1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Good morning
3 everybody. I'm going to call the meeting to order for
4 this 8th day of June, 1999. Judge Wilson and
5 Commissioner Carter are both in their State-mandated
6 training sessions and will not be here today and Judge
7 Wilson had asked me to preside as Judge today. Let's
8 start out today with our Invocation. We're very pleased
9 to have Pastor Jim Kelly here from the Morse Street
10 Baptist Church. And after the Invocation, it will be
11 followed by the the Pledges of Allegiance by Elmer
12 Russell. Let's stand please.
13 PASTOR KELLY: Thank you so much, Judge
14 Jacobs. Would you bow your heads please in respect as
15 we pray. Ever present, ever loving God, forgive the
16 times when we have failed to look and listen to Your
17 presence and love. Be patient with us as we attempt to
18 be more attune to You and more responsible to You.
19 Thank You, Heavenly Father, that You know exactly what
20 we need. Help us today to trust You to take care of
21 what we cannot understand. As Your Son, Jesus, came
22 seeking Your will, oh, God, so now we come to You. Help
23 us today to do Your will. We ask it in the name of
24 Jesus. Amen. Thank you so much.
25 (Thereupon, the Pledges of Allegiance
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1 were recited.)
2 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: This morning before
3 we go into public input, I'd like to also announce that
4 Judge Wilson had written a letter to me regarding the
5 Hot Mix Asphalt bid. And, members, that's Items both
6 6A and 16F on Executive Session and he had asked
7 that since he and Commissioner Carter will be absent
8 today that that be postponed until next week. And if
9 there's no objections, members, then I'd like to
10 postpone that as requested by the Judge.
11 The next item on the Agenda is public
12 input for items not listed on the Agenda and we have two
13 individuals who have signed up to speak. These are on
14 items that are not listed on the Agenda and they're not
15 posted. These are also items that the Commissioners
16 Court is restricted in discussing or taking any action
17 as stated by law. Mr. Willie Hudspeth would like to
18 come and speak to us. Mr. Hudspeth, please take the
19 podium. Mr. Hudspeth, our normal procedure is to allow
20 you three minutes for your comments.
21 MR. HUDSPETH: Okay. If you'll time me
22 and somehow let me know when I have one minute to go.
23 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Yes, sir.
24 MR. HUDSPETH: Okay. Commissioners, my
25 name is Willie Hudspeth. I live at 623 Newton. The
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1 item that I'd -- the subject I'd like to talk to you
2 about or the topic is the jail and how it's being
3 designed and just a perception from my community as to
4 how the Court views us. We're in southeast Denton,
5 low-income area, and what has been communicated to us
6 and quite of bit of buck-passing, and I thought I'd just
7 come to the head buck since this is where it all stops
8 supposedly.
9 What I'm talking about in specifics is we
10 attended two meetings having to do with the jail that's
11 being added onto in southeast Denton. First meeting, we
12 thought we were coming to give input that would be of
13 some use and that would be taken as something that's
14 viable and that we would be listened to. We were told
15 by the Sheriff and Mr. Bob Powell and the City, as a
16 matter of fact, who was there to tell us how it was
17 going to be constructed, that our input really meant --
18 well, carried no weight. I think that's the way it was
19 put. The County is going to do whatever it pretty well
20 darn wants to do. It wasn't put in those terms, but
21 pretty well came out that way and that southeast Denton
22 residents and neither did the City have very much to say
23 with what you could and you were going to do. The
24 second meeting went pretty much the same way. I went to
25 and several of us attended the Planning and Zoning
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1 Commission meeting. There we were told the same thing.
2 One additional thing happened at those
3 two meetings that I promise you the Committee that we
4 have formed and it will be more interesting, I think, to
5 the person that represents our district, we have decided
6 that we have just got to get more politically active
7 because you're not listening, someone's not listening.
8 We were very concerned that there was no emergency
9 response set up to take care of the kids at the Thomas
10 Rivera School. We were told that there was. At the
11 City Council meeting we were told that the principal,
12 Ms. Fidella Nunez, had been taken around and told what
13 the emergency response was going to be, only to find out
14 that she's not been told anything. When this prisoner
15 escaped, who's still at large right over near my house,
16 there was no -- the Sheriff came over, but they didn't
17 do anything, some of the people. There is no emergency
18 response set up for that area over there.
19 Well, what we've found and what we've
20 determined and we can see that nothing much is going to
21 be done about that area. It is an area that does not
22 seem to have much to do with what you're about here, as
23 I'm told. So I'm here today to say to you, we would
24 like an emergency response system set up so that the
25 kids that attend Thomas Rivera School can be protected
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1 if an inmate escapes. Number two, we would like some
2 design consideration of that facility that's going to be
3 put in place over there so that the children who live
4 there don't look across at it and say, this is where
5 we're headed. That's basically what's being said there.
6 And we would like to have some
7 consideration from you, Commissioners Court. We have
8 gotten none from the Sheriff's Department. We would
9 like some from you, Commissioners Court, to say that,
10 yes, we do count. Yes, we are citizens here in this
11 County. And, yes, our vote does count. You will find
12 out that our vote does count and I guess that's what
13 we'll have to do. I will be back next Tuesday to
14 continue what I'm saying today. Thank you.
15 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Mr. Hudspeth, thank
16 you for coming, number one. We do appreciate you taking
17 the time to be here. Mr. Hudspeth, I believe you're in
18 Commissioner Carter's district. I don't know if you've
19 had an opportunity to meet with him. I would like to
20 direct Pete Wrench, who is the Judge's Administrator, to
21 meet with you and get all the details of your concern
22 and at the same time, I would like staff to inform
23 Commissioner Carter, since he is not here today, of your
24 concerns and to make sure someone touches base with you
25 between now and next week, Tuesday.
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1 MR. HUDSPETH: Okay. Mr. Wrench, did you
2 say?
3 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Pete Wrench.
4 MR. HUDSPETH: Is he here?
5 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Yeah, he's here and
6 I'll have my administrator introduce him to you as you
7 leave, sir. And thank you for coming.
8 MR. HUDSPETH: Thank you.
9 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: You're welcome next
10 week if you like, sir. The next person who has signed
11 up under public input is Mildred Hawk. Ms. Hawk, good
12 morning. Good morning, Ms. Hawk. Even though we all
13 know you well, would you state your name and your
14 address, please?
15 MS. HAWK: Yes. Mildred Hawk, 220
16 Woodland, Denton, Texas. I want to talk to you about
17 the historic iron bridges that the Denton County owns.
18 I was talking, I gave a pamphlet out awhile ago and I
19 said, do you want to see my bridges. They reminded me
20 they were not mine but I feel like I'm their mother.
21 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: I can understand
22 that.
23 MS. HAWK: But what I want to talk about
24 is a program to, after the State says that we no longer
25 need to use them, that -- I'm working with the City of
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1 Denton to take them and put them in their parks, at one
2 of the parks here. The way I got into this was I was
3 watching City Council over the TV and they were talking
4 about the two bridges they've taken out at the east --
5 anyway, the little park, which meant the children
6 couldn't get to their baseball fields but they had no
7 money to replace them. And I said, well, we've got some
8 historic iron bridges that would go there and they would
9 be honored to have the very first ones to be transferred
10 into the City parks.
11 And since the City is doing all this
12 stuff of flood control, widening the things and taking
13 out bridges that exist, then if they've got the
14 dimensions of all of our 17 bridges and the ones that
15 the State has told us we can't use anymore, that we need
16 to get rid of, well, then I think they're real
17 interested in taking them now in the new parks. There's
18 going to be a park out on Ryan Road and that's where
19 we're going to put the County's kiln, the Historic
20 Commission's kiln. I mean, this is what our dreams are.
21 And it has a log cabin and then the Commission has been
22 given another log cabin, which I've got to go look at.
23 And then to have equestrian/pedestrian
24 trail clear to Acme Brick. This is the clay of Denton
25 County from which all the bricks are made. That would
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1 make a wonderful historic park and to do that we've got
2 to go across the little creek, which one of our bridges
3 just happens to fit. Anyway, I wish that the County and
4 the City could get together on a system. There's a lot
5 of schedules that's got to be meshed. But the thing is
6 that we don't want to lose not one of these bridges.
7 We've got the pink one out on 428 that we saved and
8 we've got another one we've saved and this would be two
9 more that we could save. And I think we've got two more
10 that have already been told by the State that we need to
11 replace them. And Jack tells me that we will probably
12 have two more this year.
13 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Ms. Hawk, I
14 appreciate your time and thanks for coming and thanks
15 for taking and putting in the effort and time that you
16 do in our community especially in the area of our
17 historical significant projects. We thank you.
18 Next item on the Agenda is Consent.
19 Members, as I've already -- oh, excuse me. We had one
20 more person that I believe had signed up. Sheriff, did
21 you have someone that is to be introduced this morning?
22 SHERIFF LUCAS: Steve Cutshaw wants to
23 make a small presentation to you.
24 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: All right. Steve
25 Cutshaw, good morning.
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1 DEPUTY CUTSHAW: How are you?
2 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: I'm fine.
3 DEPUTY CUTSHAW: Last January we received
4 a grant, a CJD grant from the Governor's office to take
5 our Juvenile Impact Program to a full-time basis where
6 it had been once a month and everyone that worked in it
7 was a volunteer. Now that we have a dedicated person to
8 it, for it, that being me, the program has more than
9 doubled the amount of children or young people that have
10 gone through it and have been impacted in a positive
11 way. The Juvenile Impact Program is a four-hour program
12 on Wednesday nights and it's a very confrontational
13 program for young people who have gotten themselves in
14 trouble or their behavior is indicating that they might
15 do so.
16 And during that four-hour period we've
17 made some changes. The second hour, after I have spoken
18 to them, they are confronted with their own peer group,
19 that being youths who are being detained in the Texas
20 Youth Commission. So they are hearing from their own
21 peers, as well as from adult inmates and this is having
22 quite an impact on them. I have quite a few letters
23 from parents recently who have written back and
24 expressed their gratitude for what it has done for their
25 child. Not only their child but their siblings who did
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1 not attend the program have been impacted with the kids
2 going home and saying, I've seen jail. I've seen what
3 it's like and my brother or sister is not going. You're
4 going to straighten up. So it's really been a positive
5 influence on them.
6 Thus far, we've put 151 young people
7 through the program and I've gotten many letter from
8 those parents. We are currently -- we're always
9 promoting the program. I have been in contact with
10 every principal and vice principal in the County, as
11 well as Constables, Municipal Judges, and JPs. A number
12 of those Judges have come to the program to see it and
13 have been very pleased. We've had a number of
14 physiologists come through the program and have
15 certainly given it a blessing on the way that we're
16 handling the program.
17 Inmates that we use to speak with the
18 kids are hand-picked by myself and I try to get people
19 who have done time in the Texas Department of
20 Corrections who can speak truthfully to the kids about
21 their behavior and where it's going to lead them. And
22 it's been working very well.
23 Just briefly, we have put together
24 statistics. I'll give you all a copy of this so that we
25 can identify a child at risk as early as possible.
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1 These statistics are showing me out of 151 kids, the top
2 four behavior problems are truancy, number one, alcohol,
3 drugs, and theft. The second two sheets on this show a
4 correlation between those. They show all the kids that
5 were truant are involved in one of the other behaviors.
6 This is broken down also by the child's -- by the
7 parent's background being whether another family member
8 has been arrested, the family of origin being extended
9 original, single or step, income levels of the parents,
10 and educational background of the parents. What
11 children are coming from what background doing what
12 behaviors. And without getting into all that, you can
13 read that for yourself. But there have been some very
14 interesting statistics come up that show our largest
15 drinkers are coming from degreed families, which was a
16 surprise to us. But if you have any questions, I guess
17 that's all I have.
18 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Members?
19 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: That picture looks
20 kind of familiar.
21 SHERIFF LUCAS: We kind of got Steve here
22 a little bit on a farce because he doesn't know that I'm
23 going to present him something today.
24 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: He's done a really
25 good job this morning, Sheriff. I mean, he's presenting
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1 us --
2 SHERIFF LUCAS: And we'll see how good a
3 job he's done. He's had a front-page article in Denton
4 Record-Chronicle. This program has been chosen by Texas
5 Attorney General, John Konan's Justice Crime
6 Intervention Division, State says a project for paradigm
7 for other counties. Other counties are now taking up
8 this project and I'm going to read this to you.
9 And the Juvenile Impact Program could not
10 be a success without the dedicated effort of Deputy
11 Sheriff, Steven Cutshaw. In February of 1999 this
12 innovative and resourceful juvenile justice program was
13 recognized by the National Service Association and
14 Deputy Steven Cutshaw was appointed the National Service
15 Association Award for merit for his work as project
16 coordinator for the Denton County Juvenile Impact
17 Program. Deputy Cutshaw was also nominated for the
18 National Service Association Deputy Sheriff of the Year.
19 There are only 25 of these given. He
20 doesn't know he's got it. We've had a little while but
21 I want to present it to you today the Award of Merit to
22 Deputy Steven J. Cutshaw, Denton County Sheriff's
23 office, Denton, Texas, National Service Association.
24 Plus they even sent you a little medal.
25 DEPUTY CUTSHAW: Well, wow. It's another
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1 three weeks until my birthday.
2 SHERIFF LUCAS: We've kind of thrown him
3 into it. He wanted it. And he's done an excellent job
4 and we, Denton County has been rewarded because of it.
5 Thank y'all for allowing us to be here today.
6 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Sheriff, thank you.
7 And, Deputy Cutshaw, let me say on behalf of the
8 Commissioners Court we congratulate you. We're so
9 pleased to have officers in the line of duty that takes
10 their job so seriously, especially in the area of
11 juvenile crime, which as you well know is the number one
12 problem that we have in the area. And thank you again,
13 Deputy. Would you like to say a few words?
14 DEPUTY CUTSHAW: Well, no. You don't
15 want to start that. It's not often that I'm kind of
16 speechless, but I really am kind of today.
17 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Well,
18 congratulations to you. Sheriff, thank you for sharing
19 that with us. We appreciate it.
20 Members, the Chair is going to take a
21 little liberty here before we go into the Consent items
22 and I'd like to jump to Item 14E. This is an item
23 that has to do with approving the appointment of Mr. Don
24 Blackwood to represent Denton County on the North Texas
25 Tollway Authority. I noticed that he and his wife are
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1 here in the audience today. Let me begin the discussion
2 by stating, first of all, that I would like to nominate
3 Mr. Blackwood for this position.
4 The reasons are pretty evident. Those of
5 you who have reviewed his resume and his bio, Mr.
6 Blackwood has been very active for over 25 years in
7 Denton County. He is an outstanding family man. He's
8 an outstanding businessman. He's been involved in the
9 community for a number of years and has received such
10 recognition as the Outstanding Community Service Award
11 in The Colony, Texas. He's also been very active in his
12 Public Works Association. He used to be an engineer.
13 He is President of the Equine Investment Properties.
14 He's Chairman of the Board of Blackwood and Associates.
15 He did a bang-up job as Vice-Chair of our Safer Roads
16 bond election and has been a charter member of so many
17 different organizations including the Metrocrest
18 Chamber, The Colony Chamber, Thoroughbred Association,
19 been past member and Executive Director of the Valwood
20 Improvement Authority, which, of course, addresses a lot
21 of infrastructure, as well.
22 So with that, members, let me, first,
23 then move to nominate Don Blackwood to represent Denton
24 County on the North Texas Tollway Authority. Is there a
25 second?
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1 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Second.
2 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have a motion
3 and a second by Commissioner Krueger. Is there
4 discussion on the item?
5 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: I'd just like to
6 say I'd welcome Mr. Blackwood and I've known Don for a
7 little over two years now and I know him to be a very
8 effective person when it comes to making decisions or
9 getting decisions made. So, Don, congratulations and we
10 wish you well in this very, very important appointment
11 to the NTTA.
12 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Don, we also have a
13 letter under discussion that I'm going to read from
14 Judge Wilson. He says, Dear Commissioner Jacobs, after
15 reviewing your nomination for the vacant directorship
16 position at the North Texas Tollway Authority left open
17 when I accepted the appointment for County Judge, I
18 fully support your conclusion that Mr. Don Blackwood be
19 appointed to the NTTA. Don Blackwood's knowledge and
20 experience regarding infrastructure will allow him to
21 make an immediate and positive impact if appointed to
22 the NTTA. I fully support nomination of Don Blackwood
23 and look forward to his leadership. Congratulations on
24 such a fine choice.
25 With that, members, I'll call for the
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1 question. All those in favor say aye. Opposed, nay.
2 Motion passes unanimously. Mr. Blackwood, if you would
3 come forward here, I have a little something for you
4 that's from me. Now, Don, we don't normally give gifts
5 for people we just appoint, but I have something a
6 little bit special for you here because I've known you
7 for so long. But before I give it to you I want to
8 recognize a couple of people who are here with you
9 today. First of all, your lovely wife, DeLois. DeLois,
10 stand up a minute. DeLois doesn't get a whole lot of
11 credit because she puts up with Don. That alone should
12 give her a lot of credit. But in addition to that,
13 DeLois is also active. She is a Board member of Texas
14 Ag Extension and is very active in her own right. And
15 then I think Lannie is here. Lannie is the City Manager
16 of The Colony. Jeff Meyer is here I believe. Jeff, a
17 new councilman. And John Gordon, is he here, too?
18 John, there you are. Stand up, John. Also a new
19 councilman from the City of The Colony.
20 Gentlemen, I think you're going to
21 appreciate this. I'm going to read something to you
22 because it reminded me of you and this is such a
23 prestigious position that you're going into. I want to
24 read something that was a quote that General Patton
25 stated. And he said that there are nine reminders that
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1 can be helpful in obtaining a sound sense of values.
2 And they are -- and this reminded me of you. And they
3 are the value of time, the success of perseverance, the
4 pleasure of working, the dignity of simplicity, the
5 power of kindness, the influence of example, the
6 obligation of duty, the wisdom of economy, and the worth
7 of character. Congratulations, Don.
8 Now, as your gift and I don't give these
9 away easily. Actually, I'm not giving it away. I'm
10 loaning it to you. These are my minutes from the North
11 Texas Tollway Authority and my paperwork and I'm going
12 to lend you -- so that y'all can see that, that is my
13 file right here and I'm going to lend you my file so
14 that you can hit the ground running. Congratulations,
15 Don.
16 All right. Let's go back to Consent
17 Agenda and that would be Item 3A. Members, we've
18 already stated that we'll be pulling 6A and 16F
19 until next week. What items, if any, do you-all want to
20 have pulled for additional information?
21 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Move approval of
22 Consent.
23 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have a motion
24 for Consent. Is there a second?
25 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Second.
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1 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: All those in favor
2 say aye. Opposed, nay. Passes unanimously.
3 All right. Next item on the Agenda is
4 the Bill Report, Item 4A, and I see that we have Betty
5 McBride here from the Auditor's office.
6 MS. MCBRIDE: Good morning. We have two
7 corrections to the Bill Report this morning. The first
8 one is out of Road and Bridge on page 20. Vendor No.
9 1295, Jack Wagner, that is an incorrect amount. It
10 should not be $299.84. The amount should be $390.79.
11 Our other correction is out of Fund 45 on page 43. This
12 is Vendor No. 1261, payable to Texas Chief Deputies
13 Association for $149.00. This payment should not be out
14 of the Sheriff's Forfeiture Fund but should be out of
15 the Sheriff's Officers Training Fund. So we're going to
16 go ahead and make the payments but just change the fund.
17 I also have three additions to the Bill
18 Report, two from General Fund. Both of these are for
19 registration fees and so we need to expedite payment.
20 The first is to Sandy Jacobs for $630.00. The second to
21 JPCA of Texas for $75.00. The last addition is from the
22 Sheriff's Officers Training Fund. It's also for a
23 registration fee and it's to SDC Sharing and the amount
24 is $300.00. Those are the corrections and additions we
25 have today.
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1 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Members, are there
2 any questions?
3 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: I'll move
4 approval.
5 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Second.
6 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have a motion to
7 approve the bills by Commissioner Krueger, a second by
8 Commissioner Armey. Any discussion? All those in favor
9 say aye. Opposed, nay. Passes unanimously.
10 All right. Members, let's see, that
11 takes us down to 8B under Human Resources. Mr.
12 Russell. This item is to approve the changing of the
13 job title of Slot #068 in the Sheriff's office from CID
14 Investigator to Sergeant-Narcotics.
15 MR. RUSSELL: This is a change in title
16 only. No change in job description. No change in
17 salary. And the Human Resources Department supports it.
18 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Okay. Thank you,
19 Mr. Russell. Any questions?
20 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Move approval.
21 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Second.
22 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have a motion
23 from Commissioner Armey, a second from Commissioner
24 Krueger. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed?
25 Passes unanimously.
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1 Next item is 11A, Centralized Road and
2 Bridge/vehicle maintenance. I'm not sure if I should be
3 calling on Mr. Wagner or Ms. Rivera-Worley because these
4 have to do with interlocal agreements and also approval
5 of the road paving project. Is Mr. Wagner here?
6 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Yes, he's
7 available to answer any questions if members have any.
8 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Okay. And do we
9 actually have the interlocal agreement? Commissioner
10 Krueger, I know these are your items. We do have the
11 approval of the road paving project because that was
12 faxed to me.
13 MS. RIVERA-WORLEY: I believe Ms. Looper
14 has placed those on your desk this morning.
15 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Okay. Commissioner
16 Krueger, since this is in your area, have you had an
17 opportunity to review those?
18 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Yes, I have.
19 Well, I've been working on them. I don't recall seeing
20 the actual contract.
21 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Mr. Wagner, why
22 don't you give your report on this item while we're
23 looking for the contract.
24 MR. WAGNER: Yes, good morning. This is
25 a request from the City of Krugerville for an ICA work
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1 to be done by Denton County. And in talking with
2 Commissioner Krueger and the City of Krugerville, we're
3 doing a matching funds out of the new Better Safer Roads
4 bond program and so Denton County will be paying for
5 half of the total construction costs and the City of
6 Krugerville will be paying half.
7 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: This is --
8 Commissioner Jacobs has had a question about whether we
9 had the actual ICA contract available and I didn't see
10 it.
11 MR. WAGNER: It should be here.
12 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: That's what I
13 thought.
14 MS. LOOPER: It was in last week's packet
15 so I didn't put it in again.
16 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Okay. That was the
17 same one we had last week then. All right. There were
18 no changes from it?
19 MS. RIVERA-WORLEY: What's different this
20 morning, Judge and Commissioners, is that we placed the
21 approval of the road paving project on the Agenda that
22 needed to go along with the actual ICA. That's what's
23 new. That's what's different.
24 MR. WAGNER: That's 11B.
25 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: All right. Very
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1 good. Commissioner Krueger, did you have a motion?
2 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Yes. I move
3 approval of Item 11A.
4 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have a motion.
5 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Second.
6 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: And a second from
7 Commissioner Armey. Any other discussion? Commissioner
8 Armey.
9 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Just to clarify for
10 the record, this is the City of Krugerville but that's
11 no relation to you, is it, Commissioner Krueger?
12 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: No. I don't have
13 to abstain, no.
14 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: All those in favor
15 say aye. Opposed, nay. Passes unanimously. Item
16 11B, Commissioner.
17 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Move approval of
18 Item 11B.
19 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Second.
20 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We've got a motion
21 from Commissioner Krueger, a second from Commissioner
22 Armey. All those in favor say aye. Opposed, nay.
23 Passes unanimously.
24 Next item is our standing items. The
25 first one is 13A which is approval of any appropriate
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1 action regarding project development, construction
2 progress, change orders to ongoing Denton County
3 projects, which includes the Sheriff's office/jail,
4 Centralized Road and Bridge, Carroll Building, Denton
5 County annexes, and future Denton County satellite
6 facilities. Mr. Brumley.
7 All right. While we're waiting on him,
8 let's go to the next item which is 13B. Is Mr.
9 Polster here?
10 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: I haven't seen
11 John this morning.
12 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Okay. He and Danny
13 have got to break up this meeting. All right. 13C,
14 is there anything on economic development projects? Mr.
15 Wrench.
16 MR. WRENCH: No.
17 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Okay. Anything
18 else, members? Item 13D, approval of any action
19 regarding Boards and Committees. Members, any items,
20 any action on that? All right. There will be none on
21 that.
22 And it's my understanding on
23 transportation that Mr. Polster has an update for us in
24 Briefing. Is there any action items that members have?
25 That means there will be no action on Item 13B.
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1 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: No, there is going
2 to be action.
3 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: There is going to
4 be action. Mr. Polster said Briefing only.
5 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Well, we've got to
6 make an amendment to an ICA that we have with the Town
7 of Flower Mound. He's supposed to have the information
8 on that.
9 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Okay. All right.
10 Then we'll wait for his return. Thank you, Commissioner
11 Armey. All right. Let's go to Item 14A. Item 14A
12 is to approve the acceptance of renaming The Colony
13 Senior Center to the Dick Weaver Colony Senior Center.
14 And this is Commissioner Krueger's item.
15 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Thank you,
16 Commissioner. This is an item that -- well, you're as
17 familiar with it as I am. This came from an idea -- Mr.
18 Weaver recently passed away. He was a long-time
19 resident of The Colony and actually worked a very, very
20 long time to bring The Colony Senior Center up to its
21 present day, its present site, and the way the building
22 is laid out. He's worked extremely hard on this. I
23 know Judge Wilson has stated to me informally that he is
24 very much in approval of this. We have worked with the
25 City of The Colony in conjunction with them since we
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1 actually leased the building, our old Government Center
2 to the City of The Colony and they, in turn, lease it to
3 the seniors, that they're very much in approval. In
4 fact, they passed a Resolution last night in support of
5 this.
6 So we would like to begin the process by
7 accepting this. And I spoke were Ms. Weaver Saturday at
8 Mr. Weaver's memorial service and the family will decide
9 -- will give us a decision made on whether they want it
10 named the Dick Weaver Colony Senior Center or the
11 Richard K. Weaver Colony Senior Center. But with this
12 process, we'll move forward. We'll get the lettering
13 purchased and have some type of formal ceremony this
14 summer, I think, in conjunction with the City's Fourth
15 of July celebration, as well. Commissioner Jacobs
16 attended with me on Saturday to Mr. Weaver's memorial
17 and we kind of broke the news to the crowd and everybody
18 was very excited about this. Mr. Weaver will be missed
19 a great deal in The Colony. And his activities in the
20 senior facility will be greatly missed, as well. With
21 that, I will move approval.
22 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: The Chair will
23 second that motion. Under discussion, let me say that I
24 wholeheartedly agree, Commissioner Krueger. This has
25 been your idea. I think it's a really good one and I
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1 know that the entire community in that area has
2 responded very positively to this. Is there any other
3 discussion on this item? Hearing none, I'll call the
4 question. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed?
5 Passes unanimously.
6 Okay. The next item on the Agenda, do we
7 have Mr. Wagner here? Let's go with Danny then. Danny,
8 I must be moving too fast today. Danny, 13A is our
9 standing item, approval of any action regarding project
10 development, construction projects, and change orders to
11 ongoing Denton County projects: the Sheriff's office,
12 Centralized Road and Bridge, the Carroll Building,
13 Denton County annexes, and future Denton County
14 satellite facilities.
15 MR. BRUMLEY: Good morning,
16 Commissioners. I've been in conversations with Hubert,
17 Hunt and Nichols and we are looking to delay three of
18 the bid openings for subcontractors for the Carroll
19 Building, which will be the mechanical, the framing, and
20 the floor covering. I don't like to call it lack of
21 interest. I think it's lack of there's too much work
22 out there and we're not getting a lot of bidders to turn
23 in. And we're looking to delay that a week and there
24 should be addendums sent out today.
25 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Okay. Are there
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1 any questions, members? All right, Danny. Is there any
2 other action you would like us to take? Thank you. Is
3 Mr. Polster back yet? All right. Let's go to the next
4 item.
5 The next item is No. 14C which is
6 approve the hiring of Kimberly Vanderbeek for County
7 Extension Agent in Family and Consumer Sciences.
8 Members, if you recall, we had an opportunity to hear
9 from the Texas Ag Extension office last week and had an
10 opportunity to meet Ms. Vanderbeek. Is there a motion
11 for her approval?
12 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: So move.
13 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Second.
14 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have a motion to
15 approve from Commissioner Armey, a second from
16 Commissioner Krueger. Any discussion on the item? All
17 those in favor say aye. Opposed, nay. Passes
18 unanimously.
19 The next item is approval of a Resolution
20 honoring the International Order of Odd Fellows and I
21 believe we have Mr. Howard who is here today. Mr.
22 Howard, why don't you come forward to the podium and
23 introduce yourself and give us your address and tell us
24 what position you take in this organization.
25 MR. HOWARD: I thank the Commissioners
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1 Court for this opportunity. My name is Don Howard with
2 Denton Lodge 82 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
3 We're honoring our lodge this week with its 140th
4 anniversary. This lodge was chartered June the 10th,
5 1859 and our original Noble Grand, our founding Noble
6 Grand was a man by the name of Otis Greenwood Welch.
7 Mr. Welch was a young man born in Maine, educated at
8 Yale University, came into Denton County in 1852 and,
9 because of his legal expertise, became Denton County's
10 really first County attorney.
11 He was the man responsible for platting
12 this County seat of Denton that we're now in. He also
13 was the founding Noble Grand of our lodge. They started
14 meeting informally in 1857 and they searched around and
15 found other members who happened to be Odd Fellows. And
16 it takes five, an odd number, to form. So they formed
17 the lodge and John Chisholm, one of the original --
18 well, the cattleman was an Odd Fellow from Paris, Texas
19 who had moved into the area. But our lodge has
20 continued all through these years.
21 As I look around the room and I see
22 pictures on the wall, most of those men were Odd
23 Fellows. We are a very quiet organization. We're given
24 a charge by Odd Fellowship to be faithful to our Country
25 -- faithful to our God, loyal to our Country, and
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1 fraternal to our fellow man. We believe that
2 friendship, love, and truth, along with faith, hope, and
3 charity brings universal justice for man and all men are
4 brothers in Odd Fellowship. All are created equal. We
5 allow no political, sectarian, or other improper debate
6 in the lodge and, as I say, we've been going 140 years
7 doing community service in this town.
8 We have sponsored youth baseball teams as
9 long as there have been organized youth baseball teams
10 in the community. We sponsor youth football. We
11 sponsor coed softball. Anything we're asked, generally
12 we support. We have a scholarship program we have set
13 up with Cumberland Presberterian Children's Home.
14 Odd Fellows was the very first fraternal
15 organization to establish a fraternity-owned hospital in
16 the United States. We're the only fraternal
17 organization that has a special deal each year where
18 wreaths are laid at the tomb of the unknown and our
19 Grand Master and other representatives of the Order go
20 to Washington, DC to do that.
21 Like all fraternal organizations, in the
22 1960's membership dwindled. I can tell you,
23 Commissioners, that this lodge is on the rise again. If
24 Jack Wagner will just sign his application and give it
25 back to me, we'll get him in there. He's had it for a
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1 while. But we are celebrating, as I say, our 140th
2 anniversary. We're the oldest ongoing fraternal
3 organization in Denton County, without question.
4 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Mr. Howard, I
5 really do appreciate you being here. I'm going to go
6 ahead and read this Resolution so we can go ahead and
7 take action on it. And then I'd like to, assuming that
8 it passes which I think it will, I'd like to present it
9 to you. It reads as follows:
10 WHEREAS, the Denton County Commissioners
11 Court understands the need to celebrate our Country's
12 rich heritage for servant leadership, and
13 WHEREAS, the Denton County Commissioners
14 Court further understands the need to promote good will
15 and decency among the people of our Country, and
16 WHEREAS, the Independent Order of Odd
17 Fellows have met those needs through their high level of
18 service to Denton County for 140 years, and
19 WHEREAS, there is a continual need for
20 services in these areas of relieving the distress,
21 visiting the sick, educating the orphan, burying the
22 dead.
23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the
24 Denton County Commissioners Court supports the
25 Independent Order of Odd Fellows and their initiatives
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1 as they continue to work on work that was started in
2 Denton County 140 years ago by civic leaders such as
3 Otis Welch, J.B. Fred, Hugh McKinsey, John Chisholm.
4 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the
5 Denton County Commissioners Court joins with the
6 Independent Order of Odd Fellows in celebrating the
7 Order's 140 years of service to Denton County.
8 Is there a motion to approve the
9 Resolution?
10 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: So moved.
11 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Second.
12 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have a motion by
13 Commissioner Krueger, a second from Commissioner Armey.
14 Is there any other discussion? All those in favor say
15 aye. Opposed, nay. Passes unanimously. Mr. Howard,
16 I'll give this to you. On behalf of Commissioners
17 Court, we appreciate your services. Thank you very much
18 for being here.
19 MR. HOWARD: Thank you. And I would like
20 to invite the Commissioners Court to our lodge hall
21 Thursday night as we celebrate. We'll be beginning at
22 8:30. You're all welcome. Thank you.
23 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Thank you, Mr.
24 Howard. Is Mr. Polster here?
25 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: He's going to have
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1 that language ready for next week.
2 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: All right. Is
3 there any other action, Commissioner Armey, that you
4 have on this item? Mr. Polster, is there anything else
5 in Briefing then?
6 MR. POLSTER: No, ma'am.
7 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Thank you, Mr.
8 Polster. We appreciate it. Then there's no action
9 under Item 13B.
10 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Your Honor, if it
11 will -- can I back up on an item that we addressed under
12 Consent because we have some guests here today under
13 Item 14B.
14 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: All right. Very
15 good.
16 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: If that's
17 appropriate.
18 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: That would be very
19 appropriate, Commissioner. Why don't you go ahead and
20 take the lead and tell us what you'd like.
21 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: I would like to
22 recognize Ms. Rebecca Parker from the Ag Extension
23 office and I think she can recognize the guest that she
24 has with her, as well.
25 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Ms. Parker, please
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1 come to the podium. Well, come on. Come on. Let's
2 not be shy, y'all. We're not that formal.
3 MS. PARKER: Y'all have a Resolution that
4 I know that Commissioner Krueger has put forth here. Do
5 I read that?
6 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: If you will, yes.
7 MS. PARKER: Okay. This is a product of
8 the activities of the newly-formed Denton County Water
9 Council and an effort in the area of planning for
10 development issues as they pertain to water management,
11 water conservation, as well as drought management. I
12 know the drought impacted us severely last year and this
13 was put together to try to consolidate our resources and
14 more aggressively address a lot of those concerns which
15 are, for the most part, very paramount in this County.
16 The Resolution reads:
17 WHEREAS, Denton County, Denton County
18 Economic Development Commission, and the Denton County
19 Office of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service share
20 a commitment to support our area's economy and
21 pleasurable lifestyle; and
22 WHEREAS, water is a precious natural
23 resource whose abundance and quality cannot be taken for
24 granted; and
25 WHEREAS, Denton County's municipalities,
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1 water authorities, and other regulatory agencies share
2 the responsibility for providing amble quality water
3 supplies for all; and
4 WHEREAS, the National Weather Service is
5 predicting another unprecedented summer drought for the
6 north central Texas that can be expected to ravage our
7 lands and livestock, as well as threaten some of our
8 water supplies.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Denton
10 County Commissioners Court unanimously encourages
11 collaboration and initiatives on the part of the public
12 and private sectors in order to prepare for and manage
13 any drought conditions expected to occur this year and
14 in the years ahead. And that the Denton County
15 Commissioners Court joins with the Denton County
16 Economic Development Commission, Business Leaders
17 Council, and Denton County Office of the Texas
18 Agricultural Extension Service in hosting a County-wide
19 water summit on June the 30th in which everyone is urged
20 to come together to discuss how to best manage drought
21 and water conservation issues now and in the future.
22 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Very good. Thank
23 you very much. Commissioner Krueger.
24 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Dr. Shepherd is
25 also the Event Chair.
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1 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Dr. Shepherd, would
2 you like to say a few words?
3 DR. SHEPHERD: Thank you. I didn't come
4 prepared to say a few words but I'm never at a short for
5 words so I'll chip in here. I do think, particularly
6 from an economic development standpoint and from an
7 agricultural standpoint, that water quantity and water
8 quality have become more and more important. I think
9 they will continue to become a more important issue as
10 Denton County develops. I think it's imperative that we
11 make some plans. If we didn't have Lake Ray Roberts
12 we'd be in a tremendous amount of pain and suffering for
13 lack of water. That happened, started happening 20 or
14 30 years ago and if we don't start now with some water
15 conservation efforts, then these massive developments
16 that we've got going in Denton County are going to
17 create some real problems for us. So that's what we're
18 trying to do, as well as help the agricultural industry
19 conserve some of its water.
20 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Thank you, Doctor.
21 Appreciate your time.
22 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Members, we also
23 have -- I have some brochures that Ms. Parker has
24 provided for me and I would encourage each of you to
25 fill one out and attend this very important summit. And
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1 as important as this is, you want to be sure and bring
2 your assistants with you and your administrators because
3 we're going to be fielding a lot of questions this
4 summer and I think everyone needs to be able to answer
5 some of the questions that we're fielding. So I believe
6 it's very important that we all attend.
7 I know that I'm really encouraged by
8 what's already been accomplished. The Upper Trinity has
9 been very involved in this process and, as we all know,
10 I think they're going to be the ones that lead us in our
11 water effort into the distant future. So I'm very
12 encouraged by that. I want to welcome Ms. Watkins,
13 Sherri Watkins here from the Economic Development
14 Commission and their activity in it has been very --
15 they've graciously agreed to help sponsor this event, as
16 well. So we're well represented on this Water
17 Commission.
18 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We appreciate
19 you-all being here and I notice you've given us all
20 pamphlets and brochures and I'm going to go ahead and
21 place mine in the lobby of our Government Center in
22 Carrollton. And I'd recommend that we make sure that we
23 get enough brochures to all of our government centers so
24 that it's readily available to everyone.
25 I want to thank you-all for your effort.
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1 I know this is going to be time consuming and I know
2 that your vision will pay off in the long run. I
3 particularly want to thank Commissioner Krueger because
4 I know he's taken a leadership role in this effort and I
5 look forward to attending. Thank you very much.
6 MS. PARKER: And I know we would like to
7 voice our thanks to Commissioners Court for their
8 support of these planning efforts and their pro-active
9 means of helping us address some of these issues before
10 they are major problems. And there are several of the
11 brochures back here on the table for those in attendance
12 who would like to grab one and take a look at them.
13 Thank you for your support of these water management
14 issues.
15 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Great. Thanks for
16 being here. We appreciate it. Members, it would appear
17 that the only items that we have left for action are
18 Executive Session items. And in following with Judge
19 Wilson's procedure, I'd like to go ahead and quickly
20 recess from Formal Agenda and go into Briefing before we
21 take on our Executive Session items. We are recessed
22 from our Formal Session.
23 (Thereupon, the Court convened in
24 Briefing Session.)
25 (Thereupon, the Court reconvened into
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1 Formal Session.)
2 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have reconvened
3 from our Briefing. Last item is our Executive Session.
4 For purposes permitted by Texas Government Code, Section
5 551.071, contemplated or pending litigation or
6 settlement offer; Section 551.072, real property;
7 Section 551.074, personnel matters; Section 551.075,
8 conference with employees; and Section 551.076,
9 security.
10 Item 16A, real property;
11 16B, conference with employees;
12 16C, security procedures and devices;
13 16D, consultation with attorney,
14 pending litigation, Tarrant County v. Denton County;
15 16E, consultation with attorney,
16 pending litigation, Value Added Communications, Inc.;
17 16F, we've already taken off the Agenda
18 for next week;
19 And then we have an addendum, 16G,
20 which is consultation of attorney, pending litigation
21 for John R. Warren v. Beck Kerbow and Robert Lybrand,
22 which is JP Court #3.
23 Is there a motion to go into Executive
24 Session?
25 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: So moved.
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1 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Second.
2 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have a motion by
3 Commissioner Krueger. We have a second by Commissioner
4 Armey. All those in favor say aye. Opposed, nay.
5 Passes unanimously. We'll be Executive Session after a
6 five-minute recess.
7 (Thereupon, the Court convened in
8 Executive Session.)
9 (Thereupon, the Court reconvened into
10 Formal Session.)
11 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Members, we have
12 completed our Executive Session. Under real property,
13 Item 16A, there's no action.
14 Under 16B which is conference with
15 employees; there's no action.
16 16C; there's no action.
17 Under 16D which is Tarrant County v.
18 Denton County; there's no action.
19 And under 16E, the Chair would like to
20 recognize our District Attorney, Bruce Isaacks.
21 I understand you have some good news for us.
22 MR. ISAACKS: Yes. May it please the
23 Court, I didn't want to pass this opportunity up. I
24 usually come over here to tell you I've got to have more
25 money because I can't compete with other people and
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1 we're losing good employees or I come over here to be
2 the bearer of bad news. And today I've brought some
3 good news and I wanted to take advantage of it.
4 This is in regards to the Value Added
5 Communications contract that we had at the Sheriff's
6 Department for telephone service back in the early 90's.
7 As you'll remember, they got into Denton County for
8 quite a bit of money and filed bankruptcy. At one point
9 we thought we were going to be able to get 15 cents on
10 the dollar. I think the total amount of money that
11 we're talking about was $255,000.00. And we thought we
12 were going to get 15 cents on the dollars and we did get
13 a check for 15 cents on the dollar and today we got
14 another distribution that I can turn over to y'all.
15 It's for $50,712.00 and that's going to be 21.13 percent
16 distribution and that's going to be the end of the money
17 we're getting out of this problem. So we ended up
18 recovering 36.13 percent and I'm going to turn that over
19 to you, Commissioner Jacobs, and you can give it to the
20 proper authorities. That's all the money we're going to
21 get. I wish there was more.
22 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Well, Mr. Isaacks,
23 let me tell you, first of all, on behalf of the Court,
24 we appreciate visits like this and anytime that you'd
25 like to bless the Court with a visit like that, we'd
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1 sure appreciate it. I also would like to congratulate
2 the District Attorney's office on this. I know y'all
3 worked very hard. It's much higher than what we had
4 anticipated.
5 And this, I believe, is in addition to
6 another check we've already received which was in excess
7 of over $30,000.00. So we're looking at in excess of
8 $80,000.00 then for this particular case. I'd also like
9 to thank Beth Fleming on this. I know there was quite a
10 bit of work done out of the Purchasing office. Members,
11 if you have anything else -- do we need to take a motion
12 to accept this or can I just take this home with me and
13 put it on a wall?
14 MR. ISAACKS: I believe it has to be
15 turned over to the General Revenue Fund. And the first
16 check 15 percent. That was for $36,000.00 even, the
17 first check was. So it's going to be a little over
18 $86,000.00.
19 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Yeah, great.
20 MR. ISAACKS: So next time I'm over here
21 needing some more money, you know, to help my people out
22 with, remember today.
23 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: I noticed you
24 looked at Scott when you said that.
25 MR. ISAACKS: Thanks for letting me come
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1 before you.
2 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: This helps you to
3 maybe get even.
4 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Thank you, Mr.
5 Isaacks. Mr. Schell, do we need to take action on this
6 or just accept it?
7 MR. SCHELL: No. There is no action
8 required.
9 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Great. Then I'm
10 going to officially turn it over to the Auditor's
11 office. Let that be part of the record.
12 The next item on the Agenda is Item
13 16G, since we're holding 16F until next week, and
14 that's consultation with attorney, pending litigation,
15 John R. Warren v. Beck Kerbow and Robert Lybrand. Mr.
16 Schell.
17 MR. SCHELL: Thank you, Commissioner.
18 Commissioners. We would just recommend that this matter
19 be assigned to the District Attorney Civil Division in
20 order to provide a defense for Judge Kerbow.
21 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: Okay. And,
22 members, is there a motion?
23 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: So moved.
24 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: Second.
25 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: We have a motion by
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1 Commissioner Krueger, a second by Commissioner Armey.
2 Any other discussion? All those in favor say aye.
3 Opposed, nay. Passes unanimously.
4 Members, I don't see anything else left
5 on the Agenda. Staff, is there anything that we need to
6 cover that we haven't covered? All right. Hearing
7 none, is there a motion to adjourn?
8 COMMISSIONER ARMEY: So moved.
9 COMMISSIONER KRUEGER: Second.
10 COMMISSIONER JACOBS: A motion by
11 Commissioner Armey, a second by Commissioner Krueger to
12 adjourn. All those in favor say aye. Passes
13 unanimously. Thank you all very much. We're adjourned.
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