Remarks by Chad Carpenter
124 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“Until this afternoon, I don't know where we...”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I know we're trying to whittle down the end. I say we leave it, and at the end of the day, we need to start taking the red pen to things.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Who does the space needs? Like what kind of firm would do that? A firm that's going to charge us. Is there like a college or university somewhere with interns that are Not that I would trust with this.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Okay, all right, thank you. Do you feel like we're capable of getting square foot, like floor plans of all of our properties that we're trying to fill, shuffle people around, And have a public workshop where we are all involved in looking at where people are, the number of employees. I mean, I have a really hard time spending half a million dollars a taxpayer on something that we already know we have to figure out.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Leave it in until we get to the end of the day. We may see that we created an increase in property taxes if we're not careful with where we're going with this.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“grants because i asked her to be here or she was scheduled to be here about 10 15 okay we want to go we're gonna can you start early because we're just going to try to keep thinking what would it be determined on that 500 000 for the special project fund for hearth road we add we move that to road and bridge for just general”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I recommend offering our current... grant coordinator a stay until we replace?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Because you're not going to... $9,000 or something like that.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Make the budget adjustment. Okay. Did we also include if we don't find someone in that time period? Well, it's already budgeted if we don't hire.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“pay to play and we put a million dollars towards her finesse or 46 um i'm a yes we need to get something done on 46 okay corinna add 100 000 please”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Again, remove the $1.5 million for purchase of parks and recreation space.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yes, sir. The only thing on my list then, other than that, would be the stoplight at Comfort ISD, and I'd like to leave that in there and see where we land at the end of this. For the record, there's $300,000 I put in there. That's not enough to cover the entire cost, but it's something that Comfort's been trying to get done for years, and A lot of these students are leaving high school after the blinking lights stop blinking, and they're like playing Frogger trying to get on the road when there's people driving 65, 70 miles an hour. These are young drivers, and I'd like to leave that in…”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yes. The total cost, I think, is 450 to five. We can look at where we are at the end of the day and see, you know.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“The problem on 87 is TxDOT will not slow down. Unless you're in an incorporated area, they will not slow down the roadway beyond a certain speed. And so just like on Main Street and Bernie, I think 35 is the slowest unless you're in a school zone.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Well, just like Highway 46, we've had so many fatalities out there. There is a time and place where this county needs to step in and figure out how to improve the safety for these people.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I have books from the very beginning for used. I know they're out there.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“They go off for a week, but it's a really small increase.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I know we can't give them what they want. They are trying to run their department like a professional department would run, and eventually it'll be an ESD. I know it will. But I think we need to look at the end of the day and find out where we are. At a minimum, it needs to be what Comfort's getting.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I don't know anything about Bernie PD and their vehicles or anything.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I think we're going to need... If we're not going to be able to get to the end of the day and have any idea where we really are, we're going to have to meet again. And I had said no to the IT person initially. And... Unless we find funds, I don't see us hiring more people. Mr. Chairman?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Open up your questions. Well, I've had more interest on my emails blowing up from support from around comfort for you guys than any other topic that's been around in a long time. And so, yeah, I don't know the final numbers, and I appreciate what y'all have been doing in Comfort, helping people to share, helping assess damages. Both the Chamber and Comfort have been very busy helping the Comfort community right in the past couple weeks. I know that out of 1,500 in Kerr County, 1,500 damaged properties, over 500 of those were businesses, from what I have been hearing. I don't have that…”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I'm good with that as well. My concern is if the economy keeps slowing and we keep growing... We're going to have problems.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“And if it's right, let's say we drop the tax rate by two pennies. Not that we could, but if we went into a major recession, we couldn't recover without going back for a vote. Is that correct?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“You're saying that Tuesday before the Wednesday flood that hit Barney, that's when they had that meeting at the fire station. You're saying they could have actually specifically said, because Brady and Chief Ball and everyone else, 10 to 30 inches of rain are going to hit. We think it'll be west of us, but we don't know for sure where it's going to hit. You're saying they can... they can get really specific and say, tomorrow Bernie's going to get hit hard.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I mean, if I'm interested, I just, again, don't know where we stand on the final budget.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026