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THE RECORDS SHOW IT IS 9:00 AM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY CLERK AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PRESENT.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY FATHER KEVIN GOODNIGHT FROM CROSS THE KING CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEASURE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY, JUDGE PROTI.
COMMISSIONER CONLEY, PLEASE STAND.
LORD JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY SEEKING YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE BEGIN THIS SESSION.
YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL JUSTICE, TRUTH, AND MERCY.
GRANT US CLARITY OF THOUGHT, PURITY OF HEART, AND A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY.
LORD, I ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS COURT.
OUR COUNTY JUDGES, OUR COUNTY JUDGE, OUR COMMISSIONERS, AND ALL GATHERED HERE TODAY.
WE ASK YOU TO SURROUND US WITH YOUR ANGELS, TO GUIDE THEIR THOUGHTS AND WORDS IN ACTION.
GIVE THEM WISDOM AND MAKING DECISIONS AND FILL 'EM WITH YOUR PEACE.
WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION, OH LORD, ON OUR COUNTY.
GIVE US STRENGTH TO UPHOLD JUSTICE AND TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF PARKER COUNTY WITH ALL GODLINESS AND DIGNITY.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER OF THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
I PLEDGE THE LIS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION, YOUR HONOR, GOD, AN INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
TWO, THE TEXAS ONE, SAY, UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE, UH, ITEM FOUR ON THE CONSENT
[4. CONSENT]
AGENDA UNDER ITEM A AUDITOR, ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR, ITEM B, TREASURER ITEMS ONE AND THREE.AND UNDER ITEM C, COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
MO DO I HAVE A MOTION? JUDGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED TO COURT TODAY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ONE AND TWO? READ CARRIES FIVE.
[6.B. Discuss/Take action on signing a lease for the Second Saturday Market parking lot with D-Winc. (Commissioner Holt) PUBLIC HEARING]
UM, ITEM SIX B ON THE DISCUSS.TAKE ACTION WITH THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE HERE, UH, ON SIGN LE LET'S SEE, SIGN LEASE WITH THE SECOND SATURDAY MARKET PARKING LOT IN D ONE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THAT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S INCONCLUSIVE WITH THE, UH, THE SITUATION THAT CURRENTLY WITH WEATHERFORD, WE'RE, WE'RE THE CONDUIT.
WE OWN THE LAND, BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONE THAT, UH, MAKES THE DECISIONS ON HOW IT'S USED.
THAT'S DONE BY A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD.
AND SO, UH, BEFORE WE OPEN THAT, UH, WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO THE CITY ON THIS AT ALL.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK IS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR LONG RANGE PLANS IS, BOTH SHORT AND LONG, THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY PUT A LOT OF INVESTMENT INTO THAT AND A LOT OF FOCUS INTO THE SUCCESS OF, OF, OF THE, UH, YORK AVENUE DISTRICT, WHICH IS GREAT, AND IT LOOKS REALLY FANTASTIC DOWN THERE.
SO THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS INPUT.
AND I'M GONNA ASK ITEM AND BE TABLED TO QUICKLY SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD DOWNTOWN INC.
AND THE COUNTY TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT ON THIS AS WELL.
BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY PUT INTO THE DOWNTOWN INC.
UH, WE JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN MAKING SURE WITH THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, ONE OF TRANSPARENCY, ONE OF COMMUNICATION.
AND SO THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS, WHAT THE TIMELINES ARE, WHAT THE COST IS, THE OVERALL IMPACT, AND TAKE THAT INPUT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COURT, AND THEN HAVE THIS PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA ON THE NEXT ITEM, AND TO TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT THEY HAD AND WEIGH THAT INTO OUR DECISION.
SO, UH, FROM THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9 0 5.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX B? I GET THAT RIGHT.
CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHICH PARKING LOT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? IT'S THE ONE AT SPRING CORNER OF SPRING STREET AND YORK AVENUE.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP? THIS IS AGAIN, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR YOUR INPUT.
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GOOD MORNING, I'M KELLY WOODS.I AM THE OWNER OF RECAPTURE CHARM AT 2 0 7 YORK AVENUE.
AND I JUST WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU OWN A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN, OUR PAYCHECKS ARE DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE DOOR.
SO THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE DOWN THERE THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO LINGER AND STAY AND JUST VISIT AND, UM, USE THAT AREA AS A PLACE TO SPEND MORE TIME DOWN DOWNTOWN, THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO US.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A SHOP DOWNTOWN, SO JUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT OUR PAYCHECKS, WE NEED THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK, PLEASE? I'M GARRIN STEELE.
I HAVE CHIEF RADDEN POST ON YORK AVENUE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE AREA DOWN THERE FOR THE PEOPLE, UH, TO HAVE A SPACE TO SIT DURING THE DAY, LIKE SHE SAYS, UM, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, BRING YOUR FAMILIES AND, UH, A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GATHER DOWN THERE AS WELL.
UM, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT LIKE THAT HERE ON THE SQUARE.
THERE ARE SOME, SOME EATING PLACES AROUND AND THINGS, BUT AS FAR AS SHOPPING AND TRADE GOES AND, AND A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT FOR IT.
I DON'T THINK THE LOSS OF THE, THE SPACE IS GONNA AFFECT MUCH DOWN THERE BECAUSE THERE IS A BUNCH OF PARKING BACK TOWARD THE WEST.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE NORTHWEST WHERE, WHERE THE WEATHERFORD, UH, CITY JUST REDONE THE PARKING LOT DOWN THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING SPACES.
SO I, I THINK THE SMALL AMOUNT THAT IT WILL BE TAKING AWAY WILL, WILL, UH, WILL NOT IMPACT PARKING HEAVILY.
UM, AND I, AND I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD THING FOR YORK AVENUE AS WE TRY TO GROW, TO HAVE, UH, SOME BUSINESSES DOWN THERE, MAYBE SOME EATEN PLACES AND THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO WAIT AND HANG OUT WHILE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR SEATING FOR FOOD, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, JUST LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THE CHIEF'S TRADING POST IS FOR IT.
AND, UM, AS LONG AS THERE IS TRANSPARENCY AMONG EVERYBODY, WHICH IS WHAT I LIKE, UM, I'M TOTALLY ON BOARD AND HAPPY TO HELP.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? I'M THE WIFE, LOCAL CHIEF TRAINING POST, BUT I'M HERE REPRESENTING, UH, ZENA AND ZEBRAS, AND THEY SENT THIS LITTLE CARD DOWN SAYING THAT THEY WERE FOR THE, UM, PARKING SPOTS THERE ON THE GREEN SPACE AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
BUT XENA AND ZEBRAS ALSO WANTS TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME SPACE, SO.
SAM, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? ANNA LEE.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? GOOD MORNING.
I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF SUSTAINABLE SOUL ON YORK.
UM, AS A MOM AND A BUSINESS OWNER DOWN THERE, I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE SUCH A COOL OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR KIDS AND HAVE A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO RUN AROUND WHILE THEY'RE SHOPPING FOR THE EVENTS.
IT IS HARD WITH LITTLE ONES TO NAVIGATE AND THE CONSTRUCTION HAS HELPED A LOT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD OPEN UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO COME OUT A LOT MORE.
ANYBODY ELSE? NOT COME UP AND SPEAK? GOOD MORNING.
LINDSAY MONTGOMERY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN WEATHERFORD INC.
THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING THIS PUBLIC HEARING TODAY.
I DO HAVE ABOUT 15 STATEMENTS IN WRITING OF SUPPORT AND ONE OF CONCERN, AND I'M HAPPY TO EITHER SHARE THOSE OR JUST PASS THEM ALONG, WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE.
YOU WANT ME TO GO FORWARD OR JUST, UH, NO, NOT NOT AT THIS TIME, UH, BECAUSE OF THE ACTION WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING ON THIS.
UM, BUT IT'S GOOD YOU HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS I SAW YOU DOWN THERE, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I TOOK IS, IT'S PROBABLY 50 50 ON THIS, BUT AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF THESE, UH, JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
AND I THINK, AGAIN, WHAT MY INITIAL STATEMENT, DID YOU JUST WALK IN? I THINK YOU MISSED MY INITIAL STATEMENT DID ON THIS.
UM, THAT I THINK THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, UH, MY INTENT IS TO SCHEDULE A MEETING IMMEDIATELY WITH THEM TO SIT DOWN AND GO OVER THE RENDITIONS AND, UH, LOOK AT TIMELINES, COSTS, ET CETERA.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE THE CONDUIT ON THIS LINDSEY.
AND, AND SO WE OWN THE LAND, BUT FROM A DECISION MAKING PROCESS, YOUR VOICES FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, BUT THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD WITH THE, THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY PUT DOWN THERE, UH, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM IS CRITICAL THAT WE, WE SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, AS TO WHAT THEIR CONCEPTS, HOW THAT ALIGNS WITH THEM, UH, IS GONNA BE CRUCIAL TO THIS, AND THEN BRING THAT RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THIS COURT NEXT ON THE NEXT AGENDA AND MAKE THAT DECISION, UH, WOULD BE MY INTENT.
BUT, UM, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
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LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.MS. MONTGOMERY, I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU TALKED TO, HOW, IF, IF YOU HAD TO GIVE US A PERCENTAGE IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT PERCENTAGE WERE FOR IT, WHAT PERCENTAGE DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE, AND WHAT PERCENTAGE WERE OPPOSED TO IT? AND REMIND ME HOW MANY PARKING SPACES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX, BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE HAVE TOTALLY REDESIGNED THE ACTUAL PARKING LOT MM-HMM
AND PART OF THE THING THAT WE WOULD DO IN GOING INTO THIS VENTURE WOULD BE ADD IN THE COST FOR US TO STRIPE THAT PARKING LOT AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE 99 EXISTING PARKING SPOTS.
POTENTIALLY THERE'S ONLY ONE PARKING AREA CURRENTLY BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS NOT STRIPED ANY PART OF THAT ENTIRE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
CAN, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK? YEP.
THAT 99 THAT'S THERE CURRENTLY, DOES THAT ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY GETS IN THERE AND WITHOUT ANY LINES NO.
SOMEHOW PARKS PROPERLY? NO, UH, PROB IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOT 99 STRIPED LOTS OR STRIPED SPOTS.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ZERO STRIPED PARKS.
SO, SO CURRENTLY THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT 99, CURRENTLY ABOUT 45 PEOPLE.
PROBABLY PARKED THERE WHEN THERE IS ACTUAL ROOM FOR 99 IF IT WERE ACTUALLY STRIPED OUT ACCORDING TO, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL WALLS OF SPACING AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WITH THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, THIS WOULD TAKE UP 12 PARKING SPOTS, BUT WE HAVE ALSO RE-DESIGNATED EIGHT THAT WOULD BE ALONG THE PERIMETER.
SO IT'S ACTUAL LOSS OF SIX PARKING SPOTS, GRAND TOTAL.
A LOSS OF SIX SIX, BECAUSE WE'VE REDESIGNED.
THERE'S, THEY HAVE THESE LITTLE BLOCKS, THESE CURBINGS, CORRECT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S 10 OF THOSE ON EACH SIDE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING 14 WHEN YOU AND I TALKED BEFORE.
THERE ARE SEVEN ALONG THE SOUTH WALL OF THOSE PARKING BUMPERS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MM-HMM
AND SO IF YOU DUPLICATED THAT IMMEDIATELY ACROSS FROM IT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT, THAT WOULD TOTAL 14, TWO OF THOSE SHOULD NOT BE USED BECAUSE OF WHERE THE PARKING IS IN RELATION TO THOSE, UH, PICNIC BENCHES.
IF YOU WANNA BACK INTO A PICNIC BENCH, THROW IT IN AND CALL IT 14.
SO THEN, SO THEN IF WE ALLOCATED EIGHT ON THE PERIMETER MM-HMM
OF THIS DESIGNATED PARKING SPOT, 14 MINUS EIGHT IS A LOSS OF SIX.
WHILE WE PROBABLY CREATE ALMOST 50 MORE WHILE ACTUALLY STRIPING THE PARKING LOT.
WHEN, WHEN YOU STRIPE, HOW MANY STRIPED PARKING SPOTS WILL THERE BE? 99.
ANYTHING ELSE? OH, MS. MONTGOMERY, SORRY.
WHAT PERCENTAGE, IN YOUR OPINION, OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU TALKED TO WERE FOR AGAINST OR NEUTRAL? UH, EVERYONE WAS COMPLETELY FOR, AND THERE WAS ONE WHO JUST SHOWED SOME CONCERN AND WANTED SOME MORE INFORMATION.
UM, I, I PERSONALLY WENT DOWN THERE WHEN, ONCE WE CLARIFIED THE PARKING LOT, WHICH ONE IT IS.
UM, I HAVE THE NAMES OF THOSE THAT, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA SPLIT HERES HERE, AND, UM, BUT IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR, IN FACT, I CAN READ YOU ONE I JUST RECEIVED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO DO THAT, BUT, UM, ONE THAT JUST RECEIVED IT WAS AGAINST IT.
UM, SO I, I MEAN, I CAN READ THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT, UM, IT'S ALREADY TO MESSAGE SO LATE, BUT I SAW THE LINDSEY'S EMAIL IN REGARDS TO THE GREEN SPACE IN THE EARLY MEETING TOMORROW.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL BE THERE OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE THERE OR NOT, BUT I DO WANT TO REITERATE AGAIN AT HOW I'M AGAINST THIS IDEA.
I'M A MERCHANT AND I AM TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS BLOW TO OUR BUSINESS AND CUSTOMERS THAT WILL NOT HAVE THIS PARKING SPACE EVERY TIME THAT THERE'S AN EVENT SPACE IN THE PARKING ISN'T AVAILABLE.
HOPE BOUTIQUE 2 0 1 YORK AVENUE.
I MEAN, I JUST, THAT'S THE ONE CONCERN, AND I'M HAPPY TO JUST, AND THAT'S OKAY.
I DON'T, NO, I THERE'S OTHERS.
BUT AGAIN, I I DON'T WANNA SPLIT HAIRS HERE.
WE HAVE SOMEBODY AT THERE ALREADY.
SHE INVITED ME UP, BUT WHEN SHE SETS DOWN OFF THAT, MANDY IS THE ONE THAT I HAD CONCERN THAT SHOWED CONCERN, AND THAT'S FINE.
I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT BY ANY MEANS.
IF SHE INVITED YOU UP, COME ON UP.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU WERE DOWN ON SATURDAY, YOU WERE GIVING FALSE INFORMATION TO EVERYBODY.
I WANTED TO TRY TO KEEP THIS CIVIL, BUT I'LL I'LL I'LL GO AHEAD AND TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
YOU CAME DOWN AND WERE TELLING EVERYBODY IT WAS THIS PARKING LOT HERE AND WE WERE GONNA LOSE THE POLICE SPACES.
YEAH, BUT YOU DIDN'T BEFORE YOU WENT AND TOLD EVERYBODY WHEN YOU CAME INTO MY STORE AND STARTED TELLING ME IT WAS 40 SPACES AND THAT YOU WANTED MY BOAT TO NOT DO IT, AND YOU WERE TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT AS FAST AS YOU COULD, YOU WOULDN'T LOOK ME IN THE EYE.
AND THEN YOU WENT DOWN AND STARTED TELLING EVERYBODY, AND WELL, EVERYBODY'S FOR IT.
WELL, EVERYBODY WASN'T FOR IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE SAYING THAT.
AND, AND QUE AND, AND ACTUALLY, WHILE WE'RE HERE AND IN THE EYE OF TRANSPARENCY, WHY ARE YOU NOT FOR IT? WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST IT? I WASN'T TRYING TO GET
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YOUR VOTE AGAINST IT.I WAS TRYING TO GET YOUR OPINION ABOUT IT.
WELL, YOU WROTE ME DOWN AGAINST IT AND MY WIFE.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU, YOU SAID WEREN'T AGAINST IT.
AND SO THIS IS ABOUT THE THIRD TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN CAUGHT LYING.
AND I HAVE A, AND I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, SIR, BECAUSE YOU'RE A COUNTY JUDGE, AND YOU LOOKED ME RIGHT IN THE EYE AND YOU SAID, WELL, I'M A COUNTY JUDGE.
I WOULDN'T LIE TO YOU AFTER YOU LIED TO ME.
AND YOU TOLD ME THAT THE SPOT BEHIND HERITAGE BRAND BELONGED TO Y'ALL, AND YOU WERE GONNA GIVE THAT FOR THE GREEN SPACE, WHICH WAS A BALD FACED LIE.
BECAUSE WHEN I WALKED OUTSIDE FOUR MINUTES LATER, YOU SUDDENLY REMEMBERED YOU DIDN'T OWN THAT SPACE ANYMORE.
I REMEMBER WE JUST, IT JUST RECENTLY MADE A TRANSACTION.
BUT BUT YOU TOLD ME FOUR MINUTES BEFORE THAT, THAT THAT WAS, YOU WERE GONNA GIVE IT TO US AND IT WAS A DONE DEAL.
AND, UH, SIR, I'VE TRADED MY WHOLE LIFE WITH PEOPLE I CAN SEE RIGHT.
AND THAT WAS JUST A, A YEP, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU REMEMBER, WELL, NO, THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE YOU, UH, AGAINST HAVING A SPACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN GATHER DOWN THERE? I'M NOT, IT'S NOT OUR DECISION.
IT'S, WE GOTTA WORK WITH THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD.
WE GOTTA SEE WHAT THEIR INPUT IS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I STATED INITIALLY.
WELL, I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU ONCE SAY IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE YOU I THINK, I THINK, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT WE DO IT.
IT'S JUST FINDING THE RIGHT SPOT FOR IT.
IF THAT'S THE RIGHT SPOT AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOOSE, THEN WE'LL PUT IT THERE.
SO I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU I I WAS NEVER, I WAS NEVER, EVERYBODY THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO, EVERYBODY I'VE TALKED TO, AND YOU CAN TALK TO 'EM, THAT I WAS NOT, NEVER MY INTENT TO SWAY IT, BUT TO GET YOUR OPINION ABOUT IT.
WELL, WE HAVE TALKED, I'M TALKED TO, TALKED, I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR CONFUSION ON THAT.
NO, IT'S NOT MY CONFUSION, SIR.
AND THEN AFTER YOU WERE CORRECTED OUTSIDE, YOU SAID, WELL, I'LL GO BACK AND FIX THIS.
SO YOU DID GO BACK, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT THEN.
YOU TOLD THEM IT'S 18 PARKING SPACES THE SECOND TIME YOU WENT AROUND.
SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH TELLING THE TRUTH TO THESE FOLKS AGAIN, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU, WHERE YOU ON THE 18, IF YOU COUNT THE, THE PEGS WERE CARS PARKED THERE IS THAT NUMBER.
I'M NOT, I'M SORRY, YOUR HONOR, I, I DON'T WANNA SPLIT HAIRS ON THIS AT ALL.
I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE ON THAT.
WELL, WE'RE NOT SPLITTING HAIRS, SIR.
I JUST WANNA KNOW WHY YOU HAVE A
I COUNTED A DIFFERENT NUMBER AND WE'LL JUST RESPECTFULLY AGREE TO DISAGREE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO SAY? YES, SIR.
UH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND LISTENING AND UH, I JUST ASK FROM NOW ON THAT WHEN YOU COME DOWN THAT YOU BRING THE FACTS.
ANYTHING ELSE, LINDSEY? SO, UM, AS DOWNTOWN WEATHERFORD, THIS WAS OUR DESIGN PLAN AND OUR RENDERING.
WE INTEND TO FULLY FUND THE ENTIRE THING THROUGH GRANTS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
UM, WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD AS WE'VE ALREADY ALREADY HAD PRELIMINARY.
WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE THAT MEETING WITH ALL OF US TOGETHER TO DO THAT.
I'LL, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS MY PROJECT.
I, I'VE, I'VE SPOKE WITH 'EM AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
YEAH, WE, WE HAD ALREADY HAD ALL THOSE PIECES AND PARTS IN PLACE, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CLEAR COMMUNICATION MOVING FORWARD.
'CAUSE I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY AND ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
UM, THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
WELL, WE, ON THE LAND, WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE THE MEETING.
YEAH, WE'LL SET THAT MEETING UP AND, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT QUICKLY JUST 'CAUSE WE WANT IT BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
WE WANNA MAKE THIS DECISION AND GET IT DONE.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY FURTHER? RICH, ARE YOU GOOD TO HAVE THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA? YES.
ANY ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? I JUST WANNA SAY ALSO, I'M NOT HERE TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE OR TO BE A PROBLEM.
UH, BUT I DO LIKE THE TRUTH AND I DO LIKE TRANSPARENCY.
OTHER THAN THAT, I WILL GET ALONG WITH ANYBODY.
I WILL GIVE AND I WILL HELP AND DO ANYTHING TO BE A, A GOOD POSITIVE MEMBER.
BUT THE MOMENT THAT I FEEL THAT I'M BEING LIED TO OR TRYING TO BE DUPED OR WHATEVER, I, I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN PARKER COUNTY BY A GOOD, STRONG WOMAN.
AND I WON'T PUT UP WITH IT AND I'LL STAND UP FOR IT.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK? JUDGE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CORRECT YOU.
WHEN YOU SAY IT WAS 50 50, IT IS ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT WE HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME.
WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER AND YOU DID COME INTO MY STORE AND YOUR FIRST RESPONSE WAS, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TAKING AWAY 30 PARKING SPACES AND AND NOBODY WANTS IT.
BUT WE CORRECTED THE LOCATION ON THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY HERE THAT IT WAS 50 50, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
IT IS 99% OF US WANT THIS PARKING SPOT.
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WE ARE DESPERATE DOWN THERE FOR CHANGE.AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST LET THINGS SIT AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS, MAYBE THAT.
WE, WE REALLY, YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY OF MERCHANTS THAT REALLY WANNA WORK AND MOVE FORWARD.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9 21 AND GO TO THE ITEM.
SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IS THERE ANYTHING, SO WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT WE WANT TO GET THE INPUT FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, GIVEN THIS IS DOWNTOWN WEATHERFORD.
IS THERE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS PREVENTING US FROM MAKING A DECISION THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ON THE COURT? OKAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.
[6.A. Discuss/Consider approving pay increase for Court Clerk in Justice of the Peace #4 from $57,888.00 to $63,768.00. (Judge Mendolia / Judge Deen)]
SIX A ON DISCUSS.CONSIDER APPROVING PAY INCREASES FOR THE COUNTY OF THE COURT CLERK AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
I DO HAVE SOME HANDOUTS IF Y'ALL WILL ALLOW ME.
SHOULD YOU'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND I THINK SO.
SO I'M ASKING, UM, TODAY FOR A, UM, PAY INCREASE FOR ONE OF OUR CLERKS.
AND I KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER THE NEED FOR THAT FIRST.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, OUR JUVENILE DOCKET WAS CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, JUVENILE CASES, TRUANCY CASES.
UM, IN THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR, WEATHERFORD UM, MUNICIPAL COURT DECIDED THEY WEREN'T GONNA, THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO, UM, CARRY TEEN COURT.
SO WHAT MY COURT DID, WE DEVELOPED A TEEN COURT OVER THE FALL, AND NOW WE'RE GOT IT REALLY MOVING WELL INTO THIS YEAR.
UM, SO WE HAVE, WE'VE ADDED THAT TO OUR JUVENILE DOCKET, WHICH IS TEEN COURT.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'VE DONE IT IN A WAY THAT'S SAVING THE COUNTY, UM, SOME MONEY BECAUSE WHAT GENERALLY HAPPENED WAS TEEN COURT WAS HELD IN THE EVENINGS.
UM, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO BE THERE TO SIT AS JURORS IN, YOU KNOW, TEEN JURORS.
AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE REACHED OUT TO, UM, LOCAL HOMESCHOOL KIDS.
AND SO THEY HAVE TIME DURING THE DAY THAT THEY CAN BE THERE AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME.
SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT GROUP OF HOMESCHOOL KIDS THAT ARE IN DEBATE AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOW TRYING CASES AS A PROSECUTOR, DEFENSE ATTORNEY, AND THEY'RE SITTING ON JURIES.
SO THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE OUR DOCKET DURING THE DAY.
UM, SO WE, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT SAVES US FROM GIVING COMP TIME FOR STAFF TO BE THERE AFTER HOURS.
'CAUSE NORMALLY TEEN COURT WAS HELD ABOUT, UM, FIVE 30 AND IT WOULD GO INTO THE EVENING.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CREATED AN AFTERNOON DOCKET USING THE HOMESCHOOL CHILDREN AS OUR, UM, AS OUR VOLUNTEERS.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN SAVE COMP TIME AND HAVING SECURITY THERE AND HAVING STAFF THERE.
UM, BUT THAT HAS CREATED A DOCKET FOR US THAT IS ADDED TO OUR JUVENILE DOCKET.
AND THEN AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2035, ARTICLE 45 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE WAS ADDED.
AND THAT CREATED A NEW YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM.
AND THE YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM NOW REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A COURT, UM, ESTABLISHED DIVERSION COORDINATOR.
UM, AND THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO MAKE THIS PAY RAISE SO THAT WE CAN BUMP UP ONE OF OUR CLERKS TO A YOUTH DIVERSION COORDINATOR.
SO AT THAT POINT, THEY WILL HANDLE THE NORMAL JUVENILE CASES AS, AS SUPERVISING ALL OF OUR CLERKS ALL CROSS TRAINED.
SO THEY ALL HANDLE THE SAME TYPES OF CASES, BUT THIS IS GONNA CREATE A SUPERVISORY POSITION EQUAL TO OUR COLLECTIONS CLERK.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THE PAY RAISE GOES TO.
AND I'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN THERE FROM MS. MCCULLOUGH WAS, UM, NICE ENOUGH TO GIVE US, UM, A TOTAL COST.
UM, AND THAT IS $7,148 IS THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS INCREASE, UM, INCLUDING BENEFITS.
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IS THE FOURTH TAB IN YOUR PACKET.THAT'S FROM MS. MCCULLOUGH IN HR.
UM, SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE A NEED WITH THE TWO NEW DOCKETS BEING ADDED FOR THIS TO BE SUPERVISED SO THAT WE CAN BUMP, UM, SHE'S ALREADY A MASTER CLERK, THE PERSON THAT WE'RE USING FOR THIS, BUT WE WANT TO BUMP HER UP TO BE EVEN WITH THE COLLECTIONS CLERK.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THE PAY INCREASE DOES IS IT JUST GETS HER EVEN WITH THAT, I'VE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET ARE WHAT WE'VE DEVELOPED AS OUR TEEN COURT, UM, DEAL.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, JUDGE MILES RUNS HIS OWN TEEN COURT UP IN PRECINCT ONE.
WE NOW DO PRECINCT FOUR DOES IT FOR NOT ONLY OUR COURT, BUT FOR PRECINCT TWO AND PRECINCT THREE.
THEY'RE NOW STARTING TO SEND, WE TOOK THE FALL TO GIVE US TIME TO GET IT GOING, GET IT UP AND RUNNING, MAKE SURE WE HAD ALL THE KINKS WORKED OUT.
AND NOW WE'VE OPENED IT UP SO THAT, UM, PRECINCT TWO AND PRECINCT THREE HAVE STARTED SENDING THEIR JUVENILES.
THIS TEEN COURT, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU ARE WITH IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A VERY GOOD PROGRAM.
UM, GIVES THESE CHILDREN A CHANCE.
IT'S BASICALLY A DEFERRED PROGRAM, SO THEY DON'T GET CHARGED IF THEY DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT IT CUTS THE COST DOWN FOR THEM FROM WHATEVER THEIR FINE WOULD BE UP TO $500 TO DOWN AND COURT COSTS TO DOWN TO $20.
NOW, WHAT DO THEY DO AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THEY SERVING THAT? THEY, THEY HAVE TO SIT AND THE JURY DETERMINES HOW MANY HOURS THEY GET IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO THEY MAY HAVE A RANGE DEPENDING ON THEIR TYPE OF CRIME.
IT MAY BE 20 TO 40, IT MAY BE 60 TO 120 DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF CRIME THEY'VE COMMITTED.
AND THERE'S A CHART THAT SETS ALL OF THAT OUT.
BUT BASICALLY A JURY SITS AND WE, LIKE I SAID, NOW WE HAVE PROSECUTORS AND A DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE MINI TRIAL ON THE ADJUDICATION OF THEIR, OF THEIR CASE.
AND THEN THE, ULTIMATELY THE JURY DECIDES YOU'RE GONNA GET 20, YOU'RE GONNA GET 30, WHATEVER THE JURY DECIDES TO GET IN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.
SO BASICALLY THEY PAY THEIR, PAY THEIR FINE THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE RATHER THAN COST.
AND, UM, WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, GREAT RESULTS WITH THAT.
IT, IT WAS STARTED YEARS AGO, THEN IT GOT TURNED OVER TO THE CITY.
UM, NOW WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO JP FOUR.
UM, BUT THAT PACKET'S IN THERE.
THERE'S ALSO THE, THE NEW LAW ON THE YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM, AND THAT IS STARTING TO RAMP UP NOW.
BASICALLY, UM, AS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN, UM, THIS IS BASICALLY A NON-FUNDED MANDATE FROM THE STATE THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO JP COURTS.
UM, MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN WITH J-J-A-E-P.
UM, THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS, I KNOW HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH WITH YOUR COURT, BUT BASICALLY, UM, NON-TRAFFIC, UM, CLASS C MISDEMEANORS, ASSAULTS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, MINOR IN POSSESSION, PUBLIC INTOX, TOBACCO VANDALISM.
THEY GENERALLY HAVE BEEN HELD AND HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THIS NEW DIVERSION PROGRAM TURNS THAT OVER TO THE JP COURTS.
UM, IT MAKES US HANDLE AND IN DIVERSION, MEANING THEY DON'T EVEN GET TO THE POINT OF PLEADING TO THE CASE.
UM, IT'S PRIOR TO THAT THERE'S ADULT DIVERSION PROGRAMS IN, IN ALL THE COURTS AS WELL.
IT'S NOW SPILLED OVER TO JUVENILE.
THIS GIVES THEM A CHANCE WITHOUT THIS CASE GETTING ON THEIR RECORD AT ALL, FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM.
BUT IT HAS TO BE MANAGED, THEY HAVE TO BE DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE.
THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT THIS CLERK WILL BE DOING ALONG WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, SO AGAIN, THE NEED IS THERE, UM, FOR THIS POSITION, IN OUR OPINION BEING BY THE, THE SIZE OF OUR JUVENILE DOCKETS, THAT'S INCREASED.
THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS SIMPLY A LINE ITEM, LINE ITEM CHANGE.
IT'S ALREADY LISTED, UM, IN OUR TECHNOLOGY FUND THAT THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY THAT'S BEEN BUDGETED FOR US ALREADY IN OUR TECHNOLOGY FUND.
AND THERE'S A LINE ITEM PROGRAM CONTINGENCIES FOR 10 AND $10,000.
AND I'VE PROVIDED TO YOU A TAB, UM, OF THAT SPECIFIC SECTION OF OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND AGAIN, PROGRAM CONTINGENCIES IS $10,000 YEAR TO DATE, IT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED.
GENERALLY THAT MONEY IS NEVER TOUCHED BY US AND WE'RE ASKING THAT AT 70, UM, 7,100 COME FROM THERE.
MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT YOU GUYS DID IN JP THREE WHEN THEY CREATED A NEW POSITION HERE, UM, A WHILE BACK SHORTLY, UM, A WHILE BACK.
AND I THINK THAT WAS LIKE 13,000 THAT THEY'RE USING OUT OF THEIR TECHNOLOGY FUND.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE, UM, THE TECHNOLOGY FUND IS CREATED AND ALLOWS FOR THAT, UM,
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.ARTICLE 1 0 2 0.0173, WHICH CREATES THE JUSTICE COURT ASSISTANCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUND ALLOWS FOR, UM, AND I'VE GOT THAT THE CODE PROVISION IN THE BACK, IT'S SECOND TO LAST TAB, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR MONEY IN ADJUSTED COURTS FROM THAT FUND TO BE USED FOR THE COST OF PROVIDING COURT PERSONNEL, INCLUDING SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR COURT PERSONNEL.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS SIMPLY JUST ALLOWING US TO USE THAT LINE ITEM FOR THIS, UM, RAISE.
SO IT'S NOT COMING AT A GENERAL FUND, IT'S NOT A ASK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO FIND MORE MONEY FOR.
THE MONEY'S ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED FOR.
UM, AND JUST SO YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REPLENISHING THAT MONEY AT A RATE HIGHER THAN WHAT IS GONNA BE TAKEN OUT OF IT RIGHT NOW.
CURRENTLY WE'RE AVERAGING DISPOSING OF APPROXIMATELY 250, UM, TO 260, UM, CRIMINAL CASES A MONTH.
AND OUT OF THAT TECHNOLOGY FUND, THAT'S THE LAST TAB THAT I PROVIDED FOR YOU, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THERE'S $14 OF, OF FEES THAT COME OUT OF EVERY CRIMINAL CASE.
OF THOSE 14 UM, DOLLARS, 28.5714% OR $4 A CASE GOES DIRECTLY TO THE TECHNOLOGY FUND.
SO IF WE'RE DRAWING, IF WE'RE CLOSING OUT 250 PLUS CASES, THAT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE TECHNOLOGY FUND AND WHICH IS 12,000 A YEAR.
IT WOULD STILL CONT, EXCUSE ME, STILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
UM, EVEN WITH US PULLING OUT THE $7,100 IN RAISE, UM, IT JUST WOULDN'T BE INCREASING AT THE RATE THAT IT HAS BEEN.
SO IT'S, IT'S MONEY THAT WE'RE REPLENISHING YEARLY.
SO AGAIN, ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS A LINE ITEM CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT $10,000 TO MAKE THIS INCREASE.
I WAS WRITING DOWN WHERE'S THE 71 BECAUSE I SHOW 58 80 AS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 63 78 AND THE 57 8 88.
SO TAB, UM, TAB FOUR IS WHAT MS. MCCULLOUGH PROVIDED FOR US IS THAT, OH, THAT INCLUDES BENEFITS.
INCLUDES BENEFITS, TOTAL COST.
I WANTED TO BE COMPLETELY UPFRONT WITH YOU GUYS AS TO EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS GONNA COST AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT THAT.
THE, THE 250 CASES A MONTH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT THAT NUMBER? WE ARE DISPOSING OF THAT SINCE PROBABLY ABOUT MID-YEAR OF LAST YEAR.
AND HAS IT BEEN EVERY MONTH CONSECUTIVELY OR HAVE YOU HAD ANY SIGNIFICANT DIPS OR, NO, I ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING NOTHING BUT INCREASING.
OUR CASELOAD HAS GONE FROM, WHEN I STARTED TWO YEARS AGO, APPROXIMATELY 4,700 CASES PER MONTH THAT WE CAN, WE HAVE ACTIVE, WE'RE NOW AT 5,100.
AND PART OF IT WAS NOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF IT ON THE CRIMINAL SIDE, NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR, UM, DPS OFFICERS HERE AND NOT WORKING THE BORDER MM-HMM
UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY.
SO YOU DON'T EXPECT THAT ANY OF THAT CAPTURES SOME TYPE OF SEASONAL VARIANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK IT'S ON NOTHING BUT THE, UH, UPRISE.
BECKY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS? NO, JUST THAT THEY REACHED OUT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, SAYING THE SAME THING THAT HE JUST PRESENTED TO COURT IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR TECHNOLOGY MONEY THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, COULD BE FUNDED BY 'CAUSE THEY DON'T, DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FUNDS IN THEIR BUDGET THAT THEY COULD UTILIZE.
UM, IT IS THE SAME WAY THAT JP THREE AND, UM, JP TWO WAS HANDLED IN BUDGET.
OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PREFER TO HANDLE, UM, DURING BUDGET SESSIONS.
IT JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE CLEANER.
I THINK HE DID EXPLAIN THOUGH THAT THERE JUST KIND OF JUST NOW BECAME THE NEED FOR IT, AND THAT'S WHY THE REQUEST IS HAPPENING MIDYEAR.
HIS NUMBERS, WE SEE THE DEPOSITS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE INCREASING.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, BUT I DID PROVIDE THE INFORMATION FOR THE NUMBERS.
IS THIS, UM, IS THIS 57, 8 88 THAT THE PERSON IS CURRENTLY MAKING, IS THAT THE TOP OF THE SALARY SCALE FOR THAT? YES, IT IS.
SO FOR THAT POSITION, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THEN IS, IS CHANGING THE SALARY SCALE TO BASICALLY HE, THE 63 7 68 IS THE TOP OF THE SCALE FOR, UM, WELL, NOT THE TOP OF THE SCALE.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT SOMEBODY, IT'S NOT A MAX, IT'S A MAX OUT IT'S SCALE.
THEY HAVE COLLECTIONS, POSITION, SCALE, YES.
AND IT'S IN LINE WITH THAT POSITION.
SO REALLY IT'S A, IT'S A RE YEAH, WE WOULD RECLASS THE POSITION RECLASSIFICATION YES.
WE'VE HAD A, I I DON'T KNOW, I I I'M SURE THAT ALL THIS IS GOOD.
WE'VE HAD A LONG STANDING DEAL WHERE WE DON'T CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE DON'T, I MEAN WE, WE, UH, SIT HERE IN OUR BUDGET AND WE HAVE A SALARY
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SCHEDULE AND IF WE'RE NOT PAYING THE MAXIMUM, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THAT DURING THE YEAR.BUT IF WE'RE PAYING THE MAXIMUM, THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
THIS IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT HE'S, UH, VERY, UH, WELL ARTICULATED TO US.
HOWEVER, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IF, IF, IF
SO IT'S A RECLASSIFICATION TYPICALLY IS WHAT IT IS.
AND WE'VE HAD A LONGSTANDING DEAL NOT TO DO THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET YEAR.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE PERSON DOESN'T DESERVE THAT.
I'M SAYING THAT IN THE PAST WE HAVE MADE THOSE CHANGES DURING BUDGET, NOT MIDYEAR.
SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST, I'M TELLING YOU HE'S COMING TO US BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE THIS PERSON DESERVES THAT.
HOWEVER, I'M JUST HAVING THE, UH, POINTING OUT THE, UH, EXPERIENCE CALLED THE DOMINO EFFECT THAT WE HAVE THAT COMES ALONG FROM TIME TO TIME.
SO JUDGE, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, UH, SPEAKING AGAINST YOUR, YOUR REQUEST AT ALL.
I'M JUST POINTING OUT THE OBVIOUS HERE.
AND MAY I REPLY TO THAT? SURE.
AND, AND THE REASON THAT WE ARE COMING NOW IS BECAUSE OF THE LAW CHANGE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POLICIES ARE, BUT THE, BUT THE LAW HAS PUT THIS ON US, ON US AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, NON-FUNDED, NO STIPULATION BY THE STATE.
YOU DID AS WELL AS, UH, AS, AS THE CHANGE THERE.
YOU MADE THE POINT VERY WELL ABOUT WHERE THE, WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM TOO.
THE ONLY THING I'D SAY IS NEXT TIME GIVE US THE BOOK AHEAD OF TIME.
IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SIT HERE AND, AND UH, UH, UH, PERUSE THROUGH THIS AS YOU'RE MAKING THOSE EXPLANATIONS.
BUT IF WE HAD THAT, YOU KNOW, A FEW HOURS BEFORE COURT, IT WOULD BE A LOT BETTER.
WOULD, IN ORDER ADDRESSING THAT LONG STANDING DEALING WITH THESE RECLASSIFICATIONS AT BUDGET IS, WOULD WE HAVE AN OPTION OF POSSIBLY DOING A STIPEND FOR THIS PAY DIFFERENCE OUT OF THE TECHNOLOGY FUND AND THEN ADDRESS THAT REORG ON THE EMPLOYMENT SCHEDULE AT BUDGET TIME? I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPTION, EVEN AN OPTION.
YEAH, WE COULD CREATE A SUPPLEMENT LINE TO WHERE IT, IT WOULD, THE SUPPLEMENT WOULD COME FROM THE TECHNOLOGY FUND.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW WE SET IT UP FOR.
YEAH, SO THE OTHER TUTORING BUDGETS, HOW WE SET IT UP IS IT'S ACTUALLY BUDGETED FUND 10 WITH A TRANSFER FROM FUND 57.
BECAUSE THE WAY OUR PAYROLL SYSTEM CURRENTLY WORKS IS IT PULLS A PORTION OF INSURANCE AND THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SALARY.
AND SO FOR EVERY PAY PERIOD, IT CREATES A BUNCH OF JOURNAL ENTRIES THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE.
SO TO MAKE IT EASIER, WE BUDGET IT ALL IN FUND 10 WITH THE TRANSFER THAT WE'LL DO AT THE END OF THE YEAR FROM THE TECHNOLOGY FUND.
THAT'S HOW WE HANDLED THAT ONE.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S, THAT'S SOMEWHAT RELATED.
SO, UH, THE JUDGE IS SITTING THERE WITH $181,000 IN THIS TECHNOLOGY FUND.
UH, IT IS DESIGNATED FOR USE IN TECHNOLOGY AND WE'VE PREVIOUSLY, DURING BUDGET TIME, UH, USED THAT TECHNOLOGY FUND TO FUND OTHER POSITIONS.
PARTIALLY, PARTIALLY, AM I CORRECT? SALARY INCREASES, SALARY INCREASES.
SO WHY AREN'T WE USING MORE OF THAT? IF, IF WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE SPENDING THAT, THEN WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING WHOLE POSITIONS? WHY AREN'T WE COMING UP WITH THE WAY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT TECHNOLOGY FUND THAT KEEPS BEING ADDED TO, BECAUSE THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CASES TO FUND OTHER POSITIONS, RATHER THAN COMING BACK AND SAYING THAT WE WANT TO GIVE, UH, IN ESSENCE A RAISE FROM THIS TECHNOLOGY FUND, WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING POSITIONS FROM THAT? SOME OF 'EM DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO DO THAT.
UM, OR OVER TIME THEN YOU WOULD BE HAVING TO MOVE IT BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO LIKE, I THINK, SO IF THIS, THIS MONEY IS EARMARKED FOR TECHNOLOGY, WHY IS NOT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH IT? WELL, I THINK THIS YEAR MOST, UM, WE ACTUALLY MOVED ALL OF THE IT REQUESTS THAT WERE BEING REQUESTED WITH GENERAL FUND.
YOU ALL HAD REQUESTED THAT THOSE BE PAID FOR, FOR THE TECHNOLOGY FUND.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR TRAINING BUDGETS IN FUND 10, UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE A LOT SMALLER COMPARED TO OTHERS BECAUSE THEY USE THAT, UM, TO ALSO FUND PART OF TRAINING.
UM, THERE'S CERTAIN SMALL KIND OF RECURRING EXPENSES THAT THEY DO HAVE FROM THE TECHNOLOGY FUND, BUT NOT ALL OF 'EM HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT.
JUST DEPENDS ON HOW IT'S BEEN USED IN PRIOR YEARS.
WHERE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, FUND A POSITION GOING FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING, LIKE EVEN WE LOOK, 'CAUSE LILA DOES FULLY, UM,
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FUND A COUPLE POSITIONS AND A PART-TIME, RIGHT? MM-HMMBUT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT DEPENDING ON THE PROJECTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE FUNDS COULD STILL COVER THOSE POSITIONS GOING FORWARD AND THAT WE DON'T OVERSPEND IN THERE.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON PROJECTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WELL, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A TECHNOLOGY FUND THAT IS INCREASING, IS IT SITTING THERE AT $181,000 TODAY, THEN AT BUDGET TIME, WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE ABILITY TO FUND POSITIONS FROM THAT AS WELL.
NOT JUST, NOT JUST SPECIAL THINGS, BUT WE NEED TO BE FUNDING A WHOLE POSITION.
I THINK WITH SOME OF THESE, IT, THEY DON'T GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE TO YEAR OVER YEAR COVER IT.
SO IT MAY BE FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND THEN WOULD GO BACK.
JUST, JUST, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, NO OFF SUBJECT.
THERE ARE SOME THAT DO NOT HAVE STILL THE BALANCE AS OTHERS DO.
AS WE, AS WE STRUGGLE TO BALANCE BUDGET EVERY YEAR, IT APPEARS TO ME THAT TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCESS SOME FUNDING IN THE FUTURE TO DO IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COURT? IF NOT, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION IF THERE IS ONE.
NO, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE, I'D LIKE SOME COURT INPUT WEIGHING VERSUS A, A STIPEND BETWEEN NOW AND BUDGET VERSUS FULLY FUNDING AND RECATEGORIZE THAT POSITION AT THIS TIME.
I'D LIKE FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
I I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT YOU MIGHT AS WELL OPEN THE DOORS WIDE BECAUSE AFTER, AFTER A A, A POSITIVE VOTE FOR THIS, THEN THE DOORS ARE GONNA BE OPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WHO ALSO ARE TAKING ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND HAVE DONE THINGS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE NORMAL JOB DUTY.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SPEAKING AGAINST THAT.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT THAT'S WHAT A VOTE MEANS TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING THERE WATCHING AND LISTENING RIGHT NOW.
BECKY, YOU HAVE ANY INPUT NOW? I, I'LL TELL YOU AGAIN THAT, THAT I'M NOT AT ALL, UH, BEING NEGATIVE TOWARD WHAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS DOING OR NEGATIVE TOWARD, UH, WHAT HAS COME ALONG, UH, AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HAVE COME IN THERE.
UH, BUT I AM TELLING YOU THAT ONCE YOU OPEN THIS DOOR THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CLOSE IT NEXT TIME OTHER THAN AT BUDGET TIME.
THANK, WE'VE WORKED, WE'VE WORKED ALL THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WOULD HOLD A HOLD, HOLD THOSE SALARIES UNTIL THE NEXT BUDGET TIME.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE BACKGROUND AND, AND WELL, I'M OLD HISTORY OF THAT.
I'M ABLE TO TELL YOU THE HISTORY NOW, GEORGE CAN'T REMEMBER AND I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT THAT CAN BE ABLE TO RELATE THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS, BUT I DON'T MEAN TO MAKE LIGHT OF THE SITUATION.
NO, I UNDERSTAND VERY WELL, UH, VERY WELL PRESENTED CASE AND ALL THAT.
I'M JUST POINTING OUT THE, THE POTENTIAL THAT COMES ALONG AND, UH, WELL WITH OUR, WITH OUR EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE BUDGET WITH THE, UH, THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES, UH, I THINK THOSE THAT ARE ABLE TO STEP UP AND ADD MORE TO THEIR PLATE WHEN MAYBE IT WAS PRETTY FULL ALREADY.
IN LIGHT OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE DO THE STIPEND FOR THAT ADDITIONAL AND THEN WE CAN, UH, FOR NOW AND THEN WE CAN REEVALUATE THAT POSITION, THAT BUDGET.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I, UH, I I'D LIKE TO PRAISE COMMISSIONER WALDEN FOR HIS, UH, PRESENCE AND, AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WE PROBABLY ARE SWINGING THE DOOR WIDE OPEN.
UM, AND I MAY LIVE TO REGRET WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY AND I MAY CHANGE MY MIND THAT THIS WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA.
BUT I DO WANT TO ECHO ALSO WHAT COMMISSIONER HALE SAID THAT IF SOMEBODY IS ADDING QUITE A BIT TO THEIR PLATE AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL BENEFIT TO THE TAXPAYERS AND WE HAVE A JUDGE WHO CAN PAY FOR IT OUT OF THEIR OWN FUNDS WITH NO USE OF THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON US, BUT IT'S AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN THAT I WOULD FEEL LIKE I WAS NOT DOING MY DUTY IF I DIDN'T AT LEAST HEAR IT OUT AND POSSIBLY, UH, REWARD A PERSON WHO'S DOING A LOT MORE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.
I MAY BE OLD, BUT I, I CAN CHANGE MY MIND OCCASIONALLY.
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ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO ONE.I WOULD ASK COMMISSIONER WALDEN TO PLEASE BE SOMEWHAT GENTLE WITH THE, I TOLD YOU SOS THAT I KNOW
WE'LL PR PREPARE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR THE NEXT COURT, BUT WE'LL HANDLE IT THE SAME WAY.
IF Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH IT, IS, UM, DOING A TRANSFER FROM THIS FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND.
BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO USE MORE OF THAT MONEY AT BUDGET TIME TO YEAH.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK AT IS THOSE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND WHAT, AND WE HAVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS MOVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE EXPENSES WE'RE PAYING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO THESE IF, IF IT'S ALLOWED FOR IT.
ALRIGHT JUDGE, CALL AN EASY ONE THIS TIME.
UH, I WANNA MOVE TO FIVE A ON THE, UH, UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
[5.A. Discuss/Take action on ongoing reporting of bond projects to Commissioners Court by Freese & Nichols. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt / Judge Deen)]
ON DISCUSSION ACTION.TAKE ACTION ON ONGOING REPORTING OF BOND PROJECTS TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT BY FREEZING NICHOLS.
CHRIS, UH, CHRIS BOSCO, FREEZE NICHOLS.
UH, SO THIS IS OUR MONTHLY REPORT, UH, FOR MARCH.
UH, SO A FEW KIND OF UPDATES AT A PROGRAM LEVEL.
SO WE DID GET THE, THE TIT MOD I'VE HAD PENDING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL COURTS THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
SO, UH, THE NEXT STEP IS, UH, WE'LL BE UPDATING THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TECH STOCK ON GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDS APPLIED TO THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, UH, THE LAST ITEM THERE.
UH, ANOTHER ONE THAT I'M WORKING ON ON THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT IS, UH, FOR FM FIVE INTERSECTION.
SO SUBMITTED, UH, THE PAPERWORK ON THAT LAST WEEK.
UH, THAT'S PROJECT THAT DOES HAVE FUNDING, BUT WE'RE JUST GETTING THE CONTRACT, UH, WITH TECH STOCK IN THE COUNTY.
FINALIZED, UH, I MENTIONED THIS AT THE LAST, UH, UPDATE WAS, UH, WE GOT THE FM SEVEN 30 AND 11 AND 1187 PROJECTS ADDED TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO, I THINK ON THE C TIFF FUNDING.
THE LAST ONE IS, UM, IN PRECINCT TWO AS WE'RE THE, THE ZION LOOP, UH, BUT ALL THE OTHER ONES.
UH, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT FUNDING.
AND SO I TALKED TO TECH STOCK LAST WEEK, SO AS WE FINISH THAT WORK, WE'LL SUBMIT THE INVOICE IN APRIL AND THEN ALL THE C TIFF FUNDING WILL BE, UH, SUBMITTED AT THAT POINT.
DID DAVID GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE TIMING OF THAT PROJECT? UM, IT DOESN'T 'CAUSE THE, WELL I WAS TALKING TO DAVID PAYNE.
UH, DID HE TALK TO YOU ABOUT WE CAN TALK OFF.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER ONE WE SUBMITTED TO COG IS, UH, THEY HAD A CALL FOR, UM, PLANNING STUDIES THAT THEY COULD ASSIST THE COUNTY ON, UH, AND, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, UPDATE ON WHAT STUDIES THE COUNTY IS ACTIVELY DOING.
UH, SO WE, YOU KNOW, GAVE THEM INFORMATION ON THE WATER STUDY, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN ON THAT.
SO THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF THAT.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY, UH, MENTIONED TO THEM AT, AT THE REGIONAL MEETING.
BUT, UH, SO THAT, THAT WAS AN ELEMENT OF UPDATE TO COG.
UH, SO THIS IS OUR, UH, KIND OF OVERALL PLAN AND I'LL GO THROUGH KIND OF EACH PRECINCT'S PROGRESS.
UH, SO PRECINCT ONE, WE DID OPEN BIDS ON WN WOODY, UH, LAST WEEK AND SO I'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO COURT, UH, AT THE NEXT COURT THAT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET.
SO, OR WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
HAVE YOU ANY, HAVE YOU HAD ANY BIDS YET? YEAH, WE OPENED THEM ON THURSDAY.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD, THERE WAS FIVE BIDS ON THAT PROJECT AND UH, IT CAME IN JUST A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT, UH, WHICH WAS QUITE A BIT LOWER THAN WE HAD IN THE ESTIMATE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT ON, ON THE BID, BUT I'LL BRING THAT FOR AWARD AT THE NEXT COURT.
UM, AND SO, UH, OTHER ELEMENTS WERE STILL, UM, UH, KIND OF WORKING WITH A COORDINATION ON CHURCH ROAD FOR THE SEVEN 30 SIGNAL.
YOU KNOW, TEX OS DOING THE SIGNAL AND JUST, UM, WHAT THAT REALIGNMENT WILL DO, UH, FOR THEIR PROJECT.
THERE WERE CHURCH AND SEVEN 30 MEET,
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UH, AND UH, WE'RE PREPARING, UH, TO GET KIND OF THE SURVEY GOING ON FM UH, 51 BILL STATION WITH THAT REALIGNMENT, UH, THAT WE MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON.UH, SO THAT'S A KEY UPDATE THERE, UH, IN PRECINCT TWO.
UH, SO ONE OF THE ITEMS I HAVE TODAY IS THE, UH, A CHANGE ORDER TO ADD THIS BEST SEND FOR THE JOHNSON BEN AND GREEN ACRES, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, GET THE CONTRACTOR KICKED OFF ON THAT WORK.
UM, THE COURSE ELLIS CREEK IS STILL ONGOING, UH, AS WE MENTIONED WITH, WITH THE ZION, UH, LOOP THERE.
UH, WE'RE GETTING A, UH, ON THE SEVEN 30 THAT'S THE PROJECT HALF IS DOING AND THEY'VE GOTTEN ALL THE, THE DATA IN.
AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A KICKOFF MEETING WITH TEXTILE ON THE DESIGN SIDE, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THAT ADVERTISED.
UH, OF COURSE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RIGHTAWAY ACQUISITION ON THAT PROJECT AND, UH, TRYING TO GET THAT ADVERTISED.
UH, I PUT MAY HERE BUT INTO APRIL 1ST OF MAY.
TIMELINE, UH, THE NEXT PROJECT, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADVERTISE RICK WILLIAMSON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, SO THAT BE THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, LARGE PROJECT TO GO TO BID.
AND, UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A KEY ONE.
WE'RE KIND OF TARGETING THE 22ND, UH, TO ADVERTISE TO.
SO YOU'RE ADVERTISING WHEN THE OPENING BE, UH, THE OPENING'S USUALLY ABOUT? SO THE OPENING WOULD BE, UH, END OF APRIL.
UM, YEAH, WE USUALLY HAVE KIND OF LIKE 30 DAYS IN THERE, UH, OF ADVERTISING.
UH, SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE NEXT, UH, UH, GRAHAM DID GET THE 60%, UH, SET OF PLANS SUBMITTED TO TECH STOCK ON THE RAMPS.
UH, SO THAT, THAT'S A, A KIND OF A KEY MILESTONE WITH THAT PROJECT.
UH, IN PRECINCT FOUR, UH, I MENTIONED ABOUT THE, UM, UH, FM FIVE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT ON THAT, UH, ON THE BANKHEAD PROJECT WE'RE, UH, GOT APPRAISALS UNDERWAY, UH, FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND WE HAVE MEETING SCHEDULED WITH SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT.
UH, JUST KIND OF COORDINATING, UM, WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION PHASING WILL BE AND, AND THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION THERE.
UH, SAME THING, UH, AS SEVEN 30 WE'RE, UH, WITH ONG PERKINS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A MEETING SET WITH TECH STOCK TO KIND OF KICK OFF, UH, THE DESIGN NOW THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN THE, UH, DATA IN ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, ONE ELEMENTS WANTED TO MEET WITH YOU COMMISSIONER IS WE DID DO A ROUNDABOUT CONCEPT THERE, UH, AT BEAR CREEK, UH, AT, AT, AT THAT INTERSECTION IS KIND OF AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN THERE.
UM, SO WE WILL PUT THIS, UH, ON THE WEBSITE AND I GUESS WITH THAT I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE.
BUT, UH, IN REGARDS WITH OUR, UM, DISCUSSIONS WITH HUDSON OAKS ON THAT INTERSECTION AT FM FIVE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A MAJOR UTILITY YES.
PROJECT AS WELL THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEIR ENGINEERS ARE ON, ON TOP OF WHAT OUR DESIGN SPECS ARE THERE.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY, WE'VE KIND OF TRADED PLANS.
THEY SENT US THEIR PLANS AND, AND SO DUSTIN'S COORDINATING THAT, BUT YEAH, THAT'S A KEY ONE.
I JUST WANTED MENTION IT AGAIN.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE CHRIS? UM, NOT, NOT ON THIS.
I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS, UH, OKAY.
OF THE ACTION THAT YOU, DID YOU ASK FOR THE ACTION ON THIS IS, UH, YEAH, THIS WAS JUST AN UPDATE.
NO, WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT.
YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, ON THE AGENDA OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THIS ITEM SIX CI BELIEVE, JUDGE.
[6.C. Discuss/Take action on the possibility of structuring contracts to avoid price increases on materials due to tariffs. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt)]
THAT DISCUSSION.TAKE ACTION ON THE POSSIBILITY OF STRUCTURING CONTRACTS TO AVOID PRICE INCREASE ON MATERIALS DUE TO TARIFFS.
UH, CHRIS, I'M, THERE'S PROBABLY NOTHING THAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP IN OPEN COURT WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON POLITICALLY ON A FEDERAL LEVEL, UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE A TON OF INFLUENCE OVER THAT AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT
UM, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE AS A COUNTY DO TO PROTECT OURSELVES AGAINST ANY TYPE OF PRICE INCREASES IN OUR CONTRACTS? BECAUSE AS MATERIAL PRICES GO UP, AS THINGS CHANGE VERY QUICKLY, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, AS WE LOOK AT THE TIMELINE REASONABLY SO ARE VERY FAR OUT IN THE FUTURE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, UM, LOCK IN SOME OF THESE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PRICES AT CURRENT RATES BEFORE STEEL OR WHATEVER SHOOTS OFF INTO THE STRATOSPHERE?
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Y YEAH, SO, UM, SO THE CONTRACTS, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT RIGHT NOW WILL PROTECT Y'ALL AGAINST PRICE INCREASES.THAT BEING SAID, OBVIOUSLY IF THE CONTRACTORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VOLATILITY, THEY'RE GONNA BID IT APPROPRIATELY TO THEIR RISK.
UM, SO ONE OF THE ELEMENTS WE'RE TRYING TO SPEED UP WHAT I WOULD SAY THE, THE THREE LARGE JOBS BEING RICK WILLIAMSON, UH, OAK RIDGE AND BANQUETTE ARE THE KIND OF LARGER, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCELERATE THOSE TO GET THOSE UNDER CONTRACTS SOONER.
ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT, UH, WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UM, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T APPLY TO THOSE JOBS, BUT IN THE PAST WE HAVE PRE-PURCHASE MATERIALS, LIKE WE'VE DONE THAT ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THERE'S A LOT OF STEEL.
UH, SO, UH, WE'VE IN THE PAST PRE-PURCHASE THE POLES THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A METHOD TO, UH, TO PROTECT THE COUNTY ON THAT.
UH, I THINK PROBABLY LIKE WHAT WE'LL SEE HERE IS, UH, THE CONTRACT ALLOWS THE CONTRACTOR TO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO MATERIALS ON HAND WHERE THEY CAN ORDER THE MATERIALS RIGHT WHEN THEY'RE, UH, AWARDED THE CONTRACT.
UH, GENERALLY IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE IF THERE'S A LOT OF PIPE ON A JOB OR, OR LIKE I MENTIONED, UH, SIGNAL EQUIPMENT.
I, I THINK IN THIS CONTEXT WITH THE CONCERNS, I IMAGINE WE'LL GET A LOT MORE REQUESTS FROM CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT FOR THE REBAR.
UH, AND, AND THAT THAT'S ALREADY ALLOWED IN THE CONTRACT.
BUT WE'RE JUST ANTICIPATING THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE EXERCISED MORE, UH, GIVEN THE CONCERNS AROUND THE VOLATILITY.
BUT I, I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE, THE BEST STRATEGY WE CAN HAVE IS TO TRY TO GET THESE BIG JOBS ACCELERATED.
UH, NOT THAT THE OTHER JOBS AREN'T IMPORTANT AS WELL, UH, BUT THOSE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL, UH, PRICE TAGS ON 'EM, TRYING TO GET THAT AND GET THOSE UNDER CONTRACT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WHY WE'RE TARGETING THOSE THREE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE OAK RIDGE PROJECT, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A ONE MONTH PROJECT, THAT'S A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF PROJECT DEPENDING ON HOW THE TIMELINE WORKS OUT.
UM, COORDINATING WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE PHASES AND ALL OF THAT.
IS THERE LANGUAGE BUILT IN OUR CONTRACTS THAT GIVES THE COUNTY ANY PROTECTION AGAINST MASSIVE SPIKES IN MATERIAL COST? Y YEAH.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, THE WAY THE CONTRACT IS STRUCTURED, IS SO ANY ESCALATION IS AT THE CONTRACTOR'S RISK.
THE EXCEPTION TO THAT IS IF THERE WAS A CHANGE IN A BID ITEM THAT'S MORE THAN 20% OF THE ORIGINAL VALUE, UM, THEN THERE WOULD BE, THEY WOULD BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENEGOTIATE.
UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A, A KIND OF THE THRESHOLDS OF THE CONTRACT.
THAT'S PRETTY, THAT'S KIND OF RARE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
UH, FRANKLY, IT'D BE IF THERE WAS LIKE A MISTAKE IN THE, IN THE BID CALCULATION.
UH, BUT THAT, THAT DOES PROTECT Y'ALL IN TERMS OF THAT PRICE ESCALATION.
UM, WHAT, WHAT WE SEE IS IF, YOU KNOW, IF THE CONTRACTORS ARE UNDER A LOT OF PRICE PRESSURE, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY IF THERE'S A CHANGE ORDER, THEN THE NEGOTIATIONS, UH, FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN AFFECT THE PRICING.
UH, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR.
AND, UH, ONE WAY THAT WE TRY TO MITIGATE THAT IS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LITTLE CONTINGENCY IN THE BID.
UH, SO IF, IF THERE IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL CONCRETE FOR EXTENDING A DRIVEWAY THAT, THAT'S, UH, KIND OF BUILT INTO THE BID ALREADY.
UH, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL, SO IN GENERAL, UH, TO YOUR MAIN QUESTION IS THERE'S A LOT OF PROTECTIONS FOR THE COUNTY.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, SINCE THE RISK IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN REFLECT HIGHER BIDS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ON JOHNSON BEND AND, AND W AND WOODY, THOSE BOTH CAME IN UNDER, UH, THE BUDGET.
SO I KNOW THOSE ARE SMALLER AND THEY'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, HADN'T QUITE HIT THE EFFECTS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT IT'S A GOOD STARTING TREND THERE.
ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
HOWEVER, UH, IN TALKING TO STEEL SUPPLIERS, METAL SUPPLIERS, A LOT OF PRICES WENT UP 30% LAST WEEK ON STEEL.
SO, AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE SAW RIGHT AROUND COVID, YOU COULDN'T WITH THE SAME MATERIAL.
AND, UH, YOU CAN GET A FIXED COST CONTRACT OR YOU CAN GET A COST PLUS CONTRACT, BUT A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THEN THEY CAN'T MEET THE, THE CONTRACT BASED ON THE RATES THAT THEY, THEY BID.
THAT'S WHAT WE SAW DURING COVID.
WE HAD THAT, I HAD THAT COME UP.
SO, AND, AND YOU KNOW, ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, STRATEGY WE COULD TAKE THERE.
I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'D TAKE MORE DISCUSSION IF WE WANTED TO BID.
UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE TWO WE JUST BID WERE ASPHALT JOBS, SO
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IT WOULDN'T REFLECT THAT.BUT ON THE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE ALTERNATES FOR ASPHALT, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ON THE LOOP SINCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY CONCRETE.
BUT THAT, THAT COULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE.
WE COULD DO EVEN WITH LIKE AN OAK RIDGE, UH, TO, TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, TWO BID ALTERNATES THERE.
BUT IT IS KIND OF A ONE-SIDED CONTRACT BECAUSE IT DOES ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND SAY, WHOA, STEEL PRICES HAVE GONE UP 30%.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE BID THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, WE RAISE IT, BUT IT'S NOT THE OTHER WAY I NOTICED.
SO IF THEY COME DOWN 30%, OH, YES, SIR.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHEN FREEZING NICKELS TAKES IT OUT OF THEIR FEET.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NEXT ITEM, I THOUGHT YOU WERE AN ENGINEER.
OKAY, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM C.
I THINK HE'S ON ITEM D AS WELL, JUDGE.
DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON JOHNSON,
[6.D. Discuss/Take action on Johnson Bend and Green Acres Constmction Contract Change Order. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt)]
BEN AND GREEN ACRES CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER.UM, YEAH, SO I, I MENTIONED THIS WHEN WE AWARDED THIS CONTRACT AT THE LAST COURT, BUT, UH, WHAT WE HAD DONE ON THIS ONE IS WE HAD, UH, WE HAD CONCURRENTLY HAD AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND THE DEMO OF THE STRUCTURES, AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER, UH, BID SOLICITATION FOR THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT WORK.
UM, BUT WHAT HAD KIND OF OCCURRED IS JAY MILLS WAS USING THE SAME CONTRACTOR FOR THE DEMO AS A BID ON THE, UH, ASBESTOS.
SO, UH, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO HERE, JUST TO KEEP ONE CONTRACTOR IN CHARGE, IS TO CHANGE ORDER IN THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF 45,529, UH, INTO THE J MILLS CONTRACT, SINCE IT IS THE SAME CONTRACTOR, UH, THAT WAY THEY'RE IN FULL CHARGE OF THE JOB AND WE DON'T HAVE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD YOU TODAY.
UH, WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS, UH, Y'ALL AWARDED THE, UH, 576,699 AT THE LAST COURT.
AND SO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS CHANGE ORDER, UH, IT WOULD INCREASE BY 45,529 WITH A TOTAL, UH, PRICE OF, UH, 6 22.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIES FIVE.
MOVE BACK TO ITEM D ONE ON ENTERED DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REPORTS NONE.
[4.D.2. Authorization to Advertise PC25-12 Motor Fuels. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
TO ADVERTISE PC 25 DASH 12 MOTOR VEHICLES.IT'S A REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 25 DASH 12 MOTOR FUELS FOR PARKER COUNTY.
ANTICIPATED ADVERTISING DATES OF MARCH 12TH AND 19TH, AND THE ANTICIPATED OPENING WOULD BE APRIL 8TH AND AWARD DATE WOULD BE APRIL 14TH, 2025.
MOTION, THIS IS A ONE YEAR FIXED PRICE CONTRACT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDENS BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, CURRENT IS FIVE OH ITEM THREE, AUTHORIZATION
[4.D.3. Authorization to Advertise RFP PC25-13 Auto Indexing SAAS for County Clerk records. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
TO ADVERTISE RFP PC 25 DASH 13 AUTO INDEXING SAAS FOR COUNTY CLERK RECORDS.SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE AS RFP PC 25 DASH 13 FOR AUTO INDEXING.
THIS IS A SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE WITH ANTICIPATED ADVERTISING DATE OF MARCH 22ND AND MARCH 29TH, ANTICIPATED OPENING OF APRIL 10TH AND, AND ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE OF APRIL 28TH, 2025.
WE HAVE LOOKED, UM, UNCOVERED OR NOT UNCOVERED AND LOOKED UNDER EVERY STONE TRYING TO FIND THIS SERVICE ON, ON A CO-OP CONTRACT OR THROUGH OTHER, UM, COUNTY ENTITIES AND TO NO AVAIL.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNELLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH ITEM FOUR EXCEPT FOR REJECT, RENEW PC 25 DASH OH EIGHT
[4.D.4. Accept/Reject/Renew PC25-08 Home Improvement & Building Supplies. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
HOME.IMPROVEMENT IN BUILDING SUPPLIES REQUESTING, UM, I'M SORRY, TWO RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FOR PC 25 DASH OH EIGHT HOME IMPROVEMENT IN BUILDING SUPPLIES FROM US LBM HOLDINGS, UM, WHICH IS HIGGINBOTHAM'S BROTHERS AND IZZY GLOBAL SERVICES.
LLCI RECOMMEND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AWARD, THE BID TO HIGGINBOTHAM BROTHERS AS THE LOWEST AND ONLY COMPLIANT BID.
THE IZZY, UM, IZZY GLOBAL SERVICES, THEY SUBMITTED A SIGNED
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DOCUMENT WITH NO BID INFORMATION.OKAY, COMMISSIONER MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON FAVOR CARRIES FIVE VOTE.
ITEM FIVE, ELECTIONS BUILDING AND RENOVATION CONSTRUCTION
[4.D.5. Elections Building Renovation Construction CO. #2. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
ON THE, UM, NUMBER TWO, WHAT'S THE CO, SO CONSTRUCTION CO O2.THIS ACTION ITEM IS TO REQUEST APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF ELECTIONS BUILDING RENOVATION, CONSTRUCTION ORDER NUMBER TWO WITH NATE CONTRACTING.
AND I'M GONNA LET TIM HOPKINS, UM, WITH JACOB MARTIN ENGINEERS, UM, DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
SO, UM, IN THE, UH, STORAGE AREA WHERE WE HAVE SOME EXISTING, UH, LARGE STORAGE FILING SYSTEM, THAT'S WHERE THE, UH, POLLING, UM, UNITS WERE GONNA BE STORED.
JUST FOUND THAT AT SOME POINT, UM, THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS WOULD HAVE TO WORK IN THERE.
UM, SO WE WERE LOOKING TO, UM, ADD EITHER INSULATION AT THE ROOF AND LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
THEY ALSO NEED AN ADDITION OF, UH, FIVE, UM, QUAD OUTLETS IN THERE FOR WHEN THEY PULL THE MACHINES OUT AND WORK ON THEM.
UM, SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET IT, WE HAD IT WHERE IT WAS TEMPERATE STORAGE SO THAT THE MACHINES WOULD BE OKAY IN THERE, BUT, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE KNOWLEDGE NOW THAT THEY HAVE TO DO SOME WORK IN THERE, IT WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE FOR THEM.
SO, UM, I GOT WITH, UH, NAE CONTRACTING, UM, THEY PUT SOME PRICES TOGETHER FOR DOING, UM, A, UH, VINYL COVERED EIGHT INCH INSULATION IN BETWEEN THE RAFTERS, UH, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE HEAT DOWN.
UM, THERE'S ALSO AN OPTION TO, UH, PUT A FULL LAY IN CEILING WITH EIGHT INCHES OF INSULATION ON TOP.
UM, AND THE, I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME EXTRA, UM, LIGHTS, UM, AVAILABLE IN THE PROJECT THAT WE COULD PUT IN THERE.
UM, THE, UH, UH, SPLIT UNIT WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED SO THEY GET BELOW THE CEILING, BUT, UM, WHICH WOULD BE COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THE, UH, THE OTHER OPTION THAT RECENTLY, UH, CAME KNOWLEDGEABLE OF IS, UH, THE COUNTY DOING A OPEN CELL SPRAY FOAM IN THERE, AND THEN, UM, THE CONTRACTOR PUTTING IN THE FIVE QUAD, UH, OUTLETS.
UM, SO OPTION NUMBER ONE WAS FOR 9,633.
THAT ADDS THE FIVE QUAD POWER OUTLETS AND THE VINYL COVERED BAT INSULATION IN BETWEEN THE RAFTERS.
UM, OPTION NUMBER TWO WAS 13,989.
UM, THAT WOULD AGAIN, ADD THE FIVE SURFACE MOUNTED QUAD POWER OUTLETS, UM, AND ADD A LAYING CEILING WITH THE EIGHT INCH, AND THEN THEIR ELECTRICIAN WOULD HOOK UP THE ALREADY ON SITE LIGHTS.
UM, IN THE, UM, WHAT CAME BACK LATE LAST WEEK WAS OPTION NUMBER THREE, WHERE THEY JUST INSTALLED THE FIVE OUTLETS IN THE COUNTY.
UH, GOT A PRICE FOR SPRAY, FOAMING, UH, DOING AN OPEN CELL ON THE ROOF.
THE LOWEST BID COME BACK AT $5,600 IF THE COUNTY FORCES DO THE SPRING FOAM INSULATION THEMSELVES, THAT'S FOR THE, THE INSULATION PORTION? YEAH, AND THE, AND JUST FOR THE, UH, SURFACE MOUNTED WHERE THEY WOULD INSTALL WAS, UH, 26 31.
SO WE HAVE MONEY IN THE PROJECT FOR THIS.
WHERE'S THE MONEY GONNA COME FROM? THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT HAS MONEY IN THEIR MAINTENANCE LINE TO COVER FOR THE INSULATION PORTION OF THE LIGHTS.
I'M HEARING, I BELIEVE WHEN I TALKED WITH THE, UH, GOT THE LIGHTS WHEN THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, UM, THEY HAD SOME LIGHTS AVAILABLE.
UH, THE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 12 LIGHTS, THE LED LIGHTS, UH, THEY THINK THEY HAVE THEM.
IF NOT, WE, WE COULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON, ON THAT.
ON THOSE, WE, WE'VE AC WE'VE GOT FOUR BIDS AS OF THIS MORNING FOR THE EIGHT INCHES OF FOAM OPEN CELL PHONES, AND THAT THEY RANGE FROM 10,000 TO 5,600.
NOW, WITH THAT EIGHT INCHES OF FOAM, AS TIM POINTED OUT, WE EVER HAD A LEAK AND IT WAS CLOSED CELL, IT WOULDN'T COME THROUGH.
OPEN CELL WOULD COME THROUGH, BUT YOU, THE STATE MANDATES A
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THERMAL BARRIER TO SLOW THE BURN DOWN IN CASE OF FIRE.UH, MY OPINION IS LET US PUT THE SPRAY FOAM IN THERE, LET MY DEPARTMENT TAKE CARE OF THE LIGHTS AND THE PLUGS.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS RECORD.
MOTION MEMBER BY COMMISSIONER WAL SECOND COMMISSIONER, HOLD FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE TO ITEM SIX
[4.D.6. PC 23-48 Welding Supplies Master Cylinder Lease Agreement and Supplement. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
ON PC 23 DASH 48.WELDING SUPPLIES, MASTER CYLINDER LEASE AGREEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT.
SO PC 2348 WELDING SUPPLIES, UM, WAS AWARDED TO PHILLIPS WELDING SUPPLIES, BUT THEY HAVE A MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE CYLINDERS THAT EACH OF YOU, EVERY TIME YOU, UM, LEASE A CYLINDER FROM THEM.
IN THE PAST, AND, AND THIS IS WAS ALL NEWS, NEWS TO ME THE OTHER DAY, UM, THAT YOUR PERSONNEL WAS SIGNING, UM, AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITH IT, AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, THE COUNTY JUDGE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN OBLIGATE THE COUNTY IN ANY TYPE OF CONTRACT.
SO I WORKED WITH ERIC ANDERSON AT PHILLIPS WELDING, AND I CAME UP WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT AND WE'D HAVE THE COUNTY JUDGE WITH YOUR APPROVAL TODAY, SIGN THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT, AND THEN ANYTIME ANY OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, HAVE ADD A CYLINDER TO THAT, IT WOULD JUST BE UNDER A SUPPLEMENT THAT WOULDN'T NEED TO BE SIGNED BY ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOUR, YOUR AUTHORIZATION FOR TODAY.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT FOR THE DISCUSSION.
ALL THE FAVOR CARRIES FIVE VOTE.
ITEM SEVEN, REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO SALVAGE
[4.D.7. Request authorization to salvage/destroy /parts Bulletproof Vests, Ballistic Shield, Shot Gun, Rugged Laptop & Storage Building. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
DESTROY PARTS, BULLETPROOF VEST BALLISTIC SHIELD, SHOTGUN, RUGGED LAPTOP AND STORAGE BUILDING.IT IS REQUESTING THAT ASSET NUMBER 2 2 4 7 9, WHICH IS A DELL CT 5 54 30 RUGGED LAPTOP BE SALVAGED SO THAT THEY CAN USE IT FOR PARTS TO FIX OTHER LAPTOPS THAT ARE OUT OF WARRANTY.
AND THEN ONCE ALL THE USEFUL PARTS HAVE BEEN, UM, USED ON THE SHELL OF A LAP, UH, LAPTOP, AT THAT POINT, THEN WE WOULD DESTROY THE THE REMAINING ITEM.
UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ALSO DESTROY AND SALVAGE THE FOLLOWING.
IT'S A STORAGE BUILDING THAT'S LOCATED AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT THIS MOMENT.
UH, WE, WE CONSIDERED SEEING IF IT WAS, UM, ABLE TO MOVE.
I THINK PRECINCT ONE LOOKED AT MAYBE MOVING IT, TAKING IT APART, MOVING, AND IT JUST WASN'T FEASIBLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND, UM, BUILDING GROUNDS ALSO LOOKED AT IT AND DECIDED IT WASN'T WORTH IT EITHER.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE BALLISTIC SHIELD, SERIAL NUMBER 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 7 5.
AND SHOTGUNS ALSO LISTED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU ALL TODAY, UM, THAT ALSO NEED TO BE DESTROYED.
OKAY, MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE? MY VOTE.
[4.D.8. Accept/Rej ec t/Renew RFP PC25-04 Debris Removal Monitoring. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
RENEW, A RFP PC 25 DASH OH FOUR DEBRIS REMOVAL MONITORING.FOUR RESPONSES FOR WERE RECEIVED FOR RFP PC 25 DASH OH FOUR DEBRIS REMOVAL MONITORING.
THIS IS, UH, A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IN CASE OF ANY TYPE OF NATURAL DISASTER OCCURS.
WE HAVE A DEBRIS REMOVAL SERVICE THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTS ON, BUT THIS WOULD BE A MONITORING COMPANY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UM, WE RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM TLC ENGINEERING, THOMPSON CONSULTING SERVICES, TETRATECH INC.
UM, I CONSULTED WITH JASON LANE, OUR NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, AND HE REVIEWED ALL OF THE RESPONSES AND HE'S MAKING ME A RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD THE PRIMARY CONTRACT TO TETRATECH, SECONDARY TO DEBRIS TECH.
AND THE THIRD, UM, AWARD TO THOMPSON CONSULTING SERVICES.
AND WE DO THIS IN CASE THERE'S A, A REGIONWIDE DISASTER AND, UM, THE AVAILABILITY OF, OF THESE CONTRACTORS, UM, IS SPREAD OUT IN OTHER AREAS, LARGER AREAS.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF FEMA.
THIS, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT PLACE FEMA, AND WE'VE NEVER USED IT.
THIS IS FOR ANY, ANY, UM, DEBRIS REMOVAL THAT WAS, IS MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UM, CUBIC YARDS THAT THE COUNTY FORCES THEMSELVES CANNOT HANDLE.
MOTION ABOVE OUR COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE TO ITEM E, DISCUSS,
[6.E. 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)]
TAKE ACTION ON INFORMING AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT REGARDING THE HIRING NEEDS OF COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND TAKE ANY ACTION RELATED ACTION.JUDGE, THIS IS, UH, BRINGING UP THE SAME THING THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME AND LAST WEEK.
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I SENT OUT THE NOTICE TO RICH AND I BELIEVE RICH INCLUDED IT IN THE PACKET.SO I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO REVIEW KIND OF THE INTENT HERE, AND IT'S CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION AS, AS YOU GUYS MAY SEE FIT.
UM, THE POINT OF THIS COMMITTEE IS BASICALLY JUST TO HELP US LOOK HOLISTICALLY AT NEW POSITIONS ON A NEED BASIS FOR THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WHEN WE GET INTO BUDGET, WE LOOK AT EACH DEPARTMENT INDIVIDUALLY AND SOMETIMES WE LOSE TRACK, OR AT LEAST I LOSE TRACK IN MY BRAIN OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING REQUESTED.
THAT'S A HUGE PART OF OUR BUDGET.
THAT IS AN ONGOING EXPENSE THAT DOES NOT STOP.
AND SO I THINK A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL.
TO BE VERY CLEAR, THIS DOES NOT REPLACE A DEPARTMENT HEAD COMING TO COURT TO PRESENT A BUDGET WORKSHOP.
AND THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF HIRING PROCESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ALSO, THIS COMMITTEE IS ADVISORY IN NATURE IN ANY RECOMMENDATIONS IT MAKES ARE NON-BINDING TO COMMISSIONER'S, COURT COMMISSIONER'S COURT OBVIOUSLY STILL HAS THE FINAL AND COMPLETE SAY IN ANYTHING BUDGET RELATED.
THE SUGGESTED MEMBERS THAT I HAVE ARE BECKY MCCULLOUGH, SHERIFF ER, SHIRLEY MITCHELL, MR. JEFF SWAIN, MR. RICHARD HEISER.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION? I JUST HAVE ONE.
UM, WHEN THEY COME TO THE COURT AND PRESENT, ARE THEY GONNA PRESENT THE SAME DATA THAT, THAT THEY'RE PRESENTING TO THE COMMITTEE? AND I'M NOT SAYING I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE ANYTHING CAN EXPEDITE OR, OR HELP US WITH THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GOOD THING.
I'M JUST TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GIVING THIS INFORMATION TO A COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THE INFORMATION WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING ANYWAY.
UM, THE COMMITTEE IS ONLY MEETING REGARDING ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AND SO WHEN WE'RE IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING, UH, JAMES KEEPS PESTERING US FOR NEW IT EQUIPMENT AND BECKY HAS ALL OF HER REQUESTS AND IS ANNOYING US WITH ALL OF THAT STUFF.
AND I'M, I'M JESTING A LITTLE BIT HERE, BUT THE POINT OF THIS IS, YES, THERE THE SAME INFORMATION WILL BE THERE, BUT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO REALLY LASER FOCUS ON NEW PERSONNEL NEEDS AND COMPARING MORE APPLES TO APPLES INSTEAD OF HEARING ONE DEPARTMENT AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE NOT TRACKING AS CONSISTENTLY ACROSS.
THE ONLY THING FOR ME IS THAT IT GIVES US A, A TOTAL VIEW OF THE REQUESTS AT ONCE RATHER THAN ONE DEPARTMENT AT A TIME.
SO, WELL, YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE.
GEORGE NEEDS ONE, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THE LIST LIKE THAT.
GIVES US A, GIVES US A MORE GLOBAL VIEW OF WHAT THE REQUESTS ARE COUNTYWIDE RATHER THAN ONE DEPARTMENT AT A TIME.
LET'S GIVE IT A TRY, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.F. Discuss/Approve contract with Cultivate Real Estate for the appraisal sendees of a triangular section of land on the south side of Green Branch Road. (Commissioner Holt)]
AN APPROVED CONTRACT WITH CULTIVATE REAL ESTATE FOR THE APPRAISAL SERVICES OF THE TRIANGULAR SECTION OF LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GREEN ACRES BRANCH COMMISSIONER HALL.UH, I'D LIKE TO SIGN THIS CONTRACT OR, OR HAVE THE JUDGE SIGN THIS CONTRACT WITH CULTIVATE SO THAT WE CAN GET A FORMAL APPRAISAL DONE ON A PIECE OF LAND THAT IS CONNECTED TO GREEN BRANCH ROAD THAT WE NEED TO EXAMINE WHETHER OR NOT PRECINCT TWO AT A PRECINCT TWO FUNDS SHOULD PURCHASE A SMALL, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 0.12 ACRES, SECTION OF LAND TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY ON A SHARP CURVE MOTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WANNA SECOND IT, BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, UH, DISCUSSION PHASE.
I HAVE AN EMAIL THAT JOHN HAD SENT TO COMMISSIONER HOLT ABOUT NOT NECESSARILY NEEDING AN APPRAISAL ON THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE THE VALUE ISN'T, IS GONNA BE LESS THAN THE COST OF THE APPRAISAL WITHOUT, IS THAT ON THE SAME WITHOUT GETTING INTO TOO MUCH? I THINK THE CONCERN WAS, UNLESS THERE'S HEAVY PUSHBACK FROM THE POTENTIAL SELLER, AND I THINK THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
OH, THAT THEY'RE PUSHING BACK.
SO WHAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR? I THINK, AND IT'S 0.2 ACRES IS WHAT? NO, NO, I MEAN THE, THE, THE DOLLARS, UH, 20 FOR THE APPRAISAL OR SOMETHING? FOR THE APPRAISAL 2200.
AND AND THAT'S ONE OF THE APPROACHES WE LOOKED AT BEFORE.
WHEN IT'S SUCH A, A SMALL, UH, ACREAGE, IT, THE COST FOR A TITLE POLICY AND THE SURVEY WE'RE GONNA EXCEED THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE LAND.
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IN MARKET VALUE MM-HMMBECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO VISIT WITH CHRIS AND SEE WHAT THE F**K IS, IF WE DON'T NEED TO DO THIS, THEN I'M MORE THAN HAPPY NOT DOING THIS.
MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH, IS IF I, THAT I HAVE TO HAVE AN APPRAISAL IN HAND IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THE OFFER THAT I MAKE TO THE LANDOWNER.
AND THEN IF THE LANDOWNER PUSHES BACK, WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT BACK HERE HAVING TO GET AN APPRAISAL AND, AND I I KIND, KIND OF ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WERE GONNA GIVE US A, A OFFER TO SELL A CERTAIN PRICE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE, UH, WELL, IF IT'S MORE THAN THE 2,600, THEN WE DO GET AN APPRAISAL.
IF WE WANNA PUSH BACK FOR TWO WEEKS.
I, I KNOW, I'M JUST, I JUST, I MEAN, I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE JUST GO TO AND APPROACH EM.
SAY, HEY, YOU GONNA SELL THIS, WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR IT? THEN WHEN YOU FIND OUT IT'S WAY OUT LINE AND THEN GO BACK, WOULD YOU WILLING TO, FOR CLARIFICATION APPRAISAL, YOU KNOW, AND SEE WHAT, WHAT THE PRICE VALUE IS, OR IS THAT GONNA BE YOUR PRICE IN THAT CASE? WE'VE HAD SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TENTATIVELY AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE WARM AND FUZZIES FROM WHAT THEY'VE SAID I GET.
BUT I WILL GET AN OFFICIAL AMOUNT FROM THEM.
AND IF IT IS MORE THAN THE 2,600 YOU SAID 26, THAT'S WHAT, UM, THE APPRAISAL VENDOR HAS QUOTED, INCLUDING TITLE POLICY.
SO WE, WE LOOK AT ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND WORK.
WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, IS IT, I MEAN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO COME BEFORE COURT OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK OUTSIDE? COMMISSIONER, HE COULD WORK OUTSIDE OF COURT, COURT WORK THIS OUTSIDE OF COURT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT IF HE DID HAVE TO GET IT APPRAISED, WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO COME TO COURT OR CAN HE DO THAT OUTSIDE OF COURT? SO, SO WE COULD GET THE APPRAISAL OUTSIDE OF COURT, UM, AUTHORIZATION AND THEN, THEN THE ACTUAL APPROVAL OF THE SALE OR THE PURCHASE YEAH.
PURCHASE HAS DONE THAT GOES BEFORE COURT.
SO WE CAN EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT WITH CULTIVATE OR IT'S NOT REALLY A CONTRACT.
HE JUST, HE GIVES US A PROPOSAL AND THEN IF WE SAY, BUT THERE, THERE'S NOTHING FOR YOU, US TO SIGN FOR THAT WE JUST SEND HIM A PO AND THAT'S OUR PROMISE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OVER MY SKIS.
SO IF I GO TO THIS PERSON AND THEY COME BACK AND THEY SAY A MILLION DOLLARS I CAN GET WITH CULTIVATE TOMORROW, THEY CAN DO THE WORK WITHOUT THIS HAVING TO COME BACK BEFORE COURT.
A APPRAISALS NORMALLY UTILIZED FOR CON RIGHT.
AND APPRAISAL SERVICES ARE, ARE ALSO EXEMPT FROM, UM, PROCUREMENT LAWS.
SO, SO IS THIS A CERTIFIED APPRAISER? I GUESS SO, YES SIR.
IF IT DOES COME TO FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, YOU WOULD ALREADY HAVE THAT PART DONE.
BUT WHAT DID YOU, IF IT SHOULD PROGRESS FURTHER WITH THE, THE BUYER, I MEAN THE SELLER NOT AGREEING, IS THIS APPRAISER GOING TO BE ONE THAT WE WOULD USE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD IN THE, IN THE PROCESS? YES.
HIS MOTION WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM, UH, D I'M SORRY.
[6.G. Select engineering firm for purposes of updating subdivision rules and regulations. (Commissioner Holt) (Part 1 of 2)]
UH, SELECT ENGINEERING FIRM FOR PURPOSES OF UPDATED SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGULATIONS.JUDGE, I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF THE COURT DOESN'T MIND HUMORING ME, I THINK WE NEED TO HIT AN ITEM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FIRST AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS ONE.
WE'LL TAKE, UH, WE WILL DEFER THAT OUT AND COME BACK TO THAT ONE ON ITEM H, APPROVED MAY 3RD, 2025
[6.H. Approve May 3, 2025 election contracts and allow County Attorney to sign. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
ELECTION CONTRACTS AND ALLOW COUNTY ATTORNEY TO SIGN CRICKET.THIS IS JUST OUR CUSTOMARY THING THAT EVERYBODY'S ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACTS, IT'S GONNA HAVE A MAY ELECTION AND NOW JOHN SIGNS THEM AND THAT FINALIZES EVERYTHING.
MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WAL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.I. Discuss and adopt changes to voting precinct 335 pursuant Texas Election Codes 42.005, 42.006, 42.007 & 42.031. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
CHANGES TO VOTING PRECINCT 3, 3, 5 PURSUANT SECTION ELECTION CODES 4 2 0 5, 0 6, 0 7, AND 31.OKAY, I, I SENT ALL OF Y'ALL A PRECINCT LIST AND INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SPLIT THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO.
SO ANYTIME YOU GO OVER 5,000 REGISTERED VOTERS AND A PRE VOTING PRECINCT, YOU'VE GOT TO SPLIT IT.
SO WE HAVE ONE AT 3 35, WHICH IS OUT AT BY BROCK, AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO DENNIS.
AND THE EASIEST THING IS THERE'S 1189, IS THAT RIGHT FAR? MARKET ROAD 1189 GOES RIGHT DOWN IN BETWEEN THAT VOTING PRECINCT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS SPLITTING IT THAT WAY.
ROUGHLY EVERYBODY ON THE WEST SIDE, THERE'LL BE 2,227 VOTERS AND ON THE EAST SIDE THERE'LL BE 2,957 VOTERS.
AND I ALSO RECOMMEND KEEPING 3 35 ON THE WEST SIDE AND CHANGING IT TO 3 55 ON THE EAST SIDE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THREE 50 IS RIGHT UP ABOVE THERE.
AND WE'LL KEEP THOSE ORDERED IN THE LINE.
THE CHANGES, IF Y'ALL APPROVE, THIS WILL START JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
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SO THIS ADDS AN EXTRA VOTING PRECINCT, WHICH WILL ADD A PRECINCT CHAIR FOR BOTH PARTIES.SO THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE THAT DONE IN THE PRIMARY.
MOTION MEMBER BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECOND.
COMMISSIONER CONLEY, ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL NO FAVOR.
[6.J. Declare pot belly pig as salvage and donate it to the Weatherford Animal Shelter. (Mark Arnett / Judge Deen)]
PIG IS SALVAGED AND DONATED TO THE WEATHERFORD ANIMAL SHELTER.MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, BUT YEAH, IT JUST DIDN'T SELL AND, UH, THE, THE SHELTER WILL TAKE IT AND THEY THINK THEY BE OPT OUT.
CARRIES FIVE VOTE ITEM K, DISCUSS
[6.K. Discuss and Approve Parker County to host one day regional workshop for TAC on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
THE PER PARKER COUNTY TO HOST ONE DAY REGIONAL WORKSHOP FOR ATTACK ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.OKAY, SO THE, THE, UH, TAC RISK MANAGEMENT POOL HAS SELECTED PARKER COUNTY TO HOST A ONE DAY REGIONAL WORKSHOP.
THE DATE WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 30TH, SO THIS WOULD BE, UM, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND PARKER COUNTY TO HOST OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
MORE OF THE NORTHEAST REGION IS KIND OF WHAT THEY EXPECT.
THEY SAID WE SHOULD EXPECT ABOUT 60 PEOPLE TO COME AND IT'LL BE A ONE DAY RE UM, WORKSHOP.
IT IS FREE FOR COUNTIES TO ATTEND OTHER THAN THEIR TRAVEL OR ANY SORT OF HOTEL STAY THAT THEY WOULD STAY THERE, STAY IN PARKER COUNTY.
IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHANCE FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, INVITE A LOT OF OTHER COUNTIES INTO OUR, INTO PARKER COUNTY, INTO OUR REGION.
UM, TALKING TO THEM, IT'S NO COST TO PARKER COUNTY AT ALL.
UH, THANK YOU TO LALA DLE AND SENTIA FOR HELPING ME GET IN CONTACT WITH WEATHERFORD COLLEGE.
THEY HAVE OFFERED US TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR, THEIR NEW BUILDING, THEIR BIG MEETING ROOM THAT THEY HAVE ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
AGAIN, NO CHARGE AT ALL TO DO THIS.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS AS IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, I MIGHT, YOU KNOW, TWIST SOME OF Y'S ARMS TO, TO POP IN AND SAY HELLO.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD BE THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS EVENT.
OKAY, THE MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.L. Discuss establishing a committee for space allocation at the Annex on Santa Fe Drive. (Becky McCullough / Commissioner Conley)]
ESTABLISHING COMMITTEE FOR SPACE ALLOCATION.BECKY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING AND, UH, YES, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A GROUP SET UP.
YOU GOT A LIST OF SOME OF THE ONES THAT YES.
SO COMMISSIONER CONLEY, UM, REACHED OUT WITH THE QUESTION OF WAS THERE ALREADY A COMMITTEE IN, IN PLACE FOR SPACE AT THE ANNEX ONCE ELECTIONS MOVES TO THEIR NEW BUILDING? AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE OFFICIALLY NAMED.
I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE WE DID.
WELL, I THOUGHT WE, I THOUGHT WE DID TOO.
I THOUGHT WE DID, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I ASKED BRIANNA, I'M LIKE, DO YOU REMEMBER? AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST TO INITIALLY NAME ONE.
YOU KNOW, GEORGE AND I, YOU KNOW, SPOKE, SPOKE ABOUT, UH, MAYBE MAKING THE COMMITTEE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SKIN IN THE GAME, UH, TO GIVE A REALLY, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR ANYBODY'S NEEDS AND COME WITH THE BEST RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY COULD TO COURT.
I'M SURE HE MAY WANNA SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT.
SO ANYWAY, I'M, I'M NOT JUDGE GRISSOM PRECINCT THREE.
WHO ALL'S INTERESTED IN THE, THE ELECTIONS SPACE THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, VACATED HERE PRETTY SOON.
UH, I'VE REQUESTED, I BELIEVE I'VE SPOKEN TO EACH, EACH PERSON INDIVIDUALLY AT SOME POINT.
UH, AN INTEREST AND A NEED THAT WE HAVE TO EXPAND OUR, OUR OFFICE.
WE ARE LANDLOCKED, WE ARE, UH, AS JUDGE MENDO YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE RAPIDLY GROWING IN THE PRECINCTS.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE PROJECTED AT THE, I DID OVER 7,000 CASES THROUGH MY COURT LAST YEAR.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE CLOSE TO REVENUE WISE ON MONIES COMING THROUGH BACK TO, UH, PRE COVID NUMBERS RIGHT BEFORE AND EVEN EXCEEDING THAT.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT IT SOME 1.2 TO 1.5 MILLION REVENUE COMING THROUGH OUR COURT ALONE IS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTED PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR MID NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, WE JUST NEED MORE ROOM.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO PUT ON ANOTHER, ANOTHER CIVIL, A CRIMINAL CLERK HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
AND THAT KIND OF GOES IN LINE WITH, WE GOT A COMMITTEE FOR THAT TOO.
I KNOW WE GOT A COMMITTEE FOR THAT AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
I APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE GOOD WORD.
BUT ACTUALLY I THINK WE'VE ALL ALREADY HEARD THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A COMMITTEE.
ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING TO BE THE HEAD OF IT? FOR WHAT COMMITTEE IS THAT SIR?
IF WE COULD GET IT, YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL PUT THIS COMMITTEE TOGETHER, WE CAN GET AS COMMITTEE A TWOFOLD MOVE.
IT WOULD BE EXPANDING THE JUST MY JUSTICE COURT OVER INTO THAT SPACE.
IT WOULD BE THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WHO
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ARE, WELL, LET'S MOVE ON WITH THE PEOPLE THATKNOW WHAT, APPRECIATE WENT ON.
I APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING THE TIME TO BE HERE TODAY.
YEAH, I KNEW, I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY.
UH, BUT COMMISSIONER CONLEY, ARE YOU WILLING TO, TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AS, AS THE CHAIRMAN AND NO, BECKY AND BECKY'S, BECKY'S GOT THAT ALL SET OUT.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING THE GROUNDS, MARK LONG, NEEDS TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
MY OPINION, HE SHOULD BE ON ANY COMMITTEE THAT HAS TO DO WITH BUILDINGS.
UM, UH, LALA DLE HAS AGREED TO SERVE JENNY GENTRY.
JUDGE MARTIN HAS ALSO AGREED, AND I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT IDEA FOR ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF COURT ALL I RECOMMEND THAT, UH, LILA BE, UH, THE HEAD OF THAT COMMITTEE.
SO, QUESTION, I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE ALSO IN THAT BUILDING, BUT THEY HAVE NO RIGHT.
THEY HAVE NO, THEY DON'T WANT, THEY DON'T, THERE'S NO CAR CONFLICT INTEREST.
SO THE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD BE THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY, UH, LILA DLE, MARK LONG, JENNY GENTRY AND KIRK MARTIN.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
AND NOTHING DISCUSS, I'M SORRY.
UH, COMMISSIONER HALL BEAT YOU TO IT.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? WELL, I DON'T, ABOUT, I DIDN'T, I HADN'T VOTED YET.
[6.M. Discuss/Take action on a resolution regarding biosolids permitting, regulation, and application in Texas. (Commissioner Walden)]
RESOLUTION REGARDING BIOSOLIDS PERMITTING REGULATIONS AND APPLICATIONS IN TEXAS.COMMISSIONER CONLEY THOUGHT THAT I, I WAS ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO SPREAD BIOSOLIDS WITH, BUT WE'RE REALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IF, IF ANYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH, UH, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN JOHNSON COUNTY, UH, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A CRISIS.
THEY'VE DECLARED A DISASTER, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIOSOLIDS, UH, COMING FROM, UH, UH, THE, UH, TELL EVERYBODY WHAT THAT IS.
WELL, IT, IT WOULD BE THE REMAINS AFTER, UH, THE, UH, SEWAGE SYSTEM HAS CLEANED UP ALL OF THE SEWAGE OUT OF IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME DRY MATTER THAT THEY CALL IT.
THEY'RE SOLID MATERIAL, WHICH IS NOT DRY.
AND, UH, WHAT THEY DO IS, UH, UH, THEY HAVE TO GET RID OF IT SOMEWHERE.
SO THEY'VE BEEN APPLYING IT DOWN IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
WE'VE ALSO HAD THAT HERE IN PARKER COUNTY.
UH, A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY CAME TO US AND SAID, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
WE HAD A CRISIS OVER IN PRECINCT ONE WHERE THEY HAD BEEN, UH, SPREADING THOSE BIOSOLID, WHICH THEY HAVE, UH, CLASSIFIED AS FERTILIZER.
BUT, UM, IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL RECALL THE, UH, THE MATERIAL THAT THEY SPREAD WOULD BURN THE LEAVES OFF OF ALL THE TREES WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH IT, UH, LEFT A SMELL THAT WAS SOMETHING AKIN TO A DEAD COW, UH, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AREA.
AND, UH, UH, FOR MILES, MILES AROUND, ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE DO WHAT FOR MILES AROUND YOU SMELL YES AND ALL.
ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE THINGS THEY'VE HAD IN JOHNSON COUNTY, UH, WHICH IS LIVESTOCK DEATHS, UH, UH, LIVESTOCK, UH, BIRTH DEFECTS, AND, UH, A SPONTANEOUS ABORTION IN COWS, UH, THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THIS.
AND THIS WAS NOT ON THE, THIS WAS NOT ON THE PROPERTY WHERE THESE BIOSOLIDS WERE SPREAD.
THIS IS ON AN ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT WAS DOWNSTREAM.
AND NOW I'M GONNA PASS THE TORCH OVER TO JOHN FORREST, WHO HAS MORE INFORMATION.
AND I, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH BILL MOORE DOWN IN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UH, THEY DID DECLARE DISASTER.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET FEDERAL FUNDING, SO THEY GET A CLEANUP DOWN THERE.
THIS HAS POTENTIAL TO ENTER OUR GROUNDWATER MM-HMM
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
THE CHEMICAL, IT'S, THEY CALL IT A FOREVER CHEMICAL, AND IT'S A-P-F-A-S AND A-P-S-O-F.
AND SO CURRENTLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING IN JOHNSON COUNTY, THEY HAVE ENTERED INTO LITIGATION WITH EPA, UM, THAT LITIGATION WAS BROUGHT BY PEER GROUP, WHICH IS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THEY FILED LITIGATION ON BEHALF OF JOHNSON COUNTY, AND CURRENTLY THEIR STATE REP HAS ENTERED IN LEGISLATION TRYING TO GET LEGISLATION PASSED THAT WOULD TEST THE
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SALLS DETERMINE A SAFE APPLICATION ON LAND.SO CURRENTLY, TCEQ PERMITS IT, AND ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE APPLIED IT TO THE LAND HAVE APPLIED IT LEGALLY UNDER THE PERMITS FROM TCEQ.
BUT THIS GROUP IS NOW LOOKING TO SEE IF IT'S A SAFE APPLICATION.
AND THEY'RE GOING, UM, AFTER EPA, UH, KIM PAXTON ALSO HAS A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMPANIES THAT CREATE THIS CHEMICAL.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE LAWSUITS GOING ON, AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING THE OUTCOME.
AND THAT'S WHAT JOHNSON COUNTY SAID THEY'RE DOING.
THEY HAVEN'T GOT A RESPONSE BACK FROM THE GOVERNOR ON THE DISASTER DECLARATION.
THIS STUFF WAS SPREAD OVER PRECINCT ONE AND PRECINCT TWO, LIKE 10, 12 YEARS AGO.
SO I, I, I WOULD JUST SAY I'D ENCOURAGE PARKER COUNTY TO GET BEHIND, UM, IT'S STATE REP HELEN KERWIN IN HER LEGISLATION TO GET THIS REGULATED.
SO I THINK THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD BEGIN IT WOULD BE BY PASSING THIS RESOLUTION REGARDING BIOSOLIDS, UH, BIOSOLIDS PERMITTING REGULATION AND APPLICATION.
AND THAT WE COULD THEN FORWARD THAT TO THEIR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE, UH, WITH THEM, THAT WE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF LEGISLATION THAT SHE'S PROPOSING.
AND, UH, BEING, UH, THIS COMES FROM FORT WORTH SEWER SYSTEM IS WHERE IT COMES FROM, RIGHT.
BUT ANY OF THE MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS FROM THEIR SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES ARE GONNA HAVE THIS PRODUCT.
AND IT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A FERTILIZER BY THE OFFICE OF THE STATE CHEMIST.
AND SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TO, UH, THEY'VE PROPOSED NEW LANGUAGE TO THE RULES, UH, GOVERNING THESE LABELED BIOSOLIDS.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE CALLING IT FERTILIZER.
AND, UH, THERE'S NO FERTILIZER ON EARTH THAT'S GONNA HAVE THOSE PFAS IN THEM, IN AND THEM AND, UH, THE, THE POTENTIAL FOR, UH, ALL KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST, OH MY GOSH, LOOK WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT IN JOHNSON COUNTY, THEY HAVE VERY WELL DOCUMENTED, UH, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
AND, UH, IT IS A CRISIS DOWN THERE AND IT'S A DISASTER.
AND THIS IS, THESE ARE BIO BIOSOLIDS THAT ARE BEING APPLIED TO FARMLAND AND PLOWED IN.
AND SO THERE'S, UH, UH, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU DO, THERE'S GOING TO BE RUNOFF.
AND SO THAT RUNOFF DOWN TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES IS WHERE THIS DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE, I'LL READ THIS RESOLUTION IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.
BUT, UM, RATHER THAN THAT, IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.
I THINK Y'ALL PROBABLY ALL HAD THE TIME TO DO IT, BUT IT, IT IS JUST, AS I SAID, IT IS TO, UH, TO, UH, REGULATE MORE STRINGENTLY AND CHANGE THE LANGUAGE OF THE PERMITTING REGULATIONS, UH, FOR THE APPLICATION OF THESE BIOSOLIDS IN TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY IN PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM.
AND, AND AS THEY MOVE FORWARD AND, AND HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY IN SPREADING THESE, UH, PRODUCTS IN JOHNSON COUNTY THAT COULD VERY EASILY MOVE BACK INTO PARKER COUNTY, THEY JUST DUMPED A BUNCH OF THIS STUFF OUT AT, UH, PARADISE IN WISE COUNTY.
AND WHEN THE WIND WAS BLOWING FROM THE NORTH, IT BLEW ALL THE WAY OVER INTO PARKER COUNTY.
THIS WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.
I THINK IF YOU'LL, UM, UH, LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT THAT WISE COUNTY HAS ALREADY PASSED THIS, UH, VERY, VERY SIMILAR, UH, RESOLUTION IN THEIR COMMISSIONER'S COURT AS WELL.
DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAUSE TO, TO PAUSE THEIR ABILITY TO APPLY THIS? NOT REALLY.
'CAUSE UH, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A PERMIT FROM TCEQ TO APPLY IT.
AND, AND IN THE, IN THE EYES OF TCEQ AND IN THE EYES OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE CHEMIST WHO REGULATE FERTILIZER IN TEXAS, IT'S FERTILIZER.
AND SO THERE'S NOTHING THERE, EVEN WITH ALL THAT DATA THAT JOHNSON COUNTY HAS.
IN JOHNSON COUNTY, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, IS UTILIZE PEERS TO BRING THAT LITIGATION AGAINST EPAI UNDERSTAND.
AND ALSO GET THIS NEW LEGISLATION.
IF THE NEW LEGISLATION PASSES THROUGH, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT EDUCATION OF PROPERTY OWNERS TOO, BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU OWN PROPERTY OUT HERE YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T WANNA PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THERE THAT WOULD BE THERE FOREVER.
WE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING 10, 12 YEARS AGO AND COULD NEVER GET NOTHING DONE.
SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS JUST, UH, HOPEFULLY ASK THAT THEY STOP AND THEY DID HERE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN SKATING ON THAT FOR 10 OR 12 YEARS NOW.
AND I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE TAKE ACTION TO, TO TRY TO HELP, UH, GET THE LEGISLATION PASSED TO MORE CLOSELY REGULATE, UH, AND, UH,
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CHANGE THE LANGUAGE OF THE RULES THAT THE STATE CHEMIST HAS SO THAT THEY CAN DO MORE EXTENSIVE TESTING ON THIS PRODUCT BEFORE IT'S APPLIED.ANYBODY WANT ME TO READ IT OR ARE WE GONNA I READ IT.
RESOLUTION 25 DASH 11 REGARDING BIO SOLID SOLIDS PERMITTING REGULATION AND APPLICATION IN TEXAS, WHEREAS THE USE OF BIOSOLIDS AND ALTERNATIVE, UH, AND ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL FERTILIZER IS COMMON IN COUNTIES IN NORTH TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS BIOSOLIDS ARE COMPOSED OF SEWAGE SUBSTANCE DERIVED FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND ARE OFTEN SOLD AS A CONVENIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE FERTILIZER SUBSTITUTE, YET HAVE BEEN FOUND IN SOME APPLICATIONS TO CONTAIN PATHOGENS, HEAVY METALS, MICROPLASTICS, PFAS, AND OTHER TOXINS.
AND WHEREAS BIOSOLIDS CONTAINING CONTAMINANTS CAN POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATE AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, WATERSHEDS, AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT NATURAL RESOURCES WITH TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES THAT CANNOT BE EASILY DETECTED AND ELIMINATED.
AND WHEREAS THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED CONCERN AND CALLED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BIOSOLID PERMITTING PROCESS THROUGH RESOLUTION.
AND WHEREAS OUR FELLOW COUNTY OFFICIALS IN JOHNSON COUNTY HAVE CONDUCTED PROFESSIONAL TESTING OF WATER RESOURCES AND ANIMAL TISSUE FOLLOWING A BIOSOLIDS ISSUE AND HAVE DETECTED LEVELS OF PFAS AND OTHER TOXIC SUBSTANCES UNSAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
AND WHEREAS THE DISTRIBUTION AND APPLICATION OF BIOSOLIDS IN NORTH TEXAS WITHOUT APPROPRIATE REGULATION, PERMITTING AND TESTING, CAN THREATEN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THOSE WHO CONSUME WATER, AGRICULTURAL, AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES PRODUCED IN NORTH TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF THE TEXAS STATE CHEMIST HAS PROPOSED NEW LANGUAGE TO THE RULES GOVERNING, LABELED BIOSOLIDS, INCLUDING LANGUAGE THAT STATES THE WASTE PRODUCTS, SHALL NOT CONTAIN ANY DELETERIOUS OR HARMFUL SUBSTANCE IN SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO RENDER IT INJURIOUS TO BENEFICIAL PLANT LIFE, ANIMALS, HUMANS, AQUATIC LIFE, SOIL, OR WATER WHEN APPLIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIRECTIONS OR USE ON A LABEL AND CONTAINS ANY DELETERIOUS OR HARMFUL SUBSTANCE IN SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO RENDER IT INJURIOUS TO BENEFICIAL PLANT LIFE, ANIMALS, HUMANS, AQUATIC LIFE, SOIL, OR WATER.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT DOES SUPPORT THE NEW LANGUAGE PROPOSED BY THE TEXAS STATE CHEMIST AS A POSITIVE STEP OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SAFETY, AND DOES ALSO SUPPORT THE TEXAS LE TEXAS LEGISLATOR LEG LEG LEGISLATURE REVIEWING THE PERMITTING TESTING AND APPLICATION PROCESSES THAT REGULATE BIOSOLID USES IN TEXAS.
OKAY, I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, UH, PASS THIS, UH, RESOLUTION TODAY AND FORWARD IT TO THE APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUALS.
MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? YEAH, I HAVE UH, ONE MORE THING.
UH, EARLIER IN THE MEETING HERE, YOU MENTIONED THAT I WAS OLD.
COULD YOU READ THAT AGAIN? BECAUSE I, YOU READ IT SO FAST I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK HERE AND I'LL READ IT TO YOU.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU ALL IN ME DOWNSTAIRS.
MOVE TWO ITEM IN ON APPROVAL OF APPLICATION
[6.N. Approval of application from Ansco & Associates, LLC to lay AT&T Fiber lines under and/or along the right of way of Hillcroft and White Settlement. (Commissioner Hale)]
FROM MANCO AND ASSOCIATES, LLC TO LAY AT AND T FIBER LINES UNDER AND ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY IN HILLER CROFT AND WHITE SETTLEMENT MOTION.MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM O ON
[6.O. Axon Terms & Conditions for the purchase of Tasers & Body Cameras for County Attorney Buyboard 743-24. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
AXIOM AXON TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF TASERS AND BODY CAMERAS FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY BY BOARD 77 43 DASH 24 KIM.SO I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO RATIFY AND APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THIS A AXON ENTERPRISE SALES TERMS AND, AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF TASERS AND BODY CAMERAS FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND THIS WOULD BE THROUGH BY BOARD 7 43 DASH 24.
THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE CONSTABLES AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY LEASE THEIR TASERS.
UM, BUT AFTER, UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH STEVEN JONES THAT ONE OF THE, THE COUNTY INVESTIGATOR AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD, THEY'RE BETTER OFF PURCHASING THESE ITEMS. AND SO, UM, THERE'S A SALES AND TERMS AGREEMENT THAT, UM, WE NEED TO GET ASSIGNED TO RATIFY THE PURCHASE OF THOSE.
DO I ASK MOTION PLEASE? SO I GUESS WE'VE GOT FUNDS FOR THAT.
THEY'RE ALREADY, YES, IT'S BUDGETED.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.P. Approve Unifirst Agreement. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
P, APPROVE U UNI FIRST AGREEMENT KIM REQUESTING[01:45:01]
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE UNIVERSITY AGREEMENT THROUGH THE BY BOARD CO-OP CONTRACT.THIS IS FOR UNIFORMS AND OTHER ITEMS, RUGS AND TOWELS AND SO FORTH, UTILIZED BY THE PRECINCTS, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND BUILDING AND GROUNDS.
MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, STATE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH ITEM Q, REVIEW
[6.Q. Review and execute renewal agreement forNCT911 Microwave Tower located at 801 Santa Fe Drive and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
AND EXECUTE RENEWAL AGREEMENT FOR NCT NINE 11 MICROWAVE TOWERS LOCATED AT 8 0 1 SANTA FE DRIVE.THE COURT DES NECESSARY JOHN AND THIS IS AN EXISTING TOWER THAT WE HAVE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE ACQUIRED FROM THE CITY.
IT IS WITH NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS 9 1 1.
UH, THE TOWER'S CURRENTLY THERE AND THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THERE.
MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM, APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL
[6.R. Approve the Interlocal for Inmate Housing with Fannin County and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
FOR INMATE HOUSING WITH FANNING COUNTY AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DE A SINCERE.JOHN, I'VE REVIEWED THIS CONTRACT.
IT'S FOR HOUSING OF INMATES OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY AT COST OF $100 PER DAY.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 20 INMATES THAT ARE BEING HOUSED OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY DUE TO OVERCROWDING INTER GENTLEMAN.
MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
THAT, THAT'S BECAUSE OUR JAIL WAS AT FULL CAPACITY, CORRECT? WE ARE AT CAPACITY COUNT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF THE SHERIFF WAS STILL HERE, HE'D ALREADY LEFT.
SO MOVE TO ITEM MS. I'M APPROVE THE
[6.S. Approve the DocuSign Order for Master Services Agreement Public Sector for DWI Blood Search Warrants and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
DOCUSIGN.ORDER FOR MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR FOR DWI, BLOOD SEARCH WARRANTS AND TAKE ANY ACTION IN COURT TO EMPHASIS THIS AREA.
I THINK THIS INADVERTENTLY GOT ON THE AGENDA.
WE'D ALREADY APPROVED THAT PREVIOUSLY.
[6.T. Approve annual bond for Deputy Constable Bill King, Precinct 2. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
T ON APPROVED ANNUAL BOND FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE BILL KING PRECINCT TWO.AND WE HAVE REVIEWED THOSE BONDS.
UH, LILA AND I VISITED SOME OF THE BONDS.
NEED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE OATH, BUT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROVE THOSE.
AND BEFORE HER FILING, SHE CAN GET THE OATH EXECUTED AND THAT WOULD APPLY TO THESE IF THEY WERE ON THE AGENDA, CORRECT? EVERYONE ON THERE? YES.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT STATE, BUT COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
[6.U. Approve annual bond for Deputy Constable Eric Peninger, Precinct 2. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
THE ANNUAL BOND FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE ERIC P PRECINCT THREE.COMMISSIONER S MADE THE MOTION.
I TALK ABOUT MR.
AND THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A, YOU WITH YOUR FOLDER? UH, THAT'S IT.
UM, APPARENTLY WE HAVE A, A PASSING OF FIVE.
MOVE TO ITEM B ON APPROVED ANNUAL BOND
[6.V. Approve annual bond for Deputy Constable Chris Woodmm, Precinct 2. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE CHRIS WOODRUM PRECINCT TWO.MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[6.W. Approve annual bond for Deputy Constable BJ Sharp, Precinct 2. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
APPROVED ANNUAL BOND FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE BJ SHARP PRECINCT THREE.MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
FIVE OH MOVE ITEM X, APPROVE THE
[6.X. Approve annual bond for Deputy Constable Mike Ingram, Precinct 2. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
ANNUAL BOND FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE MIKE INGRAM.UH, COMMISSIONER HOLTS MADE THE MOTION.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
[6.Y. Approve bond of Deputy Constable Aaron Dane Callen, Precinct 3. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE AARON.COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S MADE THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HOLMES MADE THE SECOND.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
CARRIE FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM Z ON ORDER 25
[6.Z. Order 25-10 for the disposition by cremation of a pauper and authorize payment of $850 to Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services for disposition of an indigent person. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
DASH 10 FOR THE DISPOSITION OF CREMATION OF A POPPER AND AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF, EXCUSE ME, $850 TO GOBERT PICKARD FUNERAL CHAPEL AND CREMATION SERVICES FOR DISPOSITION.DISPOSITION OF AN INDI PERSON AND WE'VE DONE AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR ASSETS AND THERE ARE NO ASSETS.
OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH TO ITEM AA
[6.AA. Order 25-12 for the disposition by cremation of a pauper and authorize payment of $850 to Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services for disposition of an indigent person. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
ON ORDER 25 DASH 12 FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THAT'S OKAY.THE DISPOSITION FOR A POPPER AND AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF 850 TO GAR PICKER FUNERAL CHAPEL CREMATE SERVICES FOR DISTRIBUTION FROM AN INDIGENT PERSON.
MOTION BEEN BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALTON.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
CARRIED FIVE OH MOVE ITEM SEVEN
[7. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES]
INTO THE MINUTES.ITEM A, PARKER COUNTY BUILDING GROUNDS DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT.
ITEM B WARREN USA EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR AUTO REGISTRATION EXPANSION.
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EXECUTED DEPARTMENT TRANS TREASURY REPORTS.ITEM D, EXECUTED GENERAL WARRANTY DEED FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 0 5 JOHNSON STREET.
ITEM E EXECUTED AUTOMATIC MAIN DRAFT AUTHORIZATION FOR RV FINANCE FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS.
RECORDS SHOW THAT THESE ARE ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES.
[8. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 1 AND OH SEVEN TWO.THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE RESERVING THE RIGHT TO MEET AND CLOSE SESSION, UH, TO DISCUSS ITEM A, AN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION MEETING WILL BE HELD PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 1 2 AND 5 5 1 0 1 2 9 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO CONSULT WITH AND SEEK ADVICE FROM THE ATTORNEYS REGARDING ITEM A, THE ACTIVE LAND ACT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF PARKER COUNTY ITEM B, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO TEXAS COUNTIES AND ITEM C, ANY OTHER MATTER DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA.
AND UNDER ITEM B UPDATE, DISCUSS PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER.
UPDATE RECORDS SHOW THAT WE, UH, WILL MOVE TO A RECESS AT 10 51 AND MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, AFTER THAT, UH, AT APPROXIMATELY 11 O'CLOCK THREE, JUDGE, WE GO BACK TO THAT POSITION G WE WILL, I GOTTA DEAL WITH THE EXECUTIVE FIRST, THEN WE'LL RUN IT BACK.
BEFORE WE GO TO PLANS, MOVE TO ITEM MADE ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, WE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE'RE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 1204 AND MOVE TO, UH, THE ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM A WILL TAKE NO ACTION AND UNDER ITEM B WILL TAKE NO ACTION.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO UNDER G
[6.G. Select engineering firm for purposes of updating subdivision rules and regulations. (Commissioner Holt) (Part 2 of 2)]
SIX SIX G SIX G SELECT ENGINEERING FIRM FOR PURPOSES OF UPDATING SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGULATIONS.AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM AS WELL.
I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT.
I'D TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RETAIN BHB TO WORK WITH US ON, OR WORK WITH, I SHOULD SAY BICKER STAFF ON PROVIDING TEMPLATE LANGUAGE PER BICKER STAFF'S REQUEST.
NOW HOLDING JUDGE ON THAT SIR, UH, WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOL THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN MEETING AND KEEP, UH, PERMITTING, PERMITTING IN THE LOOP ON THAT AS WELL.
SO WILL YOU MIND SAYING THAT? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? SO THE MOTION IS THAT WE RETAIN VHB, THE ENGINEERING FIRM BAIRD HAMPTON BROWN, TO WORK WITH OUR ATTORNEY AT BICKERSTAFF TO PROVIDE THE TEMPLATE LANGUAGE THAT THE ATTORNEY IS REQUESTING.
YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND WITH THAT, UH, ADDED LANGUAGE.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? A MOTIONS PASSES FIVE OH, WE WILL GO BACK TO ITEM NINE ON PLATS.
[9.A. PRECINCT 1]
ITEM A PRECINCT ONE UNDER ITEM ONE, APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS HOME PLACE ACRES CONSISTING OF 2.63 ACRES WITH ONE LOT IN PRECINCT ONE.THE WHAT REPORT WE HAVE IS AT A PUMPED UP UP 350 FEET AND ITS YIELD IS 13 GPM WITH A 15 FOOT DRAW DOWN AFTER ONE HOUR.
MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
SECOND IS MADE BY, WE CAN'T GET THE SCREEN OVER, JUDGE.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAKE ALL IN FAVOR.
MOVE TO ITEM TWO ON APPROVE THE VARIANCE FOR THE DRIVEWAYS DISTANCES ON TUCKER DRIVE FOR A SUBDIVISION, BE KNOWN AS TANDY.
ADDITION WITH NO NEW DRIVEWAYS AND PRECINCT ONE.
UH, THE CURRENT DISTANCE IS 182.99 FEET.
UH, NO NEW DRIVEWAYS ARE GONNA BE PUT IN, SO WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET APPROVAL FOR THE VARIANCE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY ON DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIE'S FIVE OH ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE FINAL PLA SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS TANDY EDITION CONSISTING OF 7.259 ACRES DEVELOPED BY RYAN DENNIS LOCATED OFF OF TUCKER DRIVE AND FM SEVEN 30 WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT ONE AND LOT ONE IS GONNA HAVE 4.127 ACRES.
UH, THE ROAD FURNACES OFF OF TUCKER DRIVE AND FM SEVEN 30.
UM, THIS WAS RELEASED FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD FOR PLATTING IN
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THE COUNTY AND WELL WATER IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE FINAL? THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
UH, I AM NOT LOCATING THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT'S APPROVAL.
I AND THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM ALL OTHER ENTITIES.
MEETING ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
MOTION ABOVE COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
ITEM FOUR, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR DIVISION KNOWN AS HENKEL ESTATES.
PHASE TWO CONSISTS OF 2.177 ACRES DEVELOPED BY THE RODNEY HENKEL INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF OF JUNTA HENKEL COFFEE ESTATES LOCATED OFF OF OLD SPRING SPRINGTOWN ROAD OR WATER PRECINCT ONE.
THIS IS JUST GONNA BE A ONE LOT SITE DIVISION.
THEY ARE DONATING AN ADDITIONAL 0.17 SEVENTH OF AN ACRE OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF OLD SPRINGTOWN ROAD.
UM, THIS, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAT IS JUST TO BUILD A BARN CONDOMINIUM AND THEY'VE MET ALL OF THEIR OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
COUNSEL EVERYTHING GOOD FOR A FINAL PLA? UH, YES.
THE TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATES A ZERO BALANCE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
CURIOUS FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM FIVE ON ACCEPTING SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF OLD SPRINGTOWN ROAD FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS HENKEL ESTATES.
PHASE TWO IN PRECINCT ONE MRS. FOR AN ADDITIONAL 0.17 SEVENTH OF AN ACRE.
ALL THE PAPERWORK, GOOD DOCUMENTS ARE OR AN ORDER? OKAY TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
CURIOUS FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM B PRECINCT
[9.B. PRECINCT 2]
TWO.APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION OF SUBDIVISION, BE KNOWN AS THE OAKS OF PARKER COUNTY POSITION OF FOUR ACRES DEVELOPED BY THE JOHN AND MELINDA.
SMART FAMILY TRUST LOCATED OFF OF OAK CLIFF COURT WITH AN EXISTING WELL IN PRECINCT TWO.
THIS SAYS A COMBINATION OF LOT 22 AND 23.
SORRY, IT WAS ON THE NEXT PAGE.
AND UH, THIS IS A COMBINATION OF LOT 22 AND 23 INTO LOT 22 R UH, WE DID RUN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTES AND NO CERTIFIED LAWYERS WERE SENT.
I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1210.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NINE C NINE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1210 AND GO TO THE ITEM.
COUNSEL, ARE WE GOOD TO APPROVE? UH, YES.
PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED TO THE NEWSPAPER LESS THAN THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS PROVIDED TAX CERTIFICATE SHOWING A ZERO BALANCE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL.
ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
HOLD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE FABO.
UM, GOING FORWARD, UH, LEN, IS IT OKAY IF WE DO A VERBAL ON, ON, ON, ON THE REMAINDER OF THESE, UH, LET'S SEE.
ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH DOING A VERBAL? SURE.
UH, ON ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR SUBDIVISION, BE KNOWN AS LYNN HART WOODS AND THE ETJ CITY OF WEATHERFORD FOR TO PORTER COUNTY CONSISTS OF 6.69669 ACRES DEVELOPED BY OLIVER GRANT D DOW WOOD, JOHN WITH AN EXISTING WALL IN PRECINCT TWO.
THIS IS A COMBINATION OF TWO LOTS FOR A TOTAL OF THE 6.669 ACRES.
THE CITY HAS RELEASED THIS PROPERTY TO THE COUNTY AND WE DID SEND OUT ONE CERTIFIED LETTER AND RAN ADS AS PER THE STATUTE.
I'M SORRY, I'M, I'M SITTING HERE READING, MAKING, UH, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1211.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM HEARING ON SCENE? THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC CLEARING AT 1211.
COUNSEL, ARE WE GOOD TO APPROVE? YES.
PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LIST, DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE.
TODAY'S HEARING TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATES A ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITT DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL THE OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
OKAY, MOTION MAY WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT
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SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE OH.
MOVE TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THROUGH CANCELLATION PROCESS AND ORDER 25 0 8 FOR A PORTION OF WILLOW LAKE FARMS. ADDITION CONSIST OF 15.92 ACRES.
HIS PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY PLATTED BY FAMILY MEMBERS AND TURNED INTO A WEDDING VENUE.
THE OWNER OF MR. BLACK OWNS THE 15.92 ACRES THAT SITS INSIDE WILL LAKE FARMS. HE WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED FROM THAT SUBDIVISION AND HAVE THIS PROPERTY REVERT BACK TO, UH, TO ORIGINAL ACREAGE.
I DID RUN AS IN THE PAPER AND FOLLOW, UM, THE STATUTE.
OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1212.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, WHICH IS UNDER ITEM A, UH, I'M SORRY.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1213 AND GO TO THE ITEM.
COUNSEL, ARE WE GOOD TO APPROVE? UH, YES.
PROPER NOTES WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTED DATE AND TIME, LOCATION, PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING, ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
MOTION MAY BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM SIX WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON.
BEGIN THE PROCESS TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING ACT UPON REDUCTION.
OH, DID I SKIP ONE? MY APOLOGIES.
MR. COMMISSIONER, APPROVE THE LETTER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SCRATCHIES WAS MOVED UP A LITTLE BIT.
APPROVE THE WATER FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR A SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS GONZALES EDITION.
CONSIST OF ONE LOT BEING 5.33 ACRES AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS, UH, WELL REPORT FOR THE ADJOINING LOT HAS, UH, IT JUST SAYS THE YIELD IS GPM UH, 10 GPM.
IT'S GONNA BE A ONE LOT SUBDIVISION.
AND WHERE, WHERE IS GONZALEZ ADDITION? WHEREABOUTS IN THE COUNTY IS THIS? ABOUT 6,500 BLOCK OF ADV ADVANCE ROAD.
HOW FAR NORTH IS THAT? ADV ADVANCE IS KIND OF IFFY.
I KNOW THE, THE SOUTHERN PART OF IT'S BETTER THAN THE NORTHERN PART OF IT.
YEAH, I'M LOOKING IT UP RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS JUST NORTH OF LONE STAR.
IS IT LONE STAR AND ADV ADVANCE? MM-HMM
THEY SAID THIS WAS AT A HUNDRED FEET, LIKE YOU SAID, SOUTH'S BETTER THAN THE THE, BUT THEY'RE GETTING A HUNDRED.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY HAS A WELD THAT GENERATES 10 GALLONS PER MINUTE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES SIR.
I WHAT? YOUR TREES? IS THAT WHAT THAT SAYS? MM-HMM
WHEN, WHEN WAS THAT? WELL, DOES IT SAY WHEN IT WAS DONE? THE, WELL THAT'S GETTING 10 GPM DOES IT SAY WHEN THE WELL WAS PUT IN? UM, IT WAS PUT IN BY MALONE WATER SERVICE.
YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? YEAH.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE.
MOVED TO ITEM FIVE, TAKE NO ACTION.
BEGIN THE PROCESS TO CONSIDER DISCUSSING ACT UPON A RE REDUCTION OF SPEED LIMIT ON SHALE ROAD TO 30 AND P AND TAKE ANY ACTION COURT DEEMED NECESSARY.
THE PRECINCT HAS REQUESTED, UH, TO BEGIN THE PROCESS TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT ON SHALE ROAD.
I'D LIKE TO GET UH, COURT APPROVAL TO START THAT.
SHALE IS A PRETTY NARROW WINDING ROAD THAT'S GOT A HORRIBLE INTERSECTION WITH FM NINE 20 AND IT'S GOT A TON OF HOUSES GOING IN ON IT.
IT SHOULD NOT BE A 40 MILE AN HOUR ROAD AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY POSTED AT.
SO TO GO TO 30, DO YOU HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY? UH, ON ROAD COUNTY ROADS? 30.
[9.D. PRECINCT 4]
PRECINCT FOUR.I APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS SIERRA VISTA.
PHASE ONE B CONSIST 30.541 ACRES DEVELOPED BY KELLY RANCH ESTATES LLC WITH CRESCENT CROSS ROAD MUD TWO IN PRECINCT FOUR.
SO THIS 30 ACRES, THEY'RE IN A HURRY, AREN'T THEY? WELL I'M JUST WORKING FOR HILL HERE.
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RANGE SPEED IN SIZE FROM 0.179 TO 0.256.NOW THERE IS GONNA BE AN HOA LOT KNOWN AS 2 31 X.
WE ARE GONNA BE PUTTING IN ROADS KNOWN AS FALLBROOK DRIVE, JEWEL DRIVE, CHEYENNE ROAD, SHAY LANE, SHAY LYNN LANE, LAGUNA DRIVE OF CAYENNE COURT.
THESE ROADS ARE ALL GONNA BE MAINTAINED BY PRESSING CROSSROADS MUD AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE DONATING ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF BEAR CREEK ROAD.
THIS SUBDIVISION WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO US AT PRELIMINARY AS OF RIO VISTA PHASE TWO.
SO THIS IS A MAIN CHANGE AS WELL.
COUNSEL, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER AND PUBLIC WASTE DISPOSAL, UH, BOTH BEING APPROVED UNDER THE CRESCENT MUD AND APPROVED BY TCEQ.
OKAY, MOTIONS THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE SPECIAL WARRANTY D FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF BEAR CREEK ROAD AND SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS SIERRA VISTA.
AN AC OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF BEAR CREEK ROAD.
WHEN I GET OUTTA MY, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER? YES.
MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER ELL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
APPROVE THE FINAL PLA OF SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS LIE DITA.
ADDITION PHASE ONE, A CONSIST OF 91.351 ACRES DEVELOPED BY KELLY RANCHER ESTATE LLC WITH CRESCENT CROSSROADS MUD AND PRECINCT FOUR.
THIS SUBDIVISIONS GONNA BE BROKEN INTO 73 LOTS.
THEY ARE GONNA BE PUTTING IN STREETS KNOWN AS LARA TRAIL, KELLY RANCH PARKWAY, MONACO DRIVE, SILVERSTONE STREET, MK PORT, AND DENALI DRIVE.
THESE ROADS ARE ALSO GONNA BE MAINTAINED BY CRESCENT CROSSROADS MUD NUMBER TWO.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE PRIVATE ROADS? YES.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH CRESCENT MUD AND PUBLIC WATER OR WASTE DISPOSAL THROUGH CRESCENT MUD.
OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER L.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CI AYE.
MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR SOUTHERN RIDGE.
BE KNOWN AS GOLDEN ACRES ESTATE CONSISTS OF 17.697 AC 6 7 9 ACRES DIVIDED INTO THREE LOTS OF PRECINCT.
4:15 PM OKAY, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER? UH, YES WE DO.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER HA SECOND BY MR. CONLEY.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
APPROVE THE CANCELLATION PROCESS AND ORDER 25 0 7 FOR 56.51 ACRES KNOWN AS EVAN IDA PHASE ONE A AND TAKE ANY ACTUAL CRIME NECESSARY IN PRECINCT FOUR.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVISION, UH, ABANDONMENT IS JUST TO, UH, REVERT THIS BACK TO RAW ACREAGE SO THAT THEY CAN REDESIGN, UH, AND MOVE FORWARD.
UM, WE DID RUN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.
AND WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1221.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON PRECINCT FOUR? ON ITEM FIVE HERE ON C NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1221 AND MOVE TO THE ITEM.
AND PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN NEWSPAPER LIST.
THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HA SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOVE TO ITEM SIX I RELEASE OF THE LATER OF CREDIT RECONSTRUCTION FOR EVIDENCE OUT OF PHASE ONE A DUE TO CANCELLATION OF THE SUBDIVISION.
AND TAKE ANY ACTION IN THE COURT DEEMED NECESSARY IN PRECINCT FORWARD.
SO WE HAVE THIS LETTER OF CREDIT IN PLACE.
WE'D LIKE TO, UH, NOW THAT WE'VE CANCELED THE SUBDIVISION, RELEASE THIS BACK TO THE DEVELOPERS SO THAT THEY CAN START THEIR NEW
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PLAT OVER AGAIN.JOHN, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER? IF, IF WE'VE APPROVE THE CANCELLATION, YEP.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HILL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ACCEPT THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMANCE BOND FROM THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SIERRA VISTA, PHASE ONE A, LOCATED IN PRECINCT FOUR.
THIS BOND IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $388,459.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS IN PLACE, UM, FOR THE 13 MONTHS FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THESE ROADS.
I AM SORRY THAT WAS TAKING CARE OF SOMETHING ELSE HERE.
UM, CAN THIS IS A, SAY THAT AGAIN.
YOU SAY 13 MONTHS ON NUMBER SEVEN? UH, YES SIR.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A OPPOSED MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT WILL TAKE NO ACTION.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 10 AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
SECOND MOTION RECORDS SHOW THAT WE WILL ADJOURN AT 1223.