Notice of the Meeting of the Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas, for
March 29, 2010

Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the above named Court will be held at 9:00 a.m., March 29, 2010, with the meeting to be held in the COMMISSIONERS' COURTROOM, at the Bell County Courthouse 101 Central Avenue, Belton, Texas, to begin on March 29, 2010, 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 March 22, 2010.

2. County Engineer.

1. Consider award of Concrete bids.
2. Consider authorizing County Engineer to purchase off of BuyBoard or other approved consolidated purchasing source certain Road & Bridge Equipment per budget/remaining bond funding to include:
   1.  8 pickup trucks;
   2.  1 heavy duty truck;
   3.  1 motorgrader;
   4.  2 tractors; with cab-mowers;
   5.  2 mowers, with zero turn radius;
   6.  2 light 6 c.y. dump trucks;
   7.  1 scrapper;
   8.  1 wheel loader;
   9.  1 utility trailer;
   10. 1 watertank; and
   11. 1 water pump
3. Announce Tire and Household Hazardous Waste event set for May 8, 2010 in Copperas Cove and the results of the March event in Belton.
    

3. Personnel.

4. Consider report encouraging the return of the 2010 Census Forms and the current status:
    

   	Entity	% Returned to Date	% Returned in 2000
   a.	United States	20%	72%
   b.	Texas	12%	68%
   c.	Bell County	4%	69%
   d.	Belton	7%	70%
   e.	Harker Heights	1%	74%
   f.	Killeen	2%	68%
   g.	Temple	1%	72%

   Information found at http://2010.census.gov/2010 census.
    

5. Consider approval of a Resolution designating April 9-10, 2010 as Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame Days in Bell County, Texas in recognition of the 35th Annual Cowboy Reunion being held April 9-10, 2010 at the Bell County Expo Center.
    
6. Consider approval of Amendment No. 10 to Owner/Architect Agreement for the Bell County Justice Center between Bell County and Wiginton Hooker Jeffry, P.C. to amend the Scope of Project within the Central Jail to include design of addition of video visitation system in Central Jail and tie-in to Loop Jail, Central Jail Infirmary Area renovations, certain detention equipment, and Central Jail Public Lobby renovations.   
    

7. Claims.
   
           Agenda items may be considered, deliberated, and/or acted upon in a different order than set forth above.
   
   
           Bell County Commissioners Court reserves the right to discuss any items in executive (closed) session
           whenever permitted by the Texas Open Meeting Act.