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come and serve as a great citizen of
this county. Thankful for

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Brownwood and Brown County that we get
to live in a place that just a great

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community. Thank you Lord for watching
over us. Pray you visit these this court

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as they do business of the county
to guide them and direct them and give

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them the knowledge and
just what they need to be in this

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county. Thank you for your son Jesus who
died on the cross so that we can spend

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heaven eternal

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to the standy

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andice for

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Texas.

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» Okay, it's time we open this up to
citizen comments. We have anybody

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wishing to make comment?

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All right.
reports from county departments. I don't

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think we have any. None. All right.
Regular resolution. Uh this is national

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preparedness month. And uh I will lead.
We have quite a few representatives here

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today because of this resolution. Is
that would y'all mind standing for us?

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» Thank y'all for coming. Appreciate it.
This is uh National Preparedness Month

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Resolution. Whereas National
Preparedness Month is observed annually

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throughout the month of September to
promote emergency preparedness and

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encourage individuals, families,
businesses, and communities to be ready

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for disasters and emergencies. And
whereas Brown County recognizes that

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natural disasters, public emergencies,
severe weather events, technological

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incidents, and other hazards can occur
with little warning and may

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significantly impact the safety, health,
and property of our residents. And

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whereas preparedness begins with
individual responsibility and community

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engagement through planning, training,
maintaining emergency supplies, and

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staying informed about potential risks
and protective actions. And whereas the

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Brown County Office of Emergency
Management, first responders, public

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service safety agencies, healthc care
partners, volunteer organizations,

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schools, businesses, faith-based
organizations, and community

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stakeholders work year round to
strengthen community resilience and

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emergency readiness. And whereas
National Preparedness Month provides an

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opportunity to educate the public on the
importance of developing emergency

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plans, building emergency kits, signing
up for local emergency alerts, and

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participating in preparedness activities
that help reduce the impact of

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disasters. And whereas the
commissioner's court of Brown County

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encourages all residents to take
proactive measures to prepare

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themselves, their families, pets, and
businesses for emergencies and to

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support efforts that enhance community
preparedness and resilience. Now

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therefore, be it resolved that the
Commissioner's Court of Brown County,

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Texas, hereby proclaims the month of
September 2026 as National Preparedness

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Month in Brown County and urges all
residents, businesses, and organizations

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to participate in preparedness
activities and take steps to become more

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resilient in the face of emergencies and
disasters. be a third war resolve that

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the commissioner's court expresses its
appreciation to the first responders,

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public safety personnel, health care
providers, volunteers, emergency

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management professionals, and community
partners whose dedication contributes to

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the preparedness, safety, and resilience
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There's the resolution in front of us.
I'd ask that we have a motion to adopt

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the resolution.
Motion approved.

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Uh we have a motion from Commissioner
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» Commissioner Chastain second. Any
discussion? All in favor, raise your

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right hand.
Passes unanimously. Thank you. We

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appreciate all that you all do out there
to keep us aware and keep us safe.

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[clears throat] All right. The next item
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uh, and we have employee changes. I
don't think we have any to report today.

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The burn ban, see no need to change
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So, there's no action on the burn ban.
It will remain in place. And now we're

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going to get to our normal business that
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approval. And like I seem like I do all
the time, I'm going to change the order

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up a little bit. I'm going to let y'all
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take the action on the adoption of the
budget. Uh we have actually set another

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hearing
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hearing on that date. It's already uh
has it been it'll be posted in the paper

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on Saturday. Is that right? Yeah. And
then we'll actually at that time intend

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to adopt that here uh budget after that
hearing. Um so if you're here for that,

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I'm sorry. We're not going to talk about
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today. Next thing, the first item on the
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under this portion is a consideration
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cooperation contract with San Angelo
State University. We're going to move

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that to the end because we're probably
going to have an executive session on

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that a close session. So, we'll hold
that till the end. So, the uh first

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thing that we're going to get to then
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need to do first? D. The first item then
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possible approval to purchase a 2021
Freight Liner truck tractor as prevented

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presented by Commissioner Chastain 37.
So we have a vehicle that we're going to

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discuss here BNC in a minute. Uh took
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and the repairs are going to be 20
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to 2012
2012 International. I just checked on

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some new. So, we're going to I'm want to
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Freight Liner for a cost of $47,000.
All right. So, we have a motion from

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Commissioner Chastain
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Freight Liner truck tractor. Do we have
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second from Commissioner Reed. Any
discussion? All in favor? Raise your

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right hand. Passes unanimous. without a
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» No doubt.
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agenda that we're going to consider is
item B and it's consideration and

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possible approval to declare as surplus
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» So, that the 2012 International is one
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surplus.
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Motion.
>> We have a motion from Commissioner Jane,

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a second from Commissioner Treywick. Any
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Okay. All in favor, raise your right
hand. All right. That passes

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unanimously.
All right. Now, we're going to see. Is

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that correct? All right. Consideration
and possible approval to the list to

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list the declared surplus of 2012
International Truck Tractor, which we

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just did on govdeealss.com. That's
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» Yeah, we're just going to list it on gov
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Hopefully get about 10,000. I don't see.
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We have a second from Commissioner
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All in favor, raise your right hand.
None opposed. Passes.

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[snorts] All right. We are now on item E
and that is a consideration and possible

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approval to install a private line on
County Road 33 by Zephr Water Supply

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Corporation. That's presented by
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» Yes. Uh Clei.
So they're coming in. I have we have

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sent them back out to it was kind of
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did that built up like
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motion to approve that on 334.
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Commissioner Reed second by Commissioner
Treywick. Any discussion? All in favor

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raise your right hand. Passes
unanimously.

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We have another private line to be
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» Yes, this one's another cle that they'll
be cutting. Uh they have not done this

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one yet, so we'll stand above that. The
guys on those room will watch to be sure

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nothing come back out. Make a motion to
approve that county road 37.

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» All right, we have a motion for
Commissioner Reed. Is there a second?

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Second from Commissioner Kelton. Any
discussion? All in favor ready to write

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in that passes.
All right.

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Now we are on item G. Consideration
possible approval for the purchase of a

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van for Brown County Afterlife Extension
Office. This is slated to be presented

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by Commissioner.

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He has found a
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of an extension agent for how long now?
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» A year.
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» So, that money should have been that was
in the budget. So, that would help buy

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the thing. So, I let him take over.
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» Yes, sir. Glad to be here. Uh so uh
found a van I know request in the budget

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on uh replacing the van that we had
which is a 2008 has 110,000.

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Uh there's some issues going on with it
on a safety standpoint really on the AC

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kids around in that van. Um, and so we
did find I went and searched and found

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one. Uh, hard to come by on especially
passenger van, everything else that is

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basically a cargo van. Uh, but we found
this one in Miniola at a dealership Dow

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Autolex uh for 532125

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and I can submit that on the uh quarter
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It has a
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» 9,000 answer. 9,396
miles on it. Uh, and if we went and

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looked at a new van, those things first
to try to get one is hard to come by,

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but we're looking at like 65,000
or up for a brand new van. And that's

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just a basic line of one. Uh, so
locating this one, this is a 12

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passenger van. uh very similar to the
one that we have now. Um with there's

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other than it being newer, it's pretty
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conditions.
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» It's a 2025.
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» I believe so. That would have to talk
with them uh to discuss that warrant to

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see. Uh we just requested a quote from
them and they sent over.

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» So we want to pay this out of out of the
salary.

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» We do have leftover monies from our
budget that did not go to an agent

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position uh due to not having an a
natural resource agent uh for the

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basically
last budget year. Uh and so with that

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money that was left over, that's what
we're looking at going towards it, this

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van we can put on on gov deal or trade
in depending on what you know

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recommendations on where we can get
more.

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» So I will say I visited with the
assistant county auditor on this and

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there are funds available to to do this
in this year.

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» Oh yes.
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we're not budgeting this for next year.
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» yes that office
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sources but there's plenty
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» we have
also that we have we have room in that

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auditor that we budgeted for an auditor
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independent audit not spent that money.
That money is there, too.

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» Now, the last van we got, was that was
that not donated to

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» uh we still had to pay for it. Um and I
believe, if I'm not mistaken, I think it

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was 12,000,
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» but it was

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a
motion. from Commissioner Chastain, a

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second from Commissioner Trey W. Any
other discussion on it?

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All in favor, raise your right hand.

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» All right, appreciate it. Thank you for
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» Yes, sir. [laughter] Very happy.
>> Yes, sir. Appreciate y'all.

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» So,
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» Yes.

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to do that adoption down.

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» Yeah. So, so what so what I've mentioned
is today that we'll take no action on

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the budget. We are looking to set a new
a new hearing and meet and a meeting to

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adopt that on September the 23rd. That
would be at 9:00 a.m. And I would ask

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for a motion to approve that new date to
to try to finish the budget.

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» Yes, I'm sorry it would put that under
item H.

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» It's for HNI. It's for the budget and
the tax. I'm sorry. Thank goodness.

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» I just had one question. So
it's one of these things to be done by

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regular
>> by scheduling it. It's considered a

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regular meeting. What it can be done is
in an emergency meeting where we're

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doing the very

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» there's a lot there's a lot of attorney
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» So we're good. We're good. Sorry.
>> It's [laughter]

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I need to be checked.
>> Yes, ma'am. That one's scheduled

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regular. We're good to go.

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I'll tell you what. I'll make a motion
to uh to to move those the hearings on

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both the budget and the tax rate and
meeting to hopefully adopt those

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September 23rd at 9:00 a.m.
>> second from Commissioner Reid. Any more

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discussion?
>> Did you make the motion?

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» Yes, ma'am. So, it's a Wednesday.
Now, why that date? I will say this

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before we go. That date leaves us a
little room that we have a hiccup. We

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have time to schedule another meeting
and get it done before the 30th, which

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is when we got to have it done. 23rd.
>> Yes, sir.

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» All right. So, we got a motion in a
second. Any other discussion?

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All in raise your right hand. All right.
That passes.

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All right. That said, now we're going to
talk about item A, which is

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consideration and possible approval to
interlocal cooperation contract between

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Angelo State University and Brown County
related to the use of Angelo State

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Regional Security Operations Center
presented by Goldmith. I don't think we

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have anybody here from Goldmith. Um,
so I can talk about it in general. It

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probably wouldn't hurt for us to go into
executive session. This is uh it's

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essentially cyber security is what this
is about. And uh it is a program that's

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actually paid for by the state of Texas.
So the cost to us is zero. Um and if you

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were to do this as a private company,
this would be hundreds of thousands of

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dollars. So this is worth a lot. So with
that said, I think we do need to go into

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executive session a little bit to talk
about it more specifically.

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So the time is
149 and

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149. Uh pursuant to provisions of the
open meetings act, Brown County

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Commissioners Court will recess from
open session and convened convenient

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executive session. This executive
session is being held to discuss matters

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under section uh
551

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um 076 of the
Texas government code uh to discuss

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security devices or security updates.
Any action resulting from these

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discussions will be considered in open
session following action.

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