[00:00:02] GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, THANKS FOR COMING TO THE CALDWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. [Call Meeting to Order] WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START THIS MEETING AND CALL IT TO ORDER TUESDAY, 13TH DAY OF APRIL 2021 AT 9:00 A.M.. COMMISSIONER ROLAND, WOULD YOU MIND DOING THE INVOCATION THIS MORNING? I DON'T MIND AT ALL. OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, THE FATHER OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, FATHER ONCE AGAIN, THAT YOU'RE WEAK AND HUMBLE SERVANT IS STANDING HERE IN THIS COURTROOM JUST TO SAY THANK YOU, LORD. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE BESTOWED UPON US. I KNOW THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS OF TIME THAT WE GO AROUND AND NOT PRAYING. JUST, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS PUT YOU LAST WHEN WE REALLY SHOULD PUT YOU FIRST. LORD, I PRAY FOR THIS COURT. I JUST WANT TO SAY RIGHT OFF THAT I'M REALLY, REALLY SATISFIED WITH THIS COURT HAVE BEEN A GREAT, GREAT HELP TO ME BECAUSE WITH ALL THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY AND STUFF GOING ON, THEY GIVE ME ALL THE HELP I ASKED FOR. AND LORD, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. JUST ASK THE PLEASE TO HELP US THIS MORNING TO GO THROUGH THIS AGENDA AND DO IT IN THE RIGHT AND CORRECT WAY AND [INAUDIBLE], WHENEVER WE GET THROUGH COMING AND GOING, I PRAY YOU WOULD GIVE US A RESTING PLACE SOMEWHERE AROUND YOUR THRONE. AND I PRAY IT ALL IN THE NAME OF YOUR DARLING SON, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. OK, DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, I THINK DENNIS HAD ONE AND THEN HECTOR HAS ONE. [Announcements] OH, YES, THAT'S RIGHT. AND NANCY HOW COULD I FORGET? HELLO, COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANT TO TELL Y'ALL THAT WE HAD A SERVICE THAT COME UP AVAILABLE. IF YOU VISITED OUR WEBSITE, WE NOW HAVE A WIDGET TO THIS TEXT MY GOV SERVICE. AND WHAT THAT DOES, IT SERVES TWO PURPOSES. ONE IS TO RECEIVE COUNTY ALERTS. SO ANY EMERGENCY CLOSURES OR ANYTHING, THAT JUDGE WANTS ME TO GET OUT TO EVERYBODY. WE CAN NOW DO IT IN A MASS. SO ANYBODY THAT SIGNS UP, YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP TO THAT 91896 NUMBER AND THEN YOU CAN RECEIVE ANY ALERTS FROM THE COUNTY. AND THE OTHER NUMBER THAT PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR IS ALSO TO REPORT ANY ISSUES OR FIND ANSWERS. LIKE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE NUMBERS IS, YOU'LL JUST TYPE IN COUNTY CLERK AND IT'LL GIVE YOU THE POINT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO REACH THAT OFFICE. THIS IS WE JUST BARELY STARTED IT ON MONDAY, SO IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ODD, WE HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE OUR OFFICE A CALL AND KRISTIANNA AND I WILL WORK ON IT. SO DEPARTMENT HEADS, I ASKED THAT IF YOU DO WANT TO BE ON OUR LIST, PLEASE SEND ME YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER SO I CAN ADD YOU. BECAUSE ALL WE HAVE ON OUR ON THE OTHER END IS JUST PHONE NUMBERS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION, PERSONAL INFORMATION. SO IF YOU WANT TO GET ADDED TO THE DEPARTMENT HEAD LIST, JUST SEND ME AND KRISTIANNA, AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, PLEASE ADD ME TO THE DEPARTMENT HEAD LIST. OR IF YOU WANT YOUR DEPUTY OR OTHER CLERKS TO HAVE IT, JUST LET ME KNOW, SEND US AN EMAIL. BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. I HAVE A LITTLE FLIER THERE. YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION OFF THE WIDGET ON THE WEBSITE. AND THIS JUST KIND OF FLOATING, STAYING THERE ON THE HOME PAGE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JUST GIVE US A CALL. THANK YOU, DENNIS. MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. GOT SOME EXCITING GRANT NEWS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, ON MARCH THE 11TH, PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. SOME MAY REFER TO THIS AS THE STIMULUS PACKAGE. THE ONE POINT NINE TRILLION DOLLARS PACKAGE, INCLUDED WITHIN THAT PACKAGE WAS SOME MONEY THAT'S TO GO TO COUNTIES AND CITIES. AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT CALDWELL COUNTY WILL BE RECEIVING EIGHT POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE STIMULUS PACKAGE. HALF OF THE FUNDS WILL ARRIVE BY MAY THE 10TH HERE IN THE COUNTY TREASURY. THE OTHER HALF WILL PROBABLY BE THE FOLLOWING MAY. THE FUNDS THESE ARE TREASURY DEPARTMENT FUNDS ARE NOT HUD. THEY'RE NOT FEMA FUNDS, BUT THE TREASURY FUNDS. AND WE HAVE ONCE THESE FUNDS ARE RECEIVED, WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31 OF 2024 TO EXPEND [00:05:03] THESE FUNDS. THE USE OF THE FUNDS GUIDELINES HAVE NOT YET BEEN WRITTEN, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE BROAD ELIGIBLE FOR THE TERMS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING. ARE THE USES COVID RELATED EXPENDITURES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED, PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROGRAMS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER, SEWER OR BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. WHETHER RELATED OR NOT TO COVID-19. NOT ONLY DID THE COUNTY GET EIGHT POINT FOUR MILLION, CITY OF LOCKHART GOT THREE POINT EIGHT THREE POINT THREE MILLION, NO THREE POINT EIGHT MILLION. LULING GOT ONE POINT TWO EIGHT MILLION. MARTINDALE TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. UHLAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND MUSTANG RIDGE TWO HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO WE ARE DEVELOPING OUR WISH LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR. BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE GUIDELINES TO COME TO BE PUBLISHED AND SUBMITTED TO US AND REVIEW THOSE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN USE THIS MONEY FOR. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING ABOUT FOUR POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS ABOUT MAY THE 10TH. GREAT. AND WHILE HECTOR'S COMING UP, COMMISSIONERS, I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN Y'ALL. I JUST DID A LITTLE DIFFERENT ORDER THIS MORNING. MORNING, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AND GALLERY. JUST WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL A BRIEF COVID UPDATE. WE HAVEN'T BEEN UP HERE IN A WHILE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. SO RIGHT NOW, THE TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES IN CALDWELL COUNTY SIT AT 5,121 CONFIRMED CASES. WE HAVE 95 DEATHS. WE'VE ACQUIRED THREE OF THOSE DEATHS THIS WEEK. WE HAVE ELEVEN NEW CASES AS OF YESTERDAY. ALSO OUR VACCINE. I'LL GIVE YOU A VACCINE UPDATE, THE VACCINE. WE'VE BEEN HOLDING SEVERAL CLINICS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, MOST OF THEM HERE IN LOCKHART. RIGHT NOW THE TOTAL DOSES ALLOCATED AS OF THIS WEEK FOR CALDWELL COUNTY GIVEN TO US BY EITHER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR DHS, IS SITTING AT 12,000. VACCINES ADMINISTERED TO COUNTY RESIDENTS TOTAL FIFTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE. PEOPLE VACCINATED BY AT LEAST ONE DOSE HERE IN CALDWELL COUNTY SITS AT 10,383. PEOPLE FULLY VACCINATED. THAT MEANS BOTH SHOTS, BOTH INJECTIONS SIT AT SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT. I'M GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN BY POPULATION, PHASE ONE. HEALTH CARE WORKERS TOTAL 1,286. PHASE ONE, LONG TERM RESIDENTS. WE'RE SITTING AT 524. FROM AGES 16 TO 64 WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS TOTAL OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN TOTAL. POPULATION OF FOR EDUCATIONAL STAFF AND CHILD CARE PERSONNEL 1,294. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, I HAD A VACCINATION CLINIC AT GARY JOB CORPS CENTER WHERE WE VACCINATED 128 STAFF AND SIXTY STUDENTS. WE'RE DOING A SECOND ITERATION HERE IN THE FUTURE ONCE THEY START GETTING MORE STUDENTS. ALSO, THE CALDWELL COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL CONTINUE THE MISSION TO GET EVERYONE VACCINATED HERE IN CALDWELL COUNTY. I WANT TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES FOR PROVIDING VACCINE TO OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS. LOCKHART FAMILY PRACTICE, LULING COMMUNITY CARE, EXPRESS PHARMACY IN LOCKHART, ASKE SOLUTIONS LLC. ASCENCION SETON EDGAR B. DAVIS HOSPITALS OUT OF LULING, WAL-MART, HEB PHARMACY, WALGREENS PHARMACY, DISMUKES PHARMACY IN LULING, AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINIC. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS FROM CALDWELL COUNTY THAT WORK IN THE AUSTIN AREA AND AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINICS ALSO BEEN VACCINATING THEM, DSHS FOR PROVIDING US THE VACCINE AND SOME OF THE TEAMS THAT ARE COMING OUT TO GIVE THE INJECTIONS HERE IN OUR COUNTY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE TEXAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD AND TEXAS HEALTH DOCS. THESE TEAMS HAVE COME OUT TO OUR COUNTY AND SUPPORTED EITHER OUR LOCAL PROVIDERS OR MYSELF TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED HERE IN CALDWELL COUNTY. I'LL ALSO WANT TO THANK LOCKHART ISD FOR THE USE OF ADAM'S GYM, WHICH HAS BEEN A BIG HELP TO US, AND WE PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH THERE TO GET VACCINATED. ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CENTER, PRAIRIE LEE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE CITY OF LULING FOR THE USE OF THE LULING CIVIC CENTER. I DO HAVE A TEST SITE STILL GOING. I JUST HAD WELL PUT IN A REQUISITION TO EXTEND IT TILL THE END OF APRIL. AND IF I NEED TO EXTEND IT, I'LL EXTENDED FURTHER INTO THE INTO THE SUMMER. THAT IS A SITE THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. I'M LOOKING AT ALSO PUTTING A COVID-19 TEST SITE PROVIDED BY CURATIVE IN LULING, TEXAS, THAT WILL BE MANNED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT DONE AT THE LULING CIVIC CENTER. I ALSO HAVE NEWS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING CURATIVE, WHICH IS A COMMERCIAL VENDOR, TO [00:10:03] START VACCINATING CALDWELL COUNTY CITIZENS OR ANY CITIZEN IN OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES. HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A TARGET DATE OF APRIL THE 29TH. SO WE WILL HAVE A COMMERCIAL VENDOR THAT WILL BE DOING THE INOCULATIONS TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GET THE VACCINE. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR COVID. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19, JUST GIVE ME A CALL AT MY OFFICE AND WE'LL TRY TO GET ANYBODY TAKEN CARE OF. AND I WANTED TO ADD ONE THING, HECTOR, WITH WITH REGARD TO CURATIVE, THAT'S GOING TO BE FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOSES A WEEK THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH CURATIVE. AND SO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET THE WORD OUT, TO GET ON OUR COUNTY SIGN UP LIST. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE PULLING FROM TO GET THOSE PEOPLE IN THE CURATIVE QUEUE AND EVERY OTHER QUEUE. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK JUDGE BROWN FROM TRAVIS COUNTY FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE COLLABORATIVE AT CODA. WE HAVE SENT EVERY WEEK FOR THREE WEEKS. WE SENT TWELVE TO FIFTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE THERE, WHERE THIS COMING WEEK WILL BE THE LAST WEEK OF GIVING ALL THOSE PEOPLE DOSES THEIR SECOND DOSES AND THEN WE'LL START SENDING PEOPLE AGAIN TO CODA. THAT FACILITY DOES FIFTEEN THOUSAND SHOTS A WEEK. SO AND I WANT TO THANK SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THAT THING HAS BEEN STAFFED ALMOST COMPLETELY FROM THE BEGINNING BY VOLUNTEERS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COMMERCIAL VENDORS NOW HELPING WITH THE CHECK IN. BUT THE VACCINATORS CONTINUE TO BE VOLUNTEERS FROM ASCENCION AND ELSEWHERE, RETIRED NURSES. MY WIFE HAS BEEN OUT THERE SOME AND SO SPECIAL THANKS TO THOSE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT'S QUITE A GRIND TO GO OUT THERE FOR 12 HOURS A DAY, FOR THREE DAYS ON YOUR WEEKEND. THAT'S A BIG SACRIFICE THEY'RE MAKING. SO WANT TO TAKE TIME TO THANK THOSE FOLKS AS WELL. THANK YOU. YOU BET, SHERIFF? FIRST OFF, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, I'VE NOT BEEN HERE SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, I'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT BUSY. I'M SURE THAT Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW A FEW THINGS AND PICK YOUR MIKE UP A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE. CAN I CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY FEW MONTHS AT SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF TOUCH ON, AS Y'ALL ARE ALREADY AWARE, WE HAD OUR JAIL INSPECTION. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE NOT EVEN HAD A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN OUR JAIL FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM BACK THERE NOW. NOT THAT WE DIDN'T BEFORE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ADDRESSED BY THE INSPECTOR AND I'M GOING TO PLANT A SEED NOW, THAT IS A 30 PLUS YEAR OLD FACILITY. WE ARE OUR INSPECTOR SUGGESTED THAT IN THE NEXT EIGHT TO 12 YEARS, WE NEED TO REALLY CONSIDER BUILDING ONTO IT OR ADDING TO IT OR REPLACING IT OR WHATEVER. I'M NOT ASKING FOR THAT IN THIS BUDGET. I DON'T PLAN ON ASKING FOR IT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL BUDGETS. HOWEVER, AS A COMMISSIONERS COURT, AS A COUNTY GOVERNMENT, WE NEED TO START GEARING TOWARDS THAT IN THE NEXT TEN, TEN TO 12 YEARS. OK. YOU WERE THERE FOR THAT, CORRECT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ALSO IN THE COMING BUDGET, I WAS APPROACHED THE OTHER DAY. THE SHERIFFS COMBINED AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE, IS UP FOR A NEW GRANT. WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THEY COME AND HELP US OUT. THEY DO INSPECTIONS. THEY HELP US WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT THEY'VE APPROACHED ME WANTING TO KNOW IF THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE A NEW DETECTIVE FROM CALDWELL COUNTY ON THERE. AND I HAVE TOLD THEM YES. SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING, I BELIEVE THAT THEY REACHED OUT TO BARBARA AND MYRA THE OTHER DAY IN REFERENCE TO IT. I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO BE AWARE OF IT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? OK, COMMISSIONERS, SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ME JUDGE. COMMISSIONER SHELTON. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. THERIOT.YES, I HAVE A FEW ITEMS HERE. LIKE THE NEW POCO LOCO STORE OVER THERE AND [INAUDIBLE] SPRING IT LIKE. YOU KNOW, THE MAIN ROAD, 1854 IS COME STRAIGHT INTO THERE. AND I'VE BEEN POINTED OUT BY SEVERAL CITIZENS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY AN ACCIDENT THERE. AND I SO I WOULD JUST NEED TO NOT I WON'T JUST GO AHEAD AND TALK TO THE OWNERS AND SEE IF I CAN GET THEM TO VOLUNTARILY TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET. I DON'T BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANY CITIZENS OR ANYBODY ELSE'S CITIZEN TO GET KILLED AT THAT [00:15:03] INTERSECTION IS VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND ALSO GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOUD MUSIC. AND SINCE THE SHERIFF IS HERE, YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK TO HIM LATER ABOUT IT WHEN THE COURT IS OVER. BUT I MEAN, IT'S A LOT GOING ON OUT THERE IN THE COUNTY. AND IT'S A LOT OF IT IS NOT GOOD. OK, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. [Citizens' Comments] OK, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO CITIZENS COMMENTS, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES PER PERSON AND THE COMMISSIONERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH YOU DURING YOUR COMMENTS, BUT WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. SO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS COMMENTS? CHET [INAUDIBLE]. MORNING, JUDGE. MORNING. I'M HERE TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT SUBDIVISIONS, BUT DON'T WORRY, I'M NOT GOING TO LECTURE YOU ON THE QUALITY OF SUBDIVISIONS. THAT'S A LOST CAUSE, HOPEFULLY. HOWEVER, WE CAN STILL AGREE AND TAKE CARE OF SOME BASIC, OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUES. SPECIFICALLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ITEM 27 [INAUDIBLE] RANCHETTES. THESE ARE 28 PENCIL TRACKS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE TAYLORSVILLE ROAD SAFER OR BETTER, ESPECIALLY AT THE CREST OF THE BLIND HILL. THIS HAS BEEN A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR AS LONG AS CARS HAVE BEEN TRAVELING THIS ONE AND A HALF LANE ROAD. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ACCIDENTS AND NEAR MISSES AT THIS BLIND SPOT OVER THE YEARS. THERE ARE SEVERAL SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE MOST REASONABLE FOR EVERYONE IS FOR THE DEVELOPER TO COMBINE THE SIX LOTS AT THE CREST OF THE APEX OF THIS HILL INTO TWO UNDIVIDABLE LOTS WITH THEIR DRIVEWAYS DEEDED TO EXIST AT THE CREST OF THIS HILL. THIS WOULD MEAN 24 LOTS VERSUS 28, BUT PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF SAFETY FOR NEW AND THE UNKNOWING EXISTING NEIGHBORS. DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. CONTACT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR ACCIDENTS HERE, NEAR MISSES. ALSO THE LONG TERM RESIDENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR FOREVER AND GET THEIR INPUT AS TO HOW MANY ACCIDENTS AND HIT AND RUN FENCE BREAKS ARE THERE. EVEN IF YOU GO OUT THERE TODAY ON THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION SIDE, THE GAME FENCE IS BROKEN DOWN JUST RIGHT OVER THE APEX OF THAT HILL. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON AND AS THERE'S MORE PEOPLE MOVING INTO THAT AREA, IT'S GETTING MORE DANGEROUS. LASTLY, PLEASE HAVE THE COMMISSIONER AND OR THE PLANNING AND ZONING PERSON OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHATEVER, DRIVE THIS ROAD BOTH WAYS DURING THE DAY. AT NIGHT IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE SAFER. YOU CAN SEE HEADLIGHTS COMING UP ON THE BLIND SPOT. BEFORE YOU APPROVE THIS PLAT IN ITS PRESENT FORM. IF YOU DO SO, IT'LL BE QUITE OBVIOUS WHAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT. SINCE I'M UP HERE AND WE'RE BACK IN SESSION HERE, I GUESS I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO SAY THE COUNTY WIDE REQUIREMENT OF I THINK IT'S LIKE A 10 TO 12 FOOT TINHORN DRIVEWAY TO PIPE TO PUT IN IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE. IT SHOULD BE AT LEAST 15 FEET WITH A 45 ON EACH SIDE. OTHERWISE, THE FEW FUNCTIONING [INAUDIBLE] WILL ALSO BE DESTROYED. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT TO SEE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES OF THIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FROM MOWERS AND PEOPLE DRIVING IN AND CRUNCHING THEM, CRUNCHING THEM DOWN. ALSO, I'D REITERATE WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD JOE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT NOISE IN THE COUNTY. UNBELIEVABLE. LOUD MUSIC PLAYING THROUGH ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT WAY TOO OFTEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. R SCOTT [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS RANDALL SCOTT [INAUDIBLE] JR. I'M AN ATTORNEY. I DO A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TYPE PRESENTATIONS, AND I'VE BEEN HIRED BY ADAM AND WAYNE [INAUDIBLE] TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE RELATING TO 4 0, 304 CONSTRUCTION AND VARIOUS HARVEY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WERE AWARDED AT THE LAST COMMISSIONER'S MEETING. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK YOU WERE ALL AWARE OF THE SITUATION, ADAM. YOU SPOKE TO HIM AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING WAS HELD LAST MONTH. I KNOW Y'ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE HIM AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE APPRECIATE THE USE OF THIS COURTROOM HERE TODAY AS WELL. AGAIN, TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO YOUR ATTENTION. FUNDAMENTALLY, ADAM AND HIS FATHER, WAYNE, MY CLIENTS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY UPSET AND THEY'RE PERPLEXED AND THEY REALLY ARE BESIDE THEMSELVES AT THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN TREATED BY THE COUNTY. THEY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE PURCHASING AGENT, MRS. [00:20:04] BLAKE, THAT OUTLINED IN AN EMAIL TO THEM VARIOUS REASONS FOR WHY THEIR BID, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE THE LOWEST, WAS NOT SELECTED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT THE BEST. FOR EACH OF THOSE REASONS, ADAM OR HIS FATHER, WAYNE, WERE NOT SELECTED OR CONTACTED BY THE COUNTY OR BY ANYONE PURPORTING TO BE BY THE COUNTY OR ANY FIRM REPRESENTING TO BE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY. MRS. BLAKE INDICATED THAT THAT MY CLIENT, 304 CONSTRUCTION HAD CASH FLOW ISSUES OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE HAVE SUPPLIED DOCUMENTATION FOR YOU TODAY IN THAT BINDER INDICATING THAT THERE ARE NO CASH FLOW ISSUES. AND IN FACT, MY CLIENTS HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS WITH A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY IN THEM THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO UTILIZE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE CONCERNS ADDRESSED BY MRS. BLAKE INDICATING THAT THERE WERE EQUIPMENT ISSUES. WE HAVE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT SEVEN, A LIST OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT MY CLIENT HAS AVAILABLE TO THEM AND ARE WILLING TO UTILIZE TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE NO MAJOR PROJECTS OF THIS YEAR AND IN FACT, MY CLIENTS HAVE SET ASIDE THEIR CALENDAR FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. THIRD, MS. BLAKE ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WERE ISSUES REGARDING THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT MY CLIENT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS. ADAM HAS TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS HIS FATHER HAS OVER FORTY YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE, TOGETHER. THAT'S A COMBINED EXPERIENCE OF FIFTY FIVE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE, WHICH THIS COUNTY CAN UTILIZE TO ITS BENEFIT IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. SETTING ASIDE THE FACT FOR A MOMENT THAT MY CLIENTS ARE UPSET AND THEY'VE ASKED FOR ME TO CALL AND TALK WITH YOU HERE TODAY, FUNDAMENTALLY, THE BOTTOM LINE REMAINS IS THAT THIS HONORABLE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS REQUIRED TO SELECT THE LOWEST AND THE BEST BID. WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT FOR 304, CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID WITH THE ISSUE ON THE TABLE IS HERE TODAY IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE THE BEST BID. THEREFORE, I HAVE COMPLETED AND SENT YOU THAT PACKET AND BINDER OF INFORMATION THAT I BELIEVE SHOWS IF YOU COMPARE EVERY CATEGORY TO WJC, THE COMPANY THAT WAS AWARDED THE BID, YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY BEAT THEM. YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS. ON EVERY POINT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE BESIDES MY CLIENT'S FRUSTRATION, BECAUSE THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTY WILL BE PAYING AN ADDITIONAL SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR THE USE OF THIS HONORABLE COURT HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, SIR. NO MORE CITIZENS COMMENTS. OK, THANK YOU. OK, THEN WE WILL MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS ON CONSENT? [CONSENT AGENDA] IF NOT, I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE, MOTION CARRIES. [12. Discussion/Action regarding the burn ban. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Hector Rangel; Backup: 3; Cost: None] ITEM TWELVE DISCUSSION ACTION REGARDING BURN BAN, HECTOR. MORNING AGAIN, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW DURING OVER THE WEEKEND, BASTROP HAD A LARGE FIRE. THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY STARTED OUT AS 100 ACRES, BUT IT ENDED UP BEING 35 ACRES. IT WAS CAUSED BY A CAMPFIRE. RIGHT NOW, OUR CALDWELL COUNTY NUMBERS ARE REAL, ARE AS FOLLOWS. MINIMUM IS 288, MAX IS 573 WITH AN AVERAGE OF FOUR TWENTY FIVE WITH A CHANGE OF SEVEN. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT A MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT IN CALDWELL COUNTY AND THAT DROUGHT TENDS TO BE HEAVIER FROM THE EAST TO THE SOUTH OF CALDWELL COUNTY. SO ANYTHING EAST OF 183 AND SOUTH DOWN TOWARD LULING FIRE DANGER'S A LITTLE HIGHER. OUR HUMIDITY LEVELS FOR THIS WEEK ARE GOING TO BE VERY LOW, GOING TO BE PROBABLY IN THE 20S, WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR FIREFIGHTING, MAKES THE FIRES BURN A LITTLE FASTER. I WAS HOPING FOR SOME RAIN LAST NIGHT, BUT WE DIDN'T GET IT. SO I FEEL FOR THE FARMERS THAT NEED THE RAIN REAL BAD RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY. SO I AM ASKING COMMISSIONERS COURT TO INSTILL THE BURN BAN. ALL THE FIRE CHIEFS AND ALL THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS CHIEFS HERE IN THE COUNTY HAVE SAID THAT THAT'S A GOOD PLAN SO WE CAN KEEP THE FIRE DANGER OUT. SO I'M REQUESTING THAT WE PUT THE BURN BAN BACK ON TILL NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT. [00:25:02] OK. I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE PUT THE BURN BAN ON. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION PUT BURN BAN ON. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NONE, MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ITEM THIRTEEN, DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR [13. Discussion/Action to approve the Proclamation for Fair Housing Texas Month for April 2021. Speaker: Commissioner Shelton; Backup: 2; Cost: None] FAIR HOUSING TEXAS MONTH FOR APRIL 2021, COMMISSIONER SHELTON. YES, SO I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE FAIR HOUSING MONTH. FAIR HOUSING MONTH, PROCLAMATION OF APRIL IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH, WHEREAS TITLE EIGHT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968, AS AMENDED, PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND DECLARES IT A NATIONAL POLICY TO PROVIDE WITHIN CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS FOR FAIR HOUSING. WHEREAS THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIR HOUSING IS NOT ONLY NATIONAL LAW AND NATIONAL POLICY, BUT A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN CONCEPT AND ENTITLEMENT FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING LAW DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS TO RECOGNIZE THAT COMPLETE SUCCESS IN THE GOAL OF EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE HELP OF COOPERATION OF ALL AMERICANS. NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY TO PROCLAIM APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH IN THE COUNTY OF CALDWELL AND DO HEREBY URGE ALL CITIZENS OF THIS LOCALITY TO BECOME AWARE OF AND SUPPORT THE FAIR HOUSING LAW. IN WITNESS, WHERE OF WE HAVE A FIXED OUR SIGNATURES AND SEALS ON THIS 13TH DAY OF APRIL 2021. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONERS, I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR FAIR HOUSING TEXAS MONTH. I SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE, MOTION CARRIES. [14. Discussion/Action to approve the Proclamation for Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month for April 2021. Speaker: Judge Haden; Backup: 2; Cost: None] ITEM 14 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH FOR APRIL 2021. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT PROCLAMATION. SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH 2021 PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS SIX POINT THREE MILLION TEXANS HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THEIR LIFETIME. AND WHEREAS TWO IN FIVE WOMEN AND ONE IN FIVE MEN IN TEXAS HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN THEIR LIFETIME, AFFECTING ALL RACES, AGES, GENDERS AND ECONOMIC SITUATIONS, AND WHEREAS THE HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDED DIRECT SERVICES TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE ADULT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN HAYS AND CALDWELL COUNTIES LAST YEAR, AND WHEREAS CADWELL COUNTY IS TOLERANT, IS INTOLERANT OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ANY FORM, AND RECOGNIZES THAT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS MAY PREVENT SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND WHEREAS EFFORTS TO REDUCE SEXUAL ASSAULT CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL THROUGH CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT AND THE SAFETY OF CITIZENS OF CALDWELL COUNTY DEPENDS UPON OUR ACTIONS TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT. THEREFORE, I HOPPY HADEN, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS COUNTY JUDGE OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2021 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. COMMISSIONERS DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE. MOTION CARRIES. [15. Discussion/Action to approve the Proclamation for Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month for April 2021. Speaker: Judge Haden; Backup: 2; Cost: None] ITEM FIFTEEN DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH FOR APRIL 2021. GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH 2021 PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS MORE THAN SIXTY SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT WERE CONFIRMED IN TEXAS, RESULTING IN A NINE POINT SEVEN INCREASE OF CHILDREN, NINE POINT SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE IN TEXAS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THE DEATH OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE CHILDREN IN TEXAS. AND WHEREAS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE CHILDREN WERE CONFIRMED VICTIMS OF ABUSE IN CALDWELL COUNTY. AND WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IS A COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND FINDING SOLUTIONS DEPENDS ON INVOLVEMENT FROM ALL PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS LOCALLY, REPRESENTATIVES FROM CALDWELL COUNTY CHILD WELFARE BOARD CALDWELL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HAYS, CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER AND ROXANNE'S HOUSE, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES CASA, LOCKHART AND LULING POLICE DEPARTMENTS, CALDWELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CTMC HAVE JOINED FORCES TO PROVIDE PREVENTION AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO CHILD VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND WHEREAS EVERY CHILD IN CALDWELL COUNTY DESERVES TO BE SAFE, NURTURED [00:30:03] AND SUPPORTED IN CARING RELATIONSHIPS. THEREFORE, I HOPPY HADEN, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS JUDGE OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2021 AS CHILD ABUSE AND PREVENTION, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH, AND DO HEREBY CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF CALDWELL COUNTY TO WORK TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PREVENT CHILD ABUSE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROCLAMATION FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NONE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 16 DISCUSSION ACTION TO PROCLAIM APRIL 25TH AND MAY 2ND AS SOIL AND WATER STEWARDSHIP [16. Discussion/Action to the proclaim April 25lh to May 2nd as Soil & Water Stewardship Week. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Maria Heger; Backup: 2; Cost: None] WEEK. AND COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A YOU CAN SEE THE CERTIFICATE THERE FOR SOIL AND WATER STEWARDSHIP PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS FERTILE SOIL AND CLEAN WATER PROVIDE US WITH OUR DAILY SUSTENANCE AND WHEREAS EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION PRACTICES HAVE HELPED TO PROVIDE US A RICH STANDARD OF LIVING, AND WHEREAS OUR SECURITY DEPENDS UPON HEALTHY SOIL AND CLEAN WATER AND WHEREAS STEWARDSHIP CALLS FOR EACH PERSON TO HELP CONSERVE THESE PRECIOUS RESOURCES. THEREFORE, I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 25TH TO MAY 2ND, 2021 SOIL AND WATER STEWARDSHIP WEEK. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE THAT WANTED TO GET THEIR PICTURE MADE WITH Y'ALL COMMISSIONERS. YES, WE'LL STEP AROUND OUT FRONT. OH, OK, GO AHEAD. SORRY, I AM DONNY GRAHAM, I'M WITH CALDWELL TRAVIS SOLAR WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. WITH ME THIS MORNING IS MARLA LYNN HEGER. WHO IS OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH COORDINATOR. AND SHE'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE. OK, THAT'D BE FINE. THAT'S PERFECT. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU, JUDGE HADEN, COMMISSIONERS, FOR THE TIME TODAY. MY NAME IS MARLA HEGER. AS MR. GRAHAM, WHO IS OUR BOARD DIRECTOR, MENTIONED, WE'RE WITH THE CALDWELL TRAVIS SOLAR AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. AND WE THANK YOU FOR SIGNING THE PROCLAMATION TODAY, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES GIVE VISIBILITY TO OUR MISSION OF PRESERVING THE NEED OF OUR SOIL, WATER AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES. THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT ACTUALLY WORKS WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING USD, USDA NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT, TO BRING A UNITED FRONT TO COMBAT SOIL AND WATER. EXCUSE ME, SOIL AND WATER ISSUES. OUR DISTRICT IS LOCALLY LED, WE'RE ACTUALLY RUN BY A GROUP OF FIVE CITIZENS WHO ARE ELECTED BY FELLOW LANDOWNERS. THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEER DIRECTORS. THE BOARD ADMINISTERS PROGRAMS PROVIDING TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LANDOWNERS IN THE DISTRICT. ALL OUR PROGRAMS ARE VOLUNTARY. THERE'S NEVER REQUIREMENT TO SEEK ASSISTANCE IN MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES. BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE HERE TO HELP. MOST OF CALDWELL COUNTY FALLS WITHIN THE PLUM CREEK WATERSHED, A ROUGHLY 400 SQUARE MILE AREA THAT DRAINS TO PLUM CREEK, WHICH IN TURN FLOWS TO THE SAN MARCOS RIVER. A BRIEF EXAMPLE OF A PROGRAM DELIVERED BY THE DISTRICT IS A WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS A WQMP FOR SHORT. PUMP CREEK WAS RECOGNIZED SOME YEARS AGO AS AN IMPAIRED WATERWAY DUE TO THE LEVEL OF POLLUTANTS. THE EPA PROVIDES A GRANT THROUGH THE CLEAN WATER ACT, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY OUR TEXAS STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD. SO LAND FALLING WITHIN THAT 400 SQUARE MILES IN CALDWELL COUNTY QUALIFIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WQMP, WHICH IS THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN PLANNING THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR THE LAND, AND IMPROVING THE WATERS OF THE PLUM CREEK. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. LANDOWNERS CAN ALSO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ON A COST SHARING BASIS. WELL, BACK TO THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY. EACH YEAR, THE STEWARDSHIP WEEK IS DEFINED BY OUR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. AND THIS YEAR THEY SELECTED THE THEME HEALTHY FOREST, EQUAL HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. WHILE WE MAY NOT CONSIDER CALDWELL COUNTY REALLY A FORESTED AREA, CERTAINLY IF YOU LOOK TO THE EAST, AND THE SOUTHEAST, YOU SEE A WOODED AREA. BUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE LIVE IN AN URBAN AREA ON RANGELAND, PASTURE CROPLAND, CERTAINLY WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR TREE RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THROUGHOUT STEWARDSHIP WEEK WE'LL BE SHARING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE JUST AWARDED OVER SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PRIZE MONEY TO LOCAL STUDENTS FOR [00:35:02] THEIR POSTERS AND ESSAY SUPPORTING THE THEME OF HEALTHY FORESTS AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO RAMPING UP WITH MORE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET IN PERSON BECOME COMMONPLACE ONCE MORE. AGAIN THANK YOU, JUDGE HADEN AND COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND COMMISSIONER, BEFORE WE GO UP HERE, TO GET OUR PHOTO TAKEN. I NEED TO GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION. I SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE, MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ITEM 17, DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT BUDGET AMENDMENT FORTY ONE [17. Discussion/Action to approve Budget Amendment #41 for major repair and maintenance needed for the Luling Annex Building. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Barbara Gonzales; Backup: 3; Cost: Net Zero] FOR MAJOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE LULING ANNEX BUILDING, EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS. COMMISSIONERS OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS DONE A PRETTY COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THAT BUILDING ON THE INSIDE IS LONG OVERDUE. AND THEN WINTER STORM URI DID A LITTLE DAMAGE. AND SO WE JUST WENT AHEAD AND TOOK CARE OF A FEW THINGS THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING MONEY FROM ZERO ZERO ONE SIX FIVE TWO ZERO THREE FIVE SIX ZERO JPI DRC BUILDING LOCKHART IN THE AMOUNT OF TWENTY ONE THOUSAND AND PUTTING IT IN ZERO ZERO ONE SIX FIVE TWO ZERO THREE FIVE ONE ZERO LULING ANNEX. COMMISSIONERS LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT FORTY ONE. I SO MOVE. WE HAVE MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE. MOTION CARRIES. [18. Discussion/Action to approve Budget Amendment #42 in reference to the insurance claim receiving RW 45164 on 2020 Ford Explorer VIN 51139. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Barbara Gonzales; Backup: 5; Cost: Net Zero] ITEM EIGHTEEN DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT FORTY TWO IN REFERENCE TO THE INSURANCE CLAIM RECEIVING RW FOUR FIVE ONE SIX FOUR ON 2020 FORD EXPLORER VIN NUMBER FIVE ONE ONE THREE NINE, BARBARA. YES, SIR. THIS ONE'S WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST MOVING FROM INSURANCE PROCEEDS TO REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE? YES, SIR. WE ARE INCREASING THE REVENUE WARRANT OF 001 6000 0950 IN THE REVENUE SIDE OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS. AND WE'RE INCREASING THE EXPENDITURE SIDE ON THE BUDGET OF 001 4300 4510 ON THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SIDE FOR FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINE DOLLARS EVEN. OK, VERY GOOD, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT 42. SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE, MOTION CARRIES. [19. Discussion/Action to approve Budget Amendment #43 to move money from 001-6510-4860 (Contingency) to 010-6640-3162 (Community Collections events) to cover Superior Disposal invoice #13914. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Barbara Gonzales; Backup: 9; Cost: Net Zero] ITEM 19 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FORTY THREE TO MOVE MONEY FROM ZERO ZERO ONE SIX FIVE ONE ZERO FOUR EIGHT SIX ZERO CONTINGENTLY TO ZERO ONE ZERO SIX SIX FOUR ZERO THREE ONE SIX TWO COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS EVENT THAT COVERS SUPERIOR DISPOSAL INVOICE NUMBER ONE THREE NINE ONE FOUR, COMMISSIONERS. WE HAD AN AMOUNT OF GRANT MONEY AND WE SLIGHTLY EXCEEDED THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS AMENDMENT IS. IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT NUMBER, AMENDMENT FORTY THREE. I SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE MOTION CARRIES. [20. Discussion/Action to approve Budget Amendment #44 for Criminal Clerk Position in the amount of $1500.00, Transfer $1000.00 to Financial Chief Deputy position and $500.00 to the Docket/File Clerk Position. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Juanita Allen; Backup: 2; Cost: Net Zero] ITEM TWENTY DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT FORTY FOUR FOR CRIMINAL CLERK POSITION IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS TRANSFER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FINANCIAL CHIEF DEPUTY POSITION AND FIVE HUNDRED TO THE DOCKET FILE CLERK POSITION. AND THIS IS IN THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DO, I THINK JUANITA'S HERE. IF NOT, I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT FORTY FOUR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [00:40:03] AYE. OPPOSE NONE MOTION CARRIES. [21. Discussion/Action to approve the request title change for Maria Teresa Castillo to Financial Chief Deputy including $1,000 increase in pay from partial money transfer from Criminal Clerk Position. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Juanita Allen; Backup: 4; Cost: None] ITEM TWENTY ONE DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TITLE CHANGE FOR MARIA TERESA CASTILLO TO FINANCIAL CHIEF DEPUTY, INCLUDING ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE IN PAY FROM PARCEL MONEY TRANSFER FROM CRIMINAL CLERK POSITION, COMMISSIONERS. WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT TITLE CHANGE AND PAY INCREASE. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NONE MOTION CARRIES. [22. Discussion/Action to approve Blanket Purchase Order REQ00879 for Tyler Technologies in the amount of $60,000.00. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Danie Blake; Backup: 4; Cost: $60,000.00] ITEM TWENTY TWO DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER, REQUISITE REQUISITION. I CAN'T TALK THIS MORNING. REQ ZERO ZERO EIGHT SEVEN NINE FOR TYLER TECHNOLOGIES AND THE AMOUNT OF SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, DANIE. GOOD MORNING, JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS JUST A REOCCURRING ANNUAL PAYMENT FOR TYLER TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A BLANKET PO FOR. OK, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE A BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER REQUISITION ZERO ZERO EIGHT SEVEN NINE. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NONE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [23. Discussion/Action to review and approve the annual financial audit report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Barbara Gonzales/ Debbie Fraser; Backup: 120] ITEM 22, ITEM 23 DISCUSSION ACTION TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH 2020. AND WE HAVE DEBBIE FRASER HERE TO BRING US UP TO DATE. JUDGE HADEN, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, LIKE YOU SAID, DEBBIE FRASER. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ARMSTRONG FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND IT'S IT'S BEEN THIS IS EXCITING. THIS IS THE EARLIEST THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO BRING THE AUDIT BEFORE YOU AND CELINA'S ALSO, SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH US AS WELL, CELINA JONES. AND SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, I BELIEVE THE FIRST YEAR THAT I CAME HERE A FEW YEARS AGO. I WANT TO SAY WE HAD UP TO 50 PAGES OF AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THIS YEAR. IT'S EXCITING TO NOTE THAT WE ARE DOWN TO FOUR PAGES OF AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS. I DO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY, ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WORK WITH US BECAUSE IT TAKES AN ENTIRE COUNTY TO HELP US PULL INFORMATION. KAREN'S, CARRIE'S UPSTAIRS AND SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT DOWN. SHE STILL KIND OF IN THE HEALING PROCESS OF SOME THINGS THAT SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. BUT SHE HAS PULL A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. CAROLYN'S HERE, OUR ASSISTANT AUDITOR. SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF PAYROLL INFORMATION. OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR, JAN, PLAYS A BIG ROLE. AND MAYRA AND OF COURSE, OUR OFFICE PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN WORKING WITH OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS. I KNOW THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME INTERVIEWING WITH EXTERNAL AUDITORS. JUDGE HADEN, SOME OF THE AUDIT, THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT, OUR COUNTY TREASURER. SO EVERY YEAR THEY'LL PICK DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY HAVE TO INTERVIEW. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DEBBIE. THANK YOU. I THINK I CAN HEAR YOU OK. CAN Y'ALL HEAR? SO. THERE YOU GO. NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU, GREAT. WELL, ONE THING BARBARA DIDN'T SAY IS, WELL, TWO THINGS. I THINK WE DID OVER 50 JOURNAL ENTRIES LAST YEAR. WE WERE DOWN TO 22 THIS YEAR. AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THEY'RE CONTINUALLY GOING, YOU KNOW, IN HALF. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALTHOUGH WE REALLY DON'T LIKE TO SAY WE'RE INVASIVE, WE'RE PRETTY INVASIVE. I THINK MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS HERE, PURCHASING GRANTS, TREASURER, AUDITOR'S OFFICE PROBABLY ARE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY. IF YOU SEE A MARGARITA MACHINE, IT USUALLY MEANS WE'VE GONE. SO ANYWAY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID FOR US WHILE WE WERE HERE AS WELL AS AFTER. I MEAN, WE CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW UP ON INFORMATION PROBABLY FOR A THREE [00:45:04] WEEK, FOUR WEEK PERIOD AFTER THAT. AND THEN CELINA REALLY WORKED TO GET THIS REPORT OUT THIS YEAR. SO I WAS VERY, VERY PLEASED. ON PAGE ONE IS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THE PHYSICAL COPY NOW AS WELL AS THE COPY YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET, BUT IT MAY BE EASIER TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE HARD COPY. SO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT BASICALLY SAYS AFTER ADJUSTMENTS, YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY STATED AND MATERIALLY CORRECT. AND THAT'S ON PAGE ONE. IF YOU TURN TO, SORRY, PAGE 15 AND 16, THIS IS YOUR STATEMENT OF NET POSITION. AND THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION IS ON THE FULL ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. YOU ACTUALLY BUDGET ON A MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. SO ON THE FULL ACCRUAL BASIS, YOU'LL SEE FIXED ASSETS CAPITALIZED. YOU'LL SEE ALL YOUR DEBT AND COMPENSATED ABSENCES OR VACATION PAYABLE AS WELL AS YOUR INSURANCE I'M SORRY, YOUR PENSION LIABILITIES. AND YOU ACTUALLY THIS YEAR, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU HAD A NET PENSION ASSET. AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS WE AUDIT PROBABLY 40 COUNTIES AND CITIES AND THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THEM THIS YEAR THAT HAD A NET PENSION ASSET. SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE MORE MONEY IN THE SYSTEM THAN YOUR LIABILITY AT THIS POINT. SO THAT'S VERY POSITIVE. THAT WAS AN ASSET THIS YEAR OF FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO THOUSAND FIFTY SIX. IT'S MIDWAY DOWN THE PAGE ON PAGE 15. SO YOUR TOTAL ASSETS AT THE END OF THE YEAR ON YOUR STATEMENT OF NET POSITION WERE FIFTY NINE POINT TWO MILLION AND THEN YOU HAD DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES. THESE RELAYED BASICALLY TO YOUR PENSION. THEY'RE BASICALLY ASSETS WITHIN THE SYSTEM. AND THEY AMOUNTED TO SIX HUNDRED AND ALMOST SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS . IF YOU GO TO PAGE 16, YOU HAVE TOTAL LIABILITIES AND AGAIN, THIS INCLUDES ALL OF YOUR DEBT WITHIN THE COUNTY. AND THAT WAS TWENTY THREE POINT NINE MILLION, WHICH INCLUDED ABOUT 19 MILLION IN CURRENT AND LONG TERM DEBT. YOUR NET POSITION WAS THIRTY FIVE POINT TWO MILLION UNRESTRICTED. OF THAT WAS THIRTEEN AND A HALF MILLION, AS WELL AS THIRTEEN POINT ONE MILLION OF NET INVESTMENT AND CAPITAL ASSETS, WHICH BASICALLY IS YOUR FIXED ASSETS MINUS DEPRECIATION AND ANY OTHER DEBT RELATED TO THOSE ASSETS. SO I'D LIKE YOU TO TURN TO PAGE 19 AND 20. THIS IS THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE COUNTY AND THIS IS ON THE MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY DEBT, NO PENSION LIABILITIES AND NO CAPITAL ASSETS CAPITALIZED. SO AT YEAR END, YOU HAD THIRTY POINT EIGHT MILLION IN TOTAL ASSETS. OF THAT, TWENTY FIVE POINT FOUR MILLION IS ACTUALLY CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT. THE GENERAL FUND HAD TWENTY ONE MILLION IN ASSETS AND CLOSE TO 17 MILLION IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS. NOW I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TURN ALL THE WAY BACK TO. THE. BUDGET TO ACTUAL, WHICH IS ON PAGE 15. AND THIS IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND ONLY. AND ON PAGE 51, THIS SHOWS ALL YOUR REVENUES, YOUR EXPENDITURES, AND IT ALSO IS BUDGET TO ACTUAL AND WE ALSO HAVE COMPARATIVE INFORMATION FROM 2019 IN THE LAST COLUMN. SO THE BUDGETED AMOUNTS THAT YOU BUDGETED AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR TOTAL REVENUES, WHICH IS THE SECOND COLUMN, WAS TWENTY FOUR AND A HALF MILLION I'M SORRY, TWENTY FOUR POINT TWO MILLION. AND YOU ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN REVENUES OF TWENTY THREE POINT SIX MILLION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS OVER THERE AND THE VARIANCES, THE POSITIVE VARIANCE WAS YOU BROUGHT IN OTHER TAXES, WHICH WAS PRIMARILY SALES TAX. YOU WERE FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND OVER BUDGET THERE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. HOWEVER, YOU KIND OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX WAS TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT AND THEN YOUR FINES WERE ABOUT 300,000 LESS THAN BUDGETED. COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, YOU BROUGHT IN ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE. YOU HAD TWENTY THREE AND A HALF MILLION IN 2019 COMPARED TO TWENTY THREE POINT SIX [00:50:07] MILLION IN 2020. IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES YOU BUDGETED TO SPEND 20 MILLION TWO AND YOU ACTUALLY SPENT SEVENTEEN, ALMOST SEVENTEEN POINT NINE MILLION, WHICH WAS A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF TWO POINT THREE MILLION. AND COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, YOU SPENT 17 MILLION, NINE THOUSAND. IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE LAST THE THIRD ITEM FROM THE BOTTOM SECOND COLUMN, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE THAT YOU BUDGETED WAS A POSITIVE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND. IF YOU GO OVER ONE MORE COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU ACTUALLY ENDED WITH A POSITIVE NET CHANGE OF ONE POINT THREE MILLION. SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF ONE POINT ONE MILLION. YOUR FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WAS 14 MILLION, 8 HUNDRED AND 15, 874. AND OF THAT, FOURTEEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY NINE THOUSAND REPRESENTS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO BE USED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THE GFOA RECOMMENDS THAT YOU HAVE THREE TO SIX MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS. SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD HIGHLIGHT. ON PAGE 52, THIS IS YOUR UNIT ROAD FUND, AND YOU ACTUALLY HAD BUDGETED TO BRING IN ONE MILLION, 70,000 AND YOU BROUGHT IN SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE. YOU WERE A LITTLE SHORT IN THE LICENSES AND PERMITS AND THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. YOU WERE DOWN ALSO YOU BROUGHT IN ONE MILLION, ONE POINT TWO MILLION IN THE PRIOR YEAR. SO A LOT OF THAT WAS DUE TO COVID AS WELL AS YOUR SALES TAX THAT YOU BROUGHT IN IN THE GENERAL FUND. THAT WAS PARTLY DUE TO COVID BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ORDERING FROM WITHIN THE COUNTY. THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, TOTAL EXPENDITURES. YOU BUDGETED ALMOST FIVE POINT FOUR MILLION YOU BROUGHT IN OR YOU SPENT FOUR POINT SEVEN MILLION, WHICH WAS ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND UNDER BUDGET AND ABOUT 500,000 MORE THAN YOU BROUGHT IN OR THEN YOU SPENT LAST YEAR. IF WE GO DOWN TO THE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE, YOU ACTUALLY BUDGETED A NEGATIVE FIVE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT THIRTY SEVEN CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE AND YOU ACTUALLY ONLY HAD A DEFICIT OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO. SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND. ON PAGE 54. THIS RELATES TO YOUR TCDRS OR YOUR TEXAS COUNTY AND DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEM. WE DO NOT DO THE AUDIT OF THESE NUMBERS THERE. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS AUDITED BY MILLIMAN AND THEY PUT OUT A REPORT ANNUALLY, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A REPORT ON YOUR ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS. BUT THE HIGHLIGHT HERE, WHICH I ALREADY TOLD YOU, YOU ENDED THE YEAR WITH A FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO THOUSAND FIFTY SIX DOLLAR NET ASSET IN PENSION LIABILITY COMPARED TO AN EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND LOSS OR NOT LOSS, BUT NET LIABILITY, THAT PENSION LIABILITY IN THE PRIOR YEAR. SO YOU HAD AT ONE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLAR SWING. YOU MIGHT ASK, WHY DID WE HAVE THAT? WELL, THE ANSWER IS YOUR NET INVESTMENT INCOME, WHICH IS MIDWAY UP THE PAGE. LAST YEAR YOU HAD A POSITIVE, THIS YEAR YOU HAVE A POSITIVE THREE POINT TWO MILLION COMPARED TO A LOSS OF THREE HUNDRED AND. 67,000 LAST YEAR. PART OF THAT LOSS WAS DUE TO JUST THE DAY THAT WHICH WAS DECEMBER 31, 2018, THAT THE START STOCK MARKET ENDED COMPARED TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2019, THIS YEAR. BUT THE OTHER, THEY SOLD SOME OF THEIR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AND CHANGED THE MIX TO MAKE IT A LITTLE STRONGER. SO THAT WAS WHAT OCCURRED THAT DROVE THAT INVESTMENT EARNINGS ISSUE. I ACTUALLY ON PAGE 80, YOU DID HAVE A FEDERAL UNIFORM GUIDANCE, SINGLE AUDIT THIS YEAR, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU SPENT OVER 750,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU RECEIVED, BUT IT'S WHAT YOU SPENT. AND SO THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. SO ON PAGE 80, THIS IS THE REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN [00:55:03] ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. BECAUSE YOU DID RECEIVE THESE FUNDS, WE ACTUALLY ISSUE A GAS, WHAT WE CALL A GAS REPORT. AND WE DID HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS IN THIS AREA. YOU HAD A COUPLE OF DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE CONSIDERED JUST INTERNAL BASIC INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES, AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES. AND THOSE BEGIN ON PAGE 82. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE REPORT LAST YEAR BECAUSE YOU DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE AUDIT. SO THAT'S WHAT DROVE IT BEING IN THE REPORT THIS YEAR, OTHER THAN JUST OUR LETTER. SO WE STILL HAVE THE CONTINUING MATERIAL WEAKNESS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS. AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH YOUR RECONCILIATION OF BANK STATEMENTS. THEY WERE RECONCILED UP THROUGH SEPTEMBER. YOU HIRED AN OUTSIDE PERSON TO COME IN AND RECONCILE THOSE AND THEY WERE PERFORMED ACCURATELY. CURRENTLY, WHEN I WAS HERE LAST WEEK, I THINK WE ONLY HAD THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 2020. THERE'S RECONCILED. WE'RE RECONCILING 2020. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THESE UP TO DATE BECAUSE THERE'S A MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT OCCURRED COULD OCCUR BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT RECONCILED. AND I DID GO OVER THOSE WITH JUDGE SNYDER AND JUDGE HADEN LAST WEEK. SO I WON'T BORE YOU WITH WITH THAT. 2020 ZERO ZERO TWO IS REVENUE CODING. SO THE REVENUE CODE CURRENTLY COMES IN AND IT'S ALL RECORDED TO ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL REVENUE. SO THAT'S NOT UPDATED REALLY UNTIL THE BANK STATEMENTS ARE RECONCILED AND MAYRA'S IS COMING IN AND CORRECTING THOSE AS THE RECONCILIATIONS ARE BEING PERFORMED AND A LITTLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BUT THEY REALLY NEED TO BE RECORDED TO DIRECTLY TO THE REVENUE WHEN THEY COME INTO THE TREASURER'S OFFICE. CURRENTLY YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT. YOU DO HAVE A NEW CASH POLICY. AND I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THE SYSTEMS OF ENCODE. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR OTHER SYSTEM TALKING. SO POSSIBLY THAT CAN BE UPLOADED IN THE FUTURE. FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT MANAGEMENT, THE GRANT MANAGER AND COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE PROVIDE AN ACCURATE [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS OUR SCHEDULED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND STATE EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. ALL GRANTS SHOULD BE TRACKED CORRECTLY IN THE FINANCIALS SO THAT TIMING AND ACCRUALS ARE TAKEN INTO AN ACCOUNT. AGAIN, THIS STATEMENT IS BASED ON EXPENDITURES, NOT REVENUE COMING IN. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU RECEIVED OR YOU SPENT YOUR FUNDS FOR YOUR COVID IN ADVANCE, BUT THAT MONEY DID NOT COME INTO IT UNTIL AFTER YEAR END. SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO RECORD THAT ON EXPENDITURES, NOT REVENUES. AND WHEN THAT COMES INTO THE SYSTEM. ON 2000, OR ON PAGE 83, THIS IS 2020 ZERO ZERO FOUR AGENCIES AND SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNTS, THESE PRIMARILY ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM MOVED AND PRIMARILY BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW GADSBY THAT'S COMING OUT THAT REQUIRES A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN THE AUDIT FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SYSTEMS OR ACCOUNTS. AND ADDITIONALLY, THE AUDITOR SHOULD BE REVIEWING THESE ON A MONTHLY, IF NOT QUARTERLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACCOUNTED FOR CORRECTLY BECAUSE SOME OF THEM AREN'T RECONCILED ON A ROUTINE BASIS, AS WELL AS ANY ITEMS SUCH AS PURCHASING THAT TAKES PLACE. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THESE ACCOUNTS AREN'T WITHIN THE COUNTY, THEY BELONG WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY STILL ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW PURCHASING POLICIES FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE STATE. ON TWO THOUSAND 2020 ZERO ZERO FIVE, THE GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTS NOT RECONCILED TO UNDERLYING SUBSIDIARY ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS AND RECORDS. THIS OCCURRED MAINLY IN YOUR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES, AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE MUCH BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, BUT STILL ROSE TO THE FACT THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE A JOURNAL ENTRY IN ONE ACCOUNT THAT WAS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL SO I COULD NOT TAKE THAT COMMENT OFF. AND THEN 2020 ZERO ZERO SIX FUNCTION OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. [01:00:04] WE STILL DON'T THINK THAT THE COUNTY'S AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS DOING ENOUGH OUTSIDE AUDITING OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS SOMETIMES THEIR AUDITING THEIR OWN WORK WHEN THEY ARE DOING BANK RECONCILIATIONS AND SOME OF THE PURCHASING WORK THAT CARRIE DOES. SO THERE IS A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN THAT WAS WRITTEN BY BARBARA AND IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON PAGE EIGHTY OR I'M SORRY, NINETY. THIS IS YOUR SEFA, WHICH IS YOUR SCHEDULED EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AND STATE AWARDS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOU HAD ONE POINT THREE MILLION IN FEDERAL AWARDS. THE BULK OF THAT WAS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND OF ONE POINT TWO MILLION. WE DO WE DID ISSUE ANOTHER LETTER, COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE. AND IT DOES AND DID NOT INCLUDE OUR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AND SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE REPORTED IN THIS. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE FELT LIKE THE AUDITORS DEPARTMENT COMPLIED WITH ALL ETHICS REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED AND WE OURSELVES, I'M SORRY, COMPLIED WITH ETHIC REQUIREMENTS REGARDING INDEPENDENCE. YOU DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICY CHANGES AND THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES OR DEPRECIATION CALCULATIONS ON CAPITAL ASSETS ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTABLE RECEIVABLES FOR FINES AND PROPERTY TAX. AND THEN THE BIG ONE IS YOUR NET PENSION LIABILITY ASSUMPTIONS FOR MORTALITY RATES AND INVESTMENT RETURNS. AND OF COURSE, THOSE ARE DONE THROUGH TCDRS. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES, WE THINK THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE IS YOUR NET PENSION LIABILITY, WHICH IS NOTE AGE. AND YOURS WAS AN ASSET THIS YEAR, SO NET PENSION LIABILITY OR ASSET. WE HAD NO SIGNIFICANT DISAGREEMENTS DURING THE AUDIT, WE DID HAVE UNCORRECTED AND CORRECTED MISS STATEMENTS, AND THESE ARE JUST ITEMS THAT FELL UNDER MATERIALITY. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE DID MAKE THESE OR ACTUALLY WE DIDN'T MAKE THIS CORRECTION. IN THE GENERAL FUND. MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WAS RECORDED IN THE CURRENT YEAR, OVERSTATING TOTAL REVENUE IN THE CURRENT YEAR BY EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY. IT WAS OVER TRIVIAL. SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. WE DID MAKE A COUPLE SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS TO RECLASS VARIOUS REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES CODED TO TRANSFER ACCOUNTS AND TO CORRECT PULLED CASH. WE WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. YOU'RE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE QUARTERLY REPORTS FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT THAT OUTLINES ALL OF YOUR INVESTMENTS AND THE ACTUAL INTEREST RATE THAT WAS EARNED, WHAT YOU RECEIVED FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS AND ANY CAPITAL GAINS OR LOSSES IN THOSE ACCOUNTS, IT'S REQUIRED TO BE PRESENTED AND APPROVED TO COMMISSIONERS COURT QUARTERLY. ON THE PURCHASE ORDERS. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL STAFFING IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND THIS DEPARTMENT IMPROVED OR THE PURCHASING IMPROVED MUCH THANKS TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PERSON. WE DO THINK THAT ALL PURCHASING REALLY SHOULD BE DONE THROUGH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT WE DON'T WANT THE COUNTY AUDITORS DEPARTMENT AUDITING THEIR OWN WORK. DEPARTMENT DEPOSITS. WE NOTED THAT DISTRICT OFFICIALS, SANITATION AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE COUNTY BRING OVER DEPOSITS TO THE TREASURER'S OFFICE MONTHLY. WE SURE WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE DONE AT LEAST WEEKLY. AND WE REALIZE THAT SOME OF THESE COMMENTS THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR, WE WERE HERE IN JUNE. SO IT'S HARD TO GET ALL OF THESE CORRECTED IN A THREE, FOUR MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. SO I KNOW YOU ARE STILL WORKING ON THIS SUGGESTION AND THEN FIXED ASSET TRACKING, THE FIXED ASSET TRACKING IMPROVED GREATLY. WE DO WANT TO SUGGEST THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO A PHYSICAL SPOT CHECK EVERY WELL, AT LEAST THIS YEAR YOU HAVE A LOT OF FIXED ASSETS THAT ARE REALLY NOT OR SHOULD NOT BE ON YOUR [01:05:06] FIXED ASSET LIST. AND YOU ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOUR FIXED ASSETS ARE. SO WE SUGGEST THAT YOU DO A PHYSICAL INVENTORY OF ALL PHYSICAL ASSETS AND THEN CONTINUE THE IMPROVEMENT IN THIS AREA. I THAT'S ALL I HAVE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER THEM. I KNOW THAT'S A VERY QUICK OR VERY LONG, DEPENDING ON IF YOU HAVE TO SIT THROUGH IT, PRESENTATION. BUT I'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ANSWER ANY COMMENTS. COMMISSIONERS? IT'S A LOT TO DIGEST. IT WAS A LOT TO READ. YES. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO GIVE ME A CALL. OUR NUMBER IS ON THE OPINION PAGE AS WELL AS BOTH LETTERS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CELINA AND I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS A IT WAS YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS CAN BE AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE AND IT WASN'T. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, THE GOOD THING IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING CAN BE IMPROVED. SO THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS THE POSITIVE. WE WANT YOU TO TAKE IS THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT, A GREAT IMPROVEMENT LAST YEAR. AND AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, THAT'S ALWAYS A GREAT THING. GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. OK, COMMISSIONERS, SO I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020. I SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NONE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 24 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF JOSIE MARTINEZ AND ROBERT MORENO [24. Discussion/Action to approve the appointment of Josie Martinez and Robert Moreno to the Emergency Services District (ESD) #3 as Commissioners to the Board of Directors. Speaker: Judge Haden; Backup: 2; Cost: None] TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT ESD NUMBER THREE IS COMMISSIONERS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE, MOTION CARRIES. [25. Discussion/Action to approve the application from Constable, Precinct 1 to increase number of reserve deputies from 5 to 8. Speaker: Judge Haden/ Richard Sanders; Backup: 5; Cost: TBD] ITEM TWENTY FIVE DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FROM CONSTABLE PRECINCT ONE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESERVE DEPUTIES FROM FIVE TO EIGHT. COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME BACK OR ALLOW ME TO COME BACK AND DO THIS, FIX SOME ERRORS THAT I MADE ON THE FIRST APPLICATION. I SENT IT OVER TO JJ, WHO TOLD ME THAT I MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS NOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE REQUESTED OF ME REGARDING THE APPLICATION PROCESS. AND I ALSO SENT YOU GUYS A POLICY PROCEDURE REGARDING HOW I WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEPUTIES HAVE THE BONDS THAT ARE REQUIRED NOW AND AND ALL THESE STEPS HAVE BEEN MET. SO I'D ASK THAT YOU PLEASE ALLOW ME TO HAVE THREE MORE RESERVE DEPUTIES. OK, COMMISSIONERS, ANY COMMENTS? I THINK FROM WHERE WE LEFT IT LAST TIME, I'M SATISFIED THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN COMPLETED. OK. I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR REPORT IT'S VERY GOOD AND VERY DETAILED. YES. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF EXTRA WORK FOR YOU, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS. I MEAN, IT WAS EXACTLY RIGHT. I SHOULD HAVE READ INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE. IT WAS MY MISTAKE. NO PROBLEM. COMMISSIONER, YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I WILL, I SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE APPLICATION FROM CONSTABLE E PRECINCT ONE TO INCREASE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES FROM FIVE TO EIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM TWENTY 26. [26. Discussion/Action to approve the order authorizing the filing of a Final Plat (Short Form Procedure) for Five Live Oakes Subdivision located on Stairtown Loop. Speaker: Commissioner Shelton/ Kasi Miles; Backup: 14; Cost: None] DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF FINAL PLAT SHORT FORM PROCEDURE FOR FIVE LIVE OAKS SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON STAIRTOWN LOOP. KASI. GOOD MORNING. OK, THIS IS JUST A QUICK, EASY, SHORT FORM PLAT. IT WAS A TWO LOT SPLIT. AND IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE BACKUPS, ALL FEES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, TRACY HAS INCLUDED A RECOMMENDATION LETTER FOR APPROVAL. AND WE'VE COLLECTED ALL OF THE UTILITY BILLS, EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED AND JUST LOOKING FOR APPROVAL. OK, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF THE SHORT FORM PLAT FOR FIVE OAKS SUBDIVISION? WE HAVE, THAT'S OK. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TWENTY SEVEN DISCUSSION ACTION TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAN FOR VILLAGE [27. Discussion/Action to consider the approval of the Final Plat for Village Ranchettes, Phase 1 to include 28 lots on approximately 141.91 acres fronting Taylorsville Road. Speaker: Commissioner Shelton/ Kasi Miles; Backup: 20; Cost: None] [01:10:05] RANCHETTES PHASE ONE TO INCLUDE TWENTY EIGHT LOTS ON APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE POINT NINE ONE ACRES FRONTING TAYLORSVILLE ROAD. KASI. OK, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST REMIND THE COURT THAT WE RECENTLY APPROVED A PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT FOR PHASE ONE AND TWO. THERE WILL BE A SECOND PHASE THAT'S FOLLOWING UP TO THIS. AND I DO WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND ADDRESS THE CONCERNS WITH THE ROAD SAFETY AND EVERYTHING. I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH DONALD LECLAIRE AND THE TWO FOREMANS FROM THE UNIT ROAD, JUST ASKING THEM TO PLEASE CONSIDER MAYBE LOOKING AT JOINT USE DRIVEWAY'S A LITTLE MORE OFTEN TO WHERE WE CAN AT LEAST ALLEVIATE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY IN AND OUT ENTRY'S ON ALL THESE LOTS WITH ALL THESE BIGGER SUBDIVISIONS. SO THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO UTILIZE THAT AS MUCH AS THEY COULD WITH JOINT USE DRIVEWAYS. BUT IF YOU SEE IN HERE, TRACY HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE FINAL PLAT. ALL FEES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. AND ON THIS PLAT, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER JOINT USE ACCESS. YES, CORRECT. WE'RE GOING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT MORE AND MORE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ENFORCE THAT. SO IN BETWEEN THESE DRIVEWAYS, IF THEY'RE AT THESE JOINT USE LOCATIONS, THERE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET OR? AT LEAST THREE HUNDRED. YES. OK, COMMISSIONERS, WELL, I ACTUALLY LOOKED OVER THIS VERY WELL, AND I YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ROADS, BUT THEY FOLLOWED EVERY. YES. EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR REGULATIONS TO MAKE A DEVELOPMENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL HAVE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PLAY FOR VILLAGE RANCHETTES. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAT FOR VILLAGE RANCHETTES, PHASE ONE TO INCLUDE TWENTY EIGHT LOTS ON ONE HUNDRED FORTY ONE POINT NINE ONE ACRES, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NONE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 28 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF FINAL PLAT SHORT [28. Discussion/Action to approve the order authorizing the filing of a Final Plat (Short Form Procedure) for the Replat for Lots 26A and 26B in Block C of Austin Skyline Subdivision, Section Five located off Highway 21 and Skyline Road. Speaker: Commissioner Theriot/ Kasi Miles; Backup: 19; Cost: None] FORM PROCEDURE FOR THE REPLAT OF LOTS 26A AND 26B AND BLOCK C OF AUSTIN SKYLINE SUBDIVISION, SECTION FIVE LOCATED OFF HIGHWAY 21 AND SKYLINE ROAD. OK, THIS IS AN ACTUAL REPLAT INSIDE OF AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION AND IF YOU REFER TO LOT TWENTY SIX B AND THE COUNTY CITIZEN IS ACTUALLY GOING TO RETAIN THAT, THAT'S WHERE HIM AND HIS SON BOTH RESIDE AT THIS TIME AND THEIR ONLY BE SELLING OFF THE TWO ACRE TRACK ON THE CORNER WITH THE FRONTAGE. TRACY HAS INCLUDED A RECOMMENDATION LETTER FOR APPROVAL, ALL FEES COLLECTED. AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED JUST LOOKING FOR APPROVAL. OK, COMMISSIONERS. I SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWENTY EIGHT FILING OF A PLAT, A FINAL PLAT, SHORT FORM PROCEDURE FOR THE REPLAT OUT OF LOTS TWENTY SIX A TWENTY SIX B, BLOCK C OF AUSTIN SKYLINE SUBDIVISION, SECTION FIVE LOCATED OFF HIGHWAY TWENTY ONE AND SKYLINE ROAD. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NONE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TWENTY NINE DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE THE FILING OF A FINAL PLAT SHORT FORM [29. Discussion/Action to approve the filing of a Final Plat (Short Form Procedure) for Vaca Acres located on Dale Lane. Speaker: Commissioner Roland/ Kasi Miles; Backup: 18; Cost: None] PROCEDURE FOR VACA ACRES LOCATED ON DALE LANE. OK, SAME THING QUICK AND EASY. JUST THE THREE LOTS SPLIT RIGHT OFF THE DALE LANE. TRACY'S GOT A RECOMMENDATION LETTER IN THERE. FEES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AND JUST LOOKING FOR APPROVAL. OK, COMMISSIONERS, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FILING OF A FINAL PLAT SHORT FORM PROCEDURE FOR VACA ACRES, LOCATED AT DALE LANE. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NONE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM THIRTY DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A FINAL PLAT [30. Discussion/Action to approve the order authorizing the filing of a Final Plat (Short Form Procedure) for Dale Meadows located on Old Colony Line Road. Speaker: Commissioner Roland/ Kasi Miles; Backup: 19; Cost: None] SHORT FORM PROCEDURE FOR DALE MEADOWS LOCATED ON OLD COLONY LINE ROAD. OK, THIS IS A FOUR LOT SPLIT. THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER TRACKS, THEY'RE ALL LITTLE OVER FIVE ACRES. WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL LETTER, FEES COLLECTED AND LOOKING FOR APPROVAL. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE FINAL PLAT SHORT FORM PROCEDURE FOR DALE MEADOWS, LOCATED ON OLD COUNTY LINE ROAD. OK, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE NONE MOTION CARRIES. [01:15:02] ITEM THIRTY ONE DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE FINAL PLAT FOR BLUFFVIEW ESTATE SUBDIVISION [31. Discussion/Action to approve the Final Plat for Bluffview Estates Subdivision to include 34 lots on Approximately 85.562 acres fronting Old Colony Line Road. Speaker: Commissioner Roland/ Kasi Miles; Backup: 20; Cost: None] TO INCLUDE THIRTY FOUR LOTS ON APPROXIMATELY EIGHTY FIVE POINT FIVE SIX TWO ACRES FRONTING OLD COLONY LINE ROAD. OK, THIS IS A THIRTY FOUR LOT SUBDIVISION WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY PASSED OUT, IT HAD COME TO MY ATTENTION EARLY YESTERDAY THAT THE LITTLE 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED. SO I GOT WITH CHRIS ELIZONDO FROM QUATRO CONSULTANTS, LET HIM KNOW HE HAD STATED THAT THE REASON WHY IT WASN'T NAMED WHEN THIS WAS DONE WAS BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO GIVE THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER THE CHANCE TO NAME IT IF THEY EVER DEVELOPED IT. BUT I SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEEDED TO GO IN AND DO THAT. HE GOT AHOLD OF JACKIE EARLY THIS MORNING. HE WASN'T ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF HER YESTERDAY, BUT HE DID THIS MORNING. SHE SENT A LETTER APPROVING THE NAME THAT'S BEEN SELECTED. SO THAT'S A CORRECTED PLAT AND THAT IS WHAT WILL ACTUALLY BE RECORDED. TRACY HAS SENT IN THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL AND WE JUST NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINAL. OK COMMISSIONERS. IN THAT CASE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IN ORDER. AUTHORIZE THE FINAL PLAT FOR BLUFFVIEW ESTATES ABILITY TO INCLUDE THIRTY FOUR LOTS ON APPROXIMATELY EIGHT EIGHTY FIVE POINT FIVE SIX TWO ACRES FRONTING OLD COLONY LINE ROAD. OK, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION IN AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NONE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM THIRTY TWO ADJOURNMENT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION IN SEVERAL SECONDS. AYE. OPPOSED NONE, MOTION CARRIED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.