[Call to Order] [00:00:04] >> GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY REVEREND LISA STRAUSS OF BUDDHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. IF YOU WILL PLEASE ALL RISE. >> THANK YOU. I'M CHAPLAIN DELGADO AND I'LL BE READING PASTOR LISA EASY PRAYER THIS MORNING. LOVING GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY. HELP US TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION. HELP US TO LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL. HELP US SPEAK WITH CALM AND RESTRAIN. GIVE US A SPIRIT OF SERVICE. GUIDE US TO BE THE LEADERS ALL THE PEOPLE IN HAYS COUNTY NEED. HELP US TO SEE THE HUMILITY, THE HUMANITY, AND DIGNITY OF THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US AND TO TREAT ALL PERSONS NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE WITH THE REFERENCE YOUR CREATION DESERVES. AND FINALLY, GOD, RENEW US WITH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR PRESENCE AND JOY OF HELPING TO BUILD THIS COMMUNITY. WE ASK THIS AS YOUR CHILDREN TO WHO CONFIDENT IN YOUR GOODNESS AND LOVE. AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEEJ ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE. -- PLEDGE. >> WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> HERE. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> HERE. NOW WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. [Public Comments] THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE HO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITNESS FORM WILL NOW HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON NONAGENDA RELATED TOPICS. UNFORTUNATELY NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COURT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WE'RE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS WILL BEEN AS RHETORICAL. ALL COMMENTS AND OPINIONS OF THE SPEAKER AND ARE NOT MEANT TO BE NECESSARILY CONSTRUED AS TRUTH. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND LANGUAGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME. IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECT PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. AND FIRST UP TO SPEAK WILL BE MR. JORDAN BUCKLEY. >> GOOD MORNING, COURT. I WAS JUST REVIEWING TODAY A STORY THAT CAME OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT LAST YEAR FROM MARCH. AND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH READS, IN FISCAL YEAR 2018 HAYS COUNTY PAID $4.3 MILLION TO OUTSOURCE INMATES TO OTHER TEXAS COUNTIES DUE TO OVERCROWDING, A NUMBER THAT IS UP 6,895% FROM 2014. SOS A NUMBER AIS UP 6,895% FROM 2014. AND IT'S NEARLY AT 7,000% JUMP IN THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS THAT LED TO OUR COUNTY JUDGE CREATING A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONCERNS. THERE HAD BEEN A COMMITTEE THAT HAD MET IN A VERY LONG TIME, AND IT WAS DUE TO THAT INACTIVITY AND ACTION THAT LED TO THE JUDGE CREATING THE TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. I BELIEVE OOIFB TO EVERY MEETING AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF THE JUSTICE COORDINATING COMMISSION, THE LAST OF WHICH WAS OCTOBER 24TH. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T HAVE A MEETING 30K9 1ST. I KNOW I'VE HEARD SECONDHAND FROM AT LEAST ONE REPUBLICAN DISTRICT JUDGE THAT THESE MEETINGS SHOULD BE HAPPENING MONTHLY, AND SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT REDUCING OUR JAIL POPULATION, BUT THERE WASN'T A MEETING IN NOVEMBER, NOR DECEMBER, NOR JANUARY, NOR FEBRUARY, LATE MARCH. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE BUT INSTEAD OF BEING TRANSFERRED TO ZOOM WHICH IS WHAT OUR CHURCH HAS DONE WORSHIP WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR 60S AND 70S AND CLEARLY KNOW HOW TO WORK THIS TECHNOLOGY OF GETTING ON AND HAVING THESE TELECONFERENCES YET THAT MEETING WAS CANCELED ON BEHALF THE CRIMINAL COURT JUSTICE SYSTEM. YOU HAVE APRIL. YOU HAVE MAY, WHICH IS WHEN THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS THAT COUNTY JAILS WILL BE THE QUOTE EPICENTER OF THE PANDEMIC. AGAIN THERE'S NO MEETING OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COMMISSION. HERE WE ARE SIX MONTHS LATER. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FUNDING BY THE PRIORITY DEADLINE THIS PAST WEEK BEFORE [00:05:04] LAST, AND THE COMMISSION HASN'T MET IN OVER HALF OF A YEAR. SO IT'S VERY -- HOW THE COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO CONSIDER THE OPIONS BEFORE THEM WITHOUT A MEETING BEING CONVENED. I'M NOT FEELING VERY WELL SO I'M GOING TO END MY COMMENTS HERE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP WE HAVE MISS NAOMI NOVICE. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL. MY NAME IS NAOMI. I LIVE HERE IN SAN MARCOS. WEEK AFTER WEEK I WATCH ALL CITIZENS COME TO THE PODIUM AND BRING THEIR GRIEVE ARNSS TO YOU AND WEEK AFTER WEEK I -- GRIEVE ANSWERS TO YOU AND WEEK AFTER WEEK I SEE THAT THEY ARE IGNORED. MAYBE THEY ARE NOT. THAT'S WHAT APPEESHZ TO ME. THIS MORNING I ASK NOT AS A TAXPAYER FOR TO YOU LISTEN TO ME BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU OF A STORY OF A TAX COLLECTOR AND WE FIND THAT STORY IN LUKE 19 AND IT SAYS, JESUS ENTERED IN JERICHO AND BEHOLD THERE WAS A MAN NAMED ZACH YAS WHICH -- ZACHIAS AND HE WAS RICH. HE SOUGHT TO SEE JESUS WHO HE WAS AND COULD NOT FOR THE PRESS BECAUSE HE WAS OF LITTLE STATUE. AND HE RAN BEFORE AND CLIMBED UP INTO A SYCAMORE WHERE HE WAS TO SEE THEM TO PASS THAT WAY. WHEN JESUS CAME TO THE PLACE HE LOOKED UP AND SAW AND SAID UNTO HIM ZACHIAS MAKE HASTE AND COME DOWN, FOR TODAY I MUST ABIDE AT THAT HOUSE AND HE MADE HASTE AND CAME DOWN AND RECEIVED HIM JOYFULLY. AND WHEN THEY SAW IT, THEY ALL MURMURED SAYING THAT HE WAS GONE TO BE GUEST WITH A MAN WHO WAS A SINNER. AND ZACHIAS STOOD AND SAID UNTO THE LORD BEHOLD LORD HALF OF MY GOODS I GIVE TO THE POOR AND HAVE TAKEN ANYTHING ARE ANY MAN BY FALSE ACCUSATIONS AND RESTORED HIM FOUR-FOLD. AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, THIS DAY OF SALVATION COME TO THIS HOUSE FOR AS MUCH AS HE ALSO IS A SON OF ABRAHAM, FOR THE SON OF GOD HAS COME TO SEEK AND SAVE THAT WHICH IS LOST. AND I READ THAT TO YOU BECAUSE WE'VE COME TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS. WE HAVE OVER TWO MILLION TEXANS THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED AND WE NEED TO COME TO THE WE REALIZE WE NEED TO LOWER OUR TAXES. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING WEEK AFTER WEEK ASKING Y'ALL TO DO THAT WITHOUT ANY RECOURSE. SO I ASK YOU NOW TO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. WE MUST REMAIN TRUE TO WHAT IS THE TRUTH, AND THE FACT IS THAT CRIMINALS MUST REMAIN IN JAIL. BUT WE DO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE MIGHT SOMEBODY THAT ARE INNOCENT AND THOSE SHOULD NOT -- THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. BUT IN THE LONG RUN, THE ONES TODAY THAT ROCK CALLED CRIMINALS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE RIGHT, THE GOOD PEOPLE, THE GOOD CITIZENS, THE TAXPAYERS AND THE ONES THAT ROCK LET OUT OF THE JAILS ARE THE CRIMINALS. SOMETHING IS UPSIDE DOWN HERE AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. I ASK YOU PLEASE TO CONSIDER TO DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FROM THIS DAY FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. DAN LYON. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS. I GUESS YOU'VE NOTICED THAT I'M WEARING MY STRIPED SHIRT TODAY. I HEARD THAT SOMEONE IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID I WOULD LOOK GOOD IN STRIPES. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO DIRECTLY TO DISPERSEMENTS. WE HAVE CALDWELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INMATE HOUSING FOR THE JAIL. $5828. GUADELUPE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, APRIL 2020 INMATE HOUSING. $15,600. TRAVIS COUNTY INMATE HOUSING FOR THE JAIL. $84,000. WALKER COUNTY TREASURER INMATE HOUSING $1209. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT WATER PR, APRIL 2020 CONSULTANT FEES. COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS. $16,640.13. WE NEED TO CONSULT ABOUT WATER. SPARKLETT'S AND SIERRA SPRINGS GOVERNMENT CENTER $1545.45. TURNER CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING 2,, $107,000250.52. TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS INCORPORATED. APRIL 2020 TRASH SERVICE, FIVE-MILE DAM, $462.10. AND I THOUGHT THAT THE FIVE-MILE DAM WAS SHUT DOWN MANY APRIL. APPARENTLY, THEY FOUND SOME TRASH OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT. ON MAY 1ST IN THIS COURTROOM SPECIAL SESSION OF HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT WAS CONVENED TO DISCUSS THE GIVING OF $500,000 TO THE GREAT ARE SAND MARKS -- SAN MARCOS PARTNERSHIP TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO BUSINESSES AND RELIEF AGENCIES THROUGHOUT [00:10:03] THE COUNTY. WHILE WE ALL AGREE THERE IS A LOT OF NEED IN THE COUNTY PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME, SOME OF US FORGET THAT HOME OWNERS ARE NOT ALL RICH WITH A POT JUST SITTING AROUND FOR SUCH AN OCCASION. NEED I REMIND YOU THAT THE COUNTY IS WELL OVER HALF A BILLION IN DEBT. ABOUT 40 MILLION A YEAR IS BEING SPENT TO SERVICE THAT DEBT. THE TRUTH IS MANY HOMEOWNERS IN HAYS COUNTY WERE ONE PAY CHECK AWAY FROM LOSING THEIR HOME. COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY JUDGE MAKING WELL OVER $80,000 A YEAR WHILE THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME IS ABOUT 35,000 IN SAN MARCOS. I'VE LIVED IF HAYS COUNTY ALL MY LIFE. PEOPLE THIS HAZE COUNTRY GENEROUS TO OTHERS IN NEED. -- HAYS COUNTY. FRANKLY THE GMP IS THE LAST ORGANIZATION I WOULD TRUST TO DISTRIBUTE COUNTY MONEY. SINCE THEY SLITHERED INTO SAN MARCOS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THE COUNTY DEBT HAS CLOIMED FROM UNACCEPTABLE 25 MILLION TO A STAGGERING HALF A MILLION PLUS -- CLIMBED. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? WHY DO THEY HAVE A SAY IN HOW COUNTY MONEY IS SPENT? HOW MUCH INS DO THEY PAY? THE TRUTH IS MONEY TALKS LOUDLY IN HAYS COUNTY AND RIGHTS AND PROPERTY MEANINGLESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE NEED PROPERTY TAX RELIEF NOW MORE THAN EVER. IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE SOON WE WILL NEED MILLIONS IN RELIEF MONEY. BY THE WAY, I LIKE YOUR COFFEE CUP COUNSELOR KENNEDY. DOESN'T LET -- ASSOCIATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. LYON. AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PIECE IS ANGELA VIASQUEZ. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M GLAD I HEARD A TIMER BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT FOR ME. I NEVER PREPARE A SPEECH SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT ME OFF OK? >> JUST KNOW THIS THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE TIME FOR CLOSURE AFTER THE BEEP. WE ARE RESPECTFUL THAT WAY. >> AS YOU MAY KNOW I CHECKED NEUTRALITY. I'M REALLY HERE AT THE OF YOUR SESSION TODAY TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF ALL OF YOU. I'VE ALREADY SEEN A CHANGE IF ONE WEEK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE GET DOWN TOITE NEMSS THE 30S I WAS GOING TO SAY OVERALL I WAS SO PLEASED TO HAVE A CHAT WITH THE PRESIDENT. -- ITEMS. LAST WEEK I WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH A MASK. THE STAFF HAD MASKS ON. THERE'S A GREATER FEELING TODAY AND I HOPE THIS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE REST THE SESSION. THAT'S MY HOPE AND WILL FOR HAYES -- HAYS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK THINGS OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, END UP IN COURTROOMS AND BATTLES AND LEGAL BATTLES. SO HEARING THESE TWO SPEAK ABOUT TAXES AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LOOK AFTER THE TAXES OF PEOPLE. THEY ENTRUSTED YOU GUYS, AND SOIES A GOOD MEETING ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT. I'M JUST GLAD THAT WISH GOING TO SO THAT WE DON'T END UP, THAT WE DON'T END UP BEING SUED FOR OVER EMPLOYMENT ISSUES, PERSONNEL. WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR LATER TODAY I GOT CONFUSED ON WHICH ITEMS. THERE ARE SOME PERSONNEL ISSUES. SO I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD INVESTMENT. MAYBE YOU HAVE ALL HAVE HAD SOME GREAT TRAINING ON HUMAN RESOURCES AND HOW TO AVOID EXPENSIVE LAWSUITS BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO ENDS UP PAYING FOR THOSE ARE THE TAXPAYERS. SO IT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD IF LATER TODAY YOU COULD EXPAND ON THOSE KIND OF THINGS, ON WHAT KIND OF TRAINING YOUR HUMAN RESOURCES HAS GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POSITIONS, SUPERVISORY POSITIONS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ON THAT TOPIC AND I AM VERY VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. SO WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. [1. Update from the County Judge and staff regarding the Local Disaster Declaration and COVID-19. Possible discussion and action may follow. BECERRA] >> NUMBER ONE. UPDATE FROM THE COUNTY JUDGE AND REGARDING THE LOCAL DISASTER DECLARATION AND COVID-19. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND ACTION MAY FOLLOW. >> IN SUMMARY WE HAVE TWO COMPONENTS REPORTING EACH WEEK ON COVID-19. ONE IS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR ALEX VILLALOBOS AND THE OTHER IS TAMMY CRUMLEY WHO IS COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS. I'D LIKE TO START WITH MS. CRUMLEY. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON TESTING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND ANYTHING ON THAT FRONT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC. >> GOOD MORNING. JUST AN UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF TESTING THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE LAST WEEK. WE ARE STANDING AT A TOTAL NUMBER THAT WE USED IS NOW 312, WHICH GIVES US A REMAINING BALANCE OF 988 TESTS FROM 1300 THAT WE ORGANIZELY HAD. PREMIER HAS USED UP 273 OF THOSE TESTS AND ARE LOOKING -- OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS AT [00:15:03] 39. THE CALLS RECEIVED THROUGH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN 68 SINCE WE INITIATED THAT. 39 OF THOSE TESTS HAVE BEEN USED AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 17 TESTS HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE LIVE OAK. THOSE ARE NOT OUR TESTS. THEY COME THROUGH OUR CALL CENTER AND HAVE BEEN USED. 12 OF THE 68 CALLS HAVE NOT SHOWN UP EVEN THOUGH THEY MADE APPOINTMENTS. THEY CHOSE NOT TO. WE ARE NOW GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE STATES CONTACT TRACING PROGRAM FROM TEXAS HEALTH TRACE STARTING THAT SHOULD GO LIVE ON OUR SYSTEM ON FRIDAY. CONTACT TRACING PROGRAM. TRAINING PROCESS. AND BITS A THREE OR FOUR-HOUR PROCESS. [INAUDIBLE] >> I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T SAID THERE'S TRAINING YET. DO YOU KNOW THE CONCEPT? WHAT'S THE IDEA OF THIS? >> I DID DO THE WEB SENATOR THAT -- WEBINAR THAT THEY PUT OUT. IT'S A SOFTWARE SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN DO THE CALL FROM WHERE IT STARTS. YOU CAN PUT IN ALL THE INFORMATION THE INTEREST INTAKE AND START WITH ANY CONTACTS THAT THOSE INDIVIDUAL HAS TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT. IT GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO SET REMINDERS, TO CONTACT THEM AFTER THEY ARE PERIOD OF ISOLATION, FULL, AND THEN KEEP GOING TO ANY CONTACTS HAD A THEIR CONTACTS HAVE HAD. IT'S A PRETTY IN-DEPTH PROCESS. AND THEN YOU CAN SIGN IT. IF YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THAT AND REALIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT ACTUAL ANY YOUR REGION OVER JURISDICTION, YOU CAN THEN FLAG AND SEND IT TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION SO IT MOVES IT OUT OF YOUR REGION AND AUTOMATICALLY INTO ANOTHER ONE. >> SO HOW FAR DO THEY GO? WHEN YOU CONTHACT PERSON YOU ASK FOR THEIR CONTACTS. -- CONTACT WE ALSO CALL THEIR CONTACTS AND ASK FOR THEIRS? >> WE COULD. IT COULD GET PRETTY IN-DEPTH. I HAVEN'T GONE INTO THE TRAINING YET, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN GO ON. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, IF THAT PERSON IS NOT IN OUR JURISDICTION WE CAN FLAG IT AND GO THROUGH ANOTHER ONE. >> AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, I KNOW WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THE FLYERS, THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH FLYERS. I MADE A RECOMMENDATION AFTER SPEAKING TO OUR STATE REP SAYING THAT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE DISTRIBUTING MEALS AT THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND MAYBE THAT'S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN INSERT THOSE FLYERS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRINT THOSE AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE. >> WE HAVE NOT. WE HAVEN'T GOT THEM PRINTSED YET. WE HAD THE GOVERNOR ISSUED THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE TEST NURSING HOMES IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, SO THAT CAME UP LAST WEEK. COME UP IN HIS UPDATE SO THAT KIND OF THE -- END OF LAST WEEK, SO WE HAD TO PLANT THAT SO THE FLYERS WILL GET PRINTED THIS WEEK. WE'LL START DISTRIBUTION. THEY WILL GO INTO THE -- [INAUDIBLE] >> MA'AM, WHY THEY STARTED YESTERDAY TESTING? DO WE KNOW? >> LAST WEEK. >> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TEST THERE? >> AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO ERIC AS AN EXPLANATION. KYLE HAD ONE OF THE MOST RE, YOU KNOW, POLICIES THROUGHOUT THIS DEAL, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHY THEY ARE SO MUCH HIGHER THAN ANYBODY ELSE? >> I DO NOT. >> I MEAN IS, THERE -- HE DOESN'T HAVE A VERY -- OR ANYTHING SOME. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN BLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS. >> OK. >> IT'S JUST A QUESTION I GET A LOT. >> WE'RE GETTING IT AS WELL. [00:20:02] >> I'M SURE ALEX IS HERE TOO. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> JUST ONE QUESTION ON THE TESTING THAT WAS DONE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. MOTHER'S DAY. AND WE HAVE STILL NOT RECEIVED THOSE RESULTS. >> AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAVE NOT. WE RECEIVED TWO OF THE RESULTS, BUT NONE OF THE OTHERS. PERSON OF REACH BACK OUT TO THE STATE YESTERDAY OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THE VOLUME OF TESTS IN THEIR LAB HAS BEEN OVERLOADED. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A LIST OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S WERE TESTED TO REACH BACK OUT TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION IS. WE HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM THEM FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUT AS WE WERE RECEIVING THOSE CALLS UPDATING THEM ON WHAT THE SITUATION WAS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AS OF THIS MORNING. >> IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE STATE COULD LET US KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT THOSE AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTACT THOSE INDIVIDUALS. IF WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT HAD SYMPTOMS THAT WENT TO GET TESTED AND IS STILL IN THE COMMUNITY IT WOULD SURE BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE THEM TESTED IN ONE OF OUR OWN FACILITIES AND GET THEIR RESULTS BACK. >> TWO RESULTS WE RECEIVED WERE POSITIVE. >> THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION. I KNOW THAT YOU SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE TESTED WAITING OWE [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY OPERATING AT A HIGHER LEVEL. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. >> I KNOW THAT CANMORE PIO HAS PUT OUT AN E-MAIL THIS MORNING ASKING US ABOUT TEAMING UP REGIONALLY WITH WILLIAMS COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNT BY SHARING OUR PLATFORM OF INFORMATION, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MORE REGIONAL WHICH I BELIEVE, IN A MORE REGIONAL FLUIDITY OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON BUT WE'RE STILL MANAGING OUR OWN TESTING. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME WHILE WE HAVE IT FOR A MOMENT TO TELL YOU THAT THE DAY THAT THE BOTION ON IT TRAVIS COUNTY -- DAY THAT THE BOSTON TRAVIS COUNTY AP WITH THE E-MAIL WENT LIVE. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MAYOR ADLER, AND I HAD SECURED I GUESS PEMPLITION -- PERMISSION TO DO THAT VERY THING, BUT I KNEW WITH TESTING THAT THEY WERE SO FAR AHEAD OF US. IT WAS A MOOT POINT. IT WAS A GOOD THING TO SEE THIS MORNING THE E-MAIL COMING THROUGH ASKING TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT EFFORT. SO I HOPE THAT WE COULD JUMP ONBOARD AND GET WITH WILLIAMS COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY AS A THREE-COUNTY FOOTPRINT JUST TO SHARE OF INFORMATION AND PROCESS A LITTLE MORE FLUIDLY NEVERTHELESS, WE'RE STILL IN CHARGE OF OUR OWN TESTING AND I'D LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT. DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS CONTRARY TO THAT IDEA? >> NOT AT THIS TIME. I BELIEVE THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE. >> WELL THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M GOING TO BRING UP ALEX NEXT FOR THE REST OF THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TIM. >> ALEX VILLALOBOS COUNTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE RECORD. AND GOOD MORNING. JUST REAL QUICK, ON THE 11TH SOME OF OUR FIRE PROFESSIONALS RECEIVED AN INITIAL ORDER THAT WAS GOING TO GO OUT AFTER THAT WITH REGARDS TO TESTING NURSING, NURSE CARE FACILITIES. AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ON THE TRANSITION AND FLEXIBILITY IN TRANSITIONING STRAIGHTFORWARD TO RIGHT AFTER RECEIVING THAT, GETTING AHEAD OF WHAT THE PUBLIC STATEMENT WAS WITH REGARDS TO TESTING ON THE 14TH. WE GOT TOGETHER, HAD A ZUSHTION CREATED AN OPERATIONAL FOR THE TESTING -- HAD A PLAN, CREATED AN OPERATIONAL FOR THE TESTING. EVERYBODY. IT WAS A HUGE COLLABORATION. I KNOW COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS THERE BRIEFLY AND SAW THE COLLABORATION THAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. CREATED AN OPERATIONAL PLAN, UNDERSTANDING RESOURCES. COMPLETELY TURNED AROUND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO THE TESTING. ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. UP TO WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE WEARING AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO WEAR IT, ALL WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS OF THIS DISCUSSION. IT WAS CLEAR THAT THEY HAD ALREADY RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION SOONER THAN THAT, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD SOMEWHAT OF AN OPERATIONAL PLAN ON THEIR WHITE BOARD. [00:25:02] WE JUST KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE MOTIONS AND HAD HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT WERE THERE. KIND OF WALKING THROUGH, MAKING SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING ALL THE LIABILITY ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO TESTING. ON FRIDAY WE DID TESTING WITH OUR HEALTH CLINIC HEALTH CLINIC FOR THOSE FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO PROVIDE THE TESTS. THEY WERE TESTED AS WELL AND THEY ALL CAME BACK CLEAR, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT ON THAT MONDAY THEY WERE ALREADY TESTING. IT WAS THE HILL COUNTRY HILL COUNTRY NURSING AND REHAB CENTER. FOR THE ENTIRE OPERATION IT WENT WELL. IT WAS SUCCESS. THERE ARE SOME NUANCES THAT HAVE BEEN, WHICH IS SOME OF THE THINGS WEARING A -- SUIT OUT IN THE ELEMENTS, IN THE HEAT. IT DOESN'T BREATHE. THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS ON THE BODY DOING TEST AFTER TEST. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAN STOPGAPS GAPS LIMITSING THE TIME OF EXPOSURE WEARING THE SUIT AND DOING THAT. -- LIMITING. SOME MORE OPERATIONAL THINGS IT MAKE IT MORE FLUID. THEY ARE SUPPOSE 20D DO TWO LOCATIONS WIMBERLEY AND SAN MARCOS. AS THEY CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD THEY WILL REFINE IT AND GET IT DONE. WE'RE STILL EXPECTING THEY ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO DO LONG-TERM AND ASSISTED LIVING CENTERS AS WELL. >> ALEX, HOW MANY TOTAL DO WE HAVE NURSING HOMES AND/OR ASSISTED LIVING HOMES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING? >> THERE WERE THREE IN SAN MARCOS. ONE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. ONE IN KYLE. AND ONE IN BUDDHA. -- BUDA. SO SIX TOTAL. >> I THINK EIGHT COMES TO MIND. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EIGHT TOTAL IN HAYS COUNTY BUT COULD I BE WRONG. SIX OR EIGHT. >> IT WAS SIX LOCATIONS, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE YOUR LONG-TERM CENTERS WILL COME OUT AND YOU'LL ALSO HAVE YOUR ASSISTED LIVING PEOPLE KIND OF CONFUSE THOSE. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I THINK THAT I AGREE WITH ALEX. WE HAVE SIX BUT DRIPPING SPRINGS FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE FACILITY THEY ACTUAL DID THE TESTING AND YESTERDAY THE ONLY NURSING FACILITY, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF I THINK THERE'S THREE TO FOUR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES THERE AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT OVER TIME GIVEN THE STATE'S NEW PLAN WILL BE ADDRESSED. THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED YESTERDAY AGAIN, IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU DO ANYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR HOLES ARE OR WHERE YOUR GAPS ARE, BUT THEY WERE LOGISTICAL MORE THAN ANYTHING. CAN'T STRESS HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WHO ARE DOING THIS. THERE WAS A TEAM OF 27 PEOPLE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS YESTERDAY AT THAT NURSING FACILITY. ASSISTING WITH THIS TESTING AND THE ONE THING THAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT WHENEVER I SAY LOGISTICALLY YOU DON'T THINK OF OK, WE'RE GOING TO SET UP ONE ROOM, A SECURE ROOM AND BRING ALL THESE PATIENTS TO TEST. YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN A NURSING FACILITY. IT'S NOT LIKE A DRIVETHROUGH LOCATION OR ANYTHING. YOU CAN TAKE A NUMBER OF THOSE PATIENTS THERE THE BUT THEN OUR PROFESSIONALS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE DOING THIS HAVE TO GO FROM ROOM TO ROOM AND THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES WELL HOW MUCH -- HOW MANY PPES DO YOU NEED? WHAT OTHER THINGS DO YOU HAVE TO DO? HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU WEAR THAT SUIT BRUF TO BE DECONTAMINATED? -- BEFORE YOU HAVE TO BE DECONTAMINATED? ALL THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE ANSWERED FOR THE FIRST TIME. I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THEY ENCOUNTERED GOING FORWARD YESTERDAY. ONCE THEY ARE DONE WITH THESE, THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS WHAT IS THE TIMETABLE FOR THOSE ASSISTED LIVING AND OTHER FACILITIES? BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD SOME REPORTS IF THEM THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. >> IT HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIAL YET. I KNOW THAT IN OUR TRAINING MEETING THAT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY, THEY ARE PREPARING AS IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE SCHEDULING OF ALL THE STAFF. THEY HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT'S LISTED OUT AND THE NUMBER OF. THEY IDENTIFIED ALL THE FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS IN PLACE TO DO THAT, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE DOING AS THE ORDER STATES, BUT THEY ARE PREPARED TO GO ON FOR THE OTHER ONES. >> THANK YOU. >> I KNOW WITH REGARDS TO THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN PERCENTAGES, PARTICULARLY IN RESTAURANTS. I KNOW THAT THE OPENING OF CHILD CARE CENTERS WHICH WAS YESTERDAY MASSAGE AND PERSONAL CARE SENT ERDS YESTERDAY, YOUTH CLUBS YESTERDAY -- CENTERS. COMING ON FRIDAY WILL BE RODEO AND EQUESTRIAN EVENTS, BOWLING ALLEYS, SKATING RINKS ON MAY 22ND AS WELL. BARS ON THE 22 CHND IS FRIDAY. AQUARIUMS AND NATURAL CAVERNS. LATER ON ZOOS ON THE 29TH. DAY YOUTH CAMPS ON THE 31ST AND YOUTH SPORTS ON THE 31ST. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS WITHOUT IN-PERSON SPECTATORS ON THE 31ST [00:30:03] AS WELL. SOME OF THOSE YOUTH CAMPS ARE SOMETHING I KNOW I'VE HEARD ON A CONSISTENT BASIS NOT ONLY AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR BUT ALSO AS ELECTED OFFICIAL, TOO. LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN ARE THESE THINGS, IF ANYTHING, ARE GOING TO OPEN UP BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE PLANS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TODAY. UNLESS THERE ARE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> COMMISSIONERS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU, SIR. [2. Update from Criminal Justice Advisory Commission regarding the grant application from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the Public Defender's Office. BECERRA] WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO? >> NUMBER TWO, UPDATE FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMISSION REGARDING THE GRANT APPLICATION FROM THE TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENCE COMMISSION FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE. >> AND AS YOU MUST KNOW, I ASKED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I WAS GETTING A TON OF QUESTIONS FROM EVERYONE AS TO WHAT WE WERE DOING AND HAD YOU THINGS ARE GOING, AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE SAME STORIES SO MANY TIMES. I THOUGHT WELL, IF WE PUT AN AGENDA ITEM ON, WE CAN GET AN OFFICIAL UPDATE FROM THE COMMISSION AND WE COULD HOPEFULLY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND CATCH IT ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP. IT'S WISHFUL THINKING. IT'S A HOPE, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S HERE. I'D LIKE TO JUST UNDERSTAND AND SEE IF WE COULD AS CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT OUR PLAN IS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? >> SO JUDGE, I GUESS WOULD JUST SAY THAT I KNOW IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY THAT THE COMMISSION THE MET -- HASN'T MET. I KNOW THERE'S A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY THE 28TH. I'VE SPOKEN TO JEFFREY BURKHARDT AND ALTHOUGH WE MISS THE PRIORITY DEADLINE, I THINK THAT THERE IS STILL OPPORTUNITY IF THE COMMISSION SO WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THEY FEEL THEY WANT TO BE INCLUDED. I KNOW THERE WAS A STUDY DONE BY T IDC. WE WERE ALSO CONTACTED BY THE NEIGHBOR SERVICES AND THERE'S BEEN A CONCEPT PAPER FOR A HOLISTIC DEFENCE THAT WAS ALSO PREPARED. SO WE HAVE BOTH OF THOSE REPORTS AND WE WANT TO GO OVER AT OURINAL JUSTICE MEETING ON THE 28TH. BOTH ENTERIES HAVE BEEN INVITED. THEY BOTH HAVE AGREED AND WILL PRESENT TO YOU IN TALKING TO US ABOUT WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE, COUPLE OF DEFENDERS OFFICE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO T THAT. I WOULD JUST SAY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY ANTICIPATED WE WOULD BE IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. OF COURSE, WE DID HAVE THE HOLIDAYS. WE WANTED THE MEMBERS TO ENJOY THAT TIME WITH THE FAMILIES AND OF COURSE COVID-19 HAPPENED AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, AND WE MAKE -- COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE SOME TIME ALSO TO THESE PERSONS WHO HAVE ENJOYED THE HOLIDAYS AND BEEN OF COURSE AS I STATED THIS HAPPENED AND WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE. BUT I WILL SAY ALSO THAT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, AND WE DID HIRE AN ADDITIONAL BOND OFFICER. WE PUT FUNDS IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT. WE CREATED A MAGISTRATION OFFICE. WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE TEXAS DEFENCE COMMISSION, AND WE WERE AWARDED GRANTS TO HIRE INDIGENT DEFENCE COORDINATOR AND DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DS SERVICES. W ALSO SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF A MENTAL HEALTH COURT. STUDY TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION. OKAY. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR ME. WE ALSO APPROVED A SPECIAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR PREFILING SOFTWARE TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES AND LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND ARREST HE SPENDS IN OUR JAIL. OF COURSE, I MENTIONED THE PLANNING STUDY FOR THE PUBLIC [00:35:02] DEFENDERS OFFICE BY THE TEXAS INDIGENT COMMISSION AND ALSO THE CONCEPT PAPER FOR THE HOLISTIC DEFENCE. I THINK ALSO THE COMMISSION WANTED TIME FOR THESE THINGS THAT WE HAD PUT IN PLACE TO HAVE TIME TO EVOLVE AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOME GOOD SOME GOOD PROGRESS THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THIS. SO ANYWAY I JUST WANTSED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE DONE QUITE A FEW THINGS. I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO DO LOOKING FORWARD TO FLARING JEFFREY AND FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDERS SERVICES AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT A PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE FOR HAYS COUNTY. >> COMMISSIONER. >> YOU COVERED IT VERY WELL WHAT I THINK ARE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND I THINK EARLY ON THE COMMISSION MEMBERS PLACED A FOCUS ON PRETRIAL, WANTED TO TRY TO DO SOME ADVICEMENTS -- ADVANCEMENTSWITH THAT AND SEE HOW IT WORKED. I THINK WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT. COMMISSIONER AS YOU MENTIONED, THE SECOND PRETRIAL BOND SECOND SUPERVISION OFFICER INDIGENT DEFENCE COORDINATOR. I THINK THE COMMISSIONS BELIEVE WAS LET'S PUT THIS IN PLACE AND SEE WHAT THIS DOES. PROBABLY I'M GOING TO SAY IT WAS IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY COMMISSIONER INGALSBE REACHED OUT TO THE T IDC ABOUT THIS STUDY, WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL AND WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW. THE INTENT WAS THE COMMISSION WOULD MEET AND DISCUSS WHAT WOULD BE ASKED TO BE THE FOCUS ON THAT STUDY. ONCE SHE MADE THAT CALL SHE FOUND OUT THE JUDGE HAD ALREADY REQUSTED THE STUDY WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE, AND SO I KNOW THERE WERE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THAT FELT THAT THAT HAD SOMEHOW MEANT THEIR VOICE WAS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THEY THOUGHT SHOULD BE. THAT WAS FINE. WE UNDERSTOOD IT HAD BEEN REQUESTED. SO OUR GOAL WAS IN THAT MARCH MEETING WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT BOTH THAT STUDY BUT ALSO FROM THE NEIGHBOR DEFENDER SERVICE STUD ECONOMY THEY HAD REPORTS ON WHAT SOME OF THEIR SERVICES MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN TEXAS. SO MARCH OBVIOUSLY WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT MARCH THAN WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. AT THAT TIME OUR COURTS AND JAIL WERE HANDLING THES. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OR A LOT DIFFERENT THAN USUAL. WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOTICE THAT IN THE NUMBERS WHEN YOU COMPARE. MARCH, APRIL, MAY OF LAST YEAR TO MARCH, APRIL, MAY OF THIS YEAR AS FAR AS WEEKS GO. THERE WAS A HUGE PUSH TO TRY TO REDUCE OUR JAIL POPULATION IMMEDIATELY, AND SO I KNOW THAT THEY WORKED HARD ON THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING WITH WE GET BACK TOGETHER ARE SOME OF THE MEASURES THEY NUT PLACE THAT ALLOW THEM TO DO THINGS REMOTELY AND I THINK WE WILL FIND OUT MORE EFFICIENTLY AND SEE HOW THEY CAN BE CARRIED FORWARD POST-COVID-19 AND NOT ONLY BE USED DURING A SITUATION LIKE THIS. I THINK THERE WERE GOING TO SOMEBODY LESSONS LEARNED AND SOME EFFICIENCY THAT THINGS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEING HESITANT TO DOING BUSINESS A CERTAIN WAY. PEOPLE CAN FIND OUT THEY CAN BE DONE AND RESULT IN MORE EFFICIENCY. SO THAT'S ONE OF MY INTERESTS WHEN WE GET BACK SEE WHAT KIND OF THEIR FEELINGS ARE AND WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM T IDC ON THEIR REPORT IN FRONT OF THE NEIGHBOR DEFENDER SERVICE AND HENNESSEY WHAT TYPE OF INTERESTS THE COMMISSION HAS AND ANY -- AND THEN SEE WHAT TYPE OF INTERESTS THE COMMISSION HAS ON THOSE ADJUSTED PROGRAMS. THERE ARE OVER 20 MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION AND I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEIR OPINION IS VALUED BY MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER INGALSBE AND SHOULD BE BY THIS COURT AS WELL. WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS THEY COME UP WITH BASED ON THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE AND WHAT TYPE OF DIRECTION THEY WANT TO TAKE. DOESN'T MEAN THIS BODY CANNOT CHOOSE TO TAKE DIFFERENT PATH OR DIFFERENT ACTIONS. IT IS AN ADVISORY COMMISSION. SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO SUPPORT AND CONSIDER ANYTHING IT WISHES TO. I DO BELIEVE THERE WAS I AM PROUD OF WHAT THE COMMISSION WITH AS FAR AS SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND RELATIVELY QUICKLY IN MID-BUDGET SITUATION TO BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS COMING TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, GET APPROVAL AND GET THOSE STARTED AND UNDER WAY. I KNOW COUNCIL AND MAGISTRATION THE STUDY HAS BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT. I KNOW IT WAS PART OF THE T IDC'S REPORT MENTIONED. COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION WHAT THAT WOULD COST TO SEE -- I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE STUDY SHOWS AND ALSO THE DATA IN GENERAL THAT THE STUDY WILL PRESENT US WITH THAT HAS SO MUCH [00:40:03] TO DO WITH. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND OUT OF OUR JAIL NOT DUE TO COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION ISSUES. I THINK THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE VERY INFORMATIVE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT DIRECTION THE COMMISSION WANTS TO TAKE AFTER THAT. >> OK. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO RESPOND A LITTLE BILDT TO SOME OF THESE COMMENTS. SO NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL -- A LITTLE BIT TO SOME OF THESE COMMENTS. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL BUT I ASKED THE STATE TO PERFORM TO THE STUDY BECAUSE I KNEW IT WOULD TAKE TIME. I'VE BEEN CHECKING REPEATEDLY TO SEE IF THE STATE HAD RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY THAT WE ACTUALLY -- THAT I ACTUALLY RECEIVED RESULTS ON. AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE YES, THAT'S RIGHT. WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE. NEVERTHELESS, I INCLUDED THE STATE. I ASKED THE STATE TO DO A FREE ASSESSMENT OF WHAT OUR CURRENT COUNTY PROCESS WAS FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THE STATE IS VERY HAPPY, WILLING AND ABLE TO DO IT, AND THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT, AND I STATED TO COMMISSIONER SHELL AND COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, MY INTENT WAS TO BECAUSE EVERYTHING TAKES TIME MY INTENT WAS TO GET THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY AND PROVIDE IT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION. IT HAS NOT BEEN MY INTENT AND I HAVE NOT. I'M NOT GOOD AT SITTING ON MY HANDS. SO IT HAS NOT BEEN MY INTENT TO TAKE THIS TEST I MEAN THIS STUDY AND RUN AROUND WITH IT. MY INTENT WAS TO PROVIDE IT TO THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW AND TO DISCUSS. SO I DON'T REGRET THAT I ASKED THEM FOR IT. I WAS REACHING FOR INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMISSION AND STILL IT'S NOT MOVING AT A PACE THAT I APPRECIATE, AND SO I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN PEOPLE SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES JUST MORE OF THEM. THAT'S MY INTENT. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT GETTING THE STATE TO PROVIDE AN ASSESSMENT TO TELL US WHERE WE'RE GOING GOOD, WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING THAT ARE ON THESE PATHS FOR REPRESENTATION IS GOOD. WE ARE AN EXTENSION OF THE STATE. AND FOR KNOW ASK THE STATE FOR GUIDANCE IS A GOOD THING. FOR ME TO PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE OFFERED BY THE STATE TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION I THINK IS STILL A GOOD THING. AND SOMEONE CAN TURN IT INTO A BAD THING, BUT IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD. I'M JUST PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS AND THAT IS THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS ON OTHER FRONTS, AND I THINK IT'S ALL USEFUL. I THINK IT'S ALL NECESSARY. AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP PUSHING FOR PROGRESS. I'M JUST NOT. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY COMMENTS. >> I JUST HAVE ONE Q-WHEN Y'ALL MEET, CAN Y'ALL HAVE THE COMMISSION MAYBE LOOK AT WHAT THE DAILY RATE FOR COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS ARE. I DON'T THINK WE'VE CHANGED THAT QUITE A BIT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. >> IT WAS A MAJOR QUESTION ON THE LAST TIME WE MET. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER. WE SPEND OVER $2 MILLION A YEAR RIGHT NOW AROUND DEFENCE. SOME FOLKS ARE CONFUSED THAT THERE ISN'T ANY. IT'S $2 MILLION SPENT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS AI WOULD CALL THE COMMISSION TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IS REGARDLESS OF PUBLIC DEFENCERS -- DEFENDERS OFFICE IT DOESN'T HANDLE ALL CASES. IF YOU FOLLOW TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE YEARS SPENT ON THEIRS PRIOR TO THEIRS THEY HAVE A MANAGED OF SIGN COUNCIL AND THEY STILL DO BECAUSE AT BEST THEY EXPECT THEIR PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE TO HAND BOISVERT-LACROIX 25% OF THOSE CASES. SO YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE -- HANDLE ABOUT 25% OF THOSE CASES. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IT WITHOUT KNOWING HOW THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE HANDLED. IT IS IMPORTANT REGARDLESS CONNECTED TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE ARE THE RATES CURRENTLY THOSE SERVICES HAVE NOW IN MAKING SURE IT ALLOWS THEM THE ABILITY TO DO THE BEST JOB IT POSSIBLY CAN. THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. >> THANK YOU. [00:45:04] >> COMMISSIONER? >>, I JUST TO THE POINT YOU JUST MADE, COMMISSIONER, WHEN YOU SAY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, I THINK THAT IT'S LOST AT TWIMZ HAD WE TALK ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF -- LOST AT TIMES WITH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE. I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAVE LOOKED AT 15 TO 30% OF DEFENDANTS. I THINK THAT'S A MISNOMER BECAUSE IT'S NOT 15 TO 30% OF ALL DEFENDANTS. IT'S 15 TO 30% OF INDIGENT DEFENDANTS. SO AS AN OVERALL PERCENTAGE WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OFFICE OR AT LEAST WE WERE IN THE PREVIOUS REITERATION THAT WOULD THAT WOULD AGAIN, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A YEAR AGO. I HAVE A VERY -- I HAVE A HARD CONCERN OR A LARGE CONCERN OVER A RACE TO THE BOTTOM IN REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENT DEFENCE. I THINK THAT THE WHEEL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IS AN INTERESTING I THINK IT WORKS PRETTY WELL. WHENEVER YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS WANTS TO PRACTICE LAW IN THIS COUNTY AS A DEFENCE ATTORNEY IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT AND GET PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AN HOUR OR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AN HOUR THEN EVERY SO OFTEN THEY GET TO REPRESENT INDIGENT DEFENDANTS AND THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR RECORD SHOWS HOW THEY ARE TASKED WITH THAT AND HAVE TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. I THINK IT LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD OUT THERE FOR SOME OF THESE DEFENDANT WHO'S MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD SOME REPRESENTATION ON THEIR OWN. THIS IS A WAY THEY CAN DO THAT. I DO HAVE A CONCERN. YOU MENTIONED THIS STUDY, AND I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT THE WHOLE OVERALL COMMISSION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT. I THINK THAT WE AS A COMMISSION'S COURT PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND EFFORT INTO WHO SHOULD BE ON THAT COMMISSION AND WHY, AND WHY THEY SHOULD BE ON THAT COMMISSION. THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT THEY HAVE IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN IN THE COURT SYSTEM IN OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM. EVEN OVER THE LAST YEAR SINCE THIS CAME UP. AND THEIR INPUT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHETHER THOSE BE DEFENCE ATTORNEYS. WHETHER THOSE BE JUDGES. WHETHER THOSE BE THE OTHER FOFKS THE COMMUNITY WOULD ARE IN THERE SO HEARING FROM 245 -- SO HEARING FROM THAT AND THE REQUEST FROM THAT, I HOPE THAT THE RESULTS IF THE REPORT WE CAN SEE AND LOOK AT THOSE KIND OF THINGS. I THINK THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE COURT SERVE ON THAT COMMISSION. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT LIKE DIRECT ASSIGNMENT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL HAS BEEN AMAZING AND IT'S STARTING TO SHOW RESULTS SOME OF THE DAILY THINGS. I WAS THANKFUL. I SPOKE TO ONE OF OUR COUNTY LAW JUDGES AND THEY INFORMED ME THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO DO DIRECT CASE ASSIGNMENT IN NEXT FUTURE AT THE COUNTY COURT LEVEL. I THINK THAT'S GREAT HAVING THAT DONE AND THAT WOULD HAVE I HONESTLY BELIEVE THOSE QHOOVERNGZ NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE IF IT WASN'T -- THOSE CHANGES WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE COMMISSION. I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK WE'RE TAKING STEPS FORWARD TO HELP THE SYSTEM. >> AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING TO ADD. RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING WE DO FOR RUNNING OUR COURTS REMOTELY BECAUSE OF COVID-19 TO KEEP THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE TURNING IS ACTUALLYED. WE CAN GET REIMBURSED FOR FUNDING ON EVERYTHING WE DO TODAY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENRY WITH COVID-19 TESTING. COVID-19 FUNDING FOR ALL OF THE VIDEO TOOLS AND ALL THAT TECHNOLOGY. AND WE BENEFIT FROM IT AS A COUNTY ONCE COVID-19 HAS BEEN IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT HAVE TO ASK THE SHERIFF TO KEEP MOVING PEOPLE TO THE JAIL -- I MEAN TO THE COURTHOUSE OVER AND OVER IF WE HAD A GOOD WELL-OILED MACHINE TO DO THAT REMOTELY. SO IT'S ANOTHER THING WE COULD BE AID IS A MORE AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING AT SO THAT WE COULD BENEFIT FROM IT AS A WHOLE COMMUNITY. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. WILL YOUS OPEN AGENDA ITEM [34. 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] NUMBER 34. >> 34 EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5/51.071 AND 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ALL [00:50:05] INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS IN THE HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW AN OPEN COURT. >> THAT SOUNDS SO MUCH BETTER THAN REMOTELY. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. IT IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT. WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. FIRST UP. WE HAVE IS SHE HERE? WE CAN ALTERNATE. >> OTHER PERSONNEL ITEMS AS W WELL. >> ONLY FOR THE SPEAKERS. THE TOPIC ON THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY, INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY THAT WE ALL SAY OF COURSE THAT WE SUPPORT AND I KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO STEP BACK AND ALLOW OURSELVES TO GET THE DATA ON WHAT OUR PRACTICES ARE IN THAT AREA OF EQUITABLE OR INEQUITYABLE PRACTICES AND EMPLOYMENT. AND WE ALL KNOW HISTORICALLY HOW PROBLEMS LIKE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND OTHERS HAVE HELPED US TO LOOK AT ITEMS OF EQUITY AND FAIRNESS IN THE WORKPLACE. SO TODAY I'M HERE TO BRIEFLY SAY THAT I HOPE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS. THERE ARE 16 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE TEXAS LATINO EDUCATION COALS, AND -- COALITION. WE HEAR CONCERNS. WE'RE BASED ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS, SO WHEN WE'RE HERE IF ANY ONE COMMUNITY WE TRY TO COME FORWARD AND ALMOST NEVER IN A -- AN ATTEMPT TO BE -- TO NOT BE IN AN NEGOTIATING MOOD, TO TRY TO WORK WITH EVERYONE. WE ALWAYS RECOMMENDED THAT IF WE'RE HEARING THESE CONCERNS ABOUT INEQUITABLE PRACTICES BE THEY UPON EMPLOYMENT, UPON SELECTION DURING THE LIVE OF THE WORKDAY OR IN DISMISSAL PROCESSES. IF WE HEAR THOSE CONCERNS OFTEN THEN WE COME AND WE RECOMMENDED THAT THERE BE ANY VALUATION -- AN EVALUATION, THAT WE LOOK AT THESE PRACTICES, THAT WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND WE REFLECT ON THEM AS A PUBLIC AGENCY, SO THAT WE CAN AVOID WHAT HAS HAPPENED HISTORICALLY. WE KNOW WHAT THAT HISTORY IS, OKAY. THE HISTORY OF THE LAST 200 YEARS OF INEQUITIES OF HANGINGS, LYNCHINGS, OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED. THROUGH THE YEARS WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH BETTER. THERE'S A RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND REFLECT ON THEM. THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S WE MAKE ARE BASED ON CONCERNS, COMPLAINTS, PHONE CALLS SOME WHO HAVE DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS SOME. TREATMENT THAT HAVE NOT IN THEIR VIEW BEEN EQUITABLE SO THAT BEFORE WE GET TO -- WE'RE LIKE YOU TOO LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE POINT OF LET'S DO THE COURT THING AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF LATINO PROFESSORS GROUP AND I'M GOING TO STOP WITH THIS FOR THE LAST 12, YEARS HAS BEEN ASKING THEIR BOARD OF REGIONS TO PLEASE LOOK AT THEIR PRACTICES ON HOW THEY COMPENSATE THEIR PROFESSORS FOR THEIR RESEARCH, FOR THEIR PUBLICATIONS, FOR THEIR WORK, FOR THE LACK OF BEING CHAIRS, AS PROVOS AS VICE PRESIDENTS ETC. 10, 12 YEARS OF RESEARCH. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK AT THIS. THESE ARE THE FINDINGS. AFTER SO MANY STUDIES THE BOARD OF REGIONS JUST RECENTLY OFFERED THAT GROUP OF 12 PROFESSORS A SETTLEMENT OF $2. MILLION, AND [00:55:04] I'M SO VERY PROUD OF THOSE LATINO PROFESSORS THAT SAID NO. WE DO NOT WANT TO SETTLE. WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE PRACTICES. WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT EVERYONE FROM THE JANITOR THAT DOES THE FLOOR TO THE LADY THAT DOES THE TABLE. WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOW THESE PRACTICE ARES ARE INSTITUTIONAL AND THEN WE WORK TOGETHER. THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO HAVE TO GET TO A POINT LIKE THAT. I SAY THE -- THAT YOU ALL PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING A PLAN OF ACTION TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT HIRES. >> I'M BEING EXCEPTIONALLY LENIENT, BUT PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS. >> OK. AND THEN GET REPORT, GET THE ANALYSIS PRESENTED TO EVERYBODY IN THE COURT AND WE ASK OURSELVES WHAT DOES THE DATA SHOW AND HOW CAN WE GO FROM THERE? I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. YOU ALL AND IN EVERYONE THIS ROOM FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND AGAIN, LET'S LOOK AT THE FIGURES AND THE NUMBERS AND GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT UP MS. ANGELA VIASQUEZ. >> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN COMMISSIONER, JUDGE, EVERYONE IN THE ROOM. LIKE I SAID, I DON'T PREPARE ANY KIND OF WORDS. I'M GOING TO SPEAK. IN WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY DISTURBED ME WAS WHEN IT COMES TO A POSITION OF SOMEBODY THAT WAS SCRUTINIZED DURING COVID, THAT WAS ASKED FOR REPORTS WHEN THE COUNTRY SHUT DOWN AN EMPLOYEE, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO CAN STAND UP HERE AND SAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DONE MUCH. THEY HAVE ONLY DONE A WEBINAR. THEY HAVEN'T PUT UP THE FLYERS. THE PLAN THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE TO REMOVE THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM HER JOB BECAUSE OF THE NEW EXCHANGES WHAT I'M TOLD FAIRLY, THAT IT WAS -- WE HAVE TO SHIFT AND INSTEAD OF THAT POSITION, WE DECIDED TO GO WITH A DIFFERENT PLAN BECAUSE OF COVID. BUT THEN THAT PLAN, IT APPEARS NOTHING HAS REALLY BEEN DONE. SO IT MAKES -- IT LEAVES ONE WONDERING, LIKE DID YOU REALLY HAVE A PLAN IT PLACE BEFORE YOU GOT RID OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS GOING TO DO OUTREACH FOR CENSUS SO I'M A LITTLE UPSET RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE BUT I TOO I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SHE WAS GOING TO SAY ALL. THAT WE'RE NOT ABOUT MONEY. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO COME LATER AND TRY TO OFFER. IT'S ABOUT CHANGING THE PRACTICES THAT ARE CLEARLY GOING ON. THERE ARE FORTSS IN HAYS COUNTY THAT WANT TO -- FORCES IN HAYS COUNTY THAT WANT TO UNRAVEL 50 YEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS MY PARENTS FOUGHT FOR. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, GUYS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACKWARDS. WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARDS. I HOPE IT'S DONE TOGETHER MANY PARTNERSHIP AND LOVE WITHOUT LAWSUITS. IT JUST REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD PUT SOME REAL FOCUS AND ATTENTION INTO HOW YOU'RE HANDLING YOUR PERSONNEL BECAUSE IF ONE EMPLOYEE IS ASKED TO DO REPORTS IN DETAIL OF WHERE BECAUSE I GET IT, BECAUSE IT'S TAX MONEY YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. I'M THE SAME WAY LEADERSHIP. I'M VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE SPENT ON NOTHING BEING DONE. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THE WHOLE NATION WAS SHUT DOWN AND TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE MEETINGS BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IT CAN'T GO BOTH WAYS. YOU CAN'T USE THAT COVID EXCUSE FOR WHY YOU WON'T MEET ON ISSUES AS IMPORTANT AS CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THEN SAY BUT THAT'S WHY WE FIRED HER BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T REALLY GIVE US REPORTS. WE REQUESTED -- SHE REQUESTED I DON'T KNOW BOSSES SHE HAD TO REPORT TO SO SHE -- THERE'S NO HUMANITY WHEN DECIDING ON THAT ONE PERSON, THAT ONE WOMAN. BY THE WAY NOW I'M NOT SPEAKING AS A HAZE CITIZEN LIKE I WAS EARLIER. I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR WOMEN, FOR WOMEN. SO I DON'T REALLY CARE WHO SAID WE NEED TO TERMINATE THIS IF HE THE I DON'T REALLY CARE THIS. COVID HAS PULLED BACK THE CURTAIN WHERE WE'RE SEEING SOME UGLINESS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE BEAUTY OF IT IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE WOMEN ARE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH THIS. THEY ARE NOT. AND WHAT SHE'S SAYING ABOUT DATA AND WHAT THE PROFESSORS GOT, IF WE COME IT FIND OUT THAT ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES IS HAVING TO REPORT TO YOU IN DETAIL EVERY MINUTE WHAT HE DOES WHEN HE'S AT WORK, I WANT TO KNOW IF EVERY EMPLOYEE DOES THAT KIND OF REPORT OR IF IT'S ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT ARE MICROMANAGED AND STRANGLED TO WHERE THEY LOSE HOPE. BECAUSE POVERTY ISN'T JUST ABOUT -- BEING POOR ISN'T JUST ABOUT HAVING MONEY. IT'S ABOUT NOT HAVING HOPE. SO IF YOU'RE STRANGLING THE HOPE OUT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THIS COUNTY, WE WANT THAT DATA AND WE WANT THOSE NUMBERS. [01:00:03] AND I DO WANT US TO WORK TOGETHER SO I HOPE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN AND SURVIVORS TRAFFICKING, ALL WEEK, ALL WEEK -- AND I DO WANT TO COMPLIMENT OF I DO WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YOU GOT IT WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS. >> OK. THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT BUTANS ADVOCATE YOU KNOW I'VE SEEN A LOT OF SIMILARITYIES WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE POWER, THE POWER THAT IS USED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> SO THIS IS YOUR AGENDA ITEM COMMISSIONER SMITH. ARE WE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR OUT IN THE PUBLIC? >> WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE AND IF THERE'S A REQUEST TO MOVE PUBLIC WE CAN. >> OK. WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 34. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.