Notice of the Meeting of the Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas, for
December 08, 2008

Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the above named Court will be held at 9:00 a.m., December 08, 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 08, 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 December 01, 2008.

2. County Engineer.

   1. Consider exercising the County's buy-back option with East Texas Mack for the purchase and sale (trade-in) of two Mack CHU613 Tractors.
   2. Consider approval of an Engineering Services Agreement and Work Order No. 1 with M & E Consultants, Heidenheimer, for engineering studies to determine the Breech Inundation Maps for eight (8) dam sites in the Elm Creek Watershed.
   3. Consider approval of an Agreement with Elm Creek Watershed Authority for the reimbursement of half of the expenses incurred by Bell County in the development of the Flood Inundation Maps for Sites 4, 8, 21, 22, 23, 30, 39, and 28.
   4. Consider approval of an Engineering Services Agreement and Notice to Proceed with Nave Engineering, Inc., Weatherford, for the necessary engineering to determine the Breech Inundation Maps and prepare Emergency Action Plans for Structures 5 & 6, Donahoe Creek Watershed.
   5. Consider approval of an Agreement with Donahoe Creek Watershed for the reimbursement of half of the expenses incurred by Bell County in the development of the Flood Inundation Maps and Emergency Action Plans for Sites 5 & 6.
       

3. Personnel.

4. Consider approval of the termination, modification, or continuation of the Order Restricting Outdoor Burning - Burn Ban, set to expire on December 22, 2008.

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