[1. Update from the County Judge and staff regarding the Local Disaster Declaration and COVID-19. Possible discussion and action may follow. BECERRA]

ITEM NUMBER ONE. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN ON THE SUBJECT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN?

IT'S NOW OR NOT ON THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. >> SURE.

>> IF YOU WILL PLEASE START THE TIMER. >> I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS AWKWARD DISASTER DECLARATION, JUDGE. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING SOME STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN GOING ON AND STUFF.

EARLIER WITH MY COMMENTS THEY WERE DIRECTED AT YOU BECAUSE CITIZENS ARE COMPLAINING TO ME THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE INFORMATION COMING IS NOT ACCURATE.

YOU NOW. HE BROUGHT IN A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS TERMINATED AND I AM GLAD THAT WAS DONE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AS A

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FORMER OFFICER, AND WHEN YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF CRISIS AND CONCERN AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE TO BRING IN PEOPLE THAT ARE QUALIFIED. ALL OF THIS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IS UNACCEPTABLE ON MANY LEVELS. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BE LEARNING THEIR JOBS.

THE SALARIES THAT THEY GET PAID ARE VERY, VERY GOOD. YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT ÃAND I WAS CONSIDERING SUBMITTING MY APPLICATION TO BE EMPLOYED BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT TO OFFER WHEN IT COMES TO THIS KIND OF SITUATION AND STUFF. SO YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD TO COMMISSIONERS COURT DID WHAT YOU DID. AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK OFF THIS AGENDA ITEM?

>> CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

I HAVE FOUR POINTS I WANT TO BRING UP WITH SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON.

THE TESTING SITES THAT WENT ON THIS PAST MOTHER'S DAY ON SUNDAY WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT SITES ONE IN WAVERLEY AND WE WERE ABLE TO TEST FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE 46 IN GERMAN SPRINGS.

WITH SOME CLEAR MODIFICATIONS WITH REGARDS TO WORKING WITH [INDISCERNIBLE] OUR DEPARTMENT STATE OF HEALTH SERVICES AND NATIONAL GUARD, THEY WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE THOSE TESTINGS AND COLLATE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE RESPONSE TO THOSE TESTS TO COME BACK. AND THEY WILL BE SHARED WITH MYSELF, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE JUDGE WITH REGARDS TO ALL TESTS WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.

I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN OF OUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS. THEY DID A GREAT JOB AT FACILITATING THE TESTS AND PEOPLE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS SO THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION SO BOTH SIDES WENT OFF WELL. THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THE NUMBERS DID INCREASE AND STARTED OFF SLOW WITH REGARDS TO REGISTRATION FOR THE TESTS DURING THE DAY OF SOME OTHER QUESTIONS. ATTENDING MEETINGS WITH THE OFFICE OF OUR ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDED NOTES ON HOW THEY SHOULD SCALE AND PREPARE FOR THE OPENING.HIS SHOULD BE A SCALED IN OPENING THEY ARE PLANNING ON LIMITED ACCESS TO COURTS JUNE 1 AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR A DRAFT PLAN FROM THEM THAT WILL BE APPROVED BY OCA BEFORE IT COMES DOWN TO US AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND SOME WAYS TO KIND OF DISCUSS IT WITHIN THE COURT AS SOON AS WE CAN. THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT AND WE HOPE TO GET ONE FAIRLY SOON. THE REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COLLATE THOSE DATES AND TIMES AND OPEN UP THOSE COURTS AND WANT TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE SURE AND BE CONSISTENT AND SCALE APPROPRIATELY WITH THOSE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

WHETHER IT'S BUSINESS OBVIOUSLY THAT CAN CHANGE AS WE COME FORWARD AND AS IT COMES FORWARD MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WHILE WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I WOULD IMAGINE A LARGE MAJORITY OF THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE FOR THE GOVERNOR. BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE WILL BEGIN TESTING TOMORROW IN TEXAS AND THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT MYSELF AND MY STAFF IN EMERGENCY SERVICES HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSE AND COLLABORATING WITH BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE THAT IS OPEN THERE TO TEST IT MAY HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BOTH COLLECTED AND STAFF WERE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TESTING IN THE AREA AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TESTING SITES. THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SUPPLY DO THE THINGS FOR THEIR OWN COMMUNITY MAY HAVE RECEIVED FOR THE LARGE

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MAJORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THEY ARE SUSPECTED NEEDS FOR OPENING UP WE ARE COLLATING THE DATA WILL HAVE A PLANNING MEETING WITH MYSELF, TAMMY, MIKAH JONES AND OTHERS TO KIND OF COME UP WITH A PLAN OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING SOME OF THEM ARE HARD TO PURCHASE WITH VENDORS AND STATE RESOURCES BUT WE DO HAVE ALTERNATIVES ALREADY IN HAND TO DIRECT PEOPLE AND HOW TO UTILIZE THOSE TO GET THE SAME JOB DONE JUST IN A DIFFERENT WAY. IT NEEDS TO BE THERE CONCERNS OR THEIR REQUESTS. I KNOW THAT THE IDEA OF UTILIZING PLEXIGLASS FOR YOUR PUBLIC SPACES HAS BEEN SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADDRESSED IN THEIR OWN OPERATIONS THAT WAS IN SHORT SUPPLY. SO MY REQUEST IS GOING OUT TO SOME OF THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL REGIONAL BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS TO LOOK FOR VENDORS THAT HAVE HIGHER SUPPLIES AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS REQUEST FOR THE PLEXIGLASS IS.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON AT THIS POINT. I'M HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU

MAY HAVE. >> COMMISSIONERS?> I JUST WANT ÃTHE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS I APPRECIATE OUR FRIENDS AT THE NATIONAL GUARD GIVING UP THEIR SUNDAY.

I WAS OUT THERE ABOUT 630 THAT MORNING AND THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN I WAS ABLE TO ÃAND IT RESTORES CONFIDENCE IN THE YOUTH OF OUR COUNTRY. THEY ARE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO ARE I WOULD SAY THE AVERAGE AGE IS PROBABLY 20 TO 22. AND THEY ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THOSE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE INFECTED WITH LITTLE REGARD IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES HERE. THEY CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND DIRECTION ANY RESOURCES. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A RAMP UP ON ALL OF OUR REQUEST AND INITIALLY START REQUEST FOR DIFFERENT PRODUCTS WERE PARTIALLY FULFILLED WE WILL CONTINUE IN THAT ROTATION TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WRAPPING UP FOR NOT ONLY THE NEXT THREE MONTHS BUT SIX MONTH POINT FOR US TO HAVE ENOUGH TO DO OUR

JOBS AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON. >> SOME PEOPLE HANDLE STRESS DIFFERENTLY AS WE KNOW AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN PUSHING ON HIS EXPANDED TESTING FOR THOSE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS NEEDED FOR THAT ARE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION TO GET BACK TO WORK. WE HAVE 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WHERE EVERYONE WAS TESTED THEY WOULD TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 THAT IT WOULD BE ASYMPTOMATIC OR HAVE NO SYMPTOMS AND THAT WOULD IN MY OPINION BE A CAUSE FOR ALARM SPECIFICALLY EXCLUSIVELY.

THE THING I ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE FACT THAT WITHIN THAT 50 TO 70 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION TO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 THE 20 PERCENT WINDOW THAT IS MORE VULNERABLE THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON, PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND JUST SUSCEPTIBLE BECAUSE OF WHATEVER AGE.ND SO THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO TEST FOR AWARENESS, TO TEST FOR TION IN OUR COMMUNI WE CAN MAKE PROPER DECISIONS IN RECOMMENDING AND SUGGESTING TRAVEL PATHS FOR OPENING AND LEAVING THE CRITICAL BED SPACE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THOSE THAT ACTUALLY NEED IT.

SO IN THAT EFFORT, IN THE STREAM WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY ÃI KNOW I HAVE CONTINUOUSLY BEEN

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PUSHING FOR INFORMATION TO TELL PEOPLE WHERE TESTING IS AVAILABLE AND SO WE HAVE TESTING AVAILABLE THROUGH PUBLIC AND ALSO PRIVATE RELATIONSHIPS.

WE HAVE TESTING AVAILABLE COUNTYWIDE. ONE OF THE REASONS WE PUSH FOR WHEN WE WERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS LESS ACCESS, IN MY OPINION, IN THAT SPACE FOR TESTING BECAUSE THE COURT ORDER, AS YOU WELL KNOW, HAS MORE TESTING SITES, SPECIFICALLY, WE ALSO HAVE OUR LIFEBOAT WITH THE FREE TESTING FOR ANYONE TO CALL AND BE SCREENED. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID CALL IN. I'VE NEVER SAID DON'T JUST SHOW UP.E HAVE THESE BASELINE FUNDAMENTALS AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE LIONS SHARE OF THE PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE INFORMATION, AND WE HAVE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT SEEN PEOPLE PUT AT EASE, IF NOTHING ELSE, WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF TESTING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEMBERS CATEGORY OF A POPULATION OF 300,000, WE UNDERSTAND THE MEMBERS OF EVERYONE WAS TESTED IN THE COUNTY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT 60 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION COULD BE COVID POSITIVE. BUT TO REITERATE, THAT'S NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

IT'S MORE FOR MANAGEMENT OF MOVING THE PEOPLE, HOW TO NAVIGATE QUARANTINING AND TRACING AND OPENING BACKUP. SO ALL THESE EFFORTS, ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE MAY ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACK, MOST IMPORTANTLY AT THE LEVEL HAS ANYONE EVER BEEN HERE NOT AT A FEDERAL LEVEL OR NATIONAL LEVEL. STATES AND OF COURSE LOCAL. I WAS ON A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE GOVERNOR YESTERDAY. WE WERE CONTACTED ALL LEVELS AND ARE WORKING ÃTHIS CHIEF OF STAFF HAS DESCRIBED THE PPE THAT WAS SO SCARCE IS LOOSENING UP AND TESTING IS LOOSENING UP.

CATCHING UP AND THIS GOVERNOR'S ORDER OF STAY HOME OR STAY SAFE HOWEVER IT'S BEEN WORDED HAS BEEN USEFUL IN ALL OF THE THINGS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE DONE IN THE RESIDENCE THAT HAVE FOLLOWED THOSE SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY HAVE ALL WORKED AND THEY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND I FEEL WE HAVE TO THINK THE PEOPLE FOR GOING THROUGH THIS BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN BEFORE. HER UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS NATIONALLY ARE WORSE THAN THE GREAT DEPRESSION. SO I HOPE WE NEVER SEE THIS AGAIN AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR FOLLOWING TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES WHAT OUR GOVERNMENTS HAVE GUIDED US TO BOO, TO DO WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER SOME OF US ARE IN THE BOOK WHILE SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE BODY OF WATER BUT WE ARE STILL IN THIS ALL TOGETHER AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND WE WILL WORK WITH ALL OF HIS OWN GOVERNMENT TO BE AS UNIFIED AND AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.

CONFLICTING MESSAGES AND THAT'S WHY EVERY WEEK, AS YOU KNOW, I COMMUNICATE WITH OUR MAYORS AND CITY MANAGERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ALL AT A LOCAL LEVEL SO WE CAN ALL SYNCHRONIZE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND BENEFIT FROM ONE ANOTHER HUSBAND SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECTIONS. SO THIS IS UNCHARTED TERRITORY, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT OVERALL IN THIS TIME TO REPORT ON COVID-19 OVERALL, I'M FEELING. CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE THE DIRECTION PROVIDED TO US BY OUR GOVERNMENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. >> ONE MORE COMMENT IN A COUPLE OF GOOD POINTS UNCHARTED TERRITORY COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT OUR COUNTY STAFF.

HELPING FROM ALL DIFFERENT ASPECTS. I RELY ON THEM TREMENDOUSLY TO GET THESE THINGS DONE FOR ME. TAMMY'S OFFICE TO MIKE JONES JUST MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH HIM ON THIS TYPE OF PERSPECTIVE.

THAT'S WHAT I ENJOY ABOUT THAT > THAT'S RIGHT. I WANT TO GIVE MS. CRUMLEY AN

OPPORTUNITY ÃI HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. >> I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE

GONE. YES, SIR. >> THE 21ST OF ALL THANK ALEX FOR HELPING ORGANIZE THE TESTING WE REALLY APPRECIAE THAT.

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DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE CAN EXPECT RESULTS FOR? HAVE YOU GIVEN US ANY ÃI KNOW THAT YOU HAD ASKED THE ONLY THING THEY PROVIDED TO ME WAS 36 TO 48 HOURS AFTER THE TEST THEY WOULD SEND AN ENCRYPTED EMAIL TO MYSELF, THE JUDGE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH WITH REGARDS TO THE TESTING RESULTS AND THAT'S AS MUCH AS I HAVE AT THIS POINT.

AND AS FAR AS THE TESTING WE HAVE BEEN DOING AT BROADWAY AND ALSO HAVE LIVE OAK, DO WE HAVE

ANY UPDATED NUMBERS? >> I WILL LET TAMMY SPEAK TO THAT

>> THANKS FOR HELPING ORGANIZE THAT. I KNOW IT WAS A BIG

UNDERTAKING. >> THEY DO IT ON THEIR SIDE OR OFF-SITE?

>> [INDISCERNIBLE] FROM MIC]

AND I WILL SEND YOU A CONTACT. THANK YOU. >> CAN I ASK ONE MORE THING?

>> THANK YOU. ALEX, THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF WORKING WITH YOU.

THE PPE, WHAT KIND OF DEMAND ARE WE STILL HEARING WHAT WILL BE THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS

EQUIPMENT AS IT IS BECOMING MORE READILY AVAILABLE? >> AS WE CONTINUE TO ÃIT BECOMES STRESSED AGAIN. THE LAST TWO ORDERS OF FACEMASKS ARE FULLY FULFILLED.

I ORDERED 1095 MASKS AND 2000 SEARCH ACCOUNTS AND THEY WERE COMPLETELY FILLED.

WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THE CORRELATION OF THE DATA FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS IS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VERDICT WILL BE. THEY PROVIDED THEIR NEEDS AND WE HAVE TO SEND OUT A PLAN AND DETERMINE HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THOSE PARTICULAR OFFICES AND IT'S NOT JUST MASKS AND SURGICAL COUNTS FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WE HAVE 300 GALLONS OF BLEACH. SOMETIMES THAT LOOKS LIKE REFERRING BACK TO WHAT WE USED TO DO WITH DISINFECTING. I ALSO MADE A STAR REQUEST FOR THOSE TYPES OF PRODUCTS FOR THE OVERALL GOVERNMENT OPERATION AS WELL.

I HAVEN'T HAD THAT FULFILLED YET. THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS A STRESS OF ASCERTAINING. THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY USE LIKE SPRAY DISINFECTANT IN AEROSOL CANS AND ALSO DISINFECTANT WIPES. BUT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO THOSE CREATING OUR OWN WIPES WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRODUCTS.

WE HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF HAND SANITIZER AND WE LOOK AT THIS FROM A HOLISTIC STANDPOINT 3 TO 6 MONTHS, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? THAT'S THE REASON FOR ASKING FOR THE DATA AND I WANT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO THE PROFESSIONALS TAMMY AND MIKE JONES SEE HOW THAT LOOKS AS WE WILL GIVE FOR ALTERNATIVES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT

RIGHT NOW. >> AS FAR AS THE TESTING THAT WAS DONE, WAS THAT A ONE-TIME

TESTING? >> YES, MA'AM. IT WAS IN THE SECOND-ROUND OF TESTING.AS WE KNOW, THE FIRST-ROUND WAS FOR COUNTIES THAT IGNORE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. NO TESTING. THEY ADDRESS THOSE COUNTIES.

THE SECOND-ROUND OF TESTING WE WERE ABLE TO ÃI DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A THIRD OR FOURTH-ROUND AND IMAGINE THIS WILL GO ON I KNOW IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL PLAN INCREASING TESTING IN THE COMMUNITIES AND I WILL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE THIRD AND

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FOURTH-ROUND. THOSE AREAS DON'T HAVE TESTING OR ABILITIES LIKE WE DO

>> WASN'T NUMBER LIMITED TO 50 OR WAS IT JUST A NUMBER OF FOLKS

>> A TOTAL OF 120 IT COULD'VE BEEN A TWO LANE DRIVING SPOT WAYS PUT INTO LOCATIONS TO

DIFFERENT LOCATIONS VERY TESTING BASIS >> IT WAS 60 LOCATION WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE TEST AVAILABLE FOR THOSE. WE WILL FIRE AND EXCEEDED THE STATE BECAUSE WE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO BUY THIS IS FOR SHIPPING THEM IMMEDIATELY.

>> JUST SOMETHING THAT CAME TO ME I SAW GUIDANCE COME DOWN ON THE CARES ACT AROUND THAT WILL GO TO WHAT I GUESS THEY ARE CALLING SMALLER COUNTIES. HAVE WE SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO GET OUT OF THAT? I SAW NUMBERS OF $55 PER CAPITA. DON'T REALLY KNOW, ARE THEY USING 2010? ARE YOU USING 2019 POPULATION NUMBERS AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I WONDERED IF YOU HAD ANY INSIGHT? >> THE INSIGHT TO THAT ARE THERE LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND ASKING FROM BOTH THE WET TO FEEL JUST QUESTIONS ON WHAT CENSUS TRACT THEY WILL UTILIZE ON THAT. I DO KNOW THAT THEY WERE UTILIZED A NUMBER 55 PER CAPITA AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE COUNTIES WOULD RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS AND DISSEMINATE THEM ACROSS TO THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND IT SEEMS AS FAR AS ÃI JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER FRIDAYS TODAY WITH MORE DETAIL FROM ROBBIE, AND IT REALLY SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT THOSE COUNTIES LESS THAN 500,000.

SO I NEED TO REVIEW THAT TODAY TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT IN GENERAL SPEAK, IT'S DISSEMINATED OVER TO THE COUNTIES AND THE COUNTIES WILL ADDRESS IT PER CAPITA AND THEN DISSEMINATED OVER THE CITIES DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PLAN THAT WE DO FOR DISSEMINATION. WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF OUR RESOURCES AND WHAT WE DO AS A COUNTY. OBVIOUSLY THESE MUNICIPALITIES DON'T HAVE COUNTY JAILS AND THEY DON'T HAVE OTHER FACILITIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS LIKE WE DO. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ASSUME SOME OF THOSE FUNDS NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS AS WELL. ONCE I RECEIVE THAT GUIDANCE AND THEN PROVIDED TO YOU GUYS, I'M SURE I WILL COME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD PLAN AND

DISSEMINATE THOSE FUNDS APPROPRIATELY >> IN OUR GOVERNOR'S CALL YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE COUNTY JUDGES FROM A FARAWAY SPACE Ã THE NAME WILL BE MENTIONED Ã ASKED THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THIS MONEY COMING WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED AND THE GOVERNOR PUMPED THE BRAKES GROW FAST AND HE SAID NO. EVERYTHING IS STRINGS ATTACHED SO WE STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW, WHICH I KNOW WE DO AND WILL END ALL OF THE COVID-19 PARAMETERS BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE NEED TO DO IS AS THE GOVERNOR SAID GET THE MONEY CALL IT BACK BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PROPERLY DOCUMENT UTILIZE AND ACCESS TO THAT MONEY.

THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO UTILIZE IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL PIECE COMING DOWN TO HELP THIS GOVERNMENT, AND THE MORE WE ARE EFFICIENT WITH THAT MONEY, THE LESS STRAIN WE PUT ON OUR LOCAL CITIZENS. I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE CAN ALSO USE IT AS OUR CHIEF OF STAFF ALLUDED TO SOMETHING TO DO WITH OUR JAIL POPULATION.

TESTING FOR THE JAIL WAS ONE OF THE CONVERSATION POINTS THAT WAS DESCRIBED.

COVID-19 TESTING IN THE JAIL. OR LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE MODIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU COULD USE IT FOR THAT AS WELL.

ANYTHING THAT IS JUSTIFIABLY COVID-19 RELATED, YOU CAN FILE FOR USE OF THIS MONEY.

BUT THE DOCUMENTATION IS ESSENTIAL >> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A DIRECT PAY FOR THE LESSER COUNTIES, IT WOULD BE I THINK THE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY WAS 25 PERCENT AND YOU HAVE BILLED AGAINST THAT OVER TIME FOR THE NEEDS.

IT MAKES IT CLEAR ÃTO KEEP TRACK OF EXPENSES AND MAKE SURE WE MAXIMIZE OUR RETURN FOR THE

COUNTY. >> THAT'S RIGHT. MS. CRUMLEY WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND GIVE US THE OTHER LEG OF THE COVID-19 UPDATE?

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>> >> GOOD MORNING. AS OF THIS MORNING TESTING AT THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE NUMBER IS 23 TESTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED AND ACT PREMIER THERE WERE 198 TESTS AND TWO REFERRALS PENDING. SO HOPEFULLY AS OF TODAY THAT WILL BE 200 AND THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH 1077 TESTS THAT HAVE BEEN ÃOR THAT ARE REMAINING FROM THE 1300. OF NEED TESTS AT THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT THERE ARE A SERIES OF FIVE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED AND THEY NEED TO MEET THE CRITERIA.

THERE IS NOT A BOX OF FIVE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE TO CHECK OFF.

BASICALLY, NO ONE'S BEING TURNED AWAY UNLESS THEY ARE FROM OUT OF COUNTY.

ANOTHER HAD MEDICAID AND WAS REFERRED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. THE CALL VOLUME IS NOT THERE.

WE ARE WORKING ON SOME FLYERS THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE MORE ON THE EAST SIDE FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS AND THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE GETTING THE MESSAGE THAT THE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY GOOUT AT M.- THE END OF THE WEEK THAT TRANSLATED AND PRINTED VOLUME IS NOT WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR.

>> JUST TO REITERATE THE TESTING IS AVAILABLE. HERE'S HOW WE HAVE BEEN SAYING IT. AN INSURED AND UNDERINSURED IN SUMMARY THAT IS ANYONE.

JUST TO REPHRASE THAT THE TESTING IS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DIAL THE PHONE NUMBER. DIAL THE PHONE NUMBER AND YOU WILL BE SCREENED AND THEN GUIDED IF THE TEST IS RIGHT FOR YOU IS THE THING I LIKE TO

REMEMBER TO SAY >> THERE HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A POPULATION THAT DOES NOT GET REACHED SO WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE POPULATION. AND THEY TYPICALLY GET INFORMATION FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THOSE HAVE RECEIVED THE MESSAGE AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT OTHER WAYS. PEOPLE MAY NOTBE RECEIVING IT.

>> AND DO YOU HAVE THOSE FIVE QUESTIONS YOU COULD SAY FOR THE COURT TO HEAR?

>> YES. THE FIRST ONE IS DID OR DOES THE PATIENT HAVE A FEVER? THE PATIENT FEVER MIGHT NOT BE PRESENT. THEY HAVE LOWER RESPIRATORY EXAMPLE CALLS OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH. ÃNOW IS LOSS OF TASTE, SMELL, HEADACHE, CHILLS REPEATED SHAKING WITH CHILLS OR MUSCLE PAIN.

IN THE PAST 14 DAYS FEWER SYMPTOMS OR ONSET OF THE PATIENT HAVE CLOSE CONTACT WITH LAB CONFIRMED COVID PATIENTS AND THE EMMA TRAMMEL QUESTION TRAVEL CONFIRMED COMMUNITY SPREAD AREAS IN THE U.S. WERE TRAVEL FROM COUNTRIES ON THE CDC NOTICE LIST.

AND I THINK FROM THOSE QUESTIONS MAYBE IT SPURS A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS AND

CONVERSATIONS. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH, QUESTIONS?

>> I APPRECIATE YOU ALL PUTTING OUT FLYERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF I-35 AND ALSO A TRANSLATION

INTO SPANISH AND IF I HOPE THAT WILL HELP. >> THERE WILL ALSO BE THE SAME INFORMATION POSTED ELSEWHERE, NOT JUST HERE BUT IN THOSE LOCATIONS.

JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT IN GENERAL > WHO ARE YOU USING TO TRANSLATE INTO SPANISH?

>> DON'T ASK ME HIS NAME RIGHT NOW. I APOLOGIZE.

I CAN'T RECALL. HIS FIRST NAME IS RAFAEL >> YOU'RE USING A COUNTY

APPOINTMENT >> NO. >> IS A TRANSLATOR

[2. Adopt a Proclamation declaring May 6-12, 2020 as National Nurses Week. INGALSBE/T.CRUMLEY]

>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAN.

WE PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO?

PROCLAMATION DECLARING MAY 6-12 AS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK >> SO MOVED

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS?

>> I WANT THIS MOTION ÃMY TWO DAUGHTERS ARE NURSES AND I WORRY ABOUT THEM QUITE A BIT

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MORE NOW THAN I USED TO BUT ALL OF THIS GOING ON. I KNOW HOW HARD NURSES WORK IN ONE GOOD THING HOPEFULLY COMES OUT OF THIS THAT YOU GET THE RECOGNITION YOU RICHLY DESERVE.

I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE DECEMBER I AND AMY WOLF. I'M YOUR CLINICAL DISEASE COORDINATOR FOR THE COUNTY. I HAVE BEEN A NURSE FOR SIX YEARS AND I STARTED IN HAYS COUNTY AND MOVED ON TO CARDIOLOGY AND NOW I AM BACK WORKING PUBLIC HEALTH.

I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN WITH A STATEMENT MADE BY A FELLOW NURSE.

NURSING IS REALLY BORING OR PREDICTABLE. A FEW OTHER PROFESSIONS ARE PRESENT AT LIFE AND MOST MOMENTOUS EVENTS FROM BIRTH TO DEATH FROM CRISIS TO RECOVERY AND FOR THOSE WHO THRIVE ON FRIDAY AND THE FULL SPECTRUM OF THE HUMAN DRAMA, EVERY DAY BRINGS A RANGE OF NEW SITUATIONS. NURSES, SEEMS LIKE A LARGE CAREER IN AMERICA IS QUITE SMALL. IF YOU ASK MANY OF US KNOW A NURSE OR HAVE RECEIVED CAREFUL ON THE NATIONAL NURSES WEEK IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO ME BUT TO ALL OF THE NURSES IN THIS NATION. FOR THE PAST MONTH NURSES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE CURRENT PANDEMIC.

FOR YEARS THERE'S BEEN A BIG CONCERN OF SHORTAGES OF NURSES DUE TO THE POPULATION LIVING LONGER RELATED TO INVESTMENTS IN MEDICINE. AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE. ERE IN OUR LOCAL AREA AS MANY COWORKERS AND THOSE FRIENDS HAVE BEEN LAID OFF FROM THEIR JOBS AT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS. MANY HAVE HAD TO TRAVEL TO ASSIGNMENTS IN NEW YORK AND LOOK FOR JOBS ELSEWHERE. IN OTHER FIELDS.

I AM TRULY BLESSED TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU AND STILL HAVE MY NURSING PHYSICIAN HELPING WITH THE CITIZENS BUT LIKE MANY OF MY FRIENDS HYATT PARK AT A HOSPITAL AND HAVE BEEN LAID OFF. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED 20/20 TO BE THE YEAR OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES AND THIS IS ALSO TODAY THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. ALSO KNOWN AS THE LADY OF THE LAND REVOLUTIONARY FIGURE NURSING AND HAS A HIGH INFLUENCE OF HOW LEARN. SHE ONCE SAID HOW VERY LITTLE TO BE DONE. AS THEY FIND THEMSELVES DEALING WITH CHALLENGES AND COMPROMISE ENVIRONMENTS ACCORDING TO NURSES DONE ON APRIL 24 OF 2020 GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT OF THOSE NURSES SURVEYED OUR REPORTING THEY ARE STILL A SHORTAGE FOR MEDICAL HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT SHORTAGE SPECIFICALLY PPE. AS WE CELEBRATE NURSES, THE NUMBER ONE TRUSTED PROFESSION FOR THE 18TH YEAR IN A ROW, AS WE CELEBRATE THEM FROM THE SIXTH THROUGH THE 12, I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO PLEASE THINK ONE.

WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE AND WE WORK AS A TEAM NURSES CAN BE DIRECT AND OBJECTIVE AND EVEN STRENGTH THEY CAN BE SO PATHETIC AND APPRECIATIVE AND THEY ARE BY NATURE AND TRAINING CONSOLING AND CARING COMPASSIONATE FINDS AND MOTIVATES THEM AND THEY SET HIGH STANDARDS FOR THEMSELVES AND CONSISTENTLY STRIVE TO MEET THEM.

IT'S NO WONDER OUR PATIENTS TRUST US AND THAT WE DEPEND ON THEM.

I HAVE ÃI LEAVE YOU WITH THE FOLLOWING QUOTE FROM AN ANONYMOUS WRITER THE DEFINITION OF A NURSE, TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, THE FIRST TO WORK THE LAST TO LEAVE THE HEART AND SOUL OF CARING PASTOR YOU LIFE FOR A MINUTE AND IMPACTED FOR AN ATTORNEY AND EMPOWER AN INDIVIDUAL YOU MAY BE ON THE 12 HOUR SHIFT WITH YOU AND YOU

>> SO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> THIS IS GOING TO TAKE WORK FOR ME TODAY.

>> IS THAT WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING? SHOULD THE RECORD.

MIND PASSING IT THIS WAY FOR A SECOND. THIS IS THE EXTENT OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU IN PLACE OF A PICTURE IS A VISUAL OF THE PROCLAMATION WE HAVE ALL SIGNED. THIS IS OUR WAY OF SAYING WE SUPPORTED AND WE SUPPORT YOU AND WE'VE AGREED IT.HANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT WE WHAT YOU DO.

[3. Adopt a Proclamation declaring May 10-16, 2020 as Police Week and May 15, 2020 as Peace Officers Memorial Day. SMITH]

WE OPEN AGENDA ITEM 3? >> ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING MAY 10-16, 2020 AS

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POLICE BEGAN THE 15TH 2020 AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY. >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

>> I MOVED TO ADOPT >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND WE WILL CALL THE

ROLL AFTER THIS. >> BEFORE I SPEAK I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE SHERRIF MACK TO

SAY A FEW WORDS. >> BYSTANDER WITH A HEAVY HEART AS WE CONTINUE TO MOURN THE LOSS OF THE RECENT SHOOTING DEATH OF AN OFFICER. WHAT A LOT OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS WE HAD FIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOT IN HAYS COUNTY ALL OF THEM IN THE LINE OF DUTY. TWO OTHERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED ALL BUT ONE INCIDENT OF CURED BUT RIGHT HERE. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CHOSEN A CAREER IN THE PROFESSION THEY KNOW IS DANGEROUS. THEY DEALT WITH WHATEVER THEIR FACE. WHEN THEY PUT THE BADGE ON AND GO IN THEIR SHIFT THEY DEAL WITH WHAT THEY ARE FACE. DEADLY SHOOTINGS OR DEADLY VIRUSES.

THEY DEAL WITH IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE COURT THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

SPEAKING ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BECAUSE HAYS COUNTY HAS THE BEST OF THE BEST AND I'M PROUD TO SAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE OFFICERS ACROSS HAYS COUNTY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND BE SAFE AND STAY HEALTHY. THANK YOU, SIR.

>> MY NAME IS JEFF JORDAN, SERGEANT WITH THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK THERE FOR THE LAST 19 ALMOST 20 YEARS. BY THE CURRENT PRESIDENT FOR THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE NUMBER 23 AND IS A MEMBER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE TO MONITOR STAND HERE TODAY KNOWING THAT THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE POLICE REPRESENTS OFFICERS ACROSS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ALONG WITH TEXAS MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION WE REPRESENT OVER 45,000 OFFICERS JUST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CELEBRATE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WITH CEREMONIES AND EVENTS TO HONOR THE PROFESSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. DURING THE LAST 30 YEARS WE HAVE HONORED OUR FALLEN OFFICERS. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT MEMORIAL CEREMONY WILL NOT TAKE PLACE. AS OF TODAY OVER 240,000 NAMES ARE ETCHED IN STONE AT THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C.. OVER 2000 OF THEM ARE FROM TEXAS. CURRENTLY, FIVE ARE FROM HAYS COUNTY.

IN 2021, A SIX WILL BE ADDED. I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THESE NAMES AND THE SERVICE THEY GAVE TO OUR COMMUNITY. DEPUTY SHERIFF HENRY C BANKS HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND I WATCH NOVEMBER 16, 1873. NIGHTWATCHMAN HENRY H JOSLIN KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE WATCH JANUARY 31, 1905 DEPUTY SHERIFF JOHN S DAVIS, JUNIOR, HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE WATCH JUNE 8, 1913. TROOPER RANDALL W VETTER TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE WATCH, AUGUST 7, 2000. OFFICER KENNETH M COPELAND SAN MARCUS POLICE DEPARTMENT, END OF WATCH, DECEMBER 4, 2017. AND OFFICER JUSTIN PUTNAM SAN MARCUS POLICE DEPARTMENT, END OF WATCH, APRIL 18, 2020. ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING HAYS COUNTY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND TELECOMMUNICATION OFFICERS, WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION, SERVICE AND SACRIFICE THESE OFFICERS MAKE. OUR MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN CANCELED AS WELL AS THE STATE AND NATIONAL ONE DUE TO D COVID-19 CONCERNS. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY TO VISIT THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WEBSITE AT

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WW W. NLE OMS .WORK TO WATCH THE VIRTUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WEDNESDAY.

WHERE THEY WILL READ OFF A LIST OF ALL OFFICERS BEING ADDED TO THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

BEFORE I CLOSE, I THINK IT'S VERY PERTINENT THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS BEFORE.

ON AVERAGE, 140 TO 160 OFFICERS DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY EVERY YEAR.

IF YOU WERE NOT AWARE, THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL IS ALMOST OUT OF SPACE WITH NAMES.

THE TEXAS MEMORIAL HAS SPACE FOR 2100 NAMES. WE LOSE TOO MANY EVERY YEAR AND WE ARE FINDING MORE OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE PAGES OF HISTORY THAT WE HAVE TO ADD TO THESE MEMORIALS. PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE, THIS IS ÃI APPRECIATE YOU ASK ME ÃTHIS IS SOMETHING VERY PERSONAL TO ME.

WHENEVER I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WAS AN END OF WATCH MARCH 28 OF 1989.

IT WAS MY FIRST COUSIN AND HE WAS LIKE MY BIG BROTHER. HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO RIDE A HORSE. HE TAUGHT ME ÃHE TAUGHT ME HOW ÃTHIS SOUNDS STUPID BUT HOW TO RUN A CIRCULAR SAW AND NOT CUT MY ARM OFF. AND EVERY YEAR FOR OVER 20 YEARS I ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL SERVICE IN D.C.. EVERY YEAR I MADE A POINT TO DO BY FAMILY MEMBERS DURING POLICE WEEK. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE WEEKS OF THE YEAR BECAUSE NOT ONLY Ã FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK IT'S VERY MUCH Ã IT'S THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IS A VERY SOLEMN OCCASION. IT'S A VERY SOLEMN ÃTHE WHOLE WEEK IS A DEDICATION WEEK. AT THE END OF THE WEEK IT CHANGES.

IT'S NOT A SOLEMN ÃI MEAN, THERE'S ÃIT'S STILL RESPECTFUL AND IT'S A VERY SPECIAL TIME.

BUT IT'S A CELEBRATION. IT'S A CELEBRATION FOR THE OFFICERS AND A CELEBRATION FOR THE FAMILIES TO LET THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST SOMEONE NOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE AND 20 YEARS FROM NOW SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE THERE AND REMEMBER THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBER JUST LIKE YOU ARE REMEMBERING THEM TODAY. AND IT'S PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE MY COUSIN, I WILL USE HIM AS AN EXAMPLE. POLICE WEEK IS THE TIME FOR US TO REMEMBER THEM WHEN THEY MAY NOT BE THOUGHT ABOUT IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR BY ANYBODY ELSE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.HIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER THEM.

I PULLED UP TO OFFICER JORDAN TO YOUR POINT ON THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ON THEIR WEBSITE THERE IS A BIO ON EVERY SINGLE OFFICER EVERY SINGLE OFFICER AND ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR FAMILIES TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THAT OFFICER. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THIS PERSON.

WHAT MADE THEM SPECIAL. WHAT DO YOU ÃWHAT CLICKS IN YOUR MIND.

AND IT'S A LIVING MEMORIAL. I PULLED UP MY COUSINS TODAY AND SOMEONE LITERALLY LAST WEEK WROTE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT HOW THEY REMEMBERED WORKING WITH HIM IN 1976.

I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO HAVE THE SAME CARE AND THE SAME TYPE OF SITUATION IN HAYS COUNTY. IF WE DON'T, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT DOING SOMETHING HERE WHERE WE CAN REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING VIRTUAL OR ONLINE THROUGH THE FOP WHERE WE CAN DO SOMETHING FOR OURSELVES.HAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE ÃI KNOW WE ARE NOT POSTED FOR THIS, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TRY TO YOU AS WE RUN OUT OF SPACE AT THE STATE MEMORIAL HAVE SOMETHING HERE IN HAYS COUNTY WHERE WE CAN MEMORIALIZE THOSE OFFICERS AND IN PERPETUITY AND WE CAN PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE THAT THEY DO AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. AND WITH THAT, I CALL FOR A VOTE.

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>> COMMISSIONER SMITH, THERE IS ALREADY TALKS THAT I HAVE INITIATED WITH THE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATIONS HERE IN HAYS COUNTY TO START A PROJECT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BEFORE COMMISSIONERS COURT EVENTUALLY TO ESTABLISH A JOINT FIRST RESPONDER MEMORIAL.

BUT AT THIS POINT, WE ARE HAVING TO WAIT SO WE CAN MEET SO WE CAN IRON OUT DETAILS AND SEE WHAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN TO DO THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. >> I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW MY APPRECIATION AND I KNOW THIS ENTIRE COURT FEELS THE SAME WAY ABOUT WHAT THE OFFICERS DO AND GET A GREAT REPRESENTATION THAT STANDS ACROSS THIS COUNTY IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS GREATLY APPRECIATED WITH THEIR SPOUSE. THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW THAT ARE OUT THERE NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S A HOLIDAY OR ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON BUT THEY PUT THEIR LIVES OUT THERE JUST TO PROTECT US. I THINK WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT IS ASKED OF OUR OFFICERS TODAY HOW MUCH DIFFERENT IT IS NOW MUCH HARDER JOB IT IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO BE TRAINED IN IN A WORLD THAT THEY LIVE IN. I WANTED TO KNOW I UNDERSTAND THAT AND SUPPORT YOU ALL AND

LOOK TO YOU ALL TO STAY SAFE. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO JEFF AND OUR ASSOCIATION.

YOU TAKE THIS TO HEART AND DO A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING THESE MEMORIALIZE AND I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO WITH THIS EVERY YEAR. WHEN I LEAVE THE HOUSE MY WIFE NEVER WORRIES ABOUT WHETHER I'M COMING BACK OR NOT WHETHER SHE WANTS ME TO OR NOT SUNDAYS.

BUT EVERY DAY YOU WILL LEAVE, YOUR WIVES DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE COMING BACK AND YOUR FAMILIES DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE COMING BACK SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

>> I WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY. I JUST TRULY APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US ON A DAILY BASIS. JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO YOUR LIFE THAT YOU PUT ON POINT EACH DAY AND WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, WHETHER IT'S SERVING CIVIL PROCESS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME OF THOSE PAPERS OR SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS DELIVERIES THAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO ACCIDENTS AND WE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED ON I-35 AND JUST EVERYTHING THAT YOU FACE WAS MENTIONED.

I KNOW WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE SERIOUS SITUATIONS OUT HERE AND WE JUST APPRECIATE

YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH >> IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS A POLICE EXPLORER. I LOVE ALL OF THESE THINGS ONE OF OUR CONSTABLES HAS AND AN EXPLORER PROGRAM. OUT OF ALL THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT VEIN BECAUSE THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL CAREER PATH. WE WERE IN THE EARLY LEVEL STUFF.

ALL THOSE DIFFERENT WAYS OF SPEAKING WITH IT. AND IT'S A REAL DEEP RESPECT WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AND LEARNING HOW TO CLEAR A ROOM, HOW TO CLEAR A BUILDING.

AS A 17-YEAR-OLD GETTING READY TO BE A POLICE OFFICER GOING TO THE TRAINING AND I WAS TOLD TO CLEAR A BUILDING. THAT WAS A SCARY THING. AROUND EVERY SINGLE CORNER YOU HAD THE CHANCE OF HAVING SOMEONE THERE WITH A GUN TRYING TO SHOOT YOU AND THE STRESS THAT PEOPLE LIVE UNDER CONSTANTLY UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS IT'S MORE THAN PEOPLE REALIZE SO I CAN SAY THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. ABSOLUTELY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF WHAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. YOU ARE A KEY PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE AND WE SIGNED IT AND WE AS A COURT HAVE AGREED THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL WORTHY PROCLAMATION AND WE SHALL PASS IT ALONG AND THANK YOU ONE MORE TIME.

[4. Presentation on the 2020 Census by Jessica Mejia, Hays County Census Coordinator, and announcement of the Census Art Contest winners of "Because I Count/Porque Yo Cuento". BECERRA/MEJIA]

WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4. >> PRESENTATION ON THE 2020 SENTENCE. HAYS COUNTY CENSUS COORDINATOR AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CENSUS CHLORINATOR ART CONTEST WINTERS. BECAUSE I COUNT.

>> WE HAD SOMEONE SIGNED UP T SPEAK BUT THEY ARE NOT NOT HERE SO WE WILL GO RIGHT ONTO THE

PRESENTATION. >> THE PRESENTATIONS WILL NOT BE MADE TODAY.

OF THE AWARD WINNERS FOR THE ART CONTEST. BUT I DO HAVE A RUNDOWN OF WHAT

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WE HAVE DONE WITH THE CENSUS OF THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR

NAME? >> BENITO COLLINS, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE HAYS COUNTY JUDGE. AND WE HAVE THE EVENT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT.

COMMISSIONERS WERE THERE IT WAS FILMED BY LA BUT THE LOCAL PRESS AND BY LOCAL PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE CHILDREN ARE ONE OF THE UNDERCOUNTED POPULATIONS.

LIKE I SAID, WE HAD UCLA HERE THAT FINALLY THAT WEEKLY REPORT AT THE END OF APRIL AND IT HAD 30,000 VIEWS IN THE LAST WEEKEND. JESSICA ALSO DELIVERED CENSUS INFORMATIONAL PACKETS AND IN DRIFTWOOD. JACOB'S WELL.

INFORMATIONAL PACKETS TO ALL THE HEAD START PROGRAM SCHOOLS THAT SHE COULD GET TO IN ONE DAY. INCLUDING HEAD START, WASHINGTON EARLY HEAD START BOTTOM ELEMENTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION MOBILE LIBRARY. ON MARCH 11 JESSICA SPOKE AT THE STATE OF THE CITY FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS AND SMALL BUSINESS WERE ABLE TO PICK UP INFORMATIONAL PACKETS TO DELIVER TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND OR BUSINESSES.

ON MARCH 23, WE HAD AN ART CONTEST THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE PERSON-TO-PERSON KIND OF EVENT AND WE HAD TO SHIFT GEARS AND GO ONLINE AFTER THE PANDEMIC HEAD.

IN THE EMERGENCY STAY AT HOME. AND THEN MARCH 30 AND 31ST JESSICA MEJIA ÃSHE RECORDED TWO PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS ONE DAY SHE RECORDED IT IN ENGLISH WITH A RADIO STATION IN HAYS COUNTY AND THE FOLLOWING DAY SHE WENT AND RECORDED ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT WITH THE SAME RADIO STATION BUT IN SPANISH.

ON APRIL 1, SHE HAD A RADIO INTERVIEW WITH THE STATION AND IT TURNED INTO A PODCAST.

ON APRIL 20, JESSICA ALSO DID A SECOND INTERVIEW WITH NBC WEEKEND REPORT.

ON MAY 6 WHICH WAS A MONDAY SHE WENT IN AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING AND HAD A RADIO INTERVIEW WITH A WIMBERLEY RADIO STATION. ALSO I'M NOT JESSICA MEJIA WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THIS PRESENTATION BUT SHE SENT A LETTER THAT SHE WOULD LIKE ME TO READ TO YOU NOW.

ACTUALLY, SHE SENT IT TO ÃIT SAYS DEAR YOUR HONOR AND ANITA. I HAD FULL INTENTIONS ON PRESENTING MY OUTSTANDING WORK ON FUTURE PROJECTS. I ALONG WITH THE PHENOMENAL HAYS COUNTY COMPLETE COUNTY TEAM ATLANTA MOVING FORWARD NOW THAT THE STATE HAS OPENED UP IN PHASES. I HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE THIS A.M. AND SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH MY SON WAS COMPLETING AVIATION TRAINING HE WAS GIVEN THREE UNEXPECTED DAYS OFF DUE TO HAVING FOUR SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS AND HE CALLED ME LAST 9 A.M. ASKED IF I WOULD GO SEE HIM.

AS YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND NO MOTHER WOULD SAY NO TO THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I HAVE ONLY SEEN HIM TWO DAYS SINCE AUGUST. I ALSO FEEL THAT AS A YOUNG TEENAGE MOTHER I ALWAYS PUT MY JOB AS A PRIORITY TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND PAY MY BILLS ON MY OWN. I HAVE BEEN A SINGLE PARENT ALL OF MY LIFE.

BUT THIS JOB AND THIS PANDEMIC BEING AND SELF ISOLATION WITH NO FAMILY AND NO ONE AT HOME

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FOR OVER EIGHT WEEKS NOW HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT HUMANITY AND ABOUT THIS CURRENT JOB POSITION. SO I WILL NO LONGER PUT IT AS A PRIORITY.

I WAS TOLD LAST MONDAY I WOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO WORK BEFORE THIS POSITION WOULD BE DONE AWAY WITH ALTOGETHER. BUT I WAS RE-HORRIBLE AND NOT BEING TERMINATED BUT THAT THEY WANTED TO USE THE FUNDS FOR PMARKETING AND MORE USEFULLY. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS WAS AFTER I WENT IN TO WHAT I WAS TOLD WOULD BE A MEETING TO UPDATE MY SUPERVISOR WHO THUS FAR IN THIS ENTIRE PANDEMIC HAS NOT ASKED FOR AN UPDATE NOR CHECK UP ON ME UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO. WHEN HE LOOKED AT MY EMAILS SINCE THEY ARE PUBLIC RECORD, YOU WILL CLEARLY SEE I HAVE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF YOU IMMEDIATELY EVEN BEFORE THE COUNTY AND STATE SHUT DOWN. I HONESTLY BELIEVED EVERYONE WAS BUSY AND SINCE I WAS BUSY TOO I HAVE COMPLETED WITH ASSISTANCE FROM ANITA AND WHEN MY INTERNET OR DESKTOP OR ISSUE IS OCCURRING IS ALSO HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED. I NEVER MADE EXCUSES FOR MYSELF I WORK MORE THAN 20 HOURS ON MY LOCATION AND I DID EVERYTHING THAT MY JOB POSITION REQUIRED.

I EVEN DID MORE AND CREATED THE ESSAYS EVEN DOING AN INTERVIEW WHICH I WAS INVITED TO COME BACK AND I HAD SEVERAL PROJECTS THERE IS NO PLAN FOR A PANDEMIC.

I DID NOT CALL PEOPLE THAT PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE CALLED BUT IT DID EVERY SINGLE DAY WHAT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME WHICH WAS MY JOB. I DID OUTREACH.

I DID NOT HAVE TO WORK IN EVERY CITY OR REACH OUT TO EVERY CITY EVEN IF THAT IS WHAT ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANTED ME TO DO. THE JOB POSITION CLEARLY STATES TO RECHARGE ACCOUNT COMMUNITIES BUT I WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND INCLUDING ALL TALES AS MUCH AS I COULD BEFORE ENTERING THIS PANDEMIC. I WAS TOLD BY SHERRY AND MY SUPERVISOR TAMMY.

ABOUT SHERRY MY WORK THAT THE DECISION HAD BEEN MADE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO END THE POSSESSION ALTOGETHER. I AM NOT COURT SAVVY ALTHOUGH I AM LEARNING WEEKLY SO MANY THINGS ABOUT THIS COURT. BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO KNOW WHAT IS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO IF TEXAS IS AN AT WILL STATE COULDN'T TAMMY HAD JUST FIRED ME SINCE THAT'S WHAT SHE DID ANYWAY INSTEAD OF TELLING ME SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION SINCE THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? FURTHERMORE, I AM NOT CALLING ANYONE A LIAR, BUT I DO FEEL IN MY HEART THAT EVERY PERSON IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AGREED AND VOTED OR WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THEIR DECIDED FOR THIS POSITION TO END WITHOUT TALKING TO ME OR VIEWING MY WORK.

MY TWO COCHAIRS ARE IN THERE AND THEY HAVE NEVER QUESTIONED OR DOUBTED MY WORK OR PROGRESS.

SO ALL OF THIS SEEMS UNETHICAL AND UNJUST. I WAS HOPING TO GET FOUR PEOPLE COUNTED. I WAS GETTING MEXICANS COUNTED AND I CERTAINLY HOPE IT WAS NOT BECAUSE I ALSO AM CONSIDERED IMPOVERISHED AND MEXICAN. THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

IF YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR HEARTS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME ÃI HOPE YOU FIND IT TO IN YOUR HEART TO GET THIS POSITION OPEN EVEN IF YOU HIRE SOMEONE ELSE. I WILL VOLUNTEER TO TRAIN THEM AND GIVE THEM AL THE INFORMATION I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE.

MY IDEAS WERE RECENTLY BLESSED WITH AN ADDITIONAL $8000. ONLY TWO WEEKS AGO BY UNITED WAY. SO LASTLY I WANT TO SAY THAT TAMMY IS INCORRECT TO SAY THAT SHE IS NOT GOING TO PURCHASE CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAT OUR HAYS COUNTY COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE HAS VOTED FOR. HAD A GREAT ZOOM MEETING WITH THEM LAST WEEK AND I TOLD HER AND SHERRY THIS LAST WEEK THAT NONE OF US WERE SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER UNLESS THEY NEEDED FUNDING BUT NO ONE REALLY NEEDED FUNDING ONLY A FEW PEOPLE SIMPLY OUT OF US BEING IN PANDEMIC MODE.

BUT THAT WAS ÃI WAS SURE AS SOON AS WE MET WE WOULD ALL BE IN IMPORTANCE AND I WAS RIGHT WE WERE. AND WE ARE A GREAT TEAM. ALTHOUGH I AM NO LONGER PART OF THIS TEAM, I PRAY YOU CONTINUE TO BE SAFE WITH THEIR LOVED ONES AND MOVE FORWARD REACHING ALL AREAS FOR THE SENSES. THEY ARE A GROUP ÃA GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH I

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WORK WITH THEM ELECTRONICALLY AND WE ALL DID OUR BEST. LASTLY, IF THERE ARE ANY TRAININGS ON EMPATHY AND HELD TO TERMINATE SOMEONE DURING A PANDEMIC WHICH THEY ARE NOT AND LET ME ADVISE YOU THAT FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC TO PLEASE NOT FIRE SOMEONE ONE WEEK AFTER HER FRIEND KILLS HERSELF. FOR THE SAME ISOLATION THAT PERSON WAS LIVING.

I AM BLESSED TO NOT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. MENTAL HEALTH IS REAL.

PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN FIRING SOMEONE AND THE TIMING OF IT.

I WAS NOT AWARE I WAS BEING FIRED. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE ARE ALL GOING TO THE PANDEMIC. SO I ACTUALLY SEE HOW YOU CAN MAKE THE MISTAKE OF FIRING ME. I DO HAVE EMPATHY AND EXERCISE UNDERSTANDING AS MUCH AS I HUMANLY CAN. IT SEEMS UNFAIR. FINALLY THIS EMAIL IS NOT ORGANIZED OR EDITED.HIS IS STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART AND I NEED TO GET ON THE ROAD.

MORE IMPORTANT THINGS AWAIT ME WHICH ARE SEEING MY SON AND BEING HELD BY HUMAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT WEEKS. DESPITE MY OWN TRIALS I HOPE SOMEONE WILL READ THIS OUT LOUD AND READ MY REPORTS. I WORKED MY ASS OFF FOR EVERYONE.

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES. LIFE IS TOO SHORT.

JESSICA MEJIA SAN MARCUS RESIDENT SINCE 2006. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS HARD FOR YOU TO READ AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO READ IT.

>> HOW ABOUT ÃDO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT CONVERSATION?

>> LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON THE 2020 CENSUS AND NOT A DISCUSSION OF

HR MATTERS. >> THEN I GUESS I DON'T. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK ANITA.

I KNOW IT WAS HARD. >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK JESSICA.

IT'S TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT SHE WENT AND VISITED HER SON AND I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. I APPRECIATE THE REPORT SHE DID A LOT OF OUTREACH AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK SHE HAS DONE AND KNOW THAT THE WORK SHE HAS DONE WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER AND ANITA ALSO.

I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. SO THANK YOU.

>> I WANT TO THANK ANITA. >> JUDGE, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU OPEN UP BEFORE EIGHT AND REMOVE

IT FROM EXECUTIVE 48 SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN OPEN COURT. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4? >> THIS IS A RELATED AGENDA ITEM.

[48. Executive Session pursuant to Sections 551.071 and 551.074 of the Texas Government Code: consultation with counsel and deliberation regarding all individual positions in the Hays County Office of Countywide Operations. Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open Court. SMITH]

>> PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 48. >> EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ALL INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS IN THE HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND ARE ACTUALLY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

>> I WANTED TO GET YOUR DIRECTION BEFORE WE GO ON. IT'S LISTED AS AN EXECUTIVE ITEM WE ARE LISTED THROUGH COMMISSIONER SMITH TO BE HERE IN OPEN COURT.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO OPENLY OR GO RIGHT INTO IT? >> A FEW THINGS.

ONE IS THAT THE COURT AS A BODY CAN CHOOSE TO WAIVE PRIVILEGE ANYTIME HE CHOOSES TO WAIVE PRIVILEGE. THE PRIVILEGE THAT IS THE COUNTIES PRIVILEGE CAN BE WAIVED BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THIS COURT AND THAT INCLUDES ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN EACH VALUE.

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THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN I AM CONSULTING ONE OF YOU ON LEGAL MATTERS INDIVIDUALLY THE PRIVILEGE STILL EXISTS IN THE COUNTY WHICH THE COURT MAY VOTE ON BUT THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY MIGHT ENJOY THAT PRIVILEGE AS WELL IS ONE OF MY FIVE PRIMARY CLIENTS.

TO THE EXTENT ÃREGARDING LEGAL MATTERS OUT HERE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE COURT USED TO HAVE THIS OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION INTO OPEN COURT AND I DON'T HEAR ANY OBJECTION THEN THOSE KINDS OF ÃYOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THERE IS A TURN, ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATIONS ARE BEING WAIVED. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADVISE IS MOST THINGS THAT ARE HR MATTERS CAN BE DISCUSSED IN OPEN COURT WITH REGARDS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES BY EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS OF THE COUNTY THAT IS SOMETHING THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW GENERALLY. BUT AS YOU GET INTO SOME MATTERS THAT MIGHT RELATE TO INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES, YOU WANT TO BE WARY THERE COULD BE PRIVILEGES THAT EXIST FOREX FOR INSTANCE MEDICAL INFORMATION ARE THE EASY ONES.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. GENERALLY WON'T GET INTO THAT HERE IF YOU ARE JUST DISCUSSING THE WHAT'S AND THE WHEREFORES AND RECENT EVIDENCE.

YOU NEED TO BE WARY. OBVIOUSLY THE COURT COULD DECIDE AT ANY TIME TO GO BACK TO THE SITE AND IF IT CHOOSES TO AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE

CONSENSUS YOU PUT IT TO A VOTE. >> TO PUT IT TO A VOTE TO DISCUSS THIS AGENDA ITEM IN OPEN COURT? OR PUT IT TO A VOTE OF WHEN TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION

WITH THAT? >> I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MORE AND MORE OF YOU IF IT APPEARS THERE'S A CONSISTENT AND WE HAD THIS BEFORE BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE A COURT MEMBER MOVED TO TAKE AN ITEM BACK TO EXEC AND IT APPEARED THERE WAS NOT A CONSENSUS, FOR INSTANCE.

T WAS PUT TO A VOTE AND FAILED TO STATE IN OPEN COURT. THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

GENERALLY, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS KIND OF LOOK AND SEE WHETHER THERE APPEARS TO BE OBJECTION AND IF THERE IS I SUGGEST THERE BE A DISCUSSION HERE SO IT'S IN OPEN COURT UNTIL SOMEONE WANTS

TO MOVE IT. >> BEFORE WE GO ON, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE DISCLAIMER FOR US THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK PERSONAL ISSUES THAT I AM SUSPECTING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE AS YOU SAID THE PAST COMMISSIONER NOT FAIR OR ONE-SIDED SO I WOULD JUST URGE CAUTION ON THAT FRONT TO MAKE STATEMENTS THAT ARE NOT DEFENDABLE I GUESS THAT'S THE ONLY THING I SUGGEST

>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE THIS WAS ORIGINALLY FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT TO BE IN OPEN COURT

>> THE EMPLOYEE HAS A RIGHT TO REMOVE IT FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION A BULLET INTO OPEN

COURT. >> ANY OTHER IDEAS? >> AT THIS POINT I NEED TO GO FURTHER AND DISCUSSED IN OPEN COURT THIS ITEM THAT HAS JUST BEEN OPENED

>> I JUST DON'T WANT A CRYSTAL BALL. >> AND MY QUESTION IS THIS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS EXCEEDINGLY CLEAR. THAT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM ARE NOT AT THIS POINT SUBJECT TO ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE, SO EVERYTHING ÃOUR ENTIRE DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO THIS DISCUSSION WE HAD IN OUR PREVIOUS COURT SESSION IN EXEC COMMITTEE CAN BE DISCUSSED IN OPEN COURT THAT IS OUR

PREROGATIVE. >> COURT MEMBERS CAN DISCLOSE MANY MATTERS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION INDIVIDUALLY. THE EXCEPTION TO THAT ÃAND THIS IS NOT THE CASE BECAUSE I WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE COURT'S DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM LAST WEEK. SO THE CASE WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION WOULD BE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS.

IF IT'S A DELIBERATION OF THE COURT REGARDING PERSONAL MATTERS COURT MEMBERS CAN DISCUSS TH OUTSIDE OF EXECUTIVE AS THEY SEE FIT. AGAIN, YOU DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS MEDICAL INFORMATION OR OTHER PRIVILEGED INFORMATION THAT MIGHT EXIST.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE HERE. >> THANK YOU.

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>> PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION >> CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT? DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SO I HAVE A HARD TIME HAVING A FEEL OF WHAT WE ARE OR AREN'T DOING.

I WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN OR MAYBE MAKE SOME COMMENTS THAT IF IT IS ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD SOME ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTION TAKEN ON THEM BY JUST ONE OF MY FEELINGS WOULD BE IF THAT PERSON WANTED TO DISCUSS SOMETHING WITH THE COURT, I WOULD WANT TO FACILITATE THAT. BEFORE DOING IT WHEN THAT PERSON WASN'T HERE.

I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF THE PERSON SAID I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHERE ÃTHERE IS A LITTLE COSTLY FOR ME IS TO KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD KNOW THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, I WOULD WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD AND OBVIOUSLY I WAS PRESENT IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AND I HAVE MY OWN FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT I FELT DURING THAT MEETING AND WHAT I SAID.

AND I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT WANTED TO KNOW THAT YOU BE ABLE TO CONTACT ME AND THE ACTUAL EMPLOYEE. I GUESS THAT'S MY CONCERN HERE IS DOES ÃWHETHER THE LAW REQUIRES IT OR NOT, THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT STORIES TO ALL THIS.

I WOULD JUST RATHER ÃIF THAT EMPLOYEE WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE, I WOULD WANT THEM

TO HAVE THAT CHANCE >> JUST TO ECHO AND DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT YOU SAID, I FEEL THIS CONVERSATION SHOULD NOT BE HAD WITHOUT THE EMPLOYEE PRESENT. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE IDEA OF HAVING AN OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT AN EMPLOYEE OR A FORMER EMPLOYEE WITHOUT THEM BEING PRESENT. AND IF THEY HAD KNOWN THIS COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE THIS WAY, I FEEL A FAIR SHAKE WAS NOT GIVEN TO ATTEND ON THAT FRONT AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S

APPROPRIATE. >> SO THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRESENT BY LETTER.

AND THERE WAS SOME THINGS SAID IN THE LETTER THAT WERE INACCURATE.

AND SO I FELT COMPELLED TO CORRECT ONE THING THIS NOTION THAT SHE WAS TERMINATED, THERE IS NO ACTION OF THIS COURT WAS TAKING ACTION WITH THE COURT CANNOT TAKE A VOTE OR AUCTION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE WAS NO TERMINATION OCCURRED.

NOW, WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE MONIES THAT ARE BEING APPLIED TO CONSENSUS AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHICH THERE'S ANOTHER ITEM ON TODAY TO DISCUSS, THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER.

BUT I DO FEEL COMPELLED TO CORRECT THAT AND I WILL ASK MS. PROBABLY.

MS. MOHAMMED KNEW THERE WAS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM ON THEY HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF DISCUSSING HER POSITION AS DOES EVERY OTHER PERSON IN YOUR OFFICE, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT NO VOTE WAS TAKEN TO TERMINATE HER.

I APPRECIATE THAT.ND SINCE WE ARE ON THAT I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE NOTHING WOULD CHANGE AS WE MOVE THIS FOR ANOTHER WEEK.

TO GIVE SOMEONE A CHANCE TO BE HERE. BUT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT POINT. AND TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE WAS AND SHE TOLD SINCE IT'S APPARENTLY A CONVERSATION PIECE YOU ARE REFERRING TO AGENDA ITEM WITH PACE COUNTY OFFICE OF COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS, WHAT'S THE MECHANISM THAT SHE KNOWS THIS WAS ABOUT HER THAT YOU ARE

REFERENCING? >> LET ME JUST SAY THAT IT'S A PRACTICE OF OUR OFFICE TYPICALLY TO REACH OUT TO OR TO SUGGEST THAT THERE BE SOMEONE WHO REACHES OUT TO EMPLOYEES THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED UNDER ONE OF THESE POSTINGS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PULL IT IN OPEN COURT OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THEY CHOOSE.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH MY INTERACTIONS WITH YOU AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED AS THE COUNTY JUDGE FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW AND THAT IS WHY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE SHOWN ME AND EXAMPLES THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE ROLE WE ARE FOLLOWING AND IT IS NOT AT THIS POINT. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK IF THERE IS SOMETHING MS. CRUMLEY CAN POINT TO THAT SAYS YES

>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING. I DISCUSSED IT WITH HER DURING MY MEETING WITH HER LAST MONDAY. AND I CAN SEE WHERE SHE MAY

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HAVE CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT SHE WAS GOING TO BE HERE. HOWEVER SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING THAT I TOLD HER TO BE HERE. BUT I DID DISCUSS IT WITH HER. THAT WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT

IT AGAIN IN COURT. I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING READY. >> PUTS THE BEST ROADMAP SHORT OF ABSTAINING MYSELF WHAT'S THE BEST ROADMAP TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA WHEN SHE CAN ATTEND THIS

IF SHE CHOOSES TO? >> THIS IS MY AGENDA ITEM AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT FOR

A SECOND >> I ASKED COUNSEL A QUESTION I CAN STILL ASK HIM A QUESTION.

SO PLEASE ALLOW THE INTERACTION TO TAKE PLACE >> I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS A

QUESTION >> HOW DO WE ÃI DON'T BELIEVE SHE WILL BE HAMPERED NEGATIVELY, IF YOU WILL, TELL ME BECAUSE THAT'S NOT MY INTENT BUT I DON'T BELIEVE MS. CRUMLEY WILL BE HAMPERED NEGATIVELY AT THIS AGENDA ITEM GOT MOVED TO ANOTHER WEEK WHERE SHE COULD BE HERE TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SO MY QUESTION WAS SHORT OF ME ABSTAINING FOR SOME OF THE ROUTE WILL COULD BE A ROADMAP TO POTENTIALLY MOVING THIS TO

ANOTHER WEEK? >> WELL, IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO ADVISE THE COURT WHETHER IT SHOULDN'T HAVE THE DISCUSSION THIS WEEK OR NEXT. PTHE ITEM SUFFICIENTLY POSTED FOR THE DISCUSSION MS. MEJIA'S REMEDY WOULD BE TOO PULL IT INTO OPEN COURT IF SHE CHOSE WHICH IS WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY. AND SO IT'S THE PREROGATIVE OF THE COURT TO HAVE THE

DISCUSSION THIS WEEK OR NEXT OR BOTH >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR YOU IS I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MS. MAIA COME AND BE A PART OF THE DISCUSSION BUT TODAY, I DON'T ÃI DID NOT, OR POST THIS TO TALK TO MS. MAIA ABOUT THE JOB SHE DID OR THE JOB SHE WAS GOING TO DO. I CAME TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION LAST WEEK. AND THE FACT IS THAT IT'S BEEN CLARIFIED, THERE WAS NO VOTE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A VOTE TO ELIMINATE THIS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND I ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION SPECIFICALLY SO I COULD MAKE THIS POINT. MS. MAIA HERSELF IN THE ONE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED THIS SAID THIS IS A NEW DAY.

THE FACT IS WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE WITH THIS PANDEMIC AND WE WERE THREE MONTHS AGO WHEN WE ENVISION THIS POSITION AND MY HOPE WAS SINCE WE HAD GONE AWAY FROM GENERAL LARGE EVENTS THAT WE COULD USE SOME OF THIS FUNDING TO SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT MORE INCREASED OUTREACH AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES OF HAYS COUNTY AT A SOCIAL LEVEL, WHETHER THAT BE INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, THAT WE KNOW ARE GETTING INCREASED INTEREST.

THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE AN IN PERSON INDIVIDUAL THERE.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE EVIDENCE IN THE FUTURE THAT WERE IN PERSON I THINK SHE WAS THE PERSON TO DO THAT AND TO MAINTAIN HER EMPLOYMENT FOR THAT. I SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE NODDING HER HEAD. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORK THAT SHE DID.

WHAT'S UPSETTING TO ME IS THAT IN THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION THERE WAS A COMMITMENT BY ONE MEMBER OF THIS COURT TO NOTIFY MS. MAIA OF WHAT OUR DECISION WAS. WE AS A COURT BECAUSE OF THE STRESS OF THIS PANDEMIC AND THE THINGS WE KNOW THAT SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH WHICH WERE SHARED WITH US MADE IT VERY CLEAR HE WANTED TO BE AN AVENUE OF ASSISTANCE AND ONE PERSON ON THIS COURT SAID LET ME TAKE CARE OF THAT NOTIFICATION. THAT'S THE BEST PLACE AND WE AGREED TO THAT. FAST FORWARD A WEEK LATER WHENEVER HER SUPERVISOR AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT HAVE TO SIT DOWN TO TALK TO HER ABOUT IT AND THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS COMMITTED TO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION NEVER HAPPENED. NOW, YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN ASSUMPTION AS TO WHO SAID THEY WERE GOING TO TALK TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT WHEN WE DISCUSSED WHAT WAS GOING TO BE SAID, THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL AS I BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE WHO SAID LET'S FIRE HER THEN. LET'S FIRE HER.

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ONE INDIVIDUAL. IT'S THE SAME INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS TASKED WITH DISCUSSING HOW MUCH ÃTHE POSITION WOULD SHIFT IN THE FUTURE. HE NEVER HAD THAT CONVERSATION.

HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE THAT WITH THE STAFF. FOR THERE TO BE AN ASSUMPTION BUT OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET IS OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES. OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET ON A DAILY BASIS I CAN HAVE A COMPUTER IN FRONT OF ME, IT BREAKS.

I CAN HAVE A PHONE ON MY DESK THAT BREAKS. I CAN HAVE A VEHICLE THAT RUNS UNDER BREAKS. THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET WE HAVE AT A COUNTY LEVEL IS EMPLOYEES. OUR I AM PROUD OF THE WAY OUR HR DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THE FIRST THING OUT OF THE DIRECTOR WAS YOU KNOW WHAT? IF AND WHEN WE REDUCE THE HOURS FOR THIS JOB WE SHOULD TALK TO HER SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT OUTREACH IS AVAILABLE, WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.

TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND HOW SHE CAN ACCESS THOSE AND HOW WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT. THE FACT THAT SHE WAS NEVER GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY UNTIL MS. CRUMLEY AND OUR HR DIRECTOR SAT DOWN AND TALKED TO HER THAT'S UNCONSCIONABLE.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO HER OR ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO HIM THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN PRESENTED TO HIM. I AM NOT DISCUSSING HER JOB PERFORMANCE. I'M NOT DISCUSSING HER AS A PERSON.

I'M NOT DISCUSSING PERSONNEL. I WILL PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AGAIN FOR NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS IT AGAIN IF YOU WOULD LIKE. AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE WAS A FAILURE ON THIS COURT.

AN ABSOLUTE ADJUNCT FAILURE. I WILL ADMIT THAT I SHOULD HAVE VERIFIED THAT THAT CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE BUT I AM NOT GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY THAT I AM THE ONE WHO DID NOT DO IT.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY I TOOK A BOAT TO FIRE SOMEBODY BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO EITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS. AND WITH THAT I WILL PULL MY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION DUE NEXT

WEEK AND I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO. >> HOW DID IT FEEL TO TELL THE TRUTH ON A DAILY BASIS IT FEELS AMAZING. YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME,

JUDGE SCREWED RECOMMENDED. >> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO SPEAK UNINTERRUPTED.

I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO FINISH THAT SENTENCE >> YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION AND

I ANSWERED IT. >> I WASN'T DONE, AS I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALLOW ME A CHANCE TO RESPOND WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AS IS A CHRONIC PROCESS SOMETIMES HERE.

TO ADD A LITTLE CONTEXT TO WHY I ÃTHE LAST THING I AM IS A COWARD.

THE REASON WHY I SAID ÃIT WAS ME THAT SAID LET'S JUST FIRE HER.

TO ADD A LITTLE FLAVOR TO THAT STATEMENT, I SAID YES. LET'S JUST FIRE HER BECAUSE I SAW THE EFFORT, I HEARD THE CONVERSATION. I SAW THE COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM AND I HEARD THE STORIES. AND SO JUST AFTER THE COMMISSIONERS TAKING A STANCE.

NO ONE VOTED BACK THERE. NEVERTHELESS, THE TONE AND THE TEMPO WAS BRIGHT AND LOUD AND CLEAR. OUR NATIONAL SEARCH BACK OUR HR DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED YIELDED WITH A COUPLE OF MODIFICATIONS AND THINGS THAT SHE WAS DOING YIELDED CHIEF RAYAS AS OUR MOST QUALIFIED, HIGHEST RANKED, MOST CREDENTIALED OR WHEREVER YOU WANT TO SUMMARIZE IT EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR TO FILL THAT POSITION. AND I FEEL THAT THAT POSITION WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ITS CAPACITY TO DO THE JOB IN PART BECAUSE I HOLD THE GLORIOUS POSITION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR FOR HAYS COUNTY.

AND IF I AM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR FOR HAYS COUNTY AND THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR GETS FIRED, THAT MAKES MY JOB A LITTLE BIT HARDER.

AND SO WHEN THE SITUATION STARTS TO UNFOLD DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THIS ONE AND I SEE THAT I FEEL THAT AND YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH FEELINGS BUT I FEEL THAT POLITICS HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN THE NEXT TARGET IS NOW LET'S GET THE UNDERCOUNTED

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COUNTER OUT OF THE LOOP BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO THE JOB DESCRIPTION, THIS POSITION IS TO REPORT TO THE COCHAIRS COMMISSIONER INGALLS B AND MYSELF, THE DAY TODAY, THE OPERATIONAL PIECE, THE HOW HAPPY ARE WE WITH THIS POSITION IN THEIR DAILY OPERATIONS WAS UP TO COMMISSIONER INGALLS AND MYSELF.

THE REASON IT WAS NESTLED UNDERNEATH COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS WAS FOR ADMINISTERING OF TECHNOLOGY, A BADGE, KEEPING UP WITH TIMEKEEPING, A LAPTOP, THE CELL PHONE. AND FOR THOSE REASONS, THAT POSITION WAS PLACED THERE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT COMPONENT. CLICK PERFORMANCE WISE WAS COMMISSIONER INGALLS B AND MYSELF. AND SO ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS BACK THERE, AND WILL STAY ANONYMOUS SAID I DON'T SEE FIRING HER ÃI DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE SHOULDN'T DO THIS. ESPECIALLY NOW.

AND I REALLY RESPECT THAT THOUGHT PROCESS. IT WAS GOOD AND WELL SAID.

IT WAS NICE. SO THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE A BOAT, AGAIN, THANK YOU MR. KENNEDY, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T. THE COCHAIRS ASSESSES THE QUALITY OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THIS COORDINATOR WAS NOT IN QUESTION OR BROUGHT UP TO US TO AUDIT OR COMPLAIN ABOUT.

SO THERE WE GO ON THAT FRONT. HOW IS IT THAT DIRECTION WAS TAKEN AND SINCE YOU ARE AT THE PODIUM HOW IS IT THAT DIRECTION WAS TAKEN TO TERMINATE OUR EMPLOYMENT? I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE HAD SEVERAL ÃI GAVE THE BACKGROUND AND I SAID JUST FIRE HER BECAUSE I SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL. AND ANOTHER WAY TO PUT IT.

BUT I DID NOT MEAN IT CLEARLY, AND I WAS GRATEFUL AGAIN THAT ANOTHER COMMISSIONER SPOKE UP AGAINST THE IDEA. WE DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT SO HOW IS IT WE ARE EXPECTING TO GO ÃTHE COCHAIRS HAVEN'T AGREED. WE ARE THE PEOPLE ÃI GOT THE JOB DESCRIPTION AS A LEGAL DOCUMENT HERE. I GOT THE JOB DESCRIPTION IN MY HAND AND IN NO PLACE DOES IT SAY THE COCHAIRS ARE NOT THE PEOPLE CHARGED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE JOB. UNDER THE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE HAYS COUNTY COMPLETE COMMITTEE THAT'S HOW THIS THING STARTS. AND SO TO THINK THAT THE

DISCUSSION ONLY >> I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD ROADMAP.

I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE TOO MS. CRUMLEY SINCE SHE'S AT THE PODIUM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW

THAT EVOLVED THAT YOU AND OUR HR DIRECTOR TERMINATED HER? >> I DISAGREE WITH THAT DIRECTION. I UNDERSTOOD WHEN WE WERE THERE SHE WAS TO BE GIVEN TWO WEEKS NOTICE AND MADE 12 WAS THE DAY THAT THE DIRECTION TO MYSELF AND SHERRY, THAT WOULD BE HER LAST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT. I UNDERSTOOD IT AS COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID, THAT YOU WOULD HANDLE HAVING SOMEONE NOTIFY HER AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. I WAS ASKED WHETHER OR NOT IT HAD OCCURRED. IT HAD NOT. TALKED TO SHERRY ABOUT IT AND SHE RECOMMENDED ÃSHE'S AVAILABLE BY PHONE. THAT WE SET UP A MEETING WITH

HER TO LET HER KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO OCCUR. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

IF THAT WAS YOUR UNDERSTANDING, I GET IT. THE PEOPLE CHARGED WITH HER PERFORMANCE, DID YOU EMAIL THE COCHAIR AND SUPERVISE THAT POSITION TO TELL US THAT FOLLOWING UP AND YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO THIS IF THAT WAS YOUR INTERPRETATION.

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>> I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD SO THAT ÃFOR THOSE FOLKS WHO DID HAVE QUESTIONS COULD LEARN EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. I MEAN, THE FACT IS I BELIEVE THERE ARE GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO HAVE OR ATTEND EVENTS AND HAVE A TABLE AND THOSE THINGS AND HAVING SANDHYA AVAILABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT ON AN HOURLY BASIS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD THING. I ACTUALLY ADVOCATED FOR THAT IN OUR CONVERSATION.

BUT I ALSO ADVOCATED FOR Ã SINCE WE ARE IN THIS NEW DAY, HOW CAN WE LOOK AT THE MONEY THAT WE LOOK AT THERE IT BE MOST EFFECTIVELY USED IN THE UNDERCOUNTED.

AND MY QUESTION DURING THAT PERIOD THERE WAS EVEN SUGGESTIONS FROM STAFF WITH THAT SAID I WANTED TO HAVE THIS ITEM TODAY TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS AND I HAD HEARD THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION OR MISCONCEPTION ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

AND AS AN EMPLOYEE IT'S UNFAIR TO HER NOT TO BE EXCEEDINGLY HONEST WITH HER.

EACH TIME WE ASKED FOR ONE OF THOSE UPDATES WE ASK FOR THE ATTENDANCE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES.

AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT. AND SO I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY HER NOT BEING HERE TODAY.

I'M GLAD SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH HER FAMILY. I CAN COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO PULL MY ITEM TODAY AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT NEXT WEEK AND I WILL PUT IT ON FOR EXACT NEXT WEEK AND THAT SHE WANTS IT IN OPEN COURT AS IS HER PURVIEW, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE IT THEN.

BUT I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE COURT TODAY. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HER SPECIFICALLY BUT TALKING ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION AND NOT LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. AND WITH THAT I PULL MY ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION FOR

>> DID YOU HAVE ANY LAST THINGS HE WANTED TO SAY?> I MISS IF I MISUNDERSTOOD I HAVEN'T HEARD

THAT I DID. >> AS A LAST COMMENT HE IS PULLED HIS ITEM.

AS A LAST COMMENT WERE THERE ANY PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS THAT COMMISSIONER INGALLS B DID OR I DID THAT SHOWED UP POOR PERFORMANCE FOR ANY KIND OF EMAIL THAT YOU SENT FOR US THAT I MADE OVER LOOKED BECAUSE I AM DEALING WITH COVID-19 AND I COULD'VE OVERLOOKED AN EMAIL? IS THERE SOMETHING YOU SENT TO MY OFFICE THAT SAID WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO BEFORE YOU DID

IT? >> I COMMUNICATED WITH THE COMMISSIONER HAVING MEETING

WITH HER PLAN FOR MONDAY. >> I AM THE COCHAIR AND >> YOU GAVE DIRECTION TO BUYER HURT AND YOU ARE GOING ÃI DIDN'T TAKE IT AS A JOKE OR YOU ARE JUST KIDDING OR WHAT HAVE

YOU >> SURE. >> NO.

>> SAID NO ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION? AND THERE'S NO PAPERWORK OF A PERFORMANCE REVIEW THAT WAS DONE FROM YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE THE ONE THAT FIRED HER?

>> I HAD SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS THAT I SENT HER >> PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS?

O. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.

>> I SAID NO PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. I HAD SEVERAL EMAILS FROM HER ASKING FOR COMMUNICATION FROM WHAT'S GOING ON. I ÃSHE WAS AND DID COMMUNICATE THAT WITH US. WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT ANOTHER TIME.

ANYTHING ELSE SINCE YOU'RE THE COCHAIR ON THIS ITEM? >> WE WERE PULLING THE ITEMS SO WE CAN HAVE HER AND I THINK IT IS BEST THAT WE HAVE JESSICA IN FRONT OF US TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE WITH HER. I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR TO HAVE

HER HERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING. I DON'T BELIEVE HR EVER RANKED CANADA.

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TAMMY SAID WHICH ONE WAS QUALIFIED. DON'T THINK SHE EVER RANKED HIM NUMBER ONE

>> THAT'S FINE. >> WHATEVER. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA

[Items 5 - 11]

ITEMS FIVE THROUGH 11? >> APPROVED THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTHCARE CLAIMS NUMBER 7 APPROVED COMMISSIONER CT. MINUTE APRIL 28, 2020 AND MAY 21.

>> EFFECTIVE MAY 15, 2020. BENEFITS ON THE HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED.

NUMBER NINE AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES PA YES HS FOR THE FY 2020 COVID-19 CRISIS. GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $154,794 M IN THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

NUMBER 10 AUTHORIZE COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL TO PURCHASE AN ADVANCED FOURTH WAS LOCATION HYDROXYL MISTING SYSTEM TO BE USED FOR BUILDING SANITATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,500 WITH 50 PERCENT PAYMENT IN ADVANCE AND THE REMAINING 50 PERCENT PAYABLE UPON RECEIPT.

NUMBER 11. AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR A

MEETING/EVENT CENTER AT 1070 SIGNAL HILL RD., AUSTIN, TX. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMENTS?LEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[12. Approve and confirm the appointment of Rodolfo Estrada, as a Reserve Deputy Constable, in the office of Hays County Constable Precinct 2, effective May 5, 2020. JONES/TORRES]

APPOINTMENT OF RODOLFO ESTRADA AS A RESERVE DEPUTY CONSTABLE IN THE OFFICE OF HAYS COUNTY

CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 EFFECTIVE MAY 5, 2020. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? IF YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE YOUR ÃMR. ESTRADA. AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A VOTE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE. LET ME INTRODUCE RUDY ESTRADA.

HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HE SERVED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN PARTICULAR BUT DUE TO ÃCHOSE TO RESIGN HER POSITION AS A POLICE OFFICER IN ORDER TO CARE FOR HIS FAMILY. HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK YOU PERFORM SECURITY DETAILS AMERICAN-STATESMAN AND AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL. HAVE A DESIRE TO GET BACK INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE RESIDENT OF CAIRO AND THE COMMUNITY WE ARE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO ADD HIS EXPERIENCE TO OUR OFFICE. THANK YOU.

>> WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? >> I JUST THINK THE COMMISSIONERS COURT'S TIME AND I HAVE MET YOU ONCE AT LAST I WANT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA FOR 30 YEARS I WORKED WITH MR. ROBLES FOR MANY YEARS AND I NOW WORK WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND WANT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN ANY Ã LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN A COLLEGE GRADUATE WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE. IN RECENT GRADUATE OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CATEGORY FROM MARILYN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

>> WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

>> IF YOU PLEASE COME UP ABOUT SIX FEET FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING ANALYSIS ROOM AND PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I RODOLFO ESTRADA SOLEMNLY SWEAR I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF DEPUTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 FOR THE COUNTY OF HAYES, STATE OF TEXAS AND WELL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND

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THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELPED ME GOD

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> IF WE WILL PLEASE ÃBY THE

[22. Authorize the acceptance of a revised grant award from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC) for the Indigent Defense Coordinator Program adding an additional amount of $6,105.00 totaling $67,446.00 and amend the budget accordingly. SHELL/T.CRUMLEY]

WAY, I WAS ASKED TO PULL AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22. WE HAD SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEED ON IT BECAUSE YOU WERE HERE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PULLED I ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY YOU DESERVE TO SPEAK ON IT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON IT SINCE IT WAS PULLED? PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

SAM BRENNAN AND AGENDA ITEM 22 THAT HAS BEEN PULLED. >> THANK YOU FOR PULLING BACK.

I WAS PREVIOUSLY UNAWARE THAT HAYS COUNTY WAS SEEKING TO OPEN A PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE JUST

CAME ON MY RADAR OVER THE WEEKEND. >> THEY HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH A JUDGE AND A FORMER D.A. AND PEOPLE FROM THE TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE. IT WAS SOMEWHAT INSIGHTFUL BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME AND MAYBE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR DISCUSSED WHAT IS THE PROBLEM YOU'RE TRYING TO SOLVE YOUR? BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN A DISCUSSION THAT MAKES ME THINK HAVING A PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE IS GOING TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE AREN'T GOING BUT FROM THE ATTORNEYS AND NOTHING ABOUT HIM THREE MORE RESPONSES WHILE IN COURT WITH THE ATTORNEYS I'VE HEARD FROM, IT'S LIKE 1 TO 9 THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. SO IT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED AND APPARENTLY THE LOCAL BAR, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY BEEN REQUESTED TO HAVE FEEDBACK ON IT, A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL BAR ARE CONCERNED. I THINK IF YOU MOVE FORWARD IN OTHER WORDS IF THE BACKUP IS ACCURATE IN ACCEPTING THIS MONEY IS AN AGREEMENT TO PURSUE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE WE NEED TO SLOW THIS DOWN. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ALL ABOUT IT.

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>> THANK YOU, SIR. WE OPENED 26 AND 27 >> APPROVAL OF REQUEST MADE BY MARIA KLATT FOR REFUND OF PENALTIES AND INTEREST UNDER 2019 PROPERTY TAX PAYMENT CITING SECTION 33.011 SUBSECTION K OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.

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AND ITEM 27 APPROVAL OF REQUEST MADE BY VICTORIA WONG FOR REFUND OF PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON HER 2019 PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS, CITING SECTION 33.00 11 SUBSECTION J OF THE

TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE. >> A MOTION IN THE SECOND. JANICE, WE START THE TIMER FOR

MR. DAN LYON >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE ONE OF THESE ITEMS IS FOUR $43 AND ANOTHER ONE IS $53. AND SINCE I MIGHT HAVE A NEGATIVE INCOME THIS YEAR UNLESS THE ECONOMY TURNS AROUND, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO GET THAT MONEY BACK BECAUSE THAT COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EATING OR NOT EATING IN A CERTAIN WAY.ANYWAY, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO THESE THINGS KEEP COMING UP FROM THE TAX OFFICE.

IT TAKES TIME AND IT TAKES COUNTY MONEY TO HAVE HER IN HERE TO EXPLAIN THOSE THINGS THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE COLLECTOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO OUTLINE HER PLAN TO HELP PROPERTY OF THE TAXES. OBVIOUSLY SHE IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SAY ANYTHING, HOWEVER, IT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP TO RELIEVE THE COLLECTIVE ANXIETY OF THE CITIZEN OF HAYS COUNTY. SHE SITS ON THE BOARD OF THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT SURELY SHE HAS EMPLOYMENT ON MYSELF AND QUITE ANXIOUS ABOUT WHERE I WILL GET THE MONEY TO PAY MY TAXES THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE ONLY $4000 IN UNLESS THINGS CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY I'M GOING TO HAVE NEGATIVE INCOME AND THAT'S NOT AFTER DEDUCTIONS. THAT IS BEFORE ANY DEDUCTION FOR FEDERAL NO.

I HAD SOME THOUGHTS. I'M HAVING ANOTHER MOMENT HERE. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF A MOTION TO HER TODAY AND I UNDERSTAND THEM. THREE WEEKS AGO I BROKE DOWN ON THE PODIUM. I DON'T CRITICIZE ANYBODY. I COULD GET ANGRY ABOUT THIS MOSTLY IN QUITE ANXIOUS ABOUT IT AS OUR MANY OTHER CITIZENS WITH THE SHELTER IN PLACE, PEOPLE HAVE LOST JOBS. WE'VE GOT REALLY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT.

I COULD NOT GO OUT AND MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. IN FACT, I COULD MAKE VERY LITTLE MONEY. IF THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING THAT MS. O'KANE COULD DO I THINK THEY ARE SELF-EXPLANATORY FALLS UNDER A NEW SECTION OF THE CODE.

SHE AT SOME POINT IN 2019 SHE NO LONGER WAS REQUIRED TO FUND AN ESCROW ACCOUNT AND A MORTGAGE COMPANY THAT REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE AND WANTED TO BUILD DIRECTLY SO WE SENT IT TO THEM THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SEND A COPY TO THE TAXPAYER AND THEY DIDN'T AND SHE IS USING THIS NEW SECTION TO BASICALLY SAY THE COPY THAT WAS MISSING IS WHAT CAUSED HER TO BECOME ELOQUENT ON THE TAX. IT IS COVERED UNDER THE NEW SECTION.

SO THAT'S UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. IN THE SECOND ITEM IS JUST HAVING TO DO WITH POSTMARK ISSUE OFFICIAL POSTMARK WAS 2/1 SO THAT MEANS THE TAX PAYMENT IS DELINQUENT. THEY GOT BASICALLY A SWORN STATEMENT THAT SAYS SHE POSTED

IT ON THE 31ST WHICH WOULD BE TIMELY. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE

TIME TO EXPLAIN THAT. >> AM I ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS

>> IS NOT CUSTOMARY FOR US TO RESPOND TO CITIZENS COMMENTS, UNFORTUNATELY.F YOU WOULD

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LIKE TO MAKE A GENERALIZATION STATEMENT AS SHORT AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LOTS MORE TO DO, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. ANY LIGHT GENERALIZATION WOULD

BE OKAY, I THINK. >> I WOULD JUST NOTE WE ARE NOT POSTED FOR THE PRESENTATION OF SOME SORT OF PLAN. IF SHE WANTS TO PRESENT A PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE CAN POST AN ITEM THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO ASK WOULD YOU RATHER WE DO THAT? MAKE IT AN AGENDA ITEM SO YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION? UNLESS YOU HAVE A GENERAL

STATEMENT THAT YOU COULD JUST PAY. >> I JUST MIGHT GENERAL STATEMENT WOULD BE THIS IS TO COLLECT THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT TAX RATES ARE ESTABLISHED BY EACH TAXING UNIT AND THEN WE HAVE THE BUDGET THAT EACH TAXING UNIT NEEDS I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCED WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?

>> WE WILL GO 38 AND ONE 4445. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER A COUNTYWIDE

[38. Discussion and possible action to consider a countywide solution for the public to enter county facilities using a technology-based system. BECERRA/RICHEY]

SOLUTION FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENTER COUNTY FACILITIES USING A TECHNOLOGY-BASED SYSTEM

>> MOTION? SECOND >> A MOTION AND A SECOND WAY

YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME? >> GOOD MORNING.

BRITTANY RITCHIE THE HAYS COUNTY TREASURER AND THIS MORNING I AM JUST BRINGING AN IDEA TO THE COURT FOR CONSIDERATION YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING REALLY HARD TO ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC THE BEST WAY WE CAN AND THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY BY USING TECHNOLOGY ONLINE SERVICES FOR ONLINE PAYMENTS AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AT A DISTANCE. ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE HAD IS ONCE OUR GOVERNMENT CENTER OPENS AGAIN WE HAVE 16 DEPARTMENTS THEY ARE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS BACK SEAT LOTS OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS IS TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC IN THE SAME FASHION. AND IDEA THAT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION IS WE COULD USE TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT. USING A SYSTEM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE IN OUR TAX OFFICE IN OUR CLERK'S OFFICE.

IT'S A NUMBERING SYSTEM. TO ALLOW FOR A KIOSK AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING BY GETTING THE NUMBER AND CHOOSE THE OFFICE THEY WISH TO SEE AND THEN GOING AND WAITING IN THEIR CAR AND RECEIVING A TEXT MESSAGE SAYING THAT THEY WILL BE NEXT IN LINE AND THEY CAN COME INTO THE BUILDING. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE USED FOR EVERY OFFICE AND SOME OFFICES ARE SMALL ENOUGH TO WHERE HE PROBABLY WOULD NOT UTILIZE THE SYSTEM BUT IT'S MAINLY FOR OFFICES THAT DO HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INTERACTION.

SO THE IDEA IS SOMEONE WOULD WALK IN THE BUILDING USED TO KIOSK AND THEN ON THE SCREENS AND THE BACK OF THE LOBBY THEY WILL BE SHOWING WHAT NUMBERS ARE COMING UP.

THIS WOULD ALSO HELP OUR SECURITY AND THAT THEY WILL HAVE A MONITOR AND BE ABLE TO SEE WHICH OFFICES ARE NEXT AND NOT HAVE TO COMMUNICATE IF THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE IN A PARTICULAR AREA OR IF THERE'S ISSUES LIKE THAT. WE HAVE A TECHNICAL WAY TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT AS WELL. SO WE WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO USE THIS IN OUR OUTLINE COUNTY AREAS SO THE TAX OFFICE THAT HAS SERVICES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ALSO HAS SERVICES IN

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OTHER AREAS AND THEY COULD USE THAT. THIS IS THE COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM IN OUR IT DEPARTMENT WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF. I WAS SO SPECIFICALLY TALKING TO THE COMPANY THAT HAS ÃWE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WE CURRENTLY USE BUT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IF THE COURT WISHES TO GO OUT AND VENTURE INTO THIS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS WORTH CONSIDERING WHILE WE ARE KEEPING YOU SAFE AND AVENUE A COULD USE AGAIN WE MIGHT NOT USE IT FOR EVERY OFFICE. IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR THE LARGER OFFICES AND I'M NOT SURE IF JEFF HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH ME.

>> HOW WOULD WE IMPLEMENT THIS. I KNOW IT'S A SOFTWARE, BUT WHAT OTHER ÃWHAT WOULD WE HAVE

TO DO IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT? >> IS PRETTY MUCH A TURNKEY SYSTEM THAT WOULD COME IN AND DO THE INSTALL. WE WOULD JUST PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THIS COMPANY BEING DISCUSSED, WE HAVE IN THE TAX OFFICE AND THEY WOULD JUST DO AN UPGRADE TO A COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM WITH A KIOSK IN PUBLIC AREAS IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER RATHER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICES. SO IT'S JUST AN EXPANSION OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. IT HAS THE ONLINE SCHEDULING. TO THAT POINT ON THE APPOINTMENT WHICH WE FAILED TO MENTION IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR 2:00 TOMORROW THEY WOULD BE IN LINE AND HAVE 10 MINUTES AHEAD OF 2:00 AND 2:10:00 TO CHECK INTO THE BUILDING ONCE THEY ARE THERE THEY KIND OF SPEED UP SO THE SUBSTATIONS IN KYLE WOULD WE NEED AND THE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT THERE OR HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> WE HAVE ONE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS AS PART OF THE SYSTEM. WE WOULD JUST NEED A TOUCHSCREEN COMPUTER IN EACH SUBSTATION THAT WAS GOING TO UTILIZE THE SYSTEM.

IF SUMMER WANTED ANY OF THE OFFICE THEY WOULD JUST MEET MEDICAL ÃTHERE IS A COST OF $50,000 SO THAT'S OVER THE 50,000.

>> JUDGE, I KNOW I HAVE HEARD SOME DATES THAT WE MAY WANT TO TRY TO BRING SOME EMPLOYEES BACK AND I KNOW SOME OFFICES HAVE ALREADY AND SO IF WE WENT OUT TO SCORE A COMPETITIVE BID HOW WOULD THIS FALL IN LINE WITH OUR PLAN AND WE MAY BE WAITING FOR THE GOVERNOR ONCE

AGAIN TO DETERMINE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY BECAUSE THIS IS A COVID-19 EXPENSE THAT'S A REIMBURSED ITEM

>> WITHOUT THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS WE LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY OR WE THROW IT ALL OUT TOGETHER.

>> I THINK I'M GOOD RIGHT NOW. >> WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE TEXT MESSAGING?

>> THEY WILL RECEIVE A TICKET NUMBER AND THEY WILL HAVE A NUMBER AND THE NUMBERS ARE

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CALLED OUT INTO THE LOBBY SO PEOPLE KNOW Ã >> THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAY IN

THE LOBBY >> YOU COULD SEE IN THE SCREEN WITH THE NEXT NUMBER WAS SO THEY COULD WAIT OUTSIDE IF THEY DIDN'T WAIT IN THE LOBBY BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE IN INDIVIDUAL OFFICE LOBBIES. THEY WOULD BE THE MAIN GOVERNMENT CENTER.

>> IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER FOR THEM TO KEEP THE KIDS IN THE CAR WITH THEM.

>> I WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATION.

>> IF THERE IS A POT OF MONEY WHY WOULD E DO THE OPPOSITE? BY A GREAT

>> I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION IN THE OFFICES LIKE PRECINCT FOR WHERE THERE ARE SMALL LOBBIES, EVEN THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE NOW, THEY ARE LOCATED AT THE BACK OF THE LOBBY WHERE EVERYBODY IS AND IN THE GENERAL SENSE WE ARE SEEING AREAS AND THOSE ARE, YOU HAVE TO WALK PAST THOSE SEATING AREAS. I KNOW WE ARE TAKING THOSE OUT RIGHT NOW WITH THE LOBBIES CLOSED. IS THERE A WAY TO DO THIS TECHNOLOGY OR THE OTHER TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE IF WE COULD USE THAT TO POSSIBLY MOVE THOSE KIOSKS TO A LOCATION? THOSE KIOSKS WE HAVE NOW ARE JUST IPADS. FOUR TABLETS.

IS THERE A WAY TO TAKE THOSE OR JUST LOCATE THOSE TO COMMISSIONER JOAN! , YOU COULD HAVE THOSE FOLKS SAID IN THEIR CAR WITH THEIR KIDS OR WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DON'T HAVE TO EXPOSE THEMSELVES IN A LOBBY AND THEY COULD HAVE THE INTERACTION WITH OUR OFFICES. MAYBE ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE ISSUES.

>> WE COULD PUT THE KIOSK ANYWHERE WHERE WE PROVIDE POWER AND NETWORK CONNECTIVITY.

SO I THINK CLOSER TO THE ENTRANCE THE BETTER, IN MY OPINION.

>> IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION AND IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THEY ARE AND AT LEAST THE PRECINCT FOR OFFICE HOW YOU COULD GET TO THOSE OR HOW YOU COULD WAS TO FACILITATE THOSE WITHOUT TOO

MUCH INTERACTION >> WE ALSO DISCUSSED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER PUTTING THEM OUTSIDE THE SECURITY AREA SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING INTO SECURITY EVERY SINGLE TIME BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY LEAVE THE BUILDING THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO SECURITY.

SO WE ARE DISCUSSING PUTTING HIM OUTSIDE THE SECURITY AREA SO THEY CAN ONLY GO THROUGH

SECURITY WHAT'S WHATEVER THE NUMBERS CALLED >> SO YOU KNOW I DIDN'T MENTION THE INTERFACES CUSTOMIZABLE AND THAT'S THE PIECE THAT WE DO WHATEVER WE ASK IT TO DO SO YOU COULD WALK UP TO THE MACHINE AND IF YOU WERE NOT SURE WHAT OFFICE YOU NEED TO GO TO WEAKEN GO TO A SCREEN THAT WILL ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ARE YOU HERE TO HELP THE PERSON TO DETERMINE WHICH OFFICE THEY NEED TO BE GOING TO. SO THAT IS ENCOURAGING AS WELL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALK IN AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR SURE WHICH

OFFICE THEY NEED TO GO TO. >> AND WE COULD DRAFT THE DOCUMENT TO TRY TO INTERFACE WITH OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY, TO TRY TO BE MOST EFFICIENT, I GUESS.

SO DOES THE EMOTION NEED TO BE WORDED IN A WAY THAT TALKS ABOUT FOLLOWING THE PROPER

PROCUREMENT PROCESS OR IS IT ALREADY ASSUMED >>

MIC] >> NO ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN. >> DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS TO PULL THAT ROUTE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE ROUTE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[Items 44 & 45]

PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM 45 >> I-44 AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURES OF TRUST RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY TEXAS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2015 BEZEMA PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAJOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. A FIRST AMENDMENT TO FINANCING AGREEMENT AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM 45, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL REGARDING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN

>> WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE OPENED AGENDA ITEMS

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NUMBER 44 AND 45. >> I WOULD LIKE OUR COUNSEL TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC

>> HELLO. GOOD MORNING. I AM JULIE HOUSTON YOUR BOND COUNSEL FROM THE LAW FIRM AND I GUESS ABOUT A MONTH AGO YOU TASKED ME WITH GOING OUT AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA THAT WAS UNDER YOUR CURRENT MASTER INDENTURE AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU IS THE REVISED NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT TEST WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THAT MASTER INDENTURE AND THEN THAT PRECIPITATED A CORRESPONDING CHANGE TO THE FINANCING AGREEMENT WHICH COVERS THE WHOLE DISTRICT. SO THE ONE CHANGE I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THE TRUSTEE HAD REQUESTED THAT ON THAT FIRST AMENDMENT, GO AHEAD AND BE DATED TODAY, IF YOU APPROVE IT TODAY. BUT THAT IT WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE 51 PERCENT FROM THE BONDHOLDERS. SO THAT IS ONE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE SINCE YOUR PACKET.

>> OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THEY RECEIVED 51 PERCENT OR

MORE. FROM THE BONDHOLDERS. >> CORRECT AND SO YOUR BOND TRUSTEE WILL BE KEEPING THE COURT UPDATED ON THOSE PERCENTAGES AND THERE IS A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INDENTURE THAT ALLOWS THE DATE TO BE INSERTED WHEN THAT 51 PERCENT IS REACHED. AND THAT'S ALL CONTROLLED Ã THAT TIMING IS ALL CONTROLLED

UNDER THE MASTER INDENTURE. >> MOTION FOR 44 >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION APPROVING A FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURE OF TRUST RELATING TO THE HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2015 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAJOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND A FIRST AMENDMENT TO FINANCING AGREEMENT.

DO I NEED TO SPECIFY THE EFFECTIVE DATE? >> CAN I GET A SECOND?

>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

CALL THE ROLL. >> MAYBE NOT.

>> NOW 45. >> I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ACTION.

>> VERY GOOD. I APPRECIATE IT. AND WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR

[13. Authorize the Sheriff's Office to accept a donation to the Crime Victim Services Program and amend the budget accordingly. INGALSBE/CUTLER]

AGENDA AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE ARE ON 13. PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 13.

>> WE THOUGHT WE HAD ÃI THOUGHT I HAD BEEN RETIRED, BUT I HAVE NOT.

>> JANICE: GOT A LITTLE SHEEPISH. AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ACCEPT A DONATION TO THE CRIME VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM AND AMEND THE BUDGET

ACCORDINGLY. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THE SHERIFF IS HERE. ANY COMMENTS? >> JUDGE, THIS WAS A DONATIO FROM THE LIONS CLUB TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO BE USED FOR CRIME VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[14. Approve out of state travel for Detective Nelson Wray to attend the Mac Forensics Training Course on September 14-25, 2020 in Hoover, Alabama. INGALSBE/CUTLER]

>> APPROVED OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR DETECTIVE NELSON READY TO ATTEND THE FORENSICS TRAINING

COURSE ON SEPTEMBER 14 THROUGH THE 25TH IN HOOVER, ALABAMA. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

COMMENTS? I AM A FULL SUPPORTER OF TRAINING.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. IT'S A BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY AS POSITIONS EVOLVE AND UNFOLD CURRENTLY AT THIS JUNCTURE I FIND IT HARD TO REJECT TRAVEL WITH MY MINDSET THAT I HAVE

RIGHT NOW, PERSONALLY >> I'M GUESSING IF THIS GETS CANCELED WE WILL BE REIMBURSED

>> IT'S ÃTHERE'S STILL A FEW MONTHS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

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>> WE SUPPORT THE TRAVEL CUT BUT I AM PERSONALLY A LITTLE TORN BY PUTTING IN ORDER NOT TO

TRAVEL. >> THIS IS GRANT FUNDED. >> NO.

IT'S SEPTEMBER. IT'S STILL A FEW MONTHS AWAY. >> ITS GRANT FUNDED IT WILL BE

REARRANGED OR RESCHEDULED PROBABLY >> THEY WILL MOVE IT NO PROBLEM

AS YOU ARE SAYING >> I'M SURE THEY WOULD. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[Items 15 - 17]

>> PLEASE OPEN 15 AND 16. AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR TWO BEDROOM/2 BATH HOUSES BUILDINGS 580 AND 500 I AT 500 HARMON HILLS COVE DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS, 78620. ITEM 16. AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR TWO BEDROOM/ TWO BATH HOUSES BUILDINGS 510 A AND 500 D. AT

500 HARMON HILLS COVE, DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX 78620. >> CAN YOU OPEN 17 THE SAME

FACILITY >> PLEASE OPEN 17. >> AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR TWO BEDROOM/2 BATH HOUSES, BUILDINGS 510 B AND 500 J AT

500 HARMON HILLS COVE, DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS 78620. >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A

SECOND. >> MISSED STRICKLAND, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT?

>> THEY HAVE MET ALL OF OUR CURRENT RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THERE IS NO VARIANCE AS

REQUESTED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MADE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[Items 18 - 21]

THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT TO OFFICE TO PURCHASE ONE REPLACEMENT DELL LATITUDE 5400 LAPTOP VALUED AT $1050.16 UTILIZING THE JUSTICE COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 21 ADOPT A RESOLUTION AND RATIFY THE SUBMISSION OF A RENEWAL GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION FOR THE INDIGENT DEFENSE COORDINATOR GRANT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $77,292 WHERE THE COUNTY WILL

PROVIDE A CASH MATCH OF 33 PERCENT BEING $25,761. >> I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21. AND I THINK IT'S MR. SAM BRANNON. I DON'T HAVE THE PAPER IN FRONT OF ME.

YOU ALREADY SPOKE ON 22. IS THAT OKAY? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE ASSIGNED TO SPEAK FOR 21? >> SO MOVED.

>> WE HAVE A MOTIONAND A SECOND. >> BUT I COMMENT ON NUMBER 21? I KNOW HE'S HERE AND WE WANTS TO COME UP AND MAYBE ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I BELIEVE 21 IS THE GRANT APPLICATION OF THE RENEWAL WHICH WOULD BE FOR THIS NEXT COMING YEAR AND I BELIEVE 22 IS IN REGARDS TO CURRENT SECURITIES

>> IT WAS JUST REDUNDANT STATEMENT OF GRANT AWARD SOMETHING WE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THIS GRANT PROJECT. THIS ONE IS JUST RENEWAL THINGS BEING EXEMPT AND YET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WE ARE SUBMITTING THE RENEWAL APPLICATION AND JUST SUBMITTING

THE RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR

QUESTIONS? >> MAYBE CLARIFICATION ON BOTH OF THOSE BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME GRANT IN TWO DIFFERENT GRANT PERIODS. AND THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE REGARDING THE DUTIES OF THE POSITION, AND IT IS RELATED TO THE ATTORNEYS THAT CURRENTLY PROVIDE DEFENSE SERVICES SO WAS NOT A PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. THEY WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE ATTORNEYS THERE ARE SEVERAL DUTIES IN THE BACK THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS ÃI WILL LOOK AT THE PAGE NUMBER FOR YOU. PAGE 73. SOME OF THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS WERE THE APPOINTMENTS DESIGNATED BY THE JUDGES MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM AND THE ROTATION SYSTEM REPORT SUMMARIES, MANAGE THE LIST OF APPOINTED ATTORNEYS.

MANAGE THE CONTINUING EDUCATION IS REQUIRED WITHIN OUR PLAN BY THE JUDGES FOR THOSE ATTORNEYS.

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REVIEW THE INVOICES, PERFORMED TRAINING REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE JUDGES, DEVELOP TRACKING ATTORNEY CONTACT WITH CLIENTS TO MAKE SURE WHEN SOMEBODY HAS BEEN THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CONTACT MADE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THISB& TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. AND THEY MUST BE INVOLVED IN ALL COURTS JURISDICTION ALL THE JUDGES OF THE TYPE OF COURT AND I DID WANT TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY MENTION.

THERE IS MENTION OF A PUBLIC DEFENDER AND IT SAYS AT ONE POINT THAT I THINK THIS IS AS A WHOLE, THERE IS A CERTAIN RANKING THEY GET TO THEIR FUNDING AND THE OFFICERS IS ONE OF THOSE. THIS IS NOT FOR A PDO OFFICE. IT IS A MULTIYEAR GRANT AND SOME GRANTS ÃTHIS IS A MULTIYEAR WITH DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES ARE GONE

>> THIS IS THE ONLY MULTIYEAR GRANT THAT WE HAVE SO IT GOES

THIS WAS JUST BEFORE THE INDIGENT DEFENSE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? PLEASE CALL WALL.

[Items 23 - 25]

>> APPROVED A THREE MONTH CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH SI MECHANICAL, LLC RELATED TO IFB 17 ÃB06 FOR AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SERVICES FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED AUGUST 31, 2020. ITEM 24. AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR TWO MECHANIC SHOPS, A WELDING SHOP, AND A TIRE SHOP LOCATED AT 15095 CAMINO REAL, KYLE, TX 78640. 25.

AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND LJ EIGHT ENGINEERING RELATED TO RIGHT-OF-WAY COORDINATION SERVICES ALONG COTTON GENERAL AND PRECINCT TO GET IT ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 10,

2019. >> ANY COMMENTS? >> I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.

ON 23, I WANT TO THANK THE AUDITORS OFFICE WERE LOOKING AT THIS SHORT-TERM EXTENSION BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AS A CORE ABOUT MAKING SURE OR ENSURING THIS GOES OUT TO A GOOD. THIS WILL GET US TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A BID PACKET AND LOOK AT THE NEEDS FOR THE COUNTY ARE ANTICIPATED BACK TO THE COURT WITHIN THE 90 DAY PERIOD FOR BIDS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENT.

[28. Discussion and possible action to select Binkley & Barfield Inc. to perform engineering design services for extension of a portion of CR266 and authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a contract. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

ACTION TO SELECT BINKLEY AND BARFIELD INCORPORATED TO PERFORM ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR EXTENSION OF A PORTION OF CR 266 AND AUTHORIZED STAFF AND COUNSEL

NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. >> THANK YOU.UDGE, THESE ENGINEERING SERVICES IS TO ALLOW FOR THE DESIGN OF A CUL-DE-SAC TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS AGREED UPON IN RIGHT-OF-WAY NEGOTIATION WITH THE PROJECT SO WE ARE TRYING TO FILL THAT AGREEMENT THAT WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ASK PLEASE CALL THE WORLD.

[29. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute Change Order No. 2 for a time extension to a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Klotz Associates, Inc. dba RPS to provide professional engineering and other design support services related to the FM 621 Safety Improvements Project as part of the 2016 Road Bond Program. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO PART TIME EXTENSION TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND KLOTZ ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED DBA RPS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AND OTHER DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES RELATED TO FM 621 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AS PART OF THE 2016 ROAD BOND PROGRAM.

>> JUDGE, THIS IS ONLY A TIME EXTENSION TO CONTINUE DESIGN WORK.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[40. Discussion and possible action authorizing the County Judge to execute an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement for Law Enforcement Services between Hays County, Hays County Constable for Precinct #4, the Hays County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, and the Hays County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2. SMITH/HOOD]

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MOVING WOULD YOU PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 40? >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY, HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE FOR PRECINCT 4, THE HAYS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND A PERMIT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, AND HAYS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND

IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> AMEND THE BUDGET.

EXPENSES ARE COVERED UNDER THE CONTRACT WITH THE WATER BOARD AND SO IS THERE ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, CONSTABLE?

>> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME >> IS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 4. THIS IS BASICALLY A CONTRACT TO EXTEND SERVICES AT THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S BEEN THE LAST THREE AND HALF YEARS, I BELIEVE. WATER DISTRICT NUMBER TWO HAS COME ON BOARD WITH WATER DISTRICT NUMBER ONE AND THEY ARE REQUESTING OUR SERVICES AS WELL. JURISDICTION IN THE BELTERRA COMMUNITY FOR THOSE SERVICES

>> JUST AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE CONSTABLE'S COMMENTS, WHILE THERE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED UNDER THIS CONTRACT BY THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, THE RESIDENTS OF ALTERA WILL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AND DISCUSSING WITH THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES OUTSIDE OF HIS REGULAR HOURS AS WELL. AND THIS CONTRACT IS SPECIFIC TO THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.

AGAIN, PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE OTHER HALF OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT WAS LACKING IN THOSE SERVICES. SO THANK YOU TO CONSTABLE HOOD AND THE SHERIFF FOR WORKING ON

THIS. I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU GUYS.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> DO YOU ACCEPT AN OFFER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT?

>> I OFFERED TO AMEND THE BUDGET.

[Items 36 & 37]

>> PLEASE OPEN 36 AND 37. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF BILL GOODWIN AND THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WEST TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY. ITEM 37.

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR FILM PRODUCTION RELATED TO CENSUS OUTREACH. SINCE HIS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE APPROVED THE USE OF UP TO $4000 OF CONTRACT SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN GRANT TO FILM A COUNT ME NOW PSATO BE DISTRIBUTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA STREAMING CHANNELS AND OTHER

VENUES AS THEY ARE SECURED. >> SO MOVED >> SECOND > WE HAVE A MOTION

AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS?>> 130 THE APPOINTMENT IS ACTUALLY DONE BY THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OF THE WEST TRAVIS BOARD BUT WE APPROVE THAT.

I WOULD JUST STATE THAT WE DID NOT MAKE THE SELECTION BUT WE DO THE APPROVALOF THAT.

>> ON 37, DO WE SELECT ONE OF THOSE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT

MOTION ON 36 TO ELIMINATE IT SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THAT >> WE CAN VOTE ON 36 EXCLUSIVELY AT THIS TIME, BUT SEPARATE THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 36 AND A SECOND.LEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> AND NOW COMMENTS ON 37. >> I LOOKED IN BACKUP AND IS AS WE HAVE UP TO $4000 THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED WAY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN AND IN THE BACKUP, THERE WERE SEVERAL

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PROPOSALS. ONE IS OFFERING IN KIND WORK AND THEN SOME ÃI WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE STRATEGY WAS ON WHICH OF THOSE COMPANIES DO THE WORK.

IS IT ALL OF THEM? >> I THINK THE IDEA IS THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT AND THE SELECTION OF WHO GETS TO FILM

THE PSA IS GOING TO BE UP TO THAT COMMITTEE BODY. >> THE ONLY OTHER ÃTHE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, AND I TOTALLY APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS TO BE A PART OF THAT SECOND PSA. I KNOW YOU WILL DO THE FIRST ONE /SPANISH

>> AND HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER. >> I'M FINE WITH THAT. THE ONLY THING IS THE SECOND ONE I JUST WONDER IF THERE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COURT THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOU OR I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE THERE IS SOMEONE. NOTHING AGAINST YOU AT ALL.

I JUST SAW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER YOU MIGHT WANT

TO. >> I THINK MS. COLLINS CONVEYED THAT WITH I WOULD FEEL COMFORT ALL TO HAVE COURT PERSONNEL BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT WHATEVER WE'RE DOING OH BE CONVEYED AS ELECTIONEERING OR CAMPAIGNING ON BEHALF OF ONE OF YOU 2 OR MR. VIA LOBOS -- AND SO IT'S UP TO THE COURT BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A FAIR WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT'S A CONCERN FOR ME ANYWAY.

>> VERY GOOD. SO YOU CAN TAKE THAT DIRECTION. >> WE CAN COORDINATE.

>> IT'S A FAIR STATEMENT I CAN SUPPORT THAT TOO. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS IS ONLY FOR THE FIRST PSA. I KNOW IN SOME OF THE PROPOSALS BECAUSE INITIALLY WHEN WE STARTED TO TALK TO THE PRODUCTION COMPANIES WE WERE GOING TO SOON SOMEONE UP BUT THINGS STARTED TO CHANGE WITH THE CENSUS AND THE OPENING UP OF THE STATE AND SO WE JUST SAID YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S WAIT ON THE SECOND PSA UNTIL WE HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION AS FAR AS TIMELINE WITH THE CENSUS AND THE MESSAGE THAT WE WANT TO PUT OUT LATER ON IN THE

CAMPAIGN OF THE CENSUS CAMPAIGN. >> OH, IT'S GOOD TO SHORTEN THAT.

GOOD JOB. >> SO WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING THE FIRST PSA WITH THE JUDGE.

>> COUNTY WOOD. >> ENGLISH AND SPANISH I CAN DO IT.

PUT ME IN COACH. I CAN DO IT. >> YEAH.

IT'S BASICALLY THE ONE PSA. TRL FILM IT. THEY'LL FILM THE VERY BEGINNING

TWICE AND THEN THE REST OF IT WILL BE SUBTITLED. >> ENGLISH SPANISH.

>> ALL RIGHT. ONE OTHER QUESTION. I KNOW THAT THIS WAS I GUESS THE ASSUMPTION WAS WOULD THIS FUNDING BECOMING OUT OF THE GRANT?

>> THAT'S GRANT MONEY. >> GRANT. SO DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF

YOUR HEAD HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT IN THAT GRANT? >> $15,000.

>> 15,000. >> YEAH WE'VE ONLY USED 500. EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN

IN-HOUSE OR ON OUR OWN SO -- >> THANK YOU. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

>> AT THE LAST SAYS COUNTY COMPLETE COUNTING COMMITTEE WE -- SAYS COUNTY.

WE BUDGETED OUT 10,000 OF IT I HAD A QUESTION. THOSE BUDGETED OUT AMOUNTS AND THOSE THINGS IN THERE THOSE ACTUALLY HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COURT TO BE APPROVED?

>> NO. NOT ACCORDING TO THE AUDITOR. >> IS THAT NOT CORRECT.

>> THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDED TO BE APPROVED IS ANYTHING FOR CONTRACT SERVICES AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IT'S UP TO THE C.C.C. TO DECIDE HOW TO USE THE MONEY RIGHT.

>> THERE WERE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE LIST AND I HAVE WHEN YOU SENT IT LATE LAST WEEK I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT SO I SAID THOSE ITEMS COULD BE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM

NEEDED FOR APPROVAL. >> OKAY. >> SO IT COULD BE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED. I DID LOOK AT THAT YESTERDAY.

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IT WAS THE FILMS AND THE PRODUCTION OF THE BIKES. >> THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED FOR USE OF GRANT FUNDS. THE ART COULDN'T TEST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS BANNERS, PRINTING, YARD SIGNS. THOSE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COURT. SO THERE WERE TWO ITEMS ON THAT LIST THAT YOU SENT LAST WEEK.

>> THEY DON'T FALL UNDER MISCELLANEOUS. >> THEY COULD FALL UNDER MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING AS FAR AS AS FAR AS THE BUDGETED FUNDS BUT THEY WEREN'T APPROVED AS USE

FUNDS. >> THAT WAS THE ONLY CLARIFICATION I HAD.

I KNOW WE PUT MONEY FORWARD FOR SOCIAL MEDIA BUT THERE WAS 200 TO COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS.

>> YES. >> 450 TO COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.

ATE 75 TO SAN MARCOS CENSUS FILM RACE. ANY OF THOSE OVER $500 I WOULD I ASSUME WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC FOR THAT; IS THAT CORRECT OR INCORRECT? IT MAY BE NO. I'M FINE.

I'M JUST ASKING. >> THE USE OF FUNDS THAT THE COURT WOULD IDENTIFY HOW THE EYES OF FUNDS THE MONEY THAT THE COURT SET ASIDE AS WELL AS THE GRANT FUNDS THAT WERE RECEIVED.

THE 500 DOLLAR THRESHOLD IS TYPICALLY USED FOR EQUIPMENT. >> OKAY.

>> IT WAS MORE JUST LIKE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE COURT IN THE PAST WHEN WE FIRST HAD THE GRANT FUNDS THAT THE COURT WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN HOW TO USE THOSE FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO PREVIOUSLY WE'VE DONE SPECIFIC ITEMS FOR CONSUME THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH ART CONTEST, PRINTING, BANNERS, THOSE HAVE ALL COME BACK TO COURT FOR COURT CONSIDERATION. SO THE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE LIST THAT WE WERE JUST PROVIDED THAT HAD NOT COME TO COURT IS THE FILM RACE AND THE CHILDREN'S BOOK.

SO I WAS GOING TO WORK TO DRAFT SOMETHING FOR NEXT WEEK FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE ITEMS AND THEN THE CLIR FICK OCCASION FOR TODAY WAS JUST IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COURT WAS GOING TO SELL LENGTH A PROVIDER FOR THE FILMING AND THEN EXECUTE THAT CONTRACT TODAY.

>> I WAS HOPING THAT THERE'S A TWO-PAGE LIST OF PEOPLE ON THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.

I WAS GOING TO FLIP THROUGH IT BUT I DON'T SEE IT NOW. THERE'S A HUGE BODY ON THE COMPLETE COUNTY COMMITTEE. I WAS GOING TO LEAVE IT TO THEM. LET THEM DECIDE WHO THEIR BEST PICK IS INSTEAD OF US PICKING AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. I LEAVE IT TO THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP US AS A COUNTY TO DO IT AND IF WE APPROVE THE EXECUTION OF THE

CONTRACT AND LET THAT BODY PICK THEIR BEST FIT. >> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT IF WE'RE GIVING THEM -- WELL TWO-FOLD. IF WE'RE GIVING THEM THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT THAT'S FINE.

THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AREN'T TO DO WHAT IF WE'RE ONLY DOING PAYING FOR ONE PSA THEN INSTEAD OF 2 PSA'S I WOULD I ASSUME THAT MOST BIDS WOULD BEHALF AS MUCH.

>> NO. >> OR AT LEAST THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COST OF THE

BIDS IF WE'RE ASKING FOR 2 IN THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE HERE. >> ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR THE ONE THE COST OF ONE. THERE'S -- THEY ALL HAVE.

THERE'S ONE ON THE LIST IF YOU LOOK AT -- RIGHT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PSA THAT ONE OF THE PROPOSALS HAS IN THERE IS ZERO OR TO BE DETERMINED. THEY DON'T HAVE A PRICE IN

THERE. >> OK. AND THEN GUYS MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE THEN THERE'S SEVERAL OF THESE AT LEAST 2 OF THEM THAT HAVE A MAJOR IN KIND PORTION TO

THEM. >> YES. >> WHERE THEY WOULD DO ALL OR A

PORTION OF THE WORKING FOR FREE. >> RIGHT. >> ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.

I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF THAT IF THOSE WERE SELECTED I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE COULD REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS BACK TO THE EFFORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IN OTHER WORDS IF WE ALLOCATE TODAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS $4,500 OR WHATEVER THE DLR AMOUNT IS IF THE SELECTION IS ONE OF THESE THAT ISN'T GOING CHARGE US ANYTHING BUT IN KIND THEN I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT MONEY AND TURN IT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE. >> OK. I FIGURED IF WE WEREN'T GOING TO

USE IT IT'S STILL THERE. >> WELL ACTUALLY IF THERE ARE -- >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

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>> IF THERE'S A COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE FOR IN KIND HOURS THEN WE WOULD TYPICALLY ACCEPT THAT AS DONATED RESOURCES AND BOOK THE VALUE OF THAT.

>> THERE YOU GO. >> SO ARE WE LOOK FORTH A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 3,000 FOR THE PSA; IS

THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO? >> 4,000. WE HAVE 5,000.

I DID SEE 4,000 SOMEWHERE. >> WE HAVE 5,000 ALLOCATED TO CONTRACT SERVICES.

I WANTED TO KEEP SOME OF THAT FOR FUTURE CONTRACT WE MAY NEED TO BRING IN BUT I THINK THE AVERAGE PRICE OF ALL OF THE PROPOSALS IS ABOUT 3,000, 3,500. SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

>> AND THEN WE WANT AN ADDITIONAL LITTLE BIT MORE. SO IS 4,000 GOOD OR ARE YOU OKAY

WITH 4,000 OR DO YOU NEED A LITTLE MORE? >> YEAH I THINK 4,000 WILL COVER

IT. >> THERE YOU GO. >> I ORIGINALLY SAID 5,000 BECAUSE JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCES OF DOING SHORT FILMS AND LITTLE PSA'S I FIGURED THAT WOULD BE THE AMOUNT THAT IT WOULD COST TO DO A COMMERCIAL AND KNOWING SOME OF THE FILMMAKERS HERE IN TOWN I

JUST FIGURED THAT SHOULD HAVE COVERED IT. >> YOU MADE A GOOD GUESS.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT OR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE

AGENDA ITEM. >> I WOULD PREFER ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS AND THE FACT IS ONCE YOU

MAKE A SELECTION. >> BRING IT BACK TO US AGAIN? >> YEAH JUST BRING IT BACK SAY IT ACTUALLY ONLY COST 2,000 BUT WE HAVE $5,000 WORTH OR MAYBE COSTS NOTHING AND WE HAVE THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO PUT MONEY INTO THEN AUTOMATICALLY WE SAY OK WELL INSTEAD OF $200 TO COUNTY XHIEN OCCASIONS INSTEAD OF 200 WE HAVE 400 THAT WE CAN SPEND ON THAT NOW. LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BUT THEN WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK AS A LESS FOR THESE OTHERS.

WHY NOT INCLUDE IT IN THERE SINCE ITS OF SIMILAR SERVICES? >> I PERSONALLY LET ME TELL YOU I PERSONALLY DON'T CARE BUT I WANT TO GIVE THAT BIG BODY OF VOLUNTEERS SOME CREATIVITY AND

FLEXIBILITY. THAT'S MY ONLY GOAL. >> THIS GIVES THEM FLEXIBILITY.

THEY GET TO MAKE THE SELL SHREKS SHIN AND WE AUTHORIZE THEM TO DO IT.

>> ARE WE CLAIMING THE AGENDA TO ALL LOCATION OF FUND OR ARE WE GOING TO KEEP IT AT EXECUTED

CONTRACT? >> WELL, IF YOU WANT THEM TO MAKE THE SELECTION WE CAN'T

EXECUTE A CONTRACT TODAY. >> THE GOAL WAS TO LET THEM HAVE THE CHOICE OF WHO THEY WANT TO PICK AND THEN THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO EXECUTE THAT CONTRACT ONCE THEY'VE MADE THAT

PICK THAT LITTLE VIDEO. >> YEAH. WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE.

TO EYES. >> I KNOW -- I'M SORRY THAT SOUNDS CONFUSING BUT WE'LLUSE.

>> I KNOW -- I'M SORRY THAT SOUNDS CONFUSING BUT WE'LL WORK THROUGH IT.

>> MARY SOLE WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST -- >> AWAY FROM MIKE] MADE HAD THE PSA CHOICE HAVE THE FILM COMPANY MAKE THE CHOICE AND BRING IT BACK SO WE CAN HAVE AN

ARTICULATED DOCUMENT. >> JUDGE, CAN WE ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT

SPECIFICALLY POSTED LIKE THAT? I MEAN -- >> SO THE COURT'S POSTED TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE IN THE BACKUP AND TO CONSIDER THEM TO HAVE INCORPORATED INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND VOTED UPON TODAY. THE COURT CAN ASK THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE TO MAKE THAT SELECTION AND THEN HAVE A PSA BROUGHT BACK TO COURT AT WHICH TIME IT COULD BE VOTED ON. I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE MOTION IS TODAY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE TO

DO THAT AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO COURT. >> GOOD ENOUGH DIRECTION FOREVER

YOU. >> YES. >> ANITA THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH. THIS I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR WHEEL HOUSE BUT THANK YOU STILL POOR

PRESSING THROUGH THIS. >> SURE. >> REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> ANITA THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP ON ALL OF THIS. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> I KNOW IT'S NOT PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YES, MA'AM.

>> CAN WE BRING BACK THE OTHER ITEM TO DECIDE -- >> YEAH BRING IT ALL TOGETHER.

WORK WITH VICKIE SO WE CAN ARTICULATE IT SO WE CAN GIVE YOU GUYS WHAT I HOPE TO DO IN COURT IS I DON'T MIND BEING HERE ALL DAY BUT WHAT I HOPE TO DO IN COURT IS NOT HAVE $50 LINE ITEMS TO APPROVE. MY HOPE IS DO SOME GENERAL DIRECTION AND I THINK THE COURT FEELS THE SAME IDEA BUT HAVE FAITH IN WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND LET YOU GO DO IT.

>> OK. YES, SIR. >> THAT'S MY PERSONAL HOPE.

>> THANK YOU. . >> 43 SO WE CAN GET THE SHERIFF

[43. Discussion and possible action to execute a Master Services and Purchasing Agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc. related to the Law Enforcement In-Car Camera System and Body Worn Camera-Taser Program. JONES/SMITH]

[03:00:07]

MOVING PLEASE OPEN 43. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE A MASTER SERVICES AND PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH ACTION ON ENTERPRISE INK RELATED TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CAR CAMERA SYSTEM AND BODY WARN CAMERA TASER PROGRAM.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND THE SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS? SHERIFF ANY COMMENTS? CONSTABLE CHIEF?

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALLS BE.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES.

>> JUDGE. >> YES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENTS,

GUYS. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> AND DID WE DO 39 YET?

[39. Discussion and possible action to execute a $1,844 Maintenance Agreement with NEMO-Q, Inc. for the County Clerk's Office related to the virtual customer queuing system as budgeted in the Records Management Fund. BECERRA/CARDENAS]

>> NO. >> LET'S PLEASE OPEN 39. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE 1,00080044 WITH NEMO Q INK FOR THE COUNTY KWLESHG APPS OFFICE RELATED TO THE VIRTUAL CUSTOMER COMING SYSTEM AS BUDGETED IN THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> NOW IS THIS A REPEAT OF

RICHIE APPS? >> NO, I THINK THIS IS A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH OUR

CURRENT SYSTEM >> OK. .

>> VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALLS BEE. YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.

[41. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute an Interlocal Agreement between Hays County, the City of Dripping Springs, the Dripping Springs Independent School District, and the Dripping Springs Community Library District, related to planning and construction of the Town Center Project. SMITH]

>> JUDGE. >> YES PLEASE OPEN 41. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY LIBRARY DISTRICT RELATED TO

PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWN CENTER PROJECT. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> OK. COMMISSIONER.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. THIS IS A LATEST VERSION OF THE ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES IN THE ONE AND 2 FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS. WE'RE THE LAST MEMBER OF THE GROUP TO ADOPT IT. THEY DID IT LAST WEEK BUT SINCE WE DIDN'T MEET WE WERE KIND OF THE LAST TO BAT FOLLOW-UP THIS AMENDMENT TO THE I.O. A IS YEN ALLY ADDRESSES TIMING.

IN OTHER WORDS IT SETS PARAMETERS WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS TO SEE WHERE AND WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON WHATEVER FACILITIES ARE THEY'RE RELATED TO THE TOWN CENTER PROJECT THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IN COURT AND AGAIN THERE IS A FUNCTIONALITY RELATED TO FUNDING OR ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THIS OTHER THAN SETTING SOME MILESTONES AND SOME

YARDAGE MARKERS AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS. >> NOW I SAW IN READING YOUR BACKUP THAT THE COUNTY SHALL OF TIME I LIKE AT THAT MY EARS PERK UP THANKS TO MY TRAINING HANDY DANDY NOTE BOOK THE COUNTY SHALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEX 272 DOT 001.

WHAT'S THAT. >> AGREE TO PURCHASE. >> YEAH.

CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT? TELL US PAGE THREE ONE 3. >> SURE.

. >> CAN I CAN ONE QUESTION? WAS THERE AN EXISTING I.L. A OR IS THIS AN AMENDED OR RE STATED? I KNOW WE HAD AN EXISTING ONE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

>> WE HAVE SORT OF A STACKING OF INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS HERE YOU KNOW REALLY THE FIRST AND FOREMOST OFF THESE ARE IT YOURS -- I.L. THAT. WE HAVE WITH DRIPPING SPRINGS AND THEN WE HAVE A SERIES OF INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ENTITIES THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I WOULD SAY WE'RE SORT OF GARAGELY LEADING OURSELVES TO WATER BUT WE HAVEN'T QUITE DOT 10 THERE YET. PUT THE TO IN IT. SOME MIGHT SAY THIS IS PUTTING THE TOW IN THE THE WATER BUT JUDGE THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT ONE SECTION IF WE FAILED IN NEGOTIATING SOME MUTUALLY AGREEABLE PRICE FOR PROPERTY THEN THERE'S NO OBLIGATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AND ACTUALLY THE ATTORNEYS FOR EACH ENTITY SPENT A LOT OF TIMER HAPPENS TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT I THINK BECAUSE WE ARE JUST NOT THERE YET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A NEGOTIATED DEAL BUT WE NEED TO KEEP EDGE THAT GO DIRECTION.

THIS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT IS JUST THAT. I DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME PROJECTING SINGLE WORDS BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A DEAL TO BE MADE EVENTUALLY BUT NOT NOW.

>> I THINK ONE OTHER BIT OF INFORMATION I WOULD SHARE IS THROUGH THIS PROCESS ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH THE AND VERY PUBLIC WITH EACH OF THE IT YOURS MEETINGS -- THESE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS IS THE FACT THAT EACH ONE OF INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS ARE OPERATING ON SOME TYPE OF TIMELINE.