Apr 09, 2024 Regular

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> OKAY. THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, DO YOU HAVE ANY FORMS? >> THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HURT SUBMITTED A WITNESS PARTICIPATION FORM WILL BE INVITED TO SPEAK .

UNFORTUNATELY, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN. BUT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ARE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS RHETORICAL. ALL COMMENTS ARE THE OPINION OF THE SPEAKER AND ARE NOT MEANT TO NECESSARILY BE CONSTRUED AS TRUTH. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND LANGUAGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL, OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME. ANY SPIRIT OF RESPECT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. I USUALLY PUT THESE IN ORDER, BUT I JUST GOT THEM. GIVE ME A SECOND. THEY ARE, THEY ARE IN ORDER. OUR FIRST PERSON TO

SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS IS MR. RODERIGO AMAYA. >> I'M COMING HERE WITH A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. FIRST OFF, WHAT IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS ON THE AGENDA ITEMS? I THINK IT IS A VERY POOR AND WEAK METRIC TO DETERMINE WHO YOU ALL GIVE CONTRACTS WITH. AS I SAID BEFORE, AND EPA GOES INTO CORDS AND TAKES OTHER STAFF. HOW COME NO ONE IS LOOKING INTO THAT? THAT IS ILLEGAL, UNETHICAL, LOTS OF THINGS. FOR SOMEONE TO COME UP YOUR AND JUST SAY I HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN OUT, I THINK THAT IS ENOUGH. IT IS VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO THE CITIZEN. THE FIRST OF ALL, THAT THING.

THE OTHER THING WAS THE LODGMENT OF OFFICERS THAT WERE PRESENT IN THE BUILDINGS. WHEN I'M HERE HAVING PRESENTATIONS BY THE NEWS OF ACCIDENTS ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THIS ROOM IS FILLED WITH OFFICERS, LOTS OF MONEY, AND IT DOES NOT STOP. THEY COME OUT HERE AND PAT EACH OTHER ON THE BACK , SHOW EACH OTHER THEIR LITTLE NEW GONE, WHATEVER THEY DO. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE WORKING. THAT IS WHERE THEY BELONG. YOU KNOW? WHAT THEY ARE GETTING PAID A LOT OF MONEY. WE WANT SOMETHING IN RETURN. YOU KNOW? ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I COME UP THE ELEVATOR EARLY THIS MORNING, THERE IS A SIGN THAT SAYS DO NOT PLACE HER HANDS ON THE PANEL. IS THAT A SHOCK CONCERN OR SOMETHING? I DO NOT SEE THE -- FOR ELEVATORS. I WAS GOING TO TOUCH IT JUST TO TEST IT. BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT SOMEBODY TO GET HURT. I AM WONDERING WHY YOU WOULD PUT THOSE WORDS ON THE PANELS. YOU KNOW? SO, AGAIN, FOLKS, ACCOUNTABILITY. ACCOUNTABILITY. THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, Y'ALL AGREED TO SIGN OFF ON AN AGENDA ITEM WORTH $3800 FOR SOME GASOLINE -- IN THE SHARED OFFICE. WHAT HERE IS THE FUEL? WHAT HAPPENED? YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, I AM GLAD PREPARATION IS A GOOD

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YOU KNOW? THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DO STUDY CELESTIAL EVENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE CHEAPER. YOU KNOW? AGAIN, ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE SAME THING THAT I COME UP AND TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT. FOLKS COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED ALL THE OFFICERS WE CAN GET. BY THEM ALL, BRING THEM ALL. AND THIS GUY IS OFF DUTY AT HEB MAKING $100,000 AND HE IS UP THERE AT HEB TELLING ME THAT HE NEEDS MORE PEOPLE. FOR WHAT? HE IS OUT IN AUSTIN WORKING SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT WHEN HE SHOULD BE OUT HERE RUNNING AROUND. IN THAT ELECTION TIME COMES, THE DAY BEFORE ELECTION, HE IS PUTTING SIGNS UP. AND HE COMES UP HERE AND TELLS YOU GUYS, I NEED MORE AND MORE, OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP, MR. DAN LYON. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I TOOK THE STAIRS AND I AM 67 YEARS OLD. SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN DO IT. ALL RIGHT, ON SUNDAY THE 31ST, THE DAILY RECORD WAS THE 16TH FASTEST IN THE GROWING, ANOTHER QUOTE. WHILE I ADMIT I WAS A BIT DISAPPOINTED AT THE SAME TIME I WAS RELIEVED THAT WE COULD HAVE FOCUS ON SAME QUALITY GROWTH IN THE COUNTY INSTEAD OF THE INSANE HEADLONG RUSH INTO QUANTITY AT ANY PRICE, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY SUBJECTED TO. I KNOW THAT THE SLOWDOWN IN THE RATE OF GROWTH IS NOT GOOD NEWS TO THE FEW WHO ARE MAKING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE INSANITY FROM THOSE OF US ALL OVER. THOSE OF US IF YOU ARE HUMAN. WE ARE ALL JUST HOPING FOR SOME RELIEF. RELIEF, HOWEVER, WILL BE SLOW COMING. I JUST RECEIVEDA PROPERTY APPRAISAL FROM THE HAYS COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT MY HOMES APPRAISAL IS UP BY ABOUT 7% THIS YEAR. A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY WHICH I OWN ON BILLIARD ROAD IS HIGHER BY 30% . IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THE WAR ON THE CITIZEN OF HAYS COUNTY CONTINUES UNABATED. LET ME JUST REMIND EVERYBODY AGAIN. I KNOW YOU ARE GETTING TIRED OF HEARING US, BUT SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO BE LISTENING. WE ARE $522 MILLION IN DEBT AND IF YOU, WITH INTEREST IN WHATEVER, IT IS CLOSER TO 3/4 OF $1 MILLION. I'VE GOT A GRAB HERE.

NOBODY CAN SEE OR UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I HAVE COPIES HERE, IF YOU WISH. IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED. IT SHOWS HAYS COUNTY UP AGAINST 10 COUNTIES, NINE OR 10 COUNTIES, ALL THE REST OF THEM ARE WELL UNDER $100 MILLION IN DEBT. WE ARE OVER HALF $1 BILLION.

UNACCEPTABLE. LET ME GET TO THE FIRST ONES BEFORE I RUN OUT OF TIME. I TALKED ABOUT THIS TWO WEEKS AGO. LANDSCAPE SERVICES. I TALKED ABOUT FEBRUARY, I TALKED ABOUT THAT IN FEBRUARY, THEN IN MARCH. THEY CHARGE IS $5400. $700 PUBLIC SERVICE BILL 4500 TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, THERE IS NO GRASS OVER THERE. THIS ONE IS AN ALL TIME FAVORITE OF MINE.

CENTRAL TEXAS SHREDDING INC., THEY CHARGED A $3450 FOR SHREDDING RECORDS PRESERVATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS STEPHEN FLORIO. I HOPE I SAID

THAT RIGHT. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. I WANT TO COME THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THE JAIL COMPETENCY. I WANTED TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE. I AM HERE TO REPRESENT MY LA LIGA AND WHAT THEY DO. THERE IS SOMEBODY IN THIS COUNTY, LA LIGA, WHO IS WILLING AND ABLE TO HELP THIS COUNTY THROUGH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OR HOW TO ADDRESS IT, I SHOULD SAY. WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, YOUR HONOR, IS FIND THE PERFECT

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RIGHT NOW, THIS SEEMS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE GOAL OF HAYS COUNTY, TOUGHER ON CRIME, HARDER ON CRIME, GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, LET'S LOCK THEM UP. IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, I AM BORN AND RAISED TEXAN. AND TO LIVE IN THIS AREA OF THE STATE, NOT JUST OF THE COUNTRY, BUT OF THE STATE, YOU KNOW HOW SPECIAL OF A PLACE THIS IS. TRAVIS COUNTY, HAYS COUNTY. RIGHT? IT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN THE STATE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE BEEN IN BOTH JAILS, TRAVIS COUNTY AND HAYS COUNTY. WHEN I SAY IT IS , IT IS NOT HUMANE. JUST THINK ABOUT HOW FILTHY AND NASTY THESE JAILS ARE. YOU KNOW, I WOULD CHALLENGE ANY OF YOU TO WALK THROUGH THESE JAILS. IT IS NOT AMERICA WHEN YOU STEP INTO THESE PLACES, MAN. IT WOULD AFFECT ANYBODY'S MENTAL HEALTH TO HAVE THEM GO THROUGH THIS, RIGHT? I KNOW SOME PEOPLE BREAK THE LAW AND THE RULE IS YOU GO TO JAIL. BUT TO BE PUT THROUGH THE THINGS THAT A PERSON IS PUT THROUGH WHEN THEY ARE PUT IN JAIL, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, IS WHAT I AM SAYING. WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT YOU ALLOW US TO FIND A SOLUTION. WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION, TO FIND A PROGRAM THAT DOES THE BEST THING FOR HAYS COUNTY. EVERYBODY, JUST BECAUSE THEY GO TO JAIL, THEY ARE NOT A CRIMINAL. THERE ARE VICTIMS AS WELL. THERE IS A TWO-YEAR WAITLIST FOR ANYONE TO EVEN BE ABLE TO SEEK TREATMENT TO BE GIVEN TREATMENT. RIGHT? FOR SOME REASON, FOR WHATEVER ODD REASON, WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA, WHN YOU GO TO HAYS COUNTY JAIL, YOU ARE IN A ROOM CRAMMED WITH PEOPLE. JUST SITTING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

LITERALLY STANDING OVER TOP OF EACH OTHER. IT HAS TO BE ABOUT 55 DEGREES, 60 DEGREES. YOU ARE IN THIS ROOM FOR DAYS BEFORE YOU ARE EVEN LOOKED AT OR TALK TO, TO BE TAKEN WHERE YOU ARE SHUTTLED TO NEXT. YOU KNOW? IT DOES NOTHING. IT DOES NOBODY ANY GOOD. IT IS A TRUE DISSERVICE TO OURSELVES AND TO THIS COUNTY. AND I JUST KNOW HAYS COUNTY IS KNOWN, THE GOVERNMENT IS KNOWN FOR BEING AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT THE HAILSTORM RESPONSE THAT HAYS COUNTY CAME UP WITH. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS WE COULD ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. I THINK YOU ALL AND I HOPE YOU ALL HEAR US.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP, L ELLE CROSS. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

I AM ELLE CROSS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GIVE YOU AN APPEAL TO NOT ADOPT JILL-BASED COMPETENCY RESTORATION. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT FURTHER CODIFIES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE CAR SEVERAL SYSTEM AND CONTINUES A FIFTY-YEAR LEGACY OF FUNDING CARE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. SINCE THE 70S, WE HAVE SEEN A 300% INCREASE IN MASS INCARCERATION, IN THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS EVER-GROWING IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS ISSUE. IN THE 1970S, WE SAW MATH DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES WITH THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCES. BUT THOSE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES WERE NEVER FUNDED. INSTEAD, WE GOT THE WAR ON DRUGS WHICH ROBUSTLY FUNDED THE CAR SEVERAL SYSTEM AND ENDED UP CREATING A SYSTEM WHERE WE PICK UP PEOPLE WHO ARE SELF-MEDICATING BECAUSE THEY WERE DROPPED FROM SERVICES FROM DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION. AND THIS HAS, BY DEFAULT, FUNNELED PEOPLE INTO THE PRISON SYSTEM AND TRANSFORMED IT INTO THE DEFAULT MENTAL HEALTH WAREHOUSE. SINCE THEN, OUR JAILS GROW EVERY YEAR AND OVER HALF OF THE PEOPLE IN JAIL HERE HAVE SOME TYPE OF MENTAL ILLNESS. WILL WE KEEP MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION? OUR COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY SERVICES. THE PEOPLE DEEMED COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL ARE PEOPLE WHO NEVER GOT ACCESS TO THE CARE THAT THEY NEEDED BEFORE THEY WERE INCARCERATED.

OUR LM HA IS SUPPOSED TO CREDIT PSYCHIATRIC MEDS FOR CRISIS SERVICES AND YET MANY PSYCHIATRIC ADS HAVE EXCLUSIONARY CRITERIA FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF DISABILITIES. OUR LOCAL ADULT AUTHORITY IS CURRENTLY KICKING PEOPLE WITH IDD OUT OF GROUP HOMES. WE ARE IN A CRISIS WHERE THERE IS NOTHING FOR OUR COMMUNITY

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RAISED DIRECT CARE PAY FROM $8.11 TO $10.16 AN HOUR. THESE ARE NOT LIVABLE WAGES. NO WONDER THEY ARE QUITTING THEIR JOBS. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON PRECURSOR ALL SERVICES THAT MEET THESE NEEDS. THE CRIMINAL POPULATION WAS, AT ONE POINT, THE CIVIL POPULATION THAT DID NOT GET THEIR NEEDS MET. ARE WE GOING TO NORMALIZE CARE IN JAILS AND PRISONS WHERE OVER 300 PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS HAVE DIED IN TEXAS JAILS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS? WHERE PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS FURTHER DECOMPENSATE, AND NO AMOUNT OF CARE CAN TRULY MAKE SOMEONE WELL? YOU CANNOT GET WELL IN A CELL. WE HEAR ABOUT CONSTANT CRIMINAL NEGLECT IN OUR JAIL AND IT IS ALSO THE MOST VIOLENT JAIL IN TEXAS FOR GUARD ON INMATE VIOLENCE. JAILS ARE THE MOST UNACCOUNTABLE, NONTRANSPARENT INSTITUTIONS. I AM ALMOST DONE. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT BAND-AID SOLUTIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH THAT ARE ACTUALLY A GOOD USE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS, SUCH AS ROBUSTLY FUNDING A WELL RESOURCED DIVERSION CENTER, COUNSEL AT FIRST APPEARANCE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATION . THIS IS A SUPERHARD CONVERSATION. IT IS NOT A BLAME GAME. WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED TO BE SERVED AND TO THE PEOPLE PROVIDING SERVICES.

THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP, MISS SAM BENEVIDES.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. TODAY I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PLANS TO INITIATE A JILL-BASED COMPETENCY RESTORATION PROGRAM. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT PROPOSALS ARE DUE TOMORROW AND A DECISION IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE SOMETIME IN MAY. AND WE WANT TO MAKE EACH OF YOU FULLY AWARE OF WHY WE DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AND WHY MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES ACROSS TEXAS HAVE PUSHED AGAINST THE IDEA FOR YEARS FOR YOU CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.

THIS JAIL BASED COMPETENCY RESTORATION PROGRAM, OR AS IT IS CALLED, THE JILL-BASED COMPETENCY TREATMENT PROGRAM, IS MISLEADING BECAUSE IT IS NOT ACTUALLY A TREATMENT PROGRAM AIMED AT ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AIDES SO THAT THEY CAN GO ON TO LIVE HEALTHY, FULFILLING LIVES. BUT INSTEAD, AIMS TO TREAT THEM JUST ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE WELL ENOUGH TO STAND TRIAL AND TO BE PUNISHED. SIMPLY PUT, THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT DISAPPEAR PROBLEMS, IT DISAPPEARS HUMAN BEINGS. HUMANS WHO ARE NEIGHBORS, WHO HAVE COMMUNITIES TO CARE FOR THEM, WHO SHOULD HAVE NEVER ENDED UP IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND SHOULD'VE HAD ACCESS TO THAT CARE ON THE FRONT END. WE CAN CONTINUE FUNDING AND EXPANDING THE CAR SEVERAL SYSTEM TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS WELL ENOUGH TO BE PUNISHED AND DISAPPEARED. BUT THE PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY AND WILL NEVER GO AWAY UNTIL WE PRIORITIZE CARE OVER CAGES. AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THE COMPETENCY RESTORATION WAITLIST CURRENTLY SITS AT AROUND 20 PEOPLE, GIVE OR TAKE. RATHER THAN BUILDING OUT A PROGRAM THAT WILL LIKELY EXPAND THE WAITLIST, BECAUSE IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL FILL IT, IT IS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY. AND IT IS JUST A BAND-AID ON THE ISSUE. WE SHOULD TRY TO KEEP THAT NUMBER LOW AND FOCUS FIRST AND FOREMOST ON THE FRONT END SOLUTIONS THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN BE DIVERTED TO INSTEAD BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD BE CRIMINALIZED FOR HAVING A MENTAL ILLNESS. IN THE JAIL CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE THE DEFAULT WAREHOUSE FOR THE SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL.

FURTHER, EVEN THE HEAD OF THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS, BRANDON WOOD, NOTES, FOR SOMEONE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, JAIL IS THE WORST PLACE. IT IS LOUD, INTIMIDATING, WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WILL EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM. TRYING TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS OUT OF JAIL AND INTO TREATMENT IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.". JAILS ARE UNSAFE AND SIMPLY UNFIT FOR PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH CARE. I ASK THAT YOU EACH PRIORITIZE INITIATIVES THAT REALLY EXAMINE THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE WAITLIST AND ASK HOW THEY GOT THERE, RATHER THAN PUSHING FOR THE STANDARD SOLUTION THAT WILL ONLY EXPAND THE WAITLIST. I ALSO WANT TO SAY, JUST AS STEPHEN WAS SAYING, THE JAIL, ENTERING IT, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW IS ANYONE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND NOT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES? I HAVE A FATHER WHO WAS AN ALCOHOLIC. HE WAS IN AND OUT OF JAIL MY WHOLE LIFE. AND WHEN YOU ARE TAUGHT, YOU KNOW, COPS GO AFTER THE BAD GUYS, IT MAKES YOU INTERNALIZE THAT CYCLE OF SELF-LOATHING. IT DOES NOTHING TO HELP THE ISSUE AND PEOPLE REALLY NEED CARE ON THE FRONT END. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MAN. OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON PUBLIC COMMENTS IS ZECHARIAH, IT IS A LITTLE HARD

TO READ, YOU SAY IT RIGHT FOR ME. >> HOW ARE YOU GUYS? I HOPE

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IT JUST CREATES A BETTER SOCIETY FOR US ALL. AND PEOPLE DO NOT REOFFEND FOR NO REASON AT ALL. NO PERSON IN A CLEAR, GOOD STATE OF MIND IS GOING TO WILLINGLY CONTINUE TO COMMIT CRIMES AND WALK IN AND OUT OF JAIL. IT IS A HORRIBLE PLACE TO BE, IT IS A HORRIBLE CYCLE TO BE IN AND NO ONE DOES IT VOLUNTARILY. MORE CRIME RATES DUE TO LOWER REOFFENDING RATES.

WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE PEOPLE CONSTANTLY NOT HAVING THEIR NEEDS MET, THEIR ISSUES ADDRESSED, THEY WILL CONTINUE MISBEHAVING. THEY WILL CONTINUE COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTIONS.

AND WE ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON THE JAILS, WE ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON POLICE STAFF, MORE MONEY ON EVERYTHING. AND WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP THESE PEOPLE OR TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORS BETTER. YOU SPEND LESS MONEY ON JAILS IN THE POLICE FORCE, AND MIAMI-DADE WAS ABLE TO CLOSE TO JAILS WITH BRIGHTER PRECURSOR ROLE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. YOU GUYS ARE SMART PEOPLE. YOU GUYS ARE GOOD PEOPLE. IT MAKES SENSE TO THINK NATIONALLY.THERE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE SHOWN SUCH GREAT SUCCESS. THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE GREAT IDEAS. LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO. DALLAS COUNTY JUST UP THE STREET, MIAMI-DADE, THESE PLACES HAVE LAMENTED WONDERFUL FREAK IN CAR'S ROLE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND HAVE GREATLY DECREASED THEIR CRIME RATES IN PRISON POPULATIONS WITH IT. THE ONLY POINT OF REFERENCE FOR EXPERIENCE WITH NEEDS HAS BEEN LAW-ENFORCEMENT FOR YOU GUYS. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ONLY SPEAK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN REGARDS TO PEOPLE SUFFERING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, BECAUSE YOU ARE ONLY CONTACT IN WHICH THEY INTERACT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. IT IS SUCH A SMALL SEGMENT OF THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES, OF THEIR NEEDS. DOES NOT PAINT A FULL PICTURE, IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A FULL, COMPLETE SOLUTION. YOU NEED TO CONSULT WITH INDIVIDUALS DIRECTLY AS WELL. YOU NEED TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE, I AM ABOUT FINISHED, BUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHAT IS CONTINUING TO PUSH THEM INTO THESE SYSTEMS AND HOW THEIR NEEDS CAN BE MET AND ADDRESSED. I ASK YOU GUYS, PLEASE DO NOT

[F1. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing the historical significance of The Alba Ranch of Dripping Springs. BECERRA]

>> THANK YOU, SIR. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION. PLEASE OPEN F 1. THE MECCA PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OF ALBA RANCH OF

DRIPPING SPRINGS. >> I SO MOVE. >> A SECOND.

>> PLEASE READ THE PROCLAMATION. THE MECCA PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ALBA RANCH OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, WHEREAS BETWEEN 1903 AND 2005, WHEN THE LAST OWNERSHIP OF THE ALBA RANCH WAS SOLD IN THE ELBOW FAMILY PARTED WITH THE FINAL 160 ACRES ENDING WITH MORE THAN A CENTURY OF GENERATIONS OF OWNERSHIP, THE TORI I DON'T-ALBUS OFFSPRING HAD SETTLED IN TEXAS, AND WHEREAS MEXICAN-BORN VICTORIA AND ALBERT WAS A WIDOWER WHEN HE MOVED TO DRIPPING SPRINGS IN 1903, BRINGING WITH HIM SIX SONS, ALBERTO, FRANCISCO, SANTIAGO, FELIPE, AND ANASTASIO, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, ANTONIO, AND CRUZ, WHERE THEY BUILT A LARGE WOODEN HOUSE AND SIX SMALL STONE HOUSES, OF WHICH THREE REMAIN INTACT, AND WHEREAS HIS NAME OR OF SPRINGS ROAD HAD ALSO AMASSED NEARLY 1000 ACRES, AND THE TWO FAMILIES WERE UNITED BY THE MARRIAGE OF THEIR CHILDREN, AND WHEREAS THE FIRST HAYS COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDED BIRTH IN 1903 IS A MALE CHILD WITH THE SHARED NAME ALBA, AND WHEREAS A GRANDSON, THOMAS, WAS A BEEKEEPER ON THE RANCH IN CENTRAL TO THE LIVES, CENTRAL TO THEIR LIVES WAS A WINDMILL POWERED WELL , LIVESTOCK, HORSES, MULES, DOGS, AND DAIRY

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BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF HAYS COUNTY DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE -- ALBA AND HIS DESCENDENTS NOT ONLY TO DRIPPING SPRINGS BUT TO ALL OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS. ADOPTED THIS DAY, APRIL 9TH, 2024.

>> BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> >> YES. I THINK WE HAVE A DESCENDENT OF THE ALBA FAMILY.

IF YOU WILL APPROACH THE PODIUM AND SAY A FEW WORDS. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS. I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, IF I MAY, IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAS BEEN ALREADY READ. WHEN I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT TO FALL UNDER THE HISTORICAL MARKER, MY FAMILY HAD FIVE LIVING FAMILY HISTORIANS. IN 1917, MARGARET ALBA WAS BORN ON THE ALBA RANCH. AS A GIRL, SHE REMEMBERED HER GRANDFATHER. SHE THOUGH HE WAS AGILE, DESCRIBED HIM AS A PERSON WHO NEVER GOT SICK, SHE REMEMBERED HIM WALKING THROUGH HIS PEACH ORCHARD TREES. MARGARET NEVER MARRIED AND DEDICATED HER LIFE AS A SCHOOLTEACHER AFTER GRADUATNG FROM SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE IN SAN MARCUS. HER FATHER, FELIPE, TOLD HER THAT HE WOULD FIND A WAY TO PAY THE $40 A SEMESTER TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY. SHE WOULD COMPLETE HER MASTERS OF TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN. I INTERVIEWED MARGARET WHEN SHE WAS 102 YEARS OLD. AND SHE WAS HAPPY TO SHARE THE MEMORIES OF HER LIFE ON THE ALBA RANCH. SHE LIVED A FULL LIFE AND DIED LAST OCTOBER AT THE AGE OF 106. HER YOUNGER BROTHER, FELIPE A, WAS BORN IN 1931, ALSO ON THE RANCH. HE WAS 14 YEARS YOUNGER THAN MARGARET. HE DIED IN 2021. HE SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS. TOGETHER WITH MARGARET, THEY SHARED ORAL HISTORY WHICH HELPED TO SECURE THE HISTORICAL MARKER. SANTOS ALBA, ANOTHER ANCESTOR, WAS BORN IN 1941. HIS FATHER AND HE REPORTS BORN ON THE ALBA RANCH. THE HISTORY PRESERVED WITH THIS PROJECT, THERE ARE TOO MANY TO SHARE TODAY. A FEW WOULD INCLUDE PRESERVING THE FAMILY PHOTO OF HIS GRANDFATHER, MY GREAT-GRANDFATH ER, SANTIAGO ALBA. HE DREW MAPS AND DIAGRAMS OF THE RANCH AND INCLUDED MUCH OF WHAT IS NOW DESCRIBED ON THE MARKER, WHICH I SHARED WITH YOU AT THE BENCH.

THERE ARE COPIES. SANTOS ATTENDED THE DRIPPING SPRINGS SCHOOLS. HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY . UPON HIS RETURN TO HAYS COUNTY, HE WAS ELECTED THE FIRST HISPANIC TO SERVE AS A CITY COUNCILMEMBER FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. HE VOLUNTEERED IN MANY CITY AND HAYS COUNTY PROJECTS. MY FAMILY IS INDEBTED TO THIS REMARKABLE FAMILY HISTORIANS . WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND DEDICATION, THIS MARKER WOULD NOT HAVE SUCCEEDED. WE ARE SADDENED THAT THEY DID NOT LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THEIR EFFORTS. I ALSO WANT TO THINK THE LOCAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR THEIR HELP IN PUSHING ME TO A LEVEL IN RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE MANY FAMILY STORIES THAT ARE LEFT UNTOLD. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE MY FAMILY STORY. I AM GRATEFUL TO JUDGE BECERRA FOR THE INSTIGATION OF THE CITY, WHICH HAS TODAY CONTINUED TO SERVE AND PRESERVE FAMILY STORIES. AND ALSO WILLIAMS TO BE THE PLUCK AUTOMATION OF THE CEREMONY FOR THE 20TH. WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU. IS A VERY WELL DONE. FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT STANDS FOR?

>> COUNSEL OF THE INDIGENOUS AND TOMATO COMMUNITY. WE ARE REVEALING A LOT OF FAMILY

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CONSULTANT. >> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN INSPIRATION FOR THAT SPACE THAT YOU OCCUPY. THE VERY FIRST TIME I MET YOU WAS ON COURTHOUSE GROUNDS. AS THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE, MY AIM, ALTHOUGH SOME MAY NOT REALIZE IT, IT IS ALWAYS TO UNITE FOLKS. HOWEVER THAT LOOKS IS WHAT I TRY FOR. AND IN THIS NAMING , IT WAS CRITICAL BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE ARE ALL HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS, WE ARE ALL TEXANS , AND WHOEVER ELSE YOU ALL IDENTIFY. BUT WE ARE ALL OF THIS LAND AND COEXISTING. MOM -- IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CANNOT SHARE ONE ANOTHER'S'S STORIES AND CUSTOMS AND BE FRUITFUL. I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU LEAD THAT CHARGE IN SUCH A

MAGNIFICENT, PROFESSIONAL MANAGER. >> THERE IS SO MUCH WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I WANT TO DO THAT. I WANT TO REMIND YOU AGAIN THAT IN TWO SHORT WEEKS, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. WALT, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO BE THERE. WE HAVE A FEW FAMILY MEMBERS THAT CONTINUE TO LIVE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. THEY LIVE IN SAN MARCUS, AS A MATTER OF FACT. WE HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY RSVPS OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS. SOME INCLUDE THE RANCH NEAR JOHNSON CITY. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO RECOGNIZE THESE FAMILIES EXIST

AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE. >> BEAUTIFUL. >> IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR US TO

HAVE A FEW WORDS AND THEN TAKE A PICTURE. IT'S >> PERFECT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, SANTOS CAME UP YESTERDAY IN A CONVERSATION FOR ME, ACTUALLY. AS ALL OF HAYS COUNTY HAD OUR ECLIPSE IN DOWNTOWN DRIPPING SPRINGS, LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE. I'M FIGHTING FOOD POISONING FROM SOME OF THE FAIR FOOD THAT WAS THERE. I'M NOT SURE WHO IT WAS. BUT THAT BEING THE CASE, ISTOPPED THE MAYOR FOR A MOMENT, AND THE CURRENT MAYOR WAS ACTUALLY THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME WHEN IT SANTOS SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL THERE. I JUST HAD A SHORT CONVERSATION. BUT I RAN INTO A HANDFUL OF OUR VETERANS. AND THEY HAD WALKED UP JUST ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE MAYOR WALKED AWAY. AND WHEN HE DID , WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR SERVICE AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAD A BOOTH THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF YOUR BROTHER AND I MISSED IT THIS YEAR, BECAUSE I WOULD ALWAYS GO, EVEN IF I DID NOT SPEAK, I WOULD ATTEND THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SANTOS ANNUALLY WOULD ALWAYS CALM AND SIT. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW HIM WEARING HIS VET HAT AND DRESSED TO THE NINES. BUT HE WOULD ALWAYS COME AND SHARE HIS TIME WITH OUR YOUTH THERE. THE REASON HE CAME UP YESTERDAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM ON THE BOARD , FORMERLY ON THE BOARD FOR THE LIONS CLUB THERE. AND SANTOS, WHILE WE DONATED ALL THE LIGHTS TO THE CITY TO LIGHT DOWNTOWN DRIPPING SPRINGS FOR YEARS, SANTOS MAINTAINED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. FOUR MONTHS, HE WOULD SIT AND REPLACE LIGHT BULBS. JUST THE LITTLE CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE THAT, THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. THE FAMILY JUST GIVING IT

TIME, IT IS HARD NOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. >> THINK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE VFW, THE LOCAL VFW HOME THERE WILL BE PRESENTING THE COLORS THAT DAY. AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF DRIPPING SPRINGS WILL BE PRESENT.

>> THAT IS GREAT. >> THINK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS, COMMISSIONER. WELL DONE, GOOD STORY. AND I THINK WE MAY HAVE SOMEONE ON THE SIDELINES. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN APPROACHING THE PODIUM? OKAY. I DID NOT KNOW. I DID NOT WANT TO PASS YOU BY. IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR

NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >> I AM LINDA COHEN, CHAIR OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ON THE PROCLAMATION TODAY. WE ARE EXCITED THAT IT IS FINALLY HERE, FINALLY HAPPENED. PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE JUST HOW LONG HISTORICAL MARKERS TAKE. THIS HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING EXHIBIT. WE ARE ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT AN UPCOMING EXHIBIT THAT WE WILL HAVE FOR 2 MONTHS FROM THE EL CAMINO ASSOCIATION THAT WILL BE IN OUR ROTUNDA. THAT WILL COME IN THE NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT. AND WE REALLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE SINCE THE ON THEIR ENDEAVORS WITH THEIR ORAL HISTORY. THEY ARE AMAZING. THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE IS AWE-INSPIRING AND WE

ARE PLEASED TO HAVE THEM IN OUR COUNTY. >> THANK YOU. LINDA, WE WERE ALL TOGETHER FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. A REALLY COOL EVENT PUT ON BY THE STATE. WOULD YOU LIKE

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TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT PATTY BEND? >> LAST WEEK, A NUMBER OF US INCLUDING GINA AND THE JUDGE ATTENDED THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THE FRANCIS HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS REAL PLACES CONFERENCE. THE INFORMATION THAT WE COME BACK WITH IS AMAZING. I HAVE ALREADY TOLD SEVERAL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT I HAVE IDEAS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. IT ENERGIZES YOU, IT REMINDS YOU WHY WE DO THIS. IT REMINDS YOU THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS. MAY IS NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH. SAN MARCUS WILL BE HAVING ITS FIRST ANNUAL SAN MARCUS MUSEUM WEEK. AND WE HAVE A RECEPTION PLANNED HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE FOR THAT. THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING. PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE IN THIS COUNTY WORKING ON HERITAGE, HISTORICAL, PRESERVATION, AND HERITAGE TOURISM. AND IT IS MIND-BOGGLING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT QUARTER TO

REMINDING YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE. >> THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. THERE ARE SO MANY COUNTYWIDE, STATEWIDE, AND NATIONWIDE HELPING TO TELL STORIES SO THAT THEY DO NOT GET FORGOTTEN. AGAIN, THAT IS A REMINDER TO ME THAT WHEN YOU TELL ONE PERSON OR PEOPLE'S STORY, IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE TRYING TO ERASE ANOTHER.

EVERYONE HAS A STORY. EVERYONE IS UNIQUE, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. SO THE MORE THAT WE POPULATE THE TAPESTRY OF OUR COMMUNITY , I FEEL THE STRONGER AND MORE UNITED, MORE LOVING WE BECOME AS A COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE MAGNIFICENT WORK YOU DO IN OUR

COMMUNITIES. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS ONE. I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL TO FINALLY HAVE THIS HISTORICAL MARKER AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE EVENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON SINCE HE. I ALSO WANT TO THINK ANY TO JUDGE IN YOUR OFFICE WHO ALSO DOES SO MUCH IN

THAT AREA. ANITA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN?

>> CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL OF THE WORK. I KNOW THE PROCESS TAKES A LONG TIME. AND IT TAKES PEOPLE LIKE YOU, YOU KNOW, THE PASSION, THE DRIVE, TO HAVE THAT TENACITY TO PUSH THROUGH AND KEEP FOLLOWING UP TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GETTING DONE. IT TAKES A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE AND CONGRATULATE THE WORK THAT YOU

HAVE DONE. >> IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE PICTURE TO COME UP. I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH, IT IS NOT EITHER OR, IT IS YES AND. COME UP.

ARE PROS. >> RIGHT HERE. 1, 2. 1, 2, 3. >> BEAUTIFUL AND THANK YOU.

[F2. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing April 2023 as National Donate Life Month in Hays County. INGALSBE]

>> PLEASE OPEN S 2. >> ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2024 AS

NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH IN HAYS COUNTY. >> I MOVE.

>> I SECOND. >> PLEASE READ IT. >> A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING -- AS DONATE LIFE MONTH. IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE LIFE-CHANGING BENEFITS OF EYE AND TISSUE DONATION. IT IS A TIME TO SPOTLIGHT THE DONORS WHO GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE, RECIPIENTS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED AND ENHANCED, AND THOSE WHO DIED WAITING TO

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>> AND I WE GET THE ELIK QUINT SPEAKER BACK AGAIN. WELCOME. AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND

TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >> MY NAME IS LYNN WELD BRADSHAW. I REPRESENT UNITED STATES YOU TISSUE RESOURCES AND DONATE LIFE TEXAS. MY TITLE IS TO MEDICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR

UNITED TISSUE RESOURCES. ALL YOURS. >> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, WHO HAS ONCE AGAIN, ALLOWED US TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WITH THIS PROCLAMATION. IT IS OUR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF BEING HERE. AND WE WOULD NEVER TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE COME THREE YEARS IN A ROW. IT ALWAYS ENERGIZES US AND SETS US UP, WE FEEL, FOR SUCCESS IN THE REST OF THE MONTH. DONATE LIFE MONTH IS A NATIONAL ADVOCACY EFFORT. WE FEEL LIKE IT REALLY GETS STARTED ONCE WE COME TO HAYS COUNTY. WE WANT TO BE AS BENEFICIAL FOR YOU AS IT IS FOR US. SO WE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET REPRESENTATIVE, COMMISSIONER, SORRY. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE EARLIER BEFORE THIS MEETING BEGAN. SHE SAID, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR REPORT. SO THE NEWS WE GIVE YOU IS A REPORT ON THE WORK WE HAVE DONE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. I FIRST WANT TO SAY THAT THE 87% OF ELIGIBLE REGISTERED DONORS IN HAYS COUNTY REPRESENTS A 7% INCREASE OVER AN ALREADY HIGH 80% LAST YEAR. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS CONCERNING ORGAN, I, AND TISSUE DONATION, AND REGISTERED WITH INTENT 18 YEARS AND OLDER, 87% OF THOSE IN HAYS COUNTY HAVE SAID YES AND REGISTERED AS ORGAN, I, AND TISSUE DONORS. IT PUTS YOUR COUNTY AMONG THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED DONORS COMPARED TO ANY OTHER STATE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THERE ARE A LOT OF COUNTIES THAT YOU ARE STACKED UP AGAINST. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS NEWS BECAUSE I THINK THOSE NUMBERS DIRECTLY CORRELATE INTO THIS SECOND SET. WHEN I STOOD IN FRONT OF THIS BODY LAST YEAR, I SAID WE HAD 18 DONORS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO SAID YES TO JUST TISSUE.

AND SINCE WE ARE A TISSUE AGENCY, I AM ONLY GIVING YOU THE FIGURES FOR TISSUE. WE HAD 18 OF THEM SAITH IN 2022. LAST YEAR, WE HAD 32. 32 FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN HAYS COUNTY SAID YES TO TISSUE DONATION. I THINK THOSE NUMBERS DO TWO THINGS FOR US. AT SETS US UP WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE AS TO WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT. WHAT YOU ARE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT. BECAUSE THIS IS YOU. BUT IT ALSO LEADS US INTO A CALL TO ACTION. AND I WANT TO TALK FIRST ABOUT OUR EDUCATION PIECE. NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH IS A NATIONAL ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION EFFORT BEHIND WHICH ALL OF THE ORGAN, I, AND TISSUE AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES GET BEHIND AND TRY TO EDUCATE THOSE, IF THERE IS STILL ANYONE LEFT, WHO HAS NOT BEEN TOLD WHAT ORGAN, I, AND TISSUE DONATION IS AND WHAT IT DOES. AND WE UNITE UNDER A COMMON THEME. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT IS, DONORS ARE SUPERSTARS. IF YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT YESTERDAY, YOU REMEMBER THAT AT ONE POINT, THE LIGHT OF THE SUN

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BUT IT TAKES A DIFFERENT FORM IN A COUNTY LIKE HAYS, WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID YES AND REGISTERED THEIR LEGAL INTENT TO BECOME ORGAN, I, AND TISSUE DONORS. HERE, IT IS ALSO A DONATION EFFORT BECAUSE WE HAVE 13% OR SO THAT HAS NOT YET REGISTERED. WE WANT EVERYONE TO AT LEAST CONSIDER IT. EVEN THOUGH AS DONATION ADVOCATES, WE REALLY FEEL COMMITTED TO THE FACT THAT IT IS A PERSON'S RIGHT TO SAY NO. BUT WE WANT YOUR KNOW, IF IT IS TO BE A NO, TO BE AN EDUCATED NO. IT CAN ONLY BE THAT IF WE AS DONATION ADVOCATES GIVE YOU TRUE AND CORRECT INFORMATION VERSUS WHATEVER YOU GET ON YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW. MY WIFE AND I WATCH ALL THINGS CHICAGO MED, FIRE, PD. THERE WAS A CHICAGO DOG CATCHER WE WATCHED ONE DAY. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION IN YOUR FAVORITE MEDICAL SHOWS. I GOT A MEDICAL DEGREE IN 1999 WATCHING E.R. EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT. AND EVEN WITH THAT MEDICAL DEGREE, I STILL SAW SOME THINGS THAT I SAID, WHAT IS THAT CRAZY THING THEY ARE SAYING? THAT IS UP TO US THIS MONTH AND EVERY MONTH, TO GIVE YOU THE RIGHT STORY. BUT ONCE THAT IS DONE IN THIS COUNTY , IN THIS COUNTY, BECAUSE YOU ARE SO SPECIAL, WE ALSO HAVE A CALL TO ACTION.

THAT CALL TO ACTION IS TO WORK WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND SERVANTS CUT SUCH AS THIS BODY . LAW ENFORCEMENT, FUNERAL HOMES, HOSPITALS, ANY ONE WHO HAS A PART IN THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT ARE MADE AND CARRIED OUT AT A PERSON'S END-OF-LIFE, IT IS UP TO US TO WORK WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN ALL TOGETHER HONOR THE DONOR DECISIONS OF ÚTY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SAID YES TO DONATION. IT IS A DIFFERENT FORM THAN IT IS IN OTHER COUNTIES WHERE PEOPLE SAY, WHAT IS THAT THING CALLED ORGAN, I, AND TISSUE? YOU GET IT HERE IN HAYS COUNTY. WE STAND WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE YOU. I HAVE TO MENTION THEM . ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IF THIS IS BEING STREAMED, THEY ARE WATCHING ME. YOU KNOW? I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY THE TEXAS ORGAN ALLIANCE FACILITATES ORGAN DONATION IN HAYS COUNTY . MIRACLES INSIGHT OUT OF MAINER TEXAS IS GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER, FACILITATES CORNEAL DONATION. AND WE, UNITED TISSUE RESOURCES, WE HANDLE TISSUE. AS A PROCLAMATION SAID, ORGAN DONATION IS THE DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION OF TWO LUNGS, TWO KIDNEYS, HEART, A LIVER, SMALL INTESTINE, AND PANCREAS. CORNEAL DONATION IS NOT THE I, WE DO NOT TAKE THE WHOLE EYE FROM ONE PERSON AND USE IT FOR ANOTHER. IT IS THE CORNEAL , ONE PER I, AND THE SCLERAL MEMBRANE THAT CAN BE USED TO PATCH DAMAGE TO AN EYE CAUSED BY DISEASE OR DECAY. AND THEN THERE IS WHAT WE DO AT UNITED TISSUE RESOURCES, WHICH IS BONE, SKIN, VEINS, LIGAMENTS, TENDONS, NERVES, HEART VALVES, AND SO FORTH. TOGETHER, ONE DONOR OF ALL OF THOSE MIGHT SAVE OR HEAL 75 OR MORE PEOPLE. HUNDREDS, EVEN, IF YOU CONSIDER THERE ARE MULTIPLE TISSUE PLANTS. IT WILL BE A BIG JOB FOR US TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC SERVANTS OF HAYS COUNTY. YOU ARE NOT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE TO DO IT ALL MYSELF. I HAVE A TEAM. SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU. THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF US, THREE OF US TODAY. BECAUSE WE HAD SOME SICKNESS TOO IN OUR GROUP. MR. JEFF GILL, HE MAKES THE EFFORT TO SPEAK TO FAMILIES ABOUT THEIR DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE, OR AT LEAST TO TO ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER.

AND THEN WE HAVE MISS JESSICA BARNES, WHO LIVES RIGHT HERE IN THIS COUNTY. YOU MIGHT SEE HER AT HEB. SHE IS A LEADER OF THE TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND FACILITATE THE RECOVERY OF THOSE GIFTS. SO WITH THAT, IN CLOSING, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY NOW THAT I HAVE INTRODUCED SOME MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AND TOLD YOU ABOUT OTHERS, THE PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THIS ROOM WILL WORK WITH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS RECOMMITTING OURSELVES TO COME DOWN NEXT YEAR AND REPORT EVEN MORE PROGRESS IN OUR EFFORT TO FULFILL THE DONOR DECISIONS OF THE RESIDENTS OF HAYS COUNTY , AND IN THEIR DECISION TO DONATE

LIFE. THANK YOU. >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE, LIKE ALWAYS.

>> JUDGE, AN AWESOME PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MR. BRADSHAW, FOR BEING HERE, GIVING US THAT REPORT AND UPDATE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WHAT A WONDERFUL PROGRAM WE

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>> LET ME SAY THIS. MY VERY LAST THING IN CLOSING. MY MAIN MOMENT. IF YOU HAVE NEVER MET SOMEONE PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY DONATION AND THE DECISION THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN HAYS COUNTY ARE MAKING , AND THESE I DIRECTED NOT ONLY TO THE MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE I HEARD MY STORY, I'M TALKING TO THE FOLKS HERE IN ATTENDANCE. YOU HAVE NEVER MET A DIRECT BENEFICIARY -- BENEFICIARY OF THE DECISIONS THAT THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY ARE MAKING, YOU MET ONE TODAY. I AM A TWO-TIME HEART RECIPIENT. IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOSPITAL THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE. I HAVE TO MENTION MY HEROES AT BOTH HOSPITALS. I AM NOW, THIS IS NEWS AS WELL, BECAUSE LAST YEAR I CAME AND SAID I HAVE NINE -- OH, SORRY.

I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU MEANT TO RUN AND FACE THE MORE YOU PUT ALL RIGHT. COMING BACK TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I SAID LAST YEAR THAT I HAD NINE GRANDCHILDREN. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAD ANOTHER ONE TO ONE. I HAVE 10 GRANDCHILDREN, NONE OF WHOM WERE BORN BEFORE MY VERY FIRST OF TWO TRANSPLANTS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE LIKE THOSE IN THIS ROOM AND OTHERS HAVE MADE LET ME BE A PART OF THEIR LIVES. NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY IT IS MY PASSION. NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY I MAY MAKE A FULL PAUSE, LIKE NOT DIRECTING ATTENTION TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE. BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE TO CONSIDER BECOMING AN ORGAN, I, AND TISSUE DONOR, AND MAKING MORE GRANDPAS IN HAYS COUNTY.

>> BRAVO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE IF WE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP FOR A PHOTO.

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F 3. >> ADOPTED PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2024 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. WHEREAS 6.3 MILLION TEXANS HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN A LIFETIME, AND WERE AS 2 AND 5 WOMEN AND 1 AND 5 MEN IN TEXAS HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN THEIR LIFETIME AFFECTING ALL RACES, AGES, GENDERS, AND ECONOMIC SITUATIONS, AND WHEREAS THE HAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO 616 ADULT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN HAYS AND CALDWELL COUNTIES LAST YEAR, AND WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY IS INTOLERANT OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ANY FORM AND RECOGNIZES THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS MAY PREVENT ACTUAL ASSAULT, AND WHEREAS EFFORTS TO REDUCE SEXUAL ASSAULT CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL THROUGH CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT, AND THE SAFETY OF CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY DEPENDS ON OUR ACTION TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT. NOW THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 20TH 24 -- APRIL 2024 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT

AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. >>

>> I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND

SAY A FEW WORDS. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, FOR HIGHLIGHTING SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. EXCUSE ME. I AM ALSO UNDER THE WEATHER. I ALSO WANT TO ADD

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INVOLVED. AND SO I THINK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU. IF IT IS OKAY

WITH EVERYONE ELSE, WE CAN MERGE THE TWO. >> YES, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

>> YES, WE DID. >> PLEASE OPEN F 4. >> F 4. ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2024 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH. A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2024 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH. WHEREAS MORE THAN 63,989 CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT WERE CONFIRMED AND KISSED TEXAS IN 2023, RESULTING IN 9952 CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE IN TEXAS IN THE DEATH OF 173 CHILDREN IN TEXAS IN 2023, AND WHEREAS 286 CHILDREN WERE CONFIRMED TO VICTIMS OF ABUSE IN HAYS COUNTY 220 AND 23, AND WH BOARD, HAYS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER, AND ROXANNE'S HOUSE, GREATER SAN MARCOS YOUTH COUNCIL, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES, COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES, SAN MARCOS, BUDDHA, AND KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CHRISTOPHER SANTA ROSA SEND MARCOS HAVE JOINED FORCES TO PREVENT -- PROVIDE PREVENTATIVE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO CHILD VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND WHEREAS EVERY CHILD IN HIS COUNTY DESERVE TO BE SAFE, NURTURED, AND SUPPORTED AND CARING RELATIONSHIPS. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2024 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH.

AND CALLS UPON THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY TO WORK TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PREVENT CHILD ABUSE IN OUR

>> PLEASE READ THE ROLE. WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

>> YES, SIR. HELLO, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS KYLE BONAVISTA. I SERVE AS THE KASER COORDINATOR FOR KOSICE. A SENSE FOR COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE. OUR ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY, BEST INTEREST ADVOCACY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. WE TRAIN AND EMPOWER DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS TO ENSURE OUR CHILDREN'S NEEDS ARE MET AND THAT THEIR VOICES ARE LIFTED. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES TO STEP UP AND EDUCATE OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND NEIGHBORS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND HOW WE INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY CAN HELP. 283 CHILDREN IN HAYS COUNTY ARE CONFIRMED VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND ARE IN

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THANK YOU TO THE HAYS COUNTY FOR HELPING US RAISE AWARENESS FOR THIS CAUSE AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT . WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR FRIEND HERE FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU ALL.

>> NEXT UP? >> MY NAME IS DAPHNE, A FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN FROM THE CITY OF KYLE, FORMER TEXAS MUNICIPAL BOARD LEAGUE MEMBER, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SPANISH NOTICEABLE OFFICIALS, AND A CURRENTLY PROUDLY SERVE THE HAYS COUNTY TREASURER. THIS IS MY FAMILIES STORY. DURING MY TENURE AS A COUNCILWOMAN, I WAS NOTIFIED OF A FRIEND OF OUR DAUGHTERS WHO WAS EXPERIENCING A FAMILY CRISIS. THE CHILD NEEDED TO BE PLACED IN A HOME OUTSIDE OF HERS. THIS WAS OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE TEXAS THE PART OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, CPS. WE COMPLETED OUR BACKGROUND CHECKS AND AGREED TO FOLLOW CPS RULES.

THIS WAS AN INFORMAL PLACEMENT, AS CPS HAS LIMITED SUPERVISION OF THIS CASE. AS IS THE GOAL WITH CPS, THE CHILD WAS REUNITED WITH FAMILY. AN INFORMAL PLACEMENT DOES NOT REQUIRE CPS LICENSING. ABOUT A YEAR LATER, WE WERE NOTIFIED OF A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS HAVING A PERSONAL ISSUE. WE WERE ASKED IF WE COULD CONTACT CPS AND HAVE THE CHILD STAY WITH US. WE AGREED. WE AGAIN COMPLETED OUR BACKGROUND CHECKS AND AGREED TO FOLLOW CPS RULES. THIS PLACEMENT WAS A FORMAL PLACEMENT WITH CPS, KNOWN AS A KINSHIP BASEMENT. A KINSHIP PLACEMENT DOES NOT REQUIRE CPS LICENSING. EVENTUALLY, THE CHILD WAS REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY. A FEW MONTHS LATER, I WAS VISITING WITH MY HUSBAND AT OUR KITCHEN TABLE AND I TOLD HIM I WAS NOT DONE YET. I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO CONTINUE OFFERING SOFT LANDINGS FOR CHILDREN IN NEED. HE AGREED. WE BEGAN BY CONTACTING ACPA, A CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY THAT HAD BEEN REFERRED TO A SPARE KINSHIP PLACEMENT MANAGER. WE ATTENDED OUR CLASSES, COMPLETED ANOTHER ROUND OF BACKGROUND CHECKS AND FINGERPRINTING. THERE ARE FOUR LEVELS OF CARE FOR LICENSING. THERE IS BASIC, MODERATE, SPECIALIZED, AND MEDICAL. WE WERE OFFICIALLY LICENSED AS A BASIC LEVEL OF CARE FAMILY. EVENTUALLY BECOMING LICENSED AS A

SPECIALIZED LEVEL OF CARE FAMILY. >> ONE SECOND. CAN YOU GUYS UPDATE THE CAMERA TO FOCUS ON THE SPEAKER? THANK YOU FOR THAT. UNFORTUATELY IT WAS A

HUGE DELAY, BUT YOU ARE STILL ON. AS YOU WILL CONTINUE. >> WE WAITED. YOU DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A CHILD BECAUSE HER LICENSED. HERE IS OUR EXPERIENCE. THE CPA CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY HAS A PLACEMENT DIRECTOR. YOUR DIRECTOR CONTACT YOU WHEN CPS PUT OUT A CALL. THIS CALL HAS BASIC INFORMATION OF A CHILD NEEDING PLACEMENT. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DECIDE IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE FAMILIES HOMES THAT HE IN HISTORY PROVIDED TO THE CPS CASE MANAGER FOR CONSIDERATION. WE DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD NOT BEEN SELECTED. ONE MORNING, I WAS AT BREAKFAST WITH MY BEST FRIEND AND I TOLD HER, TODAY IS THE DAY. SURE ENOUGH AT BREAKFAST, I RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY, A SIBLINGS THAT. I WAS ASKED IF WE WANTED TO SUBMIT OUR FAMILY INFORMATION. OF COURSE I SAID YES. FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY WAS AN EARLY EVENING. MY KITCHEN TABLE HEADER CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY DIRECTOR SITTING THERE. OUR LIVING ROOM HEADER COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE, AND AD LITEM ATTORNEY WHO HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE CHILDREN, AND MY BEST FRIEND WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME OUR CHILDREN'S TEACHER. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE VERY ANXIOUS. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE DOORBELL RANG. I OPENED THE DOOR AND TWO LINTELS PUSHED OPEN THE DOOR, RAN UP THE STAIRS, DOWN THE STAIRS, IN THE LIVING ROOM, IN THE KITCHEN, AND ALL OVER THE HOUSE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, TOYS WERE EVERYWHERE. BILLY AND I SAT WITH HER CASE MANAGER AND DIRECTOR WHO ASSIGNED ALL OF HER PAPERS. TO SAY IT WAS A WHIRLWIND WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. EVENTUALLY THE PAPERWORK WAS SIGNED AND EVERYONE LEFT. WE WENT FROM BEING A FAMILY OF FOUR TO BEING A FAMILY OF SIX. THAT MAY, OUR SON GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.

THAT JUNE, OUR DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THAT AUGUST, WE HAD ENROLLED A PRE-KINDERGARTNER AND KINDERGARTNER INTO SCHOOL AND START ALL OVER AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT WAS AN EASY, BREEZY, AND SMOOTH TRANSITION. WE HAD BUMPS HERE AND THERE, AS EVERY FAMILY DOES. ONE DAY, BELLA AND I WERE WATCHING A SHOW AND SHE LAID IN MY LAP.

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LOOKING TO BE SHOWN LOVE, LOOKING TO BE GIVEN A CHANCE. IF THAT SEED HAS BEEN PLANTED IN YOUR HEART, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A STABLE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP FAMILIES THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND ACHIEVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP BIOLOGICAL FAMILIES STAY TOGETHER. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP SIBLINGS TOGETHER. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF ABUSE. CHILDREN NEED WARMTH, THEY NEED AFFECTION, THEY NEED LOVE AND STABILITY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN WITH YOUR HEART. SUNDAY, WE CELEBRATED OUR THREE-YEAR FAMILY ANNIVERSARY. IT WAS THREE YEARS ON SUNDAY THAT THEY STOLE OUR LAST NAME. TODAY MARKS THE FIFTH YEAR THAT THEY STOLE OUR HEARTS. I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE LAST STORY. I WAS SITTING AT HER KITCHEN TABLE DOING PAPERWORK AND BELLA CAME UP TO ME. SHE LOOKED DOWN AT HER FEET AND SHE QUIETLY SAID, MAMA? AND I SAID YES, BABY. DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY I GOT HERE WITH THE LADY ? AND THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE? I SAID YES, BABY. I REMEMBER. SHE GOT VERY QUIET. SHE BEGAN TO SHUFFLE HER FEET. SHE SAID, MAMA, I WAS SCARED. I PICKED UP HER HEAD AND LOOKED AT HER BEAUTIFUL FACE. I SAID SO WAS

I. >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE. THANK YOU, DAPHNE. DO NOT WALK AWAY. IT IS TIME FOR A PHOTO, FOR US ALL TO COME TOGETHER. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE A PART OF THIS STORY AND OTHER STORIES, PLEASE COME UP. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A FEW OF OUR PARTNERS. HWAC AND KOSICE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. I GUESS IT WAS LAST WEEK, THE FINAL PAMENT OF BARBARA FUNDING PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONERS. EACH EQUALLY FROM OUR ALLOCATIONS TO MORE OR LESS PAY FOR THE ESCALATION AND COST FOR EACH WAC. THAT CHECK WAS DROPPED OFF LAST WEEK. THIS AFTERNOON, ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO PICK IT UP FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE AND WE HAVE THE FINAL CHECK FOR CASAS TODAY. AT 2:30, WE WAY WANT TO TAKE A BREAK AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH HIM. I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I DO NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING WHENEVER THE LAW PASSED TWO SESSIONS AGO RELATED TO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ON STEAM, OR FUNCTIONALLY HOW IT WOULD WORK AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND SO WHEN I BROUGHT THAT TO THE COURT AT THE TIME, I THINK WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WORK. I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND OUR D.A.S OFFICE FOR WORKING SO WELL WITH THAT ORGANIZATION OR AS PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT ENDED THERE. AND I SAY THAT, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, AND CURRENTLY THE AGREEMENT AND THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING WITH UPD, TO SET UP CLASSES AGAIN, WHICH WE HAVE NOT HAD IN QUITE SOME TIME. AND SO I AM EXCITED FOR THAT. I AM SURE THE WOMEN OF HAYS COUNTY WILL BE EXCITED FOR THAT AS WELL. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT EDUCATION , EDUCATING OUR OFFICERS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THOSE TRAININGS. I KNOW NO ONE QUESTIONS IT , THAT IT

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>> THANK YOU. >> THINK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TALKING, AND I APPRECIATE THAT STORY, DAPHNE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO. I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT EASY WORK. TAKING ANY NEW FAMILY IS HARD. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO. I AM GLAD THE COURT ALWAYS HAS

SUPPORT IN THIS WORK. THANK YOU. >> KYLE AND MELISSA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I DO JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS OF HAYS COUNTY. DAPHNE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. IT WAS

AWESOME AND HEARTFELT. >> AND NOW COMES THE MOMENT FOR THE PHOTO. ANYONE WANTING TO BE A PART OF THIS STORY, COME UP FOR A PHOTO.

[F5. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing April 14th - 20th, 2024, as National Telecommunicators Week. INGALSBE]

APRIL 20 FOUR. >> YOU HEAR ALL TOO OFTEN IN THE NEWS WHERE A VOICE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CALL HAS LITERALLY SAVED SOMEONE'S LIFE. MOST ACCURATELY WRITTEN.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. IT IS WELL DESERVED FOR THE COMMUNICATION

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>> PREPARING FOR THE STORM COMING OUR WAY. >> IF IT IS OKAY WITH YOU GUYS, LET'S BRING EVERYONE UP. EVERYONE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THIS PHOTO, TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU.

[F6. Presentation by representatives of Aaron Concrete Contractors, LLC regarding work zone and construction area awareness and safety. SMITH/SHELL/BORCHERDING]

SAFETY. >> LET'S GET THE PRESENTATION. AFTER THE PRESENTATION, I HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WILL GO IN THAT ORDER.

>> MY NAME IS VICTOR VARGAS. I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE EDWARD BROOKS WITH ERIN CONCRETE. TO BRING ATTENTION NOT JUST TO THE COURT, BUT TO THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA OF TEXAS. NEXT WEEK, APRIL 15TH THROUGH THE 19TH, IS NATIONAL WORKS ON AWARENESS WEEK. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK IN OUR CONSTRUCTION ZONES, NOT JUST FOR CONTRACTORS, BUT OUR HAYS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, OUR TXDOT PARTNERS,

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AND NATIONWIDE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. A SHORT PRESENTATION. I GUESS AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN TEXAS, THERE ARE 3000 ACTIVE WORK SOUNDS ON STATE ROADS. IN 2023, THERE WAS 26,000 CRASHES IN TEXAS WORK SOUNDS. 190 FATALITIES. 77% OF WORKS ON FATALITIES WERE MOTORISTS AND PASSENGERS. SOME OF THE HAZARDS WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED, LACK OF SHOULDER THAT USUALLY SERVICES A SAFETY AREA, LANE WITH, REDUCTIONS, AND REDUCING NUMBER OF LANES IN MERGE CONDITIONS. SPEED REGULATIONS, CHANGING LANE PATTERNS, UNFAMILIAR ROUTES, LARGE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD TO DISTRACT VISION AND PERSONNEL NEAR TRAFFIC. CONSTRUCTION HAZARDS ARE SLOW-MOVING CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES ENTERING ON AND EXITING TRAFFIC LANES DAILY AND NIGHTLY GAIN CLOSURES, ACCIDENTS WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE, AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS DISREGARDING THE WORKS ON REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS , DISTRACTED DRIVERS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, DRIVERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE. SOME OF THE CONTROLS WE USE ARE FAST WARNING SIGNS, REDUCING SPEED LIMITS, ADVISORY SPEED SIGNS, SPEED DEVICES, DELINEATORS, PANELS, RUMBLE STRIPS, TRASH CONTINUE AIDERS, CONCRETE TRAFFIC BARRIERS.

SOME CONTROLS USED IN THE WORKS OWN ART PORTABLE CHANGING MESSAGE SIGNS, ERROR BOARDS, LANE CLOSURES, LANE SHIFTS, OPERATIONS AND PILOT VEHICLES, ALL CITY POLICE OFFICERS.

CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY LIGHTING, TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND SMART GRID ZONE TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS A SHORT MESSAGE FROM TX D.O.T.

SAFE DRIVING IN WORK ZONES, DRIVE SOBER, WEAR A SEATBELT, MINIMIZE DISTRACTIONS, MAINLY CELL PHONES. SLOW DOWN TO BE ALERT. STICK LOG REQUIRES YOU TO MOVE OVER AND SLOWDOWN. PAY ATTENTION TO ALL CONSTRUCTION SIGNS, MERGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES AND DO NOT STOP OR ANIMALS OR PULLOVER IN A TUNNEL. TX D.O.T.

HAS A WEBSITE. WE ALSO HAVE A ONE 800 NUMBER THAT IS VERY INFORMATIVE. IN CONCLUSION, --

SOUTHERN BARRELS. I WOULD LIKE TO GO HOME WITH THEM TODAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU, I AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT OUR WORKERS DO ON THE HIGHWAYS AND ROADWAYS BECAUSE WE ALL BENEFIT FROM IT AND WE ARE ALL EASILY DISTRACT DID. AND I WILL ALWAYS SAY, TX D.O.T. IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB ON 35. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A CONSTRUCTION IN PERPETUITY. THEY ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB MOVING THROUGH OUR REGION HERE. IT IS PALPABLE THAT THE PROGRESS IS THERE. I WATCHED AND STOOD AT THE REPAVING. WELL, I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME RIGHT NOW. BUT I HAVE SEEN IN SEVERAL REPAVING'S AND STOOD THERE WHILE FOLKS ARE WORKING IN WATCHED TRAFFIC MOVED BY. IT IS A VERY, VERY NARROW SPACE THAT YOU OPERATE IN. I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT THIS REMINDER IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US ALL, AND THINK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND LIKE YOU

SAID, YOU WANT TO GO HOME TOO. THANK YOU. >> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS. ARE FOLKS OUT THERE ON A DAILY BASIS, I KNOW SOME DATA YOU SHARED WAS STATEWIDE AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND THINGS, BUT I DO NOT THINK

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I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO COME TODAY AND COME SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.

>> YOU FOR HAVING US. >> THANKS, VICTOR, FOR BRINGING THIS TO US, AND FOR ERIN CONCRETE FOR SPONSORING THIS AS WELL, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AS COMMISSIONER SMITH MENTIONED, A LOT OF HIS COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE OUT ON THE ROADS RIGHT NOW WORKING. SOMETIMES WE GET IN A HURRY AND WE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. BUT IF WE CAN, THINK ABOUT THAT. THE SAFETY AROUND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP US IMPROVE OUR ROADS. WE GIVE HIM SPACE AND SLOW DOWN A BIT, EVERYONE WILL BE MUCH BETTER OFF.

>> COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE? >> NO. I JUST THINK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND SENDING US THE UPDATES AND REMINDERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

>> AND NOW WE HAVE A SPEAKER, MR. AMAYA. OH, DON'T LEAVE THOUGH. I JUST WANT THAT

COMMENT AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A PHOTO. >> FIRST OFF, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. IN MY EXPERIENCE AS A FORMER COP, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT, SOMETIMES IT IS NICE TO BRING IN FORMER INDIVIDUALS TO PAIR THEM UP WITH THESE TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS SO THAT WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT FORMER OFFICERS ARE IN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I WAS MANAGING A BUSING COMPANY HERE IN MIDDLE RIDGE. IT TOOK ME A LOT OF EFFORT. THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WAS THROWING ROCKS INTO THE STREET AND I HAD A BUNCH OF STUDENTS. I WAS CONCERNED AND HAVING TO GO AROUND THEM AND GOING INTO A DITCH. I HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STATE SENATOR'S OFFICE TO TRY TO GET THAT RESOLVED. NOW I KNOW THEY HAVE POSTED A NUMBER, TX D.O.T., BUT I HAVE HAD A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIVE WITH ANYONE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. YOU, ARE THERE OTHER NUMBERS THAT A CITIZEN CAN USED TO CALL? I TRIED TO SOLVE THE NUMBERS THAT THEY PUT UP THERE AND IT WAS NOT ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, I CANNOT TELL YOU I AM PLEASED WITH IT. I DID HAVE A BUNCH OF STUDENTS ON MY BREATH. IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A DRIVER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE TO AND FROM. IN THE ROADWAY, THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS TX D.O.T., OSHA, WHO HANDLES ALL THAT STUFF. I'VE GONE UP AND DOWN MESSING WITH THAT STUFF, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME PROJECTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE MACHINES ARE RUNNING AROUND, BACKING UP. I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY, THE MAYOR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT A CHILD TO GET RUN OVER WITH SOME OF THOSE CONTAINER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FLAGMAN OR NOTHING LIKE THAT. AGAIN, I REALLY LIKE THESE PRESENTATIONS, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE EVEN MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE I HAVE REACHED OUT. EVERY TIME I REACH OUT TO FOLKS, THERE IS A MACHINE. AND IT IS NICE TO GET SOME BODY ON THE PHONE THAT CAN GET YOU THE ANSWERS THAT YOU SEEK. THE LAST THING I WANT IS A CHILD TO GET RUN OVER.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A PHOTO.

[F7. Presentation by Carina PInales from the Riparius Foundation regarding equipping small businesses and nonprofit organizations with essential tools and knowledge, bridging the digital and education divides that hinder their stabilization and growth. INGALSBE]

>> THANK YOU. CARINA PINALES REPRESENTING THE RIPARIUS FOUNDATION TODAY. THE RIPARIUS

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>> JUDGE , I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I KNOW THE GOAL IS TO EXTEND THIS PROGRAM THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING IN SAN MARCUS INTO THE GREATER HAYS COUNTY AREA . AND I THINK MISS CARINA PINALES IS ALSO ASKING FOR ARBOR FUNDING. I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HER TO COME MAKE A PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT OUR ARBOR FUNDING IS GETTING LOW. SINCE THIS WOULD BE A COUNTY-WIDE EFFORT, IF THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM, THAT WE ALL, YOU KNOW, DO THAT EQUALLY. AND SO I WANTED HER TO COME MAKE THE PRESENTATION SO THAT

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TO MAKE THAT DECISION. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> WHAT TYPE OF NONPROFIT?

>> WE HAD THE SALVATION ARMY, THE SHACK CENTER, WE ALSO HAD THE PETITE TEACHER NONPROFIT.

HAD A FEW OTHER SMALLER NONPROFITS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET STARTED, BUT I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES BY THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE TEACHER PROGRAM.

THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER THAT WERE WANTING TO JOIN EVENTUALLY, SO THIS COMING WEEK, WE HAVE MORE SIGN-UPS. THE SURVEY THAT THE CITY DID WITH ALL THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THAT IS THE LIST THAT WE HAD REACHED OUT TO AND THAT HAD RESPONDED TO US.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. I AM DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN HELPING IF POSSIBLE. LET COMMISSIONER INGLE JUST SAID, WE ARE KEEPING LOWER ON THOSE AMOUNTS.

>> THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE ARPA FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR. WE HAVE $60,000 THAT WE ARE WORKING WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS. BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO ADEQUATELY COVER THE NEEDS THAT THE HAYS COUNTY AUDIENCE NEEDS, AS FAR AS THE STAFF TIME THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED, AS WELL AS THE RESOURCES FOR COMPUTER USAGE. SO, RIGHT NOW, WITH SURFACED WAS A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND EVEN SOME OF THE NONPROFITS DID NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AFTER HOURS. SO HE DURING OFFICE HOURS, THEY ARE USING THE SMART BOARD IS THE LOCATION AND JUST USING OUR PERSONAL LAPTOPS RIGHT NOW. AND HAPPILY DOING THAT. BUT KNOWING THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO MEET THE HAYS COUNTY PARTICIPANTS WHERE THEY ARE AT AND POST THESE IN HAYS COUNTY, POTENTIALLY , WE WILL NEED SOME GRANTS. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS ALARMING WAS I AM VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE, THAT OPERATES THE PROGRAM ITSELF, BECAUSE IT SURFACED FROM QUESTIONS WAS THE FUND THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT FOLLOW CODES, SOME OF THOSE ARE NOT LEGITIMATE. SOME OF THOSE ARE VERY COMPROMISNG. AND SO WE ARE HELPING A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS NAVIGATE WHY YOU SHOULD NOT PAY TO APPLY TO A GRANT, WHY YOU SHOULD NOT PASS UP FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FIRST. AND THEN FINALLY IDENTIFYING SCAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE. IT WAS REALLY UNSETTLING HOW MANY SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE ACTUALLY PAID TO APPLY FOR GRANT. AND ALSO HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH SCAMS THAT WILL REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM WHEN THEY ARE ALREADY VULNERABLE AS IT IS. WE DO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE WELCOME CENTER. I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER LOCATION IN HAYS COUNTY THAT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN OUR PROGRAM. THAT WAY, WE DO NOT HAVE PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY GOING INTO SAN MARCUS FOR AN EVENING PROGRAM. WE CAN ACTUALLY MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT. WHEN WE HOSTED THIS PROGRAM LAST MONTH, WE HAD PEOPLE COME FROM THE MIDDLE OF AUSTIN AND TRAVEL ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF JUST TO GET THIS INFORMATION AND THIS SUPPORT. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO OWN BUSINESSES OR RUN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE KYLE AREA.

WE ALSO, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD ABOUT 30% OF OUR ATTEND ATTENDEES THAT CAME FROM THE DRIPPING SPRINGS AREA, BERMUDA, THE EAST SIDE OF KYLE, JUST TO COME IN. IT IS FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 IN SAN MARCUS THREE DAYS IN A ROW. SO THE COMMITMENT WAS THERE, THE CONSISTENCY WAS THERE. SO THAT TOLD US THE OVERWHELMING NEED THAT OUR PROGAM IS MEETING.

>> COMMISSIONER? >> I APPRECIATE THAT PRESENTATION, THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO DIRECT OUTREACH TO HER CHAMBERS. AND I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT IS PUSHED LOCALLY IN A NUMBER OF OUR COMMUNITIES IS TO JOIN THE CHAMBER EVEN AT THEIR LOWEST LEVEL. DURING COVID, THE SMALL BUSINESS SYSTEMS PROGRAM THAT WE ESTABLISHED, WE WERE ABLE TO APPOINT INDIVIDUALS IN THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE BASED OFF

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FINDS A HOME. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT IT. >> THAT IS A GREAT POINT. AND THAT IS ALSO WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR SUPPORT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROGRAM. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR FOLLOW-UPS. SO THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR EVALUATING THE NEEDS. IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO HELP BUSINESSES BECOME CERTIFIED AS HUB BUSINESSES, WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY PROVIDE THIS IS IN OUR PIPELINE. SO THAT IS THE SECOND PHASE. WHILE WE STILL WORK IN THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE INTO OUR NEXT PHASE OF FUNDING. SO THIS IS REALLY TO MEET WHERE THE DEMAND IS CURRENTLY. WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT THE SAN MARCOS AREA CHAMBER ATTENDED ALL OF THE THREE DAYS THAT WE HOSTED LAST MONTH. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM DIRECTLY TO ALSO EXPAND SERVICES INTO THE SAN MARCO'S CHAMBER AND MEET THEM WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT THEM ON GRANT FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND A FEW OTHER SUPPORTED PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT. THIS WAS INITIALLY A SAN MARCUS PROGRAM. NOW I WOULD HOPE THAT I CAN LEAN ON THE COMMISSIONERS TO ME NAVIGATE SOME OF THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CHAMBERS OUTSIDE OF SAN MARCOS IF WE WERE TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM WITH FORMALITY TO HAYS COUNTY.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NEEDED INFORMATION. SO ANYONE THAT DOES COME, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM, BUT THE FUNDS CURRENTLY REALLY ARE INTENDED FOR SAN MARCOS ATTENDEES. YET

WE SAW A LARGE RESPONSE IN HAYS COUNTY. >> BEAUTIFUL, OKAY. THANK YOU

[K1. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Juvenile Center to purchase 20 communication devices with commensurate headsets, controllers and earpieces; 4 charging stations; and service plan with Relay, Inc. effective April 1, 2024. INGALSBE/LITTLEJOHN]

VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> TANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. MISCELLANEOUS AND THEN WE WILL GO TO CONSENT. PLEASE OPEN K 1.

>> K 1 PEER DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE JUVENILE CENTER TO PURCHASE 20 MEDICATION DEVICES WITH COMMISERATE HEADSETS, CONTROLLERS, AND EARPIECES, FOR CHARGING STATIONS, AND A SERVICE PLAN WITH RELAY INC. AFFECT LIVE APRIL 1ST 2024.

>> IF YOU WILL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

>> JOHN HAYS , BRETT LITTLEJOHN. YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT RENTAL AGREEMENT, A NEW COMPANY WOULD MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS WE REQUIRE, AND IT WOULD ALSO BE A SAVING FOR

US AS WELL. >> YES. THANK YOU. IT IS EQUIPMENT THAT THEY ALREADY

NEED AND USE. SO THAT SAVINGS IS ATTRACTIVE. SO, THANK YOU. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE A NO-BRAINER.

THE COMMUNICATION. SO, YES. WE WILL REPLACE THOSE ONCE WE GET THE RADIOS.

>> COMMISSIONER SHALL? >> I AM GOOD. >> DID FOR SARAH, REALLY QUICK, IF I MAY, WE HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH A BIT WITH THE COMPANY AND SOME OF THE TERMS. SO IF THE COURT SEES FIT, AND I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MR. LITTLEJOHN ABOUT THIS TOO, IF THE COURT SEES FIT, COULD I LIST A COUPLE OF EDIT THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING SO THAT THE COURT, IF INTERESTED, COULD APPROVE THE AGREEMENT CONTINGENT ON THOSE EDIT, IF THAT SOUNDS OKAY? THEY ARE VERY , THEY ARE USUAL GENERAL EDITS, BUT IF IT IS OKAY, I WILL TRY TO RUN THROUGH THEM VERY QUICKLY. OKAY. IN SECTION 3.2, WE ARE REQUESTING THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT FOR CONVENIENCE UPON 30 DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE. THE COMPANY ALREADY HAS AN OPTION, SO WE ARE ASKING TO BE ADDED TO THAT OPTION AS WELL SECTION 3.3, IN REFERENCE TO REFUNDING ANY PREPAID FEES, WE WOULD BE REQUESTING TO BE REFUNDED FOR ANY PREPAID FEES IF THE AGREEMENT IS TERMINATED EARLY. SECTION 4.1, WE WOULD ASK THAT ALL PAYMENTS AND ACCRUALS BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS PROMPT PAYMENT ACT, SAME REVISION TO SECTION 4.4 . IN SECTION 2.2, OR 12.2, EXCUSE ME, AND 12.3, WE WOULD LIKE TO

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SECTION 13, WE WOULD NOT WAIVE A TRIAL BY JURY, AND WE WILL NOT AGREE TO ARBITRATION. WE ARE ASKING FOR THOSE CLAUSES TO BE REMOVED. SECTION 15.3 , IF RELAY AMENDS THE AGREEMENT, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT WRITTEN NOTICE BE PROVIDED TO US, AND THAT THE AMENDMENT IS SUBSTANTIAL OR MATERIAL IN NATURE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT.

SECTION 20, GOVERNING VENUE. WE ASK THAT THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEN YOU LIE IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS. AND LAST ONE, WE WOULD EDIT THAT THE DEFINITION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION SHALL ALSO EXCLUDE INFORMATION THAT IS DEEMED PUBLIC UNDER THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. SORRY. THAT IS ALL.

>> NO, NECESSARY ADS. >> I WILL AMEND MY MOTION TO OCCLUDE THOSE NOTES.

>> PERFECT, SECOND. MOST DEFINITELY. BRETT, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K2. Discussion and possible action to authorize Constable 3 to procure a credit card for an amount not to exceed $2,000.00 from the County depository bank. SHELL/MONTAGUE]

>> DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE CONSTABLE THREE TO PROCURE A CREDIT CARD FOR THE

AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2000 FROM THE COUNTY DEPOSITORY BANK. >> COMMISSIONER SHALL?

>> STEPHANIE HEPP, PURCHASING AGENT FOR THE COUNTY. THIS CREDIT CARD WILL BE FOR CONSTABLE 32 USE FOR ANY PROPOSED TRAINING THEY HAVE COMING UP, FOR TRAVEL, A LOT OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO HAVE A CREDIT CARD FOR THESE SERVICES. THE PURCHASING CREDIT CARD WILL RESERVE HOTEL ROOMS ARE TO THE CREDIT CARD AUTHORIZATION, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FRAUD ON IT LATELY. WHEN IT GETS SHUT DOWN, GET SHUT DOWN FOR, LIKE, THREE WEEKS. AND THAT CARD IS THERE TO HELP WITH EMERGENCIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME UP. SO WE DO NOT WANT TO BE WITHOUT THAT CARD FOR 3 WEEKS. SO I DID PROPOSE TO CONSTABLE MONTAGUE TO GET A CARD FOR HIS OFFICE THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE TO TAKE FOR TRAINING AND SUCH.

>> OKAY. >> OKAY. AND WE HAVE MR. AMAYA SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I CHOSE YOU AFTER THE COMMENTS, THAT WAY MAYBE SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS WOULD BE ANSWERED.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COURT. I AM JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY THEY CAME UP WITH A $2000 MAX . YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. THANK YOU.

>> THAT WAS JUST BASED OFF OF TRAINING IN THE BUDGET THAT THEY GET FOR TRAINING. THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF DEPUTIES THAT GO TO TRAINING. SO WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE RESERVATION FEES FOR CONFERENCES AND POSSIBLE HOTEL FEES, IT CAN ADD UP. ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW DEPUTIES GO INTO THE SAME TRAINING AT ONE TIME.

>> IN SUMMARY, IT WAS NOT ARBITRARY, IT WAS BASED ON THE TYPICAL STANDARD CONSUMPTION BASED ON THE POPULATION BUDGET? GOOD, GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER? PLEASE CALL

[K3. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Amendment No. 6 to the Stop Loss Policy between Hays County and United Healthcare Insurance Company. BECERRA/MILLER]

EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO THE STOPLOSS POLICY BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND UNITED HEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY.

[Items K4 & K5]

NK 5. >> A 4 PEER DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RENEW JUDGES PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY POLICIES INSURANCE POLICIES WITH TEXAS LAWYERS ASKED INSURANCE EXCHANGE, TLIE. AND K 5. DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE ADDITION OF GENERAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY COVERAGE ON ONE NEWLY PURCHASED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

>> ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K6. Discussion and possible action to accept a Proposal from Water & Earth Technologies (WET) related to the replacement of the low water crossing master flasher located at Bell Springs Road and Barton Creek authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Ch. 262.024 (a)(7)(D), and amend the budget accordingly. SMITH/MIKE JONES]

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, COMMISSIONER SMITH? COMMISSIONERS KNOW? COMMISSIONER COHEN? K 6. DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL FROM WATER AND TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LOW WATER CROSSING MASTER FLASHER LOCATED AT BELL SPRINGS ROAD IN BARTON CREEK AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262.024 A 7D AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

[K7. Discussion and possible action to authorize out of state travel to Washington D.C. for Deputy Constable's David Gamble, Daniel Duggins, Tate Puryear, Juan Zesati, and John Pozuc related to the National Police Officer Memorial to be held May 9th through May 17th and amend the budget accordingly. SMITH/HOOD/ELLEN]

>> PLEASE CALL THE

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>> YES. K 7. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLE'S DAVID GAMBLE, DANIEL DUGGINS, TATE PURYEAR, ON THE ZAIDI, AND JOHN POZUC RELATED TO THE NATIONAL POLICE OFFICER MEMORIAL TO BE HELD MAY 9TH THROUGH MAY 17TH AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

>> YOU CAN COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOR JOHN ELWOOD , HE WOULD BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE IS UNDER THE WEATHER. HE SENDS HIS APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING HERE. JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND, COMMISSIONERS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT NATIONAL POLICE WORK IS. THIS IS FOR THE AUDIENCE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING. THERE ARE OVER 26,564 NAMES, PEACE OFFICER NAMES ON THE NATIONAL OFFICER MEMORIAL PAGE. AGAIN, 26,564. SINCE 1837, 2400 OF THOSE NAMES ARE FROM TEXAS. OF THOSE 2442, 11 ARE FROM HAYS, UNFORTUNATELY, AND SADLY, FOR 2023, TEXAS WILL ADD ANOTHER 11 NAMES TO THAT LIST FOR THE OFFICERS THAT DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AND ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY, TEXAS IS RANKED NUMBER TWO IN THE COUNTRY OF THE OFFICERS WHOSE NAMES ARE ON THAT LIST. ENGRAVED ON THE MEMORIAL WALL AT THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OUR WORD. IT IS NOT HOW THESE OFFICERS DIED TAND WOMEN, 1962, PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY MADE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AND DESIGNATING MAY 15 AS THE PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY, AND THE WEEK IN WHICH THAT DATE FALLS IS NATIONAL PEACE OFFICER WEEK. SO, 62 YEARS LATER, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND OFFICERS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FALLEN OFFICERS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, NOT JUST FROM TEXAS, BUT FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS TO RECOGNIZE THEIR FAMILIES. THE MOMS AND THE DAD WHOSE KIDS THEY LEFT, THE ANTS, THE UNCLES, GRANDPARENTS, COUSINS, WE HONOR THEM ALL BY OUR PRESENCE, LETTING THEM REMEMBER, OR MAKING THEM AWARE THAT WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THEIR LOSS. SO, COMMISSIONERS JOHN ALLEN AND I ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO CINDY'S OFFICE TO SEND OFFICERS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO REPRESENT HAYS COUNTY AND TO

HONOR THOSE MEN AND WOMEN . THANK YOU. >> OKAY. WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP FOR COMMENTS. WE WILL START THE TIMER FOR HIM. IF YOU ALLOW MR. RODERIGO AMAYA TO

APPROACH THE PODIUM . >> JUDGE, COURT. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MY FAMILY HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. MY DAD WAS A COP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, MY BROTHER WAS OFFICER. A BIG FAN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. HOWEVER, WHY DO WE NEED TO SEND SO MUCH REPRESENTATION? I CANNOT JUSTIFY IT. I GUARANTEE YOU, SOME OF THE OTHER SHERIFFS OFFICES PROBABLY WILL SEND SOME PEOPLE AS WELL. YOU KNOW? AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE TRAFFIC FATALITIES AT CONSTRUCTION SITE. I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE GOOD ADVENTS TO GO OUT AND NETWORK , WE HAVE BEEN THERE AND DONE ALL THAT STUFF. WE CANNOT JUSTIFY THIS TRAVEL.

IN ADDITION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND, IT IS TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO TAKE MOTORCYCLES ON A TRAILER AND TRANSPORTED IN A CLOSED CARGO TRAILER. HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY IT? I MEAN, I HAVE BEEN IN OFFICES WHERE I AM JUST ONE PERSON IN OFFICE, WHEN I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF LOCKHART. WE NEVER WENT TO THIS EXTREME TO ACCOMMODATE LIKE THIS. WHEN YOU CAN, THAT IS FINE. BUT SOMEBODY TALKED ABOUT THE DEBT OF THIS COUNTY, YOU KNOW, HITTING ALMOST $1 BILLION. AS I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU ALL BEFORE, THIS ROOM IS FULL OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT HERE, AND HOW THEY ARE DOING IS GETTING PAID. I WANT THEM OUT THERE STOPPING VEHICLES THAT ARE A DANGER TO SCHOOL BUSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HOLD VERY PRECIOUS. SO PLEASE.

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YOU CANNOT JUSTIFY THIS. YOU CANNOT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER

SMITH. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. AT WAS MENTIONED, THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IS TAKING CONTENDER FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THEY HAVE PAID FOR THAT OUT OF THEIR BUDGET, OUT OF COMPENSATED -- CONFISCATED FUND OR FUNDS FROM OTHER MEANS. WE HAVE NOT DONE A DIRECT ALLOCATION FOR THAT. THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO FUND THAT ON THEIR OWN. WE, CONSTABLE OFFICES DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ABILITY. AND LOOKING AT THE FUNDING FOR THIS AND LOOKING AT WHAT I PERCEIVED AS ANY FOR OTHER OFFICERS TO PARTICIPATE, I DID SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH VICKI, AND WE DO HAVE UNENCUMBERED FUNDS WITHIN THE ARBOR ALLOCATION THAT CAN COVER FUNDING FOR THIS IS COMING FROM. WHENEVER I SAY UNENCUMBERED, THEY ARE PART OF OUR REVENUE LOSS OF FUNDING. SO THEREFORE , THEY DO NOT HAVE TO MEET THE EXACT SAME RULES AS THE OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS. WITH THAT, I KNOW A COUPLE OF THE OFFICERS WHO WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE ARE HERE. AND I WOULD LIKE THEM TO SHARE A BIT

ABOUT WHAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE DOING WHEN THEY ARE THERE. >> WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

>> DEPUTY CONSTABLE. I WOULD JUST REITERATE A COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE SAID. 2023, PEACE OFFICERS LOST THEIR LIVES AROUND THE COUNTRY . MANY OF THOSE UNFORTUNATELY WERE FROM TEXAS. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT HAYS COUNTY AS WE STAND ALONGSIDE THE FAMILIES OF THESE BUS INDIVIDUALS, TO SHOW THEM THAT WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THEM AND WE WILL NOT FORGET. DEBBIE GAMBLE WILL SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN WHAT WE ARE THERE. IT'S BEEN A GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. I AM DEPUTY DAVID GAMBLE. I WAS A MOTOR OFFICER FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR 8 YEARS PRIOR TO MOVING OVER THERE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TRIP IS FOR US TO GO AND HONOR THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THEY WILL ARRIVE, LET ME GET MY DATE REAL QUICK. THEY WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY, MAY 11T AT THE AIRPORT, OFFICERS GO AND PICK THEM UP AND ESCORT THEM EVERYWHERE THEY GO WHILE THEY ARE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WE WILL PICK THEM UP FROM THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE HOTELS. ON SUNDAY, WE WILL DO THE SAME THING WHEN THEY ARRIVE. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND IT STARTS THE ACTUAL EVENT STARTS ON MONDAY. WE ESCORT THE FALLEN FAMILIES TO THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, WE TAKE THEM, WE TAKE THE KIDS AND TEENS OF FALLEN OFFICERS TO AN EVENT THAT THEY HOLD AT THE ACADEMY ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14TH, AND ON WEDNESDAY, I AM SORRY , I WAS ABOUT TO SAY MARCH. MAY 15TH. IT IS THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, THE ACTUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE. THE FAMILIES GET FULL ESCORTED HONORS EVERYWHERE THAT THEY GO. THERE ARE OTHER OFFICERS THAT PROVIDE THAT. WE ARE SINCERELY ASKING TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT, TO REPRESENT HAYS COUNTY AND EVERYTHING GOOD THAT WE CAN BRING TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> JORGE PASTORE. IT IS ONE OF THOSE NAMES THAT WILL BE RECOGNIZED THIS YEAR. HE WAS AN AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO SEND A FEW OF THEIR GUYS DOWN THERE. THEY HAVE ASKED THAT WE BE A PART OF THEIR SERVICES SINCE WE ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

>> I ALSO WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, IN TRYING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO HER TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. AND IF YOU WILL LOOK IN BACK OF THE VEHICLE IS BEING USED, IT IS ACTUALLY A VEHICLE LARGE ENOUGH TO TOW THE TRAILER. IT ACTUALLY WOULD BE ON LOAN FROM HER TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS, I DON'T KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY MOTIVATION FOR TRANSPORTATION I LAW-ENFORCEMENT WORK. IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER TODAY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY. BUT WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE

THEM AS WELL. >> I WANT TO THANK OUR OFFICERS FOR BEING WILLING TO DO THIS, TO HELP THESE FAMILIES . FROM OUR NEIGHBOR, WE WOULD EXPECT THE SAME, I BELIEVE. WE HAVE BECOME VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL WILLING TO DO THAT, TO TAKE TIME AWAY

FROM YOUR FAMILIES TO SERVE OTHERS. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING.

I MEAN, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, AND THE FAMILY OF THE LOSS POLICE OFFICER, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING

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>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE THE TIME. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT

YOU DO. >> ABSOLUTELY. JUST DISABLE THE TIME AND ENERGY, ABSOLUTELY DITTO, 100%. THANK YOU ALL. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[G25. Approve the BTX Small Business Market event on the courthouse grounds organized by Triple Elevation Custom Creations on the 4th Saturdays of every month in 2024. BECERRA]

>> ASKED THAT CONCLUDES MISCELLANEOUS. PLEASE GO TO G 25.

>> G 25. APPROVE THE GTX -- ON THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH IN 2024.

>> WE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL HERE. THAT IS WHY I WENT TO IT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM? STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE AND TELL US WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE. PLEASE. SINCE WE GAVE YOU MAJOR CUTS.

OWNER OF TRIPLE ELEVATION CUSTOM CREATIONS. I'M ALSO THE HOST OF BTX SMALL BUSINESS MARKET'S. I STARTED IN NOVEMBER WITH ABOUT 8 TO 15 VENDORS. AS OF MARCH 9TH, I HAD WHAT I CALLED A SMALL WORKSHOP THAT CONSISTED OF ABOUT 30 VENDORS. SO I AM ALL OVER TRYING TO HELP, NOT JUST THEIR BUSINESS, BUT OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY GROW. AND NOW THAT WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, WE WANT TO BRANCH OUT TO OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS. SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE REASONING FOR US WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, COME OUT TO SAN MARCOS, TO GET EXPOSURE, NOT ONLY FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES, UT ALSO TO BRING FAMILIES, HUSBANDS, WIVES, CHILDREN, TO COME OUT. WE PLAN ON HAVING SOME MUSIC, ALL KINDS OF

DIFFERENT VENDORS AND CRAFTS. >> COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> YOU OFFER IT THIS AS A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS? >> YES.

>> AND WHAT IS YOUR, I MEAN, HOW MANY VENDORS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO HAVE HERE? I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF WE ARE DEDICATING A FACILITY, A PUBLIC FACILITY FOR A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE WITH THAT. IN THE PAST , OR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO IT FOR NONPROFITS THAT ARE HERE WHO MAY BE HOSTING SOMETHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT FOR A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, IT MAY BE

PROBLEMATIC. >> OKAY. WE ANTICIPATE, LIKE I MENTIONED, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 VENDORS. EVERY TIME WE HAVE DONE A MARKET, WE HAVE GROWN, AND WE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT SMALL BUSINESSES REACH OUT TO US. I WOULD LIKE TO BE BIGGER. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE TO GET BIGGER. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE ABOUT 30.

>> AND WHAT DO YOU CHARGE FOR A VENDOR TO PURCHASE A PATE? >> SO, FOR INSTANCE, I AM DOING A LARGER EVENT AT THE END OF THE MONTH, AND IT IS BECAUSE VIEWED A IS HAVING A PRIVATE EVENT. SO PRICES WILL RANGE ANYWHERE FROM $50-$70. BUT OUR SMALLER EVENTS ARE ONLY $35.

AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS, WE HAVE VENDORS THAT COME IN FROM SAN ANTONIO, NEW BRAUNFELS, AUSTIN.

WHAT WE DO IS WE GIVE BACK THE MILEAGE. SO WE ARE NOT REALLY MAKING THE FULL $35. BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING BACK. ALSO, ANY MONIES THAT WE MAY, WE PUT INTO THE ENTERTAINMENT, WE PUT INTO FOOD VENDORS, WE DO A LOT OF ADVERTISING FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO, FOR US, IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MONEY WE ARE MAKING BEHIND IT, WE ARE PUTTING A LOT OF THAT BACK INTO

WHAT WE ARE RUNNING. >> COMMISSIONERS? >> I AM GOOD, THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH? >> KNOW. I'M SORRY. >> COMMISSIONER:?

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHALL? >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? I GUESS. >> DOES RESEARCH?

>> BECAUSE THERE ARE VENDORS THAT ARE NOT A NONPROFIT, IT IS A MIXTURE OF THINGS WE DO ON A COURTHOUSE BROWNS, AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IS THE GENERAL SPIRIT OF IT, SO YES.

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>> JUDGE, BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THAT ITEM NO, I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD, BECAUSE I DO WANT TO SUPPORT, BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM SPECIFICALLY WITH FOR PROFIT COMPANIES DOING IT. AND SO I KNOW THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF MANAGING THE USES OF THE GROUNDS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN MAKE ROOM FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHERE DO

NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. AND I SAY THAT -- >> LIKE A USAGE FOR SOMETHING? COUNTY BUSINESSES , AND THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE OR DO SOMETHING RELATIVE TO THAT. HONESTLY, I WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR IT UNTIL YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE BRING IN ALL THESE OUT OF COUNTY VENDORS AND THEN WE REIMBURSE THEM FOR MILEAGE. IF WE ARE PROMOTING , NOT TO BE PROTECTIONIST, BUT IF WE ARE TRYING TO USE OUR FACILITIES TO PROMOTE HAYS COUNTY VENDORS AND TO PROMOTE SMALL BUSINESSES HERE , THEN INCENTIVIZING THAT IN SOME WAY, I WOULD BE UP FOR IT. BUT I SEE

THERE COULD BE A PATH, BUT I JUST COULD NOT SUPPORT IT. >> ANITA IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

[G. CONSENT ITEMS]

VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL. >> PLEASE OPEN ALL CONSENT

AGENDA ITEMS, THE REMAINDER. >> ALL RIGHT. G 1, APPROVE PAYMENT OF COUNTY INVOICES. G 2, APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF JUROR CHECKS. G 3, APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTHCARE CLAIMS AND AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL ADVERTISEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 TO THE HEALTHCARE CLAIMS ACCOUNT. G 4. APPROVE COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES OF MARCH 26, 2024. G5. APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF THE APRIL 15TH, 2024 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4.3 MILLION EFFECTIVE APRIL 15TH, TO 24 IMPOSE TOTALS FOR WAGES, WITHHOLDINGS, DEDUCTIONS, AND BENEFITS ON THE HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED. G6 AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE LIKE THE GET A PROPOSAL WITH RED RIVER RESTORATIONS FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR OF GLASS WINDOWS AT THE HISTORICAL COURTHOUSE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2120.70, AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE PURCHASING POLICY TO OBTAIN THREE QUOTES AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G7. AUTHORIZE BUILDING MAINTENANCE TO PURCHASE TWO NEW DOORS FROM HALL FOR WORK THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN THE HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICE IN A TAX OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $3450 AND AMEND A BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. HE ATE AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE SECURITY ONE WORK ORDER TO REPAIR THE FIRE AND SECURITY PANEL LOCATED AT THE PRECINCT 5 BUILDING AND AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE PURCHASING POLICY FOR OBTAINING THREE QUOTES. G9 AUTHOR IS THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A WORK ORDER WITH SECURITY ONE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FOUR NEW CAMERAS TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE ELECTIONS / I.T. BUILDING AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G 10. AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO EMOCHA MOBILE HEALTH INC. FOR THE AMOUNT OF $7560 FOR ACCESS TO THE E MOCHA FOR DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY SOFTWARE IN WHICH NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS ISSUED AS REQUIRED PER THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY . G 11 AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT APPLICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES GRANT AGREEMENT CONTRACT NUMBER HHS 0014395000039, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $126,721. G 12. AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANT CONTRACT BUDGET REVISION IN THE COMBINED FISCAL YEAR 23 IN FISCAL YEAR 24 IN THE AMOUNT OF $274,725. G 13. AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF AN ABRIDGED APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, FLOODING FOR STRUCTURE FUND GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $170,526. G 14.

AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF AN ABRIDGED APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,125,000 . G 15 AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $9885 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G 16 APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR LIEUTENANT MICHAEL BRIGGS TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY CONFERENCE ON JULY 22ND THROUGH THE 25TH, 2024 IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. G 17. APPROVE THE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR CRIME ANALYSIS BRANDY SCHIBER TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE ANALYST CONFERENCE ON APRIL 22ND THROUGH THE 26TH, 2024, IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. G 18. AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO THE

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PURSUANT TO BY BOARD CONTRACT 708 CASH -- 23 AUCTIONEER SERVICES FOR THE HAYS COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUCTION. G 21. AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT ONE TO THE INTERLOCAL MASTER AGREEMENT NUMBER 2020-0107 WITH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, EXTENDING THE TERMINATION DATE UNTIL AUGUST 31ST, 2028. G-20 TWO. AUTHORIZE THE HAYS COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT PARTIALLY EXECUTED ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 27, 2024 BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS , CITY OF DRIPING SPRINGS, TEXAS, CITY OF WOODCREEK, TEXAS, THE WATERSHED A TEXAS -- ASSOCIATION, AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY THROUGH ITS MEADOWS CENTER FOR WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT, FOR THE LIMITATION OF THE BLANCO CYPRESS WATERSHED PROTECTION PLAN. G 23 APPROVE THE APPOINTIVE GRANT TAIT TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER ONE BOARD OF EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMISSIONERS, TO FILL THE POSITION FORMERLY HELD BY ROBERT LUDDY FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. G-20 FOUR.

ACCEPT THE DELIVERY OF THE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING ON AUGUST 31ST, 2023 FOR FILLING WITH THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY JUSTICE ALLY ASSISTANCE DIVISIONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MUTUAL. D 25. APPROVE THE BTX SMALL BUSINESS MARKET EVENT ON THE COURTHOUSE GROUND ORGANIZED BY TRIPLE ELEVATION CUSTOM CREATIONS ON THE FOURTH SATURDAYS OF EVERY

MONTH IN 2004. G 26. APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS. >> I CALL FOR CLARIFICATION.

THE CORRECT AMOUNT. >> YES. EXCUSE ME. >> AS MUCH AS YOU HAD TO READ,

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. >> A CLARIFICATION ON 22. THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS IS MENTIONED AGAIN IN THIS. IT IS THE CITY OF WEMBLEY. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT HAS HAPPENED

TWICE. >> 22. THE CITY OF WEMBLEY, NOT DRIPPING SPRINGS, JUST FOR A

POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 22, CORRECT? >> YES, SIR.

>> WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS FOR FOLKS SIGNED UP. THEY ARE ALL MR. AMAYA AND MR. LAYNE. I

WILL GO IN ORDER. MR. AMAYA, G 6. >> JUDGE, COURT, NUMBER SIX, I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS A RESTORATION. I AM JUST WONDERING, I NOTICED THAT THE ADDRESSES ON THAT SIDE. I AM JUST WONDERING, IS THIS THE SET UP THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT? WILL ALL THESE WINDOWS BE REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED IN THE SAME MANNER AND COSTLY TEXT PLAYER? BECAUSE THEY HAVE TAPE ON THE WINDOWS. SO I AM WONDERING IF THAT IS A POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE? SO, IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, I HEAR THE COURT TALK ABOUT SHOPPING LOCALLY AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THIS COMPANY IS 2.5 HOURS FROM HERE. WHY ARE WE GOING THAT FAR? WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF GLASS COMPANIES HERE THAT ARE CLOSE BY. SO, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS, THERE ARE SOME BASTIONS, YOU KNOW, IT COSTS $50 FOR FLAT GLASS, IS 50 DOES A PAIN. WAVY GLASSES $125 A PAIN. AND THEN THEY COME UP ON NUMBER TWO, IS IS LOOKING HUNDRED DOLLARS. SO IF YOU NEED THREE GLASSES OF PAIN AND THEY ARE $50, $150, I DO NOT KNOW WHERE $1500 COMES UP WITH. JUST A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ON THIS INVOICE AND THE SERVICES. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SERVICES. SO, I AM JUST WONDERING, IS THIS THE SAME SET UP AS THE

OTHER SIDE? AND IF IT IS, WHY IS IT BEING DONE IN THIS? >> DO NOT GO FAR. START A TIMER

FOR G 7. >> OKAY. G7. WELL, THAT IS ABOUT THE HINGES AT THE HR DEPARTMENT. I WAS JUST WONDERING, WHAT AND WHY WERE THE OLD DOORS NOT REUSED? WHAT IS THEIR DISPOSITION? WHY DIDN'T Y'ALL TELL FOLKS THAT BUILT THE FRAME TO BUILD IT SO THAT THE OTHER DOORS COULD BE PUT IN AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, GET MORE DOORS.

IN ADDITION, THIS IS THE AGENDA ITEM THAT SAYS THAT THE PAINTING AND THE HOLES WILL BE DONE ELSEWHERE. WHY WASN'T IT AL DONE IN ONE EPISODE? WHY CONFUSE THE PROCESS? I THINK

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THAT. SO, JUST SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT STUFF. >> PINKY. START A NEW TIMER FOR G 8. GOOD QUESTIONS. I DO NOT WANT YOU TO FEEL THAT MY MOVING THE CONVERSATION IS ANY SENSE OF URGENCY OR RUSH ON YOUR PART. GREAT QUESTIONS. THE MECHANIST ONE RIGHT HERE, I

HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK THIS IS CAMERAS. RIGHT? >> THE SECURITY PANEL.

>> YES. I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE BACKUP RIGHT THERE, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT LABOR.

THIS SAYS, LET'S SEE. I THINK THIS ONE TALKS ABOUT IT. THIS SAYS QUANTITY 1, AND IT SAYS LABOR 988. IS THAT ONE DAY, ONE TECHNICIAN? I AM JUST WONDERING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS , A

QUANTITY OF ONE LABOR. >> GOOD QUESTION, AGAIN. LET'S START A TIMER FOR G9.

>> G9. THAT WILL BE THE INSTALLATION OF THE FOUR CAMERAS. OKAY. ON THAT ONE RIGHT THERE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE ELECTION OFFICE. AND I'VE GOT A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW? WANTING AND NEEDING, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR. IS IT A NEED? OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN JUSTIFY? I AM WONDERING ABOUT THAT. SO, AGAIN --

IS WHAT I'M WONDERING. >> LET'S GO TO G 18 FOR YOU SO THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PLAY

MUSICAL CHAIRS. >> OKAY. JUST A QUESTION. WE JUST HAD THAT BUILDING COME UP.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INSURANCE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? GUARANTEE? WHY ARE WE HAVING TO REINVEST MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT WE JUST ERECTED? WHO IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER WE ARE DEALING WITH IS PROVIDING QUALITY WORK? THAT FALLS BACK ON THE TAXPAYER.

>> IN 19, YOU HAVE 19 AS WELL?

IS ONE FOR 19. >> THE SERVICE AGREEMENT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>> A PASS? WE WILL PASS ON THAT ONE. 21. 21 WILL BE -- 21, JUDGE?

>> OKAY, LET'S GO TO 22. >> OKAY. THAT IS NOT YOU ANYMORE. THAT COMPLETES HER LIST. THANK YOU, MR. AMAYA. NOW WE WILL GO TO MR. MY ANN -- LYON.

>> I HAVE QUESTIONS ON WHETHER THESE ARE NEEDED OR NOT. THAT IS NOT WHAT I WILL TALK ABOUT.

I WILL TALK ABOUT THE PRICE OF THE STAFF. A SCISSOR LIFT, I ASSUME WE ARE RENTING ONE.

$1000. DOES NOT SAY HOW LONG IT WILL BE. FOR MEGAPIXEL HD CAMERAS, IT SEEMS REASONABLE, I DON'T KNOW THOUGH. CAMERA BLACK BOXES, $304.44. TWO WIRE HARDWARE, ONE CONNECTOR , $256.74. AND IT SAYS LABOR. $2148.47. AND THEN THE TOTAL IS $5013.63. THAT SEEMS AWFULLY HIGH FOR LABOR. HERE IS WHAT WE WILL GET FOR LABOR. AND I HAVE READ SOME OF THE AGREEMENT THERE. IT SAYS WE WILL GET A ONE-YEAR WARRANTY ON THE CAMERAS. 90 DAYS ON THE LABOR, EVEN THOUGH THEY CHARGED US $2140.47. I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE AN IMPROPERLY INSULATED CONNECTION OR SOMETHING THAT WILL SHOW UP, IT WILL NOT SHOW UP IN 90 DAYS. OR A CONNECTION NOT PROPERLY SECURED. IT COULD TAKE A LONG TIME FOR IT TO SHOW UP. NUMBER SIX DOWN THERE ON THE AGREEMENT SAYS MANY INSTALLATION CONSTRUCTION, OR INSTALLATION OF A SYSTEM MUST BE CALLED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMPANY IN WRITING WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER THE DATE THAT THE SYSTEM IS MADE OPERABLE. OTHERWISE THE INSTALLATION SHALL BE DEEMED TOTALLY SATISFACTORY TO THE CUSTOMER AND ACCEPTED BY THE CUSTOMER. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. FIVE DAYS,

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AND I HAVE BEEN UP HERE A LOT OF TIMES TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT WARRANTY DEED PROPERLY. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ONE, AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED.

>> YOU ALSO HAVE G 22 WHILE YOU ARE THERE. >> OKAY. D 22. AND I BELIEVE,

LET ME LOOK IT UP. >> THE CITY OF WIMBERLY. >> I THOUGHT I SIGN FOR G-20

ONE ALSO, BUT IT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ARGUMENT. >> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONERS, WE CAN GO IN ORDER. >> I DID NOT GET TO SAY

ANYTHING. >> I THOUGHT YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE WRONG ITEM . YOU DO NOT

WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT YOU 22, OR DO YOU? >> I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING

ABOUT BOTH OF THEM. >> HERE, LET ME CLARIFY FOR YOU. YOU CAN SPEAK ON G 22

BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR. HAVE AT IT. >> D 22. OKAY. AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, IT IS SIMILAR TO THE AGREEMENT FROM 21. BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS A PROBLEM. WE HAVE 60 PAGES OF AGREEMENTS BETWEEN G 21 AND G-20 TWO. WHO HAS READ THIS? CERTAINLY NOT THE CITY SENDS OF THE COUNTY. LAST TIME WE MADE THE AGREEMENT, WE LOST CAMANCHE WELLS. AT LEAST STAN MARTIN DEAD. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH HAYS COUNTY OR NOT. APPARENTLY MR. CONNOLLY WAS ON THAT FIELD. I AM ASKING YOU ALL TO SET UP, SET OFF THE VOTE UNTIL AT LEAST TWO WEEKS FOR NOW TO VOTE FOR BOTH OF THESE ITEMS, OR AT LEAST 22. WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT ALL THE RAMIFICATIONS AND DISAGREEMENTS ON THIS CAN BE. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY INVOLVED IN HERE. EVEN A PRE-CURSORY LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT SHORES THAT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY THAT THE COUNTY WILL BE OBLIGED TO PAY . FRANKLY, THIS NEEDS

MORE STUDY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THINK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL GO IN ORDER, COMMISSIONERS. WE WILL START WITH G SICK. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

>> I KNOW THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS . I GUESS YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE. BUT I ALSO HAD AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION ON THE SUMMARY. IT SAYS THREE OF THE WINDOWPANES WERE DAMAGED OR BROKEN DUE TO THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING BEING ADHERED TO THEM BY A THIRD PARTY. DOES THAT

THIRD PARTY HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY? >> I NEED TO FINISH DISCUSSIONS WITH GENERAL COUNSEL ABOUT THAT. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT WE SIGNED A CONTRACT, IT WAS JUST A QUOTE AND AN INVOICE THAT WAS APPROVED. BUT THE INSTALLATION DID OCCUR BY A THIRD PARTY. AND DURING THE PROCESS, THE PAINS WERE CRACKED. SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE REPAIRED . AND RED RIVER WAS ASKED TO COME OUT, THEY DID THE RESTORATION PROJECT ON THE GLASS IN 2018 AND THEY SPECIALIZE IN HISTORICAL GLASS. THIS IS ALL HISTORICAL GLASS

THAT IS IN THE BUILDING. >> THAT, REFERRING TO THE HISTORICAL GLASS PIECE, THAT

ANSWERS THE OTHER TWO QUESTIONS. >> THE TAPE THAT IS ON THE WINDOWS WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF VERY CAREFULLY. AS IT MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SO WE

NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT. >> A RAZOR BLADE OR SOMETHING. >> WILL THERE BE ANOTHER PROCESS NEXT YEAR TO INSTALL THOSE LIGHTS DIFFERENTLY, DO YOU THINK? IS THAT USUALLY WHAT

WE DO? >> YES. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WERE INSTALLED THIS WAY OR THAT WE HAVE HAD LIGHTS AROUND THE WINDOWS. WHEN RED RIVER IS HERE, I WILL SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE TAPE FROM THE GLASS. AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS A DELICATE PROCESS AND WE DO NOT WANT TO REMOVE THEM PRIOR TO THEM LOOKING AT IT.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. SEVEN? THE DOORS WITH THE FRAMES? ALL YOURS.

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>> THOSE ARE DOORED FRAMES IN THOSE NEW AREAS . AND THEN THE DOORS, I BELIEVE THEY ARE DOORS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, BUT IT IS THE DOORFRAMES THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED.

>> MR. AMAYA WAS REFERRING TO BEING WORKED ON OFF PROPERTY? >> NO. THEY ARE NEW DOORFRAMES

THAT NEED TO BE PURCHASED AND INSTALLED . >> THEY ARE MOVING TOWARDS FROM

ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. >> NUMBER EIGHT, MS. CRUMBLY, THAT IS YOU AGAIN.

>> THE SECURITY PANEL AT PRECINCT 5 , I DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW OLD IT IS, BUTIT REALLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT SETS OFF A FALSE ALARM PRETTY FREQUENTLY. AND THERE ARE NO

REPAIRS THAT CAN BE MADE. >> NUMBER NINE, THERE IS ANOTHER EVENT. SHE ASKED ME IF I NEEDED HER. I SAID NO, WE'VE GOT THIS. I SPONSOR THIS ITEM, SO I WILL SPEAK ON IT. IT IS A NEED, A GENUINE NEED. THERE ARE SPOT WITHIN THAT BUILDING THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE, SINCE THERE IS NONE AT THE TIME. AND I ACTUALLY TOURED THE NEW SET UP, AND I SAW THE OPPORTUNITIES. AND I SAID I WANT TO HAVE NO CHANCE FOR ERROR, CONSIDERING THE CLIMATE ON THE POLITICAL SIDE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. AND I WANTED TO HAVE FULL COVERAGE. THAT IS

WHY THE AGENDA ITEM IS HERE. IT IS AN ACTUAL NEED. >> TO INTERJECT, I WOULD ALSO ENDORSE WHAT YOU DID AND SAY THAT IT IS ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT UNDER STATE LAW NOW. SO WHETHER WE WANTED TO DO IT OR NOT, IT IS REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW. I APPRECIATE YOU

STEPPING UP FOR THAT. >> NUMBER 18, COMMISSIONER SHELL, AIR CONDITIONING REPAIR.

>> THE FACILITY IS SEVERAL YEARS OLD. I AM ASSUMING THE AIR-CONDITIONER IS BROKEN, WHICH IS WHY THEY NEED TO REPAIR IT. USUALLY THE WARRANTIES ON EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT, ON AVERAGE FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, I DO NOT LIKE SPENDING THE MONEY EITHER.

IT DOES SEEM THE MORE COMPLICATED THEY MAKE AIR-CONDITIONERS, THE LESS RELIABLE THEY ARE. I WILL JUST IN GENERAL MAKE THAT COMMENT. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS SOMETHING

THAT HAPPENS THESE DAYS. >> NUMBER 13 HAS AN ANNUAL SERVICE AGREEMENT. LET'S RUN

THAT ONE. >> STEPHANIE HART, PURCHASING AGENT. THE WHOLE CAMERA SYSTEM ITSELF WAS INSTALLED BY VALORENCE. SO THIS IS JUST THEIR SERVICE WARRANTY. IT CAME WITH A ONE-YEAR WARRANTY WHEN WE PURCHASED IT. AND THIS IS THE RENEWAL OF IT. WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PROCURED THE CAMERA SYSTEM, IT WAS UNDER THEIR GSA CONTRACT. THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT IS NOT UNDER THEIR GSA CONTRACT. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REWORKING THE ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THERE. THE ONE CURRENTLY ON THERE IS WAY MORE EXPENSIVE. AND SO WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS VERSION OF IT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GET MORE FOR LESS. WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO ADD THIS ONE TO THEIR GSA CONTRACT. SO THAT WOULD BE PROCURED UNDER

THEIR GSA CONTRACT FOR THAT ONE. >> MR. LYON HAD COMMENTS ON 21

AND 22. >> 21 , THAT IS OUR DEBT AGREEMENT DATING BACK TO 2020.

SO THE COURT ENTERED INTO THAT AGREEMENT IN 2020. THIS IS EXTENDING THAT, SINCE WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS WE ARE WORKING ON WITH THEM. SPECIFICALLY, THAT WOULD BE 22, WHICH WAS APPROVED ON THE 27TH. SOME REQUESTS WERE MADE. THAT IS THE REASON IT IS COMING BACK TO

COURT. >> JUST FOR YOUR BENEFIT, I HIT 21 AND 22 FOR THE COMMISSIONER, JUST SO YOU KNOW. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM? MISS BETH, ANYTHING ELSE YOU

WANT TO CONTRIBUTE? >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? COMMISSIONER COHEN? COMMISSIONER SHELL? COMMISSIONER SMITH? JUDGE BECERRA?

[I1. Discussion and possible action to approve and authorize the County Judge to execute the scope and fee agreement between Hays County and Pape-Dawson Engineers related to a Right-of-Way study for a proposed extension of Posey Road. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

>> YES. LET'S GO TO ROADS OR SUBDIVISIONS. WHICH DO YOU PREFER?

>> PLEASE OPEN I 1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THIS OPEN FEE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND PAPE-DAWSON ENGINEERS RELATED TO A RIGHT-OF-WAY STUDY FOR A PROPOSED EXTENSION OF POSEY ROAD.

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>> SECOND. >> WELL DONE, WELL DONE. >> JUDGE, WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DIAL DOWN ON THE RIGHT OF WAY PIECE FOR THIS PROJECT. I THINK WE HAD SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA A COUPLE WEEKS AGO REGARDING THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT. THIS ISRIGHT-OF-WAY NE

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[I2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Contract Amendment No. 5 in the amount of $25,000.00 to the Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and WSB & Associates, Inc. for the US 290 West at Trautwein Road Intersection project in Precinct 4, as part of the 2016 Road Bond Program, utilizing a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Ch. 262.024(a)(4). SMITH/BORCHERDING]

>> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND WSB & ASSOCIATES INC. FOR THE U.S. 290 WEST AT TRAUTWEIN ROAD AND SIX SECTION PROJECT IN PRECINCT 4 AS PART OF THE 2016 ROAD BOND PROGRAM, USING A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION

PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>> YES, JUDGE. THIS IS ADDITIONAL COST TO THE PRODUCT THAT OCCURRED FROM TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, A LACK OF MATERIALS IN THE WALL STRUCTURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CONSTRUCT THERE, AND THE MOVEMENT OF SOME UTILITIES THERE. THERE WAS A RECONFIGURATION OF ONE OF THE PROPERTIES INITIALLY RIGHT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTED. ONCE WE GOT A UNDER

CONSTRUCTION, WE FOUND A COUPLE OF THINGS AS WELL. >> OKAY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[I3. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a "No Parking" zone along the south side (school side) of Vista Gardens Drive from Aura Drive to Sunbright Boulevard for Sunfield Elementary School. COHEN/BORCHERDING]

>> I OPEN THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I SEE NO MOVEMENT, I CLOSE THE PUBLIC

HEARING. COMMISSIONER COHEN? >> THINK YOU, JUDGE. HAYS ST SD TRUSTEES REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT IMPROVING THE SAFETY AROUND SOME FIELD ELEMENTARY TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THE KIDS.

>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

[I4. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on April 23, 2024 to establish a "No Parking" zone along both sides of Marsh Lane from Painted Desert Lane to the school exit for Ralph Pfluger Elementary School. COHEN/BORCHERDING]

>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 23RD, 2024 TO ESTABLISH A NO PARKING ZONE ALONGSIDE BOTH SIDES OF MARSHALING FROM PAINTED DESERT LANE TO THE SCHOOL EXIT FOR RALPH PFLUGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

>> OKAY. I 4, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. COMMISSIONER COHEN? YES, PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL. >>

[I5. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on April 23, 2024, to establish a 4-way stop on Summit Drive at Bluebonnet Way within Green Pastures Subdivision. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

>> SKIP I 5 ? >> OH, LOOK AT THAT. >> I 5. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 23RD, 2024 TO ESTABLISH A FOUR-WAY STOP ON

[J1. PLN-2413-PC; The Cliffs of Onion Creek, Lot 1, Replat. Discussion and possible action to consider a variance from Chapter 721 § 5.05(B) of the Hays County Development Regulations and approval of final plat. SHELL/PACHECO]

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> OF ONION CREEK, LOT 1, REPLANT. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO JUST CONSIDER A VARIANCE FROM CHAPTER 7215.05 B OF THE HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND APPROVAL OF THE

FINAL PLAT. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, GOOD MORNING, COURT. THE CLIFFS OF ONION CREEK LOT 1 REPLANT IS APPROXIMATELY 22.49 ACRES. LOOKING ALONG, SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT IS IN PRECINCT 3. WATER UTILITY WILL BE BROUGHT BY WATER WELLS AND WASTE TREATMENT WILL BE ENCOMPASSED BY INDIVIDUAL OFFSET OF SEWAGE FACILITIES. THE VARIANCE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY IS IN REGARDS TO FLY LOT CONFIGURATION OF ONE OF THE LOTS WITHIN THE PROPOSED REPLANT. OUR DEVELOPED REGULATIONS ARE EXPLICIT WHEN IT COMES TO PLAT LOT. THEY SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED EXCEPT AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A FLY LOT CONFIGURATION FOR LOT 1B. IN THE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE, THE APPLICANT DID STATE THAT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING EQUAL PROTECTION IF A FLAG THAT VARIANCE IS GRANTED, EQUAL PROTECTION MEASURES INCLUDE PLOT 1B WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM FURTHER SUBDIVISION. IN ADDITION, PLAT LOT 1B WILL BE

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OF ONION CREEK. >> COMMISSIONER SAL -- SHALL, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS

FOR A MOMENT? >> I BELIEVE THE LARGE POTS CAN BE RE-SUBDIVIDED. IT IS GOOD

PROTECTION FOR US. >> I AGREE 100%. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL?

[J2. PLN-2441-NP; Discussion and possible action regarding the Shelton Ranch Subdivision, Final Plat. SMITH/PACHECO]

SUBDIVISION FINAL PLAT . >> EMOTION. >> A SECOND.

>> THE SHELTON RANCH SUBDIVISION FINAL PLAT IS ACROSS A .20 ACRES ALONG SHELTON RANCH ROAD. THIS IS IN PRECINCT 4. THE TWO LOT SUBDIVISION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY INDIVIDUAL WELLS AND RAINWATER COLLECTION. WASTEWATER TREATMENT WILL BE ENCOMPASSED BY ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES. THIS PLAT HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED BY STAFF AND STAFF FINDS NO DEFICIENCIES NOTED AND RECOMMENDS, STAFF RECOMMENDS FULL APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLOT

[J3. PLN-2347-NP; Discussion and possible action regarding the Freedom at Anthem Phase 1A, 2 and 3, Final Plat and accept fiscal surety for street and drainage improvements in the amount of $8,983,610.22. SMITH/PACHECO]

. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH, ANYTHING ELSE? PLEASE CALL THE MOLD

ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH? COMMISSIONER COHEN? COMMISSIONER SHELL? COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? JUDGE BECERRA? J 3. PLN-2347-NP.

DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FREEDOM AT ANTHEM PHASE 1A, 2, AND 3, FINAL PLAT AND ACCEPT PHYSICAL SURETY FOR STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF

$8,983,610.22. >> THIS IS OFF OF ANTHEM PARKWAY IN KYLE IN PRECINCT 1.

THE PHASES INCLUDE 300 FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN TWO OPEN-SPACE TRAINER LOTS.

FOR THE SUBDIVISION, WASTE AND WATER TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE CITY OF KYLE SERVICES. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PLAT AND RECOMMENDS FULL APPROVAL OF THE

PLAT FOR THE FREEDOM AT ANTHEM PHASE 1, 2, 3. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

BEING CALLED ] >> YES. PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL. THIS LOOKS GOOD. I AM FLIPPING THROUGH ALL THE PAGES. HOPEFULLY I DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING OUT. ARE WE LEFT WITH

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

SIX? >> HOLD ON A SECOND. THERE IT IS. M 2.

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

COUNTS AND COSTS. >> AS YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SENDS MY OFFICE THE REPORTS OF OUR INMATE POPULATION. OUR CURRENT MAXIMUM RECOMMEND HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THAT CAPACITY OPEN, WHICH LOWERS OUR ACTUAL CAPACITY TO 368. THE JAILED DAILY AVERAGE WITH 513 AND 517 ON APRIL 3RD. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK IS 111,000, $955 . THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS 232, AND FEMALES ARE SEVEN. THIS WEEK'S INMATES WERE HOUSED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. BEAUMONT, HASKELL, AND MAVERICK. PAPER READY INMATES ARE THOSE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND ARE NOW STATE INMATES. WE HAVE 56 PAPER READY INMATES. AND JORDAN, I WAS GIVING SOME TIME. ARE WE GOOD? DON'T WORRY, IT IS PERFECT.

[EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]

ARE WE OPENING ALL EXECUTIVES? OKAY. OPEN THE REST. >> L 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION -- HILLSIDE TERRACE 15 E 2 AND POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. L 3. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. USE THE COUNTY POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE, ONE, FEE SIMPLE

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TORMENT TRUST AND THE RHONDA ORME AND MCGAW TRUST, WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RESTER SECTION, AND MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE HILLSIDE TERRACE WILL BE IMPROVEMENT IN RETAIL IT -- RELATED UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS AND TAKE OTHER ACTION APPROPRIATE. L NUMBER FOUR. DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE COUNTY'S POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FEE SIMPLE TITLE IN AND APPROXIMATELY TO APPROXIMATELY .039 ACRES, PARCEL 6, OWNED BY OWNED BY RHONDA ORMAND MCCAUGH TRUST A.K.A. RHONDA GAIL MCCAUGH IN WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REJECTION, AND MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE HILLSIDE TERRACE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED UTILITY ADJUSTMENT AND MAY TAKE OTHER ACTION. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION INTERACTION TO FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECT HUSKY. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN

COURT. >> SO MOVED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. JORDAN, YOU CALL IT. WHAT WE OPEN WITH AN EXECUTIVE? L 5. IF YOU ARE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO L 5, PLEASE

CAN BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I HAVE

THREE MOTIONS. >> READ THEM ALTOGETHER. >> OKAY, PERFECT. L 2, MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO APPROVE AND EXECUTE RULE 11 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO IMPLEMENT AND FINALIZE SAID SETTLEMENT REGARDING THE CONDEMNATION CASE OF FOR PARCELS 15, 15 E, AND 15 E 2 FOR THE HILLSIDE TERRACE PROJECT FILED IN A COUNTY COURT. CAUSE NUMBER 23-1217-THE SEA. 1400 LLC AND PROSPERITY BANK TO AMEND THE BUDGET REPORTEDLY AS NEEDED. L 3. MOTION ADOPTING A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY OF AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF HAYS COUNTY POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE A SIMPLE TITLE IN AND TO APPROXIMATELY 0.018 ACRES, PARCEL 2. IN TWO, UTILITY EASEMENT AND ACROSS 0.013 ACRES, OWNED BY LENA MARIE ORMAND INDIVIDUALLY AND LENA MARIE ORMAND AND WILLIAM C. ORMONDE AS COTRUSTEES. IN WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE HILLSIDE TERRACE RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPROVEMENTS AND RELAY UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS AND COUNTY STAFF AND CONSULTANTS TO TAKE UP OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED THERE WITH. ITEM L NUMBER FOUR. A MOTION ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE FEE SIMPLE TITLE IN AND TO APPROXIMATELY 0.039 ACRES PARCEL 6 OWNED BY RHONDA G ORMONDE MCGOUGH, A.K.A. RHONDA GAIL MCCAUGH FOR TRUST , WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, MAINTAINING, AND OPERATING THE HILLSIDE TERRACE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS AND AUTHORIZING COUNTY STAFF AND CONSULTANTS TO TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTIONS RELATED THERE WITH.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

>> THANKS. I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM L 5. I WOULD LIKE TO AUTHORIZE THE CIVIL SISYPHUS

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TO THE TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. >> A SECOND.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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