Meeting of August 2, 2022
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Summary
Grayson County Fiscal Court – August 2, 2022
The court handled a long list of routine business at the top of the meeting, approving minutes, bills for both the county and jailer, and budget transfers, all passing unanimously with little discussion. The court also accepted several required annual reports, including the health department's unchanged 2022-2023 tax rate and financial reports from the conservation district and three local watershed conservancy districts.
A notable item was the start of the process to discontinue Barnett Road, a dead-end road on private property near the county line that the landowner wants closed for estate-planning purposes. The court voted to begin the formal petition process, which will require inspectors and public notice before any final decision.
The court also approved a bid from Aegis Environmental for $114,700 to remove asbestos from the old hospital building, after comparing it to a competing bid that was only about $3,000 higher. Housekeeping items included updates to two county policies at the request of an inspector, and an amendment to the county's approved salary schedule to raise starting pay from $14.25 to $15.00 an hour to stay competitive with other employers.
The court approved a $25,000 donation from ARPA funds to the Grayson County Alliance to help fund renovations of their food pantry building into an educational kitchen and classroom space, as part of a $250,000 total project the nonprofit is largely completing with volunteer and inmate labor.
Much of the meeting's second half was devoted to a lengthy, sometimes tense discussion between a resident and magistrates about the poor condition of Lewis School Road and other roads in the county. Magistrates explained that road paving funds have been sharply reduced in recent years due to cuts in state discretionary funding, and that the rising cost of asphalt (now about $90,000 per mile) limits how much repaving can be done. No formal action was taken on this discussion, and the meeting closed with a motion to adjourn.
Agenda (20)
- 0:00
Opening prayer and pledge
The meeting opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance before the meeting was called to order.
- 1:45
Approval of minutes
The court approved the minutes from the previous meeting.
- 1:55
Approval of payment of bills
The court approved payment of county bills.
- 2:04
Treasurer's budget transfers
The court approved the treasurer's budget transfers as presented.
- 2:13
Jailor's payment of bills
The court approved the jailer's payment of bills.
- 2:23
Jailor's budget transfers
The court approved the jailer's budget transfers as presented.
- 2:31
Health department tax rate
The court accepted the Grayson County Health Department's 2022-2023 tax rate, which did not change from the previous year.
- 2:46
Conservation district annual financial report
The court accepted the Grayson County Conservation District's annual financial report.
- 2:57
Big Reedy Watershed annual financial report
The court accepted the Big Reedy Watershed's annual financial report.
- 3:06
Short Creek Watershed annual financial report
The court accepted the Short Creek Watershed's annual financial report.
- ~3:19
Caney Creek Watershed annual financial report
The court accepted the Caney Creek Watershed's annual financial report.
- 3:26
Petition to discontinue Barnett Road
A property owner petitioned to discontinue Barnett Road, a dead-end road entirely within her property that no longer serves any purpose; the court voted to begin the formal discontinuance process, which will require inspectors and public notice.
- 5:58
Asbestos removal bids for old hospital
The court reviewed two competing bids for asbestos abatement at the old hospital building and approved the Aegis Environmental bid at $114,700.
- 10:38
Fiscal court committee update
An update was given noting that fiscal court committees had met before the meeting and everything appeared to be in order.
- 10:56
Policy updates
Two county policies were updated with minor wording changes at the request of the county's inspector, and the court approved making the changes official.
- 11:52
Amendment to starting pay/salary schedule
The court amended the previously approved salary schedule to raise starting pay from $14.25 to $15.00 per hour to remain competitive with other employers.
- 12:40
Grayson County Alliance renovation donation
Grayson County Alliance requested $25,000 in ARPA funds to help renovate their food pantry into an educational kitchen and classroom space; the court approved the donation.
- 16:14
Courthouse office wall opening update
An update was given on cutting a hole through old brick to connect two courthouse offices, which caused some temporary disruption to power and phone service but was completed successfully.
- 19:01
Road condition complaints and funding discussion
A resident raised concerns about the poor condition of Lewis School Road and other roads, leading to a lengthy discussion about reduced state discretionary road funding and the rising cost of paving.
- 37:42
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned.
Motions & votes (16)
- 1:48
passedApprove minutes from the previous meeting
Moved by Neil · seconded by Brian · unanimous
- 1:58
passedApprove payment of bills
Moved by Kevin · seconded by Tommy · unanimous
- 2:06
passedApprove treasurer's budget transfers as presented
Moved by Kevin · seconded by Neil · unanimous
- 2:15
passedApprove jailor's payment of bills
Moved by Tommy · seconded by Brian · unanimous
- 2:25
passedApprove jailor's budget transfers as presented
Moved by Brian · seconded by Neil · unanimous
- 2:35
passedAccept Grayson County Health Department's unchanged 2022-2023 tax rate
Moved by Tommy · seconded by Brian · unanimous
- 2:50
passedAccept Grayson County Conservation District annual financial report
Moved by Neil · seconded by Brian
- 3:00
unclearAccept Big Reedy Watershed annual financial report
Moved by Tommy
- 3:09
passedAccept Short Creek Watershed annual financial report
Moved by Brian · seconded by Neil
- 3:19
passedAccept Caney Creek Watershed annual financial report
Moved by Neil · seconded by Tommy
- 5:35
passedApprove start of petition process to discontinue Barnett Road
Moved by Brian · seconded by Neil · unanimous
- 10:13
passedAccept Aegis Environmental's bid of $114,700 for asbestos removal at the old hospital
Moved by Tommy · seconded by Brian · unanimous
- 11:35
passedApprove the two updated county policies with red-line changes
Moved by Kevin · seconded by Tommy · unanimous
- 12:29
passedAmend salary schedule to raise starting pay from $14.25 to $15.00
Moved by Brian · seconded by Tommy
- 15:59
passedDonate $25,000 in ARPA funds to Grayson County Alliance for food pantry renovations
Moved by Tommy · seconded by Brian · unanimous
- 37:42
passedMotion to adjourn the meeting
Moved by Brian
Transcript (31 segments)
- 0:00
[Music] [Applause] [Music] father we thank you for this day we thank you for this time that we can come together as leaders and and we pray that decisions made here today will be in a way that's pleasing in your sight and beneficial to this community we thank you for the blessings in life that we truly are blessed and we
- 1:13
pray that we'll continue to receive those and i ask that you'll protect us be with us throughout the rest of this meeting in jesus name we pray amen i amen 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 call the meeting to order first thing on the agenda through the minutes from the previous meeting i'll make it motion by meal second by brian all in favor any opposed next we have approved payment of bills make money promotion by kevin second second but tommy all in favor any opposed next we have approved treasurer's budget transfers is presented motion by kevin second by neil all in favor any opposed next we have approved jailor's payment of bills make a motion motioned by tommy second by brian all in favor any opposed next we have a fruit jailor's budget transfers as presented motioned by brian second by neil all in favor
- 2:28
any opposed next we have to accept the grayson county health department's 2022-2023 tax rate which did not change motion by tommy thank you second by breaking all in favor any opposed next we have to accept grayson county conservation district annual finance financial report i'll make that motion by neil second by brian all in favor next we have accept big greedy's watershed annual financial report make the motion motion by tommy thank you second bye next we have except short creek watershed annual financial report mega motion motion by brian second second by neil all in favor any opposed next we have candy creek watershed angel financial report motion by neil second by tommy all in favor next we have approved petition to discontinue barrett road jeremy uh yeah just for uh i think that marianne just put this on the docket because we filed the petition uh we'll still i'll just have to get with you to get two uninterested
- 3:43
inspectors and we'll go through the process of having them look at it and then we'll also have to advertise and the road department will have to post the notices it's been a little bit since we did this kind of thing but i'll just get with you so we can just uh there's no action to take today okay so no action on to do that we're in barrett road it barnett road is really a is completely contained within a small piece of property out um east grayson county almost to the county line and it i've been out there it's just a it's kind of it looks like a pull in but it i think at one time it might have went down to the river but it doesn't and it hasn't for a long time and so the property owner is just what want to close it up um because she's kind of planning for the future estate planning and things like that to make sure it's not an issue before so it's it doesn't connect anybody else's land as far as she knows she's never really seen anybody use it it's just something
- 4:57
that was on her mind and it's still so counting maintenance here yeah we'll need to go ahead and if we're going to start the process we'll go ahead and need the boat to get the process started so said okay jeremy yeah a motion to approve the uh start of the petition to discontinue barnett road almost motioned by brian second by neil all in favor any opposed next we have open seal beds for asbestos removal at the old hospital aegis environmental this is from aegis environmental to remove asbestos environmental incorporated approach to
- 6:16
provide mobilization labor supervision tools equipment ladders scaffolding material insurance and services necessary to remove and dispose of asbestos containing materials acm from the above reference project the proposal has provided two million dollars in aggregate general liability insurance permits fees and license for the above project all abatement will be done in accordance with current local state and federal regulations scope would be removal and disposal of the asbestos materials identified in the pre-demolition survey prepared by larkin environmental which you all had got a copy of before we started this and price includes third-party pcm clearance testing price price as soon as a source of water and power will be available for our use that all furniture debris has been removed from the work areas total cost hundred and fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars that's that one uh
- 7:43
please find below a cost estimate for the abatement of asbestos-containing materials found on at the reference facility the removal includes asbestos abatement of certain building materials as outlined in the asbestos inspection report dated april 27 2022 more specifically floor tile and mastic ceiling tile and glue piping insulation window sinks original vur will be removed and disposed of that bit is seventeen 117 six hundred sixty-five dollars 117 665. and that's it that's all we got so the gentleman the gentleman that actually called and met with maintenance over there had said that you know we could probably remove the the roof and that type of material herself which would be uh quite costly to us too but he had talked to angel yesterday and said that he thought that we'd probably save about ten to fifteen thousand dollars well it costs that much to bring a large strike hope in the
- 8:58
dumpster you're asking for a motion i make the most of me accept the cheap sound like he's got a ducks in a row if you're asking for a motion yeah i mean it's it's what if you all want to discuss it and look at this and look at these beds you don't want to look at these beds real quick tell me what you think about them i mean you probably did one more thing i believe the guys worded it they're pretty much cut and dragged yeah i mean it's the scope of work is everything that was actually in uh the the scope that they that we had larkin environmental they actually done the survey the survey of it it looks like they both know what they're doing they're within three thousand dollars on the job size yeah you don't see that too often yeah so uh so any more discussion or if you don't want to look at these there's not a whole lot in it other than me the scope of work had a lot in it it was probably 75 pages thick so but if not i mean motion to accept one of these bids i don't think we better ourselves by taking the roof off ourselves honestly i'll make the motion to accept it