Meeting of June 16, 2026

Let's all stand for the pledge and prayer. — I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. — Okay, if you'll bow with me I'll lead us in prayer. Father, we're thankful for this day. We're thankful for another time that we have together and thankful for each one that's here this morning. Just ask that you'd be in our midst. Give us the wisdom and knowledge that we need to make the right decisions for our county. And Father, just continue to bless our county, our state, this great nation. These things we ask in Jesus' name. Amen. — Amen. — Okay, at this time we'll call to order the LGEA and Camp Road public hearing. Is there anyone here that would like to address the County Road 8 or the LGEA fund? If not, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn the public hearing. — I'll move so. — Motion is Squire Weems. Is there a second? — I'll second. — Second is Squire Armstrong. Any questions?

Hearing none, all in favor say aye. — Aye. — Any opposed? Okay, at this time we'll call to order the regular meeting. Have roll call, please. — Squire Armstrong. — Here. — Squire Babbitt. — Here. — Squire Greenwell. — Here. — Judge Lipkes. — Here. — Squire Albright. — Here. — Squire Moore. — Here. — Squire Henning. — Here. — Okay, let the record reflect everyone is present. The first item of business, approval of minutes of the May 18th, 2026 meeting. I'll entertain a motion to approve those minutes. — I'll move. — Motion is Squire Armstrong. Is there a second? — Second. — Second is Squire Albright. Any questions? — Uh I was wondering if we could add to the uh minutes uh that I brought up about the fire department, what what their status on that was. — On the McDaniels? — Yes, number — Okay, please do that. — Okay, anything else? — So, you all your motion and second stays to approve the minutes as amended. — Correct. Hearing none, table please. — Squire Bevin? — Yes. — Squire Greenwell? — Yes. — Judge Lucas? — Yes. — Squire Albright? — Yes. — Squire Moore? — Yes. — Squire Henning? — Yes. — Squire Armstrong? — Yes. — Okay, all yes the minute the minutes approved. Next up is transfers. I'll

entertain a motion to approve transfers. — I'll make a motion. — Okay, motion Squire Moore's a second. — Second. — Second Squire Henning. Any questions? Pretty lengthy but this is our last one of the year. Hearing none, table please. — Squire Greenwell? — Yes. — Judge Lucas? — Yes. — Squire Albright? — Yes. — Squire Moore? — Yes. — Squire Henning? — Yes. — Squire Armstrong? — Yes. — Squire Bevin? — Yes. — Okay, all approved. Claim the next The next item this is actually is the claims and there's three additional claims that was at your desk this morning. So, I'll entertain a motion to approve claims and the additional claims. — I'll make a motion. — Okay, motion Squire Albright's a second. — I'll second. — Second Squire Armstrong. Any questions? Hearing none, table please. — Squire Albright? — Yes. — Squire Moore? — Yes. — Squire Henning? — Yes. — Squire Armstrong? — Yes. — Squire Bevin? — Yes. — Squire Greenwell? — Yes. — Judge Lucas? — Yes. — Okay, first item of old business is the only item of old business is the second reading of ordinance number 2026-0518 and that's the fiscal year 2026-27 budget.

I will entertain a motion to approve that ordinance budget. — I'll make a motion. — Okay, motion Squire Moore's a second. — I'll second. — Second Squire Bevin. questions? — Uh I've got one thing I would I'd like to pass along to see about maybe adding. Um and I don't know if that's being done now. It could probably come out of the county programs. Um but I got a request from um the extension office to um maybe help support the uh voucher program that they do for uh WIC and SNAP recipients. Um they get a voucher towards the farmers market. Um but I feel like if we would help support that, it would we would be giving money to the WIC and the SNAP recipients and they would be spending that same money within the county. Um — How much are they talking about? — Um the total um dollar amount is 2,520, but the community farm alliance is sponsoring 2/3. So, it would be about $840. — So, it's pretty pretty minimal then. — Yeah, I was going to say I don't see a problem with that. — We we can take that down as well as well. Yeah.

Yeah. Just have them send us a request. — request for it. — Okay, any other? Hearing none, take a roll, please. — Squire Moore? — Yes. — Squire Henning? — Yes. — Squire Armstrong? — Yes. — Squire Bevin? — Yes. — Squire Greenwell? — Yes. — Judge Liefgauw? Squire Albright? — Yes. — Okay, we'll take care of that. Next item is the first item on the new business and that's the road foreman's report. John. — Our uh our paving contractor has finished our uh contract for the year. You all had uh two other roads that were on a separate contract. They finished one of those and they're halfway done with the second one. So, your main contract is completed and your secondary contract that had the two roads is 3/4 complete at this point. Um What you've got uh uh I've got your office list of roads that you turned in for this upcoming year. And uh I really probably need to get with each and every one of you and because I believe I don't have the uh I don't have your

roads. I'm sure Tiffany's got it. You've got their uh district breakdowns, don't you? I need to get a copy of that. And uh I feel like that almost all of you are probably over budget minus Sam might be in in budget and Brandon has already prioritized his roads for me. So, I just need to get the rest of y'all to prioritize your roads. We've got a pretty lengthy list here and it's it's a huge amount of roads really for us to try to get dug out and and get in shape before the contractor comes back in. Um and of course they, you know, they can potentially come back in first July if they wanted to. So, um So, we're definitely going to be pretty busy for the foreseeable future doing dig outs on the roads, getting soft spots, and replacing some tiles and um which is always just a lengthy uh lengthy process. Other than that, our mowing tractors are still on the move and long arm our graders are moving right now. The uh But, the uh the dig outs are definitely going to be the

the big time consuming thing going forward. So, like I said, after May, maybe I can get with you all and those of you who haven't prioritized your roads might be able to get those prioritized. — Do you think I'm over budget on High Plains Road being Me and Sam splitting that 50/50? — No, I I I don't think so, David, but I think you will probably be okay. And and I think that Sam's probably going to be okay. And like I said, Brandon's already prioritized his, so really I just need you three guys down here on this end to get with me. Let me know what order you want to do your roads in or what's the what's the highest priority out of your roads list at least. — Will you be available after meeting? — Yeah. — Well, I'll give with you after — Sounds good. — I think we kind of already discussed it, but just to make sure. Why ain't the other long arm running? Is it messed up? — Uh right now we just don't have anybody on it because we got everything else filled. The the other long arm truck, are you talking about the old John Deere long arm? — I know who they was running. I was thinking that.

— running the the older John Deere long arm. It's We just don't really have enough people to get on it. Um and I'll be honest, I don't know that I would I'd say if you got 2 weeks worth of work out of it before it broke, I'd say you'd be doing good. That tractor that tractor and long arm has a lot lot of hours on it. — Yeah. We we lost an employee the other day. — We did lose a full-time He he was considered full-time seasonal. And his last day was Friday. Uh which was unfortunate. He was a good hand and and knowledgeable and was one of those that could kind of do a little bit of everything. So I I hated to see him go, but but uh — What is the main problem he left? — Well, he'd already retired from one job, and so um before he came to us, he was working somewheres else, and I think from what I understand, they they came back and shot him an offer that he had a hard time — Yeah, I was talking I was talking to him