Sep 20, 2022 Regular

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>>> TEST TEST. >>> FIRST HALF IS TO GET THE MEDIA ALERTED.

SOUTHBOUND ONE IS CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS BEAUTIFUL TUESDAY. THIS MORNING'S INVO CAKES IS LED BY REVEREND ADAM KNAPP, IF YOU

WILL ALL PLEASE RISE. >>> FRIENDS IF YOU WOULD BOW YOUR HEADS AND HEARTS WITH ME.

HOLY AND ETERNAL GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS DAY AND FOR THESE SERVANTS.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE WORK AHEAD (^) AND WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE PRESENCE OF YOUR SPIRIT, GIVING US DISCERNMENT AND GUIDANCE AND WE PRAY THAT ALL WE DO WOULD GIVE YOU GREAT GLORY.

WE PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF THE SAVIOR JESUS THE CHRIST. AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TO TEXAS, UNSTATE UNDER GOD, ONE

INDIVISIBLE. >>> WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

>>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? >>> HERE. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>>> HERE. COMMISSIONER SHELL. >>> HERE.

COMMISSIONER SMITH? HERE. JUSTICE ADAMS?

[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>>> HERE. THOSE ARE THE AUDIENCE WHO SUBMIT ADD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITNESS FORM WILL NOW HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. UNFORTUNATELY, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COURT, AS WE ARE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS RHETORICAL. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL, OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME. IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECT, PLEASE

SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. >>> JUDGE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE VIDEO AT THIS TIME, DO WE?

I'M GETTING TEXT THERE IS A BLANK SCREEN. >>> HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANYTHING GOING ON? WE WILL KEEP GOING. PLEASE, I REPEAT, VERY SLOWLY, PLEASE, SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. ALL RIGHT.

FIRST UP, WE HAVE SUSAN COOK. YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

>>> >>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

COUPLE THINGS I JUST WANED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT. ONE IS DIRECTED TO COMMISSIONER SMITH. I AM IMPRESSED THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO TURN A DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE INTO AND OBSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY. I AM INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED AND IF I EVER GOT POPPED FOR DWI I'M CALLING YOUR LAWYER. OKAY.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH ALSO HAS TO DO WITH COMMISSIONER SMITH, AND COMMISSIONER JONES, ROADWAYS AGAIN. ROADWAYS THAT NOBODY IN THE COUNTY ASKED FOR, AND ROADWAYS THAT ARE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF COUNTY MONEY, OUR TAX MONEY, WHEN OUR COUNTY IS LITERALLY LITTERED WITH POTHOLES AND SHOULDERS THAT WOULD FLIP A VOLKSWAGON. WE NEED TO REDIRECT FUNDS THAT COULD BE USED FOR ROADWAYS, THAT ARE SLATED TO BE USED FOR ROADWAY, BIG HUGE ROADWAYS NO ONE NEEDS, TO OUR COUNTY ROADS.

AND TO OUR COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT. I'M QUITE CERTAIN THAT JERRY BOAR CHARD WOULD LOVE TO HAVE (^) SOME OF THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT LOCALLY, AND AND MONEY THAT STAYS IN THE COUNTY AND DOESN'T RUN OFF TO THE BIG ROAD COMPANIES WHERE THEY HAVE THE HEADQUARTERS BUT ST STATESTS HERE PAYING WAGES AND WE CAN USE LOCAL --

>>> AND NOT SPERCHEDDING MONEY ON ROADS, NOBODY WANT, NOBODY CAN AFFORD, AND NOBODY ASKED FOR, AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONER SMITH, COULD I HAVE YOUR LAWYER'S PHONE NUMBER?

THANK YOU. >>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT UP?

MR. DAN LYON. >>> THANK YOU JUDGE. GOOD MORNING, COURT.

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OTHER DRIVERS STATED THAT HE HAD THE GREEN LIGHT TO CONTINUE WESTBOUND THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOX TRUCK.

OFFICER ALSO OBSERVED EYES WERE BLOODSHOT AND GLASSY EYES AND THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT STATED SMITH ALSO TOLD THE OFFICER THAT HE HAD TWO COCKTAILS AND CONTAINED VODKA BETWEEN 8 P.M.

AND 1 P.M. SMITH REFUSED TO TAKE THE BREATHALYZER TEST.

PRELIMINARY BREATH TEST AND BLOOD TEST. LET'S SKIP TO TODAY'S PAPER.

COMMISSIONER HAS DWI CHARGE DROPPED. HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH PRECINCT 4 HAD AND OUTSTANDING DWI CHARGE DROPPED FROM A TRAFFIC INS INS DENT LAST YEAR, COURT RECORDS SHOW SMITH CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE NEAR THE 2200 BLOCK OF LIKE AUSTIN BOULEVARD APRIL 28TH, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 A.M. AND OFFICER OBSERVED SMITH HAD BLOODSHOT AND GLASS YU EYES ACCORDING TO THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT, COMMISSIONER WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, THAT CHARGE WAS DROPPED AT A HEARING IN TRAVIS COUNTY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. I QUOTE SMITH HERE, WHILE AT THE HOSPITAL, I WAS INFORMD THAT I WAS UNDER ARREST FOR DWI. EVEN THOUGH NO BLOOD WAS DRAWN.

NO BREATHALYZER GIVEN. AND OFFICERS AT THE SCENE EXPRESSED NO SUSPICION OF IMPAIRMENT. HE CONTINUED, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC TRAVIS COUNTY COURT SYSTEM WAS BACKLOGGED AND UNABLE TO HEAR MY CASE FOR NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF.

WHILE I WISH THE MATTER COULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH SOONER MY ATTORNEY WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MEET WITH PROSECUTORS IN SEPTEMBER 16TH, AGREED THE DWI CHARGE SHOULD BE SMITH.

SMITH HAS INSTEAD BE CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION FOR OBSTRUCTING A HIGHWAY PASSAGEWAY. I WILL QUOTE, ALTHOUGH IT IS EASY TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT, OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM EXISTS TO ENSURE EVIDENCE IS CONSIDERED FAIRLY AND JUDGMENT ARE ACCURATE, SMITH SAID. TAKE MY POSITION ON COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY SERIOUSLY AND CONTINUE MY IS SERVICE THAT THE MATTER IS FAIRLY CONCLUDE AND MY INNOCENCE CONFIRMED. IF YOU WANT THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE YOU INNOCENT YOU SHOULD TAKE A BLOOD-ALCOHOL TEST AND A BREATHALYZER TEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> DR. GAR ANY YAS (^), IF, SORRY, IF THE VIDEO IS ACTUALLY NOT STREAMING, WE ARE STILL

RECORDING IT, CORRECT? >>> RESTILL RECORDING, AND IT IS ONLY IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS NOT

-- >>> AB SO, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO REVIEW, BECAUSE SOMEONE -- SOMEONE IS ASKING THAT WE STOP COURT AND IF -- AS LONG AS YOU ARE DOCUMENTING IT, I AM NOT

STOPPING ANYTHING. >>> IT IS STILL RECORDING. >>> THANK YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE LEE HIGH GEL, YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

>>> AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR? APPROXIMATELY? PE WITH ARE ARE 23409 CRITICAL ON THE TIMER BUT WU QUESTION YOU CONCLUDE AT THE END OF THE TIMER.

>>> I'M PRESIDENT OF THE CHILD PROTECTIVE BOARD I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALL THESE YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON IT FOR 17 YEARS AND PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST 14. SO WHATTIAL DO FOR US THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR, WE HAVE GIVEN A LOT OF KIDS HO EPIIN THIS COUNTY WITH OUR RAINBOW ROOM THAT WE HAVE NOW. WE GOT TO BE BACK THE END OF NEXT MONTH TO DO TWO PROCLAMATION, THE STATE WELFARE, THE TEXAS WELFARE BOARD HAS SIX AWARDS TO GIVE AWAY EACH YEAR, HAYS COUNTY HAS WON TWO OF THEM, THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY TWO -- ONE COUNTY WON TWO AWARDS, SO, WE WILL BE BACK HERE THEN, AND PRESENTING THESE AWARDS TO THE TWO PEOPLE WITH THE

PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. MYA. >>> JUDGE, COURT, JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE FIELD

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YOU KNOW. THAT IS ALL THIS IS. THAT IS ALL THIS IS, COMMISSIONER SMITH. THAT IS THE INCIDENT UP IN THE SPRINGS AND YOUR NATE IN PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL WORKING ON IT. I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN IT.

I HAVE GOT TWO YEARS TO (^) HOPEFULLY GET SOME AGENCY, I'M GOING TO TO TWO D. P. S.

COMMISSION HOPEFULLY THEY WILL TAKE ACTION, BUT PUT SOME PRESSURE BECAUSE THAT, IN MY OPINION, SIR, ACCORDING TO CASE LAW, IS A WARRANTLESS ARREST, AND IT DOES JUSTIFY THE DEFINITIONS OF A DWI ARREST. WITH THAT BEING SAID, TALKING ABOUT PRIVILEGE, THERE WAS A PRISONER IN HAYS COUNTY, BY THE NAME OF MR. ZAPATA THAT WAS JUST SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS IN THE PENITENTIARY. HE WAS IN THERE FOR, WHAT, ALLEGEDLY ACCUSED HIM OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND TWO MONTHS FROM NOW HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL, HAYS COUNTY, THREE YEARS ON THAT CHARGE. AND HE GOT RESET EIGHT TIMES, EIGHT TIMES, COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY, DID A POOR JOB. CLEARLY, CLEARLY THE CASE OF INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL, YOU KNOW.

HE WAS SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIARY. AND THAT CRIME HE WAS ACCUSED FOR HIM TO BE DOING AND ADDITIONAL FIVE MONTHS IS BEYOND, YOU KNOW, A SLAP IN THE FACE, TO HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE, WHAT IT REALLY IS, COMMISSIONER SMITH.

AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE BEEN HERE, UP HERE, PLAYING THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS ALWAYS ASKING FOR COMMITMENTS FOR RECUSALS BECAUSE OF ETHICS, REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST START CLOUD WERE MENTIONING TO THE COUNTY JUDGE K, ABOUT GOING TO ETHICS CLASS UP IN SAN ANTONIO, WERE YOU A YOU SLEEP OR SOMETHING? IT IS PRETTY EASY TO IT IS THERE AND ABSORB IT. IT IS EASY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

SO, AGAIN, SIR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU STILL HERE. INSTEAD OF RE-ELECTION YOU SHOULD BE SEEKING REHAB, NOT RE-ELECTION. THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YOU, MR. MYA. NEXT UP WE HAVE MISS AMY CAV CAVALRY.

>>> >>> GOOD MORNING, JUD JUDGE BECERRA, COUNTY COMMISSIONERRER I'M AMY CAMP, I WORK WITH MANA GA, I'M TIER TO TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE JAIL.

ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, I SENT Y'ALL AND E-MAIL ABOUT THE JAIL TRANSFERS.

AS Y'ALL I'M SURE REMEMBER, YOU VOTED, ALL FOUR COMMISSIONERS VOTED YES, JUDGE BECERRA NO, TO SPEND 3.65 OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON SENDING PEOPLE IN THE HAYS COUNTY JAIL ALL THE WAY TO THIS IS 4 1/2 HOURS AWAY FROM HAYS COUNTY. IT PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO VISIT WITH THEIR LOVED ONES AND MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THEIR ATTORNEYS. THIS IS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE JAIL EXPANSION WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AND COST ALMOST $60 MILLION, AND YET NOW, FOR SOME REASON, WE CAN'T STAFF THAT JAIL, AND SO THE JAIL IS CONSIDERED TO BE OVERCROWDED. FIST O ALL, I WOULD ASK Y'ALL TO CONSIDER WHY IT IS THE JAIL CANNOT RECRUIT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES.

I DO NOT THINK IT IS BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO WORK. I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, AND WOULD LOVE A WELL-PAYING JOB. BUT I HAVE TALKED WITH GUARDS AND FORMER GUARDS. AND THEY SAY THAT THE CONDITIONS AT THE JAIL ARE SO ATROCIOUS THAT THE LEADERSHIP IS SO BAD, THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY CAN CONTINUE WORKING AT THE JAIL WITHOUT EITHER COMPROMISING THEIR MORALS, EXPERIENCING BURNOUT, DAMAGING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. I THINK THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS THAT STAFFING OF THE JAIL CAN BE IMPROVED. INCLUDING MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT GUARDS FOR EACH WING OF THE JAIL. AND, ALSO, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE RECEIVE ADEQUATE TRAIN, THEY FEEL APPRECIATED IN THEIR JOBS, AND THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO EXCESSIVE OVERTIME, THAT CAUSES THEM TO GO FOR WEEKS ON END WITHOUT HAVING A DAY OFF. AND THAT THEY ARE GUARDIANSHIP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT, AND THEY FEEL LISTENED TO, BY THE SHERIFF AND OTHER LEADER OF THE JAIL. I DID SPEND YOU IN MY E-MAIL, A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITIONS OF

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MANY PEOPLE DESCRIBED IT AS BEING LIKE A RAID. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE PART OF THE LETTER, WRITTEN BY ONE MAN WHO WITNESSED THE TRAPPED FERS, HIS NAME IS MELVIN NICHOLAS. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M AMAZED HOW HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COULD MISTREAT HUMAN BEINGS AND GET AWAY WITH IT. ON WEDNESDAY, NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ABOUT TEN PEOPLE IN MY DORM WERE AWAKENED AND PULLED OUT OF THEIR CELLS AT GUNPOINT AND HAULED OUT OF HERE TO ANOTHER JAIL, 6 1/2 HOURS AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY.

THEY HAD A GUARD IN FRONT OF THE CELL WITH A GUNPOINTED A THE THEM AND ANOTHER GUARD STANDING AT THE DOOR, LEADING OUT OF THE DORM, IS IT LEGAL FOR PEOPLE TO TREAT US LIKE THIS FOR NO REASON? I THOUGHT WE WERE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

BELIEVE ME IT IS NOT LIKE THAT HERE IN THE MAYS COUNTY JAIL. THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. OUR FINAL, WELL, NOT FINAL, BUT NEXT SPEAKER, IS MATTHEW, IT LOOKS LIKE WALKER? WALKERLY? THANK YOU.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. MATTHEW WALKERLY F YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

>>> WITH RESPECT TO HAYS COUNTY JAIL, THE POPULATION OF THE JAIL SINCE AROUND, OR SHORTLY BEFORE THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC REALLY STARTED TO BECOME AND ISSUE FOR US IN EARNEST WAS THE POPULATION HAS SINCE GONE UP A LOT. I MEAN I THINK LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, IT IS GOING FROM A POPULATION THAT WAS IN THE 300S I THINK ORIGINALLY AND THEN IN THE 600S, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE LONG TERM PLAN IS GOING TO BE, WITH THE HAYS COUNTY JAIL BECAUSE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW IS JUST THAT IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. HAYS COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY, I THINK SAM MARCOS, SPECIFICALLY, IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL, AND THAT IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE THAT IS GOING TO, WHERE WE WILL GET INTO THE PRACTICE OF KEEPING THE JAIL POPULATION LOWER THAN WE ARE JUST GOING TO BE FACED WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS AND THE MONEY THAT IS BEING SPENT ON SENDING INMATES FROM THE HAYS COUNTY JAIL TO THE HASKELL JAIL, WHICH HAPPENED RECENTLY.

SO, I -- I AM URGING THE COURT TO CONSIDER, AND ADVISE, THE SHERIFF AND WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT Y'ALL MIGHT, Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE AND ALSO JUST TO BE PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW THE MOVEMENT TO TRY TO GET, TRY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT SITTING IN JAIL LONGER THAN THEY NEED TO ESPECIALLY IN PRETRIAL DETENTION. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE SA SERIOUS LACK OF AFFORDABLE, A& LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT ALL THE INMATES WHAT THEY ARE CHARGED WITH, WHAT THEY HAVE -- HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE JAIL.

ONE THING YOU SEE OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THE BAIL IS VERY VERY HIGH, AND TOO HIGH FOR THEIR FAMILIES TO PAY. IT IS BASICALLY PUNISHING PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AFFLUENT.

THE, YOU KNOW, THESE NEED -- THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF CHANGES HERE, AND I THINK THAT OUR COUNTIES MONEY IS GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER, WOULD BE MUCH BETTER SPENT ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN HAVING TO TRANSFER PRISONERS FROM ONE JAIL TO ANOTHER ONE AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING THEM ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION IN THE FIRST PLACE. THANK YOU.

>>> WELL SAID. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOCTOR YOU HAD WRITTEN COMMENTS.

>>> YES, I DO. I HAVE SOME FROM LAST WEEK WE HAVE MISSED, UNFORTUNATELY.

JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MANY. LY READ THEM FIRST AND THEN THE OTHER.

ASHLEY WIT ENBURGER WROTE, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

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RATHER THAN ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY (^) FOR WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY INCIDENT, WALT SMITH HAS NOT ONLY BEEN TRYING TO HIDE WHAT OCCURRED IN ORDER TO AVOID IMPACT TO HIS ELECTION, HE HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO DRIVE IMPAIRED PERHAPS EVEN ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE, AFTER WHAT MOST RESPONSIBLE ADULTS WOULD CONSIDER TO BE A LIFE-CHANGING AND SOBERING EXPERIENCE. WITH THAT SAID I PRESENT TO YOU THE FOLLOWING.

RESOLUTION TO FORMALLY CENSURERY HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH AND NO LONGER SUPPORT HIM AS A EBB MANY OF THE HAYS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHEREAS, THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS TO ELECT REPUBLICANS WHO SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND SHARE OUR VALUES. WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONE& FOR PRECINCT FOUR WALT SMITH WAS REPORTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BEING IMPAIRED, WHEN HE WAS REPORTED YOUR NATEING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ON MERSING STREET AND DRIVING HIS TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED VEHICLE& INTO THE PEDESTRIAN DRIVING SIDEWALK AND DRIVING A I WHAT. WHEREAS THE HAYS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY MUST NOT BE AB SAGED BY HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH WHO DEMONSTRATED WITH ACTIONS AND WORDS HE DOES NOT SHARE AND SUPPORT THE VALUES AND ETHICS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH HAS ENGAGED IN ACTIONS NOT BEFITTING REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND ETHICAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AND LEADERS, WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH PURPORTS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH'S ACTIONS GREATLY JEOPARDIZE THE REPUTATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE PUBLIC'S TRUST AND FAITH IN THE SANCTITY OF THE HAYS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND ITS VALUES AND IDEAL, AND WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH ADMITTEDLY BROKE THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT TA HAYS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY HEREBY FORALLY CENSURES HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH OF PRECINCT 4 AND SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE IMMEDIATELY ALL SUPPORT OF HIM AS THE MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR HIS BEHAVIOR WHICH HAS BEEN DESTRUCTIVE FOR THE INSTITUTION OF THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND OUR REPUBLIC.

SHALL I CONTINUE? IT IS ONLY ONE SENTENCEF WE GIVE CHANCE A FOLK, YES.

>>> IT IS INCOST SINT TENT WITH THE POSITION AND VALUES OF THE HAYS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS, AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

THE NEXT LETTER IS FROM MATTHEW JOHNSON, A WIMBERLY RESIDENT. HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 4, WALTER SMITH MUST RESIGN FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

THE POSITION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PROPER GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF OUR COUNTY. NEWS BROKE THIS WEEK ABOUT A DWI ARREST OF COMMISSIONER SMITH IN TRAVIS COUNTY IN APRIL OF 2021. EARLIER THIS YEAR, REPORTS OF COMMISSIONER SMITH LEAVING A DRIPPING SPRINGS BAR YOUR NATEING IN THE PARKING LOT AND DRIVING AWAY IMPAIRED MADE THE ROUNDS. WHILE COMMISSIONER SMITH CLAIMED HIS MEDICATIONS NOT ALCOHOL WERE RESPONSIBLE IN THE LATTER INCIDENT, HE STILL REMAINS A PATTERN OF COMMISSIONER SMITH BEHAVING IRRESPONSIBLY AND ERRATICALLY. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION IS NOT A VALID DEFENSE FOR DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED. I HAVE SERIOUS DOUBTS HE CAN CURRENTLY CONTINUE HIS DUTIES. THE CHAOS SURROUNDING THE EXTENSION OF F.M. 190 SERVES AS EVIDENCE OF THIS. AS COMMISSIONER FOR PRECINCT 4, MR. SMITH SEEMS UNABLE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS IN MANY OTHER URGENT MATTERS IN A RAPIDLY GROWING COUNTY.

HE NEEDS TO STEP ASIDE FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOR HIS PERSONAL HEALTH.

ALEX I HAVE LOW BOTH WRITES I ASK COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH RESIGN AND BEARE REMOVE AND REPLACED AND APPOINTED UNTIL A NEW DULY ELECTED OFFICER CAN TAKE OFFICE AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, QUOTE, EVERY DAY 29 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES DIE --

>>> >>> THE ANNUAL COST OF ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES TOTALS MORE THAN $4 BILLION, END QUOTE. IN THE FACE OF NUMBER WE COULD HAVE A A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY WHO REPEATEDLY ENDANGERED FILL LOW CITIZEN.

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO ALWAYS HAVE COMPASSIONATE AND UNDERSTANDING AND RECOGNIZE OUR ELECTED

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THE NEXT IS FROM A HAYS COUNTY RESIDENT WHO IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS WALT'S NEIGHBOR.

I DEMAND THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE -- >>> JUDGE I WOULD STOP YOU.

WITH WE HAVE A FORM WE HAVE TO FILL OUT AND JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COURT, IT IS A PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE IS NO ANONYMOUS PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE NEVER ALLOWD THAT IN THIS COURT, AND WHILE I SAID NOTHING, AS YOU GO PAST THE TIME LIMIT, FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I WILL SAY THAT I SHOULD HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO AT LEAST WRITE DOWN IS SOMEBODY'S NAME AND IF THERE AND ISSUE WITH ME, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THEM AND E-MAIL OR REACH O TO THEM SHOULD I FEEL NECESSARY. IF IT IS ANONYMOUS COMMENT, SINCE YOU AND HAVE BEEN ON THE

COURT WE HAVE NEVER ALLOWED ONE. >>> CONTINUE. >>> WANT ME TO CONTINUE.

>>> YES, MA'AM. >>> I DEMAND COMMISSIONER SMITH BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE BECAUSE HE VIOLATED TEXAS LAWS VIOLATING COE GAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND OFFICER, THE DWI INCIDENT FROM FRILL OF 2022 IS SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 997, SECTION 87.013, TITLED GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL, READS AS FOLLOWS.

A., AND OFFICER MAY BE REMOVED FOR, ONE, INCOMPETENCY, TWO, OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT, OR THREE, INTOXICATION ON OR OFF DUTY CAUSED BY DRINKING AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, B., INTOXICATION IS NOT A GROUND FOR REMOVAL IF IT APPEARS THAT THE TRIAL THAT THE INTOX CASE WAS CAUSED BY DRINKING AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON THE DIRECTION OF PRESCRIPTION OF A HIGH SENSED PHYSICIAN PRACTICING IN THIS STATE. THE A.P. D. ARREST WARRANT SAID I OBSERVED A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE COMING FROM HIND AND OBSERVED HE HAD BLOODSHOT, HINERT ISED, HE HAD GLASSY EYE, WALTER WAS SWAYING FROM TIME TO TIME AND HE WAS WOBBLING SOMETIMES.

WALTER WAS VERY TALKATIVE, THAT IS THE END OF THE QUOTATION. THIS INCIDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT PROMPTLY AFTER IT HAPPENED, RATHER THAN TRYING TO KEEP IT QUIET FOR 18 MONTHS. THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS COME OUT, IT IS MY OPINION COMMISSIONER SMITH NEEDS TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE HE CLEARLY WAS INTOXICATED, AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THIS WAS ON DIRECTION OR PRESCRIPTION OF A DOCTOR. MR., HIS APPARENT ONGOING STRUGGLES OF ALCOHOL SEEM TO HAVE LED TO BREAKING OF TRAFFIC LAWS AND CAUSED A CRASH.

PLEASE REMOVE COMMISSIONER SMITH FROM OFFICE. THIS IS, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE

OF DRIPPING SPRINGS RESIDENTS WHO DEKLAINED TO BE NAMED. >>> DEAR JUDGE BECERRA THE DANGEROUS ACTIONS OF WALT SMITH ARE AND I'M BEAR RAZMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE JUST NOW LEARNING OF HIS DWI ARREST IN APRIL OF 2021 FOR T-BONING A BOX TRUCK IN AUSTIN.

YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY IMPAIRED TO T-BONE A BOX TRUCK. AD THIS ON TOP OF THE NEWS REPORTS EARLIER THIS YEAR OF HIM PEEING OUTSIDE OF A BAR ON VERSIONER STREET AND THEN DRIVING UP AND OVER THE CURB, FORWARDS THEN BACKWARDS. AFTER PUBLICLY ADMITTING TO A FOX REPORTER HE WAS IMPAIRED BE I MEDICATION AT THE TIME, AND SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN BEHIND THE CONSEQUENCES. AS A COUNTY WE SHOULD HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. HE HAS BECOME A PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT TO PRECINCT 4, AND SHOULD RESIGN. THE FINAL ONE FROM LAST WEEK, ANOTHER DRIPPING SPRINGS CONCERNED CITIZEN, I DEMAND THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH RESIGN IMMEDIATELY FROM HIS POSITION. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I LEARNED HE WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL OF 2021 BECAUSE OF A DWI INCIDENT INVOLVING A CRASH. THIS IS RECKLESS BEHAVE AND SOMEONE COULD HAVE DIED. COMMISSIONER SMITH HAS THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO, QUOTE, PATIENTLY WAIT, END QUOTE FOR HIS DAY IN A STRIS COUNTY COURT WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR PRETRIAL HEARINGS SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. BECAUSE HE COULD AFFORD THE BAIL REQUIREMENT. WHILE COMMISSIONER SMITH COULD AFFORD $3,500 IN BAIL, MANY OTHERS LEAKAGE WISHING IN JAIL IN HIS HAYS COUNTY CANNOT. TOO OFTEN THEY ALSO WAIT FOR THEIR CASES TO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BUT IN A CELL FAR FROM HOME, AND FAR FROM THEIR DEFENSE COUNSEL, BECAUSE OF THE POLICY DECISIONS SUPPORTED BY COMMISSIONER SMITH. I WAS OUTRAGED WHEN I ALSO LEARNED THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH ARGUED IN THIS COURT LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AGO THAT HAYS COUNTY SHOULD HAVE AND EVEN LARGER, NOT SMALLER, POPULATION OF PEOPLE HELD PRETRIAL. WE NEED A COMMISSIONER WHO

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FROM THIS, THIS WEEK, WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM D.A. WILDER. WHICH SAYS, I WATCHED THIS SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2022 COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING WITH GREAT INTEREST AND MADE THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATION, ON SOME OF THE MORE NOTE WORTHTHY ITEMS. ELECTION FRAUD AND MALL ADMINISTRATION EXISTED AND CONTINUE TO EXIST IN HAYS COUNTY AND PARTICULARLY DURING THE NOVEMBER, 2020 ELECTION. THE TALKING POINTS WERE SHOCKING ESPECIALLY THOSE BETWEEN ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS,ONA, AD CIVIC REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE EASING AND REQUIRED AUCTION OF PREPRINTED SCWERNLLY NUMBERED BALLOT, HEART DID NOT RECOMMEND THOSE BALLOTS AND HEMPED TO THOSE WHO SUPPORTED THEM AS NAYSAYER, UTILIZATION OF A POLITICALLY OR SOCIAL BY BIASED VENDOR IS A POOR AND INEQUITABLE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND COULD POTENTIALLY COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY OF SOME ELECTION PROCESSES. I DO NO. DECIDED WE, DID NOT WANT NUMBERED BALLOTS, WHO IS WE? WHICH ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE VOICES VOTED TO DO THIS? IN ADDITION, HEART DID NOT RECOMMEND SETTING MACHINES TO RECORD THE CAST VOTE RECORDS. SINCE WHEN IS IT ACCEPTABLE TO ALLOW A THIRD PARTY TO DETERMINE HOW OUR ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED? AS REPRESENTATIVES OF YOUR COUNTY CONSTITUENTS YOU HAVE ANDY DATED YOUR DUTY TO THOSE YOU REPRESENT AND WHO PAY YOUR SALARY, THERE ARE ALSO CONFLICTING STATEMENTS FROM I DO NOVEMBER BETWEEN WHAT SHE SAID IN A GROUP CONVERSATION AND WHAT SHE SAID TO THE LOCAL PRESS. EITHER SHE HAS THE CAST VOTE RECORDS OR SHE DOESN'T.

TO QUOTE ONE OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKER, WHAT IS THE TRUTH? THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE.

THIS IS A VOTER ISSUE. WHAT I WITNESSED IN THESE TESTIMONIES LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT MANY VOTERS IN HAYS COUNTY HAVE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED BY THE SILENCE AND INACTION OF THIS COURT, YOU ARE EITHER WILLFULLY IGNORANT OR WILLFULLY COMPLICIT. REGARDING PRECINCT 4 COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH, NEVER HAVE I BEEN SO ANGRY AND EMBARRASSED ABOUT A PUBLIC OFFICIAL'S CONDUCT. FOR THIS REPRESENTATIVE TO BE INVOLVED IN A DWI INCIDENT MONTHS LATER YOUR NATE IN PUBLIC AND DRIVE OFF IMPAIRED IS UNACCEPTABLE.

DOES THIS CONDUCT REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS? THE COUNTY? YOUR FAMILY? WHERE IS YOUR SHAME, SIR. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR AB SORE RENT BEHAVIOR? IF YOUR JUDGMENT IS THIS CLOUDIED IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE DANGER OF YOUR JUDGMENT WHEN IMPORTANT DECISIONS MUST BE MADE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS, STRUCTURE, AND OUR ACCOMPANYING BONDS.

I BELIEVE ANY SOBER TAX PAY INFORM THE COUNTY COULD MAKE MORE PRUDENT DECISIONS.

FINALLY, REGARDING CYRUS GRAY AND DEVONTA AMERSON, WHY ARE THESE YOUNG MEN BEING LEFT TO LANG WISH FOR OVER FOUR YEARS IN THE HAYS COUNTY JAIL? THE APPARENT LACK OF EVIDENCE AND INACTION BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARE, AT THE LEAST, SHAMEFUL AND INEXCUSABLE AND AT MOST UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE HAYS COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM IS AS BROKEN AS ITS ELECTION SYSTEM AND ITS OWN MORAL COMPASS. I WANT TO KNOW WHY.

WHAT IS THE TRUTH? >>> THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM JORDAN BUCKLEY.

LATER THIS FALL, WHETHER THIS ELECTION DAY OR DURING EARLY VOTING FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS COURT WILL GET INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE VEHICLES TURN THE KEY AND THEN DRIVE TO A NEARBY POLLING LOCATION IN ORDER TO CAST YOUR BALL LET. BUT, FOR COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH, UPON ENTERING HIS TRUCK, HE WILL FIRST HAVE TO BREATHE INTO A DEVICE ISSUED BE I THE STATE CONNECTED TO HIS IGNITION. IF THE MACHINE DETERMINES THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH IS NOT DRUNK, ONLY THEN WILL HIS TRUCK TURN ON. WHY WILL COMMISSIONER SMITH'S JOURNEY TO THE POLLS BE DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF YOU? CERTAINLY NOT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO VOLUNTARILY PROVE SOBRIETY, AFTER ALL, WALT SMITH WAS JAILED FOR 2005 LAST APRIL IN AUSTIN, THE POLICE AFFIDAVIT INDICATES SMITH REFUSED TOGY UP A BLOOD SAMPLE TO PROVE HIS SOBRIETY, NO WOULD HE USE A BREATHALYZER TO PROVE HIS SOBRIETY, INDEED, FORMER PRETRIAL DETAINNEE SMITH WILL BE UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION UNTIL NEXT SUMMER AFTER HE --

>>> FORMER PRETRIAL DETAINEE SMITH WAS SWAYING AND WOBBLY AND HAD EYES THAT WERE BLOOD SHOT AND GLASSY AND POSSESSED, QUOTE, BEVERAGE COMING FROM HIM, UNQUOTE.

HE COUNT PASS THE STAND ON ONE LEG TEST. IN A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ARRANGEMENT RECENTLY STRUCK BY HIS LAWYER FOR THE DWI ARREST, SMITH LAUGHABLY CLAIMED YESTERDAY THAT QUOTE THIS MATTER HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONCLUDED AND MY INNOCENCE IS CONFIRMED.

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AND THAT IS WHY THIS COMING ELECTION SEASON, NO MATTER WHAT EXCUSE HE GIVES, YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONER WON'T BE ABLE TO SIMPLY TURN A KEY TO START HIS TRUCK IGNITION TO GO THE POLLS LIKE THE REST OF YOU. OUR FINAL COMMENT, SENT IN THIS WEEK, FOR TODAY.

KAREN MUNOZ WRITES, ON AUGUST 16TH, THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT AGREED TO SPEND $3.65 MILLION TO TRANSFER PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN THEYS COUNTY JAIL TO HASKELL COUNTY JAIL, LOCATED IN NORTH TEXAS. APPROXIMATELY 4.5 HOURS AWAY FROM HAYS COUNTY.

I E-MAILED COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND INGALS BY TO SHARE MY DISAPPOINTMENT TO WHICH SHE RESPONDED SHE DIDN'T INTEND TO CAUSE HARM, UNFORTUNATELY A VOTE TO SEND OUR NEIGHBORS 4 1/2 HOURS AWAY DOES CAUSE IMMENSE HARM WHICH THUS FAR INCLUDED 2 A.M. RAID-STYLE ACTIONS TAKEN BY JAIL STAFF TO HAUL PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE. THE REASON GIVEN FOR THE CONSTANT HAULING OFF OF PEOPLE IS THAT THE JAIL IS OVER CROWDED.

HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN NO EFFORTS MADE TO REDUCE THEMENT A OF PEOPLE WHOA ARE BEING HELD PRETRIAL, NO EFFORTS TO REDUCE BOND AMOUNTS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO FIGHT CASE AT HOME AND NO EFFORTS TO HOLD JUDGES ACCOUNTABLE FOR SLOW-MOVING CASES OR PROSECUTORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR REFUSING TO DISMISS MERITLESS CASES. ON TOP OF THIS REALITY IS THE FACT THAT THE JAIL IS EXPANDED IN 2021, AND A COST OF ABOUT $57.5 MILLION.

THE COUNTY BUDGET IS IN YOUR HANDS AND INSTEAD OF FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, OR ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE THE ROOT CAUSE OF CRIME, HAYS COUNTY CONSIST LENTLY INCESTS MORE MONEY INEN CARSRATION. THE JAIL IS NOT FULL, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE STAFF NECESSARY TO RUN IT. IN FACT, WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS THAT AND ENTIRE WING OF THE JAIL, F. UNITE, IS GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN ONCE THE CURRENT ROUND OF TRANSFERS IS COMPLETED. MANY REASONS MAY THE GIVEN FOR THIS BY VARIOUS OFFICIALS IN CHARGE. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO CURRENT SPOKEN WITH MEMBERS OF THE HAYS COUNTY JAIL, ADVOCATES ON THE CONDITION OF AANYMORETY, WORKING CONDITIONS ARE SO OWN USE AND DEMORALIZING MANY EMPLOYEES BURN OUT, OR FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. THEY WANT TO WORK SOMEWHERE THAT DOESN'T COMPROMISE THEIR MORALS AND VALUES. ADDITIONALLY, EMPLOYEES REPORT THAT THEY ARE NOT GIVEN ADEQUATE TRAINING. THAT SUPERVISORS ARE OUT OF TOUCH AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE JAIL. HIGHER UPS INCLUDING THE SHERIFF DO NOT HAVE THEIR OFFICES AT THE JAIL BUT INSTEAD AT THE HAYS COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING LOCATED OVER FIVE MILES AWAY.

THEY DON'T FEEL THEY HAVE ANY ROOM FOR ADVANCEMENT. INSTEAD OF SPENDING $3.65 MILLION TO SEND INCARCERATED PEOPLE FAR AWAY FROM THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITIES, THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT COULD HAVE CHOSE TON ADDRESS STAPHING CRISIS, OF COURSE, REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HELD IN PRETRIAL DETENTION WOULD SURELY HELP ALLEVIATE THE STAFFING CRISIS. THAT IS THE END OF THE COMMENTS.

[F1. Presentation recognizing 4-H Gold Star Award recipients.]

>>> THANK YO VERY MUCH. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN F1. >>> YES.

F1. PRESENTATION, RECOGNIZING 4H GOLD STAR AWARD RECIPIENTS.

>>> GIVE US A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

THANK YOU, JUDGES AND COMMISSIONER FOR HAVING US TODAY.

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE GOLD STAR AWARD FOR 4H TO TWO OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS. THE GOLD STAR AWARD IS HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY THENESS THE TEXT 4H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THROUGH THE COUNTY 9H PRIME MINISTER, THE MEMBER MUST HAVE COMPLETED OR BE COMPLETING THEIR 9TH GREAT SCHOOL YEAR AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION, AND MUST HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST THREE YEARS IN 4H INCLUDING THE URGENT CAN 4H YEAR, THE TEXAS 4H GOLD STAR AWARD WINNER CAN ONLY& BE AWARDED ONCE. THE MEMBER MUST ALSO HAVE COMPLETED PROJECTS IN AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT PROJECT AFFAIR YEAHS, AND SUBMITTED APPROPRIATE RECORD FORMS. WHETHER IT BE SWINE PROJECT, HOME SKILL, INTYMOLOGY (^) OR ANYTHING ON THE LONG LIST OF 9H THAT HAS TO OFFER. THESE TWO 4H YOUTH SHOWCASED THEIR DEPOSITION TO THE COMMUNITIES 4H PRIME MINISTER THROUGH HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, LEADERSHIP IN THEIR CLUB, AND TIMES SPENT ON THEIR PROJECTS.

IT IS FOR THAT REASON I AM HONORED TO BE BEFORE THE JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS OF HAYS COUNTY, TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF THE, WINS OF THE 2022 TEXAS 4H GOLD STAR AWARD, ARE LIZZIE MCMILLAN AND ELLA BURTON. WE HAVE THE CERTIFICATES AND BELT BUCKLES EACH RECEIVED.

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WITH Y'ALL. >>> ABSOLUTELY. ANYTHING ELSE? AFFORD THEM THE OPPORTUNITY SO SAY SOMETHING. LET'S PUT YOU ON SPOT.

GET TO THE PODIUM AND SAY WHAT IS YOUR HEART. >>> THIS CELLA BURTON.

>>> OKAY. HI. HI.

BEAUTIFULLY SAID. >>> IT HAS BEEN GREAT, THIS YEAR.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AT 4H AND I LIKE DOING IT, AND I AM NOT PREPARED A SPEECH SO . .

>>> WE WILL HELP. WHAT YOUR THREE PROJECTS? >>> MY THREE PROJECT, I HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS ARE WILD LIFE AND THEATER, AND FOOD SCIENCE.

>>> WHAT CHAPTER ARE YOU FROM? >>> I AM FROM WIMBERLY 4H THEF THERE YOU GO.

>>> I'M ALSO CURRENTLY AND OFFICER THERE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

>>> WELL DONE. >>> THANKS.

>>> >>> THIS IS LIZZI MCMILLAN. >>> HI, HOY SHOW PIGS AND PARTICIPATE IN LIVESTOCK JUDGING AND ALSO HOME SKILLS. I HAVE BEEN SHOWING SINCE I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE. I AM PRESIDENT OF THE BUDA 4H AND VICE PRESIDENT OUR HAYS

COUNTY COUNCIL AND I AM A SENIOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL. >>> BEAUTIFUL.

OF SWEARING IN ALL THE KYLE 9H FOLKS AND IT IS REAL TREAT TO BE HANDING THEM MR. GOOD BARRES AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF JUST SO COOL, IT IS SUCH A GREAT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AS I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU ALREADY IN THE PAST AND OUR OFFICE. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND

COMMISSIONERS, WE WILL COME UP FOR A PIQUE? >>> ONE -- BEFORE THAT, ONE SECOND. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO THE COURT TO ATTEND THE COUNTY BANQUET. I KNOW I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS ABLE TO BE THERE.

I'M SORRY FOR THAT, WE HAD CONFLICTS. SO, SOME OF US DIDDED ANT THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER JONES FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO THE COUNTY.

THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT, AM I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU, YOU TWO, I HAVE -- WHENEVER I WAS IN SCHOOL, AS A JUNIOR THE HIGHEST YOU CAN ACHIEVE IN 4H WAS THE DANFORTH I DARE YOU AWILD-CARD, AND SENIORS WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A GOLD STAR AWARD.

I WON THAT WAY BACK WHEN, BUT WHENEVER I WAS ARD WHATTED THAT IT IS REALLY A STEPPING STONE FOR ME, FOR THIS STATE 9H CENTER AND FURTHER AS YOU O GO INTO THE COLLEGE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU DO PURSUE COLLEGE OR SECONDARY EDUCATION, SOMEWHERE, LOOK AND GET INVOLVED IN YOUR 9H CLUB THERE. THERE IS SCHOLARSHIPS, SPECIFICALLY FOR WORKING AT THE STATE 4H CENTER. AND I DID THAT FOR TWO YEARS IN COLLEGE, AND IT HELPED ME PAY FOR MY COLLEGE AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE 4H IS A LIFELONG COMMITMENT, IT IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT ENDS WHEN

YOU GRADUATE. >>> THANK YOU. >>> AND I WILL END WITH THIS IDEA BEFORE YOU COME UP. IF YOU DON'T GO TO COLLEGE WE STILL LOVE YOU GUYS.

>>> THAT'S RIGHT. COME ON UP. >>>

>>>

>>> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

>>> DOCTOR WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN F2. >>> F2, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION

[F2. Adopt a Proclamation declaring September 15 - October 15, 2022 as Hispanic Heritage Month.]

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>>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND. >>> AND WILL YOU PLEASE READ

THE PROCLAMATION. >>> WHEREAS THE COUNCIL FOR THE INDIGENOUS AND HEY TAN NO. COMMUNITY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE TA WHILE TACOM PEOPLE CURRENTLY BAY BELLED HISPANIC HAVE LIVED IN THIS SPACE NOW CALLED HAYS COUNTY FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND THIS AJT SHENT INDIGENOUS CIVILIZATION THRIVED LONG BEFORE TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES WERE FORMED.

AND WHEREAS WHAT BEGAN IN 1968 AS HISPANIC HERITAGE WEEK, UNDER PRESIDENT JOHNSON, WOULD THEN EXPANDED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN IN 1988, TO COVER THE DAYS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15TH AND OCTOBER 15TH, AROUND TODAY RECOGNIZED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CALLING ON ALL AMERICANS TO OBSERVE AND CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT HISPANIC PEOPLE HAVE HAD ON OUR COUNTRY AND WHEREAS THE HAYS COUNTY, WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY IS THE HOME TO HISPANIC FAMILIES WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE ITS FOUNDING AS SHOWN ON THE JULY 12TH, 1809, THE FIRST CENSUS TAKEN ON THE EL CAMINO RAYIAL SAN MARCOS NAY V.A. ON SAN MARCOS RIVER THAT INCLUDE FAMILIES WITH SURNAMES, DELAPORTILLA, DELAGARZA, SALAZAR, SALINAS, GOMEZ AND HERNANDEZ AND GARCIA, CAS NERRA, SOLACE, SO LEASE, HMONGYA, FLORES, LASO IYA, MUST KISS, BERMUDEZ, SOTO, RODRIGUEZ, SANCHEZ, RAMIREZ, PEÑA, VALDEZ, BARRY YAS, SALINAS, CAS YAS, KAY OWE GO, VILLARREAL, MONTOYA, I'M MONTEZ AND LANDA.

AND WHEREAS WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO REFLECT ON THE LEGACY OF OUR OWN INDIGENOUS AND THEY HA NO. FAMILIES WHO HAVE, TODAY, INFLUENCED HAYS COUNTY HISTORY, AND SERVE ADDS LEADERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, AND WHEREAS THEYHA NO. FAMILIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE RICH SOCIAL FABRIC, DIVERSE CULTURE AND ECONOMIC SECOND SAYS INITIALLY AS ORIGINAL NATIVE PEOPLE, FIRST SETTLERS, RANCH HANDS AND STOCK RACERS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THROUGH WORKING COTTON FIELDS BECOMING LAND OWNS AND BUILDING HOME, ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES, CHURCHES AND CEMETERIES, AND GIVING OF THEIR TIME AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES TO BUILD A FOUNDATION IN THE COMMUNITY OF HAYS COUNTY. WHEREAS THESE FAMILIES HAVE DRAWN STRENGTH FROM EARLIER FAMILIES TO PRODUCE SOLDIER, DOCTORS, ENTREPRENEUR, ACADEMIC LEADERS, HISTORIAN, WRITER, AND ARTISTS THEIR STORIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN FULLY RECORDED OR HONORED, IN THIS COMMUNITY, THEY ARE INFLUENTIAL AND HIGHLY RESPECTED. AND WHEREAS IN THIS SPIRIT OF UNITY, THE COUNCIL FOR THE INDIGENOUS AND HEY HA NOSE COMMUNITY AND HIS HISPANIC COUNTY COMMISSION INVITE YOU TO INJOIN US ACT WAS RERECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE MANY INDAMAGE FLUOUS AND THEY HA NO. FAMILIES OF HAYS COUNTY, BE IT RESOLVED THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, WHICH INCLUDES RUBEN BECERRA, FIRST HISPANIC HAYS COUNTY JUDGE, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15TH THRU OCTOBER 15TH, 2022, AS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, A DAY TO CELEBRATE OUR RICH INDIGENOUS AND HEY AHAR NO. CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN HAYS COUNTY TEXAS ADOPTED THIS THIS 20TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2022.

>>> FIRST TIME I HEARD THAT IT WAS SO BEAUTIFULLY WORDED. AND IT TAKES, IT TAKE AS COMMUNITY TO EVEN WRITE THAT THING. I MEAN, I NEVER USED MY FULL NAME BECAUSE JUST NOT OUR TRADITION HERE IN THE U.S., BUT MY FULL NAME IS RUBEN BECERRA RAMIREZ, AND MY NAME IS IN THERE, TOO. BUT THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS, THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY, THIS ABOUT EVERYONE, AND EVERY WAY YOU CAN READ.

I'M GRATEFUL IT IS THE WAY I SEE IT, A UNIFYING MESSAGE,. >>> COMMISSIONER EDGELESS L BY.

>>> JUDGE, FIST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK ELAINE CARDANIS OF HER READING OF ALL THE

PRONUNCIATIONS. SHE DID A GREAT JOB. >>> WAY TO GO READING!

>>> TO JUST HEAR THIS SUCH HISTORY HISTORY OF THE HISPANIC CULTURE AND, YEAH, IT IS JUST WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN HERE THAT ARE CELEBRATING THIS TIME AND THIS MONTH, LONG EVENT AND JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO LET'S LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HISTORY.

>>> THAT'S RIGHT. COMMISSIONER JONES ANYTHING ELSE.

>>> THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY, THIS A GREAT PROCLAMATION AND THERE A LOT OF LISTRY AND HAYS COUNTY AND HISPANIC CULTURE AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >>> I SAY THANK YOU FOR REALLY LOOKING COUNTYWIDE, I KNOW SO MANY THINGS WE DO ARE SO SAN MARCOS FOCUSED AND JUST READING THAT LIST OF NAMES THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT NAMES FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DOWN THIGH

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UNNAMED SO I APPRECIATE IT. >>> RIGHT. ONE OF THOSE STA UNDERSTANDS OUT BECAUSE I LEARNED ABOUT IT DURING MY TIME AS COUNTY JUDGE IS AINGBA.

>>> THAT'S RIGHT. COME ON. THAT IS COOL.

IF YOU JUST LEAN IN ON THAT ONE, TOO. WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP

TO SPEAK AND THEN WE CALL THE VOTE. >>> JESSICA ME HIYA PLEASE AS

APPROACH THE PODIUM. >>> >>> DAN.

RATTLER MOM, (^), BOP CAT MOM. AIR FORCE MOM. I COME TO YOU ON BEHALF O I MY SON. I LOVE YOU ME HOLLYWOOD AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN BUT I NO E YOU FLYING AND DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY.

AND I ASKED THAT CONFIDENT AND MOANTOR INDIGENOUS WOMAN TO COME, BECAUSE IN LIGHT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL MOMENT, AND IN LIGHT OF SPEAKING ON BEING REMOVED FROM HISS AND THIS BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION, I WAS REMOVED FROM A POSITION. I WAS A HAYS COUNTY SENSOR COORDINATOR IN 20 AND I WAS GIVEN THAT POSITION BACK, NOTHING I HAVE TO SAY IS WITH MALICE, IT IS ALL ON RECORD. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS COUNTING MINORITIES, AND I LOOK AT THE PICTURES, NOT TO NEGATE OR TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORD HISPANIC BUT I OFTEN WONDER, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY CAME TO THE SOFT OPENING AT THE L. BE.

J. LIBRARY AND I WONDER, HOW MANY OF THESE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE HISPANIC OR MEXICAN BUT IN FACT NATIVE AMERICANS. MY LAST NAME IS ME HIYA, A LOT OF US HAVE LAST NAMES THAT WERE GIVEN TO US BECAUSE WE WERE FORCED TO NOT SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE, OUR HAIR WAS RIPPED OUT OF OUR SKULLS. OUR WRISTS WERE CUT OFF THAT, IS WHAT REPRESENTS THE DRUM.

THEY PLAY WITH DRUMS FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE WRISTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE WRISTS.

I WANT TO CELEBRATE THIS DAY AS A MEXICANA, CHICANA, AS A HEY TANA, AS AND EDGE DECISIONNOUS WOMAN. BUT I DON'T EVER WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE HISTORY THAT OUR FIRST SETTLERS WERE ALREADY HERE.

>>> DI I DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF RECORD, I WAS A TEEN MOM LIVING IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, WORKING GO TO SCHOOL AND MY POSITION WAS REMOVED. AT THE SAME TIME, I OFFER GRACE, SO THE ANXIETY THAT SETTLES IN MY HEART WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS GOING TO BE HEARING AS MANY THINGS AS I DID COMING IN, SO, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND US ALL THAT WE ARE ALL RELATED, GRACE SHOULD BE GIVEN, AND WE SHOULD ALL BE HERE FOR THE CHILDREN THAT WE ARE HEARING EVERYTHING TODAY AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T BE HERE BECAUSE PERHAPS THEY ARE DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY, OR FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T BE HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE GONE, THANK YOU MUCH. LET'S --

I CALL YOU ALL BLESSED, HEALED, HOLY ONE. >>> BEAUTIFULLY SAID.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>>

>>> >>> WAS WILL SOMEONE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK?

GY 2345? >>> I NO YOU TOOK EXTRA EFFORT AND I HEARD OF YOUR TRAVEL FROM

DESCRIPPING SPRINGS AND THERE WAS A LOFT TROUBLE ON THE ROAD. >>> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. WILL YOU ADJUST YOUR MIKE, ROXANNE.

>>> GINA ROGER, THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE TIME TODAY. I WANTED TO JUST TALK BRIEFLY AGAIN ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORICAL FACTS THAT WE DID FIND.

GOING BACK TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY, CATTLE AND OF COURSE RANCHING IN HAYS COUNTY HAVE ROOTS DATING BACK TO THE TIME PERIOD. WHEN TE LEE PAVE DELAPORTA BROUGHT SETTLERS TO THE WILD LANDS OF SAN MARCOS. BY 1808, HE HAD ESTABLISHED A TOWN SQUARE, THESE SETTLERS FACED HARDSHIPS DURING THOSE YEARS.

AND, THE SPANISH GOVERNOR THEY HAS AT THE TIME WAS MANUEL MARIA DEL SALSEDA, HE RECALLED A

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AS SETTLERS EVENTUALLY CAME TO CENTRAL TEXAS, THEY FOUND THE REGION STOCKED WITH WILD HORSES AND CATTLE AND ENTIRELY FREE OF ALL OWNERSHIP MARKINGS. IF YOU LOOK TAT CENSUS THAT I BROUGHT HERE TODAY IT SHOWS THAT THEY WERE STOCKMEN. SO, THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS THAT BROUGHT THOSE ANIMALS HERE. REMNANTS OF THOSE ANIMALS WERE LEFT BEHIND BY PORTILLA AND THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS. ANOTHER FAMILY OF STOCK RACERS IN HAYS COUNTY DATING TO 1850 WAS GUILLERMO BILL WILLIAM CRUZ, HE IS CONFIRMED LIVING, WELL HE IS CONFIRMED IN THE 1850 CENSUS FIRST OF ALL, AND HE AND ISABELLA GONZALEZ OWNED REAL ESTATE VALUED AT $300 AT THAT TIME. AND WERE SUCCESSFUL STOCK BREEDERS. NEAR --

>>> >>> >>> THE GRANT TRANSFERRED TO HIM, 640 ACHES OF THE LUMPTON SURVEY, IN 1838. THAN SURVEY FIELD NOTES ARE MARKED TEN MILES NORTH, NORTHWEST FROM THE TOWN OF SAN MARCUS, NOT YET HAYS COUNTY, AND 1854, MCKENNEY DEEDS THAT LAND TO GUILLERMO'S WIFE, ISABELLA CONGA LEZ CRUZ.

GUILLERMO THEN HAD ALWAYS RECEIVED A MEXICAN LAND GRANT OF ONE LEAGUE ON THE WART OF THE TRINITY IN EARLY 1835. FAMILY RECORDS INDICATE THAT GUILLERMO PARTICIPATED IN THE DEFENSE OF TEX TEXT AND SKILLED AT SCOUTING FOR THE CATTLE THIEVES AND RUST HERS, AND IN 1855, GUILLERMO FILED A DEED IN HAYS COUNTY, DIRECTING THAT HIS WIFE ISABELLA RECEIVE ALL OF HIS INTEREST IN HORSES, CATTLE AND STOCK, THAT WERE BRANDED WITH HIS CATTLE BRAND.

THOMAS MCKINNEY WAS A WITNESS TO THE DEED TRANSFER AND, UNFORTUNATELY, GUILLERMO HAD A BOUNTY ON HIS HEAD, AND HE WANTED EVERYTHING IN HIS WIFE'S NAME, IN CASE OF HIS DEATH.

HE WAS KILLED JUST ONE YEAR LATER. ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 1856.

WERE DAWN GUILLERMO AND CHIEF GRAY EAGLE BEGAN THEIR DAY AT THE CORRAL SADDLING HORSES.

HID ANYONE SURROUNDING BUSHES CATTLE THIEVES OPENED FIRE, KILLING GUILLERMO WITHOUT WARNING, CHIEF GRAY EAGLE DIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. BOTH ARE BURIED IN THE FAMILY GRAVEYARD IN WIMBERLY. THAT THE TIME ISABELLA IN 1856 BECAME THE ONLY FEMALE MEXICAN LAND OWNER WHOSE FAMILY WERE STOCK BREEDERS AND WERE RECORDED IN HAYS COUNTY.

ACCORDING TO THE NONPOPULATION SCHEDULE IN 1860 ISABELLA OWNED 640-ACRES.

WITH LIVESTOCK INCLUDING HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, OXEN AND MILK COWS.

I BELLA SOLD MOST OF HER LAND OR THE ESTATE IN MAY OF 100 BUT INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IN HER LAND DEED, I EXPRESSLY RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE ON THIS LAND.

DURING MY LIFETIME AND TO KEEP COWS, CAV, HORSE, SOWS PIGS DURING MY LIFETIME AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BE BURIED IN THE CRUZ FAMILY CEMETERY. IN THIS DEED, ISABELLA REFERENCES HER PROPERTY IS HER SEPARATE ESTATE, DRYING HER HERSELF AS A WIDOW, AND IN 1911 SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 98. THROUGH THEIR TENACITY AND RESILIENCE THESE FAMILIES PARTICIPATED IN THE SETTLEMENT AND RANCH IN HAYS COUNTY FOR GENERATIONS. SOME WERE MEXICAN FEMALE LAND OWNERS AND SOME WERE COWBOYS, RANCH HAND, STOCK RACES, OTHERS WERE SKILLED BRONCO RIDERS. THESE HANDLERS HANDLED THE DAY-TO-JOBS BREAKING HORSE, ROPE, HERDING AND BRANDING LOCAL RANCHES OR DRIVING CAT TOLL THE NORTHERN MARKETS AND LAIRD THEY SHEARED SHEEP, PICKED COTTON AND MAINTAINED RANCHES.

UNTIL NOW, THEIR DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO RANCHING AND HAYS COUNTY HAVE NOT BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED BUT THEY ARE LEGENDARY STORIES DESERVING OF A PLACE IN TEXAS HISTORY, AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE TODAY IN GIVING A VOICE TO THE LOST LEGACY WE ARE SLOWLY UNCOVERING TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

>>> BEAUTIFULLY STATED. ABSOLUTELY. BEAUTIFUL.

>>> THANK YOU. >>> COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>>> >>> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WHILE YOU DO HAVE A FOE NO, MA'AMNAL JOB OUTLINING OUR SNOT RECENT PAST, AND THE RESEARCH THAT YOU HAVE DONE IS AMAZE, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOUR FAMILY ON RECENT HISTORY. I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME I MET AND TOES IS ACTUALLY AT MY CHILD'S SCHOOL AND HE WAS A, HE WOULD ACTUALLY COME EVERY

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AND ABOUT WHY SERVICE TO COUNTRY WAS IMPORTANT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHO SANTOS WAS, HE WAS A CITY COUNCILMAN IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND HE WAS REALLY THE HEART BEHIND OUR CHRISTMAS THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE WOULD IT IS FOR MONTHS AND CHANGE OUT INDIVIDUAL LIGHT BULLENS, I WAS A MEMBER OF THE LYONS CLUB AND WE PAID FOR THE LIGHTS TO GO UP AND WE WOULD PURCHASE ALL THE LIGHTS FOR THE CITY AND SANTOS WOULD IT IS FOR LITERALLY MONTHS ON END, WITH THE LIGHTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND FIX BULB BY BULB AND OUR, IN OUR CITY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, NOT BECAUSE HE WAS PAID, NOT BECAUSE HE HAD TO, BUT BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS WAY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. AND SO, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR FAMILY AND I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE MORE RECENT HISTORY AND HOW IT

TOUCHED EVEN MY DAUGHTER. >>> ONE OF THE GIFTS THAT SANTOS GAVE TO US BEFORE HE DIED THIS SUMMER WAS THE GIFT OF GIVING US ALL OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, AND SO BECAUSE THROUGH THAT KNOWLEDGE WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A HISTORICAL MARKER AND WE WERE GRANTD THAT AND SO THAT WAS A GIFT THAT OUR FAMILY GOING FORWARD FOR GENERATIONS WILL BE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE.

AND SO, FUTURE GENERATIONS HERE IN HAYS COUNTY ARE DESERVING JUST AS DESERVING OF KNOWING THE

HISTORY. >>> THANK YOU, JENNA. >>> BEAUTIFUL, AND THANK YOU,

DOCTOR WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

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

COMMISSIONER SHELL, YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH, YES. >>> J JUDGE BARRERA.

>> YES. ANYONE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THE PICTURE PLEASE APPROACH.

ALL THE WAY UP HERE. HAND US THE PROCLAMATION? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. EVERYONE A BIG SMILE. 3, 2, 1.

3, 2, 1. THANK YOU. >>> BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YO VERY MUCH P. DR. PETTERMAN WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN F. 3?

[F3. Adopt a Proclamation declaring September 20, 2022 as Parks and Open Space Commission Appreciation Day in Hays County. JONES/]

>>> F. 3, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2022, AS PARKS AND OPEN SPACE

COMMISSION APPRECIATION DAY IN HIS COUNTY. >>> SO MOVED.

>>> SECOND. >>> IF YOU WILL PLEASE READ THE PROCLAMATION.

>>> WHEREAS THE COUNTY OF HAYS PROMOTES A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, BY INVESTING IN AND SUSTAINING

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SEPTEMBER, 2022. >>> BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND I ALWAYS LOVE O STATEMENT I WANT TO HELP MAKE HAYS COUNTY THE CENTRAL PARK OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY HELPED

IN THOSE MAGNIFICENT WAYSF COMMISSIONER SHELL? >>> COMMISSIONER JONES?

>>> COMMISSIONER JONES? >>> THANK ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THEY GAVE THEIR TIME, THEY SPENT A LOT OF UNPAID HOURS DOING THIS, AND THEY WORKED THROUGH AND CAME THROUGH WITH THE GREAT PRODUCT, AND I THINK ALL THE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED ARE WORTHY OF IT, I

APPRECIATE ALL THE HORD WORK Y'ALL PUT INTO THIS. >>> THERE A LOT OF WORK, JUDGE, AND I HAVE TALKED TO SOME FOLKS AT OTHER COUNTIES WHO ARE WORKING ON BONDS, SOME CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, AND I POINT TO POST AND WE HAVE THE MEETINGS POSTED ON THE WEB SITE TODAY AND IT AMAZING HOW MUCH WORK WAS PUT IN TO WHERE WE ARE AND I KNOW IT HAS BEEN SLOW SINCE WE HAVE GOTTEN EVERYTHING APPROVED BUT WE STARTING TO GET PROJECTS MOVING AND IT REALLY WAS, IT WAS JUST A, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER WILLING TO SPEND THEIR EVENINGS REGULARLY, EVENINGS WORKING FOR THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY. I APPRECIATE. THAT THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >>> JUDGE I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SERVING AND GIVING OF YOUR TIME, IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE THE, I DON'T KNOW, JUST EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER AND IT WAS A GREAT INTEREST, I KNOW, TO EVERYONE SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE.

SO MANY TIMES AND THIS HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, I HAVE HAD TROUBLE GETTING PEOPLE FROM PRECINCT 1 TO WENT TO PARTICIPATE BUT BOY I HAD SOME WONDERFUL INDIVIDUALS, JUDGE, THAT PARTICIPATED FROM PE SEEN 1 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. AND SO, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DID, AND YOU KNOW THE HOURS Y'ALL SPENT MAKING DECISIONS.

I KNOW THEY WERE TOUGH. >>> COMMISSIONER SMITH? >>> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS SO IMPRESSED ABOUT.

I SAD THROUGH MOST OF THE MEETINGS OF THE POST. I WAS THE FLY ON THE WALL ON ALL THIS ZOOM CALLS Y'ALL HAD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE LEVEL OF DELIBERATION AT TIMES WAS TOUGH, BUT EVERY BIT OF IT, NO MATTER THE MEMBER, IT CAME FROM A PLACE OF CARING ABOUT OUR COUNTY AND WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTY LOOKS LIKE.

TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE -- ACTUALLY ENDED ONE, YOU KNOW, WE DID TWO APPOINTEES PER MEMBER OF THE COURT, AND WHENEVER I THE ID THE APPOINTMENTS, I WANTED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF THE POSITIONS FOCUSED ON CONSERVATION, AND WU OF THOSE ON RECREATION.

AND, UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF MY, ONE O OF MY APPOINT COULD NOT SERVE THE LEG OF TELL SO I HAD TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO REPLACE THEM. NONE OF THE MY APPOINTMENTS ARE ABLE THEY HAD CONFLICTS BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM, EACH HAVE THEIR OWN AREAS OF POLAR VORTEXER TIER'S, CHO OF WHICH ARE CONSERVATION'SMENTS AND OPEN SPACE AND ONE IS USE SPORTS IS A TERM TOKER PRESIDENT OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE POST SACK FOR THEIR

SERVICE. >>> THAT'S RIGHT. I WILL CONCLUDE THE IDEAS THAT ARE SO WELL SPOKEN HERE THAT THIS WHOLE ENDEAVOR WAS EASY FOR ME TO SUPPORT BECAUSE, GENUINELY, WE LIVE IN A VERY UNIQUE FOOTPRINT, CARS FEATURE, RECHARGE, TRINITY, SPRINGS, I MEAN, WE ARE SO DEPENDENT ON GROUND WATER, AND RAIN WATER, AND STREAMS, AND CREEKS, AND

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I SUPPORT ALL THESE THIN. I WAS A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, I HAVE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY KNOW VERY WELL WHERE I STAND.

AND IT IS A CRITICAL THING THAT WE TO THIS INTELLIGENTLY AND WHEN WE TELL THE COMMUNITY, THIS PART OF THE COUNTY, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BUILD ON. THIS PART OF THE COUNTY, WE THINK IT IS A LITTLE MORE LIMITED ON RESOURCES. AND THIS PART OF THE COUNTY HECK WE WILL INCENT IC SENT VIEFS, IT IS IMPORTANT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO INVEST HARD-EARNED MONEY IN THE COUNTY WE MUST REMAIN USER FRIENDLY THAT WAY BECAUSE NO ONE NEEDS A COURTROOM OR A COUNCIL OR ANY OTHER MEETING FILLED WITH PITCH FORKS. AND THIS, I FEEL, IS A GREAT INSTRUMENT TO SHARE THE LONG-TERM BLUEPRINT WE AS A COMMUNITY CHERISH.

SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. AS THE INTENT FOR US TO HAND THESE OUT AND GET A PICTURE? BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE IS NOT HERE. WE SIGNED QUITE A FEW OF THESE.

ALL OF THOSE IN PARTICIPATION COME UP FOR A PICTURE. AFTER WE VOTE.

IF THE DOCTOR WILL ROLE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL.

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES.

COMMISSIONER JONES. >>> YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>>> JUDGE. JUDGE BECERRA, YES. >>> THANK YOU.

>>> BEFORE WE GO, THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON I DEFINITELY WANT TO RECOGNIZE, ALEXANDRA FOR ALL OF HER STAFF WORK ON THIS. I MEAN SHE HAS DONE A YOMAN'S WORK (^) AND SO I WANTED TO SAY

THANK YOU. >>> SHE A ROCK STAR. ABSOLUTELY.

ALEX COME BE PART OF THE PICTURE PLEASE. AND THE TOP ONE UP HERE IS THIS, ALL OF YOU THAT WERE PART OF THIS PLEASE COME ON UP AND TAKE PICTURE WITH US.

>>> >>> AND THERE ARE WAY MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS PICTURE BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE THAT ATTENDED.

THAT IS OKAY. WE HAVE GO THE THIS. 3, 2, 1.

YES. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN F. 4? >>> F. 4, PRESENTATION BY THE

[F4. Presentation by the Hays County Office of Emergency Services to include a recap of the 2022 Preparedness Fair and to announce the winning department for the best overall basket in the employee raffle basket contest. BECERRA/MIKE JONES]

BASKET CONTEST. >>> THANK Y'ALL FOR SUPPORTING US WITH OUR PROCLAMATION. FOR THE 30 DAY, 30 DAYS IN

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TROPHY, PUT THIS DOWN. >>> OH, WHAT A TROPHY IT IS. >>> YES.

HUGE. BUT, IT NEEDS TO BE HUGE BECAUSE THERE ARE HUGE WINNERS OUT HERE.

I WON'T THANK FIRST OF ALL TITLE SPONSOR HBC, THEY MADE THIS POSSIBLE, THEY HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE EVERY YEAR, WHAT MAKES IT MORE POSSIBLE IS THE STAFF THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER.

AND, THOSE INDIVIDUALS I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ARE NOT HERE TODAY, KRISTIN JONES, LAURIE TAYLOR, AND KIM NEILSON BECK, AND MICHELLE GARDENER. NICKI MCDOLL GIK AND BETH PLANNED, THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN PUT PUTTING THIA I TO FEATHER, THE RESULT WAS, OVER 50 VENDORS. OVER AT E. S. D., EMS, FIRE, WHICH ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY. ALONG WITH THE HAYS JAZZ BAND, HAYS HIGH SCHOOL JAZZBAND, THE MARIACHI, WHICH BY THE WAY, THESE BANDS, MARTIN AND DALSTROM MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS THAT ALONE COMING OUT THERE TO LISTON KIDS PLAY, IS FANTASTIC. WE CERTAINLY SHOULD START CHARGING ADMISSION THE WAY THIS GOES. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, STAR FLIGHT FROM AUSTIN, TRAVIS AND THE FIRST AND ONE OF THE AVIATION BATTALION, BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER CAME OUT TO SHARE WITH US AS WELL. ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAD OVER 15 BASKETS. FROM THE HAYS COUNTY OFFICES. AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, I'M GLAD I WASN'T ON THE YOU CAN JING TEAM, YOU CAN'T BLAME ME FOR WHO WON.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE WINNER, NOT ONLY DID THE WINNER WIN THE JUDGES VOTE, THEY ALSO WON THE POPULAR VOTE. THEY HAD THE MOST RAFFLE TICKETS IN THEIR BASKETS.

AND THAT WINNER IS HAYS DOWN TIP AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

>>> >>> SINCE YOU ARE REPRESENTING COME ON UP AND GET TROPHY.

>>> DID THEY COUNT THE VOTED? >>> IF THEY COUNT IT, IT WILL BE ACCURATE I THE TELL YOU WHAT

THE THEY HAVE NEED AND OUTSIDE AUDITOR ON THAT. >>> WE HAD GREAT STAFF THAT CONTRIBUTED AND WE REALLY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THIS.

THANK YOU. >>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND EFFORT FOR THAT. AND OUR HAYS COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT CAME IN SECOND. AND I KNOW OUR STAFF WILL BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T POINT THEM OUT THEY CAME IN THIRD. YES, THEY DID. AND I LOVE GETTING BEAT BY TWO GREAT ORGANIZATION AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE, IN YOU ARE LISTENING IN ON THIS, I WANT TO THANK YOU --

>>> >>> >>> FAIR OUT THERE AS WELL, AND ASIDE FROM FIRE MARSHAL DOING THIS SPARKY AND SMOKY BEAR QUESTION AND ANSWER OUT THERE IS THANK YOU AS WELL, AND THANK YOU A GAIN, AND FAILURE TO PREPARE IS PREPARING TO FAIL.

>>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE PICTURE WITH THE MAGNIFICENT OF THE

TROPHY AND THE SIZE BESIDES THE AUDITOR, COME ON UP. >>>

>>> THIN WANT TO BE PART OF, THIS COME ON UP, GUYS. MAR ADVERTISE? THIS IS YOUR OFFICE. I KNOW IT IS GOING INTO DICKY'S OLD OFFICE.

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>>> MAYBE NEXT YEAR IT WON'T BE HELD ON GRANDPARENTS DAY. WAS WITH GRANDKIDS.

>>> WE CAN CHANGE THAT. >>> OKAY.

TAMMY, TO WE HAVE A 10:00? >>> YES. WE CHANGE IT UP.

>>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M IN HARM ANY WITH ATTENDANCE. THAT ALL.

>>> NOT YET? OKAY. WE WILL PLOW THROUGH, THAT

[Items G1 - G7]

THIS TIME. PLEASE OPEN G1, THRU 7. >>> G1, APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. G2, APPROVE COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES OF AUGUST 16TH, 2022.

G3, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE TO ACCEPT A 1,000 DONATED VALUE FROM PROFILE, INC. FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES TO DALLAS, TEXAS, RELIMITTED TO A, WITHSHOP AND TOUR OF THE FACILITY.

G4, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A RESOLUTION FOR THAT OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, BULLET RESISTANT SHIELD GRANT PROGRAM. G5, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A RESOLUTION, CERTIFYING HAYS COUNTY HAS APPROVE ADD 13,000 GRANT FOR THE FY 2023 BUDGET YEAR TO COMBINED COMMUNITY ACTION IN SUPPORT FOR PROVIDING HOME DELIVERED MEALS TO HOME-BOUND PERSONS IN THE COUNTY WHO ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED. G6, AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 1 OFFICE TO SUPPORT BONHAM PREKINDERGARTEN SCHOOL IN THE SAN MARCOS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH BONHAM STEAM 9TH, ONE OF THE MANY FREE AFTER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES BONHAM PROVIDES FOR S. MCI S. D. STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

G7, AUTHORIZE BUILDING MAINTENANCE TO REPLACE ONE HVAC COMPRESSOR, EXCUSE ME, AND FILTER DRIER, ON C. U.-4, LOCATE ALT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,863.22 AND AMEND

THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND.

>>> G4, CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT ONE, PLEASE? >>> THE VIEWING PUBLIC?

>>> THIS, ITEM AS OP PROVED LAST WEEK THAN IS THE RESOLUTION THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

JUST TELL THE FOLKS THAT ARE VIEWING WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. >>> AGAIN THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED LAST WEEK, THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION THAT GOES ALONG TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION. IT IS A GRANT THAT PROVIDES BULLET PROOF SHIELDS FOR OFFICERS THAT SUPPORT CAP PUS, SO LIKE STUDENT, SORRY, RESOURCE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS, IT IS FOR, MAINLY FOR OFFICERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PLACED IN THE SCHOOLS, OR RESPOND DIRECTLY TO SCHOOL

RELATED -- >>> THESE WILL BE BODY SHIELDS IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

>>> CORRECT. HAND HELPED BODY SHIELDS. >>> VERY GOOD.

I RECEIVED QUESTIONS ABOUT IT SO I WANTED TO SHOW THAT WITH THE VIEWING PUBLIC SO THEY CAN HEAR

IT AT SAME TIME. >>> IT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOOLS.

>>> THEY WILL BE LOCATED IN THE SCHOOLS. >>> THAT IS THE INTENT.

I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE STORAGE CAPACITY IS FOR EACH SCHOOL.

BUT, OBVIOUSLY IT EASIER FOR THEM TO BE AT THE SCHOOL AND THEN TO BE, THERE.

BUT FOR THE S. R. O'S, THAT IS THE IDEA FOR THEM. >>> S. R. O'S WILL CHARGE A

SITUATION AND DRAW THE FIRE. >>> CORRECT. >>> WITH THAT BULLET PROOF

TOOL. >>> HOPEFULLY THEY FIRE BEFORE THEY ARE FIRED AT.

>>> RIGHT. HOPEFULLY, WE CAN IT IS HERE FOR HOURS AND TALK I AGREE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL?

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

COMMISSIONER INGALSBEF. >>> YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>>> YES. JUDGE BECERRA. >>> YES.

[Items G8 - G15]

G8 THRU 15, PLEASE. >>> AUTHORIZE COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS TO RENEW THE ANNUAL COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY AND EXCESS LIABILITY INSURANCE, RELATED TO THE GAY RUBY DALSTROM --

>>> >>> G9 AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE 2020 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE HAYS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION, AS BELIEVEP PREVIOUSLY DISCUSS AND APPROVED BY THE COURT.

G10, AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION NRA FOUNDATION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 16,000. G11, AMEND THE HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATING BUDGET FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR FRED PRIOR SEMINAR SUBSCRIPTIONS.

G12, AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT AWARD IN THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT CONTRACT AND SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE FY 23 STATEWIDE AUDIOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SERVICE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE AMOUNT OF 29,$000,403.16. G13, AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE AND EXECUTION OF A GRANT AMEND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, FY 2023,

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G. 14, AMEND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTAL 0ER789ING SPECIAL REVENUE CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGETS IN PREPARATION FOR THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2022, YEAR END PROCESS.

G15, ACCEPT THE DELIVERY OF THE INTERIM EXAMINATION REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DRUG FORFEITURE FUND, AND CHAPTER 59, ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT.

>>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND. >>> MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND?

PLEASE CALL IT. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES? >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER SHELL. >>> YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES.

JUDGE BECERRA. >>> YES. PLEASE?

>>> JUDGE CAN WE DO K2 AND 3 REAL QUICK? >>> I CAN GET MY FIRE CHIEF

BACK TO WORK. >>> WE CAN. SO THE REASON I DELAYED, EVEN THOUGH I SEE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, I DELAYED BECAUSE YOU MAY BE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE A PART OF THE PRESENTATION SO, SO I WAIT UNTIL I'M ASKED. THAT IS WHY I OFFER IT IN THE

BEGINNING. JUST SO YOU KNOW. >>> THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND

IT. OPEN K1 AND 2. >>> K1, OPEN THEM BOTH?

[Items K2 & K3]

>>> JUST ONE. >>> AND 2 AND 9, SORRY. >>> I WILL TELL YOU, WHAT OPEN

K2 AND 3. >>> TOGETHER? >>>

>>> WE CAN GO TOGETHER. >>> ALL RIGHT. K2, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ATH RISE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE HAYS COUNTY AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN RECOVERY GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND HAYS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 5, REGARDING RECOVERY ASSISTANCE FOR DIRECT OR INDIRECT IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. IN K3, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE HAYS COUNTY AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN RECOVERY GRANT AGREEMENT, BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND HAYS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES, DISTRICT NO. 98. REGARDING RECOVERY ASSISTANCE FOR DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS OF COVID-19, AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

>>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND. >>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE SWEET THINGS THAT WE GET TO DO AS A COURT, SO, WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEAD THE

CHARGE. >>> JUDGE AGAIN THIS, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR SECOND WEEKS NOW, THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR BUILDING OF TWO FIRE STATIONS, EAST OF 35THTH AND 1, AND HIGH ROAD AND B. AND THE OTHER ONE ON THE HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE OPEN LANE IN THE BUDA AREA AND AGAIN IT IS ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN 35 AND 21, AND BOTH OF THESE STATIONS WILL BE OUR CLOSEST STATIONS TO 21, ALONG THAT THOROUGHFARE.

THAT AREA, SO IT IS A -- IT IS A RESPONSE TIME WILL BE CUT IN HALF TO A LOT OF PLACES OR MORE.

THE OTHER THING, BY PARTICIPATING BOTH OF THEM WITH THEIR ARCHITECT AND THERE WILL BE DEDICATED BOATING IN BOTH PLACE, SO, MOVING FORWARD, HOPEFULLY THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ASSET FOR THAT AREA, AND WE ARE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.

>>> YEAH. JUDGE, THANK YOU. I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHIEFS FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND PART PATIENT. THIS IS A FANTASTIC USE OF OUR MONEY IN MY OPINION AND AS COMMISSIONER JONES STATED, IT WILL CERTAINLY IMPROVE THE RESPONSE TIME AND WE CAN BETTER SERVEN AREAS THAT HAN BEEN UNDERSERVED IN THE PAST SO REALLY IMPORTANT LOCATION, EAST OF I-35, TWO IMPORTANT LOCATIONS EAST OF I-35 AND SO, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AND IT NEEDED TO BE

ADDRESSED, SO THANK YOU ALL. >>> JUJ I WANTED TO -- MORE SO ON THE FUNDING OF E. S. G. D., WE ARE DOING 1.8 OUT OF THE DECREASE IN THE MAGISTRATE CONTRACT, --

>>> OKAY. I MEAN, THE FUNDS STILL ADD UP I WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE

GOING FROM ALSO. >>>

>>> OKAY. IF YOU HAVE THE BUDGET, WE HAVE RELLOW REALLOCATED -- S. D. WITHOUT THE COMMISSIONERS WE APAPPOINT AND WE HAVE JIM OL . . . IN THE AUDIENCE AND WE THOUGHT WE GOT RID OF HIM AND HE CAME BACK. I THINK HE WILL GET APPOINTED TO EVERY E. IS D. IN HAYS COUNTY AT SOME POINT. BUT, HEY, HE HAS BEEN OVER 30 YEARS AS A COMMISSIONER, AND WE ALL APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE BECAUSE THAT SA THANKLESS JOB A

LOT OF TIMES. >>> VARY, SUSAN. HE IS ONE OF MY CLASSMATES SO I CAN'T FORGET HER. BEFORE WE SWROAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING?

I THINK YOU SHOULD. >>> GO AHEAD. >>> THE ELOQUENT ONE THEY SAY.

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I THINK IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS TOGETHER.

AND, WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS AND FINALLY TODAY IT WILL COME THROUGH.

WE LOOKED AT FIRE TRUCKS AND WE WILL HAVE FIRE TRUCKS O EVERY THERE, BUT WE ARE ALSO, THERE WILL BE TWO NEW AMBULANCES OVER THERE. WE ARE REDUCING RESPONSE TIME TO YOU AND THOSE AREAS SO THIS IS A BIG PROGRESS FOR UNDERSERVED AREA OF THE HAYS COUNTY.

>>> AND YOU CAN ALSO, WITH ALL THE AUDIENCE HERE, CAPTIVE, AS YOU START MOVING THROUGH THE FOOTPRINT MORE, ALSO, PUT IN ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE ON ROAD THINGS THAT YOU THINK ARE USEFUL AND WE HAVE A VERY, VERY RESPONSIVE COURT TO HELP ON THAT FRONT AS WELL.

WHERE YOU CAN SAY THIS SHOULD BE HERE, WE CAN HELP THERE, ALL OF THE ABOVE.

THE WHOLE HELP. >>> ABSOLUTELY. >>> THANK YOU.

>>> YES, SIR? >>> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, I WANT TO ECHO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN E. S. D. AND THE COUNTY, THIS IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY TO GET THE STATIONS STARTED, VERY QUICKLY, AND WE MOVE FORWARD TO SERVICING THE COMMUNITIES OUT THERE THAT ARE SEEING LONG RESPONSE TIMES, SO, WE ARE HONORED TO GET GOING ON THIS AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM SHORTLY TO BE DOING SOME GRADE BREAKING ON THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND E. S. D. IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO AGAIN THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >>> JUDGE, AGAIN --

>>> YOU WILL BOTH PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE VIEWING PU PUBLIC.

>>> CLAY HUGE BEE, BUDA FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HAYS COUNTY E. S. D. NO. 99.

>>> KYLE TAYLOR FIRE CHIEF, STEVEN 5. >>> YOU HAVE THE GROUND BREAKING I WOULD LIKE THE COURT, THE WHOLE COURT. THANK YOU.

>>> JUDGE ONE LAST COMMENT AGAIN, YOU HAVE MENTIONED TRANSPORTATION AND ROADS, THE ONE THAT THE BEAUT BUILDING IS ON IS A BRAND NEW ROAD THAT CONNECTS DAYCY TO SHADOW CREEK, BUT THEN DAYCY HOPEFULLY WILL BE COMPLETED SOON AND IT WILL BE FROM HILLSIDE TERRACE TO 35 THAT IS A COUNTY PROJECT WE HAVE BONN WORKING ON A LONG TIME. SO, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP

ALSO. >>> IT WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THE ROADS, SO THE ROAD THAT NEEDS IT. MUCH IMPROVEMENT AND SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT.

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER, I'M SO HAPPY YOU SAYING THAT.

THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. AND DOCTOR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> JUST A NOTE, FROM THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE IN THE BACK UP, ANY REFERENCES TO WORKING CAPITAL EXPENDITURES HAVE CHANGED TO CAPITOL EXPENDITURES. WE HAVE BEEN WORK, THEY HAVE CHANGED TO WHAT?

>>> SORRY? >>> WE HAVE REMOVED THE REFERENCE TO, WITHING CAPITOL

AND JUST MADE IT CAPITOL EXPENDITURES. >>> GOTCHA.

>>> DOCTOR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL.

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

COMMISSIONER JONES. >>> YES. COMMISSIONER INC. ILLS BY.

>>> YES. JUDGE BACERRA. >>> YES.

[K1. Hold a public hearing in accordance with Section 293.101 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, to discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on the proposed mandatory payment rate to be assessed on institutional healthcare providers in fiscal year (FY) 2023 pursuant to the County Health Care Provider Participation Program. SHELL/T.]

PLEASE OPEN K1. >>> K1, HOLD A MICK HEARING IN ACCORD TRANCE WITH SEC SECTION 293.01 OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED MANDATORY PAYMENT RATE TO BE ASSESSED ON INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND FY 2023 BEFORE SUE WANT TO THE COUNTY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR

AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM? PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. >>> IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR ANY

TIME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU JUDGE, I'M BILL GA LYNNSKY AND I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT FINANCE FOR BAYLOR SCOTT HEALTH AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED RATE, AND I WANT TO PREX THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND YOU, JUDGE, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN CREATING THE HEALTHY EFFORT FOR HAYS COUNTY AND WORKING THROUGH THAT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEAR HERE IN THIS COURT. I HAVETONE THIS MANY TIMES IN MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS, BUT, I THINK WE ARE IN 9 OR 10, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I HAVE DONE A FEW, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THE RAY BEING PROPOSED AND WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE, THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YO VERY MUCH. WELL SAID. AND, I KNOW JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO, WELCOME TO HAYS COUNTY. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR

OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM? >>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS ROBIN DANIEL AND I REPRESENT HEALTH CARE VENTURE, WE REPRESENT SEVERAL OF THE HOSPITALS IN THE AREA, BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE BEING ONE OF THEM, ALSO, ASCENSION, AND THEN CHRISTA SAN MARCOS AS WELL. BILL, I KNOW BILL HAS BEEN STRETCHED BETWEEN SEVERAL, I THINK THEY HAVE GOT THREE OR FOUR RATE SETTINGS THAT ARE P HAING TODAY AND ACROSS THE STATE. CHRIS AND ASCENSION ARE IN THE SAME BOAT.

WE ARE SPREAD THIN, BUT, BOTH CHRISTOS AND ASEN SONGS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE 6% RATE AS WELL.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >>> THANK YO VOUR MUCH. I KNOW IT DIDN'T HELP WE HAVE AND 18-WHEELER BURNING ON S. H. 45 THIS MORNING, AND THAT IS CAUSING A LOT OF TROUBLE

REGIONALLY. >>> YES. I WILL SAY I LIVE IN SOUTH AUSTIN, AND IT TOOK AND HOUR AND A HALF ALMOST TO GET HERE. AND ASCENSION IS SITTING, SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE STUCK IN THAT RIGHT NOW. SO, HE MIGHT BE WALKING IN AS

WELL. >>> I DELIBERATELY DELAYED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL, SO THANK YOU AND I

FULLY UNDERSTAND. TRAFFIC SA BIG DEAL AROUND THIS. >>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM? I SEE NO MOVEMENT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER SHELL? >>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. THE L. P. F. HAYS COUNTY LOCALE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND WITH CREATED BY THE LEGISLATURE --

>>> >>> >>>

>>> -- IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR HOSPITALS IN THE PROGRAM. ESPECIALLY RELATED TO OUR HEALTH CARE FUNDING, SO, JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND ALLOW TO US SPEND THE FUNS EFFICIENTLY AND DO THE BET WE CAN FOR OR POPULATION, I BELIEVE THE RATE WE WILL BE APPROVING FOR THE RECOMMENDATION

IS 6%, AND -- >>> THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE RESULT OF THE 6% TABULATED AND ALSO ASK THAT THAT BE RECORDED, IN THE RECORD, THAT WILL SHOW THE ASSESSMENT FOR EACH OF THE HOSPITALS IN HAYS COUNTY IF YOU DON'T MIND READING THAT OUT LOUD

RIGHT NOW. >>> SURE. I CAN ALSO PROVIDE A COPY TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. CHRISTA SANTA ROSEA, FOR 2021, THE NET PATIENT REVENUE IS 90,000,718,000 -- 176, THAN IS THE 6% TOTAL ASSESSMENT, 5,000,493,$00,019.

AND THE QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS THEIR PAYMENT, WOULD BE 1,000,360,$000,773.

AND SEATON MEDICAL CENTER HAYS, 203,000,688,$000,223. THE FY 23 RATE IS THE 6% WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. 12 MILLION, 221,000293 IS THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT, THEIR QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT WOULD BE 3,000,055,$000,323. BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, MEDICAL CENTER BUDA, THE NET PATIENT REVENUE IS 13,000,451,$00,071 (^).

TOTAL ASSESSMENT IS $807 -- 807,000, $64, QUARTERLY AISES SAYS ENT IS $201, $766, WARM SPRINGS REHABILITATION OF KYLE, NEW PATIENT REVENUE, 22,000,419,$000,476.

TOTAL ASSESSMENT, 1,000,345,$000,169, QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT 336,$000,292, AND KYLE E. R. AND HOSPITAL, NET PATIENT REVENUES, 16,000,390,$000,699.

TOTAL ASSESSMENT, IS 983,$000,422, AND THEIR QUARTERLY ASSESSMENTS ARE 24 245,$000,861. THE TOTALS OF THE NET REVENUE WOULD BE 346,000,667,$000,647.

TOTAL ASSESSMENTS, 20,000,800,$00,059. AND OUR TOTAL QUARTERLY

ASSESSMENTS ARE 5,000,200,$00,015. >>> AND JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC YOU TELL THEM WHAT THE $20 MILLION IS GOING TO BE USED FOR?

>>> OTHER OR IS USED FOR? >>> IN SUMMARY FOR THE MOST PART REIMBURSEMENTS FOR, IT IS

EXTREMELY COMPLICATED AND I CAN GACK INTO THE HISTORY. >>> BROAD STROKES.

>>> REIMBURSEMENT TO HOSPITALS FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO COLLECT AND WHAT THE RATE IS SET BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO, IT -- AS THEY TREAT PATIENTS AND IT IS GONE FROM THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TO REIMBURSE HOSPITAL, IT USED TO BE THROUGH THE WAIVER PROGRAM WHEREAS WE WOULD SEND THE FUNDS AND THEY COME BACK AND GO TO THEM AS UNCOMPENSATE ID CARE. NOW IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS AND IT

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>>> >>> TRAVIS COUNTY REGION. >>> OKAY.

I THINK IT IS GREAT. TAMMY, ANYTHING ELSE? >>> NO.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ROBIN CAN ANSWER THOSE. >>> COMMISSIONER INGLESBE JEFF JUDGE I JUST I APPRECIATE THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE HAD FOR MANY 34 YEARS, WITH OUR HOSPITALS, AND YOU KNOW THEY PROVIDE GREAT CARE TO THE POPULATION THAT MANY TYPES WOULDN'T HAVE CARE, SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT Y'ALL DO. THANK Y'ALL.

>>> THAT IS GREAT. COMMISSIONER SHELL THIS SOMETHING HE STARTED WHEN HE WAS CHIEF OF STAND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY, SO SAVED US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

>>> I CAN ADD ONE THING, THOSE INVOICES WILL NEED TO GO OUT FROM OUR TREASURERS OFFICE, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO THOSE PROVIDERS SO THAT THEY CAN START MAKING THOSE QUARTERLY

ASSESSMENT PAYMENTS. >>> OKAY. >>> JUDGE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THIS FORMAL THAT HAYS COUNTY ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 ASSESSMENT, AT

6%. >>> SECOND. >>> PLEASE CALL ROLL.

>>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? YES. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES, YES.

COMMISSIONER SHELL. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH, YES.

AND JUDGE BECERRA? >>> YES. NOW YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

[K6. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Courts at Law to hire the Mental Health Court Caseworker, grade 111 position at the 66.46th percentile effective October 1, 2022. SHELL/]

THANK YOU GUYS. PLEASE OPEN K6. >>> K6, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COURTS A THE LAW, TO HIRE THE AMOUNT HEALTH CARE COURT WORKER GRADE 111 POSITION, AT THE 66.46% EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21, 2022.

>>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND IF IMROF WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE

PUBLIC. >>> COMMISSIONER, JUDGE, --

>>> >>> THE COURT EAR MARKED FUNDS FOR STAFF, THAT SPECIALTY COURT, THOSE FUNS TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR. AND THE SPRING, THE COURT ACTUALLY CREATED TWO POSITIONS WITH THOSE EAR MARKED FUNDS, ONE OF THOSE IS THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT CASE MANAGER OR CASE WORKER, WHICH WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

AND IN JUNE WE HIRED THE ADMINISTRATOR POSITION, WHEN SHE ON BOARDED THEN WE BEGAN INTERVIEWS FOR THIS, AND IT IS AND INTERESTING LABOR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

I KNOW I HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE TIMES TO TALK TA YOU ABOUT THE CHANNELS, BUT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND INDIVIDUAL WE THINK WOULD COMPLEMENT THAT STAFF AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR THE APPROVAL.

ONE OF THEBAY SIS FOR THE APPROVAL IS THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM, PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN. SHE IS FLUENT IN SIGN LINE WANT WANT AND SPANISH AS WELL, HIS NINE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE IN WORKING EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. WE HAD QUESTIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IDENTIFIED AS SOME CHANNELS FOR INDIVIDUALS AS THEY ENTER AND/OR COMMIT FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, WE THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS.

I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY, WE INVITED ALL OF YOU TO COME, AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU EXPRESSED AND INTEREST, SINCERE INTEREST IN ATTENDING WE KNOW WE HAD TWO COMMISSIONERS AND THERE ARE CORE ISSUES THAT COME UP, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THAT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HAD SOME OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSIONS WE THINK BY HAVING TWO COMMISSIONERS ATTEND AND INSTEAD OF EVERYONE, IT IS PROBABLY MORE PRODUCTIVE I KNOW OUR COUNTY CLERK WAS THERE AS WELL.

SO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE SUPPORT IN THAT ENDEAVOR AND WILL ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN HIRING THIS POSITION AT THE PROPOSED RATE, WHICH IS WITHIN THE GRADE ADD SALARY RANGE PREEMENT APPROVED, AND IT AT THE 66%ER SEN TILE, CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS?

>>> YOU ARE TAKING MY JOB AWAY FROM ME. COMMISSIONERS?

>>> JUDGE. I MENTION OUR H. R. REVIEWED THE QUALIFICATION AND BELIEVE THIS

SA REASONABLE PER SEN TEEM FOR THE GRADE. >>> AND I ALSO ATTENDED A TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES MENTAL HEALTH EVENT IN ROUND ROCK, COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND THESE EVENTS ARE SO EYE OPENING. THEY ARE SO BENEFICIAL TO THE POLICY MAKERS IN MAGNIFICENT WAYS SO I AM GLAD WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PARTICIPATION AB ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE IT AS WE GO THROUGH THE

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>>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >>> JUDGE, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT JUDGE O'BRIEN AND HIS STAFF FOR PUTTING ON THAT FORUM, IT WAS WONDERFUL AND IT WAS EYE OPENING.

I MEAN THERE ARE SO MANY RESOURCES OUT THERE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WILL GET A REPORT SOON OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COUNTY, ALONG WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT WE ARE HAVING FROM TE MEADOWS. I WAS HAPPY SEE THEY WERE THERE IN ATTENDANCE AND IT IS REPRESENTING THE --

>>> >>> TRAINING A FORUM TO HAVE, BECAUSE IT REALLY, IDENTIFIED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT ALSO IN THEIR REPORT AND SO THANK YOU, JUDGE, O E BRIAN, IT WAS WONDERFUL EVENT, AND WE ALL NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE OF THOSE.

>>> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. THERE WERE 60 INDIVIDUALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, COURTS, AND YOU KNOW COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, DIFFERENCE CHARITIES AND SO FORTH AND THAT PROBABLY JUST SCRATCHED THE SURFACE. THEY WILL PREPARE A REPORT.

THEY WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. THOSE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO THE MEADOW WHICH IS I KNOW IS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WAY OF LOOKING A THE THAT ISSUE, AND SO, I AM GLAD WE ARE AIRPORT TO WORK TOGETHER OEN THAT GOAL EVEN THOUGH IT IS, EVEN IF WE KIND OF

ARRIVE AT IT DIFFERENT ALLEGE L. >>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>> THAT SUMMARY FROM THE MEADOWS CENTER IS ON THE ITS WAY TO US BUT THERE WILL BE ONE MORE STOP FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT BEFORE THEY PRESENT TO IT TO US, THE MEADOW CENTER SO YES IT IS ON THE HORIZON.

>>> AND, I AGAIN, I, WE HAVE DONE SOME I WMGHT TO SAY SIMILAR GET TOGETHERS IN THE PAST, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER JONES AND I ACTUALLY PUT ONE TOGETHER LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS JUST NEVER ALL INCLUSIVE. WE COULD NEVER TRULY TRY TO IDENTIFY EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP IN THE COUNTY WHO IS DOING MENTAL HEALTH WORK AND THE NICHE THEY FILLED. WHAT I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE MAY WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS, LITERALLY, AT EVERY POINT, IN BOTH THE USUAL PROCESS, AND AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF FOCUSED ON THE USUAL SYSTEM, BUT, THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER FOLKS WHO DO, WHO PROVIDE SERVICE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT WERE THERE THAT REALLY, EVEN WITHIN THAT ROOM, PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.

AND WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT COMING OUT OF THE MEETING IS THAT NETWORKING THAT HAPPENED THERE, AND THE USE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FOR OUR CITIZEN. I CAN TELL YOU ALREADY, IT JUST AS AND EXAMPLE AND JUDGE O'BRIEN KNOWS THIS. I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE, IN THE IN-HOUSE WORK, BEFORE DISCHARGE, OR BEFORE RELEASE OF PRISONER, HOW WE CAN DO IN, YOU KNOW, TRUE VEGAS, HOW WE CAN HELP THOSE FOLKS REAS SIMULATE BACK INTO SOCIETY, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM WALK OUT THE DOOR AND BE BACK IN OUR COUNTY JAIL IN A DAY.

HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THAT? AND SO, I HAVE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, BE REACHED O UTTO BY THOSE, BY A COUPLE OF THOSE GROUPS AND HAVE BEEN ASKED TO IT IS ON A -- ON SOME CONSULTATIONS WITH THEM SO. THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOING ON THERE, AND IT IS -- I'M REALLY LOOKING

FORWARD TO THE RELATIONSHIPS RES THAT WERE BUILT THIS. >>> I AGREE.

AND, ALSO, N. D. S. WAS IN ATTENDANCE ALSO, WHO WILL START UP OUR PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE

AND IT US VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL TO THEM ALSO. >>> AGREED.

>>> LAST THANKS TO DR. JENNY SIMPSON WHO IS ACTUALLY FROM SAN MARCOS AND HEADS THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT, ON THE COMMISSION, SHE DOES THE STATEWIDE THROUGH THE USUAL COMMISSION ON ME MENTAL HEALTH AND DOES THINGS ON IN ADDITION NATIONAL LEVEL.

THANK TOLINGS HER, NOT SURE SHE WATCHING BUT SHE WAS EXTREMELY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

ANYWAYLY STOP NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>> NOBODY WAS MORE INSTRUMENTAL THAN YOUR STAFF. I CAN'T TELL YOUIVE SINGLE PARTICIPANT STOP AND TOLD ME TO THE SURE TO PASS ON THEIR APPRECIATION. SO,.

>>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. YOU MENTIONED NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICES, AND DO YOU

HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THEM. >>> WELL, THEY WERE JUST VERY EXCITED TO BE THERE, REALLY READY TO GET STARTED WITH THE PD O. AND I KNOW THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING SOON COMING TO THE

COURT REGARDING THAT. >>> GOOD. THANK YOU.

>>> IN THE COMMISSIONER SHELL. AND ONE LAST THING, THAT IS ITALY BUT IT IS IMPORTANT, JUDGE, SORRY, COMMISSIONER SMITH, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE FOOD AND I NO E THAT YOU THANKED THE COURT FOR ALLOWING YOU TO USE YOUR FUNDS TO DO THAT, AND SO, THAT WAS GREAT.

THANK YOU. >>> YOU ARE WELCOME. THAT IS WHAT IT IS THERE FOR.

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>>> ALL RIGHT. PLEASE TOLL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER SHELL. >>> YES. COMMISSIONER JONES?

>>> YES. BECERRA WE YES. TO KEEP THINGS TIDY I WILL GO TO

[I1. Discussion and possible action to accept fiscal surety for the construction of roadway and drainage improvements in the amount of $2,304,404.09 for the Hymeadow, Section 2, Phase 2 Subdivision (Bond # 70NGP200080). INGALSBE/]

I. 1. >>> I. HE 1, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT FISCAL SURETY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,000,304,$000,404.9, FOR THE HIGH MEADOW SECTION 2, PHASE 2, SUBDIVISION.

THIS IS BOND NO. 7 --

>>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND. >>> COMMISSIONER INGLESBE?

>>> JUDGE, THIS JUST FOR THE EXPANSION OF ROADWAYS AND DRAINAGE AND THE HIGH MEADOW

SUBDIVISION. >>> BEAUTIFUL. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>>> COMMISSIONER JONES? >>> YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL?

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER IMG LES BY. >>> YES.

[I2. Discussion and possible action to consider the release of the Letter of Credit #SBPTX303415 for revegetation efforts in the amount of $15,938.03 for El Dorado subdivision. INGALSBE/]

I2? >>> I2, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE RELEASE OF THE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. S. V.P. T. X. 304-3015 FOR REVEGHT TAKE EFFORTS IN THE AMOUNT OF

15,$000,938.3 FOR EL DORADO SUBDIVISION. >>> SO MOVED.

>>> SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL?

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

COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

[J1. PLN-1868-NP; Discussion and possible action regarding the final determination for the Quinta Subdivision Plat (5 lots). INGALSBE/]

A. 1? >>> J1. P. L. N. 1868-M. P., DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FINAL DETERMINATION FOR THE KINGTA SUBDIVISION PLAT, FIVE

LOTS. >>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND.

>>> PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. >>> YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

>>> YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER AND JUDGE BECERRA, I'M COLBY MA HA CZECH ONE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

AND THE KINGTA SUBDIVISION AS THE ITEM READS IS A FIVE PROSED FIVE LOT SUBDIVISION PLOT ACROSS 9.8-ACRE, THIS IS LOCATED OFF OF MATTHIAS LANE IN THE CITY OF KYLE, AND WITHIN PRECINCT 1.

WATER UTILITIES, BEING PROVIDED BY GO FORTH WATER SUPPLY, WASTE WATER TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES, THERE ARE NO VAIR YARNTIONS REQUESTED

AND THIS ITEM HAS FULL STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. HOFF THAT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >>> YES. COMMISSIONERS SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL. YES.

COMMISSIONER JONES. YES. JUDGJUDGE BA SER.

[K4. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a new contract with Thomson Reuters for online legal research services in the Hays County Criminal District Attorney's Office with funds budgeted for FY2023. INGALSBE/]

YES. K4. >>> K4, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A NEW CONTRACT WITH THOMAS REUTER FOR ON-LINE LEGAL RESEARCH SERVICE IN THE HAYS COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH FUNDS

PROVIDED FOR Y. 2023. >>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND.

>>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES.

[K5. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Recycling and Solid Waste Department to utilize salary savings to pay down compensation accruals for the Recycling and Solid Waste Manager position and approve an additional 120 hours of vacation time to be rolled to FY23 to be used by March 31, 2023. SHELL/T.]

>>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND. PLEASE TATE JUROR NAME FOR THE

VIEWING PUBLIC. >>> TEAM CRUMBLEY COUNTYWIDE OPERATION, WE HAVE A MANAGER OF OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, WHO HAS BEEN THE SOLE EMPLOYEE FOR A WHILE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FILLED SOME POSITIONS, AND IN OUR SOLID WASTE RECYCLING DIVISION THAT HAS RACKED UP QUITE A BIT OF COMP. TIME. THAT HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE.

SO I'M ASKING FOR THAT TO BE PAID DOWN AND FOR HIS VACATION TO ROLL OVER.

>>> SOUNDS FAIR. >>> HE IS TRYING TO TAKE SOME AS HE KID NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME

EMPLOYEES BUT HE HAS TO TRAIN THEM. >>> SOUNDS FAIR TO ME.

>>> I WANT TO THANK STAFF THAT, JUDGE, IS SUFFERING THROUGH THIS LOW STAFF SHORTAGE AND STEPPED UP AND THE REASON THE HOURS HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATED TRYING TO SERVE RESIDENTS THE BEST THEY CAN AND JUGGLING DIFFERENT DUTIES SO I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WE APPRECIATE THEM, STEPPING UP.

>>> I KNOW THAT A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR LABOR POOL IS TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, AND, SCHOOL BEING BACK IN SESSION, IT DOES INJECT A NEW REALLY MOSTLY STATEWIDE LEVEL OF READY, WILLING AND ABLE YOUTH AND I HOPE THAT THAT LOOSENS THE RESTRICTIONS TAKES PLACE IN THE

SOLID WASTE SPACE AND YOU CAN GET MORE SUPPORT. >>> AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THE HOURS HAVE BEEN PAID DOWN PRIOR, THAT IS PER THE FEDERAL GUIDELINE, SO, WE ARE -- WE HAVE

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>>> THANK YOU FOR LOOKING OUT FOR OUR COWORKERS. >>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>>> THANK YOU. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER JONES. YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. >>> YES.

[K7. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County judge to execute a Service Contract related to RFP 2022-P01 Electronic Security Upgrades between Hays County and CML Security, LLC. BECERRA/T.]

UPGRADES BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND C. M. L. SECURITY LLC. >>> SO MOVED.

>>> SECOND. >>> PLEASE CALL ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER INGLESBE. YES.

COMMISSIONER JONES. YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL?

YES. JUDGE BECERRA. >>> YES.

PLEASE OPEN K-9, I WILL SKIP 8 BECAUSE THAT IS THE 1:00 SCHEDULE.

>>> K-9, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO SET THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES -- SORRY, I WILL SKIP THAT. I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT, TOOF THE E WITH WILL DO ALL THE REST

UNDER THAT ONE. WE CAN OPEN ITEM T., M2. >>> M2, DISCUSSION RELATED TO

[M2. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs.]

>>> SO, EACH WEEK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SENDS MY OFFICE THE IMRAILG RECORD, JAIL CAPACITY, IS 410 INMATES, AND JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMENDS HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THAT OPEN WHICH LOWERS THE CAPACITY TO 368. THE JAIL DAILY AVERAGE WAS 650, PEAK WAS 663 ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. THE JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE, I ALREADY READ. THAT ESTIMATED COST OF OUTSOURCING INMATES IS 12 129,$00,024. THE AMPLE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCE MAIL, IT IS OKAY ALEX, YOU CAN GO, OUTSOURCE MALES IS 205 AND FEMALES ARE 24. THIS WEEK, INMATES WERE HOUSED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY, CO, BURNETT, COMAL, FORT BEND, HASKELL, LEE, MAVERICK, AND RED RIVER. MY HOPE IS THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT MAVERICK AND RED RIVER BECOME ZEROED OUT FOR CLOSER FOOTPRINT, TOTAL PAPER READY INMATES, 31, SO, PAPER READY ARE THOSE THAT HAVE HAD THEIR DAY IN COURT BEEN FOUND GUILTY AND ARE NOW STATE INMATES AND WE ARE HOLDING THOSE STATE INMATES 31 OF THEM WHICH BASICALLY MEANS YOUR LOCAL TAXPAYER DALLAS ARE BEING USED TO FUND STATE EFFORTS. THAT IS WHAT THAT SUMMARIZES AS.

SO HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? >>> GO TO EXEC?

>>> YEAH, ARE WE READY? TO GO TO EXECUTIVE? >>> WE CAN DO EXECUTIVE, WE WILL DO THAT AND IF WE ARE DONE BEFORE WE WILL TAKE RECESS UNTIL 1:00.

>>> THAT IS HOW IT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO, PLEASE OPEN L1 AND 2.

>>> YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY? I THOUGHT YOU WERE STRAIGHT FORWARD.

ARE YOU ASKING FOR A CHANGE? >>> OKAY WE WILL LEAVE IT. PLEASE OPEN L1 AND 2.

[EXECUTIVE SESSIONS (Part 1 of 2)]

>>> L1, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551, .071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULTATION WITH COUNCIL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE AND/OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, ASSOCIATED WITH PARKS APOPEN SPACE PROJECTS BEING CONSIDERED BY HAYS COUNTY. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. L2, EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE SUE WANT TO SECTION 551.071, AND 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH COUNCIL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECT THIN MINT.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. OKAY.

WHAT WE WILL DO IS GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, DISCUSS 1 AND 2, COME OUT, AND THEN AS A GROUP WE WILL DEAL WITH K8, K. 9, K10, AND K. 91 AND K12. SO, IF YOU ARE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, ITEMS L1 AND L2, PLEASE CLEAR THE

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