[CALL TO ORDER]
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          EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. IT IS MONDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2026 AT 9 A.M. HERE IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ROOM. I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ARE PRESENT, AS WELL AS OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS NECESSARY FOR TODAY'S BUSINESS. I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE. LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU HUMBLY AND THANK YOU THAT WE CAN LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY. THANK YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO GATHER TODAY. WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF YOUR PEOPLE. WE PRAY, LORD, FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR DISCERNMENT AS WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS. WE PRAY FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS WHERE WE FAIL YOU. WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON'S HOLY NAME. 
          AMEN. AMEN, AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. YOU CAN BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE 
          [PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS (Part 1 of 2)]
GOING TO BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH SOME PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM PA ONE. 
          THIS IS ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REGARDING COUNTY AND PRECINCT EVENTS. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING? I HAVE A LITTLE I'D LIKE TO TO VISIT ABOUT. WE WERE BLESSED WITH WITH SOME RAIN, BUT WE WERE BLESSED WITH A LOT OF RAIN AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING COUNTIES UPSTREAM, THE BRAZOS RIVER IS RISING. WE HAVE THE WATER COMING DOWN FROM POSSUM KINGDOM AS WELL AS LETTING OUT AT GRANBURY, AND FOR THE VOLUME THAT'S COMING IN, WHITNEY IS LETTING OUT ABOUT 50% OF WHAT'S COMING. SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE SOME ISSUES ON THE RIVER. A LOT OF DEBRIS. YESTERDAY WE HAD SOME FOLKS THAT WERE IN THE AREA. THEY WERE ACTUALLY HIKING. 
          THEY WEREN'T THEY WEREN'T ON THE RIVER IN A BOAT, BUT THEY MANAGED TO GET THEMSELVES OUT ON A SANDBAR. AND BEFORE THEY KNEW IT, THEY COULDN'T GET BACK. THEY WERE THEY WERE TRAPPED. SO THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH THE GAME WARDENS GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED. 
          AND AFTER VISITING WITH JIM AND DAN A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONTRACTING ABILITY TO ADD THEM, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT IT GET WITH THE IT WITH THE, OUR LOCAL GAME WARDENS, AT LEAST BECAUSE OF THE RIVER AND THE SITUATIONS THAT THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND CAN POTENTIALLY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET REAL DATA REAL TIME. ALL OF THE THE ORDINANCES AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED. 
          THANKFULLY, THE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE WERE SAVED, BUT IT IS A IT IS A CONCERN WHEN YOU HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT THAT CANNOT ACCESS OUR SYSTEM. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TODAY. AND JUST BUT BUT BASICALLY, TO PUT THE WORD OUT TO THAT, THERE IS AN IMMINENT POSSIBLE FLOOD SITUATION. IF WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE RAIN UPSTREAM BECAUSE THEY CANNOT FLOOD WACO WITH DOW CHEMICAL AND ALL OF THAT OUT OF WHITNEY. 
          AND THAT EVENTUALLY ENDS UP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HOUSTON. BUT SO THAT'S BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF IT. IF YOU HAVE PLANS OF BEING ON THAT RIVER, BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS AND A LOT OF HIGH WATER COMING. SO THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, AND I WANT TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS AND EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT MADE THAT RESCUE YESTERDAY AND SAVED A COUPLE OF LIVES, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING, JUDGE, AT OUR LAST COURT MEETING, I BROUGHT UP ABOUT OUR GRANDVIEW LADY, LADY ZEBRA SOFTBALL TEAM THAT WAS HEADED TO THE STATE FINALS IN AUSTIN THURSDAY BEFORE LAST. AND WE WISH THEM GOOD LUCK. AND I GUESS THAT WORKED BECAUSE THEY WERE STATE CHAMPIONS BACK TO BACK TWO YEARS IN A ROW. SO I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR GRANDVIEW LADY LADY ZEBRA SOFTBALL TEAM AT OUR NEXT HOPEFULLY AT OUR NEXT COURT. 
          I'LL HAVE A PROCLAMATION READY. MR. BASHAM, GRANDVIEW SUPERINTENDENT, AND I HAVE ALMOST GOT THAT PUT TOGETHER, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT TO PRESENT, HOPEFULLY TO THEM AT OUR NEXT COURT MEETING. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND. THE GREAT. THAT'S QUITE A QUITE A RECORD BACK TO BACK. SO GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. GREAT NEWS. ANY 
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OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM P TWO. THIS IS A. SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP ITEM P TWO RIGHT NOW. I DON'T THINK OUR INVESTIGATOR IS IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW. WILLIAM RILEY ARE YOU HERE. OKAY. WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT ITEM AND SEE IF HE CAN MAKE IT OVER HERE THIS MORNING. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM PA3. IT'S A PRESENTATION BY LEANNE POLLOCK FOR THE AGRILIFE EXTENSION AGENT AND LENA GREEN FOR H. FASHION AMBASSADOR. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND SPEAK THIS MORNING. AND ALL OF YOU AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE QUILT OF VALOR FOUNDATION BEFORE LENA TELLS YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT. SO QUILT OF VALOR IS A FOUNDATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO COVER SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS TOUCHED BY WAR WITH COMFORTING AND HEALING QUILTS OF VALOR. THE QUILT IS A WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE IN SERVING OUR NATION. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE LENA BEFORE EACH MEMBER BEHIND THIS QUILT OF VALOR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT HERE IN JOHNSON COUNTY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LENA GREEN AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY FOUR-H SHOOTERS CLUB. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY AND SHARE WITH YOU THIS PROJECT THAT HONORED A LOCAL VETERAN. THIS PROJECT STARTED IN NOVEMBER 2025 WHEN WE HOSTED A QUILT OF VALOR SEWING DAY AT THE COUNTY OFFICE. THIS SERVED AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT FOR ANY MEMBER WHO WANTED TO ATTEND. AFTER COLLECTING THE COMPLETED SQUARES, I BEGAN PIECING THEM TO CREATE A QUILT TOP. I QUILTED THIS WITH MY MACHINE THAT I BOUGHT USING THE FUNDS FROM MY FIRST COUNTY FAIR WINNINGS, AND THEN PROCEEDED TO HAND BIND IT FROM THE TIME OF THE DAY. THIS PROCESS TOOK A FEW MONTHS. IN THE EARLY APRIL, I REACHED OUT TO VFW POST 9299 IN ALVARADO AND ASKED THEM TO NOMINATE ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS AS THE RECIPIENT. THEY NOMINATED RONALD L FRYE, AND WE SET UP A DATE TO AWARD HIM ON JUNE 6TH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, HE PASSED AWAY BEFORE THE DATE. AFTER HIS PASSING, I REACHED OUT TO LEANN TO INFORM HER OF THE NEWS. WE DECIDED TO GIFT THE QUILT TO MR. FREY'S WIDOW AS A MEMORY QUILT. LEANN AND A FEW OTHER MEMBERS WHO HELPED THIS PROJECT, AND I GIFTED THIS QUILT TO THE WIDOW AND DAUGHTER OF MR. FREY. ON JUNE 3RD, DURING THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE. ON. ON THIS POSTER ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM THE PROCESS. DEAN EDWARDS IS ALSO ONE OF THE FOUR MEMBERS THAT HELPED IN MAKING A QUILT SQUARE, AND WE JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SHOW OFF THIS INCREDIBLE PROJECT THAT LENA PUT TOGETHER AND AND THAT THE FOUR-H MEMBERS IN JOHNSON COUNTY WERE ALSO ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING INTEREST IN OUR VETERANS. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. VERY NICE. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM P FOUR. IT'S AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF COUNTY BUILDINGS BY CODY SIBLEY, OUR FACILITY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. THIS. YEAH. YOU CAN UNPLUG IT. 
          OKAY. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO WE GOT THE THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE REALLY UP AND ROLLING RIGHT NOW ARE THE 110 BUILDING RIGHT HERE. OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER'S BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND THE DAIRY QUEEN OFF KILPATRICK AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE JUVENILE REMODEL. I KIND OF START WITH THE CURRENT PROGRESS THAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, JUVENILE, THE NORTH WALL, ALL, ALL OF THE OUR PANEL HAS BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED AND UPDATED. THERE WERE A LOT OF DENTS AND DINGS, SCRAPES THAT WE WANTED TO GET RID OF AND MAKE THAT KIND OF NEW. THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON THE NORTH AND WEST OPENINGS. THAT'S THE JUVENILE PROCESSING ENTRANCE AS WELL AS JUVENILES ENTRANCE. THEY'RE KIND OF GETTING THOSE FLUSHED OUT AND GETTING READY FOR THE STOREFRONT AND ACCESS CONTROL THAT WILL BE GOING IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. ALSO, IN THE VEHICLE PROCESSING AREA, THE LIFT WAS DELIVERED AND INSTALLED. SO WE ARE MAKING PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS. THEY EXPECT TO BE DONE WITH THE ACTUAL VEHICLE PROCESSING PORTION OF THIS REMODEL WITHIN THE NEXT BEFORE THE NEXT COURT. 
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THEY EXPECT TO HAVE THE INTERIOR OF THAT COMPLETELY DONE. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S, THEY HAVE DONE NEARLY ALL OF THE EXTERIOR PAINTING. THERE'S A FEW SPOTS THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE. THEY'VE KIND OF LEFT. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MESS WITH ANY OF THE SIGNAGE FOR THE HEALTH BUILDING. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF WORKING AROUND THAT. BUT THE ACTUAL FRONT OF WHERE THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S WILL GO, THAT HAS ALL BEEN REPAINTED AND IS ACTUALLY LOOKING REALLY GOOD. AND I'LL HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT A LITTLE LATER ON THE INTERIOR, ONE OF THE LAST LAST TIME PROGRESS I HAD SHOWED, THEY HAD COMPLETELY RIPPED OUT ALL THE ASBESTOS, WHICH INCLUDED ALL OF THE DRYWALL. THERE WAS ASBESTOS IN EVERY BIT OF DRYWALL IN THAT BUILDING. SO THE LAST COURT THAT I HAD SHOWN THESE THINGS WAS A PRETTY MUCH COMPLETELY DEMOED INTERIOR. THEY HAVE FACED MORE THAN HALF OF THE WALLS IN THAT BUILDING, AND THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS THAT AGAIN, THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED. THE NEXT COURT THAT I COME AROUND AND DO A UPDATE FOR, AND OF COURSE, ON THE 110 BUILDING RIGHT HERE JUST ACROSS THE STREET, THE DRAWINGS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO OUR GC FOR REVIEW AND REVISION. WE'LL PROBABLY MEET WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THE GC IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO KIND OF DO A DEEP DIVE INTO IT AND KIND OF ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON GETTING THAT PRICING ESTIMATE. SO THIS FIRST PICTURE I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IS FOR THE JUVENILE VEHICLE PROCESSING AREA. THIS WAS WHAT WAS DONE A FEW WEEKS BACK WHERE THEY HAD FINALLY INSTALLED, COMPLETED THE RAMP, BUT THE TWO DOUBLE ROLL UP DOORS WERE STILL THERE. THAT'S BEEN REMOVED AND THEY HAVE ADDED A DOOR. THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. THAT WALL, THEY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO PAINT THE R PANEL. THAT IS CLOSE, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE THE CORRECT PAINT COLOR. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT PAINTED HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. THIS IS THE LIFT THAT'S GOING IN THE VEHICLE PROCESSING AREA. THAT PLYWOOD IS ALL FIRE RATED. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE SPECS. WE MAY COME BACK LATER IF WE NEED TO AND PAINT THAT WITH SOME FIRE RATED PAINT AS WELL TO KIND OF MAKE THE MAKE IT BLEND IN. BUT AS OF NOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE INTERIOR INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE PROCESSING WILL LOOK LIKE WILL BE HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR NEXT MONTH OR SO, EXPECTING TO GET SOME MILLWORK IN THERE AND SOME PLUMBING DONE ON THE INSIDE OF THAT AREA AS WELL. THIS IS THE RAMP FOR THE BACK END OF JUVENILE EXCUSE, THE KIND OF DIRTY LOOK. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING RAIN SEEMINGLY EVERY OTHER DAY, SO THEY HAD JUST POURED THAT THE DAY BEFORE. SO IT'S STILL A LITTLE, LITTLE WET. EACH ONE OF THOSE LANDINGS IS HAS THAT SALT FINISH ON TOP. SO IT FOR FOR GRIP AND DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT NOW THAT'S OBVIOUSLY IT DOES NOT LOOK KIND OF DIRTY AND GNARLY ANYMORE. IT'S A VERY CLEAN LOOKING CONCRETE. THIS WAS ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF WEEKS BACK WHEN THEY WERE FORMING UP THAT FRONT ENTRANCE, AND THEY DEMOED ALL OF THAT OUT. AND I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW THAT BEFORE. AND KIND OF IT'S A ROUGH PICTURE. IT'S IN, YOU KNOW, PORTRAIT INSTEAD OF LANDSCAPE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE LANDING. AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE SPACE DOESN'T DO IT QUITE JUSTICE. ON HOW BIG THAT IS. THAT'S ABOUT A 16 FOOT LANDING AT THE TOP, AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE UNDER AN AWNING TO PROVIDE SOME SHADE AND SOME LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE SUN. YOU'RE NOT REALLY SEEING IT TOO MUCH IN THAT PICTURE, BUT ON THE LEFT SIDE IS WHERE WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT WITH THE SET OF STOREFRONT DOUBLE DOORS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE EVERYBODY INTO THAT SUITE THAT WILL HAVE ACCESS CONTROL AS WELL. AND ANYBODY THAT ALREADY HAS ACCESS CONTROL FOR THE DEPARTMENTS, THAT DOOR NEVER REALLY ACTUALLY WORKED FOR SOME REASON, BUT THIS WILL. AND SO THERE WON'T BE A LOT OF HEADACHE OR ANYTHING ON THE ACCESS CONTROL VENDOR TO FREE UP VENDORS OR RE-UP OUR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SUITE. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S NOT MUCH. IT WAS HARD WITH ALL THE WORK THEY'RE DOING ON THE INSIDE. I COULDN'T REALLY GET IN THERE AND TAKE A BUNCH OF PICTURES OF THE PROGRESS THEY MADE. SO THE ONLY THING I HAVE FOR THIS IS THE KIND OF BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE EXTERIOR PAINTING ON THAT. 
          THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. PRETTY ROUGH, PRETTY BEAT UP, PRETTY BROWN. WE DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE BROWN. IT DIDN'T FEEL VERY OPEN, VERY BRIGHT. SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE MOVED IT TO NOW, KIND OF AN OFF WHITE COLOR. AND OF COURSE, PAINTING BLACK ON THE WHOLE, THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE MOMENT. YES, SIR. WE HAD JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A DEFINITION THERE OF THE ASPHALT IN THAT PARKING LOT THAT'S UNDER THAT DRIVE. ALL OF THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. I'M HAPPY TO CHIP SEAL IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TERM FIX. BUT WHEN YOU GET BEHIND THAT VAN OR THAT TRUCK, WHATEVER IS THERE ON INTO THE ACTUAL WHERE THE PARKING IS, IT GETS WORSE. SO BUT WE CAN GO IN AND RESHAPE IT AND CHIP IT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A GOOD QUALITY STRAPPING OR ANY OF THAT OUT OF IT. SO WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT DOING AN OVERLAY ON THIS PROJECT LIKE WE DID OVER THERE AT THE BANK AT SOME POINT, BUT THAT'LL BE WE CAN ALL GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AT SOME POINT AND GO FROM THERE, MAKE A DECISION. BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO IT EITHER WAY. BUT I JUST THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE Y'ALL'S INPUT ON IT BEFORE I 
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MAKE THAT DECISION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. YEP. YEAH. COMMISSIONER BAILEY'S CREW HAD ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH A COUPLE MONTHS BACK AND HAD FIXED A LOT OF POTHOLES AROUND THE BACK END ON THE PECAN VALLEY SIDE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. BUT YES, THAT'S IT IS IT'S A PRETTY ROUGH OVER THERE. BUT YEAH, THE CURRENT PLAN WAS IF WE CAN GET WITH THE COMMISSIONER TO AT LEAST SWEEP AND STRIPE IT, STRIPING IT, LIKE YOU SAID, MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT. WE MAY BE ABLE TO STRIPE ALONG WHERE WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE CONCRETE TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT IS A FIRE LANE. BUT THAT, OF COURSE, IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO. 
          YEAH. IN THE FUTURE COURTS. SO KIND OF FOUR WEEK LOOK AHEAD, KIND OF REFRESHING KIND OF WHAT WE JUST GONE OVER SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE NORTH AND WEST OPENINGS, GETTING THE STOREFRONT AND THE ACCESS CONTROL INSTALLED AND WORKING ON GETTING THE AWNINGS. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL STEEL AND HANDRAILS. 
          THEY'VE STARTED THAT ON THE FRONT END OF THE, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THE RECRUITMENT OFFICE? THEY'VE ALREADY PUT UP A COUPLE OF THE STRUCTURAL STEEL FOR THE AWNINGS. THAT WILL PROBABLY SIT AS IS FOR A WHILE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND WE GET TO THE POURING CONCRETE PHASE OF IT, AND THEN THEY WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THAT. THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DEMOING JUVENILES FRONT LOBBY AND RAISING THAT CEILING UP TO THAT NINE FOOT, WHICH IS WHAT THE COURT HAD DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD ON A NUMBER OF COURTS BACK. SO THEY'RE MAKING GOOD HEADWAY ON THAT. MEDICAL EXAMINERS, THEY WILL SHOULD FINISH THE DRYWALL, INSTALL TAPE AND BED WITHIN THE NEXT 2 OR 3 WEEKS, AND THEN MY OFFICE WILL COORDINATE WITH DAN AND HIS TEAM TO RUN THE DATA AND ALL THAT BEFORE WE GET THE CEILING GRID IN. WE HAD TALKED WITH THE CAMERON IN IT, AND HE HAD WAS REALLY EXPRESSING THAT. THAT WAS A GREAT CONCERN. JUST MAKE SURE WE GET THE DATA RUNS ALL SET BEFORE THE CEILING GRID. SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO FIGHT IT. 
          AND IT JUST SAVES TIME AND, AND A BUNCH OF HEADACHE, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING ROUGH INS. WE'RE GETTING ALL NEW LIGHTING INSIDE OF THAT SUITE AS WELL AS WE ARE ADDING A HANDICAPPED BATHROOM. 
          SO PART OF THE PLUMBING ROUGH IN IS GOING TO BE SORE CUTTING AND ADDING A BATHROOM. WHAT USED TO BE KIND OF A WEIRD PINK MULTICOLORED OFFICE IS NOW GOING TO BE HALF HANDICAPPED BATHROOM. THE OTHER HALF IS STORAGE. THAT WAS SOMETHING THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS REALLY ADAMANT ABOUT IS HAVING ADEQUATE AMOUNTS OF STORAGE. THEY HAVE A TON OF FILING CABINETS THAT THEY NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE FOR, SO THIS SHOULD MEET A LOT OF THOSE NEEDS. AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE ONE BUILDING WE WANT TO MEET WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THE GC TO DISCUSS THE SCOPE OF WORK. IF THEY IF THE CONTRACTOR HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRINTS UP TO THIS POINT AND WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPING THAT COST ESTIMATE. 
          SO THAT IS WHAT I EXPECT TO HAVE ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THIS NEXT COURT, WHEN I ADDRESS THE COURT AGAIN IN THE NEXT MONTH, IS THAT ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED OR IS HAS MADE GREAT HEADWAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SIBLEY. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE, MR. SIBLEY, YOU KIND OF LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS. I KNOW AS THE COUNTY GROWS, WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND MAKE THE MOST OUT OF THE USE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE PORTFOLIO. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU UPDATING 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
US ON THOSE PROJECTS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THINGS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE CONSENT AGENDA HANDLED THIS MORNING. AS A REMINDER, THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT TYPICALLY INDIVIDUALLY PRESENTED, BUT ARE MORE HOUSEKEEPING MEASURES LIKE PAYING OUR BILLS AND LINE ITEM TRANSFERS FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES. TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEM C ONE THROUGH CA29. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IN THAT CASE I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WILLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN AND CONSENT AGENDA CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE GOING TO GO 
          [PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
BACK TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. AS A REMINDER, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COURT. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON DURING THAT TIME. THERE IS A TIMING TIMER BEHIND ME. WHEN YOUR TIMER RUNS OUT, PLEASE FINISH YOUR THOUGHT AND MOVE ON SO THAT WE HAVE THE TIME FOR THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK. WITH THAT, WE'LL BEGIN. THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE IS MR. GLENN COSPER. IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD. GOOD MORNING. AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR IT. MY NAME IS GLENN COSPER. I'VE LIVED IN CLEBURNE FOR ALMOST 60 YEARS. IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT TOWARD YOUR YOUR ANGLE THERE, MR. BAILEY. PLEASE EXCUSE ME IF I SOUND LIKE A FEW GOOD MEN, BUT I'M VERY UPSET WITH OUR CITIES, COUNTIES AND OUR GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF JOHNSON COUNTY 
          [00:20:01]
AND THE REST OF AMERICA. I HAVE 33 ACRES OF LAND, AND IT'S LITERALLY ACROSS THE BARBED WIRE FENCE FROM THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER ON COUNTY ROAD 1202. I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR 14 YEARS, BUILDING A SEVEN ACRE LAKE ON IT, PLANTING TREES, STOCKING FISH AND MAKING IT LOOK BEAUTIFUL. I'M CURRENTLY BUILDING A NEW HOME ON IT. MY DREAM IS TO HAVE MY GRANDKIDS FISHING THERE, ENJOYING THE QUIET OUTDOORS AS MY CHILDREN DID, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE DATA CENTER IS GOING TO COMPLETELY DESTROY ALL MY DREAMS AND OTHERS THAT ARE AROUND ME. THE LAND HAS BEEN A FAMILY FOR 55 YEARS. MY DAD BOUGHT IT IN 1972. HE'S A MILITARY VETERAN THAT FOUGHT IN THREE WARS. HIS DREAM WAS TO HAVE THE LAND RAISE CHILDREN AND FOR HIS FUTURE GRANDKIDS. ALL HE WANTED WAS PEACE AND QUIET. HAVING ASKED COUNTRY LIFE. BUT IT'S TIME TO DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND. WILL WE HAVE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE QUOTE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL? THE CHATTER CENTERS HAVE NO IDEA OF THE DAMAGE THEY'RE DOING TO THE PEOPLE, THEIR LIVES, THEIR HOMES AND THEIR PROPERTY. NOR DO THEY CARE. OUR POLITICIANS, LIKE GREG ABBOTT, ARE TAKING SLUSH FUNDS AND LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. BY THE WAY, THIS VOTE NOT TO ELECT HIM NEXT THIS YEAR. THIS IS LIKE BUILDING A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN EVERY COUNTY WITH NO REGULATIONS. WHO IS REGULATING? NO ONE IS. WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING THIS. 
          THE BIG TOPIC HERE IS TRYING TO BUILD. THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD IN A FEMA FLOOD ZONE. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 500 ACRES. THIS WILL. THEY WILL BE CONCRETING APPROXIMATELY 250 ACRES OF IT. 
          DO THE MATH. YESTERDAY WE GOT FOUR INCHES OF RAIN. I CALCULATED THE WATER COMING OFF THE CONCRETE ROOF IN THE AIR. AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY TWO OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS, 1.3 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER GOING DOWN THE STREAM. THIS IS NOT INCLUDING THE RUNOFF FROM THE GRASSY AREAS. THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD A DATA CENTER IN A FEMA ZONE. I GREW UP ON THIS LAND. I KNOW HOW MUCH WATER THE STREAM WILL TAKE ON MY PROPERTY. 15 YEARS AGO, I SPENT $20,000 WIDENING THE CREEK TO PREVENT EROSION AND BLOWING OUT MY FENCES. I HAVE A SEVEN ACRE LAKE ON MY LAND. IT HOLDS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER. IT'S TEN FEET DEEP. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WATER COMES THROUGH MY PROPERTY AND RUNS THE BACK OF MY DAM OUT? WHERE DOES ALL THE WATER GO? IT WILL GO DOWNSTREAM AND FLOOD HOMES. THERE'S PEOPLE IN THIS COURTROOM RIGHT NOW THAT ARE DOWNSTREAM FROM WHERE THIS IS AT. RAISE YOUR HAND. I'M SAYING BEFORE YOU CAN PERMIT IS EVER GIVEN, IT NEEDS TO HAVE A COMPLETE STUDY OF THE INDEPENDENT COMPANY TO GIVE INFORMATION OF WHERE THE WATER IS GOING AND HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM. I'M NOT THE ONE TO SAY THIS VERY LIGHTLY, BUT IF MY LAND IS WASHED OUT AND MY FENCE IS DESTROYED, I'M GOING TO HOLD JOHNSON COUNTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN, BUT I SURELY BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF STUDY IN THERE TO SHOWING TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE FROM THE WATER FLOW DOWNSTREAM. AND I THANK EVERYONE IN JOHNSON COUNTY FOR THEIR TIME. I'M FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL. I WAS OUT THREE DAYS THIS WEEK FROM EARLY MORNING TO LATE, HANDING OUT FLIERS TO EVERYONE IN THAT AREA, AND I'M JUST ASKING FOR HELP. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE I'M BUILDING. IT'LL BE UP THERE, TOO. IT'S CALLED NO DATA CENTERS FOR JOHNSON COUNTY.COM. GO ON THERE AND YOU CAN SEE A BUNCH OF INFORMATION. I'M TAKING PUBLIC INPUT AND THEIR IDEAS, PUTTING IT IN THERE TO FIGHT THIS. I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WILL THINK ABOUT THIS AND PROTECT OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE BOBBY SEWELL. AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DATA CENTER RELATED ON THE AGENDA TODAY. YOU GUYS ARE FREE TO SPEAK. WE ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED IN HOW WE CAN RESPOND TODAY. SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE SILENCE FROM THE COURT AS AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A LEGAL IMPOSED REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION TO TAKE ON DATA CENTER ITEMS. MR. SEWELL, YOU CAN GO. MY NAME IS BOBBY SEWELL. I BOUGHT MY PROPERTY AND BUILT MY HOUSE 37 YEARS AGO IN THE FRIENDSHIP AREA, HOPING, HOPING, PRAYING TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY. 
          IF I DIDN'T WANT TO, I WOULDN'T BE THERE. I'D BE IN THE CITY SOMEWHERE. NOW WE HAVE SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL SITES IN THIS TOWN FOR THE PURPOSE FOR INDUSTRIAL SITES. MY OTHER CONCERN IS I 
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SPENT 35 YEARS ON THE FORT WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT SAFETY FIRE, EMS. WHO IN THE HELL IS GOING TO OPERATE OUT THERE? THE CITY OF CLEBURNE HISTORICALLY DOES NOT LEAVE THE CITY. THAT LEAVES ONE, MAYBE TWO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS VOLUNTEER. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY Y'ALL HAVE BEEN IN THE IN THE IN THE POSITION TO NEED FIRST RESPONDERS. TIME IS OF ESSENCE. 
          YOU KNOW THAT. WHO'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE? WHO'S GOING TO SUPPLY. THAT'S WHERE THE INDUSTRIAL SITES COME IN. ALL UTILITIES IS THERE AVAILABLE. HOWLING RIGHT OUT HERE IS THREE MILES LESS THAN THREE MILES NORTH SIDE OF CLEBURNE. THESE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY RULES. WE KNOW THAT. AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE AGAINST IT TOO. BUT HOW DO WE FIGHT THIS? IN THE LEGISLATURE? Y'ALL ARE THERE, WE'RE THERE, YOU'RE THERE, WE THERE. WE'RE FIGHTING THEM. AND I KNOW Y'ALL NEED TO BATTLE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT YOU KNOW, VOTES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND I LIVE A ROCK'S THROW FROM HIS PROPERTY OVER THE HILL TO MY PROPERTY. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE CITY OR INDUSTRIAL AREA. IT'S TAKEN AWAY. THIS PRIME CATTLE GRAZING AREA OUT THERE. THE BEEF INDUSTRY IS GOING DOWN THE HILL BECAUSE WE HAD NO PLACE TO GRAZE CATTLE ANYMORE. WE'RE TAKING ALL THE PRIME THAT'S PRIME GRASS OUT THERE. PRIME. WE DON'T WANT CONCRETE. WE CAN'T RAISE BEEF. BEEF IS PRIME IS HIGH ENOUGH AS IT IS. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THESE CATTLE? THEY CAN'T GET ON ROCKS IN CEDAR TREES. SO. THIS IS ALL Y'ALL'S HOME TO EVERY ONE OF YOU LIVE HERE? THAT'S RIGHT. I KNOW WHERE HE'S PROTECTED AREA AND I'M SURE ALL Y'ALL ARE TOO. BUT WE'RE NOT. FIGHT FOR US. 
          FIGHT FOR YOURSELVES. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT I HAVE NANCY DEVANEY. I'M NOT A SPEAKER. I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE, BUT I LIVE IN 171 SOUTH AND 310 A. AND I NEVER DREAMED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE PLACE THAT MY FATHER BOUGHT. AND MY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, I THOUGHT, WERE GOING TO BE PLAYING OUT THERE. THEY'RE COMING IN FOR THE RODEO. 
          THIS. FROM ALABAMA, FLYING IN TO GO TO THE SHERIFF'S RODEO. BUT NEXT YEAR, ARE THEY GOING TO BE FLYING IN TO GO THE SHERIFF'S RODEO? PROBABLY NOT, BECAUSE WE'RE PROBABLY JUST GOING TO SELL LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. IT'S JUST IT'S A SAD SITUATION TO ME. I MEAN, DADDY BOUGHT IT IN 50 AND I'VE LIVED THERE OFF AND ON. MY CHILDREN NOT LIVE OUT THERE. AND I KNOW YOU MEN ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN, BUT I WANT TO SAY I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN MY WHOLE LIFE, AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING IN JOHNSON COUNTY. AND I'M GOING TO COUNT CAST MY FIRST VOTE FOR A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT I HAVE EDDIE NORTON. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING US COME UP TODAY AND SPEAK TO YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LAST MONTH'S MEETING AND TRANSPARENCY AND FOR LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THESE DATA CENTERS. DID YOU PULL THAT MICROPHONE UP A LITTLE BIT, SIR? SO IT'S GOOD AND CLEAR. THANK YOU. IS THAT BETTER? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO MY NAME IS EDDIE NORTON. I LIVE ADJACENT TO THE 200 ACRE PROPERTY THERE OFF OF 171, ADJACENT TO MR. CASPER'S PLACE, DOWNSTREAM OF WHERE THIS WATER FLOWS. I'VE BEEN A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER FROM 
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THE CITY OF CLEBURNE. I'VE BEEN IN THE COUNTY AND LIVED AROUND HERE ALL MY LIFE. WE BUILT OUR HOME THERE A FEW YEARS AGO, PLANNING ON RETIRING. LIKE I SAID, I'M RETIRED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. MY WIFE'S ABOUT TO RETIRE AS A TEACHER. WE PLAN ON THAT BEING OUR LAST HOME. OKAY. 
          WHEN WE DID IT, WE KNOW THERE'S FLOODPLAIN RUNNING THROUGH THAT PROPERTY, AND WE WERE REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY TO HAVE A BASE ELEVATION SURVEYS TO MEET VERY STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS ON WHERE AND HOW WE BUILT THIS HOUSE COST US THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EXTRA TO BUILD THIS HOUSE. IT'S WHERE WE WANTED TO BE. I WANT TO KNOW, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THESE DATA CENTERS ARE HELD TO THAT SAME REQUIREMENT, SAME STUDIES TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY, TO PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF SPENDING THOSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IS THAT I DIDN'T I DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR FLOOD INSURANCE FOR MY HOME. THIS 200 ACRES OF CONCRETE COMES IN AND THEY DON'T DESIGN THAT WATER FLOW CORRECTLY. I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE TO IT'S GOING TO COST ME EXTRA MONEY EVERY MONTH. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS, YOUR HANDS ARE TIED TO SOME POINT, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE I WANT WHAT I'M ASKING FROM YOU IS TO RESEARCH. AND I'M SURE YOU'RE DOING THIS RESEARCH. TALK TO OTHER COUNTIES, FIND OUT WHAT REGULATIONS YOU CAN PUT IN PLACE ON THESE PEOPLE, WHAT REQUIREMENTS YOU CAN MAKE OF THEM BEFORE THEY COME IN AND BUILD THESE THINGS. WHAT STUDIES THEY HAVE TO DO THINGS THAT JUST CAN ENSURE US, US DOWNSTREAM, US NEXT DOOR TO THIS PLACE AND US AS A COUNTY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND OUR PROPERTIES AND OUR RIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE PROTECTED, AND THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO SPEND THIS SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MEET THE SAME REGULATIONS THAT WE HAD TO MEET. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING AND APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU SIR. I WILL ADD THE COURT CAN MAKE VERY LIMITED STATEMENTS OF THE POLICY OF THE COUNTY, AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE POLICY OF THE COUNTY IS WE HAVE ADOPTED FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS. THOSE ARE STRIDENTLY ENFORCED AGAINST ALL APPLICANTS FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. SO THAT IS ONE AREA THAT WE DO HAVE SOME REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER, AND NO VARIANCES HAVE COME THROUGH THIS COURT OR BEEN REQUESTED ON THESE PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THOSE THOSE RULES WILL BE ENFORCED TO THE LETTER BY OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS. NEXT, I HAVE ANGELA CAVAZOS. HI. GOOD MORNING. I'M ANGELA CAVAZOS. I BOUGHT A HOUSE LAST SEPTEMBER HERE IN CLEBURNE. I'M FROM ARLINGTON. I CAME OUT HERE FOR THE CITY LIFE AND EVERYTHING. 
          TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS SPEAKING WHEN I SIGNED THE PAPERS, SO SORRY. I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I CAN SEE I'M ONE OF THE YOUNGER ONES IN THE ROOM. I JUST FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE NUMEROUS YEARS. I UNDERSTAND WITH THE THE DATA CENTERS COMING IN, I'M SURE IT BRINGS SOME TYPE OF MONEY AND KICKBACK TO THE CITY. I'M NOT REALLY SURE. OKAY, SO I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT I DO KNOW I'VE BEEN READING ONLINE ABOUT LIKE ELECTRICAL FIRES AND THINGS INSIDE OF THESE DATA CENTERS. AND LIKE SOMEONE STATED ABOUT THE, THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE VOLUNTEERS, AND IF WE'RE USING RESOURCES TO PUT OUT ELECTRICAL FIRES AT A BIG DATA CENTER, WHAT ABOUT OUR CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY HAVE A FIRE? WHO TAKES PRIORITY ON THAT? AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT AIR POLLUTION AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO COME. I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY, I TOOK TIME OFF OF WORK TODAY TO BE HERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT. JUST PLEASE LISTEN TO EVERYBODY, REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. 
          AND AS A COMMUNITY, I HOPE WE CAN ALL FIGURE OUT SOME TYPE OF COMMON GROUND. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE DIANA CAVAZOS. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I'VE MOVED HERE FROM THE CITY TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN. 
          AND I JUST FEEL THAT THIS DATA CENTER WILL BRING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES. AND I JUST HOPE THAT THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND ARE 
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LISTENED TO, AND THERE'S RESEARCH DONE FOR THESE DATA CENTERS THAT I FEEL THAT WE'LL HAVE A BIG. I KNOW THERE'S POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES TOWARDS THIS, BUT I HOPE THAT IT'S MORE OF A POSITIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT A NEGATIVE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT I HAVE ALAN CONNELL. MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME AS ESD COMMISSIONER FOR THE COUNTY. I'M NOT SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF. I'M SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF THIS MORNING, NOT AS AN ESD COMMISSIONER. I'M JUST HERE, OBVIOUSLY, TO ECHO WHAT'S BEEN SAID AT THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE THAT COMES WITH COMING LAST. OKAY. WELL, OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL ARE ALREADY, I'M SURE ARE VERY AWARE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO COME ALONG WITH IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ONE THING I THINK MIGHT NEED CORRECTION JUST TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AS AN ESD COMMISSIONER. I KNOW HOW IT WORKS AS WELL AS MOST OF Y'ALL DO TOO. THERE IS A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT. CLEBURNE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL GO TO THAT DATA CENTER. IF IT COMES UP, BECOMES A PROBLEM AND AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THEY'LL GO AND THEY'LL RESPOND WITH VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. EVEN WITH THAT BEING SAID, NOT TO DISCOUNT IN ANY WAY A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, THIS PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT STILL IS NOT GOING TO BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING WHAT THAT WILL CAUSE. IF IT HAS ANY KIND OF INCIDENT WITH THE NUMBER OF. AND I'M NOT REALLY ALL THAT UP TO DATE ON EXACTLY WHAT A DATA CENTER IS COMPOSED OF, BUT I DO KNOW IT HAS A WHOLE LOT OF LITHIUM BATTERIES THAT'S GOING TO MAKE EVACUATION. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW FAR THAT WOULD BE. I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED IT UP. I'M ILL PREPARED. I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED FOR THIS THIS MORNING. IT WAS JUST KIND OF A LAST MINUTE THING TO ME THAT I THOUGHT I MIGHT NEED TO FILL YOU ALL IN ON A FEW THINGS WITH THAT, BUT I DO THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING THE BEST. I'VE SAID OUT THERE AND WATCHED AS THESE PEOPLE MAKE COMMENTS. I SIT BEHIND A TABLE LIKE THAT TOO. WHEN PEOPLE MAKE COMMENTS AND YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING AND I'M NOT DIRECTING ANYTHING AT ALL, I THANK Y'ALL ARE DOING THE BEST Y'ALL CAN DO TO DO IT. I UNDERSTAND YOUR HANDS ARE TIED. I ALSO WISH TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS A COMMUNITY, AND I CAN SAY THIS, AS FAR AS THE SD GOES, YOU CAN COUNT ON US AS A PARTNER IF YOU WOULD. IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP Y'ALL FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DO. I DO THINK THE FIRE STANDARDS, AND I THINK THE CODES, THERE ARE PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT THAT MIGHT WOULD HELP US. I DO THINK THAT IT'S A STATEWIDE DEAL. IT'S PROBABLY A NATIONWIDE DEAL. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S US AND LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. AND AS THEY'RE SAYING, IT THREATENS OUR WAY OF LIFE. AND IT'S JUST IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR FOR A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR LIFESTYLE AND OUR WELL-BEING, TO MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO US. THAT'S NOT Y'ALL. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE IN THE SAME BOAT, BUT IF WE CAN HELP Y'ALL ROW THAT BOAT, WE'RE HERE TO DO SO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. JUDGE, IF I MAY, I KNOW WE DON'T NORMALLY GIVE OUT A LOT OF COMMENTS, BUT WE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS HERE TODAY, AND WORD OF MOUTH IS THE BEST ADVERTISEMENT THAT YOU CAN GET. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS COURT HAS TAKEN A STAND NOT TO SUPPORT DATA CENTERS. NOW, THAT BEING SAID, THE THE ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE, WE CAN COVER SOME OF IT IN REGARDS TO FLOOD STUDY ANALYSIS. WE CAN REQUIRE THAT, AS THE JUDGE POINTED OUT TO YOU, WHAT THE STATE HAS IMPOSED ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS FOR US TO HAVE ANY TEETH IN IT, IF YOU WILL. WE HAVE TO ABATE. OKAY. THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A TAX DEFERRED TIME. NOW, THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO DO THAT. WE'VE ALREADY DENIED THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS PROACTIVE, AS THEY ARE MOST LIKELY, OR GOING TO PUT SOME SORT OF PROVISIONS THAT THE COUNTIES AND THE CITIES MUST ACCOMMODATE IN THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THERE'S ALREADY LETTERS FLOATING AROUND FROM DOWN THERE LOOKING FOR 200 ACRES OF LAND IN OUR COUNTY. THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS I CAN GO 
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WITH IT. THAT'S A CONFIDENTIAL LETTER, BUT I'M WILLING TO PUT IT OUT THERE SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE. WE DON'T HAVE THE PERMITTING AUTHORITY. WE CANNOT BLOCK THEM IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYS YOU SHALL PERMIT. THAT MEANS FOR SEPTIC SYSTEM, THAT MIGHT MEAN AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO PLAT IF IT'S OVER TEN ACRES. SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT THAT THAT ARE COMING DOWN. AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN A MUD DISTRICT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE OF THE CONSUMPTION OF WATER, THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS WHAT MR. CONNELL JUST REFERRED TO IS THE THREAT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES REGARDING LITHIUM BATTERIES AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE IMPACT. WHAT WE HAVE ASKED OF THE ONE THAT CAME UP LOOKING FOR AN ABATEMENT IS TRAINING FOR OFFICERS, OR IF IT'S A BIG ENOUGH FACILITY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING TO OUR COUNTY, WHY NOT HAVE YOUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT'S TRAINED AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING IT ON OUR VOLUNTEERS? WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS BATTLE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE TO REACH OUT TO SENATOR PHIL KING. HE'S OUR LOCAL STATE REP FOR FOR THE SENATE. MISS KIRWIN IS OUR LOCAL STATE REP FOR THE HOUSE. THOSE LETTERS NEED TO GO TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT DIRECTLY. GO AROUND EVERYBODY, SEND THEM STRAIGHT TO HIM. YEAH, HE IS AN ELECTION, AND HE'S GOT $107 MILLION IN HIS WAR CHEST. THAT COME FROM A LOT OF IT, FROM THESE PEOPLE. WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU. YOUR VOICE IS STRONGER THERE THAN OURS. BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN A LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN DOWN HERE. THREE SESSIONS, THEY'LL PUT ME OFF AND PUT ME OFF TILL WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. BUT THEY WON'T DO IT TO THE CITIZENS. YOU TOOK THE TIME TO COME HERE TODAY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO AT LEAST TAKE THE TIME TO REACH OUT TO THOSE REPRESENTATIVES AND OR WHEN THIS ALL BEGINS IN THE SESSION, BECAUSE IT WILL THIS IS GOING TO DOMINATE THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION DOWN THERE. WE'RE GOING TO NEED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THIS STATE TO MAKE AN OUTCRY AROUND THAT CAPITOL DOWN THERE, NOT IN OUR BACKYARD. I AGREE WITH INDUSTRIAL AREA. I THINK MR. SEWELL MAKES A GOOD POINT. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE AVENUES THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW, ARE THEY BIG ENOUGH? IF ANY OF YOU BEEN OUT TO ABILENE AND LOOKED AT THAT ONE, IT MAKES THIS NEW FACILITY OUT HERE THAT AMAZON'S PUT IN LOOK LIKE A THIS COURTROOM. IT'S IT'S IT'S AMAZING HOW BIG THAT THING IS. 200 ACRES HAS BEEN. THERE'S BEEN AN APPLICATION AND IT WAS WRITTEN ON THE APPLICATION, BUT NOBODY HAS CAME TO US TO ASK ANY OF ANYTHING ON THAT. THE FEAR IS THERE. WE DON'T HAVE FACTS. WE GOT A LOT OF FEAR. 
          BUT UNTIL IT DOES COME THERE, IT'S NOT THERE. MISS VANDERLIN WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO KNOW, AND I'LL GET THAT FIRST PHONE CALL BECAUSE YES, IT IS IN MY PRECINCT. AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF IT HAPPENS. BUT WE WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN IN THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. BEN ZELLER IS THE NEW CHAIR DOWN THERE FOR THE FOR THE JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION IS HE WILL BE FIGHTING HARD FOR HIS COUNTY. HE'S IN VICTORIA COUNTY, BUT EVERY COUNTY IS BEING IMPACTED. THIS LETTER THAT I'VE GOT HERE IS NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO JOHNSON COUNTY, A STATEWIDE. WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY. I'LL STOP THERE, JUDGE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU GUYS HAVE INVESTED THIS MORNING WITH THAT SAME INVESTMENT OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON, YOU CAN FIND EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR THE OFFICES OF YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE OR STATE SENATOR, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND LET THEM KNOW, I THINK, IF THEY RECEIVE 100 COMMUNICATIONS FROM JOHNSON COUNTY, IF YOU TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO DO IT AS WELL, THAT STARTS TO HAVE AN IMPACT THAT THAT A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE REACH OUT TO A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, STATE SENATOR, WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, BUT IT, IT MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT HEARING IT FROM DOZENS OF CITIZENS COMPARED TO 1 OR 2 ELECTED OFFICIALS IS OUR RESOLUTION ON OUR WEBSITE. IT IS. WE CAN PROBABLY UPGRADE THAT TO THE FRONT PAGE WITH HELP OF I T. IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER OUR. WE HAVE A SECTION OF ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. YEAH. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LANGUAGE ON SOME OF IT OR ALL OF THE BULLET POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED REFERENCED HERE TODAY ARE IN THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THE LANGUAGE ON, ON SENDING THAT INFORMATION, GO TO THAT RESOLUTION, THAT'S THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT TO THE STATE AS WELL. ONE OTHER JUST A SUGGESTION. I KNOW EVERYBODY'S NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE THE LETTER. YOU'RE GOING TO GET BUSY. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A A STANDARD STOCK LETTER THAT 
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SOMEBODY WROTE THAT COVERED ALL THOSE BULLET POINTS, BE VERY EASY TO DUPLICATE THAT LETTER OVER AND OVER AND OVER, BUT HAVE A DIFFERENT SIGNATURE ON THE BOTTOM OF EVERY ONE OF THEM. 
          AND YOU, LIKE I TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TEN FRIENDS, YOU CALL AND TELL THEM TO GO VOTE, BUT YOU ALSO TELL THOSE TEN FRIENDS TO CALL EACH OF THEM TO CALL TEN FRIENDS. IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT, YOU START OUT WITH A GROUP OF TEN, BUT YOU COULD HAVE A THOUSAND PEOPLE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AND I THINK, LIKE I SAID, EVEN IF EVERYBODY DIDN'T SIT DOWN AND ACTUALLY TYPE THAT LETTER OUT, BUT IF YOU HAD A STOCK LETTER AND GET TEN FRIENDS WITH THAT LETTER IN THEIR HAND AND TELL THOSE TEN TO EACH CALL TEN FRIENDS, AND DO THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER, AND Y'ALL COULD END UP FLOODING THE MAILBOXES DOWN THERE WITH LETTERS AGAINST THESE DATA CENTERS. THANK Y'ALL. TO TAKE THAT ONE NOTCH FURTHER, I'D RECOMMEND DON'T STOP AT THE COUNTY LINE. SEND YOUR LETTERS TO THE STATE REPS IN THIS ENTIRE REGION. SEND IT TO ANGELA OR IN HILL COUNTY. SHELBY SLAWSON IN ERATH COUNTY, CODY HARRIS IN ELLIS COUNTY. SEND IT TO EVERYBODY. DON'T DON'T STOP AT OUR TO OUR HOUSE MEMBER AND OUR STATE SENATOR. GO BEYOND THAT. DO A REGIONAL APPROACH IN THE ENTIRE DFW, YOU KNOW, COVER 20 COUNTIES, COVER 40 COUNTIES, WHATEVER. I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT THAT NEXT STEP. I'M TALKING ABOUT ONE SECOND. WHERE COULD WE FIND ALL THESE ADDRESSES? OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WEBSITE, TEXAS LEGISLATURE WEBSITE, AND THERE'S ALL OF THOSE HOUSE MEMBERS AND ALL THOSE STATE SENATORS ARE ACCOMPANIED WITH A MAP, A DISTRICT MAP, AND IT IT'S USER FRIENDLY AND YOU CAN NAVIGATE AROUND ON THAT WEBSITE AND FIND OUT WHO YOU NEED TO ADDRESS IN THAT IN THOSE LETTERS, WITH THOSE LETTERS, WE HAVE A FRIEND TO COUNTY GOVERNMENT WITH US THIS MORNING, MISS RITA COATS FROM TAC, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES. SHE'S BEEN TRAVELING ALL OVER THIS STATE. HOW MANY COUNTY COURTROOMS HAVE YOU HEARD THIS SAME DISCUSSION IN IN THE RECENT. 30 COUNTIES? RITA. COME ON, COME ON UP TO THE MIC. STEP TO THE MIC. OTHERWISE YOU'RE NOT ON THE. THAT'LL TEACH YOU TO COME SEE US. SHE. THIS WASN'T EVEN PART OF HER DAY TODAY. IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS I'VE BEEN IN 30 COUNTIES. THE ONES THAT I HAVE BEEN IN ON COMMISSIONERS COURT DAY. IT'S IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. YEAH, STRENGTH IN NUMBERS IS WHAT I'M SAYING, FOLKS. WE CAN GET ALL THOSE COUNTIES TO HELP WITH US. WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE. NOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THERE IS THAT HALF DAY WORKSHOP ON TAX ABATEMENT. THAT'S WITH ALL THE COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION REGIONAL CONFERENCES. NOW FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM OTHER COUNTY JUDGES WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE ACROSS THE STATE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND. ONE OTHER MENTION I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE NOT THROUGH WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, BUT ON THE RESOLUTION, NOT ONLY IS MULTIPLE COUNTIES, I THINK THERE'S UP TO LIKE 30 COUNTIES NOW THAT HAVE DONE A COUNTY RESOLUTION REQUESTING MORE TIME, MORE STUDY FROM THE STATE, AND FOR THE STATE TO GIVE COUNTIES MORE AUTHORITY IN THIS ISSUE. 
          THERE'S ALSO OUR STATE ASSOCIATION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE REGIONS, AND THE FIRST REGION IS ALREADY MET THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S THE WEST TEXAS REGION. AND THEY'VE ALREADY DRAFTED THEIR FIRST RESOLUTION. WE WILL TAKE THAT UP NEXT MONTH AT OUR NORTH AND EAST REGION REGIONAL ASSOCIATION, AND ADAPT THAT FOR OUR REGION. AND THEN THE SOUTH TEXAS REGION IS HERE IN THE NEXT. IT MAY BE THIS WEEK. YES. THIS WEEK. YEAH. SO THEY'LL ALSO DO IT. AND THEN IN OCTOBER WE'LL PROVIDE WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THOSE AND CONSOLIDATE THAT INTO A STATEWIDE RESOLUTION THAT REPRESENTS EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND IT WILL GO TO EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL AT THE STATE LEVEL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THEY WILL HEAR THAT AS WELL. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYBODY IS UNIFIED ON THIS AS FAR AS COUNTIES. BUT AS IT'S BEEN STATED, COUNTIES HAVE SUCH LITTLE AUTHORITY, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE STATE. AND I'LL. COMMISSIONER BAILEY NORMALLY TALKS ABOUT THE TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING EFFORT, BUT THAT TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING BILL THAT HAS SURFACED THE LAST COUPLE OF SESSIONS ALSO TIES THE HANDS OF OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION. IT ELIMINATES THAT OUR VOICE COMING THROUGH A UNIFIED FORCE. THERE'S EVEN BEEN VARIATIONS OF THAT THAT WOULD ELIMINATE US AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, TO GO TO AUSTIN AND TESTIFY ON THESE 
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MATTERS AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE. THAT'S A PROBLEM. SO WHEN WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE THAT BUMPER STICKER PHRASE, TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING, THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN WHAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE. JOHNSON COUNTY DOESN'T EMPLOY A LOBBYIST. NEVER HAS. BUT MR. BAILEY SPENDS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME. I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION. I'LL SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AT THE CAPITOL THIS NEXT SESSION, AND OUR VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD THROUGH COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND GO AHEAD, JUDGE, I. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO PICK BACK UP. WE DO HAVE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL ADD ONE ADDITIONAL THOUGHT. I THINK COMMISSIONER WILLIE MADE A GREAT POINT THAT DON'T JUST FOCUS ON OUR STATE REP AND OUR STATE SENATOR. OUR STATE REP WAS IN THE ROOM IN SUPPORT OF OUR RESOLUTION CALLING FOR ENHANCED REGULATION. SHE IS. I THINK SHE'S FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT WITH US. AND I THINK YOU SEE THE CITIZENS AND THE COURT AND OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALL PUSHING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, BUT WE'RE PUSHING UPSTREAM TOGETHER AND WE DO NEED HELP. I DO THINK THAT MISS KIRWIN IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL CALL ON THIS, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY IN AUSTIN TODAY. SO I WAS I WAS IN A MEETING IN GRANDVIEW LAST WEEK, WEEK BEFORE. I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS, BUT SHE SPOKE AT IT AND SHE WAS GOING TO CALL FOR A SPECIAL CALL SPECIFICALLY ON DATA CENTERS. AND SHE'S TRYING TO PUSH FOR IT TO START IN JANUARY BEFORE THE ACTUAL REGULAR SESSION. SO. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO PICK BACK UP. THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS ANDREW JEMISON. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ANDREW JEMISON. MY ADDRESS IS 4473 COUNTY ROAD 1202. AND I FOUND OUT WHILE MOWING THE LAWN WHEN MY GOOD FRIEND AND A FLOWERY TALKER. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GLEN COSPER FOR BRINGING MY ATTENTION. I'D HEARD RUMORS OF DATA CENTERS, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL I'M WEEDING AROUND A BARN THAT I REALIZE, OH, ACROSS THE STREET, ONE OF THE PRIDES OF MY LIFE. OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WHEN I'VE TRANSFERRED FROM CITY LIFE TO A SUDDEN, THE SUDDEN DEATH OF MY FATHER IN LAW AND THE INHERITANCE OF 50. 55 BEAUTIFUL ACRES ON COUNTY ROAD 1202 IS WATCHING COWS SITTING ON A HILL AND WATCHING THE SUNSET OFF OF MY FRONT PORCH. I DON'T HAVE MANY WORDS TO DESCRIBE. THE POTENTIAL THREAT, AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS, AS IT STANDS NOW, THE GENERAL INEVITABILITY BARRING YOU GUYS DOING YOUR JOB AND DOING IT WELL, AND THE GREAT SYMPATHY OF MY MANY NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS. BUT I THINK I THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S TIME AND REALLY SIDESTEPPING YOUR AGENDA TO JUST SPEAK ABOUT US POWER AS CITIZENS. AND I THINK ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS SITTING HERE THIS MORNING AND SEEING SOME NEIGHBORS FOR THE FIRST TIME, ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF BEING IN A RURAL COMMUNITY IS NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME ELBOW ROOM. BUT I THINK THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS MEETING IS SEEING THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME DEALING WITH MY LIKE THINGS. AND I THINK IN THIS WORLD OF DATA CENTERS, DISTANCE HAS COME BETWEEN EACH OF US BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS TO COMMUNICATION SO EASILY. AND I THINK WE CAN USE THIS TIME TO USE THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL, POWERFUL POLITICAL TOOL, WHICH IS THE UNIFICATION OF LIKE MINDED CITIZENS. SO NEIGHBORS, I THINK WE SHOULD HOLD SOMETHING TOGETHER. AFTER THIS MEETING. I'D LIKE TO GET. I THINK GLEN HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN TRYING TO UNIFY. AND HE'S A PASSIONATE MAN, BUT I THINK US GETTING TOGETHER, MAKING A PLAN AS NEIGHBORS AND CITIZENS IN UNIFYING TOGETHER IS ONE OF THE BEST TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. SO AFTER THIS MEETING, I'D LOVE TO TALK AND EVEN HOST SOME KIND OF MEETING TOGETHER IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. WELL PUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND LAST, I HAVE ROBERT GREELEY, WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. HELLO, COMMISSIONERS. HELLO, JUDGES. HELLO, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING THIS MEETING TODAY. I LIVE ON COUNTY ROAD. MY WIFE IS HERE, CASEY. I LIVE ON COUNTY ROAD 1107 B. BASICALLY ALL THE WATER THAT DRAINS FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE SITE FLOWS RIGHT THROUGH MY FARM. WE OWN A KIND OF A SPLIT BUSINESS. IT'S CALLED SKY SPIRIT EQUESTRIAN. 
          WE DO KIDS, KIDS, EQUESTRIAN TYPE OF LESSONS FOR A LOCAL RESCUE CALLED JOHN'S RESCUE, 
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WHERE UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS GET TO COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, COME OUT AND ENJOY RIDING HORSES. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO HALCYON FARMS, WHICH IS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC FARMING TYPE OF PROGRAM. IT'S ONLY 23 ACRES, BUT MY ENTIRE WATER SYSTEM KIND OF FLOWS RIGHT THROUGH THERE COULD BE. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, THE LITHIUM BATTERIES, THE RUNOFF, THE RAISES, THE TEMPERATURE. 
          YOU'VE GOT NOISE POLLUTION, YOU'VE GOT LIGHT POLLUTION. HORSES DON'T LIKE ALL THAT, BY THE WAY, ANXIETY, THEIR THEIR PREY ANIMALS, THEY'LL RUN THROUGH FENCES, THEY'LL GET ANXIETY. THEY COULD THEY, THEY COULD DEFINITELY. BUT HERE'S THE THING IS, IS I KNOW EVERYBODY ON THE COUNTY LEVEL HERE, I'M ALMOST CERTAIN IS IS ON OUR SIDE, GIVEN AS MANY, YOU KNOW, HURDLES IN THE IN THE WAY OF THIS BIG, YOU KNOW, TECH COMPANY COMING IN AND DOING THIS. BUT I ENCOURAGE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY. MY WIFE'S GOING TO POST. DOES ANYBODY HERE KNOW WHAT TONIGHT'S TALKING IS. ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE NOT ON TONIGHT'S TALKING GET ON CLEAR NIGHTS TALKING. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO LIST THE THE STATE LEGISLATURE, ALL THE POLITICIANS WHO YOU NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH AND TELL, LIKE YOU SAID, TELLING TEN PEOPLE. BUT ON, ON THERE WE CAN REACH 30,000 PEOPLE TODAY. OKAY. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD THAT. WE'RE GOING TO REPOST THAT UNTIL WE'RE BLUE IN THE FACE AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GET I'VE GOT SOME FRIENDS WHO ARE IN STATE GOVERNMENT. AND GUESS WHAT? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE I'VE GOT ONE MINUTE LEFT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED YET, BUT VOTERS ARE HOLDING POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ABOUT PRIMARIES LATELY AND WHO'S GOTTEN KICKED. WELL, GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO HOLD EVERY ANYBODY THAT TAKES MONEY FROM ANY OF THESE BIG TECH COMPANIES AND PUTS THIS IN HERE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT ESSENTIALLY IS. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE. WE'RE GOING TO SHED LIGHT ON THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER TAKES THEIR PLACE IS ON THIS IS FIGHTING FOR THE VOTERS, NOT BIG TECH MONEY. THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE AND PARTICIPATING. I THINK LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS BEST WHEN PEOPLE TELL US WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND SET THEIR PRIORITIES. I WANT TO, I WANT TO, I WANT TO CONTINUE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF COMMISSIONER WOOLLEY'S DISCUSSION, SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBYING GROUPS ARE THE THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. WE, OUR COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION. BACK TO COMMISSIONER WOOLLEY'S COMMENTS AND TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING. IT'S A REVERSAL. THEY WANT THE SPECIAL INTEREST IN AUSTIN. THEY WANT US OUT. SO BECAUSE THEY GET THAT, BECAUSE THEY GET FUNDS FROM THEM, THEY DON'T GET FUNDS FROM US. I WON'T BUY THEM A CUP OF COFFEE, SO I'M OF NO VALUE. OKAY, JUST JUST, YOU KNOW, BUT YET THEY WANT ME TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST IF THEY CAN PASS THAT BILL WITH NO END AND NO END, NO REPRESENTATION AND NO INDICATION OF WHAT BILL I'M EVEN GOING AND WHAT TIME IT'S GOING TO BE HEARD WITHOUT JUST SITTING AT A COMPUTER FOR 140 DAYS AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR MYSELF. THAT'S THAT'S YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT AND I'LL STOP. YEAH. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT, I'M GLAD TO SEE SO MANY CITIZENS HERE. AND I THINK THE LAST COURT THERE WAS IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY. THERE WAS PEOPLE HAVING TO STAND IN THE BACK. THERE WAS ONE BEFORE WE HAD 30 OR SO LAST TIME. YEAH. 
          BUT BUT YEAH, IT, IT, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE CITIZENS GETTING INVOLVED AND BEING PART OF IT. 
          HELP US HELP YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP. I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS WELL. 
          JUST ACROSS ONE HIGHWAY, 171 OVER IN PRECINCT FOUR. SO I DON'T LIVE AS CLOSE AS A LOT OF YOU, BUT WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE. SO I'M I SHARE THE CONCERN BIG TIME. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING 
          [PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS (Part 2 of 2)]
TO MOVE BACK TO OUR PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. PA TWO. I DON'T BELIEVE OUR INVESTIGATOR HAS BEEN ABLE TO JOIN US. BUT I DO WANT TO READ A RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE HONORING THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR, WILLIAM RILEY, AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS THE 2026 T COLE TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT. WHEREAS, JOHNSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AND WHEREAS, SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR WILLIAM RILEY, SERVING WITH DISTINCTION THROUGH THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE JOHNSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HAS BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE 2026 TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HONORS BESTOWED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND WHEREAS, RILEY IS BEING HONORED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE WORK RELATING TO THE JULY 4TH, 2025 INCIDENT AT THE PRAIRIE LAND DETENTION CENTER IN EL DORADO, DEMONSTRATING EXTRAORDINARY SKILL, DILIGENCE, AND 
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PERSEVERANCE IN A COMPLEX AND HIGH PROFILE CASE. AND WHEREAS, OVER THE COURSE OF A FOCUSED 14 DAY INVESTIGATION, RILEY ISSUED MORE THAN 50 WARRANTS AND WORKED IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING AGENTS OF THE FBI, CONTRIBUTING DIRECTLY TO THE SUCCESSFUL APPREHENSION OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SINCE BEEN CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT. AND WHEREAS HIS EXEMPLARY ACTIONS HAVE REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE JOHNSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE ENTIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, RILEY'S ACHIEVEMENTS WILL BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED IN THE TEXAS STATE CAPITOL, WHERE HE WILL BE HONORED FOR HIS SERVICE, DEDICATION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING THE CITIZENS OF JOHNSON COUNTY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. THEREFORE, WE PROCLAIM THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF JOHNSON COUNTY. DO HEREBY CONGRATULATE AND COMMEND SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR WILLIAM RILEY FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EXPRESS DEEP APPRECIATION FOR HIS SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO JUSTICE, AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR WHEN HE WATCHES THIS VIDEO. AND IN COMMENT TO THAT, SINCE DETECTIVE RILEY OR INVESTIGATOR RILEY CAN'T BE HERE HE IS. HE WAS THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACK LAST JULY 4TH AT THE PRAIRIE LAND DETENTION CENTER, WHERE AN ALVARADO POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT, AND HE HEADED UP THAT INVESTIGATION. HE WORKED DAY AND NIGHT FOR MORE THAN THE TWO WEEKS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND PLAYED A HUGE PART IN BRINGING SEVERAL OF THAT MEMBERS OF THAT TERRORIST CELL TO JUSTICE. AND SO WE WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE HIM HERE ON THE ON THE PAYROLL AT JOHNSON COUNTY AND GLAD TO SEE HIM WORKING HIGH PROFILE CASES HERE. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO DELIVER THIS TO HIM. SO HE GETS THE TO KEEP THE ACTUAL PROCLAMATION BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR ACTION AGENDA, I WANT TO POINT OUT BEHIND ME ON THE SCREEN IS THE JOHNSON COUNTY WEBSITE. OUR IT DEPARTMENT HAS MOVED OUR RESOLUTION CALLING FOR ENHANCED REGULATION OF DATA CENTER TO THE FRONT PAGE UNDER CURRENT NEWS. SO THAT LINK RIGHT THERE. WOW. IT'S HUGE. THANK YOU DAN. THAT IS YOU CAN SEE THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE USED. FEEL FREE TO COPY PASTE. WE CAN GET YOU A DIFFERENT FORMAT IF YOU WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENT FORMAT. I KNOW MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THIS COURT ON THEIR OWN HAVE GONE OUT AND COMMUNICATED WITH OTHER COUNTIES, TRYING TO BUILD A COALITION, ASKING FOR THE SAME KINDS OF THINGS. AND SO THAT THAT'S THERE. YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. IF THAT'S A HELPFUL PIECE OF DATA AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS. AND AGAIN, WE 
          [ACTION ITEMS (Part 1 of 2)]
APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE AND BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR ACTION AGENDA. WE DO HAVE SOME BUSINESS WE'VE GOT TO DO TODAY. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM A, ONE CONSIDERING APPROVE BILL RUN FOR COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS FEES. I HAVE RECUSED MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM. COMMISSIONER BAILEY, DO YOU MIND? SURE. GENTLEMEN. 
          ACTION ITEM A ONE. CONSIDER. APPROVE BILL, RUN FOR COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY FEES. GET A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. JUDGE ABSTAINS. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM A2. 
          CONSIDER. AUTHORIZE PURCHASING AGENT. ADVERTISE FOR BIDS AND PROPOSALS. MR. ANDERSON. 
          ANYTHING TODAY? NOTHING TODAY. THANK YOU. JUDGE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM A2. WE HAVE ITEM A3. CONSIDER AND APPROVE REQUEST FOR KRISTEN CLARK, AGRILIFE EXTENSION AGENT FOR HERSELF AND CASSANDRA DAVIS TO ATTEND JOHNSON COUNTY FOR A TRIP TO WASHINGTON, DC. OH YES, I KNEW I SAW YOU HERE. YES, WE ARE PLANNING TO TAKE A GROUP OF SEVEN YOUTH WITH FIVE ADULTS WITH THEM TO WASHINGTON DC IN A FEW WEEKS. AND THIS IS A TRIP THAT WE TAKE EVERY OTHER YEAR WITH OUR FORHOURS THAT CHOOSE TO BE A PART OF THE GROUP. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, I KNOW, WELL OVER 20 YEARS, FROM WHAT I CAN GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT. AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT TRIP THAT WE GET TO REALLY GET TO SEE THE NATION'S CAPITAL, THE THINGS THAT GO ON THERE, ALL THE SIGHTS AND THINGS. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY AND CELEBRATIONS. AND SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE CITY ALL CLEANED UP AND LOOKING TIP TOP SHAPE. BUT THIS IS A GREAT CULTURAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR KIDS AND JUST WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON IT. AND TO POINT IT OUT, THE THE KIDS WORK AND EARN MONEY TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN TRIP. FOR THIS, MY BOTH OF MY WELL, NO, MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T GET TO GO BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT MY SON TOOK IT AND HE TO THIS DAY, HE STILL TALKS ABOUT DC AND THE THINGS HE'S LEARNED THERE. SO IT'S A GOOD TRIP. 
          VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? I THINK IT'S GREAT. JUST KEEP EDUCATING KIDS. THANKS. YEP. MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED SECOND. ALL RIGHT. 
          I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ALL THOSE 
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IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN AND A3 CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MISS CLARK. I'M GOING TO JUMP AROUND JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE'VE GOT A FEW OUTSIDE FOLKS THAT 
          [WORKSHOP (Part 1 of 2)]
I'D LIKE TO GET IN AND OUT WHEN WE CAN. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO WORKSHOP AND START WITH ITEM WS3. DISCUSS POTENTIAL PLACEMENT OF A HISTORICAL MARKER ON COUNTY PROPERTY. 
          DISCUSS EVENT COMMEMORATING AWARD OF HISTORICAL MARKER FOR BRAZOS POINT BRIDGE AND AUTHORIZE THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO TRIM TREES AT THE DOTY HOUSE AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE JOHNSON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I'M GOING TO ASK MISS SANDRA NEELY TO COME FORWARD. SHE IS THE CHAIR OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. NOW THAT YOU'VE SERVED, FEELS LIKE, FEELS LIKE, YEAH, ALMOST FIVE, ALMOST FIVE. CORRECT. OKAY. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I MIGHT SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT WE JUST LEARNED THIS WEEK. WE DO RECEIVE MANY SECTION 106 REVIEWS, WHICH PERTAIN TO HISTORIC PROPERTIES OR SITES WITHIN CONSTRUCTION AREAS. AND I DID REACH OUT TO TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND ASKED THEM IF DATA CENTERS EVER. GENERATE A 106 REVIEW. AND THEY TOLD ME THEY OCCASIONALLY DO, AND I HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION AND BEEN ASSURED THAT WE WILL BE NOTIFIED IF THAT HAPPENS. AND I'LL PASS THAT ON TO YOU, JUDGE, THAT JUST OCCURRED THIS WEEK. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE DISCUSSION TODAY. I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY DO OCCASIONALLY COME UP. WONDERFUL. LET'S SEE, I GUESS. YES, MISS NEELY, IF YOU WANT TO. I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS HERE. IF YOU WANT TO START WITH A POTENTIAL PLACEMENT OF A HISTORICAL MARKER. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THE COURT SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THAT WOULD BE THE, I GUESS, THE MASONIC LODGE. IT IS. OKAY. YES. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHEN THE CLEBURNE MASONIC LODGE SOLD THEIR BUILDING AND MERGED WITH NOLAN'S LODGE AT RIO VISTA, THEY HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO REMODEL THE BUILDING AND HE PROMPTLY REMOVED THE TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKER IN FRONT OF IT, TELLING US THAT IT WAS IN STORAGE DURING THE REMODEL. 
          AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME WENT BY AND IT WAS NEVER REPLACED, WE QUESTIONED THAT AND WERE REFERRED TO THE CONTRACTOR AND THROUGH A SERIES OF PHONE CALLS, LEARNED THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO PUT IT BACK IN FRONT OF THE LODGE. SO WE TALKED WITH TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, ASKED THEIR HELP, BOTH BY EMAIL AND IN PERSON. AND OVER A COUPLE OF YEAR PERIOD, THEY WERE GOING TO HELP US WITH THAT. AND WE NEVER KNEW IF THEY DID OR WERE GOING TO. 
          RECENTLY TALKED WITH THE JUDGE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY PARKING LOT NEXT DOOR TO WHAT WAS THE CLEBURNE MASONIC LODGE, RIGHT THERE ON CADDO STREET IS COUNTY PROPERTY, AND IT IS THE SITE OF WHERE THE MASONIC LODGE USED TO BE. IT THEN BECAME, IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND HERE A LONG TIME, LEVINE'S DEPARTMENT STORE, AND THEN NOW IT'S A COUNTY LOT. 
          IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACTORS, LET'S SAY, REFUSAL TO REINSTALL THE MARKER WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY SET. THAT WE POSSIBLY CONSIDER THAT PARKING LOT. SO I CONTACTED THE THE I GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO ASK THEM ABOUT MOVING THE MARKER TO STORAGE, ONLY TO LEARN THAT TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS HAD COME TO JOHNSON COUNTY WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE, RETRIEVED IT FROM HIM AND TAKEN IT TO AUSTIN. 
          SO WE MET WITH THE JUDGE AND WE AGREED THAT THIS PARKING LOT MIGHT BE THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. AND IT'S RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE LODGE, AND IT WOULD BE JUST A MATTER OF 50FT, PROBABLY FROM WHERE THE OTHER MARKER, WHERE THE MARKER ACTUALLY SAT. AND WE HAVE A FORM TO FILL OUT THAT REQUIRES THE IT'S CALLED THE FOR THE MOVING OF A MARKER. AND SO WE MET WITH THE JUDGE ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE THE FORMS, THE REQUIRED MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND FORM TO FILL OUT. AND THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION DID VOTE IN MAY TO ENDORSE THIS MOVE. SO IT SEEMS TO BE A SOLUTION. AND UPON RECEIPT OF OUR PAPERWORK AND DOCUMENTS, THEY WILL PROCEED TO RETURN THE MARKER TO US. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS NEELY. SO, GENTLEMEN, THE REQUEST IS TO AUTHORIZE THE PLACEMENT OF THE MARKER IN THE GRASSY AREA IN FRONT OF THE COUNTY PARKING 
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LOT, NEXT TO WHERE THE MASONIC LODGE WAS. IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MARKER RESTORED. SO I THINK THE COURT CAN DO THAT OR CAN DECLINE TO DO THAT, IN WHICH CASE THE MARKER STAYS IN STORAGE. IN AUSTIN, IT'S NOT A NEW MARKER. SO WE DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE WE WE DON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE APPLICATION PROCESS. NO, NO. IT'S ONLY THE APPLICATION TO MOVE THE MARKER. 
          WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM WHERE IT WAS AND WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE. PHOTOGRAPH AND A MAP. IT'S NOT A VERY COMPLICATED FORM. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THEY'VE ASKED FOR. THEY DID ASK FOR CURRENT LOCATION OF THE MARKER, AND I HAD TO PUT ON THE FORM THAT IT WAS AT THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN AUSTIN. SO YOU TELL US. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THIS? ANY CONCERNS? DID THE STATE PAY FOR THE MARKER AND THE ORIGINALLY. NO, NO, I'M SURE WE PAID FOR IT ORIGINALLY OR JUST. YEAH. YEAH. NO. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE COMING TO GET IT. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT MY THOUGHTS ARE IS HOW COULD THEY JUST COME GET IT. 
          WELL WE, WE, WELL THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE IN QUESTION ABOUT IT BEING REMOVED. AND I'VE TALKED TO THEM IN PERSON. WE'VE SENT EMAILS TILL I'M TIRED OF SENDING THEM. AND THEY NEVER REPLIED. AND THIS YEAR AT REAL PLACES IN AUSTIN I EXPECTED TO LOOK THEM IN THE EYE AGAIN, WHICH I HAD DONE A YEAR AGO, AND WAS PROMISED THEN THEY WOULD HELP US AND THEY WEREN'T ACCESSIBLE THIS YEAR. SO WE JUST THOUGHT THE CONTRACTOR HAD IT ALL THIS TIME. LIKE HE TOLD US, IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE TO LEARN THEY HAD COME AND GOTTEN IT. BUT WE CAN. WE CAN MAKE IT'S OURS. THEY NEED TO BRING IT BACK AND LET US PUT IT WHERE IT GOES, YOU KNOW? YEAH, I GUESS SO. JUDGE FACILITIES CAN INSTALL IT IS THAT. AND AND WE HAVE THE OPTION OF PUTTING IT IN THE SAME CONCRETE PAVED AREA OR IN THE GRASS. I GUESS WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET OUT THERE WITH FACILITIES AND MAKE A PLAN. BUT YES, EITHER THEY CAN DO IT OR WE CAN HIRE IT. DONE. I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S THAT THE POLE AND THE CONCRETE ARE NOT THE EXPENSIVE PART. IT'S THE $4,000 PLAQUE THAT THE HISTORIC COMMISSION, STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS US PAY FOR WHEN WE. YEAH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET THE PLAQUE AND THE POLE RETURNED TO US. OH, WE GET THE POLE. OKAY. SOME OF THE VIPS THAT I'VE HAD HELP ME AT AUSTIN. ONE OF THEM EVEN SAID HE'D BRING IT HIMSELF IF HE WAS COMING THIS WAY. SO I THINK THEY WILL BE COOPERATIVE ABOUT RETURNING IT. WE JUST HAVE TO DO OUR PART AND FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK, WHICH THE JUDGE AND I BOTH HAVE TO SIGN, AND WE JUST NEEDED A ASSURANCE FROM THE COURT THAT WE'RE OKAY TO DO THAT. SO WE ARE POSTED FOR ACTION RELATED TO THIS ITEM. I THINK I SAW A MAJORITY OF NODDING HEADS. I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION REGARDING THIS. IT WOULD BE TO AUTHORIZE THE PLACEMENT AND TO AUTHORIZE ME TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND SIGN THE APPLICATION FOR THE RELOCATION OF THAT SIGN. JUDGE, I'D MOVE THAT WE GIVE THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THAT, AS WELL AS MISS NEELY AND THE POSITIONING OF THE SIGN TO BE DETERMINED BY THIS COURT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOWELL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL WE'LL WORK WITH FACILITIES AND GET THAT APPLICATION DONE AND PRESENTED. 
          I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO COURT ONE MORE TIME FOR FINAL SIGNATURE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO PRESENT AGAIN, BUT JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH LOCATION AND ALL OF THE PHOTOS AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE'LL GET THAT DONE AND WE'LL GET IT SENT OFF. YES, ALL IT REALLY NEEDS IS YOUR SIGNATURE IN TWO PLACES AND MINE, AND WE HAVE ALL THE ATTACHMENTS THEY REQUIRE AND IT'S READY TO GO UNLESS THE COURT WANTS TO SEE IT AGAIN, DOES THE APPLICATION, AND I'M SORRY, THE MOTION REQUIRES FINAL APPROVAL OF THE LOCATION BY THE COURT. DOES THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO IN THAT APPLICATION? NO. I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE SITE AND TOLD THEM THAT WE WANTED IT TO FACE CADDO STREET AND BE WITHIN A FEW FEET, MAYBE OF THE CORNER WHERE IT ADJOINS THAT ALLEY BETWEEN THE TWO. I DON'T THINK THEY REQUIRE COURT TO SEE IT AGAIN. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO IT. OKAY. 
          IT'S JUST A FILL IN MY THOUGHTS OR MY THOUGHTS FOR THE REASON FOR THE FOR US TO DETERMINE IS IT IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A, THERE MAY BE A, A, A RUB, THERE IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY END UP PUTTING IT. SURE. WE DON'T WANT TO END UP IN THE. RIGHT. SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ADEQUATE. IS THAT SOMETHING FACILITIES CAN DO? BECAUSE WE JUST RAN INTO A SITUATION ABOUT THAT WITH THE DOTY HOUSE, WHICH WE MIGHT DISCUSS IN A MINUTE. AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE RESPONSIBLE TO THE CURB. WE YES, 
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WE WILL COORDINATE ALL OF THAT. IF. YEAH, LET ME LET ME MEET WITH FACILITIES AND LOOK AT THE SITE AND LOOK AT THE APPLICATION AND MAKE SURE I THINK WE HAVE THE BLESSING FROM THE COURT. IF IF WE NEED TO DESIGNATE A SPECIFIC PLACE, I MAY SEND IT BACK THROUGH COURT FOR ANOTHER APPROVAL BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SEND IT TO AUSTIN. I KNOW THAT SLOWS US DOWN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. IF YOU YOU CAN LET ME KNOW. SURE. YES, MA'AM. 
          WE'LL WE'LL WORK, I'LL WORK WITH YOU AND WE'LL WORK WITH FACILITIES AND AND GET A GET ALL OF IT SQUARED AWAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW, MISS NEELY. THE NEXT ITEM YOU HAD ON HERE WAS DISCUSS AN EVENT COMMEMORATING THE AWARD OF THE HISTORICAL MARKER AT THE BRAZOS POINT BRIDGE. SO IF YOU, AS THE COURT REMEMBERS NOW, A YEAR AGO, WE APPLIED FOR A HISTORICAL MARKER AT THE BRAZOS POINT BRIDGE, DESIGNATING NOT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AS A HISTORICAL MARKER, BUT THE LOCATION AS A HISTORICAL MARKER THAT WAS DONE OUT OF CAUTION IN CASE THE BRIDGE EVER NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS OR SAFETY REASONS. IT'S IT. IT CAN BE. IT IS NOT A HISTORICAL MONUMENT. THE LOCATION IS A HISTORICAL LOCATION BASED ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE LOW WATER CROSSING AND THE BRAZOS RIVER. IT'S CALLED A SITE MARKER RATHER THAN A MARKER FOR THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, WHICH IS WOULD MAKE IT A RECORDED TEXAS LANDMARK, WHICH WE OPTED NOT TO DO WHEN ACTUALLY DAN ROBERTS, IF YOU RECALL HIM, DID THE PROCESS FOR THIS. THAT'S HOW LONG AGO THIS STARTED. AND SADLY, HE'S PASSED AWAY BEFORE WE GOT IT. BUT THE THE APPLICATION WAS APPROVED. WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS AND NOW THERE IS A HUGE MARKER FROM THE FOUNDRY IN STORAGE AT THE COUNTY. IT CAME IN A BIG BOX A COUPLE OF TWO MONTHS AGO, MAYBE A MONTH AGO. AND NOW WE NEED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO PUT IT IN THE GROUND AND PROBABLY HAVE SOME SORT OF CEREMONY HONORING THAT, SINCE IT IS, IT'S NOT COMMON THAT WE GET TO HONOR A NEW HISTORICAL MARKER WITHIN THE COUNTY. NOT VERY. AND IT NEEDS TO BE A BIG A BIG OCCASION IF WE CAN. THE JUDGE SUGGESTED A WEEK DAY IN THE FALL. IN THIS COURTROOM AND PROBABLY HAVE A. OFFICIALS ONLY, LET'S CALL IT CEREMONY AT THE MARKER ITSELF AND AN UNVEILING WHICH CAN BE VIDEOED AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO OTHER DISCUSSION THAT THAT WAS THE RESULT OF MY MEETING WITH MISS NEELY IS WHAT WERE WE PLANNING? WHAT DID WE WANT TO DO? AND WE TALKED WEEKDAY VERSUS WEEKEND WEEKEND. 
          IT'S OBVIOUSLY EASIER TO ATTEND, MUCH HARDER FOR ME TO GET A DOZEN COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO GO SET UP A SITE REMOTELY AND, YOU KNOW, MOVE CHAIRS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS OR OPEN A BUILDING. 
          WE COULD DO IT AFTER A COMMISSIONER'S COURT. WE COULD. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THAT WAS AN OPTION TOO. AND, AND THEN GO STRAIGHT INTO THE ACTUAL DEDICATION CEREMONY LIVE AFTER MAYBE SHOW THE UNVEILING OF IT WITH JUST A FEW OFFICIALS. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND A VERY UNIQUE WAY TO HONOR IT. AND THEN WE SUGGESTED MAYBE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. WE NEED TO WORK AROUND COURT DATES. OR IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS COURT AND WATCH DATES ABOUT SOME OF YOUR LAND SALES AND OTHER THINGS THAT OCCUR HERE IN THE BUILDING, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH THOSE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW, WHEN OR WHO WILL DECIDE WHEN WE ACTUALLY SET A DATE. AND THEY'LL NEED TO BE A, SOME SORT OF A HANDOUT THAT DAY AND LOTS OF PUBLICITY. WE'LL INVITE SOMEONE FROM THE, FROM T AUSTIN, POSSIBLY THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK OUR MASONIC LODGE MARKER AWAY WILL COME TO THIS ONE AND LIKE TO SPEAK. MAYBE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM IN PERSON? I WOULD. THERE'S NORMALLY A HANDOUT AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS ALSO JUDGE OF OBTAINING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS FROM OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND THEIR HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS. OF COURSE, IT'S TRADITIONAL TO INVITE ALL OF THEM. YES, MA'AM, I APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED ANY SPECIFIC ACTION ON HERE, BUT I WANTED TO GET SOME DIRECTION FROM THE COURT. HONESTLY, I WAS HOPING A COMMISSIONER WOULD BE OUT TODAY SO WE COULD APPOINT HIM AS THE PARTY PLANNER. BUT EVERYBODY CAME TO WORK. AND SO. BUT MY YEAH, MAYBE YOU COULD BE THINKING OF DATES THAT WILL OR WILL NOT WORK. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION. AND MAYBE GIVE US SOME SUGGESTIONS. SO WE CAN BEGIN WITH THE JUDGE WORKING ON A TIME TO DO THAT AND LET THESE PEOPLE HAVE AMPLE NOTICE. WE ARE ALSO IT'S IN PRECINCT ONE. SO I THINK THERE'S YOUR PARTY PLANNER. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. WE'RE ALSO CREATING A STAND, WHICH HE DONATED THE MATERIALS FOR IT. AND ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS IS MAKING IT. THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED NEXT TO THE MARKER, WHICH WILL HOLD A PLEXIGLASS. NO. EXCUSE ME, 
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UNDER PLEXIGLASS, A METAL PHOTOGRAPH IMAGE OF THE ORIGINAL DEDICATION OF THE BRIDGE. AND WE'RE ASSUMING FACILITIES WILL INSTALL BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME. AND WE ENCOURAGE THE ALL OF IT NOT TO BE INSTALLED UNTIL NOT TOO FAR AHEAD OF THE DEDICATION ITSELF. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO ANY, ANY DIRECTION, ANY HEARTBURN WITH KIND OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT'S BEEN SET OUT, RIGHT. MY OFFICE WILL AGAIN, WILL COORDINATE WITH FACILITIES AND KIND OF LINE OUT WORK BACK FROM A DATE. I THINK HAVING IT ON A COMMISSIONERS COURT DATE IS A GOOD IDEA. AND WE, WE COULD DO IT AS A SPECIAL CALL THAT STARTS AT 830 IN THE MORNING. 
          AND I THINK IT TENDS TO BE WHEN WE'VE HAD THE BEST ATTENDANCE IS AT THE TOP OF OUR MEETINGS INSTEAD OF AFTER. SO WE COULD PROBABLY GET PEOPLE. YEAH, POTENTIALLY OR IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER BECAUSE OF PEOPLE COMING FROM OTHER PLACES. OH, THAT IS TRUE. YES. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD POINT. WHATEVER. BUT THAT THOSE ARE BOTH OPTIONS. AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DO THE PRELIMINARY AT THE SITE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR PEOPLE AND VEHICLES THERE IN THOSE NUMBERS. SO I THINK THAT'LL WORK OUT WELL. AND IT'S A VERY UNIQUE WAY OF DOING IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO YES I WILL. I'LL WORK WITH YOU IN FACILITIES AND WE'LL START WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME. WE'RE THINKING DUE TO SOME OTHER OBLIGATIONS PEOPLE HAVE OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. I THINK THAT WORKS. THAT GETS US PAST OUR BUDGET SEASON AND PAST PAVING SEASON AND COOLER WEATHER AND INTO COOLER WEATHER. BUT IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO GET ALL THESE THINGS DONE. SO WE'LL NEED SOME INPUT FROM YOU ON THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THINK WE HAVE SOME DIRECTION FOR THAT. THEN THE LAST AND YEAH, LAST ITEM THAT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME ACTION IS POTENTIALLY AUTHORIZING THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO TRIM THE TREES AT THE DOTY HOUSE. I KNOW THAT PROPERTY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE, THROUGH THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S BUDGET, HAVE TAKEN ON PROJECTS EVERY YEAR, REPLACED OR LEVELED THE FOUNDATION OR FIXED THE FRONT PORCH, REPLACE THE ROOF, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EXTERIOR WORK. AND SO THAT BUILDING HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM WHERE IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. AND A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN AT MISS NEELY'S DIRECTION AND EMPHASIS. 
          EVERY TIME WE THINK WE CAN BEGIN COSMETIC REPAIRS, SOMETHING STRUCTURAL JUMPS UP. 
          AND THIS YEAR IT WAS TREES AND BUZZARDS AND THE MESS THEY'RE MAKING AND THE PROBLEMS WITH THEM IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. SO WE DID GET WE CONTACTED SIX DIFFERENT VENDORS AND WE DID SELECT ONE AT THE LAST MEETING AND DID VOTE TO PURSUE A PURCHASE ORDER WITH THEM, PROVIDING THEY ARE APPROVED AS A COUNTY VENDOR, WHICH MISS WHITE SENT ME A NOTE TODAY THAT THEY'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT. SO WE ARE DOING THAT. AND THEN FACILITIES HAS GOTTEN US ONE BID FOR REPAIRING THE KITCHEN CEILING, WHICH HAS EXHIBITED SOME FAILURE IN THERE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT FIXED BEFORE CANDLE WALK IN DECEMBER. AND WE MIGHT NEED TO REARRANGE SOME BUDGETARY ITEMS BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THE END OF THIS. ALL RIGHT. AND AND SO THIS ITEM IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD TYPICALLY COME IN FRONT OF THE COURT. TREE TRIMMING, I THINK, FACILITIES CONTRACTS OUT FOR THAT PRETTY FREQUENTLY. BUT BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THE PROPERTY, AND IT'S A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TREES. WE PLANTED TREES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COURT AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY CONCERN OR HEARTBURN ABOUT PROCEEDING IT. IT IS NOT REMOVAL OF THE TREES. I KNOW THAT WAS. NO, THAT WAS AN ALTERNATE THAT A COUPLE OF THE COMPANIES BID OUT. WELL, HERE'S WHAT IT WOULD COST TO TRIM AND HERE'S WHAT IT IS TO REMOVE THEM. AND WE'RE NOT PROCEEDING WITH REMOVING TREES FROM THAT PROPERTY. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A MISSTEP. THEY ALL ALMOST ALL THE VENDORS THAT DID QUOTES SUGGESTED AT SOME POINT THE TREES WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN DOWN, BUT WE WERE NOT INTERESTED IN DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAVE ALREADY WE DID VOTE TO PURSUE A CONTINGENT UPON BEING APPROVED VENDOR. THE PERSON THAT WORKED WITH US THE BEST TO OFFER BIDS. ALL RIGHT. AND RATHER THAN AGAIN, RATHER THAN DOING THIS AS A SPECIFIC ACTION, I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COURT AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY CONCERN WITH HAVING, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME TREE TRIMMING. AND DURING THE TIME WE WERE GETTING THE BIDS, A TREE BRANCH ACTUALLY DID FALL AND TANGLED IN SOME POWER LINES ON THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO THAT'S WHY WE'RE INCLUDING THE, THE PECAN TREES IN THE BACKYARD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND OBJECTING. I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO PROCEED. IF YOU'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH PURCHASING, I 
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APPRECIATE PURCHASING AND FACILITIES FOR FACILITATING THIS PROCESS. I KNOW THEY'VE REVIEWED MULTIPLE ESTIMATES, GOT COMPETING ESTIMATES FROM DIFFERENT VENDORS, AND THEY'RE NOW PURCHASING IS WORKING TO GET YOUR PREFERRED VENDOR THROUGH THE COUNTY VENDOR PROCESS. SO BUT WE DID GO WITH SOME LOCAL VENDORS TO AND FOUND THEM TO BE VERY AGREEABLE. AND THAT'S ONE WE HIRED CONTINGENT UPON BEING APPROVED. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE DID POST FOR A GENERAL UPDATE FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I KNOW AT OUR NEXT COURT THERE'S A AN AWARD FROM THE STATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT FOR. YEAH. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, IS IT NEXT TIME? WELL, WE NEED A DATE ON THAT ONE TOO. YEAH. IT'LL BE THE 22ND. WE JUST WE GOT ALL THAT ALIGNED. SO WE'LL AT OUR NEXT COURT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. OTHER THAN THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT THE COURT TO ADDRESS WHILE WE'RE HERE? THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SPECIFICALLY IS YOU DID ACCEPT THE ACTUAL DONATION TO THE COUNTY OF THAT 350 BOOK LOAN THAT HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BACK IN 2011, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AND GET AN ACTUAL DONATION FOR THE ITEMS. AND PART OF THE BOOKS HAVE GONE ON FROM THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES ALREADY HAS AGREED. WE'RE WE HAVE SENT SOME BOOKS TO AREA COUNTIES THAT PERTAIN TO THEM, WHICH WERE IN THE COLLECTION, AND THE MAIN GROUP NOW IS TO DEAL WITH THE 80 SOME ODD BOOKS ABOUT TEXAS AND ABOUT 80 MORE ABOUT AMERICAN INDIANS. AND WE'RE REACHING OUT TO LIBRARIES ABOUT THAT AND HAVE SOME LEADS OF THAT, AND HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SUGGESTIONS AND HAVE GOTTEN SOME. AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, TOO. SO WE WILL EVENTUALLY FIND HOMES FOR ALL OF THEM. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND MISS NEELY, I SAY THIS IN THE NICEST POSSIBLE WAY. YOU'RE VERY TOUGH AND VERY DRIVEN, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THINGS BECAUSE OF THAT. WELL, WE TRY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS SOME APPRECIATION TO MR. SIMPSON. MR. MOORE'S OFFICE. I KNOW THAT DONATION OF BOOKS THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, IT WAS 300 BOOKS, 350 BOOKS THAT THE COUNTY HAD ON LOAN FROM A PERSON NOW DECEASED ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO EXIST OUT OF BUSINESS. 
          MR. SIMPSON AND HIS OFFICE DID A GREAT JOB OF TRACKING DOWN SOMEBODY THAT WE COULD CONVERT THAT LOAN WHERE WE WERE RESPONSIBLE TO RETURN THOSE BOOKS IN 45 MORE YEARS INTO A DONATION, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD HELP PASS SOME OF THOSE ALONG TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHERE THEY COULD BE PRESERVED AND HONORED. AND SO THAT A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT WORK AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL FINDING PEOPLE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO DISPLAY THOSE BOOKS. AND WELL, WE'RE WORKING. WE PREFER LIBRARIES, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR SUGGESTIONS ALSO ABOUT THAT, SOME LARGE AND SOME SMALL AND SOME OF SOME OF THE BIG ONES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. 
          WE'RE STILL TAKE SUGGESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ONE, BUT WE ARE PREFERRING LIBRARIES SO THE BOOKS ARE PUT TO USE THERE. TOO GOOD TO BE LOCKED AWAY IN A CABINET ANY LONGER? YES, MA'AM. 
          THEY'RE GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE POLL, FOR OUR PICTURE, WE'RE MAKING SURE BAILEY'S OFFICE HAD A HAD A SURPLUS ITEM WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TO USE. WELL, NO, I WAS FROM MEEK, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. I MIGHT MENTION, JUDGE, NOT TO LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH, BUT THE 22ND IS ALSO OUR MEETING DATE, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR OUR PEOPLE TO MAKE TWO TRIPS ON THE SAME DAY. I'M SURE WE CAN. MOST OF OUR MEMBERS DON'T LIVE IN CLEBURNE ANYMORE. AND. YES, MA'AM, IF YOU CHOSE TO DELAY IT, IT WOULDN'T HURT OUR. OKAY, YES, WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE. WE WILL PUSH THAT TO JULY, MAYBE FIRST, FIRST IN JULY. THE AWARD TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS NOT ON THE 22ND. IF WE'LL BUMP THAT TO THE. WHATEVER. THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY IS FIRST ONE IN. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. AND THAT IS FOR OUR FIFTH IN A ROW DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FROM TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. OKAY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUDGE, CAN WE TAKE. YES, WE DO HAVE 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]
ONE OTHER PERSON WHO IS HERE FROM NOT IN THIS BUILDING. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT ITEM. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM S TWO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL BRANDY WOOD F09-003. CHIEF CLERK, CHIEF COURT CLERK, ADMINISTRATOR, JUSTICE PEACE, PRECINCT ONE. WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ALRIGHT. WM EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM S TWO. THERE IS ACTION RESULTING FROM THAT CALL FOR A MOTION. ALL RIGHT JUDGE, AND I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT ON PERSONNEL NUMBER F 09003. THE CHIEF COUNTY COURT CLERK I'M SORRY, CHIEF COURT CLERK IN ORDER TO PAY HER DOWN TO THE 80 HOURS, WE'LL PAY HER 
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FOR 80.74 HOURS FOR A TOTAL OF $2,875.16, $0.66, $0.96. ALL RIGHT. THE JUDGE'S NINE WAS A LITTLE SMALL, $0.96. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HELL AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. I WILL NOTE COMMISSIONER BAILEY DID VOTE ON THAT. HE JUST WASN'T AT THE MICROPHONE. SORRY I DIDN'T. I APOLOGIZE FOR STARTING WITHOUT YOU, COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT RESOLVES ITEM S TWO THAT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO OUR 
          [ACTION ITEMS (Part 2 of 2)]
ACTION AGENDA. WE HAVE A FEW MORE ITEMS TO PICK UP AND FINISH. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM A FOR CONSIDERING APPROVE ORDER 2026-50 ORDER RELEASING CONSTRUCTION BOND RIDER AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS FROM DENNIS JEAN STOWE AND WENDY LUKEHART STOWE FOR THE SUM OF $205,000, SECURED BY U.S. CASUALTY AND SURETY INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, STREETS, DRAINAGE AND SIGNAGE FOR STOWE VISTA IN PRECINCT ONE. MISS VANDERLINDE JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. A FEW INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT THE SITE. 
          THERE IS ONE ITEM THAT MAY STILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED, WHICH IS A MATTER OF THE STREET SIGN AND ITS PROXIMITY TO THE EDGE OF THE PAVED SURFACE. THEY MAY NEED TO SCREW THAT IN IN A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, MOVE IT OVER A FEW INCHES. WE'LL GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, IT CAN BE THAT IS A MINOR CORRECTION TO BE MADE. OTHERWISE, IF THE COURT CHOOSES, ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. THE ROAD, STREETS, DRAINAGE AND SIGNAGE. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER AND HE'S MADE EVERY CORRECTION THAT WE'VE ASKED OF THEM, AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE RELEASING THE FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR THIS PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM? IF NOT, I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION MOVE TO RELEASE THE BOND. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BAILEY. SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOWELL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN ITEM A-4 CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SAY THANK YOU TO JENNIFER AND COLE. THIS HAS BEEN A A LOT OF TRIPS OUT THERE, BACK AND FORTH TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOT DONE ACCURATELY AND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS AND AND THROUGH MY OFFICE AS WELL ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON OUT THERE. BUT I THINK IT'S ALL BEEN HANDLED WELL. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS WILL WORK ON THE SMALL THINGS, JUST LIKE WE WILL THE LARGE THINGS. IN THAT VEIN, COMMISSIONER, I WANT TO COMMEND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COURT. Y'ALL. Y'ALL MADE SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CREATING THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, ALL SHORTLY IN THE BUDGET BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD. AND THOSE HAVE ALL PLAYED OUT VERY WELL. I THINK THAT WAS SOME INSIGHTFUL PLANNING ON BEHALF OF THIS COURT. I WAS NOT A PART OF THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DID, WHERE IT'S REALLY ALLOWED OUR FACILITIES FOLKS TO FOCUS ON FACILITIES, AND WE HAVE A FLURRY OF CONSTRUCTION. IT'S NICE TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS POINTED IN THAT DIRECTION. AND THEN BRINGING ON MR. FRIEDRICH AND AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I THINK HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WHEN PEOPLE USE GOOD FORESIGHT, AND I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM A5. THIS IS CONSIDERING APPROVAL ORDER 2026-52 ORDER RELEASING CONSTRUCTION BOND FROM TROPHY INVESTMENTS LLC FOR THE SUM OF $1,363,833, SECURED BY SURETY INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD, STREETS, DRAINAGE AND SIGNAGE FOR CHISHOLM OAKS AND PRECINCT TWO. 
          MISS VANDERLIN IS IT FOR ME? THIS IS NOT QUITE READY TO BE RELEASED. THERE'S 1 OR 2 ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE FINISHED, SO I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM TODAY, BUT I ANTICIPATE WE'LL SEE IT IN THE NEXT COURT OR TWO FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND RELEASE. 
          ANY OBJECTION TO TAKING NO ACTION ON A5. ALL RIGHT. AND MISS VANDERLIN, IS THAT ACCURATE? YES, SIR. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN GET THOSE CORRECTIONS MADE WITHIN THE NEXT CYCLE OR TWO. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM A5. MOVE TO ITEM A6. CONSIDERING APPROVE STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR GROUP CRITICAL ILLNESS WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE JOINT SELF-INSURANCE FUND WITH AUTHORIZATION FOR COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN MR. GILLESPIE, THIS IS THE LAST DOCUMENT THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE AND HAVE THE JUDGE SIGN. WE DID HAVE A IMPLEMENTATION MEETING WITH METLIFE AND THEIR THIRD PARTY. 
          EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE ON THAT. WE WILL HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE ONCE THIS LAST DOCUMENT IS COMPLETED. THE ACTUAL POLICY WILL BE IN EFFECT JUNE 1ST. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL HAVE ON THE COURT NEXT TIME UPDATING OUR RETIREE TENURED POLICY, SHOWING THAT WE HAVE A 
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NEW POLICY THAT TAKES PLACE OF THAT OLD ONE FOR OUR GROUP, CRITICAL ILLNESS FOR OUR RETIRING OFFICERS. WONDERFUL. SO THIS IS YOU SAID THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF BRINGING US FULLY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH AN OUTSIDE INSURANCE PRODUCT, PROVIDING THAT COVERAGE. YES, SIR. AND DID WE HAVE ANY RETIREES FROM JANUARY 1ST TO JUNE 1ST WERE ELIGIBLE? NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAILEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. AND A6 CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MR. GILLESPIE. I THINK THAT'S SIX MONTHS OF THAT BEING ON OUR AGENDA. I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING THAT ONE ACROSS THE HUMP. THAT WAS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLE, BUT THINGS SOMETIMES ARE NEVER AS SIMPLE AS THEY SEEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM A7. OH. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, APOLOGIZE THE WAY I SEE IT, MY MY LAWSUIT, MR. COSPER, YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE FINE. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING. NO, SIR. NO APOLOGIES NEEDED. NO PROBLEM. WE WE FEEL YOU'RE WE FEEL YOU'RE WE'RE WE HAVE EMPATHY FOR THAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR, AND DON'T WORRY. 
          I WASN'T GOING TO KICK YOU OUT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE. SO I THINK EVERYBODY HEARD ME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. YOU HOLD IT LOUD. BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING. AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN ON MY END. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEP. ALL RIGHT. I LOST MY PLACE, BUT I THINK WE'RE AT ITEM A7. 
          CONSIDERING APPROVED REQUEST TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR HOUSING CITIES. CLASS C MISDEMEANOR PRISONERS FROM $69.94 PER DAY TO $76.91 PER DAY. SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. JUDGE. 
          COMMISSIONERS. YES. WE'RE JUST LOOKING. IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE WE'VE INCREASED THE PRICE TO HOLD THE MUNICIPALITIES CLASS C ONLY ARRESTS. SO AFTER FIGURING OUT WHAT THE AN ADJUSTED RATE WOULD BE, I WOULD COME UP WITH A $76.91. THAT SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE NOW. AND OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T PLAN ON INCREASING IT EVERY YEAR. WE'LL PROBABLY DO SIMILAR THINGS. WE'RE NOT OUT THERE TO, YOU KNOW, DRAIN EVERY DOLLAR FROM MUNICIPALITIES, JUST TRYING TO COVER OUR COST FOR HOLDING THOSE MUNICIPALITIES. CLASS C ONLY ARRESTS. I'M SURPRISED. IS THIS MINIMAL. IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS WITH INFLATION THAT WE'VE DONE JUST ON, YOU KNOW, JUST DAILY ITEMS, YOU KNOW, GROCERIES, GROCERIES. YES, SIR. AND THIS COMMISSIONER, I THINK THIS THE RATE WE CHARGE OUT OF COUNTY INMATES IS ABOUT 50% HIGHER THAN THIS RATE. SO THIS IS A BARE MINIMUM TO OUR CITIES THAT ARE LOCATED. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANY ANY DOLLAR, ANY MONEY OFF OF THESE CLASSES, JUST TRYING TO COVER OUR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON A7? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WILLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. QUESTION. 
          YES, SIR. WHEN? WHEN IS THAT GOING TO TAKE EFFECT? IS THAT WHEN IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE ON THAT. IS THAT BECAUSE THE CITIES KIND OF NEED TO MAKE A PLAN FOR THAT? WELL, THIS COULD BE I'M BEING IT'S I GUESS WE CAN DETERMINE THAT NOW. I GUESS THE THE CITIES ARE REACHING OUT TO US RIGHT NOW FOR THEIR BUDGETS. GO AHEAD JIM. WE DO NEW CONTRACTS BASICALLY EVERY YEAR AND IT'LL GO IN THE NEW CONTRACT. SO THAT'D BE OCTOBER 1ST. IS THAT. YES, SIR. AS THESE MUNICIPALITIES START UPDATING THEIR BUDGET, THERE WILL BE A NEW CONTRACT WITH THEM. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BLINDSIDE THEM. AND I WANTED TO HAVE A. SURE. THANK YOU. KIND OF OUT THERE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. YEAH. CLEBURNE'S ALREADY REACHED OUT TO US FOR THIS, AS WELL AS GODLEY AND SOME OF THE OTHERS. OKAY. HAVE YOU DID YOU GIVE THEM THE UPDATED NUMBER OR PROJECTED UPDATED NUMBER? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT WITH THOSE NEW CONTRACTS, WHICH I BELIEVE HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1ST. IS THAT ACCURATE? WHATEVER THE MUNICIPALITY'S BUDGET, WHENEVER THEIR BUDGETS GO INTO EFFECT AND WE'RE UPDATE THEIR CONTRACT WITH THEM. OKAY. HOW ABOUT I WITHDRAW MY SECOND SO COMMISSIONER BAILEY CAN RESTRUCTURE HIS MOTION? ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION FIRST. NOW. 
          SURE. HAVE YOU HAVE THE CITY THE CITY'S THEY THEIR BUDGET PROCESS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OURS ARE. BUT WE YOU HAVE REACHED OUT TO CLEBURNE AND GODLEY. WELL, THEY'VE REACHED OUT. THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO US. SO WE'VE GIVEN THEM THE UPDATED NUMBERS. MY ASSUMPTION IS WE'RE NOT REALLY HOUSING FOR AS MANY AS WE ONCE WERE IN REGARDS TO. WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CLASS C ONLY ARRESTS TO THE UNDERSTANDING TO. IF SOMEONE COMES TO JAIL WITH A FELONY IN THE CLASS C, WE'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT BEING CHARGED FOR THE CLASS C'S. OKAY. 
          BECAUSE WE'RE HOLDING THEM ON THOSE FELONY ARRESTS. THIS WOULD BE IF THEY ONLY COME TO 
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JAIL FOR A CLASS C ARREST. THEY'RE NORMALLY THERE FOR 2 OR 3 DAYS, USUALLY MAX, SOMETIMES A LITTLE LONGER. BUT USUALLY YOU'RE JUST A FEW DAYS. YEAH. WE'RE NOT TALKING HUGE NUMBERS. 
          NO, IT'S VERY FEW INDIVIDUALS. WE'RE JUST TALKING $5 ROUGHLY DIFFERENCE A DAY ON JUST A HANDFUL. IT COULD BE FIVE. IT COULD BE FIVE, ONE MONTH, TEN ANOTHER MONTH. SO. WELL, THAT BEING SAID, I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS REFERENCED. BUT, BUT IF IT'S A, IF IT'S JUST A MINIMAL NUMBER, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR BUDGETS AS MUCH GOING FORWARD ON THAT. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE MY MOTION AS, AS, AS, AS PRESENTED. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. I THINK THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES STATEMENTS BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT THE INTENT IS TO TAKE EFFECT WITH THE NEXT CONTRACT, NOT TO TAKE EFFECT TODAY. YEAH. SO THAT IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, I'VE GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOOLLEY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. AND A7 CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO HERE REGARDING CITY SOMETIMES NEEDS TO HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION BECAUSE THEIR BUDGETS ARE THEY RUN ON DIFFERENT TIME FRAME THAN WE DO. 
          SO IT'S A GOOD CATCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM A8 CONSIDERING APPROVE ORDER 2026-42. COMMISSIONERS COURT ORDER GRANTING AN EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION TWO. 62.024 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE FROM THE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS OF 262.023 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. UPON THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FINDING THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS PROVIDES A PRODUCT AND SERVICE THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ONLY ONE SOURCE, MR. ANDERSON. THANK YOU JUDGE. 
          THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT ONE OF THE PRECINCTS IS USING, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THIS EXEMPTION SO THAT IF THEY USE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OVER THE COURSE OF FISCAL YEAR, WE WOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM THE THRESHOLD FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING. THEY DID SUBMIT A ADEQUATE AND APPROPRIATE SOLE SOURCE LETTER. AND CAN YOU GIVE THE COURT A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THE PRODUCT IS AND WHY IT'S A SOLE SOURCE? YES, CERTAINLY. IT'S A ENVIRO TAC TWO POLYMER DUST SUPPRESSANT. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE THE PRECINCT LIKES IT. I CAN I CAN READ FROM THEIR SOLE SOURCE LETTER IF YOU'D LIKE, IF I, IF I MAY INTERJECT, I CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF. OH SURE. YEAH. THIS IS NOT ONLY A HAS MANY PURPOSES, BUT IT'S A MOISTURE BARRIER AND IT IS A BASICALLY IT'S A LIKE A CEMENT TYPE BASE. ONCE IT HARDENS UP AND IT JUST GIVES US LONGEVITY ON ROADS AS WE'RE BUILDING THEM. I'VE GOT A LOT OF MARSH AREA, IF YOU WILL, ON 1205. WE CAN WE CAN SHIP SEAL THAT ROAD EVERY OTHER YEAR. AND AND IT HAS THIS EFFECT. IT WON'T AFTER THIS APPLICATION. AND IT'S JUST THERE'S NO PEDIMENT IN IT. SO IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE. THERE'S, THERE'S JUST IT'S PROVEN PRODUCT. I'VE USED IT IN THE PAST YEARS AGO AND, BUT I, MIKE HAD RENTED A, A GRINDER FOR SOME ROADS AND THEN WE RENTED IT FOR A MONTH AFTERWARDS. SO I'VE GOT ABOUT 12 MILES THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS PRODUCT ON. WE'VE ALREADY USED ONE LOAD OF IT. WE GOT A SECOND LOAD SHOULD BE DELIVERED TODAY DEPENDING ON WEATHER, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN GET DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER. BEFORE WE START CHIP SEALING, I MAY ASK FOR ANOTHER ONE, BUT AS IT STANDS, I THINK WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR AT LEAST WHAT WE GROUND UP. WHEN WE RENTED THAT BIG DRUM MACHINE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, I APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUDGE, JUST FOR PROCUREMENT PURPOSES. THEY DID CERTIFY THAT THERE IS PROPRIETARY PRODUCT. 
          THERE'S NO EQUIVALENT OR INTERCHANGEABLE PRODUCT IN EXISTENCE. AND THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTION AVAILABLE. AND THEN WHAT MAKES THAT DIFFERENCE IS CHLORIDE. THIS IS A NON CHLORIDE PRODUCT. EVERY EVERY OTHER VENDOR THAT IS OUT THERE THAT HAS A SIMILAR PRODUCT AS CHLORIDE IN IT. CHLORIDE IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT AND NOT GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN. AYE. EIGHT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM A9. THANK YOU LANCE. THANK YOU ALL. CONSIDERING APPROVED PURCHASE OF TWO 2027 MODEL YEAR M TWO 106 CONVENTIONAL CAB TRUCKS WITH SPECIAL LEAD. WELL 5 TO 6 YARD DUMP BOX CONTRACT NUMBER HT0620 FOR $247,976 IN PRECINCT FOUR. COMMISSIONER. THIS IS, AS IT SAYS TO BOBTAIL FREIGHTLINER DUMP TRUCKS, SIX YARD DUMPS. I'VE. I'VE BOUGHT ONE BOBTAIL SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE. OUR 
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OLD ONES, I THINK, COME FROM TWO COMMISSIONERS AGO AND WERE BLUEBELL TRUCKS. SO WE'RE WE'RE REACHING END OF LIFE ON SOME OF THOSE. AND WHEN THEY INCREASE MAINTENANCE. AND SO IT'S JUST THIS IS ON A BY BOARD CONTRACT OR STATE CONTRACT OF. YEAH. BY BOARD. SO MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WILLEY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAILEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN AND ITEM A9 CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AS A REMINDER TO ANYBODY THAT WATCHES THESE MEETINGS. ROAD AND BRIDGE EQUIPMENT IS VERY SPECIALIZED AND VERY EXPENSIVE. AND THESE ARE BOBTAIL DUMP TRUCKS. THIS IS NOT MOTOR GRADERS. TWO OF THEM, TWO OF THEM FOR $250,000. AND THAT IS THAT IS WHY IT IS SO EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN YOUR OLD ONES, THE FORDS KNOW THOSE OLD ONES ARE INTERNATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL. THEY'RE INTERNATIONAL DT460, EVIDENTLY. EVIDENTLY BLUEBELL HAD A BIG GOING DISPERSAL SALE OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE WHEN I TOOK OFFICE I HAD FIVE OF THEM LITTLE GREEN INTERNATIONAL FIVE YARD DUMP TRUCKS. WE'D PULL THEM OUT TO THE JOB AND PULL THEM BACK. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER SAID I APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL DO BECAUSE I. I COULDN'T DO IT. THESE ARE AUTOMATICS. WE CAN PUT A CLASS B DRIVER IN THEM IF I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF CLASS B GUYS. SO IT'S. THOSE BIG TRUCKS A LITTLE BIT MORE VERSATILE, OR 
          [WORKSHOP (Part 2 of 2)]
WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP WITH WORKSHOP AGAIN, MOVE TO ITEM WS1 DISCUSS PROPOSALS AND PROJECTS FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OR ARPA FUNDING WITH POSSIBLE CONSULTATION WITH GRANTWORKS. CLEARLY GRANTWORKS IS NOT HERE TODAY. WE ALREADY RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON ONE OF OUR TWO PENDING LARGE PROJECTS. BEING THE JUVENILE SERVICE CENTER. IT APPEARS TO BE MOVING AHEAD ON ON SCHEDULE, WHICH IS GREAT. I THINK WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS PROBABLY A SEPTEMBER COMPLETION, WHICH GIVES US THREE MONTHS AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO COMPLETE PAYING THE INVOICES AND ACCOUNTING. THE OTHER ITEM IS RIO VISTA. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM THEM RECENTLY, BUT THE LAST I HEARD, THEY WERE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE EQUIPMENT THIS SUMMER AND WE SHOULD BE SENDING MONEY OUT THE DOOR OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. EXCITING TO SEE THAT. TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR AND JUST SEE WHERE HE'S AT ON THAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON ARPA? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION FROM THAT WORKSHOP. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM WS2 DISCUSS PLANNING PROCESS FOR A FUTURE PRECINCT THREE SUB COURTHOUSE, INCLUDING POTENTIAL CREATION OF A SITE PLAN. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT TODAY. I THINK Y'ALL RECEIVED NOTICE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING JUST FOR PLANNING PURPOSES FOR THAT THE YES ON SITE SO WE CAN SEE THE PRECINCT BARN AS IT IS. WE CAN SEE THE RAW LAND. THAT'S A WEEK FROM TODAY, CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT IS RIGHT. MISS REED, CAN YOU CONFIRM OUR SPECIAL CALL? IS THAT NEXT MONDAY? IT IS THE. 
          WAS IT WAS IT EIGHT OR WAS IT NINE? I THINK IT WAS. I THOUGHT IT WAS AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          29TH. OH THE 29TH NOT THE. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE GOT SOME TIME. WE GOT THREE WEEKS. IT'S ON THE 29TH A WEEK AFTER OUR NEXT MEETING. I MEAN, Y'ALL COME NEXT WEEK, I'LL BE THERE ANYWAY. 
          9:00. SO 9:00, 9:00 ON THE 29TH. WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL CALL. WE'RE DOING IT OUT THERE SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE CONDITION AND LOCATION OF THE CURRENT PRECINCT BARN, AS WELL AS THE RAW LAND. THE ARCHITECT IS GOING TO BE THERE. HE'S GOT BIG ROLL OUT DOCUMENTS. I ASKED HIM TO PLEASE BRING MULTIPLE COPIES AND MARKERS SO WE CAN REALLY WANT EVERYBODY TO, TO HAVE SOME INPUT. I THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME BIG DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT PIECE OF THE PROPERTY WE DEVELOP FIRST, AND I'M THINKING THE DIRECTION FROM HIM HAS BEEN CLOSE TO THE ROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO BUILD FIRST, AND PICTURES AND CRAYONS WILL HELP THIS BUNCH. 
          YOU BET. HE'S BRINGING THE 64 PACK FOR YOU. RICK. I MAY HAVE SUGGESTED CRAYONS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT I WASN'T GOING TO REPEAT THAT IN BIG CHIEF TABLET. THE BIGGEST ONE. 
          THE OTHER ITEM IS GOING TO BE, I THINK THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT SERVICES DO WE WANT ON DAY ONE IN THE YEAR 2030, 2031, AND WHAT SERVICES WAIT TILL 2040 OR BEYOND? AND THAT HELPS DETERMINE WHEN BUILDING TWO BUILDINGS, FIVE BUILDINGS, ONE AT A TIME. I THINK THERE'S THERE'S SOME KIND OF BEGINNING STRUCTURAL QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ANSWER. AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ALL THE SAME INFORMATION AND HAVE INPUT AND IN THAT SETTING. 
          SO THAT'LL BE THE WORKSHOP IN THREE WEEKS. AND THEREFORE THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT TODAY OR AT OUR NEXT COURT. UNLESS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED COMES UP WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION RESULTING FROM ITEM WS2. WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED WS3. SO 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]
THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOPS. WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TWO ITEMS. ITEM S ONE GOVERNMENT CODE. SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY PENDING 
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LITIGATION. JAMES FARMER ET AL. VERSUS UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ET AL. CAUSE NUMBER 24 DASH CV DASH 01654 IN THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ITEM S THREE GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.072 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY ONE FIVE AND SEVEN EAST HENDERSON STREET, CLEBURNE, TEXAS ALL RIGHT. WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS 11:59 A.M. THERE IS NO ACTION RESULTING FROM ITEM S ONE, AND THERE IS NO ACTION RESULTING FROM ITEM S THREE. THOSE BEING THE LAST TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. UNLESS THERE'S ANY
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