[II. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL]
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COMMISSIONER KNIGHT, COMMISSIONER SCALE.
GOOD MORNING FOR BEING THE FORUM PRESIDENT NOW.
BEGAN, UH, INVOCATION TODAY IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT BY PASTOR KEITH SHARPER CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH, UH, A BIBLE PART OF DISTRICT THREE.
AND THANK CERTAINLY WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING KEITH, AND, UH, IF, IF YOU WOULD SHARE THE WORD, WHAT WE WOULD APPRECIATE, LET'S PRAY AGAIN, BOB, THANK YOU THIS MORNING FOR THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN, THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THINGS LIKE THIS.
AND SO, GOD, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS ON THESE COMMISSIONERS TODAY AND THE DISTRICTS THEY REPRESENT.
WE PRAY FOR ALL THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED HERE, FATHER, THAT WE WOULD DO THAT IN A PEACEFUL WAY.
WE'RE THANKFUL FATHER, FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND WE PRAY ALL OF THESE IN THE NAME OF JESUS' NAME.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE, WE DO BUT PLEDGE OF THE READY TO GET HIS AND, UH, YES SIR, ATTENTION.
SO, PLEDGE, ALLEGIANCE, FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC.
RICHARD STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR LAW.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES BEFORE YOU, UH, JULY 9TH, 2026.UH, I WOULD ASK, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, OR ADDITIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
[VI. PRESENTATIONS]
HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, FROM DISTRICT FOUR, THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THIS YOUNG, YOUNG COLOR, A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR, AND UM, THAT'S OUR TREASURER, THAT'S ANGEL.
WE BERG DO STOOL, BUT I WORE
GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS.
IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR WITH OUR DEPUTY TREASURER TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION, RECOGNIZING TRADE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS, UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND DE PRIDE HE BRINGS TO JEFFERSON COUNTY.
TRADE IS A PRODUCT OF OUR JEFFERSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS. A TESTAMENT TO THE TALENT AND THE POTENTIAL THAT EXISTS RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THROUGH HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE AND DETERMINATION, HE HAS ACHIEVED SUCCESS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL, INCLUDING WINNING AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK KNICKS.
HIS JOURNEY SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, PROVING THAT WITH FAITH, DISCIPLINE, AND COMMITMENT DREAMS CAN BECOME A REALITY TODAY.
NOT ONLY CELEBRATE HIS ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT ALSO HIS CHARACTER IN THE EXAMPLE HE SETS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
ON BEHALF OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION AND TREASURER'S OFFICE, WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THIS REMARKABLE RESOLUTION FOR HIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE HONOR HE HAS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND TREY IS HIS BEAUTIFUL FIANCE AND HIS MOM AND HIS NBA AGENT
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE THE WELL GO DO IT WHEN YOU GREEN.
WHO'S GOT I'LL GET ON COMMISSIONER SCALES.
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YOU DIDN'T SAY STOPTHANK YOU GUYS WITH HIS FAMILY.
I I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL MEETING TODAY.
ETHAN, DID YOU BRING THE BASKETBALL POSITION ONE ON ONE?
YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS FILLED.
GREAT NEWS AND GREAT STORIES AND UM, ANGELA WOULD APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO US.
IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO THIS YOUNG MAN.
AND YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO HIM AND, AND YOU CAN, BUT YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT HIM AND, AND HE EXUDES CLASS AND CHARACTER AND THAT'S FROM HIS MOM AND THAT'S FROM HIS UPGRADING AND THAT'S FROM HIS SCHOOLING.
PRESIDENT, I DON'T TELL TYSON ABOUT THIS
THANK YOU, UH, MS. WEINBERG IN YOUR OFFICE, UH, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING HIM.
I WAS SAYING TO HIS FIANCE, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF AN INDUSTRY WHERE EVERYBODY LOVES A STAR.
I TOLD HER SO YOU'LL HEAR WHAT I TOLD HER SIR, IS THAT, LOVE YOU FOR YOU, WHEN ALL THAT IS GONE, UH, AS IF WE, WE WOULD CALL A MR. J THAT USED TO BE MY CLIENT.
RIGHT? AND THE ONE THING THAT I'M CLEAR ON IS THAT, UM, LIFE WOULD DEAL YOUR DIRTY HAND AND YOU GOTTA LEARN HOW TO TURN LEMONS INTO LEMONADE.
YOU UNDERSTAND? SO AS LONG AS YOUR BRIDE GET THAT, THEN WE GOOD.
AND, AND, UH, BUT MS. ANGELA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE MOM.
UH, I KNOW YOU SHOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD, UH, OF WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE HAS BECOME.
UH, BUT HE IS A GOOD REFLECTION OF MORE THAN COMING TO THIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO DO BUSINESS.
OKAY? SO I THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
AND LIKE I TOLD YOU, KEEP HAVING THIS, IT ALWAYS MATTERS WHO CUTTING THE DEAL.
IF THE DEAL IS NOT RIGHT ON THE FRONT END, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT RIGHT ON THE BACK END.
YOU ARE AN AGENT FOR WHO? UH, NO.
HE, HE KNOWS WHEN I SAID MR, WE AIN'T GOT A NAME DROP, BUT
GOOD TO SHARE THIS ON WITH YOU.
HE, HE'S GOTTA GET READY TO GO CAMP NOW.
HE'S GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
[VIII. RESOLUTIONS 1 - 42]
HAVE, UH, 42 RESOLUTIONS THAT WE PROPERLY VETTED IN OUR Q3 THREE COMMISSION MEETINGS.IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR ITEM THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO FULL FOR CONSIDERATION?
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MOVE 3 42 SECOND.I HAVE A MOTION, I HAVE A SECOND MOVE.
OPPOSED? THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW APPROVED FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION.
[XV. COMMENTS]
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? THE COUNTY'S OFFICE, SIR? ALL NOTHING GOING ONYEAH, WE, WE CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, I HAVE NOT, OTHER THAN I DO WANNA SAY I THINK THE, UH, UH, THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO US HAVING A, A VERY ROBUST, UH, MEETING AS IT RELATES TO OUR BUDGET.
AND, UH, I, I THINK THE COUNTY IS GOING IN AN EXCELLENT DIRECTION.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S GOING.
TEMPERATURE'S GOING DROP DOWN TO CHILE NINE TWO TODAY.
YEAH, WELL, UH, I WILL AMEND I ROAD AND TRANS PAPER THAT CLEARING THESE RIGHT OF WAYS AND IT'S, IT'S AS MUCH RAIN AS WE'VE HAD AND AS MUCH SUNSHINE AS WE'VE HAD.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA CHALLENGE AND, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING ENGAGED.
IT'S ALL HANDLED ON BOARD RIGHT NOW.
UH, UH, WE HAVE SCOOT STARTING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STOP SIGNS ARE CLEARED BACK AND OUR RIGHT OF WAYS ARE CLEARED FOR, FOR OUR CHILDREN AND, AND AS, AS A BEGINNER IN SCHOOL YEAR.
AND, UH, IT WAS LIKE, DON'T BLINK.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY IT WAS, IT WAS FREEZING COLD OUT HERE AND NOW IT'S, UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMERTIME AND ABOUT ABOUT TO MOVE THE BALL AND FOOTBALL SEASON.
SO, UH, YOUR COUNTY IS ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED REWARDS FROM OUR, WHAT WE DONE SO FAR, BUT YOU CAN'T SIT ON YOUR WALLS IN WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
IT IS WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE CITIZENS.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE APPRECIATE COOPERATION MANAGEMENT.