[3:38] I will start with that, ask you to stand. I will lead in prayer. Go right into the pledges.

[3:51] is bring

[3:57] with me.

[3:58] Devin, father, we thank you for taking care of us

[4:00] and providing for us.

[4:01] We thank you for Howard County

[4:03] and the folks that live here.

[4:05] Assistant, she'll help us as commissioners judges

[4:08] to do the right thing, to be honorable people,

[4:12] to be as open as we possibly can,

[4:14] to try and do what is right for the folks of our area.

[4:18] We thank you again for the many blessings

[4:20] that you provide to us this time of year

[4:23] with school ending and summertime starting.

[4:25] there's excitement in the air. We also know that there's a lot of different activities coming up,

[4:30] whether it's rodeo or just fun vacations and so on, that folks are going to be involved in.

[4:37] We just pray for safety through all of those activities. Again, we thank you for your many blessings.

[4:43] Jesus, name we pray. Maybe I mean, you'll join me in the pledges, please.

[4:50] My pleasure reaches to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands

[4:56] one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all the Texas flag. On order the Texas flag, I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state under God one and indivisible.

[5:13] Thank you very much.

[5:15] It is

[5:19] a, I've mentioned to a couple of you, we've got little shorthanded today, which is very unusual for us, but we've got some doctor's appointments and things going on.

[5:28] And commissioners, I haven't told you, I know, I think I mentioned that Lindsey is tied up with pretty trials downstairs because of the, the shift in our, in our schedule, we were trying to do double duty.

[5:38] and Abby is out there today as a stomach bug.

[5:43] So anyway, we're a little short-handed there also.

[5:45] But I think we can get through.

[5:48] So again, this is our regular 10 o'clock meeting.

[5:51] Just double check, I'm gonna see Mark.

[5:55] We didn't have anybody sign in for public comment.

[5:58] Is that true?

[5:59] Okay, very good.

[6:00] Then we'll ask if you haven't already.

[6:03] I probably should do it myself.

[6:04] you'll sign us cell phones.

[6:09] We'll get going. So the first item that we have is I'm

[6:13] going to kick things over to Commissioner Barry and his recognition of

[6:16] Howard County outstanding students. Yes, you guys know we've got to stretch this

[6:22] out over a couple of weeks. Gettos being so busy and all we're certainly glad

[6:25] that they were able to take the time to come back. Bergen had some kind of

[6:30] mathematics test I believe the last time. So we wanted to bring her back up and

[6:33] get her recognized and formally get a photograph and so forth so we're glad

[6:37] she's here but Mike I guess this time we'll call you in a bergen of we'll see if

[6:43] we can't get a photograph. I get a picture. Okay. It's good.

[6:48] Yeah, I mean don't lie, I like to just give the yes definitely summarize or rest and

[6:53] then we'll start with that. I said I say briefly summarize or best made. Is there

[6:59] I'm going to start with that, and I'm going to picture first this up, y'all.

[7:05] Since we're all standing up, let's take our vision, and we'll get out of the way, which

[7:09] you can move out of the mixture of the spotlights on here.

[7:36] Oh, yes, man.

[7:39] All right.

[7:40] All right.

[7:41] All right.

[7:41] I'll make her talk to you guys to be bored.

[7:44] I give you a little bit.

[7:45] Okay.

[7:45] All right.

[7:46] That's fine.

[7:49] I give her a salute for you.

[7:51] That's fine.

[7:52] thing, which is no surprise. But again, thank you all for allowing us to do this. We

[7:57] want you to request me to come back because I hope you do all the good. They have the

[8:00] opportunity to meet our other half of the big spring high school. Sorry, y'all's

[8:05] commissioner, of course, student of the year, you may have rolling. She was taken to the

[8:09] eight gig exam. One of five, by the way, loud. At a very busy week, and then of course it

[8:17] started in the second week, the next week, which you leave busy or they culminated with a nice

[8:21] in the next exercise, probably not.

[8:24] I had a really good time graduating through 26 seniors.

[8:28] Fergist, however, was recognized as y'all's

[8:32] commissioner of course, student of the year.

[8:34] We based out the two criteria, number one,

[8:37] two criteria, it's number one.

[8:38] First criteria will always be admins,

[8:41] students to be recognized in this court,

[8:44] and y'all's commissioner of course, student of the year,

[8:46] has to be admitted in the same,

[8:48] and has challenged the most rigorous curriculum,

[8:50] the big spring hospital has an offer. She graduated with the highest honors which is

[8:57] basically taking the most rigorous course of study that a student can take at the spring

[9:03] hospital which includes quite a few may be college board courses that end with the exam.

[9:19] She took

[9:19] I'll try it for those who said five this year and the reason she was in

[9:23] Zassin was hating one of those five. Very academically, say I'm of course being a

[9:28] student for him, you know, that she was ranked number two in her class of

[9:32] two hundred and twenty six. I think that hasn't asked the ring at all of our

[9:35] seniors. They'll never forget when the seniors graduate in this graduate class.

[9:40] You always say, I think we got to have many graduate and, you know,

[9:44] everybody's trying to figure out where they're going to remember them in this class.

[9:46] Yes, the class of 2026 had 200 to 60 seconds.

[9:50] So I'm happy to be happy to forget that.

[9:53] So, Madison ran through that.

[9:55] And so, she was number two.

[9:57] High five years, and her class,

[10:00] her trial and study, and National Honor Society member.

[10:06] So, academically, yes.

[10:08] You check off the boxes,

[10:10] the fall by the Charleston missioners,

[10:12] of course, due to them there.

[10:14] The other criteria is any correctivity, and she's very, very involved as the most of our students are, but she's extremely involved.

[10:27] She begins, and I'll say this, she was the captain of our track, the perfect track team.

[10:33] And as you play the district champion and the regional qualifier, and I went ahead and told the story the last time.

[10:39] I think you part of your, just to talk about how selfless she is.

[10:43] It was last year we were going for a four-piece district

[10:46] championship and she went to coach and trained for the mile.

[10:51] She's always in shape.

[10:52] She says, no, try to go and get us a choice that we need

[10:55] for when the digital championship.

[10:57] Who volunteers to run the mile?

[11:00] For the next days, it's not like a family dog.

[11:04] It is, it's got to be.

[11:06] She volunteered to run the mile

[11:08] that she won them up and was the district agency and what I saw was that I could do that just from the point so

[11:15] that that was secure to the district agency and so that just kind of this rise what kind of person

[11:22] the burden is so we're very proud of that ship to the captain this year the district champion again in the 800 meter

[11:29] run, which again, I stood for the last of the spring, basically these days, and she was

[11:35] a regional ball player. She's also going to go to Queens University in Charlotte, or

[11:41] Carolina, where she has signed a college scholarship to run a strike there on that. We used to have

[11:49] visit downstairs before work. We got there, thought about, you know, some exciting events that

[11:55] going to be coming up in her life. And so this is one of, I don't care a lot, it's getting

[12:01] quality student. I just hope she comes back to the Texas. I don't know about big spring,

[12:06] but we just want her back in the state. But move up, that's going to be great, great experience.

[12:11] Where she's going to major out of the path. They got introduced to a couple of weeks ago,

[12:15] it was an adhesive, it's going to be site college. It's just what I'm doing, it's what Amanda said.

[12:21] And I would like to recognize a man who's sworn out of a recognize,

[12:25] I don't know what he's going to do,

[12:25] just anytime you have a faulty student,

[12:28] you don't have to look very far to find

[12:30] all of the excellent parents

[12:31] and they have been that hurt and hurt us

[12:34] and through madness and nothing less than how I say it.

[12:39] So appreciate it, appreciate those parents.

[12:41] Now, so extra rigorous,

[12:43] she's also a student council.

[12:44] We call it co-presidentialist,

[12:46] her rope and via.

[12:48] And they let our student body

[12:50] to share in the exceptional job of the leadership that it takes to just build the culture of the

[12:59] exciting spirit in our school building and probably the leadership there. Also last, this just

[13:06] came out because we did not have this when I introduced her previously. She was just recognized as the

[13:13] the State Board of Education Health, South of New York, to the

[13:16] United States.

[13:17] State Board of Education, a few rows of the board winner.

[13:23] And there's 15 in the State of Texas.

[13:24] So that's just not just what I have to pay for,

[13:26] so again, these out.

[13:28] You're nominated by your superintendent,

[13:30] the course of education committee,

[13:31] it's not nominated by the American,

[13:33] who served on his superintendent's castle,

[13:37] the SAC program, and he nominated her based on

[13:41] on these three criteria, selfless service kindness,

[13:45] and I believe the young one was shared, shared.

[13:52] And you know, if you think about those three criteria,

[13:54] you think about, again, a hero, a hero's award.

[13:58] Because a lot of people now sitting in the works

[14:01] for a shared, these days,

[14:03] are selfless service or kindness.

[14:06] And to me to be a hero, you have to take care

[14:09] of those little things.

[14:10] And to me, and that is that if you're shared in a charitable selfless service and then kind of people, if you don't have those qualities and you're not a big hero.

[14:24] And where would we be without a hero today and you can look at every hero, every hero that I've ever had in my life.

[14:31] that's had those three qualities and she means those qualities thus the recognition and

[14:37] being recognized as one of the different students in the state of Texas or the females or

[14:43] and I know on June 26th, she'll try to toss them and meet up with I believe as you make

[14:50] acquaintance and virtually recognize them with the other 14 students in our rules that Texas

[14:56] as the state will, the board of the planners over that.

[15:00] It was a new award that just came to service last week. It's a very, very, very private meeting. You can mention it in other words, assembly, because it can come back with that. Anyway, just one of the apologies, but I wanted to tell you all to have you off the loop to this court to be part of your game league. And if you don't have any questions for her, she's an outstanding speaker. And I'm going to love the answer anything you might have her heard.

[15:25] We're all fine.

[15:28] It's when you head off in college.

[15:31] I'm going to go the first week of August because that's when we started a little summer training before everything gets happening and everyone starts living in.

[15:40] That's why I wondered if being on scholarship, would you have to be there early?

[15:43] Yeah, just a little bit early, but not so bad.

[15:45] Yeah, so what we had as you get connected with it, um, what was you saying, Texas is difficult,

[15:52] like I said, actually, I've stayed in spring in Texas, but what made me the connection there?

[15:58] So I actually was weird, I was just getting back from a college visit at Texas A&M at Kingsville,

[16:05] and I was scrolling on Instagram, and I was kind of increasing it.

[16:09] I saw some grow up, um, the media day on contract pictures in a queen's state.

[16:14] Yeah, I don't know why I just look at I've never do that. I looked at the school and I just put in

[16:20] Like I thought that they're approving me and got back to me within

[16:25] 15 minutes and it was it was like pretty late at night. I wouldn't say 9 p.m. 10 p.m

[16:32] Like central time so I don't know what it was

[16:35] But after that it's connected with them and my dad's from there as well. So I have people from around there. It was just

[16:43] Yeah, I'm just excited to see how it goes.

[16:45] That's great.

[16:46] I guess we need some of the other folks

[16:48] that we had to recognize just by Friday.

[16:51] And we were going to talk about those connections,

[16:53] who was traveling, and so on.

[16:55] And so I said that they might be one person

[16:59] in the place they were going to together.

[17:01] That's all they knew, so you know,

[17:03] they'd be kind of brave.

[17:03] But it sounds like you've got some connections there.

[17:05] Yeah, they'll leave.

[17:06] No one like goes to school, but you know,

[17:08] it's so, I have a chart team, so.

[17:10] Yeah.

[17:10] Yeah, at least that's okay.

[17:11] So I don't quote.

[17:12] Yeah.

[17:12] Last man has to make sure.

[17:15] Do you guys have any questions?

[17:18] No.

[17:19] Well, thank you guys.

[17:21] Thank you.

[17:22] Thank you for making the time.

[17:23] I know we'll make that.

[17:24] You're not reading with first.

[17:26] The student says it has begun.

[17:28] And it takes some efforts at it to come up and do this.

[17:31] Thank you guys for doing that.

[17:33] And.

[17:34] You know, how funny is it to give or want to kids.

[17:38] and say, hey, this is what our community for our parents are raised here, and we do hope

[17:48] you come home.

[17:49] I will.

[17:51] You're the kind of citizen we need and how we get.

[17:55] Thanks.

[17:56] You're back.

[17:56] Thank you.

[17:56] And join me in giving Bergen to make round of applause.

[18:00] Bergen.

[18:01] Thank you. Congratulations. You know, Sam, my thank you as always. Well, that's

[18:16] fun. That's

[18:17] very cool. We had, I don't know. Excuse me. I know the news media is here. Appreciate them.

[18:26] Thank you. With that, getting that information out. All right. That was number two on our agenda.

[18:38] If I can get myself organized.

[18:41] So we will move on now.

[18:43] So this is number three on our agenda.

[18:44] The three a says establish salary grievance committee is required annually.

[18:50] So just want to make sure that we're on the same page.

[18:52] This is an annual process.

[18:55] The law does not require us to actually create the committee before there's a demand.

[19:01] And there is no demand at this moment.

[19:05] But it does give a very short response time, so if there was a demand, you only have so many days to have the committee meet and so on. So our tradition has to go ahead and go through the process ahead of time and then have it have it ready to go if there is a need.

[19:20] So just for for everybody's information, this is if there is an elect, this is for elected officials.

[19:28] So, if there's an elected official who feels that their salary is out of line with other elected officials within the county, they have this opportunity.

[19:39] It's part of, I was going to go pull it up. It's part of a local government code, chapter 152, section 0.014 and 0.015.

[19:53] in case anybody wants to look it up and it outlines what is to be done in case there is a complaint

[20:01] by an elected official. And commissioners, we have two options. We can make the committee that

[20:08] reviews that information be totally community members or you can do what most counties do which is

[20:17] follow what they have some specific people they're supposed to serve from the

[20:21] county and add I believe it's three community members to that group and

[20:28] traditionally that's the option we have taken we've had the sheriff the county

[20:33] tax assessor collector the county treasurer the county clerk the district

[20:37] clerk and the county attorney by rule they are the ones that would serve plus

[20:43] Last three members from the community, so I guess question number one is do we want to, do you want to follow what we've traditionally done and select the three members from the community to join these or do we want a total community option?

[21:00] I think the reasoning on what we've done is because county government is as complicated

[21:06] as it is we've felt like people in the system needed to be involved in that process.

[21:12] But that's the option.

[21:14] Yes, I would leave it as it was.

[21:17] So stay with the traditional, you know, again, I think that's what most counties choose to do.

[21:21] So the next item then is Jerry's going to help me.

[21:26] We've got a list and it is folks that have served on grand jury in the last calendar year.

[21:33] That's what is, that's what the law says we're supposed to do.

[21:37] I've got those names, Sherry has printed those out, I've got those names in here.

[21:40] I'm going to pull out names and we're going to go beyond the three because the community

[21:48] member has the option to opt out.

[21:50] So we need to have a list of those folks in case yes, alternates in case somebody chooses

[21:55] it up out. So, Jerry, do you have that list to write down? I thought I had one right here.

[22:06] Okay, well,

[22:10] I had a complete list and

[22:16] I was strange.

[22:22] No,

[22:26] I'll get it. I bet this is it.

[22:31] Yep, here he is. All right, Jerry, how about I hand you this? That's the complete list and that will

[22:38] keep you from having to write out everybody's name. And then I'll pull a name out of here,

[22:43] and you can put that was number one, number two, number three. We'll go about six or seven folks.

[22:50] You ready?

[22:53] So just for to protect their identity somewhat, I guess I'm just going to read their

[23:00] last name. So this is number nine. I think there may be two number nines on there. And the last name

[23:05] is Christian.

[23:09] So that makes sense. There

[23:21] was two of those.

[23:26] Is the committee not public director?

[23:30] Yeah. That's good point. I'm sorry. Here's the other one.

[23:35] So is it better just go ahead and read the following? Sure,

[23:38] public directory. Yeah. I think we've had that discussion before,

[23:41] Edwin public record here. There's no way to protect him. So that is Moses,

[23:45] Christian. Let's do that one last. So this is the second one. And it's

[23:50] Adeline Martinez,

[23:59] a Gracie Sheen, number three,

[24:08] Delbert Greene, number four,

[24:17] Richard Vasquez,

[24:19] number five,

[24:28] Candace Serda, number six. What we'll do one more.

[24:38] Philippa Salazar, number seven.

[24:43] Are we good? Okay.

[24:47] All right, I don't know that that takes, it doesn't say it, it takes a vote,

[24:51] It just says the in a commissioners court that the judge will draw the names and so I think we have done exactly what is outlined in that local government code. Is there any comments or discussion related to that?

[25:06] That's been hearing none. We will move on to three B, tax deed parcels, parcels number 283484 and 285224 are provided to us.

[25:22] As my understanding is that the district court, 118th district court, goes through a process and gives an order to the sheriff's department to take control of.

[25:36] the property for I believe back taxes. I believe routinely these are abandoned properties.

[25:43] I know at least one of these is just a piece of property no building on it. I'm not sure on

[25:47] the other one whether there's a building or not. It's kind of hard to tell from the picture.

[25:52] But anyway, that order came from the district court and is now provided to us. It has been sold as

[25:59] ordered and we're voting whether to accept that or not. I think each one of the taxing entities

[26:04] He goes through that same process, and I believe the city just did theirs, so it's our turn.

[26:10] So do I hear most will accept it?

[26:13] Okay.

[26:14] Motion from Commissioner Wagner, second from Commissioner Berry, to accept the bids is provided on the two tax deed parcels, right?

[26:28] That takes us to number four on our agenda.

[26:31] This is the personnel report.

[26:34] I'm sorry, we had a first and a second. All in favor say aye and any opposed hearing none motion passes. Thank you sir. Okay, we'd now go to the personnel report and Miss Lopez as I said is out today, you know, she said she texted me and said she wasn't aware of anything out of the ordinary.

[26:56] So we have, for audience sake, personnel, items are changes.

[27:02] Somebody has resigned.

[27:03] Somebody's been hired.

[27:04] Somebody's moved from one position to another.

[27:06] So we have, well, and some invoices for court reporter services.

[27:12] So we have three changes and then some invoices here.

[27:15] I'll make a motion to accept the personnel report as presented.

[27:19] Second.

[27:20] They have a motion from Commissioner Berry's second from Commissioner Wagner any discussion?

[27:25] I think all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed like sign?

[27:30] Hearing none motion passes go to number five letter a invoices.

[27:38] Again with the change of date Rachel had to be out. Wanda is sitting in for her. We have

[27:46] any questions and I want this hoping we don't have any. And I'm not and I'm not aware of any

[27:53] thank the listing of invoices are provided for you there.

[28:39] Okay any questions or comments

[28:41] like mostly pay the invoices. Okay I have a motion from Commissioner Wagner, second

[28:46] second Commissioner Barry to pay the invoices. Any discussion? All in favor say aye.

[28:53] Any opposed? There's not motion passes.

[28:58] By the way, for audience sake, those items are provided to us ahead of time.

[29:02] So sometimes due questions do come up as a part of this,

[29:06] but oftentimes questions can be answered prior to our meeting.

[29:10] So this is now number five, be budget amendments.

[29:14] And there are some budget amendments here.

[29:18] I believe that we all received an email from Rachel kind of explaining what those those adjustments were made.

[29:27] This is looking at current year budget and moving money around to cover make sure we have enough money in each one of the different areas to cover different items.

[29:36] I believe

[29:41] one of them had to do with the district attorney moving some money.

[29:45] I think taking out a shredding over to miscellaneous is what my note said to cover an expense there.

[29:54] I think there was one I circled 311 and that has to.

[30:00] Do with moving money into a spot where we have some some shared expenses with the city. And so that had to do with getting them in the right spot where we can can share those expenses. So I believe that's listed.

[30:16] Wanted. Did you have anything that you wanted to talk about there?

[30:22] Okay. I'll make a motion to approve budget amendments as presented. Second. All right. So I have a motion to approve the budget amendments as presented to us.

[30:32] Motion by Commissioner Barry, second by Commissioner Wagner, any other discussion?

[30:39] All in favor say aye, aye, aye, and any opposed?

[30:43] There's none, motion passes will go to 5C purchase requests.

[30:51] I do want to mention something, I get that, in fact, let me check my phone just to make sure

[30:57] We were kind of waiting on the construction folks and I do not see what I was hopeful that I would get something in writing to go but the way our structure is for the library construction renovation project.

[31:15] We do not have a contingency fund in this method.

[31:20] that we did on that, when we did the law enforcement center,

[31:22] but this one is a little bit different.

[31:24] We have verbally, we have moved money around this,

[31:26] but it's not to allow us to have access to that money,

[31:32] but it's structured a little bit differently.

[31:33] So I just wanted you to be aware,

[31:35] they did go into the, what we're old,

[31:38] two old bathrooms that are turning into study carols.

[31:43] They abated the asbestos out of those.

[31:46] They took down one layer of tile and the mastic

[31:49] It was was hot so they they removed that that's what we were expecting they found a second layer of tile which with a second layer of its best is underneath that and they've got to remove that in order to get the plumbing cut down below the rate so they can can smooth that out.

[32:07] So the tentative approval has been given to move ahead with that.

[32:13] I want to make sure you guys were aware of that.

[32:14] It would have to come out of our contingency the way we've restructured things there somewhere in five to six thousand dollars.

[32:21] That's what I was hoping I was going to get the email this morning that would give me an exact amount.

[32:25] But it was going to be dramatically cheaper if we went ahead and did it now,

[32:29] while the asbestos removal asbestos abatement folks were on site as opposed to them leaving having to come back

[32:36] and reset up everything and so on. So I wanted you to be aware of that. That will come in the form of

[32:41] a change order at some point. But so I don't know that I have anything for you to act on today,

[32:47] but I wanted to make sure everybody was aware of this. Does that make sense? Yes. Any questions there? Okay.

[32:57] Wanda, anything else? Let's see, I guess before I give it up to you, there was

[33:04] another item that came in late that I've tacked on there. I'm looking

[33:10] one of may have already captured it was Stormor. It had to do with the window

[33:16] tinting at the juvenile probation office. We gave permission for her to go

[33:22] ahead and yes and you've got the paper copy there in front of you gave her

[33:28] permission to go out and find some laminate that would go on that glass

[33:33] that will keep the public from, but she's dealing with juveniles so it is supposed to have a level of confidentiality so it would cover that up as far as protecting their identities and so on, but it also has some protective qualities as far as gunshots and so on it gives some protection that way they did have a threat recently and so there was a result of that were reevaluating some safety protocols there in their office.

[34:02] So I wanted to be that one was $2,388 if I recall and

[34:11] I don't I did not get that digitally put in one day

[34:16] I don't know with it sell out. I'm not sure exactly, but I want to make sure you guys were aware that that we were

[34:22] doing that

[34:24] Yes, and you responded that email didn't you thank you?

[34:27] Is this will it prove like they had asked the regional that didn't I didn't see that in

[34:33] That's what she said. I don't know about bullet proof.

[34:37] They've got different levels. I'm sorry. I think retarded retardant.

[34:42] It's supposed to, yeah, I like proof, but it says safety shield.

[34:47] I don't know.

[34:49] Yeah, I'm not sure of the exact level, what that means.

[35:05] This was the same group that was used by some of the local school districts.

[35:14] So I'm assuming it would meet whatever standard they had on some of their stuff.

[35:19] I knew I had asked Brad the superintendent at the home.

[35:22] He sent me theirs and I forwarded on to you and Mr.

[35:26] I think this is that one.

[35:39] Dean was there anything in the purchase request?

[35:42] I know I assume several of these related to the jails or anything.

[35:44] You felt like needed an explanation?

[35:47] Pardon me?

[35:48] Oh, okay,

[35:53] if you're going questions.

[35:58] I gave you a copy of this.

[36:01] I want to do one of the things that I've held for three years.

[36:04] I thought they could put it back in there.

[36:12] And then there's.

[36:16] I wish we could see.

[36:18] I can tell her.

[36:36] That's what this is, it says TCI that is the group we talked about, I don't even know

[36:47] what they're called, text correctional lines to whatever it does, the furniture stuff.

[36:50] Okay.

[36:51] All

[37:01] right.

[37:01] that bring up any questions?

[37:03] Right, at least here, I don't know if he wants to.

[37:06] Grant Lee, would you like to address the,

[37:08] we've got a county agent 4-H qualifying livestock judging item there?

[37:15] Sir, I would.

[37:17] So with the requisition for 2492-7,

[37:23] that trip is more of the ball line senior life.

[37:27] So I'm getting team here are lucky enough that.

[37:30] that on our 24-8 seniors, the team consists, you know,

[37:35] air and air and air and water,

[37:37] sort of the Washington and Calvary.

[37:39] They qualify to them to say,

[37:41] life's like dead in front of us in years past,

[37:45] wherever I was supposed to be in Midland County,

[37:47] as well as being on the Midland County Board's life,

[37:49] though, they're defeated.

[37:50] He would always make a trip up.

[37:52] He's not just riding out of college station

[37:54] during the contest and that fact.

[37:56] This year, Murray go to Ludwig.

[37:59] tomorrow morning, sorry, you may know you'll travel up there to work out it back

[38:05] to show big, see some hogs up there and go to the tech at-car, work out on the

[38:10] animals there that came from Austin trying to get in classes to get her study

[38:15] these kids are ready for safe on test. I've always known that during that this

[38:21] week-long trip that will take students will learn in this one week and they can learn

[38:26] all year. Because it's five days of us being on the road, and all we do is

[38:30] judge livestock with my husband with the pool, but other than that,

[38:34] projectile livestock. There's kind of a really good field trip for the kids.

[38:39] Saturday we'll go to Merrill Wells, and I think it's lighting the

[38:42] fuss and it's a hard show pigs, followed by a cattle evaluation of a

[38:45] chipper at cattle company. And we'll stay the night and build a burrow. The next

[38:49] morning we'll wake up and we'll work out on some of the bull calves at

[38:53] the Herzog cattle company, then we'll work out on breeding use at first flood levels.

[38:58] That night I was saying, call a station where we'll stay to a remainder of our trip.

[39:02] This trip lasts from tomorrow morning and to the will return on the 4th of June.

[39:11] So the main reason I'm asking the requisition and do you, for liability use on job loans for this trip is 4-H can cover the entry fees and 4-H kid groups.

[39:23] And whatever I have to have a detailed chat room on this trip as well, and I can honestly

[39:28] graciously volunteer to be able to do that, be able to buy my rooms where we're on

[39:33] that with paid all our budget, as well as having to get a real car, because we're all on

[39:37] four kids and two adults, that means there's not enough room to take up and be looked

[39:44] previously at utilizing one of the submergence of the administration for the one being able

[39:50] that has a third row with an uproot,

[39:53] unfortunately does not have seat belts and backs.

[39:56] And that was a, too big of a safety hat, really.

[40:00] So we're going to pick up a meeting and,

[40:04] from Viblin International Airport,

[40:06] the Zatpingu, which also crew will

[40:08] fill the way this trip had.

[40:11] Totally sentenced for this trip, was $900, $2,

[40:16] which is an amendment from where it was,

[40:18] and I checked it again yesterday.

[40:20] price of that car has gone down.

[40:24] Thankfully, $902 for the car, $300 for fuel,

[40:27] the device is $690 for hotel rooms.

[40:32] So the home cost is $1,000 and that means

[40:36] $1,000 and I'm going to live.

[40:39] Just trying to make sure that you're traveling north

[40:42] to Lubbock for the first part,

[40:44] then you're traveling from there to Couch State.

[40:46] You could put some miles on, aren't you?

[40:47] Yes, sir.

[40:49] Lubbock is always an easy place to get away.

[40:51] to work out this. But whenever we get down to the South, you can't really find

[40:55] a problem with cattle in this area. And one of our bigger classes that there

[40:59] were might be not to talk oral reasons on is going to be used that are

[41:03] probably in bulls and can't find brought up here. Gotcha. So everyone that

[41:07] got laid replaced into this bad friend of mine is working with the

[41:11] amount of the afford to have good quality life so I could work it up.

[41:17] My youngest son worked at the tech ag farm while he was up there at tech, it was a good place

[41:22] to work.

[41:24] They may get a lead on a college job, but if you can shovel a bunch of manure, which

[41:30] I think it was a good job for him.

[41:37] All right.

[41:37] Anybody have any questions?

[41:40] I'll make a motion to prove purchase request is presented.

[41:44] Okay.

[41:45] Second.

[41:45] Motion by Commissioner Berry second by Commissioner Wagner to approve the purchase requests as presented.

[41:51] On favor say aye.

[41:52] Aye.

[41:53] Any opposed?

[41:56] None.

[41:56] Hearing none.

[41:58] Passes.

[41:58] Thank you sir.

[41:59] Appreciate your presentation.

[42:00] You all have to have fun and learn a lot.

[42:03] Excited about the success you've had.

[42:05] That's great.

[42:12] All right, so that takes us through purchase requests. Thank you, Wanda. Is there anything else you wanted to add to that? I guess I should have given you a shot. Okay. All right. We'll move to number six. Brian clinic, our road engineer and letter A under that is roadway maintenance update. How are you, sir?

[42:30] I'm 100.

[42:32] Doing great.

[42:34] So there will be a few things in here that we're not in your packet.

[42:38] As as recent developments this week, you have cost a few things to go on.

[42:43] Okay.

[42:44] In precinct one, I am still waiting until it's alive for the.

[42:48] For the contractor to shoot the inverted ground on so action.

[42:52] We had, we did breathe out of the head of the road, which was installed in the ground before

[42:59] my non- and has gotten rough, so we took the re-glamour out and re-warbed it, re-finished

[43:08] it, and I'm going to have it, and for you to go out into them, thanks in wine, great

[43:15] St. Gore, having spent, let me just spend the money,

[43:20] you put it very, very right.

[43:21] They've done, and when they go to maintenance maintenance,

[43:26] that is the future in increasing to my nice big project,

[43:34] which is going to be the widening down road, 48 from FM 12.5,

[43:40] which is the old momentum, 2350.

[43:43] So it's a pretty narrow and the edge is to then be a material and been ordered for that and if I could have had a loader up there today that will deliver today.

[43:55] And tomorrow we're expecting bringing in so I think we'll get delivered next week.

[44:01] We have trim trees along there and our next effort will be to sit and play it up and make sure that the dishes or issues are crap, so that this is fully instructional job.

[44:14] Are you reading images, etc.

[44:17] As well as we did this live.

[44:18] I think we have done some cleaning on 24, that was requested.

[44:26] I think there's still some to do and I had a loader up there still.

[44:31] What we also talked about some sand on the greater than I want to pick up lower, lower there.

[44:39] where a blade is working today on 34th on the right yesterday.

[44:48] So, well, Jim, he's not here.

[44:51] We are.

[44:52] That sand related the rain caused sand on the road. Is that what you're saying on the complaint?

[44:58] with any of those transcripts.

[45:00] I'd often to slide off the issues because sand trucks will not stop. The sense is not follow, it's not follow the practice. Understood. You know, I think a property owner took a tractor or those are something down and pulled the two guys out, he did pity on them. We got whatever, whatever we need to do, we didn't broke things that I haven't. I haven't, I haven't, I haven't my best guy, they're working on it. So we should have very nice and well.

[45:29] road today. And I would add that Mr. Vines already contacted me and thank Rodin Ridge,

[45:35] what a great job they did, cleaning up the bar ditch and all of a sudden. So,

[45:39] yeah, I'm I've expanded it from just in front of his house. There was a piece there that we

[45:46] dreamed of and I'm not sure that I put seal code on it earlier that it's this year's seal code.

[45:53] But again, trying to make these rehabs shoulder-wide needs, I have a lot of full

[45:58] construction job, only in ditches where we can say that they don't have to go back to them

[46:02] for years. I got a thank you for redoing that for you ex. Okay, thank you. Yeah, well it was

[46:12] it was rough and like I said, I don't the intention here is not just to stop with this where we have

[46:18] to go back and do this in five years. The intention is to get it to get it paid and part of that cycle

[46:25] where really we're just going to be fixing whatever issue we have to pay them.

[46:33] And we had six trees fall over on Solvings Road, and we've had Solvings Road closed

[46:41] or in fact it still closed this morning. They are finishing, they are finishing the tree removal,

[46:48] So my foreman, Robert Gary, did an excellent job.

[46:53] He worked with the gentleman for use of a bit

[46:58] that's close and filed all those trees in.

[47:02] And was told at the end, he didn't know men just pushing them

[47:04] to a big file and then they had a big chance

[47:06] that landowner was going ahead and burned off that file

[47:09] and that bit.

[47:11] Perfect.

[47:11] And so real, real good.

[47:14] I mean, we didn't have to ship them all the way back

[47:16] to our yard and do something with them ourselves there.

[47:20] So it worked out really good.

[47:22] Short holes with worm and we were able to do,

[47:26] we were able to get a bunch of dead trees,

[47:29] a bunch of dead trees that had previously fallen on them

[47:31] as well as those that were in the road.

[47:33] So we cleaned it up longer term than just a stopgap.

[47:40] Enjoy, that's at least twice that you've mentioned.

[47:43] Citizens that have helped us out with different projects

[47:45] and certainly appreciate that.

[47:47] I appreciate it.

[47:48] I appreciate it.

[47:49] We're going to be able to find a guy on the bit and thank you

[47:52] arrangements.

[47:53] Make sure that we could, that we could put wood in, you know,

[47:58] we're filling up the sand to fill the bit back up and make it

[48:02] usable land as well.

[48:03] But definitely a bunch of a bunch of trees.

[48:06] It's an entirely different.

[48:07] Yeah.

[48:08] We still think.

[48:10] Okay.

[48:10] Okay, so in that last bid, that last bid, I didn't really

[48:19] turn to no request, but I mean, I didn't turn to no

[48:21] request, but the purchase request, I forgot so I'm just

[48:24] going to take all that, take all that until next time.

[48:29] All right.

[48:30] Any questions?

[48:32] No?

[48:33] Okay.

[48:33] Thank you.

[48:34] Okay, under the lead of the days,

[48:38] You want to go all know that there is an app available that goes with the deal system so that you begin if you have it.

[48:51] It's installable from the app store, field cloud and blue and black cloud.

[48:58] You will need to get with Trent and you will need a, you will be in an identifier or five age of in-number, should accept that you need to view so that nobody else can just kind of, nobody else can kind of just guess it.

[49:11] I mean, anybody can get a random number, but one that would allow you to not have to get out and hold it up in the box and get to the high pass.

[49:21] It's in there.

[49:22] I've been using it.

[49:24] Mr. Mr. Avery used it and what effects to be on Sunday after he filled and said how great it was.

[49:31] and basically pull up and once you've tempted to lie to lie for the first time that's involved with that and when you get there, you're going to go just where you didn't act and you identify yourself and it's asking for your owner and then once you build and fill and as soon as you're done and there's also an ending where you can get pendant and we're going to bump off where you don't have to drive off and wait on the wait on the nine mile of it.

[50:00] to close, since we have seen an increase in deputies and deputies using our, I think the

[50:13] sergeants at this point have it, back in the flooding, some flooding a week before,

[50:19] we noticed that one of the deputies, one of the sergeant on ship filled pretty hard, so

[50:24] we filled himself with institute deputies because they didn't have all been out there working

[50:30] which saves us money, right? Because it's under our system instead of through them.

[50:35] If they're posted down, then they get to use the bank cards. But if they're out there by us, they can literally come by and just,

[50:42] like I said, since it's an app, that works great.

[50:46] Not such a big use in the app, but my apartment, because as I try to make money, I treat their phones more.

[50:51] and you're born. So generally I have this week it was this week it was adding

[51:01] bells into the time lock and that's what I heard this morning and I said I said well

[51:06] I got a guy 20 years old and it's already done and he looked at me and I said so

[51:11] so the old guy is going to do it. You ought to be able to do it. I think I found the old guy's

[51:16] You had to go ahead.

[51:17] Okay.

[51:19] Well, very good.

[51:22] I just, for you all say, I know there are times, probably for both of you where you've made

[51:29] me to access that.

[51:31] I choose not to, but because I don't want to be accused of filling up personal cars

[51:37] or whatever.

[51:38] But I don't have a need like I know, like you work with the Ag stuff and the investment

[51:43] out on some projects and stuff.

[51:44] So I just want to make sure I don't like to address when she gets in there.

[51:52] There's camera pointed at that station any car that shows up and is a private

[51:58] versus a one will be dot.

[52:01] Good, good.

[52:03] You, you, she can't feel free to you for your use of the pound and be able to choose.

[52:08] Thank you.

[52:08] I won't say it's worth it to drive out there and drive back to town.

[52:11] So the decay problem works well, but if you were ever in an area that you don't feel like you can't, you're just doing the hearing.

[52:19] And again, it will be, I mean, there's the same thing, the same thing with the same thing for the same thing for anybody.

[52:26] Anybody could, but then we are we are recording and geeking.

[52:31] We are recording. Who is that? Let's feel close.

[52:34] I love your efforts. That's fantastic. Thank you.

[52:37] And back away to events. If you knew where it was in product,

[52:42] shoot it out, but out to the fan, we won't ever go to that fact.

[52:48] Okay. Thank you very much.

[52:50] All right. So fleet management report, no action to be taken at this time.

[52:57] Just information was for wasn't required on that.

[53:00] I have a chassis, but that invoice was included in voices that should fit it.

[53:04] Okay.

[53:05] I wasn't sure about all of that.

[53:06] It was going to play out, but I did get it in the voice.

[53:10] It was included in the development.

[53:13] Very good.

[53:15] Then the final item on our agenda is opportunity to mention future items.

[53:19] So just for Commissioner's sake, just want to give you a heads up.

[53:23] June 8th, which is our next commissioners court date.

[53:26] We've got a full day scheduled.

[53:28] So we do have a tentative plans for a nine o'clock workshop, which will be related to some of the work out at the old county airport area, the electrical stuff that's running there, that easement, the pay that is required for the easement.

[53:46] And we've got to we've got to finalize all that stuff so and some of that has to be in close session, but anyway, that'll be the nine o'clock deal 10 o'clock.

[53:55] We'll have our regular agenda. Then I think we've scheduled a follow up on our budget workshops for that afternoon. So just so you know that it'll be a it'll be a full day.

[54:07] I'd like to get some feedback in relation to that from the two of y'all.

[54:12] I had, I don't know, probably three weeks ago, had reached out to the Underground Water Conservation District,

[54:20] this house in Stanton, or the Covers Martin County and Howard County, and asked them to come

[54:25] and visit with us about the discussion of water issues in the county and in the state and so on.

[54:33] They were at a meeting maybe a month and a half ago,

[54:38] so y'all have met them.

[54:40] But anyway, I've invited them to come back sometime,

[54:44] just to kind of talk about general water issues

[54:46] and see what they're seeing and so on.

[54:49] Would that afternoon, so we're talking June 8th,

[54:53] we'll already be doing workshop.

[54:55] Would that be an appropriate time to ask them

[54:57] to come spend 30, 40 minutes with us talking on that?

[55:01] Where would you like to handle that a different way you want some time to think about it? What kind of feedback can I get?

[55:09] I'd probably like to hold off on them personally with all the budget stuff.

[55:15] Get that foot to bed.

[55:18] I'm going to be needed at the bowl as soon as we get out of court. That's right. That's.

[55:23] Okay, unless y'all film is necessary and if so, we can continue.

[55:31] Move forward.

[55:32] W. Okay, well, we'll probably then push it to later in the month.

[55:36] Trying to get us as much information as we can.

[55:38] I didn't think about that.

[55:41] We got the rodeo stuff going on.

[55:43] Wait a minute, wait a minute.

[55:45] It'll be right after the road.

[55:47] It was over, but you still have that's on.

[55:51] Yeah. Yeah.

[55:52] June 8th.

[55:54] June 8th.

[55:55] It's a good deal.

[55:56] Yeah.

[55:56] I'll be cleaning up and

[55:57] I'll, I guess.

[55:58] Right.

[55:59] Yes.

[55:59] Yeah.

[55:59] Okay.

[56:01] Understood.

[56:01] I didn't think about that,

[56:02] but that makes sense.

[56:04] Okay.

[56:05] I think that's all that I have on there.

[56:06] You guys have anything about future agenda items?

[56:09] Anything coming up that we need to put the library back and leave the library on the agenda.

[56:14] Yeah.

[56:15] I have physically, I say it that way,

[56:18] Because you can it's almost how to put it on for a period of time. I couldn't figure that out

[56:23] But I have physically gone in one at one at a time and done it for the next

[56:28] Let's see through July. No, I think through August. So I think we've got that. Thank you for the reminder

[56:36] Yeah, anything else

[56:39] Okay, there's nothing else than we will adjourn. I've got 10 53

[56:44] Thanks everybody

[56:48] Thanks very much for being here.

[56:50] Thank you very much.

[56:51] Thank you very much.

[56:53] Happy birthday.

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