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KERB COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
Special Session
November 22, 1999
9:00 a.m.
Commissioners' Courtroom
Kerr County Courthouse
Kerrville, Texas
PRESENT: FREDERICK L. HENNF.KF., Kerr County Judge
H. A. "AUSTER" BAf,DWIN, Commissioner Pct. 1
WILLIAM "BILL" WILLIAMS, Commissioner Pct. 2
JONATHAN LETZ, Commissioner Pct. 3
LARRY GRIFFIN, Commissioner Pct. 9
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3	--- Commissioners' Comments	3
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16	2.6,'t(~g]Go out for bids on 6 vehicles - Sheriff's Dept.	95
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On Monday, November 22, 1999, at 9:00 a.m., a Special
Session of the Kerr County Commissioners Court was held in
the Commissioners' Courtroom, Kerr County Courthouse, and the
following proceedings were had in open court:
P R O C E E D I N G S
JUDGE HENNEKE: Good morning. It's 9 o'clock on
Monday, November 22nd. We'll call to order this special
Commissioners Court session. I believe Commissioner Baldwin
has the honors this morning.
COMMISSIONER BAI.DWIN: Yes, I do. If y'all will
stand and pray with me, please.
(Prayer and pledge of allegiance.)
COMMISSIONER BAI,DWIN: Thank you.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Thank you. At this time, any
citizen wishing to address the Court on an item not listed on
the regular agenda may do so. Do we have anyone in the
audience who would like to address the Court on an item not
listed on the regular agenda?
the Commissioners' comments.
Commissioner Williams.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS:
they were 36 years ago today?
AUDIENCE: Oh, yeah.
COMMISSIONER WII,I,IAMS:
Seeing none, we will move to
Let's start this morning with
day, just a reminder.
Everybody remember where
What took place on that
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COMMISSIONER AAI,DWIN: I wasn't even born. What
happened?
COMMISSIONER WILI.IAMS: John Fitzgerald Kennedy was
shot in Dallas, Texas.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: 22nd? Today's the 22nd?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: All day.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Commissioner I.etz?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Just continue my
congratulations to the Comfort football team as they continue
to qo through the play-offs, and they'll be playing
Brookshire in Seguin Friday night.
COMMISSIONER WILi,IAMS: And that's --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: It's the regional championship.
After this, quarter finals.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Yes, I -- I'm sorry.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Commissioner Griffin.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I lust wanted to express my
sympathies to those families of students at Texas A & M. The
university is going through a real tough time, but I think
that with the help of everybody in the state, all over -- I
mean, outpouring of -- of support and sympathy has gust been
overwhelming. I've talked to several, and they'll make it.
And, that's -- let's just stay with it.
COMMISSIONER BAI,DWIN: Amen.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: On that same subject, my nephew
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called, I guess last night, and said they were considering
changing the words of the fight song for the game Thursday
because of the cooperation between University of Texas and
A ~ M, which I thouq_ht was pretty remarkable from both
schools' standpoint.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: It was -- the outpouring of
support from the University of Texas students and Texas ex's
has just been fantastic. they have gone way out of their way.
They're going to do things like wear ribbons at the ball
game. It will be burnt orange and maroon. Very touching.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: And then beat them on
Friday.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Right. That's all.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Commissioner Baldwin?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I have nothing, sir. Thank
you.
JUDGE HENNEKE: I have lust a couple things this
morning. First of all, some congratulations.
Congratulations to Roger Chapman and Harry Parrish for
winning the National Senior Games doubles championship in
Florida, which is a fairly remarkable accomplishment. I'm
glad I don't have to play those guys. Along the same lines,
our congratulations to Mike and Cynthia Allen and Union Bank
for winning the statewide award for business preservation for
their work with the Union Bank building. If there's anyone
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who hasn't had occasion to go in and see what they've done to
that old municipal building, I would encourage you to do so.
It's a wonderful restoration and source of pride for all of
us. With that, let's move to the approval agenda. Pay some
bills. Anyone have any questions about the bills as
presented?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I move we pay the bills.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay. Before we do that, I have a
couple questions. Page 5, under Sheriff's Department. We
have a 5500 contribution towards Crime Prevention to Triad.
Is that a line item? Do we have a line item in the budget to
-- where that was authorized?
MR. TOMLINSON: I can't --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I'm not with you.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Its the second from the bottom item
on -- Page 6, I'm sorry. Six. My mistake.
MR. TOMLINSON: I have -- I'd have to look in the
ledger to see. Offhand, I can't -- I don't recall.
JUDGE HF,NNEKE: I don't recall, either, and without
a specific line item we can relate that to, I'm not sure that
we r_an -- we'll have to figure out some way to do that if
that's what we want to do. If this is going to be a
nondepartmental organization that we support, they'll have to
come in with a contract and we'll have to --

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MR. TOMLINSON: I can come back to you later.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Let's -- on here, 560-996 is
Crime Prevention, and there's $1,000 in it.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Oh, is there?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Yes, sir.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Tn the budget.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Is that what that line item is
intended for?
MR. TOMLINSON: I think so. I would --
SHERIFF HICKS: That's what I understood. It's for
them to buy different materials to pass out to the general
public to -- it's crime prevention-type -- ways to secure
your doors and things like that.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay. All right. The other
question I had was, Page 15 -- 16, I'm getting my 5's and 6's
messed up. Page 16, payment to Constable McClure for
bailiff. Isn't that part of his duties? Or what is -- is
that extra duty he took on?
MR. TOMLINSON: That is extra duty that he took on.
We -- I questioned that we could pay him, because -- because
he was an elected official, but -- but T do have a -- an
A.G.'s opinion that allows that -- does allow that.
JUDGE HENNEKE.: Which court was he bailiff for on
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that occasion?
MR. TOMLINSON: I think it's for County Court at
Law.
JUDGE HENNEKE: And there's not a bailiff assigned
to that court?
MR. TOMLINSON: There was at one time. Frankie
Speakmon was the bailiff down there, and since Frankie passed
on, they have not had a regular bailiff.
JUDGE HENNEKE: All right.
COMMISSIONER I.F.TZ: I'm -- I guess in the whole
area -- I mean, I've always had a problem with -- I know we
also pay the constables to transport prisoners additional and
things of that nature, and it's just -- to me, it never has
made a lot of sense why we -- I mean, to me, it should all
come under an umbrella of what a constable does, but
evidently it doesn't.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay. All right. We have a motion
made by Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner
Williams, that we pay the bills as approved and recommended
by the County Auditor. Any further discussion? If not, all
in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries. Budget amendments.
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MR. TOMLINSON: Okay. The first one is a request
from the County Clerk to transfer 5325 from Election Notices
to Ballot Expenses.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Any questions?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: So moved.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Second.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Williams,
seconded by Commissioner Griffin, that we approve Budqet
Amendment Number 1 on behalf of the County Clerk. Any
further discussion? If not, all in favor, raise your right
hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries. Budqet Amendment
Number 2, which was handed out this morning.
MR. TOMLINSON: We handed that out this morning.
This is a request from the Historical Commission. This line
item is in the County-Sponsored Activities. What happened,
they purchased approximately 5600 in supplies at the end of
the year. Subsequently, they found out they could buy the
same thing at almost half of what they paid for it, so they
took it back. And, we -- we didn't get the refund until --
until lust last week, and so what they're requesting is that
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we add the amount of that purchase to the '99/2000 budget in
order for them to use -- to utilize those funds.
JUDGE HENNEKE: So, these are funds that were
refunded to the County, put in the General Fund, and now
they're asking them to be put in the line item from which
they were taken originally?
MR. TOMLINSON: Right.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: So moved.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Any questions?
COMMISSIONER LF.TZ: Second.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I'll move that we do this.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Griffin,
seconded by Commissioner Letz, that we approve Budget
Amendment Number 2 on behalf of the Kerr County Historical
Commission. Any further discussion?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I have just a comment to
make -- or a question, I guess. At the end of this budget
year -- the budget's 52,500 -- we will -- the budget will
look like that there's 600 more dollars in it. So, when we
go to approve the budget for 2002, we're going to have $2,500
plus S600 in it, so let's just remember -- I don't think that
we ought to automatically carry that number forward to 2002.
MR. TOMLINSON: Well, the -- in the budget
worksheets, there's two columns on the budget, and it shows
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the original budget, and it shows the --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: So, we'll see it --
MR. TOMI,INSON: Both numbers will be on the budget
worksheet.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Good point, though.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: 'Cause it will automatically
go up if we don't watch it.
MR. TOMLINSON: That's right.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I mean, it will.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Any further discussion? If not,
all in favor, raise your right hand.
{The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries. Do we have any
late bills?
MR. TOMI,INSON: Yes, I have -- I have some from --
for the Sheriff's office and the Jail for -- to Card
Services. And, this is an effort to make a payment so it
won't get a finance charge. One is for S289.97. 5205 of
that is for uniforms, S29 is for meals, 542 of that is for --
for ammunition.
JUDGE HENNEKE: These are on the new American
Express cards?
MR. TOMI.INSON: No. No, this is the old card.
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JUDGE HENNEKE: The ones that we've canceled, but
these are charges that have come in since --
MR. TOMLINSON: Right.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay.
MR. TOMLINSON: Then the next one is for 526.70.
That is actually a late fee that we're paying. 520.24 for
meals for transporting prisoners. 527.26 for video tapes,
and 52.41, which is another finance charge.
JUDGE HENNEKE: What's the total? Do you have a
total?
MR. TOMLINSON: No, I don't have -- I don't have
the total there.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Any questions?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: So moved.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Letz,
seconded by Commissioner Griffin, that we approve the late
bills on behalf of the Sheriff's Department and the jail as
presented by the Auditor. Any further discussion?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: One other comment. Tommy, how
can we be so far behind that we're approving the late charges
to keep from getting additional late charges? I mean, we
have to be almost 60 days on this bill.
MR. TOMLINSON: There's -- it's not difficult to do
that, but -- on the time -- the timing of when -- when they
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actually get the bill and
it, it's really not.
JUDGE HENNEKE:
all in favor, raise your
(The motion was
JUDGE HENNEKE:
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE:
approve it and then we finally get
Any further discussion? If not,
right hand.
carried by unanimous vote.)
All opposed, same sign.
Motion carries. Thank you, Tommy.
MR. TOMLINSON: Then I have two more.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Oh, I'm sorry.
MR. TOMLINSON: One is for S9,025 to Advantage
Software for the purchase of the court reporter's computer
software.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: That's in the budget.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: So moved.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Letz, second
by Commissioner Griffin, that we approve the late bill on
behalf of the court reporter's software. Any further
discussion? If not, all in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries.
MR. TOMLINSON: Then, the last one is -- is a point
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of contention, I think, with me. And, I -- I only brought it
before the Court to -- to help make a decision on what to do.
But, it's -- it's a bill from Tarry Noble, an individual, for
5321.44. This arises from an accident involving a Sheriff's
deputy and this individual. I have a -- I have a report from
-- well, actually, D.P.S. did the investigation -- did the
investigation on the accident, and -- and I have their report
and the report of the Sheriff's Department. I will read you
what -- basically, what happened, and it involved a deputy.
It said the deputy was backing from a parking space in
front of a store. The individual, Mr. Noble, was entering a
no-parking area lust in front of -- of the door of the store.
Our deputy was backing out and didn't realize that the person
was -- was entering this no-parking place. There was no --
no ticket given by D.P.S., so there's -- there's a question
as to -- as to whose fault it was. So, you know, in my mind,
I mean, the -- the driver was as much at fault as we were.
But, I mean, that's -- that's something -- that's the point
that I'm bringing to the Court to -- to make a decision.
Charlie, you may know --
SHERIFF HICKS: I talked to D.P.S. personally about
that. I talked to D.P.S. personally about the accident, and
to the trooper that worked the accident, and he said it was
totally in -- that guy was in the wrong. He should have
never parked or tried to park in a no-parking zone. If he
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would have -- if he wouldn't have
wouldn't have been in an accident
wouldn't have to --
JUDGE HENNEKF.: Why was
SHERIFF HICKS: Because
write a ticket on a private parki
COMMISSIONER WIi,L IAMS:
vehicle?
tried that, then we
to begin with and they
there no ticket issued?
D.P.S. doesn't usually
ng lot accident.
That's for repairs to his
MR. TOMLINSON: Yes. Yes.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: The -- how does our insurance
work on that? I mean, is it something that -- is this
because it's a low amount?
MR. TOMLINSON: No, because -- I mean, it's -- if
we don't cause -- I mean, if we don't cause the accident, I
mean, our vehicle -- the way they look at it is that we
didn't cause this, so they're not -- you know, they're not
paying it.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: So, our insurance has declined
to pay it?
MR. TOMLINSON: I -- that's t
verbally from them.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I don't -
it's two, you know, individuals, and if
involved, the insurance companies would
pay it. Either his insurance would pay
1e indication I qet
- generally, I mean,
the County wasn't
-- one of them would
or our insurance
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would pay. One of the insurance companies would pay.
MR. TOMLINSON: I think his will. I really do. He
hasn't said that, but I think his will.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: He just doesn't want it to
go on his record, that's all.
MR. TOMI~INSON: Right.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I think the assertion that
the County is liable for this by the individual is groundless
at this point, because there was no judgment made by anybody.
So, I think we -- and, if he wants to, you know, file an
action of some sort against us to collect that money, that's
one thing, but -- but just sending us a bill is -- that's
groundless. I don't think we should pay it.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I agree. I mean, it's -- let
the insurance companies look at it, and if there's a problem,
they can come back to us.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Do we have a motion to disapprove
the late bill from Mr. Noble?
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: So moved.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Griffin,
seconded by Commissioner Letz, that we disapprove the late
bill on behalf of Mr. Noble. Any further discussion? If
not, all in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)

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JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: You have to commend him for
a nice try, though.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS:
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:
JUDGE HENNEKE: At thi:
motion to approve and accept the
will note, specifically includes
Financial Investment Report from
Good effort.
Good effort.
time, I'd entertain a
monthly reports, which, I
the Kerr County Quarterly
our Treasurer, Barbara
Nemec.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: So moved.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Griffin,
seconded by Commissioner Williams, that the Court approve and
accept the monthly reports, specifically including the Kerr
County Quarterly Financial Investment Report.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Didn't -- didn't Barbara
usually have to present that in person?
JUDGE, HENNEKE: She typically does, but she had
surgery last week and will be out for another week or two.
We could get Ada to present it, or we can --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: That's fine.
JUDGE HENNEKR: Any further discussion? If not,
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all in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries. I notice in the
audience is Mr. Fred Blumberg, the Deputy General Manager of
the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority. So, without objection,
I'd like to accommodate his attendance and take up Item No.
14, which is consider and discuss approval of a Memorandum of
Understanding with Guadalupe Blanco River Authority and
authorize County Judge to withdraw his objection to
G.B.R.A.'s application to amend the Canyon water right.
A bit of background. You may recall that in August we
brought before the Court G.B.R.A.'s application to amend its
Canyon Lake water rights and allow it to sell water outside
of the 10-county statutory district. This Court filed an
objection to that application based on the fact that water
was needed within the Guadalupe River Basin, specifically
within Kerr County. In response to that objection, Mr.
Blumberg made an appointment to come up and meet with
Commissioner Letz and I, and we worked out an agreement which
is contained in the Memorandum of Understanding.
Real quickly, the Memorandum of Understanding obligates
G.B.R.A. to support and assist Kerr County in applying to
T.N.R.C.C. for up to 6,000 acre feet of water rights at any
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time between January 1st of the Year 2021 and December 31,
2050. In all the studies that I've seen, the Year 2020 is
approximately the time when the water situation in Kerr
County becomes critical. And, it's my opinion that by
entering into this Memorandum of Understanding, the G.B.R.A.
basically is committing to work with Kerr County and keep
Kerr County in its planning process so that, at such time as
we have need of that water within that 30-year time period,
there will be water -- a water right or water rights
available for us to obtain.
I think it's -- it's in the nature of a reserve water
bank, if you will, which the County can call upon in the
event we need water in the future. The Memorandum of
Understanding specifically states that the County has the
right to transfer, assign, or convey all or any portion of
these water rights to anyone in Kerr County for use within
Kerr County. So, it does not obligate the County to get into
the water treatment business, but simply to act as the
supplier of water for any entity that might find the need
during this 30-year window.
Jonathan, do you have anything to say?
COMMISSIONER I.ETZ: Only comment that I would make
is, certainly, i support, you know, the Memorandum of
Understanding, and also I withdraw the objection to their
application before T.N.R.C.C. I've discussed this with the
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Region J Board, and one of the other benefits of this for --
our full Board agrees, is that this will be a document that
then we can put in our long-range plan, and will also be in
the long-range plan for Region L. So, even though this is
not, you know, an absolute, binding contract to get 6,000
acre feet of water -- you really can't do that, I think,
because of the nature of water -- this is something that will
be of record in the State at T.N.R.C.C. You know, every
governmental entity that deals with water wilt see this, and
it will give a lot of credence to it. And, I think that, you
know, it will do about as much as is possible to insure
cooperation between Kerr County and G.B.R.A. in fulfilling
our water needs into the future past the year 2010, and I
think it's -- I'm very happy with the agreement, and I'd like
to thank G.B.R.A. for working with us on this.
JUDGE HENNEKF.: Mr. Blumberg, is there anything
you'd like to say?
MR. BL~UMRFRG: Well, at the risk of -- of saying
something that would change the tenor of the discussion so
far -- I certainly don't want to do that. I do want to thank
Commissioner Letz and Judge Henneke for their willingness to
sit down and visit with us and let me listen to their
concerns on behalf of the County and the Court. The meetings
we had were -- were, I think, excellent, both from the
technical standpoint and from the point of view of the
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cooperation between the entities. In the 25 years that I've
been with G.B.R.A., we have always considered Kerr County's
demands in our planning, and we have in place right now about
50 agreements with customers in Kerr County; irrigators,
farmers, ranchers, recreational entities, and those already
total close to 12,000 acre feet of water. The agreement we
have in place to be approved by you today, our Board
unanimously approved last Wednesday, authorized our General
Manager to sign those -- those Memorandums, and those should
be in transit to the Judge at this time, if they're not
already here.
We -- we certainly look at this agreement as a good way
of solidifying our relationship with you from a planning
standpoint, and -- and a future standpoint, and certainly
does not preclude us from working with you or with Kerr
County -- or with Kerrville or with U.G.R.A. between now and
2021 to make sure that the needs are met, too. So, we look
at it as -- as, certainly, a -- a solidification of our
relationship, a documentation of our relationship, since Kerr
County is the only county within our river basin that's not a
part of our 10-county statutory district. And, I understand
your need to make sure that that -- that understanding and
relationship is solidified.
I just want to thank you for the cooperation, and we're
looking forward to much more. And, this is -- as many times
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a door to -- to ongoing relationships.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Well, I again want to echo
Commissioner Letz' thanks to you and your Board for the
cooperation and the ease with which this agreement was
reached. It was a pleasure to work with you all, and I truly
felt that you were interested in and demonstrated the fact
that you wanted to help us preserve our water for our future
-- long-term future needs. Does any member of the Court have
any questions or any comments?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I have a comment to make. I
lust wanted to say that -- I said it in here before -- that
this water issue will be the most critical issue that we deal
with, I think, in our lifetime, and I wanted to commend the
Commissioners Court for your wisdom in seeing this and
securing water rights for the future of the citizens of Kerr
County. I want to say thank you to you.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I think it's a very
positive step in the right direction. I think it behooves us
to remain in a good relationship with G.B.R.A., as well as
our own U.G.R.A. The people of Kerr County are well served
by this Memorandum of Understanding being filed away for
future use. We appreciate your efforts on this behalf, as
well.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: And I would gust add that,
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in the area of water, which is often such a contentious
issue, that it's really great to see one that works out right
to benefit everybody. Well done to both you and G.B.R.A.
JUDGE HENNEKE: I would point out, too, prior to we
actually voting on this, that the Board of the U.G.R.A.
unanimously passed a resolution last Tuesday supporting this
accommodation between G.B.R.A. and Kerr County.
COMMISSIONER L,ETZ: I make a motion that we approve
the Memorandum of Understanding with Guadalupe Blanco River
Authority, and to withdraw our objection to G.B.R.A.'s
application to amend the Canyon water right.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I'll second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner T,etz,
seconded by Commissioner Williams, that we approve the
Memorandum of Understanding with Guadalupe Blanco River
Authority and withdraw Kerr County's objection to the
G.B.R.A.'s application to amend Canyon water right. Any
further discussion? If not, all in favor, raise your right
hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE:
Appreciate you coming in.
MR. BLUMBERG:
Thank you, Mr. Blumberg.
Thank you, Judge. Appreciate your
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JUDGE HENNEKE: We will now return to the agenda as
posted. Item No. 1, consider preliminary replat of Lots 57,
61, 62, and 63, Lots 105, 119, 144, 145, 146, and 197 in
Falling Water Subdivision in Precinct 3. Take it away,
Commissioner I,etz.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I'll make a general comment,
because we're going to see Falling Water on the agenda, I
think, twice today. Item 15, there's a related item in the
same subdivision for final plat approval. What is going on
out there, cause it's -- it is a little bit confusing with
the number of pieces of paper in front of us, little
confusing. This is a large subdivision on Highway 87 between
Comfort and Fredericksburg. It's upgraded roads, underground
utilities, everything done first class.
Unfortunately, the original developer, I don't know, for
some reason left some of the tracts quite large. I don't
think he was aware or sure how it was going to be sold down
the road, or what was going to be the -- you know, the market
of the subdivision. And, because of that -- and then the
developer, Ken Musgrave, sold the development to Dale
Crenwelge. Dale is now going back and adjusting a lot of
these lots that were too large, and that is the reason for
most of the revisions that we're going through right now.
It's really not changing the scope of the subdivision or the
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-- you know, the intent of the subdivision at all.
To add a little bit more to the confusion, the original
engineering was done by Hallenberger Engineering. The
engineer doing the work now is Voelkel Engineering, and two
engineers, of course, cannot agree on all points all the
time. So, they're kind of -- when they're going through
this, they're having to resurvey as they go. And, the only
reason I'm bringing it up -- I think it will make sense, some
of these replats are kind of weird because of the engineering
aspects of it. I'll turn it over to Frank.
MR. JOHNSTON: Weird in the shape and dimensions.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Right.
MR. JOHNSTON: But they're all more than the
minimum size lots. Some multiples. Other than that, any
other questions? I have a letter here that says all of the
plat -- all the new plats -- new lots on this and the -- the
final plat coming up later have adequate water supply from
the engineering company that designed the water system.
COMMISSIONER C,RIFFIN: So, there's no -- there's no
waivers being -- or variances being required by any of this?
It's straightforward?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Straightforward. The only --
yeah. Franklin, you might point out the -- the tract, that
non-building site tract.
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COMMISSIONER LETZ: Next -- on the next one?
MR. VOELKEL: Yeah.
MR. JOHNSTON: That -- yeah, that's on the final
MR. VOELKEL: I'm Don Voelkel. If y'all want, we
could talk about those at the same time, since they're all
relative. I mean, I don't know if y'all want to move that
other one up. That's what Jon was --
JUDGE HENNEKE: Let's go ahead and do that. We'll
-- without objection, we'll also address Item 15, which is
consider final replats for Dots 55 and 56, 96, 97, 127, ]28,
123, 142 and 193 of Falling Water Subdivision, if we can all
keep that straight.
MR. JOHNSTON: The issue on that, there's two lots
that are not building lots, as such, but they -- they're
meant to be attached to the adjacent property when it's --
one has been sold, I think, and one of them is future
development.
or Don?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Which plat is that on, Franklin
MR. VOELKEL: It's --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Which lot is the one with that?
MR. VOELKEL: It's on that one (indicating). Right
here's one of them. This is on the -- and Dale's here; he
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and -- and it -- what they agreed to do is give him another
100 feet. And, this Lot 130-A is not to be built on, it's
just added to Lot 130 for his access. And, so, we -- and
Frank said, "Let's point it out." We had a note on there
saying it's not a buildable lot, but Franklin wanted that to
stand out more, so we redid the plats and shaded it and put
the same reference on there so that it's obvious it's not a
building lot. It's going to be sold to the owner of Lot 130,
that Dale had already agreed to give him that.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: The only reason I bring it up
is because there's a lot that is smaller than the minimum lot
size, but it's not a building site.
JUDGE HENNF.KE: And that's deed-restricted that
way, or will be by --
MR. VOELKEI,: Plat restriction. And, I don't know
if you're going to put a deed restriction on him also when
you sign that tract?
MR. CRENWELGE: Yeah, we're going to -- those two
lots together, 130, that little piece, we're going to sell it
combined, to do just a replat, just a quick replat of it.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: After they get that done, we'll
do a minor replat and resolve that lot. We've got to go
through step-by-step to get it --
MR. VOELKEL: They did the same same thing on the
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road, extends the cul-de-sac, we wanted to go straight
through, and that way we can just add this into the others
and extend it. So, it's going to be done the next time; it's
just not -- not at this point. So, we put the same note,
that it's not to be a buildable lot and it's going to be
replatted later.
MR. JOHNSTON: I think it's adequately documented
on here to flag that.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Any questions?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: And I'll just make a note, we
also -- there is a letter on 2.15 from T.N.R.C.C. stating
that there is adequate water supply, in addition to the
letter from their engineers.
(Discussion off the record.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Don, do you know if the developer
is current in their reporting to the Headwaters on your use
of the underground wells?
MR. CRENWELGE: Aqua Source takes care of that. I
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JUDGE HENNEKE: No, I said are they in current
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MR. CRENWELGE: I'm not sure on that. I would
assume Aqua Source is responsible for all of that, but I
would -- I'll check into it. I'm sure they are.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Because when that -- when the water
portion of this subdivision was negotiated, there were some
reporting requirements on the part of the developer to the
local underground water district as to their usage. And --
MR. CRENWELGE: I've spoken with all the guys.
MR. JOHNSTON: Has Headwaters signed off?
MR. CRENWELGE: Yeah, they've signed off. I've
talked to the guys; they never mentioned anything to me that
they needed additional reporting.
JUDGE HENNEKE: I don't know; I'm not saying there
isn't additional reporting, but the reporting requirements
from the developer directly to the Headwaters, I'm just
curious as to whether those are current or not.
MR. CRENWELGE: I'm not sure on that, Judge.
MR. JOHNSTON: But, they -- would they sign it if
there was outstanding issues that they didn't --
JUDGE HENNEKE: Don't ask me. I think what --
we've got two things here today; we've got a preliminary
replat and we've got a final replat. I'm just going to tell
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for final replat, I'm going to ask for a letter from the
Headwaters District saying that you all are current in the
reporting requirements directly to them; not to T.N.R.C.C.,
but directly to Headwaters, okay?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Judge, I have a problem with
that. Unless it's -- unless this is a requirement we're
going to add to all subdivisions, I don't think that's
appropriate.
JUDGE HENNEKE: It's not -- this is a specifically
negotiated part of their water usage, because their --
because the subdivision is in two counties. And, in order
for them to use water from Kerr County for the portion of the
subdivision that's in Kendall County --
MR. CRENWELGE: Everything we're resubdividing is
in Kerr County.
JUDGF. HENNEKE: What I'm saying is that -- that
because of the fact that the subdivision went across the
county lines, there were some specifically negotiated
reporting requirements from the developer to the Headwaters.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: But, I don't see how that has
anything to do with this Commissioners Court. If Headwaters
wants to withhold its signature, which they can, to prevent
us from doing final plat, they can do that. But, if
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COMMISSIONER LETZ: I mean, I lust don't think --
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay. Well, you know, I'll --
COMMISSIONER i,ETZ: Anyway --
JUDGF. HENNEKE: -- take it up with Headwaters,
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Right. I lust -- you know.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Before they sign off on the final
replat of the preliminary replat, I'll have them make sure
that the reporting requirements are correct.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think they need to do what
they're doing because of the unique circumstances of the
subdivision. I lust don't think it's this Court's
responsibility to do that. I think Headwaters needs to look
into it.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay, fair enough.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I mean, I'll make a motion that
we approve the preliminary replats of Dots 57, 61, 62, 63,
105, 119, 199, 195, 196 and 147 in Falling Water Subdivision.
COMMISSIONER BAL~DWIN: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner i,etz,
seconded by Commissioner Baldwin, that we approve the
preliminary replats for Lots 57, 61, 62, 63, 105, 119, 194,
195, 196, and 197 of Falling Water Subdivision. Any further
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2 (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
3 JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
9 (No response.)
5 JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries.
6 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Then I'll make a motion that we
7 approve final replats of Lots 55, 56, 96, 97, 127, 128, 123,
8 192, and 193 of Falling Water Subdivision.
9 COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second
10 COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Second.
I1 JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Letz,
12 seconded by Commissioner Baldwin, that we approve the final
-- 13 replat for Lots 55 and 56, 96, 97, 127, 128, 123, 192 and 193
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15 not, all in favor, raise your right hand.
16 (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
17 JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
18 (No response.)
19 JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries. Thank you.
20 MR. CRENWELGE: Thank you very much.
21 COMMISSIONER LETZ: Thank you.
22 JUDGE HENNEKE: Next item is Item Number 3 (sic),
23 which is consider and discuss preliminary plat of Privilege
29 Creek Ranches. Again, Commissioner Letz. You're busy today.
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approved the concept plan for earlier. It's a ranch being
subdivided in eastern Kerr County. Access is through Kendall
County, actually. I'll turn it over to Franklin. It's
divided -- originally, we asked that it be divided into two
phases, and they've done that.
MR. JOHNSTON: They've showed the two phases.
They've built the -- it's private road; they've already built
the road. I don't think we've done a final inspection on it
yet, but this is a preliminary plat, right?
MR. VOEI.KEI~: Right.
MR. JOHNSTON: They're working on the road. Only
thing, U.G.R.A. had a couple questions. You got that letter
from them. They wanted to locate existing wells, which there
probably are some out there.
MR. VOELKEL: Right. We're going to put those on
the final plat.
MR. JOHNSTON: And --
MR. VOELKEL: There's a house back up at the back
near the end of this road. I think it's right there on Lot 6,
there's a house and there's a well there. And, we'll show
that on the final plat.
MR. JOHNSTON: And, there's a lot -- there's a lot
that's not a building lot, 5-A. That is a runway, landing
strip. I think it's only to be used by adjoining lot owners;
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MR. VOELKEL: And Z'll get with Frank and we'll put
the wording on the plat so that -- like we did on the other.
We might shade that area on the final plat like we did on
these others, and reference it lust as being, as I say, a
150-foot-wide airstrip, lust a runway.
MR. JOHNSTON: I think this lot, likewise, has --
what, 10 acres in Kendall County? I don't know if there's
any special requirements on that.
MR. VOELKEL: We took --
MR. JOHNSTON: Private wells, so the wells will be
located -- wherever they're located will he --
MR. VOELKEL: Yeah. We took that out of the --
this plat, and we're not going to plat that in Kerr County,
because we talked with Kendall County and they are going to
-- we're going to address that with Kendall County. But,
originally, we --
MR. JOHNSTON: Right. This is the Kerr County
part.
MR. VOELKEL: It will be added to those lots, but
it won't be added to the lots on this plat since it's not in
Kerr County.
COMMISSIONER L,ETZ: What they did, lust to refresh
everyone's memory, they wanted originally to use the runway
as a road also with a long driveway, and they've eliminated
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all that, redrawn some -- access to Lot 11 now comes off the
current road they built. They cleaned it up; it's a lot
cleaner and better platted than the original proposed --
MR. JOHNSTON: I think that's a future -- that
Turkey Nob, I don't think they've built that one. They will
when they do Phase II.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Any questions?
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Move we approve.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Griffin,
seconded by Commissioner Letz, that we approve the
preliminary plat of Privilege Creek Ranches. Any further
discussion? If not, all in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries. Next item is Item
Number 3, which is to consider the preliminary replat of
Bluff Creek Ranch, Lot 1. Commissioner Williams.
COMMISSIONER WII.LIAMS: Things are happening.
There is a very minor change to Bluff -- proposed change to
Bluff Creek Ranch, Franklin, just taking one 59-acre lot and
almost splitting it in two.
MR. JOHNSTON: Right, two almost 30-acre lots.
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COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I wish they were all that
easy.
COMMISSIONER WI L.L~IAMS: I would move approval of
the replat of Bluff Creek Ranch, Lots 1-A and 1-B.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Williams,
seconded by Commissioner Letz, that we approve the
preliminary replat for Bluff Creek Ranch, Lot 1. Any further
discussion? If not, all in in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries. Thank you,
MR. VOELKEL: Thank you.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Don. Next is Item Number 9, which
is consider and discuss advertising for R.F.P.'s from workers
comp., liability, and property insurance. Mr. Tomlinson.
MR. TOMLINSON: The Court's already approved
bidding for this, but this is simply to satisfy the statutory
requirement to advertise such in the newspaper.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Any questions?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I'm move that we approve for
advertisement.
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JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Baldwin,
seconded by Commissioner Griffin, that we approve advertising
for R.F.P.'s for worker's comp., liability, and property
insurance. Any further questions? If not, all in favor,
raise your right hand.
{The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HF.NNF.KE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNF,KF.: Motion carries. Next item is Item
Number 5, consider and discuss adding additional staff at the
Sheriff's Department to allow contracting for housing of
additional out-of-county prisoners.
SHERIFF HICKS: Morning.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Mr. Hicks.
SHERIFF HICKS: How are y'all? I did it right this
time; I didn't put anybody's name on it, so I didn't get it
mixed up. Good morning. I wanted to make one comment. We
do have every position full at the Sheriff's Department now.
COMMISSIONER BAI~DWIN: Hallelujah.
SHERIFF HICKS: Totally.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: In-house?
SHERIFF HICKS: Yes, six, everything's -- all
positions axe filled.
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that's ever happened?
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COMMISSIONER AAI,DWIN: That's a fair question. Is
that the first --
SHERIFF HICKS: That's the first time it's been
full since I've been employed.
COMMISSIONER BAI.DWIN: That's great, Charlie.
Thank you.
SHERIFF HICKS: I feel like we've got a great
opportunity right now to make some significant money for the
County. I've been in contact with Guadalupe County, and
they're wanting to house a minimum of 20, and probably a
maximum of 30. I did a little breakdown, as close as Z could
figure, with the most -- what I took out was the most
expensive part of housing any inmate, which is the food cost,
and it's about 54.91 a day per inmate. At this point, as of
November the 19th, we were housing 126 total inmates, with 26
of those inmates being out-of-county. And, under the first
little breakdown, it shows you what we're making and what our
profit is, minus the food cost. I'm sure there's some other
little expenses there, but that's really close. It shows a
profit of 5285,554.10.
If Guadalupe County will send a minimum of 20, that will
be an additional 5219,657 profit for lust that 20 inmates.
And, then, if they'll send us an additional 10, which will
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give us 30 from them, it would be 5329,486. I would like to
house 70 out-of-county inmates total. I think we can handle
that with the additional staffing, and that would give us a
profit of approximately S615,000. I'd like to hire five
additional correction officers, four of those being floor
officers and one being an additional booking officer for the
in and out of prisoners, which would run us about 5125,000.
And, that would -- we still would be close to making 500 --
980, I think -- I'm sorry, 5643,799 gross.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Charlie, does your salary
figure include all the benefits --
SHERIFF HICKS: Yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: -- with that?
SHERIFF HICKS: Yes, sir. I figured an average of
525,000 per employee, with benefits.
COMMISSIONER WILr~IAMS: Sheriff, you're currently
staffed for how many prisoners?
SHERIFF HICKS: 199.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: And you're staffed for 194
now?
SHERIFF HICKS: Yes, sir, that's what I understand.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Or budgeted for 199?
SHERIFF HICKS: Well, I understood we're staffed
for 199. I may be wrong on that.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Well, you're budgeted for
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199, and always have been. And, your opening comment, you
say you've filled all the slots.
SHERIFF HICKS: Yes, sir. I --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: For the first time ever.
So, you're staffed for 149.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Well, then, I would ask,
where are these other five going to be placed --
SHERIFF HICKS: They'll be put --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: -- if you're staffed for
199?
SHERIFF HICKS: We'll put an additional person --
an additional person per shift, to give us -- that will be
six persons per shift to handle that many inmates, 'cause
we're talking 170 inmates or better. With, you know, the
fluctuation of what we get within the county, we run from 100
to 110, 115 at any given time. And then the booking officer,
inmates are coming in and leaving and coming back with all
these counties, and we need to get -- we need the additional
booking officer to --
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I think -- a point of
clarification here, from my discussion with you about this a
little earlier. I think this is -- there are guidelines for
how many corrections officers, et cetera, so this lines it up
the way it's supposed to be there. It's not a guess off the
top of Sheriff Hicks' head or anything, so it's a -- it's by
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design that you have that many to do it.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: You have to, I understand,
staff in blocks. You can't just -- you have to get -- add
blocks of 29, I believe, or --
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Right.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: -- blocks of 98.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Forty-eight. So, five new
employees would put it up to 199 plus 98?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Would be the capacity for the
jail.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Which would be?
SHERIFF HICKS: That will be the capacity for the
maximum number of beds that we have in the jail.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Cut it back a little bit to
allow some fluctuation.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I mean --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Go ahead.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I support this totally. This
is what the taxpayers voted for when they voted for the new
jail a long time ago, was to -- and the reason we built this
size jail was to -- to help finance -- other counties'
taxpayers pay the cost of the bond. And, that's basically
what we're doing here, is raising revenue. And, additional
revenue, you know, doesn't directly, but indirectly goes back
and reduces the debt on that building.
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COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Just one question, because
there's sort of a chicken-and-egg problem here with the
budget. Can we -- can we take a contract, for example, with
Guadalupe County for 20 additional, which we count and we
book that as revenues to pay for these -- in other words, how
do we do this budget-wise is what, I guess, I'm getting at.
MR. TOMLINSON: Well, we'll have to do -- we'll
have to increase the budget by -- by the amount of -- of the
salaries and benefits from whenever -- from now through the
end of the yeaz.
JUDGE HENNEKE: We'll have to go back and formally
amend the budget to increase the line item for salaries at
the 7ai1 by the amount of these five people.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: We also increase the budget
revenue-wise.
MR. TOMLINSON: Right.
JUDGE HENNEKE: So, we keep everything neutral.
MR. TOMLINSON: Correct.
JUDGE HENNEKE: And then anything we get above the
cost of the -- of the additional officers and the -- and the
per diem for the new prisoners will actually end up going
into the General Fund, and ultimately be reflected in
Surplus. Is that right?
MR. TOMLINSON: That's correct.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I have a question for the
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Sheriff. Are we -- at what stage of negotiations are we with
these counties? Do you have a memorandum of understanding in
place or do you have a contract ready for the Judge's
signature, or where are we7
SHERIFF HICKS: We have a contract that's in the
hands of the Sheriff of Guadalupe County. He's read it; all
he has to do is lust sign it -- get his Judge to sign it, and
then I'll forward it to the Judge for his approval. It's a
standard contract that we've used for each of them. I would
like to talk to y'all also, once we get to the maximum, about
reviewing these contracts and maybe go up to 340 housing cost
for out-of-county inmates. I've checked with several
counties while I've been getting this going, and the average
cost is S90 an inmate, is what they're charging. So, I think
it would be fair that we went up to that. And, that would
offset that SS cost.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I don't have any problem with
that. I would prefer to keep the fail full at S35 than to...
(Laughter.)
SHERIFF HICKS: I've talked to Guadalupe County
about going up to 590. They said that they pay that
everywhere they go, plus that's what they charge to house
inmates.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Very good.
SHERIFF HICKS: Something to discuss in the future.
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JUDGE HENNEKE: Any further questions?
COMMISSIONER WILLZAMS: I would move that we
approve the Sheriff's request for additional staffing at the
Sheriff's Department to allow contracting for housing of
additional out-of-county prisoners.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Williams,
seconded by Commissioner Griffin, that the Court approve
adding additional staff, an additional five persons at the
Sheriff's Department to allow contracting for housing for
additional out-of-county prisoners. Any further discussion?
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Just a comment. I would
like to say to Sheriff Hicks, this is what I think is an
excellent example of good management.
SHERIFF HICKS: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: It's foresight and using
what we have for the best benefit of the County and for the
best benefit of the taxpayer. I think it's an excellent
idea.
SHERIFF HICKS: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER I,ETZ: I agree.
COMMISSIONER BAI~DWIN: Ditto, what the Commissioner
is saying. I think this is what the taxpaying public of this
County's been waiting on right here. Certainly, this
taxpayer.
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JUDGE HENNEKE: Any further discussion? If not,
all in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(NO response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries. Thank you,
Sheriff. We appreciate it.
SHERIFF HICKS: Thank you.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay. Item Number 6, consider and
discuss going out for bids on six vehicles on lease/purchase
plan for Sheriff's Department. Commissioner Williams, do you
want to take that up in tandem with 7?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I think so, Judge; 6 and 7
are tandem items. What we're asking --
JUDGE HENNEKE: Let's go ahead and call Number 7 at
the same time, which is consider and discuss going out for
R.F.P.'s for financing of six vehicles on 3-year
lease/purchase plan for the Sheriff's Department. And, we'll
allow Commissioner Williams and the Sheriff to explain all
this.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Okay. You ready, Charlie?
Here we go.
SHERIFF HICKS: Okay.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: We approved the budget
earlier, which would enable us to go out for bids for six new
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vehicles far Sheriff's deputy patrols, and the Sheriff has
prepared the specifications for that bid. We had also
thought that it might not be a bad idea to allow local
financial institutions to have an opportunity to bid on the
financing package, as opposed to lust going to, for example,
Ford Credit and so forth. And, there are other financing
institutions here that have evidenced an interest in doing
that, so what this does is -- it's two items. One, approves
going to bid for the six vehicles. If a -- if an automobile
dealer -- in this case, Ford, because that's what the Sheriff
prefers, I believe, is a Ford vehicle -- if Ford wants to bid
on the car and the financing package, it can do so. If it
wishes to bid only on the cars and not the financing package,
which in most instances is offered by Ford Credit
Corporation, it may do so. If local banking or other
commercial lending institutions desire to bid on the
financing package only, under 2.7 they would be permitted to
do that.
JUDGE HENNEKE: What we've done here is we've taken
the budget item, which was for six lease/purchase cars, with
the idea of starting a program where we basically roll the
patrol inventory over every three years to keep good cars on
the road. Commissioner Williams has then gone to some of our
local banks and asked them if they would like to bid on
financing. And, what we're doing is setting up a situation
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where we can compare and take the best alternative for the
County. If one of our local banks comes in with a financing
packet whereby it would be cheaper for the County to buy the
cars and finance them for three years, as opposed to do a
lease/purchase, then we have the option of doing that. And,
it's lust a way of going out competitively and bringing back
to the Court the best bottom line that we can obtain.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Great idea.
MR. TOMLINSON: I've got one comment. The only way
-- the only way we can borrow money from a local financial
institution for the purchase of equipment is through a
lease/purchase agreement.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: That's what we're
proposing, lease/purchase agreements.
MR. TOMLINSON: I only know of two banks that have
-- have a leasing company in Kerrville. When you -- when a
municipality applies for credit through a lease/purchase
arrangement, we have to have a legal opinion from -- from our
legal counsel that -- that makes that debt a qualified
tax-free debt. And, my experience with -- with lending
institutions is that that's the only way that they will do
it, is -- is for it to be tax-free to them.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I understand that same
thing.
MR. TOML~INSON: So, I'm lust -- you know, I've been
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there and I -- I know what you're -- you know, you're looking
at. So, it's a complicated issue to -- to do that.
COMMISSIONER WILi,IAMS: Some banks have no problem
doing that. Other banks don't want the paperwork or what's
going on, but there --
MR. TOMI.INSON: Right.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: -- there are some in town
who are willing to do that, or to bid and see if they are
competitive.
JUDGE HENNEKE: And, part of what we're doing here,
I'm sure you all recognize, is attempting to keep our
business as local as we can. If a local bank will make us as
good a deal as Ford Motor Credit, then we ought to give the
business to the local bank, and this allows us to explore
those options. They're complicated, as our Auditor points
out, but complicated doesn't mean we shouldn't look at them,
we shouldn't try.
MR. TOMI~INSON: But, the bank -- but the bank needs
to understand that -- that it can't be a pure loan. It has
to be a lease/puzchase.
COMMISSIONER WII,LIAMS: Right, exactly. We'll make
that abundantly clear in the R.F.P.
MR. TOMLINSON: Okay.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Judge, the only problem -- I
mean, I'm glad we're doing all these things; it's wonderful.
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But, I lust recall being at a county workshop where they
stated that it is illegal for us to even say that we're lust
going to go locally; that we can't -- we can't even say that.
It has to be -- you have to go out for everyone. You can't
lust target local banks, automobile dealerships, pencils,
paper -- you can't do that.
JUDGE HENNEKE: That's true. And, you know --
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: That's the reason you
advertise R.F.P.
JUDGE HENNEKE: We advertise the R.F.P. broadly,
but we hope that our local institutions -- and Bill has
talked to them -- will be willing to come in and visit with
us about this. We owe it to the taxpayers, as we all know,
to keep as much of our business local as we can. I think we
do a fine lob of that.
COMMISSIONER BAI.DWIN: I agree. We got that in the
record, though, that I am uncomfortable with that.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: You're correct in all that.
And, there -- and the local lending institution may not be
able to match Ford Motor Credit. They may not.
SHERIFF HICKS: I think it's simply lust affording
them the opportunity to bid.
JUDGE HENNEKE: If you don't ask, you don't know.
SHERIFF HICKS: No.
COMMISSIONER I,ETZ: The other thing on that, I
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guess we need to, on the R.F.P. or when these bids come in,
to make sure that the dealers, when they're bidding -- which,
also, they get rebates from Ford that we don't even see when
they use -- we use their financing. So, I mean, there's
another whole thing that the dealer price may be adjusted if
they don't do the financing on the lease/purchase. I mean,
because there's a -- that has to be taken into the
application.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: We can do a -- we should be
clever enough to be able to look at the bottom line impact to
the County for the same vehicles and make the best choice,
cost-wise.
COMMISSIONER L~ETZ: Right.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I would hope so.
COMMISSIONER I.ETZ: Hope so.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: So, I would move that we --
can we do them both at the same time?
JUDGE HENNEKE: No, do them separately.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I'll move that we approve
2.6.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Griffin,
seconded by Commissioner Williams, that we authorize going
out for bids on the six vehicles on the lease/purchase plan
for the Sheriff's Department. Any further discussion?
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Question to the Sheriff.
Are you going to color-coordinate these automobiles?
SHERIFF HICKS: We've talked about it, cost-wise,
and we're going to probably have the cars white to save
money.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Good. Also, it's my
understanding that D.P.S. and a lot of other law enforcement
agencies are going -- taking their sirens off the top and
putting them in the dash because it drives everybody nuts,
really loud up there. You might want to consider what
everyone else is doing.
SHERIFF HICKS: Okay, we'll look into it.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That's all.
JUDGE HENNEKE: If there are no further questions,
all in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(NO response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE:. Motion carries. 2.7.
COMMISSIONER WII.LIAMS: Judge, I move that we go
out for Request For Proposals for financing of the six
vehicles on a 3-year lease/purchase plan for Sheriff's
Department vehicles.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Williams,
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seconded by Commissioner Griffin, that the Court authorize
going out for R.F.P.'s for financing of six vehicles on a
3-year lease/purchase plan for Sheriff's Department. Any
further discussion? If not, all in favor, raise your right
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries.
SHERIFF HICKS: Thank you.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Thank you, Charlie. Next item is
Item No. 8, Constable Williams. Authorize moving 5250 from
Equipment Repairs to Capital Outlay to pay for Invoice 196736
for four tires from Stroeher, dated 11/12/99 for Constable
vehicle.
MR. WILLIAMS: Good morning. Okay, I had a
discussion with my Commissioner in reference to these tires,
and we had talked on the telephone about this, trying to get
them paid for. This suggestion came from him after our
discussion. This is billed to me, as you see, 11/12/99, so
if you people don't approve these, I've got to figure out a
way to come up with the money to pay for it. The tires are
for the vehicle that I personally own that is used for County
business. Okay, it's not used for my personal business.
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through this before -- warrants. I feel -- after doing this
for 11 years and using my personal equipment to do it, I fee]
like it's time for the Commissioners Court to start
considering assisting this office a little more than $1,800 a
year in transportation and travel. That's not enough money
to do -- with the job that I do, okay?
As far as I feel, if it's -- if it is a vehicle -- it is
mine; I understand that, but it's used for County business.
The tires are equipment. That's part of the -- part of the
vehicle. I'm asking to transfer $250 from Line Item 956,
which is Equipment Repair, down to 570, Capital Outlay, to
pay for these tires. When this $500 was given to us this
year, I requested, when I came up here and talked about the
5500, to have it put in Capital Outlay so I wouldn't have to
continue to do this; so if I need equipment repair or a piece
of equipment, I could do it, I could get it. And, gentlemen,
I'm not here trying to take the County for a ride. What I'm
trying to do is I'm trying to keep this car operational until
I can convince the County to purchase a vehicle for me for
the job that I do.
COMMISSIONER WILL,IAMS: Constable, with all due
respect to your position on the matter, I don't think we need
a lecture this morning. I think all we're here for is to
approve or disapprove.
MR. WII.I.IAMS: Okay. Well, that's why 7'm talking
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to you about it, so maybe I can convince y'all to pay for the
tires, okay?
JUDGE HENNEKE: Any questions?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Is this legal? Can we spend
County funds for a personal car?
MR. WII,LIAMS: You have an Equipment Repair line
item here.
COMMISSIONER L~ET7.: We're -- that's my question. I
don't know the answer.
JUDGE HENNEKE: I think we could, in the sense that
this is a vehicle that the Constable maintains far the sole
purpose of performing his official duties. If it ever got to
a point in time when the vehicle wasn't used for official
duties, we might have to go take the tires off of it.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Judge, I move we approve.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Baldwin,
seconded by Commissioner Williams, that we approve the
request from Constable Williams to use $250 from Equipment
Repair to pay for Invoice 796736. Any further discussion?
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Question. Is there any
other vehicle expense that we might want to consider in the
future to reimburse the constables for? I raise that as an
issue, because this obviously sets a precedent. And I'm not
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line at tires? Or do we --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I think we draw the line at
the dollar amount that's in the budget.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Certainly that.
JUDGE HENNEKE: The travel allowance portion of
reimbursement is intended to cover the cost of maintaining
the vehicle.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Okay.
JUDGE HENNEKE: You know, if we add the $500 to the
travel allowance, there wouldn't be a question about the fact
that it would be an authorized expenditure.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I want to say during the
next budget cycle, we probably ought to look at that and tidy
that up, if that's -- if we want to decrease the repairs and
maintenance and put the money into the travel, and if -- so
the Court doesn't have to deal with every instance, if that's
the way we want to do it. I'm just saying for future
reference; it has nothing to do with this motion.
JUDGE HENNEKE:. Any further discussion? If not,
it's been moved and seconded that we approve the payment.
All in favor, raise your right hand.
(Commissioners Baldwin, Williams, and Griffin
indicated by raised hand that they were in favor
of the motion.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(Commissioner Letz indicated by raised hand that
he was against the motion.)
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JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries.
MR. WILI,IAMS: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think we'll have to be
consistent on all other Constables that want anything done to
their vehicles.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: That's true.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Just depends on the lecture
when they come in.
JUDGE HENNEKE: And the budget, too. Item Number 9
-- I don't see Mr. Sandlin.
MS. SOVIL: His office called and said he was ill
this morning and would not be able to be here. I think the
letter's pretty self-explanatory.
JUDGE HENNEKE: bet's take it up. Item Number 9 is
consider and discuss resolution adopting drug-free zones for
Ingram Independent School District as an enhancement to
penalties for certain drug-related offenses. This was
brought to us by T. Sandlin. We have a letter in our packet
which is fairly self-explanatory. If the Court establishes
drug-free zones around the schools, that enhances the
penalties for individuals who are found to have committed
drug-related offenses within those zones. It's my
understanding this is brought to the Commissioners Court
because at least a portion of the schools are not necessarily
within the boundaries of the legal municipality. Is that
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your understanding, Commissioner Griffin?
(Commissioner Griffin nodded.)
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That was my question. It
says in here in 981.135, on the yellow part, I guess the last
page here, in (b), A municipal or county engineer may, on
request, go to the governing body of the municipality or
county. And, so, what we're dealing with is outside the city
limits of Ingram; is that corzect?
JUDGE HENNEKE: Correct. Look at the map in the
packet. It clearly shows that the high school and junior
high school are outside of the boundaries of the City of
Ingram.
COMMISSIONER BAI~DWIN:
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN:
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the boundary?
Well, is the --
The blue line.
The city limits are outside
JUDGE HENNEKE: The school district.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: That zone is outside of the
city limits.
JUDGE HENNEKE: The school and the zone.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: The blue-shaded portion that
you see is outside of the blue line, which is the Ingram city
limit.
COMMISSIONER WII.I.IAMS: Only in the -- in the
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COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: See? Almost the entire high
school is outside the city limits.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I see that. Hut the other
two, seems to me, are inside.
JUDGE HENNEKE: The other two are.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: The other two mostly are,
but you can see that the one in the middle there sticks out
to the west a little bit beyond the city limit, so there is a
dual-jurisdictional thing here.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Okay.
COMMI3SIONER C,RIFFIN: It's not just ours. It's
not just our call. This is -- I think the whole emphasis is
this is going to have to be the City of Ingram and the
County.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Okay.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: To establish that.
COMMISSIONER I~ETZ: I think it's a good idea. I'm
kind of confused as to why T. got involved with it, but --
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Well, I would hope that he
was going to be here, because I hate to to say what I'm about
to say without him here to defend himself. But, I have the
same question. And, I sent him an a-mail, to which I have
not gotten an answer from him yet, flat stating -- I think
this is a wonderful thing for 911 to be able to do, because
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with. I would hope that in the future we qet involved in
everything. He generated another one -- 911 District
generated another map which showed where all of the
burglaries had taken place in a portion of the county or
something, did that for the Sheriff's Department.
Great idea, as soon as we have every road renamed and
every property has a number on it. And, so, I think this is
great; I'd be greatly in favor of doing anything like this we
can, but our first priority is to get the roads named and the
numbers on the properties. That's what the taxpayers are
expecting, and I think that's what this Court expects. And,
I hope he can show up next time to defend himself on that
one, but I lust think it's -- it's time -- I don't know what
to do. I am totally exasperated. We have worked this one so
hard, and I still don't have a number on my property. And I
can't find anybody who has gotten one since March, when we
adopted the guidelines.
JUDGF. HENNEKE: Maybe Mr. Walker can have some
influence on that once he takes hold. I think the short
answer as to why T. did this is because he can.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Yes. And that's --
JUDGE HENNEKE: He has the capability, and his kids
qo to Ingram school.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: And I don't see any problem
with it in the abstract. It's just that -- it's the
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numbers to houses on River Road, where I live? You know,
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COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: So -- and the computer can
generate numbers on existing roads that don't need renaming
or anything else, can generate those numbers at the speed of
light.
JUDGF. HFNNF.KF.: Commissioner, we don't have 911 on
the agenda today.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I know.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: But I'm glad you said that,
Larry; I was thinking the same thing. And, it's -- I mean, I
think, you know, it's a good idea. I'm sure Ingram School
District is in favor of this. It would be nice if we had
this, but they should be the ones asking for this, to me, or
law enforcement or somebody. Hut, anyway, i make a motion we
approve it.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner I,etz,
seconded by Commissioner Griffin, that we approve a
resolution adopting drug-free zones for Ingram Independent
School District and authorize County Judge to sign same.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Judge, do you have a
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resolution?
JUDGE HENNEKE: No. That's why I said "a"
resolution.
COMMISSIONER BAL,DWIN: So, we're approving a
document we we don't have? Okay, fine.
JUDGE HENNEKE: It's not that unusual. Any further
discussion? If not, all in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Given the pace at which we're
proceeding through our agenda today, let's take a break and
come back at 10:30.
(Recess taken from 10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: It's 10:30 on Monday, November
22nd, and we will reconvene the Special Meeting of the Kerr
County Commissioners Court. i believe the next item on the
agenda is Item Number 10, which is consider and discuss
funding for electricity and water for Precinct 2 annex office
for J.P. 2 and Commissioners. Commissioner Williams.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Thank you, Judge. Fast
time we talked about this, we talked in terms of -- of
establishing an annex office in the old space that the City
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two buildings awned by Kerr County on West Kelly street. The
other is a shed which Road and Bridge uses. The problem, of
course, is how do we get power from the Road and Bridge shed
over to the little building? And, what I've attempted to do
is -- is provide some numbers and some potential options that
we might want to consider.
Part of the problem is that the electric meter, which,
for reasons I don't know, the City of Center Point had
removed, is positioned on the shed building where Road and
Bridge has equipment; air equipment for tires and welding
equipment, and houses one or two trucks on occasion. And,
then a line runs from that building over to the little -- to
the little office building. So, there's some options there.
What I didn't include -- and Judge Wright is here this
morning; she may wish to speak to this. I didn't include
telephone, because I recall somebody on the Court said, Well,
maybe you could use a cellphone if we figure out how to get
power to the building.
So, there are the options. Either -- I'm not sure which
way you want to go. It would seem to me if the -- if the
electric meter is on the Road and Bridge building, and Road
and Bridge, in fact, does use it, that might not be a bad way
to solve the problem. Or we could establish a line item for
J.P. 2, since I don't have a budget for Commissioner, and put
the money in Justice of the Peace for this purpose. Or a
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third option might be allowing Facilities Use and Maintenance
to store the items that it needs to store over there, and let
them turn the lights on.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Comments or questions?
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I like number two.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Number 2?
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: bet's put the cost so the
cost is reflected to where it gets used. And, I think that
it lust makes the most sense.
COMMISSIONER I~ETZ: I agree.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: My only question -- I agree
with you a hundred percent -- is that 5325 -- how far is that
projected to go?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Let me take you through
that, Commissioner. Good question. What I did was
extrapolate numbers in terms of minimum number charges for
electricity and water. Electricity will run somewhere
between 57.50 minimum and 515; that is, if yard lights are
not on all the time or all night, as they have been in the
past. And, the water is a minimum of S]9.02 monthly to Aqua
Source.
What I didn't include in there -- you really probably
should talk about this more, Judge, if you will; you probably
have more need for that than I do, and that's the telephone
allowance. I can use the cellphone, and mine does work
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throughout the county. I have one. The Judge says she has a
better -- a more distinct need in terms of talking to her
office routinely to handle J.P. business. Can you relate
lust a little bit more, Judge?
J.P. WRIGHT: Well, that's where the computer would
be. I'd like to be able to offer the service where people
might be able to pay fines or get information about filing
cases in the J.P. court. My cellphone will not receive or
reach in Center Point.
COMMISSIONER WILI,IAMS: If we were to add the
telephone to it, we're looking at 3606 on a minimum basis.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Would that run through the
end of the year? Would this run out through the end of the
budget year?
COMMISSIONER WII,L.IAMS: Yes, sir, it would.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: My thought is -- my thought
is that we ought to have a telephone. If you're going to
have an office, I think we've got to have a telephone.
COMMISSIONER WILI~IAMS: I would agree. Z should
have had it on there to begin with.
JUDGE HENNEKE: I think Commissioner Williams ought
to let Judge Wright use his cellphone. Or upgrade Judge
Wright's cellphone.
COMMISSIONER LF.TZ: My comment is, I need to find
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drive through Center Point every day and get cut-off 50
percent of the time. I think --
COMMISSIONER WIi.LIAMS: I'll be happy to let you
use it, also.
COMMISSIONER I~ETZ: I don't have any problem. I
think you ought to have a telephone in there if you're going
to have an office. My only, I guess, brief apprehension in
this whole area is we're doing this shortly after the
beginning of the new budget year. And, again, this is
something that -- it's a very little item, dollar-wise, but
it's one of those things that it's hard to go to other
departments that decide they want to change the way they do
things in the budget. I'm not going to throw a big kink in
it. It's a good idea, it's helping the public in Center
Point and the precinct, and I think it would be great for all
Commissioners to have a satellite office, where reasonable.
Of course, I don't have a city in my -- other than Kerrville
in my precinct, so --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: You're welcome to stop in
any time, Commissioner. I'll let you use my celephone.
(Laughter.)
COMMISSIONER I,ETZ: We lust need to all remember,
we need to plan for these things in the budget.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Sounds a little bit like
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coming out, he said -- and they wanted to buy more, Calvin
Coolidge -- President Coolidge said, "Wel], why don't we just
buy one airplane and let them all take turns flying it?" So,
this sounds a little bit like that.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Still what they're doing.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Still what they're doing.
Buy one airplane -- buy one phone, let them all use it.
COMMISSIONER WILL~IAMS: Judge, I would offer a
motion that we approve funding for electricity, water, and
telephone for Precinct 2 Annex Office on West Kelly street in
Center Point and establish and transfer the -- the six
hundred and -- we'll say 5625 to the Justice of the Peace
budget in the appropriate line item.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Needs to be transferred from
Nondepartmental Contingency.
COMMISSIONER WII~LIAMS: Nondepartmental
Contingency.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE:. Moved by Commissioner Williams,
seconded by Commissioner Griffin, that we transfer 5625 from
Nondepartmental Contingency to a new line item to be created
under J.P. 2 budget to be used for water, electricity, and
telephone expenses at the satellite office on West Kelly
Street, Center Point. Any further questions or discussion?
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amendment, if I may. I think the cost should be, you know,
partially in J.P. 2, but I think partially under
Commissioners Court. I think you should have -- that same
line item should be added for annex, just 'cause I think that
if this office grows and other departments use it, we might
as well do it up properly to start with.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Set it up how,
Commissioner?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Set it up under the
Commissioners Court budget; there's an annex line item for
this annex, as well. So, it basically is paid for out of --
by, you know, Commissioners Court budget and J.P. 2 budget.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: You suggest lust taking a
number and splitting it, dividing it between the two right
now?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yes.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I have no problem with it.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Commissionez?
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I also second that.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay. Any further discussion?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Wait.
JUDGE HENNEKE: We're going to repeat it.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Okay.
JUDGE HENNF,KF: The motion is that we take $625
from Nondepartmental Contingency, transfer 5312.50 to J.P. 2
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budget for a new line item for utilities for the satellite
office, and transfer 5312.50 to a new line item to be created
under the Commissioners Court budget for utilities: water,
telephone, and electricity for the satellite office on West
Kelly Street in Center Point. The purpose of that is so that
we can appropriately track the fact that expenses are
incurred not only on on behalf of Judge Wright, but also on
behalf of Commissioner Williams. Any further discussion?
Any questions? If not, all in favor, raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries.
COMMISSIONER WILI~IAMS: Thank you, Judge Wright.
(Discussion off the record.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Next we have Item Number 11,
r_onsider and discuss plans for the January 1, 2000, burial of
the time capsule sponsored by the by the Women's Chamber of
Kerrville. Commissioner Williams?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I had a telephone call here
about 10, 12 days ago, Judge. The nice lady on the other end
of the line said, "Well, the box we want to sink is so-forth
and so-forth and in size, and we want to put it out on the
lawn," and here we are. I said, "I need to talk with you,"
so she came in; Ms. Livingston came in and we talked about
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the size of the time capsule that the Women's Chamber is
developing. Then we talked -- and Mr. Holekamp is here and
he can help me address the subject. We talked about the
potential locations for a time capsule to be placed on the
grounds on January 1 in a public ceremony, and we talked
about that which would be included in this box -- cement
vault, if you will. So, what I've tried to do for the Court
is to reduce it to a minimum amount of verbiage here.
The sites that we have talked about would be directly
behind the war memorial in a plot of ground which has
nothing, probably, but tree roots underneath it, and we have
to be careful about that. Another potential site would be on
the -- on the north side of the sidewalk coming in off of
Sidney Baker, again, in an area that has nothing but grass in
it. This is intended to be a concrete vault, 2 1/2 by 2 1/2
by 9, which we would sink it in. It, in turn, would hold a
-- a chest of some kind, and I guess the best thing I can --
best analogy would be something like a big Igloo chest. Hut,
it will be sealed with all materials in it. The vault will
be closed, put the dirt on top of it, and there will be a
granite marker on top of that which memorializes it for the
next 100 years.
Attached also is a list of the items that the ladies
thus far have gathered up from the community. You can see
it's an extensive list. Hope it all fits in that same box.
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And, what they didn't know was what it is that the
Commissioners Court might like to include in here for opening
100 years from now. I put down a list of six items that I --
as a starter, of things that -- items which we might want to
include, and we would welcome any other suggestions that you
would have for other items. But, it's -- the list that I've
got is a list of all elected officials, the number of terms
served and so forth, the 1999/2000 County budget, a letter
from County Judge to the citizens of Kerr County in the year
2100, a list of the registered voters for the Year 2000,
K.A.C.D. total property valuations for the Year 2000, and the
current population of Kerr County. Now, there may be other
things you think axe appropriate that should be included, and
this is our opportunity to -- to list those. So, this is
here for your consideration and approval.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I have a couple of questions.
Your list, I think, looks good. I mean, from the Kerr County
stuff, I think that's great, and I can't think of much to
include there. The question goes back more to the vault
thing. Seems to me that if we're going to have this vault,
couldn't we make it like a bench or something, so you -- I
mean, if you have it down buried all the way, you're lust
going to have -- it's going to look like a tombstone. You
could make it like a bench, you know, so it can be used for
sitting on, and have it on top of it, whatever it is. It may
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be partially buried, of course. It gust seems there might be
some way to keep it from, you know, getting more ]ost. I
mean, it may be kind of a little bit more visible, and makes
it a functional use as well.
COMMISSIONER WZLLIAMS: I think that's a good
suggestion; however, we didn't offer it to them before they
went out and did whatever it is they did thus far. And, what
they've done so far, Commissioner, is they -- in effect, what
they've done is gone to someone like Grimes or somebody -- I
think Grimes, and they have acquired a concrete vault,
ostensibly the size for an infant or a small child, and
that's what they think they need or can use. So, I guess
what they're trying to do is keep their expenses down to a
minimum. Your idea is a good one, but would it cost them
considerably more at this late stage.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Okay. And, the other comment I
had is, on the list of other items going in, that I see
virtually nothing related to the youth of our community.
And, and I know there's .a comment in here somewhere about the
schools were asked, and I guess they didn't turn anything in.
But, you know, it's -- if I was to open this 100 years from
now, I'd think there was nothing but old people in this town.
And, I mean, we have every -- you know, Senior Games, we have
Dietert Claim and all, which are great organizations. I
think we really ought to be after the youth.
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COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I think that's a great
idea.
COMMISSIONER I.F.TZ: I think the Y.M.C.A. does flag
football, basketball, and other activities. I'm sure they
have, you know, membership photographs and things.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Copy of each annual.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: That, or the --
COMMISSIONER C,RIFFIN: Annual from each school in
that year. I think that's something --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I was thinking about
getting the roster from each school as to who was enrolled
and what grade they were in in the year 2000. But, that's
the --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yeah. The annuals from last --
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: The fall annual.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: All three schools.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: All schools.
JUDGE HENNEKE: All five school districts.
COMMISSIONER T,ETZ: Right. You know, something in
that area. I lust think that that was what was missing from
the list, in my mind.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Which T agree is a good
idea. Anybody else have any suggestions? I'll convey that
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take action to approve the location of the vault on the --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: We do.
JUDC,E HENNEKE: -- grounds. Now, do we want to --
does anyone have any preference as to the two sites that are
recommended? Glenn, do you want to weigh-in on this? Are
you awake back there?
MR. HOI,EKAMP: Yeah, I was awake.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Do you have a preference as to the
site, of the two that are suggested?
MR. HOLEKAMP: Yeah. Personally, it would probably
be approximately 12 feet east of the -- behind the war
memorial. If there's any growth or expansion to courthouse
grounds, whether it be parking or whatever, that would be
pretty much eliminated because of the close proximity to the
war memorial, itself. And, it's pretty much a tight area.
So, I would prefer not to -- to the north of the sidewalk,
because I would really think that if there was ever expansion
in parking, it would be either in that area or in this area
over here, probably.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Glenn, the question was
raised, and I'll throw it back to you, just 'cause we need to
address it. If we dig a vault -- a hole for a vault behind
the war memorial -- which, frankly, I favor that location,
too -- will we in any way be damaging the root system for the
big pecan trees out there?
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MR. HOLEKAMP: Probably not. One thing about --
we'll be able to tell pretty quick, you know, once we start
digging. I mean --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: After the tree dies?
MR. HOi,EKAMP: No. No. No, we're a pretty good
distance away from the drip line of that one pecan tree
that's real close to the sidewalk, which is the only one that
would be anywhere close to being a possible problem. The
tree that was there, that little mesquite tree, those roots
may be there, but that won't affect anything because it's
been eliminated. So, I think the danger of pecan roots there
would be very minimal.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Okay.
MR. HOI.EKAMP: Very minimal. I don't think there'd
be any big roots. Maybe some small ones at that distance.
JUDGE HENNEKE: So, your preference is the site
that is --
MR. HOI.EKAMP: Behind the war memorial.
JUDGE HENNEKE:. -- southeast of the war memorial;
is that what we're saying?
MR. HOLEKAMP: Yes.
COMMISSIONER W7I~LIAMS: Little bit to the side.
MR. HOLEKAMP: As you walk out this door, as you
look at the war memorial, it's right about 12 feet this side
behind it (indicating).
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COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Sufficiently behind the war
memorial so as not to infringe in any way --
MR. HOi,EKAMP: Right.
COMMISSIONER WII,I.IAMS: -- on any activities, or
the sanctity of that.
MR. HOLEKAMP: Right. And, quite frankly, I think
Commissioner Letz' comments about the bench would be
excellent. One of my main concerns when we first did it is
-- is don't lay it flat on the ground. Raise it up at least
6 inches or S inches so you can mow around it, you know, and
see it. You don't want to bury them flat with the ground;
we're going to lose it. We're going to have a mess. It's
going to get -- you know, so, the -- there's a possibility
they can do the -- the stone itself, the memorial thing and
maybe place a bench on top of. it or something, and I agree
with you.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: We can suggest that to
MR. HOLEKAMP: Because it's going to be -- we
really have to be careful when we place things out here as
to, can you work around them?
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: Well, and it might get lost
in 100 years, so it does need to stand up above the ground;
that's for sure. I've seen some done that way. t,ooks very
nice, has a little plaque on it.
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COMMISSIONER LETZ: Right.
MR. HOLF.KAMP: Oh, 50 feet.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: 50 feet?
MR. HOLEKAMP: 40 feet.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Let's make sure we don't
interfere with the money we spent on the Vordenbaum -- out
front, fixing the -- we're far enough away that we're not
going to interfere with the drainage and all that stuff?
MR. HOI,EKAMP: Oh, yes. Yes.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Franklin?
MR. JOHNSTON: Mother Nature being what she is, how
are you going to keep that thing from lust filling up with
water? A hundred years from now, you could have nothing in
here but rust.
JUDGE HENNEKE: It's a -- what goes inside of it is
what will be --
COMMISSIONER WILLIA
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bit. But, good point.
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guess if they've already made
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COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Who does?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Freed & Barker. And I'm sure
they'll let you -- they donate to so many activities already,
I'm sure they'd probably donate one.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I'll pass it on to them.
JUDGE HENNEKE: At this time, I think it would be
appropriate to have a motion to approve locating the time
capsule southeast of the war memorial, as recommended by the
head of our Maintenance Department.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: So moved.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Griffin,
seconded by Commissioner Williams, that the Court approve
locating the Women's Chamber time capsule southeast of the
war memorial. Any further discussion? If not, all in favor,
raise your right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE HENNEKE: Motion carries.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: On the other part of it,
Judge, I don't think that requires any -- any formal action,
but I will get back to them with Commissioner Letz'
suggestion on the schools and athletic teams and so forth and
so on. If anybody else has any other suggestions, come to me
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JUDGE HENNEKE: It will lust be the sense of the
Court that we'll contribute the items that are listed here in
some form or fashion.
COMMISSIONER WILI,IAMS: Thank you.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Okay, good. Next item is Item
Number 12, consider and discuss procedures and processes
under current statutes for the formation and operation of
road district with bonding authority. Counselor Griffin.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: I -- yeah. I had put this
on the agenda. We currently have two subdivisions that are
looking for ways to improve the roads and bring them to
County standards and have the County take them over for
maintenance, et cetera. One is the Shadow Ridge Subdivision
in Precinct 2. The other is Ingram Lake Estates in my
precinct, Precinct 4. We have discussed previously the idea
of establishing road districts that have bonding authority,
so that lust that road district is taxed to pay for their
roads to bring them up to County standards. It lengthens the
time a little bit; you can raise more money than you can with
a 15-cent tax, the special road tax that we had talked about
before.
Also, on the same subject, I had asked the County
Attorney's office informally just to tell us, on the basis of
the reading of the law, what is the process to do that. In
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other words, we can -- we, the Commissioners Court -- I know,
because it's in the statute. 7t says that we can form the
road district, but then there has to be a bond election.
And, that's under Article 3, Section 57. of the Constitution.
And, how does that fit together?
Since the County Attorney -- I asked that informally, I
must admit, but there is nobody here to address that. I
think all I would do at this point is -- is ask the Judge,
perhaps, to formally ask the County Attorney for a reading of
the law, and give us a cookbook -- all I want is the recipe;
Step 1 is to do so-and-so, Step 2 is to do this, Step 3.
Just tell us the process, and don't relate it to any specific
case or -- or potential application of that right now. We
just need to know what the process is.
COMMISSIONER WIf,LIAMS: I agree.
COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN: And so, Judge, I think
that's all we probably need to do with this item at this
time.
JUDGF. HENNF.KE: We can do that. That's not a
problem. Anyone else have any comments on that issue before
we move on7
COMMISSIONER WILI,IAMS: No, I agree with
Commissioner C,riffin. We need to know how to do it, period.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Next item and final item is Item
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COMMISSIONER WIT,I,IAMS: I don't know why this got
assigned to me to put this on the agenda. The letter was
addressed to you. Commissioner Letz has been their -- their
chief guru now for several years. But, we need to appoint
somebody.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I move Commissioner Williams.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second.
JUDGE HENNEKE: Moved by Commissioner Letz,
seconded by Commissioner Baldwin, that Commissioner Williams
be appointed the Kerr County representative to the Board of
Directors of Kerr County R.C.& D. Any further discussion?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Thank you very much. I
appreciate that.
JUDGE HENNEKE: If not, all in favor, raise your
right hand.
(The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE HENNEKE:. All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I should vote against it.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I'll be glad to assist in any
way I can.
COMMISSIONER WII,LIAMS: Thank you.
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(Commissioners Court adjourned at 10:55 a.m.)
STATE OF TEXAS I
COUNTY OF KERR I
The above and foregoing is a true and complete
transcription of my stenotype notes taken in my capacity as
County Clerk of the Commissioners Court of Kerr County,
Texas, at the time and place heretofore set forth.
DATED at Kerrville, Texas, this 29th day of November,
1999.
JANNETT PIEPF.R, Kerr County Clerk
Kathy ik, Deputy County Clerk
Certified Shorthand Reporter
ORDER N0. cE113
CLRIMS RND RCCOLINI"S'
On this the :'_~nd day of November 1999, came to be considered
by the Co~_trt the various claims and accounts against I'.err
County and the various Commissioners' precincts, which said
Claims and Rcccounts are 10-General F~_md for 81.14,9:='4~si;
li-J~ar•y Fund for• 8303.75; 13--Road & Bridge Rdd' 1 Registration
Fee Fund for 810, 700.88; 15-Road ~ Bridge Fund for 83c,'._8~.3E;
~3-Juvenile State Rid Fund for• 8~8C,.00; 4-Traffic Safety Fund
f OY` 8555. ~Q~; ~7-Juvenile Intensive F'ro gram-State Rid Fi_ind for
815, 135.05; 29-Cour•'thouse Sec~ar•ity Fund for• 830F. 30; 31-F'arks
Fund for• 8i9,8~9.50; 50--Indigent Health Care Fund for
81, 38-1. 54; 70-F'er•manent Tmpr•ovement Fund for• 8:_7, 001.00;
81-District Administration Fund for• 8340.00; 83--State
Handed-."_'16t;h District Rttorney Fund for• 8i,8cc.EF; 8E-State
Funded-c:1Eth District p'r•obativn Fund for• ~5,~96.52 and
87-State Funded-Community Corrections Fund for 82, 878.0.
(TOTRL RLL FUNllS-8233, 045.8E,)
Upan motion made by Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by
Commis=;ioner Williams, the Court unanimously approved by a
vote of 4-0-0, payment of said (:laims and Rr_counts as
recommended by the Co~_mty Ruditor.
ORDER NU. cE114
BUDGET AMENI7MENT
COUNTY CLERK.
Un this the c2nd day of November 1999, upon motion made 6y
Commissioner Williams, seconded by Commissioner Griffin, the
Court unanimously approved by a vote of 4-@-@, tr•ansfer•ring
$3c5.@@ from Line Item No. 1@-4@~-cl@ Ballot E><pense to Line
Item No. 1@-4@'~-4~@ Election Notices.
ORDER N0. c611.5
E~UDGET RMENDMENT
CUUNTY SPONSORED ACl"IVITY
On this the :2nd day of November 1999, upon motion made by
Commissioner Griffin, seconded by Commissioner I_etz, the
Co~_ir•t unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-@, transferr'•ing
#614.98 from FUND #iQ~ S~"~r•pl~_is Fi_inds to Line Item No.
10-660-500 Historical Commission. (Enc."tmber•ed expense
r~ef~_inded d~_~e to wr-ang merchrindise. Received r-ef~_tnd from
vendor 11/17;99 - Applied r•ef~.ind to 9/3~J99.)
ORDER NU. 2Ei1.E
LATE RILL
CRRD SERVICES/VENDOR #086
FUR SHERIF'F'S DEF'RRTMENT RND THE JAIL
Un this the 22nd day of November 1999, upon motion made by
Commissioner Let z, seconded by Commissioner Sriffin, the Court
unanimously approved by a vote of 4-Q-0, paying invoices to
Vender #08E Card Services on behalf of the Sheriff's
Department and the jail as presented by the a~..iditorg
#991011/9351 for ~cF39.97 (total)
#9911i0l4512 for ~2E.70
#991110/282 for $2.41
#991110/0136 for ~27.2E~
#991119/8241 for 820.24
^ TU"fRLING 8366.58.
ORDER NO. 26111
LATE RILL
RDVRNI"RGE SOFTWRRE
CUUR7 REP'ORTER'S SOFTWARE
On this the ..2nd day of November 1999, ~_~pon motion made by
Commissioner Lets, seconded by Commissioner Griffin, the Court
unanimoi_isly appr^oved by a vote of 4-0-0, paying invoice
#9911'2 Rdvantage Software 'b 4,0:_`x.00 (Eclipse CRT Software for•
Commissioners' Court Repor•ter~ Computer. Line 1't em No.
10-401-570 Capital Uutlay ~:_,01S.U0 and Line Item No.
10-4'26-570 Capital O~_~tlay X2,012.50.)
17RDER N0. '~611f3
DISRF'F'ROVAL/LATE RILL
FOR MR. LRRRY NOBLE
~n this the ccnd day of November, 1999, upon motion made by
Commissioner Griffin, seconded by Commissioner Letz, the Court
unanimously voted 4-@-@, to disapprove the late bill presented
by Mr. Larry Noble.
ORDER N0. '6119
f~F'F'ROVE RND RCCEP"f MONTHLY REPORTS
On this the ccnd day of November 1999, came to be considered
by the Court the var•io~_is monthly reports of N.err County and
F'r•ecinct Officials for• Near- Co~_inty. Upon motion made by
Commissioner Griffin, seconded by Commissioner- Williams, the
Cour^t unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, that said
r•eparts he accepted and filed with the Co~_inty Clerk for• f~_itur•e
a~_idit:
JF'#4 -- Wi 11 iam E. Ragsdale
Monthly Report - October 1999
Fines, Judgments, & J~_rr•y Fees
Collected
JF'#c - Dawn Wright
Monthly Report - October 1999
Fees Collected
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Sheriff's Uepar•tment - James Hicks
Civil Report - Month of October 1999
JF'#1 - Vance R. Elliott
Monthly Report - October 1999
Fees Collected
JF'#3 - Robert L. Tench
Monthly Report - October 1999
Fines, J~_idgments and Jury Fees
Collected
District Clerk - Linda Uecker
Monthly Report - October 1999
Co~_mty Cler•f< - Jannett Pieper
Trust F~.ind Report - Octoher 1999
Co~_inty Clerf< - Jannett p'ieper•
General Repar•t - October 1999
Co~_mty Clerk - Jannett Pieper
Fines Imposed and Collected and
Jt.tdgments Rendered - J~.rr•y Fees
Collected - Month of October^ 1999
,~.~ Co~_inty Clerk - Jannett Pieper
Trust F~..ind Montly Report
R11 Monies and Fees Collected/
received (belonging to o'Fficers, witnesses, or'
other- persons remaining in her' hands uncalled
fore 6y the persons entitled thereto - Month
ending October- 1999
"treasurer - Par•bara Nemec
C?~_tarterly Financial/investment Report
Months of Rpril, May and J~.ine 1999
Sheriff's Department - James HicF<s
Monthly Report - September 1999
Extension Rctivity Report - Laur-inda Hoyd
4-H Yo~.ith Coordinator
September 1999
and October 1999
tMa.jor activities - October- 1999)
County Extention Rgent -- FCS
Janie Sq~aier
ORDER N0. X6120
.... MEMORANDUM OF UNDF_RSTANDING
BETWEEN THE COMMTSSItJNERS' COURT QF FCERR COUNTY
RND GURDALLJPE-RL._RNCO RIVER AUTHORITY
On this 'the 2'2nd day of November 1999, i.ipon motion made by
Commissioner Lets, seconded by Commissiner Williams, the Co~_ir•t
unanimously approved by a vote of 4-@-0, the Memorandum of
Understanding with G~_~adal~_~pe Planco River R~_ithority and
withdrew Y.err County's objection to the G. B. R.A.'s application
to amend Canyon Lal<e water right.

ORDER NO. c61:_1
RF't='ROVE PRELIMINARY REF'LATS FOR LOTS -
57, 61., 6~, R• 6G AND LOTS - iAS R 114
AND LOTS - 144, 145, 146, R 147
FALLING WATER SUPllIVISION
On this the SEnd day of November iS'~9, ~_ipon motion made by
Commissioner Let z, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin, the Court
unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, the preliminary
r•eplats of lots 57, 61, f~, & 63 and lots 10S R 114 and lots
144, 145, 146, R 147 of Falling Water Subdivision.
ORDER NU. 26122
F1PF~RUVE FINRL REF~LRTS FUR LOTS -
JJ A SE AND LOTS - 96, 97, 12'7, ft~ 12B RND LOTS' --
123, i~r2, & 143 FREEING WfaTER SUBDIVISION
Un this the :'_2nd dray of November 1999, i.ipon motion made by
Commissioner Let z, seconded by Cnmmissioner• Baldwin, the Co~.ar•t
unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, final replats of lots
:J:J R `i6 and lots 96, 97, 127, R~ 128 and lots 123, 142, ft~ 143
of Falling Water S~.ibdivision.
ORDER N0. ~'E1:~
R[~'PROVE_' PRELIMINRRY PLAT OF
PRIVILEGE CREEK RANCHES
On this the ~:cnd day o'F November 199`3, upon motion made by
Commissioner- 6rifFin, seconded by Commissioner Let z, the Court
unanimously appr^oved by a vote of 4-0-0, the Preliminary Flat
of Privilege Creek Ranches.
ORDER N0. c61:4
AF'F'R(]VE i='RELIMINARY REPLR'f OF BLUFF CREEP. RANCH
On this the ~::nd day of November° 1999, upon motion made by
Commissioner Williams, secondecl by Commissioner Let z, the
Court unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, the F'r-eliminar•y
Replat of P1~_iff Creek Ranch.
ORDER NO. cE1'~5
RDVER"fISE FOR RFF"S FDR
WORKERS' COMPENSATION, LIABILITY
AND P'ROP'ERTY INSURRNCE
On this the ~."_'nd day of November 1999, upon motion made by
Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Griffin, the
Court unanimo~"sly approved by a vote of 4-0-Q~, advertising
for• F2FF"s for workers compensation, liability and property
insurance.
ORDER NU. c61'6
AllD ADDITIUNRL Sl'RFF
SHERIFF'S DE:F'RRTMENT
On this the~c":nd day of November 1999, upon motion made by
Commissioner Williams, seconded by Commissioner Griffin, the
Co~_ir•t unanimo~_isly approved by a vote of 4-0-0, adding
additional staFf, an additional five persnris at the F:err°
County Jail to allow contr•actiny for housing for• additional
o~_it-of-co~_mty prisoners.
ORDER NO. c6127
GOING OUT FOR RIDS - STX VF_HIGLES
UN LERSE/F'URCHRSE GLRN FOR SHERIFF'S DEPRR'TMENT
On this the '~Ond day of November 1999, upon motion made by
Commissioner Griffin, seconded by Commissioner Williams, the
Co~_ir°t unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, going o~_it for'
bids on si>< vehicles on the lease/p~.xrchase plan for' the
Sheriff's Department.
ORDER NO. ~ElcB
GOING OUT FOR RFF" S FOR F'TNANCTNG
OF SIX VEHICLES - TI-iRF_E YERR LERSE/F'URCHRSE FLAN
FOR SI-IERIFF' S llEF='RRTMENT
On this the '~cnd day of November 1999, ~-ipon motion made by
Commissioner Williams, seconded 6y Commissioner Griffin, the
Coi_irt unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-Q, going oat
'For' RFF" s for financing of s:ix vehicles on a .~-year'
lease/purchase plan for SFieriff's Department.
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BUDGET RMENDMEN"f
L'ONSTRBLE PRECINCT #c/CARL WILLI_IAMS
(INVOICE #1%736)
Un 'this the ccnd day of IVovember- 1`39'x, ~_ipon motion made by
Commissioner Falclwin, seconded by Commissioner Williams, the
Co~_irt approved by a majority vote of 3-1-0, transferring
Sc5Q~.00 from Line Item No. 10-55..-'456 Egi_iipment Repair to Line
Item No. 1[-552.-5?~ Capital 0~_ttlay. (Commissioner Letz voted
against the motion.)
ORDER N0. c6130
RESDLUTION FOR DRUG--FREE: "L ONES
INGRRM TOM MOORS HIGH SCHOOL RND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
THE RLTERNRTIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS
RND INGRRM ELEMENI'RRY SCHOOL
On this the ccnd day of November° 1999, ~_tpon motion rtiade by
Commissioner Let z, secondcad by Lommissioner Griffin, the Court
unanimously appr-oved by a vote of 4-0-0, a resol~..ition
adopting dr•~_ig-fr'•ee zones for Ingrain Independent School
District and a~_ithorize Cuunty J~_idge to sign same.
ORDER N0. :?61 1
ELECTRICI"fY AND WATER FOR PRECINCT #~ ANNEX OFFI(:E
FOR JF'#~ AND COMMISSIONER GCT#
(WEST KELLY STREET, CENTER F'OINT>
On this the~End day of November- 1`3'9, ~_ipon motion made by
Commissioner Williams, seconded by Commissioner Griffin, the
Court ~_inanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-~, transferring
a Total of ~E;E5.00 out of Line Item No. 1Q~-449-571 Non
Departmental. Contingency, and creating TWO NEW LINE ITEMS -
Line Item Nu. 14~-456-44i Jf'#L Utilities/l"elephone
Line Item No. ].0-401-441 Commissioner-.7F'#c Utilities/
Telephone --
with ~~1~:.50 yoiny into each line item for- the office on
West Kelly Street, Center Point.

ORDER NO. X613
RURIRL OF TIME CRF'SUl_E - JRNURRY 1, ~_SOS
(SF'UNSORED L3Y WOMEN'S CNRMFER OFD I:ERRVILLE)
On this the ~'nd day of November 1999, upon motion made by
Commissioner Griffin, seconded by Commissioner Williams, the
Court unanimously approved 6y a vote of 4-0-Q, locating the
Wortien's Chamber time c~aps~..ile Southeast; of the War' Memorial.

ORDER N0. ~61~s
RF'F'OINTMENT TO T'HE PORRD OF DIREC"FORS
OF F:ERR COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVRTION RND DEVELOF'NEN'T
On this the ccfld day of November, 1999, ~.xpon motion made by
Commissioner Let z, seconded by Commissioner Naldwin, the Coy"irt
unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, appointing
Commissioner F3i17. Williams as the lierr• Coy"inty r•epr•esentative
to the Poard of Directors of Kerr County R. C.8 D.