STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CONCHO  BEI IT REMEMBERED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF CONCHO COUNTY, TEXAS, met in Regular Term on this, the 10th day of September 2024 at Paint Rock, Texas, in the District Courtroom, Second Floor, after proper notice to the public for the proper length of  time, being Notice #6504, with thet following members present, to-wit:  David Dillard, County Judge, presiding; Trey Bradshaw, Commissioner, Precinct #1; Eric Gully, Commissioner, Precinct #2; Gary Gierisch, Commissioner, Precinct #3; Keith Dillard, Commissioner, Precinct #4; Amber Hall, County Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of Commissioners Court; ABSENT and  Destiny Helms, Chief Deputy Clerk and Ex-Officio Deputy Clerk of Commissioners Court; Jenifer Gierisch, County Treasurer; Scott Spoonts, Justice of the Peace; Brent Frazier, County Sheriff; Melissa Infante, Assistant Chief Deputy Elections Clerk; Paul Pearson, Deputy Sheriff; Members oft the Public, See Exhibit "A"; when thet following business was transacted, to-wit; Judge Dillard called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. and gavet the invocation. Leza Smith, Terry Smith, and' Trey Wallace spoke to Commissioners Court. All Commissioner Road Reports received by County Clerk. See Exhibit' "B"  WELCOME AND PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVE COMMISSIONER ROAD REPORTS  PRESENTATION ON PAINT ROCK WIND,AF POSSIBLE TAX ABATEMENT PROJECT, BY BRANDON WESTLAKE. AND JONATHAN SOSEBEE, WITH ORSTED - NO ACTIONT TOBE Presentation: given ont the! Paint Rock project. Itwill bel located on the Southe end of Concho and some in Menard County. Jonathan Sosebee introduced Orsted to the Court. No action County was CONSIDER/DISCUSSIAPPROVE ADDENDUM 2 FROM LGS FOR CLERK'S OFFICE TO The Clerk's Office is adding a Public Access Point in their office for the public to be able to look at Deed Records online. The money was budgeted last year, it was just never set up. Commissioner Gierisch made a motion to accept and approve the Addendum to the contract between LGS and the Clerk's Office, duly seconded by Commissioner Bradshaw. Motion carried CONSIDERDISCUSSIAPPROVE AARON CLEMENTS, DICKENS COUNTY ATTORNEY,AS PERSPECTIVE NEW ATTORNEY ON THE PILOT PROGRAMS AND TAX ABATEMENTS = Judge Dillard met with. Aaron Clements this past week in Austin. Judge Dillard is going to see if he would like to come speak to Commissioners Court att the next meeting. No action taken att this OASDPRORCUESAPPROVE PEREGRINE ENERGY SOLUTIONS ABATEMENT REQUEST FOR PROJECT OLD SORRELL. TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION Peregrine did not like the counteroffer that the Commissioners presented. The Commissioner's  TAKEN  taken. See Exhibit' "C"  OBTAIN A PUBLIC ACCESS POINT -TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION  unanimously. See Exhibit' "D"  TAKE APPROPRIATE, ACTION  time.  offer is going tor remain 3y years or nothing at all. CONSIDER BURN BAN-TAKE, APPROPRIATE. ACTION Dillard. Motion carried unanimously. Burn ban lifted.  Commissioner Gierisch made a motion to lift the burn ban, duly seconded by Commissioner  756    757  The court took a recess at 10:24 a.m. to read through the previous meetings' minutes and  accounts payable.  The court went back into session at 10:34 a.m. after recess. APPROVE MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING  Commissioner Bradshaw made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 27, 2024, Commissioners Court, as presented, duly seconded by Commissioner Gully. Motion carried RECEIVE COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT-TAKE, APPROPRIATEACTION Mrs. Gierisch presented the Year-to-Date Summary General Ledger Trial Balance report through August 31, 2024, as well as the Summary Statement of Operations Expenditures through August 31, 2024, and the Payroll Summary's ending on July 15, 2024, July 31, 2024, August 15, 2024, and August 31, 2024. Commissioner Gully made a motion to accept the Treasurer's Report as given, duly seconded by Commissioner Bradshaw. Motion carried unanimously. See Exhibits CONSIDERIAPPROVE ALL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FOR CONCHO COUNTY - TAKE Mrs. Gierisch presented the monthly Accounts Payable Claim Register from September 1, 2024, through September 9, 2024, witha ai total of $190,527.09. Commissioner Bradshaw made aj motion to approve and pay all accounts due and owing by Concho County, duly seconded REPORTS, INFORMATION AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS- NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN Mrs. Gierisch stated that she did not have at total on how much the General Liability Insurance was going up, when she reported to the Commissioners last meeting. It has gone up 30%. Mrs. Gierisch got a note from Water Works with the last bill that stated that rates were going up from $4.30 per thousand gallons to $4.80 per thousand gallons, effective October 1st Mrs. Gierisch received a call from Wes McAiden with AirMed, and the Hospital-District has been carrying the AirMed policy fort the entire county since 2015, butt they will nol longer do that. He was not sure ifthe County wanted to pick up the contract and pay for that policy. The cost is $17,795 per year. The policy ended on August 28, 2024, and we are currently in the 30-day grace period. Mrs. Gierisch presented for the record the confirmation that the 2020 Caterpillar 930M Small Mrs. Gierisch stated they receipted in, from Concho Central Appraisal District on September 6, 2024, $13,409.66, with $11,154.85 to M&O; and $2,254.81 to SRB. See Exhibit "K" The JP's August Monthly Report was presented for the record, with ai total of $51,613.50. See The Clerk's Monthly Report for August was presented for the record, with a total of $10,051.50. Mrs. Gierisch stated that there is compensation time that willl be paid out to the Sheriff's Deputy's. Commissioner Dillard stated that the dump truck he is trying to purchase cannot be listed on BuyBoard, since itis over 5 years old. He is going to get with Mrs. Hall and put it outf for bid. Commissioner Dillard said that he spoke tos someone from the Volunteer Fire Department in Paint Rock, and since they were absorbed by Eden VFD, they are not sure how they are going to get water tot fill thet trucks. Since Paint Rock is switching over to Millersview-Doole, Millersview-Doole will not donate any water tot them. Itwas mentioned that there are fire hydrants around Paint Rock, Commissioner Gierisch will not be at the next Commissioners Court meeting, and possibly the Judge Dillard stated that he met the Interim-CEO for Concho County Hospital. His name is Robert Pascasio. Mr. Pascasio said that the hospital does not have the finances available to finish the  unanimously.  "E","F, and' "G", respectively. APPROPRIATE ACTION Commissioner  by  Dillard. Motion carried 4-0-1, with Commissioner Gully abstaining. See Exhibit "H"  Mrs. Gierisch presented the Wildlife Report for the record. See Exhibit" "I". Wheel Loader for Precinct 2 was paid off. See Exhibit "J"  Exhibit' "L" See Exhibit "M"  They will be paid out for 379.25 hours total.  and they should be able tot tap intot those to fill the trucks.  one after that.  new Nursing and Rehab Center, so that project is put on hoid.  The next regular Commissioners Court meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at  10:00a.m.    There BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR ACTIONS to come before this regular session of the Commissioners Court, said session was adjourned by County Judge Dillard on this, the 10th  day of September 2024, at 10:48 a,m.  DAVIDD DILLARD, COUNTY JUDGE DDAE  haBrodalaw TREYE BRADSHAW, COMM., PCT#1 ERIC GULLY, COMM., PCT#2 ABSENT GARY GIERISCH, COMM., PCT#3 EPLA KEITHD DILLARD, COMM., PCT# #4  LR  COUN  CORRECT ATTEST: AMBER HALL  Culuu-ac COUNTY CLERK AND EX-OFFICIO CLERK OF COMMISSIONERS COURTOF CONCHO COUNTY, TEXAS  758