Remarks by Richard Chapman
131 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“We ended the contract because we started off with one group of people, and then people from within that firm left the firm, and it started going downhill. And then when we spent one day over at the, I think the Methodist Church Hall over there, going over what... was the motto that we need for the county. I said we need to end this, cut our losses, and go, because I'm not willing to spend all of that time on developing a motto for the county. No, we were trying to do a needs assessment. The motto is don't waste taxpayer dollars. Don't waste taxpayer dollars.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“They haven't been reviewed, is that correct?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Can I ask you, Sharon, were there any prices talked about in the proposals? She can't answer that.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I thought we had decided this morning already, and maybe y'all can add to this, but we're going to have to hire a company, GrantWorks, or somebody similar to GrantWorks. We're going to hire a specialist to take in the continue on with the FEMA grants and to start the new FEMA grants. And then we're going to hire the grant manager or whatever that looks like.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yeah, the training is absolutely essential. That's one of the people that we talk about. Where they come from, whether it's T-DEM or whoever they come from, that's immaterial. They're going to have to be a specialist on this type of grants. But then the grant manager at some point in time, my opinion, is that they cannot be – They have to have the experience to pick them up with the disaster of this year. They have to be able to pick them up. They can't be on the learning curve, not with it being this. They have the experience or they don't.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“job description on August 11th. It's going to be the 12th or whatever, at least before you advertise for these grants now, or for this person. And I would say you're probably going to have to advertise at least for two weeks and then interview. So now you're at the end of August, you interview and into the beginning of September, if the person is worth their salt, then they are going to have to give a two-weeks notice. We're three-quarters of the way through September. That's reality, folks. So this is why Mary Ellen is saying, no, we've got to go out today and find somebody that can take…”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Of course, a second disaster was definitely not what anyone wanted and want to have to deal with. Unfortunately, that's our priority. Absolutely.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Commissioner Chantin, do you have a comment? I need to regress. Back to the capital expenditures. Okay, we went through, I've got a new total of $1,212,000 based on what we said. But what we did not do, we did not put in here the efficiency audit, did we?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Efficiency audit is... I'm going to say another 300,000.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“That's for the space needs. For the space needs.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yeah. In my opinion. I'm just a mechanic.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I'm sorry, 93. You're not going to get an experienced person for 93.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Right. So, as I go back and reviewed my notes here, the, I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, Corinna, but on the contingencies county study, I put the 350 in there. The 50 was for potentially reworking the Development rules, 300 for space needs assessment. So that means, but we've got space needs assessment up here, 300.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“So then we do need to add the efficiency audit.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Gentlemen, I'm going to say no, because if we start subsidizing TxDOT on every project, we're going to be asked to subsidize them on every project.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I think most of mine have already been covered. Commissioner Carpenter?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Okay. I do not think we should be funding the majority of this. I mean, I could see funding something, but if it's a half a million and we're going to throw in 300,000, I got a problem with that. This is a school district problem, and this school district should pick up the majority of the cost.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“We'll start with you since you're here, sir. All right. I mean, we have always in the past helped the fire departments with truck payments, and traditionally they are broken up, one this year, one, and so I don't have a problem with it.”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Well, I'm looking and Donnell had a contact and he was going to reach out and evidently he has... How about, can we circle back to that after lunch?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I think, yeah, 200 is a safe. Let's put 200 in there for the fire blocker, but it may reduce based on Commissioner Chapman's questions. But, yeah, I think that to answer Corinna's question, my thoughts are that, yes, it would be used, a county asset. But my question then is, is a comfort volunteer safe? let's say, is he legal to go drive that?”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yeah, but see, in my way of thinking, if we're going to do this, it needs to be a county vehicle. It needs to be then accessible to any of the fire departments. It needs to be accessible to the sheriff's department. It needs to be accessible to DPS. It needs to be”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“I can't support that. Right now, with the budget that we're going to be facing and looking at this afternoon, I think we have to hold to the 5% like we did everybody else. We have to look at the I mean, I don't know. There was a few people in my subdivision or my precinct who were affected by the flood. But before I gave $500,000 to Berkham Fire Department, I would rather use the $500,000 to try to help some of the flooded victims in comfort. And I just don't think we can...”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026
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“And then 5% on the office. We also have to understand that we also pay for the communications, which is $8,000 a month or no. We pay LCRA for the radio time, which for the fire department's loan is, I believe, $8,000 a month totally. So that's money that's not even in their budget. I just, again, we'll find out this afternoon, but I think the numbers are going to be shocking. And if they can't live with 5%, they told us last year that just give us this and we will be golden. And now they're coming back this year and asking for double, but willing to back off. And I don't like playing that…”
Commissioners Court · Jul 30, 2026