* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE, IS THIS ON? YES. UH, GOOD MORNING. [Call to Order] I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS MEETING STARTED. THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, TO ORDER ON THIS 23RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023. UH, THE RECORD SHOW. IT IS 9:00 AM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY CLERK AND COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PRESENT. UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION BY MARK JULIAN FROM NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEASURE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY JUDGE PROAM COMMISSIONER, PLEASE STAND, LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD, IT'S A GREAT TO BE ALIVE. THANK YOU FOR SAVING US, FOR YOUR HAND UPON US, FOR THIS COUNTY, THIS CITY. LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS US AND YOU BLESS US GOD, BY TRUSTING YOU. AND WE BELIEVE IN YOU. GOD, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NO OTHER NAME THAN ONE MAY BE SAVED, BUT JESUS, FATHER GOD, I THANK YOU FOR THESE, OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR JUDGE FOR THE DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE MADE. I PRAY, UH, FOR YOUR WISDOM, CONTINUE TO PUT YOUR HAND ON US. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE LADIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FOR WHICH ONE NATION INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY. LIBERTY FOR ALL HONOR, TEXAS FLAG. I IN TWO DEEP TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL. I WANNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM [7.J. Discuss/Take action on parliamentary rules following of court agenda. (Judge Deen)] J BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, UH, DISCUSSION AND TAKE ACTION ON PARLIAMENTARY RULES, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE COURT AGENDA. UH, WHAT I WANNA DO IS PUT TO THE COURT THAT, UH, I DO WANT TO CHANGE. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A MOTION. UM, COUNSELOR, I WASN'T, I DIDN'T CONSULT WITH YOU ON THIS, BUT I DO WANT THIS BROUGHT IN BY THE COMM ENTIRE COMMISSION. WHETHER I HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT OR NOT, I WANT THE COURT TO VOTE ON IT. UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TAKE IT MORE PARLIAMENTARY, UH, FOLLOW PROCESS OF HOW THESE MEETINGS ARE DONE. AND WHEN OPEN AN AGENDA ITEM, TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE DISCUSS IT AND THEN WE GO TO DISCUSS AN ITEM AND DISCUSS IT AGAIN. AND IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCIES OF HOW THESE COURTS ARE RAN, I THINK IT'D BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE ONE DISCUSSION PROCESS AND ONE ITEM FOR THAT. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS JUST ASK FOR THE DISCUSSION, TAKE ACTION REGARDING, AND READ IT OUT, AND THEN ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND THEN GO INTO THE DISCUSSION PHASE. UH, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY IT ON HOW I WOULD LIKE THE, THE PROCESS TO, TO RUN, WHICH WOULD CAUSE MORE EFFICIENCY AND HAVE LESS, LESS DISCUSSION ON THAT. WELL, MORE AS MUCH DISCUSSION, BUT JUST HAVE ONE, ONE TIME TO DISCUSS IT RATHER THAN HAVING MULTIPLE TIMES TO DISCUSS IT AND DISCUSS IT OVER AGAIN. AND I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THAT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND SO I CAN ASK A QUESTION. OKAY. AND, AND COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S MADE THE SECOND, UH, BECAUSE YOU MAKE A MOTION TO SECOND IT OR TO MAKE A MOTION FOR IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE VOTING FOR IT, BUT IT GETS IT TO THE DISCUSSION PHASE. COUNSELOR. UH, ANY PROBLEMS WITH WHAT HE'S WANTING TO DO OR THE, THE COURT ESTABLISHES THE RULES. COMMISSIONER'S COURT DOESN'T FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES. IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY, UM, STATUTORY LAW THAT DICTATES HOW WE MAKE MOTIONS AND VOTE ON THOSE. SO WHATEVER RULES THAT Y'ALL ADOPT AS A WHOLE BODY, UH, THAT'S THE RULE AT THAT TIME. IT COULD CHANGE THE VERY NEXT MEETING. SO IT'S JUST HOWEVER Y'ALL DECIDE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. BUT ON EACH VOTE, Y'ALL COULD CHANGE THAT DECISION AT ANY TIME. THANK YOU. SO I GUESS FOR CLARIFICATION, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS THAT THERE BE A MOTION AND A SECOND BEFORE AN ITEM IS DISCUSSED. CORRECT. AND IF YOU DO MAKE THAT MOTION OR THE SECOND, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE VOTING FOR IT. IT JUST GETS IT, THE DISCUSSION PAGE TO DISCUSS IT ONE TIME RATHER THAN TWICE. IT'S THE PROPER PROCEDURE. IT IS PROPER PROCEDURE. AND THAT'S MORE IN LINE WITH THE ROBERTS RULES. IT IS. YEP. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? SO JUDGE, WOULD YOUR MOTION BE TO MAKE A MOTION AND SECOND BEFORE DISCUSSING AN ITEM? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. DOESN'T MEAN IT'LL PASS, IT JUST GETS INTO THAT DISCUSSION PHASE. AND WE CAN, WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR, VOTED FOR THE MOTION, YOU CAN'T VOTE AGAINST IT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? WELL, HOLD ON A SECOND. I DUNNO WHAT'S GOING [00:05:01] ON HERE. YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND JUST DO IT VERBALLY? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. ON ITEM FOUR ON CONSENT [4. CONSENT] AGENDA ON THE COURT, UH, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION FOR THAT. A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALE THE SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLLY MAY THE SECOND, UH, ON THE, THAT ITEM IS THE, ON THE DISCUSSION OF THAT IS ITEM A UNDER TWO, THREE AND FOUR, ITEM B ONE, UH, AND THREE ITEMS ON COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS ONE AND THREE. UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN PAPER? I DUNNO WHAT'S GOING ON? WHO MADE THAT MOTION? I DID. OKAY. WHO SECONDED. COMMISSIONER. COMMON. ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE. OH, UH, MAY I, UH, INTERRUPT ONE SECOND. IF YOU GUYS WILL NOTICE UNDER, UH, THE AUDITOR'S ITEMS, YOU SEE THE LITTLE PAPER CLIPS THERE ON YOUR SCREEN? I DON'T THINK Y'ALL CAN SEE IT NOW, BUT ANYWAY, UM, EVERYTHING IS ATTACHED TO THAT. THE, THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IS ACTUALLY THERE. UM, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT WHEN WE DO THE MINUTES. YOU CAN GO BACK AND OPEN UP. I'M SORRY. OKAY. UM, MOVE [5.A. Discussion/Take action on County Recognition Program - IT Department. (Judge Deen)] TO ITEM FIVE A ONE. UM, THIS WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ON. THIS IS A NEW, UM, PROGRAM OF WHAT WE DO IS, UH, WHERE THOSE PROGRAM, THOSE, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND REALLY ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NOTEWORTHY OF THIS TO BE RECOGNIZED. UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS START THIS PROGRAM. WHAT THIS IS, IS DISCUSSION AND TAKE ACTION ON THE COUNTY RECOGNITION PROGRAM FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT. I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE? UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE THE IT DEPARTMENT COME UP MORNING. SO BASICALLY IN OCTOBER OF 2020, THE PARKER COUNTY, UM, OFFICES WERE ATTACKED BY RANSOMWARE. NOW, WHILE THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT THREE, THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, UH, THIS VIRUS, UH, HASN'T HAPPENED TO MY KNOWLEDGE EVER BEFORE. BUT WHAT IT DID, IT HAD RIPING EFFECTS THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN EXPERIENCED BEFORE, AS I NOTED. BUT DUE TO THE, THE, THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE DELIVERED BY THE LEADERSHIP OF JAMES CAWOOD AND HIS TEAM, UH, IT HAS NOW EVEN BECOME AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THESE GOVERNMENTS ARE RAN BY THE IT DEPARTMENT. BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE AT THE TIME WE STRUGGLED. WE, UH, WENT THROUGH THIS TRYING TO GET OUTSOURCING ON THIS TO TRY TO IMMEDIATELY CONTAIN IT, BUT ALSO TO, TO FIX, TRY TO START THAT PROCESS OF GETTING IT FIXED. AND THAT WAS A VERY FRUSTRATING TIME, I THINK AS THE COURT WOULD KNOW. AND SO WHAT, WHAT THIS IS BASICALLY IS RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS THAT THE, THE LEADERSHIP OF JAMES BRINGING ON THE QUALITY AND THE CALIBER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, WHICH IS CUSTOMER DRIVEN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANTED, UH, IS TO COME IN, LISTEN TO WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND, AND SOLVE IT. AND I DON'T, I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I CAN MAKE A CALL AND YOU'RE THERE IN 20 MINUTES. IT JUST, IT AMAZES ME. BUT THAT, THAT TYPE OF WORK DESERVES RECOGNITION WITH THAT. AND SO REALLY INCLUDING THE UPDATED, THE PHONE SYSTEM, UPDATED PRINTERS, YOU PLATFORMS, AND ALL THIS AS A CONTINUATION OF HAVING A WELL-PROTECTED SYSTEM, COUNTYWIDE WAS TAKEN FOR GRANTED. UH, IT IS NOT ANY LONGER. AND SO IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION, YOUR SUPERIOR DEDICATION AND PERFORMANCE GIVEN TO PARKER COUNTY, UH, BY THE LEADERSHIP OF JAMES KAYWOOD AND HIS TEAM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE A VALUABLE MEMBER OF PARKER COUNTY. PLEASE GIVE 'EM A HAND. THANK YOU. JAMES, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY? NOT REALLY. THANK YOU. Y'ALL COME ON UP. I'VE GOT A, YOU NEED TO BE IN THE CENTER. DON'T KNOW. YOU NEED TO, DON'T LET HER. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE TWO PICTURES. HOLD ON. WE ALL SITUATED? OKAY. 1, 2, 3. LET'S DO ONE MORE. 1, 2, 3. OKAY. [00:10:19] WE KIND OF JUMPED AHEAD ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR? OH, DID WE NOT VOTE? WE DID NOT VOTE. PASSIFY VOTE. THANK YOU. [7. A. Proclaim November 6-11, 2023 as Veterans Week in Parker County. (John Hale / Judge Deen)] WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM 7:00 AM PRO CLAIM. NOVEMBER 6TH THROUGH 11TH, 2023 AS VETERAN WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY. I WOULD ASK FOR A VOTE. MIKE HAS, COMMISSIONER HILL HAS MADE THE, THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT AS I SECOND, UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR. WHAT IS PROCLAIMED? NOVEMBER 6TH THROUGH 11TH IS 2023 AS VETERANS WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY. UH, JOHN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. COMMISSIONERS, MS. DELE, MR. FORESTS. THIS IS MY 16TH YEAR TO ASK THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO, UH, HONOR THE VETERANS DURING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER THE 11TH, WHICH OF COURSE WAS THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE 105 YEARS, BUT IT, BUT IT HAS BEEN. UH, MY UNCLE WAS THERE. HE WAS HURT VERY BADLY IN THAT WAR. JUST REAL QUICK, LIKE, WELL, ME AND MY BROTHERS AND I, NEPHEWS, WE WOULD TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT. AND I REMEMBER ASKING HIM WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT AND HE SAID, WELL, I DIED. AND OF COURSE WE WERE LOOKING AT HIM WITH OUR 10 YEAR, 10 YEAR OLD INCRE DUALITIES, YOU KNOW, . HE SAID, NO, I HEARD THE HEARTS AND I WAS RISING UP AND I WAS GOING TO HEAVEN. IN FACT, THOSE BATTLEFIELDS WERE SOGGY. AND THOSE ARTILLERY SHELLS QUITE OFTEN WOULD GO INTO THE GROUND 3, 4, 5 FEET BEFORE THEY WOULD EXPLODE. ONE OF THEM DID. AND IT BLEW HIM UP AND OVER SOME TREES. AND HE ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HEAVEN. THEN HE SAID, THEN I WOKE UP AND I WAS BEING ROBBED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT EITHER. AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THE GREAT FLU PANDEMIC OF, UH, . 19 17, 18 AND 19. EVERYBODY IN THE HOSPITAL IN THE CLINICS WERE WEARING MASKS AND ALL THE GUYS THAT WOKE UP THOUGHT THEY WERE BEING ROBBED 105 YEARS AGO. UH, I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT RECOGNIZING VETERANS THIS WEEK. VETERANS DAY IS, UH, SATURDAY THE 11TH THIS TIME. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COURT TO INDU AND LET ME INTRODUCE TWO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE PARADE IF I MIGHT. MR. JOHN COBB IS A COMMANDER OF POST 1 63. MR. BRETT WATSON IS A FORMER COMMANDER AND HE IS ALSO THE FORMER COMMANDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AMERICAN LEGION. IF YOU WOULD, SIR, COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, JUDGE. I'M KINDA LIKE THAT BUMPER STICKER. I WASN'T BORN HERE, BUT I GOT HERE AS SOON AS I COULD. ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I MADE, PROBABLY WITH THE HELP OF THE US ARMY, BUT MY WIFE AND I TRAVELED QUITE A BIT. EVERYWHERE WE GO, I WEAR MY MILITARY CAP, MY ARMY CAP. NOT EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN STORES IN PARKER COUNTY, PEOPLE, WALMART ACADEMY, ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO, PEOPLE WILL STOP SHAKING HANDS, SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY CARE, THEY HONOR THEIR VETERANS. I HAD IN WALMART HERE JUST A MONTH AGO, MOTHER AND A LITTLE DAUGHTER AS SHE COME UP AND WALKED AROUND IN FRONT OF ME AND LOOKED UP AND SAID, SIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THAT'D GETS YOU RIGHT THERE. THAT GETS YOU. I THANK THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE IT SHOWS Y'ALL CARE ALSO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COURT. UH, LIKE I SAID, OUR VETERAN DAY PARADE IS GONNA BE ON NOVEMBER 11TH, SATURDAY. UM, WE'RE GONNA KICK OFF THE PARADE EXACTLY AT 10 O'CLOCK, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO A CEREMONY BEFORE THE PARADE, WHICH IS GOING TO KICK OFF AT NINE 30, [00:15:01] WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PLEDGE AND UM, THE LITTLE SPEECHES AND EVERYTHING, JUST A FEW. ONE OF THE THING I DO WANT EMPHASIZE ABOUT THE AMERICAN LEGION PARKER COUNTY DOES STAND BEHIND THE AMERICAN LEGION. OUR INCENTIVE THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR WAS FOR NATIONAL WAS BE THE ONE, BE THE ONE TO HELP OUT STOMP OUT VETERAN SUICIDE. YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 22 VETERANS A DAY COMMITTING SUICIDE. RIGHT NOW WE GOT AN AVERAGE OF 17 VETERANS A DAY. SO WE'RE HELPING OUT, BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US CAN HELP OUT A VETERAN. RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE EIGHT, UM, ITEMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET PASSED THROUGH CONGRESS, I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ASKED EVERY YEAR TO GO TO WASHINGTON DC AND WALK TO HALLS, TALK TO REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATORS ABOUT OUR VETERANS ISSUES. EACH ONE OF US CAN HELP OUT. IT'S CALLED VOTER VOICE.NET OR YOU CAN GO TO LEGION.ORG/ACTION. ONE OF THE THINGS RIGHT NOW, MAJOR THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO PASS THROUGH IS THE RICHARD OR MAJOR RICHARD STAR ACT, WHICH IS HELPING THE VETERANS THAT ARE IN MEDICAL RETIREMENT. IF THEY'RE LESS THAN 50% DISABILITY RATING TO THE VA, THEY'RE TAKING THAT OTHER 50% OUT OF THEIR MEDICAL RETIREMENT OUTTA THE SERVICE. THAT'S NOT FAIR, JUST BECAUSE THEY GOT INJURED AND THEY WERE INJURED OR GOT OUTTA THE SERVICE, THEY SHOULD STILL GET FULL RETIREMENT IF THEY GOT RETIRED OUTTA THE SERVICE. BUT THERE'S OTHER, OTHER ITEMS YOU CAN GO ON THERE. AGAIN, THAT IS LEGION.ORG/ACTION. ANYBODY CAN GO AND VOTE. YOU'LL REACH OUT TO YOUR SENATORS, YOUR CONGRESSMAN IN YOUR AREA. I DO IT EVERY DAY. I GOT A LETTER BACK FROM JOHN, SENATOR JOHN CORNY THE OTHER DAY, NICE FORM LETTER. HE'S STANDING BEHIND OUR VETERANS AND OUR PAC DECK AND EVERYTHING FOR THE VETERANS TO DECIDE. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, EVERYBODY. PLEASE BE SATURDAY, 10 O'CLOCK LINE, THE STREETS, OUR VETERANS. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IT'S DWINDLING EVERY YEAR, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE GOOD WEATHER. SO HOPE, SEE Y'ALL THERE. THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. COMMISSIONER'S COURT. I DO APPRECIATE IT. SO VERY MUCH RECOGNIZING THE VETERANS OF THIS COUNTY IN NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR. AND I HOPE TO BE HERE FOR MY NEXT 16 YEARS. YEAH. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, ON THE PROCLAMATION FOR VETERANS WEEK, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THAT OUT, UH, BRIEFLY ON THE, WHEREAS TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES IN THE UNITED STATES TO, UH, THE PAST CENTURY AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE IN THIS GREAT NATION. IN WORDS, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. AND WITH THIS OBSERVANCE, AND WE ARE REC REMINDED OF THE PRICE THAT HAS BEEN PAID AND CONTINUES TO BE PAID TO PROTECT THE VERY IDEALS OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE AND NATION. WHEREAS THE WEEK OF RECOGNITION, WE HONOR THE COURAGEOUS SERVICES AND SELFLESS SACRIFICE OF OUR VETERANS WHO OBSERVED ON THOSE LOST LIVES WHILE FIGHTING FOR A GREATER CAUSE. AND WHEREAS PARKER COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR VETERANS FOR THE DEVOTED SERVICE, UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM, AND TO NEVER FORGET THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE ON CONTINUE TO MAKE. SO WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY, THEREFORE BE IT NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF THIS COUNTY, A PARKER DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 6TH TO 11TH, 2023 AS VETERANS WEEK. AND CALL THIS OBSERVER FOR THE ATTENTION OF OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. PLEASE GIVE HIM A HAND. OKAY, WELL TAKE TWO. 1, 2, 3. ONE MORE. 1, 2, 3. VERY GOOD, JUDGE. THANK YOU. SO, MR. HALE, THANK YOU. I GOTTA, WE VOTED, VOTED WE OUGHT [00:20:01] TO VOTE. OKAY. DID WE VOTE? I, I STILL, OKAY, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE. OH, THANK YOU. NO. OKAY, WE GOT ITEM SIX, I'M SORRY. UM, [7.B. Proclaim October 22 - 28, 2023 as Texas Extension Education Association Week in Parker County. (Kathy Smith/Judge Deen)] SEVEN B, UM, PROCLAIM OCTOBER 22ND THROUGH 28TH. 2023 IS EDUCATION, TEXAS EDUCATION EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY OWE AS PROMOTIONS. COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S MADE THE MOTION WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PASS. FIVE VOTE. KATHY, YOU WANNA COME ON UP? JUDGE, DEAN AND COMMISSIONERS AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND TO PROMOTE OUR ORGANIZATION, EXTENSION EDUCATION. UH, THEY ARE A WONDERFUL GROUP. UH, BEEN AROUND ALMOST 97 YEARS AND PARKER COUNTY HAS SOME OF THE OLDEST GROUPS IN THE, IN THE STATE AND WE HAVE STILL HAVE SOME VERY ACTIVE MEMBERS. AND, UH, AND WE HAVE SOME THROUGH IT. WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD LEADERSHIP COME THROUGH AND THEY ARE VITAL TO ME AS THEY SUPPORT MY PROGRAMS AND ALL. BUT THEY DO A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. UH, WE HAVE STILL HAVE THREE. WE HAVE, UH, BETHEL HARMONY, WE HAVE COUNTRY CROSSROADS, AND WE HAVE SPRINGTOWN. AND THEY, NOT ONLY DO THEY SUPPORT THEIR MEMBERS, BUT THEY ALSO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES. AND WE JUST ASK THAT. UH, THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL SUPPORT. UH, Y'ALL DO A LOT FOR US AND WE JUST APPRECIATE IT. AND IT'S JUST A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE GOOD WORK THAT THESE LADIES DO. AND THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, UH, KAREN RUTHERFORD AND SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR AND SHE'S GONNA SPEAK A MINUTE. AND THEN, UM, ALSO WE HAVE MY SISTER KAREN. I GOT HER RIGGED INTO BEING A MEMBER. AND THEN WE HAVE LAQUITA GROOVER, GLENDA HINKEL. CAROL, CAROL, SORRY. I ALWAYS FORGET SOMEBODY ALICE. AND THEN WE HAVE FRANCIS LILY. AND THOSE ARE OUR MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW, GOOD MORNING YOUR HONOR. AND THE GENTLEMAN OF THE COURT. AS THE NEW COUNTY CHAIRMAN FOR THE EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF PARKER COUNTY AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF BETHEL HARMONY, IT BRINGS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU ALL. OUR THREE CLUBS IN THE COUNTY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD THIS YEAR WITH 6,322 VOLUNTEER HOURS, WHICH IS VALUED AT $224,912. WE ENJOY WORKING TOWARDS BRINGING A BIT OF RELIEF TO ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S DONATING SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO THE SCHOOLS, DONATING SNACKS AND PERSONAL ITEMS TO THE COUNSELOR'S CLOSET AT THE CENTER OF HOPE, ADOPTING A FIRE STATION, DONATING A HUNDRED BAGS WORTH OF A DAY OF MEALS IN A BAG. WE, WE DONATED A HUNDRED BAGS THAT GAVE A DAY'S WORTH OF MEALS TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND MANY MORE PROJECTS. WE'VE ALSO GIVEN, UM, SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE FOUR H SENIORS, WHICH HAS TOTALED $2,800. AND WE ALSO JOINED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS PAST YEAR. WE HAVE A CLUB IN SPRINGTOWN THAT IS 105 YEARS OLD. THE CLUB THAT I BELONG TO, BETHEL HARMONY IS 45 YEARS OLD AND COUNTRY CROSSROADS IS 25 YEARS OLD. WE HAVE TRAVELED TO BEAUMONT TO REPRESENT OUR COUNTY. AT THE STATE CONFERENCE, WE WENT TO BROWNWOOD AND TOURED THE FOUR H CENTER, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC PLACE. AND TO VERNON FOR OUR FALL TRAINING MEETING. TOMORROW, WE WILL BE AT THE TARGET PASSING OUT CUPCAKES TO THE COMMUNITY AND WEDNESDAY AND SPRINGTOWN AT BROOKSHIRES TO ALSO PASS OUT CUPCAKES TO THEIR COMMUNITY. WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE TO MAKE OURSELVES KNOWN BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE OR WHAT WE REPRESENT. AND WE HOPEFULLY WILL GROW MORE MEMBERSHIP. WE HAVE AN EXCITING YEAR AHEAD OF US. AND OUR NEXT EVENT IS GOING TO BE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS HERE AT THE CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH ON NOVEMBER 28TH. IF YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT OTHER OR YOURSELVES WANNA COME AND JOIN US, WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU. IT'S ON A TUESDAY AND I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER NOW TO LAQUITA GROOVER, WHO IS OUR DISTRICT THREE DIRECTOR. AND I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO [00:25:01] COME BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR HAVING US TODAY AND RECOGNIZING THAT THIS GROUP OF LADIES DONATE SO MUCH TO YOUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE THE HARDEST WORKING GROUP OF PEOPLE AND WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SEE HOW HARD WE WORK, THEY KIND OF SHY BACK. BUT MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, WE ARE AS SOCIAL AS THEY COME. WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN WHILE WE DO THIS. UM, THEY TRULY BELIEVE IN THEIR TIA MISSION. THE MISSION OF THE TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION IS TO WORK WITH THE TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE TO STRENGTHEN AND ENRICH FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. BUT ALL OF YOU LADIES THAT AREN'T A MEMBER, FEEL FREE TO JOIN US BECAUSE WE HAVE A BLAST WHILE WE DO IT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE HIM UP AND SPEAK ALSO? OKAY. UM, WE DIDN'T GET A MOTION ON THAT, DID WE? NO. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, ON THIS ITEM, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION. COMMISSIONER CONNELL'S MADE THE MOTION SECOND BY WALDEN. FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OKAY. GOOD. PASS FIVE. OH, THANK YOU. I'M GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION ON THE TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WEEK, WHEREAS THE TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES THE TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS ON THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 22ND THROUGH 28TH. 2023. UM, PARKER COUNTY EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. MEMBERS BELIEVE STRONG FAMILIES ARE BASIC TO THE WELLBEING OF TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. COOPERATES WITH TEXAS A M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE TO ATTAIN NATURAL MUTUAL GOALS BY CONDUCTING CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE CITIZENS OF PARKER COUNTY, WITH EXAMPLES OF INCLUDING HOME SAFETY, COOKING UNDER PRESSURE, INDOORS, GARDENING, PARENTING STEPS FOR HEALTHY LIVING, MINDFULNESS, HEARING LOSS IN THEIR HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAY AND SPRING PLAINS. AND WHEREAS THE PARKER COUNTY EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO MANY PARKER COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING PARKER COUNTY, FOUR H STARS AND STRIDES, GRACE HOUSE, SANCTIFIED HOPE, AND MANY OTHERS NOW WILL BE NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF PARKER. DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 22ND THROUGH 28 23 AS TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. PLEASE GIVE 'EM A HAND. THANK YOU. CAN ALL OF Y'ALL THAT'S ASSOCIATED, UM, WITH THE PROGRAM? COME ON UP. YOU GO. OH, OKAY. GO CENTER. I KNOW. DID IT GO AWAY? YEAH, IT WENT AWAY. HOW DO YOU PUT, LET ME TAKE A COUPLE, THEN I'LL GO BACK TO YOUR PHONE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ONE, TWO, THREE. 1, 2, 3. TAKE ONE MORE. I AM SORRY. . 1, 2, 3. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE BROUGHT YOU SOME GOODIES. PERFECT. [00:30:02] 10 TOMORROW. HEY JUDGE, BEFORE WE GET AWAY FROM PROCLAMATIONS, I THINK WE NEED TO A PROCLAMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE TEXAS RANGERS BASEBALL CLUB. SECOND. THAT MOTION I THAT I'LL MAKE THAT A MOTION. AND, AND COMMISSIONER HOLT HAS SECONDED THAT MOTION AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN HERE IS IN FAVOR OF IT. SO CAN WE ALSO NO. RANGERS CONDEMN HITTING, UH, TRASH CANS FOR SIGNALS. ABSOLUTELY. BOO. THE ASTROS BEST MOTION YET, COMMISSIONER? YEAH. ALRIGHT, WELL THEN ALL IN FAVOR. A IT'S UNANIMOUS PASSED 85 TO NOTHING. . I'LL MAKE SURE I PUT THAT IN. OKAY. WE'LL GO TO ITEM [7.C. Discuss/Authorize the County Judge to execute H-400 agreement for reappointment of Amy Crippen to the Local Workforce Development Board for a 3-year term. (Phedra Redifer / Amy Crippen / Judge Deen] SEVEN C AND DISCUSS, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE H 400 AGREEMENT FOR REAPPOINTMENT OF AMY CRIPPIN TO THE LOCAL WORKFORCE CIVILIAN AWARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION. MOTION MADE BY COMM COMMIT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. UH, COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAS MADE THE SECOND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. EVERYBODY SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PASS FIVE VOTE. HOW ARE Y'ALL? GREAT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UH, JUDGE, DEAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. I AM FAJA REDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AND I'M JOINED BY AMY CRIPPIN, WHO IS CURRENTLY A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEMBER WITH US. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU BEFORE YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF AMY CRIPPIN TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT WE REPRESENT THE 14 COUNTIES SURROUNDING DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES. WE ACTUALLY HAVE 28 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND OF COURSE WE DELIVER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS OF THE 14 COUNTIES. UH, AMY IS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT TODAY. SHE ACTUALLY FILLED A POSITION, UH, WHEN JENNY MORRIS HAD RESIGNED. I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO. YES MA'AM. AND AMY, UH, CRIPPIN STEPPED IN BEAUTIFULLY AND HAS REALLY SUPPORTED THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UH, TO FULFILL THAT TERM. AND OF COURSE, SHE IS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS. UH, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO REPRESENT OUR 14 COUNTIES TO NOMINATE, UH, AND APPOINT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEMBERS. UH, AMY HAS PASSED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. SHE HAS BEEN VETTED THROUGH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. VERY GOOD JOB. UH, SO WE ARE BRINGING HER FORWARD TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO APPOINT HER FOR A THREE YEAR TERM ON THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? WHAT? SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I GUESS I'M SO SORRY. YES, SIR. MY NAME IS AMY CRIPPEN AND, UM, JUST AS WE THINK SHE MENTIONED, I FINISHED OUT THE OTHER JENNY MORRIS, WHO PROCEEDED ME IN MY POSITION, HER TERM, AND HAVE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL AND ENJOYED SERVING IN THIS ROLE. AND SO, UM, I CURRENTLY WORK FOR WEATHERFORD I S D AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH SUPPORTS THE, OUR, UM, SPORTS LEAGUES IN WEATHERFORD. UM, WE DO VOLLEYBALL, WE DO CONTINUING EDUCATION, WE DO KID UNITE AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES AND WE ALSO, UM, SPONSOR ADULT EDUCATION FOR PARKER COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. SO IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE TO CONTINUE IN THIS ROLE AND, UM, SERVE ANOTHER THREE YEARS IF, IF OKAYED. AMY, CAN YOU SHOW US YOUR T-SHIRT? I KNOW, I'M LIKE, I'M DRESSED FOR THE KITCHEN . IT'S RED DAY AND WEATHERFORD I S D AS WELL AS I AM A RANGER FAN. . OKAY. THANK YOU AMY FOR STEPPING UP HERE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? WE ALREADY VOTED. OH, WE DID? OKAY. I'LL GET IT RIGHT IN A MINUTE. [4.D.1. Interdepartmental transfers of equipment and inventory reports.] OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM D ONE ON INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFER EQUIPMENT. INDIVIDUAL REPORTS. AGAIN, THANK YOU. WE'RE, WE'RE DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU'ALL. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WOULD I ASK FOR A MOTION FOR THIS? THERE, THERE ARE NONE. THERE'S NONE. OH, THANK YOU. GOOD. [4.D.2. Accept/Reject/Renew PC 18-34 Disaster Debris Removal Monitoring. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] ITEM TWO AND EXCEPT REJECT RENEW PC 1834 DISASTER DEBRIS REMOVAL MONITORING. NOTICE FOR MOTION. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. HA. OKAY, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. KIM REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO RENEW THIS R F P PC 18 DASH 34 FOR DISASTER DEBRIS REMOVAL MONITORING. IT'S AWARDED TO T L C ENGINEERS. UM, THIS CONTRACT SERVES A, WE'VE NEVER UTILIZED THIS CONTRACT, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT IN PLACE. UM, IF THERE'S EVER ANY NATURAL DISASTER OR ANY OTHER OCCURRENCE THAT CAUSES ANY DAMAGE TO, UM, THE COUNTY THAT REQUIRES CLEANUP AND DEBRIS AND DEBRIS REMOVAL AND SO FORTH, [00:35:01] UM, THAT IS EXCEEDS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEN WE WOULD UTILIZE THIS CONTRACT. AND THIS IS TO MONITOR ANOTHER CONTRACT WOULD BE, WHICH WOULD BE FOR THE RE ACTUAL REMOVAL OF THE DEBRIS. UM, IN ORDER TO GET FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, WE, THIS, THESE TWO, UM, CONTRACTS ARE REQUIRED. SO THIS WOULD BE THROUGH THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 13TH THROUGH OF 2023 THROUGH NOVEMBER 12TH TO 2024 UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS. AND THE VENDOR HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE RENEWAL. OKAY. ANY GOOD DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PASS FIVE VOTE. THANK YOU KIM. UM, GIMME THE AUDIENCE HERE. KIM, YOU MIGHT STAY WHERE YOU ARE. I'M GONNA HAVE TO MOVE, MOVE DOWN TO ITEM [7.O. Discuss/Take action on renewal of lease for the Senior Center. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] SEVEN. OH, DISCUSSION. TAKE ACTUAL RENEWAL OF LEASE ON THE SENIOR CENTER, JOHN, IF YOU WOULD. AND THIS IS A ANNUAL ANNUAL LEASE, UH, SCENE. WELL BASICALLY NEED A MOTION ON THIS BEFORE WE CAN GET TO THE DISCUSSION PHASE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. WE'RE PROCEED. UH, CURRENTLY MILLS ON WHEELS AND THE COMMITTEE ON AGING HOUSE AND THE, UH, STRUCTURE THAT WE OWN ON, I THINK IT'S HOME LAKE 2, 2 5 HOME LAKE, IS THAT CORRECT? 1225. 1225 MM-HMM. . AND BASICALLY THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF GREAT SERVICES HERE TO THE WHOLE COUNTY. UH, ESPECIALLY THE MILLS ON WHEELS SERVICES. THEY PROVIDE, UH, BELIEVE ON A DAILY BASIS THEY PROVIDE LUNCH TO OVER A HUNDRED SENIORS HERE IN PARKER COUNTY AND MORE WELCOME IF, IF THEY CHOOSE TO ATTEND. BUT THIS WOULD JUST ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A LEASE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FROM YEAR TO YEAR AT A MINIMAL COST. AND TOM IS HERE TO VISIT A LITTLE BIT. HE IS NOW OR CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGING. YES. TOM, DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING? SHE'S THE BOSS OR KIRSTEN, I'M SORRY. . HE JUST DOESN'T LIKE TO SPEAK. UM, YES, SO AS, UM, SOME OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD A SIGNED AGREEMENT IN PLACE SINCE 2005 WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN AT 1225. UM, WE DID MEET IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME, OCTOBER 24TH OF LAST YEAR, UM, TO START DISCUSSING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, UM, WITH THE BUILDING WE'RE IN, WHAT THE AGREEMENT LOOKED LIKE, UM, AND WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS. UM, I DID SPEAK WITH JOHN FORREST. HE HAD EMAILED THE, UH, LEASE AGREEMENT OVER THIS MORNING. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. UH, SO I WILL CALL AN EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS SO THEY ARE ABLE TO REVIEW IT, UM, AND APPROVE AS WELL. JOHN, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD TO THIS? UM, BASICALLY A SUGGESTION AS FAR AS COST WOULD BE $10, ANOTHER VALUABLE AND GOOD CONSIDERATION, MEANING, UH, THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE FOR MEALS ON WHEELS AND ALSO THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE THE SENIORS. I BELIEVE Y'ALL HAVE ADDITIONAL CLASSES. COULD YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT ALL Y'ALL HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE SENIORS? YEAH, SO, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS, WE SERVE ROUGHLY 250 PEOPLE, WHICH IS ABOUT 5,000 MEALS A MONTH. UM, BETWEEN OUR HOT CLIENTS AND OUR COUNTY CLIENTS, WHICH RECEIVE FROZENS, UM, THOSE ARE DISPERSED FIVE DAYS A WEEK. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER, WHICH, UM, THOSE ARE ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE NOT HOME DOWN, THAT ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND JOIN ACTIVITIES. UM, IN THE SENIOR CENTER PORTION THAT IS OPEN ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY NOW, UM, WE SEE ROUGHLY ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THERE. UH, AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF THINGS FOR THEM TO DO. WE DO SERVE LUNCH THAT, UM, IN THERE AS WELL. THEY HAVE BOOKING CLUB, BOOK CLUB, WALKING CLUB, ART CLUB, ART OF COLORING POOL, SHUFFLEBOARD, I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, WE HAVE IT. WE WANNA GIVE THEM A GOOD VARIETY FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T STUCK IN THEIR HOME FOR SOCIALIZATION TO COME INTO THE CENTER. UM, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO CATER TO BOTH FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T ABLE TO COME AND SEE US FOR MEALS ON WHEELS. UM, AND WE CAN PUT A SMILING FACE AT THEIR DOOR THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF MEALS ON WHEELS AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF. AND THE BINGO I WAS ABOUT TO SAY. AND LOTS OF BINGO. YES. THROUGHOUT THE BINGO. BINGO'S MOST IMPORTANT, THEY DO LOVE THEIR BINGO. SO SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR HERE, UM, IT LEAVES ME THE ONLY OPTION OF MOVING TO AMEND THAT MOTION BY ADDING THE, UH, WORDS A UH, RATE OF $10. ANOTHER VALUABLE CONSIDERATION TO THAT MOTION. SO THAT'S MY AMENDMENT. OKAY. WE HAVE AMENDED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALTER. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HELM. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PASS FIVE, BILL. THANK YOU. AND, AND JUDGE, ONE LAST THING. DO Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP? WE DO. SO THURSDAY IS ONE OF OUR MANY FUNDRAISERS. WE ARE SOLD OUT THANKFULLY, UH, BURGERS AND BINGO THURSDAY EVENING, FIVE 30 TO EIGHT. UM, WE TRY TO DO FOUR MANY FUNDRAISERS A YEAR. AND THEN OUR BIG SENIOR PROM AND GALA WILL BE IN MARCH. UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL GENERATE A LOT OF REVENUE FOR OUR SERVICES. IT DID REALLY WELL FOR OUR FIRST ONE LAST YEAR. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UM, [00:40:01] YOU CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW US. WE UPDATE OUR WEBSITE AND OUR FACEBOOK IF Y'ALL ARE EVER INTERESTED IN COMING AND SUPPORTING. UH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER FUNDRAISER DECEMBER, UM, WHICH IS OUR JINGLE AND MINGLE. SO WE'LL HAVE HAY RIDES, PICTURES WITH SANTA. Y'ALL CAN BRING THE KIDS. YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE WITH SANTA IF YOU'D LIKE. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE LOCAL VENDORS AND WE'LL DO A, A SACK, A SACK DINNER, WHICH WILL BE A PULL PORK SANDWICH. SO, OKAY. JUST SOME THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. THANK YOU. I THANK Y'ALL FOR THE WORK. THANK YOU. WELL, I HEAR NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS FROM THE SENIOR CENTER AND HAVING BEEN THERE, I OBSERVE THOSE THINGS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU MUCH, WE REALLY LOVE WHAT WE DO. THE SENIORS ARE OUR PASSION. WE DON'T EVER TAKE A BREAK SOMETIMES . UM, BUT WE'RE HERE FROM THEM. THEY WORK THEIR ENTIRE LIFE TO GIVE BACK TO US AND WE WANNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GIVE BACK TO THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE THE FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY NOW? IT IT DOES. THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE FUNDING FOR MILLS ON WHEELS. UH, THAT WOULD ALSO, ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THE COUNTY MAY GIVE TO COMMITTEE ON AGING MILLS ON WHEELS THAT WOULD COMPLY WITH THAT. YOU ALSO HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS HERE THAT, THAT Y'ALL NEED? UM, YES. SO I HAVE, UH, LINDA, ER, OUR BOARD JUST, UH, REELECTED AS OF OCTOBER 1ST. UH, SO LINDA ER SERVES ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UM, DANIEL MONTGOMERY IS HERE AS WELL. HE IS A NEWLY APPOINTED BOARD, UH, MEMBER AS WELL. AND THEN A COUPLE OF OUR SENIORS AND VOLUNTEERS ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. DENISE AND PAM. AM I MISSING ANYBODY ELSE? JENNIFER. JENNIFER. WELL, AND OF COURSE JENNIFER. YEAH, SHE WORKS FOR US. UH, JENNIFER IS OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. EVERYBODY KNOWS HER AS THE BINGO QUEEN. SO IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN, UM, CALLING BINGO, PLEASE GET WITH HER. WE'D LOVE TO PUT YOU ON THE SCHEDULE. I MIGHT POINT OUT IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB. NO, NO IT'S NOT. I MUST SAY THE PAY RATE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS IS REALLY GOOD. , YOU GOTTA GO A CERTAIN PACE. SOMETIMES IT SLOWS DOWN AND SPEEDS UP. SO, BUT WE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, UM, FOR THAT BUILDING. UM, THE PAST THREE YEARS, UH, PROGRAMS HAS, HAS REALLY GROWN AND WE'RE GONNA SEE IT CONTINUE TO GROW. OKAY. AND, UH, YOUR SUPPORT IS REALLY VALUABLE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ON FLOOR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE ALREADY VOTED. THANK YOU. I GOTTA MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. SO WE KEEP UP WITH THAT. OKAY, LET'S MOVE [4.D.3. Accept/Reject/Renew PC21-37 Hauling Services. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] BACK TO ITEM THREE AND ACCEPT, REJECT, RENEW PC 2137 HAULING SERVICES. DOES THAT ASK FOR MOTION? WAIT, WAIT, WHERE ARE WE? OKAY, THAT ITEM THREE, D THREE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HEALTH. HAVE A SECOND. SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. SO THIS BID, UH, PC 21 DASH 37 HAULING SERVICES FOR PARKER COUNTY IS AWARDED TO 37 TRUCKING. THEY'VE REQUESTED, UM, THE RENEWAL AND, UH, FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, 2024, UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS TITLE? ALL A FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. JACOB, DO YOU HAVE A BUTTON TO PUSH OR DO YOU YOU HAVE TO JUST JACOB. OKAY. SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PASS FIVE. OH, OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO KIM. I'M GONNA HAVE YOU SIT DOWN FOR A SECOND. SORRY. I, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'LL PAY, I'LL PAY FOR THAT LATER. WE MOVE DOWN [7.E. Approve contracts for November 7, 2023 General and Special Elections, authorize County Attorney to sign contracts. (Crickett Miller / John Forrest / Judge Deen)] TO ITEM E ON APPROVED CONTRACTS FOR NUMBER OF 7 20, 23 GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS AUTHORIZED COUNTY ATTORNEY TO SIGN CONTRACTS THAT ASKS FOR MOTION. AND I'M GONNA HAVE CRICKET GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT. AND, UH, WELL WE, WE NEED A MOTION. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION BEFORE WE CAN MAKE A MOTION. JUDGE. WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE INFORMATION. I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING FOR. UNDERSTOOD. BUT WHAT IT DOES IS GET IT TO THE DISCUSSION PHASE AND THEN WE GET THE DISCUSSION AND THEN IT CAN, YOU CAN VOTE IT DOWN IF YOU'D LIKE. THAT'S THE WHOLE PROCESS OF DOING IT THIS WAY IS GETTING INTO ONE DISCUSSION PHASE RATHER THAN DISCUSSING IT AND THEN GOING INTO THE DISCUSSION PHASE AGAIN. IS IT FAIR TO GET A DESCRIPTION FIRST THOUGH? JUST, JUST SO THAT WE KNOW. 'CAUSE 'CAUSE ON SOME OF THESE, IF WE MAKE A MOTION, IF THE, IF THE VERBIAGE HERE ON THE AGENDA IS NOT SPECIFIC, WELL HOPEFULLY WE CAN CLARIFY THAT DURING THE DISCUSSION PHASE AND UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS MAKE MORE EFFICIENT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE, WE DISCUSS IT AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO ANOTHER DISCUSSION. WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS LIMIT THAT TO ONE DISCUSSION AND BE MORE EFFICIENT. MANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES DO THAT. IT'S JUST FOLLOWING PROTOCOL. I THINK IT [00:45:01] WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT IF WE HAD A, A, A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE ITEM CONTAINS FROM STAFF, THAT WOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED AT THAT POINT. THAT WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER. BUT A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM IS, THEN A MOTION AND SECOND, AND THEN DISCUSSION IS, IS THE WAY I SEE IT. AND I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO THROW ROCKS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, I, I, I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION ON SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. AT SOME POINT I HAVE TO HAVE THE DESCRIPTION OF IT IF I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AND THAT JUST DESCRIBES IT AND I'M JUST, OKAY. SO, SO BASICALLY CRICKET, WHAT YOU'LL DO IS IF YOU WOULD JUST SUMMARIZE THIS BEFORE WE GO INTO DISCUSSION, I WOULD ASK FOR THE MOTION. WE'LL DO THAT. WE'LL TRY TO OKAY. TRY TO FOLLOW WHAT THE COURT WANTS TO DO HERE. OKAY. IF YOU WOULD PROCEED. GOOD MORNING. UM, THIS IS OUR CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE ENTITIES THAT WE'RE HOLDING THEIR ELECTION FARM AND EARLY VOTING STARTED TODAY WE HAVE SEVEN OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE ON THE ELECTION WITH US THIS TIME. WE HAVE PARKER COUNTY AND THEN WE HAVE AZEL, I S D, VILLE, I, SS D, GRANBERRY, I S D, SPRINGTOWN, I S D CRESCENT, CROSSROADS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. MORNINGSTAR RANCH, MU MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. AND THEN TOWN OF DENNIS ARE ALL CONTRACTING WITH US TO HOLD THIS ELECTION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE CO UH, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ASSIGN THE CONTRACTS. OKAY. THE MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALL WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HELLMAN, THE DISCUSSION PHASE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS TO I, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. WOULDN'T WE NORMALLY HAVE DONE THIS SOONER THAN LATER? NO. SOMETIMES WE DON'T DO IT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. YES SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A OPPOSED? IF YOU DIDN'T OPPOSE IT, YOU PASSED IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHICH ONE? THAT WAS ONE. I THOUGHT WE WENT TO WHAT YOU HONOR OR YOU DID O SO CRICKET CAN, IT'S NOT O IT'S K. IS IT K? YEP. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE [7.K. Discussion/Action regarding Pre-Numbered Ballots for elections. (Commissioner Walden)] TO ITEM K ON DISCUSSION. ACTION. REGARDING PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS. REELECTIONS, UH, CRICKET, CAN YOU COME BACK UP? SHOULD LEAVE, YEAH. SO YOU GOT BACK THERE. I COULDN'T SEE YOU. SORRY, I MADE YOU. WAIT. UH, CAN YOU GIVE A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING HERE? THIS IS NOT MY AGENDA ITEM. IT IT IS, IT'S MY AGENDA ITEM. AND I, I'VE BEEN ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES. AGAIN, I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY HANDLED THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COVER IT AGAIN, JUDGE. UM, SO, UM, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US INFORMATION REGARDING THAT THAT OKAY. ABOUT THAT ITEM? YES SIR. IT WILL HELP US. OKAY. SO TO HAVE PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS, UM, WE CAN ORDER THE BALLOTS. WE HAVE TO ORDER THEM 20 WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE ELECTION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE. UM, WE HAVE TO ORDER A MINIMUM OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHICH IS OKAY FOR US 'CAUSE WE HAVE 119,900 SOMETHING REGISTERED VOTERS AS OF TODAY. UM, THE ONLY ISSUES IS, IS STORAGE, UM, WHICH WE'D HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL STORAGE. UM, ONCE YOU DO ORDER THE BALLOTS FOR A SPECIFIC ELECTION, YOU CANNOT USE 'EM FOR ANY OTHER ELECTION. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEM ALL PUT IN STORAGE AFTER THE ELECTION FOR THE 22 MONTH RETENTION PERIOD. UM, THE COST ON 'EM, YOU'RE ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 30,000 PER ELECTION. COULD I INTERRUPT YOU JUST A SECOND? YEP. AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH THE COST OF THE BLANK BALLOTS THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE USING? WELL, THE BLANK BALLOTS ARE 20 CENTS A PIECE RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM. . UM, THE THING IS, IS WE JUST ORDER 'EM PER ELECTION. WELL, WE DON'T ORDER, WE ORDER 'EM FOR THE YEAR AND ALL THE BALLOTS THAT WE HAVE NOW WE CAN USE FOR EXTRA ELECTION. SO IF I HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION, WE CONTINUE TO USE THAT SUPPLY. RIGHT. THEY'RE 20 CENTS A PIECE. HOW MUCH ARE THE, I'M I'M MISSING? NO, THEY'RE $208 FOR A CASE OF A THOUSAND. OKAY. SO SOMEBODY'D HAVE TO DO, IF WE HAD TO GO WITH THE 14 INCH BALLOTS OR $268 A CASE MM-HMM. . SO WHAT IS THIS ITEM ON HERE FOR? ARE WE TRYING TO GO TO NUMBERED BALLOTS OR? I'VE BEEN ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR, FOR US TO HAVE THAT. AND SO I WANTED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AS TO WHY WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION PREVIOUSLY THAT WE HAVE HAD AND, AND THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DO IT FOR THIS CURRENT ELECTION, OBVIOUSLY. CORRECT. BUT IT HAS TO BE A, A 20 WEEK LEAD TIME. CORRECT. AND THE, THE OTHER THING THAT I, I GET ASKED ABOUT IS, UM, WHAT ABOUT BUYING BLANK BALLOTS IN US MANUALLY OR WITH SOME KIND OF DEVICE, PUTTING NUMBERS ON THOSE. I THINK SOME OTHER COUNTIES DO THAT AS WELL, CORRECT? YES, SIR. UM, TALK ABOUT THAT. THE ONLY THING IS, IS I JUST DON'T HAVE THE OFFICE STAFF FOR THAT AND I DID NOT BUDGET THAT INTO STAFF. RIGHT. OKAY. WE HAVE A SCOPE OF THE MEETING. AGAIN, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST POINT OUT IS THAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION AND OR ACTION. AND I HAVE NO MOTION. IT WAS JUST SIMPLY FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. I HAVE, I HAVE A COMMENT. I GUESS. [00:50:01] SO IF WE WERE TO DO THIS FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MM-HMM. , WHICH WOULD BE NEXT NOVEMBER, WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE ACTION APPROXIMATELY IN MARCH TO APRIL. CORRECT. 20 WEEKS PRIOR TO. AND IS THAT 20 WEEKS CUTTING IT TO THE BONE? IN OTHER WORDS, IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF WE TOOK ACTION 30 WEEKS OUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES SIR. YES. SO IF WE WANT TO DO THIS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BEHOOVE US TO LOOK AT IT SOMETIME AROUND FEBRUARY. IS THAT FAIR? CORRECT. YES SIR. THAT THIS, BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO DESIGNATE 'EM TO THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES, I MEAN TO THE DIFFERENT POLL SITES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO SEPARATE 'EM OUT. AND SO AT THIS POINT, UH, MARCH PRIMARY IT'S OUT. IT'S OUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME. CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THOSE THINGS. WOULD, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, TO CHECK THE COST DIFFERENCE? LIKE THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR NUMBERED BALLOTS? IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS 5 CENTS A BALLOT. THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL COST. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND. EXCEPT THAT PER THOUSAND, IT'S $268 PER THOUSAND. YEP. SO WHAT IS THAT DIVIDED? 26 CENTS. 26 CENTS. SO IT'S 6 CENTS, 7 CENTS. OKAY. AND YOU'RE ALSO BUYING 120,000 EACH TIME? YEAH, WELL YOU'RE GONNA BE BUYING 125,000 'CAUSE YOU HAVE SPOILAGE AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO STORE THAT. WHEREAS NOW IF WE HAVE AN ELECTION IN MAY AND WE ONLY USE 20,000 BALLOTS, WE WOULD HAVE THAT 80,000 STILL OR 90,000 STILL TO USE FOR OTHER ELECTIONS. SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO STORE THAT. WE WOULD JUST KEEP IT IN OUR OFFICE AND USE IT AGAIN. CRICKET. IF I COULD ASK WHEN FEBRUARY ROLLS AROUND, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND HAVING SOME FIRM NUMBERS THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON REGARDING, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SPECIAL STORAGE REQUIREMENTS OR IF ANY WELL, IT HAS TO BE LIKE CLIMATE CONTROLLED AND ALL THAT. SURE. SO YOU CAN'T GO BELOW I THINK 73 DEGREES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND YOU CAN'T GO, MAYBE IT CAN'T GO ABOVE 73 AND YOU CAN'T GO BELOW 40 OR 50 DEGREES. WHAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US IS IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS AGAIN, AND RICH, IF YOU DON'T MIND MAKING A NOTE FOR THIS TO BE ON A FEBRUARY, I HOPE COMMISSIONER WALDEN CORRECT. STEPPING ON YOUR TOES. CORRECT. YOU'RE NOT. UM, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE A FULL CASE PROPOSAL OF HERE'S WHAT THE STORAGE COST EXACTLY WOULD BE, HERE'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO ME, THE ONE THAT'S THE MOST, UH, CONCERNING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, IS, IS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SO I DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR DUCKS IN A ROW FOR THAT. YES SIR. SO ARE WE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BALLOTS THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW? IS THAT WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO NUMBERED BALLOTS? UH, KATIE, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT YOU'D PREFER? OR IS THERE A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WANTING TO GO TO NUMBERED BALLOTS OR YEAH, I I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. UH, YOU KNOW, FOR CRICKET, UM, WOULD THIS MAKE OUR BALLOTING MORE SECURE? BECAUSE OUR, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, OUR BALLOTS ARE COUNTED VERY CAREFULLY AND THEY ARE IDENTIFIED BY A CODE ON THEM. SO THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY WITH OUR CURRENT SITUATION, WITH BALLOTS OF LOSING BALLOTS, WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY WE HAVE. WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY WERE VOTED OR SPOILED, AND WE ACCOUNT FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. MM-HMM. WITH OUR CURRENT, OUR CURRENT POSITION. SO WHAT ARE WE GAINING OTHER THAN SPENDING A BUNCH OF MONEY? THAT'S WHAT I, WHAT I WHAT ARE WE GAINING? THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION. THAT'S WHAT I, SO THE, THE, UH, THE BALANCE CURRENTLY ARE NUMBERED AS THEY ARE? NO, THEY'RE NOT NUMBERED. BUT THEY, THEY, NO, NO. THEY, THEY RECEIVE A NUMBER WHEN THEY'RE VOTED. YES. YES. CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT ANSWERS SOME OF MY QUESTIONS IS OTHER THAN IS THERE A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WANTING TO GO TO NUMBERED BALLOTS OR NOT? 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT WE'RE GAINING ANYTHING GOING NUMBER. I THINK IT'S, WE I THINK IT'S THE COURT'S DECISION HERE. YEAH. BUT WE DO NEED TO KNOW THE ACTUAL NUMBERS AND, AND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO US AS TAXPAYERS. YEP, NO PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MR. HEISER. YES, SIR. HI, RICHARD HEISER, THE, UH, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE LAW AND WHAT THE LAW HAS RIGHT NOW ABOUT NUMBERED BALLOTS. AND I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION. I THINK THEN IT, IT'S EITHER THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT MAKES THE FINAL DECISION, BUT IN STATE LAW, NUMBERED BALLOTS ARE THERE. OKAY. AND THEY HAVEN'T UPDATED THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS NOW ARE SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT TO GO BY THE LAW. AND THESE ARE PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS. THE PARTICULAR ONES RIGHT NOW ARE NOT PRE-NUMBERED. THEY BASICALLY ARE NUMBERED AS THEY VOTE. SO THEREIN IS WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH IS, IS A LAW SITUATION VERSUS WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO. SO. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY [00:55:01] THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE, THE LAW THAT EVERYBODY KEEPS TALKING ABOUT WAS WRITTEN IN 1985. AND WE ARE NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS IN OUR COUNTY. 'CAUSE WE USE A HYBRID SYSTEM, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE 1985 LAW. AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF, AND JOHN PROBABLY TELL YOU THAT IT'S HOW EVERYBODY INTERPRETS THE LAW. WE CAN BOTH READ THE SAME LAW AND I INTERPRET IT ONE WAY AND YOU INTERPRET IT ANOTHER WAY. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE ISSUE IS. IT WASN'T THERE A AN OPINION ON IT AS WELL? THAT WAS YES SIR. ISSUED YES. AND WHAT, WHAT DID THAT OPINION SAY BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE? IT JUST SAID THAT WE'RE USING THE HYBRID SYSTEM AND THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CORRECT. SO THANK YOU CRICKET. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM D THREE AND ACCEPT, REJECT, RENEW ON THE PC 21 DASH 37 HAULING SERVICES OR WHAT? ASK FOR A MOTION. WE DID THAT ONE. WE DID ALREADY. MM-HMM. , I DID NOT CIRCLE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM [4.D.4. Authorization to Advertise PC24-10 Sell of Weapons & Accessories. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] FOUR, AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 24 DASH 10 CELL OF WEAPONS AND ACCESSORIES. I'D ASK FOR A MOTION. SO I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 24 10. KIM, CAN WE GET A, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, DO Y'ALL NEED A SUMMARY OF THIS OR WHAT IT IS FIRST? ACTUALLY I DO. OKAY, GO AHEAD. PROCEED. UM, THE CELL OF WEAPONS AND ACCESSORIES FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS A SURPLUS OF, UM, AMMO AND WEAPONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UM, GET RID OF. AND TYPICALLY IN THE PAST WE HAVE TRADED THOSE AND RECEIVED CREDIT FROM A PARTICULAR, UH, LOCAL VENDOR. AND IN ORDER TO BE FAIR TO OTHER VENDORS OR SO FORTH, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD, IT'S BEST IF WE CREATE A BID FOR THESE, UM, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS. UM, THESE WEAPONS AND, AND ACCESSORIES. UM, EVERYBODY HAS AN EQUAL SHOT TO THOSE. DID YOU WANNA COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? QUESTION. OKAY. SO I, I'LL UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THAT ITEM MOTION BE, UH, BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SAY GOODBYE. COMMISSIONER HALE. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? GETTING ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. WHEN YOU SAY ANYBODY CAN BID ON THESE, DOES THAT MEANS ANYBODY? I BELIEVE SO, JOHN. THAT COULD BE A BUSINESS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE BE A REGISTERED. UM, WELL I WAS GONNA ASK, IS IT IS GONNA BE A SELL 'EM ALL TO ONE PERSON OR ARE THEY'RE GONNA BE SOLD BY VIA THE COUNTY PROCESS? THEY'LL THAT SEPARATELY WITH, WITH UM, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF GUN AND, AND EVERYTHING AND THEY'LL BE ITEMIZED INDIVIDUALLY ON THE BID. SO THEY COULD BE SOLD TO SET, YOU KNOW, SINGLE. ARE WE, WILL WE SELL 'EM ON OUR COUNTY AUCTION SIDE OR HOW ARE WE GONNA SELL 'EM? I'LL DO THAT. YOU'LL YOU'LL TAKE BIDS FOR THEM BY SEALED BID? YES. OKAY. YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW, UH, I OTHER, I GUESS COUNTIES DO THIS, BUT NORMALLY THERE'S AN F F L DEALER INVOLVED IN THE TRANSACTION. SURE. SOMEHOW IF THEY'RE THE CLEARING HOUSE, BECAUSE THE PAPERWORK HAS TO BE OBVIOUSLY FILLED OUT AND THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO BUY 'EM HAVE TO BE LEGALLY, YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZED TO, TO PURCHASE A FIREARM. TWO 20 OR 200. HOW MANY ARE THERE FOR SALE? RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE, UH, CLOSE TO A HUNDRED. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE AWARDED BACK THROUGH US THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM, UH, THROUGH VARIOUS THINGS. EVIDENTIARY OR RIGHT. OR CERTAIN CRIMES. THEY, THAT MONEY GO BACK TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. OKAY. THEY CAN GO TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY JUST, IT WOULD GO TO THE GENERAL FUND FIRST, BUT IT CAN BE DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY TO GO BACK TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE, WE COULD SPLIT IT. SO TYPICALLY ON THINGS LIKE THIS, WE SPLIT 'EM UP INTO LOTS OR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. UM, THE WAY TARRANT COUNTY DOES, THEY SELL 'EM INDIVIDUALLY. UM, WE CAN DO THIS AND CHANGE IT AND MAKE IT AS A SELL TO ONE VENDOR WITH PROOF AND EVIDENTIARY OF, OF UH, A LICENSE. AND, AND THEY WILL TO PROVIDE PROOF THAT THEY'RE AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE THOSE. IF THAT'S HOW THE COURT, SO CAN IT BE A A, AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S LEGAL TO PURCHASE A SAY A WEAPON? I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE CAN SET IT THAT WAY IF WE CHOOSE TO, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER. SURE. JOHN AND I DO SOME INVESTIGATING RESEARCH ON THAT. UM, FIGURE OUT I DID, SO I CONTACTED SEVERAL, UM, COUNTIES AND TARRANT COUNTY IS THE ONE THAT RESPONDED AND, AND THEY SENT US ALL THEIR BID DOCUMENTS AND STUFF AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA UTILIZE. UM, JOHN AND I CAN FURTHER INVESTIGATE AND DO THAT. WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A WAY THAT'S FAIR TO ALL AND NOT JUST ONE VENDOR TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PURCHASE THESE ITEMS. SO JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WEAPONS THAT HAVE BEEN SEIZED, ACQUIRED BY THE, SO DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THEY [01:00:01] WERE IN BAD GUY'S POSSESSION, WHATEVER, AND, AND VARIOUS REASONS THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED BACK TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THROUGH THE COURTS. SURE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING A BID PROCESS WHERE THOSE WEAPONS CAN BE PURCHASED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANYONE AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT A, I WOULD ASSUME AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT A FELON OR LONG AS THEY PASS THE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COUNTY CAN ACT AS A, AS A FIREARMS DEALER. MM-HMM. I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A FIREARMS DEALER INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS SOMEHOW. YEAH. SO YEAH. I I THE AUCTION SERVICE THAT WE UTILIZE AS A COUNTY FROM TIME TO TIME HAS FIREARMS. YOU SAY ROSS VANDY HAS A FIREARMS YES. OKAY. THROUGH, THROUGH A THIRD PARTY THAT, THAT MANAGES THE PAPERWORK. SO MAYBE THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE NEED TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS INSTEAD OF US DOING AN IN-HOUSE BID. RIGHT. THIS JUST, WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN UP A DISCUSSION TO GET, TO BE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF THESE IN A FAIR MANNER. YEAH. I THINK THEY NEED TO GO THE COUNTY, UH, THROUGH THE AUCTION PROCESS. AUCTION PROCESS. OKAY. AND, AND RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S THEN GOING TO GO THROUGH A THIRD PARTY, UH, FOR THE PAPERWORK TO ENSURE THAT THAT PERSON, THAT THAT BUYER IS QUALIFIED TO PURCHASE. SO THERE'LL BE AN ADDITIONAL FEE ON TOP OF IT, BUT I THINK IT HAS TO BE A SPECIAL AUCTIONEER THAT'S LEGAL TO AUCTION FIREARMS AND THEN THAT WAY THEY'RE CHECKING ALL THAT. RIGHT. AND I NEED TO, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, THAT'S HOW WE GOT, WE GOT TAR COUNTY RETIRED GUY SITTING OVER HERE RAISING HIS HAND. GENE, YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE IF YOUT SPEAK. ALRIGHT, IDENTIFY YOURSELF TOO. NO, YOU'RE ALRIGHT. SO, WELL, MY NAME IS GENE PAYNE. I LIVE HERE IN THE MILLSAP. I WORKED 30 YEARS FOR TARRANT COUNTY. UM, WE DID HAVE WEAPONS AND THEY WERE, THEY HAD TO GO AS A LOT AND THEY HAD TO GO TO A SPECIFIC DEALER. YOU PROCESS LIKE THE BID PROCESS. MM-HMM. , UH, THEY DID HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BID PROCESS. THEY HAD TO MEET ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT, BUT THEY ALSO HAD TO BE A LICENSED DEALER, UH, TO PURCHASE EVERYTHING. TO TO PURCHASE THEM. TO PURCHASE THEM. MM-HMM. . YES, IT WAS, WE, WE DIDN'T SELL TO ANY INDIVIDUALS. UH, NO MATTER, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE DEALERS, WHATEVER, THIS WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED DEALERS, UH, THROUGH F B I A T F AND ALL THAT. THE ONLY REASON I KNOW KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE WE, UH, WE HAD PROBABLY 150, PROBABLY LIKE . OKAY. THAT WE AT ONE BULK. THANK YOU. I THINK WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. WELL, AND, AND I'LL VERIFY WITH, WITH MR. BANDY. I DON'T, I I THINK WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM BEFORE AND HE HAS NOT WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS, BUT IT MAY BE THAT WE HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT AUCTIONEER OR SEARCH, BUT WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS AND COME BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION. LET'S [4.D.5. Authorization to Advertise PC24-11 One 1/2 ton 4WD CrewCab Pickup for Sheriffs Office. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] GO AHEAD ADAM. FIVE ON AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 24 DASH 11 1 1 AND HALF A TON. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CREW CAB PICK UP FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE. YOU WANT TO GIVE A SUMMARY OF THAT? GO FOR A MOTION. SO I'M REQUESTING, UM, TO GO OUT FOR BID FOR THIS, UM, ONE HALF TON, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CREW CAB PICKUP FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UM, NONE OF THE, UH, CO-OP CONTRACTS CURRENTLY HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS THAT IS, UM, ON A, A LOT AVAILABLE. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE LOCAL VENDORS THAT DON'T HAVE A CO-OP CONTRACT WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THIS. AND SO THIS IS OPENING THAT UP FOR BID, UM, AND REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE ON OCTOBER 28TH. AND NOVEMBER 4TH WITH A BID OPENING OF A NOVEMBER 17TH AND ANTICIPATED DATE OF AWARD ON NOVEMBER 27TH. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALTER WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PASS FIVE. OH, THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS GONNA BE PURCHASED WITH THE ASSET SEIZURE MONEY. IT'S NOT TAXPAYER MONEY. GOT IT. OKAY. VERY WELL. GOOD. [6.A. Disposition of Asset #12686, 2005 Ford F150 Pickup assigned to Building & Grounds. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] ITEM SIX A ON THE, IT'S JUST A NOTIFICATION, JUST DEPOSITION OF ASSET NUMBER 1, 2, 6, 8 6 AND 2005 FOUR AT F ONE 50 PICKUP ASSIGNED TO BUILDING NEW GROUNDS. THAT IS A NOTIFICATION. GOOD. ITEM F ON [7.F. Transfer funds from Part-Time Line 010-51120-436-00 to Court Coordinator Line 010-51122-436-00 in Department 436 regarding salary equalization. (Judge Deen)] TRANSFER FUNDS FROM PART-TIME LINE OH ONE OH DASH 5 12 4 3 6 TO COURT COORDINATOR. LINE ITEM OH ONE OH DASH 5 22 DASH 4 3 6 IN DEPARTMENT 4 36. WE SALARY ORGANIZATIONS, IF YOU WOULD, UM, IT'S GOT MY NAME ON IT, BUT THIS WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY THE JUDGES, I BELIEVE. JOHN, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? SORRY, I WAS REVIEWING ANYWHERE ON WHICH, WHICH ITEM? ITEM F SEVEN F. AND I DID, I DID NOT RESEARCH THAT PRIOR TO, UH, THIS MEETING. SO, RONDA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT? I DON'T, I BELIEVE BECKY GOT INFORMATION. THAT INFORMATION WAS SENT TO ALL. I DON'T, [01:05:01] DO WE NEED A MOTION BEFORE WE DISCUSS? OKAY. UH, JUST GIVE A SUMMARY OF IT, BECKY, AND WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO FROM THE MOTION AFTER THAT. UM, I WAS TOLD YOU WERE ALL SENT A MEMO FROM, UH, JUDGE MARTIN. JUDGE HUGH. RIGHT. AND JUDGE TOSON. UM, BASICALLY THERE'S THREE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO COMBINE THOSE, THOSE SALARY LINES TO, UH, REDO SALARIES. SO THE MONEY'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET. THEY'RE JUST ASKING TO COMBINE THE SALARY LINES. SO ONE IS LIKE A PART-TIME LINE, I BELIEVE THIS ONE, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WOULD BE A PART-TIME LINE. UM, THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD THAT TO THE OTHER LINE IN QUESTION AND I THINK THE OTHER TWO IS THE SAME POSITION. UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE IT SEPARATED INTO TWO LINES. THEY'RE WANTING TO MAKE IT ONE LINE CORRECT. MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER HILL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM. YEAH, FG AND H ARE ALL THE SAME, BASICALLY. Y'ALL MAY HAVE GOTTEN IT. I I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I RECEIVED ANY EMAIL REGARDING THIS. I RECEIVED, SO BASICALLY THE, THE MEMO THAT I, THAT I SAW EITHER BASICALLY WANTING TO MOVE LINE ITEMS, IT'S IN THEIR BUDGETS ALREADY TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THIS LINE ITEM. ITEM. RIGHT. IT'S, IT'S BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO A NEW PERSONAL CHANGE FORM TO INCREASE SALARIES. SO ANYTIME THERE IS A, UM, WHEN IT'S NOT IN BUDGET SESSION, AND THIS IS ASKED, THEN IT'S NOT JUST A TYPICAL BUDGET ADJUSTMENT THAT YOU JUST GET THE REPORT FROM BRIANNA. IT HAS TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, ITEM ON THE AGENDA. UM, SALARIES AND BENEFITS. THERE'S NOT ANY GONNA BE ANY CHANGES TO ANY OF THAT THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED. THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO COMBINE IT. SO COMBINE PART-TIME TO MAKE A FULL-TIME. WELL, ONE OF THE LINES, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE $3,000 IN THEIR PART-TIME LINE. SO THEY'RE WANTING TO TAKE THAT $3,000 AND PUT IT INTO THE, UM, OTHER COORDINATOR LINE. SO THAT WOULD BE A SALARY INCREASE FOR THAT POSITION? IT WOULD FOR ALL OF THESE POSITIONS? YES. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE INTENT. I DON'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD WHAT THE SALARY IN QUESTION, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO. I HAVE TOLD THEM THERE ARE CAPS ON THOSE SALARIES, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD A NUMBER. SO THEY DIDN'T COME TO YOU AND Y'ALL WORK ALL THAT OUT? THEY, THEY ASKED MY OPINION ON WHAT THE AGENDA ITEMS SHOULD SAY. 'CAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST BE ON THE, YOU KNOW, ADJUST BUDGET ADJUSTMENT SHEET. AND I WAS LIKE, NO, IT CAN'T BE THAT WAY. UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT, THAT IS THE INTENT. MR. COMMISSIONER, DID I GET THAT EMAIL? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DIDN'T. I WOULD, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR THEN. I'VE TAKEN NO ACTION ON THIS. AND UNTIL THAT EMAIL IS COVERED THOROUGHLY WELL, I, I, AND I'M, IT MAY HAVE I SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER BE CAUGHT IN FILTER OR SOMETHING. I MAY, IT MAY HAVE BEEN SENT. I'M, I READ MY EMAILS, BUT AT LEAST WELL, NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT. UM, COMMISSIONER WOOD, I JUST WANNA BE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THIS. WELL, I, I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KNOW WHAT IT IS A LITTLE MORE AHEAD OF TIME. I'M NOT, YEAH, I I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD WHAT NUMBER. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I NEED MORE INFORMATION. RIGHT. NO, I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD LIKE THIS IS THE SALARY THAT THEY WANT THESE POSITIONS TO HAVE. UM, ALTHOUGH THE MONEY IS IN THEIR BUDGETS TO DO IT, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE IN ONE LINE TO DO IT. MOVING MONEY RAISES TO THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO IT DURING BUDGET. I UNDERSTAND. RIGHT. AND TYPICALLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSS DURING BUDGET. DO THEY HAVE YOUR BLESSING OR NOT? THAT'S Y'ALL'S DECISION. . SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, THIS IS MONEY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED TO THEM, THAT THEY'RE MOVING FROM ONE LINE ITEM TO ANOTHER? CORRECT. LIKE FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE THERE'S $3,000 IN THAT PART-TIME LINE. SO THEY'RE ASKING TO MOVE THAT $3,000 INTO THE OTHER LINE, WHICH IS A COURT COORDINATOR LINE. AND THEN AT THAT POINT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION IF THEY CAN, IF THEY WANT TO INCREASE THAT COURT COORDINATOR SALARY. IN, IN GENERAL, NOT ASKING YOU TO RULE SPECIFICALLY NECESSARILY, BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT CHANGE WOULD PUT THE COURT COORDINATOR SALARY WITHIN REASONABLE STANDARDS? IS THAT A REASONABLE AMOUNT? FROM AN HR PERSPECTIVE? WELL, AGAIN, I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD WHAT THE NUMBER IS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE WANTING TO GIVE THAT FULL 3000. UM, I WILL SAY THERE IS A MAX PO THERE IS A, ON OUR SALARY POLICY, WE HAVE A MAX FOR THAT POSITION. I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE UNDER MAX JUST BASED ON WHAT THE POSITION IS PAID. NOW, ADDING THE THREE, IF THEY GAVE THE FULL 3000 TO IT, IT WOULDN'T GO OVER THAT MAX. SO JUST SO I'M MAKING, MAKING SURE I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE MOVING IT FROM THIS MONEY THEY ALREADY HAVE FROM ONE LINE ITEM TO ANOTHER, AND THAT NEW SALARY WOULD STILL BE WITHIN OUR STANDARDS THAT WE'VE SET. YES. IF IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, I WOULD LET THEM KNOW [01:10:01] THIS IS THE MAX SALARY FOR THIS POSITION, THEREFORE IT CAN'T GO ANY HIGHER WITHOUT COURT'S AUTHORIZATION. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHY WOULD YOU TRANSFER MONEY FROM PART-TIME LINE IF THERE'S ALREADY MONEY IN THAT POSITION LINE? BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY, THEY'VE PAID OUT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN IN THE POSITION ALREADY. THE B THE POSITION IS ALREADY BEING PAID AT MAX BUDGET. SO THERE'S MAX BUDGET, NOT MAX POSITION. OKAY. 'CAUSE WE HAVE A SALARY POLICY THAT SAYS THIS IS AS MUCH AS THIS POSITION'S GOING TO GET PAID WITHOUT COURT AUTHORIZING IT TO BE MORE THAN THAT. OKAY. BY SALARY POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR. SO I REALIZE IT'S THEIR MONEY, BUT THEY'RE MOVING IT AROUND, RIGHT. TO PAY THEIR PEOPLE MORE MONEY. COUNSELOR IS THAT LEGAL? AS LONG AS THERE IS A LINE TO MOVE MONEY FROM THERE INTO ANOTHER LINE THERE THAT THAT'S LEGAL. THEY CAN'T CREATE A NEW LINE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AFTER THE BUDGET'S ADOPTED. BUT IF A BUDGET IS ADOPTED, EVEN IF AT A ZERO IN THAT LINE, THEY CAN MOVE MONEY INTO THAT LINE AND PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES MORE MONEY. THAT'S BACK TO WHAT BECKY SAID, A CHOICE OF THE COURT. SO TO RESEARCH WHAT THEY FEEL IS EQUITABLE. WELL, BRIANNA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO ALL THAT? I, I DO NOT. I NEED MORE INFORMATION. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS BECKY SAID, JUST YOUR GUYS' DECISION AS TO WHAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE PAID. SO WELL, IT MAY BE OUR DECISION, BUT WE NEED Y'ALL'S PERSPECTIVE. RIGHT. AND AS BECKY SAID, I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHAT THESE, UM, POSITIONS YOU, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WANT, BUT RIGHT. I MEAN, I GOT THE, THE DEAL OR WHAT THE SALARIES THAT YOU SET UP MOVING MONEY FROM THESE LINES IS TO GIVE THEIR EMPLOYEES MORE MONEY. RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO, IS COMBINE THE LINES INSTEAD OF COMING TO COURT DURING BUDGET AND SAYING, HEY, I WANT 3000 MORE DOLLARS TO PAY THIS PERSON NOW THAT WE'RE OUT OF BUDGET CYCLE. THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, I'VE GOT THIS $3,000 SITTING IN PART-TIME AND I WANNA MOVE IT TO THIS SALARY LINE. SO COMMISSIONER WALDEN ON THE, ON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT THIS TAKE NO ACTION THEN? I WOULD, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ITEM. VERY WELL ON ITEM F WILL TAKE NO ACTION. MOVE TO ITEM G ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS. ASSISTANT COORDINATOR LINE ITEM OH ONE OH DASH 5 1 12 3 DASH 4 3 5 DASH ZERO ZERO. COURT COORDINATOR. THREE. I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT YEAH, BUT THEY'RE ALL THREE. THEY'RE ALL THREE THE SAME. IT'S JUST THREE DIFFERENT COURTS. WHAT WE'LL DO IS MOVE ITEM FG AND H INTO NO ACTIONS AND GET MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. GOOD ITEM [7.I. Discuss/Take action on utilization of space at newly acquired Weatherford P.D. building. (Judge Deen)] I, DISCUSSION. TAKE ACTION. UTILIZATION OF SPACE AT NEWLY ACQUIRED WEATHERFORD PD BUILDING. THAT IS SEVEN. I I WOULDN'T AT THIS POINT, UM, THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT ON A RECOMMENDED NEW APPROACH TO HOW THAT BUILDING WOULD BE UTILIZED. UM, ON THIS ONE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IT. I WOULD GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO GET INTO THIS. WHAT IS GOING TO BE A A, A LENGTHY DISCUSSION PHASE. AND I WOULD ASK FOR THAT MOTION. WE'RE MAKING A MOTION TO, TO, UH, TO DO WHAT? TO JUST TO DISCUSS IT, TO, WE'RE GONNA APPROVE WHO GOES IN THERE, THE DIRECTION THAT WHO GOES IN THERE. SO QUESTION, NOT, NOT A DISCUSSION, BUT I I, DID WE NOT, UH, HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT WAS LOOKING APPOINTED BY COURT TO LOOK INTO THAT? I, I, WE CONTACTED, MY RECOLLECTION IS WE HAD A COMMITTEE. WE, WE DID, WE CONTACTED THE DEPARTMENTS, NARROWED IT DOWN TO, ON THE SO'S OFFICE. SEVEN, I BELIEVE SEVEN DETECTIVES THAT WOULD BE TAKING THE, YEAH. WHO WAS THE COMMITTEE? PARDON? SAY THAT AGAIN. WE WERE INVITED TO GO . WELL, THERE WAS RECOMMENDATIONS MADE ABOUT WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO, AND THEN IT BECAME A JUVENILE, WHICH KIND OF TOOK ITSELF ON THAT. AND SO, UH, WHAT WE'VE MADE THE DETERMIN ON, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHERE THEY WANTED TO GIVE THE WHOLE BUILDING TO THE JUVENILE BOARD OR THEY WOULD NOT GO IN THERE AT ALL. UH, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON, AT THE TIME THEY COME OUT OF THAT, UH, ON MULTIPLE TOURS. WAS IT ELECTIONS IN THE SO'S OFFICE? UH, THAT IS WHERE IT CURRENTLY STOOD. THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT THAT TOOK A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND, AND TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE UTILIZING DIFFERENT, UH, AND HAD A WHOLE SCENARIO OF HOW THAT WOULD BE HANDLED. AND I, I CAN READ THAT. UH, BUT I, I THINK WE ALL GOT IT AND I THINK WE'RE ALL COPIED ON IT. UH, SO THAT REALLY DOES KIND OF OPEN THIS UP. THE REASON I ASK FOR A MOTION OF THIS IS TO GET TO THE DISCUSSION PHASE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION ON WHO'S GOING IN THERE. BUT BASICALLY [01:15:01] WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. WE UNDERSTAND THE ITEM. WE ARE GONNA MAKE A DECISION ON THIS, OR WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON IT. BUT I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION SO WE CAN GET IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. BUT WE'RE NOT, I'M MAKING A MOTION, BUT WE'RE NOT MAKING A MOTION. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON MY MOTION. RIGHT. MR. CONLEY HAS MADE THE MOTION, UM, I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. I MEAN, I KNOW WHO I WANT TO GO IN THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT, AND NOW WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. AND SO AGAIN, UH, THE MESSAGE THAT WAS SENT OUT, BELIEVE BY MS. RIVAS, UM, HAD A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS BEING MADE. I BELIEVE YOUR INTENT WAS TO JUST OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. AND SO, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE'VE LOOKED AT IT ABOUT WHO'S GONNA GO INTO THAT. UM, THE TAKEAWAY OF THAT, THAT COMMITTEE REALLY WAS TO, UH, BEFORE JUVENILE GOT INVOLVED WITH IT, WAS, IS THAT IT? THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ELECTIONS WAS WHERE, WHERE WE WERE AT AT THAT TIME. SO WE, SO WE DID HAVE A COMMITTEE FORMED. WE NEVER, I ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU, YOU ASKED? YEAH. I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. I DON'T THINK WE HAD A COMMITTEE FORMED, BUT WE HAD A GROUP THAT WENT AND LOOKED AT THE STUFF. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, AND I, AND I, I'VE READ AND I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION WAS. AND I, I READ THE EMAIL THAT CAME OUT AND, UM, I FEEL TERRIBLY UNQUALIFIED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT TODAY. I, I WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED COME TOGETHER AND, AND, UH, WE'D COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, SO DOES IT TAKE A VOTE FROM COURT ON WHO GOES IN THERE? YES. WE, WE, WE ASSIGN THE SPACE. YES. OKAY. HOWEVER, UM, I, I THINK WE NEED A GROUP TO, TO MEET. I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO IT IN A, IN A COURT SESSION. JUDGE. I, I, I REALLY DON'T. I I, WE'VE SIT HERE FOR A, A LONG TIME TRYING TO HEAR THE PLUSES AND MINUSES AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED WITH A COMMITTEE. AND I, I, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY WOULD BE, UH, INTERESTED. I'M QUITE SURE IN ASSISTING WITH THAT. I, I THINK YOU WELL, YOU WOULD. I I DON'T, I'M NOT DOING THAT. I'M SAYING THAT OUT OF RESPECT. WELL, BECAUSE I, I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE IN TOUCH WITH WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND, AND, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED AND LET, LET, LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD, UH, THE ONES THAT AREN'T HERE TODAY. AND, UH, COME BACK WITH A REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THEN WE CAN GO UP OR DOWN WITH THAT. UM, SO IS IT A COMMITTEE OF ONE OR IT COULD BE , BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT, UM, THAT COMMISSIONER CONLEY AND, AND JUDGE DEAN, IF HE WERE WILLING AND, AND OR, UH, OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE DECISION BE A PART OF IT. WELL, IF IT'S A COMMITTEE OF ONE, I CAN VOTE TODAY. WELL, WE NEED MORE THAN JUST YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR, OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOUR OFFER THERE, BUT, UM, I'M JUST BEING HONEST. I THINK YOU NEED TO SET UP, SET UP A A, A TIME TO MEET, MEET DOWN THERE AND HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME PARTICIPATE, HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD, AND THEN THE COMMITTEE COME UP WITH A DECISION ON, ON, UH, DO IT. SO I, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT JUDGE DEAN AND COMMISSIONER CONNELLEY AND WHOEVER ELSE YOU PICK FOR ANOTHER PERSON, THREE OF YOU, AND MAKE A DECISION AND BRING BACK TO COURT. CAN I ASK THAT, UH, MR. KAYWOOD AND MR. LONG STAY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS? 'CAUSE WHATEVER REMODELING WE HAVE TO DO, OR SURE. IT INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE TO PUT IN, I'D, I'D SURE LIKE TO KNOW THE COSTS OF THAT. DETERMINING THAT COULD BE AN INFLUENCING FACTOR FOR SURE. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE THIRD WHEEL SHOULD BE. PERHAPS Y'ALL COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION. UM, IF I, IF I MAY, UM, IN, IN THAT READING THAT EMAIL, THERE'S SEVERAL THAT WOULD BE, UM, POTENTIALLY, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN THAT BUILDING THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD WORK OUTTA THAT BUILDING. UH, IT'S PRETTY SET THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND YOU TELL ME, UM, JAMES, THAT, UM, FROM AN IT STANDPOINT THAT IS A, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED, IT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD REALLY BE A VERY STRATEGIC, VERY GOOD POSITION FOR IT. WOULD YOU AGREE? WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND, IT'S NOT A LOADED QUESTION. WHAT I'D RECOMMEND THEN IS COMMISSIONER WA, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER CONLEY, MYSELF AND JAMES, UH, BE FORM THAT COMMITTEE AND MOVE QUICKLY ON IT AND GET THAT BACK ON THE AGENDA THE NEXT TIME. WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? YES, SIR. I, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT THE COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF JUDGE DEAN, COMMISSIONER CONNELLEY, AND IT DIRECTOR JAMES KAYWOOD AS THE COMMITTEE, AND THAT THEY, UH, COME UP WITH A PLAN HERE, THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED AND, AND REPORT BACK TO COURT SECOND. AND I DON'T MEAN THAT OUT [01:20:01] TRYING TO SHIRK ANY RESPONSIBILITY. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S IN THE INTEREST OF, OF A TIMEFRAME HERE IN THE INTEREST OF WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYONE. SO THAT WOULD BE AMENDING THE MOTION. THAT WAS IF THEY WOULD WITHDRAW THEIR MOTION. I COULD MAKE ONE MUCH SIMPLER IF YOU'D WITHDRAW THE MOTION. PREVIOUSLY. I WITHDREW MY MOTION AS WELL. I NEVER MADE A MOTION. I JUST MADE A MOTION TO, SO MY MOTION THEN, UH, WOULD BE TO APPOINT THE COMMITTEE AS OUTLINED OF THE THREE INDIVIDUALS AND ASK THEM TO BRING A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO COURT. AND COMMISSIONER HOLT. SECONDED, PLEASE. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, CORRECT? MM-HMM. , ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PASS FIVE. OH, THANK YOU. RICH. IF YOU WOULD, UH, LET'S PROCEED WITH THAT AND GET THAT SET UP AND CONTACT US FOR THE MEETING. UH, 'CAUSE WHAT WE WANNA DO IS HAVE AN ON ONSITE MEETING AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OVER THERE. WE'LL MOVE DOWN. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. OH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. UM, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT DECISION TO GO WITH THAT. AND I THINK, I THINK IT WILL BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE NEXT TIME THAT WE MEET. UH, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM [7.L. Authorization for the county judge to execute a maintenance agreement for the Parker County Jail Boiler. (Kim Rivas / Mark Long / Judge Deen] L AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE PARKER COUNTY JAIL BOILER. UH, KIM, UM, YOU WANNA GIVE A SUMMARY ON THIS BEFORE WE ASK FOR THE MOTION? SO, BUILDING GROUNDS, UM, CAME TO ME, UM, REQUESTING AUTHOR OR ME TO BRING TO THE COURT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BOILER AT THE JAIL. UM, WE, THE LAST I SPOKE WITH, UH, BUILDING GROUNDS ON FRIDAY IS WE WERE STILL RE WAITING FOR RESPONSE ON A COUPLE OF MORE VENDORS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST COST. BUT AT THIS TIME, IF, IF WE COULD GET PERMISSION FROM THE COURT TO HAVE THE JUDGE EXECUTE WHICHEVER CONTRACT OR PROPOSAL THAT COMES IN, UM, THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE AT THE, AT THE LEAST COSTLY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE, UH, WITHIN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. UM, ANYTHING ELSE? MARK, YOU GOT, THERE'S ACTUALLY THAT, WHEN WE SAY BOILERS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE HOT WATER HEATERS THAT ARE THERE. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE BOILERS, BUT THEY SAME PRODUCT IS THE END. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT THAT BIG BOILER? NO, THERE'S TWO. WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO LARGE BOILERS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE AND I, I KNOW WE'VE HAD TROUBLE WITH THIS BIG BOILER IN THE LIGHT IN THE PAST. I THOUGHT WE CHANGED IT. WE, WELL, THIS BIG ONE, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME BLUER ONES. WE, IT DEPENDS ON WHICH BIG ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE MAIN ONE, THERE'S TWO OF THEM IN THERE THAT ARE THE SAME SIZE, IF THAT WE SAY THE MAIN ONE THAT COVERS THE KITCHEN AREA. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO, UH, THEY'RE, I THINK THEY'RE 90 GALLON HIGH RECOVERY OUT BY THE SALLY PORT. AND THEN LAST YEAR WE REPLACED ONE OF THOSE HIGH RECOVERY 90 GALLONS INSIDE. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE MORE TOO ON TOP OF THAT. BUT THIS COVERS ALL OF OF THEM. THIS, THIS AGREEMENT WOULD COVER THE MAINTENANCE FOR ALL OF ALL THOSE YES, ALL OF THEM. HAVE WE HAD A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IN THE PAST? IS IT SOMETHING NEW? ABSOLUTELY. IS THIS A COST SAVING, COST SAVINGS PROBLEM AGREEMENT. THIS IS NOT CHANGING OUT THE BOILER? NO, THIS IS, THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. I GOT IT. OKAY. AND AS HARD AS THE WATER IS AND, UH, THAT GOES THROUGH THERE, THAT'S YOUR BIGGEST ISSUES IS WE ALL, ALL OF US ALREADY KNOW THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT, UH, I THINK IN THE LONG RUN IT'D BE WORTH IT. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE COST IS GONNA BE AROUND 15,000 A YEAR? I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, WASN'T IT? BUT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON IS, IS, UM, THE OTHER RESPONSES TO COME BACK. SURE. AND YOU JUST WANNA DO IT AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN. I UNDERSTAND. YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL ON FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A OPPOSED PASS BY. THANK YOU. IS THAT IT? YEAH. GOOD ITEM IN ON [7.M. Authorize the county judge to execute the Motorola Service Agreement Renewal for 2024. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE MOTOROLA SERVICES AGREEMENT RENEWAL FOR 2024. UH, KIM, SEAN, IF YOU WOULD GIVE A SUMMARY OF THIS. I MEAN THIS IS, THIS IS A RENEWAL AGREEMENT FOR 2324. UM, IT'S JUST THE SAME CONTRACT AS, AS IN THE PAST YEARS. IT WAS JUST REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE IT. OKAY. SO WHAT'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? $654,529 AND 6 CENTS IS THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. I KNOW IT'S INCREASED A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE WE'VE ADDED TO THE, TO THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE THE V H F SYSTEM THAT, THAT WE COMMITTED TO, TO SUSTAIN FOR ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS. THAT, THAT WILL BUMP IT UP, UM, A LITTLE BIT FROM, FROM WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR. IF THIS IS COMPLETE SERVICE UPDATES, UPGRADES, UM, IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE, THIS [01:25:01] HAS ALL BEEN BUDGETED FOR OR NOT? YES, SIR. THIS WAS ALL INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT, UH, WHAT'S THE AMOUNT AGAIN? 600 AND 654,000 529 0 6. YEP. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER HILL HAS MADE THE SECOND WE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. UM, WHAT DID IT GO FROM TOO APPROXIMATELY? BUMPED AT ABOUT, IT'S ALMOST 60,000. 60,000 ISH. SEAN, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THIS OLD NEWS, UH, BUT THIS INCLUDES UPDATING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AS IT COMES. IT, IT IT DOES SOME OF THE CORE EQUIPMENT. YEAH. AND PRIMARILY WHAT THIS COVERS IS THE CORE EQUIPMENT. UM, THIS, THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE PORTABLES OR MOBILES, THAT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE CONTRACT. THIS IS TO KEEP THE SYSTEM UP AND OPERATIONAL AND FULLY FUNCTIONAL 24 7 365 DAYS A YEAR. AND, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE IN THAT AREA, BUT FOR $654,000, WE COULD HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO A LOT OF WORK. WELL, BUT YOU, YOU COULD HIRE SOMEONE TO DO A LOT OF THAT WORK, BUT THAT THIS INCLUDES VERY EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT. UH, IT IS, IT IS 24 7 AND IT'S MOTOROLA TECHNICIANS AND MOTOROLA EQUIPMENT. AND UM, THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE A NORMAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR MOTOROLA FOR THE TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. IT DID BUMP A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, BUT THAT WAS AT THE COURT'S, UH, DISCRETION TO UH, UM, BRING IN THE V H F SYSTEM AND CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN THAT V H F SYSTEM. WE CAN'T HIRE NOBODY TO WORK ON THEIR EQUIPMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU CAN, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS ADEPT. THEY'RE NOT AS QUALIFIED. THEY CAN'T GET PARTS INSTANTANEOUS LIKE MOST OF THEM CAN. A LOT OF THE PARTS THAT, THAT WE REQUIRE, WE, WE DO KEEP HERE, BUT SOME OF THEM WE DO HAVE TO GET NEXT DAY SHIPPED IF NEEDED. SEAN. IS, IS THERE A THIRD PARTY THAT OPERATES OR OPERATES, UH, MAINTAINS MOTOROLA EQUIPMENT THAT YOU COULD UTILIZE A DIFFERENT SERVICE OR IS THIS AN EXCLUSIVE VENDOR? UH, WELL THIS IS, THIS IS WITH MOTOROLA AND, AND THEY DO USE SUB, SUB UH, CONTRACTORS TO DO SOME OF THEIR WORK. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, BUT SO THEY ALLOW OTHER COMPANIES TO WORK ON THEIR EQUIPMENT VERY SPECIFIC. OTHER COMPANIES? YES SIR. THERE'S, UH, NOT JUST ANYBODY. YES SIR. MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS OF AMERICA IS THEIR PRIMARY VENDOR OUTTA ARLINGTON, M C A. SO WE GOT ABOUT A 10% RATE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR, BUT THAT INCLUDES US KEEPING THE OLD SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING. YES SIR. AND HOW WAS THAT? I'M TRYING TO GO BY MEMORY. WHAT WAS THAT ADDITIONAL ABOUT 30. DO YOU REMEMBER TO KEEP THAT RUNNING PER YEAR? UH, THE, THE REALLY ONLY COST FOR US TO KEEP IT RUNNING IS BASED IN THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT. YEAH, THOSE ARE THE ONLY REAL COSTS. I REMEMBER AT SOME POINT WE DISCUSSED, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE COST OF KEEPING THAT OPERATIONAL, THE OLDER EQUIPMENT. YES SIR. THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS NEW SERVICE AGREEMENT. THAT'S WHAT THE INCREASE IS. YES, SIR. WELL, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT COST IS AND WHAT'S AN ACTUAL RATE INCREASE ON TOP OF THAT TO COME UP WITH THIS ADDITIONAL . THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH IN THERE. I I THINK THEY HAD AN EIGHT. MOTOROLA HAD A 8% ON OUR CORE AND THE REST OF THAT IS OKAY. IS THE V H F SYSTEM. OKAY. SO THAT'S ALRIGHT. OKAY. YOU HAVE THE DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. PASS FIVE. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD ITEM IN ON [7.N. Authorization for the county judge to execute the NCS Pearson, Inc. Supplement to the Parker County Terms & Conditions. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE N C S PEARSON INCORPORATED ITS SUPPLEMENT TO THE PARKER COUNTY TERMS AND CONDITIONS. KIM, IF YOU WOULD GIVE A SUMMARY THERE. SO THIS VENDOR, PEARS, N C S PEARSON INC. UM, THEY, A LOT OF WHAT IS IN OUR STANDARD, UH, PARKER COUNTY TERMS AND CONDITIONS, UM, IS NOT, UH, RELATED TO THE, THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE, UH, OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS. A LOT OF IT IS BASED ON GOODS PURCHASED. AND SO THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THIS SUPPLEMENT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND IT REQUIRES A SIGNATURE ON IT AND OF WE WOULD NEED THE COURT'S AUTHORIZATION TO HAVE THE JUDGE SIGN THAT. AND, UM, JOHN HAS REVIEWED THE SUPPLEMENT. RIGHT? THERE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT'S OBJECTIONABLE ON COUNTY'S BEHALF. OKAY. SO WHAT'S THE N C SS PEARSON FOR? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE ITEM? IT'S FOR THE, UM, [01:30:01] JUVENILE PROBATION USES THEM FOR IT. WHAT KIND OF INSURANCE? BECKY, WHAT WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS? THIS IS AN INSURANCE. C S PEARSON INC. SAYS INSURANCE. IT SAYS INSURANCE APPLIES WITH CUSTOMER'S INSURANCE COVERAGE AS WELL. OH. SO IN OUR OUR STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WE REQUIRE CERTAIN, UM, INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR WORKERS' COMP AND SUCH, LIKE, LIKE THAT THEY ARE NOT COMING ON OUR PREMISES. SO THEY, THERE'S NO NEED FOR THEM TO BE PROVIDING GENERAL LIABILITY AND SUCH. 'CAUSE THIS IS OKAY. THAT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE SUPPLEMENT TO, TO REMOVE THOSE THINGS. PATENT FOR COPYRIGHT, UM, TERMINATION FOR DEFAULT AND SUCH FOR, FOR THE JUVENILES. THEY DO ASSESSMENTS. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT REALLY AN INSURANCE. THEY THEY DO ASSESSMENTS OF THESE? YEAH, THAT'S THEIR INSURANCE. YEAH. WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, BY COMMISSIONER HALE. WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHWA BE THE SECOND. UH, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION TODAY. ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? KIM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? REALLY WHAT WE'RE APPROVING, I GUESS JUDGE IS, IS A CHANGE IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS? TERMS AND CONDITIONS JUST FOR THIS SPECIFIC VENDOR? FOR THIS ONE VENDOR, YES. RIGHT HERE. WHO IS A TESTING COMPANY? IT'S ASSESSMENTS. YES. YEAH, TESTING AND ASSESSMENTS. OKAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE, AYE. PASS BOW. WE'VE GOT ITEM [7.P. First Addendum to the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Willow Park for Dispatch Services. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] P ON FIRST ADDENDUM TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WILLOW PARK FOR DISPATCH SERVICES. JOHN, UM, IF YOU WOULD GIVE A SUMMARY OF THIS A LITTLE BIT OVERVIEW AND THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF AN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE DISPATCH SERVICES THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR PARK. I THOUGHT WE PROVIDED THEM DISPATCH SERVICES. IT IS, IT'S AN, IT'S A CONTINUATION. OKAY. WHAT IS THE AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT YOU KNOW ON THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE $341,326. IS THERE AN INCREASE IN THAT OR IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR? THE COST LAST YEAR I BELIEVE WAS 312,000 1 0 6. AND IT'S BASED ON ACTUAL USE? IT'S NOT BASED ON AN ESTIMATE, IT'S BASED ON ACTUAL USE AND, UH, THE SHERIFF'S HERE, HE COULD MAYBE EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE WILLOW PARK'S COST. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A COMBINED COST SHARED WITH HUDSON OAKS, WILLOW PARK AND PART OF ALI O I S D. IT THAT'S CORRECT. IT IS A PERCENTAGE. I, I APOLOGIZE. IT'S 91,967,000 WHICH IS WILL PARK IS 31.461% USE OF THAT SERVICE. HUDSON OAKS IS 31.416. RENO IS 31.416 AND ALITO IS 5.617% AND IT IS AN ANNUAL THING AND IT'S ADJUSTED BASED ON SALARY BENEFITS OF AN AVERAGE DISPATCHER. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THE CHANGES ARE. A PERCENTAGE INCREASE THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE, THAT IS, THAT'S JUST THOSE WILLOW PARK, HUDSON OAKS AND ALITO ALITO I S D? CORRECT. OKAY. VERY WELL WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASS FIVE. OH THANK YOU. JACOB, YOU CAN VOTE ON HERE NOW. RIGHT. OKAY, VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE [7.Q. Advance Funding Agreement for Voluntary Local Government Contributions to Transportation Improvement Projects with no required match on-system for SH 199 at Poolville Cut-Off Road and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] TO ITEM Q. ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR VOLUNTARY LOCAL GOVERNMENT CON CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH NO REQUIRED MATCH ON SYSTEM FOR SH 1 99 AT VILLE CUTOFF ROAD. AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY. UM, COUNSELOR, IF YOU WOULD GIVE IT A SUMMARY OF THAT. THIS IS TO ADD A TURN LANE ON 1 99 AND THERE IS NO REQUIRED MATCH FOR THE ON SYSTEM. OKAY, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION. MR. COLLEGE MADE THE MOTION. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PASS FIVE VOTE. GOOD. ITEM R, [7.R. Approve the renewal agreement for West Profelx for the County Attorney's Office and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] APPROVE THE RENEWAL AGREEMENT FOR WEST PLEX FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. TAKE ANY ACTION. THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY, JOHN, AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION CONTRACT FOR LEGAL RESEARCH PURPOSES. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER COLS. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS. FIVE. OH GOOD ITEM [7.S. Discuss/Approve proposed 2024 Parker County holiday calendar. (Judge Deen)] MS. DISCUSS APPROVED. PROPOSED 2024 PARKER COUNTY HOLIDAY CALENDAR. UH, YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU. UM, MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. HA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS CALENDAR? ALL IN FAVOR? UH, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY? I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE MISSED ME. I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE. I JUST NOTICED THAT THIS HAS COLUMBUS DAY. SHOULD THAT NOT BE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S STAY? [01:35:02] NOT ACCORDING TO ME, BUT, UH, I MEAN WHO, WHO DETERMINES WHETHER IT'S COLUMBUS DAY OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY? SEVERAL STATES HAS, SEVERAL STATES HAVE TAKEN, UH, WELL I KNOW THE, TAKEN A STANCE ON IT, TEXAS, TEXAS SAN ANTONIO HAS, HAS CHANGED IT TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE TEXAS HAS DONE ANYTHING THAT I'M AWARE OF. GEORGE WOULD FOLLOW WHATEVER WE'RE, THESE ARE STATE HOLIDAYS, SO WE'D FOLLOW WHATEVER DIRECTION THE STATE WOULD PROVIDE TO US. IT'S NOT A, SO THAT'S WHAT THE, THE STATE HAS, IT'S STILL LISTED THAT WAY. THEY, THEY HAVEN'T INSTRUCTED US TO, TO YEAH. DETERMINE IT ANY OTHER WAY. AND IF THEY HAVE, PLEASE CORRECT US. SO THAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF. I, YES. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF STRANGE 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FOR NOW WE LEAVE IT AS COLUMBUS. YEAH. OKAY. JUST THANK YOU . YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, MOTION PASS BY VOTE. BECKY, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, FEEDBACK FROM HR ON THIS? IS THIS I HAVEN'T REQUEST. I HAVEN'T. OKAY. UM, AND IS THIS NUMBER OF DAYS COMPARABLE TO LAST YEAR'S NUMBER OF DAYS? SAME. IT, IT IS. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT. UH, UNDER ITEM A THROUGH F WE SKIPPED D. OH, I DID? MM-HMM. YOU CAUGHT ME AND I DON'T MIND DISCUSSING IT. OKAY. BEAR WITH ME HERE. THANK YOU. UM, SORRY ABOUT THAT. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM [7.D. Discuss/Authorize changing the District Attorney Investigators SB 22 $600 clothing allowance to SB 22 salary supplement, effective October 10, 2023. (Jeff Swain / Judge Deen)] D SEVEN D DISCUSSED AUTHORIZED CHANGE IN THE DISTRICT'S ATTORNEY INVESTIGATOR'S SSB 22 $600 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE TO SSB 22 SALARY SUPPLEMENT EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 10TH THROUGH 2023. UH, HAS JEFF SWAY ON HERE? UH, BECKY, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THIS. UH, SO AT THE LAST COURT, YOU ALL TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE A $600 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE FOR THE INVESTIGATORS FOR THE DA'S OFFICE USING THE SSB 22 UM, GRANT FUNDS, UH, ON OCTOBER 13TH, THE COMMENT PERIOD OPENED FOR THE RULES. AND SO IT'S A 30 DAY WINDOW FOR THOSE RULES AND THEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE SET, UM, SOMETIME IN DECEMBER. AND SO I WAS AT TRAINING LAST WEEK AND THERE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE THAT WAS THERE GOING OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE RULE, THE RULES THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN RELEASED FOR COMMENT AND THEN TAKING ANY QUESTIONS. AND ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD SPECIFICALLY, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE SESSION THAT I DISCUSSED WAS, YOU KNOW, WOULD A CLOTHING ALLOWANCE BE ALLOWABLE? SO JUST, JUST AS A REMINDER OF WHAT THAT COVERS FOR THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICES IS IT'S INCREASED TO SALARY FOR, UM, A ASSISTANT ASSISTANCE, UM, INVESTIGATORS AS WELL AS THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR. AND SO IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS INCREASES FOR SALARY. AND SO ALTHOUGH THIS IS A SALARY ITEM, I ASKED, DO YOU THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE ALLOWABLE? AND THE PERSON REALLY DIDN'T THINK SO. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT IS CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY A SALARY ADJUSTMENT AND NOT A CLOTHING ALLOWANCE. AND SO, UM, AFTER THAT SESSION, I CALLED MR. SWAIN TO DISCUSS THAT AND SAID I WOULD RECOMMEND PUTTING SOMETHING ON, UM, THE AGENDA FOR IT BECAUSE IN THIS PAYROLL THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST PAYOUT OF IT. AND SO BASICALLY TO CHANGE THAT $600 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE FROM A CLOTHING ALLOWANCE INTO THE SALARY LINE. SO IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT, SAME TAXES, EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT BECAUSE IT WAS APPROVED AS A CLOTHING ALLOWANCE, I FELT THAT COURT, UM, SHOULD APPROVE MOVING IT FROM THE CLOTHING ALLOWANCE INTO THAT SALARY LINE WITH THE SB 22 FUNDING. THE $600 PER YEAR. CORRECT. OKAY. MOTION MOVE. COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SO WILL THIS BE ACCOUNTED SEPARATE IN THEIR SALARY? SO IF THE STATE EVER PULLS IT WHEN THEY, WHEN AND IF THEY PULL THIS BACK? OKAY. YES. YES. AND SO WE'VE CREATED PECOS TO TRACK IT AND IT GOES TO A SEPARATE, SEPARATE FUND. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? ONE SECOND. AYE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE. OH, OKAY. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT [8. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES:] ON ITEM A THROUGH F. LET THAT BE ACCEPTED INTO THE MINUTES. UH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. OKAY, WE'LL GO TO ADAM MILE IN EXECUTIVE [9. EXECUTIVE SESSION] SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 4 0 8 7 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE PRESENTING THE RIGHT TO CLOSE TO MEET AND CLOSE SESSION TO DISCUSS UNDER ITEM MAY DISCUSS, CONDUCT INTERVIEWS, TAKE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF VSD SEVEN BOARD MEMBER POSITION AND ALSO ITEM B ON DISCUSS DISCUSSION OR POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THE RECORDS SHOW THAT WE WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION 10 39. WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS. [01:40:01] UH, LET'S TRY TO GET IN THERE AROUND, UH, 10 TO 10 TO 11. OKAY. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE THE RECORD SHOW AT 1119 AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NINE ON EXECUTIVE SESSION. UNDER ITEM A, DISCUSS, CONDUCT, INTERVIEWS, TAKE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF E S D SEVEN BOARD MEMBER POSITION. JUDGE, I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT JEAN PAYNE TO E S D SEVEN COMMISSIONER. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PASS. FIVE. OH GOOD. ITEM B ON DISCUSSION ON POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM AND THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 10. UH, AS I UNDERSTAND ON PLATTING, LET Y'ALL GET SET UP UNDER ITEM B ONE WAS ONE OF THE ONES WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ANY ACTION. DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL? IS THERE GONNA BE ADDRESSED AT ALL? OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD? WHICH ITEM? MARK? NO ACTION THERE OR YES, MARK. NO ACTION. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 10. [10.A. PRECINCT 1] A ONE ON APPROVED THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS UD ACRES CONSISTENT OF 4.0 ACRE TRACT DEVELOPED BY UPPER DENT AND INTEREST L L C LOCATED IN THE E T J OF THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD OFF OF UPPER DENTON ROAD WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT ONE. THIS IS A FOUR ACRE TRACK OF LAND GONNA BE PULLED OUT OF A 25.968 ACRE TRACK OF LAND. UH, THEY HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF UPPER DENTON ROAD AND WELL WATER IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE. COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE UH, APPROVAL OF THE FINAL. THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M LOOKING FOR THE PERMITTING AND THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE MET ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. MOTION TO APPROVE 10 A ONE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FOR VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS. FIVE. OH GOOD. ITEM TWO EXCEPT TO SPECIAL WARRANTY DEEDED FOR UD ACRES FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY AND PRECINCT ONE. AND THIS IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL UH, 0.03 SEVENTH OF AN ACRE AND 0.14 FIFTH OF AN ACRE OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF UPPER DENTON ROAD. COUNSELOR. ALL THE PAPERWORK CORRECT THE WARRANTY DEEDED IS IN ORDER. MOVE TO APPROVE. TEN EIGHT TWO. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE. OH GOOD. ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLATT FOR SUBDIVISION. BE KNOWN AS REUNION RIDGE. LOCATED WITHIN THE E T J CITY OF WEATHERFORD, CONSIST OF 9.468 ACRES DEVELOPED BY PA HOLDINGS L C LOCATED OFF OF HENKEL LANE IN WELL WATER AND PRECINCT. ONE SAID SUBDIVISION IS GONNA BE BROKEN UP INTO TWO LOTS. LOT ONE HAS 6.5 ACRES AND LOT TWO HAS 2.19 ACRES. UH, THEY HAVE WELL WATER AS THEIR WATER SOURCE. THEY ARE GONNA BE DONATING AN ADDITIONAL POINT. 7 6 4 4 OF AN ACRE OF RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF HINKLE LANE. AND THIS WAS ALSO A PROPERTY THAT, UH, WAS IN THE E T J OF WEATHERFORD AND THEY'VE RELEASED IT TO PARKER COUNTY FOR CRIME. COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR PRELIMINARY? THE DEVELOPER HAS MET ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES. MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A THREE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR. PASS FIVE. VOTE WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR. RELEASE THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ACCEPT THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR OAK GROVE EDITION AND PRECINCT ONE. THE PRECINCT HAS APPROVED THE RELEASE OF THIS L O C FOR CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $51,870. WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS IN PLACE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025. COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD. MOVE TO APPROVE. 10 A FOUR. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PASS FIVE OH ON ITEM B ONE [10.B. PRECINCT 2] ON PRECINCT TWO, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION. WE'LL GO TO ITEM TWO, RELEASE A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ACCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR GATLAND RANCH AND PRECINCT TWO. THIS LETTER OF CREDIT, UH, FOR MAINTENANCES IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,544 AND 29 CENTS. AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS IN PLACE UNTIL NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025. COUNSEL, EVERYTHING GOOD TO RELEASE THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND [01:45:01] ACCEPT THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE? IT IS YES. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH WE'LL GO TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION. BE KNOWN AS LEACH ROAD SUBDIVISION CONSISTENT OF 110.68 ACRES DEVELOPED BY TOP NOTCH HOMES L L C CROSS OR I'M SORRY, CHRIST ESTES LOCATED OFF OF LONE STAR ROAD AND LEE ROAD WITH WATER AND PRECINCT TWO CHRIS UH, AND THIS IS GONNA BE UH, 48 LOTS. UH, THERE'S AN EXISTING HOME ON LOT 26. IT HAS A HOUSE AND A GRAVEL. THEY'RE GONNA USE THAT GRAVEL DRIVE TEMPORARILY UNTIL THE NEW LOTS ARE DIVIDED OUT AND THEN THEY'LL ACCESS ONE OF THE NEW SUBDIVISION ROADS. THEY DO HAVE ORIGINAL FRONTAGE OFF OF LONE STAR ROAD AND LEACH ROAD AND THESE ARE GONNA RANGE IN SIZE FROM 2.01 ACRES TO 4.68 ACRES. THEY'RE ALSO GONNA PUT IN TWO COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAYS TO BE KNOWN AS BUFFET WAY AND I CAN'T READ MY OWN HANDWRITING. CARNAGE ROAD. YEAH. SORRY. WHAT? CARNEGIE? DO YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS? I HOPE IT WASN'T CARNAGE. YEAH, HOPEFULLY CARNAGE DON'T NEED THAT WITH BUFFET. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE WITH WITH BUFFET. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING. I MEAN IT IS CALLED LEACH BUFFET. . ANY PAR WE'LL COME BACK ROAD TO GO AND BUFFET . WE'LL COME BACK FOR SOME GOOD NAMES. NEXT TIME FOR FINAL COUNSELOR. EVERYTHING GOOD TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT? THIS IS EXCEPT FOR THE ROAD NAMES MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. FURTHER, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? I THINK IT'S PASS. FIVE. OH GOOD. ITEM C ONE [10.C. PRECINCT 3] PRECINCT THREE BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS WITH THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS BROCK SPRINGS CONSISTING OF 6.019 ACRES DEVELOPED BY DOUG DENNIS LOCATED OFF OF BROCK ROAD. WITH WHAT? WATER AND PRECINCT THREE. THIS IS GONNA BE UH, A SIX ACRE TRACK DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS LOT. ONE RA IS GONNA HAVE 4.019 ACRES AND ONE RB IS GONNA HAVE TWO ACRES. THEY BOTH HAVE FRONTAGE OFF OF, UH, ORIGINAL FRONTAGE OFF OF OLD BROCK AND THEN FRONTAGE OFF OF TITLEIST DRIVE. AND THIS IS JUST TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS. EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER. IT'S GONNA BE A FLAG LOT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONFIGURATION I DID. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT THAT I'M, NO, YEAH, I MOVE TO APPROVE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS MEMO VOTE. WE GOT ITEM TWO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS HIGH MEADOWS LOCATED WITHIN THE E T J OF THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD CONSISTING OF FIVE ACRES DEVELOPED BY AMY DION NASH LOCATED OFF OF GREENWOOD ROAD AND HIGH MEADOWS DRIVE. WITH WHAT WATER? I'M SORRY. WITH PARKER COUNTY. S U D. WATER AND PRECINCT THREE. THIS IS GONNA BE BROKEN UP INTO TWO TRACKS. LOT ONE A IS GONNA BE FOUR ACRES AND LOT ONE B IS, UH, ONE ACRE. THEY HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF GREENWOOD ROAD AND HIGH MEADOWS DRIVE. AND THIS IS JUST TO GET PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS. AND THIS IS ALSO ONE THAT WAS RELEASED FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD. WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR THE REVISION TO BEGIN AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM C TWO. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH GO TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE EXTENSION FOR LEVEL CREDIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUNSET RIDGE AND PRECINCT THREE. THIS LETTER OF CREDIT'S IN THE AMOUNT OF $172,602. WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS IN PLACE UNTIL MAY 20TH, 2024. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS. FIVE OH GOOD. ITEM FOUR, RELEASE OF LATERAL CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR HAYDEN CREEK RANCH AND ACCEPT CREEKSIDE COURT, REDWATER LANE, GALLIN ROAD AND HAYDEN CREEK ROAD AS COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAYS IN PRECINCT THREE AND THIS UH, LETTER OF CREDIT WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN, I'M SORRY, $42,525. AND THE PRECINCT HAS APPROVED THE RELEASE AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE ROADS. THERE SHOULD BE, EXCUSE ME, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE. RELEASE THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR OAK SPRINGS EDITION PHASE TWO AND ACCEPT OAK SPRINGS LANE AS A COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAY IN PRECINCT THREE. AND THIS IS [01:50:01] IN THE, THIS LETTER OF CREDIT WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,055 AND 64 CENTS. AND THE PRECINCT HAS ALSO RELEASED, UH, THIS LETTER OF CREDIT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THIS, THESE ROADS AS COUNTY ROADS PLEASE. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? PASS. FIVE. OH YOU SAID THAT ONE GOOD. ITEM SIX. BEGIN THE CANCELLATION PROCESS FOR LOT 41 BLOCK ONE A BLUE BONNET RIDGE PHASE TWO AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY. OKAY, SO THE OWNER, UH, THE LA SEWERS THAT OWN BLUE BONNET RIDGE ARE WANTING TO PULL LOT 41 BLOCK ONE OUT OF PHASE TWO AND THEN RE ADD THAT INTO ADDITIONAL LOTS ON THIS NEW SUBDIVISION CALLED B L PAUL SUBDIVISION. SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE'VE GOTTA CANCEL THAT LOT FIRST. SO WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET PERMISSION TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS. AND THEN, THEN ON WE THING TO, TO BEGIN THE PROCESS, I, I HAVE THE APPLICATION AND INSTRUMENT FROM THE OWNERS. YES, SIR. MAY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH REGARD TO ITEM SEVEN, APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLATT FOR SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS B O P A W SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF 10.826 ACRES DEVELOPED BY B L P A W L L C LOCATED OFF OF 10 TOP ROAD WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT THREE. AND THIS TRACK OF LAND IS GONNA BE BROKEN UP INTO TWO LOTS. LOT ONE IS GONNA BE 9.119 ACRES AND LOT TWO IS GONNA BE 1.707 ACRES. THEY ARE GONNA BE PULLING WATER RIGHTS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THIS IS THE SUBDIVISION THAT THEY ARE PULLING LOT 41 OUT OF BLUE BONNET. SO, UM, OKAY, WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT CANCELLATION DONE PRIOR TO FINAL APPROVAL FOR B PAUL. WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED TO BE BEGIN THE, UH, TO, FOR PRELIMINARY AND THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM FOR VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE. OH. OKAY. WE'LL GO TO ITEM D ONE ON PRECINCT FOUR, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION. BE KNOWN AS REAL VISTA EDITION. PHASE ONE B CONSISTS OF ONE 14.77 ACRES DEVELOPED BY KELLY RANCH ESTATES. L L C LOCATED OFF OF KELLY ROAD WITH A CRESCENT CROSSROADS MUD TWO LOCATED IN PRECINCT FOUR. THIS IS A, THIS IS GONNA BE BROKEN UP INTO SIX LOTS. THEY RANGE IN LOT SIZE FROM 0.32 OF AN ACRE TO 7.52 ACRES. THERE'S GONNA BE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THREE COMMERCIAL LOTS AND THEY DO HAVE THEIR ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF KELLY ROAD AND FIRE BLADE LANE, WHICH IS A PRIVATE ROAD INSIDE RIO VISTA. COUNSELOR, DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING? IN ORDER FOR THE FINAL, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TEXT CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH CRESCENT CROSSROADS MUD NUMBER TWO AND PUBLIC WASTE DISPOSAL THROUGH CRESCENT CROSSROADS MUD TWO. AND THEY HAVE MET ALL OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE. WILL THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. FIVE. OH, OKAY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND HERE. WE DIDN'T DO, DID WE DO THE MINUTES ACCEPT EVERYTHING INTO THE MINUTES? I DID, I DID. OKAY, GOTCHA. THANKS. I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE DISCUSS ADJOURNMENT, WE BEFORE, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JOHN FORREST DID BEAT ME IN THE TEXAS HOLDEN TOURNAMENT. HE DID KNOCK ME OUT. HE GOT FIRST, I GOT THIRD, SECOND TOURNAMENT I WON. WOW. DO DO WE, DO WE SCORE ON THAT? BUT DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. MOTION IS, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT THE SECOND. NOW WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. JUDGE . UH, ALL IN FAVOR LET THE RECORDS SHOW 1133. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT'D YOU SAY? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.