BE IT REMEMBERED THAT THERE WAS HOLDEN A REGULAR MEETING



BE IT REMEMBERED THAT THERE WAS HOLDEN A REGULAR MEETING

OF THE COMMISSIONER’S COURT OF HALE COUNTY, TEXAS ON THE 25th

DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2013 THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS PRESENT, TO WIT:

BILL A. COLEMAN COUNTY JUDGE

HAROLD KING COMM. PREC.#1

MARIO MARTINEZ COMM. PREC.#2/ABSENT

KENNY KERNELL COMM. PREC.#3

BENNY CANTWELL COMM. PREC.#4

OTHERS ATTENDING COURT:

LATRICE KEMP COUNTY CLERK

MARETTA SMITHSON COUNTY AUDITOR/ABSENT

Lupe Canales, Douglas McDonough, Nicole Steffe, Ida A. Tyler, David B. Mull, Joe Soliz.

Pledge

Prayer: Commissioner Cantwell

County Judge Bill Coleman welcomed and asked all persons in attendance to sign roster at the front door.

****MOTION by Commissioner Cantwell, second by Commissioner Kernell

to approve the minutes from the February 11, 2013 Regular meeting of the Commissioner’s Court.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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*****MOTION by Commissioner Kernell, second by Commissioner King

To approve the Budget Amendments as presented by Nicole Steffe, Asst. Hale County Auditor. See exhibits A-B.

$51,400.00 – FROM $51,400.00/Sale of trucks, pickups and equipment-Pct. #4/To recognize revenue received and not budgeted from the sale of 2009 Bush Hog Mower, 1997 John Deere Loader, 300 Gallon Sprayer with pump and 1985 Ford truck with Tymco Sweeper.

TO $51,400.00/Equipment-Pct. #4/To use revenue received from the sale of equipment to purchase new equipment.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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****MOTION by Commissioner Cantwell, second by Commissioner King

to approve the Line-Item Transfers for 2012 as presented by Nicole Steffe, Asst. Hale County Auditor. See exhibit C-D.

$130.00 – FROM $130/Contingency Fund-Non Dept

TO $130/Utilities-Justice Center

$200.00 – FROM $200/Contingency Fund-Non Dept

TO $200/Building & Grounds Maint-Courthouse

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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****MOTION by Commissioner King, second by Commissioner Kernell

To permit the Auditor to advertise for bids for the County Depository Contract. Ads will run April 2, April 9 and April 16, 2013. Bids will be opened on April 17, 2013 and bids will be awarded April 22, 2013. See exhibit E.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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****MOTION by Commissioner Cantwell, second by Commissioner King

to approve the Accounts Payable for December 31, 2012 in the amount of $46,810.40 as presented by Ida Tyler, Hale County Treasurer. See exhibit F.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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****MOTION by Commissioner Kernell, second by Commissioner Cantwell

To approve the Accounts Payable for February 11 thru February 25, 2013 in the amount of $2,092,701.94 as presented by Ida Tyler, Hale County Treasurer. See exhibit G.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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****MOTION by Commissioner King, second by Commissioner Kernell

to approve the SAMHSA Accounts Payable for February 25, 2013 in the amount of $25,977.11 as presented by Ida Tyler, Hale County Treasurer. See exhibit H.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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****MOTION by Commissioner Cantwell, second by Commissioner King

to approve the Financial Statement for the month ended January 31, 2013 with a monthly closing balance of $17,182,248.89 as presented by Ida Tyler, Hale County Treasurer. See exhibit I.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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*****MOTION by Commissioner Kernell, second by Commissioner Cantwell

to approve the Affidavit to be published in the newspaper as presented by Ida Tyler, Hale County Treasurer. See exhibit J.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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*****MOTION by Commissioner Cantwell, second by Commissioner King

to approve Resolution #R13-0225, which opposes House Bill 958 in the 83rd Texas Legislative Session. See exhibit K.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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ITEM B UNDER THE COUNTY JUDGE ON THE AGENDA: Review request from Casa Tierra for tax abatement. Casa Tierra withdrew their request.

*****MOTION by Commissioner Cantwell, second by Commissioner King

to approve the fee schedule for lawn care by Roger Foote for 2013 for the Courthouse @$5,510.00, Ollie Liner Center @$7,780.00 and the Hale County Jail @$1,320.00. Any additional services other than what is in the fee schedule must be approved by the County Judge prior to providing the service. See exhibit L.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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*****MOTION by Commissioner Kernell, second by Commissioner Cantwell

to have the County Attorney revise the proposed contract with UMC for ambulance service to Abernathy stating the following changes: $3000.00 per month for rural ambulance calls only, 120 days notification to cancel the contract, required monthly reports to be faxed or emailed to the County Judge by the 10th day of the following month and whatever legal wording the County Attorney deems necessary to change.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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****MOTION by Commissioner King, second by Commissioner Cantwell

to accept the January 2013 Hale Center EMS report as presented by Joe Soliz. See exhibit M.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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*****MOTION by Commissioner Kernell, second by Commissioner King

to accept the 2012 Hale County Sheriff’s Office Activity Report, which also includes the Racial Profile report, as presented by Hale County Sheriff David Mull. See exhibit N. The County Judge also noted for the record what a good job the Sheriff and his staff do.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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TABLE ITEM B UNDER THE SHERIFF ON THE AGENDA: Transport Vans

SHORT RECESS @ 10:00 A.M.

RECONVENE @ 10:13 A.M.

ITEM A UNDER ANDREW L. JACKSON, DIRECTOR ADULT PROBATION: Discuss the remodeling of some office space for security purposes. After Mr. Jackson gets some proposals in, he will present those to the court at a later date.

*****MOTION by Commissioner King, second by Commissioner Kernell

to approve the Agreement between the American Red Cross-North Texas Region and Hale County and allow David Hipolito and the County Judge to sign the agreement. See exhibit O.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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*****MOTION by Commissioner Cantwell, second by Commissioner King

to accept the final report on the auction that closed 2/13/13 with sales totaling $51,475.00. See exhibit P.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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*****MOTION by Commissioner Cantwell, second by Commissioner Kernell

to allow Pct. #4 to purchase a new bush hog shredder from JMS Equipment for $16,600.00 and issue the check on 2-27-13.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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*****MOTION by Commissioner Cantwell, second by Commissioner King

To accept the 2012 Annual Fire report for Abernathy VFD and pay their annual stipend of $10,000.00 and issue the stipend 2-27-13. See exhibit Q.

VOTED UNANIMOUS

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Adjourned @ 10:20 A.M.

The above and foregoing minutes of the Regular Session of the Commissioners’ Court of Hale County, Texas read and approved in Open Commissioners’ Court on the 11th day of March, 2013.

LATRICE KEMP, COUNTY CLERK, HALE COUNTY, TEXAS BILL A. COLEMAN, COUNTY JUDGE, HALE COUNTY,TEXAS

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