Sep 08, 2025 Commissioners Court

[Call to Order]

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MORNING.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING OF THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO ORDER ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025.

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.

UH, THIS IS ALSO 9:00 AM THE AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, WITH MEMBERS OF THE COURT, UH, WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH VOCATION BY MAR JULIAN FROM NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY, JUDGE PROAM.

COMMISSIONER COLLEY.

LET'S PRAY.

FATHER GOD, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR TODAY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE WEATHER.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS LORD.

THANK YOU FOR THE LORD JESUS WHO GIVES US LIFE, LIFE, UH, MORE ABUNDANT.

GOD, WE ASK FOR YOUR HELP.

WE THANK YOU FOR THESE OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR JUDGE THAT GOD, WE MIGHT MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS REGARDING OUR COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR 'EM.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.

MAY YOU TAKE THIS MEETING AND IT'S YOURS.

AND I ASK IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

I PLEDGE LEADING TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, ALL HONOR THE TEXAS LACK.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 2D TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

[4. CONSENT]

UNDER ITEM B, UNDER TREASURER ITEMS ONE AND THREE, AND THEN UNDER COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE AND US FOR A MOTION.

JUDGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED TO COURT TODAY.

COMMISSIONER WALLS MADE THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND SECOND'S MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

UH, DID YOU HIT THE BUTTON? I ACTUALLY DIDN'T.

WE COMMISSIONER HA HAS MADE THIS SECOND.

WELL, COMMISSIONER HOLDS ON RECORD IS MAKING THE SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.

OH.

[6.A. Proclaim September 2025 as National Recovery Month in Parker County at the request of Unity Recoveiy Weatherford. (Melisa Simmons / Judge Deen)]

UM, MELISSA SIMMONS.

UH, YOU HAVE AN AUDIENCE HERE WITH YOU, YOUR TEAM.

COME ON UP.

UM, HI.

MELISSA IS NOT HERE TODAY.

IT IS ME.

ASHLEY GAINEY.

I'M THE NEW, UH, SITE DOCTOR.

I KNEW THAT I WAS JUST TESTING YOU.

YEAH.

YOU WERE JUST TESTING ME AND MAKING SURE I KNOW MY NAME.

UM, SO SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH.

WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF Y'ALL SUPPORT AND SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS ALL OF OUR LIVES AND EVERY COMMUNITY, UM, IN TEXAS.

AND WE ARE JUST MOVING FORWARD IN SEPTEMBER, REALLY PUSHING TO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR COUNTY.

AND THIS SATURDAY WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY DAY EVENT, TOO, WHICH IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

ANYBODY CAN ATTEND, GET FREE, UM, PARTNERSH OR RESOURCES FROM OUR PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY TOO.

BUT THANK Y'ALL.

OH, THANK YOU.

AND ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK OR? NO, I'M GOOD.

OKAY.

, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION WOULD LIKE TO READ, AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE Y'ALL COME UP AND WE'LL GET A PICTURE MADE.

OKAY.

THE ONLY PROCLAMATION FOR THE NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH IN PARKER COUNTY IS MORE THAN 22 MILLION AMERICANS RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

AND WHEREAS MANY OF US ARE CLOSE TO SOMEONE, WHETHER THEY ARE PARENTS, CHILDREN, SIBLINGS, NEIGHBORS, COLLEAGUES OR FRIENDS WORKING TO OVERCOME SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.

AND WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS NEED SUPPORT AND RESOURCES DURING THEIR RECOVERY PROCESS.

AND WHEREAS THE RECOVERY PROCESS CAN BE COMPLICATED, ESPECIALLY IN ACCESSING SAFE HOUSING, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FAMILY AND FRIEND SUPPORT IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, CRITICAL SUCCESS.

AND BY RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH, WE RECOMMIT OUR SUPPORT TO THIS PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY OF SUBSTANCES, USE DISORDERS, AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS TO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS.

SINCE 1989, NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH HAS BEEN A NATIONAL OBSERVER HELD EVERY SEPTEMBER, AND THIS OBSERVER PROMOTES AND WHERE IT SUPPORTS NEW EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY PRACTICES, SUPPORTS THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY, AND RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATION OF SELF-SERVICE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNICATES WHO MAKE RECOVERY.

AND IT, AND IT INFORMS POSSIBLE AND THEREFORE BE NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF THE PARKER COUNTY, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 AS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH IN PARKER COUNTY.

AND WE INVITE ALL RESIDENTS OF OUR COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OBSERVANCE BY COMING TOGETHER AND CELEBRATING INDIVIDUALS IN RECOVERY AND OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE STILL LIVING WITH SUBSTANCE DISORDERS AND

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SELF-PROCLAIMED THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025.

IF Y'ALL WOULD COME ON DOWN, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL TAKE TWO PICTURES.

1, 2, 3.

ONE MORE.

1, 2, 3.

PERFECT.

THANK, THANK YOU.

[5.A. Discuss/Take action on ongoing reporting of bond projects to Commissioners Court by Freese & Nichols. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt / Judge Deen)]

TAKE ACTION ON ONGOING REPORTING OF BOND PROJECTS TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT BY ZA NICHOLAS.

CHRIS, UH, CHRIS POSCO FREEZE THE NICHOLS.

THIS IS, UH, THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER.

UM, A FEW UPDATES, THESE ARE KIND OF ONES WE'VE HAD ON HERE.

WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON, UH, A TIP MOD WITH COG MAINLY FOR THE I 20 RAMP PROJECT.

UH, SO THAT PROJECT IS KIND OF FINALIZING DESIGN.

WE'RE ABOUT TO GO TO BID AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, UH, THE BUDGETS ARE ALL SET, UH, AS, AS, UH, TEX AND COG ARE, ARE PAYING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT.

UH, ANOTHER ONE, UH, UH, IS THE MTP.

SO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

UH, BEEN COORDINATE WITH COG TO MAKE SURE THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT.

THIS IS RELATED TO TEGNA PERKINS PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

UH, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT COG HAS ON THE PLAN AS WELL AS WHAT, UH, WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD THERE.

UH, AND THEN I MENTIONED THESE IN THE PAST.

WE DID FINALIZE THE AFAS, UH, AT LEAST THE DOCUMENTATION ON OUR END.

AND SO ANY DAY NOW, Y'ALL SHOULD RECEIVE THOSE DRAFT AGREEMENTS AND THEN WE WILL BRING THOSE TO COURT FOR APPROVAL.

SO THAT'S BOTH THE SEVEN 30 JOB THAT HALFS DESIGNING AND THE 1187 PHASE THAT, UH, TEGNA IS DESIGNING.

UM, SO HERE'S KIND OF THE OVERVIEW.

UH, SO KIND OF FOCUS ON THE, THE, UH, READY TO LED OR THAT BLUE BOX.

UH, SO TODAY WE HAVE THE KELLY ROAD PROJECT TO AWARD.

UH, OAK RIDGE IS OUT FOR BID AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING, UH, MIDWAY ROAD, UH, FOR AWARD AT THE, AT THE NEXT COURT.

AND SO THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF GOING TO CONSTRUCTION.

UH, AND SO NOW LET ME HIGHLIGHT KIND OF EACH, UH, PRECINCT.

SO ON, ON CHURCH ROAD.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADVERTISE THAT ONE IN OCTOBER.

UH, I MENTIONED ON MIDWAY OF GOING, UH, TO GET THAT AWARDED, UH, AT THE NEXT COURT.

HOW MANY BIDS DID YOU HAVE ON THAT ROAD? I'M NOT SURE.

I, I NEEDED, I I CAN CHECK WITH YOU AND GET BACK MORE THAN ONE.

YES.

YEAH.

OKAY.

YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S A LONG ROAD.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ON THAT ONE, HOW MANY BIDS, BUT, UH, I KNOW IT WAS MORE THAN ONE.

YOU CAN GET BACK WITH ME.

UH, BUT YEAH, THAT IS A, A, A LONG STRETCH.

I THINK IT'S A LITTLE OVER FIVE MILES, UH, ON THAT, ON THAT SEGMENT.

UM, I WAS KIND OF HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

ONE OF THE ONES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY OF THE INTERSECTION AS THE FM 51 AND VI STATION.

UH, DUSTIN'S BEEN COORDINATING WITH TECH STOCK.

UH, THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, DO THAT IMPROVEMENT WITH THEIR FORCES.

AND THEN, UH, WE WILL HAVE A PROJECT TO ADJUST THE COUNTY ROAD SOME, UH, JUST TO MAKE THAT A BETTER GRADE.

BUT, UH, THAT ONE'S KIND OF, UH, BEEN PUT ON RUSH, UH, DUE TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS THERE.

UH, ONE OTHER ONE I WANTED TO NOTE IS THOMAS ROAD.

UH, WE'VE, UH, COMPLETED A PORTION OF THE DESIGN, BUT ARE EXTENDING THE LIMITS ON THAT ONE.

UH, AND, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT.

SO, UH, THAT ONE WILL BE, UH, SOON AFTER CHURCH TO GET OUT, OUT TO BID.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, SO IN PRECINCT TWO, UH, MENTIONED OAK RIDGE IS OUT FOR BID RIGHT NOW.

UH, ACTUALLY THIS WEEK WE'D BE OPENING THE BIDS FOR THAT PROJECT, UH, ON JOHNSON BEND.

UH, WE HAD A UTILITY IN CONFLICT.

SO THAT'S FINALLY BEEN, UH, RESOLVED.

UH, SO THE CONTRACTOR CAN KEEP PROCEEDING ON THAT PROJECT.

UH, ANOTHER ONE TO NOTE,

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UH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, UH, COORDINATING WITH KIND OF ALL THE PROJECT PARTNERS.

UH, THEY HAD A HELD A MEETING WITH THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORIC COMMISSION, UH, BECAUSE OF THE BANKHEAD CONNECTION THERE.

UH, THEN THEY'RE ACTIVELY GETTING, UH, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS SET UP WITH, UH, THE CITIZENS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.

UM, ALSO WANTED TO NOTE ON THE 51 CARTER ROAD, WE HAD GOTTEN COMMENTS BACK FROM OC THEY WANTED TO EXTEND THE LIMITS OF THE TURN LANES.

UH, SO WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL SURVEY TO, UM, TO GET THAT ADJUSTED ON THAT PROJECT, UM, IN PRECINCT THREE.

UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, UH, DUSTIN'S HELD THE RICK WILLIAMSON PRE-CON MEETING, AND WE'RE WORKING OUT A ENCORE UTILITY ISSUE AND THEN PLAN TO GET THE CONTRACTOR'S NOTICE TO PROCEED LATER THIS MONTH.

UM, I MENTIONED THE, THE RAMP JOB.

SO THAT ONE IS, WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO GETTING THAT.

UH, LET, UM, THAT ONE, UH, THERE'S, UH, ONE UTILITY THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AND THEN A COUPLE OF ACCESS CONTROL, WHICH IS KIND OF TO SAY DRIVEWAYS THAT, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, DON'T, UH, IMPACT THE RAMPS THERE.

UH, AND THEN, UH, GRAHAM AND ASSOCIATES, UH, WE DID GET, UH, TECH STOCK HAD ALREADY SURVEYED I 20, SO THE BULK OF THE SURVEY THAT WE DID GET FROM TECH STOCK, THAT WAS A AERIAL SURVEY.

SO, UH, GRAHAM IS KIND OF SUPPLEMENTING THAT UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGES JUST TO GET WHAT THE AERIAL SURVEY DIDN'T GET.

SO, CHRIS, EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS ASKING WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION WAS GONNA BEGIN ON RICK WILLIAMSON.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM ATTENDING THAT MEETING WAS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVING IN ABOUT OCTOBER THE FIFTH, I THINK.

YES.

YEAH.

THAT TO BE SETTING UP TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THAT.

SO WHEN PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THAT PROJECT YEAH.

THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, UH, WITH ENCORE, UH, ON, UH, POWER LINE RELOCATION, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, PRECINCT FOUR.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ON, UH, BANKHEAD WE'RE KIND OF ACTIVELY DOING SOME STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION, UH, RELATED TO RIGHT OF WAY AND SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

UH, THE BANKHEAD BRIDGE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS WITH WILLOW PARK AND ARE WORKING ON GETTING AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, UH, AS THEY'RE DOING THE PORTION OF THE ROAD AND THE COUNTIES FOCUSED ON THE BRIDGE ON THAT PROJECT.

UM, OTHER KIND OF, UH, NOTING ONES, UH, SO KELLY ROAD, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO AWARD THAT TODAY.

UH, AND THEN I MENTIONED, UH, 1180 SEVENS THE, THE SEGMENT THAT TEGNA IS WORKING ON.

AND WE DID GET A, UH, KIND OF WHAT'S THE DESIGN CONFERENCE MEETING WITH TECH STOCK JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER, UH, THEIR INITIAL SCHEMATIC.

UH, SO THAT'S, UH, KIND OF UPDATE ON PRECINCT FOUR.

UH, HERE'S THE SNAP OF THE WEBSITE.

UH, MORGAN DID GET, UH, A EMAIL ADDED TO THAT.

SO, UH, UH, FOR ANY OF THOSE, UH, LISTENING TO THIS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR, UH, INFORMATION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TO BE ADDED TO THE WEBSITE, THERE'LL BE AN EMAIL THERE THAT WILL GO TO US AND WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, UH, OUT TO WHOEVER NEEDS IT.

UH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE.

SO JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT THE RAILROAD CROSSING IN MILLSAP.

SO A TIMELINE ON THAT.

UM, YEAH.

SO THEY, UH, TEXA DID, UH, GET THAT JOB BID.

UH, USUALLY THERE'LL BE A COUPLE MONTHS IN THERE ON THE CONTRACTING SIDE.

UH, SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT, MAYBE LIKE A NOVEMBER, UH, START ON THAT CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY.

AND WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING, OF COURSE, YOU WERE, YOU WERE PART OF THAT WITH THE CITY ON SOME UTILITY.

MM-HMM .

UH, RELOCATES THAT, OR I GUESS IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE DOING, AND WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THEY DON'T CONFLICT WITH THAT JOB.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CHRIS ON ITEM A? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM A.

[5.B. Discuss/Take action on Program Management services. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Walden)]

CHRIS.

UH, SO THIS IS, UH, A TASK ORDER FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

WE, WE DID AN INITIAL ONE, UH, WITH Y'ALL THAT WAS, UH, INTEND TO BE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT.

UH, MORGAN WAS ABLE TO KIND OF STRETCH THAT.

AND WHAT THIS IS, IS ALL THE KIND OF PROJECT CONTROLS, UH, THE REPORTING, LIKE THE MONTHLY REPORTS WE DO, UH, THE WEBSITE UPDATES, ALL THE COORDINATION WE DO WITH COG AND TECH STOCK THAT ARE MORE PROGRAM LEVEL, UH, VERSUS LIKE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT MEETINGS.

UH, ANOTHER ELEMENT IN THIS CONTRACT IS, UM, WOULD BE LIKE GENERAL ENGINEERING SERVICES.

SO IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THERE'S, UH, SAY A, A ISSUE WITH DRAINAGE THAT'S UNRELATED TO, TO ONE OF THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, PROJECTS, THEN, UH, THIS CONTRACT, UH, COVERS THAT EFFORT.

UH, SO THIS, WE'RE LOOKING TO EXTEND, UH, THROUGH THE END OF NEXT SUMMER.

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AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT KIND OF GETS US, UH, PRETTY CLOSE TO THE END OF THE PROGRAM.

AND, UH, 'CAUSE BY THEN WE FEEL LIKE ALL THE MAIN PROJECTS WILL BE WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UH, BUT WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS CONTRACT.

OKAY.

ON THIS ONE, WE'LL NEED A MOTION.

I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION PLEASE.

MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE PUSHING THAT BUTTON.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK, CHRIS, ON THIS.

SO OBVIOUSLY 325, A LOT OF MONEY.

UM, THIS IS TO MANAGE THE BOND PROGRAM FOR THE FOLKS WHO AREN'T WHO, WHO MAY BE WATCHING OR DON'T, DON'T WATCH COMMISSIONER'S COURT ALL THE TIME.

CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SEE $325,000, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL GOES IN TO KIND OF SOME OF THOSE LINE ITEMS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ITEM BY ITEM.

AND I KNOW YOU ALREADY GAVE A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY, BUT CAN YOU, CAN YOU UNPACK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING, WHY WE'RE SPENDING 300 GRAND? RIGHT.

YEAH.

SO, UM, IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM WE'RE THINKING OF LIKE ALL THE INITIATIVES WE DO FOR THE, NOT ON AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT BASIS.

SO, UH, WE MAIN MAINTAIN LIKE A POWER BI DASHBOARD, UM, THE COORDINATION WITH BRIANNA ON TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ALL THE BUDGETS, BOTH, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL'S RECORDS AND, AND OUR RECORDS.

UH, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SUB SUBCONTRACT.

WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF SUBS IN THIS PROGRAM FROM GEOTECH TRAFFIC CONTROL SURVEY.

UH, AND THEN LIKE, ONE INITIATIVE I DO HEAVILY IS ALL THE FUNDING COORDINATION WITH COGS.

SO WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENTS OR UH, TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PROJECTS.

WE ALSO HAVE REGULAR COORDINATION WITH TECH STOCK ON THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.

SO THAT'S, OF COURSE ANYTIME WE'RE TOUCHING THEM, IT COULD BE FROM A PERMIT STANDPOINT OR THEIR APPROVALS ON THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S KIND OF ALL THOSE PROGRAM LEVEL THINGS THAT, WHERE IT'S MORE EFFICIENT TO DO IT AT A PROGRAM LEVEL THAN LIKE EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT.

SURE.

AND THIS ALSO COVERS EVERY TIME ONE OF US REACHES OUT TO YOU, I KNOW I REACH OUT TO YOU OR DUSTIN QUITE A BIT.

THIS KIND OF COVERS THAT AS WELL, INSTEAD OF BILLING IT AN HOURLY RATE.

YES, SIR.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE SOME, SOMETIMES IT'LL BE JUST A PROJECT THAT MAY NOT BE A BOND PROJECT, BUT WE CAN HELP WHETHER IT'S A DRAINAGE ISSUE OR SOME STRIPING, THAT KIND OF THING.

PERFECT, THANK YOU.

AND SO THE EXAMPLE THAT I GIVE IS FROM THE, WE, WE HAD A MEETING, UH, WITH THE CITY IN MILLSAP REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION THERE, THE WATER LINE AND HOW IT WOULD, UH, THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAD.

AND CHRIS WAS THERE, BROUGHT, BROUGHT THE DRAWINGS AND, AND, UH, SAT THERE AND WORKED OUT WHERE THE WATER LINE NEEDED TO BE.

AND SO IF THERE WASN'T ANY, UH, CONFLICT THERE, AND AGAIN, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TIMES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO CALL ON YOU FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY RELATED, UH, TO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, FOR ANYBODY LISTENING THAT UH, RAILROAD CROSSING PROJECT IN MILLSAP IS FROM THE 2016 BOND ELECTION.

AND IT'S NO FAULT OF CHRIS AS HE'S DONE EVERYTHING HE SHOULD HAVE, BUT 'CAUSE THE RAILROAD AND TEXDOT, WERE NOW INTO, I BELIEVE, APPROACHING NINE YEARS FOR THIS PROJECT, .

AND, UH, NOBODY BELIEVES IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EXCEPT CHRIS AND I THINK, BUT, BUT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOON.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THE WORK.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR WISH.

IN CURIOUS FIVE OH, WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SIX C ON APPROVE THE USE OF PARKER COUNTY LOSS QUADRANTS FOUR QUADRANTS CORNER PARKING LOT ON DALLAS SHO BY THE WEATHERFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND NO CHARGE FOR CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 6TH.

I, SORRY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M SITTING, WE STILL GOT C SORRY, CHRIS.

OH, SEE YEAH, SORRY.

YOU'RE STANDING THERE ALONE.

WHAT I'M DOING .

SO, UM, I FORGOT THAT ONE.

[5.C. Discuss/Take action on Kelly Road Construction contracts. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Hale)]

UM, SO THIS IS, UH, YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PROJECT MAP, UH, THE KELLY ROAD LOCATION.

SO KIND OF, UH, CERTAINLY IN PRECINCT FOUR.

BUT, UH, RIGHT THERE ON THE, UH, SOUTH, UH, EAST END OF THE COUNTY, UH, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE THERE'S, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THERE, THERE'S TONS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING.

UH, AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE ELEMENTS ON THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT IS WE HAD ORIGINALLY, UH, PLANNED THIS AS A, AN ASPHALT IMPROVEMENT, BUT GIVEN, UH, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, TRUCK TRAFFIC AND, AND NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE ACTUALLY UPGRADED IT TO A CONCRETE ROAD.

UH, ANOTHER ELEMENT IS WE'VE, UH, WE WERE WORKING WITH TECH STOCK ON A SIGNAL AT 3 77, UH, ALSO WORKING

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UH, SO THIS IS REALLY, UH, TWO CONTRACTS.

SO, UH, THIS FIRST ONE IS, UH, WOULD BE THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH, UH, PRATER DIRT WORK.

THEY WERE THE LOW BIDDER.

YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAD SEVEN BIDDERS ON THIS PROJECT.

SO QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST.

UM, THIS PROJECT, UH, THE LOW BIDDER IS AT 3 MILLION 1 65, 3 0 1 45.

UH, WE'VE BEEN INTERACTED WITH THEM, CHECK THEIR REFERENCES AND, AND FEEL LIKE THIS IS A, A, A GOOD BID FOR GETTING THIS WORK.

UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE DID GO TO CONCRETE ON THIS SECTION, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, GETTING THAT, UH, SIGNAL ADDED.

UM, THE SIGNAL WOULD BE ADDITIVE TO THIS, BUT, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET A FUNDING PARTNERSHIP, UH, TO HELP, UH, FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGNAL.

UH, SO WITH THIS, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, THE COUNTY TO APPROVE THE AWARD TO PRATER DIRT WORK IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION 1 65.

3 0 1 45.

OKAY.

MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THE MONEY COMES FROM THE TRANSPORTATION BOND.

YEAH.

YEAH.

WE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, KIND OF TWO PHASES OF KELLY ROAD.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING THERE IS SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO NORTH PHASE OF KELLY ROAD.

AND, UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING THIS CONTRACTOR TO, TO HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL.

OKAY.

THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES BY BY, UH, THIS NEXT, UH, CONTRACT IS WOULD BE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INSPECTION AND TESTING CONTRACT, UH, FOR THE KELLY ROAD PROJECT.

UH, SO THAT THAT INCLUDES DOING, UH, ALL THE, UM, MANAGEMENT OF THE CONTRACTOR, UH, HAVING DAILY INSPECTIONS.

WE WORKED WITH A COMMISSIONER ON KIND OF SCALING THAT APPROPRIATE TO THE PROJECT.

UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, MATERIALS TESTING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S BUILT TO SPEC.

UH, SO WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL OF 292,325, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT EFFORT FOR THIS PROJECT.

MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

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

ANYTHING ELSE? YOU HAVE? ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NOPE.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU YOU'ALL.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS BEFORE HE GETS DOWN? THANK YOU, CHRIS.

THANKS.

[6.C. Approve the use of Parker County lots (4 quadrants, corner parking lot on Dallas/York) by The Weatherford Chamber of Commerce at no charge for Christmas on the Square on Saturday, December 6th, 2025 from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (Gloria Martinez / Judge Deen)]

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

UH, YES, GLORIA MARTINEZ, WEATHERFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WE ARE PLANNING THE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE, SATURDAY DECEMBER 6TH.

WE ARE REQUESTING THE FOUR QUADRANTS AND THE DALLAS YORK PARKING LOT, THE COUNTY LOT, AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE GETTING WITH YOU AS WELL AS THIS COLLABORATIVE ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING SUPPORT.

YES.

YES.

YES, SIR.

SO, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIE.

FIVE BOTH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

YOU TOO.

[6.D. Approve the re-appointment of Elizabeth Lawrence to serve another two-year term for Pecan Valley Centers Board of Trustees, September 2025 through August 2027. (Ruben DeHoyos / Judge Deen)]

APPROVED THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ELIZABETH LAWRENCE TO SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM FOR POCAN VALLEY CENTER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SEPTEMBER, 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 20, 27.

GOOD MORNING.

DE HOS WITH EX EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH CON VALLEY STANDARDS.

JUST ASKING THAT WE, UH, REAPP, UH, REAPPOINT ELIZABETH LAWRENCE TO SERVE ANOTHER TWO YEARS FOR CON VALLEY CENTERS.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WAL, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD AND FINISH IT.

JUST BOARD THE TRUSTEES.

THAT WAS IT.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH THIS? ALL THE PAPER? THANK YOU.

CARRIES FIVE.

SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.

[6.E. Discuss/Approve the following Resolution/Statement of Intent: "It is the intention of the Commissioners Court that, following the completion of the expansion of the Parker County Jail, if the jail has additional capacity beyond Parker County's needs and the county houses inmates from other governmental entities, that the difference between the cost paid to house those inmates and the amount the county is paid for housing them be used in its entirety to defray the tax impact on Parker County taxpayers of the bond debt incurred from Proposal A of the 2025 Parker County Justice Bond." (Jeff Swain / Judge Deen)]

UM, I WANNA GO AHEAD AND DO THESE, UH, ON THE ITEM EI KNOW THAT WE, IT WAS ON THE AGENDA BEFORE WE TWEAKED THAT LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT FOR CLARITY AND, UH, THAT IS DISCUSSED, APPROVED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION STATEMENT OF INTENT.

IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE, THE EXPANSION OF THE PARKER COUNTY JAIL, THAT THE JAIL HAS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY BEYOND PARKER COUNTY NEEDS AND THE COUNTY HOUSES INMATES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COST PAID TO THOSE H THOSE INMATES AND THE AMOUNT THE COUNTY IS PAID FOR HOUSING THEM TO BE USED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

DERAY, THE TAX IMPACT ON PARKER COUNTY TAXPAYERS OF THE BOND DEBT INCURRED FROM PROPOSAL A OF THE 2025 PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE BOND.

UH, THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

WE HAVE A SECOND ON THIS ITEM BY COMMISSIONER

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MOTION CARRIES

[6.F. Discuss/Approve the following Resolution/Statement of Intent: "It is the intention of the Commissioners Court that, upon the completion of the new Justice Center, the District Courts Building (117 Fort Worth Highway) and the County Attorney's Building (101 North Main Street) be sold and the entirety of the net proceeds from that sale be used to in its entirety to defray the tax impact on Parker County taxpayers of the bond debt from Proposal B of the 2025 Parker County Justice Bond." (Jeff Swain / Judge Deen)]

MOVE TO ITEM F.

WE'LL DISCUSS THE APPROVE OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION.

STATEMENT OF INTENT.

IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE NEWLY JUSTICE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT COURT'S BUILDING ONE 17 FORT WORTH HIGHWAY AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S BUILDING 1 0 1 NORTH MAIN STREET BE SOLD IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE NET PROCEEDS FROM THAT SALE WILL BE USED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO DEFRAY THE TAX IMPACT ON PARKER COUNTY TAXPAYERS AND THE BOND DE AND PROPOSAL B OF THE 2025 PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE BOND.

UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALE, UH, HOLT AND COMMISSIONER HALE'S, MAY THE SECOND.

DO ANYBODY WANT TO, DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WANNA COME UP AND SPEAK? UM, I KNOW, UM, THERE WAS, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMEBODY WANTING TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

ANYBODY.

OKAY.

UM, WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES BY VOTE.

[6.J. Discuss/Vote on Proposed Tax Rate for FY2026. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen)]

UH, BRIANNA, IF YOU WOULD COME ON UP, I PROVIDED YOU ALL DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW WHAT THE NOTICE OF THE 2025 TAX RATES ARE AS WELL AS WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

UM, EACH OF THE THREE TAX RATES, SO THE GENERAL FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE INTEREST IN SINKING LATERAL ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND, AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED REVENUE PROJECTIONS WITH IT.

UH, SO WHAT THE ACTION IS TODAY IS TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ONCE YOU ALL VOTE.

UM, WE WILL BE POSTING THIS ON OUR WEBSITE.

UM, IT WILL ALSO GO IN WEDNESDAY'S EDITION OF THE DEMOCRAT, UH, TO SHOW WHAT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS, WHEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE AND HOW EACH MEMBER OF THE COURT VOTED.

THERE WILL BE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, UM, NEXT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH.

UM, THEN THERE WILL BE THE ACTUAL ADOPTION AT THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS TO SET THAT CEILING, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, UM, TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ON THE TAX RATE.

AND THEN AGAIN, THERE WILL BE THE ACTUAL ADOPTION, UM, ON THE 22ND.

SO, UM, ONCE YOU HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, IF YOU DON'T SET IT AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING, THEN YOU HAVE TO SET IT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, WHICH WE WOULD BE WITHIN THAT, UM, STATUTORY COMPLIANCE FOR DATES.

OKAY.

MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECOND.

SO THE MOTION THAT I MAKE IS TO PROPOSE A TAX RATE FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF 0.1 7 8 5 6 2, INTEREST IN SINKING OF 0.0 5 6 4 6 0, AND LATERAL ROAD AND BRIDGE OF 0.0 5 0 0 4 8 FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.2 8 5 0 7 0 BEING THE SAME AS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

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

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

[8. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]

AND ITEM C, ANY OTHER MATTER DESCRIBED IN THIS MEETING.

AGENDA ITEMS, ITEM B, UPDATE, DISCUSS PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER AND JAIL AND TAKE ANY ACTION.

COURT NAMES NECESSARY.

ITEM C, DISCUSS TAKE ACTION REGARDING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1105 SANTA FE DRIVE, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, AND TAKE ANY ACTUAL COURT NAMES NECESSARY RECORD SHOW THAT WOULD JUDGE.

JUDGE, JUST BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE HAVE, WE SKIPPED ONE ITEM THEN, AND WE'VE GOT FOLKS BACK HERE TO DO THAT.

AND I, I BELIEVE THAT ITEM IS GOING TO BE SIX BTT FIREWORKS.

WE'VE GOT FOLKS SITTING BACK HERE THAT NEED ELSE.

OH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

WE COULD DO THAT REALLY QUICKLY.

NO, NO PROBLEM.

I TRY TO BE DILIGENT TO GET THE ADDRESS THIS WITH THE AUDIENCE THAT WE HAVE.

WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM SIX

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AS LONG AS I DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT ALL THAT OVER AGAIN, I'LL BE FINE WITH THAT.

YEAH, YOU DON'T.

LET'S DO THIS RIGHT QUICK.

ITEM

[6.B. Discuss/Approve TNT Fireworks to conduct business for the Diwali holiday during the state-approved selling season. (Shelly Hartman / Stephen Watson / Judge Deen)]

SHELLEY HARTMAN'S.

UM, SHELLY, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE FOR THIS SAME ITEM ABOUT A YEAR AGO, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I WANTED TO BE HERE A YEAR AGO.

MY BOSS FLEW IN FROM ALABAMA AND WAS HERE ON MY BEHALF.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

SO I WAS ON VACATION.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND I'M NOT NOW, BUT GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

SORRY TO IGNORE YOU BACK THERE.

THAT'S OKAY.

AND WE WON'T MAKE YOU READ IT AGAIN.

WE GOT IT ALL.

SO WE'RE NO, I WAS TALKING ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSION, I .

UM, I AM WITH TT FIREWORKS WEATHERFORD.

AND UH, WE JUST WANTED TO COME BACK AND SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, THE OFFERING THAT YOU GAVE US LAST YEAR FOR WORKING WITH US AND ALLOWING US TO BE OPEN FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE DIWALI SEASON.

IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS FOR US AND FOR THE FAMILIES THAT, UM, CELEBRATE THAT HOLIDAY.

THE HOLIDAY IS, UM, A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AND THOSE LIGHTS ARE COMMEMORATED WITH THE FIREWORKS.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THIS AREA, THOSE FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND, UM, GET WHAT THEY NEEDED TO ENJOY THEIR HOLIDAY.

AND WE SAW FAMILIES COME INTO PARKER COUNTY FROM ALL OVER THE DFW AREA.

WE HAD ARGYLE, JUSTIN, IRVING, MANSFIELD, SOUTH LAKE, AND CUSTOMERS COME IN RIGHT HERE FROM WEATHERFORD AND THEY WERE SUPER EXCITED TO COME IN AND, AND BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH US.

SO WE ARE JUST HERE AGAIN ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR T AND T WEATHERFORD TO BE ABLE TO OPEN FOR THE 2025 ALI SEASON.

THANK YOU.

JUST, JUST BRIEFLY TELL US WHAT DATES THOSE ARE GONNA BE.

IT WOULD BE FOR US, WE COULD EXTEND IT PAST THESE DATES, BUT WE ARE CHOOSING NOT TO JUST DO TWO BUSINESS.

UH, IT WOULD BE OCTOBER 13TH THROUGH OCTOBER 21ST AND IT WOULD BE AN EIGHT DAY SEASON.

OKAY.

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

WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO SIR.

JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND FOR LAST YEAR WE APPRECIATED IT VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE OF BEFORE WE VOTE? ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THE PAPER MOTION GARY .

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MAKE ME REWR REREAD THAT WE'RE GOOD

[8. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]

WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I'M 32.

EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM EIGHT.

THE RECORDS SHOW AT TEN FIFTY TWO TEN FIVE TWO.

AND MOVE TO THE ITEMS DISCUSSED ON ITEM A WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM B UPDATE DISCUSSED.

PORT COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER AND JAIL WILL TAKE NO ACTION.

MOVE TO ITEM C, DISCUSS TAKE ACTION.

REGARDING PROPERTY AT 1105 SANTA FE DRIVE, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS 7 6 0 8 6.

TAKE ANY ACTION COURT NAMES NECESSARY.

UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR, UH, THE COURT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO, UH, WHAT ENTER, UH, LOI ON THAT PROPERTY AT 11.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY END THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE.

FIVE.

OH, I'M GONNA MOVE BACK TO, UM, WE ALSO, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO PLATTING AFTER THIS ITEM, GIVEN THE, UH, TIMING OF THE STAFF.

UH, WE'RE

[6.I. Update on Salary Grievance Committee hearing and take any action as necessary. (Judge Deen)]

AND, UM, LET ME OPEN THIS WITH, WE DID HAVE A, UH, GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE FOURTH, UM, AT 6:00 PM HERE.

AND, UM, AND BEAR WITH ME HERE, GET ORGANIZED OF THAT, UM, PER Y'ALL'S DIRECTION AND, AND, UH, VOTE.

CHOSE TO HAVE THE, UH, GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF THREE JURORS, AND THEN THREE ELECT THE, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE COUNTY.

UM, FOR THE ADDITIONAL SIX, AND I'M GONNA READ THIS OFF TO YOU.

AND WHO VOTED FOR THIS? THE FINAL VOTE WAS, UH, EIGHT VOTES FOR AND ONE VOTE AGAINST, UH, THE NAME OF JOE SINFIELD, UM, WHICH IS A FORMER JUROR.

JAMES RASPBERRY, A FORMER JUROR, RANDALL JOSLYN.

ALL THREE

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JENNY GENTRY, BECKY MCCULLOUGH, SENA GILLIAN, JOHN FORREST AND LALA DELE ALSO VOTED FOR IT.

WHO IS THE COUNTY MEMBERS, WHICH REPRESENTS THE EIGHT TO ONE VOTE? THAT SAID, SO COMING TO YOU NOW, UH, AS THE RURAL STATES, UNLESS IT WAS UNANIMOUS, WHICH THEN WOULD RATIFY THE VOTE THERE AT THAT POINT.

IF IT DID NOT, UH, ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT, UH, ABOVE FIVE, THEN, UH, WHICH IF IT DIDN'T GET THAT, IT WOULD THEN WOULD'VE KILLED IT.

BUT IT CAME, IT'S, IT'S COMING TO YOU NOW WITH A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ONE IN FAVOR.

LALA WOULD ASK YOU TO COME UP THEN.

UM, I THINK YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO, UH, GO THROUGH THIS, UM, TO, UM, ADDRESS THIS.

SURE.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT FAIRNESS.

DURING A BUDGET MEETING ON AUGUST THE 25TH, AGENDA ITEM TWO E DISCUSS AND VOTE FOR PROPOSED ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARY.

AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND HE STATED HIS MOTION WAS FOR COMMISSIONERS ONE THROUGH FOUR, THE DISTRICT CLERK, COUNTY CLERK, THE TREASURER, AND THE SHERIFF, THE TAX ASSESSOR WAS ACCIDENTALLY LEFT OUT, BUT THAT WAS CORRECTED LATER THAT THEIR SALARIES BE SET AT THE LEVEL OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR.

IF THEY HAD BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE, IF THEY HAD BEEN IN OFFICE FOR LESS THAN 10 YEARS, THEN THEY WOULD FALL UNDER ANOTHER CATEGORY AND THAT WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE PURCHASING AGENT.

THE MOTION GOES ON TO ADDRESS JPS AND CONSTABLES.

AND SOON AS THE MOTION WAS STATED, THE COUNTY JUDGE SAID, I KNOW THAT WAS A LENGTHY MOTION, BUT CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THE FIRST COUPLE OF SENTENCES YOU SAID? AND THEN COMMISSIONER WALDEN, HE REPEATED IT.

HE KIND OF PARAPHRASED IT THIS TIME.

HE SAID, COMMISSIONERS ONE THROUGH FOUR, DISTRICT CLERK, COUNTY CLERK, TREASURER, SHERIFF, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE MORE THAN 10 YEARS, YOUR SALARY'S GONNA BE THE SAME AS THE AUDITOR.

YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE LESS THAN 10 YEARS.

IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME AS PURCHASING.

AND SO THERE WAS SOME MORE DISCUSSION.

AND THEN THE COUNTY TREASURER SAID, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU NAMED ME.

I'VE WORKED HERE LONGER THAN 10 YEARS AND I'VE NOT BEEN IN OFFICE SO 10 YEARS, SO I WOULD FALL IN THE SECOND COMMISSIONER WALDEN INDICATED BY SHAKING HIS HEAD YES.

AND THE TREASURER SAID, RIGHT.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, THE MOTION CARRIED WITH A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT VOTING NO.

SO SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED DURING THAT MEETING.

AND THAT MEETING WAS ACTUALLY RECESSED TO THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WAS AUGUST THE 26TH.

THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARIES WAS DISCUSSED AGAIN, AND DURING THE DISCUSSION THE TREASURER SAID SHE HAD SOME CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS.

SO I'M PARAPHRASING THIS.

SHE SAID, I BELIEVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONER WALDEN WAS YOU HAVE TO HAVE COMPLETED 10 YEARS IN OFFICE BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA AFFECT THE NUMBER THAT I HAVE ON YOUR SHEETS FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR BECAUSE THAT WILL ACTUALLY PUT HER IN THE LOWER TIER.

I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT IS YOUR MOTION.

UH, THE TAX ASSESSOR WILL START HER 10TH YEAR THIS JANUARY.

SHE'S IN HER NINTH YEAR NOW.

COMMISSIONER WALDEN SAID WE HAD TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE AND IT WAS 10 YEARS, WE HAD TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE, AND IT WAS 10 YEARS.

THERE WAS A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT JPS AND CONSTABLES AND PAY AND OTHER ITEMS THAN THE TREASURER SAID.

THERE'S ONE MORE ELECTED SALARY I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

SO AGAIN, FOLLOWING THE 10 YEARS IN OFFICE, SHE STATED THE SHERIFF HAS NOT BEEN IN THE OFFICE 10 YEARS.

THEN THE, THE TREASURER DISCUSSED THE SHERIFF'S SALARY.

COMMISSIONER WALDEN THEN SAID WORDS TO THE EFFECT, MY INTENT IS TO ELEVATE THE SHERIFF'S POSITION TO THE SAME AS THE AUDITOR.

SO I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE DO THE MOTION CARRIED.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS MY GRIEVANCE.

THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT UNDERMINDED, THE FAIRNESS OF ITS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED TOP TIER AND BOTTOM TIER BASED ON LONGEVITY.

BY MOVING ONE POSITION FROM THE BOTTOM TIER TO THE TOP TIER THAT DID NOT MEET THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA WHILE NOT WHILE DENYING THE SAME TO EVERYONE ELSE.

SO THIS MORNING YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S POSITION.

I WANNA MAKE THIS VERY, VERY CLEAR.

THE SHERIFF DID NOT MAKE THIS DECISION AND HE DOES NOT HAVE A VOTE IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

MY GRIEVANCE IS NOT ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S SALARY OR ANYONE ELSE'S SALARY OR ANYTHING PERSONAL WITH ANYTHING ELSE.

I ACTUALLY LIKE THE POLICY AND SUPPORT COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S PLAN, BUT IT WAS JUST NOT

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IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE HERE HAS PUT ME IN THIS POSITION, BUT MY GRIEVANCE, AGAIN, IT'S NOT WITH ANYBODY ELSE, IT'S WITH A POLICY, UM, FAIRNESS RIGHT AND WRONG.

AND IN MY OPINION, WHAT WAS DONE HERE WAS WRONG.

SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE TOP TIERS LOOK LIKE.

SO THIS IS THE TOP TIER ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

YOU'LL SEE PRECINCT ONE, THE DISTRICT CLERK AND THE, UH, COMMISSIONER PRECINCT THREE.

AND NOW THIS IS THE BOTTOM TIER.

NOW COINCIDENTALLY, THE TOP TIER, ALL OF THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE ELECTED.

THEY CAME STRAIGHT INTO OFFICE AND THEY DIDN'T WORK FOR THE COUNTY.

THIS IS THE BOTTOM TIER.

SO, UM, THESE, THESE, YOU'LL SEE THE TAX ASSESSOR, SHE'S GOT NINE YEARS IN OFFICE, 24 YEARS TOTAL, AND THEN IT GOES DOWN.

AND THEN THIS IS THE TOP TIER WITH INCLUDING THE SHERIFF.

SO YOU SEE THE TOP THREE HAVE MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE TAX ASSESSOR, MYSELF AND THEN THE SHERIFF, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

THANK YOU, LILA.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, BEFORE YOU GET DOWN, EXCEPT DOWN, UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR BEFORE SHE STEPS DOWN? BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

SO JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS DOCUMENT CORRECTLY, WE HAVE THIS DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF US WHICH SAYS THAT EIGHT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE VOTED IN FAVOR OF INCREASING THE BASE SALARY TO ONE SIXTY TWO, A HUNDRED SIXTY 2000 FOR THE PARKER COUNTY CLERK ONLY.

CORRECT.

AND THE SIGNATURES ON THIS PAGE REPRESENT THOSE FOLKS WHO DID SUPPORT THAT INCREASE.

CORRECT.

AND THERE WAS A NINTH MEMBER WHO DID NOT SIGN IT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT.

SO EIGHT OUT OF NINE, CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

AND I POINT OUT TO THAT THREE OF THOSE AGAIN WERE FORMER JURORS, CIVILIANS, IF YOU WILL, IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT, NON COUNTY EMPLOYEES VOTED UNANIMOUSLY, UM, FROM ALL THOSE.

SO THE, THE DESCENDING VOTE WAS NOT FROM THE OUTSIDE THE VOTERS, IF YOU WILL, THAT NEED, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LILA? AGAIN, LILA, I APPRECIATE, I I'VE HEARD YOU SPEAK ON THIS TWICE NOW AND, UH, WHILE I'M NOT A VOTING MEMBER OF THE GRIEVANCE, I'M A VOTING MEMBER HERE AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR CLARITY OF MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT MONEY.

UH, IT'S ABOUT FAIRNESS.

UM, AND IN YOUR WORDS THAT YOU SPOKE RIGHT AND WRONG AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDIDNESS TO THIS.

I KNOW THAT'S DELICATE FOR YOU AND I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU COMING UP AND SPEAKING AGAIN FOR US.

UH, LAST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LAST, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE? IF NOT, I'M GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE JUST FOR CLARITY.

HOW, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU WORKED FOR THE COUNTY? 14 TOTAL, RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN PAPER.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY THE VOTE BEFORE WE VOTE, WE'RE VOTING FOR THIS NOT OPPOSITE.

WE'RE VOTING THE VOTE YES MEANS YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE APPROVING HER RAISE HER HER GRIEVANCE.

THAT SO ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION SPECIFIC.

UM, YOU'RE RIGHT.

I'M GUESSING I'M SITTING HERE TRYING TO PROCESS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

UH, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION, UH, JUST TO GET US TO THAT POINT.