUBDIVISION AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THAT SUBDIVISION IS BLOCKED OFF AT A MINIMUM THERE IS A SECONDARY ENTRANCE AND IT COULD NORMALLY BE GATED.

UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAS POINTED OUT THAT HE'S GOT A SUBDIVISION IN HIS PRECINCT THAT THEY'RE THE MAIN ROAD THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION IS USED AS A CUT THROUGH.

AND SO TO PREVENT ISSUES WHERE IT INAPPROPRIATELY INCREASES TRAFFIC, THE

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SS R C DECIDED THAT THE SECOND ENTRANCE CAN BE GATED AS LONG AS IT'S, YOU KNOW, OPEN FOR NOX BOX AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE INTENT BEHIND THE LANGUAGE.

AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD ALSO BE SUBJECT TO VARIANCE APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 35.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE ON THIS ITEM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FROM THE AUDIENCE? THE OTHER OPTION IS THAT IT CAN BE A BOULEVARD ENTRANCE, A WIDER STREET AS WELL? YES, SIR.

ONE OF THE TWO.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER COURT CAN ALSO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.

AND AGAIN, WE ARE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM L.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO, UH, REITERATE, UH, THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

ALL OF THE PARKER COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS HAVE SUPPORTED THIS SECOND, UH, SECOND ENTRY AS WELL.

UM, AND WE CAN PUT NOX LOCKS ON IT.

WE CAN WORK WITH THE, THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, UM, IS HAND THAT, THAT, THAT SECOND ENTRANCE IS HANDLED APPROPRIATELY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY, ANYONE ELSE? WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 36 AND GO TO THE ITEM.

OKAY.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM L REGARDING SUBDIVISIONS WITH 50 LOTS OR MORE, REQUIRING A SECOND ENTRANCE.

THAT SECOND ENTRANCE CAN EITHER BE A GATED ENTRANCE SUBJECT TO KNOX LOCKS, ET CETERA.

OR A BOULEVARD ENTRANCE OF 40 FEET OR MORE.

AND VARIANCES MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

COMMISSIONER CONLEY IS MADE THE SECOND.

WE NEED A DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE VOTE.

[7.M. Discuss/Take action on how to handle engineering services for the projects resulting from the 2023 Transportation Bond. (Commissioner Holt) ]

GOOD.

ITEM M, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON HOW TO HANDLE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE PROJECTS RESULTING FROM THE 2023 TRANSPORTATION BOND.

COMMISSIONER HOLT, I WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

UM, AND, AND THIS MAY BE, MY MEMORY IS FAULTY.

I DON'T THINK IT IS, BUT WE HAVE A BOND POTENTIALLY, UH, THAT WILL PASS IN NOVEMBER, OR AT LEAST IT'S UP FOR ELECTION.

UM, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO SELECT AN ENGINEER ENGINEERING FIRM TO ACT AS THE BOND MANAGER FOR ALL OF THE VARIOUS PROJECTS.

AND THEN THAT BOND MANAGER WOULD OVERSEE, UH, MAYBE THEY WOULD ALSO DO SOME OF THE PROJECTS, BUT THEN OTHER ENGINEERING FIRMS WOULD BE ABLE TO DO OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TOO MANY PROJECTS FOR, FOR ONE FIRM TO HANDLE, IN MY OPINION.

KIM, LEMME SPEAK TO THAT JUST REAL QUICK, JUST KEEP IT OVERVIEW BEFORE, I DON'T WANT TO STOP YOU.

YOU, KIM, UP TO THE, UM, WE AND KIM, I SAW YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD.

I THINK WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ON THIS, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FIRM RULING OR DIRECTION ON THIS, BUT THE DISCUSSION'S BEEN THAT THE, UH, AS, AS CHRIS BOSCO HAS BEEN, UH, WITH FREEZER NICHOLSON, WE HAVE AN INSURANCE FIRM HERE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE.

WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IS, IS THAT, UM, THE, UH, THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH TERESA NICHOLS THAT, AND THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT OUT IN PROBABLY OVER 25 TOWN HALLS THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT WHAT IS THE PRIORITY OF THIS? OR HOW FAST BECAUSE OF 32 PROJECTS, GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THESE BONDS, IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 10, AT LEAST 10 YEARS FOR THEM.

ONE, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO 'EM ALL.

SO WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, OR HAS BEEN THE DISCUSSION UP TO DATE, UH, HAS BEEN THAT, UM, FREEZER NICHOLS WOULD WORK WITH ENGINEERING FIRMS AND THEN DEPLOY AND, AND, AND WORK WITH THOSE ENGINEERING FIRMS TO, TO, TO DEPLOY OUR PROJECTS ON DIFFERENT ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED.

FRIESA NICHOLS WOULD NOT BE THE ONLY ENGINEERING FIRM.

KIM, IF YOU WOULD KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT AS WELL.

SO FRIESA NICHOLS WAS AWARDED THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGN BACK IN 2008 BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH TWO BONDS.

MM-HMM.

, IT WAS TIME THAT WE NEEDED TO PUT THAT BACK OUT ON THE STREETS AND TO BE FAIR, THAT SOMEBODY ELSE COULD POTENTIALLY GET THE, THE WORK.

RIGHT.

UM, FRIES NICHOLS HAS WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO DETERMINE WHAT PROJECTS NEED TO BE DONE.

BUT THIS, WELL, THE R F Q THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT ON THE STREETS IS FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES.

IT IS NOT NECESSARILY, UNLESS YOU ALL AWARD AGAIN AFTER THE AWARD GONNA BE GIVEN TO FREEZER AND NICHOLS, THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL.

THIS THEN IF THEY WANTED TO SUB OUT THAT'S OUTSIDE OF YOUR PURVIEW

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ON WHAT Y'ALL DETERMINED.

I ACTUALLY TRIED TO SAY THAT, BUT YOU SAID IT MUCH BETTER THAN I DID.

BUT FRIES NICHOLS IS NOT GUARANTEED THAT THERE WILL BE RIGHT AT THIS POINT.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT, IT DOES, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE DOING.

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE WERE SELECTING A BOND MANAGER.

NO, IT INCLUDES ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES.

SO I GUESS, LET ME RESTATE THIS.

MY PREFERENCE TO THE COURT IS THAT WE HAVE ONE CONSULTING FIRM THAT DOES OVERSEE ALL THE PROJECTS, BUT THEN WE CAN SELECT INDIVIDUAL FIRMS TO HANDLE VARIOUS PROJECTS TO SPLIT THESE UP MORE.

WE HAVE $130 MILLION BOND.

THAT'S A LOT OF EGGS TO PUT IN ONE BASKET WHEN WE HAVE AS MUCH GROWTH AS WE HAVE BECAUSE I'M SURE COMMISSIONER HALE, COMMISSIONER CONLEY, COMMISSIONER WALDEN, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN PROJECTS THAT WE'D SURE.

LIKE CHRIS AND DUSTIN AND THE TEAM TO KNOCK OUT FIRST.

I WANT MINE DONE FIRST.

EXACTLY.

SO DO I AND I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE MIKE IS, UH, GONNA CATCH SOME FLACK IF THE PEOPLE OF ALITO DON'T GET THEIRS DONE PRETTY QUICKLY AS WELL.

SO TO ME IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO TAKE AN APPROACH WHERE WE CAN UTILIZE MULTIPLE TEAMS TO SPLIT THAT UP.

THAT'S MY DESIRE.

AND YOU CAN, UM, THE WAY THE R F Q IS DONE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO EITHER ADDEND ISSUE AN ADDENDUM TO STATE AS SUCH OR ALLOW WHOEVER IS AWARDED THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING DESIGNS TO THEMSELVES CONTRACT AS A SUB ENGINEER FOR HANDLING ALL OF THE DESIGN WORK.

CAN YOU CLARIFY ONE THING FOR ME? THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, DO THEY RUN THAT DECISION ON WHO TO SUBCONTRACT TO BY US OR DO THEY MAKE THAT DECISION THEMSELVES? THEY HAVE DONE ALL THE DESIGN ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR.

THEY HAVE NOT SUBBED THOSE OUT.

I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION, IF THE BOND PASSES, LET'S SAY PROJECT X, DO THEY DECIDE THEMSELVES ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY HANDLE IT OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUBCONTRACT TO SOMEONE ELSE TO BE DETERMINED? MAY YEAH.

IT, SO WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PROJECTS GOING ON BEFORE AND THEY'RE AT THE SAME TIME.

CHRIS BOSCO IS NOT THE ONLY EMPLOYEE THEY HAVE.

I MEAN, THEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING IN WHATEVER STAFF'S NECESSARY.

JUDGE.

YES, YOU'RE CORRECT.

AND, AND ACTUALLY THE, THE, THE LAST TOWN HALL THAT WE HAD, THERE WAS A GOOD QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT OUT.

UH, HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS? THERE ARE SOME CRITICAL ONES.

I MEAN, UH, SO THESE WILL BE DISCUSSED AND ADDRESSED THROUGH AND ONCE WE GET THAT DONE, BUT YEAH.

AND A LOT OF IT IS DETERMINED BY RIGHT OF AWAY IF, IF ALL THE RIGHT OF AWAY PURCHASES HAVE BEEN DONE, THOSE BOUGHT THOSE PROJECTS GET BUMPED UP IF THERE'S ANY RIGHT OF WAY CORRECT.

TO BE BOUGHT.

AND FROM A SAFETY STAND STANDPOINT AND HOW LARGE OF A PROJECT IN THE, IN THE DESIGN OF IT, HOW LONG IT TAKES.

UM, AGAIN, WE, WE KEEP MENTION MENTIONING FREEZING NICHOLS, FRIESA NICHOLS HAS GOT TO GO THROUGH THE AWARD PROCESS SURE.

AND THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEED.

CORRECT.

SO I HATE TO CONTINUE TO WELL, I THEM WELL I ALWAYS THINK THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE HURDLES THAT WHOEVER WE ARE AWARD HAS TO GO THROUGH OR GO OVER IS THE ABILITY TO PERFORM THE WORK THAT'S REQUIRED.

YES.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

AND TO HAVE THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THE ENGINEERING STAFF BEHIND THEM.

RIGHT.

AND TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE ALL OF THE PROJECTS AS WELL.

AND GOING FORWARD.

JUST SO JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH THIS, IS THAT GOING FORWARD THERE WILL BE A STANDING AGENDA ITEM ON HERE ON THE BOND, UM, PROGRAM AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF WHERE IT'S AT NOW THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED ON THAT DECISION HERE.

UH, I GUESS BUT DEON HADN'T PASSED YET, SO WE ON HASN'T PASSED SIMPLE.

WE HAVE NOT AWARDED ANYBODY YET.

I, I GUESS I JUST HAVE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION 'CAUSE AND IT'S JUST A POINT THAT I'M NOT CLEAR ON THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW OUT THERE.

WHOEVER APPLIES FOR AND IS AWARDED THIS PROJECT, DO COMMISSIONERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THAT PERSON TO REQUEST A THIRD PARTY FIRM TO HANDLE CERTAIN PROJECTS? UM, I THINK ULTIMATELY IS WHOEVER WE AWARD HAS THE, TYPICALLY WE'LL HAVE THE STAFF TO COVER INSTEAD OF HIRING A THIRD PARTY.

BUT IF THEY, IF IT'S NECESSARY THAT THEY DO NEED A THIRD PARTY, I MEAN, I THE CONTRACT WOULDN'T BE WITH THE COUNTY IN THAT THIRD PARTY.

THE, OUR CONTRACT WOULD BE WITH THE PRIMARY.

SO JOHN, THE, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $130 MILLION BOND WITH 165 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS INVOLVED.

$300 MILLION.

TO ME, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CHECKS AND BALANCES WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE FIRMS INVOLVED.

AND I LISTEN, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH FREEZING NICHOLS NOW FOR 10 MONTHS AND THEY HAVE BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF FANTASTIC.

THIS IS NOT A SLIGHT IN ANY WAY ON CHRIS OR DUSTIN

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OR ANY OF THOSE GUYS.

THEY ARE INCREDIBLY PROMPT, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY KNOWLEDGEABLE.

THEY HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, BUT WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT $300 MILLION OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

I I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING ALL OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET WITH ONE TEAM, REGARDLESS OF HOW BIG THAT ONE TEAM IS.

THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THE CASE.

WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THAT A VERY ADEPT DISCUSSION WITH WELL WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH TWO BIG BONDS.

UM, IT IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS THE CASE THOUGH, BECAUSE NO, WE WOULDN'T, WHEN I SAY DO I HAVE THE ABILITY TO PICK A DIFFERENT FIRM FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS, WHAT I'M HEARING IS NO, NO.

WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH FRIESA NICHOLS AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ACTED ON IN COURT YET, AND THE BOND HADN'T PASSED.

BUT, UH, FRIESA NICHOLS IS NOT CAPABLE OF, NOR DO THEY WANT TO DO EVERY PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE THIS.

AGAIN, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AWARDED THIS R F Q.

SO WHO, WHOEVER IT IS, HYPOTHETICALLY, WHOEVER IT IS, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHOEVER'S AWARDED THE BOND, DO WE AS COMMISSIONERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO THAT TEAM AND SAY, HEY, UH, WE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE THE BOND MANAGER, BUT ON THIS PROJECT OVER HERE, WE WANT YOU TO WORK WITH THIS GROUP OVER HERE.

THE WAY THE R F Q IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW? NO.

OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGED.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP TO THE COURT.

THAT WOULD'VE TO BE IN A, A BID PROCESS FOR, FOR EVERY SINGLE ENGINEERING FIRM.

BECAUSE IF YOU DID THAT WHERE A COMMISSIONER COULD CHOOSE IT, IT KIND OF CIRCUMVENTS WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES ON THE BIDS BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN HIRE SOMEONE THAT MIGHT BENEFIT YOU.

AND, AND, AND THAT'S FINE.

I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO ANY CONFLICT AND NOT SAYING WE CAN'T DO IT, BUT YOU, YOU JUST CAN.

I KNOW OTHER COUNTIES DO THIS.

I'VE, I'VE DONE DIGGING.

THERE'S, THERE'S, THE WAY THAT I'M PROPOSING IS TYPICALLY HOW COUNTIES DO IT.

SO IT JUST, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE PUBLIC AND OPEN SO EVERYBODY COULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

NOT, UH, COMMISSIONER CHOOSING ONE PARTICULAR.

RIGHT.

WHAT I'M AIMING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT'S OPEN, IT'S TRANSPARENT, IT'S PUBLIC.

UM, BECAUSE FRANKLY, AND AGAIN, I, I THINK THE, THE TEAM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, IF THEY WERE TO GET THE BOND, I UNDERSTAND IT HASN'T BEEN, UH, DETERMINED YET.

I THINK THEY'RE FANTASTIC.

UH, I'M JUST VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HAVING ALL OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S PRUDENT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S WISE WITH TAXPAYER MONEY.

WELL, LET'S GET THE BOND PASSED AND THEN WE WILL MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY, ONCE THE BOND IS PASSED TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT? SO, SO THIS WILL NOT BE AWARDED UNTIL AFTER THE BOND IS PASSED.

RIGHT.

WE WILL NOT AWARD A, A, A AR A ENGINEER ON A HYPOTHETICAL, YOU KNOW, IF THE BOND SURE.

SO ONCE THIS, THIS IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN, THEN AFTER THE BOND PASSES, CORRECT OR NOT? CORRECT.

THEN WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON HOW WE PROCEED.

THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY.

HOWEVER, WE, WE CANNOT HIRE AN ARCHITECT ENGINEER FOR SUBS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN.

RIGHT.

WELL, YEAH.

THE BOND'S GOTTA PASS FIRST.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT.

GOOD.

ITEM

[7.N. Discuss/Take action/Investigate potential uses for Prop 7 bill if it passes in the upcoming November election. (Commissioner Holt) ]

N ON DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION, INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL USES FOR PROPOSITION SEVEN.

BILL, IF IT PASSES, THEN THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTION.

COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE.

I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT? RICH, DO YOU RECALL THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE PUNTED SEVERAL TIMES.

COUNSELOR, ISN'T THIS THE MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING? UH, I'D, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT.

OKAY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE NO ACTION AND DELAY THIS AGAIN UNTIL AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

I WOULD AGREE ON THAT.

WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT IN, WE'LL

[7.O. Discuss/Take action regarding Tri-County performing work at the Precinct 2 barn to do some maintenance and upgrades. (Commissioner Holt) ]

GO TO O DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION REGARDING TRI-COUNTY PERFORMING WORK AT THE PRECINCT TWO BARN TO DO SOME MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES.

COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SURE.

TRI-COUNTY IS OUR ELECTRICAL PROVIDER.

THEY DON'T CURRENTLY, UH, OR, OR AT THE BARN THERE, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY.

UM, WHEN WE FLOAT CERTAIN PIECES OF MACHINERY ON ALL THE LIGHTS GO, ALL THAT.

SO WE'RE GETTING THAT FIXED.

THAT'S MY VERY TECHNICAL EXPLANATION THERE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

DO Y'ALL HAVE THREE PHASE POWER OUT THERE? I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

OH, GONNA INSTALL THAT? YES, I BELIEVE SO.

YES, SIR.

SO ARE THEY, ARE THEY DOING THAT WORK? I MEAN, IT'S A COST INVOLVED IS, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING.

YES, THERE'S A COST INVOLVED AND IT'S IN, IN MY BUDGET.

IT'S COVERED UNDER MY, UH, I WANNA SAY BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.

MM-HMM.

IS WHAT BRIANNA TOLD ME TO PUT IN.

DOES THIS REQUIRE COURT ACTION? I WASN'T SURE.

I, UM, I, I THINK IT WAS ON THERE.

WE HAD A JOB TO A WORK ORDER THAT REQUIRED IN INDEMNIFICATION

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OF THE WORK THAT'S GONNA PERFORMED ON OUR PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN WAIVED.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THE, THAT WAS ON HERE TODAY.

OKAY.

BUT THAT HAD BEEN RESOLVED PRIOR TO COURT TODAY.

OKAY.

MOTIONS MADE BY COMM, UH, COMMISSIONER.

HOLD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS BY.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL

[7.P. Discuss/Take action on including supporting documentation to Court Agendas. (Commissioner Holt) ]

GO TO ITEM P, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON INCLUDING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO COURT AGENDAS.

COMMISSIONER HOLT? SURE.

UM, I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS IF YOU LOOK AT SIMILAR ENTITIES IN THE AREA, MAY I INTERRUPT YOU PLEASE.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU SO QUICKLY.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS.

UM, SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, UH, WE'RE GONNA ROLL OUT A NEW AGENDA PROGRAM.

I BELIEVE WE INVITED, UH, MOST OF YOU GUYS' STAFF, UH, ON A MEETING THE OTHER DAY.

UM, SO THIS'LL, THIS'LL BE, AND IF THE COURT WOULD ALLOW, IF WE COULD PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA, I'D LOVE TO DEMONSTRATE IT.

UM, SO JUST, JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE BASICALLY, WHERE ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT WE'RE ABSOLUTE GIVEN IS DAILY.

ABSOLUTELY.

WILL VIA THE WEBSITE.

PERFECT.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK RICHARD.

IF YOU WOULD GIVE WITH, WELL KIM, GET EVERYBODY ELSE TO THE STANDARDS ON THE LANGUAGE.

OKAY.

UM, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO SHOW THE COURT AND, AND JUST, UH, FOR INFORMATION, THE AGENDA PROCESS IS GONNA CHANGE COMPLETELY, BUT WHAT YOU SEE IN COURT IS THIS IS NOT CHANGING.

UM, THIS WILL STAY EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT YOU'LL SEE UNDER, FOR INSTANCE, UM, UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT RULES, YOU COULD, YOU'LL SEE A, OR YOU COULD CLICK AND YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING THAT PERTAINS TO THAT ITEM.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

SO IT'S IN THE WORKS.

YEP.

THANK YOU.

SO I, I'VE MADE THE THREAT PREVIOUSLY NOT TO VOTE FOR ANYTHING UNLESS THERE WAS DOCUMENTATION THAT WE GOT AHEAD OF TIME, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO HEAD BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SITTING HERE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE HAVE.

NO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES.

SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO ATTACH, LIKE THE NEXT AGENDA YOU'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH RICH.

UM, I'M GOING TO SPEAK WITH HIM AFTER THE PROCESS, BUT IF YOU RECALL YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST GOT THIS PROGRAM, WE USED THAT, WE'VE JUST GOTTEN AWAY FROM IT.

YEP.

BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES AND WE'LL HAVE EVEN MORE CAPABILITIES WHEN WE START THE NEW PROGRAM MAKES IT A LOT EASIER IF WE HAVE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM IS AHEAD OF TIME.

SO, SO THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IT WITH THE JUDGE'S OFFICE AND WITH MY STAFF AND SO, UH, IT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.

WELL, YOU'LL SEE THE CHANGES.

ALRIGHT, THANKS.

NO ACTION NEEDED THEN.

NO ACTION ON THAT.

LALA.

THANK YOU ON THAT.

WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR THAT PRESENTATION TO BE LOOKED AT.

AND FOR THE UPDATES, GOOD.

ITEM

[7.Q. Nominate a candidate to the Parker County Appraisal District board of directors. (Commissioner Walden) ]

Q, NOMINATE A CANDIDATE TO THE PARKER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

I RECEIVED A LETTER, UH, FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THERE'S A TIMEFRAME ON THERE OF THE 15TH OF OCTOBER TO, UH, TO NOM TO FOR NOMINATIONS.

THIS IS NOT THE VOTING PROCESS, THIS IS JUST THE, THE PROCESS OF MAKING NOMINATIONS.

RICHARD BARRETT HAS BEEN OUR NOMINEE, UH, I THINK FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, AND HE'S INDICATED THAT HE WOULD, UH, AGREE TO SERVE THE CANDIDATE.

WE WOULD NOMINATE HIM.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO, UH, UH, NOMINATE RICHARD BARRETT AS, UH, A CANDIDATE TO THE PARKER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD DIRECTORS.

THERE ALSO, UH, EXPLAINS IN THE DOCUMENTATION THAT I SHOULD HAVE ATTACHED TO THIS, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, THERE'S A, UH, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT ARE GONNA BE MADE TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD AND, UH, UH, THERE WILL BE ELECTED POSITIONS COMING IN.

YOU, YOU PROBABLY GOT THAT LETTER THERE, JUDGE.

I DO.

THERE WILL BE, UH, ELECTED POSITIONS BY THE PUBLIC IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE, THOSE THAT ARE APPOINTED.

SO I THINK RICHARD HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AND HAS, UH, UH, WITH THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, BASICALLY ELECT OUR OWN REPRESENTATIVE.

AND SO HE HAS BEEN OUR REPRESENTATIVE AND DONE A GOOD JOB AND DONE WITH DISTINCTION, UH, MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECONDS, UH, BY THE COUNTY JUDGE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT'S EXPRESSED ANY INTEREST THAT WE'RE AWARE OF? IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A JOB THAT, UH, THERE WAS A STANDING LINE OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND, AND MR. BARRETT ALSO HAS, UH, HAS BEEN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AS WELL.

YEAH.

AND TO YOUR ANSWER, NO, THERE HAS NO, I'VE ASKED A COUPLE PEOPLE AND THEY'VE SAID NO.

RIGHT.

YEAH.

I DON'T IMAGINE THAT'S A REAL ATTRACTIVE NO POSITION.

THIS THINKLESS JOB, HONESTLY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS.

FIVE.

OH, LALA, DO YOU GET WHAT YOU WANTED ON THAT? I'M SORRY.

YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEEDED ON THAT? YES.

OKAY.

GO DOWN TOMORROW AND ACCEPT

[7.R. Accept the official bond and oath for Deputy Constable Precinct 1 Corey Shane Harris. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen) ]

THE OFFICIAL BOND AND

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OATH FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE.

PROCEED TO ONE.

UH, CORY SHANE HARRIS.

I DO HAVE THAT IN, UH, HERE IN POSSESSION.

UM, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

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

FURTHER THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, PASS BY VOTE.

GOOD ITEM MS.

[7.S. Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Grayson County for inmate housing. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

AND YOUR LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE GRAYSON COUNTY FOR INMATE HOUSING.

AND THIS IS TO ALLOW PARKER COUNTY TO HOUSE GRAYSON COUNTY INMATES WHEN SPACE IS AVAILABLE AT 92 50 A DAY.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE FOR THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS.

FIVE.

OH, GOOD.

ITEM T

[7.T. Renewal Contract for the Fiscal 2024 Vine Grant Award Notification and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR THE FISCAL 2024 FINE GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATIONS TO TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

JOHN, THIS CONTRACT'S FOR THE AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SERVICES AND IT IS A RENEWAL AND IT IS NO COST TO THE COUNTY.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER WAL HAS MADE THE MOTION, UH, MR. CONLEY HAS MADE THE SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR PASS.

FIVE.

OH, GOOD ITEM YOU AND HER LOCAL

[7.U. Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with City of Aledo for Police Protection Services. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALITO FOR POLICE PROTECTION SERVICES.

UH, JOHN.

AND THIS IS, UH, ALSO A RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND ALITO TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AT A COST OF $27,754 AND 88 CENTS PER MONTH.

AND THAT'S FOR THREE OFFICERS, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON, UH, WHAT THEIR NEED IS AND THE HOURS.

SO THAT COULD VARY.

IT'S ACTUAL COST.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE SO THAT WILL FLUCTUATE BASED ON NEED WILL FLUCTUATE.

ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

UNDERSTOOD.

OKAY.

UM, IS THE, IS THE NUMBER OF, UM, OFFICERS INCREASED OR DECREASED OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR? IS THAT THE SAME? IT'S THE SAME.

OKAY.

VERY WELL, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION OR IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR, FOR OUR COUNSELOR.

MR. HALE'S MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S MADE THE SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? JUST CURIOUS WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

DOES IT GO BACK TO GENERAL FUND OR DOES IT, UH, GENERAL.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS.

FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

GO TO ITEM B IN LOCAL

[7.V. Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Town of Annetta for Police Protection Services. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

COURT COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH TOWN OF VENETTA FOR POLICE PROTECTION SERVICES.

UH, THIS IS ALSO FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTECTION IN THE CITY OF VENETTA WITH A COST NOT TO EXCEED 2000 PER MONTH.

OKAY.

A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY FOR THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR PASSED BY VOTE.

GOOD.

ITEM W IN OUR LOCAL COOPERATION

[7.W. Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with City of Springtown for Road Repair Services. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SPRINGTOWN FOR ROAD REPAIR SERVICES.

JOHN, WE'RE DOING A, WE'RE DOING A SMALL LITTLE ROAD FOR THE CITY OF SPRINGTOWN AND COUNSELOR.

ALL THE PAPERWORK CORRECT AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT ITEM.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE.

OH, GO TO ITEM

[7.X. Addendum with City of Springtown for Road Repair Services. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

X ADDENDUM WITH THE CITY OF SPRINGTOWN FOR ROAD REPAIR SERVICES.

WHAT'S THAT? ADDENDUM FAR? IT, IT'S FOR, SO THE FIRST ONE'S FOR THE INTERLOCAL.

THIS ADDENDUM'S FOR THAT ROAD REPAIR.

OKAY.

MOVED TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LEY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

A FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR PASS.

FIVE.

OH GOOD.

AND

[7.Y. Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with City of Aledo for Road Repair Services. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

ITEM Y INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF ALITO FOR ROAD REPAIR SERVICES.

COMMISSIONER HALE HAS MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER WA HAS MADE THE SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS.

FIVE.

OH, WE WILL GO TO ITEM EIGHT ON ITEM.

[8. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES:]

UH, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM A.

UH, ITEM B, ENTER ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES.

EXECUTED INTERLOCAL CON COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH DENTON COUNTY FOR INMATE HOUSING.

ITEM C, EXECUTED INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WILLOW PARK FOR ROAD REPAIR SERVICES.

ITEM D, EXECUTED ADDENDUM WITH THE CITY OF WILLOW PARK FOR ROAD REPAIR SERVICES.

ITEM E EXECUTED JUVENILE PROBATION CONTRACT WHEN NICOLE COMSTOCK.

UM, CAN I ASK YOU THAT IS, WHICH ONE ARE YOU ON? I'M SORRY.

UH, IDA E IT IT IS ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES.

I'M JUST ASKING WHO THAT IS.

IT'S GONNA BE A CONTRACT FOR THE JUVENILE PROBATION.

J J E P AND THEN UNDER ITEM F? YES.

EXECUTED.

OH, BUT SHE'S WITH THAT PROGRAM WITH SHE JUVENILE PROBATION.

SHE DOES UH, G E D PROGRAM.

RIGHT? WITH JUVENILE PROBATION.

WITH JUVENILE PROBATION, RIGHT? CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

NOT J J A P ITEM.

F EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH THE CELL PROPERTY.

THE

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CITY OF WEATHERFORD PROPERTY LOCATED ON CENTER POINT ROAD.

ITEM G, EXECUTED RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR MACON VALLEY M H M R SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL 20 23, 24 YEAR ITEM H.

EXECUTED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION LEAD INTERNSHIP AGREEMENT WITH WEATHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL ITEM.

I EXECUTED A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION FOR THE 48 INCH STORM DRAIN WITH ENLINK MIDSTREAM SERVICES AND ENLINK NORTH TEXAS GATHERING LP ITEM J EXECUTED JUVENILE PROBATION CONTRACT WITH WOOD AND ASSOCIATES FOR POLYGRAPH SERVICES.

LET THOSE BE NOTED INTO THE MINUTES.

I HAVE THEM ALL AND WE, UH, HAVE DONE NINE.

UH, WE WILL GO TO ITEM 10 ON

[10.A. PRECINCT 1]

PLATTS.

JUDGE, I THINK THERE'S A MIDDLE OVER HERE ON SIX AND SEVEN ON UNDER EIGHT UNDER A.

OKAY.

SIX AND SEVEN.

OKAY.

DO WE STILL NEED TO GO TO SOMETHING JUDGE? YES, I'M GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SIX UNDER A PRECINCT ONE AND DO IT FIRST LAST TIME.

OH, OKAY.

OKAY.

GOTCHA.

HE DID IT FOR THE COURT GOING WORK.

IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'LL GO TODAY.

10 A SIX, 10 A 10 A SIX.

OH OKAY.

PRECINCT ONE TEN EIGHT SIX.

APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLATT OR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS FALCONER.

ADDITION CONSISTING OF 36.040 ACRES, DEVELOPED BY THOMAS STRS AND ELIZABETH FALCONER LOCATED IN THE E T J IN THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD OFF OF TUCKER DRIVE WITH LOW WATER AND PRECINCT ONE AGAIN, WE'RE ON ITEM 10.

A SIX PRECINCT, ONE SUBDIVISION IS 36.040 ACRES DIVIDED INTO THREE TRACKS.

UH, TWO OF THE LOTS ARE GONNA BE 11 ACRES AND ONE IS GONNA BE 14.04.

THEY DO HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF TUCKER DRIVE AND TIFFANY COURT, WHICH IS A PRIVATE ROAD COUNSELOR.

EVERYTHING GOOD PRELIMINARY PURPOSES AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSE.

IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, THIS IS THE ONE THAT THERE'S A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PLOTTED, IT WAS NOT.

AND UH, IT DID HAVE SOME DEEDED RESTRICTIONS, HOWEVER, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A COVENANT THAT RUNS WITH THE LAND OR A DEEDED RESTRICTION, BUT WE DID HAVE THE DEVELOPER NOTE THAT, THAT MEL TUCK COUNTRY ESTATES DEEDED RESTRICTIONS DOCUMENT AND WE HAVE THE NUMBER.

SO IF SOMEBODY HAS ANY QUESTION, WANTS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT, REVIEW IT.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

UH, 10 A SIX AS PRESENTED.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

SAY GOODBYE TO COMMISSIONER HALE.

UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE ALL THAT PAPER PASS FIVE A.

WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO SEVEN JUST BELOW THAT.

APPROVE THE PLATT FINAL PLATT FOR SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS FALCON OR EDITION CONSIST OF THREE 6.040 ACRES DEVELOPED BY THOMAS TRUSTS AND ELIZABETH FALCON ARE LOCATED IN THE E T J OF THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD OFF TUCKER DRIVE WITH WELL WATER PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS IN THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, BUT THEY HAVE SENT ME, UM, IN WRITING THAT THEY DEFERRED PLATTING BACK OVER TO THE COUNTY AND ALL OF THE SAME INFORMATION AS IN THE PRELIMINARY COUNSELOR.

EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE FINAL? THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL THE OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

10 A SEVEN MOTION LEAD BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH GO BACK TO ITEM A ONE I'M RELEASE OF THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR ROCKY RIDGE PHASE THREE A AND ACCEPT ROCK BRIDGE DRIVE.

A PORTION OF FLAGSTONE DRIVE A PORTION OF WUP LANE AND A PORTION OF BOULDER ROAD AS COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAYS IN PRECINCT ONE AGAIN, 10 A ONE AND THE PRECINCT HAS APPROVED THE RELEASE OF THIS LETTER OF CREDIT AND ACCEPTANCE.

UH, FOR THIS PORTION OF THESE ROADS, WE'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED PHASE THREE B, WHICH INCLUDES THE REMAINDER OF THESE ROADWAYS.

COUNSELOR, ALL THE PAPERWORK COMPLETE AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER AS LONG AS THE UH, ROAD IS IN ORDER.

THE ROAD, YEAH, THE ROAD'S FINE.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

10 A ONE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

THE SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSED FIVE OH GOOD.

ITEM TWO AND BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS QUAIL HAVEN.

LOTS.

ONE ONE R DASH ONE AND 11 R DASH

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TWO CONSISTING OF 2.530 ACRES DEVELOPED BY GUADALUPE AND BRENDA MENRIQUEZ LOCATED OFF OF MEADOW ROAD WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER.

SS U D AND PRECINCT ONE.

THIS'S GONNA BE A SPLIT LOT.

ONE R ONE IS GONNA BE 1.250 ACRES AND LOT ONE R 11 R TWO IS GONNA BE 1.280 ACRES.

THEY DO HAVE ROAD FURNISH OFF OF MEADOW ROAD.

UH, WALNUT CREEK IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.

AND THIS IS JUST TO BEGIN, UH, THE REVISION PROCESS.

COUNCIL, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR REVISION PURPOSES AND ALL DOCUMENTS ARE IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A TWO AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER CONY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE.

VOTE GOOD.

ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAP FOR THE SUBDIVISION.

BE KNOWN AS UD ACRES.

ACRES CONSISTING OF 4.0.

ACRE TRACK DEVELOPED BY UPPER AND INTEREST L L C LOCATED IN THE E T J OF THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, OFF UPPER DENTON ROAD WITH LOW WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS A FOUR ACRE TRACK OF LAND.

IT'S GONNA BE PULLED OUT OF A 25.968 ACRE TRACK.

THEY ARE GONNA BE DEDICATING, UH, 0.037 AND 0.145 OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF UPPER DENTON ROAD.

UH, THIS IS ALSO IN THE EJ OF WEATHERFORD AND THEY HAVE RELEASED THIS TO HAVE THE HAND, THE COUNTY HANDLE PLATTING AND WELL WATER IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.

COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES AND ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES, MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A THREE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE VOTE.

JUDGE, WE CAN SKIP NUMBER FOUR.

UH, TAKE NO ACTION.

NO ACTION ON FOUR AS WELL.

YEAH, WELL, NO, NO.

OKAY.

SORRY.

CORRECT.

NO ACTION ON FOUR.

WE'LL GO TO FIVE.

BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS NEAR BUTTE RANCH RANCHOS LOT 20 R CONSISTING OF 20, UH, 2.106 ACRES DEVELOPED BY THE FULLER LIVING TRUST LOCATED OFF OF HIGHLAND CIRCLE IN HIGHLAND DRIVE WITH AQUA TEXAS IN WITH AQUA TEXAS AND PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS GONNA BE A SPLIT OF LOT 20, UH, 20 R ONE'S GONNA HAVE ONE ACRE 20 R TWO IS GONNA HAVE 1.106 ACRES.

THEY HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF HIGHLAND CIRCLE AND HIGHLAND DRIVE WITH AQUA TEXAS AND WE JUST LIKE TO GET PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR REVISION? EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR PROVISION REVISION PURPOSES.

MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A FIVE.

PRESENTED MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE.

OH WE WILL GO TO ITEM FIVE.

BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION.

YOU JUST DID THAT ONE.

SORRY.

I KNEW I WHEN I DIDN'T SCRATCH IT.

I MISSED THAT.

YEAH, WE'LL GO TO EIGHT.

YEAH, WE'LL GO TO ITEM EIGHT.

UH, BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS H E C.

IT STATES CONSISTENT OF 11.04 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JIMMY AND JENNIFER PEAKER LOCATED OFF OF SABA ROAD, WALNUT CREEK WATER SUPPLY AND PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS UH, GONNA BE A TWO TRACK SPLIT LOT TWO RA IS GONNA HAVE ONE ACRE AND LOT TWO RV IS GONNA HAVE 10.04 ACRES.

THIS IS FAMILY LAND, UM, THAT THEY'RE JUST BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL HOME ON.

THEY DO HAVE FRONTAGE OFF OF SABA ROAD WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD REVISION.

THE DEVELOPER HAS MET ALL REQUIREMENTS TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A EIGHT.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL FOR THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM NINE.

BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS MARLON GAUNT EDITION CONSISTENT OF 14.05.

TWO ACRES DEVELOPED BY ETHAN BEATTY AND CHARLIE HARRINGTON AND GORDON NICOLE DEBA LOCATED IN THE E TWO J OF CITY OF WEATHERFORD OFF OF NORTH LAKE DRIVE WITH LOW WATER AND PRECINCT PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER REVISION.

UH, LOT TWO IS GONNA BE SPLIT INTO 11.6 ACRES AND LOT THREE IS GONNA HAVE 2.452.

THEY DO HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF NORTH LAKE DRIVE WITH WELL WATER AS THEIR WATER SOURCE.

THIS IS ALSO IN THE E T J OF WEATHERFORD AND THEY HAVE RELEASED PLATTING BACK OVER TO THE COUNTY.

AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR REVISION PURPOSES AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR REVISION PURPOSES.

MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A NINE AS PRESENTED.

MOTION

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MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, PASS BY VOTE.

GOOD.

ITEM 10 EXCEPT THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEEDED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FOR UD ACRES LOCATED IN PRECINCT ONE.

I HAVE TWO SPECIAL WARRANTY DEEDS.

ONE IS FOR 0.037 OF AN ACRE OFF OF UPPER DENTON ROAD AND ANOTHER ONE FOR 0.145 OF AN ACRE OFF OF UPPER DENTON ROAD AS WELL.

WE'D JUST LIKE TO ACCEPT THOSE NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THE FINAL CLAP.

COUNSELOR EVERYTHING IN WORKING ORDER THE WARRANTY DEEDED IS IN ORDER.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

10.

A 10 MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WAS TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH WE GOT ITEM 11.

RELEASE A LETTER OF CONSTRUCTION FOR CAHOON ACRES AND ACCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE AND PRECINCT ONE.

THIS LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE HAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $99,575 AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS IN PLACE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2025.

COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING'S GOOD AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

10 A 11.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE FOR THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM B ONE

[10.B. PRECINCT 2 ]

ON PRECINCT TWO, APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLATT FROM SUBDIVISION.

BE KNOWN AS MEADOWVIEW ESTATES PHASE TWO CONSISTING OF 6.79 ACRES DEVELOPED BY THE JUBA L L C LOCATED OFF OF ADVANCED ROAD WITH WOOL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.

THIS IS GONNA BE A THREE LOT SUBDIVISION.

UM, OR ADDITIONAL PHASE.

I'M SORRY.

LOT ONE'S GONNA HAVE 2.58 ACRES.

LOT TWO IS GONNA HAVE 2.07 ACRES AND LOT THREE IS GONNA HAVE 2.14 ACRES.

UH, THEY DO HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF ADVANCED ROAD WITH WELL WATER AS THEIR WATER SOURCE.

UH, IS THIS A NEW ENTITY BY MR. FRAZIER? NO SIR.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER.

IT, IT'S NOT MR. FRAZIER BUT THIS IS A, UH, IT'S L L C'S BEEN PLACE FOR A WHILE.

OKAY.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? I'M SORRY.

UH, COUNSELOR, THIS IS A DEVELOPER THAT WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH IN THE PAST.

DO YOU HAVE ANY GUIDANCE FOR US HERE? UM, THIS, FRANKLY THIS DEVELOPER IN MY OPINION HAS COST THE COUNTY QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AND COST TAXPAYERS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.

IF HE HAS MET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES, THEN YOU HAVE A MINISTERIAL DUTY TO APPROVE IT.

NOW ON SAFEGUARDS AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE BONDS AND CONSTRUCTION BONDS ON UH, ROADS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, UH, DISCRETION ON.

REVIEWING THAT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DEVELOPED PROPERLY OR BUILT PROPERLY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS OFF OF A COUNTY ROAD.

THE DRIVEWAYS ARE OFF OF A COUNTY ROAD, SO THERE WOULD BE NO TYPE OF BONDS FOR THAT.

IS THAT CORRECT? NO.

OKAY.

SO COUNSELOR, ANYTHING ELSE OR, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS MET ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.

ALRIGHT, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE P ONE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLATT FOR SUBDIVISION.

BE KNOWN AS PARKER'S FARM R V PARK CONSISTING OF 22 ACRES DEVELOPED BY HERBERT AND LAURA STEWART LOCATED IN THE E T J OF THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD AND OFF ZION HILL ROAD WITH WALL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.

AND THIS IS A TWO ACRE TRACK OUT OF A SIX ACRE TRACK.

THEY DO HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF ZION HILL ROAD.

UM, WELL WATER IS THEIR WATER SOURCE.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT, UH, WEATHERFORD HAS RELEASED OVER TO THE COUNTY.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST A PRELIMINARY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, UH, THINGS TO CLEAR UP WITH THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THE FINAL.

OKAY.

COUNSELOR, ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED ALL NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

MAKE THE MOTION FOR B TWO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.

FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLATFORM SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS WATSON RANCH.

PHASE SEVEN CONSISTENT OF 33.2 ACRES DEVELOPED BY RICHARD GREEN LOCATED IN THE E TWO J, THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD AND OFF OF RICK WILLIAMSON HIGHWAY.

WHEN CITY OF WEATHERFORD WATER AND PRECINCT TWO THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, THIS 33 ACRES IS GONNA BE TURNED INTO 22 RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND TWO NON-RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM ONE TO 5.7 ACRES.

UH, THEY DO HAVE CITY OF WEATHERFORD

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AS THEIR WATER SOURCE.

THEY HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF WASUM COURT AND WASUM DRIVE, WHICH ARE BOTH PRIVATE ROADS.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD HAS RELEASED, UH, THE PLATTING.

AND BEFORE THEY GO FOR A FINAL, THEY ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE UPPER TRINITY ON SOME ISSUES WITH THE WELL BEING DRILLED.

SO COUNSELOR FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLATTER, ALL DOCUMENTS AND THEY HAVE MET ALL NECESSARY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.

MAKE THE MOTION FOR B THREE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OF THE DISCUSSION, THEIR ORIGINAL DRIVEWAY IS OFF OF RICK WILLIAMSON BUT THEY HAVE INTERIOR LOTS THAT ARE PRIVATE.

UH, THEY DO SAY THEY HAVE CITY OF WEATHERFORD WATER, BUT DOUG STATED THAT A WELL WAS RECENTLY DRILLED ON LOT 24.

AND SO, UM, THEY, THEY'VE GOT SOME ISSUES TO CLEAR UP WITH THE UPPER TRINITY.

UNDERSTAND BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A VOTE.

IS THIS, WILL WE TAKING ACTION ON THIS? UH, IT'S JUST PRELIMINARY.

PRELIMINARY IS YES SIR.

NO ACTION.

OKAY.

VERY WELL.

SO WE DON'T NEED VOTE.

WE DON'T NEED A OH WE DO NEED TO VOTE ON IT.

VOTE PRELIMINARY.

VOTE PRELIMINARY.

BUT THEY HAVE TO TAKE ACTION BEFORE.

UNDERSTOOD.

UNDERSTOOD.

SO THE MO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR VOTE.

GOOD.

ITEM C ONE ON

[10.C. PRECINCT 3 ]

PRECINCT THREE BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS REAL BRA SECTION ONE LOT THREE R BLOCK EIGHT CONSISTENT OF 0.335 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JACQUELINE GABER LOCATED OFF OF MEADOW GLEN DRIVE WITH RIO BRAZOS WATER SUPPLY AND PRECINCT THREE.

THIS IS GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF LOTS THREE AND FOUR, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF 0.335 OF AN ACRE.

UH, THESE LOTS WERE DONE.

UM, 1970S IN YEAH, IN THE 1970S.

UH, THEY DO HAVE RIO BROUGHT RIO, UH, RIO BRAZOS WATER SUPPLY AS THEIR WATER SOURCE.

AND THIS IS JUST A, UH, PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

SO , YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER.

WE DO HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER.

AND, AND JUST COMMENT ON THAT.

THE THERE IS SEPTIC UP THERE.

UH, THEY WOULD HAVE IT ON THE SMALLER LOTS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE COMBINING LOTS, MAKING A LARGER SURFACE AREA FOR THAT O S S F.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S NOT AWARE, THIS WAS DONE A LONG TIME AGO AT A TIME WHEN MUCH SMALLER LOTS WERE ALLOWED AND GRANDFATHER AND SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMBINING TWO LOTS.

HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALTER WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

GRANDFATHER PASS FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM TWO, I BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS REAL BRAZOS.

SECTION ONE LOT ONE ONE R BLOCK 14 CONSISTING OF 0.535 ACRES DEVELOPED BY ERNEST AND RUTH GRAFF LOCATED OFF OF HILLCROFT DRIVE WITH REAL BRAZOS WATER SUPPLY AND PRECINCT THREE.

THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER COMBINATION.

THIS IS A COMBINATION OF LOT 11 R AND 12 FOR THE TOTAL OF THE 0.535 OF ACRE.

THEY, UH, HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF C**K DRIVE AND WE JUST LIKE TO GET PERMISSION, UH, FOR THIS ONE TO BEGIN.

THE REVISION PROCESS IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE AND EVERYTHING IS ORDER FOR REVISION.

OKAY.

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

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM THREE BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR TWIN CEDARS ESTATES AVAILABLE BY R T B ENTERPRISES LOCATED OFF OF OLD MILLSAP ROAD WITH LOW WATER IN PRECINCT THREE.

IT'S GONNA BE A, UH, A LAYOUT CHANGE OF THE SEVEN LOTS THAT ARE IN THIS 14 ACRE TRACK OF LAND.

UH, THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1.6 ACRES TO 1.99 ACRES.

UH, THEY DO PULL WATER RIGHTS TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD AND TWIN SEATERS COURT AND OLD MILLSAP ROAD ARE WHERE THEY GET THEIR ROAD FRONTAGE AND WELL WATER IS THEIR WATER SOURCE.

EVERYTHING IN PLACE, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE REVISION.

I'M GONNA RECUSE BECAUSE I HAVE SOME INTEREST WITH THIS DEVELOPER, SO SOMEBODY ELSE WILL TAKE THAT OVER.

I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE OR I SECOND .

I'VE GOT FAST FINGERS OVER THERE.

COMMISSIONER HILL HAS MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER CONLEY HAS MADE THE SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? HER ONE.

ABSTAIN FOR FOUR, RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER I RECUSED MOTION PASSED.

FOUR.

FOUR WITH ONE RECUSAL.

OKAY, WE'LL GO TO ITEM D

[10.D. PRECINCT 4 ]

FOUR ON ITEM ONE.

WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM.

WE'LL

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GO TO ITEM 11.

I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

YES, PLEASE.

OKAY.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR RECORD SHOW THAT WE'LL ADJOURN AT 1120.

HOW YOU DO IT, DON'T YOU DO.