Feb 24, 2025 Commissioners Court

DO I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THAT TOO, JUST TO.IN THE I'S AND COMMISSIONER WALTER MADE THE MOTION SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT DO SUCH A GREAT JOB AND MULTITASK ON A VERY COMPLEX THING AS A GRANT LIKE THAT.

LET'S JU JUDGE WITH THE CO COURT'S INDULGENCE.

I HAVE ONE THAT'S NOT ON THE, NOT ON THE AGENDA THAT I NEED TO DO, AND I, I THINK, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS HERE THAT WILL APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND I HAD, I'M GOING TO DELIVER THIS AND DELIVER THIS.

THIS IS FOR PEGGY GRIMES MONTH IN PARKER COUNTY.

AND, UM, PEGGY GRIMES IS SOMEONE THAT I HAVE KNOWN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

AND THIS IS ON THE EVENT OF HER 103RD BIRTHDAY.

I I ATTENDED SCHOOL WITH HER DAUGHTER FOR ALL 12 YEARS.

HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOLKS ARE HERE.

I I DON'T KNOW WHO THE OLDEST, OLDEST PERSON IS IN PARKER COUNTY, BUT IT'S THE OLDEST ONE I KNOW AND, UH, GREW UP WITH HER CHILDREN, GREW UP WITH HER.

AND WHEREAS THIS PROCLAMATION IS BEING ISSUED ON THE OCCASION OF CELEBRATING THE 103RD BIRTHDAY OF PEGGY GRIMES, AND WHEREAS CHERISHING THOSE WE HOLD IN HIGH ESTEEM SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.

AND WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DEMONSTRATE APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR SOMEONE RESPECTED AND GREATLY VALUED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHEREAS IT IS FITTING TO RECOGNIZE AND AND TRIBUTE PEGGY BY PROCLAIMING A MONTH IN HER HONOR.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF PARKER COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY, 2025 IS PEGGY GRIMES MONTH AND CALLS FOR THE OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR CITIZENS.

HER PROCLAIMED IS 24TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025.

SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT I'M GONNA HAND DELIVER THIS TO HER AND I APPRECIATE THE COURT'S INDULGENCE IN ALLOWING ME TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.

SO LET'S GIVE, LET'S GIVE HER HAND.

YOU SAY YOU GREW UP WITH HER .

I SAID

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THANK YOU JUDGE.

GOOD CATCH ON THAT, GEORGE.

YEAH, YEAH, NO, MY PLEASURE.

A ON THE PROCLAIM THAT MARCH 6TH, 2025 IS BLACK BALLOON DAY IN PARKER COUNTY TO HELP BRING AWARENESS TO OVERDOSE DEATHS.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SEVEN

[7.A. Proclaim March 6, 2025 as Black Balloon Day in Parker County to help bring awareness to overdose deaths. (Jessica Castro / Judge Deen)]

UH, JESSICA CA, JESSICA CASTRO, COME ON OUT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

UM, I DIDN'T COME WITH ANYTHING TO SAY EXCEPT FOR THANK Y'ALL.

THIS IS EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS, I THINK THE FOURTH YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THE BLACK BALLOON FOR PARKER COUNTY.

AND IT DEFINITELY HAS BEEN NOTICED AND PEOPLE RECOGNIZE IT.

AND IT'S JUST SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TELL FAMILIES AND PEOPLE THAT WE SEE YOU AND WE CARE ABOUT YOU AND WE HONOR THE ONES THAT YOU'VE LOST.

SO JUST THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS BEFORE I, I READ THIS PROCLAMATION.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.

IT'S CARRIEDS FIVE OH, I WANT TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION ON THE, UM, ON THE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IS WHEREAS I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA REALLY GUT THIS.

CAN YOU PRONOUNCE THAT? IT COULD BE WRONG.

COULD BE ON THE WRONG ONE.

'CAUSE I COULDN'T PRONOUNCE THAT WORD.

I, IT WOULD GIVE YOU TIME TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO SAY THAT WORD.

MY APOLOGIES.

ON THE, ON THE BLACK BALLOON DAY, BECOMING A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENT, BRINGING AWARENESS TO OVERDOSE DEATHS AS MANY THINGS WITH THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC BACK BLACK BALLOON DAY BEGAN WITH A FAMILY'S LOSS.

AND WHEREAS DRUG OVERDOSES OF LEADING CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN THE US WITH 700,000 DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1997 TO 2017.

AND WHEREAS OPIOID ADDICTION IS DRIVING THE EPIDEMIC WITH MORE THAN 65% OF OVERDOSE DEATHS RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS ELICIT OPIOIDS, HEROIN ELICIT FENTANYL.

AND WHEREAS AMERICANS ARE LIKELY TO DIE OF AN OPIOID OVERDOSE ANYWHERE FROM A CAR ACCIDENT, THEN FROM A CAR ACCIDENT, OR BY GUNS, HOMICIDE, SUICIDE.

WHEREAS EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BECOME AWARE OF THE SIGNS OF DRUG OVERDOSE AND BE DILIGENT IN KEEPING OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAFE.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF PARKER, NEW HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 6TH, 2025 IS BACK BLACK BALLOON DAY AND CAUSES OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR CITIZENS.

SO PROCLAIM THE 24TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2020 FIFTH.

PLEASE GIVE A HAND TO THESE TWO PEOPLE.

OKAY, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM

[7.B. Proclaim March 2025 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Parker County. (Cindy Wright / Commissioner Conley)]

SEVEN B.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING.

WE'RE GONNA UNDER ITEM SEVEN B, PROCLAIM MARCH, 2020 FIFTH, THIS COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN PARKER COUNTY.

CINDY WRIGHT, COME ON UP.

HI.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

THANK YOU TO MR. CONLEY AND THE COMMISSIONERS AND, AND EVERYONE THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THIS, UM, MARCH AS CON AS COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

UM, MARCH IN WELL END IN, UM, 2023, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE THREE COLORECTAL CANCER.

AND, UM, I WAS

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64 YEARS OLD.

IT WAS THROUGH A REGULAR COLONOSCOPY, AND I HAD NO SYMPTOMS. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, QUITE A SHOCK BECAUSE YOU THINK, OH, YOU'RE ACTIVE, YOU'RE HEALTHY.

YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU FIND OUT, OH, YOU'VE KIND OF HAD THIS ADVANCED CANCER.

AND, UM, AND I, THANKS TO WONDERFUL MEDICAL TEAM AND MY HUSBAND, MY, UH, OF 39 YEARS, HE WAS MY CAREGIVER, MY LOVING FAMILY, AND THE GOOD LORD ABOVE I AM NOW DISEASE FREE.

AND, UM, AND SO I'VE RAISED, I I DID ALL THIS RESEARCH WHEN I WAS LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO HEAL MYSELF, WHAT TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF DURING CHEMOTHERAPY AND SURGERY AND EVERYTHING.

AND I FOUND OUT THIS DISTRESSING STATISTIC ABOUT ALL OF THE YOUNG ADULTS THAT ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH COLORECTAL CANCER.

AND I'M 65 TODAY, BUT I COULD BE 25 OR 30 OR 35.

AND I HAVE MET ALMOST EVERYONE I'VE MET THROUGH THIS ADVOCACY WORK I'VE BEEN DOING.

THEY'RE ALL YOUNG AND MOSTLY THEY'RE DIAGNOSED AT STAGE THREE OR STAGE FOUR, PRIMARILY STAGE FOUR, BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG.

OH, MY STOMACH ACHE WILL GO AWAY OR THINGS LIKE THAT WILL, WILL GO AWAY.

SO, UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN, UM, PARKER COUNTY RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE STAGE FOUR COLORECTAL CANCER AND THEY'RE YOUNG.

AND, UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS FACT, AND PLEASE TALK TO THE YOUNG ADULTS IN YOUR FAMILY, UM, RAISE AWARENESS WITH THEM THAT IT'S OKAY, THIS IS NOT REALLY A STIGMATIZED DISEASE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE IT.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE NUMBER TWO CANCER KILLER IN THE COUNTRY.

AND BY 2025, I MEAN 20, YEAH.

BY 2035 YEARS FROM NOW, IT IS PREDICTED TO BE THE NUMBER ONE CANCER KILLER OF ADULTS UNDER THE AGE OF 50.

NOW, A FEW OF YOU IN THIS ROOM I KNOW LOOK TO BE LIKE YOU'RE PROBABLY 45 OR OLDER, AND THAT'S THE AGE WHEN WE TYPICALLY GET OUR SCREENING COLONOSCOPIES.

BUT IF YOU ARE YOUNGER THAN 45 AND YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OR STOMACH ACHES, THAT WON'T GO AWAY.

GO ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF TO GET SOME KIND OF SCREENING.

AND THERE'S BLOOD TESTS NOW.

THERE'S, UH, STOOL TESTS, THERE ARE COLONOSCOPIES OF COURSE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE COLONOSCOPY TO START WITH IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO SOMETHING LESS INVASIVE.

AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO, UM, TO KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO AUSTIN NEXT WEEK OR NOT THIS JUST IN A COUPLE DAYS.

ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO DC NEXT WEEK, AUSTIN, IN A COUPLE DAYS TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS THERE ABOUT RESEARCH FUNDING AND ALSO GOING TO DC.

SAME THING THERE.

AND, UH, WE, IT IS THE NUMBER TWO CANCER KILLER IN THE COUNTRY, BUT, UM, IT'S THE ONLY ONE OF THE TOP FIVE THAT DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN DEDICATED RESEARCH FUNDING PROGRAM IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE WHEN IT'S SUCH A COMMON CANCER.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR FUNDING.

AND, UM, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT COLORECTAL CANCER, YOU CAN GO TO FIGHT CRC SLASH QUIZ AND YOU CAN TAKE A SCREENING QUIZ.

IT TAKES ABOUT A MINUTE AND YOU CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT COLORECTAL CANCER AND YOUR RISK FACTORS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TO OUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HOPE IT WORKS OUT FOR YOU IN AUSTIN AND THEN IN WASHINGTON.

ME TOO.

IT'LL BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

OF CANCER DEATHS WERE HISPANIC WOMEN.

YOU KNOW, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WE, WE, WE FOCUS ON THE, THE, THE BUSINESS AT HAND WITH THE COUNTY, AND WE SIT IN TAX RATES.

WE, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS PLATTING AND, AND AS THE COUNTY DOES, WHAT IMPRESSES ME IS, IS THE AWARENESS OF, OF, OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF THAT COME FORWARD AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS COUNTY AND, AND, AND HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAMS. AND, AND THAT REALLY DOES SEPARATE US, I THINK, FROM A LOT OF, EXCUSE ME, A LOT OF COUNTIES.

AND IT'S AN HONOR TO DO THIS AND HAVE THESE, AND WE DON'T TAKE THESE FOR GRANTED, TO HAVE THESE PROCLAMATIONS TO WHERE WE CAN BRING AWARENESS AS SUCH AS THIS.

AND THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND COMING FORWARD.

UH, WE, WE, THANK YOU JUST TO KIND OF DOT THE I ON THIS BEFORE I READ YOUR PROCLAMATION IS WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLLEY AND COMMISSIONER HA.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, THE PROCLAMATION ON COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

IT'S THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES AMONG MEN AND WOMEN COMBINED.

AND WHEREAS COLORECTAL CANCER IS ONE OF THE FEW CANCERS THAT CAN BE PREVENTED WITH TIME SCREENING, BUT ONE IN THREE ELIGIBLE AMERICANS ARE NOT UP TO DATE ON SCREENING.

AND WHEREAS COLORECTAL CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH FROM MEN AND SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH FOR WOMEN UNDER THE AGE OF 50.

AND WHEREAS AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKAN NATIVES BLACK AMERICANS AND MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH CO COLORECTAL CANCER AND MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM THE DISEASE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP.

WHEREAS COLORECTAL CANCER IS EXPECTED TO ACCOUNT FOR 12% OF CANCER DEATHS AMONG HISPANIC MEN, AND 9%

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AND WHEREAS AMERICANS IN RURAL AREAS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH AND DIE FROM COLORECTAL CANCER THAN AMERICANS IN URBAN AREAS, WHEREAS IN 2024, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 150 2008, 110 NEW CASES, 50 3010 DEATHS FROM COLORECTAL CANCER.

AND WHEREAS OBSERVING COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH DURING MARCH PROVIDES A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE AND OFFER EDUCATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION AND SCREENING.

NOW, THEREFORE, BEING NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF PARKER DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH, 2020 FIFTH IS COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

AND CALL THIS OBSERVANT TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR CITIZENS.

SO PROCLAIM THE 24TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2020 FIFTH.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MA'AM.

[6.B. Discussion/Update on Regional Transportation Council Meeting. (Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 2)]

DOWN TO ITEM SIX B ON DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL MEETING.

WE HAD LAST WEEK, UH, WE SENT YOU AN EMAIL ON THAT.

UM, RATHER THAN JUST GOING THROUGH AND, UH, PRINTING OUT COPIES OF THAT, WE JUST HAVE YOU READ THOSE? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT, UM, THAT WAS SENT TO YOU? APPRECIATE THE REPORT, JUDGE.

YOU BET.

AND, UH, WHAT MY INTENT IS, IS THEY CONTINUE AND IT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN WHERE THEY'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE ON THE, UH, THE GRANT WRITING, SOME OF THOSE GRANTS THAT ARE STARTING TO BECOME AVAILABLE.

WE'RE STARTING TO GET INFORMATION ON THOSE AND, UH, WE WILL GET MORE EMPHASIS ON THAT AND FOCUS ON THAT AND GET THAT TO SHIRLEY AS WELL AND KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THAT.

NO ACTION ON THAT.

UH, WE'LL MOVE DOWN

[7.C. Discuss/Approve Rebecca Moore for Child Protective Services Board Member position. (Gerald Hobson / Judge Deen)]

TO ITEM SEVEN C.

I'LL DISCUSS APPROVE REBECCA MOORE FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD MEMBER POSITION.

GERALD, MR. ROBINSON.

MAYOR, CAN YOU COME ON UP? YES, SIR.

AND THIS OKAY.

ON ITEM H ON ON ITEM SIX H TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE VOTING LOCATIONS FOR EARLY VOTING ELECTION DAY FOR THE MAY 3RD, 2025 ELECTIONS.

THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR LETTING ME COME THIS MORNING.

TO ADDRESS THE COURT, UH, ONE OF OUR LONG-TERM, UH, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD MEMBERS HAS STEPPED BACK, RITA JERNIGAN ON THE BOARD FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS, AND THAT HAS MADE AN OPENING FOR A YOUNG LADY, BECCA MOORE, REBECCA MOORE FROM ALITO TO JOIN OUR BOARD.

AND THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY IS BEHIND THIS YOUNG LADY.

AND EACH OF YOU HAVE A, A BIO THAT I PUT, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU THIS MORNING TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

BUT SHE IS SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG LADY THAT WE ARE JUST HONORED TO BE ABLE TO ASK HER TO COME JOIN US.

AND SO WE'RE BRINGING HER HERE THIS MORNING.

SHE COULDN'T BE HERE.

SHE HAS TWO SONS.

ONE IS PLAYING IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT IN LOUISIANA, SO WE EXCUSED HER THIS MORNING SO SHE COULD SUPPORT HER FAMILY.

BUT, UH, WE ARE JUST VERY PLEASED TO BRING HER TO THE COURT FOR HER APPROVAL.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

UM, WITH THE AUDIENCE THAT WE HAVE HERE, I'M GONNA MOVE DOWN THE AGENDA

[7.H. Discuss and approve the voting locations for early voting and election day for the May 3, 2025 elections. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]

CRICKET, IF YOU WOULD COME UP.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

UM, WE HAVE FINALIZED ALL THE EARLY VOTING ELECTION DAY SITES FOR THE MARCH FOR THE MAY 3RD, 2025 ELECTION.

WE HAVE FOUR NEW EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS.

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UM, I SENT ALL THIS TO Y'ALL LAST WEEK TO SEE IT.

UM, WE HAVE MILLSAP, CITY HALL AND WILLOW PARK PUBLIC SAFETY.

THOSE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY ENTITIES THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR THAT.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO OLIVE BRANCH MASONIC LODGE IN BROCK, AND WE'RE HOPING TO TURN THAT INTO A PERMANENT EARLY VOTING LOCATION AFTER THIS ELECTION.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ELECTION BUILDING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IT READY IN TIME FOR THE EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD, A LITTLE? I KIND, I KIND OF CUT YOU OFF REAL QUICK.

YES, YOU DID.

THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE 12 ENTITIES, FIVE SCHOOLS, SIX CITIES, AND ONE SUD.

UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES THOUGH AT MOVING STUFF, UM, WEDNESDAY.

WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD TO BE COMPLETELY OUTTA THE KITCHEN FOR THEM TO START THE REMODEL FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S OFFICE TODAY.

UM, WE GOT EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR A FEW ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IN A STORAGE FACILITY, I MEAN, A STORAGE CONTAINER, UM, JUST KIND OF PUT A HARDSHIP ON OUR OFFICE, BUT WE'VE DONE OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT EVERYTHING OUT.

UM, WE HAVE THINGS SCATTERED HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER STAFF MEMBER IN THE BUILDING THAT HAS LET US HAVE THEIR STORAGE SPACE, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY NICE.

UM, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF WE COULD HAVE JUST MOVED ONE TIME, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW KIND OF THE PROGRESS THERE.

WE'RE HOPING END OF MARCH TO HAVE THE BUILDING FINISHED SO THAT WE COULD MOVE.

UM, BUT APRIL THE 17TH IS THE FINAL DEADLINE.

BUT WILL THAT BE COMPLETELY FINISHED OR JUST PARTIALLY? NO, SIR.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY.

WELL, I WANNA TAKE THIS MOMENT TO, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DEPARTMENT THAT REALLY DOES GET THE BRUNT OF ALL THIS WHEN WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

AND IDEALLY IT WOULD'VE BEEN GOOD TO JUST MOVE IT ONCE YOU KNOW, AND TOUCH IT ONCE AND GET IT WHERE IT'S GOING.

UH, I WANTED DO RECOGNIZE MARK LONG, HIS TEAM WITH BUILDING THE GROUNDS.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, UH, AND GOD KNOWS MY OFFICE HAS PUT YOU THROUGH AN INTERESTING TIME.

UM, AND I'M SURE THAT MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO AS WELL.

BUT I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE MARK, HE'S THE ONE THAT DOES THE WORK ON THIS, GETS THOSE, THOSE MACHINES MOVED AND THEN HAS TO END UP IN MOVING THEM AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU MARK AND YOUR TEAM, UH, THAT CERTAINLY DESERVES RECOGNITION ON THAT AS WELL.

SO, OKAY.

WE OKAY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE VOTE.

THANK YOU, CRICKET.

YES, SIR.

INCREASE THAT TO 46 POLLING LOCATIONS.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM I ON DISCUSS AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE ELIMINATION OF COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACE PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, I WANNA, BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE NEGATIVE IN THIS, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION THAT OPPOSES THE ELIMINATION OF THE COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACE PROGRAM CRICKET.

CORRECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON THIS.

ORIGINALLY, I WASN'T GONNA BRING THIS TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, BUT IN HINDSIGHT AND DELIBERATION TO MYSELF, I DECIDED Y'ALL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATION ARE TRYING TO PUSH IN THIS LEGISLATIVE CYCLE.

UM, MAIN THING IS, IS I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA COST IF IT DOES GET PASSED, AND THAT YOU CAN SIGN A RESOLUTION SAYING THAT YOU ARE OPPOSED TO IT.

UM, WHAT IS COUNTYWIDE VOTING? THAT IS WHAT WE DO HERE IN PARKER COUNTY.

IT MEANS YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE ON ELECTION DAY TO CAST YOUR BALLOT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO YOUR HOME PRECINCT.

99 COUNTIES OUT OF THE 254 PARTICIPATE IN COUNTYWIDE VOTING.

THAT'S 83% OF OUR REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UM, PARKER COUNTY STARTED THIS PROGRAM IN 2015, AND WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL EVERY ELECTION.

WE'VE NOT HAD ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE WAY WE VOTE.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 10 YEARS.

UM, COUNTY, IF COUNTYWIDE, THE VOTING IS ABOLISHED, WE HAVE TO REVERT BACK TO PRECINCT BASED VOTING.

VOTING VOTERS ARE RESTRICTED TO ONLY CASTING A BALLOT IN THEIR HOME PRECINCT ON ELECTION DAY.

IN A WAY THIS COULD INCONVENIENCE VOTERS.

RIGHT NOW, VOTERS CAN VOTE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK, ON THEIR WAY TO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF, OR IF THEY'RE SHOPPING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS IS ALSO GOING TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE PROVISIONAL VOTERS BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT VOTE IN YOUR HOME PRECINCT ON ELECTION DAY, YOU MUST VOTE A PROVISIONAL BALLOT OR GO BACK TO THAT HOME PRECINCT.

AND, UH, PROVISIONAL BALLOTS THIS WAY CANNOT BE COUNTED.

UH, 2020, WE HAD 1000 PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.

WHAT IF THOSE ALL COULDN'T COUNT? UH, CURRENTLY PARKER COUNTY HAS 45 VOTING PRECINCTS IN MARCH.

WE'RE GONNA SPLIT ANOTHER ONE IN PRECINCT THREE BECAUSE IT HAS EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLD OF 5,000 REGISTERED VOTERS.

THIS IS IN TEXAS ELECTION CODE 42.031 AND 42 0 0 6.

UM, SO IF WE GO BACK TO PRECINCT VOTING, WE HAVE 36 POLL SITES RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO

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UM, THIS CAN CAUSE SOME ISSUES IN SOME OF OUR RURAL AREAS, THERE'S NOWHERE TO VOTE.

THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC BUILDING.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE FOR EQUIPMENT PRIVACY TO THE VOTERS A DA COMPLIANT.

ALSO, THERE IS A COST RELATED TO REVERTING, BACK TO PRECINCT VOTING, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUY MORE EQUIPMENT, MORE POLL BOOKS, ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES, STORAGE SPACE AND STAFFING.

UM, I ESTIMATED IT WITH THREE DUOS, ONE CONTROLLER, ONE SCANNER, ONE JUDGE, AND TWO CLERKS AT ALL THE 10 PLACES.

AND IT'S AN ESTIMATE OF $300,000 IS WHAT IT'S GONNA COST THE COUNTY ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL, UM, COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS THAT PASS THEIR, OH, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

I APOLOGIZE.

I'M GONNA ROLL.

I KNOW YOU ARE.

I I STOLE YOUR THUNDER.

IS THAT 300,000, IS THAT FOR EVERY ELECTION OR IS THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS? IN EVERY ELECTION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PRECINCT VOTING.

WHICH AT THAT POINT IN TIME, EVEN IN MAY ELECTIONS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT, RIGHT.

YES, SIR.

YOU'RE CORRECT.

UH, COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PASSED THEIR OWN RESOLUTION IN OCTOBER OF 2024 AT A CONFERENCE IN HAYES COUNTY TO OPPOSE THE ELIMINATION, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS COUNTIES THAT HAVE ALREADY PASSED THIS WITH THEIR COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

SOME OF THE LARGER ONES ARE YOUR KAUFMAN, ROCKWALL HAYES, GREG MCLENNAN, CAMERON, AND HILDAGO, SINCE I SENT Y'ALL OF THE EMAIL HAS ALSO PASSED THIS.

UM, THERE'S ALSO LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE ELECTRONIC POLL BOOKS, WHICH IS HOUSE BILL 1001, ELIMINATE ELECTRONIC MARKING DEVICES, WHICH IS THE MACHINES, AND THAT'S IN HOUSE BILL 1001 AND SENATE BILL 76 AND ELIMINATE COUNTYWIDE VOTING PLACES, WHICH IS SENATE BILL 77 AND 1 48.

UM, THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO KNOW, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN THE RESOLUTION, BUT IF YOU DO SIGN THE RESOLUTION, YOU'RE TELLING YOUR LEGISLATORS THAT YOU LIKE WHAT YOU'VE GOT AND YOU WANT TO KEEP IT.

IF YOU DON'T SIGN IT, YOU EVEN IF YOU DO SIGN IT, LEGISLATION'S GONNA DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

SO IF THEY PASS THIS, YOU STILL HAVE THE COST RELATED.

BUT MAIN REASON I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU WAS TO LET YOU BE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE IF THIS IS WORKING SO WELL, WHY IS THERE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT SEEM TO THINK IT'S NOT WORKING WELL? SO LET ME ADDRESS THAT.

I THINK IT WORKS PRETTY WELL HERE IN PARKER COUNTY.

WORKS GREAT, BUT THE LEGISLATURE HAS TO, UH, PASS RULES, LAWS THAT GOVERN THE ENTIRE STATE.

SO WHAT WORKS IN PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS MAY NOT WORK SO WELL IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, AND EL PASO.

AND SO WE HAVE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT IN OUR, OUR PART OF THE WORLD HERE, WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE.

OUR ELECTION, UH, FOLKS DO A GREAT JOB AND EVERYTHING IS ABOVE BOARD.

THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE IN THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE IN THOSE OTHER LARGE VOTING AREAS, WHICH, UH, IS WHAT THE CONTROVERSY, WHERE THE CONTROVERSY COMES IN, IT'S A DIFFICULT POSITION FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO BE IN.

BUT, UH, I THINK IF YOU'LL LOOK THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, PLATFORMS OF SOME OF THE, OF THE MAJOR PARTY RULING PARTY HERE IN TEXAS DOES NOT THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, JOHN.

AND WE'RE CAME TO A HEAD GEORGE IN ONE COUNTY.

THERE'S A RECOUNT ON AN ELECTION.

AND SO IT WAS SPECIFIC TO A PRECINCT AND SOMEONE HAD VOTED OUTSIDE OF THAT PRECINCT IN A BOX, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW HE VOTED BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT VOTED IN THAT BOX ON A RECOUNT.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT REALLY CAME TO A HEAD.

AND THAT'S A QUESTION I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK YOU.

CRICKET IS SO FEASIBLY AGAIN, WHAT THE COUNSELOR JUST SAID IN THAT SITUATION.

SO IT IS FEASIBLE THAT SOMEBODY THAT LIVES IN ONE PRECINCT THAT VOTES IN ANOTHER, YOU COULD ACTUALLY DRILL INTO THAT AND FIND OUT HOW THEY VOTED.

IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND THE ENERGY, YES SIR, YOU CAN.

AND THAT'S, I WOULD TELL YOU TO VOTE EARLY OR IN A BIG BOX IS OUR REPUBLICAN CHAIR.

IS HE HERE? I DON'T, NO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS? I'M, OH, OKAY.

THERE YOU GO.

SHE IS WHO? SHE SAID SHE'S REPRESENTING BRADY OR SOMETHING.

TODAY.

SHE WORKS FOR BRADY.

COME, COME ON UP PLEASE AND AND STATE YOUR NAME.

I'M RILEY JOE SPURGEON.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE PARTY.

UM, I HAVE A STATEMENT FROM BRADY THAT DO YOU WANT ME TO READ? OKAY.

CAN I DO THAT NOW? MM-HMM .

AS THE PARKER COUNTY, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARKER COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY, I URGE YOU TO REJECT THE RESOLUTION OF OPPOSING THE ELIMINATION OF THE COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACE

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PROGRAM.

I WANNA PREFACE THAT MY STATEMENTS BY MAKING IT CLEAR THAT I BELIEVE PARKER COUNTY HAS THE BEST ELECTION ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.

I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND CRICKET AND OUR TEAM'S COMPETENCE, DILIGENCE, AND DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE.

I HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT OFFICE, AND WILL ALWAYS WORK TO BUILD VOTERS' CONFIDENCE IN OUR COUNTY'S ELECTIONS, ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR AND HER TEAM.

IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THE PRIORITIES COMMITTEE AT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS CONVENTION.

THERE WE, AS A COMMITTEE READ RESOLUTIONS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, HEARD HOURS OF TESTIMONY, AND SPENT SEVERAL DAYS CRAFTING PRIORITIES THAT REFLECTED THE WILL OF TEXAS REPUBLICANS.

THOSE PRIORITIES WERE THEN PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL AND VOTED ON BY THOUSANDS OF REPUBLICAN DELEGATES.

SECURE TEXAS ELECTIONS, WHICH INCLUDES ASSIGNED PRECINCT VOTING LOCATIONS ONLY USING HAND MARKED SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED PAPER BALLOTS AND COUNTING BALLOTS IN PRECINCT USING A DUMB SCANNER METHOD WAS UL ULTIMATELY ADOPTED AS THE SECOND PRIORITY, SECOND ONLY TO SECURING THE BORDER.

ADDITIONALLY, ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2024, THE PARKER COUNTY REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A REAL ELECTION INTEGRITY PROCESS.

THIS RESOLUTION ECHOED THE RPT PRIORITY IN CALLING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACES, SPECIFICALLY IN REQUIRING PRECINCT ONLY VOTING AND HAND MARKS PAPER BALLOTS COUNTED ON NON-SOFTWARE PROGRAM PROGRAMMABLE TABULATORS.

AT A TIME WHEN PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR ELECTIONS IS AN ALL TIME LOW, WE MUST BE WORKING TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN VOTER CONFIDENCE.

ELECTION INTEGRITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR REPUBLIC.

AND ANY ACTION BY THIS COURT THAT CONTRADICTS ONE OF THE PARTY'S HIGHEST PRIORITIES SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE VOTERS WHO ENTRUSTED US WITH LEADERSHIP.

GRASSROOTS REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING THOSE IN OUR COUNTY, HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THEY EXPECT THEIR ELECTED REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS TO SUPPORT EFFORTS THAT RESTORE TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRUST IN OUR ELECTIONS.

FURTHERMORE, LEGISLATION STEMMING FROM THIS PRIORITY IS ALREADY PENDING IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.

IF PASSED, THIS LEGISLATION WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR COUNTY IN OUR ELECTION PROCESS BY ADOPTING A RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION, THIS COURT WOULD BE TAKING A STANCE AGAINST THE CLEAR WILL OF THE TEXAS REPUBLICANS AND AGAINST THE PRIORITY LEGISLATION THAT IS ACTIVELY MOVING THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

I URGE YOU TO STAND WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS, THE PARKER COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE THOUSANDS OF GRASSROOTS CONSERVATIVES WHO MADE ELECTION INTEGRITY OF TOP PRIORITY.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR UNITY, NOT DIVISION IN ENSURING THAT OUR ELECTIONS REMAIN FREE, FAIR, AND TRUSTED BY THE PUBLIC.

ANY, ANY JUDGE IF I MIGHT, UH, MAKE A COMMENT.

UM, WE GET, WE GET, UH, NUMBERS THROWN AROUND ABOUT WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO DO THIS OR THAT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ARE AND NOT SPECULATION.

AND IF, IF COUNTYWIDE VOTING IN PARKER COUNTY IS, IS, AND NOT NOW I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO THAT.

NOW.

I'M ASKING YOU TO REPORT BACK TO COURT TWO WEEKS WHENEVER WE MEET AGAIN AND TELL US WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ARE, UH, FOR STAFFING, FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS AND ACTUAL ESTIMATES, ACTUAL NUMBERS THAT WE CAN SAY, OKAY, THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT IS, IS YOUR CAN BACK UP.

THAT IT'S GONNA COST WHAT IT'S GONNA COST NOT NOW.

I WANTED TO, HE ASKED IF THAT WAS 300,000 EVERY SINGLE ELECTION.

AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE ONCE YOU PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT, ALL WE HAVE TO PAY EVERY YEAR THEN IS THE LEASING AND THE, THE SOFTWARE, THE 9,000 FOR ELECTION WORKERS AT THAT POLLING LOCATION EVERY SINGLE TIME WILL BE A REOCCURRING EVERY ELECTION COST.

ANY, ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ASKED FOR? WELL, UH, SOMETHING I, I, I HAVE TO BRING THIS UP.

I VOTED AGAINST IT, SO I'LL BE THE ONE TO BRING IT UP.

WE HAVE NEW POLL PADS AND UH, I THINK WE HAVE THOSE LEASED AND, UH, THAT NEEDS TO FIT INTO THE, UH, FIT IN THE, UH, DESCRIPTION OF THEIR, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BRING BACK TO COURT AT ANOTHER DATE.

VERY GOOD.

THERE WAS A FUND FOR THE ONE THAT, THE, THE POLL BOOK THAT WAS DE-CERTIFIED.

WE, YEAH, WE, WE TALKED TO THE REPUBLICAN CHAIR IS A DEMOCRATIC CHAIR HERE.

DO YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT DOING AWAY WITH COUNTY? I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO COUNTYWIDE.

I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT'S PROPOSED.

DO WE KNOW IF THE STATE'S LOOKING AT POSSIBLE, UH, FUNDS TO HELP US AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, UH, TO HELP ABSORB SOME OF THESE COSTS?

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THERE WAS A GRANT PROGRAM FOR THAT TO PAY 80%, BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING SAID FOR US.

THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A FUND THAT WOULD SUBSIDIZE THE POLE PAD THAT WAS FOUND TO HAVE ISSUES THAT WAS DE-CERTIFIED.

UM, ALSO TOO, I BELIEVE, LARRY, I HAD ANOTHER QUE ANOTHER QUESTION REAL QUICK.

GO AHEAD.

BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, AND IT WAS THIS WAY, WE'D SIGN A PIECE OF PAPER, A STICKER THAT WOULD GO IN THE BOOK INSTEAD OF THESE POLE PADS.

WOULD THAT AMEN.

HOW DO THOSE NUMBERS WORK IF WE'RE NOT USING POLE PADS AT ALL OF, I MEAN, THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE PROFORMAS AND THE NUMBERS THAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SIGNATURES, I KNOW MINE LOOKS A LOT MORE RECOGNIZABLE WHEN I SIGN A PIECE OF PAPER VERSUS ON A, YOU KNOW, ON AN IPAD.

SO THIS IS, THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT COST.

BUT THIS IS, UH, AS WAS STATED PREVIOUSLY, AND IN MY OWN PERSONAL BELIEF, THIS IS A VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT'S, UH, WORTH ALLOCATING ASSETS TO AND MAKING SURE NOT THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW I WENT THROUGH A PERSONAL HAND RECOUNT.

I KNOW ALSO THE DRAWBACKS THAT HAVING A COUNTYWIDE VOTING CAN BE WHEN YOU, WHEN I HAVE TO, OR WE HAVE TO HAVE 20 TABLES OF FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE AND THE RESOURCES AND THE DAYS IT TOOK WHEN YOU HAD SOMEBODY FROM PRECINCT FOUR THAT HAD VOTED MAYBE EVEN UP IN PESTER.

AND YOU HAVE TO GO AND EVERYBODY HAS TO VERIFY SERIALS OPEN THESE UP AND GO THROUGH ALL THOSE BALLOTS TO FIND THEM.

AND IT WAS A VERY LARGE TASK.

CAN I HAVE YOU COME UP, UM, AND WE'LL SPEAK TO THIS AND STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? I'M KELTON GUNNER, UH, UH, PARKER COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY PRECINCT CHAIR FOR 2 0 5.

I THINK WE'RE IN 2 0 5.

SO, WELCOME.

UM, I LOVE WORKING WITH CRICKET.

BEEN ELECTION JUDGE, SEVERAL MORE THAN SIX, LESS THAN 12 TIMES.

UH, SO IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM.

TWO THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP IS THAT, AND I DIDN'T GET THE RESOLUTION UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE MEETING.

UM, AND I THINK MOST OF THE, UM, LEGISLATION IS TO ELIMINATE EVERYTHING.

COUNTYWIDE VOTING, UH, ELECTRIC POLL BOOKS AND ELECTRIC MARKING DEVICES.

IF YOU DO THAT, YOU SAVE A TON OF MONEY.

NO ISSUE WITH THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS IN PARKER COUNTY.

UM, IF YOU GO WITH ALL PAPER, NO COMPUTERS, THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO THREW THAT DOWN WITH THE GOVERNORS JUST TWO DAYS AGO, HE SAYS YOU SAVED 92% OF YOUR COST.

I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S NOT A VERIFIED NUMBER, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

UM, SO THAT, SO THE COST GOES WAY DOWN IF YOU ELIMINATE ALL THIS, ALL THIS EQUIPMENT.

THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I STAND BY THE SCANNER AS AN ELECTION JUDGE AND I SAY, READ YOUR BALLOT.

'CAUSE THIS IS THE BALLOT.

MAKE SURE IT VOTED THE WAY YOU WANT.

POINT.

I KIND OF FIGURED OUT IN THIS LAST ELECTION THAT THERE'S A QR CODE AND THAT'S YOUR VOTE.

I CAN'T READ A QR CODE AND I'M TELLING PEOPLE TO READ THEIR VOTE, BUT THE COMPUTER'S READING THE QR CODE, AND SO IF IT'S GOT SOFTWARE, IT CAN BE HACKED.

IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SECURE.

IT'S NOT AS SECURE AS A PIECE OF PAPER.

WHEN YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS GO FROM ONE DOCTOR TO ANOTHER, IT GOES THROUGH A FAX MACHINE BECAUSE FAX MACHINE DOESN'T HAVE SOFTWARE.

YOU GOT A PIECE OF PAPER AT ONE END, YOU END UP WITH A PIECE OF PAPER AT THE OTHER THAT'S F FLOSS.

I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO HOW TO MAKE IT WORK AND HOW IT DID 10 YEARS AGO.

YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF PRECINCTS VOTE TOGETHER IN THE SAME LOCATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT WANTS TO JOIN HIDALGO COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY IN THIS PIECE OF THIS, UH, RESOLUTION.

SO, LARRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? OKAY.

SAY THE BEST FOR LAST.

HI, I'M AM GENE MARTIN.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF PARKER COUNTY FOR 38 YEARS.

I'M AN ELECT, EXCUSE ME, I'M AN ELECTION JUDGE.

THINK MY NAME'S ON THAT, UH, LIST THAT YOU JUST APPROVED PRIOR TO THIS ONE.

UM, I, I'LL REPEAT EVERYTHING HE SAID.

THE MEMO FROM, UH, BRADY GRAY, KUDOS TO, UH, MS. MILLER AND HER STAFF.

IT'S A GREAT JOB.

I'M STARTING MY 12TH YEAR AS A JUDGE.

I HAVE

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LIKE COMMISSIONER WALDEN SAID, WE'RE NOT THE PROBLEM.

I'M PRETTY SURE.

VAN ZT COUNTY, WHERE BOB HALL IS FROM IS NOT THE PROBLEM.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE COST WILL BE TO DALLAS COUNTY WITH, THEY MUST HAVE A THOUSAND PRECINCTS.

SO THE COST HERE IS INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO WHAT WILL IMPACT THE LARGEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE.

BUT THE LARGEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE ARE THE PROBLEM.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ELECTION INTEGRITY WHERE THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THE POTENTIAL TO STEAL TEXAS IS A REAL THREAT.

AND WE CAN'T STAND THAT.

AND THAT'S THE ISSUE.

ONE THING NOBODY HAS MENTIONED IS THIS COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM WAS PHASED IN, I THINK IT STARTED WITH SIX COUNTIES AND PARKER COUNTY WAS ONE OF THEM IN A TEST MODE, AND THEN THEY EXPANDED IT TO THE STATE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE THEY PHASE IT BACK OUT, STARTING WITH THE LARGEST COUNTIES.

JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

JUST, UH, JUST A WORD.

WHAT WE DO IS NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYBODY'S MIND ANYWHERE, WHETHER WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR IT OR AGAINST IT.

SO IT COMES DOWN TO THIS FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, TAX DOLLARS IN PARKER COUNTY.

WHAT'S THE BEST FOR US TO DO, UH, RESOLUTION? I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT NONE OF US HERE PROBABLY ARE INTERESTED IN PASSING A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF WHAT THEY DO, IN WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN HOUSTON COUNTY OR DALLAS COUNTY.

HOWEVER, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK AT, AND THAT'S WHY I ASK WHAT I ASK, UH, OF, OF, UH, CRICKET.

WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DO ACTUAL DOLLARS AND CENTS IN PARKER COUNTY AND HOW COUNTYWIDE VOTING VERSUS PRECINCT VOTING WILL AFFECT US AND MAKE A DECISION BASED ON OUR OWN COST.

THAT HAS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE MACHINES THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED LATELY.

LATELY, THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THAT'S THERE, THAT THAT'S MAYBE LEASED, MAYBE, UH, UH, MAYBE ON A LONG TERM PURCHASE OR WHAT THE DOLLARS AND CENTS ARE, AND THEN MAKE A DECISION OF WHAT'S BEST FOR PARKER COUNTY.

SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION.

AND WITH THAT, I'D SAY THAT, UH, WE EITHER DROP THIS ITEM WITH, WITH NO ACTION OR, UH, I'D BE, IF THAT, IF THAT COMES INTO AGREEMENT WITH EVERYBODY HERE, THAT'S FINE.

IF NOT, THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE NO ACTION.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANNA SPEAK ON THIS CALL? I'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

STATE YOUR NAME.

NAME.

MY NAME IS DEBRA HENSLEY.

I LIVE IN HARVARD COUNTY IN CRESCENT IN 2020.

EVERY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES WAS, WAS AFFECTED BY ALGORITHMS. AND THAT IS STILL OUT THERE TODAY IN PARKER COUNTY.

WE LOST, I THINK IT WAS 2,302, 3,204 VOTES OR SOMETHING.

ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEM OR CRICKETS TEAM MAY BE COUNTED IT CORRECTLY.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, DURING THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION, NUMBERS WENT UP AND DOWN.

IF ANYONE WAS WATCHING CNN OR SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES, YOU SAW TRUMP WAS AHEAD AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN BIDEN WAS AHEAD BY THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT TRUMP LOST.

THEY DID THAT THROUGH ALGORITHMS. I TOOK PARKER COUNTY'S INFORMATION FROM CRICKET'S TEAM AND SENT THAT TO THE MICHAEL DALE TEAM.

AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN ALGORITHMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

THERE WAS A SUMMIT HELD THAT SUMMER OF 2021.

NOT ONE COUNTY WAS NOT AFFECTED.

UH, HARRIS COUNTY HAD, I THINK, LIKE 35,000 OR PLUS VOTES THAT WERE TAKEN OR MOVED.

SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE TO CHEAT.

THIS TIME WAS TOO BIG TO RIG, BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES.

NOW I HAVEN'T HAD, UM, ANYTHING PULLED THIS SESSION AND SENT TO LINDELL'S TEAM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT ALGORITHMS MOVE AROUND ALL THE TIME.

WE SAW IT IN GEORGIA TOO.

GEORGIA WAS, WAS TERRIBLE, BUT WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO AUDIT.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT.

MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE AMOUNTS OF EVIDENCE AND DATA TO ALL THAT.

STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

AUBREY VENABLE.

AND I'M THE MEMBER WHO FILED A 600 PAGE LAWSUIT IN 2022 AGAINST THIS COUNTY TO REMOVE THE ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT.

ALL THESE GUYS UP HERE KNOW THAT I'VE SENT THEM

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UH, THAT BEING SAID, LARRY, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID.

AGAIN, THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE.

I THINK THERE IS SOME, BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A BUNCH OF ELECTION FRAUD IN PARKER COUNTY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE WE CAN'T LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES AND THROW STONES AT OTHER PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO SET THE EXAMPLE THAT THE ELECTION MACHINES NEED TO BE REMOVED AND WE NEED TO GO BACK TO PAPER BALLOTS, HAND COUNTED ON A SINGLE DAY, PEOPLE IN HERE VOTED FOR TRUMP OVER 80% IN THIS COUNTY.

HIS MANDATE, HE JUST SAID AGAIN, ON FRIDAY, PAPER BALLOTS, SINGLE DAY PHYSICAL ID, 80% OF THIS COUNTY, GREATER PERCENT OF THIS COUNTY VOTED FOR THAT TRUMP MANDATE.

YOU GUYS NEED TO SET THAT EXAMPLE THAT HERE IN PARKER COUNTY.

WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THOSE RULES AND WE'RE GONNA LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

WE'RE NOT GONNA STEP BACK AND THROW, HEY, 'CAUSE WE KNOW ALL THE BLUE COUNTIES ARE CHEATING.

WE KNOW THE BLUE STATES ARE CHEATING.

WE KNOW THAT WITH WITH A FACT.

AGAIN, I GAVE YOU ALL 600 PAGES OF EVIDENCE.

I'LL GO BACK THROUGH ALL THAT WITH YOU ALL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

BUT LET'S LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

WE CAN'T SIT HERE AND IN OUR GLASS HOUSES AND THROW STONES AT THE BLUE COUNTIES AND THE BLUE STATES FOR CHEATING WHEN THEY'RE USING THE EXACT SAME ELECTRONIC MACHINES THAT WE USE FOR THOSE OF YOU'ALL THAT DON'T KNOW THE MACHINES.

AND THE SOFTWARE WAS DEVELOPED BY DARPA.

WE USED IT IN OTHER COUNTRIES TO RIG THEIR ELECTIONS FOR DECADES.

THE LAWSUIT I FILED AGAINST THIS COUNTY HAS THE AFFIDAVIT OF THE, OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER FROM THE THREE AND FOUR LETTER AGENCIES WHO USED THAT MACHINES AND PERFECTED THAT SOFTWARE TO RIG 45 ELECTIONS ON HER OWN.

THIS IS THE MILITARY GRADE OPERATION.

22 YEARS MILITARY OFFICER F 16 PILOT.

I HAD ONE OF THE TOP SECURITY CLEARANCES IN ALL THE GOVERNMENT.

I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S BEING CHEATED.

IT'S BEING STOLEN.

GO LOOK UP.

THIS COUNTY HAS CONTRACTS WITH DHS AND C-A-D-H-S AND CA TELLS YOU ALL THEY'RE HERE TO SU SUPPORT YOUR ELECTIONS AND MAKE SURE NOTHING NEFARIOUS IS GOING ON.

GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE THE ONES DOING THE NEFARIOUS WORK.

PLEASE, PLEASE, LET'S LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

IN A COUNTY THAT TRUMP WON BY 80 SOME PERCENT.

OH, BY THE WAY, LET'S GO BACK TO THE PRICE.

TRUMP HIMSELF, HE DIDN'T SAY IT JUST 'CAUSE HE JUST MAKES STUFF OR PULLS IT OUT OF HIS ASS.

8% OF THE MONEY WE SPEND RIGHT NOW, THOSE CONTRACTS WERE THESE MACHINES, THESE PULL BOOKS, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THE SAME LOBBYISTS SITTING DOWN IN AUSTIN PUSHING THIS S**T.

PLEASE, PLEASE, I'VE BEEN BEGGING YOU ALL FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.

YOU ALL WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME.

YOU LAUGHED AT ME, IGNORED ME.

I FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY IN 2022.

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THESE LAWSUITS ACROSS THE COUNTY, ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN THEY COME BACK TO FRUITION.

AND GUESS WHAT? MY LAWSUIT'S STILL HANGING THERE.

I'M NOT GIVING UP ON IT.

'CAUSE WHEN IT GETS PULLED BACK AROUND, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA RAISE HAVOC AGAIN.

THAT'S THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE, PLEASE.

NOT A A 3 25 VOTER THAT VOTED IN THAT PRECINCT.

LARRY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY? NOT AS YOUNG AS I USED TO BE.

DON'T BOUNCE UP OUT OF THIS QUEUE LIKE I DID YEARS AGO.

, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU.

MY NAME'S LARRY BARTOLD.

I'M A REGISTERED VOTER PRECINCT CHAIR IN PARKER COUNTY.

WE TALKED ABOUT COST ANALYSIS.

UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS PLATFORM AND WHAT THEY SUPPORT.

AND AS REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIZENS OF THE, UH, FOR, FOR THE REPUBLICANS OF PARKER COUNTY, UH, YOU CHOSE TO RUN AS REPUBLICANS AND YOU CH CHOSE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE TO REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AS IT APPLIES TO LAW.

JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT, THAT, THAT WE WANNA MAKE IS THAT THE, UH, THEY THEY, THEY MENTIONED SIGNING A RESOLUTION AGAINST THIS.

CAN WE SIGN A, CAN WE SIGN A RESOLUTION ON THE OPPOSITE EFFECT? , SHE CRICKET MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

BUT, AND, AND, AND, AND COMMISSIONER HALE'S SITUATION, EVERY ELECTION, THE STATE REQUIRES YOU TO AUDIT THREE PRECINCTS AND, UH, THREE VOTINGS PRECINCTS WITH COUNTYWIDE VOTING.

IF YOU'VE GOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND VOTERS AND 40 PRECINCTS, YOU'VE GOT TO PULL EVERY PRECINCT AND MAKE SURE THERE'S

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WITH COUNTYWIDE VOTING, YOU PULL 3 45.

THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THOSE THOSE VOTES CAN BE.

SO THERE'S ALSO THE COST AND THE TIME TO DO YOUR STATE REQUIRED, REQUIRED AUDIT IN COUNTYWIDE VOTING.

'CAUSE YOU GOTTA FIND THAT NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ONE COST.

I GAVE YOU A DOCUMENT SUPPORTING, UH, SOME THINGS.

THE LEGISLATURE, WE STILL HAVE A, A, A LEASE ON OUR EQUIPMENT, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THAT EXPIRES, BUT WE WILL NEED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BECAUSE THE PUSH IS TO GO BACK TO PRECINCT VOTING.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA THROW MONEY IN A HOLE THAT WE GOTTA BACK UP AND HEAD A HEAD A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

SO I I I URGE YOU TO, TO TABLE THIS RESOLUTION UNTIL MORE COST DATA IS CONFIRMED AND TO TABLE IT UNTIL WE'RE FOLLOWING THE STATE GUIDELINES AND A CHANGE IN THE STATE ELECTION LAW IF IT OCCURS.

AND THAT WOULD BE A BIG COST SAVINGS TO THE TAXPAYERS AND THE CITIZENS OF PARKER COUNTY.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT Y'ALL DO.

IT'S NOT EASY.

Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THOSE KIND OF THANK YOU, JUDGE.

I'M GONNA AGAIN SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE NO ACTION ON MS ITEM.

BEFORE YOU SPEAK, UM, WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER THAT HAS, HAS, UH, SAID TO RECOMMENDED THAT TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS.

UM, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITHOUT I JUDGE IF I MAY, UM, IF, IF FOLKS TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO BE HERE.

NO, NO, I'M NOT SAYING SHE CAN'T SPEAK, I'M JUST TELLING.

I'D JUST LIKE MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK GETS NO, NO, NO.

I'M NOT STOPPING ANYBODY FROM SPEAKING AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT IDEA.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK ABOUT.

AND WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.

DO YOU STILL WANNA SPEAK? I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF, YEAH.

I JUST WANNA APPLAUD THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE Y'ALL, SO THAT YOU COULD VOTE ON IT.

AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE TABLED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND AN EVALUATION OF THE BUDGET AND HOW THE SPENDING WILL BE AFFECTED IF WE SWITCH TO PRECINCT LEVEL VOTING THE WAY THAT WE CURRENTLY OPERATE ELECTIONS DOESN'T AFFECT OUR OUTCOME KNOW STATE YOUR STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

UM, OUR CURRENT ELECTIONS AND HOW WE OPERATE DOESN'T AFFECT OUR RESULTS.

THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR DOES A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING OUR ELECTIONS SECURE AND HER INTEGRITY IS, I ADMIRE THAT ABOUT HER.

SO I JUST WANT THIS TO BE TABLED AND FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION TO BE HELD FOR THE PUBLIC.

WELL, LET'S, WE, WE, WE, WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU.

UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, YOU GOT, CAN YOU DO IT IN 30 SECONDS? WE GOT STOPWATCH ON YOU.

THERE IS ONE POINT THAT NOBODY HAS MENTIONED AND YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR, UH, COST INFORMATION.

THE PROPOSAL FROM, UH, BOB HALL ISN'T TO JUST ELIMINATE THE VOTING MACHINES AS THEY ARE.

IT'S TO REPLACE THEM WITH NON PROGRAMMABLE TABULATORS, SIMILAR TO THE EQUIPMENT THAT READS TEST SCORES FROM, LIKE THE SAT.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO FACTOR THAT INTO YOUR COST STUDY.

ITEM I, WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK, IT NEEDS TO BE WORDED DIFFERENTLY.

UM, DO WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.

ON ITEM WHEN? ON

[7.I. Discuss and approve a resolution opposing the elimination of County Wide Polling Place Program. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]

AND, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO WORK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT'S, IT WOULD BE, UH, TO CONTINUE WITH COUNTYWIDE VOTING OR NOT.

THAT WOULD BE THIS QUESTION THAT WE HAVE HERE IN PARKER COUNTY.

YEAH, I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME THINGS TO, TO LOOK AT.

I AND NO, IF WE WERE CRICKET, WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A RAISE FOR ALL THE, WE WERE GO BACK TO, IF WE WERE TO GO BACK TO SEVEN D AND THEN SEVEN, FOLLOW THAT WITH SEVEN EI BET YOU SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN HERE WOULD APPRECIATE THOSE ITEMS.

[7.D. Discuss/Approve the County Judge to sign FY2024 HDM County Grant Program Affidavit. (Kirsti Smith / Judge Deen)]

SEVEN D SEVEN D.

DISCUSS, DISCUSS, APPROVE THE COUNTY JUDGE WHO SIGNED FY 2024 HDM COUNTY GRANT PROGRAM AFFIDAVIT.

CHRISTIE SMITH.

OUR HOME DELIVERED MEAL GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR LAST YEAR, THIS IS JUST CERTIFYING THAT THE COUNTY MET THEIR COMMITMENT TO PAY THE $30,400 THAT WE REQUESTED.

UM, I WILL BE VERY BRIEF.

SO, UM, THIS IS JUST A REQUEST FOR MS. SIGNATURE FOR COUNTY, UH, JUDGE PAT DEAN.

SO, UM, ACCORDING TO OUR AGREEMENT FOR

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UM, AND BRIANNA DID ALREADY, OH, SHE WAS SITTING THERE.

OH, SHE'S BACK THERE.

UM, ALREADY PROVIDED PROOF THAT THAT WAS PAID IN DECEMBER OF, UM, 2023.

SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN MET.

I JUST NEED SIGNATURE TO SUBMIT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.

HOW MANY MEALS FOR, WHAT DID WE PROVIDE LAST YEAR? YEAH.

JUST SHY OF 60,000.

60, 60,000.

YES, SIR.

AND OF COURSE, THE 30,400 WENT TO, UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THE COST OF THAT.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM E AND CONSIDER APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OF SANDRA THOMAS, LINDA MURDOCK, VICKY BALLOU FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

CARRIE'S FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

[7.E. Consider/Approve the appointments of Sandra Thomas, Linda Murdock, and Vickie Ballow for membership to the Parker County Historical Commission. (Bill Warren / Judge Deen)]

UH, BILL, IF YOU WOULD COME UP, YOU DO HAVE THEIR INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET.

UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT.

AND, UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR BILL.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

DATA COMMISSIONERS, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE THREE FOLKS TO THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

UH, LINDA AND, AND VICKI.

AND WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO STAND UP FOR A MOMENT HERE? UM, LINDA, I'VE WORKED WITH FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, UH, WITH, UH, A LOT OF THINGS RELATED TO HISTORY.

SHE'S, UH, UH, QUITE A RESEARCHER.

UH, SHE DOES ALL OF THE RESEARCHING FOR THE, UH, CADILLAC TOUR HOMES AND THE BACKGROUND OF ALL OF THAT.

SHE'S ALSO INTERESTED IN CEMETERIES.

SHE'S ALSO ON THE, THE, UH, EAST PARKER COUNTY GENEALOGY AND, AND, AND, UM, HERITAGE SOCIETY, WHICH VICKI IS THE PRESIDENT OF.

SO THEY BOTH HAVE EXTENSIVE BACKGROUNDS IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND, AND INTEREST IN PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF PARKER COUNTY.

UH, SANDRA, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS ON THE HOOD COUNTY SOCIETY, SHE IS ALSO, SHE LIVES IN PARKER COUNTY.

SO SHE IS ELIGIBLE, UH, FOR THAT.

BUT SHE'S BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION.

SO WE REQUEST KINDLY REQUEST THE COMMISSIONERS TO APPOINT THEM TO THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

HOW MANY HERE FROM THE HISTORIC COMMISSION? SO YOU HAVE FOUR NOW? WE GOT FOUR, CORRECT, SIR? WE HAVE, WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE FROM THE HISTORIC COMMISSION? YES.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.

OH, THE REASON I ASK IS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE Y'ALL COME UP WITH YOU, GET YOUR PICTURE BACK, PLEASE.

HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO US, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW.

BOTH SIDES WILL.

I SAID RICH IS GONNA RUN OUT OF FILM.

1, 2, 3.

FIVE A AND EXCEPT REJECT RENEW ON PRK 24 1 11 JOHNSON BEND, GREEN ACRES ROAD REALIGNMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M, I'M JUST MESSING.

I CAN'T HAVE ALL .

THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

JAMIE, BILL? YES.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE BACK TO ITEM FIVE A.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

GERALD, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ALL OF Y'ALL.

ITEM

[5.A. Accept/Reject/Renew PRK 24111 Johnson Bend / Green Acres Rd. Realignment. (Chris Bosco / Judge Deen)]

CHRIS, WELCOME, UH, CHRIS BOSCO WITH FREEZE AND NICHOLS.

UH, SO I HAVE A, LET'S SEE.

UH, THE, THE FIRST ITEM HERE IS THE AWARD OF THE JOHNSON BEND AND GREEN ACRES, UH, PROJECT, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION.

UH, SO, UH, WE GOT TWO BIDS.

UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONTRACTORS WE'VE WORKED QUITE A BIT WITH.

AND JAY MILLS HAS ACTUALLY DONE A LOT, UH, OF PROJECTS FOR THE COUNTY IN THE PAST.

BONDS, UH, SO JAY MILLS AND, AND J GO, UH, WERE THE TWO, UH, FIRMS THAT SUBMITTED BIDS.

UH, THE, UH, LOW BID, UH, CAME FROM JAY MILLS AT A VALUE OF 576,699.

UH, WE WERE PLEASED THAT THAT WAS, UH, QUITE A BIT BELOW OUR BUDGET.

WE, OUR

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ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS 7 85 ON THIS ONE.

UH, AND OUR ORIGINAL PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THIS WAS, UH, EIGHT 30.

SO, UH, WE GOT A REALLY, UH, GOOD BID.

AND, UH, JAY GO, LIKE I MENTIONED, HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR THE COUNTY.

SO REAL HAPPY WITH, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WORK THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

AND SO SEEKING, UH, TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT TO, UH, TO JAY MILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, 576,000 6 99.

UH, ONE OTHER POINT, UH, IS WE ALSO DID A SEPARATE BID FOR ASBESTOS.

UH, THAT, AND I'M GONNA BRING, SO THE ONE THING THAT HAPPENED HERE IS THE ASBESTOS, UM, FIRM IS THE SAME COMPANY THAT, UH, JAY MILLS WAS PLANNING TO USE FOR THE DEMO.

UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO BRING BACK AT THE NEXT COURT WAS ACTUALLY A CHANGE ORDER.

INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS, SINCE IT'S THE SAME COMPANY, WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT UNDER JAY MILLS, SO IT'S ONE CONTRACTOR.

UM, AND SO THAT, THAT'LL BE ITEM I'LL BRING.

WELL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION.

UM, COMMISSIONER, HOLD WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HA.

IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS? UH, NO.

WE'RE, UM, YEAH, WE'LL GET STARTED ON THE CONTRACTING AND GET, GET, UH, THE NOTICE TO BID OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

VERY WELL.

MOVE TO ITEM B ON DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON BILL, UH, ELLIS CREEK, SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH.

[5.B. Discuss/Take action on Ellis Creek Subdivision Construction Contract Change Order. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt)]

CHRIS? UH, SO THE ELLIS CREEK PROJECT IS A PROJECT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO ADD A CHANGE ORDER ON, UM, IT'S KIND OF SMALL HERE, BUT IN ELLIS CREEK COURT THERE WAS A DRAINAGE ISSUE WHERE THE WATER'S JUST NOT GETTING AROUND THE CUL-DE-SAC.

AND SO THE CHANGE ORDER WOULD ADD IN THIS PIPE THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY MAKE THE DRAINAGE OPERATE BETTER AND KEEP IT FROM GOING INTO PEOPLE'S, UH, PROPERTY.

UH, SO THAT, THAT'S ONE ELEMENT.

UH, ANOTHER ELEMENT IN THE CHANGE ORDER IS, UH, WE HAD A FOG SEAL AND, UH, DUE TO THE SUCCESS THAT Y'ALL HAVE HAD IN, IN OTHER PRECINCTS WITH THE P TWO PRODUCT, WE WANTED TO, UH, CHANGE ORDER THAT INTO HERE.

UH, SO THAT, UM, AND, AND THE GOAL OF THAT IS JUST THE FACT OF IT, UH, DRYING QUICKER WILL, UH, WE, WE HOPE WILL MINIMIZE ANY, UH, TRACKING, UH, OF THE MATERIAL INTO PEOPLE'S PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS.

AND SO THE, THE CHANGE ORDER, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 83,652, UH, TO INCLUDE BOTH THE CULVERT, UH, IMPROVEMENT AND, UH, THE SWITCH FROM FOX SEAL TO THE P TWO PRODUCT.

YOU 38, IT SAYS 38 UP THERE.

UH OH, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, I LIKE THAT NUMBER BETTER.

30 38,652.

I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT.

80 SOMETHING.

YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT FOR THAT ENGINEER.

MATH .

UH, SO WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THIS, UH, CHANGE ORDER ON THE ELLIS CREEK PROJECT.

UPDATE ON REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL MEETING.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.

HOLD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES.

FIVE.

OH, CHRIS, I NOTICE ON HERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES WITH THE PRECINCT BY PRECINCT, UH,

[6.B. Discussion/Update on Regional Transportation Council Meeting. (Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 2)]

UNDER ITEM SIX B.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT ON DISCUSSION.

UH, UNDER THAT ITEM WE CAN TIE INTO THAT.

WHERE IS THERE ANY UPDATES THAT YOU, YOU, UH, WANT TO BRING UP OR DISCUSS ON PROJECTS RELATING TO EACH PRECINCT? UM, SO, SO I'LL HAVE LIKE THE MONTHLY REPORT, NEXT COURT.

I MEAN, ONE UPDATE.

I'M NOT CALLING YOU OUT, JUST WOULD, WE WOULD STAND PLEASE, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COG ON, UH, I THINK I MENTIONED AT THE, AT THE LAST UPDATE THAT WE ARE GETTING, UH, THE SEVEN 30 AND 1187 PROJECTS ADDED TO THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING.

SO WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THAT IN COGS COURT.

UH, SO I'LL OF COURSE GIVE ANOTHER UPDATE ON NEXT MONTH ON THAT.

AND THEN WORKING WITH TECH STOCK ON TRYING TO GET THE I 20 FRONTAGE ROADS, UH, OKAY.

GOING.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO MORE REGIONAL UPDATES.

AND WOULD YOU NOT AG AGREE, AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TO THESE, UH, RTCS AND YOU PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM, KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES NOW FOR GRANTS THROUGH THE RTC AND COG THAN EVER BEFORE BY FAR.

AND, AND WE HAVE IN OUR AUDIENCE, UH, A NEW PERSON THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GRANT WRITING.

I WOULD LIKE, SHE'LL BE A PART OF THIS TEAM THAT WILL, WILL NOT NECESSARILY GO, BUT WE'LL COORDINATE, UH, WITH YOU AND CYNTHIA ON MAKING AND MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY DO FIT FOR PARKER COUNTY.

UH, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET TO KNOW HER AND GET USED TO THAT EXCHANGE OF DISCUSSION, UH, THAT WHAT WILL FIT, UH, FOR PARKER COUNTY THAT WE CAN QUALIFY FOR.

SO, UH, SHIRLEY, IF YOU WOULD,

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AND THAT'S OUR NEW GRANT WRITER, BUDGET OFFICER.

SO Y'ALL WILL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER VERY WELL.

NO, THAT'S EXCELLENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

YEP.

ANYTHING ELSE? I, I DID HAVE ONE ITEM.

I THINK IT'S IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE AGENDA WITH A SPEED STUDY.

UM, YEAH, CAN WE GET TO THAT PLEASE, JUDGE.

IT WILL BE, UH, ITEM L UNDER APPROVAL SEVEN L.

IT'S JUST NOT MY PEN APART.

UM, DISCUSS.

WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO ITEM L ON DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON INCREASED SPEED ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF RICK WILLIAMS AND TAKE ANY ACTION ACCORDING AS NECESSARY AS NEEDED.

[7.L. Discuss/Take action on increasing speed limit on certain portions of Ric Williamson and take any other actions as needed. (Commissioner Holt)]

SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT, UH, REALLY SINCE THE LOOP'S BEEN OPEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CITIZENS TALKING TO COMMISSIONER HOLT.

UH, WE'VE HEARD AT SOME OF THE OTHER MEETINGS ABOUT, UH, DESIRE TO INCREASE THE SPEED ON THE LOOP.

UM, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THE, THE PROCESS THAT'S, THAT WE DID HEAR IS KIND OF THE TYPICAL PROCESS IS THAT YOU SET THE SPEED AT THE, WE'LL SAY THE LOWEST SPEED OF THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF ROAD.

SO, UH, IN THIS CASE, 45 MILES AN HOUR, UH, WOULD REPRESENT THE SPEED FOR THE CURVES THERE APPROACHING FM 51.

AND THEN THE PROCESS IS YOU GO IN AND YOU, YOU DO A SERIES OF COUNTS TO SEE HOW FAST PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DRIVING.

AND SO WHAT WE LOOK AT IS WHAT THE 85 PERCENTILE SPEED IS.

UH, SO WE TOOK SIX LOCATIONS.

SO ONE POINT OF NOTE, WE WERE KIND OF FOCUSING ON THE NORTHERN, UH, SEGMENT OF, UH, THE EAST LOOP, UH, MAINLY DUE TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE NOISE CONCERNS THAT'S BEEN ON THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT.

UM, AND SO THIS WOULD BE THE SEGMENT FROM 51 TO SEVEN 30.

UH, I'LL SHOW YOU KIND OF THE DATA THERE AND IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO SEE IT IN THIS GRAPH.

SO, UM, ON THE, THE, THE 85 PERCENTILE KIND OF AVERAGE BETWEEN 49 MILES AN HOUR AND 58 MILES AN HOUR, UH, YOU'LL SEE THERE IT'S A LITTLE, UH, FASTER ON THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION, IT'S A LITTLE OVER 55.

UH, THE WESTBOUND IS KIND OF RIGHT, JUST RIGHT UNDER 55.

UH, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO GO BACK TO THAT GRAPH IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD CHANGE BASICALLY, UH, APPROACHING SEVEN 30.

THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD GO BACK TO 45 AND THEN HEADING SOUTH.

AND THEN AS WE GET TO THE, THE CURVES THERE, WE WOULD TRANSITION BACK TO 45.

BUT THE PORTION YOU SEE THERE IN RED, UH, THE SPEED LIMIT WOULD, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT BE INCREASED TO 55 AND THAT STRETCH TO KIND OF BE CONSISTENT WITH THE 85 PERCENTILE SPEED.

WE KIND OF DID THE SAME THING ON THE WEST LOOP, CORRECT.

IT WAS SET LOW AND THEN WE RAISED IT.

IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE.

UM, YEAH, WE HAD SET IT AT 45 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN Y'ALL DONATED THAT SEGMENT TO WEATHERFORD, THEY ACTUALLY DID THIS SAME PROCESS.

AND I THINK THEY PUT IT AT 50.

THEY PUT IT AT 50.

YOU, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE YOU CAN KIND OF ROUND WITHIN FIVE MILES AN HOUR WHEN YOU DO A SPEED STUDY, AS YOU SAW WITH THAT GRAPH, WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT AT 55, SO, UH, 60 A LITTLE FAST.

AND PLUS THE, THE TRANSITION OF CHANGING A 10 MILE AN HOUR INCREMENT 55 JUST KIND OF FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT, RIGHT SPEED FOR THIS SEGMENT.

CHRIS, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, WHEN I ASKED YOU TO DO THIS, IT WAS BECAUSE, UH, SEVERAL MIGHT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT AS FAR AS HOW MANY , HOW MANY RESIDENTS REACHED OUT.

AND I'VE DRIVEN THAT ROAD ALL THE TIME.

IT'S REALLY EASY TO GO 55 ON THAT ROAD.

AND THEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DRIVING.

AND NOT EVEN REALIZE IT.

MY CONCERN WOULD BE, I THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC IDEA.

YOU AND I HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PORTION BEFORE, BUT CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE SAFETY MEASURES THERE OF LIKE, IS THAT ROAD SAFE FOR 55 AS SAFE AS ANY ROAD CAN BE? TALK TO ME ABOUT THE TOPOGRAPHY YES.

TERRAIN, ALL OF THAT.

SO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT, UM, IS, IS CERTAINLY SAFE ENOUGH.

IT'S A VERY STRAIGHT SEGMENT.

UH, THE REASON WHY WE OMITTED THE TWO CURVES THERE IS 'CAUSE THOSE CURVES ARE DESIGNED FOR 45.

AND SO FROM A SITE DISTANCE STANDPOINT, YOU ALSO HAVE THE HILL THERE RIGHT BEFORE 51.

AND SO THE FEELINGS ARE THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE ADJUSTING THAT SEGMENT.

UM, 'CAUSE EVEN LOOKING AT THE COUNTS, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS, UH, SOME, UH, FOLKS EXCEEDING 45 EVEN IN THAT STRETCH.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA.

AND, AND THIS IS A, A TYPICAL PROCESS THAT, UM, AND, AND EVEN UH, THE STATE DOES THIS AS WELL, IS YOU SET IT FOR THE LOWEST SPEED.

LIKE IF YOU DID A THREE MILE DESIGN AND ONLY A QUARTER MILE IS 45, YOU SET THE WHOLE ROAD AT 45

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AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE CAME TO THIS APPROACH.

AND, AND, AND ONE REASON WHY THE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS PROBABLY A PORTION OF THE, THE REST OF THE LOOP, BUT GIVEN WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOW COSTCO COMING IN, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT AT 45, UH, FEELS RIGHT, UH, VERSUS THIS SEGMENT THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S VERY HARD TO HOLD 45.

IF YOU'RE JUST CRUISING, JUDGE, I'VE MADE A MOTION THAT WE INCREASE IN THE PORTION IN RED THE SPEED LIMIT TO 55 MILES AN HOUR PER THE ENGINEERING RECOMMENDATIONS.

CAN WE HAVE A SECOND ABOUT COMMISSIONER CONING? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON MY PAPER? I HAVE A QUESTION.

IS THIS ONE WHERE WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE, WE WOULD NEED A PUBLIC HEARING.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M ALL FOR THE, THE DEAL, BUT I, I BELIEVE ON SPEED LIMIT CHANGES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ADVERTISE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT.

AM I WRONG? IS THAT CORRECT? WE DO.

AND, AND SO WHAT THE VOTE TODAY COULD BE TO EXPRESS OUR INTENT, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? SURE.

CAN YOU REVISE THE MOTION PLEASE? REVISED AS, UH, COUNCILOR SAID THAT THIS IS OUR INTENTION, BUT WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND, SECOND, CONCUR.

ALL THAT? YES.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE? FIVE VOTE.

MOVE BACK TO ITEM F ON DISCUSS TAKE ACTION.

[7.F. Discuss/Take action on appointment of Interim Fire Marshal. (Randy Franks / Judge Deen)]

ON APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM FIRE MARSHAL.

I THOUGHT WE DID THIS AND MADE THAT APPOINTMENT.

UM, AND UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

I'LL SECOND IT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE? FIVE VOTE.

ITEM G DISCUSSED THE APPROVED OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF BALLISTIC PROTECTION EQUIPMENT WITHIN APPROXIMATE VALUE OF 75,000 FROM A MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN PARKER COUNTY.

[7.G. Discuss/Approve Emergency Management to accept a donation of ballistic protection equipment with an approximate value of $75,000 from a municipal fire department which is to be distributed to Fire Departments in Parker County. (Jason Lane / Judge Deen)]

UH, JASON, SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT.

NOT A PROBLEM.

JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, IN THE METROPLEX REACHED OUT WITH SOME EQUIPMENT THAT THEY WERE SURPLUS IN.

UM, AND I REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS HERE, FIRE DEPARTMENTS HERE IN PARKER COUNTY, AND ASKED IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THAT AND THEY WERE.

SO, UM, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE AGENDA REQUEST.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND SECOND COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? I I'M GONNA SAY I'LL, UH, I'LL BE GLAD TO APPROVE THIS IF JASON WILL BE IN CHARGE OF HOW THEY GET DISTRIBUTED RATHER THAN THAT, UH, UH, COMING BACK TO US.

AND JASON AND I SPOKE ON THIS, AND SO WE WILL HAVE A RELEASE TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT RECEIVE THESE, SO THAT WAY IT'S INDICATING WHAT, WHAT EQUIPMENT THEY'RE RECEIVING AND SURE.

UH, WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE.

VERY WELL.

OKAY, WE'VE ITEM J ON APPROVE APPROVAL OF CATAPULT HEALTH, DOING ONSITE WELLNESS SCREENINGS FOR EMPLOYEES AND COVERED SPOUSES ON APRIL 4TH, 2025.

CARRIES 5 0, 1 ADDITIONAL THING ON THIS IS MAYBE ONCE THAT'S DETERMINED, BECAUSE IF WE'RE ACCEPTING THE DONATION AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY DONATING IT, WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE THAT ON RECORD.

UM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHEN WE'RE ACCEPTING THIS, IT'S COMING INTO OUR INVENTORY, IT'S OUR ASSETS.

SO THEN IF WE ARE TRANSFERRING IT IN ORDER FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM AN OFFICIAL STANDPOINT TO MAKE THAT DONATION TO THESE ENTITIES, RIGHT? WE'LL WOULD GO AHEAD AND SURPLUS 'EM AND THEN MAKE THE TRANSFER.

SO, WE'LL, WE'LL VISIT WITH YOU, BRIANNA, ON THAT AGREEMENT.

OKAY? VERY WELL.

THANK YOU, JASON.

[7.J. Approval of Catapult Health doing on-site wellness screenings for employees and covered spouses on April 4, 2025. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]

HELLO, THIS IS JUST ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO HAVE CATAPULT HEALTH, WHICH THIS IS A DIVISION OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.

SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MEDICAL PROVIDER TO PROVIDE ONSITE WELLNESS VISITS FOR EMPLOYEES.

SO A BENEFIT TO THIS IS FOR, THINK OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO DON'T HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME IN, MEET WITH SOMEONE, DO ANNUAL BLOOD WORK, VISIT WITH SOMEONE, DO FAMILY HISTORY, MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE ADDRESSED EARLIER, GET AN EMPLOYEE TO GO, MAYBE HAVE A COLONOSCOPY OR A MAMMOGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, IT IS COVERED UNDER OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM.

SO FOR THE EMPLOYEES, THIS IS COVERED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.

IT DOES QUALIFY FOR OUR WELLNESS BENEFIT PROGRAM.

AND, UM, AND THEY'VE ASSURED ME THAT THE COST OF THIS IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN A TYPICAL CLAIM WHERE SOMEONE WENT TO THEIR NORMAL DOCTOR TO HAVE THIS DONE.

OKAY, I MAY HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH,

[7.K. Discuss/Take action on forming an advisory committee to provide recommendations to Commissioners Court regarding the hiring needs of county departments and take any related actions (Commissioner Holt)]

MOVE TO ITEM CAM, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON EMPLOYMENT, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT REGARDING THE HIRING NEEDS

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OF COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND TAKE ANY ACTION RELATED ACTIONS.

COMMISSIONER, JUDGE, I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE ON HERE, HERE.

WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE ON THIS TODAY.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN CHEW ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE IF WE WANT TO, BUT AS BUDGET COMES UP, UM, THE BIGGEST PIECE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE TO SPEND EVERY YEAR IS HIRING NEW PEOPLE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU HIRE SOMEONE, YOU DON'T JUST HIRE THEIR SALARY, YOU ALSO HIRE ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THEM.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DOES THAT MEAN A NEW VEHICLE? DOES IT MEAN NEW, YOU KNOW, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE BENEFITS, COSTS AND ALL OF THAT.

AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS WE, WE LOOK AT THIS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, ON A DIVISION BY DIVISION OR DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT BASIS.

WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER, AND AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE THIS TODAY, IS WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF COMMITTEE THAT TRIES TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE HOLISTICALLY, SINCE THIS IS SUCH A HUGE PART OF OUR BUDGET TO REALLY DETERMINE STAFFING NEEDS INSTEAD OF HEARING ONE THING AND THEN ANOTHER, AND THEN ANOTHER.

AND WE HAVE THOSE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT MY MIND STARTS TO MELT AFTER A LITTLE WHILE.

AND SO GETTING ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS IN AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT, I THINK MIGHT BE AN EFFICIENT WAY WE CAN SPEND OUR TIME.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING SHERIFF AND I HAVE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT, AND I'VE GOT A FEW IDEAS ON, UM, THAT COMMITTEE.

UH, I KNOW BECKY MCCULLOUGH LOVES TO BE ON COMMITTEES, SO SHE, SHE SHOULD PROBABLY BE ON IT AS THE HR PERSON.

I WOULD SUGGEST COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND MYSELF BE ON IT FROM THE, UH, COURT SIDE AND THEN, UM, THE SHERIFF, MAYBE JEFF SWAIN FROM THE JUDICIAL.

THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS.

AND THEN SINCE IT'S AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IF WE WANTED TO PULL SOMEONE LIKE MR. HEISER OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT FROM THE PUBLIC ON IT AS WELL.

UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO PERSONNEL SPECIFIC DATA, THIS IS JUST TALKING ABOUT HIRING NEEDS.

SHERIFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT HE SAID OR, I I THINK YOU COVERED IT ALL.

I, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT POINT AND UH, I THINK IT'LL HELP GIVE THE COURT, YOU KNOW, SOME TOOLS, YOU KNOW, WHEN Y'ALL GET TO THAT TIME CRUNCH, YOU KNOW, DURING COURT AND THEN LIKE COMMISSIONER WALLACE ALWAYS SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE DOMINO EFFECT COMES INTO PLAY AND, AND Y'ALL ARE LIMITED IN TIME MORE THAN ANYTHING WHEN Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO MAKE THESE TOUGH, TOUGH FINANCIAL DECISIONS FOR THE COUNTY.

I, I'D BE HAPPY TO SERVE ON THAT.

THANK YOU SHERIFF.

I, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UH, I THINK IT LETS US LOOK AT, AND, AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT ON THE WALL HERE ARE THE REQUESTS PER DEPARTMENT AND HERE WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE, ALL THE REQUESTS ARE INSTEAD OF TAKING THEM ONE AT A TIME LIKE WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY.

SO AS THEY COME THROUGH, WE, WE CAN, UH, EASILY MAKE A, A, A VISUAL AND SEE WHO'S ASKING FOR WHAT AND, UH, WHAT THE COST IS GONNA BE TO THE COUNTY.

AND THEN THE, THE OTHER FACTOR THAT COMES IN THERE IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT, UH, I THINK EACH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS LOOK AT THEIR OWN SITUATION AND TELL US WHAT THEIR REQUEST IS OR WHAT THEIR NEED IS, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT GLOBALLY.

SO I, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER AND, UH, IF WE CAN TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND, UH, COME UP WITH SPECIFICS OF WHAT THE MISSION'S GOING TO BE, THAT'D BE GREAT.

THAT IS THAT WE, UH, WE HAVE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ASK FOR FIVE NEW EMPLOYEES AND FIVE VEHICLES AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF NEED AND WE'RE GOING TO GET GROWTH AND EVERYTHING GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO VERIFY SOME OF THAT BEFORE WE'RE SITTING IN HERE IN COURT.

SO NOT, I'D SAY NO ACTION TODAY, BUT LET'S BRING BACK BEFORE VERY LONG, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM K THAT WILL JUDGE, IF WE CAN HOLD ON THAT FOR JUST A SECOND.

I'D, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL WHAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE US TO COME BACK OR WHAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE ME TO COME BACK WITH.

I'VE GIVEN KIND OF SOME IDEAS ON WHO MIGHT WANT SERVE ON IT, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE Y'ALL WOULD LIKE ME TO ADDRESS? NO, LIKE COMMISSIONER WALDEN SAID IT'S UH, NEED TO TALK TO THE INDIVIDUALS, RIGHT.

DEPARTMENT HEADS, GET THE REQUESTS AND THEN RIGHT.

AND THEN LOOK AT IT GLOBALLY.

SO WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THIS, I WAS THINKING IT WAS MORE FROM OPERATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY THAT CORRELATES TO BUDGET AND MONEY, WHICH IS, UH, DUMPED IN OUR LAPS.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, THIS COMMITTEE WOULD ACTUALLY BE, HOW INVOLVED THEY WOULD BE ON THE ACTUAL FUNCTION.

BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES FOLKS COME IN HERE AND THEY SAY, I'M GONNA ASK FOR ALL THIS AND NO, I'M NOT GONNA GET EVERYTHING AND SETTLE DOWN HERE.

AND ALMOST LIKE A THIRD PARTY, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE WORD DOGE, BUT THAT'S A HOT TOPIC THESE DAYS.

RIGHT? SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OPERATIONS, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS COMMITTEE IS, AND I KNOW HOW DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S LINES HERE.

MY QUESTIONS WERE ALONG THOSE LINES TO HAVE DATA THAT VERIFIES THE ASK AND THE NEED IN THESE DEPARTMENTS OR HOW THAT WORKED OR WAS INCORPORATED OR NOT INTO THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM.

SO THE WAY I SEE

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HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I FORESEE.

I I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS OR, OR BE A PART OF THAT.

THAT'S FOR THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO HANDLE ON THEIR OWN.

BUT MY IDEA HERE IS THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH SOME GOOD PARAMETERS ON JUSTIFYING YOUR REQUESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY IS JUST INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE'S REAL MONEY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE.

AND, AND I'M ALL, WE KNOW NOW, I'VE BEEN THROUGH TWO BUDGET CYCLES, I UNDERSTAND THE STRESS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHERE WE ARE AND HAVING TO STRETCH THE DOLLAR.

SO I WILL, AT THE SAME TIME, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD SURE.

YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS AND SOME OF THE THINGS IT WAS HAD OVERSIGHT ON OR WHAT IT WAS INVOLVED WITH.

AND I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY MIND WENT WHEN I FIRST READ IT.

SO WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL WRITE UP SOMETHING FOR THE COURT NOW THAT I'VE GOTTEN THIS FEEDBACK.

JUDGE, I, I DIDN'T ASK YOU WHAT, WHAT FEEDBACK WOULD YOU HAVE THAT YOU ASKED ME TO BRING? WELL, I THINK IT WAS COVERED PRETTY WELL.

I THINK THAT MY ONLY CONCERN IS, IS TO NOT CIRCUMVENT OR NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE EVEN CONSIDERING, BUT AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN ALLUDED TO THIS GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH SPECIFIC, MAYBE EVEN A QUESTIONNAIRE OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD QUALIFY THEM OR QUANTIFY THEM FOR HOW MANY OR, OR IF AN EMPLOYEE IS TO BE APPROVED, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO US, IT, IT'S, IT'S STREAMLINING THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE DECISION MAKING REMAINS WITH THIS AND IT WILL WITH THIS BODY TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT STILL NOT GOING TO REPLACE THE DEPARTMENT HEAD COMING UP AND TELLING US THIS.

AND IF IT'LL HELP STREAMLINE THAT, THEN THAT'S GREAT.

I JUST, I DON'T THINK IT'S TO REPLACE THE DEPARTMENT HEAD COMING UP AND GIVING, UM, FACE TO FACE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND THE URGENCY OF THAT.

AND AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO THIS ONE THING IS, IS THIS A WISHLIST OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT CAN, CAN HELP OR CAN THEY GET BY WITH? 'CAUSE WE'VE DEC DECLINED, RIGHT OR WRONG, WE'VE DECLINED POSITIONS BEFORE AND THEY'VE GONE ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS WITH MORE, DOING MORE WITH LESS.

AND THAT'S THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.

AS LONG AS WE CAN CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO THAT.

I KNOW IT'S A STRAIN ON THE DEPARTMENT SOMETIME, BUT, UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE SERIOUS NEEDS THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND HEAR OURSELF AS A BODY.

AND I DON'T WANT THAT REPLACED.

THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN.

GOOD IDEA AT ALL.

GREAT IDEA.

I JUST ATTENTION TO REPLACE IT.

I'LL WRITE SOMETHING UP AND I'LL BRING IT TO COURT NEXT TIME, HAVE IT TO Y'ALL IN ADVANCE SO THAT Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN SOUNDS GOOD.

VOTE NEXT TIME.

GO DOWN TO ITEM MI DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON SIGNING A LEASE WITH A SECOND SATURDAY MARKET PARKING LOT WITH D WINE COMMISSIONER D WINK.

WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM K.

WE'LL

[7.M. Discuss/Take action on signing a lease for the Second Saturday Market parking lot with D-Winc. (Commissioner Holt)]

UH, LINDSEY MONTGOMERY IS HERE WITH UH, D WINK.

I'M SORRY, I BOY DID I I BUTCHERED THAT ONE, DIDN'T I? THAT WAS THE, UH, FREUDIAN, FREUDIAN SLIP, I THINK THEY CALL THAT.

UM, LINDSEY HAS COME TO US WITH A SUGGESTION ON THE SECOND SATURDAY, UH, MARKET PARKING, LOT OF SOME IDEAS THAT SHE HAS THAT I THINK COULD HEAVILY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A PARKING LOT THAT'S IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF, UH, DOWNTOWN WEATHERFORD THAT IS CURRENTLY RELATIVELY UN UNOCCUPIED.

LINDSEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT IT AS YOU COME UP? I WANNA SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WORKING WITH THAT SEGMENT AND THAT QUADRANT AND WITH YOU ON BRINGING IN A ANOTHER ELEMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THAT PART OF THE, THE AREA.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT A COMMUNITY EVENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WOULD DO THAT, IT WOULD BE HIM.

SO ONE THING THAT WE'RE JUST KIND OF PITCHING IS JUST A VERY BASIC LEASE.

UM, JOHN FOREST HAS THAT ALREADY.

WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THAT.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE, PARTICULARLY TO REVITALIZE AND PROVIDE SOME GREEN SPACE, KIND OF KEEP IT AS A BIT MORE BROAD, BUT NOT NECESSARILY PARKING.

JUST WHERE WE CAN ACTIVATE IT AND PROGRAM IT AND OKAY.

A PLAZA OF SORTS.

SO, GREAT IDEA.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO IF THERE'S ANOTHER EVENT THAT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT PERHAPS THAT WAS, THAT FALLS ON THAT DAY? OH YEAH.

THINGS LIKE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, OF COURSE PEACH FESTIVAL AND SURE.

WE WILL WORK ACTIVELY TO COORDINATE WITH THEM.

SO WHAT DOES THE JUDGE KNOW THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE WINE? .

WE DO HAVE A WINE AT WHISKEY WALK.

IT IS AN ICONIC EVENT.

YOU'RE ALL WELCOME FOR SURE.

UM, WE DO.

I I MEAN THAT IS, THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE KNOWN FOR.

IF IT'D BE ANY COMMISSIONER ON THIS COURT THAT

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I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS THAT WE HAD CREATED, JUST IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM JUST AS PASS EM ALONG.

AND WHILE YOU DO THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

WE'RE A DISCUSSION BASE.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? THIS IS JUST KIND OF A LONG SORT OF PLAN.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO DO ANYTHING IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

JUST BEGIN FUNDRAISING.

IT'S GREAT.

AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU ARE NOT ASKING US FOR A SINGLE DOLLAR, NO DOLLARS.

NO, SIR.

WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY OF THE, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE RENDERINGS, NONE OF THIS MONEY COST.

YOU COME FROM THE COUNTY.

NO, NO SIR.

AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS IT'S STILL IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD WHO STILL DEFINITELY ALSO, UH, IS THAT ALIGNMENT WITH US.

AND STILL STRENGTHENS THAT RELATIONSHIP.

SO, SO I GUESS I'M SEEING THAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS, IS TAKE THAT SECTION OF PARKING AND IT NOT BE PARKING ANYMORE, BUT IT BECOMES SORT OF A COURTYARD.

CORRECT? YES.

THERE ARE 13 PARKING SPOTS THERE CURRENTLY.

I THINK WE NEED TO OH, THOSE 13 PARKING SPOTS, ARE THEY TO THE FAR WEST? YES.

NOW, NOW IT'S NORTH, NORTHEAST, NORTHEAST SECTION OVER THERE.

OH, OF THAT ACTUAL PARKING LOT.

IT'S THE NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT.

SO DO I UNDERSTAND, DOES IT TAKE AWAY THOSE PARKING PLACES? THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING.

THERE'S 13 PARKING SPOTS THAT WOULD DEFINITELY GO AWAY.

HOWEVER, NONE OF THE PARKING SPOTS IN THAT, UM, ENTIRE QUADRANT ARE ALLOCATED.

THERE'S NO LINES, THERE'S NO BUMPERS.

SO RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY JUST PARKS KIND OF WILLY-NILLY.

THIS IS AN OPEN ASPHALT.

IT'S OPEN ASPHALT.

IS UH, IS THAT THE CLOCK BUILDING THE WALL WHERE THE CLOCK NO, THIS IS NOT THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LINDSEY JUST IN OUR DEFENSE HERE.

PERHAPS IF WE NEED TO, TO ADVERTISE IN SOME WAY SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS WHAT THE PUSHBACK WE GET IS 'CAUSE THE, THE DOMINO EFFECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS REAL.

AND, UH, IT APPLIES IN MORE AREAS THAN ONE.

HAVE YOU, UH, HAS ANYBODY TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO TALK TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT AREA AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT? 'CAUSE I'M ALL FOR IT.

DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.

HOWEVER, EVERY ACTION REQUIRES THAT WE LOOK AT WHAT THE POTENTIAL PUSH IT BACK IS AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS ARE TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO THE QUARTER OF YORK AND, AND SPRING, CORRECT.

CORRECT.

THAT PARKING LOT.

WELL, LINDSEY, AS THE DIRECTOR OF DEALING THAT'S THE, IS THE PERSON THAT MAINTAINS ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS WITH THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO LINDSAY, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THEM? I GET IT.

I GET IT.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT.

SO WE ALREADY ACTIVATE THAT PARKING LOT ONCE A MONTH AND WE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTIVATE IT MORE OFTEN.

IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE 13 PARKING SPOTS ALLEGEDLY GO AWAY ALMOST EVERY OTHER SATURDAY AS IT IS.

AND THE ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS IN THAT PARKING LOT IS MUCH MORE VALUABLE FOR THOSE SHOPS THAN THE 13 PARKING SPOTS.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH THAT, THAT I THINK COMMISSIONER WALTERS ALLUDED TO IS THE ONE SINGLE THING AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPERIENCE THE GROWTH, ESPECIALLY IN OUR BUSINESS QUADRANT HERE, IS WE REVITALIZE THIS DOWNTOWN AREA IS PARKING PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO PARK.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF A SENSITIVE THING THAT WHILE IT DOES AWAY WITH ONE PARK ONE MONTH, ONE DAY A MONTH OF PARKING THERE, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO REALLY BE SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY BUSINESS IS AWARE OF THIS AND UNDERSTANDS THE IMPACT IT'S GONNA HAVE ON THEIR RESPECTIVE BUSINESS.

I KNOW THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THAT, THAT BEAUTIFUL MURAL IS MM-HMM .

THAT'S REALLY OPENED UP FOR PARKING PACES THERE, HAS IT NOT? YES.

SO THAT KIND OF COULD OFFSET THAT.

JUST KIND OF SENSITIVE TO WHAT COMMISSIONER WALDEN SAID, THOSE BUSINESSES BEING AWARE OF THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.

CERTAINLY, I, I'M NOT BEING NEGATIVE WHAT I AM, IT'S NOT TRYING TO PREVENT THE COURTROOM BEING FULL THE NEXT TIME BY, BY SOME ACTION THAT WE TAKE TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

I I'M NOT SURE HOW TO AVOID THAT OTHER THAN, THAN HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, A DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF US THAT SAYS WE SUPPORT THIS.

MM-HMM.

COULD WE DO THAT? I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? I'M SURE I'M JUST, I'M JUST, I KNOW YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THERE AND THAT YOU'RE THE ONE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, PROMOTING THAT AREA AND THOSE BUSINESSES, BUT THERE'S ANYBODY AGAINST IT I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

THAT CAN WE DO THAT? CERTAINLY.

WELL, WE'RE, WELL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION.

A SECOND.

WE'RE READY TO APPROVE THIS.

UM, THAT'S A REALLY SENSITIVE THING.

IF WE CAN GET THAT, WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND THEN APPROVE IT, COME BACK NEXT TIME.

IS THAT FAIR? IS THAT OKAY UNTIL WE SURE.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, ARE YOU ASKING THAT I PULL JUST THE, UH, BUSINESSES LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ON YORK AVENUE? I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED.

PERHAPS, PERHAPS IF WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING,

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DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.

I SUPPORT, I SUPPORT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING ON A GROUP OF PEOPLE'S TOES BY DOING SUCH.

WOULD IT BE DALLAS ALSO? IT WOULD JUST BE, AS HE SAYS, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED THERE.

THE BUSINESSES ARE IMPACTED.

JUST MAKING SURE COUNSELOR, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN, IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL.

COUNSELOR, DON'T SOME OF YOUR EMPLOYEES PARK OVER THERE? NOT ON THE LOT THAT, THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.

SO THAT, THAT'S ON SPRING IN YORK.

SO ALL THOSE BUILDINGS ARE LINED UP.

IT, IT PROBABLY USED TO BE AN OLDER BUILDING THAT WAS THERE.

THE HUB WAS THERE, IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? MM-HMM .

AROUND THE CORNER.

SO IT'S JUST, IT IT'S A FOOTPRINT OF ONE BUILDING THAT'S ON THAT CORNER.

SO, SO LINDSEY, COULD YOU DO THIS FOR US? SURE.

COULD YOU GET, UM, SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM THE OWNERS DIRECTLY ON THAT STREET? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GIVE YOU SOME TYPE OF MM-HMM.

DIRECT SPECIFIC RIGHT.

THEN, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN PEACE OR RIGHT.

HAS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

UM, AND THEN ALSO COULD YOU GET SOMETHING FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD BECAUSE THIS IS INSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.

THAT INDICATES THEIR APPROVAL OR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS.

UM, EVEN JUST A EMAIL FROM THE CITY MANAGER WOULD BE FINE.

UM, AND WE WILL CIRCLE BACK ON THIS IN TWO WEEKS.

MAYBE MAKE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN VOTE ON IT AFTER TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

THAT WAY NOBODY'S GONNA SAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION REGARDING IT.

BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT AGAIN, UH, NOT, NOT BEING NEGATIVE TOWARD YOUR, YOUR, UH, I UNDERSTAND, UH, WORK HERE, BUT REALIZING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF THE WHOLE THING.

RICH, YOU GOT THAT? BUT I THINK IT LOOKS, I THINK IT LOOKS REALLY NICE, THE VISION.

I THINK IT'LL GENERATE FOOT TRAFFIC.

I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD ANCILLARY, UH, FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS OVER THERE.

BUT I AM, I AM VERY COGNIZANT OF PARKING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S 120 DEGREES DURING BEACH FESTIVAL OR SOMETHING.

BUT I, I, I THINK THAT, UH, THIS IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

I LIKE THE, THE VIEW AND THE VISION OF IT, BUT, UH, I AGREE WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEIR 2 CENTS IN.

THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS DOWN.

IT'S CLEAR AND OBVIOUS, SIR, THAT YOU'VE NEVER GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO THOSE FOLKS ON YORK AVENUE TO GIVE THEIR 2 CENTS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.

, THANK YOU.

WELL, AND IN DALLAS, JUST AS AS SAID, JUST TO PEOPLE IMPACTED WITH THAT, NOT JUST YOUR WORK, BUT YEAH, SURE.

DO VERY WELL.

TO ITEM N ON APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE AWARD OF $1,279 733 CENTS.

WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION.

I DIDN'T EVEN THANK YOU FOR COMING.

MOVE

[7.N. Approval to accept the award of $1,279,733.60 contract 582-25-70326-NV for the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) under the Texas Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program administered through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (Commissioner Walden)]

OR WAIT, WAIT, LET ME BACK UP.

1,279,000.

BOY, DID I GET THAT WRONG? $733 AND 60 CENTS.

CONTRACT FOR 5 82 0.25.

7 0 3 2 6 DASH MV FOR THE TEXAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN.

TURP UNDER THE TEXAS NATURAL GAS VEHICLE GRANT PROGRAM ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSIONER.

THESE ARE THE FOUR MENTIONED SEVEN VEHICLES THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS GRANT CYCLE, UH, WITH, WITH EIGHT EIGHT VEHICLES THAT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THIS GRANT CYCLE.

SO, OKAY.

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

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION JUST TO NOTE IF THERE IS A MATCH, WHICH WOULD BE COMING FROM PRECINCT FUNDS? MM-HMM .

[7.O. Ratify TERP Grant contract 582-25-70326-NV with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (Commissioner Walden)]

O ON RATIFY THE TURP GRANT CONTRACT ABOVE 82 DASH 25 7 0 3 2 6 DASH NV WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION OVER ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

JUST ANOTHER STEP THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE TO RATIFY THE CONTRACT RIGHT THAT WE HAVE SIGNED.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ITEM P, DECLARE, SALVAGE AND AUTHORIZED AUCTION OF TWO DUMP BED TRUCKS FOR PRECINCT THREE AT RICHIE BROTHERS AUCTIONS.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH

[7.P. Declare salvage and authorize auction of 2 dump bed trucks for Pet. 3 at Ritchie Brothers Auctions. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Walden)]

SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE VEHICLES, UH, OLDER VEHICLES THAT WERE DESTROYING, UH, THAT HAVE, UH, USABLE DUMP BEDS ON THEM.

AND UH, WE'RE WE'RE ASKING PERMISSION TO, UH, SEND THEM TO RICHIE BROTHERS 'CAUSE THEY'LL BRING MORE MONEY THERE THAN THAT WILL THROUGH THE COUNTY AUCTION WEBSITE.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE VOTE.

MOVE

[7.Q. Approval annual bond for Deputy Constable Oliver Roy Green, Precinct 3. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]

TO ITEM Q.

APPROVE ANNUAL BOND FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE OLIVER ROY GREEN PRECINCT THREE.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND WE DO HAVE THAT AND I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT AND EVERYTHING.

R ACCEPT DONATION FROM KINGS STREET PRODUCTIONS FOR THE MADISON S ONE CP MOTION MADE BY, DID I SEE A MOTION? I'VE SPOKE WITH LALA ON THAT.

AS AN ORDER MOTION.

I MAY BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH ITEM

[7.R. Accept donation from King Street Productions for The Madison SI (CP). (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]

SO AGAIN, AND,

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AND THIS IS A CHECK FOR 6,000.

UH, THEY FILMED, UH, SEGMENTS AT THE ANNEX.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT IT WAS OFF, OFF HOURS ON WEEKENDS.

AND SO THEY'RE DONATING 6,000 TO THE COUNTY.

VERY GOOD.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

MOVE TO ITEM A AND ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES ITEM A, PARKER COUNTY NINE 11 ADDRESSING PERMITTING DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT.

YOU END THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

CARRIE FIVE OH

[8. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES]

ITEM B MONITOR MORING A USA SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE SANTA FE ANNEX AUTO REGISTRATION EXPANSION.

ITEM C.

EXECUTED AUTOMATED BANK DRAFT AUTHORIZATION FOR NEVER SATISFIED MOTORIST FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS.

ITEM D, EXECUTED AUTOMATED BANK DRAFT AUTHORIZATION FOR DURHAM TRAILER WRENCH FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS.

ITEM E EXECUTED OFFICIAL BOND AND OATH FOR THE, FOR JOHN FOREST AND JOHN ON THAT, UH, THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.

NOT PULLING IT OFF BUT THAT'S ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES AS WELL.

ITEM F EXECUTED LEASE EXTENSION FOR THE THRIFT MART PARTNERSHIP.

THAT RECORD SHOWED THAT THOSE ARE ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES.

IT TAKES

[9. EXECUTIVE SESSION:]

ITEM NINE ON EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 1 AND OH SEVEN TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE RESERVING THE RIGHT TO MEET CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS ITEM A IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION MEETING.

UH, WE HELD PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5 0 1 0 7 1 AND TWO AND 1 2 9 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH HER FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO CONSULT WITH AND SEEK ADVICE FROM THE ATTORNEYS REGARDING THE ACTIVE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR PARKER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO TEXAS COUNTIES.

ANY OTHER MATTER DESCRIBED IN THIS MEETING.

AGENDA ITEM B.

DISCUSS, TAKE, DISCUSS, UPDATE, PARK, UM, JUSTICE CENTER REAL ESTATE RECORD.

SHOW THAT WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, A RECESS AT 10 42.

AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO, LET'S TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL RETURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION RECORD SHOW AT 1221 AND MOVE TO ITEM NINE ON EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ON ITEMS DISCUSSED ON ITEM A.

WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION UNDER ITEM B.

WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 10 ON PLATTING.

[10.A. PRECINCT 1]

UNDER ITEMS A ONE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT'S ON A SPECIFIC ITEM? OKAY, SO ITEM A PRECINCT ONE.

ITEM ONE, APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR THE GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS COLLINS EDITION CONSIST OF 19.415 ACRES SPLIT INTO TWO LOTS LOCATED IN PRECINCT ONE.

THIS REPORT IS FOR, UM, HENDRICKS WATERWORKS FOR UH, COLLINS.

AND UH, THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT IS A FOUR FOUR INCH CASE PVC RESIDENTIAL WELL FOR 180 TO 240, UH, IN TOTAL DEPTH, UH, TO PRODUCE AT 10 TO 12 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD? UH, PAPERWISE, UH, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.

PAPERWISE AS FAR AS THE REPORT PROVIDED BY THE WELL DRILLER MOVE TO APPROVE.

10 A ONE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY.

HE HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

MOVE TO ITEM TWO.

APPROVE THE VARIANCE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ON JB LANE FOR SUBDIVISION BEING KNOWN AS COLLINS ADDITION AND PRECINCT.

ONE.

JB LANE IS AN EXISTING COUNTY ROAD WITH A CURRENT WIDTH OF 50 FEET WIDE.

YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE SHORT CUL-DE-SAC.

IT'S NOT MORE THAN A HUNDRED YARDS LONG AT THE MOST MOVE TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE MOTION.

SHE MAY BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SIZES RANGE FROM ONE ACRE TO 1.77 FOURTH OF AN ACRE.

MOVE TO ITEM THREE.

BEGIN THE REVISION FOR A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS COLLIN'S DIVISION.

CONSISTENT OF 19.415 ACRES DEVELOPED BY CHRISTOPHER AND CHRISTINA COFFEY LOCATED OFF OF JB LANE WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS GONNA BE A TWO LOT REVISION FOR A TOTAL OF 19 ACRES.

ONE LOT'S.

GONNA HAVE 14.9 AND UH, THE OTHER LOT IS GONNA HAVE 4.4.

WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

COUNCIL EVER GET EVERYTHING GOOD TO START THE REVISION AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR REVISION PURPOSES.

MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A THREE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE FIVE.

MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION.

BE KNOWN AS MYERS RANCH.

CONSIST OF 53.138 ACRES DEVELOPED BY TWO HM M INVESTMENTS, LLC LOCATED OFF OF HAL ALTHAM ROAD WITH WALNUT CREEK SUD IN PRECINCT ONE.

THE SUBDIVISION IS MAYBE BROKEN INTO 42 LOTS, LOTS

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UH, THEY DO HAVE, UH, WALNUT CREEK AS THEIR WATER SOURCE.

THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN TWO ROADS TO BE COUNTY MAINTAIN ROADWAYS AND WE DO HAVE A LETTER OF CREDIT IN PLACE FOR THAT.

UM, ALTON ROAD AND MYERS DRIVE, UH, WILL BE THEIR NAMES.

COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR FINAL.

THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL.

AND THE PUBLIC WATER IS THROUGH WALNUT CREEK AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH.

MOVE TO ITEM FIVE EXCEPT FOR PERFORMANCE BOND FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR MYERS RANCH.

AND TAKE ANY ACTION IN THE COURT ANY NECESSARY.

AND THIS, UH, BOND IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $289,905 AND 57 CENTS.

AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS UNTIL MARCH OF 2026.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH.

MOVE TO ITEM SIX.

APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR THE GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR A SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS EVER.

LIFE WOOD CONSISTING OF 9.751 ACRES SPLIT INTO TWO LOTS LOCATED IN PRECINCT ONE AND THEY DID PULL AN EXISTING WELL REPORT WITH THE YIELD OF 15 GPM WITH A 20 FOOT DRAW DOWN AFTER TWO HOURS WITH A PROMPT OF 440 FEET.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH.

MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN.

BEGIN THE REVISION FOR SUBDIVISION.

BE KNOWN AS EVER.

OVERLAP WOOD CONSISTENT OF 9.751 ACRES DEVELOPED BY KEITH AND STACY LAUGHLIN LOCATED OFF OF A FRIENDSHIP ROAD WITH AN EXISTING WATER WELL LOCATED IN PRECINCT ONE.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS DIVISION IS TO MOVE THE LOT LINE BETWEEN LOT ONE AND TWO TO INCREASE THE LOT SIZE ON LOT ONE FROM 2.5979 TO 3.5 0.7 AND LOT TWO IS GONNA SAY IT SAYS GOING TO BE 6.2 ACRES.

WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE REVISION.

COUNSELOR.

EVERYTHING GOOD TO START THE REVISION? UH, YES.

ALL DOCUMENTS ARE IN ORDER.

MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY WOULD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HA.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

MOVE TO ITEM A, APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ROAD REPAIRS WITH THE CITY OF RENO AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

AND THE PRECINCT HAS REQUESTED A NEW INTERLOCAL FOR ROADWORK AND WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR.

WE WE NEED TO UPGRADE OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH CITY RENO.

MOVED TO APPROVE 10 A EIGHT.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

MOVE TO ITEM NINE.

APPROVE THE ADDENDUM FOR ROAD REPAIRS WITH THE CITY OF RENO.

TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS AS THIS AREA MISS ADDENDUM IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $58,784 AND 20 CENTS AND IT'LL BE USED FOR MCDANIEL ROAD, RANDY LANE AND TOWER STREET.

COUNCILOR ALL THE PAPERWORK GOOD AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.

MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HA.

FURTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH.

MOVE TO ITEM

[10.B. PRECINCT 2]

B PRECINCT TWO.

ITEM ONE.

APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR A SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS CALI WAY EDITION CONSISTENT OF 9.460 ACRES DIVIDED INTO TWO LOT OF PRECINCT TWO AND THE WELL REPORT FOR THIS SLOT IS AT A 15 GPM WITH A 60 FOOT DRAW DOWN AFTER ONE AND A HALF HOURS WITH A PUMP DEPTH OF 200.

MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE FIVE OH.

MOVE TO ITEM TWO.

BEGIN THE REVISION FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS CALI WAY ADDITION CONSISTENT OF 9.460 ACRES DEVELOPED TORIAN MILLER AND WILLIAM AND COURTNEY MID MIDAL LOCATED OFF OF COCO ROAD COCHRANE ROAD WITH AN EXISTING WELL IN PRECINCT TWO.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAT IS TO CORRECT THE LOT LINES ON IN BETWEEN LOT TWO R AND THREE R.

IT'S GONNA GIVE LOT TWO R 7.412 ACRES AND THREE R 2.048 ACRES.

AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE REVISION.

COUNSEL, ARE WE GOOD? AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER TO BEGIN REVISION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH.

MOVE TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION.

BE KNOWN AS MUSLIMS. UNITED PHASE ONE CONSISTING OF FOUR ACRES DEVELOPED BY MUSLIMS UNITED FOR PROGRESS INCORPORATED LOCATED OFF RUSSELL BEND ROAD WITH AN EXISTING WELL IN PRECINCT TWO.

WE UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A FOUR A ONE ACRE TRACK SUBDIVISION.

UM, THEY'RE SHARING WATER WELLS ON LOTS.

1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.

WE DID RUN THIS NEW PLAN

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BY UPPER TRINITY.

THEY SAID THAT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY, TO HAVE ANY ISSUES UP FRONT.

THE OWNER WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THE PROPER PAPERWORK AND ACREAGES IS DIVIDED AFTER THE PROPERTY IS SOLD.

UM, NO NEW ROADS.

THEY HAVE A PRIVATE INGRESS, EGRESS EASEMENT.

UM, GAINING ACCESS TO THESE LOTS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PROPERTY'S NOT GONNA BE SOLD.

IT'S A CO-OP THAT THE ENTITY HERE IS GONNA OWN IT.

THEY'RE GONNA SELL INTEREST IN THE LOT.

SO THEY'LL OWN SHARES, BUT THEY'LL BE ASSIGNED SPECIFIC LOTS RIGHT.

BASED ON THE SHARES.

MOTION BOOK BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

CURIOUS FIVE.

OH JAMIE, DO YOU LIKE LIVING THERE? WHAT DO YOU LIKE LIVING THERE? I LIVE IN TOWN.

SURE YOU DO.

WE'LL MOVE ITEM FORUM.

CONSIDER DISCUSSING ACT UPON FOLLOWING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT OF SUBDIVISION ROADS AND ASSESSMENT OF COSTS AND ROADWAYS INSIDE OAK TREE RANCH ESTATES LOCATED IN PRECINCT TWO TO WIT OAK TREE DRIVE IN OAK TREE COURT AND TAKE ANY EXTRA COURT NEEDS NECESSARY.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE WANNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.

ANY FO ANY EARLY DISCUSSION IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? THAT'S CORRECT.

WE'LL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1231.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM B? PRECINCT TWO.

ITEM FOUR IN THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS AGAIN OPEN AT 1231 HERE IN ENCINA.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1231 AND GO TO THE ITEM.

SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT THE RESIDENTS OF OAKTREE RANCH ESTATES HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME.

THIS IS AN ISSUE WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THEIR ROAD.

UH, THEY ALL FEEL LIKE THE DEVELOPER HAD PROMISED AN ASPHALT OR CHIP SEAL ROAD.

UM, THERE'S A BUNCH OF LEGAL ISSUES BACK AND FORTH.

I DON'T WANNA SPEAK ON WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED OR WHAT WAS PROMISED VERSUS WHAT WAS DELIVERED ON.

REGARDLESS.

THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, IS THERE A WAY THAT THE COUNTY CAN TAKE THIS OVER? AND WE SAID, NO, WE CAN'T IMPROVE PRIVATE ROADS BECAUSE THAT'S PUBLIC DOLLARS ON A PRIVATE ROAD.

SO THEY THEN ASKED, CAN Y'ALL TAKE IT OVER AND MAKE IT A PUBLIC ROAD? AND WE SAID, YES, BUT YOU HAVE TO IMPROVE IT TO THE PORTION OR UP TO COUNTY MINIMUM STANDARDS BEFORE WE CAN TAKE IT OVER.

THEY SAID, IS THERE A MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS THAT TO BE ASSISTED AND PER FREEZE? AND NICHOLS FREEZE NICHOLS POINTED US IN THIS DIRECTION AND SAID THERE'S ACTUALLY LEGAL STATUTES THAT ALLOW US TO TAKE OVER A ROAD, BRING IT UP TO SPEC AS LONG AS WE CHARGE THE ACTUAL COST FOR THAT BACK TO THOSE SPECIFIC RESIDENTS AT A MUTUALLY AGREED UPON RATE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

TIME PERIOD.

AND SO ALLISON'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF ANSWERING WE, WE COMPILED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS AND ALLISON HAS, UM, COMPILED ALL THE ANSWERS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ZOOM MEETING, UH, HERE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK TO TWO WEEKS, DEPENDING ON WE CAN WHEN WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT.

BUT FOR NOW, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE MOVING FORWARD WITH SENDING OUT A BALLOT TO THOSE RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO IMPROVE THE ROAD WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'VE AGREED TO.

STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING THIS ONE? OH NO, WE CLOSED IT.

WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE YEAH, WHERE THEY'LL BE TAXED.

THEY PAY FOR IT AND IT'LL IT'LL BE, UM, THE PLAN THAT WE'VE SET UP IS THEY'LL PAY FOR IT ONCE A YEAR FOR 10 YEARS AT NO INTEREST, BUT THEY HAVE TO PAY THE ACTUAL COST FOR IT.

AND SO WE'RE TRACKING MAN HOURS, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO THIS WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL COST OR BURDEN TO DOES IT HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT VOTE IN BY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE PEOPLE? NO, JUST THE MAJORITY.

OH, THE LIEN IS TAKEN AGAINST HER PROPERTY.

THERE IS A, UM, PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'VE GONE AS FAR AS WE HAVE ON THIS IS THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE WITH BUSES HAVING TO STOP ON NINE 20.

I REMEMBER US DISCUSSING THAT.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE ACTUAL NUMBER, BUT THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL AMOUNT THAT THEY COULD BE ASSESSED.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOOD.

UM, YEAH, SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A SCHOOL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ISSUE HERE ON THIS ONE.

SO WE COULD SAY THAT ABOUT ALL THE COUNTY PRIVATE ROADS, BUT YEAH, I BRIANNA'S NOT HERE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT MY, NOT IN MY PRECINCT.

SO, UH, I'M MAKING THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE SENDING OUT A BALLOT ON THIS.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED FROM ME ALISON? SO I NEED TO KNOW FOR THE BALLOT, WE HAVE TO STATE THE MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT FOR THAT PARTI PARTICULAR, LIKE EACH PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER.

SO I WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT MAX ASSESSMENT IS AND HOW YOU WANT THAT DIVIDED AMONG THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE SUBDIVISION SO THAT WE CAN DO THE, MAKE SURE THE MASK CORRECT ON THOSE BALLOTS.

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SO WHO KEEPS UP WITH ALL THE PAYMENTS AND SOMEBODY MOVES OUT AND IT'S A PERSONAL LIABILITY.

SO THEY WOULD, SO IT'S GONNA BE RECORDED.

SO IF THEY SELL IT, THEY'LL HAVE TO SATISFY THAT LIEN TO BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY.

BUT IT'S, IT'S THEIR PERSONAL LIABILITY.

SO IT WOULD NOT GO TO THE NEXT PROPERTY OWNER, IT WOULD BE WHOEVER OWNS IT RIGHT NOW.

SO, BUT IT'LL BE RECORDED.

A LIEN WILL BE RECORDED.

SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T SELL IT AND THEN TRY TO NOT PAY IT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALTON IN THE DISCUSSION WITH ANYTHING ELSE.

DO YOU NEED THOSE THINGS AS PART OF THE MOTION TODAY? I JUST NEED TO KNOW THOSE BALLOTS HAVE TO GO WITHIN 10 DAYS OF TODAY.

SO I JUST NEED TO KNOW FOR THE, THE PURPOSES OF SENDING OUT THOSE BALLOTS AND THAT.

AND I CAN GET YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION WHEN I GET BACK TO THE OFFICE.

BUT SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU'RE ASKING FOR, I'VE GOT PRINTED OUT ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND I DON'T HAVE ACCESS VIA MY IPAD.

HAVE YOU DESI YEAH.

HAVE YOU JUST HOW YOU, HOW YOU WANT IT DIVIDED AMONG THE LOTS OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS? YEAH, I CAN SEND YOU ALL OF THAT.

SO YOU, IF YOU'VE ALREADY HAVE THAT, THEN WE JUST NEED THAT TO BE ABLE TO SEND OUT THE BALLOTS AND THAT'S IT.

SO.

ANY, I CAN SEND YOU AN EMAIL BY END OF DAY TOMORROW AT THE LATEST.

THAT GIVES YOU ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.

THAT'S I GUESS THIS MOTION IS TO APPROVE US SENDING OUT A BALLOT TO LET THOSE RESIDENTS VOTE AND DECIDE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF ESTIMATE ON THE COST? UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR RIGHT HERE.

BUT I HAVE THAT PRINTED OUT AND I DON'T HAVE IT.

AND THIS PROGRAM THAT UM, FREEZE IS FREEZING NICHOLS KINDA STEERED YOU IN THAT DIRECTION.

FREEZING NICHOLS TOLD US THAT YOU COULD DO IT.

IT'LL BE PRECINCT TO EMPLOYEES DOING THE WORK.

WELL WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IS THERE'S, IT IS A 0% INTEREST DEAL, RIGHT? CORRECT.

SO YOU KNOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY COST THERE TO THE COUNTY.

ON THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IF BRIANNA WAS STILL HERE, KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING.

SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D ASK ABOUT THAT COMPONENT.

'CAUSE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THIS JOB THEN, YOU KNOW THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS, I WANT TO SAY IT'S ABOUT 350,000 TOTAL.

AND THAT'S COMING RIGHT OFF OUTTA YOUR BUDGET, RIGHT.

TO FIX THE ROAD AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA SLOWLY GET THAT MONEY BACK, CORRECT? YEAH.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO DO.

SOUNDS LIKE VERY MANY CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE A MESS, BUT, BUT IN THIS ISSUE THERE'S ENOUGH PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECTS TO IT.

NINE 20 IS A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS ROAD.

THEY AREN'T, WE JUST CAN'T HAVE SCHOOL BUSES STOPPING ON NINE 20 TWICE A DAY.

WE JUST CAN'T DO IT.

BRIAN'S POINT OUT, UH, HAVE TO DO THE HOW A SPLIT WILL OCCUR PER LOT OWNER.

THAT WOULD BE DIVIDED.

SO IS IT GONNA BE DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG LOT OWNERS OR IS IT GONNA BE DEPENDING ON THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY OR HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? THAT'S DETERMINED BY Y'ALL.

Y'ALL HAVE TO MAKE DETERMINATION OR IS IT JUST THE HOMES THAT FREIGHT THAT ARE FRONTING ON THESE ROADS? I MEAN ARE, ARE THERE OTHER LOTS THAT MAY FACE, I DON'T KNOW, NINE 20 OR OUTSIDE? THERE'S NO EXTERNALLY FACING LOTS.

I THINK THERE'S TWO.

THERE'S TWO.

WELL I GUESS TECHNICALLY YEAH, NO, THERE'S LOTS ONE TWO THAT ARE ON NINE 20 DIRECTLY I THINK.

I DIDN'T KNOW THOSE WERE SI THINK ONE ACTUALLY WAS SPLIT.

SO IT, I THINK IT COUNTS AS A SEPARATE LOT.

BUT THERE'S, IF YOU INCLUDE THE ONE THAT WAS REVISED, THAT'D BE THREE LOTS.

'CAUSE 23 WAS SPLIT.

SO OKAY.

DOES THE BUS, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE VOTING AND THEY HAVE TO BE, IT'S ALL, THE WHOLE SUBDIVISION HAS TO BE, IS THERE ANY OTHER PLACES THE BUS STOPS ON NINE 20 OR I'M SURE THERE ARE JUST THIS PARTICULAR SPOT IS WORSE.

IT'S NOT GREAT FOR LINE OF SIGHT.

AND SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES WHERE BUSES STOP ON NINE 20 IS BECAUSE IT'S A, THE ONLY, WELL LET ME SAY, LET ME SAY THIS.

THE ONLY OTHER PLACES THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT A BUS STOPS ON NINE 20 IS BECAUSE THE HOUSE ITSELF SITS ON NINE 20.

YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A DRIVEWAY.

THERE'S NO ROAD THERE.

UM, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF.

THE ONLY OTHER ONES YOU WANT TO DO IT.

THAT'S UP TO YOU.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANT TO, I JUST THINK I NEED TO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THE THE VOTE DOES HAVE TO INCLUDE THE CORRECT SHARE BECAUSE WE'RE BE TO ASSESS THE COST THAT WE SET OUT.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT, WE AT LEAST KNOW THAT EVEN I DID NOT KNOW THAT I HAD TO HAVE THAT BY RIGHT NOW.

UM, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW YOU WANTED, I THINK IF YOU INCLUDE THAT ONE THAT WAS SPLIT, THAT WOULD COUNT AS 30 LOTS.

'CAUSE THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY I THINK 29 BUT 20 LOT 23 WAS SPLIT.

SO IF YOU COUNT THAT AS SEPARATE, THEN THERE'S 30 LOTS TOTAL.

ARE THESE MOBILE HOMES OR ARE THEY REGULAR HOUSES? THEY'RE HOUSES.

BRICK HOUSES.

THEY'RE HOUSES.

THEY'RE BIGGER THAN AVERAGE.

AND MOST OF THE LOTS, I THINK THE SMALLEST LOT IS LIKE 3.4 AC ACRES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

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SOME OF THE CASE LAW SAYS THEY GO BY ROAD.

ROAD, SOME SAY THEY DO JUST BY LOTS.

UH, SO THERE'S MULTIPLE OPTIONS.

IT'S 100% OF WHATEVER Y'ALL DEEM FAIR IS.

THAT'S ALL THE LAWS Y'ALL.

IT'S Y ANY THOUGHTS ON DOING IT BY LOTS OR DOING IT BY ROAD? WELL IF IT SOUNDS LIKE IF THEY HAVE A LOT AND THEY'RE IN THIS, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE A PART OF IT.

AND IF THEY'RE GONNA BE A PART OF IT, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A VOTE.

AND IT'D BE DIVIDED EQUALLY IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BENEFIT FROM THE ROAD, THEY'LL BE VOTING ON IT SO THEY CAN CHOOSE TO VOTE AGAINST IT IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, YEAH.

WANTED MAKE SURE.

I WOULD SUGGEST EQUAL WOULD BE MORE ORIGINALLY 29 BUT EQUAL 23 WAS SPLIT, INCLUDING ON THE COST PORTION.

WELL IT WOULD BE 30 COUNT SEPARATE.

THAT'S WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, YEAH.

I THINK ONE VOTE PER LOT.

THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS THAT OWN MORE THAN ONE LOT, SO THEY'RE GONNA PAY, IF THEY OWN THREE LOTS, THEY'D PAY THREE TIMES AS MUCH, BUT THEY OWN THREE LOTS.

SO YOU'RE GETTING ONE VOTE PER LOT OR ONE VOTE AND THEY'LL HAVE THREE VOTES.

ALLISON, ARE THEY GETTING ONE VOTE PER LOT THEN? SO IF SOMEONE OWNS MULTIPLE LOTS, DO THEY GET MULTIPLE VOTES? COURT, SORRY.

RECALL COURT, COURT CAN DETERMINE THAT.

IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE, THE FAIR WAY TO DO IT IS ONE VOTE PER LOT.

IF WE'RE GONNA CHARGE IT BY LOT, THEN I THINK IT SHOULD BE ONE VOTE PER LOT.

I DO TOO.

IT SAYS BY CERTIFIED MAILS SENT TO EACH RECORD OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY AND THE SUBDIVISION OR PART OF THE SUBDIVISION TO BE ASSESSED.

BUT WE CAN DECIDE HOW TO DO IT AND IT SEEMS TO ME THE ONLY FAIRWAY WOULD BE PER LOT.

AND THE OTHER THING IS SOME OF, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM THAT BOB SMITH TO USE A RANDOM NAME.

THERE'S NOT A BOB SMITH.

I'M GONNA MAKE UP NAME.

BOB SMITH OWNS A LOT AND BOB SMITH OWNS THIS LOT OVER HERE, BUT HE OWNS IT UNDER BOB SMITH.

LLC MM-HMM .

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO THAT APPROACH TAKES CARE OF ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.

UM, SO YEAH, LET'S DO ONE VOTE PER LOT AND THEN EQUAL COST PER LOT.

THAT'S PART OF THE MOTION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE FROM ME? NOPE, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S, UH, ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE TO ITEM FIVE.

PERMISSION TO EXTEND OR CALL THE BOND FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS RANCHES AT SWEDES SPRINGS DUE TO NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PARKER COUNTY RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PICKETY ACTION.

THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

UH, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ON WHY YOU WANT TO CALL THIS BOND? WE'VE EXTENDED IT, UM, SEVERAL TIMES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THAT I'VE, JAMIE WOULD KNOW THAT, UM, BASICALLY THIS ROAD IS, IS A MESS.

THERE'S, WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ROADS IN THERE THAT ARE A MESS.

THEY'RE JUST NOT GETTING FIXED VERY QUICKLY.

THEY, UH, THEY WERE DONE ORIGINALLY BY A DEVELOPER WHO'S PASSED AWAY AND NOW ANOTHER DEVELOPER IS KIND OF GETTING CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP OUT BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

AND SO THINGS JUST KEEP GETTING WORSE.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO CALL BOND.

WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN 'EM MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS, SO I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE CALL BOND.

MOTION MADE.

COMMISSIONER HOLT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL OF VAPOR IS IT? MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH.

MOVE TO ITEM SIX.

APPROVE THE CANCELLATION PROCESS FOR 3.06 ACRES AND SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS JOE CHIN RO, AND TAKE ANY ACCIDENT COURT DES NECESSARY IN PRECINCT TWO.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, YOU WANT ME TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, NOT JUST OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1243? IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX, PRECINCT TWO, RECORD SHOW? IT IS 1243.

WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, HEARING ON C NINE.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1243 AND GO TO THE ITEM.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, CANCELLATION IS THIS LOT IS NOW GOING TO BE COMBINED INTO, UH, ANOTHER SUBDIVISION.

UM, SO THEY'VE REQUESTED THAT THE LOT BE RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL ACREAGE SO IT CAN COMBINE THIS.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, DID YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE WE GOOD TO GO, COUNSEL? YES.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALL.

ITEM TWO, NOTIFICATION OF THE RELEASE.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH

[10.C. PRECINCT 3]

AND AGAIN, TO MENTION THIS IS PRECINCT THREE.

ITEM TWO, NOTIFICATION OF THE RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD FOR 4.802 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED NEAR 1 0 5 DENNIS JUNCTION ROAD AND TAKE ANY ACCIDENT COURT DE NECESSARY.

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AND WE JUST RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD THAT THIS, UH, TRACK HAS BEEN, UH, REQUESTED TO BE RELEASED.

IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

JUST NOTIFICATION AND JUST, JUST A QUICK REFERENCE.

I SKIPPED OVER ONE.

I'LL GO BACK TO IT HERE IN A MOMENT.

AND THAT'S A NOTIFICATION ONLY.

SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM ONE.

APPROVE THE FINAL PLA FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS DAN, I'M SORRY, DAYDREAM ACRES CONSISTING OF 7.975 ACRES DEVELOPED BY DAN DADE LOCATED OFF OF NASH LANE WITH PARKER COUNTY, SUD AND PRECINCT THREE.

AND THIS IS GONNA BE A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION.

LOT ONE HAS 2.538 ACRES, LOT TWO HAS 5.437 ACRES.

THEY DO HAVE PARKER COUNTY, SUD AS THEIR WATER SOURCE.

UH, NO NEW STREETS ARE BEING PUT IN AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE WANT TO SPLIT THIS OFFICE, SELL THAT PROPERTY, UH, SELL THE HOUSE SEPARATELY.

UH, YES SIR.

THEY'RE SELLING THE TRACKS THEY HAVE LISTED IN AT RIGHT EXISTING.

YES SIR.

IS THE PAPERWORK IN ORDER FOR THE FINAL PLAN? THE TAX CERTIFICATE WAS TURNED IN BEFORE JANUARY 31ST AND IT DID SHOW A BALANCE OF $1,302 99 CENTS.

THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH PARKER COUNTY C AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL THE LIBRE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 10 C ONE AS PRESENTED.

COURT TO SIGN THAT MOTION.

BE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.