[2:50] Our
[3:04] heavenly father, we call your precious
name. Thanking you Lord for life, health
[3:07] and strength. We thank you for this day.
We thank you, oh Lord, for all the ones
[3:11] that that uh came and interested in uh
government business and and we just
[3:16] pray, Father God, that as we uh go
through the agenda and make the
[3:20] decisions that that the love of of you
would would uh rest in our hearts that
[3:24] we make the right decisions that will
benefit the citizens of Newton County
[3:29] and to glorify your name. It's in Jesus
name we pray. Amen.
[3:33] » Amen.
>> Uh we'll call the meeting to order. Uh
[3:36] we do have a quorum. I'd like to
acknowledge everybody that's here today.
[3:40] Uh Chelsea public, anybody set up to
speak? Okay, we'll close the public
[3:46] hearing. Go right into the consent
agenda. Um minutes from the previous
[3:53] meeting. KK's not here. She is Do you
know anything about how far caught up
[3:58] she is?
Okay.
[4:04] Do we have any uh
deputations or bonds that have come in?
[4:12] I don't think we do. So, uh, on the
monthly departmental, uh, reports,
[4:18] um, we have in the packet here the
departmental reports from
[4:24] pretty well all the departments
for y'all to look over.
[4:54] Okay, hold on a chair.
[5:00] [laughter]
[5:04] » [clears throat]
[5:46] » They jumped out at me on the fourth
bill jumped out.
[5:56] » Yeah.
>> Couple of big items on that.
[6:00] [clears throat]
That's the
[6:03] appraisal district
budget
[6:11] district.
[6:14] Yeah, there was some software
[6:19] on rent. Hope that's coming back.
[6:24] » We received that already and we're just
paying it off.
[6:28] We receive grants and then we have to
from the controller we receive payment
[6:32] and we have within 550 to pay it out.
>> Okay.
[6:35] » So that 167 37
>> that was money yeah money received but
[6:40] money's you know just turn right over
[6:46] a note on that and put it on we usually
do it that doesn't come with commission
[6:51] report. We usually do on a different day
it just landed on commissioner for day.
[6:55] So normally that's just a wash. We just
do it. We get painted in. We usually get
[7:00] it out and then we get the requisition
in this 25 35 days. It does not have to
[7:05] come through court. Okay. Because of the
fact that it is
[7:10] we be having court.
>> Well, you could way they're set up now.
[7:15] I don't you could have court quick
enough with the three business day.
[7:18] Three working business day.
>> You wouldn't be able to
[7:22] » and it's not really a bill anyways,
right? No, it's a reimbursement.
[7:30] » But it does get your ears pointed when
you see it and don't know what it is.
[7:33] » I'm sorry. We should have
[7:39] » It didn't bother me so much I didn't
call. So
[7:59] is probably knocked out.
>> No. [laughter]
[8:09] Probably.
>> All right. Does anybody have any
[8:11] questions on the monthly department
reports?
[8:18] Um, how about we don't have any continue
education certificates on there for
[8:24] » Oh, wait. We do. Mark McCall
um
[8:29] Mark McCall went to uh Fort Worth and
did uh critical courthouse security
[8:37] uh emergency planning courtroom and
courthouse security. So, and
[8:45] um need everybody say a prayer for Mark.
He's in the Methodist hospital
[8:51] uh having some issues. So, but uh we'll
accept Mark certificate of on completion
[8:59] of the critical court incidents
emergency planning courtroom and
[9:04] courthouse security.
Um
[9:08] I've got one question. We've got JP one
and four report, but I didn't see two
[9:14] and three in this package. Did I miss
it?
[9:17] Uh, have they seen it?
[9:27] » I think we had discussed last time that
most of them may get sent to Miss Ginger
[9:32] and maybe I'm just not getting say they
didn't do one. I'm just saying.
[9:37] » Have you received Ginger?
>> Yes. But it's their responsibility to
[9:42] get it to the judge.
[9:47] Thank you. All right.
I make a motion that u
[9:54] we accept the monthly departmental
reports.
[9:59] » Second.
Uh
[10:03] should uh
reward that to accept the consent
[10:07] agenda.
>> Yeah.
[10:10] » I made a motion. Commissioner Hopson
second. All in favor?
[10:15] All against.
All right. [clears throat and snorts]
[10:18] We'll deliberate and consider action on
the following items. Item number one is
[10:22] appoint Wayne Mororrow, Robert Sam, and
Tommy Mullen to serve as commissioners
[10:28] or ESD number two. That's Trout Creek
ESD. That's uh three new commissioners
[10:35] on their ESD board. Um,
so
[10:41] now I make a motion that we appoint
Wayne Moral, Robert Samuel, and Tommy
[10:46] Mullen to serve as commissioners for ESD
number two.
[10:54] » I second that motion. They're good to
me.
[10:56] » All right. Motion laid by me, second by
Commissioner Benson. All in favor?
[11:02] » All against. All right. Item number.
>> Hey, judge, before you leave that item,
[11:07] I think it's every January
a number of commissioners on each comes
[11:12] up.
>> Yes.
[11:14] » Could I I don't know. Could your office
provide us with a list of the ESD
[11:19] members that are coming up so we can
either reappoint them or ask them if
[11:23] they want to continue? I was contacted
by one of the ESDs in my precinct
[11:26] saying, you know, we'd like to know if
they want to continue, who's going to
[11:30] reach out to them? and I told him I felt
like the judge's office would, but I'd
[11:34] bring it up to date.
>> Okay. I have spoke to some of the
[11:37] members of ESC number one and and they
would, you know, consider, you know,
[11:44] staying on those.
>> This was spec specific to number five,
[11:49] ESD number five in the pocket is where
the question come.
[11:52] » Okay.
And I I will we will get that to them.
[11:58] And it probably be good if all the
commissioners just had a list, you know,
[12:01] every year so we we'd know, you know,
just kind of who's coming up, who's not.
[12:07] » Yes. Every should be have two to three
that need
[12:14] » and then every year that happens
>> to one year, three.
[12:19] » Yeah.
Thank you.
[12:22] » All right. Item number two, approve 2026
violence against women's Special
[12:28] prosecutor project resolution which
authorizes the district attorney to
[12:34] continue applying for grants that
supplement the salary of the assistant
[12:39] district attorney.
>> Have that um grant resolution. This is
[12:43] the same resolution that Courtney comes
with every year. It's asking for
[12:49] authorization to apply for the the
follow grant. Um, and this will be for
[12:55] um the upcoming great year, which is
August 2026 to August 2027.
[13:01] Um, and this um
I don't exactly know how much money it
[13:07] is. Y'all probably do, but it's a it's a
certain amount of money that supplements
[13:10] the assistant uh prosecutor. Not my
salary, but the other assistant DA.
[13:17] » Okay.
[13:21] » All right. and county and getting that
grant since at least
[13:29] » 2002.
>> That's why
[13:31] » when I was VA in 2003 to 2005,
it was under that.
[13:37] » Yes.
>> I make a motion that we approve the 2026
[13:42] violence against women special
prosecutor project resolution.
[13:48] » Second.
>> All right. Motion made by Commissioner
[13:51] White. Second by Commissioner Benson.
All in favor? All against
[13:58] you for a second.
[14:12] So shared.
[14:15] All right.
[14:57] » [clears throat]
[15:01] » All right, we'll move to item number
three. Item number three is discuss and
[15:06] consider changes or amendments to the
county policy that allow employees the
[15:11] opportunity to transfer vacation hours
to other employees if they choose to do
[15:17] so.
[15:23] So,
okay. Um, so I I brought this up uh in a
[15:29] previous meeting and and Ginger was
going to do some research and met with
[15:33] her and
uh her recommendation uh is that we not
[15:39] go this route. There's the the the big
issue there is if if I had vacation
[15:44] hours and apprentice made more money
than me, those vacation hours would be
[15:48] earned by me and if I had 10 hours and
get him 10 of my hours, he would get it
[15:53] at his pay. So based on our HR guidance,
um I recommended we take no action on
[16:00] this item, not table. It would just
>> take no action.
[16:05] » All right.
Misty, they looked up this.
[16:11] » Yeah, Misty Misty also provided some
documentation to support how difficult
[16:16] that would be, I guess, is the best way
of saying it.
[16:19] » It can be done, but it would be.
[16:24] » All right. So,
>> can be done also. You discussed that
[16:28] last.
>> Okay. [clears throat and cough]
[16:30] » All right. Commissioner Pal made a
motion to take no action. Second.
[16:35] Commissioner White second. All in favor?
>> All against.
[16:41] » All right. Uh
item number four is discuss and take
[16:45] action to recover funds associated with
the establishment of ESD6. This line
[16:52] item is a followup to previous meetings
where the county paid for legal services
[16:56] and other items with a motion being
preempted by a statement that the money
[17:02] would be paid back to the county once
the ESD begin collecting sales tax. And
[17:07] as Commissioner Pal um now I I do have a
couple members of the ESD board here.
[17:14] I've got uh Charles Duckworth, he's the
president. Uh Alan Collier, he's I don't
[17:21] know what office you hold on the board,
but you're a board member.
[17:25] » Okay. U now uh they received their first
check of
[17:34] what was that at the end of December and
it was for September, October
[17:40] and possibly November. Was it September
and October?
[17:46] Yeah,
>> they didn't start collecting until
[17:49] October.
>> Okay. [clears throat]
[17:51] » So, that would be for the month of
October
[17:54] November. Best of my controller runs
about a month behind
[17:58] » on the collection part.
>> So, the first check uh was received in
[18:05] they're under contract with Allegiance.
They paid 55. What is a monthly?
[18:11] » 58,000 a month. 58 a month to pay for
one of the ambulances. And you know
[18:18] what, but I was told they don't have a
problem, you know, paying back monthly
[18:23] notes, but they'd like to see how much
money they're they're going to bring in
[18:28] with the sales tax before
they start uh paying.
[18:33] » And and on this agenda item, I was the
one that made the motion in the past
[18:37] that we collect that money once that
money is available. I'm not here today
[18:42] to say, you know, we want it right now,
but uh certainly just keep this maybe
[18:48] maybe keep a line item in here to
discussion or track. Maybe not every
[18:51] court meeting, but once a month look at
what we've spent out originally, you
[18:55] know, with lawyer fees and what have you
and how we're going to recoup that for
[18:58] our taxpayers when
>> it doesn't buy.
[19:02] » We just need a
we need some kind of blaze off of it. Uh
[19:08] I talked to Kate about it, our lawyer,
the same lawyer that been represented
[19:13] since day one.
>> Yes.
[19:15] » Uh and the way she explained it, the way
she thought she understood, interpreted
[19:21] it was once ESC6 was formed, once we was
formed, then we will be responsible from
[19:28] that day forward with fees. I don't have
a problem with ESC paying the money back
[19:36] because it's benefit the whole county uh
as long as we are not struggling to pay
[19:41] for our ambulance a month. Uh because we
we we have two ambulances we have to pay
[19:46] for and it's $58,000 a month. That's
without all the other bill. So as long
[19:52] as we're making that payment, I'm good
with it. Uh and we'll figure out how we
[19:56] can get it allotted and paid back to the
county. And I'm sure the rest of the
[20:00] board won't have a problem with it. Uh
we have a meeting on the 20th right here
[20:04] in this courtroom uh at 6 pm and uh if
the agenda ain't been posted, I'm going
[20:09] to go ahead and have it put on the
agenda today for our meeting on the 20th
[20:14] to discuss it amongst the whole board.
And but we need we need some
[20:19] documentation from the county from day
one because this is what it was on line
[20:25] item everything broke down. That way we
can look at it and know what we're what
[20:31] we're paying for and we want to make
sure that we're strictly for this
[20:34] election. But as me as president and I'm
speaking as me, I don't have a problem
[20:41] paying back. I really don't. But we want
it broke down. We want to see it line
[20:45] for line exactly what it was spent on.
>> Fair enough.
[20:50] » Yeah, there's no problem with that. You
know, basically all it is is legal fees
[20:54] from
>> Yeah. It's not it's not a great amount
[20:57] of money. It's just one of those things
to where you know if you guys once you
[21:01] get your your feet on the ground and you
got a circle of money, what have you,
[21:04] just recoup that money back to the
taxpayers.
[21:07] » No, that's fine. We're fine with that.
>> Good. All right.
[21:10] » It's just right now we have no idea
what money for the year look like.
[21:16] » Good. Well, I'll make the motion that we
table this agenda item for future
[21:20] reference.
>> All right.
[21:22] » Discussions. Second.
>> All right. Motion is made by
[21:25] Commissioner Pal, second by Commissioner
Hson. All in favor?
[21:30] » All against.
All right. Item number five, discuss and
[21:35] take necessary action concerning VFD
radio communications.
[21:41] All right. This is uh when we built the
new radio tower in South County uh
[21:50] basically the going digital that's kept
Bergville
[21:56] and I think K being fire departments
from communicating
[22:01] with the sheriff department you know
because of the digital channels now the
[22:08] frequency
you gave them the frequency in October.
[22:15] So
I think the problem is with money
[22:18] associated with programming the radios.
So and I'm not sure Joles, could you
[22:24] elaborate on
>> Joles, can you come over here because we
[22:26] got the audio won't take you up over
there. There's people watching and it's
[22:32] » all right. So go back to the radio start
from ground zero. One's the radio. part.
[22:40] I talked co about it 100 times. It ain't
we switched to digital. Okay. And it
[22:46] ain't just Bville and believe me.
Anybody that comes north of FM 1414 on
[22:52] Highway 87, don't matter if it's
Dyville, Trout Creek, Bondware, Newton,
[22:57] once you get north of 1414, nobody radio
work. Zero.
[23:02] Because
dry creek had the NC fire, Newton County
[23:07] fire that their repeater is in
Fleetwood. Once you get to 1414, you
[23:11] can't reach that repeater. You have to
be able to reach Mayflower repeater.
[23:16] Well, that channel is on that ML. So, it
will not work north of 1414. Well, that
[23:23] means anybody in this county that goes
north of 1414 cannot contact who's doing
[23:30] that. So that's with the exception of
the sheriff's department,
[23:34] » right? The digital side would work.
>> What about the ambulance service? Will
[23:38] they can they communicate?
>> Okay. The radio's in the ambulance or
[23:42] not P25. So they do not have the digital
in them. All they have is their console
[23:48] and Josh. So I just looked at the radios
this past week. I'm there every other
[23:54] day or so checking on the station,
checking on everything. But them radios,
[23:59] I'm waiting on the answer back from my
radio guy. Can he put P25 in them? If he
[24:05] cannot put P25 in them, then we're going
to have to change radios uh in the
[24:09] house. And it's already on my agenda for
next week to discuss radios in
[24:14] » currently right now.
>> But currently right now, they cannot
[24:16] talk to the because they're not digital
capable in.
[24:21] Well, about what was it about 10 it's
over 10 years ago the state mandated
[24:27] everybody to go digital. That's when
they they pulled all the digital or they
[24:32] pulled all the VHF channels from TV. Uh
the military needed the bandwidth, so
[24:37] they mandated everybody go digital. Then
it didn't work. You know, the the
[24:43] smaller counties like Newton couldn't
afford all the equipment. Um, so and it
[24:50] was my understanding, you know, we all
had to buy dual band radios, but any any
[24:54] radio sold now, uh, pretty well was dual
band. And now the state mandate and any
[25:01] radio you buy now has to well with grant
funds has to be triband,
[25:07] which has three different bandwidth in
it.
[25:11] » I have some new radio for Bart.
They ain't even been installed because
[25:17] about the time we got them with grant
money is when we went to digital. So I
[25:21] ain't even installed them. But they can
have people 25 foot in them. But that
[25:25] has nothing to do with the 10 handhelds.
The handheld is your live line. If
[25:30] you're in this courthouse fighting fire,
you're across that street one of the
[25:34] county office fighting fire. You can't
run back up to that truck, get on that
[25:37] radio, and call for help. You need to be
able to call for help.
[25:39] » Okay. So, in order to replace 10
handhelds from Bville, that's about
[25:43] $45,000.
And we can't afford that. I get $4,500 a
[25:47] year budget for radio.
>> Okay. So, the handhelds you got are VHF
[25:52] only.
>> Yes. They will not swap to digital
[25:56] because we ain't updated handhelds in
seven or eight years. So, I mean,
[26:01] handhelds [clears throat] are null and
void. They're paper weights. Now, the
[26:06] console radios go to vehicles. I can put
B25 in, but
[26:11] back to everybody. I mean, I'm just
trying to make sure everybody
[26:15] understands it ain't just Bville and
Toledo. It's anybody in this county that
[26:19] goes north of 1414 cannot communicate
>> with exception of the sheriff.
[26:25] » Correct. And before we did the radio
upgrade, we didn't have your law
[26:28] enforcement didn't have radio
communication throughout [clears throat]
[26:30] the whole county. I mean, right here in
the courthouse, you could talk wherever.
[26:34] you didn't have any radio communication.
So that's something that we you know
[26:38] have to do. But
>> well I think you know so what will fix
[26:41] the problem a repeater?
>> Well
[26:45] I talked me and Colton talked last week
down there on the fire. Uh we need an
[26:52] answer from the radio guy that put this
digital stuff in and ask him can he just
[26:57] add a channel because the equipment's
there. Well, we ought to be able to just
[27:01] add a channel, a different channel and
make it like Newton County from one end
[27:07] of the county to the other and every
fire department will be able to access
[27:09] it if he can do that, which I think he
can because it's difficult. But that's
[27:14] going to come from the radio guy.
>> Okay,
[27:16] » I'll get with him.
>> But that doesn't solve the handheld
[27:18] problem.
>> That does not solve handheld problem at
[27:20] all. I think we need to do whatever we
need to do to help him with the
[27:24] handheld. I mean, one life is worth it
all, you know, whatever it But, you
[27:28] know, if we and [clears throat] I'm not
asking
[27:31] » for 10 new handhelds. I don't need 10
new handhelds.
[27:34] » If I had four handhelds, it would work.
I'm good. Everybody else can still use
[27:39] their old radio, but they can only talk
on the same
[27:43] one person in eight people at my fire
department that talk on that radio
[27:47] anyway as far as contacting ESO or
anybody else. And that's me. Them girls
[27:52] and them other ones, they could care
less about being on that radio. So,
[27:55] we're not jamming up a channel.
So, that's why everybody don't need a
[28:01] new hand. What I'm getting at, if I had
four hands, that's all I need. I think I
[28:07] have one back when Odan was emergency
management EPS come through with a grant
[28:14] to give one. It's called a Apex 4000
when they first started the digital
[28:20] stuff. I don't know if it's too old to
put [clears throat] the digital in. I
[28:26] think it'll work, but I'm waiting on
that answer also. So, that would be one
[28:30] of the four. I'd only need three more.
And then that would that would put me
[28:34] where I needed to be.
>> I got a high com.
[28:38] [laughter]
[28:41] » But that's goes back to we got to figure
out the channel situation.
[28:46] What it But that's radio guy. I mean,
he's got to give that answer.
[28:50] » We had this discussion in the past. Mark
was here and we had talked about having
[28:56] a channel for the commissioners to
speak, you know, like during a hurricane
[29:01] and what have you. You don't have cell
towers and s such as that, different
[29:05] things. We could speak one to another.
And what I understood him to say is each
[29:09] commissioner would have to get their own
repeater.
[29:11] » Yes. And that's that's it was uh four
repeaters, one in Mayfly,
[29:17] one around the Burkeville area, one in
Lakewood, and then one in on the Dville.
[29:25] So four repeaters.
U but it wasn't
[29:30] it wasn't digital. It was still the
analog system. Well, what I what I
[29:36] recall the conversation being was the
commissioner what we have dead areas
[29:41] just like what Mr. Dougworth was talking
about. you know, when when we send
[29:45] someone off on a maintainer, if they
have a health emergency, you know, it
[29:50] literally if they don't come back at the
end of the day, that's when you'd find
[29:52] out, right? Because somebody the rule
where I was going with that is there's
[29:57] probably going to be some expense that
the commissioners want to incur to get
[30:00] our get us a radio channel or at least I
do and maybe if we package all of this
[30:05] up with the repeaters that we want or
need.
[30:09] » Yes. And then the repeaters that are
needed to get that radio commun may it
[30:13] may reduce the overall cost just from
the standpoint of they're out there
[30:18] putting up two repeaters and
>> well I think it got a price on a
[30:22] countywide fire channel and it was right
a little over $50,000
[30:28] and you know
uh that way every fire department would
[30:34] communicate with one another
you know and breaking down the cost
[30:39] between, you know, the fire departments.
I don't remember it was eight$8 $9,000
[30:46] per fire department. And some of them
didn't didn't want to pay for the, you
[30:52] know, they're like, we have our own
channel, so why why should we pay for
[30:56] another one?
So, but you take like Bondware,
[31:02] um, Burkeville don't get a lot of tax
dollars. Clea Ben U Bon gets none. You
[31:08] know, they're basically on their own out
there. And you got uh Devil's Pocket and
[31:15] you have Trout Creek and uh ESD number
one that it does pretty good with their
[31:20] their tax base. So, uh it's other fire
departments that that are at the low end
[31:27] of their tax base and struggle to keep
the equipment. you know, thinking about
[31:34] Bard Bell and the this problem you got,
you know, ESD1 where I my precinct, they
[31:41] get plenty of money. They got a great
system. They got great equipment. They
[31:44] do a great job. Uh just like the folks
in Burkeville. But the people that live
[31:48] in precinct 4, they frequent Burkeville.
They got places at the lake, they fish
[31:53] at the lake, they hunt in Bville. So,
it's not a Bville issue. It's a
[31:57] countywide issue. So, how do we figure
out what we can do as a county? You
[32:02] know, it could go back if if the court
says we're not going to pay for this,
[32:06] ESD should we can go back and say, "Hey,
we'll get it done and then figure out
[32:11] how we get paid back over the next 10
years or something like that. If that
[32:15] helps the court, we need to get these
repeaters up." As I understand it,
[32:18] that's the issue is I didn't know about
the handhelds, but I understand that
[32:23] there needs to be some repeaters
installed to be able to get that radio
[32:28] communication to you guys.
>> Well, and
[32:32] it goes back to the digital guy because
I don't know what equipment they
[32:36] installed. And if that equipment's
capable of adding more channels, you
[32:40] won't have to have repeaters and stuff.
he can just go in there simply build a
[32:44] program and come add it to the to the
repeaters to every one of them and then
[32:49] it'd be up and running if he can do
that. But far as I know, you can do that
[32:54] in digital. You can just build another
software and add it [clears throat] to
[32:58] it and then it'll be running.
>> Well, judge with with being out,
[33:04] » could we nominate either yourself or
some member of the court to work with? I
[33:09] I will get with the radio people, but I
I think we would have to apply for
[33:13] another radio license to do that with
the digital sign.
[33:18] » Well, the I'm not a radio guy for the
record. I don't know the nuts and bolts
[33:21] that goes into it, but I believe there
may have been a spare repeater that come
[33:27] off of maybe the south tower and I think
they were going to rebuild it and keep
[33:31] it as a spare for the county, but it
belongs to the county. You know, maybe
[33:35] an option or an avenue to look at. I get
with Tracy and see if
[33:38] » they they did remove
>> be compatible to that.
[33:42] » We just need somebody to own it and get
us to the finish line where we get a
[33:46] like you said, you know, one life.
What's that worth? You know, some
[33:51] » Well, I'll get with the radio people
since Mark's out and see what it's going
[33:56] to take to get a channel for
where everybody can communicate
[34:03] and then bring it before court next
meeting. And when you do that, judge, if
[34:07] you would throw in there, if it helps
reduce the cost, you know, the
[34:11] commissioners are thinking about doing
those things, just throw in all the
[34:14] options. And at least for me, I mean, I
I need a radio comm I need radio
[34:20] communication from vehicle to vehicle in
precinct 4 cuz 311, 3112, 3116,
[34:28] it's just dead areas and
all right. And I've got a spare radio to
[34:34] help you.
[34:42] » There you go.
[laughter]
[34:49] » All right.
[34:54] So, I'll make a motion that uh
on uh I'll take action uh contacting the
[35:04] radio providers
uh to
[35:09] uh basically get a price on what it's
going to cost us the uh to provide radio
[35:16] communications countywide for the VFDs
and commissioners.
[35:22] I second the motion,
>> I guess. I mean, do we need to make a
[35:27] motion on it or you just going to do it?
>> Well, I'm see what you do. We make a
[35:32] motion or does he just
don't
[35:35] » Okay. Well, it said
>> you're just going to do it. Take action.
[35:38] I'm I'm gonna go ahead and do it. I'm
gonna get with
[35:43] » Okay. Well, we don't need a motion on
that.
[35:47] All right. Uh, judge. You're welcome. Uh
item number six, take action to replace
[35:54] the obsolete printer copier in the
Newton County Tax Office in Newton and
[35:59] Blakewood.
>> Now there's two uh obsolete printers,
[36:03] one in the Bloodwood office uh tax
office and one in the Newton tax office
[36:07] that we need to get replaced. Um
the the difference on the units will be
[36:14] uh well the cost of units will be $461
per month.
[36:20] talking to Tracy. They both need to be
changed out
[36:24] their contract.
>> Okay.
[36:28] » Contract.
[36:31] » They're 46 per
>> $461
[36:35] per
>> print.
[36:37] » Now that that contract, they replace the
ink cartridge.
[36:41] » They do all the
>> Yeah, they like a lot of money, but when
[36:44] you consider the the maintenance and the
replacement of the cartridges, it's
[36:47] really not
They just charge us per copy made,
[36:52] right?
>> Any kind extra. We get so many copies
[36:56] and then
>> Okay.
[37:02] All right. Uh
I'll make a motion with approved to
[37:07] replace obsolete prayer property in
Newton County Tax Office
[37:12] uh and in Newton and Blewood.
Second.
[37:18] All right. Motion made by me, second by
Commissioner Benson. All in favor?
[37:23] » All against.
All right. Item number seven, discussion
[37:28] of appropriate approve the purchase of
the following patrol vehicles via lease
[37:34] agreements for the sheriff's office
fleet. One is a 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe. Uh
[37:39] purchase price plus outfitting is
$66,7942.
[37:46] A 2025 Tahoe 4x4 U purchase class plus
outfitting is $81,478
[37:55] and 98.
>> Morning. Uh so this past year we do all
[38:00] our vehicles on lease agreements. This
past year we uh we paid off two vehicle
[38:04] uh looking to ask y'all's approval for
two new Taho. U lease agreement. The
[38:10] first payments are not due until 207.
higher um monthly note will go up, I'm
[38:17] sorry, yearly note will go up
approximately $10,000 between the two
[38:20] vehicles. Uh if you notice the price on
these things are two specialty vehicles.
[38:24] One is going to be a Tahoe for our drone
uh that we've had great success with. Um
[38:30] [clears throat] so several different law
enforcement agencies in the area, they
[38:33] have a you know there's a TV stand
mounted in the back. So in the event
[38:37] we're on any situation, we can see
everything in live time on a TV screen
[38:41] versus a small little screen. uh just
used it um used it on the dog fighting
[38:47] operation um
fire department the other day. So I
[38:53] think that'll be a courseier on the
second one. Um Friday our new K9 unit
[38:59] starts. Um, we have bought a 4-year-old
German Shepherd from Jasper County along
[39:04] with its handlers coming over. Um, K9
rhino with his handler Chad Answorth.
[39:09] He's u, you know, already made criminal
apprehension. He's uh, nationally
[39:14] certified for narcotics, narcotic
detection, handler protection, criminal
[39:19] uh, tracking and apprehension. So,
looking forward to that. That's going to
[39:22] be a force multiplier for public safety
in the county. And with the uh you know
[39:27] the Tahoe, it's going to have to be
fully rigged for a K9 unit, things like
[39:31] that. That's why the price is
substantially higher.
[39:34] » I think Chad's going to be a great
addition to you.
[39:37] » Yeah.
>> Been handling a dog since 1996.
[39:41] And uh that's one of my things. If
you're going to do it, do it right. And
[39:45] like I said, the dog's got a track
record. You know, he brought it by the
[39:49] office the other day and all the
employees were impressed about how good
[39:51] it listened and his, you know, his
abilities, things like that. So
[39:56] having him on board,
>> one thing to not telling y'all, he hired
[39:59] him away from over in [laughter]
[40:07] the drone. You know, I seen something on
Facebook the other day. I think you guys
[40:11] use that river bike, right? Yes, sir.
That's to me that's pretty impressive.
[40:16] You know, you don't put somebody in a
boat. You you got the ability to go down
[40:19] the river and get places that you would
present. I mean, right now, if you go
[40:22] down the river, you better have a tunnel
hole because you can't going to drag
[40:26] bottom. So, I'm pretty impressed with
that drone.
[40:28] » You know, another thing, last uh Friday
or couple weeks ago, a guy calls me. He
[40:33] says, "I've got a horse missile." He
said, "I see y'all have a drone
[40:37] department. The drone, can you all bring
it out here?" You know, and and that's,
[40:40] you know, training for for Captain Smith
and and the drone, you know, anytime
[40:45] you're you're flying it, you familiarize
yourself, become more familiar with it.
[40:48] Anyway, long story short, we located
this horse. So small things, but it's a
[40:52] way for us to give back to community,
you know,
[40:56] as
>> So the money [clears throat] you're
[40:58] you're not going to pay this money or
start paying until 2027. Is that right?
[41:02] » Yes.
[41:05] » Oh,
>> per,000.
[41:14] So you're saying 20,000 more?
>> 20,000 more between the two.
[41:19] » Really?
>> Yes.
[41:24] 125 I believe
>> 125 is what we were paying. One of them
[41:28] is going to go up to like 15,000.
Another one can go up to about 19.
[41:39] » What is the light on a dog?
>> Uh so he just retired his other dog at
[41:45] 10 years nine almost 10 years old. So he
would have another
[41:51] five years hopefully four to five and
every thing obviously depends on
[41:55] injuries or you know I mean but a
perfect one would be four to five more
[42:00] years
[clears throat] just curious
[42:04] what we pay what you pay for that $3200
>> you to make that back the first drug
[42:11] » that's got money
>> but like I said the dogs got a track
[42:16] record he if y'all seen a couple of
weeks ago know there was some bad guys
[42:19] on
vehicle chase or something ended up in
[42:23] Jasper County. He was able to apprehend
one of those. So
[42:26] » he actually come out with a dog, right?
>> Yes.
[42:30] » Dad brings a local one
>> in Jasper County.
[42:35] » So So he lives in Evade.
>> He does.
[42:37] » You know that's that's a win for the
Newton County because my precinct is
[42:42] almost in Evade. That G old champion
precinct, it's right there. you know,
[42:46] he's literally 10 minutes from that
precinct, whereas
[42:51] you're 60 minutes from it here and
you're 25 minutes from the annex built.
[42:56] So, that's a win.
Well, I'm going to go ahead and make the
[43:01] motion that we approve the purchase of
the patrol vehicles listed
[43:07] um in this this commissioner's court for
the lease agreement.
[43:13] And uh then we're going to go through
Investor that was formerly first
[43:17] national bank that we passed. So it's
approved.
[43:20] » I'm not going to read the entire line
there, but I'm going to make I'm going
[43:23] to make a motion that we approve line
item seven as it's listed.
[43:31] » Y.
[43:38] » All right. Motion made by Commissioner
Pal. I'll second.
[43:42] » Second by Commissioner Hopson. All in
favor?
[43:45] » All against.
All right. Open up on item number eight.
[43:50] Discuss and if appropriate, approve
Newton County Sheriff's Office to
[43:54] establish a credit account with Fuel Man
for purchasing fleet fuel. Fuel fuel man
[44:00] does not require a contract to be
signed. Uh the fuelman public sector
[44:05] cards will be invoice monthly.
So currently we have a KICO uh fleet.
[44:11] You can only get gas at Kico and you
know it's not bad if you're working up
[44:16] here because they've got D's one stop
there in Trout Creek and we have a Dober
[44:20] account as well. But for the guys down
south, they've got to travel into Orange
[44:25] County to buy fuel and uh don't like
that, you know, stay in their zone where
[44:31] they're assigned and uh lot of gas
several of the gas stations down there
[44:36] fuel man, you know, to do the fuel man.
So, we'd like to transition away from
[44:40] the Kico and go to fuel man. Um, we've
had deputies that are going to schools
[44:45] and going here and there and even
patrolling the county that have to pay
[44:49] out of their own pocket to put gas in
their patrol vehicle because you can
[44:53] only go to a conco and that pump may be
messed up or it may not take the part at
[44:58] midnight or whatever the case may be. So
I would like think it'd be more
[45:00] efficient user friendly for us to go
with a fuel man rather than strictly
[45:06] kind of code
>> right now like page last week about
[45:10] transporting some inmates.
>> Yes.
[45:13] » Yeah. Yeah. Same thing on inmate
transport. If you go to South Texas or
[45:17] West Texas or North Texas, wherever it
may be, we have to find a conico and
[45:21] sometimes you're not able to find a
conico or it may be a 100 miles away or
[45:25] out of your way. We ran into that.
They've had to go 20 or 30 miles out of
[45:29] their way just to go to Kico to get
fuel.
[45:33] » Do we have a contract with Kico or
>> um we have a contract?
[45:40] » Yeah, I don't know that we do.
>> We're just going to add another contract
[45:44] to fuel.
>> We don't need them.
[45:46] » We don't need them.
>> Yeah, we don't.
[45:48] » Oh, don't need it. Okay.
>> I would like to get away from
[45:53] » I'd like to get away from cars leaving
Newton County. get fuel,
[45:57] » right? But the SD6 would too.
>> Yeah. Sales tax.
[46:02] » Well, I don't think I don't think
there's any sales tax.
[46:06] You got state tax and the federal tax,
but I don't think there's no local on
[46:11] people.
>> And another thing based on the gallons
[46:13] that we have used in the past, I think
we get an 8% eight 8 cent discount per
[46:19] gallon. So,
and also um captain's been handling it,
[46:25] but they come with a roadside service
as one of the deputies are on a
[46:30] transport out in the middle of nowhere.
They would call roadside service
[46:32] throughout the system.
[46:36] [clears throat] I'll make a motion with
approve county insurance office
[46:41] manual.
Second. All right. Motion made by
[46:46] Commissioner Hopton, second by
Commissioner White. Uh
[46:50] all in favor
all against
[46:54] all right item number nine discuss and
of appropriate approve an interlocal
[46:59] cooperation agreement between Newton
County Sheriff's Office and Jasper
[47:03] County Sheriff's Office concerning the
incarceration of Jasper County inmates
[47:08] in Newton County Jail. That's a new one.
>> Yeah. [laughter] Yeah. So back uh back
[47:14] in February, March, we ran into an issue
that I was over how capacity on males
[47:20] here in the county. Jasper uh couldn't
take them because they were they needed
[47:25] a place for three females to go and and
if we could find housing for the three
[47:29] females, they can open up another wing
and take our males. Um long story short,
[47:34] we brought the three females over here,
realized we needed a contract, uh but
[47:40] you know, approved commissioner's court
and we're not going to house any
[47:43] prisoners for them. don't have the space
but you know instances like that they
[47:48] can take our males we take their females
and you know if they need to open up
[47:52] another wing or whatever for that
recently they arrested their one of
[47:57] their correct officers family members
was arrested so they asked to house him
[48:02] over here uh due to the conflict and
obviously they we charge them the same
[48:07] thing so it's a wash on our price per
day um on that like I said we don't have
[48:13] the room to house a lot, but on the case
by case scenario that we do, we want to
[48:17] have a contract, make sure we're
covered.
[48:20] » All right.
Well, I make that motion that we approve
[48:24] the inter
corporation agreement between Newton
[48:28] County Sheriff and the Jasper County
Sheriff's Office
[48:33] Corporation of J County inmates and the
New County Jail.
[48:38] I second.
>> All right. Motion made by Commissioner
[48:41] White, second by Commissioner Benson.
All in favor?
[48:45] » All against.
All right. Item number 10, uh, authorize
[48:53] the execution of letter of agreement
between Newton County and Newton County
[48:56] Emergency Services District number six.
Now, this letter is uh county is able to
[49:05] apply for a $350,000 grant to purchase
SNAM. That's all we can do with it is
[49:10] purchase an ambulance and donate it to a
qualified EMS provider. So, as far as
[49:16] the letter of execution,
the letter states that, you know, Newton
[49:21] County will donate the ambulance to ESD
number six.
[49:25] They can't uh sell it,
give it away. They can't do anything
[49:31] with it long as it's useful life and it
can only be used for benefit of Newton
[49:38] County Emergency Services. Oh, and the
letter is in the in our packet. U
[49:44] [clears throat]
if anybody wants to read it,
[49:51] we find it out
before the court.
[49:58] Yeah,
[50:02] you got that letter.
You're better at looking through
[50:06] paperwork today. All right. All right.
This is a letter of agreement and we did
[50:12] send it to Misty and she has agreed with
it. Uh letter of agreement between
[50:18] Newton County, Texas and Newton County
Emergency Services District number six.
[50:24] This letter of agreement is entered into
between Newton County, Texas and Newton
[50:29] County Emergency Services District
number six for the purpose of
[50:33] establishing terms and conditions for
the purpose transfer and use of one
[50:39] ambulance funded through grant
assistance. Uh purpose Newton County
[50:43] will use grant funds to purchase one
ambulance to support emergency medical
[50:48] services within Newton County. Upon
purchase, the county will transfer the
[50:52] ambulance to SD6 for operational use
serving the residents of Newton County.
[50:58] Upon acquisition, Newton County shall
transfer the ambulance to SD6 at no
[51:03] cost. ESD6 agrees to accept the
ambulance
[51:07] subject to the conditions outlined in
this agreement. Use of the ambulance.
[51:12] The ambulance shall not shall be used
exclusively for emergency medical
[51:16] services that benefit Newton County and
its residents. PSD six agrees that the
[51:22] ambulance will not be used for any
purposes that does not directly support
[51:27] Newton County emergency response and
public safety operations. Restrictions
[51:33] on sale of transfer. The ambulance
[clears throat] may not be sold,
[51:36] donated, or otherwise transferred to any
other entity without prior written
[51:41] consent of New County. However, ESC6 may
trade the ambulance toward purchase of a
[51:47] newer replacement unit once the
ambulance reaches the end of its useful
[51:52] service life or becomes operationally
obsolete provided that the replacement
[51:58] ambulance will be continued to use serve
Newton County and the trade in
[52:03] replacement supports continue to medical
services for Newton County residents and
[52:08] it goes to useful life. Um they ESC6
agrees to maintain and operate the
[52:15] ambulance in accordance with all
applicable laws, regulations
[52:20] uh maintenance and liability. ESC6 shall
responsible for all costs associated
[52:25] with operation, maintenance, insurance
and repair of the ambulances and they
[52:29] assume all liability for use, operates
and maintenance upon transfer from
[52:34] Newton County.
Uh compliance with grant requirements.
[52:38] Both parties agree that the ambulance
shall be used in compliance with all
[52:41] applicable grant requirements and
funding conditions under which the
[52:45] ambulance was purchased. Uh terms of
agreement, this agreement shall remain
[52:51] in effect for the duration of duration
of the ambulance useful life including
[52:56] any replacement unit obtained through
trade of the original ambulance. um and
[53:02] entire agreement. This agreement
represents the entire understanding
[53:05] between Newton County and ESD6
concerning the ambulance and supersedes
[53:11] any prior discussions or agreements
related to this matter and it's got uh
[53:17] signature for myself and emergency
service district number six.
[53:24] So
basically that protects ESC6 and the
[53:28] county once the ambulance is purchased
and delivered to them.
[53:34] So anybody have any
questions or concern
[53:41] with the letter
or the agreement?
[53:49] I move that we authorize execution of
the resolation resolution between Newton
[53:53] County and Texas Department of
Transportation. That's the wrong one. I
[53:59] move that we authorize the execution of
letter of agreement between Newton
[54:02] County and Newton County Emergency
Service District number six.
[54:06] » All right. Second. Motion made by
Commissioner Pal, second by
[54:09] Commissioner. All in favor?
>> All against.
[54:14] All right.
>> All right. All right, we're skipping
[54:18] number 11.
[54:21] All right, item number four.
>> Yeah.
[54:25] » Yeah. So,
applying for a grant, um I don't think
[54:30] we're going to be able to get it. Maybe
since the 2020 not complete, so many
[54:35] table that
table.
[54:38] » Let me know when you're ready to bring
back. Let me know when you're ready to
[54:42] bring it back.
>> Yes. Yes, I Thank you. We'll bring it
[54:45] back as soon as the 2023 audit is
completed.
[54:49] » Do we need to go ahead and table it?
>> Yeah. If it'll come back.
[54:54] » Yeah. Then somebody
take action.
[54:58] » Yeah. I'm going to Yes. Um I move that
we table
[55:04] the authorization of execution
between New County, Texas
[55:10] Transportation.
Second.
[55:13] » All right. Motion made by Mish Foul,
second by Commissioner White. All in
[55:17] favor?
All against.
[55:21] All right. Uh item number 12 is approve
contract between Newton County and Clear
[55:27] Gov or budgeting software. This is a new
budget software. U we actually tabled it
[55:36] three or four months ago. Wanted to make
sure that it was compatible with uh net
[55:41] data. uh uh demonstrations and stuff
they they have shown that it works with
[55:48] that data and I would like to proceed uh
and go ahead and get the software.
[55:58] » Just want to let the court know that I
have not been um demonstrated so that I
[56:03] I mean I have no I don't know it's going
to work. I did reach out to Orange
[56:07] County that they do use it and they said
that it has not worked for them and
[56:12] they're actually not using it's just
been a waste of money. So that's all I
[56:16] know is that I did reach out their
but I have not been any demonstration
[56:24] that
[56:28] they have demonstrated that it did work
with that data and I feel confident
[56:32] it'll work.
I think it'll work. They demonstrated
[56:38] here judge with our system.
Yes. Uh they did well not not in with
[56:46] our system but they demonstrated with
other systems
[56:50] connected in net data.
[57:01] Make a motion to approve contract for
new car budget.
[57:08] All right. Motion made by Hopson. How
much is it? Good.
[57:22] And then included in this, they come in
with a team and train everybody on how
[57:30] to use it.
[57:36] So it's 13,000 annually. Is there any
link? There's a one also a
[57:43] one time service set up B4,250.
>> That's where they come in and integrate
[57:48] it with
the Newton County software and has a
[57:56] team come in to train how to use them.
>> This is going to help with the budget
[58:03] time.
>> Yes.
[58:07] basically what it what it is. We'll be
able to send each individual department
[58:12] their budget. All right? And it's filled
out online and sent back, you know, and
[58:18] then
uh each individual employee is listed in
[58:22] there. Uh when say you want to give a
raise, uh you put in percentage raise,
[58:30] it automatically calculates,
you know, or you can even do it for the
[58:34] whole county. It automatically
calculates their raise and their
[58:40] benefits uh without having to sit there
and go each individual line item and do
[58:46] it.
[58:53] And there's no 20-year contract. It's
>> No, it's it's like a yearly. It's a
[58:59] yearly. Now it says the customer
on an annual basis but residing evidence
[59:07] is at least 60 days. So you're not lost
on it. It also says that within the
[59:14] first 30 days of service you'll have an
option to terminate the service and get
[59:20] a full refund.
>> Don't sound like we can go wrong. I I
[59:24] hear the auditor's concerns down there
and I respect them, but sounds like
[59:28] you're going to get 30 days to to
approve it here. So, I'll second
[59:32] Commissioner Hopson's motion. Approve
the
[59:35] » All right.
>> Purchase and lease agreement.
[59:37] » Motion made by Commissioner Hopson,
second by Commissioner Pal. All in
[59:41] favor?
>> All against.
[59:45] All right. Uh item number 13 is receive
presentation from Newton County Tax
[59:52] Assessor Collector's Office. It's got my
name on it, but [laughter]
[59:59] good morning. I have printed off
last three months. I know you have
[1:00:05] December in your packet, but this from
October to present.
[1:00:11] I was contacted by Commissioner Pal and
the uh DA's office and auto office to
[1:00:17] kind of go over what has been um
collected and taken care of during the
[1:00:24] decided appointment.
Um
[1:00:30] October quite a challenge I won't
make of that but we got it taken care
[1:00:37] of. Start off by reading the tax
collections for October.
[1:00:42] The total county collections
101,416.34
[1:00:50] portion of that went to Newton County
was $74,415.76.
[1:00:56] The amount of refunds that were due and
paid out during October was $2,23953.
[1:01:06] Now, we had a change in our procedures
during this time how we come did our
[1:01:13] refunds
um in the past. They all came out of one
[1:01:19] entity. So, now we do send a refund
application to each entity taxpayer that
[1:01:26] is getting that refund or the mortgage
company. the entities are receiving a
[1:01:32] refund application to approve
so that it all just come out of GO1Ds
[1:01:39] receive theirs
receives theirs
[1:01:43] um and it's saying that I do have
contact information
[1:01:50] had great communications withd
I am still in need of ESD1
[1:01:59] preceding for I need a contact to get
their approval on some funds.
[1:02:06] um in November our tax collection.
>> Hey, before you go on.
[1:02:10] » Yes.
>> Just so you're telling the court that in
[1:02:13] the past all of the refunds come out of
the general fund.
[1:02:19] » So
that means that the entities weren't
[1:02:24] paying their part of refunds to
individuals in this county.
[1:02:29] uh from my understanding and when I go
back and I pull those refunds
[1:02:34] um
under previous
[1:02:38] leadership
uh those were all
[1:02:42] unmarked in
[1:02:47] so like I said when we started now that
is October's as well I did research and
[1:02:53] look into the refunds there it does look
like it started in October
[1:02:58] that we started reaching out to each
entity
[1:03:01] » when it was addressed whenever
that was
[1:03:06] » and I've worked with Sherry um
to make sure each one of these have been
[1:03:14] corrected and they are done
>> moving forward
[1:03:19] on the past have not been
>> um from
[1:03:24] September backward I can't really tell
you the total I [clears throat] know
[1:03:29] from just my doing my job that go was
the one that was
[1:03:35] paying out all
[1:03:39] from what I've seen it goes and I just
went back to 2013
[1:03:47] 2013
and that's as far as I went back. It all
[1:03:52] depends on how the overage is credited
if that makes any
[1:04:00] I understand what I we discovered it was
all being credited
[1:04:05] whenever it was paid it was being paid
through all the interest when it was
[1:04:10] paid back it was only being paid out
now if it's a supplemental refund it was
[1:04:17] done correctly because we don't go in
and we don't alter any of So that is not
[1:04:22] what the appraisal is talking.
So that's another thing.
[1:04:30] » I don't offer anything.
>> So this is something that the attorney's
[1:04:34] office looking into. We'll get more
information on it.
[1:04:38] » Thank you.
November tax collections total
[1:04:42] collections was $634,93158.
[1:04:48] The new county portion 527,993.94
[1:04:55] refunds in November were $39,428.
Now that amount is down due to the
[1:05:03] amount of supplements that were left
behind for me to catch up. Um, I had
[1:05:10] over 20 supplements that I needed to
process and
[1:05:17] so there were no refunds processed
during that time except for
[1:05:25] which was the next overpayment.
And then you have any questions before I
[1:05:30] read our December
[1:05:44] I'm trying.
So for December 2025,
[1:05:51] our total county collections is
$2,55,529.13.
[1:05:59] This does not include our ESD. that goes
to the treasur.
[1:06:04] Miss Ginger takes the money and
distributes them accordingly
[1:06:10] um into the general fund road.
I will start at the top. It says grand
[1:06:17] total of curs and delinquent m taxes
including all attorney fees was
[1:06:22] 2,66,253.
[1:06:29] And like I said, total count total count
collections, it's $2,5529.
[1:06:37] We did get cottonwood in
>> and I know there I'm hoping it would
[1:06:42] come out at December
distributions, but unfortunately that
[1:06:47] will come out,
[1:06:53] » which is fine. I mean, it's all going to
the same place just a little bit later
[1:06:57] getting there. So that that check from
Cockwood, how much of that $6 million
[1:07:01] check belongs to the county?
[1:07:06] » That' be in next month's report.
[1:07:11] » Do know that it was a little higher than
last year. Last year I believe they paid
[1:07:15] in 5 million. This year was six million.
[1:07:25] » Thank you very much. And yeah, that was
it.
[1:07:33] All right. Item number 14, budget
amendments. Do we have any budget shar?
[1:07:39] » All right. We'll skip that and go to
item number 15, which is payment of the
[1:07:43] bill.
[1:07:48] plan 467,22.36
[1:07:53] district county state fund $454
$4548
[1:07:58] Roenbridge general $39 Roenbridge
precinct one $4939
[1:08:05] Roenbridge precinct 2 $722.15
Roenbridge precinct 3 $440.92
[1:08:14] Roenbridge precinct 4 $769 $943
the AW grant $78 commission special
[1:08:22] precinct one $34520
mission special precinct 26 $65 and
[1:08:28] $81742
[1:08:31] commission special precinct 3 $5,2835
[1:08:36] commission special precinct 4 $64580
recordation $287.72
[1:08:46] solid laces
$4,696.98
[1:08:51] voter registration $87.84
lawn library $219
[1:08:58] county and library $5,664.91
[1:09:02] historical operating $46.81 81 grants
$167,3176
[1:09:12] technology fund $263.36
our total all funds $661,874.38
[1:09:24] » like we talked about at the beginning of
the meeting that 167 for grants is
[1:09:27] really not a bill it's reimbursement
>> and then we've had their appraisal
[1:09:34] school district's first
order
[1:09:38] » and also on the general fund I wanted to
also address that out of year 2025 we
[1:09:44] paid 170,720
$2569
[1:09:50] and out of 2026 funds $296,5167
[1:09:57] where the $446,242
[1:10:01] came from that separated 25s and 26
[1:10:11] » you know u what the roll over
>> I don't because we have got remaining
[1:10:16] bills from
>> uh in road bridge
[1:10:21] » u I think I gave that to you the other
day it was like 300 something thousand I
[1:10:25] think I gave that to you as long as
there's no more pills that come out and
[1:10:29] throw the bridge down
>> you you did quote that that figure but
[1:10:33] it It's been about a week or two ago. So
I didn't know
[1:10:37] there was $39 that came out of that here
the bill page. So like I said the other
[1:10:43] I don't know until we get right now
there's 228,274
[1:10:49] out of just the general fund but I don't
know if there bills outstanding in 25
[1:10:53] that we have received. That's what the
purchasing
[1:10:58] system.
>> Yes, that's that would help with that.
[1:11:01] Yeah, I noticed you get to the end of
the year, you see the commissioner quit
[1:11:04] spending money trying to at least for me
trying to figure out where I'm gonna end
[1:11:09] up, you know, that PO system help.
>> Okay.
[1:11:13] » So that 300,000 that figure, could you
send that figure when it's finalized to
[1:11:17] make
roll back around for uh for budget next
[1:11:22] year?
Definitely.
[1:11:26] » First we pay
an announcement report. Anyway, we're
[1:11:31] all second.
>> All right. We got a motion to pay the
[1:11:35] bills from Commissioner Benson. Second
by Commissioner Hopson. All in favor?
[1:11:42] » All against?
[1:11:45] I need a motion from the left side of
the table.
[1:11:50] Motion we adjourn. Oh.
[1:11:59] Yes.
Ask for I think.