[00:00:01] >> I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION WILL [Call to Order] BE LED BY MICHAEL MEYERS OF CTMC SPIRITUAL CARE. IF YOU WILL PLEASE ALL RISE. >> LET US BOW. GRACIOUS GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING WITH HEARTS OF THANKFULNESS THE GRATEFUL FOR WHO YOU ARE IN OUR LIVES, GOD. THANKFUL FOR ANOTHER DAY AND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR LOVE, YOUR PEACE AND YOUR JOY TO ALL MANKIND ON THIS DAY. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE THIS MORNING, LORD, LIFTING EVERY AGENDAITE FREM TODAY'S SESSION TO YOU. -- FROM TODAY'S AGENDA TO YOU. WE ASK THAT IT BECOME GREATER ON THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE ASK THAT THE FOCUS OF OUR HEARTS ARE KNITTED TOGETHER PROTECT THE FAMILIES OF HAYS COUNTY AND NOT TO BOAST OUR OWN PERSONAL AGENDAS. I LIFT UP EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM, GOD, ASKING FOR TOTAL HEALING UPON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. THAT'S PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALING, GOD. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE GREATER TOGETHER AS A WHOLE IN UNITY WITH YOU. THESE BLESSINGS WE ASK OF IN YOUR HOLY NAME, AMEN. >> AMEN. THANK YOU. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, IND ADVISABLE -- INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> HERE. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> HERE. THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITNESS FORM WILL NOW HAVE THREE [Public Comments] MINUTES TO SPEAK ON NONAGENDA RELATED TOPICS. UNFORTUNATELY NO, ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COURT DURING PUBLICS WE ARE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS RHETORICAL. ALL COMMENTS ARE OPINIONS OF THE SPEAKER AND ARE NOT MEANT TO BE NECESSARILY CONSTRUED AS TRUTH. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND LANGUGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL, OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME. IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THANK YOU. FIRST UP TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, MISS CHRISTINE TERRELL. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M GOING TO TRY MY -- HERE WE GO. I AM A NATURALLY CURIOUS PERSON, SO WHEN I HEARD THAT THERE WAS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO PARTIALLY FUND A PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE IN HAYS MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS WAIT, THERE'S NOT ALREADY A PDO IN HAYS? I HAD TO FIND THE MORE. FOLLOWING THAT CURIOSITY LED ME HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME A FEW WEEKS BACK WHERE I FOUND OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS THAT GRANT FROM THE TDIC HAD BEEN PASSED OVER BY THIS BODY. THAT MADE ME SUPER CURIOUS. WHY WOULD WE TURN DOWN FREE MONEY THAT COULD HELP US GET A BETTER HANDLE ON OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM HERE IN HAYS. I WENT BACK TO THE DISCUSSIONS HERE AROUND THE GRANT AND WATCHED COMIG COMMISSIONERS SPEAK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER GREAT IMPROVEMENTS HERE IN THE SYSTEM, BUT HEAR THAT THE PDO GRANT WASN'T REALLY NECESSARY. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW CURE YULS I WAS TO SEE MR. MAO IN COURT TWO WEEKS AGO ASKING FOR HIS 81ST EMPLOYEE, AN ATTORNEY HIRED SOLELY TO STAND FOR THE STATE DURING THE NEW MAGISTRATION STUDY BEING CONDUCTED, A PROCESS WHICH I'LL NOTE THAT MR. MAO'S OFFICE HAD NO INTEREST IN PREVIOUSLY. I THINK THAT'S CURIOUS. TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ALL THESE CURIOUS THINGS I CROSS THE MARCH 24TH MEETING WHERE MR. MAO GOT IMMEDIATE AND UNQUESTIONED APPROVAL FOR TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF ATTORNEYS. I HAVEN'T BEEN COURT WATCHING FOR LONG, BUT MR. MAO HAS ADDED THREE NEW ATTORNEYS IN AS MANY MONTHS WITH LITTLE OR NO QUESTIONING FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC. I THINK THAT'S CURIOUS. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT MR. MAO IS SOLE ANY CHARGE OF HIS OFFICE'S WORKLOAD. HE ALONE GETS TO DECIDE WHAT DOES AND DOES NOT GET PROSECUTED WHICH MEANS HE HAS CREATED A PERFECTLY DESIGNED SELF-CONTAINED WORK-GENERATION DEVICE FOR HIMSELF. ONE, CHOOSE TO PROSECUTE EVER MORE OFFENSES. TWO, OVERLOAD YOUR CURRENT STAFF. THREE, COME TO COURT AND ASK FOR MORE STAFF. FOUR, GET UNQUESTIONED APPROVAL. FIVE, RINSE AND REPEAT. AND YET WE ARE TOLD THAT THINGS ARE GOING SWIMMINGLY IN THE SYSTEM IN A PUBLIC DEFENDERS [00:05:06] OFFICE ISN'T REALLY NECESSARYS WE HAVE A GREAT COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY SYSTEM WHICH WE SPEND AROUND $2 MILLION A YEAR ON FOR INDIGENT DEFENSE. THAT WE JUST DON'T REALLY NEED A DEDICATED OFFICE FOR DEFENSE THAT WOULD BE THE ANALOG OF OUR PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. AND THAT IS ALL TRUE. NO ONE IN THIS ROOM NEEDS THAT OFFICE. BUT THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF HAYS CITIZENS SITTING THROUGH THEIR TENTH OR 8 09SDS OR 280TH DAY OF DETENTION WHO CLEARLY DO NEED THAT OFFICE -- 80TH. I THINK THEY WOULDBE CURIOUS WHY YOU THINK THEY DON'T DESERVE IT. WHY IS IT THAT WE HAPPILY FUND AND SUPPORT THE STRUCTURES OF PROSECUTION AND INCARCERATION BUT REFUSE TO BRING OUR DEFENSE SERVICES INTO THAT SAME ALIGNMENT? I FIND THAT SO CURIOUS. >> THANK YOU MA'AM. >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING JUSTICE "BROAD CITY," COMMISSIONERS INGALSBE, JONES, SHELL -- JUSTICE BECERRA, AND COMMISSIONER SMITH. THIS PAST MONTH I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF OBSERVING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THIS COURT. MY OBSERVATION HAVE LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT YOU'RE OPERATING UNDER A FALSE ASSUMPTION. THIS MORNING I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN EACH OF YOU TOOK YOUR OATH OF OFFICE YOU PLEDGED TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. I BELIEVE YOU TOOK THIS OATH ALSO WITH THE INTENT TO REPRESENT AND PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY. THIS IS I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A MISUNDERSTANDING. REGARDING WHO WE NEED PROTECTION FROM. AS A CITIZEN OF HAYS COUNTY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR TO YOU AND TO EVERYONE IN THIS COURTROOM THAT I DO NOT FEEL MY SAFETY OR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY IS THREATENED OSH HAS EVER BEEN THREATENED BY INDIVIDUALS COMMITTING THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES. TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, VIOLATIONS OF CITY ORDINANCES, CLASS-C MISDEMEANORS OR POSSESSION OF LESS THAN TWO OUNCES OF MARIJUANA. TO BE CLEAR, EVERY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAS BROKEN THE LAW. EVERY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS NEED TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS OR INACTIONS. AND SEE THAT THEY LINE WITH THE LAWS THAT GOVERN OUR CITY AND COUNTY. HOWEVER, I WANT YOU TO HEAR IT DIRECTLY FROM THIS HAYS COUNTY CITIZEN THAT I DO NOT NEED YOU TO PROTECT ME FROM THESE CITIZENS. THEY DO NOT BELONG IN JAIL. THEY BELONG AT HOME BACK AT THEIR JOB, AND EVEN BETTER, IN PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. IN THE PAST WEEKS WE'VE QUOTED FOR YOU BUDDHIST MONKS, MARTIN LUTHER KING, AND THE TEXAS STATE CONSTITUTION. I'M NOT SURE ANY OF THESE WORDS HAVE RESONATED WITH YOU, SO TODAY ALLOW ME TO SHARE THE WORDS USED BY TEXAS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NATHAN HECK. IT IS TIME. IT IS ACTUALLY PASTIME ENSURE THAT DEFENDANT WHO'S POSE NO RISK TO THE PUBLIC ARE NOT JAILED. AND THOSE WHO DO ARE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT UP, MR. SAM BRANDON. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, COURT. I'M BRINGING A MESSAGE OF GOOD NEWS TODAY, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS PANDEMIC THING WE HAVE BEEN LIVING THROUGH HAS BEEN VASTLY OVERSTATED AND THAT'S ALL COMING OUT RIGHT NOW. THE NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE FROM TANZANIA TO ITALY, TO FLORIDA, TO SAN ANTONIO, WHERE ALL THESE NUMBERS WE'RE FINDING OUT HAVE BEEN FABBRI INDICATED AND OVERSTATED AND IT'S ALL -- FABRICATED AND OVERSTATED AND IT'S ALL BIG RUSE ON US. NOT TO SAY THERE'S NOT A VIRUS OR ILLNESSES. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S BEEN RIDICULOUSLY OVERSTATED. AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS. [00:10:03] MEANWHILE, IT'S BEEN MISMANAGED GLOBALLY, NATIONALLY, AND LOCALLY FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT WE SHUT DOWN THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THEN WENT OUT TO THE OUTLET MALL AND MADE A VIDEO SPIN IT AROUND, FAKING A TEAR, AS IF, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO US THAT SOMETHING RATHER THAN SOMETHING WE'RE DOING TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN MARCOS. DOZENS OF BUSINESS HAVE GONE OUT OF BUSINESSES. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ARE HURTING AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO JUST FOR LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND TAKING THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING, WE'RE CAUSING DAMAGES TO EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTY THE AND IT'S ALL GOING TO COME OUT AND IT'S ALL GOING TO COME BACK TO THE THINGS YOU DID AND THE THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T DO. AND I'M TALKING TO FIVE OF YOU, THE THINGS THAT YOU DID NOT DO. AND WHEN IT ALL COMES OUT, WE'LL SEE THAT IT'S REALLY JUST A GLOBALIST COMMUNIST PLAY THAT YOU'RE HELPING PERPETUATE HERE LOCALLY. AND IT'S GONE TOO FAR. THE TRUTH IS COMING OUT AND THAT IS A GOOD THING, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU. >> NEXT PLUP RODRIGO AMAYA. >> COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE, I'M HERE TODAY LIKE THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS TALKING ABOUT THIS PUBLIC DEFENDER AND ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S HAVE BEEN FALSELY INCARCERATED. I WAS AN OFFICE A LITTLE BIT UNDER 15 YEARS. I -- OFFICER. I GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW A LOT OF THESE OFFICERS USED TO AND CONTINUE JUST LAST WEEK. I GOT A CALL ABOUT A LADY UP IN THE KYLE AREA. ONE OF HER FRIENDS GOT A TICKET FOR NO DRIVER'S LICENSE, MEXICAN VISITOR COMING UP HERE GETTING A TICKET FOR NO DRIVER'S LICENSE. THEY CALLED ME UP BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS, A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK COUNSELOR HERE I WALKED TO HIS OFFICE AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE VIOLATOR COMPACT AND CONCERNS WITH THAT. TO MY SURPRISE, IT SHOWED WITH HIS BODY LANGUAGE HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. SOMEBODY ELSE CAME UP HERE AND MENTIONED THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THAT'S WHERE IT ALSO STARTS RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW? THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT OVERCROWDED JAIL. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. YOU KNOWS THEY REPEATEDLY TALK ABOUT WE'RE OVERWORKED AND UNDERSTAFFED. YOU OUGHT TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS AND SEE HOW MUCH DOWNTOWN -- DOWN TIME THEY HAVE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE AS A COUNTY, AS CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER LEGAL REPRESENTATION. WE HAVE NOT HAD IT. I'VE HAD DAN LYONS COME UP TWO WEEKS AGO AND I WAS WATCHING IT WHILE I WAS AWAY TALKING ABOUT HOW I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMPETENT COUNSEL. THAT'S COST US MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LAWSUITS. WHAT ARE Y'ALL GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? YOU HAVE CITIZENS COMING UP HERE TO START TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM STARTS WITH THIS COURT HERE, AND I HOPE COME ELECTION TIME THAT THEY MAKE IT KNOWN THAT THEY ARE TIRED IT OF IT. I'M REAL HAPPY THEY ARE COMING UP HERE TO STEP UP AND VOICE THEIR OPPOSITION AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON. I CAN TELL YOU AS A FORMER COP, WHEN YOU HAVE BAD ATTORNEYS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF PROBLEMS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS. EVERY PROB AT THE JAIL. THE SHERIFF HAS PARTLY TO DO WITH IT -- PROBLEM. BUT IT STARTS WITH POOR, POOR LEGAL COUNSEL. THEY NEED TO FIX THAT. I KEEP GETTING CALL AFTER CALL ABOUT THE SAME STUFF. THESE INDIVIDUALS BEING WRITTEN UP FOR TICKETS, INCARCERATED, CARS IMPOUNDED AND THEIR OFFENSES SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT DISPOSITION. THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN JAIL. AND THEN THEY GET LOCKED UP IN THE SYSTEM. LIKE THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PROFILING ON FACEBOOK MR. LOZANO NOW HAS COVID-19, BEEN 200 SOME DAYS IN FORT BIN COUNTY. THAT COMMISSIONER JONES, I REMEMBER A WHILE BACK WHEN THEY HAD THAT LADY THAT DID SOME TIME FOR HAD A HOT CHECKALITY HB, THAT REALLY HAPPENED IT. DOES HAPPEN. -- CHECK AT. IT'S NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENCE. SO PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE AN EFFORT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS PLACED ON THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO OWE THEY ARE HIRED TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. AMAYA. NEXT UP, WE HAVE MR. DAN LYON. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS. WE SEEM TO BE GETTING A LOT BETTER SPEAKERS COMING IN HERE AND I SURE APPRECIATE THAT. LAST WEEK I WAS SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH HAD TO DO WITH REPLACING AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT AT ONE OF THE PRECINCT HEADQUARTERS. I NOTED THAT THERE WAS A 25% [00:15:06] MARKUP ON THE NEW AC UNIT. WHEN I FINISHED SPEAKING, THE COMMISSIONER ASKED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IF THAT WAS A STANDARD MARKUP ON ALL THE EQUIPMENT SOLD AT THE COUNTY. AFTER A LONG PAUSE COMMISSIONER SHELL SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT WHEN HE HAD HIS HOME AC REPLACED, HE BELIEVED THAT THE CONTRACTOR MARKED UP THE PRICE OFS UNIT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS VERY DISTURBING. THE FACT IS NO ONE KNEW WHAT THE POLICY WAS. WHAT SEVEN MORE DISTURBING IS THAT IT IS MY CONTENTION L IS VERY LITTLE IF ANY OVERSIGHT OF CONTRACT. THE COUNTY CONTRACTORS AS ANY OTHER BUSINESSES ARE IN IT TO MAKE MONEY. THEY WILL CHARGE WHATEVER THE MARKET WILL BEAR. WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. THIS IS WHY I REAP THE DISBURSE -- READ DISBURSEMENTS ALMOST EVERY WEEK. HOWEVER, IT IS UP TO THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY TO DEMAND AN ACCOUNTING FOR EVERY NICKEL OF PUBLIC MONEY SPENT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET TO SOME OF THE DISBURSEMENT ALL STARS LIKE I LIKE TO CALL THEM. MCCOY ROCKFORD FURNITURE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S LISTED AS MAG.JUDGE. I GUESSES MAGISTRATE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE ARE EIGHT DISBURSEMENTS HERE FOR $2769.33. AND I GUESS THAT'S JUST FOR ONE OFFICE. ANYWAY, AC BODY AND FRAME INCORPORATED 2011 CHEVY CAPRICE REPAIRED FOR THE SHERIFF. $2941.23. WE'VE GOT ALEX'S PAINT AND BODY FOR THE SHERIFF. REPAIR OF THE 2008 FUSION. 297,000.10 DOLLARS. ONCE AGAIN I REMIND THE SHERIFFS COUNTY HAZE COUNTY IS NOT THEIR RUMPUS ROOM. GOOD YEARS AUTO SERVICE CENTER FLEET TIRES FOR THE SHERIFF $5500.22 GUD LUPE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT -- GUADELUPE. INMATE HOUSING 15,000 DOLLARS. PBS OF TEXAS JANITORIAL SERVICES JUNE AND JULY OF 2020, COU COUNTYWIDE. $31,812.81. THAT'S FOR TWO MONTHS OF JANITORIAL SERVICE. WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT. AC REPAIR PRECINCT. TWO SI MECHANICAL AC REPAIRS PRECINCT FIVE ALSO $790. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. LYON. I CAN SAY PERSONALLY I APPRECIATE EVERY SPEAKER HERE, EVEN THE ONES I MAY NOT AGREE WITH. EVERYONE HAS THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE MYRIAD OF COMPLEXITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ALL FACE HERE IN DEALING WITH EVERY SINGLE THING ACOMES BEFORE THIS COURT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY AT THIS MOMENT THANK YOU FOR ALL THERS GENUINELY. WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDELINES AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH GUIDE LINES AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES FROM OUR STATE AND LOCAL DIRECTION, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE GUIDING MY THOUGHT PROCESS HERE. AND I HAVE ASKED OUR BAILIFF TO HIGHLIGHT ITEMS THAT ARE KEEPING FOLKS IN THIS COURTROOM. SO THATKY GO SPECIFICALLY DIRECTLY TO THOSE SO ONCE YOUR COURT AGENDA ITEM HAS BEEN READ THE HOPE IS THAT IT'S NOT A DEMAND. BUT THE HOPE IS THAT YOU WILL CLEAR OUT AND WATCH THE REST OF THE COURT TELIZED. I'VE BEEN ASK TO GO TO 6, 29 3, 1 AND 26. AND ALSO I'VE BEEN ASKED TO POOL NUMBER 27. KNOW HOW MUCH WORK IT IS FORN'T- FOLKS TO GET FROM WHERE THEY ARE TO BE HERE TODAY, SO IF EVER THE DAY OF AN AGENDA ITEM TO BE READ I GET ASKED TO PULL IT I ALWAYS GIVE THE AUDIENCE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT. I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR. SO I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PULL [27. Discussion and possible action to issue variance from Hays County Rules for Onsite Sewage Facilities Section M for an OSSF permit at 901 Williamson Rd, Buda, TX 78610. SHELL/STRICKLAND ] AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27. IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE TIED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27 AND YOU CARE TO MAKE A BEE LINE TO THE PODIUM AND TELL US HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT, PLEASE KNOW I WILL HAPPILY GIVE YOU THAT SPACE AND TIME. IN THE MEANTIME I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PULL ONLY AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27. SEEING NO MOVEMENT, I WILL GO [1. Update from the County Judge and staff regarding the Local Disaster Declaration and COVID-19. Possible discussion and action may follow. BECERRA ] [00:20:06] NOW ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. PLEASE OPEN NUMBER ONE. >> NUMBER ONE UPDATES FROM THE COUNTY JUDGE AND STAFF REGARDING THE LOCAL DISASTER DECLARATION AND COVID-19. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND ACTION MAY FOLLOW. >> SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS FOLLOWING THE ROAD MAP THAT HAS BEEN FROM THE VERY ON SET OF THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC FOLLOWING THE FEDERAL, STATE AND REGIONAL EFFORTS ARTICULATED HERE AT A LOCAL LEVEL THROUGH MY OFFICE AND THIS COURT ULTIMATELY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT ROAD MAP. AND PART OF THE CONVERSATION, OF COURSE, IS THE OPENING OF SCHOOLS. FOR TWO WEEKS NOW WE HAVE BEEN DEAD INDICATED -- MY OFFICE, I HAVE, I'VE BEEN DEDICATING A LOT OF BANDWIDTH TO WORKING WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WITH SUPERINTEND DANTS REACHING OUTS TO THEM TO -- SUPERINTENDENTS REACHING OUT TO THEM TO FIND A WAY TO BE MOSTIVE. I'VE SAID THIS ALMOST VERBATIM. -- SUPPORTIVE. I'VE ASKED THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE FOUR. DRIPPING SPRINGS, WIMBERLEY, HAYS AND ALL CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. MY GOAL HAS BEEN NOTHING MORE THAN TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE COUNTY HAS A KEY ROLE TO PLAY, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOVERNED BY AN ELECTED BODY AND WHAT I'VE BEEN CONVEYING TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY IS HOW CAN I BEST HELP YOU? MY JOB TO NOT CREATE A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL. AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL OF THIS THE GOVERNOR SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT OUT A STATEWIDE ORDER BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME COUNTIES THAT HAD NO COVID CASES AND THERE WERE COUNTIES THAT HAD, OF COURSES MANY. AND SO HE FELT THAT IT WAS WISE TO PUT OUT A STATEWIDE ORDER. WITH THAT SAME PHILOSOPHY, I ALSO AM REACHING OUT TO THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ASKING THEM FOR THEIR DIRECTION, ASKING THEM HOW BEST I CAN HELP EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT USEFUL FOR THEIR GOALS, AND WITH THEIR COMMUNITY WANTS, AND SO AS LONG AS IT'S IN LINE W OUR GOALS, AS PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THEN WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT PTHIS CONVERSATION IS GOING ON. THESE THINGS ARE BEING DISCUSSED. AND KNOW -- NO ONE DECISION HAD A YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT OR HAVE SEEN OR WILL CONTINUE TO UNFOLD HAS BEEN MADE IN A VACUUM. SO THAT IS IMPORTANT. FOR EXAMPLE THIS MORNING I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF SNCISD. ED FOR EXAM THEY ARE STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON GENERAL THEME OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ISDS. BUT I WON'T SPEAK FOR THEM. I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT I'VE RECEIVED. THEIR PLAN IS TO START ON SEPTEMBER 8TH HERE AT SMCISD WITH REMOTE LEARNING, AND IN FOUR WEEKS THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REEVALUATE, DEPENDING ON HOW THE PANDEMIC IS AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY TO DO WHAT OTHER ISDS HAVE SUGGESTED, A HYBRID WHICH IS SOME IN-CLASS AND IN REMOTE, AND SO -- SOME REMOTE. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OFPWHD FIT FOR THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT MY POSITION THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT MUST GO BACK TO SCHOOL. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT A MASK AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT MUST WEAR A MASK. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO ISSEN TO THE PROFESSIONALS AND LISTEN TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT HELPED WEIGH IN ON THAT SPACE AND FIND THE PLACE THAT IS MOST USEFUL AND MOST PRODUCTIVE BECAUSE SAN MARCOS IS NOT WIMBERLEY. BUDDHA IS NOT DRIPPING SPRINGS. AND SO WE HAVE SUCH -- BUDA IS NOT DRIPPING SPRINGS. SO WE HAVE SUCH A COMPLEXITY AND DIVERSITY I CAN'T -- JUST KNOW THIS. I'M NOT FORCING ANYONE'S HAND IN ANY DIRECTION. I'M WORKING DELIBERATELY TO BE WORK AGO LONG WITH ALL THE ISDS GOING ON. WE ENDED OUR STATE TESTING. I'M VERY GRATEFUL ONCE AGAIN AND AT EVERY TURN I CONTINUE TO TRY TO SEND THIS MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE STATE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR HELPING US AND SUPPORTED BY THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SO VERY HELPFUL TO US HERE AT HAYS COUNTY WITH OUR TESTING. AT THE VERY BEGINNING PEOPLE WERE SAYING WE DON'T NEED TESTS, AND NO ONE HAS TAKEN THE TESTS AND THE PLACES ARE EMPTY AND AS THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING AROUND THE COMMUNITY GEOGRAPHICALLY AND WITH NUMBERS, WE HAVE SEEN OTHERWISE. [00:25:06] AND SO WE, AS A COUNTY THROUGH OUR ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY PIECES AND COMPONENTS WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR VERY BEST TO PICK UP WHERE THE STATE HAS TEMPORARILY STOPPED, AND I'LL REPEAT AGAIN AS I'VE SAID IN THE PAST. THE TESTING CAPACITY IS STILL COUNTY WIDE. IT IS STILL THROUGH NUMEROUS CHANNELS. I DON'T HAVE THE NEXT CALENDAR DATE OR DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO HELP WITH US ANOTHER TEST SITE AND LOCATION. NEVERTHELESS, WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO CONTINUE THE ACCESS THAT YOU HAVE COME TO EXPECT AND WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU SHORTLY ON THE TESTING PIECE. ED WE WILL BE GIVING YOU MORE DETAILS RIGHT NOW AS MR. VILLALOBOS WILL STATE HIS NAME FOR THE RECORD AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT PART. >> GOOD MORNING. THIS IS ALEX VILLALOBOS COUNTY CHIEF OF STAFF AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. GOOD MORNING TO ALL. THE UPDATE WITH REGARDS TO AGREEMENTS WITH OVERALL TESTING, WE HAVE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH PREMIER ER TO DO SIX DAYS A WEEK OF TESTING. WE HAVE A PRETTY FIRM LEASE THAT WE NEED TO PRESENT TO ALL OF YOU TO FORMALIZE. THERE ARE SOME SPECIFICS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE COURT. THAT IS A PROPERTY OFF OF 123 IN THE AREAS WHERE WE RECEIVE MOST OF OUR RESPONSES FOR TESTING. SO IT WLL BE BALANCINGED WITHIN THAT AREA. THE REASONING FOR IT IS WE'RE LOSING OUR SITE FOR THE WEEK BUILDING OF TESTING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WE NEED TO HAVE A SITE. THAT PREMIER ER HAS AGREED TO FORMALLY DO THE TESTING OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR SITE SIX DAYS A WEEK. THERE ARE SOME, AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME STRUCTURAL THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE HAD A QUOTE FOR THAT. THAT IS A BACK FLOW PREVENTER TO BRING THE BUILDING UP TO JUST BACK UP TO CODE AND COMPLIANCE. AND WE HAVE A QUOTE FOR THAT. I KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR FINAL FINALIZATION FOR THAT LEAST AGREEMENT. COMMUNITY CARE. WE HAVE A AGREEMENT OF COMMUNITY CARE TO DO TESTING OF THE KYLE LOCATION ON SUNDAYS. THE WIMBERLEY LOCATION ON WEDNESDAYS. BOTH OF THOSE DATES ARE CLOSED AT THOSE LOCATIONS TO TAKE ON THE TESTING AT LOCATIONS. THERE WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AND COLLABORATING FOR CARE BETWEEN ADDITIONAL SITE AND WORKING TO IDENTIFY A SITE. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE AT A SPECIFIC TIME. WE ALSO HAVE. COME VERY CLOSE CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT OF TESTING AT UNIVERSITY. THERE ARE SOME NUANCES THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY. THERE ARE SOME COMPLIANCE AND LAWS WE HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH, BUT NOT UTILIZING RESOURCES FROM BOTH SIDES. WE CAN DO A PARALLEL TESTING SITE THERE. SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS ARE FUNDING AND WHETHER WE'LL BE USING TEMPORARY STAFF THEY CAN IDENTIFY AND BRING ONBOARD OR IF WE'RE BRING OUR OWN STAFF ONBOARD. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF THE DETAILS WE NEED TO FINALIZE. OUR LAST E-MAIL WITH THE DOCTOR REALLY SPELLED THAT OUT. THEY HAVE BEEN TESTING OUT OF THEIR CLINIC SINCE DAY ONE. WHAT THIS WILL DO IS -- A LARGE MAJORITY ON THE CAMPUS ARE INSURED SO WE'LL TRY TO UTILIZE THIS TESTING SEPARATE FOR PEOPLE WHEN DON'T HAVE THOSE TYPES OF RESOURCES ON CAMPUS. THERE ARE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS, STAFFING THAT ARE IN PLACE. WE ALSO RECENTLY RECEIVED A QUOTE FOR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT TO UTILIZE THAT TO COLLECT DATA AND SEND DATA OFF TO PUBLIC HEALTH. IN GENERAL, THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CLOSE TO SOLIDIFY. JUST AGAIN, SOME SMALLER ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH. THE AGREEMENT WITH CPL LABS WILL HELP US PROCESS THEVE AN ON SIT. OUR WEBSITE THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE TO PROVIDE FOR EACH PERSON THAT COMES IN FOR TESTING SO THEY CAN CHECK THEIR FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR RESULTS OF THE TESTS. OTHER INFORMATION ONCE THEY HAVE RESULTS FOR THE TEST. THROUGH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR OWN INFORMATION AS THAT PROCESS GOES THROUGH. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH THEM. WE ARE HAVING TO BALANCE THE NUMBER OF TESTS WE'RE PROVIDING ON A CONSISTENT BASIS SO WE DON'T OVERLOAD CPL SO IT DOESN'T [00:30:03] STAY DOWN, SO IT'S GETTING THE APPROPRIATE TURNAROUND TIME FOR THOSE TESTS. THOSE ARE ALSO DISCUSSIONS WE'RE LIMITING NUMBERS PUTTING OUT. WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST BITS LOOKING LIKE THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES MORE ALONG THE LINES OF MID, EARLY TO MID AUGUST BEFORE WE START FULLY DEPLOYING ALL THESE DIFFERENT SITES. WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION NOW WE CAN START WORKING WITH OUR MEDIA PERSONNEL, KIM AND START PUTTING OUT THE INFORMATION, THED BY THE COMMISSIONERS SUPPORT IN THE LAST MEETING. WE CAN START MAKING THIS PUBLIC FOR SOME OF THE SITES. >> MS. CRUMLEY, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD FOR THE CONVERSATION OR DO WE OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS FOR MR. VILLALOBOS? OK. QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, FOR MR. VILLALOBOS AT THIS TIME. >> DO WE HAVE -- EXCUSE ME, ALL THE NUMBERS FROM THE TESTING THAT WE DID AT SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL? >> DO WE HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS? >> YEAH, PEOPLE THAT WENT TO GET TESTED. >> I KNOW JUST OVER 3,000. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT WE HAD, BUT THERE WERE OVER 3,000 PEOPLE TESTED ON THAT ONE SITE. >> IT WAS PHENOMENALLY SUPPORTED. EVERY TIME THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HELPED US WITH A SITE, IT WAS AT LEAST 400 A DAY TESTED, AT LEAST. >> 3,332 TESTS. >> SEE, IT'S BEENED USLY SUPPORTED. WHAT I'VE SAID IN THE PAST -- IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUSLY SUPPORTED. WHAT I'VE SAID IN THE PAST IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT STATE ARM TO EMULATE THOSE NUMBERS. MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED, WHICH IS GOING TO REQUIRE A LITTLE MORE WORK. IT'S UNFORTUNATE BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE CALLING AHEAD. NOT NECESSARILY SCREENING FOR SYMPTOMS BUT TO SECURE A TEST SLOT. GOT SIDE THAT IS THAT WE WILL HAVE EARMARKED A SET NUMBER OF TESTS PER DAY, SIX DAYS A WEEK AND YOU WILL HAVE CALLED IN TO RESERVE A SLOT, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. A 15-MINUTE SLOT. YOU WILL WALK IN AT THAT TIME. THERE WON'T BE A LINE WRAPPED AROUND ANYTHING. AND YOU'LL DO YOUR TESTING AND YOU'LL FADE OUT. THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF THIS COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT MR. VILLALOBOS HAS SPOKEEN ABOUT IS THAT THE FOLKS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN FROM WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN OUR TESTING. PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO LOG ON AND DIRECTLY SEE TEST RESULTS -- POSITIVE, NEGATIVE. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PRINT THEM, DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THEM. WE FIND THAT TO BE AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT AND DIMINISHED BURDEN ON THE FOLKS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO GET TESTED. THE QUICKEST TURNAROUND TIME WILL BE ONE OF THE LIMITING FACTORS TO THE NUMBER OF TESTS BEING PUT OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO TEST A THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY IF WE CAN'T PRODUCE RESULTS IN A TIMELY MANNER. THAT IS PART OF THE LIMITING AGENT AS WELL MUCH. IT'S BEEN CONSCIENTIOUSLY DETAILED OUT ARTICULATED THROUGH TAMMY, THROUGH MIKE, THROUGH ALEX, THROUGH THE LION'S SHARE OF OUR LAB WORK AND ALL THE PARTNERS WE'RE DEALING WITH. IT'S BEEN VERY CAREFULLY WEIGHED OUT AS TO THE HIGHEST UNITE NILT OVERALL PROCESS. >> FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, WE WILL ACCEPT THE WALK-UPS IF THEY DO NOT --. >> IT'S A CALL-IN. BUT I'M SURE THEY HAVE PLANS FOR A WALK-UP WINDOW. BUT THE HOPE WILL BE FOR FOLKS TO CALL AHEAD JUST TO RESERVE A SLOT, AND IT'S PURELY TO RESERVE. NOT TO WEED OUT TESTING INDIVIDUALS. IF YOU FEEL YOU NEED A TEST, WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET IN THE WAY OF IT. WE JUST WANT TO RESERVE A SPOT FOR YOU SO YOU CAN GET THE TIME, ATTENTION AND DEDICATION YOU DESERVE. >> PART OF ALSO IN DISCUSSION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A STAFF RECEIVING THOSE CALLS PROSHTION SESING THOSE CALLS AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE RESERVATIONS COME IN -- PROCESSING. HOW WE'RE FORMULATED WITH OUR OWN PEOPLE. THAT IS ALSO ONE THE STRUCTURES AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE. >> WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OF THE STATE, SO WE WANT TO BE VERY NIMBLE WITH OUR SETUP, AND IT WILL DO US NO GOOD IF WE HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE THERE AND 300 PEOPLE SHOW UP. OR IF WE HAVE A DOZEN PEOPLE THERE AND NO ONE SHOWS UP. BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE GOOD FISCAL STEWARDS, WE WANT TO MANAGE IT MOST EFFICIENTLY. >> COMMISSIONER? YOU'RE GOOD. COMMISSIONER SHELL? >> YES, JUDGE. YOU MENTIONED THE 123 LOCATION. IS THAT GOING TO OPERATED BY PREMIER? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THERE COULD BE A COLLABORATION WITH SOME OF OUR LIVE OAK PEOPLE BUT I THINK THEY ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF -- WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FORGETTING [00:35:04] THAT GOING? >> WITHIN MID-AUGUST NO, LATER THAN MID-AUGUST. >> THE SITE HAS BEEN SELECTED AND THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PHYSICAL DETAILS AND REQUIREMENTS, AND I KNOW THAT THIS TEAM IS MAKING A BEE LINE TO STAND UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THANKS FOR ASKING. COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I GUESS THE FIRST IS I TALKED TO MIKE YESTERDAY. THE PREMIER ER, OR PARDON ME, THE FIVE STAR ER IN DRIPPING SPRINGS IS STILL CLOSED. THAT MEDICAL FACILITY RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF 290 THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A GOOD LOCATION TO CHECK BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP. LITERALLY IT'S A TURN KEY FACILITY THAT'S EMPTY AND MAY BE A POSSIBILITY FOR TESTING LOCATION. AT LOWEST ONE DAY A WEEK BECAUSE WE KNOW NO ONE IS GOING TO BE OPERATING OUT OF THERE AT LEAST FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR YOU OR FOR ALEX BUT AS YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE ISDS I DID SOME OUTREACH TO THEM EARLY LAST WEEK, AND I KNOW YOU TRIED TO COORDINATE A MEETING WITH THEM LATE LAST WHICH I COMMEND YOU FOR. WE HAVE TOTAL IN OUR COUNTY ABOUT 38,000 -- 36,000 OR 37,000 STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY. IF YOU COMBINE ALL FOUR ISDS. IF WE HAD ONE SET OF RULES AND ONE SET OF GUIDELINES OVERALL FAR-REACHING GUIDELINES THAT THEY CAN ALL AGREE TO I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ALSO HAVE A UNIVERSITY SITTING HERE THAT HAS OVER 2,000 MORE STUDENTS THAN THEY HAVE. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME ASSEMBLANCE OF COORDINATION WITH THEM IN A SIMILAR FASHION I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE SPINNING OUR WHEELS. I WOULD JUST ASK IN THE END WHATEVER COORDINATION IS BEING DONE WITH THE ISCS AND WHATEVER RESTRICTIONS OR GUIDELINES Y'ALL TRY TO -- Y'ALL TRY TO COORDINATE WITH THEM, MIRRORING THAT WITH THE UNIVERSITY WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. BECAUSE AT THED OF THE DAY WE ALSO HAVE TO -- WE ALSO HAVE PARENTS OUT THERE -- AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ALSO HAVE PARENTS OUT THERE WHO SAY I KNOW WHERE MY KID IS GOING AT END OF THE DAY. IF WE DO GO BACK TO SCHOOL I NO WHERE HE THAT KID IS AFTER SCHOOL. I KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE INTERACTION. I KNOW AT ISD LEVEL HOW THEY HAVE MINIMIZED THE NUMBER IN A CLASSROOM, HOW THEY HAVE DONE SOCIAL DISTANCING IN A CLASSROOM HOW THEY HAVE GONE OR SHIFTED TO WHATEVER MULTIPLE DAYS A WEEK IN SCHOOL OUT OF SCHOOL WHATEVER THE DIFFERENT PLANS ARE THAT THEY HAVE SETTLED ON. TO HAVE THAT SAME ASSEMBLANCE AND TYPE OF PLANNING AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> YES, SIR. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM CONTINUOUSLY. ALEX, I KNOW FOR A FACT BECAUSE I WALKED IN ON THE CALL, WAS ON A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY. WE WERE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY, ABSOLUTELY. >> WERE THEY WRONG OR COORDINATING WITH WHATEVER EFFORT YOU WERE DOING WITH THE ID? >> NOT -- ALL WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS DISCUSSING WHAT THEIR PLAN IS AND DR. CARRANCO ALLUDED TO ME THEY ARE STILL WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF THE FALL COMING IN. THEY HAVE A GENERAL PLAN HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME ROOM FOR CHANGE. >> OK. >> IT'S DYNAMIC. IT'S FLUID, AS YOU KNOW. BUT YES, SIR, WE'RE REACHING OUT WITH EVERYONE, YES, SIR. >> JUDGE JUST ONE MORE THING. ARE WE WAITING TO RELEASE THE LOWCOUNTRY ON HIGHWAY 123? OR CAN WE DO THAT NOW? >> WE HAVEN'T FORMALLY SIGNED THE LEASE. >> ONCE THE LEASE IS SIGNED BUT IT'S CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY IF THAT WILL HELP YOU GENERALIZE. IT'S 23 ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35 BUT CLOSE TO 35. >> ACROSS OR BOTTOM? >> VICINITY. THE ADDRESS IS -- JUST KIDDING. >> I GOT ADDRESS. [LAUGHING] >> NO, WE'RE NOT READY TO SHARE IT. >> NO IDENTIFYING MARKERS. SO THAT'S THE GIST OF IT, BUT IT'S READY TO BE WRAPPED UP. >> OK, THANK YOU. >> GREAT QUESTION. ANYTHING ELSE MR. VILLALOBOS? >> NO, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. MR. KENNEDY, I WANTED TO ASK -- I WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FIRE MARSHAL. DO WE NEED TO OPEN NUMBER 29 TO GO TO THAT PIECE TO KEEP IT SNUFG WE. DO OK. -- KEEP IT MOVING? WE DO. OK. YEAH. YEAH. >> IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIER IF WE GO BACK. [INAUDIBLE] >> I'M OKAY. IT'S AN OPEN COURT DISCUSSION GUYS ARE. [00:40:02] SO PERFECT. CAN SOMEONE REACH OUT TO SHERRY WHILE WE OPEN NUMBER 29? OK. YES. PLEASE OPEN ITEM NUMBER 29. [29. 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 Emergency Services. Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open Court including but not limited to appointment and employment of the Hays County Fire Marshal (contingent upon an acceptable background check and acceptance of an offer of employment) and/or the hiring of the Director of the Office of Emergency Services (contingent upon an acceptable background check and acceptance of an offer of employment). SHELL ] >> 29, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 552.071 AND 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ALL INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS IN THE HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION IN OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW AN OPEN COURT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO APPOINTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE HAYS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL, CONTINGENT UPON AN ACCEPTABLE BACKGROUND CHECK IN ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT, AND/OR THE HIRING OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTINGENT UPON AN ACCEPTABLE BACKGROUND CHECK AND ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT. >>S MOVED. A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE IT THIS WAY BEFORE, MR. KENNEDY. SHOULD WE WAIT FOR MISS MILLER TO START THE CONVERSATION, OR SHOULD WE HAVE IT? I COULD SUMMARIZE FOR THE -- THERE SHE IS. AS SHE'S GOING TO WALK, IN I WILL SUMMARIZE WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO NAME A NEW FIRE MARSHAL AND DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE DOING AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE HAD GREAT CANDIDATE POOL APPLY AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND WE HAVE SETTLED ON WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE AN AGREEABLE CONCLUSION. JUST TO CLARIFY, THE POSITION OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES CAN BE CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE HEARING TITLES EVERY DAY. SO OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR IS THE DIRECTOR OF A DEPARTMENT WITHIN HAYS COUNTY'S ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. AND THEN YOU HAVE -- SO THAT PERSON'S TITLE IS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH MINE, WHICH IS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO EMERGENCY SERVICES IS TIED TO THE DEPARTMENT LIKE COUNTY WIDE OPERATIONS THAT IS A DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY, BUT THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT IS MY SPOT. AND WE WORK COMPLETELY CLOSE TOGETHER, NONSTOP LIKE WHITE ON RICE IS THE PHRASE YOU CAN USE. BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HOLD THOSE POSITIONS AND IT CAN BE CONFUSING, AND TO ADD A LITTLE MORE COMPLEXITY TO IT WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, IS THE APPOINTEE OF THE COUNTY JUDGE WHO IS, ALSO -- STAY WITH ME -- THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. SO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR HAS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, BUT IS NOT THE SAME PERSON AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR. I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES, BECAUSE IT IS CONFUSING AND IF YOU WANT TO REWIND THE TAPE A FEW TIMES, YOU'LL GET IT. BUT THERE'S THREE POSITIONS, THREE TITLES AND THREE BEATING HEARTS. JUST KNOW THAT. MISS MILLER, WE DECIDED NOT TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'D LIKE YOUR UPDATE ON THIS ITEM SO THAT WE CAN KEEP MOVING IS IT THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COURT. AS THE JUDGE EXPLAINED, THERE IS APPOINTMENTS FOR BOTH OF THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR POSITION, AND I HAVE DIRECTED MOTIONS FOR YOU, IFFY CAN APPROACH. >> YES, PLEASE. -- IF I CAN APIF YOU GIVE THEM TO COMMISSIONER SHELL, THAT WOULD BE FINE. -- CAN APPROACH. IF YOU GIVE THEM TO COMMISSIONER SHELL, THAT WOULD BE FINE. >> JUDGE, AS DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, DO YOU WANT TO DO IT? >> I COULD WHY. NOT? THAT'S FINE. I'M USUALLY AS CHAIR OF THE COURT ALSO IF YOU'LL NOTICE EVEN IF SOMETHING MY AGENDA ITEM IT'S CUSTOMARY THAT THE COMMISSIONERS MAKE THE MOTION AND THEN I MAKE -- I ASK FOR THE SECOND AND WE HAVE CONVERSATION, AND IT'S JUST A CONTINUITY OF THE MEETING, SO AS THE CHAIR I DON'T USUALLY MAKE MOTIONS, BUT I WILL. NO PROBLEM. SO THE FIRST MOTION WILL BE AND I WON'T ADD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF EXPLANATION. OH, YES I WILL. FIRE MARSHAL REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR, SO THERE'S ONE MORE PIECE FOR YOU. I'LL START WITH THE DIRECTOR OF POSITION. I MOVE THAT WE PROMOTE MIKE JONES TO THE POSITION EMERGENCYER IS ADVISE DIRECTOR, NUMBERED 0982-001 AT THE 25TH PERCENTILE OF GRADE 119 EFFECTIVE JULY 16TH, 2020. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE. I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT MR. JONES HAS APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION. [00:45:07] HE WAS FORMALLY FOR A LONG TIME OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR. YES, THAT'S ANOTHER IMAGINATION POSITION OF EMERGENCY CAPACITIES. HE'S DONE IT SO WELL AND SERVED THE COMMUNITY A WONDERFUL WAY. WE HAVE SERVED ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TOGETHER. I PERSONALLY KNOW HIM AS A COMMUNITY LEADER. DURING THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PANDEMIC MIKE JONES SAID THINGS TO ME LIKE PUT ME TO WORK BOSS. WHAT CAN I DO? THAT CAN-DO, I'M HERE TO SERVE ATTITUDE IS IN THE PART WHAT I AM PRIVILEGED WITH MAKING THIS MOTION AND WELCOMING MIKE JONES TO THIS ELEVATED POSITION FROM HIS PREVIOUS POSITION. I THINK THAT WE ARE LUCKY AS A COMMUNITY TO HAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL ACCEPT THE OFFER, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GREATLY SERVED WITH HIS -- HIS LEADERSHIP AT THE HELM. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. NOW I HAVE ONE MORE MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT NATHAN MEND ELHALL TO THE POSITION OF FIRE MARSHAL NUMBER 09800-11 AT THE 50TH PERCENTILE OF GRADE 115 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 10TH, 2020. PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 352011 THIS APPOINTMENT IS FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TWO YEARS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS. YES. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF APPLICANTS FOR THIS POSITION, AND I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE SUCH A HIGHLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TO JOIN OUR RANKS. HE'S ACCEPTED OUR OFFER, AND WE ARE IN -- FUNNY MY FUTURE AGENDAITE SEM DIRECTLY DISCUSSING THE BURN BAN. SO WE ARE IN A VERY BIG NEED FOR THIS POSITION AND THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ANAEMIC AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE MOVED TO FILL THESE POSITIONS, AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE COURT FOR TAKING THIS DIRECTION. >> WE DIDN'T GIVE MIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING IS. >> BEFORE THAT, LET'S DO THIS THE LET ME CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU, SIR. >> DID YOUR MOTION HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE ON IT? >> IT DID. IT HAD AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 10TH. >> JUST MAKING SURE. >> THANK YOU SIR. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH INTO YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. WHAT WE'LL DO IS MR. JONES, DIRECTOR JONES, IF YOU WILL APPROACH THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COMMUNITY. WHEN THIS IS OVER I WILL ASK THE FIRE MARSHAL TO APPROACH SO I CAN SWEAR HIM? >> GOOD MORNING, COURT. COMMISSIONER, JUDGE. FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE. IT'S HUMBLING AND IT'S AN HONOR TO COME UP HERE AND SERVE IN THE CAPACITY YOU PICKED. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE HAYS COUNTY, SERVING YOU AND DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION THIS COURT WANTS TO GO IN CONCERNS AND AS WELL AS LOOKING FORWARD IT WHAT A NEW FIRE MARSHAL WILL BRING TO THE COUNTY AND WHEN IT COMES TO HAYS LEADING THE WAY IN SO MANY WAYS. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, AND HOPE YOU WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL MONTH BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT FANTASTIC YEAR. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR, AND WELCOME. NOW DOES SOMEONE ARE THE FIRE MARSHAL MR. KENNEDY? DO YOU KNOW? >> I APOLOGIZE, JUDGE. >> THE FIRE MARSHAL? >> I DON'T. I DON'T. IS HE HERE? >> YEAH. >> YES, HE'S HERE. >> SO WE WANT TO DO THAT ON THE 10TH OR LEADING UP TO THE 10TH? >> I THINK HE'S READY. [LAUGHING] >> LET'S TAKE A RECESS FOR A MINUTE. >> WELL IF WE CAN JUST -- WOULD IT TAKE YOU HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE YOU TO PULL IT UP. MY HOPE IS LESS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE. >> I NEED TO PULL UP A PRINT SO A FEW MINUTES. >> OK. EXACTLY RIGHTS. WHAT I WILL DO NOW IS MOVE ON TO AS WE PULL UP THE ACTUAL OATH FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S SWEARING IN I'M GOING TO GO TO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS IT KEEP THINGS MOVING AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT READY WE'LL SWEAR IN THE FIRE MARSHAL. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER -- ACTUALLY, I WAS ASKED TO DO THIS ONE ALSO, GET IT OVER WITH. [31. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA ] 31. >> NUMBER 1 DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS AND COSTS. >> SO EACH WEEK I'VE BEEN [00:50:05] GETTING A REPORT ON OUR JAIL POPULATION, AND THIS WEEK'S JAIL CAPACITY, OUR CURRENT MAXIMUM JAIL CAPACITY IS 362 INMATES. JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMENDEDDS HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF CAPACITY OPEN. THAT LOWERS OUR ACTUAL CAPACITY TO 1. THE JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE WAS 435 AND PEAK WAS 438 ON JULY 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH. I THINK THAT WAS A TYPE OWE. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES WAS $62,637. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS 173 AND FEMALES ARE 7. THIS WEEK'S INMATES WERE HOUSED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BLANCO, BURNETT, CALDWELL, FORT BEND, WAUD LUPE -- GUADELUPE AND WALKER. ARREST BY AGENCY IS SOMETHING I'VE ADD AND GOT TO REPORT. I GOT TO REPORT BUDDHA -- BUDA POLICE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 26. SAN MARCOS POLICE DEPARTMENT 21. AND, OF COURSE, RECENTLY WE'VE ADD ANOTHER A THIRD ITEM, THE INMATE COVID HEAD COUNT UNFORTUNATELY. AS OF 3:00 P.M. ON 719-2020 THERE ARE 65 POSITIVE INMATES WITH -- 65 INMATES POSITIVE WITH COVID-19 IN OUR HAYS COUNTY JAIL. [6. Authorize the replacement of one (1) failed 3-Ton HVAC system located at the Hays County Transportation building and amend the budget accordingly. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING ] NOW WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6. NUMBER SIX AUTHORIZE THE REPLACEMENT OF ONE FAILED THREE-TON HVAC SYSTEM LOCATED AT THE HAYS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION BUILDING AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >> SO MOVED. >> SNEETION SECOND. >> WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MR. DAN LYON. >> THANK YOU BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS. ALL RIGHT. LET ME READ THIS REAL QUICK. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE PUTTING IN A THREE-TON HVAC SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. ACCORDING TO MY INFORMATION AND IT MIGHT NOT BE CORRECT BUT I BELIEVE IT'S CORRECT. I GET VERY LITTLE COMPUTER TIME THESE DAYS. IT'S THE EXACT SAME UNIT THAT WE PUT IN LAST WEEK IN ONE OF THE PRECINCT HEADQUARTERS. LET ME SEE. I'VE GOT NUMBERS HERE. IT'S THE TOTAL FOR THIS AIR CONDITION INSTALLATION WILL BE $5103.75. LAST WEEK'S AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WAS $5931.25. AND I'VE NOTICED ONE OF THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE WERE CHARGED FOR 16 HOURS LAST WEEK AT $95 AN HOUR FOR TECHS. AND FOR HELPERS WE WERE ALSO CHARGED 167 HOURS FOR -- 16 HOURS FOR $65 AN HOUR. THAT IS THE SAME WE'RE GOING TO BE CHARGED THIS TIME, TOO. YOU VERY WELL KNOW JUDGE BECERRA MANY PEOPLE IN HAYS COUNTY DON'T MAKE $95 A DAY. MUCH LESS AN HOUR, AND SOME DON'T EVEN MAKE $65. YOU KNOW, A DAY. I'M NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH TO CHARGE FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK. THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS WE NEED TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY WORKED ALL 16 HOURS AND WEEK THAT THEY WORK ALL 12 HOURS. I HAVE MY DOUBTS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BASE THAT ON. I'M NOT SAYING ANYBODY IS DISHONEST HERE, BUT WE NEED TO WATCH. THAT ANYWAY -- ANYWAY, THEY ARE CHARGING US FOUR HOURS LESS THIS WEEK, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. WE'RE SBAFG $800 OVER LAST WEEK'S INSTALLATION. -- WE'RE SAVING ABOUT $800 OVER LAST WEEK'S INSTALLATION. I LOOKED AT THE BID CLARIFICATIONS. IT SAID NO ELECTRICAL WORK OF ANY KIND. THERE'S A LIST OF ABOUT TEN THINGS THEY DON'T DO AND ABOUT TEN THINGS THEY DO. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN INSTALLER OF ACS, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE WHY IT TAKES THEM SO MUCH TIME TO DO THIS. ALSO NOTICE THAT THEY THE DOWN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE OLD [00:55:07] UNIT EXCEPT THEY WOULD HAUL IT AWAY. THOSE THINGS ARE VALUABLE AND I FOUND HAD A OUT BY HAVING A COUPLE OF THEM STOLEN FROM MY HOUSE JUST RECENTLY. SO I KNOW THEY ARE VALUABLE. AND THAT MONEY SHOULD GO TO THE COUNTY. I THINK WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LAX ON THAT LETTING THESE CONTRACTORS DO WHAT THEY WANT. THEY ARE MARKING THE NEW AIR CONDITIONS UP 25% AND THAT IS EQUATED TO ABOUT $1200 FOR TWO UNITS. YOU ALSO YOURSELF SAID JUDGE BECERRA A WHILE BACK WHEN TALK BECOME AC THAT WAS BEING INSTALLED IN RANCH HEADQUARTERS $9,000. I THOUGHT THAT WAS AWFULLY HIGH. YOU THOUGHT WAS AWFULLY HIGH AND WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SNUCH THANK YOU, MR. LYON. GENUINELY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. MISS CRUMLEY, PHYSICAL PLEASE GET THAT MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOURSELF BECAUSE THAT MICROPHONE IS HISTORICALLY LOW. AND WILL YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE INSTALLS? >> THE ONLY EXPLANATION I CAN GIVE IS THAT THE UNIT OUT AT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE AS LONG AS THE UNIT AT PRECINCT FIVE BUILDING. THE WORK OUT AT THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING IS NOT AS TEDIOUS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS HARD TO GET TO AS THE UNIT OUT AT THE PRECINCT FIVE BUILDING. IT'S GOING TO TAKE OUT AT THE PRECINCT FIVE BUILDING OVER A TWO-DAY PERIOD. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS A LONGER 16 HOURS FOR THEM. TWO-DAY PROJECT. >> OK. COMMISSIONERS? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME JUDGE. WELL I GUESS I DO. SO TAMMY IS, THAT SOMETHING THAT WE -- I GUESS IT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, SO I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON IT. THE LABOR COSTS ARE CHARGED. DO WE -- IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO JUST PAY OUT OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE JUST MONITOR TO ENSURE THEY ARE WORKING THE ENTIRE HOURS THAT THEY ARE CHARGING US. >> OUR STAFF DOES GO OUT THERE AND INSPECT AND WORK WITH THEM OR MONITOR THEM, YES. >> SO IF IT TAKES THEM A LITTLE LESS TIME TO DO IT THAT WOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM THEIR QUOTE. >> YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. OTHER COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? >> YEAH. I KNOW THAT WE JUST DID HVAC OUT AT PRECINCT FOUR AND THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE. I CAN TELL YOU THE FOLKS WHO ARE ACTUALLY BACK IN THE OFFICE THIS WEEK WITH FLOORS ARE APPRECIATIVE AS WELL. AND NEW DRY WALL. I WOULD COMMENT AND MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY THIS, BUT WHEN ARE THE BIDS DO AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS 134 RIGHT NOW IF YOU REMEMBER, COURT, WE ACTUALLY ASKED TO RECOMPETE THE CONTRACT WE HAVE FOR HVAC SO WE CAN DO SMALLER PROJECTS. I GUESS MORE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL -- ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENTS ANY THAT PROJECT, THAT PROCESS NUMBER ONE. BUT TWO, MORE CLOSELY MONITOR AND BE ABLE TO SEE TO GET BIDS FOR SMALL PROJECTS VERSUS LARGE PROJECTS. WHEN IS THAT? I KNOW YOUR PERIODS ARE OPEN. >> THEY ARE RECEIVED LAST WEEK FOR -- WOULD YOU LIKE THE COMPANIES' NAMES IS FROM CARRIER COMMERCIAL SERVICES TD INDUSTRIES, JME, AND PREMIER COMFORT SERVICE COMPANY. SI MECHANICAL DID NOT BID. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> SO I BELIEVE -- I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WAS ALREADY SENT OUT, ALL THE PROPOSALS TO WILL THE EVALUATING COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU, MARISOL. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I HAVE A FOLLOWUP QUESTION. THE EVALUATING COMMITTEE, WHO IS ON IT? IT HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED. OK. >> I KNOW THAT I THINK CHRIS -- [INAUDIBLE] >> I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH REACHING FOR EFFICIENCIES AT EVERY TURN, SUPPORT LOCAL AT EVERY, DO EVERYTHING WE CAN IN THOSE LANES AND I APPRECIATE THAT A LOT. YOU COULD E-MAIL ME LATER AS IT EVOLVES. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> WE LOOK FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK WITH BUILDING MAINTENANCE FOR CHRIS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. [01:00:02] WHO WORK ON BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. >> OK WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. [26. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Constable Pct. 4 Office to utilize salary savings to purchase essential equipment for Motor Officers and Fleet Maintenance and amend the budget accordingly. SMITH/HOOD ] PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26. >> 26, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 4 OFFICE TO UTILIZE SALARY SAVINGS TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR MOTOR OFFICERS AND FLEET MAINTENANCE AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CONSTABLE IS HERE. WOULD YOU PROCH THE PODIUM AND EXPAND ON YOUR AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE. >> -- APPROACH. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. PRECINCT 4. I'M REQUESTING THAT THE COURT CONSIDER MOVING FUNDS OUT OF MY SALARY SAVINGS. CURRENTLY MY OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS FROM MY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE IS AT ZERO. WE HAVE SEVERAL MONTHS TO GO WITHIN THIS YEAR, AND I WOULD -- I DO ANTICIPATE HAVING OIL CHANGES, MAYBE REPLACE TIRES, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS AVAIL SOBLE I DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO COMMISSIONERS COURT TO QUARTER MOVEMENT OF THE FUNDS -- AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, I ALSO HAVE THE ISSUE WITH OUR COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT FOR OUR MOTOR OFFICERS. THE COURT APPROVED, WE PURCHASED THE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. AND ONCE WE RECEIVED IT, WE RECEIVED THE FROM THE COMPANY THAT WE PURCHASED IT FROM THAT THE -- THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OUR CURRENT RADIO SYSTEM. IT ACTUALLY CONFLICTED WITH IT. INTERESTING, IT SEEMED TO WORK INITIALLY AND THEN AS TIME, WE TRIED IT AND AS TIME MOVED ON, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO WORK. SO THE COMPANY WAS GRACIOUS. I SAID RETURN IT. WE'LL KEEP YOU A COMPLETE REFUND AND ADDS A RESULT, WE REACHED OUT TO THE SECOND VENDOR -- AS A RESULT WE REACHED OUT TO THE SECOND VENDOR WHO INDICATED THAT THEIR PRODUCT WILL WORK WITH OUR RADIO SYSTEM, AND THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL COST AS INDICATED HERE IN MY REPORT. $456 I BELIEVE IN ADDITION. SO I'M REQUESTING THAT THAT FUND IS ALSO BE MOVED OVER FROM SALARY SAVINGS, SO WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. >> CONSTABLE, IN THE SALARY SAVINGS COLUMN, HOW MUCH IS THAT YOU ARE MOVE? >> $4,000 SPOO $4,000 TOTAL. >> JUDGE OF THAT SALARY SAVINGS IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD THE ADD MOTOR OFFICER FOR PRECINCT FOUR THIS YEAR. BECAUSE OF COVID AND SOME OTHER THINGS, WE WERE UNABLE TO HIRE THAT POSITION FOR I GUESS ALMOST TWO MONTHS AFTER WHAT WE WERE SCHEDULED TO. IF YOU REMEMBER WE DID A SPLIT YEAR FOR THAT POSITION IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THE MOTORCYCLE UNIT FOR HIM. WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO HIRE HIM AND BROUGHT HIM ONBOARD NOW SO ALL THESE SMALL THINGS WE'RE FINDING WITHOUT HIM AND THE OTHER MOTOR UNIT THAT WE REPLACED ARE BECOME A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET IT ALL SETTLED HOPEFULLY HAD IS IT. >> LISTEN, I LOVE MOTORS. I SUPPORTED IT 100% AND I'M THE GUY THAT ENCOURAGED EACH PRECINCTS A NEW DEPUTY TO SUPPORT THE FRONT LINE. BUT I DO HOPE THAT YOU'LL SHARE WITH THE OTHER CONSTABLES ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE LEARNED, SO THAT WE C0 CONTINUE TO BE AS USEFUL TO YOU AS POSSIBLE. QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSTABLE. COMMISSIONER HE WILL? NO. THANK YOU, CONTABLE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SHARE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. MR. KENNEDY, I THINK YOU'RE READY. NOT THAT YOU WEREN'T READY. I DON'T WANT TO PHRASE IT THAT WAY. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. AND SO WHAT I WILL DO IS THAT I WILL ASK MR. MENDENHALL TO PLEASE APPROACH AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. A LITTLE FURTHER. SO OF COURSE, I'VE NEVER SWORN ANYONE IN WITH COVID. SO THERE YOU ARE. 6 FEET AWAY IS PERFECT. THANK YOU, SIR. THERE'S THAT TIE I LOVED. WELL DONE. SO IF YOU WILL PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I NATHAN MENDENHALL. >> I, NATHAN MENDENHALL. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. [01:05:01] >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. >> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. >> THE DUTIES OF -- >> THE DUTIES OF -- >> THE HAYS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL. >> THE HAYS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. >> STATE OF TEXAS. >> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. >> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. >> PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. >> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS. >> CONSTITUTION AND LAWS SNOOFT UNITED STATES. >> OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AND OF THIS STATE. >> AND STATE. >> AND OF HAZE COUNTY. >> AND OF HAYS COUNTY, SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] WE WOULD GIVE YOU A BADGE BUT I DON'T HAVE ONE. THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO THE TEAM. WE'RE GENUINELY GRATEFUL. OH, YEAH. WE COULD DO THE STAGGERING AND LOOK TOGETHER. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE FIRST PICTURE. I THINK THAT -- BETTER NOT TO. BETTER PR MOVE NOT TO DO IT, RIGHT? >> NOT TOO CLOSE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, SIR AND WELCOME. WELCOME TO THE RODEO. [LAUGHING] >> LOOK FORWARD, SIR. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO WHILE WE'RE HERE WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE BURN BAN [30. Discussion and possible action related to the burn ban and/or disaster declaration. BECERRA ] AGENDA ITEM. IF YOU WILL PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 30. >> 30, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE BURN BAN AND/OR DISASTER DECLARATION. >> SO IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AND OUR COMMISSIONER SO PERFECTLY AND DISPAYED, AS WE KNOW. IT HAS BEEN VERY HOT, TRIPLE DIGITS AND VERY VERY DRY. ALL WE HAVE IN THE FORECAST IS BEING RECOMMENDED THAT WE PUT ON A BURN BAN. SO DO WE NEED A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE INISH YATED THE BURN BAN. -- INITIATE THE BURN BAN. >> COUNSELOR -- THE DURATION OF THAT. >> WE NEED TO KNOW FOR HOW MANY DAYS. >> YEAH, I THINK HE'LL GIVE US A DURATION. >> CAN'T REMEMBER HOW LONG THE LAST TIME. >> UNTIL IT RAINS. [LAUGHING] >> I HOPE THAT'S TOMORROW. >> IT'S OVERCAST. SO THIS BURN BAN WILL BE IN PLACE FOR 60 DAYS OR UNTIL WE REMOVE IT. LOOKING FOR A SECOND. >> AND ALSO THINK WE ALSO ALLOW THE JUDGE TO TAKE IT OFF ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE FIRE MARSHAL. SO IF FOR SOME REASON WE GET SOME PERIOD OF RAIN AND IT'S ON A FRIDAY AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BURN ON THE WEEKEND AND MAYBE HAVE TO PUT IT BACK ON NEXT TUESDAY. WE ALWAYS GIVE THE JUDGE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THAT UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FIRE MARSHAL. SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT. >> YES, SIR. SO FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE THE MOTION IS TO INITIATE THE BURN BAN AND FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FIRE MARSHAL TO LIFT THE BURN BAN TO LATER BE PUT BACK ON BY THE COURT. >> SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEMS 2 [Items 2 - 5] THROUGH 5. >> NUMBER TWO, APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. NUMBER THREE APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTH CARE CLAIMS. NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZE THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE CHAMBERLAIN ROOFING AND WATERPROOFING REPAIRED TO THE TWO EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE JACOBS WELL NATURE SENT HEAR IT WERE DAMAGED DURING THE FLOODING AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. NUMBER FIVE AUTHORIZE ONSITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR FOUR SHORT-TERM CABIN RENTALS AT 7220 CREEK ROAD DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS 28620. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES? YES COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. [Items 7 - 10] >> YES. PLEASE OPEN 7-10. NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL RENEWAL OF [01:10:06] IFB 2018-B07 REGULATORY ROAD SIGNS AND CENTERSUPPLY, PATHMARK TRAFFIC EQUIPMENT LLC, AND VULCAN INC. FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR AS STATED IN THE ORIGINAL BID. BLACKTOP INDUSTRIES LLC HAS OPTED NOT TO RENEW THEIR CONTRACT. NUMBER 8 AUTHORIZE THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE A NEW DEL LATITUDE LAPTOP COMPUTER VALUED AT $1050.16 FOR THE RECENTLY FILLED PLANNER POSITION AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. NUMBER NINE, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS. NUMBER TEN, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, COUNTY OF HAYS DRIPPING SPRINGS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND DRIPPING SPRINGS LIBRARY BOARD AGREEMENT REGARDING OF EXTENSION AND CLARIFICATION OF THE COST ALLOCATION AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE AND TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO. >> SO MOVED. MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPAND ON TEN. >> SURE. IF Y'ALL LOOK THE AT INFORMATION OF THE BACKGROUND IN THE BACKUP THERE IS ACTUALLY ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT ON THE COUNTY PARTICIPATION THIS. SIMPLY CLARIFIES THIS MODIFICATION SIMPLY CLARIFIES WHAT PARTS OF PROJECT DRIPPING SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN OR CANNOT GUND THEIR PORTION. >> BEAUTIFUL. THANK OU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. [Items 11 - 17] WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN 11-17. >> 11, APPROVE THE CANCELATION OF COMMISSIONERS COURT ON AUGUST 4TH, 202012 AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF FY 2020 GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DRUG ENTHE ADMINISTRATION FOR OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENTS RELATED TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE, AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY 13, ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 20189 HAYS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER 7 AUDIT REPORT FOR TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE 775.082. 14, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE THIRD ADDENDUM TO A CHAPTER 381 CHAPTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND HUMPTY-DUMPTY SSM, LTD EXECUTED ON OR ABOUT JULY 21, 2015. 15, RATIFY THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION AND CONTROL FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,757. 16, AMEND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTAL OPERATING SERVICE REVENUE AND CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGETS IN PREPARATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTING 17, AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FOR ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS VALUED AT $33,108.40 TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 520 TONS OF LIMESTONE ROCK ASPHALT TYPE 2, GRADE DS MATERIAL FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE 2020 TXDOT SURPLUS PROGRAM, AND ADD TO THE DEPARTMENT'S INVENTORY. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND? COMMISSIONERS ANY COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES, PLEASE OPEN 18. 18. [18. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Professional Services Agreement/Contract between Hays County and HNTB Corporation to provide environmental and public involvement services related to the FM 150 (Center St) relocation of UP switching line (Kyle UPRR Siding Relocation) project as part of the 2016 Road Bond Program. JONES ] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT CONTRACT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND HNTB CORPORATION TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT SERVICES RELATESED TO THE FM 150 CENTER STREET RELOCATION OF UP SWITCHING LINE, KYLE UPRR SIDING RELOCATION, PROJECT AS PART OF THE 2016 ROAD BOND PROGRAM. >> SO MOVED. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER? >> JUST AGAIN, AS WE'RE SWITCHING PROJECT WE'RE MOVING THE SWITCHING STATION OUT OF DOWNTOWN MOVING IT OUT TO ACC AND HE. THIS IS NOT A LOT OF FIRMS HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF WORK. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING RIGHT OF WAY POSITION FOR THIS. >> IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. BEEN WATCHING IT ROLL THROUGH SLOWLY. >> LIKE THE TRAINS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSION SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. [19. Discussion and possible action to hold a public hearing to reduce the current 60 MPH speed limit to 45 MPH on the west end of Winters Mill Parkway for the new WISD Blue Hole Primary school. SHELL/BORCHERDING ] >> YES. PLEASE OPEN 19. >> 19. [01:15:03] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO REDUCE THE CURRENT 60 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT TO 45 MILES PER HOUR ON THE WEST END OF WINTER MILLS PARKWAY FOR THE NEW WISD BLUE HOLE PRIMARY SCHOOL. >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING JUDGE? >> DISCUSSION TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. >> YEAH. I THINK WE APPROVED THE CALLING OF THE HEARING. >> OPEN ONE RIGHT NOW? OK YOU BET. SO WHAT I WOULD DO, IT WAS WORDED DIFFERENTLY. >> YEAH, I THINK IT SOMETIMES SAYS HOLD. >> YOU GOT IT. I WILL OPEN FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19 PLEASE APPROACHED YUM. SEEING -- APPROACH THE PODIUM. SEEING NO ONE MOVING FORWARD TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 60 MILES AN HOUR TO 45 MILES AN HOUR IN PRECINCT THREE FOR WIMBERLEY BLUE HOLE PRIMARY SCHOOL, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? >> THIS JUDGE WILL REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 60 TO 45 APPROACHING THE SCHOOL I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT 2,000 FEET OF WITHIN THE SCHOOL ZONE START TO GET THE TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE THE SCHOOL ZONE. >> OK. THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE. THAT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 206789. [20. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Professional Services Agreement/Contract between Hays County and Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd to provide Design Engineering services for FM 150 CTL Gap project in Precinct 1. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING ] >> 20 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT CONTRACT BETWEEN HAZE COUNTED BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD TO PROVIDE DESIGN ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR FM 150 CTL GAP PROJECT IN PRECINCT 1. >> SO SNUFD SO MOVED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER SNIG. >> JUDGE, THIS IS TO FINALIZE THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS ON FM 150 EAST. IT'S A CONTINUOUS TURN LANE. AND THIS SECTION WAS LEFT OUT OF THE INITIAL OVERALL PROJECT BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND WE'RE NOW VERY CLOSE TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION BID PHASE. >> BY THE WAY, I'VE DRIVEN BY AND IT LOOKS MAGNIFICENT. >> COMMISSIONER, IS THIS IS THE THE LOW WATER CROSSING? >> IT IS. >> THAT'S GREAT. SECOND. >> OH, YES. >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THE SCOMPLANATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. [21. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Professional Services Agreement/Contract with Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. to provide utility coordination services for RM 967 Safety Turn Lanes (Buda Sports Complex Drive, Hays CISD High School No. 3, and Oak Forest Drive Intersections) in Precinct 2 as part of the Road Bond Program. JONES/BORCHERDING] PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21. >> 21, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT CONTRACT WITH COBB, FINLEY AND ASSOCIATES INC. TO PROVIDE UTILITY COORDINATION SERVICES FOR RM 967 SAFETY TURN LANES BUDA SPORTS COMPLEX DRIVE HAYS CISD HIGH SCROLL NUMBER THREE AND OAK FOREST DRIVE INTERSECTIONS IN PRESONT 2 AS PART OF THE ROAD BOND PROGRAM. >> -- PRECINCT. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMISSIONER JONES. >> I'LL MAKE ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR. LIVE SOAK CONSIDERED A HIGH SCHOOL. >> FOR CLARIFICATION IS, IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR. >> JUDGE, WHAT THIS IS, IS THE IMPROVEMENTS ON 96 TURN LANES AND CENTER TURN LANES ALSO. KOPP FINLEY DID THE UTILITY WORK ON OUR 1626 SO THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE UTILITY COMPANIES ALONG THIS LINE AND ALL OUR SUBS THE THINGS THAT HOLD UP IS OUR UTILITIES. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE GET THIS ONE RIGHT. WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA. >> BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER JONES IN A YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. [22. Discussion and possible action to approve the selection of Binkley & Barfield, Inc. to provide utility coordination services for RM 12 at RM 3237 intersection project in Precinct 3; and to authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a contract. SHELL/BORCHERDING] PLEASE OPEN 22. >> 22 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF BINKLEY AND BARFIELD TINK TO PROVIDE UTILITY COORDINATION SERVICES FOR RM 12 AND RM 3237 INTERSECTION PROJECT IN PRECINCT 3 AND TO AUTHORIZE STAFF AND COUNCIL TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER THANK YOU JUDGE SIMPLE THROOR WHAT COMMISSIONER SAID THIS IS FOR UTILITY COORDINATIONER IS ADVISE INTERSECTION OF RANCHO 123237 WHEN YOU CROSS THE BRIDGE HEADING INTO WIMBERLEY FROM THE JUNCTION. THIS SELECTION WAS APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED BY OUR COUNTY ENGINEER. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. [23. PLN-1475-NP; Discussion and possible action to approve the final plat for O'Neil Ranch, Tract Subdivision. SMITH/PACHECO ] [01:20:03] >> YES. AND FULL PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 23678. >> 23, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLATTE OR -- PLAT FOR O'NEAL RANCH TRACT 7 SUBDIVISION P PLN-1475-NP. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> NO VARIANCES. >> NO. IT'S GOING TO BE SERVED ON PRIVATE WELLS AND INDIVIDUAL ON SITE FACILITIES. O'NEAL RANCH IS ONE OF THOSE REPORTED SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE POLE SUBDIVIDING PROCESS. IT HAS FULL STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA. >> YES. PLEASE OPEN 24. >> 24 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE [24. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute and rental agreement between Hays County and Waterlogic USA to replace water units at the Transportation Departments Wimberley and Driftwood Yards. SHELL/SMITH ] ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AND RENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND WATERLOGIC USA TO REPLACE WATER UNITS AT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS WIMBERLEY AND DRIFTWOOD YARDS. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THERE WE GO. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU JUDGE. >> THIS WILL REPLACE THE WATER UNITS OF BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS. I BELIEVE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STAFF THAT WORKS OUT IN THE HEAT IN THE DUST TO OFTEN HAVE WATER FOR THEM. THIS NEW CONTRACT WILL ACTUALLY LOWER WHAT WILL BE LOWERED THAN WHAT WAY CURRENTLY PAY FOR MONTHLY SERVICE. >> BEAUTIFUL. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> JUDGE POINTE-SEGUIN. >> YES. PLEASE OPEN 256789. [25. Discussion and possible action to award RFP 2020-P11 Election Ballot Printing, Insertion and Mailing Services to Runbeck Election Services and authorize staff and General Counsel to negotiate a contract. BECERRA/ANDERSON ] >> 25, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD RFP-2020-P11 ELECTION BALLOT PRINTING INSERTION AND MAILING SERVICES TO RUNBECK ELECTION SERVICES AND AUTHORIZE STAFF AND GENERAL COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER SNOOIG YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES? COMMISSIONER JONES. >> BUDGE BECERRA. >> YES -- JUDGE BECERRA. [28. Discussion and possible action to identify funds for Administration Costs associated with the Emergency Cash Assistance Program (ECAP) pursuant to Chapter 381 of the Texas Local Government Code and amend the budget accordingly. SHELL ] >> PLEASE OPEN 28. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO IDENTIFY FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGENCY CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 3 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER WHERE ARE WE? >> BELIEVE WE'RE IN IDENTIFYING THE FEES FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FROM COUNTYWIDE CONTINGENCIES. IS THAT CORRECT? >> ZBLEE SO I BELIEVE THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS -- SO I BELIEVE THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST WEEK WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THE FUNDING FROM RESERVES WE DECIDED WE WOULD PULL THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES WHICH ARE $24,000 NOT FROM THAT, BUT FROM COUNTYWIDE CONTINGENCIES. >> I BELIEVE THAT THIS COURT WANTS TO KEEP THE $500,000 INTACT AND NOT USE RESERVES FROM THE ORIGINAL. TAKE IT FROM CONTINGENCIES. >> SOUNDS GOOD. WHAT IS LEFT FOR US TO GET PEOPLE APPLYING AND GET THEM THE HELP THEY DESPERATELY NEED? >> I THINK THEY ARE READY TO GO. >> YES. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE AWARD COMMITTEE TO THEM ON THE DETAILS LAST WEEK AND FIELDED A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THE PEOPLE FUND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE APPLICATION AND IT WILL, OF COURSE, INCLUDE ALL THE FACTORS WE HAVE REQUESTED IN OUR POLICY. GSMP IS WORKING ON ITS FIRST ROUND OF ADVERTISING, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE THAT IS ALREADY UP BUT NOT FULLY FUNCTIONABLE YET. IT WILL -- FUNCTIONAL YET. IT WILL INCLUDE A LINK TO THE APPLICATION FOR THE PEOPLE FUND. SO WE'RE ALREADY GETTING ORGANIZED IN THAT SORT OF DETAIL, WHICH IS NO GOOD REASON FOR OPT NAME WE'RE ON TRACK. -- OPTIMISM THAT WE'RE ON TRACK. WE HAVE SET AUGUST 1 AS SORT OF A GO LIVE DATE FOR ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND WE'RE WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION. THE BSMP FOLKS HAVE ASKED US IF WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TOWARD ADD VER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT -- ADVERTISING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THIS WILL BE DONE ON PAPER WITH FLYERS AND PRINTING TO CATCH PERHAPS A DIFFERENT POPULATION NUMBERS THAT WOULD YOU GET ONLINE OR ON THE WEBSITE. SO NEXT WEEK WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE ONE FOR ONE MORE BID OUT OF CONTINGENCY TO MAYBE GO TOWARDS ADVERTISING OF GSMP HAS ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATING SOME IN-KIND DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NEW SOURCES, BOTH THE NEWS SOURCES, AND THEY SEEM TO BE WILLING TO MAYBE GRANT SOME SPACE AND PAY TO ADVERTISE FOR THIS. SO THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT, BUT [01:25:03] I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO COVER EVERYTHING. WE NEED TO MAYBE THROW 3,000 OR $4,000 AT ADVERTISING TO HELP THAT ALONG. I THINK THAT WE MAY -- WE CAN CONSIDER THAT MATCHED WITH THE DONATIONS OF SPACE THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE PAPERS AND WHATNOT. SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE NEXT ACTION THAT YOU'LL SEE IN COURT. THE AWARD COMMITTEE WILL MEET ONE MORE TIME IN JULY AND WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE THEM MEETING OVER THE FIRST BATCH OF APPLICATIONS AFTER THAT. >> THEY WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY AUGUST 1ST AT SOME WEBSITE. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT NAME? >> SURE. IT'S UNDER THE PEOPLE FUND WEBSITE. >> OK. >> AND THEN WHAT CAN WE. >> IT WILL BE ON THE GSMP SITE FOR. >> WHAT IS THAT? >> IT SHOULD BE ON ALL OUR CHAMBER WEBSITES. >> YEAH, THEY WILL HAVE THEM. THERE THE GSMP SITE IS ACCESSIBLE CURRENTLY BUT IT'S NOT REALLY BEEN ADD VERED BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL BUILDING. >> WHAT -- ADVERTISED. >> WHAT I WANT TO DO IS PAINT A ROAD MAP BECAUSE EVERYONE IS REACHING OUT ASKING FOR INFORMATION. WHAT I'M HOPING TO SEE IS MAYBE IF OUR PIO KIM WILL DRAFT A STATEMENT MAYBE FOR STARTERS, AND SECOND, GET WITH OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT AND MAYBE A LINK ON OUR HOMELANDING PAGE, SO THAT FOLKS WILL HAVE SEVERAL WAYS TO GET INFORMATION FROM US, AND WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A TEMPORARY THING AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE TOO CUMBERSOME FOR FOLKS, SOMETHING ON A PRESS RELEASE AND I LOVE YOUR IDEA MR. KENNEDY ABOUT PUTTING IT IN THE PAPER AND THE GSMP WEBSITE. I'M STILL -- CAN YOU TELL ME WITH A THAT WEBSITE NAME IS? >> TYPE IN THE GREATER SAN MARCOS PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL COME UP ON THAT. >> AND I -- AND THEN I THE FLYER PIECE BECAUSE COMMISSIONER INGALSBE BROUGHT UP INFECTION THAT AREN'T DIGITALLY CONNECT SOD THAT'S VERY USEFUL. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO IF WE GO LIVE AUGUST 1ST, MY FIRST QUESTION IS IF SOMEONE APPLIES AUGUST 1ST HOW QUICKLY WILL WE BE ABLE TO EXPECT A RESPONSE AND SOME MUCH NEEDED HELP IN THERE -- IN THEIR POSSESSION THIS IS ANY IDEAS? OR HAS THAT CONVERSATION UNFOLDED IN THAT PART. >> WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS CURRENTLY IS ONCE AN AWARD HAS BEEN MADE, ONCE WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF AN AWARD THE COUNTY WILL DISBURâ– SE THAT PAYMENT DIRECTLY TO THE RECIPIENT AND THAT WILL TAKE 10 OR 14 DAYS. IT GOES OUT OF OUR NORMAL PAYROLL. >> IN THE WEEKLY INVOICES. NOW 10 TO 14 DAYS AT THE LONGEST IT COULD BE SHORTER THAN THAT DEPENDING ON WHERE IT FALLS IN THE WEEK. >> COURT CANCELLED. >> SO WHAT DO WE DO TO GET AROUND THAT? THIS IS WHAT I'M HOPING WILL NOT BE OUR OWN HINDRANCE AND GETTING IN THE WAY OF SUCH A GOOD GESTURE AND GOOD DEED IN A VERY NEEDED PIECE FOR THE COMMUNITY HOW CAN I DISCUSS THIS IN A WAY THIS WE WON'T GIVE SOMEONE THE NEWS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN APPROVED BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE UP TO TEN WEEKS TO GET FUNDING BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THAT POSITION I GOT TO TELL YOU, THEY ARE LIVING HOUR BY HOUR AND DAY BY DAY, AND TWO OR THREE WEEKS IS AN ETERNITY. WHAT CAN WE DO MARISOL TO HELP YOU? >> IF WE GET THOSE WE RUN THE -- ON FRIDAY. IF WE GET THE APPROVAL THURSDAY WE CAN PROCESS THEM FOR THE NEXT WEEK. IT'S ONLY WHEN THERE'S NO COMMISSIONER SUPPORT THAT IT'S CANCELED IT WILL TAKE THAT LONG. BUT STATUTORILY THOSE DISBURSEMENTS, ANY DISBURSE THE THE COUNTY MAKES HAS THE TO COME THROUGH COMMISSIONERS' SUPPORT. SO I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH THE TREASURER AND SEE IF WE WANT TO PLACE AN ITEM FOR, IF POSSIBLE, I KNOW THE LEGISLATURE HAD CHANGED, ALLOWED FOR SOME BLANKET ORDERS BUT WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE IF THESE SPECIFIC FUNDS OR EXPENDITURES CAN FALL UNDER THAT NEW LEGISLATURE AND GET ANITE TOMORROW COURT. TREASURER.VE TO TALK TO THE IN THE MEANTIME IF WE GET THEM BY THURSDAY WE PROCESS AND PRINT CHECKS FRIDAY. IF IT'S A HOLIDAY WE GET THEM BY WEDNESDAY. WE PROCESS CHECKS READY FOR NEXT TUSMTS AT TIMES WE ASK THE TREASURE IF HE WANTS TO PICKP THE CHECK AND DOES NOT MAIL IT THE INDIVIDUAL WILL COME BACK UP THE CHECK IN THEIR OFFICE. >> HOW LONG TAKE YOU TO GET THAT ANSWER ABOUT THE WONDERFUL SUGGESTION OF A PRELOADED APPROVAL? [01:30:04] >> I WILL TALK TO THE TREASURER AND IF WE CAN WE'LL PLANS ITEM ON THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK. >> WONDERFUL. THAT'S VERY RESPONSIVE AND THANK YOU MARISOL. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> I THINK THE ONLY NONCOURT DATE. >> WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE A FULL FEW MONTHS. >> OKAY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SLOW IT DOWN. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, I SEE YOU SITTING UP IN YOUR SEAT. YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL. I'M GLAD. >> YEAH. MARK, I WAS GOING TO ASK AS SOON AS THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE READY CAN YOU FORWARD THOSE TO EACH OF US SO WE CAN THEN FORWARD THEM TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CONTACTING US? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSS THAT HAVE BE CONTACTING US, AND THESE WOULD BE FOR ME, WOULD BE SOME OF THE ONES THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T HAVE SES TO -- SES TO THE COMPUTER OR YEAH. >> -- ACCESS. >> WE CAN -- I TALKED TO GSMP ABOUT MAKE A PLAN FOR HAVING PRINTED APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE AND THEN ANNOUNCING THAT. I BELIEVE THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT. I SUGGESTED THEIR OFFICE BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY ARE OPEN OR HOW THEY ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW WITH CAPACITY, THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION MIGHT BE. >> BUT IF WE HAD THE LINK WE CAN PRINT THEM OUT. I CAN DELIVER. >> SURE. I WILL MAKE SURE EACH OF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE APPLICATION WHEN IT'S READY. >> THANK YOU. >> IDEALLY, I HATE TO BE FUSSY BUT IDEALLY IN A PDF AND IF ALSO WE CAN GET A LINK TO THE GSMP WHEN IT'S READY MR. KENNEDY. I KNOW I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, AND THROUGH THE SMOKE SIGNALS I USE I WILL DO THAT TO CIRCULATE THAT AND KEEP OURSELVES ON THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN GREAT NEED FOR THIS HELP. WONDERFUL. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP THIS MOVING, MR. KENNEDY? >> I THINK THAT IT'S IN THE RIGHT HANDS RIGHT NOW. IT'S MOVING AT ITS BEST PACE. >> OKAY. >> WE'LL KEEP IT GOING. >> OK. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDAITE PEOPLE. >> NO MOTION. >> DO WE NOT HAVE A MOTION? >> WE HAVE A MOTION. >> THE MONEY FOR THE -- FROM RESERVES BUT NOTHING ELSE, RIGHT? >> CONTINGENCEIES. >> CONCONTINUE JENSS YOU. OK. NOTHING ELSE THEN CALL THE SFLOOL COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES. >> JUDGE "BROAD CITY." YES. AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR -- JUDGE "BROAD CITY." * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.