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[A) INVOCATION]
IT IS EIGHT 30.WE ARE AT THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE.
I'M GONNA CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER.
I'M GONNA ASK COMMISSIONER STACY TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION.
THEN I'LL LEAD AS IN OUR PLEDGES.
ALL RIGHT, IF YOU WOULD BOW WITH ME.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THE DAY THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT FORTH.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR ALL OF OUR MANY BLESSINGS.
WE PRAY THAT YOU BE WITH THIS COURT THROUGH ALL OF OUR DELIBERATIONS.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM, YOUR GUIDANCE, AND YOUR INTERVENTION.
UM, PLEASE BE WITH ALL OF OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHEREVER THEY ARE STANDING IN THE GAP BETWEEN US AND HARM, AND WE PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE PRAY ALL THIS IN JESUS' NAME.
LET'S PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
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.
NOW, THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.
THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
THE PUBLIC FORUM IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COURT ABOUT ANY COUNTY MATTERS.
SINCE THERE IS NO ONE IN THE GALLERY.
[2. Discuss/ Act on canvassing the November 4, 2025, General Election, and all related issues; (Judge New)]
TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, DISCUSS AND ACT ON CANVASSING THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025, GENERAL ELECTION AND ALL RELATED ISSUES.YEAH, YOU CAN PULL THAT DOWN AS FAR AS YOU WANT.
I'M CHRISTIE MYERS, THE DEPUTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR, AND WE'RE HERE TO CANVAS THE ELECTION.
AND WE HAD A FABULOUS TURNOUT FOR THIS ELECTION.
UM, WE HAD 22,706 PEOPLE VOTE, AND OF THOSE, UH, OVER 40% OF THOSE VOTED ON ELECTION DAY, WHICH IS KIND OF UNHEARD OF THESE DAYS,
HOW MANY VOTED ON ELECTION DAY? UH, 9,025.
AND WE HAD 8,800 PEOPLE VOTE LAST NOVEMBER FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL, SO WE HAD A COUPLE HUNDRED MORE VOTE THIS NOVEMBER THAN LAST NOVEMBER THAT WAITED TILL ELECTION DAY.
UM, I BELIEVE, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS, I SHOULDN'T DO THIS ON CAMERA OR ON PHONE, BUT I THINK WE HAD 78% VOTE LAST YEAR AND 25% FOR THE NOVEMBER TOTAL.
SO IT WAS, THAT'S THE BEST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THAT WE'VE HAD VOTE ON A NON, ON AN ODD NOVEMBER YEAR.
THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S AMAZING.
THAT THAT CAST EACH HAD THEIR ONE VOTER.
EACH HAD THEIR ONE VOTER, YEP.
THAT, THAT INCREASED THE VOTING NUMBERS BY TWO.
HISTORICALLY HAVE NEVER VOTED BEFORE.
AND
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GLAD EVERYONE GOT OUT AND VOTED.
WE ENCOURAGE VOTING IN OUR COUNTY.
AND THE AMEX WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME QUIRKS WITH CURBSIDE YEAH.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WERE, WERE, WERE, IT GOTTA FIGURE IT OUT, BUT YEAH.
GOSH, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HALLS ZIGZAGGED OUT THE FRONT DOOR, DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW IT, I'M SURE YOU HAVE THE SAME THING.
I I WOULD WALK BY AND SEE PEOPLE I KNOW.
AND WHICH I'M COMFORTABLE GREETING SINCE ABSOLUTELY.
AND I WOULD TELL THEM, YOU CAN GO RIGHT OVER TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WALK RIGHT IN AND VOTE.
AND WE NEVER HAD A LINE OF MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE AT THE ANNEX ALL DURING EARLY VOTING.
SO IT'S JUST PEOPLE WAITED TILL ELECTION DAY.
BUT THERE'S JUST SOMETHING MENTALLY ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE IN LINE
THEY'RE GOING TO STAY IN THAT LINE.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TEACH THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, DRIVING TO WHEREVER PEOPLE ARE USED TO VOTING AT THE LIBRARY AND THE ANNEX.
AND SO NOW THE ANNEX, BUT WE DID AT SEVEN O'CLOCK WHEN THE POLLS CLOSED TO NEW PEOPLE GETTING IN LINE, MOVE THE LINE INSIDE.
AND IT ACTUALLY WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL.
SO DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A NICE LOCATION TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM, MOVE THE LINE INSIDE.
SO DO, DO, DO WE, AND I KNOW I WAS LOOKING THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION, UM, KIND OF THE RESULTS, BUT, UM, DO WE HAVE THE BREAKDOWNS OF THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT YOU, THAT WE ALSO HAD? WE DO.
I DO NOT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS HERE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT CHRIS SAID HE'S HAPPY TO COME BACK.
UM, AND DISCUSS THAT AT THE NEXT COMMISSIONER'S COURT OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING BROUGHT THIS COURT WILL WANNA SEE ANYWAY AS WE MOVE INTO OTHER, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, A DIFFERENT ONE
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BECAUSE OF THE ROCK WALL, BECAUSE OF PROPOSITIONS AND THEN THE VADER THAT WE HAD.SO, I MEAN, BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO SEE SOME TRENDING TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE OTHER PATIENTS LOOK LIKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT WAS KIND OF NORMAL.
USUALLY THE LIBRARY SLASH ANNEX DOES ABOUT 60% OF THE OVERALL VOTING, SOMETIMES 65.
AND THEN HEATH IS USUALLY NEXT WITH APPROXIMATELY 15%, USUALLY FATES ABOUT 10.
AND THESE ARE JUST ROUND NUMBERS.
AND THEN ANYBODY ELSE THAT WE HAVE IS PROBABLY A TOTAL OF ABOUT 5%.
SO YEAH, I'M, I'M REALLY FASCINATED TO DIG INTO THE HEATH NUMBERS PRIMARILY BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF HEATH CITIZENS EARLY VOTE AT THE LIBRARY, AND WHEN I QUESTION THEM, THEY WOULD SAY THIS, THIS IS JUST MY HABIT, THIS IS WHAT I DO.
SO WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS IF MOVING IT TO THE ANNEX BREAKS THAT HABIT AND THEY NOW WENT TO THE CITY OF HEATH, OR IF THEY STILL SAY, NO, I VOTE, I VOTE EARLY DOWN THERE.
I THINK WE HAD ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE AS GENERALLY, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN BRING THOSE NUMBERS NEXT TIME, IF Y'ALL LIKE.
WELL, UH, COMMISSIONERS, WHAT I, THERE'S A FORM THAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO SIGN CALLED CANVAS OF ELECTION THAT SAYS, I, FRANK, NEW COUNTY JUDGE OF ROCKWALL COUNTY MET WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT SITTING AS THE CANVASSING BOARD TO CANVAS THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 AT ROCKWALL, TEXAS.
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FIGURES ON THE RETURNS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE ROCKWALL COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
UH, WITNESS MY HAND ON THIS 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.
SO THI THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT, THAT I WILL HAVE TO SIGN IF, IF, UM, I'LL OFFICIALLY HAND THOSE AND WHAT THE, WHAT THE CANVASSING IS, IS SAYING THAT THE VOTES WERE CAST AND THE VOTES WERE COUNTED.
AND WE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CERTIFYING.
AND WE DID HAVE OUR BALLOT BOARD MEET.
THEY MET ON WEDNESDAY, AND SO WE BROUGHT, WE FINISHED UP THE ACTUAL RESULTS.
YOU KNOW, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE TERMINATED A CONTRACT WITH THAT COMPANY OUTTA CALIFORNIA.
OR THE END OF AUGUST, I THINK ACTUALLY VO-TECH.
AND THEN WE GOT OUR DATA INSTEAD OF FROM THAT PRIVATE COMPANY, FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT DATA AND UM, THE PROMPTNESS OF ITS DELIVERY.
HOW DID THAT ALL WORK OUT? SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROMISE OF DELIVERY OF LIKE OUR DATA, LIKE OUR DOCUMENTS, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT YET FROM VO-TECH, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
NO, I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONLINE WITH SECRETARY OF STATE THROUGH TEAM, AND NOW WE'RE A QUOTE ONLINE COUNTY.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO HANDLE THE ELECTION.
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME GROWING PAINS IN THAT TOO.
SO, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AT POINT, KRISTEN SAID WE MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE SOME PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.
DID WE HAVE TO DO THAT? WE DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING ONLINE.
WE HAD TO, UM, DO A LITTLE EXTRA WORK THAT THERE WERE 4,500 DPS PEOPLE THAT CAME THROUGH THAT WERE IN OUR DATABASE, BUT THEY WEREN'T IN OUR POLL BOOK.
SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF FOR SOME OF THOSE THAT WE COULD TELL THE NEW DRIVER'S LICENSE LOOKED TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
VERY DIFFICULT TO READ ACTUALLY.
BUT, UM, SO IF THEY WENT TO VOTE OR IF THEY WENT TO DPS AFTER JULY 4TH, WHICH IS WHEN WE, THE LAST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THINGS, THEN WE HAD TO DO LIKE AN EXTRA STEP AND JUST ADD THEM THERE AT THE POLL PLACE.
AND IT TOOK ABOUT THREE TO FOUR EXTRA MINUTES FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE CAUGHT.
SO THAT WAS A MINOR SMALL NUMBER.
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE STRESSING BEFORE, BUT WE GOT THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CANVASS THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS.
GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOANA.
LET'S REGISTER OUR VOTES NOW THAT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
[3. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF ROCK WALL COUNTY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE MATTERS LISTED IN THIS AGENDA IN THE ORDER DEEMED APPROPRIATE AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 5 5 1 OPEN MEETINGS, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 7 1 5 5 1 0 7 2 5 5 1 0 7 3 5 5 1 0 7 4 5 5 1 0 7 4 5 5 5 1 0 7 5 AND 5 5 1 0 7 6, OR TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY AND OR OTHER ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING ROCKWALL COUNTY ON ANY MATTER IN WHICH THE, IT IS THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS.
CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE OR AS OTHERWISE MAY BE PERMITTED UNDER CHAPTER 5 5 1 WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION
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ON MATTERS DISCUSSION OF DR. HORTON LITIGATION AND MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS AT 8 39.AT 9 0 6, WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER 5 5 1 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.001.
THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION TO TAKE ANY ACTION NECESSARY ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, NO ACTION TAKEN.
SO THAT WILL BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE, COMMISSIONER COURT REPORTS.
UH, ALL I WILL SAY IS THAT WE HAVE OUR ANNEX GRAND OPENING COMING UP HERE, UH, IN UNDER AN HOUR, 10 O'CLOCK.
UH, PLEASE COME IF YOU'RE ABLE.
COMMISSIONER M**K, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LICHTY.
I DO HAVE SOMETHING AND I I KNOW YOU ALL WOULD JOIN ME IN THIS.
UM, WE LOST A VERY GREAT EMPLOYEE IN THE LAST WEEK, AND I WOULD LIKE THAT WAS DANA FOREMAN.
AND, UM, AFTER WE'RE DONE, I'D LIKE TO ASK JUST FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR HER AND A PRAYERS, BUT I'D LIKE TO READ, UM, THE STATEMENT INTO OUR RECORD THAT WAS PREPARED BY OUR, UM, KAMI, BY OUR HR DIRECTOR.
YEAH, IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE SHARE THE PASSING OF OUR COWORKER, DANA FOREMAN, WHO PASSED AWAY ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH.
DANA BEGAN HER SERVICE WITH ROCKWALL COUNTY IN 2010 AS A PART-TIME CLERK IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SHE WAS LATER PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CHIEF ASSISTANT IN INDIGENT HEALTH IN 2011.
AND IN 2020, SHE BECAME THE INDIGENT HEALTH COORDINATOR.
DANA'S SPUNKY SPIRIT AND CONTAGIOUS LAUGH WILL LEAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON HER COWORKERS AND THE MANY CLIENTS SHE SERVED.
SHE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED, BUT WE KNOW THAT SHE WILL NOW KNOW IN, SHE WILL NOW ENJOY ETERNAL BIRTHDAYS WHERE CALORIES DON'T EXIST.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'LL GO WITH IT.
PLEASE KEEP DANA'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN YOUR THOUGHTS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
AND THANK YOU FOR CAMMY FOR MAKING THAT STATEMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE OWE SO MUCH TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE DON'T FUNCTION WITHOUT 'EM.
AND IT WAS A SAD DAY THAT SHE LOST.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF DANA FOREMAN.
UH, I, I DO WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT DANA FOREMAN.
SO, UM, BATTLED CANCER, UH, AND, AND JUST LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT AND ENERGY AND, AND, AND HAIR.
AND YOU STILL WALK IN THERE AND SHE WAS SMILING.
I MEAN, JUST COULD, COULD NOT KEEP FOOD DOWN.
COULDN'T, COULDN'T HARDLY FUNCTION.
BUT SHE SAT THERE WITH A SMILE AND WAS HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
AND THAT TO ME, THAT THAT SUMMARIZES DANA FOREMAN, UH, COMMISSIONER STACY.