[0:00] I don't I don't want my first one.
You know we had a good business flow.
[0:05] That's how we get the notifications and
that's guys.
[0:09] business flow
Hey Chad, still wanted to
[1:56] » I guess that means September already?
The master court rooster county will all
[2:01] rise to the invitation and the pledge of
allegiance.
[2:06] » [clears throat]
>> Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank
[2:08] you for all your blessings and ask for
strength and wisdom as we go about the
[2:12] business of the county. Thank you for
the recent rains. Lord, we thank you all
[2:16] this in Jesus' name. Amen.
>> Amen.
[2:20] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America.
[2:24] To the republic for which it stands, one
nation under God, indivisible, with
[2:30] liberty and justice for all.
Honor the Texas flag. I pledge
[2:35] allegiance to thee, Texas. One and
indivisible,
[2:38] with liberty and justice for
[2:50] » Stay.
Stay.
[2:58] » All right, let's do item number four,
review, discuss, and take action to
[3:01] approve the previous meeting minutes.
Um, I entertain a motion for August
[3:06] 11th.
>> So moved.
[3:08] » Second.
>> Motion is second. Discussion of August
[3:11] 11th meeting minutes.
No further discussion. All in favor, say
[3:15] aye.
>> Aye.
[3:16] » Okay.
Uh, Commissioner's Court meeting August
[3:19] 25th minutes.
>> So moved.
[3:21] » Second.
>> Motion is second. Discussion.
[3:25] All right. Uh, no further discussion.
All in favor, say aye.
[3:28] » Aye.
>> Aye. And Commissioner's Court meeting of
[3:30] August 31st, 2026.
>> Second.
[3:34] » Motion is second. No further any
discussion.
[3:38] No further discussion. All in favor, say
aye.
[3:40] » Aye.
>> All right. Thank you all.
[3:42] All right. Public comment. Any public
comments this morning?
[3:47] What are interest rates going to do?
[3:50] No comment, right?
Okay.
[3:56] All right, recognitions and
announcements. Mr. Morrow, anything?
[4:00] » I've been in my world.
[4:04] » Mr. Morrow, take it.
>> No, our department's having their comida
[4:07] cook-off
next week.
[4:10] » This coming weekend?
>> No, Saturday 18th.
[4:12] » 18th, okay.
>> So, anybody gets hankering to come help,
[4:18] donate,
join us, come on down.
[4:21] » Community center?
>> No, shirt to post.
[4:23] » Post, okay.
>> What time?
[4:26] Right here is a steak and um
and margaritas, I think.
[4:31] I think it starts at
6:00, 7:00.
[4:35] I think it's all day Saturday.
And we have chicken, brisket, beans.
[4:41] » Sounds good.
All right, anything else?
[4:45] » That's all I got.
>> All right.
[4:47] Um
what's the saying? The rumor of my death
[4:50] was greatly exaggerated last week.
>> Good timing.
[4:53] » So, we did survive an 8-day Grand Canyon
trip.
[4:57] We were right above the flood.
So, we were we were getting rained on
[5:03] and we
uh we got a call the outfitter got a
[5:06] call from their headquarters saying pull
over.
[5:09] So, we pulled over and that's when the
flash flood hit. We didn't see it, but
[5:13] we saw it the next So, they held us over
one night.
[5:17] We just camped, which was fine.
And then got up the next morning and
[5:21] they cleared us to go on through and
it looked like Kerrville. There's a
[5:25] little tiny creek runs about 30 cubic
feet a second. It ran 30,000 cubic feet
[5:30] a second.
And just
[5:32] tore through Phantom Ranch, if you've
ever been to Phantom Ranch. So, as we
[5:36] went downstream, there were pieces of
buildings.
[5:39] They were worried about the rafts
getting torn up on the metal.
[5:42] Couple of bridges that were in the water
uh
[5:45] uh they had one body that they had to
one death and then I think they're
[5:49] missing still a body somewhere in all
that debris. Big mess.
[5:53] » The mess is sudden.
>> Hot one minute and cold freezing cold
[5:57] the next.
So, just depends on
[6:01] if you were getting rained on, the water
coming out of the bottom of the dam is
[6:04] 42°.
So, the water itself is cold.
[6:09] It only warms up a degree every 15 mi.
So, the water you're getting hammered
[6:15] with water in the rapids, so you're cold
from that and then it's raining on top
[6:19] of you. So, it's
Yeah, there was some
[6:21] some teeth-chattering days.
And then by the afternoon you'd be
[6:25] sitting out in 102° heat. So, it was all
over the board.
[6:30] We had a good time all things
considered.
[6:33] I would have my own I would say if you
ever have a chance to go to the Grand
[6:37] Canyon, that's the way to do it.
All right. Report to the city this
[6:41] morning?
Oh, I'm sorry. Do you have anything from
[6:43] Terlingua?
>> Um I did want to thank Rio Grande
[6:46] Electric Co-op for their hard work
through the
[6:50] holiday weekend to restore power after
that microburst took out I think it was
[6:53] like six power poles.
So, I
[6:55] » The poles were back in place?
>> My understanding is the poles are back
[6:58] in place, power's back on, and people
are not sweating anymore.
[7:02] » And your shed got spun.
>> That's the least of my worries.
[7:07] Yes, it did get moved but a lot of
things got moved.
[7:10] » Apparently that was wind damage to the
electrical poles.
[7:13] Really? That's what knocked the poles
>> Poles over was wind?
[7:15] » No, yeah.
>> Yes.
[7:17] » It was straight line winds. Straight
line winds. It was coming right off of
[7:19] that big mountain.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[7:20] » And uh
I had a video of the
[7:24] that big rental truck
just slammed that trailer with the wind
[7:28] and all.
>> Almost took the van with it.
[7:30] » Yeah, almost.
[7:33] » Big wind.
>> Anything else in Terlingua?
[7:38] Yes. Anything else on your end?
>> West County's fine.
[7:41] » Yeah, everybody's happy. No no weather.
Drizzle. not enough rain. Don't show
[7:46] this weekend. The gun show was this
weekend. Apparently it was very
[7:49] successful.
People love coming out here.
[7:53] We need an event center.
[8:01] » Let's borrow some more money. All right.
All right. Report from City Alpine.
[8:05] Well, I Alpine's not here today. So the
number eight County Judge items review
[8:09] discuss and take action on the calendar.
We did that last meeting, didn't we?
[8:13] » Uh yeah, the holiday calendar.
Have we done the the meetings, too?
[8:19] They're all together. Yeah, okay.
>> Yeah.
[8:21] » I thought maybe we had done one or the
other and that was why it was on there
[8:23] twice.
>> Yeah, we're going to skip that one.
[8:26] All right. Now we're on public financing
project for Terlingua
[8:29] Park and Visitor Center. Uh we have a
couple of guests here um
[8:34] to talk to us about the financing piece
of this deal.
[8:37] » So my name is Will Smith. I was here
back in May
[8:39] to present some options for you guys.
I'm a special public finance with the
[8:44] financial advisor for the county. And we
took bids. If you'll I placed one of
[8:49] these on everybody's spot. Um
If you'll turn to
[8:54] page one. So September 3rd, which was
last week,
[8:58] we competitively bid directly to banks
the tax note series 2026.
[9:03] Um and approximately $2.5 million of
that will be to fund the park facility
[9:09] and recreation and community use.
And while if you notice on the agenda,
[9:14] the language discusses the ad valorem
tax, that's and and um
[9:19] your
bond counsel is also here. He can talk
[9:22] about that. But these are going to be
repaid through hotel occupancy tax. So
[9:26] they will not they will not be paid
through the ad valorem even though they
[9:29] are backed by that ad valorem pledge.
Um the final maturity on these is 2031
[9:35] February 15th of 2031. and the county
received 10 bids from seven banks on the
[9:40] note. Um and the bids vary
a lot and I've got a the next page kind
[9:46] of tallies those bids. And then the
closing is scheduled if you approve this
[9:51] this item today, the closing is
scheduled for October 7th and that's the
[9:55] point at which proceeds will be
available and also the interest will
[10:00] begin accruing.
Go flip to the next page. This is a
[10:03] overview of the And And the reason it
says revised bids up at the top
[10:08] we received bids twice for this. I think
you guys remember that. So these are the
[10:12] final bids and the winning bid or at
least the lowest bid was Huntington Bank
[10:18] and that's at a
4.1% interest rate which is it's uh
[10:24] as you can see based on on the bids
received, that's a pretty good bid.
[10:28] It's about nine basis points lower than
the second place bid from Webster.
[10:33] Um two things I'll point out
the difference between the first place
[10:38] bid and the and the fourth place bid and
the reason
[10:42] that's important uh
is really because of alls and I'll talk
[10:46] about that here in a second.
There's only $10,000 in interest.
[10:50] So you can kind of see how tight those
bids were especially in that top five or
[10:53] six.
Total debt service on the winning bid
[10:57] would be $2.827
million. You see that
[11:00] in the far right hand column.
Uh and this is this will be important I
[11:04] think here in a second but the call
feature on the winning bid is they're
[11:09] callable at any time. You can call them
whenever you want. But before February
[11:13] of 2028 you're going to pay a full basis
or really 100 basis points uh
[11:18] kind of a penalty on that. After
February of 2028 they're callable at par
[11:23] which means that you save all the
interest that you wouldn't pay after
[11:25] that point. So it's a little over a year
and you can pay these off without any
[11:29] interest.
Without any interest penalties.
[11:34] Um
if you'll flip to the next page, this is
[11:37] just a a listing of all the banks that
were solicited during this. Uh and it's
[11:44] pretty typical. We do, depending on, you
know, where we are and that sort of
[11:48] thing,
anywhere from 75 to 100 banks we'll
[11:51] solicit this to. Uh we got 10 bids and
like I said, that's that's a we we've
[11:55] done a couple of different ones like
this for counties in in West and Central
[11:59] Texas and 10 to 15 bids is pretty
typical that so we were pleased with the
[12:03] number of bids that we got, especially
with the interest rates that we got.
[12:07] Um the next page is your debt service
schedule comparison and this just
[12:10] compares Huntington Bank to Amegy Bank
um because the call feature on the Amegy
[12:15] Bank was the lowest bid with a anytime
call and so you notice the difference
[12:21] between those two winning bids is about
$10,000.
[12:25] Um
and so and then at the bottom of that
[12:28] you see your proposed sources and uses.
The par amount of 2.57 million, that
[12:32] $70,000 is for uh
cost of issuance
[12:36] and then deposit to the project fund
we're estimating about $2.5 million.
[12:42] Um the last page I have here is just a
timeline. Um today is the 8th. We're
[12:48] the uh board is uh considering this
item. If you approve this item, we will
[12:53] close this on October 7th and funds will
be available at that point.
[12:57] And I can answer any questions that you
might have on the side of this.
[13:02] » Well, you and I talked about this
earlier. I I think in this case I I
[13:06] think we we
I I would change my thinking on what we
[13:10] should do.
I think
[13:12] what we
[13:15] We we already we know that the whole
projects the the sum of all the projects
[13:20] of this series is going to be about $5
million for what we have in the
[13:22] planning.
This covers about half of that.
[13:26] Um
if it if the construction bids come in
[13:32] um greater than that, I think the
motivation for me would be if it's a
[13:37] marginal amount, say it's a 10%,
we probably have that in tourism because
[13:41] I didn't take all of the tourism money
for
[13:45] for the construction of this.
So, I think we got a little cushion. If
[13:49] it comes in way above 5 million, sort of
like the lodge did
[13:53] at at the park here, I think we have to
either scale back or reconsider the
[13:56] project. So, I I guess where I am is
these guys have done a lot of work. I'm
[14:02] I'm going to
I'm going to recommend that we go ahead
[14:04] and fund.
We put it in the bank, we'll earn We're
[14:07] going to earn 3.
9 on the money.
[14:11] So, our spread is between the interest
rate on the note and what we're earning.
[14:15] Uh it's callable in '28, so we can pay
it out if if if worst scenario happens
[14:22] and we don't do the project because it
comes in too high or we'll just pay the
[14:25] debt back.
[14:29] Which we can do in '28
at no cost to us.
[14:33] Um
>> We don't really know the exact cost of
[14:36] the
>> We don't know yet and I but I think it
[14:38] also
it in some ways it also kind of forces
[14:42] us to
keep a cap on the spending.
[14:48] So, I at this stage of the game, we've
come pretty far on this. My
[14:53] recommendation is that we go ahead and
proceed with the issuance of the debt.
[14:58] Um as everybody understands, this is not
going to affect our interest and sinking
[15:01] because the source rate we're pledging
ad valorem, but we're using hotel money
[15:07] to pay it back, so it doesn't hit our
interest and sinking rate.
[15:11] So, the worst thing can happen is that
we'll pay
[15:16] interest for a year
at the difference between our investment
[15:20] rate and the note rate.
We'll have the money in the bank ready
[15:23] to do the project.
[15:27] Um
you know, the we we probably could write
[15:32] a check for most of but I just didn't
want to drain tourism to zero to build
[15:37] these projects.
[15:40] The The The only thing that's that's got
me
[15:43] I mean, you you can't even build an
outhouse today
[15:47] less than $75,000.
The structural costs are ridiculous.
[15:53] But, that's the one thing that
makes me nervous is what these bids will
[15:57] look like, but we'll just have to deal
with them when they come in.
[16:00] And if they're too much, then we'll
scale the projects back.
[16:03] I mean,
[16:06] it's it's the visitor center in
Terlingua that's probably the scale one.
[16:10] That.
But,
[16:12] you know, we want to try to plan for the
next 25 years.
[16:15] 25, 30 years. We've had Red the Cellar
about 30 years.
[16:18] » But, but this game is just we're coming
out of Terlingua here.
[16:22] » This is both
>> both projects.
[16:24] » Yeah, both of them.
>> So,
[16:25] » Okay.
>> we've kind of put a cap of $5 million on
[16:27] both projects.
>> Yeah.
[16:29] » The idea was about $3 million.
Call it two and a half each. Let's just
[16:33] go with that number. With a $5 million
cap, we borrowed half of it. We put 50%
[16:38] equity in the deal.
And we're done. And both projects are
[16:42] complete.
[16:46] » Both projects meaning in the bunkhouse?
>> No, bunkhouse is separate. That's on
[16:50] LHTC. So, this is for the visitor center
in Terlingua and the train station
[16:56] remodel and depot.
>> Right.
[16:58] » In Marathon.
>> And the Marathon is fine.
[17:03] » Yes.
>> Correct.
[17:04] » That's all part of it.
>> I mean, we've done well in tourism this
[17:07] year, so we're going to put another half
million dollars in reserve in tourism.
[17:13] Who knows what tourism is going to do
next year with all the controversies of
[17:16] the border wall, but so far the fall
looks pretty robust.
[17:20] So, um
my recommendation to the court is that
[17:24] we go ahead and proceed and put this bid
out.
[17:27] » This is a dumb question, Paul. $3,000
fee for a
[17:31] Huntington Bank?
>> Mhm.
[17:33] » That probably doesn't move my effective
rate up that much, does it?
[17:36] » That'd move it 19 basis points.
>> No, sir.
[17:38] » Okay.
Or 10?
[17:40] » Yeah.
Nine basis.
[17:43] » Nine basis points.
>> Okay. Yeah.
[17:45] » Person second.
>> That didn't move it that much.
[17:49] » I mean, it is some, but it's not.
>> Right.
[17:52] I don't think we Unless they want to be
generous and charge us no fee.
[17:57] » Yeah. No offense to any bankers in the
room, but have you ever known a banker
[18:01] to be generous?
I haven't.
[18:03] » Well, I have.
>> I was just teasing anyway. They're
[18:05] generous people. They're generous
individuals.
[18:08] » They are generous individuals, and
having been in their shoes at my I
[18:11] understand that.
>> Me and you both.
[18:12] » Yeah.
>> That's right.
[18:13] » Ben Love taught me um never give away
your fee.
[18:17] » Yeah, that's right.
>> Okay.
[18:19] » that just so the court knows. I was a
banker for a long time. So, in in the
[18:23] retail. So, I'm talking about myself,
too.
[18:26] » Self-deprecating.
>> Yes.
[18:29] » It's not the same business as it was 30
years ago.
[18:31] » It is not.
>> No.
[18:33] Okay.
Um so, I'll make a motion. I My
[18:37] recommendation is that we proceed with
issuing the um
[18:41] the debt in the amount of uh $2.5
million for
[18:45] for the purpose of the building
two visitor centers, one in Vermilion,
[18:49] one in Marathon.
>> Marathon.
[18:51] » Second.
>> Roll call.
[18:56] » Second is a discussion.
>> Are you choosing a bid?
[19:00] » Yeah, which one?
>> Yeah, I'm sorry, and I would recommend
[19:02] the bid of uh Huntington Bank.
>> Okay.
[19:04] » Yeah.
>> Sorry.
[19:05] » No, it's good.
>> Everybody understands that we we can't
[19:10] we can do anything we want, but we pay
it off before February of '28. So,
[19:14] that's a
little over a year and a half.
[19:17] Um
[19:20] we would pay a little bit of a premium,
which we wouldn't do.
[19:25] Otherwise, it's at par.
[19:31] » Well, if we ain't done it by the end of
May, we're not going to do it.
[19:33] » That's correct.
I'll go back to the drawing board, can
[19:36] you?
[19:40] Live down there.
All right, I've got a motion and a
[19:43] second. If there's no further
discussion, all in favor say aye.
[19:47] » Aye.
>> All right, no one's opposed. The deal's
[19:50] done.
Uh anything on the legal side we need to
[19:54] » Stack of documents for y'all to sign.
>> Okay.
[19:56] » Stack.
[19:59] And a notary with
>> I
[20:02] » Uh do you have a formal order on top of
that?
[20:04] » Um just the one that we provided.
>> Okay, that'll work.
[20:09] » Provided you sign the stack.
>> Okay.
[20:11] » All right.
>> All right, very good.
[20:14] All right, thank you all.
[20:18] All right, number 10.
Um
[20:21] we're not ready to do 10 yet on the
bunkhouse.
[20:24] Uh we've got the plans. I'll bring them
in
[20:26] at the next meeting. Um
we need to get that one out for bid, and
[20:31] that we'll talk about that on the 22nd.
>> Mhm.
[20:34] » Okay.
All right, Rowan Bridge.
[20:39] » Morning.
[20:41] » [clears throat]
>> Good morning.
[20:43] » Morning.
>> Uh we had
[20:45] I had a couple of guys go to Odessa and
bring back our our
[20:50] flatbed loader,
and I moved it to a Veterans Edition,
[20:55] where I'll be using it where we will be
using it.
[20:58] Uh still working on Veterans Edition.
Uh we started mowing again the marathon
[21:05] trying to get it ready for the uh
cook-off
[21:09] in a week or so.
Uh we're hauling some grade five to the
[21:13] Marathon.
Uh
[21:15] we're preparing a couple of streets to
do some paving over there.
[21:19] Okay.
Also,
[21:22] I had uh
one of one of uh
[21:28] one of the gooseneck trailers was full
of tires and we hauled it to El Paso
[21:32] plus a
uh 10-yard dump truck.
[21:36] So, I had two two guys go to El Paso
to Tres Pecetas for
[21:42] for the tire re-stuffing and all the
tires were out of the yard.
[21:47] They're out of Marathon, they're out of
uh Alpine and Terlingua.
[21:51] » Thank you.
>> And what about the steel and trailing?
[21:56] » They're working on it.
[21:59] » Okay.
>> They they came by on
[22:02] They came by last week on Saturday. They
They loaded up and they hauled one load.
[22:08] And then they said they were going to
come back sometime this week.
[22:13] » You got about one load left in Marathon?
Good.
[22:17] All right, good.
>> All right, good.
[22:19] » And we're we're very focused on Veterans
Addition, though, right? Somebody needs
[22:24] to go there and blame it.
>> Yes.
[22:25] » Not the double triple windrows all
>> Well, we're working on that.
[22:29] » What did that cost us on that? Turk,
>> What did that
[22:32] What did that repair job cost us?
What did you say? On the motor grader?
[22:37] The motor grader?
>> On the motor grader, I have uh
[22:41] I don't remember. I don't think the
bill's come in yet.
[22:44] » Actually, it's in the payables for
today. Um it was the one that the AMC
[22:50] was out.
>> Yes.
[22:51] » Uh $2,441.39.
>> Oh, cheaper than I thought. It was
[22:57] » We didn't have to replace the ECM.
There was just a little hole, shorted
[23:03] uh a vibration.
It's been running good. I mean
[23:08] but we're all fingers crossed.
>> Okay.
[23:10] » And also I had a
the gentleman come work on our 10-yard
[23:14] dump truck. The one that I don't know if
you heard about it or not, but it's
[23:19] electrical shortage
uh
[23:21] burnt the wires from the
from top of the cab underneath the cab
[23:27] to the battery box.
And from the
[23:30] from the battery box all the way back to
the end of the nine nine pin
[23:36] socket in the back of the truck.
It's repaired.
[23:43] And I got it I I received a bill for an
invoice coming and I think it's like
[23:47] 1,200 and something dollars.
We bought the parts.
[23:52] We we supplied the parts for him and he
did the labor.
[23:56] » And the other one?
>> The other one I'm having them problems
[23:59] trying to locate the
hydraulic pump.
[24:03] The the people that I were talking to
will not take
[24:07] payment over the phone.
So I've got a couple other numbers that
[24:11] I need to call today and
and see if I can locate one.
[24:15] » I'll give you the richest number and if
you can't
[24:18] if you're having trouble and he'll he'll
help us get it.
[24:21] » Okay.
Sounds good.
[24:24] » Okay.
Anything else?
[24:26] » Uh no sir. No no
permit requests
[24:30] at this time.
That's all I have for for this week.
[24:35] » Nothing for emergency management this
morning. The treasurer's office?
[24:39] » Good morning. Um
I don't have any reports to present, but
[24:43] I do have one announcement. Uh
this month uh September is open
[24:48] enrollment for our medical insurance.
Um
[24:52] so you have all this month to add
uh make changes to the policy, add
[24:58] dependents, drop dependents.
Um,
[25:01] everything like that. New, uh, or new
rates will take um, come
[25:07] Our new rates will be effective October
1st.
[25:10] Uh,
on the first payroll of the month, but
[25:13] it's a very minimal, like for our side,
what we're responsible for, it's a very
[25:18] minimal change, like couple dollars
difference, maybe.
[25:22] Um, but you have all this month to make
any changes. Uh, Mindy Seahorn,
[25:27] um,
who is our representative, she will be
[25:32] here on Wednesday, the 16th,
uh, in Commissioner's Courtroom to
[25:38] process any changes, um, if you wish to
use her,
[25:44] uh, want to come in and talk to her
about options or anything like that. But
[25:47] you still have the whole month, but
Mindy will be here on the 16th for
[25:51] » Is this when you can do dental and
vision, too?
[25:54] » No, sir. This is medical only. Um,
vision and dental will be in November,
[26:00] and, uh,
the new plan is effective, uh, in
[26:03] December for
um, vision and dental.
[26:07] » And if you don't want to do anything,
make any changes, you do nothing?
[26:11] » You do nothing.
>> Okay. I'm good at that.
[26:13] » [laughter]
[26:16] » Perfect.
All right, nothing else on the treasure.
[26:19] » No, sir.
>> All right, comptroller.
[26:22] » Okay. Uh, first up is the invoices that
that we did have POs for,
[26:29] and the total on that is going to be
45,343.35.
[26:35] And going back to one of the items that
Johnny was talking about, we did get all
[26:40] of the invoices from Trace Pocettus,
and, um,
[26:45] no, I'll take that back. This one This
one has
[26:48] Yeah, this has all of them. 44,392.25.
And in total, we came in I think we were
[26:55] about $10,000 or so below what we had
originally estimated for that. So
[27:03] Yes.
>> When we take When we take tires to them,
[27:07] they still charge us though, right?
>> Yes, but they charge us by the pound.
[27:11] » Got you.
>> They're not charging for the trip, so
[27:13] that does
save some.
[27:16] So, do we have any questions on the um
invoices for purchase orders?
[27:23] » The office chair for the district
clerk's office.
[27:28] How long is Tayshaun been here?
[27:32] I'm ready to go.
I second your motion for the purchase
[27:36] orders.
Okay, motion to approve the invoices
[27:40] with purchase orders.
>> Second. I'll make for a second.
[27:42] » Second.
>> Discussion. All in favor say aye.
[27:46] » Aye.
>> Aye.
[27:48] » All right, without purchase orders.
>> Okay, for those without purchase orders,
[27:53] we have a total of $95,232.92.
[27:59] There is one item on that list that is
on hold. It's the Axon Enterprises on
[28:04] the first page. It's for 15040
and that is for the Sheriff's
[28:08] Department's
body cam
[28:12] tasers.
And Ronnie is looking, he's not sure if
[28:17] he wants that paid out of his abandoned
account this year. So, I've got that on
[28:22] hold waiting to hear back from him.
[28:25] But other than that, everything is
pretty standard.
[28:31] » I'll entertain a motion.
>> I'll move.
[28:34] » Second.
>> Motion and second. Purchase order
[28:37] payables with no purchase orders.
Discussion. All in favor say aye.
[28:41] » Aye.
>> Aye.
[28:44] » Okay, and the last
next to the last actually last of the
[28:48] expenses.
These are expenses that were paid
[28:51] between the last Commissioners Court and
today.
[28:55] For a total of 83,869.23.
[29:01] So these are our our recurring type
payments.
[29:04] » I'll move.
>> Second.
[29:07] » Motion a second discussion.
All in favor say I.
[29:11] » I.
>> I.
[29:12] » I.
>> All right and
[29:14] last one we've got the budget
adjustment.
[29:16] Uh report most of these are line item
adjustments. The first one is to cover
[29:20] some expenses for Red Ribbon Week and
that's a line item adjustment. Um the
[29:25] second one is for the Operation Lone
Star Grant for the current year
[29:30] and those are some
of the fees that they
[29:34] turned into the office of the governor.
Um
[29:38] we have added our our done some line
item adjustments out of the
[29:44] election workers line
due to the additional
[29:49] work required on the election this year.
Uh
[29:53] our elections administrator felt like
that she was going to need to use
[29:56] Jessica for more hours in September. So
we have
[29:59] we have shifted that to to cover some
additional time for Jessica.
[30:05] Um the next one
the budget adjustment for OLS. This is
[30:08] an actual budget adjustment. That grant
takes effect on September the 1st. So it
[30:14] is within this fiscal year and that that
grant has been awarded. So this is a
[30:19] budget adjustment to show the additional
revenue and expense related to that
[30:25] grant.
[30:28] And then a line item adjustment for some
fuel for emergency management and fuel
[30:32] for road and bridge.
[30:37] » I'll move.
>> Second.
[30:41] » Motion and I don't what Red Ribbon Week
notice that.
[30:44] » Red Ribbon Week is the
kind of the same out of drugs that the
[30:48] Sheriff's Office goes out to the school.
Um, and they have a a week uh
[30:54] um
events events
[30:57] » Can we use that opioid money for that?
>> I would think you could.
[31:01] » we could, too.
Something.
[31:04] I'd rather use the Sheriff's money
first.
[31:08] » But yeah, they normally they'll have
like, you know, little giveaways that
[31:12] that go to the kids.
But it's in honor of a I believe it was
[31:17] a Border Patrol agent
that was killed undercover a number of
[31:21] years ago.
>> All right, motion and a second. All in
[31:24] favor say aye.
>> Aye.
[31:27] » All right, anything else from cultural?
>> Just trying to to work on getting
[31:31] through the the year end, getting the
new bank account information
[31:36] uh set up and good to go.
Um,
[31:39] one that Celina had had looked at the
ambulance grant. We do probably need to
[31:44] put into a separate interest-bearing Not
right now, it's in our general fund
[31:48] account.
Um, but I think we're going to wait and
[31:51] open that and do it as of October 1st
and
[31:53] so that we're not having to shuffle
things around too much.
[31:57] » And we'll put that on the agenda for
September 22nd.
[31:59] » Yeah, put it in a separate account.
>> Approve opening a new bank account.
[32:04] » Okay, I'll put that on the agenda. Yeah,
I I want to isolate that interest and
[32:08] not have
>> given the time frame on that grant, it's
[32:10] it's better to have it in its own
account.
[32:14] » I got a request. Yes, sir.
Um, I'd like to see about getting Johnny
[32:18] a credit card. We're
do not know the limit to where he can uh
[32:24] can go forward and buy parts
when we need a special for these trucks.
[32:30] Instead of chasing parts, instead of
chasing POs, he can bring it in as soon
[32:35] as he orders it.
Um
[32:40] But
>> Is that holding it up?
[32:44] » I think that if it if it goes above that
then, you know, he can
[32:48] probably get an emergency PO or
whatever.
[32:52] But um
>> Are you thinking he's still going to PO
[32:56] and then just pay for it with a credit
card? Or are you saying
[33:00] » Like some some of the stuff that he
needs a part right then. You know what I
[33:03] mean? He can order it and then they'll
they'll give him a
[33:07] an invoice right then and he can bring
it in.
[33:10] But that's
or he buys stuff that that we need to
[33:14] keep rolling.
I mean I'm I'm having truck sit
[33:19] because
>> Yeah, we're waiting on part of what we
[33:20] can get.
>> We're waiting.
[33:22] » Any ideas on what we could do to
streamline that? Could he still get a I
[33:26] guess my question is could you still get
>> Well, on the on the one the other day
[33:30] the the issue was
>> I'm not We're not going back. We're
[33:33] going forward, okay?
>> No, but I'm just using that as an
[33:36] example, Reuben. That that would have
been an emergency PO. It was not the PO
[33:40] that was holding anything up.
I mean we weren't
[33:43] » But he needed to be able to to be able
to buy it.
[33:45] » The issue was he did he needed to come
in and pick up the credit card
[33:50] to make the purchase.
So, I think that's what they're they're
[33:54] looking at is that he has his own credit
card and doesn't have to come check out
[33:57] a credit card.
>> Yeah.
[33:59] But see at that on that I didn't have
the total.
[34:04] » But he didn't have the total.
>> I had no choice to tell him that he just
[34:07] didn't have the total.
We had to chase stuff down.
[34:12] I mean he just he needed to have a
credit card with him and be
[34:17] We've had it before.
>> Yeah.
[34:19] » I understand that because we had it
before it got it makes it right today,
[34:23] but
I mean it
[34:25] » I mean it would help out a lot.
>> Oh, hell yeah.
[34:27] » From from my point of view.
>> Yeah, I mean I don't have a problem with
[34:30] it as long as you make sure that you get
invoices.
[34:35] Now obviously when you buy it that we
get a invoice. If you can get a PO ahead
[34:39] of time that's better, but if you don't
and you buy it with an invoice and get
[34:43] the invoice and we get to see those as
they come through.
[34:46] » See a a lot of the the vendors will will
not send any
[34:51] any money.
Uh I mean if I if I ask for a PO,
[34:56] they'll hold off
for a little while to make sure that the
[34:59] PO's cleared before they send the the
part.
[35:02] » me could we not set up a PO for two
grand?
[35:06] Against that.
>> again, when he when he called it was an
[35:09] emergency order. So the the PO is not
the issue.
[35:13] » Right. But I'm just thinking
>> The credit Okay. And then on some of
[35:17] that stuff maybe some of those vendors
that I have like set up yet
[35:20] like that uh
[35:24] PTO pump that we're trying to chase
down. I mean we're trying to chase them
[35:27] down.
>> And you don't know who the vendor is
[35:29] going to be so it's going to have to go
on a credit card because we don't have
[35:31] them set up with a W-9.
>> But we do it through travel.
[35:34] » I'm sorry?
>> I said we got to do it with travel now.
[35:38] » The only issue that I have with it is
I wouldn't want to see it within 2,000
[35:44] and also get the invoice or the amount
at least as soon as possible
[35:49] because if we are going over budget, we
need to make sure we have a budget
[35:54] adjustment or a line item adjustment.
>> Well when he pays for it he's going to
[35:57] get an invoice. It is going to get
emailed to him right away immediately.
[36:02] Yeah.
So I mean
[36:03] » So as long as as long as we get that in
to make any kind of budget adjustment,
[36:07] we should be okay.
>> And we got to keep the
[36:10] we got to keep the machine that they
have set
[36:11] » it's you know getting it getting a
purchase order
[36:15] if it's an emergency expenditure is not
the hold up.
[36:19] It was it it's getting a credit card.
>> And credit card. All right, well I'm
[36:24] let's work together and we'll get him a
credit card. I mean you gave me one for
[36:27] those little biddling things, you know.
>> Yeah, you may need a little higher
[36:31] credit limit.
>> Well, yeah, they got a $100 limit on
[36:33] mine, so
>> I I and we we stretch it. We were
[36:35] stretching it.
>> Yeah, he's going crazy. I'm just going
[36:37] crazy with it.
[36:40] All right.
>> He's over limit of the month.
[36:42] » Yeah, we'll make that happen. We'll
figure it
[36:44] » Thank you.
>> Okay. I think that makes sense. We got
[36:46] to keep this thing rolling.
As long as Veterans Edition gets
[36:50] graded
I have to get
[36:52] » We're working on it as best as we can.
Just
[36:55] » Can't leave here fast enough to get back
in that meeting.
[36:58] All right. Anything else in the court?
>> One.
[37:01] » There's nothing from tourism today. Uh,
Robertson surgery things.
[37:10] Oh, okay. So, this is This is the
corrected one?
[37:13] All right. Is it on the agenda?
>> Yeah.
[37:15] » Okay. Well, then let's go back to that
one real quick.
[37:18] Let's go back to the calendar, proposed
calendar, cuz heaven forbid we get this
[37:22] wrong.
[37:25] 93 different opinions on the calendar.
So, what we did is we made the
[37:29] adjustments. Uh, November is a 3-day
holiday for Thanksgiving. December is a
[37:34] 3-day holiday.
We got nothing in June.
[37:39] Memorial Day in May.
Oh my god, we have 3 months where
[37:43] there's no vacation days. What will we
do?
[37:48] » What time period is that?
>> April,
[37:51] June, and August.
[37:56] » None at all.
>> Can we survive that? That is Easter.
[37:59] » What's 26?
>> What's 26? 25?
[38:02] » Easter is March 26th. Easter is on
>> Yeah.
[38:06] » Okay. Uh, and then the Commissioners
Courts are outlined second and fourth
[38:11] Thursdays of every month.
>> Except December.
[38:15] » Except what?
>> December.
[38:17] There's no second meeting in December.
Jenny, can you send that to me?
[38:22] » No, I don't see us having a meeting on
the 22nd, but I guess we better put it
[38:26] on the books.
Plus add the 22nd, but I can always
[38:29] cancel it. I sure as the world will have
a some urgent need and it won't be on
[38:34] the calendar.
So, I make a motion that we accept this
[38:37] calendar with the addition of the 22nd
December.
[38:40] » Second.
[38:44] » All right, second. Any discussion?
Everybody happy with that?
[38:48] All right, all in favor say I. I. Okay,
that's approved.
[38:52] » We'll take it, Jerry.
>> All right, next meeting is 22nd. We're
[38:57] not going to have a special meeting
since the budget's approved, so no
[39:00] meeting next week. And our next meeting
is the 22nd.
[39:04] Motion to adjourn. Looking for a second.
>> Second.
[39:08] » All in favor say I. I. So, it's
adjourned.