[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] >> GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY OUR VERY OWN CHAPLAIN JAVIER MALDONADO OF THE CHRISTIAN HOSPICE OF CENTRAL TEXAS. IF YOU WILL PLEASE ALL RISE. >> LET'S PRAY. FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND THIS MORNING, SOME RETURNED REFRESHED FROM THE HOLIDAYS BUT OTHERS MAY BE MOURNING THE LOSS OF THEIR LOVED ONES, SO WE ASK FOR STRENGTH IN YOU. HOLY SPIRIT, GUIDE ALL DECISIONS ACTIONS, DISCUSSIONS AGAIN TODAY. MAY OUR LEADERS AND OFFICERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE PEACE ACCORDING TO CARRY ON THIS YEAR, IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> DR. CARDENAS, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> HERE. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WITH COVID SINCE WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST ATTENDANCE TODAY IS I WILL CHERRY PICK THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT FOLKS ARE HERE TO WITNESS, PARTICIPATE IN, AND SO I WILL MOVE THROUGH THEM IN A RANDOM ORDER AND IT MAY SEEM RANDOM TO YOU, BUT WE ARE INTERESTED IN DIMINISHING THE ATTENDANCE, THE PHYSICAL ATTEND ANSWER, SO I WILL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS. IN CASE YOU WANTED TO HAVE YOUR COMMENTS HEARD, AND THEN DIRECTLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT WE'LL BE SWEARING IN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. SO FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, I HAVE A FEW SIGNED UP. [PUBLIC COMMENTS] AND OUR FIRST ONE OF THE DAY AND OF THIS BRAND NEW YEAR, MR. RODRIGO AMAY YEAH. -- AMAYA. IF YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. AMAYA I WANT TO READ THIS DISCLAIMER REAL QUICK. THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO SUBMITTED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITNESS FORM WILL NOW HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON NONAGENDA RELATE THE TOPICS. WE'RE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS RHETORICAL. ALL COMMENTS ARE OPINIONS OF THE SPEAKER AND ARE NOT MEANT TO BE NECESSARILY CONSTRUED AS TRUTH. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND LANGUAGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL, OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME. IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECT, PLEASE SILENCE CELL PHONES. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE MR. AMAYA, AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTS. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, TO EVERYBODY HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE TUNING IN IN CYBERSPACE. I'M HERE TODAY -- I WAS HAVING A GOOD YEAR. I'M SHOCKED BY THE GRUMBLE -- NO LONGER HERE. THAT REALLY WORRIES ME. I DIDN'T NOTICE. ONE THING I CAN TALK ABOUT CONSTABLE GRUMBLES IS THE GUY WAS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A PEACE OFFICER SHOULD BE. AND FOR A GUY LIKE HIM TO BE LET GO FOR WHATEVER REASON, LIKE I SAID, I'M FREAKED OUT REALLY. IT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO TRAIN PEOPLE, TO DO THEIR JOB. AND THEN FOR WHATEVER REASON I HAVE MY SUSPICIONS AS TO WHY, IT REALLY BOTHERS TO LET SOMEONE LIKE THAT GO. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. EVERYWHERE I WOULD SEE THAT INDIVIDUAL HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CHEERFUL. HE WAS PROFESSIONAL. WE HAD A COUPLE OF BAD TIMES HERE AND THERE, BUT THE GUY APOLOGIZED. TO ME, THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A GOOD PEACE FS TOER. SO FOR HIM NOT TO BE HERE IT REALLY BOTHERS ME. -- OFFICER. THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING I'M GOING TO OVERLOOK. THE OTHER THING IS I SIGNED UP BECAUSE OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY [00:05:05] ISSUES. COMMISSIONERS COURT, Y'ALL HAVE A JOB TO HOLD THESE DIRECTORS OF THESE DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY COME UP HERE. THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. THEY ARE DOING A PRETTY BAD JOB. LAST YEAR I WAS OUT DRIVING AROUND, I NOTICED CONSTABLE COMMISSIONER JONES. I NOTICED THEY ARE NOT DRIVING -- AROUND IN FOUR-DOOR DODGE PICKUP TRUCKS. I WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT. THAT I GOT SO FAR THEY ARE DOING NARCOTICS ADDICTION. EPS, DEA THEY ARE HIRING. FOR CONSTABLE TO BE DOING THAT. I DON'T MIND IF THEY DO THAT. TAKE CARE OF YOUR PRIORITIES FIRST. THAT'S WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR. SOMEONE NEEDS TO REMIND THESE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S THEY ARE POSITIONS OUTLINE WHAT THEIR DUTIES ARE. BECAUSE THAT COSTS US MONEY. YOU GO OUT THERE AND INCARCERATE SOMEBODY AND WE'RE LIABLE AS TAXPAYERS. IN MY OPINION I BLAMED THE LEGAL THIS YEAR I'M GOING TO DEDICATE MY EFFORTS TO BRING SOME EVIDENCE. I HOPE YOU DO PLAN ON DOING YOUR JOB THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THIS WAS COSTING US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRIES OF HOW MUCH MONEY IT PAYING IN LAWSUITS AND A LOT OF IT IS BASED ON POOR OR GIVING ILLEGAL ADVICE. WHERE IS THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT? EVERYBODY HERE IS MAKE MAKING A VERY HEALTHY SALARY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. AMAYA. NEXT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE HAVE MR. DAN LYON. >> THANK YOU JUDGE BECERRA AND WELCOME BACK. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE BACK AND HEALTHY. IN THE LAST THREE SESSIONS OF COMMISSIONERS COURT, I EXPOSED AT THE HAYS COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD HAD INCLUDED TO VIOLATE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE SECTION 41.43 B. THERE BY DENYING A FAIR APPRAISAL OF MY PROPERTY. I'VE GIVEN THEM EVERY CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THESE CHARGES, AND THEY HAVE DECLINED. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THESE TWO ENTITIES ARE PURSUING AN AGENDA AND WILL NOT LET A TRIVIAL THING LIKE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE STAND MANY THEIR WAY. WE KNOW THAT THE TRADITIONALLY AN INORDINATE NUMBER OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS HAVE SERVED ON THE APPRASSAL REVIEW BOARD. AND THAT -- APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD AND THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN KEEPING PROPERTY APPRAISALS HIGH. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A FAIR HEARING THAT THOSE WHO HAVE ALLOWED AFTER RACE TO OVERWHELM HONOR. WE ALL KNOW THE WINNERS THIS CORRUPTIS IS TREMENT BUILDERS, THE BANKERS -- CORRUPT SYSTEM -- AND THE LACKEYS WHO ENABLE THEM. THE LOSERS ARE THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE AVERAGE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY WHO DO THE REAL WORK. IN A FREE COUNTRY GOVERNMENT SERVES THE PEOPLE. IN A TYRANNY THE PEOPLE SERVE THE GOVERNMENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN MODERN DAY AMERICA WE SERVE THIS GOVERNMENT. WHEN GOVERNMENT BECOMES AN INSTRUMENT TO ENRICH THE FEW AT EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE, IT IS TIME TO A CHANGE. LET ME JUST SAY. WE CELEBRATE THE BURDEN OF MARTIN LUTHER KING THIS WEEK -- BIRTH. IF HE WERE TO COME BACK AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, WOE SAY -- HE WOULD SAY THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN VAIN BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF BONDAGE. WE ARE ALL IN BONDAGE TO DEBT IN THIS COUNTRY. I'VE GOTTEN UP HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK AND BEGGED Y'ALL WITH SPENDING ON FRIVOLOUS THINGS. WELL WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU KEEP DOING THE VERY SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IN 2020 WE PAID 22 MILLION IN INTEREST ALONE. THAT IS MONEY, FOLKS, THAT IT'S TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM YOUR POCKETS AND JUST GIVEN DIRECTLY TO THE BANKERS AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THESE BANKERS ARE -- CHINA, ENGLAND. IT'S HARD TO TELL. WE SELL OUR DEBT TO THE LOWEST BIDDER IN THIS CASE. WE'VE GOT DEBT ALL OVER THE [00:10:07] WORLD. WHO PAYS THAT? THE PERSON THAT IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU MR. LYON. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. HARVEY JENKINS. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD TO BE BACK THIS HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COSHT, ESPECIALLY THREE -- COURT, ESPECIALLY THREE DAYS AFTER I JUST TURNED 44 YEARS OLD. MY SPEECH IS THIS. COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING AND GOOD DAY. LATELY I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT JOE BIDEN AND HIS SIDEKICK KAMALA ARE GOING TO ENFORCE THE COVID-19 VACCINE UPON THE AMERICAN POPULOUS. WELL THAT'S A SOURCE OF CONTENTION WITH ME. ALTHOUGH I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT, I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE MY CHOICE IN WHAT I PUT INTO MY BODY AND WHEN. IF ANY OF YOU VOTE TO BRING FORCED VACCINATION TO HAYS COUNTY I WILL SOON VOTE THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS AND HAYS COUNTY AS WELL AS I WILL DO MY LEVEL BEST TO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU ARE PROMOTED OUT OF OFFICE. WE ARE NOT LIVING IN NAZI GERMANY NOR ARE WE LIVING IN STALIN'S RUSSIA. ALTHOUGH THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY SEEMS TO THINK SO. >> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. SAM BRANNON. >> HAPPY 2021. I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT MR. AMAYA SAID ABOUT DEPUTY GRUMBLES. HE WAS A FINE MAN. I'VE SEEN HIM WORK OUT IN THE FIELD. TRUE PROFESSIONAL. CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED THERE. SO AS WE ENTER OUR FIFTH YEAR OF OUR NATIONAL CIVICS LESSON THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH, THE FAMOUS OUT IN THE NEWS EVERY DAY IS BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THIS WEEK IS ELECTIONS INTEGRITY, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL WATCHING THAT I HOPE. IN GEORGIA, IN THE SENATE HEARINGS THERE. IN ARIZONA, PENNSYLVANIA YEAH, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN I HOPE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THAT. I THINK THE RESPONSE THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT THERE'S ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE ON THE WAY TO WASHINGTON, D.C. RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THE RESPONSE TO WHEN AMERICANS FEEL THEY HAVE NO RECOURSE AT THE BALLOT BOX. WE'LL SEE HOW MANY GET THERE, BUT THE WORD I HEAR IS THERE IS ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE DRIVING THERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF ELECTIONS INTEGRITY. SO WE HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM LAST YEAR. I'VE GOT THE ELECTIONS COMPLAINT FROM THE PRIMARY 245 WE HAVEN'T FINISHED DISCUSSION --SING. -- DISCUSSING. LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED IT WALT SMITH MADE THE POINT IT'S THIS BODY'S DUTY TO OVERSEE THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IN. THAT SAME MEETING LON SHELL REFUSED TO DO HIS JOB AND GO BACK AND REEVALUATE THE PRIMARY THAT HE WON BASED ON THE ELECTIONS COMPLAINT AND OTHER QUESTIONS CAME UP. NOW I'VE GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU. I HAVE A LOT OF NEWS. I HAVE JUST THREE MINUTES. ONE THING I SHARED WITH YOU IS WHAT I SHARED IN THE E-MAIL. CHRISTINA ATKINS ONE OF THE TOP ATTORNEYS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE CONFIRMED THAT OUR ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR JENNIFER ANDERSON IS NOT FOLLOWING STATE LAW AND HOW SHE ADMINISTERS ELECTIONS HERE. I SENT YOU THE E-MAIL FROM CHRISTINA ATKINS. EVERY BALLOT SHOULD HAVE THE JUDGE'S SIGNATURE ON IT BEFORE IT'S VOTED. THAT IS STATE LAW. JENNIFER ANDERSONED OUR POLLING WORKERS SPECIFICALLY TO NOT DO THAT! SHE COMES IN HERE. SHE STANDS AT THE THIS PODIUM, GUYS. SHE TELLS US SHE FOLLOWS STATE LAWS. SHE LIES REPEATEDLY TO YOU! I'VE GOT SOME OTHER ISSUES. I'LL BRING UP AGAIN. IN THE COMING WEEKS. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU AGAIN FOR SOME AGENDA TIME. I HOPE I GET IT. IT'S NOT THREE MINUTES' WORTH. >> THANK YOU, MR. BRANNON. AT THIS POINT THIS TIME THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTIONS. >> JUDGE? -- JUDGE BECERRA, EXCUSE ME. I DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS SENT IN THROUGH E-MAIL. >> DR. CARDENAS, PLEASE READ THAT COMMENT. >> THIS IS FROM LAUREL TYLER. SHE SAYS, I WAS APPALLED TO VISIT YOUR WEBSITE AND SEE JOE BIDEN LISTED AS PRESIDENT AND KAMALA HARRIS AS VICE PRESIDENT. THEY ARE NOT THE CURRENT LEADERS OF THE UNITED STATES. AS A RESIDENT AND TAXPAYER, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION ON OUR [00:15:01] PUBLIC WEBSITE. [LAUGHING] >> IS THAT -- EXCUSE ME, GUYS PLEASE HELP ME OUT. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENT? >> YES, IT DOES. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> OK. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM [2. Ceremonial Swearing In of all newly and re-elected officials to Hays County offices; and approval and acceptance of official bonds for each office.] NUMBER TWO. >> NUMBER TWO. CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN OF ALL NEWLY AND RE-ELECTED OFFICIALS SO HAYS COUNTY OFFICES AND APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICIAL BONDS FOR EACH OFFICE. >> AND SO WE ARE MOVING TO SWEARING IN OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE, COURT, AS IT IS. BECAUSE WE HAVE A FRESHLY RE-ELECTED COMMISSIONER PRECINCT THREE, CONGRATULATIONS. AND RIGHT. UNOPPOSED BUT I STILL FORGOT TO A MOMENT. I DIDN'T FEEL YOU WERE -- AND COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ONE CONGRATULATIONS. WE DO COMMISSIONERS HERE THAT REQUIRING SWEARING IN AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE WE HAVE CONSTABLE PETERSON OVER THERE IN THE CORNER I NOTICE AS WELL. IF ANYONE ELSE JUDGE BRADO IS HERE AS WELL. I WILL ASK AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WE ASK THIS PROCESS TO BEGIN, AND I WILL SAY THIS. UNDER THE COVID UPDATE I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT MASKING AND HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN WORKING AND WHY AT THIS VERY MOMENT I'M NOT WEARING A MASK BECAUSE I AM RUNNING THIS MEETING AND I DO KEEP MY SAFE DISTANCE, AND ALL THE PRACTICES I HAVE FOLLOWED HAVE BEEN PROVEN FRUITFUL. I WILL EXPAND ON THAT LATER, BUT IF AND WHEN WE DECIDE IT COME A LITTLE CLOSE TOGETHER DURING THIS AGENDA ITEM I WILL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO ALL THE SAFE PRACTICES AT CDC GUIDELINES RECOMMENDEDS AND WEAR A MASK. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL I THINK JUDGE MOREINE OWE IS GOING TO DO THE HONORS WITH US. IF YOU WILL PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND THOSE WHO NEED TO BE SWORN IN. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND COMMISSIONERS? AND EVERYONE ELSE. HOW UP ABOUT HERE WHERE THE CAMERA CAN SEE YOU IS THAT OK? WE'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE SPACE. IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE PROPERLY SEPARATED WITH YOUR MASKS AND JUDGE MOREINE OWE CAN SWEAR YOU IN. -- OWE MORENO CONSTABLE PETERSON WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US UP HERE? ARE WE LEAVING ANYONE OUT? IT WOULD BE ON ACCIDENT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE SWORN IN THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY. >> CONSTABLE, ARE YOU OK COMING UP HERE? >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M OFF TO THE SIDE SIR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I8 FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE [INAUDIBLE] PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. >> THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AND OF THIS STATE. >> AND OF THIS STATE. >> AND OF HAYS COUNTY. >> SO HELP YOU GOD. >> SO HELP YOU GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU ALL. [00:20:21] >> BEFORE YOU LEAVE CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> IS YOUR MIKE ON? SURE. >> I HAVE A MOTION RELATED TO THIS ITEM. JUDGE I MOVE WE ACCEPT ALL THE BONDS FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AS RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNCIL. >> I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BONDS. >> SECOND. >> AND A SECOND. AND THE BONDS ARE A LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF PROTECTION THAT IS SPONSORED BY THE COUNTY. AND IT IS A NECESSARY LEGAL COMPONENT OF REPRESENTING AND PROTECTING ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THIS COUNTY. DR. CARDENAS, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. AND NOW BASED ON ATTENDS OF THE PHYSICAL COURTROOM I WILL ASK [1. Swearing-in and confirmation of members to the Hays County Historical Commission. SHELL/K.JOHNSON (Part 1 of 2)] THAT WE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. >> NUMBER ONE, SWEARING IN AND CONFIRMATION OF MEMBERS TO THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. >> AND I HAVE ONE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME ON PAPER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HAVE SOME THAT YOU WILL BE READING. >> YES. >> AND THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK IS MISS LILA KNIGHT. IF YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> MY NAME IS LYLA KNIGHT, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HAYS COUNTY. I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO APPOINT A NEW COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. THERE ARE MANY, MANY PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE AND WORK ON THOSE DO NOT CONTINUE UNTIL WE HAVE -- COMMISSIONER. OUR TERM EXPIRED DECEMBER 31ST. SECONDLY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER REACQUAINTING KATE JOHNSON AS CHAIR. SHE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. SHE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO WITHOUT HER, AND I'VE BEEN A CHAIR BEFORE. AND WHEN I -- ONLY THE THIRD CHAIR IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY I JUST ABOUT DROPPED DEAD. BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT TAKE THAT OATH LIGHTLY. I REALLY ENJOYED BEING ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION. I HAVE THE DUTIES OF NOW BEING THE LONGEST SERVANT IN THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I WAS NEVER LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EITHER. WHEN I FIRST JOINED I THOUGHT I KNEW IT ALL. BECAUSE I WAS PROFESSIONALLY -- [INAUDIBLE] I LEARNED VERY QUICKLY THAT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. AND I LEARNED SO MUCH OF IT OVER THE YEARS FROM THE MEN AND WOMEN WITH WHICH I SERVE ON THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. AND YOU HAVE NOT LIVED UNTIL YOU HAVE WIMBERLEY TAKE YOU DOWN A FEW NOTCHES. DOROTHY ONCE TOLD ME, AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH I WROTE IT DOWN AND CARRIED IN MY PURSE FOR 30 YEARS. SHE TOLD ME THE NEWCOMER TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND FIRST AND CRITICIZE EITHER OR VERY LATE. I LEARNED A LOT FROM HER AND I'VE ENJOYED SERVING ON THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. AND IF I CAN BE ANY KIND OF RESOURCE TODAY TODAY I'LL DO MY BEST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MISS LYLA KNIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A CONTRIBUTION AND ANYBODY IS A LOT OF TIME DEDICATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. DR. CARDENAS, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE. AND LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'VE REACHED THE LAST ONE. >> YES, I WILL. THANK YOU. >> THE FIRST IS FROM BOBBY CARSA HERNANDEZ. WHO WRITES, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF [00:25:06] THE COMMUNITY HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE CHICANO COMMITTEE OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS BEEN FIRED AND THE MAJORITY IS HISPANIC INDIGENOUS APPLICANTS SIGNIFICANT CREDENTIALS WERE DENIED MEMBERSHIP. THE TEJANO COMMITTEE IS CHARGED WITH RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING THE STORIES OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HISPANIC AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTY PRESERVING OUR COMMUNITY HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS BLATANT MOVEMENT TO ERASE OUR HISTORY. THE TEJANO COMMITTEE HAS OPINION WORKING HARD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND BROUGHT FORWARD SUBSTANTIATED TEJANO HISTORY THAT RESULTED IN THE RECOGNITION OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL SIGHTS AND THE SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR HISTORICAL MARKERS FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE TEJANO COMMITTEE TWO OF THE THREE MEMBERS OF WHOM ARE HISPANIC SHOULD HAVE HAD THEIR MEMBERSHIPS APPROVED SO THEY MAY CONTINUE, TELLING THE HISTORY OF HAYS COUNTY HISPANIC AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. THE TEJANO COMMITTEE SHOULD BE STATED ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS SO THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE THEIR RESEARCH AND IMPORTANT WORK. WE ARE SEEKING ANSWERS. I REQUEST THAT THE VOTE ON ITEM ANYONE BE TABLED UNTIL WE RECEIVE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED IN AN OPEN RECORD Q-THE INFORMATION REQUESTED WILL PROVIDE US WITH A SELECTION PROCESS USED IN NAMES OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. AT A MINIMUM OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PROVIDED TRANSPARENCY WITH REGARDS TO ACTIONS OF THIS PUBLIC COMMISSION IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IN AN EQUITABLE PROCESS AS FOLLOWS. THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM MARIA ROCA. MY NAME IS MARIA ROCHA AND I'M A MEMBER OF -- BAND A STATE LEGISLATURE RECOGNIZED TRIBE OF TEXAS. I APPLIED TO MEMBERSHIP TO THE HAZE COUNT HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND WAS DENIED A RECOMMENDATION BY THEIR NOMINATION COMMITTEE. SINCE THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IS THE BODY THAT APPOINTS MEMBERS TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, I AM PETITIONING YOU TO PLEASE APPOINT ME TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. AS MY APPLICATION DEMONSTRATES THAT I HAVE YEARS OF INTEREST AND EXPERIENCE IN RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN TEXAS. I ALSO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO AN HISTORIAN DR. REUBEN ARIANO WHOSE INITIAL DISTRICT RESEARCH WAS ON THE -- PEOPLE OF TEXAS. THROUGH MY WORVG INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE I HELPED TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST CITY OF REPATRIATION BURIAL GROUND IN TEXAS FOR REINTERNMENT OF ANCIENT REMANDS UNEARTHED FROM HAYS COUNTY -- REMAINS. THIS RL RESEARCH AND CREATED AN IMPORTANT -- EXTENSIVE HISTORICAL AND CREATED AN IMPORTANT -- TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. OUR INDIGENOUS VOICE IS CRITICALLY NEEDED ON AN HISTORICAL COMMISSION THAT CURRENTLY FAILS TO REPRESENT PEOPLE OF THE COLOR TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY EXIST IN THE HAYS COUNTY POPULATION. AS YOU MAY KNOW, MOST HISPANICS IN TEXAS MAY BE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO WERE HERE WITH THE SPANIARDS FIRST ARRIVED. WE NEVER LEFT OUR HOMELAND, INSTEAD WENT UNDERGROUND AS MEXICANS TO ESCAPE THE TEXAS RANGERS' ENFORCEMENT OF PRESIDENT MARIBO, POLICY TO EXTERMINATE ALL INDIANS IN TEXAS. SO HISPANIC REPRESENTATION IS ALSO CERTAINLY IN THIS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. TWO HISPANIC MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WERE DELIBERATELY EXCLUDED FROM THE 2021 NOMINATION COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS. I BELIEVE THIS WAS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO SILENCE THE VOTE OF INFORMED AND ACTIVE PEOPLE OF COLOR. ALSO, OTHER HIGHLY QUALIFIED HISPANIC APPLICANTS WERE REJECTED THUS DISMISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT INEQUITIES IN REPRESENTATION ON THIS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. PLEASE HELP TO ADDRESS THIS CONTINUING DILEMMA OF ENTRENCHED SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN HAYS COUNTY. PLEASE APPOINT MORE INDIGENOUS HISPANIC AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR TO THE COMMISSION. THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM MAYO GARCA OF SAN MARCOS. MY NAME IS MARIO GARCA AND I SUBMIT MY REMARKS AS BOARD OF ELDERS CHAIR OF INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE. I'M ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT TO PLEASE POSTPONE YOUR APPROVAL OF THE MEMBERSHIP RECOMMENDATIONS SUBMITTED TO YOU BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. THESE ARE MY REASONS. ONE, ON DECEMBER 22ND, WE SUBMITTED AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOMINATION AS SELECTION PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES CRITERIA FOR US OF COPIES OF THE [00:30:01] APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. TO DATE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY AND WE'LL NEED THIS INFORMATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MORE BROAD CONCERN ABOUT THIS COMMISSION AND ITS PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP. NUMBER TWO, WE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE TWO CURRENT HISPANIC COMMISSIONERS WERE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND WE BELIEVE IT WAS AN ACT OF RETALIATION, WHICH CAN BE PROVEN ONCE WE REVIEW THE APPROVED APPLICATIONS. COMPARING APPLICATIONS WILL ALLOW US TO SHARE QUALIFICATIONS AND WE ARE ALSO PREPARED TO LIST AND PRESENT DOCUMENTS THAT DEMONSTRATING CRITICISM OF THE HISPANIC COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF UNDERTOLD STORIES OF MINORITY POPULATIONS. THREE, WE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE ONE OF OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERSS WITH NOT RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT AND WE BELIEVE SHE IS THE ONLY INDIGENOUS APPLICANT. THIS DISMISSAL OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO A NATIVE AMERICAN WOULD CAN REPRESENT THE HISTORICAL VOICE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE POPULATED HAYS COUNTY FOR 14,000 YEARS IS SUSPECT. WE CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF HOW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE DISMISSED AND TREATED, AND DISMISSED AT A RECENT COMMISSION MEETING SUPPORTING THE DISCRIMINATION THAT IS DEMONSTRATED BY FAILING TO APPOINT A WELL QUALIFIED INDIGENOUS PERSON. NUMBER FOUR, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE TEJANO COMMITTEE WAS IN FACT DISMANTLED IN RETALIATION AGAINST THE TEJANO COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. THE TEJANO COMMITTEE CHAIR PREPARED TO INTRODUCE THE INDIGENOUS EXHIBIT AT THE COURTHOUSE WHICH WAS DISMISSED BY THE COMMISSION CHAIR AND SEVERAL MEMBERS IT. TEJANO COMMITTEE CHAIR ALSO SUPPORTED AN APPLICATION FOREIGN UNDERTOLD STORY INCLUDING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, WHICH WAS CRITICIZED AND NOT SUPPORTED BY SOME OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS. APPARENTLY, A MAJORITY OF THED MEMBERS ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. FINALLY, BY POSTPONING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE RECOMMENDED MEMBERS TO THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE, YOU WILL BE GRANTING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN HAYS COUNTY AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARTH GATH THE FACTS AND INFORMATION WE NEED TO BRING A LARGER ISSUE TO LIGHT -- GATHER. THAT IS, THAT FOR TOO LONG THE 14,000-YEAR-OLD HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY ERASED AND THE CURRENT HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS PERPETUATING THIS DISGRACEFUL ERA OF SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM FRANK ARAGONDO. HE WRITES, I ASK THAT ANY APPOINTMENTS TO THE HCHC BE TABLED UNTIL THERE IS FULL PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY. I RECENTLY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP TO THE HCHC. I WAS INFORMED I HAD NOT RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION TO JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS BODY. THIS DID NOT BOTHER ME AS MUCH AS LEARNING THE TEJANO COMMITTEE HAD BEEN DISBANDED, REMOVED AS A COMMITTEE OF THE HCHC TO ADD INSTOULT INJURY THE CHAIR OF THE TEJANO COMMITTEE GINA ROGERS MEMBERSHIP ALONG WITH FELLOW MEMBER MEMBERSHIP HAD NOT BEEN RENEWED THIS. RAISES QUESTIONS ON WHY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEJANO COMMITTEE, WHO HARDLY EVER PARTICIPATE MUCH LESS ATTEND A MEETING HAD THEIR MEMBERSHIPS APPROVED. THE TEJANO COMMIT TEE HAS DONE -- COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING WONDERFUL WORK BY RECOGNITION OF HISPANICS IN OUR INDIGENOUS HERITAGE. I HUMBLY REQUEST THREE THINGS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, WHO BY STATE STATUTE HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THE HCHC. THAT ONE, THERE BE FULL TRANSPARENCY OF THE HCHC. PROCESSES CRITERIA AND EVALUATION FORSHIP, FULL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND AUDIT OF THE RECORDS. PUBLIC COMMENTS BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. TWO, FULL TRANSPARENCY OF BYLAWS CHANGES ACCOMPANIED BY PUBLIC INPUT AND THREE, REINSTATEMENTS OF GINA ALVA ROGERS IN THE TEJANO COMMITTEE. HISTORY IS TOO IMPORTANT TO BE PLACED ON THE BACK BURNER OF OUR LIVES. HISTORY GIVES RELEVANCE. OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEIR ANCESTORS MADE TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY AND NATION GRAVE. I ASK THIS BE WRITTEN INTO THE RECORD AND BE MADE PART OF HISTORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION TO MAKING HAYS COUNTY BETTER FOR ALL ITS INHABITANTS. THE NEXT COMES FROM CRYSTAL ALBA DONAHEE OF JOHNSON CITY. THE FOLLOWNG ARE LETTERS OF SUPPORT OF THE TEJAO COMMITTEE AND ITS CHAIR. A TEJANO COMMIT KENNEDY WROTE THE FOLLOWING. DECEMBER 18TH 20, 20. THIS LETTER IS WRITTEN IN SUPPORT OF GINA ROGERS REAPPLAY INDICATION OF THE HCHC FOR 2021 TO 22. WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER ADVANCING HISTORICAL NARTIVES AND DISPELLING HARMFUL STEREOTYPES -- NARRATIVES -- ABOUT INDIGENOUS SETTLERS IN [00:35:04] HAYS COUNTY. WHAT WE PRESENTED WAS NOT ALWAYS WELL RECEIVED, BUT GINA REMAINS STEADFAST IN ENSURING THESE STORIES WERE HEARD. GINA HAS CONTRIBUTED COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK TOWARDS TWO SUCCESSFUL MARKER APPLICATIONS. ONE WAS FOR HER FAMILY ANCESTRAL -- DRIPPING SPRINGS, THE ALVA RANCH WHICH PASSED HCHC RIGOROUS SCREW THE. >>> THE SECOND SUCCESSFUL MARKER WAS FOR TAMRA KAL IN SAN MARCOS WHERE SHE MAINTAINS A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOARD. SHE APPLIED THIS YEAR FOR A BOLD NEWER WHICH BRINGS ATTENTION TO THE KEY PLAYERS OF FUNDING OF SAN MARCOS SPECIFICALLY THE INDIGENOUS CANTONA PEOPLE THIS. ATTEMPTS TO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO BUT UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THESE ARE CRITICAL FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HCHC TO GROW. I HAVE NEVER DOUBTED GINA'S COMMITMENT TO BETTERING THE HCHC BY HELPING IT PRODUCE MORE. FOR PROFESSOR SOUTHWEST HISTORY FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, NOVEMBER 25TH, 2020. I WRITE IN SUPPORT OF MISS ROGERS' CONTINUED ROLL ON -- ROLE ON THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AS A VOTING CHAIR. I CAN ATTEST TO HER DILIGENCE AND COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING THE HISTORY OF HAYS COUNTY. SHE'S PREPARED AND DISCUSSED WITH IT IDEAS FOR MARKERS. SHE'S BEEN OPEN-MINDED AND SHOWN A DEEP CONCERN FOR GETTING THE FACTS RIGHT AND TELLING A BALANCED AND INCLUSIVE STORYS ROGERS HAS A DEEP RESPECT FOR ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT STORIES. PEOPLE, PLACES AND EVENTS, WHO SHOULD BE AT TABLE AND CRAFTING THE PUBLIC HISTORY OF THE COUNTY. HER CONTRIBUTION SHOULD BE REWARDED. FROM ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ANTHROPOLOGY DR. ANNA JUAREZ DECEMBER 13TH, 2020. I WRITE TO RECOMMENDED MISS ROGERS TO REMAIN A VOTING MEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE HCHC TEJANO COMMITTEE. CHC HAS LONG NEGLECTED THE COUNTY INDIGENOUS MEX A AND-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE IN TERMS OF BOTH MEMBERSHIP AND AS WELL AS DOCUMENTATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORY OF GROUPS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. THE QUALITY OF HER RESEARCH AND EXHIBIT WERE OUTSTANDING. HER PASSION AND UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY WAS CLEAR. MEMBERS OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARE IMPRESSED WITH MISS ROGERS' WORK. AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED VERSE MEMBERS AND PERSPECTIVES THE PROPOSED WOULD IN EFFECT SINS CHOICE AND CHAIR. PLEASE ALLOW HER TO REMAIN WITHIN THE HCHC. THAT IS THE ENOF THE COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY CRYSTAL ALBA DONAHEE. THE NEXT MESSAGE IS FROM VINCENT DAY VILLA. IT HAS COME TO OUR COMMUNITY ATTENTION HAD A THE COUNTY HAZE STORY HISTORICAL COMMISSION DECIDED TO TERMINATE MEMB MEMBERSHIPS. THE MEMBERS OF THE TEJANO COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THE HISTORICAL SITES AND MARKERS. THE MAJORITY OF THEM TERMINATE READY HISPANIC AND INDIGENOUS DISSENT AND THEIR APPLICATIONS WERE BOTH DENIED. BOTH GINA ROGERS ARE TWO OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS DENIED MEMBERSHIP WITH NO CLEAR REASON WHY THEY WERE DENIED. THEIR WORK SPEAKS VOLUMES AND PRODUCED RESULTS. JANUARY 5TH THE VOTE ON NEW MEMBERS. WE ASK YOU TO STAY THAT VOTE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME: PLEASE STAY THE VOTE. THEN ARIANO COMMISSIONER OF BEAR COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION WRITES AS WE ENTER INTO A NEW YEAR IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO SEE THE DEADVICEIVENESS THAT STILL EXISTS AMONG OUR CITIZENS -- DIVISIVENESS. WE ARE PART OF A NATION THAT MADE OUR NATION GREAT MUST HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS WHETHER THEY ARE POLITICAL OR HISTORICAL. I'M OF OPINION THAT THE HAZE COUNTY IS WRONG IN TERMINATION OF PERFECTLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED ON THE TEJAHNO HISTORICAL COMMITTEE. ANGELA LOPEZ THE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE TEJANO COMMITTEE OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION ARE UNFORTUNATELY NO LONGER ON THE TEJANO COMMITTEE AND APPLICANTS WITH SIGNIFICANT CREDENTIALS WERE DENIED MEMBERSHIP. THE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE FORMER TEJANO COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THROUGH THEIR RESEARCH AND HAVE SHARED THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION RECOGNIZED NEW HISTORICAL SITES AND APPROVED NEW HISTORICAL MARKERS, TWO THE THREE FORMER MEMBERS ARE HISPANIC, GINA ROGERS AND IRMA AND IT'S UNCLEAR AS TO WHY THEIR MEMBERSHIPS WERE DENIED. [00:40:03] IT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THEY WORK SO HARD AND HAVE SHOWN MUCH PROGRESS THROUGH THEIR WORK AND DEDICATION. THERE'S A VOTE SCHEDULED JANUARY 5TH TO VOTE ON THE APPROVAL OF NEW MEMBERS. WE ASK THAT YOU STAY THAT VOTE AND TAKE THE TIME NEEDED TO RECONSIDERATE APPLICATIONS OF THE FORMER MEMBERS. THE RESULTS SPEAK SELVES. THANK YOU. >> DR. CARDENAS, JUST FOR CLARITY SAKE WE HEARD A FEW TIMES STAY THE VOTE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO OUR LISTENING AND VIEWING AUDIENCE WHAT THAT MEANS. YES. >> THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE DELAY THE VOTE UNTIL ANOTHER DAY. RIGHT? >> CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T SAY THINGS OR USE ACRONYMS FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> AND WE'RE NEARING THE END. >> NO PROBLEM. >> HERE ARE LETTERS OF SUPPORT OF THE TEJAHNO COMMITTEE AND CHAIR THAT WERE SUBMITTED TOGETHER. LIZ, ON BEHALF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECEMBER 8TH, 20206789 I WRITE TO ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT GINA ALVA ROGERS TO REMAIN A VOTING CHAIR OF THE TEJANO COMMITTEE WITH THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF WORKING WITH THE CHC THE LAST FEW YEARS AND PREPARING WITH GINA A SUCCESSFUL NARRATIVE TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR AN HISTORICAL MARKER FOR -- I CAN ATTEST HER WORK TO BE THOROUGH AND THOUGHTFUL. UNCOVERING TEJANO HISTORY. THERE'S NO DOUBT YOU WOULD FIND HER WORK IMPRESSIVE. SHE'S METICULOUS. SHE RECEIVES UNSOLICITED THANKS FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR HER WORK AS CHAIR. WE THE BOARD ARE ADVOCATING SHE REMAIN A VOTING CHAIR IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH HCHCGINA IS A STEAD THE VOICE MOVING FORWARD. FROM REUBEN A. ARIANO PROFESSOR OF HISTORY SPECIALIZING IN NATIVE AMERICAN MEXICAN-AMERICAN TEXAS DECEMBER 13TH 20, 20. I'M WRITING TO SUPPORT GINA ROGERS MEMBER OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND HEAD OF THE TEJANO COMMITTEE. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH HER SINCERE INTEREST IN TEXAS HISTORY AND HER SPECIALIZED FOCUS ON THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S OF THE STATE. I CAN ATTEST AS TO THE SOUNDNESS OF HER WORK. MISS ROGERS IS USING THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION. SHE ALSO SOURCED INFORMATION ARE MATERIALS AND SPECIALISTS HISTORIANS IN THE FIELD CERTAINLY ALSO USE. I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER HER DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO THAT EVOLVING STORY. OUR FINAL MESSAGE FROM MICHELLE PHRASER FROM SAN MARCOS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE JOHNSON OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. IT GIVES ME HOPE THAT THEY ARE SECURE UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AS CHAIR OF THIS IMPORTANT COMMISSION. I REMAIN IN AWE OF HER ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY HAYS COUNTY AND CONTINUED KNOWLEDGE IN OUR HISTORY. I HOPE THAT HAYS COUNTY REALIZE HOW EXTREMELY FORTUNATE WE ARE AND THAT THE EXPERTISE AND HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND OUR DIVERSE HAYS COUNTY HISTORY IS -- I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE WE LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE? THANK YOU CARDENAS AND THANK YOU FOR THE ENDURANCE WITH WHICH YOU READ ALL THESE VERY IMPORTANT COMMENTS THE COMMUNITY HAS TAKEN TO THE AND PROVIDE US. YOU DO SOMETHING I COULDN'T 2C0 AND THAT IS A GREAT ENDURANCE AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> MY PLEASURE. COMMISSIONER SHELL THIS ARE IS YOUR AGENDA ITEM. HOW WOULD YOU TO PROCEED. >> I BELIEVE KATE JOHNSON IS HERE. >> MISS JOHNSON, IF YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC AND THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS KATE JOHNSON AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HAYS COUNTY. I'M DELIGHTED TO PRESENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE RECOMMENDATION OF HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL MEMBERS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. OUR CURRENT BYLAWS RESTRICT US TO ONLY 25 MEMBERS WE HAD 35 APPLY THIS YEAR. [00:45:07] WE ARE SO EXCITED THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO WORK TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY IN HAYS COUNTY BUT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE APPLICANTS. WE HAD A SELECTION COMMITTEE OF FIVE TO REVIEW THE APPLICANTS THIS. COMMITTEE WAS COMPOSED OF THREE FS TOERS MYSELF AS CHAIR, LINDA COKER AS VICE-CHAIR AND LOU AND CULLEN AS SECRETARY. TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WERE MINORITY REPRESENTATION JOANN LOWE AND VANESSA WESGRAVE. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN THEIR REVIEW OF THE APPLICANTS. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE BEST SECRETARY EVER. SHE IS NOT RETURNING. SHE'LL BE GREATLY MISSED. BECAUSE SO MANY NEW PEOPLE SUBMITTING APPLICANTS THIS MIGHT PUT THEM AT A DISADVANTAGE IN LIGHT OF THE RETURNING TO THE APPLICANTS. WE HAD A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE OF RETURNING MEMBERS AND NEW APPLICANTS AND IN ORDER TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE. WE LOOKED AT THEIR PAST RECORD. THE MEMBER OF VOLUNTEER THEY CONTRIBUTED ON A LEVEL BASIS AND CONTRIBUTION AND COMMITTEES. THE HISTORY OF HAYS COUNTY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ABILITY TO WORK WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. FOR NEW WE HAVE EXPRESSED IN A ONE-PAGE ESSAY. THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY COUNTY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THEIR PARTICIPATION AND OTHER SIMPLE OURS AND OTHER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE HAD IN HISTORIC REPRESENTATION. ACCORDING TO TEXAS STATE LAW EACH MEMBER MUST HAVE AN INTEREST IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL HISTORY AND. AS THIS IS THE LAW IT IS THE NUMBER ONE CRITERIA IN MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION FROM AROUND THE COUNTY WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. WE WANT THE DISTRIBUTION TO BE AS EQUAL AND POSSIBLE. WE BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL COMMISSION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS OUR CURRENT TERMS HAVE EXPIRED. I WANT TO THANK THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR OUR WORK AND YOU WILL YOU DO TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ENTERTAIN EMNOW. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. JOHNSON FOR ALL HER SERVICE AND AMAZING THINGS SHE HAS DONE SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AND VOL UNTIERS. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE TIME OF SERVICE TO THEM AND APPRECIATE ALL THEY HAVE DONE SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS IN THE COUNTY HISTORICAL JAILS COME IT MIND A LOT OF HARD WORK HAS BEEN PUT INTO THAT AND A LOT OF WORK ACROSS COUNTY I APPRECIATE THE ACROSS THE COUNTY. THERE'S SOME WORK DONE ON THAT. IN MY PRECINCT I THINK WE HAVE HAD THREE OR FOUR NEW MEMBERS FROM PRECINCT THREE SO I APPRECIATE THAT BALANCE AS WELL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN MISS JOHNSON. Y'ALL REMEMBER IT WAS 11 MONTHS AGO WE WERE THANKING MISS JOHNSON AND RECOGNIZING HER BECAUSE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTY SOMEONE WAS NAMED AS THE OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL LEADER IN A STATE. IT WAS MISS JOHNSON FOR THE SECOND TIME. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT GOES UNRECOGNIZED. WE THANK YOU THEN. THE JOB ONE TO PUT A NUMBER ON THE HOURS ON THIS AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE GETTING THE BEST DEAL ON THIS WHEN IT COMES TO TAXPAYER MONEY BECAUSE AT END IT IS ALL FOR FREE AND WE APPRECIATE TIME AND EFFORT IN THIS I CAN TELL YOU SUCH AS THE EVENTS I ATTENDED LAST YEAR I KNOW MR. VILLALOBOS WAS OUT AND [00:50:01] WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR COMMISSION STANDING IN THE RAIN TO RECOGNIZE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE IS AMAZING. THE DEAD SCATION AMAZING FROM EVERYONE YOU HAVE ON YOUR LIST. >> NEW. >> I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB WITH WITH HOW YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BUT ON COMMISSIONER SMITHS RECOGNIZED I WOULD PUT IT UP AGAINST ANYBODY IN THE STATE. YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK NOT ONLY PRESERVING BUT DOLLARS PUT INTO THIS A THE PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY DOLLARS DPROM THIS COMISMGHTS THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> KATE I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALSO. I KNOW THAT YOU WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS COMMISSION AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DEDICATED MANY RESOURCES AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. Y'ALL DO IT TIRELESSLY AND I REALLY FRESH ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK LYLA FOR ALL HER KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION ASHE SHARES WITH US. NOT JUST THIS BUT OTHER FROCHBTS WILL I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION PROVIDE IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THINGS I MAY NOT KNOW. I WANT TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS JUST BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS AND E-MAILS REGARDING THEP SPECIFICALLY THE TEHANO HISTORY COMMITTEE AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE READ TALKS ABOUT THE FIRING OR DISBANDING THE TEJANO HISTORY COMMITTEE AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS THAT TRUE OR DO WE HAVE A TEJANO HISTORY COMMITTEE WORKING ON THE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE HISPANIC CULTURE AND RESIDENTS TO THE HAZE COUNTY. >> YES WE DO HAVE A TEJANO COMMIT THE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE EIGHT COMMITTEES BUT THE HISPANIC COMMITTEE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE IN. 2020 NOR 2000 WE WROTE A BOOK FOR THE MEXICAN-AMERICANS. WE HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. MANY HISPANICS ON 245 TO WRITE THAT BOOK. THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED. AN AFTER FILL Y59 WAS WONDERFUL. SHE TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT HISPANIC HISTORY. AND THEY ACTUALLY GAVE ME AN AWARD THIS YEAR OF 20206789 SO I THINK THEY KNOW I'M VERY SOIMP OF HISS PAN HERITAGE HERE IN EAST COUNTY IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IT'S A VITAL PART OF OUR COMMISSION. >> I KNOW THE SELECTION CRITERIA IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN QUESTIONED AND I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THE DWREER IS WHAT YOU OUTLINED EARLIER. SO I GUESS THAT INFORMATION AND THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN GOOD EVEN TO WHOEVER WAS REQUESTEDING DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO TO WHOEVER REQUESTED IT. >> I THINK THE COMMISSIONER COURT GENERAL COUNCIL COULD ANSWER THAT. >> MR. KENNEDY. >> COULD YOU ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN COMMISSIONER. >> I KNOW ONE OF THE REQUESTS HAD BE THE SELECTION CRITERIA JUST WONDER IF THAT INFORMATION HAD BE FOSHDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION. >> THAT IS BEING HANDLED IN MY OFFICE. TYPICALLY IT WORKS ON A ATTENDANCE DAYTIME LINE AND BE DETERMINED BY THE TIMING OF THAT. I THINK THAT IF I UNDERSTAND I THINK THAT WAS MARIO GARZA'S Q-WE DID GET ONE THAT IS BRIGHT [00:55:09] BUSINESS DAY TEN NOW SO IT SHOULD BE ISSUED SOON IF IT HASN'T BEEN ALREADY. >> SO THE ANSWER. >> I KNOW AS I STATED THE CRITERIA WAS MENTIONED IN COURT. WAS THAT ALL THE CRITERIA. >> YES IT. TOOKUS 1/2 HOURDS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. >> I ASK THIS NOT TO QUESTION YOUR INTEGRITY BUT TO COMMISSION THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. AND I WANT YOU IT KNOW. THAT I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT I ASKED THESE AND I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK THEM TO YOU. ANOTHER ONE WAS ASKED REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT. I GUESS PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ALLOWED AT YOUR COMMISSION MEETINGS. HONESTLY I WILL SAY I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW THAT ALL WORKS WHEN Y'ALL HOLD A COMMISSION MEETING OR INDIVIDUALS OUTED OF THE COMMITTEE OR THE COMMISSION. ALLOWED TO ATTEND AND ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS ACCEPTED. >> LATELY WE HAVE BEEN DOING ZOOM MEETINGS. BEFORE THAT, I WOULD USUALLY ASK MEMBERSP TO INVITE THEIR SPOUSES OR INVITE FRIENDS TO COME WITH THEM TO SEE HOW THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WORKS. WE USED TO GO TO A NUMBER OF HISTORIC SITES IN PEOPLE'S HOMES AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL TO SHARE HISTORY WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND MEMBERS IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A FAMILY. WE ALL GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER WELL. WE WOULD HAVE DINNERS, AND IT WAS A VERY CLOSE-FIT FAMILY. PUBLIC COMMENTS. IN THE BEGINNING IF THEY WANTED TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT THINGS THEY WERE INTERESTED IN. OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. IT WAS PART OF OUR COMMISSION TO BE INCLUSIVE AND SHARE WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THAT IS OUR GOAL TO HEAR OUR HERITAGE WITH ALL OF HAYS COUNTY. AND THEN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS THAT I KNOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO BEING ASKED TO CONSIDERATE APPROVAL AND APPOINTMENTS OF 25 MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY OTHER TIME DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND I GUESS THAT IS WHEN COMMISSION MEMBERS PROVE OTHERS CAN BE ADD ALTHOUGH I DID HEAR YOU SAY YOUR BYLAWS RIGHT NOW ALLOW 25, THAT IS THE LIMIT I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 25 RECOMMENDED HERE. IS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL ARE MAYBE CONSIDERING EXPANDING? I KNOW THAT ONCE A COMMITTEE GETS TOO LARGE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE AT SOME POINT TO INVITE OTHERS TO COME IN AND SERVE. >> WELL WE HAVE 25. TO GO ONCE WE GET VACCINE AND WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT AS USUAL, IT'S REALLY 25 IS GOOD. WHEN PEOPLE INVITE OTHER PEOPLE IT CAN GO UP TO 30 30R 2 WHEN I'M GOING IT THESE DIFFERENTS I HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED IN THIS SPACE. I HAVE TO SAY ALL OF THE PEOPLE I HAVE ASKED IN COMMISSION OF OUR HOMES OR AT A SITE WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THINGS HAPPEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS LOGISTICALLY. I THINK 25 IS A VERY GOOD NUMBER. WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE ON THESE COMMITTEES AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT WE KEEP A CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY. >> THANK YOU. I'M DONE. >> OK. MAKING A LOT OF NOTES BECAUSE I [01:00:03] AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMMUNICATIONS TO MY OFFICE ABOUT THE CONCERNS OF THINGS GOING ON, BUT I WOULD START WITH A CLARIFICATION FOR YOU SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME, ASKING IF I WAS GOING TO PUT YOU IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT AND TALK ILL OF YOU AND SPEAK RANDOMNESS. MISS JOHNSON I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF -- CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. AND I WILL DO NO SUCH THING, AND I WANT TO PUT IF YOU WEREN'T I WANT TO PUT YOU AT EASE WITH THE REALITY THAT I WILL NOT USE THIS MOMENT IN THIS SEAT TO -- TO ATTACK YOU OR YOUR EFFORTS. BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS ASK CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS BASED ON THE NOTES THAT I HAVE TAKEN ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD AND THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN READ. JUST FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION, AND I THANK COMMISSIONER INGALSBE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ASK SOME OF THESE, SO IT WILL MAKE MY PIECE A LITTLE SHORTER. AS WE KNOW, THE -- SPEAKING IN SPANISH -- >> IS AN IMPORTANT BEACON IN OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW A BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT IT OF COURSE, AS THE FORMER CHAIR OF THAT BODY. WE ALSO HAVE THE -- CALL AS A VERY IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANT SPACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL. AND THIS IS JUST THE COUNTY SEAT. WE HAVE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR ENERGY, MOVEMENTS AND PASSIONS REGARDING INDIGENOUS MINORITY AND ALL THE OTHER VARIABLES THAT I HEARD, MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. I MEAN I CAN GOING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS IT DESCRIBE HOW THE PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES IN HEARING THAT THE -- CALL WROTE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE MINORITY REPRESENTATION TO STAY IN PLACE, IS AGAIN, THAT IS A LOUD VOICE TO ME AS WELL. TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE AND MAYBE YOU COULD CLARIFY FOR ME, THAT WE HAVE ZERO INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION ON THIS HISTORIC COMMISSION. IT IS WELL A BIT CONCERNING TO ME, TO BE HONEST. WE DO HAVE THE LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED FOOTPRINT IN THE UNITED STATES. WHAT IS IT, 14,000 YEARS I HEARD ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS SAY? SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, IF WE DO HAVE AN INDIGENOUS PERSON ON THE RECOMMENDATION LIST THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED? >> YES, WE DO. HER NAME IS JOANN LOWE SHE IS NATIVE AMERICAN AS WELL AS HISPANIC. >> AND SHE HAS A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING, AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR CRITERIA, SUPPORTING AND FIGHTING FOR AND ACCOMPLISHING THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN POINT TO THAT WOULD -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY DEFEND BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT UNDER ATTACK. IT'S JUST CLARIFICATION EFFORTS. SHE HAS A HISTORY DOING THESE THINGS MANY A WAY THAT CAN BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD? >> I DON'T KNOW. IT IS VERY PERSONAL TO HER. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR IN THE NEW HISTORICAL COMMISSION, ASK HER IF SHE WANTS TO DO IT. I'M HOPING SHE'LL BE THE NEW CHAIR OF THE TEHANO COMMITTEE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO A NEW COMMITTEE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY COMMIT TEAM. IT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR SOMETIME AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME NOW AND. >> OK. ALSO, I HEARD A MR. KENNEDY SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF MISS GINA ALVA ROGERS. DR. CARDENAS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT MR. KENNEDY'S FIRST NAME WAS? >> QUINCY KENNEDY. HE'S THE HUSBAND OF REPRESENTATIVE SWEENER. >> QUINCY KENNEDY MEMBER ALSO SUPPORTED THAT IDEA OF KEEPING MISS ALVA ROGERS ON THERE AS WELL. OK. [01:05:02] THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU STATED THAT CURRENT BILAW ENFORCEMENTS THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORIC COMMISSION HAVE A A SEALING OR A LIMIT, BUT I WANTED TO JUST ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. THOSE BYLAWS ARE SELF-IMPOSED, CORRECT? IT'S NOT THE STATE PUTTING A SEALING ON THE NUMBER. IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR BODY HAS CHOSEN. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. ALL COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS, ALL 254 OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN BYLAWS THAT IS PART OF THEIR COMMISSION. SO SO THE STATE -- IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THE STATE HAS A MINIMUM BUT NOT A MAXIMUM SO I UNDERSTAND A BIG COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE A HUGE LEVEL OF POTENTIAL SLOWDOWN OF ANY TYPE OF PROGRESS. AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I KNOW YOU'LL APPRECIATE IT ALL THE TIME MORE. I'M JUST FINDING IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD POTENTIALLY NOT RECOMMENDED ACTIVE COMPASSIONATE COMMITTED MEMBERS TO NOT STAY ON WHILE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THE PHRASE HAS BEEN USED OF STACK THE DECK ON MEMBERS BY HAVING MULTIPLE HOUSEHOLDS HAVING SPOUSES EVEN ON THIS BODY. SINCE THE SPACE CLEARLY NOW IT'S BEEN MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THESE SPACES ARE SO COVETED THAT TO HAVE SPOUSES IN SAME HOUSEHOLDS MIGHT SEEM LIKE REDUNS DANCEY OR UNNECESSARY PERSPECTIVES TO BE SHARED ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU USED JUST NOW WORDS LIKE EXCLUSIVE AND SHARE OUR HERITAGE, AND I JUST -- I FIND USEFUL TO SAY THAT IF SOMEONE FROM A HOUSEHOLD IS REPRESENTED ADDING FLOOR THE SAME HOUSEHOLD MIGHT BE OVERKILL. SO I WANT IT KNOW IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT FOR ME. >> JUDGE, HAVE YOU EVER HAD MISUNDERSTANDINGS WITH MONICA? ARE YOU THE SAME. >> ARE THESE RHETORICAL QUESTIONS. >> THEY ARE RHETORICAL. >> GOOD I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL DAY I HAVE COMMISSIONER SMITH OVER THERE LAUGHING BECAUSE HE KNOWS -- HE KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THAT. WE'RE ALL SO DIFFERENT. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE MARRIED TO SOMEONE DOESN'T MEAN WE SEE EYE TO EYE. >> CORRECT. >> AMEN. >> I JUST COMPLETED 28 YEARS MARRIED SO I AM THEFUL TO KNOW MY SPACE AND WORK ON OWNING THAT SO YES I UNDERSTAND. >> WELL I THINK THAT THAT IS WHY I JUST FIND IT CHALLENGING AS THE COUNTY JUDGE THAT IS INTIMATELY TIDAL THOUGH IT'S A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, AND SO ARE ALL THE OTHER BODIES THAT WE HAVE FOR EXAMPLE ARE IN OPEN SPACE WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LATER. IT'S ALSO A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE WITH A CLEAR CONSCIOUS ABLE TO DEFEND OUR BOD ARE DOING. AS WE ARE DIVERSED IN INDIVIDUALS. I FIND PERSONALLY BECAUSE I WILL AND YOU KNOW THIS MISS JOHNSON. DEFEND OUR ACTIONS. THINK THAT EVERYONE CARES BECAUSE IT'S A COMPASSIONATE ITEM FOR US ALL. I WANT TO SHARE EVERYTHING THAT WE ALL KNOW, AND I WOULD SUMMARIZE THIS AND YOU PERSONALLY ARE NOT OF CONCERN TO [01:10:12] NEXT YOU'RE NOT. AND I'VE TAKEEN THIS TIME TO REPEAT IT FOR EMPHASIS TO UNDERLINE EYE TAL SIZE AND HIGHLIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE CESHZS ABOUT THE U.S. AND SUPPORTERS OF A MESSAGE BY PEOPLE NOT PROPERLY REPRESENTED ON THE BODY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR COMMISSIONERS TO SUPPORT TABLING THIS SO EVERYONE CAN GET INFORMATION NECESSARY AND I HAVE THE TENDENCY AND I'M DOING MY VERY BEST TO REMAIN AS MY SPIRIT IS TRULY INTENDING TO THE PEACEFUL ABOUT ALL NEEDS THINGS BUT I FEEL THIS MOMENT IT TIME THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED AND IT PERSONALLY I PERSONALLY AT THIS TIME WOULD FEEL RUSHED TO IMPROVED THE INFORMATION REQUESTS UNDERSTANDING THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. THE BEST THING I CAN DO IS SHARE INFORMATION. THE BEST THING I CAN DO IS SHARING INFORMATION AND LET THE CONCLUTIONS UNFOLD NATURALLY I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT VOTING ON MY LIST WOULD BE A PREMATURE PERSON. I WANT TO REITERATE THAT IT'S NOT A REFLECTION ON YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> AGAIN I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERSHIP AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S QUESTIONS, TOO, AND I WOULDS HOPE AND I KNOW THAT THEY WILL AND THE COMMISSION WILL TRY TO FIND WAYS TO INCLUDE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN WAYS THAT EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT MEMBERS APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE BODY. I THINK THAT THAT IS A GREAT WAY OF INCLUDING PEOPLE AND GET SOMETHING VIEWPOINTS SO MAYBE THEY CAN STEP UP AND BECOME MEMBERS AND MAYBE THEY CALL DO THAT AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE WORLD IS CHANGING FAST AND MAKING SURE WE IDENTIFY OUR HISTORY AND CULTURES I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S WORLD. I DEFINITELY WOULD AN WE FIND AS MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WE POSSIBLEKY TO GET PERSPECTIVES AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE HISTORY IS AND THE IMPORTANCE ABOUT IT. >> COMMISSIONER WOULD THAT BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST AS PRESENTED. >> YES I WILL OFFER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS AS PRESENTED IN BACKUP. >> MOTION. >> SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND I THANK YOU FOR STANDING AT THE PODIUM. IT'S NO LONGER NECESSARY TO KEEP YOU THERE. WE DO HAVE THIS MOMENT FOR CONVERSATION. COMMISSIONER SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE AT THIS TIME SOME. >> SURE. I WANT TO JUST FOLLOW UP AN ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUE MADE. I WENT BACK THROUGH AND I'VE ATTENDED TWO. SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED I'VE GONE TO TWO AS A COMMISSION MEETING. I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I JUST PULLED UP AS I WAS SITTING HERE THE AGENDA FORCE EACH OF THEIR MEETINGS AND FOLLOW THE SAME THREE PUBLIC COMMENT WE DO AND ALLOW FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THIS THOSE MEETINGS, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL DO THAT. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE FOLKS THAT I KNOW THE NEW MEMBERS THAT I KNOW HAVE APPLIED BECAUSE I'LL BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS MEMBERSHIP THERE IS LITTLE MEMBERSHIP FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY THAT I REPRESENT OR AT LEAST THAT PORTION MY PRECINCT I REPRESENT AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIPS FROM THERE. FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY INTEREST OR EVEN SPECIFIC TO THE POUND HOUSE WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. I APPRECIATE THE TIME Y'ALL TOOK IN THIS PROCESS. >> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR [01:15:03] WORK UNLESS THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WANTS TO TAKE OVER INTERVIEWING PEOPLE AND NOMINATING PEOPLE I'M HAPPY WITH YOUR ELECTION, WHETHER YOU DO IT I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT COMMITTEE CAN ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND I'M GOOD WITH GOING FORWARD OF IT. >> MISS JOHNSON AS I MENTIONED 3WR I AM NOT AT ALL QUESTIONING WITH OUR LEADERSHIP. I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE CONTINUALLY DONE FOR OUR COUNTYS AI SAID I DO NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ANY OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THE SLATE BE APPROVED FOR THE GREAT TREMENDOUS WORK THEY HAVE DONE I GUESS THE HESITATION. I THOUGHT THAT IN MY IT MIGHT BE REASONABLE TO WAIT JUST ONE MORE WEEK TO ALLOW THE INFORMATION TO BE GIVEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE REQUESTED IT. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL YOUR TERMS ARE EXPIRED AT THIS PONT. NO WORK CAN BE DONE UNTIL THE APPOINTMENTS ARE DONE. SO BUT I'VE HAD SO MUCH IN OUR PRECINCT REACHED OUT IN CONCERNS IT'S ABSOLUTELY NO REFLECTION ON ANYONE THAT IS ON THE COMMISSION. BUT I TOO WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD WAIT ONE ADDITIONAL WEEK. TO ALLOW THAT INFORMATION TO BE RELEASED AND WE COULD APPROVE THE SLATE OF OFFICERS THAT YOU HAVE FOR COMMISSION COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR COMMISSIONED MEMBERS. >> SO ANYWAY I APPRECIATE YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COUNTY THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE THESE THINGS IT IS LIKE IF WE'RE TRYING TO WALK THROUGH RAINDROPS AND I TOTALLY ADDRESS YOUR MESSAGE. THAT IS WHY BECAUSE I DO REACH OUT AND VOICED CONCERN THE BOD ADVISE OFFICIALLY YES TECHNICALLY JUST EXPIRED. THERE AREN'T ANY LEGAL DOCUMENTS BEING SIGNED THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE ANY SPECIFIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I FEEL HAD THERE WOULD BE ADDING VOICE THAT'S WOULD APPLY. AT THIS TIME WITH THE VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT I HAVE, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE TELLING THEM NO, YOU CAN'T BE PART OF TELLING OUR STORY AS A COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAVE THESE THINGS I RECOGNIZED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I FEEL THAT I HAVE NOT YET HEARD OF A GOOD REASON WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE ON THIS VOLUNTEER GROUP. AND IN THE MOST POLITE AND PROFESSIONAL WAY I CAN COME UP WITH, I DON'T SEE WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO VOLUNTEER AS WELL, AND I KNOW THAT WE SAID THIS IS OUR NUMBER. BUT THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND THIS IS THE ZEITGEIST THIS. IS THE TONE OF OUR -- ESCALATE IT AS FAR AS YOU WANT THAT THE NATION OF OUR PLANET. AND WE SHOULD REMAIN RECEPTIVE AND GET TO THAT REALITY THAT THOSE WHO WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, AND MAKE SURE THEIR STORIES ARE TOLD. I FEEL LIKE ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S A VOLUNTEER BODY I FEEL IT UNFORTUNATE AND NECESSARY TO SAY NO AND THEREFORE I FIND IT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING AT THIS TIME COMMISSIONER SHELL AND YOU KNOW WELL ENOUGH IT'S NOT AGAINST YOU. >> AND I UNDERSTAND HAD A -- AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED AND DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE ARE COME 23RG AND I TRUST THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION THE LEADERSHIP TO NAVIGATE OUR WAY THROUGH THESE ISSUES AND FIND WAYS TO INCLUDE EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE. IF IT MEANS THAT THEY WON'T CHANGE THEIR BYLAWS IN THE FUTURE TO ACCOMMODATE 245 I SUPPORT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT AND FIND WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN INCLUDE AS MANY FOLKS AS POSSIBLE FIND THEMSELVES TO PAR DISTHE I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND SUPPORT THE COMMENTS AND UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE WANT [01:20:05] VIEWS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM. AT THIS TIME I'M COMFORTABLE WITH TRUSTING OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY YEARS THEY WILL PUT THE COUNTY IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND FIND WAYS TO INCLUDE THOSE NOT ON THIS LIST. >> DR. CARDENAS. >> I DO. I DO HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT JUDGE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT I DON'T KNEEL THIS IS RACIALLY MOTIVATED AT ALL. AND I APPRECIATE JOANN AND I GUESS KATE. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SAYS SHE IS THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALSO HISPANIC. AND I BELIEVE THAT SO IN NO WAY AGAIN SUPPORTIVE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE. IT'S MORE OF THE COMMENTS I RECEIVED OF THESE CONCERNS AND NOTHING MORE. SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE. >> I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SAYING AS MUCH NO TO THE OTHERS THAN TO THE 25. YOU GOT TO SET NEALE SOMEWHERE AND PICK THE BEST 25 FOR YOUR COMMITTEE. >> I THINK IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY. JUST LIKE ANY VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION Y'ALL LIKE ANY OTHER VOUNL TIER ORGANIZATION UNDER THE 80-20 RULE. WHENEVER I IS AY THAT THERE IS 80% OF THE PEOPLE OR 20% OF THE PEOPLE DO 80% OF THE WORK. AT END OF THE 2C5 HAVING ADVISORY MEMBERS WHO GET TO KNOG AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THESE FOLKS WHO DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE GAUGING THEIR PARTICIPATION OVER A YEAR OR TWO. WE KNOW WHEN HAVING TO PASS THAT YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE WILL POP UP. HAVING THOSE FOLKS INVOLVED HAVING THEM VOLUNTEER AND PARTICIPATE I KNOW YOU DRAW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FROM I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE INTEREST TO SHOW UP FOR THE MEETINGS, VOLUNTEER, 2080% SHOWING UP. SO IF THEY DO 245 I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THEIR APPOINTMENT ADDITIONAL OPEN. >> AND I APPRECIATE THAT JUST WHAT WE WERE THINKING. SHE WAS MENTIONING THAT PROBABLY HELP MISS LOW SOME OF THE INFORMATION TO SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER AND SHARE INFORMATION. SO I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THAT TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED TO COME OUT AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND INFORMATION OF MEMBERS. >> FINAL THOUGHTS. AS A SUGGESTION. DON'T LEAVE THOSE THAT WANT TO HELP TELL THEIR STORY OUT. THANK YOU MISS JOHNSON. DR. CARDENAS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA NO. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. [3. Update from the County Judge and staff regarding the Local Disaster Declaration and COVID-19. Possible discussion and action may follow. BECERRA] >> THREE UPDATES FROM THE COUNTY JUDGE AND STAFF REGARDING THE LOCAL DISASTER DIFFERENTATION AND COVID-19, POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND ACTION MAY FOLLOW. >> IF YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND GIVE US YOUR COVID-19 UPDATE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SPACE YOU OCCUPY. >> ALEX VILLALOBOS EMERGENCY COORDINATOR FOR HAYS COUNTY. JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS I'D LIKE TO GO OVER IN OUR TRAUMA CENTER REGION O, WHICH FACES THE PERCENTAGE OF OCCUPATION HOSPITALS TO A STAFF AND ACTUAL BEDS THAT ARE OCCUPIED. WE BROKE THE 50% MARK ON SUNDAY, THE DAY THAT WE -- ACTUALLY ON THURSDAY, ALTHOUGH THE SITE AND CALCULATIONS HAVE BE DONE THEY ARE USUALLY HIGH A LITTLE BIT SO TODAY WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THE PATTERNS OF INCREASE OF NUMBERS. TODAY WOULD BE THE THIRD DAY THAT WE WOULD BE AT 50%. WE HAVE THE NEED TO BE BEYOND 50% SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS. [01:25:06] ACCORDING TO PLAN, TO DIRECT CERTAIN TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS AND REDUCTIONS OF OCCUPATION OF CERTAIN PLACES OF BUSINESS AND THE CHANGE AND POLICY IN HOSPITALS. WE'RE FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE THE REGION ALSO INCLUDES HAYS COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY OUR CURRENT HOSPITALIZATION 36. OUR LAB CON10,958. I NO HE THAT GOES UP QUITE A BIT BUT BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST AND JANUARY 4TH, WE HAD WE'RE ALSO WORKING HARD TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE THAT THE RESOURCE IN PLACE FOR THE STAFF AND TO ENSURE THEY GET VACCINATIONS ALL THE HAVE DIFFERENT SLIGHTLY WITH REGARDS TO COMING INTO WORK. I KNOW THAT IT'S STILL VERY ORGANIC AND WIMBERLEY I KNOW THAT DRIPPINGED SAN MARCOS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING AROUND THE PARTNERSHIP AS WITH. THAT IS IN THE REVIEW TODAY. THE UNIVERSITY HAS NOT PLEDGED A REPORT AS SOON AS THAT REPORT IS DONE WE'LL GET A COPY OF IT FROM SOME OF THE INTERVENTIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL HAVE IN PLACE TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD. OUR SWEET AREAS OF VACCINATIONS ARE EMS AND THE UNIVERSITY. WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CURRENT SHE'S WORKING ON HER PERSPECTIVE THOSE VAK INS PL PLACES. >> COMMISSIONERS ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THIS PART OF THE COVID UPDATE. >> THE VACCINE IS WHERE I WAS INTERESTED BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME SQHG IS THIS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THAT IS THEIR CONCERN BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY IN THE COUNTY THAT WANT TO TAKE IT. DISCUSSING THOSE PLANS FOR EACH THAT RECEIVED THEM ALL OF THEM ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFEROW THAT THE E RECEIVED THEM. I KNOW CHRIS IS AWEIGHT VACCINES. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PRIVATE PROVIDERS THAT DO HAVE THEM. ARC, HV, SOME OTHERS, SAN MARCOS FAMILY HAVE HELPED A BIT THOSE HAVE WORKED WITH AGENCIES TO GET LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRST RESPONDERS IN SOME OF THEM HAVE TRANSITIONED TO GET THE OTHER POPULATIONS IN. WE'RE STILL UNCLEAR TO TRIRG THE ORGANIZATIONS A LOT OF IT HAS THE VACCINES THEY WERE TO HAVE AND WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THE NEXT SMIMENT SO THEY CAN START TRANSITIONING IN SPACES. WE'RE SLOWLY RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM THEM. WE ARE IN COLLABORATION. I KNOW MIKE JONES TAMMY ARE ALL IN COMMUNICATION WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND LISTENING HUGE DIFFERENT PIECES TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GOING TO TRANSITION. WE'RE ALL PENDING AS FAR AS ORGANIZATION PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMS WE ALREADY MET THE CRITERIA. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR TO BE TO US. >> COMIRTION I'D LIKE IT TO EXPAND ON THAT. I'M IN A VERY SENSITIVE SPACE BECAUSE I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT THE STATE LEVEL HAS DONE FOR US AS A COUNTY, AND I REMAIN GRATEFUL BECAUSE SINCE VERY EARLY ON MY PERSONAL PUSH WAS IT BRING MORE COVID TESTING TO OUR COMMUNITY SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE COVID PENETRATION AND THEREFORE, ALSO MAKE POLICY [01:30:08] ACCORDINGLY, AND THE STATE HELPED TREMENDOUSLY. I GOT THE STRONGEST SUPPORT FROM THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. YOU HEARD ME SAY A TON OF TIMES PRAISING ALL THAT MOVEMENT TO HELP US. SO WHAT I AM HOPING FOR IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT SUPPORT AND THAT TRUST IN BUYING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SEEN THROUGH OUR EFFORTS. ALEX AND I WERE -- JUST BECAUSE YOU SAY CAMO IT'S GOING TO BE FINE COME GET TESTED NO ONE IS GOING TO BE BOTHER YOU. ODDLY ENOUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T REALIZE THAT BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO AREN'T COMFORTABLE GOING TO THOSE SPACES. WE PUSH HARD IT BUILD THAT TRUST THROUGH THE TESTING AND NOW WE'RE TRYING IT USE THAT SAME TRUST BUILT FOR THE VACCINATION. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE SITTING HERE EMPTY-HANDED. AND AGAIN I'M INTERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE STATE AND I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A TUG-OF-WAR WITH ANY TYPE BUT E MUST DO MY JOB AS DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR HAYS COUNTY AND NUDGE EVER SO PEACEFULLY AND POLITELY FOR VACCINES IN OUR HANDS. AND SO WE'VE EVEN GONE AS FAR AS IT MIKE JONES, ALEX VILLALOBOS AND EVERYONE INVOLVED. IT'S A LONG LIST ON OUR VACCINATION DRILL THAT WE HEAVEN IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. WE ARE PRACTICED. WE ARE REHEARSED. WE ARE TRAINED. WE ARE DRIVEN. WE HAVE REHEARSED. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. YET THERE ARE FOLKS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAD A ARE HOLDING THE VACCINE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT READY. AND WE ARE SITTING HERE EMPTY-HANDED I HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO SAY IT BUT SAY IT AND AS A MATTER OF FACT AS I CAN POSSIBLY SAY IT BECAUSE I'M NOT TRYING TO DIVIDE US. I'M NOT TRYING TO SPIN ANTI-OR PRO-VACCINATION AND I'M CLEARLY AS ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS SAID THIS MORNING NOT FOR FORCED VACCINATION. I KNOW NONE OF US ARE. IT'S NOT THE ROUTE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY THE SOLUTION COMING OUR WAY WITH THE CHANGE AND THE U.K. STRAIN FOR EXAM ALREADY CONFIRMED IN THE UNITED STATES AND SEVERAL PLACES LIKE NEW YORK TEXAS AND COLORADO. WE MUST BE QUICKER AND RIGHT NOW IT'S IN PRIVATE HANDS WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT'S IN PRIVATE HANDS WHAT THE TRYINGERS ARE HOW ARE THEY COMMUNITY IN HOW IS A 16-YEAR-OLD MOTHERS GOING TO GET VACCINATED. THAT IS THE CURRENT MOST PRESSING THING ON MY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAT. >> AND THESE YOU MENTIONED HERE'S CURRENTLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT. WHEN THEY GO ARE THEY BEING CHARGED. >> THE VACCINES ARE FREE. I THINK THAT IS THERE'S A SMALL REGISTRATION TO GET YOUR VACCINE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCALES ARE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF IT SO YOU HAVE TO GET THAT DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE BECAUSE IT'S ALL DIFFERENT THE WE DO KNOW AND WE DON'T HAVE A LIST BECAUSE IT'S LAGGING IN TIME BUT WE DO KNOW THAT PERCENTAGE OF WHAT ONES HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO PRIVATE PROVIDERS I KNOW THAT LIST IS LAG A LITTLE BIT WITH REGARD TO EXPANDING GOOD RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE BEEN ORGANIC AND AT LEAST LET US KNOW AND TRYING TO GET [01:35:14] OUR MEDICAL FIRST RESPONDERS GETTING THOSE THINGS TRYING TO GET THEM DONE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE INTO THE NEXT PHASE. AND THAT IS -- BUT I THINK TOO OFTENTIMES THE REGIONAL ASSET. THERE IS CERTAIN CRY TIER YAF PEOPLE THAT. >> I WILL BE GOING ON SITE TO SHARE INFORMATION AND I WILL BE GOING ON TO LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE BUT IT IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS SO THAT IF AND WHEN YOUED YOURSELF NEEDING THE CRITERIA YOU KNOW IT'S THERE YOU KNOW IT EXISTS AND YOU KNOW IT'S THERE FOR YOU. I WILL TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY WHAT MR. VILLALOBOS JUST SAID THAT IS RIGHT AND I WANT TO LIKE I SAID EARLIER DANCING BETWEEN RAINDROPS HERE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY STATEMENT IS NOT ONE THAT IS MADE TO HAVE OUR HOSPITALS OR PROVIDERS THAT DO HAVE VACCINATIONS LOOK BAD OR BE IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT. THAT IS NOT MY INTENT. THEY ARE ALL AS FAR AS I CAN SEE DOING THE VERY BEST AND DOING A GOOD JOB. I OBSERVED A VACCINATION PROCESS WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND STAYED THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE WATCHING THE PROCESS MAKING IT PART OF MY -- IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING BEAUTIFULLY. I BELIEVE IN PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT SPACE. MY ASK SIMPLY INCLUDE MY DEPARTMENT. WE ARE IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THAT IS THE NARROW SPACE IN WHICH I AM SPEAKING NOTHING ILL OF OUR HOSPITAL OR PRIVATE PROVIDERS. ON THE CONTRARY MY JOB TO PROMOTE IT. MIKE JONES IT I LEAVE ANYTHING OUT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE TIED UP IN THAT SPACE. >> JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION AS FAR AS OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR FIRST RESPONDERS CHER IFS OFFICE I KNOW SOME MAY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED -- SHERIFFS. I DON'T KNOW THAT ALL HAVE. YOU KNOW, SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT ARE -- VACCINE. SO YEAH. >> IT'S A PROCESS LOGISTICS THAT OUR SCHEDULE AND DIFFERENT SHIFTS AND BRING THEM IN IN CERTAIN AT A TIME. THE YOU TO OPEN UP THE VOLUME AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO OPEN UP A PARTIAL -- BECAUSE IT DESTROYS THE VACCINE IN A PERIOD OF TIME. THAT'S LOGISTICAL BECAUSE OK WE ALREADY HAVE THESE LINED UP. THESE ARE APPOINTMENTS THAT COME IN AND GET THEM DONE AND GROOM THEM TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER TEN USUALLY THE LAST THING WHAT MR. VILLALOBOS HAS SPOKEN OF IS I DON'T KNOW, OK. AND MAYBE OTHERS IN THIS ROOM. DO BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BARRIERS R TO A VULNERABLE. IDENTIFY A VULNERABLE INDIVIDUAL HOWEVER YOU WANT. NOTE KNOW WHAT THE VARIABLES ARE TO GET A VACCINATION. ALTHOUGH THE VACCINE IS FREE THERE COULD BE A FEE FOR THE VACCINE. THERE COULD BE A DOCTOR'S VISIT. LET ME TELL YOU I'M OF THE WORLD OF THE SMALL BRIZ INDUSTRY. THIS IS MY LIFE. WHY WOULDN'T THEY AND WHY SHOULDN'T THEY CHARGE. UP LESS THEY GET REIMBURSED SOMEONE NEEDS. >> TO COVER THAT PAY CHECK OTHERWISE HOW IS THAT PERSON GOING TO GO TO THE STORE AND PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE FAMILY. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A BAD THING BUT TO ME IT'S A BLANK SPOT AND I'M NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT AND THAT'S ALL THAT YOU'VE HEARD POTENTIALLY BECAUSE I WROTE A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR YESTERDAY. IT'S PURELY A BLIND SPOT BUT IT'S IN WAY NEGATIVE TOWARD THE PRIVATE PROVIDERS OR AT THE SAME TIME NEGATIVE TOWARD OUR GO. I'M SIMPLY ASKING POLITELY AND PEACEFULLY TO BE GIVEN THE THINGS THAT MR. VILLALOBOS HAS ALREADY SAID. WE ARE ALREADY CLEARED TO RECEIVE, AND I'M JUST SAYING GIVE THEM US TO. >> ALEX, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MAYBE YOU AND TAMMY AND MIKE WOULD 2C3WE9 A -- GIVE OUT THE INFORMATION THAT WE DO KNOW. WHO HAS THE VACCINES? WHO CAN GO THERE? [01:40:04] PROBABLY HAS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION. BUT ONCE YOU GET THOSE, MAYBE SAY WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. LET'S PUT THAT OUT WITH THE DAILY COVID REPORT. >> MR. VILLALOBOS WILL YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. KIM, COME BACK. IF YOU'LL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M KIM SMITH COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A MINUTE. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW MARK I DID PUT SOME INFORMATION OUT. SO THAT THE STATE PLAN OFFERS INFORMATION ABOUT THERE'S A MAP AND WHERE YOU CAN GO, AND IT ALSO TALKS THE PHASE 1-A, PHASE 1-B, LIKE WHO QUALIFIES. I WAS GOING TO PUT SOME STAFF OUT LAST WEEK BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF -- THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE UPSET AND A LOT OF MISINFORMATION HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL, SO I THOUGHT LET'S WAIT UNTIL THEY KIND OF GET THAT SITUATION. >> LET'S JUST PUT UP WHAT WE'RE SURE OF. LET'S JUST PUT OUT WHAT WE'RE SURE OF. >> AND I DID. THERE'S WAY POST ON FACEBOOK AND A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE ON THE COVER PAGE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE STATE SITE. SO THE INFORMATION IS OUT IS THERE. WHAT MY ONLY CONCERN IS FOR US AS A COUNTY 1 AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS THAT WE CAN'T ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. I'M HAPPEN FOIS PUT THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AND TO HELP PEOPLE BUT FOR US NOT HAVING A VACCINE NEED TO PUT THAT INFORMATION THERE. >> AND MAKE IT WORSE THAN AN 58-YEAR-OLD PERSON CAN FIGURE OUT MAKE IT REAL. >> RIGHT. SO WE ARE WORKING ON MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE INFORMATION. I THINK UNTIL WE KNOW I'M CAUTIOUS. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO THET -- WE'RE ACTUALLY AWARE I WORK WITH TAMMY AND LET THEM KNOW. >> WE WERE TALKING NUMEROUS TIMES YED YOU AND ME. >> I THINK WE HAD SO. >> MR. VILLALOBOS IF YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM ONE MORE TIME. >> AND THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WE ALREADY DO IF WE DO THE VACCINES I DON'T THINK WE'RE SENIORS CAJ OVERNIGHT. >> THAT IS THE CRITICAL POINT THAT US AS A -- AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, DEPENDING ON THE PLAN WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE THAT APPROPRIATELY AND LET THEM KNOW THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IT WE MAY GET THEM SPOO MAY WOULD BE OUR PARTNERS THAT WE GIVE THEM DIRECTION. >> I'M PROUD OF OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES I'M PROUD OF THE TEAM AND WORK THEY HAVE DONE TO BE READY WITH THAT COMMISSION ARE. THER STANDING READY. I THINK IT'S THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. COMMISSIONERS ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. >> YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS. >> ONE IS PUBLIC HEALTH. HAVE WE FORMALLY ASKED AS A COUNTY NOT SURE THEY WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO ACCEPT THEM TO REFRIGERATION AND TRYING TO AGAIN THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE PUBLIC I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA BUT THERE ARE BAR BARRIERS? >> WE HAVE OUR APPLICATION PENDING WHICH MEANS WE ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR PEP RACE RECEIVED. I VERIFIED THAT AND SHE LOOKED IT UP ON THE DATABASE THAT SHOWS US PENDING AND THE UNIVERSITY PENDING. WE WOULD BE SOMEWHAT LIVING ON [01:45:06] -- RECEIVED UNIVERSITY CAN RECEIVE ALL TYPES OF VACCINES. THEY HAVE THE FACILITIES AND RESOURCES FOR EITHER PFIZER OR MODERNA. >> AND WHEN. I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE RECEIVED THE VACCINE. THOSE WHO HAVE COME THROUGH PRIVATE ENTITY, WLUT THE PHARMACY AND POSITIONS OFFICE OR CLINTONING OF SOME SORT. AND HAS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY DO ON THEIR OWN. IN OTHER WORDS, CONSTABLE'S OFFICE OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO AND FIND PROVIDERS ON THE LIST OR CENTRALIZED. >> DISCUSSION ON OUR EMERGENCY SENT ARE WHAT PARTNERSHIPS WE CAN CREATE FOR THEM TO GET REGISTRATION AND -- I KNOW LAW ENFORCEMENT OPEN UP TO DO IT IN THE AR SYSTEM FOR KYLE FOR INSTANCE. I KNOW THE COUNTY LAW ENFORCMENT FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL. AND ALL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND VARIOUS PARTNERSHIPS FOR VACCINATION. WE HAVE HAD A LIST ON THE PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION ON A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I KNOW SOME OF THEM HAVE STARTED AND ARE WELL IN AND NEARLY COMPLETED BUT THEIR DEPARTMENTS THROUGH VACCINATIONS. NOT THAT THERE ARE 100% AND NEARLY 100% OF THE PEOPLE WHO WANT THEM. >> COMMISSIONER FOR FURTHER GRANULATED QUESTION, YOU WERE VERY COMPLETE BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE YOUR IDEA THAT INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES NEED TO INITIATE THIS, TOUCH THE SPACE WR THEY NEED IT MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENT. YES, THAT'S REAL. IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU HAVE TO GO FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN AS A DEPARTMENT ANDEDNATE WITH THAT PARTICULAR DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR CLINIC, AND THEN THERE IS NO SIMPLIFIED MACHINE. THAT IS PART OF THE DOWN HAUL. >> I UNDERSTAND -- NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A BARRIER. EXACTLY. OBVIOSLY WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP FACILITATE MATCHING THESE PROVIDERS WITH THOSE WHO NEED A VACCINE WHETHER THEY ARE 1-A OR 1-B AND THE SECOND ONE IS THAT IF OUR APPLICATION OR REQUEST FOR VACCINES, OR WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, LET'S CALL IT THE CLINIC THAT CHRIS KNOWING HOW HARD IT'S ALREADY BEEN FOR SOMEONE EITHER 1-A OR 1-B I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THAT WAY. EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE AND FACILITATE THE ADMINISTRATIONOR THE ACTUAL VACCINE TO CERTAIN AREAS OF POPULATION THAT DON'T HAVE DOCTORS GOT TO GET PREPARED FOR THAT. WE EXPECT AT SOME POINT THAT THERE ARE VACCINES OUT THERE AND SOMEONE CALL THEIR DOCTOR AND SAY I DON'T HAVE THEM, BUT TO THE DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD BECOME THAT PLACE FOR ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT USE OUR CLINIC ON BROADWAY TO POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT'S NOT US THAT ARE GOING TO ADMINISTER IT. IT'S NOT VUS THAT SOME AGREEMENT, THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD GO AND THAT WOULD YOU GO ACTUALLY. >> AND THAT IS ONE OF THE -- WITH SOME OF THE LARGER CLINICS WHEN YOU CONSISTENTLY RECEIVE THEM AND HAVE A CERTAIN QUANTITY OF THEM PARTNERSHIPS TO DISTRIBUTE THE VACCINATIONS AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE TO DO THAT. AND SOME ALREADY REACHED OUT, TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT. >> I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT GB API KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY ADAMANT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE SACK SEEN FOR 1-B. THEY DON'T HAVE -- VACCINE. THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE I KNOW [01:50:05] THAT Y'ALL ARE ASKING WHEN IS THE PROCESS, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET IT WHEN DOES THE THEY HAVE. THE OTHER THING I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT AS WE LOOK AT OUR DISTRIBUTION AND I DON'T KNOW HOW DO YOU THIS ONCE THE VILE IS OPEN IT'S -- VIAL IS OPEN IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR A CERTAINA. TIME. HOW DO WE CLARIFY AND ENSURE THAT ONCE WE OPEN THE VIAL THAT WE HAVE IT OPEN TO USE EVERY ONE OF THEM. AT END OF THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE SIX DOSS -- SIX DOSES. IF WE HAVE TO OR WE CAN WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THE 1-B LIST WHO REACHED OUT OR NEED IT AND WE CAN GET THEM THERE IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE -- IF THERE'S SOME PROCESS IF WE CAN FORWARD THESE TO Y'ALL AND SAY HEY WE REACHED OUT US TO. WE KNOW THEY ARE HIGH RISK, THEY ARE OVER 65. THEY ARE OVER 16 WITH ADDITIONAL HEALTH CONDITIONS WE CAN GET THEM ON A LIST SOMEHOW JUST SO WE'RE NOT WASTING. THAT SUPPLEMENT THOSE. IF WE'RE PAYING FOR ALREADY AND IT'S GOING TO GO BAD THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE CAN'T GIVE THOSE TO THE PUBLIC. I WOULD THINK. AND TO THE POINT WE MADE EARLIER BY MR. JENKINS I DON'TVEY ANYBODY SUPPORTS ANY KIND OF VACCINATION. THE OTHER THING WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF IS AND IF 20% OF THEM ARE WE CAN'T USE THE VACCINE. SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE DONE A SURVEY OR IF WE KNOW WHO WANTS THE VACCINE OR DOESN'T WANT THE VACCINE OR IF IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED OR THOUGHT OF. I THINK YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THAT IF WE HAVE. >> THAT'S A WONDERFUL POINT COMMISSIONER. I WILL SAY THIS. I HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BODIES, AND I WILL ASK THEM -- IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I WILL ASK THEM TO REACH INTO THEIR BODIES AND REPORT TO US THAT NUMBER OF VACCINATIONS THAT WILL NOT BE NEEDED. I THINK THAT'S A PERFECT POINT, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE VACCINE UNTIL THE MOST NECESSARY FOLKS HAVE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT MIKES, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE. >> GL MORNING, MIKE JONES DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. -- GOOD MORNING. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DID ASK FOR IT FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND THE INTERESTING THING BEHIND THAT IS THAT WE RECEIVED KIND OF A SMALLER LIST AND THEN WHEN THE VACCINE ARRIVED IN THE COUNTY THAT LIST GREW IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR M MIND. AND I APPRECIATE THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS WHEN IT COMES TO WAITING TO BE THE LAST ONE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE. I THINK AS LEADERSHIP WE ALL LEAD FROM THE FRONT. AS SOON AS THE VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE TO Y'ALL, TAKE IT. SO YOU FEEL MORE CONFIDENCE IN GETTING YOUR OWN VACCINE. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. JONES WHILE HE'S THE AT PODIUM? >> IT COULD BE FOR ALEX, TOO. WHEN WE INCLUDE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS CAN WE INCLUDE THE JPS IN THAT GROUP. WE RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL AND HAVE THE -- WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM INCORPORATED AND EMERGENCYER IS ADVISE. >> THANKYOU. -- EMERGENCY SERVICES. >> THANK YOU. ALSO, BECOME PRIVATE PARTNERS BY THE LIVES THE S-5 TO S-ABOUT. AS PEOPLE ARE LISTENING ON THIS -- 1-A TO 1-B. THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS STILL PART OF OUR DISCUSSION AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT YOU AND OUR CITIZENS. I WON COURAGE THIS TO EVERYBODY TAKE A KNEE THAT'S LISTENING HERE -- I WOULD ENCOURAGE. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OUT THERE, THAT EVERYONE WHO WANTS THIS VACCINE WILL HAVE IT BY JUNE OF THIS YEAR. SO IT'S COMING. AND WHILE WE HAVE TO SIT HERE AND WAIT FOR THINGS TO BE DELIVERED TO US WE DO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF VACCINES ON ORDER TO FACILITATE THOSE WHO WANT TO GET THE VACCINE NOW AND WE'LL BE PUSHING THAT BALL FORWARD. WE'RE NOT A BIG CITY. I THINK Y'ALL KNOW THAT. WPRL SAID 40,000 PEOPLE COULD RECEIVE THE VACCINE IN SAN [01:55:03] ANTONIO. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT 40,000 HERE. WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN BASED ON OUR POPULATION AND WE'RE NOT IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS UP NORTH OF HERE. SO IF WE ARE, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR YOU. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOU COMMISSIONERS AND DOING OUR BEST TO GET THESE ROLLING. >> MR. JONES, I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM ON ALL THINGS EMERGENCY IN HAYS COUNTY. I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION AND ACTUALLY YEARS LONG BECAUSE ALTHOUGH YOU ARE NEW TO THIS POSITION, YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF SERVING THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY OF CARING AND SERVING OTHERS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A RESOUNDING THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO DAILY. >> THANK YOU. >> THE LAST LEG OF COVID I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IS JUST A QUICK PERSONAL NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH WE ALLTAKE OUR PRECAUTIONS OF OUR MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALL THE CDC GUIDELINES THAT WE DO WHENEVER WE HAVE THOSE SPACES AND OPPORTUNITIES, I WAS A VICTIM OF COVID-19 MYSELF. MY ENTIRE FAMILY RECEIVED THE NEWS THAT WE WERE COVID POSITIVE AND I WILL GIVE A SHORT AS I CAN BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE IT HELPS PEOPLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT YES EVEN YOUR COUNTY JUDGE CAN GET COVID. IT'S IMPORTANT 245 FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT I AM FOLLOWING ALL THE THINGS THAT I AM PREACHING. I AM ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO DO ALL THE THINGS AT THE CTC AND IH ARE SUGGEST OF US. I'M NOT WEARING A MASK AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AROUND I HAVE ADEQUATE DISTANCING. TO PROVE THAT I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN A USEFUL MANNER ACCORDING TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. EVERY SINGLE DAY I WAS IN MY OFFICE MEETING WITH ANITA COLLINS, ALEX VILLALOBOS AND I -- BOY, MY HEART SANK WHEN I FOUND OUT I WAS OUR FIRE MARSHAL HALL AND A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS JUST BEFORE I WENT AND TOOK MY TEST. BUT I WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT BECAUSE I'VE CONTINUED TO TAKE THE CAUTIONS THAT HAVE HAD, THOSE PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY WENT IN AND GOT TESTED WHEN I FOUND OUT I WAS POSITIVE AND THEY ARE ALL NEGATIVE. THAT GOES TO SHOW THAT DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. DO WHAT YOU DO. THREE US WERE MISSING PHYSICALLY HERE LAST WEEK AND COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR VERY LAST MINUTE -- REALLY FELT LIKE I COULD RUN THE MEETING LAST TUESDAY. I WENT TO SLEEP THINKING I WAS GOING TO. I SET MY ALARM FOR TUESDAY MORNING AND MY ROUTINE AND I WOKE UP AND I WILL TELL YOU I WOKE UP FEELING LIKE I WAS PLACED INTO A BURLAP SACK, A KNOT WAS TIED AND I WAS THROWN OUT OF A MOVING TRAIN. THAT'S THE BEST WAY IT SUMMARIZE IT. I'M ALMOST 50. I MEAN, I'VE LIVED THROUGH BROKEN BONES AND ACHES AND PAINS OF ALL TYPES. NEVER HAD I FELT THAT BEFORE, AND SO I JUST WANT US IN SAYING THAT, I WANT US TO STAY SENSITIVE TO THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING ANY DEGREE OF COVID WHATEVER IT MAY BE, HOWEVER EVEN THE IDEA BECAUSE I'M LUCKY. I COUNT MYSELF LUCKY AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY -- HOUSEHOLD TESTED POSITIVE. WE KNOW HOW WE GOT IT AND IT WAS THROUGH ATHLETICSS BUT I WILL SAY THAT I COUNT MYSELF LUCKY BECAUSE I PERSONALLY OUT OF MY FAMILY ALREADY AND COUNTING HAVE LOST TWO AUNTS AND A FIRST COUSIN AND MY COUSIN WAS A CARDIOLOGIST. -- CARDIOLOGIST. MY HOPE IS TO EVERYONE WATCHING IT'S EASY TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF FINDING REASONS TO ATTACK OR DIVIDE OR TO AND SCI THAT YOU REMAIN PEACEFUL THROUGH THIS STRESSFUL TIME. THERE IS EMOTIONAL STRESS. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF STRESSES. FINANCIAL. LET'S JUST DO OUR VERY BEST AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO MY VERY BEST TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, TO BE MINDFUL TO BE PEACEFUL AND PATIENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. >> JUDGE BRUSHTION FINISH, TAMMY CRUMLEY IS ON TEAM. >> OH, THANK YOU. -- BEFORE YOU FINISH. SHE'S HERE REMOTELY. [02:00:08] JUST BEFORE I GO ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING. >> GOOD MORNING COURT. JUST TO COMMISSIONER SHELL'S QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT HAD TO SUBMIT EVERYTHING WE NEED TO THE STATE. ALL PROVIDERS HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE AND THAT HAS BEEN DONE. S ME. ONCE THAT IS, AS ALEX SAID, THAT IS IN THE PROCESS THAT'S PE PENDING. LIVE OAK HAS NOT RECEIVED THEIRS YET EITHER. SO ONCE EVERYONE HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IF LIVE OAK GETS THEIRS WE WILL HELP PARTNER WITH THEM OR WE'RE EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS FOR PARTNERSHIPS, AS WELL. WE CAN ASK FOR 5,000 VACCINES AND GET 200. WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET. THE DAILY OR WEEKLY CALLS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE STATE. THERE IS STILL A SHORTAGE IN TEXAS. SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE HOLD-UP FROM LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS RECEIVING VACCINES AND OTHER SMALL MEDICAL PROVIDERS. SO I THINK THAT THE PROCESS IS FRUSTRATING BUT IT'S HAPPENING AS THE STATE CAN RECEIVE THE VACCINESS AND WE'RE BEING TOLD THE GENERAL PUBLIC WE WON'T HAVE THE ROLLOUT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNTIL PROBABLY SPRING. SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS ANXIOUS AND WE'RE JUST HAVING TO BE PATIENT. SO THAT'S WHERE -- THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT ON OUR END. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS CRUMLEY? >> NO. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TAMMY. HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER. >> THANK YOU. OK. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS ON COVID-19 I'LL ASK YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA NUMBER FOUR AND THANK YOU IN THE AUDIENCE FOR [4. Adopt a Proclamation declaring January 18, 2021 as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. INGALSBE] BEING EVER SO PATIENT WITH US. >> NUMBER FOUR ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING JANUARY 18TH, 2021 AS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY. >> WILL YOU PLEASE READ THAT PROCLAMATION. >> WHEREAS THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES WILL OBSERVE THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY HONORING CONSIDER MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ON JANUARY 18TH 20, 21 TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY OF THIS SIGNIFICANT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, WHO INSPIRED PROFOUND LASTING COMANK IT OUR NATION AND -- CHANGE IN OUR NATION AND WHEREAS NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WILL REMEMBER THIS GREAT MAN BY LIVING THE THEME OF THE 2021 HOLIDAY FROM COLLECTIVE CHAOS TO COMMUNITY UNITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITIZENS OF SAN MARCOS AND HAYS COUNTY EACH YEAR COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. TO OUR NATION, OUR STATE, AND TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN MARCOS WITH SPECIAL OBSERVANCES, PROGRAMS AND CELEBRATIONS. AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY IN ITS USUAL WAY THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THEREFORE, THE DUNNBAR HERITAGE ASSOCIATION WILL OBSERVE THE DAY THROUGH A PRIVATE BY INVITATION ONLY WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AND DAY OF VIRTUAL CELEBRATION VIA THE DHA FACEBOOK PAGE THIS HONOR OF DR. KING'S 92ND BIRTHDAY, AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS DHOOL IS TO ENCOURAGE ALL AMERICANS TO FULFILL MARTIN LUTHER KING'S VISION OF FREEDOM EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE IN KEEPING WITH THE THEME OF COLLECTIVE UNITY DHA IS AIMED AT MODELING SPECIFIC OBJECTIONS AIMED AT COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND CIVILITY. AS AN ACT OF SOLIDARITY WE INVITE COMMUNITY INDIVIDUALS LOCAL LEADERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO JOIN US INTO THIS PLEDGE OF UNITY AND COLLABORATION CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY OF DIVERSITY, BY TAKING THE PLEDGE WE HOPE TO THE A BETTER YEAR IN 2021 THAN WE EXPERIENCED IN 2020 NOW THEREFORE TO BE RESOLVED THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HERE BY PROCLAIM JANUARY 18TH 20, 21 AS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY AND DOES HERE BY CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. >> AMARIS: UNYOR AND TO PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL OBSERVATIONS THAT COMMEMORATE -- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ADOPTED THIS DAY OF JANUARY 2021. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL SOME OF THE [02:05:02] MESSAGESS RING VERY CLEAR IN PART WHAT I JUST GOT THROUGH DONE SAYING. CIVILITY, UNITY, COLLABORATION THESE ARE ALL USEFUL US TO AT THIS TIMEESS SPECIALLY. COMMISSIONER THIG IS YOUR AGENDAITE PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT MAY WANT TO SPEAK BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T CELEBRATE IT TRADITIONALLY AS WE HAVE I THINK IS A TIME FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY IN WHATEVER SPACE WE HAVE AND REMEMBER WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING DID, HOW HE BROUGHT US TOGETHER, AND WHAT HE FOUGHT FOR AND I THINK THAT WE NEED SO MUCH OF THAT RIGHT NOW, JUDGE. AND SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO BE PART OF THIS. AND SO -- >> THANK YOU. WITH ANYONE LIKE IT APPROACH THE PODIUM FOR A SHORT COMMENT? PERFECT. IF YOU WILL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ANY TITLES YOU MAY HAVE FOR THE RECORD. [INAUDIBLE] >> MY NAME IS CASSIDY JOHNSON AND I'M SECRETARY OF THE DUNNBAR HERITAGE ASSOCIATION. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER W. INGALSBE FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THIS PROCLAMATION WE PUT FORTH EVERY YEAR. THE READING OF THE PROCLAMATION WE HAVE STATED THAT WE ARE PLEDGING TO PROMOTE A COMMON UNITY. SO IT'S A PLAY ON WORDS FROM THE WORD "COMMUNITY IF YOU BREAK THOSE TWO WORDS DOWN IT'S COMMON UNITY. SO WE KNOW 2020 HAS BEEN A DIVISIVE YEAR AND PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING DIFFERING OPINIONS AND VIEWS. I BELIEVE WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS AND VIEWS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING AWAY SOON. HOWEVER WE'RE PROMOTING A FLAEJ WE WANT TO PROMOTE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE EVEN IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERING VIEW OR OPINION WE ARE ASKING THAT WE WILL NOT DEMONIZE OR USE DIVISIVE DEROGATORY LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE THAT SHARE DIFFERENT POLITICAL VIEWS, DIFFERENT IDEA JIZ AND DIFFERENT POLICE. -- IDEOLOGY. WE CAN HAVE DIFFERING BELIEFS WITHOUT HAVING TO DEMONIZE THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR PARTICULARLY BLEESMS YOU CAN E-MAIL US AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT HAYS COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF 2021 THAT WE ALL LOOK AT THE PLEDGE AND TAKE THE PLEDGE THAT INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A COMMUNITY AS BUSINESS LEADERS, AS ORGANIZERS, AS POLITICAL PEOPLE, POLITICAL LEADERS THAT WE PROMOTE THIS PLEDGE IN THE WAY THAT WE SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER THE WAY THAT WE ADDRESS ONE ANOTHER, THE WAY WE APPROACH ONE ANOTHER. SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING SINCE WE CAN'T COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A CITYWIDE CELEBRATION, WE ARE PROMOTING THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MODEL AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THE DUNNBAR HERITAGE ASSOCIATION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE GOING TO COLLABORATE THROUGH ZOOM EFFORTS AND VIRTUAL EFFORTS HAVE ONLINE CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE CAN BEGIN TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER IN OUR CHURCHES, IN OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR COMMUNITIES TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROMOTE THE COMMON UNITY IN OUR COMMUNITY WE ARE HAVING A VIRTUAL CELEBRATION ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNE Y&R DAY PLEASE SIGN ME UP TO TAKE THE COMMON UNITY PLEDGE. I'M SO BRATFUL. I'M SO RE-- GRATEFUL TO HEAR THIS PLEDGE. THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS. >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? >> NO, I WAS GOING TO -- >> DR. CARDENAS READ THE PROCLAMATION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT IT TO THEM? >> WE CAN PRESENT IT SAFELY. >> JUDGE BEFORE WE GET UP, JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND ALSO REMEMBER HARVEY MILLER AS WELL. THE JUDGES TIME OF YEAR. >> THANK YOU. >> DR. CARDENAS, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> THE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO SIGN THIS PROCLAMATION. WE'RE GOING TO POSE FOR A SAFE [02:10:04] PICTURE. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS ANG GO RIGHT INTO THEM JUST SO YOU KNOW FOR OUR VIEWING PUBLIC. -- AND. [LAUGHING] >> HOW ABOUT US SPLIT OVER HERE GUYS? IS THAT OK WITH YOU? >> I WAS GOING TO PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE. THIS IS A GOOD SPOT. >> THANK YOU. >> THREE, TWO, ONE. >> THREE, TWO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> E JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE I SAID I'M GOOD THAT NOTHING WAS --. >> RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. >> DR. CARDENAS, WILL YOU PLEASE [EXECUTIVE SESSIONS] OPEN AGENDA ITEMS 24, 25, AND 26? >> 24. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071ED551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF THE HAYS COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN PRECINCT 5 OFFICE. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. 25. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE OR VALUE OF RIGHT OF WAY ALONG DACY LANE IN PRECINCT TWO. POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. 26. CONSULT SITUATION COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ALL INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS IN THE HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. >> SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AGENDA ITEM 24 ABOUT PRECINCT. SO IF YOU'RE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO AGENDA ITEM 24, PLEASE CLEAR THE COURTROOM. >> AND WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND COMMISSIONER JONES HAS A COUPLE OF MOTIONS ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24. AND 25. >> YES JUDGE THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION FOR 24. Y WANT TO THANK JUDGE CAREY HE'S BEEN OUTSTANDING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. I WISH HIM THE VERY BEST IN RETIREMENT AND HOPEFULLY ENJOY THE BEST IN RETIREMENT. I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MOTION OF HAYS COUNTY -- PRECINCT AND TO APPOINT LEWIS AND ABOIL OF BUDA TEXAS TO FULFILL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR PRECINCT FIVE FOR HAYS COUNTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM BEGINNING MARCH 1ST, 2021. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I TOO WOULD LIKE TO ECHO [02:15:02] COMMISSIONER JONES ON THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE RETIREMENT OF OUR JUDGE CAREY. WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION. WONDERFUL CAREER AND SERVICE TO COMMUNITY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL YOU HAVE DONE JUDGE CAREY. >> I'D LIKE IT DO THE SAME JUDGE. I APPRECIATE JUDGE CAREY AND HIS SERVICE. DOING A GREAT JOB AND I KNOW HE'LL BE MISSED BUT DOING A GOOD JOB OF REPLACEMENT JUST WISH HIM THE BEST INS RETIREMENT AND THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. >> I'D LIKE TO ECHO THOSE COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR HIS TIME AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. >> SAME THING JUDGE. I JUST WANT TO THANK JUDGE CAREY FOR HIS SERVICE TO HAYS COUNTY AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE. >> THANK YOU, ALL. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER I WILL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. NOW 26. I'M SORRY. 25. >> JUDGE I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE COUNTEROFFER FOR THE DACY LANE OFFER PARSE EARLY 70 AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> COMMISSION INGALSBE. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. >> PLEASE OPEN 5-15. [Items 5 - 12] >> 5 APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTH CARE CLAIMS. SEVEN APPROVE COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES OF DECEMBER 22, 2020. EIGHT, AUTHORIZE ON SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR THREE OFFICE STRUCTURES AT 13575 FITZHUGH ROD AUSTIN, TEXAS. NINE AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO GT DISTRIBUTORS IN THE AMOUNT OF $594.55 IN WHICH NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS ISSUED AS REQUIRED PER THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY. 10, ACCEPT A $5,000 CONTRIBUTION ON BEHALF OF THE HAYS COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE BOARD AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 11, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO FARBER SPECIALTY VEHICLES FOR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCYSS FOR A GRANT IN FUNDED COMMAND VEHICLE IN WHICH NO PURCHASE WAS ISSUED AS REQUIRED PER THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> DR. JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> COMMISSIONER SHEL. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. [Items 13 - 19] >> OPEN 13-19. >> 13 AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF UPDATED VOLUME LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH SHI GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS FOR THE COUNTY WIDE MICROSOFT LICENSING AGREEMENT. 14, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO TEXIAN GEOSPATIAL AND ASSET SOLUTIONS LLC THE AMOUNT OF $36000 FOR A GPS RECEIVER WHERE NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS ISSUED REQUIRED FOIS THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 15, AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR TWO SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES LOCATED AT 287 FISCHER STORE ROAD WOMEN BERLE, TEXAS. 15, APPROVE SPECIFICATIONS FOR RFQ 2021-Q01 ON-CALL ENGINEERING SERVICES AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASING TO SOLICIT FOR PROPOSALS AND ADVERTISE. 17, APPROVAL UTILITY PERMITS. 18, AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR WWW2 MINIATURE GOLF AT 1710 FM 1626, BUDA, TEXAS. 19, CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS OF WALT SMITH FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 AND DAN OWE FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2021 TO THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS. >> JUST ONE COMMENT JUDGE ON NUMBER 19. WE ALREADY MADE THOSE APPOINTMENTS. WHEN THEY CAME UP EARLIER THIS YEAR THEY CHANGE THE TERMS TO ONE AND TWO-YEAR TERMS TO OFFSET EACH INDIVIDUAL ENTITY WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON SERVING ON THE BOARD SHOULD AN OPENING OCCUR. AND SO THIS IS JUST CODIFYING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THE CLARIFICATION. [02:20:03] DR. CARDENAS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> BECERRA. >> AND WILL YOU READ THE STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE? >> YES. ORDER LIFTING BURN BAN. WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2020 HAYS COUNTY DETERMINED THE DROUGHT EXISTED AND PASSED A BURN BAN, AND WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY HAS SINCE EXPERIENCED RAINFALL AND WHEREAS THE HAYS COUNTY JUDGE AFTER CONFERRING WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL DETERMINED THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ALOW OFIATED ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE REMOVAL OF THE BURN BAN. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE HAYS COUNTY JUDGE LIFTS THIS BURN BAN WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HAYS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL. RESOLVED ORDERED AND DECLARED THIS, THE 5TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2021 RIBBON BECERRA HAYS COUNTY JUDGE -- REUBEN. >> THANK YOU. I SEE OUR FIRE MARSHAL MR. MENDENHALL IS IN THE VICINITY. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING AWED GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS COURT AND JUCHBLEGHT I'M THE HAYS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL. YES I'M MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO LIFT THE BURN BAN THAT'S IN IN PLACE SINCE OCTOBER 20TH. OUR OFFICE GETS CALLS EVERY TIME WE HAVE A BURN BAN AND WE HAVE RAIN ON THE WEEK PD IT TAKES ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN TO LOWER THAT NUMBER BY 100. SO WHEN AN INCH OF RAIN FALLS, IF OUR NUMBER IS 675 OR HIGHER. IT TAKES AN INCH OF RAIN TO LOWER THAT 557 NUMBER. THAT RAIN SOMETIMES TAKES TIME SEVERAL DAYS TO SOAK INTO THE SOIL FOR THAT NUMBER TO CHANGE AND EVERY DAY THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE UPDATES THAT NUMBER. ON MOHNS I REVIEW THAT NUMBER AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT TO CONTINUE THE BURN BAN OR LIFT IT. I DO SO AFTER I PUT OUT MY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE AREA FIRE CHIEFS AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK. WE HAVE A LARGE COUNTY, SO THE CONDITIONS ON ONE SIDE OF THE COUNTY CAN BE DIFFERENT THAN CONDITIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY. WHEN THE COURT TAKES ACTION IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE COUNTY. WE CAN'T SAY THERE'S A BURN BAN FOR ONE PART OF THE COUNTY OR ANOTHER. THAT'S TOO HARD TO DO SO. WHAT WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS COUNTYWIDE IS LOOK AT CHNCH THE FOREST SERVICE PUTS OUT. THEY PUT OUT A LOW NUMBER AND A HIGH NUMBER AND THE HIGH NUMBER IF THAT ALREADY WIMBERLEY OR DRIPPING SPRINGS BECAUSE THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTY TYPICALLY GETS MORE RAIN. WHEN THAT NUMBER HITS 575 I LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AS THE HAINES INDEX WHICH TALKS ABOUT FIRE POTENTIAL AND WE PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER AND WE ISSUE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO ENACT A BURN BAN. WHEN THAT NUMBER GETS LOW, WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO LIFT THE BURN BAN. SO WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AN INCH OR TWO. OUR NUMBER NOW ON THE HIGH POINT IS 522, WHICH IS UNDER THE 575 NUMBER AND FOR THE MOST PART THE COUNTY IS UNDER THAT AVERAGE AS WELL. AND SO MY VEJS TO LIFT THE BURN BAN AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO BURN. THAT NUMBER WILL STEADILY CLOIM UNTIL WE GET SOME MORE RAIN SO WE DO HAVE SOME RAIN FORECASTED FOR THE REST AND DURING THE WEEK LATER IN THE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT COMES IN, SO HOPEFULLY THAT KEEPS THE NUMBER CLIMBING SO TYPICALLY AND ABOUT THREE FOUR POINTS A DAY. SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT NUMBER WILL CLOIM BACK UP AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO A BURN BAN BUT FOR NOW WE'RE GOOD. >> THANK YOU. OUR FIRE MARSHAL RECOMMENDED LIFTING OF THE BURN BAN MR. MCKINNEY DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. >> DO WE NEED TO OPEN THE ITEM MORE. >> I WANT TO CHECK. >> HAVE WE OPENED THEITE SNEM. >> I HAVE NOT OPENED IT. WE HAVE READ HIS STATEMENT AND HE'S GIVEN US THE BACKGROUND. >> SO THE BURN BAN I BELIEVE AS IT'S USUALLY WRITTEN GIVES THE COMMISSIONERS COURT THE ABILITY TO RESCIND OR THE COUNTY JUDGE THE ABILITY TO RESCIND IF IT'S NOT IN A COURT DATE BUT SINCE YOU'RE HERE ON A COURT DATE I WILL OPEN THE ITEM AND TAKE THE ACTION. >> PERFECT. WE'LL TAKE THAT FORMALITY AND HONOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION. [27. Discussion and possible action related to the burn ban and/or disaster declaration. BECERRA] DR. CARDENAS, WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27? >> 27. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE BURN BAN AND/OR DISASTER DECLARATION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> AND AS WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR [02:25:03] FIRE MARSHAL, HE IS RECOMMENDING WITH A ROBUST AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AND LIFT THE BURN BAN, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO LIFT THE BURN BAN AND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY SO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. WILL YOU PLEASE -- >> JUDGE, I JUST WANT TO REMIND IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO BURN BURN IT OUT BECAUSE THE BURN BAN CAN BE PUT BACK ON ANY TIME. WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS. BURN IT NOW. DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF TIME. >> BE EFFICIENT. NO LOLLYGAGING. NO PROCRASTINATING. I'M JUST KIDDING. YES, SIR. >> I DO WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THE RULES FOR OUTDOOR BURNING WHICH IS ESTABLISHED BY THE TCQ THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON QUALITY ESTABLISHES BURN TIMES. SO FUR GOING TO BURN THERE ARE STILL RULES TO FOLLOW. THE RULES ARE YOU HAVE TO BURN DAYLIGHT HOURS FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET. THE FIRE HAS TO BE OUT, EXTINGUISHED BY SUNSET. AND IT HAS TO BE CONSTANTLY SUPERVISED WITH A WAY TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE ON SITE. SO JUST BECAUSE THE BURN BAN IS BEING LIFTED, THERE ARE STILL STATE LAW TO FOLLOW IN HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE BURNING. THAT INFORMATION IS FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT IN THE AND I'LL GIVE THE ABRIEF YATED VERSION WHICH IS SCFMO.COM WHICH IS A SHORTCUT TO GET TO THE HAYS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL WEBSITE AND ALSO ON THE TCEQ WEBSITE FOR OUTDOOR SGHURNG THANK YOU, SIR. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM -- ONE MORE? [28. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA] >> HAYSINFORM.COM. >> WELL DONE. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM 28. >> 28 DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS AND COVTS. >> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REGULARLY SENDS MY OFFICE A REPORT ON THE JAIL CAPACITY AND I'LL READ IT NOW. HAYS COUNTY CURRENT JAIL CAPACITY IS 362 INMATES. JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMENDEDS HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THAT CAPACITY OPEN, WHICH LOWERS OUR CAPACITY TO 311. THE JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE WAS 474 AND PEAK WAS 480 ON JANUARY 2ND FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 27 TO JANUARY 22ND, 2021. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK IS $52,050. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS 140 AND FEMALES ARE ZERO. THIS WEEK'S INMATES WERE HOUSED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. BLANCO, BURNETT FORT BEND AND WAUD LUPE. ARRESTS BY AGENCY. BUDA POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOUR. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SEVEN. HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 44. KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 23. SAN MARCOS POLICE DEPARTMENT, 34 AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, 1. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20. [20. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on January 19, 2021 to establish a "No Dumping" zone on Plum Creek Road South between Grist Mill Road and the low-water crossing. JONES/BORCHERDING] >> 20, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION IT CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 19TH, 2021 TO ESTABLISH A NO-DUMPING ZONE ON PLUM CREEK ROAD SOUTH BETWEEN GRIZ MILL ROAD AND THE LOW WATER CROSSING. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER? >> THIS IS CALLED THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE GOT AN AREA TO BECOME A DUMP SITE AND IT'S IN AN AREA WHERE IT'S DUMPED TO THE OWE PRETTY HARD TO GET IT OUT SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD. >> SOUNDS LIKE GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF THE PRECINCTS. >> THANK YOU SIR FOR BRINGING THAT UP. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> I WILL. I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH IS JANUARY 19TH COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING? >> NO. >> NO. SO BE THE 26TH. >> LET'S CHANGE IT TO THE 26TH. >> 26 OK. >> SUCH A WONDERFUL CATCH DR. CARDENAS. SO THE MOTION IS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 26 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. PLEASE OPEN 21. [21. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Service Agreement/Contract between Hays County and Garver, LLC to provide engineering design and support services for Drainage and Low Water Crossing Improvements at Bear Creek Pass and Sycamore Creek Drive project in Precinct 4 as part of the Road Bond Program. SMITH/BORCHERDING] >> 21, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT CONTRACT HAZE HAYS COUNTY AND GARVER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES DRAINAGE AND LOW-WATER CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE ROAD BOND PROJECT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU JUDGE. THESE PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE ROAD BOND AND THIS WOULD [02:30:01] JUST DRAIN TO BRING THESE TWO PROJECTS INTO THE SAME SO LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT PROJECT DONE. >> SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. >> THANK YOU. WELL DONE COMIRTION. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. [22. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Service Agreement/Contract between Hays County and Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. to provide additional surveying, engineering and environmental permitting services for the design of Fischer Store Road Safety Improvements project in Precinct 3 as part of the 2016 Road Bond Program. SHELL/BORCHERDING] PLEASE OPEN 22. >> 2222 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXERCISE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT CONTRACT HAYS COUNTY AND ENGINEERS STINK TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SURVEYING ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF FISCHER STORE ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN PRECINCT 3 AS PART OF THE 2016ED IS ROAD BOND PROGRAM. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> THIS PROJECT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FISCHER STORE ROAD OUTSIDE WIMBERLEY PART OF OUR PROGRAM AND THESE ARE ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL GIVE US I BELIEVE, VERY CLOSE TO FINALIZING THIS PROJECT. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FOR THAT. DR. CARDENAS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. [23. Discussion related to the reconstitution of the Hays County Parks and Open Space Advisory Commission (POSAC). Possible action may follow. SHELL] AND WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN 236789. >> 23, DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE HAYS COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER SHELL I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE THIS HERE TODAY AND I WAS ALTHOUGH I WAS ON ATTEND I WAS STILL FOLLOWING REMOTELY AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU TOOK THE DIRECTION YOU DID OF WAITING FOR ME AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. >> YES AND MAINLY JUDGE I WANTED SOME INPUT THEY HAVE FROM THE WHOLE COURT THAT WE REDEVELOPED THE -- YOU TALK ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AND ONE MEMBER, ONE APPOINTEE FOR PER COURT MEMBER, WHICH WOULD BE FIVE. I HAVE HEARD THAT I KNOW THERE WAS A COUPLE OF JUDGE BOTH OF BOTH OF YOUR APPOINTEES I THINK WERE VERY WELL RESPECTED AND HAVE HAD A REQUEST. COULD WE MAYBE CONSIDER HAVING TWO AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS IN THE EVENT THAT THE ONES WE SELECT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE OUT OF THE TWO THAT WE ALL HAVE, BUT VERY LIKELY. MINE WILL BE. COULD WE POTENTIALLY CONSIDER HAVING TWO AT-LARGE MEMBERS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE FOUR TO ADD ONE OR TWO OF THOSE THAT MAY BE MAYBE VITAL FOR US IN EXPERTISE TO THAT COMMISSION. I HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF MEMBERS. MAINLY I WANT TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL TO SEE IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE. WE HAD TO DISCUSS AND JUSTIFY IF THAT WERE POSSIBLE I WOULD BRING THIS BACK AT END OF THE MONTH AND WOULD ASK TO WORK THAT WITH ANOTHER COURT MEMBER ON THOSE AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS. MAYBE THE JUDGE IF THAT'S OK. >> YOU BET. >> WHERE IF WE CAN TAKE THAT TO THE APPOINTEES AND IF THERE ARE SOME THAT REALLY DID PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO JUST WORK AND VOLUNTEER THAT WE DID BRING THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT AT END OF JANUARY. SO I WOULD WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK TO THE COURT MEMBERS ON THAT AT TIME. >> I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OUR APPOINTEES ARE GOING TO BE SPECIFIC. THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTEE WILL BE SPECIFIC TO A PRECINCT AND THIS AT-LARGE PIECE ADDRESSED EVEN THE MAKE-UP OF THIS COURT AND OVERLAP THAT THERE WILL BE LESS OF A DOG AND A HUNT TYPE OF MENTALITY AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA COMMISSIONER. I APPLAUD WHOEVER BROUGHT IT FORTH. >> AND SO DID I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE OUR APPOINTEES WOULD COME TOGETHER AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE AT LARGE? MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD. >> I THINK THAT IF WE CAN COME BACK AT THE END THAT WE ALL DID BRING OUR ONE BACK AND EXPLAIN THAT TO OUR TWO APPOINTEES OF WHICH ONE THAT ONE IS. I THINK THAT MYSELF AND OTHER COURT MEMBERS OF THE JUDGE WOULD BE FINE YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO. COULD THEY COMMUNICATE WITH ALL THOSE MEMBERS IF THERE IS ONE OR TWO WE BELIEVE THE COURT MIGHT HAVE ON AT LARGE WE MIGHT HAVE THAT TO THAT LIST ON TUESDAY. SO IT WOULD BE MORE OR LESS ON IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE ALL COMMUNICATE WITH OUR APPOINTEES AND SAY HEY THERE'S ONLY ONE APPOINTEE. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SERVE OR HAVE A NEW PERSON TO SERVE. THEN I WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH ONE OF MY APPOINTEES. SCOTT WAY WAS THE CHAIR AND HE WOULD BE WILLING TO COORDINATE THAT AND SAY HEY, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COURT IS ONLY FIVE NOW. THERE IS ONLY ONE OR TWO OTHERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE COURT TO CONSIDER AND WE TAKE THAT CONSIDERATION UP AT THAT TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO GET Y'ALL'S DIRECTION ON WHETHER THAT IS ACCEPTABLE OR NOT. [02:35:04] I THINK AS THE LAST COURT MEETING IN JANUARY IS WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS LINED UP. SO WE WOULD THEN NEED TO CONTACT OUR TWO APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND IF WE WANT TO CHOOSE ONE OF THEM EXPLAIN BOTH OF THEM TO TWO WEEKS AND SCOTT WOULD COMMUNICATE AND BRICK BACK POTENTIAL AT LARGE. >> ONE POSITION OR POTENTIALLY TWO. >> I THINK POTENTIALLY TWO. THE COURT MADE IT CLEAR THAT TO SCALE IT DOWN AS A NUMBER AND WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH TEN AND THAT WOULD BE A MAX OF SEVEN MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN. IF THAT'S OK. >> ARE YOU OK WITH THAT COMMISSIONERS? SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD COMMUNICATION. >> I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACTION ON THIS AGAIN JUST WANT TO GIFT COURTS HEADS-UP AND HEAR FROM THE ENTIRE COURT POSSIBLE STRATEGY AND THEN IF YOU CAN JUST COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR APPOINTEES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND GO AHEAD. >> OK PERFECT. I WOULD HAPPILY HELP YOU ON THAT LARGE CAPACITY. OUR FAVORITE MOTION COMMISSIONER JONES? >> JUDGE, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR OUR GENERAL COUNCIL. ON ITEM NUMBER WHERE TWO OR ITEM NUMBER ONE WHERE WE APPOINTED OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION MEMBERS, DO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THE CHAIR? DO WE NEED IT APPOINT THE CHAIR? I KNOW WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. THE ITEM DOESN'T STATE TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT BUT WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT I WOULD ASK TO REOPEN AND DO THAT AT THIS TIME. >> I THINK THAT -- TAKE ACTION OK. I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD JUST REOPEN THAT ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. WISH THEY COULD CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS. AS OF -- AS OF THE APPOINTMENTS WE MADE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT. I JUST KNOW APPOINTED THE CHAIR OR CONFIRMED THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR. >> SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION MR. KENNEDY, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR? BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATION. ON WHO APPOINTS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMISSION? >> HISTORICALLY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS APPOINTED THE MEMBERS AND AND DESIGNATED THE CHAIR. AND I HAVEN'T HEARD A NAME, BUT I THINK WE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION FROM ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR COMMISSIONER MEMBERS EARLIER TODAY. SO COMMISSIONER SHELL'S REQUEST IS NOW THAT WE'VE APPOINTED THE BODY, SHOULD WE ALSO GO BACK AND DESIGNATE THE CHAIR OR CONFIRM, AS HE STATED CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR. >> THAT'S THE PART I WANTED TO CLAIRE FISMT HE'S TALKING ABOUT CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR -- CLARIFY. I'M NOT SURE WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR TO CONFIRM. >> YEAH. >> YOU HAVEN'T YET. >> HE'S OFFERING TO DO THAT. >> I WOULD OFFER THAT. EITHER WAY JUDGE I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO OPEN THE ITEM. >> I WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THE ROAD MAP WAS. [1. Swearing-in and confirmation of members to the Hays County Historical Commission. SHELL/K.JOHNSON (Part 2 of 2)] OK. SO LET'S OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1. AGAIN. >> 1. >> SWEARING IN AND CONFIRMATION OF THE MEMBERS TO THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. >> YEAH JUDGE, SO IN THE PAST WE HAVE CONFIRMED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE CHAIR OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND IT'S SOMETHING I MISSED WHEN WE BROUGHT THE ITEM UP AND I'D LIKE THE COURT TO CR THE APPOINTMENT OF KATE JOHNSON AS CHAIR OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. >> SO MOVED. >> SO WE HAVE APPOINTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF KATE JOHNSON AS CHAIR TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONERS? COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU FOR HER SERVICE. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? COMMISSIONERS ON THIS END? ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT FRONT? >> WE APPRECIATE MISS JOHNSON'S WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND I THINK SHE'S DONE A GOOD JOB AND AS DISCUSSED EARLIER A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. I KNOW THE COMMISSION WILL WORK HARD TO FIND WAYS TO INCLUDE ALL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE. >> AND THE THING I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE AS THE CHAIR, THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS BROURGHT UP TO [02:40:06] OUR ATTENTION, CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY -- BROUGHT. AS A BODY CHARGED WITH SERVING THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD HOPE AND ASK THAT THESE ITEMS BE FOLLOWED UP AND ACTED ON SO THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS VOICE CONCERNS FEELS AS THOUGH IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND TO KEEP MY OFFICE INFORMED AND IN THE LOOP OF THE PROGRESS AND KEEP US IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION. KEEP US INTIMATELY INFORMED. AND INVOLVED. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. MOTION? >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO CONGRATULATE THE HAYS FOOTBALL TEAM AND WISH THEM BEST OF LUCK IN THE SEMI-FINAL GAME IT'S ONLY THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE BEEN TO THE SEMI-FINALS, SO GOOD LUCK IN WACO. I MAKE A MOTION WE ADJOURN. >> SO WE ADJOURN. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.