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YEAH, YEAH, BECAUSE I WANTED TO. ON THIS SIDE RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE. YEAH. I KICKED THAT RAMP TWICE ALREADY. OR THAT STEP. TREY, YOU JUST WANT US TO FILL IN BEHIND YOU? YEAH, YEAH.
Y'ALL JUST KIND OF FILL IN FROM COMMISSIONER TO COMMISSIONER IF WE CAN. ARE YOU GOOD? GOOD SEEING YOU. IF WE GOT ENOUGH ROOM, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T. KIND OF BRIGHT IN HERE, ISN'T IT? LIGHT. THANK YOU. AWESOME. FIRE MARSHAL. COME ON. CHICKEN KICK. WHICH IS SIREN ON. RAISE YOUR CHAIR UP. I'M TRYING. TO STAND UP A LITTLE BIT. THIS WILL RAISE PRETTY HARD. YEAH. NO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT, BUDDY. YOU GOTTA STAND UP HERE. STAND UP. I'M SORRY. I'M
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ALRIGHT. I WANT TO SEE THAT TALL. YOU KNOW? I WANT TO SEE. SEE THAT HE HAS IT ALL THE WAY UP. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT MICROPHONE IN THE WAY? DEAN, CAN YOU SEE THAT MICROPHONE? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO BE LOWERED. RIGHT. NO. THERE YOU GO. WE'RE TALKING. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. I GO ANY HIGHER MY FEET IS GOING TO BE A DANGLE. THAT'S WHERE MY WIFE SITS IN THE CHAIR. I THINK HE WANTS TO SECURE YOU. YEAH. YOURS IS COMPLETE. THANK YOU. ARE THEY. ARE THEY LOADED? REALLY LOW BATTERY. OH, WELL, MINE IS COMPLETELY. HOPEFULLY NOBODY REALLY NEEDS IT. NOT TO BE. DO WHAT IT. OH. NO, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT. WOW. I DIDN'T MEAN IT. IT'LL BE ON THE SCREEN TO. TIME IS I GOT 859. NOW DO Y'ALL MACKENZIE. DO Y'ALL HAVE TO. DO Y'ALL HAVE TO FLIP ANYTHING WHEN WE START? OH, ROBERT WILL DO IT. ALL RIGHT, WAIT ONE SECOND, ONE MINUTE LEFT. YOU'LL RUN OUT OF GAS PRETTY SOON. OKAY? TOO MANY WIRES ALREADY.I CAN. YEAH. THAT. YOUR LAPTOPS GOING AWAY? OKAY. ARE WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT.
ROBERT, ARE YOU READY? IS THERE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO FLIP OR. GOOD. OKAY. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO TURN ANYTHING ON FOR US TO GET. I MEAN, SWAG IT. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON AUTOMATICALLY, SIR.
[CALL TO ORDER]
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S START AGAIN. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF WALLER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH. AS IS OUR CUSTOM, WE ASK IF YOU CAN IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PLEASE STAND AND JOIN COMMISSIONER AMSLER IN AN INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGES LED BY COMMISSIONER BECKENDORFF. IF IT PLEASES YOU, JOIN ME IN THE LORD'S PRAYER. OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER. AMEN. PLEASE FACE OUR NATION'S FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL OUR STATE FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL BEGIN WITH, NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA MOTION. SECOND, THE MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. AGENDA IS APPROVED.QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY. IN THE BACK ROW. AUDIO IS GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
EXCELLENT. MUCH BETTER. GOOD. GLAD TO HEAR THAT. SO AND AND YOU KNOW AND I APPRECIATE YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW EVEN THIS MORNING WE'RE KIND OF WORKING OUT ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS AND STUFF. BUT BUT SO FAR SO GOOD. EVERYTHING'S GOING WORKING WELL.
AND BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK PLEASE LET US KNOW. BECAUSE I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING, THEN WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF THERE'S AN ISSUE OR WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ASK THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I WILL KEEP TIME AT THE FRONT. LET THE SPEAKER KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING. I DO. DO WE HAVE A SIGN UP? ANYBODY? SEE WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE BUGS? IT'S A MUCH BIGGER COURTROOM THAN WHAT WE'RE USED
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TO. ANYBODY ON THERE? NO. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S NOBODY THAT HAS SIGNED UP. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING? I WOULD JUST AGAIN LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT SHOWED UP FOR THE GRAND OPENING ON SATURDAY. AND REPRESENTATIVE KITZMAN AND ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT REALLY WAS VERY NICE CEREMONY AND WAS A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF THE NEW COURTHOUSE. AND EVERYBODY TALKED TO REALLY LOVED THE BUILDING AND HAD GREAT THINGS TO SAY. SO APPRECIATE EVERYONE AND ESPECIALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. MACKENZIE AND ROBERT AND JENNIFER AND JAMIE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE I'M SURE I'M NOT MENTIONING ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ALL KIND OF GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND MADE THIS HAPPEN. WE JUST MOVED LITERALLY MOVED INTO THE BUILDING LIKE ON MONDAY. SO FOR EVERYBODY TO NOT ONLY MOVE IN, BUT ALSO UNPACK AND THEN HIDE ALL THE BOXES IN THE CLOSET SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE GRAND OPENING. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. BUT THANK YOU ALL, EVERYBODY FOR THAT PARTICIPATED, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY GETTING US TO THIS POINT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DYESS? NO. ALL RIGHT.[CONSENT AGENDA]
SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.NUMBER NINE IS GOING TO NEED TO BE REMOVED. WE'LL WE'LL VOTE ON THAT SEPARATELY. OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH NINE REMOVED. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED WITH NINE REMOVED.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP NUMBER NINE. AT THIS TIME. MOTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON NINE. THIS IS BEING REMOVED. SO COMMISSIONER JONES CAN ABSTAIN ON THIS VOTE.
SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? ONE ABSTENTION. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND THAT WILL NOW MOVE US TO NUMBER
[PRESENTATION]
26, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION THIS MORNING BY THE WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. GOOD TO. WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT UP A. WELL WE HAVE A SLIGHT GLITCH BUT WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS OKAY. WE FELT LIKE THAT WE NEEDED SOMETHING IN THE JUDGE'S OFFICE. NOT TO. YOU, JUDGE. OKAY. THIS IS TO THE JUDGE'S OFFICE. NOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE 1870 COURTHOUSE. WOW. THAT'S AWESOME. SINCE WE CAN'T GET UP ON THE SCREEN, Y'ALL GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK CLOSE. AND THE AUDIENCE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL IF YOU'LL LOOK OVER HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE A MANSION. OVER HERE. THERE'S A IT'S GOT BIG TALL COLUMNS AND EVERYTHING ON IT, KIND OF LIKE AN ANTEBELLUM TYPE HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE HAVEN'T RESEARCHED THAT YET. THERE'S A FIGURE ALONG HERE I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WAS LITTLE JOHNNY AMSLER. WOULD YOU CARE TO COMMENT ON THAT, COMMISSIONER? I THINK I'LL ABSTAIN. IT'S NOT YOU, NOT ME. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL CONTINUE ON. YOU'LL NOTICE THE JAIL HERE.THEY ALSO TAUGHT SCHOOL IN IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE. UP ONE FLOOR, DOWN, WHATEVER, BUT THEY TAUGHT SCHOOL. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, RIGHT BACK HERE, THERE'S A COTTON FIELD RIGHT NEXT TO THE COURTHOUSE. NOW, SHERIFF, PAY ATTENTION HERE. NOW, THERE ARE COWS AND CHICKENS OUT HERE, BASICALLY ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN. THEY BELONG TO THE JUDGE, NOT THE JUDGE. THEY BELONG TO THE SHERIFF. THE COUNTY TOLD THE SHERIFF TO REMOVE THEM. IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO GET THEM REMOVED. THE REST OF IT, Y'ALL CAN KIND OF SEE. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE, A DIFFERENT ANGLE SHOWING THE CHURCH BACK OVER HERE BEFORE IT WAS BRICKED. WOW.
SO WE HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS. WE STILL HAVE 25 OR 30 PICTURES THAT ARE BEING FRAMED THAT WILL BE GOING UP ON THE WALLS WHENEVER WE GET THEM. THAT'S AVA'S DEAL. I DON'T GET IN THE WAY OF AVA. DANNY MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN THEIR WAY AND HE GOT OUT OF IT. BUT ANYWAY, SHE HAD A METHOD OF WHAT SHE WAS DOING AND PUTTING STUFF UP FOR EACH CITY AND THEN TRYING TO GET
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JUST PLAIN COUNTY STUFF. NO COMMENT. COMMISSIONER, I'M REFLECTING ABOUT BACK TO THE MID 50S WHEN I WAS WATCHING AS THEY WERE TEARING THAT OLD COURTHOUSE DOWN. IT WAS SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU. VERY POSSIBLY. SO I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN THERE TOO, BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL. ANYWAY, THIS, THIS WE THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE TO GO IN THE JUDGE'S OFFICE. SO I'LL GIVE THIS TO DANNY SO HE CAN GET IT. NOW. CHRIS IN MAINTENANCE. HE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB OF HANGING THE PICTURES DOWNSTAIRS, SO WE'LL WE'LL GET HIM AGAIN. THAT'S UNLESS Y'ALL GOT SOME QUESTIONS OR SOMETHING. THAT WAS THE BASIC OF THE PRESENTATION. SURE.I'LL JUST LIKE TO APPRECIATE YOU AND THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR THE HARD WORK AND SHORT TURNAROUND THAT YOU ALL HAD AS WELL. AND WORKING WITH DANNY AND STAFF OF PUTTING UP BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS AS PEOPLE WAS ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE COURTHOUSE AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF TELL A STORY OF WHERE WE COME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO THANK YOU AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR RESPONDING TO THAT CALL. EVEN I WENT THROUGH THOUSANDS OF PICTURES TRYING TO PICK OUT THE ONES WE THOUGHT BEST REPRESENTED THE COUNTY IN THE HISTORY. ONCE WE PICKED THEM OUT, SANDY TOOK AN ENHANCED THEM AND CLEANED THEM UP, MADE THEM A LITTLE CLEARER AND EVERYTHING. A LOT OF THEM WERE TOO SMALL. WE JUST THEY JUST WOULDN'T WORK TRYING TO GET THEM BIG ENOUGH TO GO ON THE WALL. THEN HE SENT THEM OFF TO A PRINTER THAT PRINTED THEM FOR US. THEN AVA TOOK THEM TO A FRAMING SHOP, AND THEN THEY BROUGHT THEM UP HERE, AND WE GOT KRISTA TO HANG THEM. SO IT WAS A I DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO DO WITH IT. JUST SAT BACK AND LET THEM GO WITH IT FOR A CHANGE. SO NOW THEY TURNED OUT GREAT. AND IF ANYBODY HASN'T GOT TO SEE IT AND THE TOURISTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME DISPLAY CASES AND ALL THOSE ARTIFACTS WERE FOUND IN THE COUNTY. SO YES. EVER LIKE ALL THE INDIAN ARTIFACTS I'VE GOT DOWN THERE, THOSE ALL CAME FROM THE COUNTY. IT'S JUST THE COUNTY IS FULL OF INDIAN ARTIFACTS. JUST FINDING THEM. YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR NOW. AND I'M GOING TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THROUGH IT. PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE AVA. EVERYONE THAT THAT PARTICIPATED. IF FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE COURTHOUSE AND FOR PEOPLE AT HOME THAT HAVEN'T COME UP HERE AND VISITED, PLEASE MAKE SURE WHEN YOU COME UP TO VISIT THE SECOND FLOOR AND LOOK AT A LOT OF THE PICTURES ON THE WALL AND THE DISPLAY CASES, IT'S IT'S KIND OF REALLY LIKE A MUSEUM.
IT FEELS LIKE THAT. AND IT'S REALLY NICE. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU ALL PUT IN AND GETTING THAT PUT TOGETHER VERY FAST. AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE GOT MORE THINGS COMING. AND NOT ONLY THAT, I THINK WE'LL ALSO PROBABLY HAVE IT TO WHERE PERIODICALLY SOME THINGS WILL GET MOVED OUT AND OTHER THINGS GET BROUGHT IN SO THAT PEOPLE CAN WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY COME TO THE COURTHOUSE. SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING A BIG, BIG PART OF THAT. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
SO WHY DON'T YOU BRING IF YOU WANT TO COME, GO AHEAD AND COME AROUND THIS WAY AND WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PICTURE. OH THERE'S DEAN. HE'S HE'S STILL GOT THE CAMERA. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S REAL DEAL. I WAS SIX YEARS OLD WHEN THEY WERE TEARING THAT OLD BUILDING DOWN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY? GOOD JOB. PETER. JUDGE, YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO ACCEPT THE DONATION. WHAT DONATION? OH, SO WE NEED TO PROBABLY HAVE AN AN AMENDMENT ON THIS, A MOTION. ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? TO ACCEPT THE THE PRINT FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY? SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED AND IT IS ACCEPTED. THANK YOU ALL. ALL
[ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]
RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO NOW MOVE US TO NUMBER 27 MOTION SECOND. ALL RIGHT I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON 27 VINCE. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TO CONSIDER EFFECTIVELY AMENDING AN EXISTING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY[00:20:04]
AND TWIN WOOD INDUSTRIAL OWNER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PANETTONE. PANETTONE IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPERS IN AREAS. SO THIS IS AN EXISTING AGREEMENT. WE'RE JUST AMENDING IT. THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT LATE START BECAUSE OF COVID AND SOME OTHER THINGS. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THE COURT TO AMEND THAT AGREEMENT OKAY. SO IS THIS ON THIS SPEC BUILDING. IT IS A SPEC BUILDING OKAY. THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A TOTAL OF FIVE. WHEN THEY'RE DONE. THEY HAVE FIVE IN IN THEIR PLANS I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF ALREADY ON THE GROUND. I'M ALSO VERY HAPPY TO SAY WE ALREADY HAVE PROSPECTS LOOKING AT THEM. THAT'S VERY GOOD. CAN YOU MAYBE JUST FILL IN PEOPLE ON HOW SPEC BUILDINGS HAVE WORKED FOR US IN THE PAST? THANK YOU. SO THE COUNTY ADOPTED A SPEC BUILDING ABATEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PUT AN INCENTIVE OR AN ABATEMENT ON AN EXISTING BUILDING BEFORE ANYBODY ACTUALLY OCCUPIES IT. TYPICALLY REFERRED TO AS A SPEC BUILDING. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE. I WAS JUST ESTIMATING IN MY MIND THIS MORNING, I'M THINKING WE'RE REAL CLOSE TO SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO 12,000,000FTā !S HAVE BEEN BUT UNDER THIS PROGRAM. SO EFFECTIVELY THE BUILDING HAS AN ABATEMENT ON IT, WHICH MAKES OUR BUILDINGS MORE COMPETITIVE THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND WHEN SOMEONE IS LOOKING TO LOCATE TO A LOCATION SOMEWHERE IN THE HOUSTON REGION, OUR BUILDINGS COMPETE BETTER BECAUSE THERE'S INCENTIVES ALREADY ON IT. SO BY LAW, WE CAN JUST SIMPLY AMEND THOSE AGREEMENTS. ONCE WE HAVE A PROSPECT COMING INTO THE BUILDING THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE AMEND THOSE AGREEMENTS TO ALSO INCLUDE THE TENANTS OR THE NEW BUYERS. OKAY. VERY GOOD.THANK YOU FOR THE BACKGROUND. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR VINCE? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO DISCUSSION. AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOMEBODY JUST IF ANYBODY DOES YOU HAVE SOMEBODY TODAY WITH PAIN TONY. MR. DAVID PENA BACK THERE IS WITH PANATTONI THE DEVELOPERS OF THE PROJECT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, HE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, BY THE WAY. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE THEN. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED, 27 CARRIES.
THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THE COURT DONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR]
APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR CAROLYN MCKEE. I THINK SHE'S GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE 20 2425 STATISTICS RELATED TO VALUE FOR BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THIS WAS SOMETHING I THINK CAME UP AT OUR LAST MEETING. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP WITH THIS INFORMATION, CAROLYN. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD ASKED IN THE LAST MEETING, WAS TO DO A COMPARISON OF SOME OF THE CATEGORIES OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN OUR COUNTY. SO I TOOK THE 24 AND THE 25 VALUES FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS, FARM AND RANCH IMPROVEMENT, COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND INDUSTRIAL PERSONAL PROPERTY.AND AS YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THERE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN SEE ALMOST ALL OF THE CATEGORIES WENT UP. INDUSTRIAL PERSONAL PROPERTY WENT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING. IT IS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING TO YOU, PROPOSITION NINE, THAT WAS ON THE BALLOT ON NOVEMBER THE 5TH, AS ALL THE PROPOSITIONS PASSED, AS YOU'RE AWARE. BUT PROPOSITION NINE WAS BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT HAS A VALUE ON OR LESS THAN 125,000, STARTING IN OUR NEXT TAX YEAR WILL NO LONGER BE TAXABLE. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT AMOUNT OF VALUE OFF OF OUR ROLLS. SO BY USING THE 25 VALUE, I ESTIMATED HOW MUCH IT WAS GOING TO BE. AND IT'S LIKE 42 MILLION OF VALUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE. WOW. YEAH. SO WE NEED TO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT GOING INTO THIS. BUT WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE COUNTY, WE MAY NOT TAKE MUCH OF A HIT.
YEAH OKAY. WELL WE APPRECIATE THAT CAROLYN. YOU KNOW AND AGAIN A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T YOU KNOW LOOK AND LET ME MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR. YOU KNOW WE JUST VOTED ON SOME PROPOSITIONS. AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED NOW. AND SO TAX RELIEF IS A GREAT THING. BUT IT'S ONE THING WHEN THE STATE APPROVES TAX RELIEF, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW EXEMPTION ON BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY, BUT THEY DON'T GIVE US THE FUNDS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. SO NOW THE COUNTY HAS TO FIGURE OUT WE GOT 42 MILLION IN VALUE. THAT'S GOING TO BE LOST. OF COURSE, THE ACTUAL REVENUE FROM THAT TAX REVENUE FROM THAT IS IS A LOWER NUMBER. BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT NOW WHERE THAT REVENUE IS GOING TO COME FROM TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE. AND THAT'S JUST KEEPING THE BUDGET EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT IS FOR 25. SO, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T REALLY CRUNCHED THOSE NUMBERS, BUT I'M EVEN $42 MILLION. YEAH, $230,000. BUT I MEAN WE DON'T WE DON'T GET THAT FROM THE STATE. AND SO AGAIN, IN A WAY, IT'S IT'S KIND OF AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME WHERE THE
[00:25:03]
STATE KIND OF USES US AS A NO LIMIT CREDIT CARD. AND THEY CAN PASS ALL THESE LAWS THAT REQUIRE US TO DO THINGS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, BUT THEY DON'T GIVE US THE FUNDING TO DO IT.SO THAT'S CORRECT. JUST LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE SOMETIMES. RIGHT. THE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU IS THE 2025 TAX BILLS ARE IN THE MAIL. OKAY, I'VE HAD A FEW I'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE ASKING SO THEY'RE IN THE MAIL. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CAROLYN. YOU'RE
[ELECTIONS]
WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THAT WILL CONCLUDE 28. AND THAT WILL NOW MOVE US TO NUMBER 29 MOTION. SECOND I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON 29. EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE FINAL RESULTS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE Y'ALL TODAY. ARE YOU CHRISTI. GOOD. THIS WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET. WE HAD 6197 VOTERS IN OUR ELECTION LAST WEEK. I KNOW ONE OF YOU WILL ASK ME WHAT THE COMPARISON IS FROM OUR LAST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION. THE LAST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION IN 23. THERE WERE 5686. SO 5686 VOTERS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE DIFFERENCE THERE. ALSO, THE REGISTERED VOTER COUNT IN 2023, THERE WERE 39,466 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE COUNTY. AND AS OF LAST WEEK, THE REGISTERED VOTER COUNT WAS 44,983. SO WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF 5517 IN 2 YEARS. YOU ALSO NEED TO REMEMBER VOTER REGISTRATION COUNTER FLUID. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. I KNOW TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I PULLED A VOTER REGISTRATION COUNT, IT WAS UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE THE MONTHLY CANCELLATIONS OF DECEASED VOTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THOSE DO THEY THEY DO CHANGE PRETTY RAPIDLY. BUT THAT IS I THINK A LOT OF THAT 5000 REGISTERED VOTER INCREASE WAS OUT IN YOUR CENTRAL AREA, DOWN IN COMMISSIONER PRECINCT FOUR, CORRECT? THREE AND FOUR. YEAH, THREE AND FOUR DOWN IN THAT AREA. I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. GIVE IT TO THAT AREA HAS GROWN SO FAST AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW. SO OUT OF THE 17 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ALL 17 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PASSED. WALLER COUNTY FOLLOWED SUIT. ALL 17 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. IN WALLER COUNTY, VOTERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF. WE ALSO HAD OUR WALLER COUNTY ASSISTANCE DISTRICT ELECTION. THAT FAILED R COUNTY, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, VERY GOOD. AND SO EVERYTHING AS FAR AS OPERATIONS AND THE ELECTION ITSELF, EVERYTHING WENT WELL.YES. EVERYTHING DID. FIRST OF ALL, YOUR YOUR COURTROOM IS BEAUTIFUL. THE COURTHOUSE IS BEAUTIFUL. CONGRATULATIONS. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERING MOVING MY MY OFFICE TO THE THE ANNEX. NOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM. SUCH A GOOD MOVE FOR THE VOTERS TO HAVE OUR EARLY VOTING OUT OF THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. ALL OF OUR ELECTIONS EQUIPMENT WILL BE IN ONE PLACE NOW. SO MUCH EASIER TO WORK ON TO BE ABLE TO FORMAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE FROM THE VOTERS OF OUR COUNTY, I APPRECIATE IT. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT. YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE A SCHEDULE YET. YEAH I KNOW, I KNOW ROSS IS I'VE REALLY FELT BAD ABOUT TAKING OUT ROSS'S ROOM FOR SO LONG OVER AT THE ROAD AND BRIDGE. SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS GET OUR EQUIPMENT MOVED. I TALKED TO DANNY. THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH THAT HAS TO BE DONE FOR THE EQUIPMENT STORAGE, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT PRETTY QUICKLY. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GIVE MAYBE UNTIL NEXT WEEK SOMETIME, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER AND MEET WITH DANNY. WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH HIM ONCE ABOUT SOME CONSTRUCTION, BASICALLY JUST SOME WALLS. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PERMANENT VOTING STATIONS FOR LIMITED BALLOT THAT WILL STAY THERE ALL THE TIME. AND THEN ALSO THAT FRONT ROOM WILL BE USED FOR EARLY VOTING FOR OUR PUBLIC, WHICH OF COURSE WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP IN MARCH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY QUICK, BUT IT'LL BE GREAT BECAUSE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO STAY IN PLACE AT ALL TIMES. WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN, PULL IT BACK UP, TAKE IT DOWN. SO IT'LL BE A GREAT FIT FOR OUR COUNTY. IT REALLY WILL BE. WILL BE. THANK YOU MACHINES, FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS NOW. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. WE HAVE AND WE ARE.
[00:30:03]
WE'RE AT A A POSITION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL MACHINES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROWTH DOWN IN THE SOUTH END. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. THIS ELECTION DOWN IN BROOKSHIRE VOTED VERY HEAVY DUE TO THEIR BOND. AT 7:00 ON ELECTION NIGHT, THERE WERE STILL 50 VOTERS IN LINE TO VOTE. SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, OF COURSE, AT 7:00, WE PUT A MARKER AT THE VERY END OF THE LINE AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE VOTERS ARE ABLE TO VOTE. SO RIGHT BEFORE 8:00, THEY WERE STILL VOTING VOTERS IN BROOKSHIRE. WE DID. NORMALLY WE USUALLY TAKE ABOUT SIX MACHINES DOWN TO THAT AREA. WE DID TAKE FIVE MORE MACHINES. SO THEY HAD AN A TOTAL OF 11 MACHINES AND THEY STILL VOTED HEAVY. ONE OF THE THINGS, OF COURSE, WAS YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. IF YOU DID NOT DO A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THOSE, IT TOOK THEM A WHILE TO GET THROUGH THOSE BALLOTS. SO IT DID TAKE A LONG TIME. AND I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET THAT OUR OUR SOUTH END VOTERS, OUR SOUTH END WORKERS STILL HAVE TO PACK UP AFTER THAT ELECTION TO BE ABLE TO BRING ALL OF OUR STUFF IN, TO HAVE THE RESULTS COUNTED. YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT 1 OR 2 WAYS. THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO BOTH WAYS. IF YOU NOTICE THIS ELECTION, YOU DIDN'T GET RESULTS UNTIL RIGHT AT 10:00. AND OF COURSE YOU HAD EARLY VOTING EARLIER THAN THAT. BUT YOUR ELECTION DAY RESULTS, WE WAITED UNTIL 10:00 UNTIL THEY WERE ALL FINAL. AND THE REASON WE DID THAT IS BECAUSE ON A HEAVY ELECTION SUCH AS YOUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND ESPECIALLY IN A MAY ELECTION WHEN YOU HAVE ISDS, YOUR CITIES, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT ENTITIES ON THE BALLOT. A LOT OF TIMES THE PRECINCT ONE RIGHT HERE IN THE AREA HERE WILL GET FINISHED WAY BEFORE THE SOUTH END BOXES WILL. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM THE RESULTS AND NOT MAKE THEM WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER, WITH THAT BECOMES THE PROBLEM OF YOU POST CUMULATIVE RESULTS. YOU YOU YOU POST PARTIAL RESULTS. AND EVEN THOUGH WE ADVERTISE THAT THOSE ARE PARTIAL RESULTS, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR VOTERS THAT WILL GO IN AND GRAB JUST A PART OF THOSE RESULTS AND THINKS THOSE ARE THE FINALS. SO YOU DO HAVE PROS AND CONS TO THAT. BASICALLY, SINCE THE ROYAL BOND WAS THE HOTTEST THING ON THE BALLOT THIS TIME, WE WAITED UNTIL THE END TO BE ABLE TO JUST TO POST EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME TO TO STOP THAT CONFUSION OF VOTERS. OKAY, BUT BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, MACHINES. YES, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADD TO FAIRLY QUICKLY, EVEN IF WE START ADDING, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 6 AT A TIME PER YEAR, IT'S SOMETHING WE GET TO THE POINT AS THEY GET WE CAN'T USE THEM OVER AGAIN. AND THAT'S JUST LIKE THE ONES IN BROOKSHIRE. I ONLY HAD SO MANY MACHINES AVAILABLE THAT I COULD TAKE TO THEM EXTRA THAT WERE NOT SEALED FROM BEING USED BEFORE, AND THEY HAD NOT REACHED THEIR EXPIRED, THEIR EXPIRATION WHERE I COULD USE THEM AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT ON THE ELECTION CALENDAR FILING PERIOD FOR THE PRIMARY HAS ALREADY STARTED. IT STARTED LAST WEEK, THIS LAST WEEK OR SATURDAY. ACTUALLY, I KNOW THE REPUBLICANS HAD A A CANDIDATE FILING PARTY. THEY GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FILED FOR OFFICE, THE DEMOCRATS AS WELL. I THINK WE HAVE THEIR INFORMATION OF ANYONE THAT WANTS TO FILE THERE. WE DO NEED TO REMEMBER ANYONE INTERESTED IN FILING FOR OFFICE. IF YOU HAVE NOT FILED A CAMPAIGN TREASURER APPOINTMENT, YOU DO NEED TO DO THAT BEFORE YOU FILE WITH YOUR PARTY CHAIRMAN. A PRIMARY ELECTION YOU DON'T FILE WITH THE COUNTY. YOU HAVE TO FILE WITH EITHER DENISE MADDOX, WHO IS THE CHAIR FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, OR CINDY LAWRENCE, WHO'S THE CHAIR FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IF YOU LOOK, THEY BOTH HAVE INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITES, AND I WILL PUT THAT ON MY WEBSITE AS WELL. BUT PLEASE REMEMBER, YOU MUST FILE YOUR CAMPAIGN TREASURER WITH MY OFFICE BEFORE YOU SPEND ANY MONEY ON A FILING FEE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND THAT I GUESS THE PRIMARIES ARE GOING TO BE. IT'LL BE IN MARCH. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT A LOT OF CHANGES. I'M NOT AND I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THE DETAILS SIMPLY BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THE STATE THE STATE HASN'T GIVEN IT TO US AS WELL THIS UPCOMING ELECTION. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE LAW HAS ALREADY TAKEN EFFECT. IT'S JUST BEEN DELAYED UNTIL THEY WORK OUT THE KINKS. WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE THAT BREAK BETWEEN EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY ANY LONGER. IT'S GOING TO BE A IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED A VOTING PERIOD INSTEAD OF YOUR EARLY VOTING AND THEN ELECTION DAY. SO WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO, IT'S GOING TO CUT A LITTLE BIT OFF THE TOP, BUT IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT WHERE THERE'S NOT THAT BREAK IN THERE, WHICH IS WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR ELECTION WORKERS HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO PUT MORE EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT THAT ENTIRE PERIOD. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE THEM OUT LIKE WE DID BEFORE. SO THAT'S INTERESTING, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT AN ELECTION PERIOD, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE OUT A MACHINE THAT WAS USED FOR EARLY VOTING ON FOR, WELL, ELECTION. IT DEPENDS ON HOW THIS HOW THEY DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROCESS THOSE VOTES. I WOULD I WOULD THINK SO. I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD STILL WANT TO USE YOUR. WELL I DON'T I REALLY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT, IT WILL BE CALLED A VOTING PERIOD. SO THE LAW DID GO INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST. IT JUST IT WENT INTO EFFECT AND THEN[00:35:05]
THEY PUT IT ON HOLD RIGHT OFF THE BAT. SO UNTIL ALL THE COUNTIES ARE BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, THE STATE, I'M SURE IF ANY OF YOU HAVE READ THE NEWS, IT'S HAD A A DIFFICULT PROBLEM RIGHT NOW ROLLING OUT THEIR NEW VOTER REGISTRATION SOFTWARE SYSTEM. WALLER COUNTY HAD A DOUBLE WHAMMY. WE HAD A THIRD PARTY VENDOR, WHICH WAS CALLED VO TECH, THAT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS OR WENT BANKRUPT RIGHT BEFORE THAT HAPPENED. SO WE NOT ONLY HAD OUR VO TECH SOFTWARE GO DOWN, WE ALSO HAD THE STATE SOFTWARE GO DOWN AS WELL. SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD.EVERY COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAS BEEN DOING THAT. SO AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AT WALLER COUNTY WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT VENDOR WE WANT TO GO WITH AS FAR AS OUR VOTER REGISTRATION SOFTWARE AS WELL. VERY GOOD. WELL, CHRISTY, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO. Y'ALL ARE I KNOW Y'ALL DO A TON OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NOBODY EVER SEES. NOT ONLY THAT, IN THE POLL WORKERS TO EVERYBODY THAT HELPS TO MAKE THE ELECTION WORK. WELL APPRECIATE Y'ALL, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN YOUR NEW DIGS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION ON NUMBER 29? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR
[COUNTY ENGINEER]
RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED, 29 CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO NUMBER 30. MOTION. SECOND I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ON NUMBER 30 I THINK I KNOW I CAN EXPLAIN THIS ONE. WE'LL HAVE ROSS COME UP. THIS IS ON THE THE AREA THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ONE THE SIGNAL LIGHT AT ON HERITAGE PARKWAY GOING INTO THE NEW SHOPPING CENTER. CORRECT. ACTUALLY IT'S A IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT JUDGE. AND GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WONDERFUL BUILDING. SO TWINWOOD PARKWAY THE WE RECENTLY TOOK IT IN FOR COUNTY MAINTENANCE AS PART OF THAT NEW ROAD. RIGHT. AS PART OF THAT NEW ROAD, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD BACK WATER, MITIGATE THROUGH DETENTION PONDS. AND THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND IS WE WANT TO MINIMIZE HOW MUCH MAINTENANCE OF PONDS THAT WE HAVE. BUT THIS IS STANDARD. AS WITH ANY NEW ROAD PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO MITIGATE AND HOLD BACK THAT WATER. AND SO THIS IS IT'S IT'S A DEED TO THE COUNTY FOR THE LAND, FOR THE PONDS, DRY DETENTION PONDS. IT'S BY THE CREEK. SO THERE'S NO IMPACTS TO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES. AND IT'S ALSO TO MAINTAIN THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH BCD THIS IS BCD AREA. AND SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.AND SO WE'LL TAKE THAT ON. AND I DO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THERE IS A GOOD PROBABILITY OR A REALLY GOOD PROBABILITY THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THIS IS GOING TO BE ON A TXDOT CORRIDOR. AND SO THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO A FUTURE PROJECT. IS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING. AND SO THIS THIS MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY WHILE WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING FOR IT NOW WHILE IN THE INTERIM TERM, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE TURNED OVER IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER. OKAY. VERY GOOD. I THINK WE WILL HAVE IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA THOUGH. CITY OF KATY HAS INDICATED THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE OVER THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON HERITAGE PARKWAY. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S RIGHT. WOULD BE ANOTHER DIFFERENT DEAL. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. THEN ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED?
[GRANT MANAGER]
30 CARRIES. THANK YOU. ROSS. OKAY GUYS, LET'S GO TO NUMBER 31 MOTION. SECOND I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 31. THIS IS ON THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. AND I'LL ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BEAUTIFUL NEW COURTHOUSE BACKGROUND CONTEXT ON THIS ONE.THIS IS AN ANNUAL GRANT THAT WE SEEK FROM THE STATE ANNUALLY. ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO NOTE IS YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MATCH HAS INCREASED FROM LAST YEAR. THAT IS BECAUSE THE STATE HAS FROZEN THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT THAT YOU CAN REQUEST. IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST, AND OBVIOUSLY EVERY YEAR THERE'S TYPICALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A SALARY BUMP FOR THAT POSITION, WHICH IS WHY THE LOCAL MATCH INCREASES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BROOKE OR HER ASSISTANT? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE THEN. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED, 31 CARRIES. THANK YOU. BROOKE. OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO 32 MOTION.
[PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR]
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON 32. JAMIE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO. THIS IS ON THE MARQUEE. YES, SIR. THIS IS A SIGN THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. NOW. WE'RE FINALLY BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. IT IS KIND OF A STICKER SHOCK, I GUESS,[00:40:05]
COMPARED TO WHAT YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY. HOWEVER, I THINK WE'VE WORKED OUT A LOT OF KINKS IN THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THE PUBLIC. THE SIGN IS IS VERY LARGE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT. AND I FEEL LIKE IT MAY SET A PRECEDENCE FOR FUTURE BUILDINGS AS WELL. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH MAKING SURE THE SIGN IS OF A SIZE AND ELEVATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CLEARLY SEE IT AND THE INFORMATION CAN BE CONVEYED. AND I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER ONES JUST YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO TO, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE OF A SIZE THAT WASN'T GOING TO REALLY BE EFFECTIVE.AND PLUS, I DO LIKE THE WAY THE DESIGN AND I DO THINK IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE AT OTHER COUNTY BUILDINGS AS WELL. SO. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS. SO THAT'S A, A MONITOR OR TV SCREEN THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE THERE. THE RIGHT. SO IT'S AN LED. IT'S BASICALLY LIKE AN LED. RIGHT. SO TELEVISION YOU CAN AND I THINK YOU CAN WATCH THE SUPER BOWL. RIGHT. WE COULD SET UP SOME CHAIRS AND BUT NO BARBECUE PITS. SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE ORIGINAL BUILD. AND YOU KNOW WE HAD SOME CHANGE ORDERS. AND SO IT KIND OF GOT LOST. BUT SOMEWHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR MESSAGES ON THERE, BURN BAND, BURN BAND, VOTING DATES, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE.
IT SHOULDN'T NEED A WHOLE LOT OF MAINTENANCE. BASICALLY, IT'S JUST IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE MAINTENANCE, AND I THINK THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT JUDGE KOENIG. YEAH. JUDGE CRITIC'S OFFICE WILL BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT. OKAY, OKAY. THERE IS TRAINING ON THIS. THE TRAINING WILL TAKE PLACE WITH DANNY, AND THEN DANNY MAY HAND THAT OFF TO SOMEONE ELSE. BUT THERE WILL BE TRAINING ON AS FAR AS APPLYING THE INFORMATION TO THE SCREEN, CHANGING IT. THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IS IT IS IT GOING TO BE THE KIND OF SYSTEM WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LIKE, YOU COULD LOG IN FROM HERE LITERALLY AND CHANGE WHAT'S ON THAT MARQUEE? I BELIEVE. SO I'LL CHECK IN WITH THAT. BUT THESE ARE ALL THEY'RE ALL WIRELESS. AND THEY GO TO A COMPUTER PROGRAM SOMEWHERE. YES. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. SO THAT'LL BE EASY. WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS ONE IS THE MILLIMETER. THIS IS A TEN MILLIMETER SIGN THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY READABLE. THE CLOSER YOU GET THE SMALLER THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO BE. THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE PLACED HERE AT THIS COURTHOUSE IS AN EIGHT MILLIMETER SIGN. ORIGINALLY PRECINCT FOUR WAS A 20. AND DRIVING BY THE FATHER, YOU SPACE THE PIXELS OUT. THE MORE YOU CAN'T READ IT AS YOU GET CLOSE TO IT, BECAUSE THE WORDS GET TOO FAR APART. OKAY? THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT MORE EXPENSIVE.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ONE OF THESE THINGS IN, IT MIGHT AS WELL WORK. YOU WANT TO SPEND $40,000 ON SOMETHING AND YOU CAN'T READ IT. DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. I THINK IT COULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR FOR US TO KIND OF STANDARDIZE ANY SIGNAGE WE HAVE. THAT WAY, PEOPLE CAN RECOGNIZE AS A COUNTY FACILITY WITHOUT EVEN READING WHAT IT IS. YEAH, STANDARDIZED I AGREE.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE THEN. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED 32 CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE TO NUMBER 33
[TREASURER]
MOTION. SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON 33. JOAN, IS THERE ANYTHING. YES. WE HAD TWO NEW CUSTODIANS SCHEDULED TO ONBOARD IN 2026. AND WE ARE HIRING THEM A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. THEIR SALARIES WERE OKAY OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED 33 CARRIES. ALL
[FIRE MARSHAL]
RIGHT. NEXT IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON BURN BAN. MARSHALL, HOW ARE YOU. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. LOOKS BEAUTIFUL IN HERE. THANK YOU. AND I THINK I LOOK TALLER TO YOU STANDING UP. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A SMALL REPORT ON IN YOUR PACKET. UNFORTUNATELY THE CBDG OR DROUGHT INDEX ARE LOW. IS IT FIVE? FIVE SEVEN HIGH AS AT 669. AND OUR AVERAGE IS AT 605. JUST FOR REFERENCE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER SURROUNDING COUNTIES, THEY'RE STAYING PUT ON THE BURN BAN. ALSO, IF YOU LOOK ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE ANOTHER KB VALUE, WHICH KIND OF IS MORE OF THE DROUGHT INDEX. IF YOU LOOK AT WALLER COUNTY, YOU LOOK AT WE'RE STILL AREAS THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME SEVERE DROUGHT FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THEY RESPONDED TO 32 FIRES, 3 OR 4 OF THOSE TURNED INTO LARGE FIRES. WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS. WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAVING TO DRIVE 20 MILES TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE UNDER A BURN BAN, AND THE LAST PART OF IT IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE WESTERN KIND OF CENTRAL AREA YOU'RE[00:45:08]
SEEING, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING SOME SEVERE DROUGHT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU, YOU'LL LOOK AT EVERYTHING. ALMOST NORTH OF 529 IS WHERE WE'RE HAVING OUR PROBLEMS. SO, COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT ONE, WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES ON YOUR SIDE.COMMISSIONER PRECINCT TWO, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME FIRES IN THAT THAT NORTHEAST AREA. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO THE COURT UNFORTUNATELY GOT COLD FOR A LITTLE BIT. AND I WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE WANTED TO SIT OUT AND HAVE A CAMPFIRE. BUT TO THAT NOTE, WE'RE STARTING TO WARM BACK UP AGAIN. I DON'T SEE RAIN TILL POSSIBLY SATURDAY. MAYBE.
MAYBE NEXT WEEK WE'LL GET SOME RAIN. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT, BASED ON THE KBI AND BASED ON THAT, WE ARE IN SEVERE DROUGHT IN CERTAIN AREAS, IS THAT WE KEEP THAT BURN BAN IN PLACE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. MARSHAL, CAN YOU SPEAK TO IF SOMEBODY SEES SOMEBODY BURNING, WHAT'S THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION? IT'S STILL THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION TO LET THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE KNOW. AND THAT WAY THEY CAN SEND A DEPUTY OUT OR AND OR SEND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. GOSH.
BUT IF IF YOU KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR, MAYBE WALK OVER AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THE DANGER OF THAT WE ARE IN A BURN BAN AND AND NOT TO BURN AS WELL, THAT COULD POSSIBLY SAVE SOME RESOURCES FROM HAVING SOMEONE SEND OUT THERE. BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LET THEM. THEY CAN CALL 979826 8282 OPTION ONE, AND THE DISPATCHER WILL SEND SOMEONE OUT THERE. YEAH. AND I'M GOING TO I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THAT BECAUSE WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS POSTING ON FACEBOOK THAT SOMEBODY IS BURNING AT A CERTAIN LOCATION, DOES NOT GO TO DISPATCH. SO IF IF THE INTENT IS FOR SOMEONE TO GO OUT THERE AND TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, PLEASE CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER FOR WALLER COUNTY DISPATCH THE NUMBER (979) 826-8282. OPTION ONE AND THE AND LET THE DISPATCHER KNOW, AND WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN A BURN BAN. SO POSTING IT ON FACEBOOK OR SENDING ME A DIRECT MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TIMES I DON'T EVEN SEE DIRECT MESSAGES UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING GETS DONE ABOUT IT AND WE AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND WE'RE NOT IN THE BURN BAN ANYMORE. WE ARE STILL IN A BURN BAN. YES, SIR. WE DON'T MEET IN TWO WEEKS.
RIGHT. BECAUSE THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING WE DO. DON'T. MCKENZIE, DON'T WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING? WE HAVE A MEETING. OKAY? NO, NOT THE DAY BEFORE. THE NEXT. NEXT WEEK, COMMISSIONER. AND WE DON'T MEET AGAIN TO MEET NEXT WEEK OR NEXT WEEK. YEAH. WE HAVE TWO, TWO MEETINGS BACK TO BACK. AND THEN. NO, WE WON'T BE MEETING THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING. CORRECT. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT, MARSHAL, SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP IT AS IS CORRECT. YES, SIR. OKAY.
VERY GOOD. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT TABLE? IT. I THINK WE JUST WITHDRAW THE ITEM. OR DID YOU MAKE A MOTION ALREADY? OH, WE DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY MOTION. I SAID ACTION TO TAKE.
LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION. SO YEAH. NO ACTION. SO 34 WILL BE WITHDRAWN. THANK YOU MARSHALL.
[DIRECTOR OF POLICY & ADMINISTRATION]
THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO NUMBER 35. SO. ROBERT IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR. JUST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET CALENDAR, CORRECT. YEAH. THE FY 27 BUDGET CALENDAR IS JUST WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR COURT THE PROVES THAT IT'S WORKING DOCUMENT.IT'S JUST LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW HOW THE COURT'S GOING ABOUT BUILDING THE THE BUDGET AND THE GENERAL TIMELINE FOR, FOR FOR THE COUNTY. OKAY. SO JUST IN LOOKING AT THIS AND THIS IS OF COURSE, THIS IS IN THE BACKUP, YOU KNOW, WE START PEOPLE DON'T MAY NOT REALIZE THIS. WE START THE BUDGET PROCESS BASICALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. AND THAT'S WHEN WE START. I SEND OUT A LETTER TO ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS. THEY START INPUTTING ALL OF THEIR BUDGET INFORMATION. THAT HAPPENS, I GUESS, THROUGH APRIL BUDGET REQUEST OR DUE AT THE END OF APRIL. AND THEN WE WILL THEN START OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL START INITIAL DISCUSSIONS, THEN WE START WORKSHOPS IN MAY. WE'VE GOT THREE WORK, ONE WORKSHOP IN MAY AND THAT CARRY AND THEN WE START. WE ALSO DURING THIS TIME ARE MEETING WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT STARTS IN JUNE. AND THEN BASICALLY BY JULY, WE'RE STARTING TO ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THE THE BUDGET ITSELF AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ANOTHER WORKSHOP IN JULY AND THEN WE GET TOWARDS AUGUST. END OF AUGUST IS USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE THE FINAL BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE TAX RATE AND BUDGETS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER. YES, SIR. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE BUDGET
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CALENDAR. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? 35 CARRIES. LET'S GO TO 36 MOTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON 36 ROBERT.ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE PURCHASE SALE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WALLER COUNTY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR THE 1400 ACRES DOWN ON THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS FOR THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM PROPERTY THAT WILL BE TURNED INTO REGIONAL DETENTION MITIGATION PARK SPACE. ALL THE ABOVE. THE PURCHASE PRICE IS $19.7 MILLION. IF THE COURT REMEMBERS WE WERE ALLOCATED $25 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS THIS YEAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF OF THIS LAND. SO WE'LL BE USING THAT. WE'VE WORKED OUT WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT THE COURT CAN APPROVE THIS TODAY. THIS WILL BE SENT UP TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN DECEMBER.
CLOSING WON'T BE DONE UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY. AND THAT IS TO ALLOW THE COUNTY TO GET UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. WHO IS THE ENTITY THAT'S ACTUALLY DIVVYING OUT THE MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED THROUGH SENATE BILL ONE? SO WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FROM THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ONCE WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A FEW MORE MONTHS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO GET EVERYTHING DONE WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND COME FEBRUARY, WE SHOULD HAVE COMPLETE OWNERSHIP OF THAT 1400 ACRES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. DO WE GET THE FULL 25 OR JUST THE 19? WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE FULL 25. IT'S REIMBURSEMENT. SO WE'LL CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY AND THEN THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WILL REIMBURSE THE COUNTY THAT $19.7 MILLION. THEN WE'LL HAVE ABOUT $5 MILLION TO START PHASE ONE DESIGN WORK ON THE PROPERTY. SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO TO WORK WITH SO WE CAN GET THAT THAT FIRST STEP DONE WITH STATE MONEY. AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR, FOR CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO USE EVERY PENNY OF THAT 25 MILLION. YEAH, YEAH. AND JUST JUST TO TO CLARIFY, ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE MOST RECENT STATE BUDGET IS BECAUSE OF THIS 1400 ACRES, I THINK 600 ACRES IS UNDER CONSERVATION EASEMENT. YES, SIR. WE STILL GOT TO LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT CONSERVATION EASEMENT WAS EVER EXECUTED. THERE WAS NO SIGNED. THERE WAS NO SIGNED AGREEMENT IN HOUSTON. NEVER WAS SUPPOSED TO DO A 250,000 CONTRIBUTION TO SOLIDIFY. AND THAT WAS NEVER DONE, REALLY. SO THERE MAY NOT BE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON IT, BUT PART OF PART OF THE ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY IS FOR REGIONAL DETENTION. YES, SIR. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. SO EVEN IF IT'S NOT UNDER CONSERVATION EASEMENT, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT BUILDING REGIONAL DETENTION, WHICH WILL REALLY HELP THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY. IT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED. AND THE STATE WAS WAS VERY GOOD ABOUT SEEING OUR ARGUMENT AND ALLOCATING THE MONEY THAT WE REQUESTED. SO SENATOR HUFFMAN DID A GREAT JOB.
REPRESENTATIVE KITZMAN DID A GREAT JOB IN PUSHING THIS THROUGH. SO THIS THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST REGIONAL DETENTION, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL, A GOOD SIZED PARK AS WELL, I THINK. WHAT'S THE PARK IN HARRIS COUNTY ON OFF OF KATY HOCKLEY, JOHN PAUL LANDING SOMETHING IF YOU'VE EVER IF ANYONE'S EVER SEEN YOU KNOW WHERE THEY HAVE SOME. THERE'S LAKES BUT THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL DETENTION CAPACITY.
BUT THEY HAVE AMENITIES AND FIELDS AND SOCCER FIELDS AND SO FORTH. I THINK SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO ON IT. BUT EVEN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL EQUESTRIAN HORSE TRAILS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE THAT I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL TIMES. AND BUT ALSO I WANT TO THANK ROBERT FOR ALL THIS, BUT ALSO THANK THE MAYOR WHITMIRE AND ALL HIS COOPERATION. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER JONES AND I HAVE WORKED ON FOR PROBABLY 4 OR 5 YEARS WITH THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AND, AND GOT NOT SO OF A WARM WELCOME RESPONSE. SO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THEIR END AS WELL. WATERSHED. WHAT WATERSHEDS WILL UTILIZE THE DETENTION? BROOKSHIRE, BROOKSHIRE CREEK AND WILLOW CREEK FARMS I MEAN. WILLOW CREEK, BROOKSHIRE CREEK AND TWIN FORK WILL. FORK. I'M SORRY. WILL. YEP. AND THEN ALSO IT PART OF SNAKE CREEK AS WELL. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? JUDGE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RUN REAL QUICK. I'VE GOT A FUNERAL I GOT TO GET TO BACK IN KATY. BUT I THE FANTASTIC COURTROOM. GREAT
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FIRST ATTENDANCE. AND SO I WILL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. AND AND ROBERT ON BACK GOING BACK TO 36. I DO WANT TO COMMEND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO AND THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T THINK WE DIDN'T REALLY THINK WE HAD A CHANCE IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT IT REALLY CAME TOGETHER AND ESPECIALLY WITH, I BELIEVE, SENATOR HUFFMAN'S ASSISTANCE AS WELL. AND SENATOR COKER, SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THAT. THANK YOU, JUDGE, I APPRECIATE IT. ALL[DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES]
RIGHT. VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE TO 37 MOTION. SECOND OF A DO WE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP 37 AND 38 TOGETHER AS IF WE CAN. SO MOVE. ALL RIGHT. SAME MOTION SECOND OKAY I HAVE A MOTION SECOND ON 37 AND 38 DANNY 30. YEAH. REAL QUICK 37 IS THE MODULAR BUILDING PROJECT AND IT IS QUICKLY WRAPPING UP. IT'LL BE FINISHING SOON TO THE TRAILERS ARE BEING OCCUPIED.JUDGE MATHIS IS IN THE TWO WIDE DISTRICT CLERK IS IN THE THREE WIDE. AND WE'LL BE MOVING HER TO THE FOUR WIDE IN THE COMING WEEKS. AND GOOD NEWS ON THE UPGRADES AND WORK INSIDE THE 506 COURTROOM. IT BASICALLY IS FINISHED. WE PULLED THE SCAFFOLDING OUT YESTERDAY. WE ARE CLEANING IT TODAY, AND IF WE CAN MAYBE GET JUDGE CHENEY BACK IN HIS COURTROOM BY MONDAY, THAT'S THAT'S AWESOME. AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THAT'S WAY THAT IS DEFINITELY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
THAT'S GREAT NEWS. GOT A FEW HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH. WE GOT TO GET OUR COMPUTERS AND MICROPHONES BACK IN THERE BY FRIDAY. WE'RE TRYING. YEAH THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GOOD. GLAD TO HEAR THAT. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DANNY ON THAT PROJECT? WHAT WILL THE MODULAR BUILDING NEXT TO THE ANNEX BE USED FOR? OH, THAT IS CAROL CHENEY'S COUNTERPART, LAW ONE. YEAH. I MEAN, NOW, YOU KNOW, NOW, CAROL, JUDGE CHENEY RIGHT NOW HAS HER OFFICES IN THAT MODULAR NOW. AND NOW SHE'S NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION. SO, YOU KNOW, BUT A FUTURE JUDGE MAY ACTUALLY CHOOSE TO USE MY, MY OLD OFFICE AS THEIR OFFICES, IN WHICH CASE THE MODULAR WOULD PROBABLY BE USED AS THE JURY ROOM. SO THERE MAY BE SOME SMALL CHANGES LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S STILL ALL GOING TO BE USED FOR COUNTY COURT NUMBER ONE. ALLEN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, I THINK THE LINE ITEM GOT ADDED AFTER THE AGENDA REVIEW MEETING. IT SHOULD 25 605 81620.
58162020 YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M GOING TO NEED A MOTION. OKAY. THEN I'LL NEED A MOTION TO AMEND SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND. AND THIS IS SINCE WE HAVE TWO ITEMS UNDER THIS MOTION THE THE MOTION TO AMEND. DO WE HAVE OR THE OTHER LINE ITEMS OKAY.
THOSE ARE OKAY OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE AMENDING IS THE LINE ITEM ON 37 TO READ 125 605 81620.
THAT'S THE MOTION. AND SECOND TO AMEND ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED THE AMENDMENT CARRIES. DANNY, GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT 38 AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE FINAL VOTE. 38 IS THIS PROJECT OBVIOUSLY IT'S MORE OR LESS FINISHED. I GUESS THE UPDATE ON IT, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT LEFT. WE'RE WORKING ON PUNCHLIST RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S SOME LIGHT POLES THAT GO ON OUTSIDE, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING, TWEAKING THINGS. THE TVS OBVIOUSLY GOT SOMETHING GOING ON TODAY. SO BUT THIS PROJECT IS WRAPPING UP PRETTY QUICKLY. THE THIRD FLOOR IS BEEN DESIGNED. I SENT OUT A FINAL FLOOR PLAN YESTERDAY FOR EVERYONE'S APPROVAL, AND IT'S BEEN OUT FOR BIDS. AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IT NEXT WEDNESDAY. THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION ON THAT PROJECT AND THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE TO DO IT. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. AND AGAIN, IS THE TIMELINE STILL ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS SOMETIME NEXT SUMMER, JUNE OR JULY I SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP. VERY GOOD. I KNOW JUDGE MATHIS WILL BE ANXIOUS FOR THAT RIBBON CUTTING, SO.
EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. HOW LONG IS OUR HVAC SYSTEM IN THIS BUILDING BEEN? BEEN UP AND RUNNING PROBABLY FIVE MONTHS, 4 TO 5 MONTHS. FIVE. SIX BUGS WOULD HAVE ALREADY SHOWN UP. I KNOW IT'S THIS IS A PACKAGED UNIT. THERE'S THERE'S THREE BIG UNITS ON THE ROOF, NOT A BUNCH OF SMALLER INDIVIDUAL. AND IT SEEMS TO BE RUNNING QUITE WELL. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOT OR COLD OR ALL THAT, SO CONDENSATION PROBLEMS? NO. WELL. YEAH. CONDENSATION HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THAT WAS A FUN ONE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DANNY? OKAY. ALL
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RIGHT. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION THEN. THIS IS ON 3738. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED 37 AND 38. CARRY. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, NUMBER 39, WE HAVE A[MISCELLANEOUS]
DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION FOR NOMINATION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I KNOW THAT I WOULD I WOULD MOVE THAT THE COURT THIS IS THE ACTUAL VOTE. YEAH. PUT HIS WHAT DON'T WE GET LIKE TWO VOTES OR WE SPLIT OUR VOTES. NO WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER FIRST. YEAH. WE'RE YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOTION. WELL YOU WANT TO DO A MOTION? MY MY MY MOTION WAS GOING TO BE THAT OUR VOTES GO TO THE TWO PEOPLE IN WHICH WE RECOMMEND IT TO BE A PART OF THE BOARD. OKAY. YEAH. WE HAVE 1389 VOTES TOTAL. I GUESS THAT'D BE SPLIT BETWEEN. SO WE CAN I WON'T DIVIDE EVENLY, BUT WE'LL. AND I THINK THE WHO ARE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS? BRENDA AND TIM. YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT DOES THAT COME OUT TO 13. IF I HAVE THE MATH REAL QUICK 1389 DIVIDED BY TWO SO 694 FOR ONE AND 695 FOR THE OTHER. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A PREFERENCE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL SAY 695 VOTES FOR TIM, 694 VOTES FOR BRENDA NICHOLAS. OKAY. SO IS THAT THE MOTION? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL SUBMIT THOSE VOTES. AND USUALLY WE'RE THERE. YOU ARE REALLY? WHAT? DO WE HAVE TO TALK? WE GOT SOME EXECUTIVE SESSION.NOTHING. WOW. MOVE. WE ADJOURNED. LONG ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT. SO 40, 41, 42, 43 AND 4440. ALL WILL BE WITHDRAWN. I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. THERE'S CAKE FOR EVERYONE. OH. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. MACKENZIE DID REMIND ME. WE HAVE CAKE FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY AS PART OF OUR FIRST COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURTROOM, ACROSS FROM THE HALLWAY, WHAT WE CALL THE PUBLIC CONFERENCE ROOM. SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR SOME CAKE RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO TO ADJOURN ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING, RAISE YOUR RIGH
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