Apr 27, 2021 Regular

>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA.

[Items 9 & 10]

>> YES. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN 9 AND TEN. >> NINE, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS. TEN, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE INTEREST LOCAL AGREEMENT, NO. 2020-0107 TASK ORDER 1 BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND TEXAS

STATE UNIVERSITY RELATED TO THE NO DISCHARGE STUDY. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECONDED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA.

[11. Authorize the County Judge to execute three Texas Workforce Commission Data Exchange Requests and Safeguard Plans related to Information Release Contracts for the Hays County Criminal District Attorney's Office, the Hays County Sheriff's Office, and the Hays County Constable, Precinct #1 Office. INGALSBE/MAU/CUTLER/PETERSON]

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>> YES. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN NO. 11. >> NUMBER 11, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THREE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION DATA EXCHANGE REQUESTS AND SAFEGUARD PLANS RELATED TO INFORMATION RELEASE CONTRACTS FOR THE HAYS COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT

NUMBER ONE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND AND WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MR. AMI A.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. CONCERNS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, JUDGE, I LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES, THE LAST REPORT THAT TAC HAS, AND ALL OF THIS EFFORT TO BRING QUALIFIED OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES TO THESE DEPARTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THE HISTORY OF ALL THESE MAJOR DA'S OFFICE, SHARED OFFICE, PRECINCT 1, — HAD THE PLEASURE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FORMER EMPLOYEES AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR THE COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHY SUBSTANDARD EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ARE OKAY.

>> JUDGE, IS THIS RELEVANT TO THE CONVERSATION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM?

>> PLEASE VOTE IT DOWN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

THAT QUESTION IS A VERY USEFUL QUESTION AND SO MY ASK OF YOU BECAUSE WE ALL BENEFIT AND APPRECIATE ALL CITIZEN COMMENTS. IT IS A USEFUL REMINDER FOR US TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMENTS ARE TYPED TO THE AGENDA ITEM AND THE FRAMEWORK AND I WON'T TRY TO SHAPE YOUR SENTENCES IN ANY KIND OF WAY BUT I WILL ASK THAT WE JUST THINK OF THAT AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEM COMMENTS IS TO SAY, HOW IS THIS COMMENT SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.

THAT WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL. AND THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY COMMENTS?

>> YES, SIR, JUST ONE THING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATE OR IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IT WILL BE COMING BACK TO COURT FOR A FINAL CONTRACT. THIS IS A SERVICE THAT EACH ONE OF THESE ENTITIES LISTED USES IN THE TRACKING AND DATA EXCHANGE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND I WOULD JUST SAY I'M SUPPORTIVE.

>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA.

[12. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & drainage improvements, accept the Letter of Credit #SBPTX303414 for 2 years (maintenance) in the amount of $22,979.07, and accept the Letter of Credit #SBPTX303415 for 1 year (revegetation) in the amount of $15,938.03 for El Dorado subdivision. JONES/BORCHRDING]

>> YES. >> MOVE ON TO ROADS. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NO. 12.

>> 12, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF RECOGNIZE CONSTRUCTION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, ACCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT NO. SBPTX303414 FOR TWO YEARS IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,979.07 AND ACCEPT THE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. SBPTX303415 FOR ONE YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,938.03 FOR EL DORADO SUBDIVISION.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. MR. RODRIGO AMIA.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE AFFIRMATIVE LINK TO THE AGENDA ITEM, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IN THE LEGAL WORLD, AND CONCERN FOR THIS IS AS I'VE SAID IN CITIZENS COMMENTS ABOUT THE ROUND-ABOUT. WHO'S RESPONSIBLE WHETHER IT BE FOR THE PORT ENGINEERING OR THE PLANNING? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO BETTER? THIS LITTLE FULL STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WE DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT, FOLKS.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN NOTHING TO ME CONSIDERING THE REPEATED SERIOUS FAILURES OF PRIORS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF [INDISCERNIBLE]. WE DESERVE BETTER AS TAXPAYERS.

REALLY, REALLY DEMAND THAT THE STANDARD BE RAISED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GOT THAT CALL ABOUT THAT ROUND-ABOUT UP THERE AT DUNTON ROAD, OR WHATEVER IT IS. WHAT'S TO SAY THIS IS NOT GOING

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TO RESULT IN THE SAME KIND OF CONCERNS? THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JONES. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

I KNOW THE ROUND-ABOUT IS NOT PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM BUT FIRST OF ALL THAT IS IN PRECINCT 1. SECONDLY THAT WAS BUILT BY THE CITY OF COLLIN.

WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT ROUND-ABOUT. >> RIGHT.

>> THIS IS JUST AN ITEM TO CONSTRUCT ROADS THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION AND THEY NEED PART OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND THIS IS GIVING PERMISSION TO DO IT AND THIS BOND NEEDS TO BE RECORDED

WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. >> OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?

DOCTOR? >> YOU WALKED IN AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE

SOMETHING TO THIS ITEM? >> NO. >> THANK YOU.

>> DOCTOR, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.

PLEASE OPEN 13. >> 13, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT FISCAL SURETY FOR THE STREET AND DANEAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $618,972.50 FOR HIGH MEADOWS SECTION 3, FADES ONE SUBDIVISION, BOND NUMBER LICX1204150.

[13. Discussion and possible action to accept fiscal surety for the street and drainage improvements in the amount of $618,972.50 for Hymeadow, Section 3, Phase 1 Subdivision (Bond #LICX1204150). INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

>> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A

SECOND. >> ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, BORCHERDING?

>> NO, SIR. >> YOU'RE NOT IN YOUR USUAL SPOT AND WE HAVE A VIEWING PUBLIC.

IF YOU DON'T MIND APPROACHING THE PODIUM I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

YOUR NAME AND TITLE. >> INJURE RAY BORCHERDING, HAYS COUNTY ENGINEER.

THIS IS OUR USUAL PROCESS OF PAYING FISCAL SECURITY, WHEN A SECTION OF THE SUBDIVISION IS

ABOUT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. >> OKAY. >> JUDGE, THE VERY NEXT ONE IS THE SAME SUBDIVISION, SAME DEAL, IF YOU WANT TO GRAB THAT TOO, 14.

>> DOCTOR, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA.

[14. Discussion and possible action to accept fiscal surety for the street and drainage improvements in the amount of $476,054.42 for Hymeadow, Section 3, Phase 2 Subdivision (Bond #LICX1204149). INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

>> YES. >> WILL YOU PLEASE EACH AGENDA ITEM NO. 14.

>> 14, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT FISCAL SURETY FOR THE STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $476,054.42 FOR HIGH MEADOWS SECTION 3, PHASE TWO

SUBDIVISION BOND 23407LICX1204149. >> SO NOTED.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. MR. BORCHERDING, THANK YOU FOR

STANDING BY. QUICK UPDATE ON THAT ONE. >> AGAIN, THIS IS FISCAL SECURITY THAT WE REQUIRE ON ALL STREETS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION TO ENSURE THAT THE STREETS WILL BE BUILT IN THE EVENT THE CONTRACTOR LEAVES

TOWN. >> WELL-PUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

PLEASE CALM THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN NO. 15. >> 15, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF COB FINDLAY AND ASSOCIATES, INC., TO PROVIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR THE FM32, 37 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN PRECINCT 3 AND TO AUTHORIZE STAFF AND COUNCIL TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT GRANTING AN EXCEPTION TO FORMAL PROCUREMENT PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 262.024A4, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

[15. Discussion and possible action to approve the selection of Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. to provide right-of-way acquisition services for the FM 3237 Safety Improvements project in Precinct 3; and to authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a contract, granting an exemption to formal procurement pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 262.024(a)(4) (professional services). SHELL/BORCHERDING]

>> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A

SECOND. COMMISSIONER? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE.

THIS PROJECT IS THE FM3237 PROJECT. IT'S A SHOULDERS AND TURNING LANES AT SOME MAJOR INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN WIMBERLEY AND THE JUNCTION OF 150 AND 3237 THERE WHERE HAYS CITY STORE IS. THERE ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF PARCELS THAT REQUIRE RIGHT OF WAYS SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE ELECTION, AND A CONTRACT WILL COME BACK TO COURT AT A LATER DATE TO HELP WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR THOSE HANDFUL OF

PROPERTIES AFFECTED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. PLEASE CALM THE ROLE.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA. >> YES. >> WILL YOU PLEASE -- HOW ABOUT THIS. NOW THAT WE'RE IN MISCELLANEOUS, I WANT TO MOVE THROUGH THE

AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH AGENDA ITEM ARE YOU HERE FOR? >> EXECUTIVE.

>> THAT'S THE END. I'M SORRY. >> 21.

>> 21. >> 28. >> 28.

>> JUDGE, WE WERE GOING TO ASK TO PULL NO. 30 IN CASE SOMEONE IS HERE TO MAKE A COMMENT, IF

YOU COULD ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. WE'RE NOT QUITE READY. >> YES, SIR.

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>> 31. >> 31. >> 23, 25, 27.

>> AND I HAVE YOUR NOTES ON WHY YOU'RE HERE SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T ASK.

>> WHAT'S YOUR LIST? WHAT IS YOUR LIST? >> MINE IS.

>> HE'S GOT THE NEXT THREE. >> I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PULL NO. 30.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT IS TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST OR WANTING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NO. 30 BECAUSE YEAR GOING TO PULL IT. IF YOU MADE THE TIME TO GET OVER HERE I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE SPACE YOU DESERVE. NOBODY IS HERE FOR 30.

IT HAS BEEN PULLED. WHAT I'LL DO IS ASK THAT YOU OPEN 16, 17, AND WE'LL DO THEM

[16. Discussion and possible action to approve the purchase of a proximity card reader for the fueling system at 2171 Yarrington, authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Local Government Code, Ch. 262.024(a)(4), and amend the budget accordingly. JONES/BORCHERDING]

ONE AT A TIME. 16, FIRST. >> 16, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A PROXIMITY CARD READER FOR THE FUELING SYSTEM AT 2171 YARRING TON, AUTHORIZE A DISSCREENTIONARY EXCEPTION PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CODE , CHAPTER 262, .0 TOUR AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECONDED. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> MR. KENNEDY HAS A COMMENT ON

THIS. >> BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THERE'S NO NEED TO PROVIDE THE EXCEPTION UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE .

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THAT SHOULD READ LIKE ITEM 17

BUT SOMEHOW IT DID NOT. >> TYPO. ANY COMMENTS?

>> NO. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA.

[17. Discussion and possible action to approve the purchase for new camera licenses and firmware for the security system at 2171 Yarrington and amend the budget accordingly. JONES/BORCHERDING]

>> YES. PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 17. >> 17, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF NEW CAMERA LICENSES AND FIRM WHERE FOR THE SECURITY SYSTEM AT

2171 YARRING TON AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >> SO MOVED.

>> CORRECTED. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM,

MR. BORCHERDING, AND GIVE US A SHORT RECAP. >> FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW WE'VE HAD A SECURITY SYSTEM THAT WORKED VERY WILL AT YARRINGTON BUT THE RECENT UPDATE TO WINDOWS TEN HAS MADE IT INOPERABLE AND DIFFERENT COMPONENTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO GET IT BACK

UP RUNNING. >> OKAY. >> AND WE'VE INVESTIGATED

DIFFERENT PATCHES AND NOTHING WORKS OTHER THAN THIS UPGRADE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. >> IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.

>> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA? >> YES. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN NO. 18.

[18. Discussion and possible action related to the work performed by emergency personnel during the February 2021 blizzard and amend the budget appropriately. JONES/BORCHERDING]

[READING]. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. MR. AMIA IS HERE TO TALK.

>> BACK IN '05, A FORMER TROOPER, I GOT SENT TO HURRICANE RITA.

ONE OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER, LATER, WAS ABOUT HOW MANY DOCUMENTS WE HAD TO FILL OUT FOR ACCOUNT ABILITY AND JUSTIFICATION PURPOSES. I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER BUT MY QUESTION HAS BEEN AS A RESULT OF COMMISSIONER SHELL'S STATEMENT HE MADE A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK ABOUT THE -- PURCHASING THAT F250, THAT TRUCK, WHEN HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GENERATORS STORED, WHEN WE NEED THEM, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY FOR SERVICE.

MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS FOR ACCOUNT ABILITY, REAL, REAL LEGIT ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES, NOT THE ONE THAT YOU ARE USED TO, HAVE YOU ALL DONE WHAT THEY CALL CHAIN OF CUSTODY TYPE OF

THING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. >> THE PURPOSE OF THIS, IS THIS RELEVANT TO THE ITEM? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN OVERTIME HOURS HERE, NOT ACCOUNTABILITY OR TRACKING OF ANY ITEMS. THE FACT IS THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON THIS INDIVIDUAL

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AGENDA IS ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO WORK DURING KNOWLEDGE CLOSINGS AND ACCRUESED TIME OR

COMPENSATION DURING THAT TIME. >> GIVE ME A SECOND. I WILL TRY MY VERY BEST TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE'S TIME. IF YOU WILL NOT REMOVE THAT TIME FROM MR. AMIA AND LET HIM CONTINUE THE THOUGHT. PLEASE BRING IT TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS IN LINE.

>> I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE, JUDGE, WITH IF YOU LOOK AT THE RULES OF THE QUORUM EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN DOING WHILE I'M UP HERE, IT'S NOT WRITTEN HIRE.

THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED IMMEDIATELY. YOU WILL NOT DEPRIVE ME OF MY

FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ESPECIALLY NOT HIM. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

AND THAT IS WHY I DID NOT MAKE ANY OF THAT COMMENT COST YOU ANY TIME.

THANK YOU. >> MR. KENNEDY. >> RULES OF DECORUM, ART DIFFERENT FIVE SECTION E STATES THAT COMMENTS ON AN AGENDA ITEM SHALL BE LIMITED TO THAT

SPECIFIC ITEM ONLY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> JUDGE, THIS IS, AS WE ALL KNOW, DURING THE WINTER STORM WE HAD IN FEBRUARY, OUR ROAD DEPARTMENT WAS OUT THERE WERE A LOT.

THEY WERE UP THERE 24/7. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SLIGHT EXCEPTION.

THESE CHARGES ARE SLIGHT TIME WHETHER IT'S PAID TIME OR COMPENSATORY TIME THAT'S

ACCUMULATED. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DID DOUBLING DOWN. I WAS OUT THERE CIRCULATING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHECKING ON PEOPLE'S BOTTLED WATER, DELIVERY, AND I WAS ACTUALLY THE COLLAGEN MAN, AND I SAW YOUR WORK WORKING NONSTOP AND I SAW THE CHAINS ON THE TRUCK AND I-THEM EFFORTLESSLY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY SO TO ME THIS IS A NO-BRAINER & I APPRECIATE WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENT

HAS DONE DURING THAT EMERGENCY. >> THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> I NEED CLEARTION ON WHAT IT IS THE PORT WILL BE VOTING ON? THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE

LISTED IN THE SUMMARY AND WILL IT BE COMP TIME OR PAYMENT TIME? >> OKAY.

YOU HAVE CLARITY, WHAT YOU CARE TO ADDRESS? >> IN THE BACKGROUND HER QUESTION IS IN THE BACKGROUND, SAYS CONSIDERATION MAY BE MADE FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE COMPENSATED WITH EITHER COMP TIME OR PAYMENT TIME. CURRENTLY THAT'S WHAT ITOUTLINES. WOULD IT BE FOR COMP TIME OR PAYMENT FOR COMPENSATION.

>> NORMALLY WE LIVE IT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER IT'S THEIR PAYCHECK OR ACCUMULATED COMP TIME. MOST OF THE TIME THEY ADD IT TO THEIR COMP TIME.

>> THIS IS STRAIGHT TIME AND NOT OVERTIME. >> IT'S ALWAYS STRAIGHT TIME,

YEAH. >> MY QUESTION TO THE COMMISSIONERS WAS TO ADDRESS THE AUDITOR'S CLARIFICATION WHICH WAS DEPARTMENTS. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THREE

DEPARTMENTS. >> I WISH MIKE WAS STILL HERE. DO WE KNOW, WERE THERE ANY OTHER -- I THINK THOSE ARE THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT RESPONDED.

MAYBE PERSONNEL AND COUNTY-WIDE BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT WOULD BE

IMPACTED. AM I INCORRECT ON THAT ONE. >> BRITTANY PUT THE SUMMARY

TOGETHER FOR ME AND SHE LISTED THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS. >> DOES THAT GIVE YOU GOOD

CLARIFICATION? >> YES. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

PLEASE OPEN NO. 19. 19. [READING].

[19. Discussion and possible action on adopting Procedures for Temporary Use of County Roads for Civic Events pursuant to Texas Transportation Code 251.158. BECERRA/MENDENHALL]

>> A MOTION AND SECOND. MR. MENDINHAL, A SHORT RECAP. STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR

THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND GOOD MORNING, JUDGE.

>> NAME AND TITLE. >> THANK YOU. NATHAN MENDENHALL, THE COUNTY

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FIRE MARSHAL FOR HAYS COUNTY. THIS AGENDA ITEM REALLY IS TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COURT MEMBERS TO DEVELOP A PROCESS THAT'S CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FOR THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE AND DIE VERSION OF TRAFFIC OF A COUNTY ROAD FOR THE USE OF CIVIC EVENTS WHICH ALSO INCLUDES FESTIVALS AND THIS IS DEFINED BY THE STATUTE IN TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE 251158 WHERE IT SAYS THE COMMISSIONER COURT OF THE COUNTY BY ORDER MAY PERMIT THE TEMPORARY USE OF A COUNTY ROAD LOCATED IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY FOR A SIVE VEHICLE EVENT INCLUDING A FESTIVAL AND THE COURT BY ORDER SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDRES FOR THE TEMPORARY DIVERSION OF TRAFFIC FROM THE ROAD BEING USED FOR THE EVENT, SO THE WORD CIVIC IS NOT DEFINED. ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY, ANY DUTY OF PEOPLE RELATING TO THE TOWN, CITY OR LOCAL AREA, AS A PREVIOUS DIVISION CHIEF OF THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR YEARS, THERE WAS A SIMILAR ONE IN EFFECT THAT DESIGNS WHAT TYPES OF EVENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SO REALLY THIS COURT ORDER HERE, THIS PROCESS HAS COME TO LIGHT RECENTLY IN REGARDS TO HOW WE SHUT DOWN A ROAD FOR FILLING AND FOR THOSE KIND OF THINGS, HOWEVER WE DO GET -- REQUEST TO SHUT DOWN ROADS FOR LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTIES, BLOCK PARTIES, OTHER TYPES OF PARADES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS SO THIS WOULD FACILITATE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COURT EIGHT HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THIS GOING FORWARD, DEVELOP A PROCESS IN WHICH OUR OFFICE, SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT HOW EMERGENCY TRAFFIC AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE HANDLED WITHIN THE ROAD CLOSURES.

THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES AND THEIR PRECINCTS AND HOW THAT WORKS IN HAYS COUNTY SO I THINK IT'S A NEEDED DISCUSSION.

MYSELF AND MR. KENNEDY'S OFFICE HAS HAD A LOOK AT THIS AS WELL AS JERRY.

MR. BORCHERDING HAS MADE COMMENTS. WE'VE REVISED THAT IN THE LATEST PRESENTATION THAT I SENT OUT YESTERDAY AND IT WAS -- MR. KENNEDY -- IT WAS MR. KENNEDY'S SUGGESTION THIS BE BROUGHT TO YOU TO FA SILL STATE DISCUSSION.

NOT NECESSARILY ACTION. IF THERE'S CHANGES THAT NEED MADE WE CAN DO THEM AND BRING

>> COMMISSIONERS, COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU, FIRE MARSHAL. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

THIS OCCURS PRETTY OFTEN IN MY PRECINCT . I KNOW IT DOES IN COMMISSIONER SHELL'S, TOO, AND WE'VE HAD SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THESE PRODUCTION COMPANIES WANTING TO SHUT IT DOWN FOR PERIODS OF TIME OR NOT ALLOWING RESIDENTS INTO THEIR HOMES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE THREE SUGGESTIONS THAT I WOULD HAVE JUST LOOKING AT THIS, NO. 1, WHEN WE REQUIRE A SHERIFF OR CONSTABLE DEPUTY PRESENT, I WOULD CLARIFY THAT THOSE NEED TO BE FROM HAYS COUNTY, THAT THOSE OFFICERS DO AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE OFFICER EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE HAVE RUN INTO ISSUES IS WHENEVER -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER WHEN THE 150 CROSSING, WHEN THE TRUCK WENT OFF THE 150 CROSSING AND IT WAS CLOSED FOR THREE MONTHS WE AT THE COUNTY HAD NO NOTIFICATION.

ALL THE DEPUTIES THAT WERE BLOCKING TRAFFIC, THEY WERE ALL FROM OUTSIDE OF HAYS COUNTY AND THEY NEVER NOTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT UNTIL AFTERNOON THE ENTIRE THING WAS OVER, MAKING

SURE THAT WE'RE A PART OF IT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> CAN I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION? I KNOW WHEN WE HAVE ROAD CLOSURES WITH CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WHEN WE'RE PAYING THOSE WE CANNOT USE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THAT. CAN WE USE -- WOULD THIS BE

DIFFERENT? >> I THINK THE ONLY LIMITATIONS THAT I KNOW OF WITH USE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WHEN IT'S OUR PROJECT. WE CAN'T USE THEM AND PAY THEM

BECAUSE -- [CROSSTALK] -- >> DOESN'T FALL UNDER THAT. >> RIGHT.

>> AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CLARIFICATION. IT SOUNDED LIKE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU MEANT, IT SOUNDED LIKE OUR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT

THE DOUBLE CROSSING CLOSURE OF THREE MONTHS -- [CROSSTALK] -- >> YOU ARE CORRECT.

>> I KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS CIRCULATING AND THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN PROBABLY THE SAME.

>> YEAH. THEY KNEW VERY SHORTLY BUT WHENEVER THAT TRUCK TURNED OVER IN ONION CREEK AND EVERYTHING WAS BEING SHUT DOWN THEY WERE BEING ESCORTED BY SIX CONSTABLES FROM OUTSIDE OF HAYS COUNTY AND TEXT DOT DIDN'T -- I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF MAYBE

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ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE THAT IS -- AND I DON'T SAY A VARIANCE TO ASSOCIATE ANY FEE WITH THAT WHATSOEVER BUT THE FACT IS, IF SOMEBODY FROM KALLATAIRRA, IF 20 NEIGHBORS THERE WANT TO SHUT DOWN THEIR CUL-DE-SAC AND HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY AND DO THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BE A MASSIVE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE DONE. I WANT TO LEAVE IT TO THE DISCRETION, RIGHT. THEY'RE SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE THAT OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO PROVIDE DEPUTIES FOR IT AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, IF IT'S JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTING TO HAVE THAT. THE THIRD ITEM I WOULD SAY IS JUST THERE'S NOWHERE IN HERE -- IS THERE ANY GUARANTEED COMMISSIONERS INVOLVEMENT AND I CAN TELL WHENEVER FITS HUGHES BETS CLOSED DOWN FOR FILLING I'M THE GUY WHO GETS THE 30 CALLS FROM THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE IT'S GOING ON AND HAVING SOME INPUT FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST ON THE PROCESS WOULD BE HELPFUL ON THE FRONT END TO SCHEDULE IT OUT FOR OUR OFFICES TO KNOW, HEY, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND PART OF THAT NOTIFICATION AND THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS I HAVE.

OTHERWISE I THINK IT LOOKS VERY WELL UP DONE. >> AND -- IT LOOKS VERY

WELL-DONE. >> TO KEEP A SEQUENCE AND CADENCE OF WHAT IS BEING COMMUNICATED, I WOULD SAY IT'S POTENTIALLY, FOR THE CONSISTENT, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT IN OUR DEALINGS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF THIS, MR. MENDENHALL, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T USE HAYS COUNTY SPECIFIC FOR ROADWORK, I THINK MAYBE THOSE FAILS THAT YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER, COULD BE ADDRESSED INCLUDING IN THE DOCUMENT TO SAY THAT THEY MUST, THEY SHALL NOTIFY BUT I WOULD HATE TO CORNER SOMEONE TO USING HAYS COUNTY SPECIFIC BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A TOUGH THING ON OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY BE STRAPPED ALREADY AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS THE DOCUMENT HAS A COMMISSIONER'S SIGN-OFF, THE FINAL VERSION HAS A COMMISSIONERS SIGNER-OFF SO THEY WILL MAKE SURE YOU'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR PRECINCT AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE LEAVE OUT BECAUSE OF YOUR CIVIL DESCRIPTION, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE LEAVE OUT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY OR IN MY MIND NECESSARILY A FILMING -- FILLING IS NOT NECESSARILY A CIVIC FUNCTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO PREMOVE FILLING AND HAVE THAT TREATED SEPARATELY SO THAT WE COULD ARTICULATE THE NEED AND BE AS -- I DON'T WANT TO SOUND OVERBURDEN SOME, BUT IT'S NECESSARY FOR THE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT MAY BE COMING OUR WAY AND I WOULD HATE TO TELL A PRODUCTION COMPANY THAT IT'S NOT A CIVIC FUNCTION, IN MY OPINION, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THESE SO I WOULD

LIKE TO SEYI SEPARATE FILM PIECE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL?

>> ON THE FORM, MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT THE FORM THAT'S ATTACHED THERE'S NO COMMISSIONER SIGNOFF

OR JUDGE SIGNOFF ON IT. >> MR. MENDENHALL, I THOUGHT I SAW A FINAL DESCRIBING A

COMMISSIONER'S SIGNATURE. >> THE COURT ORDER, YES, WAS RECITESSED BETWEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. BORCHERDING AND I DO INCLUDE A COMMISSIONER SIGN-OFF. I DID NOT GO BACK AND REDESIGN THE APPLICATION WHICH WOULD ALSO BE REDESIGNED TO HAVE THAT, YES, SIR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. -- [CROSSTALK] -- >> I AGREE.

THE COMMISSIONERS NEED TO BE MADE VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE PRECINCT OTHERWISE THIS COURT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD AND SO AGAIN I APPRECIATE MR. MENDENHALL'S EFFORT FOR CONSISTENCY AND KEEPING THIS COURT INFORMED IN A CONSISTENT MANNER BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS BE ARBITRARY ON ANY FRONT SO THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE. ONE WOULD BE SHY ROLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BESIDES THE PIECE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ARRANGE AT THEIR OWN COST FOR DEPUTIES TO DO TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THINGS LIKE THAT, TO HAVE SOME ROUTING OF THIS TO BOTH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEN THE SONG STA BELL PRECINCT , IN CASE THEY'RE AWARE OF SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT, OR WORKING ON SOMETHING SO WE'RE ALL COMMUNICATING PROPERLY.

I AGREE ON THE JUDGE TOO ON THE FILMING, NOT HAVING READ THE CODE, THE TRANSPORTATION CODE ABOUT THE CIVIC EVENT BUT THERE COULD BE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A SPECIFIC EVENT, BLOCK PARTY, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, GATHERING VERSUS A FILMING EVENT.

AND THERE MAY BE SOMETHING WE COULD TAYLOR SPECIFICALLY TO THE FILMING EVENT WHICH WOULD ALLOW

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A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PROCESS, SO THAT'S JUST SOME IDEAS THAT I WOULD HAVE IS TO MAYBE ROLL IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SOMEHOW, SOME ROUTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN MAYBE LOOKING AT FILLING AS

A SEPARATE TYPE OF POLICY. >> WHAT COMMISSIONER SHELL JUST SAID IS REMINDING ME OF WHAT YOU AND I AND OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS ALREADY DO. WE HAVEN'T LATELY OF COURSE BUT THAT IS THE MASS GATHERING PROCESS WHERE THOSE PIECES ARE ALREADY, COMMISSIONER SHELL, I THINK YOU REMEMBER VERY WELL THE MASS GATHERING PROCESS. THE MASS GATHERING PROCESS WOULD ADDRESS ALL OF THESE CONCERNS AND AUTOMATICALLY FORCE THE PLANS TO BE DRAWN UP.

>> SO IN THE COURT ORDER THAT WILL I'VE AFTERRED FOR DISCUSSION TODAY IT TALKS ABOUT A TRAFFIC PLAN AND A PART OF THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT PIECE WOULD BE DEFINED IN THAT TRAFFIC PLAN AND TYPICALLY THESE EVENTS ARE DONE BY CONTRACTS SO THAT DEPOSITION TEASE ARE NOT ON DUTY DURING THE TIME THAT THESE VENTILATORS ARE HAPPENING AND THEY WOULD BE DONE BY CONTRACT EITHER THROUGH THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE AS A SIDE JOB OR THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THOSE WOULD BE SET BY THE RESPECTIVE OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL HOURS TYPE OF DEAL BUT THAT WOULD BE IN THE TRAFFIC PLAN AND YOU'RE RIGHT JUST LIKE THE MASS GATHERING DONE UNDER A DIFFERENT STATUTE

WITH DIFFERENT NUMBERS THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT AS WELL. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT

EFFORT. >> COMMISSIONER? >> WONDERFUL.

>> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE GOOD TALKING POINTS. YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK?

>> INNOCENT AN EMAIL OUT. IF THERE'S ANY -- WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES AS RECOMMENDED AND THEN BRING ANOTHER ONE BACK, IF WE WANT TO TAKE THE FILMING PART OUT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO HANDLE THAT SEPARATELY. THERE'S REALLY NOT A STATUTE THAT DEFINES THAT PART OF IT.

>> AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE MASS GATHERING PROCESS COULD HELP SHAPE THAT PROCESS.

[21. Hold a public hearing on the proposed 1800 residential project in accordance with Tex. Gov’t Code, §2306.67071(b) and authorize the execution of a Resolution of No Objection for an application submitted by The NPR Group to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. INGALSBE]

THANK YOU, MR. MENDENHALL. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NO. 21. >> 21.

>> WE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE'S ANY ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM, WILL YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

>> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE. >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS MAX WHIPPLE. I REPRESENT THE DEVELOPER ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE REGARDING THE ITEM.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. I'M GOING TO SEE IF ANYONE IS HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM?

SEEING NO MOVEMENT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S PRESENTED THEMSELVES? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN NO. 20. >> [READING]. >> SO MOVED.

[20. Discussion and possible action to consider a continuation of the Local Disaster Declaration originally proclaimed by the County Judge on or about March 15, 2020, continued by resolution of Commissioners Court on March 16, 2020 and extended by the Court on July 14, 2020, September 15, 2020, December 8, 2020 and February 16, 2021. BECERRA]

>> SECONDED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND AND THIS MAY BE A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. JUST TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PANDEMIC IS CONTINUING TO BE WITH US BUT I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT THAT ARE HELPING US AND I DO SEE AS A DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT I SEE AN END IN SIGHT TO THIS TERRIBLE PANDEMIC AND ALTHOUGH I AS THE COUNTY JUDGE CAN DECLARE IT, THE CONTINUATION REQUIRES COURT APPROVAL AND THAT'S WHY IT'S HERE TODAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

COMMISSIONER COMMENT? >> MR. KENNEDY, WHEN IS THIS SET TO EXPIRE? WHEN IS THE DATE? I'M LOOKING AT IT BUT WHEN IS THE DATE?

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE

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77TH DAY OR IS IT. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] SO THAT IT WOULD EXPIRE AND [INDISCERNIBLE]

DO IT TUESDAY. TRYING TO [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> OKAY.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS, AS WE LOOK AT THIS, IS THERE ANYTHING -- THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION. WE'VE HAD OTHER COUNTIES LIKE WILLIAMSON AND SOME OF OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, LIKE DRIPPING SPRINGS, THEY HAVE LET THEM EXPIRE.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS EXPIRED? I'M JUST ASKING.

>> THE FUNDING WE HAD AVAILABLE FOR THE PANDEMIC, THE COVID PANDEMIC, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE MAX AMOUNT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE DIRECTION FROM THE UNITED STATES TREASURY AT THIS TIME SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL THAT IS GOING TO COVER. IT COULD GO BACK TO THE MARCH 2020 DATE FOR REIMBURSABLE EXPENDITURES BUT UNTIL WE GET THAT FUNDING NOTIFICATION WE

WON'T HAVE ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS. >> I WAS LOOKING AT PROSPECTIVE.

THE LAST TWO TIMES WE DID THIS WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE MAY HAVE HAD NEEDED TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION IN PLACE BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE THAT FOR THOSE REASONS.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

WE WOULD NOT NEED TO. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> ONE COMMENT WOULD BE IF WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE PUBLIC VACCINATION CLINICS, ET CETERA, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE REASONABLE THAT WE WOULD KEEP THE DECLARATION IN PLACE BECAUSE WE WOULD BE EXPENDING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THOSE AND IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WHERE WE REIMBURSE THE COUNTY IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAD IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO TIE THAT DOWN, UNDER THE

DECLARATION AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING. >> AGREED.

>> THANK YOU. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA.

[22. Discussion and possible action to approve the Amended and Restated Charter for the Hays County Parks & Open Space Advisory Committee (POSAC). SHELL]

>> YES. >> WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN NO. 22. [RIDING].

>> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> COMMISSIONER, AMENDED.

>> YES, SIR, THE ORIGINAL CHARTER WITH SOME EDITS MADE, IN THE BACK, TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGE AND THE COURT ACTION THAT HAS CHANGED THAT. IN ADDITION I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR GENERAL COUNCIL ON WHERE THE KOASAK IS. I DON'T SEE US ADOPTING AT THAT POINT AND MAYBE THEY'LL BRING IT TO US LATER, IF THAT SHARED THAT WITH THE PUBLIC OR IF THEY ATTEND TO SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC IN TELLING EVERYBODY WHAT TO EXPECT AS FAR AS A TIMELINE AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS ALL THE NECESSARY TIME TO BRING THE PROJECTS.

>> SURE. I LEFT THE RED LINE AND BACKUP SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT CHANGES WE WERE RECOMMENDING. THE BYLAWS, IF THIS IS APPROVED, THEY WOULD REFLECT THIS CHANGE AS WELL AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADOPT BYLAWS THAT ARE IN STEP WITH THIS CHARTER.

THEIR NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. I ANTICIPATE THEY'LL RECEIVE THE CHARTER, ADOPT AMENDED BYLAWS AND SET THE TIMELINE AT THAT POINT FOR THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS. THE DISCUSSION THUS FAR HAS BEEN THE DEADLINE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF JULY 15 TO AUGUST 1 AND I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY STILL BE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES FROM -- ULTIMATELY I THINK IT'S A POSAC DECISION WITH FEEDBACK FROM

STAFF. >> COMMISSIONER, ANYTHING ELSE? >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA. >> YES. >> AGENDA NO. 20, MR. LANG,

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM IF YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA. SINCE YOU ALREADY VOTED ON THIS I DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO PERSUADE YOU ANYWAY BUT I WOULD LIKE -- AND I WON'T TAKE LONG -- I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS. I OCCASIONALLY MISREAD AGENDA ITEMS AND EVEN WAS ON THE WRONG AGENDA ONCE. I'M HOPING MY RASH SCHNALLTY WON'T BE -- RATIONALE SALT WON'T

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BE QUESTIONED AND I THINK THE COMMISSIONER THAT SAID THAT KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

CDC IS COMING OUT WITH UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY SO THAT I WAS GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE DEFER THIS VOTE UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO SEE WHAT THEY DECIDE BUT THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.

>> THANK YOU. SINCE IT'S OUT OF SEQUENCE, SINCE IT'S DISCUSSED, IT'S A PROCESS, NOTHING, BUT POISES THE COUNTY TO RECEIVE MAXIMUM FISCAL BENEFIT FOR ITS TAXPAYERS IN THE EVENT OF AND SO IT'S PURE AND PERFECT PREPARATION. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM

[23. Discussion and possible action to execute a $8,406.78 Service Agreement with Smiths Detection, Inc. related to the Industrial X-Ray Security Scanners located at the Hays County Government Center. INGALSBE/T.CRUMLEY/CUTLER]

NO. 23. WE'LL TAKE 23 NEXT. >> 23, [REED].

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND

AND WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MR. AMIA. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND

COMMISSIONERS. >> A MEMBER OF THE FORMER COUNTY JOB ONE TIME MADE A COMMENT ABOUT CONCERNS OF THE OVERSTAFFING AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN. I'VE REPEATEDLY STATED, CONSIDERING THE HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND I QUESTION THIS IN ADDITION, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME IS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING HERE BUT ALL THESE OBJECTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER SMITH. THIS IS NOT A HEARING. HE'S NOT AN ATTORNEY.

ALL I CAN SAY IN CLOSING, LIKE THEY SAY IN SPANISH [SPANISH]. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. MARK CUMBERLAND, CAPTAIN, SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS IS A VITAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT CENTER SECURE. IT'S A TECHNICAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT SO WE NEED TO MAINTAIN IT AND PROFESSIONALS NEED TO DO THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTRACT WOULD ALLOW.

>> IT WOULD ALLOW FOR MAINTENANCE OF OUR X-RAY MACHINE?

>> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS

FOR THE CAPTAIN? PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL, YES.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

[25. Discussion and possible action to convert the Mobile Crisis Outreach Liaison, slot 0506-001 from a grant-funded position from the Office of the Governor to the Sheriff's Office operating budget effective 4/1/2021 through 9/30/2021 and amend the budget accordingly. SHELL/CUTLER]

>> WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NO. 25. >> 25, [READING].

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND AND ONE

PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MR. RODRIGO AMIA. >> I DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE A WHILE BACK, SO I'M NOT REAL GOOD AT PREPPING, SO ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, AGAIN, YOU GOT MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH LIAISON. I DRIVE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ABOUT 12 OR 14 HOURS A DAY AND WHAT I SEE A LOT OUT THERE, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, IS A LOT OF WASTE.

I SEE NONESSENTIAL PERSONNEL RUNNING ROUND IN COUNTY-ISSUED CARS WITH EXPIRED REGISTRATIONS TAKING A COUPLE OF PICTURES AND STUFF, I DID, TO PROVE MY POINT BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TESTING IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBERTA COUNTY. THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN.

I HEARD THE OBJECTIONS, THE SURPRISE, COUNCIL'S REMARKS ABOUT COUNCIL DECORUM, AND I'VE READ THAT AND IT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS OVER THERE BUT THERE'S A PROCESS WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THE

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LAW, IT TALKS ABOUT DEFINITIONS, SCOPE, APPLICABILITY, THOSE ARE STANDARD.

THE LAST SPEAKER'S REMARKS, MENDENHALL, BY NOT HAVING THE DEFINITION FOR CRISIS.

>> MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH, SIR. >> YES. AGAIN, REALLY CONSIDER WHO IS REQUESTING THIS AND PLEASE ASK BETTER QUESTIONS TO JUSTIFY THIS DECISION.

THERE'S A LOT OF SHIFTING AND CREATION OF POSITIONS OVER THERE THAT'S COSTING US LOTS OF MONEY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM ONE MORE TIME, SIR? I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE FIRST QUESTION, NO LONGER GRANT FUNDED, IS THAT BECAUSE WE'VE APPLIED AND IT DIDN'T GET APPROVED OR WE DIDN'T APPLY?

COULD YOU EXPAND A BIT ON THAT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >> DID NOT GET APPROVED FOR THE EXTENSION AND WE PUT BACK IN FOR IT TO BE APPROVED IN OCTOBER. THIS IS OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE THAT RESPONDS WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THEY'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE IN CRISIS, MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND THIS PERSON PROVIDES A RESOURCE THAT IS VERY WELL-APPRECIATED BY THE PUBLIC WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OUT THERE AND

EXTREMELY VALUABLE MEMBER OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH TEAM. >> COMMISSIONERS?

>> I WANTS TO COMMEND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON WANTING TO MAINTAIN THIS POSITION.

WE'VE HAD PUBLIC CITIZENS COME IN HERE NUMEROUS TIMES AND DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SPECIFIC POSITION AND THE WORK THEY DID, I CAN'T HELP BUT REMEMBER A PERSONAL STORY THAT ONE OF OUR CITIZENS WHO COMES IN QUITE OFTEN, MR. HARVEY JENKINS, SHARED ABOUT HAVING ONE OF THESE OFFICERS SHOW UP AT AN INCIDENT THAT HE WAS AT AND ACTUALLY ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN THIS POSITION AND SO I APPLAUD YOU THAT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DID NOT GET THE EXTENSION BUT IT WILL BE PICKED UP IN OCTOBER AND I APPLAUD YOU WANTING TO MAKE THE CHANGE IN HORD TO SUSTAIN THAT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY PLENTY OF POSITIONS THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED THROUGH DIFFERENT AGENCIES WHETHER STATE OR FEDERAL ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE ALWAYS MAKE A DECISION WHEN WE ACCEPT THOSE GRAND FUNDS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM OR THE PROJECT OR THE POSITION IN THE EVENT THAT THE GRANT FUNDING GOES AWAY WHICH OFTEN DOES IN MOST CASES.

I THINK THIS INTERIM WILL ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REAPPLY FOR FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, I BELIEVE A STRONG CASE IS MADE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS DOING A GOOD JOB AND I THINK THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN WELL-RECEIVED AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO HELP FOLKS OUT ON THE STREET BY HAVING THIS POSITION SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING THIS THROUGH THE REST

OF THE FISCAL YEAR WHILE WE APPLY FOR FUNDS FOR '22. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>> AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REAPPLYING EVERY YEAR IF IT'S AVAILABLE.

>> YES, SIR. >> ANY IDEA WHY WE DIDN'T GET APPROVED?

>> I DON'T, SIR. >> SOMETIMES THEY GIVE YOU A RESPONSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.

>> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA. >> YES. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN 24.

[24. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding Agreement between the Hays County Veteran's Treatment Court and Dr. Korey L. Watkins related to psychological evaluations and treatment programs for veterans. INGALSBE/C.JOHNSON]

>> 24,

>> MOTION AND SECONDS. ANY COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

[26. Discussion and possible action to create the Combined Emergency Communication Center (CECC) Director position at a grade 116, authorize the Human Resources Department to post the position, and authorize the CECC Executive Board to fill the position within the approved grade and amend the budget accordingly. SHELL/INGALBE]

>> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA. >> YES. PLEASE OPEN 26.

>> YES. 26, [READING]. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION ON THIS. I KNOW I WAS ASKING FOR IT TO BE HURRIED ALONG AND I'M GRATEFUL

THAT IT IS IN THAT SPACE. >> YES, SIR. IN BACKUP YOU WILL FIND THE

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DRAFT, JOB DESCRIPTION, THE CECC, — INCLUDING A REFERENCIVE FOR TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.

WE HAD OUR MEETING LAST WEEK TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS -- THAT THE COURT APPROVE THIS JOB DESCRIPTION AS WELL AS THE POSTING OF THE POSITION AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE BOARD TO FILL THAT POSITION WITHIN THE GRADE WHICH IS 116 AS PRESENTED. THE FUNDS WERE BUDGETED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THIS IS ONE OF THE SHARED 'POSITION THAT ANSWERS TO ALL OF THE PARTNER AGENCIES AND IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE JOB DESCRIPTION HAS A LENGTHY LIST OF RESPONSIBILITIES ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THE SYSTEMS AND THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE CECC SO I

WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE MIGHT HAVE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES, ANY

COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. >> NO. I'MED GOOD.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS I SAID, THANK YOU FOR MOVING ON THIS. I KNOW IT'S VERY USEFUL AND NECESSARY AND IT'S PART OF A

COMPLETION OF THAT EFFORT SO PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA.

[27. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Sheriff's Office to establish two new Coordinator positions within the Records Management Division (grades 112), authorize computer equipment purchases for new positions; and re-title the Administrative Assistant III, slot 0271-009 to a Records Management Officer effective May 1, 2021 and amend the budget accordingly]

>> YES. PLEASE OPEN 27. >> 27, [READING].

>> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND AND WE

HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MR. RODRIGO AMIA. >> LAST SHERIFFS ELECTION RACE I SAID DOWN AND BROKE BREAD WITH A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND HE SHARED WITH ME THAT HE HAD IDENTIFIED CLOSE TO 100 POSITIONS CREATED OUT OF THE SHERIFF'S.

NOW, AS I CAUTIONED YOU A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO ALL THIS SHIFTING HAS ME GREATLY CONCERNED AS YOU SHOULD BE TOO CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS THAT COME YOU HERE EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THERE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THEIR OPERATIONS. A COUPLE WEEKS BACK I REMEMBER THE HR DIRECTOR CAME YOU HERE AND CAUTIONED YOU ABOUT RIPPLES. THIS IS MORE THAN A RIPPLE. CREATING THESE POSITIONS, STAFFING THEM AT THE HIGHEST SALARIES POSSIBLE CREATES SUCH A FINAL BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS OVER AND OVER AND OVER. ALL THE PAPERWORK IS THERE. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INDIANS.

THEY HAVE TOO MANY CHIEFS AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.

BUT AS A SAFETY CONCERN, I TALKED ABOUT THE BLUE, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT. JAIL STANDARDS COMMISSION HAS THAT RATIO OF OFFICERS.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING COMPROMISED AT THE EXPENSE OF CREATING THESE POSITIONS FOR SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS THAT COME IN RETIRING FROM OTHER AGENCIES.

WE DON'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL RODS. STOP THAT TREND, COMMISSIONERS.

STOP IT NOW. STOP IT YESTERDAY. THIS SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS DONE A MISERABLE JOB OVER AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND I PROMISE YOU THIS, EVERYTHING'S GOING TO COME TO LIGHT VERY SOON AND YOURS TRULY IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, AGAIN, I REALLY DO HOPE YOU FIND IT WITHIN YOU TO START DOING THE

RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. >> MR. KENNEDY, THE AGENDA ITEM

IS MISSING THE SPONSOR. >> I HAVE A NOTE OF THAT, JUDGE, AND WE'LL INQUIRE WITH

MS. JONES. >> THE NAME IS ON THE -- [CROSSTALK] --

>> THE BACK OF THE FRONT PAGE. >> SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL START WITH.

COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHENEVER THEY'RE ABLE, BUT THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT POSITION, WHEN WE GET INFORMATION FOR REQUEST, WE HAVE TO PROCESS THAT, THOSE REQUESTS, AND WITH THE INCREASE IN VIDEO FOOTAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, BODY CAMS, CAR CAMS, IT CAN BE QUITE A LARGE VOLUME OF INFORMATION, AND

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I BELIEVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS HOPING THAT WE CAN ALLOW THEM TO GET SOME HELP IN HOW WE PERFORM THE NECESSARY WORK IN ORDER TO GET THOSE REQUESTS DONE TIMELY AND ACCURATELY.

REPORTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE GONE BY THE LETTER AND LOOKED AT TO INSHOULD YOU THAT WE ARE STAYING CONSISTENT WITH OUR IBR REPORTING, AND FAILURE TO DO SO AT A 96 PERCENT ACCURACY RATE WILL COST THE COUNTY, NOT JUST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY ALL OF ITS FEDERAL GRANTS FOR OUR ABILITY TO EVEN APPLY FOR THOSE, IF WE FAIL TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS, SO THEY ARE HIGH STANDARDS. THEY HAVE TO BE MET AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL THERE TO DO THAT. WITH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUEST THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY GETTING, OUR OFFICE ALONE IS GETTING ANYWHERE FROM 120 TO 150 PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS PER MONTH AND LIKE JUST TO GIVE YOU A REAL QUICK EXAMPLE, ONE ACCIDENT WHERE THREE OFFICERS ARE ON THE SCENE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC AND DOING THE INVESTIGATION, BOTH RUNNING THEIR BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND FLEET CAMERAS IS A TOTAL OF SIX HOURS OF VIDEO. SOMEONE THEREFORE HAS TO GO LOOK AT THE VIDEO EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THAT VIDEO AND THEN GO THROUGH AND ENSURE THAT ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REDACTED FROM THOSE VIDEOS ARE TAKEN OUT. THAT'S A VERY TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS.

THEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS RIGHT NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WE ALSO HAVE -- EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN PERSONAL CRISIS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OF SOME OF THESE FOLKS WHO HAVE JUST PASSED AWAY SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MISSING TIME.

ILLNESS AND SICKNESS IN THEIR FAMILIES AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO STAY UP WITH GENERAL COUNCIL WHO IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH US ON THESE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT

REQUESTS. >> SO YOU'VE CREATED A FEW QUESTIONS FOR ME.

THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST GOING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ARE THEY MANAGED THROUGH OUR

GENERAL COUNCIL OR? >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR AS WELL. THE QUESTIONS I'LL ASK SOMETIMES I KNOW THE ANSWERS TO BUT I'M JUST PROVIDING THE QUESTION SO THAT I, WHEN COURT IS OVER, DON'T GET 40 EMAILS ABOUT IT SO I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION THAT I KNOW IS LIKELY ON SOMEONE'S MIND

AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMPLETE ANSWER. >> SURE.

NO PROBLEM. >> SO BACK TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST.

THE GENERAL COUNCIL, OUR COUNTY GENERAL COUNCIL IS HANDLING YOUR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST FOR

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR DO YOU HAVE A SEPARATE EFFORT. >> THEY'RE PASSED THROUGH AND WE HANDLE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THAT INFORMATION GOES BACK TO GENERAL COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW BEFORE IT IS THEN SENT BACK TO THE APPLICANT.

>> RIGHT ON. THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ACCURACY THAT IS REQUIRED FOR US TO MAINTAIN THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR FEDERAL GRANT SUPPORT.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> CONTINUED SPORT. AND YOU BROUGHT YOU THE PERCENTAGE, THE PERCENTAGE TO MAINTAIN. WHERE ARE WE AT THIS MOMENT IN

TIME IN THE PERCENTAGE OF ACCURACY. >> I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER

BUT I KNOW WE'RE ABOVE THE 96 PERCENT. >> BEAUTIFUL.

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HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN THIS CAPACITY AT THIS TIME?

>> WE HAVE ONE SUPERVISOR WITH FOUR RECORD MANAGEMENT OFFICERS RIGHT NOW.

>> AND SO WHAT YOUR GOAL IS WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO ADD NOR TO THE SUPERVISOR'S EFFORT FOR

THE PROCESSING OF INFORMATION. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> COMMISSIONERS, ANY ADDITIONAL

QUESTIONS? >> I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MS. MILLER TO THE PODIUM IF YOU DON'T MIND. STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

>> SHERRY MILLER, HAYS COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU, MS. MILLER.

>> MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS HASN'T BEEN CIRCULATING IN OUR SPACE RECENTLY AND I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU'LL SHARE WITH US THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS SHIFT IF IT GETS APPROVED TO OTHER SPACES IN THE COUNTY.

>> SO THE ONE POSITION THAT IS BEING REQUESTED TO CHANGE FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO A RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER IS A POSITION THAT'S BEEN SUPPORTING, IF I RECALL, THE PATROL.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND IN LIEU OF THAT SUPPORT SOME OF THAT RECORDS WITH FLOWS OVER TO THAT DIVISION. THE POSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IS BECOMING VACANT AS OF FRIDAY. THE EMPLOYEE IS ACTUALLY TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY AND SO IT'S A PRIME OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THAT TITLE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A PAYGRADE CHANGER. IT'S SIMPLY A TITLE CHANGE.

>> FOR CLARIFICATION SAKE, THIS IS A POSITION THAT WILL BE MOVED, NOT CREATED.

>> CORRECT. >> IN REFERENCE TO HEART BEATS, IF YOU WILL.

>> CORRECT. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER. >> NO.

>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> JUDGE RUBEN BECERRA.

[28. Discussion and possible action to award contract for IFB 2021-B05 Concrete Contractor to Myers Concrete Construction, LP. BECERRA/BORCHERDING]

>> YES. >> WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NO. 28.

>> 28, [READING]. >> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND AND AS YOU'LL NOTICE AS YOU MAY KNOW THIS AGENDA ITEM WE PULLED LAST WEEK BECAUSE WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING TO OTHER PARTIES AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE THEM THE TIME THAT THEY DESERVED TO SPEAK AND BE REPRESENTED AND CLARIFY, AND NOW THIS RESET FOR US ALLOWED US THE AMPLE TIME NECESSARY TO AWARD MYERS CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION THE CONTRACT. ANYTHING ELSE?

>> DID WE HEAR FROM THE ORIGINAL RESPONDENT? >> .

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.