ONE MORE SECOND HERE COME ON CAMERAMAN. 
          [A. CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:08]
CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS MORNING'S -- IF YOU WILL YIELD FROM THE PODIUM A LITTLE FURTHER, SIR. 
          THIS INVOCATION OF OURS WILL BE LED BY OUR VERY OWN PASTOR DARIUS TODD. IF YOU WILL PLEASE RISE. 
          BUY LET US BOW. HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS GREAT GATHERING, FOR THIS MORNING YOU'VE BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND YOUR PROVIDENCE TO HEAR AND CELEBRATE, TO MITIGATE AND BRING UNITY INTO THIS SPACE. 
          THANK YOU LORD FOR GIVING US OPPORTUNITY TO STAND TOGETHER AS ONE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU LORD THOUGH OUR VARIED BACKGROUNDS AND DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS, YOU GIVE US GRACE TO HAVE BALANCE, PEACE AND STRENGTH. 
          HELP US KNOW THAT AS WE DO THE WORK OF THIS COMMUNITY WE PRAY YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, PATIENCE AND GRACE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU IMPART TO US. WE THANK YOU NOW. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. 
          >> BEAUTIFUL. ROXANN, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> HERE. 
          >> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> HERE. 
          [E. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
          >> COMMISSIONER HAMER. >> HERE. 
          >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. JUDGE BECERRA. 
          >> ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? THERE'S TWO WAYS TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THIS COURTROOM. ONE IS WHEN WE OPEN THE AGENDA ITEM AND ONE IS AT THE VERY BEGINNING WHERE YOU CAN JUST SAY A SHOTGUN STATEMENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TIED TO AN AGENDA ITEM. IF YOU WANT TO BE TIED TO AN AGENDA ITEM THEN WE CALL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE WRONG TIME 
          AND I WILL EDIT IT FOR YOU. >> 11 PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          >> OKAY. OF THOSE 11 ARE YOU ALL HERE 
          NOW? >> -- GOOD. 
          YOU READY TO SPEAK NOW AND NOT ON AN ITEM. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY LET'S CALL THEM DOWN. 
          AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH AN ATTENDANCE, IF YOU PLEASE WOULD BE A LITTLE EXTRA CONSIDERATE AND WHEN THE TIMER GOES OFF 
          CONCLUDE. >> JASMINE GARCIA. 
          >> AM I GOOD? I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TODAY. I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          MY NAME IS JASMINE GARCIA I. WORK AT JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 2-1. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST HAYS COUNTY CONSIDER ESTABLISHED BILINGUAL PAY INCENTIVE FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. RECOGNIZING THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND END VALUES BILINGUALS PROVIDE IN ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS TO PORT SERVICES FOR SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY. 
          I WANT TO DO THIS IN THREE SPECIFIC POINTS. 
          SPANISH BEING TREATED AS A SKILL HAYS COUNTY POPULATION INCREASE AND OTHER TEXAS COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY RECOGNIZED. 
          I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE SPECIFICS OF ONE. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO GO INTO MY FIRST -- PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BECOME A BILINGUAL INDIVIDUAL IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 2-1. GOING OFF OF THAT I CAN TELL FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WHEN THERE'S A CALL COMING IN -- AN INDIVIDUAL COMING IN FROM THE SERVICE COMING INTO OUR COURTS IF THEY SPEAK SPANISH THAT WOULD BECOME MY CASE. 
          THAT'S A PHONE CALL I WILL BE ANSWERING TAKING ME AWAY FROM THE WORK I HAVE GOING ON. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS SOMETHING ALL OF THE CLERK'S POSITION AND DUTIES BUT WHEN THERE'S A CLERK ON STAFF THAT ONLY SPEAKS SPANISH, IT BECOMES MY RESPONSIBILITY. I WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN IT'S NOT JUST IN PROCLAMATION OR ADVOCATING FOR MYSELF BUT ADVOCATING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALSO BILINGUAL WITHIN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE THAT ARE PROBABLY FEELING THE SAME THING. 
          MY BIGGEST POINT TODAY IS TO BRING THIS INTO ACTION WITH YOU GUYS. I WANT YOU TO START CONSIDERING THIS AND WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS IN REQUESTING TO CONSIDER THIS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE IF IT'S NOT EVEN WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR FOR 2027 TO START THIS INITIATIVE. GOING ON TO MY SECOND POINT, HAYS COUNTY POPULATION HAS INCREASED. 
          [00:05:04]
THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY I LOOKED UP THE POPULATION INCREASED 26.27% PER YEAR GOING OFF OF THAT UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU 2025 STATES HISPANICS MAKE UP 40.9% OF THE POPULATION. 
          OFF OF THAT I KNOW I'M -- NOT GOING OFF OF SPECIFIC NUMBERS OF OUR CASES BUT I'M OFF OF THE FACT THAT POPULATION INCREASED ON TOP OF THAT BEING ALMOST -- WERE 10% SHY OF IT BEING HISPANIC. THAT FACT IS I DEAL WITH THIS ON A DAILY BASIS GOING OFF OF JUVENILE CASES SOMETIMES JUVENILES COME IN AND IT'S THEIR PARENTS THAT SPEAK SPANISH ASKING FOR THESE EXPLANATIONS INTO WHAT THEY'RE SIGNING AND WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY'RE DEALING WITH A SMALL CLAIM AND BECAUSE SOMETHING'S GOING ON THAT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT A PLEA IS OR DON'T KNOW WHAT NO CONTEST MEANS OR WHAT GUILTY MEANS. I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT WHICH TAKES ALSO MORE TIME INTO THE THINGS THEY'RE SIGNING. 
          LAST BUT NOT LEAST OTHER COUNTIES STARTED THIS BIG I WANT TO SPECIFY WITH JOHNSON COUNTY BEING A SMALLER COUNTY, THEY'VE ALSO DONE THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 134 IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2026 THEY SPECIFY WHERE THEY DID GET $50 A MONTH FOR A BILINGUAL CLERK. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          >> MY NAME IS TAYA VENEZUELA. JUSTICE OUT OF PRECINCT 2-2. 
          MY REASON FOR BEING HERE TODAY IS TO DISCUSS WHY JUSTICE CLERKS AND COURT ADMINS DESERVE MORE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION AS WELL AS WHAT IS THE CASE THRESHOLD CONSTITUTING ANOTHER CLERK. 
          SO WHY WE DESERVE MY -- MORE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION AS FIRST OF ALL SEVERAL CLERKS AND COURT ADMINS ARE NOTABLY EDUCATED. 
          I CREATED A SURVEY TO OBSERVE BOTH JUSTICE CLERK AND COURT ADMIN WORKLOAD AS WELL AS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND FINANCIAL HAPPINESS AND I ALSO ASK A COUPLE OF DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS. 
          WHAT I FOUND IS SOME HOLD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER AND MANY HOLD A CLERK OR MASTER'S CLERK CERTIFICATE FROM TJS TTC. 
          MY SECOND POINT IS HARD TO SUPPORT AN INDIVIDUAL MUCH LESS AN ENTIRE FAMILY. FROM MY SURVEY I FOUND 69% OF CLERKS HAVE DEPENDENTS AND 50% OF -- COURT HAVE DEFENDANTS -- DEPENDENTS AS WELL BOTH JUST AS CLERKS IN COURT ADMINS EXPERIENCE MODERATE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF STRESS. 
          THIS CAN BE BECAUSE OF HIGH PHONE, EMAIL, WALK IN, E FILE VOLUME. THEY ALSO PERFORM DUTIES OUTSIDE OF CLERICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES NOT TO MENTION THE CASELOAD WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY SECOND POINT. 
          WHAT'S THE CASE THRESHOLD CONSTITUTING ANOTHER CLERK? ACCORDING TO THE ODYSSEY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, PRECINCT THREE HAD 104 CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES FILED THAT MONTH AND THEIR CLERK REPORTED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF STRESS ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY. IF WE LOOK AT THE JUVENILE DIVERSION COORDINATOR'S CASELOAD AS OF AUGUST 1ST IT WAS AT 365 REFERRALS. I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN AGREE THIS IS WAY TOO MUCH FOR ONE PERSON TO HANDLE. 
          WHICH IS WHY PRECINCTS 1-1, 2-1 AND FIVE ARE ALL REQUESTING BECAUSE THEIR CASELOAD RANGES BETWEEN 117 TO 170 CASES PER CLERK. WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THE AMOUNT OF PHONE CALLS AND THOSE WALK INS, E FILES AND OTHER DUTIES AND COURT ADMIN MUST DO AS WELL. 
          I WANT TO END THIS BY SAYING I RECOMMEND FOR BOTH THE JUSTICE CLERK AND COURT ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION AND AS WELL AS STRONG SUPPORT FOR A NEW CLERK FOR PRECINCT 1-12-1 AND FIVE. 
          WITH THE POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF ANOTHER CLERK FOR PRECINCT 2-2 AS THEY FIT INTO THAT THRESHOLD OF 117 TO 170 CASES. 
          >> WONDERFUL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND YOU STOPPED BEFORE THE BEEP. WELL DONE. 
          >> DEBORAH -- >> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS PICK MY NAME IS DEBORAH AND I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          DURING THE SEVEN YEARS I'VE BEEN AT SOUTHSIDE I'VE HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT IN THE RISING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IN MY EARLY DAYS WE HAD ONLY THREE EMPLOYEES, ONE DAILY MEAL, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND TEMPORARY SHELTER WITH NO CASE MANAGEMENT AND A FEW OTHER SERVICES. 
          TODAY SOUTH SIDE HAS TEN EMPLOYEES, PROVIDES MEALS AND SHOWERS TWICE MOST DAYS, EXPANDED EMERGENCY WEATHER 
          [00:10:02]
SHELTER OPPORTUNITIES AND A ROBUST HOUSING STABILITY PRO PROGRAM. FOR -- CLIENTS RECEIVE FINANCIAL AND CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT. IN 2025 OUR DAILY SERVICES INCREASED BY 25% FROM 2024. THIS YEAR WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE UP TO 16,000 -- I'M SORRY. 
          FOR 2025 IT WAS 16,000 ON TRACK FOR 20,000 THIS YEAR. 
          THIS IS REFLECTED ACROSS OTHER DAILY SERVICES. 
          OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS ARE LAGGING BEHIND THE NEED, INCLUDING AN EVER GROWING WAIT-LIST AT SUNRISE VILLAGE OUR 100 UNIT INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY. 
          YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY SOUTHSIDE METERS AND SUPPORTERS ARE BACK AGAIN ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS AFTER YOUR MID-YEAR BUDGET. THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS INCLUDING THE BUDGET PLANNING TIMELINE BUT THE REALITY IS PROGRAMS FOR UNHOUSED AND HOUSING INSECURITY -- FAMILIES IN HAYS COUNTY ARE WOEFULLY BEHIND. 
          EACH MONTH WE TURN AWAY MORE FAMILIES THAN WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE BECAUSE WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING CAPACITY. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO SCALE OUR DAILY SERVICES TO MEET THE RISING NEED BECAUSE OF FANTASTIC NETWORK PARTNERS FROM HAYS COUNTY FOOD BANK AND A NUMBER OF LOCAL CONGREGATIONS TO THE RED CROSS AND ALSO TO THE FWS, TO INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIAL GROUPS. 
          WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, SHOWER SUPPLIES AND HYGIENE K KITS. SCALING HOUSING PROGRAMS IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED HOWEVER. AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE SEEING A RISING NEED, WE ALONG WITH MANY OF OUR PARTNERS LIKE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL HAYS HELPING HANDS, B ARE THREE TEAM AND LOCAL CHURCHES HAVE STAGNANT OR DECREASED FUNDING. 
          HOUSING POGRAMS REQUIRE HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND MORE STAFF AND DAILY SERVICES BUT THEY PROVIDE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN BAND-AIDS AT THE MOMENT. 
          I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER INCREASING SOUTHSIDE SUPPORTS SPECIFICALLY IN SOCIAL SERVICES MORE GENERALLY TO MEET THE RISING HOUSING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AN INVESTMENT IN SOUTHSIDE IS AN INVESTMENT IN LONG TERM STABILITY THAT BENEFITS ALL OF HAYS COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANOTHER ONE UNDER THE TIMER. >> NIAH CAMPOS SPEARMAN. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I SERVE AS THE HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER AT SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO I WAS HIRED AT SOUTHSIDE TO RUN WHAT WOULD BE -- WHAT HAS BECOME THE HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAM. 
          A ROBUST MULTI-TIERED STRATEGY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSECURITY IN HAYS COUNTY. 
          THE NEED FOR THIS PROGRAM FAR EXCEEDS OUR CAPACITY. 
          AS WELL AS THAT OF ANY OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, A ONE TIME PAYMENT TOWARDS RENT OR UTILITIES HAS BEEN PART OF SOUTHSIDE'S PROGRAMS FOR NEARLY A DECADE. AT THE START OF MY TENURE WE COVERED BILLS UP TO $500. IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD TO INCREASE TO $1000 DUE TO THE RISING NEED. 
          OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH HAYS COUNTY ALSO HAVE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. LIKE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, HAYS HELPING HANDS AND FIRST PRESBYTERIAN HERE IN SAN MARCOS. 
          NONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING SOUTHSIDE CAN COVER THE FULL AMOUNT. THIS MEANS WE WORK TOGETHER USUALLY WITH SOUTH SIDE'S CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT CLIENTS LEAVE OUR OFFICE WITH THEIR FULL AMOUNT PLEDGED. 77% OF APPLICANTS RECEIVE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE THROUGH SOUTHSIDE. 
          EVICTION PREVENTION IS OUR NEWEST PROGRAM WHERE WE HELP WITH LARGER BUILDS. UP TO $2500. 
          WITH CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT OVER THE COURSE OF THREE MONTHS BR3T IS THE ONLY OTHER ORGANIZATION IN HAYS COUNTY WITH AN EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAM. SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE RECEIVED $267,000 OF REQUESTS. BUT OUR FUNDING ONLY ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE 5000. EACH WEEK OUR TEAM MAKES THE HEART-WRENCHING DECISIONS ABOUT WHO WILL RECEIVE SUPPORT OR NOT DUE TO OUR LIMITED FUNDING AND CASE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY. 
          90% OF EVICTION PREVENTION CLIENTS REMAIN IN THE SAME HOUSING SIX MONTHS AFTER OUR SUPPORT. 
          IN OCTOBER 2025 WE OPENED OUR RENOVATED SHELTER WITH A PROGRAM 
          [00:15:03]
TO SUPPORT UNHOUSED RESIDENTS. SOUTHSIDE HAS THE ONLY TEMPORARY SHELTER IN HAYS COUNTY ASIDE FROM HCWC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPECIFIC SHELTER. OUR WAIT LIST INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS. WE CAN ONLY HOUSE TEN AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THESE COHORT MEMBERS STAY FOR 60 TO 90 DAYS MEANING WE CAN ONLY HELP A MAXIMUM OF 60 FOLKS ANNUALLY. MEANWHILE MORE PEOPLE BECOME UNHOUSED EACH MONTH AS RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALLY HOUSED ARE ALSO SCARCE. WE'RE CURRENTLY ON OUR FOURTH COHORT AND WELL ON OUR WAY TO THE GOAL OF 75% OF THOSE COMPLETING THE PROGRAM AND BEING STABLY HOUSED. 
          THANK YOU. >> BYRON S. -- THANK YOU. 
          >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS BYRON SEVERANCE. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE SRL PROGRAM AND CONTINUED SUPPORT. 
          AS YOU KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED SB THREE AMONGST MANY THINGS IN THAT BILL WAS THE LAW REQUIRING US TO STAFF AN ARMED PERSONNEL EVERY CAMPUS. 
          WE HAVE 2800 -- 28 CAMPUSES AND 26,000 STUDENTS IN 3500 STAFF. 
          WITH THAT STATE LAW THAT CAME OUT, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT THE BUDGET PROCESS IS. I KNOW HOW INCREDIBLY HARD IT IS FOR THIS BOARD CACTUS COMMISSIONERS COURT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WHEN THE BILL CAME OUT, WE DETERMINED PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF WAS PARAMOUNT AND I ALSO BELIEVE THIS COURT BELIEVES THIS TOO AND I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR SUPPORTING THE ENDEAVOR. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE FULLY ALLOCATED OUR BUDGET TO ACCOMMODATE THAT PERSONNEL AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS. THE OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US WERE A MARSHAL PROGRAM AND A GUARDIAN PROGRAM HOWEVER WE DECIDED THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS THE BEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO PROTECT OUR 26,000 STUDENTS AND 3500 PERSONNEL ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY IS I KNOW THROUGH THE WORKSHOP PROCESS YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF ALLOCATING US ONE OR TWO RESOURCES, SROS EVERY YEAR. I THINK THIS YEAR YOU HAVE THREE ON THE TABLE. I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO POSSIBLY CONSIDER ALLOCATING FIVE FOR US THIS YEAR. 
          I KNOW IT'S A BIG ASK. I DO BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME CREATIVE THINGS. OUR ADMINISTRATION WAS ABLE TO DO CREATIVE THINGS TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY. 
          SO I'M HERE TODAY AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 26,000 STUDENTS AND 3500 STAFF MEMBERS TO ASK FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN SRO PROGRAM AND FULLY ALIGN THE BUDGET WITH HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMISSIONER COURT TO ALIGN WITH OUR DISTRICT BUDGET TO FULLY ARM THE SRO PROGRAM AT ALL 28 CAMPUSES. 
          THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU, SIR. NO TIMER ON THAT ONE. 
          >> TODD SLUMMY -- SAMMY. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PICK MY NAME IS TODD SAMMY AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU AS YOU WORK ON THE HAYS COUNTY BUDGET. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AS PROPERTY VALUES RISE, THEY RAISE TAX REVENUES HERE IN HAYS COUNTY. YET THE SAME RISING VALUES MAKE IT HARDER FOR WORKING FAMILIES TO STAY AND FIND AND STAY HOUSED. MANY OF -- MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE ONE CRISIS AWAY FROM LOSING A PLACE TO LIVE. 
          A MAJOR HOSPITAL BILL AND THIS PAYCHECK FROM -- PAYCHECK FROM AN ILLNESS. A MAJOR CAR REPAIR THEY NEED TO DO SO THEY CAN GET TO WORK OR GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. 
          OUR FAMILIES FALL BEHIND ON THE BILLS EVEN AS THEY CAREFULLY MANAGE THEIR PAYCHECKS AND EXPENSES THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO HOLD ON BUT NEVER ENOUGH TO CATCH UP. 
          AND THEN COMES THE EVICTION NOTICE. 
          THAT'S A CRISIS FOR THE FAMILY BUT IT ALSO ADDS TO THE BURDEN OF HAYS COUNTY. A CONSTABLE HAS TO SERVE THE EVICTION. A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE HAS TO HEAR THE CASE. COUNTY CLERKS HAVE TO FILE AND PROCESS THE PAPERS. DEPUTIES HAVE TO REMOVE THE RESIDENTS. IT'S AN EXPENSIVE AND HEARTBREAKING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS BEING EVICTED AND IT'S ALSO AN EXPENSIVE AND HEARTBREAKING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TO CARRY THIS OUT. 
          [00:20:01]
MUCH OF THIS PROCESS IS SLOW COSTLY AND PREDETERMINED BECAUSE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM OFFERS ESSENTIALLY ONLY ONE OPTION AND THAT IS ENFORCEMENT. WHAT IF THERE WERE A SECOND OPTION? WHAT IF THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COULD DIVERT AN EVICTION CASE SO IT CAN GET BACK ON ITS FEET, STAY HOUSED AND GET OUT OF THE COURT SYSTEM? WHAT IF DEPUTIES OR CONSTABLES NEED SOMEONE AT -- COULD CONNECT THEM WITH SOUTH SIDE INSTEAD OF THE HAYS COUNTY JAIL. 
          SOME OF THIS STUFF IS ALREADY HAPPENING INFORMALLY AND UNFUNDED. WHAT'S MISSING IS SUPPORT FROM THIS COURT TO MAKE IT A REAL PARTNERSHIP. 
          THE HAYS COUNTY 2027 DRAFT BUDGET YOU ARE CONSIDERING HAS $3.8 MILLION FOR CONTRACT AND ATTENTION PICK THESE ARE HAYS COUNTY DOLLARS LEAVING OUR COUNTY BECAUSE OUR HARD WORKING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS OVERLOADED. 
          TODAY I'M ASKING YOU TO SHIFT 250,000 OF THAT FUNDING TO PROVIDE A DIVERSION PROCESS FOR OUR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COURT OFFICES TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH SIDE STABILITY HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAM. THAT STILL LEAVES 3.55 MILLION FOR CONTRACT ATTENTION. THAT'S MORE THAN 93% OF THAT LINE ITEM. YET THE 6% CAN HELP 400 FAMILIES REMAIN HOUSED AND MOVED BACK INTO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. 
          SO FRIENDS, LET'S SOLVE SOME OF THESE CHALLENGING PROBLEMS TOGETHER. LET'S PROVIDE REAL -- REAL RESULTS FOR LOCAL FAMILIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR OUR COURTS AND OUR CLERKS. AND FOR HAYS COUNTY AS A HOLE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND GOD BLESS YOU. 
          >> DANIEL AYALA. >> YOU GUYS ARE DOING A MAGNIFICENT JOB BY THE WAY. REALLY. 
          >> ALL RIGHT HELLO, EVERYONE MY NAME IS DANIEL AYALA. 
          I'M THE JUVENILE DIVERSION COORDINATOR FOR HAYS COUNTY. 
          THE ONLY JUVENILE DRIVERS FOR MISDEMEANORS RELATING TO CHILDREN. I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW WE HANDLE DIVERSION, HOW WE HANDLE KIDS AND MISDEMEANORS FOR CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTY. THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THAT IS I'M OVER THIS ENTIRE COUNTY AND TWO MUNICIPALITIES. 
          I HAVE THE UNIQUE ROLE OF TRAVELING TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PRECINCT. I SEE HOW MUCH THE CLERKS, THE COURT ADMIN, HOW MUCH THE JUDGES STRUGGLE TO DEAL WITH THE CASELOAD. THEY ARE CONSTANTLY PUSHING CASES OUT FURTHER AND FURTHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO HANDLE THESE CASES TO PUT THEM ON THE DOCKET. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THEM WHO ARE STRUGGLING. 
          IT'S THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY. 
          IT'S THE CHILDREN OF THIS COUNTY. 
          MY. CASELOAD THIS YEAR WAS 365 CA CASES. 365 CASES WHERE I HAD TO MEET WITH THOSE KIDS AND HAVE A ONE AND A HALF HOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF WHAT'S CAUSING THEM TO OFFEND. I HAD TO MEET WITH FAMILIES, I'VE MET WITH SROS. SO FAR A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE SPOKEN TODAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT TOUCHES THE JP COURT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THE DEMAND IS THERE, THE PEOPLE'S COURT IS STRUGGLING AND I'M SEEING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          I'M STRUGGLING. IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP YOU GUYS CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU ARE CONSIDERING ADDING A PART TIME JUVENILE DIVERSION COORDINATOR. THAT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BECAUSE HISTORICALLY SPEAKING BY THE TIME WE GET TO WHERE THE JP S. 
          OFFICE CAN ASK FOR SOMETHING, THERE'S NOT A LOT LEFT. 
          THE BIGGER AGENCIES ARE THE ONES THAT GET IT. 
          AND I GET IT, IT'S NECESSARY BUT YOU ARE HEARING THE DEMAND RIGHT NOW. YOU ARE SEEING THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW AT 1.5, ONE FULL TIME AND ONE PART TIME, IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
          IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THE DEMAND IN KYLE ALONE. 
          NOT FOR THE DEMAND IN BUDA AND NOT ENOUGH FOR THE REST OF THE JP S. INCLUDING THE MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          ON THAT MARKET SURVEY IT SHOWED A LOT OF THE COMPARISONS TO THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE COUNTIES. 
          I WENT TO THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO AND SPOKE ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH. 
          EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS IN SHOCK AND AWE OF THE LACK OF SUPPORT AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOUR FAULT. 
          WAS A NEW LAW BROUGHT ON TO YOU AND UNFUNDED. 
          THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN UNDERFUNDING AND CUTTING FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS THIS ENTIRE TIME. I AM ASKING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MAKE SOME REAL INVESTMENT. 
          AND I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE TAX RATE, I GET IT. 
          FAILING OUR CITIZENS CURRENTLY IS AWFUL. 
          [00:25:04]
AS SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED WITH KIDS FOR TEN YEARS, I NEED YOU. 
          THANK YOU. >> SIDNEY BAILEY. 
          >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS CINDY BAILEY. I'M HERE TO URGE SUPPORT OF SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE 2027. 
          MY HUSBAND AND I LIVED IN SAN MARCOS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS -- THE GREAT WORK DONE BY THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. 
          BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO MEET THEIR ESSENTIAL NEEDS FROM A GRATEFUL YOUNG WOMAN THANKING THE TEAM AT THE CENTER FOR THE DIFFERENCE THEY'VE MADE IN HER LIFE AS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT WORK DONE BY THIS TEAM. 
          SHE SAID I'D LIKE T THANK SOUTHSIDE WOMEN'S SHELTER FOR THE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT THEY'VE SHOWN ME. 
          I'VE TRAVELED FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY AND INITIALLY MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ASSISTANCE. 
          WHEN I WAS GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE THE TEAM ENCOURAGED ME, SUPPORTED ME AND WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP. 
          IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE WOMEN'S SHELTER. MAKING SURE I HAD EVERYTHING I NEEDED AS THEY PROVIDED CLOTHING, FOOD AND MORE WHICH WAS SO COMFORTING. THANK YOU. 
          THEIR RESPECT AND ENCOURAGEMENT MEANT MORE THAN I CAN EXPRESS. 
          THEY REMINDED ME THAT I MATTER AND I AM CAPABLE OF BECOMING SOMEONE. I AM TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE WOMEN'S SHELTER AND THE ROLE THAT THEY'VE PLAYED IN MY JOURNEY. THANK YOU AGAIN, SOUTHSIDE WOMEN'S SHELTER FOR THE HELP AND FOR ALL THE KINDNESS THAT THEY'VE GIVEN TO ME. AND I THANK YOU JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS FOR REALLY LISTENING TO HER WORDS AND ACTING ON THAT WHEN YOU CONSIDER YOUR BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GAIL THOMPSON. >> GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. 
          AS A PASTOR, PARTICIPATING IN SPRINGS OF LIFE CHURCH HERE IN SAN MARCOS, I URGE CONTINUED AND INCREASED SUPPORT FOR SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER. AS A MINISTER, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNCILLOR WITH TRAINING IN TRAUMA CARE AND THE MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER WITH SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION ISSUES, I'VE SPENT TIME AS A HOMELESS PERSON, I'VE WITNESSED AND TALKED WITH AND SEEN FIRSTHAND NEEDS OF THE POOR, HOMELESS AND DRUG ADDICTED INDIVIDUALS OF OUR SOCIETY. 
          AN ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO EDUCATE OUR SOCIETY AS WELL AS PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THE SITUATION IS WORTHY OF ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GIVE. I HAVE WITNESSED HOW EASY IT IS TO LAND IN THIS POSITION AS ALREADY MENTIONED. 
          ALL IT TAKES IS A SINGLE INCOME FAMILY MISSING A MONTH'S PAYCHECK. A MAJOR ILLNESS WITHOUT HEALTH CARE. A JOB LOSS. 
          A LOSS OF A HOME OR A CAR CAN PUT AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY IN A SITUATION. UNFORTUNATELY OUR SOCIETY MAKES MANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. 
          I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY MANY EXPERIENCED IT AND MOST ARE PEOPLE DOING THEIR VERY BEST WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. 
          WE ALL NEED TO BE SEEN AND VALUED AND TREATED AS WORTHWHILE SO WE CAN CONTRIBUTE THE NEED TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP, TAKE A SHOWER AND HAVE A MEAL IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GO TO WORK AND HOLD ON TO A JOB. THROUGH THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY AND SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN IN GETTING AN EDUCATION. 
          SOUTHSIDE IS KNOWN AS A CRUCIAL SOCIAL SERVICE HERE. 
          IT'S WHERE YOU GO OR ARE DIRECTED FOR NEEDS TO BE MET. 
          THE SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL LIKE FOOD AND SHOWERS AND LAUNDRY. 
          ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO LIVE. EACH PERSON IS TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND COMPASSION. SOUTHSIDE DEVELOPED A NETWORK WITHIN THE COUNTY TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES. 
          THE HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAM IS FOUNDATIONAL IN STOPPING THE GROWTH OF HOMELESSNESS IT BRINGS MORE SAFETY FOR EVERYONE AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE. 
          DOLLARS INVESTED IN SOUTHSIDE INEVITABLY MULTIPLY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN MATCHING FINES FROM OTHER AGENCIES FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IN PARTNERSHIP, TRANSITION, RESIDENTS FROM HOMELESSNESS TO STABILITY IN KEEPING FAMILIES 
          [00:30:01]
HOUSED EVEN DURING CHALLENGING FINANCIAL TIMES. 
          AND SOME OF THE PRESSURES OF POVERTY. 
          OUR CHURCH PARTICIPATES MONTHLY IN GIVING FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROVIDING PRACTICAL DONATIONS AND CLOTHING, BLANKETS, ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING -- FUND-RAISING AND FUN FAMILY EVENTS. SOUTHSIDE REACHES OUT FOR HELP WE JOYFULLY RESPOND BECAUSE OF THE REPUTATION. 
          I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          >> ERIC MARTINEZ. >> AND JENSEN. 
          >> MY NAME IS ANNE JENSEN AND I'M A VOLUNTEER AND DONOR AT SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER. I VOLUNTEERED TO HELP AT THE CENTER, SERVE A FEW DINNERS AND IT WAS A REAL EYE OPENER. 
          IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE I RECOMMEND YOU GO DOWN AND SERVE A MEAL. YOU SEE FIRSTHAND THE LEVEL OF NEED IN THE COMMUNITY BY MANY LIVING OUT ON THE STREET. 
          I SAW A SMALL AGING KITCHEN WITH A LONG LIST OF DEFICITS. 
          I MET STAFF WHO PUT IN MANY LONG THANKLESS HOURS OF OVERTIME BUT WHO CONTINUED TO FAITHFULLY SERVE OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION. 
          WHILE I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER AT SOUTHSIDE THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO GET A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED. 
          I REACHED OUT AND OFFERED MY HELP AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE KITCHEN TEAM. SOUTHSIDE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 50S AND WHAT PASSED FOR A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN SPACE AT THAT TIME HAS NOT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 
          OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OUR LITTLE TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS HAS BEEN MAKING INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE KITCHEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH LEADERSHIP THERE. 
          WE'VE MOVED EQUIPMENT AROUND FOR BETTER ACCESS AND USAGE. 
          WE ORGANIZED HAVING SPACE PAINTED AND CLEANED THOROUGHLY. 
          WE INSTALLED A LARGER SINK AND TODAY A COMMERCIAL DISHWASHER IS FINALLY GOING IN. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE HOW THE STAFF, THE LEADERSHIP AND THE STAFF ADAPT TO EVERY NEW CHALLENGE OR NEED. THEY OPEN COOLING CENTERS AND HEATING CENTERS WHEN THE WEATHER IS EXTREME, WHICH IS EXTREME A LOT LATELY. THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH BUILDING MALFUNCTION -- MALFUNCTIONS, EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS, RESOURCES NOT SHOWING UP WHEN THEY NEED TO. 
          BUT WE HAVE CHEF J.J. WHO IS AN AMAZING GUY SERVING UPWARDS OF 50 PEOPLE A DAY. OFTEN HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN HIS PANTRY FROM WEEK TO WEEK. 
          A LOT OF IT -- MOST OF IT IS DONATED. 
          SO I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM OTHER STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MEETING THIS RISING NEED THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS MORNING. 
          WITHOUT STOPPING OR SLOWING SERVICES. 
          EVERY DAY SOUTHSIDE SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY OFTEN WITHOUT THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DO THE WORK. 
          AND CONNECTED WITH SOUTHSIDE -- WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING THE PRESSURE OF INFLATION MORE IN -- EXPENSIVE FUEL AND HOUSING WHICH MAKES FOR MORE NEED FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SOUTHSIDE. 
          I'VE SEEN A LITTLE CAN GO A LONG WAY ESPECIALLY IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> ERIC MARTINEZ. 
          >> MY NAME IS ART -- ERIC MARTINEZ. 
          EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR -- OF COMMUNITY NONPROFIT THAT HELPS PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HARMED BY IMMIGRATION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS. WE DO NOT SEEK GOVERNMENT FUNDING OURSELVES WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR OURSELVES. 
          RATHER WE'RE ASKING BECAUSE WE WORK ALONGSIDE THE RESIDENTS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING EVERY DAY TO THE -- TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HAYS COUNTY FAMILIES. IF HAYS COUNTY IS SERIOUS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND INTRODUCE -- REDUCING INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, PREVENTION HAS TO BE PART OF THAT INVESTMENT. HELPING SOMEBODY REMAIN HOUSED COSTS LESS THAN RESPONDING AFTER THEY BECOME HOMELESS. 
          CONNECTING SOMEONE TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT BEFORE A CRISIS 
          [00:35:02]
CAN HELP PREVENT REPEATED INVOLVEMENT FROM POLICE IN DEATHS, HOSPITALS AND JAILS. WHEN SOMEONE DOES ENTER THE LEGAL SYSTEM, SIMPLE DIVERSION PROGRAMS ARE NOT ENOUGH. 
          PROGRAMS LIKE THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT, VETERANS COURT, HOLISTIC PUBLIC DEFENSE AND REENTRY EFFORTS ARE STRONGEST WHEN PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS TREATMENT, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT. CUTTING SOCIAL SERVICE DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE NEED. IT SIMPLY SHIFTS THAT NEED TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. TO OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, COURTS, JAILS AND NONPROFITS. SOME OF THE GREATEST SUCCESSES OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE THINGS WE MAY NEVER SEE. 
          THE EVICTION THAT NEVER HAPPENED, THE CRISIS THAT NEVER ESCALATED, THE FAMILY THAT REMAINS STABLE AND THE PERSON WHO NEVER RETURNED TO JAIL. OUR NONPROFITS ALREADY CONTRIBUTE VOLUNTEERS, PRIVATE DONATION, GRANTS, EXPERTISE AND TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS. THEY'RE NOT ASKING THE COUNTY TO CARRY THIS RESPONSIBILITY ALONE, THEY'RE ASKING INSTEAD THE COUNTY TO BE A PARTNER. OUR REQUEST IS SIMPLE. 
          DO NOT REDUCE THE CURRENT STATE OF SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING AND CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR RESPONSIBLE WAYS TO ACTUALLY INCREASE IT AS I KNOW MANY OF THESE NONPROFITS HAVE BEEN AT A FLAT FUNDING RATE FOR MANY YEARS. THE NEED IS GROWING, THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE STILL DOING THE WORK AND HAYS COUNTY SHOULD HELP ENSURE THESE NONPROFITS CAN SURVIVE AND MEET THE NEEDS OF HAYS COUNTY FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU. >> ALFONSO SALAZAR. 
          ONE EMAIL AFTER THIS. >> COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE MY NAME IS ALFONSO SALAZAR AND I WANTED TO COVER A COUPLE OF THE BUDGET TOPICS THAT GOT UP -- BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK. 
          FIRST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS LOSING TALENT. 
          WHEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE STARTS TO LOSE TALENT WE ALL KIND OF SUFFER. THEY'RE THE STARTING POINT TO WHAT GOES ON IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO DIVERT THINGS OR RESPOND PROPERLY THEN THE COUNTY'S GOING TO SUFFER. 
          FULLY FUNDING JAIL STAFF WE COULD BRING PEOPLE BACK TO HAYS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES IN EXPENSES THAT AREN'T ON REPORTS AND BUDGETS AND JUST HAPPEN WHETHER THEY'RE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, NOT MAKING A COURT DATE, HAVING A COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY SHOW UP MORE THAN ONCE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CLIENT. IT ALL ADDS UP AND IT'S NOT ON BLACK AND WHITE PAPER. THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE NEEDED TO PROTECT YOUTH. MOVING ON THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR COUNTY COURT AT LAW CAN HELP LOWER OUR MENTAL HEALTH BURDEN AND LOWER THE JUVENILE BURDEN. 
          CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW JUVENILE CRIMES ARE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF AND THEY ARE VIOLENT CRIMES. 
          THEY ARE NOT THE OLD WAYS OF TAGGING THINGS AND DOING SOME HARMLESS DRUGS. THESE ARE GUN RELATED, GANG RELATED SORTS THAT BRING VIOLENCE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          THE COMMUNITY IS MISSING SOMETHING AND THAT'S WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE WANDERING OFF. THE DA'S OFFICE NEEDS TWO THINGS PICK ONE IS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL HERE ON THIS COURT AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THAT COMES FROM OUR CIVIL SIDE. THE ABILITY TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH AND THOSE THAT SUFFER FROM MENTAL HEALTH CRISES ON OUR CRIMINAL SIDE AND OUR CIVIL SIDE. 
          IF WE MERGE THE TWO BUDGETS WE'D BE ABLE TO SHARE RESOURCES AND TALENT WITHOUT HAVING SUCH A BACK AND FORTH OF BEING ABLE -- HAVING TO BE HERE ALL THE TIME. ALSO WE NEED A DEDICATED MENTAL HEALTH AND JUVENILE PROSECUTOR TO BACKSTOP. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY CASES OF MENTAL HEALTH AND I WORK WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH PROSECUTOR CURRENTLY AND SHE'S FANTASTIC BUT SHE'S ONE HUMAN BEING AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON A MULTITUDE OF CASES AND SHE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO GET THE HELP THAT PERSON NEEDS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. 
          ONCE SHE'S OUT OF RESOURCES AND OUT OF HOURS IN A DAY, SHE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH SHE NEEDS THE SUPPORT AND SO DO OUR CHILDREN. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME UP HERE AND SPOKEN ABOUT BUDGETS, HAPPINESS AND WORKING FOR HAYS COUNTY. 
          AND JUST CONTINUING ON WITHOUT LOSING TALENT -- I. UNDERSTAND CURRENTLY THE BUDGET IS IN FRONT OF YOU BUT THE THINGS YOU DO TODAY WILL IMPACT US IN THE FUTURE IF WE TRY TO SAVE PENNIES TODAY, WE MAY END UP SPENDING DOLLARS LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE OVERARCHING THEME IS EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE ON ONE HAND GAS, FOOD, RENT. 
          THAT SORT. WE DON'T WANT TO BURDEN OUR NEIGHBORS BY TRYING TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE ASKING THE EMPLOYEES OF HAYS COUNTY TO CARRY THAT BU BURDEN. WITHOUT HAVING THE PROPER FUNDING FOR THEIR EDUCATION AND EXPERTISE. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> THAT'S ALL FOR IN-PERSON. WE HAVE ONE EMAILED COMMENT FROM 
          [00:40:03]
LARRY GIBSON. TO THE COMMISSIONERS AS A PASTOR OF A LOCAL CONGREGATION I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS SUPPORT -- YOU A CRUCIAL SOCIAL SERVICE FOR HAYS COUNTY AND REFLECTS THE GOSPEL'S CALLING FOR US TO SERVE THE LEAST OF MY FAMILY. 
          AS A NEW CHURCH OUR MEMBER SERVED BEFORE WE EVEN BEGAN WORK -- WEEKLY WORSHIP SERVICES. IN JANUARY OF 2025 MANY OF US WERE CONCERNED ABOUT CUTS TO THE SAFETY NET WE SAW AFFECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR NATION AND THE LOCAL -- IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. REACHED OUT TO PASS A -- PASTOR JESSICA KING DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT WHO TOLD ME SHE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL CHURCHES TO SERVE MEALS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS ON A MONTHLY ROT ROTATION. WE JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY AGREEING TO TAKE EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE MONTH AND A FEW TIMES THE FIFTH SUNDAY. WE'VE HAD SERVED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH EVER SINCE THEN WE PARTNERED WITH SOUTHSIDE INCLUDING BURGER COOK OFF, SPRING FAIR AND COCO AND CAROL'S. OVER THE TIME SPAN OF OUR PRTNERSHIP WE'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND JUST HOW MUCH OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED BENEFIT FROM THESE SERVICES SOUTHSIDE PROVIDES. 
          PEOPLE COME TO SOUTHSIDE NOT ONLY TO EAT HOT MEALS DAILY BUT ALSO TO TAKE SHOWERS, CLEAN LAUNDRY AND -- RECEIVE HOUSING SERVICES. WE WITNESSED HOW THE STAFF TREAT EVERY PERSON WHO WALKS THROUGH THEIR DOORS NOT MERELY AS A CLIENT BUT ALSO A BELOVED CHILD OF GOD WORTHY OF DIGNITY AND LOVE. PARTICULAR SOUTHSIDE HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAMS HAVE PROVEN CRUCIAL TO STOPPING THE GROWTH OF HOMELESSNESS -- IT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR ALL CITIES ALONG THE I BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT BRINGS ME GREAT HOPE TO SEE HOW SOUTHSIDE PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE ABOUT TO BE EVICTED PER CASE MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR HOME AND TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR THOSE WITHOUT A HOME. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WE PARTNER WITH SOUTHSIDE IS BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR SPENT THERE HAS MULTIPLIED. 
          THEY PARTNER WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED AND HAVE A TEAM OF TRAINED COOKS WHO KNOW HOW TO PREPARE MEALS TO FEED DOZENS ALL AT ONCE. THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL LANDLORDS AND HOTELS TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THOSE IN NEED. 
          I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT SOUTHSIDE. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME. 
          [F.3. Adopt a Proclamation honoring the importance and dedication of poll workers in Hays County. BECERRA/DOINOFF]
          >> THAT CONCLUDES THE PORTION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AND NOW WE WILL GO STRAIGHT TO F THREE. AM I RIGHT? THAT WAS THE MOST HANDS RAISED. IF YOU'LL PLEASE OPEN THAT 
          AGENDA ITEM. >> F THREE. 
          ADOPT A PROCLAMATION HONORING THE IMPORTANCE AND DEDICATION OF 
          POLL WORKERS IN HAYS COUNTY. >> IF YOU'LL PLEASE READ IT. 
          >> AS ELECTION WORKER -- MANY CITIZENS DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO SUSTAINING THE BACKBONE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, OUR ELECTION PROCESS AND MORE AND MORE ELECTION WORKERS ARE GREATLY NEEDED IN ALL JURISDICTIONS. WHEREAS ELECTION WORKERS PROVIDE TANGIBLE LINK BETWEEN THE VOTING PUBLIC AND THE ELECTION PROCESS. 
          AND WHEREAS THESE INDIVIDUALS OFTEN BEGIN THEIR WORK BEFORE DAWN AND CONTINUE LATE INTO THE NIGHT, SETTING UP AND CLOSING POLLING LOCATIONS, TROUBLESHOOTING ELECTION EQUIPMENT AND CAREFULLY FOLLOWING ELECTION LAWS AND PROCEDURES. AND WHEREAS POLL WORKERS AND ELECTION JUDGES DEMONSTRATE PATIENCE, FAIRNESS AND RESPECT TOWARD EVERY VOTER HELPING TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S WELCOMING, ACCESSIBLE AND NONPARTISAN. 
          AND WHEREAS THEIR CALM PRESENCE AND COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY HELP BUILD PUBLIC TRUST IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND THE RESULTS OF OUR ELECTIONS. AND WHEREAS ELECTION WORKERS SPAN GENERATIONS FROM COLLEGE STUDENTS TO SENIOR CITIZENS AND MIRROR THE AMAZING DIVERSITY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND AMERICAN SOCIETY AS A HOLE. AN ELECTION WORKER PARTICIPATION IS GROWING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MORE AND MORE GETTING INVOLVED AND WORKING EACH ELECTION. 
          WHEREAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HOPE -- POLL WORKERS AND ELECTION JUDGES ARE ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SECURE, EFFICIENT AND TRUSTWORTHY ELECTIONS. AND WHEREAS ELECTION WORKERS ARE AMERICA'S CHAMPIONS OF DEMOCRACY AND IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS EACH TIME WE VOTE. 
          NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT EXTENDS ITS APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR THE ELECTION JUDGES AND WORKERS OF THIS COUNTY AND THIS GREAT COUNTRY AND THE VITAL SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO THE ELECTION PROCESS. THE COURT ENCOURAGES THOSE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON ELECTION DAY TO GO TO THE HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE AND -- W. WW.CO... 
          [00:45:01]
ELECTIONS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S REQUIRED AND HOW TO SIGN UP TO WORK WITH OUR COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR. 
          AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2026 AS ELECTION WORKER APPRECIATION MONTH AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS TO RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THESE INDIVIDUALS PLAY IN ADMINISTERING OUR ELECTIONS. 
          ADOPTED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026. 
          >> CHAMPIONS OF DEMOCRACY. I LOVE IT. 
          PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN. 
          >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. 
          >> YES. >> GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M THE HAYS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND I WANT TO THANK THE COURT THIS MORNING FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO HONOR THESE FOLKS STANDING IN THE ROOM. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO KICK OFF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS THAN SEND THEM FORWARD WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND ADMIRATION FOR THE WORK THEY DO. TODAY WE WANT TO OFFER SINCERE AND HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR POLL WORKERS AND MY ELECTION STAFF ALSO IN THE BACK. WHOSE DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ELECTIONS TO BE FREE FAIR AND ACCESSIBLE. FROM OPENING THE POLLS EARLY BEFORE DAWN TO CLOSING THEM LATE AT NIGHT, VOTERS VERIFY REGISTRATION, PROTECT THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT AND ENSURE EVERY ELIGIBLE PRO -- VOTER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAST THEIR BALLOT WITH CONFIDENCE. YOUR CALM PATIENCE, ATTENTIVE TO DETAIL RESOLVE, PREVENT CONFUSION AND UPHOLD INTEGRITY IN THE PROCESS. SERVING ON THE FRONT LINES OF DEMOCRACY, OFTEN GIVE UP LONG DAYS, WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY'S VOICE IS HEARD. 
          WHETHER YOU'RE A FIRST TIME POLL WORKER OR LONGTIME ELECTION JUDGE, BUILDING TRUST IN ELECTIONS AND STRENGTHENS OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS. AND I'M A LITTLE EMOTIONAL BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU BECAUSE I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY 
          OF YOU SHOWED UP HERE. >> LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF 
          APPLAUSE. >> I HAVE ONE MORE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY. PASTOR DARIUS TODD SAID EARLIER HE'D LOVE TO SEE UNITY AND BALANCE IN THIS PLACE TODAY. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER REPRESENTATION THAN THIS. 
          THESE ARE FOLKS FROM BOTH PARTIES THAT COME TOGETHER AND PROVIDE VITAL SERVICE FOR DEMOCRACY. 
          I APPRECIATE THEM AND I HOPE EVERYONE WILL SHAKE THEIR HAND 
          AND THANK THEM AS WELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SHAKE EVERY SINGLE HAND BUT I ASK EACH COMMISSIONER FOR COMMENTS AND WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS HERE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, IF WE COULD MAYBE GET SIX PER UP HERE AND TWO BLOCKS DOWN HERE TO CAPTURE A PICTURE OF THIS MOMENT. 
          COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO AND I KNOW IT TAKES A TEAM AND YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM HERE IN FRONT OF US TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO ENSURE OUR VOTING PROCESS IS SMOOTH. 
          WE REALLY AND TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR ALL THE ELECTION POLL WORKERS WHO COME IN EARLY AND STAY LONG HOURS. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU AND YOUR DEDICATION. I DO HOPE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE GET INVOLVED BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE FABULOUS FEAR IT'S A CIVIC DUTY I FEEL. WE CAN'T HAVE ELECTIONS WITHOUT EVERYONE'S HELP AND SUPPORT AND I COMPLETELY THANK YOU FOR 
          EVERYTHING. >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER. 
          >> THESE PEOPLE SHOWED UP HERE THAT YOU MAY GET THE LEGISLATURE, WERE LUCKY TO HAVE -- I'M -- EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WILL AGREE WITH THAT. EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE I WHAT MAKES AMERICA AMERICA. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. YOU PUT IN LONG HOURS. 
          DOING A LOT TO ENSURE WE HAVE SAFE, SECURE ELECTIONS. 
          MY FAVORITE THING IS THE SECURE EFFICIENT TRUSTWORTHY ELECTIONS BECAUSE WE TRUST IN THAT SYSTEM TO ELECT THE PEOPLE THAT WE ELECT SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. 
          I HOPE THE YOUNG PEOPLE GET MORE AND MORE INVOLVED. 
          I SEE THIS WAVE OF THE YOUNG COMING IN AND IT'S SO EXCITING AND INVIGORATING. SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          I THINK YOU ALL DESERVE ALL THE KUDOS IN THE WORLD AND I'M GLAD AUGUST IS THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          >> ENJOY AUGUST. WE ALL KNOW IT'S COMING. 
          I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH AND WHAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE 
          [00:50:02]
DON'T UNDERSTAND IS NUMBER 1 THE HOURS THAT GO INTO A REGULAR ELECTION. BUT EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO IT AND I SAY THAT WHETHER IT'S PICKING UP ELECTION EQUIPMENT, SETTING UP POLLING LOCATIONS, THE DAYS BEFORE ELECTION, TEARING IT DOWN. I WILL TELL YOU THE WORST IS THE NIGHT OF A GENERAL ELECTION BECAUSE YOU -- WE USED TO HAVE OUR PRIMARY CAUCUSES IN THE SAME LOCATION AN HOUR LATER OR HOWEVER FAST YOU COULD TEAR DOWN THE EQUIPMENT. 
          I'M GOING TO GIVE SPECIAL SHOUT OUTS TO ALL THE FOLKS FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS BECAUSE I KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS ALL THE WAY TO THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE GETTING POUNDED ON BECAUSE WAIT EVERYBODY'S TURNED IN ALL THEIR STUFF, WHERE'S DRIPPING SPRINGS. 
          WE ARE AN HOUR AWAY. WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AS SOON AS WE CAN. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 
          NOBODY ELSE SEES IT. I KNOW WE SEE IT BECAUSE A LOT OF YOUR POLLING LOCATIONS ARE IN OUR OFFICES AND WE PURPOSEFULLY GO OUT AND TRY TO SEE IF YOU NEED ANYTHING IN THOSE OFFICES. 
          I CANNOT REITERATE MY COLLEAGUES STATEMENTS ABOUT YOU ENOUGH AND I DON'T SAY THIS LIGHTLY. I WAS IN THE CAPITAL ALMOST TWO TO THREE DAYS A WEEK ON BEHALF OF HAYS COUNTY LAST YEAR AND IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SHE'S VIEWED AS A TRUE LEADER FOR ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS IN THE STATE. 
          BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES INSTITUTED HERE AND THE POLICIES AND PERSONNELS IN PLACE. I'M PROUD OF HER AND THE WHOLE PROCESS AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING. 
          THANK YOU. >> I GET THE PRIVILEGE OF SAYING -- WE WALKED IN YEARS AGO WE'RE GETTING NEW MACHINES LITERALLY EVERY MOMENT HAS BEEN EVOLUTION. YOU OUT FRONT AT THE CAPITOL, -- CHAMPIONING FOR THE LATEST AND GREATEST. 
          WHAT I FIND VALUABLE IN THE ACIDIC TIME IN OUR COUNTRY. 
          I'M A BUDDHIST CATHOLIC, I SEE MYSELF THAT WAY. 
          EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE. WHO KNOWS WHAT'S RIGHT, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S WRONG. MY POINT IN THAT IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S A BAD THING UNTIL IT'S DONE AND UNFOLDED. 
          WHEN YOU LEAN IN, AS YOU HAVE WITH A STEADY HAND THE ACIDIC POLARIZING VOICES THAT ARE UNFORTUNATELY THE MINORITY DROWN OUT THE REST OF US. AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER IN THESE VERY CRITICAL TIMES AS UNITED STATES TEXANS THAT WE'RE ALL STILL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING WE CAN USE TO IDENTIFY OURSELF AS TEXANS, NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, THE PERSON YOU MAY CROSS PATHS WITH. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LEADING THAT TONE AND TEMPERATURE AND IT RESONATES THROUGH ALL THESE PULSE SITES BECAUSE YOU KNOW DURING ELECTIONS I DRIVE THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND I'M CHECKING BECAUSE I GET ALL THE CALLS ABOUT THIS, THE REGULARITY SOMEONE FEELS IS WRONG. I'LL GET A CALL EVEN IF THAT FLAG WHEN YOU STARTED PUTTING UP FLAGS THANKING VETERANS. 
          THAT'S THIS KIND OF THING. SO I'M THANKING YOU FOR ALWAYS ANSWERING MY COMMUNICATIONS AND THROUGH YOU, THIS IS A REAL AMERICAN DREAM. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          MOST DEFINITELY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE ONE MORE TIME FOR YOU. 
          NOW LET'S DO THAT DIVISION. MAYBE SIX UP HERE, SIX OVER THERE AND THE REST IN TWO BL BLOCKS. 
          [00:56:51]
          >> EVERYBODY LOOKING RIGHT HERE. >> I'VE GOT TO GET A VIDEO OF THIS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING SO MAGNIFICENT. THIS IS MAGNIFICENT SUPPORT. 
          ARE YOU GUYS READY? >> WELL DONE. 
          [F.2. Adopt a Proclamation honoring the Election Student Intern Program. COHEN/DOINOFF]
          [01:00:15]
          >> WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING BUT THANK YOU. 
          >> F2. ADOPT A PROCLAMATION HONORING THE ELECTION STUDENT INTERN PROGRAM. 
          >> SECOND. >> THIS ONE IS MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE. IT'LL BE A LITTLE FASTER AND ALSO ANSWERS THE CALL THAT I HEARD FROM ALL OF YOU THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUNGER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. 
          WE PUT TOGETHER WITH TEXAS STATE -- WE HAD MORE OF AN INTERACTION WITH TEXAS STATE ON THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT SO FAR. 
          SO THIS IS EXACTLY TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE PROCESS AND WE ENDED UP WITH SEVEN INTERNS THIS YEAR. 
          OUT OF THE SEVEN, TWO WERE HAYS COUNTY INTERNS THAT WERE PAID OUT OF HAYS COUNTY. THE REST WERE PAID OUT OF THE ELECTION BUDGET. SO TODAY WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO OUR COLLEGE STUDENT ELECTION INTERNS. HIS DEDICATION AND HARD WORK STRENGTHENED THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. 
          THESE INTERNS HAVE CONTRIBUTED COUNTLESS HOURS ASSISTING WITH VOTER REGISTRATION, VOTER EDUCATION, POLLING PLACE PREPARATION AND MANY BEHIND THE SCENES TASKS TO ENSURE ELECTIONS RUN SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY. THEY BROUGHT ENERGY, FRESH IDEAS AND STRONG TECHNICAL SKILLS HELPING US BETTER SERVE VOTERS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. THEY BALANCED THEIR COURSEWORK, JOBS, FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES AND COLLEGE STUDENT INTERNS NONETHELESS CHOSE TO DEVOTE THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO THIS PUBLIC SERVICE. THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY, SECURE ELECTIONS EMBODY THE BEST OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. TO OUR COLLEGE STUDENT INTERNS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. OUR ELECTIONS ARE STRONGER AND OUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU. 
          DURING THE INTERNSHIP THESE INTERNS WERE VOTER REGISTRATION, LIMITED BALLOTS, POLLING LOCATIONS, INVENTORY AND SUPPLY PREPARATION. VOTER OUTREACH AND EQUIPMENT SET UP AND INTAKE AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION. 
          THEY PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC LOGIC AND ACCURACY PREELECTION AUDIT PROCESS AND THE POST-ELECTION AUDIT WHICH IS THE AUDIT THAT TAKES PLACE AFTER THE ELECTION. 
          OUR INTERNS THIS YEAR AND SOME OF THEM ARE HERE, IF YOU ARE HERE AND I SAY YOUR NAME IF YOU COULD COME UP HERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AMERICA JUAREZ. 
          ZARIA HEATON. RAMIREZ. 
          NEVAEH LO. DELILAH LOPEZ. 
          LAWRENCE AND ELIZABETH ARMOR. THESE ARE INTERNS FROM TEXAS STATE. WITH THEM WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR OF THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AND I'M GOING TO INVITE THEM UP HERE AS WELL FROM TEXAS STATE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          >> I LOVE THE LINE UP. BEFORE YOU GO ON -- WE WILL FINISH YOUR PART. AND I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY THIS, EAT THEM UP, EAT THEM UP, GO CATS, GO. 
          >> MY NAME IS MELISSA, I'M THE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT TEXAS STATE. 
          I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH JENNIFER AND KAYLA TO DEVELOP THIS PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR INTERNS AND ALSO TO PROVIDE VOTER REGISTRATION TO STUDENTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE EXCITED AND GRATEFUL THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH DEDICATION AND HARD WORK. 
          >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'D LIKE TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE -- I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST, FAILED TO SEE THE REAL GEM AND JEWEL AND INVESTMENT FROM US AS COMMUNITIES WITH THE BEST OPPORTUNITY THAT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU REPRESENTS. BECAUSE FOLKS DON'T REMEMBER THIS SOMETIMES BUT THOSE THAT GO TO SCHOOL HERE OFTEN MAKE THIS THEIR PERMANENT HOME. SO INVESTING IN YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALREADY AND BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY IN A MOST MEANINGFUL WAY I THINK IS A MOST MAGNIFICENT PROGRAM AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF IT. MOST AWESOME. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK ROXANNE READ THE RESOLUTION. 
          >> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF ELECTION INTERNS. 
          WHEREAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IS A FUNDAMENTAL CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY. 
          DEPENDS UPON THE DEDICATION, INTEGRITY AND HARD WORK OF THOSE WHO ASSIST IN THE ELECTION PROCESS. 
          WHEREAS COLLEGE STUDENT ELECTION INTERNS PROVIDE BIO CLARK 
          [01:05:03]
SUPPORT THROUGH THEIR SERVICE IN VOTER OUTREACH, EDUCATION, REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES AND THE OPERATION OF POLLING PLACES. 
          WHEREAS THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS, ELECTION INTERNS BRING ENERGY, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS THAT ENHANCE COMMUNICATION WITH VOTERS AND IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF ELECTION SERVICES. WHEREAS PARTICIPATION AS A STUDENT ELECTION IN TERM OFFERS THE YOUNG ADULTS A UNIQUE HANDS ON OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
          EXEMPLIFY LEADERSHIP PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE OFTEN BALANCING THEIR ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES, EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY OBLIGATIONS WITH THEIR DUTIES TO ASSIST THE ELECTION OFFICE AND VOTERS. 
          AND WHEREAS THESE INTERNSHIPS CAN FACILITATE INCREASED VOTER PARTICIPATION FOR THESE STUDENTS ENHANCED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF ELECTION ADMINISTRATION, GREATER CIVIC LITERACY AND A PIPELIE OF FUTURE PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERS. 
          WHEREAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE INTERNS HELP ENSURE THAT EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER HAS ACCESS TO A SECURE, ACCURATE AND TRANSPARENT ELECTION PROCESS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT EXTENDS ITS APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION TO THE 2026 HAYS COUNTY ELECTION OFFICE INTERNS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND THE VOTERS OF HAYS COUNTY. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE COURT PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2026 AS COLLEGE STUDENT ELECTION INTERN MONTH AND ENCOURAGES SCHOOLS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF COLLEGE INTERNS IN SUPPORTING OUR ELECTIONS. ADOPTED THIS THE 18TH DAY 
          OF AUGUST, 2026. >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES. 
          >> CO -- JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES COMMISSIONER SMITH WOULD YOU LIKE TO START THIS CONVERSATION? 
          >> I WOULD WORK AS AN ELECTION WORKER EVERY SINGLE ELECTION AND I'VE REALLY GOT A VIEW OF NOT ONLY HOW THE ELECTION WORKED BUT ALL THE PROCESS IN IT. I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH. 
          I THINK YOU'RE GETTING A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND NOT JUST SHOWING UP TO VOTE EVERY DAY BUT KNOWING WHAT GOES INTO THE PROCESS. 
          I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY WELL SET IN LIFE IF YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE A CAREER RELATED TO GOVERNMENT. 
          IN KNOWING THOSE THINGS. YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL THE 
          PROGRESS THROUGH THIS. >> WELL DONE. 
          COMMISSIONER HAMMER. >> AS A BOBCAT AND NOT AN AGGIE -- JUST KIDDING. I WENT TO SCHOOL THERE AND ALL YOU'RE DOING, IT'S SO GREAT. I WAS IN SCHOOL AND ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS GET OUT OF SCHOOL, GET DONE AND START MY JOB. YOU ARE TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER AND REACHING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND GOING OUT AND DOING GREAT WORK AND GETTING TO SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT THAT'S LIKE. 
          YOU JUST SAW ALL OF THESE ELECTION WORKERS COME IN HERE AND WHAT SUPPORT THEY HAD FROM THIS COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU WERE DOING. 
          YOU CONTINUE TO DO GOOD WORK AND WHO GRADUATES THIS COMING YEAR? THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE ALL GOING TO GO OUT IN THE WORLD AND SEE FIRSTHAND ALL THE THINGS WE SIT BACK HERE AND DEAL WITH. BUT YOU KEEP GOING AND KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COHEN. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK AND I HOPE YOU ARE SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FELLOW STUDENTS, EXPRESSING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE INVOLVED. WE ALL LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE SPACES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          IF YOU'RE STARTING TO DO THAT WORK, I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT AND 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL -- ALSO. IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE YOUR DEDICATION AND WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION PROCESS AND WHAT'S MORE AMAZING TO ME IS IT'S ALL YOUNG WOMEN DOING IT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          Y'ALL ARE THE FUTURE PUK REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          >> ROSE WOULD BE PROUD, WOULDN'T SHE? 
          >> I'D LIKE TO REITERATE I SEE YOU AS TREASURES. 
          AS SOMEONE'S LOVED ONE AND AS OUR FUTURE WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. THAT'S AWESOME BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THE MOST CONSISTENT THING IN OUR LIVES IS CHANGE. SO YOU'RE PART OF THAT CHANGE, REPRESENT THE CHANGE AND LEANING INTO IT IS A REAL GIFT FOR US. 
          [01:10:03]
BEAUTIFULLY SAID BY THE COURT MEMBERS AND A BIG THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE? 
          >> IT'S CUSTOMARY IF YOU DON'T MIND -- WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO JUST HOLD IT TOGETHER. THERE WE GO. 
          TEAMWORK. >> BEAT THEM UP -- 
          >> 123. >> WELL DONE, COMMISSIONER. 
          [INDISCERNIBLE] >> F1. 
          [F.1. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing the Power 2 Prosper Faith-Based Community Leadership Institute for Strengthening Leadership and Community Collaboration Throughout Hays County. INGALSBE]
ADOPT A -- PROCLAMATION THE FAITH BASED LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR STRENGTHENING LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION THROUGH 
          HAYS COUNTY. >> SO MOVED. 
          >> SECOND. >> WOULD YOU PLEASE READ IT. 
          >> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING POWER TO PROSPER FAITH BASED COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR STRENGTHENING LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION THROUGH HAYS COUNTY. 
          WHEREAS FAITH BASED COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE -- IS AN INITIATIVE OF POWER TO PROSPER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. A SAN MARCOS BASED 501C39 -- NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY DR. HANSFORD WHOSE MISSION IS TO EQUIP LEADERS, STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONS AND FOSTER COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS THROUGH HAYS COUNTY AND BEYOND. 
          WHEREAS THE INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE FAITH BASED LEADERS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, EDUCATORS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND LOCAL PARTNERS WITH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND STRATEGIC RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF HAYS COUNTY COMMUNITIES THROUGH INITIAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE GREATER FAYETTE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. AND WHEREAS THROUGH EDUCATION COLLABORATION AND SHARED LEADERSHIP THE INSTITUTE PROMOTES INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADVANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS, EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, FOOD SECURITY, FAMILY STABILITY AND OVERALL COMMUNITY PROSPERITY AND WHEREAS THE INAUGURAL POWER TO PROSPER FAITH BASED AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE REPRESENTS THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE LEADERS COMMITTED TO OTHERS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CREATING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT HAYS COUNTY. 
          WHEREAS THE SUCCESS OF THE INITIATIVE REFLECTS THE SHARED COMMITMENT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH CARE LEADERS, PUBLIC SERVANTS, VOLUNTEERS AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING AND RESILIENCE OF HAYS CUNTY RESIDENTS. 
          PROCLAIMED THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE POWER TO PROSPER FAITH BASED COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR ITS LEADERSHIP IN BUILDING STRONGER ORGANIZATIONS, EMPOWERING COMMUNITY LEADERS AND FOSTERING MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF 
          [01:15:03]
LIFE THROUGH HAYS COUNTY. BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT EXTENDS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO POWER TO PROSPER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE INSTITUTE'S FACULTY, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, PARTICIPANTS, VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN HAYS COUNTY AND INSPIRE LASTING COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION. 
          ADOPTED THE 18TH DAY OF A OF AUGUST 2026. 
          >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. COMMISSIONER COHEN. 
          COMMISSIONER HAMER PIER COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. 
          >> YES BUY JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. 
          >> DOCTOR SHETTY HERE TODAY AND -- 
          >> I SAW YOU BACK THERE UP HERE COME ON UP HERE PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. 
          YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ON THE CAMPUS. 
          I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          I'M HERE TODAY IN THE CAPACITY, THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE POWER TO PROSPER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
          >> BEAUTIFUL. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? 
          >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THIS ORGANIZATION WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED IN 2019. 
          WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK UNDER THE NAME ACCESS AND OFFERED FREE COMMUNITY CAMPS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          THIS YEAR THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH THE OTHER ARM OF OUR ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING RESIDENT FAITH BASED LEADERS IN COMMUNITIES. SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE -- AND I HAVE WITH ME TODAY WITH OUTREACH MINISTRIES ONE OF OUR RESIDENT LEADERS. DESIGNER TO LIVE NOW. 
          SUSIE HERNANDEZ -- STEVEN HERNANDEZ DO SOMETHING GREAT. 
          PASTOR PAYNE WITH WORD OF LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 
          NEW BEGINNINGS MINISTRIES, THOMPSON WITH PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESIDENT LEADERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE INAUGURAL COHORT THAT ENDED IN JULY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. 
          >> LET'S GIVE YOU AND THE GROUP A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          >> SOME COMMENTS AND THEN UP FOR A PICK. 
          >> I REMEMBER MEETING YOU FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AT A RIBBON CUTTING AND I KNEW THEN YOU WERE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE TO HELP IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE WELL-BEING OF HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
          WHAT YOU JUST SHARED AND SAID, IT MEANS A LOT THAT YOU'RE WORKING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> DR. ASHFORD. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SINGING VOICE SHE HAS. WHEN I GOT TO SEE HER SPEAK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SHE OPENED UP HER SPEECH WITH A SONG AND I WAS SO BLOWN AWAY BY THAT MOMENT. 
          IT WAS SO WONDERFUL AND I ADMIRE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          THE LEADERSHIP IS ALSO MY PASSION. 
          TRIED TO ELEVATE LEADERS GIVEN THE SKILLS TO BE GOOD LEADERS. 
          THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND CONTINUING TO DO IN SUPPORTING OUR LEADERS -- BECAUSE THEY DO NEED THAT SUPPORT. 
          AND THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEADERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          >> COMMISSIONER HAMER. >> SURROUNDING YOU THAT'S AMAZING. I'M ALL ABOUT NETWORKING AND BRINGING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE -- BREAKING BREAD IS A GREAT NAME FOR AN ORGANIZATION. I DO BELIEVE THAT DOING ALL THINGS WITH OR FAITH BASED INTENTION IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          SERVING OTHERS ASPECT STRENGTHENING ORGANIZATIONS IN MY OPINION, THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE IN BIG CHURCH SMALL GOVERNMENT AND THAT'S -- Y'ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND GETTING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND DOING JUST FINE. 
          THANK YOU. >> I COULDN'T AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER HAMER MORE. I THINK SOMETIMES THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP AND GOVERNANCE AND THE THINGS WE DO ARE OVERLOOKED AND DISPARAGED. 
          THE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURSELF, THERE'S A PLACE TO WORK 
          [01:20:05]
HAND-IN-HAND WITH GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY IN OTHER WAYS PEOPLE WHY NOT -- MAY NOT THINK OF. 
          I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED TO SEE SOMEONE STEPPING UP AND DOING THE WORK BECAUSE IT'S A HARD JOB TO BRING THE TWO ENTITIES 
          TOGETHER. >> I WAS BORN AND RAISED CATHOLIC AND AS A CATHOLIC I THINK I RELATE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET. BUT AS AN ADULT, AND BY DESIRE THE BUDDHIST OVERLAY. I NOW I CALL MYSELF A BUDDHIST CATHOLIC BECAUSE SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL FOLLOW. KEY PILLARS OF MY TEACHINGS OF FAITH IS KEEP TO YOUR PEACE, HARMONY AND WHEN YOU'RE READY TO ENTER THE COMMUNITY THIS WAY, YOU'RE SPREADING IT LIKE SNOWFLAKES AND RAISING HOPE FOR EVERYONE SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND EACH OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL MAY BE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE? THE WHOLE GROUP. EVERYBODY CAN COME ON UP. 
          [F.4. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing August 31, 2026 as International Overdose Awareness Day. INGALSBE/SMITH/GONZALES/HIPOLITO]
          >> PLEASE OPEN F FOR. >> ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 31ST 2026 AS INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE 
          AWARENESS DAY. >> SO MOVED. 
          >> SECOND. >> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 31ST, 2026 AS INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AMONG ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FIRST RESPONDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL LEADERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PROMOTING SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES THROUGH HAYS COUNTY. TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES A -- REMINDING US OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING SUBSTANCE USE THROUGH COMPASSIONATE EVIDENCE BASED -- EDUCATION, TREATMENT, RECOVERY SUPPORT AND HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES. 
          WHEREAS INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY ON AUGUST 31ST PROVIDES A VITAL OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THOSE LOST TO OVERDOSE, SUPPORT GRIEVING FAMILIES AND RENEW COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO ENDING THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG RELATED DEATHS. 
          AND WHEREAS RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF OPIOID AND DRUG MISUSE CAN LEAD TO MORE INFORMED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO RECOGNIZE SIGNS OF OVERDOSE AND TAKE LIFE SAVING ACTIONS. WHEREAS ACKNOWLEDGING OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY REINFORCES THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN EVIDENCE BASED PREVENTION, TREATMENT, RECOVERY SUPPORT THAT REDUCE OVERDOSE DEATHS. WHEREAS THIS DATE EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING ACCESS TO NALOXONE AND OTHER OVERDOSE REVERSING MEDICATIONS WHILE PROMOTING EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT EMPOWERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RESPOND TO AN OVERDOSE EMERGENCY. WHEREAS THE PROCLAMATION OF OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY WILL PROMOTE COMMUNITY, SOLIDARITY OFFERING A PLATFORM TO SHARE STORIES OF RESILIENCE WHILE FOSTERING HOPE HEALING AND COMMUNITY UNITY. 
          WHEREAS OVERDOSE IS A PREVENTABLE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE -- OF EVERY AGE, BACKGROUND AND COMMUNITY UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTION EFFORTS THAT ADDRESS FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUBSTANCE USE BEFORE HARM OCCURS. 
          WHEREAS EVERY LIFE LOST TO OVERDOSE REPRESENTS A PREVENTABLE TRAGEDY AND LIFE SAVE REFLECTS THE POWER OF EDUCATION, EARLY INTERVENTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TREATMENT AND HOPE AND WHEREAS SENECA REMAINS COMMITTED TO COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE BASED PREVENTION EDUCATION, STRENGTHEN PROTECTIVE FACTORS, INCREASE AWARENESS AND INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE 
          [01:25:02]
HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 31ST, 2026 AS INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY IN HAYS COUNTY AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN EFFORTS THAT PROMOTE PREVENTION, INCREASE AWARENESS, REDUCE STIGMA, EXPAND ACCESS TO LIFE SAVING RESOURCES AND STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ADOPTED THE 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026. 
          >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSIONER HAMER. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSIONER SMITH -- SMITH. >> YES. 
          >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. 
          WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE PODIUM? IF IT'S MORE THAN ONE, SHARE THE SPACE. 
          THE SUN SHINES FOR EVERYONE. I ASK YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND 
          TITLE SO WE CAN IDENTIFY YOU. >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. HAYS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. VERY THANKFUL FOR YOU ADOPTING THIS PROCLAMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY. THE COUNTY HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND TRYING TO PREVENT DEATHS RELATED TO OVERDOSE. 
          IT'S SUCH A TRAGIC THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO FACE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IMPACTS THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS BRINGING AWARENESS TO DRUGS AND PREVENTION OF OVERDOSE -- SUPPLYING NARCAN AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THAT WORK CANNOT BE HAPPENING WITHOUT THE WORK OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          SUCH AS SENECA AND -- TODAY HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL IS GOING TO BE CASSANDRA OF SENECA AND DR. KELLY CLARY... 
          I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THERE I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THEY DO WITH US. 
          >> WHOEVER LIKE TO GO FIRST, STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. 
          I'M THE PREVENTION OUTREACH COORDINATOR WITH THE SENECA FOUNDATION. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY FOR RECOGNIZING AUGUST 31ST AS OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY IN HAYS COUNTY. 
          OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THIS YEAR FOR YOUR SUPPORT AT THIS PROCLAMATION AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AS REFLECTED IN THIS PROCLAMATION ADDRESSING OVERDOSE REQUIRES A COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO PREVENTION EDUCATION, TREATMENT, RECOVERY SUPPORT AND HARM REDUCTION. TODAY IS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND A DAY OF HOPE. WE GATHER TO HONOR THE LIVES LOST TO OVERDOSE FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO GRIEVE -- INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVES IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE USE. 
          BEHIND EVERY LOSS IS A PERSON DEEPLY IN A COMMUNITY WHO FEELS THAT LOSS. WHILE TODAY IS A TIME TO REMEMBER, IT'S ALSO A TIME AND REMINDER THAT OVERDOSE IS PREVENTABLE. PREVENTION BEGINS LONG BEFORE CRISIS OCCURS AND STARTS WITH EDUCATION AND BUILDING STRONG CONNECTION. STARTS WITH HELPING PEOPLE DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS THEY NEED TO MAKE HEALTHY DECISIONS. AS AN OUTREACH COORDINATOR I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK ALONGSIDE EDUCATORS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, FIRST RESPONDERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING HEALTHIER FUTURES FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          EVERY CLASSROOM PRESENTATION AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOP AND CONVERSATION AND PARTNERSHIP IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BEFORE SUBSTANCE USE CAN BECOME A CRISIS. 
          TODAY HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY WITH LIFE SAVING KNOWLEDGE PEER TRAININGS AND OVERDOSE RESPONSE EDUCATION, EVERYDAY COMMUNITY MEMBERS GAIN CONFIDENCE TO RECOGNIZE OVERDOSE EMERGENCY. THEY MATTER AND THE WILLINGNESS OUR COMMUNITY HAS TO LEARN HOW TO RESPOND CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRAGEDY AND SECOND CHANCE. 
          REDUCING THE STIGMA AROUND SUBSTANCE USE. 
          LEADING WITH COMPASSION INSTEAD OF JUDGMENT... 
          RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE AND EVERY PERSON DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT AND HOPE. WHAT GIVES ME HOPE IS THE INCREDIBLE COLLABORATION WE SEE THROUGH HAYS COUNTY WITH SCHOOLS, HEALTH PROVIDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, RECOVERY ADVOCATES, LOCAL LEADERS. WE ALL PLAY A PART IN BUILDING A STRONGER AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. 
          THIS PROCLAMATION IS A REFLECTION OF THE SHARED COMMITMENT AND BELIEF WE ALL HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN PREVENTING OVERDOSE AND SUPPORTING RECOVERY. 
          [01:30:01]
RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY, -- LET US REMEMBER THOSE THAT ARE LOST -- SUPPORT THOSE LIVING IN RECOVERY AND TO PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ACTION. 
          BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS VALUE AND EVERY PERSON DESERVES HOPE TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE MORE PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAL, RECOVER. 
          >> BEAUTIFULLY SAID. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. 
          I'M THE LEADER OF A $2 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT SUPPORTING HAYS COUNTY SUBSTANCE USE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. 
          SPECIFICALLY FOR SIX TO 12TH GRADERS. 
          I'M THE PROJECT DIRECTOR OF THE FESTIVE PROGRAM -- EDUCATION SUPPORT TRAINING AND AWARENESS. OUR TEAM SHARED SUBSTANCE USE EDUCATION AND 290 CLASSROOMS REACHING 6800 MIDDLE -- MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          I'M HONORED TO SUPPORT THE PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY HERE IN THE COUNTY. 
          PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO'VE LOST THEIR LIVES TO OVERDOSE, SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE AND ADDICTION AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO PREVENT OVERDOSE DEATHS IN OUR COMM COMMUNITY. OVERDOSE CONTINUES TO AFFECT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS TEXAS AND THE NATION. PREVENTION REQUIRES EDUCATION ABOUT OVERDOSE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, INCREASED AWARENESS ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE, FOR EXAMPLE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CAN OVERDOSE FROM ALCOHOL. ACCESS TO LIFE SAVING RESOURCES SUCH AS NALOXONE WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS NARCAN AS WELL AS A COMMITMENT TO REDUCING STIGMA SO THAT INDIVIDUALS FEEL SAFE SEEKING HELP AND SUPPORT. AS A RESEARCHER, EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER COMMITTED TO ADVANCING SUBSTANCE USE AND EDUCATION PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUTH IN COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE OPIOID AND FENTANYL CRISIS. COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE CAN EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO RECOGNIZE AN OVERDOSE, RESPOND TIMELY AND APPROPRIATELY AND ULTIMATELY SAVE LIVES. RECOGNIZING OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY AFFIRMS OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO COMMITMENT, COMPASSION, EDUCATION AND ACTION. 
          IT HONORS THOSE WE'VE UNFORTUNATELY LOST WHILE REMINDING US EVERY LIFE MATTERS AND OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE 
          PREVENTABLE. >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE. 
          >> I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER INGALSBE FOR COSPONSORING THIS WITH ME AND I THINK IF YOU -- EVERYONE HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY SOMEONE WHO'S HAD IN THEIR LIFE. THIS SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY I GREW UP IN HAD NEVER REALLY -- METHAMPHETAMINES UNTIL I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 90S AND IT BECAME AN EPIDEMIC ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. MULTIPLE OVERDOSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY -- IT REALLY COMPLETED -- COMPLETELY RESHAPED THE PLACE I GREW UP. NOTHING SCARED ME WORSE WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE FENTANYL DEATHS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          IN THAT TIME SAT DOWN AND SPOKE TO EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S -- WE DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEMS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WITHIN SIX WEEKS I HAD NEIGHBORS REPORTING TO ME AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND INVESTIGATING FENTANYL SALES TWO BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. 
          THEY MADE SEVERAL THEIR -- AT THE TIME THERE WASN'T A PLAN OF ACTION ON HOW TO ADDRESS IT. I HAVE TO COMMEND THE FORMER SHERIFF CUTLER. I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THROUGH THE FUNDING THAT WE GOT FROM ARPA THE ABILITY FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO START A FENTANYL OUTREACH PROGRAM. 
          AT THAT TIME WE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN IT HOPING IT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL GRANT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO FUND THE FOREVER 15 FOUNDATION AT A CERTAIN LEVEL TO DO THAT OUTREACH AND THEY REALLY HAD BECOME A NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON -- JANELLE IS AMAZING. IT'S TRULY BECOME AN EFFORT THAT 
          [01:35:05]
WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBERS TURN HERE. 
          AND I ALWAYS JUST HOPED WE COULD SEE AT LEAST A LEVELING OFF OF THEM HERE. I THINK IT'S HAD AN IMPACT AND THE WORK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEIR PARTNERS ARE DOING IS HAVING AN IMPACT AND IT'S NOTICEABLE. 
          IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE HAVE -- IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE A SUCCESS STORY AS LONG AS WE HAVE LOSS, RIGHT? BUT A CURB IS MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WE COULD HAVE HAD IF WE HAD AS A COURT AND A COUNTY MADE THE CHOICE TO ADDRESS IT. 
          I'M HERE ON -- I'M OUT OF HERE DECEMBER 31ST BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE PROUDEST OF IS THE IMPACT I WON'T SEE -- IT'LL NEVER BE IN A PRESS RELEASE. 
          IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY. BUT I KNOW IT MADE A DIFFERENCE. 
          I WAS EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT. I CAN'T COMMEND -- I. KNOW I MENTIONED BUT WHEN THAT PROGRAM WAS STARTED, PUT THE RIGHT PERSON IN CHARGE OF IT. HE MADE SO MANY CONNECTIONS WITH SO MANY KIDS AND THAT'S WHAT MADE THE PROGRAM A SUCCESS SO 
          THANK YOU. >> WELL DONE. 
          COMMISSIONER. >> WHAT YOU DEAL WITH IS SOMETHING -- SOME OF THESE THINGS I CAN RELATE TO IN A CERTAIN WAY. I HAD NO IDEA. 
          THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION AND ALL OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE I BREAK DOWN EVERY TIME I HEAR RODRIGUEZ -- JANELLE RODRIGUEZ TELL HER STORY ABOUT NOAH AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH HIM AND THE FOREVER 15 PROJECT. THOSE THINGS ARE SO POWERFUL BECAUSE HAVING TO RELIVE THAT CONSTANTLY WOULD BE THE HARDEST THING FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE TO DO. BUT AS A MOM I HEAR HER STORY AND I KNOW I'VE GOT NARCAN IN MY CAR -- I'VE GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HELP ME BETTER PREVENT SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. 
          BYE Y'ALL BEING ABLE TO OPEN AND HAVE A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND TALK TO YOU, IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          AND HER BEING ABLE TO SAY HER STORY ABOUT HOW HER SON PASSED AWAY EVERY SINGLE DAY, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO BECAUSE IT'S A PROBLEM AND I WISH THE PROBLEM COULD GO AWAY. 
          BUT IT CAN'T SO Y'ALL ARE NEEDED. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          >> OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. 
          FENTANYL HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN VERY PRESENT IN HAYS COUNTY AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GROUPS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TRYING TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS AND JANELLE RODRIGUEZ -- A. PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO SHARED HER STORY AND IT'S SO BRAVE OF HER TO SHARE THAT STORY. 
          FOR HER TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AT A NATIONAL LEVEL FOR THIS DISEASE AND IT ALSO GOES BACK TO MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THIS COURT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO TRY TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO PEOPLE AND BRING DOWN BARRIERS. 
          WE HAVE TO GET AT THE VERY FRONT OF IT, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME, ANYTIME I'M IN THE COMMUNITY YOU'RE THERE AND THAT'S COMMUNITY WHERE THEY LIVE. 
          BRINGING AWARENESS TO THEM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> RIGHT ON PIER COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. 
          >> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          I KNOW IT CAN BE A VERY LONG AND EXHAUSTING PROCESS, BUT IT'S A VITAL IMPORTANT SERVICE THAT'S NEEDED AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO JUST CONTINUE TO CARRY THE MESSAGE FORWARD. 
          BUT I THINK WE ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE TO SPREAD THE AWARENESS AND YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY BUT I WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MATTHEW AND HIS STAFF. 
          JANELLE WAS MENTIONED I THINK BY EVERY COURT MEMBER. 
          SHE'S AN AWESOME PERSON AND IS SHARING WHAT SHE NEEDS TO SHARE AND GETTING THAT WORD OUT. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DISEASE AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          >> COMMISSIONER SMITH AND I GOT HERE YEARS AGO AND WE WATCHED COME INTO OUR COUNTY AND PEAK AND THEN THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COME BACK DOWN HERE THROUGH THE DEDICATION. 
          FOR OVER 15, EVERYONE'S BROUGHT IT UP AS AN EASY EXAMPLE. 
          WE HAD BILLBOARDS ON THE HIGHWAY WARNING PEOPLE AND THAT YOU'RE 
          [01:40:03]
DOING SIX THROUGH 12 AS PART OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAM I THINK IS MAGNIFICENT. THERE IS NO WORLD, THERE'S REALLY NO WORLD WHERE WE WILL BLOCK EVERYTHING OUT. 
          TAKING OUR OWN THROUGH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT WHATEVER LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION AND LOVE -- WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHEN SOMETHING CROSSES THEIR PATH CAN SAY NO, THANK YOU. AS THE WAY YOU STEPPED INTO THE COUNTY WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE, I STARTED PASSING OUT NARCAN BECAUSE I HAD TWO YOUNG SONS. 
          I WAS TOLD IT WAS ILLEGAL. WHAT IN THE WORLD? NARCAN'S ILLEGAL? I DIDN'T REALIZE HANDING IT OUT WAS ILLEGAL. HOW CAN THAT BE. 
          A LIFE SAVING TOOL ILLEGAL. SO I PAY ATTENTION AND HAVE SAID EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO STAY NIMBLE AND RECEPTIVE THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH AND THE OTHERS WE HAVE AVAILABLE ACCESS TO. 
          WE'VE GOT TO BE RECEPTIVE, BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND LISTEN AND CHANGE BECAUSE LITERALLY MAKING NARCAN, SOMETHING SO VALUABLE AND ACCESSIBLE, SOMETHING SOMEONE WOULD SAY -- WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING TO SEE IN ANY OTHER KIND OF WAY. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO AND IT'S CUSTOMARY FOR US TO 
          TAKE A PICTURE. >> CAN I SAY ONE THING REALLY QUICKLY I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THANK YOU TO MATTHEW AND HIS OFFICE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND WE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FORMER SHERIFF JERRY CUTLER. MARK ANDREWS IS A HUGE PART OF ALL OF THIS OUTREACH AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE HE GOT THE THINGS HE DESERVES. HE WORKS EVERY DAY ON THIS. 
          >> I AGREE AND I SAT THROUGH A NUMBER OF THESE. 
          AT JANELLE'S SECOND PRESE PRESENTATION. 
          TO SAY SHE'S PROGRESSED IN WHAT SHE'S DONE WOULD NOT DO JUSTICE TO WHAT HER AND ANTHONY PUT TOGETHER IN THAT FIRST PRESENTATION. THE ONE THING I WOULD DRAW AND SEVERAL OF US WHO MENTIONED HERE WE HAD ONE STUDENT -- I. WAS SHOCKED IN THE PRESENTATIONS WHEN I HEARD WE HAD STUDENTS WALKING AROUND WITH NARCAN IN THEIR POCKET BECAUSE THEY JUST EXPECTED THERE WOULD BE AN OVERDOSE. 
          WHERE IT HIT HOME FOR ME WAS WATCHING VIDEO OF A STUDENT GOING THROUGH AN OVERDOSE IN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS AND TAKING FIVE DOSES OF NARCAN AND IT NOT HELPING. 
          I WOULD REITERATE NARCAN IS GREAT BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE NARCAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE SAFE. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY. 
          IT'S A TOOL. >> GREAT REMINDER. 
          >> BUT IT'S NOT A SAVIOR. AND THE RIGHT CHOICES ARE. 
          >> WHAT A GREAT REMINDER. THAT WAS LOOMING WHEN IT STARTED UNFOLDING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          IT'S CUSTOMARY, COME ON UP. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE PART OF THIS PICTURE. 
          >> GIVE US A SECOND. PUT THE PICTURE HERE -- MAYBE THREE MORE THAT WAY. YOU DESERVE A GOOD PICK. 
          [F.5. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing September 2026 as Emergency Preparedness Month. BECERRA/M.JONES]
          [01:45:28]
          >> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT OF COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. 
          PLEASE OPEN AT FIVE. >> F FIVE. 
          ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2026 AS EMERGENCY 
          PREPAREDNESS MONTH. >> SECOND. 
          >> IF YOU WILL PLEASE READ IT. >> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2026 AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH. 
          WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE UNFORTUNATELY OFTEN CALLED UPON TO ENDURE THE POSSIBILITY AND REALITY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS SUCH AS WILDFIRES, FLOODS, FREEZES, DROUGHTS, TORNADOES, PANDEMICS, CYBERATTACKS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACCIDENTS. WHEREAS LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST OR IMMENSE PROPERTY DAMAGE HAS BEEN CAUSED BY FLOODING, FREEZING, TORNADOES, WILDLAND FIRES AND MOST RECENTLY REGIONAL FLOODING. 
          WHEREAS ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THEY'RE PREPARED TO FACE THOSE THREATS FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME TO REDUCE THE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY AND WHEREAS RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP AND PRACTICE EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS WHICH INCLUDE A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY, EMERGENCY RENDEZVOUS LOCATION, PREPAREDNESS KIT FOR HOME, WORK AND TRAVEL, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE NEEDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCLUDING THEIR PETS. WHEREAS RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER FOR AND ATTEND THE FREE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM PUBLISHED ON HAYS COUNTY.COM. 
          WHEREAS RESIDENTS MAY STAY UP TO DATE BY VISITING HAYS INFORMED.COM FOR 30 WAYS IN 30 DAYS TO LEARN PREPARATION TIPS AND IDEAS TO MITIGATE DISASTERS. WHEREAS POTENTIAL THREATS MAY CHANGE RAPIDLY AND RESIDENTS MAY STAY INFORMED AND NOTIFIED BY REGISTERING THEIR ADDRESS AT WARRANT CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG AND BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2026 AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND CALLS UPON RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF HAYS COUNTY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PREPAREDNESS PLANNING, INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH FEDERAL, STATE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES AND TO ATTEND THE HAYS COUNTY FAIR 12 SEPTEMBER HOSTED BY CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS, WHERE THEY WILL LEARN PREPAREDNESS TIPS FOR ALL HAZARDS AND ENGAGE WITH FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO INCLUDE CLASSES AND DEMONSTRATIONS AND STOP THE BLEED, CPR AND HOW TO PROPERLY USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ADOPTED THE 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, 
          2026. >> BEAUTIFULLY READ. 
          PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER HAMER. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN -- 
          >> WE WILL ASK OUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES MIKE JONES TO 
          SAY A FEW WORDS PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING. 
          MIKE JONES EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR. 
          IT'S OUR NINTH PREPAREDNESS FAIR AND WE'VE DONE THIS -- SO MUCH SO THAT ON THE 12TH OF SEPTEMBER FROM NINE -- POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL SPONSORS THAT COME TO OUR NEED. 
          THIS YEAR WILL BE -- WILL ALSO SPONSOR OUR KIDS ZONE. 
          MUSIC SPONSOR PUT ON BY COMMUNICATOR. 
          WE WILL HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL'S MORNING TIME AND FLOWER TONES IN THE AFTERNOON. THEN THE COMMAND PARTNER L I. 
          MEDICAL. OUR SPONSOR... 
          OUR PREPAREDNESS PARTNER IS MISSION GOLF. 
          THANKS TO THEM WE WILL HAVE GOLF CARS AND SIX PACK GOLF CARTS TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND FROM THE PARKING LOTS TO FESTIVITIES. 
          AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY LIFELINE PARTNER WILL BE A GB AND COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS BRIGADE FIRE SOLUTIONS AND POWER. 
          OUR ADULT ZONE WE HAVE THE TWISTED -- AQUA WATER DUTY CALLS. AND OF COURSE LIONS CLUB... 
          OUR CHILI COOK OFF FOR THE FAIR SUPPORTS OUR FIRE ASSOCIATION. 
          AND THAT CHILI COOK OFF IS RED MEAT ONLY, NO BEANS. 
          CIVILIANS AND PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IN. 
          COME HERE WITH THE TEAM IT'S 30 -- GOING TO BE A $25 ENTRY FEE AND COOK SOME GOOD CHILI. ABOUT 2 GALLONS WORTH AND WE 
          [01:50:03]
WILL HAVE JUDGES OUT THERE. ON TOP OF THAT, PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED. A $300 PRIZE -- SECOND WILL GET... AND WE WILL HAVE A PEOPLE'S CHOICE PICK I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO. 
          LET'S GET DOWN TO THE GRIT. WE GET DEPARTMENTS IN THIS COUNTY. WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION BLANCO RIVER RECOVERY TEAM. THEY RESPOND TO ALL THE DISASTERS. EVER SINCE 15 WHEN THEY FIRST ORIGINATED HERE IN HAYS COUNTY. THE RAFFLE BASKET HELPS SUPPORT THE B-R TEAM TO HELP FAMILIES OUT THERE. 
          THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU GET TO COMPETE -- YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEAD. 
          THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW TRAVELING TROPHY PIER PROBABLY WANT TO KEEP A, DON'T YOU? IT WILL BE UP TO YOU GUYS WITH A GOOD BASKET THIS YEAR BECAUSE DOCTOR'S OFFICES COMING IN THIS YEAR. THEY'RE THE FIRST WINNERS PICK FOR THE REST OF YOU OUT THERE, YOU WILL BE EXPECTING AN EMAIL FROM NATALIE THIS AFTERNOON WHO WILL BE SENDING OUT ALL THE DETAILS ON HOW THIS RAFFLE BASKET WORKS AND HOW TO COMPETE AND WIN THAT PRIZE AND A NEW PRIZE THIS YEAR. 
          THE PRIZES ARE JUDGED BUT I ALSO WANT TO HAVE A PRIZE WHERE THE PRIZES ARE JUDGED BY THE CITIZENS. 
          THE RAFFLE TICKET THAT GETS THE MOST TICKETS IN THEIR BASKET, THAT WILL GET A PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD. 
          >> NICE. >> AND I'M STAFF HERE TO -- I. BRING THEM UP HERE. THEY'RE OUT THERE TRAINING BUT IF I COULD BRING THEM UP HERE AND WE HAVE FROM WEMBLEY ALSO HERE TO ASSIST US IN THIS PROCESS. 
          >> I LOVE THAT AND APPRECIATE IT. 
          WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP, AFTER ANYTHING THEY MAY WANT TO SAY WE WILL COME UP FOR A PICTURE AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN DOING A MAGNIFICENT JOB AND IT'S FUNNY TO SAY THE KNIFE CAN'T CUT ITSELF, THE MICROPHONE CAN'T HEAR ITSELF. SHE IS OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. SHE IS OUR FACE TO THE COMMUNITY BUT THE CAMERA NEVER TURNS BACK TO HER. 
          I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO PRAISE HER AND THANK HER BECAUSE EVERYTHING YOU AND I TOUCH HAS TO GO THROUGH HER AND SHE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB, VERY TIMELY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND SO NATALIE AT THIS MOMENT I WANT TO REITERATE A THANK YOU. 
          DO YOU GUYS WANT TO SAY ANY ANYTHING? 
          WHAT? >> I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING. 
          WILL YOU COME BACK AND VISIT US FOR THE CHILI COOK OFF $20 YOU 
          CAN TASTE ALL YOU WANT. >> TAKING OVER PIER COMMISSIONER 
          SMITH. >> I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT EVERY YEAR. I APPRECIATE THE WIN LAST YEAR BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A LADY SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME WHO'S GOING TO TAKE YOU DOWN. 
          SHE'S GOING TO WANT HER TROPHY BACK. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE HAS PLANS YET THIS YEAR BUT HOW MANY YEARS IN A ROW DID THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WIN? 
          >> FIRST THREE. >> THE FIRST THREE. 
          I THINK THERE'S A FRIENDLY COMPETITION GOING THERE. 
          AND ALSO IT'S REAL TEXAS CHILI. IT HAS TO BE RED MEAT, NO CHICKEN AND NO BEANS. SO I'M HAPPY YOU'RE DOING THAT. 
          BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL THE FOLKS THAT WORK WITH US. I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH A DISASTER LIKE WE DID IN 15, LIKE WE DID IN 19, LIKE WE DID IN 21. 
          AS TO HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY THAT ARE EITHER BASED HERE OR THEIR PERSONNEL LIVE HERE AND WORK IN OUR GENERAL AREA ON DISASTER RECOVERY AND RELIEF. 
          AND JUST RESPONSE AS WELL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS I ALWAYS DO AND YOU KNOW WHENEVER SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE IN HAYS COUNTY THAT COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK TO HELP. THAT YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED HERE. UNLESS YOU HAVE THOSE BAD THINGS HAPPEN. AND THEY ALWAYS SHOW UP. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. >> WELL DONE PIER COMMISSIONER 
          HAMMER. >> I MAY BE GIVEN A HARD TIME BUT I HAVE TO HAVE BEANS IN MY CHILI. 
          I KNOW, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. 
          IT HAS TO BE HEARTY. I FEEL LIKE -- BUT ANYWAYS I DO BELIEVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IS SO IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL TO THE WEST PART OF THE COUNTY. COMMISSIONER SMITH AND I PROBABLY EXPERIENCED THE MOST NATURAL DISASTERS OF THAT NATURE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO BRING IN THESE VENDORS TO MAKE PEOPLE. 
          SOMEONE CAN GO THROUGH THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR AND THEY COULD QUITE LITERALLY GET ALL THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED 
          [01:55:01]
THERE, TAKE THEM HOME AND HAVE THOSE. 
          I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I DID. SO ME BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, IN THE THICK OF IT I REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR EVERY CONSTITUENT THAT I'M ABLE AND HONORED TO REPRESENT TO BE PREPARED SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSISTENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. >> WELL DONE PIER COMMISSIONER 
          COHEN. >> THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT. IT'S A FABULOUS EVENT. 
          I'VE ENJOYED IT THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL. MY FAM -- FAMILIES CAN COME AND LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT AREAS OF DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND GET THE SUPPLIES AND INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. I REMEMBER IN -- WHEN THE ICE STORM HAPPENED WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET WATER FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE. ALL OF THAT WAS -- IT REALLY TOUCHED PEOPLE'S LIVES. THIS WAS KIND OF MY JAM, I LIKE DIGGING INTO THAT. I'M HAPPY TO BE A JUDGE AGAIN THIS YEAR. FOR CHILI. 
          I KIND OF LIKE BEANS TOO BUT IT'S ALL GOOD. 
          IT'S ALL GOOD. >> THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO ON THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT PITCH IN AND VOLUNTEER AND DO ALL THE WORK ALONGSIDE YOU ALL. 
          IT'S WONDERFUL TO KNOW WE'RE PREPARING OUR RESIDENTS FOR THAT NEXT DISASTER. IT'S UNFORTUNATE IT HAS TO HAPPEN BUT IT WILL AND THEY'RE MORE PREPARED THAN WE ARE. 
          THE BETTER OFF THAT WE WILL BE. SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. >> WELL DONE. 
          >> VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. >> WELL DONE. 
          THE SECRET TO MY VEGETARIAN CHILI IS. 
          MEAT. A CORNY AND BAD JOKE. 
          ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON EVACUATIONS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY. 
          EVERYTHING AS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, YOU GUYS HAVE NAILED IT IN ECHOING THE REALITY NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN ON THE WEST SIDE. THERE WAS THAT RIGHT ON FRONT EDGE. WE HAD A FIRE THERE. 
          BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT'S OVER THERE. 
          EVACUATIONS, THE BIG MOVE SO MUCH IS A UNITING TOOL FOR US AND I LOVE THAT MOST ABOUT MY JOB TO SEE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. WE DON'T CARE THE STRIPES, COLORS, THE LOCATIONS. COMMUNITY DROPS EVERYTHING TO COME TOGETHER AND THAT'S EXHILARATING TO ME. 
          I'M GRATEFUL SEEING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THAT LENS ACTING THE WAY THEY ACT AS NEIGHBORS SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THAT MOVEMENT. 
          AND YOU'RE KILLING IT ON THIS EVENT. 
          LET'S COME ON UP FOR A PICTURE. >> THE ONE GROUP WE DIDN'T MENTION TODAY THAT I'D BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T MENTION WAS OUR CERT TEAM. CITIZENS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. THEIR AVERAGE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH TRAINING THROUGH EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOLKS. WHETHER IT'S A WILDFIRE ON THE WEST SIDE AND EVACUATION OR A HOUSE FIRE -- THEY SHOW UP AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEIR CONTINUED 
          WORK. >> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. 
          THE NEW PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CERT. 
          DOESN'T MEAN STEPPED AWAY, SHE'S STILL INVOLVED IN IT BUT THE RUBBER HIT THE ROAD, SO TO SPEAK. 
          >> LET'S COME ON UP AND GET A PICTURE. 
          [F.6. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing August 20, 2026 as World Mosquito Day. INGALSBE/BERLAD]
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO QUICKLY MOVE INTO SIX THEN A RECESS TO GO INTO A WORKSHOP. 
          [02:00:06]
          >> A PROCLAMATION RECOGNISING AUGUST 20TH 2026 AS WORLD 
          MOSQUITO DAY. >> SECOND. 
          >> CREATED. >> PROCLAMATION RECOGNISING AUGUST 20TH 2026 AS WORLD MOSQUITO DAY WHEREAS MOSQUITO DAY WAS FOUNDED 129 YEARS AGO AND PROVIDES US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS POSED BY MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES AND THE CONTINUED EFFORTS TO CONTEND WITH THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST ANIMAL TAG THE MOSQUITO. 
          WHEREAS TODAY GLOBALLY MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES EACH YEAR AND NEARLY 700 MILLION PEOPLE ARE INFECTED EACH YEAR. WHEREAS THE STATE OF TEXAS SEES MULTIPLE MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES ANNUALLY, ONE OF WHICH WAS NILE VIRUS IS ENDEMIC. EFFORTS TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAMS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES CONDUCTS STATEWIDE SURVEILLANCE, LABORATORY TESTING AND MONITORING TO IDENTIFY DISEASE ACTIVITY AND REDUCED RISK OF TRANSMISSION. WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STARTED MONITORING MOSQUITOES IN 2003 AS A RESPONSE TO POSITIVE HUMAN CASES OF WEST NILE VIRUS ACROSS TEXAS AND WHEREAS TODAY HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS CODIFIED MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM PROVIDING CONSTITUENTS WITH STANDARDISED SAMPLING METHODS, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND CONTINUED SURVEILLANCE OF MOSQUITO POPULATIONS AND THEIR IMPACTS WITHIN THE COUNTY. WHEREAS THE EFFORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES ARE MORE THAN THE CONTINUED EFFORTS OF THE MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM, COLLABORATION WITH THE HAYS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT FOCUSES ON HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS OF THIS RISK PROVIDES A ONE HEALTH INTEGRATED APPROACH LINKING HUMANS ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. WHEREAS ALL MOSQUITO IS A GLOBAL EVENT THAT CELEBRATES AND PROMOTES AWARENESS OF MOSQUITOES AND THEIR IMPACT ON HUMANS, OFFERING THE CONSTITUENTS OF HAYS COUNTY AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE ANIMALS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON LIFE WITHIN THESE COUNTY. 
          THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF HAYS COUNTY DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 20TH 2026 AS WORLD MOSQUITO DAY. ADOPTED THIS 18TH DAY OF AUGUST 
          2026. >> SABATTIS READING ... 
          CHEMISTRY, I JUST HAVE TO CONFESS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, WELL READ AND PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, COMMISSIONER SMITH, COMMISSIONER 
          HAMER, COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> AS SHORTLY AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, LET'S GO. 
          >> GOOD MORNING, DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS RECOGNISING THIS AS WORLD MOSQUITO DAY IT COMES UP EVERY OCTOBER 20TH -- AUGUST 20TH AND WE'RE ALSO JOINING COUNTLESS JURISDICTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS AND COMPANIES WORLDWIDE TO TALK ABOUT MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES. 
          WITH ME TODAY I DO HAVE SOMEONE WHO OVERSEES OUR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND HE HAS A FEW DETAILS TO SPEAK ON MOSQUITO DAY. 
          >> LET'S DO IT. I WANT TO TELL THE VIEWING PUBLIC BECAUSE WE HAVE A WORKSHOP, WE HAVE PEOPLE WAITING 
          HERE I LOVE IT GOOD JOB! >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. I AM RUNNING THE COUNTY WIDE MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. HERE TO BRING ATTENTION TO WORLD MOSQUITO DAY. IT'S A GREAT DAY TO EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE OF MOSQUITOES AND THEIR IMPACT ON PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RECENT POSITIVE HUMAN CASE WE HAD THIS LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE AND CONTINUED OCCURRENCES OF POSITIVE MOSQUITO POOLS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. 
          WORLD MOST COMMUNITY DISCOVERY IN 1887 BY SOMEONE WHO DISCOVERED FEMALE MOSQUITOES TRANSMITTING MALARIA. 
          TODAY IS TO WHERE AWARENESS ABOUT MOSQUITOES. 
          AN AVERAGE OF LESS THAN A HALF AN INCH LONG AND TYPICALLY WEIGHING NO MORE THAN 2.5 MILLIGRAMS WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT A COUPLE GRAINS OF SALT, IT'S IMPRESSIVE AS SUCH A SMALL ANIMAL CAN BE CONSIDERED WORLD'S MOST DEADLY ANIMAL ON THE PLANET. GLOBALLY THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3700 SPECIES OF MOSQUITOES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ALONE KNOWN TO BE BY 88 SPECIES OF MOSQUITOES AND WITHIN HAYS COUNTY WE'VE COLLECTED SO FAR 27 OF THOSE 88 KNOWN SPECIES. MOSQUITOES CAN RANGE FROM BEING A GENERAL NUISANCE WHERE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO SEEK PEOPLE TO 
          [02:05:01]
BITE BUT DON'T CARRY DISEASES. SOME DON'T BITE HUMANS AT ALL AND ARE JUST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF OUR ECOSYSTEM WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT TO BE VECTORS OR CARRY DISEASE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY HARM AND POSE RISK TO HUMANS. 
          AEDES MOSQUITOES THAT ARE A NUISANCE AND VECTORS THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNISE MOSQUITOES AND UNDERSTAND THEIR BIOLOGY. UNDERSTANDING THEIR BIOLOGY INCLUDING THEIR PREFERRED HABITAT, FEEDING HABITS IN GENERAL LIFE CYCLE ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND THE BEHAVIORS AND THEREFORE PROVIDE WAYS TO PREVENT AND REDUCE RISK TO DISEASE FOR PEOPLE. THIS THURSDAY AUGUST 20TH RECOGNISES THE IMPORTANCE OF MOSQUITOES AND ALSO THOSE WHO WORK TO PROTECT PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THEM. 
          WHAT I DO AS AN INTEGRATED VECTOR MANAGEMENT IS TO MONITOR MOSQUITO POPULATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND DETECT WHEN THOSE VIRUSES ARE PRESENT WITH COLLABORATION OF ORGANISATIONS LIKE THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES WHO DOES THE TESTING AND ALLOWS US TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC TO STAY INFORMED OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS. ALSO COLLABORATE WITH HIS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT LIKE COLLABORATORS HERE WITH ME TO PROVIDE A ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO PROTECTION. 
          THE ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO PUBLIC HEALTH IS A COMBINED EFFORT OF MULTIPLE ORGANISATIONS LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS INCLUDING ORGANISATIONS LIKE MYSELF AND MICHAEL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND DISHES THE STATE LEVEL TO COLLECTIVELY ENGAGE IN INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE A HOLISTIC SOLUTION FOR ISSUES INCLUDING MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES. AS MY FRIENDS HERE THE MOSQUITO AND INSECT REPELLENT ARE HERE TODAY, THE IDEA IS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT WORLD MOSQUITO DAYS AND DOING SIMPLE THINGS TO REDUCE THE POSSIBLE ISSUES OF MOSQUITO BITES AND SPREAD OF DISEASE. SO THE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OR THE THREE D'S AS WE LIKE TO ADDRESS ARE DRESS TAG DRAIN AND DEFEND. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WEAR LIGHT COLORED LOOSE FITTING LONG SLEEVES SHIRT AND PANTS EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT IN TEXAS TO REDUCE PROBABILITY OF MOSQUITO BITES. OR UNNECESSARY STANDING WATER AROUND YOUR HOME OR WORKPLACE AS MOSQUITOES NEED WATER TO COMPLETE THEIR LIFE CYCLE. DEFEND, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO WEAR AN EPA APPROVED INSECT REPELLENT WHICH WILL HELP DEFEND YOURSELF AGAINST THOSE UNWANTED MOSQUITO BITES. 
          LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE POSITIVE HUMAN CASE WE HAD RECENTLY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WANTED TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WEST NILE AND WHAT ITS SYMPTOMS ARE. WEST NILE IS TYPICALLY ONLY CARRIED A SYMPTOMS OF ONLY 20% OF POPULATION, 80% OF PEOPLE ARE USUALLY ASYMPTOMATIC SO THEY DON'T SHOW THOSE SYMPTOMS BUT WITHIN THOSE 20%, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE EXPERIENCE FEVER HEADACHE BODY ACHES JOINT PAIN VOMITING, DIARRHEA, RASH OR SWOLLEN LIMBS AND LESS THAN 1% OF THOSE PEOPLE INFECTED OFTEN TIMES WILL DEVELOP SEVERE ILLNESS WHICH AFFECTS THEIR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SUCH AS ENCEPHALITIS OR MENINGITIS. 
          PEOPLE AGE 50 AND OLDER AND WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM USUALLY ARE AT GREATER RISK OF SEVERE ILLNESS. 
          SYMPTOMS OF SEVERE WEST NILE CAN INCLUDE HIGH FEVER, STIFFNESS, DISORIENTATION, TREMORS, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, VISION LOSS NUMBNESS AND PARALYSIS AND IN RARE CASES IT CAN RESULT IN FATALITIES. 
          ANYONE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH WEST NILE VALLEY IS ENCOURAGED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AS THERE IS NO SPECIFIC ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT FOR WEST NILE AT THE MOMENT. 
          OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS MAY HELP RELIEVE MILD SYMPTOMS BUT OBVIOUSLY IF IT INCREASES ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION WHEN NECESSARY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          >> WELL DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THERE'S NO WORLD WE DON'T GET A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS. 
          COME ON UP PLEASE! [APPLAUSE] 
          [02:10:38]
MY PHONE IS BLOWING UP HOW WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND FROM THE WORKSHOP. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE THING AND GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP. A SIGNPOST FOR THOSE OF YOU COMING IN FROM OTHER AREAS AND ET CETERA, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE -- STARTING OFF ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEHIND SO WE'RE GOING 
          [K.4. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between Hays County and the City of Wimberley regarding funding and cooperative efforts for the Blue Hole Nature Center. HAMMER/BOUTTE]
TO GO TEN MINUTE RECESS AND THEN GO STRAIGHT TO THE WORKSHOP IN 
          THAT ORDER. >> FOR ACTION TO AUTHORISE THE EXECUTION OF INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE OF WIMBERLEY FOR THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS FOR 
          THE BLUE HILL NATURE CENTER. >> SECOND. 
          >> COMMISSIONER. >> WE HAVE TYPEKIT THE CITY OF WIMBERLEY, THIS IS GOING TO BE -- WE IDENTIFY THE BLUE HILL NATURE CENTER AS ONE OF THE PROJECTS FOR THE 2020 PARKLAND TO ENGAGE IN FOR ALONG THE PROCESS. 
          >> IF YOU DON'T MIND STATING THEM IN TITLE FOR THE VIEWING 
          PUBLIC. >> FIRST OFF THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER HAMMER AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO BE HERE TODAY. I AM TIM, CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF WIMBERLEY. 221 STILL WATER WIMBERLEY TEXAS 78676. FIRST OFF THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT BACK IN 2020 AND ALSO THANKING THE HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS FOR VOTING FOR IT. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND ALSO APPRECIATE THE HAYS COUNTY STAFF FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS FOR SUPPORT OF YOU APPROVING THIS SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO FINISH THE BLUE HOLE NATURE CENTER. ALREADY STARTED ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND SO FORTH AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          WE'VE ALSO GONE OUT FOR GRANTS AS WELL. 
          WE RECEIVE ONE FROM TEXAS WILDLIFE AND RECEIVING A SECOND ONE AFTER THE NEW YEAR. SO WE REALLY LOOK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE HAYS COUNTY STAFF AGAIN FOR WORKING WITH US. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. 
          >> FOR THE PUBLIC THE ONLY THING I HEARD THAT NEEDS CLARIFICATION, IT'S INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER SMITH, ARE YOU GOOD? EFFICIENCY IS PARAMOUNT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSIONER SMITH, COMMISSIONER COHEN, COMMISSIONER HAMMOND COMMISSIONER INGALS 
          [L.1. 11:00 A.M. - Budget workshop regarding the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. Possible action may follow. BECERRA/WOODLAND]
WE ARE BACK FROM A SHORT RECESS. WE ARE FIRED UP AND WE ARE READY TO GO. IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE OPEN 
          THE WORKSHOP L1. >> 11:00 A.M. BUDGET WORKSHOP REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET POSSIBLE ACTION MAY 
          FOLLOW. >> WHAT WE PLAN -- 
          >> BUDGET OFFICER. GOOD MORNING COURT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A QUICK PRESENTATION AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY GO OVER SOME OF THE REQUESTS FROM THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE AND THEN CONSIDER SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD. 
          >> THANK YOU. ALTHOUGH I SAY THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH WORKSHOP,% ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A HARD CUT OFF OR ANYTHING BUT WE'RE PUTTING TEN MINUTE TIMERS ON EACH SLOT JUST SO WE GET A GRASP OF TIME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE ALL 10 MINUTES AND IF YOU GO OVER IT'S OKAY BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO GUIDE US HOW LONG WERE YOU UP THERE KIND OF APPROACH. 
          DON'T FEEL ASSAULTED AND RUSHED BUT I. 
          >> IF YOU LOOK UP, IT'S THE BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR AUGUST 18TH 2026. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GO OVER THE STRATEGIC PILLARS AGAIN AND SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME. IT'S GOING TO BE MY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THE -- THE DEFINITION IS DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY IS UP THERE. WELL-BEING IS ENTERING THE RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE WITH ACCESS TO THEIR ESSENTIAL SERVICES ANYONE WOULD EXPECT. 
          THEN UNDER GOVERNMENTS WORKFORCE AND ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY, THAT'S REALLY INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEES, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION TO IMPROVE WORKFORCE WHICH THEREBY IMPROVES 
          [02:15:04]
THE COUNTY OVERALL. THEN THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH. THE GROWTH IS COMING. 
          CANNOT BE ESCAPED. WE WANT TO DO THAT SUSTAINABLY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE SAFEGUARDING RESOURCES. 
          IT'S REALLY BEEN GROWING THE KIND OF RESPONSIBLY WHILE PRESERVING THE NATURAL RESOURCES SUCH AS WATER, SPACE AND PARKS. 
          THEN PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS THAT IS TEAMING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DEVELOP SYNERGIES FOR PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS AND LASTLY WE HAVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE MONETISATION AND THAT'S COORDINATING EFFORTS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE EFFICIENCIES AND TO WORK TOGETHER WITH ALL OF OUR ENTITIES INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO GET THE BEST RESULTS OUT OF THAT. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE PROPERTY TAX BILL IMPACT AGAIN AND THIS REALLY IS TO COUNTER SHOW THAT AN AVERAGE HOMEOWNER LAST YEAR, OF THE RATE WAS INCREASED BASED ON DROPS IN AVERAGE HOME PRICES, THE AVERAGE HOME UNDER HAYS COUNTY PROPERTY TAX PAID WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE $7.51. THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND AND FOR POPULATION UNDER THE AVERAGE THE SAVINGS WOULD BE GREATER. THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE AS WELL HOME VALUES OVER THAT IT WOULD BE LESS. 
          >> ANOTHER -- THERE'S SOME INTEREST FROM THE COURT TO LOOKING AT SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE COULD RAISE THE TAXES OF PENNY AND THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT SET IN STONE. 
          IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I CAME UP WITH THAT I THOUGHT WAS EQUITABLE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, IT SOMETHING TO WHERE WE COULD USE THIS AS A TEMPLATE AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS IF THE COURT SO CHOSE TO TRY TO INCREASE BY PENNY, HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND CHANGE SO WE COULD FIT THAT TO MEET EVERYONE'S NEEDS THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GIVE SOME DETAIL ON THESE POSITIONS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES. FIRST I WANT TO START WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE MODERNISATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THESE POSITIONS ARE AND THAT'S A NEED THAT THE COUNTY HAS ASSESSED IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS AND WE ADDRESSED THAT IN SEVERAL WAYS HERE. 
          WE HAVE OUR NEW ASSOCIATE JUDGE AND THEN OUR PRE-TRIAL JUDICIAL SERVICES OFFICER ONE. BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE WORKING WITH OUR SPECIALITY COURTS AND REALLY TRY TO SERVE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS INCLUDING VETERANS, THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESSES AS WELL AS OUR JUVENILE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY THOSE THAT JUDGE AND PRE-TRIAL POSITION WOULD WORK UNDER THE SPECIAL COURTS THAT HELP SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. 
          THEN WE HAVE THE ADDITION OF A DEPUTY CONSTABLE FOR PRECINCT TWO AND JUSTICE CLERKS FOR 11, 21 AND FIVE. 
          IT'S TO HELP WITH AN INCREASED WORKLOAD OVER ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS, REALLY I KNOW CONSTABLE HAS LAGGED BEHIND IT A LITTLE BIT IN THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEY LIKE TO MOTOR OFFICERS. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT FACTORED INTO THE SUGGESTION. 
          THEN WITH THE JP COURTS, 1121 AND FIVE, THEY ALL HAVE SIMILAR CASELOADS. THEY'RE JUST DIVIDED IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES. SO SOME IS CRIMINAL, SOME IS EVICTIONS AND THERE'S OTHER TYPES AS WELL THAT GO THROUGH HERE LIKE I SAID, THE NUMBERS ARE SIMILAR BUT THEY'RE JUST A DIFFERENT MAKEUP, WHICH ALONG THOSE LINES, WE ALSO HAVE A MANAGEMENT ANALYST. THAT'S TO HELP THE COURTS. 
          SO THAT MANAGEMENT ANALYST WOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER THEY NEEDED FOR THE NEW REPORTING AS DICTATED BY THE STATE IN ADDITION TO JUST THE REPORTING THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON TRYING TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES AND LOOKING FOR INEFFICIENCIES SO THAT THOSE CAN BE CORRECTED. WE THINK THAT WILL BE A TREMENDOUS POSITION THAT COULD GROW ALONG WITH THE COUNTY. 
          LASTLY I HAVE THE PD ON THERE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IT'S A TOOL FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT BETTER OFFICERS AND THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND IT IS THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING CADETS GOING THROUGH THE ACADEMY AND IT WOULD BE THE 
          [02:20:02]
PREFERRED CANDIDATES AS A WAY TO TRY AND SECURE A SPOT SO THEY DON'T GRADUATE THE ACADEMY AND THEN MOVE ON TO A DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY. I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH ON PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS. NOT OF THOSE POSITIONS SPECIFICALLY APPLY TO THERE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE SROS WOULD WORK AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT RELATIONSHIP THERE. TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, THERE'S REALLY TWO POSITIONS THAT FIT INTO THAT CATEGORY. YOU HAVE A PART SUPERVISOR WHICH THE VISION THERE WOULD BE TO HAVE THEM START 11 AND THAT WAY THEY CAN GET TRAINED UP TO BE READY AROUND THE TIME SENTINEL PEAK STARTS. REALLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MANPOWER TO TAKE ON THAT TASK WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO. 
          ALTHOUGH THAT POSITION MAY NOT BE PERMANENTLY THERE, IT'S IMPORTANT I THINK THAT OUR PARKS EMPLOYEES BELIEVE FLEXIBLE BUT AT LEAST A START THAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE WOULD BE TO HELP WITH THAT. SECONDLY WE HAVE -- RECOMMENDING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN, THAT'S GOING TO HELP THAT WORKFORCE IN THE WORK THEY HAVE AND I KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS ON A TIMELINE SO THAT'S TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN MORE EFFICIENTLY AND AS WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES EMPLOYEES, REALLY IT'S LOOKING AT OUR GROWTH AND LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS TO ENSURE THINGS ARE SAFE BOTH FROM A HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT. THE NEXT BIG STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE IS GOVERNMENT'S WORKFORCE AND ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY. 
          REALLY THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT FEED INTO THIS. 
          ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PAYROLL AND HR POSITION WHICH I WOULD SAY, THE COUNTY HAS GROWN A LOT IN RECENT YEARS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICES HAVEN'T NECESSARILY KEPT PACE WITH THAT GROWTH. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE BOTH OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET AS WELL AS IT CAN ALSO BE A LIABILITY TO THE COUNTY AS WELL HERE THOSE TWO POSITIONS IN PARTICULAR ARE MEANT TO ADDRESS OUR EMPLOYEES AND MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PROTECTED AS WELL AS THE COUNTY. THEN SECONDLY YOU HAVE OUR TECH SPECIALIST THAT'S REALLY BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE. WE ARE A GROWING COUNTY. 
          I KNOW OUR SITE OFFICERS ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC. 
          THAT ADDITIONAL TAX OFFICE WORKER WOULD BE TO HELP FILL ALL OF THOSE STATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STATIONS ARE RUNNING EFFICIENTLY. THEN THE LAST ITEM I HAVE ON THAT MODERNISING, IT'S MODERNISING THE IT LANDSCAPE, DOING CLOUD MIGRATION FOR THE ERP SYSTEM. 
          AND CHRIS, DIRECTOR ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO ME YESTERDAY WITH SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION THEY CAME UP WITH HERE IN MY HEAD I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO POSSIBLY BE A BETTER MORE EFFICIENT DEAL THAN THE SHORT RUN BUT COSTS MORE IN THE LONG RUN HERE ACCORDING TO THE I.T. DIRECTOR'S ANALYSIS, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WOULD ALSO BE A LONG RUN SAVINGS FROM THE FACT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THE MAINTENANCE ON THE SERVER AS WELL AS THE INITIAL COST OF THE SERVER ITSELF. 
          THAT'S AN INFORMATION THEY SENT TO ME. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO VOUCH BEFORE I SENT IT OFF TO YOU BUT IT DID LOOK PROMISING FROM AN EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMIC STANDPOINT. LASTLY WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY WELL-BEING REALLY ALL OF THESE POSITIONS FEED INTO THAT. 
          REALLY HAVING A GOOD HAYS COUNTY WORKFORCE AND GOOD HAYS COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BY THE NATURE IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, THE YOUTH WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND VETERANS THROUGH THESE POSITIONS AS WELL AS WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR EMPLOYEES. TRYING TO BRING EVERYONE TO A WAGE THAT WORKS FOR THESE COUNTY WHICH WORKS ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY WELL-BEING. WE TRY AND PUT OUR EMPLOYEES FIRST LIKE MAKE SURE THEY'RE AT THAT LEVEL AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ELSE WITHIN THE COUNTY, THE GOAL IS TO GET EVERYONE TO THAT LEVEL. I THINK WE CAN TAKE THE LEAD AND SET THAT EXAMPLE BY STARTING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          REALLY QUICK, I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE AUGUST 11TH BUDGET WORKSHOP REQUESTS AND RESPONSES TO YOUR COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE I GAVE YOU ALL A BINDER. 
          IF YOU OPEN THAT BINDER AND THERE'S TWO WAYS TO OPEN IT, IF YOU OPEN IT TO A CHART, THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE 
          LOOKING. >> DID YOU REALLY GIVE US FINE 
          [02:25:03]
          PRINTS? >> IS IT 4.5? I APOLOGISE. I SQUINT A LOT WHEN I READ AND I TRY TO BE ECONOMIC SO I HIT THE PRINT ON TWO SHEETS OF PAPER. 
          >> LOVE THAT PART. JUST GOING TO GET A MAGNIFYING 
          GLASS. >> UNDERSTANDABLE, JUDGE. 
          THE MAIN THING IN THE AUGUST 11TH WORKSHOPS, MOST OF THEM WERE EMPLOYEES, SOME OF THEM HAVE SEEN ADDRESSED IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS. JUST -- THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION. I DID WANT TO TRY TO INCLUDE TWO SROS BUT ONCE AGAIN WHEN WE END UP ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE COURT. WE CAN DO THREE SROS. 
          WE CAN PULL OUT THOSE DEPUTIES AND TRY TO PUT IN THE AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE. THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS WE CAN DO ON THAT BUT I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT ALTOGETHER WITH THE AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE IN THE A IX ON, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY ABOUT 0.10 OF A PENNY FOR THAT. THE A I X ON, WHILE A GREAT PIECE OF SOFTWARE, THE COST IS A REASON IT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO MY RECOMMENDATION. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN AFFORD IT BUT UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T SEE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, NOT THIS YEAR. ON THE NEXT ONE WITH THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW, THEIR MAIN ASK WAS THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE AND THAT WAS PART OF MY RECOMMENDATION. I DO SEE THE STRENGTH THERE AND HOW THAT HELPS SUPPORT THE COUNTY. 
          I DO WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP ON THAT WAS POTENTIALLY NEEDING A EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THEM SOMEWHERE. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE WE DO HAVE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS WITH FUNDING FOR THAT SO WE CAN PROBABLY DO THAT WITHOUT TAKING OUT THE GENERAL FUND WHICH I THINK WILL HELP OUT THE COUNTY'S OVERALL HEALTH THE OTHER ASPECT FOR THE COUNTY COURT IS THE MENTAL HEALTH CONTRACT FUNDS I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE COURT NOTE THAT THERE ARE RESPONSE SET ASIDE FOR THE COURT, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. IF THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT WAS TO HIT THEIR LIMIT ON THEIR CONTRACTS, I WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM ABOUT HOW MUCH TO BE ABLE TO OPEN IT FROM THAT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          THE NEXT DEPARTMENT THAT CAME WAS THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. THEIR DIRECTOR MADE A GREAT ARGUMENT FOR ALL THE POSITIONS, WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE COUNTY MY RECOMMENDATION BUT I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH THE FIRE MARSHAL WOULD BE HERE IF A POSITION THAT WOULD CERTAINLY IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY IN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE EQUIPMENT AND HARDWARE THAT CAN MAKE THAT A SOMEWHAT PRISSY POSITION. ALTHOUGH LIKE I SAID I DEFINITELY SEE THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT GOING FORWARD. 
          I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT THIS YEAR. 
          THE NEXT DEPARTMENT THAT CAME TO DISCUSS WAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THERE WERE SEVERAL ASKS THERE, MAINLY WITH ATTORNEYS AND A REGRADE FOR THE DIVISION DIRECTORS WHICH THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION ON THAT. 
          WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD ADD TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER BUT IN REALITY THEY TAKE THE ATTORNEYS AND CHANGE THEM TO DIRECTORS SO THAT WOULD HAVE AFFECTED ROUGHLY 22, $23,000. 
          ONE THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT IS FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED COMING IN POTENTIALLY SOMETHING THE COURT MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT WOULD BE TO PUT THESE FUNDS AWAY IF WE WERE TO HAVE THESE FUNDS FOR THE POSITION TO PUT THEM ESSENTIALLY MAYBE COUNTYWIDE HOLDING A COUNT OR SOMETHING AND WITH THE NEWLY ELECTED IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WAS RELEASED WHEN THEY START. THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE COURT, JUST SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT. THE OTHER WAY WOULD WORK AS WELL. IT WAS SOMETHING IN MY HEAD WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR DISCUSSION POTENTIALLY. 
          THEN THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH I WILL SAY THIS, I CAN UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE CONTINUING EDUCATION THAT THERE WAS 3000 FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          CURRENTLY THIS YEAR WE ARE AT 34,000 FOR. 
          [02:30:02]
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT ON BUT FOR A PROFESSIONAL DIVISION LIKE THE DA'S OFFICE LIKE I CAN UNDERSTAND THE INCREASE IN THAT. SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING I WOULD DO AND JUST ADD A BIT OF FUNDS THERE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SAY OVERALL FOR THOSE OPERATIONAL FUNDS THOSE OPERATIONAL FUNDS ARE SOMETHING THAT IF THEY WERE TO GO OVER DURING NEXT FISCAL YEAR THOSE ARE THINGS WE COULD FIND SOME FUNDING FOR. CAN FIND $2000, CAN FIND $3000. 
          WHAT IS HARD TO FIND WOULD BE A CONTRACT OR SOMETHING WE MISSED. 
          THAT'S WHERE I STARTED LIKE MAKING SURE WE HAVE OUR PERSONNEL, WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT AND THEN I STARTED OPERATING, IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I LOOKED AT NEEDING TO MAKE CUTS BUT UNDERSTANDABLE SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN OFF UNDER SOME POSTAGE THAT WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AT ACROSS THE BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE PROPERLY FUNDED 
          FOR THAT POSTAGE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO START THE CONVERSATION REALLY QUICK. WHY ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS? I'M JUST THE CHAIR OF THE. 
          , THE CONDUCTOR OF THE PRODUCTION. 
          I WANT TO ASK THE COMMISSIONERS HISTORICALLY DIRECTION AT THE END LIKE ARE STILL GOOD WITH IT OR DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANY KIND OF INCLINATIONS OR FEELINGS AS WE GO ALONG? 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIM FINISH UP AND THEN HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE PRESENTERS TODAY AND THEN GET DOWN INTO SOME REAL 
          NUMBERS. >> THEN GET THERE AND SAYING YES, AND NO. GOOD WITH THAT? PERFECT. I WANTED TO STOP BEFORE WE FINISHED BECAUSE IF IT WAS -- LET'S START FILLING IN SOME CONTENT NOW -- WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING. 
          >> UNDERSTANDABLE, THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          >> THE NEXT OFFICE THAT CAME TO DISCUSS WAS THE TAX OFFICE WHICH, THEIR PROPERTY TAX SPECIALIST AND THEY MADE A GOOD CASE FOR IT I INCLUDED THAT IN MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          THE NEXT OFFICE WAS THE COUNTY CLERK AND WITH THE COUNTY CLERK, THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT THE COUNTY CLERK COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE I HAD MOVED SOME OF THEIR SOFTWARE AND IT WAS SAID CONTRACT SERVICES WHICH CONFUSED ME A LITTLE BIT DURING THE PRESENTATION BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY THEIR SOFTWARE ON SOME OF THAT SOFTWARE WAS PRESERVATION FUND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO RUN A REPORT FOR BUT I GOT WITH THEM AFTER LAST WEEK'S MEETING AND I SAT DOWN WITH THEM AND SHOW THEM WHERE THE FUNDING WAS AND I ALSO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME OTHER SOFTWARE THAT HAPPENED AFTER WE DID THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          I MADE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT WAS IN THERE AS WELL. 
          I WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS MOST OF THE COUNTY CLERK'S CONCERNS. 
          THEIR POSTAGE DID LOOK LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BASED OFF OF WHAT THE SERIES WAS SO IN THE GENERAL FUND WE MOVED SOME FUNDS THERE AND WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT THERE WERE SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND WHICH IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR THEM HERE WE DID AGREE THAT THAT WOULD INCREASE THE OPERATING COST THERE KNOWING IT WOULD FURTHER LEAD INTO WHAT THE FUND BALANCE WAS AND MAY NOT MAKE THAT AVAILABLE IN FUTURE YEARS. THEY WERE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT AND THEREFORE WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY. 
          THEN FOR THE J PIECE THAT CAME IN, WE HAD THE JUSTICE CLERK ASK FOR 201 WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN THE DISCUSSION ON THE PART TIME JUVENILE DIVERSION COORDINATOR AND ON THAT POSITION THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FUND RIGHT NOW, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT THE COURT DETERMINES SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO THAT CAN MOVE SOME FUNDS AROUND BUT I ALSO THINK THAT MAYBE A GOOD POSITION TO WHERE WE COULD USE OUR TEMPORARY WORKERS AND MAYBE SEE IF WE CAN'T SPARE THE GOAL MAYBE TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET A TEMPORARY WORKER TO HELP INITIALLY, TRACK SOME OF THE METRICS AND THEN USING THOSE METRICS TO SEE IF SOMETHING THAT REALLY HELPS TO THE POINT THAT IT WOULD BE WORTH HAVING A PART TIME OR FULL TIME POSITION TO ADDRESS. 
          ALONG THOSE LINES ONE THING I WANT TO SAY FOR BOTH THE JUSTICE IS THE CONSTABLE'S. IT'S AN INITIATIVE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE TO TRY TO GET INTO BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS VISIONS AND TRY TO GET SOME METRICS SO WE CAN HAVE SOME GOOD COMPARISONS APPLES TO APPLES AND REALLY IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF SITTING DOWN WITH THEM AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESSES, LEARNING HOW LONG THINGS TAKE TO DO. 
          WHO DOES WHAT. AND REALLY COMING UP WITH SOME DATA DRIVEN KNOWLEDGE THAT WE CAN USE TO SEE BASED OFF THIS DATA, WHO NEEDS THE POSITION? SO WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT REALLY FROM A SPECULATIVE TO MORE OF A HOPEFULLY SCIENCE. 
          [02:35:07]
HOPEFULLY GETTING IN THAT KIND OF SCIENCE THERE. 
          >> FORMIDABLE. EACH COMMISSIONER ASKED THAT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE REQUEST AND THEY WERE BOTH VERY GOOD VERY VALID, VERY SOUNDED LIKE VERY DEFENSIBLE AND IT SHOWS THE CONSISTENCY FROM THE COURT WHICH I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING FOR THAT 
          BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GOOD. >> THINGS TO THINK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD, THINK ABOUT THE TAX RATE, ANY KIND OF SALARY INCREASES WE WANT TO DO FOR BOTH THE CIVILIANS AS WELL AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL IS SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT INCORPORATING. LASTLY, ONE FINAL THING THAT'S GOING TO LEAD INTO ERIC'S PRESENTATION ON THIS IS BASED OFF MY RECOMMENDED USE OF A PENNY, WE WERE ABLE TO PULL IN ROUGHLY $2.3 MILLION FOR THE SALARY INCREASES FOR CIVILIANS. 
          IF WE WERE TO INCREASE IT BY THAT AMOUNT IT WOULD ALLOW US TO FUND 63% OF WHAT THE FULL MARKET WOULD BE. 
          I THINK ERIC CAN SPEAK A BIT MORE ON THAT AND THOSE NUMBERS 
          ON THE MARKET STUDY. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. WE DID WANT TO PROVIDE ALTERNATE OPTION AFTER THE COURT DECIDED TO ADOPT A 1 PENNY TAX RATE INCREASE AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE SALARIES FOR EMPLOYEES. THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A 1782 HOUR MINIMUM OR 37080 FOR THE SALARY CHARGE FOR OUR CUSTODIANS, IMPLEMENTING THE PROPOSED $22 AN HOUR MINIMUM WITHOUT FULLY PUTTING THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT WOULD CREATE SIGNIFICANT COMPRESSION WITH GRADES 113 AND 114. 
          AS A RESULT WE WOULD WANT SOME OF THE CHARGE CHANGED TO 9.22% COMPARED TO THE INITIAL PROPOSED 14.6 RECOMMENDED MOVEMENT UNDER THE FULLY FUNDED MARKET ADJUSTMENT. 
          THIS WOULD FUND 63% OF THE RECOMMENDED MARKET ADJUSTMENT FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES STARTING OCTOBER FIRST 2026. 
          SAID THE BENEFIT TO THIS WOULD BE OCTOBER FIRST VERSUS PHASE APPROACH THAT WAS OPTION TO THE PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED OPTIONS THIS WOULD PROVIDE EMPLOYEES NO LESS THAN 3% MARKET ADJUSTMENT PERIOD EMPLOYEES ABOVE THE PAY RANGE OF THE NEW PAY GRADES WILL RECEIVE ONE TIME 3% BUMP PAYMENT. 
          [SINGING] PLACEMENT WAS NECESSARY TO ENSURE NO NEW HIRES COME IN ABOVE EXISTING EMPLOYEES AS A RESULT OF THE PARTIALLY FUNDED ADJUSTMENT. 
          SOME MAY FALL BETWEEN SUBSTITUTE PARTIAL FUNDING OF THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT AND THEN ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL RECEIVE OTHER MARKET ADJUSTMENT TO GET MARKET AVERAGE OR 3% COLA WHICHEVER IS GREATER AS OF JANUARY 1ST. NO GRADES WOULD STILL BE RECOMMENDED AND NO FY26 STEP WOULD BE RECOMMENDED AS WELL. 
          >> ERIC YOU WEREN'T HERE THIS MORNING I BELIEVE BUT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN HERE AND GOTTEN LOST IN THE CROWD. 
          >> IT WAS CROWDED SO YES, I WAS IN THE ROTUNDA. 
          >> DID YOU HEAR, I THOUGHT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE DID YOU HEAR THAT WHERE THEY BROUGHT UP -- I. REALLY LIKE WHAT THEY S SAID. BILINGUAL PAY TO VIEW IT AS A SKILL, I LOVE AND APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THAT. 
          I SUPPORT IT IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING I BELIEVE THAT WHEN PEOPLE EARN THAT LINE OF DOING THOSE THINGS AND PROVIDING SOMETHING THAT OTHERS DON'T AND THEY LEARN THE SKILL AND ARE ABLE TO USE IT TO BENEFIT US THEY SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR IT SO I JUST PUT THAT BACK, JUST WHEREVER IT MAKESSENSE TO PICK IT UP. 
          >> I AGREE BUT I DO THINK DIVISION IS FIRST TO TALK WITH COMPETITIVE WAGES AND ADDING ON TOP OF THAT BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COURT IS WANTING TO DO EARLIER, HAPPY TO LOOK AND SEE 
          WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> SAME QUESTION AS WELL. 
          FORGIVE ME BUT CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE ONE MORE? THE TWO OPTIONS WE LOOKED AT LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP, THE COST FOR THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN EITHER ONE OF THEM. 
          SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER. DOES THIS INCLUDE BOTH CIVILIAN, AND INCLUDES BOTH CIVILIAN AND ELECTED? 
          >> IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY I'M SEEING -- ARE YOU TALKING 
          ABOUT THOSE 2.5? >> YES. 
          [02:40:01]
          >> I THINK IT'S IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE RECOMMENDED. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT BOTH OF THE OTHER OPTIONS LAST TIME WERE 
          SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT. >> THIS WOULD BE THE SUPPLEMENTAL. I THINK LAST TIME I JUST SHOWED 
          WHAT WE HAD WAS THE 2 MILLION. >> HR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CIVILIAN PAY IN OUR LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP CORRECT FOR FULL MARKET ALIGNMENT OR 6.49 MILLION AND FOR PHASE MARKET ALIGNMENT IT WAS 4.874. IF WE HAVE TO SET ASIDE ALREADY, THIS IS A 2329 SO $500,000 LESS, $400,000 LESS OR $500,000 LESS 
          EITHER THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS. >> WOULD BE LESS -- 
          >> THAT'S REALLY A FALL OUT. WHAT WE DID THERE WAS TO GET WHAT WE COULD IN SALARY ADJUSTMENTS BASED OFF WHAT WAS AVAILABLE THERE. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT IS OUR $2 MILLION PLUS WHAT WE CAN ADD FROM THIS AND THAT GIVES US I THINK ROUGHLY $4.3 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE 63% OF THE FULL 
          AMOUNT LIKE THE 6.4. >> BUT THERE WAS ALREADY TWO IN 
          THE BUDGET. >> IF YOU GO BACK, IT SAYS 60% 
          PHASE. >> IT'S OKAY, ASK AWAY, THAT'S 
          WHY WE'RE HERE. >> I'M WORKING THROUGH NUMBERS AND SEEING WHAT I CAN GET. I APPRECIATE IT, I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF IT WAS BOTH INCLUDED BOTH ELECTED AND CIVILIAN 
          EMPLOYEES. >> SOUNDS LIKE IT DOES. 
          >> SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE BOTH. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BREAK OFF, DEPENDING ON WHICH OPTION WE GO WITH ELECTED, WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL THAT OUT OF WHAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CIVILIANS. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> APOLOGISE FOR INTERRUPTING. 
          >> NIXON HEALTH INSURANCE AND WELLNESS, STILL RECOMMENDING WE ABSORB IT AND HALF TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES TEXAS HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASE WITH NO INCREASE PASSED ON THE EMPLOYEES FOR THE 2023 CALENDAR YEAR MAINTAIN WELLNESS AS OF OCTOBER 1ST 2027 CALENDAR YEAR AND AGAIN HAVING EMPLOYEES 731ST OF NEXT YEAR TO COMPLETE ANNUAL WELLNESS REQUIREMENTS TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON THE WELLNESS FOR THE 2028 CALENDAR YEAR AND WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE OCCASIONAL INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES WITH LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF SERVICE FROM FOUR TO SEVEN HOURS AND ELIMINATING SIX MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR VACATION USE. FOR FY27 AND FY28 DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS MAY JUMP TITLE REVIEWS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COURT LIKE HR BUDGET COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FY28 BUDGET CYCLE HERE JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, CBA NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING AND INCLUDING PROPOSED COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSTABLES CORRECTIONS AND 
          EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION. >> ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE IN THIS AREA FOR ANYTHING? I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE DIGESTIBLE ONE LINE AT A TIME PERIOD SO I'M HEARING THAT THERE FEELS LIKE THERE MAY BE SUPPORT FOR ONE SET TAX INCREASE. 
          WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU -- I. DON'T KNOW I'M NOT PROPOSING IT, YOU KNOW WHERE I'M STANDING BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC AS THIS THING UNFOLDS, IF YOU CAN, WHEN YOU HAVE TIME PUT A PIE CHART OF WHERE THIS $0.01 IS GOING TO GO, JUST BROAD STROKES, NO MORE THAN FIVE CATEGORIES TOPS. IF YOU CAN DO THAT I WOULD BE SO 
          GRATEFUL BECAUSE BECAUSE I WILL >> SOUNDS GOOD. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FROM A FUNCTIONAL EXPENSE STANDPOINT OR A STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE? WHAT WOULD OUR BASE BE FOR THAT? 
          >> MY BIGGEST HOPE IS LET'S SAY I AM FOR OR AGAINST, I WANT TO USE THIS PIECE OF PAPER WITH A PIE CHART TO SIMPLY TELL OUR CO-WORKERS OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC CALCULATE THIS PROPOSED 1 CENT INCREASE THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING. 
          SO HOWEVER IT MAKES SENSE, BROAD STROKES, BECAUSE I KNOW WE CAN GET IN THE WEEDS OF EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, NO NEW REVENUE RATE, SO I JUST WANT TO DO, I'M A BAKER, NOT A PHD IN FINANCE 
          LET ME SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. >> I MAY GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BASES BECAUSE I COULD HAVE THAT AND 
          MAYBE -- >> MAYBE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS OR MAYBE A THIRD. BEAUTIFUL. 
          [02:45:03]
NOW GOING THROUGH THE LIST, BUT AFTER THIS IS GOING TO GO TO THE LIST? AM I RIGHT? 
          READY FOR THAT PART? >> YES JUDGE. 
          >> SO WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL READY FOR COMMENTS WE'RE GOING TO LET THESE COMMENTS BE READ AND I'M GOING TO GO -- LET'S START WITH THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. LET'S THESE COMMENTS BE WRITTEN 
          AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER TO YOU. >> FIRST COMMENT FROM KATIE ARMSTRONG. MEMBERS OF THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT THE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT. 
          I'M WRITING IN SUPPORT OF MAINTAINING THE CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR AGENCIES. AS A PARENT EDUCATOR AND LONGTIME VOLUNTEER IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT I KNOW THE STUDENTS ABILITY TO SUCCEED IN CLASSROOM IS DEEPLY CONNECTED TO WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF IT WITH FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD FOOD HOUSING HEALTH CARE OR OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES, STUDENTS CARRY THAT STRESS WITH THEM TO SCHOOL. 
          IT CAN AFFECT THEIR ATTENDANCE CONCENTRATION, BEHAVIOR AND OVERALL ABILITY TO LEARN. OUR SCHOOLS WORK HARD TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE CHILD BUT THEY CANNOT ADDRESS EVERY CHALLENGE FACING A FAMILY ON THEIR OWN. LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL PARTNERS IN THAT WORK BY HELPING FAMILIES REMAIN HOUSED HAD HEALTHY AND STABLE ORGANISATION CREATE THE CONDITIONS STUDENTS NEED TO ARRIVE AT SCHOOL READY TO LEARN AND PARENTS NEED TO CARE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS CARRY THE DIFFICULT RESPONSIBILITY OF BALANCING MANY IMPORTANT NEEDS WITH LIMITED PUBLIC RESOURCES. THE FULL IMPACT OF SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING MAY NOT ALWAYS BE EASILY CAPTURED IN SINGLE NUMBER OR REPORT BUT ITS VALUE IS VISIBLE ON THE FAMILIES WHO AVOID CRISIS, THE STUDENTS WHO REMAIN CONNECTED TO SCHOOL AND THE PARENTS WHO RECEIVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO REGAIN STABILITY. MAINTAINING THIS FUNDING AS AN INVESTMENT IN STRONGER FAMILIES STRONGER SCHOOLS AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. TOGETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SCHOOLS AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERS CAN HELP FAMILIES MOVE BEYOND IMMEDIATE HARDSHIP AND BUILD LASTING STABILITY. 
          RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COURT TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING AT ITS CURRENT LEVEL AND TO BUDGET PROCESS FOR RESPONSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN THAT INVESTMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SERVICE AND THE CARE YOU BRING TO THESE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. KATIE ARMSTRONG. 
          >> BRAND NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS THANK YOU FOR THE EMAIL. 
          >> NEXT ONE FROM JENNIFER CHRISTOPHER. 
          >> I AM JENNY CHRISTOPHER AND I AM AN ELEMENTARY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER I'VE BEEN TEACHING FOR 13 YEARS. 
          I'M NOT SOMEONE WHO REGULARLY WRITES TO ELECTED OFFICIALS OR PARTICIPATES IN THIS KIND OF LOCAL ADVOCACY BUT AS WE PREPARE TO WELCOME STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL THIS WEDNESDAY, MY HEART FEELS HEAVIER THAN USUAL. TEACHER SEEN MORE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO MEET BASIC NEEDS AND I KNOW MANY OF THOSE CHALLENGES WILL WALK THROUGH OUR CLASSROOM DOORS ALONGSIDE THEM. I BECAME A TEACHER BECAUSE I LOVE EDUCATION AND BELIEVE DEEPLY IN OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURES. LIKE MOST PUBLIC TEACHERS I DID NOT ENTER THIS PROFESSION FOR THE PAYCHEQUE. 
          STILL TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF OFTEN USE OUR OWN TIME MONEY AND RESOURCES TO FILL THE GAPS WE SEE. 
          SUPPLY KEEP NEXT AVAILABLE, FIND CLOTHES AND CONNECT FAMILIES WITH WHATEVER HELP WE CAN. THERE ARE NEEDS WE SIMPLY CANNOT MEET FROM INSIDE THE CLASSROOM. MORE FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO AFFORD GROCERIES REMAIN IN THEIR HOME AND COVER BASIC EXPENSES PAIR PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FOOD ACCESS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SUPPORT MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. CHILDREN HAVE A MUCH HARDER TIME FOCUSING ON LEARNING WHEN THEY'RE HUNGRY OR WORRIED ABOUT WHERE THEIR FAMILY WILL LIVE. FIRST CAME TO HAYS COUNTY IN 2008 TO PURSUE UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING DEGREE. 
          I STAYED TO EARN MY MASTER'S DEGREE I BUILT MY LIFE HERE AND NOW I'M PROUD TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. I'M GRATEFUL THE COUNTY HAS CHOSEN TO INVEST IN THIS AND SUPPORT LOCAL FAMILIES AND RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO CONTINUE THAT FUNDING. 
          TEACHERS WILL ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THE CHILDREN IN FRONT OF US WHETHER THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY LOCAL NON-PROFIT PARTNERS LIKE FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO FACE THESE CHALLENGES ALONE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND CONSIDERING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS YOU MAKE THESE DIFFICULT BUDGET DECISIONS HEAR NEXT ONE IS FROM JUAN. AND MEMBERS OF HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT I WRITE TO YOU WEARING TWO HATS HAVING GIVEN -- THAT HAVE GIVEN ME A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS A TRUSTEE OF THE SAN MARCOS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF UNITED WAY OF HAYS AND CALDWELL COUNTIES I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING AT NO LESS THAN ITS CURRENT LEVEL AND THE UPCOMING COUNTY BUDGET AND TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING DEDICATED TO THE NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS HAYS COUNTY THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT DECREASING IT'S GROWING. EVERY DAY OUR SCHOOLS SEE FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY HOUSING INSTABILITY, 
          [02:50:03]
TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, CHILD CARE, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE AND THE BASIC COST OF MAKING ENDS MEET THE UNITED WAY I SEE MANY OF THOSE SAME FAMILIES WALK THROUGH THE DOORS OF NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION LOOKING FOR HELP DURING SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS OF THEIR LIVES. THESE ORGANISATIONS ARE DOING A 30-YEAR OLD WORK, OFTEN WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND GROWING DEMAND. THEY KNOW THESE COMMUNITIES THEY HAVE EARNED THEIR TRUST OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE CAN THEY STRETCH EVERY DOLLAR AND RELY ON VOLUNTEERS, DONATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THEIR WORK POSSIBLE. 
          WE SHOULD TRUST AND SUPPORT THEM. 
          I RECOGNISE THE DIFFICULT RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS IN DEVELOPING A BUDGET THAT BALANCES MANY COMPETING NEEDS WHILE BEING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BUT I ALSO BELIEVE COUNTY BUDGET IS MORE THAN A FINANCIAL DOCUMENT IT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR PRIORITIES AND TE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE CHOOSE TO BE. 
          THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR NON-PROFIT CHURCHES CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS INDIVIDUAL ACTS OF GENEROSITY. GOVERNMENT CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO REPLACE THAT WORK BUT GOVERNMENT CAN SHOW UP FOR NEIGHBORS WHEN THEY MOST NEED IT. 
          IF THERE'S ONE FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO AGREE ON IT'S THAT THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT SHOULDN'T BE LEFT BEHIND WHEN THEY'RE HUNGRY FACING HOMELESSNESS LIKE STRUGGLING TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE OR SIMPLY TRYING TO GET THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH DIFFICULT SEASON. 
          INVESTING IN SOCIAL SERVICES IT'S NOT SIMPLY CHARITY, IT'S INVESTMENT IN THE WELL-BEING OF HAYS COUNTY. 
          WHEN WE HELP FAMILIES REMAIN HEALTHY THE FOOD ON CHALLENGE TABLE CONNECTS SOMEONE WITH HEALTH CARE CAN PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES OR BEFORE PRICES BECOMES AN EMERGENCY OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. 
          OUR CANDY CONTINUES TO GROW BUT GROWTH DOESN'T MEAN EVERY FAMILY IS PROSPERING EQUALLY. BEHIND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NEW CONSTRUCTION AND POPULATION NUMBERS THERE ARE REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING HARD AND STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP. 
          THEIR -- THERE ARE STUDENTS AND PARENTS, SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME, VETERANS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE. THERE ARE WORKING FAMILIES, THERE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AS YOU CONSIDER THE COUNTY BUDGET I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU NOT ONLY PROTECT THE SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING ALREADY IN PLACE BUT TO CONSIDER WHAT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT IS WARRANTED BY REALITY FACING OUR COMMUNITY TODAY. NEXT ONE FROM LORENZO GONZALEZ. 
          YOUR HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT DIRECTLY TO THE SAN MARCOS RESIDENT A MEMBER OF THE SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL AND A FORMER SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND SOMEONE WHOSE EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SHAPED HOW I VIEW THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON BUILDING SAFE STABLE COMMUNITIES. RESPECTFULLY ASK COMMISSIONERS COURT TO MAINTAIN AT A MINIMUM HAYS COUNTY CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES TO WORK DILIGENTLY THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS AND IDENTIFY RESPONSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THAT INVESTMENT. 
          AS A FELLOW LOCAL OFFICIAL, I UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL REALITIES CONFRONTING OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          REVENUES ARE CONSTRAINED, COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE IN EVERY BUDGET DECISION REQUIRES US TO WEIGH IMPORTANT PRIORITIES AGAINST LIMITED RESOURCES AS THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, MY COLLEAGUES AND I FACE MANY OF THE SAME DIFFICULT CHOICES BUT DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR DOESN'T MAKE THE NEED OF OUR RESIDENTS DISAPPEAR. 
          IN MANY CASES THEY MAKE THOSE NEEDS GREATER HERE THAT IS WHY AS WE WORK DILIGENTLY TO THE CITY LEVEL TO IDENTIFY FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS EFFICIENCIES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS I ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AS OUR PARTNERS IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO DO THE SAME. 
          MY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS ISSUE IS ALSO INFORMED BY MY EXPERIENCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT GRADUATE EDUCATION CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 
          AS A FORMER SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER I SAW FIRSTHAND THAT MANY OF THESE CHALLENGES AFFECTING PUBLIC SAFETY BEGAN LONG BEFORE SOMEONE ENCOUNTERS A POLICE OFFICER, COURTROOM OR A JAIL PICK A CHILD WHO COMES TO SCHOOL HUNGRY, FAMILY FACING EVICTION, PERSON EXPERIENCING UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR SURVIVOR RETURNING TO ESCAPE VIOLENCE DOESN'T SIMPLY LEAVE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE DOOR. MEETING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS IS NOT SEPARATE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          ONE WILL HELP STABILISE A FAMILY BEFORE IT LOSES ITS HOUSING CONNECT SOMEONE TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BEFORE CRISIS, ESCALATE PROVIDE FOOD TO A HOUSEHOLD EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP LIKE HELP SURVIVOR FIND SAFETY OR GIVE A YOUNG PERSON THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO REMAIN SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL, WERE PARTICIPATING -- PRACTICING PREVENTION IN ITS MOST MEANINGFUL FORM. 
          OUR POLICE OFFICERS, DEPUTIES COURTS CONNECT PROSECUTORS, JAIL, HOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WILL ALWAYS HAVE ESSENTIAL ROLES TO PLAY BUT RELYING ON THOSE SYSTEMS AFTER SOMEONE HAS REACHED A POINT OF CRISIS IS OFTEN BOTH MORE EXPENSIVE AND LESS EFFECTIVE THAN INVESTING IN ORGANISATIONS 
          [02:55:05]
CAPABLE OF INTERVENING EARLIER THAT MAKES SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICES NOT ONLY AN EXPRESSION OF COMPASSION BUT ALSO RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND FISCAL POLICY. 
          HAYS COUNTY IS FORTUNTE TO HAVE NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS DOING THIS WORK EVERY DAY THEY PROVIDE FOOD HOUSING ASSISTANCE, HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE LIKE SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND MANY OTHER RESOURCES THAT STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          THEY LEVERAGE -- >> NEXT ONE. 
          DEAR JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I AM WRITING IN SUPPORT OF MAINTAINING THE COUNTY'S CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. I MOVED HERE AS AN ADULT AND LIVED HERE FOR 28 YEARS AND MY FAMILY AND I ARE DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY. WHAT I SEE A LOT OF IS NEED. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY FAMILIES THAT ARE HOUSING INSECURE FOOD INSECURE, DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE OR MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND ARE LIVING WITH PRECAUTIONS FINANCIAL SITUATION. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AS A TAXPAYER TO KNOW THAT MY TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT ON THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. FIRST, THIS IS HOW WE TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES SECOND MAINTAINING SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING IS FINANCIALLY PRUDENT BECAUSE SPENDING A DOLLAR TODAY TO KEEP SOMEONE IN THEIR HOME OR CONNECTING SOMEONE WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE TODAY IS CLEARLY FAR CHEAPER THAN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IT WOULD COST IF THESE PROBLEMS LOOM. 
          MAINTAINING THE CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES WILL STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. NEXT ONE FROM ALYSSA. 
          GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS I AM ALYSSA. 
          MANY OF YOU KNOW ME AS A FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIAL AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THE SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL FOR NEARLY SIX YEARS THAT EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ME A HEALTHY RESPECT FOR EVERYTHING BUDGET SEASON REQUIRES INCLUDING THE DIFFICULT TRADE OFF, MINIMAL HEADACHES AND STARING AT TINY NUMBERS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN FOR SO LONG THAT THEY ALL BEGIN TO LOOK THE SAME. 
          TODAY I AM WRITING FROM ANOTHER SYSTEM OCCUPYING AS A NON-PROFIT EMPLOYEE WHO HAS SPENT THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS MEETING REGULARLY WITH LEADERS FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO DISCUSS THE LOCAL BUDGET SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING AND WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE EXPERIENCING. I DON'T PRESUME TO SPEAK FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED I AM SHARING MY OWN PERSPECTIVE SHAPED BY THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND YEARS OF WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS SERVE. FIRST THANK YOU FOR FUNDING THE COUNTY PROVIDED THUS FAR. THOSE INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL, EVEN WHEN THE FULL IMPACT CAN'T BE EASILY CAPTURED IN THE SPREADSHEET PERIOD THIS IS WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS LIKE. LOOKS LIKE A FAMILY STAYING HOUSE LIKE A CHILD HAVING ENOUGH TO EAT, A SURVIVOR FINDING SAFETY OR A NEIGHBOR RECEIVING HELP BEFORE DIFFICULT MOMENTS BECOME AN EMERGENCY WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC MOMENT WE'RE IN. HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS ARE STRETCHED, THE COST OF EVERYTHING HAS INCREASED IN PUBLIC DOLLARS WERE BEING ASKED TO DO MORE. NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS MEANWHILE DON'T GAIN MAGICAL NEW CAPACITY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY NEED OF THEIR SERVICE GROWS. ONE THING I DEEPLY VALUE ABOUT HAYS COUNTY IS HOW OUR NEIGHBORS CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
          WE HAVE SEEN IT THROUGH THE WINTER STORM FLOODS IN EVERY CRISIS THAT REFUSED TO RESPECT CITY LIMITS OR JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES PEOPLE SHARE FOOD OPEN THEIR HOMES RAISE MONEY COLLECT RESOURCES AND OFFER WHATEVER THEY HAVE THAT GENEROSITY IS WORTH -- WORTHY OF MORE THAN OUR ADMINISTRATION. 
          DESERVES PARTNERSHIP FROM THE INSTITUTIONS WITH ACCESS TO THE GREATEST COLLECTIVE RESOURCES. IF OUR RESIDENTS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS CAN WORK ACROSS DIFFERENCES IN JURISDICTIONAL LINES TOWARDS THE WELL-BEING OF THIS COMMUNITY THEN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN MATCH THEIR ENERGY. 
          APPRECIATE EVERY NON-PROFIT LEADER SERVICE PROVIDER AND RESIDENT WHO COME BEFORE THE COURT OR REACHED OUT IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING. 
          I JOIN THEM IN ASKING YOU TO MAINTAIN AT MINIMUM THE COUNTY'S CURRENT INVESTMENT AND CONTINUE IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS TO STRENGTHEN IT. 
          WE MAY OCCUPY DIFFERENT SEATS AND BRING DIFFERENT RESOURCES TO THE TABLE BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO THE SAME COMMUNITY. 
          NONE OF US CAN MEET EVERY NEED ALONE BUT WHEN RESIDENTS, NONPROFITS, CITIES, SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY EACH DO THEIR PART, WE'RE GIVEN -- WE GIVE OUR NEIGHBORS A REAL CHANCE NOT ONLY TO WEATHER A CRISIS BUT TO BUILD A LASTING STABILITY. 
          THANKS FOR DOING YOUR PART IN CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE HAYS COUNTY STRONGER. 
          NEXT ONE. DEAR JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I AM WRITING AS HAYS COUNTY RESIDENT VOTER AND TAXPAYER IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED FUNDING FOR LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES MY ACADEMIC BACKGROUND IS IN SOCIOLOGY AND I CAN TALK ABOUT 
          [03:00:02]
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND THE RESEARCH CONNECTING HOUSING FOOD ACCESS HEALTH CARE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY TO BROADER COMMUNITY OUTCOMES BUT I DON'T NEED TO DUST OFF MY SOCIOLOGY DEGREE TO POINT OUT WHAT ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION CAN ALREADY SEE. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING AND THE NEED IS REAL. MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS AND HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING FOOD ON OUR TABLE, PAYING RENT OR ACCESSING ESSENTIAL CARE. 
          PROGRAMS THAT HELP FAMILIES MEET THOSE NEEDS ARE NOT SEPARATE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY THEY ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO IT COMMUNITIES ARE SAFER AND HEALTHIER WHEN PEOPLE HAVE STABLE HOUSING ACCESS TO FOOD AND HEALTH CARE AND SUPPORT BEFORE A DIFFICULT SITUATION BECOMES A CRISIS. EXPERIENCE AND WITNESS THE SAME TENSION FACING THE COURT. LIMITED FUNDS RAISING COSTS AND MANY LEGITIMATE NEEDS COMPETING FOR SUPPORT. 
          UNDERSTAND BUDGET DECISIONS ARE RARELY SIMPLE AND I DON'T MAKE THIS REQUEST AS THOUGH OTHER OBLIGATIONS DON'T MATTER I MAKE IT BECAUSE SOCIAL SERVICES ARE PART OF THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO FUNCTION, NOT AN OPTIONAL EXTRA TO CONSIDER ONLY AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN FUNDED. 
          BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS AND THE CHOICES WITHIN SHOW WHAT WE BELIEVE IS WORTH PROTECTING. AS A TAXPAYER THIS IS THE KIND OF INVESTMENT I WANT MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE POCKETS RESPONSIBLE, PREVENTATIVE AND MUCH LESS COSTLY THAN WAITING UNTIL FAMILIES FALL INTO CRISIS I ASKED THE COURT TO MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES AND CONTINUE LOOKING FOR RESPONSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN THE FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME NEXT ONE FROM VANESSA. 
          GEORGE AND MEMBERS OF THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT I AM VANESSA I'M COMMUNITY ORGANISER AND PRECINCT GRADUATE OF TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY LIVING IN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS. 
          ORIGINALLY FROM DALLAS, TEXAS, BUT AFTER MOVING HERE TO PURSUE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CITY ITS HISTORY AND BEAUTIFUL RIVERS AND MOST OF ALL WITH ITS FINE PEOPLE WHO WELCOMED ME AS IF I WAS ONE OF THEIR OWN. 
          THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO LIVE HERE PERMANENTLY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD GIVEN ME SO MUCH. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP LOW INCOME AND FACING FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITY AS MY FAMILY RELIED ON THE GENEROSITY AND RESOURCES OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE I PERSONALLY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE SERVICES ACTIVE AND IN PLACE TO HELP THEM MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY. 
          WHICH USUALLY INCLUDE THOSE WHO ARE PREGNANT AND THEIR FAMILIES THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WHO ARE BATTLING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESSES. FROM MY TIME SPENT VOLUNTEERING WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS SUCH AS SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER AND HOME CENTER, WHICH HELP OUR EVER GROWING UNHOUSED POPULATION, WORKING FOOD TRUCK THROUGH LOCAL CHURCHES IN SCHOOL, FOR THOSE GOING WITHOUT THE BARE NECESSITIES AND ORGANISATION -- ORGANISING VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES AND COMMUNITY FORUMS WHERE CITIZENS COULD SAFELY SHARE THEIR CONCERNS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE PEOPLE OF SAN MARCOS ARE TIRED AND WORRIED AND NEED HELP FROM THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LEADERS NOW MORE THAN EVER I KNOW OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS FACE MANY DIFFICULT BARRIERS IN CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES SUCH AS LIMITED PUBLIC RESOURCE AND BALANCING MULTIPLE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES HOWEVER PERSEVERING SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING IS ESSENTIAL AND LOSING THESE RESOURCES WILL HARM THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY WHO DESERVE SO MUCH MORE I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COURT TO UPHOLD SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING AS THE CURRENT LEVEL AND KEEP THE CONSTITUENTS IN MIND AND ON HEART WHILE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CAREFUL WORK IN DEVELOPING A FAIR EQUITABLE COUNTY BUDGET. 
          OUR LAST ONE IS FROM JANICE HARDAWAY. 
          DEAR JUDGE AND MEMBER OF THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT I'M JANICE AND I WRITE TO YOU AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND FORMER MUNICIPAL JUDGE AND ATTORNEY. 
          BORN AND RAISED IN HAYS COUNTY AND NOW RAISING MY OWN CHILDREN HERE IN SEPTEMBER 2024 MY BUSINESS PARTNER AND I OPENED THE SAINT MARKET WOMEN OWNED GIFT SHOP DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE COURTHOUSE IN SAINT MARCUS. EVERY DAY WE OPEN OUR DOORS, WE SEE THIS COUNTY UP CLOSE,, LONG TERM RESIDENTS AND THE NEIGHBOR WHO STOP IN NOT JUST TO SHOP BUT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR LIVES I HEAR FROM THEM AND WHAT I KNOW FROM DECADES LIVING IN HAYS COUNTY IS THE SAME THING THEY NEED IN THIS COUNTY IS REAL AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. 
          BEFORE I OWNED A SMALL BUSINESS I SPENT YEARS VOLUNTEERING IN LOCAL SCHOOLS AND SAW FIRSTHAND WHAT HAPPENS TO CHILDREN WHEN THEIR FAMILIES FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. 
          I SAW FAMILIES LOSING HOUSING OVER ONE MISSED PAYCHEQUE AND I SAW HOW A SINGLE CONNECTION TO THE RIGHT SERVICE, RENTAL HELP CONNECT HEALTH CARE COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FAMILY STAYING STABLE AND A FAMILY IN CRISIS THAT EXPERIENCE TAUGHT ME THAT SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING IS NOT AN ABSTRACT LINE ITEM, IT'S 
          [03:05:01]
THE THING STANDING BETWEEN A HARD MONTH AND A PERMANENT LOSS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE. 
          RUNNING A BUSINESS ON THE SQUARE HAS ONLY REINFORCED THAT. 
          A HEALTHY DOWNTOWN DEPENDS ON A HEALTHY COMMUNITY AROUND IT WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS ARE STRETCHED THIN IT SHOWS UP EVERYWHERE AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD IN THE WORKFORCE, LOCAL BUSINESSES DEPENDENT ON THE OVERALL -- WE'RE ALL TRYING TO BUILD SUPPORTING NON-PROFIT WHO DO THIS WORK IS NOT CHARITY SEPARATE FROM ECONOMIC GROWTH, IT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH POSSIBLE. ANDERSON THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS TO WEIGHT MANY COMPETING PRIORITIES IN THIS BUDGET AND I DON'T ENVY THAT TASK BUT I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AT NO LESS THAN ITS CURRENT LEVEL AND TO LOOK SERIOUSLY AT WHERE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IS WARRANTED. THESE ORGANISATIONS DOING THIS WORK EARN THIS COMMUNITY'S TRUST AND CANNOT STRETCH FURTHER WITHOUT THE COUNTY'S CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP HERE HAYS COUNTY IS GROWING FASTER AND I WOULD ASK THAT AS IT GROWS WE MAKE SURE IT GROWS IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORS BEHIND. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WORK YOU PUT IN THESE DECISIONS. 
          >> ALL DONE. >> CONSTABLE, BEHIND, I'M PUSHING HARD FOR US BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO WHEN THE COURTROOM IS FULL AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE WITHOUT PUTTING OUR HAND OVER THEIR MOUTH CAN I WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE FIRST AND FOREMOST. CONSTABLE I'M GOING TO GET RUDE. JUDGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND UNDERSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD I BELIEVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALREADY HAVE MY BUDGET FOR PRECINCT ONE. THE SIMPLE PROCESS, YOU CAN SEE WHO WE WORK FOR, NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY BUT OUR COURT SYSTEMS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS WE DO OUR DAILY TALK I'M ASKING THE COURTS TO REALLY LOOK AT BUDGET REALLY HARD AGAIN. 
          OUR AUDITOR, WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL JUSTICE CLERK CHARACTER ASKING FOR DEPUTIES ASKING FOR OUR COURTS, ALSO SO WE'LL PROCESS DEPUTIES THERE'S ALSO VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT WITHOUT. REGRADE FOR OUR JUSTICE ADMINISTRATOR TO A 117, BACK UP WITH OUR JUSTICE OF PEACE SECRETARIES. ALSO -- AND OUR JUSTIFICATION IS THERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, WE ARE VERY BUSY OFFICE, OUR DEPARTMENT, WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT AND WORKING FOR OUR CITIZENS AND ALSO WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITHIN OR COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES ALSO. 
          I WOULD APPRECIATE IT I CAN GO THROUGH NUMBERS BUT I'M NOT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE AS WE GO ALONG WITH THE PROGRESS OF OUR CITY GROWING, OUR SUBDIVISIONS, SCHOOLS, OUR BUSINESSES. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP HERE WITH YOUR BLESSINGS AND OUR HR, TO LOOK AT US AS WE GO YEAR TO YEAR, WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR BEING AWESOME ON TIME. 
          WE JUST STOPPED THE TIMER. I UNDERSTAND THE GROWTH HERE DESCRIBING SLOPPING THROUGH THE COUNTY LINE ON 21 LIKE IT'S JUST BOOMING OF ALL PLACES. EVERYWHERE IS GROWING ALL AT ONCE IN YOUR PRECINCT. SO I SEE THE PAIN. 
          COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS THE ONE THAT HAD SUGGESTED IN A PREVIOUS CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER CONSTABLE ABOUT ARTICULATING -- I. DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS YOU KNOW SO I'M JUST GOING TO REPEAT IT ARTICULATING A REQUEST HEAD COUNT FOR THE JUDGE PERSPECTIVE, EACH DEPUTY SERVING PAPERS CAN USUALLY IN 
          [03:10:02]
ONE DAY SERVE NEXT PAPERS, SO WHEN YOU GET TO THIS AMOUNT, THERE'S A THRESHOLD. SO HIS REQUEST WAS A GOOD REQUEST. IT'S A JUSTIFIABLE GOOD TOOL FOR US TO MOVE THROUGH SO WE CAN HAVE CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY PICK I DIDN'T DO IT JUSTICE IN HOW HE DESCRIBED IT BUT YOU GET 
          THE IDEA. >> JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE BEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR ON JUSTIFICATION WITH NUMBERS, ORDER DEPUTIES DO ON A DAILY BASIS WHEN THEY'RE SERVING PAPERS. DEPUTY CONSTABLE'S THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY OUR WORKING CIVIL PROCESS PAPER WORK IN THEIR EDUCATION THAT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PUT INTO THIS, IN AND OUT OF THOSE VEHICLES, DOOR TO DOOR, OUR NUMBERS ARE THERE. 
          IF YOU WOULD PLEASE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND THE 
          JUSTIFICATION,. >> LET ME GET BY THE COMMISSIONER SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO 
          CONTRIBUTE. >> I'LL JUST BE DIRECT I'M GOING TO BE OFFERING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TODAY TO DO DIRECT REVIEW ABOUT THE GPS AND THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICES. 
          I KNOW THERE'S ADDITIONAL SERVICE IN LINE THAT WILL DO MUCH MORE THAN ANY OTHER OF THE PRECINCT. 
          LOOKING AT HOW MANY OFFICERS FOR CIVIL SERVICE AND HOW MANY OTHER OFFICERS FOR ENFORCEMENT EACH OF THE VEIL OF DUTY, EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONSTABLE OFFICERS HAD BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT THE TIMETABLE FOR THAT IS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS PRECINCT THREE MAY HAVE THE LOWEST BED GEOGRAPHICALLY THEY'RE DRIVING 78 MLES MAYBE FOR EACH ONE OF THEM SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT TIME COMMITMENT. 
          HERE IN THE SAN MARCOS AREA WHERE IT'S VERY URBANISED WE'RE GETTING A REAL ANALYSIS OF THAT AND ALSO IN THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT -- BE STATING THAT I WANT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE TO DO A REVIEW OF BOTH THE JP CLERK'S AND FOR A VERY SIMILAR EVALUATION TO GET A SCOTT MENTIONED EARLIER APPLES-TO-APPLES COMPARISON OF THE CONSTABLE'S THEMSELVES AND THE JP THEMSELVES AND WHAT THOSE DUTIES ENTAIL AND BRING THAT BACK TO US ALSO IN THE RECOMMENDATION AS WE TALK THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THE LAST THREE SESSIONS CASUALLY STATED VERY CLEARLY THAT WE WANT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS AND REGRADES TO EITHER ONCE QUARTERLY OR ONCE A YEAR DURING THE MID -- THE BUDGET UPDATE, MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE. 
          WE WOULD ESTABLISH THERE WOULD BE DIRECTION IN THERE TO ESTABLISH CALENDAR TO DO THAT EVALUATION AND HAVE IT COMPLETED BEFORE THE MID-YEAR BUDGET CALENDAR. 
          SO ALL POSITIONS THAT WERE FOUND TO BE NEEDED WOULD BE FILLED AT THAT TIME. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO PROPOSE I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT THAT OR NOT BUT I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE JP REQUESTS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT ON ALL OF THE CONSTABLE REQUESTS BECAUSE EVERY CONSTABLE IS UNIQUE. RIGHT NOW EVEN THOUGH YOU DO MUCH MORE CIVIL SERVICE THANK YOU ALSO HAVE MORE OFFICERS THAN ANY ONE. SO WHAT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE DUTIES ENGAGE IN AND WHAT THEY ENTAIL? IT'S HARD FOR US TO QUANTIFY THAT IN A WAY OTHER THAN WE KNOW THERE'S MORE CASES. WE KNOW YOU'RE HAVING TO DO MORE WORK AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EASILY JUSTIFY THOSE POSITIONS ON A YEAR OVER YEAR BASIS AS THEY COME IN BECAUSE WE KNOW 
          WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GETTING. >> I ECHO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING JUST TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT% DOES EACH PAY PER, HOW MANY HOURS PER PERSON OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, IT WOULD GIVE US 
          SOME REALLY -- >> COMMISSIONER, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AS WE GO TO THESE SCHOOLS, IT'S MANDATED THAT WE CHANGE OUR TRAINING EACH YEAR. 
          IF YOU HAVE FIVE OFFICERS OR SIX OFFICERS -- ON OF COURSE YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROCESS PAPERS WE DO AND THE MAN HOURS OF SERVING PAPERS, THREE TIMES A DAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CATCH EVERYBODY AT HOME. SO THESE OFFICERS MAKE THREE ATTEMPTS, ONE MIGHT BE IN THE MORNING, ONE MIGHT BE IN THE EVENING. MIGHT TAKE 5 MINUTES, WEATHER IS A FACTOR ALSO TO IT BUT THOSE THREE ATTEMPTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO GET THESE PAPERS CHECK THESE DOCUMENTS OUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS BECAUSE IT REFLECTS ON THE COURT'S -- OUR JP'S WE WORK WITH AND IN HANCOCK COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE, OUR COUNTY COURT AT LAW, SO IT'S TIME CONSUMING. 
          EVERYTHING IS TIME CONSUMING WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH DOCUMENTATION FOR PAPERS TO GET THEM OUT. 
          YOU DO YOUR THREE ATTEMPTS AND ONE ATTEMPT MIGHT NOT BE BECAUSE 
          [03:15:01]
THE CUSTOMER MIGHT CALL BACK PICK MIGHT NOT BE AT HOME UNTIL 5:00. SO THE DEPUTY CONSTABLE MADE THAT TRIP OVER THERE AND SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN TO THAT CUSTOMER BEFORE HE GETS HOME. SO THOSE THREE ATTEMPTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE ARE MANDATED PAPERS TO GET TO OUR CLIENTS AND THEN GET THEM BACK TO THE COURTS, WHICH IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO JUSTIFY AND DO THEIR WORK ALSO. 
          STORE CLERKS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          CLERKS WE CANNOT JUSTIFY ANY OF OUR WORK AT ALL. 
          WE HAVE TO LOOK AT VACATION, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT PEOPLE GETTING SICK LIKE THAT SORT OF THING SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESS TO THE TIME YOU'RE ASKING COMMISSIONER ON THOSE PAPERS BECAUSE THERE MIGHT -- THE OFFICER HAS TO COME BACK DOCUMENT INTO THE COMPUTER, LETTING US KNOW IN THE COURT LETTING HIM KNOW THERE WERE NOT THERE COLLECTED PAPERS GOING BACK. 
          SO WORKING WITH COUNCILORS, OUR ATTORNEYS, WE HAVE A VERY LARGE VERY IMPORTANT TIME LIMIT AND THAT IS IMPORTANT. 
          WE HAVE YEAR TO YEAR, AND I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER, WE HAVE SHOWED THAT ON OUR TIME LIMIT, HOW MANY PAPERS WE SERVE A YEAR, THE OFFICERS AND TIME LIMIT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET BACK BECAUSE IF NOT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR JP'S GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE HERE WE DON'T LIKE COMPLAINTS. 
          >> I'M GOING TO WRAP THAT UP REAL QUICK HELP ME HELP YOU. 
          IF YOU GUYS CAN START TRACKING PRODUCTIVITY STANDARD, WHAT ARE YOUR SOPS? WHAT ARE YOUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ON EACH OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO? WALK US THROUGH THAT SO WE CAN HELP YOU JUSTIFY WHY YOU'LL NEED MORE PEOPLE AND IT WILL MAKE SENSE AT THE END OF THE DAY BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE TRANSPARENCY JUST THROUGH THESE NUMBERS. WE NEED A BIT MORE DATA AND A BIT MORE WORK ON YOUR END AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY, EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT BUT WE CAN TAKE AVERAGES AT THE END OF THE DAY AND KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH% THOSE. 
          >> COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. COMMISSIONER CONLEY. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          I CAN RECOLLECT -- WE ARE GROWING IN YOUR DEPARTMENTS GOING THE AREA YOU SERVICE GROWING AND YOU'VE ALL COME BACK TO ASK FOR OFFICERS BACK AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN PILLARS, ONE OF THEM IS CRIMINAL JUSTICE MODERNISATION THAT MY HOPE IS OUR INVESTMENT INTO THAT WOULD HELP SOME OF THE FRONT END STUFF LIKE BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL DEALING WITH THINGS WHEN THEY'RE ALREADY HAPPENING. 
          THE JP COURTS ARE FULL, EVICTION, JUVENILE, DEBT COLLECTION. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE POINT TO WHERE OKAY THEY'RE THERE IN THE SITUATION AND THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN. SO I FEEL LIKE THE COURT OR THE COUNTY IS DOING ITS VERY BEST TO TRY AND GET IN FRONT OF THESE THINGS SO HOPEFULLY THESE COURTS DON'T GET AS BUSY. 
          BUT AS YOU KNOW THIS YEAR IS REALLY TOUGH AND I KNOW SOME OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR A PENNY JUST TO TRY AND GET SOME OF THESE SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO KEEP SOCIAL SERVICES GOING, GIVE EMPLOYEES THE PAY THAT THEY SHOULD GET. 
          SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR INITIATIVES TO GROW THIS COUNTY. 
          ALL VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE 
          ADVOCATING. >> THANK YOU. 
          CONSTABLE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID I THINK WE JUST WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. 
          I KNOW YOU PRESENT EVERY YEAR, YOU DO A GREAT JOB LIKE PROVIDE US THE NUMBERS, BUT THE TIME THAT IT TAKES, IF WE CAN START PREPARING ALL OF THOSE STATISTICS LIKE GETTING THEM TO US SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT THOSE TRIGGER -- WHAT'S THE NUMBER PROCESS TAXABLE PROCESS THAT TRIGGERS AN ADDITIONAL DEPUTY? AND I THINK ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, I THINK IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A SMOOTHER PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY HERE SO I THINK WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT WE AS A COUNTY IN COURT DO A BETTER JOB IN GATHERING THAT INFORMATION AND REALLY DIALING DOWN TO THE NEEDS 
          OF OUR COUNTY. >> TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME I WANT TO ASK EVERYONE ELSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING US THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS CONSTABLE BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING US MATERIAL, ALSO HE DID IT, JUST SAYING CAN'T PROVIDE ONE FOR THE 
          [03:20:04]
COUNTY CLERKS SO THEY CAN HAVE THEIR BACKUP AS WELL THANK YOU CONSTABLE NEXT GOING TO HAVE JP FIVE HERE COMING UP JUDGE. 
          >> REAL QUICK I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT OF A GREEN BINDER ON THE FOLDER AND AFTER THAT GREEN DIVIDER FOR CONSTABLE ONE, WE HAVE DISPOSITIONS, THE EXPENDITURE DETAIL SHOULD FOLLOW FOR EACH ONE THAT IS PRESENTING AFTERWARDS. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, IS GOING TO GO FAST BECAUSE I SAID THIS TO YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY BUT I HEARD THE COMMISSIONER SMITH, SO I WANTED TO JUST GO QUICKLY OVER THIS AND DO A BIT OF READING THAT I HAVE HERE AND GO FROM THERE. BASICALLY YOU HAVE ALL SEEN THIS PRESENTATION, THIS IS WHAT WE DO ON THE -- THIS IS OUR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES HERE SO YOU CAN CLICK TO THE NEXT ONE HERE THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE COVER IN OUR COURT AND IF WE COVER IT, SO DO OUR JUSTICE CLERKS IN RECORD ADMINISTRATION. 
          >> SPEAKER-08: THOSE ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE HAVE AS A JP HERE MORE IMPORTANTLY THOSE LAWS APPLY TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, SO ACCURACY IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN THE JP IS ON THE CASE COURT ADMINISTRATORS DO THEIR JOB AND THEY DO IT EFFICIENTLY. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN SERVICE HOURS. 
          THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT RETURNED TO THE JP FIVE CASELOA AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY BROKEN DOWN IF YOU LOOK FROM 2022I STARTED IN OFFICE IN 2023 BUT YOU SEE THE TREMENDOUS JUMP FROM 2022 TO 2006 ... RIGHT NOW IT'S 5100 SO WE HAVE 3000 CASES WE IMPROVED ON. AND THOSE ARE NUMBERS YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD, YOU CAN KEEP CLICKING. 
          AS OF JULY, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 901 CASES, THIS IS THE REPORT FROM BOTTOMS FROM THE JP FIVE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. 
          YOU CAN KEEP GOING BECAUSE I WANT TO READ THIS, THEY HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION, ALL THE DATA THEY HAVE THAT KEEP CLICKING. 
          I'M GOING -- I. WANT TO LEAVE THAT THERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT BUT I WANT TO READ WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME. 
          THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AND ADVOCATE FOR PEACE EMPLOYEES AND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE EACH OF YOU DURING BUDGET SEASON. 
          EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS NEEDS, EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS PRIORITIES AND EVERY DOLLAR WE ASK YOU TO SPEND BELONGS TO THE TAXPAYERS OF HAYS COUNTY. I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY I'M A TAXPAYER TO. AFTER RECEIVING AND HEARING BACK FROM COMMISSIONER SMITH AND REVIEWING BUDGET DISCUSSION AND WENT BACK AND DID MY HOMEWORK. I LISTENED, REVIEWED NUMBERS, LOOK CLOSELY AT THE WORKLOAD AND ADDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO A POWERPOINT I PURPOSELY SUBMITTED. 
          AFTER THAT I CAME BACK TO ONE CLEAR CONCLUSION, THE GROWTH IS ALREADY HERE THE WORK THE JP FIVE OFFICE IS DOING THE NUMBERS ONLY TELL PART OF THE STORY. DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2026 JP FIVE RECEIVED 2500 NEW CASES INCLUDING 1612 CRIMINAL CASES, 931 CIVIL CASES AND PROCESSED MORE THAN 3500 ELECTRONIC FILINGS. THOSE NUMBERS ARE SIGNIFICANT BUT ALONE THOSE DON'T TELL THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE JUSTICE COURT. BEHIND EVERY CASE NUMBER IS A PERSON, MAYBE A LANDLORD TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE EVICTION PROCESS LIKE A TENANT WORKING WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER THE FAMILIES WILL LIVE, SOMEONE TRYING TO RESOLVE A DEBT OR SMALL CLAIM CASE WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY LIKE A DEFENDANT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. PARENTS WALKING THROUGH THOSE BECAUSE CHILD RECEIVES CITATIONS, THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN. THAT IS WHO WE SERVE AND THE FORWARD FACING PEOPLE SERVING THEM ARE THE COURT ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE CLERKS ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER JUSTICE CLERK FOR HAYS COUNTY AND SO OUR COURT ADMINISTRATORS. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE JUSTICE CLERKS BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR TITLE SIMPLY DOESN'T EQUATE AND DESCRIBE THE WORK WE DO. WE'RE LIKE NO OTHER JUSTICE CLERK. THEY DON'T JUST SIT BEHIND A DESK AND PROCESS PAPERWORK JUSTICE ARE AMONG THE MOST PUBLIC FACING OFFICE IN OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE CLERKS ARE OFTEN THE FIRST PERSON SOMEONE ENCOUNTERS WHEN 
          [03:25:01]
THEY NEED HELP NAVIGATING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          EVERY DAY THEY ASSIST PEOPLE DURING SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS OF THEIR LIVES, OUR COURT HANDLES CRIMINAL CIVIL CASES, EVICTIONS, DEBT CLAIMS, JURY TRIALS, MAGISTRATE, INCLUDES JUVENILE MATTERS AND COUNTLESS CUSTOMER SERVICE INTERACTIONS. THROUGHOUT THOSE CASES THEY ARE WORKING TO KEEP THE SYSTEM MOVING. 
          THEY PROCESS FILINGS AND PAYMENTS, ENTER AND MAINTAIN CASE INFORMATION, THEY COMMUNICATE WITH PARTIES PREPARING CASES FOR COURT, THEY ANSWER PHONES AND ASSIST PEOPLE AT THE COUNTER. THEY PROCESS E-FILING DEADLINES OPERATIONS AND MAKE SURE THE WORK CONTINUES EFFICIENTLY. 
          THESE ARE HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONALS MANAGING COMPLEX LEGAL PROCESS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING THE RIGHT PUBLIC SERVICE. IT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF THE JOB THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS VISIBLE ON A SPREADSHEET. 
          MANY OF THE PEOPLE COME INTO THE JUSTICE COURT DO NOT HAVE ATTORNEYS HERE THEY WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS CONFUSED, FRUSTRATED, SCARED OR SIMPLY UNSURE OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO NEXT YEAR OUR CLERKS MUST HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND PATIENTS TO EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE AND PROVIDE ACCURATE LEGAL INFORMATION WITHOUT CROSSING THE IMPORTANT LINE TO GIVE THEM LEGAL ADVICE. THAT TAKES TRAINING TAKES EXPERIENCE TAKES PATIENCE AND TAKES PEOPLE. 
          AS THE CASELOAD GROWS WITHOUT CORRESPONDING GROWTH IN STAFFING -- WITHOUT CORRESPONDING GROWTH AND STAFFING EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CARRY MORE AND MORE. AT SOME POINT SOMETHING GIVES RESIDENTS WAIT LONGER AND EMPLOYERS BECOME OVERWHELMED ARE THE RISK OF ERRORS INCREASED, NONE OF THOSE OUTCOMES ARE ACCEPTABLE TO ME AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL JUSTICE CLERKS. JUVENILE DIVERSION I'M GOING TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THAT JUVENILES ARE MY PASSION AND THIS PROGRAM IS AN INVESTMENT IN PREVENTION. MY SECOND REQUEST IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT INVOLVES SOME OF THE YOUNGEST PEOPLE WHO COME INTO OUR COURT CONTACT WITH OUR COURTS. 
          LAST YEAR ALONE, JUST SPEAKING ON JP FIVE FOR THESE NUMBERS, LAST YEAR ALONE 155 STUDENTS WERE REFERRED TO THE JUVENILE DIVERSION THROUGH JP FIVE OFFICE YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM DANIEL WHO IS A JUVENILE PERSON SENT 355 CASES THIS IS HOW I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND WHAT THEY REALLY REPRESENT THAT'S 155 YOUNG PEOPLE 155 FAMILIES AND THAT'S POTENTIALLY 155 OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF A YOUNG PERSON'S LIVES PARENT JUVENILE DIVERSION CAN'T BE SIMPLY BE ABOUT CHECK THE BOX GET COMPLETE PAPERWORK AND CLOSE A FILE. 
          IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT JUVENILE DIVERSION THEN WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK NECESSARY TO DIVERT THE YOUNG PERSON AWAY FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. THIS REQUIRES ONE ON ONE MENTORING, SCHOOL VISITS, PARENT FOLLOW UPS, REPORTS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, MEETINGS, COORDINATING WITH SCHOOLS COUNCILS AND OTHER AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS LIKE FESTA AND RESILIENT KIDS WHICH ALL GAVE CONFIRMATION AND THOSE ARE THE PROGRAMS WE WORK WITH EVERY DAY. MOST IMPORTANTLY REQUIRES TIME AND CONSISTENCY. SOMETIMES A YOUNG PERSON NEEDS AN ADULT AND TELL THEM I SEE YOU I EXPECT MORE FROM YOU AND I'M GOING TO GET YOU SOME TYPE OF HELP. 
          THAT'S NOT JUST A COURTROOM PROGRAM, THAT'S PREVENTION, THAT'S COMMUNITY AND INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF HAYS COUNTY. 
          IF WE WERE TO INTERVENE TODAY AND PREVENT YOUNG PERSON FROM RETURNING TO OUR COURT TOMORROW OR ENTERING DEEP INTO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM LATER, WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILY OF HAYS COUNTY. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR JUVENILE THE REVERSE POSITION AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS ASKING TO INVEST IN THE PEOPLE WE ALREADY HAVE ADVOCATES FOR EMPLOYERS SHOWING UP AND CARRYING THEIR WORKLOAD PARENT COULD TALK TO HR ABOUT RECRUITING GOOD EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO NEED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT KEEPING GOOD EMPLOYEES. 
          EXPERIENCE MATTERS IN OUR JUSTICE COURT SYSTEM, INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE LIKE ACCURACY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE GO HAND-IN-HAND. WHEN EMPLOYEES CAN EXPERIENCE LIKE I SAID GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTINUE TO SOBBING THROUGH INCREASED WORKLOADS CONVERSATION SHOULD REFLECT THE SAME VALUE THEY BRING TO THIS COUNTY PAY A COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION AND OPPORTUNITIES ADVANCEMENT IS CHEAPER THAN HIRING NEW EMPLOYEE. THERE ARE INVESTMENTS IN RETENTION CONTINUITY, EFFICIENCY AND BETTER SERVICE TO OUR TAXPAYERS. EARLIER ONE OF THE CLERKS SPOKE ON BEING BILINGUAL, I WANT TO OFFICE IN PARTICULAR WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAK SPANISH AND THAT IS SO CRUCIAL. 
          WE HAVE TWO IN OUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW,. 
          >> SPEAKER-05: OFFICE BUT ONE OF THEM ARE OUT SICK OR ON VACATION, THEN FOR LUNCH WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM CALL BACK. 
          [03:30:01]
WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE CALL BACK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL BILINGUAL PERSON IN OUR OFFICE. THAT IS CRUCIAL, IT'S TIME SPENT THE PARENTS GET TAKEN OFF FOR, LOSING MONEY LIKE HAVING TO COME IN EARLY, TRYING TO WORK AROUND OUR SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A BILINGUAL PERSON TO TAKE PART IN PIXEL WANT TO PUSH THAT A LOT FOR CLERKS. IT'S A SKILL THAT IS NECESSARY FOR HAYS COUNTY. SO THANK YOU. 
          [INDISTINCT] LAST THING, LAST YEAR YOU ASK US TO WHISPER BUDGET SEASON I LISTEN TO YOUR FEEDBACK I GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK AND NOW I'M DOING WHAT I BELIEVE I WAS ELECTED TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WE SERVE AND FOR EMPLOYEES AND TRUST THEM AND SERVING THEM. 
          I'M ASKING THIS BECAUSE WORK IS ALREADY HERE, THE CASE ALREADY BEEN FILED, THE PHONES ARE RINGING AND RESIDENTS ARE WALKING THROUGH OUR DOORS AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BEING REFERRED TO AS. I RECEIVED MY FIRST COURT CASE THIS WEEK AND HAD THREE DAYS OF SCHOOL SO I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY JUVENILE DIVERSION. IN CLOSING I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR THE COURT TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL JUSTICE CLERKS, SUPPORT THE JUVENILE POSITION AND INVEST IN COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION AND ADVANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JUSTICE COURT CLERKS. THANK YOU. 
          >> JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN CONCISE FRIENDLY AND I REALLY APPRECIATED. 
          AND THE JUVENILE DIVERSION POSITION, THERE'S A HALF PART TIME POSITION IN THERE, SO YOU'RE REITERATING YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT TO BE A FULL TIME. 
          >> EVENTUALLY WE WOULD LIKE FULL TIME BUT IF WE HAVE -- WE WILL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET, IF WE GO TEMPORARY OR PART TIME THEN I AM FINE WITH THAT. I WOULD LIKE FULL TIME BUT THE AND JP5 OFFICE SO THAT'S WHY I HAD INITIALLY ASKED FOR A PART-TIME BUT I WILL TAKE A TEMPORARY FOR A FULL-TIME POSITION FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. 
          >> CONSTABLE, LAST BUDGET SEASON, I KNOW THAT WE ALL REPRESENT EVERYONE RIGHT NOW BUT I REALLY PUSH TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE SHERIFF, HE'S SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW. I TRY AND SUPPORT EVERY DEPARTMENT PERSONALLY IN EVERY WAY THAT I CAN BECAUSE I BELIEVE MOST SINCERELY, YOU'RE ELECTED, IT'S YOUR DEPARTMENT, IT'S YOUR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT AND IT'S FOR YOU TO MANAGE IT. 
          SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE REQUEST AND I APPRECIATE YOU REITERATING THE BILINGUAL SKILL PAY BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS MANY TIMES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHILE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WAG GOING ON-- WAS GOING ON I PROMOTED IT TO THEM TO HAVE. IF THIS IS A NEED AND YOU SHOW THE CLEAR NEED AGAIN YOU LITERALLY GET PARALYZED IF SOMEONE IS NOT THERE AND WE'RE 40% SPANISH SPEAKING, HOWEVER THEY FRAMED IT IN THE COUNTY, THEN THESE ARE POLITICAL THINGS WE MUST SUPPORT CLEAR ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          JUSTICE CLERKS, I LOVE THE ARTICULATION AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT WITH ERIC LATER ABOUT THE ARTICULATION GRADINGS, 
          ET CETERA. >> I WANT TO ENSURE BECAUSE THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN WE DO HAVE THE JUSTICE CLERK IN THERE FOR THREE DIFFERENT JPS AND THEN THE PART-TIME JUVENILE DIVERSION COORDINATOR, I THINK WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THAT AND, CANDACE, EVEN IF WE USE THE TEMPORARY FUND FOR THAT, IS THAT-- CAN THAT BE A YEARLONG FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT 
          POSITION? >> YES, MA'AM. 
          IT WILL BE EVALUATED ANNUALLY AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. 
          AND THAT OPTION IS AVAILABLE NOW. 
          >> FULL-TIME THOUGH, RIGHT? >> NO, FOR TEMP OPTION. 
          SO IF THEY NEED THAT ADDITIONAL PART-TIME ASSISTANCE THEY HAVE THAT AVENUE NOW. THE COURT APPROVED A POLICY CHANGE TO ATTEMPT PROGRAM AND THEY DO NOT WHY V TO WAIT UNTIL 
          FY 27 TO BEGIN THE PROCESS. >> I WILL TAKE THE TEMP, ANY 
          HELP. >> I HEAR THE SENSE OF URGENCY SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, INGALSBE FOR ASKING. 
          COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> THANK YOU FOR THE DATA. 
          YOU ALWAYS COME PREPARED WITH ALL THE FACTS AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT IN THIS BUDGET THIS YEAR WE HEAR YOU, WE HAVE HEARD YOU ALL YEAR. 
          NOT JUST THE YOU BUT OTHERS AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE ALL ON THE FRONTLINES OF EVERYTHING GOING 
          [03:35:01]
ON IN THE COMMUNITY. I FORGET WHO SAID IT BUT YOU'RE THERE WHEN SOME OF THE WORST TIMES FOR A FAMILY SITUATION. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S DEFINITELY A SPECIAL SKILL SET THAT JPS DO AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WE DO WANT TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN THIS YEAR. 
          >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER? 
          >> JUST HEADING THINGS... I THINK THAT YOUR OFFICE DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING THE BILINGUAL SKILL SET AND HAVING ADDITIONAL SKILL SETS OUTSIDE OF THE REALM FROM WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR SHOULD BE COMPENSATED. FOR JOHNSON COUNTY, FI-26, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO ENCOURAGE THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE OTHER POSITIONS, I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO JUSTIFICATION AND THE NUMBERS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          IVE-- I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I THINK DANIEL CAN ANSWER THESE BECAUSE HE'S ORGANIZED IN EVERYTHING BUT DO YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH THESE JUVENILE CASES TAKE ON AVERAGE? 365. WE HAVE 280 IN TERMS OF OUR HOURS FOR A YEAR. TRYING TO DO THE MATH. 
          DO YOU KNOW? >> ON THE JUVENILE CONVERSION THERE'S A PROCESS. THIS CAME FROM HOSPITAL 3186. 
          FROM START TO FINISH DANIEL OR^-- DANIEL PROCESSING THE FILES HE'S GOT 10 TO 12 TIMES HANDLING THE FILE, THAT'S FROM START TO FINISH, THAT'S CONTACTING THE PARENTS AND SOMETIMES HE DOESN'T GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND IT TAKES THREE TO FIVE TIMES TO GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM AND THEN THEY SET UP AN APPOINTMENT, SOMETIMES THEY MAKE, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, THEY HAVE TO WORK AND AFTER THE STAND-UP APPOINTMENT GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. WHAT DO YOU SAY, DANIEL? 
          >> ABOUT 244 MINUTES PER CASE TIME. 
          >> 244 TIMES. >> I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO HAVE 
          THE EXACT. >> I LOVE IT. 
          >> AS I SAID WE-- THAT POSITION SERVES 24 SCHOOLS I BELIEVE. 
          HAYS COUNTY, 24 SCHOOLS, GIVE OR TAKE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          WE HAVE 15, MAYBE 16. THAT'S HOW MANY SCHOOLS WE'RE 
          SERVING IN HAYS CIC ONLY. >> THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE 
          FULL-TIME. >> WITH HIS KIDS. 
          >> ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER? >> AND THEN-- NO, I DO BELIEVE AND I KNOW THAT DANIEL MADE COMMENT DURING PUBLIC LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT I THOUGHT WAS BENEFICIAL TO HEAR, STATUTORILY WHAT DO WE DO. FROM A COINCIDENTY PERSPECTIVE WHAT WE'RE STATTORILY REQUIRED TO DO AND DOING THOSE THINGS WITH THE UTMOST EFFICIENCY AND DELIVERING THOSE GREAT QUALITY PRODUCTS TO CLIENTS-- CONSTITUENTS. 
          >> WELL SAID. COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, A COUPLE OF POINTS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THE EMPLOYEES FROM 21 AND 22 HERE THIS MORNING, WE'VE DISCUSSED BILINGUAL PAY IN THE PAST. 
          AND THE QUESTION THAT IS WE ALWAYS HAD ARE JUSTICE CLERKS ARE NOT UNIQUE TO THE JP'S OFFICE, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT JUSTICE CLERKS IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE -- 
          >> THEY'RE DIFFERENT. >> I'M NOT DISAGREEING ABOUT THAT BUT IN OURS WE HAVE FORWARD FACING IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, IN THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE AND IN EACH ONE OF THOSE WE MADE A DECISION TO REVIEW IT WE REVIEW FOR ALL FORWARD-FACING OFFICES BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE BILINGUAL IN THE TAX OFFICE FOR THE JP'S OFFICE, THEY'RE A FUNCTION OF THE COUNTY AND WE NEAT TO INCENTIVIZE AND EQUALIZED ACROSS THE COUNTY. IT'S ONE OF THE HARD HE DID ONES TO LOOK THE AT AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN BECAUSE THE JUSTICE CLERKS ON ALL LEVELS BOTH IN THE DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AS WELL AS EVERY JP'S OFFICE AND THEY ALL DO A DIFFERENT JOB. FUND THE SALARY VIRE BACK IN 2022 WE ASKED FOR DEFINITIVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE JPS, FOR THE DISTRICT COLLECTORS COUNTY CLERK AND IN THE JP OFFICE THE IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GET TO BECAUSE ONE JP CLERK MAY DO ALL OF THOSE FUNCTION THAT IS YOU PUT UP ON THE SCREEN. 
          IN ONE OFFICE AND ANOTHER OFFICE THEY ONLY DO CIVIL OR HAVE THEM 
          [03:40:02]
SPLIT DIFFERENTLY. SO GETTING TO THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS MADE IT REALLY HARD. 
          WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE PAST. 
          I WILL SAY ON THE DIVERSION SIDE MOST OF THOSE ARE RUNNING THROUGH 22 RIGHT NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> THE WAY WE HAVE IT, WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR DANIEL SEARCHED ALL THE JPS. 
          WE HAVE ONE POSITION BUT SINCE THEN HIS WORKLOAD FOR JP22, THEY HAD A DUMP FROM THE SCHOOL STRICT THAN WHAT MEANS IS THE SCHOOL WAS HOLDING THE FILES BEFORE THEY TURNED THEM OVER TO OUR JUVENILE DIVERSION AND SO HE HAD A DUMP IN 22. 
          THAT MEANS THAT THEY-- ALL THE FILES THAT THEY HAD THEY SENT THEM TO HIM AND THAT WAS 21 AS WELL. 
          AND WHEN THEY DUMPED THEM INTO HIM THE 22 BECAME OVERBURDEN. 
          I STARTED DOING SEVERAL DID DIVERSION BECAUSE WE HAD CASE CITY. CASES SITTING. 
          THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT THE STUDENT AND SO -- AND PLUS WE HAVE A ROBUST PROGRAM AND WE HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ADDRESS ALL THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE. 
          THE HIGHEST THING WE HAVE NOW JUST TO CLARIFY WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS DOING THC AND VAPING, 90% OF MY CASES ARE THOSE. 
          SO WE CREATED PROGRAMS AND PARTNERED WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY AND COLLECTIVELY HOST CLASSES, FOR JP5 WE'RE HOSTING EVENING CLASSES FOR THOSE IN NEED. 
          ALL OF THAT TO SAY I HAD 155. 200, OR 250 AND THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN ACCORDING TO EACH JP. DRIP WAS LIKE 25 AND WEMBLEY WAS 18. THEN JUDGE SMITH WAS ABOUT 45. 
          >> OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION AS FAR AS THE BREAKDOWN AS WELL. ONE FINAL QUESTION AND AGAIN I'M RECOMMENDING, I WANT TO SEE THESE NUMBERS THAT CAN BENEFIT YOU 'CAUSE-- AND I'VE SPOKEN TO LIKE AS I SAID A MAJORITY OF THE J PS NOW, EVERYBODY MAKES THEIR SAUSAGE DIFFERENT. 
          I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO HOW YOUR OFFICE RUNS VERSUS ANOTHER OFFICE BUT ABILITY TO RUN YOUR OFFICE THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO IT BUT IN DOING SO WE MUST HAVE CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE OFFICES AMONGST THE THINGS THAT ARE PREVALENT IN EACH ONE. 
          NO ONE IS GOING TO HAVE AS MANY CALL-OUTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FOR A DECEASE BODY LIKE BETH SMITH. 
          SHE'S GOING TO HAVE MORE. NOBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE BAILIFFS FOR THEIR COURT THAN JP12 RIGHT NOW. 
          THOSE ARE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WE DON'T DO A GOOD JOB OF QUANTIFYING I DON'T THINK. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, THE EMPLOYEES FOR J1 AND J22 ARE YOU ALL ON THE CLOCK TODAY? OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT 
          I HAVE. >> JUST TO CONCLUDE, JUDGE SMITH IS GOING TO HAVE MORE DEATHS THAN EVERYBODY ELSE AND THAT'S ACCURATELY BASED ON THE FACT THAT SHE HAS A TRAUMA HOSPITAL BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS, YOU ALL AWARDED HER AN ADDITIONAL JUDGE SO THAT COULD BALANCE THAT OUT. 
          JP 12 OR 1ST HAVE MORE CIVIL BEING SERVED BUT THEY HAVE TWO JUDGES. FOR MYSELF WELL BETTERLEY AND DRIP, IT'S ME. I'M ON CALL 24/7 AS WE ALL ARE ON CALL 24/7 THAT MEANS MY CLERKS ARE ALL WORKING AND DOING THE EXTRA WORK THAT WE ACCUMULATE DURING THE TIME THAT WE'RE ON CALL. YES, I'M ON CALL NOW AS I'M SPEAKING WITH YOU ALL BUT THAT'S THE JOB I SIGNED UP FOR AND I'M HAPPY TO DO IT. I LOVE WHAT I DO AND IT'S VERY FULFILLING AND REWARDING FOR ME. NOW IT'S JUST ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND SEEING THE VALUE OF THEM OF WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OR INVITE YOU ALL OUT TO MY OFFICE ON A DAY WHERE WE'RE WORKING, I'M GOING TO SEND YOU ALL AN INVITATION AND I WOULD LOVE FOR ONE OF YOU TO ALL COME OUT TO SEE THE WORK THAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY ARE EXTREMELY BUSY AND WORK HARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          >> ACTUALLY, YOU MENTIONED THE RECAP PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS BUT 
          [03:45:03]
I WAS IS SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE FIVE JPS BECAUSE IT'S ONE 
          OF THOSE THINGS -- >> SEVEN. 
          >> THE PRECINCTS. YES. 
          RIGHT. RIGHT. 
          I'M THINKING IN THE PRECINCT MIND. 
          PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THERE'S FIVE JP PRECINCTS AND FOUR COMMISSIONER PRECINCTS. IT'S CONFUSING BUT NO ONE KNOWS THIS AND IT MADE ME NERVOUS WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED BECAUSE IF THE JPS CAN'T ANSWER A CALL, THE COUNTY JUDGE HAS TO GO SO I'M SO GRATEFUL IN SUMMARY THAT I NEVER HAD TO GO. 
          YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT I NEVER HAD TO DO IT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE FILES AND WHAT THEY'RE HOLDING AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU? 
          >> LAST YEAR, I CAN NOT SPEAK FOR HAYS DIC IN PARTICULAR BUT LAST YEAR WE FOUND THAT THEY WERE REORGANIZING SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT AND SO WHEN DANIEL CAME TO US AND SAID, WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE FILES IN HAYS THAT'S WHAT THE DUMP WAS. 
          DANNY, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY FILES? 
          >> 117. >> AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CORNER YOU BUT I WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. 
          DANNY, DO YOU MIND APPROACHING THE PEEDIUM. 
          I WANT HIS-- PODIUM. I WANT HIS COMMENTS RECORDED. 
          >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR HANGING THERE. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. 
          WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. DANIEL, MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE FOCUSSED ON YOU TO RECORD THE CONVERSATION JUST SO THAT NO ONE LOSES SIGHT OF IT THAT FOLLOWS. THOSE 100 PLUS FILES THAT WERE HELD BY BLANK ISD, I'M NOT TARGETING ANYONE, I JUST WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INFORMATION, WHAT WERE THESE FILES? I WANT YOU TO ARTICULATE WHAT I BELIEVE AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. 
          >> ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES AND SOME OF THE SCHOOLS DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE NOTION OF REFERRING CASES TO THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT AND THEY HELD ON TO THOSE REFERRALS TO FILL THEM IN TO DEAL WITH THE MATTERS INTERNALLY AS MOST OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          THE DISTRICTS THAT WE AREN'T RECEIVING REFERRALS FROM ARE DOING THE SAME THING AND HANDLING IT INTERNALLY, THEIR POLICY. I SPOKE TO THE SAFETY COORDINATOR FOR THE DISTRICT THEN SPOKE TO US AND SAY HAVE YOU BEEN RECEIVING FROM SO AND SO AND SO AND SO, THEY HAD NOT AT THE TIME. SHE GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF IT AND FIGURED OUT THAT THEY WERE HELD AND THEY NEED TO BE RELEASED BECAUSE THIS IS THE POLICY AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS 
          DONE. >> IN THE MEANTIME, THEY WERE 
          GETTING ADDRESSED INTERNALLY. >> SO ALL CASES HAVE TWO PORTIONS WHENEVER A CHILD OFFENDS. 
          THERE IS A DISTRICT POLICY OF HOW THEY HANDLE THE DISCIPLINE AND THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. THEY WERE DOING THE DISTRICT IMPACT, THINGS LIKE BUT THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PART WAS 
          NOT HANDLED. >> YOU HAVE MEETINGS BUT COUNTYWIDE NO ONE IS DOING THAT ANYMORE, ARE THEY? 
          >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT ISDS, INTERNALLY, THERE'S NO REFERRALS OUT OF THE CITY OF ST. MARKUS AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE JUVENILE DISTRICT COORDINATOR FOR THE STEEN THE MUNICIPALITY THEY DEAL MOSTLY IN TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. 
          >> I APPRECIATE IT. >> FOR CLARIFICATION, EACH ONE OF THE ISDS, EVERY ONE AT THIS POINT HAVE ADOPTED A POLICY RELATED TO THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES, VAPING, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. UP UNTIL THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM AND THEY WERE NOT-- THEY WERE NOT REFERRING ANY OF THOSE CASES TO THE JP'S OFFICES AND NOW THERE IS A POLICY IN PLACE, A DISTRICTWIDE POLICY IN EACH ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS AS TO HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE BECAUSE TO HIS POINT YOU MIGHT HAVE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS AND TWO PRINCIPLES HAD A DIFFERENT VIEW OF HUGH TO DO IT THAN-- HOW TO   TO DO IT THAN AD PRINCIPLE AND IT WASN'T EQUALLY ADMINISTERED AND NOW EACH ONE OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE AN EQUAL ADMINISTRATION POLICY. 
          >> IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, THERE IS A DISCREPANCY WITHIN DISTRICTS. SOME DISTRICTS WON'T AND NOW THERE IS A LARGE INFLECTION AND WE DID TOO GOOD OF A JOB OF PITCHING DIVERSION AND NOW THERE'S MORE THAN WILLING TO. 
          AND THE DETERMINING FACTOR AS TO HOW MANY CASES WE'RE GETTING BECAUSE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE NOT REFERRING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANSRO, ONES THOSE SROS COME IN, THEY'LL HAVE THAT. 
          [03:50:01]
          >> AND IT'S UNIQUE, NOT THROUGH YOUR LENS AND NOT WHOLLY 360 BUT THROUGH YOUR LENS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING DOES THE SRO HELP THE PROCESS OR HOLDING BACK THE RELEASE? 
          >> THE SROS ARE AMAZING AND THEY'RE ADDRESSING MATTERS AT THE SCHOOL. IT'S ONE OF THOSE SIDE EFFECTS OF WHEN YOU CATCH SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. HOWEVER MORE SR OS I CAN HAVE BECAUSE NO SCHOOL CAN TELL ME NO KIDS ARE BREAK THE LAW. 
          IT WILL INCREASE THE WORKLOAD BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF A 
          WRONGDOING, IT'S JUST THE JOB. >> I DIDN'T KNOW AND WANTED TO HEAR FOR CLARITY IF THE SRO IS DEALING WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS MINOR AND TINY AND NOT SLAPPING ANYBODY IN THE HEAD BUT MOVE ON, KEEP MOVING, I DEALT WITH IT AND THEN GO TO SEE THANK YOU. 
          SO GOOD, GOOD. AS WE CONTINUE TO POPULATE THE SROS WE DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE OF THE DIRECT CORRELATION. GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. >> ONE LAST THING, I'M STANDINGS HERE AND DOSSA HAD TO LEAVE BUT HE LEFT HIS CLERK TO CONTINUE 
          THE CONVERSATION FOR THE JPS. >> OKAY. 
          WHO IS GOING TO CONTINUE. >> JUDGE, HE WILL BE CALLING AND IN I'LL HOLD IT TO THE PODIUM AND THE FOLKS THAT BROUGHT IN A PRESENTATION, I HAVE A PRESENTATION ON JUVENILE DIVERSION WITH NUMBERS FULL EVERYTHING AND SO DO THEY. 
          >> PERFECT. WHENEVER THAT WINDOW COMES BACK, 
          HE'S BACK OR THE PHONE METHOD. >> THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIMELINESS AND COMPLETENESS. TO THE EFFECT     TAX OFFICE. 
          I KNOW THE SS PROVIDER IS DEALING WITH A MEDICAL SITUATON AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          IS THERE ONE THERE FOR THE CLERKS? 
          OKAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU ETCH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR FOR HAYS COUNTY. 
          I JUST WANTED IT NOTED THAT I TOOK A PAGE OUT OF THE SCOTT NOTEBOOK AND THE PRINT IS VERY SMALL. 
          BUT THAT'S JUST HOW WE ROLL. WE KIND OF WENT OVER THIS LAST WEEK AND DECIDED IN ADDITION TO ASKING FOR THE-- FOR THE NEW EMPLOYEE THAT MAYBE WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION TO YOU GUYS. BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THE TAX OFFICE DOES THIS BUT REALLY, REALLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO EVERY DAY. WE ARE REQUESTING ONE NEW EMPLOYEE TO ASSIST WITH THE SUPPLEMENTS WHICH COME MONTHLY WITH THE TNT CALCULATIONS AND THOSE ARE THE TRUTH AND TAXATION OR THE ACTUAL TAX RATE CALCULATIONS FOR 19 OUT OF OUR 58 ENTITIES AND THE COUNTY. AND PUT OUT THE BILLS. 
          OF COURSE AFTER ALL OF THAT HAPPENS WE HAVE TO COLLECT THE MONEY AND PAY IT OUT. ONE THING THAT I WOULD HIKE TO NOTE IS THAT WE ONLY HAVE ROOM FOR ONE MORE EMPLOYEE, SPACE-WISE. AFTER THAT WE'RE DONE. 
          WE HAVE NO MORE SPACE SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS LAST EMPLOYEE TO FINISH OUT THAT WE HAVE UNTIL WE GET NEW SPACE SOMEWHERE. 
          ANOTHER BUILDING OR HOWEVER THAT HAPPENS. 
          THAT'S TRUE FOR ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS, NOT JUST ONE. 
          THIS WILL TAP OUT SOON, MARCUS AND DRIPPING SPRINGS HAS TAPPED OUT AND THERE'S ONE MORE SPACE FOR WELL BETTERLEY BUT WE DON'T KNOW ONE AT THIS TIME. JENNIFER AND MANAGEMENT WE EVALUATED ALL THE NEEDS AND THIS POSITION IS THE MOST CRITICAL. 
          WE HAVE DECIDED IS THE MOST CRITICAL. 
          ULTIMATELY WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD FOUR TO FIVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT POSITIONS THAT'S LONG-TERM AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE SPACE AND THAT'S WHEN THE BUDGET ALLOWS FOR IT AND ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE ADDITIONAL CLERKS IN KYLE BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THAT NEW BUILDING IT'S NOT GOING TO DO US ANY GOOD TO HAVE MORE SPACE WITH NO CLERKS. SO WE DO WANT THAT. 
          ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE IS THAT TEXT DMV, THE STATE LEVEL, HAS INCREASED THE ACTIVITY AND APPROVED US FOR THREE NEW WORKSTATIONS AT NO COST EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO USE THOSE. SO WE'RE TAKING THEM WHETHER WE 
          [03:55:05]
HAVE THE STAFF OR NOT AND WE'LL PLACE THEM AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. JENNIFER HAS ONE IN HER OFFICE, AN ADDITIONAL ONE IN WEMBERLY. THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE CLERKS DO. 
          AS I NOTED LAST TIME WE HAD 96800 VISITS IN MARCUS AND THOSE NUMBERS BREAK DOWN TO HOW MANY VEHICLES AND PROPERTY TAX. 
          PROPERTY TAX GETS ALL THE TALK, MOTOR VEHICLE ALL THE ACTION. 
          IT'S WITH A NEVER-ENDING-- IT'S A NEVER-ENDING THING. 
          IF YOU HAVE A HOME OR A VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE COUNTY YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH OUR OFFICE AND THAT DOES NOT EXCLUDE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY. SO WE GET ALL OF THAT DONE WITH OUR STAFF WHICH INCLUDES 22 COUNTER STAFF. 
          IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE WALK-INS. 
          WE HAVE ONLINE PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS. 
          SO THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE DONE THAT MYSELF. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HELPFUL THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE, YOU CAN JUST CONCENTRATE ON DOING THAT. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DO FOR ANOTHER COUNTY SO I WAS FAMILIAR WITH IT. I PROCESSED 29,659 ONLINE 
          PAYMENTS THIS PAST YEAR. >> WOW. 
          >> THAT'S JUST ONE. THEN I ALSO PROCESSED ALL OF OUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT DOWNLOADS AND ACCOUNT PROCESSING. 
          SO THAT INCLUDED 51,282 ACCOUNTS. 
          WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THIS. IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. 
          WE HAVE TO DOWNLOAD FILES, PROCESS THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GETS PROCESSED CORRECTLY SO THAT THE PAYMENTS CAN GO OUT TO THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE CITIES AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO NEEDS TO BE PAID. 
          SO THE TOTAL IN-PERSON MAIL-IN, IMPORTED PROPERTY TAX TRANSACTIONS WERE 100,67 THE. IN PERSON, MAIL-IN AND ONLINE MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSACTIONS, 179,237. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE MAIL-IN CHECKS. 
          PROPERTY TAX IS WHEN IT REALLY GETS BUSY AND IF SOMEONE SENDS IN A PAYMENT, A COUPON, WE MATCH THEM UP, WE CAN BATCH THEM, PROCESS THEM AND IT TAKES TIME, IT'S A SEAMLESS PROCESS. 
          IF THEY JUST SEND IN A CHEQUE OR DON'T INCLUDE -- IT'S NOT IN THE CORRECT NAME OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WE HAVE TO MANUALLY PROCESS THAT. WE GET DEVELOPERS THAT SENT SEND IN ONE CHECK FOR 756 PROPERTIES. WE HAVE TO DO THAT MANUALLY. 
          THAT TOOK ONE OF OUR STAFF EIGHT HOURS DURING DECEMBER AND JANUARY TO PROCESS THAT. SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHECKS THAT I HAVE ON THE SCHEDULE IS A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PROCESSING CHECKS ALL DAY LONG. 
          THESE ARE CHECKS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO JUST PULL OUT AND SAY, WELL, I PROCESS CHECKS AND I DON'T WORK THE COUNTER SO ALL OF THAT WAS JUST PROCESSING FOR PROPERTY TAX. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE OUT OF THE MANUAL POSTING CHECKS OF 4294, JENNIFER AND I ALONE POSTED 3,000 OF THOSE. 
          SO WE ARE VERY HANDS-ON. WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING IN OUR 
          OFFICES -- >> EATING BONBONS. 
          >> WE'RE NOT PUPPET MASTERS, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK. 
          >> GOOD JOB. >> JENNIFER SHE WANTS TO LEARN AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND SHE'S IN THERE AS WELL. 
          I PROCESS MOTOR VEHICLE ONLINE-- NOT ONLINE BUT MAIL-IN REGISTRATIONS. WE ARE A WORKING OFFICE. 
          SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS ONE NEW EMPLOYEE THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROPERTY TAX SPECIALIST BUT BASICALLY THAT WHAT PERSON DOES IS RELIEVE SOME OF THE BURDEN FROM THE CLERKS BECAUSE WE'RE SPREADING OUT ALL OF THIS WORK OVER THE CLERKS. 
          WE ARE GOING TO GO IN. IF WE DON'T GET THE EMPLOYEE WE ARE GOING TO MANAGE. WE'VE BEEN DOING BERT LAST FEW YEARS TO TRY AND-- WE'VE BEEN DOING BETTER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESSES-- WE HAVE NO TOLERANCE OR PATIENCE ANYMORE FOR VENDORS WHO ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE SEAMLESS PROCESS SO WE'RE CHANGING A COUPLE OF OUR VENDORS. 
          WE'VE HAD ENOUGH AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE. 
          >> GOOD. >> THE VENDORS ARE LEARNING THAT WE'RE NOT MESSING AROUND ANYMORE. 
          IF THEY'RE NOT GIVING US A PRODUCT THAT WE CAN USE WE'RE MOVING ON AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ACT THIS YEAR WHICH WE HAVE NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED. 
          >> TO REITERATE -- >> ILLUSTRATE OF A DATA. 
          [04:00:02]
          >> -- A LOT OF DATA. >> A LOT OF DATA GENERALLY SPEAKING BUT THE KEY IN WHAT I'M HEARING THE TRUTH AND TAXATION POSITION AND THE PROPERTY TAX SPECIALIST TO FILL THAT EMPTY SPOT THAT YOU HAVE LEFT TO KEEP UP AND STOP SPLINTERING THAT 
          WORK. >> YES. 
          I FULLY SUPPORT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION. 
          IT'S HELPFUL MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. 
          >> YOU BEING HERE, DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT IT BEING IN THE BUDGET BUT THAT HELPS SO IT'S NOT TAKEN OUT. 
          THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COHEN. 
          >> I FULLY SUPPORT THE REQUEST. LIKE AS I SAID, I SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME INTO THE OFFICE. 
          I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER. >> THANK 
          >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE NUMBERS. 
          THIS IS A GREAT BREAKDOWN. DO YOU HAVE ABOUT HOW LONG EACH 
          OF THESE TAKES. >> WE DO, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. 
          >> I WOULD LOVE THAT. >> SOME ARE VERY BRIEF. 
          ONE THING IS WE HAVE OUR CALL CENTER AND TWO STAFF AND IN 2025 
          WE FIELDED 4000 CALLS. >> IT'S A LOT. 
          >> IT'S A LOT. >> I WANTED TO KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW EVERY DEPARTMENT IS DIFFERENT WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES, SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          DOES IT LOG HOW LONG EACH CALL TAKES? 
          DOES IT GIVE YOU THAT DATA? >> IN OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR, YOU GUYS APPROVED US FOR AN UPGRADE AND SO NOW THERE IS A LOT MORE DATA THAT WE CAN PULL. I HAVE TO GO BACK TO IT TO GET THIS BECAUSE THIS IS PRIOR TO WHEN WE GOT THE UPGRADE AND WHEN IT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY. 
          BUT WE CAN LOOK AND SEE HOW MANY CALLS AND I ACTUALLY KEEP IT UP ON ONE OF MY COMPUTER MONITORS EVERY DAY SO I CAN TRACK HOW MANY CALLS ARE ON HOLD, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN ON HOLD AND WHO'S BEEN ON THE PHONE AND HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN ON THE PHONE. 
          THAT KIND OF THING SO WE CAN MANAGE. 
          >> DID IT HAVE A CRM BUILT INTO IT? A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT? GOOD IDEAS LIKE THIS PERSON CALLED THE. 
          >> YES. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECORD PHONE CALLS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THE HE SAID, SHE SAID WITH TAXPAYERS SO WE ARE USING 
          THAT AS WELL. >> THAT'S GOOD. 
          IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT DATA, I WOULD LOVE THAT. 
          >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> THANK YOU TO YOUR EMPLOYEES FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GET THAT A LOT FROM US. IT'S THE SILENT ARMY OF FOLKS WE HAVE FACING PEOPLE EVERY DAY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, NOBODY IS HAPPY WHEN THEY WALK INTO THE TAX OFFICE. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS THAT WE HAVE AS SOMEONE WHO STOLE ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES, AS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. 
          CONSTITUENTS WERE NOTHING COMPARED SO I WILL SAY THIS, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU PRESENTED ARE GREAT. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN SIMILAR TO WHAT COMMISSIONER HAMMER ASKED FOR BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE -- IT'S VERY HARD TO INCENTIVIZE EMPLOYEES WHEN THOSE FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES, WHEN THEY ARE DOING THE SAME JOB FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. 
          I WANT TO BETTER LOOK AT AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST. HOW CAN WE DO SOME TYPE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR JOB AND ENJOYING THEIR JOB OTHER THAN WHENEVER WE LOOK AT SALARY BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEARS THAT I HAVE THE CURRENT STEP SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY IS THAT YOU HAVE AN 18 YEAR EMPLOYEE SITTING NEXT TO ONE WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR SIX MONTHS AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VOLUME OF CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE, THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT THEY'VE HELPED ON A DAILY BASIS, THAT ONE HAS BEEN EIGHT MONTHS MAY BE SERVICING 80 PEOPLE PER DAY, THE OTHER ONE MAY BE WAITING TWO YEARS FOR RETIREMENT AND WE NEED SOMETHING TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO HELP THEM 
          DEVELOP. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT WIMBERLEY DOES NOT HAVE THE TRAFFIC THAT ANY OTHER DOES BUT DURING TAX SEASON, THEY ARE OUR POSTING WARRIORS. 
          WE SEND BUNDLES OF MAIL TO THEM AND IN A DAY THEY ARE LIKE CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE. EVERYONE DOES PULL THEIR WEIGHT. 
          JENNIFER IS A VERY STRONG ADVOCATE FOR TRAINING SO WE STARTED CLOSING THE TAX OFFICE ONCE PER MONTH TO GET EVERYBODY 
          [04:05:02]
IN THE SAME ROOM AND GIVE EVERYBODY TRAINING. 
          SHE ALSO NOT JUST FOR STAFF, THIS YEAR WE HAD TRAINING SPECIFIC FOR SCOTT WHERE WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE GO LINE BY LINE OVER LAST YEAR'S TAX CALCULATION FOR THE COUNTY AND GO OVER IT AND SAY THIS GAVE SOME POINTERS ON HOW WE CAN CHANGE THINGS OR NOT AND MAKE THEM FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AND WE WERE ALL IN THERE LEARNING AS WELL BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS NEW. 
          JENNIFER ALSO HAD TRAINING FOR OUR ENTITIES WHO WANTED TO LEARN BECAUSE WE ARE CALCULATING TAX RATES BUT THEY ARE CALCULATING TAX RATES TOO AND NEXT YEAR SHE WANTS YOU GUYS TO COME, OPEN IT UP TO YOU ALL SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT IS THAT 
          HAPPENS. >> TWO TO THREE OF US WON'T BE 
          HERE SO -- >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFICIENCY AND WE WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. WELL DONE. 
          TREASURY OFFICE. YOU GET 30S. 
          [INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          I'M YOUR HAYS COUNTY TREASURER AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SEVERAL BUDGETARY ITEMS THAT REQUIRE YOUR ATTENTION AS WE PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. FIRST, EMPLOYEE PAY CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF AN OVERALL BUDGET. 
          AS WE REVIEW CURRENT COMPENSATION LEVEL, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER BOTH THE INTERNAL EQUITY. 
          I'M IN FULL SUPPORT THE HR COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE OPTION. THIS PLAN WOULD ALLOW LESS IMPACT ON THE TIGHT BUDGET BUT WOULD GIVE OUR EMPLOYEES PAID UNDER MARKET PAID POSITIONS UP TO THE MARKET PAY IN TWO STEPS. 
          HALF OF IT IN OCTOBER HALF IN APRIL. 
          OUR OFFICE STAFF NEEDS ARE MET AND WE DO NOT NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN ENSURING OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAID A FAIR WAGE. AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF ELECTED OFFICIAL COMPENSATION PLAN OPTION TWO WHICH PROVIDES FOR A MARKET ADJUSTMENT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BELOW MARKET VALUE OR A 3% CALL EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1. AS WE STRUGGLE WITH THE BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THE GREATEST ASSETS OF OUR COUNTY ARE OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          THE NEXT THING IS THAT I WANT TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR. 
          WE HAVE REDUCED POSTAGE AND REDUCED PRINTING SERVICES BUT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS, POSTAGE RATES ARE GOING UP AGAIN SO I WANT TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING I WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR LATER AND ADDITIONALLY PRINTING SERVICES FOR MY OFFICE, WE ARE UNABLE TO TELL YOU WHEN WE WILL NEED THEM BUT THEY COME WHEN THEY COME AND THOSE ARE THE RECEIPT BOOKS AND ALL THE MATERIALS WE PROVIDE FOR THE COUNTY. AND I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH HIM IN REGARDS TO CONTINUING EDUCATION SO ALL OF MY NEEDS HAVE BEEN MET BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT I HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO SCOTT ABOUT. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE INTERNS FROM TEXAS STATE AND THE BOBCAT RISE PROGRAM AND THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO FUND $14 PER HOUR FOR OUR INTERNS SO THESE ARE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE AUTISTIC AND ARE GOING TO COLLEGE AND WE GIVE THEM OFFICE TRAININGS SO CURRENTLY I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER ALLOTTING ME BASE PAY WOULD BE, WE GET SIX HOURS PER WEEK, 12 WEEKS PER SEMESTER SO 144 HOURS AND IF WE PAY $14 PER HOUR IT'S 2016 SO IF YOU ALL COULD CONSIDER THAT AS WELL, THAT IS MY ONLY REAL ASK AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THIS 
          BUDGETARY DECISION. >> ARE YOU TO BE CLEAR, $2016 
          FOR THE LINE ITEM? >> IT WOULD NEED TO BE MORE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TAXES AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF BUT THEY DON'T GET INSURANCE THEY DON'T DO RETIREMENT. 
          >> NOT LIKE TIMES THREE? >> IT'S ONE PERSON AT A TIME SO WE GET TWO STUDENTS PER SEMESTER SO IT'S FOUR STUDENTS PER YEAR AND THERE'S A UNIQUE PROGRAM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO 
          OFFER THEM SOME TYPE OF PAYMENT. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. 
          >> I'M GOOD. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND 
          FOR ADVOCATING. >> COMMISSIONER? 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THAT PROGRAM I THINK IS 
          [04:10:06]
          WORTHY. >> THANK YOU. 
          HAVE A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON. >> GRAHAM, BEAT IT. 
          JUST KIDDING. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          I KNOW YOU KNOW I'M JOKING. FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC THEY MAY 
          BE SAYING HOW RUDE? >> ONE THING TO ADD, I BELIEVE BUT ON THE POSTAGE I BELIEVE IT'S NOT SO MUCH FOR THE DEPARTMENT BUT FOR OVERALL POSTAGE. 
          THE TREASURER'S OFFICE HANDLES THE POSTAGE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. I BELIEVE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO INCREASE THE COUNTYWIDE AMOUNT MAYBE BY $5000, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE'VE RUN OUT. 
          >> THAT'S A BETTER PLAN BECAUSE THE HISTORY OF THIS COURT NOT LIKING -- I HATE TO SAY IT THIS WAY WITH THAT MUCH MONEY BUT NICKEL AND DIMING THE AGENDA WITH SMALL ASKS AND SMALL TASKS AND PROPERLY BUDGETING WOULD BE PEACEFUL. 
          THANK YOU. >>  COUNTY CLERK AND THEN JP 22. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN WHO I AM, I'M THE CURRENT COUNTY CLERK AND I AM JOINED HERE BY MY ASSISTANT WHO WILL BE TAKING OVER MY POSITION IN JANUARY. CYNTHIA WILL PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE REQUESTS WE MADE LAST WEEK. 
          MY PURPOSE IN BEING HERE IS THAT I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND MY ADMIRATION FOR ERIC WHO HAS DONE -- HE HAS REALLY PROFESSIONALIZED THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE AND A MARVELOUS JOB ON THE STUDY THAT HE DID. 
          I'M REALLY HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HE MADE THAT ARE WELL SUPPORTED BY THE RESEARCH THAT THEY HAD CONDUCTED. I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE TODAY HOW OUR HUMAN RESOURCES, THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS IN THE COUNTY. SCOTT TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          WALT MENTIONED THEY ARE SILENT WARRIORS AND DAPHNE JUST TALKED ABOUT BEING THE LIFEBLOOD AND THEY REALLY -- IT REALLY SERVES OUR COUNTY. WE ALL WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COUNTY. IT'S IMPORTANT WE PROVIDE THAT SALARY ADJUSTMENT AND WE DO IT WITHIN THE YEAR APPEARED FOR ONE THING IT'S THE BEST THING FOR OUR COUNTY AND OUR PEOPLE AND IT'S TAKING CARE OF THEM. BUT AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS LIVED IN POVERTY IN MY LIFETIME, THAT WONDERFUL BENEFITS ARE GREAT BUT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT BENEFITS AND THE COST OF VALUE OF THEM WHEN TRYING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, PAY THE RENT AND PAY FOR GAS. SO PEOPLE NEED THEIR SALARIES TO KEEP GOING AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS THING IN A WAY, THE POTENTIAL FOR LOSING THE GREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB AND TURNOVERS. IT'S A MISTAKE TO LET THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. IT'S VERY, VERY COSTLY TO ALLOW PROBLEMS LIKE THAT TO GO UNADDRESSED. 
          I BELIEVE THAT ERIC RESEARCH SHOWS THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE 70 TO 80% UNDER MARKET AND THAT IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT THE BEST AND KEEP THE BEST AND REDUCE TURNOVER TO THE MINIMUM. SO I HAD TO SAY THAT I WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THE SUGGESTION EARLIER TODAY THAT WE WOULD REDUCE IT TO 64%. I REALIZE THAT IS BASED ON AN INCREASE AND I HOPE YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER 0.25 TO ADD TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. ERIC TALKED ABOUT THE COMPRESSION THAT WOULD CREATE AND THE SCHEDULE AND A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE TRIED TO DO A SALARY STUDY AND HAD A LOT OF HICCUPS, IT MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS ULTIMATELY BUT IT WAS REALLY HARD TO DO. IT'S ANALOGOUS TO HEALTH CARE AND THAT WE KNOW VERY WELL THAT PROVIDING PREVENTIVE CARE IS BY FAR THE MOST SOUND THING TO DO BECAUSE HEALTH CARE NEEDS GO UNADDRESSED WHICH ARE FAR MORE EXPENSIVE AND THE LOST WORK AND FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT BE IN THE WORKFORCE BUT ALSO ON THE TREMENDOUS COSTS. IT'S BETTER TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PROBLEMS WHEN THEY HAPPEN AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO LET THEM GO AND DEFER THEM. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL CARE ABOUT OUR COUNTY AND EMPLOYEES AND HOPING 
          [04:15:04]
THAT YOU WILL VOTE TO GIVE THEM A FULL SUPPORT WITHIN THE YEAR. 
          AND ADOPT THAT OPTION. >> THANK YOU. 
          OPTION ONE WAS NORTH OF $6 MILLION AND THAT IS WHY I ASKED SCOTT FOR THE CHART SO WE CAN ARTICULATE BECAUSE I DON'T SUPPORT A TAX INCREASE. I DON'T SUPPORT IT, I'M A BIG 
          FISCAL CHEAPSKATE. >> SO AM I, ACTUALLY. 
          >> BUT MY PIECE IN THAT IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR COWORKERS BECAUSE I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID. 
          STANDING THERE SITTING THERE NEXT TO YOU AND THAT'S WHY I BRING HIM UP BUT I EVEN TOLD THE SHERIFF, I SUPPORT EVERYTHING YOU GUYS NEED FOR THE EMPLOYEES, OUR COWORKERS AND I WANT TO TRIM IT FROM OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE SAVED ON BUT I NEVER WANT TO SAY I DON'T WANT TO INCREASE TAXES BY CUTTING EMPLOYEE PAY OR NOTÚO BE. I PUSHED THE STUDY TO BEGIN WITH. SO I'M ALL ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR COWORKERS IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE BUT THAT IS WHY I NEED TO JUSTIFY BECAUSE I'M NOT FOR THAT INCREASE, I DON'T SUPPORT IT AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN 
          SHAKE IT. >> WE ARE WILLING TO FORGO SOME THINGS TO ALLOW FOR THOSE ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE WE THINK THAT SALARY ADJUSTMENT IS REALLY ESSENTIAL TO THE COUNTY. 
          >> 100%. THANK YOU, ALL. 
          >> IS IT OKAY IF I CORRECT SOMETHING JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT WE ARE 78% BELOW MARKET, IT'S 70 TO 80% OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BELOW. 
          I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. YOUR GOOD. 
          I THINK YOU KNOW BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO -- THAT'S REALLY LOW. 
          >> YOU ARE RIGHT. >> OKAY, COLONEL. 
          >> THANK YOU. I AM CYNTHIA, COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE AND STAFF. I GOT NEW EYES IN THE LAST MONTH SO THE GLASS IS ON AND OFF ARE JUST AN ADJUSTMENT SO BEAR WITH ME. I CAN READ IT, I CAN'T. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A SECOND UPDATE TO OUR FY27 BUDGET REQUEST. FOLLOWING THE WORKSHOP LAST WEEK, I MET WITH SCOTT, THE BUDGET OFFICER AND THE HR DIRECTOR TO FURTHER REVIEW THE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WHICH IDENTIFIED AS A SHORTFALL HAD BEEN ADDRESSED. 
          THE NECESSARY FUNDS WERE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET -- PROPOSED BUDGET BUT PLACED IN A CATEGORY WE COULD NOT SEE WHEN WE RAN OUR REPORTS SO THAT WAS GOOD NEWS. 
          SCOTT ALSO REVIEWED SEVERAL OTHER BUDGET SHORTFALLS AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET REMAINS VERY CONSERVATIVE AS WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE OVERALL COUNTY BUDGET. 
          AS A RESULT, WE WILL DEFER SIGNIFICANT DIGITIZATION AND PRESERVATION WORK. OUR PRIORITIES TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF HR S. PROPOSED MARKET ADJUSTMENT PLAN. I ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ERIC AFTER LAST WEEK'S WORKSHOP TO DRILL DOWN INTO THE DETAILS OF THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT PLAN FOR OUR OFFICE BECAUSE WE HAD THE HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW LAST WEEK. 
          THAT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE AND OUR OFFICE HAS MODIFIED OUR FY27 REQUEST TO PERSONNEL AS FOLLOWS. WE WILL DEFER FOR A SECOND COMPLIANCE POSITION FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 
          WE WILL DEFER THE PROPOSED TITLE CHANGES AND POTENTIAL REGRADES TO FY28. BASED ON OUR REVIEW WE BELIEVE THE PROPOSED MARKET ADJUSTMENTS WILL BRING COMPENSATION FOR THESE POSITIONS INTO APPROPRIATE ALIGNMENT ALLOWING THE TITLE AND JOB DESCRIPTION CHANGES TO BE DEFERRED. 
          AND THOSE POSITIONS, POSITIONS WE ALREADY FUND, WE HAD COMPRESSION, LOOKING FOR SOME JOB TITLE CHANGES FROM CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK TO DIVISION DIRECTOR BUT THE COMPENSATION FIXES WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND WORKING ON THE TITLES LATER AND IF A REGRADE COMES WITH THOSE, WE WILL DO THAT. 
          WE ARE REQUESTING THAT OUR AUDITOR POSITION BE REGRADED TO THE EQUIVALENT PAY OF A STAFF ATTORNEY WHEN. 
          THAT IS A POSITION YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED. 
          WE'VE HAD IT OPEN FOR ALMOST THE WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR AND WE ARE NOT GIVING QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND SO WE ARE ASKING TO FIX THAT RIGHT NOW ABOVE ALL ELSE. LET'S SEE, THE TOTAL BUDGET IMPACT OF THE REQUESTED REGRADE IS $17,425 ABOVE THE CURRENT 
          [04:20:02]
GRADE. HOWEVER, WE ARE DEFERRING THE SECOND COMPLIANCE POSITIN AND WE HAVE THE FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY ALLOTTED FOR THE PROBATE AUDITOR. 
          I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO SCOTT ON THAT AND NEEDS TO DO FURTHER EVALUATION JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BETTER REVIEW ON WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE OVERALL BUDGET REQUEST. 
          FULLY SUPPORTING THE HR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT PLAN AS PRESENTED. 
          FOR THE COUNTY COMPENSATION PLAN, WE SUPPORT OPTION NUMBER 2 WHICH BRINGS ALL UNDER MARKET POSITIONS TO MARKETING HALF OF THE ADJUSTMENT IN OCTOBER, THE OTHER HALF APRIL 1ST. 
          IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, WE ALSO SUPPORT FREEZING THE PLAN FOR FY27 WITH THE STEP PLAN RESUMING IN FY28. 
          FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIAL COMPENSATION PLAN WE ALSO SUPPORT OPTION NUMBER 2 WHICH PROVIDES THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BELOW MARKET OR 3%. 
          AS A FORMER DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR HR DIRECTOR IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN. IN MY EXPERIENCES, IN MY EXPERIENCES, THE BEST COMPENSATION PROPOSAL I HAVE SEEN SINCE COMING TO THE COUNTY. IT'S THOUGHTFUL, DATA DRIVEN AND ADDRESSES LONG-STANDING COMPENSATION ISSUES AND A RESPONSIBLE AND FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE MANNER. 
          ADOPTING HR S. RECOMMENDATION FOR FY27 IS AN OVERDUE AND NECESSARY STEP. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE THE COUNTY'S MOST VALUABLE ASSET AND THE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY IN SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS IS INVALUABLE. ENSURING THAT WE REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET IS ESSENTIAL TO RECRUITING, MAINTAINING AND SUPPORTING OUR WORKFORCE. 
          WE WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO REFINE OUR REQUEST AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR OFFICE WHILE REMAINING MINDFUL OF THE COUNTY'S OVERALL FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          I BELIEVE THESE ADJUSTMENTS STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS, SUPPORTING OUR EMPLOYEES AND EXERCISING APPROPRIATE BUDGET DISCIPLINE. 
          WE CLOSE OUR BUDGET REQUEST BY RESPECTFULLY ASKING THE COURT TO SUPPORT THE HR MARKET ADJUSTMENT PLAN IN ITS ENTIRETY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AS WE 
          WORK THE BUDGET PROCESS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          LET ME TELL YOU. I WILL SAY IT OUT LOUD BUT YOU TWO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT I TAPPED TO HELP KICK OFF AN INITIAL BUDGET ANALYSIS. A SALARY SURVEY AND THEN WHEN WE GOT THROUGH IT, YOU WERE A HUGE HELP TO ME BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE THE PROS AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE THEY ARE TOUGH. AND THEY ARE PRAISING YOU SO I FIND THAT HIGHLY VALUABLE SO THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING POSITIVELY ABOUT ERIC'S WORK BECAUSE I REALLY HOLD IN HIGH ESTEEM BOTH OF YOUR OPINIONS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF OPTION TWO. I'M GLAD Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO WORK OUT YOUR DIFFERENCES WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE AND AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED WAS PRESERVATION AND SOME OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND I'M GLAD Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND FIND WHERE THAT WAS. 
          DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE ON WHEN WE WILL FINISH, TRULY FINISH THE 
          PROJECT? >> 2032. 
          JUST KIDDING. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> IT WILL PROBABLY BE AFTER THAT. 
          >> I WILL WORK ON THAT TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER BY NEXT COURT. 
          >> ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED THAT AND I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE BUT I WOULD LOVE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY AT SOME POINT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE -- ONCE ALL ARE DIGITIZED, ONE OF THE POINTS THAT WE HAVE AS COMMISSIONERS, AS STATUTORY ROAD COMMISSIONERS IS UNDERSTANDING WHERE ALL OF OUR PROPERTY IS. 
          I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN HAYS COUNTY THAT IS NOT LISTED, NOT LISTED IN ANYTHING BUT DEED RECORDS AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE IS AI TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE NOW THAT COULD REVIEW THOSE, I'VE HAD MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS COME IN AND SAY LOOK, THE COUNTY OWNS 60-FOOT ACROSS MY PROPERTY, ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF MY PROPERTY AND I'M PAYING TAXES ON IT BUT IT BELONGS TO THE COUNTY AND BY DEED WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO KNOW THAT AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE THOSE ARE AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE WOULD BE -- THERE ARE MULTIPLE USES FOR IT BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR OUR TAXPAYERS IF WE OWN IT AND TO TAKE CONTROL OF IT. IF WE DON'T OWN IT AND THEY DON'T WANT IT TO TAKE CONTROL OF IT. 
          IF THEY WANT TO PURCHASE IT FROM US AND WE WILL NEVER HAVE A ROADWAY THERE OR ANYTHING ELSE, THEN IT'S A MONETARY FACTOR FOR 
          [04:25:01]
THE COUNTY TO CAPTURE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF USES FOR IT BUT WE CAN'T DO IT IF THEY ARE ALL PAPER RECORDS. 
          >> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE WE HAD SOME TECHNOLOGY ADDED TO THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR THAT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE FINAL CUT. IT'S SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED US WITH ALL OUR DIGITIZED RECORDS TO SCAN THEM AND FIND THE EXACT THINGS YOU ARE ASKING FOR WITHOUT HAVING A WHOLE STAFF TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK THROUGH PAPER RECORDS AND I'M HOPING WE CAN GET THAT INTO THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WHAT IT OFFERS WILL MOVE US LIGHT YEARS AHEAD. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE AT IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS. WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THE DEFERRALS. I KNOW THAT THE REGRADE, THE STAFF ATTORNEY, THE AUDITOR TWO STAFF ATTORNEY, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> IT'S THE SAME POSITION. IT'S JUST TITLED PROBATE AUDITOR AND ASKING FOR AN ATTORNEY EQUIVALENT TO THE PAY OF A STAFF 
          ATTORNEY. >> THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL YOU ARE ASKING FOR IN TERMS OF EXTRA DOLLARS TO GO INTO IT. 
          GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A FULL UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THE DEFERRALS THAT YOU WERE MAKING WERE NOT IN THE RECOMMENDED. 
          JUS MAKING SURE. >> AND TO FILL THE VACANT 
          POSITION THEY CANNOT FILL. >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT EXTRA WORK, THAT REALLY IS HELPFUL FOR US. 
          IF SOME OF THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE HAD AND IT CAN BE FIGURED OUT BEHIND THE SCENES AND YOU CAN COME AND TELL US. 
          THIS WAS PERFECT ACTUALLY. YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND ERIC IS 
          WORKING HARD. >> THEY BOTH ARE. 
          I WILL PRAISE YOU BOTH. BOTH REALLY ARE SO -- 
          >> THANK YOU AGAIN. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING. THE DEFERRALS AND IT'S GREAT SEEING YOU, ELAINE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE AND GLAD THAT YOU'RE STILL AROUND AND HERE AND YES, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND WILL TAKE IT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SO THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING. AS I LEAVE, A WHOLE LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE THAT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANY OF THE OFFICES TO BE ON A COMMITTEE OR DO ANY OF THAT. 
          >> BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE IT AND I THANK YOU BOTH. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU. 
          NOW SCRAM, BEAT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MR. AYALA, YOU ARE UP. [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> NEGOTIATING AND NAVIGATING THAT AND THIS IS WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH. JUST TO KEEP IT MOVING. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I DIDN'T SET UP THE ORGANIZATIONAL LINEUP BUT SORRY THAT YOU ARE LAST. 
          >> JUDGE MENDOZA'S -- THE ONE SHE HAS IN HER HAND. 
          THE ONE FOR THE COURT ADMINISTRATORS. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 
          >> ACTUALLY PERFECTLY. HELLO? 
          >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE. 
          SORRY THAT I COULD NOT BE THERE. I REALLY WANTED TO BE THERE BUT I HAD A WEDDING AT 1:30 AND THEY HAD FAMILY AND STUFF HERE SO I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE THEM WAIT OR RESCHEDULE IT FOR THEIR SPECIAL DAY BUT I APPRECIATE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION. I KNOW I CAME LAST WEEK AND SPOKE ON MULTIPLE THINGS BUT TODAY I WILL SPEAK ON SALARIES AND THE JUVENILE DIVERSION POSITION THAT WE REQUESTED. 
          I KNOW THE EMPLOYEES, SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES FROM THE PRECINCT WENT THERE THIS MORNING ON THEIR OWN TO EXPRESS THEIR OWN OPINIONS AND INFORMATION AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT, I DON'T THINK IT'S THEIR JOB TO COME AND TO ASK FOR THIS 
          [04:30:02]
BECAUSE IT'S OUR JOB AND A LOT OF THEM ARE STRESSING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE AND I WISH WE DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE THEM SHOW UP FOR THAT. THEY ARE THERE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IS SOMETHING JUDGE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SO I WON'T HARP ON IT TOO MUCH BUT WE TRIED TO USE THE SALARY STUDY AND AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE COULD NOT USE IT BUT WE DID GET SOME NUMBERS TO HOPEFULLY HELP OUT WITH THIS. 
          IF WE CAN GO TO THE POWERPOINT. OKAY. 
          I AM STILL ON PAGE 1. AND TO ALSO SAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SMITH FOR BRINGING BACK THEIR REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE CLERK POSITION AND THE DIVERSON POSITION. 
          I SHOULD BE ON PAGE 2. YOU CAN LEAVE IT THERE. 
          GO TO THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE, PLE., I WILL COMPARE JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE JUSTICE CLERK POSITIONS AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY'S DEPUTY CLERK POSITION. THE DEPUTY CLERK SENIOR POSITION AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. >> THERE IS A SMALL LAG. 
          >> I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE COLOR COPIES. 
          SO THE COMPARISON OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS. 
          THESE ARE ALL THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU SEE THERE. 
          I TOOK IT STRAIGHT FROM THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION FROM WHAT HR PROVIDES. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE. 
          YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT NOW IT'S HIGHLIGHTED. 
          THOSE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE EXACT THINGS THAT THE JUSTICE CLERKS DO HOWEVER IT'S FOR THE COURT SO ANYTHING THAT SAYS DISTRICT COURT OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, IT WILL BE RELATIVE TO OUR COURT BUT THEY STILL DO A MAJORITY OF THOSE ITEMS SO THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T DO AT THE END IS DEAL WITH VITAL STATISTICS. WE DON'T HAVE A FILE BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ELECTRONIC AND THEY DON'T ADMINISTER OATHS AS NECESSARY, ET CETERA. THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD BE DEPUTY CLERK SENIOR, FROM THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION AND THEN THE NEXT POINT WOULD BE AGAIN TO HIGHLIGHT THE ITEMS THAT THE CLERKS ACTUALLY DO. THEY DO THE SAME THINGS BUT RESPECTIVE TO THE JUSTICE CO COURTS. 
          THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATOR. 
          FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCESS. THIS IS THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT PAGE IS EVERYTHING THAT OUR COURT CLERKS ACTUALLY DO. JUDGE BRYANT IS CORRECT, WE DO A LOT MORE. WE DO A LOT THAT IS ACTUALLY DIFFERENT AND WHEN WE GO TO THE JUSTICE CLERK DESCRIPTION, WHAT I HAVE THERE ON THAT FIRST SLIDE IS THINGS THAT ARE THE SAME OR SIMILAR TO THE OTHER THREE POSITIONS THAT I SPOKE OF THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE ARE ALL THE EXTRA THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH WITH WARRANTS, COMPLAINTS, CITATIONS, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT THE JUSTICE CLERKS DO AND WHEN WE GO TO COMPARISON OF THE PAY GRADE, FOR THESE THING I BROUGHT UP, JOB DESCRIPTIONS, THE DEPUTY CLERK IS AT A PAY GRADE OF 114, DEPUTY CLERK SENIOR 116. THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATORS WANT 20. EVEN THOUGH THE JUSTICE CLERK DOES ALL OF THOSE JOB DUTIES THAT EACH OF THEM DO, THEY ARE ONLY AT 114. SO I FEEL THAT IF WE ARE LOOKING 
          [04:35:06]
AT JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING, THEY ARE SIMILAR IF NOT THE SAME AS WHAT SOME OF THOSE OTHER POSITIONS ARE. NOW WE MOVE AND WE WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW WITH THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, AND THE ACTUAL DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS ASSISTANT COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND THOSE ARE THEIR DUTIES FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR DOES. DOING EVERYTHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR DOES AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE LAW COURT ADMINISTRATOR. AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS A HIGHLIGHTING FOR THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND WHAT THEY DO. 
          THE ONLY THING THEY ARE AT THE BOTTOM IS THE COORDINATION AND THE DEPARTMENT, THEY DON'T DO THAT. 
          FINALLY, THE DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATOR, THEIR JOB DUTIES FOLLOWED BY THE HIGHLIGHTED THINGS OF WHAT THE ACTUAL JUSTICE COURT ADMINISTRATORS, THEIR DUTIES AND AGAIN THEY DON'T WORK WITH SUPERVISION. THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THEIR ACTUAL DUTIES AND THE SECOND ONE WHERE IT SAYS ADMINISTRATOR JOB DUTIES, THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL DUTIES THAT THEY DO WHICH INCLUDES THE CLERKS WHERE THEY WILL GO OUT AND SUPPORT THE CLERKS AND DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          THEY ACTUALLY PREPARE AND SUBMIT MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS. 
          FINANCIAL REPORTS TO THE COUNTY AND THEY ALSO DO MONTHLY REPORTS FOR THE OFFICE OF COURT AND THEY ISSUE RECEIPTS AND THEY DEAL A LOT WITH CASES AND SO FORTH SO THERE ARE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY DO IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE COURT ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTY. 
          PREPARING COURT ADMINISTRATOR 120, DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATOR 121. WHILE OUR JUSTICE COURT ADMINISTRATORS ARE AT A PAY GRADE OF 117 AND WE FEEL THAT THAT IS NOT FAIR AND NOT EQUAL TO THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT DO SIMILAR AND EVEN LESS WORK. THE NEXT PAGE, LOCAL SALARIES. 
          JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT COURT ADMINISTRATOR, THEY START AT 66. 
          TWO LEVELS OF COURT ADMINISTRATORS ONE AND TWO STARTING AT 50 AND 55. THEIR COUNTY STARTS OUT AT 58 AND CEDAR AT 61. IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER -- REQUEST THAT INCREASE WITH A PAY GRADE, WE WOULD RECOMMEND 118 FOR THE COUNTY CLERK -- THE JUSTICE CLERK AND 121 FOR THE COURT ADMINISTRATORS. NO INFORMATION TO SUPPORT SALARY INCREASE. I GOT THESE NUMBERS FROM ODYSSEY. 2024, THE COUNTY CLERK LAW HAD 6100 CASES AND DISTRICT COURT HAD A LITTLE OVER 6300 AND JUSTICE COURT HAD 20,000 AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE THAT SAME NUMBER BEING VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER FOR EACH YEAR SUBSEQUENT TO THAT. I WANT TO HAND IT OVER REALLY QUICK TO MISS VALENZUELA, WHAT SHE BRIEFLY MENTIONED ABOUT 
          EARLIER. >> HELLO. 
          THE REASON I CREATED THIS SURVEY WAS TO CREATE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR OFFICES AS WELL AS HOW THEY FEEL SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS AND DEMOGRAPHICS, I SENT THIS SURVEY TO 15 OF THE CLERKS. 
          I GOT 15 BACK. THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION, 38% OF 
          [04:40:01]
THESE CLERKS, THEY HOLD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER. 
          46% OF THESE CLERKS, CLERKS OR MASTER CLERKS CERTIFICATES ARE HELD. IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT 69% OF THESE CLERKS ALSO HAVE DEPENDENTS RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE ALL THE WAY TO I BELIEVE SEVEN TO NINE. 
          IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS TALKS ABOUT DAILY PHONE CALLS AS WELL AS PHONE CALLS IN SPANISH ANSWERED PER CLERK AND I WANT TO PUT EMPHASIS ON PER CLERK. THIS IS NOT THEM AS A WHOLE, AS A UNIT. SO ON THE LEFT, WHEN WE LOOK AT CALLS ANSWERED PER CLERK, WE SEE THAT 38% ARE TAKING AT LEAST 20 TO 30 DAILY. WITH 15% TAKING MORE THAN 30. 
          IF WE ARE LOOKING ON SPANISH CALLS ANSWERED PER CLERK, 38 PERCENT DO GET ZERO TO THREE SPANISH CALLS BUT I WILL SAY THAT ALL OF THESE SPANISH CALLS ARE CONCENTRATED IN PRECINCTS 1-2, 2-2 AND FIVE. 23% ARGUING MORE THAN TEN SPANISH CALLS PER DAY, 31% OF THESE CLERKS ARE GETTING SEVEN TO NINE PER DAY PER. NOW WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF WALK INS, DAILY WALK INS OF COURSE TAKEN PER CLERK. 
          31% REPORTED THAT THEY ARE TAKING 20 TO 30 WALK INS. 
          31% ARE SAYING THEY ARE TAKING TEN TO 20 AND THEN ZERO TO TEN ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE TAKING ABOUT -- EXCUSE ME. 
          31% ARE SAYING THEY ARE TAKING ABOUT ZERO TO TEN. 
          SO IF WE LOOK AT THE SPANISH WALK INS TAKEN PER CLERK, 23% ARE TAKING MORE THAN TEN SPANISH WALK INS PER DAY AND 23% ARE TAKING AROUND SEVEN TO NINE AND THESE ARE ALSO AGAIN CONCENTRATED IN ALL PRECINCTS BESIDES 1-1 AND THREE. 
          THE NEXT PIECE OF DATA THAT I WANTED TO LOOK AT WAS EMAILS AND E FILES. SO THE NUMBER OF EMAILS PER CLERK, THE MAJORITY ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE GETTING AROUND 20 TO 30 EMAILS THAT THEY ARE ANSWERING OF COURSE AND THAT IS 39%. 23% ARE SAYING THEY ARE GETTING MORE THAN 30. FOR A NUMBER OF E FILES, A BIG CHUNK ARE RECEIVING ABOUT ZERO TO 15 THAT THEY ARE STARTING AND FINISHING AND THAT IS 46%. 31% SAY THAT THEY ARE TAKING ABOUT 15 TO 30 AND 15% OF THEM ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE TAKING 
          30 TO 45. >> IS THIS PER DAY, PER WEEK, 
          PER MONTH? >> PER DAY. 
          I WILL NOTE THAT ALL ADMINS ARE HAVING TO DO CLERICAL DUTIES AS WELL WHICH TAKES ME TO MY NEXT POINT. 
          EXCUSE ME. NOT THERE YET. 
          BUT I DID WANT TO LOOK AT JUSTICE CLERK WORKLOADS. 
          I ASKED THE QUESTION CACTUS WAS ON THE SURVEY, HOW OFTEN DOES A CLERK FEEL OVERWHELMED ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS? 8% OF CLERKS EXPERIENCE LITTLE TO NO FEELING OF BEING OVERWHELMED WITH WORK AND THIS IS MAINLY OUT OF PRECINCT THREE. 
          69% OF ALL CLERKS EXPERIENCE MODERATE LEVELS OF BEING OVERWHELMED DUE TO WORKLOAD WHEREAS 23% OF THOSE CLERKS EXPERIENCE HIGH LEVELS OF STRESS OR BEING OVERWHELMED DUE TO THEIR WORKLOAD. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS HOW JUSTICE CLERKS ARE OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID. 
          AND THERE WERE 12 TOTAL TURNOVERS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. 
          MAKING IT ABOUT 1.2 PER YEAR SPECIFICALLY. 
          IN DECEMBER OF 23, A JUSTICE CLERK RETURNED 46,000 AFTER SERVING HIS COUNTY FOR 35 AND A HALF YEARS AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A CLERK AT THE TIME SO THIS PARTICULAR RETIREE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANSWERING ANOTHER DEPARTMENT'S WORK AND THIS IS WHAT THE CLERK HAS BEEN DOING. IN THIS GRAPH, IT SAYS IF THEY HAVE PERFORMED DUTIES OUTSIDE THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION, I HAD NINE SUBMISSIONS SAY YES WHEREAS FOUR SAID NO. 
          I ALSO ASKED IF THEY EVER% CONSIDERED ANOTHER JOB DUE TO SALARY? NINE SAID YES, AND FOUR SAID NO. 
          I WILL NOTE THAT ALL ADMINS WHO ALSO PERFORMED CLERICAL DUTIES FEEL THAT ANOTHER CLERK WOULD BENEFIT THEIR OFFICE. 
          WHICH NOW TAKES ME TO MY NEXT POINT WHICH IS THE ADMINISTRATOR SURVEY. FOR THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON THIS 
          [04:45:01]
ONE, I SENT OUT SEVEN SURVEYS AND GOT SIX BACK AND THEIR LEVEL OF EDUCATION, 17% HOLD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER AND I WILL NOTE THAT ONLY FIVE RESPONDED TO THIS ONE AS WELL AS FOR THE CERTIFICATION AND 83% HOLD A CLERK OR MASTER CLERK CERTIFICATE AS WELL. THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION, 67% HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY ARE SUPERVISING ABOUT ONE TO THREE AND 33% ARE SAYING THEY SUPERVISE THREE TO FIVE. 50% ALSO HAVE DEPENDENTS WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          SO HOW MANY PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS DOES THE COURT ADMIN 
          HANDLE? >> 20 TO 30 SEEMS LIKE THE BIGGEST CHUNK WHICH IS AT 33% HOWEVER IF YOU LOOK TO THE OTHER 33%, SOME ARE SAYING THAT THEY ONLY GET ZERO TO TEN. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THAT 17% ARE GETTING MORE THAN 30. 
          NEXT, FOR THE AMOUNT OF EMAILS THAT THEY ARE GETTING PER CORE ADMIN, 65% ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE ANSWERING 20 TO 30. 
          NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO WORKLOAD AND SALARY NEEDS. 
          I ALSO ASK THEM THE SAME QUESTION OF HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ANOTHER JOB DUE TO SALARY AND FOUR OF THE SUBMISSIONS SAID YES WHILE TWO ONLY SAID NO. THEN I ASKED HER DO YOU WORK MORE THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK TO COMPLETE YOUR DUTIES. 
          FOUR OF THEM SAID YES, AND TWO OF THEM SAID NO. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE 100% OF ALL CORE ADMIN SAID THAT THEY ALSO REGULARLY PERFORM DUTIES. ALMOST THERE. 
          HOW OFTEN DOES A CLERK ADMIN FEEL OVERWHELMED ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS? 67% SAID SOMETIMES. 
          17% SAID EVERY DAY WHEREAS 16% ONLY SAID OFTEN. 
          SO 100% OF JUSTICE CORE ADMINS EXPERIENCED MODERATE TO HIGH LEVELS OF STRESS. NOW FOR WHAT IS CONSTITUTING THIS CASE THRESHOLD FOR ANOTHER CLERK? I THINK THAT IT IS AROUND 117 TO 170, IT SHOULD FALL IN THAT RANGE FOR ANOTHER CLERK AND THAT IS BASED OFF THE CASELOAD PER CLERK IN PRECINCTS 1-1, 2-1 AND FIVE. 
          I THINK YOU ARE GOING NEXT. >> A FOLLOW UP QUICKLY ON THE LAST COUPLE SLIDES. WE IMPROVE THE INCREASE IN JUSTICE CLERKS SALARIES. I KNOW THE SALARIES SAY WE DON'T HAVE THAT TO GO WITH OR GO BY BUT WE TRY TO DO SOME WORK AND IT WAS VERY LAST MINUTE TRYING TO GET IT ALL DONE AND WE THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE USED THE STUDY UNTIL LATE LAST NIGHT. 
          WE ASKED THAT THE JUSTICE CLERKS PAY GRADE INCREASE AS WELL AS THE SALARY SO JUST AS THE PAY GRADE HAS INCREASED AS WELL AS THE SALARY. AND WE THINK IT WILL GREATLY IMPROVE THE MORALE OF A LOT OF THESE EMPLOYEES IN ADDITION TO GETTING THE ASSISTANCE AND THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE CLERKS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED AND THIS IS A STATEMENT DATED AND REQUIREMENT AND WE'VE PROVIDED NUMBERS LAST WEEKEND AND TODAY AGAIN TO REFLECT THAT IT IS A REQUIREMENT AND WE HAVE A BIG WORKLOAD AND I KNOW AS FOR OUR TIME BUT AFTER DANIEL WENT OUT AND GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THESE ENTITIES, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE NEED A FULL TIME ONE COMPARED TO WHAT WE INITIALLY ASKED FOR AND IT'S TROUBLING THAT WE HAVE TO NOW DO THIS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE PROVIDED THE NUMBERS WHEN I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT ANOTHER DEPARTMENT HAS TO DO A MATRIX TO SEE IF WE NEED A POSITION. SO IF YOU CAN, LET'S GET A FULL 
          TIME POSITION. >> THANK YOU. 
          THAT HAS BEEN REINFORCED ON SEVERAL FRONTS SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING DANIEL'S PERSPECTIVE ONE MORE TIME. 
          >> HELLO, ONCE AGAIN. I'M THE JUVENILE DIVERSION 
          [04:50:02]
COORDINATOR. I WILL JUMP INTO THIS FIRST SLIDE BECAUSE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS. 
          THE INFORMATION THAT I'M PULLING FROM HERE IS FROM THE MARKET SURVEY THAT ERIC AND HIS TEAM BROUGHT FORTH TO SHOW AND HIGHLIGHT THAT THE JUVENILE DIVERSION POSITION WAS ACTUALLY PAID ABOVE MARKET PRICE AND WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THE WORK, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT THE COMPARISONS ARE NOT QUITE APPLES TO APPLES AND IT'S NOT ERIC'S FAULT CACTUS IS A BRAND NEW POSITION ONLY AROUND FOR ONE YEAR AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT WAS THE LEGISLATURE GAVE NO DIRECTION AS TO HOW TO HANDLE IT, WHAT SHOULD BE THE QUOTA, HOW MANY CASELOADS SHOULD BE USED ON AVERAGE BY YOUR COUNTY AND I GET THAT EVERY COUNTY IS DIFFERENT WHICH IS WHY THEY WANT IT FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY BUT THEN WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO COMPARE THE PAY OF THESE ROLES, YOU ARE OUT THERE WITH NOTHING TO COMPARE THAT IS QUITE SIMILAR TO IT SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS IN THIS SPECIFIC SLIDE. 
          IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE TOP LEFT, YOU SEE POSITION TITLE AND WHETHER IT'S A COURT CLERK HYBRID, A TRUANCY HYBRID OR ONLY DIVERSION SO I PUT THAT AS A COLOR TO ALLOW YOU TO SEE ON OUR NEIGHBORS THOSE COMPARATIVE MARKETS AND HOW THEY ACTUALLY STACK UP AGAINST THE POSITION HERE BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THAT THE GREEN COLOR ON THE REST OF THE POSITION YOU SEE, INITIALLY IT SAID NOT APPLICABLE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE INFORMATION ON ONE. THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S ME, I'M ALSO THE JUVENILE DIVERSION COORDINATOR FOR BOTH OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AND I'M THE ONLY DIVERSION COORDINATOR OUT OF THIS ENTIRE LIST THAT SOLELY DOES JUVENILE DIVERSION ONLY. 
          I DO NOT SPLIT TIME WITH TRUANCY AND I DON'T DO COURT CLERK DUTIES, I AM SOLELY FOCUSED ON THIS AND I HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBERS IF YOU LOOK OVER THERE WHERE IT SAYS COMPOSITION OF DUTIES ON THE RIGHT. THAT IS MY AVERAGE CASELOAD. 
          THAT IS PULLING THE DATA FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE MY NUMBERS THIS YEAR ARE MUCH HIGHER. THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE NUMBERS LAST YEAR BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE DID NOT HAVE THE BUY IN WE DO NOW. THEY SEE THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AND HOW MUCH VALUE WE ARE PUTTING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW MUCH WE ARE ADDRESSING THESE KIDS BECAUSE AS A SEVEN YEAR EDUCATOR I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THESE PARTNERS AND WHEN THEY SEE THAT, WHEN THE DISTRICT WHO HIRED ME THEN, THE DISTRICTS THAT TALKED TO ME NOW, THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE GAME PLAN AND WHY IS THIS DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHEN THEY START REFERRING CASES. AND THE LAST COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE IS RIGHT THERE ON IMPORTANT DETAILS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT, DOWN TO COMAL COUNTY, THAT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS REMOTELY CLOSE TO WHAT I DO AT A 90 TO 10% SPLIT MEANING 90% OF THE DUTIES ARE TRUANCY, 10% OF THE DUTIES ARE JUVENILE DIVERSION AND THE ACTUAL DIVERSION CASELOAD IS 30 WITH 150 PLUS IN TRUANCY IN CASE MANAGEMENT SO THEY GO WITH THE JUDGE AND THEY HANDLE MAKING SURE THEY DO ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND TURN THEM BACK IN BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF JUDGE INPUT. 
          I'M THE ONLY COORDINATOR THAT SERVES AS BOTH AND, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, JUDGE, CLERK, COORDINATOR AND CASE MANAGER. 
          I DO ALL FOUR OF THOSE FOR ALL OF MY STUDENTS. 
          I MEET WITH THEM AND I FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED. 
          I WORK WITH PARTNERS AND COORDINATE WITH THOSE PARTNERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY PULL IN ALL THOSE DUTIES. 
          THAT'S THE ROLE HERE IN HAYS COUNTY AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S MORE OF A GOLDEN STANDARD THAN YOU WOULD ASSUME. 
          I'VE MET WITH FOLKS IN SAN ANTONIO DURING THE LARGEST CASE MANAGER CONFERENCE AND THEY ARE DOING SIMILAR THINGS AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL. THEY HAVE TEN JUVENILE CASE TEN. BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE WORKLOAD AND HOW MUCH TIME IS INVESTED IN EACH ONE OF THOSE AND WE WILL GET TO THE NUMBERS IN A BIT BUT I WANTED TO SHOW THAT THE PAY IS NOT QUITE THERE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE REALLY ADDRESSING THESE KIDS. I CAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW WITH THE NUMBERS I HAVE AND IF I HAD SUPPORT, IF I HAD OTHER STAFF, OTHER COORDINATORS, WE COULD REALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE KIND OF AT THE BARE BONES SO A COUNTER BREAKDOWN OF WHAT JUVENILE LOOKS LIKE. 
          RIGHT THERE CURRENT ACTIVE CASES WITH A PEAK ACTIVE CASE OF 307. 
          365 WERE REFERRED TO ME, NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REFERRAL, THE FIRST NUMBER I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REFERRAL, KIDS WHO WERE EITHER AGED OUT OF THE TIME OF OFFENSE OR BY THE TIME I REACHED THEM THEY HAD ALREADY COMMITTED ANOTHER OFFENSE SO BECAUSE I'M SO DELAYED IN HOW I CAN GET TO THEM DUE TO THE WORKLOAD, THEY HAVE REOFFENDED AND I CAN ONLY ADDRESS THEIR FIRST CASE AND SECOND CASE AND I HAVE TO NATURALLY REFER BACK TO COURT WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE HAD I BEEN ABLE TO READ IN TIME KEPT QUITE POSSIBLY WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED THE SECOND DEFENSE. 
          [04:55:01]
SUCCESSFUL DIVERSION, JUST THIS YEAR BY THE WAY, 63 WITH 21 UNSUCCESSFUL AND THAT FEELS LOW IN COMPARISON BUT THAT IS A MISLEADING NUMBER DUE TO THE DELAY IN CASES. 
          I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE OTHERS BECAUSE I'M STILL WORKING ON THE INTAKE OF THOSE CASES. 
          IF NOT, THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE HIGHER AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DO A TERRIBLE PROGRAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET WITH THESE KIDS MULTIPLE TIMES IN PERSON LIKE IT SHOULD BE. I SHOULD BE VISITING THEM AT SCHOOL. I SHOULD BE BRINGING THEM OVER TO THE JP'S OFFICE IF I CAN ON WEEKENDS OR DURING THE WEEK OR ANY OTHER TIME THAT WE CAN FIND SOMETHING. 
          WHEN I SAY WEEKENDS I MEANT TO SAY DURING SCHOOL BREAK BECAUSE IN THE SUMMER THEY DON'T HAVE SCHOOL AND SOMETIMES THEY STAY AT HOME AND I'M ABLE TO BRING THEM IN AND OTHER TIMES I CAN'T GET AHOLD OF THEM IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE THEY GO WITH FAMILY OR THEY GO ON TRIPS AND I'M NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE SO THAT IS JUST SPECIFICALLY ON UNSUCCESSFUL AND PENDING AGREEMENTS, THOSE ARE THE KIDS I HAVE YET TO MEET WITH DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBERS. 
          THERE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE PRECINCTS HIGHLIGHTING PRECINCT 22, AND 122 ARE ACTIVE. THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN EITHER UNSUCCESSFUL OR SUCCESSFUL AND THEN YOU SEE AN ASTERISKS, THAT IS THE 65 EARLIER WHERE THERE WERE ABOUT 165, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT THAT IS WHEN SHE STOPPED SENDING TO ME TO LIGHTEN MY LOAD. SHE WAS DOING JUDGE DIVERSION ON HER END AND WAS WORKING WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS AT THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHAT I ADDRESSED. 
          >> WHO, AGAIN? >> JUDGE BRYANT. 
          >> GOT IT. >> NEXT SLIDE. 
          >> THIS IS WHAT THE INTAKE LOOKS LIKE. 
          I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL BECAUSE I FEEL A GOOD PRESENTATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF SO JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BRING IN KIDS. THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME, THIS IS THE INDIVIDUAL PROCESS, THESE ARE MY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND IF YOU GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE HOW LONG IT ACTUALLY TAKES, A BREAKDOWN OF INDIVIDUAL DUTIES RELATING TO THESE CASES FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM SO THIS IS INTAKE, GETTING TO TALK TO THEM AND TO FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK AND THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL AND THEY MEET WITH FAMILY, 45 TO ONE HOUR AND 15, THAT IS INSANELY IMPORTANT. IF WE LIMIT IT DOWN TO 30 TO 45 MINUTES AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE CASE WHEN I FIRST JUMPED INTO THIS POSITION, THERE IS NO TRUE WAY TO DIG DEEPER INTO THAT CHILD AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          IF I JUST SAY DO YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT WHAT YOU DID GET GREAT. 
          THEN LET'S MOVE ON. WE WILL WRITE THE AGREEMENT AND GET IT DONE AND WE MOVE ON AND I'M CHECKING CHECKLISTS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A TRUE CONVERSATION. 
          TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF A CHILD CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE STRUGGLING AT HOME WITH OR AT SCHOOL OR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THEN I KNOW THAT THAT WAS MORE LIKELY A 90% SUCCESS RATE WHENEVER I'M GETTING THROUGH TO THEM BUT IF I CAN'T GET THROUGH TO THAT THAT'S WHEN I STRUGGLE MORE AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS CASE MANAGEMENT, AFTER THEY'VE REACHED THE DIVERSION AGREEMENT, WE ARE LOOKING AT 244 MINUTES TOTAL TIME, 153 WITH INTAKE AND 91 MINUTES IN JUST TOTAL TIME THAT I HAVE TO PUT AT THE BARE BONES AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I SAY BARE BONES BECAUSE WHAT I DID THERE WAS ASSUME THAT I'M ONLY GOING TO MEET WITH THEM THE TIME THAT I RECEIVED THEM FOR INTAKE AND THE TIME THAT I VISIT THEM AT SCHOOL IF I CAN GET THEM TO SCHOOL. AS OF LATE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE A KID SECOND TIME IN PERSON SO NOW I'M REDUCED TO MORE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS AND TO BE ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHETHER A CHILD IS TELLING YOU WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH OR STRUGGLING WITH OR WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN OFFERED ANYTHING, IT'S HARD TO DO OVER THE PHONE SO THIS IS JUST BARE BONES ASSUMPTION AT 244 AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, HERE IS WHERE I CAN GIVE YOU A CLUE OF WHAT THE WORKLOAD IS CALCULATE CAPACITY AND WHAT IS NEEDED SO RIGHT HERE WE HAVE JUST USING JP 2-2, 132 WORKING DAYS AND THEN I TOOK AWAY ANY HOLIDAYS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I'M TRYING NOT TO WORK ON HOLIDAYS AND I THEN FOUND OUT THE AMOUNT OF MINUTES THAT I MAKE IN 2.4 WEEKS WHICH IS 102 WORKING DAYS DIVIDED BY FIVE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND THEN FOUND OUT THAT I HAD A 48960 MINUTES OF CAPACITY AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO ADDRESS MY JOB, MY DUTIES. AND THEN AFTER THAT I USED THE EXAMPLE OF 140 ELIGIBLE CASES BETWEEN JANUARY THROUGH MAY AND I TAKE 48,000, MULTIPLY IT BY 244 WHICH IS THE BARE BONES AMOUNT THAT I NEED TO SPEAK TO THEM AND THEN I'M LEFT WITH 14800 MINUTES OR 149 MINUTES PER DAY TO DO THE OTHER JP S. 
          OFFICE, TO DO MUNICIPAL COURT CASES, TO DO CONTINUOUS DIVERSION ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER CASES THAT CONTINUE, TO DO 
          [05:00:03]
COORDINATOR DUTIES AND WORK WITH THE PARTNERS LIKE SENECA AND RELIANT TO WORK WITH MANDATORY TRAINING DUTIES. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE ALL GET THE TRAINING WE HAVE TO DO, THOSE DON'T TAKE 15 MINUTES AND THEN CONTINUING ON TO ELONGATED TASKS, UNSCHEDULED MISCELLANEOUS TASK TIME AND THERE ARE THINGS YOU DON'T PLAN FOR THAT NATURALLY COME WHEN YOU ARE MANAGING CASES AS WELL AS STAFF MEETINGS AND REPORTS, REPORTS AS WE ALL KNOW TAKE A LONG TIME BUT THEY HAVE TO BE PROVIDED TO SHOW HOW GOOD WE'RE DOING SO THAT IS BASICALLY SAYING TWO TO THREE HOURS OF THE DAY, ASSUMING THAT I DON'T TAKE A SINGLE LUNCH BREAK LIKE I HAVEN'T TODAY BECAUSE I'M NOT WORKING AND I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO LEAVE BUT IF I GO ALL DAY WITHOUT EVER GOING TO THE RESTROOM, WITHOUT EVER EATING LUNCH, WITHOUT EVER TAKING 5 MINUTES TO MYSELF, THIS IS WHAT MY DAY WOULD LOOK LIKE AND I AM UNDERWATER AND THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP BECAUSE IT IS UNTENABLE. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE CAPACITY, 48000. THAT MEANS IF I WERE TO DO JUST MINUTES OF DIVERSION PLUS THE DAILY DUTIES, IT'S 93,268 AND WE SAID CAPACITY WAS 48 FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL WITH NO BREAKS. 
          I'M WAY ABOVE IT. I NEED MORE THAN THAT. 
          TECHNICALLY IF I WAS BEING HONEST AS TO HOW WE COULD MEET THE NEEDS, I AM ABLE TO SEE THE SURFACE OF WATER. 
          THREE, GETS ME ABOVE WATER. THREE GETS ME ABOVE WATER. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS A BIG ASK. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. I WOULD MORE THAN LOVE TO JUST HAVE ME, ONE OTHER PERSON AND INVEST IN US TO STAY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE WAGES ARE NOT GOOD. 
          THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE PUT IN, THE STRESS, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY K CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR PARENTS WHERE THEY WERE CAUGHT WITH, THEY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, THEY WERE CAUGHT WITH AN OLDER MAN. ALL OF THESE THINGS WEIGH HEAVILY ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND TO NOT TAKE THAT PERSONALLY AS YOUR FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE AND I KNOW THAT WE TALK ABOUT COMPARTMENTALIZING BUT WHEN YOU CARE FOR THE KIDS LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS A TEACHER, IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT PROPELS YOU FORWARD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE MAKING THAT DIFFERENCE SO EARLIER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AN INTERN OR SOMEONE TEMPORARY TO FILL THE ROLE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. 
          WE ARE SO UNDERWATER AND THE CHILDREN OF THIS COUNTY DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT, I KNOW THE ROLE OF AN ELECTED, I UNDERSTAND IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY THIS IS GOING TO COST A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY, I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT POPULAR BUT IF WE COULD JUST REALIZE THAT WITH THE STATE DEFUNDING SCHOOLS, THAT AUTOMATICALLY AFFECTS KIDS AND THOSE KIDS, AND THEN THE CASES START ROLLING IN EVEN FURTHER BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AVAILABILITY FOR THEM TO KEEP THEM BUSY AND ENGAGED AND TO TEACH THEM SO THEREFORE THEIR MISTAKE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ONE THAT YOU REPEAT AS COMMISSIONERS. I GET THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO RAISE ABOVE 1 PENNY OR EVEN MAYBE THE PENNY BUT I'M ASKING AND THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED IT EARLIER, IT IS A FRACTION OF THE COST OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST US IN THE LONG RUN IF WE DON'T MAKE THE INVESTMENT NOW, IF WE DON'T REQUEST EARLIER THE COUNTY CLERK MENTIONED MAKE IT A PENNY AND 0.25, DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE KIDS BECAUSE AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, I'M TIRED OF THE KIDS PAYING THE PRICE FOR US NOT CREATING ACTION, FOR US BING SCARED OF WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE GOING TO TELL US WHEN WE HAVE TO RAISE THE RATE A LITTLE BIT TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS. IF YOU WANT TO, TELL THEM IT WAS THE KIDS WHO TWISTED MY ARM BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT I'M FIGHTING FOR THE KIDS WHO DON'T GET TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF SO THAT IS MY ASK FOR YOU. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S EMOTIONAL BUT I THINK THAT THIS COUNTY DESERVES FOR JUVENILE DIVERSION COORDINATORS TO BE HEAVILY INVESTED. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HONESTLY, WELL DONE. 
          COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING ALL OF THAT. I MEAN IT'S TRULY AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AND I HEAR THE PLEA FOR ADDITIONAL HELP THAT'S NEEDED SO WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THE FUNDING OF THIS AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THIS POSITION? 
          >> A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS. >> AND YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON 
          TO EVER BE IN THIS POSITION? >> THE SECOND. 
          >> LIKE EVERYTHING YOU ARE SAYING, I GET IT. 
          [05:05:01]
I KNOW IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCHOOLS, Y'ALL ARE BUSY, I DO SEE THAT AND I BELIEVE IN MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IN OUR PLAN WE ARE CONSIDERING. 
          IT'S PART OF OUR MORAL COMPASS, INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE. 
          WE ARE BEHIND THE BALL IN A LOT OF WAYS IN THIS COUNTY AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR VERY BEST TO CATCH UP WHILE BEING SENSITIVE TO OUR TAXPAYER AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET SOME YEARS TO DO THAT. AND SO I AM VERY AWARE, OF NOT JUST YOUR NEEDS BUT EVERYONE'S NEEDS. 
          AND IT IS DIFFICULT AS AN ELECTED TO TRY TO BALANCE THOSE BUT I ALSO DO BELIEVE IN MAKING THESE EARLY INVESTMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL BE COSTLY AND IT'S A CYCLE. 
          IF WE CAN'T GET THE KIDS WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG, THEY WILL CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH WHERE THEY ARE SEEING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT EVENTUALLY SO WE ARE TRYING TO BREAK THAT PATTERN BUT WE NEED TO PROVIDE THESE RESOURCES TO OUR KIDS, OUR CONSTITUENCY, WE NEED TO BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE. 
          I BELIEVE AS A GOVERNMENT TO SOME OF THESE THINGS WHICH HISTORICALLY THE COUNTY HAS NOT BEEN AND SO I AM VERY HOPEFUL FOR THE PATH THE COUNTY IS ON, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY LIKE THIS YEAR WITH EVALUATIONS BEING DOWN IT'S TOUGH AND SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU BROUGHT TODAY AND DEFINITELY WILL BE CONSIDERED AS WE GO THROUGH THESE DISCUSSIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. 
          >> THAT AMOUNT OF DATA AND EXACTLY HOW YOU WROTE IT DOWN IS 100% WHAT I WANT TO SEE FOR ALMOST EVERY SINGLE POSITION. 
          THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. A BIG FAN OF THAT AND BEING ABLE TO JUSTIFY WHY NEW POSITIONS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          I LIKE HOW YOU SAID FROM A STATUTORY STANDPOINT WHAT SERVICES WE HAVE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO IT'S IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT YOU 
          PUT INTO THAT. >> PROBABLY THE BEST PRESENTATION WE'VE SEEN. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TO HEART WHAT I SAID IN THE LAST TWO BUDGET WORKSHOPS DIALING DOWN INTO WHAT THE NEED IS AND I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER POSITIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE STATE MANDATES AND IT'S HARD HONESTLY AS I SAID I ANTICIPATED LATER TODAY, PROBABLY WOULD HAVE INCLUDED THIS HAD WE HAD THAT PRESENTATION PRIOR AND IMAGINING THAT I WOULD SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL FULL TIME EMPLOYEE. 
          AT OUR NEXT BUDGET DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. I'M GLAD YOU TOOK MY CUES ON HOW TO DO THIS. MY WORK IS SHOWING. 
          KIDDING. THANK YOU. 
          I BELIEVE THIS CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOP. 
          I WILL CLOSE IT AND TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS AND CONTINUE. 
          SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LEFT? OKAY. PERFECT. 
          WE WILL TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS AND THEN 
          >> LET'S WAIT FOR THE CAMERA TO COME ON. 
          OKAY, WE ARE BACK FROM A SHORT RECESS PUTTING A BOOKEND ON THE WORKSHOP AND SCOTT IS GOING TO HELP US CREATE THAT BOOKEND. 
          SCOTT, WHAT SAY YOU? >> TO GET THE OPINION ON A COUPLE ITEMS AS WE GET PREPARED TO PUT OUT SOME PUBLIC NOTICES. 
          ONE OF THE ITEMS IS GOING TO BE A POTENTIAL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE THAT WILL NEED TO BE IN THE RECORD AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM WOULD BE CLARIFICATION ON HOW TO ON ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES AND WHAT METHODOLOGY YOU WANT TO USE THERE. 
          >> WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO DO, COMMISSIONERS? STARTING WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIAL. 
          >> ACTUALLY, JUDGE. TO SET THE STAGE FOR OUR FINAL CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK I HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE WHICH ADDRESSES THE NUMBER OF THE CONCERNS ADDRESSED IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR THE LAST THREE WEEKS. AND AS AN OVERALL AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET AGAIN IT'S A STARTING POINT. 
          IT INCREASES THE RATE BY EXACTLY 1 CENT AND THEN IT TRIES TO 
          [05:10:03]
ADDRESS SOME OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS THAT WE DISCUSSED. 
          IF I HAD SOME OF THE BACKGROUND AND SOME OF THE ITEMS TODAY I THINK THAT THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS AND FOUND ADDITIONAL WAYS UNDER THE EXISTING BUDGET, TRYING TO GET THAT 1 CENT IS A GOAL OF MINE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DOABLE WITH ALL THE DEMANDS THAT WE HAVE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT IT TO THE COURT AND ASK FOR THE COURT TO AT LEAST LOOK AT CONSIDERATION TODAY. THE FIRST ITEM AND FOR BACKGROUND, THE FUNDING SOURCE AS I MENTIONED IS A 1 CENT TAX RATE INCREASE FROM 0.399 TO A RATE OF 0.099 WITH A REVENUE OF OVER $0.42 MILLION AND AN ADDITIONAL 0.000 $0.06 AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PRIORITIES AS WE SEE FIT WITHIN THE BUDGET. 
          >> HOW MUCH IS THAT? >> I ASKED SCOTT WHO SPECIFICALLY GRABBED THAT. [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> I TRIED TO HIT IT EXACT. ALL WE'VE DONE COMMISSIONER WAS THOUGH SHE IS STARTING TO GO OVER IT. 
          ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS CAME IN AND THEY SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED ADOPTION OF EITHER SOME EMPLOYEE PAY RAISE OR PAY RECALIBRATION AFTER CONSULTING WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT AND SEEING THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US LAST WEEK, REALLY THE PRIORITY, I WANTED TO EXPRESS WAS SALARIES AND WORKFORCE RETENTION AND CURRENTLY THERE IS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET $2 MILLION CALCULUS AMENDMENT FOR THOSE EMPLOYEE RETENTION AND SALARY INCREASES, IF WE WENT WITH OPTION TWO, AS IDENTIFIED BY B. HR DEPARTMENT AND BUDGET UNDER OUR LAST MEETING, THE DIFFERENCE IN EXPENDITURE WOULD BE 2.874, $868 MILLION WITH AN IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE OF 0.6812 AND JUST AGAIN TO CLARIFY AND FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE LISTENING, THAT WOULD BE 100% OF THE RECOMMENDATION WITH A PHASED APPROACH WITH PHASE ONE BEING 50% AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 1 AND 50% PHASE TWO AVAILABLE ON JANUARY 1 WITH NO REGRADES FOR FY 2027, ON THE ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARY, I CHOSE TO GO WITH OPTION ONE AS PRESENTED BY HR AND THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT. 
          IN OPTION ONE, IF YOU REMEMBER AND IT WAS OUTLINED AGAIN TODAY, I WANT TO REITERATE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IT CREATES ABOUT $11,688 IN SAVINGS, THE CHART MOVES ON JANUARY 1ST WITH THE SWEARING IN OF NEW OFFICIALS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS REELECTED ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A 10% INCREASE AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE COURT ON THE STEP PROGRAM ADOPTED IN THE PAST. 
          THE ONE CAVEAT WITH THAT IS IN THE PAST THOSE COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE THROUGH ALL OF OUR GRIEVANCE PROCESSES WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS. LAST WEEK WE HAD TO DRAW NAMES FOR A GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE SHOULD THERE BE ONE. 
          THOSE HAVE ALWAYS CENTERED AROUND OUR SHERIFF'S POSITION AND SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, A PROPOSED 1%, A PAY SCALE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS 1% ABOVE THE SALARY PURSUANT TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, IT WOULD CURRENTLY IMPACT TWO OF THE CONSTABLES IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND IT WILL PROBABLY IMPACT ALL OF THE CONSTABLES BECAUSE THEY WILL BE REASSESSED UNDER THE CDA. 
          THIS WOULD I BELIEVE IN TALKING WITH THE CONSTABLES AND WITH THE SHERIFF WOULD AVOID ANY GRIEVANCE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TIED TO THE CDA AS IS ALL -- AND IT WOULD BE FLOATING. AND A GOOD WAY TO ADDRESS IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE DO ALL THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          THE NEXT PRIORITY AREA I WANT TO TARGET WITH PERSONNEL INCREASES TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES IN GOVERNMENT 
          [05:15:02]
OPERATIONS. IF YOU WILL NOTICE, EACH POSITION IS DENOTED AND I APOLOGIZE, THERE IS ONE THAT I HAVE MISSED THE NOTATION ON BUT EACH POSITION IS NOTED AS TO ITS IPORTANCE TO THE STRATEGIC PILLARS IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND GIVEN THE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL PRIORITY POSITIONS AND PERSONNEL NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS ARE RECOMMENDED, ADDITIONALLY THE DIRECTOR OF HR AND BUDGET SHALL PRODUCE A CALENDAR AND CORRESPONDING POLICY LIMITING THE ABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REQUEST UPGRADES AND/OR NEW POSITIONS TO TWICE ANNUALLY, ONCE DURING THE REGULAR BUDGET SUBMISSION AND CONSIDERATION PROCESS AND ONCE PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE PHYSICAL MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT. AS WE DISCUSSED, WOULD GIVE THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR NEW POSITIONS AND NEW UPGRADES OR NEW REGRADES ONCE PER YEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND IT WOULD GIVE US A MORE CLEAN PROCESS TO DO THAT AND WE ALWAYS TELL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, COME BACK DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. THIS GIVES THE ABILITY FOR THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS ONCE PER YEAR SO EVERY SIX MONTHS TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE CHANGES, CHANGES IN THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS ARE AND HOW TO ADDRESS THEM AND ADDITIONALLY, GIVEN THE OFFICES OF THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, THE NEEDS OF THE OFFICES, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DIRECT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE TO WORK WITH THESE OFFICES TO DEVELOP A MATRIX AND RECOMMENDATION FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE COURT DURING THE FIRST OF THE REFERENCE MIDYEAR SUBMISSION PROCESS SO THEY WOULD SIT DOWN WITH ALL OF THE JPS AND CREATE A PROCESS IN WORKING WITH THEM AND THEN COME BACK AT THE MIDYEAR TO LOOK AT THE REQUEST THAT THEY'VE HAD AND TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE COURT PROCESS BE ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW THE NEED FOR EACH OF THE CONSTABLE'S AND CONSIDERATION SHOULD INCLUDE CASELOADS, BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL AND ENFORCEMENT NEEDS IN EACH PRECINCT AS EACH ARE UNIQUE. 
          I THINK THAT GIVES THE CLARIFICATION TO OUR ADMINISTRATION STAFF AND TO THE -- AS WELL TO THE THE CONSTABLE'S AND THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AS TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, I WOULD SAY A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS AND I TOLD HIM THIS ON HIS WAY OUT, A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS THE PREVIOUS BUDGET WORKSHOP PRESENTATION YOU JUST SAW, IT REALLY QUANTIFIED WHAT THE NEED WAS AND PUT A POINT ON THAT AND I THINK THAT IS GOOD DATA AND NOT JUST GENERAL DATA BUT GOOD DATA AS TO THE WORK. 
          I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE DATA NEEDS TO BE PURSUANT TO THE IMPACTS OF THE JOB AND THE DEMANDS OF THE POSITION. 
          WE HAVE MANY EMPLOYEES IN OUR -- WHO WORK FOR THE COUNTY WHO HAVE TAKEN JOBS THAT ARE MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT FIT, I HAVE THREE KIDS, I HAVE I THINK IT'S GREAT WHAT THE COUNTY CHOOSES TO PAY ME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAID AT THE ADEQUATE RATE FOR THE JOB THAT THEY ARE DOING. EXTRANEOUS DATA WE CAN'T USE WHEN WE ARE DETERMINING THAT BECAUSE THAT SAME EMPLOYEE IN THE SAME POSITION MIGHT BE DEALING WITH THE SAME JOB WHERE THEY HAVE ONE KID OR NO KID OR TEN KIDS. 
          WE CAN'T TAKE THAT DATA INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          IT HAS TO BE WHAT DOES THE JOB REQUIRE? I WOULD ASK IS WE GET THOSE PRESENTATIONS, THAT IS THE INFORMATION WE NEED. WHILE I APPRECIATED SOME OF THOSE FACTS TODAY, IT'S REALLY NOT I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF WORDS AND NAME OFF SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED AT LEAST IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AS A PRIORITY AND AS COST SAVINGS. 
          FIRST, I WANT TO APPLAUD THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE BUDGET, RELATIVE TO HOW THEY COULD PAY FOR SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT THEY HAD AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO ALMOST PAY FOR THOSE 100% WITH THE ELIMINATION OF SEVEN REQUESTED OFFICERS POSITIONS TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          CURRENTLY, THERE ARE SIX OR EIGHT IN PROCESS FOR NEW OFFICERS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE 16 OPEN POSITIONS THERE AND ARE NOT SURE IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS -- 21 POSITIONS, SORRY. 
          THAT BEING THE CASE, THE DELETION OF SEVEN OF THOSE 
          [05:20:01]
REQUESTED OFFICERS POSITIONS PROVIDES FOR THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE THREE SROS, I SD AT THE REDUCED RATE AS WELL AS THE AXION AI LOW PMT ELECTRONICS AND SOFTWARE UPGRADE THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. THIS IS NOT THE FULL PACKAGE 
          THAT WAS REQUESTED. >> JUST HELPED ME OUT. 
          >> IT IS THE PAYMENT. >> I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY 
          PAYMENT. >> I WAS JUST SAYING PMT IS A 
          PAYMENT. >> IT IS A LOWER PAYMENT. 
          >> IT IS NOT 100% OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS ASKED FOR BUT IT DOES HAVE THE MAJORITY AS WELL AS -- CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT HAS THE TRANSLATION IN IT. 
          >> COMMISSIONER, WHAT THAT WOULD BE IS THAT AS A LOW PAYMENT TO WHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE $95,000 THAT FIRST YEAR AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR IT WILL BE I THINK 520,000. 
          SO THAT REDUCTION YOU GET IN THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE BUILT INTO THE LATER YEARS. THERE'S AN OPTION IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED, WE CAN KIND OF PIECEMEAL THAT TOGETHER IF THAT 
          IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT. >> SURE. 
          >> LET ME FINISH WALKING THROUGH THIS AND THEN I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON ANY OF IT. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES, SPECIFICALLY, THE COUNTY COURT OF LAWS REQUEST FOR AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE AND ALONG WITH THAT, THE DA'S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED THE MENTAL HEALTH ATTORNEY TO SPECIFICALLY HELP ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THAT COURT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WAS IF THAT ASSOCIATE JUDGE WAS APPOINTED, WHAT WERE THE OTHER RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT? THE ATTORNEY WOULD BE NEEDED ON THE DA'S SIDE AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THERE WOULD BE SOME UPGRADES OR RETROFITS NEEDED FOR THIS SPACE THAT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE IN THE JUSTICE FACILITY. 
          AND I SPOKE TO SCOTT ABOUT OTHER FORMS OF -- OR OTHER PARTS WHERE THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD BE NEEDED SPECIFICALLY TO DO THOSE RETROFITS WOULD BE INCLUDED. 
          IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, FOR THE DA'S OFFICE, THE REQUESTED REGRADES. THOSE REGRADES ARE ABOUT $50,000 AND THAT IS THE REGRADE OF ATTORNEY'S SEVEN, THREE POSITIONS, THE 113 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT REGRADE AND THE TWO LEGAL ASSISTANT REGRADES FROM 116. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT THE TOTAL COST FOR ALL THREE POSITIONS OF THE SROS WITH EQUIPMENT IS $524,829 WITH THE COUNTY INCURRING $284,686 OF EXPENSE. 
          AND CONSOLIDATING SD SHOULDERING THE REMAINING $204,143 THROUGH REIMBURSEMENT RATE. FOR SALARY OF EMPLOYEES WHICH INCLUDES THE EQUIPMENT, THAT IS THE REASON IT IS A LARGER PERCENTAGE FOR HAYS COUNTY IN THAT FIRST YEAR. 
          AFTER THAT, THOSE NUMBERS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY TO JUST OVER 100,000, I BELIEVE. ON THE STRATEGIC CAPITAL NEEDS, AGAIN, I MENTIONED AXION. THE OTHER THINGS THAT I REALLY LOOKED AT AS FAR AS WHAT WERE NEEDED OR I FELT WERE NEEDED FROM THE OVERALL REQUEST THAT WE HAD SO FAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE MENTIONED VOTING EQUIPMENT, I MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES NOW. WE WERE ABLE TO GET ANOTHER QUOTE, A DIFFERENT QUOTE FOR THE BREAKUP OF COSTS OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD NEED IN THREE FISCAL YEARS. 
          MY CONCERN IS, ONCE AGAIN, AND I HAD ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOY THAT -- I. HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE FUTURE COURT WILL HAVE A VERY HARD TIME, NUMBER 1, STOMACHING THE ENTIRE COST OF THAT VOTING EQUIPMENT WHEN OUR CURRENT EQUIPMENT IS AT END OF LIFE. 
          AND ESPECIALLY DOING IT IN A ONE YEAR. 
          DURING A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. IT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER AND IF WE CAN SPREAD THIS OVER THREE YEARS WE ARE BETTER FOR IT. 
          IT IS BY FAR THE LARGEST TICKET ITEM WE HAVE HERE, IT IS A $959,000. IT EQUATES TO ABOUT 0.2 273%. 
          THE OTHER THING -- AND I WANT TO THANK SCOTT AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE REQUEST, PRESENTED FROM THE DA'S OFFICE FOR PRETRIAL AND 
          [05:25:01]
TRIAL, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND EXPERT WITNESS COMPENSATION, HE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME FUNDS THAT WERE NOT BEING USED IN THERE AND AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT OUR PROFESSIONALS THAT WE REQUIRED THE TRAININGS THAT THEY HAVE, VERY FEW I WOULD SAY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR ATTORNEYS AND THOSE ARE REQUIRED STATUTORILY FOR THEM TO PRACTICE. 
          SO ENSURING THAT THE CONTINUING EDUCATION WAS HELD AT A SIMILAR LEVEL IS GREAT. IT WOULD MEAN AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $14,000 FOR THAT. AND AS I SAID, ADDITIONALLY EXISTING FUNDS ARE IDENTIFIED. ONE THING I DID NOT MENTION WAS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY WANTED TO CONSIDER AS WELL, WHEN WE HAD ADVOCATES AND THE MENTAL HEALTH WORK COME IN AND TALK ABOUT CONTRACT SERVICES, CONTRACT SERVICES THEMSELVES, THERE IS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT -- AN UNENCUMBERED AMOUNT OF MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR CONTRACT SERVICES FOR THE SPECIALTY COURTS. AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS, BUT ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THE VETERANS COURT TO LOOK AT WHAT THEIR CONTRACT SERVICE NEEDS WOULD BE AS WELL. AND SO I WOULD PROPOSE THEM LOOKING AT THAT ACCOUNT AND HAVING THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW JUDGES WHO HAVE THOSE SPECIALTY COURTS AS THOSE CONTRACTS EXPIRE, AS THEY ARE BEING FILLED TO THE POINT OF THE CONTRACT SERVICES RUNNING OUT, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY, NUMBER 1 TO GO TO THE ACCOUNT, BUT NUMBER 2 THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THOSE -- THOSE COUNTY COURT LAW JUDGES AS TO WHERE THE BEST USAGE OF THOSE FUNDS SHOULD BE. 
          THIS GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE CONTROL OVER THAT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. AND AS I MENTIONED, ALSO FUNDS FOR RETROFITTING FACILITIES AT THE CENTER FOR SPACE CONVERSION FOR THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE POSITION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN EXISTING FUNDS. ALL THAT BEING SAID, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS CREATES A TOTAL TAX RATE WITH THE ITEMS THAT WERE ADDED IN HERE. OF 0.493, IN ADDITION TO THE TAX RATE OF THAT. IF WE PASS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR A 1 CENT INCREASE AT MINIMUM, THAT WOULD LEAVE 0.0094 OF A CENT AVAILABLE FOR USAGE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT GIVES US A STARTING POINT TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS AND 
          ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEK. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THIS FOUR PAGE DOCUMENT. 
          DO YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS? 
          >> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I FEEL THAT I AGREE WITH, BUT I ALSO WANT -- SCOTT, IS THERE ANY WAY TO PUT YOUR SLIDE BACK UP ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE RECOMMENDING IN YOUR BUDGET? 
          >> I THINK SO. CAN WE ACCESS THE SLIDE SHOW? IS THERE ANY WAYS WE CAN GET COPIES? 
          >> DO YOU WANT THE SLIDE SHOW OR WHAT? 
          WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PREFER? >> SLIDE SHOW. 
          >> I WILL SEND IT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD RIGHT NOW. 
          >> DO YOU WANT TO HAVE IT PRINTED? 
          >> DO Y'ALL WANT IT PRINTED OUT OR EMAILED? 
          >> IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE. I THINK THIS IS NICE TO HAVE, I ALSO REALLY LIKE THE HR PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          I GUESS IT WOULD ALL BE IN THIS ONE. 
          >> SO CAN SYLVIA PRINT FOUR OR FIVE COPIES? 
          >> I CAN. >> I WILL SAVE IT AND SEND IT TO 
          HER. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. >> DO WE WANT TO WAIT FOR A 
          MINUTE? >> WE CAN'T WAIT ON YOU. 
          WHATEVER YOU WANT. >> WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, JUDGE, IS THAT I REALLY LIKE THE POSITIONS THAT SCOTT PRESENTED TO US. BUT I WILL SAY ON YOUR PRESENTATION, COMMISSIONER, I CAN SUPPORT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS TO -- WHICH IS THE SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES TO THE CURRENT ADOPTED SALARY OR 1% HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST PAID LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEE. I CAN SUPPORT THAT. 
          >> HOPEFULLY WE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION WHEN ASKED. 
          >> 66,000. >> $66,000 INCREASE FOR THE 
          [05:30:02]
POSITION? FOR ALL OF THAT? 
          THE MOVE TO 1%, GOT IT. >> AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT IS 
          PRESENTED HERE. >> I WOULD ALSO SUPPORT THE JP 22 COORDINATOR GOING FROM THAT PART TIME OR TEMPORARY TIME TO A 
          FULL POSITION. >> DO WE WANT TO DEDICATE THAT SPECIFICALLY? OR IS SHE GOING TO DO TWO -- 
          >> RIGHT NOW IT'S ROADWAY. >> THEY JUST PRESENTED IT SO I JUST SAID THAT. HOWEVER, THAT IS ALLOCATED -- 
          >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. ARE YOU QUESTIONING WE STAY 
          THERE? >> HE IS SUPPORTING ALL OF THEM. 
          BUT THIS OTHER FULL TIME POSITION CAN REPORT TO ANOTHER JP VERSUS JUST -- I. DON'T KNOW. WHATEVER MAKES SENSE. 
          >> I'M ALSO THINKING WHEN YOU SAID THAT, I HAD NO DOG IN THE HUT, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF THEM WORKING TOGETHER AND COLLABORATING SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE SOME SYNERGY AND EFFICIENCIES. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THEM -- JUST HEARING YOU SAY IT, COMING TOGETHER UNDER THAT. 
          >> COMMISSIONER, WOULD IT BE EASIER IF WE WERE TO JUST LOOK THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM AND YOU CAN TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD SUPPORT IT OR NOT SUPPORT IT? 
          >> THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO. 
          I'M TRYING TO GO DOWN THESE ITEMS. BUT THE OTHER CLARIFICATION I WANT IS THE EMPLOYEE SALARY -- OR ERIC, I GUESS. WHAT Y'ALL PRESENTED WITH THE COST -- THE 63% OF EMPLOYEES -- CAN YOU PUT THAT ONE UP, THAT 
          SCREEN? >> COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID JANUARY IN THE SECOND HALF. BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION 
          IT WAS APRIL OF THE SECOND HALF. >> OKAY. 
          SO WE FUND APPROXIMATELY 63 OF THE RECOMMENDED MARKET ADJUSTMENT EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER FIRST. 
          THE ADDITIONAL WILL BE FUNDED WHEN? 
          OKAY. >> I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE CONFUSION WE NEED TO CLARIFY. SO WHAT WE PRESENTED TO THE COURT, THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION HAD TWO OPTIONS. 
          THE FIRST OPTION WAS TO FUND THE ENTIRE PROGRAM IN OCTOBER. 
          THAT WAS ABOUT SIX-POINT WHATEVER MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THE SECOND OPTION WAS TO STAGGER IT AND MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          A PORTION OF THAT, HALF OF IT WOULD BE PAID IN OCTOBER. 
          THE REMAINING PART WOULD BE PAID IN APRIL. 
          THAT WAS ABOUT 4.8. WHEN WE BROUGHT THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE, WHAT WE COULD FUND WAS 30% OF THAT. SO THAT CHANGED THE CONVERSATION, THAT IS WHAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED. 
          WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTING TO YOU ALL, BASED ON IF WE COULD GO UP A PENNY, IS WHAT COULD BE FUNDED. 
          SO THE 63% THAT WE ARE REFERRING TO IS OF THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF THE OCTOBER DATE, RIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT AFTER TALKING TO THE COURT AND HEARING FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TODAY, IT APPEARS THAT YOU ALL WANT US TO GO BACK TO LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL OPTION WHICH WOULD BE STAGGERED. WHICH WOULD BE THE 4.8 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST PART -- THANK YOU ROXANNE -- IN OCTOBER. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND IN APRIL. SO WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW IS THE ADDITIONAL -- THERE'S $2 MILLION IN THE BUDGET, THE ADDITIONAL 2.8 WOULD BE FOR THAT OPTION. 
          >> CORRECT. WHAT I DID WAS GO WITH THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION, WHICH WAS GIVEN TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          OPTION ONE, TO YOUR POINT, WAS 6.5 MILLION, OPTION TWO WAS 487. 
          SO THIS WOULD FULLY FUND THE 487. 
          >> SO LET'S JUST SAY RIGHT NOW, THAT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THAT PHASED -- THAT PHASING OF THE EMPLOYEE SALARIES. 
          SO IF WE TURN THE PAGE, I DO ALSO SUPPORT THE REQUEST OF REGRADES AND NEW POSITIONS TO TWICE ANNUALLY, I LIKE THAT MENTIONING. IF THE SHERIFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF 
          [05:35:03]
THE DELETION OF SEVEN REQUESTED CORRECTIONS OFFICERS, I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. IF THE SHERIFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE IS 14 OPEN OR HOWEVER -- BUT THEY ARE NOT FILLED. AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE WANTING TO BRING BACK OUR CORRECTIONS OFFICER, BUT I THINK IN ORDER TO 
          -- >> CAN I? CAN I CHIME IN JUST FOR A SECOND? I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SHERIFF AND I KNOW HE IS HERE, BUT AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT THE 21 THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN AND THE DELETION OF THOSE SEVEN, HE STILL -- BECAUSE I SAID IS IT AN INITIATIVE OF BRINGING HOME ALL OF OUR INMATES, IS THAT STILL POSSIBLE? AND HE SAID HE THINKS IT CAN BE DONE WITH WHAT WE HAVE AFTER THE SEVEN. 
          I DID HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AND JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT FOR A SECOND WITH HIM. 
          WHENEVER WE TALKED, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE HE IS TAKING AWAY FROM HIS DEPARTMENT AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THIS, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS WERE SOLELY USED FOR HIS DEPARTMENT. SO WE ARE ONLY USING A LITTLE OVER A HALF ON THE FUNDS THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED BASED ON COMMISSIONER SMITH'S PROPOSAL, A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THE FUNDS THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM THOSE SEVEN CORRECTION OFFICERS. 
          I KNOW THERE IS ALSO AN INVESTIGATOR THAT HE REALLY WANTED AND ALSO SANDRA, IF I'M SAYING THAT NAME RIGHT, MAKING SURE THAT HER PAY IS WHERE SHE WANTED IT TO BE OR WHERE THEY WANTED IT TO BE FOR HER. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE 
          THINGS WERE MENTIONED. >> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND I AM SORRY IN A PREVIOUS VERSION, IT HAD BOTH THE DETECTIVE AND THE REGRADE. AND THAT GOT US IN ABOUT $60,000 TOTAL OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUESTED FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. SO I WOULD AMEND TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE INTACT BECAUSE THEY GOT DELETED IN THE LAST VERSION. 
          THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. >> SHERIFF, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? AFTER THE CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER HAMMER, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU FEEL THAT WITH THE DELETION OF THE SEVEN, WE ARE STILL WORKING TOWARDS BRINGING OUR INMATES BACK THAT WHAT YOU HAVE 
          AFTER THE SEVEN ARE DELETED? >> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. 
          I WILL REITERATE, WE HAVE 21 CORRECTION OFFICERS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS. I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT WE MIGHT GET FOUR OUT OF THOSE EIGHT AND BE ABLE TO PASS THE BACKGROUND AND TESTING. FOUR IS PROBABLY BEST WHICH WILL LEAVE US WITH 17. WITH THE BUDGET THE WAY IT IS, MY PRIORITY IS ALWAYS TO GET OUR INMATES BACK. 
          IS IT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE THIS FISCAL YEAR? I'M NOT 100% SURE. CAN WE GET DOWN TO THE 50 MARK TO REACH THAT GOAL? I THINK WE CAN IF WE ARE ABLE TO HIRE THE -- 21 MINUS SEVEN... 14 WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          I THINK WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO GET US TO THAT MARK. 
          BUT WE WON'T. I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT I HIGHLY DOUBT WE WILL GET TO 100% INMATES BACK HERE IN THE COUNTY WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO USE THE 182 TO GET OUR FOLKS TAKEN CARE OF. 
          >> OKAY. SO LET ME JUST GO DOWN THE LIST AGAIN. SO I WAS OKAY WITH THE DELETION OF THE REQUESTED CORRECTIONS OFFICERS POSITION. 
          I STILL FEEL THAT AS FAR AS THE DA IS CONCERNED, I THINK WE ARE PUTTING MONEY ASIDE FOR WHEN THE NEW DA COMES IN, THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF HIS ISSUES. I THINK I STILL LIKE THAT IDEA OF DOING THAT AND NOT NECESSARILY FUNDING RIGHT NOW, AS LONG AS WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THAT PURPOSE, I THINK THAT I AM OKAY WITH THAT. AND MAKING THE BUDGET BECAUSE SCOTT HAS ACCOUNTED FOR SOME OF THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT IS BUT SCOTT CAN SHARE IF YOU HAVE 
          THAT AVAILABLE. >> AGAIN, THE ONE CAVEAT I WOULD SAY IS IF THE -- IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR THE COUNTY COURT LAW, IT HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WE WOULD NEED THE ATTORNEY FOR THAT COURT. 
          AND THAT WAS REITERATED BY GREG. >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE 
          [05:40:03]
          DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THAT YOU HAVE? >> I WOULDN'T PUT ANYTHING AWAY UNLESS WE WERE TO PERMIT THROUGH THIS PENNY. 
          SO IF WE WERE TO DO -- ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT SALARY WHICH IS WHAT WOULD GO INTO THOSE SALARY 
          ADJUSTMENTS. >> DID YOU HAVE THAT ON THE SAME? KNOW YOU DIDN'T. 
          >> DO YOU HAVE THE BINDER STILL? >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE POSITIONS THEY REQUESTED LAST WEEK. AND THAT FISCAL IMPACT WILL BE -- WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE -- WE ARE 
          LOOKING FOR THE ATTORNEY, RIGHT? >> IS IT THE NEW ATTORNEY? 
          >> I THINK IT IS A MENTAL HEALTH ATTORNEY THREE. 
          >> THAT WOULD BE THE AMOUNT WE WOULD SET ASIDE, IF THAT'S WHAT 
          THEY WANT. >> I THINK I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SETTING THAT MONEY ASIDE. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT -- I. THINK WE WILL HAVE SALARY SAVINGS AS YOU STATED, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ATTORNEY WILL BE ABLE TO BE HIRED IN JANUARY 31ST, THERE WILL BE SOME LEAD TIME ON THAT. 
          I WILL SAY THAT IF IT IS NEEDED FOR -- TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE WANT, THEN YES, I WOULD GO AHEAD -- 
          >> GO AND INCLUDE IT BECAUSE THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE, IS THAT 
          CORRECT? >> YES. 
          LET'S SEE... AND SO HERE COMES THE BIG TICKET ITEMS. 
          THE AXON AI PLATFORM. >> THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE SHERIFF'S. AND ADDITIONALLY, IT WAS DELETED. AND I BELIEVE -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, IT WAS PROVIDED BY AD BE $158,194 FOR THE AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE. AND I DON'T SEE THE REGRADE IN HERE. BUT I HAVE GOT THAT NUMBER HERE. 
          THAT REGRADE AMOUNT. >> I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, COMMISSIONER, THEY JUST RELAYED TO ME THAT THE CIVILIAN MARKET 
          AUTOMATICALLY REGRADES. >> THAT IS WONDERFUL. 
          >> WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE 164,157 OF THOSE DOLLARS PROVIDED BY THAT POSITION. BY THE ELIMINATION OF THE POSITIONS, WOULD GO TOWARDS ONE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, IT IS NOT IN HERE FOR SOME REASON, IT WAS DELETED. 
          WHENEVER I PRINTED THE FINAL VERSION. 
          >> I ALSO WANT TO SAY, THE AXON AI THINGS, THERE ARE SOME. 
          IT IS NOT JUST THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO -- I UNDERSTAND IT PUTS US IN A BIND FOR YEARS TO COME, I COMPLETELY GET THAT. 
          BUT IT ALSO HELPS US, IT HAS THE TRANSLATOR SERVICE FOR IT, WE PAY FOR A TRANSLATION SERVICE RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE CBA, WE PAY FOR A PERSON WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THAT COST THERE. 
          IT WOULD ELIMINATE IT, CORRECT? THE COST? BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE A TRANSLATION SERVICE -- 
          >> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS NEGOTIATED IN COLLECTIVE 
          BARGAINING. >> WHAT ARE WE USING RIGHT NOW? 
          GOOGLE TRANSLATE? >> WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE 
          TO COME OUT. >> GOT IT. 
          >> SO WHERE IS THAT POSITION THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT? 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS CHART, FOR SOME REASON IT IS NOT. IF YOU TURN IN THE NOTEBOOK WE WERE GIVEN TODAY AND LOOK AT THOSE POSITIONS, IT IS ONE NEW AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE OF THE TAX OFFICE. 
          AND IT IS $158,164. BUT I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT ON THE INFORMATION THAT SCOTT ALSO PROVIDED ME. 
          >> IN SCOTT'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET, HE HAD TWO SRO DEPUTIES. 
          [05:45:02]
I KNOW THAT YOU REQUESTED THREE SHERIFF'S. 
          >> DID YOU REQUEST THREE OR SIX? >> THREE. 
          >> OKAY. >> MAY I JUST ASK, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE, I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT QUESTION AND ANSWER, BUT IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN AN SRO OR THE AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE, IS THERE ONE THAT WOULD JUST KIND OF RACE TO THE TOP JUST A LITTLE BIT 
          MORE? >> BEFORE I ANSWER THAT, I'M TRYING TO GET SPECIFIC NUMBERS. WE HAVE ONE DETECTIVE THAT HANDLES ALL AUTO THEFTS AND HE IS SEVERELY OVERWORKED. 
          NOT ONLY DOING INSPECTIONS ON TUESDAYS, HE ALSO SEIZED A STOLEN TRAILERS AND OTHER THINGS HE ASKED TO INSPECT. 
          SO WITHOUT HAVING THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS, HE IS WORKING ON THAT FOR ME RIGHT NOW. AND A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF CASES HE WORKS EACH YEAR. THAT WILL GIVE ME MORE INFORMATION. THAT IS A HARD ONE FOR ME. 
          IF YOU WANT AN OFFICER IN EVERY SCHOOL. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND. >> I WOULD HATE TO GIVE THAT UP. 
          >> AND AGAIN, IF WE WERE NOT GOING TO FUND THOSE THINGS THAT WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, I WOULD 
          NOT ASK FOR THAT MANY -- >> SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GIVE 
          AND TAKE. >> IF WE WANT TO DO THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, IF YOU DROP DOWN TO SIX CEOS THAT ARE RELEASED. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING FAIR WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD AND SAYING WE WILL GIVE 
          UP SOMETHING. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, HIS DEPARTMENT -- PEOPLE IN HIS DEPARTMENT WAS THE ONLY DEPARTMENT I HAVE TALKED TO THAT SAID I WOULD GIVE THIS UP. 
          I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE THAT. >> TAKE THE SAME THING. 
          >> NOT ON THAT LARGE OF A SCALE. >> THIS WOULD BE THE LAST 
          SCHEDULED WORKSHOP. >> COMMISSIONER, I WAS HOPING FOR THE GRAPH SO I COULD SHAPE THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE. THERE IS NO DOUBT THE SHERIFF KNOWS I SUPPORT HIM, IT IS HOW WE DO THINGS AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS COMMISSIONER COHEN THAT YOUR BUDGET WOULD BE 
          -- >> THE COUNTY'S MORAL COMPASS. 
          >> YEAH. I THOUGHT THAT WAS EXACTLY ON POINT. SO WHEN WE MADE THESE DECISIONS AND SHAPED THESE CONVERSATIONS AND JUST BELIEVE ME, I LOVED IT WHEN HE WAS DOING ALL OF THE TRAINING ON THE CAMPUSES, I THOUGHT HE DID A GREAT JOB AS A SHERIFF. 
          SO NOTHING I SAY IS GOING TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE WE DON'T SUPPORT HIM. ALL I'M SAYING IS THE VISION OF THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE IS WHAT WE ARE ALSO SHAPING HERE. 
          BY THE DECISIONS AND THE TRANSACTIONS AND THE NEGOTIATIONS. SO WE CAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE AS AN OPTION, BECAUSE HERE IS A 1 CENT TAX INCREASE RECOMMENDATION, WE'VE JUST GOT THIS FOUR PAGE DOCUMENT DROPPED ON OUR LAP, HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO PROCESS IT, REALLY. 
          OKAY FINE, WE CAN GO WITH THAT TOO. 
          SO WE COULD GO LINE BY LINE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND MAKE INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET IT AS A BOOK. 
          I WILL NEVER SUPPORT SOME OF THIS STUFF. 
          SO WE CAN HELP HIM GET THE THINGS HE WANTS DONE, BECAUSE I DO SUPPORT SOME OF THIS STUFF, BUT I WON'T SUPPORT THE WHOLE LOCK, STOCK, AND BARREL. IN CASE YOU ARE SUPPORTIVE OF 
          THAT. >> AND THAT GIVES SCOTT AN IDEA ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE 
          TAX RATE. >> ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? 
          >> I AM. UNSURE HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE 
          US. >> ONLY WHAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS SAID. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? 
          >> I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. WHEN I SAID HE WAS THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT CAME UP, THE COUNTY CLERK, DID THEY GIVE UP ANYTHING IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET? OR THAT WAS IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET? 
          >> NO, THAT WAS THE -- THAT WAS >> THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN HIS BUDGET FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          >> COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING, YES. 
          AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK AARON IN RHODES BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING SOME PROPERTY TAX FROM THEM. 
          HE DID GIVE IT UP AS WELL. [LAUGHS] 
          >> I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO PUT THAT BACK! 
          >> AARON EXPECTS A BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          [05:50:05]
          >> LET'S LEAVE THAT CONVERSATION, COMMISSIONER. 
          >> LET'S DO THAT. ON .1, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADOPT OPTION TWO OF THE RECOMMENDED EMPLOYEE RETENTION AND SALARY AND WORKFORCE RETENTION ITEM AS IT WAS PUT OUT IN A PREVIOUS WORKSHOP UNDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, CURRENTLY THERE IS $2 MILLION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS WOULD INCREASE THAT AMOUNT TO 400 -- $4,874,868 WITH AN IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE. 
          0.6812. >> THAT WILL BE FUNDED IN TWO PARTS, JUST TO BE CLEAR. OCTOBER 1, PART ONE, AND 
          APRIL 1, PART TWO, CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. 
          >> SECOND, MOTION SECOND, I SUPPORT THAT ONE. 
          COMMISSIONERS, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? 
          >> OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ONLY ONE OF ME ON THIS COURT AND I UNDERSTAND HOW -- EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS HOW I FEEL ABOUT INCREASING THE TAX RATE. 
          SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS BEING DONE A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER AND A LITTLE CRAZY IN THE WAY THE PROCESS IS. 
          BUT I RESPECT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ALL AND I KNEW THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND PERSPECTIVES IN MIND. 
          BUT I WILL WORK WITH WHATEVER BUDGET IS ADOPTED AND SET FORTH AND I WILL DO THE BEST THAT I CAN. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOING ON IS NOT SUSTAINABLE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. HOW MUCH ARE WE COMING OUT OF 
          RESERVES FOR? >> CURRENTLY WE ARE AT ABOUT 
          3.6 MILLION. >> SO 3.6 MILLION IS COMING OUT OF RESERVES AS YOU ARE GOING TO ADD A PENNY AND NOT FUND RESERVES? THAT IS JUST SETTING US UP FOR FAILURE NEXT YEAR. PROPERTY RATES ARE NOT GOING UP RIGHT NOW. THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IS NOT GREAT. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUSTAIN THIS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING? I REALLY WANT TO KNOW. I HAVE TRIED TO MAKE NUMBERS WORK AND I CAN'T SEE ANY SUSTAINABILITY TO IT, WHICH IS DEVASTATING BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE UP HERE THAT CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE PRESENTING AND YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM MORE BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO DO THIS WITH COMING OUT OF RESERVES THAT 
          MUCH. >> YOU KNOW JUDGE, THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID I THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE RIGHT NOW, WE CAN SAY YES, I AGREE -- 
          >> WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, CORRECT? 
          >> LET THEM TAKE THAT DOWN AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AT. 
          >> WE ARE TALKING HERE, WE ARE A BODY OF FIVE. 
          SO I SECOND YOUR MOTION, IT IS CLEAR WHERE I STAND IN SUPPORT, TAKING CARE OF OUR COWORKERS, 100%. 
          AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION -- >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IN THE PAST, VERY MUCH TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND AND WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO SAYS THEY WILL SUPPORT IT, THAT IS ENOUGH DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          >> WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE. >> I WANT TO DRAW ON THAT 
          MOTION. >> MOTION WITHDRAWN, LET'S INCORPORATE OPTION TWO WITH THE DOUBLE FUNDING MOMENTS. 
          BUT I WILL STILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. 
          HOW I ENVISION THE BUDGET UNFOLDING, BECAUSE I WANT NO NEW TAX RATE, I WANT THE SAME TAX RATE FROM LAST YEAR. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WANT. HOW I ENVISION IT, IS TO SAY YES, WE TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES THE WAY WE ARE TRYING TO DO IT AT THIS VERY MOMENT. AND THEN PULL IT OUT OF SOME OTHER AREA THAT IS NOT CRITICAL, THAT IS NOT NOW, THAT IS NOT URGENT AND DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY NOT MANDATED LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS JUST ON THIS PAGE IN FRONT OF ME. 
          SO I SAY, PULL IT OUT OF OTHER CONTRACTS, PULL IT OUT OF OTHER PURCHASES BUT TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE. 
          THAT IS HOW I SEE IT BALANCING, THAT IS MY PRIORITY. 
          >> I HEAR THE COURT AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYONE STANDS ON WHERE THEY FEEL RAISING THE TAXES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          MY BIGGEST THING IS SUSTAINABILITY AND TO BE SOMETHING -- I'VE GOT TWO MORE BUDGET CYCLES TO GO THROUGH. I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR IT IS GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE STRESSED AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS AND NOT FAILURE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE RATINGS DON'T DROP. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT DANIEL PRESENTED WITH THAT BREAKDOWN OF PRODUCTIVITY, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. 
          LIKE ARE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS DOING THAT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS IS AS EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BE? WHAT ABOUT OUR VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? I'M SURE WE HAVE CONTRACTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AND SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN USE LICENSERS FOR INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO OPERATE ALL IN THESE SILOS AND HAVING THESE DIFFERENT SUBSCRIPTIONS. 
          I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE SOME THINGS. 
          [05:55:04]
AND IF WE HAVE A HARD BUDGET YEAR THIS YEAR, I WANT TO HAVE A HARD BUDGET YEAR THIS YEAR, ADDRESS EVERYTHING THIS NEXT COMING YEAR AND THEN MAYBE SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE. BUT IF WE GO UP A PENNY AND WE DON'T REPLENISH THAT RESERVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT. 
          I CAN'T REALLY GIVE A -- ADVICE FROM HERE. 
          >> YOUR HOPE IS TO NOT GO UP ON THE TAX RATE, IS THAT WHAT YOU 
          WERE HOPING FOR? >> GREAT. 
          >> I LOVE IT, THAT'S TWO OF US. IS THERE A WAY -- BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU YES, AND, I DON'T WANT TO GO UP ON THE TAX RATE, I'M% WITH THE COMMISSIONER 100%. EFFORTLESSLY AND PROUDLY. 
          BUT I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          IS THERE A WORLD WHERE YOU HAVE THAT MAGIC BOX THAT YOU START HITTING BUTTONS ON AND IT TELLS US ON THE CALL OUT ITEMS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE NICE, BUT THEY AREN'T TIED TO WHERE PEOPLE, THAT WILL KEEP US ON WHAT WE WANT. 
          >> HAVE A LINE DRAWN, ESSENTIALLY. 
          SAYING HEY, THIS IS WHAT NO TAX BREAK LAWS WILL SPEND MONEY AND BELOW THAT IS OTHERWISE WHAT IS TIED TO THE TAX INCREASE. 
          >> BLESS YOU. BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- I. HAVE ONLY HEARD COMMISSIONER SAY SHE WANTS THAT. 
          BUT ARE YOU INTERESTED? I THINK YOU SAID YOU WERE OKAY. 
          SO AM I THINKING YOU WERE OKAY >> I THINK THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO UP AND WE COULD FUND WHAT WE NEEDED TO FUND, ABSOLUTELY. BUT LET'S SEE HOW WE GET THERE. 
          >> CLOSE TO THAT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE LITERALLY A 2-2 SWING COURT RIGHT NOW. AND SO IF THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY, WE HAVE A WHOLE COURT AHEAD OF US. 
          IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TABLE THIS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO AND THEN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IF THERE IS A WINDOW WHERE YOU CAN SAY WE SUPPORT YOUR VERY FIRST MOTION, WE SUPPORT THIS IDEA AND THEN HERE IS WHERE ELSE WE WOULD SAVE MONEY SO WE CAN GO WITH NO NEW TAXES. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, THE VERY FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT SCOTT PRESENTED WAS NO TAX INCREASE AND KEEPING IT THE SAME, WE SAW EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, WHICH WAS NOTHING. 
          NO NEW POSITIONS, NO NEW EQUIPMENT, NO NEW SOFTWARE, NOTHING. AND I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. 
          THAT WAS THE REALITY WE ARE LIVING IN. 
          SO FROM THERE, MY HOPE WAS OKAY, IF WE ENTERTAINED JUST A PENNY, COULD WE HELP ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES? COULD WE FUND THE CRITICAL POSITIONS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? THIS IS WHAT SHOULD BE GUIDING US IN THIS NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE WE ARE FAST GROWING AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS. HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THE GROWTH? WE CAN'T NOT INVEST, WE CAN'T NOT GIVE EMPLOYEES MORE MONEY OR GIVE THE SHERIFF OFFICE MORE EQUIPMENT. 
          LIKE WE CANNOT NOT DO THAT. I UNDERSTAND WE ARE IN A DIFFICULT POSITION RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST SO THAT SOME OF THE COURT KNOWS, IF WE DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING, IF WE KEEP THE TAX RATE THE SAME, NOBODY GETS ANYTHING. 
          >> I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID, I THINK IT'S VERY AWESOME AND YOU ARE SO RIGHT ON SO MUCH OF IT. BUT I BELIEVE, JUST IS A SMALL SHIFT IN THAT -- JUST A SMALL SHIFT, I BELIEVE THERE IS ENOUGH -- LIKE A 10-YEAR CONTRACT, WE DON'T NEED A 10-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM. WHATEVER THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO BUY $1 MILLION OF ELECTION EQUIPMENT. 
          NO ONE IS TELLING US WE EVEN HAVE TO. 
          WE DON'T NEED THAT. WE WILL DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT HAPPENS, IF IT HAPPENS, IT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR. 
          SO WHAT I AM SAYING IS I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE AND THE THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SHERIFF. 
          I WANT TO GIVE THEM THAT. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT DOING ANY -- I. HATE TO CALL IT WASTEFUL BECAUSE IT'S ALL NECESSARY BUT LIKE THE DIGITAL THING. 
          400 GRAND. I THINK IT WAS 400 GRAND. 
          BUT MY POINT IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS PEOPLE LIKE AND THERE'S THINGS THAT WE NEED. AND I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THIS MOMENT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK HARDER AND PUSH OFF THE LIKES A LITTLE HARDER SO WE CAN SUPPORT THE NO TAX FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE. 
          >> I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. THE FACT IS WE HAVE TO HAVE A STARTING POINT. AND IF WE LOOK AT THESE PRIORITIES TODAY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE DIRECTION TO SCOTT ON HOW WE FEEL ON THESE PRIORITIES. 
          AND FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COURT THAT AREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH BRINGING FORTH -- FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH ANY INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE WHATSOEVER IN ORDER TO REACH THOSE PRIORITIES, THEN IT WILL GIVE YOU ALL A WEEK TO COME BACK 
          [06:00:04]
WITH AN INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENT, KNOWING THE DIRECTION THAT HE HAS ALREADY GOT ON THOSE ITEMS, THOSE ITEMS WOULD BE OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW THE DIRECTION THAT HE HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE MAJORITY OF THE COURT, THAT WOULD GIVE EACH OF Y'ALL THE ABILITY TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK, WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ELICIT WHATEVER CUTS YOU WOULD SEE IN THERE TO TRY TO GET THAT 1 CENT DOWN. AND WE WOULD ALSO KNOW WHAT THE OVERALL TAX RATE IS, WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE BEFORE NEXT WEEK. SO IF THE OVERALL IMPACT IS ONLY 9/10 OF A CENT, IF THE OVERALL IMPACT IS 1.4 CENTS OR A HALF A CENT, IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          BUT IT ALSO PUTS THE ONUS ON IF YOU WANT TO GET THERE, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE WORK AND SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT IMPACT IS. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THESE, WE CAN GIVE HIM AN OVERALL NUMBER AND Y'ALL WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. 
          >> OR THE OTHER ONE -- NOTHING AGAINST SCOTT, WE GIVE YOU ALL THE LOVE. BUT WHAT WAS REALLY COOL AND I REALLY APPRECIATED, WE WOULD DO THIS LIVE, WHERE WE WOULD BE LIKE OKAY, -- JUST TO GET REALISTIC ON THE FINISH LINE OF THE LAST BUDGET, WE HAVE $50,000 LEFT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT 
          IT? >> NEXT WEEK. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT NEXT WEEK IS FOR. >> THAT'S MY POINT. 
          SO WE CAN APPROACH IT THAT WAY. BUT INSTEAD OF APPROACHING IT WITH FOLLOWING YOUR IDEA OF NO NEW TAX RATE, APPROACH IT WITH THAT AND THEN SCOTT IS GOING TO PRESENT THE IDEA OF WE WANT TO CARE FOR OUR COWORKERS, WHICH WE ALL DO. 
          FUND IT IN TWO PARTS, BRING THAT WITH THE NO NEW TAX RATE AND THEN SEE WHERE WE ARE AT FROM THERE. 
          THEN NEXT WEEK WE DO WHAT WE DID WITH VICKI AND GO AND PUSH THROUGH -- INSTEAD OF PEELING OFF WHICH IS A LOT HARDER, THAN WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE AT BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF THAT. HE HAS TOUCHED EVERY SINGLE LINE. WE WILL SEE THIS STUFF AND SAY WE DON'T NEED THIS ONE, I KNOW WE DON'T NEED THIS ONE, WE WILL 
          CREATE THE BUDGET. >> AND JUDGE, TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST, THE OPTION FOR THE SALARY INCREASE IS, I HAVE TRIED LIKE ALL GET OUT TO TRY TO GET THAT AND FIT THAT IN WITH NO NEW TAX INCREASE. AND IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. 
          AND I WAS GOING TO SAY, I CARE AND I SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE, WE KEEP HEARING CONSTANTLY THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR PEOPLE HAVE A LIVABLE WAGE. SO MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO OPTION ONE OR TWO MAYBE WE TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE UNDERNEATH THE AVERAGE, AND THE AVERAGE IS WHAT, 71,400? 
          >> THAT IS ABOUT RIGHT. THAT IS THE CIVILIAN AVERAGE IF YOU PULL CBA EMPLOYEES INTO IT IT TURNS INTO ABOUT 76,000. 
          >> MAYBE WE TAKE ANOTHER APPROACH. 
          I'M JUST TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE CAN DO OPTION TWO AND NOT INCREASE TAXES. 
          >> COMMISSIONER, WHEN WE TRIED TO DO THIS TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, WE WERE PICKING AND CHOOSING WHO GOT MONEY. 
          THAT BACKFIRED ON US. >> THAT WAS BAD. 
          I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND DOING T THAT. 
          I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT. I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO PICK 
          AND CHOOSE WHO GETS IT. >> AND THAT'S WHY THEY BROUGHT UP THE OTHER OPTION OF THE 63%. WE WERE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DETERMINE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE AT. 
          I MEAN SCOTT CAN DO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, JUDGE, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO -- I. JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE -- THAT'S FINE. PUT THAT PHASED -- 
          >> I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW THIS INTIMATELY WELL, MORE THAN ANYONE IN THE COUNTY. SO MY THINKING IS, YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH THAT MAGIC BOX LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS AND YOU CAN SAY THE COURT AS A WHOLE WANTS THAT OPTION WITH FUNDING IN TWO PARTS, FOR OUR GROUP, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO NOT GO THE PENNY INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. PEEL OFF SO THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE, AND NOT NECESSARILY AS MUCH OF THE TOYS -- I. DON'T WANT TO CALL THEM TOYS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT TOYS, 
          BUT YOU SEE AT THIS POINT. >> I LIKE THIS NEW POSITION OF THE SALARY INCREASES BEING THE MAIN. 
          >> AND I HEARD THAT FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS TWO. 
          IF THEY HAD TO CHOOSE, THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE SALARY INCREASES INSTEAD OF POSITIONS. AND I'VE GOT SOME POSITIVE CONFIRMATION EVEN STANDING HERE. SO LET'S TAKE BETTER CARE OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE INSTEAD OF FUNDING MORE, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO. NEW POSITIONS, I MEAN. 
          >> AT THIS POINT, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE HAVE AT LEAST THREE 
          [06:05:01]
MEMBERS OF THE COURT THAT SUPPORT THE OPTION FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR CITIZENS. CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE ELECTED 
          OFFICIAL SALARIES? >> OKAY. 
          >> THE ELECTED OFFICIAL SALARIES AGAIN, THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS. 
          THE OPTION THAT I CHOSE WAS OPTION ONE, WHICH PROVIDED OVER 11,000 -- BETWEEN 11 AND $12,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS. 
          HOWEVER, I DID PUT THE CAVEAT IN THERE, SPECIFIC TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS OF 1% ABOVE THEIR HIGHEST PAID DEPUTY, UNDER THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 
          DO WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR THAT? I THINK IT IS A VERY RELEVANT 
          WAY TO ADDRESS IT. >> I SUPPORT IT. 
          >> I SUPPORT THE 1%. >> SCOTT, YOU GOT THAT ONE. 
          SHERIFF, I ALWAYS SUPPORTED YOU, I TOLD YOU. 
          IT'S LIKE A MENTOS. >> THE THIRD THING UNDER THAT PORTION THAT I ASKED FOR WAS TO ESTABLISH THE BUDGET CALENDAR, WHERE AT THE MIDYEAR, WE WOULD HAVE A ONE TIME ABILITY FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO ADDRESS REGRADES AND NEW POSITIONS. 
          AND I WOULD ENVISION -- A. BUDGET WORKSHOP, SPECIFIC TO REGRADES AND NEW POSITIONS AT THAT TIME. 
          >> NOT IN COURT, SEPARATE. >> IS THERE SUPPORT FOR THAT? 
          >> 100%. 100%. 
          BECAUSE THEN YOU WERE SAYING THIS. 
          >> NOT THIS FISCAL YEAR. >> STARTING IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. WHAT ELSE, COMMISSIONER? 
          >> THE NEXT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE OFFICES OF THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE, CREATE A MATRIX AND RECOMMENDATION TO BE PRESENTED DURING THAT FIRST MIDYEAR. AS TO WORKLOAD, CASELOAD AND RECOMMENDED SALARY REGRADES AND NEW POSITIONS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC 
          OFFICES OF CONSTABLE. >> 100%. 
          AT THE SIX MONTH MARK, TO HAVE THAT RUBRIC IDENTIFIED, PRODUCTIVITY AND EVALUATION OF OUTPUT. 
          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ALONG WITH THAT, I THINK DANIEL GAVE THE BEST KIND OF PRESENTATION WITH THE DATA. 
          I THINK THAT WE NEED TO EXPECT THAT FROM OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS ALSO. TO INCORPORATE THAT TYPE OF 
          DATA. >> AND HELP THEM DEVELOP THAT. 
          >> THE AVERAGE CALL TIME, YOU CAN GO TO THAT. 
          >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, GIVE US YOUR SLIDE SHOW WITH THE FILL IN THE BLANKS. THAT'S AWESOME, YES ON THAT ONE. 
          >> THE NEXT ONE IS THE DELETION OF SEVEN CORRECTIONS OFFICERS POSITIONS. THE ADDITION OF THREE SROS, THE ADDITION OF ONE -- ONE AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE AND THE FIRST YEAR PAYMENT OF 96,700 FOR AXION AI. 
          >> I SUPPORT THAT. >> I SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. 
          >> I SUPPORT ALL OF IT EXCEPT THE AXION, LET ME TELL YOU WHY. 
          LET ME TELL YOU THE ONLY REASON AND I KNOW IT'S NOT CAMERASFF.- GOING ONTO THE INTERNET WHERE ANYONE CAN SEE IT, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S NOT WHY I'M SAYING I OPPOSE IT. A 10-YEAR COMMITMENT WITH ANY TECHNOLOGY RIGHT NOW, AS FAST AS WE ARE EVOLVING WITH AI, I THINK WE ARE LOCKING OURSELVES DOWN NEEDLESSLY AND WE WILL BE HOLDING ON TO AN 8-TRACK PLAYER IN FOUR YEARS. 
          >> THE GOOD PART ABOUT THIS CONTRACT IS IF WE LOCK IT IN NOW, ANY ADVANCEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE, NUMBER 1, AXION PROVIDES ALL OF THE SERVICE FOR THE COUNTY. 
          AND ANY ADVANCEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE ARE AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDED. 
          IF WE LOOK AT THE BILLING SCHEDULE AT THOSE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THOSE. 
          IF WE CAN LOCK IT IN, I DO BELIEVE WE WILL SAVE MONEY. 
          >> I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM STEPHANIE. 
          [LAUGHS] >> SAME TEAM. 
          STEPHANIE HUNT, PURCHASING. LET'S HEAR IT. 
          >> STEPHANIE HUNT, PURCHASING AGENT. 
          I HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE AGREEMENT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT USUALLY WHEN WE LOCK IN A CONTRACT FOR THIS LONG, IT IS LOCKING IN THE CURRENT RATE, WHICH OVER A 10-YEAR. 
          , CAN FLUCTUATE GREATLY. ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE ADDING NEW FEATURES. SO IF IT IS ROLLED INTO WHERE ANY ADDITIONAL NEW SERVICES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN PART OF THE UPGRADES TO THE SYSTEM, THEN I THINK THAT IS VERY BENEFICIAL. AND LOCKING IN THAT RATE FOR TEN YEARS WOULD BE THE SAME THING WITH AXON IF WE DO IT, THEY RAISE THEIR PRICES EVERY YEAR. SO WHEN WE GO INTO THOSE AGREEMENTS, WE ARE USUALLY EXECUTING A 5-10-YEAR AGREEMENT 
          [06:10:04]
SO WE CAN'T LOCK IN THOSE RATES. BUT AGAIN, I HAVE NOT SEEN THE AGREEMENT TO VET IT TO SAY YES OR NO. 
          >> PERFECT, THANK YOU. SO SHERIFF, DO YOU HAVE THAT AGREEMENT AVAILABLE TO SEND HER? BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS -- NOT TO READ IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THAT IF EVERYTHING IS AS PRESENTED, AND THE SHERIFF FORWARDS YOU THE DEAL TO REVIEW AND SAY YES, IT IS, THERE IS NO GOTCHA LINES IN 
          IT, THEN I COULD SUPPORT IT. >> IS THERE A PROCUREMENT WAIVER 
          FOR THE TECHNOLOGY? >> THERE IS NO DISCRETIONARY WAIVER THAT YOU GUYS AS A COURT CAN DO FOR TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO WE EITHER HAVE TO FIND IT ON A CO-OP CONTRACT OR WE NEED TO FORMALLY PROCURE IT OURSELVES. SHI DOES HAVE -- THAT'S THEIR NAME, NOT AN ABBREVIATION, THEY DO HAVE A CONTRACT THAT WE CAN KIND OF CONTRACT WITH THESE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, WHICH WE HAVE DONE ON SEVERAL CONTRACTS BEFORE. 
          >> IS THIS DER? >> I THINK -- IT'S EXON. 
          >> WE DO THAT THROUGH -- >> THE SHERIFF IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU, LET'S HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. 
          SHERIFF, CHIEF? I'M SORRY TO SPLIT THE BUZZER -- 
          >> ALL GOOD QUESTIONS. THEY WERE ON ONE OF THEM. 
          >> THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. 
          BUT WE UTILIZE THEM BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN FREEZING THEM. 
          >> GOOD JOB GOOD JOB. CHIEF? 
          >> CHIEF DEPUTY. WE DON'T HAVE A PROPOSED CONTRACT YET. THAT WOULD COME AFTER THE APPROVAL. WHAT WE HAVE FROM THEM IS A 10-YEAR SCHEDULE THAT SHOWS A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE YOU PROPOSE -- 
          >> IT WAS THE LOW PAYMENT OPTION. 
          IF WE LOOK AT THAT -- >> IS THAT OPTION THREE? 
          >> OPTION TWO. SO IT IS NOT -- THE THREE OPTIONS WERE ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, THE LOW PAYMENT OPTION FOR THAT, AND THEN JUST TRANSLATION SERVICES WERE THE 
          THREE OPTIONS, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. 
          >> AND THIS IS THE LOW PAYMENT OPTION? 
          >> TO BE CLEAR -- >> WITH ALL THE BELLS AND 
          WHISTLES? >> YES. 
          >> TO BE CLEAR, EITHER OPTION TWO OR OPTION THREE COME WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. IT IS JUST OPTION THREE WOULD BE DEFERRING ALL OF THOSE CHARGES TO THE NEXT NINE YEARS. 
          ALL OF THAT FIRST YEAR PURCHASE EXPENDITURE TO THE NEXT NINE YEARS, THE FIRST ONE REDUCES THAT FIRST YEAR AS MUCH AS THEY WILL LET US TO 30% OR 20 OR WHATEVER THE REDUCTION IS FOR THAT FIRST YEAR. AND THEN THEY TAKE WHATEVER IS LEFT OF THAT FIRST YEAR AND ROLL IT INTO THE NEXT NINE YEARS. 
          >> CAN YOU TELL US -- I. THINK FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, WE ARE WORKING ON THE VIEWING PUBLIC, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES ARE? ALL I'VE HEARD IS A TRANSLATOR AND I THINK IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR A TRANSLATOR, HELP ME. 
          >> I DON'T KNOW THEM BY HEART, THEY ARE 14 OR 16 ITEMS ON THERE. I WILL TELL YOU SOME OF THE ONES I THINK WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL. 
          WE ARE NOT AT A POINT YET WHERE WE CAN UTILIZE WHAT IS CALLED DRAFT ONE. IT IS ONE OF THEIR OTHER BIG TICKET ITEMS IN THIS BUNDLE. I HAVE WORKED WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, THEY ARE NOT QUITE COMFORTABLE ALLOWING US TO USE 
          THAT. >> EVIDENCE? 
          >> IT IS USING THE CAMERA AND AI TO WRITE THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE SUPPLEMENT BY THE DEPUTY. AND IT DOES IT IN SECONDS AND PRODUCES A VERY -- IT HAS ALL KINDS OF SAFEGUARDS WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO IN AND CHANGE -- GHOST SENTENCE, THEY HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS BEFORE THEY EXPORT. 
          I'VE WORKED WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, THEY ARE NOT QUITE READY, I UNDERSTAND THAT. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS WE COULD FACE DURING THE -- DURING THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH COURT. THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES. 
          ANOTHER BIG ONE IS THAT IT INCLUDES THIS PACKAGE THAT THEY HAVE OFFERED INCLUDES 50 CAMERAS AT OUR JAIL, AT THE CORRECTIONS FACILITY THAT WOULD GIVE US WHAT THEY CALL VISION, WHICH IS BEING ABLE TO TEACH A CAMERA LENS TO WATCH FOR CERTAIN BEHAVIORS, SUCH AS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE CLIMBING OVER A FENCE OR STARTING TO CLIMB A FENCE AND THEN THAT CAMERA THAT IS ON ALL OF THE EXTERIORS WOULD SEND US AN ALERT, YOU HAVE SOMEONE GOING OVER THE FENCE. OR SOMEONE KNEELING IN A CORNER WHERE THEY TYPICALLY DO TATTOOS OR MAKE HOOCH -- MAKE WINE IN 
          THE JAIL OR THAT KIND OF THING. >> I WAS LIKE, "HOOCH?" 
          >> LITTLE TRICKS THAT THIS WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT WITH. 
          [06:15:04]
I ACTUALLY ATTENDED, WITH THE CEO OF AXON THIS MORNING, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HIS HOUR AND A HALF PRESENTATION BLEW ME AWAY AT THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AI IS HAVING. 
          HITTING IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD, JUDGE, THAT IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM ONE DIRECTION, LOCKING OURSELVES IN, THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I AM LOOKING AT IT. BUT I'M LOOKING AT IT AS WE ARE LOCKING OURSELVES INTO THIS PRICE FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, I BELIEVE EVENTUALLY AI IS GOING TO BE WRITING AI. 
          >> IT'S ALREADY DOING THAT. >> SO CHIEF, CAN YOU TELL ME THEN, WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PROGRAM? 
          >> IF WE WERE TO ADD A 10-YEAR CONTRACT AND WE PURCHASED THE WHOLE THING FOR THE TEN YEARS, IT IS AN ADDITIONAL $483,000 ANNUALLY. IF WE DO THE SHORT OPTION OPTION TWO, I BELIEVE IT IS 96,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN THE REST OF THAT 483 FROM THE FIRST YEAR, THEY DIVIDE IT BY THE FOLLOWING NINE YEARS. AND I CAN SAY IF I DIDN'T SAY IT ALREADY, THE CONTRACT LOCKS -- THE SCALE WITH THE PAYMENTS LOCKS THEM INTO THAT RATE. AND I HAVE ALSO CONFIRMED, AS ALWAYS I LEARNED THIS FROM OUR WONDERFUL COUNTY ATTORNEY, THERE IS AN OPT OUT CLAUSE FOR A LACK OF FUNDING. 
          IF WE EVER GOT INTO THE POSITION WHERE THIS BECAME SOMETHING WE HAD TO CUT IF WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FUND IT, IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO FUND IT FOR THE COUNTY, WE COULD ALWAYS GO BACK AND RENEGOTIATE, BACK TO WHERE WE WERE, BACK TO WHERE WE HAVE 
          BEEN. >> SO WE CAN GET THAT CONTRACT I GUESS, TO STEPHANIE SO SHE CAN REVIEW? 
          >> THEY WILL NOT WRITE US A CONTRACT UNTIL YOU APPROVE IT. 
          THE QUOTE YES, I DO. I HAVE THE -- IT IS AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET. I CAN SEND IT TO YOU. 
          >> CHIEF, I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH, I KNOW A THING OR TWO BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN A THING OR TWO. 
          AND THE COUNTY NOT HAVING MONEY IS A REALLY -- I. DON'T WANT TO SOUND RUDE, DIFFICULT FRAMING TO ACTUALLY TRIGGER. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, STEPHANIE, IF WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK WHAT THAT MEANS, WE DON'T HAVE IT WITHIN OUR BUDGET TO ALLOCATE TO IT BECAUSE WE WILL CHOOSE OTHER PRIORITIES, OR WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY, WE ARE GOING BROKE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS A ARE NOT GETTING OUT." 
          THAT'S ALL. >> SO THE CLAUSE WOULD MEAN THAT WE ARE JUST NOT GOING TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO IT. 
          SO IF WE DO IT THIS YEAR AND WE COMMIT AND WE DO THE LOWER OPTION THIS FIRST YEAR SO WE ARE ONLY GOING TO PAY THE 98,000 BUT THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE 10-YEAR CONTRACT WILL BE ROLLED EQUALLY OVER THE NEXT NINE YEARS, Y'ALL ARE COMMITTING TO THAT. 
          BUT SAY NEXT YEAR WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FUND IT AND Y'ALL DON'T APPROVE OF IT IN THE BUDGET, THEN WE CAN TERMINATE THE CONTRACT FOR THAT REASON. BUT YOU CANNOT TURN AROUND AND PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES FROM SOMEONE WHILE WE ARE STILL 
          FUNDING IT. >> OKAY. 
          >> CHASE WAS NODDING HIS HEAD, I JUST WANTED HIM TO WEIGH IN ON 
          HIS LEGAL OPINION THERE. >> SURE. 
          I AM CHASE, I AM THE ASSISTANT CRIMINAL ATTORNEY. 
          WHAT WAS DESCRIBED, IT'S IF THE COURT DECIDES TO NOT APPROPRIATE 
          THE FUNDING. >> THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO 
          ME. >> I HAVEN'T READ THAT EXACT CONTRACT BUT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE BEING SAID THAT'S WHAT 
          YOU'RE REFERRING TO. >> IF WE CAN GET THAT PROPOSAL, SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT AVAILABLE? 
          >> I CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. >> PERFECT. 
          THEN COMMISSIONER SMITH, AS YOU WERE. 
          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, CHERYL, CAN YOU STILL GET US THOSE NUMBERS ON THE AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE BEFORE -- I. MEAN THERE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT I AT LEAST WANTED TO GET THOSE NUMBERS ON. AND IF YOU FELT -- I KNOW ONE IS A LOT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU AT LEAST LOOK INTO THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> COMMISSIONER, I HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, THEY ARE IN THE CHART YOU JUST LOOKED AT. BUT THE SALARY ITSELF IS -- 
          >> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SALARY. >> PRODUCTIVITY? GOT YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU 
          SAW THAT. >> I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. 
          IT IS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TAKING THE FUNDS AND 
          REALLOCATING THEM. >> I'M WITH YOU SO FAR. 
          BECAUSE THESE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN IRONED OUT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> AS FAR AS THE POSITIONS ON YOUR AMENDMENT, COMMISSIONER, IT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION PLUS WHAT 
          [06:20:02]
          SCOTT RECOMMENDED? >> NO. 
          IT IS NOT WHAT SCOTT RECOMMENDED BECAUSE HE JUST PROVIDED THOSE 
          TWO DAY. >> IT IS THE THREE SRO, IT IS THE ACTION -- I. THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ACTION -- AND IT IS THE AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE AND THEN SANDRA, HER PAY INCREASE IS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT IS IT, RIGHT? >> THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN SCOTT'S RECOMMENDATION, AGAIN, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN HAVING SOMETHING IN YOUR BUDGET AND GIVING IT UP VERSUS HAVING SOMETHING YOU ASKED FOR NOT IN YOUR BUDGET. IN THE INITIAL BUDGET REQUEST, IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL TWO CADETS WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. SO THOSE ARE NOT ANYTHING THAT THEY GAVE UP, BUT THEY WERE RECOMMENDED BY SCOTT. 
          THOSE ARE DIFFERENT. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY SCOTT, WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE TO GO OFF OF WHEN I DRAFTED THIS AND HAD THE CONVERSATION. 
          >> SCOTT, YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE HIS AND OURS, RIGHT? AND PUT THAT TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IS THAT RIGHT? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE 
          EVERYTHING ELSE. >> SOME OF THEM ARE THE SAME. 
          >> AND IF WE REITERATE THAT, THERE ARE -- CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING IT BUT I'M GETTING CHILLS EVEN SAYING IT OUT LOUD, DELETING SEVEN CO POSITIONS. THAT IS THE SWAP THAT THE 
          SHERIFF IS DOING. >> AND WHEN I SAW THAT -- BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY TO BRING OUR INMATES BACK. SO WHEN I SAW THIS, THAT'S IMMEDIATELY WHERE MY BRAIN WENT. OKAY, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? WHAT IS THAT CONTRACT LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW? WHAT HAVE WE COMMITTED TO? I JUST DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT MOMENTUM THAT ALREADY STARTED. 
          >> AND I THINK YOU ALL ALSO MENTIONED THAT WITH THE NUMBER OF CEOS THAT YOU HAVE LEFT THAT AREN'T FILLED, WE CAN FILL THOSE, WE CAN POSSIBLY REDUCE THAT NUMBER BY 50 INMATES COMING 
          BACK. >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          IF WE CAN GET -- EVEN GIVING UP THESE POSITIONS, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE PERSONNEL IF WE FILL WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO OPEN ANOTHER SECTION, WHICH ALLOWS US TO BRING BACK 48. 
          >> AND THEN SAYING THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CIVIL CAN CONFIRM, I'D LIKE YOU TO BRING THE CONTRACT BACK FOR CONVERSATION SO WE CAN LOCK DOWN 50. 
          >> WE HAVE THE OPTION TO BE AT 50 IN THIS CONTRACT. 
          NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THAT IS ALREADY WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACT GOING TO NEXT APRIL, I THINK WE ARE COVERED THERE. 
          MAY I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? THE -- GIVING UP THE CEO'S, IT APPEARS TO ME WOULD ADEQUATELY, WITH OTHER THINGS, MAKE UP THE FUNDS TO FUND THE FIRST FULL YEAL -- YEAR OF AXON I. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE GIVING THE SEVEN CEO'S AND ONLY DOING THE LOWER OPTION FOR THE FIRST YEAR, I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING -- 
          >> 80,000 SHORT FOR THE REQUEST. IF WE DID OPTION ONE, IT WOULD BE -- AND SCOTT CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG HERE, BUT FOR ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT YOU HAD, YOU ARE STILL ABOUT $80,000 SHORT. 
          AND IF WE GO WITH OPTION TWO, WHERE IT SPREADS OVER TEN YEARS, WE JUST ABOUT HIT THAT NUMBER, AM I RIGHT? 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> WE COME CLOSE. 
          LET ME ADD IN -- I. NEED TO ADD IT IN. 
          >> I DON'T THINK -- YOU'VE GOT 96, PLUS THE 284. 
          >> SO CHIEF, YOU WERE TRYING TO GET THE BIGGER PACKAGE, IS THAT 
          WHAT YOU WERE THINKING? >> IT GETS CLOSE. 
          >> I AM JUST GOING OFF OF HEAD MATH HERE. 
          BUT GIVING SEVEN CORRECTIONS OFFICERS WOULD GET 600 SOMETHING 
          THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> IT WOULD COVER AXON, BUT IT WOULD NOT COVER THE OTHER POSITION FOR THE THREE SROS. 
          >> WE'RE GOING THREE INSTEAD OF TWO RECOMMENDED? 
          >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> THE CONTRACT -- NOT DOING THE LOWER PAYMENT, THAT IS WHAT, FOR? 
          >> FOR 83. >> OKAY. 
          >> AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, I'M JUST SAYING IF WE GIVE UP THE 600 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE 
          [06:25:02]
SEVEN CEO'S, THEN WE HAVE AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF SAVINGS, CORRECT? WE HAVE WAY MORE THAN WE NEED IF WE ARE JUST GOING TO FUND THE 96,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR. 
          >> NO. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT $284,686 JUST FOR THREE SROS. YOU'VE GOT $165,000 FOR ONE DETECTIVE. YOU'VE GOT -- 
          >> T WOULD BE OVER 900,000 THAT YOU WOULD NEED. 
          AND THOSE SEVEN CEO'S ARE ONLY 637. 
          >> I'D RATHER RENEW THE BUDGET THAN BUY NEW ELECTIONS 
          EQUIPMENT. >> I WILL BOW OUT GRACEFULLY. 
          [LAUGHS] THERE IS SOME WORK BACK AT THE 
          OFFICE. >> AFTER COURT I'M HAPPY TO SIT 
          WITH YOU AND GO THROUGH IT. >> IN CLOSING, IN SUMMARY... 
          HOWEVER YOU WANT TO FRAME IT. THIS ROAD MAP IS GOING TO GET YOU THE DETECTIVE, IT WILL GET YOU THE SYSTEM WITH THE JAIL CAMERAS THAT DO THE AI SUPPORT, IT WILL GET YOU -- WHAT ARE THE OTHER ITEMS? THAT WAS THE 1I STARTED WITH. 
          PRETTY GOOD. OKAY, SCOTT, WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR THAT. JUST TO REITERATE FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG, I WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT FOR EMPHASIS OR CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER BROUGHT IT UP, IT WAS THAT THESE DIALOGS ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE STAFFING ARE A PART FROM OUR ORIGINAL DIRECTION OF OPTION TWO, TO BE FUNDED ON OCTOBER FIRST OR APRIL FIRST. AND IF THERE'S AN OVERLAP, GREAT, BUT THAT IS TWO SEPARATE PIECES THAT WE WANT. 
          CLEAR? GOOD? THANK YOU. WHAT ELSE? 
          >> NEXT UP IS THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE POSITION OR THE COUNTY COURTS AT LAW AND THE ASSOCIATED MENTAL HEALTH ATTORNEY FOR THE DA'S OFFICE. THOSE TWO ITEMS I THINK WOULD HAVE TO RUN TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE STATEMENT OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH OF THOSE, AGAIN, ANY FACILITIES NEEDS, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SCOTT THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THERE IS FUNDING ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR THAT THAT COULD COVER THAT. 
          I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. >> IT IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR BUILDING FUNDS FOR OUR COURTS. 
          >> THERE IS A JUSTICE FUND KIND OF THING. 
          >> WE CAN COVER THAT WITHOUT TAPPING INTO OUR? 
          >> GENERAL FUND. SO WE CAN COVER THE EQUIPMENT AND BUILDINGS. BUT NOT THE POSITION. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK, IS THERE SUPPORT FOR THAT? OKAY, GOOD, WE'VE GOT A GOOD HEAD NOD. 
          AND COMMISSIONER, I DON'T WANT THIS TO FALL OFF, COMMISSIONERS HAD ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FULL TIME, NOT PART TIME POSITION, REPRESENTATION WAS INCLUDED. 
          AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS INCLUDED, OKAY? 
          WHAT ELSE? >> I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS WELL. THE NEXT ONE IS IN GRAND TOTAL, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX DIFFERENT POSITION UPGRADES OR PARDON ME, REGRADES, FOR THE DA'S OFFICE THAT TOTAL $50,800. 
          >> TOTALLY SUPPORT IT. >> CAN WE ASK ERIC, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO PHASE IN THIS SALARY? 
          >> ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE GATHERED. 
          >> IT'S LIKE A MOOT POINT. >> RIGHT. 
          AND I'M FINE WITH WAITING AND TALKING ABOUT THOSE NEXT WEEK, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DA'S OFFICE BEFORE THEN TO CLARIFY IF THOSE REGRADES WOULD 
          BE INCLUDED. >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          JUST MAKE SURE HE'S SATISFIED. BECAUSE WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE DA'S OFFICE. ROXANNE? ERIC, NEXT TIME YOU GET TO AN ANSWER, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. HOW ABOUT THIS, PLEASE APPROACH 
          THE PODIUM NOW AND REPEAT. >> THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, WE WILL LOOK AT THOSE REGRADES THAT THE DA REQUESTED TO SEE IF THEY WON'T BE SATISFIED BY THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT. 
          >> JUST IN CASE WE GOT THE CONVERSATION, COMMISSIONER SMITH IS TALKING ABOUT REGRADING SOME POSITIONS AND WE HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL OF THE POSITIONS. SO ERIC WILL DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE IT IS ADDRESSED AND IF IT IS NOT BY TALKING TO THE DA'S OFFICE, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE BUTTON IT UP WITH A CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK. WHAT ELSE, COMMISSIONER? 
          >> THE LAST TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THUS FAR ARE FOR THE DA'S OFFICE, ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT THEY HAVE WAS REFILLING THE ACCOUNTS THAT WERE CUT SOMEWHAT FOR BOTH PRETRIAL 
          [06:30:02]
AND TRIAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION. 
          I HAVE A REAL CONCERN AFTER SITTING DOWN AND SPEAKING WITH MR. COX THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE FUNDING TO COMPLETE ALL OF THEIR CONTINUING EDGE FOR THEIR ATTORNEYS IN THAT OFFICE. 
          SO IN THE BUDGET, IT WAS PROPOSED AT 39,000, WHAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED IS 53. IT IS $14,000 FOR CONTINUING 
          EDUCATION. >> WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. WHAT ELSE? 
          >> AND THE LAST ITEM IS VOTING EQUIPMENT. 
          THE FUNDING FOR THREE FISCAL YEARS. 
          THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN BREAK DOWN THAT COST OVER AN ELONGATED TIME. IS WITH A THREE YEAR ESTIMATE. 
          AND IT IS THE BIG TICKET ITEM WE WILL TALK ABOUT. 
          IT IS NOT $159,283.50. >> I SAY NO BECAUSE WE DON'T 
          EVEN HAVE TO BUY IT. >> YOU ALL HAVE HEARD MY CONVERSATIONS. AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR ADMINISTRATOR -- WE ALL COMPLIMENTED HER ON HER JOB TODAY AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT HER IN AN UNTENABLE POSITION IN 
          THREE YEARS. >> I WILL SAY THAT THE VOTING EQUIPMENT DOES ADD MONEY BACK INTO THE BUDGET BECAUSE EVERY ELECTION BRINGS IN DOLLARS. FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          >> DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST? >> OF DOLLARS COMING IN? 
          >> DOLLARS COMING IN. >> THAT'S REALLY GOOD, I SHOULD 
          GET THAT. >> IT'S SO HARD, I SAY THAT GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY -- WE HAVE WHAT, 100 SOMETHING ENTITIES THAT WE HOLD ELECTIONS FOR NOW? ALL THE MUDS AND SUDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME THERE IS A CITY ELECTION IN THE SPRING, IT SAVES THEM SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $55,000. 
          I WAS SPEAKING TO OUR GROUNDWATER DISTRICT THE OTHER DAY AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE ESTIMATING TO HOLD THE ELECTION THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE THREE SEATS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONTESTED. IT IS GOING TO COST THEM -- I. THINK THEY BUDGETED 2015 TO $20,000 AND ARE STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COME UP WITH IT. 
          >> DO YOU HAVE ANY BALLPARK I IDEA? 
          >>  COUNTY AUDITOR. SO HISTORICALLY WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE BUDGET IS THAT LINE ITEM IS AN EXPENSE LINE ITEM AND THEN THE REVENUE HAS BEEN CREDITED AGAINST THAT EXPENSE LINE ITEM TO GET TO A LOWER EXPENSE. 
          WE WILL HAVE TO PUT ALL OF THE CREDIT OUT OF THAT ITEM. 
          BUT SCOTT AND I TALKED ABOUT ACTUALLY SPLITTING IT OUT SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE A REVENUE ITEM AND I CAN ESTIMATE REVENUE. 
          AND THAT EXPENSE WILL INCREASE BECAUSE NOW YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE CREDITS THEY'LL BE OFFSET WITH WHATEVER REVENUE, SO WE CAN LOOK 
          AT THAT REVENUE ITEM. >> YOU CAN HAVE IT FOR NEXT WEEK? LET'S PUT A PIN IN IT, SHE CAN GIVE US THE NUMBERS NEXT WEEK. WHAT ELSE? 
          >> THAT IS ACTUALLY EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THIS AMENDMENT AND EVERYTHING IS ACCEPTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ELECTION 
          EQUIPMENT. >> YOU SEE? JUST BREAK IT UP SLOWLY, ONE BITE AT A TIME. 
          WHAT ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE A WHOLE AGENDA TO GO THROUGH. 
          >> JUST OUR OTHER LIST TO MAKE SURE. 
          [LAUGHS] >> I WILL GO FAST. 
          >> IT IS THREE JUSTICE CLERKS AND ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON FULL 
          TIME. >> AND ALSO, THE DIRECTION IS UNDER -- UNDER JUDGE MENDOZA, THANK YOU. 
          SO THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER. BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A SYNERGY THERE THAT WILL BENEFIT US ALL. 
          [G. CONSENT ITEMS]
IF NOTHING ELSE, I WILL CLOSE THE WORKSHOP. 
          I MOVE THAT WE OPEN ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, EXCEPT FOR -- THERE WAS 1I WAS ASKED TO NOT OPEN AND THAT IS 17, DO NOT OPEN 17. BUT I MOVE TO OPEN THE REST, I HAVE A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, COMMISSIONERS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> JUDGE, I'M SORRY, THERE'S AN ITEM ON CONSENT I WANTED TO 
          COMMENT ON. >> PERFECT, THANK YOU. 
          >> IT WILL BE THE AGENDA ITEM -- I. LOST MY PLACE. 
          >> TAKE YOUR TIME. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC... SPEW AND MATTHEW GONZALEZ, I WANTED TO JUST DISCUSS CONSENT ITEM G14. 
          THAT IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTION OF RENEWAL. 
          AND THE AGREEMENT, IT ASKS FOR A USER, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT USER WILL BE U, JUDGE, WILL BE SIGNING THE DOCUMENT. 
          AND THE DOCUMENT I WILL BE DESIGNATED AS THE REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO HAVE THE ACTUAL DEVICE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ABOUT IT. AND THE DEVICE IS AN AIR PARTICULATE MATTER SENSOR. SO WE HAVE HAD IT FOR THE LAST YEAR. WE JUST NEED TO RENEW THE AGREEMENT AND I WANT IT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE TERMS OF USE AT THE BOTTOM OF IT. IT SAYS THAT THE USER CAN RENEW IT AT ANY TIME, I WANT TO BE CLEAR TO THE COURT, OUR 
          [06:35:03]
INTENTION IS TO BRING THE RENEWAL BACK NEXT YEAR. 
          >> IT IS THE EASIEST WAY. BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY, I SHOULD SAY, WHICH IS WHAT I ADOPTED, FROWNS UPON THIS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, PLEASE 
          CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER? 
          [I.1. Discussion and possible action to consider the release of the maintenance bond #EACX4027628 in the amount of $153,907.66 for Sunset Oaks subdivision, Section 4, Phase 3A and the acceptance of roads and surface drainage improvements into the County Road Maintenance System. INGALSBE/A.JONES]
          >> ITEM I1. >> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE RELEASE OF THE MAINTENANCE BOND NUMBER 402-7628 IN THE AMOUNT OF $153,907. AND $0.66 FOR THE SUBDIVISION SECTION FOUR, PHASE THREE AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS AND SURFACE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS INTO THE COUNTY'S ROAD 
          MAINTENANCE SYSTEM. >> SECOND. 
          >> PLEASE CALL ROLL. >> WHEN I TAKE YOU OUT FOR 
          [I.2. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction and surface drainage improvements, release the subdivision bond #800219564 in the amount of $918,707.00, acceptance of maintenance bond #PB03016801514 in the amount of $55,256.71, and acceptance of revegetation bond #PB03016801183M in the amount of $203,082.95 for Parten Ranch subdivision Phase 8. SMITH/A.JONES]
          DINNER, YOU WILL SAY THANK YOU. >> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND SURFACE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, RELEASED THE SUBDIVISION BOND NUMBER 800,219,564 IN THE AMOUNT OF $918,707, ACCEPTANCE OF MANHATTAN'S BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,256.71, AND ACCEPTANCE OF REVEGETATION BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $203,082.95. 
          >> THESE AGENDA ITEMS ARE WRITTEN SO PERFECTLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FURTHER TO EXPLAIN THEM. 
          PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH? 
          [I.3. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of Contract Amendment No. 1 for the Right of Way Acquisition Services Contract between Hays County and LJA Engineering, Inc. for the FM 2001 Gap Safety Improvements project in Precinct 2. This amendment increases the compensation cap by $9,750.00 for the purpose of funding Supplemental Work Authorization (SWA) No. 1 to Work Authorization (WA) No. 1 to add relocation services for right of way acquisition. COHEN/A.JONES]
          >> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND LJ ENGINEERING INC. FOR THE GAP SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN PRECINCT TWO. THIS AMENDMENT INCREASES THE COMPENSATION CAP BY $9750 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING SUPPLEMENTAL WORK AUTHORIZATION TO WORK AUTHORIZATION, TO ADD RELOCATION SERVICES FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. 
          >> ANYTHING TO ADD? CALL THE ROLL. 
          [K.9. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a First Amendment to the Double L Phasing and Subdivision Agreement originally executed on or about February 15, 2022, between Hays County and Double L Development LLC, LL Ranch Investments, LP, and Anarene Investment, LTD. SMITH/BERLAD]
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? PLEASE GO STRAIGHT TO K NINE. 
          IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE FROM US, WE WILL TOUCH THEM ALL. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PHASING AND SUBDIVISION AGREEMENT ORIGINALLY EXECUTED ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 15TH, 2022, BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND DOUBLE L DEVELOPMENT LLC, RANCH ADVANCEMENTS LLP. 
          >> SO MOVED. >> REAL QUICK. 
          >> DO YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH SPECIFICALLY? THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WE WENT BACK THROUGH AND LOOKED AT IT, WE HAD QUESTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT AS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, PUTTING -- THE ROADWAY IS JUST ONE OF THE EXAMPLES, THE ROADWAY WILL BE BUILT OUT TO ITS ULTIMATE CONFIGURATIONS, RIGHT? WE LOOK TO THE END OF IT. 
          WEST TRAVIS COUNTY, OTHERS WANT TO PUT THE UTILITIES UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALK. TECHNICALLY THEY ARE NOT -- THEY ARE IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY BUT THEY WILL NEVER BE TOUCHED. 
          WE WILL NEVER BE TOUCHING IT. SO WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT. AND THE FRONTAGE ON A COUPLE CURBS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAVE REVIEWED THIS AND BROUGHT ME THE FINAL VERSION. 
          >> PERFECT, THANK YOU FOR THE ENCAPSULATION, PLEASE CALL ROLL. 
          K ONE. THANK YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL 
          [K.1. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement (2026-PSA-88) between Hays County and Accenture in an amount not-to-exceed $50,000.00. HAMMER/HUNT]
DAY. THANK YOU. 
          [LAUGHS] >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, 2026 BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO 
          EXCEED $50,000. >> SO MOVED. 
          >> WE FINALLY DID IT. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A MONTH SINCE BUT WE ALL CAME TO TERMS WITH THIS CONTRACT TO EXPLORE THE 
          [06:40:02]
          OPTIONS AND THE CREATION. >> BEAUTIFUL. 
          SO PROUD OF THIS WORK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          [K.2. Discussion and possible action to authorize reimbursements for lodging, mileage, overtime and meal per diems for Office of Emergency Services employees who deployed under the Texas Division of Emergency Management's Incident Support Task Force related to the 26-0019 12JUL Severe Weather incident and amend the budget accordingly. BECERRA/M.JONES]
AUTHORIZE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR LODGING, MILEAGE, OVERTIME AND PER DIEMS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES EMPLOYEES WHO DEPLOYED UNDER THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INCIDENTS, SUPPORT TASK FORCE. RELATED TO THE 26-0019 SEVERE WEATHER INCIDENT AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 
          >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH? 
          [K.3. Discussion and possible action to update the Recycling and Solid Waste Disposal Fee Schedule effective October 1, 2026. SMITH/HAMMER/CRUMLEY]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO UPDATE THE RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FEE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER FIRST, 2026. 
          >> WE ARE BEING HANDED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          >> ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE. OUR RATES HAVE GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY ON SOME OF OUR ITEMS. AND SO IN DOING SO, I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS -- NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIKE WELL, Y'ALL CHARGE TOO MUCH FOR THIS OR THAT. AND I HAVE ASKED HER TO DISPLAY THIS RATE. AT EACH ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS, ALSO IN THEIR, PUT WHAT OUR ACTUAL DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC, WHAT OUR ACTUAL COST IS. BECAUSE WE SUPPLEMENT EVERY ONE OF THESE. IN OTHER WORDS -- 
          >> GOOD POINTS. >> IF WE ARE CHARGING $30 FOR A MATTRESS AND IT IS COSTING US 32, WE'RE SUPPLEMENTING THAT. 
          SO I WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A SERVICE THAT THE COUNTY IS OFFERING THEM BUT WE STILL HAVE 
          TO COVER WHAT IT COSTS. >> WELL SAID. 
          CONTINUE PLEASE. >> I'M JUST HANDING OUT OUR NEW PROPOSED RATE SHEETS, THIS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER FIRST. 
          AND OUR CURRENT RATES HAVE NOT INCREASED SINCE 2017. 
          AND IN DOING THE ANALYSIS FOR OUR OPERATIONAL AND DISPOSAL COSTS, WE HAD AN INCREASE EVERY YEAR SINCE 2017, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. AND WE LOOKED AROUND AND COMPARED OUR FEES TO LOCAL AND SURROUNDING COMPANIES AND FACILITIES THAT DO RECYCLING. AND WE FEEL THAT THE INCREASE IS NECESSARY, WE ALSO FOUND THAT IT IS IN LINE WITH OTHER THAT DO 
          THE SAME THING. >> COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOOD JOB, HONESTLY. 
          VERY CONSERVATIVE. COMMISSIONER, ANYTHING ELSE? 
          >> NO. >> PLEASE CALL ROLL. 
          [K.5. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) between Hays County and the City of San Marcos regarding food establishment permitting for county-owned and operated facilities within and around the city limits. INGALSBE/BERLAD]
          MY PEN ISN'T WORKING THESE. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS REGARDING FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMITTING FOR COUNTY OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITIES WITHIN AND AROUND CITY LIMITS. 
          >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. 
          >> WHO WOULD LIKE TO ARTICULATE THIS? 
          >> JUDGE, THIS GIVES THE COUNTY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PERMITTING AT FACILITIES OWNED AND OPERATED BY -- OPERATED COUNTY FACILITIES WITHIN CITY LIMITS. I GUESS THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE 
          FOR THAT? >> WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT IDEAS WITH THE NEW RULES REWRITE AND VARIOUS CITIES. SO WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS KIND OF A GAP IN COVERAGE FOR HAYS COUNTY GROUNDS. 
          SO THIS ALLOWS US TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY IS THE ONES INSPECTING THOSE FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS. IT CAME UP BECAUSE OF THE AFTER DARK PROJECT AND THEN JUST SPIRALED AFTER THAT. 
          >> I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS I NEED TO ASK ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE RELATIONSHIP WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THEM, RIGHT? SPECIFICALLY, IT IS OUR COUNTY PROPERTY IN THE CITY, AS YOU HAVE JUST SAID? THAT IS WHERE IT STANDS. 
          AND THEN, DOES THIS AGREEMENT PLACE THE COUNTY IN THE POSITION OF BEING ONE OF THE CITY'S CONTRACTORS? NO, RIGHT? IS NOT THAT RELATIONSHIP BEING 
          CREATED. >> IT'S A LOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          >> JUST WANTED TO CHECK. AND THE CITY DOES A LOT OF GOOD THINGS BUT THE CITY DOES A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IN THAT VEIN. SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS THE 
          [06:45:01]
DIRECTION THAT WE WILL MANAGE. BECAUSE THE CITY GETS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW THEY RUN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          I ALWAYS LIKE THE AUTONOMY OF THE COUNTY. 
          THERE YOU ARE. THE COUNTY OVERSEEING THOSE PERMITS. I THINK IT'S GREAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          [K.6. Discussion and possible action to approve change order 1 to contract IFB 2026-B04 Health Department Roof Repair - Hail Storm May 2024 in the amount of $6,400.00 (19% Increase). HAMMER/CRUMLEY/HUNT]
APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 1 TO CONTRACT 2026-0 FOR, HEALTH DEPARTMENT ROOF REPAIR, HAILSTORM MAY 2024 IN THE AMOUNT 
          OF $6400, A 19% INCREASE. >> SO MOVED. 
          >> SECOND. >> THIS IS AN INSURANCE CLAIM? 
          >> SO THIS WAS PART OF THE HAILSTORM OF 2024, WE ARE RECEIVING FUNDS FOR THIS. WE DID HAVE TO DO A FORMAL PROCUREMENT TO HAVE THEM COME OUT AND SELECT A FIRM. 
          AND THE GUTTERS ARE BEING REPLACED, BUT THE BOARD'S BEHIND IT, WE THOUGHT THEY WERE WON BY SIX BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY WON BY EIGHT AND THERE IS ANOTHER LITTLE SKINNY HORN IN BETWEEN THAT AND THE GUTTERS THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF. 
          SO WE ARE HAVING TO CHANGE IT. >> THIS IS A CONTRACT TO -- A. 
          [K.7. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a renewal agreement with Stanley Allegion Access Technologies, LLC in the amount of $7,362.00 for preventative maintenance and repairs of the nine (9) Stanley Automatic doors at the Government Center, and authorize a waiver to the purchasing policy. HAMMER/CRUMLEY]
ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION. THERE'S NINE OF THEM AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND THEY'RE THE ONES WITH THE 
          PUSH BARS. >> THESE ARE THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER ONES? I KNOW THAT EXIT IS SOMETIMES TOUGH TO OPEN. THIS SHOULD HELP THAT. 
          GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONERS? ALL GOOD? THANK YOU, TAMMY. 
          PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH? 
          [K.8. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a renewal agreement with Stanley Allegion Access Technologies, LLC in the amount of $3,276.00 for preventative maintenance and repairs of the four (4) Stanley Automatic doors at the Public Safety Building, and authorize a waiver to the purchasing policy. HAMMER/CRUMLEY]
          >> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH STANLEY ALLEGIANT ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $3276 FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS OF THE FOUR STANLEY AUTOMATIC DOORS THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE 
          PURCHASING POLICY. >> SO MOVED. 
          >> SECOND. >> PUBLIC SAFETY BILL. 
          PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          [N.1. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA]
          >> DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE -- INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS AND COSTS. 
          >> MY OFFICE GETS A WEEKLY JAIL CAPACITY REPORT, JAIL CAPACITY IS CURRENTLY 464 INMATES, JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMENDS HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THAT CAPACITY OPEN. 
          THAT LOWERS OUR CAPACITY TO 417. THE JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE WAS 528 AND PEAK WAS 534 ON AUGUST 13TH. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK IS $68,675. 
          THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS 96, AND FEMALES ARE ZERO. THIS WEEK'S INMATES HAVE ALL BEEN HOUSED AND WE HAVE 50 PAPER READY INMATES, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE HAD THEIR DAY IN COURT, BEEN FOUND GUILTY AND ARE NOW STATE INMATES, NOT COUNTY INMATES. 
          WE WANT TO PICK THEM UP AND TAKE THEM OFF OF PAYROLL. 
          >> EXCUSE ME JUDGE, SORRY, NOT TO INTERRUPT, I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD GO BACK TO CONSENT, I DID WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO 
          AMEND THE BUDGET CALENDAR. >> OKAY, WHAT IS THE NUMBER? 
          [G.9. Rescind the cancelation of the regular meeting of the Commissioners Court on August 25, 2026. BECERRA]
          >> IT WILL BE G NINE. G NINE. 
          >> G NINE, RESCIND THE CANCELLATION OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ON AUGUST 25TH, 2026. 
          >> AND I WOULD LIKE TO RESCIND THE MEETING AS WELL AS TO AMEND THE BUDGET CALENDAR AND SET AUGUST 25TH AS THE PUBLIC 
          HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. >> AUGUST 25TH WILL BE A PUBLIC 
          [06:50:05]
HEARING. ARE YOU SAYING YOU DON'T NEED 
          THAT DATE ANYMORE? >> WE ARE ADDING IT BACK. 
          >> WE ARE RESCINDING THE CANCELLATION. 
          >> I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW ALONG. >> THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE CANCELING THE CANCELLATION. 
          >> YOU HEAR THAT? WE ARE MEETING! [LAUGHS] PLEASE CALL ROLL. 
          [M. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]
THROUGH THREE. WE WILL NOT BE OPENING UP ANY 
          MORE. >> PLEASE OPEN THOSE UP. 
          >> EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING HAYS COUNTY TEXAS VERSUS SATTERWHITE MULTIFAMILY LLC, CAUSE 26-0446-C, PENDING IN HAYS COUNTY COURT LAW NUMBER 1, PARCEL 29 A OF THE GAP ROADWAY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND HAYS COUNTY TEXAS ET AL, CAUSE NUMBER 26-0447-C, PENDING IN HAYS COUNTY COURT OF LAW NUMBER 3. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 AND SECTION 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND/OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR THE EASTSIDE CAMPUS PROJECT. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE EXCHANGE, PURCHASE, LEASE, SALE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT OR NEAR 500 FM 150 EAST, KYLE, TEXAS 78640 IN PRECINCT 2. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION PRECINCT 2. 
          POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/O >> ANYONE FOR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT AN AGENDA ITEM IN THE WINGS? IF YOU ARE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO AGENDA ITEM ONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE CLEAR THE THE C. THANK YOU, WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. ROXANNE, CAN YOU PLEASE OPEN THE 
          NEXT CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? >> G NINE, RESCIND THE CANCELLATION OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCILORS COURT ON AUGUST 25TH, 2026. AND GIVE ME ONE SECOND, ITEM NUMBER L ONE, 11:00 A.M. BUDGET WORKSHOP REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET, POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW. 
          >> OKAY SCOTT, I'VE GOT TO PUSH IT INTO SECOND. 
          WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO OPEN -- NOW SCOTT, YOU WANT TO TALK TO US? AND THEN WE WILL CRAFT A MOTION 
          AFTER THAT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO -- DO WE NEED TO REOPEN THE BUDGET? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO SET THE PROPOSED BUDGET MEETING, THAT WOULD BE ON AUGUST 25TH AT 1:00 P.M. 
          >> WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? IT'S IN THE PAPERWORK FOR ONE. 
          >> IT WOULD BE 1:00 P.M. >> IT'S JUST A MOTION SO THE 
          COURT CAN APPROVE. >> THE BUDGET THE ROLL. 
          ROXANNE, MAKE THAT CALENDAR ENTRY WORKSHOP AT 1:00. 
          >> COMMISSIONER SMITH? 
          >> I FELT LIKE SPONGEBOB FOR A MINUTE. 
          AND THEN JUST TO REITERATE, I'VE HEARD IT TOO MANY TIMES, I'VE HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR AND I REMEMBER BACK WHEN COMMISSIONER SHAW WAS HERE, WE WERE TALKING EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CONVERSATION WAS AROUND -- IT'S CALLED SOMETHING ELSE IN 
          [06:55:03]
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, BUT THE IDEA IS TO DO THE UNIVERSAL -- IT IS ALL PRE-STAGED COMPENSATION FOR THE SPANISH SPEAKING BECAUSE CLEARLY IT IS HEAVILY DEPENDENT UPON -- IT IS A SKILL THAT IS BENEFITING US AS A COUNTY AND THOSE PEOPLE DOING THAT WORK SHOULD BE COMPENSATED SO I ASK YOU PLEASE CONSIDER IT IN YOUR WORK IT IS NOT A MOTION, IT IS A 
          DIRECTION. >> QUESTION -- 
          >> I WILL DO SOME WORK ON THAT AND WORK WITH ERIC JUST TO RUN SOME NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE, THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION, WE HAVE MEMBERS ON THAT, WHO ARE THE MEMBERS? 
          >> WE SAID SEVEN MEMBERS. >> IT WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 75. 
          WE WILL FIRM THAT UP TO MAKE SURE THAT IS ACCURATE WITH THE TESTS THAT ALSO NEED TO BE TAKEN. 
          RIGHT NOW ABOUT 70,000. >> WE WILL SEE WHAT COMES BACK AND SEE YOU NEXT WEEK SO WE CAN GIVE OUR COWORKERS THE SUPPORT THAT THEY DESERVE, IF THAT IS AS IT IS HAPPENING. 
          I THINK WE ARE DONE? WE NEED A MOTION? 
          >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. THIS IS REGARDING M1, MOTION TO AUTHORIZE AND EXECUTE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS AND AUTHORIZE COUNCIL TO EXECUTE ANY OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO IMPLEMENT AND FINALIZE THE SETTLEMENT OF HAYS COUNTY TEXAS VERSUS THE MULTIFAMILY LLC. CAUSE 26-0447-C, PENDING IN HAYS COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER 3 PARCEL 29C AND CAUSE NUMBER 26-047-C, PENDING AND PARCEL 29C RELATED TO THE FM 2001 GAP ROADWAY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 
          >> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          WORKSHOP. JUST TO BE CLEAR AND DOUBLE CHECK, AND I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION. 
          WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER SMITH? 
          >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> ENJOY THE REST OF
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.