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>> JUDGE BECERRA: GOOD MORNING.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR STELLA BERK HAULER. OF KARL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ALL RISE
>> WE THANK YOU FOR THE DAY AND THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU GAVE US EACH AND EVERYDAY.
I ASK THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM THAT WE'LL MAKE GOOD DECISIONS TODAY THAT WILL DO YOUR WILL.
FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU STAY WITH JUDGE COBB AND BE WITH ALL THOSE CLOSE TO HIM. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE GOT TO HAVE HIM FOR THE TIME WE DID.
FATHER, GUIDE US THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY.
>> 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. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
>> DR. . WOULD YOU PLEASE CALLED
ROLE. >> OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE AND VIEWING ON-LINE, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT I WAS ASKED TO PULL AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 5, NUMBER 43, AND I THINK THAT'S IT. OKAY.
[Public Comments]
MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITNESS FORM WILL NOW HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK.UNFORTUNATELY NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COURT AS 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 COMMENT AND LANGUAGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL OR YOU'LL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME.
IN SPIRIT OF RESPECT PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. DAN LYON.
>> GOOD MORNING,. ON THE 27TH OF JULY, YOU VOTED TO GIVE THE GREATER SAN MARKOS PARTNERSHIP $1.3 MILLION THAT THE CITIZENS MONEY OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. IN ORDER TO BRING IN MORE DEAD BEAT CORPORATIONS WHICH WILL PUT A GREATER STRAIN ON COUNTY ALREADY OVERBURDENED INFRASTRUCTURE.
JASON GIALETTI SAID "WE'RE TRULY IN THE BUSINESS OF HELPING OUR RESIDENTS GROW AND EXPAND THEIR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY." OH, REALLY? HIS WAY OF EXPANDING OUR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS TO TRANSFER TAX BURDEN FROM THE MEGA CORPORATIONS AND PLACE IT ON THE HOMEOWNER, THE SMALL LAND OWNER, AND THE SMALL BUSINESS PERSON. AND YOU, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT GO ALONG WITH THEM. COMMISSIONERSHELL SAID "JOB GROWTH IS THE WAY IT'S DONE IN TEXAS." COMMISSIONER SMITH SAYS THE COST OF LIVING IN DRIPPING SPRINGS HAS GONE UP SO MUCH 6 TEACHERS ARE LIVING IN ONE HOUSE. DON'T THEY HAVE ANY ZONING RESTRICTIONS IN DRIPPINGS SPRING? TEACHERS IN SAN MARCOS C.I.S.D.ARE STARTING AT $50,000 PER YEAR.
WE'RE TOLD BUSINESSES NEED INCENTIVES.
I.E.TAX REBATES TO COME TO HAYS COUNTY.
DOES THAT INCLUDE H.E.B.? H.E.B.JUST RECEIVED $46,988 .62 IN A REBATE UNDER CHAPTER 381 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
H. E. B. CHARGES 78 CELLS FOR SMALL AVOCADOS.
THEY NEED MORE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE? NOT TO BE LEFT
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OUT, JUDGE BECERRA SAID "IT'S JUST DIRT.I MEAN IT, I MEAN T. I AM AN ALWAYS WILL BE UNUNAPOLL GETLY OF BRINGING JOBS TO PEOPLE.
IT'S JUST THE WAY I FEEL." I SUPPORT JOBS ALSO.
TELL ME HOW CAN I GET ONE OF THOSE $58,000 PER YEAR JOBS, COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS TALKING ABOUT? ALTHOUGH THEY WON'T ADMIT IT COMPANIES DO NOT HIRE AND TRAIN 64-YEAR-OLDS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY. NOT TO PROVIDE ME WITH A JOB. IN SUMMATION, IT IS NOT THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE JOBS NOR TO FAVOR ECONOMICALLY ONE COMPANY OTHER ANOTHER.
IT IS ALSO NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITIZENS OF HUNT TOE PAY FOR THIS -- HAYS COUNTY TO PAY FOR THIS TRAVESTY AND JUST DIRT IS PERMEABLE GROUND.
Y'ALL SAID LIKE, LESS THAN A YEAR AGO THAT IS THE REASON YOU NEEDED TO HAVE THESE PARKS FOR MORE GROUNDS THAT WASN'T COVERED WITH ASPHALT SO IT WOULD MITIGATE FLOOD.
NOW YOU ARE SAYING IT'S JUST OF THE DIRT.
WHICH IS IT? YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. RODRIGO AMAYA.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.
ALL THE EXTRA TIME FROM ALL THE MEETINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE ON A WEEKLY BASIS, BEEN DOING A LOT OF READING.
CAME ACROSS ARTICLES FROM THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS ABOUT LOCATED OFFICES OUT OF MAVERICK COUNTY THAT WERE DOING BID RIGGING TO INFLATED BIDS.
THE ARTICLES EMPHASIZE ABOUT HOW IT WAS AN OPEN SECRET IS WHAT THE FEDERAL JUDGE SAID, THE OFFICIAL.
THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION ENABLED THEFT AND WASTE TO THRIVE AT THE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYERS AND HONEST BUSINESS OWNERS AND STUFF. THIS ARTICLE TALKS ABOUT A $ .3 MILLION THAT WAS LOST. THE OFFICIALS WERE CHARGED AND SENTENCED. ALL THIS RIGHT HERE IS VERY EVIDENT COMMON HERE IN THIS COURT.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE COUNTY RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, I COME UP HERE. I TALK ABOUT ALL THIS CORRUPTION AND I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING A GOOD THOROUGH JOB OF BRINGING ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE OFFICIALS THAT NEED TO INVESTIGATE THIS. YOU KNOW, BUT I'M GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB. I PROMISE THAT.
FOR ANY INDIVIDUALS CITIZENS THAT ARE SUSPICIOUS OF ANY CORRUPT ACTIVITY, THEY'RE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE PUBLIC CONTRIBUTE HOT LINE AT 188 CALL F.B.I. -- 1-800-CALL F.B.I. WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE WE HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AND THEY REPRESENT OUR INTERESTS. AS I COME UP HERE TO THIS COURT, THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
SOME OF Y'ALL THAT ARE UP THERE, I'VE STOOD BEHIND YOU AND PUSHED ON YOUR BEHALF TO GET YOU ELECTED.
I ALONG WITH MANY OTHER RESIDENT ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED. YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AND STARTS MAKING CALLS SO WE CAN DOCUMENT EVERYTHING THAT IS SUSPICIOUS SO WE CAN HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE THAT ARE VIOLATING THE LAW AND THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUSION OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION. NOW W MOVE ON.
[1. Hold a Moment of Silence in Memory of Judge Bert Cobb, M.D. and give words of remembrance. SHELL]
PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1.>> HOLD A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF JUDGE BERT COBB, M.D.AND GIVE WORDS OF REMEMBRANCE.
>> WONDERFUL IDEA, COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANKS, JUDGE, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. MANY OF US WORKED WITH DR. COBB AS I STILL LIKE TO CALL HIM.
AND OVER SEVERAL DIFFERENT YEARS.
THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
HIS SERVICE IS THIS AFTERNOON.
FAMILIES IS DEALING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.
I WON'T EXPECT THEM TO BE HERE THIS SOON ANY WAY, BUT HE WAS A, I THINK, I KNEW HIM FOR MY WHOLE LIFE.
SO I KNEW HIM PRETTY WELL. LIKE I SAID I LIKE TO THINK OF HIM AS A DOCTOR BESIDES BEING JUDGE, BUT HE WAS DEFINITELY AN INTERESTING CHARACTER TO HAVE AT THE COUNTY. A LOT OF STORIES.
GREAT STORIES THROUGH MY LIFE WITH HIM.
THAT PROBABLY IS NOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE TO TELL SOME OF THEM, BUT JUST REALLY SUPERINTELLIGENT, CARING BUT VERY INTERESTING PERSON WHO MADE A LONG LIST
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IMPACT I THINK IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, NOT JUST HERE AT THE COUNTY. LOOKING BACK WE HAD SOME PRETTY FUNNY TIMES.SOMETIMES HE WOULD OFTEN SAY THINGS THAT GOT YOU LAUGHING IN TENSE MOMENTS. ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM FOR THAT BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NICE TO GIVE ANYONE ELSE AN
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I WANT TO GIVE MY SINCERE AND DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO GAYE, JOHN AND THE ENTIRE COBB FAMILY. IT REALLY BELIEVE JUDGE COBB'S CARE AND COMPASSION FOLLOWED HIM FROM HIS BECOME FROM BEING A DOCTOR TO BECOMING COUNTY JUDGE.
I REMEMBER THE TIMES WHEN HE WOULD SIT WITH ME, AND DISCUSS HEALTHCARE ISSUES. THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND JUST APPRECIATED THE TIME THAT HE GAVE ME TO, YOU KNOW, TO JUST TEACH ME AND HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE NEEDS OF OUR COUNTY. AND I LOST MY MOM ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. I TOOK COMFORT WHEN A PASTOR SAID, MAYBE, HE CORRECTED SOMEBODY AND SAID, DEBBY, YOUR MOM IS IN A BETTER PLACE.
PASTOR SAID, NO, SHE IS IN THE BEST PLACE.
THE HOPE THE FAMILY CAN TAKE COMFORT JUDGE COBB IS IN THE
BEST PLACE. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.
DR. COBB WAS MY KIDS AND MY WIFE'S AL GERTIST BUT I DIDN'T GET TO KNOW HIM UNTIL HE BEGAN CAMPAIGNING.
WE HAD THE SAME CAMPAIGN MANAGER.
HE AND I AND GAYE WERE AT A LOT OF EVENTS TOGETHER.
OVER THE TEN YEARS WE WERE HERE TOGETHER I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM. ONE THING I'LL REMEMBER, JUDGE COBB, IF YOU GAVE HIM SOMETHING TO READ, HE WAS GOING TO READ IT. THERE WAS NO DOUBT.
I THINK WE JOKED ONE TIME IF MARK GAVE HIM THE LAW LIBRARY HE WOULD BE AN ATTORNEY IN SIX WEEKS.
SOMETIMES I THINK HE THOUGHT HE WAS AN ATTORNEY.
HE WAS A MARK'S FACT CHECKER A LOT OF TIMES BUT HE LOVED HAYS COUNTY AND WHEN YOU THINK OF AN OLD COUNTY COUNTRY JUDGE. THAT WASBERT-- BERT.
HE LOVED HAYS COUNTY. HE REALLY WANTED TO SOLVE OUR WATER PROBLEMS. THAT WAS HIS THING THAT HE WASN'T ABLE TO GET ACCOMPLISHED.
I THINK THAT MAYBE ONE OF HIS REGRETS BUT HE WORKED VERY HARD FOR THIS COUNTY AND HE LOVED WHAT HE DID.
WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM. THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE
MANY LIKE HIM. >> COMMISSIONER.
>> I UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDGE COBB BUT WHENEVER I RAN HE WAS VERY KIND, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF HIS TREATMENTS AND THOSE THINGS TO TAKE A DAY AND JUST SIT DOWN AND TALK TO ME FOR AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF. HAVING NEVER MET ME AND I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE THAT AND I APPRECIATED HIM TAKING THE TIME. WITH YOU THE ONE THING I WILL DO IS CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE STORIES FROM FORMER COMMISSIONERS AND FROMLINE, SOME OF WHICH ARE JUST A-- FROM LON, SOME OF WHICH ARE AMAZING ABOUT WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO FOR COUNTY AND THE HELP HE GIVE COUNTY.
HIS SERVICE IS APPRECIATED. >> THANK YOU.
>> THERE IS A NAME THAT I DIDN'T CREATE BUT WAS SHARED WITH ME AND THIS SPACE HERE IS CALLED THE SAND PIT.
JUST SO YOU KNOW. SO I'M GOING TO NOW GO DOWN TO THE SAND PIT AND OFFER MARCO AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT COMMISSIONER JONES WAS TALKING ABOUT, I RECALL THAT SOME FOLKS AROUND HERE WHO I GUESS SHALL REMAIN UNNAMED WERE PERTURBED WHEN I PROVIDED JUDGE COBB WITH THE THREE VOLUMES OF BOOKS ON THE DISTRICTS OF COUNTY LAW AND THEY KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO QUOTE VERBATIM FROM THEM SME OF THE PASSAGES FROM THE BOOK'S VOLUMES AND D. HE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY. I DIDN'T KNOW BUT I WITNESSED ON MANY OCCASIONS HE WOULD READ SOMETHING BACK IN CHAMBERS. WE WOULD HAVE A SHORT DISCUSSION ABOUT IT DISTRACTED BY ALL WALK INS.
THEN HE WOULD COME OUT IN THE COURTROOM AND QUOTE VERBATIM WHAT HE HAD JUST READ IN PASSING.
AND WAS, IT WAS AMAZING ABILITY THAT HE HAD AND IT WORKED WELL ON HIM ON OCCASION.
HE WAS A GOOD CLIENT. A GOOD CLIENT.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. KENNEDY.
MARRY -- >> I REMEMBER JUDGE COBB FONDLY BECAUSE HE WAS SITTING JUDGE.
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HIS LIFE AND HIS PATIENCE, I'LL REMEMBER WHAT HE TOLD ME. WHEN HE EXPECTED OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND HOW MUCH HE HELPED ME GET THROUGH THEFIRST MONTHS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: ANYONE
ELSE? VICKY? >> ACTUALLY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH JUDGE COBB ON MANY BUDGETS DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE. I'VE BEEN WITH COUNTY FOR 17 YEARS AND WORKED WITH FOUR COUNTY JUDGES.
JUDGE COBB WAS OBVIOUSLY THE LONGEST JUDGE THAT I WORKED WITH ANNUALLY AND CLOSELY DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
HE ALWAYS MADE THE BUDGET PROCESS FUN, INTERESTING, AND WAS JUST VERY INSIGHTFUL.
REALLY A GOOD HEART AND KIND PERSON.
IT WAS A JOY TO GET TO KNOW HIM AND WORK WITH HIM.
>> I KNEW JUDGE COBB AS A CHILD INTO MY TEENAGE YEARS.
BUT I ALSO GOT REACQUAINTED WITH HIM WHEN I STARTED WITH THE COUNTY. AND I HAD PHONE HIM AS A PHYSICIAN MY WHOLE LIFE. BUT WHEN I STARTED HERE HE WOULD TELL STORIES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A THIS AND HE WAS A THAT. I THOUGHT HOW MANY CAREERS HAD THIS MAN HAD THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT? SO I WOULD ASK, DID HE REALLY DO THAT? BUT IT WAS LIKE HE HAD ONLY DONE IT FOR A WEEK BUT HE HAD A VAST KNOWLEDGE OF EVERY CAREER THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE.
SO IT WAS A FUNNY STORY THAT ATAKE AWAY FROM MY TIME WITH
HIM HERE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WONDERFUL, I KNEW JUDGE COBB AS A CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY, THE COUNTY SEAT AND I WOULD SEE HIM ONLY IN PASSING.
HE WAS OF COURSE MY COUNTY JUDGE.
SO ONCE I GOT ELECTED HIS SON AND I SPOKE.
WE HAD SOME INTERACTIONS. I SHOWED A TRUE LEVEL OF -- IT WAS SINCERE, RESPECT, ADMIRATION FOR THE FAMILY AND WHAT THEY HAD DONE BECAUSE I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE COMPLEXITIES AND THE DIFFICULTIES AND THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A COUNTY JUDGE.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ALL THE THINGS HE WENT THROUGH IN THE COURSE THAT CONSUMES AN ENTIRE FAMILY AND HIS ENTIRE CIRCLE WHETHER IF YOU WANT TO OR NOT.
IT'S JUST THAT KIND OF JOB. AND SO IT'S A BLESSING FOR ME TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE VERY NEXT COUNTY JUDGE, BUT I'VE HEARD THOSE SAME MESSAGES OF APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION AND RESPEC IN EVER SO SMALL A THING EVEN WHEN I WON THE ELECTION.
YOU HAD ASKED ME TO CONVEY SOME LEVELS OF RESPECT WHENEVER THE OFFICE AND THE PARKING SPOT.
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS HANDED OVER TO ME, MADE OFFICIALLY MINE TO USE TEMPORARILY, YOU COMMISSIONER SHELL WERE ASKING PEACEFULLY FOR FOR A LEVEL OF RESPECT THAT ONLY COMES FROM A SINCERE, KIND-HEARTED PLACE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL. SO I JUST SAW THE RIPPLES OF HIS PRESENCE AS I STOOD IN HIS PLACE AND SAT IN HIS CHAIR AND SAT IN HIS OFFICE. AND I WILL TELL YOU IT'S NOT LOST ON ME. EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS FELT AND CONVEYED AND INTERACTED IN, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT MY SOUL IS IN A PEACEFUL PLACE WHERE I COULD SEE AND RECEIVE YOUR VIBRATIONS FOR HIM SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING THROUGH YOU WHAT HE MEANT TO YOU.
HIS LAST YEAR WAS PRETTY TOUGH IN OFFICE.
I THINK WE ALL REALIZE HOW HE THOUGHT FOR A LONG TIME.
AS LONG AS HE COULD. I ALWAYS USED TO SAY THEY WEREN'T QUITE READY FOR HIM UP THERE BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE SOME PREPARING TO GET READY FOR HIM.
THEY PROBABLY NEEDED TO DO STUDYING TOO BECAUSE I'M SURE HE IS TEACHING A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF THINGS, A FEW MOMENTS OF SILENCE. [PAUSE]
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>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THIS, ALLOWING US TO MOMENT. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA
[38. Discussion and possible action to adopt an order by the Commissioners Court of Hays County, Texas authorizing the issuance of “Hays County, Texas Limited Tax Bonds”; levying an annual ad valorem tax, within the limitations prescribed by law, for the payment of the bonds; prescribing the form, terms, conditions, and resolving other matters incident and related to the issuance, sale and delivery of the bonds; delegating authority to certain members of the Commissioners Court and County staff to execute certain documents relating to the sale of the bonds; authorizing the execution of a paying agent/registrar agreement; and providing an effective date. BECERRA]
NUMBER 38. >> 38, DISCUSSION AND IMPORTANTLY ACTION TO ADOPT BE ORDER BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF HAYS COUNTY TEXAS LIMITED TAX BONDS, LEVYING AN ANNUAL AD VALUEIOR 'EM TAX WITH THE LIMITATIONS PREDESCRIBED BY LAW FOR THE PAYMENT OF BONDS PREDESCRIBING FORMS, TERMS CONDITIONS AND AND RESOLVEING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT TO AND REMITTED TO THE IRISH SHOANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE BONDS DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONER COURT AND COUNTY STAFF TO EXECUTE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SALE OF THE BONDS, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT REGULAR STORE AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> WE HAVE MR. DAN LYONS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, START
THE 3 MINUTE TIMER. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA.
THAT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE BIT DISJOINTED BECAUSE I'M NOT A LAWYER. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
I LOOKED THROUGH IT YESTERDAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE PAGE 174 WE HAVE RETAINED THE FIRM OF WHO ARIC, HARRINGTON SUTCLIFFE L.L.P.
DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT THEM.
DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LOOK IT UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.
PAGE 175, IT HAS." D.T.C.,IT SAYS THE GOESER TO TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOVE AFFAIR WITH GETTING OURSELVES IN DEBT BONDAGE TO NEW YORK BANKS, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THEM ALSO. PAGE 176, "NOT TO EXCEED $50 MILLION, HAYS COUNTY TEXAS, LIMITED TAX BONDS SERIES THEN IT HAS A BLANK." PAGE 174 IT SAYS WHEREAS THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT THE ISSUANCE OF THE LIMITED TAX BONDS FROM THE PARKIZATION IN THE BEST INTEREST -- PARKIZATION-- PARK AUTHORIZATION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DETERMINED THAT AND WERE THERE ANY PEOPLE INVOLVED WHO HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT.
SEEMS THAT WE'RE, BEST I CAN MAKE OF IT, WE'RE ISSUING BONDS, 30 YEAR BONDS, AND THEY CAN BE UP TO 4% AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE CALLABLE BY US BUT I'M NOT SURE.
AND ANYWAY, LET ME GET TO THE POINT THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME. IT'S ON PAGE 187, 4TH PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS THE BONDS OF THIS SERIES ARE PAYABLE FROM THE PROCEEDS OF AN ANNUALED A VALOREM TAX LEVIED UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE COUNTY.
WITHOUT LEGAL LIMIT AS TO RATE OR AMOUNT.
". I WOULD NEVER SIGN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW Y'ALL WOULD BUT I WOULDN'T DO THAT. I HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE IN MIND. AND I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO SAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT TO NAUGHT IN SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BUY BONDS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. DON'T BELIEVE THAT FOR A SECOND. WE'RE GOOD FOR IT.
I VOTED AGAINST ALL THIS. BECAUSE I KNEW WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY. AND KNOW Y'ALL APPROVING IT BY ISSUING THESE BONDS PUTTING US INTO EVEN GREATER DEBT WHICH, WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE PAID OFF.
AND WILL PROBABLY ALL GO BANKRUPT BUT THANK YOU
ANYWAY. >> THANK YOU, MR. DAN LYON.
MR. KENNEDY, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? WE'LL HAVE
DAN APPROACH THE PODIUM. >> YEAH.
>> AND JULIE IS HERE. >> OKAY.
START WITH YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.
COMMISSIONERS, DAN WAG MILLER, SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS SIMPLY THE FIRST STEP IN MOVING TOWARDS ISSUING OF
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THE BONDS APPROVED BY VOTERS.THE UP TO $50 MILLION IS AS YOU DISCUSSED WHICH FRAMEWORKED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE ORDER ALLOWS FOR UP TO 30 YEARS, UP TO 4%. THE REALITY IS WE ISSUE SHORTER DETERMINE DEBT THAN 30 YEARS.
THAT WAS' JUST WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE. IN ADDITION, THE GREAT NEWS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS GREAT TO GO INTO DEBT BUT WHEN WE BORROW AT A HISTORICALLY LOW INTEREST RATES WE'RE PROBABLY BEING LOOKING SOMEWHERE AROUND 2% AS THE CURRENT MARKET FOR THE BONDS.
WE'LL WORK WITH MARISOL TO GET BOND RATING REAFFIRMED FOR THE COUNTY AND BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE SCHEDULE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PRICING PROBABLY SOMETIME LATE IN LATE AUGUST, THE FIRST WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER. WE WOULD BE LOCKING IN $50 MILLION AND THE REFUNDING FOR SAVINGS THAT YOU ALL AUTHORIZED PREVIOUSLY. WE'RE MOVING FORWARDS WITH BOTH OF THOSE. AS IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THE MARKETS IS FAVORABLE ON BOTH FRONTS.
ONCE WE WRAP UP PRICING I'LL COME BACK AND PROVIDE YOU THE RESULTS. BUT WITH THAT, THE PARAMETERS ARE LAID OUT TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND AS MR. KENNEDY SAID, JULIE HOUSTON WITH THE COUNTY'S BOND COUNSEL IS HERE IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS WELL.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN AT THIS POINT, I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A KRYSTAL BALL.
WHAT ARE THE RATES LOOKING LIKE GIVEN OUR, THE ESTIMATES THAT WE HAD INITIALLY? I MEAN ARE THEY --Y KNOW THINGS HAVE FLUCTUATED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, HAVE THEY GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR NEWS IS.
>> THEY CONTINUE TO BE STRONG.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF BOND SALES, BELL COUNTY, VARIOUS CITIES IN THE AREA. CITY OF SAN MARCOS LAST WEEK. WE ARE SEEING INTEREST RATES IN THE HIGH 1'S AS FAR AS WHAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE.
SO THE THERE IS CONTINUED STRONG APPETITE FOR THESE LIMITED TAX BONDS. AND AT THE HIGH CREDIT RATING THAT YOU CARRY. THE LAST COUPLE OF SALES WE HAD THAT WERE COMPETITIVE WE'VE SEEN 10, 12 BIDDERS.
THESE ARE NEGOTIATED BUT IT'S STILL SHOWS YOU THE APPETITE. SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE STRONG DEMAND AND IF WE GET THAT IT'LL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE
INTEREST RATES DOWN. >> JUST THAT THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE VOTER APPROVED ELECTIONS THAT HAPPENED IN 2020.
WE DID GO THROUGH A PROCESS. WE HAD A COMMISSION FORMED THAT CAME TO THE COURT AND HAD PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETINGS DISCUSSING THIS, THAT ELECTION AND THIS COURT DECIDED BY MAJORITY TO AUTHORIZE THAT ELECTION WHICH WAS HELD. THE VOTERS APPROVED THAT PROPOSITION FAIRLY OVERWHELMINGLY.
SO I THINK IT WAS OVER 70% APPROVAL FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE.
THE COURT DID GIVE SOME DIRECTION TO START WITH A $50 MILLION ISSUANCE OF THE 75 THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED.
ANYTHING OVER HERE? >> I WAS GOING TO ASK IF Y'ALL HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THE TERMS THAT WE MAY BE GOING FOR? I KNOW IT'S UP TO 30 YEARS, WHAT WE ANTICIPATING?
>> UP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 AS A MAX.
AND I THINK TO SPECIFICALLY ANSWER COMMISSIONER SMITH, WE'RE BELOW THE TARGETS AND PROJECTIONS WE USED LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION. AS MARRY SOL IN THE BUDGET CAN INDICATE, WE PROJECTED WHAT WAS IN CAPACITY WITHOUT RAISING DEBT SERVICE PACKAGE SPECIFICALLY BUT WORKING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK ALLOWING FOR SOME OF THE NEW GROWTH IN COUNTY TO HELP SUPPORT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DEBT THAT PAYS OFF TO FIT BOTH THOSE IN TO ALLOW THE DEBT SERVICE RATE TO SUPPORT IT WITHOUT --
>> JUDGE BECERRA: OKAY. THANK YOU.
SINCE JULIE TOOK THE TIME TO BE HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER HER THE PODIUM AND TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T MIND AND GIVE AS YOU FEW COMMENTS IF YOU DON'T MIND.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M JULIE HOUSTON.
I'M YOUR BOND COUNSEL. I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF ORRIK. WHEN YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE PARAMETER RESOLUTION, IT SETS OUTSIDE LIMITATIONS
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WHEN DAN WORKS WITH THE UNDERWRITERS TO MARKET YOUR BONDS. AS WAS POINTED OUT BY THE PRIOR SPEAKER, IT DOES ALSO LEVIED A VALOREM TAX AS WELL. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS. AND JUST D.T.C.IS NOT A NEW YORK BANG TO -- BANG TO ANSWER -- NEW YORK BANK.THESE BONDS ARE OFFERED PUBLICLY SO THEY WILL BE HELD ELECTRONICALLY BY D.T.C.ON BEHALF OF THE
ACTUAL BOND HOLDERS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: OKAY.
GOOD INFORMATION. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE PROFESSIONALISM AND YOURS AND BOTH YOUR WHEELHOUSE IS FRONT AND CENTER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF HAYS COUNTY.
THANK YOU, BOTH. MR. KENNEDY, WHAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THIS WELL WRITTEN AGENDA ITEM? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT UNFOLD AS A MOTION? DO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THOSE INDIVIDUALS?
>> JUDGE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "THOSE INDIVIDUALS."
>> JUDGE BECERRA: WHEN IT SAYS IN HERE TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION COURT AND
-- >> IT'S CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU WILL BE EXECUTING.
SO I THINK THAT YOU CAN -- >> JUDGE BECERRA: LEAVE IT
AS IT IS. >> THE MOTION SHOULD END.
I DON'T HAVE THE DOCUMENT HERE WITH ME.
BUT IF YOU COULD SIMPLY AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE IN BACKUP AND I'LL PULL THAT UP IN A SECOND IF YOU NEED HELP COMMUNICATING
THAT. >> JUDGE BECERRA: SINCE IT'S WRITTEN COMPLETELY IN BACKUP AND THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED, I THINK WE DON'T NEED FURTHER CLARIFICATION, DOCTOR CAR DAINAS, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN IN THE BACK WITH THE BLACK COAT AND SHIRT, CAN YOU TELL ME YOUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER? [INAUDIBLE]
>> JUDGE BECERRA: SORRY FOR POINTING.
[INAUDIBLE] >> JUDGE BECERRA: I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU WAITED.
THANK YOU, GUYS. SO I WANT TO GO TO IT.
PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 34.
[34. PLN-1549-PC; Hold a Public Hearing on August 10th, 2021 to discuss approval of the final plat of the Pico Ranch 1, Tract 1R and Tract 3, Replat. SHELL/MACHACEK]
>> 34, P.L.N.1546-P.C.HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 10TH, 2021, TO DISCUSS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLATT OF THE PICO RANCH 1 TRACT 1 R.AND TRACT 3 REPLAT.
>> MOTION. >> PUBLIC HEARING FIRST
JUDGE I THINK. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
I LIKE THE LITTLE THEATRICAL -- GOOD JOB, WAY TO KEEP IT LIGHT. I SEE NO MOVEMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> I BELIEVE WE HAVE COLBY HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS COLBY. I'M WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
PICO RANCH 1 IS LOCATED OFF OF RED CORRAL RANCH ROAD IN PREDICT 3. WATER FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, WATER UTILITY SERVICE WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE WELLS, WASTE WATER SEWAGE FACILITIES. THE OWNER OF THE TRACT WISHES TO CREATE 3 LOTS OVER 94.55 ACRES.
THOSE LOTS WILL KITT OF LAT 1 R.-1 KITTING OF 6 O 0.43 ACRES, LOT 1 R.DOWN 2 WILL CONSIST OF 17.71 ACRES AND LOT 3 R.WHICH IS A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL TRACT 3 THAT. WILL CONSIST OF 16.41 ACRES, THERE ARE NO VARIANCES AND THIS ITEM HAS FULL STAFF
RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, MAKE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL MOTION.
>> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A MOTION, SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM
[31. Discussion and possible action to approve the selection of BGE, Inc. to perform Construction Engineering and Inspection (CE&I) services for the US 290 West at Henly Loop Intersection Safety Improvements project in Precinct 4; and to authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a Work Authorization under their On-Call CE&I contract. SMITH/BORCHERDING]
[00:35:03]
NUMBER 31. >> 31, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF B.G.E., INC., TO PERFORM CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE U.S. 290 WEST AT HENLY LOOP INTERSECTION SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN PREDICT 4, AND TO AUTHORIZE STAFF AND COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE A WORK AUTHORIZATION UNDER THEIR
ONCALL C.E.I.CONTRACT. >> SO MOVED.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, THIS IS ONE OF THE 290 SAFETY PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE 2016 BOND.
I'M EXCITED TO GET IT TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION. IT HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
AND THESE THREE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY ARE WARRANTED AND IN NEED OF SAFETY. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WAITING FOR THEM. >> JUDGE BECERRA: NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHERE HENLY IS BUT IT'S A TINY CORNER OF OUR NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.
THERE IS A TINY LITTLE FIRE STATION THERE.
IT'S THE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SPOT.
I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO DO -- I KNOW THE NECESSARY THINGS TO MAKE IT SAFER. SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER COMMENTS PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 32.
[32. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Court to execute Contract Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $500,000 to the Professional Service Agreement with BGE, Inc. for the Hillside Terrace Safety Improvements (IH35 to FM2001) project and authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code, Ch. 262.024(a)(4). JONES/BORCHERDING]
>> 32, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COURT TO EXECUTE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH B.G.E.INC. FOR THE HILLSIDE TERRACE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262 .024 A.4.
>> COMMISSIONER. >> THIS IS A WORK ON HILLSIDE TERRACE, ORIGINALLY WHEN WE DID THE CONTRACT IT WAS FOR TWO LANE WITH SHOULDERS.
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S FIXING TO COME THERE, WE DECIDE THAT HAD WOULD BE UNDERUTILIZED BEFORE WE START SOD THIS IS TO TAKE IT TO A FOUR LANE WITH A MEDIAN
SMART. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
FREE ON THAT FRONT. OPEN ITEMS 2-10 LEAVING OUT
[Items 2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10]
5. >> 2, APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. 3 APPROVE PAYMENTS OF JURY CHECKS. 4 APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTHCARE CLAIMS. 6, APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF THE AUGUST 15, 2021 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,100,000 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 13, 2021, AND POST TOTALS FOR WAGES, WITHHOLDINGS, DEDUCTIONS AND BENEFITS ON HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED.
7, AUTHORIZE ONSITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR FOUR BUILDINGS SERVING A WINERY LOCATED AT 3700 BELL SPRINGS ROAD DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS.
8, AUTHORIZE ONSITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND TWO TINY HOMES LOCATED AT 2529 HUGO ROAD, WOMENBURY, TEXAS.
9, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO BRIGGS EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,245 .61, IN WHICH NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS ISSUED AS REQUIRED PER THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY. 10, ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 HAYS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT 7 AUDIT REPORT PER TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE 775.082.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMISSIONER COMMIT, FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC CAN YOU TELL WHITE HOUSE THE BRIGGS EQUIPMENT ITEM WAS, 1241 .61.
>> IT WAS INCLUDED IN BACKUP BUT IF YOU LOOK, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR REFUSE FACILITIES IN PRECINCT 4.
THAT WAS A SUMMARY REPAIR TO A FORK LIFT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. ACTUALLY THERE WAS AN I-- THEY WERE' COMING OUT TO GIVE A QUOTE ON THE REPAIR.
THEY ENDED UP REPAIRING THE EQUIPMENT WITHOUT --
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THEY WENT RIGHT TO WORK?
>> YES, THEY DID. THAT'S WHY THERE WAS NO
PURCHASE ORDER OBTAINED. >> JUDGE BECERRA: ALTHOUGH I KNOW THINGS ARE IN BACKUP, VERY OFTEN, THE VIEWING PUBLIC DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE, THAT'S WHY I'LL ASK THE QUESTIONS AT THE, THAT ARE SIMPLE, LOW HANGING CLARIFICATION FRUIT. THANK YOU.
[00:40:10]
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE OPEN 11-17.
[Items 11,12,13,14,15,16,17]
>> 11, AUTHORIZE ON SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR FITZ R.V.PARK EAST SYSTEM LOCATED AT 6990 WEST FITZHUGH ROAD IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS, 12 AUTHORIZE ON SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR FITS R.V.PARK WEST SYSTEM LOCATED AT 6990 WEST FITZHUGH ROAD, DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS. 13, AUTHORIZE ONSITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR 2, TWO BEDROOM CABINS LOCATED AT 11391 BONHAM RANCH ROAD IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.
14, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS. 15, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A $1,49 98 PROPOSAL WITH AXON ENTERPRISES INC.
RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF A CRADLEPOINT AND ANTENNA THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DRONE TEAM AND AMENDED THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 16, AUTHORIZE THE JAIL DIVISION TO ADD A CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE FOR THE JAIL SARGENT POSITION SLOT 0620-003 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 16, 2021. 17, AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO UTILIZE SALARY SAVES TOTALING $36,100 FOR NEEDED REPAIRS TO THE L.E.FLEET PATROL VEHICLES AND AMENDMENT THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: WE'VE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR AGENDA ITUM NUMBER 17. PLEASE START THE TIMER FOR MR. DAN LYONS THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA.
I KNOW JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO WE HAD PROBABLY 40 PEOPLE COME THROUGH AND SAY THAT YOU WERE DEFUNDING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. OBVIOUSLY THAT IS NOT TRUE BUT ANYWAY ON THIS ITEM HERE, THEY SAY THEY'VE GOT $26 -- 36,20 IN -- 36,200 AND THEY WANT TO REPAIR FIVE VEHICLES. I CAL DELAYS TO BE -- I LOOKED IN THE BACKUP. IT SAID THEY NEEDED ENGINE REPAIR AND TRANSMISSION REPAIR.
THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT TO MAJOR SURGERY OF A HUMAN BEING. MY QUESTION IS YOU HAVE DOWN IN YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET 30 NEW PATROL VEHICLES FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. YET THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND $7220 A PIECE FOR FIVE DIFFERENT VEHICLES TO REPAIR ENGINS WHEN I'M THINKING IT WOULD BE A LOT SMARTER AND SAFE A LOT MORE MONEY TO JUST GO AHEAD AND AUCTION THESE VEHICLES OFF AS IS, AND MAYBE USE THAT 36,000 TO DEFRAY THE COST OF THE 30 PATROL VEHICLES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO REPAIR OLD VEHICLES LIKE THIS. UNLESS SOMEBODY IS LOOKING AT THEM FOR WHEN THEY'RE AUCTIONED OFF OR IF THEY'LL MAKE A BID KNOW THEY'LL IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.
I CAN'T SEE ANY OTHER REASON THAT ANYBODY WOULD PUT THAT KIND OF MONEY INTO OLD VEHICLES.
I KNOW I CERTAINLY WON'T. I USED TO BE A MECHANIC.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.
Y'ALL SHOULD TURN IT DOWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.
COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: I DON'T
HAVE -- >> I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION ON WHAT YEAR THE VEHICLES R. I WOULD IMAGINE -- I DON'T KNOW IF VICKY CAN HELP ANSWER THIS -- THERE ARE VEHICLES THAT WILL BE KEPT AND UTILIZED IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IF THESE REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE.
>> I DIDN'T GET THE SPECIFICVIN NUMBERS FOR THE VEHICLES THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES HAVE APPROXIMATELY OVER 400 VEHICLES IN THEIR FLEET.
THEY DID GET 20 NEW VEHICLES THIS YEAR, BUT AS Y'ALL HEARD DURING BUDGET WORKSHOPS, THE REQUEST IS TYPICALLY FOR THE DOUBLE OF WHAT THEY'VE GOTTEN IN THE PAST. SO THEY DO HAVE SOME OLDER FLEET IN THEIR ROTATION THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO REPAIR AND
UTILIZE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMENTS.
>> BUNCH THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE ON AN YAL BASIS WHEN YOU LOOK AT NEW VEHICLE ACQUISITIONITION WE HAVE TO
[00:45:02]
KEEP THE VEHICLES RUNNING EVEN NOW I'LL USE PRECINCT 4 THE VEHICLES INCLUDED IN THE BUDGETS LAST YEAR, THOSE VEHICLES BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE MUNICIPALITY AND COUNTY ORDERS THEM AT THE SAME TIME, THE SCHEDULE FOR THE VEHICLES EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR BUDGET WE MAY NOT GET THEM UNTIL APRIL, MAY, JUNE OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.SO WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE FOLKS OUT THERE DOING, ON PATROL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VEHICLE THAT WORKS TODAY.
NOT ONE THAT YOU MAY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE PAID FOR AND HOPE THAT YOU GET IT IN 6-8 MONTHS OPINION THE ONES THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM ON THE ROAD AS BEST WE CAN.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
THE VOTE IS FOR 11-17. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
I'M ASKING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELT, MY BUDGET IS MY DOCUMENT THAT SPEAKS THAT WAY, I WILL HAVE FAITHED AND CONFIDENCE THIS IS A SOUND DECISION FROM THAT DEPARTMENT HEAD AND I VOTE YES. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM
[Items 18,19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]
NUMBER 18 THROUGH 25. >> 18, I AMEND THE SHERIFF'S DRUG FOR FITTURE FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF TACTICAL HEAD SETS FOR THE SWAT TEAM VOLUNTEERED AT $12,951.
19, AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO UTILIZE EQUIPMENT SAVINGS TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT COLLAPSIBLE CRATE VALUED AT 860 FOR THE K.9 DIVISION.
20 AUTHORIZE THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE ONE W. GEN9500 PORTABLE GENERATOR VALUED AT $1,000 FOR THE JUVENILE SKILLED TRADES PROGRAM AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
21, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $705.56 FOR MAINTENANCE ON THE 2018 DODGE CARAVAN WHERE NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS ISSUED AS REQUIRED PER HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY.
22, ACCEPT A $10,000 CONTRIBUTION ON BEHALF OF THE HAYS COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE BOARD AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 23, APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES I.D.C.U./S. U. R. COVID CONTRACT NUMBER H.H.S.00812700024 TO ADD ADDITIONAL NEW ENGLANDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $129,721 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 24, AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION PRECINCT 1 OFFICE TO PURCHASE ONE REPLACEMENT DELL ON THEIPLEX 7090 DESKTOP COMPUTER AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 25, AUTHORIZE THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT 5 OFFICE TO PURCHASE TWO REPLACEMENT DELL LATITUDE 5420 LAPTOPS UTE LIVE THE JUSTICE COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE A EGGS MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
THE PLACE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION, VERY GENEROUS.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: GENEROSITY IS VERY WELL NOTED.
THANK YOU. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM
[26. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a 4-way stop at the intersection of Old Bastrop Highway and Centerpoint Road. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]
NUMBER 26. >> 26, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A 4-WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD BASTROP HIGHWAY AND
CENTERPOINT ROAD. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 26 PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I'M OPENING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. SEEING NO MOVEMENTS I CLOSE
THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> AND THIS, WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH ADDITIONAL HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THIS ROAD, JUDGE.
AND WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AT THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION. WE FEEL THAT MAKING THAT A FOUR WAY STOP WILL MAKE IT MUCH MORE SAFE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE OPEN 27.
>> 27, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO
[27. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a 4-way stop at the intersection of Crosswinds Parkway, Windswept Way and the Amenity Center entrance in Crosswinds subdivision. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]
ESTABLISH A 4-WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF CROSS WINDS PARKWAY WIND SWEPT WAY AND THE AMENTY CENTER[00:50:03]
ENTRANCE IN CROSSWINDS SUBDIVISION.>> JUDGE BECERRA: OPENING THIS ITEM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
I SEE NO MOVEMENTS. I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMISSIONER, ONE MORE TIME. >> THANK YOU, I'LL MAKE A
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
[28. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a "No Thru Traffic" zone in the Meadow Woods subdivision with signage posted on Sunflower Drive (at FM 150) and Meadow Woods Drive (at FM 2770). JONES/BORCHERDING]
COMMISSIONER JONES PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM 28.>> 28, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A NO THROUGH TRAFFIC ZONE IN THE MEADOW WOODS SUBDIVISION WITH SIGNAGE POSTED ON SUNFLOUR DRIVE AT F.M.150 AND MEADOW WOODS DRIVE AT F.M.2770.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: OPENING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM.
PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I SEE NO MOVEMENT.
I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
OPEN 29. >> 29, DISCUSSION AND
[29. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on August 24, 2021 to remove the current stop sign on Tanzanite Circle at Calomel Trail and move it onto Calomel Trail at Tanzanite Circle in Stonefield subdivision. JONES/BORCHERDING]
POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 24, 2020, TO REMOVE THE CURRENT STOP SIGN ON TAN ZANITE CIRCLE AT KAHLO MEHL TRAIL AND MOVE IT ON TO KAHLO MEHL TRAIL AT TAN ZANITE CIRCLE.>> JUDGE BECERRA: WELL WRITTEN ITEM, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE OPEN 30.
[30. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on August 24, 2021 to establish a 20 MPH speed limit on Eastern Road. SHELL/BORCHERDING]
>> 30, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 24, 2021, TO ESTABLISH A 20 P.MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON EASTERN ROAD.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE OPEN 33.
[33. PLN-1706-PC; Hold a Public Hearing with possible action to approve the final plat of the Douglas Estates Subdivision, Lot D-38, Replat. SMITH/MACHACEK]
>> 33, P.L.N.1706 D. H. C. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH A POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLATT OF THE DOUGLAS ESTATES SUBDIVISION LOT D.-38 REPLAT.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: SORRY, GOT TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M OPENING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 33 FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, IF THERE IS ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
I SEE NO MOVEMENT. I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND.
COLBY, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE PUBLIC.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. MY NAME IS COLBY MATCH CZECH. DOUGLAS ESTATES IS IN PRECINCTS 4. THE OWNER WISHES TO DIVIDE LOT D. 38 INTO THREE LOTS ACROSS 10.4 ACRES, WATER SERVICE WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE WALLS AND RAINWATER COLLECTION, WASTE WATER WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE FACILITIES. THIS ITEM HAS FULL STAFF
RECOMMENDATION. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THERE YOU GO. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
OPEN 35. >> 35, P.L.N.-1658-P.C.CALL
[35. PLN-1658-PC; Call for a Public Hearing on August 24th, 2021 to discuss final action regarding the Booky T Subdivision, Lot 1, Replat. SMITH/MACHACEK]
FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 24, 2021, TO DISCUSS FINAL ACTION REGARDING THE BOOKIE T. SUBDIVISION LOT 1>> ACTUALLY -- >> JUDGE BECERRA: CALL FOR
>> THERE YOU ARE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
OPEN 36. >> 36, DISCUSSION AND
[36. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a contract with the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in the amount of $330,000.00 for activities in relation to the Public Health Workforce Grant Program and amend the budget accordingly. BECERRA/T.CRUMLEY]
POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $330,000 FOR ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORK FORCE GRANT PROGRAM AND AMEND THEBUDGETS ACCORDINGLY. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. PLEASE START THE 3 MINUTE
TIMER FOR MR. AMAYA. >> TALKING TO A FRIEND OF MINE THAT USED TO WORK FOR COUNTY.
HE WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE WAY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE OPERATIONS AND DURING OUR DISCUSSION, HE IS TELLING ME ABOUT HOW THE COUNTY SHIFTED ALL THE RESOURCES TO THE HOSPITAL.
THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR AUDITS.
[00:55:02]
I'M WONDERING HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? HOW DO WE KNOW FOR ACCOUNT AND PURPOSES WHO IS KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THIS MONEY? THANK YOU.>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.
MS. CRUMLEY. >> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND
THE COMMENT OR THE QUESTION. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THE COMMENT, IT'S USEFUL TO ADDRESS, IS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO HOSPITALS.
BUT MY CALL YOU WAS NOT TO ANSWER BUT TO SPEAK ON THE
COMMENT, ON THE ITEM. >> OKAY.
SORRY. THIS GRANT IS FOR A NEW PROGRAM WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IT'S, WE CALL IT THE WORK FORCE GRANT.
LET ME GET TO THE ITEM. SORRY.
IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO CREATE A COMMUNITY PROGRAM AND OUTREACH. WE'LL HAVE A PROGRAM MANAGER AND A PROGRAM SPECIALIST OR OUTREACH SPECIALIST THAT CAN GO INTO COMMUNITY AND CREATE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, OUR PRELIMINARY IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD BUILD ON -- WE'VE IMMUNATION MONTHS OR WE HAD ONE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH OR WE WOULD BUILD ON THAT GAND INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND EDUCATE ON DIABETES OR IMMUNATION, THINGS LIKES THAT AND GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND FOCUS ON THAT.
RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH THE STAFF WE HAVE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE TIMES, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THIS PANDEMIC. WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THAT.
THIS GRANT AFFORDS US TO USE MORE OF THE FUNDS FOR MATERIALS AND OUTREACH ITEMS, IF YOU WILL.
WE CAN DO IT ON THE WEEKENDS AND EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY. THEY'RE NOT IN THE OFFICE WORKING 8:00 TO PACK, -- 5:00.
THEY CAN GO OUT DURING THE WEEK NIGHTS AND DO THOSE
ACTIVITIES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, WOLFF. PRE-COVID WHEN WE WOULD HAVE EVENTS ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN I WAS GRATEFUL TO SEE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF SET UP A TABLE AND DO THE VERY OUT REACH YOU YOU ARE DESCRIBING.
I THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING IT AND APPRECIATE THE
BACKUP. >> IT WOULD WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLU SEASON AND ANYTHING THAT IS A HOT TOPIC FOR THE MONTH BUT THOSE ARE THE PRELIMINARY IDEAS IS TO WORK WITH WHATEVER THE AWARENESS
RESPONSIBILITY. >> JUDGE BECERRA: GOES WITHOUT SAYING BUT I HAVE TO ASK THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
PROMOTE VACCINATIONS? >> ABSOLUTELY.
RIGHT NOW THAT WILL BE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS BUT WE NEED TO
TOUCH ON EVERYTHING. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PERFECT.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTION, COMMISSIONERS?
>> I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THAT THE PROGRAM AND THE WORK THAT WILL BE DONE BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS PREVENTIVE TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT AND TO HELP THOSE UNDERSTAND, BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE SITUATIONS ARE AND THESE DISEASES ARE TO HELP THEM BETTER MANAGE THEIR CARE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REACHING OUT TO NUTRITIONISTS. THERE IS A COUPLE OF CLASSES AT THE HOSPITAL THAT OFFER FREE NUTRITION EDUCATION.
JUSTIFY, IF WE CAN'T HELP THEM PROVIDING RESOURCES.
JUST PROVIDING THE INFORMATION.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: FOR ME TO STAY UP TO SPEED AND IN TUNE WITH THAT EFFORT, WILL YOU AS COMMUNICATIONS SEX LATE AND PERCOLATE, WILL YOU COPY MY OFFICE AS WELL?
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> JUDGE BECERRA: NO OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
OPEN NUMBER 37. >> 36, DISCUSSION AND
[37. Discussion and possible action to authorize the acceptance of U.S. Department of the Treasury Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds. BECERRA/T.CRUMLEY]
POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF U.S.DEPARTMENT OF RUSHY CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL
>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND.
I WANT TO GET A JARGON CONSISTENT.
IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN SAY IS AMERICA RECOVERY PLAN MONEY BECAUSE AS WE -- I KNEW IT WAS BUT I'M JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE THEM, I WOULD LIKE TO DO OUR BEST TO
[01:00:02]
KEEP THE SAME JARGON SO NOKES CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. BECAUSE I'M GETTING CALLS FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ASKING FOR MONEY AND DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH OUR BUDGETARY PROTEST, I LIKE TO LET THEM HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLICK ON OUR WEBSITE.CLICK AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 37 AND SEE WHAT TOOK PLACE.
KNOW THIS IS A A.R.P.FUND WE'RE DISCUSSING.
>> I KNOW THE WORD "RESCUE" HAS BEEN USED A LOT TO IDENTIFY THESE FUNDS ALSO. AND NOT RECOVERY.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, COMPLETELY GOOD INTENTIONS BE SHIFTED IN A WAY THAT COULD BE VIEWED WITH SKEPTICISM WHEN THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT.
IF WE KEEP THE SAME JARGON, I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL.
ROLE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE
[39. Discussion and possible action to authorize a Contract Amendment with Wildcat Electric Supply, Co related to IFB 2021-B07 Signal Poles pursuant to Texas Local Government Code, Ch. 262.0305. SHELL/BORCHERDING]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH WILD CAT ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMPANY RELATED TO I.F.B.2021-B.07 SIGNAL POLES PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262
COMMISSIONER. >> THANKS, JUDGE.
I BELIEVE WE'RE AMENDING OUR CONTRACT.
WE'RE TAKING FROM ONE PROJECT AND INCLUDING IT IN HAD THIS PROJECT TO COVER THE INCREASED COSTS OF THE SIGNAL POLES. SO THE AMENDMENT WILL DRESE THE TOTAL CONTRACT BY 9.8% WHICH IS 4166.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE OPEN 40.
>> 40, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE
[40. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a $299,994.17 Proposal with Kofile Technologies related to the preservation of probate case files maintained within the County Clerk's Office. BECERRA/CARDENAS]
THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A $299,994 .17 PROPOSAL WITH KOFILE TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF PROBATE CASE FILES MAINTAINED WITHIN COUNTY>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, THIS IS AN F.Y.21 BUDGET ITEM THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED COMING FROM THE COUNTY CLERK RECORDS,
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
[41. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute Task Order #3 to the Master Interlocal Agreement between Hays County and Texas State University executed on or about August 18, 2020. SHELL/T.CRUMLEY]
PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 41. >> 41, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE TASK ORDER NUMBER 3 TO THE MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY EXECUTED ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 18, 2020.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND,
COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> THIS IS NUMBER 3, I BELIEVE WE DID NUMBER 2 NOT LONG AGO, WE PROBABLY HAVE ONE MORE FOR FISCAL YEAR 21. THESE FUNDS WERE BUDGETED IN 21 FOR GROUNDWATER MODELLING TOOL WHICH IS BROUGHT WORST BLANCO RIVER ACK WHICH HAVER ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINABILITY TRENDS.
SO THE MEADOWS CERTAINTY AT TEXAS STATE WE HAVE A WORSHIP WITH THEM TO HELP WITH THIS PROJECT, AND I BELIEVE THIS TAKES SOME OF THE CONSULTANTS AND PUTS THEM IN THE AGREEMENT THAT ARE WORKING WITH SOUTHWEST RESEARCH IN SAN ANTONIO TO DEVELOP THE SCHOOL.
>> EVER TIME YOU SAY THE ACRONYM OF BRAT WURST IT'S A
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MEADOW CENTER FOR ALL YOU DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE WONDERFUL.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: OPEN NUMBER 42.
[42. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with the City of San Marcos related to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program FY21 Local Solicitation. BECERRA/T.CRUMLEY]
>> NUMBER 42, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE DISCUSSION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS RELATED TO THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM F.Y.21 LOCAL
>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: CURRENTLY WE ARE SITTING, 5 MINUTES UNTIL WORKSHOP SO WE'LL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA
[51. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA]
ITEM NUMBER 51. >> 51 DISCUSSION RELATED TO
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THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS AND COSTS.>> JUDGE BECERRA: EACH WEEK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SENDS MY OFFICE THE REPORT OF OUR JAIL CAPACITY.
AND OUR CURRENT MAXIMUM JAIL CAPACITY IS 410 INMATES.
JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMENDS HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THAT CAPACITY OPEN. THAT LOWERS OUR CAPACITY TO 368. THE JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE WAS 610 AND PEAK WAS 618 ON AUGUST 3 FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 1-THROUGH 7, 2021. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK IS 68,550.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS 164 AND FEMALES REMAINS CONSISTENTLY AT O.
GOOD JOB. THIS WEEK'S INMATES WERE HOUSED IN VARIOUS COUNTIES. THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS RECOMMENDED NO BURN BAN. SO WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO NEXT IS OPEN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS AND THEN WE'LL COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR OUR WORKSHOP AT 11:00. AND THEN IF WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, WE'LL GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO COMPLETE IT, COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, MAKE ANY NECESSARY MOTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN ADJOURN.
JUST TO GIVE UT YOU DID YOU THE HEADS UP.
[EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]
-- WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEMS 45-49.>> 45, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551071 AND 551 .072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDINGED PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE AND OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY HAYS COUNTY LOCATED AT OR NEAR CLOVIS BARKER ROAD SAN MARCOS IN PRECINCT 1.
POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER 46, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUIT TO SECTION 51 .071 AND 51.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND OR VALUE OF RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT OR NEAR WINTERS MILL PARKWAY AT R.M.3237 WIMBERLY IN PRECINCT 3. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.
NUMBER 47, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUIT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE COUNTY'S POWER OF IMMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 0 .0126 ACRES IN FEE SIMPLE AND 0 .0478 ACRES OF PERMANENT UTILITY EASEMENT FROM PROPERTY ALONG COTTON BEGIN ROAD NEAR GO FORTH ROAD OWNED BY FABIAN RAMIREZ, OLGA JAMES, DIANA JASMINE RAMIREZ JAMES AND LORENA RAMIREZ JAMES, AND WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MUCH THE PROPOSED COTTON BEGIN ROAD ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND TAKE OTHER OPEN ACTION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. NUMBER 48, EXECUTIVE SESSION, PURSUIT TO SECTIONS 51 .071 AND 51.072.
OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE COUNTY'S POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE APROVIDE ALSO .222 ACRES IN FEE SIMPLE AND .0256 ACRES FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FROM PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG F.M. 3 3237 AT OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WINTERS MILL PARKWAY, OWNED BY 31872AGE ROAD 12 L.L.C.AND WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSEDDAGE ROAD 3 3237 AND WINTER MILL PARK WAWA
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ROADWAY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION AND TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION.POSSIBLE ACTION TO FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.
NUMBER 49, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551 .071 AND 551.074, OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: DELIBERATION REGARDING EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES OF ALL POSITIONS WITHIN THE HAYS COUNTY BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND COUNTY WIDE OPERATIONS. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: OKAY. WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTE ITCH SESSION. ONE -- EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP AT 11:00 AM.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'LL COMBINE WITH
COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, ITEM 45, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL TO ATTAIN APPRAISAL SERVICES IN RELATION TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT OR NEAR CLOVIS PARKER ROAD SAN MARCOS IN PRECINCT 1 AND TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR TAKING REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE SERVICES FOR THE PROPERTY.
>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
COMMISSIONER SHELL, NUMBER 46.
>> 46, MAKE A MOTION AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND CLARK WILSON MYERS INVESTMENT TRUST RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION MUCH .O 95 ACRES OF RIGHT OF WAY, .02 ACRES IN PRECINCT 3 AS PRESENTED IN THE EXECUTIVE
>> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMISSIONER JONES YOU ARE
MOTION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION OF 0 .126 ACRES OF RIGHT OF WAYANT .0474 ACRES FROM FABIAN RAMIREZ, OLGA JAMES, DIANA JAZZ MINIMUM RAMIREZ, JAMES AND LORENA RAMIREZ JAMES, DECLARING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING SAID PROPERTY IN EASEMENT BY CONDEMNATION FROM THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE COT G.O.P. GIN ROAD ORDERING THAT THE CONDEMNATION PROCEED.
>> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
48, COMMISSIONER. >> MOTION AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF A RES LOSE RELATED TO THE AS WIGS ACE OF .222 ACRES OF RIGHT AWAND OF .523656 FLICKERS DECLARING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING SAID PROPERTY BY CONDEMNATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE INTERSECTION OF WINTERS MILL PARKWAY ORDERING THAT THE
CONDEMNATION PROCEED. >> SECOND.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THAT PUTS US FIVE MINUTES BEHIND ON
[44. 11:00 a.m. - Budget Workshop regarding the FY 2022 Hays County Budget. Possible action may follow. BECERRA]
THE WORKSHOP THAT WE'VE SCHEDULED FOR 11:00 AM.>> NUMBER 44. 11 ACK M.BUDGET WORKSHOP REGARDING THE F.Y.20 2,200Y BUDGET.
POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE OPENED THIS WORKSHOP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND FOR THE VIEWERS.
THE WAY THIS WORKSHOP WILL GO IS IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENTS. THE WORKSHOP BY DEFINITION, BY DESIGN IS A LITTLE BETTER AND MORE SOME BACK AND FORTH VERSUS THE STRUCTURED COURT THAT WE USUALLY RUN.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A FREE FOR ALL.
SO WE'LL STILL HAVE ORDER IN THE PROCESS, BUT THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE BACK AND FORTH WILL BE LOOSENED UP.
SO I YIELD TO THE COMMISSIONERS HOW YOU LIKE
TO PROCEED. >> I KNOW VICKY HANDED US A SCHEDULE AND SO I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSIONERS DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC FIRST BECAUSE YOU ARE MY FIRST FOCUS.
OKAY. VICKY, THE AUDITOR OFFICE I
YIELD TO YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, THIS MORNING WE HAVE THE ALL OF THE POSSIBLES HERE FOR THEIR WORKSHOP. I BELIEVE CONSTABLE ELLEN WILL BE PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE CONSTABLE OFFICES REGARDING THEIR REQUEST FOR SALARY INCREASES
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FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEIR REGRADE AND SALARY INCREASES FOR THEIR JUSTICE CLERK POSITION.THE PACT ET THAT YOU HANDED TO YOU BEGINNING ON PAGE 31 OF THAT PACKET YOU WILL SEE I'VE INCLUDED THE REQUEST FROM THE PERSONNEL SCHEDULE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CONSTABLE OFFICE AS WELL AS THE BACKUP THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITHIN THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUDGET REQUEST.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING REGARDING THEIR SALARY REQUEST INCREASES. ONCE CONSTABLE ELLEN FINISHES HIS PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE EACH INDIVIDUAL CONSTABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONSTABLE 2 WHO IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK WILL ADDRESS THE COURT FOR INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS WITHIN THEIR OFFICE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: OKAY. SO CONSTABLE ELLEN, IF YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
>> ALSO, JUDGE, REMINDER THAT I'M GOING TO BE KEEPING TRACK OF THE FISCAL IMPACT FOR ALL THE REQUESTS AS THEY COME IN. SO THAT WE CAN GO OVER THOSE DURING THE FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP AND PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE 24TH. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU.
>> DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO RUN THE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: WE DO. IF YOU DON'T MIND BECAUSE IT'S USEFUL, FOR ALL THE VIEWING PUBLIC, IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, WE'D
I AM ATE CONSTABLE OF PRECINCT 5.
GOOD MORNING, COURT. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG DAY FOR YOU GUYS. I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO TO, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE LATE TO A MEETING, I KNOW I'M NOT, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS THE GUY WHO WAS LATE TO A MEETING. YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS THE GUY WHO BROUGHT DONUTS. AND I KNOW I'M NOT LATE.
BUT I FIGURED IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY FOR YOU AND BY THE TIMES I GET THROUGH WITH THIS, I WOULD HAVE YOU REMEMBER ME AS THE GUY WHO BROUGHT DONUTS.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.
I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU ARE FOLLOWING A WONDERFUL STEREOTYPE.
THANK YOU. >> I'M SURPRISED THERE ARE
SOME STILL LEFT. >> I HOPE YOU APPRECIATED
ABUSE I TOOK -- >> THAT IS GOING TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE DONUT YOU'VE EVER EATEN.
>> THE HOLES IN THE MIDDLE ARE WHERE ALL THE CALORIES CAME OUT. YOU GOT THE WRONG ONE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: NOW YOU CAN EAT.
>> THERE IT IS. I KNEW THE JUDGES WOULD BE UPSET IF I DIDN'T DO SOMETHING THAT WAS SNAZZY.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: BEAUTIFUL. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND, I MEAN -- I KNOW YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTABLES FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND I'LL GET PRECINCT 5 PART OUT OF WAIT THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THAT. THERE WE GO.
SO THE, THERE IS PART OF THE CAPITAL I WANT TO HAVE YOU PUT THE PICKUP LEASE IN THERE.
I KNOW IT'S IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE BUDGET BUT I FOUND IT TO BE LESS CONFUSING.
WE REQUESTED A NEW F. 150 PICKUP TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE. IT SHOULD HAVE AROUND I THINK 120,000 MILES. BY TIME WE GET A NEW ONE, IT WILL BE UPWARDS TO 150. ALONG THAT THE EQUIPMENT FOR $14,000. RADIOFOR $4,000.
THEN UNDER THAT IS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PICKUP BUT 700 FOR LIGHTS FOR THE RIFLES.
WE DON'T WORK AT NIGHT MUCH BUT WE DO WORK IN DARK PLACES ON OCCASION. THEN THE BOTTOM ONE IS A STATIONERY HAND HELD RADAR. SO WHEN THE JUDGE DID HIS BUDGET, HE -- I THINK THE ZERO SKI KEY GOT STUCK, THAT IS OKAY. THAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. BUT I KNOW HE MEANT TO PUT THOSE IN THERE AND THE NUMBERS GOT ERAISED.
BASICALLY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS WE PUT IN THE 28,759.
I DON'T KNOW THOSE NUMBERS WILL MATCH EXACTLY WHAT VIGY
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HAD BECAUSE OF THE WAY I SET IT UP.BUT IT GETS YOU IN THE BALLPARK.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR PRECINCT 5.
IF YOU JOT DOWN THE 28,7. WE CAN MOVE ON.
SO THE NEXT, FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE JUSTICE CLERK REGRADE TITLE SALARY MODIFICATION.
WE MET FAIRLY EXTENSIVELY WITH SHERRY IN H.R.TO POINT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO MEET WITH US ANY MORE.
BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT OUR JUSTICE CLERKS BE REGRADED FROM A 108 TO A 110 AND TO CHANGE THE TITLE FROM JUSTICE CLERK TO JUSTICE ADMINISTRATOR.
BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE FARTHER IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE SIX JUSTICE CLERKS IN FIVE PRECINCTS. PRECINCT 1 BECAUSE OF THEIR VOLUME OBVIOUSLY HAS TWO CLERKS.
ONE IS GOING TO REMAIN AT A 108.
ONE WILL BE MOVED UP TO 110. THE SALARY PART I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE. JUSTICE CLARK ADMINISTRATOR, THAT WAS THE TITLE CHANGE. THAT WAS' ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT H.R.CAME UP WITH. THEY FELT LIKE IT WOULD PROBABLY MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DO, AND THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR 12% SALARY INCREASE FOR THEM TO GET THEM CLOSER TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE ANYWAY BASED ON WHAT THEY DO AND THAT IS IN ADDITION TO ANY INCREASE THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT GIVE ACROSS THE BOARD.
WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE CURRENT JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH WE MADE A LIST, AND I'LL GET YOU PRETTY QUICK. THE HAYS COUNTY JOB CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND THE CURRENT MARKETS ANALYSIS.
SO THE NUMBERS WE HAVE SALARYWISE WE GOT FROM H.R.
THEY MAY NOT MATCH EXACTLY. SHE, THEY WEREN'T QUITE FINISHED SO THEY MAY BE A LITTLE HIGHER, MAYBE A LITTLE LOWER BUT THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE BALLPARK.
OUR HOPE IS THAT IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE, THIS WILL ESTABLISH AN INTERNAL EQUITY AMONG OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WHO HAVE, WHO DO SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. ALSO, WE LOOKED AT THE EXTERNAL EQUITY IN THE COUNTIES THAT ARE ON, EXCUSE ME, ON MARKET ANALYSIS AND TRIED TO GET THEM PRETTY EVEN WITH WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
HERE, THIS CHART SHOWS YOU WHERE EVERYBODY SITS RIGHT NOW. IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THEIR SALARIES RANGE ANYWHERE FROM $28,7 UP TO $40,667.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PRECINCT 3 IS BRINGING THAT AVERAGE
I DON'T. , HOW SHE CAME IN AT THAT LOW AREA. SHE WILL COME IN, IF THE REGRADE SHE IS THE ONE THAT WILL GET AN AUTOMATIC RACE BECAUSE OF THE REGRADE. EVERYBODY ELSE, IT WON'T REALLY CHANGE THEIR SALARY MOVING THEM FROM A 108 TO A 110 BUT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET HER UP IN A POSITION CLOSER TO WHERE EVERYBODY IS.
THAT WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT. IF YOU LOOK THE CURRENT SALARY, AT THE CURRENT SALARIES THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 34,4. AND THIS NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE PROPOSED SALARIES. AND THAT IS WITH EVERYBODY GOING TO 110 EXPECT ONE PERSON STAYS AT 108.
BUT THERE IS STILL 12% RAISE ON THE ONE THAT STAYS AT A 108. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE, THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT TO START AT 34,146 UP TO 39,-- I'M SORRY 45,574. IF YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE, THE AVERAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN 39,000, BUT TODAY ONLY, SPECIAL FOR YOU, THE LOW LOW PRICE OF 38,99.
YOU MAY WANT TO JUMP ON IT. IT MAY NOT BE THERE FOREVER.
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I DO HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE LOOKING AT THAT.IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DECISION.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: I LOVE IT. 108 ON PRECINCT 1.
CAN YOU SPEAK -- I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR PRECINCT BUT DO YOU KNOW OR MIGHT KNOW WHY YOU ARE LEAVING THAT AT 108, NOT
110? >> PART OF THE REASON, AND, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IN CONSTABLE PETERSON'S OFFICE IT SETS UP A HIERARCHY OF HAVING THE 110 CONSPIRE THE 108 -- CONSPIRE SUPERVISE THE 108.
THAT SETS UP THE ABILITY OF OUR OFFICES TO DO THAT DOWN THE ROAD SHOULD IT EVER BECOME NECESSARY, WHICH I
DOUBT BUT IT'S THERE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: SHE IS MORE OF AN ASSISTANT CLERK, RIGHT?
[INAUDIBLE] >> JUDGE BECERRA: YOUR 11/WOULD HAVE MORE -- YOUR 110 WOULD HAVE MORE RESPONSIBLE. [INAUDIBLE]
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, CONSTABLE.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE AVERAGE INCREASE, THE AVERAGE INCREASE FOR EACH OF THESE PEOPLE WILL BE ABOUT $3700 ANNUALLY OR $309 A MONTH.
IT'S NOT A LIFE-CHANGING AMOUNT.
IT'S NOT LIFE-CHANGING BUT I THINK IT DOES SIGNAL THEIR VALUE TO THE COUNTY AND TO OUR OFFICES IN PARTICULAR OBVIOUSLY. THIS IS, THIS IS VICKY'S NUMBERS. SO THESE YOU CAN AT LEAST COUNT ON. I DIDN'T ADD THEM UP.
SO IT SHOWS IN PRECINCT 1, INCREASE OF 9739.
ALL WAIT DOWN. SO THE TOTAL BUDGET IMPACT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 30,202. IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR SEVERAL YEARS GETTING THESE PEOPLE UP WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. THIS IS A LIST, I KNOW YOU
CAN'T READ THAT. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE A
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YEAH. >> MAYBE YOU CAN THEN.
I PRINTED THESE OUT FOR YOU. SO ALSO, EXCUSE ME, H.R.ASKED US TO PUT TOGETHER A NEW LIST OF DUTIES AND ALSO A JOB DESCRIPTION. SO I PUT BOTH OF THOSE IN HERE FOR YOU, I THINK. THERE IT IS.
OKAY. I PUT THOSE OF THOSE IN THERE FOR YOU. BEAR IN MIND THE JOB DESCRIPTION HAS NOT BEEN O.K.ED, IT'S NOT THE FINAL DRAFT FROM H.R. THEY HAVE IT.
THEY HAVE SEEN IT. THEY KNOW IT EXISTS SO LET ME BREAK AND GIVE YOU THESE RIGHT QUICK.
THAT GAVE YOU -- I WON'T CALL IT AN EXHALT -- EXHAUSTIVE LIST BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THEY DO AND TO CLOSE ON THIS, THIS SUBJECT, WE ALL UNDERSTAND IN WORKING WITH YOU GUYS HOW HEAVILY YOU RELY ON YOUR STAFF, YOUR OFFICE STAFF, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE. YOU REALIZE WHAT THEY DO FOR YOU, HOW HARD THEY WORK. IT'S THE SAME EXACT THING IN OUR OFFICE. ALL WE'RE ASKING IS, IS TO GET THESE PEOPLE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
LET THEM KNOW WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK.
AND THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR OFFICES JUST LIKE WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT THEM. LIKE I KNOW AT LEAST YOU WON'T WANT TO. I THINK THAT, UNLESS THERE IS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THAT IS ABOUT
ALL I HAVE FOR THAT PART. >> JUDGE BECERRA: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CONSTABLE? OKAY.
>> I CAN MOVE ON TO THE CONSTABLE SALARY MODIFICATION. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT WE, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT PART OF C.B.A.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, TELL THEM WHAT THAT STANDS FOR?
>> COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THE, AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
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OFFICIALS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF I BELIEVE THE FIVE CONSTABLES AND THE SHERIFFS BUT ALL OF OUR DEPUTIES ARE UNDER IT AND THE RATE STRUCTURE UNDER THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ALSO. SO AGAIN I GUESS FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING THERE IS MORE THAN ONE MARKET ANALYSIS. THERE IS I BELIEVE A MARKET ANALYSIS FOR EMPLOYEES. THERE IS A DIFFERENT ONE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THERE IS AT LEAST A THIRD ONE FOR THE C.B.A.COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT IS THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT COUNTY REPRESENTED IN EACH ONE.
SOME HAVE OVERLAP. SOME COUNTIES ARE IN BOTH IF NOT ALL BUT SOME AREN'T. SO OUR CONTENTION IS THAT OUR SALARIES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE C.B.A.FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE FACT IS THAT'S THE MANNER IN WHICH WE BECAME EMPLOYED IN OUR PRESENT POSITION, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'RE POLICE OFFICERS.
WE'RE WORKING CONSTABLES. YOU SEE EVERYBODY IN HERE IN UNIFORM. WE'RE WORKING ON HIM.
BUT WE'RE ALL POLICE OFFICERS.
WE'RE THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF OUR OFFICE. THAT IS JUST WHAT WE DO.
AND THEN BASED ON WHERE WE WOULD FALL IN THE C.B.A.MARKET ANALYSIS, WE'RE ASKING THAT OUR SALARIES BE INCREASED FROM 77,7 -- I THINK THERE IS A 7 MISSING OUT OF THERE TO 95,07. LIKE THE DEAL IRGAVE YOU ON THE OTHER. IF YOU WANT TO ROUND IT DOWN TO 95. THAT IS FINE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: NOW WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE GONE. SO WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT HERE AND AGAIN WE MET EXTENSIVELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY, SHERRY WILL TELL YOU, WITH H.R.TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT NUMBERS TO MAKE SURE WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THE NUMBERS I GIVE YOU PROBABLY WON'T MATCH HER EXACTLY EITHER BECAUSE SHE DEFINITELY WAS NOT FINISHED.
THIS IS WHERE WE GOT THE NUMBERS, BUT THEY STILL HAD THERE MAY BE SOMED A JUST -- SOMED A JUST THERE.
WE FEEL LIKE THE C.B.A.IS MORE REFLECTIVELY OF THE CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT MARKET WHICH INCLUDES THE CONSTABLE AND THE SHERIFF FOR THIS MATTER BUT I'M SURE HE CAN ARGUE ABOUT HIS. THE SALARIES WOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH HAYS COUNTY COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW WE TRY TO STAY IN THE MIDDLISH OF THE MARKET GIVE OR TAKE.
AND THEN OUR SALARIES WILL BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER HAYS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I'LL EXPLAIN THAT AND GET INTO THAT A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD, NOT TOO FAR. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE ALL DAY. THE WUHL WOULD BE THAT -- RESULT WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD ESTABLISH INTERNAL EQUITY AMONG POSITIONS THAT ARE IN HAYS COUNTY MARKET SURVEY, THE C.B.A.POSITION AND IT WOULD POSITION US SIXTH OUT OF 9 COUNTIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT MARKET ANALYSIS. THIS IS THE CURRENT C.B.A.MARKET SOURCE NUMBERS. IF YOU LOOK DOWN THERE AT NUMBER 7, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE POSITIONED RIGHT NOW.
7TH OUT OF 9. AGAIN THIS IS C.B.A.
NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU BURCH US UP -- BUMP US UP ONE SPOT WHICH WOULD PUT US NUMBER 6 OUT MUCH 9 WHICH IS STILL BELOW, MIDDLE BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE GREEDY. AND SO BY DOING THAT, THE BUDGET IMPACT IS 89,965. NOT 90 BUT 89,9650L5.
I'M FULL OF DEALS. I MEAN THIS IS THE TIME.
I MENTIONED EARLIER OH, ABOUT BEING COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE COUNTY.
THIS IS, I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN THIS, YOU PROBABLY HAVE IT BUT THIS IS THE CURRENT C.B.A.SCALE.
THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
IF YOU LOOK AT FOR THE LEFT SIDE IS THE M.B.S.
IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER 11, M.B.S.11, THAT IS BASICALLY
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AN 11-YEAR OR I GET TECHNICALLY IT WOULD BE A 12-YEAR OFFICER. THINK TOP OUT AT 80,000.>> JUDGE BECERRA: TELL THE VIEWING PUBLIC WHEN
M.P.S.STANDS OFF? >> I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO
>> WHAT IS IT? >> JUDGE BECERRA: MERIT
I LEARNED SOMETHING. JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPUTY.
IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE PAGE AT THE CONSTABLE DEPUTY OR DEPUTY CONSTABLE THEY TOP OUT AT 67, SORRY, 76,2, THE REASON IS JUST THE FACT THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WORK FROM A HOURS. THEY ARE I BELIEVE THEIR HOURLY RATE IS THE SAME. THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCE. YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS THE GREEN AND SEE WHERE EVERYBODY TOPS OUT.
A LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPTAINS TOPS OUT AT 113,6.
>> BUT IF YOU GO BACK UP TO THE TOP AND LOOK AT THE M.B.S.0. THAT IS A BRAND NEW PERSON COMING INTO A SARGENT SLOT WHICH I ASSUME IS WHERE THEY WOULD START THEM. THEY START A LAW ENFORCEMENT SARGENT STARTS AT 78,296. LIEUTENANT AT 86: BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO POINT OUT HERE IS FIRST OFF, WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR OFFICES WHOSE SALARIES ARE HIGHER THAN OURS ARE. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS IF YOU LOOK AT, WE CAN USE THE DEPUTY CONSTABLES AS AN EXAMPLE. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THEIR SOFT PAY. THEIR SOFT PAY CAN RUN FROM 3 TO 4,000, 3ISH PROBABLY. SO THAT PUTS THEM FAIRLY WELL AHEAD. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THE EXAMPLE I USED IN OTHER DISCUSSIONS IS I COULD HIRE A BRAND NEW RECRUIT FRESH OUT OF SCHOOL WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHICH END OF THE CAR KEY IS THE DANGEROUS END.
AND 11 YEARS LATER, THIS PERSON WHO WORKS FOR ME WORKS UNDER ME WHO I SUPERVISE WHO I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR WILL HAVE A HIGHER SALARY THAN I DO.
THAT, IT HAS -- IT SOUNDS SELFISH AND DON'T MEAN TO SOUND THAT WAY. WE'RE HAPPY THEY'RE MAKING WHAT THEY'RE MAKING BUT IN COMPARISON YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AN 11-YEAR OFFICER, LINE OFFICER VERSUS A 44-YEAR VETERAN CONSTABLE. I'VE GOT 44 YEARS CONSTABLEHOOD HAS 44 YEARS. 38, CONSTABLE PETER HAS OVER 30. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE THE PERSPECTIVE THERE, AND WHAT YOU ARE BUYING.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT I THINK IT STARTS THIS YEAR BUT NEXT YEAR I BELIEVE IS THE TIME PROBABLY INCREASE AGAIN MOST LIKELY.
NOBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH, BUT SO THOSE WILL, ALL THOSE NUMBERS WILL MOVE UP. SO THAT IS KIND OF -- AGAIN THAT IS REALLY JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE.
BUT -- SO I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FOR 3.
WHILE YOU ARE CONSIDERING THIS, I MADE YOU A COPY SO YOU'LL HAVE ALL THESE NUMBERS.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSTABLE?
>> YES, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE AND I REMEMBER LAST YEAR, YOUR SPECIFIC BUDGET, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS INITIALLY A VEHICLE IN THE BUDGET AND IT WAS TAKEN OUT. WE TALKED ABOUT TAKING IT OUGHT LAST YEAR. I REMEMBER.
SO THAT SOUNDS SOUNDS REASONABLE.
I WOULD SAY THAT Y'ALL KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF CONSTABLES' OFFICES AND EACH ONE OF Y'ALL'S OFFICES INDIVIDUALLY.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE -- I'VE DISCUSSED WITH THIS CONSTABLE HOOD. I DO HAVE SOME ISSUE WITH THE -- I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE, IF YOU WILL REMEMBER LAST YEAR I AM THE ONE THAT REQUESTED H.R.TAKE A LOOK AT
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THE JUSTICE CLERKS AND TRY TO REDEFINE THE PASSION BECAUSE THEY'RE UNIQUE AND THE TERM JUSTICE CLERK IN YOUR DIFFERENT IS JUSTICE CLERK IN THE J.P.'S OFFICES.I'M GLAD THEY'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF REEVALUATING THOSE POSITIONS.
JUST AS I WAS LAST YEAR. ON THE CONSTABLE SALARY SIDE, DO I HAVE, I DO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE SOME HEART BURN OVER IT AND THE REASON DO I FROM A PERSONAL BASIS, WHILE I APPRECIATE YOWL'S ANALOGY ABOUT THE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU WILL HAVE, WE'RE ALSO ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN OUR COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE LOCATED OFFICIALS AND Y'ALL THAT HAVE THAT 44 YEARS OF SERVICE OR THAT 30 YEARS OF SERVICE BUT TOMORROW OR IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR WE COULD HAVE HAD SOMEONE IN THE JOB WHO HAD NO SERVICE OR ONE YEAR SERVICE.
WHENEVER WE SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINED THAT WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE PUBLIC OFFICE, IT'S, I MEAN I KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR THE JOB. ME PERSONALLY I TOOK HARD HIT TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S STILL A GREAT INCOME. AND I NEVER INTERVIEWED FOR A JOB THAT I DIDN'T ASK WHAT IT WAS GOING TO PAY BEFORE I DID IT AND INTERFOUR YEARS WE GET TO INTERVIEW.
AND I FEEL LIKE LITERALLY YOU GOT DONE WITH YEAR INTERVIEW AND YOU GOT THE JOB.
YOU ARE ALL UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR, WHEN YOU SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE WE KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT.
IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME, I MAY BE ABLE TO GET OVER IT.
I'M TELLING YOU BUT FOR ME, THAT IS A CONSIDERATION FOR ME. BECAUSE WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, YOU WERE ALL UP FOR ELECTED OFFICE.
YOU KNEW WHEN THE JOB PAID WHEN YOU SIGNED UP FOR T.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HONEST WITH Y'ALL AND I'VE ALWAYS TOLD Y'ALL WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THINGS.
THIS IS JUST ONE WHERE I'M HAVING A HARDER TIME WITH
IT. >> I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE, AND I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO THINK THAT THAT VERY THING WAS NOT SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED A NAUSEUM BECAUSE WE DID. THIS, WE JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DID KNOW THAT. AND I'M, LIKE YOU, I NEVER TOOK A JOB WHERE I DIDN'T FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT PAID OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE WE HAVE BILLS TO PAY LIKE EVERYBODY, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EVER TOOK A JOB, I KNOW WHEN I STARTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN 1977, I WAS GOING TO SAY 1901, BUT 1977, I GROSSED $864 A MONTH.
GRANTED $864 A MONTH WENT A LOT FARTHER THAN IT DOES NOW BUT FACT I DIDN'T TAKE THE JOB WITH THE EXEMPTATION OF MAKING $864 FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE AND I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED AS MOST OF US IN HERE FOR THAT NOT TO BE THE CASE. SO WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT GREAT LENGTH. WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE THE IMPRESSION AND THE, THAT IT'S GREED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT. THIS, THESE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON HAYS COUNTY'S MARKET ANALYSIS.
WHERE WE POSITIONED OURSELVES IS BASED ON HAYS COUNTY SALARY PHILOSOPHY. SO THAT IS WHERE IT CAME FROM. THAT DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING EITHER. WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND IT AND APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: MY ONLY CONTRIBUTION WHICH WE HAD IN MY OFFICE, I STILL SEE IT, THE ORIGINALS WAY ON YOUR PRESENTATIONS, FOR YOUR COMPARISONS, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO HIT THEM ON THE POPULATION BASE SO THAT IT'S A MORE -- ACCURATE REPRESENTATION BECAUSE ON THE LIST, I BELIEVE EVERYONE THAT IS GETTING PAID MORE IS ALSO IN A MUCH LARGER COUNTY.
SO THAT WAS THE ONLY SUGGESTION I WOULD MAKE IN SHARING WITH COMMUNITY AND WITH OTHERS IS COMPARABLE BUT IT'S A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
MY FINGER GOT STUCK ON 0 ON A LOT OF THINGS.
>> I SAW THAT. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THAT WAS FUNNY HOW YOU PUT IT BECAUSE IT'S TRUE AND IT WAS VERY TOUGH FOR ME TO DO. AND BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT NO DEPARTMENT WAS SINGLED OUT IN MY INITIAL PRESENTATION. AND I VALUE YOUR WORK
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GREATLY. , AND PUTTING SOME ZEROS INTO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, MY BIGGEST HOPE IS THAT NO ONE MISINTERPRETS OR MISUNDERSTANDS MY INTENT OR MY PASSION FOR THE PEOPLE.>> OH, ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND ACE TOLD YOU IN THE MEETING, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT NOW. I SAW THE REST OF THE BUDGET. LET ME JUST, IF YOU DON'T
MIND -- >> JUDGE BECERRA: SURE.
>> -- POINT OUT TWO THINGS. I GET -- AS I TOLD YOU THEN I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO POPULATION.
ALTHOUGH THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE COUNTY SETS SALARIES OBVIOUSLY AND YOU KNOW THAT, BUT THE THING I SENT YOU, I DON'T GUESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS SEEN THAT.
BUT I PUT TOGETHER SOME NUMBERS FOR YOU AND WE AGREED TO DO IT BETWEEN 250 AND 300.
THAT IS FAIRLY REPRESENTATIVE OF PROBABLY WHERE WE ARE. THE AVERAGE SALARY THERE IS 84,765. SO EVEN AT THAT, EVEN IF WE WERE TO USE THAT SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE STILL WAY BEHIND THE MARK. I SUSPECT -- I'M SORRY I DIDN'T BRING IT BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ELECTED OFFICIAL MARKET THAT WE HAVE, I THINK WE SHOULD BE AROUND 84,85ISH ANYWAY. AGAIN IF WE WERE CONSISTENT
WITH OUR PAYMENT PHILOSOPHY. >> JUDGE BECERRA: I PERSONALLY FIND THAT PIECE THAT YOU TOOK EXTRA TIME TO DO EVER MORE RELEVANT IN THE PICTURE PAINTING BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF WORK LOADS AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS -- I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT ADD TO THE KALEIDOSCOPE. THANK YOU FOR THAT, CONSTABLE. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSTABLE OR QUESTIONS?
>> I WANTED TO THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR IS YOU, CONSTABLE FOR MAKING THE PRESENTATIONS.
I KNOW WE'LL HEAR FROM OTHERS, BUT I DO ALSO HAVE CONCERNS AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED, AND I HAVE HOPED THAT SHERRY MILLER WAS GOING TO HAVE SOME NUMBERS FOR US REGARDING ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARIES.
I KNOW WE HAVE LOOKS AT THOSE IN THE PAST, AND VICE PRESIDENT IMPLEMENTED AS WE HAD -- HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED AS WE HAD HOPED BUT IT'S SOMETHING OF INTEREST THAT I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT AS SHE COMES OUT WITH THE NUMBERS,
THANK YOU. >> ON THE WAY OUT, I WANT TO THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I REALLY DO, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FROM ALL THE CONSTABLES, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN HERE, WE'VE NEVER EVER ONE TIME DOUBTED YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR OFFICERS AND FOR OUR EFFORTS. I'M BEEN TO A LOT OF COP STABLE COOLS AND TRUST ME WHAT I TELL YOU YOU WON'T HEAR THAT FROM ANYBODY. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AND WE KNOW WE ARE IN A LOT OF WAYS.
HAVING YOU IN OUR CORNER AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE US IS WAY UP ON THE LIST. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO ALL THE CONSTABLES FOR BEING
>> JUDGE BECERRA: VICKY. >> I THINK THE REST OF THE CONSTABLES CAN COME UP AS THEY HAVE THEIR
PRESENTATIONS READY. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE,
>> A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION.
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TODAY. >> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> LAST YEAR I WAS SWORN N. I APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE THE COURT HAS BEEN APPOINTED AND CONSTITUENTS OF ELECTING ME. I'VE THREE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING.
TWO, ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
I'M NOT REAL CLEAR ON HOW THAT WILL WORK, BUT, I NOTICED AS FAR AS THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS I ASKED FOR TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, ONE TO DEDICATE SPECIFICALLY TO TRAFFIC AND AN ADDITIONAL CIVIL ONE DEDICATED OFFICER BUT I NOTICED ON YOUR NOTES YOU INDICATED YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE CENSUS TO BE DETERMINED BY CENSUS; THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DONE SOON OR DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE
CENSUS -- >> WHEN I CREATE THAT HAD ITEM, I WAS TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR YOUR OFFICERS.
NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE LINES WILL BE REDRAWN, I WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT CONSTABLES, ALL FIVE OF YOU, TO SAY, WELL
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THIS IS MY NEW FOOTPRINT AND HAVE A FRESH UP DATED ASK.ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR NEW FOOTPRINT WILL BE BECAUSE OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND AND I KNOW WIMBERLY HAS A VERY UNIQUE FOOTPRINT WITH ITS NEEDS AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS, BUT THINKING OF THE REST OF THE COUNTY, I KNOW WIMBERLY ALONE ISN'T JUST YOUR PRECINCT, BUT IMAGINE A PART OF A PRECINCT THAT IS WHY YOU ARE ASKING FOR A TRAFFIC PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT ENTIRE SECTION HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM YOUR PRECINCT.
SO I DON'T THINK AT THAT TIME YOU WOULD BE REQUIRING, REQUESTING, NEEDING THAT POSITION.
THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANOTHER OFFICE. SO WHAT I DID WAS I PUT SOME EFFORT TO THE SIDE INTO A POOL THAT WOULD ONCE IT SETTLES DOWN AND THE MAPS ARE DRAWN, THEN WE CAN PULL FROM THERE BECAUSE MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW IT'S AVAILABLE.
I'VE MADE IT AVAILABLE IN MY BUDGET.
BUT I JUST FELT BECAUSE WE ARE REDISTRICTING AND THE LINES WILL BE REDRAWN, YOURS INCLUDED, THAT WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THAT IS DONE. FOR THE DATE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, I DON'T HAVE A SPOT ON IT PERSONALLY.
>> THAT'S FINE. MY APOLOGIES TO THOSE, MY NAME IS DON MONTAGUE, I'M THE CONSTABLE OF PRECINCT 3 IN WIMBERLY, TEXAS. SECONDLY, JUDGE AND COURT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THREE REPLACEMENTS VEHICLES. IN TALKING WITH VICKY WE DIDN'T GET A COMPLETE PACKAGE TO HERE THAT SHE NEEDED. HOWEVER, THE NEXT TIME WE MEET YOU WILL HAVE THAT. BUT THESE THREE VEHICLES WILL BE REPLACEMENT OF 2012, 2014 AND AND A 2015 VEHICLE THAT ARE BEING DRIVEN TODAY BUT WITH ISSUES.
THAT IS WHAT THAT IS ABOUT. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE ONBOARD COMPUTERS. SURFACE PRO, SOMETHING I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH AND WHAT WE'VE ASKED ARE DELL RUGGED TOUGH BOOKS. WHEN I RETIRE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THERE WAS A TOUGH BOOK IN EVERY PATROL CAR THAT WE HAD. AND LITTLE BIT OF THE DIFFERENCES, I GOT THIS STRAIGHT FROM THE OFFICERS, THE ISSUES WE HAVE HE WITH THE SURFACE PROS WAS THEY HAVE COME INTO AN OFFICE TO DO -- [INAUDIBLE] THESE VEHICLES RUN 10 HOURS A DAY BECAUSE THE SCREENS ON THE SURFACE PROS MELT.
WE HAVE HE TO HAVE THEM REPLACED.
THIS IS ALSO A COMPUTER YOU CANNOT JUST JERK OUT OF THE AUTOMOBILE. AND TAKE IT INSIDE THE OFFICE AND WORK OFF OF IT OR WORK ON THE SCENE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HOLD A CHARGE. IT HAS TO HAVE A WIRE THAT GOES WITH IT WHERE IN FACT THE TOUGH BOOKS DO HOLD THE CHARGE. WHEN YOU LOG ON IN THE MORNING AND YOU GOT TO GET TO OTHER PROCESSES IT TAKES ABOUT 20-25 MINUTES TO GET THAT DONE.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH A TOUGH BOOK.
SO THAT IS JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW.
I DO ADMIT THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SURFACE PRO, BUT I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH IT. IN RECAP, WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO, WE'D LIKE TO REQUEST TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, THREE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES THEN REPLACE THE SURFACE PRO WITH THE DELL TOUGH BOOKS. I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND
EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, CONSTABLE. I WILL SAY IN LOOKING AT THAT LINE ITEM, FOR THE TOUGH BOOKS, MY GOAL WAS TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT CLEAR THE NAME SAYS IT ALL, SURFACE PROS ARE NOT AS TOUGH AS THE TOUGH BOOK, MY BIGGEST HOPE WAS TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH SUPPORT AS POSSIBLE AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT A DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR. >> I WAS -- AMOUNT, I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A LOT MORE TECHNOLOGY ALTHOUGH NOT AS TOUGH BUT A LOT MORE TECHNOLOGY IN MORE DEPUTIES HANDS THE WAY I DID IT VERSUS YOUR, BECAUSE WE DID LOOK AT THE OPTION OF OKAY, IF I WANT TO KEEP A DOLLAR AMOUNT, THEN YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE ONE SURFACE PRO, I MEAN ONE TOUGH BOOK, THAT TONIGHT MAKE SENSE EITHER.
I WAS TRYING TO JUST GIVE YOU THE BEST WAY I COULD, GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEEDED. THAT'S WHY I DID THE SURFACE
PRO BUDGET THIS GO AROUND. >> I APPRECIATE THAT.
THE COST OF 956 MORE FOR A TOUGH BOOK AS IT RELATES TO SURFACE PRO IS JUST SOMETHING THAT IS, IT IS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO COMPUTERS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MONEY IS JUST NOT EVEN COME OPERABLE. I APPRECIATE -- COMOPERABLE.
THANKS AGAIN, DO YOU EVER ANY QUESTIONS.
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>> JUDGE BECERRA: LET'S FIND OUT.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, FOLKS.
>> THANK YOU. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WHO WOULD
LIKE TO GO NEXT? >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING, JUDGE.
I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE UP FRONT.
I HAVE A LITTLE ALLERGY GOING ON SO I HAVE A FROG IN MY THROAT. I'LL BE WORKING WITH THAT.
CONSTABLE ALLEN, I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THE PRESENTATION REGARDING RECLASSIFICATION AN THE CONSTABLE SALARY, I THINK DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THAT. SO I'M NOT GOING TO DWELL ON THOSE ISSUES. I'M GOING TO MOVE SPECIFICALLY TO OTHER ISSUES FOR MY OFFICE.
THAT INVOLVES EQUIPMENT FOR MY OFFICE TO DO ITS JOB.
SPECIFICALLY I'M LOOKING FOR A NEW VEHICLE FOR ONE OF MY OFFICERS. LAST YEAR THIS COURT APPROVED THE POSITION FOR A NEW MOTOR OFFICER FOR MY OFFICE. I ALSO PROVIDED A MOTORCYCLE FOR THE POSITION. SO I HAVE A NEW MOTOR OFFICER WHO HAS A FOLK ARE MOTORCYCLE BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE IF YOU WILL A FOUR-WHEEL S.U.V. TYPE VEHICLE. ON DAYS THAT THE WEATHER IS RAINING OR IF IT'S TOO COLD OR IF IT'S SNOW OR ICE ON THE ROAD, HE IS USING OUR RESERVE VEHICLE.
WHICH IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I'LL BE DISCUSSING HERE TO REPLACE HIS. BUT WHEN IT'S, HE IS UTILIZING THAT VEHICLE PUTTING ADDITIONAL MILEAGE ON IT. SO I NEED A NEW VEHICLE FOR THE NEW OFFICER'S POSITION FOR MY OFFICE.
THE OTHER ITEM I'M ASKING FOR IS A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE, INFORM A 2009 DODGE DUR ANDO, I'VE BEEN BEFORE THE COURT THREE YEARS IN A ROW REQUESTING THAT IT BE REPLACED. AS I SAID IT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED BY THE MOTOR OFFICER, IT HAS ALMOST -- WELL, THE ODOMETER SAYS IT HAS 159,000 PLUS MILES ON IT. THE ODOMETER HASN'T WORKED ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
I REFUSE TO FIX IT BECAUSE EACH YEAR I'M ANTICIPATING THE COURT IS GOING TO REPLACE IT.
SO IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, I'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE DODGE DURANGO WHERE THE REAR END WENT OUT ON IT.
AND I HAD TO SCROUNGE AROUND TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THAT VEHICLE. THE WITH CONSTABLE TOREZ'S HELP HE DID AN ASSET TRANSFER.
HE TRANSFERRED ONE OF HIS DURANGOS THAT HE WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO SEND TO OFFICE TO MY OFFICE.
I WAS ABLE TO GET WITH THE GARAGE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SALVAGE PARTS FROM THAT VEHICLE FOR THE REAR END FOR THE VEHICLE THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO AGAIN THIS VEHICLE IS FALLING APART.
IT'S IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. I CAN'T PROMISE YOU, NEITHER CAN THE GARAGE TELL ME HOW MUCH LONGER THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO LAST ON THE ROAD. ONE OTHER ITEM IS THE ODOMETER IS STILL BROKEN. THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I'M REQUESTING OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU APPROVE THE VEHICLES, IS THE VEHICLE CAPITAL FOR THE UPFITTING OF THE VEHICLE.
OBVIOUSLY I NEEDS, LIGHTS, SCIONS THE CAGE, THE EQUIPMENT TO GO WITH THE VEHICLE INCLUDING GRAPHICS FOR THOSE VEHICLES. EQUIPMENT, I AM ALSO REQUESTING AND IN NEED OF A RADIO.
L.C.R.RADIO IN CAR RADIO FOR THE VEHICLE.
FOR THE NEW VEHICLE. DON'T DON'T NEED IT FOR THE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A RADIO THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DURANGO THAT WE'LL THEN REMOVE AND INSTALL IN THE REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. SO I'M LOOKING AT ONE REPLACEMENT RADIO. AND FINALLY I'M LOOKING AT TWO RADAR UNITS FOR THOSE VEHICLES.
THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE RADAR IN THEM.
I WILL NEED, BEING SKEWS ME, RADAR EQUIPMENT FOR THE VEHICLES -- EXCUSE ME, RADAR EQUIPMENT FOR THE VEHICLES.
THAT IS MY QUESTION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, LET'S FIND OUT.
COMMISSIONER SMITH? >> THANK YOU.
>> ARE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU HAVE MUCH CONSTABLE. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE ON TRACK. CONSTABLE PETERSON.
>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
DAVID PETERSON, PRECINCT 1, I DIDN'T BRING DONUTS THIS MORNING, BUT WE DO HAVE GREAT WEATHER.
MY TRAVELLING IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUS EDUCATION FOR CONSTABLES AND CIVIL
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PROCESS. AS YOU WELL KNOW, SAN MARCOS DISTRICT IS GROWING, GROWING, GROWING, VERY, VERY MUCH. THAT'S WHAT MY PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE ON IS BASICALLY SAFETY AND SERVING AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I DO HAVE THREE OF THE JUDGES THAT ARE HERE TODAY, JUDGE EPIGRO, JUDGE JOHNSON AND JUDGE AUCOIN. TO SPEAK ON THE BAILIFF SITUATION, THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AMIDST OTHER THINGS I LIKE TO START OFF, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, OUR VALUES AND OUR MISSION OF HAYS COUNTY AS ON OFFICE, A PRECINCT 1, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH THE JUDGE,WORKING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL REALLY WORKING WITH ME AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SERVICE PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY BY PRECINCT 1, CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.
CIVIL PROCESS. WHICH IS HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE GROWTH OF PRECINCT 1.
THE SERVICE OF CITATIONS INCLUDE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S PAPERS. THAT IS ABOUT 15%, H.E.PAPERS, THAT IS CHILD SUPPORT.
WHICH IS, WHICH HAS BEEN FROM 2019 AND 2020 HAS GROWN. THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE COVID, TOO, THAT HAS PUT A TREMENDOUS CRUNCH ON THE ECONOMY. WRITS, NOTICES, SUMMONS, ALL OTHER ORDERS ISSUING WHICH THE COURT COME INTO A LOT OF PLAY WITH WHAT WE DO IN PRECINCT ONE.
OUR CIVIL PROCESS IS TAKING A LOT OF SERVICE TIME.
DEPUTIES ARE HAVING TO TAKE MORE TIME TO GO AND SERVE THESE PAPERS. IN THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COVID SITUATION, JOBS THAT ARE GOING ON, IT'S NOT ONE OFFICER DOWN.
IT'S TWO OFFICERS AND THAT IS SAFETY.
IT'S SAFETY FOR THE OFFICER AND IT'S SAFETY FOR OUR PUBLIC PEOPLE. OUR COMMUNITY.
OFFICER SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
OF THE THAT IS A PRIMARY THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE WHEN WE ARE OUT SERVING AS A PEACE OFFICER.
WE'RE FINDING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT BEING COOPERATIVE AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON OF COURSE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT PERSON OR PEOPLE. WE HAVE THE SITUATION WITH GUNS BEING MORE EFFECTIVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ALSO.
AS YOU KNOW MORE THREATS THAT ARE GOING ON.
THIS IS JUST THE PERCENTAGE OF CRIME BEING GOING UP.
I WANT TO LET THE BAILIFFS -- I'M GOING TO LET THE JUDGE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE GOT GOING ON IN COURT THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE THESE COURT SESSIONS AND THAT IS WITH MUNICIPAL COURT THAT WE HELP OUT WITH, THE TWO J.P.COURTS THAT WE ACTUALLY MANDATE, J.P.1 AND 2, ALSO HELPING OUT WITH DISTRICT COURT ALSO. THIS HAS BEEN AN UPRISE.
COUPLE OF VEHICLES AGO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE JURY DUTY YOU HAVE SOMETIMES 340, SOMETIMES 400 PEOPLE, SOMETIMES 800 PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING TO BE PICKED.
COUNTY COURT AT COUNTY COURT AT LAW.
FOR DISTRICT COURTS. THEY DO NEED HELP.
WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND THE THIRD FLOOR AWAITING TO BE PICKED, IT'S KIND OF AMAZING AND ESPECIALLY WITH COVID THAT'S GOING ON, TOO. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE
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JUDGES AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THOSE COURTROOMS, THE DEFENDANT, AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE, THEY HAVE TO BE PROTECTED. THAT'S WHY WE'RE CALLING TO WHEREWE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE COURTS SECURED. OF INCIDENTS.THE FIRST THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IF YOU'VE GOT ONE BAILIFF IN THE COURTROOM, WHETHER IT'S J.P., COUNTY COURT AT LAW OR DISTRICT, AND SOMETHING BREAKS LOOSE, THE FIRST THING THAT BAILIFF IS GOING TO DO, HE WANTS TO PROTECT ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY IN THERE, BUT HE HAS GOT TO PROTECT THE JUDGE WHAT HAPPENS? HE IS PROTECTING THE JUDGE. WHAT IS EVERYBODY ELSE DOING? YOU GOT THE DEFENDANT GOING AFTER SOMEONE ELSE. WHATEVER CASE IT MIGHT BE.
SO THIS IS REALLY BECOME A REAL PRIORITY.
IT HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. YOU ARE DON'T THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE ASKED FOR MORE MANPOWER FOR BAILIFFING IN THE COURTS. I'M PRETTY SURE IF YOU'VE SEEN THESE SITUATIONS ON TELEVISIONS AND VIDEOS AND SCHOOLS AND TRAININGS THAT YOU'VE GONE TO, TO SEE WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN COURTROOMS. WE WANT TO PROTECT THE SITUATION. WITH OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR COURTROOMS. I CAN SIT HERE AND GIVE YOU ALL KIND OF SCENARIOS OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND COMMISSIONERS COURT, IN OTHER CITIES, OTHER STATES.
IN YOUR J.P.COURTS. IN YOUR COUNTY COURT AT LAW AND THE DISTRICT COURTS. ALSO, SO JUST GIVE ME A BRIEF IDEA OF, ON THAT SITUATION.
THE SUPPORT FROM THE JUDGES WE REALLY NEED.
I ASKED THEM TO COME. THESE JUDGES WOULD NOT BE HERE IF WE DID NOT NEED THAT SUPPORT.
IT'S GOING ON NOW. THE TRAININGS THAT I GET TO, I'M PRETTY SURE OTHER CONSTABLES DID THE TRAININGS, TOO, WERE SHOWING A LOT OF RECENT VIDEOS OF THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN OUR DIFFERENT COURTS.
AND IT WASN'T GOOD AT ALL. MY 34 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE OTHER CONSTABLES' YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS SHOWED A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THESE CONSTAGES AND OTHER -- CONSTABLES AND OTHER PEACE OFFICERS COULD GIVE YOU A LOT OF SCENARIOS. I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT IF YOU WOULD REALLY LOOK AT THE BAILIFF SITUATION ON UPGRADING OFFICERS FOR OUR COURTS TO SERVE AND PROTECT, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS: I DON'T KNOW --
[INAUDIBLE] >> I WANT TO ADD ON TO WHAT THE CONSTABLE WAS SAYING A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BROADERRIAN TO LET YOU SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING THAT OTHERWISE YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF.
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE AWARE THAT -- IT'S NOT A SECRET BUT WHAT THAT HAS DONE IS CAUSED THE COURTS TO CHANGE HOW WE HANDLE THE LARGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE WITH COVID.
WITH THE WON STABLE IS TALKING ABOUT WITH ALL THESE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, JURY DOCKETS, THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE COMMON, NOT LESS COMMONLY. NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE JURIES OR MORE PANELS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING WE ARE EGOING TO TAKE UP A LOT OF HALL SPACE PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAYS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE BAILIFF HAS GOT TO BE OUT IN THE HALLWAY KEEPING HIS EYE ON THINGS, AT THE FRONT OF THE COURTROOM KEEPING HIS EYE ON THINGS, IF THE BAILIFF IS OCCUPIED LIKE THAT, HE CAN'T ALSO BE AT THE BACK OF THE COURTROOM. THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM FROM THE FIRST PLACE IS TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BE TABLE HAVING A MEANFUL SHOW OF FORCE THEN YOU YOU ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE A SITUATION.
BEST WAY WE CAN SEE GOING FORWARD IF THE CONSTABLE HAS ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THE JOB. REALLY IDEALLY TWO BAILIFFS PER CROOM HONESTLY. THAT -- COURTROOMS HONESTLY.
THAT WAY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY UP FRONT AND ROVING AND SOMEBODY AT THE BACK. WE'VE RECENTLY HAD PEOPLE WALK AROUND THE BACK WHERE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP INSIDE AND GET THE COURT STAF -- IN THIS CASE IT WAS A LAWYER. IT WASN'T A THREAT.
IT WASN'T A PROBLEM. BUT IT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT COULD EASILY OCCUR BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT BAILIFFS OCCUPIED. THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHEN THE JUDGES HAVE HAD TO GO OUT AND DO DOCKETS OR PARTS OF DOCKETS WITHOUT A BAILIFF BECAUSE THE BAILIFF
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IS OTHERWISE PROVIDING SECURITY FOR TIED UP WITH THE DEFENDANT. SO MORE IS BETTER FROM THAT STANDPOINT. ALSO IT GIVES THE BAILIFFS AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE SICK OR TO NOT BE THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE USING EARNED VACATION TIME.THE COURT IS NOT LEFT BEREFT OF A BAILIFF AND TRYING TO BORROW ONE. THANK YOU, JUDGE.
ONE OF. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THE JUDGE DID HIT ON, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE SICK AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS GOING ON VACATION OR SOME TYPE OF INCIDENT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN ONE OF YOUR DEPUTIES CAN'T MAKE IT TO WORK, OR THAYER GOING FOR A WEEK OR THEY'RE IN TRAINING WE INDUSTRIAL TO COVER THE COURTS.
WE STILL HAVE TO SERVE THE CIVIL PROCESS, AMONGST OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED FROM OUR, SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON SPECIAL SESSIONS FOR COMMISSIONERS COURT. THESE SORT OF THINGS.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A LACK OF PERSONNEL OR DEPUTIES TO ACTUAL ACTUALLY HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT PUTS STRESS ON THE DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS WHY WE ASK FOR THESE THINGS.
WE TRY TO JUSTIFY THEM TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS NOT A WANT. IT'S A NEED THAT THAT BAILIFF IS OUT OR THAT DEPUTY OR CONSTABLE IS OUT.
WHO IS GOING TO TAKE HIS PAPER WORK? YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. HE HAS TO DELAY ANYTHING HE HAS GOT GOING ON. YOU YOUR OTHER DEPUTIES ARE GOING TO SHIFT THINGS OUT SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE HAPPENING TODAY. WE, WE TOOK OVER ALL OF THE ARRESTS AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
THIS COULD BE TEMPORARY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT HAS GOT TO BE COVERED.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN ARREST GOING ON IN J.P.1 AND YOU'VE GOT A BAILIFF THERE AND YOU GOT COURT GOING ON IN 2 OF THE COUNTY COURT AT LAWS AND YOU GOT TWO BAIL KNIVES THERE AND THEIR SUPPORT IS NEEDING SOME HELP THERE AND YOU'VE GOT TO TRANSPORT OUT OF TWO OF THE COURTS, THAT IS TAKING SOMEBODY OFF THE STREET, BRINGING THEM IN.
YOU KNOW. TO MAKE THE ARRESTS.
YOU HAVE GOT ONE BAIL NICHE EACH ONE OF THE COURTS.
SO SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO COME IN AND COVER.
OR TWO PEOPLE HAVE TO COME IN AND COVER.
THAT'S BASICALLY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW.
I'M GOING TO GO ON TO -- THANK YOU, JUDGE.
>> MIKE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO CRIMINAL RESPONSE TO OUR 911
>> JUDGE BECERRA: WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
>> SORRY. >> JUDGE BECERRA: SURE, YOU'VE TAKEN ON ARRESTS AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
WHAT PROMPTED THAT? YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL LAST BUT WHAT WAS -- DO YOU KNOW THE REASON THEY ASKED
TO YOU DO THAT? >> EITHER THEY COME INTO COURT, VIOLATION OF PROBATION.
MAYBE DISORDERLY CONDUCT, OR SOMETHING HAPPENED INSIDE THE COURTROOM. IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THE JUDGE MIGHT SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT. YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.
YOU DO HAVE A WARRANT. YOU ARE HERE FOR COURT.
YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SOMETHING FROM PROBATION OR JUVENILE SITUATION. SOME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OF SOME SORT. YOU HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. BUT I WAS LED TO BELIEVE FOR A MOMENT THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS HANDLING ARRESTS AT GOVERNMENT CENTER, AND NOW IT IS YOUR
PRECINCT OFFICE DOING IT. >> THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: MY QUESTION WAS MORE APPOINTED TO WHERE THE SHIFT, WHY THE SHIFT?
>> LACK OF MANPOWER, LACK OF MANPOWER.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU. >> WHEREVER WE CAN FILL IN, THAT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR ANOTHER PRECINCT, JUST LIKE CONSTABLE HOOD WAS SAYING, IF WE CAN SHARE A CAR WITH SOMEONE WE'LL SHARE A CAR.
IF WE CAN FILL IN AND FILL IN THE GAPS AND IN ANYTHING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AS A FAMILY, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO. >> JUDGE BECERRA: RIGHT ON,
THANK YOU. >> THE 911 CALLS IS NEEDED TO ASSIST OTHER AGENCIES, TRANSPORT PRISONERS, WORK
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ACCIDENTS, ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAWS, AND PATROL IS NEEDED.WE DO ALL OF THAT. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE OTHER THINGS THAT INTERVENE IN, THAT TAKES IT OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CALLING SAYING HEY, WE GOT SOME SPEEDERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MY CHILD CATCHES THE BUS HERE. COULD YOU SEND A DEPUTY OUT HERE OR SOMEONE TO MONITOR? YOU'VE GOT THIS NEW ROAD OVER HERE ON 110. THEY'RE COMING DOWN 266 AND THE SCHOOL BUSSES ARE COMING DOWN.
THEY CAN'T TURN FAST ENOUGH BECAUSE AT CERTAIN TIMES WE'VE VEHICLES HERE AND THERE.
ASSISTING WITH THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC, AT SCHOOLS,
ANYWHERE THAT WE CAN. >> JUDGE BECERRA: I SAW YOUR CAR AT GRADUATION. CHARLES AUSTIN, YOU GUYS WERE HELPING WITH GRADUATION, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
>> YES, SIR. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, I DON'T SAY I, I SAY WE, ALL OF THE CONSTABLES ARE INVOLVED IN ALL KINDS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WHERE WE CAN BE AN ASSISTANT TO ANYTHING IF WE COULD.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS A BIG NIGHT FOR ALL OF US.
ESCORTS ASSISTING SCHOOLS DOING PRESENTATIONS IN SCHOOLS OR IMPORTANT COMMUNITY PARADES.
VETERAN, M.L.K. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS, HAYS COUNTY STOCK SHOW, THOSE SORT EVER THINGS.
-- OF THINGS. WE'RE REQUESTING THES FOLLOWING PERSONNEL FOR 2022 AS OUR BUDGET.
WE ARE ASKING FOR IT ONE TIME FULL TIME DEPUTY TO ASSIST WITH CIVIL PROCESS. PRISONER TRANSPORT AND ASSIST WITH ALL OTHER COURTS THAT NEED TO BE COVERED.
I WENT OVER THAT BASICALLY IN THE BEGINNING, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE DO PRECINCT 1 IS MORE ARE 75% COURTS. CIVIL PROCESS SERVING.
THAT SORT OF THING. THAT DEPUTY IS DEFINITELY NEEDED. I KNOW WE GOT A DEPUTY BUT AS WE'RE GROWING IN HAYS COUNTY, THERE IS NO GAPS IN PRECINCT 1 IN OUR OFFICE. IT IS, WE'RE STAYING VERY, VERY BUSY ON WORKING CIVIL PROCESS AND THE COURTS AND THE COURTS, I KEEP SAYING COURTS AND BAILIFFING BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE BAILIFF, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD TO CHOOSE AND MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS, BETWEEN GETTING ANOTHER DEPUTY AND GETTING A BAILIFF, IT WOULD BE A BAILIFF.
FOR EACH ONE OF THE COURTS. TWO PER COURT.
SO SCRATCH THAT, Y'ALL DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, THAT PROTECTION IS DEFINITELY A FULL-TIME CIVIL PROCESS OFFICER WOULD BE DEFINITELY NEEDED. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. NUMBER 3, FULL TIME 3 BAILIFFS WOULD BE VERY, VERY NICE.
IF WE COULD SECURE THOSE COURTS AND NOT HAVE THINGS SO STRESSFUL FOR THE JUDGES AND OUR COMPLAINANTS AND DEFENDANTS, TOO. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PROTECT THOSE, TOO, BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE DEAL THAT GOES ALOK WITH IT -- ALONG WITH IT.
EQUIPMENT IS A BIG COST. I KNOW TO THE COUNTY, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT BUYING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, I KNOW IT GOES UP EVERY YEAR. BUT THE PROTECTION OF THOSE BODY ARMORS, VESTS FOR OUR OFFICERS IS SO IMPORTANT.
I DID HEAR ONE OF THE CONSTAGES TALKING ABOUT -- CONSTABLES TALKING ABOUT COMPUTERS.
THAT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD GET OUR COMPUTERS UP TO DATE. I KNOW WE USE OUR COMPUTERS A LOT. OUR OFFICERS DOING CIVIL PROCESS DO CARRY THEIR COMPUTERS IN THEIR CARS.
THEY TAKE THEM OUT. BRING THEM BACK IN.
WHEN THEY GO DOWN 12 TO 3, YOU'VE BEEN DOWN HERE, HERE IS ANOTHER ONE. SO WE LIKE TO REALLY GET OUR COMPUTERS BACK UP TO DATE TO WHERE THEY ARE.
GOOD FOR THE OFFICERS SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY'VE GOT GOOD WORKING COMPUTERS IN THEIR CARS AND OUT OF THE CARS. RADIOS, SAME THING.
TELEPHONES, AND VEHICLES: THE BAILIVES, THE BAILIFFS
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ARE USING THEIR OWN TELEPHONES, IF THEY'RE SUBPOENAED OR SOME TYPE OF FELONY TO WHERE THEIR PHONES HAVE TO BE ACTUALLY CONFISCATED AND PUT INTO EVIDENCE FOR SOME TYPE OF TRIAL OR WHATEVER, THOSE ARE THEIR PERSONAL PHONES. IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE BAILIFFS COULD HAVE THEIR OWN PHONES BY THE COUNTY.THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT WE CAN PROBABLY GO AND SAY THAT PHONE FROM THE BAILIFF IS GOING TO BE IN EVIDENCE FOR A LONG TIME. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET ANOTHER PHONE TEMPORARILY UNTIL THAT CASE IS OVER WITH AND AS WE TURN BACK TO HIM BELONGING TO THE COUNTY.
BUT PERSONAL PHONES, I SUGGEST THEY DON'T USE THEM BUT SOMETIMES IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IF SOMETHING GOES DOWN, IT HAS TO BE TAKEN AND PUT INTO EVIDENCE. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THREE PHONES ALSO FOR BAILIFFS. FOR THE COURTS.
>> TALKING ABOUT EQUIPMENT, THAT IS JUST A SMALL AMOUNT THAT THE CHIEF CAME UP WITH. HAVING TO WORK ON THIS AND THOSE PRICES, I WOULD NOT STICK WITH THOSE PRICES, THAT IS AN ESTIMATE, OF COST, LOOKING AT WHAT'S
NEEDED TO OPERATE ANY OFFICE >> JUDGE BECERRA: I REMEMBER THIS FROM LAST TIME, YOUR OFFICE HAS HIS TORICALLY IMPRESSED ME WITH THE CIVIL PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. WE'RE WE'RE 75%, WE HAVE A LOT OF CIVIL PROCESS. EVICTIONS AS WE SPEAK NOW ARE, AS YOU WELL, RUN. WE'VE THE LANDLOD.
WE HAVE THE TENANT THAT ARE LOOKING AT THESE SITUATIONS ON WHICH WAY DO YOU GO WITH THIS? WE'VE PHONE CALLS COMING IN. THE DEPUTY GETS.
THERE THE DEPUTY HAS TO TAKE TIME TO READ OFF SOME OF THESE EVICTIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DELIVERING.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DOING WRITS, IF YOU ARE DOING WRIT OF POSSESSIONS OR WRIT OF ATTACHMENTS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO DEPUTIES NOW. THE ECONOMY HAS CHANGED FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE OF COVID. BECAUSE OF THE JOB RELATIONSHIPS SITUATIONS. OUR OFFICE IS BASED UP ON CIVIL PROCESS. THOSE CARS ARE RUNNING ALL THE TIME. THEY ARE RUNNING.
THEY GOT TO BE IN THE SHOP. IF ONE IS IN THE SHOP, THE OTHER ONE GOES DOWN. SOMEONE HAS TO BORROW ONE.
OR TAKE SOMEBODY ELSE'S THAT IS OFF THAT DAY.
SO WE WON'T TOUCH ANYTHING IN IT BUT WE MIGHT HAVE IT FOR A WEEK, WE THANK YOU FOR THE CAR WE GOT LAST YEAR BUT WE'RE STILL DOWN ON VEHICLES YOU CAN SEE WHAT I CALL THIS THE CIVIL PROCESS. STAGE ONE PUTS INTO, INTO OUR DISTRICT. OUR WRITS RUN.
THAT 1,641 IS 52% OF CIVIL PROCESS.
THAT INCLUDES PROTECTIVE ORDERS, WRIT OF ATTACHMENTS, OTHER WRITS. 75% IS BASICALLY CIVIL PROCESS. WITH THE OTHERS A.G.PAPERS, 15% OF THAT IS ATTORNEY GENERAL PAPERS, CHILD SUPPORT THERE. OUR TAX SALES ARE INCLUDED ALSO IN THERE. OUR WARRANTS ARE INCLUDED IN THERE ALSO. THANK YOU, MIKE.
NEW GROWTH. HIGHWAY 123, HIGHWAY 21,
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HIGHWAY 80. RANCH ROAD 12, REDWOOD ROAD, WE HAVE A LOT OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE COME INTO HAYS COUNTY. WE HAVE A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE POPPED UP ON THE EAST SIDE.EAST SIDE IS GROWING. VERY RAPIDLY.
>> SAME WITH THE WEST SIDE. [LAUGHTER]
>> YES, AGAIN WE GET A CALL FROM EL CAMINO WAY ON REDWOOD ROADS, K.D.HOMES IS BUILDING 400, 800 HOUSES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THERE.
WE'RE GETTING CALLS TO OUR OFFICE, WHAT IS THE AREA LIKE? IS THAT A GOOD TIER GO INTO? WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE BECAUSE MY KIDS -- I GOT A SON AND DAUGHTER GOING TO SCHOOL AT TEXAS STATE.
WE'RE GOING TO INVEST INTO A HOUSE THERE INSTEAD OF RENTING SO THE AREA IS GROWING HEAVILY.
21, OUT BY GEHRINGTON ROAD, THAT AREA IS GROWING RAPIDLY, TOO. WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOLO, UNFORTUNATELY PAPERS IN THAT AREA TO SERVE.
RANCH ROAD 12 IS COMING ALONG SLOWLY BUT SURELY, BUT THAT 110 FROM 123 FROM ACTUALLY 123 TO 21 TO, 123 TO HIGHWAY 80 TO 21 IS GROWING RAPIDLY.
OUR BUSINESSES ARE COMING ON PRETTY HEAVY ALSO.
BUT THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND HOPES AND SUBDIVISIONS ARE JUST POPPING UP GOING VERY RAPIDLY.
ANY QUESTION, I KNOW I MIGHT BE GOING A LITTLE FAST --
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE AT 12:00 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE PRECINCT 5. THANK YOU FOR TALKING FAST.
>> ONE MORE THING, SAN MARCOS IS A CITY LOCATED IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, IT'S ALSO THE COUNTY SEAT OF THE COUNTY. WITH 2020 POPULATION OF 66,952. IT'S THE 60TH LARGEST CITY IN TEXAS. JUST GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE,. IT SHOWS SOME OF THE SUBDIVISION AREAS COMING IN. SOME OF THE BUSINESS AREAS THAT ARE BEING BUILT. IN PRECINCT 1.
KNOW WE'RE HERE EVER YEAR DURING BUDGET, AND IT'S NOT THE WANT. IT'S THE NEED.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR BUDGETS AND JUSTIFY IT WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> I WILL BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP. CONSTABLE PETERSON, I KNOW THAT TWICE, YOUR THE BUDGET PROCESS YOU ASKED FOR A DEPUTY AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED FOR THE COURTHOUSE. AND WE DON'T HAVE A FULL-TIME DEPUTY STATIONED AT THE COURTHOUSE.
WE TALKED ABOUT SECURITY HERE.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CAMERA SYSTEM TO HELP WITH THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I WANTED TO ASK WHERE WE ARE ON THAT? I KNOW THERE IS PLANS THAT CAN ALLOW YOU TO HAVE SOMEONE STATIONED HERE, MAKE PHONE CALLS, MAYBE SERVE PAPERWORK HERE OUT OF THE OFFICE TO KEEP THAT INDIVIDUAL BUSY, BUT CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE WITH THE COURTHOUSE AND HAVING SOMEONE FULL TIME
HERE? >> ABSOLUTELY, COMMISSIONER.
THE, THE COURTHOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY NUMBER ONE.
IT HAS FOR A LOT OF CITIZENS HERE IN HAYS COUNTY.
I GO BACK TO THE GROWTH OF SAN MARCOS.
GROWING. AND THE SHIFTING OF OFFICERS FROM, FROM CIVIL PROCESS TO HELPING OTHER AGENCIES WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR OFFICES TO, FOR FIELDING THE PUZZLES OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE IN
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HAYS COUNTY. WE TRY TO, WE'RE TWO OFFICERS THAT ARE STATIONED HERE.THEY DO HAVE CIVIL PROCESS ALONG WITH BEING STATIONERY HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE. BUT THOSE DUTIES HAVE BROUGHT US TO SHARING THOSE OFFICERS TO CIVIL PROCESS AND IN THE COURTS OF, FOR FILLING THESE COURTS.
I GO BACK TO THE BAILIFFING AGAIN, IF THE JUDGES NEED A BAILIFF, WE'RE GOING TO PUT AN OFFICER IN THAT COURT.
THAT COURTROOM. AND IF THERE IS ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT NEEDS AN OFFICER THERE, WE HAVE TO TRY TO DO PROCESS WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
THERE IS TIMES THAT THE OFFICERS ARE HERE.
OF COURSE WE SHARE THE SECURITY WITH COMMISSIONERS COURT AND IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OFFICER HERE DURING COMMISSIONERS COURT AND IN TRYING TO HAVE AT OFFICER HERE STABLE. WE TRY TO DO THAT, TOO, BUT IT JUST HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT'S RAINING OR IT'S REALLY COLD.
THE WEATHER IS REALLY COLD. THEY'RE STATIONED HERE DOING THEIR CIVIL PROCESS PAPER WORK HERE BUT AS I SAID BEFORE IN 2019, IN 2020, IF WE'VE GOT TO MOVE THOSE OFFICERS AROUND TO SECURE AND PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT THAT SERVING AND PROTECTING IS ONE OF THE MAIN THEMES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO KEEP
CRIME DOWN. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU, CONSTABLE.
>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSTABLE ELLEN TO COME BACK UP? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT THE SLATE SHOWS? HE DID HIS BEFORE.
HE GAVE HIS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK. I DIDN'T KNOW IF, SO DO THAT IS WRAP IT UP? PERFECT? THANK YOU FOR SHARING UP.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND OF COURSE THE CONSTABLES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, THIS WILL CONCLUDE OUR VERY FIRST WORKSHOP. I'LL GOOD AFTERNOON THIS.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> I'LL G
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