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[Call Meeting to Order]

[00:00:02]

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO CALDWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS COURT TO ORDER TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JANUARY 2023 AT 9 A.M..

COMMISSIONER ROLAND, WOULD YOU LEAD US ONE LAST TIME IN THE INVOCATION, PLEASE? OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, THE FATHER OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.

FATHER IS ONCE AGAIN THAT YOU'RE WEAKENED, AND I'M A SERVANT STANDING HERE WITH MY MIND STEAD ON YOU.

LORD, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON MYSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S HEARING ME AND THE SOUND OF MY WEAK VOICE.

LORD, THANK YOU FOR OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.

LORD, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE BOTH ALPHA AND OMEGA AND OMEGA.

THE BEGINNING AND THE END.

THESE ARE ALL BLESSINGS I PRAY IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

[Announcements]

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING? JUST GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TODAY, AND GOOD TO SEE A STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD ON A GOOD OCCASION.

YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER ROLAND.

I AM SO GLAD TO BE HERE ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL PROBABLY BE DUCKING IN EVERY NOW AND THEN, YOU KNOW.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

OKAY, BEFORE WE START, WE WANTED TO DO THIS LAST COURT AND DIDN'T GET TO BECAUSE THE PRESENT WASN'T HERE BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR COMMISSIONER ROLAND AS A LITTLE SENDOFF GIFT.

THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW COMMISSIONER ROLAND KNOW THAT HE LOVES THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

EVERY EVERY TIME THEY WIN OR LOSE, HE COMES IN WITH HIS JERSEY ON.

TRUE FAN HAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN.

SO WE BOUGHT YOU AT JERSEY COMMISSIONER WITH 32 ON IT FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND YOUR NAME.

[APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GIVE ME ENOUGH OF THESE JERSEYS.

[CHUCKLING] EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH I LIKE THE DALLAS.

I LOVE THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND ALL OF MY FAMILY, THEY ALWAYS GIVE ME--I'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THESE.

OKAY, ANY CITIZENS COMMENTS? NO CITIZENS COMMENTS.

GREAT. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TODAY.

[SPECIAL PRESENTATION]

WE'RE GOING TO BE SWEARING IN OUR OFFICERS FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE ROSTER AND THE ORDER THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. I'LL BE FIRST.

TREY HICKS COUNTY COURT AT LAW JUDGE WILL BE SECOND.

RUSTY HORNE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT TWO WILL BE THIRD.

DYRAL THOMAS COMMISSIONER PRECINCT FOUR WILL BE FOURTH.

FRED WEBBER DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL BE FIFTH.

TERESA RODRIGUEZ COUNTY CLERK SIXTH.

JUANITA ALLEN DISTRICT CLERK SEVENTH.

ANGELA ROLLINSON TREASURER EIGHTH.

MATT KILEY JP ONE NINTH.

SHANNA CONLEY JP 2 10TH.

ANITA DELEONE, JP 3 11TH, AND YVETTE MIRELES JP FOUR JUDGE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE CEREMONY AS YOU COME UP.

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO.

YOU'LL HAVE ONE PAGE TO SIGN BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR OATH.

YOU'LL TAKE YOUR OATH AND THEN SIGN THAT.

OKAY, SO, JUDGE SNYDER, WOULD YOU COME UP AND PLEASE SWEAR ME IN?

[00:06:30]

OKAY, NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TREY HICKS COUNTY COURT AT LAW JUDGE, ALSO SWORN IN BY JUDGE SNYDER.

PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME.

I RICHARD REAGAN HICKS III.

SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM? THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CALDWELL COUNTY COURT OF LAW JUDGE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY, THANK YOU.

NOW WE HAVE RUSTY HORNE, COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT FOUR, SWORN IN BY HOMER HORNE, FORMER JP TWO JUDGE.

RUSTY HORNE I RUSTY HORNE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CALDWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT TWO OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.

[APPLAUSE] I REALLY DON'T KNOW IT GOT SO SHORT. I DON'T KNOW.

[CHUCKLING] COME ON UP HERE AND TAKE A SEAT, COMMISSIONER.

[00:10:09]

OKAY, NOW WE HAVE DYRAL THOMAS, COMMISSIONER OF PRECINCT FOUR, BEING SWORN IN BY JOE ROLAND, FORMER COMMISSIONER OF PRECINCT FOUR.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THAT, JOE? I STATE YOUR NAME? I DYRAL LEON THOMAS, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT FOUR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.

THANKS. [APPLAUSE].

OKAY, NOW WE HAVE FRED WEBBER DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEING SWORN IN BY THE HONORABLE BEN MOORE.

I STATE YOUR NAME? I, FRED WEBBER, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CALDWELL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] YES. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE TERESA RODRIGUEZ, COUNTY CLERK, BEING SWORN IN BY THE HONORABLE ANITA DELEON, JP THREE JUDGE.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE.

I, STATE YOUR NAME.

I, TERESA RODRIGUEZ, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CALDWELL COUNTY CLERK OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.

[00:15:02]

[APPLAUSE].

NEXT, WE HAVE JUANITA ALLEN, DISTRICT CLERK, BEING SWORN IN BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE SNYDER, DISTRICT JUDGE.

I, JUANITA ALLEN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE ANGELA RAWLINSON, TREASURER BEING SWORN IN BY THE HONORABLE SHANNA CONLEY JP TWO JUDGE.

I, ANGELA RAWLINSON, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TREASURER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.

[APPLAUSE].

OKAY, NEXT, WE HAVE MATT KIELY, JP ONE JUDGE BEING SWORN IN BY THE HONORABLE HOMER HORNE, FORMER JP TWO JUDGE.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I, MATT KIELY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CALDWELL COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT ONE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.

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[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE SHANNA CONLEY JP TWO JUDGE BEING SWORN IN BY THE HONORABLE HOMER HORNE FORMER JP TWO JUDGE.

I RAISED THIS ONE. [CHUCKLING] GOOD OR BAD? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I, SHANNA CONLEY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE CALDWELL COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT TWO OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELP ME GOD.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE ANITA DELEON JP THREE BEING SWORN IN BY THE HONORABLE RAYMOND DELEON, FORMER JP FOUR JUDGE.

I GET TO SWEAR IN THE LADY THAT USED TO PUT ME IN TIMEOUT WHEN I WAS A KID.

[CHUCKLING] I DID, BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T BE QUIET, AND THIS IS MY FRIEND.

WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE WE WERE 14 YEARS OLD, AND SHE'S GOING TO HOLD A BIBLE FOR ME.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I ANITA DELEON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CALDWELL COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT THREE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE A NEW ONE, JUDGE.

NEXT, WE HAVE YVETTE MIRELES.

JP FOUR JUDGE BEING SWORN IN BY THE HONORABLE RAYMOND DELEON FORMER JP FOUR JUDGE.

YES, PLEASE.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, YVETTE MIRELES, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT FOUR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELP ME GOD.

[APPLAUSE]. OKAY,

[00:25:26]

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SWEARING IN SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU ALL HEARD THE OATH THEY JUST TOOK, AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM FOR TAKING ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY.

IT'S A WEIGHTY RESPONSIBILITY.

OCCASIONALLY, WE HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH SOME CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, AND I KNOW THAT THOSE THAT ARE NEW WILL DO IT WELL, AND THOSE THAT ARE BEING SWORN IN FOR A SECOND OR THIRD TIME WILL ALSO DO THE SAME GOOD JOB THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ALL THIS TIME, AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GIVE EVERY ONE OF THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.

YOUR FIRST VOTE. I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVE.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSE HEARING NONE.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:26.

[APPLAUSE]

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.