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The Ellis County Press - Ellis County Commissioners' Court meet Monday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m.
News | Ellis County Commissioners' Court meet Monday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m.
By By Avis Bohlen and Daryl G. Kimball
09/25/2010 10:36:00
Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the Ellis County Commissioners’ Court will be held on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 6:00 P.M., in the Historic Ellis County Courthouse, Commissioners’ Courtroom (2nd flr), 101 West Main Street, Waxahachie, Texas at which time the following will be discussed and considered, to-wit: County Judge:
Lee Auvenshine, Assistant County Attorney OPENING COURT
1.3 Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance - Commissioner Dennis Robinson CONSENT AGENDA – Consideration and Action:
A2 Approval of the August, 2010 Travel Reports of the Texas AgriLife Extension Office
A3 Approval of the appointment of Lisa Diane Heine as the Ellis County representative to the Lakes Regional Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center’s Board of Directors for a two year term.
A4 Approval of appointment of Debra Wakeland as the Ellis County representative to the North Central Texas Workforce Development Board of Directors for a two year term.
A5 Approval of the Treasurer’s Office spending of up to $3,210.37 on supplies and equipment. A6 Approval to accept a donation of tactical gear to the Sheriff’s office in the amount of $6,743.00. - Chuck Laubach, Sheriff’s Office
Financial: F1 From 001-0010-50502, Staff Salary; 001-0010-50505, Longevity; 001-0010-50553, Soc Sec; 001-0010-50801, Supplies; 001-0010-50554, Retirement; 001-0010-50815, Deputy Uniforms To 001-0010-50703, Telephone; 001-0010-50807, Gen. Misc.; 001-0010-50808, Auto Gas & Oil; 001-0010-50810, Auto Tires; 001-0010-50819, Computers; 001-0010-50802, Equipment; 001-0010-50811, Auto Purchase. – Johnny Brown, Sheriff F2 From 001-0015-50502, Salary-Jailers/Cooks/Nurses; 001-0015-50553, Soc Sec; 001-0015-50554, Retirement; 001-0015-50807, Gen. Misc.; 001-0015-50814, Feeding Inmates; 001-0015-50865, Employee Screening; 001-0015-50888, Computer Services; 001-0015-50905, Jail Petty Cash To 001-0015-50802, Equipment; 001-0015-50803, Furn/Fixtures; 001-0015-50808, Auto Gas/Oil; 001-0010-50811, Auto Purchase; 001-0015-50819, Computer; 001-0015-50702, Repairs. – Johnny Brown, Sheriff
F3 From 001-0140-50802, Equip/Maint/Repairs To 001-0230-50819, Computer. – Carol Bush, County Judge
F4 From 001-0210-40719, Chapter 19 State Funding To 001-0210-50800, Chapter 19 Expenditures. -Jane Anderson, Elections
F5 From 001-0370-50804, Postage To 001-0370-50801, Supplies. – John Bridges, Tax Office
F6 From 001-0375-50835, Training Education To 001-0375-50703, Telephone. – Joe White, Engineering
F7 From 001-0425-50808, Auto Gas/Oil To 001-0425-50873, Maint/Repairs Office Equip. – Diana Buckley, Human Services
F8 From 001-0425-50808, Auto Gas/Oil To 001-0425-50703, Telephone. – Diana Buckley, Human Services
F9 From 001-0430-50601, Travel Reimbursement; 001-0430-50802, Equipment; 001-0430-50805, Conference; 001-0430-50810, Auto Tires To 001-0430-50801, Supplies; 001-0430-50803, Furniture/Fixtures; 001-0430-50809, Auto Repair. – John Patterson, Emergency Management
F10 From 001-0450-50834, Crime Scene To 001-0450-50809, Auto Repairs. – Jim Pharr, Fire Marshal
F11 From 001-0520-50801, Supplies To 001-0520-50502, Clerks Salary. – Jackie Miller, Jr., JP 2
F12 From 003-0601-50807, Gen Misc. To 003-0601-50911, Gravel. – Dennis Robinson, RB 1
F13 From 005-0703-50502, Wages To 005-0703-50910, Gas/Oil. – Heath Sims, R
F14 From 005-0703-30302, Current Fund Balance To 005-0703-50819, Computer. – Heath Sims, RB 3
F15 From 006-0754-40008, Interlocal Agreement To 006-0754-50807, Gen. Misc. - Ron Brown, RB 4
F16 From 019-0919-50802, Equipment; 019-0919-50601, Travel Reimbursement To 019-0919-50882, Books. - Carol Bush, County Judge
Consideration and action regarding the following presented by Richard Denniston, Purchasing Agent: 2.1 To award the bid for Inmate Medical Services to CHM for a period of three (3) years with one (1) renewal option for another three (3) years. Award is based on best evaluated bidder.
2 .2 To award bid for outfitting 12 Sheriff’s vehicles. ADMINISTRATIVE
3.1 Consideration and action to adopt a proclamation declaring Friday, October 1, 2010 as “Pink Out Day” and encouraging all residents to wear pink in an effort to educate our community on the ever prevalent issue of breast cancer and to continue to be a beacon of hope that one day a cure might be found for this disease. - Carol Bush, County Judge
3.2 Consideration and action to acknowledge a proclamation recognizing the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Post 106 in celebration of its one year anniversary. - Carol Bush, County Judge
3.3 Consideration and action to adopt a General Maintenance and Operations tax rate of 0.360091 (consisting of an Interest and Sinking rate of 0.059006 and a Operations rate of 0.301085), and to adopt a Farm to Market tax rate of 0.033508 for Ellis County FY 2010-2011, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code §81.006 and Texas Tax Code §26.05. This will make the total tax rate 0.393599 per $100 of taxable value. - Carol Bush, County Judge
3.4 Consideration and action to continue participation in the Texas County and District Retirement System as approved in the 2010/2011 Budget, a­uthorizing the County Judge to sign necessary forms. - Carol Bush, County Judge
3.5 Consideration and action to approve a contract between the NCTCOG for the Cities Readiness Initiative project implementation and authorize the County Judge to sign the contract for the year running August 1, 2010 through July 31, 2012. - John Patterson, Emergency Management 3.6 Consideration and action to approve the proposed changes to the Ellis County Sheriff and Constable Fees, effective January 1, 2011, as required under Local Government Code Section 118.131. This law requires commissioners’ courts to set fees charged for civil services by the offices of the sheriff and constables and directs that these fees be reported to the Texas Comptroller. - Terry Nay, Constable, Pct. 2
3.7 Consideration and action to approve of the purchase of five (5) Chevy Crewcab pickups from Buy-Board, in the amount of $150,631.00 for the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office. - Chuck Laubach, Sheriff’s Office 3.8 Approval of the purchase of a UFED (Universal Forensic Extraction Device), to analyze cell phones, smartphones and PDA devices from Cellebrite USA Corporation in the amount of $10,095.00. This price includes software and all future updates for the system. - Chuck Laubach, Sheriff’s Office
3.9 Consideration and action as may be appropriate to approve the East Texas Medical Center EMS request for CPI (Consumer Price Index) percentage adjustment as allowed in contract. The Ellis County subsidy for the next contract year will be $108,032. - Mike Navarro, Auditor
3.10 Consideration and action to approve a resolution in support of the Meals-on-Wheels of Johnson & Ellis County applying for a grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture Home –Delivered Meal Grant Program. - Carol Bush, County Judge RECESS REGULAR SESSION TO CONVENE TO PUBLIC HEARING
4. 1 Public Hearing to consider a plan for the County Clerk Archive Fund pursuant to Local Government Code §118.025, for the preservation and restoration of the County Clerk’s records. - Cindy Polley, County Clerk
4.2 Public Hearing to consider a plan for the District Clerk Technology Fund pursuant to Government Code
§ 51.305, for the preservation and restoration of the District Clerk’s records. - Melanie Reed, District Clerk
5.1 Consideration and action to approve a plan for the County Clerk Archive Fund pursuant to Local Government Code §118.025, for the preservation and restoration of the County Clerk’s records. - Cindy Polley, County Clerk 5.2 Consideration and action to approve a plan for the District Clerk Technology Fund pursuant to Government Code § 51.305, for the preservation and restoration of the District Clerk’s records. - Melanie Reed, District Clerk
5.3 Consideration and action as may be appropriate regarding an Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the County of Ellis and the City of Ennis beginning October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
5.4 Consideration and action as may be appropriate regarding an Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the County of Ellis and the Avalon Independent School District beginning October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
5.5 Consideration and action as may be appropriate regarding an Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the County of Ellis and the City of Alma beginning October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.- Bill Dodson, Commissioner Pct. 2
5.6 Consideration and action as may be appropriate regarding an Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the County of Ellis and the City of Garrett beginning October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011. - Bill Dodson, Commissioner Pct. 2 and Dennis Robinson, Commissioner Pct. 1
5.7 Consideration and action as may be appropriate regarding an Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the County of Ellis and the City of Bardwell beginning October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011. -Bill Dodson, Commissioner Pct. 2
5.8 Consideration and action as may be appropriate regarding an Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the County of Ellis and the Ennis Independent School District beginning October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
5.9 Consideration and action as may be appropriate to file a Notice of Intent by September 30, 2010 for Ellis County to participate in the Texas Department of Agriculture Feral Hog Abatement Technologies Program. Mark Arnold, Ellis County Extension Agent, will head up the program and be responsible for the grant application process. Ellis County farmers lose hundreds of thousands of dollars every year due to the feral hog population.
- Heath Sims, Commissioner Pct. 3
5.10 Consideration and action to approve a work order under an Inter-local agreement with the City of Italy.
5.11 Consideration and action as necessary to authorize an employee to be paid from two departments in accordance with the 2010-2011 Budget as approved, as required under paragraph 4.01 of the personnel policy manual.
- Carol Bush, County Judge and Joe White, County Engineer
5.12 Consideration and action to approve a renewal of the salary supplements to the justices on the Tenth Court of Appeals in the amount of $1,624 for fiscal year 2010-2011.
6.1 Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Government Code, consultation with counsel regarding the possible sale or lease of real property “if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.”
Signed this the 24th day of September, 2010. Carol Bush, Ellis County Judge
I, the undersigned, County Clerk of the Ellis County Commissioners Court do hereby certify that the above Notice of Regular Meeting of the Ellis County Commissioners Court is a true and correct copy of said Notice, that I received said Notice, and it was posted at the doors of the Ellis County Courthouse, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times on the 24th day of September, 2010 at ______ a.m./p.m.