[F.7. Presentation by Carina Boston Pinales of the Riparius Foundation with an update on the "How to Fund Your Business with Grants" workshop series, a key initiative of the RIPPLE project, in partnership with the Hays Caldwell Economic Development Partnership. SMITH/COHEN]

>> PRESENTATION BY THE HOW TO FIND YOUR BUSINESS WITH GRANTS WORKSHOP SERIES. KEY INITIATIVE OF THE RIPPLE PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HAYS COUNTY CALDWELL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.

>> OKAY ALL YOURS, NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS WAS OVERWHELMINGLY HUMBLED BY ALL THE ACTIVITY OF TODAY IN LIGHT OF THE THEME OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION. I WANT TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRAM TO

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WHICH LAST YEAR THIS TIME SUPPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO OUR PROGRAM WITH THE FOUNDATION OF HOW TO FUND YOUR BUSINESS WITH GRANTS WORKSHOP SERIES, EVERY PROCLAMATION WE HAVE TOUCHED , THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY WE HAVE TOUCHED IN SOME CAPACITY FROM PRIVATE-SECTOR SOLUTIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT DIRECTLY MY FAMILY WITH INDIGENOUS COUNCIL. AND THE NONPROFIT SUPPORT WE HAVE HELPED. WE DO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE LUNCHEON WE ARE SPONSORING AND SUPPORTING IN JUNE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS. SO, THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED FOR US TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION AND TRAINING FOR NOT ONLY NONPROFITS AS STARTUPS AND LONG-TERM BUSINESSES IN THE HAYS COUNTY AREA. I KNOW I HAVE JUST THREE MINUTES BUT I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE PROGRAM IN THE SECOND COHORT, THE HAYS COUNTY RIPPLE PROJECT AS A CORNERSTONE WORKSHOP THAT'S 12 WEEKS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE HAD 73 INITIAL SIGN-UPS WHICH IS ALMOST 25 MORE PEOPLE THAN WE HAD THE BUDGET FOR AND ANTICIPATED BUT 53 WERE ABLE TO WORK WITHIN THOSE PAST 12 WEEKS. THEY WERE ABLE TO SPAN 20 DIFFERENT ZIP CODES IN THE HAYS COUNTY AREA AND AUSTIN AREA, 19% FROM SAN MARCUS. 11 FROM BUTTE A AND ALMOST 10% FROM KYLE. WE WERE ABLE TO TOUCH ALMOST EVERYONE. WITH A CORE GROUP OF 25 TO 30 THAT WAS DILIGENT AND SHOWED UP TO CLASS EVERY DAY, DID THEIR HOMEWORK AND BECAUSE OF THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HR CERTIFICATION THAT THEY WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR BE ON COMPLETING THE 12 WEEK PROGRAM. OUR GRANT SUCCESS THE $80,000 YOU GAVE US LAST MAY , THAT PLUS THE SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT FROM COMMISSIONER SMITH, THANK YOU. WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND HELP BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS, NONPROFITS APPLY FOR 883,676 FOR $883,676 . SO THAT LITTLE BIT OF HELP WENT A HUGE LONG WAY. IN ADDITION ONE ATTENDEE WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR A LEGAL ZOOM GRANT, THEY WERE AWARDED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE FROM SOLE PROPRIETOR LLC . THIS IS THE ACTIVITY WE WERE PROMOTING AND WANTING TO EMPOWER OUR MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED. I WILL SEND OVER THE FULL PRESENTATION AND FINAL REPORT BUT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A FEW TESTIMONIALS. ONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT THIS CLASS WAS A GAME CHANGER. THE COMMUNITY I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT JOINING AND LEARNING. THANKS TO WHAT I HAVE LEARNED I WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR A GRANT AND NOW I HAVE MY LLC. TWO OTHER TESTIMONIALS I WANT TO SHARE. I JUST COMPLETED THE 12 WEEK GRANT WORKSHOP , EXPERT LEADERS WITH HELPFUL ATTENTIVE ENCOURAGING AND PROFESSIONAL FACILITATORS I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH I AM A 17 YEAR CERTIFIED BILINGUAL EDUCATOR.

HAVE BEEN TO MILLIONS OF HOURS OF TRAINING. I KNOW A GOOD FACILITATION WHEN I SEE IT AND IT TAKES A MIXTURE OF CONFIDENCE, HUMANITY THE WHOLE 12 WEEK LONG TRAINING SESSIONS WITH ADULTS. EXPERT LEADERS MADE IT LOOK EFFORTLESS IN THEIR EXECUTION IN THE AREAS THEY WERE STILL LEARNING. THEY ENCOURAGED AND RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE GROUP ROUTINELY AND THEY WOULD IMPLEMENT THE SUGGESTIONS TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL AS A GROUP.

LASTLY THEY WERE EXCELLENT AT DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTIONS SO PARTICIPANTS AT ALL LEVELS OF TECHNOLOGY SKILLS , BY THE TIME I CONCLUDED THE COURSE I WAS ABLE TO PLAY FOR THREE GRANTS AND I'M READY . I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TO ANY BUSINESS OR NONPROFIT OWNER. I WOULD TAKE IT AGAIN TO CONTINUE TRACKING MY SKILLS. IN THE REPORT IN THE LITERATURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AND BEING THERE AND HAVING SOLUTIONS FROM ALL COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. >> I WANT TO SAY INITIALLY THE GRANT WE PRESENTED TO THEM WAS AN ARBOR GRANT. AT THE END OF

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OUR THIS LAST YEAR WHENEVER WE FACILITATED THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE FINAL MONIES THAT WE HAD THEY WERE THE RECIPIENT OF ONE OF THOSE BONUS GRANTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WHICH OF COURSE AS WE KNOW IS NOT ANNUAL FUNDING. I KNOW THEY WILL BE COMING BACK DURING THE FY 26 BUDGET PROCESS AT THE END OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. LOOKING FOR SOME TYPE OF POSSIBLE CONTINUATION OF FUNDING UNDER OUR SOCIAL SERVICES LINE. JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT. ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THAT THEY WORKED WITH EVERY SINGLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE COUNTY. THAT WORKED WITH EVERY SINGLE CITY IN THE COUNTY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP IN ORDER TO GET REAL INFORMATION OUT TO THE SOLE PROPRIETRSHIP, THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA THAT REALLY ARE THE LIFEBLOOD. DON'T GET ME WRONG I APPRECIATE THE TAX MONEY WE GET FROM WALMART OR HEB WHEN IT COMES TO HAYS COUNTY. BUT THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY IS EXACTLY WHO THESE

PEOPLE ARE HELPING. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND I'M HAPPY TO COSPONSOR. OFFERING THAT GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP, THAT IS A SPECIAL SKILL SET THAT I KNOW WE HAVE CHALLENGE WITH. HAVING THOSE RESOURCES FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES IS SO IMPORTANT AND I'M SURE IT IS SO WELL RECEIVED IN YOUR CIRCLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU

ARE DOING. >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> I WANTED TO THANK KARINA FOR ALL THAT SHE DOES IN THIS COMMUNITY. I MEAN SHE IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURE AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR THESE PEOPLE WITH ALL OF THESE PASSIONS. GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PASSION. IT MIGHT NOT BE GOOD AT THE SIDE OF THINGS THAT THE WORKSHOPS ARE ON. HAVING THIS AS A TOOL FOR THEM IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

>> I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO. IT IS EVIDENT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO NEED THE SERVICE YOU ARE PROVIDING, THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I LOVE HEARING TESTIMONY FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT REALLY TOUCHED IN A BIG WAY. SO THINK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

[F.8. Presentation by the Hays County Health Department Director summarizing the March 2025 Measles Exposure After Action Report. BECERRA/INGALSBE/GONZALES]

>> WELL DONE. >> PRESENTATION BY THE HAYS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR SUMMARIZING THE MARCH 2025 MEASLES EXPOSURE AFTER ACTION REPORT.

>> PLEASE START A TIMER FOR MATTHEW.

>> GOOD MORNING. MATTHEW GONZALES HAYS COUNTY HEALTH DIRECTOR. I PROVIDED PRESENTATION TO THE COUNTY CLERKS, I KNOW THE TVS MAY NOT BE WORKING. CONFIRMING THAT, THEY'RE NOT LIVE YET? PERFECT. SO, I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR MEASLES EXPOSURE THAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY AND PROLONGED THROUGH MARCH 20 25. WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WAS THE TYPE OF RESPONSE THAT HAPPENED IN THE LESSONS LEARNED BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT AND COUNTY REALLY LEARN FROM THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED , BUT ALSO WE ARE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN THE SITUATION THAT UNFOLDED.

TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. BRIEFLY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT AGENCIES WERE RESPONSIVE, WE ARE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR NOTIFY CONDITIONS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES WITHIN HAYS COUNTY. OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES , REGION SEVEN AND CENTRAL OFFICE, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, THE CAPITAL AREA TRAUMA ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO WHAT WAS THE SITUATION? EXPOSURE TO MEASLES SO THE RESIDENTS OF HAYS COUNTY WITHIN SAN MARCUS ON FEBRUARY 21 SAN MARCUS ON FEBRUARY 21, 2025 DHS NOTIFIED US THAT A INDIVIDUAL HAD VISITED SAN MARCUS TO TOUR TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY AND THEY MAY HAVE BEEN INFECTIOUS. AT THE TIME OF NOTIFICATION WE WERE NOT SURE ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PATIENT. WHETHER OR NOT THERE Ú THEY WERE AT RISK AND EXPOSED TO ANOTHER POSITIVE INDIVIDUAL. THAT SAME NIGHT, WE QUICKLY DEPLOYED PUBLIC HEALTH SURVILLANCE AND PREPAREDNESS TEAM TO BEGIN PREPARING SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITY. THAT MEANS GOING AND ACTIVATING ALL

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CONDITIONS OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND ACTIVATING INCIDENT COMMAND STRUCTURE AS FAR AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS. THAT SAME NIGHT WE BEGAN PREPARING PRESS RELEASES, PREPARING MEDIA TOOLKITS AND OTHER INFORMATION. THAT MORNING IED IT WAS A POSITIVE CASE OF MEASLES SO THAT MEANS THE THREAT LEVEL INCREASED. WE NEEDED TO QUICKLY RESPOND AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO THOSE INVOLVED WITHIN EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO THEN THAT'S EMS, FIRE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE COUNTY JUDGE AS DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY .

HOSPITAL AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, THE CAPITAL AREA REGIONAL TRAUMA ADVISORY COUNCIL AND WE BEGAN WORKING WITH CITY COUNTERPARTS TO GET THEM UPSIDE -- WEBSITE UPDATES AND TOOLKITS AND DRAFTING OF THE PRESS RELEASE. THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES IN THE MEASLES RESPONSE, THE PRIMARY, THE MAIN ONE BEING ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTION NUMBER EIGHT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICE MAKING SURE PROVIDERS AND PARTNERS WERE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON HENDERSON PROTOCOLS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN THE RESOURCES THEY WILL NEED WHETHER THAT'S PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OR TESTING PROTOCOLS AND CAPABILITIES. CLEAR AND CONSISTENT EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE AND AGAIN THE CONSISTENT EFFICIENT RESPONSE PROTOCOL OR COMMUNICATION RESOURCE SHARING AND OTHERS. IN THIS PRESENTATION YOU WILL SEE CORE CAPABILITIES DEFINED AND A RATING ATTACHED TO EACH OF THEM. THE COMMON ONE TEST WILL BE S WHICH MEANS WE PERFORMED WITH SOME CHALLENGES. WHICH IS NORMAL FOR MOST EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES, THERE WILL BE FEW CONDITIONS IN WHICH RESPONSE AGENCY WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT ANY CHALLENGES. SO THAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR US. THOSE CORE CAPABILITIES WILL BE EMERGENCY COORDINATION OPERATION, INFORMATION SHARING, OPERATION COORDINATION INTERNALLY PUBLIC INFORMATION AND WARNING, PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. MAKING SURE WE HAVE CONSISTENT INFORMATION, RESOURCE SHARING, PROTOCOLS OF PREVENTION AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. TO TALK ABOUT CORE CAPABILITIES, THE NUMBER ONE THING WE LEARNED AS WE HAD A GOOD STRENGTH WITH PARTNERSHIPS. SINCE COVID WE STARTED TASK FORCE ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR THE DESIGNATED CONTROL OFFICERS FOR EACH FIRST RESPONDING AGENCY. LEGALLY THAT TO HAVE DESIGNATED INFECTION CONTROL OFFICERS AND WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM TO TALK ABOUT PREPAREDNESS FOR HAYS COUNTY AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE AGENCIES. WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT CIVILITY AND HOW WE CAN BE A BETTER LEAD AGENCY WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONDING TO THESE CONDITIONS. WE NOTICE WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN LABORATORY TESTING AND DIAGNOSIS CAPACITY. WE RELY ON PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SECTOR TO CONDUCT TESTING SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS STREAMLINE THAT BY ESTABLISHING MO USE WITH PROVIDERS.

MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING TO DEVELOP QUICK AND STREAMLINE APPROACHES TO TESTING PEOPLE WITH MODIFIABLE CONDITIONS. THE OTHER THING IS EQUITABLE COMMUNICATION FALLING INTO THE CAPABILITIES OF INFORMATION SHARING, COORDINATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION AND WARNING. WITH COMMUNICATION WE HAD A BREAKDOWN IN THE VERY BEGINNING WITH AN EXTERNAL LEAK FROM THE PARTNER AGENCY AT TEXAS STATE. IT WAS REVEALED ABOUT A MEASLES SITUATION BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO RELEASE MORE INFORMATION. AS WE WERE GATHERING THAT, THAT PUT STRESS ON MEDICATION PROTOCOLS AND MAKING SURE WE HAD EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO FOLLOW WHAT WAS ASKED OF US AND INTERNAL OPERATIONS OF WHAT WE WERE USED TO DURING THE OUTBREAKS . THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL INTERNAL LEAK THAT CAUSED US TO STRESS MORE OF A RESPONSE IN GETTING DOWN TO THREE HOURS. WE HAVE DONE TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE LEAKS IS SAFETY PRACTICE OF WATERMARKING, MAKING SURE IT IS A NEED TO KNOW BASIS. EXPLAINING CRITERIA FOR WHICH RELEASE OF INFORMATION WILL GO OUT AND ESTABLISHING MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING SO EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN AGAIN OPERATION COORDINATION WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. INTERNAL TEAMS COMMUNICATED , THERE WAS NO ISSUE . WE ESTABLISHED INFRASTRUCTURE EARLY ON GOING BACK TO THE MONKEYPOX AND DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THERE ON HOW WE COMMUNICATE. THE ONLY THING OPERATIONALLY THAT

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WAS A ISSUE IS THE CURRENT EXISTING MOU. A LOT OF THEM WERE OUT OF DATE OR EXPIRED SO WE NEED TO REVISIT WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS. THAT REALLY WAS AN ISSUE WHICH CAME DOWN TO THE ICS, INCIDENT COMMAND STRUCTURE FORMS. IF IT EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FEMA WOULD NOT REIMBURSE BECAUSE WE DID NOT DOCUMENT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DOCUMENT SO WE ARE TRAINING STAFF ON PROPER DOCUMENTATION. LESLIE PUBLIC INFORMATION MORNING AGAIN. THOSE ADDITIONAL LEAKS CAUSED SOME PRESSURE. WHAT WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN IS THE PATIENT WAS IDENTIFIED NOT THROUGH HIPAA RELEASE BUT THE TYPE OF INFORMATION PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THE PUZZLE PIECES AND PUT TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED SO WE ARE USING MORE EPIDEMIOLOGIST TERMS IN ORDER TO PREVENT THAT TYPE OF AWARENESS IDENTIFICATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL FROM BEING IDENTIFIED. I KNOW THAT I KIND OF RAN THROUGH THESE. I WANT TO BE COURTEOUS OF ALL THE OTHER TIME. OVERALL, THE PERFORMANCE WITH MEASLES WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT LEARNING EVERYTHING WE DID THROUGH COVID, THROUGH MONKEYPOX, WEST NILE. WE HAD A GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN OUR CAPABILITY TO RESPOND WITH A TIMELINE OF SAY 72 HOURS FOR THE EMERGENCY, WE QUICKLY GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED AND WITHIN EXTERNAL PARTNERS. AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AGAIN WILL BE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY MAKING SURE THERE IS A CLEAR PROCESS OF WHEN INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED AND WHEN IT WON'T AND FURTHER STAFF EDUCATION ON THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INCIDENT COMMAND STRUCTURE MAKING SURE WE ARE AWARE OF THE COMPONENTS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW FORMS ARE COMPLETED. OTHER THAN THAT WE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE AND WE ARE WORKING WITH EXISTING PARTIES INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY TO HAVE EVERYTHING DOCUMENTED AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> MATTHEW , THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT. I GUESS WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EXTERNAL LEAK AND THEN AN INTERNAL LEAK. I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS OR IF THERE ARE ANY CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT. CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THOSE?

>> YEAH, SO DURING THE TIMES OF COMMUNICATION AGAIN TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY WAS THE EXTERNAL LEAK AND THAT PUT PRESSURE ON US TO GET EVERYTHING COMBINED AND THE MANAGEMENT PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE. WE WERE WORKING WITH THE JUDGE'S OFFICE TO GET THINGS OUT, UNFORTUNATELY THE JUDGE RELEASED INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. SO THAT WAS THE LEAK OF INFORMATION AND IT REQUIRED US TO RESPOND MORE HASTILY. AGAIN, WE WERE WORKING WITH HIM IN HIS OFFICE AND OUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS CLEAR. THE LAST THING WE WANT HAPPENED IS THE HIPAA INFORMATION RELEASED.

THERE WERE CHANGES BETWEEN WHAT WAS RELEASED TO THE JUDGE'S OFFICE AND THEN OUR OFFICE PRIMARILY DUE TO DHHS SAYING WE CANNOT SEND THIS OUT SO THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVING PIECES AND I THINK THERE WILL BE FOR THEIR EDUCATION ON PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE VERSUS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSES. IT IS ONE THING TO RELEASE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THINGS BUT WITH PUBLIC HEALTH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HIPAA SO WE HAD THE EXTRA LEVEL OF SCRUTINY AND THAT IS WHAT REALLY DECREASES RESPONSE TIMES AS FAR AS PROVIDING PUBLIC INFORMATION BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT REALLY SEEING MORE INFORMATION THAN WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IN THE SITUATION THAT HAPPENED.

>> ARE YOU SAYING HIPAA INFORMATION WAS RELEASED?

>> THANKFULLY NO , NONE WAS RELEASED BUT IT WAS TEETERING THE LINE OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED HIPAA INFORMATION.

THANKFULLY THERE WASN'T, WE CONSULTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO VIOLATIONS AND THEY CONCURRED THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY.

>> ARE THERE ANY CONSEQUENCES IN THE EVENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND INFORMATION IS LEAKED?

>> THERE IS ALWAYS THE RISK OF WHENEVER THE INFORMATION IS LEAKED BECAUSE AGAIN FOR INSTANCE THE AGE WAS IDENTIFIED AND THE VACCINATION STATUS. IT WAS ABLE TO AGAIN PUT THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE A LOT QUICKER SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PREVENT IDENTIFICATION FROM HAPPENING. AS FAR AS CONSEQUENCES IT WOULD REFLECT BACK ON THE COUNTY AND WE WOULD BE HIT WITH THE HIPAA

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VIOLATION WHICH COULD IMPACT WITH A FINE FOR THE CONSEQUENCE ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.

>> CORRECT. >> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE FOLLOW UP, THIS IS GREAT FOR US TO LISTEN TO THE RESPONSE AND TO SUPPORT WHERE WE CAN TO IMPROVE ON THAT

COMMUNICATION. >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> I THINK WITH MEASLES AND WITH US EXPENSING COVID NOT LONG AGO THAT HAVING FIRST OF ALL A DEPARTMENT THAT FOLLOWS AND TRACKS AND YOU HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, WHAT YOU CAME HERE TO SAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO

DO THE SAME THING. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> I WANT TO SAY NUMBER ONE, THE AFTER ACTION REPORT YOU PROVIDED IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMPLETE WE HAVE GOT ON ANY OUTBREAK SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE AND I DO NOT SAY THAT LIGHTLY. I THINK IT REFLECTS THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE DEPARTMENT YOU OPERATE AND THE SERIOUSNESS WITH WHICH YOU ALL OPERATE IN YOUR EMPLOYEES.

ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS WE CAN DO IS THE RELEASE OF BOTH INACCURATE OR INADEQUATE INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. I DON'T KNOW IF INTERNALLY WE NEED TO PUT IN SOME FIREWALLS TO ENSURE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN AND I SAY THAT LOOKING AT HR. HOW WE DO THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN TRUST AND HAVE CONFIDENCE IN EVERY SINGLE THING WE SAY THAT COMES OUT OF OUR COUNTY. IF WE HAVE TO PUT INTERNAL PROTOCOL IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT HAPPENS, WE WERE VERY LUCKY IN THIS INSTANCE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE NUMBER ONE A HIPAA VIOLATION. BUT SOME OTHER MUCH MORE , WE COULD'VE ENDED UP A LOT WORSE I WILL PUT IT THAT WAY. I CANNOT IMAGINE AS THE PATIENT WHO MAY BE SUFFERING IN AN OUTBREAK AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE DEALING WITH HEALTH RAMIFICATIONS AND NUMBER TWO HAVING ONE OF YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS OUT WHO YOU ARE, THAT IS A PROBLEM AND WE CANNOT TOLERATE THAT. I KNOW THAT IS NOT YOUR ACTION BUT I AM SAYING THAT IN GENERAL. THAT CANNOT BE TOLERATED.

>> WELL SAID I AGREE AND THAT'S WONDERFUL. I APPRECIATE THE PASSION AND THE ITEM AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU PUT INTO IT BECAUSE I LIVED IT AND I GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING NAMED IN IT. SO I WILL SAY THAT EVERYONE HERE, BUT ONE OUR DOCTOR WAS ON THE CALL AND I WAS OUT IN DRIPPING SPRINGS AT A FUNDRAISER AND SHE ASKED IF I COULD TAKE THE CALL AND I SAID ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN CALLS ME AT NIGHT AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I WAS LIKE ABSOLUTELY. SO WE DID A ZOOM CALL AND IT WAS TAMMY AND MIKE JONES AND MATTHEW AND OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS OUTBREAK AND THEY LEARNED ABOUT IT THE DAY BEFORE AND THEY WERE WATCHING IT UNFOLD AND SOMETIME EVEN JUST BEFORE , I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY HOURS BEFORE , THEY LEARNED, THEY WERE WATCHING, GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE STATE AND MIKE IF I MISSPEAK, YOU WERE ON EVERY COMMUNICATION THAT I EVER HAD. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN I DID NOT CREATE THE COMMENT THAT I SHARED, THAT WAS CREATED FOR ME. SO IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH HIPAA VIOLATIONS. ALTHOUGH WE ARE VERY CONCERNED AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THE LEVEL OF DEDICATION I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. LUCKILY, FOR ME I DID NOT CREATE THE MESSAGE, IT WAS CREATED FOR ME BY OUR PROFESSIONALS. MIKE, AM I RIGHT? YES, SO IF THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH MESSAGING THAT COMES OUT, OR THE TIMING I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE REFLECT ON THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT WITNESS, OUR SHERIFF. I WILL NOT GET AHEAD OF OUR PROFESSIONALS. I DO NOT CRAFT MY OWN MESSAGING AND I HAVE EVEN SAID, TELL ME WHEN THIS CAN COME OUT BECAUSE UNIFORMITY OF TIMING AND

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MESSAGING IS ALWAYS WHAT I STRIVE FOR. MIKE, THANK YOU GOING TO YOU BECAUSE WE GO WITH FIRES AND VERY SENSITIVE THINGS.

WE HAVE DEALT WITH COVID, PEOPLE DYING. WE HAVE DEALT WITH REAL LIFE TRAUMA FOR YEARS TOGETHER NOW AND I CAN SAY SYSTEMICALLY THAT I DO NOT KNEE-JERK RESPOND. IF THERE ARE FATALITIES I MAKE SURE I WAIT FOR THE MEDIA TO COVER IT. AM I RIGHT? I DO NOT EVEN SPEAK ON THE ITEMS SO I AM GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE A YEARS LONG TRACK RECORD OF BEING NOT ONLY RESPECTFUL, BUT OF BEING MINDFUL OF THE TIMING AND SEQUENCE. SO BECAUSE I HAVE A PAPER TRAIL OF EVERYTHING THAT I DO, I AM GRATEFUL THAT IF THERE IS AN INTERNAL LEAK AS YOU CALL IT, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU FIRST REALIZE THAT THE LEAK WAS MISCHARACTERIZED, THE FRAMING IS NOT APPRECIATED BECAUSE IT IS NOT A LEAK WHEN YOU PROVIDE IT AND YOU ALSO PROVIDE WHAT TIME TO RELEASE IT. THAT IS NOT A LEAK. SO I WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. THIS IS A COURT

OF RECORD. >> JUDGE I WOULD LIKE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT IS INACCURATE.

>> WAIT FOR YOUR TURN. SINCE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME WITH MY MOMENT TO SPEAK THAT I CLARIFY. IF ANYONE WANTS RECEIPTS I HAVE THEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. WE PLEASE OPEN?

>> WE ARE NOT DONE. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY. WE CALL IT A LEAK BECAUSE AS THE DIRECTOR I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF RESIDENTS AND I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE SET AND IT WAS NOT FOLLOWED AND THAT IS WHY THERE WAS A LEAK. I WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE IT AS MANY KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WOULD DO, I WOULD NOT MISCHARACTERIZE SOMETHING. THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT READY TO SHARE AND IT WAS DETRIMENT TO STAFF BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND AS

EFFECTIVELY. >> JUDGE CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MESSAGING WAS NOT YOURS. YOU WERE GIVEN THAT MESSAGING TO PUT OUT. SO WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WHO GAVE

YOU THE MESSAGING? >> I GOT IT FROM MATTHEW WHO GOT IT FROM THE STATE AND THEY VERIFIED IT.

>> JUDGE ASKED FOR OUR CURRENT PRESS RELEASE SO I SENT HIM A SCREENSHOT OF WHAT WE HAVE AND I SAID WE ARE WORKING ON IT, HE SAID THAT'S FINE. I UNDERSTAND AND THEN HE GOES WELL , WILL WAIT FOR IT. 20 MINUTES LATER I RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM ONE OF OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF INFORMING ME THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THE JUDGE'S FACEBOOK PAGE SO THE PRESS RELEASE HAD BEEN ISSUED AHEAD OF TIME AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS ISSUED AND WHAT WAS ISSUED ON OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT PAGE AND THE COUNTY FACEBOOK PAGE.

>> I WILL JUST SAY. I'M TRYING TO PICK MY WORDS WISELY. JUDD, GOING TO DISAGREE THAT THERE IS A TRACK RECORD OF THIS. AND HAVE SEEN IT AT FIRES IN MY PRECINCT, I HAVE SEEN FACEBOOK LIVE ON A ACTIVE RESPONSE SITE WHERE A CAR LITERALLY HAS JUST WRECKED AND YOU ARE THERE LIVE ON FACEBOOK. IF I WAS THAT VICTIM'S FAMILY , I WOULD HAVE BEEN LIVID. SO I DO NOT GENERALLY , I DON'T OPENLY AND ACTIVELY DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THINGS UNLESS IT IS DIRECT SUBSTANCE. I THINK I HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF THAT. THE STATEMENT MADE EARLIER IS JUST, IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR ME AND I

BELIEVE IT AT THAT. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

>> AGAIN THIS IS A LEARNING MOMENT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, IT IS A LEARNING MOMENT FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. THE MAIN THING IS WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE WILL DO BETTER. IT IS ALL ABOUT GOING THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE AND TAKING SOMETHING FROM US, AS NOTED OUR DEPARTMENT HAD DEFICIENCIES AND THINGS WE HAVE TO LEARN TO DO BETTER SO I WANT EVERYONE TO COME TO THIS KNOWING WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD BY CRAFTING BETTER INTERNAL POLICY AND EXTERNAL EXPECTATIONS WITH PARTNERS.

[K.20. Discussion and possible action to authorize the expansion of a Mental Health Diversion Center along with a 60 bed expansion on the existing jail facility footprint and to proceed with negotiating an A/E agreement with HOK, utilizing their existing architectural and engineering contract, for the design of modified Phases 2A and 2B of the Hays County Jail Site Master Plan and authorize the Criminal District Attorney, Civil Division to negotiate a contract. BECERRA]

>> THANK YOU, PLEASE OPEN K 20. >> DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE EXPANSION OF MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION CENTER ALONG

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WITH A 60 BED EXPANSION ON THE EXISTING JAIL FACILITY FOOTPRINT TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATED AE AGREEMENT WITH HOK UTILIZING EXISTING ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN OF MODIFIED PHASES 2 A AND 2 B OF THE HAYS COUNTY JAIL SITE MASTER PLAN AND AUTHORIZE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CIVIL DIVISION

TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. WHAT HAVE DONE AS I HAVE CAPTURED THE ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE JAIL EXPANSION FOR ALL THESE YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY ON THE PAYROLL. MY AIM IS TO GET THEM TO UNFOLD PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE PLAN ALREADY IN THE BOOKS THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST. TO WEAVE IN THROUGH THE PROFESSIONALS, TAKE PRIDE LISTENING TO THE PROFESSIONALS, AS TO WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, WHAT SHAPE THAT WILL TAKE SO MY AIM WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM IS EXCLUSIVELY TO GIVE HOK PERMISSION TO START INTERACTING OFFICIALLY TO DISCUSS WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND IN MORE DETAIL WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AS TO WHAT WE NEED AND HOW IT LOOKS BECAUSE THIS IS A TIME FOR US, WORKING THROUGH THIS CIP PROGRAM TO ARTICULATE WHATEVER HE PRECINCT IS LOOKING FOR, WHAT EVERY COMMISSIONER NEEDS, WHATEVER HE COMMISSIONERS WORKING ON AS PROJECTS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT, HAS BEEN ON THE SHELF, I HAVE PULLED IT FORWARD TO INCLUDE IN THE CONVERSATION AND DISCUSS SOFT COST. I AM JUST SO LUCKY THE SHERIFF IS STILL HERE WITH THE CHIEF AND TOP BRASS, WE HAVE MET WITH THEM A FEW TIMES ABOUT THIS AND JUDGE BROWN IS STILL HERE SO I WANT TO ASK JUDGE BROWN IF YOU DON'T MIND APPROACHING THE PODIUM FOR A SECOND TO DESCRIBE THIS EFFORT AND THE NEED WE HAVE

IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE ELAINE BROWN JUDGE OF MENTAL HEALTH COURT COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER THREE. ONE OF THE THINGS THE BEHAVIORAL ADVISORY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR YOU WHILE NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A DIVERSION CENTER FOR HAYS COUNTY. THAT IS STILL IN THE WORKS. WE ARE STILL HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. OTHER GROUPS ARE INVOLVED IN MENTAL HEALTH HERE IN HAYS COUNTY , AS WELL. WE JUST HAD A PROCLAMATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND YOU HEARD FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS INVOLVED IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN HAYS COUNTY. I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE STATUS OF THIS PROJECT, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT I CAN FULLY SUPPORT THE NEED FOR SOME KIND OF CRISIS CENTER , EVALUATION CENTER , EXTENDED OPERATION CENTER, DIVERSION CENTER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. WE DO HAVE A REAL NEED AS THE JUDGE OF COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER THREE I ALSO DEAL WITH A LOT OF MENTAL COMMITMENTS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS WHO MIGHT ALSO BE CRIMINALLY JUSTICE INVOLVED. SO I DO SEE A NEED FOR THE CENTER I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE YET AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE

CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. >> BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER INGALSBE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> WELL, I GUESS I FEEL THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN PUT ON THE SHELF AT ALL. THE BEHAVIOR ADVISORY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS, IT IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR THEM. YOU KNOW WE INCORPORATED THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AND SERVICES , THE DWI

AND DRUG COURT. >> I WAS THINKING THE JAIL EXPANSION AND EVOLUTION OF THAT , THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I SAID THAT. NEVER TO MISINTERPRET, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT'S OKAY. WHEN WE ARE WORKING AND GETTING CLOSE TO IMPLEMENTING THAT AND I JUST THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING. I MEAN, IT IS A TOP PRIORITY. WE TALKED ABOUT AND HAVE SPOKEN PREVIOUSLY , THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US AND EXPANDING THEIR FACILITY. ESTABLISHING NEW BEDS TO ESTABLISH A DIVERSION CENTER. WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE. I KNOW THE DIRECTOR THAT WE WERE SPEAKING

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WITH HAS NOW MOVED ON SO WE NEED TO RECONNECT THERE. I JUST DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM . I DON'T THINK IT IS CONSENT, BUT ANY WAY TO HIRE 16 ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS BECAUSE WE HAVE A PLAN WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO BRING INMATES BACK TO HAYS COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT AFFECTS THE JAIL OPERATION. YOU KNOW AND IS THIS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THIS DIVERSION CENTER? I DON'T KNOW THAT. I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TRY TO FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT. AGAIN, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DID NOT MEAN WHAT YOU SAID WHEN YOU SAID IT IS ON THE SHELF AND THAT'S HOW I TOOK IT AND IT IS NOT. IT IS A TOP PRIORITY, WE ARE WORKING ON IT, I THINK WE NEED MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THESE THINGS. FOR ME AND I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ME SAYING THIS SHERIFF. TWICE, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA AND NEITHER TIME HAS THE SHERIFF BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS. I THINK THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR OUR JAIL. IS THIS WHERE IT IS TO BE HOUSED. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE IT I AM NOT SUPPORTED BECAUSE I AM. I DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO COME OUT AND SAY THE COURT IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, WE ARE AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT THAT I THINK WE NEED MORE TIME BECAUSE BAT AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKINGON THIS. I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE THE , THE SPEED AT WHICH GOVERNMENT OPERATES , SOME THINGS JUST TAKE TIME AND WE NEED TO GET IT RIGHT AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE TRUE NEEDS ARE GOING FORWARD.

>> WHEN I SPOKE WITH SHERIFF CUTLER HE SAID DON'T GET MAD AT ME WHEN W■E O HE RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE JAIL EXPANSION AND WE'RE STILL BUSING INMATES OUT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DONE THE EXPANSION. THE LONG-TERM EXPANSION OF THE JAIL IS DESIGNED TO BE 1000 BEDS OR MORE JUST OVER 1000 BEDS. SO I WILL REITERATE , I WANT TO REITERATE FOR MY MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL CLARITY. MY STAGING OF THE SECTIONS OF THE JAIL EXPANSION ARE WHAT I REFERRED TO ON THE SHELF. I KNOW WE HAVE TAKEN MENTAL HEALTH SERIOUSLY AND WE ARE ACTING ACCORDINGLY AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE WORKING ON THIS AND THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE THAT WAS HERE EARLIER. WE HAVE THE SUPPORT TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH ALL THE WAY TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. IT IS UNDISPUTED WILL, THE NEED IS THERE. SO, AS A GENERAL EXPANSION OF THE JAIL NOT THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT AND WE HAVE ALSO SAID , WE NEED TO RECONNECT WITH THE PERSON THAT SAID THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE BEDS ET CETERA SO YES WE HAVE THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND YES WE HAVE MADE CONTRACTS AND HELP SUPPLEMENT AND SUPPORT THE IDEAS. BUT AS THE EXPERT HAS JUST SAID, WE HAVE THIS NEED AND IT IS REAL AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT ALSO THAT I REITERATE THIS POINT. I AM NOT SAYING WHERE, WHAT, HOW MANY OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS. I WANT TO GIVE THE PROFESSIONALS, HOK WHO WE HIRED BEFORE MY TIME TO DO THIS WORK , TO HAVE THEM CONTINUE. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST IDEAL CONTINUITY , NOT ONLY OF GOVERNMENT BECAUSE YOU PICKED THEM, BUT THEY ARE MOST FAMILIAR WITH THE TERRAIN, THE TOPOGRAPHY, THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LEAST INTRUSIVE TO HAVE THEM CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE EXPANSIONS THAT THEY HELPED DESIGN. IN MEETING WITH THE SHERIFF I KNOW YOU SAID THE SHERIFF HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED. I WILL REITERATE THAT I HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE SHERIFF AND THE CHIEF AND LIEUTENANTS, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS AND HOK. I HAVE EVEN USED THESE WORDS.

YOU ARE THE EXPERTS, YOU TELL US WHAT YOU NEED, HOK ARE THE EXPERTS, YOU TALK TO THE PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE THE NEED IS REAL, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LOOPED IN WITH LUMINARY CONVERSATIONS , THAT'S HOW THEY HAVE BEEN FRAMED. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE F1 FATIGUE FOR THE SHERIFF AND

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EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED. LET ME TALK TO EVERYBODY KNOW YOU GO TALK TO EVERYBODY NOW THEY GO TALK TO EVERYBODY NOW THE SHERIFF WILL TALK TO EVERYONE. WHAT I THOUGHT IS THESE ITEMS ALREADY PRIMED, THESE ITEMS ARE NEEDED, THIS IS AN ITEM SUPPORTED ALL THE WAY TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. WE HAVE THE ORGANIZATION THAT CAN ARTICULATE THESE CONVERSATIONS SO THIS AGENDA ITEM IS EXCLUSIVELY SIMPLY TO SAY OKAY, HOK WE GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO OFFICIALLY ENGAGE IN TAKING ON THE CONVERSATION WITH THE BAT TEAM AND EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION TO HELP SHAPE EXACTLY WHAT THIS NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE. WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO AND HOW IT SHOULD TAKE SHAPE AND UNFOLD. PURELY A SOFT COST CONTRACT EXTENSION IS ALL I AM ASKING FOR SO WE KEEP THE BALL MOVING IN THE DIRECTION WE HAVE ALL PROFESSED TO BE

SUPPORTING. NOTHING MORE. >> AS IT RELATES TO HOK. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY MAYBE YOU AND/OR US WOULD THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE BUT WE HAVE NOT EVEN HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS. I THINK WE HAVE A PREFERRED LIST TO SELECT FROM. IS THAT WE WANT TO USE? BUT THE COURT HAS NOT HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS EITHER. IF I MISSPOKE REGARDING THE SHERIFF AND CONVERSATION YOU HAVE HAD I APOLOGIZE. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM OR HIS DEPARTMENT. AGAIN IS THIS GOING TO WORK WITH THE PLAN TO BRING ALL INMATES BACK INTO HAYS COUNTY , I DON'T KNOW. THOSE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS WE NEED TO HAVE PRIOR TO ENGAGING SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT A DESIGN OR WHATEVER

WE'RE GOING TO DO. >> THE HOK PIECE WAS AN EFFICIENCY TOOL BECAUSE THEY BUILT THESE PLANS. THEY WOULD EVOLVE THE PLANS FURTHER BASED ON YEARS OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. SO I FIGURED THAT WOULD BE MOST EFFICIENT AND THE MOST TIDY. BY DEFAULT IT WOULD HELP WITH LIGHTENING THE LOAD OF THE INMATE POPULATION BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE HOUSE PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH IN COUNTY JAIL SO THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PULL THOSE OUT AND THE INTENT BEHIND HERE THE SUPERFICIAL CONVERSATIONS, JUST TO TEST THE SETTING TO BE MOST FRUITFUL, TO SET THE STAGE FOR THESE CONVERSATIONS TO TAKE PLACE IS A DIVERGENT CENTER TO AVOID EVEN GOING INTO THE BOOKING WHICH WILL ALSO HELP THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALTOGETHER BECAUSE IF THE POLICE GETS CALLED AND SOMEONE GETS PICKED UP IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR, THE AIM AND HOPE AS WE PUT THEM IN A PLACE THAT WILL SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE JAIL. SO THE AIM AND THE HOPE IS THAT WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND WE ALREADY HAVE PROFESSED SUPPORT FOR IT. SO JUST TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. WE CAN SAY WE WILL CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE MOVE THIS ALONG IN A WAY THAT IS AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THERE.

>> WELL, EVOKE IS ALREADY THERE ALSO. I THINK WE CAN START THOSE CONVERSATIONS FAIRLY QUICKLY. THEY ARE ESTABLISHED. WE WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE MONEY TO GET THEM MOVING QUICKER THAN NOT BUT WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING A LOT FASTER WITH EVOKE BUT IT IS CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE AND HAVE THEM QUICKLY AND COME UP WITH A PLAN

WE CAN SUPPORT. >> AS A FINAL THOUGHT ON THAT, I THINK THIS IS USEFUL AND IF THIS STARTS A CONVERSATION TO CREATE SOME COMMITMENT WITH NEW LEADERSHIP, THEN GREAT AND WONDERFUL BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S EITHER/OR WE WOULD BE LUCKY IF THAT'S ALL WE NEEDED. IT IS YES AND ONE OF THE REPEAT SCENARIOS THAT USING A SUBCONTRACTOR TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO BE DOING IS GOING TO BE LESS THAN WHAT WE NEED SO I INVITE AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING THAT EVOKE AGENDA ITEMS WE CAN SUPPORT IT, BUT I WOULD HATE TO HAVE US DO THAT INSTEAD BECAUSE IT WILL BE A TINY BAND-AID ON A VERY BIG

ISSUE. >> I THINK WE REALIZE THAT.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR TO GENERATE SUPPORT TO GET THIS CONVERSATION MOVING IN PARALLEL WITH ANYTHING ELSE WE ARE DOING.

COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> THANK YOU JUDGE. FOR THE RECORD I SUPPORT MENTAL HIRTH -- HEALTH , I DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH

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HOW THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS ROLLED OUT. I DID GET CALLS THAT IT CAUGHT EVERYONE OFF GUARD AND THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT. AND I THINK THESE SYSTEMS LIKE THE BAT AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARE THERE TO HELP GUIDE US IN THESE DECISIONS. I WILL ALSO CONFER WITH COMMISSIONER INGALSBE I TALKED TO THE SHERIFF TOO AND THEY WERE NOT AWARE THIS WAS COMING ON THE AGENDA AND MANY OTHERS. JUST LOOKING AT THE WAY THIS WAS WRITTEN, MY PROCUREMENT BRAIN THOUGHT OKAY, WHAT CAN WE EVEN DO WHAT IS BEING ASKED? SO I DID ASK STEPHANIE IF SHE COULD

PROVIDE INPUT ON THIS HOK. >> I DID REVIEW THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT WE HAD WITH HOK AND THAT WAS RELATED TO A BOND.

SO IF WE WERE TO SELECT HOK TO DO THE SERVICES, IT COULD NOT BE THROUGH EXISTING CONTRACT, WE WOULD NEED TO EXECUTE A NEW CONTRACT. THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO ENGINEERING SERVICES POOL SO WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO DO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HOK FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES UNDER CHAPTER 2254. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES. WE WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE A FIRM OFF THE POOL BUT THEY COULD COME IN AND USE SOME OF THE OLD DOCUMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A MASTER PLAN UNDER THAT AGREEMENT BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH HOK IS THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT.

>> WHICH IS PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION STUFF SO THAT'S GOOD, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE JAIL THAT IS IN COMMISSIONER INGALSBE PRECINCT I WOULD SAY, THIS WAS AN ITEM BROUGHT UP FOR DISCUSSION AND WE ARE DISCUSSING AS IS. I AM LEARNING DETAILS I DO NOT KNOW BECAUSE WE ONLY TALK TO ONE OTHER COMMISSIONER'S WE HAVE THE JAIL AND THEN WE HAVE SMITH AND COMMISSIONER COHEN WITHIN THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT. WITH THE BAT TEAM SO I'M NOT IN ON ANY OF THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEES OR BOARDS AND I'M NOT WITHIN THE JAIL PRECINCT. SO JUST REALLY TAKING A STEP BACK AND LISTENING. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING NEEDED AS WE MENTIONED, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A BETTER MENTAL HEALTH PICTURE FROM THE COUNTY. BUT THESE DISCUSSIONS NEED TO BE HAD.

>> THAT'S WHY IT IS HERE. LEGALLY WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO TALK TO ONE COMMISSIONER. SO THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN BE IN FRONT OF IT AND EVERYONE TALK ABOUT IT. AGENDA ITEMS TO BE MOST REFLECTIVE OF THE GOALS. WE CAN SAY AMEND TO BE ARCHITECTURAL ONLY. WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO AND THIS IS THE TIME TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THIS IS THE WAY TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> I WOULD RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH THAT. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIP PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE SUPPORTED, JUDGE. THAT CIP PROCESS IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. OPPORTUNITY TO OUTLINE ALL THE STRUCTURAL NEEDS OF THE COUNTY WHEN IT COMES TO VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. THAT SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AND THAT'S THE EXPECTATION FOR US TO PRIORITIZE AND TO DO PRIORITY SETTING. WHEN THIS AGENDA ITEM POPPED UP ON FRIDAY , I WAS SHOCKED. AND I WILL SPEAK VERY BLUNTLY, AS WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF THE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS TEAM.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 2 1/2 YEARS, WE PRIORITIZE HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT. THIS AGENDA ITEM IN MY VIEW IS HAVE COOKED AND HALF COCKED. THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT THIS IS PRESS RELEASE OVER POLICY. THE ENTIRE TIME WE WENT THROUGH STRUCTURING HOW THE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS TEAM AND MENTAL HEALTH WORK IN THE COUNTY WAS TO MOVE FORWARD. AGAIN THE ENTIRE PRIORITY WAS TO SIT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR EXPERTS, NOT US AS POLICYMAKERS FELT WAS THE CORRECT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. WHENEVER THIS CAME OUT, I REACHED OUT TO A LARGE NUMBER OF THE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS TEAM.

SOME OF WHICH ARE HERE IN THE ROOM. TO A PERSON THEY TOLD ME

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THEY WERE NEVER CONTACTED. I REACHED OUT TO A LARGE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATING COMMITTEE. THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE NEVER CONTACTED. SO AS WE LOOK AT WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE, SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO EXTEND A CONTRACT BY LAW WE LEGALLY CANNOT EXTEND. AND LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF THAT FACILITY , THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS SIT DOWN AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EXPERTS. WE HAVE ALL STATED WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF A DIVERGENT CENTER. AS A WHOLE WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS IN COURT THAT WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH ONE LOCAL HOSPITAL WERE OTHER PROVIDERS WHO HAVE THE EXPERTISE AND ARE BUILDING FACILITIES BECAUSE IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE FOR THE COUNTY AND WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE RIGHT PROFESSIONALS AND MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS ON SITE. I THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL FLAW IN THIS AGENDA ITEM IS THE FIRST ONE AS TO THE LOCATION. EXTENSION OF CONTRACT FOR SOMEONE WORKING ON THE JAIL. ANYONE IN THE MEETINGS WHO HAD THE DISCUSSIONS WILL TELL YOU THE LAST THING YOU WANT WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS HAVING A MENTAL EPISODE IS TO PUT THEM IN A SQUAD CAR AND TELL THEM I'M NOT TAKING YOU TO JAIL AND THEN DRIVING THEM TO THE JAIL.

FUNDAMENTALLY , EVERY ONE OF THESE EXPERTS , I WILL SAY EVERYONE OF THESE EXPERTS TO A PERSON THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO WILL SAY THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL FLAW BECAUSE IF THEY ARE HAVING THAT EPISODE AND YOU DRIVE THEM TO THE JAIL BECAUSE WE HAVE A DIVERGENT CENTER AT THE JAIL, IT'S A PROBLEM. IT WILL EXACERBATE THE SITUATION AND ESCALATE THE SITUATION THEY ARE IN. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE DIVERGENT CENTER IS TO ADDRESS IT IN A WAY WE DON'T FACILITATE THEM GOING INTO THE JAIL TO START WITH. BY LOCATING IN THE JAIL , THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESCALATE WITH AN OFFICER OR IN THAT SCENARIO IS EXPONENTIAL. I THINK THAT IS A TRAGIC FLAW. FROM THE ONSET , IF A MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF CONTINUED TO COME TO THOSE MEETINGS, THEY WOULD TELL YOU THAT. YOU HAVE HAD A MEMBER OF STAFF WHO ATTENDED THOSE MEETINGS FOR SOME TIME. HE CHOSE TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE AND WHEN HE DID HE STOP COMING TO THE MEETINGS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS PART OF IT BUT HE DID STOP COMING. ANY MEMBER OF THE COURT CAN STAND A STAFF TO THE MEETING. I WOULD HOPE IF YOU CARE AS MUCH ABOUT THE ACTUAL POLICY AND NOT THE PRESS RELEASE BEHIND THIS I WOULD SINCERELY HOPE ONE OF YOUR STAFF WOULD ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS. TO THIS POINT I'VE NOT SEEN ANYBODY THERE IN EIGHT MONTHS AND WE CAN UPDATE YOU SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT WE ARE DOING. CAN UPDATE YOU ON WHAT THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM WANT IN A FACILITY. RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ASKING US TO PUT A DOWN PAYMENT ON THE CAR AND WE DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A , WE NEED TO GET SOMEWHERE SO LET'S JUST BUY A CAR. THERE'S A LOT MORE ACTUAL AT A FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL UNDERSTANDING NEEDED AMONGST THE PARTNERS OR ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS. THE DRAFTING OF THIS AGENDA ITEM I WILL TELL YOU WHEN WE HAVE EXPERTS SOME OF WHICH WERE HERE TODAY AND THEY DEDICATE THEIR HEART AND SOUL TO MENTAL HEALTH TO TELL THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS ON A DAILY BASIS HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO US AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THEIR VIEWPOINT AND WE WILL IMPLEMENT WHAT THEY THINK IS BEST AND MAKE A BETTER PLACE FOR OUR CITIZENS IN HAYS COUNTY . THEY FELT COMPLETELY AT LEAST SOME OF THEM FELT COMPLETELY DISREGARDED WHENEVER THIS HIT THE AGENDA AND IF YOU'RE TRULY A PARTNER AND WORKING WITH THIS WHY WERE WE NOT CONSULTED ON THIS? I THINK AGAIN IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL FLAW IN THIS SPECIFIC ITEM. I FULLY FULLY SUPPORT DIVERGENT CENTER. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IS INVOLVED BEFORE WE GO HIRE AN ENGINEER TO DO IT. WE NEED TO KNOW. SIMILARLY TO THE PET CENTER INSTEAD OF DECIDING WE NEED TO BUILD A $30 MILLION BUILDING AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT GOES INTO IT.

>> PRESS RELEASE OVER POLICY THANK YOU FOR THAT JUMPING OFF POINT. I LOVE THE CAR ANALOGY IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY IT IS A CONVERSATION POINT ABOUT GOING TO SEE WHAT YOU QUALIFY FOR, SEE

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WHAT THE NEEDS ARE BEFORE YOU GET A CAR I DON'T GO TO A BIG EXPENSIVE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT MY QUALIFICATIONS ARE SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO ASK THAT WE STEER THE CONVERSATION TO ENGAGE THE PROFESSIONALS THAT KNOW THIS ITEM AND THEY KNOW THIS WORK SO WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS.

THE NEED IS REAL, PROFESSIONALS ARE ON THE READY. I TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THE BEHAVIOR TEAM. I WON'T GO BACK AND FORTH ON WHO DID AND WHO DIDN'T. I AM THE ONLY ONE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. YOU COULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT

PRESS RELEASE OVER POLICY. >> WE ARE TOGETHER.

>> I NEED YOU TO STOP INTERRUPTING SIR. YOU HAVE HAD YOUR PIECE, IT'S MY TURN. THE ITEM IS WRITTEN ONLY WITH MY NAME ON AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT, NO PHONE CALLS, NO TEXT OR EMAILS FROM YOU WITH THIS OVERLY STATED CONCERN OF YOURS WAS NEVER MADE. SO IS JUST IMPORTANT THAT THE FOLKS UNDERSTAND THIS AGENDA ITEM IS SIMPLY TO CREATE A CONVERSATION AROUND HAVING FOLKS HIRED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS TO FERRET OUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT WE NEED MOVING FORWARD. WHERE IT IS LOCATED, HOW IT UNFOLDS, THAT'S FOR THE PROFESSIONALS. I HAVE NEVER PRETENDED TO BE ONE. TUCKER. ANY

THING ELSE? >> IT STARTED TO GO OFF COURSE

BUT YOU GOT BACK. >> YOU NEVER WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SHUT UP COMMISSIONERS SO I LET THEM GO AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING AND HOW IT WAS OUT OF LINE. IF I DO NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION TO DO A SOFT, HOK IS HERE. ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION IF YOU DON'T MIND STEPPING UP TO THE PODIUM AS A FINAL

THOUGHT? >> WHEELS OF ONE PUBLIC.

>> JUDGE, NO OFFENSE. I HAVE REAL CONCERN IF WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR SOLICITATION THROUGH PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

>> LET'S FIND OUT IF LEGAL HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT.

>> I WILL DEFER TO MS. HUNT PURCHASING AGENT.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO DO FORMAL PROCUREMENT BECAUSE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IS CONSIDERED PROFESSIONAL. WE JUST DON'T HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO A CONTRACT FOR THOSE WE DO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT UNDER CHAPTER 2254.

>> STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JEFF BRADLEY WITH HOK ARCHITECTURE. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL JUSTICE PROGRAM NATIONALLY. I LIVE DOWN THE ROAD IN GEORGETOWN. READILY AVAILABLE , I DO A LOT OF THINGS IN TEXAS. REALLY EXCITING TODAY FROM THE START OF HONORING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN HEARING ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS OF THE GREAT THINGS YOU HAVE DONE AND YOU ARE DOING IN THIS COUNTY. IT IS SPECIAL IN MY HEART BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE AS A COMPANY OF TRY TO DO LEADING THE PATH AROUND THE NATION ON DECRIMINALIZING MENTAL HEALTH. WE ARE EXPERTS IN JUSTICE AND WE BROUGHT HEALTHCARE DIVISION AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS TO COMPLEMENT AND EDUCATE US. NOW WE HAVE DONE OVER 8000 SPECIALIZED BEDS, OVER 2000 IN JAILS IN HERE IN TEXAS THE FIRST TIME THAT ONE WAS DONE WAS 14 YEARS AGO. I WAS THE PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE AND MY COLLEAGUE, HE WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER, DALLAS COUNTY GIVES US CREDIT FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM. THEY HAD 300 BEDS, 100 MEDICAL AND 200 MENTAL HEALTH. THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE DONE IN THE NATION.

NOW WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH ALL OF THOSE, THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. TO THE COMMISSIONERS CONCERN AND POINT, YOU MAKE GREAT POINTS AND WE DON'T SAY WE ARE THE EXPERTS, WE INVOLVE THE ENTIRE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO HELP SET THE GOALS, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THEIR CONCERNS.

ON EVERY PROJECT WE DO WE ENGAGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ALL THE COMMUNITY NONPROFITS ARE IN THIS ROOM TODAY. THE BEHAVIORAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE ARE DOING ONE NOW IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY, THE NEW JAIL IS 2400 BEDS BUT THE BEHAVIORAL CARE AND DIVERGENT CENTER IS 60 BEDS. AND OF THOSE 60 , I HAVE MET MULTIPLE TIMES

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WITH 10 LOCAL NONPROFITS OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD AND WE PULLED EVERYTHING IN FROM THEM WITH THEIR CONCERNS. ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS ABOUT A DIVERSION FACILITY, ESPECIALLY AT THE JAIL IS THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ASCERTAIN. THEY GO THROUGH CERTAIN TRAININGS BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE TRAINING. AND THE JAILS IN THE NATION TO BECOME THE DEPOSITORY FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE A CRIME NECESSARILY THEY MAY GET PICKED UP AND THAT'S WHERE THEY GO. WE HAVE CHANGED THE RECEIVING AREAS OF INTAKE AND BOOKING AND NOW MAKE THEM ASSESSMENT AREAS SO WHEN THEY DO COME IN THERE IS A NURSE, THEY GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND INSTEAD OF GOING INTO JAIL WHERE THEY NORMALLY GO IF THEY MEET CRITERIA THEY GO TO THE DIVERGENT CENTER AND THEIR CHARGES ARE SUSPENDED BUT THAT'S UP TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND JUDGES, THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. AND THEY GO TO THE DIVERGENT CENTER THEY SIGN A CONTRACT AND STAY ANYWHERE FROM THREE, SEVEN, 14, 21 OR 28 DAYS AND THEY HAVE 24/7 TREATMENT. A LOT OF NONPROFITS CANNOT OFFER THAT TREATMENT. OF THE 10 IN OKLAHOMA ONLY ONE OFFERED 24 SEVEN BACK TREATMENT. AFTER THEY GOT OUT, FROM THE ONES WE HAVE DONE AROUND THE COUNTRY, NATIONAL HAS TREMENDOUS NUMBERS. WE WOULD START AS A BASIS OR FOUNDATION WE ARE EMULATING THAT AROUND THE COUNTRY, THAT IS KIND OF THE GOLD STANDARD IN THE U.S. WHAT NASHVILLE HAS DONE WITH THEIR PROGRAM. PEOPLE WHO COME IN ALL THE TIME, A LOT OF TIMES REPEATED PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THEIR FREQUENT FLYERS, THEY TAKE UP THE MOST TIME OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CITY POLICE AND IT CAN BE FIVE, 10, 15 TIMES A YEAR THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING AND GOING NOT GETTING TREATMENT. THE DIVERGENT CENTER IN NASHVILLE WITH THREE YEARS OF RECORDS OF NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY TO GO TO THE DIVERGENT FACILITY THEY REDUCE RECIDIVISM NUMBERS BY 61% WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. IT IS PROVEN, IT WORKS. WE DO IT DIFFERENT WAYS WITH DIFFERENT COUNTIES BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU ALL THE PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE HERE, WHILE BACK WE WERE ENGAGED WITH THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION OF WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY KNOW ABOUT THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION. WE DID THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE UVALDE FACILITY, FOR THIS COUNTY HERE. AND WE ALSO THE MASTER PLAN HISTORICAL STUFF WITH THE JAIL . WE STILL WORK WITH MEADOWS, NOW WE HAVE TAKEN MEADOWS OF TEXAS AND WE TAKE THEM TO OTHER FACILITIES ALL OVER THE NATION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE I CAN TELL YOU EXCEPT THAT IT'S NOT JUST HOK. WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS ON OUR TEAMS. WE HAVE A HOSPITAL DIVISION THAT DOES NOTHING BUT HOSPITALS. WE PULL IN THOSE EXPERTS FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND INCORPORATED THEM IN THE TEAM BECAUSE THEY DO MEDICAL HOSPITALS AND MENTAL HEALTH. SO WE HAVE THEM ON THE TEAM INTERNALLY WORKING ON EVERY ONE OF THE PROJECTS WITH US AND WE ALSO HAVE OPERATION AND PLANNING EXPERTS DOING JUSTICE FACILITIES ON THESE 8000 BEDS THAT ARE ENGAGED. WE TAKE ALL OF THAT INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERTISE AND WE DO NOT PRETEND TO BE THE EXPERTS BUT WE SURE PUT TOGETHER ONE HECK OF A PACKAGE.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY RECENTLY SELECTED US FOR THEIR NEW JAIL PROJECT AND WORK IN A DIVERSION FACILITY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THERE'S OTHERS WERE TALKING WITH AND NUMEROUS AROUND THE COUNTRY WE ARE WORKING OUT NOW. I WILL SAY THE CLICHÉ COMES TO MIND DON'T ARGUE WITH AN IDIOT, THEY WILL BRING YOU DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL AND BEAT YOU WITH EXPERIENCE. SO I'M GRATEFUL YOU HAVE SAID ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID, YOU TALKED ABOUT OUT OF THE GATE, THE IDEA OF SEPARATE ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT ENTRANCE WHICH WHEN WE MET WITH THE SHERIFF THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING. THE SHERIFF BROUGHT IT UP IMMEDIATELY AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAID, THEY HAD SAID AND YOU WERE KEEN TO IT. I WAS COMING UP TO SPEED WITH HEY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE GUYS DON'T AND IT WAS SOMEONE IN THE BACKSEAT CAUSING PROBLEMS. THANK YOU FOR THAT AND HOW YOU AUTOMATICALLY LOOP IN YOUR ORGANIZATION'S. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I REALLY

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APPRECIATE IT. >> JUDGE I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY. YOU UNDERSTAND AND YOU SAT THROUGH THE SAME OPEN MEETINGS ACT TRAININGS I HAVE. IN A VERY WELL I CANNOT PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL YOU ON THIS ISSUE. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE AND I ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE BAT AND WE WORK ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE TOGETHER. IN NO IT IS A RED HERRING TO SAY I COULD'VE PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED YOU OR REACHED OUT AND CALLED YOU, THERE'S A REASON BEHIND THAT. YOU ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF IT. MAYBE IT DOES NOT MEAN AS MUCH TO YOU BUT I WILL NOT VIOLATE STATE LAW. WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE.

>> THANK YOU, WE WILL MOVE ON. I TOLD THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND

GO TO THE NEXT ITEM K 12. >> WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT. >> EMAIL FROM COMMISSIONERS I'M WRITING TO URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON AGENDA ITEM 20 DURING TUESDAY'S MEETING OF THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO BEGIN DESIGN WORK ON THE EXPANSION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERGENT CENTER INCLUDING A 60 BED ADDITION, THIS IS A CRITICAL STEP TOWARD ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND OVERCROWDED JAIL SYSTEM. EXPANDING THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION CENTER WOULD REDUCE JAIL OVERCROWDING, PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS, HELP TAXPAYES OVER TIME , IMPROVE TREATMENT OUTCOMES, ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU ARE EXAMPLES OF COUNTIES SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING DIVERGENT CENTER EXPANSIONS. IN 2023 TARRANT COUNTY BROUGHT IN THE DIVERGENT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE LOW LEVEL OFFENSES LIKE MISDEMEANOR THEFT AND NONVIOLENT THREAT, THIS ALLOWS MORE INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS TO RECEIVE TREATMENT INSTEAD OF INCARCERATION ALIGNING WITH THE PROGRAM MISSION TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY EFFECTIVELY. IN 2024 TRAVERS COUNTY LAUNCHED A THERAPEUTIC DIVERGENT CENTER IN RESPONSE TO 40% OF INMATES HAVING MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES, THIS FACILITY OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO JAIL OR EMERGENCY ROOMS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS BREAKING THE CYCLE OF INCARCERATION TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CARE. I STRONGLY URGE EACH OF YOU TO SUPPORT AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATIONS OF THE DESIGN CONTRACT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE AND

ATTENTION TO THIS VITAL ISSUE. >> WONDERFUL. WE WILL TABLE THIS AND I WILL GET WITH STEPHANIE TO MAKE A MORE ARTICULATED VOTE FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM TO INCLUDE BETTER LANGUAGE FOR THE CONTRACT

DIALOGUE. PLEASE OPEN K 12. >> JUDGE I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THERE WAS NOT DIRECTION FROM THE COURT FOR THAT, THAT IS THE JUDGE'S REQUEST. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED I WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THOSE FOLKS ON THE BAT WERE TELLING US WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THAT BEFORE WE DECIDE TO GO HIRE ENGINEERING OR ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AND AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE SHERIFF AS FAR AS WHAT THE FUTURE PLANS FOR THAT SPACE ARE NOW. I THINK, I DON'T WANT US WALKING OUT OF YOUR TODAY WITH THE ASSUMPTION WILL BRING THIS BACK TO COURT AND PASS IT BECAUSE IT IS SO HALF COOKED. AND AGAIN I'M TALKING BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAVE

[K.12. Discussion and possible action to approve the request of 16 Correction Officers, beginning May 1, 2025, in preparation for returning inmates to Hays County Jail. BECERRA/INGALSBE/HIPOLITO]

TO DO A BETTER JOB IN GAUGING THESE FOLKS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE OPEN CUE 12.

>> DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE REQUEST OF 16 CORRECTION OFFICERS BEGINNING MAY 1, 2025 IN PREPARATION FOR RETURNING

INMATES TO HAYS COUNTY JAIL. >> ALL RIGHT, SHERIFF APPROACHED THE PODIUM OR CHIEF , TELL US ABOUT THIS ITEM THAT WE LOVE SO

MUCH. >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COURT. I WILL TRY TO BE VERY BRIEF. THE SHERIFF HAS GIVEN ME A MANDATE TO BRING BACK ALL INMATES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> THAT'S GREAT NEWS. >> IN AN ATTEMPT TO DO THAT WE NEED TWO THINGS. ONE, WE NEED MORE SPACE. WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO BE, AS IT STANDS TO HAVE THE SPACE WE NEED BY THE END OF AUGUST AND EARLY SEPTEMBER. OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WITH LASALLE ENDS SEPTEMBER 30. IN ADDITION TO THE SPACE WE NEED PERSONNEL.

SO OUR HOPE, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY BELIEF WE CAN BRING BACK ALL OUTSOURCED INMATES BY THE END OF THE CONTRACT, BUT THE BELIEF IS IF WE GET THE PERSONNEL HIRED , WE WILL HAVE THE BED SPACE AVAILABLE TO BRING BACK A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF

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THOSE AND TRY TO WORK IN A INCREMENTAL PROGRAM TO BRING THEM ALL BACK AND THIS MAY BE OPTIMISTIC BUT HOPEFULLY BY THE

END OF NEXT YEAR. >> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, THAT'S A ROADMAP WHERE BEFORE WE WERE FLOUNDERING. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE SHERIFF'S LEADERSHIP. YOU ARE LISTENING TO US AS A COMMUNITY AND TAKING ACTIVE STEPS I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORT. COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? >> LONG TIME COMING, APPRECIATE

IT. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> HAVE BEEN ASKED BY LEGAL DIVISION TO OPEN I SEVEN, K 21 AND K 22 AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION. IF ANYONE IS HERE TO WATCH THOSE ITEMS OR BE PART OF THEM, THEY WILL BE AT THE VERY END OF COURT. IN ADDITION HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PULL ITEM I 2. NOT OPEN IT. ANYONE HERE FOR I 2 BECAUSE IF YOU ARE, KNOWING YOU'RE PULLING WE WILL GIVE YOU SPACE TO TALK. I SEE NO

MOVEMENT. LET'S GO F 2. >> WAIT A MINUTE. K 4.

[K.4. Discussion and possible action to accept a proposal from Sullivan Contracting Services in the amount of $20,581.89 related to the renovation of the Treasurer's Office lobby and amend the budget accordingly. INGALSBE/TENORIO]

>> K 4. DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT PROPOSAL FROM SULLIVAN CONTRACTING SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,581.89 RELATED TO RENOVATION OF THE TREASURER OFFICE LOBBY AND AMENDED THE

BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >> MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. YOU HAVE A GREEN LIGHT TO COME

ON UP. >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, NAME ] HAYS COUNTY TREASURER. I BROUGHT THIS BEFORE YOU OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR IN REGARDS TO THE SAFETY OF COMPLIANCE AND THE TREASURER OFFICE WINDOWS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN MY LOBBY WHICH I BELIEVE YOU HAVE, YOU NOTE WE HAVE A WINDOW WHERE OUR TREASURY OFFICE DOES BUSINESS AND WE HAVE A WINDOW HERE THAT DOES THE OFFICE , THAT DOES THE WORK FOR THE COURTS. THAT INCLUDES HAVING OUR FELONS COME DOWN, SIGNING CONTRACTS TO DO PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS NEXT TO THE PEOPLE BRINGING ME THE CASH DEPOSITS.

SO I ASKED FOR A SECONDARY LOBBY TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR OFFICE TO ALLOW COMPLAINTS TO BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE . FROM CASH DEPOSITS IN OUR OFFICE. THAT WAS TABLED. WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH SOME LIVELY FELONS AND I AM BACK ASKING FOR THE FUNDING TO CREATE A SECONDARY LOBBY WITHIN OUR OFFICE FOR THE

SAFETY CONCERNS OF MY STAFF. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THIS, HOWEVER I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAD A MEETING REGARDING THE , I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT, PRECINCT 1 AND TWO FACILITY. ANYWAY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD STAY IN SAN MARCUS, I THINK LEGALLY YOU HAVE TO. WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER FACILITY. I GUESS WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT BY MAKING THE GOVERNMENT CENTER TOTALLY JUDICIAL DOES YOUR OFFICE QUALIFY FOR REMAINING AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER? I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET A DETERMINATION ON THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M NOT SURE WHO IS MAKING THAT DETERMINATION. SO, IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS NEEDED.

I AM STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE IF WE SPEND MONEY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND IT.

>> I TOTALLY GET THAT AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH TAMMY. IT IS A INFINITE WINDOW OF WHEN IT CAN HAPPEN, INFINITE WINDOW OF IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, THE SAFETY CONCERNS ARE THERE NOW.

ARE WE LOOKING AT MOVING WITHIN A MONTH? ARE WE LOOKING AT MOVING WITHIN SIX MONTHS? ARE WE LOOKING AT MOVING WITHIN A YEAR? WHAT DO I DO AT THAT POINT? AT WHAT POINT IS THE SAFETY OF MY

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STAFF , WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD AND THE TIMELINE? THAT IS WHY I AM HERE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THEM AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE FELONS NEXT TO CONSTABLES CARRYING GUNS AND BRINGING CASH AND THAT IS A CONCERN, A TRUE CONCERN AND A NOW CONCERNED. IT WAS A CONCERN IN OCTOBER, WHEN I TOOK OFFICE AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN. I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE TELLING ME WE ARE MOVING WITHIN THREE MONTHS, SO BE IT BUT THERE IS NO TIMELINE. IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS NOT EVEN CONSULTED ON IN REGARDS TO IF WE ARE STAYING, IF WE ARE NOT, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. THIS IS ALL A BUNCH OF JUGGLING BALLS WHEN I STILL HAVE AN OFFICE TO RUN AND STAFF TO PROTECT.

>> YOUR CONCERNS ARE VALID AND WE TAKE THE SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES VERY SERIOUSLY SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT'S NOT A

CONCERN. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> WHEN I READ THE AGENDA ITEM THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT.

I KNEW WE WERE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT A OUTSIDE LOCATION.

THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS , BEING IN SAN MARCUS. I HESITATE TO SPEND THAT MONEY AT THIS MOMENT WHILE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ACTIVELY HAPPENING. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS OR EVEN LONGER. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET CLARIFIATION ON BEFORE WE COMMIT TO SPENDING 2,000 ON A LOBBY. I AM ON THE SECURITY COMMITTEE AND I KNOW THEY WERE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MAKING THE GOVERNMENT CENTER SAFE. UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY ISSUE. I DO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FISCALLY WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT

THING. >> AGAIN THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT DID NOT INCLUDE MY OFFICE EITHER. IN REGARDS TO THE SECURITY OF MY OFFICE. ADDITIONALLY I DID PROVIDE THE 2015 EMAILS FROM THE FORMER TREASURERS IN REGARDS TO COMPLAINTS AND THE COURT CONNECTIONS.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED FIRST

BEFORE WE COMMIT TO SPENDING. >> AGAIN WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR AND A DECISION. THIS IS STILL AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY OFFICE.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER. >> IS THERE A CERTAIN DEADLINE WE CAN MEET TO GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED? IS THERE SOMETHING WE

CAN PUT FORWARD AS A TIMEFRAME? >> I CAN PROBABLY HAVE AN ANSWER

BY THE NEXT COURT. >> CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION? I UNDERSTAND, I WILL SAY THIS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE NOT BEING INCLUDED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, HERE I AM AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND I WILL SAY THE SAME THING. A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS BEING HAD I AM NOT PRIVY TO WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MY OFFICE. ADDITIONALLY WHEN I SPOKE WITH YOU AND WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. THE REALITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD NO TIMELINE. I HAVE HAD NO INPUT AND I DID TELL TAMMY I AM AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PROVIDE SPACE SO TECHNICALLY I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE INPUT BUT IT WOULD BE A COURTESY.

>> YEAH, THAT DOES NOT EVEN SOUND NICE BUT I APPRECIATE THAT 100%. ANYTHING ELSE? BESIDES NEXT WEEK THEY WILL BRING IT UP.

THERE IS A COMMITTEE TALKING ABOUT SECURITY BUT NOT REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO NEED SECURITY.

>> IF WE CAN GET A ANSWER BY NEXT COURT. HAVING A TIMELINE

WOULD EASE CONCERN. >> I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE SO I CANNOT GIVE ONE. I KNOW IT IS ACTIVELY BEING TALKED ABOUT.

THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PARTS THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE.

>> WE CAN DISCUSS THE MOVING PART WHEN IT RELATES TO THE TREASURER OFFICE AND SECURITY SPECIFICALLY SO WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT. MAYBE THAT WILL HELP GET SOME ANSWERS.

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHEN. I WOULDN'T WANTED TO SPEND THE MONEY IF IT'S HAPPENING WITHIN SIX MONTHS. I AM EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MONIES OF THIS COUNTY. HOWEVER, IF IT IS NOT HAPPENING WITHIN A TURNAROUND TIME , YOU JUST KEEP KICKING THE CAN UNTIL WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CAN? EVENTUALLY IT GETS RUN OVER.

>> OUR FORMER EXECUTIVE ADMIN IN MY OFFICE HAD , I FORGOT WHAT

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THEY ARE CALLED. THEY DID COURT SECURITY. I DON'T REMEMBER IF SHE ASKED OR NOT IT WAS REFRESHING AND AWESOME THAT IT GOT DONE AND SHE BROUGHT THINGS THAT WERE VERY LOW DOLLAR, ONE OF THEM WAS A SAFE ROOM FOR $800. THE COURT DID NOT SUPPORT

IT SO IT NEVER GOT DONE. >> I WILL SAY WE DID HAVE AN INCIDENT. AT THE TIME NONE OF THE SAFETY BUTTONS WORKED. SO I HAD A MAN WHO BELIEVES THAT WILLIE IS CONSTANTLY SUING US BUT HE IS FINALLY STOPPED, HE CAME TO MY OFFICE DEMANDING ME TO SIGN A CHECK OVER TO HIM FOR ABOUT $3 MILLION AND REFUSED TO LEAVE MY OFFICE. WE DID NOT HAVE A SAFETY BUTTON THAT WORKED SO WE HAD TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY ASKING FOR HELP. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD OUR SAFETY BUTTONS WORKING AND OPERATIONAL.

SO WE HAVE ALREADY HAD ONE INCIDENT. MY GOAL IS TO ENSURE

WE DON'T HAVE MORE. >> THE WAY I SEE THIS, THIS IS THE PRICE OF ONE AC SYSTEM WE REPLACE ON THE REGULAR. HEAVEN FORBID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO SOMEBODY IN YOUR OFFICE, WE WOULD FOREVER REGRET IT BECAUSE THAT IS LITERALLY THE PRICE OF ONE OF OUR ACS. COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. CREATING A SEPARATE LOBBY FOR EACH OF THOSE. RIGHT NOW, AND FORGIVE ME BECAUSE THIS IS A REAL QUESTION. RIGHT NOW THE CONCERN IS FOR THE SAFETY OF STAFF AND REINSTALL A LOBBY JUST LIKE WE HAVE, HOW IS THAT GOING, AS I SEE IT TWO SEPARATE LOBBIES. ONE THING IT DOES IS PREVENTS THE INTERACTION FROM INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR LOBBY AT THE

SAME TIME CORRECT? >> YOU ARE CORRECT. NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MY STAFF, THE DEPUTIES WITH THEIR GUNS, PEOPLE WHO BRING IN CASH FROM THE COUNTY CLERK, THE DISTRICT CLERK OFFICE AND ALL THE OTHER OFFICES.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. MY QUESTION IS, IN THE PAST AND I HAVE GONE AND PICKED UP CHECKS FROM YOUR OFFICE. SOMETIMES TO TAKE THE DEPOSIT FROM PRECINCT 4 IF NEEDED I WILL TRANSPORT OVER THERE. VERY VERY SELDOM. I HAVE DONE THOSE THINGS BEFORE. IN THE PAST UNDER YOUR PREDECESSOR, IF WE WERE COMING TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE OFFICE COME A COUNTY EMPLOYEE COMING TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOUR OFFICE IMMEDIATELY UPON RINGING THE BELL WE WOULD BE USHERED THROUGH THE DOOR, THE DOOR WOULD SHUT, WE WOULD BE OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW AND THEN WE WOULD INTERACT WITH STAFF. I THINK THIS MAY BE A NOVEL VIEW, BUT INSTEAD OF A NEW $40,000 LOBBY OR 20 SORRY PARDON ME $20,000 LOBBY. AGAIN IF IT IS OUR STAFF

, I DON'T SEE WHY. >> I WILL TELL YOU I. I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. FIRST OFF WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TO YOU IN OCTOBER IT WAS $17,000. I BROUGHT IT FORWARD NOW $20,000.

THE MORE WE CONTINUE TO DELAY THE MORE PRICES INCREASE SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT FIRST. IT WAS 17. SECONDLY, THE REASON WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE, THAT HAPPEN TO PREDECESSORS BEFORE.

THE EMPLOYEES TEND TO LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN AND PEOPLE GRAB THE DOOR AND WHAT HAPPENED AND THE REASON IT STOPPED AS THE DOOR WAS GRABBED, AN INDIVIDUAL WALKED STRAIGHT INTO THE TREASURER OFFICE AND SHE FELT THREATENED THEREFORE I AM NOT

ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR THE $20,000 FOR THE SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES? DO WE RESTATE OUT OF CONVERSATION AND INSTEAD OF ACTION MAY BE WITH THE AMENDMENT TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL UPDATES OR CONDITIONS. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> THAT I THINK WE SET BY NEXT COURT WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE AN ANSWER. TAMMY, I KNOW WE ARE INVOLVED IN VIEWING A FACILITY THAT'S CLOSE TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER IN THE EVENT SOME OFFICES HAVE TO MOVE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IN SIX MONTHS WE WILL

EITHER HAVE THE BELT. >> ADDITIONALLY IN REGARDS TO THAT MOVEMENT , IF YOU MOVE US AND I HAVE STATED THIS BEFORE AND I STATED THIS TO TAMMY. IF YOU MOVE THE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT FROM OUR OFFICE OR YOU MOVE OUTSIDE THE COURT

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OFFICE THE LIKELIHOOD OF US BEING ABLE TO COLLECT MONEY FROM THOSE WHO HAVE RESTITUTION PAYMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AND COURT FEES TO PAY , IT'S GOING TO BE MINIMAL BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BE WILLING TO TAKE THE DRIVE TO GO OVER. WE WORK IN THAT BUILDING VERY WELL BECAUSE WE ARE THE HAND THAT COLLECTS AND CREATES THOSE PAYMENT PLANS FOR THE COURTS.

>> SHOULD BE AS CLOSE TO THE JUDGE'S OFFICE AS POSSIBLE.

EVEN IF WE CAN MOVE YOUR WE SHOULDN'T.

>> JUDGE THAT'S NOT A DECISION COMMISSIONERS COURT CAN MAKE.

THAT'S FOR ANOTHER COURT TO MAKE.

>> RIGHT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY WE BELIEVE YOU

THERE. >> WE ARE PRETTY FAR UPFIELD.

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ALL AT THE NEXT

MEETING. >> THANK YOU .

OKAY. ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS TO GO STRAIGHT TO? OTHERWISE I WILL MOVE THROUGH , IN ORDER. JUDGE BROWN WHICH NUMBER WAS YOURS? SORRY. K ONE AND TWO. PLEASE OPEN CUE ONE AND TWO. I DO NOT

[K.1. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Court at Law to add a Probate Staff - Attorney V position, grade 134, effective June 1, 2025 and amend the budget accordingly. COHEN/BROWN/JOHNSON/HALL]

SEE IT, I DID NOT REALIZE. >> DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE COURT AT LAW TWO AT PROBATE STAFF ATTORNEY FIVE POSITION GRADE 134 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 FIVE POSITION GRADE 134 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2025 AND AMENDED ACCORDINGLY.

>> ALL RIGHT. AND WHO AT THE PODIUM?

>> CHRIS JOHNSON COUNTY COURT AT LAW TWO AND JUDGE ELAINE BROWN.

>> COUNTY COURT LAW NUMBER THREE AGAIN. WE ARE ASKING FOR A STAFF ATTORNEY AND BRIEFING ATTORNEY THAT WILL ASSIST US WITH PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP IN COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER THREE, COUNTY COURT LAW NUMBER TWO AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER ONE. THIS POSITION IS GREATLY NEEDED. WE HAVE DISCOVERED A LOT OF ISSUES THAT COME UP IN GUARDIANSHIP AND PROBATE CASES WHERE WE NEED THE ADDITIONAL SET OF EYES ON THESE THINGS. WE NEED TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY WHO CAN BRIEF THE JUDGES ON SITUATIONS THAT ARE ARISING THAT WE NEED TO HANDLE. PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIPS HAVE VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS OFTENTIMES INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY GUARDIANSHIPS WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT AWARD THEREFORE IT IS IMPORTANT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING OUR JOBS EFFECTIVELY AND SERVING THE CITIZENS EFFECTIVELY. THIS POSITION ALSO HAS A COORDINATOR ATTACHED TO IT. REASON IS BECAUSE AGAIN IT IS A TIME INTENSIVE JOB TO GO THROUGH GUARDIANSHIP CASES, PROBATE CASES AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE, ANNUAL REPORTS AND REFILED, ANNUAL ACCOUNTINGS HAVE TO BE FILED IN GUARDIANSHIP CASES. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE WARDS ARE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED. THAT THEY ARE STILL ALIVE AND SAFE. THAT THE GUARDIANS ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT BOARD IS SAFE AND FINANCIALLY SECURE. SO THIS ROLE WILL BE DOING SOME OF THAT.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE BEEN HIRING OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS, THE COUNTY HAS . AND THE COUNTY PICKS UP THE TAB FOR THOSE. SO THE ATTORNEYS ARE APPOINTED AND THEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR FEES TO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY PAYS FOR THOSE WHENEVER WE HAVE TO DO INVESTIGATIONS TO DETERMINE IF GUARDIANSHIP IS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE SURE THE WARD IS SAFE, TO MAKE SURE THE GUARDIAN IS DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. WE ENVISION THIS PARTICULAR POSITION BEING ABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT AS WELL. THAT WILL SAVE THE COUNTY SOME MONEY THERE AND NOT HAVING TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE TO A OUTSIDE ATTORNEY TO DO THE WORK.

>> WELL SAID, I HAVE WITNESSED THIS UNFOLDING FIRSTHAND AND I'M GRATEFUL YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE IT IS A NECESSARY THING.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> I WOULD ASK JONATHAN COME I GUESS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR THIS POSITION AND THE NEXT

ONE WE WILL BE CONSIDERING? >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK. AS GRADE 134, AND IF WE CAN HAVE LEEWAY TO GO UP TO STEP FOUR IN THE HIRING PROCESS TO ENSURE WE GET A QUALIFIED CANDIDATE.

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>> I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT FLEXIBILITY SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING THAT REQUEST.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

[K.2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Court at Law to hire a Probate Court Coordinator position, grade 117, effective June 1, 2025 and amend the budget accordingly. COHEN/BROWN/JOHNSON/HALL]

>> DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY COURT AT LAW TO HIRE PROBATE COURT COORDINATOR POSITION GRADE 117 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2025 AND AMEND BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. ONE MORE TIME.

>> JUDGE ELAINE BROWN . >> CHRIS JOHNSON.

POSITION WILL BE TO SUPPORT STAFF ATTORNEY AND INVESTIGATOR DOING A LOT OF THIS WORK. IT IS VERY TIME INTENSIVE, REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUTSIDE PARTIES INCLUDING ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING INDIVIDUALS, POSSIBLY GUARDIANS ANY DIRECTION. A LOT OF PAPERWORK INVOLVED AND THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE MAKING SURE ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF.

>> A FULL. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[I.5. Discussion and possible action to approve the selection of Alfred Benesch & Company (Benesch) to provide traffic modeling for the Old Kyle Road Project in Precinct 3; and authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a contract. HAMMER/MOCZYGEMBA]

>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE SELECTION OF COMPANY TO PROVIDE TRAFFIC MODELING FOR THE OLD KYLE ROAD PROJECT PRECINCT 3 AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO COUNCIL AND NEGOTIATE

CONTRACT. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> I WANT TO SAY THIS AGENDA ITEM, THE REASON WHY WE ARE DOING A VISUALIZATION IS THERE IS A BIG POINT OF CONTENTION WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ROAD, THE CITY WANTS IT ONE WAY WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO DON'T FEEL THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE ROUTE. SO BEFORE WE MOVED TO CONSTRUCTION OR DO SOME SERIOUS DOWN THE PROCESS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MODEL THAT SHOWS AND DISPLAYS ALL THE DIFFERENT

OPTIONS , FOR WAVERLEY. >> THAT IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA. I SAT WITH YOU ON SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU HAVE FRAMED IT, IT IS A SOUND ROADMAP AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO KEEP ME IN THE LOOP WHEN THAT UNFOLDS. WELL DONE.

[G. Consent Items]

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

>> PLEASE OPEN THE REMAINDER OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

>> APPROVE COUNTY INVOICES APPROVE PAYMENTS OF JURY DISBURSEMENT, APPROVE PAYMENT OF THE UNITED HEALTHCARE AND TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HEALTHCARE CLAIMS AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL DISBURSEMENT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 500,000 TO THE HEALTHCARE CLAIMS ACCOUNT. APPROVE COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES OF APRIL 22, 2025, APPROVE PAYMENT OF MAY 15, 2025 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,500,000 EFFECTIVE MAY 15, 2025 AND TOTAL OF WAGES WITHHOLDINGS AND DEDUCTIONS AND BENEFITS ON THE HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED. AMEND VARIOUS DEPARTMENT OPERATING SPECIAL REVENUE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS. BUDGETS, ACCEPT DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS , FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2020 FOR FILING WITH THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 14 COMMISSIONERS COURT PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 140.004 D AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY JUSTICE ASSISTANT DIVISION FINANCIAL MENU MAY MANUAL. AUTHORIZE COUNTY OPERATIONS BUILDING MAINTENANCE TO PURCHASE ONE TRANSFER TANK AND PUMP IN THE AMOUNT OF $1985 ONE TRANSFER TANK AND PUMP IN THE AMOUNT OF $1985.69 AND AMEND ACCORDINGLY. APPROVE RENEWAL OF RFP 2023- 03 COUNTYWIDE PLUMBING WITH SI MECHANICAL FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR WITH NO PROPOSED PRICE INCREASE EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 4, 2025. APPROVE RENEWAL OF RFP 2023- DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION SERVICES ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2025 AND AMEND BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO IN THE AMOUNT OF $600 RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY LICENSE AND WEIGHT DIVISION SERVICES PERFORMED ON TRUCK SCALE IN WHICH NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS REQUIRED BY HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY. AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH A BIP, PC FOR SERVICES RELATED TO FISCAL

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YEAR 2024 HAYS COUNTY ANNUAL SOC- 1 TYPE II AUDIT AND AMEND BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. APPROVE RENEWAL OF IFB 2024-BE 10 BUILDING MATERIALS GENERAL CONSTRUCTION WITH COLORADO MATERIALS FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR. 14 AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF INCUMBENT CERTIFICATE WITH COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LEASE LLC DOING BUSINESS AS COUNTY BUDGET OFFICER WITH HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT AS PRIMARY AUTHORIZED AGENT AND AUTHORIZE BUDGET OFFICER A SECONDARY AUTHORIZED AGENT TO EXECUTE QUOTES FOR NEWER REPLACEMENT VEHICLES APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DURING COURT ACTION OR DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE . AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO SUPPLY TOTAL AMOUNT OF $2400 FOR THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 1 OFFICE IN WHICH A PURCHASE ORDER WAS NOT OBTAINED AS REQUIRED BY THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY. AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO SALLY RAMIREZ AMOUNT OF $300 FOR THE QUARTERLY MOWING OF BIRD OWEN PAYNE CEMETERY. 17, AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE OF AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANT CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $126,721 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANT CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $126,721.18 AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF PARTICIPATING ENTITY SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE STATEWIDE AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SERVICE TO REFLECT CHANGE OF VENDOR TO CYCLE OF SELECTED BY OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. 19, AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH REGIONAL AND LOCAL SERVICE SYSTEM LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $102,000 926.

AUTHORIZE SUBMISSION OF CONTINUATION GRANT APPLICATION AND EXECUTION OF RESOLUTION FISCAL YEAR 26 TEXAS COMMISSION IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,696. 21, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO LEINNEWEBER SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $540 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT RELATED TO THE LEASE OF PORTABLE TOILETS WHERE NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS OBTAINED FOR THE PURCHASING POLICY. 22, APPROVE PAYMENT TO TYLER TECHNOLOGY FOR INVOICE TOTALING $4097.42 FOR THE PURCHASE OF LICENSE AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE POLICE ADD-N WHERE NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS OBTAINED FOR HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY. 23 APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS, 24 APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR TWO SHERIFF'S OFFICE'S EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL TACTICAL OFFICER ASSOCIATION LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS CONFERENCE AUGUST 24 LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS CONFERENCE AUGUST 24-29 LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS CONFERENCE AUGUST 24-29, 2025 AND WASHINGTON D.C. 25 APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE SHOFAR DEPUTY MOHMMAD ZAQZOUQ TO ATTEND THE CIRT CANINE DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR OCTOBER 30 THROUGH OCTOBER 4 DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR OCTOBER 30 THROUGH OCTOBER 4, 2025 OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA. 26 AUTHORIZE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PAY A TOTAL OF $540 TO LEGACY URGENT CARE THUMBS UP COMPLIANCE PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL TESTING WERE NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS IN PLACE AS PER THE PURCHASING POLICY AND AMEND BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 27, AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION OF $199.34 FROM REPRESENTATIVE ZWIENER COST RELATED TO MEALS DURING THE ONION CREEK FIRE AND AMEND BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 28, AUTHORIZE INDICATIONS MANAGER TO CREATE X KNOWN AS TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT FOR HAYS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO THE HAYS COUNTY SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY. 29, AUTHORIZE COMMISSIONER INGALSBE TO EXECUTE LETTER OF SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IN SUPPORT OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK RESPONSE TO THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOCK GRANT OPPORTUNITY.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> ONE COMMENT. WE USUALLY TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WE ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM. SPECIFICALLY WANT TO SINGLE OUT REPRESENTATIVE ZWIENER AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THE DONATION DURING THE ONION

CREEK FIRE. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[I.1. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Supplemental Work Authorization No. 2 to Work Authorization No. 3 of the Utility Coordination Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Binkley & Barfield, Inc. in the amount of $87,898.38 related to the Transportation Department Windy Hill Road project; authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code, Ch. 262.024(a)(4) and amend the budget accordingly. COHEN/MOCZYGEMBA]

>> ACTION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER TWO , TO WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER THREE OF

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THE UTILITY COORDINATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND BINKLEY AND BARFIELD IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,898.38 RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WINDY HILL ROAD PROJECT AUTHORIZED DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262.024 A 4 AND AMEND

ACCORDINGLY. >> ANYTHING TO ADD?

>> I DON'T THINK SO. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[I.3. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute responses to the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regarding a potential violation associated with the requested Letter of Map Revision for the FM 110 Middle project. INGALSBE/MOCZYGEMBA]

>> I MADE THE NOTE. I3, DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE RESPONSE TO THE FEDERAL INSURANCE AND MITIGATION ADMINISTRATION OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FEMA REGARDING POTENTIAL VIOLATION ASSOCIATION WITH REQUEST A LETTER OF MAP REVISION FOR THE

PROJECT. >> SO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS JENNIFER? I HAVE NOTES BUT IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR YOU.

STRUCTURE. DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE FEMA LETTER SENT BASICALLY WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS CONSTRUCTED ON 110 MIDDLE SECTION IT RAISED THE FLOODPLAIN LEVEL ABOVE THE ONE FOOT STANDARD SO AS A RESPONSE WE HAVE TO SHOW THEY HAVE COORDINATED BACK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AFFECTED AND THEY WERE NOTIFIED AND THIS IS

THING THAT HAS HAPPENED. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[I.4. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Change Order No.1 in the amount $27,691.85 to the construction contract between Hays County and E-Z Bel Construction, LLC. pursuant to IFB 2024-B09 Winters Mill Roadway Improvements, Lighting & Pavement Markings. HAMMER/MOCZYGEMBA]

ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CHANGE ORDER NO.1 IN THE AMOUNT $27,691.85 TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND E-Z BEL PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

>> ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONER HAMMER ANYTHING ELSE?

>> NOT REALLY. BASICALLY PRICES HAVE GONE UP.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

[I.6. Discussion and possible action to consider the release of the 2-year maintenance bond #PB03016800896 in the amount of $71,362.24, the 1-year revegetation bond #PB03016800897 in the amount of $24,472.80, and the acceptance of roads into the county road maintenance system for 6 Creeks Subdivision, Phase 1, Section 8B. HAMMER/MOCZYGEMBA]

>> I6. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY (BENESCH) TO PROVIDE TRAFFIC MODELING FOR THE OLD KYLE ROAD PRA CONTRACT.

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE RELEASE OF THE 2-YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND #PB03016800896 IN THE AMOUNT OF $71,362.24, THE 1-YEAR REVEGETATION BOND #PB03016800897

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

[J.1. PLN-2312-NP; Ratify Approval for the Thompson Gardens, Final Plat. HAMMER/PACHECO]

>> J 1.

PLN-2312-NP; RATIFY APPROVAL FOR THE THOMPSON GARDENS, FINAL

PLAT. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. BEFORE YOU TODAY WE HAVE RATIFICATION OF THE THOMPSON GARDENS FINAL PLAT, THIS IS A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION ACROSS 13.17 ACRES, INCREASING THREE. SUBDIVISION WATER ACCOMPLISH THEIR INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE WELLS WITH WASTEWATER THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE SEWAGE. STAFF HAS APPROVED THE THOMPSON GARDEN FINAL PLAT AND THE REQUEST IS FOR RATIFICATION OF THE APPROVAL FOR

COMMISSIONERS COURT. >> PERFECT, CALL THE ROLL.

[Items J2 & J3]

PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 20, 2025 FOR THE WERTH SUBDIVISION PART OF LOT 4, REPLAT.

J 3 , PLN-2728-PC; CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 20, 2025 REGARDING GATLIN RIDGE SUBDIVISION, LOT 2A, REPLAT.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

[K.3. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of an Interlocal Agreement between Hays County and the City of San Marcos related to the City of San Marcos Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) drop-off facility. HAMMER/T.CRUMLEY]

>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS

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DROP FACILITY. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K.5. Discussion and possible auction to authorize the Court to execute Change Order #1 with Dunaway Associates, LLC pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement for Sentinel Peak Park Project for design services and amend the budget accordingly. HAMMER/T.CRUMLEY]

>> K 5 , DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE AUCTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COURT TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER #1 WITH DUNAWAY ASSOCIATES, LLC PURSUANT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR SENTINEL PEAK PARK

>> ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> NO, TAMMY DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?

>> AWESOME, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K.6. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Amendment 1 to the Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and WSB LLC, extending the contract time. HAMMER/MOCZYGEMBA]

POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT 1 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND WSB LLC, EXTENDING THE CONTRACT TIME.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

[K.7. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Hays County Mental Health Court to purchase consumables, decor, and graduation frames, cards, and stoles, not to exceed $254.23, for the Mental Health Court participants' Commencement Ceremony for the Spring MHC Commencement Ceremony in May 2025. COHEN/INGALSBE/BROWN]

>> K 7 , DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE HAYS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH COURT TO PURCHASE CONSUMABLES, DECOR, AND GRADUATION FRAMES, CARDS, AND STOLES, NOT TO EXCEED $254.23,

2025. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K.8. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Legacy Urgent Care PA, dba Thumbs Up Compliance for physicals, drug testing, and other related services required for employment with Hays County. INGALSBE/HUNT]

ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND LEGACY URGENT CARE

PA, DBA THUMBS UP COMPLIANCE FOR >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K.9. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Combined Emergency Command Center Director to obtain a credit card in the amount of $1,500.00, the Purchasing Office to obtain a credit card in the amount of $8,000.00, and reduce the Countrywide Operations credit card to $4,000.00. COHEN/SMITH/HUNT]

>> K 9 , DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COMBINED EMERGENCY COMMAND CENTER DIRECTOR TO OBTAIN A CREDIT CARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500.00, THE PURCHASING OFFICE TO OBTAIN A

>> SO MOVED . >> SECOND.

>> PURCHASING AGENT. ON THIS I KNOW WE HAVE BROUGHT SEVERAL OF THESE TO THE COURT, THIS WILL ESSENTIALLY BE THE LAST ONE, THIS PUTS US ALMOST AT THE COMPLETE LIMIT WE ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE OUT ON CREDIT CARDS. SMALLER DEPARTMENTS DO NOT WANT A CREDIT CARD AND ONLY USE IT FOR TRAVEL RANDOMLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THE PURCHASING OFFICE TO GET A $8000 TRAVEL CARD TO WHERE WE CAN BOOK HOTELS SO IF THERE ARE FRAUDULENT CHARGES IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE WHEN WE HAVE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. THAT'S WHAT THE 8000 WILL BE FOR, FOR DEPARTMENT WHO MAY NEED TO RESERVE HOTEL OR PAY FOR REGISTRATION IF A CHECK IS NOT THE OPTION THEN WE WILL HAVE THAT IN THE PURCHASING OFFICE. AND WE REDUCED COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS UNDER THERE BUT LAST COURT WE ISSUED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THEIR OWN CREDIT CARD SO WE ARE REDUCING THAT TO A MORE REALISTIC USAGE FOR THEIR

OFFICE. >> ANYTHING ELSE? PLEASE CALL

THE ROLL. >>

[K.10. Discussion and possible action to execute a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and the Law Offices of Ryan Henry, PLLC, pursuant to RFQ 2025-Q06 Legal Services for Hays County Sheriff's Office - Civil Service Commission. INGALSBE/HIPOLITO]

>> K10 , DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE LAW OFFICES OF RYAN HENRY, PLLC, PURSUANT TO RFQ 2025-Q06 LEGAL SERVICES FOR

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SO YES, THE OFFICE IS THANKFUL WE FOUND A FIRM THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE

SERVICES. >>

[K.11. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of an Administration Services Agreement and Stop-Loss Agreement between Hays County and Texas Association of Counties Health and Employee Benefits Pool. BECERRA/GRANJENO]

>> K11, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN ADMINISTRATION SERVICES AGREEMENT AND STOP-LOSS AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

[K.13. Discussion and possible action to direct county departments on the facilitation of voters affected by impending federal restrictions. BECERRA]

>> K13, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OF

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16 CORRECTION OFFICERS, BEGINNING MAY 1, 2025, IN PREPARATION FOR RETURNING INMATES TO HAYS COUNTY JAIL.

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DIRECT COUNTY DEPARTMENTS ON THE FACILITATION OF VOTERS AFFECTED BY IMPENDING FEDERAL

RESTRICTIONS >> I'M SORRY DO NOT MOTION THAT. I WAS NOT GOING TO OPEN THAT I WAS A LITTLE DISTRACTED.

THIS WAS IN PREPARATION FOR LEGISLATION MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM THAT ENDED UP NOT MOVING. I WAS WORKING WITH JENNIFER THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THIS WAS IN PREPARATION FOR BUT WE DID NOT NEED AND INSTEAD WE WILL HAVE A WORKSHOP TO UPDATE FOLKS ON THE THINGS GOING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION AND ID AND ALSO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. WE DON'T NEED TO OPEN

IT. >> I WANT TO THANK JENNIFER BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC JOB GOING TO THE LEGISLATURE AND TESTIFYING. I SPOKE WITH HER A LITTLE BIT ON THOSE BILLS I WAS

RECEIVING CONCERNS ON. >> SHE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL, COMMUNICATING WITH ME. GRATEFUL FOR THE EFFORT. THAT WAS IN

[K.14. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ("UTHealth") and Hays County Health Department ("HCHD") relating to the community-infrastructure building around drug use and mental health. INGALSBE/COHEN/GONZALES]

PREPARATION BUT INSTEAD WE WILL HAVE A WORKSHOP. PLEASE OPEN

K14. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTE RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY-INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING AROUND DRUG USE AND

MENTAL HEALTH. >> ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?

>> NO, THIS IS A CONTRACT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH ICON TO HELP WITH THE OPIOID AND MENTAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE COUNTY. THAT WILL HELP US COORDINATE WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

[K.15. Discussion and possible action on the Creation of a Public Health Advisory Board. COHEN/GONZALES]

>> K15 , DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CREATION OF A

PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. COME UP AND

TALK ABOUT IT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MATTHEW GONZALEZ, HAYS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS THE FORMATION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD.

THIS WAS NOT ESTABLISHED TODAY WHAT I AM SEEKING FROM YOU IS GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CREATION OF THIS. A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD IS A BOARD ESTABLISHED WITHIN STATUTE WITHIN THE POWER OF YOU AS COMMISSIONERS TO CREATE. SO THE ADVISORY BOARD WOULD NOT TAKE POWER AWAY FROM PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES THAT YOU HAVE VESTED IT WOULD BE A BOARD THAT CAN ADVISE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND YOURSELVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH AS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED THROUGH ACTIVITIES AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS THERE IS A LACK OF COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY AS IT COMES TO PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS. SO WHAT COMMISSIONER COHEN HAS TAKEN ON IS FIXING OR BRIDGING THE GAP BY LOOKING AT THE CREATION OF THE BOARD TO SEE IF CITIES ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL DECIDE WHAT THE MEMBERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. SO, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO HELP CREATE THE BOARD JUST DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL ON WHETHER OR NOT IT IS OKAY FOR ME TO ASK CITIES IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE. I'M ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT WHAT A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD IS AND HOW

IT MAY FUNCTION. >> THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE KINDA BEEN RESEARCHING. JUST CREATED ONE AND WHAT I NOTICED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITIES, THERE ALWAYS COMING ASKING WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY AND CITIES DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THEMSELVES BUT THIS GIVES THEM A VOICE, THE CLOSEST TO THE CONSTITUENCY AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT MEDICAL PUBLIC HEALTH , THIS IS ABOUT EVERYTHING. THE ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL ISSUES THAT ARE PUBLIC HEALTH. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP FOR EVERYONE IF WE CAN COLLABORATE. I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES ON THE TABLE. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OR HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM ALL MUNICIPALITIES TO GIVE THEM A VOICE IN WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE. SO THAT'S WHY , WE WERE TALKING THROUGH WHO SHOULD BE THE REPRESENTATIVE. SHOULD BE ELECTED FROM EACH CITY ? SHOULD

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IT BE APPOINTED BY THE CITY , SOMEONE LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS WE WANT TO TALK THROUGH AND WHAT MAKES SENSE.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER. >> I DO NOT HAVE ANY TRUE QUESTIONS BESIDES , I MEAN I THINK IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE AN ADVISORY BOARD TO DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.

WE ARE NOT A SMALL COUNTY SO WE DEFINITELY NEED IT.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE INITIALLY ESTABLISHED MENTAL HEALTH BOARD BUT I THINK IF YOU HAVE GONE TO THE BACKGROUND INCLUDED, MATTHEW THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER. ARE PROBABLY AT A LATER TIME HAVE COMMENTS ON SOME EDITS TO THE CHARTER. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. SINCE YOU DID BRING THIS FORWARD THERE IS ONE IN THE CHARTER IF IT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD AS IT SAYS I TRUST SINCE YOU ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND HAVE A PASSION FOR IT THAT YOU WOULD AT LEAST VOLUNTEER TO BE THE PERSON WHO SERVES ON IT FROM THE COURT. SO I LOOK FORWARD, I WILL NOMINATE YOU FOR THAT ONCE IT IS FORMED IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO HEAR. MAY BE SURPRISED IF THE CITIES DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE. I THINK THERE IS A GAP , THE COLLABORATION WILL BE

GREAT. >> ONLY DURING EMERGENCIES TO COME TOGETHER AND THIS HELPS US NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY WHEN WE

COME TOGETHER. GOOD, THANK YOU. >> QUICK QUESTION, THE CITY IS INCLUDED. IS THAT FINE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO EXPAND? COMMITTING THINGS TO THAT AND IT CAN BE PARALYZING SO I AM OF THE BELIEF THAT HAVING CITY REPRESENTATIVES INCLUDED, ABSOLUTELY , WE NEED THE CITIES. IF YOU MAKE IT TOO BIG YOU MOVE NOWHERE AND EVERYTHING DIES ON THE VINE. SO THE SMALLER THE BETTER.

>> MY ONLY CONSIDERATION WAS WONDERING IF WE SHOULD INCLUDE

THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. >> ABSOLUTELY. CITIES AND ISD'S.

>> ONE OTHER ADDITION I WOULD SAY IS I THINK THERE HAS TO BE , AS YOU SAID PEOPLE ROTATE IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM A LOT. I THINK THAT YOUR POSITION SHOULD BE A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THIS. OF THIS COMMITTEE. WIMMER IS IN YOUR ROLE BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHICH MUNICIPALITY OR SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY MAY ASSIGN A STAFFER OR ELECTED OFFICIAL AND WE NEED CONTINUITY. SO I THINK HAVING YOUR DIRECT POSITION BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HELPING TO COORDINATE THIS. TO BE A PERMANENT FIXTURE MEMBER WE DESIGNATE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION.

>> YES BY STATUTE THEY HAVE TO BE THERE SO THAT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. THERE WAS SOMETHING IS GOING TO ADD, BUT YES.

>> BRING IT BACK WITH A ROADMAP FOR NOMINATIONS.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WE CAN HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE COURT ON THE BOARD? WORKING FOR HOSPITAL SYSTEM FOR FOUR YEARS I WOULD

LOVE TO PARTICIPATE. >> LET'S INCLUDE COMMISSIONER HAMMER ALONG WITH YOURSELF ON THIS BODY. WONDERFUL IDEA.

>> TO CLARIFY SO MATTHEW KNOWS HIS MARCHING ORDERS CAN YOU

CLARIFY FOR HIM AND THE COURT? >> REACHING OUT TO FOUR ISD'S AND CITIES TO GET REPRESENTATION TO JOIN THE BODY.

>> WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE FORMATION FIRST?

>> CORRECT, YOU WANT THEM TO GO TALK TO THESE ENTITIES AND

REPORT BACK? >> A RECOMMENDED LIST. FORMALIZE WITH A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY AND ISD'S. PLEASE

[K.16. Discussion and possible action to approve a new Animal Welfare Services Division Manager, Coordinator, and Specialist position with equipment in the Hays County Health Department effective June 1, 2025, and amend the budget accordingly COHEN/INGALSBE/GONZALES]

OPEN K16. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A NEW ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES DIVISION MANAGER, COORDINATOR, AND SPECIALIST POSITION WITH EQUIPMENT IN THE HAYS COUNTY ACCORDINGLY

>> SELF-EXPLANATORY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K.17. Discussion and possible action to authorize the use of a $60,000.00 Wellness Credit provided by the Texas Association of Counties for the 2025 plan year as shown in the attached expense listing, and to amend the budget accordingly. BECERRA/GRANJENO]

ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A $60,000.00 WELLNESS CREDIT PROVIDED BY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES FOR THE

2025 PLAN YEAR AS SHOWN IN THE >> ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT?

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UTILIZING THE FUNDS ANYWAY. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K.18. Discussion and possible action to approve the final branding proposal submitted by the Hays County Branding Committee, including the official County Slogan, Introduction, Mission Statement, Vision Statement, Core Values, and selected Branding Colors and Fonts. INGALSBE/BECERRA/GRANJENO]

ACTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL BRANDING PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY THE HAYS COUNTY BRANDING COMMITTEE, INCLUDING THE OFFICIAL COUNTY SLOGAN, FONTS.

>> ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MOTION AND SECOND. NOW YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YOU WHILE. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HAYS COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. THIS IS THE CULMINATION, MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A YEARS WORK FROM THE BRANDING COMMITTEE THIS IS THE FIRST STEPS. ONCE, IF THIS IS APPROVED THIS WILL BE EDITS TO THE WEBSITE WITH ADA COMPLIANT FONTS AND COLORS. MISSION, VISION, INTRO AND SLOGAN. SO I

APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? APPROVE IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? APPROVE WHAT'S BEEN

SUBMITTED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE ON TOP OF IT AND DEFINITELY HELP . I DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR SO NATALIE HAS BEEN PIVOTAL IN GETTING THAT

GOING. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K.19. Discussion and possible action to consider the dissolution of the Hays County Compensation Committee. COHEN/BECERRA/GRANJENO]

ACTION TO CONSIDER THE DISSOLUTION OF THE HAYS COUNTY

CMPENSATION COMMITTEE. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE THAT CONVERSATION?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, HAYS COUNTY HR DIRECTOR. WITH THIS ITEM I WANTED TO START BY THANKING EMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS AND SERVING AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE. SOMETIMES FACED WITH CHALLENGES AT THE COMMITTEE AND POTENTIAL FOR CREATING NON-INTERNAL EQUITY, NOT BEST PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO FOLLOWING PERSONNEL POLICIES, COMPETITION ANALYSIS THE HR DEPARTMENT HAS HAD. FOR EXAMPLE MATTHEW HAS BEEN A GREAT DIRECTOR WORKING WITH US LISTENING TO THE EXPERTS AS WE HAVE TALKED TODAY IN COURT AND THAT DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN SO WHEN THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN IT POSES POTENTIAL CHALLENGES FOR CREATING CONCEPTIONS FOR DEPARTMENTS WHICH MAY CREATE A TRICKLE EFFECT CONSIDERING OTHER POSITIONS THAT MAY NEED TO BE UPDATED AND JONATHAN HAS TO SCRAMBLE LOOKING FOR MONEY SO THAT PRESENT A CHALLENGE FOR NOT BEING FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BUDGET. PUTTING THIS BACK INTO THE HANDS OF THE EXPERTS OF HR AND BUDGET WILL BE BETTER SERVING THE HAYS COUNTY COMMUNITY AND ENSURING WE MAINTAIN EQUITY WITHIN THE COUNTY AND BEST PRACTICE WHEN IT

COMES TO COMPENSATION. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE

>> I FULLY SUPPORT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> BEING WITNESS TO WHAT YOU DESCRIBE I THINK IT IS A GREAT

IDEA. ANYTHING ELSE? >> I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. YOU ARE IN THIS POSITION WITH A FRESH SET OF EYES I THINK YOU'LL DO GREAT THINGS.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>

>> LET'S MOVE ON , WE WILL DO THOSE 21 AND 22 AFTER EXECUTIVE

[M.1. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA]

SESSION. M 1. >> DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNT

AND COST. >> SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND MY OFFICE REGULAR JAIL REPORTS AND CURRENT JAIL CAPACITY IS 410 INMATES, GEL STANDARDS RECOMMENDS 10% OF THAT OPEN WHICH LOWERS ACTUAL CAPACITY TO 368. DAILY AVERAGE WAS 497 AND PEAK WAS 514. ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK IS $133,855. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS 201 AND FEMALES ARE ZERO ALL HOUSED . PAPER READY INMATES WE ARE HOLDING 44, AT THE DAY IN COURT, FOUND GUILTY NOW STATE INMATES,

[03:25:01]

WE HOPE THEY GET TRANSFERRED SO THAT COMES OFF OF SPACE AND

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

COST. EXECUTIVE SESSION OPENING THEM ALL?

>> PLEASE OPEN ALL EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS.

>> L1 EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUING SECTION 551 EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUING SECTION 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNCIL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE 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 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LASSO. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

>> 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 SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SKYLINE DRIVE AND MOUNTAIN CREST DRIVE) IN PCT. 3. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

>> L4 EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL REGARDING PENDING AND/OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION INVOLVING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: FINANCE CORPORATION AND PLEASANTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION (CAUSE NO. 25-1185-DCB PENDING IN THE 207TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN HAYS COUNO.

21-0664-C PENDING IN COUNTY-COURT-AT-LAW #1 IN HAYS COUNTY); IN RE HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS (CAUSE NO.

D-1-GN-25-002049 PENDING IN THE 126TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN UNDER CHAPTER 111 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

L5, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL REGARDING BUDGETING ISSUES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO USE OF MONIES IN THE CURRENT OPERATIONS, INCLUDING ROADWAY DESIGN AND PLANNING WHICH MAY BE REIMBURSED BY SALE OF BONDS AND AUTHORIZATIONS OF EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES UNDER CHAPTER 111 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. L6, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PUR 13820 PAISANO TRAIL IN PCT. 4.

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

>> WONDERFUL, TUCKER LEAD THE WAY. WHICH ONE TO START WITH?

>> L2 PLEASE. IF YOU'RE NOT

>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THIS IS HOW THE REST OF THIS MOMENT WILL UNFOLD.

WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO TAKE ACTION ON 21 AND 22.

WE WILL BE OPENING BY 7:00 AND WE WILL GO THROUGH SOME EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MOTION BY MOTION AND WE WILL GO TO L2 FIRST. AFTER THE MOTION IS MADE AND WE VOTE, THEN WE WILL HAVE SOME PARTICIPANTS HAVE FEW WORDS.

THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE REST OF OUR EMOTIONS.

PLEASE OPEN 7. I7. >> DISCUSSING THE CLOSING,

[I.7. Discussion and possible action regarding the closing, abandoning, and vacating of approximately 0.388 acres of County right-of-way abutting 13820 Paisano Trail in Precinct 4. SMITH]

ABANDONING, AND VACATING ZEROPOINT THREE 88 ACRES OF COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY ABUTTING 1320 PAISANO TRAIL.

>> SO MOVED. >> JUDGE, I MOVED TO ADOPT AN ORDER CLOSING, ABANDONING, VACATING 0.338 ACRES OF COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY ABUTTING 1382 ZERO PAISANO TRAIL.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

[03:30:05]

COMMISSIONER COHEN. COMMISSIONER GONZALES INGALSBE.

JUDGE BECERRA. >> THIS MOVES THROUGH.

I HAVE TO GO VERIFY SO I VOTE NO.

PLEASE OPEN -- >> THAT WAS REQUIRING A

[L. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS (Part 2 of 2)]

UNANIMOUS. IT IS NOT UNANIMOUS.

>> DIDN'T PASS. NOW PLEASE OPEN L2.

>> I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CHAPTER 381 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY