ORDER NO. 27250 BUDGET AMENDMENT IN COUNTY COURT AT LAW AND LATE BILL On this the 24th day of September- 2001, upon motion made by Commissioner Gr-iffin, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin, the Court unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, to tr•ansfer• 5263.50 from Line Item No. 10-427-497 Statement of Facts and 5926.50 from Line Item No. 10-427-4B~ Confer-ences to Line Item No. 10-427-499 Miscellaneous in County Court at Law and approve late bill in the amount of 51,190.00 to PAK Private Investigation. The County Auditor and the County Tr•easur•er are hereby authorized to write a hand check in the amount of E1, 190. 00 made payable to PAK Pr-ivate Investigation. COURT ORDER # ~ ~v7 ~~ # 8 (09/24/01 ~ BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST FORM DEPARTMENT NAME: County Court At Law UNEXPENDED REQUESTED EXPENSE CODE LINE ITEM DESCRIPTION CURRENT BUDGET CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET BALANCE AMENDMENT INCREASE/()DECREASE 10-427-499 Miscellaneous $100.00 $1,190.00 $0.00 + $1,190.00 10-427-485 Conferences $1,750.00 $1,136.00 $926.50) 10-427-497 Statement of Fac[s $400.00 $263.50 $263.50) / ~/ d~ DATE Sheet! ~ FOR AUDITOR'S OFFICE USE ONLY LATE BILL FOR O9/24/O1 WILL NEED A HANDCHECK ~3~03 VENDOR # INVOICE# C~F~a $,,l,~srrT ~A'Iq~Dµ,E-q,}T l APP2o~ED~ PAID TO: PAK Private Investigation AMOUNT: 51,190.00 EXPENSE CODE: 70-427-499 DESCRIPTION: Investigative expense re: Hookman,K. INVOICE NUMB: 9'OtMOOKMAN,K. INVOICE DATE: 09/10/01 RECVD DATE: 09/19/01 DUE DATE: 09/24!01 P O BOX 293001 KERRVILLE, TX 78029-3001 C mil( September 10, 2001 Kur County Court At Law The Honorable Judge Spencer Brown 700 Mnin Street Kerrville, Texas 78028 l/r' > i""Y -t" -S-~,-~~ PAK Private Investigation [~a~._py~.~n .v.~oD/ Patrick Kneese/Linda Kneese 1~' P~~''~~oo f~'- P.O. Box 29300 ~r Kerrville, Texas 78029-3001 RED Itemized Statement as Requested by The Honorable Judge Spencer Brown Regarding expenses for the case of The State of Texas VS. Kenneth Hookmon. ~enr Judge Brown, Below you will find an itemized statement of expenses as requested. I realize the importance of monitoring how the taxpayer of Kerr County spends his or her dollar. With this in mind my business has done the best to show that the tax dollar spent on this case is well accounted for. Please keep in mind that correspondence with the defending attorney and the defendant are nn ongoing project and the hours submitted are n very modest submittal. A-y Phone rewrds or hours spent with the defendant and the defendant's attorney can be easily verified by contacting the source. It has come to my attention that the court has question of the number of subpoenas that PAK has made application for. Prior to making applications, the defendants attorney had full knowledge and approved of the authorization of making said applications. I must stress that it is not PAK Private Investigations intent to'pad the bill" regarding this case; however it is necessary to interview these witnesses in preparation for this case. Your Honor needs to understand that the bill submitted thus far is quite modest due to the time, work, travel, phone bills, research, and interviews in order to present n fair and honest displ~ of what has taken place. Your Honor, after reviewing my investigation I realize that not every detail was submitted. ~ ~~~~~~~ 8 ,~~ Please keep in mind I realize that you have put n cap on this investigation with°''~ ".~B ~ h, ,, y~,:~~ ~~ Attorney James Patterson present. The Cnp you set was 2000.00 dollars. I ~ s~ ~ furthermore realize that arty other time spent on this case will bent my own ~ ` r ~ f- ~~,, expense. I also request a tax-exempt certificate to be tax exempt on this case. ;~~ ~` `~ My sole interest in this case is that all facts are made available to the individuals ,'``~ ~~ who will be determining n man/woman's fate in the hands of the Inw as ordered by ~' ~`` The State Of Texas. Once again please realize that regardless of the outcome of this case my business's sole purpose is to reveal all facts relevant to this case to concur n fair trial. As follows to the best of my professional ability I will list all matter that is relevant to this case. Once again, if you have any detail questions regarding time involved please contact the defendant or the defendant's attorney, and I feel certain that any question will be answered with complete justification. 1. James Patterson Attorney- June 8, 2001- to present: 5 Hours. (Briefing, legal document preparation, correspondence, Interviews, updates on status of case, etc.) 2. Kenneth Hookmnn- June 10, 2001- to present: 6 Hours. (Briefing, Documentation collection, interviewing, professional explanation of his method of dog trnining,correspondence) 3. David Lindstrand- Minimum contact: 1 Hour (including preparation). Attempt to interview, but he demanded n subpoena before submitting arty further information as not to incriminate himself. (7/10/01) 4. Diane Fischer- Minimum contact 30 Minutes (including preparation). Attempt to interview, but she demanded n subpoena before submitting any material information. (7/10/01) 5. Merrill Wolfe- Minimum contact 2 Hours. Interview and documentation. (6/25/01) 6. Jackie Davis- Minimum contact 1 Hour: Interview, preparation, and documentation. (6/25/01) 7. Megan Hose- Minimum contact 1.5 Hours (interview, documentation, statement, preparation) (7/9/01) p?,._ _ ~h+w r +'~" 8. Amber Frye- Minimum contact 1 Hour (Int., background info). (7/VO3). 9. Legal, professional, expert, research. (Via phone, library, case history, witness credibility, dog training methods, etc.) Minimum time spent 6 Hours. 10. Mark Allen (Animal Shelter) Minimum contact: 1 Hour. Case background, basic allegations, personal observations, preparation, and research. Phone. Operating expenses to include but not limited to travel, office supplies, Internet research, documentation not listed, other research tangible or intangible related to the above case. $ 65.00. Total Hours =25 Hours e $45.OOhrs. This calculates to n total of $1,125.00. In addition to n modest figure of $65.00 operating costs. Total payment reouested is in the amount of $1 190.00. Please make check payable to: PAK Private Investigation p. O. Box 293001 Kerrville, Texas 78029-3001 Thank you for your interest in this case, due to my past experience in itemized bills presented to Kerr County; PAK feels this is more than sufficient to receive proper payment for services rendered. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. pue to the fact that the bill was submitted on the terms the Court has requested, it is our intent to seek an approval of the Commissioner s Court Judge as well ns the Commissioners of this county to grant a hand written check payable on this date, in the honest determination that no fraud was intended and further delay reflects the integrity this office hopes to uphold. K Kneese Private Investigation c.c. Judge Simmons PAK Private Investigation