Jun 24, 2025 Regular

>> RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE CONSTITUTION AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING ITS BILL OF RIGHTS GUARANTEES DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW TO ALL PERSONS IS STEADFAST IN ITS OATH BOUND DUTY TO UPHOLD THESE PROTECTIONS.

THE FIFTH AND 14TH AMENDMENT MANDATE NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROCESS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW.

PROTECTION TO EVERY HUMAN BEING ON AMERICAN SOIL, UNDERSCORING OUR NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS AND RESTRAINT. THE SUPREME COURT HAS LONG

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AFFIRMED THAT THE CONSTITUTION APPLIES TO ALL PERSONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, CEMENTING THE LEGAL AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL LOCAL AUTHORITIES. ENSHRINED IN ARTICLE 1, SECTION 9 OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, PROTECTS ARBITRAY DETENTION AND UNDERSCORES THE REJECTION OF UNCHECKED GOVERNMENTAL POWER, OBLIGATING US TO MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY IN ALL ACTS OF RESTRAINT OR RELOCATION.

TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE TREATMENT, DETENTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF INDIVIDUALS IS NOT ONLY MATTER OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND GROUNDED IN THE 1ST AND 14TH AMENDMENT.

PROTECTION OF SPEECH,ASSOCIATION AND FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES. THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WERE ARRESTED IN RAIDS, DETAINED, PROSECUTED AND HELD CHARGELESS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS WITH NO ACCESS TO COUNSEL AND NO CLARIFICATION OF CHARGES OR ACCESS TO INFORMATION, MANY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED WITH NO CHARGES BEING FILED AND LACKING BASIC DUE PROCESS FOLLOWING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6, 2021, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE RIGHTS BESTOWED ON ALL, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS OF A DEFENDANT TO BE TOLD CHARGES AGAINST THEM AND THE RIGHT TO AVOID EXCESSIVE BAIL, THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL WITH ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, AND THE RIGHT TO NOT BE DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN UNREASONABLE CONDITIONS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW. THE PRINCIPLE DUE TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO TO YOU.

ECHOED NOT ONLY THROUGH SACRED SCRIPTURE BUT THROUGH AMERICAN ETHOS.

EMBEDDED IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WHICH ASSERTED ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN RIGHTS. EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS SWORN AN OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE EMBRACE THIS RESOLUTION AS A PATRIOTIC ACT OF FIDELITY. A SOUND PROCESS FOR THE HANDLING OF ALL INDIVIDUALS BY ANY AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION OPERATING WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS PROCESS MUST INCLUDE TIMELY AND TRANSPARENT NOTIFICATION DETAILING WHO WAS TAKEN, UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY, WHAT THEY WERE TRANSPORTS AND WHY SUCH ACTIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN.

BE DID FINALLY RESOLVED THE COMMISSIONERS COURT URGES EVERY CITY COUNTY COURT TO ADOPT SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS REAFFIRMING THE AMERICAN PRINCIPLES OF FAIRNESS, JUSTICE AND HUMAN DIGNITY.

DO SO AS PATRIOTS, ADOPTED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025.

>> BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL, WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS.

FIRST UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS IS ANGIE UNGER.

THERE YOU GO. THERE'S A MICROPHONE.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS.

I COULD STAND HERE AND TELL YOU ABOUT BROKEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY FEAR. BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT.

YOU HAVE HEARD THE STORIES. YOU HAVE SEEN THE TEARS. IF THAT MOVED YOU, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. SO LET'S GET THE PART YOU EXPECT FROM US, THE EMOTIONAL APPEAL.

GET RIGHT TO THE PART OF STRATEGY.

MR. SMITH, YOU ARE PLAYING A GAME.

YOU ARE NOT DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION.

YOU ARE DEFENDING A NARRATIVE. A MANUFACTURED, HYPERPOLITICAL NARRATIVE, DESIGNED TO TURN LAW BREAKERS INTO MARTYRS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS INTO ENEMIES.

I WANT EVERYONE HERE TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT IGNORANCE.

IT'S CALCULATED. YOU DIDN'T BRING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD TO CORRECT INJUSTICE.

YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO SEND A SIGNAL.

NOT TO US BUT TO THE NATIONAL NETWORK THAT REWARDS EXTREMISM.

YOU ARE NOT DEFENDING CIVIL LIBERTIES. YOU ARE WEAPONIZING THEM. YOU ARE HAVE TURNED THE COURTROOM INTO A CAMPAIGN STAGE AND THE CONSTITUTION INTO A PROP.

I HAVE ADDED THIS WITH RECENT NEWS.

THIS ISN'T YOUR ONLY VIOLATION OF PUBLIC TRUST. MOST RECENTLY THE

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$439 MILLION ROAD BOND AND YOUR IMPLICATION WITH DISHONESTY, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, INADEQUATE NOTICE, PUBLIC SILENCING AND ILLEGAL CONDUCT. THAT, MR. SMITH, IS A REAL THREAT. NOT JUST TO THIS COUNTY BUT TO DEMOCRACY ITSELF. BACK TO THIS RESOLUTION.

YOU HAVE PLACED FORWARD. IT WON'T BE REMEMBERED AS DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES.

IT WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A MOMENT WHEN A LOCAL OFFICIAL TRIED TO COSPLAY. IF YOU THINK THIS HELPS YOUR POLITICAL FUTURE, THINK AGAIN.

BECAUSE THE TIDE IS TURNING. WE ARE DONE WITH EXTREMES.

I'M A MODERATE.

THIS IS THE ERA OF THE MODERATES.

OF THE ONES WHO THINK CLEARLY, NOT LOUDLY. THIS COUNTY DOESN'T NEED MORE HEAT. IT NEEDS MORE LIGHT.

SO LET THE RECORD SHOW WHEN FACED WITH REAL CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, YOU SAID NOTHING. WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO ALIGN YOURSELF WITH INSURRECTIONISTS, YOU FOUND YOUR VOICE. WE WILL REMEMBER THAT.

SO I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. WHEN A MAN CONFUSES COWARDICE WITH CONVICTION, DEMOCRACY BECOMES ITS COLLATERAL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT UP WE HAVE MISS GABRIELLE MOORE.

>> FIRST OF ALL, I SIGNED UP ALSO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I WAS NEVER CALLED.

>> YOUR PAPER SAYS F-3. IT WAS PUT IN A STACK OF THIS ITEM.

I COULD THEORETICALLY GIVE YOU YOUR THREE MINUTES FOR THIS ITEM YOU SIGNED UP FOR.

THEN GIVE YOU A ACCEPT SEPARATE THAT ISN'T TIED TO THIS. I SAW THE ERROR IN THE DOCUMENT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IT WOULD BE SEPARATE. LET'S FINISH THIS ITEM.

THEN I WILL CALL YOU BACK. >> OKAY.

I WANT TO REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT ANGIE JUST STATED. I THOUGHT THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY STATED. I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER. ADDITIONAL, WITH BOTH THE JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER SMITH ELEVATING THE IMPORTACE OF DUE PROCESS, COULD CHANNEL THAT ENERGY DURING THE BUDGET SESSION.

I ASK FOR INVESTMENT IN DUE PROCESS BY FULLY FUNDING THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE, EXPANDING AND SUPPORTING PRE- TRIAL SERVICES, ADDRESSING UNSAFE AND VIOLENT JAIL CONDITIONS, ENSURING TIMELY, FAIR ACCESS TO COURT APPEARANCES AND FUNDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ALL FAMILIES IMPACTED BY I.C.E. AND POLICING. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON MY PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, MY AIM IS TO GIVE YOU THE THREE MINUTES FOR THIS ITEM. THEN WHEN THIS AGENDA ITEM CLOSES, I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU

BACK. >> THANK YOU.

>> YOU BET. NEXT WE HAVE MISS KATHY THOMAS.

>> SHOW SOME PICTURES FROM THE J- 6 AND SOME OF THE IMMIGRANTS BEING TARGETED.

THE J- 6 PEOPLE ATTEMPTED TO OVERTHROW A LEGAL ELECTION.

THOSE WHO PARTICIPATES WERE TURNED IN BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND MANY OTHER PATRIOTIC AMERICANS WHO SPENT TIME LOOKING FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

THEY TURNED THEM TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY RECEIVED DUE PROCESS.

THE RIGHT OF EVERY AMERICAN -- EVERY PERSON ON AMERICAN SOIL.

THEY WERE INDICTED, CHARGED, AND EITHER TRIED OR PLED GUILTY.

THE CURRENT PRESIDENT WHO CLAIMS TO LOVE THE BLUE PARDONED THEM, INCLUDING THOSE WHO BEAT UP CAPITOL COPS. I WAS HORRIFIED.

22. 2% OF THEM ALREADY HAD CRIMINAL R0RDS.

THEY RECEIVED THEIR DAYS IN COURT.

UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION, IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME HERE NOT TO HARM ANYONE BUT TO FIND A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ESCAPE THREATS OF RAPE AND/OR MURDER HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED OFF OUR STREETS, EVEN IN COURTHOUSES WHERE THEY WENT TO THE LEGAL ASYLUM HEARINGS. THEY CAME HERE, THEY REGISTERED.

THEY HAVE SHOWED UP AT THEIR HEARINGS.

THEY HAVE WORKED, DOING JOBS THAT MOST AMERICANS WON'T DO. INTERESTING FACT, BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA, THE PERCENTAGE OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IS LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE NATIVE- BORN POPULATION. THEY ARE BEING DISAPPEARED.

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FAMILIES AND FRIENDS ARE NOT TOLD WHERE THEY ARE TAKEN.

IT'S FRIGHTENING AND UNAMERICAN.

THE RESOLUTION WALT HAS PRESENTED COPIES THE ONE PASSED AND WHICH INCLUDES ALL PEOPLE, JUST AS OUR CONSTITUTION SAYS ALL PERSONS RECEIVE DUE PROCESS.

WHY THIS RESOLUTION? WHICH SPECIFICALLY SECTIONS OUT THE J- 6 INSUR RECOLLECTIONISTS. THEY DID RECEIVE DUE PROCESSES.

THAT'S A BOGUS ALTERNATE CLAIM, ALTERNATE FACTS CLAIM.

YOU CAN'T PRETEND TO GET INSIDE YOUR HEAD, WALT. I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU FELT THE NEED TO DO THIS. I CAN SAY IT'S REPREHENSIBLE YOU WOULD USE DEBUNKED LIES ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO DESTROY OUR GOVERNMENT.

AS A RESIDENT OF PRESIKT 4, I COULD NOT BE MORE DISAPPOINTED IN THE MAN ELECTED TO BE OUR COMMISSIONER. I EXPECT ELECTEDS TO TELL THE TRUTH. TO DEAL IN TRUTH.

NOT THE LIES OF EXTREMISTS. I WOULD URGE WALT TO PULL THIS RESOLUTION AND THROW IT INTO THE TRASH CAN WHERE IT BELONGS. BARRING THAT, THAT THE COURT WILL VOTE THIS DOWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. NEXT, JOHN SKULL.

>> HOLD THE MICROPHONE TO YOUR FACE.

>> STARTED ME IN SCHOOL IN SAN MARCOS IN 1959.

THAT WAS FOR KINDERGARTENS. MY MOM AND DAD DID IT BECAUSE I NEEDED TO BE SOCIALIZED.

I WASN'T GETTING IT WHERE I WAS LIVING.

I CONTINUED THROUGH MY EDUCATION AT SAN MARCOS AND PARTICIPATED IN CLASSES, IN JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL. I REMEMBER POUNDING INTO US CIVICS, GOVERNMENT.

THEIR PURPOSE WAS TO ALLOW US, TO TEACH US A CLEAR THOUGHT TO DEBATE THE ISSUES, PRESENT APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO SUPPORT OUR ARGUMENTS. THEY PUSHED FOR THE CONSTITUTION. WE LEARNED THE CONSTITUTION. WE LEARNED THE BILL OF RIGHTS.

WE LEARNED ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO IS SINCE THEN.

SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN -- GOODNESS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, HAVE BEEN A -- ARTICLE 5 DOES REPRESENT US.

GIVES US DUE PROCESS OF LAW.

THEY WERE BROUGHT IN. THEY WERE CHARGED.

THEY WERE PROSECUTED. ONES THAT END UP IN JAIL, SERVING TIME, WERE PARDONED.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT A DOCUMENT WHICH INDICATES THAT THOSE FOLKS WERE AFFORDED THE SAME RIGHTS BECAUSE -- THAT THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE ON JANUARY 6 -- I URGE THIS DOCUMENT -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> BEAUTIFULLY SAID. THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT, THOMAS JUST.

>> I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. I'M ALSO AN ATTORNEY. OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE FOUNDATIONAL AMERICAN PRINCIPLES OF DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS ENSHRINED INTO OUR CONSTITUTION AND EXTENDED TO ALL PERSONS. EMPHASIS ON ALL PERSONS.

REGARDLESS OF STATUS, RACE OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION. THE 5TH AND 14TH

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AMENDMENTS MANDATE NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED 6 LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY.

IT'S CODIFIED IN ARTICLE 1, SECTION 9 OF THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION, PROTECTS AGAINST UNLAWFUL AND INDEFINITE DETECTION WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

ON FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH, THE HAYES COUNTY APPALLINGLY INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION TO EQUATE THE TREATMENT OF IMMIGRANT DETAINEES WITH THAT OF THE JANUARY 6, 2021 INSURRECTIONISTS. THE ARE DENIED TO IMMIGRANT DETAINEES, MANY ARE HELD FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT FORMAL CHARGES, ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNCIL OR CLARITY ABOUT THEIR LEGAL STATUS. THE RESOLUTION OF THE HAYES COUNTY COURT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COMMISSIONERS IN COURT ON JUNE 10TH, 2025, RIGHTLY EMPHASIZES IMMIGRANTS, WHETHER DOCUMENTED OR NOT, ARE PROTECTED BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.

AS AFFIRMED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, NON- CITIZENS ARE ENTITLED TO THE SAME FOUNDATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS AS U.S. CITIZENS.

I WILL EMPHASIZE THAT THAT DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS.

9 TO 0. WITH THIS CURRENT COURT, WE SUPPORT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ON TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL OVERSIGHT IN ALL CUSTODIAL ACTIONS, WITHIN THE COUNTY.

BODYCAM RAZ, VISIBLE IDENTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DETENTION ACTIVITIES, NOT MERELY ADMINISTRATION SAFEGUARDS, MORAL AND LEGAL IMPERATIVES THAT REFLECT OUR DEEPEST NATIONAL VALUES. THIS RESOLUTION DRAWS A FALSE EQUIVALENCY AND MAKES A CONCERNING, UNSUPPORTED SET OF ASSERTIONS ABOUT DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION. WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THE DUE PROCESS MUST APPLY TO ALL INDIVIDUALS, THERE'S A CLEAR AND DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEACEFUL DISSENT AND VIOLENT INSURRECTION.

AND BETWEEN BEING SNATCHED OFF THE STREET BY MASKED, ARMED, UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND INVADING THE CAPITOL BUILDING TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT.

UNITED STATES. THE SUGGESTION THE INSUR RECOLLECTIONISTS WERE DENIED DUE PROCESS IS WILDLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE AVAILABLE LEGAL RECORDS.

THOSE ARRESTED FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS FROM TEXAS HAVE BEEN GRANTED LEGAL REPRESENTATION, ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT AND GIVEN ACCESS TO PRETRIAL HEARINGS, EVIDENCE AND PLEA NEGOTIATIONS. CLAIMS THAT THEY WERE DENIED WERE HELD CHARGELESS WITHOUT LEGAL COUNCIL, CONTRADICTS PUBLIC JUDICIAL RECORD.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR WRAPPING UP.

NEXT UP, MR. JEFF KAUFFMAN.

>> WE WILL INCLUDE IT IN THE RECORD.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND MEMBERS OF THE COURT FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE HAYS DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

WE WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION PROMISES EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW TO ALL PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY. NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE FROM.

WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS ARE. THE CONSTITUTION SAYS NO ONE SHOULD LOSE THEIR LIFE, FREEDOM OR PROPERTY WITHOUT FAIR LEGAL PROCESS.

IT PROTECTS PEOPLE FROM BEING LOCKED UP UNJUSTLY OR FOR TOO LONG WITHOUT GOOD REASON.

A LITTLE ABOUT THE IMMIGRANTS IN I.C.E. DETENTION.

MANY ARE NOT GIVEN RIGHTS THAT THE CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES.

SOME ARE HELD FOR A LONG TIME WITHOUT BEING TOLD WHAT THEY ARE CHARGED WITH OR WITHOUT A LAWYER TO HELP THEM. ON JUNE 10, 2025, THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT PASSED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL INDIVIDUALS IN HAYS COUNTY.

THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS EVERYONE, EVEN PEOPLE WHO AREN'T CITIZENS.

WE SUPPORT THE COUNTY'S CALL FOR HONESTY, TRANSPAENCY AND EQUITY IN HOW PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED, TRANSPORTED AND HELD. OFFICERS OF SHOULD WAY BODY CAMERAS AND NAME TAGS. COMPARING THIS TO THE JANUARY 6, INSURRECTION, IS REDISC LOUS. ON JUNE 20, COMMISSIONER

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SMITH PROPOSED A NEW RESOLUTION IN ITIT TRIES TO COMPARE HOW IMMIGRANTS ARE TREATED WITH PEOPLE WHO ATTACKED THE U.S.

CAPITOL. THIS IS JUST FLAT WRONG.

IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING PICKED UP OFTEN WITHOUT WARNING AND HELD WITHOUT BASIC RIGHTS.

THE JANUARY 6 ATTACKERS WERE PART OF A SRI LENT EFFORT TO STOP THE RESULTS OF A LEGAL ELECTION. VIRTUALLY ALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN LAWYERS AND HAD THEIR DAY IN COURT AND HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM. MUCH OF WHICH WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO PHOTOS AND TEXTS FROM THEIR OWN DANG TELEPHONES. AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

IT'S A LIE TO SUGGEST THAT THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTIONISTS WERE TREATED WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.

THOSE CLAIMS ARE NOT BACKED UP BY THE FACTS, SAYING OTHERWISE SPREADS CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT DON'T BELONG IN GOVERNMENT DISCUSSIONS.

REAL JUSTICE MEANS TELLING THE TRUTH. THE COMMISSIONERS COURT RESOLUTION PASSED ON JUNE 10 SUPPORTS OUR VALUES, TREATING PEOPLE EQUALLY UNDER THE LAW AND PROTECTING EVERYONE'S RIGHTS. THAT'S WHY WE SUPPORT IT.

WALT SMITH'S PROPOSAL IS A CLEAR ATTEMPT TO TURN PEOPLE WHO BROKE THE LAW INTO VICTIMS. IT'S A POLITICAL STUNT MEANT TO PLEASE THE EXTREECHLIST VOICES IN HIS PARTY. NOT A SERIOUS CALL FOR JUSTICE.

WE BELIEVE STANDING UP FOR EQUAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL RIGHTS AND LEGAL RIGHTS IS NOT ABOUT POLLY PICKS. IT'S ABOUT WHAET RIGHT.

TWISTING THOSE IDEAS TO PROTECTPEOPLE WHO ATTACKED OUR DEMOCRACY IS DEAD WRONG.

WE CALL ON YOU TO VOTE DOWN THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP, WE HAVE -- IT SHOULD BE LAST SPEAKER IN THIS ITEM.

ERIC MARTINEZ.

>> WE HAVE ONE MORE AFTER.

>> I'M SAYING THAT ON PURPOSE.

THERE COULD BE A -- ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE HAVE MORE? I WILL LOOK FOR IT.

MAYBE THEY HAVE IT. PLEASE, ALL YOURS.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. ON BEHALF OF A NON- PROFIT IN THE COUNTY, I WANT TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS PROCLAMATION AFFIRMS A VALUE WE ALL SHARE.

DUE PROCESS UNDER THE LAW. THAT'S NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE. IT'S A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE.

HOW WE FRAME THE VALUE MATTERS JUST AS MUCH AS STATING IT.

THIS RESOLUTION CENTERS THE EXPERIENCE OF JANUARY 6 DEFENDANTS SUGGESTS THEY WERE DENIED DUE PROCESS.

THIS FEELS LIKE A FALSE COMPARISON.

IF JANUARY 6 DEFENDANTS HAD BEEN GRABBED OFF THE STREET, SENT TO A FOREIGN PRISON WITHOUT CHARGES OR A COURT HEARING, THEN WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE KIND OF DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY RIGHT IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. COMPARING THE TWO SITUATIONS JUST DOESN'T HOLD WATER.

YES, SOME FAIRNESS CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED.

AROUND DELAYS IN DISCLOSING EVIDENCE, PERCEIVED JUDICIAL BIAS, SENTENCING DISPARITIES AND EXCESSIVE BAIL.

ALL ISSUES THAT RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE UNDER OUR LEGAL SYSTEM.

WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE LIKE CYRUS GRAY SIT IN JAIL WITHOUT A CONVICTION. DEVONN TA EMERSON WAS RELEASED.

AFTER MORE THAN SIX YEARS BEHIND BARS AWAITING TRIAL. DURING THIS I.C.E. RAID IN DRIPPING SPRINGS, IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS WERE DETAINED, MANY WITHOUT CLEAR CHARGES, NO TIMELY ACCESS TO COUNSEL.

NO TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHY OR WHERE THEY WERE TAKEN.

INCLUDING CHILDREN. IF THIS RESOLUTION IS MEANT TO AFFIRM DUE PROCESS, THEN LET'S DO THAT IN PRACTICE, NOT IN THEORY. THAT MEANS FULLY FUNDING THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE, ENDING DANGEROUS JAIL CONDITIONS OF WHICH HAYS COUNTY IS THE MOST VIOLENT IN TERMS OF JAILER ABUSE. WE SHOULD ENINSURANCE EVERY PERSON REGARDLESS OF RACE, CLASS OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, HAS ACCESS TO FAIR, TIMELY AND TRANSPARENT LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

DUE PROCESS IS NOT A SLOGAN. IT'S A CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE. WE WANT TO LIVE UP TO THAT PROMISE. WE CAN'T JUST PICK AND CHOOSE WHO IT APPLIES TO. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU SAID THERE WERE TWO MORE. MR. KEMP AND ONE OVER HERE.

WHY DON'T YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. FOLLOWED BY MR. KEMP, SAME THING. THEN IF THERE ARE ANY WRITTEN COMMENT, WE WILL GO TO THAT.

>> MY NAME IS MYLES MARTIN. I WAS INCARCERATED FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE I SEEN A COURTROOM. AS SOON AS I DID, I WENT TO TRIAL, CAME HOME, NOT GUILTY. I DO WANT YOU TO USE YOUR

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IMAGINATION. IMAGINE BEING UPROOTED FROM YOUR HOME, LOSING EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, BEING TOLD YOU ARE A FOREIGNER, HAVE NATIVE BLOOD. IMAGINE LOSING YOUR FAMILY.

IMAGINING LOSING CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE.

IMAGINE LOSING YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE AS YOU WATCH THEM CRY, THINKING THEY WILL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN. IMAGINE YOUR KIDS GROWING UP IN A COUNTRY THAT HATES THEM FOR THEIR EXISTENCE.

IMAGINE BEING COOPERATIVE AND GETTING CHARGED WITH RESISTANCE. NO DETENTION, NO TRIAL.

IMAGINE BEING A SHIPMENT. YOU PROBABLY CAN'T.

YOU PROBABLY CAN IMAGINE BEING A DOE MESS TAKE TARIFFIST, RECEIVING A PARDON. YOU CAN IMAGINE SLAPS ON THE WRIST FOR A SERIOUS OFFENSE. YOU PROBABLY CAN IMAGINE ASYLUM FOR WHITE IMMIGRANTS.

YOU PROBABLY CAN MATHTH PRIVILEGE BASED ON SKIN.

ENTITLEMENT. YOU CAN FATHOM THESE THOUGHTS.

WE HAVE ALL BEEN TAUGHT JUSTICE AND DUE PROCESS, IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL.

WHY CAN'T WE SPECIFY THAT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MATTER, TOO? I'M NOT SAYING THAT OTHERS DON'T.

I'M BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE RIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN VIOLATED. BLACK AND BROWN RIGHTS FALL IN A GRAY AREA. WE KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE.

INSTEAD OF PREACHING THAT ALL RIGHTS MATTER, WHY NOT JUST SAY THAT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MATTER, TOO?

>> THANK YOU. FINALLY, MR. KEMP.

>> JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS JIM KEMP.

I'M FROM NORTHERN CONDITION HAYS. I'M SURPRISED IT'S ON THE AGENDA. NOVEMBER 22, 1963, IT WAS AN EXCITING DAY IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

MY TWO SISTERS WENT -- ] WE ALLOWED THE PEOPLE TO VOTE. EVEN IF THE PRESIDENT IN OFFICE LOST, HE TRANSFERRED THE POWER PEACEFULLY.

ON JANUARY 6, 2021, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

WE SAW PEOPLE STORMING THE CAPITAL, BEATING POLICE OFFICERS WITH LEAD PIPES. IF THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO SAY THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE CHARGED, GIVEN LAWYERS, GIVEN DUE PROCESS WERE NOT -- I THINK THIS AGENDA ITEM --

>> THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK? YOU TOOK THE TIME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE PAPER SHUFFLING THAT LEAVES YOU OUT OF A VOICE.

WE COVERED EVERYONE? ANY WRITTEN?

>> WE DO.

WE HAVE 11 WRITTEN. >> 11.

OKAY. TAKE A RECESS AFTER THIS ITEM.

AFTER YOU SPEAK.

>> OKAY. THIS PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM CHRIS TURNER. I'M VERY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I SUPPORT AND THANK THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR PASSING THE RESOLUTION PASSED ON JUNE 10 IN SUPPORT OF FAIR AND HUMAN TREATMENT OF ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE COUNTY. I AM OPPOSED AND DISCUSSED BY WALT SMITH'S PROPOSED PROPOSITION WHICH ESSENTIALLY WANTS TO TREAT SOME PEOPLE AS LESS THAN HUMANS. I'M ASKING AS YOUR CONSTITUENT TO VOTE AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION.

CRUELTY IS NOT A VALUE I WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH AS A COUNTY RESIDENT. I HOPE YOU DON'T EITHER. CHRI CHRISTURNER. GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM HAIKO STANG.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY PUBLIC COMMENT.

PLEASE OPPOSE OR MODIFY THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE CUSTODY OF ANY U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND CALLING FOR DUE PROCESS AND PROTECTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH.

I SUPPORT THE CONTENT OF THIS BECAUSE DUE PROCESS AND HAB YAS CORPUS SHOULD BE HELD UP AT ALL TIMES. IT'S FINE UNTIL THETHE

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6 COUP ATTEMPT NOBODY WAS HELD CHARGELESS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME WITH NO ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND RELEASED WITH NO CHARGES FILED AS THE RESOLUTION CLAIMS. IN THE CASE OF SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER MONTOYA, A HAYS COUNTY RESIDENT, NO UNFAIR TREATMENT HAS BEEN RECORDED. SOME NON- VIOLENT DEFENDANTS WERE HELD FOR EXTENDED PERIODS, BUT COURTS DETERMINED THIS BASED ON FLIGHT RISK OR FURTHER VIOLENCE. IN A CRUCIAL DIFRGS TO THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS THE BACKGROUND OF THE ADOPTED RESOLUTION FROM JUNE SO, THAT I SUPPORTED WITH A PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THAT COURTS WERE INVOLVED. THERE WERE SLOW TRIALS AFTER JANUARY 6 BECAUSE OF COVID-19. THIS IMPACTED MANY OF DEFENDANTS NATIONWIDE, NOT JUST THE JANUARY 6 DEFENDANTS. SOME HAVE ARGUED JANUARY 6 DEFENDANTS WERE TREATED MORE HARSHLY BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAN RIOTERS IN OTHER PROTESTS LIKE THE RIOTS OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS. THIS MIGHT BE TRUE.

LOOKING ATHE SENTENCING. THERE'S A VERY BASIC AND DIFFERENCE. THE JANUARY 6 DEFENDANTS TARGETED THE SEAT OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND WERE TRYING TO STOP THE CERTIFICATION OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THEY WERE ATTACKING THE SYSTEM OF WHICH DUE PROCESS, THE RULE OF LAW AND HABEAS CORPUS ARE PART OF. THIS ESSENTIAL POINTS MAKE THE RESOLUTION DEEPLY FLAWED.

IT NEEDS TO BE REJECTED. THANK YOU.

NUMBER THREE IS FROM DIANE MCCABE.

TO COMMISSIONERS IN COURT. I WAS GRATEFUL TO HEAR SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP OF CITIZENS SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION AFFIRMINGED CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF IMMIGRANTS ON JUNE 10. VOICING RESPECT FOR HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL. IT MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT WE CARE ABOUT.

THAT IS, GIVING EVERY INDIVIDUAL THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW AS REAFFIRMED. I WAS EXPREEMLY DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN ANOTHER RESOLUTION WILL BE CONSIDERED ON JUNE 24, A RESOLUTION THAT DELETES REFERENCE TO EQUAL PROTECTION FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS AND DELETES THE AFFIRMATION THE CONSTITUTION APPLIES TO ALL PERSONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.

INCLUDING ALIENS, WHETHER THEIR PRESENCE IS LAWFUL, UNLAWFUL, TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT.

THE POINT OF THE WORDING IS THIS SEEMS TO BE TO ERASE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE -- THAT THE IMMIGRANT IS WORTHY OF EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.

WE ARE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS. IN DELETING REFERENCES TO THOSE HERE WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS, IT HIGHLIGHTS THOSE ARRESTED AND HELD FOLLOWING THE INSURRECTION ON JANUARY 6, 2021, WHERE HUNDREDS OF MEN AND WOMEN BROKE INTO OUR UNITED STATES CAPITOL, MANY CHANTING, HANG MIKE PENCE AND THREATENING THE POLICE WHO RAN FOR COVER IN BASEMENTS AND BEHIND LOCKED DOORS.

THE RESOLUTION CLAIMS THESE JANUARY 6 RIOTERS ARRESTS AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT RELEASE LACKED DUE PROCESS. IN A NOT SO SUBTLE ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT OF WHO IN OUR COUNTY IS BEING TREATED WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.

THOSE HELD IN THE JANUARY 6 ASSAULT AND ON THE CAPITOL WERE GIVEN DUE PROCESS. MANY HERE WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY TO OTHER COUNTRIES WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION WOULD MAKE A STATEMENT THAT COLORS THE PER SENSE OF THE VIOLENCE AND THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL ON JUNE 6, 2021. -- JANUARY 6, PARDON ME.

AND THE AFTERNOON. DISRESPECTS THE DUE PROCESS, THE RIGHT OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, DO NOT SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR ATTENTION.

>> NUMBER FOUR IS FROM GERALD HASHKEY.

PLEASE VOTE NO. THE JANUARY 6 RIOTERS HAD THEIR DAY IN COURT AND SO SHOULD EVERYONE ELSE REGARDING -- INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS. THANKS. NUMBER FIVE IS FROM ELAINE CARDANES.

DEAR COMMISSIONER HAMMER, I'M WRITE ING WRITING THAT I AGREE EVERYONE IN THE U.S.

IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE DUE PROCESS.

HOWEVER, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER SMITH'S STATEMENT IN PARAGRAPH 6 THAT RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS WERE ROUNDED UP WITHOUT DUE PROCESS WITH ASSOCIATION WITH THE JANUARY 6, 2021 ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL IS INCORRECT.

I AM UNAWARE OF ANY SUCH INSTANCES.

I BELIEVE EVERYONE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION RECEIVED ALL OF THE PRIVILEGES OUR CONSTITUTION

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AND HABEAS CORPUS GUARANTEE.

WHY ARE THEY BEING SINGLED? IT S POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE RESOLUTION UNLESS THE FOLLOW LANGUAGE IS DELETED, MANY OF WHICH INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF HAYS COUNTY WERE RELEASED WITH NO CHARGES BEING FILED AND LACKING BASIC DUE PROCESS FOLLOWING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6, 2021 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I FURTHER REQUEST THE LANGUAGE IN PARAGRAPH 7 BE REVISED TO SAY, QUOTE, THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, ARTICLE 6 AND THE RIGHT NOT IT BE DEPRIVED OF UNREASONABLE CONDITIONS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW, PLEASE DELETE, QUOTE, OR EGREGIOUSLY VIOLATED, END QUOTE.

THE SENTENCE IS UNGRAMMATICAL IN ADDITION TO BEING FALSE. THANK YOU.

NUMBER SIX. DONNA HASH KEY.

THANKS FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO PASS THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF DUE PROCESS FOR ALL.

I HOPE YOU WILL NOT VOTE -- YOU WILL VOTE AGAINST THE UPCOMING REVOLUTION BY COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH TUESDAY.

EVERYONE IS GUARANTEED DAO PROCESS, EVEN IMMIGRANTS.

TO ATTEST THE INSURRECTIONISTS OF THE JANUARY 6TH RIOT WERE NOT CHARGED AND DENIED DUE PROCESS IS UNTRUE.

PLEASE VOTE NO. THANK YOU. NUMBER SEVEN IS FROM MICHAEL WALSH. I BELIEVE THIS IS A BOGUS RESOLUTION SINCE IT ATTEMPTS TO AFFIRM THE JANUARY 6, 2021 INSURRECTIONISTS WERE INNOCENT AND DESERVE SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.

WHAT STARTED AS A GATHERING TURNED INTO A VIOLENT RIOT INSURRECTION AT THE DIRECTION OF DONALD TRUMP. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CONGRESSMEN WHO GAVE SUCKER TO PROUD BOYS.

THIS IS YET ANOTHER SICK TWISTING OF THE FACTS SURROUNDING THE INSURRECTION AND IT DISGUSTS ME. PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THIS AS IT HAS NO TRUE MERRITT. NUMBER EIGHT, FROM JEFF KAUFFMAN. I'M WRITING TO PROTEST AND OPPOSE COMMISSIONER SMITH'S INTRODUCTION --

>> I BELIEVE HE SPOKE.

>> IS THIS THE SAME STATEMENT?

>> NO, SIR. THIS IS A PERSONAL STATEMENT.

>> I WILL RUN THE COURT. ALLOW ME THE CHANCE TO RUN IT.

>> I'M WRITING TO PROPOSE AND OPPOSE THE INTRODUCTION OF A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CRIMINALS WHO AND ILLEGALLY ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HIS RESOLUTION IS MISLEADING STATING UNNAMED PEOPLE WERE DENIED RIGHTS TO ATTORNEYS AND DUE PROCESS. HESS RESOLUTION STATES THAT THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WERE ARRESTED IN RAIDS, DETAINED, PROSECUTED AND HELD CHARGELESS.

FOR EXTENDED PERIODS WITH NO ACCESS TO COUNSEL AND NO CLARIFICATION OF CHARGES AND ACCENT TO WARRANT INFORMATION. MANY OF WHICH INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS WERE RELEASED WITH NO CHARGES BEING FILED AND LACKING BASIC DUE PROCESS FOLLOWING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6, 2021 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHO ARE THEE MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE SO ABUSED? IS THERE ANY ATTEMPT -- IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OF THIS ABUSE? MR. SMITH'S RESOLUTION APPEARS TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO CONFLATE THE ACTUAL HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES HEAPED ON IMMIGRANTS WITH THE IMAGINED AND HYPERBOLICALLY EXAGGERATED YET JUDICIAL TREATMENT OF THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTIONISTS. ABOUT 1,500 PEOPLE WHO WERE CONVICTED OR PLED GUILTY FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN TRYING TO TAKE DOWN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND STEAL THE 2020 ELECTION WERE LATER PARDONED BY A PRESIDENT TOO LAZY TO REVIEW INDIVIDUAL CASES.

THAT SAME LAZY AND BIASED PRESIDENT REQUIRED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO DROP ALL ELECTION INTERFERENCE RELATED CASES THAT WERE ONGOING, INCLUDING THOSE FOR WHICH MR. TRUMP WAS CHARGED AND INDICTED.

NOT ONLY IS THIS FULL OF DISINFORMATION, IT'S REDUNDANT.

AT THE JUNE 10 COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING, THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY AND RIGHTEOUSLY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS, RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DEMANDS A CLEAR, CONSISTENT AND CONSTITUTIONALLY SOUND PROCESS FOR THE HANDLING OF INDIVIDUALS, INGRANTS OR OTHERWISE, BY ANY AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION OPERATING WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION. COMMISSIONER SMITH'S EMPHASIS ON HUMANE TREATMENT FOR ALL HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED. I REQUEST THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH PULL THIS DIVISIVE RESOLUTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND GET BACK TO DEALING WITH THE REAL ISSUES FACING HAYS COUNTY AND YOUR

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CONSTITUENTS. I REQUEST YOU CONDEMN AND VOTE DOWN COMMISSIONER SMITH'S AWFUL RESOLUTION.

>> COMMENT NUMBER NINE. FROM KENDALL T.

COMMISSIONER SMITH HAS SHOWN THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY EXACTLY WHO HE IS AND WHO HE IS NOT.

WHEN THE COURT PASSED A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS INCLUDED, COMMISSIONER SMITH CHOSE NOT TO STAND IN THAT TRUTH BUT TO DISTORT IT.

AS SUCH, DURING THE COMMISSIONER COURTS, HE WILL INTRODUCE A SHADOW VERSION, REDIRECTING THE FOCUS AWAY FROM HUMAN DIGNITY AND FLOOR PHIING THOSE WHO STORMED OUR NATION'S CAPITAL.

LET'S NOT FORGET, WALTER SMITH IS NO STRANGER TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

THIS IS A MAN WHO WAS JAILED AFTER FAILING AN IMPAIRMENT TEST FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT WHERE NEARLY KILLED ANOTHER DRIVER BY TOPPLING HIS BOX TRUCK. A DWI CHARGE THAT OBLIGATED HIM TO USE A BREATHALYZER TO ATTEND COMMISSIONERS COURT. MORE RECENTLY, HE WAS CAUGHT ON MERCER STREET DRUNK IN PUBLIC, STUMBLING AROUND, URINATING ON THE STREET AND DRIVING AWAY AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED.

IS THIS THE BEHAVIOR OF SOMEONE WHO SHOULD BE TRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICE? AS A REGISTERED WASHINGTON, D.C. LOBBYIST, HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE THAT DEFENDING INSURRECTIONISTS BECAUSE THE EVENTS HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

IS A GROSS MISUSE OF HIS PLATFORM.

BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN IGNORE THE LAW AND REWRITE HISTORY, REWRITING HISTORY IS A PATTERN AND NOW INCLUDES CELEBRATING THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF THUGS AND VANDALS WHO ASSAULTED SWORN AGENTS OF THE LAW.

WE DESERVE BETTER. THE CONSTITUTION -- THE CONSTITUENTS DESERVE BETTER. IF COMMISSIONER SMITH CANNOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PATRIOTISM AND PERFORMATIVE PANDERING, THEN YOU SHOULD NOT ONLY RUN FOR RE- ELECTION IN 2026, BUT SHOULD RESIGN IMMEDIATELY AND ALLOW A CONSCIENTIOUS MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TAKE THE REIGNS.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THE TENTH AND FINAL E MAIMED COMMENT IS FROM JONATHAN STEINBERG.

REQUESTS THE FOLLOWING TO BE READ. LAST WEEK, THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT PASSED A RESOLUTION SETTING OUT AS I UNDERSTOOD IT AND SUPPORTED PROCLAIMING A POLICY FOR THE COUNTY THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS COUNTY SHOULD FOLLOW CLEAR, CONSISTENT AND CONSTITUTIONALLY SOUND PROCESS FOR THE HANDLING OF INDIVIDUALS, IMMIGRANTS OR OTHERWISE, BY ANY AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION OPERATING WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION. AND THIS MUST INCLUDE TIMELY AND TRANSPARENT NOTIFICATION, DETAILING WHO WAS TAKEN, UNDER WHAT UNDERSTAND, AUTHORITY, WHERE THEY WERE TRANSPORTED AND WHY SUCH ACTIONS WERE TAKEN. SEEKING TO DILUTE WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN UNDENIABLE STATEMENT OF POLICY TWO COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONED WHETHER A STATEMENT OF POLICY WOULD UNDERMINE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE RESOLUTION SHOULD COVER ALL PEOPLE. WE HAVE SEEN CURRENT EVENTS ESTABLISHING SHORTCOMINGS ON THESE VERY ISSUES BECAUSE OF THESE CURRENT ENSTANCES, IT'S A RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE THAT THIS COURT EXPRESS AS A MATTER OF POLICY THE SUPPORT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CONDUCT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY.

EVEN IF THERE MAY BE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY DETERMINE BEING MASKED IS NECESSARY.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY SHOULD NOT BE MASKED. THIS IS A POLICY THAT A VAST MAJORITY OF RES DEPTSS CAN SUPPORT. IT IS A POLICY THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS IN DID SUPPORT AND VOTED FOR. NOW, HOWEVER, A COMMISSIONER SEEKS TO POLITICIZE THE ISSUE OF COMPLIANCE WITH DUE PROCESS, NOT FOR A CURRENT MATTER BUT A MATTER THAT OCCURRED 5 1/2 YEARS AGO.

THIS RESOLUTION UNNECESSARILY CREATES AN ISSUE THAT IS SURE TO DIVIDE THE COUNTY.

INSTANCES OF FAILURE TO DUE PROCESS MAY HAVE OCCURRED FIVE YEARS AGO. THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6 ARE REGARDED BY MANY RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AS A DAY OF INSURRECTION AGAINST THE LAWFUL GOVERNMENT OF OUR BELOVED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE FIND IT REGRETTH THAT THERE WOULD BE OTHER CITIZENS IN THIS COUNTY AND THAT ANY COMMISSIONER WOULD NOT BELIEVE THEIR OWN EYES OR THE FINDINGS OF OVER 1,000 FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASES. THE SADDEST AND MOST DISRESPECTFUL PART OF THE RESOLUTION IS THAT BY FOCUSING ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A LIMITED NUMBER OF CLAIMS OF DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS, IT NEGLECTS TO MENTION THE NUMBER OF ASSAULTS, INJURIES AND INDEED DEATHS THAT WERE SUSTAINED BY VALIANT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON THAT INFAMOUS DAY. BY LEAVING THAT PART OF JANUARY 6, 2021 OUT, THIS RESOLUTION DISRESPECTS THE SERVICE OF THESE BRAVE PUBLY OFFICIALS AND SEEKS TO DID I VIET THE COUNTY. THE COMMISSIONERS IN

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COURT SHOULD SUPPORT A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS THE CONTITUTION. IF ANY RESIDENTS UNLAWFULLY SUFFERED, THAT SHOULD BE REMEDIED. NOTHING CAN BE REMEDIED BY THIS RESOLUTION AND NO POLICY IS CREATED OVER WHAT WAS PASSED LAST WEEK.

>> THAT'S THE END? GO AHEAD.

>> INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR THIS RESOLUTION, I ASK THE COURT TANL TABLE THIS VOTE UNTIL IT HONORS THE SACRIFICE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT RESISTED THEIR INSURRECTION THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 6.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT RISKED INJURY, THAT SUSTAINED INJURY AND THAT INCLUDED THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OF GIVING UP LIFE, PERHAPS THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD INCLUDE EVERY OTHER KNOWN INSTANCE OF THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DUE PROCESS.

>> I WILL STOP YOU THERE. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION YOU WERE A SENTENCE OR TWO AWAY.

THAT'S ENOUGH. I'M SORRY.

I THINK WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL THE COMMENTS.

NEXT, WE WILL HAVE COMMISSIONER SMITH, SINCE THIS IS HIS ITEM, IF THERE'S A VOTE, WE WILL CALL IT.

COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

I THINK THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS READ AN OP- ED I WROTE THE DAY AFTER JANUARY 6. IT APPEARED IN "THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS. " THERE'S SOME MISCHARACTERIZATIO N AND SOME -- I WILL PUT IT THIS WAY. I THINK THERE'S A BELIEF ON BEHALF OF MANY THAT THEY KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.

THEY DON'T.

I WAS VERY PUBLIC ABOUT IT AT THE TIME.

I JUST WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU BEFORE WE START OUR CONVERSATION.

THE U.S. CAPITOL REPRESENTS SMALL TOWN VALUES I GREW UP. THE ASSAULT WAS AN ATTACK ON FAMILY, HARD WORK AND PRIDE IN OUR COUNTRY.

THIS WAS PUBLISHED JANUARY 12, 2021.

THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6 WILL STICK WITH ME THE REST OF MY LIFE.

LOOKING BACK ON MY LIFE, FOUR THINGS STAND UP.

GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN . GOING TO TEXAS A&M, SPENDING TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND WORKING IN THE U.S. CAPITOL.

THIS CAME TO A HEAD IN THE US CAPITOL.

I REMEMBER AS AN INTERN GIVING TOURS TO KIDS FROM MY HOMETOWN.

SHOW THEM WHERE SAM HOUSTON STOOD.

WHERE TO STAND AND HEAR FOLKS WHISPER ACROSS THE ROOM.

LATER, A STATUE OF ONE OF MY PROFESSORS JOINED THOSE RANKS.

I FELT PROUD TO HAVE KNOWN HIM WHOSE ADVANCEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE SAVED A BILLION FROM STARVATION. KNOWING HE COULD DO FOR THE WORLD GAVE ME SOMETHING TO STRIVE TOWARD.

THE CAPITOL IS WHERE I LEARNED TO SACRIFICE BY TAKING JOBS, PAYING A THIRD OF WHAT MY FELLOW GRADUATES MADE AND WORKING ODD JOBS RS RIDING ON THE BACK OF A TRASH TRUCK, LIKE MOST STAFFERS, JUST FOR THE CHANCE TO WALK THE HALLS OF THE BUILDING DECIMATED THIS WEEK.

IT'S WHERE I LEARNED TO LISTEN TO FOLKS LIKE WES WATKINS TALK ABOUT GROWING UP AS THE ONLY ANGELO IN HIS SCHOOL IN A TINY TOWN HOLDING HIS BEST FRIEND AS HE DIED OF ALCOHOLISM IN HIS ARMS AND HOW HE WAS INSPIRED TO SERVE AND FIGHT FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES VENL IT'S WHERE I MET MY WIFE.

IT'S WHERE I WORKED WHEN I HAD MY FIRST IT'S WHERE AFTER I LOST BOTH MY PARENTS, MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW STAFFERS TOOK THEIR PLACE WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN TUMOR.

MY FIRST OUTING WITH MY OLDEST CHILD WAS TO THE CAPITOL.

SHE SAW SNOW NOR THE FIRST TIME. I DRAGGED HER HOME ASLEEP IN A SLED. WE HAD PICTURES TAKEN BEFORE WE MOVED BACK TO TEXAS. I SPOKE TO ONE OF MY THREE DAUGHTERS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MAERN, RESPECTING THINGS GREATER THAN YOURSELF AND UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IGHT AND WRONG. I HAD SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS WITH HER THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AS VIOLENCE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR GOVERNMENT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CAPITOL WILL SCAR OUR DEMOCRACY FOREVER. IT WILL SCAR INDIVIDUALS. IT IS OUR CHOICE AS INDIVIDUALS ON HOW WE WOULD -- HOW WE LET THAT WOUND PROGRESS. SHOULD WE PICK AT IT? LET IT INFECT AND FESTER? SHOULD WE TREAT IT AND LET IT HEAL? LEAVING ONLY A SCAR AS A REMINDER OF WHAT WE LEARNED? ON FOUR OCCASIONS PRIOR TO RUNNING FOR ELECTED OFFICE, I TOOK AN OATH AS A STAFF MEMBER FOR THE HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR A HOUSE COMMITTEE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. I TOOK ANOTHER THE DAY I WAS SWORN IN AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I HOPE EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO STORMED THROUGH THOSE DOORS COMES TO UNDERSTAND THE ASSAULT THEY PERPETRATED ON DEMOCRACY AND I HOPE THEY ARE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

I PRAY FOR THOSE OFFICERS WHO WERE INJURED AND FOR THOSE THEY HAD TO INJURE IN

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THEIR OWN DEFENSE. I PRAY THAT SOME DAY ONE OF BHI TALK ABOUT GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN TEXAS WHILE WALKING IN FRONT OF SCHOOL KIDS FROM A PLACE LIKE DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS, AND SAY WORK HERE FOR THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS JUST LIKE I DID.

WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY WAS UNCONSCIONABLE. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER IT WAS UNCONSCIONABLE AS WELL. I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE -- I BROUGHT THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD SPECIFICALLY TO ILLUSTRATE A POINT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE WERE OVER 5,000 PEOPLE ARRESTED. LESS THAN HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE EVER CHARGED.

MANY OF THEM DIDN'T RECEIVE DUE PROCESS.

IN OUR OWN COUNTY, WE HAVE PEOPLE ARRESTED EVERY DAY.

MANY OF THEM GO UNCHARGED. I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY THAT I BELIEVE THAT THEY GET DUE PROCESS HERE EITHER.

I THINK IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE THAT WHEN WE SIT HERE AS A COURT AND WE SUPPORT UNANIMOUSLY WE SUPPORTED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED CHANGES IN OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM WHERE IN AN AVERAGE COUNTY OF OUR SIZE, IN THE U.S. AN AVERAGE COUNTY, THEY HAVE ROUGHLY 390 PERSONS INCARCERATED FOR EVERY 100,000 IN POPULATION. THAT BEING THE CASE, OUR COUNTY SHOULD HAVE IN JAIL, IF WE WERE AVERAGE, ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER COUNTY, ROUGHLY 1,100, 1,200 PEOPLE IN OUR JAIL.

WE MADE CHANGES IN OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

I'M THANKFUL TO SAY, WHILE IT'S TOO MANY BOTH FROM A PHYSICAL STANCE AND FROM A JUDICIAL SENSE, WE AVERAGE BETWEEN 500 AND 600.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED LAST WEEK, I SUPPORTED IT FOR A VERY DISTINCT REASON. IT DUMFOUNDED ME WHEN EVERY SINGLE RESOLUTION OR EVERY SINGLE ITEM WE HAVE EVER ADDRESSED HERE, WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEBATE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK.

I KNEW THAT WHENEVER I INTRODUCED THIS RESOLUTION THIS WEEK THAT ONE THING WOULD HAPPEN. THERE WOULD BE A CLEAR COMPARISON BETWEEN THE RESOLUTION LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK. WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, THE ONE THING THAT HAPPENED WAS HE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND IT. WHENEVER -- I OFFERED THE AMENDMENT LAST WEEK TO SAY, ALL INDIVIDUALS. IT WAS STRUCK DOWN. I WILL TELL YOU TODAY THAT THIS RESOLUTION AS OFFERED, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO AMEND IT TO REMOVE PARAGRAPH SIX FROM IT. I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.

BECAUSE I AM WILLING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY COLLEAGUES. I'M WILLING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THIS IS A FORUM WHERE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WE SHOULDN'T CALL FOR A VOTE AND BE SHUT DOWN BEFORE WE EVEN -- EVER GET TO DISCUSS IT.

WE HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION HERE.

WE HAVE DIFFERENCES OF CONSTITUENCIES HERE. IT'S OUR JOB TO REPRESENT THEM.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE RESOLUTIONS WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT A FEDERAL LEVEL.

IT MAKES US FEEL GOOD.

IT MAKES US FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.

IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT. I FOR ONE INSTEAD OF INTRODUCING THESE -- WE COULD HAVE THESE EVERY WEEK AND DISAGREE ON THEM. SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT WHETHER I CHOOSE TO RUN FOR OFFICE AGAIN OR NOT, OR WHETHER ANYBODY ELSE UP HERE DOES, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO RUNNING FOR OFFICE HERE AND WE WILL HAVE THESE EVERY WEEK OF ONE TYPE OR ANOTHER. I OFFER THIS RESOLUTION AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAY, LET'S PUT THIS TO BED. LET'S BE DONE WITH IT.

LET'S NOT WASTE THE COUNTY'S TIME AND OUR TIME DOING ANY MORE OF THESE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE TOO IMPORTANT. WITH THAT, AGAIN, I OPEN -- I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.

IT MAY NOT PASS. I'M WILLING TO ABSOLUTELY TAKE OUT PARAGRAPH SIX.

IN DOING SO, I ALSO KNOW AND I WOULD HOPE THAT FROM MY COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY WEEK.

IF WE DO HAVE -- CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE ITEMS THAT WHERE WE CAN'T HAVE AN IMPACT AS A COUNTY, THEN I GUESS WE WILL

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CONTINUE TO. I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF OUR TIME.

>> OKAY.

>> THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO ILLUSTRATE

IT. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THIS IS THE COURT OF RECORD. WE HAVE EVERYTHING RECORDED AND TELEVISED AND MINUTES TAKEN BY OUR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

IT WAS NOT STRUCK DOWN WITH NO VOTE.

I DID AGREE TO CREATE THE ALL EDIT.

INACCURATE ONE MORE TIME. COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> I HAVE NO -- WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT HIM WRITING THIS RESOLUTION. JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

ONLY TWO COMMISSIONERS CAN TALK AT A TIME.

YOU CAN'T HAVE A THIRD. THAT WOULD BE A QUORUM. IF SOMETHING BRINGS SOMEONE FORWARD, THEY HAVE ANOTHER COMMISSIONER THEY TALKED TO ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TO SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR OUR DAY IN COURT.

I DIDN'T KNOW INTENTION BEHIND THE RESOLUTION.

I JUST KNOW IT FOR WHAT I READ IT TO BE. YES, THE LAST THREE PARAGRAPHS ARE INCREDIBLE. THEY JUST TALK ABOUT HUMANE TREATMENT, DUE PROCESS, PROTECTING HABEAS CORPUS. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS AMERICANS -- THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE, STAND FOR.

IT SHOULD BE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS, NO MATTER WHAT CRIME YOU COMMITTED.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE IN AMERICA.

ARE YOU INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

IT'S 100% WHAT AMERICA STANDS ON.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND HIM HAVING I -- I THINK CALLING IT HOW I SEE IT.

HE HAD TO PUT SOMETHING IN HERE SO EXTREME THAT IT SPARKED SOME TYPE OF DRAW FROM THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE, TO MAKE A POINT THAT US AS COMMISSIONERS IN, I HAD SOMEONE CALL ME AND SAY, I WANT MY TAX DOLLARS BACK BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WITH A I ELECTED YOU TO DO. I DIDN'T ELECT YOU TO DO THINGS THAT SUPERSEDED TWO LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. I DO UNDERSTAND WHY AS POLITICIANS WE DO HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT I STAND FOR, THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE IN AS A PERSON. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE TO TELL YOU WHO I AM AS A PERSON. WHETHER IT COMES TO THIS COURT AND WHAT WE CAN DO HERE, LET'S DO PUBLIC SAFETY. LET'S DO ROADS.

LET'S DO THINGS -- PARKS AND REC.

MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY WHAT WE CAN AND UNIFY IT US INSTEAD OF DIVIDING US. I THINK THAT'S THE POINT THAT'S DRIVEN HOME IS, ALL OF THIS DIVISION -- IF THIS KEEPS ON GOING, WE WILL TALK ABOUT ABORTION THAT WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION TO TALK ABOUT. LET'S STICK TO THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO AS A COUNTY. LET'S DO BEST FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED US. PUT THOSE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO WORK. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS TREATED WITH 100% EQUALITY AND THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS THAT THIS NATION IS FOUNDED UPON. THAT'S WHAT I AGREE

WITH. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE THAT I CAN SAY THAT WAS NOT ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT TODAY.

WE DID AS A COURT PASSIONATELY VOTED TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION REGARDING DUE PROCESS. WE ALL AGREED THAT WAS OUR PATH FORWARD.

HOW THIS WAS SUBMITTED, I UNDERSTAND, COMMISSIONER SMITH, WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO. I GET THAT.

AS COMMISSIONER HAMMER SAID, I WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD.

LET'S PUT OUR RESOLUTION BEHIND OUR TAX DOLLARS AND IN REGARDS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, I WANT US TO ALIGN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO DO.

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AS FAR AS BUILDING UP THIS COUNTY AND ADDRESSING CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

AND THOSE NEEDS WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THINGS I DID POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IMMIGRATION, THE SITUATION THAT'S GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THEY DON'T CARE.

THEY DON'T CARE. IT'S TOUCHING OUR COMMUNITY, MY COMMUNITY, THAT IS OVER 50% HISPANIC. I COULD SEE IT. I HEAR IT.

I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> COMMISSIONER, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WERE PLACING THIS RESOLUTION ON. I DON'T -- I UNDERSTAND NOW ONCE YOU HAVE EXPLAINED IT.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO THOSE EXTREMES TO GET OUR POINT ACROSS.

YOU COULD HAVE SUBMITTED A RESOLUTION WITHOUT THE LANGUAGE OF PARAGRAPH SIX AND SOME OTHER REVISIONS. IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

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I AGREE WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THESE TYPES OF ISSUES, TAKING THIS MUCH TIME TO ADDRESS THEM. I JUST THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY DO IT. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS.

I'M HOPING WE CAN JUST MOVE PAST THIS ALSO.

I, AGAIN -- I UNDERSTAND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE REVISIONS.

WE WILL DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT I CAN SUPPORT IT. WHEN I CAME TO COURT, I FELT I COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

>> THANK YOU. I WILL SUMMARIZE THAT I'VE GOT A FEW ISSUES WITH WHAT WAS STATED AND THE THEATRICAL STUNTS WHY IT WAS BROUGHT TO COURT.

THE REFERENCE OF -- I WILL GO BY MY NOTES.

THE REFERENCE THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH ALWAYS LIKES TO MAKE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE HAVE IN OUR JAIL IS VERY LOW COMPARED TO OTHER STATES.

UNTIL YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. THEN IT'S DAMN BIG.

OKAY? WE HAVE SOME FOLKS IN THIS COURTROOM TODAY THAT SAT THERE FOR YEARS.

YOU CONVINCE THEM THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE TOO LOW.

THAT'S WHAT HE ALWAYS PEDALS. THESE NUMBERS ARE LOW.

THESE NUMBERS ARE LOW. WE'RE DOING GOOD.

WE'RE DOING GOOD. THEY CAN BE HIGHER.

I WILL NEVER -- I WILL NEVER BUY THAT.

WHAT ABOUTISM WILL NOT WORK FOR ME, ESPECIALLY ON THAT FRONT. I HAVE SAID IT, BUT I WILL SAY IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S ON MY NOTES.

HE OFFERED AN AMENDMENT AND IT WAS STRUCK DOWN AND WE WENT STRAIGHT TO VOTE, NOPE.

UNTRUE. ROLL THE TAPE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WATCH HOW I ACCEPTED THE ALL.

THAT'S HOW WE ASKED OUR CIVIL DIVISION TO GO AND REPRINT THE RESOLUTION. IT WAS AND THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED. DISAGREE ON THEM EVERY WEEK, YES. WE CAN DISAGREE ON RESOLUTIONS EVERY WEEK.

NO. THE PROBLEM HERE IS, THESE RESOLUTIONS OR PROCLAMATIONS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE, WHEN WE PUT THEM TOGETHER, I WILL SAY IT THIS WAY, THE RESOLUTION I PUT TOGETHER ABOUT TREATING PEOPLE LIKE THE AMERICA THAT WE ARE, THE AMERICA THAT I AM PROUD OF, THE LAPEL PIN I'M A HAPPY WEARER OF, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT. THAT IS WHAT WE WERE NOT DOING TO THE PEOPLE IN HAYS COUNTY THAT I SWORE AN OATH TO UPHOLD AND REPRESENT. IT'S A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE.

WE CAN AGREE ON PLATITUDES. WE CAN ARGUE, WE CAN DEBATE FOREVER AND CALL THIS A DOG AND PONY SHOW. GO FOR IT. MY AIM WAS TO ADDRESS A BONA FIDE ISSUE THAT I WAS DULY ELECTED TO REPRESENT AS A PATRIOT. IT'S MY CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO REPRESENT THIS. WHEN ANYONE -- I DON'T CARE IF I HAVE TO DRIVE TO HASKELL COUNTY TO GET AN ASSESSMENT.

IF ANYONE HAS TROUBLE, IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY DUTY TO LEAN IN. CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ISRAEL AND IN IRAN AND WASHINGTON, D.C. AND CALIFORNIA IN WE CAN.

THIS IS NOT THE PLACE. THIS IS NOT THE LANE. ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

WE DON'T NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS HERE, BECAUSE THAT IS TRUE, THAT IS TWO DEGREES NORTH OF US. THAT'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

I LOOP BACK IN. MINE WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE MINE WAS HERE WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN LAYS COUNTY. THERE'S NO EXCUSE TO STAND IDLE. I WILL NEVER STAND IDLE. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT COSTS.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT ABORTION. THAT'S ANOTHER NOTE I WROTE. MOOT POINT.

THIS IS NOT THE VENUE FOR US TO DISCUSS ABORTION. THERE I ALWAYS DO SAY, LET'S STAY IN OUR LANE. THAT'S NOT OUR LANE.

THE WAY WE TREAT PEOPLE IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM, HOW MUCH WE CHARGE THEM FOR PHONE CALLS T CALL THEIR LOVED ONES, HOW LONG THEY STAY IN THERE, HOW WE SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH, DWI COURT AND ALL THESE OTHER PIECES, THAT IS OUR LANE.

COMMISSIONERS, EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH MANAGING AND HANDLING AND INTERACTING IN. THAT'S OUR SPACE.

I HAVE TAKE AN N A CLOSE LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION.

IT'S NOT JUST UNSERIOUS. IT'S OUTRIGHT REDISC LOUS. COMPARING THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTIONISTS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DISAPPEARED IN HAYS COUNTY IS NOT JUST A FALSE EQUIVALENCE, IT'S AN INSULT TO OUR INTELLIGENCE AND VALUES.

THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT MAKING STATEMENTS.

IT'S ABOUT REAL SOLUTIONS AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE.

COMMISSIONER SMITH'S APPROACH IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MANIPULATION OF A WASHINGTON LOBBYIST

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UNDERMINING THE TRUTH AND SHOWING COWARDICE IN THE FACE OF REAL JUSTICE.

THE RESOLUTION I BROUGHT FORWARD IS GROUNDED IN CONSTITUTION. THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE IDEA THAT NO GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL, SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TREAT PEOPLE INHUMANELY. DISINGENUOUS. THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION.

I CONDEMN THIS RIDICULOUS RESOLUTION.

FINAL WORDS, COMMISSIONER. DO YOU WANT TO CALL THE VOTE?

>> I'M GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER STATEMENT. THANK YOU. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THIS.

WE CAN DEBATE THESE THINGS EVERY WEEK.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE IN -- WE ARE IN A CAMPAIGN YEAR.

I HAVE THE WORST FEELING THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THESE ITEMS COME UP THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER.

WE CAN HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INFLUENCE ON OUTSIDE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

MY POINT TODAY IS THE FACT THAT WE CAN GO TO THESE EXTREMES . THE ASSUMPTION BEFORE ANYONE CAME INTO COURT WAS THAT I SUPPORTED THE JANUARY 6 PROTESTERS.

GUESS WHAT? I CALLED FOR EVERY ONE OF THEIR IMMEDIATE PROSECUTION. THERE WERE OVER 5,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NUMBERS.

LESS THAN HALF OF THEM WERE CHARGED.

MOST OF THEM -- ALL OF THEM WERE HELD ON FEDERAL CHARGES. AGAIN, I JUST USE THAT AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE IN THAT SYSTEM. I DON'T AGREE.

I VOTED LAST WEEK IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. NOT AT ALL. AGAIN, WE CAN POLITICIZE THIS COURT OR WE CAN'T.

>> YOU WANT TO CALL A VOTE?

>> SIR, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU. SO THEREFORE, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT -- LAST WEEK, I WILL CLARIFY.

WHENEVER I OFFERED TO DEBATE OR TO MAKE AN AUD JUSTMENT, AMENDMENT, LAST WEEK I WAS TOLD NO.

YOU CAN ROLL THE TAPE.

>> THERE WERE NO EDITS.

>> YOU SAID, NO. I SAID, YOU DON'T WANT TO ADD ALL? YOU DON'T WANT THIS FOR ALL AMERICANS? FINALLY, WE GOT THE ADZ JUSTMENT FOR ALL.

AGAIN, THERE WAS NO -- YOU INITIALLY

SAID, NO. >> THANK YOU.

>> I SAID.

WE ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS.

IT'S FOR THAT REASON, WE SHOULDN'T MAINTAIN OUR ABILITY IN THIS COURT TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSION. WE SHOULD MAIN TAIN OUR ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TO HAVE IMPACT ON THINGS WHERE WE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT. NOT ON THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TABLE MY OWN MOTION.

>> TABLE GIVES THE FOLKS, SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNMENT LYNN GIS TICKS. THAT IS THE IDEA THAT, IT'S GOING TO COME BACK IN SOME WAY.

KNOW THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED EVERYTHING ON THERE IN THE RESOLUTION THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

DO YOU HAVE THE INTENT TO BRING SOMETHING BACK? IS THAT WHAT YOUR INTENT IS IN.

>> I'M GOING TO TABLE THE MOTION.

IF WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT AGAIN -- YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION.

>> I'M RESTATING WHAT YOU JUST

ASKED. >> YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION.

I'M MORE THAN HAPPY.

>> I DIDN'T ASK YOU A QUESTION.

>> YOU DID ASK ME A QUESTION.

>> YOU ASKED TO TABLE IT. I'M EXPLAINING WHAT'S GOING ON. I HAVE TAKEN THE CONVERSATION TO

RUN THIS ITEM. >> YOU ASKED, WHAT WAS IT?

>> TUCKER, HE IS MOVING TO TABLE THIS ITEM.

WE HAVE A CHOICE OF TABLING IT OR VOTING IT DOWN. WALK US THROUGH THE RULES OF ORDER PROCESS FOR THIS. HE NEEDS A SECOND TORE THE TABLE?

>> Y'ALL HAVE THOSE OPTIONS. HE CAN RECOMMEND A TABLE.

OR Y'ALL CAN CALL A VOTE. OR YOU CAN REMOVE THE ITEM. THAT'S THE COURT'S DECISION.

I DON'T HAVE THE ROBERTS RULES IN FRONT OF ME. THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS Y'ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

>> THERE'S NOT BEEN A MOTION -- THERE'S BEEN A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A MOTION TO CALL FOR A VOTE. ACCORDING TO ROBERTS RULES.

>> SO, IT WAS OPENED AS -- OPEN A RESOLUTION ADOPT A RESOLUTION. YEAH. IT HAS BEEN.

IT HAS BEEN OPENED FOR US TO CALL THE VOTE.

LET'S JUST END THIS AND STOP WASTING TIME AS YOU ARE SUGGESTING AND CALL THE VOTE.

LET'S END THIS ONCED AFOR ALL.

>> YOU WANT TO AMEND IT IN.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT WE -- WE HAVE THE ABILITY AS A COURT TO DO THAT.

LET'S WORK AS A COURT. TOGETHER.

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I WOULD OFFER AN AMENDED RESOLUTION TO REMOVE ALL OF PARAGRAPH SIX.

>> COPY, PASTE WHAT WE DID PASS IS WHAT YOUR TIME WASTING TECHNIQUE IS

ABOUT. >> IF YOU READ --

>> THERE'S NO ACTUALLY. I READ IT.

>> YOU KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN YOURS.

>> DO YOU WANT TO ALLOW AN EDIT OR JUST VOTE IT ALL DOWN ALL TOGETHER?

>> TUCKER, WHAT'S THE PROPER

PROCEDURE? >> WHATEVER WE WANT ON THAT FRONT.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH, ARE YOU FILING -- ARE YOU MOTIONING WITH REMOVAL OF THAT PARAGRAPH --

>> CORRECT.

>> I WOULD RECOMMEND STATING THAT.

>> I WOULD MOVE FOR A VOTE, MINUS PARAGRAPH SIX.

>> IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE OF JANUARY 6 --

>> CORRECT.

>> I'M ASKING BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS THIS DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF THEM.

>> IT'S IN YOUR BACKUP.

>> HIS MOTION IS TO REMOVE THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTIONIST ITEM FROM HIS RESOLUTION. DOES HE HAVE A SECOND?

>> I WILL SECOND.

>> OKAY. CALL ROLL.

>> IT FAILS BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS. THANK YOU.

ALLOW YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS YOU WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I DIDN'T GIVE YOU CITIZEN COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING, MISS MOORE. START A TIMER FOR HER.

THIS IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SHUFFLE THAT WE LOST YOUR FIRST PAPER. THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

WE WILL TAKE A SHORT RECESS AFTER THAT.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

THE WORK YOU DO. I WAS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS IN THE RED BOND LAWSUIT REGARDING THE VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS OCTOBER.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WERE SPENT BY LOBBYING -- SPENT ON LOBBYING AND INFLUENCE BY OUTSIDE AND OUT OF STATE ENGINEERING FIRMS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THESE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WERE PART OF THIS BOND. MY WISH IS FOR A BOND THAT FOCUSES ON THE IH- 35 CORRIDOR ROADS THAT ARE HIGH PRIORITY AND LEAVE OUT THE DREAM ROADS OF THE CONTRACT TORZ THAT WOULD CREATE IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE.

DON'T WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY ON ATTORNEYS' FEES FOR AN APPEAL.

INSTEAD, LET'S MOVE FORWARD BY APPOINTING A BIPARTISAN BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GET REAL AND HONEST PUBLIC INPUT TO SHAPE A BETTER BOND PACKAGE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IN EXECUTIVE SECTION.

>>> THE LIGHT IS ON. WE ARE BACK FROM A SHORT RECESS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE ARE BACK FROM A SHORT RECESS.

THANK YOU ALL FOUR YOUR PATIENCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT K- 2 AND K- 9 WILL BE OPENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

JUST A TINY POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

K-2 AND 9 WILL BE OPENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION,

[F.5. Presentation by Charlie Campise with an update regarding the Hill Country MHDD. B E C E R R A]

NOT NECESSARILY AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NOW, LET'S GO ON TO PLEASE OPEN F-5.

>> F-5. PRESENTATION BY CHARLIE RECORDING THE HILL COUNTRY.

>> MY FRIEND, WHO IS A GEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, TELL US WHAT YOU GLEANED FROM YOUR REPRESENTING THIS COURT IN YOUR HILL COUNTRY BOARD MEETING.

THE MICROPHONE. IT HAS BEEN FIXED.

DON'T TOUCH IT.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> WELL.

>> I'M GOING TO PREFACE WITH A COMPLIMENT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO, THE ALARM IN MY HOME WENT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. I GOT A VOICE COMMENT FROM THE LADY WHO WAS MONITORING THE ALARM. SHE SAID, WHAT'S THE PASSWORD? I TOLD HER, 1492.

>> YOU JUST TOLD US ALL.

>> GUESS WHAT? THAT WASN'T THE

PASSWORD. >> THAT'S GOOD.

>> SHE CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I LIVE TEN MILES FROM THIS BUILDING.

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WITHIN ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES, TWO UNITS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CAME ROARING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY.

I HAVE TO SAY, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT THEY WERE ON THEIR TOES AND IN THOSE MOMENTS, THEIR TOES WERE DEFINITELY ON THE GAS PEDAL.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT COMMENT ABOUT ONE OF OUR VERY ACTIVE AND FORWARD- FACING DEPARTMENTS IN THIS COUNTY OF OURS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL PASS THAT ON TO OUR SHERIFF.

>> NOW MY REPORT. I HAVE BEEN A REPRESENTATIVE FOR JUDGE BECERRA AND TO THE HILL COUNTRY FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS. THE MEETING ON THE 3RD OF JUNE WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST BORING MEETING I HAVE EVER ATTENDED.

HOWEVER, I WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A FEW WORDS CONSTITUTING THE MINUTES. LET ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 10:02 A.M.

THE MEETING WAS HELD AT OUR CENTRAL OFFICES. A QUORUM WAS IN ATTENDANCE.

A BRIEF PRAYER. THE COMMISSIONER LECOCK WAS ATTENDING HIS FIRST MEETING. THE GUESTS WAS THERESA KOHL.

SHE'S A PRIMARY SCHOOLTEACHER IN THE HAYS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LIVES IN PRECINCT 3. THE BOARD SHARE ANNOUNCED ALL 19 COUNTIES IN OUR CATCHMENT AREA PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION DECLARING MAY OF 2025 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. THERE WAS NO REPORT FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING WERE ACCEPTED AS READ.

THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PRESENTED ED CHANGES PROPOSED TO THE FISCAL YEAR '25 BUDGET. THOSE WERE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. OF COURSE, WE ADDED MONEY TO THE BUDGET RATHER THAN DECREASED IT.

THE BOARD NEXT PASSED PROPOSED ACTIONS REGARDING THE DISPOSITION AND PURCHASE OF VARIOUS PROPERTIES. THEY WERE RIVER TRAIL EASEMENT.

THE BOARD DECIDED BACK IN 2023 TO BEGIN SAVING FUNDS BY PURCHASING PROPERTIES RATHER THAN ENTERED INTO LONG-TERM LEASES.

THE ACTIONS IN THIS MEETINGMEETING REFLECT A COMMITMENT TO SUCH CONDITIONS OF USE, ACQUISITION AND DEPOSITION OF OUR PROPERTIES.

THROUGH CONTINUING ACQUISITIONS, THE AGENCY HAS MANAGED TO HAVE MORE FUNDS TO DEDICATE TO DIRECT CARE OF OUR CLIENTS. NEXT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF ACCEPT ANSWER OF GIFTS AND USE OF SECURITY PERSONNEL AT FACILITIES AT WHICH OUR CLIENTS ARE SERVED DAILY. THE BOARD APPROVED THE USE OF SECURITY DEVICES WHENEVER AND WHEREVER APPROPRIATE. AFTER THIS, THE BOARD BRIEFLY ENTERED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO ACTION ITEMS RESULTED FROM DECISIONS MADE DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. A SHORT TRAINING SESSION FOLLOWED. IT RELATED TO THE NEW SERVICE METHODOLOGY FOR IN- HOME CLIENTS AND THE FAMILY RECEIPT OF FUNDS FOR CARE FOR THEM AND CURRENT SUCCESS THAT THE AGENCY DERIVED FROM MOBILE MENTAL HEALTH TEEMENTS.

THE CEO REPORT FOLLOWED. HE ADVISED THAT BED OCCUPANCY FOR THE FIRST TIME IF A LONG TIME HAS BEEN DOWN IN CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT FACILITIES.

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS ARE HAVING A POSITIVE AFFECT ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION, CRISIS SERVICES ARE VERY ACTIVE, AND OUR AGENCY IS PROCEEDING WITH PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOSPITAL IN KERRVILLE, TEXAS. OUR AGENCY IS IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE FINANCIALLY THAN ALMOST ALL OF THE OTHER MHDD CENTERS IN TEXAS. AVAILABLE FUNDS CONTINUE TO

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BE LARGE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN OPERATE WITHOUT ANY INCOME FOR MORE THAN 200 DAYS.

THAT'S THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER DAY.

NEXT THERE WAS A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE USE OF FUNDS AND GROWTH OF SAVINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

THESE ITEMS WERE DESCRIBED BY THE THREE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF OUR AGENCY.

THE THREE MEN ALLOWED FOR QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME REGARDING ALL FUNDS CURRENTLY IN POSSESSION AND POSSIBLE FUTURE USE OF ANY SURPLUS MONEY. LET ME INJECT SOMETHING HERE.

I THINK IT'S OF NOTE THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A ESENTATION BY ONE OF THREE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF ALL OF THE WONDERFUL AND EFFECTIVE SERVICES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN HAYS COUNTY. EVERY MEETING, OUR COUNTY IS SINGLED OUT AS EXEMPLARY. A PRIMARY REASON, BECAUSE OF ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES AND ALL 19 COUNTIES, THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL, POLICE CHIEF OF SAN MARCOS WHO THROUGH HIS OWN EFFORTS HAS MADE HIMSELF AN EXPERT IN TEACHING LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL HOW TO POUR WATER ON A POTENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. HE IS AN EXAMPLE TO THE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES IN OUR CATCHMENT AREA.

THERE WAS NO OTHER BUSINESS AFTER THAT.

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO A CLOSE AT 12:25 P.M.

SUBMITTED BY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD FOR JUDGE BECERRA.

ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I WANTED TO ASK, WHEN YOU SAID POURED WATER OR A DIFFERENT WORD CHOICE SO WE CAN BE CLEAR IN WHAT YOU MEANT?

>> WELL, I THINK IT MEANS TO PUT LESS EMPHASIS ON.

LET ME MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT. THIS THURSDAY, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE OF VISITING WITH THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, COMMISSIONER HAMMER. I'M GOING TO GIVE HER A VERY IN- DEPTH REPORT ON WHATWHAT AGENCY CONSTITUTES AND HOW IMPORTANT WE ARE TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY. I TRULY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT 45- MINUTE TO AN HOUR MEETING. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. LET ME SEE IF THE COMMISSIONERS IN HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND PRESENTING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THURSDAY.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU UP AND AROUND.

WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

WE ARE GLAD TO SEE YOU UP AND ABOUT.

>> IF ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WANTS A 45- MINUTE REPORT, PLEASE DO IT WHILE I CAN STILL TALK AND WALK. THANK YOU.

>> YOU ARE WONDERFUL. CHARLIE.

THANKS A MILLION. YOU ARE A BLESSING.

AT THIS POINT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONERS, HOW WOULD -- IS THERE A PREFERENCE TO GO TO NEXT?

>> I KNOW WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON ITEMS -- LET'S SEE WHAT LETTER IS THAT? J-3 AND 4.

[Items J.3 & J.4.]

>> OKAY. LET'S OPEN J- 3 AND 4, PLEASE.

IS IT OKAY TO OPEN THEM TOGETHER?

>> SURE.

>> YOU CAN, JUDGE.

>> THANK YOU. LET'S OPEN THOSE TOGETHER, PLEASE.

>> J-3 AND J-4. PLN-2649- PRE, RATIFY APPROVAL OF THE MASON PRELIMINARY PLAN AND ITEM J- 4, PLN-2693- NP, RATIFY APPROVAL OF THE MASON PHASE ONE FINAL PLATT.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> THANK YOU. THE MASON PRELIMINARY PLAN AND PHASE ONE AND FINAL PLATT. I WILL START WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLAN. IF THE COURT RECALLS, WE BROUGHT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO THE COURT A MONTH OR SO AGO REGARDING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS 918-LOT SUBDIVISION ACROSS 300 RES. 886 WILL BE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAN.

WITH THE SUBDIVISION, THERE'S DEDICATION OF 140 FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR A CONNECTOR.

MORE ACCESSIBILITY IN THAT REGION.

THERE WILL BE UP TO FIVE MILES OF NATURE AND WALKING TRAILS IN THE SUBDIVISION.

EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT SITE IS ALSO INCLUDED WITH THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY PLAN AND THE FINAL PLATT, STAFF REVIEWED BOTH THE PLANNING PLATT IN CONJUNCTION WITH REGULATIONS AND STATE STATUTES AND APPROVED BOTH THE PLAN TO PLATT.

THE ACTION BROUGHT TODAY IS TO RATIFY THE APPROVAL.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU AND I SEE THE WORLD THE SAME IN THIS SPACE.

IS THERE FOR THAT FUTURE ESD SCENARIO A SPOT FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO GO

IN AND VOTE? >> YES.

THERE OR THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY AMENABLE TO US HAVING A LOCATION AT THEIR AMENITY CENTER.

>> PERFECT.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN VERY EASY TO WORK WITH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY ARE PRESENTING TODAY.

HE MENTIONED THE TRAIL SYSTEM.

>> FIVE MILES. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> IT WAS WONDERFU TO WORK WITH THEM.

>> GREAT NEWS. I APPRECIATE IT AND THE LOCATION THEY HAVE CHOSEN. I HAVE SEEN THE PROJECT.

WE ARE WELL REPRESENTED WITH YOU ON THIS PROJECT AND THESE ENDEAVORS.

THE LAST THING I WILL ASK IS, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT IT'S JUST THE TONE THAT WE ARE IN.

IT'S JUST AN ASK. IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER -- NO CONDITIONAL ANYTHING. BUT TO CONSIDER ANYTHING TO DO DO WITH RAINWATER COLLECTION, PHILOSOPHY OR ANYTHING IN THE SPACES WHERE IT DOES APPLY.

IT WOULD JUST -- IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S HEARTS GO PITTER PAT. DOES IT CHANGE THE WORLD OR YOUR BUDGET? IT COULD SAY, YES, TO TINY PIECES ON MANY LITTLE FRONTS.

IT WOULD BE A GREAT, GREAT EFFORT.

I AM PUREEING FOR US TO COUNTY- WIDE, TO CREATE AN ADOPT SOME OF THE ENERGY. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT CONTINUITY AND HARMONY IN AWARENESS OF OUR

SCARCITY. >> IT'S SOMETHING AT THE FOREFRONT. I DIDN'T HIGH LIGHT THAT, BUT IT'S SERVICED BY SAN MARCOS. THAT WILL BE COVERED WHEN IT COMES TO THE UTILITIES. IT'S AT THE FOREFRONT. WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

>> I WILL SAY THIS LAST THING AND LET THIS GO. IT'S A BIG DEAL TO US ALL. ZERO SCAPING, CRUSH GRANITE, ROCK, CACTUS. SET THINGS UP WHERE WE BENEFIT OR TWO FRONTS. ONE, THE ORGANIZATIONS DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH IT REGULARLY TO KEEP IT LOOKING SHARP. TWO, WE ARE NOT UTILIZING RESOURCES, WATERING THE TERRIBLE GRASS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT SUCKING UP

OVER 30% OF OUR WATER SUPPLY. >> YES, SIR.

ON THAT NOTE, IT'S MY PLEASURE IN ASSISTANCE WITH THE COURT MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH FUTURE PROJECTS ZEROSCAPING. NATURAL VEGETATION, PRESERVATION OF PONDS AND LAKES IS SOMETHING WE HAVE AS A STAPLE OF ANY TYPE OF TEMPLATE DISCUSSIONS.

>> BEAUTIFUL. THAT'S A WONDERFUL REMINDER TO EVERYONE WATCHING AND THOSE WORKING WITH US. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING HAYS COUNTY. DO WE VOTE TOGETHER, SEPARATELY?

>> I THINK WE CAN VOTE

SEPARATELY. >> LET'S CALL ROLL FOR THE FIRST ONE.

LET'S GO ON TO TALK ABOUT 4. IT'S BEEN OPENED.

>> ITEM FOUR IS PART OF THE MASON PROJECT.

THIS IS MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR PHASE ONE. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

IT'S A PROPOSED 185- LOT SUBDIVISION ACROSS THE FIRST 70 ACRES OF THE PROJECT.

OUT OF THE 185 LOTS, 178 WILL BE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. WATER AND WASTE WATER PROVIDED BY SAN MARCOS. STAFF HAS REVIEWED IMPROVED FINAL PLATT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH COUNTY AND STATE REGULATIONS, IT'S JUST TO RATIFY THAT.

>> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?

>> NO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CALL ROLL.

. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

GO BUILD SOMETHING.

>> ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO GO TO?

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>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN?

>> NO.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER?

[G. CONSENT ITEMS]

>> WE ARE GOOD.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH? LET'S OPEN THE REMAINDER OF CONSENT.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE.

>> G- 1, APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES.

G- 2, APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF JUROR DISBURSEMENT.

G- 3, APPROVE PAYMENT OF THE UNITED HEALTH CARE AND TEXAS ASSOCIATION AND ADDITIONAL DISBURSEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000. G- 4, APPROVE COMMISSIONER COURT MINUTES OF MAY 6, MAY 20 AND MAY 27 OF 2025. G- 5, APPROVE THE PAYMENTS OF THE JUNE 30 PAYROLL 2025 DISBURSEMENT IN AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5. 7 MILLION EFFECTIVE JUNE 30 AND POST TOTALS OF WAGES, WITHHOLDING, DEDUCTION AND BENEFITS ON THE WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED. G- 6, ACCEPT DELIVERY OF THE AUDITOR'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR 2025 OF APRIL, PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 114.023.

AND 114.025. G- 7, AUTHORIZE EXKUFGS A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING RECOVERY ASSISTANCE FOR DIRECT OR INDIRECT IMPACT OF COVID-19. G- 8, BUILDING MAINTENANCE OPERATING BUDGET FOR REPAIRS AS NEEDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. G- 9, A SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE BUG MASTER FOR PEST CONTROL SERVICES TO THE KYLE TRAIN DEPOT IN THE AMOUNT OF $29 MONTHLY. AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE PURCHASING POLICY OF OBTAINING THREE QUOTES.

G- 10, APPROVE A FACEBOOK AND X ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. G- 11, AUTHORIZE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSERESPONSE TO ACCEPT A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

G- 12, APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID EDWARDS AS THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IN OF THE TEXAS HOUSING FOUNDATION, TEXAS REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY. G- 13, AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE GRANT AWARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,308.

G- G- 14, AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $165,000. G- 15, AUTHORIZE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL, PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION GRANT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000. G- 16, AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT OF THE $8,250 FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO USE SAGE ARMORING FOR INSTALLATION FEES AND AUTHORIZE A WAIVER FOR THE PURCHASING POLICY OF OBTAINING THREE QUOTES AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G- 17, THE JAIL TO USE EXISTING FUNDS TO PURCHASE AFTER- MARKET VEHICLE EQUIPMENT VALUED AT $6,112.65. AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

G- 18, AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT OF $24,403 IN THE SHERIFF'S DRUG FORFEITURE DRUG TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.

G- 19, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO LOOMLEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $588 FOR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT RELATED TO AN ANNUAL SOCIAL MEDIA SCHEDULER SUBSCRIPTION.

FOR WHICH NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS OBTAINED AS PER REQUIRED PER THE PURCHASING POLICY.

G- 20, AUTHORIZE JUVENILE PROBATION TO PURCHASE FIVE NEW DELL PRO LAPTOPS.

UTILIZING AVAILABLE TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT FUNDS.

AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G- 21, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO PREMOE BRAND IN THE AMOUNT OF $617 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF BOTTLED WATER WHERE NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS OBTAINED AS REQUIRED PER THE PURCHASING POLICY.

G- 22, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO HONEY BUCKET IN THE AMOUNT OF $671. 97 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT RELATED TO THE LEASE OF PORTABLE TOILETS WHERE NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS OBTAINED AS REQUIRED FOR THE PURCHASING POLICY.

G- 23, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS. G- 24, RECEIVE ANNUAL

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ROAD REPORTS FOR EACH PRESIPTH. G- 25, RATIFY MOVEMENT OF ONE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POSITION FROM THE SHERIFF'S OPERATING DIVISION TO THE NEWLY CREATED COUNTYWIDE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G- 26, AMEND THE ELECTION CONTRACT FEE FUND IN THE AMOUNT $3,000 FOR ADDITIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION FUNDS RELATED TO THE 2025 SECRETARY OF STATE ANNUAL LAW CONFERENCE.

G- 27, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO TEDDY MORSE HARLEY FOR THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 OFFICE RELATED TO MOTORCYCLE REPAIRS IN WHICH NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS OBTAINED AS REQUIRED PER THE PURCHASING POLICY.

G LF 28, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO TYLER TECHNOLOGY IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,079 FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE 2025 TYLER CONNECT CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IN WHICH A PURCHASE ORDER WAS NOT OBTAINED AS REQUIRED BY THE PURCHASING POLICY.

>> A MOTION AND I THINK I HEARD A SECOND. IS THAT RIGHT? GOOD.

MIKE JONES, KICK US OFF WITH THE PODIUM.

>> MIKE JONES, EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR.

I WANTED TO THANK PUBLICLY OUR ALLIANCE FOR THEIR GRACIOUS DONATION. THIS HELPS US IN MANY, MANY WAYS AS YOU KNOW. WE SUPPORT MANY AGENCIES IN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

ESPECIALLY TO THE LIONS. IF YOU ARE LISTENING OR PART OF THIS TODAY YOU ARE NOT A LION, JOIN US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ROAR.

>> I THINK JUDGE BRYANT WAS HERE FOR THAT. SHE'S PART OF THE ALLIANCE.

>> WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL.

I HAVE SPOKEN AT NUMEROUS EVENTS.

>> I'M A LION.

>> MAYBE I CAN LEAD THE COURT IN A ROAR.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

>> ROAR!

THANK Y'ALL. >> WELL DONE.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER?

>> QUICK, FOR G- 10, I KNOW -- ERIC, YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT QUICK?

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS IN.

ON G- 10, PER THE COUNTY'S SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE CONTENT PLAN PRIOR TO ALLOWING DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE THEIR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

WHICH WE DID NOT RECEIVE FOR THIS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A CONTINGENCY THIS IS APPROVED THAT THE HR AND I.T. SEE THAT BEFORE WE CREATE THE ACCOUNTS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD. I HAVE SEEN INCONSISTENCIES IN OUR SOCIALS THROUGHOUT. NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE I AM FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH GOOD, BAD OR UGLY, I AM THE TIP OF THE SPEAR FOR THE GOVERNMENT. I'M A STRONG COMMUNICATOR WITH COMMUNITY. SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT.

SOME PEOPLE LOVE IT. I'M A VERY ACTIVE USER IN THAT SPACE. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO INCLUDE ME IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS SO THAT I CAN SHAPE HIGHEST AND BEST USES.

I NEVER WANT, REGARDLESS WHATEVER IS SAID, I NEVER WANT TO INTERFERE WITH ANYTHING.

I WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER.

IF WE CAN ALL COORDINATE HOW WE DO THINGS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO WE CAN HAVE A UNIFIED GOVERNMENT FRONT.

>> SURE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I TALKED TO JENNIFER.

SHE WILL COMPLY. SHE WILL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF.

>> RIGHT ON. THANK YOU.

ERIC. G-24, I HAD A QUESTION.

ARE YOU ALL ON G-24? IT'S THE ROAD REPORT.

I HAVE A FINE POINT, PUN INTENDED, CLARIFICATION QUESTION TO ASK. FIRST OF ALL, WHO WOULD PRINT ANYTHING IN TWO-POINT FONT? NUMBER ONE.

THAT JUST SHOWS THE SIZE OF THE SCOPE AND PROJECT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT IS THIS REALLY? IS THERE NORMAL WEARWEAR TEAR, DEFAULT MODE? HOW CAN WE EXTRAPOLATE ADRMATION FROM THIS REPORT? I KNOW, JENNIFER, THIS IS NOT JAB ON YOU WHATSOEVER.

YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A MAGNIFIENT JOB, ESPECIALLY NEW AND TIME OF CYCLE YOU HAVE COME ON. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THRUST UPON YOU. YOU ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH IT. I WANT TO SEE IF YOU CAN SHED LIGHT ON INTENTION AND WHAT IS BEFORE US.

[02:20:02]

>> DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION. ORIGINALLY, THIS REPORT WAS STARTED AS A TRANSPORTATION CODE REQUIREMENT.

THAT CODE -- SECTION HAS BEEN REPEALED.

IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL REPORT THAT'S REQUIRED ANYMORE. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE TIMINGTIMING OF AND THE INTENT OF THE CODE DURING BUDGET CYCLE WAS THAT IN THE NINTH MONTH OF YOUR BUDGET CYCLE YOU WOULD PROVIDE THIS REPORT FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING ROADWAYS, HOW MANY MILES OF ROADWAYS WE HAVE, ENSURING EVERYTHING IS OPEN AND OPERATIONAL.

WE THINK THERE'S STILL A GOOD INTENT -- A GOOD PURPOSE FOR DOING THIS TYPE OF REPORT. WE WOULD HOPE TO IMPROVE UPON IT IN FUTURE YEARS. WE ARE LOOKING INTO DEVELOPING MORE OF OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, WHICH WOULD GO INTO DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL DATA THAT COULD THEN BE SUPPLEMENTED IN THIS REPORT WHERE WE CAN THEN PROVIDE A LOT MORE KIND OF DASHBOARD-TYPE INFORMATION AND HOW IT RELATES TO HOW WE ARE MAINTAINING THE ROADWAYS IN THE

COUNTY. >> I THINK WHAT YOU ARE STRIVING FOR AND REACHING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. IT IS JUST AND IT IS DESERVED , AS ONE OF THE EXECUTIVES HERE, THAT WE BENEFIT FROM THAT WORK.

IT IS A VERY BIG DEAL TO US ALL. IT WAS REPEALED, I NEVER WANT TO OPERATE ON YOU MUST DO THESE THINGS AS A MINIMUM. SO THIS NINTH MONTH REPORT OF INCREASED ACCURACY AS TIME GOES ON IS PRESENTED TO US AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS SPOTSPOT ON, USEFUL, SUPER NECESSARY. IT HELPS US SEE OUR ENTIRE COUNTY FOOTPRINT IN A WAY THAT IS HOLISTIC IN THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PIECE, ROADS.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. I FEEL BAD ASKING. DO YOU KNOW WHEN THIS WAS LAST DONE?

>> IT WAS LAST DONE LAST YEAR. IT WAS AN ANNUAL REPORT.

IT WAS STILL DONE LAST YEAR.

>> I DIDN'T SEE WHAT I'M SEEING TODAY. I'M JUST GRATEFUL THERE'S A STEP IN IT. NO JAB ON ANYONE ELSE.

IT'S JUST MY APPRECIATION FOR THE EFFORT.

LOOKING FOR FINER POINT, FINER REPORTING MOVING FORWARD.

I THANK YOU. I KNOW YOUR HEART IS IN IT.

I APPRECIATE AND APPLAUD YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON ANY OTHER ITEMS?

>> ON THIS ITEM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

>> SURE.

>> I WOULD SAY, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS, JENNIFER AND I, WHENEVER SHE FIRST GOT HERE, THAT THE CURRENT WAY THAT WE DO THESE, WE HAVE EMPLOYEES DO VISUAL EVALUATION EVERY YEAR.

I FULLY INTEND BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR -- WE DISCUSSED THIS -- BRINGING BACK AN AGENDA ITEM TO LOOK AT CREATING A QUANTITATIVE WAY FOR US TO GIVE REAL SCORES TO THOSE.

IF WE -- I THINK IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE WHEN WE HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE OR TWO EMPLOYEES DOING IT. IF THEY RETIRE, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE SYSTEM THEY USE -- IF THEY ARE USING THE SIMILAR CRITERIA OR LOOKING AT IT THE SAME WAY OR THEIR COLLEAGUE WOULD HAVE. IF WE CAN CREATE A MORE OBJECTIVE WAY TO DO IT, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO STRIVE FOR. I WORKED WITH JERRY ON TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT SYSTEM. THERE'S 20 DIFFERENT ONES.

THEY HAVE SECRET SAUCE. JENNIFER HAS BEEN REVIEWING

THOSE. >> WONDERFUL.

COMMISSIONER HAMMER, ANYTHING ELSE?

>> NO.

>> VERY GOOD. IF NOTHING ELSE --

>> JUDGE.

>> YES.

>> HI. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC?

>> GOOD MORNING. VICKY DORSETT.

I HAVE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT ON G-20.

FOR THE JUVENILE DETENTION GRANT FUNDS. THE BACKUP STATED $4,321 FOR THE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS CORRECT.

THE ACTUAL GRANT AWARD IS $4,348.

WILL UPDATE THAT AMOUNT TO REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL $27 AND PLACING THAT IN THE DATA SUPPLY

LINE ITEM. >> PERFECT.

WITH THAT EDIT IN THAT ITEM OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, PLEASE CALL ROLL.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. NOW LET'S GO ON IN ORDER AS WE WERE TO ROADS. I-1.

[I.1. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a continuous "No Thru Truck Traffic" zone along Purgatory Road with signage posted from the Hays/Comal County line to RM 32. H A MME R /MOC Z Y GE MB A]

>> I- 1, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A CONTINUOUS NO THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC ZONE ALONG PURGATORY ROAD WITH SIGNAGE POSTED FROM THE COUNTY LINE TO OUR RM-32.

>> I AM OPENING THIS ITEM. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

I SEE NO MOVEMENT. I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[02:25:03]

JENNIFER. THIS HAS YOUR NAME ON IT.

ANYTHING TO SAY?

>> DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION. THE ONLY THING IS THAT IT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE NO THROUGH TRAFFIC ZONE THROUGH HAYS COUNTY TO

RM-32. >> NOT THROUGH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER HAMMER, ANY MOTION? WE JUST HELD A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU ARE GOOD?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> I- 2, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT AFA AMENDMENT 1, TO TERMINATE AFA EXECUTED ON APRIL 16, 2021, BETWEEN THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND HAYS COUNTY FOR RM- 12 AT JACOBS WELL ROAD PROJECT AND TO EXECUTE A RESOLUTION FOR A REPLACEMENT AFA WHICH INCLUDES ALL PROJECT COSTS AND ADDITION OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS.

[I.2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Advance Funding Agreement (AFA), Amendment No. 1 to terminate the AFA executed on April 16, 2021 between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and Hays County for the RM 12 at Jacobs Well Road project and to execute a resolution for a replacement AFA which includes all project costs and the addition of federal and state funds. H A MME R /MOC Z Y GE MB A]

>> WELL WORDED. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?

>> NO. WE'RE JUST PROJECT HAS FEDERAL FUNDS NOW. WE ARE TERMINATING THE AFA.

>> PERFECT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> I-3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT TO GRANT A UTILITY PIPELINE AND RIGHT-OF- WAY EASEMENT TO COUNTY LINE SUD ALONG COAL TON COTTON GIN ROAD.

>> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER OR

JENNIFER. >> THIS IS FOR WATER AND WASTE WATER SERVICES ALONG COTTON GIN ROAD.

>> CALL THE ROLL.

[I.5. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & surface drainage improvements, release of the subdivision bond #PB03010409743 in the amount of $44,918.00, and acceptance of the 2-year maintenance bond #602-208614-7 in the amount of $158,051.20 for Freedom at Anthem subd. Phase 3. S MIT H /MOC Z Y GE MB A.]

>> I WAS ASKED TO PULL FOUR. WE WILL GO ON TO I-5.

>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND SURFACE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS RELEASE OF THE SUBDIVISION BOND, #PB 03010409743 IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,918 AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE TWO- YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND NUMBER 602-208614- 7, IN THE AMOUNT OF $158,051. 20 FOR THE FREEDOM AT AN THEM

SUBDIVISION. >> SO

MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND SURFACE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS RELEASE OF THE SUBDIVISION BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $272,457.25.

[I.6. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction and surface drainage improvements, release of the subdivision bond #CIC1932571 in the amount of $272,457.25, acceptance of the 2-year maintenance bond #4477774 in the amount of $57,007.35, and acceptance of the 1-year revegetation bond #4477773 in the amount of $7,752.25 for 6 Creeks subdivision, Phase 1, Section 11. H A MME R /MOC Z Y GE MB A]

>> I-6.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE TWO-YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,007. 35 AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE ONE YEAR REVENGE TAGS BOND 44773 IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,752.

25 FOR SIX CREEKS SUBDIVISION PHASE ONE SECTION 11.

>> WELL WORDED. PLEASE CALL ROLL.

[I.7. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & surface drainage improvements, and acceptance of the 2-year maintenance bond #7901262317 in the amount of $25,084.00 for Springlake Oaks subdvision. S MIT H /MOC Z Y GE MB A]

>> I-7.

>> I- 7, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER AK SEM ANSWER OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND SURFACE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND ACCEPT ANSWER OF THE TWO- YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND 7901262317 IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,084 FOR SPRING LAKE OAKS SUBDIVISION.

>> J-1. PLN-2745- PC, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARD TO PIONEER RANCHES, SECTION ONE, LOT 26A REPLATT.

>> CALL ROLL.

[J.1. PLN-2745-PC; Hold a public hearing in regard to Pioneer Ranches, Section 1, Lot 26A Replat. H A MME R /P A C H E C O]

>> IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

>> NEVER MIND.

>> JUST KIDDING. >> JUST KIDDING.

>> WE ARE OPENING THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM? PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I SEE NO MOVEMENT.

[02:30:04]

I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> THANK YOU.

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE ITEM FOR J- 1 FOR PIONEER RANCHES SECTION 1 LOT 26A REPLATT.

A TWO-LOT SUBDIVISION. IN PRECINCT 3. FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF WATER ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL WELL AND RAINWATER COLLECTION.

FOR WASTE WATER, INDIVIDUAL ONSITE SEWAGE FACILITIES.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS JUST TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.

THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

STAFF IS REVIEWING THE PRE- PLATT AND WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE.

>> ALL RIGHT. NO MOVEMENT.

>> YES, SIR. JUST TO HOLD THE HEARING.

>> PERFECT.

[J.2. PLN-2749-PC; Hold a public hearing in regard to Indian Hills Ranch, Lot 1, Replat. C OH E N /S MIT H /P A C H E C O]

>> J-2.

>> J- 2, PLN-2749- PC, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARD TO INDIAN HILLS RANCH, LOT 1 REPLATT.

>> I AM OPENING THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

I SEE NO MOVEMENT. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. INDIAN HILLS RANCH LOT 1 REPLOT, A TWO-LOT SUBDIVISION. THIS IS ALONG WEST F 115 AND WITHIN PRECINCTS 2 AND 4. WATER WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL WELLS AND RAINWATER COLLECTION. FOR WASTE WATER, IT WILL ACHIEVED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ADVANCED ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES.

THIS IS JUST THE ITEM PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM -- SUBDIVISION PLATT IS BEING REVIEWED BY STAFF.

AT A LATER DATE IT WILL BE BROUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION OR RATIFICATION.

[J.5. PLN-2581-NP; Ratify approval for the CR 127 Retail Center Final Plat. IN GA LS B E /P A C H E C O]

>> THANK YOU. OPEN J-5.

>> J- 5, PLN-2581- NP, RATIFY APPROVAL FOR THE CR 127 RETAIL CENTER FINAL PLATT.

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU.

THE CR 127 RETAIL CENTER FINAL PLATT.

ONE LOT PLATT OR SUBDIVISION. THIS IS LOCATED ALONG HIGH ROAD AND KYLE IN PRECINCT 1. WATER AND WASTE WATER WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY SPECIAL UTILITY SDIKT. STAFF REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE FINAL PLATT IN CONJUNCTION. THE REMAINING ACTION IS TO RATIFY THE APPROVAL TODAY.

>> ALL RIGHT. CALL THE ROLL.

[K.1. Discussion and possible action to authorize a salary exception to Step 10 for the Animal Welfare Services Manager within the Health Department effective July 1, 2025. C OH E N /GON Z A LE S]

>> K- 1, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE SALARY EXCEPTION TO STEP TEN FOR ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES MANAGER.

>> MATTHEW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO -- YOU CAN SIT RIGHT THERE AND FILL US IN.

>> THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU IS AN ITEM REQUESTING A SALARY EMPTION FOR THE ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICE CONDITION.

INDIVIDUAL COMING IN WITH 13 YEARS BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT THAT'S THERE. THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AND OPERATIONS.

I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TEAM, ESPECIALLY WITH A DIVISION THAT'S SO BRAND NEW.

THEIR LEADERSHIP WOULD BE GRATEFUL IN GUIDING AND CREATING A UNIQUE PATH FORWARD FOR THE COUNTY. THAT'S WHY I'M SEEKING OUT THIS SALARY EXCEPTION. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> FOR SURE. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WHERE IT'S AT AND WHERE YOU ARE HEADING WITH IT ON THE SALARY AMOUNT.

WHAT THE INTENT IS OF THE POSITION.

>> YES, SIR. ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT?

>> YES.

>> I BELIEVE THE SALARY AMOUNT COMES OUT TO $83,000 FOR THE REQUEST.

>> THE REQUEST IS STEP TEN, WHICH IS $81,093.

THE MINIMUM FOR THAT GRADE IS $62,151 FOR A SALARY IMPACT OF $18,942. WITH THE IMPACT IS THE IMPACT IS $22,961. THAT'S ANNUALIZE.

WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS $7,654.

THE FUNDING THAT HE IS WANTING TO USE TO COVER THIS IS COMING FROM THE APA CONTRACT THAT WAS CANCELED AND MOVED OVER TO THE HEALTH FUND. THAT WAS $150,000 IN JUNE.

NO, I'M SORRY, IN MAY, I BELIEVE.

HE IS WANTING TO SEUSS SOME OF THAT.

[02:35:01]

HE HASN'T FILLED ANY OF THE POSITIONS APPROVED AT THAT TIME.

>> THE NEXT LEG, WHAT'S THE INTENT OF THE POSITION?

>> THE INTENT FOR THIS POSITION IS LEADING A THREE- PRONGED DIVISION. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS COMMUNITY SERVICES WHICH IS GOING TO BE THAT JOINT PARTNERSHIP IN DOING THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. ENABLING CITIZENS TO GET ASSISTANCE WHERE IT'S NEEDED FOR THEIR SPAY AND NEWTERS AND VACCINATIONS.

MAKE ITTING SURE WE HAVE HEALTHY AND SECURE PETS.

THE NEXT IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ORGANIZATION ENSURING WE HAVE A ROBUST MARKETING AND OUTREACH PROGRAM GETTING TO COMMUNITIES WITH EVENTS SUCH AS MICROCHIPPING AND ALSO OUT THERE VACCINATIONS.

THE LAST ONE IS BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SHELTERS AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OVERSEEING THE SHELTER INTAKE THAT'S OCCURRING AT THE CURRENT ANIMAL SHELTER ON COUNTY'S BEHALF.

THEN ANY FUTURE SHELTERS THAT WE MAY CREATE.

THEY WOULD ASSIST IN THE INTAKE AT THE OTHER

SHELTER LOCATIONS. >> ASSISTING INTAKE, CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC?

>> AT THE MOMENT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHEN THEY PICK UP AN ANIMAL, THEY TAKE THEM TO THE SHELTER. THEY DO AT THE MOMENT SIMPLE INTAKE PROCEDURE. WITH OUR UPCOMING CONTRACT WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER, THEY ARE GOING TO ASK FOR MORE OF AN INTAKE PROCESS, WHICH MEANS ASSESSING THE ANIMAL'S HEALTH AND CONDITION, ASSESSING WHERE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM, DO THEY LOOK FOR OWNERS.

THIS IS BURDEN AND TIME ON OUR DEPUTIES. THEY HAVE ASKED IF WE COULD LOOK INTO BEING MORE OF A PARTNER AND ASSISTING WITH THAT INTAKE OPERATION. THEY WOULD BE ASSISTING IN DOING THAT, AND COORDINATING WITH THE

SHELTER. >> HOW MUCH MORE INTAKE? HOW MUCH IS THAT REALLY? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA?

>> FROM THE DEPUTIES, THEY SAY IT CAN TAKE HALF AN HOUR TO AN HOUR OF TIME PER ANIMAL.

THE NEW THING BE?

>> AT THE MOMENT, THIS IS JUST REALLY BEING THE DEPUTIES FROM THAT TIME COMMITMENT. IT WOULD BE A SHIFT ON TO THE ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES DIVISION VERSUS THE DEPUTIES SINCE SOME BRING THEM FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS, THIS ALLOWS THEM TO GET BACK INTO THE PRECINCTS HAVE A LIAISON BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND SAN MARCUS ANIMAL REGIONAL SHELTER.

ANIMAL CONTROL ISN'T IN THIS DIVISION.

ANIMAL CONTROL STILL IS HOUSED OUT OF THE SINCE THAT'S PART OF ANIMAL CONTROL, THAT DIVISION IS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE TWO.

THE MANAGER POSITION IS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COORDINATION OF ALL THE PROGRAMS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLIANT AND WORKING AS EE FIRSTLY AS POSSIBLE.

THAT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, LIKE YOU SAID, IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY. THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GIVEGIVE US THE HINDSIGHT THEY HAVE FROM THEIR PAST EXPERIENCE. THEY WILL NOT FACILITATE DEPARTMENT DEPARTURE BACK TO THE

ROAD? >> CORRECT.

THAT WILL BE A DIFFERENT STAFF POSITION IN THE DIVISION.

>> I HAVE MADE AN OFFER TO THE SPECIALIST POSITION.

THIS WILL BE THE SECOND POSITION IF THEY ACCEPT IT IN THIS AMOUNT, THE SECOND POSITION HIRED INTO THE DIVISION.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO BE REQUESTING INCREASES FOR THOSE OTHERS ABOVE THE MINIMUM ALSO?

>> I WILL BE REQUESTING THE SPECIALIST BE MOVED TO A COORDINATOR TO MATCH THE CURRENT PROGRAMMING SKILLS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THAT COMPONENT. SO FAR, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS A LOT OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE COMING IN WITH MORE EXPERIENCE. THEY ARE REQUESTING A HIGHER THAN MINIMUM AMOUNT. I WILL SAY THAT THIS

[02:40:02]

WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST ONE IN FRONT OF Y'ALL THAT'S THIS LARGE.

THE OTHER ONES WILL FOLLOW THE CURRENT SALARY DETERMINATION PROCESS THAT HR ESTABLISHED WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE FINANCIAL PART OF THIS, WHICH IS WE HAVEN'T HIRED THESE POSITIONS. WE WILL USE THE SALARY SAVINGS FROM NOT HIRING THOSE TO COVER THE GAP FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

>> ALL GOOD? >> YEAH.

>> OMMISSIONER HAMMER?

>> I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING WHAT THE POSITION WAS ABOUT.

I WILL TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD FOR NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING THIS LARGE.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>> I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU ARE OFF AND RUNNING.

>> IN THE COMMENT HE MADE, HOW SOON WILL WE SEE DELIVERABLES FOR THIS EFFORT?

>> IF WE CAN GET THIS INDIVIDUAL HIRED, I BELIEVE -- I HAVE SET A DETERMINATION BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR÷÷ ENDS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE RESULTS.

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, I THINK THINGS CAN CHANGE. WE HAVE SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THEM TO HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF SUCCESS.

I DON'T WANT TO PUTPUT ON AN UNDUE TO PUTPUT ON AN UNDUE

BURDEN ON THEM. >> SURE.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THE SALARY SAVINGS THIS YEAR, SALARY SAVINGS DON'T ROLL. YOU WILL BE ADDING $23,000 TO THE FY26 BUDGET IF APPROVED.

>> THAT'S WHY -- I KNOW WE ARE GETTING PRESSURE ON THE BUDGET. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY? I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT WAS.

JANET JACKSON? WHO IS OLD LIKE ME AROUND HERE? RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

I'M LOOKING AT, HOW DO WE ANSWER WHERE THIS BUDGET IS GOING? WE HAVE INTERNALIZED THIS.

WE HAVE POSITIONS. HOW LONG WILL WE SIT ON IT? WHAT ARE THE ATTAINABLE GOALS? THANK YOU, MATTHEW. CALL ROLL.

[K.3. Discussion and possible action to accept a Proposal from Water & Earth Technologies (WET) related to the replacement of the Pressure Transducers located at Soil Conservation Service Sites (SCSS) Dam 1 and Dam 5; authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Ch. 262.024 (a)(7)(D), and amend the budget accordingly. H A MME R /M.JON E S]

>> K-3.

>> K- 3, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT A AL FROM WATER AND EARTH TECHNOLOGY RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS AT SOIL CONSERVATION SITES, DAM ONE AND FIVE.

AUTHORIZE EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO LOCAL TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 262. 024A, 7D AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

>> IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO TOUR THOSE DAMS, THEY ARE IMPRESSIVE.

[K.4. Discussion and possible action to adopt a reimbursement resolution expressing the intent to reimburse the 2020 Hays County Parks and Open Space Bond Fund for Sentinel Peak project expenditures from future revenues of one or both of the following: general fund and general obligations at an amount not to exceed $17,500,000. H A MME R]

>> K- 4, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE INTENT TO REIMBURSE THE 2020 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE BOND FUND FOR SENTINEL PEAK PROJECT EXPENDITURES FROM FUTURE REVENUES OF ONE OR BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING, GENERAL FUND AND GENERAL OBLIGATIONS AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $17,500,000.

>> I KNOW THIS IS HOUSEKEEPING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUMMARIZE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

>> YEAH. WE ARE GOING TO BE USING 2020 PARKS AND OPEN SPACES BOND FUND, TO USE THE MONEY RIGHT NOW WITHIN OTHER PRECINCTS.

THEY HAVE BEEN GRACEOUS TO LET US WORK ON SENTINEL PEAK.

WE WILL REIMBURSE THEM. WITH THE RESOLUTION, THIS KIND OF JUST SEALS THE DEAL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.

I KNOW Y'ALL ARE GOING TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK, BUT THANK YOU

AGAIN. >> TO DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT THE COMMISSIONER SAID, THE PROJECT'S MONIES HAVE BEEN MOVED. THE PROJECTS HAVE NOT BEEN LOST.

AS SOON AS THE COMMISSIONERS IN PRESIPTHS PROJECTS ARE REASON, THE MONEY WILL BE THERE.

COMMISSIONER HAMMER'S EFFORTS WILL CAUSE NO DELAYS IN

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THE OTHER WORK.

THAT'S HOW IT WAS SHARED WITH US.

THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE.

>> TUCKER, DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT?

>> I THINK Y'ALL BOTH NAILED IT.

>> THANK YOU. POLICE CALL ROLL.

[K.5. Discussion and possible action to partner with Prevent A Litter of Central Texas (PALS) and the new Hays County Animal Welfare Division to provide a Microchip Clinic for the public on Sunday, June 29th, 2025, at the Precinct 2 Office. C OH E N]

>> K- 5, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO PARTNER WITH PREVENT AA OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE ANIMAL WELFARE DIVISION TO PROVIDE A MICROCHIP CLINIC ON SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2025 AT THE PRECINCT 2 OFFICE.

>> MOVED.

>> WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR SOME TIME. IT'S BENEFICIAL.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER COHEN. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[K.6. Discussion and possible action to approve the use of community program funds by Commissioner Cohen to sponsor consumables for the Hays County Health Department's Back to School Health Fair, at a cost not to exceed $500.00. C OH E N]

>> K- 6, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE USE OF COMMUNITY FUNDS, PROGRAM FUNDS BY COMMISSIONER COHEN TO SPONSOR CONSUMABLES FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S BACK TO SCHOOL HEALTH FAIR AT A COST NO EXCEED $500.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> CALL THE ROLL.

[K.7. Discussion and possible action to approve a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Freese and Nichols for the preparation of an Operation & Maintenance (O&M) plan for Five Mile Dam. H A MME R /T .C R U MLE Y]

>> K- 7, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND FREEZE AND NICKLES FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR FIVE MILE DAM.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> TAMMY.

>> DIRECTOR OF COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS.

THIS IS IN PREPARATION HANDING OVER FIVE MILE DAM TO THE CITY.

WE DO NOT HAVE AN UP TO DATE O AND M FOR THE DAM.

THIS IS WHAT THAT IS. THE CITY AGREED TO COVER 50% OF THE COST. I WILL BE BRINGING BACK A FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY TO SHARE THAT COST.

>> BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

I KNOW THIS WAS ONE OF COMMISSIONER HELL'S LAST EFFORTS.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY HAS GROWN.

SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING THROUGH THAT TRANSITION.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO.

>> CALL ROLL.

[K.8. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Halff Associates, Inc. to provide updates to the Hays County Drainage Criteria Manual. IN GA LS B E /MOC Z Y GE MB A /P A C H E C O]

>> K- 8, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND HOFF ASSOCIATES.

>> I WILL OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION PROVIDE THIS.

>> MR.PACHECO?

IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. I WILL TEE IT OFF.

IT'S A MANUAL THAT WE HAVE -- IT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE FOR SOME TIME. I'M APPRECIATIVE OF JENNIFER'S EFFORTS COMING IN AND WANTING TO SEE THIS MANUAL GET COMPLETED.

IT'S MUCH NEEDED FOR THE COUNTY.

>> RIGHT ON. EVERYTHING SHE'S TOUCHING ON, I SIGH GREAT WORK IN. APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER. YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?

>> I WILL JUST SAY WE WILL HAVE THEM UPDATING EVERYTHING TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS. THE DRAFT WAS DEVELOPED IN 2019.

IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE. THEY WILL DO A THOROUGH REVIEW OF CURRENT STANDARDS, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS UP TO DATE. WILL DO COORDINATION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS UPDATE AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU FOR MODERNIZING OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

ANYTHING ELSE? >> THAT'S IT.

JENNIFER MENTIONED -- HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

THIS WILL BRIDGE THE GAP FOR SOME ISSUES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A HANDFUL YEARS AGO. IT WILL SET IN PLACE OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE COUNTY WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE

FUTURE. >>

EXACTLY. >> ANYTHING ELSE?

>> IT'S JUST BEEN SIX YEARS. WE NEED AN UPDATE.

WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT. IT'S IMPORTANT.

>> PERFECT. THANK YOU.

PLEASE CALL ROLL.

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

>> M-1.

>> M- 1, DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE KR RENT POPULATION COUNTS AND

COSTS. >> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SENDS MY OFFICE A REPORT ABOUT OUR JAIL POPULATION EACH WEEK. OUR POPULATION HAS SHRUNK.

CURRENT JAIL CAPACITY IS 410 INMATES.

JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMEND HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THAT CAPACITY OPEN, WHICH LOWERS OUR CAPACITY TO 368.

THE JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE WAS 549.

PEAK WAS 562 ON JUNE 18. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOARING INMATES THIS WEEK IS $129,865.

THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS

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196. FEMALES ARE ZERO. ALL OF OUR INMATES ARE HOUSED IN THE COUNTY. WE HAVE 36 PAPER READY INMATES.

THEY HAVE HAD THEIR DAY IN COURT AND ARE NOW STATE INMATES, WHICH MEANS THEYTHEY NEED BE COMING OUT OF THE STATE'S BUDGET, NOT THE COUNTY BUDGET.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE WILL PLEASE OPEN K- 2, K- 9 AND ALL OF EXEC. AM I RIGHT?

>> CORRECT.

>> LET'S DO THAT. WE WILL START FIRST WITH 7.

[ L. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]

WE WILL OPEN K- 2, K- 9 AND ALL OF THE EXEC. YOU HAVE A LONG READ.

>> K- 2, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING COMMITTEE AND AUTHORIZE COMMITTEE TO BEGIN REVIEW OF CURRENT SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING APPLICATIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BUDGET OFFICER AND COMMISSIONERS IN COURT.

K- 9, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO OFFICE SPACE FOR TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION, IED AMINUTE STRAIGHT ERS'S OFFICE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CIVIL DIVISION, AT 111 EAST SAN AND TONE DWROE STREET AND/OR 101 THURMAN. L- 1, EXECUTIVE SESSION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 551. 071 AND 551.

072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND/OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH PARKS AND OPEN SPACE S CONSIDERED, SENTINEL PEAK. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. L- 2, ETCH HE CANNIVE SECTION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551. 071 AND.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, REGARDING PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND/OR VALUE OF REAL PROCHLT LOCATED AT OR NEAR SAN ANTONIO STREET IN PRECINCT 3, DUTTON DRIVE, THURMAN DRIVE AND STAGECOACH TRAIL, POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

L- 3, EXECUTIVE SECTION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551. 071 AND 551. 072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE COUNTY'S POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN AN ACRE OWNED BY SUMMERSET HOMES AND HAD IS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED SKYLINE DRIVE ROADWAY IN PRECINCT 3 AND TAKE OVER APPROPRIATE ACTION, PARCEL TWO, POSSIBLE DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW.

L- 4, EXECUTIVE SECTION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551. 071 AND 551.

072, OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE COUNTY'S POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FEE SIMPLE INTEREST IN . 099 ACRES OWNED BY ROBERT KLEPACK REQUIRED FOR THE SKYLINE DRIVE IMPROVEMENT AND TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION PARCEL THREE POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

L- 5, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUE ACTION TO SECTION 5Z 51.

071 AND 551. 072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION TO CONSIDERATION A RESOLUTION DETERMINING NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO AQUEER FEE SIMPLE INTEREST OWNED BY THE VIEW AT EAGLES NEST AND WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED SKYLINE DRIVE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN PRECINCT 3 AND TAKE OVER APPROPRIATE ACTION PARCEL 5, POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

L- 6, EXECUTIVE SECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551. 071 AND 551.

723 ACRE FEE SIMPLE TRACT AND 1. 169 ACRE DRAINAGE EASEMENT ED HOOHAHA FOR THE HILLSIDE TERRACE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN PRECINCT AND OTHER -- TAKE

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OVER APPROPRIATE ACTION PARCEL 7, POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. L-7, EXECUTIVE SECTION PURSUANT TO 551. 071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNCIL REGARDING PENDING AND/OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION INVOLVING BUT NOT LIMITED TO JOHN GREGSON VERSUS CITY OF SAN MARCOS, 1:24 CV-00400- DAE, PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS-AUSTIN DIVISION. MALRY ROGERS VERSUS HAYS COUNTY, CAUSE 1:24-CV-00143- RP, PENDING INNEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS- AUSTIN DIVISION. IN REGARDS TO CAUSE NUMBER D-GN-25- 0020489, PENDING IN THE 419TH JUDICIAL COURT IN TRAVIS COUNTY, POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

>> YOU HAVE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB READING ALL DAY LONG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL GO INTO

>>> NOW THAT THE CAMERA IS ON, WE SAY WE ARE BACK

[K.2. Discussion and possible action to establish a Social Services Funding Committee and authorize the committee to begin review of current social services funding applications and make recommendations to the Budget Officer and Hays County Commissioners Court. C OH E N /GON Z A LE S]

FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE OPENED K-2.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. THE COMMUNITY DESERVES MORE EXPOSURE TO IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK AND HAVE A PROPER, MORE COMPLETE CONVERSATION IN OPEN COURT. WE ARE TABLING K-2.

[K.9. Discussion and possible action related to office space for Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission (TABC), the County Administrator's Office, the District Attorney -- Civil Division at 111 E. San Antonio Street, San Marcos, Texas and/or 101 Thermon, San Marcos, Texas 78666. IN GA LS B E /C OH E N /T .C R U MLE Y]

THEN, K- 9, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, TABLE THAT AS

WELL? >> TAMMY, YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE ON THAT.

>> OKAY. PERFECT.

>> DIRECTOR OF COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO -- I KNOW WE NEED TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST, THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. I KNOW THAT WE IDENTIFIED A SPACE FOR THAT POSITION HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT LOCATION, GIVEN THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH SPACE FOR OUR D.A. CIVIL DIVISION AND TABC.

THEN THE OTHER OFFICE DOWN ON THE SECOND FLOOR THAT IS ALSO A COUNTY OFFICE THAT'S NOT MENTIONED IN THE ITEM.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN MENTION -- IT WAS THE V.A.'S OFFICE THAT GAVE UP THEIR SPACE.

I DON'T KNOW -- JUST THINKING ABOUT IT, I FEEL LIKE THE BEST THING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS TO RELOCATE THE ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE.

THEN WORK ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TOTO DO WITH THE OTHER SPACES.

IT'S NOT -- I KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU WANT. I THINK WE WOULD BE CREATING THE SAME SITUATION WITH OUR OTHER COUNTY OFFICES IF WE START MOVING THEM AROUND AND START CAUSING OVERCROWDING OR NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR EVERYONE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THIS BUILDING.

>> TAMMY, WHEN YOU STARTED THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE SPACE, I APPLAUDED IT PROFUSELY WHEN IT WAS PRECINCT OFFICE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

IT HAS THE PERFECT LAYOUT. IT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT USE, BECAUSE IT IS LITERALLY HOW IT WAS DESIGNED.

IT WAS DESIGNED FOR THAT. I COULDN'T FIND A BETTER SPACE AND IN THE BUILDINGS, WE ARE THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT IN THIS BUILDING. HERE IS WHERE WE HAVE COURT.

HERE IS WHERE OUR CIVIL DIVISION IS. HERE IS WHERE THREE COURT MEMBERS HAVE OFFICES. HERE IS WHERE YOU ORIGINALLY PUT IT. HERE IS WHERE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD RESIDE. I HAVE A STRONG OPPOSITION TO MOVING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SOMEWHERE ELSE. I FEEL THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COUNTIES THAT HAVE THE COUNTY

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ADMINISTRATOR PLACEMENT IN THE HEART OF, THE HUB OF THE COUNTY'S LEADERSHIP. I MEAN, TOO EASY TO SEE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE THAT YOU INITIALLY PROPOSED. TOO GOOD OF AN IDEA.

I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE IF WE MADE THIS UNIFIED MOVE TO NOT ONLY CREATE THIS POSITION, HIRE THIS PERSON AND DO ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS TO ONLY ON THE HOMESTRETCH --

>> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

LET ME -- CAN I TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE FURTHER? WHEN I ORIGINALLY LOCATED THE SPACE, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE WERE CLOSER TO THE HIRING PROCESS. THAT WASN'T EXACTLY THE CASE.

WHEN I TALKED TO JUDE ABOUT IT, HE IS A TEAM PLAYER.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO ROCK THE BOAT AND SAY NO TO ANYTHING. THAT'S GOING TO CREATE AN INCONVENIENCE ON HIS OFFICE, CONDENSING DOWN TO THAT MUCH -- LOSING THAT MUCH SPACE.

IT'S GOING TO CREATE A HARDSHIP ON HIS OFFICE AND CREATE THE SAME ISSUE WITH HIS OFFICE THAT WE HAVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE THAT PROBLEM.

THEN WE HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE D.A.'S OFFICE NEEDING ADDITIONAL SPACE.

WE ARE STILL TALKING TO -- I'M STILL TALKING TO TABC TO SEE IF WE CAN WORK OUT SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE ISSUES WITH THEM.

IF WE CAN, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE MOVING PEOPLE AROUND THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS BUILDING. WE DO HAVE SOME AVAILABLE SPACE.

THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE EVENTUALLY LOCATED AT THE KYLE FACILITY IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S THE PLAN FOR WHERE THE FINANCIAL OFFICES WILL BE.

MY THOUGHT IS JUST, LESS MOVING OF OFFICES. SHE'S GOING TO BE LOCATED IN KYLE AS WELL. WELL, EVENTUALLY.

>> THAT'S IF THAT IS WHERE WE ALL WOULD AGREE TO IT, WHICH WE HAVEN'T, THAT'S YEARS AWAY.

>> THE ADMINISTRATOR WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO -- I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

THERE'S A WAITING ROOM THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE ADMINISTRATOR. SOMEONE TO CHECK IN WITH.

IT'S NOT JUST HER ASSISTANT, SPACE FOR THEM.

THERE'S A CONFERENCE ROOM THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE, LIKE IN HER PERSONAL OFFICE. AND THEN ACCESS TO A LARGER CONFERENCE ROOM THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE HERE.

THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT DON'T -- THAT AREN'T PROVIDED IN THIS BUILDING.

I COULD BE WRONG, THAT THE POSITION WOULD BE SITTING IN AN OFFICE HERE MOST OF THE TIME. SHE'S GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT REALLY MATTERS WHERE THE OFFICE SPACE IS.

SHE'S GOT MANY DIRECTORS UNDER HER.

I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE OUT MOVING AND MEETING WITH PEOPLE IN HER OFFICE, BUT IN A SENSE THAT SHE NEEDS TO BE WHERE EVERY COMMISSIONER IS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT -- SHE IS A COUNTY -- MOST COUNTIES WHERE THEED AMINUTE STRAIGHT IS, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT SHE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT IN HERE ISN'T THE ONLY NEED.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

>> TAMMY, JUST TO CLARIFY. VETERAN SERVICES CURRENTLY OCCUPIES THAT SPACE, THAT TWO OFFICE SPACE.

SO THEY ARE NOT MOVING OUT AFTER ALL? ARE THEY STILL --

>> EVERYTHING IS STILL AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DECIDED. THEY HAVEN'T MOVED YET.

THOSE TWO OFFICES, THE INDIVIDUALS IN THAT OFFICE, REQUIRE PRIVACY WHEN TALKING TO THEIR VETERANS. SO THEY ARE WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, UNTIL THEY HAVE TO MOVE. CONDENSING THEM, THEY WOULD LOSE THAT ABILITY.

>> TABC'S CURRENT SPACE, WOULD THAT BE RELOCATED TO A SMALLER SPACE? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO

DO? >> IT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED YET.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO ME ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEIR STAFF. BUT I HAVEN'T -- WE JUST HAD --

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I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM LAST WEEK ABOUT IT.

>> OKAY. IN MY OPINION, I JUST THINK THAT THEY COULD MOVE TO A SMALLER SPACE OR SMALLER AREA WITHIN THE COURTHOUSE, POSSIBLY.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT KELLY HIGGINS TALKED TO ME ABOUT THEIR SPACE AND WANTING TO MOVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS INTO THAT SPACE.

I'M HOPING WE CAN ACCOMMODATE HIM.

IF SO, THAT PRETTY MUCH FILLS, I GUESS, THE FIRST FLOOR. JUDGE, DO YOU KNOW IF THE ROOM ACROSS THE HALL FROM TABC IS UTILIZED MUCH?

>> I WAS TELLING TAMMY THIS VERY THING.

I BELIEVE, LIKE YOU HAVE SAID SO FAR, THAT TABC SPACE CAN BE DIMINISHED. WE HEARD NUMEROUS TIMES -- I WAS STRONG A SUPPORTER OF KEEPING THEM HERE AND DEFENDING THEIR SPACE. IT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT DO THEY NEED THAT WHOLE THING? I AGREE WITH YOU, NO. AT THE EXPENSE OF LOSING A FIGUREHEAD OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I WOULD RATHER LOSE ABC THAN THE FIGUREHEAD.

ALSO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S NEARLY -- YOU AND I ARE IN HERE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WEEKENDS.

THERE'S NEARLY NO USE, JUST RELATIVELY SPEAKING HERE, OF THAT SPACE ACROSS. THAT CAN EASLEY BE PARTITIONED INTO 12 CONFIGURATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE ANYTHING WE WANT TO DO. THAT'S A BIG UNDERUSED SPACE.

NOT TO MENTION THEY WERE WAITING HERE -- THE OLD CONFERENCE ROOM, YOUR OLD OFFICE, NO ONE USES THAT EITHER.

>> IF WE HAVE THAT SPACE AVAILABLE, MAYBE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE ADMINISTRATOR.

>> I SPOKE TO TABC ABOUT USING THE CLASSROOM ACROSS THE HALL FROM THEM TO SEE IF THEY COULD CONDENSE DOWN TO THAT SPACE. HE IS LOOKING INTO A COUPLE OF OPTIONS, EITHER USING THAT SPACE -- WE CAN'T PUT WALLS UP IN THE BUILDING.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CUBICLE

SPACE. >> SURE.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.

UTILIZING THAT SPACE, USING THE TWO OFFICES.

WHAT CAN THEY CONDENSECONDENSE DOWN TO? IN TALKING TO THEM, THEY HAVE ABOUT SIX TO NINE DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT HOUSE HERE ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WHETHER IT'S EVENINGS. THEY HAVE SERGEANTS AND DIFFERENT -- I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MANY DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF TABC WERE ACTUALLY HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO WHAT THEY CAN --

>> I WOULD JUST SAY, I HAVE CONSTABLE SITTING THREE TO A DESK IN MY PRECINCT OFFICE. THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY DO. IF WE NEED THE SPACE, WE NEED THE SPACE.

THEY HAVE HAD IT VERY GOOD FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

>> THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> THANK YOU FOR ECHOING THAT, COMMISSIONER.

YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT?

>> I FEEL THE SAME WAY, COMMISSIONER AND JUDGE.

WE CAN MOVE THEM TO A SMALLER SPACE FOR SURE. THE SECOND FLOOR -- WE HAVE OUR CIVIL DIVISION. I GUESS Y'ALL AREN'T CALLED THAT ANYMORE, ARE YOU?

>> THAT IS WHAT IT IS, YEAH.

>> SOMETIMES IT'SIT'S -- THEN WE HAVE÷÷ JUDE'S OFFICE. WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR?

>> UNDER THE THIRD FLOOR

CONFERENCE ROOM. >> THE BREAK ROOM/CONFERENCE ROOM.

>> THE BIG TABLE ROOM. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

>> SO THAT'S -- IS THE BREAK ROOM UTILIZED A WHOLE LOT?

>> NO. ALSO ANOTHER SPACE YOU CAN USE. BREAK ROOM, DELETE.

>> YEAH.

>> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.

I THINK IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE COULD -- THE D.A. CIVIL OFFICE COULD JUST WRAP AROUND INTO -- WHAT IS THE V.A.

'S OFFICE NOW. THAT MAY CAUSE FRICTION.

THEY COULD DO THAT. THE V.A. COULD MOVE TO THE FIRST

FLOOR. >> WHERE TABCS?

>> YEAH. MORE

ADA FRIENDLY. >> THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THAT SHOULDN'T TABC -- VETERAN SERVICES BE ON THE FIRST FLOOR? A LOT COME IN IN WHEELCHAIRS

OR -- >> YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> I KNOW JUDE IS NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.

IT'S WHAT WORKS.

>> LIKE YOU SAID, HE IS A TEAM PLAYER.

WE LOVE JUDE. NO JAB ON HIM.

I WILL SUMMARIZE SO THE VIEWING PUBLIC CAN FOLLOW ALONG.

SEE IF I GOT IT RIGHT. CURRENT TABC LOCATION GOING TO VETERAN SERVICES, WHICH IS MULTIPLE BENEFIT PLUS INSIDE

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THOSE MAY NOT REALIZE, THERE ARE SPACES TO HAVE PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS. NUMBER TWO, TABC MOVING ACROSS TO A HIGHLY UNDERUTILIZED FOOTPRINT WITH CUBICLES SO THEY ARE JUST ACROSS THE HALL FROM THEMSELVES. THEN ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THAT'S JUST ONE DOORWAY FROM JORDAN'S OFFICE TO THE REST OF VETERAN SERVICES, SO NO WORK REQUIRED.

TO EXPAND THERE TO CREATE THIS BIG JUGGERNAUT OF EMPLOYEES IN THE CIVIL DIVISION. I SEE YOU. THEN -- I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER IT. COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY'S OLD OFFICE.

>> NO. D.A. 'S OFFICE WOULD NEED THOSE --

>> THEY WOULD NEED AND THEN THERE'S THEY WILL GET.

>> I'M JUST SAYING, FOR THE ATTORNEYS, IT WOULD BE COMING OVER, THEY NEED --

>> MAYBE THEY DON'T GET ALL THE ATTORNEYS THEY WANT BECAUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THEY ALL -- AS MANY AS THEY MAY WANT -- NEED TO COME OVER HERE.

ESPECIALLY, BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING HARD DOUBLE TIME ON THAT GOVERNMENT CENTER TO EXPAND THAT SPACE. IT'S NOT ALL OF THE ABOVE. GIVE IT ALL TO ME. I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THAT PART.

THEN, COMMISSIONER, THAT BIG LUNCH CONFERENCE ROOM, THEY CAN CREATE PARTITIONS. AS COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID, THEY HAVE THREE CONSTABLES SITTING AT ONE DESK. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING THERE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE THERE. THEN WE HAVE A BREAK ROOM THAT NOBODY USES. DID I SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU WERE

SAYING? >> YEAH.

I THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE IS

WHAT I'M SAYING. >> I AGREE.

TBC, WE LOVE YOU, BUT WE WILL MOVE YOU. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT, COMMISSIONER HAMMER?

>> YEAH. THE ONLY THING I'M THINKING OF THAT -- I SEE BOTH SIDES. I SEE MAYBE A SATELLITE OFFICE IN THE COUNTY SERVICES IS GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR HER, BECAUSE IF HER PURPOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THE DEPARTMENT -- SHE'S WORKING WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, HAVE HER HAVE SOME SPACE TO UTILIZE, BE ABLE TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OVER THERE.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> THERE'S SPACE EVERYWHERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, IN YOUR BUILDING. SHE CAN SHOW UP ANYWHERE AND HAVE A MEETING IN ANY OF THOSE SPACES. THAT'S BUILT IN. THAT'S ALREADY BUILT IN.

ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR END, COMMISSIONER SMITH? HOW ELSE CAN WE MOVE THIS ALONG? WE HAVE SEVERAL AGENDA ITEMS TO MOVE.

YOU GOT SOME CONVERSATION. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO L-

[L.3. Executive Session pursuant to Sections 551.071 and 551.072 of the Texas Government Code: consultation with counsel and deliberation to consider a resolution determining the necessity and authorizing the use of the County's power of eminent domain to acquire fee simple interest in 0.357 acre, owned by Somerset Homes Inc. a Texas Corporation, and which is required for the construction of the proposed Skyline Drive roadway improvement project in Precinct 3, and take other appropriate action (Parcel 2). Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open court. H A MME R]

3, COMMISSIONER HAMMER, YOU HAVE THREE MOTIONS.

3, 4, 5.

>> MOTION TO ADOPT TO ACQUIRE . 357 ACRES, LOCATED ON SKYLINE DRIVE, PARCEL 2, IN WHICH THE REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT TO SKYLINE DRIVE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

>> AUTHORIZE USE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN, ACRES OWNED BY ROBERT KLEPAK, AS CREATED INTO THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT FOR ROBERT KLEPAK UNDER PROBATE 10672, IN WHICH AND LOCATED ON SKYLINE DRIVE, REQUIRES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT TO SKYLINE DRIVE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

>> CALL THE ROLL.

[L.4. Executive Session pursuant to Sections 551.071 and 551.072 of the Texas Government Code: consultation with counsel and deliberation to consider a resolution determining the necessity and authorizing the use of the County's power of eminent domain to acquire fee simple interest in 0.099 acre, owned by Robert J. Klepac Jr as Trustee, and which is required for the construction of the proposed Skyline Drive roadway improvement project in Precinct 3, and take other appropriate action (Parcel 3). Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open court. H A MME R]

>> L-4.

>> AUTHORIZE USE OF POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN . 037 ACRES OWNED BY THE VIEW AT EAGLES NEST AND LOCATED ON SKYLINE DRIVE, PARCEL 5, REQUIRED FOR F1 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT TO SKYLINE DRIVE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

[L.5. Executive Session pursuant to Sections 551.071 and 551.072 of the Texas Government Code: consultation with counsel and deliberation to consider a resolution determining the necessity and authorizing the use of the County's power of eminent domain to acquire fee simple interest in 0.307 acre, owned by The View at Eagles Nest, LLC, and which is required for the construction of the proposed Skyline Drive roadway improvement project in Precinct 3, and take other appropriate action (Parcel 5). Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open court. H A MME R]

>> L-5.

MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZE USE OF POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FEE SIMPLE INTEREST IN 1. 723 ACRES IN A 0. 169 ACRE EASEMENT, LOCATED ON HILLSIDE

[L.6. Executive Session pursuant to Sections 551.071 and 551.072 of the Texas Government Code: consultation with counsel and deliberation to consider a resolution determining the necessity and authorizing the use of the County's power of eminent domain to acquire 1.723-acre fee simple tract and 1.169-acre drainage easement, owned by Huhaha LLC, and which is required for the construction of the proposed Hillside Terrace roadway improvement project in Precinct , and take other appropriate action (Parcel 7). Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open court. C OH E N]

>> L-6. >> THANK YOU.

[03:15:07]

TERRACE, PARCEL 7, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT TO HILLSIDE TERRACE AND TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION.

>> THANK YOU. L- 7, I HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RELATED TO MALORY ROGERS, 1-24-CV-00143- RP, PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, AUSTIN DIVISION.

[L.7. 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: John Gregson v. City of San Marcos, et al. (Cause No. 1:24-CV-00400-DAE pending in United States District Court for the Western District of Texas--Austin Division); Mallory Rogers v. Hays County, Texas (Cause No. 1:24-CV-00143-RP pending in United States District Court for the Western District of Texas--Austin Division); In re Hays County, Texas (Cause No. D-1-GN-25-002049 pending in the 419th Judicial District Court in Travis County). Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open court. B E C E R R A]

ONE OTHER MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RELATED TO JOHN GREGSON VERSUS CITY OF SAN MARCOS, CAUSE NUMBER 1-24-CV-00400- DAE, PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, AUSTIN DIVISION.