Aug 08, 2023 Commissioners Court

ITEM 12 DISCUSSION ACTION TO DISCUSS DONATION TO CALDWELL COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

[12. Discussion/Action to discuss donation to the Caldwell County Historical Commission. Speaker: Judge Haden/Coyle Buehler]

COMMISSIONERS, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE NORMALLY WOULD ASK SOMEBODY TO GO TO THE TO DENNIS'S GROUP FOR SO THEY AND THEY HAVE NOT ASKED YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT FOR A DONATION BUT THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING A LITTLE BIT SHORT ON THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS AND THEY HAVE A RESERVE, BUT IT'S BEGUN TO DWINDLE.

SO MR. BUEHLER CAME TO SEE ME AND ASKED IF THE COURT COULD DONATE $4,000 TO THEM JUST FOR THEIR OPERATING BUDGET.

AND I TOLD THEM I'D BRING IT BEFORE Y'ALL AND ASK.

ANY MOTION OR COMMENTS.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR. DID YOU SAY $4,000? OKAY, WE HAVE IT.

WE COULD WE COULD EITHER BUDGET IT FOR NEXT YEAR OR DONATE IT NOW EITHER WAY.

WELL, I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE A $4,000 DONATION TO THE CALDWELL COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DONATION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM 13 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,597 FROM CALDWELL COUNTY TO CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT, CAPCOG,

[13. Discussion/Action to approve funding in the amount of$2,597.00 from Caldwell County to Capital Area Councils of Governments (CAPCOG) in support of CAPCOG's Air Quality Program forFY 2024. Speaker: Commissioner Westmoreland/Judge Haden]

IN SUPPORT OF CAPCOG AIR QUALITY PROGRAM.

COMMISSIONER WESTMORELAND.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IS REOCCURRING.

WE HAVE PARTIALLY HELPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES OF THE CLEAN AIR COALITION FUND.

THE EFFORTS OF THAT GROUP OF THE STAFF OF CAPCOG FOR I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR.

I THINK WE DID IT FIRST IN 2019.

THIS DONATION HAS ACTUALLY THIS REQUEST FOR THIS DONATION HAS ACTUALLY BEEN MORE THAN THIS.

THIS IS, I BELIEVE, $57 MORE THAN WHAT THEY REQUESTED LAST YEAR.

BUT IT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST.

THEY'LL ACTUALLY INVOICE US FOR THE ACTUAL AMOUNT.

IT'S USUALLY SOMETIMES EITHER THIS OR A LITTLE BIT LESS.

SO THEY ARE FAIRLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE FUNDS THAT THEY ARE GIVEN.

AND OUR PORTION IN COMPARISON WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES IS RATHER LOW.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING REQUEST TO CAPCOG.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 13.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

EXCUSE ME. HOW ARE WE DOING, DANIE? WE'RE GOOD. ARE YOU READY? YES. ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO GO MUCH FURTHER I'LL FORGET.

ITEM 10 DISCUSSION ACTION TO DISCUSS THE TAX RATE FOR FY 2024 AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE RATE, DANIE.

[10. Discussion/Action to discuss tax rate for FY 2024 and schedule public hearing to approve tax rate. Speaker: Judge Haden]

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS JUST TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE IF IT'S ACCEPTED AND APPROVED THROUGH THE COURT, THE 2023 VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, WHICH IS 0.4692, LAST YEAR IT WAS 0.5532.

SO WE'VE TAKEN A DROP WITH THE SENATE BILL TWO.

SO WE'RE EXPECTED AD VALOREM REVENUE THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE $22,863,000.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO ELABORATE ANY MORE, JUDGE, BUT.

YEAH, SO JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, COMMISSIONERS, THAT THAT'S ABOUT $580,000 MORE THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR.

THAT'S WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO.

AND OF COURSE, WE'VE ALLOCATED EVERY SINGLE PENNY OF THAT.

AND THEN THE LITTLE PENNY PINCHING WITHIN SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS PARTICULARLY LIKE TO THANK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR AGREEING TO WORK WITHIN THE

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BUDGET AMOUNT THAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR.

WE'RE HOPING FOR SOME WE'RE HOPING FOR SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER THINGS THAT HELP WITH THE FUNDING THERE.

THAT WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.

SO BUT WE ARE GETTING TO THAT POINT AFTER THIS YEAR WHERE I'M BEGINNING TO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE VOTERS TO ASK TO MOVE THE CAP UNLESS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING GIVES, HOPEFULLY, OF COURSE, THEY WON'T BE IN SESSION NEXT YEAR AND I'LL JUST RESERVE MY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.

BUT THERE BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THEY WILL BE BACK IN SESSION.

AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET OUR STATE REP AND OUR SENATOR ON BOARD WITH AT LEAST DOING SOMETHING TO PUT A FLOOR IN THIS, BECAUSE CONCEIVABLY THIS OUR TAX RATE COULD GO NEGATIVE.

THERE IS NO FLOOR THE WAY IS CALCULATED.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S DROPPED OUR TAX RATE QUITE A BIT.

NOBODY'S COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO OPERATE THE COUNTY AT SOME POINT AND AT THAT POINT IS COMING SOON.

I'M AFRAID NOT.

NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE THE YEAR AFTER FOR SURE, UNLESS SOMETHING GIVES.

SO THAT'S THAT'S US TALKING, TALKING THE OTHER DAY.

THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'RE ASKING THE JP'S AND CONSTABLE'S TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THEIR FEES AND SEE SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO GET THEIR FEES UP TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THIS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A REALLY, REALLY HARD LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START TIGHTENING OUR BELTS QUITE A BIT TO TO MAKE THIS WORK.

BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY 0.4692.

WE NEED SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING.

EZZY WHAT'S THAT DATE THAT WE NEED SCHEDULE THE HEARING FOR? YEAH. SO WE NEED TO GET A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 22ND.

I'LL SO MOVE, JUDGE. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM 14 DISCUSSION ACTION TO CONSIDER THE IMPOSITION OF OPTIONAL COUNTY FEES THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

[14. Discussion/Action to consider the imposition ofoptional County fees through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles for the Calendar Year (CY) 2024. Speaker: Judge Haden/Darla Law]

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES CALENDAR YEAR.

DARLA HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP FEES THE SAME AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

SO COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE'S WE COULD GET A MOTION TO KEEP THEIR FEES THE SAME.

I SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. HEARING NONE.

MOTION CARRIES. COMMISSIONERS, I'M GOING TO BE I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ ITEM 15 AND THEN ASK FOR A MOTION TO TABLE.

[15. Discussion/Action to approve Order 09-2023, approving a petition for the creation of Caldwell County Emergency Services District No. 5, and ordering an election to submit said issue to the voters of Caldwell County. Speaker: Judge Haden]

AND WE WILL RESCHEDULE THIS ITEM FOR AUGUST 16TH AT 9:00.

THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT AND CITY OF SAN MARCOS IS GOING TO HAVE IT ON THEIR AGENDA.

AND SO WE'LL LET THEM DO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THIS MEETING TO TO GO FORWARD AND PUT IT ON THE BALLOT THEN.

BUT THE ITEM IS DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE ORDER 09-2023 APPROVING A PETITION FOR THE CREATION OF CALDWELL COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT FIVE AND ORDERING AN ELECTION TO SUBMIT SAID ISSUE TO THE VOTERS OF CALDWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

COULD I GET A MOTION TO TABLE THAT UNTIL AUGUST 16TH AT 9:00? SO MOVED, JUDGE.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ITEM 16 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT 56 FOR UNIT ROAD TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF FUEL TO SEALCOATING ON BLANKET PO REQ 01946

[16. Discussion/Action to approve budget amendment #56 for Unit Road to approve the transfer ofFuel to Seal Coating on a blanket PO# REQ01946. Speaker: Judge Haden/Danie Teltow]

IN THE AMOUNT OF $95,000.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE COMMISSIONERS.

YEAH, IT'S THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR BUDGET AND SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST MOVING SOME MONEY.

THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 16? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM 17 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE CHANGE.

[17. Discussion/Action to approve change order in the amount of$150,000.00 (Paving) and $98,649.10 (Dust Control) for Ergon Blanket PO #01946. Speakers: Judge Haden/Carolyn Caro]

ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 (PAVING) AND $98,649.10 (DUST CONTROL) FOR ERGON BLANKET PO 01946 IN THE AMOUNT OF $248,649.10.

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CAROLYN.

YES, SO OUR BLANKET PO FOR ERGON IS NEEDING SOME MORE MONEY TO GET UNIT ROAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR.

THEY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, PAVING, SEAL COATING, DUST CONTROL.

THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK SO THEY HAVE THE MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET.

I'M JUST ASKING APPROVAL TO ENCUMBER IT INTO THE PO.

OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 17.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM 18 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF NINE UNIT ROAD INVOICES TOTALING IN THE AMOUNT OF

[18. Discussion/Action to approve payment of nine (9) Unit Road invoices totaling the amount of $162,446.12 for Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions. Speakers: Judge Haden/Carolyn Caro]

$162,446.12 FOR ERGON ASPHALT AND EMULSION, CAROLYN.

YES, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF INVOICES FOR ERGON THAT WE ARE WANTING TO PAY.

WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL WE COULD GET THE APPROVAL TO DO THE CHANGE ORDER.

OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE APPROVAL. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THANK YOU. ITEM 19 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 57 FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE AC FOR SLATER BUILDING $1,500.

[19. Discussion/Action to approve budget amendment #57 for Building Maintenance - A/C for Slater Building Speaker: Judge Haden/Danie Teltow]

IT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

I GOT A REQUEST FROM CURTIS AND HE'S JUST MOVING SOME MONEY OUT OF REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OVER TO HIS SLATER BUILDING LINE ITEM FOR SOME AC UNITS.

OKAY. WHICH IS NEEDED.

IT'S HOT. YEAH.

COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ITEM 20 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 58 REQUEST FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT ADVERTISING LINE ITEM TO INCREASE $1,500 FROM CONTINGENCY.

[20. Discussion/Action to approve budget amendment #58 request for Commissioner's Court Advertising line item to increase $1,500.00 from Contingency. Speakers: Judge Haden/Danie Teltow]

WE SHARE THIS WITH KASI, AND KASI HAS BEEN DOING A WHOLE LOT OF ADVERTISING, SO WE NEED TO JUST HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TO MOVING THIS MONEY.

SO MOVED. WE HAVE A TIE.

WE'LL GIVE THE WE'LL GIVE THE MOTION TO COMMISSIONER HORNE AND THE SECOND COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

ITEM 21 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 59 FOR COUNTY JAIL TO COVER COSTS OF FOOD SUPPLIES AND UTILITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000, DANIE.

[21. Discussion/Action to approve budget amendment #59 for County Jail to cover costs of food supplies and Utilities. Speakers: Judge Haden/Danie Teltow]

YES. SO WE ARE MOVING $30,000 OUT OF KITCHEN LABOR TO UTILITIES.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME WHEN A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE HAD JOHNSON CONTROLS COME IN AND DO A LOT OF HVAC WORK AND WE SAW A LOT OF COST SAVINGS LAST YEAR.

I THINK JUST DUE TO THE HEAT, THE SUMMER THAT WE'RE KIND OF GETTING BACK UP THERE, MAYBE NEED TO REANALYZE BUMPING THE UTILITIES FOR THE JAIL A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT'S JUST IN THAT ANALYTICAL STAGE OF SEEING WHAT JOHNSON CONTROLS HAS DONE AND THAT COST SAVINGS, WE KIND OF NEED JUST A COUPLE MORE YEARS TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO BALANCE OUT.

OKAY. AND THEN FOOD SUPPLIES, IT'S KIND OF ALWAYS AN ISSUE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO THEY'RE JUST MOVING MONEY FROM TRANSPORT OFFICERS OVER TO THE FOOD SUPPLIES TO INCREASE THAT TILL THE END OF THE YEAR.

YEAH, THAT'S USUALLY, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS, BE FRANK, KIND OF A GUESS BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW HOW MANY PRISONERS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

SO KIND OF GUESS AT HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO BE FEEDING THEM.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT 59.

MOVE APPROVAL. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER THERIOT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WESTMORELAND.

ITEM 22 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 60 FOR COUNTY COURT AT LAW ADULT EXPERT WITNESS AND INDIGENT ATTORNEY FEES LINE ITEM INCREASE IN CONTINGENT

[22. Discussion/Action to approve budget amendment #60 for County Court at Law Adult Expert Witness and Indigent Attorney Fee expenditure line item increase from Contingency and Medical Contingency. Speakers: Judge Haden/Danie Teltow]

FROM CONTINGENCY AND MEDICAL CONTINGENCY OF $100,000.

COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT MORE COURT, A LOT MORE TRIALS IN THAT COURT.

AND SO THEIR INDIGENT DEFENSE AND THEIR EXPERT WITNESSES HAVE SOARED COMPARED TO WHAT WAS PROJECTED IN THE BUDGET.

YES AND ALSO THE BUDGET THAT JUDGE HICKS INHERITED JUST WASN'T IT WASN'T BUDGETED PROPERLY BASED OFF OF HIS PREDECESSOR AND ALSO THE INCREASED COURT ACTIVITY IT HAS BEEN REMEDIED FOR NEXT NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, THOUGH.

OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM BUDGET AMENDMENT 60.

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SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 23 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 61 FOR DISTRICT JUDGE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE LINE ITEM INCREASE FROM ADULT INDIGENT

[23. Discussion/Action to approve budget amendment #61 for District Judge administrative expenditure line item increase from Adult Indigent Attorney's fees. Speakers: Judge Haden/Danie Teltow]

ATTORNEY'S FEES $10,000, DANIE.

THIS ONE IS PARTICULAR JUST BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN JUDGE SNYDER'S ACTIVITY IN HIS COURTS THAT HE WASN'T EXPECTING TO HAVE THE EXPENDITURES IN THE ADULT INDIGENT ATTORNEY FEE LINE ITEM.

SO WE'RE BUT THIS IS WITHIN HIS OWN BUDGET.

SO HE'S MOVING MONEY FROM HE'S MOVING MONEY FROM HIS ADULT INDIGENT ATTORNEY FEES, AND HE HAS TO ADD IT INTO LONGEVITY, OTHER INSURANCES.

AND THEN HIS ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES IS THE ONE RIGHT NOW THAT'S IN THE RED -$5,000.

OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 61.

SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM 24 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 62 FOR GRANT DEPARTMENT TO COVER INVOICES FOR CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR TEXAS SAVNSATINE GRANT.

[24. Discussion/Action to approve budget amendment #62 for Grant Department to cover invoices for contract extension for Texas SAVNSATINE Grant. Speakers: Judge Haden/Danie Teltow]

DENNIS, ARE YOU HERE? YES. WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE HOW TO BUDGET FOR THIS LAST YEAR.

WE CAME UNDER AND WE HAVE REMEDIED IT FOR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

BUT THIS IS ALSO REIMBURSABLE.

SO THE MONEY THAT WE'RE PLACING IN THERE FROM CONTINGENCY NOW, WE WILL GET BACK.

OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 62? MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM 25 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 63 FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO INCREASE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FROM RETIREMENT AND TRANSPORTATION LINE ITEMS

[25. Discussion/Action to approve budget amendment #63 for Sheriffs Office to increase Machinery & Equipment from Retirement and Transportation line items. Speaker: Judge Haden/Danie Teltow]

COST $24,866.10.

YES, JUDGE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO ELABORATE AFTERWARDS.

I KNOW YOU HAD A MEETING WITH MIKE AND THERE'S BEEN BUDGET DISCUSSIONS BACK AND FORTH AND THEY'VE WORKED WITH THE JUDGE VERY WELL ON JUST KIND OF CUTTING SOME OF THOSE COSTS.

SO THIS PARTICULAR MOVEMENT IS TO GET A FEW THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE NEXT YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE IT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND PARTICULARLY SHERIFF LANE AND CHIEF CRAIGMILE.

WE HAD TO REALLY KIND OF DIG DEEP AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO MAKE THEIR BUDGET WORK ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY HAD.

AND AS WE'RE AWARE, THERE'S SOME GRANT MONEY FROM SB 22 THAT'S COME IN.

SO WE'RE KIND OF JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT.

BUT THEY'RE THEY DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN THOSE TWO LINE ITEMS. AND SO WE WERE HOPING TO GET THAT EQUIPMENT BOUGHT WITHIN THIS CYCLE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 63? SO MOVE, JUDGE.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER THOMAS AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HORNE AT ANOTHER TIE.

JUDGE, I'M GOING TO STEP OUT.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER THERIOT WILL STEP OUT FOR A MOMENT.

OKAY. ITEM 26 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 FOR DOUCET BLANKET PO

[26. Discussion/Action to approve change order in the amount of $75,000.00 for Doucet Blanket PO #01940. Speaker: Judge Haden/Carolyn Caro]

01940, CAROLYN.

YES, SO EVERY YEAR IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US TO, I GUESS, DECIDE WHAT AMOUNT TO ENCUMBER ON THE DOUCET BLANKET.

PO THIS GOES TOWARDS ALL OF OUR ENGINEERING FEES FOR SUBDIVISIONS.

SO AS THE COUNTY KEEPS GROWING, THESE FEES GROW AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT IN THE YEAR WHERE WE JUST NEED TO PUT A LITTLE MORE MONEY INTO THAT PO SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES.

OKAY. AND COMMISSIONERS, IT IS IN THE BUDGET.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER ON ITEM 26? SO MOVED.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AYE. COMMISSIONER THERIOT IS RECUSED.

ITEM 27, DISCUSSION ACTION A REQUEST TO RATIFY APPROVAL OF DOUCET REQUISITION 02436 IN THE AMOUNT OF

[27. Discussion/Action request to ratifu approval of Doucet REQ02436 in the amount of $ 146,500.00. Speaker: Judge Haden/Carolyn Caro]

$146,500. YES.

SO THIS INVOICE WAS FOR A DOUCET INVOICE THAT'S INVOLVING OUR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD PROJECT.

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I MADE THE ERROR IN MY OFFICE OF APPROVING THE REQUISITION BEFORE BRINGING IT TO COURT.

SO I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO RATIFY APPROVAL OF THE DOUCET REQUISITION REQ 02436.

SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AND I THINK WE CAN LET COMMISSIONER THERIOT COME BACK IN, IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T MIND.

HERE HE COMES. OKAY.

ITEM 28 DISCUSSION ACTION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL TO PAY TRAINING INVOICE 67180, 67181, 67182 AND

[28. Discussion/Action to consider approval to pay training invoice numbers 67180, 67181,67182 and 67280 for JP #1 and JP# 2. Speakers: Judge Haden/Danie Teltow]

67280 FOR JP NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, THE COST $300.

COMMISSIONER DO WE HAVE APPROVAL TO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL TO PAY THOSE INVOICES? SO MOVE, JUDGE.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 29 DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE FINAL DRAFT AND SOLICITATION OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR RFQ 23CCP O1Q

[29. Discussion/Action to approve final draft and solicitation of qualifications for RFQ23CCPOIQ Subdivision Engineering Services. Speakers: Judge Haden/Carolyn Caro]

SUBDIVISION ENGINEERING SERVICES.

I'LL LET CAROLYN, I'LL JUST BRIEFLY EXPLAIN IT AND THEN CAROLYN CAN GO INTO DETAIL IF WE NEED TO.

BUT WE'VE COME TO THE END OF THE DOUCET CONTRACT AND RENEWAL PERIODS, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK OUT FOR THIS RFQ . AS JUDGE SAID, WE JUST BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY BIG CONTRACT, WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS OUT FOR QUALIFICATION VERSUS USING SOME OF THE VENDORS THAT WE DID APPROVE DURING OUR OVERALL ENGINEERING SERVICES POOL.

OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL DRAFT AND SOLICITATION OF QUALIFICATIONS RFQ 23CCP O1Q.

I MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.