Denton County Commissioners Court Courthouse on the Square 110 West Hickory, Denton, Texas * * * * * Formal Agenda Minutes
Not Official Minutes.  For official minutes, please contact the County Clerk at 940-349-2012.

November 30, 1999

Be it remembered that Commissioners Court of Denton County, Texas, met on this the 30th day of November, 1999, with Judge Kirk Wilson presiding. Commissioners Sandy Jacobs, Jim Carter and Jeff Krueger were present along with Deputy Clerk Kathleen Bransford when the following proceedings were had, to wit:

Court opened with an invocation by Dr. Perry Kemplin, Pastor of the Aubrey Church of Christ, followed by the Pledges of Allegiance to the American Flag and the Texas Flag led by Donna Stewart, Denton County Budget Officer.

Dr. Kemplin: Our Father and our God, help us this day to be sensitive to the fact that we have a togetherness and a sense of being a part of the entire human race and we have a basic kinship. Help us also to be sensitive to the fact that we are in a wondrous universe with all its infinities, all the goodness of it, all the wonder of the great diversities of life in it. Help us to know those things, our Father. And, our Father, we've been authorized government, we've been given the privilege and the responsibility and the care and the concerns out of self-government and of group government together. And we're grateful for that. We hope that we may meet these responsibilities well in Your sight. And, our Father, You've given us a marvelous nation. And of all of the governments of all of the ages, ours is the one most particularly a government of the people and by the people and for the people and we want it to be so. And we know at least dimly at times, and hopefully well at times, that decisions that seem even at times insignificant here have the possibility, we know this from the Book, of reverberating even around the world and through the ages. Help us, therefore, always to be sensitive and to be wise. We're grateful for our people who move into places of leadership. We pray for them. We pray Your blessings upon them and upon the people that they serve. Our Father, there are those who say that this nation may someday vote itself out of existence and out of the wonders of this nation. That could be. But, our Father, it's also quite possible for ourselves to vote ourselves into newer and more beautiful and more wonderful things then we have known before. May it be so. Bless us this day. We need Your care this day. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

ITEM 2 PUBLIC INPUT

W.S. Nash, Aubrey, Texas, spoke of his concerns on the Certificates of Obligation.
Mildred Hawk, Denton, Texas, stated she does not believe the jail expansion is necessary.
Thomas West, Denton, said that the CO's should be brought up for a vote.
Carolyn Phillips, Chairperson of the Southeast Denton Neighborhood Association, stressed the undue burden on her neighborhood of not only security issues with the jail being so close but also the added tax burden on houses that are devalued due to the jail expansion.
Ted Carthel, Denton, read the definition of the word "democracy" from the Funk and Wagnall's dictionary, contending that the court's action on not taking a vote is in direct violation of the spirit of that definition.
Ray Roberts, Sr., Denton, feels that this amount of money is too large, not to take it to the people for a vote.
Patsy Mizeur, President and Founder of the Flower Mound Voters for Conservative Spending, spoke of her group's concern that this had already been passed and their frustration over that possibility.
Brenda Rosenbaum, Denton, voiced her opposition and wondered where the urgency is in passing Certificates of Obligation without voter approval.
Debbie Banks, Sanger, Texas, questioned the benefits to the taxpayers in the CO's for jail expansion.
Tom Spencer, Shady Shores, Texas, expressed his belief that the factual basis of the need for more jail cells is false - the facts he has, shows that the jail inmate population has decreased.
Wallace DuVall, Denton, questioned the motive for housing out-of-county prisoners when it appears to him that there is a loss of $1.21 per day per inmate, and if this is incorrect he still questions whether or not the county should be in the jail business.
Richard Wilkinson, Ponder, criticized the court for their self-serving attitude.
Bill Brasfield, Denton, noted that the absence of blacks in authority positions within the county might be the reason his neighborhood always gets the less desirable buildings, like the jail.
Shirley Spellerberg, Mayor of Corinth, informed the court that at the last Denton County Republican Executive Committee meeting, she introduced a resolution calling for voter approval of the Certificates of Obligation.

ITEM 3 CONSENT AGENDA

5.A) Approval of orders appointing New Employees. (The appointments for November 30, 1999, have been posted and advertised; and interviews were conducted as set forth in the Denton County policies
adopted by the Commissioners Court, except as otherwise stated in the appointment orders. These appointments are within the budgetary restraints.) The following Orders were approved: Cecilia Dominga
Cook, Data Entry Clerk/Records Management; Rodrick Brown, ISP Probation Officer/Juvenile Probation; Dale Ray Nave, Sr., Driver/Equipment  Operator/Centralized Road & Bridge.

COUNTY CLERK

6.A) Approve the minutes for August 17, 1999, formal session - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

6.B) Approve the minutes for August 24, 1999, formal session - County Judge. (Briefing 11-2399)

6.C) Approve the minutes for August 31, 1999, formal session - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

SHERIFF

7.A) Approve the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for animal-control services with the Town of Argyle - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

7.B) Approve the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for animal-control services with the Town of Krugerville - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

7.C) Approve the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for animal-control services with the Town of Northlake - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

7.D) Approve the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for animal-control services with the Town of Lakewood Village - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

7.E) Approve the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for animal-control services with the Town of Shady Shores - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

NON-DEPARTMENTAL

10.A) Approve the use of the Commissioners Courtroom and Conference Room on Monday, January 17, 2000, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., for a public forum and judicial-candidates debate hosted by the Denton County Bar Association - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

LEGAL

11.B) Approval of Agreement and Addendum to Agreement between Denton County, Texas, and GTE Southwest, Incorporated, for CentraNet Services and authorization for County Judge to execute the same - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

11C) Approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for library services between Denton County and the City of Little Elm - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

11.D) Approval of Interlcoal Cooperation Agreement for library services between Denton County and the Town of Ponder - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)
11.E) Approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for ambulance services between Denton County and the City of Little Elm - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

11.F) Approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for ambulance services between Denton County and the City of Roanoke - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

11.G) Approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for fire-protection services between Denton County and the Ponder Volunteer Fire Department - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

11.H) Approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for fire-protection services between Denton County and the City of Pilot Point - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

11.I) Approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for fire-protection services between Denton County and the Justin Community Volunteer Fire Department - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

11.J) Approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for fire-protection services between Denton County and the City of Roanoke - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

11.K) Approval of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for fire-protection services between Denton County and the Argyle Volunteer Fire Department - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

Move to approve Consent Agenda by Comm. Jacobs, seconded by Comm. Krueger.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0751

ITEM 4 COUNTY AUDITOR

4. Approval of Bill Report.
(Payments from Adult Probation, Community Corrections, Pre-Trial Services and District Attorney Check Fee Fund are presented for recording purposes only.)

DELETIONS
1. from the General Fund, $400.00, for registration, delete per department;
2. from the Juvenile Probation Fund, $920.64, to Demco, Inc., incorrect amount.

ADDITIONS
Two out of the General Fund to Colony Resale for refrigerators - $131.25 & 43.75.

Move to approve Bill Report by Comm. Carter, seconded by Comm. Jacobs.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0752

ITEM 6 COUNTY CLERK

6.D) Approve the Denton County 1999 Holiday Wellness Program for all county employees - County Judge. (Briefing 11-23-99)

Move to approve by Comm. Jacobs, seconded by Comm. Carter.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0753

ITEM 7 SHERIFF

7.F) Approve the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for animal-control services with the Town of Copper Canyon - County Judge.

Move to approve by Comm. Krueger, seconded by Comm. Carter.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0754

7.G) Approve the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for animal-control services with the Town of Hackberry - County Judge.

Move to approve by Comm. Carter, seconded by Comm. Krueger.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0755

7.H) Approve the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for animal-control services with the Town of Double Oak - County Judge.
REPOST

ITEM 8 COUNTY PLANNING

8.A) Approve Tuesday, January 4, 2000, 9:10 a.m., at date and time to conduct a public hearing to consider and approve revisions to the Lake Ray Roberts Land Use Ordinance as requested by Mr. Ed Wolski, and recommended by the Lake Ray Roberts Planning and Zoning Commission - County Judge.

Move to approve by Comm. Krueger, seconded by Comm. Carter.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0756

8.B) Approval of January 11, 2000, at 9:00 a.m., as date and time to conduct a public hearing to consider and approve the replat of Lot 2, Block B, Breezy Acres, Precinct Four - County Judge.

Move to approve by Comm. Carter, seconded by Comm. Krueger.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0757

ITEM 9 STANDING ITEMS

9.A) Approval of any appropriate action regarding project development, construction progress, and change orders to ongoing Denton County Projects: Sheriff's Office/Jail, Centralized Road & Bridge, Carroll Building, Denton County Courts Building, Denton County Annexes, and future Denton County Satellite Facilities - Commissioners Court.

Move to approve Change Order #s 21,25,43,46,55 & 64 for a total amount of $725.00; CO # 44 for $3,753.00 and Change Order #s 25,35,24,41,46,16 & 48 for a total amount of $22,778.00 by Comm. Krueger, seconded by Comm. Jacobs.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0758

9.A) (1) Move to approve Potential Change Orders #68, $4,958.00, adjust restroom flooring; #88, $558.00, pipe insulation on existing chiller; #90, a deduct of some piping from the fire alarm system, $592.00; and, #89, a deduct of insulation of a phone enclosure, $100.00 by Comm. Jacobs, seconded by Comm. Krueger.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0759

9.B) Approval of any appropriate action regarding ongoing, planned, and proposed county and state transportation projects; Denton County's Better Safer Roads Program; and any necessary action regarding the modification of the Denton County Master Thoroughfare Plan - Commissioners Court.
NO ACTION

9.C) Approval of any action regarding Denton County boards and committees - Commissioners Court.
NO ACTION

ITEM 10 NON-DEPARTMENTAL

10.B) Approve authorizing the county judge to execute an interlocal agreement between the City of Denton and Denton County for the payment and use of hotel-tax revenue in support of the Denton County
Historical Commission.

Move to approve by Comm. Carter, seconded by Comm. Krueger.
Motion Carried 4-0-0
Court Order #99-0760

ITEM 12 LEGAL

For purposes permitted by Texas Government Code, Section 551.071 - Contemplated or Pending Litigation or Settlement Offer, Section 551.072 - Real Property, Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters, and Section 551.076 - Security.

Move to Convene in Executive Session by Comm Jacobs, seconded by Comm. Carter.
Motion Carried 4-0-0

CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
RECONVENE IN FORMAL SESSION

12.A) Real Property: Texas Government Code, Section 551.072: Real Property - Commissioners Court.

12.B) Deliberation regarding security procedures and devices - Texas Government Code, Section 551.076 -Commissioners Court.

12.C) Consultation with Attorney: Pending Litigation - Texas Government Code, Section 551.071 (1)(A) Tarrant County v. Denton County, pending in the District Court of Parker County, Texas 43rd Judicial District, Cause No. 44051 - Commissioners Court.

12.D) Consultation with Attorney: Pending Litigation, Texas Government Code, Section 551.071 (1)(A) Bruce and Rhonda Huther vs. Trustees of Sanger I.S.D. and LAMARC, Inc., et al. (including Denton County, Texas), Cause Number GC-97-00777-C, pending in the Probate Court of Denton County, Texas - County Judge.
NO ACTION ON ITEMS 12.A THROUGH 12.D

12.E) Consultation with Attorney: Potential Litigation, Texas Government Code, Section 551.071 (1)(A) Discuss possible appeal of Texas Department of Human Services notification of review findings regarding TX: 061-2003 - County Judge.

Judge Wilson stated, for the record, that Commissioners Court looks for a recommendation from the Juvenile Board but, at this time, the Civil Division of the District Attorney's Office recommends no appeal.

ITEM 15 ADJOURNMENT

Move to Adjourn by Comm. Carter, seconded by Comm. Krueger.
Motion Carried 4-0-0

This set of minutes prepared by Deputy Clerk Kathleen Bransford and reviewed by County Clerk Cynthia Mitchell.