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GOOD, GOOD MORNING.I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT SPECIAL AGENDA HERE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2023 AT 9:00 AM THE RECORD SHOW.
IT IS 9:01 AM AND I WANNA THANK THE COMMISSIONERS WE'RE COMING AND, AND, UH, AND BEING A PART OF THIS ON THE CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION, INTERACT UPON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS. BEFORE I GO INTO THAT, UH, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO RECOGNIZE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE BOND PASSED, UM, UH, SUCCESSFULLY.
AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE OF THE MEMBERS HERE IN ATTENDANCE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THAT THE COURT DID, UM, EACH COMMISSIONER APPOINT FOR THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE COMMITTEE.
THERE WAS A CHANGE ON THAT, THAT ONE RESIGNED.
AND KIT KIND OF FILLED IN ON THAT AND KIND OF STEPPED IN TO KIND OF HELP WITH SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND COMING, UH, JANINE CANNELL ON, ON THE COMMITTEE, UH, KIT MARSHALL, WHO STEPPED IN AND, AND FILLED IN FROM MARK ANDERSON, WHO HAD TO RESIGN.
UH, JAY HAMILTON, UH, IN KEN DAVIS, WHO IS WITH US HERE TODAY, AND ALSO RICHARD HEISER ALL WERE REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING OUT AND HELPING WITH THIS AS WE HAD OVER 30, UM, CLOSE TO 30 TOWN HALL MEETINGS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FROM ONE CORNER TO THE OTHER.
UM, KEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE CANVAS THIS ELECTION REAL QUICK? AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID AND YOUR, THE TEAM WELL, UH, TO THEM GO THEIR CREDIT.
I, I, I JUST, YOU KNOW THIS, I DON'T THINK THE GENERAL POPULATION REALLY UNDERSTOOD HOW CRITICAL THIS WAS.
THIS WITHOUT THIS, I, I WOULD HATE TO THINK WHAT THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX YEARS WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE WITHOUT MAKING THIS PROGRESS.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THE COURT AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
I APPRECIATE THE EXECUTION YOU DID ON THE PRIOR BOND.
'CAUSE WITHOUT THAT PRIOR EXECUTION, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT SALE.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING, UH, THE LEADERS IN THAT AND WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
IT WILL MAKE A PHENOMENAL DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM ONE.
AND, AND KEN AGAIN, THANK YOU.
JUST A VERY PERSONAL, BOTH AS, AS IN BEHALF OF THE COURT.
UM, IT, IT, IT, I THINK THE KEY OF IT WAS, IS INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY, AND WE DID THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
[I.A. Canvass election results for the November 7, 2023 Constitutional Amendment Election. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
UH, ITEM A CAN CANVAS ELECTION RESULTS IN THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION, UH, CRICKET, UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TO MEETING THIS MORNING.
UM, WE HAD A, WE HAVE 120,002 REGISTERED VOTERS FOR THIS ELECTION.
WE HAD 24,273 THAT VOTED, SO WE HAD A 20% TURNOUT, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.
UM, NORMALLY, UH, THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HAS 11%, SO WE DID VERY GOOD DURING EARLY VOTING.
I KEPT YOU UP TO DATE WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE VOTING DURING EARLY VOTING.
AND, UM, THE, AS YOU COULD SEE IN THE NUMBERS, NOBODY WAS VOTING IN THE VERY BEGINNING.
THE LAST FRIDAY, OF COURSE, WAS A BIG TURNOUT.
SO WE HAD, UH, IT WAS 10,000 PEOPLE VOTED DURING EARLY VOTING.
AND THEN ON ELECTION DAY WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING 13,400, WHICH IS ANOTHER CHANGE NORMALLY ELECTION DAY, EARLY VOTING, AS WE WERE JUST SPEAKING ABOUT, TELLS YOU WHAT, WHO'S THE WINNERS AND LOSERS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND THIS TIME, ELECTION DAY, OUTDID EARLY VOTING, WHICH WAS REALLY NEW.
SO IT WAS VERY GOOD ELECTION, EVERYTHING TURNED OUT FINE.
I'VE GIVEN ALL OF YOU THE RESULTS.
UH, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU NEED TO PROVIDE AS WE GO TO ITEM B? UH, BECAUSE I, I, I ACTUALLY WOULD, DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR ITEM A ON YES.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY HAS BEAT ME TO THAT, UH, WITH A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
UH, COMMISSIONER HILL HAS MADE THE SECOND ON THAT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ON ITEM A? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE.
[I.B. Consider and take action on an order canvassing the returns of a bond election held in the County on November 7,2023. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
B ON CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE ORDER.CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF A BOND ELECTION HELD IN THE COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023.
THE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME FOR THE BOND.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY GETS TO VOTE ON THE BOND.
THERE WAS NOTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT.
UM, I DID WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT.
WE HAD SOME WEATHERFORD ISD STUDENTS THAT HELPED US WITH THE DELIVERY AND SETUP AND GETTING CARS LOADED AND UNLOADED, AND THEY WERE PHENOMENAL.
UM, WE HAD SO MANY COMPLIMENTS FROM THE JUDGES OF WHAT GREAT STUDENTS THEY WERE.
AND THEN MY STAFF IS ALWAYS JUST A, A GREAT, WE'VE GOT GOING THING, GOOD THINGS GOING.
DID WE HAVE ANY TROUBLE AT ANY ELECTION OFFICE OR SITE? BECAUSE I HAD NOBODY CALL ME, RIGHT? NO, WE HAD, UH, TWO SCANNERS THAT HAD SOME ISSUES AND
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WE FIXED THOSE DURING EARLY VOTING.AND THEN WE STILL HAVE THE PAPER JAMS ON ELECTION DAY AND DURING EARLY VOTING WITH THE DUOS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST 'CAUSE OF THE PAPER.
WE'RE GONNA ALWAYS HAVE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT DUST THAT RESIDES DOWN IN THERE, SO IT'S JUST A CONSTANT CLEANING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CONTINUING TO DO.
DID YOU HAVE ANY SITES THAT, THAT INDICATED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MACHINES OR BECAUSE OF THE, THE TURNOUT? UH, IS THERE, IS THERE, DOES THE COURT NEED TO LOOK AT IN A FUTURE BUDGET? NEW FUTURE MACHINES OR MORE MACHINES? WE, WELL, I, I MEAN, MACHINES WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, BUT THIS ELECTION, BEING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, UH, I DID NOT THINK THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE A HUGE TURNOUT.
UM, SO THERE WAS A SITE, A COUPLE OF SITES THAT HAD THREE MACHINES AND THEY COULD HAVE USED FOUR OR FIVE.
UM, NOW ALITO, ISD, UM, MR. CORPORAL WAS OUR JUDGE THERE.
HE WAS, HE WAS SAYING WE NEED A LARGER SITE.
WE CAN ONLY PUT NINE MACHINES MAX IN THAT ROOM THAT THEY LET US USE.
SO THEY DID HAVE AN HOUR LINE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK ON ELECTION DAY.
SO THEY GOT, WHERE WAS THAT AT ALITO, ISD AT THE ADMIN BUILDING? YEAH.
UM, WE HAD SEVERAL SITES THAT WERE STILL VOTING PEOPLE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK THIS TIME TOO.
SO I MEAN, A LOT OF IT IS STR STRATEGIC, HOW I SET IT UP ABOUT WHAT, HOW, WHO GETS HOW MANY DUOS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND OF COURSE, WE USE THE NUMBERS, SO PLACES LIKE AGNES AND ALL THAT WILL NOT GET AS MANY MACHINES SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE AT THE OTHER LOCATION.
SO DURING THE PRIMARY, WE ARE GONNA ADD MORE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A MOTION THEN, ON THE ORDER FOR THE COUNT AND THE RETURNS OF THE ELECTION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S MADE THE SECOND IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR, OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ASK? WE APPRECIATE HAL, HOW IT WENT AND HOW, WHAT YOU DO FOR US.
SO, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND AGAIN, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WHAT? I TOLD HIM TO STOP MAKING MOTIONS.
UH, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
RECORDS SHOW THAT WE'LL ADJOURN AT 9 0 8.