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OF THE PARKER COUNTY[Call to Order]
COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO ORDER ON THIS 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023.LET THE RECORD SHOW IT IS 9:00 AM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNTY, UH, CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT.
UH, WE WILL BEGIN THE INVOCATION LED BY BRITTANY MITCHELL FROM ONE BAPTIST CHURCH, WEATHERFORD, FOLLOWED BY THE PRIVILEGE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY, JUDGE PROAM.
COMMISSIONER CONLEY, PLEASE STAND.
GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR TODAY.
WE THANK YOU THAT, UM, WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN, UM, ELECT OFFICIALS, MAKE DECISIONS, AND, UM, JUST DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
GOD, WE JUST, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE EXAMPLE THAT CHRIST GAVE US TO SERVE OTHERS AND TO PUT OTHERS BEFORE OURSELVES.
GOD, WE JUST PRAY AS WE GO ABOUT THIS DAY, THAT WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND JUST PUT OTHERS BEFORE OURSELVES AND MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AT TRINITY NAME OF PRAY, AMEN.
I PLEDGE CHOOSING THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT'S CHANGED.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
[4. CONSENT]
ON THE CONSENT AND AGENDA.I HAVE ONE COMMENT UNDER, UM, PAYABLES THE AUDITOR.
WE GET, CAN WE GET A MOTION IN A SECOND BEFORE WE CAN MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONNELLY AND A SECOND, UM, BY COMMISSIONER HALE, UH, PROCEED PRESENTED IN THESE PAYABLES IS THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION TO THE ABANDONED CEMETERY.
AND SO NORMALLY THOSE PAYMENTS DON'T GO UNTIL AFTER THE, UM, MOU OR UNDERLYING AGREEMENT IS, UM, APPROVED.
AND SO IT WAS ON THE DRAFT AGENDA, BUT IT WAS NOT ON THE FINAL.
BUT I HAD ALREADY FINALIZED ALL PAYABLES AND SENT IT OUT.
SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU ALL IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ASK THE TREASURER TO HOLD THAT PAYMENT UNTIL THE NEXT COURT, IF IT'S GONNA BE ON THE NEXT COURT AGENDA TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THAT CONTRACT OR THAT MOU THAT'S FINE.
DOES IT CREATE A PROBLEM FOR YOU, UH, AUDIT WISE TO PAY THAT WITHOUT THE MOU BEING IN EFFECT OR ARE STILL WE STILL UNDER I THE BEST PRACTICES ARE STILL UNDER LAST YEAR'S, NO, IT EXPIRED SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO TECHNICALLY IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FISCAL YEAR AGREEMENT, SO WE SHOULD HAVE AN AGREEMENT EXECUTED PRIOR TO THOSE FUNDS BEING DISPERSED.
THAT WOULD BE, SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD HOLD IT THEN.
UH, DO YOU NEED A MOTION ON THAT SPECIFIC ITEM? LET'S JUST GO AHEAD.
SINCE ALL OF PAYABLES WERE PRESENTED TO SAY, GO AHEAD AND HOLD THAT.
AND SO IF IT'S ON THE NEXT COURT AGENDA, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, JUST RELEASE THAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER HOLTON HAS MADE A MOTION.
WHAT IS THE MOTION? WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WELL, IS IS, ARE YOU ASKING FOR THIS TO BE A SPECIFIC MOTION TO THAT? THAT WAS WHAT THE GIST OF MY QUESTION IS THAT WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR MAKE A MOTION SPECIFIC TO THAT.
IS JUST TO, UM, HOLD THAT CHECK UNTIL THE UNDERLYING AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED.
SO, BUT WE DO HAVE A MOTION A SECOND ON HERE.
UH, FOR THESE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ITEMS LISTED ON ITEM UNDER AUDITOR AND J UH, COMMISSIONER, HOLD, LET ME HOLD THAT.
SAY MINE SO THAT THE MOTION THAT'S ALREADY THERE CAN CARRY THAT.
WELL, I JUST MADE A MOTION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
THERE'S NO MOTION AS TO WHAT YOU MADE A MOTION, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MOTION IS.
WE'LL ACTUALLY MAKE A SPECIFIC MOTION, EXCLUDING A MOTION.
I BELIEVE THE CORRECT LANGUAGE WOULD BE TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION INSTEAD OF RESEND BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN PASSED THE MOTION'S.
DO HAVE A MOTION THEN HE SAID RESEND IT.
UH, WELL, NO, WHAT THE MOTION WE'RE ASKING FOR THEN IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT WAS MADE WITH, UH, OUR AUDITOR.
UM, SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? OKAY, COMMISSIONER, HOLD YOU.
DO YOU HAVE THAT MOTION? YEAH.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION BARRING WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH MS. FOWLER TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION FOR HER.
MOTION WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HALL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? WHICH ITEMS? ALL, ALL OF THEM ON THE, ON, ON THE CONSENT ITEMS? I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS THAT ONE THAT SHE WAS JUST, THE ONE THAT SHE LISTED IS WHAT SHE ASKED FOR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR.
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ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WOULD ASK AGAIN THAT THAT MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.UH, MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? YEAH, I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO GET INTO DISCUSSIONS WHERE I CAN LIST THOSE.
COMMISSIONER COLLEY MADE THE MOTION.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE AND THOSE ITEMS LIST UNDER THE DISCUSSION PHASE, ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR UNDER AUDITOR, ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE, TWO ON TREASURER IN ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE UNDER COUNTY.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.
SORRY, IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING.
UM, THAT WAS COMMISSIONER CONLEY PAST FIVE.
UM, UNDER INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS OR EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REPORTS.
UH, KIM DO WE DON'T HAVE ANY? YEAH.
[4.D.2. Discuss and act on the RFPQ PC23-39 Transportation Bond Program Management - Evaluation Committee Selection. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE RFPQ, PC 23 DASH 39 TRANSPORTING BOND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, EVALUATION COMMITTEE SELECTION, UH, KIM.OH, I'LL GIVE A WELL, BEFORE WE GO TO THE MOTION, I WILL ASK THAT THIS BE DISCUSSED.
SO WE DID AN RFQ FOR TO HIRE A, A TRANSPORTATION BOND PROGRAM MANAGER OR, UM, AND DESIGN SERVICES.
WE RECEIVED FOUR SUBMISSIONS FROM FRIES NICHOLS, WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, TEGNA IN PERKINS, INC.
SINCE THE BOND PASSED IN THE ELECTION LAST WEEK, I AM REQUESTING NOW THAT THE COURT NAME A COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THESE FOUR RESPONSES.
AND, UM, IF WE NEED TO CALL ANY OF THESE ENGINEERING FIRMS IN FOR FURTHER, UM, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSIONS WITH THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND THEN FOR THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT FOR AWARD AT A LATER DATE.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER, UM, INCLUDING, UM, THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND THE PURCHASING AGENT ON THE COMMITTEE SINCE WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY, UM, IN THE PROCESS WITH, WITH THE BUDGET AND PAYABLES FOR THESE PROJECTS THAT THEY'LL BE DESIGNING AND MANAGING.
UM, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION AT THIS POINT AND WE'LL GO INTO DISCUSSION PHASE MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECOND, I, MY MOTION IS TO, UH, UH, FORM A COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE, UH, THE RESPONDENTS TO THE RFQ.
UH, CONSISTING OF PURCHASING AUDITOR TREASURER, COUNTY ATTORNEY, COMMISSIONER ONE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE COMMISSIONERS ON THERE, DO WE? DOES THAT MATTER? OR IT, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE COURT SO THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF WE CHOOSE TO DO SO.
SO COMMISSIONER HILL'S MADE THE SECOND, UH, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE, UH, ON THAT.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT TO HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS ON THAT LIST? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? I HAVE ONE OTHER.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STRUCTURE THIS IN SUCH A WAY, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS GONNA ECHO COMMENTS THAT I MADE PREVIOUSLY WHERE WE CAN HAVE A BOND MANAGER, BUT WE HAVE CERTAIN ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT WILL ALSO BE APPROVED TO WORK WITH THAT BOND MANAGER ON VARIOUS PROJECTS.
SIMPLY WITH THE SCOPE OF HOW MUCH WE HAVE GOING ON, ONE COMPANY CANNOT HANDLE AT ALL.
SO WITH MULTIPLE RESPONSES FROM THE ENGINEERING FIRMS, THEY DO HAVE A WHOLE STAFF OF ENGINEERS THAT THEY COULD LIKE ALLOCATE ONE TO EACH PRECINCT THAT WOULD COVER IT.
THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND THE DESIGN SERVICES ARE ALL UNDER ONE CONTRACT THOUGH.
AND THAT WAS MY PROBLEM WITH THE RFQ BEFORE.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT A LOT OF COUNTIES DO IS THEY WILL HAVE NUMEROUS RESPONDENTS AND THEN THEY WILL APPROVE THE TOP SIX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEN THEY WILL PICK A BOND MANAGER OUT OF THOSE SIX.
THAT BOND MANAGER CAN THEN WORK WITH ANY OF THOSE PRE-APPROVED SIX RESPONDENTS, OR I GUESS OTHER FIVE RESPONDENTS TO THE, TO THE RFQ.
AND WHAT THAT WILL ALLOW IS IT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAN US JUST TYING OUR CART TO ONE HORSE, SO TO SPEAK.
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WE'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST PICK ONE OF THESE FOUR.I THINK WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE THEM, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MOTION IS.
THE THE MOTION IS TO FORM A COMMITTEE.
TO DO, TO DO WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT SO THAT THIS DISCUSSION DOESN'T RELATE TO THE MOTION, PARTICULARLY JUDGE.
WELL, BUT THIS COMMITTEE IS GONNA PICK ONE OF THE FOUR.
WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE THE RESPONDENTS AND REPORT BACK TO THE EFFECT OF THE COURT, TO THE COURT.
IT MAY BE ALL OF THEM, IT MAY BE TWO OF THEM.
THIS IS JUST TO SET UP A COMMITTEE JUDGE.
MY COMMENTS AREN'T INTENDED TO JUST THE MOTION OR ANYTHING ELSE.
IT'S JUST TO BRING IT UP AGAIN THAT I DON'T WANT US TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'VE BACKED OURSELVES INTO ONLY HAVING ONE GROUP TO RELY ON.
WE'VE GOT TOO MUCH, TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE.
KIM, YOU GOT ANY, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY? ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE.
OH, DO YOU HAVE THAT MOTION? YOU YOU HAVE IT? I DO.
ARE YOU GONNA LET US KNOW, UH, WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE THIS MEETING? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL COORDINATE WITH ALL THE, THE MEMBERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WE'LL GET A DATE WHERE EVERYBODY'S AVAILABLE TO MEET AND HOPEFULLY THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
I KNOW WITH UPCOMING HOLIDAYS IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT WITH EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULED, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING.
[5.A. Disposition of Asset #22485, Dell CTO 5430 Desktop Computer assigned to Dept. 612, Precinct 2. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Holt)]
FIVE, A DISPOSITION OF ASSET 22 4 85 DEL CTO 54 30 DESKTOP COMPUTER ASSIGNED TO DEPARTMENT SIX 12 PRECINCT TWO.KIM, YOU ONLY GIVE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THAT BEFORE WE MAKE THE MOTION.
SO THIS, UM, DESKTOP COMPUTER THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO DEPARTMENT SIX 12 IS, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A RUGGEDIZED LAPTOP.
UM, IT CAUGHT FIRE RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF THIS ASSET.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE WHERE THERE'S SEVERELY DAMAGE, IT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM DEPARTMENT 6 1 6 1 TWO'S INVENTORY.
AND I'M JUST, THIS IS A NOTIFICATION THAT IT, IT HAS BEEN OR WILL BE DISPOSED OF, BUT IT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM INVENTORY.
ANY IDEA HOW THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE, MR. KAYWOOD OR IT WAS SITTING ON MY OFFICE MANAGER'S DESK.
SHE WAS WORKING ON PAPERS ON ANOTHER DESK AND HEARD BUBBLING AND CRACKING SOUNDS AND IT TURNED AROUND AND IT WAS BLOWING UP.
WHAT CAUSED THAT, SIR? UH, WELL WE LOOKED INTO IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A POSSIBILITY OF, UH, UH, A HANDLE BEING PUT BACK ON IT AND MAYBE A LONGER SCREW ON ONE SIDE.
UH, PROTRUDED INTO THE BATTERY FROM WHAT WE FOUND THERE.
YEAH, I GOT A PICTURE OF IT HERE.
'CAUSE I DID REACH OUT TO 'EM, UH, UH, LOOKING AT IT WITH THE PICTURES WE SENT, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA DISPOSE OF IT.
PULLED THE HARD DRIVE AND GOT IT REPLACED WHAT WE HAD.
WHAT, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE SURE, JUDGE, I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST A NOTIFICATION.
OH, I'M, YOU'RE, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
I WAS, I WAS GONNA PUSH YOU FOR A MOTION.
[5.B. Notice of change order to Trane Contract. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
B ON NOTICE OF CHANGE ORDER TO TRAIN CONTRACT.UM, KIM, CAN YOU GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THAT? YES.
REQ ACTUALLY REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THIS CHANGE ORDER TO THE JAIL HVAC UPGRADE.
UM, TRANE HAD LISTED ON THEIR QUOTE, UM, REPLACEMENT OF A FOUR TON UNIT AND THE QUOTE SAID WITH A SIX TON UNIT, AND THAT'S WHAT WAS PLACED ON THE, THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR, UM, THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS ONE UNIT.
AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FIVE TON UNIT, SO RESULTING IN AN CREDIT BACK A 5,000 191 98 41 OR A REDUCTION OF THAT PO BY THAT AMOUNT.
UM, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION THEN ON THIS ITEM.
THERE'S A NOTIFICATION ONLY, I'M SORRY.
IT'S REALLY, IT SHOULD BE APPROVED.
LET'S CODE ITEM SIX A ON APPROVAL ON THE DISCUSSION.
TAKE ACTION ON FM NINE 20 AND VILLE CUTOFF ROAD EVENTS.
DID YOU APPROVE IT? YOU DO WANT, WELL, IT'S A NOTIFICATION.
YEAH, IT SHOULD HAVE A, WELL, IT'S LISTED OR NOTIFICATION, BUT IT SAYS IT SHOULD BE APPROVAL.
LET'S GO BACK TO THAT ITEM UNDER ITEM FIVE.
UNDER THE NOTICE OF CHANGE ORDER TO TRAIN CONTRACT.
WE HAD A MOTION WHO HAD MADE THE MOTION ON THAT.
COMMISSIONER HALE SECOND IS MADE BY, UM, I'LL SECOND.
COMMISSIONER CONLEY, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.A. Discuss/Take action on FM 920 and Poolville Cutoff Road Advanced Funding Agreement. (Chris Bosco / Judge Deen)]
DISCUSSION.TAKE ACTION ON FM NINE 20 AND VILLE CUTOFF ROAD ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT.
I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THAT TO GET IT TO DISCUSSION PHASE.
I WILL MAKE THE MOTION ON THAT.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? AGAIN, WE'RE
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GETTING A DISCUSSION PHASE SIMPLY TO DISCUSS THE ITEM.COMMISSIONER HOL HAS MAY THE SECOND.
UH, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
UM, IS THIS ABLE TO TRANSFER UP THERE? OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, SO I, I, I GRABBED THIS MAP 'CAUSE I I THINK IT WILL HELP KIND OF LOCATE THE, SO THE PROJECT 5.02 IS THE ONE THAT IS IN REFERENCE TO THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT.
UM, SO TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, IN, IN, IN 2022, WE APPLIED FOR, UH, HIGHWAY SAFETY FUNDS WITH TECH STOCK.
AND, AND THE COUNTY WAS SELECTED, UH, FOR THOSE FUNDS.
THERE'S, UM, $930,000 WAS ALLOCATED TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD COME FROM THE STATE.
UH, WHAT THIS ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT, UM, STATES THAT THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY IS TO PROVIDE THE PLANS.
IT'S STATING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS THE ESTIMATE FOR THOSE PLANS.
UH, THAT NUMBER COMES FROM THE APPLICATION WE SUBMITTED IN 22.
THAT'S WHAT WE ESTIMATED, UM, FOR THE ENGINEERING.
AND THEN THE NINE 30,000 WAS THE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAD FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, AND SO WITH, WITH APPROVAL OF THIS ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT, Y'ALL WOULD ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH TECH STOCK.
ONE THING THAT THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT FROM SAY SEVEN 30 AND, AND US 180 IS, UH, TECH STOCK'S ALSO GONNA BUILD IT.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA DELIVER THE PLANS AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA HIRE THE CONTRACTOR AND GO, UH, DO THE WORK.
SO IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE'VE DONE ON OTHER PROGRAMS. OKAY.
SO THAT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 1 99 AND, UH, CUT OFF ROAD.
SO THE, RIGHT NOW THAT'S, UH, EXISTING, IT'S, UM, IT HAS SHOULDERS, BUT IT'S A TWO OR TWO LANE WITH NO TURN LANE.
AND SO THIS PROJECT WILL PUT IN LEFT TURN LANES FOR THAT LOCATION.
THAT PROJECT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE AGNES CIRCLE 1 99.
IT, THIS ONE CURRENTLY DOESN'T.
AND THE REASON WHY WE SUBMITTED THIS ONE 'CAUSE IT HAD THE MOST ACCIDENTS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH ARE IN THE, IN THE, UH, NEW BOND BOND, BUT, UH, THE HIGHWAY SAFETY FUNDS WERE SPECIFICALLY APPLIED TO THIS LOCATION.
SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE CLARIFIED THAT THE MOTION ON THE TABLE TALKS ABOUT FM NINE 20 APPROVAL CUTOFF, BUT WE'RE REALLY MEANING 1 99.
YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE 1 99 AND, OH, YES, SIR.
AND VILLE CUTOFF FOR, FOR A AND B, RIGHT? CHRIS? UH, YES SIR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? I GOT IT.
TAKE ACTION ON FM 1 99 AND VILLE CUT VILLE CUTOFF ROAD.
IN ENGINEERING AGREEMENT, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER, UH, HOLT HAS MADE A MOTION, UH, COMMISSIONER KNOWLEDGE MADE.
THE SECOND WE'RE THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
[6.B. Discuss/Take action on FM 920 and Poolville Cutoff Road Engineering Agreement. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt / Judge Deen)]
SO THIS IS RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT AND, UM, SO WHAT THIS WOULD, UH, APPROVE, UH, ENGINEERING FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN.UH, ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE IS THIS.
HIGHWAY SAFETY FUNDS ARE TIME DEPENDENT.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FUNDING THAT WE WORK WITH TECH STOCK, YOU CAN SHIFT IN TIME YOU CAN'T HEAR.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DELIVER THE PLANS BY DECEMBER 1ST.
UH, SO IT IS, IT JUST KIND OF CAUGHT WITH THE NEW BOND.
IT ALL KIND OF CAUGHT BEING KIND OF BUNCHED UP HERE.
BUT THE, UM, WHAT THIS INCLUDES, IT HAS SURVEY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT AND THE DESIGN, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 48,008 60.
UH, AS I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS, WE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED A HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A ESTIMATE BACK IN 22 AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE UNDER THAT ON, ON THIS APPROVAL.
SO IS THAT A PROBLEM BEING HAVING THE PLAN SUBMITTED BY DECEMBER ONE? NO.
'CAUSE WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PUSHING ON IT JUST BECAUSE THE TIMING, UM, WASN'T GONNA WORK.
SO WE TOOK, TOOK THAT RISK AND, AND OKAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR? OOPS.
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PASS FIVE.ITEM C ON DISCUSSION, TAKE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER FM SEVEN 30 US 180 CSJ OH EIGHT DASH OH THREE 19.
I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION, OR YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT LAST AGENDA ITEM PLEASE? Y YES.
UH, THAT I, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT.
WHAT, UM, WELL LET ME BEFORE YOU, OH, SORRY.
WE, WE GO THROUGH THE DISCUSSION OF THIS.
I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE BEFORE WE GO TO THE MOTION.
THIS IS ON THE PRIOR ITEMS? YEAH, IT'S THE PREVIOUS PARDON ITEM.
IT'S THE ONE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
SO, SO GO BACK TO ITEM B? YES, SIR.
UM, WHAT I, WHAT I FAILED TO MENTION IS THAT THE, UH, INTENT HERE SINCE, UH, WE HAD THE FUNDS AS PART OF THE NEW BOND, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T, UH, JUST GOT A, YOU KNOW, APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.
SO, UH, WHAT THE INTENTION WAS HERE IS THAT THIS 48,000 WOULD BE PAID FOR WITH, UH, PRECINCT TWO DISCRETIONARY.
UH, BUT THEN ONCE THE, UM, BOND FUNDS ARE SOLD FOR THE NEW BOND, THAT THAT WOULD BE REPLENISHED SINCE WE DO HAVE, THEY WOULD STAY THERE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAY IN THAT BOND.
IN THE, YOU STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.
SO THEY WOULD JUST STAY IN THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.
WE WOULDN'T BE MOVING THEM AROUND.
BUT THEY WILL BE REPAID FROM TEXDOT SO THEY CAN REPLENISH YEAH, THAT, YEAH.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S THE PART THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE OF.
IS THIS NOT THE DESIGN FOR A, THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR AND THEN THEY DO THE CONSTRUCTION.
MAYBE I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
WHAT, WHAT I WAS, UH, EXPLAINING IS THAT, THAT THE, UH, IN THE 2023 BOND, THE COMMISSIONER'S DISCRETIONARY WOULD BE REPLENISHED WITH THE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THAT PROJECT.
BECAUSE THIS IS A 2023 PROJECT.
BUT WE WOULD JUST, IF, IF WE'RE HAVING TO DO IT 12 ONE RIGHT, THE PLANS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BY 12 ONE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF 2016, UM, BOND PROGRAM DISCRETIONARY, BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT HAVE DRAWN DOWN THE FUNDS TO HAVE THE EXPENSES WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD.
YEAH, YOU'LL STILL, BECAUSE THE COST WOULD BE INCURRED PRIOR TO DRAWING DOWN ANY OF THE BOND FUNDS.
WHERE WILL I, SO WILL I BE REIMBURSED FOR THOSE THOUGH? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT IS THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT, BUT THE COUNTY HAS TO PROVIDE THE DESIGN AND SO I BELIEVE THIS IS THE DESIGN PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
ALL I'M SAYING IS IF THIS WERE SIX MONTHS IN THE FUTURE, THIS WOULD BE PAID FOR AS PART OF THE 2023 BOND ITSELF.
IT WOULDN'T COME OUT OF PRECINCT TWO DISCRETIONARY FUNDS? NO.
IT, I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE TO STAY IF, IF, IF WE WERE FAST FORWARD TO IT, YES, YOU COULD USE THOSE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, BUT THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
SO YOU STILL HAVE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING THAT'S NOT, SORRY, MAYBE I MISSPOKE.
IF THIS WERE SIX MONTHS IN THE FUTURE MM-HMM,
OH, WELL THAT IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WOULD, YOU INCLUDED, CORRECT.
WELL THEN IF YOU WERE GONNA DO IT THAT WAY, THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY JUST PAY IT NOT FROM DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, BUT JUST FROM BOND SURPLUS FROM THE BOND THAT'S SITTING THERE.
NOW, THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DECISIONS MADE ON HOW THAT'S GONNA BE ALLOCATED FROM 2016 FROM SAVINGS ON OTHER PROJECTS.
THAT'S, I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT MR. BOSCO IS GETTING AT, IS IF, IF WE, IF WE DO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT FROM PRECINCT TO DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, THAT WILL NEED TO BE REIMBURSED FROM THE GENERAL BOND FUND, THEN WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS TO PAY FOR THIS FROM JUST REGULAR 2016 BOND FUNDS THAT WE STILL HAVE AVAILABLE VERSUS DISCRETIONARY.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE THE QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET THE INVOICE, HOW, WHERE ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS FROM? SO DO WE NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR THAT? WE NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION.
I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE PAY FOR THIS PROJECT FROM SURPLUS FUNDS FROM THE 2016 BOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
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OH, OKAY.YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
[6.C. Discuss/Take action on approval of Change Order for FM 730 / US 180 (CSJ: 0008-03-119). (Chris Bosco / Judge Deen)]
C ON DISCUSSION, TAKE ACTION AND APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER FOR FM SEVEN 30 S 180 CSJ OH EIGHT DASH OH THREE DASH 1 1 9.I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION BEFORE WE GO INTO THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? JUDGE? I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THIS ONE.
UH, COMMISSIONER HA HAS MADE A SECOND NOTED.
UM, SO THIS IS A, UH, A CREDIT CHANGE ORDER.
UM, SO THIS, IT ACTUALLY HAS, UH, FM SEVEN 30 AND US 180.
IT'S THE TWO INTERSECTIONS THAT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH TECH DOT ON.
AND SO, UH, THIS IS A CHANGE ORDER AND, AND THE REASON WHY IT'S A CREDIT ON, UH, US 180, UH, WE ORIGINALLY HAD PAVERS FOR THE MEDIANS, UH, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN IT LATELY, THERE WAS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WEATHERFORD HAD TO DO, UH, LANDSCAPING IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT, THAT WAS CREDITED TO THE PROJECT AT FM SEVEN 30.
UH, WE HAD SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL COST.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH TEX DOT ON, WE DECIDED TO REMOVE THE CONNECTION OF HILLTOP CIRCLE TO SEVEN 30 BECAUSE THERE IS A CONNECTION OF HILLTOP CIRCLE TO THE LOOP.
UH, AND SO THAT WAY WE WON'T HAVE THAT CONNECTION RIGHT BY THE INTERSECTION.
UH, AND THEN ANOTHER CHANGE IS, UH, IS TO GO TO SOD INSTEAD OF SEEDING IN THIS AREA, UH, AT SEVEN 30, UH, TO GET THE GRASS ESTABLISHED.
BUT THE NET OUT OF THOSE IS ACTUALLY A CREDIT OF 19,000 1 96 18.
UH, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT TECH STOCK'S BEEN PAYING FOR, BUT Y'ALL ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE MONEY.
UH, SO IT DOES REQUIRE COURT APPROVAL.
UH, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE COREY, UH, TECH STOCKS ALREADY SIGNED OFF ON IT, BUT WE NEED Y'ALL'S FINAL APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THAT HILLTOP AND THAT INTERSECTION'S ALL IN PRECINCT TOO, I'M ASSUMING? YES, SIR.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR? IT WAS JUST A MOTION TO APPROVE, CORRECT? I PASS, UM, FOUR WITH ONE ABSTAIN.
[6.D. Discuss/Take action on FM 920 Turn Lanes and Willow Creek Construction Contract Award. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt / Judge Deen)]
ITEM D DISCUSSION.TAKE ACTION ON THE FM NINE 20 TURN LANES AND WILLOW CREEK CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
I'LL SECOND THE ITEM, UH, PROCEED.
UM, SO THIS, UM, ON UH, SEPTEMBER 29TH, WE, UH, PUT OUT A PROJECT FOR BIDS, OR WE TOOK IN BIDS.
UM, UH, EURO ATLANTIC WAS THE LOW BIDDER AT 1,099,000 476 10.
UH, AND SO WHAT THIS PROJECT IS, I'LL KIND OF GO BACK UP TO THE MAP.
SO IT WAS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT, UH, IS KIND OF, UH, OVERLAPPING THE TWO BONDS IN THAT, UH, PROJECT 5.12.
THERE, UH, IS A TURN LANE PROJECT THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD, HAD DONE THE DESIGN AS PART OF, UH, THE 2016 BOND, BUT PUT CONSTRUCTION FUNDING IN FOR THIS IS, UH, THE COMMISSIONER IN PRECINCT TWO HAS BUILT WILLOW CREEK ROADWAY.
RIGHT NOW IT'S CONNECTING INTO SEVEN TO AN FM NINE 20, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO OPEN IT UP UNTIL THE TURN LANES ARE IN PLACE.
SO WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES, IT ADDS A LEFT TURN LANE AS WELL AS A RIGHT TURN LANE.
THIS SERVES AS A, A BAGGAGE ALTERNATIVE ACCESS TO THE SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA.
AND, UH, AND SO THAT'S THE URGENCY OF THAT IS TO GET THIS PROJECT BUILT, UH, SO THAT THAT ROAD CAN GO IN USE AND ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC AT THAT LOCATION.
FOR SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS, WHEN WILLOW CREEK WAS FIRST DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED, TEXDOT STANDARDS DID NOT REQUIRE FOR CENTER TURN LANES DURING THE MIDST OF CONSTRUCTION LATE IN 2022, TEXDOT UPDATED ITS REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT LEVEL OF TRAFFIC WOULD REQUIRE A TURN LANE TO BE PUT IN.
AND WE GOT THAT INFORMATION FROM TDOT APPROXIMATELY A WEEK BEFORE THE ROAD WAS INTENDED TO BE OPENED.
HENCE THE, UH, SENSE OF URGENCY HERE.
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OKAY, YOU THE DISCUSSION ON ADAM, WHERE'S THE MONEY? WHERE'S THE FUNDING FOR THIS? UH, SO THIS ONE WOULD BE OPERATE, I THINK THE SAME WAY THAT WE JUST DID ON THE OTHER ONE THAT WE WOULD USE, UM, SAVINGS AND THEN ONCE THE BOND, THIS IS PART OF THE BOND PROJECT.I THINK I GET TWO DIFFERENT THINGS JUST TO CLARIFY.
SO BECAUSE THE COSTS ARE GONNA BE INCURRED PRIOR TO THE DRAWDOWN, YOU CANNOT AUTHORIZE FUNDS FOR FUNDING THAT YOU'VE NOT DRAWN DOWN.
SO IT CAN BE USED FROM THE SURPLUS FROM THE 2016 BOND, BUT WE WILL NOT BE MOVING EXPENSES.
WHAT YOU COULD DO IS THE BUDGETS THAT ARE ALLOCATED FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO REALLOCATE THE BUDGETS, NOT THE EXPENSES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO ONCE THEY'RE INCURRED, ONCE THEY'RE PAID, THEY WILL STAY ALWAYS AS THE 2016 BOND EXPENDITURES BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE DRAWDOWNS OF THOSE FUNDS.
SO YOU CANNOT APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR THE NEW BOND UNTIL YOU'VE ACTUALLY, THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO SPEND AND THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO SPEND.
IT'S PASSED, BUT THERE'S STILL THE, YOU KNOW, AG REVIEW AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND UNTIL WE PHYSICALLY DRAW THEM DOWN AND HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE, YOU CANNOT ALLOCATE FUNDING TO THOSE PROJECTS NOTED.
SO WE CAN USE, AGAIN, THE SURPLUS FROM THERE, BUT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE JUST BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, REALLOCATED FOR THE 2023.
SO WORDING FOR THE, THE FUNDING, IF THE COURT, YOU KNOW, APPROVES THAT WOULD JUST BE FROM THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE SURPLUS AMOUNT FOR THE 2016 BOND? DO YOU HAVE THAT FIGURE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? NO.
AND AND THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHERE THERE WERE SAVINGS FROM, YOU KNOW, COUNTY LED PROJECTS AND SUCH, UM, THAT CAN BE REALLOCATED, BUT NONE OF THAT'S BEEN REALLOCATED.
SO ARE YOU CONFIDENT THOUGH THAT WE DO HAVE PLENTY THERE? I COVER THIS EXPENSE? I BELIEVE SO FROM THE, UM, TRANSFER THAT WE HAD, THERE WAS A CONTINGENCY SITTING THERE FOR, UM, RIGHT AWAY THAT WAS NOT USED.
BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, VERY WISE THAT WE CLOSE PROJECTS DOWN AND SEE OR PRO CLOSE PROJECTS OUT AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, WITH THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM, YOU THINK, YOU THINK IT'D BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MEETING TO ALLOCATE THE EXCESS FUNDS, WHICH WE DETERMINE WHAT'S SITTING IN THAT SURPLUS? YES.
AND SO WE, WE DID PART OF THAT, UM, I GUESS PROBABLY A MONTH AGO.
UM, AND SO WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP AND LOOK AT THAT FROM WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
I, I COULD BRING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BRING THAT TO THE NEXT COURT.
UM, IT, RIGHT NOW IT'S ROUGHLY 6 MILLION OR SO THAT, BUT WE CAN GET THAT FINAL NUMBER AND HAVE THAT REALLOCATED.
SO WE HAVE 6 MILLION AVAILABLE, ROUGHLY? CORRECT.
THAT'S ASIDE FROM WHAT Y'ALL HAVE IN THE DISCRETIONARY
WELL, THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED OR MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, ON HOW TO DIVIDE THAT.
I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DIVIDING AMONGST THE DIFFERENT PRECINCTS FOR THEIR DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
SO I, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY HERE TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU'RE NEEDING AS WELL, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THE NUMBERS.
I THINK SO I'LL JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE TO THE COURT.
THERE IS A SENSE OF, UH, URGENCY HERE BECAUSE THIS DOES, THIS ROAD HAS TWO PURPOSES.
NUMBER ONE IS TO ALLEVIATE SCHOOL TRAFFIC FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE DROPPING KIDS OFF AT THAT SCHOOL.
BUT NUMBER TWO, IT SERVES AS A BYPASS FOR TRAFFIC TRAVELING NORTH ON NINE 20.
THAT'S TRYING TO GET OVER TO HARWELL LAKE.
THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO PASS BY THE SCHOOLS WHERE YOU DO HAVE CAMPUSES ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT ROAD.
AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC IN BETWEEN.
SO EVERY, EVERY DELAY THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, JUST I UNDERSTAND.
CHRIS, JUST FOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THERE'S 6 MILLION.
SO THE, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, IF YOU DIVIDED IT FOUR WAY, IT'D BE 1.5 PER PRECINCT.
SO WE'D HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
DIDN'T WE ALREADY VOTE TO DO THAT? YES, THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE.
SO THIS IS 6 MILLION IN ADDITION TO WHAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY DONE.
THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TOTALLY UNRELATED TO WHAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DIVIDING AMONGST
THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO GET A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
SO THERE'S STILL, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS EACH IN A SEPARATE FUND THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON.
WELL, THE COUNSELORS COMMENT A SECOND AGO.
I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT IF THAT'S THE, THE NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE AND IN FOUR WAYS THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA HOLD YOU UP EITHER 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY HERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MENTIONED THAT AND GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
YOU HAVE DISCUSSION WITH MS. OTTO.
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FAVOR.[6.E. Recognize the week of December 4-10, 2023 as Tree of Angels Week in Parker County. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
THE WEEK OF DECEMBER FOUR, TWO, 10TH, 2023 S THREE OF ANGELS WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY.MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
UH, JOHN, YOU WANNA GO IN AND I'M GONNA ASK, UH, LISA MEYERHOFF AND EAST TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY.
AND ALSO, UH, EXTEND AN INVITE TO THE PUBLIC FOR A TREE OF ANGELS, UH, CEREMONY THAT WE'RE GONNA HOST AT THE DOSS CENTER.
YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE INVITATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, REALLY WANNA PUSH FOR THE, ESPECIALLY YOUR PRESENCE.
UM, AND THAT OF ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR 25TH YEAR TO HOST THIS EVENT LOCALLY.
UM, THE, AND I'VE LUCKILY BEEN IN ON 17 OF THOSE, UM, EVENTS, BUT THIS CEREMONY IS NOT LIKE YOUR STANDARD PERCEPTION OF AN ANGEL TREE.
THIS TREE, WHICH WE ERECT AT THE DOSS CENTER THROUGH THEIR KIND GENEROSITY, UM, IS FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF VIOLENT CRIMES.
UM, MANY OF THESE PEOPLE APPROACH THE HOLIDAYS WITH HEAVY HEARTS AND A LOT OF SADNESS.
AND THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF A CRIME.
WE HAVE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, SORRY, WHO HAVE BEEN COMING TO THIS EVENT, UH, THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM BECAUSE IT SHOWS OUR POSITION, TWO VICTIMS OF CRIME IN OUR, OUR POSITION TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THE ENTIRE JOURNEY.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT, WE MAY HAVE 50 VICTIMS SHOW UP.
IT DOESN'T DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR PRESENCE TO SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S AN EVENT THAT'S HELD THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
YOU WILL NEVER REALIZE THE IMPACT YOU HAVE BY BEING PRESENT.
AND, AND CAN YOU ALSO TELL, TELL ABOUT THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WILL PARTICIPATE AS WELL, BELIEVE REACT
UM, WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF AGENCIES THAT CO-SPONSOR THIS EVENT.
EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP WITHIN PARKER COUNTY IS A CO-HOST.
UM, THE, UM, PROBATION DEPARTMENT IS A CO-HOST AND REACT, THE RESPONSE TO EVERY, UM, ASSAULT CRISIS TEAM HERE IN PARKER COUNTY WILL COME OUT AND HELP US WITH SOME DECORATIONS AND SOME FOOD.
AND WE HAVE COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS THAT SHOW UP TO HELP WITH THIS EVENT.
FREEDOM HOUSE WILL, UM, ALSO BE PRESENT.
IT'S, IT'S, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO RUN OUTTA ROOM AT THE DOSS THIS YEAR.
IT WOULD BE AMAZING, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THESE PEOPLE.
FOR YOU GUYS TO PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE 5TH OF DECEMBER, PLEASE.
UM, THEY'D BRING AN ORNAMENT TO HANG ON THE TREE IN MEMORY OF A LOST OR LOVED ONE OR A PERSONAL CRISIS.
AND THAT WOULD APPLY TO ANY OF YOU.
YOU, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT FAMILY VIOLENCE IMPACTS ALL OF US.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF SPONSORS, COUNTY ATTORNEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, PROBATION, ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PUT THIS AS A PRIORITY ON YOUR CALENDARS THIS YEAR.
AND WILL WE HAVE ACQUIRED THIS YEAR? THIS YEAR? UM, WELL, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF 'EM UP IN THE AIR
AND THEN, UM, ZONTA HAS JUMPED ON BOARD THIS YEAR TO HELP US WITH ANY NEEDS WE MAY HAVE.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THEM AS WELL.
SO THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY PERFORMING.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE YET.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID.
[6.F. Discuss/Take action on Love Weatherford group's county beautification program. (Jeff Oakes / Judge Deen)]
F ON DISCUSSION.TAKE ACTION ON LOVE, WHETHER FOR GROUPS COUNTY BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM.
UM, I'M GOING TO DEFER THE MOTION.
UH, JEFF, UM, DO WE HAVE JEFF OAKS HERE? UH, JEFF, IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND, UH, THIS IS NEW.
THIS IS, UH, I'VE ASKED JEFF TO COME, UH, TO, UH, HE HAS BEEN SUPPORTED AND I'VE TALKED
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TO THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD WHO HAS DONATED MONEY.UH, AGAIN, WHAT IS PROVIDED HERE, I THINK IT'S, UH, GONNA BE VERY IMPRESSED.
I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE COURT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO COME.
I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UM, MY NAME'S JEFF OAKS AND, UH, WE'VE, OUR FAMILY'S BEEN A RESIDENT ALMOST, UM, UH, FOUR YEARS.
MY WIFE TOOK A JOB AT TCU, SHE'S A PROFESSOR THERE.
I HURT MY BACK IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE, UM, WE FELL IN LOVE WITH TEXAS AND WITH WEATHERFORD.
WE LIVE ABOUT, UM, 13 MILES THAT WAY, UP OUT OF TOWN, 10 MILES OUTTA TOWN TO THE FIRST LIGHT.
AND, UM, UH, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF TRASH AND THAT DID NOT SIT WELL WITH ME.
UH, IT BOTHERED ME FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS WHEN I DECIDED THAT I WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I, AND SO I STARTED ON MY STREET AND IN OUR AREA, UH, PICKING UP TRASH.
AND I HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL, UM, UH, EXPERIENCE DOING THAT.
AND I THOUGHT, I BET OTHER PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THIS EXPERIENCE TOO, THE FEELINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS.
AND SO I STARTED AT LOVE WEATHERFORD, UH, LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
AND, UH, WE NOW WE'RE, WE'RE A COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT, UH, VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, AFTER ALMOST A YEAR, WE HAVE OVER 1800 MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED THE GROUP.
WE'VE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GET OUT AND DO COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WE'VE, UH, PICKED UP ALMOST 10 TONS OF TRASH, UM, WITH A PICKER UPPER TOOL, PUTTING IT IN EACH LITTLE THING IN A, UH, IN A, IN A TRASH BAG.
UM, WE STARTED RUNNING OUTTA TRASH, UH, TOWARDS, UH, BEFORE LAST SUMMER.
'CAUSE WE HAVE MONTHLY EVENTS AND PEOPLE GET OUT IN, ON THEIR OWN AND PICK UP TRASH.
AND SO WE THOUGHT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF TRASH TO PICK UP.
AND SO WE STARTED WORKING ON SIDEWALKS THAT WERE, UM, UNMAINTAINED THAT WERE SO BAD THAT PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS WOULD HAVE TO USE THE STREET TO, TO GET AROUND THESE AREAS.
UM, SO WE, WE'VE CLEANED UP SOME AREAS THAT WERE PRETTY BAD AND THE, I GUESS THE BIGGEST AREA THAT WE CLEANED UP WAS ON, UM, NORTH MAINE.
WE SPENT ALMOST 60 HOURS CLEANING UP JUST THAT LITTLE SECTION.
AND, UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING THERE, THERE WAS NOBODY USING THE SIDEWALKS.
AND THEN AFTER WEEK THREE, UH, THE, THE, THE THIRD WEEK THAT I WAS WORKING THERE, THAT PEOPLE STARTED USING THE SIDEWALKS.
AND THE LAST DAY I WORKED THERE, THERE WAS FIVE PEOPLE THAT USED THE SIDEWALKS.
SO, UH, VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA RUN OUTTA SIDEWALKS TO CLEAN.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OTHER THINGS TO DO.
AND DILLARD'S SAID THAT THEY WOULD DONATE, UM, A HUNDRED POUNDS OF SEEDS.
SO LAST MONTH WE HAD A ALMOST A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS GO ON TO CENTER POINT WITH JUDGE DEAN'S PERMISSION.
AND LET ME, LET ME INTERJECT HERE.
JUST IN THE, AND THE REQUEST WAS MADE.
CAN WE PLANT, UH, BLUE BONNETS? YES.
AND SO THAT WAS, I THINK, WITHIN MY PURVIEW TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE COURT, WHICH WAS, BUT THEN IT, IT, IT TOOK ANOTHER STEP THAT WHAT I FELT LIKE NEEDED TO COME HERE FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, TO, TO UPDATE THEM ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND, AND THE, UM, THE, THE GOODWILL THAT YOU PROVIDE.
BUT YOU'RE, YOU'VE TAKEN IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND THAT'S THE PART YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN.
WE HAD ALMOST A HUNDRED PEOPLE THERE AND PLANTING, UH, THE SEEDS OUT THERE AND THE SEEDS HAVE POPPED UP.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GROWING AND WAITING FOR FLOWERS TO BLOSSOM IN THE SPRING.
WE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THAT MANY PEOPLE CAME AND SAID, CAN WE DO THIS AGAIN? AND SO THE QUESTION THAT, THAT I WAS, I PROPOSED TO JUDGE DEAN WAS, COULD WE DO, WE DID A HALF MILE CENTER.
WELL, I ASKED JUDGE DEAN IF WE COULD DO ANOTHER HALF MILE, UM, ON RICK WILLIAMS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, UH, ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF, UH, 180.
AND SO HE THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD BRING IT HERE.
WELL, AND I HAVE TALKED TO, UM, THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD AND THEY NOT ONLY HAVE FUNDED BUT SUPPORT ENDORSE YOUR, YOUR PROGRAM.
AND SO YEAH, THEY, THEY, THEY AWARDED US A $5,000 GRANT AND THEY GIVE US, UH, $300 A MONTH TO HELP OUT.
WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE THE MONTHLY PROJECT, WE ALSO SERVE A BREAKFAST.
AND SO THAT MONEY IS TO GO TOWARDS HELPING, YOU KNOW, GIVE A REWARD TO THOSE.
WE MAKE THE FOOD OURSELVES SO THAT IT'S REALLY GOOD AND IT'S FRESH.
AND, UH, THE PEOPLE WE SIT AROUND AND AFTER, AFTER WORKING, WE SIT AND WE SOCIALIZE AND WE BOND.
SO, SO I, WE WOULD LIKE, WE WOULD SEEK PERMISSION TO DO ANOTHER HALF MILE WITH, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF GOING, UM, EACH FALL OR EVEN DURING THE YEAR, FARTHER ON
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RICK WILLIAMS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY DOING BLUE BONNETS.WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE DOING TREES NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE WORKING WITH TEXAS A AND M AND ANOTHER GROUP TO GET GRANTS FOR TREES.
WE, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POSSIBLY, UH, PLANT TREES ON RICK WILLIAMS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY AND, AND WATER THOSE SO THAT THEY DON'T DIE.
UM, AND, AND OF COURSE THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, WE WANT IT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD AND, AND WE WOULD SEEK APPROVAL TO, TO MAINTAIN THE AREAS THAT, THAT WE WORK ON.
ANY, NOT ASKING FOR MONEY, YOU'RE ASKING FOR JUST THE APPROVAL OF, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO GET OUR FOOT IN THE DOOR, AND OF COURSE, THE MORE MONEY UNDERSTOOD WE HAVE, THE MORE, THE MORE WE CAN DO.
AND THERE'S THERE, THERE'S A BIG NEED AND, UH, YEAH.
UH, SO, BUT I, I'VE NEVER, I'M JUST A BUILDER THAT HURT HIS BACK, WHO GOT OUT ONE DAY AND STARTED PICKING UP TRASH AND HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND STARTED A GROUP.
AND SO I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WITH STANDING BEFORE THE CITY OR, OR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
I, I DON'T KNOW THE INS AND OUTS.
THEY'VE GIVEN ME A LIAISON TO TALK TO AND IT, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD HAVE THAT WITH THE, THE COUNTY.
UM, YOU'RE EITHER THE PROBLEM OR THE, THE SOLUTION.
AND WE'RE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS HERE IN OUR AREA.
SO WHICH PORTION OF RICK WILLIAMSON NORTH 180, ARE YOU TALKING THE WESTERN OR THE EASTERN? THE ONE THAT JUST OPENED, OR THE ONE OVER BY THE SHERIFFS HOSPITAL? THE ONE THAT JUST OPENED? YES.
AND, AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS WITH RICK WILLIAMS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, BUT I, I JUST SEEM TO HAVE, UH, A BOND WITH IT.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT AND, AND I JUST LOVE IT.
AND, AND I FEEL AN ATTACHMENT AND, AND I WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN ON THAT, ON, ON THAT HIGHWAY THERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TODAY IS BASICALLY APPROVE THE, THE ACCESS TO THE ROADS THAT, THAT ARE, UM, IN THE COUNTY THAT YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN.
UM, AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT AND THEN COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAS MADE THE SECOND, UH, IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE JUST, THE ONLY OTHER ROAD THAT'S IN THE COUNTY IS THIS NEW ONE, RIGHT? THE OTHERS AREN'T IN THE COUNTY.
THEY'RE IN THE CITY CENTER POINT'S.
UM, BUT YEAH, THIS PORTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS COUNTY.
SO JUST TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN, HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
THIS PARTICULAR DEAL IS FOR THE BLUE BONNETS.
IT'S NOT FOR THE TREES AND STUFF THAT, UH, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PLANT TREES.
IF, IF WE CAN GET THE GRANTS TO PUT TREES, I'D LIKE TO PUT TREES IN NEXT YEAR.
IS BOSCO STILL HERE OR HE HE STEPPED OUT.
I THINK SUBJECT TO TREES BEING PLANTED WITH FREEZING NICKELS OR WHATEVER ENGINEERING GROUP WE'RE USING TO APPROVE IT, JUST SO THAT THEY'RE NOT PUTTING, I, I'M WILLING WITH THE CITY.
THEY, THEY ASSIGNED ME A, THEY'RE HORTICULTURALIST.
I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH ANYBODY.
WELL, WHAT I'M GETTING AT ON THE TREES IS THAT HIGHWAY COULD BE EXPANDED SHORTLY OR A FEW YEARS LATER.
YEAH, WELL WE WERE THINKING WE WERE PLANTING FARTHER OUT, FURTHER OUT.
YEAH, WELL WE WOULD WANT, YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH SOMEBODY SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE, THE END GAME.
IS THAT THE QUESTION? I, YEAH.
VERY WELL JUST APPROVING THE BLUE BONNETS FOR, FOR NOW.
WELL, AND IS THAT CORRECT AND OR ESTABLISH A LIAISON WITH FREEZER NICKELS ON, ON THE TREES? OR DO Y'ALL WANT TO JUST DO THE BLUE BONNETS AND ALLOW THAT ACCESS? YOU GOTTA HAVE MONEY TO GET THE TREES.
THE BLUE BONNETS ARE PROBABLY PRETTY CHEAP, BUT, UH, YEAH, WELL NO, BLUE BONNETS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
BUT WE WE'RE GONNA, WITH YOUR APPROVED, IF WE'RE APPROVED, THEN I'M GONNA OPEN UP A, UH, A SPECIAL ACCOUNT JUST FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE THE BLUE BONNETS.
MY MOTION IS THAT WE ESTABLISH THIS RELATIONSHIP AND THIS IS FOR PLANTING BLUE BONNETS, BUT WE'RE ALSO APPROVING FUTURE PLANTING OF TREES SUBJECT TO APPROVAL FROM A COUNTY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.
COMMISSIONER WALDEN IS YOUR SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
[6.G. Discuss/Approve the County Judge to execute Resolution authorizing Parker County Committee on Aging, Inc. grant in the amount of $30,400.00 for the 2024 Meals on Wheels program. (Kirsti Smith / Judge Deen)]
DISCUSSION.APPROVE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARKER COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING.
INCORPORATING GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 30,400 FOR THE 2024 MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALLEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
WE, UM, WORK ON ESTABLISHING A COUNTY RESOLUTION AGREEMENT THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
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IT'S BASICALLY JUST YOUR COMMITMENT TO FUNDING THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM FOR THE 2024 YEAR.UH, THIS ALLOWS US TO APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING.
SO THEY DO A TEXANS FEEDING TEXANS GRANT, UM, IN MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO APPLY FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL GRANTS THROUGH A GOVERNMENT AGENCY SUCH AS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THEY WANT A COMMITMENT IN WRITING STATING THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, SO WHEN WE WERE HERE FOR BUDGET, THE $30,400 FOR 2024 WAS ALREADY APPROVED.
UM, THIS IS JUST AN ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT IN PLACE THROUGH THE COURT.
THAT WAY THEY KNOW IT IS, IT'S SUBSTANTIAL, IT'S REAL.
IT'S SIGNED, IT'S APPROVED BY ALL OF YOU.
WE CAN GENERATE THAT OUT OF MY OFFICE YES.
SO I DID FORWARD HIM A COPY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION.
NO, I KNOW IT'S IN THE BINDER, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE IT GETS SENT.
YEAH, SO THAT WOULD JUST ALLOW US TO APPLY FOR MORE GRANTS.
UM, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AHEAD AT THIS YEAR FOR FINAL NUMBERS THROUGH, UM, ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING THAT WE CONTRACT THROUGH EACH YEAR.
UH, WE ARE RAISING AN ADDITIONAL $180,000 THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO COME UP WITH THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDRAISING, ADDITIONAL GRANT AVENUES, UH, DIFFERENT FUNDING.
SO WE'RE JUST DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUBSIDIZE AND COME UP WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO FEED OUR SENIORS.
OKAY, BRIANNA, I HAVE ONE COMMENT.
UM, SO ON THE RESOLUTION, UH, SECTION THREE SAYS THE COUNTY HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT IT IS APPROVED THE ORGANIZATION'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OR FISCAL AGENT, WHICH MEETS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO WHAT I, I GUESS WOULD RECOMMEND IS IF YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IS, WHAT BASICALLY YOUR OVERSIGHT IS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ACCOUNTING.
IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE MONTHLY FINANCIALS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OR REVIEW, JUST KIND OF THAT OVERSIGHT SINCE IT SAYS THAT THE COUNTY CERTIFIES THAT IT'S APPROVED, THAT, AND I CAN SEND THE WORDING FOR THAT.
I MEAN, WE DO HAVE FINANCIALS THAT WE GO OVER IN OUR MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS THAT APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEND THAT, UM, THROUGH EMAIL TO BE ADDED TO THE AGREEMENT.
CAN YOU GO OVER THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS Y'ALL FEED ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND ADDITIONALLY THERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER AS WELL? YES.
SO, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS STRICTLY FOR THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE FEED ROUGHLY 225 TO 250 INDIVIDUALS ON THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM WEEKLY.
THAT IS A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SERVICE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER PORTION OPEN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
AND WE SEE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 85 TO 120 IN THERE.
UM, SO THE NEED FOR THE SERVICE DEFINITELY IS GROWING.
WE'RE SEEING MULTIPLE NEW PEOPLE, WHICH IS ALWAYS WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE.
UM, BUT THE NEED FOR SERVICE FOR MEALS ON WHEELS REALLY HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED.
EVERYBODY'S IN A FINANCIAL BUYING THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN BEFORE.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT OUR PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED FOR.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO KIND OF MOVE THINGS AROUND, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR ELDERLY, UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE ON FIXED INCOMES.
THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR BILLS AND THEIR FINANCIALS.
AND THOSE MEALS, THEY'RE NOW HOT MEALS.
THEY'RE NOT THE FROZEN MEALS LIKE WERE DELIVERED PREVIOUSLY DURING COVID? YES.
UM, EVERYTHING MOVED TO FROZENS PRIOR, UH, DURING COVID TO LIMIT ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE VOLUNTEERS AND OUR, OUR DELIVERED PA UH, CLIENTS.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN ON HOT MEALS BACK FOR ROUGHLY TWO YEARS NOW.
SO EVERYBODY THAT'S WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THE CENTER GETS A HOT MEAL MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE BEYOND THAT FIVE MILES TO UM, COINCIDE WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL, THEY GET FROZEN.
SO WE SEE THEM ONCE A WEEK AS WELL TO DELIVER FIVE MEALS.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON SIDE? ALL IN FAVOR? WE HAVE A MOTION? YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION.
[6.O. Review and execute resolution to allow Willow Park to annex a portion of East Bankhead Hwy. (Commissioner Hale)]
WILLOW PARK HERE.UM, AND I'M SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT BACK THERE.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM O ON, UM, SIX REVIEW AND EXECUTE RESOLUTION TO ALLOW WILLOW PARK TO ANNEX A PORTION OF EAST BANK BANKHEAD HIGHWAY.
CAN YOU, I GUESS, HAVE ANYTHING TO HAND OUT HANDOUT? THANK YOU.
AND CAN YOU GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS, UH, BEFORE WE GO TO A MOTION, SIR? UH, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THIS? SURE.
I'M THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF WILLOW PARK, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO, UM, BY RESOLUTION ANNEX A CERTAIN PORTION OF BANKHEAD HIGHWAY.
UM, WE HAVE A, UH, UM, A CUSTOMER, UH, DUSTIN HANEY, WHO'S BUILT A NEW GYM, UH, JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS ON BANKHEAD HIGHWAY.
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AT OUR CITY LIMIT LINE.UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALITO TO ANNEX THAT PROPERTY.
UH, WE DID A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT WITH THE CITY.
UM, THERE'S A NEW LAW THAT WAS PASSED, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 43, 10 55.
IT ALLOWS CITIES TO ESSENTIALLY USE, UM, COUNTY ROADS OR STATE HIGHWAYS AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR CITY LIMIT SIGNS OR LINES I SHOULD SAY.
UM, YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU ALSO A MAP.
UM, THE ANNEXATION GOES ESSENTIALLY FROM THE BRIDGE AT OVER BY TCA TO MR. HANEY'S PROPERTY.
UM, MR. HANNEY HAS REQUEST ANNEXATION AS PART OF HIS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES.
UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO STIPULATIONS.
IT HAS TO BE CONTIGUOUS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COUNTY ROAD.
AND IT ALSO HAS TO BE SIMULTANEOUS ANNEXATION.
JOHN, CAN YOU ADDRESS IT? AND SPECIFICALLY ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF LAND WILL NOT IMPACT THE ADJOINING LANDOWNERS UNLESS THEY CHOOSE TO VOLUNTARILY ANNEX IN.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA IMPACT ANYBODY EXCEPT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AT THE END THAT'S REQUESTING.
THAT THIS EXTENSION BE GRANTED.
WHAT ABOUT THE, HOW'S THIS WITH THE TIMEFRAME ON THIS NEWLY PASSED BOND, SIR? AND THE, THE, THE, THE BOND THAT PASSED LAST WEEK, THE TRANSPORTATION BOND AND, AND THE REDO HERE.
IS THIS GONNA ADD ANY MORE HOOPS AND JUMPS? NO, SIR.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, HOW MANY ACRES DOES THIS MAN HAVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA ANNEX 30 ACRES? 30, YES, SIR.
AND, UM, HE INITIALLY WENT TO THE CITY OF ALITO FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
UM, ALITO COULD NOT PROVIDE HIM WITH WATER AND SEWER SERVICES.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD A WATER LINE AND A SEWER LINE DIRECTLY ACROSS BANKHEAD HIGHWAY THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, BUT WE COULD NOT PROVIDE HIM WATER AND SEWER SINCE HE WAS IN ALITOS ETJ AT THE TIME.
SO HE WAS REMOVED FROM A PETITION TO BE REMOVED.
WE EXERCISED A BOUNDARY AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALITO TO GET HIM INTO RETJ, UH, WITH THIS LEGISLATION.
IT ALLOWS BANKHEAD TO CONNECT TO THAT WITHOUT ANY SORT OF ADDITIONAL ANNEXATION OF FOLKS WHO MAY NOT WANNA BE IN THE CITY OF WILLOW PARK WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION.
DOES IT, DID IT REQUIRE ALITOS APPROVAL ON THAT, OR DID? NO, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HA, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS BY BILL.
UM, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE SOME MORE OF THESE.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE, UH, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST ON BANKHEAD THAT HAVE ANNEXATION OH.
UH, SO WE MAY BE COMING TO YOU GUYS IN A COUPLE MONTHS WITH A SIMILAR RESOLUTION.
I, I'M SORRY, I DID NOT SEE THAT ON THERE WHERE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNED.
WE'LL GET YOU A COPY, EXECUTE A COPY BACK.
[6.I. Accept contracts for Democrat and Republican primaries, and allow court to sign the joint resolution for the primary. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
AM GONNA GO BACK TO ITEM I, UH, JUST EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT WITH THE, UH, CRICKET AND THE AUDIENCE.CRICKET, IF YOU WOULD COME UP, UH, ACCEPTED CONTRACTS WITH DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES AND LAW COURT TO SIGN THE JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE PRIMARY.
UH, CAN YOU COVER THAT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE MOTION? YES, SIR.
THIS IS JUST A ROUTINE STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE PRIMARY.
I ALREADY SENT EVERYBODY ON THE COURT A COPY OF THE REPUBLICAN CONTRACT WITH US AND THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARY CONTRACT.
AND NOW THIS IS A RESOLUTION SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA HOLD A JOINT PRIMARY HEARING IN PARKER COUNTY AND THE COURT HAS TO SIGN THE JOINT RESOLUTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
[6.H. Discuss/Approve/Execute letter of agreement that the currently vacant County Extension Agent position can be filled. (Judge Deen)]
BACK UP TO H UH, DISCUSS, APPROVE, EXECUTE LETTER OF AGREEMENT THAT THE CURRENT CURRENTLY VACATED COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT POSITION CAN BE FILLED.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION ING DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
[6.J. Accept $100.00 donation to Parker County Sheriffs Office to be certified into their training line. (Sheriff Authier / Judge Deen)]
THE $100 DONATION TO PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO BE CERTIFIED UNDER THEIR TRAINING LINE.[01:00:01]
BY COMMISSIONER HAL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.[6.K. 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 ZERO ONE OH DASH 5 1 1 20 DASH 4 3 6 DASH ZERO ZERO TO COURT COORDINATOR.
LINE 0 1 0 5 1 22 DASH 4 3 6 DASH ZERO SIX REGARD EQUALIZATION, UH, YOU DO HAVE A, UM, PACKET IN HERE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO BEFORE WE GO TO A MOTION, BECKY, CAN YOU COME UP A LITTLE BIT AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU REFER TO THE PACKET THAT'S IN YOUR BINDER ON THIS AND THESE AGENDA ITEMS, KL AND M, ARE ALL THREE THE SAME? IS THAT CORRECT JUDGE, OR? WELL, LET'S GO THROUGH THE FIRST ONE.
I KNOW THEY'RE ALL RELATED, BASICALLY.
WELL, YEAH, WE WOULD DEAL WITH ONE AT A TIME.
THIS IS THE SECOND MEMORANDUM THAT WAS SENT.
I WASN'T INCLUDED THIS TIME ON THE EMAIL TO SHOW THAT THE SALARY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THESE THREE POSITIONS TO IS $81,031.
SO THAT IS THE SECOND PAGE IN YOUR LITTLE ATTACHMENT THAT I GAVE YOU.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, 4 36, IT'S A $3,000 SALARY LINE INCREASE.
WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IS TO TAKE IT FROM THEIR PART-TIME LINE THAT IS BUDGETED AT 3000.
THIS IS MONEY THAT'S ALREADY IN THEIR BUDGET AND IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED IN SALARY LINES.
SO TAXES, RETIREMENT, ALL THAT IS ALREADY BUDGETED.
SO YES, IT'S A SALARY INCREASE OF $3,000 OR 4%.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS MONEY THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE.
THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO MOVE THE MONEY FROM ONE SALARY LINE TO ANOTHER SALARY LINE AND THEN IMPLEMENT A RAISE.
AND THEY, AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS, IS FOR THE, THE COURSE THAT'S, THAT'S TAKEN SEVEN YEARS TO TAKE, UH, WHICH DIFFERENTIATES THEM FROM A, I GUESS FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT OR KNOWLEDGE STANDPOINT FOR THE, THE, FOR THE POSITION THAT THEY CARRY RELATIVE TO SOME OF, MAYBE IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT THEY'VE TAKEN THAT, UM, COMMITMENT AND, AND PASSED THAT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
UM, SO WE, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION'S MADE BY COMMISSIONER COLLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALE ADURING DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
WELL, YEAH, YOU'RE GOING THERE,
I JUST NEED TO GET BACK TO WHERE I WAS NOW.
[6.L. Transfer funds from Asst. Coordinator Line 010-51123-435-00 to Court Coordinator Line 010-51122-435-00 in Department 435 regarding salary equalization. (Judge Deen)]
DOWN MAIL ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM ASSISTANT COORDINATOR.LINE 0 1 0 DASH 5 0 1 2 3 DASH 4 3 5 DASH ZERO TO COURT COORDINATOR LINE, UM, WITH THE SAME NUMBER IN DEPARTMENT 4, 3 5 REGARDING SALARY EQUALIZATION.
BECKY? YEAH, THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING.
JUST INSTEAD OF MOVING THE MONEY FROM A PART-TIME LINE, THEY'RE TAKING IT FROM ANOTHER COORDINATOR LINE.
UM, EACH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, COMMISSIONER'S COURT SET THESE SALARIES, YOU KNOW, THE SAME.
BUT THEN THE COURT, THE JUDGE, IT'S UP TO THE JUDGES HOW THEY, YOU KNOW, JUST SPREAD OUT, YOU KNOW, DISPERSE THE FUNDS.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS THEM JUST ASKING TO TAKE $5,522 FROM THAT SALARY LINE TO MOVE IT TO THE OTHER SALARY LINE.
AGAIN, TAXES, INSURANCE, ALL THAT STUFF IS ALREADY BUDGETED.
AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR MA MORE MONEY, THEY'RE JUST WILLING UTILIZE THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HA FOR THIS DISCUSSION.
[6.M. Transfer funds from Asst. Coordinator Line 010-51123-438-00 to Court Coordinator Line 010-51122-438-00 in Department 438 regarding salary equalization. (Judge Deen)]
ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, LINE 0 1 0 DASH 5 12 3 DASH 4 3 8 DASH ZERO TO COURT COORDINATOR LINE, UH, IN DEPARTMENT 4 3 8 REGARDING SALARY EQUALIZATION.MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
[6.N. Discuss/Action cast votes for candidate on Parker County Appraisal District Board of Directors. (Commissioner Walden)]
N ON DISCUSSION.CAST VOTES FOR CANDIDATE ON PARKER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'LL LET YOU DEFER THAT TO YOU TO GO THROUGH.
WE HAVE A LIST, UH, IT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET TODAY OF THE, THE CANDIDATES.
UH, PREVIOUSLY, UH, WE HAVE HAD, UH, WE HAVE ALLOCATED ALL OF OUR VOTES TO ONE CANDIDATE.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, RICHARD BARRETT.
AND RICHARD HAS, UH, SERVED, I THINK A COUPLE OF TERMS FOR US.
AND, UH, WE HAVE ENOUGH VOTES IN OUR ALLOCATION TO ELECT ONE REPRESENTATIVE.
AND SO WE'VE FOCUSED ALL THOSE ON ONE.
AND RICHARD LIVES OUT OF FESTER, AND I THINK HE'S DONE AN
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ADMIRABLE JOB.AND SO I'M GOING TO, UH, ASK THAT THE, UH, I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT THE COURT CAST VOTES ALL 900 VOTES FOR RICHARD BARRETT FOR THE, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION, HE MUST, LIKE A LOT OF ABUSE, THINK HE'S NOT A GOOD JOB, BY THE WAY.
[6.P. Discuss and take action on increasing UHC Stop Coverage from $200,000.00 to $250,000.00 for 2024. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
END ITEM P ON DISCUSSION TO ACTION ON INCREASING UH CTO COVERAGE FROM 200,000 TO 150,000 FOR 2024.BECKY, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? YES.
AND WHAT THIS IS SO BUILT INTO OUR PLAN IS THE STOP-LOSS PREMIUM.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT IN BUDGET, AND I TALKED ABOUT WE'RE HAVING A REALLY BAD CLAIMS YEAR.
WE'RE HAVING SOME REALLY HIGH CLAIMS NOW.
WE SEE THIS IN, UM, OUR PROJECTION FOR OUR STOP-LOSS COVERAGE FOR, FOR 2024.
SO CURRENTLY WE'RE AT A STOP-LOSS OF 200,000, WHICH THAT MEANS THAT WE PAY ALL CLAIMS OF EMPLOYEES UP TO $200,000.
ONCE THE CLAIM GETS TO $200,000, THEN A STOP-LOSS POLICY KICKS IN AND IT REIMBURSES US FOR ANYTHING OVER 200,000.
TO KEEP IT AT $200,000, IT'S A 26% INCREASE, WHICH BASED ON OUR NUMBERS AS OF LIKE SEPTEMBER, THAT'S ABOUT ANOTHER $190,000 A YEAR IN PREMIUM THAT'S GUARANTEED GOING OUT.
SO AFTER, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT, KIND OF ANALYZING, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED, WE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL OPEN ENROLLMENT.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE CHANGE PLANS.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP AS WELL.
BUT AFTER TALKING TO, UM, THE AUDITOR, OUR CONSULTANTS, UH, I, I DO RECOMMEND THAT WE INCREASE OUR STOP-LOSS POLICY TO UP TO $250,000.
IT WILL SAVE US ABOUT $20,000 ANNUALLY IN PREMIUM.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY, UH, FUND BALANCE FOR INSURANCE ESCROW.
BUT YOU WON'T FIND ANYBODY MORE PROTECTIVE OF THAT THAN ME.
BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD THING TO DO FOR THE COUNTY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
[6.Q. Review and execute the Interlocal Agreement with the Upper Trinity Groundwater Agreement and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
VIEW AND EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE OPPORTUNITY GROUNDWATER AGREEMENT AND TAKE ANY ACTION THAT DEEMS NECESSARY.AND I, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS ONE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
WE'RE GONNA BRING DOUG SHAW UP.
THIS A PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THE OPPORTUNITY GROUNDWATER DISTRICT, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE OPPORTUNITY GROUNDWATER DISTRICT.
AND I'LL LET DOUG EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL DO.
SO THIS IS KIND OF IN RESPONSE TO SENATE BILL 24 40, UH, WHICH PASSED, I'M ASSIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR THIS PAST SUMMER, UM, REQUIRING GROUNDWATER STUDIES FOR ALL SUBDIVISIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE, UH, GONNA USE GROUNDWATER.
AND WE MET WITH, SO I, I UPDATED THE COURT ON THIS A WHILE BACK, AND THEN WE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL FOUR COUNTIES AT OUR OFFICE.
UM, MR. FORREST AND COMMISSIONER WALDEN WERE THERE, UH, ALONG WITH FOLKS FROM ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES, KIND OF LAID OUT THE PROCESS.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, YOU KNOW, UH, PROPOSING AN INTERLOCAL, WHEREAS WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY RATHER THAN THE COUNTY HAVING TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO REVIEW IT, WE WOULD BE REVIEWING THESE, UH, THESE STATEMENTS IN THESE REPORTS AND STUDIES ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL THE INTERLOCAL DOES, IS JUST SAYING, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO THE UPPER TRINITY, GONNA LET THEM WALK THESE FOLKS THROUGH THIS STUDY, GONNA REVIEW IT.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE'LL PRODUCE A REPORT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK OUT HOW Y'ALL WANNA DO IT.
IF IT'S WE, WE SUBMIT THAT TO EACH COMMISSIONER FOR THE PRECINCT OR WE SUBMIT IT TO THE COUNTY JUDGE AS A WHOLE, OR, UH, TO THE PLATTING TO JAMIE OR SOMEBODY, HOWEVER Y'ALL WANT THAT TO, TO WORK ONCE WE FINISH OUR REPORT, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE, BASICALLY JUST VALIDATING THE, THE, UM, APPLICANT'S OR THE DEVELOPERS REPORT, BASICALLY LOOKING AT THAT SAYING YES, THEY, THEY CHECKED ALL THE BOXES, ALL OF THEIR PROJECTIONS, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IT BASED ON ALL OF OUR ANALYSIS LOOKS RIGHT, OR WE FOUND ISSUES HERE, HERE AND HERE.
AND THEN THERE'D BE A NON-BINDING RECOMMENDATION, YOU KNOW, TO THE COURT.
AND WE'LL KIND OF WORK, OBVIOUSLY WE WORK WITH WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER'S, PLATTING OFFICE, WHOEVER Y'ALL WANT.
UM, TALK ABOUT THE PROFESSIONALS THAT YOU HAVE ON STAFF TO DO THAT WORK.
AND AND ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK WE'RE, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS WHAT WE DO, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THESE, THESE REPORTS THAT THEY, THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO HIRE, HAVE TO BE STAMPED BY EITHER A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER OR A PROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTIST.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, I'VE GOT FIVE PROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTISTS ON STAFF.
UM, I MEAN THERE'S A HUNDRED GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
THE OTHER 99 HAVE A COMBINED SIX, I'VE GOT FIVE ON STAFF.
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AND, AND I DON'T SEE ANY OF 'EM GOING ANYWHERE.THEY KIND OF LIKE WHAT THEY DO.
AND SO IF YOU WERE PAYING SOMEBODY TO DO WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY, I MEAN, THERE'S A PASS THROUGH COSTS AND APPLICATION COSTS THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL PAY TO US, BUT THERE'S NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL WERE HIRING SOMEBODY TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING, IT WOULD COST Y'ALL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR EVERY STUDY.
AND, AND I WAS GONNA BRING THAT UP.
I MEAN, WHAT IS THE, UH, PASS THROUGH COST THAT THE $1,500? CORRECT.
AND THAT'S JUST A PASS THROUGH COST.
AND I THINK THE WAY WE HAVE IT WRITTEN IS THEY PAY US DIRECTLY SO IT WOULDN'T EVEN GO TO THE COUNTY.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE TAKING THE MONEY IN THEN APPROVING, PAYING IT BACK TO US.
IT'S JUST THEY CONTACT, I GUESS YOUR OFFICE WHEN THEY START THE PLANNING PROCESS, Y'ALL JUST SAY, HEY, Y'ALL NEED TO CONTACT UPPER TRINITY.
AND IT DIRECTS THEM TO, TO PAY THAT COST.
AND ONCE WE GET THE, THE APPLICATION AND THAT COST THROUGH US, THEN WE START THERE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA DO SOME GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING.
WE'LL BE ON SITE TO VALID, UH, TO MAKE SURE ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT'S WORKING PROPERLY BEFORE THEY DO ANY PUMP TESTING OR ANYTHING IN THE FIELD.
SO DO YOU, IF ASSUMING THAT THEY HAD ALL OF THEIR, THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW, WHAT'S YOUR ANTICIPATED TURNAROUND TIME ON CASE? SO THINK THE INTERLOCAL, DID WE HAVE FIVE OR 10? I THINK WE HAD 10 BUSINESS DAYS FROM THAT'S WHAT IT'S OKAY FROM, FROM SUBMITTING WHEN THEY, IF THEY SUBMIT TO US A FINAL, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WANT TO CONSIDER.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME LEGISLATION CHANGED IN 2019 OR 2021 THAT THE SHOT CLOCK THAT Y'ALL ARE UNDER TO APPROVE PLATS DOESN'T OFFICIALLY KICK OFF UNTIL THEY FINISH THAT GROUNDWATER STUDY IF Y'ALL REQUIRE IT.
AND SO FROM THE TIME THEY SUBMIT THE FINAL STUDY, RIGHT, NOT STARTING IT, THEY FINISH IT, THEIR, THEIR ENGINEER OR HYDRO GEOLOGIST HAS FINISHED A STUDY, THEY SUBMIT IT TO US, WE LOOK THROUGH, IT'S LIKE IT'S COMPLETE WE'LL, AND THE INTERLOCAL SAYS WE'LL HAVE OUR REPORT BACK TO Y'ALL WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER WE RECEIVE THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO SO MUCH WORK ON THE FRONT END THAT BY THE TIME WE GET THAT, IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE MUCH, MUCH TIME, MIKE.
AND WHEN WE HAND THE PACKET OUT, WE WILL INFORM THE, THE DEVELOPER THAT THAT'S THE PROCESS THEY'RE GONNA GO THROUGH IN THE DAYS THAT IT'LL REQUIRE.
SO THEY CAN GET ON THAT EARLY.
THAT WAY IT WON'T DELAY THEIR FINAL.
ANY QUESTION? BRIANNA? ARE WE GOOD WITH THE PASS THROUGH PORTION? YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO
I WANTED TO ASK YOU THINK THROUGH THAT.
UM, SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'D BE THE SAME AS THEY'RE HIRING SOMEONE TO DO A GROUNDWATER STUDY AND PAYING THEM INDEPENDENTLY.
SO THEN THEY'RE IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'RE HIRING SOMEONE TO REVIEW IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT.
I MEAN, I GUESS IT'S WHO IS THE FEE SUPPOSED TO BE COLLECTED BY US? THEM, NOT US, NO MONEY HERE.
WE'RE AUTHORIZING THEM TO COL TO COLLECT.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE, ANYTIME IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD GET AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THAT WITH LIKE TCQ AND THEN WE WRITE THAT BACK.
BUT AS LONG AS LIKE THE COUNTY, WE'RE NOT TAKING COUNTY REVENUE AND SHIPPING IT HERE, THEN I THINK IT'S FINE AS LONG AS RIGHT.
AND THEY'RE ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
WE'RE NOT HIRING AN INDIVIDUAL TO, UH, TRANSFER MONEY TO.
AND, AND THE WAY, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR ATTORNEY PUT IT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, HE WORKS WITH OTHER GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS THAT DO THIS WITH OTHER COUNTIES AND THE WAY THEY, AND IT CAME FROM SOME DISCUSSION WITH SOME OTHER COUNTIES IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE MONEY IN AND HAVE TO WAIT FOR COURT, YOU KNOW, TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT BACK OUT TO THE DISTRICT, WHICH COULD PROLONG THE PROCESS.
SO THE INTERLOCAL BASICALLY JUST SAYS THE COUNTY AS PART OF Y'ALL'S PROCESS, Y'ALL WILL DIRECT THE APPLICANT TO, TO CUT A CHECK TO US.
SO WE'RE YA'ALL ARE NEVER TAKING IN THE MONEY.
IT'S JUST GOES STRAIGHT TO US.
SO, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, WE GET AUDITED TOO, SO THERE'S NEVER ANY QUESTION WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
IT'S, IT ALL SHOWS UP IN OUR BOOKS TOO.
MOTION BE ABOUT COMMISSIONER HOLT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY FOR THE DISCUSSION? I THINK YOU, WE, WE ALREADY, WE ALREADY DID THAT.
I WAS, I WAS JUST TESTING Y'ALL.
THAT'S, UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, JUST COMMENT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, TO BE A PART OF THIS AS FOR US.
IT, I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU GUYS, AND I'VE GOT THIS, OUR BOARD MEETING IS LATER THIS WEEK.
SO ONCE I GET AU AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE IT, I'LL EXECUTE.
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND GET A FINAL COPY EXECUTED AND MAKE SURE WE BOTH HAVE IT ALL.
Y'ALL NEED ANYTHING ELSE, JUST GIMME A HOLLER AND, AND JUST STATE THAT THIS IS AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF WATER HERE IN PARKER COUNTY.
AND, AND, AND IF NOTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE THAT CURRENTLY AND FUTURE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, LANDOWNERS IN PARKER COUNTY WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF ASSURANCE OR, OR EVEN MORE INFORMATION, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE GO OUT AND BUY A HOME, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE COST OF HOMES RIGHT NOW, WE ALL KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
IT'S LIKELY THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT FOLKS WILL MAKE.
AND I KNOW I LIKE TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION POSSIBLE IN FRONT OF ME AND IT'S JUST ONE MORE, ONE MORE BIT OF INFORMATION THERE.
[6.R. Review and execute the Contract for Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 4 with IWORQ and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 2)]
TO ITEM TOMORROW AND REVIEW AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR PRECINCTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE AND FOUR.[01:15:01]
AND TAKE ANY COURT, TAKE ANY ACTION.THE COURT DEEMS NECESS AS FOR A MOTION, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, HELL IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? AND CURRENTLY WE'RE, WE HAVE TWO PRECINCTS THAT ARE UTILIZING THIS PROGRAM.
UH, THE OTHER TWO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN UTILIZING THE PROGRAM AS WELL.
UH, I'VE WORKED WITH IWORKS, THEY HAVE PRESENTED A CONTRACT THAT IS A BLANKET CONTRACT FOR ALL FOUR PRECINCTS AT A COST OF 19,000.
SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE ROUGHLY 5,000 PER PRECINCT.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN A MENTION THAT IT COULD BE COVERED, UH, THROUGH OUR FUNDS.
THE IT DEPARTMENT, UH, POTENTIALLY, UH, HAD DISCUSSION WITH JAMES, BUT THAT'S, UH, DISCUSSION THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND BRIANNA AS WELL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I GUESS WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT, CORRECT? THAT'S GONNA BE THE, THE QUESTION.
WE CAN DIVIDE IT AMONGST THE PRECINCTS OUT OF THE ROAD AND BRIDGE OR IT CAN GO TO, WELL BRIANNA, WHAT, UH, WHAT DO WE PAY A YEAR? ONE AND THREE? RIGHT NOW IT'S SOMETHING 3000 OR IT'S ABOUT 3000.
I WAS THINKING IT WAS AROUND THREE.
SO SINCE THEY DISCOVERED THAT OTHERS WANT THE PROGRAM NOW THEY DECIDED THEY NEED TO GO UP JAMES, IS THAT, IS THAT SITUATION? YEAH.
WHAT HAPPENED? UH, TRYING TO INCREASE THE LICENSES, UH, THEY KIND OF INCREASED THE PRICING PER SITE USING IT.
UH, SO WITH THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD, UH, TO GET Y'ALL MOVED OVER, UH, WE COULD ROLL IT IN CONTRACT SERVICES TALKING TO BRIANNA.
UH, TRY OUR BEST TO COVER THAT THIS YEAR AND UH, FOR YOU GUYS.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE MONEY TO, TO, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE MONEY BUDGETED FOR CONTRACT SERVICES TO COVER THAT IN OUR, WE DO NOT PRECINCT, BUT NOT, I MEAN IT'S A COUPLE THOUSAND MORE, BUT WE PROBABLY DO, BUT I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS GOING TO BE UNTIL NOW.
SO NOW A YEAR AND 3000 HAVE AN EXTRA MODULE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE.
SO, AND THIS WILL INCLUDE THAT MODULE AS WELL.
AND THAT'S A CITIZEN REQUEST PROGRAM.
WELL, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S UH, WELL WORTH THE MONEY FOR IT IS WHAT WE DO.
UM, GIVEN THE DIFFICULTY OF WORKING WITH, UH, GETTING TO THIS POINT, I THINK COMMISSIONER HALE AND, AND MYSELF, WE HAVE INVESTIGATED SEVERAL OTHER OPTIONS AND I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY THAT WERE EVEN CLOSE TO THE SERVICES THAT IWORK PROVIDES.
UM, JUST AS FAR AS EASE OF USE AND ACTUALLY DOING WHAT WE NEED 'EM TO DO.
SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST, BUT NO, IT IS.
I IT, I'LL TELL YOU THAT I I COULDN'T IMAGINE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THAT PROGRAM.
VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL IN IT'S WORTH IN EVERY WAY.
UH, JUST FOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UH, PRECINCT THREE IS PAYING ROUGHLY 5,000.
THERE'S THE, UH, CONTRACT Y'ALL HAD.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THREE, WELL THE PO LAST YEAR WAS FOR THREE.
THE OLD CONTRACT THAT WAS EXECUTED PREVIOUSLY WAS, WE'VE BEEN PAYING THREE, I TELL YOU FLAT OUT.
BUT, UH, AND, AND SO I'M SITTING HERE LOOKING AT, SO JUST REAL QUICK, HOWEVER YOU DO THE FUNDING OF IT AND WHOEVER DOES THE PO I NEED TO GET THE OTHER TWO QUOTES THAT OF OTHER VENDORS, VENDORS I TALKED TO TO, IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE PURCHASING POLICY.
WE DID A STUDY, WE BASICALLY SAT DOWN FOR A DEMO AND ASKED THEM A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD AND COULDN'T DO.
THAT WAS GOV PILOT AND UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER NAME IS SLIPPING MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY COULDN'T DO WHAT WE NEEDED THEM TO DO.
SO THE, THE CURRENT PURCHASING POLICY REQUIRES THREE WRITTEN QUOTES FOR ANY EXPENSES LARGER THAN $5,000, UNLESS THE COURT WAIVES THAT.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY UNLESS HE THINKS THAT IT CAN FALL UNDER THE SAME, IT IT COULD FALL UNDER THE SAME SINCE IT'S A FUNDING ISSUE.
SO, SO MY ONLY THING IS I, THE, THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEY DOESN'T, UH, ISN'T THAT SIGNIFICANT IN THE BIG PICTURE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE BUDGETED.
RIGHT? I MEAN I THINK ALL OF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A, LIKE IF KIM DOES A SPLIT PO YEAH.
AND IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN YOUR CONTRACT SERVICES LINES, IF YOU'LL ALLOW, UM, ME TO DO THE BUDGET OVERRIDE, THEN I CAN GET WITH YOU TO ACTUALLY DO THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SOME IN CONTINGENCY.
OR AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD NEED CAN TAKE IT OUT OF ONE OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR ROAD MATERIAL WISE.
YEAH, I I THINK IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ISSUE FOR ANY OF US, BUT WE WOULD UH, WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE BUDGETED.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'LL DO A SPLIT PO AND THEN ALLOW ME TO DO THE OVERRIDE
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AND THEN I'LL GET WITH YOU FOR WHAT THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS LOOK LIKE.DID IT DONE? SO DO WE NEED TO, UH, COUNSELOR, DO WE NEED TO AMEND THAT MOTION OR IS THAT TO COVER WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE FROM A FUNDING MECHANISM AND, UM, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED? OR IS THAT THAT MOTION COVER IT? NO, THAT, THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE MOTION AND LATER, LATER AGENDA.
SO WE COULD APPROVE THIS IF THE COURT CHOOSES TO DO SO TODAY.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? SO THIS AGAIN, THE MOTION'S JUST TO APPROVE? YES, CORRECT.
[6.S. Review and execute the Juvenile Contract with Dr. Mary Ann Cotton the psychologist and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
S, REVIEW AND EXECUTE THE JUVENILE CONTRACT WITH DR.MARY AND COTTON, THE PSYCHOLOGIST, AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
UH, DO WE, UH, JOHN, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THIS BEFORE WE, I CAN.
THIS IS FOR SERVICES FOR JUVENILE PROBATION AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON A AS NEEDED BASIS WHENEVER THEY HAVE JUVENILES THAT NEED THESE SERVICES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HA UH, MEMBER SECOND ON THIS.
UM, WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? WHAT UH, WHAT KIND OF MONEY ARE THEY WANTING TO DO THIS OR ANY AT ALL? UH, IT WOULD BE, AND IT'S $550 PER EVALUATION.
SO HOW MANY EVALUATIONS DO THEY NORMALLY DO? AND THAT I DO NOT KNOW.
IT'S, IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OPTION OF, OF ONE OF THE PSYCHOLOGISTS THEY COULD UTILIZE OVER THERE.
SO SPECIFICALLY THEY COULD USE OTHER ONES THAT'S JUST PUTS THESE INDIVIDUALS ON THAT ROTATION.
SO THEY SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO BE, IS IT WE'RE JUST, WE'RE SIGNING A CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY HERE.
DID THEY GET THREE? UH, AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO FOR OTHER THINGS? I'M JUST, THERE THERE IS GONNA, THERE IS GONNA BE THREE.
'CAUSE THE NEXT ONE IS AN ITEM AND WE'VE APPROVED OTHERS ON PRIOR, PRIOR COURTS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I I, I THINK THAT FOR ITEMS LIKE THIS, WE NEED A REPRESENTATIVE HERE SO THAT WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT ON THE MATTER.
RICH, IF YOU COULD IN THE FUTURE ON, ON THESE, JUST MAKE NOTE OF THAT IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE WHEN WE DO THIS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.T. Review and execute the Juvenile Contract with Dr. Altman the psychologist and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
TO ITEM T.REVIEW AND EXECUTE THE JUVENILE CONTRACT WITH DOC WITH DR.
THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY AND THIS IS SAME INFORMATION AS THE POWER AGENDA ITEM.
OKAY, JUST A DIFFERENT PSYCHOLOGIST.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALT FOR THE DISCUSSION.
[6.U. Review and Execute the Interlocal Agreement for Inmate Housing with Wise County and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
U REVIEW AND EXECUTE THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR INMATE HOUSING WITH WISE COUNTY AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS.
COMMISSIONER HALE'S MADE THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER COLLINS MADE THE SECOND WHEN THE DISCUSSION PAYS JOHN, AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION CONTRACT WITH WISE COUNTY TO ALLOW THEM TO HOUSE INMATES IN PARKER COUNTY JAIL WHEN BEDS ARE AVAILABLE AT A COST OF $92 AND 50 CENTS PER DAY.
OKAY, THAT'S THE SAME AS LAST YEAR OR, UH, I THINK THE RATE WENT UP THIS YEAR.
IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE RATE TO 92 50.
WHAT WAS THAT RATE WAS JOHN KNOW IT WAS LESS THAN THAT, BUT HOW MUCH WAS THAT RATE PRIOR? I DO NOT HAVE THAT, UH, PRIOR CONTRACT WITH ME.
IT'S MARGINAL THOUGH, I THINK.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
WE'VE GOT ITEM W REVIEW AND EXECUTE RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH THE AZEL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE FISCAL 20 23, 20 24.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? W OR V? YOU SKIPPED V OH, SORRY, I SCRATCHED THROUGH IT FOR SOME REASON.
[6.V. Review and execute renewal Agreements with the East Parker County Library for the fiscal 2023/2024 year. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
V JUST TO CLARIFY THAT.UH, REVIEW AND EXECUTE RENEWAL AGREEMENTS WITH EAST PARKER COUNTY LIBRARY FOR THE FISCAL 20 23 20 24 YEAR.
UH, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE ON B THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT, UH, IS IN IN THIS DISCUSSION ON THIS? WHEN BEFORE WE GO TO A MOTION, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND, THE CITY OF ALITO WAS PURCHASING THE EAST PARKER COUNTY LIBRARY.
UM, SO THAT THAT CHANGES THINGS A LITTLE BIT, I GUESS FROM A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR US.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION CONTRACT.
UH, THEY HAVEN'T INFORMED ME THAT THAT TRANSACTION HAS GONE THROUGH AT THIS TIME.
WE, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY NO ACTION OR, OR NO TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS AND WE'LL GO COME BACK TO IT AND GET CATION ON THAT.
[6.W. Review and execute renewal Agreement with the Azle Public Library for the fiscal 2023/2024 year. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
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MOVE TO ITEM W AND REVIEW AND EXECUTE, UH, THE RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH THE AL PUBLIC SCHOOL YEAR 20.WELL, WE, WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO, TO DO THEIR, TO FUND THE LIBRARIES.
MOTION BY BY COMMISSIONER HELP.
SO WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? UH, THIS IS JUST TO EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
WE DID ALREADY AGREE IN THE BUDGET TO FUND IT AT AN AMOUNT OF $5,072, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST EXECUTING THE AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION ABOVE GOOD ITEM
[6.X. Review and execute renewal Agreement with the Springtown Public Library for the fiscal 2023/2024 year. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
X, SAME AS THE OTHER AGREEMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.IT'S A CONTINUATION AGREEMENT WITH AZEL.
I'M SORRY, WITH SPRINGTOWN IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,320.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.Y. Approve/Authorize County Judge to sign Tax Resale Deed and Resolution Authorizing Tax Resale from Parker County, Trustee to Babylon Homes, LLC Lot 14, Block 30, Horseshoe Bend Addition, Phase Two, Section Four, an addition to Parker County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 3 60A, Page 5, Plat Records of Parker County, Texas. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
Y APPROVE AUTHORIZED COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN TAX RESELL, DEEDED AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX RESALE FROM PARKER COUNTY TRUSTEE TO BABYLON HOMES LLC LOT 14 BLOCK 30 HORSESHOE BIN ADDITION, PHASE TWO SECTION FOUR, ADDITION TO PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP ON PLATT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 360 A PAGE FIVE, PLATT RECORDS OF PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS.JOHN, CAN YOU CLARIFY? AND THIS IS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THIS WAS A TAX SALE THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE.
THIS, THESE INDIVIDUALS, UH, FOR THE HIGH BIDDERS, THIS ALLOWS THE JUDGE TO EXECUTE THAT DEEDED TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP.
COMMISSIONER HALE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.Z. Order 23-15 for the disposition by cremation of a pauper and authorize payment of $300 to UNTHSC Center for Anatomical Sciences for disposition of an indigent person. (Judge Deen)]
2315 FOR DISPOSITION.YOUR SPEAKER'S NOT WORKING'S GOING ON AND OFF.
IS THAT WHAT I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ON? UH, THE MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH EXCEPT TO THE MINUTES.
[7. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES:]
UH, ITEM 7:00 AM WITH THE 2024 MOTOROLA SERVICE AGREEMENT.[8. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
TO ITEM A ON EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 1 AND OH 5 5 1 0 7 4.THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE RESERVING THE RIGHT TO MEET ENCLOSED SESSION.
DISCUSS ITEM A, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY REGARDING THE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE VOY BRIDGE PROJECT.
ITEM B, DISCUSS CONDUCT INTERVIEWS, TAKE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF ESD SEVEN, BOARD MEMBER POSITION AND ITEM C, DISCUSS, DISCUSS, CONDUCT INTERVIEWS.
TAKE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF ESD EIGHT BOARD MEMBER POSITION.
UM, SHOW THAT WE WILL MOVE INTO, LET'S TAKE A, LET'S TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND GET BACK IN ABOUT 10 40.
WE'LL MOVE, UH, INTO RECESS AT 10 28.
RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE RECORD SHOW AT 1105 AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM A ON DISCUSSION.
ANY, ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY REGARDING THE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE VOY BRIDGE PROJECT.
GOOD ITEM B AND DISCUSS CONDUCT INTERVIEWS.
TAKE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF ESD SEVEN BOARD MEMBER POSITION.
UH, WE'LL PUT AT THAT, UH, TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
PUT THAT BACK ON THE, UH, THE NEXT COURT.
SO RICH, IF YOU WOULD, UM, GET THEM SET UP IF YOU WOULD.
ITEM C, DISCUSS, CONDUCT INTERVIEWS, TAKE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF ESDA BOARD MEMBER POSITION.
UH, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE NOMINATE MR. KYLE CAR, KYLE CARLEY TO THE ESDA BOARD MEMBER POSITION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE IS READ DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE ON YOUR BEHALF.
[6.R. Review and execute the Contract for Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 4 with IWORQ and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 2)]
OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ITEM SIX R, REVIEW AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR PRECINCTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE AND FOUR WITHOUT WORK.JOHN, A LITTLE CLARITY ON THIS AND YES, SINCE UH, WE'RE UTILIZING THAT CONTRACT WITHOUT THE THREE BIDS, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND WAIVE THE PURCHASING POLICY TO ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT TODAY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SAY BY
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COMMISSIONER HILL.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
PASS FIVE OH THAT TAKES US TO NUMBER AND MAKE SURE WE GOT THIS RIGHT.
[9.A. PRECINCT 1 (Part 1 of 2)]
NINE ON PLATTS.UH, JOHN YOU WANNA, Y'ALL SET UP OR JAMIE? OKAY.
UNDER ITEM A ONE PRECINCT ONE APPROVED THE FINAL REVISION FOR MARLON GAUNT EDITION LOCATED WITHIN ETJ IS CITY OF WEATHERFORD, CONSISTING OF A 14.052 ACRES DEVELOPED BY ETHAN BEATTY, CHARLIE HARRINGTON, AND GORDON AND NICOLE DUBAI LOCATED OFF OF NORTH LAKE DRIVE WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.
THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD HAS RELEASED A PLATTING ON THIS PARCEL TO, UH, BE HANDLED THROUGH THE COUNTY.
THIS IS A TWO LOT REVISION LOT TWO R HAS 11.6 ACRES AND LOT THREE R HAS 2.452 ACRES.
UH, WE DID SEND OUT, UM, THERE WAS NO CERTIFIED LETTERS, UH, SENT AND, UH, ADS WERE RUN IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING AT 1108.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM A ONE PRECINCT, ONE? NOBODY OUTSIDE.
THEY WOULD BE IN HERE IF THEY WOULD.
UM, HEARING ON SCENE NINE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1108 AND GO TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.
IS EVERYTHING GOOD FOR A FINAL IMPROPER NOTICE? WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE.
IT IS CURRENTLY INDICATING A BALANCE OF $23 AND 83 CENTS.
PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE THE PLATT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE MET ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
MOTION MADE BUT COMMISSIONER CONLEY SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
OH UH, BEFORE I GO FORWARD, IS THERE AN ITEM THAT Y'ALL ARE WAITING ON THAT UH, YES SIR.
THEY'RE HERE FOR PRECINCT TWO.
THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF FESTER PRECINCT TWO.
[9.B. PRECINCT 2 (Part 1 of 2)]
MOVE DOWN TO PRECINCT TWO.ITEM ONE B, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF PESTER LOCATED WITHIN THE E TWO J OF CITY OF PESTER CONSISTING OF 5.647 ACRES.
DOWELL BY TED RUTTON LOCATED OFF OF COLLEGE STREET WITH THE WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS IS GONNA BE A SPLIT OF, UH, THE FIVE ACRE TRACK OF LAND LOT.
ONE R IS GONNA HAVE 4.647 ACRES.
LOT TWO R IS GONNA HAVE ONE ACRE.
THEY DO HAVE ORIGINAL FRONTAGE OFF OF COLLEGE STREET.
16 LETTERS WERE SENT OUT AND ADS WERE RUNNING THE PAPER.
WE GOTTA GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, AT 1110 WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM OR IS THERE ANY COMMENTS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THIS? ARE Y'ALL JUST HERE TO VIEW? OKAY.
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? AGAIN? SHOW THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AT 11 11 0 9 OR NO, 1110.
SO OUR COMMISSIONER INTERRUPT YOU COUNSELOR.
PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE PAPER LESS THAN THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
CERTIFIED LETTERS WERE SENT TO NOTIFYING ALL APPROPRIATE LANDOWNERS OF THE HEARING.
TODAY THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVEN'T MET ALL THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
UH, AS FAR AS THE ONE ACRE, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE SPLIT.
AND THERE IS AN EXISTING WELL ON THE ONE ACRE MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[9.A. PRECINCT 1 (Part 2 of 2)]
APPROVE.ITEM TWO NINE A PRECINCT ONE, APPROVE THE FINAL PLATT FOR REUNION RIDGE LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ CITY OF WEATHERFORD, CONSIST OF 9.4687 ACRES DEVELOPED BY P HOLDING LLC LOCATED OFF OF HENKEL LANE IN WELL WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.
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HAS RELEASED, UH, PLATTING ON THIS PARCEL.THIS IS GONNA BE A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION.
LOT ONE HAS 6.5 ACRES, LOT TWO HAS 2.19 ACRES.
THEY ARE GONNA BE AT DONATING ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF LANE AND WELL WATER.
IS THEIR WATER SOURCE COUNSELOR? UH, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE FINAL PLAT? THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED TAX CERTIFICATE.
IT INDICATES A BALANCE OF $1,585 AND 64 CENTS.
PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE PLATT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE MET ALL THEIR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
MOVE TO APPROVE NINE A TWO, WHICH SHOULD MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION THIS FLOOR GO MEMBER THAT TIME.
ALL IN FAVOR? EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY GONNA HAVE A BALANCE.
ARE WE IN A TIMEFRAME WHERE THERE'S THERE'S GONNA BE A, I'M SORRY JUDGE, I INTERRUPT.
DIDN'T MEAN AREN'T WE IN A TIMEFRAME WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE A SMALL BALANCE ON SOME OF THESE? BECAUSE THEY'RE DUE AND THEY'VE BEEN PAID FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
I, I KNEW IN THE PAST THAT THAT HAD BEEN THE CASE.
SO I THINK IT IT HITS ABOUT OVERLAP.
OCTOBER OVERLAP 15TH I THINK IS WHEN THE NEW STATEMENTS COME OUT.
SO WE'LL HAVE BALANCES UP UNTIL JANUARY 31ST.
RIGHT? THESE ARE PAID FOR THE PRIOR YEAR, RIGHT? YES SIR.
UH, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE AND ACCEPT THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEEDED FOR REUNION RIDGE AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
THIS IS FOR 0.764 FOURTH OF AN ACRE OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COUNSELOR PAPERWORK'S.
EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE DONATION, MOVE TO APPROVE NINE A THREE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
UH, JUST DO ITEM THREE, SORRY.
UH, ON ITEM FOUR, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION OF HEC ESTATES CONSTITUENT OF 11.04 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JIMMY AND JENNIFER ERT LOCATED OFF OF SABA ROAD WITH W WALNUT CREEK WATER SUPPLY IN PRECINCT ONE, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS GONNA BE A REVISION, UM, FOR TWO LOTS.
LOT TWO RA IS GONNA BE ONE ACRE AND TWO RB IS GONNA BE 10 ACRES.
THIS IS, UH, FAMILY PLA THAT THEY ARE INSIDE THE SUBDIVISION.
WE DID SEND OUT FIVE CERTIFIED LETTERS AND IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1114.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE? A FOUR.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1114 AND GO TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.
EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE FINAL PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
CERTIFIED LETTERS ADDITIONALLY WERE SENT TO THE AFFECTED LANDOWNERS.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A BALANCE OF $5 AND 83 CENTS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH WALNUT CREEK AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE MET ALL OF THEIR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR PAST FIVE.
APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION OF DEAR BUT RANCHOS CONSISTENT OF 2.106 ACRES DEVELOPED BY THE FULLER LIVING TRUST.
TRUSTEE LOCATED OFF OF HIGHLAND CIRCLE WITH AQUA TEXAS WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.
THIS GONNA BE A REVISION OF LOT 20 INTO TWO LOTS.
THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM ONE ACRE TO 1.106 ACRES.
THEY DO HAVE AQUA TEXAS AS THEIR WATER SOURCE.
THEIR ROAD FRONTAGE IS OFF OF HIGHLAND CIRCLE AND HIGHLAND DRIVE.
WE DID SEND OUT 38 CERTIFIED LETTERS AND RAN AS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.
OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1116.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE HEARING NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1116 AND GO TO THE ITEM.
EVERYTHING GOOD FOR FINAL AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.
THE NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE PAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATES A BALANCE OF $2,869 98 CENTS.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH AQUA TEXAS AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL.
MISS CERTIFIED LETTERS WERE SENT NOTIFYING ALL IMPACTED UH, LANDOWNERS OR POTENTIAL IMPACT.
ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS NORTH STAR CROSSING
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LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ CITY OF WEATHERFORD CONSTITUENT OF 3.133 ACRES.JUDGE, EXCUSE ME, YOU SKIPPED ONE OF MINE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID THAT THEN.
UH, OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO SIX.
AND AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES TO THE COURT.
UH, I THINK THAT'S THE SECOND TIME I'VE DONE THAT.
UM, OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO THAT UNDER SIX.
I ACCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR THOMAS ESTATES.
AND RELEASE A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND PRECINCT TO ONE.
THIS LETTER OF CREDIT'S GONNA BE FOR $9,537 AND 92 CENTS AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS IN PLACE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2025.
COUNSELOR, ALL THE PAPERWORK CORRECT AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
OH, WHAT'S REALLY ROUGH HERE IS I'VE JUST, I JUST READ MAJORITY OF THIS BILL THING.
[9.B. PRECINCT 2 (Part 2 of 2)]
B TWO.BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS NORTH STAR CROSSING LOCATED WITHIN ETJ CITY OF WEATHERFORD CONSISTING OF 3.133 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JOE AND CHERYL BRINKLEY LOCATED OFF OF COLDWATER CREEK LANE WITH WET WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS CAN BE A COMBINATION OF LOT 36 AND 37 FOR 3.1.
THREE THREE ACRES THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD HAS RELEASED THE COUNTY TO HANDLE AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE
OKAY, MOTION MAY SENATOR HOLT WILL THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS TWIN CREEKS ESTATES CONSISTING OF 4.848 ACRES DEVELOPED BY TWIN CREEKS ESTATES LLC LOCATED OFF OF TWIN CREEK DRIVE WITH WILL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS IS GONNA BE ALA OF BLOCK EIGHT NINE R ONE IS GONNA HAVE 2.20 ACRES AND NINE R ONE IS GONNA HAVE 2.638 ACRES.
THEY HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF TWIN CREEK DRIVE AND WATER IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.
COUNSEL ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER.
ALL DOCUMENTS ARE IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.
A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WHOLE WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
FIVE OH MOVED ITEM FOUR AND APPROVED THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS PARKER'S FARM RV PARK LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ.
CITY OF WEATHERFORD CONSISTS OF 2.08 ACRES DEVELOPED BY HERBERT AND LAURA STEWART OFF OF ZON HILL ROAD WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS IS A TWO ACRE TRACK OUTTA A SIX ACRE TRACK.
THIS IS, UM, GONNA BE FOR EIGHT RV SPOTS.
UH, THE CITY OF ROSE HAS RELEASE PLA TO THE COUNTY.
THEY HAVE WELL WATER AND THEIR ROAD IS GONNA BE OFFLINE HILL ROAD.
COUNSEL ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IT'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
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C ONE ON PRECINCT THREE.APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION OF REAL BRAZO SECTION ONE LOT ONE LOT 11 R AND 12 CONSIST OF 0.535 ACRES DEVELOPED BY ES AND RUTH GRAFF LOCATED OFF OF HILLCROFT DRIVE WITH REAL BRAZOS WATER SUPPLY IN PRECINCT THREE.
THIS IS A COMBINATION OF LOTS 11 R, AND 12 FOR A TOTAL OF 0.535 ACRES.
UH, WE DID NOT SEND OUT CERTIFIED LETTERS 'CAUSE OF THE COMBINATION, BUT WE DID RUN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.
OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1121.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM C ONE HERE? NINE C NINE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1121 AND GO TO THE ITEM IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE JOHN, PROPER NOTES WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTING TO THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
TAX CERTIFICATE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER HAS A BALANCE OF $725 AND 36 CENTS.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH RIO ABRAZO WATER SUPPLY AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE MET ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
I TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
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ALL IN FAVOR PASS.I WANNA APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION OF TWIN CEDARS ESTATES CONSISTENT OF 14 ACRES DEVELOPED BY RTB ENTERPRISE LLC OFF OF OLD MILL SAP ROAD WITH WALL WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.
WE CAN DO THAT ONE, BUT WE'VE SKIPPED NUMBER TWO.
BUT IS TWO THE ONE THAT'S MISSING? YES, OF COURSE.
YOU'VE BEEN WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I DOING? OKAY, PROCEED.
UM, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1122.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM HERE ON C NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1123 AND GO TO THE ITEM JUDGE, I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS AND MR. HOL IS GONNA TAKE CARE OF THIS NOTED.
ALL DOCUMENTS IN THE ORDER TO APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION.
AND DO WE HAVE OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE? WE OPENED AND CLOSED IT.
PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN NEWSPAPER LESS THAN THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
UH, NO CERTIFIED LETTERS WERE REQUIRED TO BE SENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE WITH A BALANCE OF $14 AND 73 CENTS.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THREE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONNELLEY.
IS THERE THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? UH, WE HAVE FOUR YES AND ONE RECUSED.
I'LL GO BACK TO ITEM TWO AND BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS WITH A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS HORSESHOE BIN CONSISTING OF 3.737 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JOHN AND STEPHANIE FISHER LOCATED OFF OF ROKI TRAIL WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.
THIS IS GONNA BE A REPLAY OF BLOCK 67, UH, INTO TWO BLOCKS.
67 R ONE'S GONNA HAVE 1.95 ACRES.
THE CR TWO IS GONNA HAVE 1.781 ACRES.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE ROAD FRONTAGE IS GONNA BE OFF OF IROQUOIS TRAIL AND RIVER TRAIL AND WALNUT CREEK IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.
AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE RIVER.
I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER.
IS THAT REALLY WALNUT CREEK WAY OVER THERE? NO, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, NOT WALNUT CREEK, BUT IT WOULD BE HORSESHOE BEND WATER SUPPLY.
UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE A LINE RUNNING FROM SPRINGTOWN OVER HERE.
BUT BUT THEY DO HAVE A WATER SUPPLY DOWN THERE.
SO THEY DO HAVE A WATER SUPPLY.
IT IS A PUBLIC, IT'S JUST NOT HORSESHOE BIN.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY IN, IN HORSESHOE BENDS RATHER.
AND THAT WOULD BE CORRECTED ON THE, UH, FINAL CORRECT REVISION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST BEGINNING THE REVISION PROCESS HERE AND THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS.
IS EVERY, ALL DOCUMENTS ARE IN PLACE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALTER WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
PASS FIVE VOTE AND WE'VE DONE THREE.
BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR THEIR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS LEWIS FARM LOCATED OFF OF ETJ, CITY OF WEATHERFORD CONSISTING OF 18.156 ACRES DEVELOPED BY KATHY LEWIS OFF OF RANGER HIGHWAY.
WITH WHAT? WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.
THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, TWO LOTS SPLIT LOT.
ONE R IS GONNA HAVE 16.136 ACRES.
LOT TWO IS GONNA HAVE TWO ACRES.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DONATING ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY, UH, ON THIS PLATT.
THIS IS ALSO ONE THAT THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD HAS RELEASED THE PLATTING BACK OVER TO THE COUNTY.
SO WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.
THE DOCUMENTS IN PLACE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS ARE IN PLACE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.
I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
TASK FIVE OH, MOVE DO ITEM FIVE, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION REAL BROWSER.
SEC ONE LOCKED THREE R BLOCK EIGHT.
INSIST OF 0.335 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JACQUELINE GABER LOCATED OFF OF MEADOW GLEN DRIVE WITH WELL REAL BROWSERS, WATER SUPPLY AND PRECINCT THREE.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING THIS IT'S GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF LOTS THREE AND FOUR INTO A LOT THREE RRB, WHICH IS GONNA BE 0.335 OF AN ACRE.
UH, WE DID NOT RUN, UM, SEND OUT CERTIFIED LETTERS, BUT WE DID RUN ADS IN THE PAPER.
AS PER THE STATUTE AND THEIR WATER SOURCES PROVIDED BY RIO BRAZOS.
WATER SUPPLY IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO BEGIN THE REVISION
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IN.I BELIEVE THIS WAS, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M TO MAKE SURE WALDEN APOLOGIZE.
UM, LET'S MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1127.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ON ITEM FIVE HEARING ON SCENE ITEM? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1127.
COMMISSIONER, MY MISTAKE IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A BALANCE OF $1,217 AND 1 CENTS.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER THROUGH RIO BRAZOS WATER SUPPLY AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL, AND THEY HAVE MET ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
ITEM NINE C FIVE IS PRESENTED.
MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
ITEM SIX ON BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION LAKE COUNTRY ACRES LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ CITY OF WEATHERFORD, CONSISTING OF 1.63 ACRES DEVELOPED BY CHARLES AND MARY SWINGLE OFF OF LEWIS CIRCLE WITH AQUA TEXAS WATER AND PRECINCT 360 63.
64 65 OF AN PROCESS IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO BEGIN AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
AND ONE THAT NEEDS TO, OH, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT, IF YOU WOULD VOTE PASS BY VOTE.
UM, WE HAVE DELIBERATING, WE HAVE ITEM D ON PRECINCT FOUR.
UH, THAT TAKES THIS TO ITEM 10.
THE RECORDS SHOW WILL ADJOURN AT 1129.