[00:00:01] >> WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER THE SECOND DAY OF [Call Meeting to Order] JUNE 2022 AT 10:05. JOE, YOU WANT TO DO THE INVOCATION IF YOU MAY AS WELL? >> YES, SIR. >> I THINK WE CAN ALL USE IT AT THIS POINT. [LAUGHTER] >> OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN. THE FATHER OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS THE CHRIST. FATHER, ONCE AGAIN, THAT YOUR WEAK AND HUMBLE SERVANT IS STANDING HERE WITH MY MIND STAYED ON YOU. LORD, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE BESTOWED UPON US ALL. THIS AND ALL THE BLESSINGS WE ASK IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >> >> OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENTS. [Announcements] >> NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ME. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I ATTENDED THE VETERAN'S DAY CELEBRATION IN LULING, AND IT WAS VERY NICE. PEOPLE CAME UP AND HAD THINGS TO SAY AND WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER. WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE THOSE THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES UP FOR US. >> COMMISSIONER ROTEIRO. >> JUST GET ON THE VETERANS DAY EVENT IN LULING, THANKS TO ALL FOR SETTING THAT UP. >> GREAT. MASON O'REILLY? >> I FEEL SO BAD ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY BECAUSE I HAD TOLD THE OFFICER THAT I WAS GOING TO BE THERE. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT I'M PROGRAMMED. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, I CAME HERE. [LAUGHTER] THE AMERICAN LEGION, LULING, COULDN'T FIND. [LAUGHTER] >> IT WAS A WONDERFUL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY. UNLIKE IN YEARS PAST, A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT UP AND SPOKE ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO IT'S PRETTY NICE. DENNIS, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? >> YES. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT THE TIRE ONLY CLEAN UP EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 11TH, OUT AT MAXWELL AND IT'LL BE FROM EIGHT TO THREE. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS SINCE. >> I GOT SOMETHING. >> OKAY. >> SORRY. [LAUGHTER] I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMISSIONERS AND YOU AS WELL, JUDGE, KNOW THAT THE OUTSIDE AUDITORS ARE GOING TO BE HERE ON JUNE 20TH. I KNOW THAT WAS A SCHEDULED HOLIDAY FOR THE COUNTY. I SPOKE WITH JUDGE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MY LADIES, WE'RE GOING TO COME IN HERE BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T KEEP PUSHING THEM OFF ANY LONGER. THEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK HERE AT AROUND JANUARY, FEBRUARY, SO THEY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET IN HERE. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL. CITIZENS COMMENTS. >> NO CITIZENS COMMENTS. >> OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM ONE, [1. Discussion/Action to canvass the May 24, 2022 primary run-off election. Speakers: Judge Haden/ Kimber Daniel; Backup: TBD Cost: None] DISCUSSION ACTION THAT COVERS THE MAY 24, 2022 PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY FOR THIS SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS COURT, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. I KNOW YOU HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO DO AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. WE HAD A FAIR TURNOUT FOR THE RUNOFF, NOT WHAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 1,762 REPUBLICAN VOTERS THAT ACTUALLY CAME IN TO VOTE. WE HAD 566 DEMOCRAT VOTERS THAT CAME IN FOR BOTH ELECTIONS, WHETHER IT BE BALLOT BY MAIL, EARLY VOTING, OR ELECTION DAY. WE ACTUALLY HAD MORE PEOPLE COME IN FOR ELECTION DAY THAN WE DID EARLY VOTING. THIS ELECTION, WHICH WAS REALLY SURPRISING TO THE OFFICE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT NORMALLY HOW THAT COMES IN. I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH THESE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ALL 24 COUNTIES WERE COUNTED. OUR MANUAL COUNT WAS CORRECT, IT WENT THROUGH. WE HAD ZERO ISSUES WITH THIS ELECTION ALONG WITH THE MAY 7TH, ELECTIONS. WE WERE EXCITED TO FINALLY GET IN THE GROOVE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING. THAT WAS GREAT. WE'LL START OUT WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE FOR THE REPUBLICANS, GEORGE P. BUSH, 593. KEN PAXTON, 1,147. DON BUCKINGHAM. THIS WILL BE THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, DON BUCKINGHAM, 1009, TIM WESLEY, 565. RAILROAD COMMISSION, SARAH STOGNER, 522, WAYNE CHRISTIAN, 1,077. STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS 17, STAN CURTIS WAS 779. PAUL PUPPY WAS 942. [00:05:01] HE DID TAKE CALDWELL COUNTY BUT FAILED IN THE STATE WIDE OR IN THE DISTRICT ELECTION. 207TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, MARK CUSACK, 727, TRACY WRIGHT RENAULT, 828. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, MICHELLE BENTLEY 254, MIKE CAYER, 302. ATTORNEY GENERAL JOE JAWORSKI 221, ROCHELLE MERCEDES GARZA, 339. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, JANET T. DUDDING, 338, ANGEL LEWIS VEGA, 211. COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE. J. KLEBURG, 315, SANDRA GRACE MARTINEZ, 237. FOR THAT, WITH THIS CANVAS WILL BE SENDING THAT INTO THE SECRETARY OF STATE TODAY IF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVES THOSE NUMBERS. >> OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRIMARY RUNOFF. >> I'LL 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. HEARING NONE. MOTION CARRIES. >> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO TAKE JUST A SECOND AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE IF YOU GUYS HAVE JUST A SECOND TO DO THAT. SO FAR FOR NOVEMBER, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE CONTRACTS RUNNING SO FAR FOR EXTRA ELECTIONS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. WHEN WOULD BE IN THE MAXWELL, THE ONE THAT WE WILL DO FOR FREE FOR MAXWELL DUE TO AN ISSUE THAT THEY HAD IN 2020. WE'LL ALSO DO A BOND ISSUE FOR MARTIN DALE WE'LL HAVE THE LOCKHART CITY ELECTIONS, AS WELL AS THE LOCKHART SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS, AS WELL AS ANOTHER UTILITY DISTRICT THAT WE SEE COMING IN. WE'LL HAVE A BIG ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. WE WILL BE OUT HUNTING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO WORK THAT. RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT MEETING THE STATE LAW WITH POLLING PLACES, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE THESE POLLING PLACES WHERE WE HAVE TWO PRECINCTS THAT ARE IN THE SAME POLLING PLACE, 306 AND 400. WE CAN'T DO THAT ANY LONGER, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO DO THAT SO WE WILL BE HAVING TO FIND OTHER PLACES FOR 306 TO GO. WE'RE POUNDING THE PAVEMENT LOOKING FOR PLACES SO AS YOU GUYS ARE OUT AND LOOKING IN YOUR AREAS, JOE, I KNOW FOUR IS A BIG THING AND I'M LOOKING FOR PLACES IN FORT BARBARA FOR YOU, FOR TWO, SOME OF YOUR AREA IS IN TWO. WE HAVE PLENTY OF PLACES FOR YOU. [LAUGHTER] COMMISSIONER WESTMORELAND, YOU HAVE A PLETHORA OF PLACES BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT [INAUDIBLE] FOR YOU TOO, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOME 300 WHICH IS OVER WHERE THE [INAUDIBLE] IS, I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEPLACE OVER IN THAT AREA. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER WESTMORELAND IS IN 104, IT WRAPS AROUND [OVERLAPPING] >> I LIVE IN 104 [LAUGHTER] >> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A BIG ISSUE IF YOU LIVE NORTH AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE VFW, TO VOTE IS A BIG ISSUE. I CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN ONE POLLING PLACE PER ELECTION PRECINCT, SO THAT'S AN ISSUE UNTIL WE GET READY TO GO TO COUNTYWIDE VOTING AND WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR THAT AGAIN, IN LIGHT THIS YEAR FOR 2023. WE ARE GOING TO DO A SURVEY FOR THAT AND AT THE NOVEMBER POLLING, WE'LL HAVE A SURVEY FOR PEOPLE TO FILL OUT AND TALK TO, THAT THEY CAN PUT IN WHETHER THEY THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, AND THEN WE'LL BE GOING AROUND THE COUNTY WITH YOUR PERMISSION TO HOLD SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS AND GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT. BUT WE WANT TO GO TO THOSE PLACES TO GET THAT FEEDBACK INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM COME HERE TO DO THAT, BUT WE WILL GET WITH YOU, JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONERS TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU GUYS CAN BE PRESENT FOR THOSE, AND WHEN WE DO THOSE, JUST PUT THAT IN YOUR MIND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING YOU TO DO THAT AND HELP US TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THE VOTERS IN TO VOTE. >> QUICK REMINDER ON THAT. >> YES, SIR. >> IF YOU WANT MORE THAN TWO OF US THERE, YOU HAVE TO POST THAT 73 [INAUDIBLE] >> YES, SIR. I'M AWARE OF THAT. YES, SIR. ACTUALLY, I ONLY NEED ONE OF YOU THERE, ACTUALLY, JUST WHOEVER PRECINCT WE'RE IN WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> OKAY. >> THE UNDERSTANDING IS, SO YOU'RE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE 201 AND 202 IN THE SAME POLLING PLACE? >> LEGALLY, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO, NO. LEGALLY I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE POLLING PLACE IN EACH ELECTION PRECINCT. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHEN WE HAD 32 ELECTION PRECINCTS, WE NOW HAVE 24. ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO DO THE PUPPET POLLING PLACES, ONLY WE'RE GOING TO CALL THEM ROLLING POLLING PLACES, TO BE ABLE TO COVER SOME OF THAT DURING EARLY VOTING. WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL TEAMS SET OUT THAT WILL DO TWO DAYS IN MARTIN DALE, [00:10:02] BECAUSE WE FOUND OUT THAT EARLY VOTING IN MARTIN DALE OVER TWO DAYS WAS A WASTE OF OUR RESOURCES AND WE GAVE IT THREE ELECTIONS TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE, SO THAT'LL BE A TWO DAY. WE'LL DO A LITTLE SPRINGS THAT TWO-TODAY, WE'LL DO A [INAUDIBLE] THAT TWO-TODAY, WE'LL DO A [INAUDIBLE] WE'LL ROW THOSE OUT FOR TWO DAYS AND WE CAN GET AWAY WITH SOME OF THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO END UP HAVING BETWEEN 18 AND 22 INSTEAD OF THE 24. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW THAT COMES OUT. WE HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT, THE JUDGE WILL SEE DURING BUDGET HEARINGS OUR BUDGET MEETINGS WITH THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE MOSTLY WHAT WE NEED. IT'S JUST FINDING THE VOLUNTEERS TO WORK THEM THAT IS GOING TO BE THE ISSUE SO WE'LL BE OFFERING LOTS AND LOTS OF ELECTION OFFICIAL TRAINING AS WELL AS GOING TO THE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE MEETINGS WITH ALL THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALDWELL COUNTY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT GOING TO THE SCHOOL AND GETTING STUDENTS TO WORK ON ELECTION DAY THAT THEY GET CREDIT FOR STUDENT ELECTION WORKERS. [OVERLAPPING] >>I KNOW THERE WAS BIG KUDOS OUT TO YOUR ELECTION OFFICE ON THIS LAST ELECTION AND HOW IT WAS OPERATED AND RUN. I GOT A COUPLE FROM THE INSIDE, GOT MANY FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT VOTERS. >>[OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU. >> KUDOS TO YOU. >>THANK YOU. WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE TOO MANY COMPLAINTS. WE WERE ACTUALLY PRETTY EXCITED, JUST IN 104, COMMISSIONER WESTMORELAND. [LAUGHTER] >> WAS IT YOU? YOU CAN'T BE LETTING ME KNOW. [LAUGHTER] I DROVE OUT TO THE VFW HALL. [LAUGHTER] >> UNLESS YOU DISGUISE HIS VOICE AS AN 87 YEAR OLD LADY, WE'RE PROBABLY GOOD. [LAUGHTER]. >> WHAT AREA IS COVERED BY THAT ELECTION PRECINCT THAT YOU MENTIONED, CAMP GARY? HOW FAR DOES IT COME DOWN? DOES IT REACH MAXWELL OR MARTINELL. >>WHICH ONE, SIR? >>YOU MENTIONED CAMP GARY AREA. >>THE 300, IT'S JUST THAT CORNER. IT'S NOT QUITE TO MAXWELL. >>OKAY. >>MARTIN DALE, I'M SORRY, AND IT'S TOO FAR FROM MAXWELL. >>THE TOP OF PLACES YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TO HOLD THE ELECTIONS IN, GIVE US THE EXAMPLES. >>WELL, ANY PLACE THAT IS SECURE. WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO A GROCERY STORE. WE CAN, BUT WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK THAT'S SAFE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS ELECTIONS AND PARTIES ARE GOING, THAT'S JUST NOT A GOOD THOUGHT FOR US, BUT ANY PLACE THAT HAS A LARGE ROOM, THAT WE CAN SHUT OFF, THAT DOESN'T HAVE CAMERAS OR THAT WE CAN COVER UP THE CAMERAS. WE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE BANK, IF THE BANK WOULD LET US DO THAT AND SOME OF THOSE PLACES, CHURCHES, ARE EXCELLENT FOR THAT. WE DO NOT WANT TO DO SCHOOLS AND THE REASON WE DON'T WANT TO DO SCHOOLS IS BECAUSE EVERYONE GETS TO VOTE AND WE HAVE PEDOPHILES IN VETERAN CALDWELL COUNTY AND THOSE PEOPLE GET TO VOTE AND THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS BUT WE CANNOT DENY THEM THE RIGHT TO VOTE. FOR SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR STATE RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE SCHOOLS ARE A GOOD PLACE TO DO THAT. BUT AT THE UTILITY BUILDING, ANY PLACE LIKE THAT IS GOOD FOR US. SOME PLACES WE HAVE TO WATCH BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TOO EXPENSIVE, SO IF WE CAN TALK THOSE PEOPLE INTO GIVING US A BREAK OR EVEN DOING IT FOR FREE FOR JUST ONE DAY, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING BECAUSE MARTIN DALE CHARGES US $250-$500 A DAY. WE'VE STARTED OUT AT 500 WE'RE DOWN TO 250, WE KEEP NEGOTIATING DOWN TO THOSE BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF PLACES WE'RE LOOKING. COMMISSIONER SHELTON. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE VOTED ON THAT, SO WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO ITEM 2. >> THANK YOU. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >>I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSE? HEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:19. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.