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KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
Special Session
Monday, March 26, 2007
9:00 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
JONATHAN LETZ, Commissioner Pct. 3
BRUCE OEHLER, Commissioner Pct. 4
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March 26, 2007
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--- Visitors' Input 5
--- Commissioners' Comments 6
Consider/discuss, take appropriate action on
renewal of Hill Country ADR Center contract 15
1.2 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action to
approve lease-purchase agreement for four 2007
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors, authorize
County Judge to sign same 23
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1.4 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action for
final plat of Estates of Johnson Creek 25
1.5 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action for
final plat of Ranches on Sunset Ridge 26
1.8 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action to
appoint county members to Joint Dispatch Committee 29
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Consider/discuss, take appropriate action on request
to declare April 2007 as Child Abuse Awareness Month
in Kerr County, Texas, and adoption of Proclamation
in support of same 40
1.11 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning
TexDOT off-system bridge program for Lazy Valley
Road at Cypress Creek 42
Consider/discuss, take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning
TexDOT off-system bridge program for Bartel
(Cypress Creek Loop) at Cypress Creek 43
1.13 Consider, discuss and take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning
TexDOT off-system bridge program for Ehler's Road
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March 26, 2007
1.6 Public Hearing to abandon, discontinue and vacate
Louise Ehler Road as a County-maintained road
1.14 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning
TexDOT off-system bridge program for Crossing Creek
at Guadalupe River
1.15 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning
TexDOT off-system bridge program for Camp YMCA-
Arrowhead at Guadalupe River
1.16 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning
TexDOT off-system bridge program for Hoot Owl Road
at Johnson Creek
1.17 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action to post
and/or advertise for hiring of Environmental Health
Inspector
1.18 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution in support of a portion
of House Bill 1 which will provide Mental Health
Crisis funding
4.1 Pay Bills
4.2 Budget Amendments
4.3 Late Bills
4.4 Approve and Accept Monthly Reports
1.19 Consider/discuss, take appropriate action on
management reorganization of several departments
reporting to Commissioners' Court, and hiring a
new department head
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On Monday, March ~6, 2007, at 9:00 a.m., a special
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 this regular
meeting of the Kerr County Commissioners Court scheduled and
posted for this time and date, Monday, March 26th, 2007, at
9 a.m. It's that time now. Commissioner Oehler?
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Please stand for a word of
prayer.
(Prayer and pledge of allegiance.)
JUDGE TINLEY: Thank you. At this time, if there's
any member of the public or the audience that wishes to be
heard on any matter that is not a listed agenda item, we'd be
happy to hear what you have to say at this point. If you wish
to be heard on a listed agenda item, we'd ask that you fill
out a participation form. They're at the back of the room.
It's not essential, but it helps me to know that there is
someone who wishes to speak from the audience or the public on ~
a given item if that form is filled out. If we get to a
particular agenda item and you haven't filled out a form,
please get my attention if you wish to be heard on it, and
I'll see that you're recognized and have an opportunity to
speak. But if there's any member of the public that wishes to
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be heard on a matter that is not a listed agenda item, why,
feel forward to -- feel free to come forward at this time.
At the request of the esteemed
County, but the entrance is in Kendall County -- was in court
for two days last week in litigation in Kendall County. The
end result is that nobody knows what the judge did. That's
probably the short answer. He overruled the injunction as to
the enforcement of Kendall County's traffic code, where they
were prohibiting truck traffic on county roads, but he upheld
the injunction as to the developer connecting their
subdivision road to an existing road pursuant to the new
Kendall County Subdivision Rules. My understanding from
talking to all parties concerned is everybody's kind of
scratching their head trying to figure out where that leaves
them, and that's the most I can tell you right now. So, Kerr
County's still sitting on the sideline waiting for those guys
to figure out what's going on.
On the opposite end of the county, Commissioner
Oehler's, Stablewood Springs, we're still waiting on
T.C.E.Q.'s opinion as to exactly what kind of sewage disposal
system those condominiums can use. Their -- their initial
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plan was for a cluster system. We responded with the standard
answer that cluster systems are not statutorily legal at this
point. They tried to push the issue. We referred it to
T.C.E.Q. in San Antonio, which passed us to Austin. When we
talked to Austin, we received conflicting answers, so we've
requested a formal opinion out of T.C.E.Q., and that's where
we stand.
JODGE TINLEY: Thank you.
MR. EMERSON: Any questions?
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: No.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any other member of the public or the
audience that wishes to be heard on anything that is not a
I listed agenda item? Okay. Seeing no one else to come
forward, we will move on. Before we get started, I'd like to
take a few moments to give public recognition to some folks
that -- in our Kerr County family, and some others, who really
did an extraordinary job this past weekend. As most of you
know, the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners
Association meeting was here in Kerrville Tuesday through
Friday of last week. Our own Commissioner Buster Baldwin was
the president of t_he association at that time, and had the
primary responsibility for that meeting. He's since been
turned into the past president's pasture, I guess you might
say, but everything seemed to go extraordinarily well, and
he's to be commended for doing an excellent job during his
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tenure as president of the West Texas County Judges and
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: 118.
JUDGE TINLEY: -- 118 counties stretching all the
So, it -- it was a pretty good rash of
I think the numbers ran somewhere
between 800 and 850, in that range, so there were quite a few
logistics to take care of. As is the tradition, Kerr County
did the host court night, and as -- as our host court function
that evening, Kerr County hosted all the members that were
here and their spouses and other guests to a fish fry. And
Commissioner Bruce Oehler was the chief cook and bottle
washer, I guess you might say. He was in charge of ramroding
that operation, and it went off extraordinarily well. When
you figure you're trying to cook fresh fish, not cook it and
hold it and wait on the folks, but to cook it and drop it in
their plates right after it comes out from cooking, it gets to
be a pretty dicey operation, but Commissioner Oehler and all
of his gang did an excellent job, and I heard nothing but lots
of smiles and lots of kudos going around.
We had a number of our Kerr County family, both
elected officials and -- and other County employees that were
participating in that. It was truly a family affair. Jannett
Pieper, our County Clerk, participated. Diane Bolin, our Tax
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Assessor, participated. Rex Emerson, our County Attorney,
participated. Linda Uecker, our District Clerk, participated.
We had Eva Hyde and Jackie Magenheimer from the Human
Resources Department, Jody Grinstead, our Commissioners Court
married to, Pat and Garland Reece, Bill Walding, Tina Gordon;
there were a few others. Of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't
mention my wife and Bruce's wife, who are kind of on the
permanent crew, I guess you might say. We were honored to
have participation from our good friends, the Commissioners
from Gillespie County. They're not even members of the West
Texas association, and they came over and -- and cooked the
beans and did an excellent job, had a lot of good compliments
on their work, and we were tickled to death to have them
helping us.
Also, Buster's wife Debbie was in charge of the
have to tell you, I was just proud as I could be of how that
exhibit hall looked. It really looked good. We had plenty of
room; everything was bright and shiny and clean, and things
really, really looked fine there. And I want to thank
everybody for their participation. During the course of the
conference, we also had a number of elected officials and
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employees who participated in that conference in various and
sundry capacities. For example, Commissioner Letz was a panel
moderator at one of the sessions, and judge -- J.P. Vance
Leonard Odom, our Road Administrator, was on an
experts panel, and despite disclaiming his expertise, I was
amazed at the attention that was paid to his presentation,
which was the last presentation of the conference, where
and I predict that his phone is going to be ringing for a good
while to come about how he is able to achieve some of the
efficiencies that he's achieved as our Kerr County Road
Administrator. And he just did an excellent, excellent job at
that conference, I thought.
Back to our Commissioner, Bruce Oehler, the chief
cook and bottle washer, I had the honor and privilege of -- of
recognizing him at the West Kerr County Chamber of Commerce
banquet, their annual event here not too long ago, and I was
pleased to be able to do that as being their latest inductee
into their Hall of Fame. At the time, unfortunately, we -- we
did not have the award to present to him; however, I've been
furnished with that, and I'd like to present that to him now.
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COMMISSIONER OEHLER: You sly dog.
JUDGE TINLEY: There you qo, Bruce.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Thank you.
JUDGE TINLEY: Bruce Oehler, Hall of Fame 2006.
(Applause.)
JUDGE TINLEY: That's all I've got, folks. You got
anything for us, Bruce?
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Oh. Well, Jonat_han's next.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I just echo everything that the
Judge said. I think it was an outstanding conference. Thanks
to all my colleagues, both on the Court and other elected
officials, department heads, employees. It really went off
without a hitch. Only comment I have is on a different note,
slightly. I imagine most of the Court's probably aware that
three of our youth of our community were in a very serious car
accident over the weekend. All three were air-lifted to San
Antonio. Two of them are -- are very close friends of mine --
their parents are, and so my prayers are with them. Happened
out on Harper Road.
JUDGE TINLEY: Commissioner Williams?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Did you skip him?
JUDGE TINLEY: No, we'll go back around this way,
since Bruce wanted to come this way. I'll come back to him.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Okay. Well, I just want --
I echo what you said about the conference, Judge. It was
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great. But I think I need to pay a little more closer
attention to Commissioner Baldwin, who worked -- who has
slaved, not just worked, for the last year trying to get this
thing put together, fundraising and all the myriad of details
he went through, and so if we had any award to give him, I
would give him the Chief Herder of Cats, because that's what
he did. He was a cat herder for about four days this week,
and did a really fine job. Congratulations, Commissioner.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Thank you. Juggling cats. I
juggled. I just want to make a couple of comments about the
conference. Thank you guys for working so hard to see that it
got done. But Bruce's dinner program, the fried catfish
program, I echo everything that the Judge has said, but he not
only provided all those services for us, but behind the scene,
shopped and saved us a tremendous amount of money. He
prepared catfish and all the trimmings for 800 people, and it
was -- came in right at $2,000, which is incredible.
Absolutely incredible. I wish other places had tried to do
the same thing. There was a couple of people that screwed me
financially on a couple of issues, but that will be dealt
with. And they're through functioning in Kerr County; I can
tell you that. But, Bruce, thank you for what you did, and
your -- your team and your family.
But I want to go back to the final panel of the
conference. We had -- there's a three-man panel of experts.
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would	have	been extremely proud	of you.	And	those numbers,
how he	has	reduced his budget by	manpower	and	equipment and --
and fuels and all of those things that he has done through the
years, and he's getting more work done and more quality work
done at the same time. It's just an incredible statement.
And, you know, most of those other counties, you know, they
brag, "Well, we got 500 miles of road, and we've got 200 of
them paved," you know. And I think whoop-de-do. Leonard's
got almost all 500 miles paved, and quality paved too. So,
anyway, my hat's off to you, my friend, and I appreciate your
participating in our -- in that conference. And you did
extraordinary, fantastic. Actually, the best presentation in
the entire conference, in my opinion.
But if you boil it all down, nobody really cares but
us on this thing. To give you an example, the headlines of
today's Kerrville Daily Times is -- and I don't care if
they're in here or not -- Daily Times is, they took a little
poll of some sort in Kerrville of, "What should we do about
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the war in Iraq?" Well, out of 40,000 people in the county, I
headlines. Well, who gives a flip about that? And, you know,
there's so many things going on in our county and our
community that are positive, like our conference, spending a
large amount of money into this economy locally, and a lot of
statewide officials and just all kinds of neat people came
into town for a week, and what do we see in the paper today,
is 30 -- 13 people think that we need to pull out of Iraq
immediately. And it just blows my mind. Nothing I can do
about it, but that's just the way things are in our community
today. I'll stop there, before I get mad.
JUDGE TINLEY: Let me come back to you, Bruce.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Well, I would say that
receiving this Hall of Fame honor is a pretty big thing to me.
I never expected it, and I thought somebody -- Pat was talking
about somebody else when they -- my name came up. But,
anyway, I appreciate that, that honor from West Kerr Chamber.
And we do -- and the way we're able to pull these kind of
things off is because of all the volunteers I'm able to get
together. And it was a -- it was a hard -- hard thing to do,
but it was also easy once everybody did their job and had --
you know, if we gave them something to do, they did it, and
it just worked so great. We're glad to do it, and for sure to
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save	the	money that	doesn't need to	be	spent,	when it doesn't
need	to	be spent.	And we can make	it	better,	I believe, than
most caterers can for a whole lot less money. But, anyway, I
do -- I do want to say that I worked with the -- with the Ag
Barn people, Shel and Alyce, and also Eva was in helping set
up a lot of that stuff and making sure it was clean, and
getting -- did an outstanding job, and she stayed with us and
helped us throughout the whole evening, and it was -- it was
very nice to see county -- you know, elected officials getting
involved as well. That's probably a first for all of us, to
get that many of them together and working in the same
direction. And I think that -- that was a good lick, and I
hope it carries over to some more positive things in the
future. That's all I have.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: One other quick comment, a
going to say it and forgot. Going back to our local daily
the	entire time,	and	it's a --	had a	huge	economic impact to
this	community,	not	to mention	the --	the	leadership of the
county was involved, from the City Mayor through the Court.
Virtually every elected official was almost around and
involved in some capacity, and I don't really think -- it's
very --	it'	s embarrassing	that the	paper	didn't --	chose	not
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know the reporter is in the room, there are photos available
if they do want to run an article at some point. That's it.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: And I have to thank Buster for
all he did, too. That was a fine effort on your part, and at
least it's over now and you won't have to do it again for a
long time.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: You're right.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I thought they were going to
make him president for life.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Yeah.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any of you folks want to see how
Commissioner Oehler does his catfish thing, why, just come to
the wild game dinner this next Saturday, and he'll be doing it
there too. Okay, let's get on with the agenda. First item,
consider, discuss, and take appropriate action on a renewal of
the Hill Country A.D.R. Center contract. Did you ever think
we were going to get to you, Ed?
MR. REAVES: Good morning, sir. We are asking your
consideration of renewal of our contract to provide mediation
services for all citizens of Kerr County. In the little
performance report that we included in your package, you'll
note that the number of mediations grew by 32 percent in 2006,
up from 104 in 2005 to 137 cases. Pardon me. We're
requesting funding in the amount of 14,000, which is the
amount that I understand was budgeted by the Commissioners for
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this purpose this year. And in a phone call last week, I was
advised that there's a little over 15,000 in there right now.
up from 53 from the year before. Now, two years ago, Judge
Tinley asked me to, you know, shake the other counties and try
and get a little more contributions from them, and I'm glad to
report that we have been successful in that regard. There was
some 43,000, 99,000 in county contributions altogether last
year, and the 17,000 that Kerr County provided was some
39 percent of that moneys. But the 61 cases, Kerr County
folks, represented about 45 percent of our activity, so you
got more bang for your Kerrville buck here.
And I did provide a profit and loss statement.
We're still -- I guess the emphasis is on "non" in nonprofit.
And -- but thanks to your support, with the increase in fees
that were initiated, I think we're going to see more money
come in next year. And you may have some questions about some
of the specific line items. Putting myself in your shoes, I
might want to know how come it costs $1,300 for meals over
there. You know, we have a real hungry group. And I wanted
mediating, if it's going well, we'll call one of the local
pizza places or somewhere like that and bring in sandwiches or
pizza, and keep the process going. We find that it -- we're
more apt to be successful, because otherwise, people go away
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and they come back with more issues than they had when they
left, and so we find that to be a good investment of the --
There's just
across a table that really does a lot of good. And it's --
it's a big footstep, bigger than the statistics indicate. For
one thing, a lot of people procrastinate, and when a mediation
is set and they got to consider, "Well, am I going to pay my
attorney 'X' number of bucks to sit with me in mediation all
day, or can I go ahead and make a decision?" Some cases fall
out right there. Then we have a number of cases that are
settled during mediation itself, which is usually between
about 75 and 80 percent. And after that, we see a substantial
number of cases that settle on the courthouse steps, or we
have so narrowed the issues that a judge can make a ruling on
one issue, and the parties will say, as they told me last
week, "We've settled everything else thanks to mediation."
Are there any questions, sir?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Ed, I noticed you had a
negative balance net income at the end of December. Did you
MR. REAVES: Yes, sir. We've got -- as of the
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moment, we've got a little less than $10,000 in our various
accounts, and we did open with a positive account. And I
think that we're going to see, in addition to the increase in
A.D.R. fees, a continued increase in demand for the mediation
services. For example, this month we have conducted 13
mediations, and we have three more scheduled, so at that rate,
we would exceed last year's total and bring in that additional
revenue.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: What's the percentage
increase in your fee structure?
MR. REAVES: Well, for a very long period of time,
since the 1986 A.D.R. Act, the fees were frozen at one level,
and then last -- I guess it was a year ago, the Legislature
authorized an increase in the fees to what is now -- where
they now stand. And I have to check the -- I'd have to check
with Linda Uecker as far as the exact amount, but it's, like,
about $20 per district or county court case.
DODGE TINLEY: What -- what types of cases have the
lowest successful mediation rate?
MR. REAVES: I think it's pretty well spread out. I
would have expected it would be the Child Protective Service
cases that we do a lot of, but actually we have a -- about
almost as good -- a similar rate in C.P.S. as we do elsewhere.
It's just a matter of some people are not really ready to
settle on the day of the mediation. Sometimes there's just
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not quite enough discovery. Some people want their,
quote-unquote, day in court, even though in mediation, they
really get a lot more attention, much more focus than they can
normally be given on the witness stand because of the hearsay
rules and things like that.
JUDGE TINLEY: And your overall success rate runs
75, 80 percent?
MR. REAVES: Yes, sir.
JUDGE TINLEY: Is that --
MR. REAVES: And sometimes higher.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay.
MR. REAVES: We had one quarter where it was
93 percent.
JUDGE TINLEY: What's the state or national average?
MR. REAVES: The state average is 75 percent.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay.
MR. REAVES: Some of the big cities, like Dallas,
their annual report indicated 55 percent success rate. But
here we're small enough that we can find out what -- what's
involved in each case and try and recruit the best mediator
for those particular issues, and that helps us a lot.
JUDGE TINLEY: Have you reviewed the contract,
Mr. Emerson?
MR. EMERSON: Yes, sir.
JUDGE TINLEY: Everything in order from your
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standpoint?
MR. EMERSON: Yes, sir.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I'll move approval of the
contract between the Hill Country -- Hill Country Alternative
Dispute Resolution Center and Kerr County, and authorize the
Judge to sign same.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: I have a motion and second for
approval of the agenda item as indicated. Any question or
discussion on that motion?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I do. I wanted to ask Ed,
first of all, I don't think that we give -- give enough
attention to what your -- your agency does. As an example,
you guys come to resolution in kind of a private, quiet
i manner, and you take that load off of our courtrooms, and I
think that is a major thing. That's not talked about enough.
My question is -- just one simple question. In your budget
here, the payroll expenses, is that -- how many people is
that?
MR. REAVES: Two.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That's two people?
MR. REAVES: Myself and a young college graduate who
majored in communications who has really added a lot to -- to
what we do.
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: So, you guys -- there's
another donation back to the community. Thank you.
MR. REAVES: Thank you, sir.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Not a very large number for
two people. You've done a very large --
MR. REAVES: That brings up the point that there's
about -- oh, according to all the judges I've talked to, Judge
Dubose and Judge Hofmann, $5,000 a day savings for every
C.P.S. case that's settled. And both of them told me that if
there's a jury trial, those are five-day cases.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Mm-hmm.
MR. REAVES: Every time. And hopefully it also does
allow the judges to concentrate on the growing criminal
dockets and the other things that we can't control.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: The only other thing I can
add to it, I just -- I really don't think that the Kerr County
taxpayers should be paying for another county, so we need to
II get them -- get those folks involved A.S.A.P.
MR. REAVES: Yes, sir. That -- that's the -- of the
43 and a half thousand that was brought in, 17 was from Kerr
County, and the rest was -- some E1 percent was from the other
counties, primarily Gillespie and Kendall and Bandera, where
the trial volume is very active.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Do --
I COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Thank you.
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COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I'm sorry, Buster. Do you
qet county support from those other counties?
MR. REAVES: Yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Okay.
MR. REAVES: In fact, we just -- we got our first
ever check from McCulloch County in 2006, after years of
effort.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I mean, all of the funds come
from -- there's a dedicated fund. It comes from the amount
that's collected.
MR. REAVES: Yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: And it can only be used for
this, correct? So it really doesn't -- it makes sense for the
counties to contribute, because they can't use the money for
anything else. But --
MR. REAVES: Yes, sir.
JUDGE TINLEY: Yeah. There's a -- for each case
that's filed in the courts, the there's a separate fee for
A.D.R. that can only be used for that purpose. And if I
understand your numbers, we contributed 39 percent of the
overall cost, but we had 42 percent of the cases that were
mediated in Kerr County; is that correct?
MR. REAVES: I believe it was actually 44.5 percent,
yes, sir.
JUDGE TINLEY: Oh, okay. Even better.
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MR. REAVES: Yes, sir.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. Any other questions or
comments? 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. Thank you.
Mr. Reeves.
MR. REAVES: Thank you, sir.
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JUDGE TINLEY: We'11 move to Item 2; consider,
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discuss, and take appropriate action to approve the
lease/purchase agreement for four 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Police Interceptors for the Sheriff's Department, and
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authorize County Judge to sign same. I put this on the agenda
as a formality to approval of the contract. I realize that
i the funds are already budgeted, and -- but I thought that
II because it was a contract involved, we needed to have the
contract approved.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I'll move approval of the agenda
item and authorize County Judge to sign same.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for approval
of the agenda item. Any question or discussion on the motion?
All in favor of that motion, signify by raising your right
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(The motion carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE TINLEY: All opposed, same sign.
(No response.)
JUDGE TINLEY: That motion does carry. We'll move
to Item 3; consider, discuss, and take appropriate action to
name a private road in Precinct 4 per 911 guidelines.
MR. ODOM: Good morning.
JUDGE TINLEY: Morning.
MR. ODOM: Truby's named, but I told her I would
come up here and take care of it. This road -- this is not a
road; this is a driveway. And -- but it's off Indian Creek
right past the bridge there on the right-hand side. And I
would just like to make a point, that I want the Court and
this gentleman to understand that this is not a road; this is
a driveway, and he can name it, but should there come up
anything in the future to try to subdivide off this, 'cause it
has a name, it's not a road. It's a driveway.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: It's required by 911 guidelines?
I MR. ODOM: That's right. Right.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: I'll move that we approve the
agenda request to name the road La Posada, a private driveway
in Precinct 4.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for agenda
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-- for approval of the agenda item as indicated. 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: That motion does carry. We'll move
to Item 4; consider, discuss, and take appropriate action for
the final plat of Estates of Johnson Creek located in
Precinct 4.
MR. ODOM: Yes, sir. The -- this is off Highway 27.
The road is to be a privately maintained road, and developer
has put up the letter of credit. We have the general notes
here about the sharing of the well. And in accordance with
Kerr County Subdivision Rules and Regulations, this
subdivision is permitted up to four lots only. It appears
that they've addressed all the concerns of the Court and
Headwaters; therefore, I recommend that we accept the final
plat as presented.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: I move we accept the final
plat on -- what is the name of that thing?
MR. ODOM: Estates at Johnson Creek.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Estates at Johnson Creek in
Precinct 4.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second.
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JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for approval
of the agenda item as indicated. Any question or discussion
on that motion? All in favor of that 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. Let's move
to Item 5; consider, discuss, and take appropriate action for
final plat of Ranches on Sunset Ridge located in Precinct 3.
MR. ODOM: Yes, sir. This is off Wilson Road in 3.
This subdivision contains 246.13 acres and has 10 lots, with
all lots being over 20 acres. The roads are to be built to
Kerr County standards for a local road to be maintained by the
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roads are built. At this time, everything seems to be in
order; therefore, I recommend this final plat be accepted as
I presented.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Move approval.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for approval
of the agenda item. Any question or discussion on the motion?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Couple of -- one comment.
Leonard, I think this is the first subdivision I can remember
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that the roads have been turned over to the County in seems
like an awful long time, if not -- I mean, I can't remember.
We use a lot of private roads.
MR. ODOM: The only other one is Lasso will become a
County-maintained, so you're right, it is -- most of them have
been private.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yeah, it's interesting. It's a
little bit of a trend change, at least in Precinct 3, that
we're getting the -- two of the more recent ones are going to
~ be county roads. Another question. There was an issue about
right-of-way clearing. Was that worked out to everyone's
satisfaction? About where the -- every tree had to be clear
cut out of the right-of-way?
MR. ODOM: I'm sorry, say again?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Where every tree had to be clear
cut out of the right-of-way.
MR. ODOM: I think that it states in the rules that
we have that prerogative, and normally I look at it. If it's
close -- if we got a 60-foot right-of-way and it's over close
to it, I don't have a problem. But if you're close within the
roadway itself, with the drainage ditch right there, I might
have a problem, 'cause they have to mow it. But if it's -- I
don't see a problem. I normally take a look at it and try to
resolve that issue.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Good. I mean, looks like a good
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MR. ODOM: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Let me ask you a question.
What is it exactly that we're adopting here today? A final
plat?
MR. ODOM: The final plat. They've given a letter
of credit.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: And I see all of this stuff
I back here.
MR. ODOM: Part of it has to do with the --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Are we adopting this in the
official county record, this stuf{?
MR. ODOM: Well, the articles are for their sub --
for their homeowners' association.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Correct.
MR. ODOM: I don't think that we -- I'm just
presenting that to you, that they do have that. And if they
do have a homeowners' -- it says in the rules that they are
presented to the Court. Normally they don't have it, but this
-- this group was very proficient in what they were doing and
already had it in place, so I present it to the Court, so --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Okay.
MR. ODOM: -- it's just part of the record,
Commissioner.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: We don't typically approve
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MR. ODOM: We don't approve that. It's just for the
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COMMISSIONER LETZ: We don't approve it, but it's
required to be submitted.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I understand that. I
understand that. I just don't want any -- because we're
approving today the agenda item, I don't want anybody to think
that this court has anything to do with the covenants.
MR. ODOM: No, sir.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN; And about half of this stuff
is what that is.
MR. ODOM: That's -- it's the articles of their
homeowners' association. It's just presented as required.
But all we're doing is presenting for a final plat. That's
all we're -- you're going to agree to.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Das gut.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any other questions 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: A11 opposed, same sign.
(NO response.)
JUDGE TINLEY: That motion does carry. Let's move
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appoint county members to the Joint Dispatch Committee.
Commissioner Baldwin?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Thank you, sir. I'm going to
try to talY, y'all into amending our order. We had listed in
our order members of our committee, including a First
Responder. Number one, I don't -- the more I think about it,
the more I can't get my brain to tie First Responder to
dispatch. There is some there, but it's not a major tie. So,
if we did appoint the fire department guy -- he's the Fire
Chief of Turtle Creek. He is also a First Responder, so we're
getting two for the price of one there. And what I think
would be more compatible to this whole program than a First
Responder would be to replace First Responder with Ingram City
Marshal. The present Ingram City Marshal in particular is
well in tune with dispatching issues; formerly owned an
ambulance service here in Kerrville many years ago before we
moved it into the city. He has expressed interest in serving
or helping in some way, and I just thought that that was a --
that's really a better fit than a First Responder, so I would
ask you guys to consider that, amending our original order.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I have no problem with that. I
mean --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Do you, Bruce?
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: I have no problem at all.
COMMISSIONER BALDWItd: Precinct 9.
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COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think it's a good point. We
frequently in these con unities overlook Ingram, and I think
they need to be included.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: And you really got one of the
brighter minds out there. I mean, when people have a -- even
people -- when people have radio problems -- I was talking to
the Fire Chief out at Turtle Creek last night, and he says,
"When I have a problem, Rowan Zachary's who I go to." That's
who they all go to.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Rowan's been around a long
time. He has a lot of experience. 1 think he'd be an
excellent choice.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I don't have any problem
with the concept of what you're advancing, because it probably
makes a lot of sense. I'm just wondering about the logistics
of how we would do that, since it's not styled to amend
that -- amend that court order, and secondly, if, as, and when
we get around to changing the court order, do we need to go
back to the City? Because they adopted the resolution on a
companion basis. I like your approach.
JUDGE TINLEY: Yeah, that's kind of what I see,
Commissioner, is that maybe we ought to holler "Whoa" where we
are right now, go back and --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: No question of that.
JUDGE TINLEY: -- and rework that order. I -- I
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concur with your thinking, particularly with the individual
that -- that you're suggesting. But let's go back and
probably get it on the next agenda to rework that order. My
understanding of the -- of the representatives on that
committee was that there was to be a VFD-slash-First
Responder, which gave you the option of one or the other.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That may have been.
JUDGE TINLEY: Or same person being both.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That's the way it is printed,
you're right.
JUDGE TINLEY: Well, without looking at it, I I
couldn't tell you, but -- but you're exactly right; City of
Ingram, they're very much in the mix of this thing, and they
need to be considered, and so ~f -- let's go back and take a
look at that.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I agree.
JUDGE TINLEY: Find out again --
COMMISSIONER WILLlAMS: Judge, if it turns out to be
the way it's written, then we don't really have to change it.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: We'd have to add someone from
Ingram.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: You have to add the --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Who else from a volunteer
fire department do you have?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I don't. I have my
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suggestion on the table.
JUDGE TINLEY: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I don't have your suggestion.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: If it's VFD-slash-First
Responder, why would we have to change it?
JUDGE TINLEY: I think -- I think Commissioner
Baldwin is talking about amending it to provide specifically
that there be a representative from the City of Ingram on
there.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Correct. That is exactly
~ right.
JUDGE TINLEY: And that would have to be in the --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: And I know that we can't do
that today.
JUDGE TINLEY: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I guess -- I guess my
thinking is, do you -- is it smarter to move forward with what
we do have here? We have -- we have an Auditor and we have a
Sheriff, and we have two Commissioners. Or do you want to
just scrap the whole thing, come bark with a complete package
next time? Personally, I'd rather see us move forward with
something.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I would, too. I'd rather get
it -- let's go ahead and pick the people. Then we can work on
the amendment, and then we can discuss adding that to it, be
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JUDGE TINLEY: Not -- we're not asking for a change.
We're asking for an addition later on to the committee.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Correct.
JUDGE TINLEY: That might be appropriate.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think that's what the agenda
item says, or representatives. So, who's the two
Commissioners? Unless somebody else has a --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Okay, who wants to do it?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Move approval.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Well, we got --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Who wants to be the
Commissioner representative?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Oh, the Commissioner?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: We have two slots, don't we? Or
I one?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS:
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS:
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:
I mean, what process did you use
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS:
sitting right next to me, and th
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:
Two.
You should be one oŁ them.
I should?
Yes.
And what kind of thinking -
to arrive at that?
Well, first of all, you're
at's part of the process.
That's a good one.
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COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Secondly, you're involved
with the Sheriff's Department in liaison-type matters, and
thirdly, you're involved with the EMS and First Responders.
If you couple all that together, that makes for a pretty good
mix. I think you ought to be one of the two.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: He's not Sheriff's liaison, but
I agree with your choice, though.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I didn't say he was. I said
involved with.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Bill, I took a -- the
Sheriff's Department's kind enough to take me out on an annual
tour occasionally.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: And it was the first time I'd
ever ridden in the front seat of a police car. (Laughter.) So
exciting.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Did you ever get your
ambulance ride?
DODGE TINLEY: This may be your opportunity,
Commissioner, to get that ambulance ride in your half of that
ambulance.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That's right. This is not --
this is a shot, you're right. That's why I've worked so hard,
so I thought maybe y'all would appoint me to this thing.
DODGE TINLEY: I think -- I think it's coming.
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: It's actually happening.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: I think, being as Commissioner
Williams has so much knowledge of all this, he ought to be the
other one.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Oh, no. The real liaison to
the Sheriff's Department is right there.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Oh.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Number 3.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Okay. I just want to be sure
that you didn't really want to be there.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: No, I got enough on my
plate, thank you, Commissioner. Appreciate the vote of ~
confidence.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Are you sure you want to put
Buster and I in charge of something with the City? It's taken
us two years, and we still haven't got the ETJ worked out.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Well, if you consider my
relationship with the City on airport matters, you may want to
rethink that as well.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Doesn't make any difference to
~ me.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: 1 and 3.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: 1 and 3.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Makes --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: That's fine.
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Okay. We have the Auditor,
Tommy Tomlinson. Or just Kerr County Auditor? Do we have to
have a name there? Whoever the Auditor is there?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Tommy.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Tommy. Sheriff -- how do you
pronounce that? -- Hierholzer. Turtle Creek Volunteer Fire
Department Chief Michael Heath, and I think you got some
background on him today.
JUDGE TINLEY: Mm-hmm.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Bright young man. And
Commissioner 1 and Commissioner 3. And then next -- that's a
motion.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I'll second that motion.
JUDGE TINLEY: We have a motion and a second. Any
question or discussion on the motion?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Not necessarily on the
motion, but next time, we'll come back with an amendment to
the original order to include City of Ingram.
JUDGE TINLEY": Okay. Any further 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: That motion does carry. Let's move
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to Item Number 9; consider, discuss, and take appropriate
action on request by Soler's Tri Sports to utilize a portion
of Flat Rock Lake Park for Rio de Vino Triathlon on
September 1, 2007. I put this on the agenda at the request of
those folks. In looking at the material, the involvement of
Flat Rock Lake Park is going to be incidental at best, but
because there was even incidental utilization, I advised those
folks that I would put it on the agenda. It appears to me
that everything is headquartered over at the city
Schreiner-Kerrville Park, and then part of their activities is
coming across that old low-water bridge, then going down
Riverside Drive, which I -- that's a public roadway, though.
I can't see that they really have any -- any significant
involvement, but I told them I'd present it so that they
wouldn't have that to worry about.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I agree. It seems the impact is
more on the Sheriff's Department than anybody else.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Haven't seen anything or heard
anything about it.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: It's a 5-K run and an 1S-mile
bike ride through -- a lot of it's on state highway, but it
does wind down River Road in Center Point a little bit.
DODGE TINLEY: I have --
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: September?
DODGE TINLEY: I have suggested that -- September 1,
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I think -- suggested that those folks contact Nancy to set up
the arrangements as to what all that was going to involve
because of the public safety issues, and they indicated they
would be doing that.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: But it's -- a lot of it's on
Highway 27. Some of it's on 173, Wharton Road, Riverside,
back in that area.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Question. If -- if they did
use our park side of the river, are they allowed to overnight?
JUDGE TINLEY: Oh, no.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: They're not going to. Way
I'm reading it, they're not going to.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I'd say the estimate of 300
people will be around for this thing.
JUDGE TINLEY: That's good news from your
standpoint. The Sheriff's got a frown on his face.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Sheriff has to chase them
all over the county.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: And keep them from getting run
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: September 1's a little late
for this kind of activity. You know, all the running stuff's
going on right now. You know, marathons are all starting and
all that stuff.
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COMMISSIONER LETZ: To allow them use of the park.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any further question or discussion?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: That part doesn't bother me.
JUDGE TINLEY: All in favor, signify by raising your
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(The motion carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE TINLEY: All opposed, same sign.
(NO response.)
JUDGE TINLEY: The motion does carry. Let's move to
Item 10; consider, discuss, and take appropriate action on
request to declare April 2007 as Child Abuse Awareness Month
in Kerr County, Texas, and adoption of a proclamation in
support of same. Commissioner Baldwin?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Yes, sir. Thank you. I
don't see Mr. Billeiter in the room, so I'm just going to grab
the ball and run with it. This is an annual request of this
Court to name April as Child Abuse Awareness Month, and there
in your packet, there is a proclamation that I'd like to read
into the record, if I may. "Whereas, nearly 200,000 children
in Texas are reported as abused or neglected every year; and
whereas, child abuse and neglect is a complex and ongoing
problem in our society affecting many children in Kerr County;
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and whereas, communities must make every effort to promote
whereas, everyone in the community should become more aware of
child abuse prevention and consider helping parents raise
their children in a safe, nurturing environment. Now,
therefore, be it resolved the Commissioners Court of Kerr
County, Texas does hereby proclaim the month of April 2007 to
be Child Abuse Prevention Month in Kerr County, and urges all
citizens to work together to help reduce child abuse and
neglect significantly in years to come." Dated the 26th of
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COMMISSIONER LETZ: Is that a motion?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That was a motion.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for approval
discussion on that motion?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Question. Does this -- is
courthouse lawn?
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JUDGE TINLEY: Any further 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: That motion does carry. Not quite
10 o'clock, so we'll move to Item 11; consider, discuss, and
take appropriate action on adoption of resolution and waiver
letter concerning TexDOT off-system bridge program for Lazy
Valley Road at Cypress Creek, National Bridge Inventory
Structure Number 15-133-0-AA02-88-001, Local Designation
Number 133-AA02-88-001 Bridge. Commissioner Letz?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think everyone's aware of
the -- kind of all that came about because of the Cade Loop
project, and all of these are tied together. Each of those
bridges, each of these items -- successive items are
individually listed. The first three, I think, are in my
precinct, this being the first of those. This is a --
probably the best out of my three. It's a highly traveled
road and a very busy area. It's -- the bridge is over Cypress
Creek, right off of 1341 where it turns onto Stoneleigh. And
I move approval.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
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DODGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for approval
of the agenda item. 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. Let's move
to Item 12; consider, discuss, and take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning TexDOT
off-system bridge program for Bartel, Cypress Creek Loop at
Cypress Creek, National Bridge Inventory Structure Number
15-133-0-AA02-91-001, Local Designation Number 133-AA02-91-001
Bridge. Commissioner Letz?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: As I said previously, this is
the second one in my precinct. This is also crossing Cypress
Creek. It's a narrow bridge. This one's a little bit -- it's
a highly used road and a little bit, probably, more dangerous
one from the standpoint of the -- it's a one-lane bridge
coming down from a lack of good sight from either side. Only
problem on this one is, there are some large cypress trees on
both sides of the bridge, and a cypress tree -- one is going
to have to be removed. But I think it needs to be done. And
just another comment; what we're -- the process, as I
understand it, the resolution basically is telling TexDOT that
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we want to proceed with this at this time, and then the letter
of waiver is saying that the -- it's in-kind work will be done
through the Cade Loop project. That's just -- as I stated
earlier, that's kind of why we're doing all these. And move
approval.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for approval
of the agenda item. 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. That motion
does carry. Let's go to Item 13; consider, discuss, and take
appropriate action to on adoption of resolution and waiver
letter concerning TexDOT off-system bridge program for Ehler's
Road at Guadalupe River, National Bridge Inventory Structure
Number 15-133-0-AA02-81-001, Local Designation Number
133-AA02-81-001 Bridge. Commissioner Letz?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: This is one -- it's my final
one. Probably the -- it is in the county system. It is a
county bridge. We need to do it, but if I had to drop one,
this would be the one I would drop. This serves two property
owners, two pretty large tracts. One of them is up for sale
right now; may get development over there. This bridge is an
extremely low-water bridge currently. With the current --
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well, even before the rains, before we had these rains, it's
underwater. It is a -- it is just an old bridge. The river's
changed course. It does need to be done. I'll make a motion
for approval.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for approval
of the agenda item. 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. That motion
does carry. At this time, I will recess the Commissioners
Court meeting, and I will convene a public hearing, that
public hearing being to abandon, discontinue, and vacate
Louise Ehler Road as a County-maintained road, same being
located in Precinct 3.
(The regular Commissioners Court meeting was closed
at 10 a.m., and a public hearing was held in open
court, as follows:)
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JUDGE TINLEY: Is there any member of the public
that wishes to be heard with regard to the abandonment,
discontinuance, or vacation of Louise Ehler Road as a
County-maintained road?
(No response.)
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recognized or otherwise coming forward, I will close the
public hearing to abandon, discontinue, and vacate Louise
Ehler Road as a County-maintained road, and I will reconvene
the Commissioners Court meeting.
(The public hearing was concluded at 10:01 a.m.,
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JUDGE TINLEY: And we will go to Item 7; consider,
discuss, and take appropriate action to abandon, discontinue,
and vacate Louise Ehler Road as a County-maintained road.
Commissioner Letz?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: This is a road off of Lane
Valley. It's a -- we've been looking at this for quite a
while. It was a road that was modified and moved when the new
Lane Valley bridge was built -- bridge was built to allow for
alternative access. We got it into our county road system. I
don't think there was ever the actual intent. The people that
use this road, there are four families plus a community
center. They're all aware of it. I've talked to a
representative of the families about the public hearing. They
are specifically aware of this, and they have also all worked
out new right-of-way agreements with Dr. Delmer, who's in the
audience today. Welcome, Mr. Delmer. And I will move
approval of the agenda item.
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JUDGE TINLEY: We have a motion and second --
(Discussion off the record.)
JUDGE TINLEY: We have a motion and a second for
approval as indicated. Any question or discussion on the
motion?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Just one question, Jon. This
Ehler and the other Ehler -- Ehler is two different Ehlers?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: They're --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: The bridge and --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Two different roads. Same
family.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Same family?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Different --
~ COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: The bridge is in the Cypress
Creek area?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: The bridge crosses the
Guadalupe. The road does not cross the river.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I see.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: This runs -- they're different
roads.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: And the spelling is E-h-1-e-r.
It's not my -- it's not the way you spell mine.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: But on that item, Commissioner,
I'm glad you brought that up. On our next agenda, there will
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this road will be renamed Barbary Way. We wanted to get this
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private road than a public road, so it'll be a -- have a new
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Judge, I just have one more
question. Commissioner Letz, are you painting your
fingernails?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: No, I'm just -- just kind of
smashed them a little bit.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Oh, I see. Okay. He kept
flashing -- looked like maybe he was painting his fingernails.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I'm not painting my fingernails.
Not yet.
JUDGE TINLEY: Failing to remove them from the car
doorjamb before he closes the door. Any other questions or
comments? 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. We will
return to Item 14; consider, discuss, and take appropriate
action on adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning
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Bridge. Commissioner Williams?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Thank you, Judge. Just one
little modification on the agenda item. It says Crossing
Creek; it should say Crossing Street, as does the resolution
and the -- and the letter. This is the bridge underneath the
Center Point Dam. That's an extension of C.P. River Road, and
it was designated as crossing road at that point. It's a --
it's a low-water crossing that is in pretty bad shape. Tears
up the road because of the structure, which I think only has a
couple box culverts, which -- to let the water through. So,
the water ponds behind the Low-water crossing and makes it
very, very difficult for our people to maintain that road
coming up the grade by the small park that the County owns.
So, I would move approval of this agenda item.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for
approval. 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: That motion does carry. We'll go to
Item 15; consider, discuss, and take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning TexDOT
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River, National Bridge Inventory Structure Number
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excuse me, 133-AA04-13-001 Bridge. Commissioner Oehler?
COMMISSIONER. OEHLER: This bridge is -- is a very
low bridge. It`s going to continue -- even the replacement
bridge will still be as low as possible. But it's so narrow
that the buses that take kids into Flaming Arrow as well as
Camp Arrowhead have a real hard time getting across there.
Should have been done a long time ago, and this is an
opportunity for us to fix it. And the residents and people ~
there have been -- I've talked to several of them, and
they're -- they're in favor of doing it, as long as we don't
make it too big. They like the low -- low deal. Mike Coward
and I have met on it, and I support it, and I believe I've got
the support of the community, so therefore, I move approval --
make a motion to approve this agenda item.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded as
indicated. 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.
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JUDGE TINLEY: That motion does carry. Let's go to
Item 16; consider, discuss, and take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution and waiver letter concerning TexDOT
off-system bridge program for Hoot Owl Road at Johnson Creek,
National Bridge Inventory Structure Number 15-133-40-AA01-
09-001, Local Designation Number 133-AA01-09-001 Bridge.
Commissioner Oehler?
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: It_'s another one of the
bridges. It's on Johnson Creek above Ingram. Every time it
floods there, the people are stranded. There's probably not
more than maybe 15, 20 people that live up there, but there's
so much gravel that comes down that it piles up on top of what
is there, which is not really a bridge; we call it a bridge,
and it takes Road and Bridge a while to get it cleared off
just so people can get in and out. Only way in, only way out.
It's -- and I support this project, Hoot Owl Road. I move for
approval.
COMMISSIONER. LETZ: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for approval
of the agenda item as indicated. Any question or discussion?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Judge, I will make one -- a
general comment after all these. we've wound through these
pretty quick today. This is a big deal. This is a -- I mean,
it takes -- since I've been a Commissioner, I think we've had
a total of, over the last 11 years, three other bridges built,
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and one of those was an emergency structure at Hermann Sons.
We don't get these very often. My hat's off to Bruce Oehler,
and T think the Judge was at that meeting also, and to TexDOT,
for figuring out -- using -- putting their, you know, thinking
hats on and really coming up with an imaginative way to help
the entire county. This will basically clean up our inventory
of bad bridges throughout the county, and it's being done in a
way that that's really not going to cost the county hardly
anything because of us being able to swap out services, and
along with a project at Cade Loop that's being funded by
TexDOT. I think that they have, really, a great program,
great opportunity for the County to really save a lot of
taxpayers; makes the county a lot safer.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Unbelievable, is what it is.
I don't know that this -- I know that it hasn't happened
before. I know that it's taken years to get one of those
projects done. And this has all come about really, really
fast, and -- and has allowed us to basically spend money we
were going to have to put in one project; now we're going to
be able to spend it on multiple projects. I wish we could
come up with this kind of deal more often.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I agree, it has come about
the clear blue sky
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COMMISSIONER OEHLER: We just got lucky, is all I
can tell you.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: And also, hats off to Mike
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COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Yes. We're very fortunate to
have those two as our people for TexDOT in this county.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: You're absolutely correct.
Two great guys.
JUDGE TINLEY: Truly a win-win situation. The --
with the approval of this one, ali of those that we're
approving today on the off-bridge inventory is going to be a
total of $271,931, which leaves remaining of the 350,000,
$78,069, and I'm sure there are enough other bridges in the
county that need upgrading that Leonard and -- and you
gentlemen can come up with how we allocate those remaining
funds. Bottom line is, we're using our money for our own
bridges rather than TexDOT bridges, and it works out --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: The 271,000 is our 10 percent.
This project overall is 2,710,000 for these county bridges, as
I understand it.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Right.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any other question or comment on the
motion? All in favor of the motion, signify by raising your
right hand.
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JUDGE TINLEY: All opposed, same sign.
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JUDGE TINLEY: That motion does carry. Let's go to
Item 17, if we might. Consider, discuss, and take appropriate
action to post and/or advertise for the hiring of an
Environmental Health inspector. Commissioner Oehler?
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: we have had, as you well know,
Miguel Arreola, and he being one of the -- one of two
inspectors that we had, I feel it necessary that we advertise
for another inspector. Not necessarily a department head, but
just an inspector, so that we can continue to go forward with
doing timely inspections for people that are requiring on-site
sewage facilities. And so, I would -- I would ask that we
have Ms. Hyde, our H.R. Director, to come up with a -- with
a -- basically, an advertisement for that particular person to
be -- be hired, and that does -- those -- those applications
be sent to her office. Once they're received, I believe she
should do the interviewing and get that person down to at
least two, and then come to the Court for approval of one of
the two people that she recommends.
JUDGE TINLEY: Was that a motion?
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: That's a motion, and it also
should be done within the next 30 days.
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JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded. Question
COMMISSIONER LETZ: The comment is -- two things.
One of them, you know, as long -- well, as short a period as
possible. You said 30 days. You know, put it in the paper
this week, see if we can try to get it done within two weeks.
The other part is -- and I don't -- we -- I don't know if we
can act on it on the agenda item; I think we can put it in the
advertisement, is that we've discussed this person needing to
be a licensed sanitarian, or at least a desire of the Court
for that direction. That's not a requirement of that job, as
I understand it right now, though I think that we -- I'd like
to see it come back at our next meeting that we make that a
requirement for the current person to obtain that
certification, and the new hire to have that certification.
But that's one --
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: I totally agree, and that was
going to be another one of my statements, that that needs to
be done, a policy change at our next Commissioners Court
meeting, and needs to be on the agenda. I will make sure it's
on there and have Ms. Hyde to draft an amendment to our
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	JUDGE TINLEY:	And job	description for that?
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some things about this department that t don't think any of us
knew for sure, and I believe this is a chance to clean it up.
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for the person to get -- I don't know how long. Six months?
And give time to allow our current person to get it, and new
person to get that same certification.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: This is a motion to advertise
for a new --
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. Any further question or
discussion on that 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: That motion does carry. Let's move
to Item 18. Consider, discuss, and take appropriate action on
adoption of resolution in support of a portion of House Bill
1, which will provide mental health crisis funding. I put
this on the agenda in connection with our local civil
commitment mental health services. As you'll recall, sometime
back, there was a resolution in support of House Bill 654, I
believe it was, which would authorize the establishment of a
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loss on a permanent basis of the -- of the mental health beds
at Kerrville State Hospital. That, of course, resolution
was -- was passed unanimously and sent forward in support of
Representative Hilderbran's bill for that purpose. House Bill
1 contains the funding provision of that for the mental health
crisis provisions of -- under the health services section, and
the portion that I'm asking for the Court to adopt in support
of the resolution is for that portion. So, this would -- this
would fund what we've urged Commissioner Hilderbran to get
passed in House Bill 654.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: You mean Representative
Hilderbran. You said "Commissioner." Representative.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay, yeah.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I second the motion.
JUDGE TINLEY: All right. I didn't hear a motion.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: i thought that you were
making a motion.
JUDGE TINLEY: No, I didn't make a motion. I'm just
telling you why I put it on the agenda.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: L'11 make a motion to approve
the resolution. You second my motion?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I don't know, man.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I'm not making a painting my
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fingernails policy.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: I have a motion and a second. 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. Let me ask
the members of the Court, we've got one item that might be
appropriate for executive session. Do we want to go ahead and
try and do the tail end of the agenda on the bills and so
forth, then take our break and come back, and --
COMMISSIONER WILLlAMS: Sure.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. If somebody will get the
Auditor for us, we'll try and take up the last portion.
COMMISSIONER WILLlAMS: While we're doing that,
Judge, let me distribute some talking papers for the next
item.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay.
(Discussion off the record.)
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Can I make a motion to pay the
bills?
	JUDGE TINLEY: Let'	s get	back on the record.	I hope
we get	our Auditor in here --	here	he comes.	
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COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Here he comes.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. We're back on the record now.
We're down to Section IV of the agenda, payment of the bills.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I make a motion we pay the
bills.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded to pay the
bills. Any question or discussion on the motion? On Page 55,
the payment to Tetra Tech, I assume everything's in place for
that, Commissioner, for the --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: It's in place, but T.W.D.B.
asked for some breakout of the numbers, and so I've got to
work it out with them, breaking out expenses for this versus
that. Tommy had a memo which he passed on to me, and I'll be
taking that up on Friday. We'll get that -- that ready to go.
JUDGE TINLEY: We do need to go ahead and authorize
the expenditure now?
(Commissioner Williams nodded.)
MR. TOMLINSON: I've sent a letter to U.G.R.A. for
their half, too.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Yes, we do, Judge. We'll
get the breakouts taken care of.
JUDGE TINLEY: Page 34, Sheriff's Department.
Vehicle repair, $4,263. Was that one vehicle?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Yeah, transmission. That --
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no, I'm sure that's more than one vehicle, Judge. If you look
at the bill itself, they're all from Krauss, so it's going to
be several.
JUDGE TINLEY: There was one bill for 360, and then
this one for 4,263.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: That very well could have been
the transmission. We've had two transmissions -- probably had
two go out the last --
JUDGE TINLEY: I would hope that's at least two
transmissions.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Yeah. We've had two go out the
last few months. I'd have to look at the bill itself to tell
you.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Who's fixing those?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: It's Krauss. That's who works
on our stuff. And the reality, Bruce, he does -- our price is
better than we could find anywhere else in the county. And we
have all of our vehicles on a set preventive maintenance, so
everything gets inspected.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Rusty, do you -- you don't go
out for bid, though, do you?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: On the vehicle, no. Those are
individual. Maintenance is all individual. We had checked --
I'll stand up. We had checked one time, and I don't mind
checking again on a contract, like, with the City, the city
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garage. But when we came up with that on oil changes and all
that, it really ended up being more, because the amount of
and ours came second, and I just couldn't go with those type
of deals. But, you know, unfortunately -- and that's -- we're
late getting the new cars on the road this year, which y'all
can tell; you just approved the contract. Normally we have
them right after the first, and I do have patrol vehicles
still on the road working patrol with 200,000 miles on them.
We're just getting -- vehicles are getting older.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I used to think it's something
that, during the budget process, we might look at these
repairs and things again. You know, 'cause we get into a
repair -- I guess you are pretty clear; you can't budget for
a repair. But you get into some bid issues when we start
spending a whole lot of money on an annual basis on vehicle
repairs.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Only other thing I would have
to look at, which could be on those, and I just have to look
at the bill, some of that is -- could be damage. It would be
from where a deer got hit or where the vehicle was involved in
a wreck and some other type of damage, and that is the repair
bill from that, with the J.D.S. or one of those.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Somebody that's qualified.
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SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Everything I have regarding
vehicles comes out of that budget, so I'd have to actually
look at the bills.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. While I've got you here,
another couple of items. I notice 1,900 in A/C repairs at the
jail. We -- I think I made a comment last time that our A/C
repairs at the jail seemed to be rather extraordinary. Are
those things just --
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Those air-conditioner units are
12 years old, and I think in one of y'all's items, when we get
to your department heads, it can be discussed in that if
you're going to executive session. But I think that should be
a lot better. I don't -- I don't have the maintenance, okay?
And, actually, that bill is probably approved by me, but comes
out of your Maintenance Department, I believe, 'cause I don't
have a maintenance budget for that.
MR. TOMLINSON: Right.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: But a lot of that is, I think,
also -- and the Human Resource person and I talked about it
the other day. There is a very good structured preventive
maintenance program on that. I think they had gotten -- after
Glenn wasn't doing it any more, they got to where they were
replacing filters -- and some of those air-conditioner units
have eight filters in one unit, and they're replacing them
once every 90 days. And that's fine for your house or --
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or -- I think they recommend 30, but house or courthouse, but
that building is running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and
you've got to invest in the filters and replace them every 30
days regardless of the cost. But you're going to have that.
We had a couple compressors go out, and I think that's a lot
of the reason. We've got to really stay on top more of the
preventive maintenance.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I agree totally. It's the
age -- aging of our buildings. We have to address it.
JUDGE TINLEY: One more item for you, Sheriff. Our
pharmaceutical bills are almost $5,300. My question to you
is, is the Indigent Health Care Solutions program, is that
bringing the net cost to Kerr County down?
MR. TOMLINSON: Oh, yes.
', JUDGE TINLEY: Okay.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: He would have to answer that,
'cause I get the original bill, and it ain't down. But I
don't know what --
MR. TOMLINSON: We're paying -- we're paying what
Indigent Health Care would pay, even on the ones that are not
indigent.
JUDGE TINLEY: So, our investment in that program is
some, what, $12,000, $14,000 a year additional cost for their
administration of that program. We're -- we're getting that
back, plus some more.
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MR. TOMLINSON: Because we saved 30,000 on the
contract -- on the contract.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I do believe if you look at the
overall -- 'cause remember at budget time, we only put, like,
80 or so in that budget line. I think if you look at it right
now, we're going to be way below, and it's going to run out
pretty quick, because there have been some bad medical
situations. Two in the hospital over the weekend that
actually got admitted to ICU and stayed there for a few days,
and those get extremely expensive, and we're going to have
some medical issues with that budget line before the end of
the year.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any other questions or comments on
the bills?
MR. TOMLINSON: Vendors aren't liking it, but -- but
that's what we pay.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. Any other questions?
Comments? All in favor of the motion, signify by raising your
right hand.
(The motion carried by unanimous vote.)
JUDGE TINLEY: All opposed, same sign. That motion
does carry. Let's move to budget amendments. Budget
Amendment Request Number 1.
MR. TOMLINSON: Okay. Number 1 is for Election
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Services from the County Clerk, to transfer $17.12 from Judges
and Clerks line item to Election Supplies.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: So moved.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for
approval. Any question or discussion? Why are we making this
amendment? It doesn't show any current expense.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Good question.
MR. TOMLINSON: She must have one in the works.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Yeah.
MR. TOMLINSON: That she knows -- that she knows
about.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. Any other question or comment?
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. Budget
Amendment Request 2.
MR. TOMLINSON: Okay. Budget Amendment 2 is from
the County Treasurer to increase line items. One is -- the
first one is for Conferences at 540.04. The Books and Dues
line item is for 20. Part-time Salaries is for 1,715. Office
Supplies for 432.58, Postage for 700, Elected Official's
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Salary of 998.14, FICA for 207.56, Retirement for 238.49, and
Telephone for $425. I think she's attached all the
explanations you need for that.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Where's it going to come from?
MR. TOMLINSON: I would say we just -- we can -- I
think we still have enough money in Workers Comp line item to
do that.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Move approval.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Move approval, the funds to come
from Workers Comp line item. I'm sorry.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Pardon me?
JUDGE TINLEY: Whose motion is it?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I don't care.
JUDGE TINLEY: But you've got the funds coming from
Workers Comp?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Correct.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay, I got a motion. Got a second?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Yes.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. I have a motion and second.
Any question or discussion on the motion?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Question.
JUDGE TINLEY: Yes, sir?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: This Number 3, salary
expense, is that person working down there? I never see that
person down there. I see that person elsewhere.
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MR. TOMLINSON: No, but that -- she doesn't have the
funds -- she won't have the funds to hire another person
for -- part-time person for the remainder of the year.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: So this is -- this is the --
really, the request here is to hire a part-time person --
MR. TOMLINSON: No.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: -- for the remainder of the
year?
MR. TOMLINSON: I'm sure she will, but -- or hire a
person.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Why are we paying this
particular person's name in here when she doesn't work down
there?
MR. TOMLINSON: Well, they -- the prior -- prior
Treasurer used all the funds in the period that she was there,
or more than was budgeted for that period of time.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Not sure I understand that.
MR. TOMLINSON: Well, she was budgeted a number of
hours per week --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Yeah.
MR. TOMLINSON: -- on an annual basis, and spent --
spent many more hours than that, and was paid more hours --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Okay.
MR. TOMLINSON: -- than that.
JUDGE TINLEY: This indicates the expense was from
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February 1 through March 15 of this year. I think the salary
of that individual was being charged to this particular
budget, if I'm not mistaken.
MR. TOMLINSON: That's true.
JUDGE TINLEY: Even though this individual, I think,
had been used as somewhat of a floater working in various
capacities.
MR. TOMLINSON: But she needs to replenish that to
be able to pay someone for -- for the remainder of the year.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I'm still not understanding.
I think -- I mean, I understand what y'all are talking about.
I see the floating issue and we actually talked about that,
but it looks like to me that this money that we're putting in
here, the $1,715, is to pay prior to today, not anything --
MR. TOMLINSON: Well, it is, but this person was
paid from that budget, and there wasn't anyplace, really, else
to pay for that person. And so, in order to bring the budget
for the part-time salary line item back into -- to enough to
be able to finish the year, she's -- she's asking that it be
placed back in her budget.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: To finish the year. See,
that's where you and I are falling apart. Today is
March 26th. This is paid through the 15th. I mean, I'm -- is
this for the future? Or is it --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think she -- I think what --
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let me take a stab at it, see if I understand. What you're
saying, Tommy, is that the funds out of that line item were
used to pay this individual who was floating around, and to
get the funds back into this budget so that they can hire a
part-time person in the future. Is that right?
MR. TOMLINSON: That's right.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: But it's paid through
March 15th, which was last week.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Right.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Okay. What do we do next
month?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Is it fair to assume that
this individual is on a different budget now?
MR. TOMLINSON: She's going to a different
department that she'll be paid out of.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Okay.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Thank you.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Yeah, we got there.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any other questions or comments?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Absolutely not. Thank you,
Tommy.
JUDGE TINLEY: Personally, I appreciate the amount
of explanation given for this particular budget amendment. I
think it was -- particularly as lengthy and detailed as it is.
Any other questions or comments? All in favor of the motion,
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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. Let's go to
Budget Amendment Request Number 3.
MR. TOMLINSON: Three is for the Sheriff, to
transfer $30 from Dispatchers line item to Employee Medical
Exams.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: So moved.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for
approval. 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. Budget
Amendment Request Number 4.
MR. TOMLINSON: Okay. Four is for the County Judge,
to transfer $95.24 from Miscellaneous to Out-of-County
Mileage.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: So moved.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for
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approval. 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. Budget
Amendment Request Number 5.
MR. TOMLINSON: Okay. Five is for Commissioners
Court and Nondepartmental. I'm requesting a transfer of
461.51 from Workers Comp line item to Professional Services,
and it's for the Esquire Deposition for --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: For what?
MR. TOMLINSON: Esquire Deposition, for the
depositions for --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: So moved.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for
approval. 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: The motion does carry. Budget
Amendment Request 6.
MR. TOMLINSON: Six is for County Court at Law.
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This is a transfer for statement of facts for court reporter;
transfer $2,741 from Master Court Appointments to Statement of
Facts.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: So moved.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for
approval. 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: Motion does carry. Budget Amendment
Request 7.
MR. TOMLINSON: Seven is for the Juvenile Detention
Facility; request from Kevin to transfer 174.60 from
Professional Services to Copier Lease.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: This takes us through the
end of the year on this?
MR. TOMLINSON: I don't think so, no.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: No? So moved.
MR. TOMLINSON: This is for one bill.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: So moved.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Second.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for
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approval. Any question or discussion? All in favor, signify
by raising your right hand.
(The motion carried by unanimous vote.)
I! JUDGE TINLEY: All opposed, same sign.
(NO response.)
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion does carry. Any more budget
amendments?
MR. TOMLINSON: No.
JUDGE TINLEY: Any late bills?
MR. TOMLINSON: No.
JUDGE TINLEY: I've been presented with monthly
reports for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2; Justice of the
Peace, Precinct 4; County Clerk, General and Trust Funds;
District Clerk, and District Clerk Amended Report. Do I hear
a motion that these reports be approved as presented?
COMMISSIONER LETZ; So moved.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Second.
JUDGE TINLEY: Motion made and seconded for
approval. 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: Motion does carry. We'll be in
recess for about 15, 20 minutes.
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JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. Let's come back to order, if
we might. The only remaining item that we have as an agenda
item is Item 19; consider, discuss, and take appropriate
action on management reorganization of several departments
reporting to Commissioners Court, and hiring a new department
head. This was placed on the agenda at the request of
Commissioner Williams and Commissioner Letz. If we're going
to talk generally about management structure, I think it's
probably an open session item. If we're going to talk about
individuals, we need to go into executive. But what do we
have that we might do in open at this point?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think we can talk about the
structure, certainly, in open. I guess that's probably
appropriate. And we have for several years looked at how we
structure some of our departments, and the main ones we've
talked about are Environmental Health, Animal Control,
Facilities; Parks has always been in here. Flood --
floodplain has actually been in here a couple of times. I'm
not sure that's going to be a part of this deal, in my mind,
but it may be. And, I'd -- I really thought this was probably
going to be more of a discussion we had during our budget
period, but because of the resignation of -- of Miguel
Arreola, we do have now two departments that do not have
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supervision, essentially, which is the -- or a manager. They
have supervision, just don't have a manager. Environmental
various options, and put these all out here, and whether we
want to hire someone to -- having the broad -- to oversee
these areas or not. That's why it's on the agenda.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Well, this is kind of a
follow-up to the Court -- an earlier discussion we had as to
possibilities, and so I frame the possibilities here and see
where it takes us.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I'll go back to the maintenance.
I think our Maintenance supervisors are fine. I think they're
doing an adequate job. We do not have the broad vision that I
think -- and I alluded to this during the earlier meeting
tonight -- or today. We have aging buildings. We have got to
get a handle on our preventive maintenance in all areas. The
Ag Barn continues to be something that we could spend, you
know, time out there every day fixing things up. But the
jail, as Rusty mentioned earlier, is 12 years old; it is a
maintenance nightmare. It may be a maintenance nightmare from
the standpoint it's a jail with lots of inmates that are
trying to tear things up all the time, and it's got aging
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The annex, that's going on what now, 8, 10 years
old? The renovation of this building is 8, 10 years old,
pretty much when we did all that. The jail`s 12 years old.
So we have all of our -- or the majority of our buildings,
including Road and Bridge and the Extension Office too,
majority of our buildings are less than 15 years old or had a
major update about 10, 15 years ago, and nothing's been done
significant since then. And that's just a -- a problem
waiting to happen, so we've got to get a handle on our
long-term maintenance of all these buildings. And I think we
need a manager to do that, not do it at the supervisory level.
And if we can get a better person by putting some other
departments under it, so be it.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: That's kind of where I'm
coming from. Framing this out and picking up on what the
Court had said in the past, I think it all goes to
organization, finding the person that has the skills to do it,
and if we need to put more things in the pot to find that
right person in terms of salary, then let's see if we can --
let's see if we can make that happen.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I think we need to ask two
questions. And I -- up front, I want to say to you that I'm
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of hiring a Director of Services, but I think we need to ask
two questions. Have we looked at each one of these in a
precise, magnified way to make sure that we can't make these
ourselves, do we want -- I think once we hire a Director of
Services, I think we take a step across the line into being
known as big government. And I don't know if our -- I know
that population growth causes these things, and I know that
growth has affected Rusty's department, in particular,
tremendously. When there's growth, there's more crime;
there's more everything, more people to put in jail. And I --
probably the same thing here. You know, when you get into
subdivisions and septic tanks and alL that kind of thing, the
growth goes on. But I don't know that we have really studied
the -- no, I don't like the word "studied" -- just looked at
it closa enough	to come to	the	conclusion	that	we need	to	step
across that line	into the	big	government	arena.	I don'	t	know
that	-- I	mean, I'm	saying	7	don't	know. I	certainly have
not.	I'm	not saying	that	you	all	haven't.	But I think we
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COMMISSIONER LETZ: I agree, and I -- actually, I'm
yet either. That's why I think -- in the
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discussion, I think we -- we need to get more management in
Maintenance, I know. That, I know we need. And that --
good supervisors in that group. We don't have someone with a
-- you Y,now, who has the time or the -- I think the expertise,
really, to go into a -- a true management, looking long-term
at what we need. My problem is that I don't know how we can
hire a good person within, you know, the budget, necessarily,
of just having it be that one job. And then you get into what
Buster's talking about, and I agree with it, big government.
I really think that we should be able to find a -- have a
working manager of Environmental Health and a working manager
of Animal Control, and Animal Control's really working all
right, and	just	try --	we're	not quite	big	enough to	cross
that line	yet.	We're	getting	close.	And	I'm just --	I'm at a
little bit of a loss as to how we fix one without putting
someone over all of it to make -- financially make some sense.
That's the only way I can get the numbers high enough, in my
mind, is to lump some of them together. But I'm not -- if 7
had to vote right now, I wouldn't vote for it, I don't think.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I appreciate Commissioner
Baldwin's comments about big government, but these departments
are already in place; these services are already there, and
we're not creating these offices, not adding to the
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governmental structure. If anything, we're trying to pull
them together to make them more cohesive, and hopefully
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Well, I feel like that there's
greatest need. And -- and I do believe that, you know, we are
needing someone with some real expertise when it comes to some
of these big maintenance issues like we're having with the
jail. Those are things that not everybody knows how to deal
with, other than just dial somebody up on the phone and have
them go fix it. And those -- that building is used 29/7. It
is a big maintenance issue constantly, and I'm not sure that
we have the people on board that can address all the problems
and the needs that come about when they occur.
And maybe we need to spend some time writing a -- a
job description for an individual like that. And I believe we
need to advertise for those kind of - that person, whoever it
is, if we decide to go that route and go through the process,
just like it is with every other department. Just like we do
an inspector right now, and did the same thing when Ms. Hyde
was hired. You know, and that way, when you advertise and you
put specifics that need to be performed by that person, and
then it gives her a tool to work with to interview these
people, do background checks on them, and make sure that we're
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~ not getting something other than what we're advertising for.
But I do believe the advertising process is a very important
and some supervision to make sure that those policies are
carried out. That's why we're in the shape we're in right
now, is because some of the -- even the policies that are in
I place haven't been followed. And that's where somebody -- an
overseer, manager, whatever you want to call it, you know,
would be an important thing in that department, as well as in
the Maintenance Department. I think the parks maintenance
stuff can pretty well be handled with in-house, kind of the
way it is now. Road and Bridge is part of that, plus we have
Shel who does some of that, and from what I've seen, he's
doing a nice job of it, and doing it for not a lot of money.
Still cost-effective.
As far as Rabies and Animal Control, Eva and I have
spent a lot of time working with them, and they are -- they
have come farther faster than any department that I know of
that -- that has been getting some time spent on their behalf.
And they're -- they're wearing their uniforms, they're locking
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following policy and procedures. They're trained, and they
don't need a real big bunch of management. I think, between
the H.R. Director and myself, we've been doing it. I believe
we can continue to do that, and we have a good working
relationship with them. Environmental Health is going to be
I one of those things that's always a problem. You know, even
when you get policies and procedures in place, it is an
emotional thing. It is dealing with people's property and
their property rights, and -- but at the same time, we're
going to have to insure that -- that some rules are followed
all the way through where people get what they're paying for,
and not be left hanging with substandard things that wind up
getting put in the ground that wind up failing. We don't have
a lot of those, but we do have some history of that, and I
believe that it needs to -- that department could, I believe,
be included in maybe the managing duties of somebody that does
have managerial skills in with the Maintenance.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: That's the problem I have, is
right there at that point, is the -- how do you find somebody
who's truly technically qualified enough in maintenance to do
what we need, and then also have -- do Environmental Health?
I mean, that's totally different, and I have a real hard time
of -- that's where I have a breakdown of the -- of a plan, and
that's where we've had a breakdown -- I've had a breakdown
ever since the time we've looked at it, is that -- and
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Animal -- you know, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me to
So, you know,
I certainly don't want to do anything to change
anything out at Road and Bridge, but they're in the mix that
gets into a lot of these other departments, in my mind.
Which, at the point, whenever that may be, that Leonard
decides to retire -- I don't want to fiddle with that right
now. We've asked Leonard to do a lot; he's doing a lot, and
you can -- you can do a director of -- quote, of public
services type thing out of that department and get that -- the
next administrator into -- you know, divide it there. Makes
much more sense to me. We might just have to wait. I don't
know. I know Leonard's going to be at least, what, four or
five more years? Something like that. Maybe longer than
that. Who knows? But I think we can get -- probably get by
without making a change.
And, you know, Maintenance may just need to run --
and Environmental, you know, Animal Control -- as we have
been; just get a little bit more involved. I think if we're
going to have a Commissioner liaison that's very involved in
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that, as we do with Animal Control, I think it is not fair to
have both of those under Commissioner Oehler. I think we
might need to look at our responsibilities a little bit. I
think Commissioner Williams would be a real good choice to
take over that.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I agree with that last
statement.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: As it stands right now, I
believe Ms. Hyde and I are -- we're going to -- we're
continuing to do Environmental Health, I believe, until she
decides --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Sewers, not O.S.S.F.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: We'll continue to do it and
come up with some new policies and procedures to be adopted by
the Court, because that is under the direction of this Court
at this time. Now, I think if we give up some of that to
someone else, it might not be a good thing right now. I
think --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I agree with you.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: -- we need to work into it
slowly. And as it grows, there's going to be time that -- you
know, we have so much growth going on that we need to be sure
that we have enough inspectors to -- to handle the jobs at
hand. Because if they're not able to go and do -- and do
their inspections in a timely fashion, the prices of these
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systems are going to go up, because you're holding the
installers up.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Right.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: And, I mean, they can't afford
to go onto a job and stay there for a week when it should take
two, three days.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: What --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: If putting those two
together, Environmental Health and -- and Buildings and
Facilities together, is not the answer -- and I can see some
problems there; I really can, in the work, when you get down
to it -- then maybe we need to set up -- instead of looking
just for a sanitarian, we need to find a department head. The
department has to be managed. Somebody has to be on top of it
and take care of the day-to-day and answer to the Court, and
be able to provide some direction for the people who they
expect to do the work. So, maybe we ought to take a second
look at how -- if we're not willing to incorporate it in
something bigger, then we got to make it function on its own.
JUDGE TINLEY: You're suggesting that maybe on the
inspector that we're going to be advertising for, we need to
include in that the ability to act as the acting manager of
that department?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Well, I think so, Judge. I
think we need to -- if we're not going to -- not -- we're not
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ready to do our broader scale, the revision or amalgamation or
whatever you want to call it, then we need to find somebody
that has some managerial skills.
JODGE TINLEY: I think I'm probably very close to
vacancy in Environmental Health and some problems there. And
it may well be that even though we have a manager of that
department, some of these problems are a result -- are the
result of a lack of management practices or failure to follow
the policies down there. Over on the Animal Control side,
there have been some things going on there recently, and
between Commissioner Oehler and Ms. Hyde working out there,
that -- things are -- things are really, really improving out
there, and that thing is -- best I can tell, is -- it's pretty
much stabilized, and with significant improvement.
Over on the Maintenance side, there's an indication
that we -- we may need to do something different. But
we've -- we've been fussing with that thing now for about six
or eight months, and every few months we're -- we're adjusting
it or otherwise maybe moving things around a little bit, and
I'm not sure we've given the people that are there really an
opportunity to get things settled in enough so that we can
really make a fair analysis of that operation because of all
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this moving around. It may well be we need -- we need a
Maintenance and Facilities Manager down the road, but I'm not
sure we got a good enough handle to -- to go out and plug
somebody in at this point to -- as an overall manager of all
of these various services. I'm just not -- not sure we're
there yet. We need to -- I think the work that Commissioner
Oehler's done, both in Environmental Health and Animal
Control, more of a hands-on situation, that's shown some --
some significant benefit, and maybe we need to -- including
myself, maybe we need to be a little bit more focused on these
other operations, and -- and maybe straighten some of those
things out.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Before you go to Rusty, --
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Yeah, I was going to --
COMMISSIONER LETZ: -- I have a comment. On the --
back to Commissioner Williams, Environmental Health, I don't
think we want to change and share a supervisor there. I think
we may want to keep that in the back of our mind during the
interview process, as to how that works. And it may be -- you
know, it may work to have an office manager down there, as
opposed to a supervisor who's wearing that hat. I mean, an
inspector doesn't have to be the supervisor down there, and
there are four people down there, and I really think we may
want to give that a little bit of a chance to settle. And,
yes, it's going to be more work for one of the -- one of us up
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here, and Eva, 'cause I think it will be a little more
hands-on for a while, and look internally and see what's there
rather than go out and try to hire a supervisor right away.
I'd rather kind of lay off on a supervisor, but think about
that long-range as we're doing the hiring. That's the only
comment I -- and I don't disagree with what the Judge said
about getting Maintenance to work a little bit more. It could
be in Maintenance, we just need a good, qualified person who
understands some of the air-conditioning type stuff that we
seem to have a lot of problems with.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Somebody that's certified to
do it, licensed.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: We could save ourselves
probably quite a bit of money.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: But, you know, I don't disagree
with anything that I'm hearing stated. I think it's -- you
know, Commissioner Williams and I put this on the agenda just
so we could have this discussion, figure out where we're going
to go. And I -- final item in response to something
Commissioner Oehler said, there's no -- we have advertised for
a Maintenance Supervisor already. This isn't anything new.
You weren't on the Court at the time. And I wouldn't have any
problem with going out and advertising again, but this isn't
an effort at all to put someone in a job without advertising.
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We've advertised, went through all the applications, and kind
of sorted through it once, and we, you know, very well could
do it again, if we decide to do that. Rusty?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: The only comments -- and I
from, and just to let you know, is, of course, it is out
there. At the jail -- that's the only one I'll comment --
it's 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And I think we're way
past the point we want to do preventive maintenance. There
has got to be somebody out there full-time. It's not a
part-time job any more. Now, I've got -- and I'll ask -- I
was advised that Eva's temporary over that department right
now, so she got a grand tour of all our maintenance stuff last
week. And part of that is, even going through the regular
maintenance stuff, opening up some of the pipe chases and
finding water standing in them, you know, with five jailers on
duty, I don't have the -- the ability and the time to
individually inspect inmates, especially with our population,
to go around and check all this stuff.
We climbed up on top of the jail. There's --
run by a motor and run 24 hours a day, that even a few months
ago, I checked them. You're probably talking 20 or 30 of them
up there that belts are off, some motors have burned up
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because they sat there in the rain without belts on them. You
MS. HYDE: I took the list -- and, I mean, I'm not a
maintenance person, but I took -- we walked through Friday in
the morning and in the afternoon, probably about five hours
worth, and just listed all the things, from simple things like
gun lockboxes to the sallyport doors, to up on the roof where
you've got 56 exhaust vents, and maybe a fifth of them are
working. You know, those type of things where we opened them
up and actually looked, where the belts on them have been
sitting in the same spot for so long that they're rusted, that
they're pulled. The dryers, the dryer maintenance. In the
front they're clean; they look great, but you walk around
back, again, the belts, the motors, you've got shavings in
with where those parts are moving, that I think we've gotten
away from some of the preventive maintenance to help save us
some money in the long run.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I don't think we ever have.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I don't think we've gotten
think you're making the point --
MS. HYDE: Well, I'm trying to make sure, because
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this is -- it's already been brought to my attention.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: -- we need to do that and
see it and advise --
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: That's the point I'm making.
There was a part-time that helped at one point, but a lot of
it is, what they're doing now -- and the Maintenance
Department stays busy. They do come out there; I'm not
knocking any of them, but we have maintenance request forms,
and then there's a check deal of 24 hours, 72 hours, 48, you
know, however quickly we need it done, depending on the
security. And that is all they do, is come in in the
mornings, look at our maintenance request forms, and do
maintenance, and then they're out of there. And we've got to
have more than that to keep that place running. There's got
to be some serious repair.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Let me ask you a question.
Did you have the Maintenance Supervisor with you on the tour?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I had -- in the afternoon we
did, but I had been advised that she was over Maintenance, and
so that morning she came with me alone.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Maybe that's my question.
When did she come over with Maintenance?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I was told last week that she
had been put in over -- interim over Maintenance.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: Not true.
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COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Who's "she"?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I don't know.
JUDGE TINLEY: She's writing job descriptions down
there, trying to put that together.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I thought Tim was the
Maintenance Director.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I did too.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: So, if y'all are making tours
and you're finding things wrong, he needs to be there. If --
MS. HYDE: He was there.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: He was there in the afternoon
tour. But I had been told the day before that -- by Eva, and
not trying to do anything -- that she had been put over
Maintenance interim, and so that's when I invited her out to
come look at our preventive maintenance.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I missed a court meeting,
then.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I was told she was over
Maintenance.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: When you called me about
that, I told you I had no recollection that the Court had done
that particular -- taken that step.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: That's why I called. That was
after the tour. But that's what I have been told, and that's
why I got her out there to see that. Nothing against anybody.
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And then she invited Tim out there Friday afternoon to come
back with her, 'cause we hadn't finished Friday morning
because of all the stuff. And she was making notes. But that
was what I was advised.
MS. HYDE: Wasn't that the essence of the executive
session the last time? Did I completely misunderstand, and so
did Rex?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: The essence being what?
MS. HYDE: That you guys asked me to be interim to
look over them and to help them and to write job descriptions
and to work with those folks out there.
COMMISSIONER LETZ: I think -- my recollection is
that it was to have you help coordinate them, but not to be
over that department. It was to help do job descriptions.
MS. HYDE: Coordinate as far as making sure that
they were doing what they were supposed to be doing?
COMMISSIONER LETZ: No, no, no. Making sure that
they get moved where -- that -- 'cause Alyce wasn't present;
to make sure Alyce got moved to her location, she had her new
job responsibilities, Tim had his, and Maria had hers.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I think that went to the
division of the responsibilities as they exist for the
supervisors, and the separation of them. That's the way I saw
it, which is about the way you saw it.
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Tim, because I think there's a lot of confusion there. Is
that -- but the bottom line is, I think it does need to be
looked at. I don't know that you could -- I don't agree with
Jonathan -- you could ever get somebody that could be over the
public service part, the Environmental Health and Animal
Control. To me, that's a total different personality and
education than somebody over county maintenance. And
preventive, I think you're looking at two different people.
But I'm getting to the point where I got to have somebody for
preventive full-time.
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COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Well, the thing is, we did
it -- without putting Ms. Hyde into doing something, you know,
nothing was really going to change, and Alyce wasn't going to
get moved, and nobody really had any direction. And I think
that's the way --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: That's what I thought we
directed her to do, was to see that that happened.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: You know, it's not really
being the manager of all of them, but also -- but she is being
responsible for seeing that those things happen that need to
happen with Maintenance.
JODGE TINLEY: Yeah, there was kind of a
reallocation and redesignation.
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there and actually looking at it. It brings a lot of that to
the attention that needed to be brought to --
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: She's been busy.
JUDGE TINLEY: I can understand where the confusion
came about. Doing that reallocation and writing the job
descriptions, she's got to be in the middle of it in order to
be able to do that. But my -- my thinking is, we -- we
continue on the Court to be actively involved in what -- what
those functions are and how they're carried out, and you're
working on new policies for Environmental Health. I think
that would be of significant help.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: We have some -- we have some
ideas of some policy changes that need to be made, and those
will be brought to the Court as soon as they're good for
approval or for -- for changing or however you'd like to do
it, you know. If you have other input, we'd like to hear it.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: You know, the way I see that
is -- I mean, I kind of see it black and white.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: It's -- to me, it's not a
gigantic thing, but -- because you have the state rules. When
you're installing something, it's pretty much in -- written
down in ink of what you can do and what you can't do. And
that's one of the reasons that -- that we adopted the state
rules and didn't go into any more Chapter 10 stuff that allows
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the counties to tack on new rules and that kind of stuff.
Let's just get it down simple, adopt the state rules and go
on, and keep it as simple as possible. And then the makeup of
the office and who's running what, you know, that -- I see
that's where you -- you and Ms. Hyde are working, doing -- you
know, doing -- I don't know what kind of policies you're
talking about. I'm sure that they're there; I just don't see
them. But it can't be -- can't be a gigantic thing.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: No, it's not. It's not. It's
not any real change as far as the -- the model -- model order.
This is office policy changes.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Mm-hmm.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: And requirements of whoever
works down there that they will have certain documentation,
that they will do certain things.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I see, yeah.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: That's the direction. Not to
mess with the rules as far as the state.
JUDGE TINLEY: Technical requirements.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Yeah. It's just -- it's all
just manager -- manager policy. And --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Where -- where this person --
this person does this, this, this, and this.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Right.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I see.
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COMMISSIONER OEHLER: It's just basically office
policies and procedures, and then some -- some documents that
need to -- that I believe they need to have in order to be in
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Very good.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: That need to be -- that policy
change needs to be made.
JUDGE TINLEY: Let me ask --
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: So it's not real complicated.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: The only other thing with the
jail maintenance that needs to be considered and kind of
causes us problems right now is, a person out there working,
if he's going to work inside the cells because of all the
water lines, unless I assign a certified jailer with him the
whole time he's in there, he's got to be certified as a state
corrections officer also. Okay? Otherwise, he can't be
around inmates. You know, the locking mechanisms and
everything out there, we sent two employees -- the County
Maintenance did at one time. One of them's gone. They have
to be certified by Southern Steel in all those locks to be
able to work on them, so when you start rotating just regular
maintenance people, it doesn't work, okay? It really hurts
trying to get things done.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Do you have a person that's a
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SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: No. This Court took
maintenance out of the Sheriff's budget before I became
Sheriff, and I sure ain't complaining about it.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: We were thinking about maybe
putting it back in.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: No. No, I don't want it.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Is there not a maintenance
person there all the time?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: No.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: What happened to the --
Sonny? Oh, we moved Sonny to Road and Bridge. What about
Shel's brother? What's his name?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: When -- after Tim was appointed
over Maintenance and he asked for an extra person, and he told
me there would be one full-time out there, that's when I came
in and supported and all on that, but I do not have one
full-time.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: We had someone quit about
six months ago.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I think you've had a lot of
different changes in whatever different things going at the Ag
Barn, different whatever. It's nobody's -- no individual's
fault. But no, they come out in the morning, they check
everything, and then we have to call them back. And where I
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everything else that you can imagine where a door won't shut
because it's not tracking right, you know. I mean, those,
unfortunately, can't wait. And the deal of, "We don't have
the overtime; I got to, you know, wait until Monday," and it's
on a weekend, just doesn't work for us.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I agree. I agree with that.
I thought we had somebody out there full-time.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I think -- and probably no
what all of y'all are saying; with all the buildings and
everything that are around, it is a major, almost, nightmare
keeping up with maintenance. And they just -- especially if
you want to not just keep up with it, but do some preventive.
JUDGE TINLEY: You had a system in place where I
believe you had one that was designated out there for -- I
believe it was a half day, wasn't it, at one time?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Year or so ago? Glenn Holekamp
had one that was assigned out there for most of the day, and
then they'd use him other places, and --
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: And that's the gentleman
that quit about six months ago when we did our reorganization?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: He quit -- that's correct,
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DODGE TINLEY: Now, that individual was out there,
according to information that was given to me, approximately a
half a day every day.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Actually, that individual, when
it first started out, was out there full-time. Then it
dropped down to probably a little more than half a day. He
was a certified corrections officer. In fact, he had been an
employee that was a corrections officer, and then that ended
up going to work for Maintenance. And then he was called in a
lot at night to work on the locks, 'cause he was both
certified on the locks and corrections. But he also had some
other issues that -- that made it not so favorable. But I
think, you know, it's just the age, and it's -- it's obvious,
too, that -- when we look at motors and we take off those
motors, a lot of those weren't being maintained, those vents,
even prior to that individual leaving, okay? I mean, it's a
rotation. When you talk hundreds of air-conditioner filters,
2 inches thick, and every 30 days, it's major.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I agree. And it's very
simple. I mean, it's a simple maintenance schedule.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: It's a simple maintenance
schedule. It's very time-consuming, 'cause on those humongous
commercial air-conditioners up there, you have to take off
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be able to even get those eight filters out. They're not very
user-friendly. And then you have to get them back, so it
takes a lot of time, okay? It's not difficult work; it just
takes a lot of time to keep that stuff going, especially if
changed?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I think they went to doing it
-- when the other prior guy -- before he left, when Glenn was
around, they were doing them pretty close to every 30 days. I
think after that, they've been doing them about every 90 days,
and that's when I've noticed -- and I think this Court's
I probably noticed a drastic increase in -- in problems with
compressors and different things on those units, you know.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: I need to ask a question at
this point, I guess. Did that person that -- when he left,
was he replaced by somebody else that doesn't have his skills?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Ultimately, there was a
replacement hired, I believe, but I don't believe he had the
same skillset.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I think they combined a couple
I do have one that is
trained on the locks, okay? I think there is still one in
Maintenance that's trained, if I'm not mistaken.
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COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: That's Shane?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: I think so. Okay. But I think
that's the only one.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: It seems to me like this -- if
this is the biggest -- the biggest and most important issue we
have right now is the jail, that needs to be addressed somehow
or another. Maybe we need to --
JUDGE TINLEY: Insofar as things that could be
done --
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: In --
JUDGE TINLEY: -- in-house, I think you're probably
right. We've got some other issues. We keep hearing about
the windows. It's going to take an old-world craftsman to be
able to do something about these windows --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: No doubt about that.
JUDGE TINLEY: -- here in this courthouse. That --
that's not something for in-house type stuff. But the
in-house type thing, that jack-of-all-trades type, apparently
the jail --
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: When we do the job descriptions
and all that you're talking about, Glenn and I had a deal
where we would just call each other on the phone. "Okay,
Maintenance takes care of that?" "hope, I take care of that,"
like cameras and that. I've been maintaining those jail
cameras. Or different things, we just look at it, and without
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that -- you know, just from years of Glenn and I working, it's
a little bit different over who's going to get that bill?
li Who's going to get this bill? When y'all are looking at job
Iii descriptions and duties and responsibilities, that would be
nice to -- that way Maintenance even knows, "Okay, can I call
to get this fixed?" "No, Sheriff's got to." Or it's just a
very close working relationship we all have to have.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Sounds like what we need worse
than we need a manager, we need somebody to actually do some
work for us and save us some money, instead of having to call,
you know, other people to do those things.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Let me ask -- let me ask the
Court a question. A couple of months ago, we were -- we had
put in this plan where we were going to bid on the maintenance
at the airport, and my recollection says that we moved a
maintenance person over to Road and Bridge, and seemed like
that maintenance guy at one time was the jail maintenance --
Sonny?
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Sonny had been out at the jail.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: And we have moved him to Road
and Bridge, thinking we were going to get this contract to
maintain the airport, and he is still over there. And he
really needs to be either put back or reassigned again.
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JUDGE TINLEY: Yeah. He was doing parks also.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I can't remember -- I know at
one time, he was working on the jail. I just -- I don't know
how long ago all that was, but I just remember him doing that.
And that possibly -- 'cause Sonny's a pretty bright guy and he
knows -- you know, he knows what work is. And that may be the
answer to fix that thing that we were doing in the beginning.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I agree, he needs to come
back. And the idea was, he was transferred over 'cause he was
doing parks maintenance, so the idea was we were going to just
include parks maintenance --
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: -- under Leonard and move
this guy over. If we got the airport, that would all just fit
in together like so. We didn't get the airport, so he's
hanging out there, and I'm not sure -- I guess he's doing
parks maintenance, but he also has had some maintenance
skills.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Mm-hmm.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: And they could probably be
used right now.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:
Changing filters and --
Yeah.
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COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Small motors.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Yeah. While the jail is the
most visible, as Rusty indicates to us, and it probably is,
and may even be the more critical right now, I think there's a
lot of other -- there's a lot of other areas that need -- that
are invisible that need some attention before they come in
hard focus like the jail.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: He could come back and be --
be designated at the jail for, you know, six hours a day, and
then maybe the other two hours or so, he could troubleshoot
some of these other areas.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Maybe.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: And when you get some of those
maintenance issues done, like changing out belts and motors
and stuff like that, that's not something that has to be done
again for a long time.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER OEHLER: Get caught up, and then use
that person to do some other things.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: I agree with Rusty. You
know, the simple thing of replacing these air filters, that
should be on a regular 30-day -- at least 30-day, at a maximum
30-day. It should just be on a regular system. First of
every month, you go change the filters.
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COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Right. I guess we kicked
this dog to death.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: So, how do we get Sonny back?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: It'll take a court order.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Okay.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Ask for him back.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Maybe we can get our H.R.
lady to do that.
JUDGE TINLEY: I think it's going to take a change
in the personnel schedule, so we'll need to bring that before
the next court on moving him back over to the Maintenance
Department. He's currently apparently assigned to Road and
Bridge. That's something we need to investigate.
MS. HYDE: So, do you want to move him back as a
maintenance person under Tim, or do you want him to be the
jail person? Or is Shane going to be the --
MR. ALFORD: Do you got just a second? If y'all can
stop, they sent me to tell you the bottom of the courthouse is
flooding. They're wanting to ask Road and Bridge -- water's
all coming in off Sidney Baker.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: That means the pump's out.
MR. ALFORD: The pump's out. The computers are
fixing to flood.
SHERIFF HIERHOLZER: Have you tried to push that
reset button on that pump?
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MR. ALFORD: Might work. I'm just letting y'all
know.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: Has Maintenance been
I notified?
MR. ALFORD: Yes, sir, Maintenance is running
through themselves, but John just called wanting sandbags, and
I thought before I call out the National Guard, I'd better let
somebody know.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: John wants sandbags?
MR. ALFORD: Yes, Trolinger.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: They have the I.T. guy now
running the Maintenance Department.
MR. ALFORD: So, anyway...
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: He's into sandbags now.
MR. ALFORD: So, would y'all like for me to call
Road and Bridge?
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN: We're on our way.
JUDGE TINLEY: Okay. Anybody got anything to offer
on that agenda item?
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: No.
JUDGE TINLEY: Anything further to come before the
Court this morning?
MS. HYDE: Do you want him to come back for the
jail? Or what do you want?
JUDGE TINLEY: Maintenance for now.
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JUDGE TINLEY: Maintenance for now. Anything
further? We'll stand adjourned.
(Commissioners Court adjourned at 11:40 a.m.)
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 29th day of
March, 2007.
JANNETT PIEPER, Kerr County Clerk
BY : ___ ~~ _l~_.G i~~C- ________
Kathy Ba ik, Deputy County Clerk
Certified Shorthand Reporter
3-26-07
ORDER NO. 30198
RENEWAL OF HILL COUNTRY ADR CENTER CONTRACT
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Williams. The Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve the Contract between the Hill Country Alternative Dispute Resolution
Center and Kerr County, and authorize the County Judge to sign same.
ORDER NO. 30199
LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR POLICE INTERCEPTORS FOR
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioners Oehler. The Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve the Lease-Purchase Agreement for four (4) 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Police Interceptors for the Sheriffs Department, and authorize County Judge to
sign same.
ORDER NO.30200
NAME A PRIVATE ROAD IN PRECINCT 4
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Oehler, seconded by Commissioner Letz. The Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve naming the existing road La Posada, a private driveway, located in
Precinct 4.
ORDER NO. 30201
FINAL PLAT OF ESTATES OF JOHNSON CREEK
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Oehler, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin. The Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Accept the final plat of Estates of Johnson Creek located in Precinct 4.
ORDER NO. 30202
FINAL PLAT OF RANCHES ON SUNSET RIDGE
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Williams. The Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve the final plat of Ranches on Sunset Ridge, located in Precinct 3.
ORDER NO.30203
JOINT DISPATCH COMMITTEE
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Williams. The Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Appoint Commissioners Baldwin and Letz as the County Commissioners' Court
members to the Joint Dispatch Committee, and appoint the Kerr County Auditor,
Tommy Tomlinson, the Kerr County Sheriff, Rusty Hierholzer, and the Turtle
Creek Volunteer Fire Department Chief, Michael Heath, to the Joint Dispatch
Committee.
ORDER NO. 30204
SOLER'S TRI SPORTS UTILIZATION OF FLAT ROCK LAKE PARK
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin. The Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve the request by Soler's Tri Sports to utilize a portion of Flat Rock Lake
Park for the Rio de Vino Triathlon on September 1, 2007.
ORDER NO. 30205
APRIL 2007 CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Letz. The Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Declare April, 2007, as Child Abuse Awareness Month in Kerr County, Texas, and
adopt the Proclamation in support of same.
ORDER NO. 30206
RESOLUTION AND WAIVER LETTER CONCERNING TXDOT OFF-
SYSTEM BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR LAZY VALLEY ROAD @ CYPRESS
CREEK
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioners Williams/Baldwin. The Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve adoption of the Resolution and Waiver Letter concerning TXDOT off-
system bridge program for Lazy Valley Road @ Cypress Creek, National Bridge
Inventory (NBI) Structure Number 15-133-0-AA02-88-001, Local Designation
Number 133-AA02-88-001 Bridge.
ORDER NO. 30207
RESOLUTION AND WAIVER LETTER CONCERNING TXDOT OFF-
SYSTEMBRIDGE PROGRAM FOR BARTEL (CYPRESS CREEK LOOP) @
CYPRESS CREEK
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioners Williams/Oehler. The Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve adoption of the Resolution and Waiver Letter concerning TXDOT off-
system bridge program for Bartel (Cypress Creek Loop) @ Cypress Creek,
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Structure Number 15-133-0-AA02-91-001, Local
Designation Number 133-AA02-91-001 Bridge.
ORDER NO. 30208
RESOLUTION AND WAIVER LETTER CONCERNING TXDOT OFF-
SYSTEM BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR EHLER'S ROAD @ GUADALUPE RIVER
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Oehler. The Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve adoption of the Resolution and Waiver Letter concerning TXDOT off-
system bridge program for Ehler's Road @ Guadalupe River, National Bridge
Inventory (NBI) Structure Number 15-133-0-AA02-81-001, Local Designation
Number 133-AA02-81-001 Bridge.
ORDER NO. 30209
ABANDON, DISCONTINUE AND VACATE LOUISE EHLER ROAD AS
COUNTY MAINTAINED
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Williams. The Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Abandon, discontinue and vacate Louise Ehler Road as a County maintained road.
ORDER NO. 30210
RESOLUTION AND WAIVER LETTER CONCERNING TXDOT OFF-
SYSTEM BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR CROSSING STREET @ GUADALUPE
RIVER
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Williams, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin. The Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve adoption of the Resolution and Waiver Letter concerning TXDOT off-
system bridge program for Crossing Street @ Guadalupe River, National Bridge
Inventory (NBI) Structure Number 15-133-0-AA02-50-001, Local Designation
Number 133-AA02-50-001 Bridge.
ORDER NO. 30211
RESOLUTION AND WAIVER LETTER CONCERNING TXDOT OFF-
SYSTEM BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR CAMP YMCA-ARROWHEAD @
GUADALUPE RIVER
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Oehler, seconded by Commissioners Williams/Letz. The Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve adoption of the Resolution and Waiver Letter concerning TXDOT off-
system bridge program for Camp YMCA-Arrowhead @ Guadalupe River,
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Structure Number 15-133-0-AA04-13-001, Local
Designation Number 133-AA04-13-001 Bridge.
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RESOLUTION AND WAIVER LETTER CONCERNING TXDOT OFF-
SYSTEM BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR HOOT OWL ROAD @ JOHNSON
CREEK
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Oehler, seconded by Commissioner Letz. The Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve adoption of the Resolution and Waiver Letter concerning TXDOT off-
system bridge program for Hoot Owl Road @ Johnson Creek, National Bridge
Inventory (NBI) Structure Number 15-133-0-AA01-09-001, Local Designation
Number 133-AA01-09-001 Bridge.
ORDER NO.30213
ADVERTISE FOR HIRING OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INSPECTOR
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Oehler, seconded by Commissioner Letz. The Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Authorize Ms. Hyde, the Human Resources Director, to advertise for the person to
be hired for the Environmental Health Department Inspector position, and that
those applications be sent to the Human Resources Office, that Ms. Hyde should
do the interviewing and come to the Court for approval of 1 of the 2 people that
she recommends, with all of this to be done within the next thirty (30) days.
ORDER NO. 30214
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE BILL 1 FOR MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS FUNDING
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin. The Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Approve the Resolution in support of a portion of House Bill 1, which will provide
Mental Health Crisis Funding.
ORDER NO. 30215
CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, came to be considered by the
Court various Commissioners Precincts, which said Claims and Accounts are:
Accounts Expense
10-General	$	135,398.64
15-Road & Bridge	$	31,202.27
19-Public Library	$	36,972.25
29-Court House Security	$	3,620.95
37-Center Point Wastewater	$	48,704.00
50-Indigent Health Care	$	29,512.76
76-Juv Detention Facility	$	4,965.30
TOTAL
$ 290,376.17
Upon motion made by Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin,
the Court unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to pay the claims and accounts.
ORDER NO. 30216
BUDGET AMENDMENT # 1
ELECTION SERVICES
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Williams, the Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to transfer the following expense codes:
Expense Code Description
10-402-330 Election Supplies
Amendment
Increase/QDecrease
+ $17.12
10-402-108 Judges & Clerks - ($17.12)
ORDER NO. 30217
BUDGET AMENDMENT #2
COUNTY TREASURER
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Williams, the Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to transfer the following expense codes, with the funds
to come from the Workers' Comp line item:
Amendment
Expense Code Description Increase/QDecrease
10-497-485	Conferences	+	$540.04(1)
10-497-315	Books, Publications, Dues	+	$20.00 (2)
10-497-108	Part-time Salary	+	$1,715.00 (3)
10-497-310	Office Supplies	+	$432.58 (4)
10-497-309	Postage	+	$700.00 (5)
10-497-101	Elected Official Salary	+	$998.14 (6)
10-497-201	FICA	+	$207.56 (7)
10-497-203	Retirement	+	$238.49 (7)
10-497-420	Telephone	+	$425.00 (8)
(1)-Requved Public Funds Investment Act Training
(2)-Annual Dues for County Treasurer's Assoc-Region 7
(3)-Salary expense for D. Lang from 2/1/07-3/15/07
(4)-Anticipated expense for remainder of current budget yeaz. *Please see attached explanation.
(5)-Anticipated expense for remainder of current budget year. *Please see attached explanation.
(6)-Shortage created during transition in Febmary 2007.
(7)-Fringe benefits needed to cover shortage from transition & part-time expense for D. Lang from 2/1-3/15/07
(8)-Monthly cost of dedicated fax line not included in original budget. *Please see attached explanation.
ORDER NO.30218
BUDGET AMENDMENT #3
SHRIFF'S OFFICE
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin, the Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to transfer the following expense codes:
Expense Code Description
10-560-220 Employee Medical Exam
Amendment
Increase/QDecrease
+ $30.00
10-560-107 Dispatchers - ($30.00)
ORDER NO. 30219
BUDGET AMENDMENT #4
COUNTY JUDGE
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Williams, seconded by Commissioner Letz, the Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to transfer the following expense codes:
Expense Code Description
10-400-486 Out of County Mileage
Amendment
IncreaselQDecrease
+ $95.24
10-400-499 Miscellaneous - ($95.24)
ORDER NO. 30220
BUDGET AMENDMENT #5
COMMISSIONERS' COURT
NON-DEPARTMENTAL
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Williams, seconded by Commissioner Letz, the Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to transfer the following expense codes:
Expense Code Description
10-401-486 Professional Services
Amendment
Increase/QDecrease
+ $461 51
10-409-204 Worker's Comp - ($461.51)
ORDER NO. 30221
BUDGET AMENDMENT #6
COUNTY COURT @ LAW
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Oehler, the Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to transfer the following expense codes:
Expense Code Description
10-427-497 Statement of Facts
Amendment
I ncreaselQDecrease
+ $2,741.00
10-427-403 Master Court Appointments - ($2,741 00)
ORDER NO.30222
BUDGET AMENDMENT #7
JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Williams, seconded by Commissioners LetzJOehler, the Court
unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to transfer the following expense codes:
Expense Code Description
76-572-461 Copier Lease
76-572-486 Professional Services
Amendment
Increase/QDecrease
+ $174.60
- ($174.60)
ORDER NO. 30223
MONTHLY REPORTS
Came to be heard this the 26th day of March, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin, the Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 the following monthly reports:
Activity Report for Justice Courts -Kerr Precinct 2
JP #4
County Clerk -General and Trust Funds
District Clerk
District Clerk -Amended