Good morning. The time is 901. We do have a core in present. Our judge is in Austin fighting for our transportation needs. Commissioner Marchin is on his way. He's stuck in traffic. Maybe the judge can correct some of that. At this time, our first item on the agenda is the invocation given by James Wales, a county auditor, and I pledge that we will be given by Georgia Caraway, Director of Museums. Thank you, all right with me. Our dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for this new day. We thank you for this new day. We thank you for this new year. Thank you for the opportunity that we have to start a new year and start a new, our new endeavors. And we thank you for the fact that we have new government here. We have new leader here, as you bless him and bless all members of the commissioners court. We ask you to bless our new leaders in Austin and our new leaders in Washington too. We give you most thanks though for the opportunity that we all have not to just start a new year but also to start a new life with you through the saving grace of your son. We thank you for this precious gift. We thank for the love that has moved you to offer that gift to those of us who are so undeserving of it. Watch over everyone here and protect us from seeing various facts safely next week. And the cross thing we pray on here. 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 and justice for all. On our the Texas flag I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state under God one and indivisible. Okay. Our next item on the agenda is going to be our public hearing on 4A. Discussion and approval and approval of installing a stop sign at the intersection of Gazner Road and Hopkins Road, Commissioner precinct 4, Commissioner Eit. The move we go into public hearing. Second, is there any other discussion? All in favor? Aye. I suppose, is there anyone here to speak for this item? Is there anyone in the audience that to speak for this item? Is there anyone in the audience to speak against it? Is there anyone in the audience to speak against it? Move with closed public hearing. Second. Pete. Move. I thought it was a little bit about it. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. move for approval. We have a motion from the commission eats and second from Commissioner Coleman all in favor. Aye. Opposed motion carries. Next item on the agenda is our consent agenda. And at this time I want to remind everyone to cut their phones or pages off so they won't be beeping in the courtroom, please. I'm going to approve the consent agenda. That can. We have a motion in a second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. The consent agenda consists of approval of auto making appointments and any appropriate action. Appointments have been posted and advertised Interviews were conducted as set forth in the Den County policy adopted by the commissioners court and those Automaking auto make appointments or Melissa Lanham district clerk office rehar Ryan Hatchell County jail new hire carry coca sure no help new hire New Harc, Caricoco, Sheriff, Mill, Health, New Harc. 2B is approval of Intra Department transfers in any appropriate action. 2C is approval of payroll. 2D is approval of rejection of bid for Den County Courts Bill and Revolving Door Upgrade bid number 1008-1943 in any appropriate action. 08, 1948, and any appropriate action. 2E is approval of budget amendment request 100390 for operating equipment with sheriff's department in the amount of $950 and any appropriate action. 2L is public hearing, 905 AM approved Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at 905 AM at the time and date, as the time and date to conduct a public hearing, to consider changes in amendments to the Lake Ray Roberts Land Use Ordnance and Comprehensive Land Use Map as recommended by the Lake Ray Roberts Planning and Zoning Commission and the Den County Planning Department. 2G is approved the The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. The grant is approved. Community corrections, TARP, Sheriff's Training, Sheriff's Farfitcher, VIT Interest, DA Check P and DA Farfitcher. Funds are presented for recording purposes on Miss Whales. Board and commissioners, that's the court to approve the bills that's presented with the four additions that are noted on separate page. Those are all of the general fund. They're all actually travel related expenses we've been asked to expedite this problem because of the holidays. That's all the questions I have. Missionist, do you have any comments? I do. For approval. We have a motion from commission E's and second from commissioning, a comment. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Next item is item number six approval of renewal of workers' compensation insurance with Texas Association of Gauines in any appropriate action. Good morning. As you know we carry our workers' compensation insurance through a self-insurance poll with Texas Association of counties. Our premium each year is based on claim history and unfortunately we have a significant increase this year. We are replacing a good year with a natural bad year of the last three years history. But fortunately the money is budgeted and so we are asking approval this morning to move forward with this. Commissioner, are there any comments? No, ma'am. I'll move for approval. Thank you. We have a motion from Commissioner Coleman and second from Commissioner Eads. All in favor. Hi. Opposed? Motion carries. I didn't like that increase, but I understand there's nothing we can do about it. Commissioner, I checked on 2008. It was 2007. That was such a bad year. And in 2007, our claims were double what they were in 2004, 2006. But 2008 returned to approximately the same level we had been at. So 2007, our bothersa Swallets there, but we hopefully won't have another big increase like that. They're basically on the three year running. They do. Okay, thanks. Item number seven is approval of budget amendment requests number 100, 400 to increase revenues and allocate expenditure tools for overtime tobacco compliance grant benefits for the Sheriff's Department in the amount of $8,000 and any appropriate action. Do we have any comments on that? I'm moved to approve. Okay, I have a motion from Commissioner Coleman and second from Commissioner Eads. Is there any other discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. My next item is item 7V is approval of Budget Amendment request 10410 to increase revenues and allocate expended to us for overtime, OCD task force benefits, the Sheriff's Department in the amount of $20,000 in any appropriate action. Commissioner Suthore, any comments? Approval. I'll second. Go ahead. We have a motion from Commissioner Ease. We have a second from Commissioner Coleman. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Item 7c is approval of Budget Amendment request 10420 for miscellaneous court-ordered expense including the transfer of funds from non-departmental unappropriated court order contingency for justice of the peace pre-seat number three and the amount of $700 and any appropriate action. They usually don't budget but $500 and this year she, it's run more than that so she has come in and asked for more money. I'll move approval. Second. We have a motion from myself and second from Commissioner Eats, my self is Commissioner Mitchell and all in favor. I pose motion carries. Next item is item number 7D. Approval of Budget Amendment requests number 10430 to increase revenues and expenses for the vehicle emission compliance program in non-departmental in the amount of $1,820. I'm sorry, $1 million, $820,706, and any appropriate action. Commissioners. The motion for approval. I'll second it. We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Those motion carries. Next item is 7E, approval of budget amendment requests, number 10440, to increase revenues and allocate expended to us for salary, assisted benefits and various operating line items for Northwest ISD school resource offices. Officers in the amount of $75,000, $31 in any appropriate action. I move for approval. Second. We have a motion from Commissioner E. Second from Commissioner Mitchell. Is there any other discussion? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Item 10A has been pulled today and will be reposted. Item 10A has been pulled today and will be reposted. Item 13A is approval of change order number seven for the law level renovation of the Den County Courts Building, a credit to Den County in the amount of $9,413.76. Danny, you pass in out the information? Yes, please. Okay. You want to tell us about this? Yes. 76th-day Danny you passing out information Okay, you want to tell us about this? Okay Morning, what this is is a credit back to the county. It's 5,067, 25 credit back on the mill work and then 86,351 credit back on the unused contingency, which gives it a total of 91,497 back or 413. Yeah, 413, I'm sorry. Which this closes out this project for the lower level. Oh, great. I'll certainly move for approval for the credit. For the motion, for the commission, the Mitchell second from the commission needs. Is there any other discussion? All in favor? Hi. Hi, opposed, motion carries. We like those, then. Yes, thank you. Bring more. Where that came from. Next item is item number 13 B approval of disaster declaration and executive order as mitigation effort to reduce the threat of wildfires due to drought condition. Chaudy. Morning commissioners I want to first of all say that I think that it's been a significant rain that we've had over the last couple of days. And it really doesn't look like there's some forecasting rain in the future. But it's my opinion that I think that being able to lift the burn man today is a good option. To give a little reprieve for our citizens to be able to get some of the outdoor burning that needs to be done in the community's done. But I would ask the court if we could go ahead and leave this as a posting on the agenda so that we can look at this in seven days. My honest opinion is, this will probably be back to a burn van at some point. But if we could just leave it on the agenda as a standing item, I would appreciate it. Okay, thank you commissioners. I do need a motion to actually take it off. Take it off? I mean to prove this ought to be here, and we're going to leave it on in future. Okay, I'm moved for approval. Whatever motion from the commission needs. A second. Seconded from the commissioner Coleman. There's any other discussion? Commission needs? I know you're glad to see this. Yes. Yes All in favor. Hi opposed motion carries item 13c is approval of fiscal year of 2009 emergency management performance grant EMPG application and any appropriate action. Jody EMPG application and any appropriate action. Jody. This is an annual grant that we request from the State Division of Emergency Management as well as the Federal Government. It's an annual grant that we received for several, several years. It is a grant that really tries to reimburse benefits and salaries of employees that are particularly working in the emergency management field through our office. These employees are already included in the 2009 budget. Yes ma'am. It's not a grant specifically that is for a certain employee. It's more of a... But they were using... Right, it's something... I was just going to add that it's a revenue grant that we've had for many years and so we've anticipated that as well in the budget. If that grant goes away, what about those employees? Again, it's only about the annual money that we received about 32,000 so it's not really covering any one particular person or directed at any one person in the office. It's it's really a revenue line that covers offset total cost of about four employees that's listed on that. Okay. Any other comments commissioners? I'll move for approval. Second. We have a motion for Commissioner Coleman and second from Commissioner Eads. All in favor? Hi. Opposed? Motion carries. Our next item is 13D approval of a 2008 Homeland Security Grant Subrecipient Award in the amount of $523,777.93 in any appropriate action. Children. Again, Court members, this is two grants. This is the Homeland Security Grant as well as the Urban Area Securities Initiative Program. Both of the grants are managed through the regional council of governments and through the Urban Area Securities Working Group. are managed through the regional council of governments and through the urban area securities working group. Both of those organizations determine priorities within the region on how to respond to regional events and emergency management. Both of those organizations, again, determine strategies on how to move forward with what's the best practices in protecting our region from disasters and response capabilities throughout the 16 county region that COG serves. Again, this award has been through numerous checks and balances at the state level. It has been through numerous checks and balances through regional emergency planning advisory council. The emergency planning preparedness council, which is elected officials at COGG and as well as the executive board for the council of governments. Again, these all approvals. Now what today is is to ask commissioners court to approve this award directly from the state to the county. If you will look at page 265 of your packet that specifically outlines what each one of the projects are from a, I letter from me to the budget office. I'll cover those very quickly. 2008 Homeland Security Program funding includes integrated video surveillance enhancement, that's video camera and tower systems, 99,800 cell phone and RF frequency initiative, the Sheriff's Office of 8500, mobile command microwave expansion. That's a microwave system for mobile command post for regional response, 89,747. 2008 citizen core program that includes our citizen emergency response team, medical reserve core, fire core, all of those type of citizen programs that we are working with are volunteers and citizens to respond. Again, that's a split between the Regional Emergency Planning Advisory Council and the Urban Area Securities Initiative for funding both of those programs. A 2008 DFW UIC, our Urban Area Securities Initiative program, includes Regional Video Telecom for Team Project and 15,000. Regional All Hazard incident response team trailer. That's 80,000 and that doesn't include just a trailer. That's actually equipment that goes in the trailer for regional response with the regional incident management team or an IAMT is the short term for that. We have a local regional incident management team that consists of about 40 people from different jurisdictions throughout our region. I serve as the instant commander on one of those teams and that the region felt best that didn't count how's that equipment for the region. Secondly, the regional continuity of of Operations Debrey Management Planter position. There's a 24-month performance period. The end of that performance period ends December 31, 2010. So we're already into that performance period now. That is $120,000 for debris management planning, as well as continuity of operations planning. Those, the intent of this project is specifically create emergency management plans in those two areas or into enhance as well. Management and administration of equipment, 1000 and then regional rapidly deployable video surveillance system, 44,527 for Sheriff's SWAT team. totaling $523,777. Requested the report to prove this subrecipient agreement so we can move forward. Thank you, Jody. Okay, I need a motion for approval and I'll move approval. And I'll second it. Motion by commission and Mitchell second by commission of each. Do you have a comment, Commissioner Ead? I do. I would. Jody, thank you for working on getting these grants. I'd really, this 120,000 for the debris management that I would really prefer to try to contract that out if we could instead of hiring an employee. I know that maybe I know you may have some difficulty and find the firm to do that about prefer that we since it's a task specific item I prefer that we have outside vendor come do that then an employee. And as you and I discussed earlier commissioner this is one of my goals is really, you know, for me to try to manage somebody or to find somebody with any type of education or experience in this area to hire a new hire and then to get them through the training period, they would really actually have probably 12 months to do the job. But again, we're also going to have to do some well research in the area of a consultant or a contractor to be able to see that there are actually qualified to do this work since it's especially continuity of operations planning is something that's relatively new in the area. The federal emergency management agency is now requiring that county and local governments have this planning being done. So,, sir, take that direction as well. And that's the direction that I'm, my intent is to try to find the consultant to be able to make this happen. Very good. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, Jody. On the next item on the agenda is the proof. The join of names from the 2008 grand jury that served serve on the Binh County Salary Grievance Committee. In any appropriate action, we'll be drawing nine names for the Salary Grievance Committee and 16 alternatives. You got your pen, right, babe? Oh. Tanya, Mass and Gayle, Louisville. You know what? Thomas Webb, flower man. Lee Caps Jr. Lewisville. Well, let me do this. I'm stuck today. Mike Russ Justin. That's better. Michael Ong, Carlton. Phillip Bradshaw, current. Good man. Okay. Koki, Lewisville. She's on the grandeur. No, she was on the grandeur. Howard Young, Justin. No, he went to. We're on the 16th, so you're going to tell me. Okay, you keep it up with it. Okay. Susan Chup or Gao. Okay, and now we're gonna start the alternate list. We've got a nine. Wrong Williams, flower man. They'd be tickled with me because of my life. Merle and Neiman, Luizville. Goodness. We have something in the county serve all of these. William Green, flower man. Susan Apple, our God. Carol, and I can't pronounce this name, D-E-A-L-B-E-C-Q. Don't back you. It's close enough. Org-O. Marvin Jackson,Luzville. Jeremy Nortman-Kugaville. GM East Step, our Gal. What is that pencil? What's that? There it is. Martha Nuland, Flower Maum. She's deceased, beloved. Thank you, Andrew. John Parkinson, fly over my arm. Now I'm glad you knew that. Mary Scrooge, loose film. James Fried, Luzville. Pearl Foward, Rowan Oak. Charlotte Lulcox, Holland Village. That's the old thing to do. You got me on here, Jimmy. We have a nine members and 16 alternatives for the salary agreements committee and commissioners, I need a motion to approve that motion for commissioners. Seconded from Commissioner Coleman, all in favour? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We have been coming to Commissioner Marchant. He made it in one piece. Next item is item 14A, approved this submission of new application and resolution for the Criminal District Attorney's Family Violence Prosecution Enhancement Grant, V-AFVP Enhancement to the Criminal Judges Justice Division of the Governor's Office for Continuation of Funding from the Violence Against Women Act and any appropriate action. Don't know if these are already in the budget. The budget was adopted. The grant funds have been received. This would be the 13th year if this application is approved. This is not a declining grant as we've seen in the past. The amount of $40,000 for this grant has been level for the last several years. Second. We have a motion by a commission of Coleman and second by a commission of Mitchell. Is there any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Next item is 14-V approved the application for the criminal district attorney, family, violence, expansion, VAWA, F-V-E-G, to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for continuation of funding from the violence against women act and inappropriate action. Is this the same? Yes, ma'am. This is the same. The annual funding has been $80,000 for the last several years as well. I move approval. We have a motion by Commissioner Mitchell. We have a second by Commissioner Marche. Is there any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Next item is approval of the 2008-2009 agreement for alternate dispute resolution services between DIN County, Texas and and Din County alternate dispute resolution program DCAP as recommended by the Din County Director of Purchase in any appropriate action You have any comments on that? Mr. Bush, yours here. Yes, Mr. Bush, yours here. This is just a follow-up contract to the award that we made in September for this contract Mission, is there any comments? just to follow up contract to the award that we made in September for this contract. Mr. Bouchard, do you wish to speak? I think it's a great program. Let me get a second on it motion first. I got a motion to approve from Commissioner Marche. Second, the commission needs. I'd like to say I think it's a great program. The attorneys of the other community have gotten together and donate their time for free mediation that mainly help poor people and family law matters. And I think it's a great way for the legal community to get together and help the county and the community of large. So I think it's a great program. We have a motion and a second. Here's our any other discussion? All in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. Next item on the agenda is item 14D approval of contract with purchase of right away by Dean County Texas. Thank you, Mr. Boucher. Dean County Texas from Barbara J. Taylor for the purchase of real property for Art Mill Road Bridge Replacement Project, grant authorization to proceed with closing and approval for the County Judge to sign all necessary closing documents to purchase right away and direct the Dean County Auditor to issue a warrant in the amount of the purchase price plus fee any fees for the purchase of the real property with funding to come from precinct four surveys, titles and testing funds. Auditor number 28540-53-95, Commissioner precinct four. Yes, ma'am, this should be our last item on our checklist in completing this project. I'm excited about that for our Oden Hill Bridge out west of Crumb. So with that, I move for approval. Second. We have a motion from Commissioner Eats, a second from Commissioner Mitchell. Is there any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. I'd like to take a second to think. Robin Davis and Bennett and our Roman bridge crews for other hard work and getting this project completed. Appreciate you. Yes, ma'am. Yes, sir. And Robert must grow for inspecting it. Before you close to go to executive session, and I apologize for being late, there was a wreck. Anyway, and you know the bottleneck that's there, but I went to cross country. So back the other way. Anyway, could you, if you don't mind, could you tell me on item two F public hearing was there anyone that spoke to that And do we close public hearing and approve that or set for another day? We're setting it for actually setting it for February 10th. I had no discussion I just wanted to know if there's any discussion in the public hearing about it. No, no, we're just we just set the date at it. Thank you Oh mind clear We just said today. Got it. Thank you. Oh, mine, Claire. Item 15A, Texas, government code 551.071. 1A consultation with attorney in a closed meeting when the government body seeks to buy a service attorney that contemplated litigation regarding services provided by TMI Central at Den County's Policy, the flight program. we are going into executive session. Hopefully we won't be that long. Commissioner Scott meeting there was no action and if all minds and hearts of Cleary I need a motion for adjournment motion by Commissioner E. Second by Commissioner Coleman all in favor I y'all have a great day. Thank you.