[1. Call to Order ]
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I'M GOING TO CALL US TO ORDER. IF EVERYONE WOULD STAND FOR THE
INCO VACATION AND THE PLEDGE. >> LET US PRAY: DEAR HEAVILY FATHER. WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU -- THAT WE MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS IN YOUR EYES, LORD, AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS. KEEP THEM SAFE TODAY AND KEEP OUR ROAD AND BRIDGE GUYS SAFE AS THEY'RE OUT ON THE ROADS WORKING AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GIVE US. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.
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.
[4. Announcements ]
>> ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DO THEY HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING?
>> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE A PATRIOT MEETING ON -- TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, ON THE 27TH.
IT WILL BE A MEET & GREET WITH ALL THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE -- AS MANY OF THE CANDIDATES THAT CAN COME THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. SO COME OUT.
IT WILL BE HERE, UPSTAIRS, IN THE ACTIVITIES ROOM.
SO, IT STARTS AT 7:00, AND WE WILL HAVE REFRESH MMENTS TO BE SERVED. SO PLEASE COME AND JOIN US TO MEET ALL THE CANDIDATES AND TALK WITH THEM PERSONALLY.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ANNA.
[5. Public Comments ]
>> ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING? HEARING NONE. THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I DO HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK.
BRIAN, I'M ASSUMING YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEM WHEN IT
[6. Act on Minutes ]
ACT ON THE MINUTES. THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026, AND 6.2, ACT ON THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 29TH,2026. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 AND SEPTEMBER 2TH, 2026.
[7. Consent Agenda ]
>> ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES. CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> AND A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HARDENBURG.
[8. Act on Bills ]
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES. AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS OF THE BILLS FOR OCTOBER 13TH, 16. 2026.AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $59,000 TO ALL AMERICAN DOGS FOR ANIMAL CONTROL AND SHELTERING SERVICES FOR FISCAL 2027.
AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $61,245 TO REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR CAPITAL CASES FOR FISCAL 2027 INTERLOCALLAL LOCATION.
AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $90,672.39 TO TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FOR THE ANNUAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF MUNIS FINANCIAL. AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $225,304.68 TO REYNOLDS ASPHALT AND CONSTRUCTION CO. FOR ASPHALT PROJECT FOR PRECINCT 1. AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $413,349.39 TO TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FOR THE ANNUAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF ENTERPRISE JUSTICE SOFTWARE-COURTS & JUSTICE. 8.7: AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $779,277.44 TAC HEALTH & EMPLOYEE BENEFITS POOL FOR OCTOBER 2026. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[9.1 Presentation on potential Grayson County Certificates of Obligation Series 2026. ]
ACTION ITEMS: 9.1.PRESENTATION ON POTENTIAL GRAYSON COUNTY CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2026. AND WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
SO, FIRST, LET ME JUST CHAT BRIEFLY ABOUT YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT. THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF DEBT OUTSTANDING. YOU'VE GOT THREE SERIES OF OBLIGATIONS ISSUED IN A 2018, '23, AND '25.
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AND YOU CAN SEE THE DEBT SERVICE THERE AT THE BOTTOM.BASICALLY LEVEL DEBT SERVICE TO 2031 AND THEN DROPS SLIGHTLY THROUGH 2033. COUNTY DOES HAVE RATINGS FROM BOTH S&P AND MOODY'S. THOSE ARE SHOWN THERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. VERY STRONG INVESTMENT RATINGS.
DOUBLE A AND DOUBLE A 2. IT'S CERTAINLY ATTESTS TO THE COUNTY'S EXCELLENT JOB OF MANAGING YOUR FINANCES AND DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THOSE STRONG INVESTMENT-GRADE RATINGS. WITH REGARD TO THE MARKET, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF TURBULENCE IN THE MARKET RECENTLY.
WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED RATES ACROSS THE BOARD BY ABOUT A HUNDRED BASIS POINTS OR A FULL 1% SINCE LAST SUMMER.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IRAN WAR, BUT ALSO FEARS OF CONTINUED INFLATION, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE ELECTION COMING UP THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER, WHICH IS ALSO CAUSING A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE KIND OF VERY LOW RATES WE HAD IN 2020, SAY, THROUGH '22, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MOVED UP PRETTY CONSIDERABLY SINCE THEN, AND WE'RE IN CERTAINLY A DIFFERENT RATE ENVIRONMENT. JUST THE LAST KIND OF SLIDE ON THIS. YOU CAN SEE THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE SHOWS THE RANGE OF RATES FROM BASICALLY A SHORT-TERM RATE OF A YEAR OUT THROUGH 30-YEAR MATURITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE VERTICAL BARS REPRESENT THE RANGE OF RATES SINCE 2000 FOR EACH OF THOSE MAT TURRETS, --OF THOSE MATURITIES.
WE'RE DEFINITELY WELL ABOVE AVERAGE RIGHT NOW, BUT NOT AT THE HIGH POINTS FOR EACH OF THOSE.
WE DID SEE THE FED INCREASE THE SHORT-TERM RATES BY 25 BASIS POINTS AT THEIR MEETING IN MID-SEPTEMBER, AND THE EXPECTATION IS THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER RATE INCREASE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY REALLY CONTROL IS THAT SHORT END OF THE YIELD CURVE, AND THEN THE MARKET IS CONTROLLING THE LONG END OF THE YIELD CURVE, BUT, AGAIN, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT -- BUT NOT AT THE HIGHEST.
SO, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS YOU HAVE A PROPOSITION -- OR A RECOMMENDATION, I'M SORRY, TO POST A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION UP TO 8.5 MILLION. WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS ACTUALLY 7.9 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP THERE, WHERE IT SAYS "PROJECT FUNDS." THAT'S THE LAST NUMBER WE HAD WORKING WITH OUR STAFF, THAT I KNOW IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET, BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THEN, $20 MILLION -- 20 BILLION, I'M SORRY, GOING TO 21 BILLION THIS YEAR FOR YOUR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION.
SO ABOUT AN INCREASE OF 5%. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING DEBT.
YOU DID PAY OFF THE LAST SERIES -- THE LAST MATURITY OF THE OBLIGATION THAT IS WERE PARTIALLY SUPPORTED BY TXDOT.
THOSE WERE PAID OFF EARLIER, SO NOW YOU ONLY HAVE THE THREE OUTSTANDING THAT I SHOWED YOU. AND YOU CAN SEE, WORKING YOUR WAY ACROSS, WE'RE SHOWING PRELIMINARY NUMBERS OF -- THIS SHOWS JUST OVER 5%, BUT IT HAD 25 BASIS POINTS OF CUSHION IN THERE. SO WE WOULD EXPECT ABOUT A 4.75 IF WE WERE TO DO THIS TODAY IN TERMS OF THE INTEREST RATE.
AND THEN MOVING AWAY -- ACROSS, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR TAX RATE LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT 1.8¢ FOR YOUR INS PORTION OR YOUR DEBT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, AND THEN IT WOULD BE A SLIGHT INCREASE, AROUND A THIRD OF A PENNY OR LESS, IF YOU ISSUED THIS DEBT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON KIND OF THE NUMBERS, HOW THAT SHAKES OUT? ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE SCHEDULE AND THE FINANCING TEAM? , SO HERE'S THE FINANCE TEAM.
AGAIN, WE'RE FINANCIAL ADVISOR GREGORY MILLER.
COST A IS YOUR BOND COUNSEL. WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF, WE HAD SELECTED RAYMOND JAMES AS THE UNDERWRITER FOR THE TRANSACTION.
THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH A NUMBER OF YOUR SALES PREVIOUSLY.
AND THEN BANK OF NEW YORK MELON IS YOUR PAYING AGENT.
WITH REGARD THE SCHEDULE: AGAIN, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY IS BASICALLY A RESOLUTION TO POST NOTICE OF YOUR INTENT TO ISSUE THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
TEXAS LAW REQUIRES THAT THAT BE POSTED AT LEAST 45 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE, AND THEN A -- AN EXACT COPY OF THE NOTICE BE POSTED BASICALLY TWO WEEKS -- I'M SORRY, ONE WEEK APART.
IN THIS CASE, WE'RE SHOWING THAT IT WOULD BE POSTED ON OCTOBER 17TH AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE POSTED ON -- OR
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PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 24TH. SO BESIDES POSTING IT IN A PRINTED PUBLICATION WITH BROAD CIRCULATION, IT'LL ALSO BE LISTED ON YOUR WEBSITE FOR THE 45-DAY PERIOD.SO WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TALKING TO THE RATING AGENCIES, GETTING YOUR RATINGS KIND OF UPDATED AND REAFFIRMED.
PREPARING AN OFFERING DOCUMENT, WHICH WE CALL THE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT, OR THE POS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY POSTING THAT OFFERING DOCUMENT AND PRICING THE CERTIFICATES ON MONDAY, THE 7TH OF DECEMBER, AND THEN BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COURT FOR APPROVAL ON DECEMBER 8TH AT YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING. AND THEN CLOSING ON DECEMBER 22ND. SO, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SCHEDULE, THE TEAM, THE NUMBERS AND SUCH THINGS?
>> CAN WE GET A COPY OF THIS SLIDE SOMEWHERE?
>> YEAH. >> THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING.
>> OR AT LEAST THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION, NOT JUST THIS
>> THANK YOU, DAVE. >> THANK YOU.
YOU WANTED TO COMMENT? >> HEY, GUYS.
JUST WANTED TO -- BRIAN WILSON. I SAW THIS TODAY AND I KNOW WE NEED LAND OR Y'ALL ARE GOING OUT TO PURCHASE LAND FOR A NEW JUSTICE CENTER. I GET THAT.
MY CONCERN AND ONE THING I WANTED TO KNOW IS THE DEGRADATION THAT'S GOING ON OVER THE YEARS THAT I'M SEEING, AND I MAY BE SEEING IT WRONG. I ADMIT THAT.
BUT BACK IN, YOU KNOW, 2020, SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME, WE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE 75 CORRIDOR. WE PAID IT OUT OF SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT FUNDS. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO OBLIGATE IT.
WE BUILT A JAIL, OR WE EXPANDED A JAIL.
WHICH NEEDED TO BE DONE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST TEN YEARS. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD AT THAT TIME. EVEN WHEN THE BONDS WERE APPROVED UNDER THE -- YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE CURRENT COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.
BUT THE BOND ONLY WENT FOR TEN YEARS.
THE DURATION WAS TEN YEARS, WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, ON THAT BOND, AND I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S TEN YEARS.
THIS BOND -- THIS CERTIFICATE, WHICH DOESN'T REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL AND ISN'T GOING TO THE VOTERS, UNLESS 5% OF THE VOTERS SIGN A PETITION AND FORCE IT, WHICH I DON'T THINK THAT'LL HAPPEN, IS USED FOR A MULTITUDE OF THINGS.
$8 MILLION. INCLUDING FINANCING A -- YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES, FIRE TRUCK OUT AT THE AIRPORT, AS WELL AS BUYING LAND, SITE PREPARATION.
JUST A WHOLE LITANY OF THINGS FOR 8.5.
BUT YOU CAN'T FINANCE -- WE CAN'T PAY THIS OUTTA BUDGET.
WE CAN'T PAY IT OUT OF SAVINGS. WE'VE GOT TO FINANCE IT FOR 20 YEARS, SO MY CONCERN IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FINANCES? BECAUSE WE KEEP GOING FROM WE CAN AFFORD STUFF TO, OKAY, WE NEED A TEN-YEAR LOAN FOR $40 MILLION, BUT NOW WE NEED A 20-YEAR LOAN FOR $8 MILLION. 7.9, I GUESS IT IS.
IS THE FINANCES ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS LONG-TERM? AND I KNOW IT LOOKS ON PAPER RIGHT NOW, BUT ISN'T THIS SOMETHING WE COULD JUST PAY AND GET IT OVER WITH? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A SURE DEAL. JUST BECAUSE YOU BUY LAND DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING ON THAT SITE.
MY UNDERSTANDING -- AND I WASN'T LIVING HERE AT THE TIME, BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S, THERE WAS A PROPOSED JAIL OUT ON 82. THEY HAD THE LAND PURCHASED.
IT WAS ALL DONE. THE OPPOSITION FROM THE CITIZENS WAS SO GREAT AT THAT TIME, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAD TO PULL IT AND SELL THE LAND. WELL, IS THERE ANY -- THE SITE WE HAVE CHOSEN, WHICH WOULD HE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS. IS THAT SITE GONNA BE OKAY WITH THE CITIZENS IN THAT AREA? IS THERE GONNA BE OPPOSITION? BECAUSE THIS IS A 20-YEAR LOAN. WE CAN'T JUST -- WE CAN'T JUST DO THIS THIS. WE CAN'T JUST PAY OFF THESE OFF, I DON'T THINK. THERE'S THERE'S A PAYOFF SCHEDULE TO PAY IT OFF EARLY. THESE BONDS WILL BE OUT THERE FOR 20 YEARS. WE'LL BE PAYING CON INTEREST.
SO MY CONCERN IS WHY CAN'T WE JUST BUY THE LAND.
THE FIRE TRUCK. IS THERE A BUDGET ISSUE GOING ON IN TERMS OF DO WE HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND $7 MILLION TO BUY 7500 ACRES OF LAND IN SHERMAN? WE HAVE TO GO FOR A 20-YEAR LOAN TO GET IT DONE? I MEAN, THAT'S MY CONCERN, IS WHERE IS -- OR WE -- BECAUSE WHEN WE BUILD THIS JAIL, THIS IS GONNA BE A WHOLE JUSTICE CENTER.
THE CURRENT JAIL, $40 MILLION, 25 MILLION BORROWED, I THINK; WHAT -- AROUND THAT NUMBERS. I CAN'T BE EXACT.
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BUT THEY ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THAT AND SAID WE WERE GOING TO GET A MUCH BIGGER JAIL AND A LOT MORE, SALLY PORTS AND ALL THIS STUFF IN THE JAIL. THAT ENDED UP BEING 70, $80 MILLION, SO THEY HAD TO CUT IT ALL BACK.DO WE KNOW WHAT THE PROPOSED JAIL COST OR AT LEAST ON ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT COST WILL BE IN THE FUTURE? WHICH IS ANOTHER DEBT OBLIGATION? ARE WE TALKING $200 MILLION? 170 MILLION? HOW MUCH IS THAT. AND WHEN WILL THAT START? WHEN WILL THAT CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION OR DEBT OBLIGATION COME INTO PLAY? , BECAUSE IF THE VOTERS TURN THAT DOWN, THIS IS A DONE DEAL. THANK YOU, JUDGE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR WANTING TO SPEAK ON THIS? OKAY. AS FAR AS THE BACKDOWN OF WHAT IT IS, THE LAND PURCHASE IS 4.75.
WE'VE GOT SOME PIPELINE RELOCATION STUFF THAT WILL NEED TO BE DONE. SOME BRUSH REMOVAL.
FEASIBILITY STUDY. MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT THINGS WHERE THEY'LL BE FOR LONG-TERM. PLUS RELOCATION OF OF THE MAINTAIN BUILDING, THAT WE'RE KIND OF ON A LIMITED TIMEFRAME WHEN IT COMES TO HOW LONG WE CAN UTILIZE THE CURRENT SPACE.
AND THEN THE ARV TRUCK, WHICH THE LAST ONE WE PURCHASED, WE'VE HAD FOR, I THINK, 12, 15 YEARS...?
SO... >> GENE BOUGHT -- BOUGHT WHEN GENE WAS HERE. SO IT'S A LONG TIME.
>> CLOSE TO 20 YEARS. 25 YEARS.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE TOTAL MAXIMUM OF 8.1 TO, TO BE DETERMINED BEFORE THE FINAL DEBT ISSUANCE. AND THAT WAS IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS TODAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE DO NEED TO?
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT, BRINGS US TO 9.2.
DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON -- TO APPROVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE GRAYSON COUNTY CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2006.
6 -- 2026. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO
>> GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HARDENBURG.
[9.3 Discuss and take action to convert part time Animal Control officer to full time and approve the related fiscal 2027 salary order amendment and budget transfers. ]
MOTION CARRIES. 9.3.DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDER 2026-034 AUTHORIZING THE DISPOSITION AND TRANSFER OF SURPLUS RADIO
-- >> THIS IS JUST A REQUEST FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MOVE A PART-TIME ANIMAL SERVICE OFFICER TO A FULL-TIME ANIMAL SERVICE OFFICER . I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE VERY AWARE OF THE ANIMAL CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE OUT IN THE INCORPORATED AREA. AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW, ESPECIALLY IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, WE WILL SEE A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN SERVICES NEEDED FROM O OUR ANIML CONTROL DIVISION. SO WE'RE HERE TO ASK THAT.
I KNOW WE HAVE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT MANAGER, GREG WILLIS, FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES, AS WELL AS OTHER DIVISIONS, AS WELL AS BETH FORTINER. WHO IS OUR CURRENT ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. AND I KNOW EVERY DAY, THEY CONTEND WITH CALLS AND YOU AS COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE CONTEND WITH, I WOULD SAY, IRRESPONSIBLE ANIMAL OWNERS.
THEY NEED TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE.
THEY ALLOW THEIR ANIMALS TO ROAM AT LARGE.
THIS BECOMES A CONCERN. CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS FOR THOSE NOT WANTING TO HARM THE ANIMAL, AND IT CAN ALSO CAUSE CONCERNS WHENEWHENEVER THEY'RE ROAMING AT LARGE AND INDIVIDUALS WANT TO GET OUT AND WALK AND LIVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE COURT CONSIDER THIS.
SUZETTE SMITH HAS HELPED US, AS WELL AS THE COMMISSIONER HERE TODAY. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED THE CALLS. TO FIND THE MONEY TO REALLOCATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS SERVICE CAN BE PROVIDED.
ANIMAL CONTROL EVERY DAY GETS CALLS.
I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE MAYBE CALLED AS WELL ON DIFFERENT ITEMS AND DIFFERENT ANIMALS ROAMING AT LARGE, BUT THIS THEY CONTENDED WITH WITHIN THE LAST TEN MONTHS, 2,260 CALLS AND 285 ANIMALS IMPOUNDED. AND THIS IS JUST FOR A YEAR.
IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD THE SAME NUMBER OF CALLS.
WE CONTINUE TO GET CALLS, BUT WE'RE ASKING AT THIS TIME IF THE COURT WOULD CONSIDER THE PART-TIME CONVERSION TO A FULL-TIME CONVERSION. WE HAVE THE -- WE HAVE THE NEED.
AND I THINK THAT THIS WOULD HELP ADDRESS MANY OF THE PUBLIC'S CONCERNS REGARDING ANIMAL CONTROL MATTERS.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN -- Y'ALL HAVE HAD AN ISSUE ON THE WEST SIDE.
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POTTSBORO HAS BEEN HELPING US OUT WITH THAT.AND OUT IN THE LUELLA AREA, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO DO, ESPECIALLY FOR THE COUNTY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT QUESTION.
>> SECOND. >> A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARR. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
COMMENT? >> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU
>> APPRECIATE IT. >> I KNOW APPRECIATE WORKING WITH POTTSBORO AND SHERMAN AND APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL DO.
>> I'M JUST GLAD TO KNOW JEFF STILL EXISTS.
>> JEFF'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE. I'LL GIVE HIM THAT.
JEFF, OF COURSE, I'LL BE CALLING HIM AT NIGHT AT HOME.
JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THIS SUBJECT...
MY LAST TWO EMAILS CONSIDERING ANIMALS -- THE LAST ONE WAS AFTER 9:00 LAST NIGHT. TURNED THAT CALL FIRST THING THIS MORNING. THEY PICKED UP EIGHT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE ROAD. THEY SAY THERE'S 11 OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW. >> WITH REWITH RETALKING ABOUT N
BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY WITH 2,000 CALLS, THAT'S NOT A ONE-PERSON JOB AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THEY'RE RESPONDING LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT, BUT WITH ONE AND A PART-TIME, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ANSWER CALLS IN A PROMPT FASHION, BECAUSE THEY GO ALL OVER THIS THOUSAND SQUARE MILE COUNTY, AND I APPRECIATE 'EM VERY MUCH.
>> JEFF WILL EVEN ANSWER WHEN HE'S GOT THE DENTIST.
>> HE SURE WILL. HE SURE WILL.
I THINK THE HARDEST THING FOR THEM IS HAVING THE CAPACITY TO TAKE IN. THE WAY THEY'VE DONE OVER 250 ANIMALS, BUT I'M SURE THAT NUMBER COULD BE WELL OVER 300 OR 400, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE THEM, AND THAT BECOMES A BIGGER TAX STRAIN ON THE TAXPAYERS OF THE COUNTY, TRYING TO GET THAT SITUATION HANDLED, SO I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. APPRECIATE THAT.
>> WE DID HAVE OVER 300, DIDN'T WE?
>> YES. WE'RE ACTIVELY COLLECTING, AND THERE'S INDIVIDUALS THAT SOMETIMES COLLECT A LOT OF ANIMALS. THEY THINK THEY'RE HELPING THE ANIMALS, AND TO AN EXTENT, THEY ARE, BUT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PROBABLY CARE FOR THEM.
THAT THEY'RE FED AND HOUSED. SO WHENEVER ANIMAL CONTROL GETS INVOLVED, IT'S A MATTER OF HEART, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, ANIMAL CONTROL WANTS TO MAKE SURE THE ANIMAL IS CARED FOR, AND PROPERLY CARED FOR, SO... AND TRYING TO, AGAIN, ENSURE THAT THESE ANIMALS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND RESPONDED AND PEOPLE CAN GO OUT AND NOT HAVE TO FEAR ANIMALS RUNNING UP TO THEM AND -- IT'S A SCARY SITUATION FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL OWNERS, AND OUR ANIMAL CONTROL CENTRES HELP TO DO THAT.
>> I WANT TO TELL THANKS TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TOO.
I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF UNDER Y'ALL'S SUPERVISION A LITTLE BIT, AND I THINK TO THANK Y'ALL FOR TRYING TO ASSIST AND GET THIS SITUATION UNDER CONTROL A LITTLE BIT.
[9.4 Discuss and take action to approve agreement between Grayson County and Permitium for their Vital Director online software for requesting copies of vital records through the County Clerk's Office.]
>> IT'S CERTAINLY TEAMWORK. >> YES, IT IS.
THANK YOU, ALL. >> SO THAT MOTION CARRIED.
9.4. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GRAYSON COUNTY FOR THE VITAL DIRECTOR ONLINE SOFTWARE FOR RESPECTING COPIES OF VITAL RECORDS THROUGH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THIS AGREEMENT FOR -- BETWEEN OUR OFFICE AND THE COUNTY AND PERMPERMIDIUUM.
RIGHT NOW, ANYONE SOMEONE WANTS TO REQUEST DOCUMENTS AND THEY CAN'T COME TO THE COURTHOUSE, IT'S A HELD BY MAIL PROCESS, WHICH IS LENGTHY AND ENCUMBERED -- CUMBERSOME, AND THIS ACTUALLY IS A PROGRAM THAT'S WORKING WELL CURRENTLY MANY IN COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WHERE THEERAND CAN THE CN ACTUALLY UPLOAD THEIR DEED INTO A SECURED AREA.
WE GET THE INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY.
IT'LL SAVE AT LEAST HALF THE TIME.
>> GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> CARRIES. >> AND WASN'T THERE A PROGRAM A YEAR OR SO AGO THAT WE DID THAT KIND OF GOT US BEFORE THIS -- THIS KIND OF SECOND ITERATION, RIGHT?
>> THIS WAS THE FIRST ITERATION, THAT WE CANCELED, FOR ANOTHER ITERATION WITH THE CURRENT VENDOR THAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING
TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS. >> OKAY.
>> AND THEY HAVEN'T. >> THIS COMPLETES THAT CIRCLE.
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>> THIS COMPLETES THE -- WE CANCELED -- YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HERE. WE CANCELED THE OTHER CONTRACT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THE -- PERMIDIUM IS READY TO GET US TESTED, TRAINED. SO IT WON'T BE TOO LONG.
[9.5 Discuss and take action to approve Order 2026-034 authorizing the disposition and transfer of surplus radio equipment to Fannin County for public safety purposes. ]
>> NOT A YEAR THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU.
DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE DISPOSITION AND TRANSFER OF SURPLUS RADIO EQUIPMENT TO FANNING COUNTY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES.
I'M ASSUMING THIS IS SURPLUS AGENCIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT FROM ONE AGENCY TO ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY?
>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINAL GROUPS
WE WERE ABLE TO GET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS COVERED?
>> SWITCHED THEM. ENTERTAIN A MOTION?
>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MARR. ALL IN FAVOR?
[9.6 Discuss and take action on request for approval for the Grayson County Sheriff's Office to transfer portable and mobile radios to the Grayson County Fire Marshal's Office. ]
ANY OPPOSED. CARRIES.9.6. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON REQUEST FOR APPROVAL FOR THE GRAYSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO TRANSFER PORTABLE AND MOBILE RADIOS TO THE GRAYSON COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. SAME THING, SECOND VERSE? HELPING OUT THE VOLUNTEERS AND MODERN MOBILE HANDHELDS ARE UP TO 8, 9 GRAND NOW. IF WE CAN SUPPORT THEM BY GIVING THEM SOME OF OUR SURPLUS, THAT'S GREAT.
SAVES 'EM MONEY. >> THAT TAKES CARE OF EVERYBODY HERE THAT NEEDS IT IN THE COUNTY? I KNOW WE'VE JUST STUFF TO FANNIN COUNTY.
CORRECT? AT LEAST THE ONES THAT WANTED IT. I KNOW SOME OF 'EM MIGHT BE A LITTLE STUBBORN OUT THERE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARR.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR?
[9.7 Discuss and take action on the Final Plat Sunset Ranch Phase 2B in Precinct 1. ]
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.9.7. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE FINAL PLAT SUNSET RANCH PHASE 2B IN PRECINCT 1.
>> THE ENGINEERING PLANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
THE ROADS WILL BE MAINTAINED BY SUNSET RANCH MUD UTILITY DISTRICT, AND ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR FINAL PLAT APPROVAL HAVE
BEEN ESTATED. >> JUST ANOTHER PHASE WITHIN A -- I THINK A FIVE-PHASE DEVELOPMENT HERE, SO...
>> YEAH. >> THE APPROVALS ARE GETTING A LITTLE QUICKER. I THINK THEY'RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, BUT STILL DON'T HAVE ROADS ON THE OUTSIDE DONE, SO... MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
>> SECOND. >> A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER
>> I'M SORRY. BY COMMISSIONER MARR.
[9.8 Discuss and take action on the Short Plat Duran Meadows in Precinct 2. ]
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? CARRIES.DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE SHORT PLAT DURAN MEADOWS IN
PRECINCT 2. >> -- WISHES TO SUBDIVIDE INTO
FIVE RESIDENTIAL LOTS. >> APPROVE.
[9.9 Discuss and take action to approve the Short Plat T and L Addition in Precinct 3. ]
ANY OPPOSED? 9.9.DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SHORT PLAT T AND L
ADDITION IN PRECINCT 3. >> THIS PROPERTY OWNER ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF SPRING CREEK ROAD WISHES TO SUBDIVIDE INTO
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MARR.
[9.10 Discuss and take action on the Replat Wynstone Addition, Lot 32R, Block A in Precinct 4. ]
MOTION CARRIES. 9.10.DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE REPLAT WYNSTONE ADDITION, LOT 32R, BLOCK A IN PRECINCT 4.
>> THIS PROPERTY OWNER OF A 1.1-ACRE TRACT ON THE NORTHWEST SITE OF SOUTH OBSE OAK, MONT COT WISHES TO REPLAT TWO LOTS INTO
MOTION CARRIES. >> WE GOT A WHOLE GAMUT TODAY.
EVERY PRECINCTS. >> EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE.
[10. Commissioners Court Comments ]
>> WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONERS COURT COMMENTS.
THAT WAY, EVERYBODY CAN HEAD OUT.
WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER HARDENBURG.
NUMBERS MOVING UP SLOWLY BY SURELY.
NOTICED COOKE COUNTY TOOK THEIR BURN BAN OFF LAST WEEK AS WELL, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME MORE RAIN TOMORROW AND THURSDAY.
JUST WATCH OUT FOR OUR GUYS. THEY'RE OUT CHIP STONING SOME ROADS TODAY. JUST BE CAREFUL.
THAT'S ALL I GOT. >> COMMISSIONER ARTHUR?
>> SINCE COMMISSIONER WHEAT IS IN THE ROOM.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CALLED IN TO CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BURN THIS WEEK, THAT WE'VE LIFTED THE FIRE BAN, BASICALLY?
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DO YOU KNOW, JOHN? BECAUSE I HAD LA HEARD SOME HUGE NUMBERS. PEOPLE WERE DESPERATE TO GET RIDOF SOME THINGS. >> DURING THAT PERIOD, WE HAD -- THE WIN WAS OUR FRIEND, SO WE HAD OVER 400 --
>> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. >> CONTROLLED BURNS DURING THE WEEK. AND ONLY THREE GOT OUT OF
CONTROL THAT I'M AWARE OF. >> APPRECIATE YOU.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN HECTIC. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE EFFORTS IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE MADE A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN OUR ANIMAL CONTROL SITUATION.
IT'S PAYING OFF ALREADY. THAT EMAIL -- I DIDN'T FINISH THAT. IT WAS VERY POSITIVE IN THE FACT THAT THEY HAD NEVER GOT THAT KIND OF SERVICE AND THEY WERE THRILLED TO DEATH WITH WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY COULD DO, KEEP THE SAME PEOPLE FROM PICKING UP A WHOLE BUNCH MORE STRAY DOGS AND TURNING 'EM LOSE, AND THERE'S NOT NOTHING.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. >> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. THANK YOU TO ALL THE EFFORTS FIND ANIMAL CONTROL. I KNOW WE WORK WITH POTTSBORO TO FIND SOME RELIEF. I WILL COMPLETELY ADMIT AS A NEW COMMISSIONER THAT CAME IN LAST SPRING, I TOTALLY UNDERESTIMATED THIS SITUATION. MY PHONE QUICKLY TOLD ME OTHERWISE, AND YOU GUYS BROUGHT MY ONBOARD, AND THAT WAS ONE THING I DID NOT HAVE -- IN MY MIND AS A NEW COMMISSIONER.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO CLARIFY: THAT TYLER TECHNOLOGIES IS -- WE WORK WITH THEM AS A COUNTY. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES HIRE AND USE.
SO IF A CITY HIRES TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, THAT IS ON THEM.
THAT IS NOT BECAUSE OF US. >> OKAY.
WELL, THANKS FOR THAT INFO. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
JUST TO CLARIFY. >> I SENSE A STORY THERE.
>> YES, SIR. >> WANNA ELABORATE? OKAY.
>> COMMISSIONER MARR? >> AGAIN, ANIMAL CONTROL, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I KNOW -- I THINK ME AND COMMISSIONER ARTHUR ARE PROBABLY IN THE SAME REALM OF THE CALLS THAT WE'RE GETTING. I KNOW IT'S BECOME -- HAD BECOME A BAD -- PROBABLY STILL IS A BAD SAFETY ISSUE.
I KNOW NEIGHBORS ARE NOW HAVING TO WALK OUT WITH THEIR GUNS BECAUSE OF FEAR OF BEING ATTACKED BY THE DOGS.
THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM, THEY'VE BECOME PACK DOGS AND WILL ATTACK STUFF. AND IT'S NOT ON A FARM, 10 ACRES, THIS IS INSIDE THE A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE COUNTY.
CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND COMMISSIONER, JUST TO KIND OF CONFIRM: EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A BURN BAN IN PLACE, STILL, WHEN THE WINDS GET ABOVE 20M/HR, THAT'S A NO BURN DAY, BECAUSE THE WINDS ARE TOO MUCH.
SO THAT COULD -- YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH -- YOU GOT THE GREEN LIGHT, IT COULD TURN RED QUICKLY BECAUSE THE WINDS ARE TOO HIGH, SO... LASTLY, EARLY VOTING STARTS MONDAY. SO GET READY FOR THAT.
ANOTHER ROUND OF VOTING. IT WILL LAST FROM OCTOBER 9TH TO THE 30TH, AND ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 3RD, SO...
>> THREE MORE WEEKS OF POLITICAL ADS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> GET YOUR TEMPER TEXT MESSAGER TV COMMERCIALS.
>> YEAH. APPRECIATE EVERYBODY.
APPRECIATE AMANDA AND JEFF AND ANIMAL CONTROL, ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THE COORDINATION YOU ALL PUT TOTAL.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING. IF IT GOES IGNORED, IT CAN GET OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY AND BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD, SO I THINK -- THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
APPRECIATE DAVE. I THINK HE'S ALREADY GONE, FOR HIS PRESENTATION TODAY. AND ALL THAT.
MR. WILSON, AS ALWAYS, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND WITH THAT, HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME GOOD RAIN AND NOT SEVERE WEATHER, SO... EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
[9.11 Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.072 Commissioners Court reserves the right to meet in executive session to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property. ]
9.11. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION, COMMISSIONERS COURT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.>> MAKE I MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
>> SECOND. >> GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARR. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARTHUR.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:34. WE'LL NEED OUR
[9.12 Consider and take possible action on items discussed in executive session. ]
>> OKAY. WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 11:13. 9.1.2.
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
THERE, WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 11:13. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.