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 7                 KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT

 8                         Special Session

 9                    Thursday, November 13, 2003

10                            11:00 a.m.

11                     Commissioners' Courtroom

12                      Kerr County Courthouse

13                         Kerrville, Texas

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18         Canvass the Emergency Services District Election

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23   PRESENT:  PAT TINLEY, Kerr County Judge
               H. A. "BUSTER" BALDWIN, Commissioner Pct. 1
24             WILLIAM "BILL" WILLIAMS, Commissioner Pct. 2
               JONATHAN LETZ, Commissioner Pct. 3
25             DAVE NICHOLSON, Commissioner Pct. 4
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 1        On Thursday, November 13, 2003, at 11:00 a.m., a special

 2   meeting of the Kerr County Commissioners Court was held in the

 3   Commissioners' Courtroom, Kerr County Courthouse, Kerrville,

 4   Texas, and the following proceedings were had in open court:

 5                      P R O C E E D I N G S

 6                  JUDGE TINLEY:  Okay.  It's 11 a.m. on

 7   November the 13th, 2003.  I'll call to order the special

 8   Commissioners Court meeting posted for this date.  The

 9   agenda item today is to canvass the Emergency Services

10   District election.  I have here before me Envelope Number 1,

11   which contains the election results, which I will now open.

12   And inside the envelope, we have the tally sheets and the

13   tabulation, and the tabulation is as follows:  For -- voting

14   for the formation of the emergency -- Kerr County Emergency

15   Services District Number 2, early votes, 71.  Against the

16   formation of the district in early votes, 23.  And on

17   election day, voting for the creation of the Emergency

18   Services District Number 2, 25.  And against the formation

19   of the district, 10.  The total, 96 votes for the creation

20   of the Kerr County Emergency Services District Number 2, and

21   33 votes against the creation of the district, 129 total

22   votes.

23                  COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON:  What's the proper

24   wording of the motion?  I move to accept the results of the

25   election?


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 1                  MS. PIEPER:  Yes, that'll work.

 2                  COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON:  Record?

 3                  COMMISSIONER LETZ:  Accept.

 4                  COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON:  Accept.

 5                  COMMISSIONER LETZ:  Second.

 6                  JUDGE TINLEY:  Motion made and seconded to

 7   accept the results of the election for the formation of the

 8   Kerr County Emergency Services District Number 2.  Any

 9   further question or discussion?

10                  COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:  I think it's very

11   interesting that -- the difference in the amount of votes on

12   the pre-election than it was on election day.  Seven --

13   like, the for's was, like, 77 to 29 or something.

14                  COMMISSIONER LETZ:  71-23.

15                  COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS:  Little over

16   three-to-one.

17                  COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:  I find that very

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19                  COMMISSIONER LETZ:  Yeah.

20                  COMMISSIONER BALDWIN:  Early voting works,

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22                  COMMISSIONER LETZ:  Well, early voting works,

23   plus, I mean -- yeah.  I mean, people -- 71 out of the 96

24   voted in early voting.  I mean, more than that.

25                  JUDGE TINLEY:  94.


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 1                  COMMISSIONER LETZ:  94 of the 129, early

 2   voting.

 3                  COMMISSIONER NICHOLSON:  I think most of you

 4   know that Mr. Bernard Syfan was the driving force behind

 5   this, and he had the idea and he organized it and put it

 6   together and got support for it, and in my view, it's a good

 7   thing that results in our having improved firefighting

 8   capability out there in that area.  So, thank you,

 9   Mr. Syfan.

10                  COMMISSIONER LETZ:  Thank you.

11                  JUDGE TINLEY:  We appreciate your efforts.

12   Any further question or discussion on the motion?  All in

13   favor of the motion, signify by raising your right hand.

14                  (The motion carried by unanimous vote.)

15                  JUDGE TINLEY:  All opposed, same sign.

16                  (No response.)

17                  JUDGE TINLEY:  Motion does carry.  Being no

18   further business on the agenda, I'll declare us adjourned.

19                  (Commissioners Court adjourned at 11:04 a.m.)

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 1   STATE OF TEXAS     |

 2   COUNTY OF KERR     |

 3        The above and foregoing is a true and complete

 4   transcription of my stenotype notes taken in my capacity as

 5   County Clerk of the Commissioners Court of Kerr County,

 6   Texas, at the time and place heretofore set forth.

 7        DATED at Kerrville, Texas, this 13th day of November,

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11                       JANNETT PIEPER, Kerr County Clerk

12                   BY: _________________________________
                         Kathy Banik, Deputy County Clerk
13                       Certified Shorthand Reporter

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