1 00:05:33,780 --> 00:05:34,320 We 2 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:43,460 are ready. Good morning. Welcome to the Ramle County Commissioner's Court. It's now officially 3 00:05:43,460 --> 00:05:47,960 in session. We're going to begin with the invocation with Commissioner Cooper. That will be followed 4 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:52,720 by the pledges of allegiance if you'll join us. Thank you. Thank you, George. Pray with me, please. 5 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:59,820 Heavenly Father, thank you for the blessing of this day. Thank you. Be with us in this meeting 6 00:05:59,820 --> 00:06:04,680 today, Father, and guide us. We want to make decisions that are pleasing to you. Father, 7 00:06:04,780 --> 00:06:08,420 thank you for the recent rain that we've had, and we know that you'll take care of us, 8 00:06:08,420 --> 00:06:15,600 And Father, we're going to pray for more rain as this dry land needs it. 9 00:06:16,140 --> 00:06:21,880 Father, we ask your special blessing too on the short family as they deal with this very, very difficult loss. 10 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:30,700 Father, thank you for our employees and thank you for our citizens and watch out for them, watch over them. 11 00:06:30,860 --> 00:06:33,340 Father, we ask your special blessings on our first responders. 12 00:06:33,340 --> 00:06:39,340 thank you for the job that you have allowed them to do. Be with them and keep them safe 13 00:06:39,340 --> 00:06:46,780 as they keep us safe. Thank you for the many, many blessings that we enjoy. Because of you, 14 00:06:47,660 --> 00:06:50,600 we ask these things in Christ's name. Amen. 15 00:06:51,020 --> 00:06:51,260 Amen. 16 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:59,140 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for 17 00:06:59,140 --> 00:07:05,820 which stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. 18 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:16,320 On the Texas flag, I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. 19 00:07:21,540 --> 00:07:26,660 Thank you so much. And if you'll indulge me for a minute, I want to recognize a special guest 20 00:07:26,660 --> 00:07:33,340 that we have here. It is Paulette Mahara and she is Commissioner Robinson's cousin. 21 00:07:33,340 --> 00:07:42,260 But as we've all felt the need through the fires for philanthropy, that was Paulette's specialty. 22 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:47,680 She led the organization for the National Fundraisers. 23 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:55,260 And we kind of understand where Bob gets a little of his fundraising abilities through her leadership, 24 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:56,580 but we want to welcome her back. 25 00:07:57,220 --> 00:07:59,160 I'm glad to have you here for Commissioner's Court. 26 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,040 Absolutely. 27 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:01,220 Absolutely. 28 00:08:05,010 --> 00:08:05,590 You bet. 29 00:08:06,030 --> 00:08:06,610 Item number one. 30 00:08:06,810 --> 00:08:10,770 Discuss and take action on approving the minutes of the May 26, 2026 meeting of the 31 00:08:10,770 --> 00:08:11,890 Randall County Commissioner's Court. 32 00:08:12,270 --> 00:08:14,050 Has everyone had time to review the minutes? 33 00:08:14,570 --> 00:08:14,950 Yes, Judge. 34 00:08:15,310 --> 00:08:15,350 Yes. 35 00:08:15,450 --> 00:08:17,150 Is there any questions or changes? 36 00:08:18,210 --> 00:08:18,790 Carrying none. 37 00:08:18,870 --> 00:08:19,310 Is there a motion? 38 00:08:19,710 --> 00:08:20,210 I will approve. 39 00:08:20,470 --> 00:08:20,810 I'll second. 40 00:08:21,070 --> 00:08:21,870 The motion is second. 41 00:08:21,990 --> 00:08:23,970 All in favor, please raise your hand and say aye. 42 00:08:24,110 --> 00:08:24,230 Aye. 43 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:25,590 The motion carries 5-0. 44 00:08:26,530 --> 00:08:27,450 Item number two. 45 00:08:27,730 --> 00:08:30,970 Discuss and take action on approving an order prohibiting outdoor fires in Randall 46 00:08:30,970 --> 00:08:31,630 County, Texas. 47 00:08:32,090 --> 00:08:32,770 Good morning, Chief. 48 00:08:33,110 --> 00:08:33,350 Good morning. 49 00:08:34,250 --> 00:08:37,430 As much as we got blessed, it wasn't everywhere they got blessed. 50 00:08:37,790 --> 00:08:38,610 No, it wasn't everywhere. 51 00:08:39,750 --> 00:08:43,490 So, you know, we watched the KVDI for a lot of the burn bank stuff. 52 00:08:44,170 --> 00:08:49,790 And on May 26th, as the highest it was, the average was 615. 53 00:08:50,850 --> 00:08:56,650 The maximum across the county or spots of the county was 675 and the minimum of 519. 54 00:08:56,650 --> 00:09:08,140 So as of the 7th, our average is 498, our max is 612, and our minimum is 375, and in just 55 00:09:08,140 --> 00:09:10,100 one day it climbed five points. 56 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:16,000 So we're grinding back out again, but with the green up, we've got the herbaceous green 57 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:16,200 up. 58 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:21,600 We still have some very susceptible fuels that can burn, but I'm going to ask the Commissioner's 59 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:27,600 court to table this until maybe next next commissioners court keep people keep an eye on it and see how 60 00:09:28,220 --> 00:09:34,780 we're going to proceed um however if we can get rain or if it's going to keep drying out with these 61 00:09:34,780 --> 00:09:39,480 hundred hundred degree days in the wind it's going to dry out pretty quick but I think right now we're 62 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:45,340 in a we're in a very good spot where people can get us when burning done to try to burn them so 63 00:09:45,340 --> 00:09:50,000 I think we'd I guess for those of us with PTSD from the fires I wouldn't that's the first 64 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:56,540 someone I've ever thought about going, no, right? So I do know that there is things 65 00:09:56,540 --> 00:10:00,220 out there that they need to attend to. And so we want them to do it at the best 66 00:10:00,220 --> 00:10:04,480 possible time and not as we approach all these hundred degree days that are in 67 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:11,180 our future for the next month and then get into our fireworks time. So any 68 00:10:11,180 --> 00:10:17,020 questions, any comments? Table of this, we're just continuing the fire ban. 69 00:10:17,020 --> 00:10:26,540 No. The fire ban has expired and somebody is going to ask the table to order to put it back into place. 70 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:29,140 If I set that down. 71 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:36,780 It has to hit a certain measure for us to be able to place a fire ban on. 72 00:10:37,220 --> 00:10:42,000 And we're just currently not at the Keach and Bynum drought index to ask for that. 73 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:48,700 Everybody should know that we will have 101 and multiple 100-degree days that 74 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:54,100 have already been forecast for the next two weeks. So choose wisely and make sure 75 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:58,740 that it's not a windy day. That's part of our, you know, the GCQ burning 76 00:11:02,270 --> 00:11:07,270 regulations if you can't start a fire in the earlier than one hour before 77 00:11:07,270 --> 00:11:11,550 sunrise and it has to be completed and completely out one hour before 78 00:11:11,550 --> 00:11:17,190 sunset and it has to be attended at all times and at the wind speed is greater 79 00:11:17,190 --> 00:11:21,390 than 23 miles an hour if you're not you're not burning I mean that's that's 80 00:11:21,390 --> 00:11:29,250 state administrative code you know so and then on our website go to Randall 81 00:11:29,250 --> 00:11:34,390 County website on the fire page there is a guideline for outdoor burnings it 82 00:11:34,390 --> 00:11:38,570 tells you what you can burn what you can't burn different things like that 83 00:11:41,070 --> 00:11:42,270 Anybody wants to look at that? 84 00:11:42,450 --> 00:11:45,610 I have questions that can always reach out to Dieter there at the park station. 85 00:11:46,830 --> 00:11:48,450 Any other questions or comments? 86 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:55,150 I have a question. So even after the rain you mentioned, and as little as a 24-hour period, it changed five points. 87 00:11:55,590 --> 00:12:00,570 Can you put that in context? I mean how, I mean obviously five points is a lot in a day, but... 88 00:12:00,570 --> 00:12:08,390 So they can take grass samples and they put them in the curing oven to see how much moisture is left in them and everything and so that's 89 00:12:09,070 --> 00:12:10,890 Wherever they took that grass sample from 90 00:12:11,830 --> 00:12:13,130 That it changed 91 00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:18,970 It had five whatever their point scale is on their moisture percentage 92 00:12:18,970 --> 00:12:23,930 It changed five points in that in a day. So so would it be safe to assume? 93 00:12:24,470 --> 00:12:28,950 You know in a week of 90 degree 100 degree temperatures. It could change 94 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:30,950 25 points in a week? 95 00:12:31,110 --> 00:12:33,130 I mean, is that 30 points on my card? 96 00:12:33,130 --> 00:12:37,710 So historically, we've seen changes of 5, 10, 15. 97 00:12:38,210 --> 00:12:40,730 And the greatest we've seen has been 25 to 30 points. 98 00:12:41,570 --> 00:12:46,990 And then, so when we got to rain, it dropped 45 points 99 00:12:46,990 --> 00:12:49,710 two days after the large rain. 100 00:12:50,590 --> 00:12:53,470 So it can dry out very fast and it'll, 101 00:12:54,230 --> 00:12:55,030 yes, it can cloud. 102 00:12:55,510 --> 00:12:58,170 And that's the one reason I'd like to table it, 103 00:12:58,170 --> 00:13:01,430 and look at it before the 4th of July to see what we're going to look like. 104 00:13:01,650 --> 00:13:01,910 Okay. 105 00:13:02,750 --> 00:13:06,630 And the Texas A&M Forest Service is the one that provides that service and they go out 106 00:13:06,630 --> 00:13:11,950 and they go to different quadrants, they take random samples and then we get a county overall 107 00:13:11,950 --> 00:13:12,490 average. 108 00:13:12,910 --> 00:13:17,410 But just because in one area it doesn't meet the metric doesn't mean that another 109 00:13:17,410 --> 00:13:22,250 portion of the county is not extraordinarily dry, that may not have received the rain 110 00:13:22,250 --> 00:13:23,850 and they need to be mindful of that. 111 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,840 So what number does it have to be at? Help me understand that. 112 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:36,040 575 is the recommended number from the Texas A&M Forest Service. 113 00:13:36,860 --> 00:13:43,780 And that's when they start putting the alert out and increasing staffing and stuff like that. 114 00:13:44,820 --> 00:13:48,800 And our number now, do you go by the average number, which is 498? 115 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:50,460 Go by the average number. 116 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:58,220 So, our average is 498. We do have pockets in the county that's at 612, but so we're, 117 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,300 we try to be mindful of that, but we try to be. 118 00:14:02,220 --> 00:14:07,400 So, our next meeting is the 23rd, and we could, I mean, if we were to work our way by the 23rd, 119 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,940 we could put the burn button back on. 120 00:14:09,980 --> 00:14:13,020 And then, of course, you'd have that next number. 121 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:13,940 Yes. 122 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,860 So, we figure out every day at about 10 a.m. 123 00:14:18,540 --> 00:14:19,960 How can you find that? 124 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:23,720 Go to Texas Interagency. 125 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,160 It's open to the public, I guess. 126 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:34,120 Yes. Under predictive services, you can go underneath Grout and then the KVDI. 127 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:40,200 The counting average is a little algorithm that you can click on. 128 00:14:40,420 --> 00:14:41,280 Does it show all the count? 129 00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:42,840 It shows every county and state of Texas. 130 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,020 All right. Thank you. 131 00:14:46,540 --> 00:14:49,280 Good questions. Is there a motion to table? 132 00:14:49,660 --> 00:14:54,460 A motion that we table this until June 23rd? 133 00:14:54,540 --> 00:14:54,820 A second. 134 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,600 The motion is second. All in favor please raise your hand and say aye. 135 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,480 Thank you. I still want to tell you no. 136 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:07,320 Number three, discuss and take action 137 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,320 approving utility joint use agreement between Randall County and 138 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,260 Windstream Unity for underground communication lines starting at East 139 00:15:14,260 --> 00:15:20,000 Sundown Lane and ending at FM 1151. Good morning, Tim. Good morning. Everybody's 140 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,500 still trying to get an high-speed internet, and this is another one coming 141 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:27,620 through. I originally talked to Daniel and I thought this was going to the AI 142 00:15:27,620 --> 00:15:29,480 But that one is still ongoing. 143 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:30,800 That was still going out there. 144 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:31,620 They're doing a bunch of work. 145 00:15:31,820 --> 00:15:34,960 So this one's supplying some lower in the area zone. 146 00:15:36,820 --> 00:15:37,620 Any questions? 147 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:38,640 Nope. 148 00:15:41,460 --> 00:15:42,260 All right. 149 00:15:42,540 --> 00:15:43,340 I'll take a motion. 150 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:44,600 I move we approve. 151 00:15:45,260 --> 00:15:46,200 We have a motion on second. 152 00:15:46,340 --> 00:15:48,220 All in favor, please raise your hand and say aye. 153 00:15:48,660 --> 00:15:49,600 Motion carries 5-0. 154 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,120 Thank you. 155 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:52,580 Thank you, Tim. 156 00:15:53,460 --> 00:15:55,000 Number four, discuss and take action 157 00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:00,340 for improving specifications for bid 2026, 451, 23, janitorial services. 158 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,920 Hey, Ricky, your favorite contract. 159 00:16:03,260 --> 00:16:03,740 Good morning, yes. 160 00:16:03,900 --> 00:16:04,180 Good morning. 161 00:16:05,020 --> 00:16:08,240 Just like it says, this is for janitorial services. 162 00:16:08,580 --> 00:16:13,340 The specifications call for various cleaning services provided to the accounting facilities. 163 00:16:14,260 --> 00:16:16,340 And those are across several buildings. 164 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:21,520 The Justice Center, this building here, the finance building extension, the annex, 165 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:28,520 San Marillo Road and Bridge. And so our current contract expires at the end of July. So we're 166 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:34,080 looking to resolicit. We're at the end of the allotted renewal terms as well. So we're just looking 167 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:41,020 to seek proposals from interested vendors that supply these services. And with that, 168 00:16:41,790 --> 00:16:45,980 once approved, the specification will be released on BeaconBid.com. 169 00:16:47,460 --> 00:16:51,980 and some metals will be due back to the county on July 2nd and from there we can 170 00:16:51,980 --> 00:16:56,600 start with vendors. Our current vendor is willing to work with us and even if we 171 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:01,460 need to a spin an additional monitor so depending on how long it takes to get 172 00:17:01,460 --> 00:17:07,040 through the voting process and so we do have that leniency there from there 173 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,520 as well. We just have to have a force approval to approve the 174 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:15,040 specifications to be released. This will be for an initial one-year contract 175 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:19,460 contract, and then four optional renewals. Each of those renewals will require the board's 176 00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:23,140 approval prior to executing that new contract term. 177 00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:28,120 Right, and I have a question for you again. As you know, we're going to be doing some 178 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:32,560 additions to Justice Center, and this would happen mid-contract. Probably when it comes 179 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,920 online, have you – is that built in? 180 00:17:35,340 --> 00:17:38,960 Those specifications aren't built into the contract. That's what the vendors 181 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:43,960 know that year in year two, possibly year three, that this additional square footage 182 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:49,120 They're just going to be containing X amount of offices, conference room, courtroom and 183 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:54,940 the suites that accompany that at the justice center and then with the recent DPS addition 184 00:17:54,940 --> 00:17:58,220 there at the annex that would be included as well with the specification. 185 00:17:58,540 --> 00:18:03,900 So they will be aware of those additions later on during the later years of the contract. 186 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,080 Okay, perfect. 187 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:05,520 Thank you. 188 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:06,540 Any questions? 189 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:07,500 No. 190 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,120 I think it's been a while since we sent out an RFP for this. 191 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:12,640 Are there any major changes? 192 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,900 It all looked pretty standard from. 193 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,700 It's pretty much what we currently have right now. 194 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:23,720 There's no major changes with the exceptions out of the building additions. 195 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:24,260 Right. 196 00:18:24,540 --> 00:18:25,400 In a couple of years. 197 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:25,920 Okay. 198 00:18:28,290 --> 00:18:29,270 All right. 199 00:18:29,370 --> 00:18:29,750 Sir, a motion. 200 00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:30,790 We approve. 201 00:18:31,670 --> 00:18:32,130 I second. 202 00:18:32,370 --> 00:18:32,950 I have a motion. 203 00:18:33,170 --> 00:18:33,410 I second. 204 00:18:33,790 --> 00:18:34,430 All in favor. 205 00:18:34,610 --> 00:18:35,950 Please raise your hand and say aye. 206 00:18:36,090 --> 00:18:36,230 Aye. 207 00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:37,870 The motion carries 5-0. 208 00:18:40,990 --> 00:18:41,790 Item number five. 209 00:18:42,050 --> 00:18:45,010 Discuss and take action on improving the change order for the hot mix payment 210 00:18:45,010 --> 00:18:51,210 overlay project. Just just like it says this is a change order. This is with 211 00:18:51,210 --> 00:18:57,190 J. Lee Milligan on the hot mix project that's going on. This is this covers 212 00:18:57,190 --> 00:19:02,170 several roads across the county. It's not just one centralized location. What 213 00:19:02,170 --> 00:19:06,670 they did was they have changed various quantities for certain areas of the 214 00:19:06,670 --> 00:19:12,510 road for the materials and then they you know lowered other quantities. So 215 00:19:12,510 --> 00:19:23,790 So overall this change of order reflects a $102,827.02 reduction to the initial contract. 216 00:19:24,350 --> 00:19:34,950 If approved that would bring the contract total down to from the $4.2 million down to $4,195,916.93. 217 00:19:35,770 --> 00:19:41,050 You have to have the force approval before we can submit a final payment for this to 218 00:19:41,050 --> 00:19:46,330 vendor and then we'll make sure that we get the signed change order to the vendor as well as high 219 00:19:46,330 --> 00:19:52,550 flames engineers. And Tim that has to do with just so they get on site and the the width a little bit 220 00:19:52,550 --> 00:19:57,910 here and there all adds up? Yes all that adds up. The main thing that happened was in the 221 00:19:57,910 --> 00:20:05,670 contract we were supposed to do a concrete road in front of a truck stop at Casey's at 2219 and 222 00:20:06,910 --> 00:20:12,550 layer of road, 2219 layer to 927 and with the ongoing traffic over there on 927 223 00:20:12,550 --> 00:20:19,870 the way it's all you know cordoned off, we didn't want that to just be shut off 224 00:20:19,870 --> 00:20:22,370 and that's what that would have had to have done. It would have shut that whole 225 00:20:22,370 --> 00:20:26,630 road off to be able to do some of that when we cycled. We're not going to do that 226 00:20:26,630 --> 00:20:30,250 and I think that was 178,000 for that part of it so we what we did was we 227 00:20:30,250 --> 00:20:35,190 just went in there hot mixed all of it instead of concreting it and which we 228 00:20:35,190 --> 00:20:38,710 were in there now in a day instead of a month or that would have been shut down 229 00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:44,470 for a month and it was right at the end of school and so we decided to do it a 230 00:20:44,470 --> 00:20:47,550 little bit different that was the main change that we're on that was 178,000. 231 00:20:48,070 --> 00:20:52,970 Thank you. Any questions? No. No questions just appreciate everybody 232 00:20:52,970 --> 00:21:00,710 keeping this tight as it's a moving target right? Move question. All right is 233 00:21:01,650 --> 00:21:02,850 I move with approved. 234 00:21:03,490 --> 00:21:04,050 I second. 235 00:21:04,370 --> 00:21:05,310 We have a motion and a second. 236 00:21:05,450 --> 00:21:07,370 All in favor, please raise your hand and say aye. 237 00:21:07,650 --> 00:21:07,790 Aye. 238 00:21:07,930 --> 00:21:09,050 Motion carries 5-0. 239 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:12,620 Thank you, Tim. 240 00:21:13,220 --> 00:21:13,660 You're welcome. 241 00:21:14,460 --> 00:21:16,860 Number six, Discuss and Take Action Improvement Items, 242 00:21:16,980 --> 00:21:19,380 a surplus inventory, see your list. 243 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,980 So this item here, we just have to have the court's 244 00:21:22,980 --> 00:21:26,520 approval to approve these items as surplus inventory 245 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,120 before we can formally get rid of them. 246 00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:33,600 This is, these are just items that come across from the Sheriff's Office through their annual 247 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:34,340 payment glory. 248 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:40,080 We all know that that's undertaking every unit our office handles with all the departments. 249 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:45,840 This was provided from the Sheriff's Office and we just feel like we just need to do 250 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,960 some housekeeping in order to make sure we get all the approved items out of the 251 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:50,600 county in glory. 252 00:21:50,900 --> 00:21:54,060 And if there's anything on, any insurance that if you need it, that would be great. 253 00:21:54,060 --> 00:21:58,980 so we're not paying unnecessary improvements or anything to that nature. 254 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,740 If we just have to have the course approval to identify these as surplus before we can actually remove them from an employee. 255 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:06,740 All right. Any questions? 256 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:10,660 No, Judge. 257 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:11,280 No. 258 00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:12,720 All right. Is there a motion? 259 00:22:13,580 --> 00:22:14,440 I move we approve. 260 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:15,440 Second. 261 00:22:15,780 --> 00:22:17,860 We have a motion and a second. All in favor, please. 262 00:22:19,580 --> 00:22:22,140 Commissioner Botler was the one that made the motion. 263 00:22:22,460 --> 00:22:23,780 Commissioner Robinson second. 264 00:22:23,980 --> 00:22:24,400 Thank you. 265 00:22:24,580 --> 00:22:24,840 Welcome. 266 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,740 All those in favor please raise your hand and say aye. 267 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,500 Motion carries 5-0. 268 00:22:31,020 --> 00:22:31,580 Thank you. 269 00:22:32,140 --> 00:22:33,020 Thank you, Ricky. 270 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:37,800 Number seven, discuss and take action approving cell phone services and allowances. 271 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:39,360 Good morning. 272 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:46,700 We have two employees from the fire department that are requesting a cell phone allowance, 273 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:53,460 and then one employee from Rodin Bridge that wants to discontinue their cell phone allowance 274 00:22:53,460 --> 00:22:56,360 and receive a county cell phone instead. 275 00:22:58,380 --> 00:22:59,900 Any questions on the cell phones? 276 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:00,480 No. 277 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:01,020 All right. 278 00:23:01,220 --> 00:23:01,660 Is there a motion? 279 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:03,340 I believe we approve. 280 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:04,720 Second. 281 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:05,460 I have a motion. 282 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:05,820 Second. 283 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,860 All in favor, please raise your hand and say aye. 284 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,180 The motion carries 5-0. 285 00:23:11,510 --> 00:23:13,110 Number 8, Discuss and Take Action, 286 00:23:13,190 --> 00:23:14,770 Approving the Round of County Employees Request 287 00:23:14,770 --> 00:23:17,550 to Attend the Meetings in this particular one. 288 00:23:18,470 --> 00:23:19,170 Very small. 289 00:23:20,770 --> 00:23:22,630 We have one out of the District Attorney's Office 290 00:23:22,630 --> 00:23:26,290 in Canyon and another out of the District Attorney's 291 00:23:26,290 --> 00:23:31,750 two from domestic relations to Houston, two from the fire to Waco, one from the 292 00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:36,450 MAC to San Antonio, and two from the sheriff's office to Irving, Texas. Is there 293 00:23:36,450 --> 00:23:41,530 any question on travel? No. Not hearing any, is there a motion to approve the 294 00:23:41,530 --> 00:23:49,110 travel as presented? I move we approve. Second all in favor please raise your 295 00:23:49,110 --> 00:23:51,670 hand and say aye. Motion carries 5-0. 296 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,980 Item number 9, the approval of the 297 00:23:56,980 --> 00:24:02,640 vouchers. Rivenette, once again if you'd be kind enough. Yes. We have the 5,826 payroll 298 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:19,840 at $1,183,381.07, General Fund $1,792,436.17, Jury Fund $3,788, County Assistance District 299 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:31,140 District 1 fund, $52,915.94, COVID ARPA grant funds, $6,705.80, District Clerk Preservation 300 00:24:31,140 --> 00:24:42,040 fund, $66.70, Law Library fund, $3,208.61, Tax Assessor, Collector Motor Vehicle, Inventory 301 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:54,560 Tax Fund, $88.36, Courthouse Security Fund, $16,918.46, Records Management Fund, $852.76, 302 00:24:56,100 --> 00:25:07,160 County Clerks Records Management Fund, $6,043.43, JP-1 Technology Fund, $154.43, JP-4 Technology 303 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:20,140 Fund, $134.93, Elections Fund, $107.04, County Clerks Archive Fund, $4,030.11, and Pre-Trial 304 00:25:20,140 --> 00:25:28,220 Diversion Fund, $54.34. Total All Funds, $3,070,886.15. 305 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:35,180 Thank you. Has everyone had time to review? Is there any questions? Is there a motion 306 00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:35,940 on the vouchers? 307 00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:41,720 I move we approve. Second. We have a motion and a second all in favor please raise your hand and say aye. 308 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:42,860 Aye. Motion carries. 309 00:25:47,820 --> 00:25:51,080 The acceptance of the official report and as a short one this time it'll be a 310 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:55,920 long one next time. Randall County Autros Monthly Report, May of 2026. The Randall 311 00:25:55,920 --> 00:26:01,260 County Clerks Monthly Report, May of 2026. And finally the Randall County Grant Writers Monthly 312 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:06,880 Report April of 2026. Any questions on the reports? Is there a motion? 313 00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:09,860 I'm 314 00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:10,320 I second. 315 00:26:11,420 --> 00:26:11,960 You have to read. 316 00:26:12,540 --> 00:26:12,960 All right. 317 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:14,460 That there is a motion and a second. 318 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,680 All in favor, please raise your hand and say aye. 319 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:16,920 Aye. 320 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,480 Motion carries 5-0. 321 00:26:19,420 --> 00:26:21,460 This one, it brings us to the public comment period. 322 00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:23,160 Anybody that's here within the room, 323 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:25,260 we'd love for you to come forward if you'd like to. 324 00:26:25,340 --> 00:26:26,220 Make a public comment. 325 00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:31,120 Good morning. 326 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:32,040 Good morning. 327 00:26:32,620 --> 00:26:33,120 Will I stand? 328 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:35,640 Whatever you're comfortable with. 329 00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:37,780 And if you don't mind, would you just tell 330 00:26:37,780 --> 00:26:39,660 for the record your name? 331 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:40,280 All right. 332 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:41,300 I'll be happy to do that. 333 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:42,220 That's what I start with. 334 00:26:42,220 --> 00:26:48,500 Good morning. Honorable Judge Dyer, County Commission members. My name is Katina McCloy 335 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:53,840 Lusby. I have a copy of these remarks to give to you if that helps. I live in 336 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:59,280 Canyon. I am a Texas native from Hansford County who finally saw the light a few 337 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,800 years ago and moved back to my home state after having lived my adult 338 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:10,460 working years in Texas, Hawaii, Colorado, Arkansas, and New Mexico. My 339 00:27:10,460 --> 00:27:15,520 My husband and I chose Canyon because it offers most of the services and amenities we need. 340 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:21,780 Has university library and a museum, high school sports, and it's all wrapped up in 341 00:27:21,780 --> 00:27:23,560 a charming small-time atmosphere. 342 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:30,160 My comments are in regard to the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum on the campus of 343 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,260 West Texas A&M University. 344 00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:39,180 I represent no one but myself in my segments and I have no authority to speak for any 345 00:27:39,180 --> 00:27:45,020 other entity. I understand that you as a commission usually deal with county roads and infrastructure 346 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:51,200 and drainage and taxation and contracts and bids, but I would ask that you as a body consider 347 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:57,260 passing a resolution, issuing a proclamation, or releasing some other instrument of support 348 00:27:57,580 --> 00:28:03,920 for keeping the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum in the city of Canyon right where it's 349 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:05,480 out on the WT campus. 350 00:28:06,860 --> 00:28:10,520 PPHM was the brainchild of early-day WT faculty 351 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,280 when it was still a teacher's college. 352 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,020 Both my grandmothers attended that school, 353 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:18,140 one in the very first decade of its existence. 354 00:28:18,940 --> 00:28:21,920 Physical donations and financial support from this city, 355 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:25,360 the college itself, and the citizens of the entire region 356 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:27,400 got the museum off the ground. 357 00:28:28,060 --> 00:28:29,940 Pioneer Hall was the first building 358 00:28:29,940 --> 00:28:32,280 and was built like a fortress, apparently. 359 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:37,580 and as a state antiquities landmark is protected from demolition. 360 00:28:38,180 --> 00:28:45,140 Museum additions in several phases added much needed exhibit, conservation, and storage space, 361 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:50,600 but some additions perhaps were not done in the best fashion. 362 00:28:51,260 --> 00:28:59,820 Still, all must have passed approval phases for building plans and code inspections as they were built, right? 363 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:07,840 The museum has now been closed for 15 months by order of the West Texas A&M University President. 364 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:11,500 He said he would announce a plan by May or June. 365 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,820 No solution to reopening has been announced. 366 00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:20,420 I called his office yesterday and still did not receive a time frame. 367 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:27,860 Meanwhile, Canyon's businesses I hear are faltering already because of reduced traffic. 368 00:29:27,860 --> 00:29:33,720 Many visitors earmark a day for the museum and then take in the town square and then 369 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,560 spend a day or two in our canyons. 370 00:29:36,020 --> 00:29:41,860 They stay in our hotels, eat in our restaurants, shop in our shops, get their vehicles repaired 371 00:29:41,860 --> 00:29:44,840 by gasoline, visit our downtown events. 372 00:29:45,580 --> 00:29:51,680 Now students bust in from all over the panhandle, tourists, local families, academic 373 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:57,320 researchers, college students with majors and specialties that feed into the accessibility 374 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:05,120 Being robbed of intellectual opportunities with the museum's continued closure. 375 00:30:06,180 --> 00:30:14,020 As I said, my grandmother's attendant, W. T., my husband's great-uncle, M. S. Lusby was a first-generation 376 00:30:14,020 --> 00:30:22,100 immigrant to Texas from England. By 1891, he was here in Canyon as the city began. He built 377 00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:26,760 the first photography studio here. It was on the northwest corner of the block where 378 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:35,240 Joe Taco stands. He recorded historic milestones in everyday life in beautifully composed, instantly 379 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:41,300 recognizable photographs. You've seen them in history books, all around town in businesses, 380 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:47,740 in the city commission chambers, and downstairs on the first floor of this very building. 381 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:56,020 His photos are in PPHM's archival collections, and his photos should stay in canyon. They 382 00:30:56,020 --> 00:31:02,000 be long nowhere else. The Panhandle Plains Historical Museum houses regional artifacts 383 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:08,660 of the very first peoples of these vast lands, then of the Native Americans, then those phases 384 00:31:08,660 --> 00:31:13,880 of the Western migration that followed as ranches were established, the sod was broken 385 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:20,120 out to farm. Little communities, schools and churches spring up, then the railroads 386 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:26,400 and hotels in the military installations, and finally the oil and gas industries, archaeological 387 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:34,200 and historical artifacts of all kinds, early day business records, the WPA indexes, personal 388 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:41,720 collections, textiles, outdoor exhibits, American, European and Southwestern fine art, pioneer 389 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:47,840 town, and that oil derrick, all of these treasures and more are preserved, housed 390 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,320 and exhibited in our wonderful museum. 391 00:31:50,980 --> 00:31:54,660 By special agreement, sacred Native American objects 392 00:31:54,660 --> 00:31:57,280 and some items from the National Park Service 393 00:31:57,460 --> 00:32:01,060 are placed there for proper care and storage. 394 00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:04,640 We have the largest collection of museum objects 395 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,660 in the entire state of Texas. 396 00:32:07,580 --> 00:32:10,220 Here's the crux, and you probably know it. 397 00:32:10,620 --> 00:32:13,300 The state of Texas owns the museum buildings 398 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:15,000 on WT's campus. 399 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:22,880 The Panhandle Plates Historical Society, with its own board of directors, owns the objects in the collection and archives. 400 00:32:23,620 --> 00:32:34,300 The original 1932 agreement between the college and the Historical Society was for the museum facility to be maintained in perpetuity by the college. 401 00:32:35,180 --> 00:32:40,500 Another entity, the Cultural Foundation of the Texas Panhandle, is recently involved. 402 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:48,540 People with no museum experience run that entity and have been telling PPHM to purge its collections. 403 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:57,660 Today, with changes in legislative and funding parameters, this has all evolved into a very strange marriage with multiple partners. 404 00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:02,620 Have all parties upheld their specific legal and fiduciary obligations? 405 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:09,140 What was the report of a recent visit by members of the Texas Historical Commission? Who knows? 406 00:33:09,140 --> 00:33:14,040 No updates are issued and all parties are disturbingly quiet. 407 00:33:14,820 --> 00:33:18,840 Yet the museum remains closed and the future is still in limbo. 408 00:33:19,860 --> 00:33:25,460 Many of the fire code violations cited in the initial closure were quickly addressed. 409 00:33:26,380 --> 00:33:32,060 Some issues such as egress will need reconstruction or renovation to resolve in those buildings, 410 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:37,960 but they were noted for years in previous reports and were never addressed by Texas A&M. 411 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:43,020 The building is not in a state of deterioration as many are assuming. 412 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:50,100 The staff is still at work. I myself was recently allowed into the archives. I made a research appointment. 413 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:58,620 So how can it be safe for the staff and researchers to continue to work but not safe for the public? 414 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:07,160 If the museum is not operating, it stands at risk of losing its accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums. 415 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,540 not easy to obtain, not easy to get back. 416 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:17,560 No solid plans have been put forth, no announcement by the A&M powers that be. 417 00:34:18,180 --> 00:34:23,420 No fundraising to target this wonderful institution as an object for our charitable gifts. 418 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,400 That might help, right? 419 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,300 But who do we give money to? 420 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,800 The State of Texas has a huge budget surplus. 421 00:34:31,380 --> 00:34:32,560 A&M has money. 422 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:42,200 It holds the eighth largest endowment in the entire nation. A&M is a university dedicated to education and research. 423 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:52,380 But frankly, PPHM, PPHS, and the City of Canyon are being held hostage by this highly esteemed center of learning. 424 00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:58,680 In spite of an insanely successful fundraising campaign that just wrapped up at WT, 425 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,320 not one cent was targeted toward the museum. 426 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,420 What a missed opportunity. 427 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:08,900 That easily might have resolved part of the renovation and repair costs. 428 00:35:09,460 --> 00:35:13,880 Maybe the state of Texas should gift the museum complex to PPHS 429 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:18,720 and let that group raise the necessary funds, handle the renovations. 430 00:35:19,220 --> 00:35:20,860 Remember the old Buffalo Bowl? 431 00:35:21,860 --> 00:35:26,860 This whole situation might easily have been avoided with proper communication 432 00:35:26,860 --> 00:35:29,560 in planning with all the parties involved. 433 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:35,820 Remember in December, Dr. Wendler said the PPHS needed to vacate the building and pare 434 00:35:35,820 --> 00:35:36,840 down its collections. 435 00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:44,260 If he indeed decides to evict the PPHM and its treasures when he makes his announcements 436 00:35:44,940 --> 00:35:47,900 from these state-owned buildings, then what? 437 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,300 It's hard to fight the state of Texas. 438 00:35:51,060 --> 00:35:55,820 Will we be wringing our hands because we did not step in to do something more? 439 00:35:55,820 --> 00:36:03,760 Is Randall County, is the City of Canyon, or other key stakeholders prepared to spring into action? 440 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:13,040 To pinpoint and negotiate for a new suitable land parcel to help with infrastructure needs and tax breaks? 441 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:19,900 To put together a top-notch plan to keep this great institution as part of Canyon where it needs to be? 442 00:36:19,900 --> 00:36:27,080 Maybe that involves state-of-the-art purposes-built new structures or renovations on campus. 443 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:33,180 Panhandle citizens are generous people and will rally alongside any effort that leads 444 00:36:33,180 --> 00:36:40,640 to a viable outcome that doesn't smell fishy or doesn't hold onto the PPHM's historic 445 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:47,260 pioneer hall for other university purposes, with another name branding that building's 446 00:36:47,260 --> 00:36:47,840 identity. 447 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:52,760 This excellent museum in our city is the gateway to the Palladura Canyon. 448 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:58,240 It should be an easy draw for recreational and historical and geological tourism. 449 00:36:58,980 --> 00:37:03,700 Being on the I-27 corridor and on the main east-west avenue into our city, 450 00:37:04,060 --> 00:37:07,620 in a prominent and highly visible position on campus, 451 00:37:07,900 --> 00:37:11,500 it should be easy to market, to target fundraising toward, 452 00:37:12,220 --> 00:37:16,260 to perhaps offer free admission through business or foundation grants. 453 00:37:16,260 --> 00:37:23,240 Where are the visionaries trying to solve these problems, trying to garner public support for whatever lies ahead? 454 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:29,660 This museum collection represents the Panhandle's legacy that is incredibly valuable. 455 00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:37,720 PPHM is a cornerstone of WT's identity and personality, and it needs to remain so. 456 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,600 WT needs the PPHM in Canyon. 457 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,580 No other city needs this museum. 458 00:37:44,580 --> 00:37:48,540 But Canyon needs this museum. 459 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:56,480 PPHM is part of Canyon's educational and economic structure, its visibility, its viability. 460 00:37:57,180 --> 00:38:00,920 The panhandle region needs the PPHM in Canyon. 461 00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:06,500 Yes, these museum issues are difficult to resolve, but they are not insurmountable. 462 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:13,800 Surely there is a path forward to allow this museum so important in the entire world of museums 463 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:20,140 and our own Panhandle Plains Heritage to remain here as a vital part of our city. 464 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:27,900 I ask that you, as the Randall County Commission, please step forward with a public announcement of support 465 00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:33,560 or work on a plan for the future to keep the PPA Gym in Canyon. 466 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:34,680 Thank you. 467 00:38:35,140 --> 00:38:38,000 Thank you, and we appreciate your comments. 468 00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:43,380 We're not allowed to respond in public comment period, but it was very well-spoken. 469 00:38:43,380 --> 00:38:43,880 Thank you. 470 00:38:43,940 --> 00:38:45,160 And in your words, we're heard. 471 00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:51,000 And we'd like to extend that same invitation to anyone who's joining us online. 472 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:56,720 If you have a public comment, if you use the raise hand icon, our IT director will recognize 473 00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:58,540 you and we welcome your thoughts. 474 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:01,880 All 475 00:39:04,530 --> 00:39:08,450 right, that ends the public comment period, both in person and online. 476 00:39:10,980 --> 00:39:16,480 Item number 12, we have a closed session pursuant to government code section 551.071 477 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:20,920 to consult with counsel regarding pending or contemplative litigation on a matter made 478 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,480 confidential under the Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct. 479 00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:29,600 If you will, there is no action item. 480 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,580 We have two closed sessions. 481 00:39:32,180 --> 00:39:35,680 We understand if you need to get it back about your day and you don't stay for us 482 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:41,700 to come out, the next commissioner's court will be June the 23rd, and we welcome to 483 00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:42,100 see you then. 484 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:58,320 No, I've read it, Daniel. I can't do it again. Okay, so as you heard from Advice 485 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:03,680 Council, we're going to swap. We will go into item number 13 first, which is 486 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,980 closed session pursuant to government code section 551.072 to 487 00:40:07,980 --> 00:40:12,060 deliberate the purchase exchange lease or value of real property. We'll 488 00:40:12,060 --> 00:40:14,180 in that closed session and then we'll be back. 489 00:40:32,270 --> 00:40:34,990 All right, we're back in session. 490 00:40:35,350 --> 00:40:38,070 We will go back and readdress item number 12 now. 491 00:40:38,690 --> 00:40:42,370 Closed session pursuant to government code section 551.071 492 00:40:42,370 --> 00:40:45,250 to consult with counsel regarding pending or contemplated litigation 493 00:40:45,250 --> 00:40:49,110 or on a matter made confidential under the Texas Disciplinary Rules 494 00:40:49,110 --> 00:40:50,750 of Professional Conduct. Thanks. 495 00:40:51,710 --> 00:40:52,230 All 496 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:10,940 right, the Randall-Kenneth Commissioner's Court is back in session. 497 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,280 That ends the Randall-Kenneth Commissioner's Court 498 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:18,300 4, June the 9th, our next one will be June the 23rd. Hope you have a blessed two weeks.