and our pledges will also be given by Paul Bastich who is our veteran service officer for Denton County. Will you please stand? Good morning. Let us pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for the many blessings bestowed upon us. May we also count our blessings and know they come from you. We pray your grace, compassion and love to all in our great nation, for a need of comfort, encouragement, and hope. May they fill the effects of our prayer, may they know your love, and be shown by caring people of mercy, by our good neighbors, religious leaders, aid workers, medical workers, and civil servants of our great county. Please watch over those who work in the elements of high temperatures, grant them relief. Keep them healthy as we continue to expand our roads, giving safe passage within our county and state. May your law become the basis for social and government law so that this area may remain a place of prosperity and peace. Father, we can never thank our military men and women enough for the courageous service and sacrifice to our country and its people. Yet today we lift up our voices to express gratefulness and honor to these military troops, both from the past and the present. Show us ways in our communities, churches, and families to thank and love them better. All this we ask in Jesus' name, amen. We'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty justice for all. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state under God, one in indivisible. Thank you, Paul. Good morning, everyone. You have quite a crowd here today. Welcome. We're glad to have you. We're quite a crowd here today. Welcome. We're glad to have you. We're going to first go to item one on the agenda, which is for public input for items not listed on the agenda. If there's any member of the public that would like to address Mr. Court on a subject not listed on the agenda, we ask that you please complete a public comment form. They're available on the side table. Once you're in a reminded, everyone, please turn off your cell phones and pages. We have one public comment form today from Mr. Willie Hutzbeth. Willie, if you'll come forward and for our guests that don't know, since this is not the posted agenda item, Commissioner's Court is prohibited from responding that we're welcoming Willie Hustle and good morning Willie and you have three minutes sir. The edge and commission's my name is Willie Hustle. I live at 623 Niden. I'm here to speak about the monument on the front of the lawn. In my endeavor to try to have it moved to a museum. I've learned some things, additional things. The soldier is facing to the south. I wonder if that has any reference to whites there. Secondly, I don't want this to change. I just want to make mention of it. Thank you to the two of you that speak to me. You don't have to do that. But I take note of it. I also take note of the two that don't speak. Now, don't change your pattern because I've said something. Just continue doing what you've done. I'll just remember it. Now I'm a Confederate soldier issue. There was one person in this audience who talked to me on Facebook. And the issue was my facts weren't correct. Not that there wasn't water on the fountain, but he alluded to, rain put it there, but there were faucets there. Why would you put faucets on a Confederate monument and not have water there? It's my question. I've had one person come up an elderly young friend of mine, young lady, elderly, I should say, where she's young in me, who talked about drinking, not drinking from the fountain because it wasn't allowed, but water was there. And he went to great effort to say so since she didn't drink from it, then how can she say water was there? Something like that. What I was brought to my attention is if there was water and African Americans or Indians or Hispanics couldn't drink from it, then it does stand for more than just the fact that it was recognizing the Confederate soldiers. It is what was going on at that time and still is today a separate but equal Jim Crow law behind it. Only a certain race could drink from that fountain and it is in fact not then just a historical mark of four what it has been told me it was a four to look at the Confederate soldiers. No, it meant that one race was more superior than others. It's elevated high. I wonder why it faces south and I think it should be removed. I've only heard from one of you in this organization. I would like for it to be an agenda item. I found out one of you have to recommend or ask that it be on a agenda on a agenda. I doubt very seriously if that will happen, but I will keep asking that it be an agenda item so that I can see what the rest of you think. Those of you who don't speak when you come in and those that do I just like to see where you stand it's a political office that you hold and I would like to know what do you have to say according to the people you represent on this issue thank you we're going to go next to item three on the three A on the agenda. Oops, excuse me. We've got a couple more public comment forms. We'll go first to Cindy Spoon. Cindy Spoon, if you'll come to the podium. Morning and you've got 20 minutes. Morning, thank you. Thanks for letting me speak. There are two issues that I would like to talk to you all about. One is that I can think some of the things that really had speth is saying and I respect him a lot for coming out here and putting a lot into this effort. The Confederate statue on our square, I don't think represents dentists' values. And I think it's easy for people now in 2015 to say, it's not racist, it's just a historical statue, and they're not taking into account the fact that the folks that erected that statue were very openly racist, and it was at a time when Denton was very segregated, and the clan was active in Denton. And I don't know, I think that matters. And I think if there's members of our community telling us that this is very offensive and they don't want to have to see it because it reminds them of those times, then I think that it's no less historical being moved inside this building in a museum where it belongs. So I would really like to see that happen. The second issue that I would like to speak with you all about is restoring in-person visits to our county jails. I am under the impression, or I have learned that actually House Bill 549 recently passed our governor signed it, which makes it mandatory that all county jails allow in-person visits starting September 1st, and that Denton County is for whatever reason exempt from that. Well, it's not for whatever reason. It was from a unanimous vote by all that exempted us from that. And I think that's really unfair, and I think that decision should be reconsidered when everywhere else in Texas people are going to be guaranteed in-person visits from their families while they're in jail. I think it can make a huge difference and I'm not asking folks to cut the video conferencing but I think having the option to actually see people in your life while you're in jail matters a lot. So I don't know why Denton County would choose to be exempt from a law that is now gonna be governing the rest of Texas. How am I doing on time? You're about out. I'm about out. Okay, so I think you all should have another vote. I would love to see that come up again. I would love to see in-person visits restored for members of our Denton community that are behind bars. And I would love for the statute to be removed on the square. I think y'all should make an agenda item and please don't make this gentleman come here every single week telling you this is important to him. You should put it on the agenda so that everyone can speak and so that you can learn that there are other people in our community like myself who actually feel very similar to him. Lastly, we have Mr. Ron Seifert. Good morning. You have three minutes. Good morning. Hello. Yes, thanks again for letting me speak as well. I also am here to ask kindly that the Council take up or the Commissioner to take up the issue of moving the confederate monument officially on the agenda. I'm someone that has been outside by the monument for weeks, engaging in conversation with folks about what different members of the community think about that statue, about that monuments and where it is. And I can certainly share that there are lots and lots of people that feel, that have a visceral reaction to seeing that statue. They feel that it doesn't represent them and makes them feel unwelcome in this city. It does not stand for their values. And I think that an open dialogue between those that have the power and are in control of the decision where that statue is and whether or not be worst moments in perhaps this country's history and a lot of what we think of humanity at its worst. I don't think anyone should be forced to relive those moments of their lives or their ancestors lives without their consent that they should be subjected to that in their face here and not be able to choose from themselves whether or not they think of those things on a regular basis or not. It would be fantastic if those folks are at least allowed a moment to express themselves here and here directly from y'all what you think about the issue and why you think it should or should not stay where it is and be moved. It would be great to have conversation on the record like that. So I also please implore you all to take it up on the agenda and that we can get the whole community out here engaged in a public dialogue about racism in Texas in the 21st century in a moment where we have Black lives been taken from us all across this state at an unprecedented rate We should be talking about this and I would love for Denton to take a lead and not be one of the counties lagging behind like our folks down in Waller County perhaps. Thank you behind like our folks down in Waller County perhaps. Thank you. Members, we're going to now go to item 3A on the agenda, which is a presentation in ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new exhibit at the Courthouse on the Square. I mean, look. Got another one. Okay, trying to be considered of everybody's time here. Sorry, is that KC ishmo? Okay, feel come up please. I'm KC ishmo. I just I don't have anything prepared to say. I just felt very strongly about the monument. I'm a member of the UDC here in Denton. And I want to tell you all that the UDC is not racist. I'm half Mexican and a member and not racist at all. And there's a few of my chapter members that helped get the the monument registered and they worked really hard on that. And like you said, like it's been said, the monument is for the soldiers who fought, not for this country. And even though they lost, it doesn't take away the fact that they were soldiers and that they should be honored. And you know, you want to say that the monument should be moved to a museum. Well, this is a museum. This is the Courthouse on the Square Museum. So I think it's a perfect place. And if it were to be moved, who would pay for it? The UDC does not have the funds to pay for it. And I just, where would we move it to? Nobody's gonna really want it on their property right now with everything that's going on. But I just feel like it's pointless to even speak about it because it's a protected monument and you can't move it anyway. From what I read, the state of Texas would charge either the city or the county $1,000 a day if it were to be moved until it was put back. So I just feel like it's pointless to even argue about it. I just feel like we need to just move on to something else and just forget about all the racism or what you think is racist or whatever because I'm not racist and I feel like a lot of people nowadays aren't racist. And it's a monument. And it's been here for a long time and I just hope that it stays here. Thank you for your turn. All right. I think all the public comment forms. Now we'll go to I-3-A-M agenda, which is presentation of ribbon cutting ceremony of the new exhibit at the Courtaulds on the Square Museum, Common Threads, Denton County of Local History Showtime. First I'm going to call on Commissioner Andy Eads. Thank you, Judge. I'm so excited on behalf of the Ditton County Historic Commission and our Museum's Committee to talk about our wonderful exhibit that we're going to go it be a historical museum or an art gallery, it requires participation and partnership and loans of artifacts and exhibits. And so this morning, we're kind of highlighting partnerships here in Ditton County with our local historical societies and organizations. And so I'm going to read this and go through this. And we're so excited that they have, so many of them are here this morning and that they've had a long legacy of partnership with our Ditton County Office of History and Culture and our County Historic Commission. So the Ditton County Office of History and Culture opens a new exhibit today featuring artifacts and histories from local historical societies and organizations across the county, including Argyle and they're here with us today. Aubrey, whereas Aubrey. Thank you, Pollock Point. Thank you, Sanger. All right. Crom. Roe Nogue. Yay. And the colony. Let's give them all a hand for being here. So common threvs didn't county local history showcase illustrates didn't counties rich history that continues to be preserved and collected by local historical societies and organizations throughout the county these organizations and societies work hard to recognize and promote their local histories through displays of their museum collections, historic preservation projects, and opportunities for genealogical research. The Ditton County Office of History and Culture is proud to collaborate with these groups from Pilot Point, Argyle, Aubrey, Crum, St. Aarono, and the county to share their stories that contribute to the rich history of Ditton County and this exhibit is going to run through January 5th of next year. So I want to give a perfect example of what I'm talking about a couple of months ago. I've got a call from Kate here who's on the council in Argyle and she's a lifelong resident of Argyle and she said, Andy, will you come out to her mother, Evonne Jenkins had the museum there for many years and she says, come out and look at some of the artifacts we have here. I'm still on the building and I would like to take a look in Peggy Ville and I went down there and met with Kay and we're so taken back, I hadn't been in there yet and taken back by all the wonderful exhibits that her mother had spent a lifetime collecting the history of Argyle. And I said, okay, how much can we, how much of this are you willing to give to the county? And she said, all of it. And I said, oh my gosh, we were taken back, and we were on the phone with a minute and had cleared out the courthouse of our museum staff and they were in route to pick it up that day and that's a perfect example of generosity and a civic heart and being civically minded and she wanted to go to a good place and so what's great is the county has the resources to archive and catalog and preserve that collection and then turn around and loan it back to the town of Argyle. And so Paul is here, the town administrator, and we left the museum there and Argyle went straight over to town hall and there's with them about doing displays for them and obviously we'll be the custodian to that but also returning it back to the community of origin. And I think it's just gonna be a great example of what we can do throughout the county with all our cities is we can be that long-term custodian, again, and loan it back to the cities and exhibit those artifacts. So, okay, thank you for being here. I'm glad to see you on the audience. And that's just a perfect example example that didn't county spirit and your mother be proud. So thank you. Well we're going to take a break but Andy before we do, first of all I want to express appreciation for everybody being here this morning and our delayed starter commissioners court but I think you should talk a minute about why we had the delayed. Yes. It's a historical day for the county because we, the commissioners court, we went as a body this morning at nine o'clock over to the town of North Lake where we welcomed into the groundbreaking for farmer brothers coffee and their relocate. And they are leaving their headquarters in a manufacturing location in Los Angeles and coming to Texas and come to Ditton County, Texas. And so we, the commissioners court has been working with them for seven months, courting them as we begin this relationship. And we're so excited they're going to be bringing their corporate offices, manufacturing, research development, sales, distribution, the full range of employment opportunities here to didn't count. It's about, they've already hired 50 or so people, they're going to have another hundred, before they've even started, we just broke the ground on the building, they're going to be hired another hundred people total by Christmas and they upped about 300. So it's just a wonderful opportunity and to have them to our Ditton County corporate family. So that's where we were this morning. So. Okay, well let's take recess and go. Did you want to add anything, Peggy? I'm sorry. Kate here from Argyle. Very come on. I just, I want, she came up to, and today would have been a Von Jenkins' idea for her day. So I think this is so fitting, you know, that we honor a woman who's been her lifetime helping collect it and counting history. That's great. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. OK, we're in recess and we're going to go have a ribbon cutting. Please join us. Commissioners, cord and three convene. Under item two is a consent agenda. Members, are there items on the consent agenda that you need to have some discussion on? Do we have a motion for approval? Motion by Commissioner Marchant. Second. Second by Commissioner Eads. So there are items on the consent agenda that you need to have some discussion on. Do we have a motion for approval? I'll do the first approval. Motion by Commissioner Marchant. Second. Second by Commissioner Eads. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, aye. Motion does carry. Consent agenda today consists of two a, which is approval of the order-making appointments. We have a new hire and the justice of the peace precinct II, a rehire in the tax office, new hire in the budget office, two new hires in the county jail, and one new hire in the public health immunization grant. 2B is approval of the Introid Department of Transfers, 2C is approval of payroll, 2D is approval of specifications of the 30-divertized for bid number 04015230, 0-fire alarm, auto sprinkler and radio tower inspection. To E is approval of budget demand request 1 1 5 5 0 for various line items for public health clinical in the amount of $27,169. And 2F is approval of waiver of penalty and interest on account 2-299, getting owned by the Lantana Community Association. That was as recommended by the CACS Successor Collector and the Delinquent Tax Attorney. Totally confides with the law. We've done 3A and we don't need any formal vote on that. 5A is approval of the bill report payments from CSCD, Community Decrection's TAI, P, Shares, Training, Shares, Forbots, Chair of the IIT, Interest, D.H. Fee, and D.A. Forbots, your funds are all presented for recording purposes only. Good morning, James Wells. Judge, Commissioner Vassipruvo, the bill is just presenting. Any questions from members? Do we have a motion? Motion by Commissioner Ead, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell all in favor please say aye aye Oppositing motion does carry 70 is approval budget amendment quest one oh one five three zero to reallocate Uncompered or unexpended operating equipment for 20 fiscal year 2014 homelands security grant funds to Disco year 2015 in the amount of 39,398 dollars Approval motion by Commissioner Eads. Seconded by Commissioner Marchant. Any questions on favor please say aye. Aye, post and aye. Motion does carry. 7B is approval. Budget of mail request 101-540 for office furniture equipment to purchase 13 new juror box chairs, including the transfer funds from non-departmentland appropriate regular contingency funds for the 158 district court in the amount of $2,200. We discussed Thursday budget motion by Commissioner Mitchell. Second. Seconded by Commissioner Eads. I would favor. Please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to the name. Motion goes to 7-Z's approval budget of quest one one five six zero for various land items Including the transfer funds from district clerk workers management on a property contingency in the mod 10,000 eight hundred and seventy two dollars Motion by commissioner marchin seconded by commissioner Eans hearing the questions on favorite please say aye Seconded by Commissioner Eans hearing no questions on favor please say aye Close to name motion to carry seven days approval budget Madcast one one five seven zero They're very simply related line-on is including the transfer of twenty four thousand eight hundred dollars from An appropriate regular contingency for non-department of our total of men of thirty nine thousand eight hundred dollars Motion Mitchell seconded by Commissioner Marchin. I'm in favor, please say aye. Aye. I have a position to need. Motion to carry. 9A is discussion and update of the Arab, Arab of IRL at mosquito-borne disease control event county during 2015 and season. Good morning. Morning Judge and commissioners. So a quick summary for you this morning. We're continuing to see an increase in West Nile virus activity in mosquitoes. This week we are now up to 21 positive pools. That's an addition of five pools since last Tuesday 21 total 4 and flower mounds 6 and Highland Village, three Lewisville, three little Elm, one trophy club, and four now in the city of Denton. We have, I'm happy to report, zero human cases of West Nile virus and still zero human cases of chicken gun, yet. I will note though that Tarrant County had their first fatality, so there is nothing to suggest that we will be immune from that, but especially with the growing what's not activity in mosquitoes, I think the risk is increasing as the summer progresses. So questions. Any questions? Thank you. Thank you. 10A is approval of accepting the final plaque for Garner West Edition. This is the way I'm telling the commissioner of missing Garner West Edition. This is the Montana Commissioner of Pissing Ford. The approval. Motion by Commissioner Eid seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor please say aye. Aye. I have no seen any motion. That's carried for 10b is approval the request to hold the public hearing of September 15th 2015 at 9 a.m. for the reply to Dettlen Northwest to 17 r2 and 17-R3 Block-DF Commissioner Prussing for. I move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Eads. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to the name. Motion is carried. 14-E is approval of agreement between Denton County, Texas and co-file systems and corporate for records management and image system, the funding in the amount of $674,400 per year to come from county close records management fund, records preservation revenue, auditors line out in 225-310-1020. We have a motion for approval by Commissioner Marchin. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. Did you need to add anything, Beth? Okay. Very no further questions or discussion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Posting. Motion is carried. 14B. We got a lot of text collection contracts here. 14B is the inter, 2015 interlocal collaboration agreement between Devin County, Texas and the time of Hickory Creek for a collection of special assessments levied by one Hickory Creek Public Improvement District number one safety services Hickory Creek Public Improvement District number one roadway maintenance three Hickory Creek Public Improvement District number one public improvements and four Hickory Creek Public Improvement District number two public improvements for tax year 2015. This recommended by the Tax Assessor Collector. We can go on and take this next one also 14 C is in a logo Interlocal Agreements between Denton County and each of the following entities One Denton County Fresh Water Supply District 8C 2 City AssignorC, 3C, 3C, 3C, 4C, 2C, 3C, 4C, 2C, 3C, 4C, 2C, 3C, 4C, 2C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3C, 3 from the district district. The district district number one, they will not first water supply district number one, point water control and improvement district number two, didn't kind of first water supply district number four, eight. Didn't kind of first water supply district number six, didn't kind of first water supply district number six, didn't kind of first water supply district number seven, city of justice, city of Louisville, town of Argo, for tax tier 2015, Edville Lerimim Tax Correction. All of this is recommended by the Denton County Tax Successor Corrector. Chair is going to move for approval of both four B, I'm sorry, 14 B and 14 C. Seconded by Commissioner Monch and other questions. And on your favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Post-Cinning. Motion does carry. 14 B is approval of facilities license agreement between Debt and County Texas and the Office of Court Administration, whereby Debt and County grants the Office of Court Administration a license for the OCA employees to use office facilities that deport us on the square for two years. So September 1, 2015, August 31, 2017 and an end across the $2,520 per year plus certain services on an actual per-use each basis. Are they still using you off the ground? Yes. Do we have a motion? Motion by Commissioner Marching. Actually, they're not in my office. They're in an office on the first floor right. Second floor. That one right there. Oh okay. Okay we have a motion by Commissioner Marching. Second. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. Questions? Your none all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, aye. Motionless carry, 14 E is approved of the engineering service contract between Devin County, Texas and Lena, TU Ramsey and Associates and corporate it for the same Bastrode improvement project with funds in the United 411,391 dollars and 50 cents. It come from Sand Bastrode construction project, Cricinth one, auditor, line item, 787-535-904's road. Motion by Commissioner Marchin. Seconded by Commissioner Ead. So I would favor please say aye. Aye. Posting a motion does carry. Okay, before we adjourn under future meetings, I want to remind everyone that August 18th will be our evening meeting. We will be meeting at 7 o'clock right here. Our public hearing on proposed tax rate is scheduling and announced the meeting to adopt the tax rate. So with that we're adjourned everybody have a great day.