IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF

BELL COUNTY, TEXAS

OCTOBER  07, 2002

AFTER proper posting of public notice, a copy of which is attached hereto, on this the 7th day of October, A.D. 2002, the County Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas, met in the Commissioners' Courtroom in Belton, Texas, in regular special session with the following members of said Court present, to-wit:

            (Prior to calling the meeting to order Judge Burrows presented Commissioner Stephenson with an
            award from the County Judge & Commissioners Association of Texas for having completed the  
            studies and satisfied the requirements of Curriculum 2000, the Advanced Certification Court of
            the County Judges & Commissioners Association of Texas. )

1. Agenda #1 - Minutes

• MINUTE ORDER #374/02:  It being nine a.m., JUDGE BURROWS called the meeting to order and called to the Courts attention the fact that they had previously received copies of the minutes of September 30, 2002.  He asked if there were any corrections or additions, there being no corrections, the minutes were approved as submitted.
  
  
  
  

2. Agenda #3 - Burn Ban
   

• MINUTE ORDER #375/02:   Mr. Hal Pagel of the Bell County Fire Marshal's Office appeared before the Court to discuss the continuation of the burn ban.  After due discussion, the Court, by consensus, approved leaving the burn ban in place at this time.      
  
  
  
  

3. Agenda #2a - Personnel
   

• MINUTE ORDER #376/02:  Upon motion of COMMISSIONER BROWN, seconded by COMMISSIONER SCHILLER, the Court unanimously approved all employee status report forms, the same being attached hereto and made a part of these minutes.     
      
  
  
  
  

4. Agenda #4 - Potts Building Renovation with Baird/Williams
   

• MINUTE ORDER #377/02:  COMMISSIONER BROWN presented the matter of an Agreement with Baird/Williams Construction, Ltd. in the amount of $1,112,602.00 for the guaranteed maximum price.  After due discussion, upon motion of COMMISSIONER BROWN, seconded by COMMISSIONER CORTESE, the Court unanimously approved such agreement, the same being attached hereto and made a part of these minutes.
      
  
  
  
  

5. Agenda #5 - Amendment to MOA between Bell County and TAES
   

• MINUTE ORDER #378/02:  Upon motion of COMMISSIONER BROWN, seconded by COMMISSIONER STEPHENSON, the Court unanimously approved am amendment of a Memorandum of Agreement between Bell County and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) to contract with Bell County for Bell County to install certain fiber optic cables and associated instrumentation, with funding from a grant to TAES from the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Board.  All according to a copy of the same attached hereto and made a part of these minutes.       
      
  
  
  
  

6. Agenda #7 - Approve connectivity to the Bell County Fiber Optic Network
   

• MINUTE ORDER #379/02:  Upon motion of COMMISSIONER CORTESE, seconded by COMMISSIONER SCHILLER, the Court unanimously approved connectivity of the Bell County Public Health District; Greater Killeen Free Clinic; Bell County HELP Centers; Belton Christian Youth Center; Central Texas Youth Services Bureau and Center; Council of Governments (Central Texas Workforce Board and TAMUS Health Science Center previously approved on April 8, 1998) onto the Bell County Fiber Optic Network. 
      
  
  
  
  

7. Agenda #6 - Request for Proposal/Bids to Install Fiber Optic Cable
   

• MINUTE ORDER #380/02:  Upon motion of COMMISSIONER STEPHENSON, seconded by COMMISSIONER BROWN, the Court approved soliciting requests for proposal/bid to install fiber optic cable to seven health and human services organizations through eleven sites onto the existing Bell County fiber optic network.      
      
  
  
  
  

8. Agenda #8 - SBI Agreement
   

• MINUTE ORDER #381/02:  Upon motion of COMMISSIONER BROWN, seconded by COMMISSIONER CORTESE, the Court unanimously approved the extension of the consulting agreement with SBI and Company, Inc. for G/L Conversion and Testing; salary forecasting and JD Edwards Payroll Set up; Labor Collection System; Procurement Model Rollout to initial Live Site; and Program Management.  All according to a copy of such agreement attached hereto and made a part of these minutes.     
      
  
  
  
  

9. Agenda #9 - Annual Audit of District Attorney's Forfeiture Account
   

• MINUTE ORDER #382/02:  Upon motion of COMMISSIONER SCHILLER, seconded by COMMISSIONER CORTESE, the Court unanimously approved receiving the annual audit of the District Attorney's Forfeiture Account and attaching the same to the Court minutes. 
      
  
  
  
  

10. Agenda #11 - Claims
    

• MINUTE ORDER #383/02:  The County Auditor presented all claims for the review of the Court.  Upon motion of COMMISSIONER BROWN, seconded by COMMISSIONER CORTESE, the Court unanimously approved all such claims.  All according to a copy of the same on record in the office of the County Auditor.    
  


         (The Court then went into workshop session to discuss those items on the workshop agenda with 
          no action taken on any item.  It being 11:15 a.m. the Court went back into session of their
         regular meeting and the following transpired.)



 

11. Agenda #10 - Bids on Computers
    

• MINUTE ORDER #384/02:  Information Systems Director, Mr. Ned Roehrig presented his analysis of the bid for 50 computers and recommended the acceptance of Temple Electronics bid and the acceptance of the 3% Local Vendor Preference.  After due discussion, upon motion of COMMISSIONER BROWN, seconded by COMMISSIONER SCHILLER, the Court unanimously approved the acceptance of the recommendation of Mr. Roehrig and awarded the bid for computers to Temple Electronics and the acceptance of the 3% Local Vendor Preference.        
      
  
  
  There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.