Apr 22, 2025 Regular

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER >> YES

>> SO, AS THE AGENDA ITEM NOTES, WE ARE RENAMING CR 158 TO PORTERFIELD DRIVE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SO WHEN THEY BROUGHT THIS TO ME IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE YES. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HONOR QUINTON AND ALL THE WORK THAT HE DID AND I KNOW HIS WIFE IS HERE AS WELL AND SO WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THIS ON COURT TODAY AND I KNOW

>> JUDGE BECERRA >> YES.

JENNIFER HAS SOME WORDS TODAY. >> BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU.

JENNIFER? DON'T FORGET YOU'VE GOT TO SAY YOUR NAME EVERY TIME BECAUSE 25 YEARS FROM NASA WAS GOING TO CLICK THE AGENDA ITEM AND THEY WON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE IF YOU DON'T STATE YOUR NAME.

>> YES, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION JENNIFER MOCZYGEMBA. SO, I TOOK OVER THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY , AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS I DID A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND I KNOW THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACING JERRY, WHO HAD BEEN AROUND FOR 20+ YEARS AND THAT IS A BIG TASK BUT AS I WAS TALKING TO STAFF, I KEPT HEARING THAT THINGS HAD REALLY BEEN DIFFERENT FOR OVER A YEAR, AND THEN I REALIZED AND PUT THE TIMELINES TOGETHER, THAT IT REALLY WAS THE LOSS OF WINTON THAT HAD AFFECTED THE STAFF AND SO I STARTED ASKING MORE ABOUT HIM SO I'VE NEVER MET HIM BUT I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT HIM AND THAT TIME PERIOD AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THAT PERSON WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT IS THE PERSON THAT HAS THE VISION THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, THAT BRINGS THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE, AND YOU KNOW, REALLY IS THE GLUE FOR THAT DEPARTMENT AND I THINK WINTON REALLY WAS THE GLUE AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP TO RENAME A ROADWAY FOR HIM , WHICH IS ROADWAYS CONNECT PEOPLE, AS WELL, IT JUST SEEMED VERY FITTING SO I AM VERY GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND HOPE THAT IT IS PART OF THE HEALING PROCESS AND THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE DID FOR TRANSPORTATION.

>> BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AT THIS TIME? KIM? IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND

TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >> HI, MY NAME IS KIM PORTERFIELD AND I'M HAYS COUNTY RESIDENT SINCE 1980. THANK YOU, JUDGE. GREETINGS, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE AND ALL THE STAFF HERE FROM HAYS COUNTY. IT IS MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR THIS TREMENDOUS TRIBUTE TO MY HUSBAND, WINTON. IT IS VERY FITTING TO THE LEGACY OF MY HUSBAND WHO LOVES ALL THINGS HAYS COUNTY FROM HIS TENURE AS ASSISTANT TO HAYS COUNTY FROM 1994 TO 97 SUBDIVISION PLANNING COORDINATOR FROM 97 TO 99, HIS SERVICE TO FORMER ROAD DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FROM 2000 TO JANUARY 2024 WHEN HE PASSED TO THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF PERSONAL TIME HE SPENT RESEARCHING CEMETERIES , HISTORIC FIGURES AND EVENTS IN OUR COUNTY CHICKS HISTORY.

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY HIS LOVE OF HISTORY AND PRESERVATION CAME ALIVE THROUGH THE PRESERVATION OF THE HAYS COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN THE EARLY 90S AND MUCH WORK ON RESEARCH OF THE UNIQUE HISTORY OF HAYS COUNTY. HIS HOPE FOR CONTROLLED GROWTH WAS REALIZED BY HIS ROLE IN LAND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING , WORKING WITH COMMISSIONERS AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND HIS KEEN ATTENTION TO DETAILS AND CONSENSUS-BUILDING RESULTED IN MANY FORWARD-THINKING ROAD TRANSIT AND PRESERVATION

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PROJECTS. GROWING UP AS A TEXAS HISTORY BUFF, WINTON HAD A SPECIAL PASSION FOR THE STORIES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO LEAD EXTRAORDINARY LIVES IN THE FORGOTTEN CEMETERIES IN WHICH THEY WERE MARRIED. DURING HIS TIME AS CHAIR OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION CEMETERY COMMITTEE IN THE 90S, WINTON LED THE RESTORATION OF THE LONG-NEGLECTED KYLE PIONEER FAMILY CEMETERY. BELIEVED TO BE THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR EARLY ENSLAVED RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY HE ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PRESERVATION ASSOCIATES OF HAYS COUNTY AND WAS NAMED THE 1994 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL MISSION FOR HIS EFFORTS TO PRESERVE HISTORIC CEMETERIES AND HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF SAVE TEXAS CEMETERIES INC. WINTON AND I MET WHEN WE WERE BOTH REPORTERS FOR THE SAN MARCOS DAILY RECORD. WE MARRIED AND HAD 31 YEARS TOGETHER, WONDERFUL YEARS TOGETHER RAISING OUR TWO AMAZING DAUGHTERS, CARLY AND AND SARAH JO. WE FOLLOWED HIS PASSION OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION. AN INCREDIBLE STORYTELLER WITH THE MEMORY FOR DETAILS, HIS STORIES OF ITEMS DISCOVERED IN THE BASEMENT OF THIS BUILDING DURING THE 1990S RESTORATION ARE SAVED FOR A MORE APPROPRIATE SETTING. HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGINEER TALK AND TRANSLATE THAT BETWEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ENGINEERS WORKING ON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ENSURE THAT ROADS, TRAILS AND SAFETY PROJECTS REFLECTED THE BEST INTEREST OF HAYS COUNTY. NOT ANOTHER CEMETERY , WAS OFTEN THE CRY FROM THE BACK SEAT WHEN WINTON CAME UPON A CEMETERY HE WANTED TO EXPLORE FROM HIS DOGEARED COPY OF CEMETERIES OF HAYS COUNTY. THE GIRLS SHIVERED HEARING HIM TELL THE STORY OF ANNA SCHOLZ HALF TROUGH, HAYS COUNTY'S CASE OF SILICIDE. IN 1924 SHE HUNG HERSELF AND HER UNBORN CHILD AS SHE AWAITED MURDER TRIAL IN THE OLD HAYS COUNTY JAIL. SAID TO BE HAUNTED BY THE GHOST OF ANNA, THIS IS ONE OF MANY OF HAYS COUNTY'S HISTORICAL , CHILLING STORIES WINTON TOLD AROUND THE CAMPFIRE'S DURING OUR MANY OVERNIGHT TRIPS ALONG THE LIKE A RIVER AT THE BURNET RANCH AND UNIVERSITY CAMP. WITH ME TODAY ARE MANY OF WINTON'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS INCLUDING HIS SISTER, ERIN PORTERFIELD. WITH EVERYONE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM PLEASE STAND? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RACING TWO COMMISSIONER COLIN FOR SPONSORING THIS ITEM. IT WOULD BE REMISS OF ME NOT TO MENTION THE MANY OFFICIALS HE MENTIONED OVER THE YEARS TO MAKE HAYS COUNTY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US WHILE PRESERVING ITS HISTORY AND PLANNING FOR ITS FUTURE. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE WAS ON THE BOARD WHEN WINTON STARTED HIS JOURNEY IN HAYS COUNTY. MANY THANKS TO FORMER PRECINCT 3 COMMISSIONER AND PERCY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH AND COUNTY JUDGE WALT ETHERIDGE.

ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MADE WINTON'S DREAM TO BE A PART OF WELL-PLANNED GROWTH AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN HAYS COUNTY POSSIBLE. ON BEHALF OF WINTON'S MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS , I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO PASS THIS ITEM, LEAVING US WITH A WELL-DESERVED AND PERMANENT REMINDER OF WINTON.

>> WELL DONE.

>> WINTON, WELL LOVED IN OUR DEPARTMENT. I THINK BACK WHEN I MET WINTON HE WAS WORKING ON ROADS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT BUT I WAS GOING TO THE SATURDAY MORNING HOA MEETING AND AS ALWAYS I SHOWED UP EARLY . IT WAS A 7:00 A.M. MEETING AND SHOWED UP A LITTLE EARLY AND WAITED FOR EVERYBODY TO FILE INTO THE BUILDING AND HERE COMES WINTON WALKING UP AND LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AND SAID OH, I GUESS YOU DREW THE SHORT STRAW. SO, AND THAT WAS THE START OF A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. WE WORKED A LOT WITH THE ROADS WITHIN THAT AREA AND THEN WHEN HE CAME TO WORK AT THE COUNTY , HE WAS -- I'M GOING TO CALL HIM THE ANCHOR AND THE ROCK

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OF OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO OVER TO HIM, TALK WITH HIM. THERE WERE MANY TIMES I WOULD BE FRUSTRATED , SOMETHING WITH THE ROAD, SOME ISSUE. I COULD GO DOWN TO WINTON'S OFFICE, TAKE A SEAT WITH HIM, HAVE A TALK WITH HIM AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, HIS CALM DEMEANOR, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT, NO ISSUES, NO PROBLEM. HE WOULD TELL ME A STORY AND I WOULD FEEL BETTER, WALK OUT OF THERE WITH A NEW POINT OF VIEW. ALWAYS TO THIS DAY, AND IT WAS A LOSS AND I WAS ACTUALLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY ON VACATION WHEN JERRY HAD CALLED ME AND I REMEMBER OUR LAST CONVERSATION WITH WINTON BEFORE I LEFT AND IT WAS JOKING AND WE WERE HAVING A HUMOROUS LEFT ABOUT SITUATIONS AND IT JUST HIT ME REAL HARD. NOW EVERY TIME I HAVE THAT MOMENT OF I NEED THAT TALK, I THINK TO MYSELF, WHAT WOULD WINTON DO , AND THAT RUNS THROUGH MY HEAD .

HE IS GOING TO BE WITH ME TO THE DAY I PASS BECAUSE HE WAS A REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL AND I TOLD COMMISSIONER COLIN -- COMMISSIONER COHEN THIS MORNING IS THAT I WISH THE ROAD WOULD BE BIGGER AND LONGER BUT I SAID HOW MANY ARE HERE FOR HIM, IT REALLY SHOWS THE LOVE IN OUR DEPARTMENT . DEFINITELY WE LOVE WINTON VERY

MUCH. >> HELLO. I AM KATE JOHNSON. IN 1999 I MET WINTON PORTERFIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME. I HAD JUST BEEN MADE CHAIRMAN OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND HE TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO GO AND SEE ALL THE CEMETERIES OF HAYS COUNTY. WELL, I DID NOT REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT CEMETERIES, SO HE TOOK ME AROUND TO ALL THE CEMETERIES OF HAYS COUNTY. AND, HE DID IT IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. SO, WE DID NOT -- WE HAD USUALLY LONG CONVERSATIONS AND THIS WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO REALLY HISTORY OF HAYS COUNTY, WAS WINTON. HE TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE, TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT HISTORY OF HAYS COUNTY, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM. HE WILL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND, AND ALWAYS BE SOMEONE I CAN ALWAYS LOOK UP

TO. THANK YOU. >> SO, WE DO PLAN ON HAVING MORE OF A PUBLIC UNVEILING CEREMONY FOR THE RENAMING OF THE ROAD, BUT JUDGE, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO

PRESENT YOU -- >> BEFORE YOU GO THERE, SORRY, COMMISSIONER. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT YET. DID

EVERYONE SPEAK? >> YES. I'M JUST SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE KNOWN WINTON AND KIM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING HIM WITH US. HE REALLY WAS A REMARKABLE MAN , AND I AM JUST SO WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION AND TO SUPPORT IT FULLY AND SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> COMMISSIONERS. >> SO, I DID NOT GET THE CHANCE TO KNOW HIM, BUT I DO KNOW BILL REALLY WELL, AND HE HAS TOLD ME SOME REALLY GREAT STORIES AND HE SAID OH, RENTON WOULD'VE LIKED YOU SO THAT MAKES ME FEEL I DO KNOW HIM AND AWAY. BUT, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ALL HAVE DONE TO SERVE HAYS COUNTY. IT MEANS THE WORLD AND THIS IS THE LEAST THAT HAYS COUNTY CAN DO FOR YOU ALL.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> I AM OFTEN ASKED -- THIS IS HARD. I'M OFTEN ASKED WHAT WINTON DID, LIKE WHAT WAS HIS -- WE KNOW WHAT HIS TITLE WAS IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WELL, WHAT DID WINTON ACTUALLY DO AND I USE THE ANALOGY, HAVE YOU EVER WORKED IN A RESTAURANT? I SAID YOU'VE GOT THE PERSON WHO SEES YOU, THE HOST. YOU'VE GOT THE WAITER WHO BRINGS YOU YOUR FOOD.

YOU GOT THE GUY IN THE BACK COOKING YOUR MEAL BUT THE PERSON THAT MAKES THAT RESTAURANT RUN IS THE EXPEDITER. HE IS THE GUY WHO STANDS IN FRONT OF THE KITCHEN AND MAKES SURE EVERY PLATE GOES OUT. HE MAKES SURE THAT ALL THE TABLES HAVE SOMEBODY WAITING ON THEM. HE MAKES SURE THAT THE LITTLE THINGS, THE DETAILS WERE COORDINATED AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER ANALOGY OF WHAT WINTON DID, THEN HE WAS OUR EXPEDITER AND TRANSPORTATION. EVERYONE OF US UP HERE ON THE STATUS, IF

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THERE WAS A PROJECT WE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH HER WE COULD NOT GET AN ANSWER OR THERE WAS A CONSULTANT WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH OR A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WAS HAVING ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED TO DEAL WITH, WINTON WAS THAT . HE WAS THAT CONNECTOR BECAUSE OF HOW HE TREATED PEOPLE AND HOW PEOPLE RESPONDED TO HIM WHEN HE DID SO. THE ONE THING THAT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I APPRECIATE MORE THAN ANYTHING IS WHENEVER WINTON CAME BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT , I HAD THREE CEMETERIES THAT WERE IN HORRIBLE DISREPAIR, AND WHENEVER HE WAS HIRED TO COME BACK AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, I WENT TO HIM AND I SAID, SINCE YOU LEFT THE COUNTY WE HAVENOT ADDED ANY CEMETERIES TO THIS PROGRAM. I WANT TO ADD THREE AND HE GOES WELL, I'VE GOT TWO MORE AND SO THAT IS HOW WE CHOSE TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WAS WINTON , AND WHAT WILL ALWAYS STICK BY ME IS WHENEVER I GOT THE CALL FROM JERRY I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WINTON WAS A CONSUMMATE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW HIM, HE IS A CONSUMMATE JOKESTER AND HE ALWAYS HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR ABOUT HIM AND I DON'T KNOW, KIM, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS, BUT YOU ALL WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF BEING TRANSFERRED FROM ONE FLOOR TO ANOTHER AND I WALK IN AND I CHECK IN DOWNSTAIRS.

THEY GIVE ME THE ROOM NUMBER. I WALK UP AND I WALK IN AND I LOOK OVER AND THERE IS AN EMPTY ROOM WHERE WINTON IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

I JUST ABOUT BROKE DOWN AND ABOUT THAT TIME I HEAR SOMEBODY ON MY NAME AND I LOOK UP AND THERE IS A NURSE PUSHING HIM IN A WHEELCHAIR AROUND THE CORNER AND HE SCREAMS AT ME. HE GOES, YOU'RE NOT RID OF ME YET. I WAS LIKE, WELL, I DON'T PLAN ON BEING RID OF YOU AND WE SAT AND TALKED FOR ABOUT TWO AND HALF HOURS THAT DAY AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HE WANTED ME TO KNOW IS HOW PROUD HE WAS OF YOUR DAUGHTERS, AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WERE THERE AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS LOVE FOR THEIR SUCCESS , AND AT THE END OF THE DAY HE TRANSFERRED THAT SAME LOVE TO EVERY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE HE WANTED THOSE EMPLOYEES TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND HE REALLY CARED ABOUT THEM AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER AND JUST I KNOW THAT'S A SILLY STORY BUT HE MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US AND YOU

WILL MEAN A LOT TO ALL OF US. >> COMMISSIONER, THAT'S A WONDERFUL STORY. THERE'S NOTHING SILLY ABOUT IT. GOOD JOB. I WILL SAY THIS, KIM AND WINTON, THIS IS YOUR HOMETOWN, AND I GUESS MONICA AND MY HOMETOWN. WE RAISED OUR KIDS TOGETHER. WE RAISED OUR FAMILIES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. WE STOOD ACROSS THE SAME STREET FROM EACH OTHER FOR A WHILE AND I AM JUST LUCKY I HAVE THE SMALL MOMENTS OF INTERACTING BUT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS KEENLY MORE TUNED IN TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND LESS TO THE JUDGE. THAT IS WHERE THE COMMISSIONER'S ROLES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING SO MY INTERACTIONS WITH WINTON WERE JUST WHEN HE AND JERRY WOULD COME TO MY OFFICE AND WE WOULD GO OVER PLANNING AND FORECASTING AND ROAD MAPPING, IF YOU WILL, AND HE WAS ALWAYS JUST LIKE YOU SAID, AARON. VERY CALM AND TRANQUIL AND MATTER-OF-FACT AND WITH JERRY'S ENERGY IT WAS A SUPER-RELAXED MEETING TO ME. I WAS LIKE OH YEAH, I WILL MEET WITH THESE GUYS FOR TWO HOURS. I DON'T CARE, BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH AN AWESOME WAY FOR ME TO HAVING RAISED OUR FAMILIES TOGETHER IN THIS COMMUNITY TO SEE HIM THROUGH A PROFESSIONAL LENS AND I'M SO GRATEFUL I GOT THAT LITTLE MOMENT IN TIME WITH HIM IN THAT CAPACITY SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THEM WITH US. WE ARE CLEARLY ALSO GRATEFUL AND NOW IF IT IS OKAY, WILL YOU COME ON UP.

>> YES, MISSIS PORTERFIELD. WE WOULD LIKE YOU -- TO PRESENT YOU WITH PORTERFIELD DRIVE.

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>> I WILL SAY ONE LAST THING ABOUT THIS NAMING OF WRESTLING.

IT IS SUCH A BIG DEAL TO DO THIS. IT IS SUCH AN AMAZING TASK BUT I WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO NAME A ROAD THAT I HAD EVERYTHING PREVENT ME FROM DOING IT. I WAS TRYING FOR A LONG TIME TO GET RALPH GONZALEZ NAMED , BUT THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT LAWS AND RULES AND BUREAUCRACIES ARE THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL IT OFF BUT I AM HEARTFELT SINCERELY GRATEFUL FOR THESE KINDS OF GESTURES BECAUSE IT WILL LIVE ON BEYOND OUR EXISTENCE SO THANK YOU GUYS.

[G.9. Authorize the acceptance of The Jack Hays Collection from Kate Johnson to Hays County. HAMMER/INGALSBE/T.CRUMLEY]

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO G9 AND THEN TAKE A SHORT RECESS.

>> DENIES, AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE JACK HAYS COLLECTION FROM KATE JUNCTION TO HAYS COUNTY.

>> A MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> THE COURT HAS SOME IMAGES OF THE COLLECTION AND MISS JOHNSON IS HERE SO SHE CAN SAY SOME THINGS ABOUT THIS DEDICATION AND

DONATION. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY AND FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF HAYS COUNTY AND FORMER CHAIR OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION , IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO PREVENT -- PRESENT THESE TWO ITEMS. WHILE THIS DONATION MAY BE MODEST IN SIZE , I HOPE IT ADDS MEANINGFUL DEPTH TO THAT LARGER STORY AND HELPS ENSURE THAT JACK C. HAYS HAS A LASTING PLACE IN THE PUBLIC MEMORY OF THE COUNTY THAT BEARS HIS NAME. NOW, THE FIRST PIECE IS A 30 INCH BRONZE SCULPTURE OF JACK HAYS. THIS IS CASTING NUMBER FOUR OF ONLY 16 EVER MADE. IT IS AN INCREDIBLY DETAILED, POWERFUL WORK CAPTURING NOT JUST HAYS' LIKENESS, BUT HIS GRIT, LEADERSHIP AND ENDURING LEGACY. THE SECOND PIECE IS A LIMITED-EDITION ARCHIVAL PIGMENTED PRINT MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL 1858 GLASS PLATE PORTRAIT OF HAYS TAKEN AT BRADY STUDIO IN NEW YORK. ONLY FIVE OF THESE PRINTS WERE CREATED, MAKING IT EXTREMELY RARE. THIS PIECE ALSO FEATURES A TEXAS RANGERS BADGE, A SAN FRANCISCO SHERIFF BADGE NUMBER ONE, AND THE BIOGRAPHY OF HAYS. TOGETHER, THESE ELEMENTS MARKED KEY CHAPTERS OF HIS LIFE FROM TEXAS RANGER TO PUBLIC SERVANT. AND, OFFER A SPACE FOR THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION ON HIS LEGACY. NOW, THESE ITEMS ARE NOT MEANT TO GLORIFY THE PAST. BUT, TO HELP US REMEMBER IT CLEARLY, HONESTLY, AND WITH THE RESPECT IT DESERVES. HAYS COUNTY CARRIES JACK HAYS' NAME. THIS COLLECTION BRINGS THAT HISTORY A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME . THE PRINT WILL BE PLACED ON THE BACK WALL OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

THE SCULPTURE, MOUNTED ON A BEAUTIFUL BASE, WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED NEAR THE BACK WALL SURROUNDED BY THEATER ROPES TO HIGHLIGHT AND PROTECT THE INSTALLATION. IT IS MY HOPE THAT THESE CONTRIBUTIONS NOT ONLY HONOR JACK HAYS' LEGACY, BUT ALSO INSPIRE CONTINUED APPRECIATION FOR THE HISTORY

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THAT SHAPES ARE PRESENT. THANK 1 YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, AND WITH THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SHELTON SMITH, WHO IS IN THE AUDINCE. WITHOUT HIM, THIS DONATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN

POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. >> JUDGE, I JUST WANT TO THANK KATE AND SHELTON SO MUCH FOR THE CONTRIBUTION. IT IS PART OF HISTORY AND YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS NEED TO REMEMBER OUR HISTORY , AS UNPLEASANT SOMETIMES AS YOU KNOW IT CAN BE, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS NOT ONLY OF THIS, BUT OF MANY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SHARED AND PROVIDED TO OUR

COUNTY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> WHEN TAMMY REACHED OUT AND SAID CAN I GIVE YOUR NUMBER TO KATE JOHNSON I SAID OF COURSE YOU CAN, AND SHE TOLD ME A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD BE CALLING AND CHATTING ABOUT AND SHE SAID THERE WANTING TO DONATE SOME SCULPTURES AND STATUES AND FRAMES AND SHE SAID YOU DO WORK VERY TASTEFULLY AND OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND THAT IS 100% WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR HAYS COUNTY AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NOT FORGOTTEN, SO I AM VERY EXCITED . AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHELTON, FOR -- ARE YOU SHELTON? THANK YOU. STAND UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHELTON. I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THIS DONATION POSSIBLE AND HAVING IT AT OUR GOVERNMENT CENTER FOR EVERYONE TO ADMIRE.

>> KATE, YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET WHENEVER I CHOSE TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND I WAS TOLD BY A FORMER COMMISSIONER THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND OR KNOW WHAT THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION DOES BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T DO THINGS RIGHT THAT MISS JOHNSON MIGHT TAKE YOUR DESK IF IT HAS SIGNIFICANCE. AND SO, IN A JOKING FASHION AND WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS I AM CONSTANTLY AMAZED . NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU.

I HAVE BEEN OUT TO YOUR PLACE AND IT IS AMAZING BUT I AM CONSTANTLY AMAZED AT THE WAYS YOU HAVE DOWN TO HELP THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION HERE. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND I WILL BRAG ON MISS JOHNSON. SHE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE WORK SHE HAS DONE HERE IN HAYS COUNTY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN APPRECIATED ENOUGH HERE BUT I KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE IT AND IT MEANS A LOT TO US. THE IMPACT YOU HAVE HAD ON OUR HISTORIC COMMISSION, WHETHER IT BE THE MURALS IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER OR THE DISPLAYS HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE OR JUST THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DID EVERY DAY AS THE CHAIR OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT YOU AND PEOPLE LIKE WINTON , IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WE ARE IN BETTER STEAD BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE YOU GAVE THERE AND AGAIN ALWAYS AMAZED ON DAYS LIKE TODAY OF HOW YOU COME UP WITH NEW AND BETTER WAYS TO DO OUR COUNTY AND WE ARE THANKFUL.

>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. I CAN DO BETTER THAN MY COLLEAGUES HERE BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR A

COUNTY TO PROTECT HER HISTORY. >> SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, ONE OF THE CONVERSATION POINTS I HAD WITH COMMISSIONER INGALSBE WAS PEOPLE WERE GIVING ME PRESSURE ABOUT THE STATUE OF I FORGOT WHAT THEY WERE CALLING HIM. RANGER. THEY WERE SAYING RANGER WITH A STRONG SPANISH ACCENT. IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. THIS IS WHAT THE UNDERTONES OF WHAT YOU SAID, NOT GLORIFYING BUT SHARING THE HISTORY WITH RESPECT. YOU ARE SAYING SUCH PERFECT THINGS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A PERFECT PEOPLE. I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU POINT, THERE ARE THINGS WE ARE PROUD OF THE THINGS WE ARE NOT PROUD OF. EVEN MOMENTS WITHIN THOSE SAME PEOPLE THAT WE ARE PROUD OF AND MOMENTS WE ARE NOT IN ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS I WAS HAVING WITH COMMISSIONER INGALSBE IS ABOUT MEN, THAT STATUE IS IN A PROMINENT LOCATION AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY LEARNING THE HISTORY ALL THE MORE AS A FIRST LATINO COUNTY JUDGE AND THEY WERE LIKE, THAT SHOULD BE RELOCATED INSIDE OF A MUSEUM AND YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE CONFEDERATE STATUE REMOVAL MOVEMENT IS WHAT WAS COMING PERCOLATING TO OUR DOORSTEPS AND SO I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE NOT AFRAID , MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST, TO TALK ABOUT HOW HE ENDED IN CALIFORNIA. WE ALWAYS HEAR PEOPLE IN TEXAS I DON'T

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CALIFORNIA MY TEXAS. WELL, JACK HAYS DID. MOVED WEST AND CREATED A LOT OF GREAT ENERGY OVER THERE AND YES, WE HAVE A DARK HISTORY AS THE RANGERS GO WITH A LONG TIME AGO, BUT TIME AND PLACE AND FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO AND THIS IS HONESTLY IT IS PART OF I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH HOLOCAUST UNDERSTANDINGS AND SHOWINGS AND TEACHINGS IN GERMANY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT TO BE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. THEY SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED . THEY SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT SO THAT WE KNOW. WE KNOW OUR HISTORY. I THINK THAT IS MOST POWERFUL AND YOU HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE SUCH A MAGNIFICENT, MEANINGFUL VOICE AND SHARING OUR HISTORY AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. YOU HAVE BEEN, SINCE I HAVE BEEN AROUND, AND ACTIVE VOICE IN THIS SPACE AND YOU ARE ABLE TO DO IT WITH SUCH RESPECT AND GRACE AS YOU ARE HERE DOING IT NOW AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR OUR SHARED HISTORY .

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, FOR THOSE

KIND WORDS. >> DID WE ALREADY VOTE? TAMMY,

BEFORE WE VOTE. >> TAMMY, COUNTY OPERATIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY CAITLIN AND I WILL BE WORKING ON A TIME TO GET THE PIECES PUT UP IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER JUST TO AVOID ANY CONFLICT WITH WORK THAT MAY BE DONE THERE AND AS COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID, THERE ARE THINGS THAT KATE HAS DONE FOR HAYS COUNTY THAT NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW ABOUT, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON KATE TO BE OUR LITTLE ANGEL . ANYTHING FROM CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS TO -- I THINK SHE STILL HAS IDEAS BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KATE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

>> WHILE YOU'RE THERE I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CLARIFY WHAT I WAS BRINGING UP ON THE CONFEDERATE PIECE, IT WAS A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT REMOVAL ENERGY THAT WAS GOING THROUGH OUR NATIONAL SELF BUT I AM NOT SAYING THAT JACK HAYS WAS A CONFEDERATE. IT WAS A DISTINCTION OF JUST AN ENERGY IN THE SPACE BUT NOT SAYING HE WAS A CONFEDERATE. I JUST WANTED TO

CLARIFY. >> HE WAS NOT. THANK YOU.

>> I KNOW EXACTLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER >> YES

>>> ALL RIGHT, PLEASE OPEN K2. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO REGRADE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THREE SLOT 0271-003 FROM A GRADE 115 TO A GRADE 109 EFFECTIVE TODAY, APRIL 22, 2025.

[K.2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Sheriff's Office to regrade Administrative Assistant III slot #0271-003 from a grade 115 to a grade 119 effective today, April 22, 2025. BECERRA/HIPOLITO]

>> SO MOVED. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD

ANYTHING? VERY GOOD. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD

SOMETHING. >> YES, PLEASE.

>> ERIC, HR DIRECTOR. OUR PERSONAL POLICIES DOES SAY WHEN SOMEONE IS MOVING UP IN GRADES, THE NEXT GRADE STATUS THEY CAN MOVE TO KEEP THE CURRENT STATUS THREE SO SINCE SHE'S GOING FROM 114 TO A 119 -- SORRY, 115 TO 119 IT IS OVER THE MAX LIMIT SO WE HAVE TO GO BY 15% MAX INCREASE . I'M ASKING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND JUDGE TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO THIS SINCE SHE IS ONLY $300 AWAY FROM STEP SEVEN TO ALLOW HER TO KEEP HER CURRENT STEP IN THE NEW GRADE.

>> PERFECT. FOLLOWING THE REQUESTED AGENDA ITEM AS

WRITTEN. >> BEAUTIFUL AND THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? >> DO YOU NEED ME TO ADJUST THAT

AGENDA ITEM? >> I DON'T THINK SO. IT'S RED

IN THE COURT. >> OKAY, IF I NEED TO ADJUST MY

MOTION I WILL. >> NO. IS GOOD.

[K.3. Discussion and possible action authorizing the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Donnoe & Associates, Inc. related to the development of promotional exams and assessments for the Hays County Sheriff's Office and authorize a waiver to the Hays County Purchasing Policy requiring three quotes. INGALSBE]

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER JUDGE BECERRA.

>> YES. >> K3 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH DONNOE AND ASSOCIATES INC. RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROMOTIONAL EXAMS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY REQUIRING THREE QUOTES.

>> THE AGENDA ITEM STATES, IT IS DEVELOPING AND PROVIDING THOSE EXAMS AND OFFICERS TAKE THOSE TO QUALIFY FOR HIGHER RANKING

POSITIONS. >> VERY GOOD. PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER

[G. CONSENT ITEMS]

[01:35:06]

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE >> YES

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

OPEN CONSENT. >> CONSENT ITEMS. G1. APPROVE PAYMENT OF COUNTY INVOICES. G2, APPROVED THE PAYMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS. G3 APPROVED THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTHCARE TEXAS ASSOCIATION HOWARD COUNTY'S HEALTH CLAIRE CLAIMS AND AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL DISBURSEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000. G4 APPROVE COMMISSIONER COURT MINUTES OF APRIL 8, 2025. G5 APPROVE PAYMENT OF THE APRIL 30TH, 2025 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,500,000 EFFECTIVE APRIL 30, 2025 AND POST TOTALS FOR WAGES, WITHHOLDINGS, DEDUCTIONS AND BENEFITS ON THE HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED. SHE SIX, EXCEPT THE DELIVERY OF THE OTTERS -- AUDITORS MONTHLY REPORT. G7 EXCEPT THAT DELIVERY OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2025 PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 114.023 AND 114.025. G8 AUTHORIZE COUNTYWIDE OPERATION PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE ONE REPLACEMENT DELL LATITUDE 5550 LAPTOP VALUED AT $1169 FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES COORDINATOR POSITION AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G 10, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO D AND THEN LEASING FOR A TOTAL OF 24,233.74 FOR THE UPSET OF A 2024 CHEVY TAHOE FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5 FOR NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS OBTAINED. G 11, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS. THE 12, APPROVE THE CINCO DE MAYO MENUDO THROWDOWN EVENT ON THE COURTHOUSE GROUNDS SPONSORED BY HILL COUNTRY COOKOUT ASSOCIATION . 2013 AUTHORIZE A PURCHASING WAIVER FOR THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 1 OFFICE TO UTILIZE PVP COMMUNICATIONS TO PURCHASE ONE MOTORHOME A MEDICATION KIT VALUED AT $2575.99 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G 14 AUTHORIZE THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER TO USE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR MEAL PREPARATION AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G 15, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO TEXAS LAWYERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE FOR $3000 FOR TWO PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES FOR NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS ISSUED AS REQUIRED PER THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY. G 16, AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, FOREVER AUSTIN FUND GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000. SHE 17, AUTHORIZE THE AMOUNT OF $1603 RELATED TO - THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3 OFFICE PURCHASING A HELMET WITH A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS SHOULDER MIKE IN WHICH NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS ISSUED AS REQUIRED BY THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G 18 AUTHORIZE THE ELECTIONS OFFICE TO PURCHASE AN IDP SMART 20 1S DESKTOP CALLER I.D. CARD PRINTER BUNDLE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $821.59 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY . G 19, AUTHORIZE THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT 2.1 TO PURCHASE A NEW SHREDDER FOR THE OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $680.50 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY . G-20, APPROVE RENEWAL OF IFB 2021-B05 CONCRETE CONTRACTOR WITH MYERS CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION LP. G 21, AUTHORIZE THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3 OFFICE TO ACCEPT A DONATED RAMP VALUED AT $367.05 FROM THE WIMBERLEY HIGH SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G 22, APPROVE THE

FEBRUARY 2025 TREASURERS REPORT. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ANY COMMENTS ON ANY ITEMS?

[I.1. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Contract Amendment No. 2 in the amount of $42,000.00 to the Contract for Right of Way Acquisition Services agreement between Hays County and LJA Engineering, Inc. for the FM 2001 GAP Safety Improvement project in Precinct 1, as part of the 2016 Road Bond Program, and amend the budget accordingly. INGALSBE/MOCZYGEMBA]

PLEASE VOTE. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN

>> YES >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER

>> YES >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE

>> YES >> COMMISSIONER SMITH

>> YES >> JUDGE BECERRA

>> YES. LET US GO TO I ONE. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ASK HER EYES -- AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $42,000 TO THE CONTRACT FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND LJA ENGINEERING INC. FOR THE FM 2001 C.A.P. SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN PRECINCT 1 IS PART OF THE 2016 ROAD BOND PROGRAM AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDIGLY.

[I.2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Change Order No. 3 in the amount of $95,222.47 to the Phase 3 Construction, Engineering and Inspection (CEI) Contract between Hays County and Garver, LLC for the Pct. 1 & 2 Low Water Crossings project, specifically related to Turnersville Road in Precinct 2 and amend the budget accordingly. COHEN/MOCZYGEMBA]

COMMISSIONER HAMMER >> YES

>> I TO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF $95,222.47 TO THE PHASE THREE CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION CONTRACT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND GARVER LLC FOR THE PRECINCT 1 AND TWO LOW-WATER CROSSINGS PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TURNERSVILLE ROAD IN PRECINCT 2 AND AMEND THE BUDGET

>> JUDGE BECERRA >> YES.

[01:40:10]

[I.3. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Change Order No. 8 (a zero-cost change order) amending the billing rates in the Professional Services Agreement with Garver, LLC for the Phase 2 Design of Pct. 1 & 2 Low Water Crossings Contract, specifically related to Turnersville Road in Precinct 2. COHEN/MOCZYGEMBA]

ACCORDINGLY. >> A MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> COMMISSONER INGALSBE

>> YES >> COMMISSIONER SMITH

>> YES >> COMMISSIONER COHEN

>> AS >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER

>> YES >> JUDGE BECERRA

>> YES. >> I THREE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER EIGHT, A ZERO COST CHANGE ORDER, AMENDING THE BILLING RATES IN THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GARVER LLC FOR THE PHASE TWO DESIGN OF PRECINCT 1 AND TWO LOW-WATER CROSSINGS CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TURNERSVILLE ROAD IN PRECINCT 2.

COMMISSIONER COHEN >> YES

[J.1. PLN-2352-PRE; Discussion and possible action to consider granting a variance to Chapter 725§3.02 of the Hays County Development Regulations concerning the Sunfield BFR, Prelim. COHEN/PACHECO]

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER >> YES