Sep 28, 2026 Commissioners Court

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CALL TO ORDER LUBBOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. THIS IS A 9 A.M. WORK SESSION ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2026. IT IS 9:00. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THIS WORK SESSION IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND OR TAKE ACTION REGARDING A WORKSHOP TO REVIEW AND UPDATE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS. MOORE. MR. MOORE, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GOOD, GOOD. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THIS OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND DECIDED THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER TALKING ABOUT THIS IN A WORK SESSION AND TO POTENTIALLY APPROVE OR, OR ADJUST OR MODIFY OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO WITH THIS. BUT AT THIS POINT, I'LL JUST TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND KIND OF START WHERE YOU DID LAST TIME, IF YOU WOULD, AND THEN LET US LET US KIND OF KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR UPDATES OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO BRING TO. NO, THE HANDOUTS. THE FIRST PAGE IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. AND I KIND OF DID IT LIKE THIS. SO I WOULDN'T IT WOULDN'T BE TOO BUSY. IT HAS IT.

THE NUMBERS REPRESENT THE THE POSITIONS IN THOSE. THE LEGS OF THE. THIS IS THE CURRENT CHART, RIGHT? NO. WELL, NO, THIS. THIS WOULD BE PUTTING PUBLIC WORKS ALL TOGETHER. AND THIS IS BASICALLY A SKEW DOWN VERSION OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR ROAD MAINTENANCE AND ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT WITH BOTH PAVEMENTS AND UNPAVED. WE HAVE FLEET MAINTENANCE, OUR PARKS, ADMINISTRATIVE FOLKS, ALONG WITH THE TRAFFIC AND PITS. THIS IS BASICALLY HOW IT'S BROKEN UP. NOW, IN SAYING THAT, THE DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY KIND OF FORMED, FORMULATED TO BE A MORE PUBLIC WORKS THAN IT IS ROAD AND BRIDGE. HAVING PARKS AND OTHER ENTITIES IN IT, WITH PUBLIC WORKS COMING BACK TOGETHER. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS WHAT I THINK THE COUNTY NEEDS TO FOCUS ON. AND THESE TWO POSITIONS THAT I'M PRESENTING TODAY ARE OPTIONS OF TWO POSITIONS THAT I'M PRESENTING TODAY. FOCUSES PUTS THE FOCUS BACK ON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE IN LUBBOCK COUNTY, WITH OUR PLATT SUBDIVISION PLAT REVIEW PROCESS AND THE FACT THAT OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS NEED TO BE REWRITTEN, I THINK HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, LUBBOCK COUNTY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT IN AND FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT. SO WHICH ROSE TO THE SECOND PAGE? CURRENTLY, THESE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE HAD A DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER, AND THEN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TECH DEVELOPMENT TECH AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOLKS BOTH DID SEPTIC AND THEN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER ALSO HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FLOODPLAIN. THAT IS ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT I'M I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY TO LOOK AT CHANGING ALSO WITH THE DIRECTOR POSITION AND PUTTING THAT AS A ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. LIKE I SAID, THE CHANGE TO THIS IS THAT I THINK LUBBOCK COUNTY NEEDS TO FOCUS AND HAVE PEOPLE DEDICATED SOLELY TO DEVELOPMENT. SO OUR SUBDIVISIONS AND THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH WITH SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ARE NOT THERE, AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO GO BACK AND FIX THINGS. COSTLY, TO SAY THE LEAST. SO WITH THOSE OPTIONS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. IF YOU GO TO YOUR FIRST. JOB DESCRIPTION, THAT IS A CLASSIFICATION OF 803. I PICKED THAT CLASSIFICATION BECAUSE OF THE SALARY RANGE AND THE FACT THAT THIS THIS POSITION, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING AFTER IS A, AN ENGINEER WITH SOME WITH SOME DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE. AND PREFERABLY A MASTER'S DEGREE, 5

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IF, IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, NOT BEING ABLE TO FILL THAT POSITION AT A, AT A, AN ENGINEER LEVEL, WE COULD POSSIBLY DO THAT WITH SOMEONE THAT HAS A BACKGROUND IN DEVELOPMENT, LAND DEVELOPMENT. DEGREE. EXCUSE ME. AND THAT'S WHAT THE THE SECOND JOB DESCRIPTION HERE IS, HAS SOME OF THE SAME. EXCUSE ME, ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND JUST LESS WITH THE AS FAR AS THE DEGREE, BUT ALSO HAS THE EXPERIENCE LIKE I SAID IN LAND DEVELOPMENT SURVEY, CIVIL DESIGN. WOULD STILL HAVE TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATION AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND ALSO HAVE A. LG P 101, WHICH IS A TXDOT CERTIFICATION FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT. THAT'S BASICALLY A CERTIFICATION THAT SOMEBODY IN LUBBOCK. I HAVE THE CERTIFICATION, BUT THIS IS A CERTIFICATION THAT SOMEBODY FOR THE ENTITY THAT ARE RECEIVING FEDERAL DOLLARS HAS TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE PROJECTS LIKE WOODROW ROAD. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS THERE FOR, FOR THAT JOB DESCRIPTION OR FOR THAT, THAT AT THAT LEVEL NOW THE CHANGING THE DEVELOPMENT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER TO THE FLOODPLAIN AND RIGHT OF WAY ADMINISTRATOR. THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DO A LOT OF PERMITTING OF UTILITIES, DRIVEWAYS, CULVERTS, ALL OF THOSE PERMITTING THINGS HAVE BEEN PIECEMEALED IN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HANDLING HANDLING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROCESS. WHEN WE WERE ALL TOGETHER, IT WAS A LITTLE SMOOTHER. THE DEPARTMENT SEPARATING THOSE DUTIES HAD TO KIND OF BE FIGURED OUT. IT STILL WORKED THE SAME, BUT BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS, IT WAS THAT THAT APPLICATION THAT SOMEBODY CALLED YOU ABOUT AS FAR AS A CULVERT OR A DRIVEWAY WAS SITTING ON SOMEBODY'S DESK BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING THEIR PRIMARY JOB. THIS WOULD RESET THE FOCUS IN THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THIS ONE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, SO THEY WILL SEE IT FROM BEGINNING TO END AND ALSO HAVE EYES ON THE PROJECT OR THE INSTALLMENT OF WHATEVER'S BEING INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE TIME TO COORDINATE. THEY DON'T. THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF THEIR PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS, AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING JUST A PART OF THEIR JOB. RIGHT NOW, THE THIS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER WAS GETTING THOSE PERMITS. THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO A PERSON IN ROAD AND BRIDGE, DEPENDING ON WHAT ROAD SURFACE IT WAS. WITH THEM HAVING THINGS TO DO, THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT WHEN THEY HAVE TIME. THIS RESETS THE FOCUS THAT OUR RIGHT OF WAY IS IMPORTANT. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS WEEKEND, COMMISSIONER DARBY, I CONTACTED YOU ABOUT IT RIGHT AWAY ISSUE WE HAD IN THE IN THE SUBDIVISION THAT HAS MAJOR DRAINAGE RUNNING THROUGH IT, WE HAD A PILE OF MATERIAL RIGHT IN THE DITCH DITCH LINE. IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS DEDICATED TO THIS, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT, TO BE ABLE TO BE NOTIFIED, NOTIFYING THE

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THOSE ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES DIDN'T CHANGE TOO MUCH. IT TOOK OUT THE SEPTIC. WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT DOES OUR SEPTIC INSPECTIONS WITH THE TECH AND REFOCUSES ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, PERMITTING TO BE ABLE TO, LIKE I SAY, COORDINATE THINGS AND BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE THINGS BEING INSTALLED PROPERLY AND DO SOME INSPECTION TO THAT. I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO IF OPTION NUMBER ONE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A. OPTION NUMBER ONE, WHY WOULD HE WHY WOULD WE RESTRUCTURE? WHY WOULD HE NOT JUST BE THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AS WE HAVE IT STRUCTURED NOW? THESE ARE THESE ARE OPTIONS THAT I'M PRESENTING TO THE COURT. WELL, I JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE AS TO WHY WE WOULD RESTRUCTURE WHEN WE'VE ALREADY GOT STRUCTURED THAT WE HAVE AN ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS POSITION NOW. SO AS, AS IT STANDS NOW WITH WHAT I'M, I'M FACED WITH, IT'S A IT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN HAVING TO DEAL WITH ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ALL THE DEVELOPERS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BALANCING OUR BOND PROJECT. SO THE HAVING SOMEBODY DEDICATED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE DON'T HAVE A LAG ON, ON OUR SUBDIVISION PROCESS, YOU KNOW, FALLING BEHIND ROAD ACCEPTANCE, ALL THOSE THINGS. BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH, HEY, HERE'S THIS ROAD. AND WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE ACCEPTANCE PROCESS. EITHER THE DEVELOPER DIDN'T GET BACK WITH US OR WE DIDN'T GET BACK WITH THEM. IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS, A YEAR PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THIS ROAD? WELL, MOST TIMES WE WERE TOLD TO ACCEPT IT AND MOST TIMES WHEN WHEN IT'S DONE THAT WAY, IT'S IT'S WE'RE ACCEPTING ISSUES. BUT A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THAT IS AN ENGINEER WOULD BE A DEDICATED PERSON TO, TO LOOK AT THAT STUFF. IT'D BE THE SAME, THE SAME DESCRIPTION. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE JUST AT WAS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WAS AN ENGINEER. I UNDERSTAND JUST BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE WE GOT THE WRONG PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THAT PROCESS AND BRING EVERYTHING UNDER ONE AND RESTRUCTURE EVERYTHING. BUT IT ALSO IT ALSO SPEAKS TO HOW HOW CLOSELY THESE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER AND STREAMLINING OUR PERMITTING PROCESS. THUS, THE REASON OF CHANGING THE SECOND POSITION TO HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY ADMINISTRATOR. SO THE THINGS THAT THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEING PUT INTO CURRENT ROADS THAT WE HAVE TODAY ARE NOT AFFECTING THOSE CURRENT ROADS AND CHANGING THE WHOLE LAND SET FOR OUR MAINTENANCE

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BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A A LEAD PERSON TO BE FOCUSED ON THAT AND SAY, WELL, HERE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING. I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE PROCESS BEING INTERIM, BUT ANYBODY LOOKING AT THAT SITUATION COULD KNOW THAT THAT IN 26 YEARS, THOSE REGULATIONS HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED. THEY NEED TO BE REWRITTEN. SO THAT WOULD BE THAT PERSON'S FOCUS AS WELL.

DIDN'T WE? DIDN'T WE ALLOCATE SOME MONEY? KATHY, TWO YEARS AGO TO REWRITE THOSE? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR THE POSITIONS? NO, NO NO NO SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. REGULATIONS.

DIDN'T WE SPEND LIKE 300,000 ON THAT? IT'S OUR IT'S OUR COMMITTED FUND BALANCE ISN'T IT.

IT'S IN THERE. YEAH. YEAH. I TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WE DID NOT. YEAH. YEAH.

IT WAS 300,000. IS THERE A IS THERE A WHAT'S THE BUDGET IMPACT WITH. REORGANIZING.

THERE IS NO BUDGET IMPACT. BUDGET IMPACT. IS THAT DOES THAT ELIMINATE THE POSITIONS OF LIKE THE OPEN POSITIONS RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE VACANCIES. THIS WOULD THIS WOULD BE BASICALLY. RETITLING THESE POSITIONS. YEAH, IT WOULD JUST BASICALLY BE RETITLING THESE POSITIONS. SO SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT MORE POSITIONS. IT'S APPARENTLY YOU HAVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND YOU'RE WANTING TO CHANGE IT TO OPTION 1 OR 2 HERE IN THE DARK BLUE. YES. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO CHANGE TO THE FLOODPLAIN AND RIGHT OF WAY ADMINISTRATOR. YES. SO IT'S JUST RECLASS. YES, A RETITLE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IMPACT FOR THE. WELL, SO SALARY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE.

OKAY. SO THE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR OPTION 1 OR 2, CURRENTLY IS 804. OKAY. AND IT'S BUDGETED AT THE PRIOR DIRECTOR'S SALARY. OKAY. HE'S OPTION ONE AND TWO. HE'S SAYING 803, WHICH IS A SALARY RANGE OF $85,977 TO 122,000 824. OKAY, SO THERE'S NO BUDGET IMPACT AS FAR AS THAT DIRECTOR POSITION GOES. THE OTHERS. WOULD BE WOULD WERE BUDGETED AT THAT INDIVIDUAL'S CURRENT SALARY. AND SO AS LONG AS THEY HIRED AT THAT, WHAT THAT PERSON LEFT FOR OR UNDER THE NOT BE ANY BUDGET IMPACT AS WELL. HE'S JUST RETITLING THE. HE'S RECLASSING THE DIRECTOR POSITION RETITLING THE REST. FOR SOME OF THE REST. SO IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. WE'RE LITERALLY JUST CHANGING TITLES AND. JOB DESCRIPTION. THIS.

DOES THIS PERSON EXIST IN LUBBOCK COUNTY THAT WOULD COME HERE? I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST A UNICORN. I MEAN, YOU YOU WOULD YOU WOULD PROBABLY GET A, A YOUNGER ENGINEER OUT OF POSSIBLY OUT OF SCHOOL. JUST I'M SAYING TO HAVE AN ENGINEER WHO WANTS TO COME

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THAT'S A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC, WHICH THAT'S GREAT IF THEY EXIST. I MEAN, TO ME, YOU WOULD WANT SOMEONE LOCAL, YOU WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE TO COME FROM OUT OF THE AREA TO, TO GET, I MEAN, IT WOULD TAKE YEARS TO GET UP TO SPEED. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING THIS THIS PERSON WOULDN'T BE RIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 5 TO 7 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE EXPERIENCE. BUT I MEAN, AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN DOING IT FOR 20 YEARS. YEAH.

THERE'S MORE. HOW LONG DOES IT USUALLY TAKE AN ENGINEER TO GET THEIR STAMP? FOUR YEARS. IF THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE. TWO FOUR AT THE YES, FOUR IS PRETTY COMMON. SIX IS NOT UNHEARD OF. YES. IT IT TAKES IT TAKES SOME YEARS BECAUSE IT'S FINDING THE POSITION TO BE IN, TO STUDY UNDER. AND THEN YOU KNOW, IT. SOME OF IT IS THAT YOU'RE AT YOUR PACE AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE TESTING AND PASS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO YEAH, IT IT TAKES SOME YEARS, SOMEBODY WITH A STRAIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL ENGINEERING DEGREE, IF THEY WANTED TO GO ON A PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC TRACK, YOU COULD DO THIS JOB FOR 4 TO 4 YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MAYBE GO BE A CITY MANAGER AFTER THAT OR MOVE INTO A LARGER MUNICIPALITY. I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHO I WOULD SEE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. YEAH, THIS IS THIS IS A FOR ENGINEERS, THIS WOULD BE A POSITION TO GAIN EXPERIENCE. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD ALSO HELP LUBBOCK COUNTY. AND HAVING SOMEBODY FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE SUBDIVISION SUBDIVISION REGULATION PROCESS AND REFINING THAT PROCESS, THE PHONE CALLS I'VE BEEN FIELDING WITH TERRY COUNTY TRACTOR AND THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE NEEDING. WOULD THIS POSITION TAKE CARE OF THAT? YES. OKAY. GOTCHA. YEAH. AND THE CALL FOR THIS, THAT'S THE FLOODPLAIN STUFF. AND THEY WOULD IN THIS POSITION, THEY REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFIED CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE ALONG WITH THE THE ADMINISTRATOR. SO THE ADMINISTRATOR WOULD BE MANAGING THAT PROGRAM, BUT THEY WOULD BE OVERSEEING IT. BUT YEAH, THEY WOULD HANDLE ISSUES LIKE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT STUFF, WHEN IT WAS BEING HANDLED BY OUR PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND HIS STAFF THAT I WAS GETTING CALLS FROM A BANKER MEETING, FLOODPLAIN INFORMATION, SEPTIC INFORMATION. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. JUST TRYING TO GET THIS STUFF SO THEY CAN MOVE A LOAN OVER. AND YEAH, SO THEY WOULD BE HANDLING THESE KINDS OF THINGS. YEAH.

OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AS WE GROW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DEAL WITH MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF THAT. YES. AND THAT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE, THE SECOND PAGE OF THE PRESENTATION WITH THE EXTRA THE OTHER POSITIONS. AS WE GROW, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS BECAUSE SOME OF OUR SUBDIVISIONS WILL BE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE CITY WITH ANNEXATIONS HAPPENING. AND SO OUR GIS IS ALREADY. UNDERTAKING.

WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS WITH IT AND MIGRATING ALL THAT INFORMATION OVER. THAT'S A YEAR PROCESS. I CAN'T SAY IN A YEAR THAT WE WON'T NEED MORE SUPPORT. I CAN'T INSPECTION, HAVING TO INSPECT THINGS THAT ARE BEING PUT IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GOING BACK AND HAVING TO FIX THINGS. I SENT YOU FRIDAY TO GO LOOK AT A YEAH, A LITTLE OVER OFF FRANKFORT WHERE THEY'D DUMP THE CLAY IN THE DITCH AND.

YEAH. AND THAT DRAINAGE ISSUE. YEAH. SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THE ISSUES THAT THESE FOLKS WILL BE HANDLING. IS THIS POSITION GOING TO DO ENGINEERING OR ARE THEY GOING TO MANAGE ENGINEERS OR ENGINEERING PROJECTS? THEY WILL THEY WILL BE ASSISTING IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. OKAY. SO THEY NEED THE KNOWLEDGE. THEY DON'T NEED A PE STAMP IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. NOT NOT NECESSARILY OKAY. BECAUSE BUT BUT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE LAST TWO ENGINEERS THAT WE'VE HAD AT LUBBOCK COUNTY. WE HAVE THREE.

WE HAVE IT PAID. WE HAVE IT. WE'VE NEVER PURCHASED INSURANCE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, FOR THEIR FOR THEM TO USE THEIR PE STAMP. SO WE DID. MISS DAVIDSON. DAVIDSON WE NEVER FUNDED HERS. MISS DAVIDSON NEVER STAMPED ANYTHING THE ENTIRE TIME SHE WAS HERE WITH HER OFFICIAL STAMP.

EVERYTHING THAT SHE DID, SHE CONTRACTED OUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PAY FOR THE INSURANCE.

AND WITH MISS HARVILL AS WELL. SO UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT INSURANCE, WE DON'T NEED TO PAY FOR A P.E. STAMP. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I YOU DON'T NEED TO PAY FOR SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE. SERVE IT OUT WHEN YOU NEED A STAMP. YES. AND I THINK YOU'LL BE

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YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE PEOPLE PROVIDING MULTIPLE EXPERTISE ON THAT. SO IF YOU LEAVE IT TO ONE PERSON, YOU KNOW, THE I MEAN, THEY MAY GET 90% OF IT, RIGHT? OKAY. BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A FIRM, THEY PROBABLY GET ABOUT 95 TO 99%. SO I WOULD I MEAN, I AGREE WITH MR. MOORE, I DON'T I MEAN, WE DON'T I DON'T THINK WE NEED SOMEBODY WITH PE STAMP. I DON'T THINK WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE PROJECTS, NOT NECESSARILY ENGINEER THEM THEMSELVES. AND THE OTHER THING TOO, IF LUBBOCK COUNTY STARTS ENGINEERING THINGS OURSELF, THEN WE TAKE ON A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY NEED THAT INSURANCE. YOU MAY NEED A BOND DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. I THINK WE'RE BETTER OFF TO GO AHEAD AND I PREFER THE SUBBING IT OUT METHOD. THAT WAY. WE'RE GOING WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF WE HIRE FREES AND NICHOLS. OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE WOULDN'T DUMP THE DAM PROJECT AT BUFFALO LAKE ON ONE OF OUR ENGINEERS.

YOU KNOW, WE GO WITH A FIRM THAT THAT'S ALL THEY DO, AND THEY KNOW ALL THE WAY. THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. SO, I MEAN, JUST I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A JACK OF ALL TRADES WITH A PE STAMP. I AGREE. I, I WANT SOMEBODY TO MANAGE AN ENGINEER TO MANAGE THE PROJECTS.

WELL, YOU DON'T NEED THE PE STAMP. RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. YOU CAN HAVE AN ENGINEER AND NOT HAVE THE PE STAMP. RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANT IS SOMEBODY TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH THE DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MANAGE THESE ROADS, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT WITH THE CONTRACTORS ON THE ENGINEERING TO GUIDE THIS PROJECTS FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY.

THAT'S WHAT AND YOU'RE TELLING, YOU'RE TELLING US THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS THIS DOES. YES. THIS THEY WILL BE HEADING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT THE COUNTY NEEDS MOVING TOWARDS THE FUTURE. WHEN WE REWRITE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, IF THOSE REGULATIONS COME WITH ENFORCEMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS AND SAYING, THIS SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN BUILT. IT'S BEEN ACCEPTED. NOW, FOLKS, IN THAT FOLLOWING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, THERE HAVE BEEN A TON OF ISSUES WHERE, YES, THE SUBDIVISION THAT WE ACCEPTED WAS CORRECT AND FINE AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE OKAY. PEOPLE STARTED BUILDING POOLS. THAT STUFF GETS PUT IN DRAINAGE EASEMENTS.

WHO'S FIXING THAT? WE CAN GO BACK TO THE DEVELOPER IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE STILL DEVELOPING THOSE SUBDIVISIONS IN, IN SECTIONS. BUT IF NOT AND AND THAT'S DONE. THAT'S ON LUBBOCK COUNTY TO FIX WITHOUT THAT ENFORCEMENT WHO'S, WHO'S GOING AND CLEANING THAT UP.

THOSE ARE THE ISSUES WITH OUR SUBDIVISIONS BEING COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE CITY THAT WE'LL BE FACING HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. MORE HIRING AN ENGINEER HAS KIND OF BEEN A TALL ORDER FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY, BUT WHAT ABOUT SOMEBODY WITH A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DEGREE OR BACKGROUND? AND AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THE SECOND OPTION IS FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER IS SOMEBODY WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE TO, TO BASICALLY FORMULATE THE SAME THING AND GUIDE THE AND, AND BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN LUBBOCK COUNTY. SO LIKE I SAID, WE CAN GET THESE DEVELOPMENTS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND KEEP THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO BE. I JUST THINK, I THINK OPTION TWO WOULD BE EASIER TO FULFILL THAN OPTION ONE. I WANT I LIKE OPTION ONE. I THINK TWO IS GOING TO BE MORE REALISTIC. WHAT ARE YOUR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? I GAVE BOTH OPTIONS BECAUSE WOULD IT WOULD IT WOULD COUNT LUBBOCK COUNTY BE IN A BETTER POSITION HAVING AN ENGINEER ON STAFF? YES. BUT IF IF LIKE I SAID, OPTION TWO WAS BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T HIRE ONE, THEN WE GO WITH OPTION TWO. MR. MOORE IF WE GO WITH OPTION ONE FIRST, HOW LONG WOULD YOU THINK? I MEAN, HOW LONG WOULD YOU WANT TO ATTEMPT TO HIRE THIS PERSON BEFORE WE SWITCHED OPTION TWO? I MEAN, JUST SIX MONTHS, MONTHS. OKAY. GOTCHA. I MEAN, WHEN WE HAD AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION THAT WAS SUPPOSED THAT NEEDED TO BE AN ENGINEER THE LAST TIME PUBLIC WORKS WAS TOGETHER, THAT POSITION AFTER ED LEFT WAS OUT THERE FOR TWO YEARS. SO I THINK IN SIX MONTHS TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU CAN DO IT OR NOT. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE WISHY WASHY HERE, BUT WHAT IF WE WHAT IF WE OPENED IT UP TO OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO. AND WE BROUGHT BOTH IN AND WE

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THAT'S A MEDIAN FOR THE SCO6. 96404. WHY DON'T WE PUT THOSE POSITIONS OUT THERE AND THEN SEE SEE WHO APPLIES AND THEN DECIDE WHICH WAY WE'RE GOING TO GO? DOES THAT MEAN DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO TALK TO BOTH. YEAH. YEAH. YOU MAY FIND WHAT IF YOU FIND A GUY WITH 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS, BEEN WORKING FOR HR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HORTON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THEN YOU GET AN ENGINEER WHO COMES IN OR SOMEBODY WITH AN ENGINEERING DEGREE STRAIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL. I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN THE ROPES. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEY DO HAVE THE ENGINEERING. SO I MEAN, TAKE A LOOK, DECIDE WHICH ONE YOU WANT. ONE 1ST MAY SEEM BETTER THAN THE OTHER, BUT I LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE THAN I DO THEIR ABILITY TO ENGINEER, SINCE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE DRAWING UP PROJECTS, BUT THEY DO NEED THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE UNDERSTANDING. BUT YOU CAN EITHER GAIN THAT IN SCHOOL OR GAIN THAT IN WITH WORK IN THE FIELD. SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO DO TWO ONE POSTING, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIST PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS. AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE HAS HERE. THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS LISTING TWO POSITIONS AND ONLY HIRING FOR ONE. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WITH AN ENGINEERING DEGREE WILL LOOK AT IT? WE MAY HAVE TO GO OUT TO AN OUTSIDE FIRM. LOOK, WE'RE DONE IN THE PAST. I JUST I THINK I THINK THERE'S SOMEONE.

I THINK THERE'S SOMEONE LOCALLY THAT THAT'S HERE. THAT IS. THE LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS. AND WE'VE AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE CONTRACTORS AND THESE DEVELOPERS. I MEAN, THAT'S. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. YES. IT IS SOMEBODY TO COME IN DAY ONE AND BASICALLY SAY, OKAY, I DON'T, I DON'T NEED, I'M GOING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND I'M GOING TO ALREADY START GOING OUT. AND OH YEAH, I'VE WORKED WITH THE GUY THAT'S WORKED DOING WOODROW. I'VE WORKED WITH HIM FOR 20 YEARS. YEAH, I KNOW HIM WELL. AS THAT PERSON, AN ENGINEER OR IS IT SOMEONE IN CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE WITH WITH CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN THE OVERALL ORG CHART WOULD BE A DIRECTOR POSITION AND THEN TWO ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, THEN. YES. AND THEN WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, DUE TO THE TRANSPORTATION CODE, YOU'RE STILL OFFICIALLY THE ROAD COMMISSIONER. AND THAT'S THE OPTION THE COURT HAS CHOSEN.

YES. SO IS THERE ANY WAY TO COMBINE THESE TWO JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND MAKE THEM ONE? THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO WORK ON BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN 803 AND AN C OH SIX. SO WOULD YOU NEED TO COMBINE THOSE TWO, RECLASSIFY AND CREATE ONE JOB DESCRIPTION THAT WOULD OPEN IT UP TO BOTH. HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE? I MEAN, WHAT AM I ALREADY WRITTEN? IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG, RIGHT? I GUESS, WOULD THAT TAKE COURT ACTION TO COMBINE THOSE TWO? YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO COURT TO CHANGE THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, JUST LIKE WE DO ANY OTHER POSITION. IF WE HAVE A RECLASS, WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. YOU WANT TO COMBINE, YOU COMBINE THESE TWO. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE

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OPTION ONE POTENTIALLY. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. GOT IT. AND YOU JUST COMBINE THE 803 AND THE C 0611 POSITION TO TRY TO PULL FROM A WIDER RANGE OF CANDIDATES. YEAH. I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM. I JUST I GIVE US OPTIONS. I DON'T I MEAN YEAH TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE GIVE IT A GO AND SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH. BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A, IF WE HAVE A, A PREFERENCE FOR THEM TO HAVE A, A ENGINEERING DEGREE, BUT THEY DON'T. BUT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE IN LAND DEVELOPMENT. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY BETWEEN THESE TWO OPTIONS. SO AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT WORDS IN ANYBODY'S MOUTH, I DON'T THINK I MEAN, THE ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE IS IS IMPORTANT. BUT I THINK WHAT MATTERS TO US IS SOMEBODY WILLING TO GO OUT THERE, A TYPE A PERSONALITY WHO'S GOT A LITTLE OCD IN THEM, A LOT OF OCD THAT HAS THE, THE THE RELATIONSHIPS TO PUSH PROJECTS FORWARD, YOU KNOW, TO COMMUNICATE. RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT. YEAH. I MEAN, SOMEBODY THAT'S GOOD WITH PUBLIC RELATIONS. YEAH. TO COMMUNICATE WITH. IT'S RESPONSIVE, LOW CONFLICT. YOU SAID A AND I DON'T HAVE I DON'T YEAH, HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE. I DON'T MIND CONFLICT. I JUST WANT IT TO BE FOR THE GOOD OF LUBBOCK COUNTY. YOU KNOW, AND THESE PROJECTS. THE ONLY PROBLEM I SEE WITH COMBINING THE TWO IS THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. YOU'RE GOING TO DECIDE WHICH WHICH PAY SCALE YOU'RE RUNNING. HEY, BEN. YEAH. AND DOES THE OH SIX PAY BAND. DOES IT EXTEND UP INTO THE BOTTOM RANGE OF THE A D POSITION. WELL THAT'S GOES UP TO 125391. WHAT'S THE BASE OF THAT POSITION. 85, 977 THROUGH 2224.

IT GOES UP TO 159, 672 SO OKAY, WHAT WAS THE BASE FOR THE LADY? SORRY. SO HE WAS 80, 80, 85, 977. SO THERE'S OVERLAP. OKAY. IF WE HIRE SOMEBODY FOR, IF WE RUN IT AT THE OH SIX AND WE HIRE SOMEBODY AT THAT LEVEL THAT HAS AN ENGINEERING DEGREE, ARE WE GOING TO EXPECT TO DO A RECLASSIFICATION THE FOLLOWING BUDGET CYCLE? WELL, AS AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THE COMPENSATION PROJECT AND IT'LL BE A ONE THROUGH SEVEN. AND THESE WILL GO AWAY BEFORE THE NEXT BUDGET. SO IT WOULD PROBABLY SIT AT ABOUT A 5 OR 6 ON THAT SCALE. OKAY. WOULD YOU RECLASS NOT HAPPEN IF YOU COMBINED RECLASS WOULD HAPPEN UP FRONT, RIGHT? YES, IT WOULD HAPPEN UP FRONT. BUT WHAT'S THE HIGH END ON THE OH SIX AND THE LOW END OF THE 0667, 518 TO 1 25391. SO IF WE HIRE AN ENGINEER, WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AT THE UPPER END OF THAT, WE HIRE AT THE OTHER END OF THAT PAY WISE OR SOMEBODY WITH CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND 803 BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE MINDED OF ALL ASSISTANT DIRECTORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. OKAY. IF WE DO THE A D OH THREE, ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS? WE FIND SOMEBODY WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE. CAN THEY STILL BE IN THAT ROLE, IN THAT CLASSIFICATION? YES. YOU'RE THROWING A YOU'RE STARTING TO THROW IT UP. GUARDRAIL. GUARDRAIL SHOULD BE A PROBLEM LATER ON. SURE, SURE. BUT IF WE'RE DOING THE 803, IF YOU'RE BRINGING SOMEBODY IN WITHOUT THE ENGINEERING DEGREE AT THE LOW END OF THE 803 OR MAYBE AT THE HIGH END OF THE 803. THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE OR HAVE A HAS AN ENGINEERING DEGREE FOR SOME TIME. SO YOU'RE JUST SAYING MAKE THEM ALL 803 I THINK THAT'S A SUGGESTION. YEAH. OKAY. CALL IT AN 803 I MEAN, IF IT'S GOING TO BE UNDERNEATH THE DIRECTOR, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TWO ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, ONE

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SO? SO YOU THINK YOU'RE SPENDING ONE THING, BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW. YEAH. GOT FOUR MORE YOU NEED TO SQUARE WITH. SO DO WE NEED TO WORK THIS OUT BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON THIS? JUST TO SEE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I WOULD THINK SO BEFORE. YEAH.

SO ANOTHER HOUR ARE THE DUTIES OF BOTH OF THESE. WOULD THEY BOTH MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN 803. I'M THINKING WHY DON'T WE JUST AGREE TO MAKE IT AN 83 AND THEN LET LET MR. MOORE WORK OUT THE DETAILS. LET'S SEE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME JOB DESCRIPTION. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND AGREE TO DO AN 83 POSITION AND THEN LET YOU GUYS WORK OUT THE DETAILS ON THE ON THE ON THE SPECIFICS TO GO THERE. I'M ANNOYING PUTTING RESTRUCTURING THE THING.

OKAY, I'M GOOD WITH COMBINING THE TWO AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND THE UNICORN. YEAH. OH, I JUST TO ME THAT GIVES US OPTIONS AND IT DOESN'T LOCK YOU INTO ONE THING. YOU CAN GO EITHER DIRECTION ON IT. WE JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO MANAGE PROJECTS THAT'S ENGINEER OR NOT. I JUST I WANT SOMEBODY TO BE, I WANT SOMEBODY TO HAVE A THUMB ON WOODROW ROAD. AND THEN IN MILWAUKEE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT MILWAUKEE GOING ON. YOU'RE MEAN. AND EVEN LIKE FRIDAY MORNING WITH ALL THE FLOODING, I JUST INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THEIR TOES FRIDAY. BUT WELL, THE THE THE RIGHT AWAY ADMINISTRATOR BEING ABLE TO BE DEDICATED TO THAT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEEN ON FRIDAY OR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I GOT ON FRIDAY PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE TIME TO COMMUNICATE AND SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE THIS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE NEED THIS OUT OF THE WAY. THERE ARE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED, BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS IN THOSE SUBDIVISIONS ON HOW THEY WERE DESIGNED. THIS PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE. YEAH. AND LOOK AT THAT AND FOLLOW BASICALLY FOLLOW OUT THE DEVELOPMENT AS IT'S AS IT'S GOING, AS OPPOSED TO US ACCEPT IT HERE IN COURT. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A FINAL PLAT AND THEN THEY START DEVELOPING AND THINGS CHANGE AS HOUSES GET BUILT. AND THEN IT CAUSES A PROBLEM WITH THE ROAD OR ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE. SO IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME. HAVE WE CREATED AN OPTION THREE WITH THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OR NO. I MEAN, IN ESSENCE PUTTING THESE TWO TOGETHER.

YEAH. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER POSITION? IS EVERYONE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER TO FLOODPLAIN RIGHT AWAY ADMINISTRATOR. WHAT'S THE CURRENT WHAT'S THE CURRENT GRADE SCALE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER? AS AS BUDGETED. ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T CHANGE THAT CLASSIFICATION. IT WAS CO6, RIGHT? IT'S A SEO6. SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE BUDGETED AT 72,800. THERE'S NO TICKET WE CAN'T MAKE. SO ARE WE COMPLETELY CHANGING THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER? THE CHANGE THERE IS THAT THEY WON'T BE DOING SEPTIC ANYMORE. THEY'LL BE DOING RIGHT AWAY. ADMINISTRATION. SO ALL THE PERMITS THAT ARE IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY, THEY'LL FOCUS ON THAT. THE THE FLOODPLAIN

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AND THEN YEAH, THE NEW POSITION WILL DO. THE FLOODPLAIN WILL RIGHT AWAY. YEAH, THEY THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION. SO THAT WAS THE THING THAT THE LAST INDIVIDUAL WAS, WAS TRAINING AND STUDYING AND ATTEMPTING THE SAME. YEAH. ALONG WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE RIGHT OF WAY IS THE PIECE THAT, THAT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS MORE ON. SO WE CAN, WE CAN GET THAT RIGHT. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE FLSA ON THESE JOB DESCRIPTIONS? FLSA LABOR STANDARDS ACT. OKAY, OKAY. OKAY. AFTER NONEXEMPT SALARY OR HOURLY. SO BOTH OF THESE WOULD BE EXEMPT POSITIONS. WHAT KIND? THE RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT. WHAT KIND OF AUTHORITY WILL THIS PERSON HAVE? IS IT LIKE OUR SITUATION THIS WEEKEND? IT IS. I WOULD SAY. WHATEVER AUTHORITY THAT THE COUNTY LOOKS AT GOING TOWARDS AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT, THE EMAIL THAT I SENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR TALKING ABOUT THEIR HOME BEING FLOODED, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT WHEN WE KNEW AND HAVE PROOF THAT IT WAS THAT IT WAS NOT OUR ISSUE? IT IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WE CAUSED. THIS PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO HEAD UP THOSE, THOSE INITIATIVES AND, AND MAKE THOSE ENFORCEMENTS AND BE DILIGENT ENOUGH. THIS PERSON WOULD HAVE WHAT TICKETING AUTHORITY OR I MEAN, WHAT WOULD BE WHATEVER AUTHORITY THAT THAT THE COURT GAVE THE DEPARTMENT. BUT I DO THINK. WITH THE COUNTY BECOMING MORE POPULATED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE ISSUES. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS INDIVIDUAL IS STERN ENOUGH TO SAY, YOU BUILT A NEW HOUSE IN A FLOODPLAIN. THAT ROAD, AND IT HADN'T RAINED IN THREE YEARS AND IT FINALLY RAINED. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT LOT WAS CHEAP. I THINK HE'S GOT DIRECTION TO COME BACK AND SHOW US A SINGULAR JOB DESCRIPTION. OKAY.

AND AS FAR AS THE. THE RE JOB TITLING OF THE OTHER, I WANT TO LOOK AT THAT ONE AGAIN BECAUSE IT SAYS REPORTS DIRECTLY TO PUBLIC WORKS, TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I THINK THAT THIS PERSON WOULD NOT DIRECTLY TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. YES, BUT IT WOULD BE TO WHOEVER THE ASSISTANT OR. YES. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER. WE NEED TO ADJUST THAT JOB DESCRIPTION. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE WORK SESSION? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, IT IS 950. WORK SESSION ALL RIGHT.D MORNING EVERYONE. LET ME CALL TO ORDER LUBBOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE ARE SITTING IN REGULAR SESSION. IT IS MONDAY. IT IS SEPTEMBER 28TH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2026. IT IS 1002 AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT. AT THIS TIME. I WOULD

[Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance by Curtis Parrish.]

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[PUBLIC COMMENTS ]

[2.00 26-0769 Discuss, consider and/or take action regarding Auditor and Financial Matters including Budget Adjustments, Transfers, and Amendments.]

[3.00 26-0770 Discuss, consider and/or take action to Authorize Payment of Claims: General Accounts (Pooled Cash).]

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[4.00 26-0775 Discuss, consider and/or take action to accept the Investment Policy. ]

SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHAW TO ACCEPT THE INVESTMENT POLICY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM FIVE IS TO DISCUSS,

[5.00 26-0774 Discuss, consider and/or take action to accept the Lubbock County Debt Management Policy.]

SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DALBY TO ACCEPT THE LUBBOCK COUNTY DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 27. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM SIX IS TO DISCUSS,

[6.00 26-0773 Discuss, consider and/or take action to authorize the County Judge to sign the application and proposal renewal with USI for Travelers Insurance Crime Policy and Excess Workers Compensation Insurance Policy for October 1, 2026-October 1, 2027.]

RENEWAL FOR US I FOR TRAVELERS INSURANCE, CRIME POLICY AND EXCESS WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 ENDING OCTOBER 1ST, 2027.

MISS WILLIAMS. GENTLEMEN, THIS IS OUR INSURANCE FOR CRIME AND FOR EXCESS WORKERS COMP THAT WE SIGN EVERY YEAR. THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED US. I HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO A TWO YEAR OPTION BUT STILL ALLOW. IT FREEZES THE PRICE I GUESS, BUT STILL ALLOWS US TO PAY IT ANNUALLY. ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. SECOND. SO I'M GOING TO ADD TO THE DISCUSSION THE ON THE BACKUP, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW GENERALLY THEY'LL GIVE US ONE PRICE AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR IT'S INFLATED. THIS LOCKS IN THAT TWO YEAR. SO OKAY. THANK YOU, MISTER DIRECTOR. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DALBY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM SEVEN

[7.00 26-0772 Discuss, consider and/or take action to allow the USI Travelers Insurance Crime policy & Excess Workers Compensation Insurance policy renewal for the period of 10/01/26 - 10/01/27 be paid outside of the AP process on October 1, 2026.]

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DALBY TO ALLOW THE USA TRAVELERS INSURANCE, CRIME POLICY AND EXCESS WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE POLICY TO BE PAID OUTSIDE OF THE AP PROCESS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

[CONSENT AGENDA (ITEMS 8-19)]

[21.00 26-0764 Presentation for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Quarterly update by Robert Scott, CEA-Agriculture and Cory Edwards, CEA-Family and Community Health.]

ROBERT SCOTT AND FRIENDS. ROBERT IS THE CEA FOR AGRICULTURE AND CORY EDWARDS IS CEA FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. THANK YOU, MR. SCOTT. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GREAT. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH, WE'RE DOING WE GAVE YOU A WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS, BUT GIVE

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PLUS THE PRICE OF THEM HAS GONE SO HIGH THAT INSTEAD OF PUTTING FIVE ON FEE, THEY MAY PUT TWO.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NUMBERS AND THE, THE, THE EXHIBITOR NUMBERS PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME. IT'S JUST THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS BEING VALIDATED HAS GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ECONOMICALLY. THAT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE WHY THAT WOULD HAPPEN. WE HAVE COMING UP IN OCTOBER, WE'LL HAVE SHEEP AND GOAT VALIDATION. NORMALLY WE DO ABOUT 500 OF EACH OF THOSE. AND THEN ALSO WE'LL DO HEIFER VALIDATION. COMING UP, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE DID, I DID THE VECTOR MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP. THIS IS LIKE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. WE'VE DONE IT. AND, AND I GET A ENTOMOLOGIST TO COME IN AND PEOPLE, IT'S BUILT FOR HOMEOWNERS AND FOR MUNICIPALITIES, THEY CAN SEND THEIR WORKERS AND THEY CAN TEACH THEM HOW TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOSQUITOES, WHAT TO SPRAY, HOW TO TRAP THEM.

THAT WAY. IF YOU'RE GETTING WEST NILE, THE ONES THAT CARRY WEST NILE, THEY CAN KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF GIVE THEM A HEADS UP, HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE ON THAT. THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE EVEN HAD A NEW TREE SPECIALIST WHO WAS AN EXTENSION. SHE WAS UP THIS WAY.

SO WE GOT HER AND HAD A TREE CARE WORKSHOP, HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ATTEND THAT AND THEY COULD BRING DIFFERENT SAMPLES OF THEIR TREE IF IT WAS SICK, YOU KNOW, LEAVES OR, OR BARK OR WHATEVER. SO SHE COULD ID IT AND HAD BACKYARD POULTRY. YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE THE CITY ALLOWED, I THINK, FIVE CHICKENS IN YOUR BACKYARD, WE GET LOTS OF CHICKEN QUESTIONS. THAT'S ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. JUST TO SEE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON CHICKENS THAT COME IN, BUT HAD A GOOD ATTENDANCE IN THAT. ALSO THIS YEAR WE HAVE A NEW, I'M GOING TO SAY, A BEE EXPERT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY HIS TITLE. AND SO HE CAME UP THIS WAY AND HE'S BEEN DOING SOME BEE PROGRAMS FOR US. LIKE WE DID BEEKEEPING 101. WE HAD HE BROUGHT LIKE 15 HIVES AND WE SET THEM UP AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. LOTS OF INTEREST IN BEEKEEPING IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. THERE'S EVEN SOME CLUBS THAT THAT ATTENDED ANYWAY TAUGHT THEM HOW TO MANAGE THE HIVES, HOW TO, YOU KNOW, SELECT THE, THE QUEENS AND ALL THAT. AND WE EVEN WENT INTO IT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER. WE DID A JOINT PROGRAM WHERE WE DID ITS HIVE OF GLASS WHERE THEY BRING THEIR, THEIR BEES AND THEIR HONEY IN AND TEACH THEM HOW TO MAKE MEAD OUT OF IT. IT WAS THE FIRST FOR US TOO, BUT APPARENTLY YOU EVEN COMPARE ME TO DIFFERENT FOODS. BUT WE HAD REALLY LOTS OF INTEREST IN THAT, AND WE'LL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO DO THAT THIS COMING YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST. RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF US ARE OUT AT THE THE FAIR WORKING. RHONDA'S OUT AT THE PETTING ZOO RIGHT NOW. BARNYARD? YEAH. BARNYARD. NOT PAINTINGS. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PET THEM ANYWAY. SHE'S OUT THERE WORKING AND ROCK QUARRY WITH ME, AND SHE'S GONNA INTRODUCE OUR NEW OUR NEW COWORKER HERE. AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SPEAKING OF THE FAIR, HOW WERE THE GOAT NUMBERS THIS YEAR? YOU KNOW, I'M A GOAT PERSON, SO THE MARKET GOATS.

LAST YEAR WE HAD 145. THIS YEAR WE HAD LIKE 99. BUT DALLAS IS LITERALLY ON THE SOUTH PLAINS FAIR LIKE RIGHT NOW. OUR STEER NUMBERS WENT DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL IN DALLAS, BUT YOU HAVE LATE ENTRIES TO YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T MAKE DALLAS, THEY'LL COME HERE. BUT EVERY SO OFTEN IT FALLS EXACTLY ON SOUTH PLAINS FAIR, WHICH HURTS THE LIVESTOCK ENTRIES. BUT ANYWAY, GOOD QUALITY STILL THERE RIGHT NOW THOUGH I KNOW WE ALWAYS CONSIDERED IT WHEN WE WERE PARTICIPATING. IT WAS A MINI MAJOR SOUTH PLAINS. YEAH, THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD QUALITY THERE. NUMBERS JUST KIND OF GO UP AND DOWN. YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY AFFECTS IT, DALLAS AFFECTS IT. BUT THEY HAD A GOOD SHOW. IT WAS I GUESS IT WAS SATURDAY FOR THE GOAT SHOW. AND SAY YOUR SUPERVISION OF THE THE PROJECTS WE WERE INVOLVED WAS FANTASTIC AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO THERE. THANK YOU. YEAH, IT'S A IT'S AN ENJOYABLE JUST WORKING WITH KIDS AND A LOT OF STUFF. SO DIDN'T DO WHAT I LIKE TO DO. SO OUR OUR AGRONOMY POSITION IS STILL OPEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW, BUT THEY'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR IT. AND THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS

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GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE AREA OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. THIS SUMMER. WE HAD OUR CULTIVATE, COOK AND CREATE SUMMER SERIES THAT WE'VE DONE. I THINK THIS IS OUR SEVENTH SUMMER TO DO THAT. AGENT READ AGENT BOZEMAN AND AGENT ALEXANDER AND MYSELF DO IT TOGETHER ALONG WITH OUR SUMMER INTERNS. SO WE HAD A PART TIME SUMMER INTERN FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT THAT THEY HAVE. SO THAT WAS HER CAPSTONE PROJECT FOR THIS SUMMER. WE DID IT AT A DIFFERENT PLACE THIS YEAR. WE USUALLY DO IT AT THE SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK, GRUB FARM, BUT THEY HAD SOME CHANGES THERE. AND THE GUADALUPE PARKWAY, SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER, THOSE KIDS WERE GOING TO BE OUR ONLY PARTICIPANTS, SO THEY ASKED IF WE WOULD JUST COME THERE TO DO THE SERIES WITH THEIR YOUTH AT THAT COMMUNITY CENTER. SO THAT WENT VERY WELL. WE DID. WE HAD ABOUT 60 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS, AND THEY ROTATED THROUGH SESSIONS ON NUTRITION, COOKING, GARDENING, AND TEAM BUILDING. SO WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

AND WE ALSO FINISHED UP OUR FIRST YEAR OF OUR HEALTHY SCHOOL RECOGNIZED CAMPUS PROGRAMS. WE DID THOSE WITH IDALOU, PRESTON, SMITH ELEMENTARY AND SLAYTON. WE. IN THE SPRING, WE USED OUR LEARN, GROW, EAT AND GO CURRICULUM AT ALL THREE CAMPUSES. WE ACTUALLY DID THE EARLY CHILDHOOD VERSION AT SLAYTON, AND THEN WE MET WITH THEIR SCHOOL BOARDS THIS SUMMER AND RECOGNIZED THOSE CAMPUSES FOR COMPLETING THOSE THAT PROGRAM AND PRESENTED THEM WITH A BANNER. SO THAT WAS EXCITING. AND THEN OUR LUBBOCK LUNCH BUNCH, WHICH IS OUR TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, OUR WHAT USED TO BE CALLED HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS NOW HAVE THIS BIG LONG NAME, BUT THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 100TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN SEPTEMBER AT A STATE CONFERENCE IN COLLEGE STATION. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE'VE ALSO JUST KICKED OFF OUR WALK ACROSS TEXAS LUBBOCK COUNTY CHALLENGE. THAT'S ALWAYS FUN, WHERE WE HAVE TEAMS OF EIGHT THAT ARE LOGGING THEIR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO MOVE THEIR TEAM ACROSS TEXAS, THE 832 MILES IT TAKES TO GET FROM EL PASO TO ORANGE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW 16 TEAMS SIGNED UP. AND WHEN KERRY GETS HIS TEAM SIGNED UP, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE 17. AND THIS MORNING WE HAD 121 PARTICIPANTS SAID HE'S GOING TO DANCE ACROSS TOWN. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY COUNTS. SO DANCING COUNTS. WE'VE ALSO STARTED OUR FOUR-H FOOD AND NUTRITION PROJECT. I'M IN CHARGE OF THE FOOD CHALLENGE, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THAT TV SHOW CHOPPED. WE ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE BROOKE SEXTON. SHE MAY LOOK FAMILIAR. SHE WAS OUR BETTER LIVING FOR TEXANS EXTENSION AGENT UNTIL LAST OCTOBER 1ST, WHEN THEY CUT SNAP-ED FUNDING, WHICH CUT HER POSITION, AND NOW SHE'S BACK AS AN EXTENSION AGENT FOR PRAIRIE VIEW A&M, DOING BASICALLY THE SAME THING UNDER THE AREA OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AS WELL, REACHING THOSE SNAP ELIGIBLE AUDIENCES. SO WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER BACK WITH A NEW NAME. YES, SHE GOT MARRIED RIGHT WHEN SHE LEFT. YES, IT'S BEEN A FULL YEAR. SO IF Y'ALL HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR FOR US BEFORE WE GO? WE DON'T. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I

[20.00 26-0766 10:15 AM Receive comments regarding installation of Speed Limit Signs on CR 6300 from CR 1900 to CR 2000 in Lubbock County. The speed limit shall be set at 45 miles per hour in Precinct 4.]

[22.00 26-0783 Discuss, consider and/or take action to approve the submission of the FY 2027 “CFWTX Community Grant October 2026” grant application for $5,000 to the Community Foundation of West Texas and authorize the County Judge to sign all corresponding documents, as needed, to implement the forthcoming joint succession mediation activities with Texas Tech University.]

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[23.00 26-0758 Discuss, consider and/or take action to adopt the FY 2027 Fee Schedule for services for the Lubbock County Medical Examiner’s office to begin October 1, 2026.]

EVERYTHING'S GOOD WITH THEM. YES. NOTHING CHANGED FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS. EXCELLENT. OKAY.

WITH THAT, I WILL CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? MOTION

[24.00 26-0763 Discuss, consider and/or take action to authorize the County Judge to sign a Client Service Agreement with Alliance Communications for afterhours answering service for the Medical Examiner’s Office.]

THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR A CALL BACK FROM A DEATH INVESTIGATOR. BUT THAT INITIAL CALL, WHEN THEY DO MAKE THAT CALL, WILL BE A LIVE PERSON WHO WHO HAS ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS IN PLACE IN ORDER TO RELAY THE INFORMATION PROPERLY. SO WE'D LIKE TO SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND, BY COMMISSIONER SHAW TO SIGN THE CLIENT SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS FOR AFTER HOURS SERVICE FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M GOING TO ADD THAT $99 FEE AND $1.30 A MINUTE. SO TALK FAST, TALK FAST.

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[25.00 26-0762 Discuss, consider and/or take action to authorize the County Judge to sign the FY 2027 Fire Suppression and Rescue Services Agreements.]

[26.00 26-0778 Discuss, consider and/or take action to authorize the County Judge to sign a loan agreement with the Roosevelt Volunteer Fire Department.]

AND PART OF IT'S BEING MAYBE PAID FOR BY THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE GRANT. SO LIKE I SAY, I THINK THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO TAKE DELIVERY MAYBE IN DECEMBER. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. SO.

POSSIBLY NOVEMBER. YEAH, MAYBE THAT SAME GENTLEMAN, THE ROOSEVELT WAS ABLE TO TO GET A GRANT THAT THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING TO GET. AND THEY RECEIVED THAT MONEY EARLY. SO THEY'D LIKE TO BORROW FROM THE COUNTY. BUT AS SOON AS THEY RECEIVED THEIR GRANT FUNDING, THEY INTEND TO PAY THE LOAN OFF IMMEDIATELY. SO PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND ON THAT. SO HOPEFULLY WE COULD ASSIST WITH THEM. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION. SECOND, WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORLEY. I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHAW TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE ROOSEVELT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

[27.00 26-0780 Discuss, consider and/or take action to authorize the County Judge to sign a loan agreement with Woodrow Volunteer Fire Department.]

THEDFORD. YEAH, I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO FOR SOME PURCHASE OF SOME EQUIPMENT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NORMAL LOAN THAT WE DO, THAT THEY PAY IT BACK OVER A PERIOD OF TIME PERIOD OF YEAR, PERIOD, OUT OF THEIR CONTRACTED AMOUNT FUND. SO THIS ONE WILL BE HANDLED LIKE WE NORMALLY HANDLE MOST OF THOSE CONTRACTS. YEAH. THIS IS A 2014 ROSENBAUER QUINT, FORMERLY IN SERVICE WITH LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE. THEY HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO HOLD IT FOR US, ONE OF THEIR STATIONS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SO THIS WILL BE A GOOD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO BE OUT IN THE COUNTY. WITH THAT, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DALBY, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RATCLIFF TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE WOODROW VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION

[28.00 26-0397 Discuss, consider and/or take action to install 45 mph speed limit signs on CR 6300 between CR 1900 and CR 2000 in Precinct 4.]

PLACES THERE, FOLKS GOING IN AND OUT. SOME SOME BIG TRUCKS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT. SO WE FEEL THAT 45 IS THE APPROPRIATE SPEED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS IS ALSO THIS IS WHERE IT GOES.

AND THEN IT TEES INTO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE CITY OF LUBBOCK. LOTS OF TURN INS, TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT HANG OVER THE FENCES FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND IT'S BEEN A I'VE RECEIVED CALLS ABOUT IT SINCE THE DAY THAT I'D GOTTEN OFFICE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING

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IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

[29.00 26-0755 Report on the status of County Road Projects, Department Staffing, Training and Safety, unpaved and paved road maintenance, signs, parks, and fleet management report.]

ALL OF IT. YES. AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BECAUSE BECAUSE WITH THE DITCH BEING WET. OH YEAH. YEAH.

WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO REACH IT WITH A BACKHOE AND GET A MAJORITY OF THE MATERIAL OUT THE WAY SO THE WATER CAN FLOW. WHAT ABOUT THE STUFF THAT WAS PUT IN THERE TWO WEEKS AGO TO GET THE DITCH BACK DOWN? IS THERE. YEAH. WELL THAT. YEAH. WELL ONCE ONCE ONCE THE CONDITIONS MAKE IT DOABLE TO LOOK AT THAT. WE'LL. OH YEAH. THAT, THAT FIRST PHASE WE'RE STILL EVALUATING TODAY. JUST MINUTES AGO WE HAD THE TRENCH COATS COME IN FOR THOSE TWO DRIVEWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN IN TEMPORARY STATUS. SO WE'LL WORK PLAN THAT AND GET THAT DONE.

BUT THERE ARE THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT PROJECT. ANY WORD ON THE DRAINS BE HERE.

THEY JUST GOT HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO. OH NICE. YEAH THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. THAT.

YEAH. SO THE ROAD WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU SAID 3300. THAT'S WALNUT ISN'T IT? YES.

NORTH. SO THIS IS THE NEW COLLEGIATE ROAD THAT WE JUST DIDN'T COME OUT TO. 1729 OKAY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ROAD THAT MISS TAYLOR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON A TRAFFIC SIGN UP, A SPEED LIMIT SIGN ON THERE. I DIDN'T THINK WE PUT SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ON CLICHY. YEAH. NOW, THAT ONE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. I THOUGHT YOU WERE REFERRING TO WALNUT NORTH OF WALNUT. WE NEEDED THAT. BUT. BUT THE ONE THAT I HAD INQUIRED ABOUT THAT MR. WOOD TOLD ME HE WOULD WORK ON WAS 3131, THE FIRST ROAD OFF OF 1729, EAST OF 1729. OKAY. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE FLYING DOWN THAT SINCE WE MADE SUCH A GOOD ROAD, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE FLYING DOWN THAT 80 MILES AN HOUR. I GOT TO TELL THEM NOT TO GRADE IT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SLOW DOWN, BUT WASHBOARD OUT THERE, GET THEM WET WASHBOARDS BECAUSE IT'S STILL EVERYTHING TO THANK YOU. COUNTY CAN START SELLING SHOCKS. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, MR. MOORE. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY

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