[1. Call to Order ]
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>> GOOD MORNING I HAVE 10:00 A.M. I WILL CALL US TO ORDER, STAND FOR THE INVOCATION OF THE PLEDGES.
>> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME TO YOU IN AMAZEMENT ONCE AGAIN OF THE BLESSING YOU BESTOWED ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
THANK YOU FOR THE RAINFALL AND AT THE SAME TIME PLEASE LOOK AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T RECEIVING TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN, CONTINUING ON THIS MORNING.
OUR WORKERS AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND GUIDE THIS COURT DOWN A PATH THAT IS PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST AND HIS HOLY NAME
WE PRAY AMEN. >> 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. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE
AND INDIVISIBLE. >> IT BRINGS US TO ANNOUNCEMENTS CHARACTER WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING? HEARING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK CARDS,
[6. Act on Minutes ]
BRINGS US TO ITEM SIX ACT ON THE MINUTES JUNE NINTH 2026.>> GOT ONE AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES ON SECTION 9.3, AS STATED THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER MARR.
I WANTED TO MAKE ONE CHANGE. AND THEN MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF JUNE 9TH 2026 WITH THE AMENDMENT 9.3.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARR,
[7. Consent Agenda ]
MOTION CARRIES, CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA, ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE COURT AND ENACTED IN ONE MOTION THEY WILL NOT BE SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS OF ITEMS UNLESS A COMMISSIONER OR CITIZEN SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT ITEMS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TOAPPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> SO MOVED.
>> MOTION BY FOUL SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR ALL IN
[8. Act on Bills ]
FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEMS EIGHT ACT ON THE BILLS 8.1 AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR JUNE 23RD 2026, 8.2 AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $278,152.76 TO DOGGETT FREIGHTLINER FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE 2027 FREIGHTLINER ROSCOE MAXIMIZER LIQUID ASPHALT DISTRIBUTOR FOR PRECINCT ONE.>> JUST ASKING THAT YOU NOTE A CORRECTION TO BE MADE ON AN ACCOUNT CODING, IT'S MINOR BUT PAGE 10 AND NOW I HAVE PAGE 39
NEED ACCOUNT CORRECTION. >> PAGE 39 AS WELL?
>> PAGE 39 AS WELL. WE ARE MOVING THAT FROM GENERAL
>> MIDDLE OF THE PAGE. >> NODDING SAID THAT CHANGE I
WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HARDENBURG ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?
[9.1 Discuss and take action to approve Order No. 2026-023 designating the concrete bridge on Horseshoe Road in Collinsville to the Marshall "Legs" Carney Bridge. ]
MOTION CARRIES. ACTION ITEMS 9.1, DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDER NO. 2026-023 DESIGNATING THE CONCRETE BRIDGE ON HORSESHOE ROAD IN COLLINSVILLE TO THE>> ORDER NUMBER 2026-023 ORDER OF COMMISSIONERS COURT OF GRAYSON COUNTY DESIGNATED THE CONCRETE BRIDGE OF HORSESHOE ROAD SOUTHEAST OF COLLINSVILLE AS THE MARSHALL LEGS KEARNEY BRIDGE. WHEREAS THE COMMISSIONER AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 251.001 TO EXERCISE GENERAL JURISDICTION OVER COUNTY ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS MARSHALL LAKES CARNEY A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL COMMUNITY IN GRAYSON COUNTY A MAN KNOWN FOR HIS NEIGHBORS AS STEADY IN CHARACTER, GENEROUS IN SPIRIT AND DEVOTED TO THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF LIFE ALONG THE ROUTE -- ALONG THE WATER. I SPENT MOST OF THEIR LIFE FISHING THE WATERS OF LAKE RAY ROBERTS AND THE CREEKS OF NORTHERN COUNTY, AND THE FAMILIAR PRESENCE AT THE CONCRETE BRIDGE SOUTHEAST. WHERE HE COULD REGULARLY BE FOUND CATFISHING IN HIS LATER YEARS.
AND WHEREAS HE HAS PASSED AWAY LEADING -- LEAVING BEHIND A COMMUNITY THAT VALUED HIS PRESENCE AND WISHED TO PRESERVE HIS MEMORY IN A MANNER A BEFITTING A MAN WHO FOUND MEANING IN THE QUIET PLACES ALONG THE WATER.
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AND WHEREAS RESIDENTS OF THE COUNCIL COMMUNITY HAVE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MEMORIALIZE HIS LIFE BY SIGNING HIS NAME TO THE BRIDGE ON HORSESHOE ROAD WHERE HE SPENT MANY OF HIS DAYS AND WHEREAS THE CONCRETE BRIDGE ON HORSESHOE ROAD IS A COUNTY ROAD BRIDGE LOCATED WITHIN COMMISSIONER PRECINCT THREE, MAINTAINED BY THE GRAYSON COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT AND IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THIS COURT. WHEREAS THE COMMISSIONER COURT FINDS THAT THIS DESIGNATION IS A FITTING AND APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY.AND THAT HONORING LONGTIME RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CHARACTER OF GRAYSON COUNTY SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST. I WILL STOP THERE BECAUSE THE REST IS LEGALITY. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER -- COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR, ALL IN
[9.2 Discuss and take action to approve FY26 - 3rd Quarter Compensatory Time Pay Out ]
FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED ONE MOTION CARRIES.DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE FY26 - THIRD QUARTER
COMPENSATORY TIME PAY OUT. >> GOOD MORNING IT IS TIME FOR THE COP OUT FOR THE THIRD QUARTER 26TH IN COMPARING LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR THE TOTAL HOURS TO BE PAID OUT IS DECREASED 12% AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID OUT ARE BEING PAID OUT IS DECREASED 18%. WE ARE LOOKING AT $112,658.34 TO BE PAID AND I HAVE CHECKED WITH THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND THERE ARE
FUNDS TO COVER THE PAYOUT. >> OKAY.
>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
[9.3 Discuss and take action to approve Grayson County to enter into the Indigent Care Program Management Agreement Amendment Number 2 with the Grayson County Health Clinic. ]
HARDENBURG ALL IN FAVOR? AYE ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 9.3 DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE GRAYSON COUNTY TO ENTER INTO THE INDIGENT CARE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 WITH THE GRAYSON COUNTYHEALTH CLINIC. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT THAT WAS SET UP BACK IN 2019, THE CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRES IN AUGUST, SO WE ARE ASKING THAT THE CONTRACT BE RENEWED FOR AN ADDITIONAL
>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
[9.4 Discuss and take action regarding an amendment to the Fiscal 2026 salary order for the District Attorney, with no budget change.]
HARDENBURG ALL IN FAVOR? AYE ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 9.4, DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL 2026 SALARY ORDER FOR THE DISTRICTATTORNEY, WITH NO BUDGET CHANGE. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, ON 692 WEEKS AGO THE COURT CONSIDERED AN APPROVED OUR BUDGET CHANGE I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT WAS MISSING IN PAPERWORK BUT BASICALLY THEY WERE UNSPENT FUNDS FROM THE LINE ITEM FOR THE SECOND CIVIL PROSECUTOR AND DURING 2026 ONLY 8000 FUNDS HAD BEEN EXPENDED FROM THAT LINE ITEM.
SO THAT IS WHERE WE WERE TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE THAT WAS NECESSARY TO BRING ON BOARD THE ADA. THAT NUMBER, THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM WILL RETURN TO 100... AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, AND MR. OMEN'S SALARY WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED FOR THE AMOUNT OVER THE 114.
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE SALARY
ORDER FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. >> SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARR SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT ALL IN FAVOR?
[9.5 Discuss and take action on request for Interlocal Agreement with the City of Sadler for road improvements to East Pecan Street, West Pecan Street and Cordell Road. ]
>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
9.5, DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON REQUEST FOR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SADLER FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO EAST PECAN STREET, WEST PECAN STREET AND CORDELL ROAD.
>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR
[9.6 Approve resolution #2026-031 to authorize Interlocal Agreement #PCT003-2026-023 with the City of Sadler for pot hole patching on East Pecan Street, West Pecan Street, and Cordell Road. ]
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 9.6, APPROVE RESOLUTION #2026-031 TO AUTHORIZE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT #PCT003-2026-023 WITH THE CITY OF SADLER FOR POT HOLE PATCHING ON EAST PECAN STREET, WEST PECAN STREET, AND CORDELL ROAD.
>> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HARDENBURG ALL IN FAVOR WIN.
[9.7 Discuss and take action on the Short Plat Castandeda Addition in Precinct 2. ]
>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 9.7 DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE SHORT PLAT CASTANDEDA ADDITION IN PRECINCT 2.
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>> THAT'S SPELLED WRONG. >> THIS PROPERTY OWNER OF 9.977 ACREAGE HIKE ON THE NORTHEAST COAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 56 WISHES TO SUBDIVIDE INTO THREE LOTS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.
>> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HARDENBURG ALL IN FAVOR?
[9.8 Discuss and take action on the Short Plat Welch School Road Addition in Precinct 3. ]
>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 9.8, DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE SHORT PLAT WELCH SCHOOL ROAD ADDITION IN PRECINCT 3.
>> THIS PROPERTY OWNER OF A 9.917 ACREAGE HIKE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF WELCH SCHOOL ROAD WISHES TO SUBDIVIDE INTO
>> SECOND. >> A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER
[9.9 Discuss and take action on the Replat of Openspace Investments, Lots 1 & 2 in Precinct 4.]
>> 9.9 DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION -- DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE REPLAT OF OPENSPACE INVESTMENTS, LOTS 1 & 2 IN
PRECINCT 4. >> THIS PROPERTY OWNER OF A 19.92 ACRE TRACT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FM901 WHICH IS TO REPLAT TO MOVE INTERIOR LOT LINES CHARACTER REPLAT COMPLIES WITH
THE GRAYSON COUNTY SUBDIVISIONS. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HARDENBURG SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR, ALL IN FAVOR.
[10. Commissioners Court Comments ]
MOTION CARRIES. BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER COURT COMMENTS WE WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.>> AGAIN I JUST WANT TO THANK WAYNE PATTERSON FROM HOLME HOLMESVILLE, AND GAINED THE PETITION SIDE TO GET THE BRIDGE FOR IT MEMORIALIZED THANKS TO WILLIAM AND TOM FOR ALL THE LEGWORK ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE IT BEFORE.
I WAS NOT HERE LAST YEAR -- LAST WEEK BUT WE LOST ANOTHER GOOD ONE, RICKY NICHOLS WAS WITH -- PRECINCT THREE BARN WITH OVER THREE YEARS. IT WAS A HARD ONE, WE GOT TO SPEND LAST WEEK REMEMBERING HIM. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS, I WILL ASK JODY IF SHE CAN FIND ME A MOWER WITH A SNORKEL ON IT SO THAT WAY I CAN MAKE SURE I KEEP MY CONSTITUENTS HAPPY AND KEEP
MOWING THAT'S ALL I GOT. >> COMMISSIONER MARR.
>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR SYMPATHY ABOUT THE MOWING PROSPECT.
HOPEFULLY THERE MIGHT BE SOME RAIN LATER TODAY HOPEFULLY NOT MUCH. HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST SYSTEM. IN THIS WAY BEHIND.
WE NEED TO GET GOING. WE'RE DOING WHAT ROAD WORK WE CAN TO BE PATIENT. NEXT WEEK I WON'T BE HERE, I WON'T BE -- I. WILL BE UP IN ILLINOIS WHEN PARTICIPATION WITH A PEER EXCHANGE WITH THE ENERGY ACADEMY, IS A PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVOR THAT PAYS FOR ALL OF THIS, WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, THEY GET THE TOUR AND LEARN ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF NOT THOSE PROJECTS, THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS COMING TO OUR AREA SO IT'S BEST THAT WE EDUCATE OURSELVES AND LEARN ABOUT IT SO WE HAVE ALL THE CORRECT INFORMATION AND NO HYSTERIA ABOUT IT. WE WANT THE TRUE FACTS, IS PART
OF THIS PROCESS SO THAT'S IT. >> COMMISSIONER ARTHUR?
>> THREE OF THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS IN GRAVES COUNTY WERE IN SAN ANTONIO LAST WEEK AND THE MOST FAVORABLE PART OF THOSE THREE DAYS WAS GETTING AN UPDATE FROM JIM ALLISON, IS EXACTLY WHAT COMMISSIONER MARR IS REFERRING TO.
THERE'S A DEFINITE PUSH, FROM ALL COUNTY GOVERNMENTS TO GET SOME OVERSIGHT AND SOMETHING ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH COMING TO TOWN AND MAKING A DEAL. AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO DEAL WITH. TRYING TO BE A GOOD LONG TRIP.
PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS OF OUR WORKERS, WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP MOVING THROUGH THIS WET WEATHER AND COMPOUND THE PROBLEMS GETTING EVERYTHING DONE. THANK YOU.
>> COMMISSIONER HARDENBURG. >> LAST WEEK I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF CULVERTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY THAT GOT WASHED OUT, ROTTED FROM WHEN THEY BUILT THE ROAD OUT FROM THE 1950S. IT WILL COST US ABOUT 50 OR 60,000, WE GOT THE QUOTE BACK IT WOULD BE A 100000.
IF IT HAS ANY EXTRA MONEY, WE WILL TAKE IT TO TRY TO HELP OUT
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SO THAT IS THE ROAD, IT WILL BE CLOSED FOR ANOTHER MONTH, ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF -- MONTH AND A HALF, AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO GO DOWN BEFORE THEY CAN REPAIR THEM AS WELL. IT WILL BE INTERESTING.KEEP THE PEOPLE IN EAST TEXAS IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS THEY RECEIVED OVER 12 INCHES OF RAIN TWO HOURS EAST OF US LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. SO JUST BE THOUGHTFUL OF THAT, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET AS MUCH MOWING AS WE CAN DONE, IT'S
HARD WITH ALL THE RAIN AS WELL. >> OKAY, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY, IT'S BUDGET SEASON SO BUDGET MEETINGS ARE PROGRESSING, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE COUNTY AS WELL AS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK TO PROCESS ALL THE ACTIONS WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE CITIZENS.
[9.10 Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 Commissioners Court reserves the right to meet in executive session to consult with attorney.]
SO WITH THAT EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD WEEK, 9.1 PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 COMMISSIONERS COURT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITHATTORNEY. >> MAKE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARR SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:16. WE WILL
>> WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 11:00 A.M.
[9.11 Consider and take possible action on items discussed in executive session. ]
BRINGS US TO ITEM 911 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.>> I MOVED TO AUTHORIZE OUR ATTORNEY TO FINALIZE THE SETTLEMENT WITH BILL MAJORS IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TERMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. IN RELATED SETTLEMENT --
>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARR.
>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SO THAT BRINGS US TO WE'VE ALREADY DONE COMMISSIONER COURT'S COMMENTS, ITEM 11 IS ADJOURNED SO WE WILL BE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.