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>> WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO ORDER FRIDAY,
[A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
NOVEMBER 15TH, 2024, AT 9:00 AM.COMMISSIONER THOMAS, WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US IN THE INVOCATION THIS MORNING?
>> [INAUDIBLE]. ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST'S NAME. AMEN.
>> COMMISSIONERS, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
[D. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
>> I HAVE ONE. THERE'LL BE TURKEY BASKETS FOR THANKSGIVING.
THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL.
LULING CONFERENCE IS HOSTING TURKEY BASKET DISTRIBUTION.
IT'S AT THE ST. JOHN CATHOLIC CHURCH AT 384 SOUTH BEACON STREET IN LULING, NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024.
STARTS AT 5:00 AND THEY WILL HAND OUT TURKEY BASKETS UNTIL THEY RUN OUT.
IT'S DRIVE-THROUGH DELIVERY AND SIGN UP AT ARRIVAL, NO RESERVATIONS, ONE BASKET PER VEHICLE.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? WITH THAT, WE WILL GO TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.
>> OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO TO DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM F.1,
[F.1 To canvass the Caldwell County November 2024 election. Speaker: Judge Haden/Devante Coe; Backup: TBD; Cost: $0.00]
DISCUSSION ACTION TO CANVASS THE CALDWELL COUNTY NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION. DEVANTE.>> THANK YOU. THIS NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION WAS ONE FOR THE AGES FOR US.
WE HAD A HISTORIC TURNOUT, WHICH WAS AWESOME.
OUT OF THE 27,000 REGISTERED VOTERS IN CALDWELL COUNTY FOR THIS ELECTION, WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 15,000 PARTICIPATE.
EVEN THAT'S AROUND A LITTLE OVER 58% TURNOUT, WHICH WAS AMAZING FOR US.
WITH THAT ELECTION, WE HAD SOME VETERAN STATE OFFICES, AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESULTS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE RACES AS THEY WERE ELECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF CALDWELL COUNTY.
FOR OUR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, WE HAD DONALD J. TRUMP WITH J. D. VANCE WITH 8,880 VOTES.
WE HAD US SENATOR TED CRUZ WITH 8,227 VOTES.
WITH US REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 27, WE HAD MICHAEL CLOUD WITH 8,359 VOTES.
WITH RAILROAD COMMISSIONER CHRISTIE CRADDOCK, WE HAD 8,350 VOTES.
FOR JUSTICE SUPREME COURT PLACE 2, WE HAD JIMMY BLACKLOCK WITH 8,642 VOTES.
WITH JUSTICE SUPREME COURT PLACE 4, WE HAD JOHN DEVINE WITH 8,545 VOTES.
WITH JUSTICE SUPREME COURT PLACE 6, WE HAD JANE BLAND WITH 8,247 VOTES.
WITH PRESIDING JUDGE COURT OF APPEALS, WE HAD DAVID J. SCHENCK WITH 8,475 VOTES.
WITH JUDGE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS PLACE 7, WE HAD GINA PARKER WITH 8,560 VOTES.
FOR JUDGE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS PLACE 8, WE HAD LEE BENTLEY WITH 8,657 VOTES.
WITH STATE REP DISTRICT 17, WE HAD STAN GERDES WITH 8,502 VOTES.
WITH JUSTICE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT PLACE 2, WE HAD JOHN MESSINGER WITH 8,435 VOTES.
WITH JUSTICE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT PLACE 3, IT WAS AN UNCONTESTED RACE, AND IT WAS CHARI KELLY WITH 9,020 VOTES.
FOR JUSTICE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT PLACE 5, IT WAS AN UNCONTESTED RACE, LEAVING KARIN CRUMP WITH 9,013 VOTES.
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FOR JUSTICE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT PLACE 6, IT WAS UNCONTESTED LEAVING IN GISELA D. TRIANA WITH 9,086 VOTES.FOR DISTRICT JUDGE 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, IT WAS UNCONTESTED, WE HAD BRUCE BOYER WITH 10,435 VOTES.
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE 421ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, IT WAS UNCONTESTED WITH AMANDA MONTGOMERY WITH 9,848 VOTES.
FOR LOCAL RACES, WE HAD COUNTY SHERIFF WITH MIKE LANE WITH 8,315 VOTES.
FOR COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR, WE HAD DEBBIE SANDERS WITH 8,192 VOTES.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER, WHICH WAS UNCONTESTED FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM WAS 10,857 VOTES.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 1, WE HAD B. J. WESTMORELAND WITH 2,941 VOTES.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER PLACE 3, WE HAD EDWARD ED THERIOT WITH 1,544 VOTES.
FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT 1, IT WAS UNCONTESTED WITH RICHARD SANDERS WITH 3,278 VOTES.
FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2, IT WAS UNCONTESTED WITH PAUL EASTERLING WITH 3,269 VOTES.
FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3, IT WAS UNCONTESTED WITH MICHAEL J.
FOR CONSTABLE PLACE 4, IT WAS UNCONTESTED WITH ARTHUR VILLARREAL WITH 1,817 VOTES.
FOR THE CALDWELL COUNTY PROPOSITION A BOND, IT WAS 14 CALDWELL COUNTY AT 10,309 VOTES.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE COUNTY FEDERAL AND PRECINCT RACES FOR CALDWELL COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THIS RESOLUTION.
IT'S A LONG ONE, SO BEAR WITH ME.
WHEREAS ON AUGUST 13TH, 2024, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE COURT, CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS, THE COUNTY, ORDERED AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE RESIDENT, QUALIFIED VOTERS OF CALDWELL COUNTY WOULD AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND.
>> I KNOW IT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT AS IT IS.
WHEREAS ON AUGUST 13TH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE COURT, OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS. WELL, HANG ON.
WE'VE CANVASSED IT, CONSIDERED APPROVAL RESOLUTION, CAN'T SEE RETURNS.
>> NORMALLY, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT [OVERLAPPING] THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS.
>> WE GOT TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASSING AS READ.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO DO SO. THAT'S NOT THAT ONE, THAT'S JUST REGULAR MOTION.
>> I'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS AS READ INTO THE MINUTES OF THE CANVASS.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? NOT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
>> OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM F.2, CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION,
[F.2 Consideration and approval of a resolution canvassing the returns and declaring the results of a bond election; and other matters in connection therewith. Speaker: Judge Haden/Matt Lee/Stephanie Leibe; Backup: 15; Cost: $0.00]
CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF A BOND ELECTION AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.RESOLUTION NUMBER 05-2025, RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE BOND ELECTION IN OTHER MATTERS IS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
WHEREAS ON AUGUST 13TH, 2024, COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE COURT, OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS ORDERED THE AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE RESIDENT, QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE COUNTY WOULD AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND; AND WHEREAS, THE COURT HAS REVIEWED AND INVESTIGATED ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THIS ELECTION, INCLUDING THE RESOLVING NOTICES, ELECTION OFFICERS, HOLDING AND RETURNS THEREOF; AND WHEREAS, THE COUNTY HEREBY CANVASSES THE RETURNS OF THIS ELECTION, AT WHICH THERE WERE SUBMITTED TO ALL RESIDENT, QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE COUNTY FOR THEIR ACTION THEREUPON, THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION: PROPOSITION A,
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SHALL THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE AND SELL ONE OR MORE SERIES OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE COUNTY IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT MORE THAN $150 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DESIGNING, ACQUIRING, DEMOLISHING, CONSTRUCTING, DEVELOPING, EXTENDING, EXPANDING, UPGRADING, RENOVATING, IMPROVING, REPAIRING, AND MAINTAINING ROADS, BRIDGES, AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN CALDWELL COUNTY, INCLUDING CITY, STATE, AND COUNTY, STREETS, ROADS, OR HIGHWAYS, AND BRIDGES, AND THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AND RIGHT-OF-WAY THEREOF, FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT, LIGHTING, NECESSARY, UTILITY RELOCATION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS RELATED THERETO, AND INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN JOINT PROJECTS WITH THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL ENTITIES AND AGENCIES WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING STREET PROJECTS: WEST SAN ANTONIO STREET, CORRIDOR STUDY FROM SH 130 TO US 183, BORCHERT LOOP DRIVE, SH 142 TO BLACK ANKLE ROAD, CITY LINE ROAD, WEST SAN ANTONIO TO OLD FENTRESS ROAD, SH 142, SH 130 TO TEXAS 80, SH 142, SH 130 TO WINDSOR BOULEVARD, FM 20, US 183, SOUTH MEDINA STREET TO SOUTH COMMERCE STREET, WILLIAM PETTUS ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 238, SH 21 TO SH 142, US 183 TURN LANE ADDITION, MAGNOLIA AVENUE TO PLUM CREEK, BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS, COUNTYWIDE, LOW WATER CROSSINGS, COUNTYWIDE, BRIDLE PATH, US 183 TO FM 2984, FM 2720 AT GRIST MILL ROAD, SH 21 TO 2720, ROCKY ROAD AT SH 21, SH 21 TO MISTY DRIVE, SCHUELKE ROAD AT SH 21, SH 21 TO SCHUELKE ROAD, HOLZ LANE AT SH 21, SH 21 TO RECONNECTION AT HOLZ LANE, NORTH HACKBERRY AVENUE TRUCK ROUTE, ALTERNATE, SH 80 TO EAST PIERCE STREET, NORTH MAGNOLIA AVENUE, US 183, TURN LANE ADDITION, SH 80 TO EAST PIERCE STREET, NORTHWEST RIVER ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 103, SH 80 TO QUAIL RUN, NIEDERWALD TRANSPORTATION PLAN, LULING TRANSPORTATION PLAN, COUNTY ROAD 174, COUNTY ROAD 179, AND COUNTY ROAD 182, SH 80 CORRIDOR STUDY FROM COUNTY LINE TO US 183, MAGNOLIA AVENUE, LULING, AND IN PROVIDING FOR THE ABOVE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, COMMISSIONER'S COURT SHALL HAVE THE OPINION TO, ONE, UTILIZE OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSES, AND TWO, ABANDON SUCH INDICATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE RELIANT IN PART ON EXTERNAL SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DO NOT MATERIALIZE OR BECAUSE UNFORESEEN CHANGES IN FACT OR CIRCUMSTANCE MAKE THE ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURE NO LONGER WISE OR NECESSARY AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.AND AFTER MAKING DUE PROVISION FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS LISTED ABOVE OR DETERMINING THAT THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WILL NOT PROCEED FOR A REASON HERETOFORE DESCRIBED, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, USE ANY EXCESS FUNDS FOR DESIGNING, ACQUIRING, DEMOLISHING, CONSTRUCTING, DEVELOPING, EXTENDING, EXPANDING, UPGRADING, RENOVATING, IMPROVING, REPAIRING, AND MAINTAINING ROADS AND BRIDGES AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN CALDWELL COUNTY, INCLUDING CITY, STATE, AND COUNTY, STREETS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND BRIDGES, AND THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AND RIGHT-OF-WAY, THEREFORE, TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT, LIGHTING, NECESSARY UTILITY RELOCATION, AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS RELATED THERETO, AND INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN JOINT PROJECTS WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL, PUBLIC ENTITIES AND AGENCIES, SUCH BONDS TO MATURE SERIALLY OR OTHERWISE, NOT MORE THAN 40 YEARS FROM THEIR DATE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW AND ANY ISSUE OR SERIES OF SUCH BONDS TO BEAR INTEREST AT SUCH RATE OR RATES, FIXED, FLOATING, VARIABLE, OR OTHERWISE, AS MAY BE DETERMINED WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH RATE OF INTEREST SHALL NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM RATE PER ANNUM AUTHORIZED BY LAW AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE OF ANY ISSUE OR SERIES OF SAID BONDS, AND SHALL THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF THE COUNTY BE AUTHORIZED TO LEVY AND PLEDGE, AND CAUSE TO BE ASSESSED OR COLLECTED ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAXES WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED BY LAW ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE ANNUAL INTEREST AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY THE BONDS AT MATURITY.
AND WHEREAS, THE COURT HAS DILIGENTLY INQUIRED INTO THE POLL LISTS AND
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THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS WHICH WE WERE DULY AND LAWFULLY MADE TO THE COURT BY THE JUDGES AND CLERKS HOLDING AND CONDUCTING SUCH ELECTION, THE POLL LIST AND OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS SHOWING SEPARATELY THE VOTES CAST IN THE ELECTION; AND WHEREAS [NOISE] FROM THESE RETURNS, THIS COUNTY HEREBY FINDS THAT THE FOLLOWING VOTES WERE CAST IN THE ELECTION BY VOTERS WHO WERE RESIDENTS QUALIFIED VOTERS.PROPOSITION A, THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $150 MILLION OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR DESIGNING, ACQUIRING, DEMOLISHING, CONSTRUCTING, DEVELOPING, EXTENDING, EXPANDING, UPGRADING, RENOVATING, AND IMPROVING, REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING ROADS, BRIDGES AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE COUNTY AND LEVYING OF A TAX TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS WITH THE PRIORITY GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING.
I READ THAT LIST EARLIER, SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THAT WHOLE LIST AGAIN.
EARLY VOTES, INCLUDING MAIL BALLOTS, 7,877 FOR, 03,695 AGAINST, ELECTION DAY VOTES, 2,119 FOR, 915 AGAINST FOR A TOTAL OF 10,309 FOR, 4,762 AGAINST.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY FOUND, DECLARED, AND RESOLVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS, SECTION 1: THE COURT OFFICIALLY FINDS, DETERMINES, AND DECLARES THAT THE ELECTION WAS DULY AND PROPERLY ORDERED, THAT THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE OF SUCH ELECTION WAS DULY GIVEN IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IN SPANISH LANGUAGE TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY LAW, THAT PROPER ELECTION OFFICERS WERE DULY APPOINTED PRIOR TO THE ELECTION AND THAT THE ELECTION WAS DULY AND LEGALLY HELD.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE OF THAT, SO I ASSUME I'M JUST TO READ THOSE NUMBERS. HERE WE GO.
THAT ALL RESIDENTS, QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE COUNTY WERE PERMITTED TO VOTE AT THE ELECTION, THAT DUE RETURNS OF THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HAD BEEN MADE AND DELIVERED AND THAT THE COUNTY HAS DULY CANVASSED SUCH RETURNS ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE ORDER CALLING THE ELECTION.
SECTION TWO: A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENT, QUALIFIED VOTERS OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS VOTING IN SUCH AN ELECTION, HAVE VOTED FOR/AGAINST THE AUTHORIZED ISSUANCE OF $150 MILLION BONDS, AND THEY HAVE VOTED FOR, NOT AGAINST, THE LEVY AND PLEDGE THAT THE TAX AND PAYMENT THEREOF IS PROVIDED BY PROPOSITION A, THE COUNTY HEREBY FINDS DETERMINES THAT PROPOSITION A PASSED AT THE ELECTION AND THE ELECTION WAS DULY CALLED, THAT PROPER NOTICE WAS GIVEN, AND THAT THE ELECTION WAS HELD IN ALL ASPECTS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW, AND THE COUNTY IS HEREBY ACCORDINGLY AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SUCH BONDS AND TO LEVY THE TAX IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY GRANTED IN PROPOSITION AND BY LAW.
SECTION 3: RECITALS CONTAINED IN THE PREAMBLE HEREOF AND HEREBY FOUND TO BE TRUE, AND SUCH RECITALS ARE HEREBY MADE A PART OF THE RESOLUTION FOR ALL PURPOSES AND ARE ADOPTED AS A PART OF THE JUDGMENT AND FINDINGS OF THE COURT.
SECTION 4: ALL ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF, WHICH ARE IN CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENT WITH ANY PROVISION OF THE RESOLUTION ARE HEREBY REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION SHALL BE AND REMAIN CONTROLLING AS TO THE MATTERS RESOLVED HEREIN.
SECTION 5: THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
SECTION 6: IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS RESOLUTION OR APPLICATION THEREOF TO ANY PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL BE HELD TO BE INVALID,
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THE REMAINDER OF THE RESOLUTION AND THE APPLICATION OF SUCH PROVISION TO OTHER PERSONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL NEVERTHELESS BE VALID.THE COURT HEREBY DECLARES THAT THIS RESOLUTION WOULD HAVE BEEN ENACTED WITHOUT SUCH AND INVALID PROVISIONS.
SECTION 7: IT IS OFFICIALLY FOUND, DETERMINED, AND DECLARED THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE TIME, PLACE, AND SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PUBLIC BUSINESS TO BE CONSIDERED AT SUCH MEETING, INCLUDING THIS RESOLUTION, WAS GIVEN, ALL AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 551, AS AMENDED, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
SECTION 8: PURSUANT TO PROVISION OF SECTION 1201.028, AS AMENDED, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION.
PASS AND APPROVED THIS 15TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2024.
COMMISSIONERS, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ADOPT.
>> I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THE RESULTS THAT YOU READ WERE FOR EARLY VOTING AND ABSENTEE.
I THINK WE ONLY GAVE YOU THE EARLY VOTING RESULTS.
>> THIS IS WHAT'S ON THE RESOLUTION.
EARLY VOTES, INCLUDING MAIL BALLOTS, ELECTION DAY VOTES, AND THE TOTAL.
>> SO THE NUMBER THAT WE WROTE FOR EARLY VOTING WERE ONLY THE ONES FOR EARLY VOTING, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THE ABSENTEE NUMBERS TO THAT.
>> OKAY. WHAT ARE THEY? FOR THE FOUR, THE ABSENTEE, WERE 313, TO GO ON TOP OF THE 7,877 IN-PERSON.
>> AGAINST, THERE WAS 152 ABSENTEES OR MAIL-IN BALLOTS TO GO ON TOP OF THE 3,695 IN-PERSON.
>> CORRECT. IT TOTALS FOR, 10,622.
>> YOU HAD 7,877 EARLY VOTES, INCLUDING MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
THE TOTAL OF ALL OF THAT PLUS ELECTION DAY VOTES WAS 10,309, AND YOU JUST GAVE ME 313 MORE.
>> SO 313 MILLION BALLOTS PLUS 7,877 IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING GIVES YOU A TOTAL OF 8,194 FOR THE EARLY VOTING AND MAIL-IN.
>> BUT I READ THE GRAND TOTAL, NOT JUST THAT [OVERLAPPING].
>> OH, I THOUGHT WE WERE READING THE TOTAL FOR EARLY AND MAIL-IN.
>> I READ ABSENTEE, 313, EARLY VOTE, 7877, ELECTION DAY, 2119 FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 10,622.
THEN AGAINST IS 152, ABSENTEE, 3,695, EARLY VOTES, ELECTION DAY VOTE, 915, AND I HAVEN'T ADDED IT UP YET, FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 4,914.
>> FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO.
>> NO. HAVE YOU ADDED 152 VOTES TO THAT? WE HAD AGAINST, EARLY VOTES, 03,695, ABSENTEE WAS 152.
HERE'S WHAT YOU GOT. YOU HAD THIS EARLY VOTES INCLUDING MAIL-IN BALLOTS, YOU HAD THESE NUMBERS.
>> THIS IS JUST FOR THE IN-PERSON, THIS IS THE MAIL-IN, SO THESE TWO SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED TOGETHER.
>> I DID THAT TO GET THIS NUMBER, AND SAME HERE, AGAINST.
THIS WAS EARLY VOTES PLUS ABSENTEE GIVES YOU THAT NUMBER.
YOU GOT SOMETHING WRONG. THEY DON'T ADD UP LIKE THAT.
>> [INAUDIBLE], YOU HAVE ALL OF THEM RIGHT HERE.
THE NUMBERS I JUST READ ARE TOTALED UP TOGETHER. THAT'S THAT NUMBER.
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>> THIS ONE PLUS THIS ONE PLUS THIS ONE.
>> NO, THIS PLUS THIS EQUALS THAT.
>> THOSE TWO EQUALS THAT, THEN YOU ADD THE 152 ON TOP OF THAT.
YOU'VE GOT THESE COMBINED, DEVANTE, ALREADY, I THINK.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO BE ADDING THESE TWO.
IS THIS THE NUMBER YOU'VE GOT 10,309 FOR YOUR TOTAL?
YOU'RE WANTING TO ADD ANOTHER 313, THAT DOESN'T WORK?
>> [INAUDIBLE], I'M MISSING 313 FOR IN-PERSON.
>> THESE ARE CORRECT THEN, YOU JUST DIDN'T HAVE THESE NUMBERS IN.
>> WE'LL TRY AGAIN. WE HAD ABSENTEE, 313, EARLY VOTES, 07,877, ELECTION DAY VOTES, 02,119 FOR A TOTAL OF 10,309. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> FOR. AGAINST, ABSENTEE, 152, EARLY VOTES, 03,695, ELECTION DAY VOTES, 915 FOR A TOTAL OF 4,762. CORRECT?
>> NOW, GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER.
>> I MOVE THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ADOPT THE RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULT OF A BOND ELECTION.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER HORNE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER THERIOT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES.
>> WE'RE TO ITEM G. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.