Notice of the Meeting of the Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas, for
December 01, 2008

Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the above named Court will be held at 9:00 a.m., December 01, 2008, with the meeting to be held in the COMMISSIONERS' COURTROOM, at the Bell County Courthouse 101 Central Avenue, Belton, Texas, to begin on  December 01, 2008, 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. Consider approval of minutes of November 24, 2008.

2. County Engineer.

   1. Consider authorizing the sale or trade-in of a 1994 Model 12-G Motor Grader as part of a bid package for the purchase of a small motor grader as approved October 27, 2008.
   2. Consider accepting for maintenance Squire Drive and Squire Loop, Country Squire Estates, in Precinct 1.
       

3. Personnel.

4. Consider approval of the termination, modification, or continuation of the Order Restricting Outdoor Burning - Burn Ban, set to expire on December 1, 2008.

5. Consider Proclamation naming the month of December, 2008 as Mary Alice Marshall Month in Bell County, Texas, in honor of her service to Temple College, the City of Temple, and to Bell County, and in honor of her 100th Birthday on December 23, 2008. 

6. Consider approval of appointment of two Bell County representatives to serve on the City of Belton Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Board.  

7. Consider setting date of Saturday, January 17, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. for the Open House of the new Bell County Jail addition on Loop 121 in Belton. .

8. Consider authorizing the contracting and purchase of approximately 4.527 acres of land off of I-35 located in the M.F. Connell Survey, Abstract No. 6, in Belton, Bell County, Texas, and authorizing County Judge to sign all contracts, closing statements, and other documents reasonably required to purchase said property and to negotiate and reach agreement with Seller on removal of structures and personal property and authorizing the appropriate budget amendment and payment of the earnest money, purchase price, and costs of closing.

9. Consider approval of Reimbursement Resolution of the Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas Regarding the Reimbursement of Certain Expenses from the Proceeds of Tax Exempt Obligations.

10. Consider approval of Change Order Number 10 between Bell County and Skanska USA Building, Inc. for additions/changes to Bell County Jail Project at cost of $176,800.00. 

11. Claims.
    
            Bell County Commissioners Court reserves the right to discuss any items in executive (closed) session
            whenever permitted by the Texas Open Meeting Act.