Aug 15, 2023 Regular

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> DAN, I SEE YOU NODDING. THAT WAS A VERY SOFT GAVELING. SOME FOLKS DON'T LIKE A HARDER GAVEL, BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WANTED TO GET YOUR ATTENTION AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY OUR VERY OWN, VERY

FRIENDLY CHAPLAIN, DARIUS TODD. IF YOU WILL PLEASE ALL RISE. >> LET'S BOW.

FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I COME TO YOU THIS MORNING TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

THANK YOU IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THE CHALLENGES AND ALL OF THE REJOICING AND CELEBRATION.

WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOUR WORD SAYS THAT WE ARE TO REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE; MOURN WITH THOSE WHO MOURN. THEREFORE, WE COME TODAY IN A SOLEMN GATHERING TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS SPACE, AND WE PRAY AND LIFT UP THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE HEAT AND THE WILDFIRES THAT HAVE AFFECTED THIS COUNTY. WE ALSO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED IN AN EVEN GREATER WAY IN THE STATE OF HAWAII AS THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED LOSS THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE. WE PRAY YOU LIFT THEM UP AS YOU HAVE LIFTED US UP, DRAW THEM TOGETHER EVEN AS YOU DRAW US TOGETHER; HELP US TO LIVE AS ONE AND LIVE ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL IN YOUR LOVE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE GRANTED. &-@N

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

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE; TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND

INDIVISIBLE. >> WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> HERE. >> SHELL? >> HERE.

>> SMITH? >> HERE. >> AND JUDGE BES AVERAGE INCH

[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

DENCH AVERAGE. >> HERE. >> PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON TO SPEAK, MR. DAN LYON. I DIDN'T READ THE DISCLAIMER

BECAUSE YOU ALREADY KNOW IT. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. REAL QUICK NOTE HERE.

WE PAID 900, $855,141.70 TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FOR DEBT SERVICE DOWNGRADED BY MOODY'S SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO PAY MORE NEXT TIME SO THEY CAN MAKE PROFFITT.

>> ALL RIGHT, I WILL READ FROM A PODCAST ENTITLED "EASING INTO WATERSHED PROTECTION WITH LAUNCH WITH DAVIS AND COVINGTON." WE'LL BRING THIS UP ON K3. ANYWAY, FRANK DAVIS.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING COLLECTIVELY ON BOND PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ONE WE'RE DOING NOW WITH HAYS COUNTY. THAT WAS A BIG NETWORK EFFORT WITH A LOT OF PARTNERS PARTICIPATING. WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW SOURCES OF FUNDING AND ENHANCING EXISTING SOURCES OF FUNDING. SOME EXAMPLES OF NEW SOURCES OF FUNDING INCLUDE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAMS WHERE WE TIE THE USE OF DRINKING WATER TO THE FINANCING OF PROTECTING THE WATERSHED. SO WE'RE WORKING ON FEASIBILITY FOR THAT RIGHT NOW, WORKING WITH NUMEROUS GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, WATER SUPPLIERS, AND OTHER AGENCIES TO SEE WHAT MAY BE POSSIBLE THERE, TO DEVELOP A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF FINANCING -- IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY TURNS ON THEIR TAP AND USES THAT WATER RESOURCE, WELL, THEY'RE PAYING FOR ITS PROTECTION AND WE CAN RELY ON THAT FINANCING INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY UNLIKELY FOLKS WILL STOP TAKING SHOWER AND DRINKING WATER AND WASHING THEIR DISHES. AND IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, THE NETWORK HAS BEEN AWARDED.

LANDOWNERS OR ON LAND STEWARDSHIP AND PERMANENT PROTECTION.

AND THAT'S ALLOWED US TO DEVELOP A CONSENSUS ON BEST PRACTICES AS WELL.

THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF EVEN SOME CONTROVERSY, OVER PRECISELY THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE THIS LAND FOR ECOSYSTEM WATERSHED HELP. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON RECONCILING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THROUGH PROGRAM. FURTHERMORE, IT'S GARNERED SOME NATIONAL ATTENTION FROM FUNDERS WHO AREN'T REALLY PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE LOCAL

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. DAN LYON. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN F1.

[F1. Adopt a Proclamation declaring the week of August 14, 2023 as Rose Brooks Week in Hays County. INGALSBE]

>> F1, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 14, 2023, AS ROSE BROOKS WEEK IN

HAYS COUNTY. >> SECOND. >> WILL YOU READ THAT

PROCLAMATION? >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. WHEREAS ROSE KIRK BROOKS, RESIDENT OF HAYS COUNTY IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, ATTAINS THE MILESTONE OF 90 YEARS OF AGE ON AUGUST 18; AND WHEREAS MS. BROOKS IS A RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED PRESENCE THROUGHOUT HAYS COUNTY THROUGH HER TIRELESS AND EFFECTIVE EFFORTS IN BETTERING ITS COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, PRESERVING OUR LOCAL HERITAGE, AND TAKING TO HEART THE TIMELESS INJUNCTIONS OF FEEDING THE HUNGRY, HOUSING THE HOMELESS, CLOTHING THE NAKED, AND MINISTERING TO THE SICK. AND WHEREAS MS. BROOKS HAS GENEROUSLY AND PRODUCTIVELY BROUGHT HER EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND VISION TO THE VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND AGENCIES ON WHICH SHE HAS SERVED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SAN MARCOS HOUSING THOUSAND SAN MARCOS HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE SPRINGTOWN VILLA APARTMENTS, THE SAN MARCOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE SAN MARCOS HERITAGE FOUNDATION, THE CALABOOS SEAFRICAN-AMERICAN MAW SEMI, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, UNITED WAY OF HAYS COUNTY, BLUE BONNET LIONS GOOD LUCK, AND THE GERRY JOB CORPS WHERE SHE WAS A 40-YEAR EMPLOYEE. WHEREAS MS. BROOKS SIEVE I GUESS AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS BROUGHT RECOGNITION AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CLASS OF THE SAN MARCOS WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME, SAN MARCOS CIVIL RIGHTS TRAILBLAZER AND HONOREE OF A CITY OF SAN MARCOS ROSE BROOKS DAY; AND WHEREAS MS. BROOKS, WHO WORKED FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AND VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 WAS AND REMAINS A STRONG PROPONENT AND PRACTITIONER OF PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY, UNDERSTANDING ITS FRAGILITY WHEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED AND STRENGTH WHEN REGULARLY EXERCISED; CONTINUES TO WORK FOR, AND ENCOURAGE POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH ACTIVE, INFORMED, CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS ON EVERY LEVEL, PARTY, PRECINCT, SCHOOL BOARD, CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND NATIONAL.

AND WHEREAS MS. BROOKS HAS SET AN ENVIABLE EXAMPLE IN THIS RESPECT HAVING SERVED AS PRECINCT CHAIR, POLL WORKER, CAMPAIGNER FOR COUNTLESS CANDIDATES, INITIATIVES, AND REFERENDUM, AND AS A DELEGATE TO NUMEROUS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS AND AN ATTENDEE AT MULTIPLE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS AND WHO, DURING MORE THAN FIVE DECADES OF CIVIC ACTIVITY IS CREDITED WITH REGISTERING MORE VOTERS THAN ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL IN HAYS COUNTY. AND WHEREAS MS. BROOKS WAS AN EARLY, ENTHUSIASTIC CELEBRANT OF JUNE TEETH, SHE, ALONG WITH FORWARD LAND WARREN AND BURLESON BELIEVES BEYOND THE CHAIN-SHATTERING NEWS OF SPRINGBOARD TO PREPARE YOUNG&-@A PEOPLE TO CARRY ITS LESSON INTO THE FUTURE BY INAUGURATE THE JUNETEENTH SCHOLARSHIP CAKE AUCTION SOON TO CELEBRATE ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. AND WHEREAS MS. BROOKS, A WOMAN OF FAITH AND BOTH A STUDENT OF HISTORY AND A PARTICIPANT IN HISTORIC EVENTS, IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE SAN MARCOS COLORED CHILDREN'S SCHOOL LATER KNOWN AS THE DUNBAR SCHOOL; WHERE SHE HAS BEEN A LEADER OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING CONGREGATES AT HER CHURCH AND ANCHOR IN DUNBAR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE IS PLANNING FOR THE CHURCH BUILDING IN THE SAME LOCATION IT'S OCCUPIED ALMOST A CENTURY. AND WHEREAS MS. BROOKS, WHO HAS KNOWN PERSONAL HARDSHIP AND EXPERIENCED UNLAWFUL IMPEDIMENTS IN ACCESSING CIVIC AND PUBLIC AMENITIES AND SERVICES THAT, FOR TOO LONG, WERE DENIED TO BLACK AMERICANS, REFUSED TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER AND INSISTED ON AND WORKED FOR EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS MS. BROOKS TAKING

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S ARE MANY, CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE AND EXAMPLE AND INSPIRATION TO SO MANY OTHERS IS CELEBRATING HER 90TH BIRTHDAY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM WEEK OF AUGUST 14, 2023, AS ROSE BROOKS WEEK IN HAYS COUNTY AND ENCOURAGES ITS RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EMULATE HER

EXAMPLE, ADOPTED THIS, THE 15TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2023. >> WHAT A MAGNIFICENT LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS! GONE ON FOR TEN MINUTES MORE, I THINK, AND WE STILL WOULDN'T HAVE CAPTURED THE BREADTH AND SCOPE OF ALL THE WAYS WITH WHICH SHE HAS INFLUENCED OUR COMMUNIT. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.

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

>> COHEN. >> YES. >> SHELL.

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

>> AND JUDGE. >> YES.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. ROSE, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR LONG LIFE DEDICATION TO SO MANY PROJECTS AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE SAN MARCOS AND HAYS COUNTY AREA AND BEYOND. I KNOW YOU HAVE TRAVELED TO OTHER PLACES ALSO AND HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU ALL THESE YEARS. AND SO WE WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU TODAY ON YOUR UPCOMING BIRTHDAY, AND WE LOVE YOU, AND WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND SAY A FEW WORDS, MS. BROOKS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM, OR WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND SAY A FEW WORDS? AND AFTER THE COMMENTS AT THE PODIUM, WE CAN COME TOGETHER FOR

A PICTURE. >> GOOD MORNING. I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING TODA.

MY BIRTHDAY IS AUGUST 18; I WILL BE 90, BUT I'M STILL YOUNG.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING TODAY. I'M STILL DRIVING, STILL DOING EVERYTHING, SO I'M NOT GIVING UP. I'M GONNA STILL BE DOING THINGS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

EVERYTHING TODAY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IF YOU AND ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED WOULD LIKE TO COME UP FOR A GROUP PICTURE, HOLDING

>> JUDGE, THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER COMMENTS. >> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU BET. COMMISSIONER COHEN? ACTUALLY, BEFORE YOU GET UP.

, THE COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO SAY A FEW COMMENTS AS WELL. SORRY ABOUT THAT SEQUENCE.

>> MS. BROOKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ADVOCACY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE DEFINITELY A SERVANT LEADER, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

I THINK I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT I WOULD NOT BE SITTING IN MY SEAT RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE WORK YOU PUT IN, IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THAT, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

MY DAY. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND KIND OF AS I REFLECT ON MY TIME AT THE COUNTY, WHICH IS ABOUT 12 YEARS NOW AND SOON TO BE OVER HERE IN A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO, I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED, WHAT I WILL TAKE WITH IT AS I MOVE ON; WHAT WILL BRING JOY TO MY LIFE; AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY MEETING PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE THE BEST PART OF THIS JOB.

IT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE I WILL CHERISH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE; AND SEEING SOMEONE LIKE YOU, A TRUE LEADER OF A COMMUNITY, JUST REALLY MAKES ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS PLACE SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PREDECESSOR, RAY, TALK TO ME ABOUT POSSIBLY RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AT THE TIME, AS YOU WELL KNOW, I REPRESENTED A BIG CHUNK OF SAN MARCOS SINCE REDISTRICTING I DIDN'T; BUT ONE OF HIS FIRST QUESTIONS TO ME WAS, "DO YOU KNOW MS. BROOKS?" I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW MS. BROOKS." HE SAID, "WELL, YOU BETTER." I SAID, "YES, SIR."

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I KNOW I'M PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM.

I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 30 YEARS, AND ON MY FIRST DAY I TOOK MY WIFE TO GO MEET AL GORE.

OF COURSE SHE ALSO, ALONG THAT PROCESS, MET ANN RICHARDS AND OTHERS.

AND THOSE ARE.

YEARLY, AS A MARRIED COUPLE ON THE SAME TEAM, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE.

I WILL SAY THERE ARE FEWER TIMES THAT WE DO AGREE, WHICH IS GONNA KEEP US DYNAMIC, KEEP US ALIVE, AND KEEP US VIBRANT AND FIGHTIN' FOR THINGS. SO, OF COURSE, AS DEMOCRATS, YOU AND I HAVE NOT ALWAYS AGREED; AND SO TO ME, THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME.

THAT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE. IF WE ALL AGREED, IT WOULD BE A SAD THING BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TROUBLE BECAUSE IT COULD BE VIEWED AS A DICTATORSHIP IN ANY KIND OF SPACE SO WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON THINGS IS OKAY FOR ME. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING OLD ENOUGH AND BEING IN LEADERSHIP FOR OVER 30 YEARS THAT I KNOW, I KNOW THAT EVERYONE CAN'T SEE THE SAME THING, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS; AND SO I SAY THIS TO YOU WITH AN OPEN HEART.

I AM PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY; I AM A GRATEFUL SOUL BECAUSE I, TOO, HAVE BENEFITED FROM YOUR WORK, AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT COMMISSIONER INGALSBE BROUGHT THIS TODAY ON YOUR 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. THANK YOU, GUYS.

COME ON UP FOR A PICTURE! HERE. BIG SMILES. THREE, TWO, ONE.

THREE, TWO, ONE. ONE, TWO, THREE. ONE MORE.

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ONE, TWO -- PERFECT. >> THERE YOU ARE. >> THANK YOU.

>> IF YOU DON'T KNOW -- THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE. "YOU KNOW ROSE BROOKS?" THEY SAY, "WHOO?"

). >> WHAT YOU OPEN UP TO? >> F2.

[F2. Presentation by Christus Santa Rosa -- San Marcos, Interim CEO, Anne Pileggi and Christus Trinity Community Clinic Director, Kathleen Chomel, to provide an annual update on the operations and services provided to Hays County. SHELL/BECERRA/T.CRUMLEY]

OPERATIONS AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO HAYS COUNTY. >> GOOD MORNING.

IT'S -- IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND THIS IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT WHAT A PLEASURE FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S NEW TO THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THIS. SO I'M ANN B PILEGGI, REPRESENTING K KRIS US HEALTH, TO EXTEND THE HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST AND I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FOR INDIGENT CARE AND COLLABORATION WITH THE HOSPITAL AND TRINITY CLINIC IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

SO IF WE COULD PULL UP THE POWERPOINT, PLEASE. SO I'LL JUST BEGIN BY TELLING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE HAYS COUNTY INDIGENT.

OF COURSE, PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE, WHICH INCLUDE ANNUAL -- YOU CAN MOVE IT FORWARD A COUPLE -- PHYSICAL EDUCATION, EXAMINATION, IMMUNIZATIONS, DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES INCLUDING RADIOLOGY AND LABORATORY; SKILLED NURSIN FACILITIES AND SERVICES; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS -- THIS IS A BIG PART OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE DO WAIVE THE THREE PRESCRIPTION-PER-MONTH LIMIT. OUR HOSPITAL SERVICES, OF COURSE, INCLUDE INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT, OUTPATIENT SURGERY, AND EMERGENCY CARE. WE PROVIDE DIABETIC SUPPLIES, PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SPEECH THERAPY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO JUST A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE.

OUR PRIMARY CARE SERVICES IS A MEDICAL HOME MODEL, WHICH PROVIDES UNLIMITED PRIMARY CARE SERVICES WITHOUT IMPACTING THE THRESHOLD OF $30,000 PER YEAR PER INDIVIDUAL.

IN FISCAL YEAR '23, OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, THERE WERE OVER 7,000 VISITS WITH PRIMARY CARE WITH 181 SPECIALTY REFERRALS. AND DR. STEVEN RICHARDSON, WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY, IS OUR MAIN PROVIDER SINCE 2015; PLUS OUR N.P.S AND P.A.S.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE AND CONTINUE TO GROW OUR SPECIALTY SERVICES.

OUR SPECIALTIES INCLUDE BUT OF COURSE ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARDIOLOGY, GENERAL SURGERY, GI, GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS, ENT, PULMONARY, AND THOSE ARE THE MAIN ONES WE HAVE AND WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THOSE. OUR PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER PROVIDES ACCESS IN OVER 30 LOCATIONS INCLUDING SAN MARCOS, WIMBERLEY, KYLE, DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND OTHERS; AND THIS ALSO PROVIDES, AGAIN, UNLIMITED PRESCRIPTIONS PER MONTH. AND DIABETIC SUPPLIES, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS POPULATION, IS INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.

OUR HOSPITAL SERVICES OFFERS INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT, INCLUDING IMAGING, SURGERY.

WE SPOKE TO THIS BEFORE. EMERGENCY, DIAGNOSTIC, AND OTHER SERVICES WITH CHARITY AS AN EXTENSION OF SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED BEYOND THE BENEFIT THRESHOLD.

SO I'M GOING TO LET KATHLEEN TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT OUR FUTURE EXPECTATIONS AND STRATEGIES. THIS IS MY THIRD WEEK IN SAN MARCOS, AND I'VE LEARNED SO VERY

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>> THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK SIDEBAR. I WANTED TO THANK THE WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR 11TH YEAR, I THINK, OF THIS PROGRAM. IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF IT. DR. RICHARDSON HAS BEEN OUR UNSUNG HERO.

HE'S THE ANCHOR OF THE COMMUNITY CLINIC HERE IN SAN MARCOS AND SEES NOT ONLY THE INDIGENT PATIENTS BUT ALL OF OUR MEDICAID, LOW-INCOME, AND UNINSURED PATIENTS AS WELL.

SO HE DOES NOT GET NEAR THE CREDIT HE DESERVES, BUT HE'S THE HERO OF OUR CLINIC, AND THE PATIENTS ABSOLUTELY LOVE DR. RICHARDSON SO WANTED TO MENTION THAT BEFORE MOVING ON.

IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. WE HAVE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOSPITAL, CAREER TO CHRISUS, OUR ADVENT HEALTH SYSTEM PARTNER AND CHRISUS FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEAR. WE HAVE WORKED TIRELESS TO EXPAND THE SERVICES TO DO THINGS THAT ARE NOT ONLY REQUIRED BY THE STATE BUT ALSO THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE JUST GOOD, QUALITY CARE FOR THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY.

WITH THE MEDICAID ENROLLMENT DECREASING, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DROP OFF.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE UNINSURED PATIENTS. THE HAYS COUNTY ENROLLMENT, OF THE ACTUAL INDIGENT PROGRAM, WE ANTICIPATE INCREASING THE ADDITION OF MATTHEW AND NEW HOME TO HAYS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND MORE ACCESS FOR PATIENTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO SERVICE MORE PATIENTS, GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE, GETTING THEM ENROLLED EASIER, BETTER, FASTER; SO HOPEFULLY THAT ENROLLMENT WILL GO UP. AND JUST AS YOU KNOW, THE COST OF EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP. WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE GOOD, GREAT QUALITY CARE AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THE PATIENTS, EVEN THOUGH OUR PRICES ARE GOING UP, PRICES ARE GOING UP. THAT'S PART OF IT. MOVING FORWARD, ONE OF THE BIG STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH MATTHEW, WITH TAMMY, AND OUR HOSPITAL PARTNER IS WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO PARTNER WITH SOME ADDITIONAL PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE PATIENTS ON THE HAYS COUNTY INDIGENT PROGRAM ARE FROM SAN MARCOS AND KYLE, BUT WITH EASIER ACCESS AND EASIER PROCESSES TO GET MORE PATIENTS ENROLLED, WE LOOK TO HOPEFULLY HAVE MORE PATIENTS, BUDA, DRIPPING SPRINGS, THE OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY, AND WE NEED MORE. TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF OUR PATIENTS' LARGEST ISSUES TO OVERCOME TO GET TO ONE CLINIC AND REALIZE THAT. SO GO OUT AND FINDING A PRIMARY CAROLINA SESSION OR NURSE PRACTITIONER WHETHER IT'S IN ANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH US. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO THAT, AND THEN WE'LL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE TO ADD SPECIALTY CARE AS WE CAN. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW OUR COMMUNITY CLINIC AS WELL. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE NOW THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW HOME SO WE'LL BE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PROVIDER AND STAFF AND HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO RAMP UP OUR IMMUNIZATION HUB EVEN FURTHER.

OH, AND JUST -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. JUST A QUICK RUNTHROUGH.

I'M NOT SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE LOCATIONS WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HAYS COUNTY INDIGENT PROGRAM OR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, IT'S USUALLY JUST ASSUMED THAT IS THE ONE CLINIC ON BROADWAY, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOWCASE OUR OTHER LOCATIONS. WE HAVE TWO PROVIDERS AT THE COMMUNITY CLINIC ON BROADWAY, OUR IMMUNIZATION HUB FOR HAYS COUNTY AS WELL. SAN MARCOS PRIMARY CARE IS LOCATED ON WONDER WORLD AND WE HAVE SEVEN PROVIDERS IN THAT BUILDING.

OUR WALK-IN CLINIC IS ON CORPORATE DRIVE JUST BEHIND THE GARCIAS.

WE HAVE TWO PROVIDERS THERE AND THAT LITERALLY IS JUST A WALK-IN CLINIC AND DOES NOT REQUIRE AN APPOINTMENT, AND SOMETIMES IF DR. RICHARDSON'S SCHEDULE IS FULL, WE CAN SEND THEM THERE AS A BACKUP SO PATIENTS ARE SEEN SAME-DAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE NEED IS.

ALSO HAVE A LOCATION IN WIMBERLEY WITH THREE PROVIDERS AND THEN ON THE SPECIALTY SIDE OF OUR HOUSE, OUR LARGEST CLINIC IS ON WONDER WORLD. WE HOUSE ENT, CARDIOLOGY, PULL MONONOTHING -- PULL MONONOTHING. IN WIMBERLEY WE HAVE A SPECIALTY CARE CLINIC THAT SEES ENT PATIENTS AND CARDIOLOGY PATIENTS WITH THE THREE PROVIDERS.

FUTURE GROWTH. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUR NEW BANNER THAT HAS GONE UP AT STONE CREEK. THIS IS NEXT DOOR TO CENTRAL TEXAS EYE CENTER, IF THAT RINGS A BELL. WE'LL ANCHOR THE END SUITE AND HOPEFULLY MOVE IN BY DECEMBER.

WE'RE ACTUALLY RELOCATING OUR WALK-IN CLINIC OFF OF CORPORATE DRIVE BACK TO THE ACCESS ROAD FOR EASY ACCESS AND EASY VISIB VISIBILITY. IT WILL HOUSE OUR WALK-IN CLINIC AS WELL AS PRIMARY CARE AND THEN JUST NORTH OF TOWN ON ROCK RINA SPRINGS, WE HAVE BROKEN GROUND FOR A NEW URGENT CARE CLINIC THAT WILL HAVE ON-SITE LAB AND RADIOLOGY SERVICES AS WE.

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SO JUST WRAP UP, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR TEN-PLUS-YEAR PARTNERSHIP, RELATIONSHIP. WE TAKE PRIDE IN SERVING THE INDIGENT PATIENTS AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR OTHER PATIENTS IN HAYS COUNTY AND LOOK TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> I WAS GONNA ASK, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PATIENTS ARE YOU SEEING THAT ARE NOT IN SAN MORE COST, IF THEY'RE TRAVELS; BUT YOU SAIE

FROM KYLE THAT COME IN TO YOUR CLINIC. >> RIGHT.

SPEAKING JUST FOR THE HAYS COUNTY INDIGENT PATIENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED, THE MAJORITY OF THEM, THE TOTAL NUMBER DROPPED THIS MONTH A LITTLE BIT; BUT WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO GO BACK UP. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT, WE USUALLY HOVER AROUND 100 PATIENTS ON THE PROGRAM PER MONTH. IT EBBS AND FLOWS.

PEOPLE DROP OFF; PEOPLE ADD. AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT, THOSE PATIENTS DO LIVE IN SAN MARCOS AND KYLE BUT THINK WITH A LOT OF MATTHEW'S IDEAS AND GETTING OUT, WE'LL SEE A LOT OF LARGER ENROLLMENT AND HOPEFULLY FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S PRIMARILY SAN MARCOS AND KYLE; BUT AS FAR AS MEDICAID, UNDERINSURED PATIENTS, PATIENTS NOT ON THE INDIGENT

PROGRAM, THEY COME FROM ALL OVER. >> RIGHT.

>> ESPECIALLY DURING COVID WHEN WE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY AND SERVED AS THE INJECTORS OF THE VACCINES THAT THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO GET FOR US. THE MOST VACCINES WE GAVE IN ONE DAY WAS 1325, AND PEOPLE WERE COMING FROM ALL OVER, EVERYWHERE, OUTSIDE OF TEXAS.

SO WE SEE PATIENTS OUT OF AUSTIN AND CORPUS CHRISTI AREA AND QUITE A FEW FROM SAN ANTONIO SO

IT'S JUST -- IT'S ALL OVER. >> I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS. >> IT WAS A FUN TIME.

>> OH, BROTHER. >> GREAT PARTNERSHIP. >> I WOULD USE A DIFFERENT DESCRIPTOR.

IF NOTHING ELSE, IT BROUGHT US ALL CLOSER AND TOGETHER. >> IT MADE US REALIZE HOW

VULNERABLE WE ARE AS A POPULATION -- >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> -- IS WHAT I THINK I PERSONALLY TOOK AWAY FROM THAT. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

>> AND IN OUR VISIT WITH Y'ALL, WE DID MENTION THAT TRANSPORTATION WAS A BIG ISSUE.

>> I THINK DR. RICHARDSON DOESN'T GO A DAY WIT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

>> THAT'S SOMETHING I TOOK AWAY FROM OUR VISIT, AND HOPEFULLY THE COUNTY CAN EXPLORE

OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. >> THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

WE HAD A VERY SHORT-LIVED RELATIOSHIP WITH THE MASTERS' LEVEL PROGRAM AT TEXAS STATE, THE STUDENTS WOULD PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION; AND WHILE IT WORK REALLY WELL, WE JUST DIDN'T

HAVE ENOUGH; BUT WE WERE GRATEFUL WHILE WE HAD IT. >> I GET CALLS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION FROM MY OFFICE, PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO WALGREENS OR CVS TO GET THE PRESCRIPTIONS AND CAN'T GET THERE AND WE'RE REALLY LIMITED IN THE COUNTY IN THAT REGARD.

FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND RURAL AREAS OF OUR COUNTY. >> I THINK THAT'S BACK IN JANUARY WHEN THE HOSPITAL MADE THE DECISION TO EXPAND THE PHARMACY PROGRAM, IT WAS A HUGE WIN FOR OUR PATIENTS BECAUSE WE DID, YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS USE THE SINGLE PHARMACY, NOT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MOST CONVENIENT AREA; AND WE HEARD OUR PATIENTS LOUD AND CLEAR SO EXPANDING THAT NOW TO INCLUDE THE HGB, CVS, WALL GREENS, OTHER PHARMACIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR THEM TO PICK UP AND HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS PICK IT UP BECAUSE WE'RE ALL OUT

RUNNING ERRANDS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME TO SAN MARCOS AND HAYS COUNTY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

DR. RICHARDSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK TO THE RESIDENTS OF WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. OH, KATHLEEN, I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. I AGREE. I BELIEVE THAT MATTHEW HAS A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP IN COMING UP WITH NE WAYS TO HELP IMPROVE THE SERVICE TO THOSE THAT NEED IT. AND I ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND; YES, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO EXPLORE WHAT WE CAN DO.

I KNOW IN SAN MARCOS WE HAVE CARTS AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A FREE SERVICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE 65 AND OVER THAT I DIDN'T KNOW INQUIRED BECAUSE MY DAD NOW GOES TO DIALYSIS AND USES THAT FREE SERVICE. SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND THEN THE CITY OF KYLE HAS DONE SOME KIND OF AN UBER SHARE PROGRAM THAT COMMISSIONER COHEN AND I HAVE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS REGARDING OUTSIDE OF THE INCORPORATED LIMITS TO&

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BUT WE'RE EXPLORING THOSE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SERVICES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING. YOU ALSO SPOKE ABOUT, AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THE SPECIALTY CARE DOCTORS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ASPECT BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN MARGIE RODRIGUEZ WAS HERE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS OF CONCERN SPECIALTY DOCTORS, AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB AND APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED EFFORT TO GET EVEN MORE ON BOARD AND HELPING US.

SO REALLY OVERALL JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SERVICE THAT Y'ALL PROVIDE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP SO THANK Y'ALL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS IN THOSE -- I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY CALL THEM UNDER SERVED AREAS BUT HARD-TO-SERVE AREAS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM. THAT'S -- I MEAN -- YOU SPECIFICALLY DIDN'T MENTION BUDA AND DRIPPING SPRINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SERVICES THERE, NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW.

IT'S SO HARD FOR A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS TO GET TO SAN MARCOS.

IT'S 50 MINUTES TO AN HOUR ON A GOOD DAY WITH NO TRAFFIC FOR CERTAIN PARTS OF MY OLD PRECINCT AND COMMISSIONER SHELL'S PRECINCT. AS YOU TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROVIDERS OUT THERE, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE OR THAT WE CAN BENESS OF ASSISTANCE, LET ME KNOW. I KNOW WITH THE BOOM IN POPULATION COMES A MASSIVE BOOM IN INDIVIDUAL PROVIDERS IN THAT AREA. WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER MOVE INTO THE AREA SO WHETHER IT'S WORKING THROUGH THE CHAMBER OR WORKING WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY TO IDENTIFY WHO THOSE MIGHT BE, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP AND SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE WORK

Y'ALL DO. >> ABSOLUTELY. I WILL GET WITH YOU.

WE DEFINITELY NEED HELP IDENTIFYING THE -- NOT ONLY WHO'S THERE BUT THE RIGHT FIT

FOR OUR PATIENTS. >> SURE. >> AND I THOUGHT THE SEQUENCING, COMMISSIONER SHELL, THANKS FOR COVERING ME -- WOULD ALLOW YOU TO ROUND OUT THE CONVERSATION.

>> THANKS, JUDGE. THANK YOU TO KATHLEEN AND WELCOME TO ANNE.

LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PARTNERSHIP.

KATHLEEN MENTIONED THIS, AND ANNE AS WELL, BUT DR. RICHARDSON WAS A HUGE PART OF THIS WHEN WE STARTED THIS PARTNERSHIP. THE COUNTY WANTED TO HAVE A PHYSICIAN IN THE CLINIC, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT WE FELT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO GET STARTED; AND DR. RICHARDSON, I THINK, IS THE PERFECT PHYSICIAN FOR THAT CLINIC.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL TO THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED HERE AND I KNOW THAT SERVES OUR CITIZENS VERY WELL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, JUST THE NETWORK THAT CHRISTUS PROVIDES US WITH SPECIALTY CARE FOR INDIGENTS I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE AND I -- COMMISSIONER INGALSBE HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH THIS CLINIC AND KNOW IT'S VERY DEAR TO HER HEART. WE HAD SOME AMAZING STAFF AND AMAZING NURSE PRACTITIONER.

WHEN SHE LEFT US, THERE WAS A HUGE VOID, AND WHEN I GOT TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT SHE DID, WHICH WAS MAINLY BEGGING PEOPLE TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS; SHE WAS EXTREMELY DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL.

BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE DID. SHE CALLED AND BEGGED PEOPLE TO SEE OUR CITIZENS AND TO FILL THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS AND TO FIND WAYS, CREATIVE WAYS IN WHICH THEY COULD GET THEIR CARE.

SO LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT BEGINNING TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE FOR ME WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE SOPHISTICATION TO THIS CLINIC AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS; AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ABILITY TO GROW IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST CARE WE CAN.

>> WELL DONE. WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO OFFICE, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT COMMISSIONER COHEN DID AND MADE A BEELINE TO YOU GUYS. THAT'S WHEN I GOT TO MEET YOU.

I HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS, OF COURSE, THROUGH THE PINK FIRE TRUCK, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND SO I, TOO, AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING OUR PEOPLE. AND YOU DO IT IN A MAGNIFICENT WAY, AND I TOOK NOTE OF YOUR OPENING STATEMENT OF AT OUR MINISTRY AND MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST. THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN THAT. MOST OF US ARE PEOPLE OF FAITH.

I'LL SAY THE LION'S SHARE. AND SO JUST KNOWING THAT PASSIONATE PEOPLE ARE SERVING IS A REAL BREATH OF FRESH AIR. WHEN I GOT THE TOURS AND SAW HOW FUZZY YOU WERE AND HOW MUCH -- BUSY YOU WERE AND HOW YOU WERE TOUCHED, GOD BLESS YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

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SO I'M THE KIND OF PERSON THAT WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO BRING EVERYTHING TO THE FOREFRONT TO BE AS SUPPORTIVE FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE AND SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR SO LONG AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE AND DON'T WANT SIDE CONVERSATIONS TO MISS REPRESENT INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY.

WE ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY LIKE WE WERE 12 YEAR AGO AND 20-PLUS YEARS AGO AND THAT THEME IS CONSISTENT AND THE SAME. I KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON CHANGE BUT DON'T LET THE CHANGE PARALYZE YOU. STAY WONDERFUL; STAY ENGAGED; STAY PROGRESSIVE; STAY OPTIMISTIC AND KEEP SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND THE REST WILL TAKE

CARE OF ITSELF. >> ONE THING -- SORRY. I WOULD HAVE INTRODUCED OUR CEO.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CFO TO MEET RICK VILLAREAL. HE'S THE MAN BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HELPS US GET EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT INTRODUCING HIM

EARLIER. >> THANK YOU. >> PLEASE.

>> IF YOU WILL APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE THROUGH THE VIEWING PUBLIC. I HAVE TO SEE THIS 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE.

SOMEONE CLICKS THIS AGENDA ITEM. "WHO'S THAT GUY IN THE BLACK SHIRT? WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT?" SO THESE ITEMS STAND BY THEMSELVES IN THE ETHERNET, INTERNET, SO I HAVE TO STOP AND ASK YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> I'M DR. STEVEN RICHARDSON. 100% UNDERSTAND THAT. MY PERIPHERAL BRAIN, IF I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN SIX MONTHS AGO, I DON'T REMEMBER IT. THAT'S NOT TRUE BUT WANTED TO SAY IT. I WANTED TO ADD THE SILVER LINING FROM THE PANDEMIC IS INTEGRATED TELEMEDICINE SERVICES. WE DIDN'T MENTION THAT IN THE PRESENTATION. JUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND PROBABLY EVERYONE HERE HAS DONE THAT AT SOME POINT SINCE THE PANDEMIC INTO OUR EMR AND IS VERY EASY.

IT DOES REQUIRE INTERNET ACCESS, WHICH IS ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF OUR PATIENTS, BUT EVEN THEN DOING THINGS OVER THE PHONE FOR EASE OF ACCESS, WHICH IS -- THEY CAN CALL IN FOR SERVICES

EASILY. >> THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO PUT YOU AT THE VERY FRONT OF THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN N5.

[N5. Updates of community health assessment by local health department. BECERRA]

>> N5. UPDATES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT BY THE LOCAL HEALTH

DEPARTMENT. >> YOU'RE UP, MR. GONZALEZ. >> MATTHEW GONZALEZ, HAYS COUNTY LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT MANAGER. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT AS WE FINALLY CONCLUDED THAT ANALYSIS PORTION OF IT AND FINALLY HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO PRESENT AND THE REPORT TO DO.

I WANT TO RECAP WHAT HAPPENED, THIS TIMELINE, SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS AND THOSE WHO MAY BE REPORTING ON IT GIVE THE PUBLIC SOME INFORMATION. AFTER SEVEN MONTH, WE'RE READY TO SHARE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT. IT BEGAN LAST YEAR ON JULY 19, 2022, WHEN YOU AGREED TO AUTHORIZE AN RFP AND SOLICITATION OF BIDS FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT. ON NOVEMBER 22, 2022, THE COURT AUTHORIZED AN EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT TO CONDUCT THE ASSESSMENT. OUR INTERNAL TEAM BEGAN WORK SHORTLY AFTER DECEMBER AND BEGAN WITH THE PUBLIC IN FEBRUARY. IN MARCH WE HAD THE VISION SESSION. APRIL AND MAY, LISTENER SESSIONS AND STAKE HOLDER MEETINGS AND JUNE AND JULY, SYNTHESIZING RESULTS FOR THE REPORT. THIS IS AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I'M PRESENTING TO Y'ALL TODAY AND MEANT TO HIGHLIGHT KEY FIGURES AND DAY THAT COMES FROM THE REPORT. THIS REPORT WILL GO FURTHER IN DEPTH AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AND WILL BE PROVIDED A COPY AS WELL AS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

IT'S 94 PAGES SO I APOLOGIZE IF I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS YOU MAY ASK FOR QUESTIONS BUT FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AND I CAN TRY TO GET WHAT I CAN. THIS IS NOT A CRITIQUE OF THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BUT AN OBJECTIVE VIEW WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTY AND CAN IMPROVE AND GO FURTHER. TO START THE PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THIS AGENDA. WE WILL DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAP PROCESS, EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS, DATA COLLECTION METHODS, VISIONING SESSION, VISION STATEMENT THAT WE CREATED OUT OF

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WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE MAP PROCESS IS PLAN, IMPLEMENT, EVALUATE, AND AT THE CENTER IS ACTION. MAP IS AN ABBREVIATION. MOBILIZE FOR ACTION THROUGH PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS AND DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY AND HEALTH OFFICIALS. MAPP IS A STRATEGIC PROCESS TO ACHIEVE HEALTH EQUITY FOR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND AS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN, IT EMPHASIZES A VITAL ROLE OF STAKE HOLDERS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, NEED FOR POLICY, SYSTEMS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, AND ALIGNMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES TOWARDS SHARED GOALS.

THE PROCESS INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZING FOR SUCCESS, PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, VISIONING ASSESSMENTS, AND THOSE ASSESSMENTS INCLUDE COMMUNITY CONTEXT, COMMUNITY STATUS ASSESSMENT, COMMUNITY PARTNER ASSESSMENT.

LASTLY TO FOLLOW UP, STRATEGIC ISSUES IN THE IDENTIFIED AND THEN ADDRESSING CHANGES.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR DATA COLLECTION METHODS. WE CONDUCTED A VARIETY LIKE COMMUNITY VISION SESSION, STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS, INFORMATION INTERVIEW, COMMUNITY SURVEYS, PARTNER SURVEYS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS.

WE CAN GO TO IF NEXT SLIDE. THE VISIONING SESSION WAS TWO HOURS LONG AND HELD AT THE SAN MARCOS PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE FIRST PUBLIC EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT.

THE GOAL WAS TO FOCUS ON WHAT WAYS TO IMPROVE AS A COUNTY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

WE UTILIZE SEVERAL DIFFERENT METHODS TO RECRUIT PARTICIPANTS SUCH AS SOCIAL MEDIA, FLYERS, STEERING COMMITTEE, INDIVIDUAL INVITATIONS. FROM THE VISIONING SESSION, WE ASKED FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, "WHAT WOULD WE WANT THE LOCAL NEWS TO SAY ABOUT THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY?" AND DESCRIBE IT WITH A SINGULAR WORD.

THAT ALLOWED US TO CREATE A GRAPHIC OF THE MOST COMMON WORDS, THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED AS THRIVING. SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THESE FOCUS AREAS HERE ARE KIND OF SIGNED AROUND THE TERM OF "THRIVING" AND JUST HOW ELSE WE ENCOURAGE THINGS.

SO WE CAN GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE, A FEW PICTURE OF HOW THE COMMUNITY SESSION WENT. IT WAS A SMALL GROUP OF PARTICIPANTS, I THINK ABOUT 30 WERE THERE; BUT WHAT THIS ALLOWED US TO DO IS COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER IN SMALL CIRCLES AND REALLY FLESH OUT IDEAS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THAT QUESTION THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THESE ARE SOME WORDS THAT CAME UP LIKE THRIVING, FULLY ACCESSIBLE, ENCOURAGING, STRIVING, AND IMPROVE. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVE WORDS AND CONNOTATIONS COMING WITH HEALTH AND THE GROWTH OF OUR COUNTY. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THIS IS OUR SHARED VISION FOR ONE ANOTHER AS WE WORK TOWARDS IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF HAYS COUNTY AND INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE THRIVING AND RESILIENT AND COMMITTED TO ENSURE A SYSTEM OF HIGH QUALITY MENTAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE TO ALL. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE COMMUNITY STATUS ASSESSMENT IS THE FIRST ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND LOOKS ON HOW WE, AS A COMMUNITY, VIEW AND PERCEIVE THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT EXAMINES DIFFERENT TOPICS, TRAGIC PLANNING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OF COUNTY RESIDENTS. WE CONDUCTED COMMUNITY CENTS SURVEY THAT LOOKED AT VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. THESE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED FROM A RATING OF ONE BEING VERY POOR TO FIVE FOR VERY GOOD. SOME KEEP FINDINGS INCLUDE PARTICIPANTS RANKED AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AT 1.9; AFFORDABLE HOUSING 2.0, THE LOWEST. WHEN DISAGGREGATED BY LOCATION, THEY DEFERRED FROM OVERALL RESULTS SHOWING DISPARITY IN QUALITIES OF LIFE IN AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND ARE EXPLORED IN THE FINAL REPORT. TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS, ACROSS DIFFERET CITIES OF HAYS COUNTY, THE RANKINGS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CHANGE, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE. OTHER AREAS EXPLODE INCLUDE SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND HEALTH RESOURCE AVAILABILITY, AVERAGE POVERTY RATE IN HAYS COUNTY IS 12.4% AS OF 2020, 7% DECREASE FROM 2019, GOOD TREND TO BE HAVING. UNEMPLOYMENT IS RELATIVELY LOW, 3% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, SHOWING RESIDENTS HAVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HAPPENING IN HAYS

COUNTY. >> WHERE ARE THOSE 3%? WE NEED THEM.

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>> REPEAT THAT? YOU WENT TOO FAST FOR ME. >> THE RESIDENT TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER RATIO IS 2343:1, HIGHER THAN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND U.S. ALTHOUGH IT'S HIGHER, THAT'S NOT A GOOD INDICATOR. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE TO BE CARED BY AND CAN BE PEOPLE

FACING CHALLENGES AND TRAVEL LONGER DISTANCE FOR CARE. >> STORY TO INTERRUPT BUT -- SORRY TO INTERRUPT BUT WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, ITALICIZE, UNDERLINE WHAT YOU POINTED OUT.

WE HAVE FEWER DOCTORS TO PATIENTS THAN THE STATE AND NATIONAL AVERAGE, PER HAYS

COUNTY. >> YES. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING SAID.

THEN ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 16.9% OF HAYS COUNTY ADULTS UNDER 65 ARE UNINSURED. TEXAS IS ONE OF THE TEN STATES IN THE U.S. THAT HAS NOT EXPANDED MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO INCLUDE ADULTS WITH INCOMES UP TO 138% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINES. IMPLICATIONS OF THIS CAN INCLUDE COVERAGE GAPS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICAID AND CAN'T AFFORD PRIVATE INSURANCE, LIMITED ACCESS CARE TO INDIVIDUALS, AND FINANCIAL BURDEN OF OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS.

THIS EXACERBATES HEALTH DISPARITIES FOR MARGINALIZED AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND CREATES GREATER BARRIERS TO ACCESSING -- SORRY. AFFORDING MEDICAL CARE.

>> MATTHEW, ONE MORE REPEAT FOR ME. 16.9% UNINSURED.

YOU TOLD US OUR DOCTOR-TO-PATIENT RATIO FOR THE STATE AND NATION; CAN YOU TELL US AGAIN THE UNINSURED PERCENTAGE COMPARED TO THE STATE AND NATION?

>> UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE THE NOTES OF THE COMPARISON BUT DO KNOW THAT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE FACT WE DON'T EXPAND MEDICAID IN TEXAS.

MOST COUNTIES OF OUR SIZE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE. IT'S A LITTLE LOWER, ABOUT 10% RANGE. I CAN GET THOSE STATISTICS FOR YOU.

>> WE'RE NOT DOING SO HOT THERE, EITHER. >> CORRECT.

>> OKAY. >> YES, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON THAT PORTION. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS, APPROXIMATELY 17% OF RESIDENTS ARE CURRENTLY GRABBING WITH SEVERE HOUSING PROBLEM O SO THAT'S THE STATE OF TEXAS AND 14% ARE BURDENED WITH HIGH COST OF HOUSING.

HOWEVER, 19% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN HAYS COUNTY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS INCLUDING OVERCROWDING, HIGH HOUSING COSTS, AND LACK OF FACILITIES. THAT'S 2% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE

STATE AND US WITH EXPERIENCING HOUSING PROBLEMS. >> 2% DIFFERENCE.

I'M SORRY. I'M BABY FEEDING THIS TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE BETTER 2% THAN THE STATE OR WORSE? >> WE'RE 2% WORSE WITH HOUSING.

>> THANK YOU. >> 19% IS A HIGH NUMBER. >> YES. THAT'S ALMOST ONE IN

FIVE FAMILIES. >> JUST REMEMBER, MATTHEW -- AND I'M NOT TRYING TO POKE HOLES IN YOUR PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFULLY DONE AND WELL-ARTICULATED; BUT I WANT TO HIGHLY -- HIGHLY INTELLIGENT. I WANT TO PUT IT IN WORDS AND WAYS THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT KNOWS NOTHING WHAT IS GOING ON CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

>> YES. DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN IT? >> NO, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHY I PERIODICALLY PAUSE THE PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE THE DETAIL

THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING. >> OKAY; PERFECT. THANK YOU.

18% OF HOUSEHOLDS SPENT HALF OR MORE OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING.

THIS IS A CONCERN SINCE FAMILIES MIGHT NOT AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE, MEDICAL CARE, AND HAVE TROUBLE WITH BILLS AND INCOME TO PAY FOR NECESSITIES SUCH AS GROCERIES.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND -- OH, SORRY. SOCIAL VULNERABILITY IN INDEX, REFERRING TO HOW COMMUNITIES MAY BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT IMPACT HUMAN HEALTH. THAT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX.

FACTORS INCLUDE NATURAL DISASTERS, HUMAN CAUSE DISASTERS FOR DISEASE OUTBREAKS.

SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX USES 16 DIFFERENT VARIABLES FROM THE U.S. CENSUS TO PRODUCE A PERCENTILE RANKING SOCIAL VULNERABILITY OF EACH COUNTY OR CENSUS TRACKED.

THESE FACTORS INCLUDE POVERTY LEVELS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ARE AND HOUSING COSTS.

HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS LIKE AGE, DISABILITIES, AND SING-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS, RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY STATUS, HOUSING AND LACK OF ACCESS TO VEHICLES.

OVERALL, HAYS COUNTY AS SEASON 65.5 LEVEL FOR MEDIUM LEVEL. 65.85% OF COUNTIES IN THE U.S.

ARE LESS VULNERABLE THAN HAYS COUNTY. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. THE PRIMARY AREAS OF HAYS COUNTY MOST VULNERABLE ARE KYLE AND SAN

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NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS COMMUNITY CONTEXT ASSESSMENT.

WE LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY STRENGTHS AND ASSETS INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONS, COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INVESTMENT, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, HOSPITALS, AND MORE. THESE ARE WHAT PEOPLE IDENTIFIED AS ASSETS FOR US. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE CONTEXT OF THE BUILT-IN ENVIRONMENT. EAST OF 35, THERE'S FEWER COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY SUPPORTING FACILITIES, SOMETHING NOTICEABLE AS WE CONDUCTED THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT. HEALTH CARE ACCESS CONCENTRATED IN URBAN AREAS AND CAN SEE WITH SAN MARCOS, HIGHLY CONCE CONCENTRATED IN AREAS. LOW-INCOME AREAS HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO GROCERY STORES WITH 12% EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY AND MANY ROADS ARE NOT WALKABLE. THIS SHOWS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS IS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN

OUR COUNTY. >> SORRY. I KEEP CHIMING IN.

I'M ENGAGED AND INTERESTED AND WHY I ASK SO MANY QUESTIONS. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INTERRUPTIN. THE REST OF THE COUNTY MAP -- COMMISSIONER SMITH, I SEE YOU -- WE DON'T HAVE THE WESTERN PART OF THE MAP. IS THAT A REASON?

>> IN THIS SPECIFIC GRAPHIC, THEY WANTED TO DO I-35 BUT HAVE DRIPPING SPRINGS AND WIMBERLEY AS WELL ON AN ACTUAL MAP ON OUR WEBSITE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURED

-- BUT THIS PICTURE IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE. >> AS LONG AS WE CAN SHOW WE

HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK -- WHICH I KNOW YOU HAVE. >> YES.

>> THAT WAY THE VIEWING PUBLIC KNOWING WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSING ON THE CORRIDOR.

>> RIGHT. WE HAVE A WEBSITE THEY CAN CHECK OR CAN LOOK AT THE ASSESSMENT REPORT. THIS IS CONTINUING THE CONTEXT, FORCES OF CHANGE, THINGS CAUSING HAYS COUNTY TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT CHANGES. THE MOST COMMONLY IDENTIFIED WERE POPULATION GROWTH, HEALTH CARE, ECONOMY AND HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND EQUITY. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. STRENGTHS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDE LEADERS WHO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF TARGET POPULATION WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES HERE. SUCCESSFUL ENGAGEMENT IN SUPPORT FOR TARGET COMMUNITIES.

COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO REACH TARGET POPULATIONS.

AND THEN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THOSE TARGET POPULATIONS.

A LOT OF THIS REALLY, YOU KNOW, IS A GREAT STRENGTH FOR US TO HAVE AS WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITY AND REALLY SUPPORT THEM. I'VE LEARNED A LOT GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND BEING A PROGRAM MANAGER FOR EQUITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT YOU HAVE TO EARN THE TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITIES. TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH THEM IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE OR GROW TOGETHER WITH THEM OR ASK FOR HELP FROM THEIR CURRENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. GAPS IN COMMUNITY PARTNER FOCUS AREAS. SO THIS ONE I DO WANT TO NOTE 45 OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HELPED US CONDUCT THIS ASSESSMENT WERE INVITED TO TAKE THIS SURVEY, BUT ONLY 12 COMPLETED IT. SO SOME OF THE INFORMATION HERE MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY ACCURATE, BUT SOME OF THE GAPS THAT WE, AS A STEERING COMMITTEE OR COALITION, ARE MISSING WAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE/CLIMATE CHANGE, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FOOD SERVICE RESTAURANTS, LAND USE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UTILITIES, AND CANCER.

BUT JUST REFLECTING ON THE PAST FEW MONTHS OF THE COUNTY, THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD STRIKE OFF THERE LAND USE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER SMITH BROUGHT A PIECE TO BRING US INTO A PARTNERSHIP OF PEOPLE ADDRESSING HOUSING. WE WORKED ON PARTNERSHIPS CANCER AND UTILITIES AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

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YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO NOW THAT WE KIND OF WRAPPED UP THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT PART, PART OF THE CONTRACT ALLOWS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THIS IS WHAT WE, AS A STEERING COMMITTEE -- WHICH WILL TRANSITION TO A COALITION, SORT OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS, HEALTHY WILLIAMSON COUNTY -- A COALITION OF PEOPLE. OUR GOAL IS TO START WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND FLESH IT OUT THERE. HEALTH CARE ACCESS IS A GOAL IDENTIFIED TO WORK ON AND ONE WAY TO MOST IMPROVE IS BY IMPROVING INDIGENT CARE PROGRAM, THE APPLICATION PROCESS SPECIFICALLY. THE GOAL IS TO START BY AUGUST 2023. WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE BEFORE AND SEE HOW TO IMPROVE OUR APPLICATION EFFICIENCIES. WE WILL LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT BY DECEMBER 2023. THERE'S PROGRAMS WITH EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THEY ARE DOING BETTER THAN THE STANDARD SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TEXAS COUNTIES THAT HAVE THESE INDIGENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY CONDUCT THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS AND HOW TO IMPROVE IT FOR OURSELVES. LASTLY, OBJECTIVE 3 IS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN CHANGES AND SHARE WITH THE COALITION. SOME KPIS, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, THE NUMBER OF TRAINING SESSIONS FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ASSISTED BY TRAINED COMMUNITY PARTNERS, NUMBER OF RESIDENTS SCREENED FOR ELIGIBILITY, AND NUMBER OF QUALIFIED RESIDENTS ENROLLED. YOU MAY SEE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. ONE THING WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM IS THE INDIGENT APPLICATION IS CONFUSING AND NOT EASY FOR SOMEBODY TO COMPLETE WE WANT TO IDENTIFY LIBRARIES, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS, PLACES TO TRAIN AND LET THEM KNOW HOW THE APPLICATION WORKS AND MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLETE SO WE CAN HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO KNOW HOW TO PROCESS IT BETTER.

THAT'S GOAL ONE. GOAL TWO IS ASSESS, DEVELOP, SUSTAIN A COUNTY MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS TO ADDRESS EMERGENCY NEEDS NEEDS. A READINESS ASSESSMENT WILL ESTABLISH AN MRC BY MARCH 2024, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH CERT BUT THIS IS MEDICAL PURPOSES. TYPICALLY OTHER COUNTIES HAVE BUT WE DON'T BUT WANT TO CONDUCT A READINESS ASSESSMENT TO SEE IF IT'S FEASIBLE FOR US. OBJECTIVE 2 IS CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPLEMENT BY JUNE 2024 AND WILL LET US KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND GET TO.

THE PLAN WILL SOLIDIFY THAT. OBJECTIVE 3, ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION WITH HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS TO ENHANCE COORDINATION OF MRC BY SEPTEMBER 2024 WITH A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE. KPIS, COMPLETION OF READINESS ESTABLISHMENT, ADOPTION OF STRATEGIC PLAN, AND PARTNERS ESTABLISHED.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE -- >> MRC MOSTLY VOLUNTEER BASED OR -- OKAY.

>> YES, MA'AM, PRIMARILY VOLUNTEER BASED, NURSES, DOCTORS, CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, ANY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WILLING TO DONATE TIME TO RESPOND TO, SAY ANOTHER

FLU OUTBREAK OR COVID OUTBREAK. >> YOU KNOW, THE ONES WITH NO TIME.

>> GOAL THREE OF HEALTH CARE ACCESS IS SUPPORT EXPANSION OF ENHANCED ID PROGRAM IN SAN MARCOS AND PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THIS PORTION IS THE HEALTHY HAS IT COALITION, NOT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY WORK TO AGREE ON HEALTH IN HAYS COUNTY AND WILL FACILITATE INFORMATION ON THE ENHANCED ID PROGRAM WITH OTHER CITIES INCLUDING THE COST, RESOURCE, PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND OUTCOMES BY NOVEMBER 2023. KPIS INCLUDE CITIES PARTICIPATING IN THE DISCUSSION AND PROGRAM. A LOT OF TIMES OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION STRUGGLE THE MOST WITH NOT A SIMPLE IDENTIFICATION CARD.

IF WE CAN EXPAND THAT, THEY CAN APPLY FOR MORE PROGRAMS WHETHER IT'S COUNTY OR ORGANIZATIONS

LIKE COMMUNITY HEALTH OR HEALTH >> YOU KNOW NOW WON'T GET BY WITHOUT A COMMENT ON THAT ONE.

EXPLAIN FURTHER WHAT THIS ENHANCED ID IS. IS THIS A MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUE OR STATE ISSUED? WHAT'S IT USEFUL FOR, BESIDES

WHAT YOU DESCRIBED? >> IT CAN BE -- PRIMARILY MUNICIPAL LEVEL AND SAN MARCOS

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THEY CAN BE USE FOR SEVERAL THINGS OTHER THAN APPLICATIONS. IT CAN BE UNITED FOR ELECTIONS -- I BELIEVE SO; CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THAT IS A CONTENTION POINT FOR US AS A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION. WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE

I.D. TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE >> OKAY.Y NEED IT.- >> IS IT ALSO, DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH REGULAR I.D.S AT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT --

>> IN TRAVIS COUNTY, RIGHT, AUSTIN, WHERE THEY USE THEIR IDINGS FOR OTHER --

>> COALITION RECOGNIZES IS SOMETIMES ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED A LITTLE ASSISTANCE AND UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE SO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT, WHAT SAN MARCOS DID, COMPLETE A TEMPLATE AND DISCUSSION FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

>> MATT, JUST TO CLARIFY, ONLY IN TEXAS FOR VOTING.D. ARE VALI- >> PERFECT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU. >> NOT LOCAL OR MUNICIPAL, JUST

STATE AND FEDERAL. >> OKAY. SO AGAIN, PRIMARILY WE WOULD WANT TO EXPAND THIS FOR THE USE OF APPLICATION AND GETTING RESOURCES THAT INDIVIDUALS NEED HELP WITH. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE SEVERAL GOALS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES. GOAL ONE IS ESTABLISH AN INFORMATION-SHARING PROCESS CENTERED ON THE NEW HEALTHY HAZE COALITION. SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL ESTABLISH THE NEW HEALTHY HAYS COALITION WITH THE CURRENT STEERING COMMITTEE BY SEPTEMBER 2023. THOSE 45 PARTNERS WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT WILL FORM THE HEALTHY HAYS COALITION NEXT MONTH.

OBJECTIVE 2, THE COALITION WILL ESTABLISH PROCESSES FOR INFORMATION SHARING ACROSS ITS MEMBERSHIP BY NOVEMBER 2023. AS WE KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS OF LARGE SIZES CAN HAVE COMMUNICATION ISSUES SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR SHARING INFORMATION. OBJECTIVE 3 IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND PRINT CHANNELS TO DISTRIBUTE INFO BY JANUARY 2024. THE INTENDED AUDIENCE IS THE PUBLIC. AND SOME KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ARE IMPRESSIONS AND ENGAGEMENTS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK FROM PARTNERS AND CLIENTS, AND ATTENDANCE AT PROMOTED EVENTS. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE -- OH, THANK YOU.

BROADEN THE SCOPE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND COLLABORATION. OBJECTIVE ONE, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS INVITE NEW ORGANIZATIONS TO BE A PART OF THE HEALTHY HAYS ORGANIZATION BY AUGUST 2023.

ALTHOUGH WE'RE GONNA FORM IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL START INVITING MEMBERS TO HOPEFULLY JOIN US IN THE LATER PART OF SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. OBJECTIVE 2 IS DELIVERS ME SANING AND EDUCATION TO COMUNITY --S ME SANING AND EDUCATION TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS BY JANUARY 2024. THIS COMES OUT OF THE COMMUNITY CONTEXT ASSESSMENT AND REALLY DO BELIEVE Y'ALL ARE GREAT RESOURCE FOR THEM. JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONTACT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND JUST WANT TO MAKE PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND COMMUNICATE WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ARE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ACCEPT THE INVITATION, AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN GEOGRAPHIC AREA SO MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS FROM SAN MASCOTS, MAKING SURE DRIPPING SPRINGS AND WIMBERLEY REPRESENTED. AND CONTACT COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT CROSS-CUTTING THEME IS ACCESSIBILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. WE WOULD LIKE TO GATHER NEW PARTNERS TO COLLABORATE ON TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS. OBJECTIVE 1 IS COMMUNICATE WITH THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS TO LEARN WHAT TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND HOW THEY'RE OPERATED. AND THEN OBJECTIVE 2 IS IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND CURRENT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS OR BRING EXISTING PROGRAMS TO NEW AREAS BY MARCH 2024.

PRIMARILY THIS IS TALKING TO CARTS AND WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THE COUNTY, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH THROUGH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THEM BRING BETTER TRANSPORTATION HERE. INGALSBE MENTIONED EARLIER, LOOKING WHAT KYLE IS DOING WITH THE UBER PROGRAM, HOW TO IMPLEMENT HERE. THE DIRECTOR OF CLINICS DISCUSSED THE MHA PROGRAM AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY WAS GIVING FREE RIDES TO PATIENTS TO ACCESS CLINICS. IT'S LOOKING AT RESOURCES WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND INDIVIDUALS SERVED THROUGH THESE NEW SOLUTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS.

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>> MATTHEW, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE TALKED TO METRO BUT THINK THEY'RE THE SERVICE PROVIDER NOW FOR THE KYLE BUDA AREA BUT NEVER SEE THEIR BUSES OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING

INDICATING THEY'RE IN THE AREA. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, FYI. >> YEAH, DEFINITELY.

AND THAT'S DEFINITELY THE PART OF THE GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS INTERACTING HERE IN HAYS COUNTY WITH TRANSPORTATION. MAYBE WE CAN JUST SPARK A DISCUSSION.

I REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS LISTENING TO SOME PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TALK AND WERE TALKING HOW HEALTH DEPARTMENTS CAN SERVE AS FOCAL POINT FOR COMMUNICATION IN DIFFERENT SECTORS AS IT'S THE

MOST COMMONLY TRUSTED AT THIS POINT IN A COMMUNITY. >> I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE, IN COMMISSIONER COHEN, I KNOW, WE HAVE A SHARED CONSTITUENT WHO OFTEN CONTACTS MY OFFICE.

THERE ARE SOME HOLES IN THAT SERVICE AREA FOR CARTS AND CAT METRO THAT ARE POSED TO BE COVERED BY SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES BUT THEY'RE NOT AND EACH IMP LIMITED THE PROGRAM IN A CINCH WAY SO THERE ARE TRUE HOLES IN THERE, PHYSICAL HOLES BETWEEN STREET AND THOSE THINGS. SO IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN BE A PART OF A PROCESS TO HELP MORE CLEARLY DEFINE THAT -- BECAUSE WHEN YOU SPEAK TO EACH PROVIDING ENTITY, THEY SWEAR THAT -- I WILL USE THAT BUDA EXAMPLE -- THEY SWEAR THEY DON'T HAVE THE COVERAGE THERE AND IS THE ENTITY. YOU GO TO THE NEXT. WELL, WE SWEAR IT'S THE OTHER ENTITY. SO WHEN YOU TRY TO HELP, IT'S FRUSTRATING TO GET ASSISTANCE

WHEN YOU REALLY CAN'T. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> DEFINITELY, AND IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING THE DATA OUT THERE AND FIGURING OUT WHERE ARE HOLES ARE AT.

IF WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND PROVIDE A MAP AND SHOW OPTIONS, THAT'S A SERVICE THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM.

THAT'S SOMETHING THE COALITION CAN WORK ON. >> THE NEXT COST-CUTTING THEME IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEY CAN DETERMINE EFFECTIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSING STAKEHOLDERS AND INFLUENCERS, JUST SEEING WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE ON DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE BEST PRACTICES FOR HOUSING SHORTAGES.

BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE BEST WE HAVE SO FAR WITH THE LIMITED PARTNERS WE HAVE ABOUT OR WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH HOUSING. AND IN THE CONCLUSION, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED SEVERAL HEALTH DISPARITIES AS A RESULT OF RACIAL, SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL, OR GEOGRAPHY. THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, CHIP, IS THE BLUEPRINT TO ADDRESS, ALONG WITH THE WORK OF THE COALITION. SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEALTHY HAYS COALITION IS IMPORTANT TO WORK, AND THE CHIP REPRESENTS A HOLISTIC APPROACH CENTERED ON HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, NOT JUST THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR MUNICIALITIES. IT WILL TAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF HAYS COUNTY.

WE HAVE A GREAT START. WE ARE RANKED THE FIFTH-HEALTHIEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS SO WE HAVE SOME AREA OF IMPROVEMENT AND ARE DOING GOOD.

>> COMMISSIONERS? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERS, STARTING ON THIS SIDE?

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? >> WELL, MATTHEW, THANK YOU. AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WAS A REALLY INFORMATIVE DOCUMENT YOU PROVIDED US AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN TAKING THESE INITIATIVES AND MOVING THEM FORWARD BECAUSE AS WE CAN SEE, THOSE NUMBERS THAT WERE SHARED, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND A LOT OF FOLKS THAT NEED THE HELP. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY, AS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, TO HELP PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND TAMMY AND EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN ALLOWING YOU TO MOVE THESE INITIATIVES FORWARD SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP AND PARTICIPATE IN. PLEASE KNOW THAT I'M AVAILABLE

AND READY TO DO THAT. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN?

>> YES. SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT -- I SEE IT ONLINE. "YEAH. THAT IS RIGHT.

THAT SOUNDS RIGHT." BUT I ALSO SEE SUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A COUNTY TO HELP IN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT

WITHOUT DATA. >> YEAH. >> DATA IS VERY IMPORTANT SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I KNOW THIS WAS A PASSION PROJECT FOR YOU AND TO SEE IT COME, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED TO US TODAY IS WONDERFUL AND LIKE

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THAT IS WHAT MY OFFICE IS ABOUT AND WHAT I'M ABOUT. WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT YOUR LIFE LESS STRESSFUL AND GET YOU ITEM YOU NEED? YOU SEE IT IN THE LATEST SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES ALL OVER THE COUNTY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT TURNED OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR CHILDREN AND BACKPACKS AND CLOTHES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO SPEND MOST OF THEIR MONEY ON HOUSING AND GROCERIES, RIGHT? SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP EVERYONE IN THAT CAPACITY, WE SHOULD TRY.

ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL?

>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW, FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS, AND I KNOW IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO AND THE REST OF THE TEAM THERE SO THANK YOU SO

MUCH. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. >> I JUST -- I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME LIGHT READING IF ANYBODY NEED TO GO SLEEP AND WANT TO READ THE WHOLE 94-PAGE REPORT BUT LOOK FORWARD TO DIGGING INTO IT ONCE IT'S FINAL PREPARED AND THOSE THINGS. I HOPE WE MAKE IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE, READY AVAILABLE, AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO USE THAT TOOL ARE GOING TO BE GIVING THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO PROVIDERS AS THEY LOOK FOR EXPANSION OF SERVICES IN HAYS COUNTY TO SEE WHERE THEY CAN TRULY TARGET AND TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE NODES; BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE BEST DATA THEY HAVE, I THINK, IS A LOT OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND TRUE POPULATION DATA THEY'RE GETTING FROM OUR ISDS AS FAR AS WHAT THOSE AGE CATEGORIES ARE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

BUT WHENEVER THEY THEY'RE TARGETING THOSE FACILITIES IN THE HIGH-GROWTH AREAS, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE HIGH NEED AREAS. SO IF WE CAN SHOW THOSE PROVIDERS OR THOSE GROUPS OF PROVIDERS WHERE THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESSES INTO HIGH-NEED AREAS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE POPULATION GROWTH WE'RE SEEING IN SOME OF THE AREAS OF THE COUNTY, IT MAY HELP US TARGET SOME OF THOSE THOSE UNDERSERVED POPULATION

WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE. >> DEFINITELY. I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.

>> I GET TO CLOSE DOWN THE CONVERSATION BY SAYING COMMISSIONER SMITH USED THE WORD "OPPORTUNITY. SEVERAL TIMES AND COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

COMMISSIONER COHEN POINTED OUT THESE DEFICIENCIES, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

AND I SEE THESE DEFICIENCIES AS TONS. I AGREE 100% WITH WHAT THEY HAVE SAID. I SEE THESE DEFICIENCIES AS OPPORTUNITIES.

I'M AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST AND I SAY IF WE'RE DOING IT, ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

AND IF WE'RE NOT, ALL RIGHT, GREAT, BECAUSE WE GET TO SHAPE IT AND SAY THE TIME IS NOW.

THE COMMUNITY IS READY. WE ARE IN A PLACE OF CREATION. I CALL IT CO-CREATION BUT DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THAT. WE'RE IN A PLACE OF CREATION TO SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE, REGARDLESS OF THE MAPS, REGARDLESS OF THE ADDRESSES, THEIR EDUCATION, OR ANYTHING ELSE. WE GET THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING PEOPLE IN WAY THAT ARE WHOLESOME, MOST COMPLETE, MOST NEEDED, AND BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE

AND HONOR OF SHAPING IT. SO THANK YOU. >> JUDGE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I JUST WANT TO ADD -- SORRY, TAMMY CRUMBLY, COUNTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ON. I APPRECIATE IT. FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, MATTHEW MENTIONED WE HAVE 45 COMMUNITY PARTNERS INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THIS SURVEY; AND ONLY 12 CHOSE TO BE INVOLVED. AND I THINK FOR THE COURT, IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US, FOR YOU GUYS, TO ENCOURAGE ANY ORGANIZATIONS YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH TO HELP US FULFILL THESE GOAL. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM. TO FULFILL THOSE, WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION.

>> WHAT WE LIKE TO DO, TAMMY -- I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU 100%, AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT BECAUSE I ALSO SAW THAT DISAPPOINTING SLIDE. ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL US WHICH 12 -- I SAY LET'S PRAISE IN PUBLIC AND REPRIMAND IN PRIVATE -- WHICH 12 DID PROVIDE

FEEDBACK? >> I AM NOT. I DON'T HAVE THE SURVEY LIST.

>> THAT'S OKAY. THAT WOULD BE USEFUL. IF YOU COULD E-MAIL MY LIST OF -- IN THIS CASE -- THE 45 AND THOSE THAT PROVIDED THE SUPPORT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE.

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SO IF YOU MAKE THAT LIST AVAILABLE TO US, E-MAIL IT TO THE COURT, WE WOULD LOOK AT IT AND INSTEAD OF SAYING "SOMEONE CALL 911," WE WILL BE ABLE TO POINT TO SOMEONE AND SAY, "YOU CALL 911." THAT'S MORE CHARGED AND SPECIFIC AND THINK WE COULD ELICIT A

RESPONSE BASED ON YOUR REQUEST. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I WANT TO ADD ONE LAST THING.

I'M SUPER SORRY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TAMMY, WHO HELPED US OUT WITH THIS AND SHOWED A LOT OF LEADERSHIP; BUT ALSO TO LISA GRIFFIN, BUDGET AND OPERATIONS LEADER OUT OF COUNTY OPERATION, AUSTIN, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST, AND OUR OTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST EMILY, WHO HELPED LEAD THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT.

I COULDN'T DO IT ALONE SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THEIR HELP.

THIS IS JUST THE START AND THE ONE PART OF OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS.

WE'LL START THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SOON AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN SOON.

>> I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW AS WELL WHEN YOU CALL THESE MEETINGS OUT -- BECAUSE SOME

DOTS ON THOSE PICTURES WERE MINE -- THERE ARE DELICIOUSA. >> THE EDGE EDGE AVERAGE RESEARCH RAISIN COOKIES AND DRINKS AND SNACKS THERE. IF NOTHING ELSE, GET A COOL

SNACK. >> YES. >> YOU HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB

AND THANK YOU AGAIN. >> THANK Y'ALL. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, MATT. >>

>> EXACTLY RIGHT. BASED ON OUR POPULATION IN THE COURT AND READINESS, I WILL ASK

[K4. Discussion and possible action to consider the creation of a Justice Court, Precinct 2 Place 2 under Chapter 27 of the Texas Government Code. COHEN]

WE OPEN K4. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7, 2023, FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING TO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

>> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT IS CUSTOMARY TO HEAD TO

THE SPONSORING COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU. AS DIRECTED BY THE COURT LAST WEEK, WE WERE ASKED TO CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH WE DID, INCLUDING MYSELF, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, JUDGE BRYANT, AND JUDGE SMITH. WE COLLECTIVELY FEEL THE CREATION OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PLACE 2 IS NOT ONLY NEEDED BUT NECESSARY.

THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT HAS OCCURRED IN PRECINCT 2 IS UNPRECEDENTED AND CONTINUING TO GROW. I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD SEVERAL VOICE AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS FROM OUR JPS AND OUR CONSTABLE TORRES AS WELL. I BELIEVE HE SENT A LETTER TO EVERYONE AS WELL. YOU KNOW, VOICING HIS SUPPORT FOR THIS.

I ALSO, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER JUDGE SMITH IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE SHE'S IN AN INQUEST, SHE'S HAVING TO PULL FROM OTHER JPS WHO ARE COMING AWAY FROM THEIR DISTRICTS. THIS ISN'T -- THIS IS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE CURRENT SITUATION WE'RE IN, IN PRECINCT 2. THIS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED A FEW YEARS BACK, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE SO MY GOAL IS TO HELP WITH THE GROWING NEED WITHIN MY PRECINCT AREA.

AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THIS AND TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER DISTRICTS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT MIGHT NOT BE A PLAN FOR US IN THE FUTURE BUT THINK THAT IS GOING TO TAKE INQUIRY FROM THE COURT TO SEE WHERE LINES WOULD BE BUT WITH THIS, IT'S ADDRESSING THE NEED WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN OUR PRECINCT AND THINK THIS IS THE SOLUTION FOR THAT. JUDGE SMITH, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?

>> WE HAVE JUDGE BETH SMITH AT THE PODIUM AND IF YOU WILL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE

FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >> BETH SMITH, JUDGE AT PRECINCT 2.

I WANT TO THANK DR. COHEN AND COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. WE DID -- JUDGE BRYANT.

WE DID HAVE OUR MEETING AND SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM AND DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD QUESTIONS. REDISTRICTING WOULD NOT HELP AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AT ALL. IT'S THE POPULATION INCREASE AND I DO HAVE A THIRD OF THE CASE CASE LOAD IN THE COUNTY. .

137 INQUESTS IS WAY TOO MANY FOR ONE JP. ELAH USE LAST WEEK AS AN EXAMPLE. I TOLD EVERYBODY I WOULD BE OUT FOR THREE DAYS AND WAS.

I GOT BACK ON THURSDAY MORNING AND HAD FOUR INQUESTS THURSDAY, TWO AT A TIME AT LUNCHTIME, AND

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JUST LOCATION-WISE. FOR THE POPULATION GROWTH. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. SO, YES, I GUESS THE COURT DID DIRECT US LAST COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING LAST WEEK, AND ASKED THAT WE GET WITH JUDGES BRYANT AND SMITH AND TALK ABOUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION. I THINK WE WANTED INPUT FROM THE JUDGES REGARDING HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS EFFORT. THEY GAVE US THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS MOVE FORWARD WITH CREATION OF A POSITION AND NOT AN ADDITIONAL PRECINCT. SO WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, I FELT COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD AND THAT'S WHERE'RE AT TODAY, JUDGE, BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE COURT AS DIRECTED AND UP FOR

DISCUSSION. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

THANKS, JUDGE SMITH. I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE GROWTH YOU'RE MENTIONING IN PRECINCT 2 IS THE FASTEST GROWING PART OF THE COUNTY AND APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS. I THINK I SAID IT LAST TIME THAT WE HAVE AMAZING JPS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN ABLE TO COVER FOR PEACH OTHER.

THEY GET ALONG AND WORK HARD. THEIR LINES ARE THERE BUT DON'T MATTER WHEN OTHERS ARE NEEDED AND HELP OUT, AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN TO ALL THE JPS, JUDGE BRYANT HERE, AND ALL OF THEM, I KNOW IT'S TOUGH IN A FAST-GROWING COUNTY DOING THE INQUEST.

I KNOW IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART AND SOMETHING I WOULD NEVER WANT TO DO.

I'M GLAD THERE ARE PEOPLE WILLING TO DO IT SINCE THEY ARE AWAKENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SO RECOGNIZING THAT AND APPRECIATE THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND WORK BEING DONE TO COME FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. WHAT WOULD THE BUDGET CONSIDERATION BE? WHAT WOULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT BESIDES THE POSITION FOR PRECINCT 2, PLACE 2 JP? AND WHAT PROCESS MOVING FORWARD ARE WE EXPECTING AS FAR AS COMING FOR APPOINTMENTS? WILL THAT SUBCOMMITTEE BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS? WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE?

>> VICKI HAS SET ASIDE MONEY. I HAVE SPOKEN AND SHE HAS SOME MONEY SHE'S PUT ASIDE AND CONSTABLE TORRES IS HERE TO EXPLAIN. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T

THANK JUDGE BURNS FOR COMING TO KYLE. >> APPRECIATE THAT, JUDGE

BURNS. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER, COURT, JUDGE.

I WANT TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE FOR THE LAST RODEO AND BROUGHT MY HORSE AND

SADDLE. >> WE LOVE IT. TELL THE VIEWING PUBLIC YOUR

NAME AND TITLE. >> THAT WAS COMING UP. CONSTABLE TORRES, PRECINCT 2 CONSTABLE. I'M IN SUPPORT OF CREATION OF JP 22 AS WELL.

MY CONCERN IS STAFFING. WE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL STAFF AT THE BUILDING AND RECOGNIZES MINIMUM TO --

>> THERE IS NO EAST SIDE FACILITY. WHEN WE BUILD ONE, THERE WILL BE

A NEED TO STAFF IT. >> WOULD THERE BE OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCIATED

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WITH THE POSITION? >> FOR OUR OFFICE OR JP 2? >> FOR JP 2, YOU KNOW, PLACE 2.

WOULD THERE BE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WHETHER IT'S STAFFING, ANYTHING WE'RE FORESEEING IN THE

NEAR TERM? >> WE NEED A CLERK AND COULD BE WILLING TO LET ONE OF MY CLERKS TRAIN AND LET THEM WORK A WHILE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, TO HELP SET UP.

THEY'RE GREAT AND WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NOT THAT THEY HAVE TO SIT IN BUT FOR WALK INS, ABSOLUTELY. A JUDGE SHOULD NOT TAKE CASES AND THEN HEAR THEM SO IF SOMEBODY GOES TO FILE FOR AN EVICTION, A COLLECTI BE THERE.

WE DON'T SEE THEM BEFORE THE COURT. >> COMMISSION KERR SHELL, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IF MOTION IS APPROVED TODAY, THAT COMMISSION KERR INGALSBE AND I WILL CONTINUE ON THE COMMITTEE GOING FORWARD AND WORKING WITH HR TO POST A POSITION FOR TWO WEEKS AND ASK FOR APPLICANT AND REVIEW WITH HR. WE WILL COME BACK TO THE COURT

AFTER THAT. >> RECOMMENDATION. >> A RECOMMENDATION, YES.

>> THANK YOU. THANKS, COMMISSIONER. >> I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A --

>> I MAY HAVE A QUESTION FOR GENERAL COUNSEL HERE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>> THANK YOU. ON THE BUDGET CYCLE OR THE BUDGET SIDE, I WOULD ASSUME -- IT COMES TO, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS -- I SUPPORT A NEW POSITION AND THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF OFFICE SPACE OR FACILITY OUTSIDE THE CURRENT PRECINCT 2 OFFICE.

BUDGETING FOR THAT IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE AND LOOKING IN THE AREA.

INPUT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DISCUSSION WHATSOEVER, AS THOSE APPLICANTS COME IN, IF I COULD JUST GET A COPY OF THOSE RESUMES AND THOSE THINGS TO REVIEW TO TALK TO SOME CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE AS I STATED THE OTHER DAY, JUDGE SMITH LIVES IN MY PRECINCT.

I HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS IN MOUNTAIN CITY. I WANT TO MAKE SURETY SOME

ADEQUATE INPUT AS. >> YOU DO, WE DO HAVE INPUT AS THE DECIDER, DECISION-MAKERS, BY MAKING THAT MOTION TO SUPPORT WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION THEY BRING FORTH AND AM SURE IT WILL BE A GOOD SOUND, BASED ON SKILL SETS, ETC., A RECOMMENDATION. I TOTALLY TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU, TOTALLY, AND COMPLETELY TRUST THE JUDGMENT OF MY COLLEAGUES.

AS THOSE RESUMES COME IN, HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT POSSIBLY TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE I CAN TALK TO THESE TWO JUDGES AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE CONCERNS MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE OR ANY, YOU KNOW, POSITIVES OR NEGATIVES OR ANYTHING EL ELSE, BEING ABLE TO DISCUSS IT WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I CAN DO THAT AND WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER INPUT, EVEN IF I DON'T OFFER. Y'ALL WILL COME BACK WITH WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION YOU WANT. I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

SHARE THAT WITH JUDGE PRINT AND JUDGE SMITH. >> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR EVERY

COURT MEMBER TO VIEW THE APPLICATIONS. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, IF WE CAN HELP ENSURE THE COURT GETS THE APPLICATIONS AS THEY COME IN, THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THE

CONCERN? >> OKAY. >> THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE

THERE'S AN ADDED LEVEL OF COMFORT. >> CAN WE ADD -- JUDGE SMITH DO

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YOU MIND BEING THE REPOSITORY OF COMMENTS RELATED TO THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE JPS TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> SURE.

>> I THINK ALL OF US UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT WHAT MAKES A GOOD JP.

>> GOOD, GOOD. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID YOU'RE STANDING FOR? I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU GUYS

OFF. >> I DON'T THINK SO. I HADN'T SPOKEN TO YOU OR COMMISSIONER SHELL OR COMMISSIONER SMITH AND DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ADDITIONAL

QUESTIONS. >> WELL, I PERSONALLY SAID THIS THE FIRST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT. BASED ON THE PIECES THAT WERE -- DID WAS READY TO GO ON WITHOUT SAYING IT BUT WILL SAY IT. BASED ON THE PIECES CONVEYED AS CONCERNS, MEANING THE REPRESENTATION OF THE FOOTPRINT AND THE NUMBER OF INQUESTS THAT YOU RECEIVE, 137 INQUESTS, FOR EXAMPLE; MY OPINION -- BUT I'M THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE IN MY FAMILY SO I WAS RAISED TO DO AS A TEAM, RIGHT? I'M OF THE OPINION I HAVEN'T HEARD A REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T CREATE A PRECINCT TO CAPTURE, SAY, FROM THE HOSPITAL, A SMALL FOOTPRINT TO HELP WITH THAT LOA.

AND BE A SPECIFIC FOOTPRINT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE SPECIFIC WAY TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS YOU RAISED. BUT THIS IS JUST A MATTER OF OPINION.

I BELIEVE PRECINCT WILL BE MORE IMPACTFUL WITH WHAT YOU COME TO THIS BODY WITH AS A CONCERN, AS THE POLICYMAKERS OF THE COU COUNTY. IT'S JUST PRECINCT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN PLACE, IN MY OPINION, TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS; BUT THAT'S ENOUGH TO

SPEAK OF IT THAT WAY. >> OH, I CAN'T RESPOND TO THAT. MOST OF THE INQUESTS COME FROM SEATON SO THAT WOULD -- NO MATTER WHICH DISTRICT OR PRECINCT YOU PUT SEATON IN WOULD

STILL BE OVERLOADED WITH INQUESTS. >> JUDGE, I WOULD -- IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME LAST WEEK, I WOULD SAY I WOULD AGREE AT YOU; BUT LOOKING AT THE BOUNDARIES AS IT IS, THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN ONCE I DID THE RESEARCH.

NO MATTER WHOMEVER END UP IF WE WERE TO SPLIT THOSE PRECINCTS SEATON UNTIL ADDITINAL FACILITIES ARE ON THE CORRIDOR OR OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY, THAT SPECIFIC JP IS GOING TO HAVE FAR MORE INQUESTS THAN ANYBODY ELSE. SO I COULDN'T SEE A WAY TO SPLIT THOSE AND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT I CONSIDERED EQUITABLE FASHION.

>> THE PRISON REPORTS. >> YEAH. >> RIGHT ON.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YEAH. >> I WASN'T GOING TO ADD THAT

BUT WAS ASKED SO ALL YOURS FOR THE MOTION. >> THE JUDGE WOULD --

>> YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, SIR? >> I'M JOHN BURNS, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN PRECINCT 4, WHICH IS BASICALLY WIMBERLEY -- NOT WIMB WIMBERLEY.

THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. I HAVE EXTENSIONS FROM MY PRECINCT THAT REACH DOWN TOWARD KYLE AND BUDDHA. I TYPICALLY DO FIVE TO SEVEN INQUESTS A YEAR THERE AND MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO JUDGE BRYANT AND JUDGE SMITH I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP. PART OF THE CHALLENGE COMES THAT DRIPPING SPRINGS IS AN AWFUL LONG WAY FROM ASCENSION-SEATON, AND IF I GET CALLED, I TAKE THAT CALL; BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME AT LEAST AN HOUR TO GET THERE, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GONNA TIE UP A HOSPITAL BED BECAUSE THAT PERSON, THAT DECEASED PERSON, CAN'T BE MOVED. WE'RE GONNA TIE UP LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STAY ON THE SCENE. WE'RE GOING TO TIE UP HOSPITAL STAFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STAY ON THE SCENE DURING THE TIME IT TAKES ME TO TRANSIT ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE. LAST YEAR I DID A RECORD HIGH NUMBER OF INQUESTS FOR PRECINCT 4, 56. MY PRE SO SORT SAID HE DID 20 TO 25 -- PREDECESSOR SAID HE DID 20 TO 25 A YEAR AND IS SHOWING GROWTH BUT NOTHING LIKE THE 35 CORRIDOR.

WE HAVE HEARD COMMENTS FROM CHRISTUS HOSPITAL ABOUT THE CHALLENGES ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35 AND COMMENTS FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE HEARD COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONER COHEN ABOUT HOW HER CONSTITUENTS HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING TRANSPORTATION.

IT WOULD DO NO GOOD, IN MY OPINION, TO REPRECINCT THE AREA BETWEEN ME AND SOUTH.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF OPEN FARMLAND AND YOU CAN GIVE ME ANOTHER 500-ACRES OF REAL ESTATE.

I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THERE. NO ONE LIVES IN THAT AREA. I DON'T THINK REDISTRICTING OR REALIGNING IS THE ANSWER. I THINK A PLACE 2 IS A BETTER SOLUTION AND MY LAST TWO

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THEY WEREN'T FROM HER PRECINCT BUT BECAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY FACILITIES THERE, THEY WERE BROUGHT THERE AND WERE MADE HER PROBLEM. SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CREATING A PRECINCT 2, PLACE 2 POSITION, AND I THINK IT'S NECESSARY AND DON'T THINK DEDISTRICTING OR REALIGNMENT WILL DO GOOD BECAUSE PRECINCT 3 AND PREDICT 4 GOT A LOT OF OPEN SPACE UP THERE. HOPEFULLY IT STAYS THAT WAY BUT IS A DIFFERENT STORY.

>> JUDGE, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CLARIFY WHAT THE PRECINCT COMMENT THAT I MADE BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A MISUNDERSTANDING FLOATING OUT THERE.

MY IDEA OF CREATING THE PRECINCT, A NEW PRECINCT, IS TO LEAVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY ALONE BUT CARVE OUT A SECTION WITHIN PRECINCT 2, TO DIMINISH THE LOAD.

IN OTHER WORDS, ALL THE OTHER JPS ARE LEFT UNTOUCHED BUT SIMPLY TO CREATE A DEDICATED, IN THAT SAME PRECINCT TWO SPOT, A DEDICATED SUPPORT TEAM WITH THE GEOGRAPHICAL DESIGNATION FROM CARINGTON CORNER TO 35 UP TO THE HOSPITAL AND THAT'S IT. JUST A SMALL FOOTPRINT BECAUSE THE HOSPITAL IS IN, SADLY, A CENTER OF HIGH TRAFFIC. IT WAS THAT INTENT, EXCLUSIVELY, TO CARVE OUT A SMALL PRECINCT WITHIN THAT SPACE I JUST DESCRIBED BUT LEAVING ALL THE

OTHER JPS UNTOUCHED. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. >> THAT'S FINE.

I APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO SAY THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS PRECINCT 6 OR PLACE 2 AND THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS -- STAYS PRECINCT 2 BECAUSE THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WE'RE FAC FACING, UNFORTUNATELY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> AND JUDGE, TO CLARIFY AS WELL, GIVEN THE FACILITIES WE KNOW ARE COMING IN TO THE SOUTH AUSTIN/NORTH BUDA AREA, INEVITABLY BE IN TRAVIS COUNTY. I FULLY ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WE WILL HAVE THIS SAME CONVERSATION RELATIVE TO PRECINCT 5 AND I KNOW JUDGE BRYANT CHUCKLES WHEN I SAY THAT.

AS WE WORK THROUGH ISSUES, HOPEFULLY WHEN THAT DAY COMES, IT WILL BE AN EASIER

TRANSITION BECAUSE WE WILL KNOW HOW TO DO THEN. >> AND AS NEW BUILDINGS COME ONLINE, I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU DRAW A LINES WE WOULDN'T.

>> AUTHORIZE THE HAYS COUNTY HEWLETT RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN RECRUITING PROCESS OF FILLING THE NEW JUSTICE OF THE PEACE VACANCY FOR COURT FOR POSTING THE NEWLY RELATED POSITION FOR TWO WEEKS TO MODIFY THE PREVIOUSLY CREATED COMMITTEE FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF YOUR VIEWING SIXTHS RECEIVED FOR THE NEWLY CREATED POSITION AND THEREAFTER RETURNING WITH CANDIDATE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MODIFIED COMMITTEE WOULD INCLUDE COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, HAYS COUNTY HR DIRECTOR MILLER, AND MYSELF.

>> OKAY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECON. CHIGGER SMCOMMISSIONER SMITH?

>> FOR BUDGED TEAR PURPOSE, I DO THINK -- AND I THINK SMITH MENTIONED THIS -- THAT NEW COURT WOULD NEED A JUSTICE CLERK AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT GRADE THAT WOULD BE.

WOULD IT BE A FRIENDLY MODIFICATION TO MAKE SURE WE AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISH.

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OF THE JUSTICE CLERK POSITION? IS THAT NEEDED? >> I WOULD THINK WE WOULD DO

THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. >> THAT'S MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION.

I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE DO THIS CORRECTLY. >> VERY GOOD.

>> JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT 2, PLACE 2. WE CAN ESTABLISH THE POSITIONS WITH AN OPERATING BUDGET AT THE TIME THAT YOU DECIDE ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT.

>> PERFECT. >> ELECTED OFFICIAL. >> OKAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> YES, SIR.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. CONVERSATION. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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

>> YES. >> SHELL? >> YES.

>> INGALSBE? >> YES. >> JUDGE?

>> YES. AND THAT >> BAM BAM. AND WE ARE BACK FROM A SHORT

[L1. 11:00 a.m. - Budget Workshop regarding the Fiscal Year 2024 budget. Possible action may follow. BECERRA/DORSETT]

PLEASE OPEN THAT AGENDA ITEM. >> LET'S SEE. >> L1.

11:00 A.M. BUDGET WORKSHOP REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET.

POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW. >> GOOD MORNING. I HAVE SERGEANT DURAND HERE TO TALK TO THE COURT ON BEHALF OF THE VPS. THIS WAS NOT SUBMITTED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET REQUEST SO IT'S NOT IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, EITHER.

THERE IS A REQUEST FOR AN THE BASE SALARY IS $38 $38,155, AND TOTAL WITH FRINGE WOULD BE $58,531. IS SERGEANT WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THOSE NEEDS WITH YOU THIS

MORNING. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU.

IF YOU WILL, STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >> SERGEANT FREDDY DURAND, DPI 6 HIGHWAY PATROL. HOW YOU DOING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS? TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL CREATED A NEW POSITION IN HAYS COUNTY. WE HAVE MADE THE SCALE HOUSE AND FULL-TIME OPERATION. THE OPERATION ITSELF IS BEING FEDERALLY FUNNED FOR FOUR NEW TROOPERS AND FOUR NEW CIVILIANS TO BE POSTED AT THE FACILITY. WHAT WAS NOT IN THE FUNNING IS FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN THE FUNDING. AS IN PREVIOUS WITH OUR HIGHWAY PATROL AND PREVIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE STATIONS HERE, WE HAVE HAD A COUNTY EMPLOYEE AS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SO I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT TODAY. WE HAVE BEEN OPERATIONAL A COUPLE MONTHS ALREADY AND FROM THE NEEDS, THERE IS A NEED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE VOLUME OF INSPECTIONS WE'RE PRODUCING. WITH EVERYTHING WE DO, THE SCALES BELONG TO COUNTY SO PUBLIC SAFETY ALONE, WE'RE SEEING ABOUT 50% TO 70% OUT-OF-RATE RATIO. JUST TO BREAK THAT DOWN, WE'RE TAKING UNSAFE VEHICLES, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT SHOULDN'T BE OPERATE ON THE ROADWAY, OFF THE ROAD RIGHT OFF OF 35 OR BEING PULLED INTO THE SCALE HOUSE. REVENUE ALONE, OF COURSE, THAT IS A WHOLE 'NOTHER ISSUE. THAT IS GOING TO -- WELL, NOT ALL OF IT -- A GOOD PORTION IS GOING TO THE COUNTY. WITH BEING OPEN, WE ARE CONSTANTLY ONCE AGAIN FOR SAFETY AND REVENUE, WE'RE SEEING A BIG INCREASE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.

>> NOW, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO TELL YOU WE, AS A BODY -- JUST BECAUSE I KNOW OUR COURT, WE ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF EVERYTHING DPS IS DOING. I WILL ASK, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE ARE FISCAL CONSERVATIVES AS WELL, SINCE YOU SAID THOSE POSITIONS ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED, WHAT ABOUT STATE SUPPORT TO HELP US WITH THIS REQUEST OF YOURS? SOME KIND OF SPLIT POTENTIAL?

>> THE STATE -- ON THE STATE PART, WILL PROVIDE NATURAL FACILITY, COMPUTERS, DESKS, AND THE MEANS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. ALL WE'RE ASKING IS FUNDING ON

THE BUDGET AND EMPLOYEE ITSELF. >> GOOD. YOU HAVE ARTICULATED THE SUPPORT. GOOD! COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

>> I'M NOT SURE THAT I REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTION OR ANY QUESTIONS, JUDGE.

I APPRECIATE THE SCALE HOUSE IS UP AND RUNNING AND SO WHAT ARE THOSE HOURS?

>> RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE STAFFED WITH FOUR TROOPERS OPERATING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WE'RE FLEXING THE HOURS ON AVERAGE 6:00 TO 4: 4:00 BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAIN HOURS OF THE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. AS WE GET FULLY STAFFED AND DEVELOPED WHERE WE'RE TRAINING EVERYBODY, WE'RE GONNA FLEX THE HOURS TO WEEKENDS AND NIGHTS; AND IT IS UP TO ME, ACCORDING TO WHAT WE SEE DEEMED AS NECESSARY FOR THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE

TRAFFIC. >> OKAY, AND SO YOU SAID YOU HAVE BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR A

COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW? >> CORRECT, SINCE MAY. >> OKAY.

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AND THERE MAY BE SOME OFF DAYS OR WHATEVER, BUT OKAY. AND SO -- ONE MORE TIME; WHEN DID YOU SAY YOU WOULD BE FULLY OPERATIONAL ONCE THE TRAINING IS COMPLETE?

WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING? >> SO OUT OF THE FOUR TROOPERS THAT WERE ASSIGNED, THAT TRANSFERRED IN, TWO WERE CERTIFIED; TWO WERE NOT. RECENTLY I HAD ONE GO THROUGH CERTIFICATION AGAIN LAST WEEK AND IS NOW COMPLETED. HE FINISHED HIS INSPECTIONS, HIS INITIAL; SO THAT MAKES THREE CERTIFIED FEDERAL STATE TROOPER. MY FOURTH HAS ACTUALLY BECOME MY CORPORATE THIS PAST WEEK WILL GO TO TRAINING IN NOVEMBER SO IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING THEM INTO

THE CLASSES. >> OKAY. >> I HAD A TRANSFER IN TO AS A CIVILIAN INSPECTOR SO THAT WILL PUT US AT FIVE INSPECTORS AND JUST GOT THE APPROVAL TO HIRE -- NOT THE APPROVAL BUT HR APPROVAL -- FOR THE SIXTH ONE TO BE HIRED WITH TWO MORE POSITIONS TO BE FILLED. SO JUST LIKE STAFFING ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE AND ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF KEEPING THEM AT THE LOCATION.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S UNCONTROLLABLE WITH ME. IF THEY WANT TO TRANSFER OUT, THEY CAN; BUT WE WILL OPEN THE TRANSFERS AND ALLOW POSITIONS TO BE FILLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> AND THOSE CITATIONS USUALLY GO TO PRECINCT 2? >> CORRECT, PRECINCT 2.

THAT'S THE WAY WE HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST THROUGH THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE.

SCHNARRS COMMERCIAL-WISE, THE LAST 12 YEAR WE HAVE DONE THAT. >>TY RECALL, JUDGE, MANY YEAR AGO THOSE WERE GOING TO JUDGE BETH SMITH AND THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WAS GENERATED WAS HUGE. YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> YES, MA'AM. >> WE JUST FORTIFIED THAT PRECINCT WITH 100% -- WE HAVE DOUBLED THE PORT, JPS FOR THAT PRECINCT, SO THAT WILL BE READY

FOR THAT. >> I GUESS OUT OF PROCEDURE, I GUESS WE WOULD TAKE THIS REQUEST AND THEN VICKI, YOU WOULD PLACE IT ON YOUR LIST TO WHERE -- YEAH, WE WOULD THEN GO DOWN AND -- YEAH, VOTE YES OR NO ON -- YEA. THANKS.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN? >> WELL, THANKS, JUDGE, FOR BRINGING THAT ONE POINT UP ABOUT SPLITTING THE COSTS. I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THE EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT -- SO THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. WHERE'S THE PERSON GOING TO BE HOUSED FROM?

>> THEY WILL BE HOUSED OUT OF SAN MARCOS OFFICE OFF THE ACCESS ROAD ON 35.

WE DO -- WE ARE LITTLE BIT ON A TIGHT BIND BUT DO HAVE SOME SPACE AVAILABLE; IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MOVING SOME PERSONNEL AROUND TO MAKE THAT, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

>> WHAT KIND OF WORK ARE THEY ACTUALLY GONNA BE DOING? LIKE WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR? >> WHERE I SAW THE NEED AND THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WAS CURRENTLY, WE ARE SENDING OVER OUR TICKETS TO JP 2. SO BECAUSE THE FEDERAL SIDE OF THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION REQUIRES A WHOLE DIFFERENT CODING AND THAT GOES INTO THE CODING OF ODYSSEY, THERE'S A NEED FOR THEM TO ENTER THE TICKETS, PROPERLY CREATE, THE TICKETS, DOCUMENTATION, APPEARANCES BEFORE THE COURT, FOLLOWING UP, CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ON DAY-TO-DAY FILING FOR MY

EMPLOYEES OF THEIR WEEKLIES AND CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS. >> CURRENTLY YOUR STAFF IS

HAVING TO DO ALL THAT? >> CORRECT. I'M ACTUALLY HAVING TO DO THAT.

IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS FOR ME BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF JP 2, IT'S EASIER.

IT'S JUST HAVING TO COMMUNICATE BECAUSE ON THE JP SIDE, THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE CLERKS ARE HAVING TO LEARN THIS A LITTLE MORE AND SEE A LOT MORE TICKETS WITH DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS THEY HADN'T

SEEN IN THE PAST. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE, BUT MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE -- AND I GET THIS CONSTITUENT QUESTION, IF NOT -- MAYBE NOT DAILY BUT WEEKLY.

WE MAY HAVE SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR YOU, BUT SOME TYPE OF PRESENCE OR ADDITIONAL PRESENCE ON THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY WHERE Y'ALL CAN STATION OUT OF, IF THAT'S A NEED, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IDENTIFYING FACILITY SUCH AS THAT IN THAT DRIPPING SPRINGS/WIMBERLEY AREA, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE GROWTH AND THE PRESENCE THAT Y'ALL HAVE ON 290 OUT THERE. BUT THE QUESTION I GET, LIKE I SAID, AT LEAST ON A WEEKLY BASIS, IS -- I KNOW THIS MAY NOT BE YOUR SPECIFIC DIVISION.

BUT LOOKING AT THE DRIVER'S LICENSE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN HAYS COUNTY, THE ONLY ONE THAT WE HAVE IS IN SAN MARCOS. RESIDENTS IN THAT NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, THEY EITHER GO TO AUSTIN OR DRIVE AS FAR AS MARBLE FALLS TO GET AN APPOINTMENT. I KNOW THAT THROUGH SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE COUNTY IS DOING WITH OUR TAX INCREMINMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE WITH DRIPPING

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IF THAT WERE THE CASE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH YOURSELF AND THE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY, TO TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE OFFICE AND POSSIBLY A SUBSTATION THERE TO HOUSE ONE OR TWO OF YOUR PERSONNEL.

>> CORRECT. JUST TO ADDRESS THAT, SIR -- SO THE GOOD THING ABOUT MY DUTY STATION IS THE SCALE HOUSE WAS CURRENTLY -- WAS IN PAST STAFF BY THE CB OFFICE SO IT TOOK TROOP TERSE OFF THE ROAD TO HAVE TO STAFF THE SCALE HOUSE. NOW WITH US BEING AT THE SCALE HOUSE, THAT IS THE STAFFING; THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE DEDICATED TO.

TO DISPELL ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE THEM BEING DEPLOYED TO THE BOARDER OR OTHER OPERATIONS, BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL FACILITY AND WE HAVE CIVILIANS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO STAY OPEN; AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE TROOPERS TO WORK WITH THE CIVILIANS SO AT IN POINT SHOULD IT BE SHUT DOWN PERMANENT OR TEMPORARILY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT WILL BE OPEN, WHICH ALLEVIATES AND FREES UP OTHER TROOPERS CERTIFIED TO GO TO OTHER COUNTIES AND SUPPORT THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE GROWING AND THE NEED THERE, PEND%, OF COURSE, STATE OPERATIONS WHERE WE'RE STAFFED AT. THAT WILL HELP OUT WITH THE OTHER AREA AROUND THE COUNTIES, THE NORTH AND THE EAST OR I'M SORRY, THE WEST. AS FAR AS THE DLYS, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE TRANSITION, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE POST-COVID, AND WE'RE STARTING TO OPEN A LITTLE MORE AND GET SATELLITE OFFICE. SO THAT IS QUITE A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A SATELLITE OFFICE TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS IN THAT COUNTY.

WE CAN DEFINITELY START THE TALKS ON THAT END WITH THAT DEPARTMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> HEY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS A LITTLE LEANING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN TURN THE SCALE HOUSE INTO A PROPER FACILITY. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TO GIVE YOU A PROPER FOOTPRINT IN THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE BEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY, WELL, THEN, LET

US KNOW HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> I AGREE, SIR.

LIKE I SAID, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES. MY GOAL IS TO MAKE IT ONE OF THE WELL-KNOWN AREAS OF OPERATION TO WHERE OTHER INSPECTORS AROUND THE STATE SAY, "HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO TRAIN. LOOK WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE. THEY'RE ADVANCED IN EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING," AND AS FAR AS TREND SETTING, HOW WE DO THE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE HOW WE'RE ENFORCING A WELL-LOCATED AREA OFF 35, WE SEE A MAGNITUDE OF INTERSTATE AND INTRA STATE COMMERCE GOING BACK AND FORTH SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE POP THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FACILITY AND WANT TO SEE MORE OF IT.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

GOVERNMENT HAS STEPPED IN TO HELP OUR TROOPERS IN THIS WAY AND THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SUPPORT FROM YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOING THE SAME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE.

>> I WOULD SAY IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME PLANS -- I AMOUNT NOT GOING TO REMEMBER HIS NAME,

VUDUSKO? >> THE LIEUTENANT, YES. >> WE SPOKE A FEW YEARS AGO REGARDING ESTABL ESTABLISHING, I DON'T KNOW, KIND OF STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY.

WE HAVE PLANS THAT WE EVEN LOOKED AT SO -- THEY WERE LOOKING AT RELOCATING ALSO TO THE EAST SIDE OF I-35 FURTHER SOUTH SO I HAVE SOME OF THOSE PLANS IN THE EVENT YOU EVER WANT

TO SEE THEM AND WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. >> AWESOME.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> SO THE LIEUTENANT WAS IN CHARGE OF THE AREA AND WAS OVERSEEING AS A LIEUTENANT AND TRANSFERRED TO THE HEADQUARTERS AREA. AT HEADWATERRINGS WITH, HE IS OVERSEEING THE MOTOR CARRIER OPERATION AND HELPED CREATE THIS POSITION ON THE FEDERAL SIDE.

HE'S WORKING WITH GRANTS, BUDGETS, AND MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS FROM HEAD QUARTERS.

>> YEAH. AN OPPORTUNITY. >> WELL-PLACED POSITION FOR GOOD

FRIENDS. >> WONDERFUL. YOU'RE FEELING THEPORT AND THE LOVE FROM -- SUPPORT AND LOVE FROM THIS COURT. APPRECIATE YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THAT WAS PAINLESS, WASN'T IT?

>> THAT WAS. >> SO WE DON'T HAVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY AND DO HAVE A PRETTY FULL SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK SO ON THE 22ND, I PROVIDED A PACKET FOR

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THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE WILL BE PRESENTING RECOMMENDATIONS NEXT WEEK TO THE COURT REGARDING ANY REGRADES OR PROMOTION REQUESTS AND ALSO PLACEMENT IN OUR NEW SALARY PLAN.

THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF MYSELF, THE HR DIRECTOR, THE COUNTY CLERK, THE COUNTY JUDGE, THE TAX ASSESSOR, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.

SO WE WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW TO GO OVER REGRADES, PROMOTIONS, AND IMPLEMENTATION INTO OUR SALARY PLAN, PLACEMENT, SO WE JUST ADOPTED THAT PLAN APRIL 1. AND IF YOU RECALL, THE 10% WAS GIVEN OR WHATEVER THE MARKET WAS , WHATEVER WAS GREATER. SO NOW WE NEED TO ADDRESS PLACEMENT BASED ON SOME CRITERIA. ALSO WHETHER WE WILL ADOPT AN OPEN RANGE SUCH AS WE HAVE NOW OR STEP PLAN. THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PRESENTED AS WELL. I DID PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT I SENT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK FOR YOU IN THIS PACKE. PAGES 2-23 -- ACTUALLY, TWO THROUGH -- LET'S SEE.

PAGES 2-13 ARE THE REGRADE REQUESTS, AND 14-23 ARE THE PROMOTIONS.

SO I BREAK IT DOWN FOR THE COMMITTEE. ALL OF THIS BACKUP IS IN YOUR BUDGET AND PLANNING BOOK UNDER THE "PERSONNEL" TAB BUT INCLUSIVE SO ANYTHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED, WHETHER IT BE NEW POSITIONS, REGRADES, OR PROMOTIONS ARE ALL LUMPED IN TO ONE TOTAL. THIS IS BROKEN APART BASICALLY FOR OUR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE TO ISOLATE THESE SPECIFIC REQUESTS AND ADDRESS THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND MAKE A PRESENTATION BACK TO THE COURT. SO THIS PACKET IS ALSO, LIKE I SAID, IS IN YOUR BUDGET AND PLANNING BOOK; BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED YOU TO HAVE IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK. ON PAGE 24 AND 25 ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS' SALARY AND ALLOWANCES HISTORY. I PROVIDED 2014-2023 SALARIES, ALLOWANCES, AND ON THE BACK OF THE PAGES, THE TOTALS FOR ALL COMPENSATION. I'VE INDICATED ON THIS SPREAD SHEET IF THERE WERE GRIEVANCES AND WHAT THOSE WERE. NEXT WEEK, YOU WILL BE SETTING ALLOWANCES AND SALARIES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THOSE COULD BE POSTED AND SENT OUT TO THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS. ON PAGE 26-30, THE LAST PART OF THE PACKET THAT I PASSED OUT, FUNDING. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.

SO THE FIRST TWO PAGES ARE WHERE THE CURRENT BUDGETS ARE, AND THE LAST TWO PAGES OF THAT, THOSE DOCUMENTS, ARE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION. SO AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, THERE ARE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN ON THAT ARE STAFFING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. SO IN ORDER TO MEET THE FY '24 NEEDS, I HAVE ADJUSTED SOME OF THOSE BUDGETS TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

I HAVE ACTUALLY REDUCED THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE COMMITMENT TO ONLY 2024.

IF YOU RECALL, THE COURT COMMITTED $5 MILLION TO GET US THROUGH THE END OF FY '24.

WE NEED $4.1 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $4.1 MILLION; SO WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THAT IN THE 2025 BUDGET YEAR TO MOVE THAT OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND. THE REASON FOR THIS MOVEMENT AND SHIFT IN BUDGET IS TO COVER THE PRETRIAL DIVERSE OFFICE, THE MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALTY COURT, THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND ST STAFF, AND THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN HIRED. I ALSO ADDED IN THE DEPOSITORY INTEREST THROUGH JULY 31 AND ALLOCATED THAT AS WELL. SO I ADDED A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WERE MENTIONED TO ME BY SOME COMMISSIONERS TO THE BOTTOM. ALL OF THOSE LAST FIVE OR SIX PROJECTS DON'T HAVE CONTRACTS YET. THOSE ARE JUST COMMITMENTS THAT I KNOW THE COURT MEMBERS HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE GOING OVER NEXT WEEK SO I WANTED YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE,

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PROPOSED BUDGET. >> BEAUTIFUL. AND I SAW THE NOTICES IN THE PAPER. MY PHONE DOESN'T STOP RINGING. THANKS TO THOSE NOTICES.

SO THAT TELLS ME ONE BEAUTIFUL THING: WE ARE SHARING THE ROAD MAP WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. WE MUST REMAIN ACCESSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE EXTRA TASKS THAT NO ONE EVER NOTICES OR TASKS ABOUT BECAUSE THEY DO, IN PART, CERTAIN SPACES INFORM OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CLOSE THE WORKSHOP?

>> THANKS, VICKI. >> THANK YOU, VICKI. >> ALL RIGHT.

[G. CONSENT ITEMS]

>> WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. >> G1, APPROVAL PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICE 2, AIMPROVEMENT PAYMENT OF CHECKS. G 3, APPROVE PAYMENT OF THE UNITEDHEALTHCARE CLAIMS. 4, APPROVE COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES OF AUGUST 8, 2023.

FIVE, AUTHORIZE REPRESENTATIVE CHANGES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT COOPERATIVE ACCOUNT.

SIX, ACCEPT $76,560 IN SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS FROM THE TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO POST-TJJD DISPOSITION AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

G7, ACCEPT DONATION OF $6,000 FROM ONERA WIMBERLEY FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S INSTALLLATION OF A SOLAR RADAR SIGN ON BUTTERCUP LANE AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. EIGHT, ACCEPT DELIVERY OF THE QUARTERLY AUDIT REPORTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2023 FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFICES: CONTINUE STABLE 3, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ELECTIONS, FIRE MARSHALL, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT 1.1, 1-2, 4, AND 5; RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE CENTERS; AND TRANSPORTATION. NEWSPAPER, AUTHORIZE RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE TO PURCHASE TWO HESSAIRE PORTABLE EVANTIVE COOLERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,510 AND AMEND ACCORDINGLY. TEN, AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF SECOND AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT 2020-01107 WITH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOR TASK ORDER NUMBER 3 CONCERNING PROJECT TITLED BLANCO RIVER AQUIFERS ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR WATER AND UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINABILITY TRENDS: INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL REVIEW. 11, AUTHORIZE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE LETTER OF TRANSFER FOR HELD-IN-TRUST COLLECTIONS AND LETTER OF TRANSFER/OWNERSHIP FOR THE PROJECT RECORDS RELATED TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY THAT WAS COMPLETED ON SENTINEL PEAK.

12, AUTHORIZE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS GRANT APPLICATION REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM WITHIN THE SUNSET ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED IN PRECINCT 1.

13, AUTHORIZE BUILDING MAINTENANCE TO PURCHASE A NEW TIGER CAT 61 SCAG MOWER IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,009 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 14, AUTHORIZE THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE EXAMINE ROOM FURNITURE FOR THE PATIENT EXAM ROOM AT THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 15, AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE FIRE MARSHALL FEE CODE FUND AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 16, AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION FY 24 IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $61,913. 17, APPROVAL RENEWAL OF IFB 2020-B 06 ROADWAY STRIPING WITH D.I.J. CONSTRUCTION, INC., EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2023. 18, AUTHORIZE THE I.T. AND ELECTIONS DEPARTMENTS TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL NETWORX WIRELESS NETWORKING LOCK SYSTEM FROM RICK'S LOCK&KEY SERVICE, INC., AND AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE PURCHASING POLICY AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 19, AUTHORIZE THE I.T. AND I ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $799.94 WITH FIRETROL PROTECTION SYSTEMS RELATED TO THE ADDITION OF A PULL STATION PURSUANT TO BUYBOARD CONTRACT 654-21 AND AMEND THE BUDGED ACCORDINGLY. 20, AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR EXTENSION OFFICE RELATED TO

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>> NO, SIR. WE'RE JUST REQUIRED TO FILE IT WITH TEXAS' HISTORICAL

COMMISSION TEXAS STATE. >> BUT NOTHING CREATED? >> NO, SIR.

>> AWESOME. >> AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS FOR JERRY.

ALTHOUGH I KNOW IT'S PURELY -- NUMBER 17. I KNOW IT'S PURELY RENEWAL OF A CONTRACT, I NEED -- GOD BLESS HER -- SHE READS THROUGH THE AGENDA AS WELL AND QUANTITY TO PUT IN YOUR EAR WHENEVER YOU RESTRIPE ANY AREAS TO PLEASE INCLUDE THE COURTHOUSE GROUNDS

BECAUSE THE STRIPING IS GETTING A LITTLE WEAK. >> AND JUDGE -- I DID MENTION

THAT TO TAMMY THIS MORNING, AND THEY ARE ON IT. >> AWESOME.

WONDERFUL. IF I GO BACK TO THE OFFICE AND DIDN'T BRING THIS UP, ANITA MAY

GIVE THE STERN, MOTHERLY LOOK. >> I PARKED THIS MORNING EARLY AND WAS LIKE, AM I INBETWEEN THE

LINES OR NOT? IT WAS VERY HARD TO TELL. >> YEAH.

>> BUT JUDGE, I ALSO WANT TO JUST MENTION HIGH TELL 16. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION AND AWARDING US THIS GRANT AMOUNT FOR AN ADDITIONAL INDIGENT

DEFENSE COORDINATOR. >> MOST BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, ABSOLUTELY, AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY OF JUST SHOWING HOW A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH A STATE HELPS US WORKING TOGETHER AND NOT AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, ACTUALLY YIELDS GOOD FRUIT.

AND THIS IS A $65,000 PIECE OF -- $62,000 PIECE OF FRUIT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS,

COMMISSIONERS? >> I WANT TO POINT OUT THE GRANT IS CURRENTLY A FOUR-YEAR GRANT AND THE MATCH INCREASES EVERY FOR US. CURRENTLY IT'S 20% MATCH.

IT INCREASES TO 40% MATCH OVER THE FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. >> 20% INCREASE EVERY YEAR.

FOR FOUR YEAR. >>

>> SINCE YOU'RE HERE, I WANTED TO ASK YOU. THE REPRESENTATIVE CHANGES OR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. I WANTED TO ASK WHAT YOU HAD IN

MIND. >> HAYS COUNTY TREASURER. CURRENTLY THE LOGIC ACCOUNT IS IN THE NAME OF THE TREASURER THAT WAS IN MICHELLE TUTTLE'S NAME SO TWO TREASURERS AGO.

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO REMOVE FORMER TREASURER TUTTLE, FORMER TREASURER RICHIE, PLACING MYSELF AS WELL AS AUTHORIZING THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO HAVE INQUIRY REVIEWS AS WELL.

>> GOOD. >> IT'S JUST CLEAN UP. >> GOOD.

AWESOME, AND THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE,

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> SHELL? >> YES.

>> COHEN? >> YES. >> SMITH?

>> YES. >> INGALSBE? >> YES.

>> JUDGE? >> YES. LET'S DO ROADS.

[I1. Discussion and possible action to consider the release of the 2-year maintenance bond #4438044MNT in the amount of $30,833.58, and the acceptance of roads into the county road maintenance system for Anthem Subdivision Phase 1, Section B. COHEN/BORCHERDING]

I-1, PLEASE. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE RELEASE OF THE TWO-YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND 443-8044MNT IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,833.58 AND ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS INTO THE COUNTY ROAD MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR ANTHEM SUBDIVISION PHASE 1, SECTION

BE. >> MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN? >> YES.

>> INGALSBE? >> YES. >> SMITH?

>> YES. >> SHELL? >> YES.

>> YES. ANOTHER ONE THAT'S WELL-WRITTEN AND DOESN'T NEED FURTHER MISSION.

[I2. Discussion and possible action to consider the release of the 2-year maintenance bond #EACX4002108 in the amount of $240,001.76, and the acceptance of roads into the county road maintenance system for Sunset Oaks Section 4, Phase 1A. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

>> TWO, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE RELEASE OF THE TWO-YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND EACX 400-2108 IN IF AMOUNT OF $240,001.76, AND ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS INTO THE COUNTY ROAD

MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR SUNSET OAKS, SECTION 4, PACE 1A. >> STAFF RECOMMEND, JUDGE, SO

MOVED. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU, CALL THE ROLL.

>> SMITH? >> I'LL SECOND THAT FOR YOU. >> YES.

>> WHOOPS. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN? >> YES.?

>> SHELL? >> YES. >> INGALSBE?

>> YES. >> JUDGE? >> YES.

[J1. PLN-2218-PC; Discussion and possible action regarding the Douglas Estates, D-11 Replat. SMITH/PACHECO]

J 1, PLEASE. >> PLN-2218-PC; DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE

DOUGLAS ESTATES D-11 REPLAT. >> COMMISSION KERR PACHECO. >> MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> I'LL BE SECOND. THE DOUGLAS ESTATES D-11 SUBDIVISION IS A TWO-LOT SUBDIVISION ACROSS 10.02 ACRES ALONG HARMON HILLS IN PRECINCT

[02:15:04]

THIS SUBDIVISION AND THERE'S NO VARIANCES REQUESTS. >> BEAUTIFUL.

COMMISSIONER? ALL GOOD? SO THE MOTION.

>> WE HAVE IT. >> WE DID? >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> INGALSBE? >> YES. >> SHELL?

>> YES. >> COHEN? >> YES.

>> SMITH? >> YES. >> JUDGE?

[J2. PLN-2232-PC; Hold a Public Hearing, followed by discussion and possible action regarding Fitzhugh Acres, Lot 4, Replat. SMITH/PACHECO]

>> YES. I WAS GOING TO RESTATE THE MOTION BUT DIDN'T NEED TO. J2.

>> PLN-2232-PC. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE

ACTION REGARDING FITZHUGH ACRES, LOT 4, REPLAT. >> WE ARE OPENING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

I SEE NO MOVEMENT AND WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

THE FITZHUGH ACRES 4 REPLAT IS A TWO-LOT SUBDIVISION APPROXIMATELY 4.379 ACRES ALONG FITZHUGH ROAD IN PRECINCT 4 IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. WATER WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY INDIVIDUAL -- ACTUALLY RAINWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND THEN WASTEWATER WILL BE TREATED BY INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES. STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED FOR THIS REPLAT COURT GIVES DISAPPROVAL DUE TO REMAINING DEFICIENCIES INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP IN THE AGENDA AND THEN ALSO THAT UPON RESUBMISSION THE APPLICANT WILL WORK WITH STAFF TO ADDRESS THOSE DEFICIENCIES, ULTIMATELY WORKING TOWARDS AN APPROVAL WE WILL BRING BACK TO COURT.

>> OKAY. >> JUDGE, I MOVE TO DENY DUE TO CURRENT DEFICIENCIES IN THE

APPLICATION. >> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> SHELL? >> YES. >> COHEN?

>> YES. >> SMITH? >> YES.

>> INGALSBE? >> YES. >> JUDGE?

[J3. PLN-2235-PC; Discussion and possible action regarding the Hurlbut Ranch West, PT of Tract 23, Replat. SHELL/PACHECO]

>> YES. J3. >> PLN-2235-PC. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION

REGARDING THE HURLBUT RANCH WEST PART OF TRACT 23 REPLAT. >> SO MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> MR. PACHECO? >> SIMILAR TO J1, A TWO-PLOT ACROSS 10.656 ACRES ALONG HORRY CREEK TRAIL IN PRECINCT 3. WATER UTILITY WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE WELLS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY. IT'S SIMILAR TO J1 BECAUSE ON JULY 11 PER THE COMMISSIONER'S YOUCOURT, WE MADE THE MOVE TO DISAPPROVE BASED ON DEFICIENCIES INCLUDED AT THE TIME. STAFF HERE IS TO REPORT DEFICIENCIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION FOR

HURLBUT RANCH PART OF TRACT 23. >> OKAY.& >> NOTHING FURTHER.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COHEN? >> YES.

>> SHELL? >> YES. >> SMITH?

>> YES. >> INGALSBE? >> YES.

[K1. Discussion and possible action to call an election to be held on November 7, 2023 for the purpose of voting on Constitutional Amendments. BECERRA/DOINOFF]

>> JUDGE? >> YES. K1, PLEASE. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL AN ELECTION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 7, 2023, FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDS. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> MS. DOINOFF ASKED ME IF WE NEEDED HER HERE, AND I WILL TELL YOU I SAID WE WERE FINE WITH IT AND THERE WAS NO NEED SO SHE CAN GO DO OTHER TRAINING THINGS THAT WERE ALSO ON HER CALENDAR.

THAT IS THE ONLY REASON SHE'S NOT HERE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> INGALSBE? >> YES. >> COHEN?

>> YES. >> SHELL? >> YES.

>> SMITH? >> YES. >> JUDGE?

[K2. Discussion and possible action to approve Early Voting locations and Election Day vote center locations for the upcoming Constitutional Amendment election. BECERRA/DOINOFF]

>> J YES, K2. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE EARLY VOTING LOCATION AND ELECTION DAY VOTE CENTER LOCATIONS FOR THE UP COMING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

ELECTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

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

>> COHEN? >> YES. >> SMITH?

>> I WAS HOPING FOR SOME CONVERSATION ON THIS OR DISCUSSION.

I WILL VOTE YES. IF WE CAN OPEN UP FOR CONVERSATION OR DISCUSSION

AFTERWARDS. >> COMMISSIONER -- >> SO LET'S JUST STOP THE VOTE

AND LET'S HAVE SOME COMMENT. SORRY, COMMISSIONER. >> I JUST -- WE HAVE DONE THIS.

THIS IS GO TO BE THE FIFTH TIME, JUDGE, YOU AND I HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I KNOW EACH OF US HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO FIND AND IDENTIFY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT EACH OF OUR -- THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BUT EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL PRECINCTS.

I SUPPORT THE LOCATIONS HERE TODAY BUT JUST HOPE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THESE IN THE FUTURE, IF WE COULD HAVE AS QUICK A VOTE AND AS LESS HEARTBURN OF A VOTE AS WE'RE HAVING ON THIS ONE.

[02:20:14]

>> YES. >> COHEN? >> YES.

>> SHELL? >> YES. >> SMITH?

>> YES. >> AND JUDGE? >> YES. I THINK WE'RE ON TO K1

[K3. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a letter of interest to the Hill Country Conservancy regarding the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. SHELL]

-- WAIT; MY BAD. >> NO K3, MAYBE. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A LETTER OF INTEREST TO THE HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY REGARDING THE REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BUT IS NOT HERE BUT WILL TURN IN THEIR FORM ANYWAY. IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS,

COMMISSIONER? >> THANKS, JUDGE. WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER REGARDING THIS ITEM. THIS IS NOT A COMMITMENT TO SPEND MONEY; THIS IS A LETTER OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A 2023 PROPOSAL FOR THE REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM BY THE HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY AND HAVE BEEN A PARTNER OF OURS ON SEVERAL PROJECTS.

VOTERS PASSED $75 MILLION SPENT ON PARK AND POPE SPACE, OF WHICH THE MAJORITY IS WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION PROJECTS. THE IDEA IS AS HAYS COUNTY SPEND FUNDS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE CAN COUNT THOSE TOWARDS POTENTIAL MATCHING FROM NRCS.

SO IF WE SEND THIS LETTER IN, WE ALSO DO OTHER THINGS, WHICH ARE MENTIONED IN HERE, CORD MAKE AND OTHER WORK WITH THE ENDANGERED SPECIES AND COORDINATION WE CAN POTENTIALLY COUNT.

SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY SPENT ON THOSE TOWARDS MATCHING FUNDS.

BUT IT WOULD ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM THERE'S NO COMMITMENT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO. WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY THAN WE ALREADY WOULD SPEND AND DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. THERE'S NO LOAN OR DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ALREADY INCLUDED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

NRCS, A FEDERAL PROGRAM, ANOTHER ISSUE WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I PAID FEDERAL INCOME TAXES.

I WOULDN'T MIND IT COMING BACK TO THE COMMUNIY FOR THESE EFFORT SO AGAIN, NO COMMITMENT AND DON'T HAVE TO SUBMIT ANYTHING IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN SPECIFIC REGION AND CONSERVATION. HOWEVER, IF WE DO, WE CAN TURN THAT IN AND QUALIFY FOR MATCHING

FUNDS. >> WELL SAID. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> COHEN? >> YES. >> INGALSBE?

>> YES. >> SHELL? >> YES.

>> SMITH? >> YES. >> JUDGE?

[K5. Discussion and possible action to award a contract for IFB 2023-B09 Sawyer Ranch Road - Remove and Replace Hot Mix with Lone Star Paving in the amount of $1,008,000.00. SMITH/BORCHERDING]

>> YES. K5, PLEASE. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR IFB 2023-B 09 SAWYER RANCH ROAD, REMOVE AND REPLACE HOT MIX WITH LONE STAR PAVEMENTS IN THE

AMOUNT OF $1,008,000. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> THIS WENT OUT GOSH -- DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THIS WENT OUT? >> THEN. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN LONG NEEDED AND IS A ROADWAY THAT HAS, AT THIS POINT, ACCESS TO ONE SCHOOL AND HAS THREE SCHOOLS ON IT AND HAS PLANS FOR ANOTHER, THE LARGER CAMPUS ON IT TO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS ON IT AND ONE ADDITIONAL THING I WOULD SAY IS AS SAWYER RANCH ROAD TIES INTO 290, THAT'S BEEN ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. UPON COMPLETION I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR END OF THE ROADWAY AND STRIPING WHEN WE DO THE STRIPING FOR THE ROADWAY

SO IT WILL MATCH THE SAME TIME. >> OKAY. CALL THE ROLL.

>> SHELL? >> YES. >> COHEN?

>> YES. >> INGALSBE? >> YES.

>> SMITH? >> AND JUDGE? >> YES. K6, PLEASE.

[K6. Discussion and possible action to award a contract for IFB 2023-B17 Jack Rabbit Lane - Remove and Replace Hot Mix with Bennett Paving, Inc. in the amount of $176,750.00. COHEN/BORCHERDING]

>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR IFB 2023-B17 JACK RABBIT LANE, REMOVE AND REPLACE HOT MIX WITH BENNETT PAVING, IN, IN THE AMOUNT OF $176,750.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> PERFECT.

ANY COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER? >> ONLY WE'RE WANTING -- THE LOWEST BIDDER.

IT WAS IN THE SAME TIME FRAME AS COMMISSIONER SMITH'S ITEM AS WELL SO MUCH NEEDED.

>> AWESOME. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> SMITH?

>> YES. >> INGALSBE? >> YES.

>> SHELL? >> YES. >> COHEN?

>> YES. >> AND JUDGE? >> YES. N2, PLEASE.

[N2. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA]

>> DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNT

AND COSTS. >> EACH TIME WE MEET FOR COURT, THE SHERIFF SEND ME A REPORT ABOUT INMATE POPULATION SO HERE I WILL READ IT TO YOU. OUR CURRENT CAPACITY IS 410 FOR OUR COUNTY AND JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMENDS WE LOWER -- WE HOLD THAT 10% OPEN, WHICH LOWERS

[02:25:04]

THE ESTIMATED OUTSOUCE INMATES COST THIS WEEK WAS $156,450. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCE MMALES 231 AND FEMALES, 10. THEY WERE IN THE FOLLOW COMAL, PASCAL, AND MAVERICK.

THE STATE HAS JURISDICTION, WHICH WHAT WE SAY IS TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM THE STATE BUDGET SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO IT, BUT ARE CURRENTLY STILL COUNTY TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

PAPER READY INMATES ARE 38. AND IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, I THINK WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION

[M. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]

AND WE'RE DONE. >> M1. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 517 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, REGARDING THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, RELEASE, AND VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS CONSIDRED BY HAYS COUNTY.

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

>> IF YOU'RE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO THIS AGENDAND SCREEN IS COMI. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND OUR VERY OWN COMMISSIONER SHELL FROM PRECINCT 3, IS UP.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I HAVE A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM M1 TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND HILL COUNTRY LAND RESERVE LLC REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF FEE TITLE IN 102.8-ACRES OF PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE TRACT WEST BY NORTHWEST OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, IN PRECINCT 3 PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AUTHORIZED CIVIL DIVISION COUNCIL TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS INCIDENTAL TO

CLOSING AND AMEND THE BUDGET. >> SECOND. >> AMEND THE BUDGET

ACCORDINGLY. >> YES. YES. JUDGE, A FEW COMMENTS -- A LITTLE OVER 102-ACRE. WE ARE AWAYING AN APPRAISAL. ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BARGAIN SALE SO MEANING THE OWNER COULD GET POTENTIAL TAX INTEREST FROM THAT IN FILING OF FEDERAL TAXES; BUT THE MAX THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IS $2.5 MILLION FOR THAT 102 ACRES AND ALSO IS A GREAT PROPERTY THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME TRAIL CONNECTIVITY OF THE

SAN MARCOS LOOP. >> WHEN THE COMMISSIONER SAID THE SAN MARCOS LOOP, I WANT TO REITERATE. NO AUDIO ).

A WALKING TRAIL BIKING LOOP. >> YES, SIR. >> NOT A BLACKTOP ROADWAY LOOP.

>> GOOD POINT, JUDGE. >> VERY DIFFERENT. WALKING TRAIL.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> SHELL? >> YES.

>> INGALSBE? >> YES. >> SMITH?

>> YES. >> COHEN? >> YES.

>> JUDGE? >> YES. NOW, THERE IS ONE MORE MOTION WE ALL LOVE TO HEAR.

>> IT'S MY FAVORITE ONE, MOTION TO ADJOURN.

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