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KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
Emergency Session
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
4:00 p.m.
Commissioners' Courtroom
Kerr County Courthouse
Kerrville, Texas
PRESENT: PAT TINLEY, Kerr County Judge
H.A."BUSTER" BALDWIN, Commissioner Pct. 1
WILLIAM "BILL" WILLIAMS, Commissioner Pct. 2
JONATHAN LETZ, Commissioner Pct. 3
DAVE NICHOLSON, Commissioner Pct. 4

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I N D E X
July 16, 2003
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1.1 Consider and discuss selection of voting ~ 0 ! ~~
precincts at the selected combined polling
locations to facilitate Justice Department
clearance for the Constitutional Election on
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1.2 Consider and discuss amending Court Order No.
28156 (Appointment of Election Judges and
Alternates for the tem of one year be~n~
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On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 4:00 p.m., an emergency
meeting of the Kerr County Commissioners Court was held in
the Commissioners' Courtroom, Kerr County Courthouse,
Kerrville, Texas, and the following proceedings were had in
open court:
P R O C E E D I N G S
JUDGE TINLEY: I will call to order the
special emergency Commissioners Court meeting scheduled for
today, Wednesday, July 16th, at 4 p.m. It's a couple
minutes after 4 p.m. now. This meeting was necessitated by
an unforeseen situation, in that it was necessary not only
that -- that there be a designation of the consolidation of
the polling places, but a specific identification of which
particular voting precincts would be voting at each
particular consolidated polling place, and that was required
in order that the Clerk could obtain the appropriate
clearance from the Texas -- from the United States
Department of Justice. So, I'll allow each of you gentlemen
to designate which voting precincts are going to be at which
particular polling place. Precinct 1?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Yes, sir. Thank you
very much. Of course, I did as the rest of you did and
chose two -- two voting places in my precinct, and I tried
to split them almost in half -- split my precinct almost in
half so no one would have to travel very far. One is
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precinct -- Voting Precinct 107, which is the church on
Highway 16. The name of it --
MS. PIEPER: Heart of the Hills.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Heart of the Hills
Church on Highway 16. And Trinity Baptist, which is 119,
Voting Precinct 119. So, in Voting Precinct 107, we want to
ask two to come in there, 107 and 101, to vote at Precinct
107. Then at Precinct 119, Trinity Baptist, we're going to
ask 109, 119, 113, and 118 to go to Trinity Baptist to vote.
And that's kind of an equal distance for everybody, and I
think it's going to be comfortable.
JUDGE TINLEY: Precinct 2?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Precinct 2, Voting
District 202 will vote at the American Legion -- the Center
Point American Legion Hall. And Precinct 211 will vote with
215 at the Extension Office, the Ag complex.
JUDGE TINLEY: Precinct 3?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Precinct 3, we'll have a
rural location. It will be Precinct 303, and 308 and 303
will vote at Cypress Creek Community Center. And then 320,
312, and 314 will vote at the courthouse.
JUDGE TINLEY: Precinct 4?
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: One polling place
would be 406, the First Presbyterian Church, and the
precincts that will vote there are 404, 405, 406, and 410.
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Second polling place will be Western Hills Baptist Church.
417 and 416 will be also voting there. Why are there
different numbers of precincts -- voting precincts on
Commissioners' precincts?
MS. PIEPER: Why are there different numbers?
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: Yeah. Why are there
three in Precinct 2 and six in Precinct 4?
MS. PIEPER: It goes by population of each
precinct. You can have up to 5,000 people in each precinct.
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: Well, we all have
the same -- we all have the same number of population.
That's just an idle question.
MS. PIEPER: But you have --
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: I don't want to hold
Bill up any longer.
MS. PIEPER: But you have little, bitty --
you have other areas, like there's probably the same
population here that may be -- that may cover, like, the big
old area here.
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: Again --
MS. PIEPER: So each --
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: -- I've got about
12,000 or 13,000 people. You can divide that by six, six
precincts. Bill's got 12,000 or 13,000 people, and he
posted three precincts. So he's -- on the average, he has
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to have three times as many people go into each polling
place as I do.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I think it's
geographical.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Geography more than
anything.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I've never figured it
out.
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: That's got to be it.
JUDGE TINLEY: Anything further on this
particular item, gentlemen? Let's move on to the next
item --
MS. ALFORD: We have to have a motion.
JUDGE TINLEY: Pardon?
MS. ALFORD: We have to have a motion.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Judge, I move that we
approve the -- the --
MS. PIEPER: Consolidation of the polling
locations.
COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER
struggled to get it out.
JUDGE TINLEY
BALDWIN: Do I have a second?
WILLIAMS: Second. You do.
BALDWIN: Thank you.
WILLIAMS: Even though you
Motion made and seconded that
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we consolidate the specified voting precincts into the
consolidated polling places, as specified by each of the
respective Commissioners. All in favor of the motion,
signify by raising your right hand.
(The motion carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE TINLEY: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE TINLEY: Next item, consider and
discuss amending Court Order Number 28156 relating to the
appointment of election judges and alternates for the term
of one year beginning August 1, 2003. And tell us what --
MS. PIEPER: Gentlemen, after I had got back
to the office yesterday and I got all 41 of my notices to my
election judges and alternate judges printed out, I got an
e-mail from our Democratic County Chair stating that one of
the judges would not be able to work -- one of the alternate
judges would not be able to work election day, and so that
was in Precinct 202, which was Nell Sevey. She wants to
move the alternate judge Adolph Castillo up to --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Again, please?
MS. PIEPER: Excuse me?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Again? Who?
MS. PIEPER: Adolph Castillo. She wants to
move him to Precinct 202 as the alternate judge, and then
she wants to substitute 215 with Joyce Woods.
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COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: That's fine.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: The remaining -- I
mean, the parties remain the same? They're still going to
be Democrats?
MS. PIEPER: Yes.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: All the
Republicans --
MS. PIEPER:
Democrats are the alternate
COMMISSIONER
MS. PIEPER:
COMMISSIONER
said is what we do.
Republicans are judges. The
judges.
WILLIAMS: You need a motion?
Yes.
WILLIAMS: I move that what you
MS. PIEPER: Okay.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I wish I could
think like that.
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: I second it.
Jannett, did you say that the Democrat party chairman
contacted you?
MS. PIEPER: Yes.
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: Who is that?
MS. PIEPER: Dot Larimer.
JUDGE TTNLEY: Motion's been made and
seconded that we amend Court Order Number 28156 to provide
that the Democratic party alternate judge roster be changed
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to provide that Adolph Castillo be moved to Precinct --
Voting Precinct 202, and Joyce Woods be named the -- the
alternate judge in 215.
MS. PIEPER: That's correct.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: The -- so the judges
and alternate judges are not required to live in the
precincts?
MS. PIEPER: No. If at all possible, we're
supposed to get judges and alternates and clerks, but if we
can't find one that will agree to do it, then we can go
outside the area. Just not outside the county.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any further question or
discussion? If not, all in favor of the motion, signify by
raising your right hand.
(The motion carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE TINLEY: A11 opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion does carry.
MS. PIEPER: Thank you.
JUDGE TINLEY: That's all I have on the
agenda, gentlemen, so I'll declare the meeting adjourned.
(Commissioners Court adjourned at 4:13 p.m.)
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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 16th day of July, 2003.
JANNETT PIEPER, Kerr County Clerk
Kat~k De ut Count Clerk
Y ~ p Y Y
Certified Shorthand Reporter
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,,,_ ORDER NO. 28185
APPROVE OF CONSOLIDATING THE POLLING
LOCATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH ELECTION
On this the 16th day of July, 2003 upon motion made by Commissioner Baldwin,
seconded by Commissioner Williams, the Court unanimously approved by a vote of
4-0-0, the polling locations for the September 13th Constitutional Amendment Election as
presented by the County Clerk.
Precinct Location Address
101 & 107 Heart of the Hills Fellowship
109, 113 Trinity Baptist Church
118, 119
202 American Legion
211 & 215 County Extension Office
303 & 308 Cypress Creek Comm. Center
312,314 Courthouse (Lower Level)
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404, 405 First Presbyterian Church
406, 410
Hwy 16 South Camino Real Kerrville
880Jackson Rd./615 Bluebell, Kerrville
Center Paint
Hwy 27 Kerrville
Stoneleigh Road, Comfort
700 Main St. Kerrville
Hwy 39 W., Ingram
41b & 417 Western Hills Baptist Church 2010 Goat Creek Rd., Kerrville
Early Voting: Ken County Courthouse (Lower Level)
ORDER NO. 28186
AMENDING COURT ORDER NUMBER 28156
APPOINTMENT OF ELECTION JUDGES
AND ALTERNATES FOR THE
TERM OF ONE YEAR
On this the 16th day of July, 2003, upon motion made by Commissioner Williams
seconded by Commissioner Nicholson, the Court unanimously approved by a vote
of 4-0-0, to amend Court Order Number 28156 to appoint Election Judges and Alternates
Judges for the Term of One Year beginning August 1, 2003 in Accordance with the Texas
Election Code, Chapter 32 as recommended by the County Chair to change the following:
Kerr County Democratic Party
Pct. 202 Nell Sevey to Pct.202 Adolph Castillo
Pct. 215 Adolph Castillo to Pct. 215 Joyce Woods