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[Call to Order]

[00:00:04]

CAN I GET EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION? I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER IN THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSION'S COURT ON THIS 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025.

UH, LET THE RECORD SHOW IT AS 9:01 AM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY CLERK AND COUNTY ATTORNEY, WELL WITHOUT THE COUNTY.

YES, WE DO.

HE'S HERE.

YOU'RE HERE FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SO, UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION LED BY NEIL ROWE FROM WATERHOUSE CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY, JUDGE CORAM.

COMMISSIONER CONLEY, LET US PRAY.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY.

LORD, WE INVITE YOU INTO THIS MEETING.

WE ASK FOR WISDOM, WE ASK FOR TRUTH, AND WE ASK FOR LIGHT.

GOD, I PRAY THAT EVERY AGENDA ITEM THAT IS BROUGHT UP TODAY IS MADE WITH WISDOM THAT YOU COVER IT AND YOU SEE OVER IT.

IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

AMEN.

I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, GOD, ISRAEL, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS.

IF I PLEASE STATE STANDING PLEASE.

UH, I HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IF YOU WOULD.

UH, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

[4. CONSENT]

WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE CONSENT.

JOHN, AGENDA ITEM A AUDITOR.

ITEM TWO, THREE AND FOUR UNDER ITEM B, ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

AND BECKY, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS ON ITEM TWO.

YEAH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S GONNA BE ADAMS 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.

NUMBER TWO IS JUST A REQUEST FROM OUR DEPOSITORY BANK TO, UM, RELEASE SOME PLEDGE SECURITIES THAT I DO RECOMMEND.

DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THIS? YES.

OKAY.

YOU NEED A MOTION PLEASE? MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU.

PASS BY BY.

I WANNA MOVE TO ITEM C UNDER STILL UNDER THE CONSENT AND AGENDA ITEMS TWO AND THREE.

AS FOR A MOTION, PLEASE JUDGE, I, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED, BUT I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ONE OF THE LINE ITEM BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.

UH, BRIANNA, I GUESS WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE TRANSFERRING FUNDS HERE FOR THE, UH, FIRE MARSHAL LINE.

I'LL GRAB IT UNDER RECORD.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WHILE WE'RE WAITING, WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE AND JUST HOLD ONE MOMENT PLEASE.

SO, SO I GUESS I'M SEEING, I'M, I'M QUESTIONING ON THE, UH, LINE ITEM BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS HERE WHERE WE'RE TRANSFERRING $70,000 FROM CONTINGENCIES TO FIRE MARSHAL LINE TO PAY FOR THE CONTRACT TO FIRE MARSHAL.

RIGHT.

AND SO WHEN WE, UM, DISCUSSED IT AT THE POINT WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS APPROVED, RATHER THAN ZERO OUT ALL OF THE REMAINING SALARY LINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, EVEN THOUGH THAT AMOUNT WILL ROLL BACK OVER AGAIN, INSTEAD OF DOING A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO ALL THOSE LINES, WE MOVED IT FROM CONTINGENCY TO CONTRACT SERVICES.

SO THE TOTAL, UM, TO PAY FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD IS 90,000, BUT THERE WAS, UM, 20,000, UM, REMAINING IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT SERVICE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S 70 TO MAKE THE 90.

CORRECT.

VERY GOOD.

YES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AND, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, KIND OF CONSISTENT WHAT, WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, IN THE LAST SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS IS I WILL IN DECEMBER SUBMIT A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR THE TIDC EXPENSES.

AND SO IF YOU RECALL, WE BUDGET THOSE INTO LINE ITEMS, UM, BUT BECAUSE OF REPORTING THAT WE HAVE TO DO INTO, UM, THE DIFFERENT LINES FOR CHILDREN, UM, CUSTODIAL PARENT, ALL OF THOSE, WE DO A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT QUARTERLY.

AND SO AT THAT POINT WE WILL HAVE THE REST OF, UM, FISCAL YEAR 26 PAID FOR, AND THEN WE'LL SUBMIT THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AT THAT TIME.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

[00:05:04]

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

NOW WE, I'M JUST, I HAD TO WAIT ON SOMETHING HERE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA

[6.A. Proclaim September 17-23, 2025 as Constitution Week in Parker County at the request of the Weatherford Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (Linda Schmidt / Judge Deen)]

MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SIX A.

I CAN GET TO IT.

PLEASE MOVE TO ITEM SIX A PER CLAIM.

SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD, 2020 FIFTH.

THIS CONSTITUTIONAL WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY AT THE REQUEST OF THE WEATHER FOR CHAMBER ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

UH, WE HAVE LINDA SCHMIDT HERE.

UH, IF YOU WOULD COME UP.

GOOD MORNING YOUR HONOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

WE ARE HERE TODAY.

I AM LINDA SCHMIDT, CURRENT REGENT FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WEATHERFORD CHAPTER.

THIS IS HARRIET HELM, SHE IS OUR HONORARY CHAIR, UM, REGENT AND SHIRLEY GODFREY IS OUR COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR THE CONSTITUTION.

WE WANT, WE'RE ALL HERE TO THANK YOU TODAY FOR HONORING THE CONSTITUTION WITH A, UH, PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD IS CONSTITUTION WEEK.

WE'RE HERE TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COUNTY AND FOR, UM, GIVING US THE HONOR OF BEING HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

HA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION I WOULD LIKE TO READ TO YOU AND THEN WE'LL HAVE Y'ALL COME UP IF YOU WOULD.

SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

UH, THE CONSTITUTION WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY, WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025 MARKS THE 238TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE CONS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

AND WHEREAS FITTING AND PROPER TO ACCORD OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THIS MAGNIFICENT DOCUMENT AND ITS MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY, AND TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS, WHICH WILL CRATE THIS OCCASION.

AND WHEREAS THE WEATHERFORD CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO SCHOOL, CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALL ACROSS PARKER COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS PUBLIC LAW NINE 15 GUARANTEES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNATING SEVEN SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD IS CONSTITUTIONAL WEEK.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF PARKER COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD AS A CONSTITUTIONAL WEEK AND ASK OUR CITIZENS TO REAFFIRM THE IDEALS OF THE FRAMERS THE CONSTITUTION HAD IN A, IN 1787 BY LY PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS GUARANTEED TO US THROUGH THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTIES, REMEMBERING THAT LOST RIGHTS MAY NEVER BE REGAINED.

SO PROCLAIM THE 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 FIFTH IF YOU WOULD COME ON THAT, PLEASE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE TWO PICTURES.

1, 2, 3.

ONE MORE.

1, 2, 3.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OH YEAH, PUT THAT ON.

IT'S ON.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE

[5.A. Presentation of 2024 Distinguished Service Award to the Parker County Historical Commission from the Texas Historical Commission. (Teri Hubbard / Judge Deen)]

GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM FIVE A ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2024 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TO THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORIC COMMISSION FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

UH, TERRY, YOU WOULD COME ON UP.

THANK YOU.

UM, ON BEHALF OF THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR RECOGNIZING US AND PRESENTING THIS, UM, HONOR TO US.

WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

UH, THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THIS, UH, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.

AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD OR I'M ABLE TO, UM, MAKE UP STORIES .

UM, WE, IN THE PAST YEAR, THE 26 MEMBERS OF THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS REMAINED

[00:10:02]

COMMITTED TO PRESERVING AND PROMOTING OUR COUNTY'S RICH HISTORY.

WE'RE ESPECIALLY PROUD THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED QUORUM AT EVERY MEETING HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, WE MEET REGULARLY SIX TIMES A YEAR, BUT WE HAVE HAD, BECAUSE OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES, SEVERAL CALLED MEETINGS AND WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A QUORUM EVERY TIME.

UM, THIS DEMONSTRATES, DEMONSTRATES A STRONG, UM, ENGAGEMENT AND DEDICATION OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.

THINGS THAT WE DID THIS PAST YEAR.

UM, WE'VE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED OR INSTALLED NEW HISTORICAL MARKERS AND MAINTAINED EXISTING ONES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

WE'VE HOSTED PUBLIC EDUCATION EVENTS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS.

WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, UM, ON CEMETERY PRESERVATION EFFORTS, AND WE DOCUMENT AND PRESERVE ORAL HISTORIES FROM LONGTIME RESIDENTS.

WE'VE ASSISTED THE PUBLIC WITH HISTORICAL AND GENEAL GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED, SHARING LOCAL HISTORY THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS THIS COMING YEAR OR IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UM, WE HAVE A REGIONAL CHC CONFERENCE THAT WE'RE HOSTING, INVITING 10 ADDITIONAL, 10 COUNTY CHCS, UH, THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARDS.

SO FAR I'VE GOTTEN RESPONSES FROM FOUR OF THE COUNTIES AND, UH, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME TO DO THIS, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

UM, WE'LL BE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A MINIATURE REAL PLACES CONFERENCE WHERE WE WILL HAVE WORKSHOPS AND WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS FROM OUR COMMISSION.

PLUS WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM PRES PRESERVATION TEXAS SPEAKING ON ENDANGERED PROPERTIES AND LOCATIONS.

UM, THIS AWARD IN ITSELF IS A REFLECTION OF THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, AS WELL AS THE PASSION FOR PRESERVING OUR MEM OUR HISTORY.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE, ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO FOR US TO HELP US OUT AND WE APPRECIATE RECEIVING THIS AWARD.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A, UM, SOMETHING TO READ HERE AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE Y'ALL COME UP.

WHO ALL, UH, FROM THE STORE COMMISSION HERE.

I KNOW YOU ARE.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND I'M GONNA, UH, READ THIS AND I'M GONNA HAVE Y'ALL COME UP ON THE 2024 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD PRESENTED TO THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORIC COMMISSION BY THE TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION.

PARKER COUNTY HISTORIC COMMISSION HAS EARNED A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, DSA FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND DEDICATED SERVICE IN 2024.

THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO RECOGNIZE THEIR EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE CONTRIBUTIONS AND WELL-BALANCED PRESERVATION PROGRAM AS DETERMINED BY A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT OF ANNUAL REPORTS.

TO HELP CELEBRATE THIS A ACHIEVEMENT, WE WANT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AWARD ALONG WITH THE HARD WORK AND CIVIC IMPACT THAT REPRESENTS.

WE CONGRATULATE THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORIC COMMISSION FOR THIS WELL-DESERVED ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THEIR DEDICATION TO PRESERVING TEXAS HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.

PLEASE GIVE THEM A HAND, PLEASE.

MINE RICH.

OKAY.

UM, CAN WE DO SOMETHING KIND OF ORTHODOX? I NEED A MOTION.

YEAH, I'M SORRY.

I GOT, WE APPROVE THE, UH, PROCLAMATION, THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSION.

SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

SORRY, I FORGOT THAT.

, I WANT TO GET Y'ALL UP HERE SO QUICK.

WE APPRECIATE LIKE NO, NO.

LARRY, DON'T YOU BELONG UP HERE? NO, THE ONLY THING HE DOESN'T.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT FOUR.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

ONE MOMENT.

MULTIPLE DEVICES.

1, 2, 3.

ONE MORE.

1, 2, 3.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU AGAIN TERRY.

THANK Y'ALL

[00:15:01]

FOR, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM D ONE ON INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY REPORTS.

UH, KIM, ANY? YES.

SORRY ABOUT THE B******T GUYS.

NO WORRIES.

SO WE DO HAVE A FEW INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS, MOSTLY CONSISTING OF COMPUTERS TRANSFERRED.

UM, SOME BODY ARMOR TRANSFERRED FROM SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO CONSTABLE THREE.

UM, THERE IS ONE VEHICLE TRANSFERRED.

IT'S A 2013 DODGE RAMP FROM CONSTABLE ONE TO PRECINCT ONE.

I THINK IT WAS, UH, UH, EXCHANGE FOR A Y'ALL, I HAVE THAT BACKWARDS.

Y'ALL HAVE THE VEHICLE? YES, WE EXCHANGED BECAUSE OF A TAHOE.

YES.

WORK ON A TAHOE.

OKAY, SO BASICALLY THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE TO ITEM TWO ON FINAL RESULTS OF ONLINE SURPLUS AUCTION 7 21 25 THROUGH 8 1 20 25 KIM.

SO, UM, THE TOTAL PROCEEDS FROM THE AUCTION THAT ENDED ON MAY 2ND, 2025 WAS 29,000 372 97.

IT CONSISTS OF $18,062 AND 22 CENTS TO FUND 10 2005 25 TO FUND ONE 6,000 1 72 TO FUND THREE AND $2,251 TO SEIZURE FUNDS.

AND THEN, UH, THERE WAS A REBATE THAT WE GET WITH THIS NEW AUCTION SERVICE AND IT WAS $362 AND 75 CENTS AS WELL.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE TO ITEM THREE ON DISCUSS AND APPROVED DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTIONS UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2 6 2 0.024.

SO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, UM, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2 6 2 0.024 ALLOWS FOR, UM, CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTIONS, UM, FROM PROCUREMENT STATUTES AND THEY ARE LISTED IN THE, UM, WELL YOU ALL HAD THIS ATTACHED WITH THE AGENDA ITEM DOCUMENTS AND THOSE INCLUDE LIKE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UM, EMERGENCY, UM, EXPENSES BECAUSE OF A PUBLIC CALAMITY, UM, FOOD, UH, UN UNFORESEEN DAMAGE TO PUBLIC PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF A CALAMITY, UH, DAY WORK RIGHT AWAY FOR LAND.

UM, SOLE SOURCE ITEMS, PROPERTY WE'VE SOLD AND AND SO FORTH.

AND SO ANNUALLY WE NEED TO, UH, THE COURT NEEDS TO VOTE AND APPROVE THESE EXEMPTIONS, UM, FOR THE COUNTY.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE, YOU KNOW THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR? THIS IS NOT NEWS.

WE DO THIS ANNUAL THIS? YES SIR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH UM, KIM AND THIS WILL BE FOR OCTOBER OF, OF THIS YEAR THROUGH NEXT SEPTEMBER.

FISCAL KIM.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE, BUT I I I SEE THAT WE HAVE A CONSTABLE JUST IN, IN RESPECT OF THEIR TIME HERE.

UM, CAN I MOVE

[6.B. Waive 10-day posting for Deputy Constable position in Precinct #4. (Constable Jones / Judge Deen)]

DOWN TO SIX ITEM SIX B ON THE WAVE, THE 10 DAY POSTING PER DEPUTY CONSTABLE POSITION, PRECINCT FOUR.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP JUST REAL QUICK, JUST IN RESPECT OF YOUR TIME PLEASE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THERE, JUDGE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

UM, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW MY DEPUTY TOM KELLY HAS RETIRED AND UH, I'D LIKE TO WAIVE THE 10 DAY POSTING SO I CAN PUT MARTIN ON.

HE'S ONE OF MY RESERVE DEPUTIES.

HE, HIS FAMILY OWNS THE ALITO DINER AND UH, THAT'S HOW I'VE COME TO KNOW HIM FOR MANY YEARS.

HE'S ALREADY KNOWS THE JOB, HE'S ALREADY BONDED, HE ALREADY HAS THE EQUIPMENT.

IT JUST MAKES REALLY GOOD FISCAL SENSE AND HE'S A WELL, WELL TEMPERED INDIVIDUAL.

HE IS EAGER TO LEARN.

HE'S 33 YEARS OLD.

HE'S A YOUNG GUY.

HE'D PROBABLY BE AROUND FOR A WHILE, SPEAKS SPANISH FLUENTLY AND UH, IT'S ALREADY HELPED OUR OFFICE AND THE JUDGE, UH, THE JP THERE.

UM, SO TO ME IT'S A NO BRAINER.

I MEAN IT'S OKAY.

MOTION WILL BE BY COMMISSIONER HALE SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIED BY.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU YOUR HONOR.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, MOVE IT BACK TO ITEM FOUR ON REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF 2016 TRANSPORTATION BOND DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AMENDMENT FOR PRECINCT ONE.

SO PER THE PROCEDURES AND PLAN APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT BACK ON APRIL 27TH, 2009, THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED LISTING

[00:20:01]

AND PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION BOND PROGRAM.

DISCRETIONARY FUNDS IS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

UH, PRECINCT ONE IS REQUESTING THE REMAINING BALANCE OF HIS 2016 DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TOTALING $10,140 AND 99 CENTS BE MOVED FROM SHANGRI LAW SUBDIVISION AND TRANSFERRED TO NEW HOPE COURT.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

THANK BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM FIVE.

APPROVE THE SALVAGE INSTRUCTION OF A STORAGE BUILDING AND JUVENILE PROBATION.

SO THERE'S AN EXISTING STORAGE BUILDING, UM, AT THE JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICE THAT IS FALLING APART AND BUILDING GROUNDS IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD AND DESTROY THAT STORAGE BUILDING, UM, AT THIS TIME, WHICH WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE CONEX CONTAINER THAT YOU ALL APPROVED WITH A 2026 BUDGET.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM SIX, NOTIFY COMMISSIONER COURT OF 2025 FY 2025 MISSING INVENTORY THAT HAS BEEN LOCATED.

SO THIS IS JUST A NOTIFICATION.

UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS LOCATED ASSET NUMBER 2 2 7 0 9, WHICH IS A PROTECTIVE VEST.

IT WAS MARKED MISSING IN THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL AUDIT.

AND SO, UM, IN, AT THE POINT IN TIME THAT I, UM, PRESENTED THE AUDIT, THE INVENTORY, UM, I SAID THAT I WOULD COME BACK TO COURT IF WE LOCATED ANY MISSING ITEMS. SO NO, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION SIR.

NOTIFICATION ONLY, CORRECT? YEP.

OKAY, THANK YOU KIM.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SIGN BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ITEM SEVEN BY PC 26 DASH OH 2 20 26 CHEVY SILVERADO TWO WHEEL DRIVE CREW CAB UH, FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IT'S REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF BUYBOARD PC 26 0 2.

IT'S A 2026 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TWO WHEEL DRIVE CREW CAB FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND THIS WAS WILL BE PURCHASED THROUGH BY BOARD.

7 2 4 DASH 23 FROM CALDWELL CHEVROLET.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? APPROVE VOTE.

THIS IS WITH FI 26 FUNDS AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET OBVIOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU KIM.

ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIE VOTE.

THANK YOU.

MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT BY PC 26 DASH OH 3 20 26 CHEVROLET TRACKS FOR BUILDING AND GROUNDS.

THIS ONE IS ALSO CONTINGENT UPON ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

IT'S BY PC 26 DASH OH THREE FOR 26 CHEVROLET TRACKS FOR BUILDING AND GROUNDS THROUGH THE BOR CO-OP CONTRACT 7 2 4 DASH 23.

ALSO FROM CALDWELL CHEVROLET.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PAULA FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM NINE ON T-C-A-T-S-A PC 26 DASH OH 4 20 25 SILVERADO PPV CONSTRUCTION THREE AND OUTFITTING CONSTRUCTION THREE.

CONSTABLE THREE.

CONSTABLE THREE I KNEW THAT .

SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF TSA PC 26 DASH OH FOUR FOR A 2025 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PPV PLUS OUTFITTING FOR CONSTABLE THREE.

THIS IS THROUGH THE TEXAS SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION CO-OP TWO FIVE DASH OH SIX DASH 10 10 WILL BE FROM THE HOLIDAY CHEVROLET FOR THE VEHICLE AND OUTFITTING FROM DEFENDER SUPPLY.

AND THAT'S THROUGH THE CO-OP CONTRACT.

TARRANT COUNTY CO-OP CONTRACT F 2024 DASH HUNDRED SEVEN.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER HOLT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM FOR WITHOUT ALL FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

MOVE TO ITEM 10 BY PC 26 DASH OH 5 2 20 26 CHEVROLET ONE HALF TON CC CID SO THIS IS UM, B BY PC 26 DASH OH FOUR FOR 2 20 26 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HALFTIME CREW CAB PICKUPS.

THIS IS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CID DIVISION THROUGH THE BY BOARD CONTRACT.

7 2 4 DASH TWO THREE FROM CALDWELL CHEVROLET.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER HALE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM 11 BY PC 26 DASH OH 6 15 20 26 CHEVROLET TAHOES, PPV 14 PATROL WINTER INTERDICTION AND OUTFITTING.

SO THIS IS BY PC 26 DASH SIX FOR 15 20 26 CHEVROLET.

PPV TAHOES FOR THE PCSO PATROL.

THIS IS FOR 14, UH, FOR PATROL AND ONE FOR INTERDICTION.

$500,000 OF THESE VEHICLES IS PAID FOR OUT OF SB 22 FUNDS GRANT FUNDS AND IT'S THROUGH THE BY BY BOARD CONTRACT.

7 24 DASH 23 FROM CALDWELL CHEVROLET AND OUTFITTING FROM DEFENDER SUPPLY TARRANT COUNTY CO-OPS F 2024 DASH HUNDRED SEVEN.

OKAY, MOTION MOVE ON.

COMMISSIONER HALE SECOND.

COMMISSIONER COL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM 12 BY PC 26 DASH OH 7 20 26

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CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2,500 HD TWO WHEEL DRIVE ANIMAL CONTROL REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF VIA PC 26 DASH OH 7 20 26 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2,500 HEAVY DUTY TWO WILL DRIVE CREW CAB FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL BY 7 2 4 DASH 23.

ALSO FROM CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET CONTINGENT UPON ADOPTION OF BUDGET.

OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES ABOVE VOTE.

MOVE TO ITEM 13 BY PT 26 DASH OH EIGHT ON 3 20 26 CHEVROLET TAHOE PPVS TRANSPORT REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THEIR APPROVAL OF I PC 26 DASH OH EIGHT FOR 3 20 26 CHEVROLET TAHOE PPVS FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE V BOARD.

7 2 4 DASH TWO THREE FROM CALDWELL CHEVROLET.

ALSO CONTINGENT UPON ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.

HOLD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL I FAVOR, MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH ITEM 14, DISCUSS AND AUTHORIZE APPROVAL OF OPEN GOV FINANCIALS.

CONTRACT AMENDMENT KIM NUMBER THREE, KIM.

SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO RENEW THE OPEN GOV FINANCIALS CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.

THIS IS FOR OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL SOFTWARE.

WE CALL IT STW.

WE WILL STILL BE USING IT FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR UNTIL, UM, WE GO LIVE IN DEC IN JANUARY WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE AND THEN WE'LL STILL BE UTILIZING UNTIL WE HAVE THE OUTSIDE AUDIT IS COMPLETE FOR FY 26.

CAN'T ASK FOR MOTION OR COMMENT.

MOTION MAY BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM 15, DISCUSS AND APPROVE TYLER MENACE.

CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO.

SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE TYLER MUNIS CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO AND TYLER MUNIS IS OUR WILL BE OUR NEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE.

THERE'S BEEN SOME ADDITIONS IN, IN CHANGES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES AND UM, SO FORTH.

SO SOME OF THOSE FEES HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.

UM, AND THIS IS WHAT THIS REQUEST FOR IS FOR.

OKAY.

MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM 16.

DISCUSSED AND APPROVE THE CONSTABLE ONE CONTRACT WITH ACTION ENTERPRISES LLC FOR BODY CAMERAS AND TASERS.

SO THIS IS ALSO CONTINGENT UPON ADOPTION OF THE 26TH BUDGET, BUT WE'RE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE, THE EXECUTION FOR THE A AXON LEASE FOR BODY CAMERAS AND TASERS FOR CONSTABLE ONE FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.

OKAY, THE TASERS WILL HAVE A $3,847 68 CENTS ANNUAL PAYMENT FOR FIVE YEARS AND THE BODY CAMS AND IN-CAR CAMERAS WOULD BE $6,630 AND 36 CENTS.

ALSO FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

SECOND COMMISSIONER HALL.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR CARRIE FIVE OH

[6.C. License plate recycling program for Auto Registration as additional funding for training. (Jenny Gentry / Judge Deen)]

MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SIX C.

LICENSE PLATE RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR AUTO REGISTRATION IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TRAINING.

JENNY, SORRY TO WAIT TO GET TO YOU.

NO, YOU'RE FINE.

GOOD MORNING.

OKAY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO START A LICENSE PLATE RECYCLE PROGRAM IN OUR OFFICE AND DO USE THE FUNDS TO HELP WITH THE INCREASED COST OF TRAINING.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE AND MORE CUSTOMERS COMING IN WHERE PLATES WERE STOLEN FROM JUNKYARDS AND STUFF AND THEY'RE USED IN TOLLS.

SO THEY'RE GETTING BILLS.

SO I WOULD HAVE IT AVAILABLE NOT ONLY TO THE PUBLIC BUT ALSO TO OUR DEALERSHIPS.

'CAUSE SB 1902 REQUIRES ALL THE DEALERS TO RETAIN PLATES AND RECYCLE THEM AFTER 10 YEARS.

AFTER 10 DAYS, SORRY.

SO WE COULD CUT THEM IN HALF.

I REACHED OUT TO PRECINCT TWO.

CARISSA WAS NICE AND SAID THEY COULD CUT THE PLATES IN HALF FOR US AND THEN WE COULD RECYCLE THEM AND THEN ONCE THE MONEY COMES IN, I ASKED THAT Y'ALL CERTIFY IT TO OUR TRAINING LINE SO WE CAN USE IT FOR TRAINING.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, JUST A CURIOSITY QUESTION.

DO THE PLATES GET REPLACED EVERY FIVE YEARS LIKE THEY USED TO OR IS THAT CHANGED? THEY CHANGED IT.

SO NOW IT'S JUST WHEN YOU COME IN AND PAY FOR 'EM, THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY REPLACE THEM ANYMORE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT'S TORN UP, DOES IT COST ADDITIONAL $6 AND 50 CENTS? SIX 50? YEAH.

THEY USED TO DO IT EVERY SEVEN YEARS MANDATORY.

AND THEY CHANGED THAT MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PLATE SEQUENCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

YEAH.

FOR THE RECORD, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN MADE THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BESIDE I WAS WONDERING WHAT I'M GONNA USE FOR MY BARN ON THE WALL OF MY BARN NOW ALL LICENSE PLATE.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES BY VOTE.

THANK

[00:30:01]

YOU.

YEAH, VOTE.

MOVE TO

[6.D. Set Elected Officials Salaries for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. (Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 2)]

ITEM D ON SET ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.

BUDGET.

UM, I WANT TO ON D, E AND FI WANTED TO MOVE DOWN.

UM, BEAR WITH ME.

OKAY,

[6.H. Accept the ESD #8 Board resignation of Joe Wilkinson and authorize posting for replacement. (Judge Deen)]

IF, IF, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, UH, I WANNA MOVE TO ITEM H AND WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT, UH, WHEN WE'RE READY FOR THAT.

UH, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM H AND ACCEPT ESD EIGHT BOARD RE RESIGNATION OF JOE WILKINSON AND AUTHORIZE A POST AND REPLACEMENT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECOND.

COMMISSIONER HALE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE SORRY TO SEE JOE GO AND WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.

YEAH, I WILL SECOND THAT.

I, I I TALKED TO JOE AND, AND, UH, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT UH, BUT HE'S SERVED HIS TIME WELL AND HAS, HAS MADE AN IMPACT THERE WITH ESD EIGHT AND COMMEND HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT SIR.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

CARRIES FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

[6.I. Waive 10-day posting for North Residential Disposal Center Operator position with a start date of 10/1/2025. (Commissioner Conley)]

MOVE TO ITEM I WAIVE THE 10 DAY POSTING FROM NORTH RESIDENTIAL DISPOSAL CENTER OPPOR OPERATOR POSITION WITH A START DATE OF TEN ONE TWENTY TWENTY FIVE.

COMMISSIONER CONLEY? YEAH, WE UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL APPLICATIONS ALREADY THAT WE PICKED ONE OUT OF THAT FROM.

OKAY.

VERY WELL.

COMMISSIONER HOLT HAS MADE THE MOTION SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES BY BILL.

[6.J. Approve contract with Emergency Services District #1 for Fire Marshal services and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 3)]

MOVE TO ITEM J ON APPROVED CONTRACT WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FOR FARM MARSHAL SERVICES AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

UM, DO WE WANT TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS WITH JOHN NOT HERE.

THAT'S WHAT I'D RECOMMEND.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

HE GAVE ME THE CONTRACT TO PRESENT TO THE COURT.

DID HE SAY IT WAS OKAY? I WOULD RATHER HIM BE HERE.

UM, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

UM, DO WE, I MEAN HE DIDN'T LEAVE ME ANYTHING SAYING THAT NONE OF THESE WERE READY TO GO, SO, OKAY.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON TIMING.

I'M FINE WITH WAITING FOR JOHN TO BE HERE, BUT DOES THAT MEAN WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION BEFORE TEN ONE? BECAUSE WOULDN'T THIS BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST? COULD WE TAKE NO ACTION OR JUST PAUSE IT UNTIL WE TALK TO HIM FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? WE ARE GONNA TALK TO HIM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE NO ACTION.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS.

YEP.

IS THAT OKAY? COME BACK.

OKAY.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.

MOVE

[6.K. Approval of the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Willow Park for Dispatch Services and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

TO ITEM K ON APPROVAL OF THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SEAT OF WILLOW PARK FOR DISPATCH SERVICE AND TAKE ANY ACTION ACCORDING DEEMS NECESSARY.

UH, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE UNDER JOHN, BUT DO WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED ON THIS? YES SIR.

EVERYTHING'S READY TO PRESENT.

THIS IS OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES ABOUT THAT MOVE

[6.L. Approval of the Interlocal Agreement with Brock ISD for School Resource Officer and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

TO ITEM L APPROVAL AND INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BROCK ISD FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF QUARANTINE NECESSARY.

AND WE DO HAVE THE CONTRACT READY AND HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR SIGNATURE.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? FIVE.

[6.M. Approval of the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Mineral Wells for Jail Service and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM M APPROVAL AND THEN LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MAYOR WELLS WITH THE JAIL SERVICE.

AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS AS THIS AREA AND THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN APPROVED AS WELL AND, UH, SENT OVER BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

CARRIE FIVE VOTE

[6.N. Approval of the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Willow Park for Jail Services and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

MOVE TO ITEM N APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WILLOW PARK FOR JAIL SERVICES AND TAKE ANY ACTION ACCORDING DEEMS NECESSARY AND THIS CONTRACT HAS IS READY FOR YOUR SIGNATURE AS WELL, SIR.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH

[6.O. Approval of the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Aledo for Jail Services and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

MOVE TO ITEM O, APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALITO FOR JAIL SERVICES AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

THIS CONTRACT IS READY ALSO.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

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

[6.P. Approval of the Interlocal Agreement with Weatherford College for Jail Services and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

MOVE TO ITEM P, APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WEATHERFORD COLLEGE FOR JAIL SERVICES AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

THIS ONE IS READY ALSO.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SAY GOOD BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH

[6.Q. Claims Compensation Bureau for Visa Debit Card Antitrust Litigation and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

MOVE TO ITEM Q, UH, CLAIMS COMPENSATION BUREAU FOR VISA DEBIT TO CARD ANTITRUST LITIGATION TAKING ANY ACTION ACCORDING TO DEEMS NECESSARY.

AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, UH, OPTION FOR THE COURT TO REACH OUT FOR SOME OF THESE UNUSED FUNDS.

SO WE'D JUST LIKE FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL TO ENGAGE IN THIS LITIGATION.

OKAY.

MOTION MOVED

[00:35:01]

BY C MR. WALDEN, SECOND BY MR. HILL.

AND THE DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR CARRIED.

FIVE.

OH, OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO, UH, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO

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

ITEM SEVEN.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT ON EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 AND OH SEVEN TWO AND OH SEVEN FOUR, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE OBSERVING THE RIGHT TO MEETING ENC.

CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS UNDER ITEM A EXECUTIVE CLOSED SECTION MEETING WILL BE HELD IN PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 1 AND TWO AND 5 5 1 1 2 9 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO CONSULT WITH AND SEEK ADVICE FROM IT ATTORNEYS REGARDING A, THE ACTIVE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR PARKER COUNTY, ITEM B, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, EXCUSE ME, OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO TEXAS COUNTIES.

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

AGENDA ITEM B, PENDING LITIGATION REGARDING THE OPIOID SETTLEMENTS AND TAKE ANY EXTRA COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

ITEM C, UPDATE, DISCUSS PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER AND JAIL AND TAKE ANY ACTION IN COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

ITEM D, TAKE DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION REGARDING PROPERTY LOCATED IN 1105 SANTA FE DRIVE, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, AND TAKE ANY ACTION COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

ITEM E, DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE STRATEGIC PROJECTS COORDINATOR POSITION THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE'LL ADJOURN AT 9 36 TO EXECUTIVE SESSION HEAD AND RETURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE RECORD SHOW AT 10 57.

MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER ITEM A, UH, WILL TAKE NO ACTION UNDER ITEM B, UH, REGARDING THE TEXAS OPIOID SETTLEMENT AND TAKE ANY ACTION.

COURT DES NECESSARY.

DES NECESSARY.

JUDGE JAMIE'S GOT THAT INFORMATION.

SO THERE'S A LIST OF ABOUT EIGHT NEW SETTLEMENTS THAT WE CAN JOIN IN ON.

UM, WE JUST NEED THE COURT'S APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT OUR CLAIM MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

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

MICHAEL JUST COME GET IT DONE.

OKAY.

THEN WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM C ON THE UPDATE AND DISCUSS PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER.

WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM.

UNDER ITEM C, WE MOVE TO ITEM D, DISCUSS TAKE ACTION REGARDING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1105 SANTA FE DRIVE, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS 7 6 0 8 6.

TAKE ANY ACTION IN COURT TO DEEMED NECESSARY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT THE COUNTY PROCEEDS TO, UH, PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT 1105 SANTA FE IN WEATHERFORD AT THE CONTRACTED PRICE OF 3.2 MILLION PLUS.

ANY, UM, CLOSING COSTS THAT THE COUNTY MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OR IS IT CLOSING ENTIT AND TITLE? YEAH, I THINK THAT COVERS IT.

COMMISSIONER HILL MADE THE MOTION SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WELL, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO SEE IF MS. FOWLER HAD ANY ADDITIONAL WE NEED TO ADD.

UM, THE SELL WILL BE A CONTINGENT UPON THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

UM, AND THEN FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1ST AND THEN I WOULD ADD TO THE MOTION IS TO ALLOW THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE CLOSING AGREEMENTS FOR THAT PURCHASE PRICE ALONG WITH THE CLOSING COSTS AND THEN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND TREASURER TO, UM, PROCESS THAT WIRE OUTSIDE OF COURT FOR THE CLOSING.

OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT MAYBE WE HAVE A MOTION TO THAT.

YEAH.

AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY, HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH THIS ITEM? THANK ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE TO ITEM E ON DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON STRATEGIC PROJECTS.

COORDINATOR WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT AS WELL.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO, UM, GOSH, SORRY, BEAR WITH ME

[6.J. Approve contract with Emergency Services District #1 for Fire Marshal services and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 3)]

ON THE, UH, ON ITEM J ON APPROVED CONTRACT WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE FOR FIRE MARSHAL SERVICES.

TAKE ANY ACTION ACCORDING TO IF NECESSARY, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM.

ALSO.

JUDGE, ARE WE TAKING NO ACTION ON THAT OR ARE WE SIMPLY DEFERRING IT TO LATER WHEN WE HAD THE NUMBERS PRESENTED? I THINK THE, I THINK THE, THE WAY TO BETTER DEFER THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, TO YOUR POINT, UH, IS DEFER THAT TO LATER NOT TAKE NO ACTION ON IT.

THAT IS CORRECT SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

WE WILL ALSO GO DOWN TO, UH, ITEM FIVE A, FIVE B

[5.B. Discussion/Update on Regional Transportation Council Meeting. (Judge Deen)]

ITEM A ON DISCUSSION

[00:40:01]

UPDATE ON REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL.

AGAIN, THE FOCUS OF THAT AGENDA HAS WAS MORE REGIONAL AND SCOPE TO THE EASTERN QUADRANT, BUT THE NUMBERS WERE BROUGHT OUT ON THE GROWTH OF EACH OF THE RELATIVE COUNTIES.

UH, NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, THE COUNTY OF PARKER AND JOHNSON COUNTY ARE, UH, REALLY AT THIS POINT UNDEFINED AS TO WHAT THAT GROWTH ACTUALLY IS AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THAT WITH JUST THE 300% GROWTH RATE AND THEN PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND IT WILL, WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU ONCE I GET THAT.

UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'LL MOVE, MOVE ON.

UH, WE'LL MOVE

[7. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES]

TO ITEM SEVEN ON THE ACCEPTED OF THE MINUTES.

UNDER ITEM A PARKER COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES QUARTERLY REPORT.

ITEM B EXECUTED AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT AUTHORIZATION FOR OUR HOUSE MOTORS FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS.

ITEM C EXECUTED AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT TRANSACTIONS.

WAYNE HODGES TRAILER SALES INC FOR AUTO REGISTRATION.

ITEM D EXECUTED AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT AUTHORIZATION WITT TOM AUTO GROUP LLC FOR AUTO REGISTRATIONS.

ITEM E EXECUTED AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT AUTHORIZATION DUTTON MOTORS LLC FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS.

ITEM F EXECUTED AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT TRANSACTIONS FOR ATTORNEY RESOURCE PARTNERS INC.

ITEM G ALSO EXECUTED MEND CONTINENTAL RESTORATION MAIN COURTHOUSE WINDOW REPLACEMENT REPAIR AGREEMENT.

ITEM H, EXECUTED RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH TECH DPS WITH LEASE 10,000 604 7 ITEM I EXECUTED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF HUDSON OAKS FOR JAIL SERVICES.

ITEM J, EXECUTED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF HUDSON OAKS FOR DISPATCH.

ITEM K EXECUTED THE REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE.

WERE CAPITAL CASES RECORDS SHOW THAT THOSE WERE ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES AND THAT TAKES US TO PLANTS.

AND SO JAMIE MULTITASKING TODAY AND WHILE YOU'RE GETTING READY I'LL GO AHEAD AND SO I JUST, JUST IN A LITTLE BRIEF SNIPPET THAT I HAD WITH THE AUDITOR, UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO RECONVENE SOMETIME AT THREE O'CLOCK OR AFTER I FIGURED THAT THREE OR AFTER TO, TO COMPLETE THE OTHER.

ADJUST THREE O'CLOCK OR AFTER 3:00 PM OR AFTER.

BUT WE'RE READY TO DO PLATS RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, SO

[9.A. PRECINCT 1]

WE'RE IN PLATS UNDER ITEM NINE, A PRECINCT ONE.

ITEM ONE APPROVE THE ORDER OR 25 DASH 27 FOR THE CANCELLATION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS HAYGOOD BRANCH PHASE TWO CONSISTENT OF 179.37 ACRES DEVELOPED BY HAYGOOD RANCH PARTNERS AND TAKE ANY EXTRA ACCORDING TO NAMES NECESSARY.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS CANCELLATION IS JUST TO REDESIGN, ACTUALLY JUST RENAME THIS SUBDIVISION INTO QUAIL HOLLOW.

I DID RUN ADS IN THE PAPER AND UH, HAVE ALL THE NOTICES THAT WERE STATUTORILY MANDATED.

OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1104.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON PRECINCT? ONE ITEM A ITEM ONE.

DID YOU GET ANY RESPONSES BACK FROM NO SIR.

AND THE RECORDS SHOW THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AT 1104 HEARING SCENE NINE.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1104 AND GO TO THE ITEM.

EVERYTHING'S GOOD.

UH, COUNSELOR ? YES.

I'M JUST GONNA MAKE STUFF UP TODAY.

I MOVE TO APPROVE UH, A ONE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR A.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ABOVE VOTE.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO.

BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS OAK GROVE.

ADDITION WITH SEVEN LOTS CONSISTING OF 11.172 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF OAK GROVE WAY DEVELOPED BY FWAY HOLDINGS LTD AND MICHAEL WELLS WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.

SO THIS IS JUST GONNA BE A REVISION.

THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THREE LOTS, COMBINE THOSE INTO TWO LOTS AND THEN MOVING THE LOT LINES ON.

TWO SEPARATE LOTS.

THIS IS JUST A BEGINNING TO UH, START THE REVISION PROCESS.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISION PROCESS.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

HA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

SAY AYE.

OPPOSED HEARING FIVE OH.

MOVE TO ITEM THREE EXCEPT GROUNDWATER STUDY PER STONE CREEK RANCH IN PRECINCT ONE.

SO THE DISTRICT HAS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ALL WELLS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT BE DRILLED AND COMPLETED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AQUAPHOR FORMATION VERSUS PARTIALLY PENETRATING THE ANTLERS.

UM, THAT WAS MOVE TO APPROVE.

NINE.

[00:45:01]

A THREE SECOND I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

A.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? CARRIES FIVE OH.

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

BE KNOWN AS STONE CREEK RANCH WITH 43 LOTS CONSISTED OF 106.34 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF OLD SPRINGTOWN ROAD DEVELOPED BY TOP LINE CUSTOM CONTRACTING INCORPORATED AND BRAD COGBURN WITH WORLD WATER PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS GONNA BE UH, 43 LOTS.

THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM TWO ACRES TO 4.15 ACRES.

THEIR ORIGINAL ROAD FRONTAGE IS OFF OF OLD SPRINGTOWN ROAD.

THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN TWO STREETS KNOWN AS SABRINA COURT AND COLLINS STREET.

AND THOSE ARE BOTH GONNA BE COUNTY UH, ROADS.

WE DO HAVE A BOND IN PLACE FOR THOSE.

WE HAVE, UH, PREVIOUSLY UH, DONE A RIGHT OF WAY VARIANCE ON FIVE 19.

UH, PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED SEPTIC AND UH, WELL WATER WITH WATER RIGHTS AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED A, A TAX CERTIFICATE WITH A ZERO BALANCE.

THAT WORDING, UH, APPROVE THE FINALS IS SUPPOSED TO BE PLAT RIGHT, NOT SUBDIVISION.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

IT SHOULD SAY PLAT FOR THE SUBDIVISION THOUGH.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S HARD TO THAT WAS CHANGED OR WHATEVER.

FIND GOOD HELP.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

9 84.

SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

YOU KNOW THE DISCUSSION.

ALL THIS IN FAVOR CI AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? CARRIE FIVE OH THANK YOU.

MOVE TO ITEM FIVE EXCEPT THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION PER STONE CREEK RANCH AND PRECINCT ONE.

I DO HAVE A LETTER OF, UH, I HAVE A PERFORMANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $670,026 AND WE'LL HOLD THAT UNTIL UH, THESE ROADS ARE PUT IN.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

9 85 SECOND.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE MAY CI AYE.

OPPOSED? CARRIE MOVE TO ITEM SIX.

APPROVE THE FINAL PLAP OF DIVISION BE KNOWN AS CLEARVIEW ESTATES LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ CITY OF SPRINGTOWN WITH 84 LOTS CONSISTENT OF 107.88 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF GOSHEN ROAD DEVELOPED BY TWO HEM INVESTMENTS WITH WALNUT CREEK SUD WATER IN PRECINCT ONE.

AND THESE LOT SIZE ARE GONNA RANGE FROM ONE ACRE TO 2.33 ACRES.

THEY ARE GONNA BE PUTTING IN FOUR ROADS KNOWN AS CLEAR CREEK DRIVE, CLEAR CREEK LOOP, CLEAR SKY COURT EAST AND CLEAR SKIES COURT WEST.

UH, WE DO HAVE A ROAD BOND IN IN PLACE.

UH, THIS WAS RELEASED FROM THE CITY OF SPRINGTOWN FOR THE COUNTY TO HANDLE.

DO YOU HAVE A PERMITTING APPROVAL LETTER? UH, PROVIDING WALNUT CREEK AS A WATER SOURCE AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE WITH A ZERO BALANCE MOVE TO APPROVE.

NINE A SIX.

OKAY I MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? CARRIE FIVE OH ITEM SEVEN EXCEPT OF LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION CLEAR VIEW ESTATES IN PRECINCT ONE.

I DO HAVE A PERFORMANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $580,454 AND 94 CENTS AND WE WILL HOLD THAT IN PLACE UNTIL THOSE ROADS ARE PUT IN.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

9 87 MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CI AYE A AYE.

OPPOSED CARRIE FIVE.

MOVE TO ITEM MADE APPROVE THE FINAL PLEDGE FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS QUAIL HOLLOW FOREMAN HAYGOOD RANCH, PHASE TWO WITH 126 LOTS CONS, EXCUSE ME.

CONSISTING OF 179.37 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF OLD SPRINGTOWN ROAD IN SALAND COURT DEVELOPED BY HAYGOOD RANCH PARTNERS, LLC AND JAMES T DRILLING WITH WELL WALNUT CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.

AND THIS SUBDIVISION IS REPLACING THE ONE THAT WE HAD JUST CANCELED.

UM, WITH THIS NEW NAME OF QUAIL HOLLOW, THEY ARE GONNA HAVE 126 LOTS THAT RANGE IN SIZE FROM ONE ACRE TO 1.56 ACRES.

THEY ARE GONNA BE PUTTING IN PRIVATE STREETS KNOWN AS ROCK DEV COURT, SCISSOR TRAIL COURT PECAN CROSSING, WOOD THRUSH, COURT, MOUNTAIN GRASS, CEDAR ELM TERRACE, AND POST OAK DRIVE.

UH, THEY HAVE PROVIDED 126 TAX CERTIFICATES ALL WITH A ZERO BALANCE AND WE HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE PERMITTING OFFICE SHOWING THEIR APPROVAL FOR UH, WALNUT CREEK AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS. MOVE TO APPROVE.

NINE A EIGHT.

OKAY, UH, WE ARE ON LINE.

MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

[00:50:01]

MOTION CARRIES FIVE VOTE.

MOVE TO ITEM NINE.

DENIAL OF THE ALLEGED DAMAGED CLAIM FROM FRONTIER FOR THE ADDRESS OF 200 MANLY LANE ON MAY 21ST, 2024.

AND TAKE ANY ACTION CORE DEEMS NECESSARY.

I WAS PROVIDED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM FRONTIER SO I'D JUST LIKE TO GET THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA.

THEY ARE REQUESTING DAMAGES IN THE AMOUNT OF $536 AND 91 CENTS.

WELL THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT THEIR LINE A LITTLE DEEPER.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

HA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM 10.

BEGAN THE REVISION OF SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS JAMIE AKER WITH EIGHT LOTS CONSISTENT OF 11.48 ACRES OF LAND DEVELOPED BY SERIES 1730.

GILLIAN, LLC SERIES ONE 10 KKC FRIENDLY FRANK MANUFACTURED HOMES LLC AND FRANK AND SUSAN LOCK LOCATED OFF OF GILLIAN ROAD WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND UH, IN WELL WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVISION IS THEY'RE GONNA GO BACK IN AND REVISE LOT TWO R ONE.

IT'S GONNA HAVE A TOTAL OF 2.21 ACRES, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN PUT A WELL IN ON THAT LOCATION.

UH, THERE'S CURRENTLY AN OLD WELL ON LOT THREE R FOUR DASH ONE AND THEN EVERYWHERE ELSE HAS WATER TAPS.

SO JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE

[9.B. PRECINCT 2]

TO ITEM B PRECINCT TWO.

ITEM ONE.

APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SARAH RANCH LOT 37 LOT 38 WITH ONE LOT CONSIST OF 4.0 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF KIL KENNEY ROAD DEVELOPED BY GALA FERNANDEZ WITH WOOD WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS PURPOSE OF THIS REVISION WAS A COMBINATION OF TWO LOTS UNTIL ONE.

UH, WE DID RUN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE DID NOT SEND OUT CERTIFIED LETTERS BECAUSE IT WAS A COMBINATION.

WE HAVE A RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR A WELL AND SEPTIC SYSTEM AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE WITH A ZERO BALANCE.

OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1113.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM B? PRECINCT TWO ITEM ONE AGAIN.

1113 IS THE OPENING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING HEARING NINE C NINE.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1113 AND GO TO THE ITEM.

JAMIE, ARE WE GOOD TO APPROVE? YES SIR.

MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

THREE FIVE VOTE.

MOVE TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION OF THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SARAH RANCH LOT 28 LOT 29 WITH ONE LOT CONSIST OF 4.0 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF GALLWAY ROAD DEVELOPED BY BRIAN .

I'M GOING TO JUST BUTCHER THAT.

JULIE RUSHING WITH LOW WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVISION IS ALSO A COMBINATION OF THESE TWO LOTS INTO ONE.

UH, DID RUN UM, NEWSPAPER ADS IN THE PAPER TO NOT SEND OUT CERTIFIED LETTERS 'CAUSE IT WASN'T REQUIRED.

UH, THEY DO HAVE PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE WITH THE ZERO BALANCE AND WE DO HAVE A LETTER FROM PERMITTING APPROVING, UH, THEIR WELL AND SEPTIC SYSTEM.

OKAY, WELL UPON PUBLIC HEARING AT 1114, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON PRECINCT TWO? ITEM TWO, THE RECORD SHOW.

IT IS 1114.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN HEARING NINE C NINE.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1114 AND GO TO THE ITEM.

JAMIE, ARE WE GOOD TO APPROVE? YES SIR.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER COL, CO COMMISSIONER HOLT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES.

AND JUDGE WE CAN TAKE NO ACTION ON NUMBER THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.

I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY.

I I CHANGED MY MIND.

, WELL I SEE.

OKAY, ITEM THREE WILL TAKE NO ACTION.

ITEM FOUR WILL TAKE NO ACTION AND ITEM FIVE WILL TAKE NO ACTION.

[9.C. PRECINCT 3]

MOVE TO ITEM C ON PRECINCT THREE.

ITEM ONE.

WE'LL BEGIN THEIR VISION PROCESS FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS THE COUNTRY PLACE SECTION B WITH ONE LIGHT CONSISTENT OF 11.970 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF GREENTREE DRIVE DEVELOPED BY RONALD PRICE WITH THE WELL WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.

THIS IS GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF LOTS.

14, 15, 16, 17, AND 18.

WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

EVERYTHING GOOD TO BEGIN? YES SIR.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

IS THERE ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM TWO.

APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR A GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR THE REVISION OF THE COUNTRY PLACE SECTION B WITH A COMBINATION OF FIVE LOTS INTO ONE LOT IN PRECINCT THREE.

THERE IS AN EXISTING WELL ON THIS PROPERTY

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BUT IT IS SO OLD THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PULL A WELL REPORT ON.

SO WE PULLED A NEIGHBOR'S WELL AND THEY'RE PULLING IN A YIELD OF 20 GPM BUT THIS IS GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF ALL FIVE OF THOSE LOTS TOGETHER.

OKAY.

MOTION MAY BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES.

MOVE TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE EXTENSION OR CALL THE MAINTENANCE BOND IN THE FORM OF A CASHIER'S CHECK FOR BULLDOG CROSSING PHASE TWO AND TAKE ANY ACTION.

THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY IN PRECINCT THREE AND THE COMMISSIONER HAS APPROVED A TWO WEEK EXTENSION TO GET THEM BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK IS DONE.

JUST A LITTLE FINISHING UP.

SO TWO WEEKS WILL BE JUST FINE FOR THE EXTENSION HERE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES ABOVE.

OH, MOVE.

DO ITEM FOUR, APPROVE THE EXTENSION TO OR CALL THE MAINTENANCE BOND IN THE FORM OF A CASHIER'S CHECK FOR BULLDOG CROSSING PHASE THREE AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF CORN DES NECESSARY IN PRECINCT THREE.

AND THE COMMISSIONER HAS APPROVED AN EXTENSION FOR TWO WEEKS ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER, DID YOU SAY SO? SAME AS THE PREVIOUS.

OKAY.

AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH.

MOVE TO ITEM FIVE AND APPROVE THE EXTENSION OR CALL THE MAINTENANCE BOND IN THE FORM OF A CASHIER'S CHECK FOR OX MILL CREEK RANCH.

ADDITION PHASE TWO AND TAKE ANY ACTION TO COURT DES NECESSARY IN PRECINCT THREE.

AND THE COMMISSIONER HAS APPROVED A TWO WEEK EXTENSION ON THIS ONE, PLEASE.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH

[9.D. PRECINCT 4]

MOVE TO ITEM D PRECINCT FOUR.

ITEM ONE.

BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS WITH SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS BEAR CREEK RANCH.

SORRY, I'M TRYING TO GET MY FINGERS.

BIG OLD FINGERS HERE.

ONE LOT CONSISTING OF 7.89 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF WINDING CREEK TRAIL DEVELOPED BY GEORGE AND MOLLY JOHNSON WITH WELL WA WATER WELL IN PRECINCT FOUR.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVISION IS TO, UH, ABANDON A 40 FOOT BUILD LINE.

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

WE HAVE EVERYTHING BEGIN? YES SIR.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

SECOND COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

CURIOUS FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE FINAL PLA OF SUBDIVISION.

BE KNOWN AS AARON ACRES LOCATED OFF WITHIN THE ETJ OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.

FOUR LOTS CONSISTING OF 10.06 ACRES.

SIX ONE ACRES LOCATED OFF OF MARKET LANE DEVELOPED BY TRACY AARON WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT FOUR.

THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, ALL FOUR OF THESE LOTS ARE A LITTLE OVER TWO ACRES IN SIZE.

UH, WE DO HAVE A STREET NAME THAT WAS IN EXISTENCE, MARTHA LANE.

AND THEY'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND EXTEND, UM, THAT PRIVATE INGRESS EGRESS, EG EASEMENT AND NAME IT MARTHA LANE SO THAT WE CAN GET ADDRESSES ON THOSE FOUR LOTS.

UM, THEY DO HAVE WELL WATER AS THEIR WATER SOURCE AND THIS HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.

WE DO HAVE A LETTER FROM PERMITTING STATING THAT THEY HAVE APPROVED THEIR SEPTIC AND WATER AND I ALSO HAVE A TAX CERTIFICATE WITH A ZERO BALANCE.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING APPROVED.

FINAL.

YES SIR.

MAKE THE MOTION.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALES.

SECOND BY CRIPT RECALLING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE VOTE.

MOVE TO ITEM THREE ON NOTIFICATION OF THE CITY OF FOR WORTH OF THE WALSH RANCH, QUAIL VALLEY PLANNING AREA SEVEN A IN PRECINCT FOUR.

SO THIS IS GONNA BE A 103.98 ACRES.

IT'S GONNA HAVE 329 RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE EIGHT NON-RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITH A 19.38 OPEN SPACE ACRES AND THEN 18.35 ACRES OF RIGHT OF AWAY.

SO IT'S JUST NOTIFICATION THAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, UM, NOTIFICATION FROM THE CITY OF FORT WORTH ROAD, WALSH RANCH, QUAIL VALLEY PLANNING AREA SEVEN B IN PRECINCT FOUR.

THIS ONE'S GONNA HAVE 62.67 ACRES.

IT'S GONNA HAVE 252 LOTS.

UM, 11 NON-RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITH 19.75 OPEN SPACE ACRES AND THEN, UH, 9.41 RIGHT AWAY ACRES.

OKAY.

THAT'S A NOTIFICATION ONLY THAT MOVES TO ITEM 10.

WHAT WE'RE GONNA RECESS IS, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS TO ADDRESS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE RECESS, UH, WE WILL RECESS AT 1120 AND THEN RETURN BACK AT THREE.

YOU'RE HEARING FROM ME, I'LL, I'LL GET I'LL OR RICH.

JUDGE, DO WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF NEEDING TO RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW?

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YES.

IF WE DO THAT, DETERMINE AVAILABILITIES.

IF WE LOCK OURSELF IN AT RECESS UNTIL THREE, WE CAN EXTEND IT BEYOND WE GOOD.

I KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING DO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT AVAILABILITIES TOMORROW? WELL, YEAH, WE'RE GOOD TOMORROW.

NOT IN THE MORNING.

NOT IN THE MORNING.

NOT EARLY, NO SIR.

OKAY.

WHEN, WHEN WOULD YOU BE AVAILABLE? I GOT TWO MEETINGS IN DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH TILL PROBABLY 10 O'CLOCK.

WE'VE GOT THE MEETING WITH THE CONGRESSMAN TO GONNA RECONVENE, UM, THE, UH, 3 0 3 FOR THE RECORD.

AND BEFORE WE DELVE INTO THE BUDGET, UH,

[6.J. Approve contract with Emergency Services District #1 for Fire Marshal services and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) (Part 3 of 3)]

WE DO NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVEN THAT, UM, ON ITEM J SIX THAT A CONTRACT EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH.

UM, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THAT ITEM AND TAKE CARE OF THAT SINCE IT POWERS SEPTEMBER 30TH.

THIS, THIS YEAR IS APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FOR FIRE MARSHAL SERVICES AND TAKE ANY, EXCUSE ME.

ACTION.

THE COURT NEEDS NECESSARY AND THIS COURT, UH, THIS CONTRACT IS SET TO NOT EXCEED $360,000 FOR THE YEAR.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION BASE.

ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM? THANK YOU.

I DON'T SIGN THAT UNLESS WE APPROVE IT.

BRETT? YES.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

PASSES FOUR TO ONE.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO JUDGE, WE NEED TO SIGN THAT ALSO.

NOT THAT, BUT THIS ONE I HAVE THIS ONE.

I DON'T THINK THE COMMISSION DON'T NEED TO SIGN.

OKAY, SO ON ITEM F THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

BRIANNA.

D WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO.

SO D THEN F YOU'RE

[6.D. Set Elected Officials Salaries for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. (Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 2)]

GONNA SHEET.

D.

D OKAY Y'ALL.

SO IT'S SELECT SET ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.

BUDGET.

SO THIS IS JUST THE OFFICIAL ACTION OF THE COURT.

UM, YOU OBVIOUSLY VOTED ON A PROPOSED, UM, ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARIES WENT THROUGH THE SALARY GRIEVANCE, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTE.

THOSE SALARIES WERE ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

AND NOW THIS IS THE ACTUAL SETTING OF THOSE SALARIES.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO ONE

[6.E. Adoption of the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget. (Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 2)]

OH ITEM E ADOPTION OF THE 20 25, 20 26 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET ON THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET TA I I'M SORRY.

THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED TAX RATE DOES NOT EXCEED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATES THIS YEAR'S LEVY.

FINE MAINTENANCE JUDGE, EXCUSE ME.

THAT'LL BE WHEN WE DO THE ACTUAL TAX RATE, THIS WILL BE, UM, BIANCA'S JUST GOING TO PROVIDE THE COURT WITH, AND IT'S ALL PRINTED OUT, UM, TO GO OVER WHERE THE BUDGET IS.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM THAT WE DID NOT COVER LAST WEEK, I'M, AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS AN OVERALL CONTINGENCY.

SO SHE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT WE COULD SEE WHERE THE TOTAL BUDGET IS, UM, AND THEN WHAT USE OF FUND BALANCE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN MAKE A DECISION ON AN OVERALL CONT.

SO THAT'S WHEN I, THEN THAT'S WHAT I DID.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

JUMPED THE GUN A LITTLE BIT.

PROCEED.

OKAY.

SO FOR THE 20 26 20 26, UM, THE GENERAL FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS WILL GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED IS YOU HAVE TO GO, UM, 0.1 7 8 5 6 2.

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THE INTEREST AND SINKING OR IS 0.05646.

THE LATERAL ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND IS 0.05048 FOR A TOTAL OF 0.28570.

UM, THE DEBT SERVICE IS $16,737,909.

IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF 7 87 780 $3 FROM 2025.

UM, TOTAL EXPENSES, UM, FOR THE PROPOSED FINAL BUDGET IS 25 MILLION 740 0 9 5,746,810.

TOTAL REVENUE, NOT INCLUDING THE FUND BALANCE IS 83,723,785.

THE TOTAL BUDGETED, UM, FROM FUND BALANCE WOULD BE $12,023,225.

AND DID YOU PRINT A COPY OF THOSE TODAY? I DID, AND I, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M SORRY.

DID YOU THINK I WAS JOHN FOREST OR SOMETHING? NO, SORRY.

I'LL DO IT HERE.

COPY.

YOU GOT THOSE WHEN YOU WERE AT MARGARITAVILLE.

.

OKAY, SARAH, LET ME FIND THAT SHEET.

OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

COMMISSIONER HOLT.

THANK YOU.

UM, AND SO TAXING FUNDS BUDGET AMOUNT IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS 95, WHICH I THINK WE JUST DID THAT RIGHT.

PROPOSED BUDGET.

OKAY.

SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER THAT AGAIN.

UM, WE, THE COURT WILL NEED TO VOTE ON OVERALL CONTINGENCY.

PRIOR TO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH A SUMMARY OF CHANGES.

SO FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS, IT WAS, UH, $3,075,689.

UM, NEW EMPLOYEE, NEW CAP REQUEST IS 217,430.

CAP NON CAP AND IT ITEMS IS 7,808,007 EIGHT, I MEAN 5 83, THE NET OPERATING EXPENSES ADJUSTMENT IS 886,599, AND THE ROLLOVER IS 2,108,192.

AND THOSE ARE ALL THE APPROVED ADJUSTMENTS.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE A TRANSFER FOR JP SALARY SUPPLEMENTS OF $7,148.

SO THE TOTAL, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET AT THIS MOMENT WITHOUT THE CONTINGENCY WOULD BE 14,000,797.

UM, AND $95 WITH FUND BALANCE OF 12,023,000, $25.

I THINK THAT, UH, THAT'S THE CHANGES SINCE IN THE, SINCE THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

YES, SIR.

THE, THE 14 MILLION 7 97 FIGURE.

AND DID WE WANNA VOTE ON A CONTINGENT OVERALL CONTINGENCY? SAY AGAIN? DID WE WANNA VOTE ON AN OVERALL CONTINGENCY AMOUNT? SO WE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER, WHAT KIND OF NUMBER WE NEED TO HAVE THERE.

WE'RE REALLY NOT, UM, WE'RE REALLY NOT SURE.

YEAH.

SO WE'VE USED, IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE'RE IN, UM, WE BUDGETED 2 MILLION, I BELIEVE WE'VE USED ABOUT HALF OF THAT.

MM-HMM .

AGAIN, I THINK THE THING THAT HAS COME UP OVER THE LAST, UM, COUPLE FISCAL YEARS IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT IS A GOOD CONTINGENCY.

UM, A LOT OF THAT'S JUST BEEN COVERED FOR OPERATING COSTS AND KIND OF UNEXPECTED THINGS.

BUT I THINK WHAT IT HASN'T ADDRESSED IS IF, SAY, OPPORTUNITY AROSE, RIGHT? SO THIS, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING, OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUY IT.

YOU KNOW, JUST THE TIMING WORKED OUT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ADOPT A BUDGET THAT YOU CAN ACT ON IT.

SO WHAT IT REALLY DOES NOT DO IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO MAKE, UM, PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS OR ANY OTHER LARGER KIND OF OUTSIDE OF JUST AN OA CONTINGENCY JUST TO OPERATE.

SO, UM, JUST AS WE'VE DONE BEFORE, LIKE WHEN WE FOOTNOTE, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT INCLUDES CONTINGENCY.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SET AN OVERALL, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO A, A 2 MILLION OR A MILLION AND A HALF JUST KIND OF FOR THE OPERATING, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, A PORTION OF IT, AGAIN, YOU CAN CHANGE THAT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MORE CAPITAL PROJECTS OR SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT OUR DESIRE IS TO HAVE

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IT A, A NUMBER WHERE WE COULD DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS IF, IF THE OPPORTUNITY CAME ABOUT.

HOWEVER, UH, WHEN WE DO THAT, THEN IT GETS THROWN INTO THE TOTAL BUDGET AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HAVING A SIGNIFICANT, UH, INCREASE IN BUDGETED AMOUNT.

SO THAT'S THE DANGER.

SO I THINK EVERY TIME THAT THAT BUDGETED FINAL NUMBER IS PRINTED SOMEWHERE, IT HAS TO HAVE THAT FOOTNOTE THAT SAYS THIS, THIS AMOUNT IS CONTINGENCY.

UH, SHOULD THERE BE A SITUATION ARISE WHERE WE NEED THAT FUNDING, WHICH IS MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE, PUT IN HERE BEFORE LIKE THAT.

YEAH.

IT COULD BE.

AND WE'VE ADDED THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD CONTINGENCIES IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS, WE'VE ADDED TO, UH, TO THE TOTAL CONTINGENCY AS WELL.

CORRECT.

YES.

AND SO THAT CONTINGENCY THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY VOTED ON FOR THOSE CAPTAIN ON CAP ITEMS IS ALREADY ADDRESSED IN HERE.

WHAT IS NOT IS JUST AN OVERALL, JUST FROM AN OPERATING, OR AGAIN, IF YOU WANNA PUT ADDITIONAL, SHOULD SOMETHING ARISE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A DRAFT BUDGET COVER.

AND SO, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ONE 11.008, UM, BASICALLY SPECIFIES WHAT INFORMATION IS REQUIRED TO BE IN AN ADOPTED BUDGET.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS HERE.

MM-HMM .

UM, BUT THE JUDGE HAS A LETTER THAT, UM, HE PUTS AS PART OF THE COVER.

UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE, UM, TO, TO PUT THAT INFORMATION, TO PUT THAT IN THERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BUDGET INCLUDES THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE, IS IT X AMOUNT? PEOPLE LOOK ONLINE AND SAY, WELL, YOUR BUDGET LAST YEAR WAS THIS AND NOW IT'S THIS MUCH, AND YOU KNOW, IF WE PUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN THERE, THEN WE'RE OPEN TO CRITICISM BECAUSE OF THAT.

RIGHT.

HOWEVER, UH, I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT.

RIGHT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT A, A LARGER NUMBER THAN WHAT WE EVER HAVE BEFORE.

YEAH.

UM, WELL WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THESE THINGS, BUT ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH IS KIND OF WHAT OUR DEBT RATING IS AND IF WE OBLIGATE TOO MUCH, WE DON'T WANNA NEGATIVELY IMPACT THAT.

YEAH.

IF WITH SOME OF THESE BOND ELECTIONS COMING UP, RIGHT.

AND, AND IT REALLY IS DIFFICULT, I KNOW WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT MM-HMM .

MAYBE AT THE LAST QUARTER OF, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS THEY LOOK AT.

AND THAT IS, THAT IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF IT, IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN YOUR FUND BALANCE AND WHAT IS THAT RELATED TO? UM, THEY ALSO LOOK AT WHAT THE COUNTY'S, UM, REVENUE GENERATION IS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE SETTING OUR TAX RATE, WHERE WE CAN SET OUR TAX RATE, SHOULD WE NEED TO ADJUST TO COVER ITEMS. THAT'S SOMETHING, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE USING ALL OF FUND BALANCE AND YOU'RE OPERATING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BELOW SAY THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE, OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU AS MUCH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WELL TO ADJUSTMENTS, BUT WE DON'T DO THAT.

SO THAT IS GOOD.

IS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT THERE.

WE HAVE STRONG, UM, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.

SO IT LOOKS AT ALSO OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAX GENERATION, WHAT OTHER, UM, SOURCES OF REVENUE THAT WE HAVE AND KIND OF WHAT THE HISTORICAL, UM, TRENDS ARE OF THAT.

BUT BRIANNA, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MODEL IS OF HOW MUCH THEY WEIGH ONE OVER THE OTHER.

RIGHT.

AND JUST KIND OF THE ECONOMICS AND GROWTH IN PARKER COUNTY, THE, UM, THE OVERALL DEBT OF THE, THE COUNTY NON BOND DEBT, UH, IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

IT'S, IT'S MINIMAL, UH, WELL, MILLION OR TWO IS NOT MINIMAL, BUT IF IT'S BACKED BY BONDS THAT ARE VOTER APPROVED, IS THAT AN IMPACT TO WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER HILL'S CONCERN WAS? NO.

I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE CREDIT RATINGS, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE DOING, UM, BOND ISSUANCE, RIGHT.

UM, EVEN, EVEN WHEN IT'S BEEN VOTED, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE DOING THOSE DRAW DOWNS OF THOSE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

IT'S DOWN OF OUR, OKAY.

RIGHT.

AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND REALLY THAT WAY FOR CREDITORS OF WHO IS PURCHASING THESE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT OUR, UM, BUT IF WE MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BOND, I MEAN, OR NOT BOND, I'M SORRY, A HEALTHY BOND BALANCE FUND BALANCE, THEN THAT NEGATES THAT.

DOES THAT NOT, MAYBE NOT NEGATES WELL, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF, AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WEIGH EACH, UM, AREA, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT REDUCTION OF FUND BALANCE IS A BIG PIECE OF IT.

MM-HMM .

RIGHT? UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTY TAX GENERATION.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER GROWTH, UM, IN THE COUNTY IN GENERAL.

LIKE THERE'S A WHOLE KIND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PORTION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

AND PART OF THAT IS OBVIOUSLY YOUR BONDS ARE SECURED BY PROPERTY TAXES AND SO THEY WANT TO SEE, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

UM, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR, SAY YOUR TOP 10, UM, PROPERTY TAXES, THEY LOOK AT WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT IS COMPARED TO YOUR OVERALL, WHICH IT'S REALLY SMALL, SO THAT WAY REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, VOLATILITY.

UM, BUT THANKFULLY WE CONTINUE TO HAVE STRONG PROPERTY TAX PROJECTIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, LARGE, UM, TOP 10 PROPERTY TAX PAYERS THAT IF, YOU KNOW, THEY WENT OUTTA BUSINESS OR SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY

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IMPACT OUR PROPERTY TAXES.

DO, DO YOU KNOW AS A PERCENTAGE OUR FUND BALANCE NOW IN RELATION TO OUR BUDGET? A BALLPARK? SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, THIS SUMMARY OF CHANGES THAT, THAT LAST PAGE AT THE BOTTOM HERE.

OKAY.

IT BASICALLY SHOWS RIGHT NOW WHERE THE PROPOSED, UM, FISCAL YEAR 20 SIXES, UM, THE USE OF FUND BALANCE.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE HARD THING IS THAT PROJECTED FROM THE BEGINNING, IF WE GO BACK AND LOOK, I MEAN THERE MAY BE INCREASES AND DECREASE RELATED TO ROLLOVERS AND ALL THOSE ITEMS. SO THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT, UM, TO SEE.

UM, BUT THEN IT LOOKS AT, OKAY, IF YOU ADOPT A BUDGET OF THE 95.7 MILLION YES MA'AM, HERE'S KIND OF THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE FROM THE USE OF, I WAS LOOKING FOR PERCENTAGE.

OKAY.

AND THAT, THAT 95, HOW MUCH CONTINGENCY IS THAT? THAT ONLY INCLUDES 7 0 7, 7 50 FOR CAP NON CAP.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OVERALL CONTINGENCY.

SO COMMISSIONERS, IF WE WANT TO STAY AT 25%, WE CANNOT SET MORE THAN A $6.5 MILLION CONTINGENCY ABOVE THAT.

IF WE SET A $6.5 MILLION CONTINGENCY, THAT WILL INCREASE OUR TOTAL BUDGET TO 102,246,000 810, 20 5% OF THAT WOULD BE 25 MILLION 561, 7 0 3.

THAT'S OUR MINIMUM.

SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT.

AND THAT WOULD BE A BIG, OBVIOUSLY SWING.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT, UM, WHEN I GO THROUGH THOSE CREDIT RATINGS AND KIND OF DOING ANALYSIS, AND THAT'S WHAT'S HARD IS LOOKING AT, UM, HISTORICALLY, AGAIN WHERE OUR BUDGET IS AND WHERE OUR ACTUALS AT.

AND SO WE DO HAVE LARGE VARIANCES.

MM-HMM .

I MEAN, AGAIN, ON OUR EXPENSE SIDE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE NOT USING IT ALL, BUT AGAIN, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR BUDGETED USE IS, AGAIN, IT'S IT'S CONSIDERED THE ONE FACTOR YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERING IS HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA PUT BACK WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT FROM OUR CURRENT BUDGET BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE.

RIGHT.

AND THE 44 MILLION PROJECTED PART OF THAT.

IT DOES, AND THAT'S WHY I, THAT NUMBER WAS COMPLETED IN JULY AND SO THERE WASN'T, I GUESS ADJUSTMENTS OF ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST MONTH OF OKAY, THIS IS COMING IN, THIS ISN'T COMING IN.

SO ALL OF THOSE ROLLOVERS BACK AND FORTH.

YEAH.

WHEREAS THAT NUMBER COULD BE HIGHER OR IT COULD BE LOWER DEPENDING ON SOME OF THESE THAT ARE REAPPROPRIATED.

AND THEN OF COURSE ANY SORT OF OTHER EXPENSE AND REVENUE CHANGES.

JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND YOU, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE 44 MILLION DID INCLUDE PROJECTED ROLLOVERS, BUT IT WAS TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, AS OF JULY, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU WERE TO REDO THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, IT MIGHT BE HIGHER, IT MIGHT BE LOWER, RIGHT? YES.

AND SO I THINK LAST YEAR IT WAS, WE, IT WAS 3 MILLION OVER WHAT I PROJECTED, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 86 MILLION AS A PERCENTAGE AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH ON THE REVENUE SIDE AND THE EXPENSE SIDE, ONE AND A HALF MILLION ON EACH SIDE ISN'T, YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU'RE ADOPTING A BUDGET AND USING THOSE PROJECTIONS.

SO, SO A $5 MILLION NUMBER ON CONTINGENCY WOULD PUT THAT COUNTY AT APPROXIMATELY 27%?

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

YES.

JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO REVISIT EXECUTIVE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM EIGHT C PLEASE.

AND I'D LIKE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AGAIN.

IS THAT PERMISSIBLE? UH, ACTUALLY, I, I AGREE WITH YOU AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR REASON IS.

SECOND, WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHAT NUMBER DID YOU USE? MIKE COMMISSIONER HALE? I'M, I USE FIVE.

FIVE.

I THOUGHT YOU HAD THAT PULLED UP THERE.

NO, I THINK 26.87% IS WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE REMAINING WILL BE.

YES SIR.

OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA EXERT, WE'RE GONNA, UH, 3 21, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE GOT A RETURN FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF 4 0 4 RETURN TO OPEN SESSION.

[6.E. Adoption of the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget. (Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 2)]

BRIANNA, I'D LIKE TO CONFIRM A COUPLE OF NUMBERS REAL QUICK AND THEN, UH, PENDING YOUR AGREEMENT OR APPROVAL OR WHATEVER OF THE NUMBERS THAT I'M GONNA SAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF WE, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 7 0 7 7 5 0 ALREADY ALLOCATED AS CONTINGENCY FOR PREDETERMINED ITEMS. CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS I WOULD LIKE

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TO EXPAND THAT CONTINGENCY AMOUNT AND I WOULD LIKE TO BUCKET THESE WITH LABELED AMOUNTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE 3.2 MILLION EXACTLY FOR LAND USE AND FACILITIES AS A SUBLINE UNDER CONTINGENCIES, KEEP THE 7 0 7 7 5 0 AS ALREADY DETERMINED AND THEN ADD 1,792,250 AS A GENERIC CONTINGENCY ITEM THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS PER WHAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED TO DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE THEIR OWN CONTINGENCY, BUT THEY WILL COME TO COURT FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEMS AS IT MAY OCCUR.

I SHOWED THAT THAT MEANS WE WILL BE ADDING APPROXIMATELY OR EXACTLY $4,992,250 ADDITIONAL FROM FUND BALANCE TO REACH THE NEW CON TOTAL CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF 5.7 MILLION.

EXACTLY.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THOSE NUMBERS? YES, I AGREE WITH THOSE NUMBERS.

AND THAT WOULD MAKE A TOTAL BUDGET OF A HUNDRED MILLION $739,060.

JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION, JUST PROTOCOL AND, AND COMING BACK OUTTA EXECUTIVE SESSION TALKING ABOUT THE JUSTICE CENTER, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT.

AND NOW WE'RE ON ITEM E PROCEED.

JUDGE, I APOLOGIZE, I JUMPED.

NO, NO, NO PROBLEM.

PROCEED.

SO THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH AN ANTICIPATED REMAINING FUND BALANCE OF 27 MILLION OH 76 5 4 5 USING THE REVISED NEW TOTAL BUDGET OF A HUNDRED MILLION $739,060.

WE WOULD ANTICIPATE HAVING APPROXIMATELY 26.88% REMAINING FUND BALANCE.

THAT NUMBER THOUGH, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, IS SLIGHTLY TBD GIVEN, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE WILL ROLL OVER FROM THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT'S UNUSED INTO THE NEW BUDGET OR INTO FUND BALANCE.

CORRECT, I SHOULD SAY.

SO ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I MAKE THE MOTION COURT THAT WE INCREASE OUR CONTINGENCY AMOUNT TO 5.7 MILLION EXACTLY OF WHICH 707,750 WILL BE FOR THE PREDETERMINED CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED AND DISCUSSED.

3.2 MILLION XACTLY WILL BE FOR LAND USE AND FACILITIES AND THEN 1,792,250 WILL BE OUR GENERIC CONTINGENCY AMOUNT THAT IS TO BE USED ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AS PER NORMAL PROTOCOLS MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HA, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? I.

OKAY.

THANK YOU BRIANNA.

THANK YOU.

SO I GUESS AN OVERALL JUST ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

SO, UM, WHAT IS ON YOUR PAPERS THAT BIANCA HAD PROVIDED? UM, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, AS WE NOTED, IS A HUNDRED MILLION 739,060 BASED ON THE LAST MOTION.

UM, THESE ARE THE TAXING FUNDS.

UH, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS 16,741,212 AND LATERAL ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND 50 IS 19 MILLION 231 8 0 8.

AND THEN WHAT YOU HAVE, UM, ALSO PROVIDED IS ALL THESE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

SO, UM, JUST AN OVERALL ADOPTION OF THE COUNTY'S BUDGET.

MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THAT BUDGET.

MOTION IS BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.

OH, OKAY.

IS THERE ANYTHING, ANY OTHER LANGUAGE YOU'RE GONNA GIVE ME TO GO OVER ANY UPDATE? I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE STILL WORKS, IT'S JUST THE TAX RATE.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S STILL GOOD.

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA START BACK WHERE I WAS WITH THIS.

UM,

[6.F. Adopt order to set tax rates for General Fund (M&O), Lateral Road and Debt Service for fiscal year 2025-2026. (Judge Deen)]

WOULD THAT NOT BE ITEM F ON THAT BRIANNA? YES.

SO THE NEXT PART IS, NOW THAT THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED, IT'S ADOPTING, UM, THE TAX RATES THAT SUPPORT THAT BUDGET.

CORRECT.

AND SO, UM, WHAT I'LL ASK IS, YOU CAN SEE UNDER F THERE ARE THREE ITEMS WHICH REPRESENT EACH, UM, PORTION OF THE TAX RATE.

SO MAKING A MOTION AND VOTING ON EACH THREE OF THOSE, UM, COMPONENTS OF THE TAX RATE AND THEN APPROVING THE OVERALL TAX RATE, WHICH, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S MOTION LANGUAGE PROVIDED BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT.

YEAH, ON

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THE PROPOSED CASE.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE MOTION.

UH, I'M GONNA READ THE MOTION IN A SECOND THEN I'M GONNA GO OVER THIS, UH, THE MOTIONS BY COMMISSIONER HOLT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

AGAIN, THIS, THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED TAX RATE DOES NOT EXCEED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

THAT'S YEAR'S LEVY TO FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION EXPENDITURES EXCEEDS LAST YEAR'S MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX LEVY.

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS INCLUDE IN THIS ORDINANCE, THIS RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO SETTING THIS TAX RATE.

AND I HAVE, I HAD IT, THIS WILL WORK ON THE PROPERTY TAX.

ON THE, ON THE GENERAL FUND RATE IS 0.1 7 8 5 6 2.

THE, THE DEBT SERVICE RATE IS 0.056460 THE DEBT.

THAT'S A D LET ME BACK UP, MAKE SURE I DID THIS RIGHT.

I THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

OKAY.

YEAH.

LATERAL ROAD IS 0.0 5 0 0 4 8 FOR THE TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.285070.

AND WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND ALREADY ON THAT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? YES, TWO THINGS, BRIANNA, THAT MOTION AND SECOND, CAN THAT COVER ALL THREE OR DO WE NEED TO APPROVE EACH RATE INDIVIDUAL? I THINK WE NEED TO APPROVE EACH INDIVIDUAL.

OKAY.

PROBABLY, YEAH, CLEANER.

SO, SO YOU MOTION I WOULD ASK THE FIRST ONE.

YES.

AND I AM MOTIONING FOR A GENERAL FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE OF 0.1 7 8 5 6 2, WHICH IS A DECREASE OF 0.0067 FROM THE CURRENT RATE FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING THIS REPRESENTS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR DOES A PORTION OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE, WHICH IS A NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH IS A DECREASE IN TAX RATE AND THE DECREASE IS SUFFICIENT SUCH THAT IT OFFSETS PROPERTY APPRAISAL INCREASES.

SO PARKER COUNTY GOVERNMENT PUT THIS VERY SIMPLY, WILL COLLECT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAXES FROM RESIDENTS THIS YEAR THAT IT COLLECTED FROM RESIDENT FROM THE SAME RESIDENTS LAST YEAR.

CORRECT.

FROM A VERY GENERAL LEVEL.

THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

IT IS A WELL-ESTABLISHED MATTER BY STATE LAW FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED.

OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

UM, JENNY, THAT DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM.

ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH AND THEN I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ALSO THEN FOR THE UH, DEBT SERVICE RATE, JUDGE, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE USE 0.0 5 6 4 6 0 AS THE INS DEBT SERVICE RATE, WHICH IS A DECREASE OF 0.0 0 4 2 1 6 OVER THE CURRENT RATE.

AGAIN, THIS BEING PART OF THE OVERALL NO NEW REVENUE RATE MOTION I MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HA, YOU END THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION FOR THE LATERAL ROAD JUDGE, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE USE A LATERAL ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND RATE OF 0.0 5 0 0 4 8.

THIS WOULD BE A DECREASE OF 0.0 0 3 2 5 2 OVER THE CURRENT RATE.

AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD COMPRISE A PORTION OF THE OVERALL NO NEW REVENUE RATE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALL.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE? SPOT BY, WELL I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION FOR THE, WELL WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT, BUT FOR THE TOTAL TAX RATE, SO JUST TO TALK ABOUT THAT, WE, UH, OUR CURRENT CURRENT YEAR TAX RATE 0.2 9 9 2 3 8, OUR ADOPTED RATE THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO HERE, 0.285070 A DECREASE OF 0.0 1 4 1 6 8 AGAIN BEING THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, 13 YEARS.

WHEN I CAME HERE, THAT NUMBER WAS 42.42.

NOW WE'RE AT 0.28.

AND SO IN THIS COUNTY, AS THE APPRAISALS HAVE GONE UP, YOUR TAX RATE HAS GONE DOWN TO MATCH THAT.

TO MATCH THAT.

NO NEW REVENUE? NO, NO NEW REVENUE RATE EVERY YEAR.

I, EXCEPT ONE, I BELIEVE IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT, PARKER COUNTY FOR SURE.

AND I COMMEND YOU ON THAT, SIR, FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND THAT'S, SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ARE APPROVING THIS TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.285070 AND THIS IS ITEM G.

CORRECT? ALRIGHT, WE'RE ON, WE'RE STILL ON FF WE WE'RE STILL ON, IT'S A TOTAL TAX RATE.

F WE DID THE THREE INDIVIDUAL, NOW WE'RE DOING THE TOTAL TAX RATE AND G WE CAN WRAP IT UP IN JUST ONE CORRECT MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, WHO MADE THE SECOND COMMISSIONER HALE.

COMMISSIONER HALE MADE THE SECOND ATTORNEY OF THE DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM.

ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIE VO.

THANK YOU.

FF IS A REDUNDANT DEAL.

I KNOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO CALL THAT GI MEAN

[6.G. Vote to ratify property tax rates as set by Parker County Commissioners Court for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the General Fund, Lateral Road and Bridge Fund, and Debt Service. (Judge Deen)]

GG, YEAH.

TO RATIFY WHAT ITEM G? UM, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT COMM COMMISSIONER? I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT IT'S A,

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IT IS REDUNDANT.

IT'S, IT'S IN THE CODE THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS AND, UH, YEAH.

AND WE'RE, WE ARE SETTING IT AND, AND, UH, I'M GONNA WRAP THOSE INTO ONE BRIANNA, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

YEP.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT WE SET THE TOTAL TAX RATE AT PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS FOR, UH, 2026 AT 0.28.

5 0 7 OH.

OKAY.

SO FOR ITEM G ON THE VOTE TO WRITE ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS SET BY PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR THE 20 25 20 26 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE GENERAL FUND, LATERAL ROAD AND BRI BRIDGE FUND AND DEBT SERVICE.

THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ON ITEM G? YES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY VERY QUICKLY, THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE STAFF WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THE BUDGET.

BRIANNA, KIM.

UM, BIANCA, SO MANY FOLKS POURED A LOT OF TIME.

BECKY'S ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND I'M, I'M NOT THANKING HER TWICE.

SO MANY FOLKS PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND I'M VERY PROUD OF US DELIVERING A NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

I WILL CALL OUT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS BY NAME.

WE HAD COMMISSIONER WALDEN ON THE COMMITTEE.

SHERIFF ER, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY SWAIN, UH, PRIVATE CITIZEN, RICHARD HEISER, TREASURER AND HR DIRECTOR, BECKY MONT MCCULLOUGH, AND THEN MYSELF, COMMISSIONER HOLT.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE WILL BE EXPANDING THAT FOR YEAR TWO FOR MORE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

WE WILL TRY TO ANNOUNCE THE MEETINGS AHEAD OF TIME.

FOLKS CAN ATTEND IF THEY WANT.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO EXPAND THAT COMMITTEE TO GET A FEW MORE PRIVATE CITIZENS ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.

IT IS A RECOMMENDATION COMMITTEE ONLY, BUT I THINK THIS COURT FOLLOWED PROBABLY 90 TO 95% OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT COMMITTEE.

VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.

THANK YOU ALL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I MOVE TO ADJOURN.

OH, DID WE ALREADY VOTE ON THIS? NO.

NO.

ALL IN FAVOR? I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN.

SECOND, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE'LL ADJOURN AT OKAY.

FOUR 16.

BEFORE Y'ALL LEAVE THE ORDER, ORDER.