Notice of the Meeting of the Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas, for
August 18, 2003

Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the above named Court will be held at 9:00 a.m., August 18, 2003, with the meeting to be held in the COMMISSIONERS' COURTROOM, at the Bell County Courthouse 101 Central Avenue, Belton, Texas, to begin on August 18, 2003, at 9:00 a.m. and continue thereafter until such business of the Court has been completed in accordance with Article 81.005 of the Local Government Code of the State of Texas.  The following items of business will be discussed, to-wit:

1. Approve minutes of August 11, 2003. 

2. County Engineer.

1. Conduct Public Hearing and Consider Approval of the following Traffic Control Devices:
   
   1.  Install Yield Sign on Pritchard Road at Reeds Lake Road.
   
   2.  Install 55 M.P.H. Speed Limit on West Hillyard from Old 81 to the McLennan County Line.
   
   
2. Consider awarding bid for striping and raised pavement markings.
   
   
3. Consider abandonment/release of the Drainage and utility Easement between Lots 486 & 487, Tanglewood Subdivision. 
   
   
4. Consider Final Approval of the Plat of Ecker Addition, a Two-Lot, 9.976 Acre Subdivision in the E.T.J. of the City of Killeen, fronting on to Onion Road.   
   
   

3. Personnel.

4. Consider Report on County Indigent Health Care Program, September 1, 2002 through July 30, 2003. 

5. Consider approval of the inclusion of designated Optional County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP) Services during the state FY  2004.  

6. Consider approval of the continued administration of the Bell County Indigent Health Care Program according to the County Indigent Health Care Program Handbook prepared by the Texas Department of Health. 

7. Consider Report on the 2003 Legislative impact on CIHCP and state, regional and local responses. 

8. Consider Resolution approving the adoption of the Bell County 2003-2005 Equal Employment Opportunity Plan. 

9. Consider approval of payment to AT2 under contract for County-wide voice-over phone system

10. Consider annual approval of Interlocal Agreement with Central Texas Council of Governments for Database Maintenance Expenses for FY 2004.

11. Consider approval of Memorandum of Understanding with local Independent School Districts concerning 2003-2004 school year operation of the Bell County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP).

12. Present and discuss Comparative Analysis of Cost for Jail/Courts Project if constructed on the 75 acre site of Loop 121 versus in Downtown Belton. 

13. In accordance with the laws governing such matters, the County Judge will present the FY 2003-2004 budget for Bell County and hold a Public Hearing thereon; the Court will discuss such budget; further in accordance with the Texas Property Tax Code, the Commissioners' Court will discuss the tax rates for Bell County and Bell County Road District with the intent to not exceed the current tax rates. 

14. Claims.