[0:00] Okay, I'd like to welcome everyone to our regular commissioner's court. Here is february the third and
[0:04] we're at the annex. As usual, we're going to begin with our invocation and our pledges. If
[0:08] you join me, stand please. Thanks, party.
[0:13] lord bless us. Watch over us. Keep us all safe. Lord, thank you so much for our
[0:17] katon county great employees. Lord, watch over our first responders
[0:22] and keep us all safe. And lord, please help us do in court in your name what
[0:26] needs to be done. Christ and we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen.
[0:30] pledge allegiance stood the flag of the united states of america and
[0:35] to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god.
[0:41] justice, strong honor the texas plan, ie. Allegiance,
[0:45] steve texas, one state under god.
[0:50] thank you. You are welcome. Okay. I have a few things
[0:54] for, uh, routine correspondence. This
[0:58] coming saturday. There are two events. The seventh, the first one will be
[1:02] the, uh, uh, maybank fire department annual chili
[1:07] supper from four to eight. And then the ka ffa alumni dinner and auction
[1:11] starting at six o'clock this saturday. So just
[1:15] fyi also, uh, I know that
[1:19] next week we were supposed to have a hearing on the freshwater
[1:24] district for the sustainable city. Uh,
[1:29] I've been visiting with congressman gooden and myself with the principal
[1:33] involved here in dallas. And they have, uh, asked to
[1:38] pull that from the agenda for next week. They will be coming
[1:42] later with a full set of plans so that people can ask
[1:47] questions and any questions will be answered at that time and we'll go
[1:51] wherever in the county we need to go. 'cause it affects the entire county. And
[1:56] last night when I spoke with the, the man in dallas, he
[2:00] said they would go as far, 'cause I know some people are worried about it being muslim community
[2:05] and it's, see guarantees it's not. And they would put in the deeds that there'll be no
[2:09] mo uh, mosque ever built on the location. So
[2:14] anyway, so that will not be on the agenda for next week. So with
[2:18] that we have the consent agenda. We have two items, a and b discuss
[2:22] considering accept the commissioner's regular court meeting for january the 20th, and accept
[2:27] the alter's monthly report for the month of december 25. I'll
[2:31] make a, I'll make a motion for you on that. But also we have a cleanup
[2:35] at 40. Yeah. This saturday. This saturday. Clean up in forney. Yep.
[2:39] okay. So what, what can't you bring? What don't you want? Hazardous.
[2:43] hazardous. You leave the stuff at home. Tires hazardous, all that stuff.
[2:47] okay. I think everybody pretty much knows what you're bring. Alright. We have a motion. You'll
[2:52] have a second. Yeah. And then we have a motion. And I'll second. Mr. Pro makes a second.
[2:56] mr. Phillips made the motion. All in favor as they a aye. A motion carries.
[3:00] thank you mr. Huey. The seal a is considered and approve the office of emergency
[3:05] management to apply for the commodity flow study grant
[3:09] through the texas division of emergency management with no cost to the county. Morning, steve. Good
[3:13] morning. Uh, this is a grant that was just announced. It
[3:17] will do a commodity flow study for our highways, uh, our major
[3:21] arteries, uh, interstate 2080, all the
[3:25] state highways. Uh, it's a really good one. A hundred percent.
[3:30] the state's gonna pay for it. They're gonna take care of the contractor.
[3:34] we're not gonna have to pay anything out. They'll take care of all payments.
[3:39] if we awarded the grant, we just get the product in the end.
[3:43] very, very simple. Do they have a timeline when they're gonna do it? No, sir. Don't have
[3:47] that yet. Uh, the acceptance of the applications ends
[3:51] at the end of february. So once we do that, then we should
[3:56] probably figure out when there'll be a awarding. And I'm sure this is available to every county
[4:00] in the state. Yes, sir. Okay. All 254. No telling when it'll
[4:04] get done. But hey, we need this done. If we don't ask for it, we'll never get it. That's
[4:08] exactly right. So I think it's a great thing that we do. I need a motion to approve. I'll make
[4:13] a motion. Mr. Lane makes the motion to have a second. I'll second. Mr. Boy makes
[4:17] a second. All in favor. A, a, a thank you. Motion carries. Sheriff
[4:21] beavers discuss, consider an approve application for a grant
[4:26] titled dj edwards byrne memorial justice assistant grant
[4:30] mercy program to assist crawford county with a replacement
[4:34] of eight dispatch stations at the estimated cost of $186,486
[4:40] and 31 cents. Good morning, sheriff. Good morning, commissioner. I'm just reaching out. Uh, the
[4:44] jag grant, we're applying for it and we're trying to, uh, you know, the work station's been there for a
[4:48] while. Ever since we opened the regional 9 1 1 center. Uh, they're beginning the breakdown,
[4:53] you know, I mean, it's just technology so it's breaking down. So we're gonna try to get
[4:57] a grant to replace them. So that's what we're asking your permission to prove us to go for this
[5:01] grant. Any idea what the total cost will be? That, that's the total cost.
[5:05] so we're a hundred percent? Yes. Oh, great. Okay. Any
[5:10] questions, comments? Nope. Need a motion? I'll make a motion. Mr. Crow
[5:14] makes a motion. Have a second. Second. Mr. Phillips makes a second. All in favor,
[5:18] say aye. A motion carried. Thank you sheriff. Ms. Shannon,
[5:24] if she wants to discuss considering approve the repl of lot two of meadowbrook
[5:28] acres located in meadowbrook circle and meadowbrook drive in
[5:32] precinct. One morning, shannon. Good morning. Um, so we are bringing this back
[5:37] to court today to seek approval for the repl of lot two. Um,
[5:41] each of the revised lots are approximately 1.5 acres. This has been
[5:45] reviewed by all of the approving authorities. It has met all the requirements, um,
[5:49] laid out in our subdivision regulations and we're just asking the court for the approval today.
[5:54] okay. We have two people who would like to address this issue.
[5:58] first we have, uh, jesus gomez.
[6:02] I was in the address I was gonna address if anybody had any questions as far as
[6:07] come forward. Please, sir,
[6:14] you state your name and address, please. Jesus gomez.
[6:19] 1809 marshall street, kaufman, texas. Okay. And, uh,
[6:23] I was just wanting to address any concerns that, uh, mr. Thompson or mr. Martin had over there.
[6:27] okay. Yep. If you'll, alright. We have, uh, is it link thompson,
[6:32] you'll come forward and state your name and address please, sir. And
[6:36] you're opposed to this? Yes. Is what you marked here? Uh, yeah.
[6:41] link thompson 98 0 3 meadowbrook circle. Okay. Um,
[6:45] we're opposed to it because they're changing the, the, uh, restrictions
[6:50] of the, that's been in place for over 40 years.
[6:54] they're cutting a property in half. And
[6:59] I, myself, I don't wanna live in the city. If I wanna live in the city, I'd buy a house. I,
[7:03] I, I got a house on houston street. I don't even like to live there.
[7:08] all I hear is sirens all up and down houston street all night long and
[7:13] everything else. And that's not what I want to hear. Right. But the restrictions
[7:17] has been in, uh, plays for over 40 years on
[7:21] this property. And it says the restrictions says in the restrictions
[7:25] point blame. And we had a meeting, they asked us to, this
[7:30] lady here asked us to come up there to their office. Right.
[7:35] the only thing I got out of it was they was mad about something. I don't know what it was, but
[7:39] I mean, wasn't, no, it didn't affect me at all. Okay. But
[7:44] I didn't say that. Kauffman county says is
[7:49] said the restrictions has been always one septic tank,
[7:54] septic and septic line per property.
[7:59] the property's been cut up for over 40 years. That's what we want to keep it.
[8:03] 'cause I don't want
[8:07] a neighborhood. So this must be next door to you then? Right across the road. Okay.
[8:12] so in the deed 60, it say it says per lot or
[8:16] mark, if you wanna come forward and address it if I please. Sure. This is one of our assistant,
[8:20] uh, district attorneys. He was at the meeting. Okay. Come on up here. Okay. Uh, sorry.
[8:24] mark got three assistant district attorneys. So after reviewing this, the,
[8:29] this lot did have a deed restriction in place. Initially,
[8:34] the deed restrictions themselves say that they can be altered with
[8:38] a, with approval of the majority of the people in this subdivided area.
[8:42] uh, which the, uh, the owner has, uh, filed
[8:46] in the county records, uh, approval to lift this restriction to
[8:50] this specific lot and this specific lot only, uh,
[8:55] from a a, a majority of the owners in this area. So,
[8:59] as far as the restrictions are concerned, they don't exist as far as subdividing
[9:04] this plot, uh, at at least, uh, kind of in a legal sense.
[9:08] they, they were previously, but then a majority of the owners decided
[9:12] to lift it and it's been lifted. So as far as the,
[9:16] the, the legal, uh, framework
[9:21] for this, the, the lot is able to be subdivided. And
[9:25] it's up to the county commissioners you guys to decide whether or not, uh, you
[9:29] think the, the other owner's rights have been
[9:34] infringed, uh, to a a degree that is,
[9:39] uh, unnecessary essentially. So I, I just
[9:43] wanted to provide you guys with that kind of legal background on that. But if you have any
[9:47] questions, I'm more than willing to, to take. Okay. So questions, guys. You have
[9:51] to make the decision. Well, this is the deal. We had this before, right? Yes.
[9:55] and I know when they came up last time, then we wasn't sure about the legalities
[9:59] of the vote. 'cause the people were up here talking before was saying it
[10:03] wasn't done right. Or something. So that's what we was confirming, I believe. Right? Yes, sir. So
[10:08] when this initially came before the commissioner's court several months
[10:12] ago, we were really concerned especially about whether the notice had
[10:16] been given to the property owners. And so we really determined that it had
[10:20] been given to the property owners. And so basically in this neighborhood,
[10:25] in the, um, the restrictions in the, the neighborhood,
[10:30] there is a, um, within the deeds, if you,
[10:34] there's a provision that if you have a multitude, uh, or majority, not
[10:38] a multitude of majority of the property owners that agree
[10:43] with changing a restriction, that
[10:47] you can make that change. And so that is how,
[10:51] how basically you get around the deed restrictions
[10:56] is, is basically there is an agreement among a majority of the property owners
[11:00] to make a change. And, um, it, it's an unusual legal
[11:05] document. I know, but it's still a legal document that runs with the land.
[11:09] is is it an hoa? Um, it's, it is,
[11:13] what is it? It doesn't appear to be an hoa it is, it's strictly a restrictive
[11:18] covenant on what you can and can't. Okay. In hd does that? Yeah. Okay.
[11:22] so, so it's a little different than like an a nor what I consider a normal or
[11:26] the usual hoa, but it is a deed restriction that's a
[11:30] covenant that runs with the land. And that's a provision that is in those deed restrictions
[11:35] to make changes. And so the, I believe the property owner went
[11:39] through the proper process of, of, um, from what I know
[11:44] determined is that a majority of the property owners agreed with it. And
[11:48] so when that happened, they filed in the deed records,
[11:53] the change mm-hmm . Um, in the deeds that could take place.
[11:58] and do you have any more to add to that from a legal perspective? No. That, that appears
[12:02] to be, uh, everything that karen said is okay. So
[12:06] do we have, uh, confirmation that the majority did? Yes. It, it
[12:10] filed in the, the county records for this, uh, this property. Okay. Yeah.
[12:14] and, and that's why it really took several months to come back, because I know that I was at
[12:18] one of the meetings and then mark took over and he was at the meetings. And we've met with property
[12:22] owners and the property developer. We've actually gone, the county's
[12:26] actually gone with the development services the whole length
[12:30] to make sure that everything is, is proper and legal. So I know it's something that
[12:35] everybody may not agree with, but it is legally
[12:39] and it's in a correct position legally. Okay. And
[12:43] I understand where you're coming from. Uh, you
[12:47] know, I want property out in the county and you hate to, you buy
[12:51] it to be, uh, private
[12:56] and then people move in on you and there's not much you could do about it
[13:00] that I understand that. Well, my point is,
[13:05] you'll have to come back up here. My
[13:09] point is, if I would've known this, me and mr. Martin would've
[13:13] happily bought that property and done it and developed it ourselves. Right. You know
[13:17] what I'm saying? But I mean, we, we was, we was going
[13:21] by, we wanted to stay with the restrictions. But I mean,
[13:26] it, it's all, it's all about kaufman county because it's tax revenue.
[13:30] I know that. Well, the legality is that that provision is in
[13:34] the deed and I guess he's found a way to do it by around
[13:38] it. Yeah. Yes, sir. Like our attorney said, well, I think it's in the deed that they can vote
[13:42] on it, the owners. Well, and, and I did owners
[13:46] and I did meet with, uh, monique about this and
[13:51] he's been very challenged in getting this done. And monique's
[13:55] said that he's come back every time and complied and did everything she asked him to do.
[13:59] so the landowner. So, uh,
[14:04] he's done all that effort. So I have to say that, 'cause that was part of
[14:08] the meeting. But, and just to add to that, um, we did mail the note, the notifications
[14:13] to all the property owners, uh, for the third time, uh, the ad was running, the
[14:17] paper posted online. So we did go through the proper steps as laid out in texas
[14:21] local government code, um, to make sure that everyone was aware that we were
[14:25] bringing this back today. And, um, just so you are aware, the,
[14:29] these lots can only have one home and one septic. They do not meet, they,
[14:33] they're not large enough to put multiple septics and homes on being 1.5 acres.
[14:38] but, but what's going to happen, because this is going to turn around to be a domino
[14:42] event because they got some more property right next door to it.
[14:46] and you, they can, you can tell me, but once you, I see that coman
[14:51] county's gonna let this happen, it's gonna be a domino effect, then the next person's
[14:55] gonna do the same thing. We're gonna be right up here and I'm not gonna waste my time again. I mean,
[14:59] I'll sell mine and get outta caman county. I can, you don't, I'm sorry.
[15:03] I can only speak to the, the, the restrictions that were amended are just for lot two.
[15:07] we have received no indication that any other lots are going to be replanted. Okay.
[15:12] alright. This time as of today. Yes sir.
[15:16] I haven't received, did all your neighbors vote know against this what you have to do? Well,
[15:21] okay. Alright. But I mean, I, that's just move on. I mean, you know. Yeah.
[15:26] okay. So what's your, uh, what's your motion?
[15:36] I'll make a motion to approve, deny approve.
[15:40] and I'll second have a motion and a second I'll say
[15:44] I all right. We don't really legally gonna have a problem. Yep. Motion carries. Okay.
[15:48] yeah. May have to do it. Absolutely. We compli with all the statute. I'm sorry.
[15:53] ms. Carter discuss, consider and approve applying for funding
[15:57] through the criminal justice program assistance grant to continue the
[16:01] colton county juvenile justice and truancy prevention initiative
[16:05] of 2027 program is to be managed by precinct to
[16:09] jp uh, amy tarno. Yes, ma'am. Good morning. Yes. So
[16:13] this is a continuation grant. We've had the grant for one year. It's a three year
[16:17] span, but we have to turn our application in each year. This is
[16:21] a juvenile diversion program. It's about accountability for
[16:25] these, um, these, this, the youth, it's about $58,000.
[16:30] um, it addresses the youth violence, truancy and juvenile delinquency.
[16:36] it is, um, through a coordinated evidence-based and community-centered
[16:40] approach, focus on early identification, prevention, and
[16:45] positive youth development. So we've created this program that
[16:49] has it. It's working. I mean, we, we, we just kind of got into it because the funding
[16:54] was late. Okay. Trying to do something. Well, we take
[16:58] the grants and we can get them any comments? This is gonna be in your precinct.
[17:02] nothing whatsoever. I'm gonna make a motion to approve her.
[17:06] have a motion to approve to have a second. I'll second. Mr. Cole makes a second. All
[17:10] them favors say aye. A aye. Motion, carrie. Okay, pam, once again discuss. Consider
[17:14] an approve applying through the texas department of state health
[17:18] services texas spay and neuter program for funding to help increase
[17:22] the amount of low cost spay and neuter surgeries for kaman county residents and
[17:26] unowned cats and dogs. Yes, ma'am. Yes. So we've been waiting for a while.
[17:30] the state has promised this and it finally opened on friday. Um,
[17:35] this focuses on the spay and neuter of animals,
[17:39] um, that are within our county. I mean, we will apply for that,
[17:44] but it's animals that are in, um, our owned or in the custody
[17:48] of texas residents rescues organizations, shelters
[17:52] or government. Government entities. So we can apply for, uh,
[17:56] spay and neuter sterilization for animals that are in our sh in our shelter.
[18:01] we can help the rescues and we can help the public because we will have,
[18:05] we be able to have vouchers. Um, finding a veterinarian
[18:10] has been tasked or been a hard task, but we're, we're at that point
[18:14] now. Um, we, we had about 130
[18:19] spayed and neu out of our shelter last year that we paid out of our pocket. And
[18:23] so that will definitely help us. So I'm going to ask for over 300
[18:27] surgeries and I would love to ask for more. But the veterinarians, they
[18:32] would not be able to do that many. Right. So it's a way for us to
[18:36] help keep the public, um, safe by having these animals spayed and neuter cutting
[18:40] down on that population. And it helps the people too. It does help the
[18:44] people. I get a lot of calls of people that need help just to get and neuter.
[18:48] they can't be having litters and puppies out here. That comes back to the shelter, which is another expense
[18:53] and works on the sheriff's. Yep. People and pick 'em up all the time. So
[18:57] that's great. I now want to add that the spay and neuter,
[19:01] um, there was a, I was here recently, I think we talked about the anonymous donor
[19:06] that donated a lot of funding for kaufman county zip codes
[19:10] to have sp and neuter. There had been over, um,
[19:14] probably about 1500 now. So we were at 1100 a month ago.
[19:18] that's amazing. It is in kaufman county. We have gone down to where
[19:22] the zip codes are and to find out maybe where we do need to do more education
[19:27] in those zip codes. But, um, forney, forney's ahead of everybody,
[19:31] you know, even my little town of roster, there were seven, seven animals that, that
[19:35] got spayed or neutered because of this. So it's 20, it's $40 when
[19:40] you sign up and then you get $20 back. So $20 for spay and neuter.
[19:44] that money will be running out soon. And then we can jump into this. So surely we
[19:48] are gonna do something about the population in this county. Let's hope so. Yes. Yes. That, that's
[19:52] the our goal. Mm-hmm . So it's very important. I mean, no question. Need
[19:56] a motion. I'll make a motion for you. Mr. Phe makes the motion. Have a second. I'll
[20:01] second. Mr. Mr. Lane makes second. All in favors say aye. Aye. Thank
[20:05] you. Thank you pam for all the work you're doing, especially all the grants we are working on. Okay.
[20:09] ms. Laina, she's gonna discuss considering approved
[20:13] purchasing 65 new portable radios and trading in
[20:17] 65 old radios utilizing l three harris managed service agreement
[20:22] that was approved in commercials court on august the 12th of 2025.
[20:26] yes ma'am. You
[20:31] need bigger print . Um, so the vendor
[20:35] extended pricing through 2 28, I've passed out revised quotes.
[20:39] um, revised quote reflect on the new date it meets, uh, purchasing
[20:44] requirements. It also meets the specification. The purchase price is
[20:48] 156,360. It does include a 31,000 5 0 8
[20:53] trading credit. I do recommend the purchase. Sure.
[20:58] yeah. If y'all remember back in budget when we started working on the radio, we're at the end of life of stuff.
[21:02] so we had a four year plan. This is the first of our first year of replacing these portable
[21:06] 'cause they're end of lie. Can't get any more. Okay. Uh, done. So this is gonna
[21:10] help us get our first responders back. Well we have to keep in contact. Yeah, we gotta keep moving forward.
[21:15] yes. Okay. Any questions or comments? Nope. Not entertain a
[21:19] motion to approve. I'll make the motion. Mr. Moore makes the motion to have a second. Uh,
[21:23] second. Mr. Lane makes second. All in favors say aye. A motion carries.
[21:29] okay, mr. Lane, your next discussed consider an approved interlocal
[21:34] contract with the town of po for pothole repair and the cost
[21:38] of a thousand dollars. Yeah, just a regular agreement with poetry. There you go.
[21:42] yep. I'll make a motion. Mr. Lane makes the motion. Have a second. I'll second.
[21:46] mr. Moore makes a second. All in favor say aye. Motion carries. Ms. Auditor
[21:50] line item and budget transfers. Yes sir. Um, so this week we had
[21:55] quite a few in there. Um, several of them were cleanup of fy 25
[21:59] line items. Um, and I did wanna mention that we do have better
[22:03] controls in place for fy 26, so we shouldn't have as many at the end of this year.
[22:08] um, and then the rest of 'em are recording some revenue that we received in regular
[22:12] line item transfers and we asked for the court's approval and we didn't get to have a meeting last week. So
[22:17] yes, . A little double. Everybody have time to look what's over? Mm-hmm
[22:21] . Any questions on anything? I'll second
[22:25] have a . Ms. Fields makes a motion. Mr. Plain. Make
[22:29] a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. A motion carries. Once
[22:33] again, mr. Officer claims for payment again, since we didn't have court
[22:37] last week. We do have quite a few of these as well. Um, we have accounts
[22:42] payable, invoices, jury, um, invoices and a payroll.
[22:46] um, and most of that is made up of county software and county roads.
[22:50] um, we ask for the court's approval to pay a lot of software this time. Yes.
[22:55] okay. Any comments or questions? Need a motion to approve?
[22:59] I'll make a motion. Mr. Crow makes the motion to have a second. I'll second
[23:03] mr. Phillips second. All in favor say aye. A motion carries. Oh,
[23:07] you two guys are a little sicky on the end down here. .
[23:12] you get y'all outta here. Okay. Number 12 is mine
[23:16] to discuss, uh, consider exiting regular meeting, entering executive session
[23:20] pursuant to texas code 5 5 1 0.071.
[23:25] the commissioner's court meeting and closed session pursuant to, uh, counsel regarding
[23:29] pending or contemplated litigation subjects settlement offers,
[23:33] including but not listed two. The items right there underneath there. So I need a
[23:37] motion. I'll make a motion. Mr. Phe makes a motion to have a second. I'll
[23:41] second. Mr. Moore makes a second. All in favor say aye. A ten nine twenty five.
[23:46] okay. We're now an executive
[23:51] smartphone. Okay. Need a motion to exit our, uh, executive session
[23:55] and enter back into a regular meeting. I'll make a motion. Mr. Lane makes
[23:59] the motion to I have a second. I'll second mr. Wick. Second. All in favor say aye.
[24:03] aye. Motion carries. Number 14. Discuss taking any action resulting
[24:07] from the executive session. Only thing there is is we're to purchase more, uh,
[24:12] uh, software security. I mean, uh, software. Software.
[24:18] need a motion? I'll make a motion. Mr. Lane makes a motion. Second. I'll second.
[24:22] mr. Phipps makes second. All in favor say aye. A motion carries. And your turn.
[24:26] I'll make a motion to adjourn the meeting. Have a motion to adjourn my commissioner phipps to have a second.
[24:30] I will. Second. Mr. Moore makes second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries.
[24:35] thank you gentlemen.