I'm going to be doing this. you you you you I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. you you the December 28th is now in session. This morning our invocation will begin by Dr. Bing Burton, Director of our Health Department and our pledges will be led by Scott Ulrich, Assistant Director of Purchasingly, please stand. Would you pray with me? If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come. As we consider this year as it comes to a close Lord, we thank you for your many blessings. We pray your continued blessing upon the New Year and the hopes and the opportunities and the promises that you provide in it. We ask your continued blessing upon our commissioners court. We pray that all that is said and done here would be pleasing to you. We ask your blessing upon our nation and all who serve it. We ask your special blessing upon those who stand in harm's way. Give your holy angels charge over them that no harm would come to them. We pray in Jesus' name, amen. And the United States of America, in the two Republic, for which it stands, one nation and God, in invisible, with liberty and justice for all. I would take this back. I would please the Texas one state under God, one in indivisible. Thank you, gentlemen. Item one is for public input for items that are posted on the agenda. If there's any member of the public that would like to address commission's court, we ask that you please make a public comment form available on the side table over here. And I want to remind everyone to please turn off your cell phones and pagers. We're going to go first to item four A. Four A is a public hearing to approve the lowering of the speed limit on Shaw Road from 30 miles per hour to 20 miles per hour. First we need a motion to go into public hearing. Motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Eads. All in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. Motion does carry. Good morning, Bennett. Morning, Judge. Morning, commissioners. This public hearing is to discuss the lowering of the speed limit on Shaw Road from 30 miles an hour to 20 miles an hour. Shaw Road is recently accepted into the county maintenance system. It is the gravel road. It's located near Davidson and Indian Trail, south of 455 west of Sanger. The road itself has very steep grades. The maximum grade of the road currently is 8%, which is pretty steep. And for gravel road, at 30 miles now we're the recommendation grade is 7%. So the road is already exceeding that. The road is really ruts during the raining season and there's a sharp turn at the north end of the road at 60 degrees, which is far exceeds any of the sight distances recommended by Ashtoe. And the steepness coming into the curve is too steep. So based on just the geometric conditions of the road, it does meet the engineering recommendation to lower the speed limit from 30 to 20. Yes, yes with this is money. Did you wish to address my short card on this issue? No, yes, please come forward for the record if you'd state your name and address. I live at 85 63 Child Road. Okay, I've put together a few things. I've got several pictures and I'm labeled if you want my paper, you're welcome to it. I've gone around and there is it. I've gone around and there is burn hard that is I don't know which direction it is from me but it is a gravel road it is maintained by the city and it's got speed limits times 35 miles an hour all the way up and down it. I've got several of those. Boomerange is another gravel road. It's maintained by the county and it's got speed limit signs all the way up and down it at 35 miles an hour. Freeman is another county maintained road with speed limit signs at 35 miles an hour all the way up and down it. All of these streets are maintained by the county. All of these streets are gravel, just like ours is, all of that are pictured are 35 miles speed limit. Speed limit on the Shaw Road started out at 30 miles an hour and I understood that that was state law. The speed limit signs have now been changed to 20 miles an hour prior to this hearing, which I don't believe is according to the letter of the law. There's only 10 properties on Shaw Road that need access to the road itself. And it's a one mile stretch of road. And I am exactly in the middle of it. There's only three properties. There's mine one across the road and Bill Smith is down the road that are in the middle of that one mile stretch. There is a school zone located on 450.5 and the school zone is 25 miles an hour and I cannot understand why you would have a school zone that's got a higher speed limit than a road that's got 10 people on it. I've made a list of the traffic patterns that we have. Then we start out about 5.15 in the morning. There's a newspaper lady that comes down the street and she's going at least 40 to 45 down that road. At a minimum, she's going that much. Then Heath leaves about 6.30, Brenda that's across the road from me, leaves about 730. At 720 the school bus comes by. They pick up one child on that whole road and it's going at least 45, at least. I've never seen anything like it. Dantina, the male lady comes at 230 and she's got a relief person that drives the black pickup that's going way, way, way above any speed limit. They do not abide by the speed limit. Then the school bus comes back at 4.30 and is roaring down that road just as hard and fast as they can go. Maybe two, three other cars come down that road all day long. And I don't believe that the traffic pattern needs a 20 mile an hour. And whoever made the report that stated the road was unsafe, why is Freeman and Bernhard and Boone Branch not unsafe Freeman and Bernhard and boom branch not unsafe at 35 when they are exactly like Shaw Road. I want to thank Bill Smith. He put in an awful awful lot of work. But if I had known that this was going to happen before I signed those papers, I never would have signed them. I think 20 miles an hour, I could part my truck down at the end of the road and walk faster than going 20 miles an hour for over half a mile. Oh, questions are why are other counting maintained roads posted at 35 mile speed limits when they are graveled just like RZOs? And why is speed limit changed prior to any hearing and reduced down to 20 miles an hour? Why is the school zone higher speed limit than is being proposed for Shaw Road with substantially less traffic on Shaw Road than you would ever get in school zone. And how is somebody going to enforce us the speed limit? When the school bus, the newspaper lady, they, I mean, it's ignored. It's ignored regardless. I mean, beginning there was no speed limit sign on the road. And we were forced to go down at 20 because of the craters in the road and we were forced to go down at 20 because of the craters in the road and the huge rocks that were in the road. That's been upgraded. That has been upgraded. I've complimented the guys that have come out. They've done a wonderful wonderful job and Bill Smith also before it was ever a road, he used to get out and grade the road, which we appreciated it greatly. It held. But this making it a county road, it has improved substantially. And you should be able to drive at a decent speed down the road. You couldn't before because the rocks were damaging your car. I mean you were tearing your vehicle up but that's not the case anymore and there's no children out there. There's nothing. There is nothing on the road. And I'll turn all of this in and leave it with you guys and ladies and I appreciate it. Thank you for being here. We appreciate your bring this the information. Anybody else in attendance would like to address commissioners court on this issue? Anybody else wish to address the issue? Members of court? Commissioner Coleman, how did it come up in the first place? From what I understand, we had a resident ask to have the speed limit lowered. At that point, we asked to have the Indian air go out there and look and see if it would be appropriate. I will tell you that Shaw Road is a very low traffic road. I will tell you that FM 455 is a lot more traffic that the speed limit on the state highway, which runs into the city of San Ernier, the school, you know, falls within a different set of rules. The nature of the grade and the turn. It's a public safety issue. Basically, I drove down in after we repaired it. I could see where some people would want it to be slower. Frankly, I don't know what the math is, but the difference between 20 miles an hour and 35 miles an hour on a mile-long road is probably a minute and a half if you wanted to drive it. I don't see a problem with it being 20 miles per hour but if we if you all feel like we need to study it further that's fine with me but I'm I'd like to know about this other roads that she brought up those are different roads completely I mean different grade and oh yeah and the traffic on boom branch and the other is just you know the the counselor tremendous more of a feeder road yes wouldn't you agree been in her I mean how would you do that many of the roads she right she stated have a much I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to go to the county road. I'm going to talking to the administrator this morning, talked to him about the amount of money we poured into it to upgrade it. And it's really been a boom to the community, I think, in that area. We're just trying to be receptive to the needs of the community and... What's it posted today? I did not know that we've gone out there and posted it. I've been out of town the past week. I haven't driven out there in a couple of weeks, but I didn't know we had it posted in 20 miles per hour. As you all know, default is 30 miles an hour in any street. That's for residential. Unposted is 30 miles an hour. I didn't know we've gone out there and posted 20. I'm gonna have to talk to Bruce when I get out of posted 20 today. Bruce this one I get out of post-20 today. Are you aware of that minute? Have you? I haven't been out there. I mean when I drove out there, I didn't notice the 20 mile-hour signs when I drove out there several weeks ago. But um, Shaw, where is it located? It's west of south. West of north. West of north. South of north. Before the west. Before the west. Before the west. Before the west. Yes, what was what's the S5 before the 24 before the one what it goes down? Yeah, there's a bridge I'm just just south of 455 and it comes back up I'll tell you I mean I don't know. I'll maybe we should take more input But I don't see it being posted more than 30 I mean then the default and I'm sorry He would want it to be higher than 35, but that would just I mean then the default and I'm sorry he would want it to be higher than 35 but that would just I mean it's a residential road. Well how far down the road is the curve? It's all residential but I mean they're big lots. It's a reason why you couldn't post the 30 and majority of it and when you come to the curve will post a 20. I mean if that is the concern the curve. That's a pretty good curve as part of it then in the middle the road dips down. Yeah, that's where the steep grades are. How how is she if she's testifying to the court? If she's talking to the court excuse me talking to the court, excuse me, talking to the court about school buses, all these people doing, now was the 40 miles an hour you were talking about before the repair as well, but you, how were they able to do that with holes in the road that your car can disappear in? I don't know. They tried out their vehicles. I don't want to I don't want to disagree, but I don't know how anybody could have driven 45 miles an hour down that road before we fixed it. I mean, that's it was crazy the way it was before we would have there fixed it Particularly with the turn on that grade. What do you want them to be driving down your road? 40, 45 miles an hour? So what is a reasonable speed that you that comes from a curve down there. And it's one of my animals going around the curve. I have no problem with that. Bennett, what do you think about us putting up like a yellow recommended 20 around the turn? What the big sign would that be OK with you? Or I mean, and I value public input tremendously. But I also, you know, the, I mean, Bennett is, he's, he's an engineer, he's certified, he does traffic, that's what his job is. And, you know, with public safety is concerned, you know, I know the public may have a different opinion, but I really defer to staff when they make those decisions because all we need is one horrible accident. And that's really what I'd like to prevent. What's the distance? Okay, the whole road is like a mile, right? And where's this curve, more or less in the middle? On the north end. Born in the north end. Yeah, it's on the front part. Okay. That's all I mean. I know, and I know you drive up and down that every day but it's you know to me it's the safety issue and I'd really have to defer to what my the staff recommends and what his engineering principals would say. It's I mean you would agree it's a fairly steep grade on the road. I mean what do you think, Bennett? The grade is right now is 8% the maximum grade on the road. And the recommended maximum grade for gravel road at 30 miles an hour is 7%. So right now that grade is exceeded by 1%. percent. What's 25? Be within appropriate grade? No, it's eight, twenty miles an hour to eight percent. I mean, that's, you know, that says recommendation. I'd have to, you know, have an eight percent grade recommended twenty miles an hour. I mean, I'd way to have an accident. Since we're maintaining the road, we've accepted it in the maintenance. And now that there are standards that we have to abide by, does it cause any kind of liability to the county to, I don't think, what those standards are. Those acceptable standards, engineering standards are let's say that we put a 30 on it in the recommendation is a 7% grade Seated that by 8% we put 30 on it and then someone gets hurt on that because of that the speed limit not being 20 as recommended by the engineering And they have an accident could they come back and because we've changed and varied from the engineering recommendation, could we be liable for some party? Maybe that's your question. I think about me how you handle the road signs as far as indicating there's a curve. Also that there's a steep grade. You'd probably have a different speed limit at the curve or something like that. But you took the road, the road's been used for years in the worst condition that it is now. The people apparently that are out there like the male carrier and the school bus, they don't, they tend to look like the disregard any speed limit. So and I'm sure they should know that the default is 30 miles an hour if it's not otherwise posted. I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, I would, recommended standards. I think I'd be an issue and I think that I'd be concerned about that. The whole road doesn't have an 8% grade. You have an 8% grade at a location in the road. And I think that at that point you might consider reducing the grade mechanically. Is that 8% grade at the curve? No, it's in the middle. The grade at the curve is 5%. And the recommended maximum grade leading up to a curve on gravel road is 3%. Commissioner Mitchell. Commissioner Coleman, this question is for you. Since we've taken all the maintenance of this road, is there any plans to do any work on the road to? We've already done a considerable amount of work. Is that changed the grade? Are you planning on doing anything? Eventually, yes. What we needed to do right off the bat was just bringing up to drivable that it is is gonna get on the plan and we're gonna put it in there, and it's at some point in the distant future, it's on the rotation, it should be improved. The way the grade is gonna- Where does it your planning on doing will that change the grade? To change the grade in that area, and I'm not an engineer, correct me if I'm wrong, it would be a considerable amount of work when it been it. Yes. And so it's the likelihood of us changing the grade on that road any time soon is very low. And that's why I mean, and I understand the concerns of the residents, but you know, it is used by school bus, it is used by a mail truck. And if you know it's a mile long and if you basically did the math and figured out what it would take you to drive at 20 miles an hour for a mile versus You know 35 miles an hour You know the minute that you might or two that you might save driving on the mile to me is not worth You know the potential injury to somebody along the road and I it may be an unpopular decision But I'd have to stick with the the staff's recommendation You'll recommend it, didn't it? Can we leave it at 20? Reduce it to 20. Reduce it to 20? Yes, ma'am. I think it's a public safety issue. In. If you're going to speak, we need you to come up to the map. Have all this recorded. Thank you. Sorry. Why can't we not, when there is a whole stretch of road down here this Grade that he's talking about is right here and then that curve goes right here. It's down on the north end But yet this whole section up here is Why can you not have that a Reasonable speed limit and I'm not asking them for 35. I think it should be 30. I think it should be just like any other resident of the free. And then put a sign saying reduce speed around curve because the yard has that. And any of those 90 degree turns, they have a sign posted that it's a 90 degree turn and and slow down and it posts a speed limit up there to slow down to. I think for a practical matter, it's probably easy just to do the whole thing at 20. But I mean, the road is, it's a mile long. I'm not sure what the scientists' requirements are. Probably a dumb question for you. Okay. Where do you check for the grade? Do you check it? In the middle, you check it on different points on the road. The grade was checked based on the low point, on the topo maps, and the high point, and that encapsulated that way. And the low point would be somewhere near the curve? Low points closer to the middle. That's a low water point. The variance between them is here per se. The curve on the north and park keeps going down towards a low water crossing. I appreciate you're input and concern, but I mean, the mere fact that you do say there is a school bus and a post office vehicle. Well, it's the relief post office person in this room. It's the rural out carrier who goes down there. Every morning that, I mean mean she just flies by. And I'm never seeing the school bus go that fast and I used to feel so sorry for any kids that were on there. Of course the school bus doesn't have very many kids on it. But it sounds like no matter if we said it at 20 or 30 the school bus. The real carrier. Going to ignore the newspaper lady are all going to ignore the students in the science anyway. Is there the only only problems that I can say? I'm much rather kind of posted at the lower speed limit as recommended by the engineering guidelines. Okay, anybody else that desires to have some input on this subject that hasn't already spoken or yes or come on in? For the record if you'd state your name. Bill Smith, 8776, the show road. I and I'm going to take I guess I'd take the responsibility here. I was assuming that everybody was from talking to them and the speeds that different ones have gone down that road, even in the condition it was prior to the county excepting it and giving us a nice road out there. At the lower speed limit would tell some of the speed that people were driving down the road, especially the school bus. The neighborhood too that has talked about how fast different ones have gone down the road, but in turn, didn't feel that speed limit really pertained to them. And like Susan said, as mentioned, different ones about this speed that they do travel down the road. mentioned different ones about this, for the speed that they do travel down the road. When the county came out and they did put their signs up, I stopped and talked to the gentleman that was putting the signs up and I said, I thought we were going to have 20 mile an hour because at our meeting we had at the house it was brought up a 15 or 20 mile an hour on the road and then it said he didn't say any problem with that. So I assumed that we were going to at least say a 20 mile an hour speed limit. And when it was 30 and I talked to the gentleman and he told me say you'll have to talk to my boss which which was Bruce Daudier. Give me his phone number, I called him and he said he couldn't do anything. His work order said 30. He said you'll have to call Commissioner Coleman's office. So I called Commissioner Coleman's office and he was not in, but Steve Rollins was there, and I talked to Steve. And he said, well, the state requirement is 30-mile an hour. And I told him, I said, well, I said, it our meeting, it was mentioned 15 or 20, and Benet said he didn't see a problem with 20-mile an hour, but they'd have to check into it. So it was left at that, because I said, well, 30 mile an hour, that's it. We'll have to live with it. And my thinking to, as it's a slower speed limit, nobody, they're not going to stick to it. But it would be telling them what the speed limit is, and if they're going 40, they're going too fast. And it's like Susan said to mainly the school bus, when he comes down that road or she comes down that road, you can't see the bus for the dust. But I have no problem with it being 30 mile an hour, where I was coming from and talking to some of the other people if it was at the lower speed limit that might help slow some of the people down. Thank you very much. We appreciate all your work on this, sir. Just for informational purposes, to go a half a mile at 20 miles an hour versus 30 miles an hour, the difference is like 30 seconds. I know I couldn't do the math in my head, but and I just, you know, and I know that you may disagree with it, but I just think we really should go with our engineers' recommendation. Well, and it's not just that, I mean, it's not that he has been at it all. I mean, that's why we've got him, is to give us his recommendations and we appreciate that, but it's also standards that are set by the state. And I think you're right, Commissioner Mark. God forbid there should be an accident out there. I think we are set in the county of reliability if we don't adhere to the standards that have been presented to us. So if anybody else would like to address this issue, you're welcome to do so. We'll close our public hearing. I'm sorry, go ahead. After the road gets paved eventually, is the speed limit going to go up to a reasonable speed? I think after I'm addressing it to you. I think after if and when the road gets paved, remember baby steps. Oh, I understand. I'm so proud of that road. I don't drive on any more. I don't use it any more. If the grade is altered and the speed limit is appropriate, the speed limit may change. Will it automatically change? Or do we have to go through this work when we're old again? Let me put it this way. In order for that road to get paid, we would have to hire a pretty significant engineering firm to go in there and redesign that road. I think it would probably be the speed change would be included. But I don't think at this point in my administration, I can't commit to even considering paid in genre. So it's not going to happen any time soon. The amount of resources that would be needed to pave that road, we just, you know, there's so many other roads with higher traffic that we just wouldn't be into that right now. So I cannot commit to that. I mean, so we're really kind of talking in, for instances, but the likelihood that Shaw Road being paved is extreme, I mean, virtually none at this point. So I don't see the change, speed limit change any time soon. Now if it did get paved and the grade was changed, it would probably be done. But that's not even in the scope. It's not even on the horizon for it being paved. Thank you. Anybody else? The grade and the curve are near the north end of the road when you turn up 455 you come across the the grade go down there's the creek to my correct and then there's a curve right how far down has that been it do you think? So three tenths of a row. The lowest point on the road is probably... It's right close to the middle of the road. That's where the road is. Okay. You probably hadn't been on it in a long time. If you're thinking we can kind of parcel it up, I just don't see a way to do it, to have a small portion of it, one speed limit and then another portion. That's what I was curious was it just the first two tens of them all. I just don't see how it's going to be. And then the rest of it's just straight away. A road is just really not that long. We have 8% grade on both sides of the low point. Leading up to it, OK? All right. Anybody else carried an address to the issue? We need a motion to close the public hearing. Second. Motion by Commissioner Ead. Seconded by Commissioner Coleman. No in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to the name? Motion to this carry. I'll move to change the speed limit on Charlotte Road to 20 miles per hour is recommended by our county Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.. Thank you. Appreciate your time. Hey, we'll go to item two, which is the consent agenda. I need to pull item two A because there are no order making appointments today and also two B because there's no inter-departmental transfers. That leaves two C and D in the chair will move for approval. Seconded by Commissioner Eads. Questions? Your none. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, sitting. Motion is carried. 2C is approval of award for a large production printing bid number 10206064 to American solutions for business. And 2D is approval of renewal of workers compensation insurance with Texas Association of counties. 5A is approval of the bill report payments from CSCD Community Corrections T.A.I.P. shares, training shares, forfeiture VIT, interest, D.A. Check V in D.A. forfeiture funds are all represented for recording purposes only. Morning. I have three deletions to the bill report. They're all out of general funds. Thank you. Planeas processing errors. I have one addition out of juvenile probation fund and that is for office rents and we need to expect payment on that. That's all the corrections I have. Thank you. We have any questions and members recorded. We have a motion. So moved. Motion by commission Marchion. Seconded by commission Eans. On favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the聲ee. Motion is carried. 13A is discussion and possible approval disaster declaration is a mitigation effort to reduce wildfires due to drought conditions. The senator did we put on the burn band and we had quite a thunderstorm? Yes, that's how we make it. I told Johnny the next time we need rain, we know what to do. Just put on a burn band, it'll rain. But did we get enough as the question? Well, in discussions with the National Weather Service, and that's who does a lot of the prediction for the Texas Forest Service. Based off the email that I got yesterday from Mark Fox, which is the Regional Coordination Officer for the National Weather Service, is this, any rainfall that we received on Friday and possibly today or tonight is going to be very short-lived. Based off of a winter season, this is different than the summer, spring, or fall where you get a rainfall, greens up, and you're done for a week. We're not, we will not see any green up. The second thing is, is to give you an idea, the 26 we had five grass fires on the 26th Sunday. Three in Justin, one in PowerPoint, and I think that was in somewhere in the city of Corinth. So that can give you an idea of how quickly that, you know, if you've got two foot of grass or a foot and a half of grass, the marshes gone by the time that you have a 25 mile hour wind on Sunday with lower humidities. Yesterday we didn't have any grass fire because humidity was up to 53%. So the lower the humidity, the more chance you're going to have for a grass fire what's called a duff fire which burns right across the top of the grass and And more likely we'll see it to where we've gotten brush trucks and fire trucks stuck in the mud while trying to try to grass fire But that can typically happen Two things one thing is be my recommendation based off of the governor's proclamation, which is still in effect Surrounding counties are also still under a burn ban with us is that we go ahead and continue this burn ban with the authority of the judge to lift it in the event that we have a lot of perceptible rainfall in this next couple of days. Thank you. We have questions and members of the court. You have a motion by Commissioner Eans. Second and by Commissioner Mitchell. Here are no further questions. On the favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Opposite a name. Motion is carried. Thank you, Joe. Please say it out there. 14A is approval of an interlocal cooperation agreement between Denton County, Texas and the City of Siner, Texas for the Keaton Road and the East Drive Improvement Project. We Denton County agreed to contribute an amount which will not exceed $500,000 with funding being transferred from the Commissioner of Prisnick 1, Trip 04, US 377 project to the new Keaton Road Freeze Drive Project auditor, line item 8574089080. I move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Marchand. Hearing the questions, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, sitting. Motion is carried. In 14b is approval of the inter-local cooperation agreement. Between Denton County and the City of Louisville, Texas to implement SCOFoff while program is provided for Texas Transportation Code chapter 702 and 707. I move for approval. I'll second there but there's an error in page 66. Okay. It's about flour on my own and I thank you. We're talking about Louisville in here. The background section. Oh okay. So it's still what the City of Louisville in here. The background section. Oh, okay. So it's still what the city of Louisville is about. It is with the other people. So yeah, but we need to say Louisville into the flower mail. Now that's the placement memo, it's not the contract. Any other questions or corrections comments? We have a motion in a second. I'll only favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed sitting. Motion is carried. We have some more of these coming out. We still have them coming from a sangeranger and I think the city of Denton. Good. Good. Okay, just as a reminder on future meetings, next week, Commissioner Eads and I will be in Austin at a transportation meeting. So be the rest of you to carry things and commissioner Coleman is going to be providing over that meeting. Did you have something else that you, I'm sorry I can't hear. Come in on 13, go ahead. Is that, no, this does not include fireworks. I know that we're going into, going into the new year's Eve holiday and based off of law that prevents us from doing anything at this point we really can't touch the use or the sale of fireworks as already in the sale of it. So the version that I have in front of the issue approved today does not include any regulations on fireworks. Thank you. Okay item 15 is executive session. 15A is under Texas government code 551.072. Deliberation regarding real property close meeting to Deliberate the value of real property where Deliberation and open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the Governmental Body and negotiations with the third person regarding the value of real property located in Dint County. And this isn't commission ofissing II and 15B is the same posting only at St. Commissioner Prissing IV. With that, we are in executive. Mr. Court is reconvened from the executive session. There will be no action on 15a or 15b. I want to remind everybody that the tax office will be open on Friday the 31st. There's enough a lot of people that want to make sure their taxes are paid in this year. So whereas the rest of the county will be closed that day, the tax office will be open regular times and exchange for them being open that day. They're going to be closed on Monday, the January 3rd. So I understand there's been a lot of telephone calls and when people can't get through the tax office they start calling other offices. So anybody that's listening to this, please tell everybody that the tax office will be open December 31st and will be closed at Monday, January 3rd. Hi, May I? Yes sir. Find the people, you know, other than the main tax office over here in the Mary Horne, Jim Horne, government center, satellite offices, they're going to remember that the constables are the one that locks that building up so they won't be there. So you need to pay it and then lose it. So yeah, they're willing to do it. The tax office is going to be open them. Tax office, but there's other businesses within that building. That's correct. Osteax offices depend upon the constable to lock the building down, open it up and lock it down when it's. I will make sure that Steve is addressed. It's going to be closed. The constable's not open. Well, they're not open. The tax office and the satellites will be open on January 31st. I will make sure that Steve makes other arrangements to lock up the buildings. Okay. That's your point I was making. December 31st. That's correct. And we also have January 1. We'll be swearing in all the elected and re-elected officials in court will start that day at 10 o'clock. 10 o'clock. Feels good. And with that, everybody have a very safe, happy new year. We're adjourned.