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          ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS MEETING TO ORDER THE 16TH DAY OF MAY
2022 AT 10 A.M. 
          [Call Meeting to Order]
AT CALDWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COURT COMMISSIONERS. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE INVOCATION. 
          WE'LL DO THE PLEDGES. 
          FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TODAY AND PARTICIPATE IN THE
ELECTORAL PROCESS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED TO CAST OUR
VOTE AND HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD. 
          FATHER, HELP US GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WATCH OVER EVERYONE WE PRAY THESE
THINGS IN CHRIST NAME. 
          AMEN. 
          AND I THINK AS HE HAS A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND ALL THE
DEPARTMENT HEADS 
          [Announcements]
TO UPLOAD YOUR BUDGETS INTO TYLER. 
          I CHECKED THIS MORNING AND NOBODY HAS UPLOADED THEIR BUDGET, SO YOU HAVE UNTIL NEXT
FRIDAY THE 27TH TO DO SO. 
          SO OTHERWISE, IF YOU DON'T TURN IT IN, WE GET TO MAKE UP YOUR NUMBERS. 
          AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT. 
          OKAY. AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT QUICKLY AND THEN I'LL GO AROUND THE HORN. 
          JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THAT DAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING AND WE HAVE A
COUPLE OF FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DECIDED DURING THIS VOTING PERIOD. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT AND VOTE. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OTHER THAN EVERYBODY. 
          JUST TRY TO STAY COOL THIS WEEK. 
          IT'LL BE A SCORCHER. YES, SIR. 
          AND I'LL ECHO WHAT THE JUDGE SAID. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET OUT AND VOTE. 
          IF YOU WANT TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS AND HELP OUR SOCIETY, THEN THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] CITIZEN'S COMMENTS. 
          NO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS. 
          THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM ONE DISCUSSION ACTION TO CANVASS THE MAY SEVEN, 2022 CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT ELECTION. 
          [1. Discussion/Action to canvass the May 7, 2022, constitutional amendment election.]
HARD TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING TO TO TAKE CARE OF THIS
FOR ME. 
          I KIMBER DANIEL, THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR FOR CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS, TO CERTIFY THAT
THE FOLLOWING ARE TRUE AND CORRECT. 
          A TRUE AND ACCURATE STATEMENT OF THE VOTES CAST IN THE PRECINCTS OF CALDWELL COUNTY FOR
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SPECIAL ELECTION HELD MAY SEVEN, 2022, ON BEHALF OF CALDWELL COUNTY. PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING THE LEGISLATURE
TO PROVIDE FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT OF LIMITATION ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF AD VALOREM TAXES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED FOR GENERAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
PUBLIC SCHOOL PURPOSES ON THE RESIDENT HOMESTEAD OF A PERSON WHO IS ELDERLY OR DISABLED TO REFLECT ANY STATUTORY REDUCTION FROM THEIR PRESIDING TAX YEAR AND THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED
RATE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAXES IMPOSED FOR THOSE PURPOSES ON THE HOMESTEAD. 
          WE HAD FOR, 1649 AGAINST 150. 
          THAT PROPOSITION PASSED TREMENDOUSLY IN CALDWELL COUNTY. 
          PROPOSITION NUMBER TWO, THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE
RESIDENTS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PURPOSES FROM 25000 TO 40000. 
          FOE 1641 AGAINST 167. 
          AGAIN, THAT PROPOSITION PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY IN CALDWELL COUNTY. 
          I HOPE THAT WOULD BE YOU HOPPY. 
          WOULD BE ME. I HOPPY HAYDEN,A JUDGE OF CARDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS, MET WITH THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS COURT, SITTING AS THE CANVASING BOARD TO CANVASS THE GENERAL ELECTION ON. 
          DO WE IS IT MAY SEVEN, MAY SEVEN? I MEAN, NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT. 
          IT'S MAY, WHAT'S TODAY. 
          NO, IT WAS MAY SEVEN. 
          OH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE DID. MAY SEVEN, 2022. 
          ON MAY 16, 2022, AT LOCKHART, TEXAS, I CERTIFY THE FIGURES ON THE TALLY SHEETS
CORRESPONDING WITH THE FIGURES ON THE RETURNS. 
          WITNESS MY HAND THE 16TH DAY OF MAY 2022. 
          COMMISSIONERS, WE JUST NEED TO VOTE TO ACCEPT THE CANVASING ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE
CANVASING SAY AYE. 
          AYE. OPPOSED. 
          HEARING NONE, THAT MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM TWO ADJOURNMENT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:05.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.