ill .I".G LL1 ~ Y31't 7:11 ,.^-~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COMMISSIONERS COURT Special Session December 28, 1998 9:00 a.m. Commissioners Courtroom Kerr County Courthouse Kerrville, Texas PRESENT: ROBERT A. DENSON, County Judge H. A. "BUSTER" BALDWIN, Commissioner Pct. 1 T. H. "BUTCH" LACKEY, Commissioner Pct. 2 JONATHAN LETZ, Commissioner Pct. 3 BRUCE OEHLER, Commissioner Pct. 4 i"'~ . ,.-~ L_ 1 2 3 9 5 III 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 25 ill Il. rll ~1. l Ydl l { Bill I N D E X PAGE Award Service Pins 3 1.1 Pay Bills 7 1.2 Budget Amendments 7 1.3 Late Bills - 1.9 Approve and Accept Monthly Reports 7 2.1 Final Replat - Lot 2, H. Cooper Subdivision 8 2.2 Preliminary Plat - Vista Ridge Subdivision 9 2.5 Extension Office parking area - base material 10 2.6 TDH Grant contracts - AED equipment 11 2.7 Designate day care centers as recipients, Child Care Initiative Funds 13 2.8 Purchase of ticket booths from Women's Chamber 15 2.4 Accept roads for County maintenance - Hi Line Drive & Looker Drive, Hills-n-Dales subdivision 20 Reporter's certificate 25 s"~ 2 II il' le H YYII ~. hill 1 r. 1 On Monday, December 28, 1998, at 9:00 a.m., a Special 2 Session of Commissioners Court was held in the Commissioners 3 Courtroom, Kerr County Courthouse, Kerrville, Texas, and the 9 following proceedings were had in open court: 5 P R O C E E D I N G S 6 JUDGE DENSON: Good morning. It's December the 7 28th, 1998. It's 9:00 a.m., or just a minute or so after. 8 Looks like we have a real good turnout this morning for our 9 meeting after what part of the holidays have already expired, 10 and that's good. We welcome all of you. We like to see 11 everybody back from Christmas with a smiling face and healthy 12 and all that. So, welcome to our Court this morning. As 13 usual, we have an invocation and a pledge of allegiance to 14 lead off our meeting, and one of the distinguished gentlemen 15 in the crowd this morning is going to lead us in prayer, 16 Judge Ables. I'm glad to see him, and I'll ask him if he 17 will stand in for me, because it is my turn to lead us in 18 prayer. So, Judge Ables? Please stand. 19 (Prayer and pledge of allegiance.) 20 JUDGE DENSON: Okay, thank you very much. Thank 21 you, Judge Ables. 22 COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Tommy said he wouldn't be 23 here till about 9:30. 24 JUDGE DENSON: We have a special part of our 25 Commissioners Court meeting this morning that I want to take 3 wil,','Id 4Yu 1 WI i A wl 1 L. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 25 up at this time, and that's to hand out some service pins and recognize some individuals that have, over the years, given outstanding service to the County, and a big pant of their life, in carrying out the functions of County government. We did this at our Commissioners Court for the Chzistmas luncheon, and through error, oversight on my part, overlooked some people, and I apologize for that. And, so, this morning I wanted to pick up with those names, those individuals that we did miss, and recognize them for their outstanding service. So if I may, 5-year service, Pamela Hicks. (Applause.) JUDGE DENSON: Thank you. MS. HICKS: Thank you. JUDGE DENSON: Mable Neal. (Applause.) JUDGE DENSON: Thank you very much. MS. NEAL: Thank you. JUDGE DENSON: James Hicks. (Applause.) JUDGE DENSON: Thank you, James. Lauzinda Boyd? Was she able to make it this morning? (No response.) JUDGE DENSON: No. Is Kenny Bode here? (No response.) `~ ~ ~ 4 III ii, I tl , i dll '. I;lil 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 25 JUDGE DENSON: Okay. And then 15-year service to Ingrid Kruse. (No response.) JUDGE DENSON: All right. Back to a 5-year p in, Lisa McClellan. (No response.) JUDGE DENSON: All right. A 10-year service pin to Glenn Holekamp. (Applause.) JUDGE DENSON: This is special to me because Glenn, of course, served as a C ommissioner during my first two years in office. Thank you ve ry much. MR. HOLEKAMP: Appreciate it. JUDGE DENSON: Becky Henderson. And this is special, too. I've know n Becky for a long time. She's one of the right arms of the District Judge's office. (Applause.) MR. HENDERSON: Thank you. JUDGE DENSON: Judge Ables. (Applause.) JUDGE ABLES: Thank you. JUDGE DENSON: Mindy Williams. COMMISSIONER B ALDWIN: Is that a 5-year pin? JUDGE ABLES: A 2-year pin. COMMISSIONER B ALDWIN: 2-year pin? 5 III IIV ..I i YII ', d..41 L ~,~", 1 2 3 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 25 JUDGE DENSON: All these are 10 years that I'm handing out. Mindy Williams? (No response.) JUDGE DENSON: Mindy's not available. Sheriff Kaiser. (Applause.} JUDGE DENSON: This is also very special to me. I started out years ago as County Attorney with Sheriff Kaiser. Thank you. Carrol Golden. (Applause.) JUDGE DENSON: Congratulations, Goldie. MR. GOLDEN: Yes, sir, appreciate it. JUDGE DENSON: Yes, sir. John Lavender. (Applause.) JUDGE DENSON: Congratulations to you. And Michael Jackson. (No response.) JUDGE DENSON: Jody Johnson. (Applause.) JUDGE DENSON: Okay. Then the last one, and this is a 30-year service pin, the only one that I will hand out this morning. But, before I name the person and hand that out, I mean, that's truly outstanding, someone that's worked with our County government for 30 years. I mean, they've given a great part of their life to our community and our 6 'Ili I d. ll..i 911 '~ l:lii lam. 1 2 3 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 25 County, and so it's with special pride I hand this pin out to our District Clerk, Linda Uecker. (Applause.) MS. UECKER: It really doesn't seem like 30 years, to tell you the truth. Seems like yesterday. JUDGE DENSON: I heard some smart comments from some of the Commissioners. They said that that's when you've been here too long, when 30 years seems like yesterday. MS. UECKER: I know who it was. JUDGE DENSON: Okay. That's all the service pins. That will complete that. Thank you. Judge, again, thank you. Thank y'all for coming. MS. UECKER: Thank you, gentlemen. JUDGE DENSON: Thank you. JUDGE DENSON: Okay, gentlemen. First business matter up is pay bills. We have our Auditor here now. Do we have questions? Comments? Motions? COMMISSIONER LETZ: Motion to pay the bills. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second. That includes Indigent Health, doesn't it? COMMISSIONER LETZ: Correct. JUDGE DENSON: I can tell that it is the meeting shortly after Christmas and right before the end of the year, because we don't have any questions. I'm flabbergasted. Okay. We have -- all in favor? r-~ ~ ~ 7 Ill 'II'I ~ li ' i All. l A:lII L _ 1 I 2 3 9 5 II 6 7 8 II 9 10 11 12 13 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 25 (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.) JUDGE DENSON: Budget amendments. MR. TOMLINSON: I have one for County Court at Law. Transfer $355 from Court-Appointed Attorneys line item to Liability Insurance for the payment of a bond for Judge Brown. COMMISSIONER LACKEY: So moved. COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second. JUDGE DENSON: Questions? Comments? All in favor? (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.) JUDGE DENSON: Late bills? MR. TOMLINSON: I don't have any. JUDGE DENSON: Okay. We have some reports. We need to approve and accept monthly reports. COMMISSIONER LETZ: So moved. COMMISSIONER LACKEY: Second. JUDGE DENSON: I've got a motion and second. Further questions, comments on that? All in favor? (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.) JUDGE DENSON: All right. At the top of the agenda, 2.1, consider final replat of Lot 2 of H. Gooper Addition. Our County Engineer, Franklin Johnston. MR. JOHNSTON: Good morning. JUDGE DENSON: Good morning. MR. JOHNSTON: The H. Cooper Addition subdivision 8 Ili. i~iq «.I i. I YII ... I.lig 1 2 3 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 25 is complete, and I recommend approval. COMMISSIONER OEHLER: So moved. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second. JUDGE DENSON: Further questions? Comments? All in favor? (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.) JUDGE DENSON: Okay. 2.2, consider preliminary plat for Vista Ridge Subdivision in Precinct 2. County Engineer, Lee Voelkel. MR. JONNSTON: Mr. Lackey and I were out on the site several weeks ago and we drove over the area. That was before they actually did the preliminary plat. And, now the plat's in. It seems to meet with all the requirements. I have no problem. I think the developer's here, if there's any -- any questions you have for him. COMMISSIONER LACKEY: I move that we accept it. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second. JUDGE DENSON: I've got a motion and second. Further questions, comments on this subject? All in favor? (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.) JUDGE DENSON: We're moving so is fast this morning, I think Tom Pollard may be slow arriving. But, 2.9 -- maybe there's someone else here on that -- consider and discuss acceptance for County maintenance of that portion of West Hi Line Drive and Looker Drive in Hills-n-Dales ~ ~~ 9 ill' I'W.i Ld ' Y41 l .I c,lll ~..~ 1 Subdivision. Anyone want to speak on that subject matter? 2 {No response.) 3 JUDGE DENSON: Let's pass on that, gentlemen, and 9 -- and we'll revisit that in a minute. Next is 2.5, consider 5 and discuss authorizing Road and Bridge to apply base 6 material in parking area of the Extension Office. 7 Commissioner, Precinct 3. 8 COMMISSIONER LETZ: What that was, during budget we 9 talked about putting some base material -- or, actually, we 10 talked about paving part of that parking lot there. It's the 11 area right in front of the Ag Extension Office. And, we 12 thought we had left it out of the budget. I met with Tommy 13 this morning and I also talked with Glenn, and it appears we 14 did actually put it in the budget under -- was it Grounds and 15 Maintenance? -- Grounds and Maintenance for the Ag Barn. So, 16 it was actually in the budget, $3,000 that's required for the 17 material. And I don't know that we actually need a motion. 18 I mean, Leonard said they'd do it. Do we need a motion to 19 ask -- or direct Road and Bridge to do the actual work? 20 JUDGE DENSON: It wouldn't hurt anything. We have 21 the money there. We've already discussed it and, in effect, 22 by approving the budget, we've approved the work, so -- but 23 let's go ahead and take action. 29 COMMISSIONER LETZ: I make a motion to authorize 25 Road and Bridge to put base material in front of the Ag r"~ 10 air ~; ~a_ ; of i. .o r^ ~^ 1 2 3 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Extension Office prior to the stock show. COMMISSIONER OEHLER: I second that motion. JUDGE DENSON: Any questions, comments on this? All in favor? {The motion was carried by unanimous vote.) JUDGE DENSON: Okay. 2.6, consider and discuss approving TDH grant contracts, that's matching grants for AED equipment for First Responders, and authorize County Judge to sign same. Ron Derrick was with us. I saw him -- there he is, standing -- he's already taken the lectern. Okay, Ron. MR. DERRICK: This grant was a -- each year we put in for TDH grants, one year for EMS, one for First Responders. This year it's First Responders' turn. We put in automatic external defibrillators; that's what AED stands for. We got money from Senate Bill 102 back in August for -- right at $6,000, and we did purchase two. One is in Ingram and one is in Center Point. What we would like to do, we put in this grant money for $6,500. That's a matching grant. In other words, for that grant to be good, we have to come up with $6,500. That was the main reason behind the plea in the paper this past holiday season. We've already had multiple calls of people wanting to give to this -- to this good project. So, what we are trying to do is purchase four more with this grant money, and and those are going to be placed in other regions of the County. And it's just the beginning. 11 III liq; '~I ~i 01 '~. .L. ~I r"~ r 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 We're looking at possibly getting with -- well, we've already talked to Sheriff Kaiser; she's all for it. She has some problems with liability issues, which that's not a problem; we can work that out. But we -- we would like to move on to get these in each of the Sheriff's deputy's cars eventually, but for right now, we have a -- the $6,500 grant. We're asking for y'all's -- to give your blessing to the County Judge to sign this. And, we're working through private donations, no County money at all for the matching portion of it. COMMISSIONER LETZ: Sounds good to me. So moved. COMMISSIONER LACKEY: Second. JUDGE DENSON: I've got a motion, got a second. Further questions? Comments? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I got a comment. JUDGE DENSON: Yes, sir? COMMISSIONER HALDWIN: Could we have -- could I ask you to come back the first meeting in January, please, to give a report to the Commissioners Court, the new court, on the First Responder program? Thank you. MR. DERRICK: Yeah. January what? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I don't know. I'll notify you. MR. TOMLINSON: 19th. MR. DERRICK: 19th? It's not a problem. 12 i as ~; ur; ¢ a~a C~ 1 JUDGE DENSON: Okay. All in favor? 2 (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.) 3 JUDGE DENSON: Thank you, Ron. Thank you very 9 much. I read the paper -- actually had sort of a preliminary 5 report on this. Okay, 2.7, consider and discuss designating 6 day care centers as recipients of Child Care Initiative funds 7 as a result of a contract between Texas Workforce 8 Development, Inc., and Kerr County. I think this is a 9 subject that was discussed at the last meeting. It wasn't on 10 the agenda, but it was in the context of approving the 11 contract. And, we approved the contract, sent on it down to 12 Workforce Development for final approval on their part. But, 13 I think this morning what we want to do is designate two 14 child care centers as recipients of Child Care Initiative 15 funds here locally, one being Sunshine Day Care Center, and 16 the other one -- 17 MR. WILLIAMS: Sunshine Inn. 18 JUDGE DENSON: Sunshine Inn? And the other -- 19 MR. WILLIAMS: Kerr County -- 20 JUDGE DENSON: Kerr County Day Care. And I don't 21 see Ms. Wade here, but I do see Ms. Chapman. Would you like 22 to speak on this subject? 23 MS. CHAPMAN: The only thing that we have talked 24 about is possibly needing to -- in the actual wording of the 25 resolution that y'all do -- or the agreement, being maybe a 13 i14 I'd ~ dl III All 4 Ai;f r-- 1 2 3 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 little more generic. They may be -- A.W.D.B. may be asking for a little more generic, rather than listing us explicitly, individually. It may just need to be where it's a little more generic, where any other center in town could come in and set up their own program also. That's the only thing we had. And I think you've got a copy of our other comments that we had, questions about the contract. JUDGE DENSON: Yeah, that's already been forwarded along with the contract. MS. CHAPMAN: Yeah. JUDGE DENSON: To Workforce Development. MS. CHAPMAN: Right. JUDGE DENSON: For them to consider those comments. MS. CHAPMAN: Those comments. That's the only thing I think that we have, is just to -- maybe we need to check the possibility of it needing to be more generic than specific listing us, because it may make them -- they're still concerned about a parent-choice issue, and just need to maybe make it a little more generic. JUDGE DENSON: Do you have proposed language? Commissioner-elect Williams? MR. WILLIAMS: Judge, I think the way the new language was written in the contract takes care of the concern that Ms. Chapman had about the contract specifying whoever. The issue was raised that the contracts between 19 Ill I; V i I I .I I Af~ G ,1 t Cl .~-~ l~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A.W.D. and a particular County cannot specify the recipients of those particular monies, but a Court order can. That's why the language was changed in the contract. The language itself is generic, but the Court order can be specific. MS. CHAPMAN: Okay. That's -- that's further clarification than what I've received since the last time. So, you can be specific with this. MR. WILLIAMS: With the Court order. MS. CHAPMAN: With the Court order. JUDGE DENSON: I make a motion that we approve -- or, excuse me, I'll make a motion that we designate at this time Sunshine Inn and Kerr County Day Care Center as recipients of Child Care Initiative funds for Workforce Development. COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second. JUDGE DENSON: That's my motion, and I've got a second. Further questions? Comments? All in favor? (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.) JUDGE DENSON: Okay. 2.8, consider and discuss purchase of ticket booths from Women's Chamber. Is there anyone here on that? (No response.) JUDGE DENSON: Okay. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Surely not. JUDGE DENSON: Well -- 15 6 f V ~ !d elI A!i G A: II ,~~" r 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Barbara said she would. COMMISSIONER LETZ: She's kind of quiet. JUDGE DENSON: The Women's Chamber has quite a number of tickets booths on hand and in storage at the Youth Exhibition Center that they no longer have a need for. These ticket booths cost them -- was it 250? MS. NEMEC: Yes, sir. JUDGE DENSON: $250 each, and they are selling those. Laurinda Boyd has said that the County, for purposes -- or use at the Youth Exhibition Center, needs some booths. She has recommended that we acquire three of these from the Women's Chamber. In turn, the Women's Chamber owes the County $500 for rental of the -- use of the Exhibition Center area. So, what we're going to have -- and I'm not suggesting just simply a wash. I'm suggesting that -- that we purchase these three booths for $500, and then the Women's Chamber will turn around and pay us the $500 that they owe us for -- for the rental. Both parties -- I mean, the transaction -- both parties do receive benefits out of the transaction. Do y'all follow what I'm -- COMMISSIONER LETZ: I understand. I'm just -- what does Laurinda think we need these booths for? Did she tell you? JUDGE DENSON: No. Can you elaborate at all, Barbara? 16 .~ .u ~ as w~ ~ w ~a ,~. 1 MS. NEMEC: What she said was that whenever someone 2 reserves the facility, that she could turn around and rent 3 these booths out to people who are in need of ticket booths 4 whenever they rent the facility out there. And she could do 5 it for a fee and collect money for them, to rent them out. 6 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Is the -- I take it that the 7 9th of July -- these are for the 9th of July? 8 MS. NEMEC: Right. 9 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Y'all -- the Women's Chamber is 10 not going to continue with that? 11 MS. NEMEC: We're not this year. I don't know 12 about next year; it will have to be voted on. But, this year 13 we're not. ~~' 14 COMMISSIONER LETZ: How many booths are out there? 15 MS. NEMEC: We have probably six left; we've sold 16 some already. And, she was looking at three of them, and 17 then there are some other people looking at them also, at a 18 couple of them. 19 JUDGE DENSON: And it seems like to me that the 20 fact that they cost is $250 a-piece, it would be worth $165 21 each. 22 COMMISSIONER LETZ: I don't have a problem with 23 that. I mean, as long as we can rent them and, I mean, there 29 is a need for them, 'cause I dust don't want them sitting 25 over there. 17 r r 1 2 3 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 I 25 i 1I . w. ~ id I ii„ l ~:~i COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Well, that's exactly what's going to happen, though. The Women's Chamber -- we started out our relationship with them through the 4th of July program at the Ag Barn, and they were going to -- we made an investment there with some taxpayers' money, and we were supposed to get some return from it, which we have not. The agreement was they were going to -- there was some language about fencing, but I remember we started out -- they were going to plant some trees or something. Never saw that. And then the lighting -- lighting program out here on the courthouse lawn, we kicked in taxpayers' money to bail them out of that. And now we're going to spend taxpayers' money on something that we're never going to use, that's just going to be stored out there till it rots. Then we've got to figure out a way to get rid of it. What we're doing here is bailing people out, and with taxpayers' money, and I lust think we're going in the wrong direction here with this. JUDGE DENSON: Well, first of all, I don't look at it as bailing people out. The way I remember the 9th of July deal, which I remember that you were opposed to, is that if it was successful, they had promised us some returns. But, that's not related to this, other than the fact that the booths came about as a positive -- part of the 9th of July. The Christmas lighting project here at the courthouse, I think, is an outstanding effort on their part for 18 {.II IV 4'I~ pEl.4 il: .I 1 2 3 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 25 community-wide benefit. And, yes, we paid a small part of some electrical work to correct what were possibly dangerous conditions. But, back to the point of these booths, it seems like to me that these booths have some value. I don't have the ability to look into the future to see those things rotting and not being used. All I can do is take people at their word, and I'm told that they can be used for the benefit of the County. And I don't look at it as bailing someone out. If those booths cost $250 each and they're willing to sell them to us at whatever that figure would be, 3 into 500, I just think it's -- I think it's an honest transaction; I think it's fair, and I'll make a motion that we purchase those three booths for 5500 from the Women's Chamber. COMMISSIONER LACKEY: I'll second that. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Judge, I would like to make one further comment. JUDGE DENSON: All right. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That it would have -- it would be a lot easier to me, as a Commissioner, to make this kind of decision if I had more information to make the decision on, not waiting till we get here to hear those numbers that just came out. So, I just want to make that comment, that I -- I want -- I really need more information in here to make intelligent decisions with taxpayers' money. 19 a ~ u u~ a a:~; r^ 6,---. ~_ r 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JUDGE DENSON: I understand. I wish that Laurinda Boyd could have been present to give us a little bit more detail, but I do have the representations from Ms. Nemec and Mrs. Boyd, what y'all have heard as far as the numbers go. Any further questions, comments on this subject matter? All in favor? {Judge Denson and Commissioners Lackey, Letz, and Oehler indicated they were i n favor of the motion.) JUDGE DENSON: All opposed? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Nay. (The motion carried by a vot e of 9-1.) MS. NEMEC: Thank you. JUDGE DENSON: We're so effi cient with County time that we're through. MR. TOMLINSON: Y'all heard from Judge Brown? JUDGE DENSON: Have we heard from Judge Brown? MR. TOMLINSON: Mm-hmm. JUDGE DENSON: No. We have an Executiv e Session set for 11 o'clock. COMMISSIONER OEHLER: We've got West Hi Line, and then we have 2.4. (Discussion off the record.) JUDGE DENSON: About 2.4, I don't know. Bruce, can you tell us about that? It's sort of a clean-up from some hist orical action. COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Well, what happened was that 20 I ,.I'. I~r : dl II utl C 111,1 ,y-~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 L , 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 25 r. Bill Lange came in and asked us if the County would take into maintenance part of West Hi Line Drive, which was never taken in, in the Hills-n-Dales subdivision into County maintenance. The rest of the roads in there, except for one or two short roads, have been taken in. And, we told him at the time that there was not enough width of right-of-way for us to do that. If he could go and get the people to sign deeds to the -- in effect, if they would give portions of their land to make the right-of-way wide enough, up to 40 feet, that we would, in turn, take the road into County maintenance. Several years went by -- a couple years passed by, and Bill kept trying to get it done. Lee Voelkel did the survey on it, and in one part of it there was an error made as to ownership of one particular piece of property. And, Tom Pollard was hired as Bill Lange's attorney to prepare the deeds and the right-of-ways and all that, whatever it takes to get that done. And, he has gotten all of that taken care of, with the exception of the one piece of property that was found to be a separate -- other than what he thought there was in the beginning. Anyway, it's gotten to the point where it's just -- it's time to accept that into maintenance. I think it's just lacking one signature being done, and they've had to get Releases of Lien and all kind of things to get all this taken care of, so that -- Partial Releases from the land so they 21 ~..... ~~ + r r 1 2 3 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 i +li. I !. ~ !l l ul t ~ t 4'l could convey it to the County. He's been working on it for quite a while, Bill Lange; he's been trying get this done for a good while. We have been doing a little emergency-type maintenance on some of the roads so it wouldn't deteriorate completely, knowing that we were going to take it in, 'cause we promised we would if they would get the deeds drawn to the County and that the right-of-way be given so it would be 90 feet. And that, to my knowledge, has been done, according to the conversation I had with Mr. Pollard last week. So, I think it's really just a clean-up thing that's been on the burner for a long time, and we wanted to get this taken care of while there was still somebody on the Court that knew what the history was. And I think you were here at the time when Bill came in, and Butch was, I know. I don't think Buster and Jonathan were. JUDGE DENSON: No. Yeah, I think it was back in '95, per the letters that are in there. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: '94. COMMISSIONER OEHLER: It's been a long time. And just rather than lose what little knowledge that we have of the situation, they'd like to get it -- go ahead and be accepted into County Maintenance. It's only about -- it's less than 1,000 feet of road. And, he has done -- he spent a lot of money getting all this done. COMMISSIONER LETZ: Sounds to me like, I mean, he 22 ,.'~. ~ i~ ~ L _ ,,," I ai.. 'I V s LI ;ll Y11, E.. Li ,i4 1 did what we told him to do. There's backup; the prior Court 2 made this decision. 3 COMMISSIONER OEHLER: So, I move we accept West -- 4 that portion of West Hi Line in the Hills-n-Dales subdivision 5 into County maintenance, the Road and Bridge Department. 6 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second. 7 JUDGE DENSON: Further questions, comments on this? 8 All in favor? 9 (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.) 10 JUDGE DENSON: Okay. All right, we'll conclude our 11 business for this morning. Let me say that this is the last 12 Commissioners Court meeting for Commissioner Oehler, 13 Commissioner Lackey, and myself, and it's -- it's special. I 19 mean, I say that -- I say that sincerely, because it's close 15 to the conclusion our term. So, it's -- I don't know, 16 there's a little -- on one hand, there's a little empty 17 feeling about, you know, what will we be doing next 18 Commissioners Court meeting when all the new Commissioners 19 and County Judge and all are assembled here. We'll be out in 20 the outside world doing something, and probably we'll have a 21 sense of satisfaction that we completed our term to the best 22 of our abilities. And I say these things lust by way of 23 saying so long, Jean; so long, George; and so long to a lot 24 of you other guys and people that are -- that regularly 25 attend some of the meetings. I know, myself, that I'll be 23 .Ii-l i~ .I II Y1I 6 {;l. ~ i w .. 1 back in t he courthouse frequently in the future, and I'm sure ,, , 2 that Bruc e and Butch will, too, on occasions that business 3 requires them to be down here. But I look forward to working 4 with all of y'all in the future. And, of course, being a 5 member of -- of Kerr County, a resident of Kerr County, I'm 6 extremely interested in what the new Court does and what my 7 personal tax situation is. I have -- I pay my share, put it 8 that way, of County taxes, so my interest will continue, even 9 though our term is coming to an end. But, for right now, 10 we're goi ng to recess our Commissioners Court meeting and 11 we'll be back in Executive Session at 11:00 and take up 12 anything else. Are there any other comments, questions about 13 anything this morning? Thank y'all. Thank each of you. 19 (Discussion off the record.) 15 (Commissioners Court was adjourned at 9:35 a.m.) 16 - - - - - - - - - - 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 i ~ r ., ~. x.. o n i a~ .. ,r A- ~ i M' r 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 The above and foregoing is a true and complete 3 transcription of my stenotype notes taken in my capacity as 4 Official Reporter of the Commissioners Court of Kerr County, 5 Texas, at the time and place heretofore set forth. 6 DATED this the 28th day of December, 1998. 7 8 ~ 9 ~!"'" ,r ~SZ ! ~. Kathy Ba k 10 Certified Shorthand Reporter 11 12 13 ~r""` 1 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 zl zz 23 24 25 25