Jan 17, 2023 Regular

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THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR THE MEDIA.

THE SECOND ONE WAS FOR YOU.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY OUR VERY OWN PASTOR, DARIUS TODD, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE.

ALL RISE.

PRECIOUS FATHER. WE COME TO YOU THIS MORNING SAYING THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY.

THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BREATHE AND TO HAVE LIFE AND TO ENJOY THE CREATION THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US.

WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT IN THIS DAY WE COME TOGETHER TO HONOR YOU THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW AND ORDER.

WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD, FOR THE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS REGION.

WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE DIVERSITY OF ISSUES THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THIS COURT.

WE ASKED LORD FOR YOUR WISDOM, FOR YOUR GRACE, FOR YOUR MERCY, AND FOR YOUR STRENGTH TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN YOUR SIGHT, THAT WE WOULD PLEASE YOU AND GLORIFY YOU IN HEAVEN. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

EMPOWER US TODAY AND GIVE US YOUR GOODNESS.

GIVE US YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR LIGHT.

IN JESUS NAME, I PRAY.

AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR TOM.

AS WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER INGALSBE HERE.

COMMISSIONER COHEN HERE, COMMISSIONER SHELL.

HERE. COMMISSIONER SMITH AND JUDGE BECERRA.

HERE. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PULL K1 IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON K1

[K. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS (Part 1 of 2)]

YOU SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

K1 WILL BE PULLED.

EXECUTIVE SESSION. OH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY. THANKS. I GOT A.

IS THAT CORRECT, MARK. MARK.

IS THAT CORRECT? EXECUTIVE SESSION.

FOR ONGOING LITIGATION, IS THAT CORRECT? VERY GOOD. YES, SIR. MIKE SHAUGHNESSY WAS ILL, SO WE'RE GOING TO RESCHEDULE THAT FOR TWO WEEKS.

NO PROBLEM. AND THANK YOU, SIR.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

UNFORTUNATELY, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS, AS WE ARE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND.

ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS RHETORICAL.

ALL COMMENTS ARE THE OPINIONS OF THE SPEAKER AND ARE NOT MEANT TO BE NECESSARILY CONSTRUED AS TRUTH.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND LANGUAGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME.

IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND THERE IS A ROBUST STACK.

AND WHEN THERE IS A ROBUST - ROBUST STACK, I ALWAYS ASK THAT YOU PLEASE STAY TIDY WITH THE THREE MINUTE TIMER. CONCLUDE THE SENTENCE YOU WERE AT WHEN THE TIMER GOES OFF.

BUT PLEASE DON'T START NEW IDEAS.

LET'S BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME.

FIRST UP, MR. HARVEY JENKINS.

COMMISSIONERS, AS I SAID, TWO WEEKS AGO DUE TO THE DUE TO THE DEATH OF JOSHUA LEON WRIGHT.

WE ARE ABOUT TO PAY FOR THIS EXPONENTIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS OPENING US UP TO A BIG LAWSUIT.

AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE ALREADY OVERBURDENED AND HAVING TO PAY OUR TAXES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY A LOT MORE.

AND THAT LEADS ME TO MY NEXT INTO MY NEXT COMMENT.

I BROUGHT WITH ME TODAY A PAIR OF NRG APPROVED SMITH AND WESSON MODEL 1900 ARMS. NOW I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE.

THEY HAVE A 15 INCH STRUDE CHAIN ON THEM.

IT BOGGLES MY MIND HOW A 300 POUND BLACK MAN WHO HAS CHAINED BY HIS ANKLES WITH WITH PAIR OF LEG ARMS THAT HAS A 15 INCH STRUDE CHAIN COULD RUN FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN A HOSPITAL SETTING.

THAT BOGGLES MY MIND.

AND IT BEHOOVES YOU TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AS TO WHY THIS YOUNG MAN HAD TO DIE.

AGAIN, PLEASE MAKE THAT QUESTION.

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AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS I TAKE UMBRAGE WITH ANYBODY WHO COMES TO THIS COURT AND STANDS AT THIS LECTERN, AND IT USES THE LECTERN AS A BULLY PULPIT TO SILENCE US CITIZENS.

WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

YOU WILL HEAR US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT UP, MR. RODRIGO AMAYA.

JUDGE COURT. TWO WEEKS AGO, I CAME HERE.

Y'ALL STILL HAVE NOT HELD THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THAT SHOOTING ACCOUNTABLE.

RELEASE THE VIDEO AS I SPOKE THAT DAY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S AN INSULT TO INJURY TO THINK THAT THE TEXAS RANGERS ARE GOING TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

THAT AGENCY IS COMPROMISED.

I WORK WITH DPS FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS.

I GOT A REPORT AFTER REPORT OF RANGERS INVOLVED IN MISLEADING MAKING EVIDENCE DISAPPEARED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVER MET MARK KENNEDY OR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THERE'S A LINK THERE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT MR. WRIGHT'S DEATH IS NOT IN GOOD HANDS JUST BECAUSE THE RANGERS ARE INVOLVED.

THAT'S THERE'S NOTHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, MY HEART BEATS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

I COME UP HERE AND I EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THEIR INTERESTS FOR THEIR BENEFIT.

LAST WEEK, WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL OUT HERE, ELECTED OFFICIAL, COME UP HERE, MAKE ALL THESE COMMENTS DIRECTED AT ME, AND I HOPE YOU ALL SAW THAT.

BUT NOT THAT. NOT ONLY THAT, Y'ALL BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'M FIXING TO.

I'M FIXING TO. THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND YOU'RE CONTINUING TO FAIL.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE JAILERS ARE UP THERE DOING STUFF THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

AND THEN YOU GET AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO COME UP HERE AND IN OPEN COURT DO THE SAME THING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HE DOES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? WELL, WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR THAT CONVERSATION, COME TALK TO ME, OK.

I HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION WHERE THAT INDIVIDUAL SHOULD NOT BE IN PUBLIC OFFICE.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

WE WE'RE VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP ABILITIES.

LIKE I SAID, COUNSELOR HERE WAS SHREDDING DOCUMENTS INVOLVING TWO OTHER IN-CUSTODY DEATHS.

WHAT IS HE STILL DOING EMPLOYED HERE? HAVE ANY OF YOU ARE LOOKING TO SOME KIND OF INVESTIGATION? THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED, FOLKS.

THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS Y'ALLS RESPONSIBILITY AND Y'ALL'S FAULT BECAUSE YOU ALL ENABLED YOU DO YOUR JOB.

AND IF YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, YOU'RE NOT.

I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, FOLKS.

THE CARRIER THAT SIR KNOWN AS EMILIANO ZAPATA SAID IF THERE IS NO JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE, LET THERE BE NO PEACE FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

I PROMISE YOU, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL MR. RIGHTS DEATH IS IS LOOKED INTO AND MADE SURE THAT THE DISPOSITION THAT'S WARRANTED IS WHAT WE GET AS A COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. NEXT UP, MR. RYAN. PATRICK PERKINS.

GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE JUDGE AND MEMBERS OF THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR THE HAYES COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND SPECIFICALLY THE EXTENSIVE WORK ACCOMPLISHED UNDER KATE JOHNSON'S LEADERSHIP AND TENURE.

KATE JOHNSON IS A RECIPIENT OF THE JOHN BEN SHEPARD COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION LEADERSHIP AWARD FROM THIS TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR HER EXTENSIVE WORK WITH HAYS COUNTY, THE ONLY RECIPIENT IN STATE HISTORY TO BE HONORED TWICE.

KATE SPEARHEADED MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THE COUNTY, INCLUDING RESTORATION OF THE KYLE RAILROAD DEPOT HERITAGE CENTER, THE 1884 HAYS COUNTY JAIL, THE CATHERINE AND PORTER LITERARY CENTER, AND MUCH MORE.

NATIONWIDE. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A HUGE MOVEMENT TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE PRESERVATION PRACTICE.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE LEADERS IN CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, APPOINTED BY THIS COURT, IS REPEATEDLY CONSIDERED AN EXEMPLARY GROUP BY THE STATE'S TOP AUTHORITIES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION BECAUSE OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S EXTENSIVE WORK ON PRESERVATION PROJECTS THAT IMPACT A WIDE RANGE OF OUR COUNTY'S UNIQUE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

THE COMMISSION WORK DONE UNDER KATE JOHNSON'S LEADERSHIP CAN BE DESCRIBED AS EXCEPTIONAL, EXTRAORDINARY AND ENVIED BY COUNTLESS COUNTIES AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION GROUPS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IT IS A FACT, NOT HYPERBOLE OR CONJECTURE, THAT THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS, THAT HAYS COUNTY HAS THE BEST HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF KATE'S VISION AND HER LEADERSHIP.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS TO CONSIDER HOW THEY CAN INCORPORATE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY INTO THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE WORK.

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HAYS COUNTY. IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE OUR UNIQUE AND DIVERSE HERITAGE, HAYS COUNTY'S HISTORICAL LANDSCAPES, RESOURCES, FEATURES, STRUCTURES, CULTURES, ITS LIVING HERITAGE AND ITS VITAL AND IRREPLACEABLE COMPONENTS ARE ALL PART OF OUR QUALITY OF LIFE EDUCATION.

AND THEY MAKE IT A BETTER THEY MAKE IT BETTER TO UNDERSTAND OUR PAST AND OURSELVES, THE HEALTH OF THE COUNTY'S COMMUNITIES, THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, THEIR SENSE OF PLACE, THEIR LIVING HERITAGE.

THE LOCAL ECONOMIES ALL RELY ON CONTINUED CARE OF ALL OF OUR CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT, WONDERFULLY UNIQUE AND DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS, RURAL AREAS, SMALL BUSINESS DISTRICTS, IRREPLACEABLE NATURAL RESOURCES, AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC LANDMARKS.

THANK YOU TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR PRESERVATION EFFORTS ACROSS HAYS COUNTY.

IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT THAT THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION CONTINUES TO BE THE STANDARD BEARER AND SET NEW BENCHMARKS IN LOCAL AND STATE PRESERVATION EFFORTS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU TO MAINTAIN THAT STANDARD AND EXPAND THE COMMISSION'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

KATE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP, MR. SCOTT OGLE. MY NAME IS SCOTT OGLE, AND I'M A HAYS COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO'S BEEN ADVOCATING FOR CONTRABAND STEROID TESTS OF OFFICERS INVOLVED IN SERIOUS INJURY, PRODUCING ARREST AND FATAL ENCOUNTERS.

ACCORDING TO RESEARCH ARTICLES THAT I PROVIDED THIS MORNING, POLICE NATIONWIDE BREAK THE LAW AND ABUSE FELONY CONTROLLED STEROIDS, TESTOSTERONE AND OTHER HUMAN GROWTH HORMONES WITHOUT PRESCRIPTIONS.

A FORMER LEGAL ASSISTANT OF MINE, WHO'S NOW A HAYS COUNTY JAIL SUPERVISOR, ACTUALLY BOASTS ABOUT TAKING STEROIDS.

JUDGE BECERRA'S OFFICE ASKED ME PREVIOUSLY TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEROIDS PURCHASE FROM DRUG DEALERS AND THOSE PRESCRIBED BY PHYSICIANS. THE ANSWER LIES IN THE DOSAGE AMOUNTS ON THE OF THE LEVELS OF OR THE LEVELS OF STEROIDS BODYBUILDERS USE, WHICH FAR EXCEED THE DOSAGES PRESCRIBED BY DOCTORS.

IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THE EFFECTS OF STEROIDS LEAD TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR BY OFFICERS IN SITUATIONS WHERE SPLIT DECISIONS LITERALLY MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

IN THE SPIRIT OF ISAIAH, WRITES, IF DE-ESCALATION OF POLICE VIOLENCE IS A REAL GOAL IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, REGULATING THE DOSAGE AMOUNTS OF STEROIDS POLICE USE SHOULD BE A FIRST STEP TOWARDS MAKING THE MAKING THEM THE PEACE OFFICERS THAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE.

THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION, ALONG WITH MY OFFICE, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN A CONTRACTUAL AMENDMENT TO THE NEXT CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT THAT REQUIRES NOW OR WHEN IS WHEN THE CONTRACT IS ADOPTED TO BE TESTED FOR STEROIDS AFTER ALL CRITICAL INCIDENTS. WE ASKED THE SAME TEST BE INCLUDED AS REQUIREMENTS FOR HAYS COUNTY OFFICERS AND STAFF TO DE-ESCALATE VIOLENCE AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS BY REGULATING STEROIDS THAT ARE TOO OFTEN A FACTOR IN UNNECESSARY INJURIES AND DEATHS.

STEROID ABUSE IS ALSO LINKED TO HEART ATTACKS, STROKES AND LIVER DAMAGE.

THOSE MEDICAL CONDITIONS CAUSED BY THE DRUGS INCREASE THE COST OF TAXPAYER PAID HEALTH INSURANCE.

WHILE STEROIDS ARE LEGAL WHEN PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR.

BODY BUILDER, POLICE USE LEVELS FAR IN EXCESS OF THE PRESCRIPTION STRENGTHS ALLOWED UNDER THE LAW.

THAT THAT'S THE REASON HAYS COUNTY OFFICERS BUY DRUGS OFF THE STREETS FROM DRUG DEALERS RATHER THAN DOCTORS PRESCRIBING THEM.

THERE IS A CLEAR HYPOCRISY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO ARREST THE PUBLIC FOR CONTRABAND DRUGS WHEN MANY OF THOSE SAME OFFICERS BUY FELONY CONTROLLED STEROIDS, ROID RAGING FROM IMPROPER DOSING OF STEROIDS, TESTOSTERONE AND OTHER PERFORMANCE ENHANCING ENHANCING DRUGS, WHICH CAN MAKE ANY BODYBUILDER BECOME OVERLY AGGRESSIVE AND IRRATIONAL BECAUSE OF THE HORMONAL IMBALANCES THAT CAUSE SEVERE MOOD SWINGS. WE'RE LEFT WITH THREE OPTIONS.

ONE, START REGULATING POLICE BY TESTING THEM FOR STEROIDS, AT LEAST AFTER SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS INVOLVED IN ARRESTING

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CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE ILLEGAL USE OF STEROIDS AMONG BODYBUILDERS.

BODYBUILDER POLICE BY NOT TESTING THEM AND NOT HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

TIME TO WRAP IT UP, SIR. WE CAN'T EXPECT POLICE TO REGULATE THEMSELVES REGARDING STEROIDS AND OTHER CONTRABAND PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS.

WE ASK HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE TESTING OF THOSE DRUGS MANDATORY.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE MR. ENRIQUE OSPINA.

I HOPE I SAID IT RIGHT. I COULD BARELY READ IT.

I'M SORRY. IS THAT WHAT IT SAID? YES. THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO ANOMALIES THAT WE, AS A GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS, HAD FOUND IN RELATION TO ELIGIBLE AND EFFECTIVE DATES OF THE 2020 ELECTION.

FROM HER ANSWERS, IT IS CLEAR THE COUNTY CHOSE A SOFTWARE FOR THE VOTER ROLL THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE.

THIS INEXCUSABLE MISTAKE MAKES THE VOTER ROLL AN UNRELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION BY BY NOT BEING ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN VALID AND INVALID VOTES THAT ARE FED TO THE MACHINES.

LET ME EXPLAIN.

IN THE 2020 ELECTION, THERE WERE 9628 INDIVIDUALS WHO VOTED WITH AN ELIGIBLE DATE LESS THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, THOSE VOTES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS INVALID.

THE QUESTION IS HOW THE COUNTY CAN PROVE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE VOTES IS VALID.

SIMILARLY, THERE WERE 3799 INDIVIDUALS WHO VOTED WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE LATER THAN NOVEMBER 3RD.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE.

THOSE VOTES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS INVALID.

THE QUESTION IS HOW THE COUNTY CAN PROVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE VOTES IS VALID.

THE QUESTION ALSO REMAINS ON HOW THE COUNTY USES PROCESSES THAT ALLOW FOR THE SYSTEM TO REPORT INVALID VOTES ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND COUNT THEM AS VALID, VALID ONES.

MAYBE SOMEBODY IN THE ELECTION OFFICE CAN ANSWER WHO IS CHECKING WHEN SOMEONE CAST A VOTE WITH AN INVALID, ELIGIBLE OR EFFECTIVE DATE AND DETERMINES IT IS VALID OR INVALID, AND ON WHAT GROUNDS THAT PERSON DOES THAT? WE MUST REMEMBER THAT IN THIS CASE, ONCE YOU FEED AN INVALUABLE TO THE MACHINE.

THAT BOTH CANNOT BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE VALID ONES.

WE ALSO RAISED CONCERNS OF BOATERS THAT HAD DIFFERENT IDS NUMBERS IN THE VOTER ROLL AND THE BOOK.

THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS ANSWER WAS THAT THESE VOTERS WERE NOT REGISTERED ANYWHERE IN TEXAS.

THE ANSWER KNOW DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.

WE CAN PROVE THESE VOTERS DID NOT VOTE PROVISIONAL.

THESE VOTERS WERE IN THE VOTER ROLL ON THE DATE OF THE ELECTION.

THEREFORE, THE STATEMENT THAT THESE VOTERS, QUOTE, ARE NOT REGISTERED ANYWHERE IN TEXAS, CLOSE QUOTE, DOES NOT APPLY.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR DID NOT ADDRESS ANY OF THE ANOMALIES WE IDENTIFIED WITH THE ABSENTEE VOTES IN THE 2020 ELECTION.

SHE DID NOT EXPLAIN WHY 6039 INDIVIDUALS THAT VOTED ABSENTEE IN THE 2020 ELECTION DID SO WITHOUT A VALID APPLICATION AND OR ENVELOPE AS THE LAW PRESCRIBES.

THAT NUMBER, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, REPRESENTS 48.5% OF THE TOTAL ABSENTEE VOTES OF THE NOVEMBER 2020 ELECTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT UP, MR. SAM BRANNAN.

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO A COUPLE OF YOU THERE.

I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT MR. OSPINA AND HIS GROUP HAVE BEEN DOING AROUND ELECTIONS INTEGRITY.

THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.

IN FACT, I'M ABOUT TO CELEBRATE SIX YEARS WORKING ON ELECTION INTEGRITY IN HAYS COUNTY.

WE STARTED AT THE END OF JANUARY AND 2017 WHEN IT TURNED OUT THAT ELECTION WAS OVERTURNED HERE IN HAYS COUNTY.

NOT EVERYBODY MAY KNOW THAT IN 2016, AS A RESULT OF OUR COMING IN AND ASKING QUESTIONS, WE FOUND OUT THAT 1816 VOTES WERE NOT COUNTED

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AND I'M STILL AMAZED AT HOW FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT AND HOW FEW PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE WENT ABOUT CANVASING AN ELECTION IN WHICH 1816 VOTES WEREN'T COUNTED.

BUT SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP.

IN FACT, IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE.

SOME OF YOU REMEMBER SEPTEMBER OF 2020.

I WAS IN HERE AT THE PODIUM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PARTIAL MANUAL COUNT HAD EVEN BEEN DONE AT THE END OF THAT ELECTION.

AND BASICALLY WHAT I DID IS I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THROUGH OPEN RECORDS SEEKING EVIDENCE THAT HAD ACTUALLY OCCURRED.

AND WE SAT THROUGH THAT.

WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT ENDED.

AND I COMMEND COMMISSIONER INGALSBE FOR ACTUALLY ASKING THE QUESTIONS OF OUR ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR.

AND I THINK BRINGING OUT THAT, YEAH, A WHOLE LOT HASN'T BEEN DONE.

AND THEN WE CAN FAST FORWARD TO 2022.

AND IN THIS ELECTION, I THINK WE HAD OVER 50 ELECTION WATCHERS OUT.

THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN ELECTION INTEGRITY THESE DAYS.

YOU GUYS SHOULD NOT MISS THAT.

I THINK WE HAD OVER 50 OUT THERE AND A LOT OF WORK HAD BEEN DONE.

AND THEN WE CAME UP AND I WANTED TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PARTIAL MANUAL COUNT AFTER THE ELECTION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO START WITHIN 72 HOURS OF THE POLLS CLOSING.

AND AS OF A WEEK AFTER THE ELECTION, IT STILL HADN'T BEEN STARTED OR EVEN PUT ON THE TIMELINE TO HAPPEN.

AND LON, YOU REFUSED TO CALL OVER TO THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR WHEN I ASKED YOU TO AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT SCHEDULED.

BUT YOU DIDN'T. BUT COMMISSIONER INGALSBE DID.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE DID GET IT SCHEDULED AND IT WAS A FIASCO.

I HAD TO POINT OUT THAT CHAPTER 65 OF THE ELECTION CODE WAS NOT BEING FOLLOWED IN THE PARTIAL MANUAL COUNT.

OUR ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR SAID, OH, THAT DOESN'T APPLY HERE.

YEAH, IT DOES. IT SAYS SO RIGHT HERE.

WELL, IT DOESN'T APPLY FOR US.

YES, IT DOES. SO RIGHT HERE, SHE RAN OUT, CALLED THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND HE SAID, IT'S OKAY.

YOU CAN IGNORE THE LAW.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD US.

HE STILL HASN'T ANSWERED WHETHER OR NOT HE'S EVER SAID THAT.

HE STILL HASN'T ANSWERED THE ELECTION COMPLAINT, NAMING HIM FOR HAVING DONE THAT.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES.

I'M TOLD THAT THERE'S BEEN OVER 20 CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AND HIS POLL JUDGES BY THE POLL WATCHERS WHO ARE BEING DENIED ACCESS.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IN THE EARLY PART OF 2023, I'LL WRAP UP SHORTLY IN THE EARLY PART OF 2023, I WANT TO GET ON THE AGENDA, THE PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THIS ELECTION'S OFFICE AND THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HISTORY AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED.

MOST RECENTLY WE'VE HAD TWO ELECTION RECOUNTS, ONE OF WHICH WENT THE DISTANCE.

AND RUBEN, YOU AND I ARE BOTH IN IT.

IT HAD SOME PLUSES, BUT IT WAS A FIASCO.

CHAIN OF CUSTODY IS STILL A MAJOR PROBLEM.

YOU AND I DISCUSSED THAT.

SO WE NEED TO GET THESE ISSUES OUT ON THE TABLE IN A VERY PUBLIC FORMAT.

I'M LOOKING TO SEE WHO AMONG YOU WILL SUPPORT THAT.

I'LL DO IT. WRAP IT UP.

THANK YOU. WHO AMONG YOU WILL SUPPORT THAT? AND WHO AMONG YOU WILL? NOT, BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIND OUT.

I GOT YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT UP, MS.. MARY MITCHELL.

I MADE A NOTE. MR. BRENNAN.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK TO MY FELLOW CITIZENS TODAY.

COUNTY CITIZENS.

MY NAME IS MARY AND I PARTICIPATED IN THE DAVID PER YEAR HIGGINS RECOUNT.

THAT WAS A CIVICS LESSON IN AND OF ITSELF.

ANY OF YOU WHO WERE THERE KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I WAS CONCERNED AFTER THE 2020 ELECTIONS AND STUMBLED INTO A CONCERNED CITIZENS GROUP, AND WE FOUND HUGE DISCREPANCIES IN THE NUMBERS IN EVERYTHING.

EARLY VOTING.

ELECTION DAY. VOTING.

MAIL IN VOTING.

NOW, AFTER THE 2022 ELECTION AND HAVING STARTED VIEWING THE TALLY SHEETS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, HIGGINS RECOUNT, GUESS WHAT? DISCREPANCIES YET AGAIN.

THE NUMBERS HAYS COUNTY POSTED ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT JENNIFER D'ONOFRIO AND ANITA COLLINS REPORTED, AND THOSE ARE DIFFERENT YET AGAIN FROM WHAT WE'VE COUNTED.

NOW, NO ONE WHO LIVES BY A BUDGET OR ANY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS HAS SUCH SLOPPY ACCOUNTING.

I WOULD LIKE ANSWERS TO WHY WE STILL USE ELECTION MACHINES WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE OUR ELECTIONS RUN SMOOTHLY AND WHY WE CAN'T GET CONSISTENT REPORTED NUMBERS.

I ASK YOU, MY FELLOW HAYS COUNTY NEIGHBORS, ARE YOU OKAY WITH SUCH SLOPPY BOOKKEEPING? IS CLOSE ENOUGH GOOD ENOUGH?

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CONGRATULATIONS, HAYS COUNTY.

YOU HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE AT CREATING CHAOS IN OUR ELECTIONS.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, MR. DAN LYON.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. SARAH IN COURT.

I HAVE A COPY OF THE SAN MARCOS DAILY RECORD FROM SUNDAY, JANUARY 15.

HAYS COUNTY ACQUIRES PURGATORY CREEK NATURE PRESERVE COUNTY PARTNERS WITH HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY, LASEMA TO MAKE ACQUISITION.

THIS PROJECT IS ONE IS A WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR HAYS COUNTY AND ITS PARTNERS, COMMISSIONER LANSDALE SAID.

HAYS COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AREAS IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND IN THE NATION, WITH GROWTH AT THIS RATE.

WE WORK TO IDENTIFY AND IMPROVE UPON PARTNERSHIPS THAT HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A WELCOMING AND EQUITABLE PLACE FOR ALL.

KATHY MILLER, CEO OF HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY, SAID THE PURGATORY CREEK NATURE PRESERVE SERVES AS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP THAT CAN BALANCE THE NEED TO PLAN FOR FUTURE GROWTH WHILE PRESERVING THE SURROUNDING ECOSYSTEM AND THE COMMUNITY'S ACCESS TO NATURE.

LET'S WHERE WAS THE HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY WHEN THE LASEMA PLAN TO PUT HOUSES AT LASEMA NORTH AT A RATE 8 TO 9 TIMES THE DENSITY OF THAT OF COUNTRY ESTATES AND ONLY HAVE 100 FOOT 33 YARDS, A THIRD OF A FOOTBALL FIELD SETBACK FROM ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LAND WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO THE AQUIFER. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THEY ARE MOSTLY LAWYERS, ENGINEERING FIRMS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BANKERS.

ALSO, WILL CONNELLY, FORMER HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND KATHY ZAMMIT FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

WE HAVE ONLY ONE PERSON FROM THE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATION.

THIS IS NOTHING BUT GREENWASHING.

IT IS A SHAM.

YOU. THE COURT ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERBUILDING IN HAYS COUNTY AND ARE AS RESPONSIBLE AS THE DROUGHT FOR JACOB'S WELL AND A LOT OF WELLS AND WIMBERLY GOING DRY.

WE'RE JUST IN THE BEGINNING OF A RECESSION AND THERE ARE OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT.

LET'S SEE YOU ALL TALK YOUR WAY OUT OF THAT ONE.

WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE RATES NEXT YEAR, BELIEVE ME, YOU WILL, BECAUSE PEOPLE'S THE VALUATION ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY IS GOING TO GO DOWN THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S THE END OF THIS STUFF ABOUT TALKING ABOUT HOW Y'ALL HAVE LOWERED TAXES.

IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK ANYMORE.

YOU NEED TO GET SERIOUS.

YOU NEED TO QUIT.

HOW DO I PUT THIS? YOU NEED TO QUIT SHAMING THE PUBLIC.

I COULD USE ANOTHER WORD.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE.

YOU NEED TO GET RESPONSIBLE.

AND YOU NEED TO RELEASE THE TAPES OF THAT KILLING UP AT SETON HOSPITAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[F1. Adopt a Proclamation declaring January 2023 as National Crime Stoppers Month. INGALSBE]

ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING JANUARY 2023 AS NATIONAL CRIME STOPPERS MONTH.

SO SECOND, PLEASE READ IT.

WHEREAS CRIME IS A MENACE TO OUR SOCIETY, IT TEARS APART LIVES AND CAUSES FEELINGS OF FEAR, ANGER AND HELPLESSNESS.

COMMUNITIES CANNOT PROSPER IF THEY ARE NOT SAFE, AND WHEN OUR LIVES ARE DISRUPTED BY CRIMINALS, THE OUTCOME CANNOT ONLY INCLUDE LOSS OF PROPERTY OR INJURY, BUT THE LOSS OF LIFE AND THE LOSS OF A VITAL SENSE OF SECURITY.

AS CARING CITIZENS, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE NOT VICTIMIZED BY CRIMINALS.

AND. WHEREAS, SINCE 1981, THE HAYES COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM HAS EMPOWERED THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST CRIME AND RECLAIM THEIR SENSE OF SAFETY.

CRIME STOPPERS BRINGS TOGETHER CITIZENS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THE MEDIA, BUSINESSES AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO SOLVE CRIMES, CATCH CRIMINALS, AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER.

AND. WHEREAS, COMBINING MEDIA AWARENESS, CASH REWARDS, AND AN ANONYMOUS TIP LINE FOR CITIZENS TO CONTACT, HAYS COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS HAS CREATED AN EFFECTIVE CRIME SCENE HELPING CITIZENS TAKE BACK CONTROL OVER THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH ENGAGEMENT, EMPOWERMENT AND EDUCATION.

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ANONYMOUS CRIME STOPPERS CALLERS HAVE AWARDED OVER $85,000 FOR TIPS LEADING TO ARRESTS.

AND. WHEREAS, HAYES COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS HAS FORGED STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SAN MARCOS POLICE DEPARTMENT, KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BEAUTIFUL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.

SAN MARCOS POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAYES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND. WHEREAS, HAYES COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS IS WORKING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF COMMUNITY SAFETY ISSUES AND CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS WHILE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVE TO BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 2023 AS NATIONAL CRIME STOPPERS MONTH THROUGHOUT HAYES COUNTY, AND CALLS UPON ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COUNTY TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN OUR EFFORT TO PREVENT CRIME, THEREBY STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE.

ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF JANUARY 2023.

BEAUTIFULLY DONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SCHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. JUDGE BECERRA.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CRIME STOPPERS, BUT I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

JUDGE, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM HERE IN HAYS COUNTY AND I KNOW AROUND THE NATION.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY NAME IS STEVE MEYER. I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF CRIME STOPPERS.

THIS YEAR IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND WE THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, FOR SPONSORING IT.

COUNTY JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT HAYS COUNTY PROVIDES TO CRIME STOPPERS.

WE ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WE WORK WITH.

BUT QUITE CANDIDLY, WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE CREATING A PROCLAMATION THAT RECOGNIZES THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST IN HELPING TO PREVENT CRIME.

AND CRIME STOPPERS IS NAMED SUCH BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT APPREHENSION.

IT'S ABOUT APPREHENDING REPEAT OFFENDERS MOST COMMONLY.

AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO HELP TO REDUCE CRIME BY BEING BROUGHT OFF THE STREET.

AND OUR COMMUNITY WANTS THAT.

OUR COMMUNITY IS SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT OF IT.

IN THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOT A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SERGEANT JEFFREY JORDAN.

HE BROUGHT ON BOARD A VERY LARGE BOARD OF NEW MEMBERS, DIVERSE, REPRESENTING MANY ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WITH A GREAT VIEWPOINTS AND IDEAS AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

WE HAD A RECORD YEAR AND NOT BY A PERCENTAGE, BUT BY FACTORS ALMOST THREE.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO MORE THIS YEAR IN HELPING TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY THROUGH COOPERATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO SUPPORT OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS AND THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. THAT MADE THE PROGRAM THE MOST EFFECTIVE IT'S EVER BEEN.

WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE A CONFERENCE HERE IN SAN MARCOS, FEBRUARY SIX THROUGH EIGHT, THE CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.

WE'RE HOSTING THE ENTIRE STATE GROUPS OF CRIME STOPPERS AND STUDENTS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE STATE WILL COME DOWN INTO SAN MARCOS AND WE'LL LEARN ALL ABOUT CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAMS, ABOUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL IN OUR TOWN.

AND THIS PROCLAMATION IS SO TIMELY FOR THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING CRIME STOPPERS.

WE'RE HERE TO SERVE YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.

THANKS, STEVE. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE STEVE'S COMMENTS ABOUT JEFF JORDAN, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS PARTICIPATION AND HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN THIS AREA.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO'S MORE COMMITTED AND YOU CAN'T SEE HIM WITHOUT HIM TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROGRAM.

SO I THINK IT'S I THINK HE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT.

YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE IN THE GROUP INTERESTED IN THE PICK? LET'S TAKE ONE REAL QUICK.

OR CAN I ASK IF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF OR BOARD WHO'VE COME OUT TO SHOW SUPPORT JOIN US ALONG.

THAT'S THE ASK.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

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OKAY. HERE WE GO.

HERE WE COME. THIS.

I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU. OH, YEAH.

THREE, TWO, ONE. 20.

BEAUTIFUL. ALL YOURS? VERY MUCH. REALLY? I WAS SEEING A LITTLE.

WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN F TWO?

[Items F2 & J7]

SO SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.

JUDGE. AND I WAS ALSO GOING TO ASK, JUDGE, CAN WE ALSO OPEN J SEVEN, WHICH IS THE REFERENCE TO THE SAME ITEM J SEVEN AS WELL, PLEASE? J SEVEN DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 318 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

SO I'M SORRY.

SO WE CAN START WITH THE FIRST ONE IS COMMISSIONER SHOW.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. WE HAVE IN IN BACKUP IS THE CURRENT LIST OF THE APPLICANTS FOR THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

IT NOTES THE PRECINCT IN WHICH THEY LIVE AND ALSO WHETHER THEY ARE A RETURNING MEMBER OR A NEW MEMBER.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PROPOSED NEW MEMBERS.

THE BYLAWS OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION ALLOW UP TO 25 MEMBERS.

SO THERE'S STILL SOME SOME SPOTS OPEN FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT WISH TO PARTICIPATE.

WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO THAT.

BUT NORMALLY WE APPOINT THESE MEMBERS IN JANUARY OF ODD YEARS.

AND SO IT IS TIME FOR US TO APPOINT THE NEW COMMISSION AND ALLOW THEM TO GET TO WORK.

JUDGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT COME IN AND GIVE THE COURT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WERE BEING MADE AND GIVE US SOME TIME TO RECOMMEND APPOINTMENTS TO THIS COMMISSION AND BRING THEM BACK. BRING THOSE BACK IN THE IN JANUARY.

I'M SO SORRY. BRING THEM BACK JANUARY 31ST.

AND BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING.

AND SO I KNOW THAT THOSE NEED TO BE DONE.

AND SO THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WAS CONSIDERING, JUDGE.

WE COULD CERTAINLY AUTHORIZE THE CURRENT COMMISSION TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK UNTIL WE COME BACK ON THE 31ST WITH COURT RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE OTHER THING THAT I CONSIDERED LAST NIGHT WAS THAT IF MEMBERS OF THIS COURT ARE GOING TO APPOINT SOME OF THE SAME MEMBERS THAT ARE LISTED.

IN THE BACKUP THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO THAT AND THEN COME BACK ON THE 31ST WITH OTHER COURT MEMBERS APPOINTMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE. I ONLY HAVE TWO, WHICH I AM CERTAINLY WILLING TO CONSIDER AND APPOINT TODAY, BUT THEN I HAVE THREE REMAINING REMAINING THAT I'D LIKE TO COME BACK MAYBE ON THE 31ST. I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER COURT MEMBERS FEEL ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE LISTED AS YOUR MAYBE YOUR APPOINTEES, BUT MEMBERS THAT ARE REPRESENTING YOUR PRECINCTS.

AND SO I WANTED TO.

SEE AND DISCUSS AND LET YOU ALL CONSIDER THOSE OPTIONS.

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COMMISSIONER COHEN, DO YOU DO YOU HAVE DEEP LET'S JUST SAY TWO PEOPLE, BECAUSE IN RESHAPING THIS FOR THE LAUNCH OFF, I WAS ALSO THINKING IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

WHAT YOU'VE SAID, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, TO LEAN IN A LITTLE BIT ON THESE APPOINTMENTS AND HAVE A STRONGER VOICE AS A COURT AS TO HOW OUR COMMUNITY IS REPRESENTED IN THE MOST HOLISTIC AND COMPLETE MANNER.

AND SO I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN MIND THAT WOULD SUIT OR SERVE THAT CAPACITY.

BECAUSE I NOT KNOWING THIS AGENDA ITEM, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY HOW AGENDAS GET BUILT, BUT NOT KNOWING THIS AGENDA ITEM HAD BEEN PUT ON ALREADY.

WE HAD AN AGENDA ITEM SLATED FOR THE 31ST TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND SO THIS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN TODAY.

THERE'S NO SENSE OF URGENCY ON THAT APPOINTMENT.

AND AS COMMISSIONER INGALSBE SAID, A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THIS FRONT WOULD BE USEFUL.

AND IF I'M LOOKING TO YOU AS THE NEWEST COMMISSIONER, THIS IS ONLY YOUR SECOND MEETING.

I'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE TIME AS.

THE INTERIM CHAIR OF THE HISTORIC COMMISSION.

AND SO I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT, TOO, FOR THE NEXT COURT MEETING.

IS THAT AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO WHO'S CURRENTLY RETURNING AND NEW, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK OTHERS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED, WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMISSION, WHO SHOW AN INTEREST POSSIBLY BRINGING THEM IN.

YES. AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, UNLESS THERE ARE ACTUALLY HOW ABOUT I DO IT THIS WAY? ANITA HAS PREPARED A FEW COMMENTS.

SHE'S ONE OF THE HOUR PERSON PEOPLE THAT HELP COMPILE INFORMATION.

AND I WANTED TO SEE IF SHE COULD PRESENT SOME IDEAS TO FURTHER PUSH THIS IDEA FURTHER.

AND THEN I'LL ASK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR YOUR OPINION AS WELL, AFTER YOU HEAR WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY, WHICH IS AN ENCAPSULATION OF OUR THOUGHTS.

YES. AND HOW THINGS UNROLLED.

MY NAME IS ANITA COLLINS.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE HAYS COUNTY JUDGE.

I WAS ALSO THE KIND OF A LIAISON BETWEEN THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THE JUDGE'S OFFICE FOR THIS PAST TWO YEARS. AS OF JANUARY 1ST, THE COUNTY JUDGE BECAME THE INTERIM COMMISSION CHAIR OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO STATE STATUTE 318.004, WHICH STATES THE COUNTY JUDGE SHALL SERVE AS COMMISSION CHAIR DURING ANY INTERIM PERIOD. ALL HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION MEMBERS EXPIRED.

THEIR TERMS EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST.

SO THE INTERIM COMMISSION CHAIR REQUESTED THAT THE APPLICATIONS THEY HAD BEEN SUBMITTED BE PRESENTED TO THE TO HIM AND TO THE COURT TO REVIEW AND SEE WHO THOSE APPLICANTS WERE AND CONSIDER PERHAPS OPENING IT UP AGAIN TO MORE APPLICATIONS, BECAUSE I MYSELF DID NOT EVEN SEE THE THE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN THAT THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAD BEEN OPENED TO APPLY. AND ALSO HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANTS WERE THAT IT WAS MORE INCLUSIVE AND REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS IN DIVERSITY.

AND THEN WE SUBMITTED THE AGENDA ITEM FOR JANUARY 31ST, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS ON FOR TODAY.

OUR SUGGESTION AT THAT TIME WAS TO PRESENT EACH COMMISSIONER WITH THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE PERSONS WITHIN THEIR PRECINCT AND TO APPOINT TWO OF THEM THAT BEST REPRESENTED THEIR CONSTITUENCY.

AND EVERYBODY'S PRECINCT IS HAS A DIFFERENT MAKEUP.

AND SO WE WANTED PEOPLE WHO REPRESENTED THOSE PRECINCTS TO BE REPRESENTED ON THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

BUT ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION DID NOT MAKE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AWARE THAT THEIR CHAIR HAD RESIGNED, AND I THINK SHE RESIGNED IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY NICE HAD THEY BEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMISSION THAT IS APPOINTED BY YOUR BY THIS COURT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ANNOUNCED AND MADE AWARE, MADE US AWARE THAT THEIR CHAIR HAD RESIGNED.

MORE UNACCEPTABLE WAS THAT THE MINUTES WERE NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

SO WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR SIX MONTHS.

HAYS COUNTY. HAYS COUNTY COMMISSION.

I'M SORRY. YEAH.

HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

THEY ALSO NEVER HAD TREASURER'S REPORTS DURING THEIR DURING THEIR MEETINGS.

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ALSO UNACCEPTABLE IS THAT THE LEADERSHIP DID NOT SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS OF ITS ACTIVITIES AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE 318.008 THAT READS THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT OF ITS ACTIVITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

WE NEVER RECEIVED A REPORT.

DID ANY OF YOU? I NEVER HEARD A REPORT BEING MADE HERE AT COMMISSIONERS COURT TO THE COURT EITHER.

BOTTOM LINE, THERE'S NO RUSH TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT.

THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION SAYS WE HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 31ST TO APPOINT AND REALLY UNTIL APRIL TO REPORT AT APRIL 1ST AND APRIL 1ST.

THEN THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION WILL STEP IN.

SO THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

APPOINT PEOPLE THAT WILL BEST REPRESENT YOUR PRECINCT OF THIS COUNTY.

THANK YOU, ANITA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND REPRESENTATION FOR YEARS ON THAT BODY.

COMMISSIONER SHELL OR SMITH, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? SURE. I MEAN, I JUDGE I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS OF OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION, THEIR VOLUNTEERS.

MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

ALWAYS WELCOME NEW APPLICANTS AND MEMBERS.

I THINK THAT THAT CAN BE DONE AT ANY TIME, ANY THERE'S OR THERE VACANCIES.

THEY CAN ALWAYS SUBMIT APPLICATIONS.

AND SO I THINK I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO SERVE TO TRY TO DO THAT AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME BECAUSE IT'S A VERY GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE.

I WASN'T AWARE THAT MISS JOHNSON RESIGNED AS CHAIR.

I FROM MY CONVERSATION WITH HER, SHE INTENDED NOT TO SEEK TO CHAIR THE CURRENT TERM.

I'M NOT SURE IF SHE TECHNICALLY RESIGNED, BUT SHE COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR US IF IF WE NEEDED IT.

BUT I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN AT LEAST ALLOW THE CURRENT GROUP AND THOSE NEW MEMBERS THAT HAVE APPLIED ALREADY TO GET STARTED.

AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS THAT COME AROUND, THEY COULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT AT ANY TIME.

AND THE STATUTE DOES SAY THAT IF THERE IS NOT A COMMISSION APPOINTED BY APRIL 1ST OF EACH NUMBER OF YEAR, THEN THE STATE CAN APPOINT THE COMMISSION AFTER 30 DAYS ARE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF HIS INTENTION TO DO SO.

IT SAYS IN THAT IN THAT REGARD, THE COUNTY JUDGE SHALL SERVE AS COMMISSION CHAIR DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD.

SO THAT'S AN INTERIM PERIOD OF THE COMMISSION, NOT NECESSARILY OF A A CHAIRMANSHIP.

SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT THE STATE STATUTE ALLOWS THE COUNTY JUDGE TO BE THE THE COMMISSION CHAIR RIGHT NOW.

IT WOULD BE IF WE FAIL TO APPOINT A A COMMISSION LOCALLY AND THE STATE THEN DOES THAT FOR US.

I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD WE WOULD WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO I GUESS I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO NEW MEMBERSHIP.

BUT THE THE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN SERVING ON THAT COMMISSION, LIKE I SAID FOR A LONG TIME, HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN THIS COUNTY.

WE ALWAYS ARE LOOKING FOR NEW FOLKS TO STEP UP AND SERVE, AND I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD WELCOME ANYONE WHO WOULD WOULD WANT TO DO THAT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO AT LEAST GET STARTED IN THEIR WORK NOW AND CONTINUE TO FILL APPOINTMENTS AS NECESSARY.

THANK YOU, JUDGE, I. I TEND TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER SHELL.

THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS THAT IF WE KNOW ANYTHING FROM OUR APPOINTMENTS AS COMMISSIONERS ON OUR ISDS, OUR OTHER APPOINTMENTS, WE HAVE PEOPLE ROTATE ON AND OFF QUITE, QUITE REGULARLY.

AND I'VE DONE RESEARCH WHENEVER WE'VE HAD THOSE APPOINTMENTS OPEN BECAUSE I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THOSE COMMISSIONS THAT WE DO THOSE APPOINTMENTS TO AND TECHNICALLY.

AND I WOULD ASK MR..

MR. KENNEDY TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, BUT EVEN UPON RESIGNATION OR AN OPENING IN THE PAST, THOSE COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE CONTINUED TO SERVE UNTIL REPLACEMENT ON THOSE COMMISSIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT APPLIES HERE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT DOES AS AN APPOINTMENT.

DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT, MR. KENNEDY? COMMISSIONER YOU'RE REFERENCING.

HOLD OVER. AND YES, TYPICALLY FOR ELECTED AND OR APPOINTED POSITIONS, WE'VE EVEN DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS RECENTLY AND OTHER CONTEXTS. BUT FOR FOR EITHER OF THOSE TYPES OF POSITIONS, EVEN AFTER RESIGNATION, THE PERSON HOLDS OVER UNTIL REPLACED.

FOR ME, IT'S A NON-ISSUE IN THIS PARTICULAR REGARD BECAUSE THE COMMISSION HASN'T BEEN TAKING ANY ACTION.

THIS IS A MATTER OF THE COURT MEMBERS DECIDING HOW TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE COMMISSION.

THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE OF A CHAIR CALLING A MEETING AND ASKING FOR ACTION OF SOME KIND, WHICH IS, I THINK, WHEN THE CHAIR

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THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION AS WELL.

I LOOKING AT THE LIST OF APPOINTEES TO COMMISSIONER MICHEL'S POINT, I THINK THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPENINGS, EVEN MORE SO THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO APPOINT TODAY.

I WOULD LOVE FOR OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO BRING BACK ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT.

I WOULD APPRECIATE OR REQUEST THAT IF YOU DO BRING SOMEONE OR IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY APPLY THAT YOU WANT IT TO APPOINT.

HAVING THEM GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT THESE FOLKS THAT ARE SITTING HERE WAITING ON APPOINTMENT TODAY, HAVING THEM GO THROUGH THAT APPLICATION WHERE THEY SEND IT IN TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

AND AND SO WE HAVE KIND OF A BACKGROUND ON WHY THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED OR WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I THINK IT'S STILL UP TO US TO DO THE APPOINTMENT AND WE WOULD WE CAN APPOINT WHOMEVER WE WANT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HAVING AT LEAST SOME INPUT FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO HAVE SERVED FOR, IN SOME CASES MORE THAN A DECADE IN THIS ROLE WOULD BE HELPFUL.

BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT THE ACTUAL APPLICANTS AND AND PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP THAT WE HAVE TODAY, I DON'T I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FOLKS WHO HAVE APPROACHED ME WHATSOEVER.

AND I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP TO THE APPOINTMENTS OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE PROPOSED TODAY FOR THAT PURPOSE.

I'D LOVE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TODAY THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED AND ASK THAT WE DO ADDITIONAL ONES ON THE 31ST.

JUDGE, MAY I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE BYLAWS THAT GOVERN THE COMMISSION, AND I'M NOT SURE IS IT A MAXIMUM OR A MINIMUM OF 25 MEMBERS THAT THE BYLAWS STATE THAT STATE LAW SETS THE MINIMUM AT SEVEN.

THE BYLAWS SET THE MAXIMUM AT 25, SO THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF 25, ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS OR BY THE COMMISSION.

CORRECT. THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

AND THAT COMMISSIONER THAT'S IN THE BACK UP ON ON THE ITEM THAT YOU ASKED TO OPEN UNDER ARTICLE THREE MEMBERSHIP, SECTION ONE.

OKAY. I GUESS THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS THAT IF WE DO COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS OR APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED FOR THAT, IF THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF 25 AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS DONE.

YOU ALL HAVE DONE GREAT WORK AND I RESPECT YOU ALL.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION AND AS FAR AS MEMBERS FROM EACH PRECINCT. IF THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF 25.

COMMISSIONER SMITH, YOU ALREADY HAVE SIX.

I'M HAPPY TO PULL.

I MEAN, AND I HAVEN'T EVEN SPOKEN TO THE NEW APPLICANT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IF THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF SIX LOOKING AT THAT OR MAXIMUM OF FIVE LOOKING AT THAT LIST, I HAVE FIVE CURRENT MEMBERS.

IF I'M CORRECT, THEN I WOULD APPOINT MY FIVE CURRENT MEMBERS AND I WOULD FOREGO THE NEW APPOINTMENT BECAUSE AGAIN, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SERVING, THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER APPOINT SOMEONE WHO IS ON THE WHO IS INVOLVED.

AND I AGREE. I MEAN, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER APPOINTING THE TWO FOR PRECINCT ONE.

NOW, AS FAR AS COMMISSIONER COHEN, AS SHE STATED SHE'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

AND SO I WANT TO GIVE HER THAT TIME.

BUT I'M CERTAINLY WILLING, IF WE ARE GOING TO GET FIVE APPOINTEES EACH OR WHO WE RECOMMEND THAT WE COME BACK ON THE 31ST WITH THOSE. BUT IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, IF THE COURT IS OKAY, IF Y'ALL ARE WANTING TO APPOINT THOSE THAT ARE ON THE LIST CURRENTLY, I'M I'M WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE. AND SO WHAT I'M HEARING TO RECAP IS WE COULD WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.

THE STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION DOESN'T MEDDLE, IF YOU WILL, ON THE DAY TO DAY BYLAWS THAT THE LOCAL HISTORIC COMMISSION HAS CRAFTED.

THOSE ARE JUST INTERNAL GUIDELINES.

AND THEN. PARAMETERS SELF IMPOSED, BUT THEY'RE NOT STATE LAW.

SO AS MR. KENNEDY STATED, HE'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

SEVEN IS A MINIMUM TO A POINT.

BUT THERE IS NO LIMIT, WHICH IS ALSO WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

SO THE LOCAL HISTORIC COMMISSION HAS KEPT IT GOOD, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND AND I BELIEVE AS WELL, THAT IF YOU PUT THIS MANY PEOPLE IN A ROOM TO VOTE ON SOMETHING, YOU'RE NEVER GOING

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SO I AGREE ON THE CAP.

I UNDERSTAND IT. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS COMMIT THIS BODY TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING, WHICH IS WE EACH GET FIVE NAMES AND IF SOME MEMBERS ARE READY WITH THEIR FIVE AND SOME ARE NOT, THEN WE CAN PRESENT THOSE FIVE EACH.

BUT NOT UNTIL AFTER ALL OR TOGETHER SHOULD A MEETING BE CALLED.

BECAUSE I'D HATE FOR BECAUSE MINE AREN'T READY, AND NEITHER ARE COMMISSIONER COHEN'S.

AND SO I WOULD HATE FOR THE MEETINGS TO GO ON WITHOUT THE FULL BODY AT LEAST MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THAT'S MY ONLY ASK. AND AS MR. KENNEDY HAS SAID, THERE'S NOTHING PRESSING, THERE'S NOTHING ON FIRE.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO APPOINT YOUR FIRST YEAR FIVE AND YOU'RE READY FOR YOUR FIVE OR HOWEVER MANY UP TO FIVE, SO BE IT.

BUT I KNOW COMMISSIONER COHEN AND I DO NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.

I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THE APPLICATIONS, NOT ONE.

I THINK I THINK ANOTHER CLARIFICATION, JUDGE, IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EVERY PERSON WHO APPLIED WAS SELECTED.

I MEAN, THERE WAS NO ONE TURNED DOWN.

AND SO THAT BEING THE CASE, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT I'VE GOT I'VE GOT SIX.

I'D BE WILLING TO PULL THE NEW APPLICANT BACK IF WE LIMIT OUR IF WE LIMIT OUR COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE TO FIVE APPOINTMENTS APIECE.

AND I THINK THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY I WOULD DO THAT, THEN I'M WILLING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

MY HAVING ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO IF WE DO THIS.

I'LL JUST BE VERY HONEST.

I'VE GOTTEN NUMEROUS CALLS, NUMEROUS EMAILS, AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH MS..

KNIGHT ON THIS COMMISSION, ALONG WITH MS..

JOHNSON, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHAIR OR IF IT'S SELECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP, BUT LIMITING THEM, THE ABILITY TO SELECT THEIR CHAIR, I THINK WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC AS WELL.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND TELLING THEM THAT THEY COULDN'T MEET UNTIL AFTER THE 31ST.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CHAIR COME BACK AND PRESENT THOSE ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS TO US.

AND MAYBE THAT'S IF THAT'S A PROBLEM.

I JUST NEED TO HEAR IT.

BUT THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S A PROBLEM.

YOU WANTED TO HEAR. I'LL TELL YOU, I THINK IT'S A PROBLEM.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A FULL BODY OF PEOPLE HERE, BUT THERE'S A FEW PROBLEMS IN THAT THOUGHT PROCESS BECAUSE THOSE THAT HAVE APPLIED AS.

ANITA POINTED OUT, DIDN'T EVEN KNOW MOST OF THE COMMUNITY, DIDN'T KNOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS HAD OPENED.

MOST OF THE COMMUNITY YOU HAD TO BE IN THE KNOW TO APPLY.

AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS OPEN TO ALL LAST YEAR'S BYLAWS OR I FORGOT WHAT CYCLES BYLAWS WOVE OUT ARBITRARILY, IN MY OPINION, THOSE THAT WERE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN THE HISTORIC COMMISSION'S EFFORTS TO TELL THE MOST COMPLETE STORY.

THEY DRAFTED NEW BYLAWS TO WEAVE OUT SOME OF THAT UNNECESSARILY.

PEOPLE THAT APPLIED LAST CYCLE FORMER MAYOR OF SAN MARCOS.

A HANDFUL OF GOOD PEOPLE.

BOBBY YOU GUYS, I HAVE NONE.

THIS I MEAN, PEOPLE WE KNOW THAT ARE LIFELONG ERS HERE AND ALL KINDS OF WAYS THEY WERE DENIED ACCESS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

SO THERE IS THERE'S THE ILLUSION OF INCLUSION, AND I THINK WE SHOULD SPEAK TO IT MOST COMPLETELY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT.

LISTEN, NEXT COURT IS ON THE 31ST.

WE CAN MAKE OUR FULL APPOINTMENT AND THEY CAN MEET AFTER AND THEY CAN PICK THEIR OWN CHAIR.

BUT I JUST WANT TO HAVE A FAIR SHAKE AT GETTING PROPER REPRESENTATION AND NOT THE OLD WAY OF DOING BUSINESS AND JUST BE ALL OPEN AND ALL INCLUSIVE.

THAT'S ALL I ASK FOR. I WILL SAY, JUDGE, I'M OKAY WITH WAITING AS FAR AS THE SELECTION OF OFFICERS UNTIL THE 31ST WHEN WE HAVE A FULL COMMISSION, I GUESS A LITTLE BIT OF MY CONCERN IS THAT I KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD THAT THERE ARE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE THAT NEED TO GET DONE.

CAN SOMEONE SHARE WHAT SOME OF THOSE ARE THAT MAYBE ARE PRESSING THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S STUFF THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING MAYBE NEW.

I JUST KIND OF WANT TO HEAR JUDGE, WHAT THAT IS OR WHAT THOSE ARE MAYBE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, AND JUDGE.

MY NAME IS PAT GIBSON.

I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE.

WE DID ADVERTISE.

WE DID POST OUR MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER MEETING IN OUR WEBSITE.

IT WAS POSTED BY THE END OF OCTOBER FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE WERE SEEKING APPLICATIONS.

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BUT WE PUT FORTH THE NAMES OF EVERYONE THAT APPLIED.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ALMOST ALL THE MEMBERS WERE RETURNING MEMBERS.

WE DID HAVE THREE NEW MEMBERS WHICH EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND IN PRESERVING HISTORY.

I REALLY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP WE GET THESE APPOINTED.

WE HAVE THE DEPOT TO WORK ON.

WE HAVE THE MUSEUM IN THIS BUILDING.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER DISCUSS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE COMMISSION OR NOT.

BUT THE TWO BIG THINGS ARE OUR TWO MUSEUMS AND TRYING TO KEEP THOSE RUNNING.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST SORT OF DOING IT ON A WING AND A PRAYER AS HOLDOVERS.

BUT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO STABILIZE THIS, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLED AS OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION.

AND SO WE WOULD BEG THAT YOU JUST APPOINT JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT THE COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE, WAS ASKING WAS IN THIS TWO WEEK WINDOW, IS THERE SOMETHING PRESSING THAT IS TIME SENSITIVE THAT YOU SEE THAT YOU CAN DESCRIBE? WELL, AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE WORK OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS NOT LIFE OR DEATH.

THERE'S VERY FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE SUPER IMMEDIATE, BUT THERE IS THE RUNNING OF OUR TWO MUSEUMS. AND TECHNICALLY, WE'RE UNSURE WHETHER WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT, EXCEPT FOR MR. KENNEDY'S STATEMENT THAT WE CAN BECAUSE OF HOLDOVER.

SO NO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S A LIFE OR DEATH.

THANK YOU, SIR. AND SO SO THE RUNNING OF THE MUSEUMS, THOUGH, WOULDN'T REALLY CHANGE ANY THING THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY DOING RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST KEEPING IT GOING AND OPEN THE DOOR AND WHATEVER.

I MEAN, THAT'S I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

IF WE CAN HAVE ONE MORE MEMBER SPEAK.

MARI BASSETT SHE'S OUR MARKER CHAIRMAN AT THE MOMENT, AND SHE DOES HAVE SOME PRESSING MATTERS, I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS VERY IMPORTANT MATTER.

AND MY NAME IS MARY BASSETT.

I WAS UNTIL THE 31ST OF DECEMBER, THE HISTORICAL MARKER CHAIR OF HAYS COUNTY.

NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ONGOING AND IS ON HOLD.

WE HAVE SEVERAL HISTORICAL MARKERS THAT NEED COMPLETING.

AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE NO LONGER THE MARKER CHAIR ARE ON HOLD, THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION THAT I WORK WITH ALL THE TIME.

ARE AWARE OF THIS.

SO I HAVE HAD NO COMMUNICATIONS FROM THEM SINCE DECEMBER THE 31ST.

AND I REALLY FEEL JUST LIKE PATRICK HERE, THAT WE HAVE THE JAIL, WE HAVE THE THE DEPOT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT REALLY NEED CONTINUITY.

AND SO I'M HERE TO ASK ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER APPOINTING A COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR WORK.

IT IS.

KATE DESERVES ALL THE PRAISE IN THE WORLD FOR THE WORK SHE HAS DONE.

MA'AM, COULD YOU JUST FACE US INSTEAD, PLEASE? SORRY, I WAS JUST.

PATRICK GIBSON WORKS VERY HARD WITH THE DEPOT, AND THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR WORK AS WELL.

I'M AT A LOSS TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU THINK THAT THE PROCESS WAS NOT ADVERTISED.

IT WAS SENT TO THE MEDIA.

IT WAS, I KNOW, IN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS PAPER.

A LARGE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT IT.

AND I IT WAS ON OUR WEBSITE, IT WAS ON A FACEBOOK PAGE AND RECEIVED WHAT, 390 SOMETHING HITS ON THE APPLICATION FORM.

SO IT WAS WELL ADVERTISED AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE MINUTES WERE ALSO AVAILABLE.

THEY WERE ON OUR OUR WEBSITE TO BE SEEN TO.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

WELL, JUDGE, AGAIN, I'M I'M OKAY WITH THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COURT THAT WANT TO APPOINT THEIR MEMBERS TODAY SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THE WORK.

AND THEN AGAIN, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE WAIT UNTIL THE 31ST TO ELECT THE OFFICERS WHEN WE HAVE A FULL COMMISSION.

PERFECT. AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ALREADY FOR THE 31ST.

SO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO FOR APPROVAL OF THE PRECINCT THREE NOMINEES AND HOW MANY ARE THERE? MS.. THERE ARE FIVE.

I'LL I'LL SECOND THAT WITH THE AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THE PRECINCT FOUR NOMINEES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROPOSED NEW MEMBER, JOE RAMIREZ, WHICH WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE.

CORRECT. FOR EACH PRECINCT.

AND JUDGE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THE TWO IN PRECINCT ONE ALSO, AND I'LL BRING THE THREE THREE BACK TO REMAINDER.

ONE OTHER THING, JUST THAT SIDE NOTE, IF I KNOW, LIKE COMMISSIONER SMITH MENTIONED, HE HAS MORE THAN FIVE.

IF THAT NEW MEMBER, MR. RAMIREZ, COULD POSSIBLY BE CONSIDERED BY ANOTHER COURT MEMBER AS WELL, MAYBE IF THAT APPLICATION COULD BE FORWARDED TO TO THE OTHER COURT MEMBERS AS WELL, JUST IN CASE THAT'S SOMEBODY THEY WOULD WANT TO INCLUDE.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT ALL APPLICATIONS BE FORWARDED TO US BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO SERVES AND REPRESENTS.

I'VE NOT SEEN ANY AND I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL THE APPLICATIONS.

I BELIEVE WE DESERVE TO SEE THEM ALL.

SO PLEASE FORWARD THIS COURT ALL THE APPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE APPOINTMENTS.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECAP.

THERE'S GOING TO BE FIVE SEATS TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION APPOINTED PER COURT MEMBER.

COMMISSIONER. PRECINCT FOUR.

COMMISSIONER. PRECINCT THREE HAVE DESIGNATED THEIR FIVE COMMISSIONER.

PRECINCT ONE HAS DESIGNATED TWO AND COMMISSIONER.

PRECINCT TWO AND AND COUNTY JUDGE HAVE NOT.

AND WE WILL CONCLUDE THAT LIST ON JANUARY 31ST AGENDA.

AND IF THAT'S ALL ACCURATE, WE GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL YES.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE YES.

AND JUDGE BECERRA YES.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU CAN CALL THE STATE AGAIN SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

MR. KENNEDY SAID YOU WERE CONSIDERED HOLDOVERS ANYWAY.

SO I GUESS, MA'AM, IF YOU'LL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

MY NAME IS LEILA KNIGHT, AND YOU AND I DID DO THE MINUTES.

I ONLY MISSED ONE MONTH SEPTEMBER, AND WE GOT THOSE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

AT THE SAME TIME. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM HERE BECAUSE I'M IN PRECINCT TWO AND I HAVE NOT BEEN APPOINTED AND I'M CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY, ALTHOUGH I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN INTENTION TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.

SO WITHOUT A SECRETARY OR A CHAIR, I MEAN, I GUESS THE VICE CHAIR CAN LIKE TAKE OVER THE MEETINGS, BUT WE HAVE TO POST OUR AGENDAS WITH WITH THE COUNTY, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO GET DONE.

MAYBE MAYBE YOUR OFFICE CAN HELP US.

YOU BET. AND ON THE 31ST, YOU'LL HAVE THE FULL BODY.

THANK YOU, MR. KENNEDY. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANTICIPATED TO BE A MEETING OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

IS THAT RIGHT? WE GO PERFECT.

SO MAYBE WE CAN CHANGE THE DATE, THEN.

I THINK SOMEONE CAN ACT IN THAT CAPACITY.

BUT THERE WON'T BE CURRENTLY ANY OFFICERS UNTIL THE CHAIR IS APPOINTED.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND CONFIRMED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

AND THEN ACCORDING TO THE BYLAWS, THAT CHAIR SELECTS, OFFICERS THAT ARE THEN CONFIRMED BY THE COMMISSION.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME PROCESS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU, MR. KENNEDY. AND YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DEPOT AND THE MUSEUM AND AND FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING TO THE STATE ON ANY MARKER CONVERSATIONS.

DR. COTTON OH, HOW ABOUT SINCE THOSE FOLKS ARE HERE, HOW ABOUT A PICTURE? I ALMOST PASSED THAT OPPORTUNITY.

INTERESTED IN A PICTURE, COMMISSIONER SHOW? SURE THEY'D LOVE TO.

YOU WAIT. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

PLEASE OPEN F THREE, F THREE.

[Items F3 - F7]

SURE. WHY NOT? THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THOSE, CAN WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK? THANK YOU. F THREE PRESENTATION BY ADORA REGARDING USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS HOMETOWN MISSIONS. F FOR PRESENTATIONS BY ADORA REGARDING USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS FOR THE GREATER SAN MARCOS YOUTH COUNCIL EF FIVE PRESENTATION BY ADORA REGARDING USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS FOR THE WIMBERLEY FOR BUYERS POOL F SIX PRESENTATION BY OUR DAUGHTER REGARDING USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS FOR THE CENTRAL CULTURAL HISPANO DE SAN MARCOS AND F SEVEN PRESENTATION BY OUR DAUGHTER REGARDING USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS FOR THE HAYS COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE BOARD.

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OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND AND WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MR. RODRIGO AMAYA JUDGE WE LOOK AT THAT PARTICIPATION FORM.

JUDGE YOU'LL SEE I PUT F THREE AND I HAVE SEVEN.

SO IT'S THE SAME CONCERN FOR ALL OF THOSE AGENDA ITEMS. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE ON THIS SERVICE, I NOTICED THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY STATED ON THERE.

HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO BE? IT'LL BE IN THE PRESENTATION. OKAY, SURE.

AND ADDITION TO THAT, I WANTED TO KNOW WHY DOES THIS SAY DRAFT? IS THAT LEGAL? I NOTICED ON THE BACK OF THIS THIS DRAFT VOTED ON BIG, BIG LETTERS.

SO. WELL, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PRINCIPAL AFTER.

THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK DOLLARS.

AND ONCE I SIGN THESE CONTRACTS, THE DRAFT WILL BE THE DRAFT WATERMARK WILL BE REMOVED.

ABSOLUTELY. IN OPEN COURT.

JUDGE, I WOULD ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE CONCERNS.

MR. AMAYA, I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL SORRY.

LET ME WRAP THIS IDEA UP.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL MINIMIZE YOUR COMMENTS AND EVERYONE'S COMMENTS ARE IMPORTANT AND I WANT TO DO MY VERY BEST AS THE CHAIR TO MAKE SURE IN MY EFFORTS TO RUN THE MEETING THAT I DON'T ACCIDENTALLY GENERATE AN INTENTION, AN ENERGY OF HASTE, BECAUSE THAT IS NEVER MY INTENT.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU FEEL HEARD AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.

COMMISSIONER SMITH YEAH, JUDGE, I WOULD JUST SAY, AND I'LL USE THE VERY FIRST ONE AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THESE, BUT EACH ONE OF THEM HAS THAT DRAFT AGENDA THAT MR. MAYA YOU REFERENCED.

AND THE FIRST THE FIRST FULL PARAGRAPH.

THE SECTION IS TITLED FUNDING, AND EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER IN IT, WHICH IS THE OVERALL FUNDING FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL GRANTS. AGAIN, EACH EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT, OF COURSE, AND THEY'RE PURSUANT TO HOW MUCH FUNDING DURING COVID THESE NONPROFITS LOST.

AND THEY'VE HAD TO PROVE THAT UP THROUGH THERE A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT MOSTLY THEIR IRS FILING DOCUMENTATION.

AND THAT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR CONSULTANTS AT ADORA.

BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE.

I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM NOW.

NAME AND TITLE PLEASE.

ERIC BONIN, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WITH ADORA.

GREETINGS, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS.

YES. SO FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DRIPPING SPRINGS HOMETOWN MISSION.

THEY'RE A BENEFICIARY.

THEY INSURE DRIPPING SPRINGS HOMEOWNERS LIVE IN SAFE AND HEALTHY HOMES.

THEY DEMONSTRATED A REVENUE LOSS OF $20,000, $20,813.

GREATER SAN MARCOS YOUTH COUNCIL ALSO A BENEFICIARY.

THEY REDUCE FAMILY CONFLICT AND TRUANCY IN LOCAL SCHOOLS, DIMINISH ABUSE AND DELINQUENT DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN.

THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO RECEIVE A GRANT.

THEY DEMONSTRATE A REVENUE LOSS.

THEY'RE GETTING A GRANT UP TO 50,000 WIMBERLEY FOR H.

BUYERS POOL ALSO A BENEFICIARY.

THEY ARE THEY RAISE FUNDS TO DISTRIBUTE TO KIDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

THEY'RE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE A LOSS OF REVENUE AS WELL.

AND WE'LL RECEIVE A GRANT UP TO 50,000 CENTRAL CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANIA DE SAN MARCOS.

LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO THAT SAN MARCOS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I CAN NEVER SHY AWAY.

ACTUALLY, I MET WITH THOSE LADIES YESTERDAY.

LOVELY. ALSO A BENEFICIARY.

THEY DO PROGRAMS AND CLASSES FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE.

LIKEWISE, THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW A LOSS OF REVENUE, SO THEY ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A GRANT FOR $12,140.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST IS HAYS COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE BOARD.

THIS IS A SUB RECIPIENT, SO THEY'RE NOT FOR PROFIT.

THAT IS CONSIDERED AN AGENCY OF THE COUNTY.

THEY THEY'RE RECEIVING A $50,000 GRANT TO PERFORM A COUPLE OF SERVICES TO BENEFIT THEIR THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO THE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE FOR THE PROVISION TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN THEIR CARE, UPDATE SOME OF THEIR TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER AND COMMUNICATE INTER AGENCIES AND MAINTAIN PRIVACY ALONG WITH THAT INCREASED BROADBAND CONNECTION AND SOUNDPROOFING FOR SOME OF THEIR ROOMS. WELL, WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER SMITH.

COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND YOUR TEAM.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THERE IS A MOUNTAIN OF TREASURY JUSTIFICATION THAT GOES INTO THESE

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I MEAN, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF THESE FOLKS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY APPLIED.

AND ONCE WE DIG DUG DOWN INTO THE NUMBERS, THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE LOSSES.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE THE IMPACT OF COVID THAT SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DID.

AND SO AND THEN AGAIN, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY KNEW WHAT THEIR LOSSES WERE.

AND WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY FURTHER IMPACTED THAN WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED BECAUSE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THEIR OF THEIR FUNDRAISING DOLLARS, WHAT THEY DID IN ORDER TO SURVIVE DURING THAT PERIOD WAS CURTAIL SERVICES.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY DIDN'T DO SOME OF THE WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAD DONE FOR YEARS JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY AND TO STAY AFLOAT, THEY THEY CHANGED THE WAY THEIR WAY OF DOING BUSINESS.

AND WE'D LOVE FOR THEM TO GET BACK TO A NORMALCY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THESE GRANTS ARE THERE FOR.

THE TWO THAT I HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY ARE DRIPPING SPRINGS HOMETOWN MISSIONS AND THE WIMBERLEY FOR BUYERS POOL, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOMETOWN MISSIONS TODAY.

HOMETOWN MISSIONS STARTED AS A PROJECT WHERE LITERALLY A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS CALLED OUT TO A TO A HOME.

AND THIS LADY SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A WATER LEAK.

I'D REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO TO PLEASE HELP ME GET MY WATER BACK ON.

WHEN THEY ARRIVED THERE, THEY FOUND THE HOME, TRULY.

I MEAN, IT WAS INHABITABLE.

I MEAN, IT WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE, LARGE HOLES IN THE FLOORS.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ANSWER WAS, WE'LL FIX YOUR WATER.

BUT WHAT YOU REALLY NEED IS A NEW HOUSE.

MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY STEPPED UP.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT ABOUT 25,000 AND PURCHASED A UNUSED.

BUT BUT ON THE MARKET FOR FEMA TRAILER AND CONVERTED IT INTO A HOME FOR THIS RESIDENT AND THAT WAS REALLY THE FOUNDING OF THAT ORGANIZATION A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AND FROM THAT, THEY THEY'VE DONE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS BRINGING HOMES TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT TRULY JUST COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

AND SO. GRANTS LIKE THIS THE REASON I LIKE THE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE NONPROFITS AND THE ARPA MONEY THAT WE HAVE ON GRANTS LIKE THIS IS WE KNOW IT STAYS IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT.

IT'S GOING TO HELP SOMEONE OR SOME ORGANIZATION THAT IS HERE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF HAYS COUNTY.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT MONEY WILL STAY HERE AND CONTINUE TO CIRCULATE HERE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HELP OUR RESIDENTS.

NOT JUST SOME NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD, AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR ERIC ON IS I LOOKED THROUGH THE DOCUMENTATION SPECIFIC TO HAYS COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AND SINCE THAT IS A SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT AND NOT PURSUANT TO WHAT THEY LOST DURING COVID, IS THERE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THAT FUNDING? AND IF SO, INSTEAD OF THE 50,000.

RECOMMENDED IN THE CONTRACT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ANOTHER 50,000.

OUT OF THE PRECINCT FLOOR BUDGET AND AND INCLUDED IN THERE FOR A TOTAL OF 100,000.

PARTNER WITH COMMISSIONER INGALSBE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN WHAT THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD DOES AND I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

YES, YOU CAN.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK, BECAUSE THE 50,000 WAS BASED ON THE ESTIMATED COSTS THAT THEY WERE OUTLINING FOR THOSE ITEMS. SO WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.

WE'LL TALK TO THE PROTECTIVE BOARD AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER ELIGIBLE USES OR.

WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND UPON WHAT THEY PROPOSE TO DO.

BUT YEAH, YOU COULD ADD ANOTHER 50,000 INTO IT.

WELL, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS PROPOSE AND I MEAN I WOULD LOVE I'M GOING TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES A CHANCE TO TO SPEAK, BUT I WOULD PROPOSE THE ADOPTION OF THE OF THE CONTRACTS AND BACK UP FOR ITEMS THREE THROUGH SEVEN.

THANK YOU. SO COMMISSIONER SMITH IS RIGHT.

HE TOOK ALL OF THE TIME AND ALL OF THE WORDS THAT WE WERE ALL GOING TO USE.

SO WE'RE DONE.

JUST KIDDING. ONE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.

STILL, I'M KIDDING. THE IN THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ORDERS FOR OUR INTERNAL BUDGETING IS A SPLIT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE.

SO THAT'S AN I APPRECIATE ERIC GETTING GETTING ALL THESE DONE.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT ON HIM FOR THE.

FOR THE GREATER SAN MARCOS YOUTH COUNCIL.

THEY THEY SHOWED A THE HARM OF 236000 TO 98.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE RIGHT NOW PROPOSING 50,000.

WE CAN CONTRIBUTE UP TO THE TOTAL LOSS.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT 100 FROM FROM PRECINCT THREE OR GREATER SAN MARCOS YOUTH COUNCIL. AND THEN IF THERE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY TO.

FOR THE COURT TO HELP US GET MAYBE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THAT TOTAL TO 36 RIGHT NOW, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK LATER, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT I'M WILLING TO DO THE 3636 TO GET IT UP THERE.

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AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO TRY TO MOVE TOO MUCH MONEY AROUND RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S FINE. I UNDERSTAND. COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

SO DO YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE JUST CHANGED? YES. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND YOU CAN ALWAYS REWIND.

WE'RE A COURT OF RECORD, RIGHT? YEP. ALL RIGHT. THAT BEAUTIFUL NOTES ARE ALL AUTOMATICALLY TAKEN FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? JUDGE, I'LL JUST SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE ERIC AND ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO ENSURING THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS FUNDING.

AND SO WE HAVE MANY WORTHWHILE ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK.

THESE LISTED HERE TODAY AND OTHERS THAT WE'VE APPROVED IN THE PAST.

AND SO I APPRECIATE IT, AND I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE SOME OF THIS FUNDS TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TRULY NEEDED AND TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, THE CENTRAL BUREAU.

I ANTICIPATE THAT WE MAY BE COMING BACK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR.

IN A SUB RECIPIENT AGREEMENT, ERIC WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND ENSURE THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR THOSE FUNDINGS.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO.

THAT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL ORGANIZATION.

I WOULD ALSO ADD COMMISSIONER COHEN AND I WENT TO TRAINING THIS WEEK AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE VERY WE IN MY CONSIDERATION, WE'VE BEEN VERY INTUITIVE ON HOW WE GET THIS FUNDING OUT.

I MEAN, I TALKED TO A NUMBER OF COUNTIES THAT WHENEVER WE TALKED ABOUT OUR.

THE FUNDING. THEIR ANSWER WAS, WELL, WE JUST GAVE FIVE, WE GOT 5 MILLION.

WE TURNED AROUND AND SPENT 5 MILLION ON THESE TWO THINGS.

AND IN DOING THAT, THEY REALLY DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME OR EFFORT TO PUT INTO HOW THOSE FUNDS WERE DISTRIBUTED AND ENSURING THAT THEY EVEN MET TREASURY GUIDELINES. AGAIN, THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE HAVE IN MY IN MY ESTIMATION, THAT WE WENT OUT AND HIRED A GROUP LIKE OUR DURA IS SO THAT WE DON'T GET IN TROUBLE.

AND THAT IS A BIG CONCERN OF MINE.

THE TREASURY JUSTIFICATION.

I KNOW THAT THESE GUYS PAY ATTENTION TO IT, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE REMAINDER OF THE COURT TO LOOK AT THOSE FREQUENTLY ASK QUESTIONS ON THE TREASURY WEBSITE BECAUSE THOSE ARE UPDATED WEEKLY AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET DIRECTION ON HOW THIS MONEY CAN BE SPENT.

AND THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO ARTURO AND SAY, HEY, THIS QUESTION JUST POPPED UP.

IS THIS AN AREA WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT SOME FUNDING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY? AND THE ANSWER HAS BEEN YES ON SOME OF THOSE.

AND THE ANSWER HAS BEEN, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT GUIDANCE.

AND I WILL ADD THAT ALTHOUGH THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE THEM THINK THAT THESE ARE COUNTY DOLLARS, THESE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS. AND THE COURT EARLY ON MADE A COMMITMENT TO BREAK IT UP INTO FIVE GENERAL SPEAKING BASKETS OR PRECINCTS.

AND I HAD THE AT LARGE PIECE, AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE LEANED IN VERY INTELLIGENTLY IN MOST FINE, GRANULATED WAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US HAVE THAT SUPPORT, THAT REPRESENTATION.

I DID SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY UNSEXY.

MIKE CAN YOU MENTION ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I DID WITH MY ALLOCATION, FOR EXAMPLE, ON RADIOS, HOW MUCH WAS IT AND WHAT'S IT FOR? YES, OR SO THE ALLOCATION WAS FOR THE RADIO.

WE HAD TWO ALLOCATIONS, RIGHT? WE BOUGHT WE FINISHED THE ENTIRE ALL FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEEDED THE NEW 700 RADIOS.

THAT'S ABOUT $6 MILLION, OVER $6 MILLION.

THAT KEEPS US INTEROPERABILITY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION.

ADDITIONALLY, WE PUT TWO TOWERS OUT THERE, ONE IN THE LOWER 150 AREA, HIGHWAY 150, AND ALSO DRIVING SPRINGS ON THE TOWER THERE.

THAT GAVE US INTEROPERABILITY IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAD DEAD ZONES IN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS AREA, WHICH IS CRITICAL WHEN YOU CONSIDER VERSUS MONITOR AND SAFETY.

AND THAT WAS ABOUT ANOTHER $6 MILLION.

SO ALL THAT SAID AND DONE, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THESE FUNDS, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO KEEP THIS BUILDING IN THIS COUNTY AND BE UP TO SPEED.

BEAUTIFULLY DONE. THANK YOU, MIKE.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE UNSEXY THINGS I DID WITH MY ALLOCATION, WAS TO PUT IN TOWERS AND GIVE ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS RADIOS.

AND I THAT'S WHY I SAY NO ONE'S NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I DID.

BUT THESE COMMISSIONERS AND THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL AND VITAL.

AND SO I JUST I THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR FOR BEING THE MOUTHPIECE, SAYING ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WITH MY ALLOCATION.

SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DEAD SPOTS ON OUR RADIOS IN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS AREA ARE NOT A GOOD THING.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE THAT REACHES OUT TO US HAS EVERYTHING THEY EXPECT AND DESERVE.

AND SO THAT'S THE LANE I WAS OPERATING IN AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT I WAS WATCHING THAT WHILE THEY WERE WATCHING THE OTHER.

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I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE THING, JESS.

I JUST LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER SMITH AND COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER MICHEL FOR PUTTING PRECINCT TWO BACK IN THE GAME, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE COULD DO IN PRECINCT TWO TO HELP OTHER NONPROFITS IN THE AREA AS WELL.

BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL. AND, YOU KNOW, WE FULLY SUPPORT YOU.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.

WE HAVE THE NUMBERS AND ARTICULATION AND BUCKETS PROPERLY COMMUNICATED.

ARE WE RIGHT? OKAY.

DR. CUTLER, DOES PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER SHOW OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, WE DO. I MADE A MOTION.

AND YOU? THEY'LL BE COMING BACK TO US.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WELL, YEAH.

I MEAN, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS JUST FOR THE CLARITY? BECAUSE WE DID HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATION.

LET'S RESTATE OUR MOTION IN A SECOND, OKAY? I'D LIKE TO ADOPT OR MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WITH THE DRAFT CONTRACTS AS PROPOSED IN BACKUP WITH THE AMENDMENTS OUTLINED IN OUR DISCUSSION.

AND WE WILL ADOPT THOSE FINAL NUMBERS WHENEVER THEY COME BACK FOR THE DISBURSEMENT.

SO JUST TO MAKE THAT DIRECTION, WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR ACTION ON THIS.

MY CONCERN. BUT I THINK AS LONG AS ERIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN HE BRINGS IT BACK TO COURT, YEAH, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU NEED A MOTION FOR IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO WE DON'T NEED ACTION ON THESE.

GENERAL DIRECTION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS.

CAMERA. HERE WE GO.

WHAC-A-MOLE. DR.

GELINAS, PLEASE. OPEN CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

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G TO APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF JUROR CHECKS.

G THREE APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTH CARE CLAIMS. G FOUR APPROVED COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES OF DECEMBER SIX, 20, 22 AND DECEMBER 20, 2022.

G FIVE.

AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE ANNUAL RENEWAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND AMERICAN AEROBIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,985 FOR THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTIONS OF ALL HAYS COUNTY SEPTIC SYSTEMS. G SIX AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR F Y 23 BALLISTIC SHIELD GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $192,006.85, AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

G SEVEN AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES REGIONAL LOCAL SERVICES SYSTEMS CONTRACT. G EIGHT AUTHORIZE THE TREASURER'S OFFICE TO SUBMIT A VENDOR MAINTENANCE DIRECT DEPOSIT FORM TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RELATED TO ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR PRISONER TRANSFERS.

G NINE APPROVE AND CONFIRMED THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN KOZAK AS A REGULAR FULL TIME DEPUTY CONSTABLE IN THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR OFFICE.

G TEN APPROVE AND CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF JUAN SAYS SOCIETY AS A REGULAR FULL TIME DEPUTY CONSTABLE IN THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR OFFICE.

G 11 ACCEPTED 2022 RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FROM THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE OFFICE PRECINCT ONE.

G 12 AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO HILL COUNTY TROPHY IN THE AMOUNT OF $528.75 FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS WHERE NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS ISSUED AS REQUIRED FOR HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY.

G 13 APPROVED RESOLUTION AMENDING AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES AGREEMENT WITH TEX POOL.

G 14 APPROVE RENEWAL OF THE MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE ENROLLMENT AGREEMENT WITH SA GOVERNMENTAL SOLUTIONS FOR THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2022.

G 15 APPROVE RENEWAL OF IFB 2020 1B0 FOR LON AND LANDSCAPE SERVICES WITH TEXAN LANDSCAPE LLC FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR.

G 16 APPROVE RENEWAL OF IFB 2020 2-07 ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS HOT MIX OVERLAY WITH COLORADO MATERIALS LTD AND ASPHALT LLC DOING BUSINESS AS A LONE STAR PAVING COMPANY FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR WITH THE PROPOSED PRICE INCREASES.

G 17 APPROVE RENEWAL OF IFB 2020 2B06 ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS, LIMESTONE ROCK ASPHALT COLD MIX WITH VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LLC FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR WITH A PROPOSED PRICE INCREASES.

G 18 APPROVE RENEWAL OF IFB 2020 2B05 COUNTYWIDE PORTABLE TOILETS AND HANDWASHING STATION RENTAL

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G 19 AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A PRELIMINARY APPLICATION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

F FY 23 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET ASIDE GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,393 $393,181.23.

G 20 APPROVED UTILITY PERMITS.

G 21 APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS FOR IFB 2023 GAS B 13 CONTRACTOR FOR T ELECTIONS BUILDING RENOVATION AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASING TO SOLICIT FOR BIDS AND ADVERTISE G 22 APPROVE OUT OF STATE TRAVEL UTILIZING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTINUING EDUCATION FUNDS FOR LIEUTENANT CLINT POPPEN TO ATTEND FORCE SCIENCE CERTIFICATION MARCH SIX THROUGH TEN 2023 IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

G 23 APPROVED TIME EXTENSION OF RFP 2020 2-01 HAYS COUNTY PROPERTY CIVIC CENTER ROAD AND CLOVIS BARKER ROAD WITH KC DEVELOPMENT LTDA UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2023.

G 24 APPROVE RENEWAL OF IFB 2020 404 CONCRETE WITH BROWN TEX MATERIALS AND LAUREN CONCRETE.

G 25 AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF THREE TRUCK TOOLBOXES VALUED AT $1,781 AND 85.

SENSE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

J 26 AUTHORIZE A PURCHASING WAIVER FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO UTILIZE MAGNET FORENSICS FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A YEARLY SERVICE AGREEMENT VALUED AT $3,730.

G 27 AUTHORIZED THE INTERNAL REPORTING STRUCTURE OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO REPORT TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR UNDER THE COUNTY JUDGE'S AUTHORITY, G 28 AUTHORIZE THE TREASURER'S OFFICE TO PURCHASE TO WAIVE WEWORK'S OFFICE DESKS FROM TANGGAM VALUED AT $2,942.32, AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

G 29, ESTABLISHED THE COMMUNITY LIAISON MANAGER POSITION WITHIN THE COUNTY JUDGES OFFICE AT A GRADE 114 AND AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES, TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT, AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY TO 30.

AUTHORIZE THE PRETRIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE ONE ZEPHYRUS ERGONOMIC BONDED LEATHER HIGH BACK EXECUTIVE CHAIR FROM THE OFFICE DEPOT.

ACCEPT A DONATION FOR THE PURCHASE AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND.

AND WHAT I HAVE DONE IS IN THE SAKE OF RUNNING AN EFFICIENT, TIMELY COURT, WE OPEN THEM AS A BLOCK.

AND SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THE QUESTIONS AS A BLOCK.

SO I ASK THE COMMISSIONERS IF YOU WILL KEEP A TAB ON ANYTHING YOU'VE SPONSORED AND IF THERE'S A QUESTION, WE'LL LET THEM GO THROUGH THEIR QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND RESPOND TO THEM ONE BY ONE, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS.

FIRST UP, MR. RODRIGO, MAIA AND I COULD REMIND YOU, MR. AMAYA, YOUR COMMENTS ARE TIED TO DO YOU HAVE IT THERE? YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN? YES, SIR.

OKAY, PERFECT. SO UNDER THIS FORMAT, YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES PER PODIUM SWIPE, BUT FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT JUST THERE TO HEAR YOURSELF TALK.

AND SO IF YOU IF YOU HIT YOUR QUESTIONS JUST ONE BY ONE, JUST IDENTIFY THE AGENDA ITEM THAT IT'S INTENDED FOR AND THEN JUST KEEP MOVING.

ALL RIGHT, JUDGE COURT, I'M HERE IN FULL OPPOSITION AGAINST G FIVE.

LET'S START OUT WITH THAT 29 TO $85.

HAVE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO GO AND LOOK AT THE FINE PRINT? SAYS THE OWNER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS AND DEFEND CLAIMS ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYERS FROM AND ALL LIABILITY DAMAGES, LOSSES, CLAIMS, JUDGMENT COSTS AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY FEES.

WHEN DID YOU ALL BECOME PERSONAL ATTORNEYS FOR SOME OF THESE VENDORS? THAT LANGUAGE RIGHT THERE IS VERY, VERY DISTURBING.

WHOEVER SUBMITTED IT, Y'ALL SHOULD SEEK THAT PINK SLIP IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T SIGN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S G FIVE, JUDGE G SIX.

WE'VE GOT THE AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR FOR THE BALLISTIC VEST.

AND NOTICE THAT IT GOT BUNDLED UP LIKE AN OMELET.

YOU GOT PRECINCT FOUR, PRECINCT THREE, PRECINCT FIVE.

YOU GOT THEM ALL TOGETHER.

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MR. HOLLY, THIS IS KIND OF A OKAY, SO THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH G SIX.

I MEAN, CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC SO I CAN FOLLOW IT UP? OK G6I NOTICED THAT TALKS ABOUT INSPECTION.

I GOT PRECINCT FOUR AT ONE TIME A MONTH INSPECTED.

I GOT PRECINCT THREE EVERY FOUR MONTHS, AND THEN I'VE GOT PRECINCT FIVE, NO INSPECTIONS AND ANNUAL BODY TESTING.

WHY THE INCONSISTENCIES ON THE SAME SERVICE? SO IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN SEASON TERRAIN OR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT? OKAY, NOW WE GO TO JUDGE SAYS AUTHORIZE THE TREASURER'S OFFICE TO SUBMIT A VENDOR MAINTENANCE DIRECT DEPOSIT FORM FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RELATED TO ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR PRISONER TRANSFERS.

I NOTICED THAT ON G EIGHT THEY SUBMITTED A LIST OF ALL THE COUNTIES.

WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST SUBMIT THE LIST OF THE COUNTIES THAT YOU ALL HAVE CONTRACTS WITH? WHY COMPLICATE THE PROCESS? KEEP IT SIMPLE. THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

YES, SIR. I USED TO DO FEDERAL AUDITS, SO I CONTRIBUTED TO CONFUSION.

YOU GOT G 14 NEXT G 14.

I NOTICED THAT THE RENEWAL WAS OCTOBER 1ST, 2022.

WE'RE NOW JANUARY 2023.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHY WAS IT PRE DATED? AND NOW HERE WE COME A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER TO SEEK APPROVAL.

WHAT IF WE DIDN'T LIKE THE TERMS OF THE COUNTRY? WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO NOW GO BACKWARD ANYWAYS? G15G 15 NOTICE THAT THERE'S A MONTHLY FEE OF $6,243.75 FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE.

FERTILIZATION MUCH FIRING CONTROL TREE SERVICE PM IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR THE HAYES COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR THE GOVERNMENT CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE OF HOURLY PAID, IT'S GOT $29 AN HOUR FOR THE FERTILIZATION FOR A FOREMAN AND A CREW LEADER. EVERYBODY IS AT $29 PER PAPER GUARANTEE.

I'LL GO TALK TO THOSE GUYS. THEY AIN'T GETTING PAID THAT.

YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE THAT.

THAT'S KIND OF DECEPTIVE PRACTICES.

IT'S ILLEGAL. ANYWAYS, THE MULCH $31 AN HOUR, ALL THE SAME, SAYING 250 FOR THE FIRE.

I MEAN, $25 AN HOUR.

3750 FOR TREE SERVICE AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR SPRING AND FALL.

I DID IRRIGATION FOR EIGHT YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY, SO I'M HEAVILY QUALIFIED TO SPEAK ON THAT SCHEDULE FOR THAT STUFF, SIR.

SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU GOT SPRING AND FALL.

YOU USE IRRIGATION IN THE SUMMER.

THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING A CHECK AND BREAKING LINES AND STUFF.

AND THEN IN THE WINTER YOU GOT FREEZING.

THAT'S WHEN YOUR PMS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CONDUCTED.

I JUST BRING IT FALL.

WE'RE CUTTING OURSELVES SHORT ON THIS CONTRACT.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT.

THANK YOU. G 24.

G 24.

THE LETTER WAS DATED ONE THREE 2023 AND IT WAS SIGNED ONE NINE 2023.

C WAS THAT 4224? YEAH, THAT'S THE MATERIALS FOR BROOMSTICKS.

I DID CONCRETE FOR TWO YEARS DRIVING A MIXER, SO I'M PRETTY PROFICIENT WITH THE PSI AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SAME THING. THE LETTER WAS SIGNED ONE THREE 2023.

IT WAS. IT WAS TYPED UP AND IT WAS SIGNED ONE NINE 2023.

SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN LIKE.

PRE DATED STUFF.

NOW WE GO TO G 25, JUDGE THE TOOLBOX.

YES, SIR. LOW PROFILE, RIGID COORDINATE.

AND IT ON THE LANGUAGE THERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE THEY INCLUDED FOR THAT IT SAYS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS THAT CAUSE FIVE 9395 WE DON'T NEED LOW PROFILE.

YOU KNOW I'M A BIG FAN OF A LOW RIDER CULTURE AND STUFF, BUT LOW, LOW, LOW PROFILE TWO BUCKS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S USUALLY DONE FOR AIR DYNAMICS, FOR PATROL UNITS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, HOW FAST ARE THESE PEOPLE DRIVING THAT THEY NEED THESE TWO BOXES WITH LOW PROFILE, RIGID CORRELATES LEADS.

FINALLY, 395 JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SHOPPING AROUND, BEING CAREFUL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.

YES, SIR. NOW, G 28, SIR.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. THAT ONE I STRONGLY APPRECIATE TO MR. NORDAHL THE QUOTE.

I WANTED TO USE IT AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT, IN MY OPINION, MR. LYONS OR SOME OF THE OTHER CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY.

THE QUOTE IS DATED. ONE 1123 IT'S GOOD FOR 30 DAYS.

IT'S REQUESTED AND IT'S SHOWN 2042 32 IT'S BEEN ALREADY WITH A SPONSOR, UNLIKE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND MAKES SENSE AND WE CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT G 30, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC'S TRUST WHERE TRANSPARENCY IS NOT OBVIOUS. WE'VE GOT A SHAQUILLE O'NEAL VERSION OF Z FOR US, ERGONOMIC BONDED LEATHER, HIGH BACK EXECUTIVE CHAIR

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HOW TALL IS THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT'S GOING TO SIT ON THIS CHAIR? CAN I SEE HIM? HE'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE LORD FOR COURT FROM THAT MOVIE.

HE'S GOING TO BE LIKE A KING. SO HOW TALL IS THIS INDIVIDUAL? WHY DO WE NEED A SHAQUILLE O'NEAL VERSION? I MEAN, MAYBE CLYDE DREXLER OR SOMEBODY FROM HOUSTON? KEEP IT TEXAS. YOU KNOW, I'M A FAN OF Q ANYWAYS, BUT JUST TO BE DETERMINED, THE AMOUNT REQUESTED ON THE OTHER ONE, NUMBER 2829 4232 IT SHOWS HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE ASKING TO BE DETERMINED.

UNACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT. AND ONE G 30 EDITION.

MR.. DEADLINE THANK YOU, JUDGE.

SARAH, I WAS GOING TO TALK ON THE SAME THING THAT SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, ZEPHYR S ERGONOMIC BONDED LEATHER HIGH BACK EXECUTIVE CHAIR.

AND I DID NOTICE THE SAME THING.

IT SAID PRICE TO BE DETERMINED AND THEN BUT IT SAYS AUTHORIZE THE PRETRIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE A CHAIR FROM OFFICE DEPOT.

ACCEPT THE DONATION FOR THE PURCHASE.

NOW, DOES THAT DONATION COVER THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT? BECAUSE THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT IS FIVE 6999? OR IS THAT JUST $10, 15 $50? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT LIKE $550, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE, I WOULD SAY DON'T BUY IT BECAUSE THEY CAN SIT ON REGULAR CHAIRS.

I THINK IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT RIDICULOUS.

THE PRICES THAT WE PAY FOR CHAIRS AROUND HERE.

I KNOW YOU KEPT YOURS UNDER $400.

IT WAS 399 AND SOMETHING.

BUT IT'S LIKE I'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG, WE'VE GOT OVER A HALF A BILLION IN DEBT.

WE WE'RE LIVING ON BORROWED MONEY.

RECESSIONS COMING ON.

LET'S GET IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.

SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION.

AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN OPENED.

AND I'D LIKE TO START WITH MR. KENNEDY FOR G FIVE. COULD YOU WEIGH IN ON THOSE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ON G FIVE? THE TERMS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO ME.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE DETAIL, WHY? I'M HAPPY TO ADVISE HERE OR IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THOSE TERMS THAT THEY WERE ASKED.

WE WERE ASKED ABOUT OUR GENERAL STANDARD PRACTICE TYPE TERMS. IS THAT AN ASSUMPTION I COULD MAKE? WE GET A VARIETY OF INDEMNITY CLAUSES AND AGREEMENTS.

A LOT OF THEM ARE PUT IN BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE.

SOMETIMES WE REJECT THAT LANGUAGE, SOMETIMES WE ADD OR MODIFY IT.

IN THIS CASE, I ACCEPTED IT AS IS OK AND I HAD A SOME VERY INTENTIONAL REASONS FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO COMMUNICATE THOSE HERE WHERE I CAN.

YOU BET. YOU BET.

AND THANK YOU. AND THEN ON G SIX, WE HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT INCONSISTENCIES IN THE TESTING.

UM. ON THE BALLISTICS PIECE.

MISS CRUMLEY, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER ON THAT FRONT? SPEAKING OUT, IF YOU CAN POINT TO THAT.

I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TESTING DATES, THE RANGES.

THEY WERE JUST NOT ALL THE SAME.

AND MAYBE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICES AND THEY'RE INITIATING TESTING AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT HE WAS REFERENCING DIFFERENT DATE RANGES OF TESTING. AND SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF HE HAD A COMMENT TO IT.

I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY TWO OFFICES THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS.

IS THAT CORRECT? MS.. CRUMLEY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL RECEIVE 23 AND THEN THE PRECINCT OR CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WILL RECEIVE THREE.

JUDGE. THERE'S NO MATCHING FUNDS, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE TESTING.

CORRECT. THERE ARE THREE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED.

IF I COULD BE POINTED IN THE DIRECTION OF WHICH HE WAS REFERRING TO.

MR.. AM I TRYING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? CAN YOU HELP US POINT TO WHAT DOCUMENT YOU WERE REFERRING TO? THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SKIP IT. NO PROBLEM.

NO PROBLEM. AND THANK YOU.

I GOT G 14 SOMETHING ABOUT BEING PREDATED ON CONTRACT G 14.

MR. MACGILL.

HOW CONCISE CAN MR. MCGILL GET ON 14 ABOUT PRE DATING? THAT'S JUST STANDARD PRACTICE TO PREDATED THE CONTRACT.

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. JUST THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU. NAME AND TITLE.

JEFF MCGILL, HAYS COUNTY DIRECTOR.

THIS CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED IN OCTOBER, BUT IT'S COMING BACK TO COURT FOR PROPER SIGNATURE FROM THE JUDGE BECAUSE THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS CLEANING

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SO THIS WAS EXECUTED IN OCTOBER, BUT IT'S GETTING THE CORRECT SIGNATURE.

BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

CLARIFICATION. SO WHAT SIGNATURE DID IT HAVE ON IT BEFORE THAT YOU'RE SAYING IT HAD TWO SIGNATURES FROM IT OFFICE ON QUANTITIES, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE THE JUDGE'S SIGNATURE ACTUALLY ON CONTRACT.

OKAY, VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD.

AND THEN G15.

I THINK THAT'S A CRUMMY ONE.

LANDSCAPE SERVICE.

MR. CRUMLEY ON THE LANDSCAPING CONTRACT.

I'M GETTING THERE. YES, MA'AM.

YES, MA'AM. AND IF COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS FOR YOU IN GREAT PART, IF YOU IF YOU THINK THIS IS USEFUL AND EFFICIENT OR NOT.

SO I'M HAPPY FOR EDITS.

I'M HAPPY TO LISTEN TO EDITS IN THE FUTURE.

WELL, SHE'S LOOKING AT THAT JUDGE I'LL JUST MENTIONED, BECAUSE I THINK GATE WAS ALSO MENTIONED THE ATTACHMENT.

I THINK IT'S ATTACHMENT A THAT HAS THE ENTIRE LIST, I GUESS, OF COUNTIES.

FOR SIMPLICITY, I GUESS WE COULD HAVE TRIED TO PROVIDE ONLY HAYS COUNTY AND THE CATCHMENT AREA, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE ATTACHMENT CAME. AND SO THEY JUST PROVIDED THE ENTIRE LIST.

SO. OKAY.

JUDGE WASN'T MENTIONED, BUT G 19 AUTHORIZED THE SUBMISSION OF A PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT BECAUSE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THE BACKUP WERE NOT THEY CHANGED BY THE TIME WE GOT THEM.

WE GOT SOME UPDATED ESTIMATES.

AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO ON THAT IS JUST DIRECT STAFF THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND THEY WOULD NEED TO BRING BACK THE FINALIZED GRANT APPLICATION AT OUR NEXT OUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 31ST.

JUST TO CLARIFY.

YOU'VE ASKED TO PULL IT, BUT YOU'RE ASKING STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD.

CORRECT. SO THE PROBLEM IS, IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FALLS BEFORE OUR NEXT.

BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.

AND SO I WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD QUESTION FOR MR. KENNEDY. CAN WE LEAVE IT AS IS? AND I MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW STAFF TO UPDATE THE NUMBERS ON THE 31ST.

WELL, IF IF I GAVE THEM DIRECTION TO UPDATE THE NUMBERS OR ASK FOR AMENDMENT THAT WE USE UPDATED NUMBERS, WOULD WE EVEN HAVE TO BRING IT BACK? MY QUESTION. WE'VE HAD THE COURT CONFIRM OR BY MAJORITY. YES.

TO SOME CONDITION.

THAT'S A FUTURE CONDITION. YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.

IF THE COURT HAS COMFORT, MAKE SENSE.

AND IF ANY COMMISSION MEMBER WANTS IT RESTATED, LET ME KNOW.

OTHERWISE, WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL PROCEED WITH THAT ROUTE.

TAMMY? YES, ON THE PRICING THERE SHEET IS JUST KIND OF SPELLED OUT WEIRD, BUT THEY DO JUST CHARGE A FLAT RATE FOR ALL OF THEIR STAFFING, ALL OF THEIR SERVICES AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S THE IF YOU DO BUSINESS, THEY DON'T YOU DON'T GET PAID WHAT YOUR EMPLOYER CHARGES, THERE'S A COST OF DOING BUSINESS.

SO THAT'S INCREASED FOR EACH SERVICE.

AND THEN THEIR PMS, THEY DO DO A FULL PM WHICH PREPARES US FOR OUR WINTER.

AND WHAT DOES PMS STAND FOR IN MAINTENANCE? THANK YOU. AND ABOUT IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

I DO WANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THEM ON THE IRRIGATION PIECE.

WHAT'S WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT IRRIGATION QUESTION ABOUT REALLY NEEDING IRRIGATION AND THOSE PIECES DURING THE SUMMER YEARS WHERE WE'RE REALLY THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN WE'RE REALLY WATERING VERSUS WATCHING IRRIGATION LINES WHEN THEY'RE NOT BEING USED? I THINK THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE QUESTION, RIGHT? THIS DOESN'T EXCLUDE US FROM THE SUMMER COVERAGE.

OR DOES IT? OR SHOULD WE CREATE AN EDIT SO THAT IT DOESN'T IT DOES NOT EXCLUDE US.

OUR FALL PM GETS US PREPARED FOR THE WINTER AND THEN WE CHECK OUR OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FOR THE.

THE HEAT IN TEXAS. WE'VE HAD ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS, SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ALL THE TIME HAVE ISSUES SO WE GET THOSE READY FOR ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER.

BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THE COVERAGE IS CONSISTENT AND CONTINUOUS.

CORRECT. AND THEN IF WE HAVE ANY ISSUES, THEY COME OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE AS WELL.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION MARK ON G 24.

MAYBE I DIDN'T GET A PROPER IN MY HEAD.

DIRECT QUESTION.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO CHIME IN ON 24.

I DIDN'T I DIDN'T QUITE ARTICULATE A QUESTION.

MAYBE IT WAS JUST A COMMENT.

AND THEN THE LOW PROFILE G 25.

COMMISSIONER SMITH THAT'S YOURS.

CAN YOU GET THE REGULAR ONE INSTEAD OF THE LOW PROFILE FIVE?

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I MEAN, THERE'S NO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT'S LOW PROFILE.

IT ACTUALLY WHERE I SAW IT, IT ACTUALLY WASN'T I WOULD LEAVE IT TO I THINK IT'S JUST THE DESIGNATION OF WHAT TYPE OF TOOLBOX.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONER MARCUS CHECCO, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND SERVICES.

THE LOW PROFILES HAVE JUST RELATING TO THE LATE OF THE ACTUAL TOOLBOX, SO THE LOWER PROFILE PROVIDES BETTER VIEW FROM THE REAR OF THE CAB AND INSTEAD OF HAVING A HIGHER PROFILE OF THE TOOLBOX ITSELF.

SO IT'S JUST BASICALLY RELATING TO THE TYPE OF THE TOOLBOX.

AND AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, YOU FEEL THAT'S THE RIGHT ONE TO GET.

THAT'S THE BEST CHOICE. OKAY.

AND THEN, COMMISSIONER, SHOW THE CHAIR.

YES. WITH OUR NEW PRETRIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, RANDY FALCON, WHEN HE GOT TO THE COUNTY, HE HE DOES HAVE A A CONDITION THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL TYPE OF CHAIR.

SO HE ASKED FOR THAT.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

THE REASON THE ITEM IS WORDED THIS WAY IS BECAUSE I FELT IT.

IT SHOULD REQUIRE A COURT APPROVAL TO PURCHASE THE CHAIR AT THE AT THE COST THAT IS PROPOSED.

AND IT IS A LITTLE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY THE COURT SHOULD PROBABLY ADDRESS AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN POLICY TO CLARIFY SORT OF THE STEPS OF THE PROCESS OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

BUT IN IN THE PAST, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE HAS KIND OF BEEN THE CHECK AND BALANCE ON PURCHASING SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO BE MAYBE OUT OF THE NORM.

FOR INSTANCE, SOMEONE REQUESTS TO PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT IS THREE TIMES WHAT EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PURCHASING THAT ITEM FOR, LIKE OFFICE SUPPLIES.

THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WOULD THEN ASK, WHY DO YOU NEED THIS SPECIFIC THING? IT SEEMS TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WE GENERALLY PAY FOR.

THIS TYPE OF ITEM PURCHASING CAN HELP YOU GO THROUGH SOME OF DIFFERENT VENDORS AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND THE ITEM AT A LOWER COST.

OR WHY IS WHAT IS THIS NEEDED FOR IN THE EVENT THAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CLEAR OR DOES NOT FOLLOW COMMON PRACTICE.

THEY WILL OFTENTIMES JUST HAVE THE COURT APPROVED THAT JUST SO THAT IT IS TRANSPARENT THAT WE ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY FOR A CHAIR IN THIS CASE THAN WE NORMALLY SPEND FOR AN OFFICE CHAIR. I'LL POINT TO A COUPLE OF TIMES A PRECINCT THREE OFFICE ONE TIME ORDERED A TRASH CAN THAT ACTUALLY WAS APPROVED. THE COST OF THE TRASH CAN WAS FAIRLY HIGH.

I DON'T KNOW. MR. LYON POINTED IT OUT WHEN IT WAS ON THE THE INVOICE REPORT, AND I ACTUALLY AGREED WITH MR. LYON THAT I THOUGHT THAT THAT PRICE FOR THE TRASH CAN WAS WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL.

IT'S IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S THAT FANCY OF A TRASH CAN, BUT IT WAS PRETTY EXPENSIVE TRASH CAN.

SO I ENDED UP JUST PURCHASING THAT.

I REIMBURSE THE COUNTY FOR THAT COST MYSELF BECAUSE I, I MY MY EMPLOYEE WAS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED THE PURCHASE OF THE TRASH CAN, WHICH WAS PERFECTLY WITHIN OUR POLICY.

IT WAS BELOW THE LIMIT.

BUT THAT WAS ONE WHERE THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE DIDN'T NECESSARILY CATCH THAT THAT TRASH CAN WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN NORMAL TRASH CANS THAT WE USUALLY PURCHASE.

AND I DIDN'T CATCH IT UNTIL AFTER, UNTIL MR. LYON POINTED OUT. AND AT THAT POINT I SAID, YOU KNOW, I WE SHOULD HAVE FOUND A CHEAPER TRASH CAN SO I OWN A TRASH CAN.

NOW I'M PRECINCT THREE, BY THE WAY, DOES IT HAVE YOUR BARCODE ON IT? AT ONE TIME, I THINK I HAD THE INVOICE TAPED TO THE BACK OF IT, BUT I DON'T INTEND ON EVER TAKING A DONATION AND I CAN ADD SOMETHING TO THAT CHAIR AGENDA ITEM AS WELL.

I'LL SPONSOR THE AGENDA ITEM TO ACCEPT THAT AS A DONATION TO THE COUNTY, BY THE WAY.

SO I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT CHAIR CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT CROSSED MY PATH AS WELL.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE $500 AND ABOVE COME TO COURT.

I GET IT MAKES SENSE.

I AM GRATEFUL I'VE MANAGED.

HOTELS, COUNTRY CLUBS, RESTAURANTS, ASSORTED THINGS.

ALL MY LIFE I'VE MANAGED PEOPLE.

I'VE MANAGED TO HAVE A BLESSED LIFE WORKING THROUGH OTHERS.

AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS MICROMANAGE PEOPLE.

AND SO I HAD HEARTBURN.

FUNNY ENOUGH, THE AGENDA ITEM IS NOT WORDED IN A WAY THAT IS MOST DESCRIPTIVE.

I AGREE, BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS TRYING TO PUSH IT THROUGH WITHOUT COMING TO COURT BECAUSE I FOUND ONE FOR LESS THAN $500.

I FOUND A CHEAPER ONE AND I SAID THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TO COURT BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO BE SITTING THERE SAYING, WELL, HERE'S A PAPER.

WHAT WAS IT? I GAVE AN EXAMPLE.

IF YOU JUST STAPLER, EVERYONE USUALLY FINDS A STAPLER FOR 12 BUCKS.

AND SO THAT'S GOOD. BUT SOMEONE ELSE NEEDED ONE FOR 20 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, THEY HAVE A HANG UP IN SOME KIND OF WAY WITH THEIR HAND AND THEY NEED ONE THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

BUT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD IS IN CHARGE.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

AND SO I WAS THE ONE, ACTUALLY.

PUSHING BACK WITH.

IT'S UNDER THE THRESHOLD THAT THE COURT HAS CREATED.

IT IS AN ITEM THAT DESERVES.

IS NECESSARY IS WARRANTED BY AIR.

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DEPARTMENT HEAD IS IN CHARGE.

CHECKED OFF BY H R.

WE'VE DONE ALL THE CHECKS AND BALANCES, SO I THOUGHT IT'D BE ADDITIONAL BUREAUCRACY TO SAY, ALTHOUGH IT'S UNDER THE 500, I NEEDS TO GO TO COURT.

AND SO I WAS LUCKY AND I FOUND NO, I NEED THAT FOUND ONE FOR UNDER 500.

BUT THIS WAS OUT OF THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

EXTRA HISTORICAL REACH, ACTUALLY.

YEAH, ACTUAL HISTORICAL REACH FOR THE IDEA OF BEST PRACTICES.

BUT I DIDN'T WANT THE HISTORICAL BEST PRACTICES TO THWART THE SETUP OF ALL THESE NEW DEPARTMENTS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW OFFICES. AND I FELT THAT ANYBODY THAT IS FOLLOWING THE.

SET GUIDELINES FROM THIS COURT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO FUNCTION AND NOT BE.

I'LL JUST SAY IT THIS WAY AND IT'S NOT A REFERENCE TO YOU, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE NICKEL AND DIMED TO DEATH WHEN THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES THAT WE SET.

AND SO I FELT I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE COMMISSIONER SHELL HANGING ON IT.

I FELT THAT I DESERVED.

HE DESERVED, MADISON DESERVED.

EVERYONE DESERVES TO KNOW THAT I FOUND A CHEAPER ONE.

AND I DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED TO COME TO COURT.

AND I DID CHECK WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD JUST TO MAKE SURE DURING THAT PROCESS THAT IT WAS OKAY.

I THINK THE PRICE CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES.

ONE OF THE REASONS THE PRICE ISN'T ON HERE NOW IS WHAT THE BEST PRICE WE CAN GET FOR THE CHAIR IS.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR PURCHASING OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO FIND A CHAIR THAT MEETS WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE FOR THE CONCERN OF THE EMPLOYEE.

AND THEN ALSO IS THE LOWEST PRICE POSSIBLE FOR THE COUNTY.

THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK IN THE END, THAT'S PROBABLY STILL GOING TO BE WHAT I WOULD SAY IS NORMALLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE PAY FOR CHAIRS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED THIS ON HERE, TO GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO DETERMINE THE PRICE, BE TRANSPARENT, THAT WE ARE PURCHASING A CHAIR THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY POTENTIALLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CHAIRS WE NORMALLY PURCHASE.

AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, JUDGE, ABOUT GETTING IN THE WEEDS OF SUCH AND SUCH TO SUCH A POINT THAT YOU'RE JUST COMPLETELY INEFFICIENT.

EVERYBODY'S BOGGED DOWN.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD AND AGAIN, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BEST FOR A MORE GENERAL POLICY DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THAT $500 LIMIT IS THERE.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES SOMEONE HAS PURCHASED THINGS FOR UNDER $500 THAT I BELIEVED SHOULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED, SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE BEEN LESS.

AND THAT'S THE REASON THERE.

I BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CHECK AND BALANCE ON THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN LIST EVERY ITEM EVER CREATED AND SAY, WELL, THIS YOU CAN BUY THIS ONE.

YOU CAN IF IT'S OVER THIS DOLLAR.

THAT'S WHY WE JUST BEEN IT'S SORT OF BEEN SOMETHING WE HAVE JUST PRACTICED WHEN SOMETHING SEEMS TO BE MAYBE OUT OF REASON.

THERE WAS, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU STAY UNDER $500, YOU COULD TECHNICALLY ORDER A PIN SET THAT COSTS $499.

AND I DON'T THINK THE TAX ANSWER YOU'LL HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE COURT.

SO I DON'T THINK THE CITIZENS WANT TO KNOW.

THE CITIZENS WILL SEE THE INVOICE.

IT WILL BECOME FOR $99 PINS, AND THAT ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING SIMILAR.

I USE PIN. IT WAS IT WAS MORE OF A DESK SET THAT WAS DONE ONE TIME THAT I ACTUALLY REIMBURSED THE COUNTY FOR TWO BECAUSE IT HAPPENED NOT WITHIN MY OFFICE, BUT WITHIN AN OFFICE OF PRECINCT THREE. BUT IT HAPPENS.

YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHY WE WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, IS TO TRY TO CATCH THOSE THAT MAY SEEM A BIT OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

AND THEN WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

NOW, IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.

WE COME AND THEN WE EXPLAIN IT AFTER THE FACT.

I THOUGHT WE DID HAVE ENOUGH TIME ON THIS ONE.

I DID WANT TO ASK OUR PURCHASING OFFICER WHAT WE BELIEVE THE CURRENT PRICE IS FOR AN ACCEPTABLE CHAIR BASED UPON EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SINCE THEN. I KNOW THE JUDGES OFFICE DID SOME SEARCHING TOO, TRYING TO FIND CHAIRS FOR 55.

YES, SIR. HAVE YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

MY NAME IS STEPHANIE HUNT AND I'M THE FIRST ASSISTANT COUNTY AUDITOR.

TYPICALLY IN THE PAST FOUR EMPLOYEE CHAIRS WE RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO 160.

WE CAN FIND FAIRLY GOOD ERGONOMIC CHAIRS AT THAT PRICE POINT FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS.

WE USUALLY WILL GO UP TO ABOUT 200 OR A LITTLE OVER 200, AND THEN ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN GO ALL THE WAY UP TO 400.

IN THE PAST, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALLOWED OR WE THE BEST PRACTICES ON THAT.

SO I KNOW THAT THE CHAIR IN QUESTION, YES.

HAS CHANGED IN PRICE FOUR TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT GOT WORDED THE WAY THAT IT DID WAS BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PRICE OF THE CHAIR WOULD BE.

DO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE IT? RIGHT NOW IT IS $455.99.

AND I DID TRY TO FIND THAT SPECIFIC CHAIR.

A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT OFFICE DEPOT SELLS, AMAZON SELLS AS WELL, AND IT'S USUALLY CHEAPER.

I DID TRY TO FIND THE CHAIR ON AMAZON, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO.

IT IS A CHAIR THAT IS SPECIFIC TO OFFICE DEPOT.

I DID FIND SOME OTHER CHAIRS THAT WERE THE SAME DIMENSION, HAD THE SAME CUSHIONING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT TO ORDER THE CHAIRS FROM OFFICE DEPOT, WE WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THEM, PUT THEM TOGETHER, HAVE HIM SIT IN IT, MAKE SURE IT FITS PROPERLY.

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SO THAT CAN BE A VERY TEDIOUS PROCESS.

I THINK THE CHAIRS THAT ARE AROUND THE SAME WERE RIGHT AT 300, A LITTLE OVER 300.

AND SO WEIGH THE TIME IT TAKES TO DO ALL OF THAT VERSUS THIS CHAIR.

SO COULD WE COULD WE ADD TO THIS ITEM AN AMOUNT MAYBE FOR 75 AND JUST SAY THAT'S THE NOT TO EXCEED 475 ON THIS SPECIFIC CHAIR THAT'LL COVER THE 455 ONE.

OR IF WE IF YOU AND THE DIRECTOR WERE ABLE TO FIND ONE THAT'S ACCEPTABLE, THAT'S BELOW THEN PLEASE DO THAT ONE.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO ADD TO THAT THE REASON I PUT THE DONATION IS BECAUSE I SAID I WOULD REDUCE THE OVERALL COST BY DONATING $100 TO THE COUNTY TO BE USED FOR THIS CHAIR.

SO I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT THE MOTION BEFORE THE COURT PUTS THE CAP OF 475 FOR THIS SPECIFIC PURCHASE AND ALSO ACCEPTS A $100 DONATION FROM LANDFILL. AND THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE YOUR HANGING.

AND I WANTED TO SHOW CLARITY BECAUSE I KNEW THAT IN THE BACKGROUND.

SO I'LL SECOND THAT.

YES. VICKY HAYS COUNTY BUDGET OFFICER THANK YOU.

SO THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR PRETRIAL SERVICES IS ACTUALLY IN THE ARPA FUND AND DUE TO THE DONATION COMING IN TO THE FEDERAL FUNDS, I WOULD RECOMMEND TAKING THAT PURCHASE FROM THE COUNTY WIDE BUDGET, TAKING IT FROM COUNTY WIDE CONTINGENCIES, ACCEPTING THE DONATION INTO THE GENERAL FUND IN ORDER TO LIMIT THOSE TRANSACTIONS AND NOT HAVE A FUND.

OK. SPOKEN LIKE A PRO OK.

SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THESE ITEMS, MY FRIENDS? YES. NO, I'VE GOT I'VE GOT A COUPLE HERE, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PRECINCT FOUR CONSTABLE ON ITEMS NINE AND TEN. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS HERE IN COURT.

AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMISSIONERS STATE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU, JUDGE.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU. ROBIN HOOD, HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE.

PRECINCT FOUR COMMISSIONERS IS MY HONOR TO TO PRESENT TO YOU TWO NEW OFFICERS FOR THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR OFFICE.

THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 86.11.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR BACK.

THIS IS FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU. CONSTABLE, SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I ASK FOR THINGS THAT I HAVE PROOF OF.

YOU JUST NAILED IT. THANK YOU, SIR.

IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

JOHN POSEY.

JOHN, STAND UP, PLEASE. JOHN HAS OVER SEVEN YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE HAVING SERVED WITH THE MATHIS, TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FROM SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS FROM 2019 TO 2023, WHILE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HE SERVED IN THIS PATROL DIVISION.

JOHN HOLDS THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, THE PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE SUPPORT, AND THE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION.

HE HAS 1877 HOURS OF TRAINING WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOLDS THE FOLLOWING LICENSE CERTIFICATIONS WITH TKO BASE OF PEACE OFFICER LICENSE A BASIC PEACE OFFICER TEMPORARY GENERAL LICENSE AND A GENERAL LICENSE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ONE DESIGN.

JUAN HAS OVER NINE YEARS OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, HAVING SERVED WITH THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2013 TO 2023, WHILE WITH THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HE SERVED AS THE CORRECTIONS DEPUTY PATROL DEPUTY AND HAVING COMPLETED THE NORTHWESTERN CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE MOTORCYCLE OFFICER TRAINING, TRANSFERRED TO THEIR TRAFFICKING UNIT WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 2022.

HE HOLDS THE FOLLOWING. HE HAS ACQUIRED OVER 2244 HOURS OF TRAINING WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOLDS THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS.

HE'S A TEMPORARY JAIL, LICENSED JAILER.

LICENSED BASIC JAILER IS A PEACE OFFICER, LICENSED THE BASIC PEACE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR PROFICIENCY AND AN INTERMEDIATE PEACE OFFICER.

THESE ARE TWO OUTSTANDING OFFICERS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THEM BEING A GREAT ASSET TO PRECINCT FOUR AND TO HAYS COUNTY.

THANK YOU, BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSTABLE? THANKS, CONSTABLE. WELCOME, GUYS.

WELCOME. WELCOME, YOU ALL.

I WAS GOING TO CALL THE ROLL SO THAT IT WOULD BE AN OFFICIAL WELCOME, BUT WE'LL HOLD OFF AND THEN.

JUDGE, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ITEM ON THAT WOULD ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER 27, SO I'D ASK YOU TO PULL THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THE EXACT ITEM.

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OH I'D LIKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON IT THEN.

THE OTHER CONSENT ITEMS. OKAY, SO LET'S PULL 27 OUT OF THE VOTE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE THAT WANTED TO CHIME IN ON SOME ITEMS ON THE ITEM WE JUST WANTED TO ADD FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE.

AND IT WORKS THAT WAY FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL.

IT IS AN INVOICE PAYABLE TO THE OTHER SERVICE.

WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH OUR FIELD OFFICE.

AND THE. BRAIN INJURY.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL? $376.97.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF DISBURSEMENTS.

OK SOUNDS GOOD.

JOE, WE'RE GOING TO I'M SORRY, I HAD ONE OTHER ONE.

I JUST AS WE LOOK AT THESE AND ON ITEM 30, ITEM 28, AS WE LOOK AT THESE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE OFFICES NEED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PERHAPS TO LOOK AT THE CHANGES OR ADDITIONS THAT THEY NEED IN THEIR OFFICE.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT AS THEY DO THAT, I KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF OUR ELECTED OFFICES ACTUALLY HAS BUDGET FOR FOR FURNITURE, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. COUNTY WIDE CONTINGENCIES IS SOMETHING THAT WE IN THE PAST HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY RETICENT TO USE.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE LOOK AT WHERE THOSE FUNDINGS ARE, WHAT WHAT YOUR ACTUAL BUDGET IS, WHAT'S BEEN SPENT FOR THE YEAR.

AND AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE ITEMS, JUST BUILD IT INTO IT SO THAT WE'RE NOT ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL.

I'D MUCH RATHER KNOW ON THE FRONT END, OKAY, IT'S GOING TO COST THIS MUCH THIS YEAR AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO COURT.

SO WE'RE PULLING 27.

CALL EVERYTHING ELSE.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

MURRAY SO JUST SIGNED ME THAT THERE'S ONE MORE.

SORRY. MR. KENNEDY SAID THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE DOLLARS INSTEAD OF 1000.

SO HE WANTED. SHE DID.

SHE DID MAKE IT SOUND LIKE $300.

YES. YES. SORRY.

SO TO BE CLEAR, IN THE COURT ALREADY VOTED ON THIS, BUT I'LL JUST REMIND YOU THAT THE CONTRACT FOR INDEX IS $188,048.50 PER MONTH AND THEN ANNUALIZED OUT TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAD THAT THAT MAKES THIS PARTICULAR INVOICE 376,090 $376,097. I TOOK IT THE OTHER WAY.

IT'S A LITTLE LARGER THAN ONCE YOU QUOTED.

SO EXCLUDING 27, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE YES.

COMMISSIONER COHEN YES.

YES. NOW LET'S SPEAK ON 27TH AND TO STILL OPEN COMMISSIONER SMITH, YOU'RE CONCERNED COMMENT?

[G27. Authorize the internal reporting structure of the Office of Emergency Services to report tothe Office of Emergency Management Director under the County Judge'sauthority. BECERRA]

BUT THERE WAS NO THERE'S NO ILLUSTRATION OF THAT AND BACKUP.

THERE WAS NOTHING RELATED TO IT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THAT CONVERSATION WE ASKED THAT.

AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, THE JUDGE ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORTH A SCHEMATIC OF CHANGES IN DEPARTMENTAL OVERSIGHT THAT HE WANTED TO SEE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ASKED THAT HE BRING BACK THIS ITEM, AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE I DIDN'T FEEL I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE RELEASING OR GIVING AWAY THE OVERSIGHT THAT I HAVE AS A MEMBER OF THIS COURT OVER THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE AS IT WAS PROPOSED AND JUDGE, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M IF I MISSTATE OR IF I'M WRONG IN ANY WAY, PLEASE, PLEASE STEP UP AND CORRECT ME.

BUT THE REASONING BEHIND THIS, THIS PROPOSED CHANGE WAS SPECIFICALLY TO TO INCREASE OR HAVE A CLEAR DELINEATION ON THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THAT DEPARTMENT AND YOUR OFFICE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THE THE CLICHE THAT COMES TO MIND? WELL, FIRST, THE INTENT WAS I WILL ANSWER IT MOST CONCISELY, BUT I GOT TO PUT A LITTLE FEW SENTENCES AHEAD OF IT.

SURE. THE INTENT IS TO SHORTEN THE COMMUNICATION PATH, TO PUT FIBER OPTIC INSTEAD OF DIAL UP, IF YOU WILL, FOR VISUAL.

THE CLICHE IS MANY CHEFS RUINED THE SOUP.

THE IDEA IS THAT HAVING A TIGHTER COMMUNICATION AND IT'S NOT LOSING SIGHT OF I CAN CALL TAMI AND SHE'S VERY RECEPTIVE.

I CAN CALL TAMI THREE IN THE AFTERNOON AND SHE ANSWERS TO THE COURT AND SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO ANSWER THE COURT IF SHE WAS TO ANSWER ONLY TO PARTICULAR MEMBER MOST DIRECTLY ON DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL PIECES.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY LETTING ANYTHING GO, BUT IT'S JUST A CHECKING IN WITH.

AND SO IT MAKES MOST SENSE BASED ON THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH, ALL THE DIFFERENT EMERGENCIES THAT WE'VE HAD, THAT OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ANSWER MOST

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AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I ALSO SAID IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, ANYTHING THAT OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNICATING TO OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY, I ASK THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE COPIED TO ALL FOUR CORP MEMBERS.

SO NEVER, EVER, EVER LEAVING ANY COMMISSIONER OUT OR LEAVING OUT OF ANY CONVERSATIONS.

BUT THERE IS WHAT IT IS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE TO CHECK WITH FIVE BOSSES VERSUS ONE, IT'S JUST SHORTER, IT'S FASTER, IT'S QUICKER. AND SO MY AIM IS TO PROVIDE A MORE EFFICIENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND AGAIN, I TRIED TO CLARIFY EXACTLY EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.

AND WHILE IT MIGHT NOT SEEM OBVIOUS, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I HAVE CONCERN OVER THIS IS I USE THE EXAMPLE OF THE WILDFIRES.

THIS SUMMER. WE HAD FOUR WILDFIRES IN MY PRECINCT WITH THE WAY.

BEFORE WE GO ON, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I HEARD MOTORS.

I LOVE MOTORS. I SEE YOU.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU OUT THERE.

WE'LL SEE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE WANTED TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE IS THIS YEAR, THIS SUMMER, I HAD FOUR WILDFIRES WITHIN THE SPAN OF JUST OVER A MONTH IN MY PRECINCT.

AND DURING THAT DURING THAT PERIOD, I HAD LITERALLY DOZENS OF FOLKS CALLING ME ON A DAILY BASIS.

I CAN'T EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO MIKE AND HIS TEAM.

I WAS OUT THERE EVERY DAY WITH THOSE GUYS AND EVEN DAYS WHEN MIKE WASN'T THERE OR HIS TEAM WASN'T THERE, I WAS ABLE TO INTERACT WITH SOME OF THOSE FOLKS.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF I HAD THOSE THOSE CALLS AND MY ANSWER WAS, WELL, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER MIKE OR I DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER EMERGENCY SERVICES.

HERE'S THE NUMBER OF THE COUNTY JUDGES OFFICE OR HERE'S THE NUMBER OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO FLY.

WELL, WITH MY WITH MY CONSTITUENTS.

THEY ELECTED ME SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK OVER PRECINCT FOUR.

AND I THE BIG THE BIG CONCERN THAT I HAVE AND I DON'T SAY THIS LIGHTLY, IS IF AT ANY POINT YOU AS COUNTY JUDGE, DECIDE TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, THAT LINEAGE, THAT DIRECT COMMUNICATION THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR SHOULD BE IN PLACE.

AND IT IS IN PLACE.

I MEAN, THERE IS OPERATIONALLY AND STATUTE.

IT STATES THAT YOU ARE THAT PERSON AND YOU CAN DESIGNATE THE OPERATIONS HOWEVER YOU SEE FIT.

NOW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PANDEMIC, WHICH I THINK ALL OF US UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US EVER WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN.

AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT SITUATION WHERE WE HAD WE WERE UNDER A EMERGENCY DESIGNATION FOR SOME TIME.

I JUST THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ON A ON A BAD YEAR, THE YEAR THAT WE HAD IN 2015 WHEN WE HAD THE MASSIVE FLOODS, IF WE WERE UNDER A DISASTER DESIGNATION FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, I'D BE SURPRISED.

AND THIS YEAR, AS AN EXAMPLE WITH THOSE WILDFIRES, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR YOU TO DECLARE A DISASTER DESIGNATION.

AND THE ANSWER WAS NO.

AND SO IN THOSE SITUATIONS, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THAT POWER THE SECOND YOU DECLARED THAT.

AND NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN IMPACT OF THAT OR FOREGOING THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT MY CONSTITUENTS GAVE ME, I JUST I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

IT REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE GIVING UP THAT OVERSIGHT THAT I SHOULD HAVE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR MY PRECINCT, FOR THAT OTHER 350 DAYS A YEAR IN RESPONSE TO THE 15 DAYS A YEAR THAT WE WOULD BE UNDER A DISASTER DESIGNATION.

AND THAT'S WHERE I HAVE ISSUE.

AND THAT'S I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT I THINK THAT OUTLINES THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD IN EXECUTIVE PRETTY SUCCINCTLY, AND I WOULD THINK SO.

GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I HAVE A HUGE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION.

I ALWAYS WEAR AN AMERICAN LAPEL PIN BECAUSE I ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE MOST UNIFYING THING ABOUT ME.

AND ANYONE THAT'S HAD ME IN A SPACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT UNITING US.

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A GROUP OF THREE.

I'M ALWAYS SAYING, HOW CAN WE COME TOGETHER? HOW CAN WE COME TOGETHER? HOW CAN WE COME TOGETHER? AND SO AS A AS A SMALL GROUP, AS A PARTY, AS A CITY, AS A COUNTY, AS A REGION, AS A STATE, I'M ALWAYS ON THAT SAME FRONT. TEAMWORK.

TEAMWORK. UNITED.

WE ARE STRONGER. WE ARE BETTER.

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I WAS SO I WAS SO GRATEFUL TO HEAR THAT I WAS SO HELPFUL THAT EVEN TRAVIS COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, ON COVID RESPONSE, SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP ON CREATING INFUSION ACCESS TO OUR RESIDENTS WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE NOT HAD IT BECAUSE OF.

MY REGIONAL IS BECAUSE OF MY INTEREST IN PLAYING WELL WITH OTHERS AND BEING A REGIONAL PLAYER.

I WAS ACCESS.

I WAS GIVEN ACCESS TO THINGS BEFORE I WOULD HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO THEM.

I BELIEVE WHETHER THAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG, IT'S WHATEVER.

SO WHEN YOU ASKED ME TO DECLARE A DISASTER, I WAS PLAYING WELL IN THE SANDBOX AND I WAS TOLD, MIKE, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS. I WAS TOLD BY THE STATE THAT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF MY DECLARING A DISASTER WOULD BE RIPPLED AND COUNTED IN A WAY THAT WOULD NOT BE THE BEST TIMING FOR IT.

AM I RIGHT, MIKE? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT SCENARIO? AND IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

BUT I WAS FOLLOWING STATE.

I NEVER AND I'LL SAY IT THIS WAY AS WELL.

I NEVER MAKE DECISIONS IN A VACUUM.

I ALWAYS ASKED FOR THE PROS.

I ALWAYS SAY THINGS LIKE I'M THE DUMBEST ONE IN THE ROOM BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, MIKE, WHEN I WAS ASKED TO MAKE A DISASTER DECLARATION AND I OPTED OUT OF IT, IT WAS BECAUSE THE STATE WAS SUGGESTING I DON'T.

AM I RIGHT? MIKE JONES, OFFICE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR.

YOU'RE ACCURATE, CORRECT? JUDGE, THE STATE DID RECOMMEND NOT TO DECLARE A DISASTER BECAUSE WE ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT IT.

AND WE TAKE THAT SHOT AND WE DON'T HIT THE THRESHOLD AND WE FIND OURSELVES WITHOUT.

SO IT WAS ALL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF WHAT ADAM WAS TELLING YOU.

THE TIME, SIR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MIKE. AND IT'S NOT TO PUT AND MIKE, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HONESTY AND YOUR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SPEAK IN THIS SPACE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU'RE REALLY WORKING ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE ON MANY FRONTS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SAY, WELL, WHAT IS ALL THE MOVING PARTS? AND SO I WILL ALWAYS I WILL CONTINUE TO ALWAYS BE ALL INCLUSIVE, ALL INFORMATIVE, ALL TRANSPARENT, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO REMIND THIS BODY THAT EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE THAT HAS A COUNTY SEAL ON THEIR PAYCHECKS WHEN THEY'RE CATCHING THEM HAVE TO ANSWER TO THIS COURT WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT.

AND SO I WILL ALWAYS ASK, AND IT'S HERE IN OPEN COURT, ANY COMMUNICATION COMING FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AUTOMATICALLY GO TO THE COURT MEMBERS AND YOU WILL ALWAYS AND I AM MORE THAN POSITIVE, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO MIKE.

IF YOU CALL HIM, HE WILL NOT IGNORE YOUR CALL OR ANYTHING ELSE.

SO IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS FROM ANY COMMUNICATION THAT WENT YOUR WAY, I AM POSITIVE BECAUSE HE IS THAT KIND OF SOLDIER.

I AM POSITIVE HE WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH YOU AND YOU WOULD HAVE WIDE OPEN ACCESS AS YOU DO TODAY.

AND I WILL SAY THAT EVEN BEFORE I WAS ACTUALLY SWORN IN, WHEN THE FREEZE WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN BEFORE CHRISTMAS, I WAS TEXTING MIKE AND I SAID, DO WE GOT WATER? WHERE ARE THE WARMING SHELTERS READY? YOU KNOW? AND HE RESPONDED QUICKLY BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PREPARED AND WE WERE BEING PROACTIVE AT THAT POINT SO I COULD CALL MIKE IN THOSE SITUATIONS. AND HE HAD AN ANSWER FOR ME THAT WAS READY.

AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S VICE VERSA TO WHEN THERE IS A MAJOR EMERGENCY IN OUR COUNTY THAT YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN TRAINING, ABOUT THE FLOW OF COMMUNICATION.

IT GOES TO THE JUDGE AND THE JUDGE DISSEMINATES, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE REVERSED WITHIN OUR OWN PRECINCTS.

IF THERE IS A FIRE IN MY PRECINCT, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY WILL CALL MY JONES TO I MEAN JOB, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING, TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT.

AND SO I CAN ACTUALLY JUST SAY THAT, YEAH, HE WAS VERY RESPONSIVE TO THAT.

HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

WE WORKED ON UNITED WAY TOGETHER FOR YEARS AND WE WERE FRIENDS SERVING ON BOARDS FOR YEARS BEFORE I WAS EVER THE COUNTY JUDGE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, MIKE IS EXACTLY WHO HE IS, A MAGNIFICENT SOLDIER.

AND I, I KNOW WITH ALL MY HEART HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE A COMMISSIONER OUT OF ANY COMMUNICATION EVER, EVER, EVER.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, THANK YOU.

AND, MIKE, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER SMITH VOICED HIS CONCERN AND I JUST WANT TO ENSURE MAKE SURE THAT YOU FEEL WITH THIS MOVE, IF IT'S SUPPORTED, THAT YOUR OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND THERE WOULD BE NO DISRUPTIONS TO YOU OR YOUR EMPLOYEES.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, COMMISSIONER, IS THAT JUDGE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THIS IS ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION.

I'LL SAY I'LL STILL REMAIN THE HIRING AND DIRECTION.

[02:20:06]

AND ALSO, YOU GUYS ARE ONLY SUBJECT TO DISASTERS.

YOU CAN PROBABLY EXPECT ONE SOON BECAUSE EVERY ODD YEAR WE SEEM TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THIS COUNTY THAT MAKES IT SO EXCITING TO BE TOGETHER.

AND SO SO WE'RE PREPARING FOR THAT AS WE SPEAK NOW.

BUT AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

EXACTLY. FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS STANDPOINT.

THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

THEN HAVING THAT DIRECT LINE OF COMMUNICATION THAT THE JUDGE WANTS.

I KIND OF LIKEN IT TO THE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN THIS NATION, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THE AIR FORCE, THE NAVY, THE MARINE, THE ARMY, AND, OF COURSE, SPACE FORCE.

THEY ALL RUN THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND THEY REPORT TO COMMANDER IN CHIEF DURING TIMES OF A NEED AND IN BATTLE.

AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE SAME DIRECTION WE'RE GOING HERE.

JUDGE YEAH.

THAT'S IT. JUST PURELY COMMUNICATION, JUST THE PHONE.

NO OFFICE CHANGES, NO PAPERCLIP MOVING, NOTHING.

RIGHT. I MEAN, SO AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID, MIKE, THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIRING AND FIRING AND ALL OF THAT WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT. AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION OF DISRUPTING ANY OF HIS OPERATIONS RIGHT OFF.

THANK YOU. AND HE STAYS AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR AS WELL.

JUST THE ONE THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND, COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR SIDE? NO, I THINK I'M OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND I DIDN'T GET TO. BEFORE WE GO BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER SMITH, I'D LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONER SCHELL.

YEAH, I DID PLACE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM ON THE AGENDA INVOLVING THE OFFICE SO THAT I COULD ASK MR. JONES SOME DETAILED QUESTIONS ON OPERATIONS.

I STILL WOULD REQUEST THAT WE OPEN THAT BEFORE ACTION IS ASKED ON THIS.

AND IN GENERAL, I MEAN, COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS SET UP FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO TO ANSWER TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AS A WHOLE, AND IT'S A CHECK AND BALANCE ON THINGS.

AND I DON'T I WOULD I WOULD NEVER SUPPORT TAKING A DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY AND PUTTING IT UNDERNEATH ONE CORP MEMBER, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THAT CORP MEMBER WAS OR THAT CORP MEMBERS POSITION AS A PRECINCT COMMISSIONER OR AS A COUNTY JUDGE.

AND SO TO ME, THIS GOES AGAINST HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS FORMED, THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WOULD NOT HAVE A SAY IN THE FILLING OF THE DIRECTOR OF A DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY OR ANY OF THE DIRECTION AND OPERATIONS OF THAT OFFICE EMERGENCY SERVICES, NOT JUST EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

WHEN IT IS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, IT DOESN'T ANSWER TO THE TO THE TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR AND THE COUNTY JUDGE BECAUSE THAT IS STATUTORILY PROVIDED FOR.

BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT IS AN OFFICE THAT IS CONTINUALLY DEVELOPING PLANS, WHETHER IT'S FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INVOLVING OUR FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND PLAN REVIEW, PERMITTING ALL THOSE OR COUNTYWIDE FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE ALWAYS TRADITIONALLY BEEN MANAGED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY.

AND I WOULD NEVER SUPPORT THE TAKING A DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY AND PUTTING UNDERNEATH ONE CORP MEMBER.

AND THAT'S TO ME IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS A STRUCTURAL CHANGE.

I UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNICATION PIECE OF IT, BUT IT WOULD TECHNICALLY BE IN ALLOWING THE COUNTY JUDGE TO HIRE FIRE.

THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DICTATE HOW THAT DEPARTMENT OPERATES ON A DAILY BASIS, PLANS, BUDGETS, ETC.

AND I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THAT.

WELL, LET'S CLARIFY THAT, THOUGH.

DOES THAT GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY TO HIRE AND FIRE OR WAS THAT COME BACK AS A COURT DECISION? AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED, MY INTENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIRING OR FIRING MIKE OR THE REPLACEMENT IF HE EVER RETIRED.

MY INTENT IS, AS I'VE STATED ALL ALONG, THE COMMUNICATION PIECE.

AND SO I WOULD ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE THAT IN THIS OPEN COURT THAT THAT COMMUNICATION HAS THIS AGENDA ITEM HAS NO INTEREST IN EXCLUSIVELY DECIDING WHO REPLACEMENT IN THE EVENT OF A REPLACEMENT WOULD BE DOWN TO ONLY THE JUDGE.

THAT WOULD BE A COURT DECISION STILL.

SO. SO THIS ITEM DOES NOT REORGANIZE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES UNDERNEATH THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE.

WHAT MY AIM IS YOU'RE YOU'RE TAKING AN APPROACH THAT IS.

FUNNY ENOUGH, ACCURATE IN YOUR DESCRIPTION, BUT NOT ACCURATE IN MY INTENT.

AND I'M NOT I'M NOT EXPRESSING YOUR INTENT.

I'M JUST EXPRESSING IN GENERAL, BECAUSE SOMEDAY YOU MAY NOT BE THE COUNTY JUDGE, JUST LIKE SOMEDAY I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE EITHER.

AND I. COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS BUILT TO HAVE THE DEPARTMENT TO ANSWER TO THE GOVERNING BODY.

IT IS IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

IT'S I'M SURE IF WE ASK THEM ALL ANSWERING TO FIVE PEOPLE IS NOT NECESSARILY PROBABLY ENVIABLE BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.

AND OFTENTIMES THAT'S THE CASE.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS.

BUT BUT THAT'S HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT WORKS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS HAS A SAY AND THAT THERE IS THAT CHECK IN THAT BALANCE ON WHAT IS BEING DONE ACROSS THE COUNTY.

[02:25:05]

I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY THE COMMUNICATION PIECE AND THAT'S VERY WARRANTED.

BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL SIZED DEPARTMENT WITH A SUBSTANTIAL BUDGET THAT WORKS ACROSS THIS COUNTY IN MANY EFFORTS.

AND THAT. DEPARTMENT SHOULD ANSWER TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS SET UP.

I JUST USE IT AGAIN, I WOULD JUST USE THE EXAMPLE OF WE ALL KNOW THAT WHENEVER WE ADOPTED A FIRE CODE IN 2020, IT WAS MORE PROBLEMATIC THAN WE EVER ANTICIPATED.

I MEAN, EVER ANTICIPATED.

WE WERE A COUNTY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW THAT.

HAD NO ENFORCEABLE FIRE CODE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 250,000 IN POPULATION OR BE ADJACENT TO A COUNTY.

AND THE COUNTY HAD LOOKED AT THE FIRE CODE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE THAT.

AND WHENEVER WE ADOPTED THAT FIRE CODE, THERE WERE DIRECT IMPLICATIONS TO THAT THAT WE DID NOT KNOW.

AND AS COMMISSIONERS, I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW MORE ABOUT THE FIRE CODE THAN I EVER ANTICIPATED KNOWING OR EVER ANTICIPATING WANTING TO KNOW.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE AS COMMISSIONERS DID NOT HAVE DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPECIFICALLY THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, WHERE WE HAD SOME TURNOVER THERE BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER ISSUES AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INPUT FROM THOSE THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY EITHER.

WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE FIRE CODE OR MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIRE CHIEFS OUT THERE WHO HAD SOME VERY DIRECT THINGS AND VERY DIRECT INPUT INTO THAT FIRE MARSHAL POSITION.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WOULD HAVE FELT LIKE I DID NOT PERFORM MY DUTIES ADEQUATELY TO MY CONSTITUENTS.

AND IT'S A NUMBER OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL EXAMPLES LIKE THAT THAT ARE WHAT GIVE ME CONCERN OVER MAKING THIS CHANGE.

AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING PERSONAL.

LIKE IN THE WORDS OF COMMISSIONER SHELL, I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE AT SOME POINT TO JUDGE ISN'T GOING TO BE HERE AT SOME POINT.

BUT TRANSFERRING THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US SPECIFICALLY BY OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT WE COMMITTED TO.

THAT I CAN TELL YOU, WHENEVER I HAVE GONE AROUND IN MY PRECINCT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EMERGENCY SERVICES, WILDFIRES AND FLOODING, MORE SPECIFICALLY THAN ANYTHING, THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT I HAVE AN IMPACT ON IT.

THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT I AM MORE SO THAN JUST A SOMEBODY WHO VOTES ON A BUDGET ONCE A YEAR.

I ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON WORKING WITH WITH THAT DEPARTMENT AND HAVE DIRECT OVERSIGHT SHOULD THERE BE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS IN THE PAST.

I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE I WOULD BE VERY RETICENT TO GIVE THAT UP.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

JUDGE, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, COMMISSIONER, I DON'T I DON'T SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.

NOW, I MAY BE INCORRECT, AND UNLESS MIKE IS UNCOMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN THIS FORUM, I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND TO HAVE THAT MORE OF A DIRECT LINE.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT HAPPENING NOW, BUT I THINK THAT WE HEARD THAT MIKE WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIRE AND FIRE HIS PERSONNEL.

WE WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF REPLACING MIKE IF THAT TIME CAME.

AND SO I DON'T SEE THAT WE WOULD BE GIVING UP ANYTHING.

SO GIVE ME A DIRECT EXAMPLE.

AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WILDFIRES IN MY PRECINCT.

WHENEVER I GET THOSE 30 PHONE CALLS AND THEY THEY ASK ME, WHAT IMPACT DO YOU HAVE ON THIS? WHENEVER I GIVE UP THAT THAT AUTHORITY, OTHER THAN BUDGETARY, TRULY THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE, I NEED YOU TO CALL THE COUNTY JUDGES OFFICE.

COMMISSIONER SMITH. THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION IS.

I'M ASKING MR. JONES, AND I'M ASKING YOU, WE'RE GOING TO END THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ANYWAY.

SO WE'LL WE'LL KILL IT.

WE'LL WE'LL TABLE THIS FOR A MINUTE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TIE UP ANY MORE TIME AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

PLEASE OPEN UP. I WON.

[I1. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute an Advanced Funding Agreement (AFA) between Hays County and Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) related to the design and construction of traffic signals along FM110. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS ALONG FM 110 SO SIGNIFICANT.

JUDGE, THANK YOU.

WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THIS ITEM PREVIOUSLY AND THE CONTINUED.

ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AT THESE TWO INTERSECTIONS OF 110 AND 621 AND REDWOOD ROAD.

AND SO WE ARE ASKING THE COURT TO SUPPORT THIS FUNDING AGREEMENT.

[02:30:05]

TO APPLY TO THESE TWO INTERSECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED.

IF WE DON'T PARTICIPATE FINANCIALLY, THEN IT MAY TAKE TWO OR MORE YEARS.

THIS WILL EXPEDITE THAT.

HOPEFULLY WITHIN A YEAR WE CAN HAVE THOSE SIGNAL LIGHTS UP AT THESE TWO INTERSECTIONS ON THAT TEN.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK COMMISSIONER INGALSBE FOR THIS PROJECT, AND I KNOW IT'S TAKEN A LOT.

IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST, I'M SURE, TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THAT THIS COUNTY HAS HAS RUN IN THE HISTORY OF HAYS COUNTY.

AND THE NEED FOR THIS IS GREAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF US DRIVE ON.

I DO REGULARLY. MY FAMILY HAS A PROPERTY OUT THAT WAY AND IT IS CRAZY.

THE TRAFFIC ON 110 ALREADY.

I CAN'T IMAGINE IF YOU WERE TO CLOSE 110 RIGHT NOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE SOMEWHERE ELSE, BECAUSE THOSE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE GETTING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S PLANS FOR CROSSINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THE STATE'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOONER THAN LATER IS A SEPARATE CROSSING THERE.

SOME OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC IS THAT EXTREME, BUT IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS.

AND AND THIS IS SOMETHING HISTORICALLY WE'VE DONE.

WHEN WE DON'T DO THIS, I WOULD SAY THREE OR FOUR YEARS IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE TIME FRAME BEFORE THE STATE WOULD SIGNALIZED AN INTERSECTION.

BUT WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE LIKE THIS, WE CAN WE CAN MOVE THAT UP AND HOPEFULLY GET IT DONE WITHIN A YEAR.

WELL DONE, COMMISSIONER.

HOME RUN. CONGRATULATIONS.

PRECINCT ONE ON WELL DONE WORK.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COHEN? YES, COMMISSIONER SHELL? YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES, JUDGE. YES, I TOO, PLEASE.

I TOO. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND SURFACE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

[I2. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & surface drainage improvements, release of the subdivision bond #70NGP200080 in the amount of$2,305,404.09, and acceptance of the 2-year maintenance bond #276971Q in the amount of $264,822.59 for Hymeadow subd., Section 2, Phase 2. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

SO SECOND MOTION TO THE SECOND COMMISSIONER JUDGE, WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO WE ARE RELEASING ONE BOND AND ACCEPTING THE MAINTENANCE FUND FOR THE NEXT TWO.

ALSO BEAUTIFUL AND THANK YOU.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH? YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN? YES. MR. INGALSBE? YES, JUDGE. YES, I THREE, PLEASE.

[I3. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & surface drainage improvements, release of the bond #K40280649 in the amount of $1,516,062.79,acceptance of the 2-year maintenance bond #PB03016800800M in the amount of $177,475.03, and acceptance of the 1-year revegetation bond #PB03016800933 in the amount of $63,324.15 for Crosswinds subd., Phase 5A & B. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

RELEASE OF THE BOND NUMBER K40280649 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,516,062.79. ACCEPTANCE OF THE TWO YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND NUMBER PB03016800800M IN THE AMOUNT OF $177,475.03. AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE ONE YEAR REVEGETATION BOND NUMBER PB03016800933 IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,324.15 FOR CROSSWINDS SUBDIVISION, PHASE FIVE A AND B.

SO SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL? YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE YES.

JUDGE BECERRA YES, I FOR PLEASE.

I FOR DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND SURFACE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

[I4. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & surfacedrainage improvements, release of the subdivision bond #PB10169600208 in the amountof $1,997,294.74, and acceptance of the 2-year maintenance bond #EACX4027600 in theamount of $254,453.91 for Mulberry Meadows, Phase 1PICP. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

PHASE ONE PICK UP.

SO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE YES.

COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. YES, I FIVE, PLEASE.

I FIVE. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF VULCAN INC TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES ON

[I5. Discussion and possible action to approve the selection of Volkert, Inc. to provide construction, engineering & inspection (CE&I) services on an On-Call bases related to road improvement projects in Hays County; and authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a contract, as well as a Work Authorization #1 for CE&I services on the Robert S. Light Blvd project from RM 967 to IH-35 SBFR. SMITH/BORCHERDING]

[02:35:03]

COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES, COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE YES.

COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES, JUDGE.

YES, I. SIX CHURCH TO BE OPEN.

[Items I6 & I7]

PHASE ONE BLOCK A LOT 38 PLAT PERFORMANCE BOND NUMBER 4460965 AND I SEVEN DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT FISCAL SURETY FOR STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $279,153.34 FOR THE DRIFTWOOD RANCH. PHASE THREE SECTION TWO SUBDIVISION PERFORMANCE BOND NUMBER 44609642 SECOND.

NO JUDGE THAT SAYS FULL STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

IT'S JUST THE SURETY BOND FOR THOSE ROADWAYS.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SCHELL YES.

COMMISSIONER SMITH YES.

JUDGE BECERRA YES, I THINK I.

A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND SURFACE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

[I8. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & surface drainage improvements, release of the Letter of Credit #20224128 in the amount of $576,000.49, acceptance of the 2-year maintenance bond #PB03016800920 in the amount of $71,580.67, and acceptance of the 1-year revegetation bond #PB03016800916 in the amount of $26,778.02 for 6 Creeks subd., Phase 1, Section 5B. SHELL/BORCHERDING]

ACCEPTANCE OF THE TWO YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND.

NUMBER PB03016800920.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $71,580.67 AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE ONE YEAR REVEGETATION BOND NUMBER PB03016800916 IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,778.02 FOR SIX.

SUBDIVISION PHASE ONE.

SECTION FIVE FOR SOME SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. JUDGE BECERRA.

YES, I.

NINE I. NINE.

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT FISCAL SURETY FOR STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF

[I9. Discussion and possible action to accept fiscal surety for street and drainage improvements in the amount of $2,174,384.25 for Headwaters at Barton Creek Subdivision, Phase 3 (Subdivision/Site Improvement Bond #ES00012802). SMITH/BORCHERDING]

SUBMIT. SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN? YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? YES. JUDGE THE SOUTH.

YES. J1J1 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE A PURCHASING WAIVER FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT TRAFFIC COUNTER WITH

[J1. Discussion and possible action to authorize a purchasing waiver for the Transportation Department to purchase a replacement traffic counter w/metal housing from MetroCount USA, Inc. in the amount of $970.00 as a result of irreparable damages sustained during a recent traffic study and amend the budget accordingly. COHEN/BORCHERDING]

SO. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND SELF-EXPLANATORY WELL WRITTEN AGENDA ITEM.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. JUDGE BECERRA? YES. J2. CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER COHEN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

FIRST J.

TWO. SECOND SORRY DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF

[J2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute Work Authorization #3 in the amount of $102,735.00 between Hays County and Halff Associates, Inc., related to the 2020 Parks and Open Space Bond Program Master Services Agreement. SHELL/T.CRUMLEY]

RELATED TO THE 2020 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE BOND PROGRAM MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT.

SOME SECOND FOR A QUICK RECAP OF WHAT IT ENTAILS.

YES, JUDGE. THIS IS ADDS TO OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT, THIS WORK AUTHORIZATION AND SPECIFICALLY PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURAL HYDRAULICS, HYDROLOGY, STRUCTURAL TOPOGRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES RELATED TO THE CENTRAL PEAK PROJECT AND OUR 2020 PARK BOND PROGRAM.

PERFECT. AND AS IT DEVELOPS, WE ASK THEM TO EMAIL MY OFFICE AS WELL TO SEE THE PROGRESS.

YEAH, WE WILL PROBABLY GET AN UPDATE PRETTY SOON WITH THEM AND THEN I CAN INCLUDE YOU IN ONE OF THOSE IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE YES.

COMMISSIONER SCHELL YES.

JUDGE BECERRA YES.

JAY 3J3 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND HALF ASSOCIATES, INC FOR A TOPOGRAPHIC

[J3. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute an agreement between Hays County and Halff Associates, Inc. for a topographic design survey of Sentinel Peak Preserve in the amount of $37,620.00 and authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Ch. 262.024(a)(4). SHELL/T.CRUMLEY]

[02:40:05]

SO SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SCHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE YES.

COMMISSIONER SMITH YES.

AND JUDGE BECERRA? YES. JAY, PLEASE.

PLEASE. FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE RENAMING OF A STREET NAME AS ORIGINALLY PLATTED IN ANTHEM PHASE TWO SUBDIVISION.

[J4. Discussion and possible action to accept the renaming of a street name as originally platted in Anthem Phase 2 Subdivision. SMITH/PACHECO]

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. JUDGE BECERRA.

YES. MR. PACHECO, I SEE YOU HERE AND I SAW YOU SUPPORTED IT, SO I DIDN'T CALL YOU.

JUDGE, PLEASE. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

OUR OUR 911 ADDRESSING UNIT FOUND TWO STREETS THAT HAD THE SAME NAME IN THE NEW PLAT.

AND SO THEY CHANGED ONE OF THE NAMES.

SO YEAH. J FIVE PLEASE.

J FIVE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR IFP 2020 3-B TEN CULVERTS WITH CONTACT ENGINEER SOLUTIONS

[J5. Discussion and possible action to award a contract for IFB 2023-B10 Culverts with Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC. BECERRA/BORCHERDING]

COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH YES.

AND JUDGE BECERRA YES.

EIGHT PLEAS. NO. NO, NO.

SIX FIVE.

MY PAPERS FOLDER.

YEAH, FIVE, SIX.

I'M ON SIX, SIX, SIX.

DR. GOT. YOU'RE TRYING TO CONFUSE ME ON 6J6 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD RFP 2020

[J6. Discussion and Possible action to award RFP 2023-P03 Countywide Plumbing to SI Mechanical, LLC. and authorize staff and General Counsel to negotiate a contract. BECERRA/T.CRUMLEY]

SO SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. AND JUDGE BECERRA YES, WE'VE DONE SEVEN.

WE GO TO 8J8 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PROJECT MIDNIGHT BLUE IN PRECINCT TWO.

[J8. Discussion and possible action regarding Project Midnight Blue in Precinct 2. COHEN]

AND JEFF BARTON IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

OKAY BEFORE YOU GO THERE AND THANK YOU, THOUGH.

I APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MR. DAN LANE, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

THAT'S WHY I FEEL BAD SAYING IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE SEQUENCE.

THANK YOU, SIR. AND COMMISSIONERS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FORGIVE ME, COMMISSIONER SMITH, BUT I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THE MIDNIGHT BLUE WAS A PORN STAR.

BUT I REALLY HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING.

THE GREATER SAN MARCOS PARTNERSHIP HAS A MISSION STATEMENT AND A PARAPHRASE.

THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERY PERSON IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

I'M HERE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT.

EVER SINCE THE GREATER SAN MARCOS PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN IN THE COUNTY, MY HAYS COUNTY HAS STEADILY BEEN DEGRADED.

THERE ARE NOW TRAFFIC JAMS IN SAN MARCOS.

GSP PROMISES US AIRSPACE JOBS AND GIVES US LABOR INTENSIVE JOBS ON AMAZON FOR WHICH THE PEOPLE PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS LEADS TO EVER INCREASING TAXES.

GROWTH HAS NOT PAID FOR ITSELF.

WE HAVE PAID FOR IT.

THE GSP IS PAID 300,000 PER YEAR BY THE COUNTY AND UNTOLD MORE THOUSANDS BY THE CITIES AND OTHER TAXING ENTITIES AND HAYS COUNTY PEOPLE BEING TAXED OUT OF THEIR HOUSES AND THE COUNTY, THE CITIES AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AMONG OTHERS, ARE COMPLICIT IN THIS OPERATION.

HOW IS IT THAT THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, UNQUOTE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS? I BELIEVE THAT YOU DO AND ARE AIDING AND ABETTING IT.

YES, SIR. JUST TRY TO STAY WITH THE AGENDA ITEM.

WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT ONE.

SO SO IF THERE SOME I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST HONE IN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROJECT.

SO THEN WHAT ARE YOU PROTESTING? BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE BACKGROUND, SO I DON'T KNOW.

SO LET'S STOP YOU THERE AND I'LL LET YOU TALK AGAIN AFTER I'LL BRING YOU BACK SO YOU'LL KNOW MORE.

I REALLY, REALLY. I KNOW, BUT I'VE GOT A PLACE TO BE, SO I'LL JUST YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME AND REALIZE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COME DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OK NOW.

I WASN'T TRYING TO SHUT YOU DOWN, MR. LYON. I WASN'T. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I WASN'T TRYING TO.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS.

YES, SIR. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

[02:45:01]

I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE JEFF BARTON AND PROJECT MIDNIGHT BLUE.

IT'S A PROJECT.

IT'S A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S LOCATED IN KYLE IN PRECINCT TWO, AND JEFF BARTON WILL BE GIVING YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON IT IN HOPES THAT THE COUNTY WILL SUPPORT THE PROJECT AS THE CITY OF KYLE DOES IN OUR COUNCIL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS JEFF BARTON FOR 70 JOHN KS TRAIL BUTTE, TEXAS.

I ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS OPERATION IN KYLE AND IT'S STRANGE FOR ME TO SAY THAT I LIVE IN PRECINCT FOUR BECAUSE FOR A LONG TIME I LIVED IN PRECINCT TWO.

WE'LL TAKE YOU. YEAH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION OF YA'LL AND BUSY, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY KIND OF FORMAL COMMITMENT OR VOTE THIS AFTERNOON.

WE'RE REALLY JUST HERE THIS MORNING STILL, I GUESS WE'RE HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN GIVE US SOME GENERAL DIRECTION ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.

THIS IS A REAL PASSION PROJECT FOR US AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY OF KYLE'S SUPPORT.

AND I. YEAH, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE REMINDING ME YOU ACTUALLY GAVE ME THE CLICKER.

SO, AGAIN, THIS IS THE WORKPLACE.

THIS IS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF KYLE.

WE'LL BE GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

IT'S REALLY UNLIKE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN HAYS COUNTY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, THIS SORT OF CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT AND NEW URBANIST DEVELOPMENT, WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN A PASSION OF MINE FOR A LONG TIME.

WE DO THIS KIND OF PLANNING ALL AROUND THE STATE.

I'M A PARTNER IN GAP STRATEGIES.

WE HELP THE COUNTY WORK ON ITS CONSERVATION RULES, SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OUR ETHOS INTO PRACTICE WITH THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON FAMILY LAND. WE'RE PLACED WITH PRESERVE 17 ACRES IN THE HEART OF KYLE, 13 AND ONE HALF.

THAT WOULD BE PART OF A PUBLIC CITY PARK.

AND WE'VE GOT A NEW.

UPSCALE, LIVING THERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE URBAN TYPE, LIVING, WALKABLE, LIVING IN THE CITY OF CARS.

SO WE WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH VERY BRIEFLY WHAT IT IS, WHAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED FROM THE COUNTY IF YOU DECIDE TO GO ALONG.

THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE.

WORKPLACE IS.

AGAIN, ALTHOUGH YOU SEE SOME GREEN AREA, A LARGER PICTURE WOULD SHOW HEAVY DEVELOPMENT ALL AROUND THIS AREA.

SOME OF YOU KNOW IT I. 35 THERE ON SCREEN RIGHT MARKETPLACE AVENUE IT'S WITHIN 6 MINUTES OF THE HOSPITAL WITHIN ABOUT 2 MINUTES OF THE HUB SHOPPING CENTER AND NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE.

IT CURRENTLY ACTUALLY UNDER STATE LAW QUALIFIES AS A BLIGHTED AREA BECAUSE THE CITY IS CLOSED DOWN THE ROAD IN FRONT OF IT BECAUSE OF FLOODING OVER THAT ROAD.

AND THERE ARE SOME ABANDONED PROPERTIES AROUND IT.

SO WE SEEK TO REALLY REMAKE THAT IMAGE HERE RIGHT ALONG 35 IN ONE OF THE GATEWAYS OF KYLE.

WITH THIS PROJECT, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A ROUGH SITE PLAN OF THE PROJECT.

NOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED THERE IS PART OF THE TRACT.

IT'S ABOUT 27 ACRES.

HALF OF THAT OR SO WILL BE DEDICATED TO A PUBLIC PARK.

THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PARKS INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.

IT'S MIXED USE.

IT WILL GO VERTICAL. SO MANY OF THE BUILDINGS WILL BE THREE, FOUR AND FIVE STORIES HIGH.

THE YELLOW AND BROWN LINES I WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION HERE, THOUGH THE EXACT ALIGNMENT MAY SHIFT A LITTLE BIT.

NORTH SOUTH, THE YELLOW LINES ARE THE VIBE TRAIL THAT KYLE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME THERE.

THEIR APPROACH TO WALKABILITY THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE BROWN AND NATURE TRAILS THAT WILL BE CREATING INSIDE THE CITY PARK.

THIS IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL IN THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DONATING LAND FOR A CITY PARK.

WE'RE GOING TO FULLY DEVELOP AND REALIZE THE CITY PARK, THEN GIVE IT OVER TO CITIZENS WITH IT.

READY TO GO. NATURE TRAILS CREEK, RESTORATION CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, OUTDOOR FITNESS CENTER.

AND THEN THIS YELLOW LINE IS PARTICULARLY CRITICAL BECAUSE ALL OF US IN HAYES COUNTY ARE AWARE OF THE I.

35 DIVIDE.

THIS VIBE TRAIL THAT WE'RE HELPING CREATE HERE NOT ONLY FITS INTO THE CANAL SYSTEM, BUT CREATES THE FIRST CONNECTION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.

WE'LL BE EXTENDING THE TRAIL OFF OF OUR SITE AND PAYING FOR THAT TO GO DOWN TO I.

35. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT SCREENED BOTTOM AND THEN THE CITY HAS PLANS TO CONNECT UP ON THE OTHER SIDE SO THAT RESIDENTS FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE CAN ACCESS AMENITIES IN THE PARK HERE ON THIS SIDE WITHOUT GETTING ON THE STREET THROUGH GOLF CARTS, BIKES AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.

IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL IN THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SPEND THIS LAND OFF FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

THIS IS NOT A FLIP.

OF LAND WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD AND HOLD AS A FAMILY.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE IN ORANGE, SO THAT IN THE CENTER IS MY GRANDPARENTS HOUSE THAT THEY MOVED INTO IN THE 1940S THAT'S GOING TO BE CONVERTED INTO A COFFEE SHOP AND THAT WILL TRANSITION TO A WINE BAR AT NIGHT WITH A WINE AND CHEESE THERE NEXT TO IT ON THE THE OTHER ORANGE BUILDING TO THE RIGHT IN WHICH

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WILL BECOME A FIVE STOREY MIXED USE BUILDING.

WE ALREADY HAVE RESTAURANTS SIGNED UP TO MOVE INTO THE BOTTOM, SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS.

LOCAL RESTAURANTS WILL PROVIDE JOBS AND NEW KINDS OF AMENITIES FOR KYLE.

THEN THE PURPLE WILL BE SOLD OFF TO OTHER OTHERS WHO WILL DEVELOP THAT LAND AND RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

SO I MENTIONED THE PARK.

THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA.

WE'RE BUILDING A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND THAT'LL BE UNLIKE ANYTHING THERE.

THAT'S NATURE BASED CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND.

IN KEEPING WITH THIS IDEA OF THE TRANSITION OF THE PARK THAT'S HEAVILY WOODED.

THERE'S ALSO TWO CREEKS ON THE PROPERTY, SPRING BRANCH AND ALSO THE MAIN BRANCH OF PLUM CREEK, A BEAUTIFUL SECTION THAT HAS MATURE TREES, MATURE OAKS AND A LOT OF WATER ON IT.

THEN THE CITY OF KYLE HAS ASKED US TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO BUILD AN OUTDOOR FITNESS CENTER ALONG THE TRAIL THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS TO STAY IN SHAPE.

WE'RE PROVIDING $100,000 FOR THE CITY TO GET THE MATCHING GRANT FOR THAT AND DONATING THE LAND FOR THAT AS AS WELL.

SO ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION.

I TOUCHED ON IT. BUT THIS IS A FAMILY C FAMILY LEGACY PROJECT FOR US.

THE MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY ARE ALL LOCAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY, MY FAMILY.

AND THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE FINISHED PRODUCT WILL LOOK LIKE AS LONG AS LOTS OF GREEN SPACE.

IT'S PATTERNED TO SOME DEGREE AFTER CARMEL, INDIANA, WHICH HAS REALLY TURNED ITS TRAIL SYSTEM INTO WHAT THEY CALL THEIR RIVERFRONT TO CREATE MORE TAX REVENUE FOR ENTITIES LIKE YOURS, BUT ALSO GIVE PEOPLE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE BEFORE WAS ALLUDING TO.

AND AGAIN, ANOTHER VIEW OF THIS SHOWING LOTS AND LOTS OF GREEN SPACE, THEN DENSITY AROUND THAT GREEN SPACE.

MY GRANDPARENTS HOUSE THAT WILL BE RESTORED IS THERE IN THE BACK LEFT.

AND HERE YOU CAN SEE HEAVY NATIVE LANDSCAPING AND AREAS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND OUTDOOR MOVIES IN THE PARK, OUTDOOR MUSIC IN THE PARK THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING SPACE FOR, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL FUTURE FARMERS MARKETS. IT'S ALSO THE VERY STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL ETHOS AS WORKING WITH OUR STAFF.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT YOUR KIND OF YOUR HIGHEST LEVEL BE PEOPLE WOULD DONATE AT LEAST HALF THEIR PROPERTY OVER TO GREEN SPACE.

WE'RE DOING THAT HERE AND PUTTING IN A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL LED FEATURES THAT GO BEYOND WHAT HAYES COUNTY OR THE CITY OF KYLE WOULD REQUIRE.

SO WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF STUDIES DONE HERE TO ENSURE THAT THE FLOOD ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

IN FACT, WE NOT ONLY ADDRESS FLOOD ISSUES WITH A NEW MODEL, WE ADAPTED TO ATLAS 14 WHEN IT CAME OUT.

THAT CAUSES A LONG DELAY.

WE CREATED NEW MODEL, GAVE UP A NUMBER OF LOTS TO COMPLY WITH.

ATLAS 14 THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE ADEQUATE STAFF ACTUALLY TO LOOK AT THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT MODEL.

SO WE PAID FOR AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO COME IN AND REVIEW OUR OWN MODEL.

THAT MODEL NOT ONLY LOOKS AT OUR AREA, BUT ABOUT FIVE MILES DOWNSTREAM TO ENSURE THERE'S NO FLOODING FOR OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS OR FOR PEOPLE FARTHER DOWN THE SEA OF KYLE.

WE'VE ALSO DONE EXTENSIVE AREAS TO LOOK AT PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC CONNECTIVITY IN THE AREA AND TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE ON SITE.

AND WE HAVE AN A ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND INHIBITEURS ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WITH THE FIRM THAT YOU ALL HAVE USED BEFORE AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH IN ALL OF THIS, CREATES HUNDREDS OF JOBS TEMPORARILY ON SITE, MORE JOBS LONG TERM IN THE AREA AND CREATES REVENUE FOR ENTITIES.

THIS WOULD 108 802 JOBS TOTAL $10 MILLION IN ANNUAL LABOR INCOME AND ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF IN PROPERTY TAXES.

THIS SAYS IN TAXES, BUT THAT'S IN PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT WILL ALSO BE YOUR SALES TAX ON THE SITE.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE 100% SUPPORT FROM OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

CALIBRATE OUR PLANS WITH THE CITY OF KYLE OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS AND AS I SAID, HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO GO TO HELP THEM ESTABLISH THEIR OWN FLOODPLAIN CRITERIA IN THE AREA THAT'S NOW BEING USED AS THE REGIONAL MODEL.

SO OUR GOALS FOR ARE REALLY TO PUT THEM IN PLACE AND LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE THIS WORK.

WE NEED TO TAX OURSELVES.

WE'RE GOING TO MENTION THIS LATER, BUT I'D LIKE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING AT HOME, JUDGE KNOW WE'RE NOT HERE ASKING FOR A TAX BREAK OR A TAX ABATEMENT.

WE'RE ASKING FOR A PID PAID DOWN BY A TIRZ JARGON TERMS.

[02:55:05]

PUT A HEAVIER TAX ON OURSELVES RIGHT NOW TO HELP US BORROW MONEY TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

YES, YOU WANT TO RUIN YOUR CADENCE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT LEVEL OF EXPLANATION.

IT'S NECESSARY SO THAT THE PITCHFORKS WILL COME DOWN.

AND ALSO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, AS YOU COME THROUGH THESE WORDS, THESE ACRONYMS, PIDS AND TIRZ, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST SAY WHAT THEY ARE SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW AND FEEL MOST INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION.

A PID IS A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT A TIRZ IS A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

IT JUST ALLOWS SOME OF THOSE FUTURE TAXES TO BE BORROWED NOW AND SOME WILL BE REINVESTED INTO THE SITE.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE AS PROPERTY OWNERS, ARE THE ONES ON THE HOOK.

WE'RE BORROWING THAT MONEY, NOT THE COUNTY, NOT THE CITY.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A 50% CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, JUST MEANING SOME OF THOSE TAXES CAN BE USED TO BE PAID BACK.

ONLY THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE PAY FOR IN ADVANCE AND THEN A 2 TO 1 COVERAGE, A 30 YEAR TERM.

WE'RE WORKING THAT OUT WITH THE CITY OF KYLE.

I THINK THEY'LL COME TO YOU WITH FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHETHER THAT'S WORKS FOR THEM.

THIS INCLUDES ANOTHER UNUSUAL, UNUSUAL ASPECT.

MANY TIMES DEVELOPERS ARE HERE ASKING FOR A OPINION AND TOURS, AND WHAT THEY'RE REALLY DOING IS PRIMARILY USING THAT TO PAY FOR STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO MAKE AS WELL.

WELL, THERE WILL BE SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

A LARGE AMOUNT OF THIS MONEY IS SIMPLY GOING TO THE PARK AND THE OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ALLOWS THE CITY AND US TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A PARK NOW FOR RESIDENTS RATHER THAN HAVING IT BE BUILT LATER, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, SAY, BY THE CITY WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS.

SO WE'RE WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE WORKED OUT WITH THE CITY.

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU AGAIN, WE WILL WE'RE NOT HERE LOOKING FOR A TAX BREAK OR A TAX ABATEMENT, AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY FINAL COMMITMENT TODAY.

BUT WE HAVE I SAW I MAY HAVE SKIPPED OVER IT, I THINK, IN MY USE OF THE CLICKER THERE, BUT WE'VE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF CITY APPROVALS.

WE HAVE BEEN TO THE CITY PARKS BOARD FOUR TIMES.

WE'VE HAD A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL EACH TIME FROM THE CITY PARKS BOARD.

WE'VE BEEN TO CITY PLANNING AND ZONING AND HAD A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE WHO WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT WHEN THEY WERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE HAD UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE ZONING SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE SLOWED DOWN TO ADDRESS THESE FLOODPLAIN ISSUES THAT HAVE CHANGED.

AS YOU KNOW, JUDGE, WE HAD PEOPLE TELL US THAT WE SHOULD SUE THE CITY AND MOVE FORWARD.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD USING OATH.

AT POLLING DATA. WE BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMING.

WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR IT.

WE WANT TO BE GOOD PARTNERS WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY.

SO WE TOOK A LONG DELAY, SACRIFICE SOME OF OUR PROPERTY AND HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT.

WE'VE BEEN BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND GOTTEN A60.

UNANIMOUS VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD IN PRINCIPLE.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE FINAL DETAILS NOW WITH YOU.

I'LL MENTION, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING PEOPLE SHOW UP IN COURT.

WHEN WE WENT TO CITY COUNCIL, WE HAD THIS LAST TIME WE HAD 76 PEOPLE SIGN IN SPEAK OR AT LEAST REGISTER IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.

WE HAD ZERO SIGN IN IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT.

SO WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO EXPLAIN THIS TO NEIGHBORS TO TRY AND BUILD SOME MEANINGFUL SUPPORT AS A PARTNERSHIP.

AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY IS JUST A GREEN LIGHT FROM YOU ALL THAT WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT YOU WOULD BE AT LEAST IN PRINCIPLE, SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IDEA.

ASSUMING THAT THE FINAL DETAILS ARE WORKED OUT WITH THE CITY, WE WOULD, OF COURSE, BRING ALL THOSE DETAILS BACK TO YOU FOR FINAL REVIEW OF PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL.

BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

I USED TO BE A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER FOR THIS MAGNIFICENT CITY OF SAN MARCOS, WHICH SOME PEOPLE SAY IS.

SOMETIMES OVERREACHING IN SPACES.

AND YEAH, I COULD AGREE ON SOME FRONTS.

THERE'S ALWAYS A DIVIDE OF WHAT'S TOO MUCH.

I BELIEVE IN THE SMALLEST GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE JUST TO LEAN IN.

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON? HOW CAN I HELP AND THEN GET OUT OF THE WAY? AND SOMETIMES WITH GOOD INTENDED DEPARTMENT HEADS, WE TEND TO OVERREACH AND OVERBURDEN.

AND I WILL SAY THIS AS A YEARS LONG REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, THROUGH MANY LENSES, WHETHER IT BE PARKS BOARD ARTS COMMISSION. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, ETC..

I FIND A REAL VALUE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE THUS FAR.

AND I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. MR. INGALSBE. THANKS, JUDGE.

I AGREE.

I THINK THAT WHAT YOU HAVE SHOWN US, JEFF, IS TRULY SPECTACULAR.

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AND AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EAST WEST CONNECTION THROUGH THE TRAIL SYSTEM.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT HERE IN THE SAN MARCOS AREA.

AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE THAT IN THE KYLE AREA ALSO, BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE AMENITIES THAT ARE WELL UTILIZED AND THEN THE PUBLIC PARK.

I REALLY AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT AND NOT JUST THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT COMPLEX.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT THAT YOU'RE ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

SOUNDS LIKE TOO, SO FAR, COMMISSIONER COHEN.

SO IT WOULD DEFINITELY CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF DOWNTOWN KYLE, BUT IT'S EXCITING TO SEE.

I WAS THINKING, OH, TOO BAD THAT'S NOT ON THE EAST SIDE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT LOOKS WONDERFUL.

I WAS THINKING OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT AS WELL.

YOU DID STATE THAT EVERYONE WAS PRETTY IN FAVOR WEATHER.

SO PERSONALLY, I WANT TO TALK TO THE CITY COUNCIL THERE AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. BUT IT LOOKS WONDERFUL.

I LOVE THE INNOVATION OF THE SPACE AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO DO IN THAT AREA.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT INTO THAT AS WELL.

SO IT LOOKS GREAT.

I JUST HAVE A FEW LITTLE QUESTIONS I LIKE TO GET ANSWERED, I GUESS.

GOOD JOB. SO YOU GOT THREE.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION REQUIRED.

JUST KIDDING, COMMISSIONER.

SO I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.

THANKS, JEFF, FOR BEING HERE. SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY COOL PROJECT.

I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS, SOME OF THE INTEREST I WOULD HAVE IS WHAT THAT TOTAL INVESTMENT IS IN THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE PARK AND TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WHAT THAT EXPECTED INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUE AS THE VERTICAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER TIME, JUST TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO FUND WHAT'S EXPECTED IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, BUT OTHERWISE VERY SUPPORTIVE.

YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, I ACTUALLY AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT AS WELL, AND JEFF KNOWS THIS, BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT I'VE TALKED TO JEFF ABOUT, AND IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED HERE, I THINK.

BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE EITHER PIDS OR TIRZ SPECIFICALLY FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, I KIND OF HAVE AN ISSUE WITH JUST A BLANKET USAGE OF THOSE FOR FOR MIXED USE.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WHILE SOME COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE 20 APARTMENT COMPLEXES COMING IN AND THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, SIMILARLY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN MY PRECINCT IS PRETTY BIG.

AND SO I PROBABLY HAVE 8 TO 9 OF THOSE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH JEFF, I SAID, WHAT IS THE UNIQUE CHARACTER CHARACTERISTICS AND WHAT IS THE REALLY UNIQUE PART ABOUT THIS PLAN? AND I THINK THAT IT'S UNQUESTIONABLY THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND HOW THEY USE THE REALLY WHAT WE HOPE TO ADOPT AS OUR CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS A PATTERN TO TO LOOK AT THIS DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, IT DOES TAKE THEM WEIGHING WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD REMOVE THAT ADDITIONAL ACREAGE OUT OF ACTUALLY INCOME PRODUCING PROPERTY TO MAKE THIS THING WORK.

THERE IS AN OFFSET THERE THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE SACRIFICING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

NOW, GRANTED, EVERYBODY HOPES THAT IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL ON THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT PROPERTY AND IT MAKES IT GENERATES ENOUGH REVENUE TO TO PAY FOR THAT THAT DIFFERENCE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY'VE MADE A VERY CONSCIOUS AND CONCISE EFFORT TO TRY TO ADDRESS A REAL NEED IN THAT AREA WHEN IT COMES TO PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. AND THIS COULD BE A REALLY A I'M NOT GOING TO JUST SAY A BLUEPRINT, BUT REALLY A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR WHERE WE CAN DO THIS IN OTHER PLACES.

AND SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M SUPPORTIVE.

I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

WHENEVER YOU LOOKED AT THIS, THOUGH, MR. MARTIN, BESIDES WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, DO YOU NEED A SPECIFIC MOTION? JUDGE IF YOU ALL FELT COMFORTABLE MAKING A MOTION THAT YOU ASK THE CITY OF KYLE, I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO COUNSEL JUST TO HEAR A MOTION THAT YOU WERE GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA AND WILL MOVE FORWARD DEPENDENT UPON THE FINAL DETAILS.

BUT I THINK ALSO THE WAY YOU'VE ADDRESSED IT PROBABLY ACCOMPLISHES THAT.

YOU HAVE SOMEBODY GOING TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL TONIGHT.

YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT VICTORY.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOOD.

THAT YOU'RE GOOD.

WE MOVE ON. THANK YOU.

AND I LOOK FOR COMMISSIONER.

IF YOU NEED ANY BRIEFING, WE'D BE GLAD TO DO THAT.

COMMISSIONER SHOW. IT DOES PROVIDE ABOUT 70 TO $75 MILLION OF VERTICAL IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON THE AMOUNT THAT THE PID WOULD BE IN IS IN 6 TO $7 MILLION RANGE. SO IT'S A REALLY NICE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THERE.

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YES. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM A GOOD DEAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

NUMBER NINE NINE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A $75,000

[J9. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a $75,000.00 capital funding contract with The Housing Authority of the City of Kyle, TX related to facility improvements as approved during the FY23 budget process. INGALSBE]

SO. SECOND, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. IF THE COURT MEMBERS WILL RECALL DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2323 BUDGET, WE APPROVED A ONE TIME ALLOCATION FOR $75,000 FROM OUR RESERVES, I BELIEVE.

IS THAT CORRECT? WAS IT FROM RESERVES BONDS AND FOR THE REPAIRS TO THE PETE DRESSEN AND CHARLES YOUNG BUILDINGS, THEY ARE IN CRITICAL NEED OF REPAIR.

THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, 23 OR SO FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE.

THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO GET HUD APPROVAL.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO DISPLACE THOSE FAMILIES.

THEY'RE MAINLY MINORITY FAMILIES THAT UTILIZE THAT FACILITY.

AND SO OUR AGREEMENT IS READY TO OUR CONTRACT IS READY TO BE APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN RELEASE THOSE FUNDS FOR THEM TO START THE REPAIRS. BEAUTIFUL.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT DIRECTION, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE ALSO MISREAD I DON'T KNOW HAD BEEN KEEPING ME UP TO SPEED ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE THAT TIP OF THE SPEAR APPROACH AND THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. JUDGE BECERRA.

YES. TEN, PLEASE.

JAY. TEN. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE EQUIPMENT QUOTES FOR ORDERING NEW OR REPLACEMENT

[J10. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Information Technology Director to execute equipment quotes for ordering new or replacement Cradlepoint devices through RCN Technologies. INGALSBE/McGILL]

SO SECOND, WE HAVE MR. MCGILL HERE. THESE CRADLEPOINT DEVICES ARE THE DEVICES THAT WE USE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES.

THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING REQUIRES US BEFORE WE PLACE AN ORDER TO GENERATE A QUOTE.

AND ONCE WE GENERATE A QUOTE, WE IT HAS TO HAVE A SIGNATURE AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO THEM BEFORE THEY GENERATE AN ORDER.

SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT A WAY OF STREAMLINING THAT PROCESS BECAUSE WE NORMALLY HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES WAITING FOR THESE DEVICES.

SO IT COULD TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS TO GET IT BACK TO COURT, JUST TO SIGN A QUOTE WHEN IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS TO PURCHASE THEM ANYWAY.

SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR WAYS OF SPEEDING THAT PROCESS UP.

AND IT'S JUST TO PUT CRADLE POINTS ON THE SHELF, BASICALLY, UNTIL A CAR IS READY.

YES. WELL, THESE ARE GOING EITHER ON THE SHIP.

IF WE ORDER THEM EARLY ENOUGH, THEN WE'LL STOCK THEM UNTIL THE VEHICLES ARE READY.

BUT ON SOME OF THE REPLACEMENTS OR SOME OF THE NEW VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED, NOW THEY'RE WAITING ON THESE DEVICES.

SO WE'RE WE TRY TO FIND WAYS TO QUICKER PURCHASE THESE AND GET THEM IN THE VEHICLES RATHER THAN JUST WAITING.

IN THE PAST, WE LOST TRACK OF SOME OF THESE.

WHO IS CHARGED WITH KEEPING CONTROL OF WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED? WE WE'VE GOT A FULL INVENTORY OF ALL OF THE VICTIM.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR. MCGILL, FOR HANGING TIGHT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES, COMMISSIONER SHELL? YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN? YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE YES.

AND JUDGE PURCELL. 11 J 11.

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE ROAD SUPERVISOR SLOT 1035-007 WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO TAKE A

[J11. Discussion and possible action to authorize Road Supervisor, slot 1035-007 with the Transportation Department to take a county issued vehicle to his residence outside the county. SHELL/BORCHERDING]

SO WE USUALLY HAVE THE AGENDA ITEM WITH THE MILEAGE.

YOU KNOW, I GOT TO ASK, I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE WE NEED THIS ITEM.

I WAS GOING TO ASK JERRY BECAUSE HE SAYS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL LIVES WITHIN THE 20 MILE RADIUS, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY.

JUST A REFRESHER THAT I GUESS IT WAS IN 2015.

I THINK I ACTUALLY WROTE THE LANGUAGE ON THIS.

THE WE HAVE A LIST OF OF JOBS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE THEIR VEHICLE HOME FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR RESPONSE DURING FLOODS AND NATURAL DISASTERS.

AND SO OUR ROAD DEPARTMENT IS OBVIOUSLY.

IN THERE. THEY HAVE TO RESPOND AFTER HOURS.

COULD BE BECAUSE OF FLOODING.

IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF A MAJOR ACCIDENT SOMEWHERE THAT HAS TO RESPOND TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS WITHIN THE COUNTY SYSTEM.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED EACH POSITION WITH THE COUNTY.

THIS IS ONE OF THEM. ALL THE ROAD SUPERVISORS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.

AND IF THEY DON'T LIVE WITHIN THE COUNTY, THEY CANNOT TAKE THEIR VEHICLE HOME.

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THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN 20 OR 20 MILE RADIUS FROM THEIR PRINCIPAL OFFICE LOCATION.

SO IF THEIR OFFICE WOULD BE YOUR REASON, WHICH MAY BE THIS, IT COULD BE IT COULD BE AT A PRECINCT OFFICE.

THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN 20 MILES OF THAT IF THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE COUNTY TO TAKE THAT VEHICLE ACROSS THE COUNTY LINE.

AND SO JERRY STATED, THE INDIVIDUAL IS WITHIN 20 MILES, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT THEY PROBABLY DON'T NEED THIS ACTION.

BUT I WOULD ASK THE COURT TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT HE HE HAD TO STEP OUT FOR A FAMILY, A FAMILY ISSUE.

BUT THE EXPECTATION IT'S WITHIN THE COUNTY'S STANDARD POLICY OF WITHIN 20 MILES ANYWAY AS LONG AS HE'S THEM TO WHEN HE SHOULD NEED ACTION.

IF IT IS OUTSIDE OF 20, THEN IT WOULD NEED.

SO YOU WANT ME TO CALL A ROLL? YES. IF YOU DON'T MIND. YOU DON'T MIND AT ALL, DOCTOR? GUIDANCE COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN? YES. MR. SHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. JUDGE MASON? YES, MR. KENNEDY. AM I RIGHT? NOT OPENING ONE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT OPENING THE REST OF THE PAGE.

NO. ONE. NO. THREE.

THANK YOU. PLEASE OPEN TWO.

ACTUALLY, ALL BUT ONE AND THREE K TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FIVE FIVE, 1.71 AND

[K. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS (Part 2 of 2)]

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW AN OPEN COURT K FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING DUTIES OF ALL INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS WITHIN THE HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW AN OPEN COURT K FIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.7.

TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY HAYS COUNTY, LOCATED AT 401 VETERANS DRIVE KYLE IN PRECINCT THREE.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW AN OPEN COURT K SIX EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.07.

TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH GENERAL COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE OF LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT OR NEAR THE CORNER OF FM 150 AND S.H.

21 IN PRECINCT ONE OF HAYS COUNTY.

POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW AN OPEN COURT K SEVEN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.07. TWO 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 FM 621 IN PRECINCT ONE POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW AN OPEN COURT K EIGHT EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.71 AND 551.74 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING DUTIES OF POSITIONS WITHIN THE HAYS COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW AN OPEN COURT K NINE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 AND 551.74 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING DUTIES OF ALL INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE HAYS COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH A IF YOU'RE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE CLEAR THE COURTROOM.

AND WE COULD START WITH COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

OKAY, JUDGE, I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM TWO.

I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER ONE ALSO FOR ITEM TWO.

EXCUSE ME. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS RELATED TO THE PURGATORY CREEK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT SUBMITTED AS A PARK AND OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION.

ROUND TWO PROJECT TO BE UTILIZED FOR PARKLAND PURPOSES AS DISCUSSED AND PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY, WHICH IS A $2 MILLION PROJECT.

ALSO, JUDGE ONE MORE SEGMENT APPROXIMATELY TEN ACRES TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY TO EXISTING PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND MOBILITY IN AND AROUND

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SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER JONES.

I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER COHEN? YES. COMMISSIONER SCHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES.

JUDGE BECERRA? YES.

ONE MORE TIME. BUT YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE I GOT ONE FOR.

SORRY, JUDGE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE GENERAL COUNSEL TO PARTICIPATE IN SUBMITTING ON BEHALF OF HAYS COUNTY WITH THE PARTICIPATION BY PARTNERING ENTITIES A TRAILS GRANT APPLICATION FOR A CONNECTING TRAIL BETWEEN EXISTING HAYS COUNTY CONSERVATION PROPERTIES AND PRECINCT THREE, HAYS COUNTY.

AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF ONE THIRD OF THE COST OF SURVEYING ALONG THIS GENERAL COUNSEL'S LEGAL BUDGET, AND THIS WOULD BE FOR A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SCHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES.

JUDGE BECERRA. YES, I HAVE 1K8.

I MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TREASURER TO FILL THE VACANT TREASURY SERVICES MANAGER SLOT 0076-001 AS A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE AT AN HOURLY RATE OF 38.2446.

WITH NO COUNTY BENEFITS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 18 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SCHELL.

YES. JUDGE BECERRA.

14K. FIVE.

JUDGE. YES, SIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE CENTEX AMVETS POST 115 FOR ONGOING USE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY AT 401 VETERANS DRIVE.

AS DISCUSSED AND PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES.

COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES.

COMMISSIONER SHELL. YES.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

JUDGE BECERRA. YES, I HAVE ONE FOR SEVEN OR TWO FOR SEVEN.

THIS ONE IS ON PARCEL SIX.

JUDGE AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR EASEMENTS ON PARCEL SIX OF THE FM 621 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LOCATED IN PRECINCT ONE, OWNED BY H K BALL RANCH LLC AND AUTHORIZED DISBURSEMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE PLUS ANY ASSOCIATED CLOSING COST AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND, AND THIS IS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EASEMENT NEEDED FOR CRYSTAL CLEAR SPECIAL UTILITIES DISTRICT.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COHEN? YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL? YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. JUDGE BECERRA.

YES, JUDGE.

THIS IS PARCEL SEVEN AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR EASEMENTS ON PARCEL SEVEN OF THE FM 621 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LOCATED IN PRECINCT ONE, OWNED BY H.K.

RILEY'S POINT LLC AND AUTHORIZED DISBURSEMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE PLUS ANY ASSOCIATED CLOSING COST AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I'M SORRY, JUST THIS ACQUISITION INCLUDES OR THE ACQUISITION.

THIS INCLUDES ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WAY OF PARCEL SEVEN OWNED BY H.K.

RILEY'S POINT, AN ACQUISITION OF EASEMENT NEEDED FOR CRYSTAL CLEAR SPECIAL UTILITIES DISTRICT.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SCHELL.

YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. JUDGE BECERRA.

YES. AND I HAVE ONE TO UPDATE.

THE COMMUNICATION PATH FROM OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO DIRECTLY.

DIRECTLY TO OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

WITH NO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES, SPECIFICALLY NO CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT.

AND THAT IF THERE IS A DIRECTOR POSITION TO BE REPLACED, IT STILL HAS TO COME BACK TO THE COURT.

SO CLARIFICATION FOR COMMUNICATION PURPOSES ONLY.

RIGHT. SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES, COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL? YES. JUDGE BECERRA? YES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? YES, THERE IS. JUDGE, ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO RECREATE THE INTERNAL AUDITOR TO SLOT.

0026-001 TO A SENIOR SENIOR INTERNAL AUDITOR EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023, WITH A 3% SALARY INCREASE AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER SMITH.

YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN? YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL? YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

YES. JUDGE BECERRA.

YES. AND THE OTHERS.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. OH, BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU. WELL.

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