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>> A VERY GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MORNING'S COURT TO ORDER. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN PRAYER THIS MORNING?
>> GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY, LORD, THAT YOU BROUGHT US ALL HERE TO LISTEN AND TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY'S ISSUES, AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT COMES FROM YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, LORD, THAT YOU JUST PROTECT THEM . WE LOVE YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US, IN JESUS' NAME.
>> AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
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FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
COMMISSIONER INGALSBE >> JUDGE BECERRA.
>> HERE. >> THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT SUBMITTED A FORMAL MAPPED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UNFORTUNATELY, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COURT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WE ARE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS RHETORICAL. ALL COMMENTS ARE THE OPINIONS OF THE SPEAKER AND ARE NOT MEANT TO BE NECESSARILY CONSTRUED AS TRUTH. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND LANGUAGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL, OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME. IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. WHEN THE TIMER GOES OFF, AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW NAMES HERE AND FACES. WHEN THE TIMER GOES OFF, THAT IS WHEN YOUR TIME IS DONE. OKAY? FOR STEP, WE HAVE, S. CARTER, IF YOU WILL APPROACH THE PODIUM.
WE CAN SKIP YOU. NEXT UP WILL BE GUY HANEGAR.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS COURT IN THE FORM OF PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS GUY HANEGAR. I LIVE IN SAN MARCOS, AND MY NAME IS ON THE PETITION.
I SUPPORT THE DECLARATIONS THAT IT MAKES, AND THE DIVINE TRUTHS THAT FORM ITS BASIS. TO PUT IT SIMPLY, I FEAR GREATLY FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS NATION, FOR THE FUTURE OF US WHO CALL HAYS COUNTY OUR HOME. I WOULD LIKE AN ART STATUS TO A MIGHTY TREE, ONE THAT APPEARS STRONG AND VIBRANT UNANSWERED, BUT IS IN DANGER OF FALLING AND BEING BROUGHT DOWN, NOT BY SOME EXTERNAL FORCE OF NATURE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S CORE HAS ROTTED AWAY. TO THE POINT IT NO LONGER HAS A FIRM FOUNDATION TO HOLD IT UPRIGHT AND TO PREVENT IT FROM COLLAPSING. FOR MANY
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THICKETS, WE AS A NATION, AS A PEOPLE, HAVE BEEN IN A STATE OF MORAL DECLINE. THE DEPRAVITY OF WHICH IN MY OPINION HAS RAPIDLY INCREASED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. WHAT I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE IMPACT IT IS HAVING ON OUR CHILDREN, THE VERY ONES WE WILL SOON BE ASKING TO STEP UP AS LEADERS, WHETHER IT BE IN BUSINESS, EDUCATION, THE POLITICAL REALM, OR OTHERWISE. IF WE DO NOT PROVIDE THEM WITH A STRONG MORAL FOUNDATION, WITH VALUES THAT CONSENTED TO THE CHANGING WINDS OF HUMANITY IS FOOLISH THINKING, THEY WILL BE ILL-EQUIPPED TO TAKE ON THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES. OUR CHILDREN ARE BOMBARDED WITH ATTACKS ON THEIR INNOCENCE, WHETHER IT BE THE DEPRAVITY OF SEX TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION, THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE, OR THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BASIC FAMILY STRUCTURE. PARENTS ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THESE THINGS, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT CAN, THIS COURT SHOULD PROMOTE AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO AID THEM AND THEIR PARENTS IN THAT EFFORT. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE PRIVATE AGENDA HAVE NO BASE -- PLACE IN THIS COURT. THEY ARE IN COMPETITION WITH ONE ANOTHER FOR FUNDING, MAKING RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS WILL REQUIRE COURAGE AND RESOLVE. THAT IS YOUR JOB AS COMMISSIONERS. MY PLEDGE TO YOU IS THAT I WILL PRAY FOR EACH OF YOU, THE MEMBERS OF THIS COURT THAT YOU MAY BE GRANTED WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT.THAT YOU HAVE THE MORAL FORTITUDE TO GOVERN LIFELESSLY -- WISELY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP, AMANDA BAUM.
>> BOHM. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS AMANDA BOHM. I'VE BEEN A TAXPAYER IN OVER -- FOR OVER 25 YEARS. YOU HAVE BEEN SPENDING MONEY ON MANY RIDICULOUS THINGS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, YOU PASSED A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT AND FUND LESBIAN BISEXUAL GAY ? OR INTERSECTS PLUS MONTH FOR HAYS COUNTY, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR A PARADE, WHICH I'M SURE ALSO COSTS THE COUNTY FOR ITS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICES. HOW DID THIS BENEFIT OUR TAXPAYERS IN GENERAL? WHY COULDN'T THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES? IF A FAMILY PUT $123,000 ON THEIR CREDIT CARD, EVERYONE WOULD CALL THAT RECKLESS. BUT YOU HAVE DONE EXACTLY THAT. IDEOLOGIES ASIDE, THIS COURT SHOULD NO LONGER ENTERTAIN ANY SPENDING THAT ISN'T A VERY BROAD BENEFIT AND ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. AND WHY DO I OBJECT TO SPENDING MONEY ON THIS ITEM IN PARTICULAR, WHICH BENEFITS LESS THAN 7% OF OUR TAXPAYERS? MANY GAY FAMILIES WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TQIA+ IDENTITY THEY HAVE BEEN GROUPED WITH. HERE IS A GROUP -- MESSAGEFROM THE WEBSITE OF GAYS AGAINST GROOMERS. IT IS BIOTECHNOLOGICA L WARFARE IN TRACK. IT'S PROPAGANDA MACHINE IS RELENTLESS , LIKE A MULTIHEADED HYDRA WITH CLAWS AND EVERY CORPORATE SECTOR. WHY ARE YOU PLAYING INTO THIS MACHINE? PASTOR JIM IS GOING TO SHARE WITH US A CHRISTIAN VIEW ON THIS THAT I AGREE WITH. BUT EVEN IF YOU DON'T, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO CELEBRATE THE QUEER AGENDA, WHICH IS NOT A SEXUAL ORIENTATION, BUT A REBELLION? IT TEACHES UNHINGED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR TO YOUNG CHILDREN, WHICH CAUSES SEVERE CHAOS AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN OUR SOCIETY. ARE YOU GOING TO STAND UP TO THE PLUS FURRIES, WHO START DEMANDING LITTER BOXES IN BATHROOMS? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE SEXUALITIES HIDDEN IN THE PLUS SIGN IS PEDOPHILIA? AS ESTEEMED LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, YOU SHOULD KEEP FAR DISTANCE FROM SEXUAL BEHAVIOR POLICY. YOU WILL CREATE DIVISION INSTEAD OF DIVERSITY. DIVERSITY HAPPENS ALL ON ITS OWN, BUT UNITY MUST BE CULTIVATED. MONEY IS A SCARCE COMMODITY TODAY. COUNTIES CAN'T JUST PRINTED LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES. LET'S FOCUS ON EXPENDITURES ALL THE TAXPAYERS NEED. THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT UP, WE HAVE JOHN CARTER.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE COPIES OF MY READING IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'M GOING TO READ QUICKLY AND MAY SKIP A FEW THINGS IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. ARGUMENTS OF FUNDING -- AGAINST FUNDING OF 25 EVENTS. HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN. EVEN WOMEN EXCHANGED NATURAL SEXUAL RELATIONS FOR UNNATURAL ONE. 27. IN THE SAME WAY, MEANT ABANDONED RELATIONSHIPS AND WERE INFLAMED WITH LUST FOR ONE ANOTHER. MEN COMMITTED SHAMEFUL ACTS WITH OTHER MEN AND RECEIVED IN THEMSELVES THE DUE PENALTY OF THEIR ERROR. ROMANS 1:32. ALTHOUGH THEY KNOW GOD, GOD'S RIGHTEOUS DECREE, THAT THOSE WHO DO THESE THINGS DESERVE DEATH, THEY DO NOT ONLY CONTINUE TO DO THE VERY THINGS, BUT ALSO, APPROVE OF THOSE WHO PRACTICE THEM. 1 CORINTHIANS 6 9 , DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT UNRIGHTEOUSNESS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? DO NOT BE DECEIVED. NEITHER FORNICATORS NOR ADULTERERS , NOR HOMOSEXUALS, NOR SODOMITES -- ANY GOVERNMENT ENDORSING FUNDING FOR LGBTQ+ EVENTS IS PROMOTING AND ENDORSING BEHAVIOR CONTRARY TO BIBLICAL TEACHINGS. THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY MAY TRIGGER GOD'S WRATH, NOT ONLY ON THE GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO ON THE CITIZENS, BECAUSE THEY ALLOWED SUCH DEPRAVITY IN GOVERNMENT.
GENESIS 19:24. THE LORD RAINED UPON SODOM AND UPON GOMORRAH, BRIMSTONE AND THE FIRE FROM THE LORD , ONLY OUT OF HEAVEN, NOT ONE WAS LEFT IN THE CITY WHO WAS LEFT IN THE CITY WAS SPARED. I'M GOING TO SKIP SOME OF THESE OTHER BIBLICAL QUOTATIONS FROM LEVITICUS. PUBLIC FUNDING SHALL BE FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES. TAXATION FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY, MAY BE LEGITIMATE USES OF PUBLIC FUNDS, BUT DECADENT , IMMORAL, DEPRAVED EVENTS ARE A MISUSE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES.
FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND CONSCIENCE. FUNDING OF TRANSONIC EFFECTIVE USE IS A VIOLATION OF OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE. THIS IS AN INFRINGEMENT. DO NOT ENCOURAGE -- IS THAT IT?
>> THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING THE TIMER. I APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE DAVID BOYD.
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS DAVID BOYD. I AM HERE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST OUR COMMISSIONERS COURT -- OUR SCHOOLS, AND ALL OF OUR HAYS COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, WHICH PROCLAIM JUNE 2024 AS -- I WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
LESBIAN, GAY, INTERSEX, ASEXUAL PRIDE MONTH. THE FIGHT FOR PARENTAL RIGHTS, WHICH INCLUDES KEEPING CHILDREN'S LIBRARIES FREE OF PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT MASKED AS GENDER AFFIRMING -- IT HAS BEEN TOUGH AND ONGOING AS OF FIGHT, YET, EVEN WITH HOW INFECTIOUS THIS LGBTQIA AGENDA HAS BEEN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, IT IS APPARENTLY NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM. I'M TOLD THE TEACHERS MEETINGS DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HIDING CHILDREN'S GENDER IDENTITY FROM THEIR PARENTS. IF A STUDENT GOES BY DIFFERENT PRONOUNCE IN SCHOOL OR CLAIMED IDENTITY AS A HOMOSEXUAL OR TRANSGENDER , TEACHERS ARE TAUGHT IT IS THEIR RIGHT AND EVEN DUTY TO HIDE THAT INFORMATION FROM PARENTS IN THE INTEREST OF , QUOTE, SAFETY, UNQUOTE. TEACHERS UNION ACTIVISTS ARE PUSHING SEXUALITY
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-- HOMOSEXUALITY AND TRANSGENDER IS HIM ON KIDS AS EARLY AS FIRST AND SECOND GRADE. PUBLIC FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE PURCHASED BOOKS WITH OBSCENE CONTENT, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ILLUSTRATIONS, FOR 10-YEAR-OLDS. CHILDREN ARE BEING ROBBED OF THEIR INTIMACY WITH TYPICAL, BIBLICAL MARRIAGE. THE FAMILY, WHICH HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF LIBERTY, FREEDOM, AND MORALITY IN AMERICA, IS BEING RUTHLESSLY ATTACKED BY THIS LGBTQIA ET CETERA ACTIVISM. IT'S SHOCKING THAT PARENTS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF SITUATION IN THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY TRUST TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO. WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO BIOLOGICAL TRUTH, AND FACT. WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE TRUE AMERICAN HISTORY AND PATRIOTISM. OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY SOCIALISTS. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE BACK OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN.WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS, WHO ARE THE ONES EMPOWERED TO MAKE CHOICES FOR THEIR KIDS -- PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT THIS DESTRUCTIVE AGENDA. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP, DEBBIE ADAMS.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DEBBIE ADAMS. I HAVE TWO POINTS AND A PROMISE FOR YOU. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE MY FEELING THAT CHILDREN NEED TO BE PROTECTED. THEY HAVE INNOCENCE, AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IT AND LET CHILDREN BE CHILDREN FOR AS LONG AS THEY CAN BE. SO PROMOTING PARADES OR BOOKS IN SCHOOLS -- THOSE ARE AN AGENDA, AND THAT AS AN ADULT AGENDA, AND THAT IS WHAT ADULTS NEED TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST. THAT IS NOT FOR CHILDREN POINT MY SECOND POINT IS ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS COURT SHOULD BE FUNDING ANY SUCH THING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU ALL HAVE DONE EIGHT -- AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF DIGGING US INTO A WHOLE, AND PREVAILING WISDOM SAYS THAT WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A HOLE, YOU NEED TO STOP DIGGING.
AND I CAN'T JUST HOLD YOU ALL RESPONSIBLE. THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY ARE RESPONSIBLE, AS WELL. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, AND THE CITIZENS HAVE NOT SHOWN UP TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC DUTY, SO SHAME ON THE CITIZENS, AS WELL. MY PROMISE TO YOU IS THAT I WILL SHARE, WITH EVERYONE AND ANYONE THAT WILL STOP AND LISTEN TO ME OR THAT I KNOW, ABOUT WHAT' HAPPENING IN THIS COURT, IN REGARDS TO THE LACK OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THE ONE PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS A $5 MILLION ISSUE FOR AN INDIGENOUS PERSONS CENTER HAS BEEN REBRANDED AS A PARK. SO THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON THE COMMISSIONERS SIDE IS SHAMEFUL. THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT ON THE CITIZENS SIDE IS SHAMEFUL. I WILL DO MY BEST TO BRING ALL THAT INFORMATION TO LIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, DAN LYON.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PASTOR HAD SUBMITTED HIS FORM BEFORE I DID, SO I REALLY WANT TO SPEAK AFTER HE SPEAKS. BUT IF YOU INSIST ON THIS, I WILL GO AHEAD AND SPEAK NOW. YOU DID NOT INFORM MRS. CARTER THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK IF SHE DID NOT SPEAK AT THE TIME SHE WAS CALLED. SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO SILENCE ANY DISSENT. FRANKLY, WE ARE GETTING VERY TIRED OF IT. HOW DARE YOU PEOPLE GIVE AWAY PUBLIC FUNDS TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOUSES? BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEIR TAXES. THEY ARE SENIORS. THEY LAY IN BED AT NIGHT, JUST WONDERING WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE MONEY TO PAY FOR RIDICULOUS BS, I MEAN BOLOGNA SANDWICHES, THAT YOU PUT ON THE TAXPAYER. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. I'M GLAD THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN UP TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LGBTQYXX WHATEVER. I'M GLAD THEY ARE SPEAKING UP ABOUT IT.
FROM MY POINT, WHERE I'M COMING FROM, YOU ARE WASTING
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TAX DOLLARS, WHEN YOU SHOULD BE FIXING ROADS, PAYING FOR BRIDGES, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND NOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER BOND FOR $439 BILLION, THAT IS NOT GOING TO FIX THE ROAD PROBLEM.IT IS JUST GOING TO GIVE US A START TO TRY TO GET STATE FUNDS TO EXTEND THE ROADS ADD INTO AN ITEM. YOU ARE PAYING $350,000 TO AN ORGANIZATION , THE GREATER SENT MARCUS PARTNERSHIP, WHICH I LIKE TO CALL THE GENTRIFY SAN MARCUS PROJECT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT IS DOING. WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR MARCHING ORDERS FROM? I WOULD SAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE AGENDA 2030. AND IF YOU CAN TELL ME I'M WRONG, I'D APPRECIATE YOU TELLING ME THAT, AND EXACTLY HOW I'M WRONG. BUT YOU KNOW I'M CORRECT ON THIS. YOU ARE PURSUING THE UNITED NATIONS -- AND PEOPLE LIKE CLOUSE SCHWAB AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MONEY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO PEOPLE. NOT THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY. I'M TIRED OF IT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COURT.
EARLIER, I HEARD A SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT DIGGING A HOLE, AND YOU SHOULD STOP DIGGING. YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. I'M GLAD THE SHERIFF AND THE CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF IS HERE. YOU LOOK AT THIS AGENDA ITEM, YOU KNOW, $39,000 FOR REPAIRS FOR A CAR. $7000 FOR ANOTHER CAR. IN 2017, THERE WAS A FIVE-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL MURDERED BY HER MOM. THE SHERIFF WAS QUOTED ON HER NEWSPAPER, SAYING IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST CRIMES HE HAD EVER SEEN. ONE OF THE GUYS MET UP WITH ME OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. HE WANTED TO GET IT OFF HIS CHEST. I HEARD THE SPEAKER TALK ABOUT PROTECTING THE CHILDREN. THAT CHILD DIED BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FAILED TO ACT. THEY SHOWED UP. THIS GUY MET UP WITH ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT HOW THE SHERIFF CONDUCTED THE OPERATION THAT DAY. THE LITTLE GIRL WAS BEING MURDERED INSIDE. THEY PUT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WASN'T QUALIFIED, COULDN'T FIND THE COURAGE TO GO IN THERE AND SAVE THE LITTLE GIRL'S LIFE. YOU TALK ABOUT STOP THE DIGGING AND ALL THAT STUFF. IF THEY WOULD ONLY GO -- THIS INDIVIDUAL, THE MOM THAT KILLED THAT BABY IS HAVING MENTAL ISSUES. SHE IS DOING LIFE. THIS IS THE TYPE OF SERVICE WE GET FROM THESE DEPARTMENTS, AND YOU, PEER AND RUBBERSTAMP EVERYTHING? THAT RIGHT THERE CONTRIBUTES TO THIS WHOLE HALF $1 BILLION IN DEBT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT IS WHY I COME UP HERE. INTEL YOU GUYS YOU NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB, AND EVERY TIME I SIGN UP TO TALK, TALK ABOUT LEGITIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY. RUBBERSTAMPING, PRAISING THESE GUYS AND THEIR EFFORTS. YOU KNOW. THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU DO THINGS. THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTABILITY, FOLKS. SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? YOU'LL NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB, GUYS. AGAIN, ALL THIS STUFF RIGHT HERE, IN ADDITION, MORE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I GOT TWO TOWING TICKETS THAT THE CITIZENS ARE BEING PUNISHED BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE' 'S PERSONNEL ISN'T DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING.
THEY HAVE BEEN PUNISHING THE PUBLIC. PRICE GOUGING. I HAVE TWO INVOICES, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE THEM WITH ANY OF YOU GUYS, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU BROUGHT ISSUES ABOUT HOW BAD THINGS ARE, AND YOU JUST TELL ME THAT I'M COMING UP HERE JUST TO FABRICATE STUFF. I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN THAT, FOLKS.
SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> UP NEXT, KRISTA REYNOLDS. >> I APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I'M WEARING. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AN HOUR AGO. I'M A NEW RESIDENT TO SOUTH TEXAS. I COME FROM PORTLAND, OREGON. MY HUSBAND AND I DON'T QUITE A FEW BUSINESSES THERE. I WAS A COACH IN THE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR HIGH SYSTEM FOR 18 YEARS. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST FOUR OF OUR GENERAL MANAGERS ARE EITHER GAY
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OR LESBIAN. WE HAD ONE YOUNG MAN INTERCOMPANY TRANSITION, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS AND EVEN MY OWN DAUGHTER HAS SUFFERED WITH HER -- NOT SUFFERED -- GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH HER SEXUALITY. THE STATE THAT I LEFT IS UNRECOGNIZABLE. WATCHING FOR 18 YEARS THE PROGRESSION OF WHAT DIFFERENT DECISIONS WERE MADE , AND HOW IT AFFECTED THE KIDS -- I LOVE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. I ATTENDED MY GM'S WEDDING TO HIS HAS BEEN TWO YEARS AGO AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. BUT WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY VERY CLEARLY -- THIS JOB HERE IS THE JOB TO UMBRELLA THE AMERICANS -- THE TEXANS -- AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCO'S -- SAN MARCOS IF AN EVENT DOES NOT UMBRELLA ALL PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND COUNTY UNDER THOSE UMBRELLAS, PUBLIC FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOCATED ANYWHERE ELSE. BECAUSE OF WATCHING AS ADMINISTRATORS AND SCHOOLS STARTED USING THE WORDS EQUITY, TOLERANCE, HOMOPHOBIA, ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND THOSE ARE WORDS -- THEY HAVE MEETINGS. BUT THEN THEY START BEING USED. I'VE WITNESSED NEIGHBORS FIGHTING , CHURCHES FIGHTING. TEACHERS LOSING THEIR JOB BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO NOT BE VACCINATED. THE MOMENT DIME SHIFTS FROM NON-AMERICAN TEXAN CITY WORLD , YOU INVITE OPINION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE. THE MOMENT A DIME CROSSES OVER, EQUITY DOES NOT EXIST. IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW MONEY FOR THIS, YOU HAVE TO ALLOW THE SAME MONEY FOR THAT. EQUITY IS SO IMPORTANT.>> THANK YOU. OLIVIA. I DON'T WANT TO MISPRONOUNCE --
>> STATE DIRECTOR FOR KERRY ISAAC'S OFFICE.SHE ASKED ME TO COME AND READ A LETTER TO YOU THAT HAS BEEN SENT BY EMAIL YESTERDAY. DEAR COMMISSIONERS COURT, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES IN TEXAS COME DERIVED PRIMARILY FROM THE CONSTITUTION, SPECIFICALLY ARTICLE FIVE AND ARTICLE EIGHT, AND THE STATUTES ENACTED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. THESE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS DICTATE NOT ONLY THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES COUNTIES MUST PROVIDE, BUT ALSO, OUTLINE THE PARAMETERS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS. IN TEXAS, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DELIVERING VITAL LOCAL SERVICES, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND FOR STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES. THE EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ENCOMPASSES A VARIETY OF AREAS CRITICAL TO IMMUNITY WELL-BEING. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO NOTE THAT ALL COUNTY SPENDING MUST SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE. WHILE INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITABLE CAUSES ARE COMMENDABLE, TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE IS PROHIBITED UNLESS IT MEETS A CLEAR NEED SUCH AS INDIGENT CARE. GOVERNMENT ENTITIES EXTEND THEIR AUTHORITY BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE CONSTITUTION, IT RISKS ERODING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND MISAPPROPRIATING PUBLIC RESOURCES. RECENTLY, A DECISION BY THE COURT TO ALLOCATE $500 TO SMTX PRIDE, FOR A PARADE IN SAN MARCOS ISN'T OVERSTEPPED. I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THIS DECISION AND REIMBURSE TAXPAYERS FROM THEIR PERSONAL FUNDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR A LAWSUIT WHICH COULD INCUR GREATER COSTS THAN THE $500 WARRANTS PRUDENT FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. I EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO COMMISSIONER SHELL AND SMITH FOR THEIR PRINCIPLED STANCE AGAINST THIS EXPENDITURE. THANK YOU. KERRY ISAAC.
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>> I'M NOT YOUR ENEMY. THIS IS THE PETITION, AND THE STATEMENT REGARDING THE PETITION. WHEREAS THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT PROCLAIMED JUNE 2024 AS PRIDE MONTH, AND PUBLIC FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO -- PROMOTED IN THE LIBRARY AND PUBLIC FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PURCHASED BOOKS WITH OBSCENE CONTENTS . IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOOK -- IT USES CARTOON ILLUSTRATIONS OF FULLY EXPOSED GENITALS, ORAL SEX, AND NEUTRAL FOR 10-YEAR-OLDS, AND THE UNITED STATES HAS BECOME THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, AND CHILD TRAFFICKING. THESE FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO ROB CHILDREN OF THEIR INNOCENCE, TO ENSLAVE MINORS , TO DEHUMANIZE SEXUAL INTIMACY IN MARRIAGE, TO MUTILATE CHILDREN'S BODIES WITH SEX TRANSITIONING, AND TO DENIGRATE THE SANCTITY OF THOSE BODIES MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD TO -- AS DISPOSABLE OBJECTS.
THEY PROHIBIT THE EXHIBITION REPRESENTATION OF SEXUAL ACTS, WHETHER ACTUAL OR SIMULATED. MORE RECENTLY, HOUSE BUILT 900 HAS BEEN PASSED WITH MATERIALS PROMOTING OBSCENITY TO MINORS.
GOD'S WORD DESCRIBES THESE ACTS AS ABOMINATIONS THAT CAUSE THE LAND TO SPEW OUT ITS INHABITANTS. PLEASE HERE LEVITICUS 18. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT CONCERNED CITIZENS URGE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, OUR SCHOOLS, AND ALL HAYS COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO CEASE FROM FINANCING MATERIALS , PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS, AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC PROMOTION OF BEHAVIORS THAT ROB CHILDREN OF THEIR INNOCENCE, SOCIALIZES THEM BEFORE THEY HAVE DEVELOPED CONTROL FOR THEIR IMPULSES, OR GROOMS THEM AS PREY FOR PEDOPHILES DOES ALL OF THIS IS TRUE AND REAL. IT'S TRAGIC. I HOPE WE HEAR THESE WORDS. THE SEX INDUSTRY IS A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS THAT INCLUDES SEXUAL SLAVERY OF CHILDREN, FILLS THE COFFERS OF PERVERTED ADULTS AT THE COST OF UNFULFILLED SEXUAL BONDAGE FOR CHILDREN. IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST, I BEG YOU NOT TO PROMOTE THESE ADDICTED BEHAVIORS ON OUR YOUTH. PLEASE.
PLEASE. AND FOR THOSE PASTORS THAT ARE SO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP, FOR THE PASTORS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT HERE,
SHAME ON YOU. >> ROXANNE, YOU HAVE TWO EMAILS. GO READ THOSE. START THE TIMER.
>> FIRST EMAILED PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM HILLARY. AND THIS IS FOR THAT HAYS COUNTY PET RESURCE CENTER.
>> COULD YOU REPEAT THE NAME? >> SURE. HILLARY. BURRIS.
>> AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, I AM INQUIRING ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE PLANS FOR THE PROPOSED PET RESOURCE CENTER, AS WELL AS THE EVENTUAL VETERINARY FACILITIES. MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING MYSELF ARE EAGER TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRESS BEING MADE, AND WHEN WE CAN EXPECT UPDATES REGARDING THESE VITAL RESOURCES. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE FACILITIES IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF BOTH OUR PETS AND THE FAMILIES THAT CARE FOR THEM. WITH THE SAN MARCOS IN MASHINTER CONTRACT ENDING IN TWO YEARS, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE COUNTY EXPEDITES PLANNING. CAN WE BE PUT -- PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION ON THIS INITIATVE? THANK YOU.
HILLARY. >> AND THE SECOND EMAILED PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM COLETTE. DEAR COMMISSIONERS, I HOPE THIS LETTER FINDS YOU WELL. AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF HAYS COUNTY, I AM WRITING ABOUT THE PROPOSED PET RESOURCE CENTER, AS WELL AS THE EVENTUAL SHELTER AND VETERINARY FACILITIES. MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING MYSELF ARE EAGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRESS BEING MADE AND WHEN WE CAN EXPECT UPDATES
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REGARDING THESE VITAL RESOURCES. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE FACILITIES IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR PETS AND THE FAMILIES THAT CARE FOR THEM.DISCOVERING THAT 1.7% OF HCSO BENEFITS WERE ALLOCATED TO ANIMAL SERVICES FURTHER CEMENTS OUT NECESSARY AND OVERDUE A FAIR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT REALLY IS. THE REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER 'S CONTRACT IS ENDING IN TWO YEARS. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING FOR NORTH HAYS COUNTY OPTIONS OF LOW COST PET OWNER SPAKE, NEUTER, AND ACCESSIBILITY, BEGINNING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE ESTABLISH NEEDS FOR PRE-FACILITY PROGRAMMING.
INTAKE, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND COUNTYWIDE.
FOUNDATION FOR A TRANSITION TO BRICK-AND-MORTAR OPERATIONS.
COMMISSIONERS COURT -- HAYS COUNTY NEEDS A CORONATION BUDGET FOR THESE EFFORTS TO SUPPORT SUCCESS. EVEN IF THERE IS ONGOING EXPLORATION OF IN-HOUSE OR MSP OPERATIONS.
PLEASE INVEST AND PREVENT LIFESAVING USHERS AND REDUCE BARRIERS TO MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION WHEN THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY CAN INITIATIVE AND MAKE IT VISIBLE TO THE GREATER PUBLIC? IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD OUTLINE ANY UPCOMING MEETINGS, PUBLIC FORUMS, OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REGARDING THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT MATTER. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS RESPONSE. SINCERELY, A HAYS COUNTY
RESIDENT. >> IS THAT ALL OF THE EMAIL? FINAL SPEAKER IS H.S. CARTER.
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME MY TIME BACK.
IS HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT PROMOTING SEX SLAVERY OF CHILDREN? THAT'S THE QUESTION. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE DAMAGE YOU ARE DOING TO VICTIMS OF 25? YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE IF YOU VOTED TO PROMOTE PERVERSION WITH TAX DOLLARS. WOULD YOU THINK THE PURPOSE IS OF PROVOCATIVELY DRESSED MEN, PRANCING IN FRONT OF CHILDREN, OR READING TO CHILDREN ABOUT GRAPHIC SEX ACTS THAT ARE CONDEMNED BY GOD? YOU MUST BE AWARE THAT -- THE PURPOSE OF THE SEXUAL GROOMING OF CHILDREN IS TO USE THEM IN THE SEX SLAVE INDUSTRY. WHICH IS REPORTED OFTEN IN THE NEWS, AND YOU HEARD SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING. BY FUNDING AND PROMOTING LGBT+ ACTIVITIES, YOU'RE HELPING TO DESTROY THE LIVES OF INNOCENT VICTIMS IN THIS BUSINESS. WHY DID YOU VOTE TO DO THIS? FOR POLITICAL GAIN.
THEY PROPHESIED ABOUT GOD'S WRATH ON THOSE WHO OPPRESS OTHERS FOR THEIR OWN GAIN. HE SAID THAT THAT MOUNTAINS WOULD QUAKE. THE HILLS WOULD MELT, AND THE EARTH WITH TRUMBULL.
THOSE WHO VOTE TO FUND THIS BEHAVIOR HAS AN AWFUL PRICE TO
[F.1. Presentation of Hays County Employee Service Awards. BECERRA/MILLER]
PAY IN ETERNITY. REPENT AND VAL TO QUIT VOTING IN A MANNER THAT GOES AGAINST CHRISTIAN VALUES. I WOULD LIKE TO PASS THIS OUT.>> CAN YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE HERE AT THE TABLE?
>> I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PUSH K19 AND K20 TO END OF COURT . AND AFTER PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS, WE WILL BE GOING TO K9, FOLLOWED BY K2 AND
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM KIM JETER, THE HAYS COUNTY HR MANAGER. WE ARE HERE TO HONOR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT SERVICE MILESTONES , AND I WILL GO FROM ONE YEAR TO FIVE YEAR, 10, 15, 20. AS PEOPLE ARE CALLED, PLEASE GO TO THE DAIS.
WE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR GIFT. YOU WILL STAY FOR A PICTURE. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON. ONE YEAR OF SERVICE. , DEREK GRIBLIN.
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EMILY HERNANDEZ. SHE IS NOT IN COURT. ALSO MARTHA REICH.ONE YEAR, ALLISON MEAUX, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IS NOT IN COURT. ALSO ONE YEAR, EMANNUEL LINDESAY. ALSO ONE YEAR, TOMAS HERNANDEZ . JONATHAN GARCIA. I'M UNSURE IF JONATHAN IS IN THE AUDIENCE. I DON'T THINK SO. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR IS CONNOR FLEMING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. NOT IN COURT. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR, CHRISTOPHER DUFFINEY, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. NOT IN COURT. WITH ONE YEAR OF SERVICE, LAURA LACOSS, AND SHE'S WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE SHE IS HERE.ALSO WITH ONE YEAR OF SERVICE IS CLAIRE ALANIZ . I DON'T BELIEVE CLAIRE IS IN THE AUDIENCE. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR OF SERVICE, NATALIE FRELS. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR, ELIZABETH SCHMIDT WITH THE DAS OFFICE. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR IS GREYSON MCLEMORE. I DON'T BELIEVE HE IS HERE. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR IS ANGELA BRANT.
ALSO WITH ONE YEAR OF SERVICE IS LETICIA ESCAMILLA, I BELIEVE IS HERE. I'M NOT SEEING ANY MOVEMENT THAT WAY SO MAYBE THINGS WILL CHANGE. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR OF SERVICE IS YOHANA RAYMOND. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR OF SERVICE IS MICHELLE KIRKWOOD WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. NOT IN COURT. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR IS SHAWN CLENNAN. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR OF SERVICE IS ALEX GARD. NOT IN COURT. ALSO WITH ONE YEAR OF SERVICE IS JAMES COLLINS WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. THAT'S ALL
I HAVE FOR ONE YEAR. >> LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE. >> ALL RIGHT. AWESOME.
CONGRATULATIONS. >> MOVING ON TO FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. DERRICK PAYNE. I BELIEVE DERRICK IS HERE. ALSO WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE IS TYLER MAYNARD WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. EXCELLENT. ALSO WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE IS ANTONIO MORA WITH THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER. ALSO WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE IS KAREN
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TINAJERO. THEY TOLD ME HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT AND I MISTED UP.I DON'T BELIEVE KAREN IS IN COURT TODAY. ALSO WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE IS DIANA SANCHEZ WITH THE I.T.
DEPARTMENT. NOT IN COURT. ALSO WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE IS JOSE VELA. I DON'T BELIEVE JOSE IS IN COURT.
>> OKAY. CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SERVICE, PATRICIA GOMEZ, WITH COUNTY COURT AT LAW 2. NOT IN COURT. YOU ARE MISSING THAT BIG BLANKET BACK THERE. WITH 15 YEARS OF SERVICE, JEFFREY SPENCER, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. NOT IN COURT. THAT WAS ALL FOR 15 OR 20. I HAVE DAVID MONTANA. NOT IN COURT. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IS JUAN MARTINEZ . NOT IN COURT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR 20. AND FOR 40 YEARS, WE HAVE JUDGE JOANNE PRADO. SHE IS CELEBRATING 41 YEARS OF SERVICE.
HER GIFT IS BEING MADE. SHE KNOWS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE IT IN
TIME. >> BREAKING ALL THE BARRIERS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> LET'S GET HER TEAM UP
THERE, TOO. >> WE WILL TAKE ONE WITH HER,
FIRST. >> LET'S GET HER TEAM UP
THERE. >> CAN I HAVE MY STAFF?
[F.2. Adopt a proclamation recognizing October 19, 2024 as El Camino Real Day. BECERRA]
>> THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
>> OKAY, ROXANNE. F2. ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 19, 2024 AS EL CAMINO REAL DAY.
AND SACRED SITES SUCH AS SAN MARCUS SPRINGS. AND WHEREAS, AS THE EARLIEST BROUGHT INTO TEXAS SERVED AS ESTABLISHMENT OF SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITIES INCLUDING NACOGDOCHES , AND LAREDO. THIS TRAIL WITNESS THE JOURNEYS OF PROMINENT FIGURES SUCH AS MOSES AUSTIN AND SAM HOUSTON AND CONNECTS US TO CHERISHED LANDMARKS LIKE THE ALAMO. AND WHERE IS THE INFLUENCE OF IT WAS RECOGNIZED WHEN THE U.S. CONGRESS
[00:50:01]
DESIGNATED IN A NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2004, A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE SIGNED INTO LAW BY GEORGE W.BUSH. AND WHEREAS THE TRAIL ASSOCIATION HAS WORKED TO HONOR THE STRUT, FOSTERING AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION AMONG ALL TEXANS. WHEREAS, IN CELEBRATION OF THE DATE FEATURES AN EVENT WITH CLASSIC AND VINTAGE CARS, CULMINATING AT THE COURTHOUSE, PROVIDING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH AND HONOR THE LEGACY OF EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS. WE PROCLAIM OCTOBER 19TH AS EL CAMINO REAL DAY, ENCOURAGING
[F.3. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing October 2024 Czech Heritage Month. BECERRA]
ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS. THIS DAY SERVES AS A REMINDER OF OUR SHARED HERITAGE AND THE CONNECTIONS WE HOLD TO THIS REMARKABLE TRAIL. ADOPTED THIS, THE 15TH OFOCTOBER, TWO DOZEN 24. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR THE VIEWERS WITH THIS ONE.
WHEREAS, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS DECLARED THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS "CZECH HERITAGE MONTH" IN TEXAS. DURING THIS MONTH, MANY CZECH FESTIVALS ARE HELD THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS; AND WHEREAS, BEGINNING IN THE LATE 1840S, CZECH SETTLERS CAME IN GROWING NUMBERS TO THE LONE STAR STATE, GRAVITATING TO THE RICH SOIL OF THE BLACK LANDS AND UPPER COASTAL PLAINS, THESE INDUSTRIOUS PIONEERS CREATED CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITIES THAT KEPT INTACT THEIR OLD-WORLD CUSTOMERS WHILE ADAPTING TO THE CHALLENGES OF A NEW LAND; AND WHEREAS, SINCE THAT TIME, THE NUMBER AND STATURE OF CZECH DESCENDANTS LIVING IN TEXAS HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY; THERE ARE WELL OVER ON MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN ALL AREAS OF THE STATE AND WALKS OF LIFE WHO CAN CLAIM CZECH HERITAGE; AND WHEREAS, TEXANS OF CZECH ANCESTRY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN SHARING WITH THE REST OF THE STATE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE AREAS OF ART, MUSIC, LITERATURE, FOOD, FOLKLORE, AND MANY OTHER FINE CUSTOMS THAT ARE PART OF TEXAS' RICH DIVERSE CULTURE; AND WHEREAS, CZECHS HAVE MADE SACRIFICES TO TEXAS. THE FIRST TEXAN WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN WORLD WAR I WAS A % CZECH NAMED DOMINIK NAPLAV. HIS HOPE WAS FOR CZECH PEOPLE TO BE FREE OF THE HABSBURG DYNASTY'S OPPRESSION. CZECHS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR LOVE OF DEMOCRACY DESPITE LIVING THROUGH ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF OPPRESSION BY THE GERMAN THIRD REICH AND THE SOVIET UNION; AND WHEREAS, CZECHS ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY WORK ETHIC AND HAVE ESTABLISHED STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE AS BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CITIZENS TO WHOM ALL CAN ASPIRE; AND BECAUSE GENERATIONS OF TEXANS OF CZECH EXTRACTION HAVE MADE MANY NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, BOTH CULTURAL AND HISTORIC, TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR STATE; AND.
WHEREAS, CONNECTIONS OF CZECHS AND AMERICANS FLOW IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. THE CZECHOSLOVAK DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS DRAFTED IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIRST CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC WAS MODELLED ON THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF A FREE CZECHOSLOVAKIA AFTER WWI, THOMAS MASARYK, WHO MARRIED AN AMERICAN, CITED THE PROFOUND INFLUENCE OF THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND OTHER AMERICAN DEMOCRATS ON HIS OWN PHILOSOPHY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024 AS: CZECH HERITAGE MONTH. ADOPTED THIS, THE 15TH
DAY OF OCTOBER 2024. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MONICA TO THE PODIUM. SHE IS GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIAN.
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>> YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US AND FOR RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS CZECH HERITAGE MONTH. I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION IN CZECH LANGUAGE.
>> WELL DONE. SO A FEW THINGS. MONICA, A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, IF SHE MADE ANY MISTAKES, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT. I DID HAVE THE DISTINCT PRIVILEGE AND HONOR -- THANKS TO YOU, PROFESSOR -- OF HAVING LUNCH IN LAGRANGE -- OUTSIDE OF LAGRANGE WITH GOVERNOR PERRY AND THE SITTING PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC. I AM SO HONORED AND SO GRATEFUL THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF IT AND I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. I KNOW DOESN'T REPRESENT 100% OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT IT REPRESENTS SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS. I AM PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN THERE .
GOVERNOR PERRY WAS EXCITED TO SEE ME. IT WAS GREAT. HE HUGGED MY WIFE IN AN ENTHUSIASTIC WAY. HE'S A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF THE ENTHUSIASM THAT WE AS TEXANS HAVE FOR THE CZECH CULTURE. I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT I HAD THAT PRIVILEGE AND HONOR.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE, I WILL GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY. >> MONICA IS MY PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH SOCIETY CHAPTER . WE WILL ADOPT ALL OF YOU THAT WANT
[01:00:07]
TO COME AND BE MEMBERS. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT THIS YEAR, WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TAKING STUDENTS TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL EVERYBODY IS THAT IT IS NOT JUST ABOUTAND HERITAGE MONTH IN TEXAS. IT IS ABOUT EVERYBODY'S HERITAGE MONTH IN TEXAS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR FROM WHERE YOU COME. YOU ARE STILL PART OF THIS TEXAS COMMUNITY. WHILE YOU'RE HERE, AND WHILE IT IS OCTOBER, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU, YOUR HONOR, AND THE COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO REACH OUT TO THE CZECH COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS, AS WELL AS REACH OUT TO THOSE IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLICS, I'M DOING MY BEST AS A PROFESSOR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL DO SO. I WOULD LIKE TO DO SO FOR ALL HERITAGES, SO THAT MAYBE SOMEDAY, WHEN I BRING MY DAUGHTER HERE AND SHE IS MY AGE, SHE WILL NOT ONLY SEE THE U.S. FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG, BUT SHE WILL SEE FLEX ALL AROUND HERE REPRESENTING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS COUNTY FROM ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW INTERNATIONAL OF A COUNTY HAYS COUNTY IS. THERE ARE SO MANY STUDENTS FROM SO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. YOU HAVE TREASURE IN TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. ALL OF YOU ARE BOBCATS WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOUR HONOR.>> COME ON UP FOR A PICTURE. I WILL SAY WHILE YOU ARE COMING UP THAT MY VERY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO HAYS COUNTY WAS ESTEEM FOR LIKE A FATHER FIGURE. HE IS THE ONE THAT SOLD MY FAMILY KILLS BROILER.
APPRECIATION IS DEEP BECAUSE YOU GUYS, AS A GROUP, IF YOU WILL, I'M JUST LUMPING IT IN IN THAT POSITIVE WAY, GAVE ME MY START IN HAYS COUNTY, SO THANK YOU.
>> I WILL HAVE TO ADD ON TO YOUR STORY THERE. IF YOU WANT TO GET GOOD ACTUAL GOOD KOLACH, COME MUST.
>> I PRESENTLY THAT MIGHT HELP US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE HAVE ON PRESENT SIGNED UP FOR COMMENTS. HIS NAME IS DAN LYON.
>> ON THIS ITEM? >> YES. USUALLY WHEN THEY SIGN UP FOR VISITATIONS, I LET THEM GO LAST.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I WAS FASCINATED, HEARING THE PROCLAMATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIAN. I'M GLAD SHE WAS ABLE TO DOUBLE CHECK AND FIND THAT CZECHOSLOVAKIAN VERSION. THE CZECHS, HAVING LIVED UNDER NAZISM AND UNDER THE SOVIET BOOTHEEL , ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO APPRECIATE FREEDOM, AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT THEY NOW HAVE. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER TREMENDOUS STRESS AND DEPRESSION -- OPPRESSION -- ARE SOME OF THE
[F.4. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing November 2, 2024 as Texas Tamale Fest Day. BECERRA]
MOST INSIGHTFUL, BEST, HUMBLE PEOPLE THAT SHE COULD EVER MEET, BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE ON THE BOTTOM RUNG.AND THEREFORE, I AM GLAD THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING THIS DAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA . I GOT THAT WRONG NOW. THE CZECH REPUBLIC. BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT, AND I'VE ONLY GOT REALLY
[01:05:02]
ONE THING TO SAY. GOD BLESS TEXAS AND GOD BLESS THE CZECHREPUBLIC. THANK YOU. >> PLEASE OPEN OF 4.
WHEREAS, THE TAMALE IS A CHERISHED CULINARY TRADITION THAT HOLDS DEEP CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND; AND WHEREAS THE ORIGINS OF THE TAMALE DATE BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO MESOAMERICA, WHERE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FIRST DEVELOPED THIS VERSATILE DISH AS A MEANS OF PRESERVING AND TRANSPORTING FOOD; AND WHEREAS, THE TAMALE'S COMBINATION OF MASA (CORN DOUGH) AND A VARIETY OF FILLINGS, WRAPPED IN CORN HUSKS OR BANANA LEAVES, REFLECTS THE AGRICULTURAL BOUNTY OF THE REGION AND SHOWCASES THE RICH FLAVORS OF BOTH INDIGENOUS AND MEXICAN CULINARY TRADITIONS; AND WHEREAS THE PREPARATION AND SHARING OF TAMALES HAVE BEEN A VITAL PART OF FAMILY GATHERINGS AND CELEBRATIONS, SYMBOLIZING UNITY, TRADITION, AND THE PASSING DOWN OF CULINARY KNOWLEDGE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION; AND WHEREAS THIS EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND VISITORS TO APPRECIATE THE RICH FLAVORS AND DIVERSE RECIPES THAT REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY'S UNIQUE
[F.5. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing October 20-26, 2024 as Texas Native plant week.. BECERRA]
HERITAGE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 2ND AS TEXAS TAMALE FEST DAY IN HAYS COUNTY AND THAT THE COOK-OFF'S SPONSORS, PARTICIPANTS, AND GUESTS BE EXTENDED SINCERE BEST WISHES FOR AN ENJOYABLE AND MEMORABLE EVENT. ADOPTED THISTHE 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2024 . >> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. AND THEY HAVE THE HISTORY AND THE OVERLAP FROM ALL KINDS OF NATIONALITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO I THINK THAT GOES TO SHOW HOW WE ARE SUCH A DIVERSE NATION AND DEFINITELY STATE. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN F 5.
>> F 5. >> IF YOU WILL PLEASE READ
THAT. >> WHEREAS, TEXAS IS HOME TO NEARLY 5,000 NATIVE PLANT SPECIES, RECOGNIZED AS PLANTS THAT HAD EVOLVED HERE NATURALLY BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLERS ARRIVED, PLANTS THAT THRIVE IN PARTICULAR ECOSYSTEMS WITHOUT DIRECT OR INDIRECT HUMAN INTERVENTIONS; AND WHEREAS, NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES FROM THE ECOLOGICAL BASE UPON WHICH ALL OTHER FORMS OF LIFE DEPEND, FROM MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS TO INSECTS, BIRDS, MAMMALS, AND PEOPLE; AND WHEREAS, FOUNDED IN 1981, THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS HAS EXPANDED ITS OUTREACH WITH OVER 30 CHAPTERS TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, RESEARCH, AND UTILIZATION OF NATIVE PLANTS AND PLANT HABITATS OF TEXAS THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND EXAMPLE; AND WHEREAS, TEXAS NATIVE PLANT WEEK BEGAN WITH THE VISION OF FAYE TESSNOW AND BARBARA ANDERSON, TWO MEMBERS OF THE HIGHLAND LAKES CHAPTER, WHO LED THE EFFORT TO PUSH THE PROCLAMATION TO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE UNTIL IT BECAME LAW ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2009; AND WHEREAS, HABITAT LOSS AND FRAGMENTATION, LIMITED WATER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS, INVASIVE SPECIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES TO CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY; AND WHEREAS, IN 2010, HAYS COUNTY ADOPTED THE HAYS COUNTY REGIONAL HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN, AND IN 2020, THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT COLLABORATED WITH A LARGE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO UPDATE THE COUNTY'S CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, GATHERING INPUT, INSIGHT, AND IDEAS FROM COUNTY STAFF, KEY STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY, AND IN 2022, THE HAYS COUNTY CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT; AND WHEREAS, NATIVE PLANTS CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE, CONSERVE WATER, PROVIDE HABITAT FOR BIRDS, WILDLIFE, AND BUTTERFLIES, PROTECT THE SOIL WITH LONG ROOT SYSTEMS, ELIMINATE OR REDUCE POLLUTANTS AND THE NEED FOR HERBICIDES AND OTHER CHEMICAL INPUTS; AND WHEREAS, FOUNDED IN 2017, THE HILL COUNTRY CHAPTER OF THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS USES VARIOUS IN-PERSON AND ONLINE PLATFORMS TO ADVOCATE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS; ORGANIZES FIELD TRIPS AND GUIDED NATURE HIKES WITHIN HAYS COUNTY, MANAGES PLANT LISTS AND DATABASES; AND PARTNERS WITH VARIOUS ALLIED GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR; AND WHEREAS, HOMEOWNERS, HOAS, LANDSCAPERS, AND LOCAL POLICY MAKERS CAN HELP PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS, BENEFIT WILDLIFE, BIRDS AND THE INSECTS THEY NEED TO SURVIVE, BY SELECTING NATIVE
[01:10:07]
PLANTS WHEN MAKING THEIR LANDSCAPING DECISIONS; AND WHEREAS, THIS ANNUAL CELEBRATION DURING THE THIRD FULL WEEK OF OCTOBER IS A REMINDER THAT EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN PRESERVING OUR NATIVE LANDSCAPE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, EXCUSE ME, THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 20 - OCTOBER 26, 2024, AS TEXAS NATIVE PLANT WEEK AND INVITES OUR CITIZENS TO INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS AND SUPPORT OF LOCAL EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE NATIVE PLANTS OF OUR ECOREGION AND BACKYARD HABITATS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. ADOPTED THIS THE 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER2024. >> WELL DONE. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. IF YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
>> HI. I'M LAURA LEGGETT. I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF HAYS COUNTY. SO IMPRESSIVE READING ALL OF THOSE. OURS IS EXTRA LONG. I DON'T THINK I CAN REALLY ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. I DID WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU. IN 2023, WE WORKED WITH
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. AND STARTING THE WEEK OF NATIVE PLANT WEEK, WE WILL BE INSTALLING A NATIVE PLANT DEMONSTRATION GARDEN DOWNSTAIRS ON THE SQUARE ON LBJ AND INAUDIBLE ] AND WE ARE EXCITED TO GET THAT ON THE GROUNDS.
THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU THAT I HAVE A REAL APPRECIATION FOR THE NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS PLANT LIFE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE, AS WE STEP MORE AND MORE INTO WATER SCARCITY , COMMISSIONER INGALSBE AND I SERVE ON THE OVERLAPPING BODY TO HELP ALLOCATE TAX DOLLARS FOR USEFUL PURPOSES. AND THERE IS A BONA FIDE EFFORT TO UPDATE ALL THE LANDSCAPING IN THESE PUBLIC SPACES. TO BE MORE DROUGHT RESISTANT AND DIMINISH THE NEED FOR CONSTANT MAINTENANCE. EVERY TIME WE MEET WITH OUR CONTRACTORS, EVERY TIME I TALK TO THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF TEX DOT COME ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAVE WITH THE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES , I HAVE A BENEFIT OF SEEING THE WORLD YOU ARE DESCRIBING AND BENEFITING FROM IT IN MY OWN HOME, AND ALWAYS PROMOTING IT, SO IT HELPS US TO HAVE A SHARPER LOOKING SPACE WITH LESS EFFORT AND FEWER RESOURCES ON EVERY FRONT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO PUSH ON THIS FRONT. THANK YOU FOR CREATING THE DISPLAY. I WILL CONTINUE TO CHAMPION THIS EFFORT.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR PARTICIPATING.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE?
[K.9. Discussion and possible action to execute a First Amendment to the 2020-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Hays County and the Hays County Law Enforcement Association (HCLEA). SHELL/INGALSBE]
>> THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> OKAY. SO PLEASE OPEN K9. >> K9. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE 2020-2024 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE HAYS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION WAS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR A GOOD PART OF THIS YEAR. THERE IS ALSO THE PAY SCALE PART OF WHAT WE UPDATE WITH THE AGREEMENT ITSELF . WE UPDATE THE PAY SCALE EVERY OTHER YEAR, WE DO A STUDY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATIONS LIKE US. WE COME
[01:15:01]
UP WITH THE NEW PAY PLAN AND THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. WE ARE CLOSE TO FINISHING OUR AGREEMENT, BUT SINCE WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED OUR AGREEMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND APPLY ON THE PAY SCALE WE NEGOTIATED. IT WAS BUDGETED IN OUR LAST BUDGET PROCESS, SO IT IS EFFECTIVE NOW, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRODUCTS NOW. THIS ONE IS GOING TO UPDATE THE PAY SCALE. THE AGREEMENT WOULD COME TO US PROBABLY AT OUR NEXT COURT MEETING, I'M GUESSING. AND ALSO WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM BECAUSE WE ARE INCLUDING OUR COMEDIC ASIAN OFFICERS AS MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. THEY ARE LICENSED BY THE STATE TO PERFORM THOSE SERVICES. WE HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE THEM.THAT IS PART OF THE AGREEMENT. ALSO IS ASSOCIATED IS THEIR PAY SCALE WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT. IT WILL NOT SHOW UP ON THE PAY SCALE WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY. WE HAVE A FUTURE ITEM TODAY TO GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THEIR PAY SCALE AS WELL, WHICH IS ALSO BUDGETED IN THE GENERAL BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CONCISE RECAP. AS I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I HAVE SOME DEPUTIES STOP AND CHAT WITH ME.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS ABOUT STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES, ET CETERA, AND ALSO, . HE WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND THE CONSTABLES. DEPUTY CONSTABLES. I THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THIS MOTION IS PAID RELATED. NOTHING ELSE. ARE THERE ANY CONSTABLES HERE? OR SHERIFF. I SEE YOU HERE BUT
[K.8. Discussion and possible action to authorize a new Pay Plan for the Sheriff's Office Emergency Communications Division effective 10/16/24. SHELL/INGALSBE]
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION? WE ARE GOOD. OKAY. AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO ADD, COMMISSIONER SMITH, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TOCONTRIBUTE? >> NO. AS YOU MENTIONED , THIS IS A COMPONENT OF THE PAY PIECE .
>> BEAUTIFUL. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE SMOOTH SAILING. LET'S
CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. NOW, COMMISSIONER SHELL, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE
>> IF YOU WILL PLEASE OPEN A DITCH.
>> K A DITCH. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE A
[K.2. Discussion and possible action to accept a Proposal from Sullivan Contracting Services related to capital improvements needed within the Treasurer's Lobby and amend the budget accordingly. BECERRA/TENORIO]
NEW PAY PLAN FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION EFFECTIVE OCTOVER 16, 2024.>> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR COMEDIC ASIAN'S OFFICERS. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THEY HAVE BEEN UNDERSTAFFED FOR YEARS. WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. THEY DO IMPORTANT
WORK. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT HARD WORK. THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT EFFORT.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. WELL DONE. PLEASE OPEN
K 2. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT A PROPOSAL FROM SULLIVAN CONTRACTING SERVICES RELATED TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED WITHIN THE TREASURER'S LOBBY AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
>> I'M ASKING FOR A SECOND HOBBY FOR OUR OFFICES. I THINK EVERYONE HAS BEEN IN THERE. THERE ARE TWO WINDOWS. WHEN WINDOW IS THE WINDOW THAT WE ACCEPT CASH FOR DEPOSITS. THE NEXT WINDOW, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT, IS THE WINDOW THAT WE SPEAK WITH CONVICTED FELONS THAT COME IN TO DO THEIR PAYMENT PLANS. THANK YOU. SLIPPED MY MIND. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT I'VE HAD SINCE I CAME INTO THE OFFICE.
WE HAVE ARMED DEPUTY CONSTABLES, AS WELL AS DEPUTY OFFICERS COMING IN WITH CASH, RIGHT NEXT TO THAT WINDOW. THIS WOULD ADDRESS THIS BY ALLOWING US TO HAVE A SEPARATE LOBBY FOR THAT COMPLIANCE AREA, GIVING US AN EXTRA MEASURE OF SECURITY , KEEPING FELONS AWAY FROM OFFICERS. I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH -- I'M SORRY. I'M TONGUE-TIED TODAY.
I THINK I NEED MORE COFFEE. IT WAS SHARED WITH REGARDS TO THIS
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ISSUE. I HAVE COME TO ADDRESS THAT. IS JUST TO OFFER AN ADDITIONAL LOBBY FOR COMPLAINTS, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR PRIVACY WHEN DISCUSSING FINANCES, AS WELL.>> DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THIS?
>> A SOUND REQUEST. HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH YOU . I GUESS -- DOES THAT WORK FOR US? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S -- WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME WE ARE HOPING TO GET IT DONE? SOONER RATHER THAN
LATER? >> I HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU. IN REGARDS TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE ARTICLE FUNDING WAS BROUGHT UP. WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP TO THE OFFICE, THE ARPA FUNDING HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED. THIS IS A TRUE CONCERN SINCE BEFORE I GOT HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE -- WHY THE COUNTY WOULD ALLOW TO HAVE ARMED OFFICERS RIGHT NEXT TO BRINGING CASH INTO AN OFFICE RIGHT NEXT TO PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE , COULD BE LOOKING FOR A THIRD STRIKE JUST TO GO BACK IN. SO THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS ADDRESS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. I DID BRING IT UP LAST BUDGET CYCLE OR RIGHT BEFORE THE BUDGET CYCLE ENDED. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS ADDRESSED AS QUICKLY AND AS TIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> SO I KNOW YOU SAID WE CAN INCORPORATE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW A TIMELINE . IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE SOONER?
>> THE ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED.
>> THIS WOULD BE GOOD DIRECTION FROM THE COURT TO SAY, PLEASE
TAKE THIS REQUEST. >> I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK
WE NEED TO GET IT DONE. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN.
YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT DIRECTION?
>> I'M GOOD. I WAS QUESTIONING THE USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS. CAN WE USE THAT FOR THIS KIND OF --
>> YES MA'AM. THIS IS VICKI DORSETT. THE FUNDS ARE NOT RESTRICTED, SO THEY CAN BE USED FOR ANY COUNTY FUNCTION.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS ON THIS ITEM?
>> THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS -- LOOKING AT THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FROM A CONTRACTOR IN HERE.
THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FROM SULLIVAN CONTRACTING SERVICES.
HAVE DONE THESE IN THE PAST, WHENEVER WE BUILT OUT THE OFFICE, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE OFFICES HERE. WE HAD OUR FACILITIES FOLKS LOOK AT THEM AND DETERMINE IF WE CAN DO IT
[G. CONSENT ITEMS]
INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID TALK TO OUR FACILITY FOLKS ABOUT DOING THIS.>> THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROJECT AT THAT TIME. HE BROUGHT IN A CONTRACTOR TO GET US A QUOTE,
AND START THE PROCESS. >> OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE THAT. AS LONG AS WE CAN LOOK AT IT ON THE
SECURITY SIDE, I SUPPORT IT. >> IS THIS GOOD ENOUGH FOR
DIRECTION? GOOD ENOUGH? >> GOOD ENOUGH.
>> THANK YOU, TYPE -- TAMMY. I'M GOING TO OPEN CONSENT.
PLEASE OPEN CONSENT. >> G1. APPROVE PAYMENT OF COUNTY INVOICES. G1.÷÷÷ APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. VILLARREAL-ALONZO G2.÷÷÷ ÷APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF JUROR CHECKS. G3.÷÷÷ ÷APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTHCARE CLAIMS AND AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL DISBURSEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000.00 TO THE HEALTHCARE
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CLAIMS ACCOUNT. G4. APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF THE OCTOBER 31, 2024 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,500,000.00 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND POST TOTALS FOR WAGES, WITH-HOLDINGS, DEDUCTIONS, AND BENEFITS ON THE HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED. G5. APPROVE COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES OF OCTOBER 1, G6. APPROVE AMENDED COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2024. G7. APPROVE THE REVISED LIST OF JUDGES/ALTERNATE JUDGES AS SUBMITTED BY THE POLITICAL PARTIES. G8. RATIFY THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $78,351.00. G9.AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE FIFTH CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR THE STATEWIDE AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SERVICE (SAVNS) WITH APPRISS INSIGHTS, LLC. AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
G10. AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE (UASI), CPR-CERT GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.00.
G11. AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FY24 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM÷LOCAL SOLICITATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $37,516.00 . G12. APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF NICOLA LADKIN TO THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. G13.
APPROVE THE TAMALE FEST EVENT ON THE COURTHOUSE GROUNDS SPONSORED BY HILL COUNTRY COOK-OFF ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2024, THAT SHALL INCLUDE COMMERCIAL VENDORS. G14. AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO AMEND THE BUDGET TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL CHARGES RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION OF LIGHTS AND SIRENS FOR THE 2024 RAM 2500.
G15. AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO BEGIN A 12-MONTH R-ZERO ARC SUBSCRIPTION VALUED AT $999.00, AND AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE PURCHASING POLICY TO OBTAIN THREE QUOTES. G16.
AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT USING EXISTING FUNDS TOTALING $7,208.98 FOR AIR CONDITIONING REPAIRS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TRAINING ACADEMY. G17. AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO USE INSURANCE PROCEEDS TOTALING $39,801.37 FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G18. AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE FY 2025 GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENTS RELATED TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G19. AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ADD A $45 MONTHLY CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE TO A FACILITY MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST SLOT #0200-007 EFFECTIVE 10/16/2024 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G20. AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A NO-COST, TIME EXTENSION TO THE HDR ARCHITECTURE, INC. PHASE 2 AGREEMENT, RELATED TO THE LONG-TERM FACILITY SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR PRECINCT 4. G21.
AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT AMENDMENT 1 WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO JURY SUMMONS, INCREASING THE TYLER SUMMONS DIRECT FROM 35,001 SUMMONS TO 60,000 SUMMONS AT $.57 EACH. G22. AUTHORIZE THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER TO ADD A $45 MONTHLY TELEPHONE ALLOWANCE FOR THE ASSISTANT FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR, SLOT #9010-002 EFFECTIVE 10/16/2024 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G23.ACCEPT DONATIONS TOTALING $2,075.00 ON BEHALF OF THE HAYS COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE BOARD AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G24.
AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING RECOVERY ASSISTANCE FOR DIRECT OR INDIRECT IMPACTS OF COVID-19. G25. AUTHORIZE BUILDING MAINTENANCE TO INSTALL TWO 1-TON WALL-MOUNTED MINI-SPLIT SYSTEMS WITH HEATING AND COOLING CAPABILITY IN THE JACOBS WELL PORTABLE OFFICE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $15,300.00 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
G26. APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS. G27. ACCEPT THE DELIVERY OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 2024 PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 114.023 AND 114.025.
G28. AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HAYS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAYS COUNTY RELATED TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. G29. AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (DSISD) AND HAYS COUNTY RELATED TO SCHOOL RESOAND G30. AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS FOR THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAM WITH C. NICHOLE MUELLER-MCMORRIS, LCSW; DEBLIN
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HEALTH CONCEPTS & ASSOCIATES, LLC; EVOKE WELLNESS TEXAS; HORTON HOUSE 501C3; LISA HINSON, LCDC; MOONSTONE COUNSELING, PLLC; HIATUS WELLNESS, LLC; AND NOVA>> SECONDED. >> WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA. I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN OVER THIS BEFORE. I'M NOT AGAINST THE TAMALE FEST. WHAT I'M AGAINST HIS PEOPLE SETTING UP THEIR BOOTHS ON THE GRASS THAT WE PAY $200,000 TO GROW. I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. MY QUESTION IS, WHO IS GOING TO BE PAYING FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO THE GRASS , AND WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR OVERTIME FOR OUR JANITOR TO GO PICK UP ALL THE TRASH THEY LEAVE BEHIND? AND I THINK LAST TIME I WAS UP HERE, YOU ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT, THEY DO PUT UP -- I DON'T KNOW -- WHATEVER IT IS CALLED. THEY DO PUT UP MONEY IN CASE THERE IS SOME DAMAGE, SO. DO YOU EVER TAKE THAT MONEY AND KEEP IT? BECAUSE THERE IS DAMAGE. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
>> ON 14, I NOTICED Y'ALL -- OCTOBER 1ST, THERE WAS ANOTHER REQUEST FOR MONEY -- ADDITIONAL MONEY TO ONCE AGAIN INSTALL EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT . WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STOP ALLOWING THIS TYPE OF MISCALCULATION AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HOLD THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACCOUNTABLE FOR FAILING TO DO THEIR JOB THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO? AS A FORMER COP, IS TO TAKE CARS TO FLEET SO THEY COULD INSTALL, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THIS HAPPENING VERY OFTEN. I'M NOT INTO BUDGETS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT FOR INDIVIDUALS, FOR DEPARTMENTS TO CONTINUOUSLY COME UP HERE AND WE OVERLOOKED THIS -- WHEN IS THAT GOING TO STOP? EARLIER IN THE INVOCATION, I HEARD THE WORDS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS AND ADDRESS ISSUES. THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THAT. WHEN ARE Y'ALL GOING TO HOLD THESE INDIVIDUAL'S THAT CONTINUE TO DO THIS, IN ADDITION, I MEAN, EMERGENCY TRUCK -- LAST WEEK, I TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT TRUCK.
ACCORDING TO POLICY, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS. THESE TRUCKS ARE BEING PAINTED WITH GRAYISH, VERY LATE. IT WAS NEXT TO ME. I HAVE PICTURES OF IT. THE EMERGENCY TRUCK. IT REALLY WORRIES ME WHEN YOU HAVE VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY MARKED BECAUSE THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THESE VEHICLES. WHEN YOU HAVE EMERGENCIES, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM, UNLESS YOU ARE DOING COVERT OPERATIONS, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THESE VEHICLES, THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IN THIS POLICY. I JUST
WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL START WITH THE LAST ONE FIRST. WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MR. AMAYA'S COMMENTS? IT'S ONE OF YOU THREE, OR THE COMBINATION
AT THAT TABLE. >> SERVICES. THE QUOTE WE RECEIVED WAS AN ESTIMATE. THERE WAS A PRICE INCREASE . AND CAME IN LESS THAN PREVIOUS QUOTES. AS FAR AS THE SHADOWING OF THAT VEHICLE, WE DO THAT ON PURPOSE.
SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE. WE HAVE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE. OUR STAFF IS OUT THERE FOR WILDFIRES. WE ARE NOT OUT THERE TO PULL PEOPLE OVER. WE ARE NOT COPS. WE ARE OUT THERE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT IS WHY THEY REFLECT AT NIGHTTIME.
>> LET ME LEAN ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THE FIRST RESPONSE WAS, THE ITEMS ORIGINALLY QUOTED -- BY THE TIME THEY CAME IN, I DON'T KNOW THAT TIME -- BUT THEY CAME AND MORE EXPENSIVE. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT. PART TWO IS THEY ARE WHAT IS BEING CALLED
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GHOSTED, AS CONTRAST TO EMULATE OTHER CARS. BUT WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER SERVING TO MARK THOSEEMERGENCY VEHICLES? >> WE HAVE THE LIGHTS ON. THEY HAVE THE EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES.
>> THE BENEFIT OF MARKING THE DECAL PARTS.
>> INAUDIBLE ] . WE HAVE THOSE OPTIONS.
>> I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO HOLD THIS OFFICE.
MOST OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE CONCERNED WITH, IF YOU WILL, WHATEVER CAN BE RESOLVED ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT PROCESS. MOST PEOPLE WILL SEE WHAT YOU HAVE JUST SAID OR HEAR WHAT YOU SAID AND SAY, WELL, WE COULD HELP WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND HAVE THAT COLLABORATION AND NOT BE SO CLEARLY MARKED. THERE IS AN EXPLANATION OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL GOOD. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> AND THE LAST ONE, WE KEEP DEPOSITS WHENEVER THERE IS DAMAGE, AND THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT -- WE HAVE MADE IT A POINT TO WALK THE GROUNDS AND I EVEN FOLLOW-UP. I MAKE SURE THERE IS NO ACTUAL WORK OTHER THAN WHAT MATRONLY COME THROUGH REGULAR WEEKEND TRAFFIC, BUT THEY MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO TAKE GREAT CARE OF THIS BASE THAT WE CALL OUR COUNTY SEAT.
SO I AM PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT THEIR EVENT GOES, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. COULD YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM? I'M NOT A GOOD LIP READER.
>> WE DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK BECAUSE NUMBER 12 IS IMPORTANT.
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAD SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THE SAN MARCOS SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT NOW THAT THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS HAS GIVEN NOTICE , AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY CO-ADVOCATE, PARTNER , IN MANY DIFFERENT WORLDS OF ANIMAL RESCUE . ASSUMING THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM. WE NEED BOTH OF US. AND THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR PAUSING ME THERE TO ALLOW FOR THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK SO FAR. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE . I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME TO DO SO. I HAVE LOVED AND CARED FOR ANIMALS FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. I AM HAYS COUNTY RESIDENT . FOR THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS, I HAVE VOLUNTEERED AT THE SHELTER. PRIMARILY INVENT SERVICES. ONE OF MY DOGS AND THREE OF MY CATS IS AT THE
SHELTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK, BUT YOU LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU
THAT WINDOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> NOT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP. I DIDN'T WANT YOU HERE AND NOT HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. DID YOU WANT TO
TALK ON AN AGENDA ITEM? >> YES SIR. G30.
>> I'LL START THE TIMER FREE. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IF YOU WILL
FILL OUT A FORM FOR ME. >> MY NAME IS TYLER.
INAUDIBLE ] I WANT TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ON THE NEW CONTRACT THAT WE ARE ENTERING WITH NO VOTE RECOVERY CENTER. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TODAY. AFTER CAREFUL
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CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT PARTNERING WITH NOVA WOULD BE GOOD. THEY DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACTOR PROVIDER. NOVA HAS SEVERAL FACILITIES. THEIR ENVIRONMENT IS MORE CONDUCIVE FOR HEALING. A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AND HELP CLIENTS FOCUS ON THEIR PATH TO WELLNESS WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DISTRACTIONS. THEY OFFER IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL IOP. THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES TO ATTENDING IN PERSON SESSIONS. THIS ENSURES THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE WITHOUT DISRUPTION.CEO OF NOVA HERE. IF THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL BE
[I.1. Discussion and possible action to approve an Interlocal Agreement between Hays County and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) regarding performing material inspection and testing services; and authorize the execution of the Interlocal Agreement on behalf of Hays County. SHELL/BORCHERDING]
ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE, AS WELL.>> JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, IS THE REQUEST TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA -- IT HAS BENEFITED US IN THE COURT. WE SUPPORTED IT. BESIDES THE INTRODUCTION, I MEAN, WE ARE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU TO SAY HELLO, BUT WE SUPPORT IT BECAUSE THE PERSON IN CHARGE HAS ASKED US TO SUPPORT IT. JUST SO YOU KNOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
[I.2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) to provide right-of-way acquisition services for the RM 12 at Jacobs Well Road Intersection project in Precinct 3 and amend the budget accordingly. SHELL/BORCHERDING]
>> HE HAS TO CLOSE THE BLINDS. IS THAT OKAY?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, WE WILL GO TO
RHODES NEXT. >> I1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
[I.3. Discussion and possible ation to authorize the execution of Contract Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $14,500.00 to the Professional Services Agreement with LJA Engineering Inc. for right-of-way acquisition services for the FM 2001 Gap project in Precinct 2 and 1 and amend the budget accordingly. COHEN/INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]
ACTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING PERFORMING MATERIAL INSPECTION AND TESTING SERVICES; AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ON BEHALF>> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL ROLE.
>>I2. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND LOCKWOOD, ANDREWS & NEWNAM, INC. TO PROVIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR THE RM 12 AT JACOBS WELL ROAD INTERSECTION PROJECT IN PRECINCT 3 AND AMEND
THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >> SO MOVED.
[I.4. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Materials Procurement Acknowledgment between Hays County and Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc. (PEC) for the acquisition of materials in advance of the execution of a Standard Utility Agreement for the relocation of existing facilities in conflict with the road widening of RM 12 at the intersections of Mountain Crest and Skyline Drive project in Precinct 3 and amend the budget accordingly. SHELL/BORCHERDING]
>> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. I3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 1 IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,500.00 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LJA ENGINEERING INC. FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR THE FM 2001 GAP PROJECT IN PRECINCT 2 AND 1 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. I4. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A MATERIALS PROCUREMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND PEDERNALES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. FOR THE ACQUISITION OF MATERIALS IN ADVANCE OF THE EXECUTION OF A STANDARD UTILITY AGREEMENT FOR THE RELOCATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES IN CONFLICT WITH THE ROAD WIDENING OF RM 12 AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF MOUNTAIN CREST
[I.5. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish 'No Parking' zones along Dairy Road. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]
AND SKYLINE DRIVE PROJECT IN PRECINCT 3 AND AMEND THE BUDGET>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS
UP. THIS IS A BIG TIMESAVER. >> THANKS, JUDGE. I APPRECIATE OUR STAFF FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. THIS TENDS TO HOLD UP PROJECTS. WE FUNDED THOSE ITEMS. THE STATE WILL CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET A HEAD START.
>> WELL DONE. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
[I.6. Discussion and possible action to consider the release of the 2-year maintenance bond #4442353MNT-1 in the amount of $97,283.82, and acceptance of the 1-year revegetation bond #4442353MNT-2 in the amount of $72,930.70 for Parten Ranch subd., Phase 3. SMITH/BORCHERDING]
>> I5. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH 'NO PARKING' ZONES ALONG DAIRY ROAD.
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>> I'M OPENING THIS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. COMMISSION. >> FOR SAFETY REASONS, AND AT THE REQUEST OF YOU, WE ARE ASKING FOR NO PARKING ON THIS
NARROW WAY. >> WELL DONE, COMMISSIONER. WE WILL CALL THAT MOTION. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
[K.1. Discussion and possible action to approve the 2025 Sheriff & Constable Fees. BECERRA/CARDENAS]
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> I 6. >> I.6. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE RELEASE OF THE 2-YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND #4442353MNT-1 IN THE AMOUNT OF $97,283.82, AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE 1-YEAR REVEGETATION BOND #4442353MNT-2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $72,930.70 FOR PARTEN RANCH SUBDIVISION, PHASE 3.
[K.3. Discussion and possible action to approve the Liability renewal policy from Texas Association of Counties with an annual premium of $748,619.00. BECERRA/MILLER]
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> K1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE 2025
SHERIFF & CONSTABLE FEES. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> ANYONE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
[K.4. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Hays County Office of Emergency Services (HCOES) to implement a Hays County employee emergency notification system. BECERRA/MIKE JONES]
>> WE MISSED J 2. >> OH, LOOK AT THAT. WE JUST
WENT OVER IT. >> I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> K3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE LIABILITY RENEWAL POLICY FROM TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES WITH AN
ANNUAL PREMIUM OF $748,619.00. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> K4. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT A HAYS COUNTY EMPLOYEE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL THE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS?
HERE. YOU'RE TOLD TO PUT YOUR MASK ON FIRST. THEN HE PUT THE MASK ON EVERYBODY ELSE. IT'S THE SAME THING WE ARE WORKING WITH HERE. WE CAN'T EXPECT OUR HAYS COUNTY STAFF TO DO THIS IF THEY DON'T HAVE THIS FIRST. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO NOTIFY OUR STAFF MEMBERS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR MISSION HERE.
DISASTERS, BUT FOR EXERCISES AND NOTIFICATIONS. AND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS WILL MAKE US STRONGER AND BETTER AND MORE PROACTIVE .
>> THAT IS SUCH SIGNIFICANCE. YOU HAVE US FORWARD LEADING AND LEADING THE CHARGE AND RESPONDING TO ALL EMERGENCY TYPES. THANK YOU FOR THIS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OFFICES THAT ARE EMERGENCY RELATED. DO WE HAVE THE IDEA TO DO THIS ALL AT THE SAME TIME, OR DOES EMERGENCY OFFICES -- HOW DOES THAT --
MILLER FOR HER INPUT. >> THAT IS A LOT OF THANKLESS TIME AND ENERGY THAT GOES INTO STUFF THAT PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE THEY NEVER SAW IT. SO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO MY OFFICE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, YOUR
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OFFICE, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE WILL KNOW AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HELP GET THE INFORMATION OUT, BUT EVERYONE ELSE, IT WILL BE ON PART WITH THE INFORMATION. I THINK THAT IS SUCH A MINUS AN IDEA, MIKE. THANK YOU ALL FORLEADING ON THIS CHARGE. >> THIS IS BY MULTIPLE FORMS OF COMMUNICATION, MODES OF COMMUNICATION. CAN YOU SHARE
WITH THAT LOOKS LIKE? >> NOTIFIED BY PHONE, EMAIL, AND TEXT.
>> YOU WILL HAVE THE CELL NUMBERS. YOU WILL HAVE THAT
>> YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER TO REACH YOU.
>> I THINK THAT IS SUCH A REALLY MAGNIFICENT IDEA.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO PUT THIS OUT THERE.
>> PEOPLE SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
>> RIGHT. >> HEY, YOU WANT TO BUY THIS?
IT IS NEW AND IMPROVED. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> SO THIS IS OPTIONAL. OR IS IT MANDATED?
>> IT IS MANDATED. >> DO YOU WANT IT TO BE
MANDATED? >> IF YOU WORK FOR THE COUNTY, YOU SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN THIS COUNTY. THAT IS A GREAT POINT. COMMISSIONER SHELL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT COMMUNICATION? SINCE HE USED THAT MAGICAL WORD THAT MAKES SOME PEOPLE GET NERVOUS?
>> THANK YOU. SHERRY MILLER. WE HAVE WORKED OUT A SYSTEM TO NOTIFY ALL NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WE ARE HIRING THAT WE WILL USE THE PLATFORM EVER BRIDGE TO NOTIFY EMPLOYEES USING THEIR WORK CONTACT INFORMATION . THEY ARE ISSUED A COUNTY ISSUED WORK PHONE. OR IF WE COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES FOR THE USE OF THEIR PERSONAL CELL PHONES, WE WILL USE ALL OF THAT COUNTY INFORMATION TO NOTIFY EMPLOYEES OF EMERGENCIES. SO THEN WE WILL ASK EMPLOYEES TO VOLUNTARILY SHARE THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AS WELL AS REGISTERING THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS FOR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS. IT IS A WAY TO NOT JUST ENSURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOTIFIED OF EMERGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT OUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE
NOTIFIED, ALSO. >> I CONSIDER THAT A PERK. I
REALLY DO. THANK YOU BOTH. >> THERE WILL BE MANAGEMENT PIECE OF IT WHEN EMPLOYEES LEAVE THE COUNTY. MISS TAYLOR, AND THE EMERGENCY SERVICES OPERATIONS WILL BE NOTIFIED, SO
[K.5. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Health Department to use the remaining Employee Flu Shots for the eligible public. SMITH/T.CRUMLEY]
THAT THAT CONTACT INFORMATION IS EXCLUDED FROM THE DATABASE.>> OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. ROXANNE, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> ONE QUICK COMMENT, PLEASE.
REGARDING PERSONAL CELL PHONE USE, MY OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO THE FURTHER, BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE MANDATED. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT IS OFTEN FOR
PERSONAL USE DOSE CORRECT? >> IF IT IS A COUNTY ACID, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE TEXT OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TYPE. IF IT IS A PERSONAL SELF PAID ITEM, THEN YOU WILL BE OPTING
>> K 5. >> K5. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO USE THE REMAINING EMPLOYEE FLU SHOTS FOR THE ELIGIBLE PUBLIC.
>> GOOD MORNING, COURT. WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY ORDERED OVER 300 FLU SHOTS IN THE HEALTH THE PROMPT FOR EMPLOYEES AND ANYONE COVERED UNDER OUR HEALTH PLAN. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SHOTS HAS DECREASED. SO THIS YEAR, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 150 SHOTS REMAINING. WE HAVE GIVEN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE. WE HAVE MOBILE VACCINE UNITS TO DIFFERENT COUNTY BUILDINGS. WE HAVE MADE IT EASY FOR EMPLOYEES TO GET FLU SHOTS. WE'VE HAD RESISTANCE TO FLU SHOTS. WE
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HAVE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RESISTANCE IS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE HAVE SOME REMAINING. WE ARE ASKING THE COURT TO PROVIDE THOSE TO THE PUBLIC, THOSE THAT WOULD QUALIFY NORMALLY FOR DEPARTMENT SERVICES. THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE FLU SHOT.>> I CONSIDER THAT A GREAT USE OF OUR ASSETS.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TIM AND MATTHEW. WHENEVER I APPROACH THIS WITH THEM, THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE , AND THE FACT IS THAT, I MEAN, WE DON'T GET ANYTHING OUT OF NOT USING THOSE SHOTS, AND WE HAVE FOLKS OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY SOME OF OUR SENIOR CENTERS, WHO ARE ACTUALLY SETTING UP VACCINE CLINICS. AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. I THINK IT IS A PERFECT USE OF IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING RECEPTIVE WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP.
I APPRECIATE IT. >> WE HAVE A FEW, AS COMMISSIONER SMITH STATED, WE HAVE CENTERS THAT ARE PROVIDING VEXING CLINICS, SO IF THEY QUALIFY, WE WILL GO TO THEM AND
[K.6. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Proposals with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for the Body Worn Camera Program for the Jail and Office of Emergency Services departments through the Office of the Governor's Grant award. SHELL/INGALSBE/CUTLER/JONES]
PROVIDE IT. WE ALSO HAVE THE SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING WE WILL GET OUT AND WORK WITH OTHER ENTITIES TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE.>> I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR THE PROGRAM THEY PUT TOGETHER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS EXTREMELY EFFICIENT. JUST GREAT EMPLOYEES. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR DOING THAT. I DON'T KNOW.
IT IS THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES. THEY HAVE A HARD
[K.7. Discussion and possible action to establish a Travel Policy Review Committee for potential policy updates. COHEN]
TIME BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT AND SOPHISTICATED, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM THAT WE ROLLED UPFOR THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> THEY HAVE A GREAT TEAM. THEY ARE PASSIONATE.
>> BEAUTIFUL. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> K6. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF PROPOSALS WITH AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. FOR THE BODY WORN CAMERA PROGRAM FOR THE JAIL AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR'S GRANT AWARD. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> K 7. >> K7. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A TRAVEL POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR
POTENTIAL POLICY UPDATES. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. IT STARTED WITH WE TALKED ABOUT HER NEEDS WITHIN THE OFFICE. AND TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE POLICY HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED. SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEAD THE EFFORT IN HELP BRINGING UP OUR POLICY, BY FORMING A COMMITTEE, I WOULD LIKE TO LEAN ON IT AS ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, TO HELP THE EFFORT. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE -- THEM, AS WELL, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE. I AM HAPPY TO. BUT IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT WE UPDATE EVERYTHING.
YES. >> YOU ARE RIGHT. THERE ARE SEVERAL FUNDS, WHERE YOU'RE SO BUSY GOVERNING THAT YOU FORGET TO GO BACK AND REVISE IT. I THINK WE WILL SIT ON THE PURCHASING POLICY UPDATE. WE HAVE THE COURT AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FUTURE. THESE ARE ALL USEFUL, NECESSARY THINGS. THIS WILL BE IMPROVED UPON. AND MODERNIZED AND AWAY -- IN A
WAY. >> WE CAN START THE REVIEW AND GET THE FEEDBACK. FROM ALL THE DIRECTORS.
>> COMMISSIONERS, I'M GOING TO ASK VICKI ABOUT THIS. WHAT IS
YOUR OPINION? >> VICKI DORSETT. I'M SORRY.
WHEN I WAS IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. I KNOW. WELL, WHEN I WAS IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WE DISCUSSED THIS POLICY. PRIOR TO MY MOVING OUT. THE NEED FOR UPDATING CERTAIN AREAS OF THE POLICY. THERE'S SOME AREAS RELATED TO CONFERENCES. THE MILL PERDIEM'S HAVE BEEN UPDATED OCCASIONALLY. WE DO
[02:00:04]
UPDATE THE FILE BASED ON THE MILEAGE RATE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED IN QUITE SOME TIME. WHICH IS THE DISTANCE FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS AND THE NEED FOR SPECIFIC DIETARY NEEDS FOR MAIL PERDIEM'S. THOSE HAVE COME UP IN THE PAST. SO THERE ARE A FEW DEPARTMENTS THAT TRAVEL MORE FREQUENTLY THAN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THOSE ARE A FEW OF THE OFFICES THATDO -- >> MAYBE WE COULD ASK THE COUNTY CLERK TO VOLUNTEER SOMEONE FOR OFFICE THAT WOULD HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO WEIGH IN INTELLIGENTLY ON THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? MAYBE ASK THE SHERIFF IF HE HAS SOMEONE TO CONTRIBUTE AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE EFFORT.
>> I DID SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONER REGARDING THIS ITEM.
TO GET TOO BIG, BUT SET UP CONDITIONS TO ALL OFFICIALS FOR INPUT. SO WE COULD START WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE CLERK'S OFFICE. THE COMMISSIONER AND MYSELF AND THE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE. >> SUPER SHARP ON BOTH ITEMS. WHATEVER YOU THINK SOUNDS GOOD.
>> BLESS YOU. >> THERE IS THE DAS OFFICE.
INAUDIBLE ] >> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
>> I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BE VERY DIRECT WITH THE CHURCH BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO HAVE THOSE AGENCIES AND FOLKS WITHIN THAT OPERATE -- ARE NOT GOING TO SAY SOLELY WITHIN THE COUNTY BUT 95% WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT TRAVEL EVERYWHERE.
AND WE CAN PUT AROUND IN THE COUNTY ON THIS. ARE BUILDING SERVICES. YOU KNOW. OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT COME THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE WAYS THAT WE MANAGE TRAVEL IN A SENSE. WE HAVE OFFICES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN VEHICLES AND HAVE A GAS CAR AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE DIRECT THAT WE CAN CONTROL, BUT OUTSIDE THE COUNTY TROUBLE, IT IS VERY -- I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY EXCEPTIONS TO THAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE WE HAVE BEEN ON THE COURT, JUDGE. FOR TRAVEL POLICY, WHEN PEOPLE LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY AND THEY USE THE COUNTY VEHICLE. WHATEVER POLICY YOU COME UP
WITH. >> IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE
[K.10. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a contract for the amount of $1,064.95 with Thompson Reuters West Proflex for legal research in the Hays County Clerk's Office. BECERRA/CARDENAS]
POLICY , BUT THE COURT DOES HAVE TO MAKE THOSE EXCEPTIONS.>> DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THIS?
>> LET'S BE SAFE AND DO THAT, BUT IN DOING SO, LET'S CLARIFY. I KNOW A LOT OF NAMES AND OFFICES WERE THROWN OUT,
[K.11. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Hays County Clerk to double fill the Court Chief position, slot number 0405-003, for a 3-month period effective December 1, 2024 and amend the budget accordingly. INGALSBE/CARDENAS]
JUST FOR THE RECORD, AS WE KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE ON IT, ANDGUIDANCE FOR IT. >> HERE'S WHAT I HEARD.
COMMISSIONER COHEN, VICKI , SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, COUNTY CLERK, U, AND MIKE JOHN SPREAD
>> YES, AND RATHER NAMES, LET'S NAME THEIR POSITIONS.
>> THE OFFICE. GOOD. YOU GOT IT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
[K.12. Discussion and possible action to accept the renaming of a street name as originally platted in the Parten Ranch Phase 6 & 7 Subdivision. SMITH/PACHECO]
>> AWESOME. GOOD JOB, COMMISSIONER COHEN . K 10,
PLEASE. >> K10. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR THE AMOUNT OF $1,064.95 WITH THOMPSON REUTERS WEST PROFLEX FOR LEGAL RESEARCH IN THE HAYS COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> K11. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE HAYS COUNTY CLERK TO DOUBLE FILL THE COURT CHIEF POSITION, SLOT NUMBER 0405-003, FOR A 3-MONTH PERIOD EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2024 AND AMEND THE BUDGET
>> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> K 12 , PLEASE. >> K12. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE RENAMING OF A STREET NAME AS ORIGINALLY PLATTED IN THE PARTEN RANCH PHASE 6 & 7 SUBDIVISION.
[K.13. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a three-year ActivuCare Maintenance and support agreement for the display wall in the Hays County Emergency Operations Center in the amount of $41,300.21 annually, and authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code 262.024 (a)(7)(D) BECERRA/JONES]
[02:05:05]
>> MAKES SENSE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> ONTO CLARIFY, THERE WAS A SCRIVENERS ERROR ON THE ORIGINAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED. WE ENDED UP WITH MULTIPLE STREETS WITH THE SAME NAME OR WITH INCORRECT NAMES. IS THAT
CORRECT? >> YES, COMMISSIONER. WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS, AND THERE IS CONFLICT WITH THE NAMING OF STREETS. THERE IS NO
[K.14. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Kimberly Woodgate, RPh to provide consultant pharmacist services to the Hays County Health Department. INGALSBE/T.CRUMLEY]
CONTINUATION OF THE SAME STREET NAME BETWEEN THE TWO SUBDIVISIONS. THIS REQUEST WOULD REMEDY THAT ISSUE OF HAVING DIFFERING STREET NAMES FOR ONE STREET.>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU.
I'M SIR. 13. >> K13. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A THREE-YEAR ACTIVUCARE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT FOR THE DISPLAY WALL IN THE HAYS COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $41,300.21 ANNUALLY, AND AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 262.024 (A)(7)(D).
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> K14. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND KIMBERLY WOODGATE, RPH TO PROVIDE CONSULTANT PHARMACIST SERVICES TO THE HAYS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
>> TAMMY. >> TAMMY CRUMLEY, DIRECTOR OF
[K.15. Discussion and possible action to execute a contract amendment with Lexipol to add implementation and subscription services for Law Enforcement and Corrections Policy Manual and Daily Training Bulletins for the Hays County Sheriff's Office. INGALSBE/CUTLER]
COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS.WOULD BE A SHORT TIMER. SHE DRIVES TWO HOURS TO COME AND DO OUR PHARMACY SERVICES. KIMBERLY IS WILLING TO TAKE OVER THOSE DUTIES. SHE LIVES IN THE SPRINGS AND WILL TAKE OVER
[K.16. Discussion and possible action to execute a Lease Agreement with Pitney Bowes related to replacing the current sorting machine for the Hays County Tax Assessor's office. SHELL/O'KANE]
THOSE SERVICES FOR US. SHE IS CURRENTLY AN EMPLOYEE. WE TRUST THAT SHE CAN DO A GOOD JOB FOR US.>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE EXPEDITION. PLEASE CALL THE
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
[K.17. Discussion and possible action to add Norton LifeLock effective 1/1/25 as a voluntary supplemental benefit program. INGALSBE/SHELL/MILLER]
>> EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH TWO IMPLEMENTATION AND SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS POLICIES MANUAL AND DAILY TRAINING BULLETINS FOR THE HAYS
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> SO MOVED.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
COMMISSIONER SHALL. >> SECOND.
[K.18. Discussion and possible action to authorize an amendment to the Travel Policy allowing for an exception for meal per diems for special dietary needs. BECERRA/CARDENAS]
>> DISCUSSION EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PITNEY BOWES RELATED TO REPLACING THE CURRENT SORTING MACHINE FOR THE HAYS COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
>> POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADD NORTON LIFELOCK EFFECTIVE 1/1/25 AS A VOLUNTARY SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PROGRAM.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> K18. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO THE TRAVEL POLICY ALLOWING FOR AN EXCEPTION FOR MEAL PER DIEMS FOR SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS.
INAUDIBLE ] OKAY. VICKI. >> SHE HAD A CONVERSATION.
INAUDIBLE ] THEY MENTIONED SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY HAD THAT FREQUENTED CONTINUING EDUCATION AND HAD THE SPECIAL DIETARY THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET REIMBURSEMENT OF THOSE MEALS BECAUSE THEY GO AHEAD AND HAVE AN EXEMPTION WHILE THE POLICY IS UNDER REVIEW FOR -- INSTEAD OF MAKING IT FOR THEIR EMPLOYEE IN
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PARTICULAR, THERE COULD BE>> THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. >> YOU COULD EXEMPT THE POLICY AND INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW POLICY. AND HAVE THAT EXEMPTION GOING FORWARD. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL AS OTHER ITEMS IN THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE PERDIEM'S, BUT IN THE MEANTIME
>> THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. >> STEPHANIE HUNT, PURCHASING AGENT. CALLING THE EXCEPTION NOT A BLANKET EXEMPTION -- INAUDIBLE ] THEY GIVE THE PARTICIPANTS THE OPTION TO SAY, I HAVE THESE DIETARY RESTRICTIONS. WE ARE PAYING FOR THE OPTION. WE SHOULD NOT REIMBURSE THEM.
>> CORRECT. >> WHEN NOT AVAILABLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I HESITATED. I HAVE BEEN TO CONFERENCES BEFORE, JUDGE, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTINGRIGHT BESIDE ME, THE WAITER OR THE WAITRESS -- ARE VEGETARIAN. AND SO THEY DO BRING THEM PLATE. I KNOW THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THAT MAY BE
AVAILABLE. >> I HAVE A DIETARY RESTRICTION. I AM FILLETED MIGNON ONLY.
>> IS THAT CLEAR FOR THE EXEMPTION?
>> WE DIDN'T CAPTURE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, JUST TO
BE CLEAR POINT >> I WILL SAY I MOTION.
>> SECOND. >> WHAT IS THE EXCEPTION?
[J.1. PLN-2483-PRE; Discussion and possible action regarding the Sunfield High Density, Preliminary Plan. COHEN/PACHECO]
>> LET'S SIMPLIFY, VEGETARIAN GOING TO A BRISKET DINNER AND ASKING FOR A SEPARATE ENTRÉE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE FOR DIETARY OR RELIGIOUS REASONS TO EAT WHATEVER IS ON THE MENU, IF AN ALTERNATIVE IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO FUND FOR SOME OTHER MEAL VOUCHER REIMBURSEMENT.
>> IT IS FOR FUNDING PURPOSES . >> PERFECT. I JUST WANT TO PUT
THAT ON THE RECORD. OKAY. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. AS HER MENTOR, I ASKED 19 AND 20 TO GO AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE ARE GOING TO GO TO 1 AND 2, THAT SMITH WAS SO KIND TO REMIND US OF. LET'S GO
TO SUBDIVISIONS J 1. >> J1. PLN-2483-PRE; DISCUSSION
[J.2. PLN-2247-PC; Discussion and possible action to consider granting a variance to Chapter 721 § 5.05 (B) in regard to Stagecoach Ranch, Sec 2, Lot 19E, Replat. SHELL/PACHECO]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE SUNFIELD HIGH DENSITY,PRELIMINARY PLAN. >> STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I WILL SECOND. OKAY. HOWEVER WE DO IT.
MOTION AND A SECOND. >> WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> J2. PLN-2247-PC; DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER GRANTING A VARIANCE TO CHAPTER 721 ÷ 5.05 (B) IN REGARD TO STAGECOACH RANCH, SEC 2, LOT 19E, REPLAT.
>> THIS IS SECTION2 . THIS IS A CROSS 10.03 ACRES. THIS IS PRECINCT 3. FOR THE LOTS, THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL WATER WELLS AND WASTEWATER WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH BEFORE YOU IN THE AGENDA ITEM IS A VARIANCE REQUEST. THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW THE UTILIZATION OF EIGHT INAUDIBLE ] CONFIGURATION. IT WILL BE FOR THE LOT AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION. THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED -- REQUESTING THIS LOT BECAUSE THERE ANY OTHER MEANS, TO MEET OUR REGULATIONS, THEY ORIGINALLY WERE GOING TO DO A SHARED ACCESS DRIVEWAY,
[02:15:02]
BUT ACCORDING TO OUR DRIVEWAYS -- RELATIONS, IT PROHIBITS MORE THAN ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON ANY LOT INAUDIBLE ] BY A SHARED ACCESS DRIVEWAY. THEY HAVE TWO RESIDENCES OCCUPYING THAT PROPERTY. THE SUBDIVISION IS GOING TO REQUEST A VARIANCE.>> IT'S ON SLICK THE SHARED ACCESS WILL BE BETTER.
>> THAT IS WHAT WE INITIALLY PROPOSED BUT LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR RULES WERE VERY, VERY, VERY PROHIBITED. -- PROHIBITIVE . THE FLAK LOT IS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU.
INAUDIBLE ] THE FLAK LOT WILL BE 50 FEET WIDE. THERE'S ALSO OF ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS YOU HAVE IN THERE.
>> I HAVE ALSO ASKED STAFF TO LOOK AT FLAG LOTS AS WE ARE UPDATING OUR RULES. 50 FOOT WOULD BE WHAT WE REQUIRE FOR ROADWAY. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE. WHAT IS OUR DEFINITION OF A FLAG LOT? AND IT IS NOT THE CLEAREST THING TO SAY FLAG LOT. IF WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT FRONTAGE, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT, SAFETY, AND ACCESSING PUBLIC ROADWAYS, I THINK WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE FRONTAGE SHOULD BE. CURRENTLY, IT IS 50 FEET. SO YOU COULD LEGALLY CREATE A FLAGPOLE. YOU JUST CAN'T CREATE A FLAG OFF OF THAT FLAGPOLE. I THINK THAT IS IN ME THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEARED UP. THEY COME UP ALL THE TIME.
>> IN THIS INSTANCE, THE SHARED ACCESS DRIVEWAY WOULD HAVE SPENT ALL OF OUR RULES. BUT THERE IS A SECOND RESIDENT UNDER THE CARE OF THE OWNERS OF THE RESIDENT. SO I DID NOT WANT TO PUNISH SOMEONE AND SAY THAT YOU COULD'VE DONE THIS, OR ACCEPT OUR SHARED DRIVEWAY ACCESS. YOU HAVE A SECOND HOME THAT A RETIRED FAMILY MEMBER. WE GET A VARIANCE AND WE CAN LOOK AT THE SUBDIVISION AND GO, THAT IS A FLAG. THEY HAVE THE
HAVE A VARIANCE OF THE FLIGHT. >> YEAH. MORE INFORMATION, BOTH RESIDENTS WERE THERE. IT IS NOT WHERE THEY ARE PROPOSING IT IN THE HOME. BOTH HOMES HAVE BEEN THERE. IT IS WHAT IS BEING DONE. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MEANS OF ACCESS.
>> IN GENERAL, OUTSIDE OF THE CONTEXT OF THIS CASE, LOOKING AT WHAT THIS IS, WHY WE HAVE ISSUES, THERE ARE REAL ISSUES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACCESS. WE DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF LOTS STACKED THAT ALL COME TO ONE POINT IN THE DRIVEWAYS. THEY GO UP MILD DEEP OFF THE PUBLIC ROAD. LIMITING HOW FAR APART THEY CAN BE, HOW MANY THERE CAN BE, THE WIDTH, THE ACTUAL FRONTAGE. YOU'RE ADDRESSING THE SPACING OF DRIVEWAYS. THAT TAKES CARE OF IT. YOU ARE NOT BECAUSE IT IS A FLAG LOT. I CAN'T APPROVE IT BECAUSE IT CREATES A SAFET HAZARD.
>> FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, THAT IS ONE OF THE REQIREMENTS.
THAT MAKES SENSE. >> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CRAFTED. WE SHOULD BE BRINGING IT TO COURT IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHEN IT COMES TO ANY REASONABLE UNIVERSAL BLANKET FOR ANY RESPECTIVE COMMISSIONER. WE SEE THESE ALL OVER THE COUNTY. OUR RULES ARE BEING UPDATED, PROVIDING THE ENTIRE COURT LEVEL PLAYING FIELD . WE ARE GOING TO GET THESE REQUESTS. HAVING SOME GENERAL GUIDELINES ON IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED, LIKE COMMISSIONER SHELL MENTIONED.
INAUDIBLE ] THAT WAY THEY CAN BE THE SAME ACROSS THE COUNTY.
>> WE HAVE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST, WHERE, REGARDLESS OF THE SPACE AND THE DEPARTMENT YOU HELPED REPRESENT, WHEN WE ARE CLEAR AND CONCISE WITH THE PUBLIC AND CONSISTENT, IT ALWAYS HELPS . THIS IS A PHRASE I ALWAYS USE.
[02:20:03]
I APPRECIATE GOVERNMENT, BUT THE SMALLEST VERSION OF THAT WE CAN BE, THE BETTER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.>> ESTHER. >> MARCUS WILL TELL YOU I HAVE
ONE OF THESE. >> WHAT IS THE WATER SITUATION?
>> FOR THIS? THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL WELLS.
>> INDIVIDUAL WELLS WITH SEPTIC. I GUESS WE GET THE 10
YEARS FOR THOSE? >> IT WILL BE PLATTED LOTS.
>> OKAY. I GET THESE A LOT. THERE ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES IN THIS ONE. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS VARIANCE, GIVEN THE EXPLANATION THAT COMMISSIONER SHELL GAVE. I PROBABLY HAVE 15 OF THESE REQUESTS RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD NOT HAVE THOSE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT EACH OF THEM HAVE ONE.
LOOK AT THAT REGULATION, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE COUNTY THAT LOOKS LIKE THE BACK OF A BATTERY PACK. DON'T EAT YOUR BATTERIES BECAUSE SOMEBODY ATE A BATTERY. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO PUT IN THAT RELATION, EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE WHERE WE NEED AN EXCEPTION SIMILAR TO THIS. BUT I WANT IT TO BE BROAD ENOUGH WHERE -- WHAT IS THE OLD ADAGE? A SPEECH SHOULD BE LIKE A MINISKIRT. IT SHOULD BE SHORT ENOUGH TO BE INTERESTING BUT LONG ENOUGH TO COVER THE SUBJECT. PROBABLY VERY ON PC. BUT I DON'T LIKE THIS. I DON'T LIKE VOTING FOR IT. I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE OF THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> JUST A REALLY QUICK COMMENT.
I APPRECIATE THE 50 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR SAFETY AND EMERGENCY EXITS.
EACH OTHER. LESS THAN A VEHICLE. IT WAS CREATED LONG BEFORE ANY OF US WERE HERE. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
THE CONCERN IS ABOUT THE FLAG LOTS. WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A FLAG
LOT? WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE? >> THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
WE HAVE TO HAVE VERY FIRM RULES BECAUSE OF A LACK OF WHAT I WOULD CALL A TREAT DEFINITION AND WHY YOU ARE DEFINING A FLAG LOT. TO ME, THEY HAVE QUESTIONED THEMSELVES. WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS WE HAVE? LET'S ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. IF WE CAN, LET'S NOT TRY TO SAY FLAG LOT. LET'S TRY TO DEFINE IT IN A WAY THAT ADDRESSES OR CONCERNS. MINIMUM FRONTAGE DISTANCES. RIGHT OF WAYS THAT HAVE TO BE SET ASIDE. SPACING
AND DRIVEWAYS. >> IT IS CALLED A SHELL LOT.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE. I THINK YOU PROBABLY REALIZE THIS, TOO, BUT AS COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE THEIR LIVING DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE ALLOWING TODAY. AND I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A BUSINESS TO CIRCUMVENT OUR RULES. THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL TAKE WHAT WE DO TODAY.
I PROMISE WE WILL SEE THIS IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. I PROMISE
I WILL. >> FEEL FREE TO VOTE NO. THE COURT CAN DENY THIS IF THEY SEE THERE IS A PUBLIC HAZARD CREATED BY ALL MEANS. BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SOLVED, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE.
THERE IS A STRUCTURE THAT IS INHABITED ON THE PERSON'S LOT.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC CASE OF THE FAMILY, THAT IS NOT MY BUSINESS. BUT I WILL PUT MYSELF IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN LEGALLY SUBDIVIDE IT. I CAN SELL, ON THIS SONOS IS TRYING TO GET ON IT. BUT I'M TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND I AM TOLD, WILL, YOU CAN MEET ALL OF OUR RULES. THE PROBLEM IS YOUR MOTHER LIVES IN THE GARAGE, THE APARTMENT. AND WE CAN'T DO THAT. I MEAN, IT IS SORT OF A HARDSHIP AT THAT POINT IF THAT IS THE REASON. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE REASON IN HERE. AND SO, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE KNOW WHAT THIS LOT IS AND WHY WE HAVE A RESTRICTION ON IT. IF WE TELLS HIM, THE ONLY REASON YOU CAN'T SUBDIVIDE YOUR PROPERTY IS BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW. I'M NOT SURE
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THAT IS WHERE THE COUNTY NEEDS TO BE. FOR ME, THIS CASE, I WOULD PREFER THAT WE SELL IT IN THIS WAY. IN THE LONG-TERM, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME ROLES THAT ADDRESS THESE THINGS. NOT SOME RANDOM TERM OF A FLAG LOT. I CAN DRAW ALL TYPES OF THINGS.I CAN GIVE IT TO OUR STAFF AND SAY, THIS IS A FLAG LOT.
ANOTHER MIGHT SAY, THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT . IT LOOKS LIKE A TRAPEZOID. WE ARE NOT HEARING ABOUT THE SHAPE OF THE LOT. WHAT WE CARE ABOUT IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT CREATING A SITUATION WHERE IT WILL BE HARD FOR SOME TO SELL THIS IN THE
FUTURE? >> THAT IS THE REASON FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD. >> WHILE THIS IS ON THE TOP OF EVERYONE'S MINDS, I WILL BRING IT FORWARD TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE CRAFTED.
WITHIN OUR REGULATIONS. WE MAY HAVE A REQUEST IN THE NEXT SESSION. IN THE INTERIM, I THINK WE HAVE COME UP WITH SOME STANDARD LEVEL PLAYING GROUND REGULATIONS. IT IS WHAT WE FEEL IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY TO ALLOW THESE CONFIGURATIONS. WE HAVE TO KEEP THESE LIMITATIONS INTACT. IT WILL HELP US BRIDGE THE GAP UNTIL WE COME UP WITH A FIRM
POLICY. >> I KNOW WE HAVE RULES AND RELATIONS RELATIVE TO SECONDARY RESIDENCES. GUEST HOUSES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND SO, LOOKING AT OUR OVERALL REGULATORY STRUCTURE, BOTH OF THESE WERE EXISTING HOMES.
RIGHT. BEFORE THIS PROCESS EVEN STARTED. AS WE LOOK AT THE REWRITE THAT WE ARE DOING, CAN WE BUILD AN EXCEPTION THERE FOR EXISTING STRUCTURES? CAN WE CONSIDER THEM THE SAME AS WE WOULD A GUEST RESIDENCE? CREATE THE DEFINITION WHERE WE ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, BUT THEY NEVER HAVE TO COME SEE US. NO
[M.2. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA]
OFFENSE. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME, BUT I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE TO DO IT, AND IT ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM. I WOULD BE MORE THAN SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A PROCESS.>> A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THESE ISSUES OF WHAT ARE WE DOING IF WE ALLOW THIS? WHAT PROBLEM ARE WE CREATING? AND IF IT IS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM, IT'S NOT NOW, BUT IT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE, WHAT CAN WE PUT IN PLACE AS A PRODUCTION TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING? SOME TYPE OF MITIGATION. THEY HAVE DONE A
LOT OF BRAINSTORMING ON THIS. >> YEAH. I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU.
>> ROXANNE. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
[L. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
>> M2. DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION, TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS AND COSTS.
>> THIS LOWERS OUR CAPACITY TO 368. THE DAILY AVERAGE WAS 528.
THE PEAK WAS 520 ON OCTOBER 10TH. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES IS $150,209. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED WEEK'S INMATES WERE HOUSED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.
INAUDIBLE ] AND MAVERICK. NOW, TUCKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO OPEN FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION?
>> WE WILL BE OPENING THEM ALL. >> L 1. L1. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND/OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS BEING CONSIDERED BY HAYS COUNTY. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. L2. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE COUNTY'S POWER OF EINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FEE SIMPLE INTEREST IN 1.345 ACRES, AN EASEMENT INTEREST IN 0.117 ACRES, AN EASEMENT INTEREST IN 0.176 ACRES, AND AN EASEMENT INTEREST IN 0.140 ACRES FROM PROPERTY OWNED BY NANCY H. JOHNSON, AND WHICH IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED HILLSIDE TERRACE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS, AND TAKE
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OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION (PARCEL 14). POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. COHEN L3. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND /OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON OR AROUND WEST US HIGHWAY 290 IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, IN[Item K19 & K20]
>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH OPENING 19 AND 20 . THOSE ARE THE REMAINDERS.
>> K 19. K 19. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THE CITY OF KYLE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOUR. K20.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER MICHELLE COHEN AND COMMISSIONER DEBBIE INGALSBE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CITY OF KYLE TAX REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER
FOUR FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM. >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS ON ITEM 19. AND THEN GIVING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT. TWO CLARIFICATIONS AND BACKUP ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT SECTION 2 I. THERE ARE TWO TIMELINES REPRESENTED IN THAT SECTION. THEY BOTH SAY JANUARY 1ST, 2025. WE WILL AMEND THOSE. THOSE WILL BE REFLECTED ON THE COURT SIGNATURE PACKET, TO BE JERRY FIRST, 2023 AND JANUARY 1ST, 2024, RESPECTIVELY. ON SECTION 3A, AND EDIT TO THAT INDICATE THAT THE COUNTY PAYMENTS WILL BE DUE. THE INITIAL PAYMENTS WILL BE DUE ON MAY 1ST, 2025, AND THEN ON MAY 1ST, EACH YEAR DURING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES THAT WILL BE REFLECTED ON THE COURT SIGNATURE PACKET.
IN ADDITION, AN OVERVIEW OF THIS, THIS, NUMBER 4 IS EXISTING IN THE CITY OF KYLE. IT WAS CREATED IN 2023. IT IS REFERENCED IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AS SUB ZONE LETTER A.
THIS AGREEMENT IS RELATED TO AN EXPANSION. THAT AREA IS REFERENCED AS SUB ZONE B. IT WOULD CONSIST OF A COUNTY CONTRIBUTION TOTALING 13% OF THE PROPERTY TAXES, COLLECTED AND RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY ON THE CAPTURED VALUE. THAT IS ACCEPTING THE BOAT AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAXES. THE CAPTURED APPRAISED VALUE IS THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE, LESS ANY APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS OF ALL REAL PROPERTY IN THE ZONE. TAXABLE BY THE CITY OR COUNTY FOR THAT TAX YEAR. LESS THE TAX INCREMENT BASE. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE COUNTY'S INVOLVEMENT IS RELATED TO REGIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. REGIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. INVOLVING ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF KYLE. UNDER THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT , THE COUNTY SHALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPOINT TWO BOARD MEMBERS AS REFERENCED IN ITEM 20. THOSE TWO BOARD MEMBERS SITTING ON THE TOUR'S BOARD WOULD HAVE TO HAVE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF ANY COUNTY MONIES TO BE EXPENDED. THE TERM IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL -- BRING THAT BACK UP. UNTIL ROUGHLY 2063. THAT IS
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GIVEN FOR EACH SERIES OF DEBT ISSUANCE, EACH OF THE SERIES LASTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TIRZ UNTIL ESTIMATED 2063 FOR EACH OF THOSE BOND ISSUANCES. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THE COURT SHOULD HAVE ANY.>> I HAVE A REVISED MOTION. MOTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THE CITY OF KYLE, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, TIRZ, NUMBER FOUR, AND AUTHORIZING THE -- TO NEGOTIATE ANY FINAL TERMS WITH THE CITY OF KYLE RELATED TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.
>> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. AND
THIS IS FOR 19 -- >> CAN WE DO IT SEPARATE SO I
CAN HAVE THE MOTION? >> LET WHAT SHE JUST READ
BEFORE 19. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO
APPOINT THEM . >> AND I'LL SECOND.
>> AND I ASKED TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THE NECESSITY THAT OTHERS THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIR
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.