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KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
Emergency Session
Thursday, September 30, 2004
7:30 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
Date Taken
1.1 Consider and discuss temporary continuation of
Lease Agreement by and between Hill Country
Juvenile Facility Corporation and Kerr County
1.2 Consider and discuss temporary continuation of
Operating Agreement between Kerr County and
Kerr County Juvenile Board
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On Thursday, September 30, 2004, at 7:30 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: Let me call to order the
special emergency meeting of the Commissioners Court of Kerr
County posted for this time and date, Thursday,
September 30th, at 7:30 p.m. The first item on the agenda
is consideration and discussion of temporary continuation of
a lease agreement between the Juvenile Facility Corporation
and Kerr County. I'm going to go ahead and call the second
item, too, because they're kind of both melded together, and
that's consider and discuss a temporary continuation of the
operating agreement between Kerr County and the Kerr County
Juvenile Board, both of those relating to the Juvenile
Detention Facility. Late this afternoon, there was a
proposal made by the counsel representing the trustee under
the trust agreement relative to the bonds issued by the Hill
Country Juvenile Facility Corporation. By virtue of the
notification which was necessary under the lease and
operating agreement documents to provide to the trustee as a
result of the passage of the Kerr County budget and the Kerr
County Juvenile Board budget, which nonappropriated funds
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for the lease payments under the -- under the lease
agreement, that triggered an automatic termination of the
lease, effective -- the lease and the operating agreement
effective as of midnight tonight.
The trustee was concerned, by having the
facility placed in the trustee's hands -- and you'll see one
document there from the counsel representing the trustee --
that they cannot lawfully operate that facility. They don't
have the appropriate licenses -- obviously, they don't have
the appropriate personnel, but they don't have the
appropriate licenses to do that. That being said, the
proposal was subsequently made after they did their research
that they could not lawfully operate it, and they thought
that an abundance of caution required that there not be a
lapse between the time that the agreement was made and the
actual lease termination, which would be midnight tonight;
that there was a compelling need that we merely extend the
documents under which we have been operating for some time,
the lease agreement and the operating agreement, for an
additional period of one month.
The document which was proposed -- it's on
the letterhead of the Bank of New York -- is a letter
agreement which simply says that, that we will continue to
operate. I would point out that I mentioned to the counsel
for the trustee that I was concerned that the Juvenile Board
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had no funds with which to operate that facility except
those which were generated by the facility itself in the way
of income from its operations, and I did not want the -- the
Board to be responsible for any deficiency in operational
expenditures -- operation requirements which were not able
to be met with the revenue that could be generated. A
review of the documents indicates that, in both cases, the
lease agreement -- and I've talked with bond counsel about
this, and he's comfortable with this position; that it
extends only to appropriated revenues. That is our
obligation. And, of course, in -- in terms of -- of what
the County, in its budget, appropriated, we did not
appropriate it, so we would not have that obligation. That
would be under Section -- I believe it's 10.03(d) "From
and to the extent of appropriating funds" is -- is the
language on continued operation. You have basically that
same language in the operating agreement.
So, the proposal before the Court right now
is to, number one, extend the lease agreement under its
current terms for a period of one month, and the second item
is to extend the lease -- the operating agreement with the
Juvenile Board for a period of one month. This -- these
same agreements are on agendas for meetings to be considered
by the facility corp. and the Juvenile Board, respectively,
as soon as the Court takes whatever action it deems
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appropriate.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: What is this 6 p.m.
deadline, Judge?
JUDGE TINLEY: The 6 p.m. deadline, I've
already talked to him about that, and I told him that we
could not meet that deadline, and he said -- and I explained
to him that we had to post an emergency meeting, and he's
expecting to hear from me as to the result of this meeting
at approximately 8 o'clock tonight.
JUDGE PROHL: We still haven't answered the
question about the operating funds. I mean, Tommy's not
here. Do we have enough funds, either in reserve or being
generated, to pay the overhead to run that facility for 30
days?
JUDGE TINLEY: I can't answer that question,
but in both cases, the requirements --
JUDGE PROHL; My question is, is the trustee
going to pick up the deficiency?
JUDGE TINLEY: The trustee -- the trustee's
income consists of $1,250 a year for acting as a conduit for
the funds, solely.
JUDGE PROHL: About like what we've got.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: $1,250 what?
JUDGE TINLEY: A year. The trustee acts as a
conduit for the funds that are paid, and then it distributes
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to the bondholders.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: $1,250 for this
service?
JUDGE TINLEY: Mm-hmm. But the proposal is
essentially just the documents under which we've been
operating, to extend them for one month. That's --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I thought I
understood Mr. Tomlinson, Judge Prohl, to say to the Court
the other day that he believed he could make the October 1
and the October 15 payroll. Was I -- did I hear correctly?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yeah, he said that. And
he -- but the issue came really whether he can make the
October 31st payment.
JUDGE PROHL: Yeah. You don't -- yeah,
you've got two weeks there that you don't have covered, is
the problem. And so the issue is going to be -- is whether
or not the County's going to appropriate two week's worth of
overhead to meet the obligation. I don't have a problem
entering into an agreement, because I think it helps
everybody, get us down the road and see what the options
are. But I certainly think there needs to be some
clarification as to where the funds are going to come from
to be sure that our employees are paid through end of the
month. I mean, I think employees got bills that need to be
paid, and that's -- you know, and I'm -- we haven't been in
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on these meetings, but a couple things -- I read what's in
the press. See, you've got to understand, this is not a
management issue, whether this place was mismanaged or not.
This is purely state funding matters that caused us to get
here, and I don't -- I know Buster's talking about whether
the Juvenile Board ought to be -- stand up and be
responsible for it. You know, let's get it clear that
there's three factors that -- that put us where we are, and
that's the reason we have to talk about those issues. And
one factor is the doubling of the requirement of the
staffing that was done in September of last year, which
instantly caused a $212,000 deficit, even if we were full.
We can't control that. Has nothing to do with management.
Secondly, they cut us the $20 a day for Level 5 children.
That cost us twenty -- about $29,000 a month, give or take a
little bit. Nothing we can do about that. And the third
thing was they took the 12 units away from us that, if full,
would cost us another $19,000. The fact was, we were losing
$44,000 a month plus a $212,000 deficit on the other end
that we couldn't do anything about. So, I have a problem
with -- I want to be sure the perception --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Is that what your
comment was when I walked in the room? I've been pointing
fingers and you don't like it? Is that what you said? Is
that what you mean?
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JUDGE PROHL: That's what I --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I can tell you, Karl,
this thing has rapidly been pointing toward this
Commissioners Court, and I don`t like that at all. I don't
know where your problem is, but --
JUDGE PROHL: Just want to be sure --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: -- stick it out there.
Don't bring it here to this Court.
JUDGE PROHL: I just want everybody to
understand where the problem is that we -- you know, we've
all been in this together from day one. You know, y'all
were Commissioners; you voted on this thing. And there's
been a County Judge participate in every meeting we've ever
had, a representative of Commissioners Court. And whether
-- whether it be the Juvenile Board -- but my point is -- ar
facilities board, my point is, there's not a lot we can do,
and I just want to be sure that everybody understands that;
that it's not a management question. It's a state funding
question. And now we're down to the question of whether or
not the Commissioners are going to appropriate funds to
manage -- pay for the operation of the facility for a period
of two weeks. Because --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That's not what we're
in here for.
JUDGE PROHL: I think it is.
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I think that's what --
JUDGE PROHL: That's what -- if we approve
this agreement, which you're being asked to do --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Well, I think we've
been doing that. I mean, we've been sending money out
there.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Well, I think that's
an issue that has to come before this Court in its next
regular meeting, as to whether or not we're going to
appropriate the continuing operational funds, and if so, how
much and for how long? And I think I, for one, and others
are going to want to ask the question of the operation -- of
the operators of the center, how can expenses be curbed?
What can we expect in revenues? What can we expect in other
-- other things that help stabilize this thing other than
the taxpayers' support through tax funds? And I think we're
legitimate in requesting -- asking those questions. I was
called at night after I got this; talked for 30 minutes to a
constituent -- hardline constituent. All of us in this room
know who this person is. I had a hard time explaining why
it wasn't Commissioners Court that made this -- why we made
this decision, and having only received this issue at the
eleventh hour, and why we didn't do something different than
what we did. So, you know, I think Commissioner Baldwin's
right. There's a whole -- the hot potato's laying right
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square in the middle of this desk, and people don't
understand the ramifications of the whole thing or how it
got here.
JUDGE PROHL: Well, and I appreciate that.
The thing is that when -- it wouldn't have mattered
particularly if it had been six months ago, which -- you
know, it accelerated so quickly.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I understand.
JUDGE PROHL: Faster than was anticipated.
But we'd still be in the same position, still have the same
deficits that were talked about, 'cause there's nothing
Commissioners Court could have done about it either, unless
you appropriated, and that creates a liability. And -- and
so, the way it's been structured, there is no liability, and
so -- so, you know, it's -- but my point -- what you're
talking about, I agree with you; we have to work this out.
But my point is, if you approve this and we have a shortfall
after the 15th of the month, that -- that's what I'm talking
about. Are we -- are we going to be liable for that
shortfall for that last two weeks? That's what I'm talking
about. When I say "appropriate," I'm not talking about a
long time; I'm talking about operating -- appropriating just
sufficient funds to pay our bills for the last two weeks.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I would be of a
mind-set, Judge, to do that, but I would need to know what
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that's all about.
JUDGE PROHL: And we don't know.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I don't think anybody
tonight is prepared to tell us what that's all about.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think part of the
problem has been -- this goes back ever since we set this
up, the Commissioners board has been kept in the dark. We
have never had any idea what the budget is out there. We've
asked, and this is way before, you know --
JUDGE PROHL: This was Judge Henneke; this
goes all the way back.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Bob Denson. It was Bob
and Fred. And, you know, we've asked questions. I ask
questions during the budgets about, you know, well, how do
we handle -- where's the Juvenile Board budget? What's all
that mean? "Here's the bottom line. Y'all don't need to
worry about it." You know, and that's pretty much what we
were told for six years. And then it came back; we were --
financing came along two -- two years ago, and we signed
some -- we passed some resolutions, and then we were in the
dark again, other than there's an expansion going on out
there, and i.t was going to be a great deal. And I think the
frustration this Court has -- I think all of us have -- is
that -- up here is that, you know, August is the first time
we really hear there's a big problem, and then we really --
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it's the end of September till we start dealing with it.
And it's -- you know, and we are the ones that -- you know,
we're -- the Court's in the paper all the time, not the
Juvenile Board, 'cause we have to deal with it. Y'all deal
with it, too. I don't know why -- but it's a --
JUDGE PROHL: We've had our share of press,
thank you. Believe me.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: And there are lingering
-- you know, you say it's not management. I have no reason
to think that there is or has been any kind of management
issue, but the public thinks there's a management problem
out there, or was. And I don't know -- that's a perception
that I've had to deal with; I've had a lot of people call
me. So, I think -- you know, and I -- my answer is, I don't
know. I have -- I've never looked detailed at any of those
records. But I think that's a lot of history, really. It`s
not that -- I mean, I think we're all very frustrated up
here that it's landed in our laps. I guess y'all are
frustrated as well because of lack of control over state
issues. But I think, you know, there is a sense of
frustration from three of the Commissioners. I don't
know -- Commissioner 4's been quieter; he hasn't been
involved a long time with this, but I think he's been
frustrated as well. But, going to this issue, I mean, I
agree with what you were saying, that -- I mean, if we agree
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to -- and as I read this, and I just read it real quick a
few minutes ago, what we're doing is just putting a
moratorium on doing anything. We're not transferring --
JUDGE TINLEY: We're keeping the existing
agreements in effect by which
COMMISSIONER LETZ: For 30 days.
JUDGE TINLEY: -- the facility was operated,
and the pass-through facilities corp. to Kerr County lease,
and operating agreement with the Juvenile Board. We're
keeping those in effect.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: And -- but it has nothing
to do with any bond payments.
JUDGE TINLEY: No, no, no, no.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: This is the operations.
JUDGE PROHL: This is just -- yeah, this is
just operating.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Well, then, the question
that you have, Karl, is that who's going to pick up the
slack? Because I think -- I don't think anyone wants to not
be able to pay employees and not pay our jailers, so
someone's got to pick up that slack if there`s a shortage
sometime during this 30-day period.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: This satisfies --
see, if I'm correct, Judges, this satisfies the technical
requirement of the bond documents that, effective 12:01
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tonight, the key does, in fact, get turned and locked; is
that correct? This would keep it operating -- open and
operating for 30 days, so as not to throw juveniles out on
the street or their counties into chaos as to what to do
with those juveniles, et cetera, et cetera; am I correct?
JUDGE PROHL: Right.
JUDGE TINLEY: Yeah. That -- it would solve
the problem. And the obligation of both the County, under
the lease, and the Juvenile Board, under the operating
agreement, the -- the obligation is to the extent of the
appropriated funds in each case. That's the limitation, and
that's the only limitation we've got. But I wanted -- I
wanted you folks to know that I made it very, very clear to
the trustee that -- that the Juvenile Board had no funding
available to it except -- and the Juvenile Board, of course,
is responsible for the operation under the operating
agreement. Only the funds that were generated by the
facility were the only funds that the Juvenile Board had
available to it. I was concerned about any deficiency that
might be generated in operational expenses. Whether we set
it off out there in the future to deal with later, that's
fine. I just wanted the trustee's counsel to be very, very
aware that the Juvenile Board did not have that ability to
take care of any deficiency.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think the reality --
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JUDGE TINLEY: That he very clearly
understands it. And -- and that's a fact of life, and
that's where we are.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: And the trustees told you
they don't have any money, either. So, the only person that
has any money is the County.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: And they don't have a
license to operate. Judge, does your -- in your discussions
with the trustee today, the bond trustee, did you gain
anything from him that would lead you to believe that there
is a willingness on his part to represent the bondholders to
try to restructure this debt?
JUDGE TINLEY: I think they want to explore
any and all reasonable possibilities to get this thing
resolved. I don't think there's any question. He said --
he said that it got dropped in his lap yesterday. I think
he talked to the -- our bond counsel once yesterday. He
called me this morning; I talked to him for the first time
at approximately 10:30. In fact, when we had our meeting
set for 10:30 and I was late a few minutes, that was why; I
was talking to him. And he said he had some legal issues to
look into. That's what the copy of a letter from -- from
Vincent Elkins is about. And then, when I talked to him
late this afternoon, that's when he came up with this
proposal.
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Karl, do you -- do you
say that -- I thought I heard you say this, but I'm not
sure; I want to be clear about this. By us approving these
two documents, does that commit the County to the funding in
the latter part of October?
JUDGE TINLEY: I don't see it as doing at
that at all.
JUDGE PROHL: No, you have to appropriate.
No.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Okay.
JUDGE PROHL: Doesn't do that.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I couldn't see how,
but --
JUDGE PROHL: No. I -- I'm just concerned
about it.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Well, I am too.
JUDGE PROHL: I think that question will come
up, and I just -- plant the seed.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Well, I think -- you
know, I think this Court's going to do whatever we can
reasonably, you know, that -- to help. I think. I'm -- I'm
not going to speak for these other guys, but I certainly
think that we would take a look at everything.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I've said all along,
I think we should find every avenue to restructure the debt
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and try to salvage it. If we're ready for a motion, Judge,
I'll give you a motion.
JUDGE TINLEY: All right, I'm ready.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Let me make certain I
understand what we're doing. We are -- we are agreeing to
extend the lease agreement; is that correct?
JUDGE TINLEY: On -- on the first item on the
agenda.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: The agreement.
Extend the lease agreement.
JUDGE TINLEY: To have a continuation of the
existing lease agreement between Hill Country Juvenile
Facility Corporation and Kerr County for an additional month
until November 1, 2004.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Thank you for framing
the motion. That would be my motion.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second. Second, yes,
sir.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any question or discussion on
the motion?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Question. Do you want to
cite the way it was worded in the -- the Bank of New York
about the moratorium, and cite the section? I mean, 'cause
to me, it's not an extension; it's a moratorium under --
it's taking an option under, evidently, Section 10.03(c).
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I mean, I don't know if there's any difference, but it's --
'cause they -- we're doing it under the -- we're exercising
a provision of the agreement, as I read their letter.
JUDGE TINLEY: Do you want your motion to --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Let me --
JUDGE TINLEY: -- to include that?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Let me take a look at
it real quick.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Are you the County
Attorney tonight?
JUDGE TINLEY: Why not?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: While he's --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Well, no -- well, no,
I don't. Because if you read on in that sentence, it says
we accomplish that moratorium with a lease and operating
agreement to remain in effect. So, in effect, we are
extending the lease agreement.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Okay.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: That's all we've got
to reasonably want to do.
JUDGE TINLEY: The moratorium is on the
transfer of the possession and control, which would
automatically be triggered --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: As a result of our
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action.
JUDGE TINLEY: -- per provisions of that
lease agreement by virtue of the notice that I've given.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Correct. My motion
stands.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any further question or
discussion? All in favor of the motion, signify by raising
your right hand.
(The motion carried by unanimous vote.)
MR. EDWARDS: All apposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE TINLEY: We now have the second item on
the agenda; essentially the same motion, but only with
respect to the operating agreement between Kerr County and
Kerr County Juvenile Board, to continue that agreement in
effect until November 1, 2004.
(Low-voice discussion off the record.)
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Are we talking about
a -- what period of time are we talking about in 1.2? Just
that consider and discuss temporary continuation of
operating agreement between Kerr County and the Juvenile
Board for "a period"?
JUDGE TINLEY: Same period of time.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: For a period not to
exceed? Or --
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: November 1.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: -- up to and
including, or what?
JUDGE TINLEY: Until November 1, I think is
the language that we -- that we used.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: For a period of 30
days.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Through October --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: October 30 or 31?
JUDGE TINLEY: 31 October.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: 31?
JUDGE TINLEY: I think the other motion was
until November 1.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think that the -- the
funding issue really needs to be somewhat resolved here,
because from a -- the operating standpoint, I don't know
how, if we're -- with all our vendors, if we have accounts
with them or cash up front or -- or how we're operating
right now. But, you know, there needs to be -- we're going
to have to start -- someone's going to have to commit to pay
those bills.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Would the -- would the
bills be October 15 or November 1?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I thought I
understood --
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: When do they come due
to be paid?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I thought I
understood Mr. Tomlinson to say he could make the mid-month
payroll and the end payroll. He thought they could scrape
together the end one; he's got accounts receivable coming
in, so forth and so on. There are still some reserves to
draw down, but very few. Is that correct?
JUDGE TINLEY: That's correct.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: So, the likelihood
that -- that the Juvenile Board would come to Commissioners
Court for some additional funding is, I would say --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Good.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: -- pretty real.
Pretty real likelihood.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: But not tonight.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Not tonight.
JUDGE TINLEY: No. No, that -- we're not to
that issue yet. But --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: But if we --
JUDGE TINLEY: But the extent of Kerr County
is only as to appropriated funds, and the obligation of the
Juvenile Board under the operating agreement also is only as
to appropriated funds. That's the language in both cases.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I move for approval of
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Item Number 1.2.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for
extension of the operation -- operating agreement between
Kerr County and Kerr County Juvenile Board until
November 1st, 2004. Any question or discussion? 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: That motion does carry.
There's no further business on the agenda, so I will declare
the meeting adjourned.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Judge, before we go, just
one quick comment on this. How do you -- just -- if I can
kind of get my brain wrapped around this thing, how are we
going to proceed? I mean, who is -- is it the Juvenile
Board or is it Commissioners Court, or are we jointly going
to be trying to figure out -- holding each other's hand for
the next month? Who is going to deal with the trustee, try
and figure out the plan? I mean, who's doing what?
JUDGE TINLEY: I don't think we've got a plan
yet. We just know that they're willing to -- to sit down
and work with us to try and find some solutions.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: But, I mean, by what we
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just did, we give everything back to the Juvenile Board.
And I just don't want to get in a situation --
JUDGE TINLEY: We're the only ones that can
operate it.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Right.
JUDGE PROHL: Well, but -- but I think, from
-- from discussions as to how the -- if there's refinancing
or whatever's going to occur, it has to be Commissioners
Court. We don't have any authority to deal with that. And
so I think it has to be a combination of everybody working
together jointly to try to come up with what's best for the
County, for the juveniles, and for everybody. And -- and, I
mean, I don't -- I don't see how either one entity can do it
by themselves, because we just -- you know, you have to have
that overlap of knowledge. And I think -- you know, I think
the ball is basically in the trustee's hands to -- to get
ahold of the bondholders; say, "Okay, what are you guys
willing to do? Let's all come to the table and see what is
viable." Because the Juvenile Board has to be charged with
running the facility, at least from the paper standpoint.
They have to be involved in it from that standpoint.
Structuring and financing is going to be Commissioners
Court, as I see it.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: What about the other
entities that are involved, such as K.I.S.D.? I mean, I
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presume that they're --
JUDGE PROHL: We11, you understand what they
propose.
JUDGE TINLEY: Let me go -- let me go ahead
and -- we can qet in some discussions otherwise, but we need
to get these other ends of it knocked down, if you don't
mind.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Okay.
JUDGE TINLEY: We've run a pretty tight
deadline here. Did I call for adjournment of the Court?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: You did for
Commissioners Court.
(Discussion off the record.)
(Commissioners Court adjourned at 7:57 p.m.)
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STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF KERR ~
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 5th day of October,
2004.
JANNETT PIEPER, Kerr County Clerk
Kathy Ba 'k, Deputy County Clerk
Certified Shorthand Reporter
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ORDER N0.28860
EXTEND LEASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
HILL COUNTRY JUVENILE FACILITY
CORPORATION
AND KERR COUNTY
On this the 30th day of September 2004 upon motion made
By Commissioner Williams, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin
the Court unanimously approved by a vote of 3-0-0, to extend
the lease agreement between Hill Country Juvenile Facility
-- Corporation and Kerr County for an addition month until
November 1, 2004.
ORDER N0.28861
EXTEND OPERATING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN KERR COUNTY AND KERR COUNTY
JUVENILE BOARD
On this the 30th day of September, 2004 upon motion made by
Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Williams, the
Court unanimously approved by a vote of 3-0-0, to extend the
operating agreement between Kerr County and Kerr County
Juvenile Board until November 1, 2004.