Okay, I'd like to welcome everyone to our regular commissioner's court. Here is february the third and
we're at the annex. As usual, we're going to begin with our invocation and our pledges. If
you join me, stand please. Thanks, party.
lord bless us. Watch over us. Keep us all safe. Lord, thank you so much for our
katon county great employees. Lord, watch over our first responders
and keep us all safe. And lord, please help us do in court in your name what
needs to be done. Christ and we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen.
pledge allegiance stood the flag of the united states of america and
to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god.
justice, strong honor the texas plan, ie. Allegiance,
steve texas, one state under god.
thank you. You are welcome. Okay. I have a few things
for, uh, routine correspondence. This
coming saturday. There are two events. The seventh, the first one will be
the, uh, uh, maybank fire department annual chili
supper from four to eight. And then the ka ffa alumni dinner and auction
starting at six o'clock this saturday. So just
fyi also, uh, I know that
next week we were supposed to have a hearing on the freshwater
district for the sustainable city. Uh,
I've been visiting with congressman gooden and myself with the principal
involved here in dallas. And they have, uh, asked to
pull that from the agenda for next week. They will be coming
later with a full set of plans so that people can ask
questions and any questions will be answered at that time and we'll go
wherever in the county we need to go. 'cause it affects the entire county. And
last night when I spoke with the, the man in dallas, he
said they would go as far, 'cause I know some people are worried about it being muslim community
and it's, see guarantees it's not. And they would put in the deeds that there'll be no
mo uh, mosque ever built on the location. So
anyway, so that will not be on the agenda for next week. So with
that we have the consent agenda. We have two items, a and b discuss
considering accept the commissioner's regular court meeting for january the 20th, and accept
the alter's monthly report for the month of december 25. I'll
make a, I'll make a motion for you on that. But also we have a cleanup
at 40. Yeah. This saturday. This saturday. Clean up in forney. Yep.
okay. So what, what can't you bring? What don't you want? Hazardous.
hazardous. You leave the stuff at home. Tires hazardous, all that stuff.
okay. I think everybody pretty much knows what you're bring. Alright. We have a motion. You'll
have a second. Yeah. And then we have a motion. And I'll second. Mr. Pro makes a second.
mr. Phillips made the motion. All in favor as they a aye. A motion carries.
thank you mr. Huey. The seal a is considered and approve the office of emergency
management to apply for the commodity flow study grant
through the texas division of emergency management with no cost to the county. Morning, steve. Good
morning. Uh, this is a grant that was just announced. It
will do a commodity flow study for our highways, uh, our major
arteries, uh, interstate 2080, all the
state highways. Uh, it's a really good one. A hundred percent.
the state's gonna pay for it. They're gonna take care of the contractor.
we're not gonna have to pay anything out. They'll take care of all payments.
if we awarded the grant, we just get the product in the end.
very, very simple. Do they have a timeline when they're gonna do it? No, sir. Don't have
that yet. Uh, the acceptance of the applications ends
at the end of february. So once we do that, then we should
probably figure out when there'll be a awarding. And I'm sure this is available to every county
in the state. Yes, sir. Okay. All 254. No telling when it'll
get done. But hey, we need this done. If we don't ask for it, we'll never get it. That's
exactly right. So I think it's a great thing that we do. I need a motion to approve. I'll make
a motion. Mr. Lane makes the motion to have a second. I'll second. Mr. Boy makes
a second. All in favor. A, a, a thank you. Motion carries. Sheriff
beavers discuss, consider an approve application for a grant
titled dj edwards byrne memorial justice assistant grant
mercy program to assist crawford county with a replacement
of eight dispatch stations at the estimated cost of $186,486
and 31 cents. Good morning, sheriff. Good morning, commissioner. I'm just reaching out. Uh, the
jag grant, we're applying for it and we're trying to, uh, you know, the work station's been there for a
while. Ever since we opened the regional 9 1 1 center. Uh, they're beginning the breakdown,
you know, I mean, it's just technology so it's breaking down. So we're gonna try to get
a grant to replace them. So that's what we're asking your permission to prove us to go for this
grant. Any idea what the total cost will be? That, that's the total cost.
so we're a hundred percent? Yes. Oh, great. Okay. Any
questions, comments? Nope. Need a motion? I'll make a motion. Mr. Crow
makes a motion. Have a second. Second. Mr. Phillips makes a second. All in favor,
say aye. A motion carried. Thank you sheriff. Ms. Shannon,
if she wants to discuss considering approve the repl of lot two of meadowbrook
acres located in meadowbrook circle and meadowbrook drive in
precinct. One morning, shannon. Good morning. Um, so we are bringing this back
to court today to seek approval for the repl of lot two. Um,
each of the revised lots are approximately 1.5 acres. This has been
reviewed by all of the approving authorities. It has met all the requirements, um,
laid out in our subdivision regulations and we're just asking the court for the approval today.
okay. We have two people who would like to address this issue.
first we have, uh, jesus gomez.
I was in the address I was gonna address if anybody had any questions as far as
come forward. Please, sir,
you state your name and address, please. Jesus gomez.
1809 marshall street, kaufman, texas. Okay. And, uh,
I was just wanting to address any concerns that, uh, mr. Thompson or mr. Martin had over there.
okay. Yep. If you'll, alright. We have, uh, is it link thompson,
you'll come forward and state your name and address please, sir. And
you're opposed to this? Yes. Is what you marked here? Uh, yeah.
link thompson 98 0 3 meadowbrook circle. Okay. Um,
we're opposed to it because they're changing the, the, uh, restrictions
of the, that's been in place for over 40 years.
they're cutting a property in half. And
I, myself, I don't wanna live in the city. If I wanna live in the city, I'd buy a house. I,
I, I got a house on houston street. I don't even like to live there.
all I hear is sirens all up and down houston street all night long and
everything else. And that's not what I want to hear. Right. But the restrictions
has been in, uh, plays for over 40 years on
this property. And it says the restrictions says in the restrictions
point blame. And we had a meeting, they asked us to, this
lady here asked us to come up there to their office. Right.
the only thing I got out of it was they was mad about something. I don't know what it was, but
I mean, wasn't, no, it didn't affect me at all. Okay. But
I didn't say that. Kauffman county says is
said the restrictions has been always one septic tank,
septic and septic line per property.
the property's been cut up for over 40 years. That's what we want to keep it.
'cause I don't want
a neighborhood. So this must be next door to you then? Right across the road. Okay.
so in the deed 60, it say it says per lot or
mark, if you wanna come forward and address it if I please. Sure. This is one of our assistant,
uh, district attorneys. He was at the meeting. Okay. Come on up here. Okay. Uh, sorry.
mark got three assistant district attorneys. So after reviewing this, the,
this lot did have a deed restriction in place. Initially,
the deed restrictions themselves say that they can be altered with
a, with approval of the majority of the people in this subdivided area.
uh, which the, uh, the owner has, uh, filed
in the county records, uh, approval to lift this restriction to
this specific lot and this specific lot only, uh,
from a a, a majority of the owners in this area. So,
as far as the restrictions are concerned, they don't exist as far as subdividing
this plot, uh, at at least, uh, kind of in a legal sense.
they, they were previously, but then a majority of the owners decided
to lift it and it's been lifted. So as far as the,
the, the legal, uh, framework
for this, the, the lot is able to be subdivided. And
it's up to the county commissioners you guys to decide whether or not, uh, you
think the, the other owner's rights have been
infringed, uh, to a a degree that is,
uh, unnecessary essentially. So I, I just
wanted to provide you guys with that kind of legal background on that. But if you have any
questions, I'm more than willing to, to take. Okay. So questions, guys. You have
to make the decision. Well, this is the deal. We had this before, right? Yes.
and I know when they came up last time, then we wasn't sure about the legalities
of the vote. 'cause the people were up here talking before was saying it
wasn't done right. Or something. So that's what we was confirming, I believe. Right? Yes, sir. So
when this initially came before the commissioner's court several months
ago, we were really concerned especially about whether the notice had
been given to the property owners. And so we really determined that it had
been given to the property owners. And so basically in this neighborhood,
in the, um, the restrictions in the, the neighborhood,
there is a, um, within the deeds, if you,
there's a provision that if you have a multitude, uh, or majority, not
a multitude of majority of the property owners that agree
with changing a restriction, that
you can make that change. And so that is how,
how basically you get around the deed restrictions
is, is basically there is an agreement among a majority of the property owners
to make a change. And, um, it, it's an unusual legal
document. I know, but it's still a legal document that runs with the land.
is is it an hoa? Um, it's, it is,
what is it? It doesn't appear to be an hoa it is, it's strictly a restrictive
covenant on what you can and can't. Okay. In hd does that? Yeah. Okay.
so, so it's a little different than like an a nor what I consider a normal or
the usual hoa, but it is a deed restriction that's a
covenant that runs with the land. And that's a provision that is in those deed restrictions
to make changes. And so the, I believe the property owner went
through the proper process of, of, um, from what I know
determined is that a majority of the property owners agreed with it. And
so when that happened, they filed in the deed records,
the change mm-hmm . Um, in the deeds that could take place.
and do you have any more to add to that from a legal perspective? No. That, that appears
to be, uh, everything that karen said is okay. So
do we have, uh, confirmation that the majority did? Yes. It, it
filed in the, the county records for this, uh, this property. Okay. Yeah.
and, and that's why it really took several months to come back, because I know that I was at
one of the meetings and then mark took over and he was at the meetings. And we've met with property
owners and the property developer. We've actually gone, the county's
actually gone with the development services the whole length
to make sure that everything is, is proper and legal. So I know it's something that
everybody may not agree with, but it is legally
and it's in a correct position legally. Okay. And
I understand where you're coming from. Uh, you
know, I want property out in the county and you hate to, you buy
it to be, uh, private
and then people move in on you and there's not much you could do about it
that I understand that. Well, my point is,
you'll have to come back up here. My
point is, if I would've known this, me and mr. Martin would've
happily bought that property and done it and developed it ourselves. Right. You know
what I'm saying? But I mean, we, we was, we was going
by, we wanted to stay with the restrictions. But I mean,
it, it's all, it's all about kaufman county because it's tax revenue.
I know that. Well, the legality is that that provision is in
the deed and I guess he's found a way to do it by around
it. Yeah. Yes, sir. Like our attorney said, well, I think it's in the deed that they can vote
on it, the owners. Well, and, and I did owners
and I did meet with, uh, monique about this and
he's been very challenged in getting this done. And monique's
said that he's come back every time and complied and did everything she asked him to do.
so the landowner. So, uh,
he's done all that effort. So I have to say that, 'cause that was part of
the meeting. But, and just to add to that, um, we did mail the note, the notifications
to all the property owners, uh, for the third time, uh, the ad was running, the
paper posted online. So we did go through the proper steps as laid out in texas
local government code, um, to make sure that everyone was aware that we were
bringing this back today. And, um, just so you are aware, the,
these lots can only have one home and one septic. They do not meet, they,
they're not large enough to put multiple septics and homes on being 1.5 acres.
but, but what's going to happen, because this is going to turn around to be a domino
event because they got some more property right next door to it.
and you, they can, you can tell me, but once you, I see that coman
county's gonna let this happen, it's gonna be a domino effect, then the next person's
gonna do the same thing. We're gonna be right up here and I'm not gonna waste my time again. I mean,
I'll sell mine and get outta caman county. I can, you don't, I'm sorry.
I can only speak to the, the, the restrictions that were amended are just for lot two.
we have received no indication that any other lots are going to be replanted. Okay.
alright. This time as of today. Yes sir.
I haven't received, did all your neighbors vote know against this what you have to do? Well,
okay. Alright. But I mean, I, that's just move on. I mean, you know. Yeah.
okay. So what's your, uh, what's your motion?
I'll make a motion to approve, deny approve.
and I'll second have a motion and a second I'll say
I all right. We don't really legally gonna have a problem. Yep. Motion carries. Okay.
yeah. May have to do it. Absolutely. We compli with all the statute. I'm sorry.
ms. Carter discuss, consider and approve applying for funding
through the criminal justice program assistance grant to continue the
colton county juvenile justice and truancy prevention initiative
of 2027 program is to be managed by precinct to
jp uh, amy tarno. Yes, ma'am. Good morning. Yes. So
this is a continuation grant. We've had the grant for one year. It's a three year
span, but we have to turn our application in each year. This is
a juvenile diversion program. It's about accountability for
these, um, these, this, the youth, it's about $58,000.
um, it addresses the youth violence, truancy and juvenile delinquency.
it is, um, through a coordinated evidence-based and community-centered
approach, focus on early identification, prevention, and
positive youth development. So we've created this program that
has it. It's working. I mean, we, we, we just kind of got into it because the funding
was late. Okay. Trying to do something. Well, we take
the grants and we can get them any comments? This is gonna be in your precinct.
nothing whatsoever. I'm gonna make a motion to approve her.
have a motion to approve to have a second. I'll second. Mr. Cole makes a second. All
them favors say aye. A aye. Motion, carrie. Okay, pam, once again discuss. Consider
an approve applying through the texas department of state health
services texas spay and neuter program for funding to help increase
the amount of low cost spay and neuter surgeries for kaman county residents and
unowned cats and dogs. Yes, ma'am. Yes. So we've been waiting for a while.
the state has promised this and it finally opened on friday. Um,
this focuses on the spay and neuter of animals,
um, that are within our county. I mean, we will apply for that,
but it's animals that are in, um, our owned or in the custody
of texas residents rescues organizations, shelters
or government. Government entities. So we can apply for, uh,
spay and neuter sterilization for animals that are in our sh in our shelter.
we can help the rescues and we can help the public because we will have,
we be able to have vouchers. Um, finding a veterinarian
has been tasked or been a hard task, but we're, we're at that point
now. Um, we, we had about 130
spayed and neu out of our shelter last year that we paid out of our pocket. And
so that will definitely help us. So I'm going to ask for over 300
surgeries and I would love to ask for more. But the veterinarians, they
would not be able to do that many. Right. So it's a way for us to
help keep the public, um, safe by having these animals spayed and neuter cutting
down on that population. And it helps the people too. It does help the
people. I get a lot of calls of people that need help just to get and neuter.
they can't be having litters and puppies out here. That comes back to the shelter, which is another expense
and works on the sheriff's. Yep. People and pick 'em up all the time. So
that's great. I now want to add that the spay and neuter,
um, there was a, I was here recently, I think we talked about the anonymous donor
that donated a lot of funding for kaufman county zip codes
to have sp and neuter. There had been over, um,
probably about 1500 now. So we were at 1100 a month ago.
that's amazing. It is in kaufman county. We have gone down to where
the zip codes are and to find out maybe where we do need to do more education
in those zip codes. But, um, forney, forney's ahead of everybody,
you know, even my little town of roster, there were seven, seven animals that, that
got spayed or neutered because of this. So it's 20, it's $40 when
you sign up and then you get $20 back. So $20 for spay and neuter.
that money will be running out soon. And then we can jump into this. So surely we
are gonna do something about the population in this county. Let's hope so. Yes. Yes. That, that's
the our goal. Mm-hmm . So it's very important. I mean, no question. Need
a motion. I'll make a motion for you. Mr. Phe makes the motion. Have a second. I'll
second. Mr. Mr. Lane makes second. All in favors say aye. Aye. Thank
you. Thank you pam for all the work you're doing, especially all the grants we are working on. Okay.
ms. Laina, she's gonna discuss considering approved
purchasing 65 new portable radios and trading in
65 old radios utilizing l three harris managed service agreement
that was approved in commercials court on august the 12th of 2025.
yes ma'am. You
need bigger print . Um, so the vendor
extended pricing through 2 28, I've passed out revised quotes.
um, revised quote reflect on the new date it meets, uh, purchasing
requirements. It also meets the specification. The purchase price is
156,360. It does include a 31,000 5 0 8
trading credit. I do recommend the purchase. Sure.
yeah. If y'all remember back in budget when we started working on the radio, we're at the end of life of stuff.
so we had a four year plan. This is the first of our first year of replacing these portable
'cause they're end of lie. Can't get any more. Okay. Uh, done. So this is gonna
help us get our first responders back. Well we have to keep in contact. Yeah, we gotta keep moving forward.
yes. Okay. Any questions or comments? Nope. Not entertain a
motion to approve. I'll make the motion. Mr. Moore makes the motion to have a second. Uh,
second. Mr. Lane makes second. All in favors say aye. A motion carries.
okay, mr. Lane, your next discussed consider an approved interlocal
contract with the town of po for pothole repair and the cost
of a thousand dollars. Yeah, just a regular agreement with poetry. There you go.
yep. I'll make a motion. Mr. Lane makes the motion. Have a second. I'll second.
mr. Moore makes a second. All in favor say aye. Motion carries. Ms. Auditor
line item and budget transfers. Yes sir. Um, so this week we had
quite a few in there. Um, several of them were cleanup of fy 25
line items. Um, and I did wanna mention that we do have better
controls in place for fy 26, so we shouldn't have as many at the end of this year.
um, and then the rest of 'em are recording some revenue that we received in regular
line item transfers and we asked for the court's approval and we didn't get to have a meeting last week. So
yes, . A little double. Everybody have time to look what's over? Mm-hmm
. Any questions on anything? I'll second
have a . Ms. Fields makes a motion. Mr. Plain. Make
a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. A motion carries. Once
again, mr. Officer claims for payment again, since we didn't have court
last week. We do have quite a few of these as well. Um, we have accounts
payable, invoices, jury, um, invoices and a payroll.
um, and most of that is made up of county software and county roads.
um, we ask for the court's approval to pay a lot of software this time. Yes.
okay. Any comments or questions? Need a motion to approve?
I'll make a motion. Mr. Crow makes the motion to have a second. I'll second
mr. Phillips second. All in favor say aye. A motion carries. Oh,
you two guys are a little sicky on the end down here. .
you get y'all outta here. Okay. Number 12 is mine
to discuss, uh, consider exiting regular meeting, entering executive session
pursuant to texas code 5 5 1 0.071.
the commissioner's court meeting and closed session pursuant to, uh, counsel regarding
pending or contemplated litigation subjects settlement offers,
including but not listed two. The items right there underneath there. So I need a
motion. I'll make a motion. Mr. Phe makes a motion to have a second. I'll
second. Mr. Moore makes a second. All in favor say aye. A ten nine twenty five.
okay. We're now an executive
smartphone. Okay. Need a motion to exit our, uh, executive session
and enter back into a regular meeting. I'll make a motion. Mr. Lane makes
the motion to I have a second. I'll second mr. Wick. Second. All in favor say aye.
aye. Motion carries. Number 14. Discuss taking any action resulting
from the executive session. Only thing there is is we're to purchase more, uh,
uh, software security. I mean, uh, software. Software.
need a motion? I'll make a motion. Mr. Lane makes a motion. Second. I'll second.
mr. Phipps makes second. All in favor say aye. A motion carries. And your turn.
I'll make a motion to adjourn the meeting. Have a motion to adjourn my commissioner phipps to have a second.
I will. Second. Mr. Moore makes second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries.
thank you gentlemen.