Feb 09, 2026 Commissioners Court

DOWN TO UNDER ITEM SIX B COUNTY CLERK LALA LEGAL PRESENTATION ON THE NEWLY REDESIGNED PARKER COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSE CREATED BY A LOCAL ARTIST, SHERRY WATERS AND JUDY DRAPER.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE

[6.B. County Clerk Lila Deakle presentation on the newly redesigned Parker County marriage license, created by local artists Sherry Waters and Judy Draper. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]

I'M GONNA DEFER THIS TO LALA, BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WILL SAY THIS, THAT, UM, ON OCCASION I DO DO WEDDINGS AND I SEE, UH, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT COUNTIES.

WEDDINGS.

WEDDINGS, AND, UH, THIS ONE'S SPECIAL, I WILL SAY THAT.

AND SO IN FACT, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CERTIFICATE I'VE SEEN.

AND SO, UM, LALA, IF YOU WOULD CHAIR, UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAD, UH, BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THE LAST TIME, UH, THE PARKER COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSE WAS UPDATED WAS 24 YEARS AGO.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PARKER COUNTY OR YOU THINK ABOUT OUR HERITAGE, YOU THINK ABOUT THE PEACH SPECIAL.

YOU THINK ABOUT PEACHES AND YOU THINK ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL COURTHOUSE.

SO THIS IS OUR NEW MARRIAGE LICENSE.

UM, SO IT FEATURES THE HAND, UH, DRAWN PEACHES AND THE RIBBON FROM MISS SHERRY.

AND THIS BEAUTIFUL COURTHOUSE WAS COMPLIMENTS OF MS. JUDY DRAPER.

SO THESE LADIES VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME.

THERE WAS NO, YOU KNOW, COUNTY MONEY SPENT ON IT.

UM, AND WE, WE LET 'EM HAVE FREE REIGN.

AND, UH, MS. JUDY GAVE US FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT LITTLE SKETCHES.

SHE ALSO HAS A BEAUTIFUL CUTTING HORSE.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT NEXT, BUT, UH, WE ARE SO PROUD OF THIS.

AND NOW IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN UPDATED.

THIS SEAL IS ACTUALLY EMBEDDED INTO THE PAPER WHEN THEY MAKE IT.

SO WE USED TO HANDS STAMP THIS AND THESE SEALS WOULD FALL OFF AND THEY, UH, BUT WE WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF IT.

AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, PLEASE DO .

WELL LILA UP HERE AND WE'LL GET SOME PICTURES TO GO.

WE GOT, UH, LILA CAME TO ME AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND SHE SAID, UM, WE NEED A NEW MARRIAGE LICENSE.

AND I SAID, OKAY.

AND I JUST LOST MY HUSBAND LAST YEAR AND I WENT, OKAY.

AND OF COURSE SHE SAID, AND WE WANT YOU TO DO IT.

AND THEN I STARTED CRYING AND PAT, YOU KNOW HOW SENSITIVE I AM.

I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR 30 YEARS.

AND SO, UH, I SAID, OKAY.

AND I JUST LET THE LORD LEAD ME ON MY VISION.

AND I HAD IT DRAWN OFF IN THREE DAYS AND I WENT, OKAY, THIS'LL WORK.

AND I THOUGHT MAYBE LILA WILL LIKE IT.

AND THEN SHE SAW IT AND I JUST WENT WITH IT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE COUNTY COMING TO

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ME AND ASKING ME, AND I APPRECIATE LILA AND THE COURT FOR ACCEPTING IT.

AND I HOPE YOU GUYS, UM, GO MARRY THESE PEOPLE.

I DO HAVE A CUSTOMER THAT WANTS TO GET THE LICENSE AND SHE JUST GOT MARRIED, SO SHE'S COMING DOWN TO PAY FOR IT AND THEY'RE GONNA GET A NEW ONE.

SO GO AHEAD JUDY.

I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I'D CERTAINLY APPRECIATE LAYLA GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PICTURE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE PASSED ALONG TO HOPEFULLY LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE FOR YEARS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YEARS TO COME, EVEN AFTER WE'RE GONE, PROBABLY .

THAT'S BAD.

ME ANYTIME SOON.

NO, HOPEFULLY NOT.

ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

WHAT WOULD ONE OF THOSE COST? A COUPLE.

UM, $81.

THAT'S PART THAT IF I COULD FIND A WOMAN WITH A A BASS BOAT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE .

JUST THE BASS BOAT.

THAT'S ALL I NEED IT.

I NEED TO SEE A PICTURE OF THAT BASS BOAT FIRST.

THAT'S A NI NICE LOOKING SETUP.

BUT, BUT, UM, WE, WE, UH, WE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER.

UH, THE WHOLE CREW GOT TO PICK THIS.

AND THE NICE THING ABOUT IT, AND THIS WASN'T INTENTIONAL, IT'S JUST HOW IT HAPPENED.

YOU CAN SEE JUDY'S, UM, SIGNATURE HERE AND YOU CAN SEE SHERRY'S HERE.

SO, SO I HOPE THIS IS ROUND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Y'ALL WANNA COME UP HERE? WE'LL GET SOME PICTURES.

YEAH, IF Y'ALL WOULD, UH, COME ON UP WHILE YOU'RE COMING UP.

I WANNA SAY THIS, THAT THERE, THE COUPLES THAT MARRY IS, THEY ACTUALLY GO TO A COUNTY THAT THEY LACK THESE CERTIFICATE, MARRIAGE LICENSE, AND THEN COME HERE TO GET MARRIED.

AND SO THEY WILL TRAVEL AS FAR OUT AS MIDLAND TO GET A, A MARRIAGE LICENSE BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTY OF THE LICENSE.

THEY HAVE A VERY NICE ONE THAT WILL NOW BE HERE, WHERE THAT WILL BE COMING.

SO, AND JUST OUR OLD ONE, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT.

JUST DON? YEAH.

BEAUTIFUL.

GET RIGHT IN HERE, Y'ALL.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE TWO.

1, 2, 3.

ONE MORE.

1, 2, 3.

OH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

IT IS DEFINITELY NICE TO HAVE.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SIX A OF THE PRESENTATION FROM UNT HEALTH FORT FORT WORTH CENTER FOR HUMAN IDENTIFICATION REGARDING INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES PROVIDED, UH, SUSAN DAVIS AND JACKIE PEARSON.

ARE OKAY.

[6.A. Presentation from UNT Health Fort Worth Center for Human Identification regarding investigative services provided. (Susan Davis/ Jackie Pehrson/ Judge Deen)]

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ANY OF YOU HEARD OF THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT'S USED AT ALL.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

DEAN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING.

UH, I APPRECIATE YOU INVITING US HERE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER OUR SERVICES.

UH, WE ARE, UH, MYSELF, I'M DR. SUSAN BROWN DAVIS, AND THIS IS OUR INVESTIGATOR, JACKIE PEARSON.

UM, WE ARE WITH UNT CENTER FOR HUMAN IDENTIFICATION IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS OFF OF CAMP BUOY.

AND WE, UM, OUR CENTER, UM, WE ARE WITH THE, UM, WE'RE DOING FORENSIC GENETIC GENEALOGY.

I DON'T HAVE

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FORENSIC GENETIC GENEALOGY.

SO, UH, IT'S ALSO CALLED INVESTIGATIVE GENETIC GENEALOGY.

BUT IT'S BASICALLY, UH, IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER, IT'S THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS USED, UM, WITH, UH, FINDING THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER.

SO BASICALLY WE USE GENETIC GENEALOGY TO HELP, UM, IDENTIFY PERPETRATORS OF CRIME AND ALSO AN AN IDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS.

UM, AND OUR CENTER IS NOW, HAS BEEN PERFORMING THIS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

UM, THE GREAT THING ABOUT PARKER COUNTY IS THAT YOU'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO TARRANT COUNTY AND, UH, THE AGENCIES THAT ARE SURROUNDING PARKER COUNTY, HOW MANY AGENCIES WE HAVE, SEVEN OR EIGHT THAT ARE SURROUNDING, UM, RECEIVE OUR SERVICES FOR FREE.

SO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE NATION IS, UM, HAVING TO EITHER, SOME, SOME SERVICES THEY RECEIVE FREE, BUT SOME SERVICES THAT, SOME SERVICES THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES, SUCH AS GENETIC TESTING, DNA TESTING, S ST R TESTING, UM, IF, UM, SNIP TESTING, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR, BUT YOU'RE IN, BECAUSE WE ARE IN PARKER COUNTY, THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE OUR SERVICES FOR FREE.

THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVE A CRIME THAT'S, THAT HAS OCCURRED, OR IF YOU HAVE, UM, UN IDENTIFI UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS, UM, OUR, UH, OUR CENTER WILL HELP PROCESS THE SAMPLE AND RUN OUR LABORATORY WILL RUN THE SAMPLE.

UM, WE, WE BOUNCE IT AGAINST CODIS, WHICH IS, IF YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE STR KIND OF THE, THE, UM, THE PREFERRED METHOD FOR, AND IT IS THE, THE METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING, UH, PERPETRATORS OF CRIME ALSO.

UM, IT HELPS WITH REFERENCE SAMPLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO ANYWAY, WE DO LABORATORY TESTING, BUT NOW WE'VE EXPANDED TO, TO WHAT'S CALLED SNIP TESTING.

AND SNIP TESTING IS WHAT I USE AS A GEN GENEALOGIST TO HELP BUILD TREES.

AND ONCE I BUILD TREES AND I COME BACK DOWN AND, AND I COME UP WITH MAYBE, UH, SOME PROFILES THAT WOULD BE LIKE FIRST COUSINS THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO, LET'S SAY A BURNED VICTIM'S REMAINS OR PER A POSSIBLY A PERPETRATOR OF CRIME THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A PART OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT, UH, TYPE OF CRIME OR MAYBE A HOMICIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, SO THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY IS FANTASTIC.

IT WORKS.

UM, AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GREAT.

AND WE ARE IN JUST IN FORT WORTH.

UM, SO, UM, WE ARE ACCREDITED AN ACCREDITED LAB, UM, UNDER THE FBI'S, UM, ASSURANCE STANDARDS.

UM, I AM, I HAVE CERTIFICATION IN FBI, UM, TRAINING AS WELL.

UM, I'VE BEEN TO THEIR TRAINING.

UM, I'VE WORKED WITH THE FBI TEXAS RANGERS AND A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION HELPING, UM, RESOLVE, UM, TYPE THESE TYPES OF CRIMES AND, AND HELPING IDENTIFY UNKNOWN HUMAN REMAINS, GIVING PEOPLE BACK THEIR NAMES AND HELPING FAMILIES WITH, UM, RESOLUTION ON THEIR CASES.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF BIG OVERVIEW OF THAT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO JACKIE.

UM, SHE CAN KINDA GIVE YOU HER PERSPECTIVE.

SO LIKE SHE SAID, I'M THE INVESTIGATOR FOR THE CENTER FOR HUMAN IDENTIFICATION.

I'VE BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 14 YEARS AND, UM, SURPRISINGLY THE CHALLENGE WITH THE CENTER FOR HUMAN IDENTIFICATION HAS BEEN THAT OUR SERVICES ARE FREE.

YOU KNOW, ANYTHING RELATED TO LAB TESTING, PEOPLE DON'T BAT AN EYE AT FOR SPENDING, YOU KNOW, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, BUT YOU TELL 'EM IT'S FREE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHOA, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? UM, SO, UM, BUT ANOTHER BIG PART OF MY JOB IS I'M THE, THE LIAISON FOR ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT, UM, COME TO USE OUR SERVICES.

SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE AND HELPING GETTING OUR NAME OUT THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PRIMARILY LIKE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE SMALLER AGENCIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO THESE SORTS OF THINGS AND ALSO DON'T KNOW THAT THESE EXIST.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS USED US BEFORE FOR PROPERTY CRIME TYPE TESTING.

UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THAT JUST BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH FOR SOLVING THE CRIMES FOR UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS AND, YOU KNOW, VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME.

SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING US HERE AND LETTING US, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR NAME ON THE MAP.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REAL QUICK? THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.

SURE, THANK YOU.

GREAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU ALL.

DO YOU WANNA JUST TELL THEM ABOUT MEDICAL EXAMINER, LIKE RELATIONSHIP?

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NO.

UM, I MEAN, IF, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, OUR, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS, IS ON HERE.

UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, DEALING WITH SMALLER AGENCIES AND COUNTIES, UH, ONE OF OUR OTHER STRUGGLES IS THAT, UM, THE JPS DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE THE MEDICAL-LEGAL AUTHORITY OVER REMAINS, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT PERMISSION IN ORDER TO DO TESTING.

SO, UM, ALSO JUST GETTING PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT THEIR ROLE IS AND, AND HOW THEY CAN ASSIST US IS, IS GREAT.

DOWN TO SEVEN A ON APPROVAL UNDER DISCUSS, APPROVE, AND SIGN RESOLUTION 26 0 4 FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE OOG JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DIVERSION GRANT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE OTHER THING.

SO IF YOU THINK OF ANY, IF YOU HAVE ANY, IF YOU THINK THERE ARE SOME CASES THAT YOU, UM, CAN THINK OF, OR IF YOU ARE COME ACROSS LIKE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR WITH THE WEATHERFORD PD, UM, IT'S REALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PULLING UP THOSE COLD CASES.

UM, BUT IT'S ALSO CURRENT CASES AS WELL.

SO, UM, WE CAN, IF YOU EITHER COLD CASES OR OLD CASES, UM, AND CURRENT CASES, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEM PULLING THOSE AND TO TRYING TO HELP GET THOSE RESOLVED.

UM, I KNOW SOME AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, UH, TARRANT COUNTY, THEY HAVE LIKE OVER A THOUSAND, YOU KNOW, DALLAS HAS OVER 4,000.

HOUSTON HAS OVER PROBABLY FOUR OR 5,000.

SO JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT, EVERYONE STARTING TO GET THEIR LITTLE EXCEL SPREADSHEETS GOING ABOUT WHAT CASES THEY HAVE.

AND, UM, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS IF YOU CAN FIND SOMEONE WHO'S A POINT PERSON HERE IN THE COUNTY TO, UM, TRY TO START PULLING ALL THOSE UP AND THEN WE CAN START WORKING WITH THAT.

ALSO, OUR FUNDING, JUST, I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT OUR FUNDING IS THROUGH GRANTS LIKE THE SAKI, UH, SAKI GRANTS, UM, SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT KIT INITIATIVES, UM, TO HELP DO SOME OF THE BACKLOG FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS TO CLEAR THOSE OUT.

UM, BUT WE ALSO GET FUNDING FROM, UM, THE STATE, UM, AND ALSO FEDERAL.

SO THAT'S WHERE ALL OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM AND THAT'S WHY WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, OUR SERVICES FOR FREE.

THANK, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THE SHERIFF HERE, RUSS? YES, WE HAVE DONE, UM, SOME WORK BEFORE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S MOSTLY BEEN PROPERTY, UM, STUFF BEFORE, WHICH WE'RE NO LONGER DOING, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM ON BOARD TOO WITH GOING THROUGH COLD CASES.

I'LL, I'LL FORWARD THIS OVER TO HIM AND ADDITIONALLY TEXAS RANGER.

[7.A. Discuss/Approve and sign Resolution 26-04 for the application of the OOG Juvenile Justice and Diversion Grant 5753801. (Ashley Marineau/ Bianca Lord/ Judge Deen)]

5 7 5 3 8 0 1.

ASHLEY BIANCA.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, I AM REQUESTING A RESOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM.

UM, THIS WOULD BE A FULL-TIME POSITION FOR A THERAPEUTIC CASE MANAGER.

IT WOULD ALLOW THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A LICENSE PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR ON STAFF, WHICH WOULD ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR US TO GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR JUVENILES.

I'M ASKING FOR THE FULL $100,000 AMOUNT TO COVER SALARY, FRINGE AND BENEFITS.

THIS WILL NOT COVER ALL BENEFITS.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $13,750 THAT WOULD BE ADDED INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO COVER THE REMAINDER OF THOSE.

UH, FRINGE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE NUMEROUS CHILDREN.

OVER 50% OF OUR JUVENILES THAT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMATIC EVENTS.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT PROVIDE SERVICE.

HOWEVER, HAVING AN ON STAFF INDIVIDUAL WILL ALLOW US TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO ANY SUICIDAL IDEATIONS.

IT WILL ALLOW US A QUICKER RESPONSE TIME TO GET JUVENILES INVOLVED IN SERVICES.

IT WILL ALLEVIATE MANY OF THE BARRIERS THAT OUR JUVENILES AND THEIR FAMILIES FACE, INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT THEMSELVES OR THE TRANSPORTATION PIECES OR GETTING IN ON WAIT LIST OF ALREADY STRAINED PROVIDERS.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M REQUESTING THAT THIS POSITION BE FUNDED AND WE, UM, OR THAT I WOULD BE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR GRANT MONIES TO FUND THIS POSITION THAT WOULD SERVE THE JUVENILES AND FAMILIES OF PARKER COUNTY JUVENILE PROBATION.

COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

CERTAINLY, ASHLEY.

UM, SO THE 13,000 YOU SAID, WOULD COME FROM NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, SO YOU'RE ANTICIPATING YES.

THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY FUNDS NEEDED FROM THE CURRENT BUDGET? NO.

AND IS THIS THE TYPE OF GRANT THAT TENDS TO REAPPEAR EVERY YEAR, OR IS THIS THE TYPE OF GRANT THAT GOES AWAY AFTER A YEAR OR TWO? IT HAS A THREE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION.

GOTCHA, GOTCHA.

OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, ASHLEY.

JANKA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS? OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTION MADE BY

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COMMISSIONER HOLT.

HAVE A SECOND PLEASE.

I'LL SECOND IT.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SO IF THE, IF WE, UH, RECEIVE THAT GRANT, THEN THERE SHOULD BE FUNDS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING FOR CONTRACT PERSONNEL THAT WOULD NOT BE NEEDED.

IS THAT, WHAT, IS THAT WHAT THE EXCHANGE WOULD BE THERE? THAT IS ACCURATE.

WE DO STILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME SPECIALIZED CONTRACT PERSONNEL, LIKE LICENSED SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROVIDERS, FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY.

UM, THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT THIS POSITION WOULD NOT SERVE BECAUSE OF LOSSER REQUIREMENTS, BUT THIS WILL ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THOSE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.

AND IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO INTERNALLY DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE YOUTH THAT WE ARE PRESENTING WITHOUT HAVING TO FIND THEM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OR CREATE THOSE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT, COMMISSIONER.

SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH OF MONEY AND LIKE IN THE CURRENT YEAR YOU MIGHT BE SPENDING ON THESE SERVICES.

THAT WOULD BE IN A CONTRACT FOR WITH CONTRACTS WHAT WE SPENT, LIKE WHAT LAST YEAR FOR YEAH, FOR THOSE MONIES.

YES.

UM, LAST YEAR WE, WE SPENT, UM, CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT THAT INCLUDED ALSO YOUR LICENSED SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROVIDER AND YOUR FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY.

SO FOR SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT, IT OFTEN AVERAGES ABOUT $35,000 A YEAR.

UM, FOR FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY, IT AVERAGES $50,000 A YEAR IF WE SERVE AS MANY FAMILIES AS WE HAVE PROJECTED.

SO THOSE WOULD STILL REMAIN THE SAME, BUT IT WOULD TREMENDOUSLY DECREASE THE, UM, COUNSELING BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH OTHER OUTSIDE PRIVATE PROVIDERS.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CURIOUS FAO.

TO ITEM D ONE ON INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REPORTS, KIM AM.

WE GO BACK

[D.1. Interdepartmental transfers of equipment and inventory reports.]

SO WE DO HAVE A FEW INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS INCLUDING COMPUTERS, BODY ARMOR, AND SOME RADIOS.

THERE'S ALSO A 2021 TAHOE TRANSFERRED FROM FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO EOC SINCE THE FIRE MARSHALS CONTRACTED OUT NOW.

OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAS MADE THE MOTION.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL ON PAPER.

CARRIE .

MOVE TO ITEM TWO EXCEPT FOR REJECT RENEW PC 26 SLASH 25 CORRUGATED STEEL CULVERTS.

WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE FROM, UH, WILSON CULBERT FOR PC 26 DASH 25 AND IT IS THE, UH, COMPLIANT RESPONSE AND RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD.

THREE, ACCEPT, REJECT, RENEW PC 26 DASH 26 HOT AND COLD MIX.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL VA CARRIES VO ITEM

[D.3. Accept/Reject/Renew PC26-26 Hot & Cold Mix. (Kim Rivas/ Judge Deen)]

SO WE RECEIVED SEVEN RESPONSES ON PC 26 26 FOR HOT AND COLD MIX FOR PARKER COUNTY.

THIS WOULD BE FOR THE CONTRACT PERIOD FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH JANUARY 30 OF 26TH THROUGH JANUARY 31ST OF 27.

UM, I'M RECOMMENDING AWARD TO ALL RESPONDEES, WHICH INCLUDE TEXAS MATERIALS GROUP, DDBA TEXAS BIT, ZACH ETTE, VULCAN CONSTRUCTION, AUSTIN ASPHALT REYNOLDS ASPHALT BLADES GROUP, AND MGS CORTEX CONSTRUCTION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES.

FOUND OUT.

ITEM

[D.4. Accept/Reject/Renew RFP PC26-23 Waste Roll-Off Containers. (Kim Rivas/ Judge Deen)]

FOUR, ACCEPT REJECT.

RFP PC 26 DASH 23.

WASTE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS.

RFP PC 24 DASH 43.

WASTE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS AND DISPOSABLE DISPOSAL FOR PARKER COUNTY IS AWARDED TO TWO VENDORS.

TJ SERVICES AND WASTE CONNECTIONS.

BOTH ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RENEWAL AND HAVE SHOWED INTEREST FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING MARCH 1ST, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2027 AT THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HILL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, VO ITEM FIVE

[D.5. BUY PC26-28 Snowdogg Spreader & (2) Plows for Pct. 2. (Kim Rivas/ Commissioner Holt)]

BY PC 26 DASH 28, SNOW DOG SPREADER AND TWO PLOWS FOR PRECINCT TWO REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF BUY PC 26 DASH 28 FOR SNOW DOG SPREADER AND TWO PLOWS FOR PRECINCT TWO.

THIS WOULD BE THROUGH THE BBO CONTRACT.

7 0 3 DASH 23 FROM GULF HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OF THE DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVORS PER VOTE.

ITEM

[D.6. Approve the salvage/destruction of bulletproof vest. (Kim Rivas/ Judge Deen)]

SIX, APPROVE THE SAL INSTRUCTION OF BULLETPROOF VEST.

UH, JUST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO DESTROY A BULLETPROOF VEST.

IT HAS EXCEEDED THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY.

IT'S ASSET NUMBER 2 0 1 9 1.

OKAY, MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HALL.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE IN DISCUSSION.

ALL FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE

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

TO ITEM FIVE A DISCUSS TAKE ACTION.

ACTION ON ONGOING REPORTING OF BOND PROJECTS TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT BY FREEZING NICHOLS.

UM, CHRIS, AS WE SET UP AGAIN, I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS

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I WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT GOING FORWARD IS AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS TO BE SURE AND WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THESE? UH, ARE THEY ON TIME TARGET? IF THEY'RE NOT ON SCHEDULE, WHY ARE THEY, AND HOW CAN WE GET 'EM BACK ON SCHEDULE? AND THEN BE SURE TO INTEGRATE THAT INTO THIS, PLEASE.

A SCHEDULE OF LIKE OUR TIMELINE TO EXECUTE THE DESIGN, BUT THERE MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY, UH, WHETHER WE, UH, ARE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH A PROPERTY OWNER OR WORKING WITH A UTILITY COMPANY TO MOVE.

YEP.

UM, SO, UH, GOING THROUGH THE REPORT HERE, UH, CHRIS BOSCO AT FREEZE THE NICHOLS.

UM, SO ON THE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE BROUGHT SEVERAL ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENTS FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

ONE OF THE ONES WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS THE I 20 FRONTAGE ROADS.

UH, THAT'S THE PROJECT, UH, GRAHAM IS DESIGNING.

SO THAT'S SEPARATE THAN THE RAMPS.

WE, Y'ALL ALREADY APPROVED THE RAMPS.

THIS WOULD BE THE FRONTAGE ROADS, UH, THAT ARE, ARE FARTHER TO THE WEST.

UH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH BRIAN, UH, AND KIND OF GETTING HIM UP TO SPEED ON ALL THE, THE PROJECTS IN THE PROGRAM.

UH, ONE THING THE TEAM ADDED WAS THE QR CODE HERE, UH, WILL BE ADDED TO THE ALL THE PROJECT SIGNS GOING FORWARD.

IT JUST TAKES PEOPLE TO THE WEBSITE, BUT IF THEY WANNA GET QUICK INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT, UH, UH, UH, FROM THE FIELD, UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, PROVIDE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, WITH, UH, NET COG AND TECH STOCK FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS.

I WANT TO KIND OF HIT ON, I KNOW, UH, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT A YEAR WHEN WE'VE DONE AN UPDATE FOR THE COURT ON ALL THE FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH Y'ALL'S PARTNERSHIP WITH COG AND TECH STOCK.

AND SO, UH, THIS MAP, UH, IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE I'LL SHOW IN A MOMENT THAT HAS ALL THE PROJECTS.

BUT, UH, FOR THOSE LISTENING IN, UH, THE TERM ON SYSTEM REFERS TO ANY PROJECT THE COUNTY'S DOING THAT IS, UH, WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS OWNED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE INITIATIVES IN THE BOND PROGRAM WAS TO GET PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE STATE, UH, AND, UH, COG TO FUND PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

UH, ONE OF THE KIND OF EXCITING THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS, UH, PLAN IS THERE'S A NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS.

SO, UH, TRYING TO KIND OF IMPROVE SAFETY OF SOME OF THE MAJOR FM ROADS, KNOWING THAT THERE'S A LONGER PROJECT THAT THE STATE'S WORKING ON TO IMPROVE THOSE FM ROADS, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY TO STEP IN, UH, FOR THE INTERSECTIONS THAT'S HAD A LOT OF ACCIDENTS AND MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT TO SAVE LIVES TODAY AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM.

UH, YOU'LL ALSO NOTE, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS KIND OF ALONG I 20, UH, BUT THEN OTHER FM ROADS LIKE FM 1187 ARE THE, THE LARGER PROJECTS IN THE PROGRAM.

UH, THE NEXT SLIDE THAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS, IS THE FUNDING.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH COG AND TECH STOCK TO SECURE THESE FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC MAY KNOWS THIS EXACT NUMBER, BUT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.

UH, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AGO WHEN I PRESENTED WE WERE AT 79 MILLION.

SO Y'ALL HAVE INCREASED EVEN BEYOND THAT.

UH, THE OTHER THING I'LL NOTE IS THIS IS A GREAT NUMBER FOR WHERE Y'ALL DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS.

IT STILL DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FRONTAGE ROADS ON I 20, UH, WHICH WILL BE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

UH, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT, UH, LOOKING AT AS A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT IS BETHEL ROAD.

UH, BUT YOU'LL SEE, UH, THESE ARE PROJECTS, THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT ON SYSTEMS, ACTUALLY OLD WEATHERFORD, BUT Y'ALL DO HAVE A COG PARTNERSHIP ON THAT PROJECT.

UH, AND THEN I DID ADD THE DEVELOPER PARTNERSHIP THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER HALE'S BEEN WORKING WITH ON KELLY.

THAT IS AN ON SYSTEM PROJECT, UH, THAT KIND OF COUPLES THE KELLY ROAD.

UH, SO THIS IS, UH, WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THE BOND, WE ALWAYS REFER TO LEVERAGE OF THE BOND.

UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS Y'ALL HAVE THE $130 MILLION, UH, AND, AND TRYING TO HAVE A, A SET AMOUNT OF THAT BOND, UH, LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL FUNDS BRINGING THOSE FUNDS, UH, TO PARKER COUNTY.

SO THIS IS THE, THE LARGER MAP THAT HAS ALL THE PROJECTS, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, THE COUNTY.

AND SO THIS INCLUDES BOTH ON AND OFF SYSTEM PROJECTS.

SO ONCE AGAIN, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE LIKE OAK RIDGE WOULD BE AN OFF SYSTEM PROJECT.

SO THAT MEANS THE COUNTY OR THE CITY OWNS THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THIS MAP SHOWS BOTH THE ON AND OFF SYSTEM PROJECTS.

AND SO GOING THROUGH, UH, THE PRECINCT UPDATE, UH, SO ON, UH, CHURCH ROAD, UH, WE'RE FINALIZING RIGHT AWAY AND LOOKING TO ADVERTISE THAT IN MARCH.

UH, SO YOU, YOU ASKED ABOUT SCHEDULE.

WHAT WHAT YOU'LL KIND OF SEE, UH, THROUGHOUT ALL THESE UPDATES IS, UH, THE SCHEDULE FLUCTUATES BASED ON THREE ELEMENTS, UH, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, UTILITY RELOCATIONS, AND REGULATORY, UH, APPROVALS.

AND SO, UH, OFTEN WE'LL PRESENT

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SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT DRIVES, UH, FLUCTUATIONS IN THESE SCHEDULES.

I THINK WHAT I'LL SAY AS A WHOLE, JUST TO KIND OF SET THE SCALE IS, UH, AS PUBLISHED BY THE STATE, A NORMAL PROJECT'S A SEVEN YEAR DURATION TO GET IT TO CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN, THEN YOU HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

UH, MOST CITIES ARE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.

UH, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE INSIDE THREE YEARS.

SO THE IDEA IS TO GET ALL THESE, UH, ADVERTISED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO THAT, THAT'S ONE THING I THINK Y'ALL HAVE NOTED.

I I KNOW THAT, UH, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT COG IN TECH STOCK MAKES IN PUBLIC IS HOW GOOD THE COUNTY IS AT DELIVERING PROJECTS.

AND I, I THINK LARGELY THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP.

UH, BUT I, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS TRYING TO MANAGE THOSE THREE KIND OF CONSTRAINTS.

UM, SO THE, UH, THOMAS ROAD, WE COMPLETED THE DESIGN AND ACTUALLY ADVERTISING THAT, UH, THIS WEEK, OF COURSE, VEAL STATION HAS ALREADY BID AND WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, GETTING THE CONTRACTOR, UH, KICKED OFF ON, ON THAT PROJECT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON PRECINCT ONE? YEAH, I DO.

WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF, UH, ANTICIPATED THERE WHERE IT SAYS STEWART STREET? SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET AN UPDATE FROM TX STOCK.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE POLLS ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN PREVIOUS UPDATES I COMMUNICATED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING ON THE POLLS TO BE DELIVERED.

OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THOSE HAVE BEEN DELIVERED AND I WAS TRYING TO GET AN UPDATE FROM THE STATE ON WHEN THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA MOVE BACK IN TO, UH, INSTALL THAT SIGNAL.

SO I DIDN'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE.

SO , THAT'S WHAT WE, UH, SO ANTICIPATED MEANS WHAT THAT, I THINK IT WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH, BUT I NEED TO GET THAT CONFIRMED.

KEEP WORKING ON IT.

YEAH, I WAS HOPING TO HAVE THAT FOR TODAY, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE MESSAGE BACK FROM THE TECH DOG ON THAT ONE.

UH, ON PRECINCT TWO, UH, OAK RIDGE, UH, SO OAK RIDGE, WE HAD THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING LAST WEEK.

THE NOTICE TO PROCEED IS FEBRUARY 16TH.

SO THIS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE, UM, ON THE DESIGN SIDE, UH, WHERE WE WERE DEVELOPING THAT DESIGN.

BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A FEW RIGHT OF WAY, UH, ACQUISITIONS, MAINLY AT, UH, RED EAGLE.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND ADVERTISE THIS ONE AND GET GOING BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT WE'RE GONNA BUILD SOUTH OF RED EAGLE AS THE PHASE ONE.

UH, AND SO THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, VOICE SEEN AS KIND OF AN ANCHOR PROJECT IN THE PROGRAM, UH, IS REALLY GOING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, A VERY KIND OF CITY URBAN, UH, DESIGN.

UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING SIDEWALKS IN THAT JOB.

SO THE JOB HAS A LOT OF THE MORE URBANIZED ELEMENTS, UH, THAT, UH, YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE IN A COUNTY.

UH, JOHNSON BEND AND GREEN ACRES.

AND CHRIS, BEFORE WE GO ON YES SIR.

FROM OAK RIDGE.

SO NOTICE TO PROCEED IS ANTICIPATED ON THE 16TH, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IN COMMON LANGUAGE, LIKE WHEN CONSTRUCTION BEGINS.

BUT DOES THAT MEAN JUST FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTENING ONLINE? YES.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'LL SEE BULLDOZERS ON FEBRUARY 16TH? NO.

WELL, SO THEY'LL MOVE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL IN.

UH, SO ON THAT JOB, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO A ONE WAY OPERATION.

UH, AND, AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE ONE WAY, THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER WAY.

IT'S EITHER YOU CLOSE THE ROAD OR GO ONE WAY.

UH, IT'S ALSO VERY MUCH THAT DECISION'S DRIVEN BY SAFETY, ENTIRELY SAFETY FOR THE PUBLIC, SAFETY FOR THE CONTRACTOR.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YEAH, WHEN THE CONTRACTOR MOVES IN, YOU MIGHT SEE HIM, UH, MOVE SOME EQUIPMENT IN.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA INSTANTLY BE MOVING DIRT OR REMOVING THE OLD ROAD.

UH, I, I KNOW ON THAT PROJECT THERE IS SOME PATCHING TO DO OF THE, SO THAT WOULD BE THE KIND OF STUFF YOU'D SEE PATCHING OF WHERE CARS ARE GONNA BE WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING THE NEW AND THEN GETTING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL IN PLACE.

UH, SO YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT ON REALLY ALL THESE, IT, IT TAKES A COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO GET MOVING WHERE YOU'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THINKING, OH, IT'S GETTING BUILT.

UM, A LOT OF IT ALSO, UH, I MENTIONED UTILITIES.

WE OF COURSE COORDINATE UTILITIES IN THE DESIGN, BUT THE CONTRACT HAS TO REVALIDATE THAT 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE THE RISK OF HITTING A GAS LINE.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT HAPPENS IN THE EARLY PARTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

UH, SO 51 AND CARTER, UH, SO THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE ON THOSE ON SYSTEM THAT WAS A PROJECT.

UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT GOT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE ON FUNDING

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THAT.

UH, AND SO WE, UH, WORKING ON THE 60% SUBMITTAL PACKAGE ON THAT, UH, ON THE POJO ROAD, WE HAD DONE A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND I'M WORKING ON GETTING THAT A MEETING WITH CITY OF SPRINGTOWN.

UH, SO WE CAN KIND OF COORDINATE, UH, THAT PROJECT.

UH, THE SEVEN 30 PROJECT, UH, IS GOING ON HOLD INDEFINITELY.

UH, THAT'S DUE TO, UH, BRIAN AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH TECH STOCK AND, UH, COG AND, UH, FEEL LIKE THERE'S OTHER PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH ALL THE NEEDS ON I 20 AND SOME OF THE, THE OTHER FM ROADS THAT, THAT SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF THE BOND PROGRAM.

UH, SO THAT'S, UH, THE STATUS ON SEVEN 30, UH, PRECINCT THREE HIGHLIGHTS.

UH, TODAY IS ACTUALLY THE NOTICE TO PROCEED DATE FOR RICK WILLIAMSON.

I THINK THE PERCEPTION FROM PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC IS THAT, THAT, UH, THERE'LL BE EQUIPMENT THERE AND THERE'LL BE GUYS WORKING.

THERE ARE, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR TWO MONTHS SURVEYING, IDENTIFYING THE, UH, UTILITIES, UH, MOVING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, SETTING UP THEIR OFFICE, SETTING UP WHERE THE, THE CONCRETE PLANT'S GOING TO BE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT SEEING WORK, UH, FROM GUYS OUT THERE MOVING DIRT, THERE HAS BEEN WORK GOING ON THERE FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS, MAYBE LONGER THAN THAT.

YEAH, AND THAT'S A GOOD, WHEN WE USE THE TERM NOTICE TO PROCEED, PART OF THAT IS A CONTRACTUAL TERM OF KIND OF WHEN THE CLOCK STARTS.

RIGHT.

AND SO, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE BRIDGE OVER IT? IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BRIDGE, BUT IT DOES IMPROVE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT.

SO THERE WILL BE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT INTERSECTION.

UH, SO THERE'LL BE ABLE TO BE TWO LEFT TURNS.

UH, WHERE IT STACKS UP ARE, ARE THEY STILL GONNA BUILD THE BRIDGE? THE BRIDGE IS A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR.

OH.

BUT WE'RE DOING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN TO TRY TO GET, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS ON THAT PROJECT.

UH, SO THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY, UH, YOU HAVE THE MAIN, UH, PART OF RICK WILLIAMSON FROM 180 TO 20 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT 180, A NEW SIGNAL AT GARDNER, AND THEN ALSO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT 51.

SO THE PROJECT'S ACTUALLY, UH, QUITE A LARGER IN SCOPE THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

SO SIGNIFICANT, UH, THAT'S MORE DIFFICULT IN THAT, UH, CASE.

UM, SO THE I 20 FRONTAGE ROAD, UH, GRAHAM AND ASSOCIATES IS DOING BOTH THE FRONTAGE ROADS AND THE RAMP.

SO THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THE 30% SCHEMATIC THAT'S UNDER REVIEW.

UH, ALSO THE, UH, THE RAMP JOB, THEY'VE COMPLETED THE DESIGN, SUBMITTED THAT TO TECH STOCK.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, KIND OF LEADING UP TO LETTING THAT, UH, THIS SUMMER, UH, FAIRVIEW LANE.

I KNOW THAT'S A KEY PROJECT.

WE'RE KINDA WORKING THROUGH UTILITY COORDINATION THERE.

UH, OUR TEAM IS WORKING WITH, UH, THE CONTRACTOR ON KIND OF GETTING FINAL PRICING ON THAT PROJECT.

UH, AND SO THAT, THAT WE CAN BE READY TO GO.

I KNOW THE DEVELOPER'S MOVING QUICK, UH, ON, ON THEIR END ON, UH, PRECINCT FOUR.

UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RECENT COORDINATION ON, UH, WE'RE CALLING PHASE ONE OF BANKHEAD.

SO THAT'S THE PART FROM VERNON AND DEAN TO 1187 WORKING WITH THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA.

UH, SO FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, UH, WITH WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE BE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BID, UH, LATER THIS MONTH.

UH, AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH, WITH THOSE, UH, PROJECT PARTNERS.

UH, THE BANKHEAD BRIDGE, WE'RE AT ABOUT 30% DESIGN.

THERE IS SOME COLLABORATION WITH WILLOW PARK 'CAUSE THEY'RE DOING THE PART WEST OF THAT BRIDGE, AND I KNOW THEY'RE JUST KIND OF GETTING STARTED WITH THE DESIGN.

BUT, UH, THAT REALLY KIND OF PAIRS, WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD A BRIDGE WITHOUT THAT PART BEING UNDERWAY AS WELL.

UH, ON FM FIVE, UH, WE'VE SUBMITTED THE 90%, OR I'M SORRY, WORKING ON THE 90% PLANS.

AND THEN, UH, THERE IS A RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

WE HAD AN INITIAL MEETING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO TALK THROUGH IT AND ARE JUST GOING THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS THERE.

UH, OLD WEATHERFORD ROAD, I, I KNOW THAT PROJECT, UH, KIND OF TO ASK ON SCHEDULE HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN QUITE A BIT.

UH, WE HAD SEVERAL UTILITY POLES THAT, UM, THEY, THEY NEEDED THE CONTRACTOR TO GRADE IT IN ORDER TO MOVE THE NEW POLES.

AND THEN THERE WAS KIND OF A ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO UTILITY COMPANIES.

SO THOSE ARE FINALLY GETTING OUT OF THE WAY.

AND SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE PROGRESS NOW.

THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON STORM DRAIN, BUT, UH, REALLY NEEDED TO GET THOSE UTILITIES OUT OF THE WAY TO PROCEED.

THAT'S A KIND OF A UNIQUE ONE IN THAT MOST OF THE TIME THOSE POLES ARE MOVED BEFORE THE CONTRACTOR ARRIVES, BUT SINCE THE TOPOGRAPHY WAS

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SO 1187, UH, TEGNA PARKINSON'S, MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT PROJECT.

UH, I DO HAVE A, UH, AMENDMENT TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL TODAY FOR, UH, INTERSECTION CONTROL EVALUATION THAT, THAT TEX O REQUESTED.

AND SO THAT'S, UH, ANOTHER ITEM, UH, TO KIND OF, UH, KEEP PROGRESSING THAT PROJECT.

UH, KELLY RHODES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN I MENTIONED THE SIGNAL.

WE DID GET COMMENTS FROM, OR THEY ACTUALLY APPROVED THE INITIAL PLANS, SO WE'LL BE GETTING WITH A DEVELOPER ON GETTING THOSE, UH, POLLS ORDERED ON THAT PROJECT.

UH, SO HERE'S THE WEBSITE UPDATE.

UH, I KNOW MORGAN PRESENTED TO Y'ALL AT THE LAST, UH, MONTHLY REPORT ABOUT THESE PROGRESS SCHEDULES.

UH, SHE IS WORKING ON GETTING THOSE ADDED TO EACH PROJECT.

UH, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL JUST DISPLAYING THE OVERALL PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT SO WHEN PEOPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, CLICK ON THAT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ON THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, UH, WHERE THE STATUS IS.

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

THANK YOU, CHRIS.

I, I HAVE TWO, TWO MORE ITEMS. NO, NO, I KNOW, I KNOW.

JUST WANNA MAKE A CHANCE, UH, ON THAT.

UM, JOHN, DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS? IT JUST AN UPDATE, CORRECT? JUST AN UPDATE.

UNDER ITEM B, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON PLANNING SERVICES WITH THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

LET'S GET TAKE ACTION ON THAT ONE.

SO, UH, ON ITEM A, JUST PUT UPDATE ON REPORTING OF BOND CHECK BOND PROJECTS, SO WE DON'T GET CONFUSED ON THAT.

[5.B. Discuss/Take action on planning services for the Thoroughfare Plan. (Chris Bosco/ Judge Deen)]

CHRIS.

UM, SO THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT WAS, IT WAS ORIGINALLY KIND OF IN THE 2018 REALM.

UH, I THINK ULTIMATELY THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED, UH, DURING THE COVID TIME , IT KIND OF THE WAY THAT THE TIMING WENT THERE.

UH, ONE OF THE ELEMENTS, UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THE, THE BOND PROGRAM AS WELL, IS THE ORIGINAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN WAS LARGELY A MAPPING EXERCISE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE DIDN'T, UH, BRING IN A LOT OF THE DATA THAT, UH, THAT COG HAS IN THE REGION.

I, I KNOW THAT, UH, FOR THOSE LISTENING IN, YOU KNOW, COGS A GREAT FUNDING PARTNER.

THEY ALSO ARE THE PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE, UH, THAT DEMONSTRATES KIND OF THE GROWTH IN THE COUNTY.

UH, ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE PLANS, THERE'S REALLY SEVERAL HERE, IS ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S PLANS.

SO AS THE CITY, UM, UH, CITIES HAVE UPDATED THEIR PLANS, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE OUR PLAN IS, UH, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT.

ALSO, AS NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED, THAT HAS IMPACTED, UH, A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON, UH, CHANGING TO THE PLAN TO ADDRESS AND SERVE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THE NEXT TWO ARE REAL KEY KIND OF POLICY ELEMENTS.

SO, UH, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE DOING UPDATES TO YOUR SUBDIVISION REGS, YOU KNOW, ONE COMPONENT OF THAT IS TO PROTECT FUTURE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO YOUR EXISTING COUNTY ROADS.

AS DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS PLAN PRESERVES THAT RIGHT OF WAY.

SO IN THE FUTURE, AS THE COUNTY WIDENS OR IMPROVES A ROADWAY OR INTERSECTION THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT HADN'T COME IN TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

SO THAT'S THE ONE KIND OF POLICY, UH, DRIVEN DECISION OF A THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

THE OTHER ONE, THE LAST ONE IS RELATIVELY NEW.

IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT, BUT FOR STATE ROADWAYS.

UH, CURRENTLY THE, IF, IF A IF A NEW DEVELOPMENT'S COMING IN AND BACKING UP TO A STATE ROAD, THERE'S NO MECHANISM TO NOTIFY TECH STOCK OF THAT.

SO THEY HAVE THE SAME CHALLENGE WHERE, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT ON FM ROAD AND IT PRECLUDES THE WIDENING OF THAT OR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY.

SO, UH, THE NEW POLICY THAT TECH STOCK HAS IS IF YOU UPDATE A THOROUGHFARE PLAN, YOU CAN ENTER IT TO A CORRIDOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE IN WHICH THE COUNTY CAN THEN ENFORCE THAT RIGHT OF WAY BEING PROVIDED ADJACENT TO A STATE ROAD.

SO THOSE ARE TWO KEY THINGS AS THE COUNTY GROWS TO PRESERVE THOSE RIGHT OF AWAYS, WHICH MAKES IT SAFER FOR EVERYONE AND, AND SAVES THE TAXPAYERS MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

WELL, I WANNA SPEAK TO THAT REAL QUICK BECAUSE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE THAT I'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO UNDER TXDOT, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY OBJECTIVES THAT TO GET THE PLANS OF ALL THE CITIES AND INTEGRATE THAT INTO A COUNTYWIDE UPDATED THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A TIMELINE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THAT, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT AND THEY COME BACK TO US, YOU'VE GOTTEN TO SUCH AND SUCH TIME, I WOULD TASK THEM WITH BRIAN TO AND YOURSELF TO, I KNOW WEATHERFORD, WE HAVE THEIRS AND MAYBE SOME ALITO, MAYBE, UH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AND SO WE, WE NEED TO GET WITH ALL THE CITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT COMPLETE AND LET'S BE PROACTIVE WITHOUT THEM COMING

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BACK AND SAYING, WE HAVE A TIMELINE, WE GOTTA GET THIS DONE.

THEN WE PUSH 'EM AND THEN IT'S NOT ACCURATE OR COMPLETE, BUT LET'S BE PROACTIVE WITH THAT TO GET THEM NUDGE 'EM ALONG HERE, IF YOU WOULD, TO TO GET THAT UPDATED.

AND THEN WE HAVE OURS TO DO STILL AND THAT'S STILL TO BE COMPLETED AS WELL.

SO LET'S BE PROACTIVE WITH THAT BEFORE THEY COME BACK TO US AND SAY, YOU GOTTA GET IT DONE BY A CERTAIN DAY.

I KNOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

SO, OKAY.

WELL, AND I, THAT IS A KEY POINT I SHOULD HAVE HAD IN THIS REPORT IS, YEAH, BRIAN HELD A, A THOROUGHFARE PLAN WORKSHOP WITH EACH OF THE CITIES, UH, AND KIND OF TO INITIATE THAT, UH, TO GET THAT INPUT GOING AND, AND THE, THE CONVERSATION.

BUT WAS THERE ANY TIMELINE BACK OR THEY JUST STARTING TO WORK ON IT? OR IS THERE, I I THINK THAT THE WAY TO APPROACH THIS IS WITHOUT DOING IT IN A VACUUM WITH SAYING WE GOTTA GET IT DONE BY SEARCH AND SUCH TODAY, WE WANT 'EM TO DO DUE DILIGENCE WITH THIS TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT, UM, TO BE, JUST TO BE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THIS HAS TO BE DONE QUICKLY, BUT NOT IN A VACUUM WHERE IT'S NOT ACCURATE, BUT IT, WE NEED IT BACK FAIRLY SOON.

JUST JUST A COMMENT, THE, UH, 2018 DATE THAT YOU GAVE WAS WHEN IT WAS LAST UPDATED? YES, SIR.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE, THAT'S NOT THE ORIGIN.

THE ORIGIN.

OH YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE WAS LIKE A PREVIOUS, IT GOES BACK PROBABLY 20 YEARS OR LONGER.

WHY, WHY DO WE DO THIS? WELL, IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR COG FUNDING.

THAT'S CORRECT.

COG IS THE PLANNING AGENCY THAT THEY REQUIRE US TO HAVE A THOROUGHFARE PLAN IN PLACE BEFORE WE QUALIFY FOR FUNDING FROM THEM, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IN 2018 WHEN WE LAST UPDATED IT, THERE WAS AN UPROAR WHEN PEOPLE REALIZED WE HAD ONE, A THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BUT IT HAD BEEN THERE ALL ALONG.

SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOTHING NEW.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS DOING AN UPDATE OF A DOCUMENT THAT GOES, AT LEAST BACK TO 2006 WHEN THE FIRST TRANSPORTATION BOND THAT I'M WAS AWARE OF WAS PASSED.

AND PERHAPS EVEN FURTHER THAN THAT.

AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS UPDATING THAT PLAN AND UPDATING SOME OF THE, THE, THE GOALS OF IT AND, AND SOME OF THE, UH, OBJECTIVES AND SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF IT.

BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMMEDIATELY BUILD A FOUR LANE ROAD IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE IT'S ON THE PLAN.

WELL, UH, MY COMMENT ALWAYS IS THAT, AND PROBABLY IN 50 YEARS THERE'S GOING TO BE A FOUR-LANE ROAD THAT WAY, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THE INTERSTATE RIGHT NOW AND, AND, AND MAKE THE INTERSECTIONS SAFE AND, AND KEEP THE MIRRORS FROM HITTING ON THESE COUNTY ROADS WHEN, WHEN YOU PASS, UH, TWO PICKUPS PASS.

SO OUR OBJECTIVE IS, IS LONG TERM IN THIS, AND IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF COG TO HAVE THIS DONE.

OKAY, SIR.

IN A, IN A FEW STEPS THERE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY DOES THEIR PLAN.

COG WANTS TO SEE THAT Y'ALL'S PLAN'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THEIRS, BUT THEN COG HAS THEIR OWN PLAN.

THEY WANT THEIR PLAN TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH Y'ALL'S AND, AND DENOTE.

I MENTION A LOT THE, WHEN WE USE THE TERM MTP, SO THAT'S THE COG TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THE, THE TIP IS THE FUNDING PART OF THAT.

SO THE TIP HAS TO MATCH, THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN HAS TO MATCH YOURS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WHY COG REQUIRES THAT YOU HAVE TO SHOW THIS ALIGNMENT.

THAT WAY WHEN A PROJECT IS IDENTIFIED, EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

CORRECT.

AND SUPPORTS IT.

I HAVE A QUESTION, A FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

IN, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH A FAST GROWING COUNTY LIKE WE ARE AND PRECINCT FOUR ON THE EAST SIDE AND THIS THIS TIDAL WAVE OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, DO YOU SEE ANY ACCELERATION ON THE REQUIREMENTS FROM COG OR UPDATES AND FREQUENCY TO THESE TRANSPORTATION PLANS? BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE HUGE RANCHES THAT ARE CUTTING LOOSE TO DEVELOPERS NOW, AND IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER TO ADDRESS ANY OF THESE UPDATES OR CHANGES OR MASSAGES TO THE EXISTING ONE THAT I I THINK THE FREQUENCY IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND LOOK AT TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS TO HAVE A GOOD CLEAR, IT'D BE A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE IF WE CAN ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE ISSUES BEFORE YOU'RE TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD.

I THINK TO THAT POINT, ONE THING IS WITH THE BIG RANCHES, THEY MM-HMM .

THEY KIND OF HAVE THEIR PLAN ALMOST LIKE A CITY.

SO, SO THEY ARE A MAJOR STAKEHOLDER.

UH, YEAH.

IN, IN SOME COMMUNITIES IT'S WHAT YOU DESCRIBED.

THERE'S A, UM, KIND OF AN ONGOING, UH, SO A NEW MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT COMES IN THE THOROUGH FOR PLAN'S AMENDED AT THAT POINT.

SO YOU'RE NOT WAITING, YOU KNOW, SIX, SEVEN YEARS TO UPDATE IT.

MM-HMM .

UH, THAT, THAT IS THE BEST STRATEGY THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE, UM, FOR LIKE, LIKE A LIVING DOCUMENT ALMOST.

KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAN FOR THE LONG TERM, BUT REACT TO THAT GROWTH.

LIKE, YOU

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SO IN PARTICULAR WITH THE, THE STATE, THE SENATE BILL FROM TWO SESSIONS AGO, WHICH ALLOWED, UM, THE, THESE DEVELOPERS TO OPT OUT OF CITIES ET JS AND THEN WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MUDS COME IN.

UM, AS FAR AS REQUIREMENTS FROM THESE MUD DISTRICTS, ARE YOU AWARE OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING AND TYING IN ON THESE THOROUGHFARE PLANS? SO THAT'S, AND HOW TO ADDRESS THAT? YEAH.

THAT, BECAUSE I SEE THAT'S ALREADY A PROBLEM IN PRECINCT FOUR.

IT'S COME IF, IF NOT FOR THE OTHER PRECINCTS, I PROMISE IT'S COMING AND I IMAGINE I'M ANTICIPATING MORE TO COME AND THAT, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

THAT, THAT HAS BEEN A BIG CHALLENGE REALLY FOR ALL COUNTIES MM-HMM .

UM, THAT, THAT CHANGE WHERE THE DYNAMIC OF HOW CITIES ARE EXPANDING AND THE MUD DISTRICTS, WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IS TO TIE IT TO Y'ALL SUBDIVISION REGS OR WE GET THE PLAN UPDATED, CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR, FOR EACH OF THESE COUNTY ROADS AND ENFORCE IT THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESS.

BUT YEAH, IT IS, UH, IT'S HARDER THAN THE WAY CITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONTROL OVER THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, THE, UH, THINGS THAT THIS THOROUGHFARE PLAN DOES, IF THERE IS A PLANNED, I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE OF FOUR LANE HIGHWAY COMING THROUGH AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A SUBDIVISION THERE OR UTILITY, UH, MUD OR WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE, THERE'S GONNA BE A SUBDIVISION THERE.

THEN THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE SPACE, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE CORRIDOR SPACE THERE FOR THESE ROADS THAT ARE PLANNED IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO THAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE HERE AND THE MAIN BENEFIT.

AND SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT FOR THE TEXDOT ROADS, THE SAME THING, UH, WOULD APPLY THERE MM-HMM .

SO THAT WE HAVE THAT CORRIDOR ALREADY THERE THAT'S SET ASIDE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY, WELL, IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THIS ROAD THROUGH HERE BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

THE RIGHT OF WAY SHOULD ALREADY BE THERE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE STRUCTURES BUILT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

AND THAT, THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT I'M SAYING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FOLLOW UP.

YEP.

UM, SO, UH, IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, THIS KIND OF SUMMARIZES, UH, I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE 'CAUSE IT WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU THE, THE COST BREAKDOWN.

UM, THAT FIRST KIND OF PUBLIC INPUT AND COORDINATION IS A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WORKING WITH EACH OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THAT BEING, YOU KNOW, RANCHES, CITIES, UH, TO KIND OF GATHER, UH, THEIR PLANS.

ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THAT IS WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IS, UH, COG DOES HAVE, UM, UH, BASICALLY A MODEL OF ALL THE COUNTIES IN THEIR REGION.

AND SO USING THAT DATA, UH, THAT DATA CAN KIND OF BE RICH IN UNDERSTANDING, UH, HOW THE GROWTH'S EVOLVING.

UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE, THE LAST UPDATE WAS REALLY A, A MAPPING EXERCISE.

SO IT DIDN'T HAVE THIS, UH, KIND OF DATA RICH APPROACH.

UH, SO THAT'S ONE KEY ELEMENT.

UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, TAKING THAT LIKE ONCE WE GET THE COG DATA AND KIND OF FORECASTING THE FUTURE, UH, AND, AND MODELING THAT AND, AND EACH ALTERNATIVE.

'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, ALTERNATIVES, UH, AS THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO GROW THAT POLICY SIDE, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF MESHING THAT WITH THE ACTIVITIES YOU'RE ALREADY, UH, DOING ON THE, UH, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY YOU HAVE THE, THE DOCUMENT DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, THAT, THAT PUBLIC INTERACTION TO GET PUBLIC INPUT.

UH, SO, AND THEN THE MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION SIDE.

SO THE, THE TOTAL FOR THESE SERVICES ARE NOT TO EXCEED OF $250,000, UH, FOR, UH, DEVELOPING THIS THOROUGHFARE PLAN UPDATE.

CHRIS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON, ON ITEM B? UH, NO.

NO.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE? OKAY.

IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT WE WANT TO TAKE ON THAT ITEM? I THINK WE NEED TO APPROVE THE, UH, SERVICES AGREEMENT.

YES SIR.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

I'LL, I'LL LET IT GET TO DISCUSSION FIRST.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER EARL.

WERE THE DISCUSSION PLEASE.

SO YOU HAD SAID NOT TO EXCEED 250,000.

IS THERE A CHANCE IT'S UNDER 250,000? YEAH, I, I THINK THE, THE KEY ELEMENT IS JUST AS WE START MEETING WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH CHANGES THERE NEEDS TO BE TO THE DOCUMENT AND, UH, HOW MUCH PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ON THE LAST UPDATE WE ADDED A SEVERAL MEETINGS AT THE REQUEST OF THE PUBLIC.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WOULD, UH, MAKE THAT COME DOWN IF WE, UH, AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE PLAN, IF, IF THAT VARIES.

A FEW CHANGES AND GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD KIND OF TRIAGED IT AS NEEDED, UM, WE'RE NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF JUST REWRITING IT.

SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE TAKINGS IMPACT ASSESSMENT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FROM THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION SIDE, WHEN WE MADE SEVERAL CHANGES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, QUITE

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GOTCHA.

ENTIRELY.

AND, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE RELEASE THAT THERE WILL BE AN ASPECT OF THE TAKINGS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT AS WELL.

WILL THAT TIA OVERLAP WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE SUBDIVISION REGS? OR ARE THEY TWO SEPARATE FUNCTIONS? OR CAN WE, CAN WE BE MORE EFFICIENT BY COMBINING THEM? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? YEAH, I I THINK OUR INTENTION WOULD BE, I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL ARE KIND OF WORKING ON IT TO WORK WITH Y'ALL CONCURRENTLY WITH THAT UPDATE ON THE POLICY RELATED ELEMENTS IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WE DO BOTH FOR, FOR SOME OF THE COUNTIES WE WORK IN.

UH, BUT IT WORKS OUT GREAT THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING THAT NOW, SO WE CAN JUST PAIR THOSE ACTIVITIES.

YOU MENTIONED ALSO IT DEPENDS, A LOT OF VARIES ON THESE TOWN HALL MEETINGS OR THESE, THESE MEETING UPDATES.

I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY BECAUSE, UH, WE NEED TO BE AS TRANSPARENT ON THIS AS POSSIBLE GIVEN IT'S THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY.

AND THAT MAY IMPACT AND IT MAY SHIFT THAT THOROUGHFARE PLAN FOR ANOTHER ALTERNATE ROUTE.

AND WE NEED TO BE AT ALL COSTS, EVEN IF IT ADDS COSTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE PLANNED TOWN HALL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I THINK THAT'S A KEY ELEMENT.

WE'VE SEEN THAT IN MANY OTHER COUNTIES TOO.

THE, THE NEED TO DO A LOT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND KIND OF MOVE AROUND THE COUNTY.

SO, UH, YOU CAN FOCUS ON EACH, EACH PERSON EITHER WANNA PUT A, A THOROUGH HER PLAN OUT THERE AND NOT HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY SEES THEIR PROPERTY ON IT AND NOT HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THAT.

RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

I AGREE WITH JUDGE COMMUNICATION'S KEY AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT VESTED INTERESTS OVER, OR IN OUR COUNTY COUNTYWIDE.

SO WE HAVE TO EXPECT TO DO QUITE A BIT OF THAT, IN MY OPINION.

EVEN IF IT COSTS, I MEAN THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OBVIOUSLY.

UM, BUT THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE COMPROMISED.

WE TO SAVE MONEY.

JUST POINTING THAT OUT.

SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? UH, NO, I JUST, WE WE BUILT THAT IN HERE FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING LIKE WHEN WE DID THE LAST UPDATE.

YES.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? AND THIS IS A FOLLOW UP.

THE REASON WE DON'T NEED TO DO AN RFQ ON THIS IS, THIS IS A FOLLOW UP OR A COMPONENT OF THE 2023 BOND.

IS THAT CORRECT, KIM? OKAY.

IT'S AN AMENDMENT TWO.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIED BY.

TO ITEM C ON DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON DESIGN SERVICES AMENDMENT FOR FM 1187.

MOVE

[5.C.Discuss/Take action on design services amendment for FM 1187. (Chris Bosco/ Commissioner Hale)]

CHRIS.

UM, SO THIS PROJECT, UH, TEON PERKINS IS LEADING, UH, KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THERE, THE 1187 PORTION FROM FM FIVE TO ALITO ANA ROAD.

UH, THEY MADE GREAT PROGRESS ON THE SCHEMATIC.

ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT CAME OUT IS, UM, SINCE WE'VE DONE THE, UH, CONTRACT WITH TEGNA, UH, TECH STOCK ADDED THIS THEY CALL INTERSECTION CONTROL EVALUATION.

IT'S KIND OF A FANCY WAY OF SAYING CONSIDER ROUNDABOUTS AND IT, IT, IT WON'T JUST BE ROUNDABOUTS, IT COULD BE ANY ALTERNATIVE INTERSECTION.

BUT AS THE STATES KIND OF COME AROUND ON, ON THOSE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THEY WANT TO EVALUATE THAT VERSUS JUST DOING TRADITIONAL, UH, INTERSECTION DESIGN.

UH, SO, UH, DANIEL'S ACTUALLY HERE TOO IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, HE'S PUT TOGETHER A, UH, PROPOSAL FOR, THEY REFER TO IT AS ICE, UH, ONCE AGAIN INTERSECTION CONTROL, EVALUATION ANALYSIS.

AND, UH, I, I'VE KIND OF SUMMARIZED HERE 'CAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO READ THE SPREADSHEET THERE.

BUT, UH, THE TOTAL FOR ADDING THOSE SERVICES TO UH, THEIR CONTRACT IS 39,000, UH, 5 34.

UH, 15.

TO A A PUBLIC MEETING AND WE CAN TAKE THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS AND THOSE TRAFFIC COUNTS AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN SHOW THAT TO THE PUBLIC AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT DESIGN.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HILL ON SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

WE DO HAVE DANIEL HERE.

UH, DO Y'ALL WANT HIM TO COME UP? SURE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD.

DANIEL, COME ON UP.

JUDGE COMMISSIONERS SAID THE INTERSECTION CONTROL EVALUATION IS A NEW REQUIREMENT BY TXDOT AND AS CHRIS MENTIONED IT IS, IF YOU WOULD SPEAK INTO THE MIC A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE CAN HEAR YOU AS, AS CHRIS MENTIONED, THE INTERSECTION CONTROL EVALUATION IS A NEW REQUIREMENT BY TDOT.

AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS US GETTING AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC COUNT SO WE CAN LOOK AT ADDITIONAL MEDIAN OPENINGS AND INTERSECTIONS THAT MAY BE, UH, REQUIRED IN THE DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS TO SIDE STREETS AND SOME OF OUR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS ON THE PROJECT.

SO THIS, UH, ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED BEFORE WE CAN GO ON

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HAVING DRIVING THIS AREA ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.

THIS IS A HIGH IMPACT INTERSECTION.

MM-HMM .

IT'S ONLY GONNA GIVE MORE.

AND I THINK FROM A SAFETY, FROM A SAFETY ASPECT, THIS THING, IT, IT HAS TO, I MEAN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO, HAS TO HAPPEN.

AGREED.

GOING FORWARD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT WE WANT TO TAKE ON THIS ITEM? I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

I'M SORRY.

MY APOLOGIES.

UH, WHEN IT KICKS UP, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE IT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE, BY VOTE.

THANK YOU DANNY.

MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN B, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION.

[7.B. Discuss/Take action on OOG Cybersecurity Grant 5382501. (James Caywood/ Bianca Lord/ Judge Deen)]

ON OOG CYBERSECURITY GRANT 3 5 3 8 2 5 0 1.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

UM, WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A SERVER WITH, UM, PARTIALLY FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT.

SO THE SERVER IS, UM, 80, ABOUT $81,000 THE GRANT IS COVERING ABOUT 51,000.

AND SO WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL TO TRANSFER 29,000, ABOUT 600 OVER FROM CONTINGENCY INTO THE GRANT FUND TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS SERVER AT THE, AND THAT'S FOR THE XDR SOLUTIONS, UM, THE IN-HOUSE XDR SOLUTIONS.

SO WE'RE APPLYING FOR THE $51,000.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T GET THAT GRANT? WE DID RECEIVE IT.

OH, WE DID RECEIVE IT? MM-HMM .

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THE MASTER REQUIREMENT WAS ONLY 20%.

HOWEVER, THE SERVER THAT WE COMMITTED OR THAT WE APPLIED FOR, UM, AND GOT THE FUNDING APPROVED FOR IS 8,000.

UNDERSTOOD.

ABRAHAM, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? UH, NO.

I CAN KIND OF PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TO IT.

'CAUSE WE'D ORIGINALLY, UH, ASKED FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED, $2,000 FROM, UH, THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.

THEY BASICALLY CAME BACK AND SAID, BEST WE CAN DO IS HALF THAT 51.

UM, AND THIS WAS TO PURCHASE ANOTHER SERVICE THROUGH ANOTHER VENDOR.

UM, SO JAMES AND THE TEAM, WE KIND OF WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND DECIDED WE CREATED A IN-HOUSE SOLUTION, UH, FOR IT THAT WE'LL DO WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO, PLUS A LOT MORE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO AS WELL.

UH, ONLY THING IS IN ORDER TO, FOR IT TO WORK AS INTENDED, IT NEEDS TO BE ON A KINDA LIKE HEAVY DUTY, UH, YOU KNOW, HIGH END SERVER TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE A LOT OF THE TELEMETRY.

UH, AND SO WE HAVE IT, THE SERVER, WE HAVE IT ON RIGHT NOW, IT JUST, IT CAN'T HANDLE IT AS WELL.

AND SO, UH, WE PIVOTED TO, LIKE I SAID, THE IN-HOUSE SOLUTION, UH, WITH THE, UH, PURCHASE OF LIKE THAT BRAND NEW SERVER TO, TO HOST THAT SOLUTION ON.

UH, WHILE BRIANNA'S COMING UP, WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

WE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.

BRIANNA, IF YOU WOULD.

UM, I DO WANNA MENTION, I DID CERTIFY THAT REVENUE THIS MORNING.

UM, AND SO THAT IS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET AND SO I'D ASK IF THIS IS APPROVED AS PART OF THAT MOTION IS TO APPROVE ME TO OVERRIDE THE AMOUNT COMING FROM CONTINGENCY SO THAT WAY THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THAT PO AND GET IT ORDERED.

AND THEN AT THE NEXT COURT THEN WE WOULD INCLUDE THE ACTUAL BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.

SO MOVED.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY BUDGETED FOR THIS AT ALL.

WELL, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN CONTINGENCY.

UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING DURING THE BUDGET SESSIONS.

UM, JAMES HAD MENTIONED THAT, RIGHT? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR.

WE WERE WORKING THROUGH IT, BUT IT WASN'T ACTUALLY PUT IN THE BUDGET.

IT WAS PUT IN CONTINGENCY TO COME BEFORE THE COURT TO ASK TO MOVE IT IF, UM, WE RECEIVED THAT GRANT FUNDING.

AS I RECALL, THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE DRONES WHERE WE HAD, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT IN A SPECIFIC LINE, BUT WE HAD KIND OF EARMARKED SOME OF THE CONTINGENCY MONEY FOR THIS, CORRECT? NOT AS IN APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT AND SECURING THIS GRANT.

AND THAT WAS PART OF IT IS WHEN HE, UM, PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION, IF WE DID NOT RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING, THEN HE WASN'T GONNA PURSUE THE OPPORTUNITY.

SO THIS IS JUST A REVISION OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS.

DISCUSS APPROVED GRANT MANAGEMENT POLICY.

THANK YOU BRIANNA.

OKAY, WE'LL MOTION A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WITH, SO ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION CARRIES ABOVE VOTE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

[7.C. Discuss/Approve Grant Management Policy. (Bianca Lord/ Judge Deen)]

ITEM C,

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BIANCA, WHERE'D YOU GO? I, OKAY, SO I DID PROVIDE A COPY OF THE GRANT MANAGEMENT POLICY.

UM, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR THE COUNTY IF IMPLEMENTED TODAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT OR? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIE'S FIVE.

OH, JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT MOTION THAT WHAT WE JUST DID IS ADOPTED THAT POLICY THAT YOU JUST OKAY.

AND, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS WORK WITH BRIANNA AND, AND YOUR TEAM.

MOVE TO ITEM D, DISCUSS TECH ACTION REGARDING GO LIVE DATA, GO LIVE DATE FOR TYLER MUNI ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS. BRIANNA.

[7.D. Discuss/take action regarding go-live date for Tyler Munis accounting system. (Brianna Fowler I Judge Deen)]

SO AT THE LAST COURT I PRESENTED TO YOU ALL SOME IMPORTANT DATES REGARDING GO LIVE, UM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH ONE.

UM, FROM THEN UNTIL NOW, UNFORTUNATELY I'M, I AM BACK HERE STANDING HERE TODAY.

UM, AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE LEFT ON OUR GO LIVE CHECKLIST AND SOME OF THOSE OUTSTANDING ITEMS, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TO REQUEST THE COURT TO MOVE THAT TO APRIL 1ST.

UM, THAT IS KIND OF TWOFOLD.

WE WANNA ENSURE THAT US AS A PROJECT TEAM, THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE THAT WE NEED TO DO.

UM, SOME OF THAT'S JUST NOT WITH THE INTERNAL SYSTEM, BUT MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR BANK, THE CHECKS THAT WE'RE PRINTING OUTTA THE SYSTEM ARE GOOD.

UM, STILL WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ON DEPOSIT WARRANTS, UM, ROLES AND SECURITY, THAT'S A HUGE PIECE.

UM, AND SO IN LOOKING AT THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE COURT TO MOVE THAT DATE TO APRIL 1ST.

UM, I WILL NOTE THAT WE DID WORK WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER TO MOVE SOME DATES AROUND, UM, TO TAKE SOME THINGS OFF THE TABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A BUDGETARY IMPACT RELATED TO MOVING THIS DATE.

UM, HOWEVER, ALSO OVER THE LAST, I WOULD SAY, UM, FEW WEEKS, UM, WITH PAYROLL, UM, ULTIMATELY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REQUEST TO MOVE THAT DATE AS WELL.

UM, ORIGINALLY WHEN WE MOVED THE DATE, WE PROBABLY WOULD'VE HAD THIS AS OUR GO LIVE DATE FOR FINANCIALS, BUT, UM, FROM THE ADVICE OF TYLER, THEY DID NOT, UM, RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO LIVE ON YOUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND PAYROLL AT THE SAME TIME.

FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

UM, BECKY AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THE PROJECT.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE PERSON THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WITH TYLER, UM, WE HAVE REQUESTED TO NOT WORK WITH THAT RESOURCE ANYMORE.

UM, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH AND I CAN LET BECKY, UM, FILL SOME OF THAT IN AS WELL.

UM, I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE DO PARALLELS.

SO WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR, UM, PAYROLL LOOKS LIKE IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, RUN IT THROUGH THE NEXT, THROUGH OUR, YOU KNOW, NEW SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN LINE.

SO THERE WERE SOME, UM, CONCERNS THEN THAT WERE VOICED AND THE PERSON WE'RE WORKING WITH SAID, OH, WE'LL GET THROUGH THAT, WE'LL GET THROUGH THAT.

AND SO IT BECAME VERY CLEAR, I WOULD SAY OVER THE LAST MONTH THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WERE, UM, SEEN.

SO THEY BROUGHT AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE TO WORK WITH US THAT HAD, UM, QUITE A BIT MORE EXPERIENCE AND IT BECAME CLEAR IN THAT HALF DAY SESSION THAT, UM, THE PERSON WE WERE WORKING WITH IS NOT THE PERSON WE NEED TO BE.

AND SO BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT AND THE GO LIVE DAY, IT'S BEEN, UM, RECOMMENDED THAT WE MOVE THAT.

THE WAY PAYROLL WORKS IS IF YOU MOVE IT, YOU CAN'T JUST DO A MONTH, YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON A QUARTER BASED ON, UM, IRS REPORTING AND OTHER REPORTING, UM, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT BUDGETARY IMPACT IS.

HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR AND BECKY'S HAD THAT CONVERSATION OVER AND OVER THAT WE EXPECT TYLER TO COME TO THE TABLE AND PARTNER WITH US ON IT.

WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A FAILURE ON OUR PART TO DO WHAT HAS BEEN NEEDED AND HER TEAM HAS MET EVERY DEADLINE OR REQUEST THAT, UM, THEY HAVE ASKED OF US.

WE FEEL IF WE WERE WORKING WITH SOMEONE ELSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.

I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING.

YEAH, SO THE FIRST PAYROLL PARALLEL WE DID WAS IN SEPTEMBER.

AND NOT THAT WE EXPECTED IT TO BE PERFECT BY ANY MEANS, BUT IT WASN'T.

AND SO KIND OF WORKED THROUGH SOME ISSUES, UM, EXPECTED THE SECOND PARALLEL TO BE BETTER, STILL HAD THE SAME ISSUES.

UM, CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT INVOLVES EMPLOYEE BALANCING.

UH, WE WERE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, JUST NOT THERE.

THIRD PARALLEL COMES AROUND AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THERE'S A VERY, UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, COUNTY PAID LIFE BENEFITS.

WE HAVE TO IMPUTE THOSE WAGES.

UH, IT'S A TAXABLE LIFE.

IT'S AN IRS RULE THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.

AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME AFTER THE THIRD PARALLEL THAT THE PERSON WE WERE WORKING WITH WAS NOT FAMILIAR

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WITH THAT AT ALL.

AND UM, SO ANYWAY, AFTER TESTING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AND REALLY JUST KIND OF COMING TO A FULL UNDERSTANDING, UH, DEFICIENCIES ON THEIR PART, UH, WE RE I REQUESTED A DIFFERENT PERSON TO LOOK AT IT AND THAT PERSON WITHIN A FEW HOURS FIXED SOME THINGS THAT WE'D BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT SINCE SEPTEMBER.

SO KIND OF HAD TO PUT US ON PAUSE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, BRING IN A WHOLE NEW PERSON.

SO WE START A NEW SESSION ON FRIDAY.

SO AGAIN, ANTICIPATED GO LIVE FOR PAYROLL WILL BE JULY 1ST.

UM, AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING FOR.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

THEY'VE YET TO COME BACK WITH THE BUDGETARY IMPACT, BUT AS BRIANNA SAID, I WAS VERY CLEAR THIS IS THEIR FAILURES NOT OURS.

AND IF OUR, UM, VOICES HAD BEEN HEARD BETTER BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE'D BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.

SO, UH, BUT LIKE BRIANNA SAID, WHEN IT'S A PAYROLL PUSH, IT'S QUARTERLY.

SO THAT'S JUST HOW THAT IS WITH THE IRS REQUIRE REPORTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S JUST THE BEST THING TO DO.

OKAY, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SO WE DID SEND OUT REVISED DATES TO DEPARTMENTS, LETTING THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR PURCHASE ORDERS, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

HOWEVER, WE DID NOTE THAT IT IS CONTINGENT UPON THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE COURT TODAY.

SO AGAIN, NO BUDGETARY IMPACT FOR THE FINANCIAL SIDE, MOVING IT TO APRIL 1ST.

UM, AND AGAIN, AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR PAYROLL, WE WILL COME BEFORE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.

OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES VO.

MOVE TO ITEM E AND DISCUSS THE PRE-PROCESSING, THE PLA FEE FILING FEES.

[7.E. Discuss/Approve processing of plat filing fees. (Brianna Fowler/ John Forrest I Judge Deen)]

BRIANNA, I'LL LET JOHN START.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WHEN THE DEVELOPERS COME IN CURRENTLY THEY HAVE BEEN BRINGING EITHER A CASHIER CHECK OR CASH.

WE'VE HAD TO PLACE THAT IN THE SAFE.

UH, WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT WITH THE LARGE AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE.

BRIAN'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH US TO SET UP A, BASICALLY AN ESCROW ACCOUNT SO WE CAN PUT THAT MONEY AND DEPOSIT IT IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT.

UH, BUT WE, WHAT WE DO NEED IS THE ABILITY FOR BREONNA TO THEN WRITE A CHECK AND WE TAKE THE PLAT FOR FILING TO THE COUNTY CLERK.

SO WE'RE JUST ASKING TO AUTHORIZE HER TO BE ABLE TO SIGN CHECKS WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO COURT.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TON.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR

[7.F. Approve Addendum to Interlocal with Town of Peaster for roadway repair and maintenance. (Commissioner Holt)]

MOVE TO ITEM F, APPROVE ADDENDUM TO INTERLOCAL WITH TOWN OF PESTER FOR ROADWAY REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.

COMMISSIONER HOL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? YES.

SO THIS IS A, UM, A ADDENDUM TO OUR INTERLOCAL WITH THE TOWN OF PEACE.

WE HAVE A STANDARD INTER INTERLOCAL WHICH ALLOWS US TO DEAL WITH POTHOLES AND SMALL ITEMS, UH, WITHOUT DOING A MODIFICATION, BUT ANY TYPE OF LARGER PROJECT WE HAVE TO DO AN ADDENDUM.

THIS IS FOR THE COLONIAL CREEK ESTATES, $8,400.

WE ARE GOING TO BE RENTING A LARGE PUMP TO CLEAR AN AREA WHERE SOME BEAVERS HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUSY BLOCKING UP A CULVERT.

AND SO IT WILL TAKE US, THIS IS A, THE HIGH END ESTIMATE, WHATEVER THE ACTUAL COST IS, IS WHAT WILL ACTUALLY BE CHARGED TO THE TOWN OF PEACE EASTERN.

I HAVE THE ADDENDUM HERE.

UM, IT'S BEEN SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND PASADENA ALONG MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH,

[7.G. Approve Thrift Mart Partnership Lease Extension. (John Forrest/ Judge Deen)]

MOVE TO ITEM G ON APPROVED THRIFT MARK PARTNERSHIP LEASE EXTENSION, JOHN, AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION LEASE.

THIS IS CURRENTLY WHERE THE J-J-A-E-P IS HOUSED.

UH, THIS HAS B FOR ONE MORE YEAR.

THE AMOUNT HAS INCREASED, BUT IT'S ONLY INCREASED $25.

SO THE TOTAL MONTHLY COST IS 3,945.

SO JUST A COMMENT ON THIS, UM, WITHOUT GETTING DOWN IN THE WEEDS, ONCE WE SIGN THIS THEN WE'RE LOCKED INTO THERE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

FOR ONE YEAR? CORRECT.

THERE'S NO MONTH TO MONTH OPPORTUNITY HERE, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

NO, THERE'S NOT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS? OKAY, THIS, UH, WILL COST FOR A YEAR FOR THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WE RECEIVED.

AGREED.

WHAT'S THE DATE OF THAT AGREEMENT? OR AT LEAST IT WILL, UH, BEGIN JANUARY 28TH AND END ONE YEAR LATER.