[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.

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