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KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
Special Session
Thursday, November 16, 2006
10:00 a.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
DAVE NICHOLSON, Commissioner Pct. 4
ABSENT: JONATHAN LETZ, Commissioner Pct. 3

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I N D E X
November 16, 2006
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1.1 Consider/discuss, take appropriate actions to
amend Court Order Number 29900 to include
Lee C. Voelkel, County Surveyor, to the list
of unopposed candidates elected 3
1.2 Canvass the General Election results 5
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On Thursday, November 16, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., a special
meeting of the Kerr County Commissioners Court was held in the
P R O C E E D I N G S
JUDGE TINLEY: Let me call to order this special
meeting of the Kerr County Commissioners Court posted for this
date and time, Thursday, November the 16th, 2006, at 10 a.m.
It's a bit past that time now. The first item on the agenda
is to consider, discuss, and take appropriate action to amend
Court Order Number 29900 to include Lee C. Voelkel, County
Surveyor, to the list of unopposed candidates who are deemed
elected. I see that we have our long-serving public official
tell us why we're here on this one?
MS. PIEPER: Well, gentlemen, whenever I'm ordering
and printing ballots, the County Chairs submit to me a
certification of nomination from the primary, and it -- his
name was inadvertently left off, and I did not catch it until
I was doing post-election reports. So, at that time, I called
the Secretary of the State, and due to the fact that y'all had
declared all the other unopposed candidates elected, the
Secretary of the State said in order to remedy this problem,
that we can amend this order to include him on it, and that
would take care of the problem. And then I also have a -- a
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correction for a certification nomination that is signed by I
our County Chair stating that his name was inadvertently left
off of the original certification.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: How do we know it was
inadvertent?
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: Yeah.
MR. VOELKEL: That was my question.
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: That's a joke, Ms. Clerk.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Yeah, it was a joke.
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: I move to amend the court
order to include Lee Voelkel as elected.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I second that emotion.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for approval
of the agenda item. Any question or discussion?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Judge, it's my understanding
that Mr. Voelkel may want a recount for this election. Not
sure that he wants -- haven't figured how out how to spend all
that money -- salary money.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I thought he was looking for
a raise.
MR. VOELKEL: All of the above.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That's why we love him.
JUDGE TINLEY: That's why he had no opponent.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Yeah.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any further question or discussion on
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the motion? 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: The motion does carry. We'll move to
the next item, to canvass the general election results.
Ms. Pieper?
MS. PIEPER: Sir, I believe you have the official
canvass results in front of you that you can call out the
totals, if you'd like.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. Is it appropriate that I read
each and every one of these into the record?
MS. PIEPER: No, sir, it's not, because this will
become part of the record if one of the other Commissioners
will make a motion to just approve it as submitted.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. I have provided each of the
Commissioners here present today with the official cumulative
report of the general election results. I would note that
there are a couple of spots where there is an X-out or a
mark-out. That is done because those are not county
functions. The first two deal with the Headwaters results
that were on that same ballot, and the last three deal with
the city tax freeze issue, which, of course, was a separate
ballot, but for which we did the counting and -- and announced
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the results. So, those that are marked out, obviously, do not
form the official -- part of the official cumulative report of
the Kerr County general election, and are not a part of our
canvass.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I note with interest, Judge,
that Kerr County voted 66.43 percent of our registered voters.
MS. PIEPER: That is incorrect, sir.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: That's excellent.
', MS. PIEPER: Because this is also counting --
'~. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: She said it's incorrect.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: It's incorrect?
MS. PIEPER: That is incorrect, because in order to
do the programming, it is -- the way the programming -- the
way the ballots were set up, that is also counting the
individual voters for the city and the Comfort ISD.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: So there's some duplicate
counts there?
MS. PIEPER: Right.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Okay.
MS. PIEPER: Our -- our percentage, I believe, was
47 percent.
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: Still a good turnout,
though. Better --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: That's still good, and that
Iii tracks a lot of other counties.
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MS. PIE PER: It was a little over 15,000 that voted
in the county general election.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Okay. 47 is not bad.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Judge, I move we accept as
presented, please.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded to approve
the official cumulative report of the Kerr County, Texas
general election as the official canvass of the election
results. Any question or discussion on the motion? 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: Motion does carry. Do we have any
other business, gentlemen?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Did everybody meet this young
man seated here in the audience? Number 4, did you get the
chance to meet him?
COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON: No.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: He's fixing to adiourn; we'll
do it then.
JUDGE TINLEY: If we have nothing further, we'll
stand adjourned.
(Commissioners Court adjourned at 10:09 a.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 16th day of
November, 2006.
JANNETT PIE PER, Kerr County Clerk
BY: ____
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Kathy B k, Deputy County Clerk
Certified Shorthand Reporter
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ORDER NO. 30028
AMEND COURT ORDER #29900
Came to be heard this the 16th day of November, 2006, with a motion made
by Commissioner Nicholson, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin. The
Court unanimously approved by vote of 3-0-0 to:
Amend Court Order No. 29900 to include Lee C. Voelkel, County Surveyor
as elected.
ORDER NO. 30029
CANVASS THE GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS
Came to be heard this the 16th day of November, 2006, with a motion made
by Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Williams. The
Court unanimously approved by vote of 3-0-0 to:
Approve the Official Cumulative Report of the Kerr County, Texas General
Election as the official canvass of the election results.