REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 22, 2021  Be it remembered on the 22nd day of February 2021 at 10:03 o'clock A.M., there was Begun and Holden a Regular Meeting of the Commissioner's Court in the Courthouse, in the town of Farwell, with the following members present,  To-wit:  Kirk Frye Charles Wilkins Kenny White Trey Ellis Sharon May Susie Spring Casey Russell  Commissioner Pct. #1 Commissioner Pct. #2 Commissioner Pct. #3 Judge County Treasurer County Clerk Commissioner Pct. #4  Absent:  Also Present:  Regina Vieth, New York Life Cindy Price, New York Life Eric Chadwick  Shaun Windle, Shaun Windle Lawn Service  When the following was had and done, To-wit:  Call to Order 1. Prayer  Judge Ellis led the Court in prayer to begin the meeting. 2. Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag and the Texas Flag The Court pledged their allegiance to the flags of the United States of America and the State ofTexas.  3. Open Forum for Public Comments  No members of the public had any comments. 4. Consider Bids for Lawn Maintenance Contract  Two bids were received both addressed the Ground Keeping Requirements contained in the application to bid. One bid was from Shaun Windle Lawn Service and the other was from Eric Chadwick.  1    Both bids were comparable. The difference between the two was $50/month. Eric Chadwick's bid was $700/month and Shaun Windle The Commissioner's required liability insurance or bonding. Shaun Windle stated he had the insurance and Eric Chadwick agreed to obtain it. Judge Ellis made the motion to contract with Eric Chadwick due to the fact he lives in Farwell and was the lower bid. Commissioner Frye  was $750/month.  seconded and the motion passed. See attached bids  5. Consider New York Life Insurance for County Employees  Regina Vieth presented the Whole Life Insurance that New York Lilfe could offer County employees. It would be deducted from the employees bank account and not deducted from paychecks. The County would have no cost to offer this program. She presented a Simplified Issue but also The Commissioners discussed this opportunity for the employees. Judge Ellis made the motion to allow the agents from New York Life to present this opportunity to the employees. Commissioner Wilkins seconded and  discussed the Guaranteed Issue of Life Insurance.  the motion passed.  6. Read and Approve Minutes of the Previous Meeting  Upon reading of the Minutes of the last meeting, on a motion by Frye, seconded by White to approve the Minutes of the Regular meeting on February 8, 2021 with the corrections suggested, the motion passed. 7. Consider Approval and Payment of the Accounts Payable - Sharon May  Sharon May reported the Accounts Payable List for February 17th and 22nd. Motion by White, seconded by Frye to approve payment of the Accounts Payables as presented. Motion carried. See attached.  8. Consider Treasurer's Report-Sharon May  Motion by Wilkins, seconded by Frye to approve the Treasurer's Payroll Report for February 15, 2021. Motion carried. See attached. 9. Consider Request from Bovina ISD for Permanent School Fund  Bovina ISD has requested $115,693.97 from the Permanent School Fund. The remaining amount in the school fund designated for Bovina  2    ISD is $110,132.55. Upon motion by Frye to payout the remaining $110,132.55, seconded by Wilkins, the motion passed. 10. Consider Resolution and Opposition to SB234 and HB749  Judge Ellis was contacted by the Texas Association of Counties in regard to this issue. These bills would effectively silence county officials by prohibiting groups like TAC or other organizations or lobbyists from contacting Texas legislators on issues in support of county officials. TAC is requesting County Commissioners adopt a resolution in opposition to these bills. Upon motion by Frye to adopt the resolution, seconded by Wilkins, the motion passed. The resolution will be sent to  the legislators representing this area. See attached.  11. Consider Interlocal Agreement between the Regional Defender Office Local  Government Corporation and Parmer County, Texas  This agreement allows indigent defendants in Parmer County accused of capital murder offenses to obtain legal services. Cost to the County is $1,972.00. Upon motion by Wilkins, to approve this agreement, seconded  by White, the motion passed. See attached.  12. Consider Any and All Matters Concerning the Parmer County Law  Enforcement Center.  Sheriff Geries reported 22 inmates as of today. He indicated that 4 inmates from Deaf Smith County are now housed in the Parmer County Sheriff Geries discussed a proposal to integrate his jail software with the software in the patrol cars. At present it is not integrated and is less efficient. He presented the proposal from Southern Software, Inc. which is the vendor for the jail portion of his current software. They have proposed discounting the entire cost of obtaining the software and charging only installation and maintenance of the system. Cost to the Sheriff's Department would be $7,155.00. This money is not budgeted but could be paid for by the money in his budget for computers. Upon motion by Frye, seconded by White to accept this proposal, the The Sheriff reported that he had two employees that fell on the ice.  Jail.  motion passed. See attached.  3    He stated that he and Robert Goff from Southwest Business Solutions were working on moving all the County emails to Microsoft from Plateau. He stated that this option is more secure for the County. He and Judge Ellis reported on the water pipe freezing and bursting in the old jail connected to the Treasurer's office. Judge Ellis has already filed a claim with the County's insurance carrier. He is working with ServePro in an effort to preserve some records that were soaked in the incident. He also commended the job the inmates and the Sheriff's office did that helped get the water out of the old jail after the water had been The Sheriff stated that a plumber would need to come and cap off the  turned off.  pipes that had broken.  With no further business to come before the court, Commissioner White moved to adjourn. Commissioner Wilkins seconded and adjournment was called at  12:05 o'clock P.M.  ONERS  28MMAdOA Countyeterk  D Auy  G EER