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          WE DOING? HEY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. LET ME CALL TO ORDER LUBBOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE ARE SITTING IN REGULAR SESSION TODAY. IT IS MONDAY. IT IS SEPTEMBER 21ST IN 
          [Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance by Jordan Rackler.]
THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2026. IT IS 10:00 AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT IS PRESENT. AT THIS TIME. I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE RISE TO JOIN COMMISSIONER JORDAN MACKLER AND OUR INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL RAIN. WE NEED MORE. WE PRAY FOR WISDOM IN THIS COURT. WE PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN MILITARY AND OUR EMPLOYEES OF LUBBOCK COUNTY. 
          YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 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 AND ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN FOR 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS. ARE ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COURT DURING THIS COMMENT SECTION IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER YOUR NAME ON THE CLERK'S REGISTRY PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. SPEAKERS MAY ONLY ADDRESS ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES MAXIMUM. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE SPEAKERS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE SAME ITEM, THE COURT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE SPEAKERS. THE COURT CANNOT DELIBERATE OR ACT ON ANY MATTERS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. SUSAN PEREZ. THIS IS WHERE I STAND. YES, MA'AM. IN THE MIX ON MY MIC IS ON YOUR FLOOR. I KNOW YOU ALL WORK HARD AND YOU STATE YOUR NAME. THANK YOU. SUSAN PETTIS. I KNOW YOU ALL WORK VERY HARD AND YOU'RE VERY DEDICATED, DOING A GOOD JOB. BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAKE $90,000. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE OF WHAT THE PEOPLE IN LUBBOCK MAKE AS A MEDIAN SALARY. 
          I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MARK MURO WAS BEING PAID ANYTHING WHEN HE WAS NOT WORKING FOR LUBBOCK. LET'S SAY THAT THE COURT CASE WAS WON ON OCTOBER 13TH. WOULD HE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE $60,000 HE WAS BEING PAID, EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T A COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND HE WASN'T WORKING FOR LUBBOCK? ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC, I DON'T AGREE WITH CURTIS PARRISH. IF THIS IS TRUE, I CAN'T SAY THAT I'VE INVESTIGATED PERSONALLY DONATING HIS SALARY TO EMPLOYEES. HOW DO YOU PICK WHO GETS THE SALARY? IS THAT LIKE BUYING FAVORITISM, GETTING VOTES? I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN LASTLY, IS THIS LAWSUIT COSTING THE COUNTY AND TAXPAYERS ANYTHING? AND WHAT'S IT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH IF MARK MUIR WINS ON OCTOBER 13TH? THERE'S ALREADY SOMEBODY ELECTED THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT PLACE ON JANUARY 1ST. AND ALSO, I THINK JASON CORLEY SHOULD BE REIMBURSED THE $25,000 OR WHATEVER HE HAD TO SPEND TO KEEP HIS SEAT ON THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT. THANK YOU. 
          GARRETT. I HAD TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME. CARMOUCHE. CARMOUCHE, CARMOUCHE. MY NAME IS GARRETT CARMOUCHE. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM FIVE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. I BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE A TEXAS RANGERS INVESTIGATION INTO MR. MUIR'S SALARY, AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS APPARENT PAYROLL FRAUD MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU. YES. DONITA. CLERK. MARK. 
          I'M IN QUESTION ABOUT THE THE REASON WHY JASON AND MARK ARE BOTH BEING PAID FOR THE SAME COUNTY POSITION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT SETTLEMENT HAD ALREADY BEEN REACHED WHEN MARK AGREED TO RETURN THE $7,500 A MONTH THAT HE HAD BEEN PAID. I THINK THAT WE NEED A TEXAS RANGERS INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU. 
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GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS FROSTY POSTON. I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA NUMBER FIVE. THERE MUST BE AN INVESTIGATION. SO THE TRUTH WITH A CAPITAL T WILL FINALLY BE REVEALED. PUBLIC TRUST MUST BE RESTORED IN LUBBOCK COUNTY AND IN. IN TEXAS AND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. CINDY ACUFF. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CINDY ACUFF AND I AM A RESIDENT AND TAXPAYER OF LUBBOCK COUNTY. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM FIVE. FOR MONTHS, THIS COUNTY PAID TWO MEN THE SALARY OF ONE PRECINCT TWO COMMISSIONER WHILE ONLY ONE WAS DOING THE JOB. ROUGHLY $70,000. SOURCES INDICATE THAT THE PAPERWORK TO REMOVE MR. MUIR FROM THE COUNTY PAYROLL WAS PREPARED, BUT LEFT UNSIGNED AND ON YOUR DESK. 
          TAXPAYERS FUNDED TWO PAYCHECKS FOR A SINGLE ELECTED OFFICE. THIS WASN'T JUST AN OVERSIGHT OR AN ACCIDENT. THIS WAS A CONSCIOUS, DELIBERATE DECISION BY YOU REGARDING MY MONEY. OUR MONEY. THE CITIZENS OF LUBBOCK COUNTY DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AND AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER. TWO YEARS AGO, I STOOD BEFORE THIS COURT WEARING THIS SAME SHIRT. AFTER OUR COUNTY JUDGE CALLED ME AND TWO FAMILY MEMBERS. CRAZY KOOKS, BECAUSE WE SUPPORTED COMMISSIONERS JORDAN AND RATCLIFFE. I TOLD YOU BACK THEN THAT WE WOULD BE WATCHING YOU. AND BECAUSE WE ARE YOUR BOSSES AND YOU WORK FOR US, THE TAXPAYERS. LOOK WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. AND YOU THINK WE ARE THE CRAZY KOOKS? I URGE THIS COURT TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. AND I ALSO URGE YOU, JUDGE PARRISH, TO STEP DOWN FROM YOUR JOB AS JUDGE AND PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE TO THE TAXPAYERS AS YOU KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING. YOU SAID NOTHING. YOU DID NOTHING. THE BUCK STOPS WITH YOU, JUDGE. DO THE RIGHT THING IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU DON'T, TODAY WILL BE A SAD, SAD DAY IN LUBBOCK COUNTY. THANK YOU. 
          JORDAN. KIRK. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JORDAN. KIRK. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM FIVE. LAST NOVEMBER, WHEN COMMISSIONER CAWLEY WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE, I THINK IT SEEMED THAT EVERYTHING HAD PLAYED OUT. IT HAD RUN ITS COURSE APPROPRIATELY WHEN HE WAS REINSTATED. BUT AS WE RECENTLY FOUND OUT, MARK MUIR WAS CONTINUED TO BE PAID. AND I THINK IF HE HAD NOT SET ASIDE THAT MONEY, INTENDING TO PAY IT BACK BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T BE TAKING IT. THEN WE WOULD BE GUILTY OF DEFRAUDING. IF HE HAD ALREADY SPENT THAT MONEY, THE COUNTY AND THE TAXPAYERS. WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT WHEN MARK REACHED OUT TO YOU, JUDGE, AND ASKED YOU, ACCORDING TO HIS TESTIMONY, THAT MAYBE I SHOULD STOP BEING PAID. I'M NOT DOING THIS JOB. YOU REPORTEDLY TOLD HIM TO CONTINUE TO TAKE IT. I THINK THE CONCERN HERE IS THAT THIS IS EITHER AN AGGRESSIVE ARROGANCE OR BORDERING ON INCOMPETENCE, OR SOMETHING THAT WE AREN'T AWARE OF. AND SO I CALL ALONG WITH EVERYBODY WHO'S WHO'S ALREADY TESTIFIED FOR THIS INVESTIGATION AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. NOW, JUDGE, IS IS A TITLE THAT YOU'VE EARNED AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, AND IT IS ONE OF RESPECT, AND I THINK THAT IT CAN STILL BE, BUT IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND IT IS EARNED. AND I THINK AN INVESTIGATION WOULD RESTORE THAT RESPECT TO YOU. JUDGE. OTHERWISE. THAT TITLE RINGS HOLLOW. THANK YOU. SHANE. 
          SPENCER. GOOD MORNING, DISTINGUISHED COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. MY NAME IS SHANE SPENCER. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THERE'S THE GOINGS ON HERE. AT THE VERY LEAST, SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT OF A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS, WHICH IS, AGAIN, NOT 
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LEGAL HERE IN TEXAS. AND IT COULD BE FAR WORSE THAN THAT. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE AS CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY IS TO SEE THE TEXAS RANGERS COME AND INVESTIGATE THIS TO ITS FINAL, FULL CONCLUSION. SO THAT THERE IS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY AND TO THE LACK OF BIAS THAT WOULD BE INHERENT WITH A THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATOR. SO THAT'S MY $0.02. I'D LIKE YOU. I'D URGE YOU STRONGLY TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. SUSAN ROWLEY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JUDGE SUSAN ROWLEY. I'M THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR PRECINCT TWO. SO SINCE THIS EVENT HAPPENED ABOUT PRECINCT TWO, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN MAYBE SOME OTHER PEOPLE. THE DAY THAT EVERYONE WAS SHOCKED WITH THE FIRING OF MR. SORRY. COMMISSIONER CORLEY. I HAD ALREADY SPOKE WITH JUDGE PARRISH SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THAT CORLEY WAS NOT FIT FOR THE JOB BECAUSE HE'D ALREADY STARTED HIS CAMPAIGNING AND HE WAS GOING TO TRY AND DO SOME RESEARCH AND GET THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INVOLVED. BUT THEN WEEKS AND WEEKS WENT BY AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE HE'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. WELL, THEN THE WHEN THE SHOCK DAY CAME, JUDGE PARRISH ALREADY HAD, HE ALREADY KNEW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO SAY. HE ALREADY HAD THE PAPERWORK PLANNED TO GET RID OF CALLIE. CALLIE WAS ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING. 
          MR. MUIR WAS ALREADY HAND-PICKED AT THE TIME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO. TO MAKE YOU REMEMBER THAT I RAN AGAINST MR. MUIR IN 2018, AND HE LOST HANDILY. SO JP TWO HAD ALREADY SAID WE DON'T WANT HIM. SO HE WAS HAND-PICKED BY JUDGE PARRISH. AND MR. MUIR IS A HIGH DONOR INTO MR. PERK OR JUDGE PARRISH'S CAMPAIGN. I ALSO KNOW THAT THAT NOT ONLY DID MR. MUIR HAVE THE SALARY, BUT HE WAS PAYING, BUT I ASSUME HE HAD THE HEALTH INSURANCE, AND I KNOW THAT HE HAD SOME VERY BIG HEALTH MATTERS THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF OUR HEALTH INSURANCE ALSO WAS USED FOR MR. MUIR'S BENEFIT WHILE HE WASN'T WORKING FOR THE COUNTY. SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY QUESTIONS INVOLVING THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC 
          [1.00 26-0753 Discuss, consider and/or take action to approve food purchases for the two-day Texas Jail Association Programs and Re-Entry Collaboration training event with a county purchasing card for FY 2027.]
COMMENT SECTION. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND OR TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE FOOD PURCHASES FOR THE TWO DAY TEXAS JAIL ASSOCIATION PROGRAMS AND REENTRY COLLABORATION TRAINING EVENT WITH THE COUNTY PURCHASE CARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS SALOME LOPEZ AND I AM THE CAPTAIN OVER PROGRAMS AT THE LUBBOCK COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. WE ARE HOSTING A TWO DAY PROGRAMS COLLABORATION EVENT. WE HAVE SEVEN OTHER COUNTIES AND TWO UNIVERSITIES THAT ARE COMING UP FOR THIS COLLABORATION TO SHOWCASE OUR REHABILITATION PROGRAMS THAT LCDC HIGHLIGHT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND PRESENT EVIDENCE BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMING. SO IT'S ALL FOCUSED ON PROGRAMS AND REHABILITATION FOR THE INMATES AND SEEING HOW WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AND NOT HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL IN SOME CASES, OR SEE WHAT OTHER JAILS ARE DOING. AND SO RIGHT NOW, I HAVE ABOUT 22 PEOPLE COMING FROM, LIKE I SAID, OTHER OTHER AGENCIES AND ALSO THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, WHOM WE'VE BEEN DOING A PARTNERSHIP STUDY WITH. AND SO I WAS ASKING THE COURT IF I COULD BE GRANTED SOME MONEY TO PROVIDE LUNCH FOR THESE TWO DAYS, OCTOBER 7TH AND OCTOBER 8TH AND $750 WILL COVER IT. YES, SIR. FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHAW. TO APPROVE THE FOOD PURCHASES FOR THE TWO DAY TEXAS JAIL ASSOCIATION PROGRAM AND REENTRY COLLABORATION TRAINING EVENT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND? THAT'S 30 ON THE BACKUP. YEAH, 30 2022 SIGNED UP. AND THEN WHEN YOU INCLUDE OUR PROGRAM STAFF, IT'S ABOUT 3030, FOLKS. OKAY, I GOT YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          [2.00 26-0749 Discuss, consider and/or take action to authorize the County Judge to sign the first lease extension renewal agreement with Regional Public Defender Office Local Government Corporation for the lease of office space at 916 Main Street, Suite 900, Lubbock, Texas]
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TWO. DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND OR TAKE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE 
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COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE FIRST LEASE EXTENSION RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH THE REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION FOR THE LEASE OF OFFICE SPACE AT 916 MAIN STREET, SUITE 900. MR. GREEN, DO YOU DO YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD TO THAT, OR IS THIS JUST THE STANDARD? STANDARD. OKAY. SO MOVE. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DALBY TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE FIRST LEASE EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH PDO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM THREE IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND OR 
          [3.00 26-0751 Discuss, consider and/or take action to authorize the County Judge to sign the third renewal option with Forensic Pathology Services, LLC DBA Forensic Pathology Staffing for Professional Forensic Pathology Services.]
TAKE ACTION. AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE THIRD RENEWAL OPTION WITH FORENSIC PATHOLOGY SERVICES, LLC. DOING BUSINESS AS FORENSIC PATHOLOGY STAFFING FOR PROFESSIONAL FORENSIC PATHOLOGY SERVICES. GOOD MORNING, MR. TREVINO TREVINO WITH THE OFFICE. WE PRESENT THE THIRD RENEWAL FOR POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION SERVICES WITH PH. S AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RATCLIFFE TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE THIRD RENEWAL OPTION WITH PHS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          [4.00 26-0752 Discuss, consider and/or take action to approve Utility Permit #26-118 and authorize the County Judge to sign the resolution to allow Segra to install approximately 285 feet of aerial fiber optic cable on the 8300 block of CR 7000 in Precinct 1.]
THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND OR TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE UTILITY PERMIT 26-118 AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE RESOLUTION TO ALLOW SEGRA TO INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 285FT OF AERIAL FIBER OPTIC CABLE ON THE 8300 BLOCK OF COUNTY ROAD 7000 IN PRECINCT ONE, JUDGE MR. MOORE SAID HE HAD A MEETING THAT WOULD TIE HIM UP, BUT HE CALLED ME EARLY THIS MORNING. I WAS IN THE OFFICE AND HE SAID, EVERYTHING IS GOOD. WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON IT. MOVE TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DALBY, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RATCLIFFE TO APPROVE THE UTILITY PERMIT, 26.118. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? MOTION 
          [5.00 26-0756 Discuss, consider and/or take action to sign a resolution supporting the Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney’s request that the Texas Rangers Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety conduct an independent investigation into apparent payroll irregularities involving Lubbock County.]
CARRIES. ITEM FIVE IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND OR TAKE ACTION TO SIGN A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE LUBBOCK COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REQUEST. THAT THE TEXAS RANGERS DIVISION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE APPARENT PAYROLL IRREGULARITIES INVOLVING LUBBOCK COUNTY. 
          SUNSHINE STANEK, THE LUBBOCK COUNTY DA. I FIND THIS RESOLUTION TO BE BOTH UNNECESSARY AND NEITHER PERSUASIVE NOR LEGALLY BINDING ON MY OFFICE. THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER SINCE IT CAME TO LIGHT OVER A WEEK AGO, PROBABLY CLOSER TO TWO AT THIS POINT IN TIME. BUT NONE OF YOU, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONER DALBY, MADE ANY EFFORT TO TRY AND CONTACT ME AND ASK ME ABOUT THAT. AND SO HERE WE ARE HAVING TO PASS MAYBE A RESOLUTION TO GET ME TO DO SOMETHING THAT I'M ALREADY DOING. WE ARE PURSUING AN INVESTIGATION THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE MEANS, BE IT THE RANGERS OR OTHERWISE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AND BECAUSE THIS IS A PENDING AND ONGOING INVESTIGATION, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE INVESTIGATION UNTIL IT'S RESOLVED. THANK YOU. JUDGE. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL FOR THE RESOLUTION. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORLEY. I DO HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RECHLER. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES. THERE IS A DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. SUNSHINE, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP. I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS HERE. THERE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS LEGAL AND WHAT IS ETHICAL. WE, THIS COURT, ARE NOT HERE TO DECIDE OR DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN THOSE THOSE TWO. IN REGARDS TO THE PAYMENTS TO MR. MUIR. 
          HOWEVER, WE MUST BE COMMITTED AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TAXPAYERS OF LUBBOCK COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE IS THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC TRUST. NOTHING IS MORE SACRED THAN THAT. THE GOOD PEOPLE OF LUBBOCK COUNTY TRUST US TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY WE TAKE FROM THEM. AND YES, WE DO TAKE IT FROM THEM, IS SPENT IN A MINDFUL, PRUDENT AND TRANSPARENT MANNER. THERE HAS BEEN A WILLFUL VIOLATION OF TRUST BY THIS COURT. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SIT HERE TODAY AND SAY THAT THESE PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN IN THE BEST INTEREST 
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OF LUBBOCK COUNTY. THEY WOULD APPEAR TO BE IN THE INTEREST OF FEW. WHILE THIS DECISION WAS MADE BY ONE PERSON, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COURT TO TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP AS ONE BODY, AS A TEAM AND LEAD LUBBOCK COUNTY IN A PRODUCTIVE MANNER. AS LEADERS, IT'S OUR DUTY TO RESTORE TRUST WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN IN LUBBOCK COUNTY. AND STEP ONE IS OWNERSHIP. OWNERSHIP. AND THAT STARTS WITH ME RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. BASED ON THE EVENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR, EVERY PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF US AND ASK, WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING? WE HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE CHARGED WITH BEING GOOD STEWARDS WITH THE CITIZENS HARD EARNED MONEY. THIS COUNTY HAS BEEN BUILT ON IT AND WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET IT. I PUBLICLY SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE AN AUDIT OR AN INVESTIGATION TO BRING LIGHT AND CLARITY TO THIS MATTER. THE CITIZENS DESERVE IT. AND IF WE CAN'T DELIVER, THEN NONE OF US UP HERE DESERVE TO SIT IN THESE SEATS ASKING FOR MORE OF THEIR DOLLARS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE TALKED TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE LAW. 
          OKAY. ATTORNEYS, JUDGES, NOT ONE PERSON HAS SAID THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO SIGN THIS RESOLUTION. OKAY. I WANT THE RESOLUTION. OKAY. I SUPPORT ITS IDEA. BUT IT IS NOT A CATALYST FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO START AN INVESTIGATION, WHICH SHE TOLD US THAT SHE'S ALREADY DOING. I THINK THAT IT IT'S BORDERLINE DEFAMATION, POSSIBLY SLANDER. 
          AND I JUST THINK IT'S IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS, AS A AS A BODY. WE CAN SIT HERE AND WE CAN PUBLICLY SUPPORT THE DA'S OFFICE IN AN INVESTIGATION, WHICH EVERY ONE OF US WANT. WITHOUT SIGNING THE RESOLUTION. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY $0.02. AND I WOULD MOVE. MOVE THAT. WE WE WE TABLE THIS RESOLUTION. WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO TABLE. IS THERE A SECOND? WITHOUT A SECOND, THE MOTION TO TABLE FAILS. NOW I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. OUR D.A. SAYS THAT SHE HASN'T HAD ANY CONTACT WITH COMMISSIONERS ON THIS MATTER. BUT AS WE SAID AT A LUNCHEON A SHORT WHILE BACK, AS SHE WALKED BY THE TABLE, I OVERHEARD HER TELL THE PERSON WITH HER SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONERS. THE ONLY CONTACT THAT SHE'S HAD WITH US THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN TWO NASTY EMAILS AT BUDGET TIME. THAT DOES NOT. YOU KNOW, CALL FOR GOOD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE OFFICES. SHE HAS ALLOWED ONE OF HER EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE BAD, NASTY COMMENTS ABOUT THE COMMISSIONERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          THIS DOES NOT. DOES NOT, CAN CAUSE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO OFFICES. WE'RE HERE FOR THE GOOD OF LUBBOCK COUNTY. AS COMMISSIONER DALBY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS SLANDER OR WHATEVER. I HAVE READ THIS. IT DOES NOT ACCUSE ANYBODY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT SAYS IT DOES NOT ACCUSE ANYBODY OF ANYTHING. THERE'S NO SLANDER. THERE'S NO ACCUSATIONS OF WRONGDOING TOWARD ANYONE IN THIS RESOLUTION. ALL THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS TO ASSURE THE PEOPLE THAT THIS COURT, IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, WANTS AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION. YES. TODAY, WHAT OUR D.A. HAS TOLD US THAT SHE'S ALREADY STARTED AN INVESTIGATION. WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS FIRST, I'VE HEARD. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I TALKED TO MR. BURT LAST FRIDAY. I WAS TOLD THAT OUR DA HAD FORMALLY CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, AND AND IF I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT, I APOLOGIZE. BUT THAT'S WHAT I GOT FROM THAT. SO WE FELT THIS NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT UP IN 
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COURT FOR TRANSPARENCY TO THE PEOPLE, THE CITIZENS WE REPRESENT. MR. RECHLER, I HAVE NOT HAD A SINGLE CONSTITUENT THAT HAS CALLED ME THAT HAS SAID, LET THIS SLIDE. EVERYONE THAT HAS CONTACTED ME IS DEMANDING THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          I'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCUSED ME OF KNOWING THAT THIS WAS GOING ON. AND THE FIRST SLIDE OF IT THAT I GOT WAS WEDNESDAY, A WEEK AGO. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA THAT THAT THIS WAS TAKING PART OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED SOONER. HAS ANYONE ON THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WHEN WE HAVE A LEGAL ISSUE? IT DOES NOT GET IT DOESN'T GET SOLVED WITHIN LUBBOCK COUNTY. EVERYTHING IS FARMED OUT OR. THAT'S A HORRIBLE TERM. BUT WE WE HAVE A PROSECUTOR FROM ANOTHER COUNTY THAT COMES IN OR AN OUTSIDE AGENCY THAT COMES IN, BECAUSE IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO HAVE INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS COURT, BECAUSE WE CONTROL THE BUDGET AND WE MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR THOSE OFFICES THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS DO NOT MAKE. SO TO MAKE THIS FAIR AND TRANSPARENT TO THE COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE THAT, A THAT AN OUTSIDE AGENCY NEEDS TO NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE IT. FIRST OFF, LET'S LET'S DISCUSS RESOLUTIONS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. NOW. COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. COUNTIES MAY ONLY DO WHAT THE STATE SAYS WE CAN DO. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THAT REGARD, THE COMMISSIONERS CAN MAKE RESOLUTIONS. WE CAN MAKE A RESOLUTION TO MAKE STRAWBERRY SHERBET ICE CREAM, THE OFFICIAL ICE CREAM OF LUBBOCK COUNTY. BUT WHEN YOU GO TO BASKIN-ROBBINS, THEY WILL STILL SERVE ALL THE FLAVORS. RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT LEGALLY BINDING. THEY ARE ONLY AN INDICATION OF THE WILL OF THE. AND AN EXPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT. SO BEAR THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT A COUNTY MAKING A RESOLUTION. 
          COUNTIES CANNOT MAKE LAW. WE CAN'T SIT UP HERE AND DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO. 
          OTHER THAN WHAT IS GIVEN TO US BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND IT IS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO MAKE RESOLUTIONS. SO THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION TO OUR AUDIENCE BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE READING. SO YEAH, LET'S LET'S GO THROUGH THAT. A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY SUNSHINE STANEK'S REQUEST THAT THE TEXAS. TO REQUEST THAT THE TEXAS RANGERS DIVISION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO APPARENT PAYROLL IRREGULARITIES INVOLVING LUBBOCK AREA. WHEREAS, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF LUBBOCK COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS. 
          AND. WHEREAS, QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS HAVE ARISEN REGARDING APPARENT PAYROLL IRREGULARITIES INVOLVING LUBBOCK COUNTY GOVERNMENT DURING THE PAST YEAR, INCLUDING MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF MARTIN AS LUBBOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONER. AND WHEREAS, MARTIN WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS LUBBOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONER ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2025, AND WHEREAS, ON DECEMBER 19TH, 2025, PURSUANT TO AN ORDER ISSUED BY JUDGE PIRTLE OF THE SEVENTH DISTRICT COMMISSIONER JASON CORLEY WAS REINSTATED TO THE OFFICE OF LUBBOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT TWO. AND WHEREAS QUESTIONS HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY ARISEN CONCERNING PAYROLL COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, PERSONNEL ACTIONS, TIME AND ATTENDANCE RECORDS, APPROVALS, AND OR OTHER FINANCIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LUBBOCK COUNTY GOVERNMENT DURING THE RELEVANT PERIOD. AND WHEREAS, THESE MATTERS INVOLVE THE EXPENDITURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS, THEREFORE WARRANT APPROPRIATE SCRUTINY TO ENSURE THAT THE THAT COUNTY RESOURCES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED LAWFULLY, PROPERLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AND WHEREAS, THE TEXAS RANGERS DIVISION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS HAS INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MATTERS INCLUDING PUBLIC CORRUPTION, PUBLIC INTEGRITY OFFENSES, THEFT, FRAUD AND MISCONDUCT INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND OTHER PERSONS HOLDING POSITIONS OF PUBLIC TRUST. AND WHEREAS, LUBBOCK COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY KAY SUNSHINE STANEK HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE CRIMINAL OFFENSES WITHIN HER JURISDICTION AND MAY SEEK ASSISTANCE OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT. AND WHEREAS, AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE TEXAS RANGERS DIVISION WOULD PROVIDE AN IMPARTIAL EXPLANATION OF THE RELEVANT FACTS, RECORDS, TRANSACTIONS, PAYROLL ACTIVITY AND CONDUCT, AND WOULD HELP PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF LUBBOCK COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE ADMISSION. EXCUSE ME, 
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ADMINISTRATION OF COUNTY AFFAIRS. WHEREAS, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE THAT THERE THAT ANY INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE CONDUCTED INDEPENDENTLY, THOROUGHLY, OBJECTIVELY AND WITHOUT REGARD FOR POLITICAL AFFILIATION, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, OR THE IDENTITY OR POSITION OF ANY INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS. THEN IT'S GOT ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, BUT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. BUT THAT IS THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE US TODAY. THIS IS THIS IS TO SUPPORT OR EXCUSE ME, TO REESTABLISH PUBLIC TRUST. OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS VERY GOOD ABOUT WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE AN OFFICER WHO IS BENEATH THEIR STANDARDS ABOUT REMOVING THEM. AND THEY DO THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE DIRT IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU HAVE TO CLEAN HOUSE IS THE WAY. A SHERIFF EXPLAINED IT TO ME ONE TIME FROM LITTLEFIELD. BUT. WHEN YOU HAVE NO FAITH IN GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE ANARCHY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS WE NEED TO TRY TO AVOID. WE POINT OUR FINGERS AT AUSTIN. WE POINT OUR FINGERS AT WASHINGTON. WE TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT GO ON UP THERE. BUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR OWN HOUSE? THIS IS THIS IS LUBBOCK COUNTY. THIS IS WEST TEXAS. THIS IS THE BUCKLE OF THE BIBLE BELT. YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT BE HYPOCRITICAL ON THESE MATTERS IF WE HAVE DIRT IN OUR HOUSE AND IT MUST BE CLEANED. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS IN SUPPORT OF TODAY. YES. NEAL BURT, WITH THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE LUBBOCK COUNTY CRIMINAL DA'S OFFICE, IS ALL FIVE OF YOU GENTLEMEN KNOW, AND MANY OF THE OTHER ELECTED APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ROOM. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH ALL FIVE OF YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS. THAT HAS INCLUDED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND COMMISSIONER SHAW, I REMEMBER WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT LAST MONDAY BEFORE WE HAD COMMISSIONERS COURT. AND WHILE THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE COURT IS CERTAINLY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE, I DON'T RECALL THEN OR SINCE THEN SAYING THERE'S NOTHING THERE WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS HAS CONSUMED THE BULK OF MY TIME FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS THEREABOUTS. IT HAS CONSUMED THE BULK OF THE TIME. FOR MANY OF YOU UP THERE AND OTHERS IN THE ROOM LOOKING AT MISS WILLIAMS, OUR AUDITOR, I KNOW OUR HR DEPARTMENT IS HERE, ALL OF US GOING THROUGH OUR POLICIES, OUR PROCEDURES, OUR PAPERWORK, WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THERE, WHAT ISN'T IN THERE, WHAT EMAILS OR OTHER MESSAGES THAT HAVE BEEN KEPT ARE ABLE TO REFERENCE AND FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHY AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WITH THIS SITUATION. 
          THAT BEING SAID, AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T REMEMBER PLAYING DOWN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT I HAVE ALSO HAD THE OCCASION TO BE IN VERY REGULAR CONTACT WITH MY BOSS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY SUNSHINE STANEK, INCLUDING MEETING THIS MORNING. I KNOW FOR A FACT SHE HAS TAKEN THE NECESSARY STEPS TO REACH OUT TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL DECIDE WHETHER. AN INVESTIGATION GOES FURTHER WITH THE RANGERS, OR WHETHER THERE IS SOME OTHER APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATORY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR OTHER STATE AGENCY WHO CAN ACCOMMODATE. WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT PUBLIC TRUST IS. IFFY AT BEST THESE DAYS, AND THE EVENTS OF THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE CAUSED LOTS OF PEOPLE TO QUESTION WHAT'S GOING ON IN LUBBOCK COUNTY, SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY HOPE THAT THE COURT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT DA STANEK DOES NOT HAVE VERY REGULAR CONTACT WITH YOU BECAUSE SHE RELIES ON MEMBERS OF HER OFFICE STAFF, SUCH AS MYSELF AND OTHERS IN THE CIVIL DIVISION TO DO SO, THAT SHE TAKES THIS MATTER VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THAT IT IS WHEN SHE SAYS, BEING LOOKED AT AND TO BE INVESTIGATED, YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU. 
          AND IN NO WAY, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I CREATED THE APPEARANCE THAT THIS WAS NOT A SERIOUS MATTER, BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, NOT JUST FOR NOW, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS READER HAD. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT WHEN WE GET OVER THE INITIAL SHOCK OF THIS, THIS COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON. OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT GOING ON WITH NON 
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ELECTEDS, NORMAL EMPLOYEES, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. SO WHETHER IF IT'S BACK ON TRAVEL AUTHORIZATIONS, WE USED TO ALWAYS DO TWO SIGNATURES. WE MAY HAVE TO START DOING THAT WITH ALL OF THE EVERY ONE OF THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. AND I JUST I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS WRITTEN IN THIS RESOLUTION. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING IN HERE. 
          I SUPPORT IT. I'M JUST I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO FOR THIS RESOLUTION. AND THAT'S JUST WHERE I STAND. THE INVESTIGATION IS IS HAPPENING, I SUPPORT IT, I ENCOURAGE IT. 
          PUBLIC TRUST IS EVERYTHING. PUBLIC TRUST HAS BEEN BETRAYED. AND IT'S OUR, OUR JOB TO, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT I SUPPORT WHAT'S WRITTEN IN THIS RESOLUTION. BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, I HAVE FINAL COMMENT THEN. 
          JUST ONE WEEK AGO, ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT TOLD THE SHERIFF AND THE DA THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO GET THE BUDGET OR THE PERSONNEL THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES. AND NOW TODAY, THIS COURT WANTS TO TELL THE DA HOW TO DO HER JOB, WHICH THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS NO STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO DO. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE DA TO DO ANYTHING IS NOT BINDING AND IS NOT ENFORCEABLE. IT APPEARS THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO DISPARAGE SUNSHINE STANEK BY INSINUATING THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DO HER JOB. STANEK IS WELL KNOWN AND WELL RESPECTED IN THIS COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THIS STATE AND BY ME, AND I WILL NOT HAVE ANY PART OF THIS. I WILL BE PRESENT BUT WILL NOT VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. AND WITH THAT, I CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 3 TO 1 WITH JUDGE PARRISH. VOTING PRESENT. 
          NOT VOTING. IS THERE ANY OTHER MATTERS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT? NOT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVE TO MOVE TO ADJOURN AT
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