[1. Call meeting to order] [00:00:07] HAVE, YOU KNOW. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR MARCH ALREADY. SO WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGES AND WE'LL SPEAK. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO 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. TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. OKAY, WE'LL THANK YOU. I GUESS WE MAKING JOKE. WE FORGOT TO SHOWER THIS MORNING. EVERYBODY'S IN THE BACK. I GUESS CHURCH. CHURCH. JUST LIKE CHURCH. EXACTLY. FILL UP FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED THIS MORNING. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS. NO ONE IS. FIND A CARD IN TODAY [4. Report from Judge, Commissioner or Department concerning an item/report of community interest.] TO TALK. SO WE'LL GO TO 1.4, WHICH IS OUR REPORT FROM JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER ZAGORSKY, YOU'RE UP TODAY. LAST WEEK WE WERE OUT THERE DOING SOME POTHOLE PATCHING OUT IN TRADEWINDS. UNTIL OUR MACHINE BROKE DOWN AND GET A NEW PART. AND WE'RE GOING TO FINISH UP SOME OF THAT. WE GOT A QUARTER MILE DONE ON THE ALMOST HALF MILE. WE GOT STILL A WAYS TO GO OVER THERE LOOKING AT THAT. WE'RE STILL CATCHING UP ON GRASS CUTTING AND HOPEFULLY THE WARM AIR, COLD WEATHER IS BEHIND US. EARLY ON. JUDGE. THANK YOU. NOTHING TO REPORT TODAY. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. I'D LIKE TO GIVE A 60 DAY ON THE JOB REPORT HERE. WE'RE CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON REBUILDING ROADS AND COUNTY ROAD 2349, IN THE SAINT PAUL AREA. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ONE MILE AND HAVE STARTED AN ADDITIONAL MILE. PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO STILL COOK COUNTY ROAD 40, COUNTY ROAD 43, IN THE MATHIS AREA. WE ARE PERFORMING BLADE WORK AND HAVE COMPLETED A TOTAL OF EIGHT MILES OF PATCHING ACROSS THE COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE INSTALLED FOUR CULVERTS IN THE PAST 60 DAYS. DRIVEWAYS. OUR CREW HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN DEBRIS MANAGEMENT, COMPLETING OVER 100 LOADS OF DUMP TRUCK, LOADS OF BRUSH, 35 LOADS OF DEBRIS AND 55 LOADS USING OUR NEW GRAPPLE TRUCK. WE'D LIKE TO THANK PRECINCT ONE COMMISSIONER SKI FOR ALLOWING PRECINCT THREE TO USE HIS WATER TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK AND TRANSPORT TRUCK AS WELL. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE ARE PARTNERING UP WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO USE UTILIZE THEIR TRUSTEES TO HELP CLEAN UP THE LAKESHORE GARDEN AREAS THIS WEEK. AND OUR ODUM OFFICE IS NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INFORM THE COURT THAT WE HAD THREE CREWMEN LUKE POWERS, ADAM RIVAS, AND AARON LEE GET LICENSED TO STATE OF TEXAS FOR PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CONTROL. OH, GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU CAN GIVE THAT REPORT TO MISS GONZALEZ, PLEASE. NOTHING TO REPORT. JUDGE, CAN I COME BACK TO ONE? OKAY. SO LAST WEEK, I WAS AT THE COASTAL BEND BAYS NEST, WHERE HIS PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING. AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME UP WAS THEIR NEW BUILDING THAT THEY'RE BUILDING OVER HERE AT THEIR PROPERTY. AND THEY DID WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY FOR WAIVING THEIR PERMIT FEES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TOTAL OF THAT AMOUNT WAS, BUT IT'S FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL. AND THEY SAID THEY SIGNIFIED COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND YOUR PERMIT DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING THEM OUT. SO WHATEVER WORK YOU DID FOR THEM, THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. I HAVE THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, AFTER COMMISSIONERS COURT ARE AT 11 A.M. THIS MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ON COUNTY ROAD. ALL THE COUNTY ROAD THERE RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET INTO ODUM FOR THE JUVENILE GROUNDBREAKING, I THINK THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS FRIDAY. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S 9:00 BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE 9:00. 830. 830. OKAY. 830 FOR GROUNDBREAKING OVER AT THE JUVENILE CENTER THERE ON FIFTH STREET. AND A QUICK REMINDER TO START THINKING ABOUT COUNTY DAYS. AND AUSTIN IS GOING TO BE MARCH THE 19TH. SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT GOING UP WITH US TO VISIT WITH LEGISLATORS AND SENATORS, GET THE SAN PAT EDC WILL BE PUTTING A BUS TOGETHER. GET WITH THEM IF YOU WANT TO RIDE THE BUS OR IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR OWN VEHICLE, YOU CAN GO UP IN YOUR OWN VEHICLE. BUT WE PLAN ON BEING IN AUSTIN AND J.M. LOZANO'S OFFICE SOMEWHERE AROUND 9:00 ON THAT WEDNESDAY MORNING AND STUFF. SO START THINKING ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO GO UP THERE AND WALK AROUND WITH US AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET ACCOMPLISHED. THERE'S A LOTS AND LOTS OF BILLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTING COUNTY THAT ARE COMING UP. LOTS AND LOTS OF THEM ARE GOOD BILLS THAT WE DO NEED HERE IN THE COUNTY TO HELP US PROGRESS FORWARD AND GO FORWARD AND WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO [00:05:04] WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. OKAY. ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS? OR A JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. IT'S PLANNING TO VISIT WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. AND WE'RE GOING TO INSPECT ALL THE WIRELESS DEVICES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE WINDOWS 11 UPGRADABLE. WE'RE GOING TO DO AN INVENTORY AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT THE SECURITY POSTURE IS IN PLACE. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD? OKAY, WELL, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON FORWARD. OKAY. ITEM 2.1 IS THE [1. Approval of minutes] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST COURT MEETING. THOSE HAVE BEEN SENT TO YOU. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. JUDGE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PRESENTED. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER YARDLEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIKORSKI. AND I THINK, COMMISSIONER, YOU WANT TO ABSTAIN? YEAH, I WASN'T HERE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. VOTE IS FOUR [a. Examination, consideration, and action on approval of all claims against San Patricio County Pursuant to section 113.064, Texas Local Government Code.] ZERO AND ONE ABSTENTION. OKAY. IN OUR FINANCIAL AGENDA EXAMINATION, CONSIDERATION OF ACTION OF ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY TO PAY THE BILLS. SECOND, A MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECOND BY YARDLEY TO PAY THE BILLS. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY BILLS PRESENTED THIS MORNING? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. A MOTION CARRIES. NO [c. Consideration and action on accepting bank reconciliation, investment reports, and related matters by County Treasurer. ] BUDGET LINE ITEM TRANSFERS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED THIS MORNING. SO WE GOT 2.2 C'S CONSIDERATION IN ACTION. AND ACCEPTING THE TREASURER'S BANK AND TREASURERS AND BANK RECONCILIATION. AND ALSO. WELL THAT'S LATER ON IF THAT'S. YES OKAY. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. THIS WEEK'S HEALTH TRANSFER IS $108,600. OUR SECTION 125 TOTALS $5,378.45. WE HAVE FOUR ASSERTED CLAIMS FOR A TOTAL OF $22,854.39. AND OUR ESCROW TOTAL IS $1,642.51. I MOVE TO ACCEPT TREASURER'S REPORT. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION SECONDED BY GONZALEZ. ANY QUESTIONS? OR MISS GARCIA ON TREASURER'S REPORT? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [3. Consent Agenda: All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the Commissioners Court. Members of the Commissioners Court have been furnished documentation on each item, and all such items may be acted upon by one vote without being discussed separately unless requested by County Judge or a Commissioner:] OKAY. IN THE. WE'LL GO DOWN TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS DISCUSSED? JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO PULL 2.3 C ASIDE. 2.3 C, OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PULLING 2.3 C, SAY I. I. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. YEAH. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. RIGHT. SORRY. OKAY. 2.3 A IS ACCEPT AND RECORD CONTINUOUS EDUCATION HOURS FOR DAVID KREBS, COUNTY JUDGE FOR TEN HOURS FROM THE 67TH ANNUAL YOUNG SCHOOL FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGES IN BRYAN, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 18TH TO THE 20TH OF 2025. 2.3 BE ACCEPT AND RECORD DESIGNATION FOR REAGAN COUNTY DEPUTY COUNTY TREASURER. 2.3 D IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON HDM GRANT COUNTY GRANT PROGRAM YEAR 24 FOR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FUNDING TO COMMUNITY ACTION FOR SOUTH TEXAS HOME DELIVERY MEAL GRANT OF $55,000 THAT WAS PAID JULY 22ND OF 2024. MOVE. MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 2.3 A, B AND D SECOND. I GOT MOTION SECOND BY EARLY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. I [c. Accept and record Mandate from The Thirteenth Court of Appeals to the 135th District Court of Refugio County regarding Cause No. 13-21-00466-CV between Nueces County and Nueces CountyAppraisal District, Appellants, vs San Patricio County, Appellee.] OPPOSE THAT SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO 2.3. C IS ACCEPT AND RECORD MANDATE ON THE 13TH COURT OF APPEALS TO THE 13TH DISTRICT COURT OF REFUGIO COUNTY REGARDING CASE NUMBER ONE THREE DASH 21, DASH 00466 CV BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND NUECES COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT APPELLANT AND VERSUS PATRICIO COUNTY APPEAL. YES, JUDGE. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CASE. I WAS [00:10:01] HOPING OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY WOULD BE HERE. MAYBE MR. DORSEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS AT ALL. ALL I KNOW IS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SINCE, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, MAYBE 1972, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A YEAR THAT STICKS IN MY HEAD. BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING LAWSUIT BETWEEN NUECES COUNTY AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY THAT HAS, I HOPE, HAS BEEN FINALLY SETTLED IN OUR FAVOR. THIS IS THE FINAL NOTICE. SO THIS SHOULD BE IT. THIS IS IT. AND NOT ONLY DO WE WIN THE CASE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE COURT COSTS AND ALL OF THAT. SO THIS IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FOR OUR COUNTY. AND I JUST WANTED THE PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THIS MEANS. MAYBE YOU CAN EXPOUND ON THAT. WELL, I CAN HONESTLY SAY BECAUSE IT INVOLVED NUECES COUNTY. I'VE SINCE I'VE STARTED WITH THE COUNTY HERE IN 2020, I'VE STAY OUT OF IT, COMMISSIONER, SO I'M REALLY NOT THE PERSON TO ASK ABOUT IT. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 1995. THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS DECIDED THAT THE NUECES RIVER BASIN, OR THE NUECES RIVER CHANNEL DOWN THE CENTER OF NUECES BAY AND CORPUS CHRISTI BAY WOULD BE THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN SAN PATRICIO AND NUECES COUNTY, WHERE THEY WERE CLAIMING OUR DOCKS ALONG THE SEAWALL AND SOME OF THE INDUSTRY DOCKS AND SO FORTH WAS RULED AGAINST THEM. AND IT WAS A JUDGE TO US. SO THIS IS BASICALLY FINISHING THAT UP. HOPEFULLY THE LAND OFFICE OR WHOEVER'S PUT THE BOUNDARY LINES BACK OUT AND THE TEXAS MAPS WILL SHOW WHERE OUR TRUE BOUNDARY REALLY IS. THANK YOU JUDGE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD. I JUST I KNOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CASE FOR US. I GOT SOMETHING TO ADD AS YOU GO BACK FURTHER BACK IN HISTORY, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, BUT ACTUALLY SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, NUECES COUNTY WAS SAN PATRICIO COUNTY OR PART OF IT. AND THEN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY ESTABLISHED NUECES COUNTY AND THEY ESTABLISHED THE DIVIDING LINE IS THE SHORELINE, WHICH THEY DIDN'T THINK AHEAD VERY WELL. SO ANYWAY, I'M GLAD IT'S SOLVED. AND WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECOND BY YARDLEY FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. [a. Presentation and possible action on request by Jason Woods on Pretrial Services Annual Report for FY 2024.] GOING ON INTO INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS. FIRST OF ALL, 2.4 A IS PRESENTATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REQUEST BY JASON WOODS ON PRETRIAL SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024. GOOD MORNING, MR. WOOD. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. NOT SURE I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET ALL THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, BUT MY NAME IS JASON WOODS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES ADULT PROBATION AND PRETRIAL SERVICES, WHICH THE COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY GREAT WITH TEAMWORK AND FUNDING. THE PRETRIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SECTION OF MY DEPARTMENT. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I. I AM OBLIGATED TO FILE A ANNUAL PRETRIAL SERVICES REPORT ABOUT THIS TIME EVERY YEAR STATUTORILY, AND I'LL JUST SIMPLY REMIND THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT HAVE HEARD ME BEFORE. AND TO YOU NEW GENTLEMEN, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN ADEQUATELY FUNDED BY THE COUNTY FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST FIVE FULL YEARS, TECHNICALLY. IT WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF EXISTENCE, AND THEN WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF FY 25, OF COURSE, BUT WE'VE HAD FIVE FULL YEARS OF FUNDING THAT'S BEEN SLOWLY INCREASED AS BUSINESS HAS ALSO INCREASED. SO WE APPRECIATE THE FUNDING FOR THAT. WE STARTED WITH ONE OFFICER AGAIN ABOUT FIVE PLUS YEARS AGO, AND INTO THIS DAY WE HAVE THREE FULL TIME STAFF TAKING CARE OF APPROXIMATELY 376 DEFENDANTS DURING FISCAL YEAR 24. THOSE 365 DEFENDANTS. IN GENERAL, GOT OUT OF THE COUNTY JAIL MUCH SOONER HAD WE NOT THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE. SO THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS THE JAIL SAVINGS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. AS FAR AS THE VALUE TO THE COUNTIES CONCERNED. BUT ALSO THERE'S VALUE IN HAVING THE PRETRIAL SERVICES BOND PROGRAM FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE NOT ONLY BOND THESE PEOPLE OUT AND EXPEDITE THEIR PROCESSES, GETTING THEM THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S COUNTY COURT OR DISTRICT COURT. WE KEEP EYES ON THEM, THROUGH THEM COMING TO OUR OFFICE TO REPORT OR BE MONITORED, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. HAVING SAID THAT, WE DO HAVE THREE STAFF. MISS KELLY ATKINS IS OUR SUPERVISOR. MISS IRMA VILLAREAL AND MISS JALEN RODRIGUEZ ARE HER ASSISTANTS, AND THEY GO TO THE JAIL ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS. I DID HEAR FROM THE TREASURER COURSE, MR. KIESCHNICK, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE THE JAIL DAILY JAIL COST IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONSTANTLY GOING UP. AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR WAY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO, TO HELP OUT THE COUNTY. BUT AGAIN IN RETURN YOU GUYS HELP US. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND I WOULD JUST ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. [00:15:01] OTHERWISE I'LL JUST ASK THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE FY 24 ANNUAL REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS. I GUESS I'LL MOVE TO RECOGNIZE THE REPORT. SECOND. GOOD JOB. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER YARDLEY. ANY NO QUESTIONS? MR. WOODS, YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SIR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. 2.4 B PRESENTATION BY DAVID [b. Presentation by David Quin, Program Manager of Public Power Pool ("P3") regarding savings achieved to date for San Patricio County, the current market conditions, and P3's procurement plans for a new contract beginning January 2026.] QUINN, PROGRAM MANAGER OF PUBLIC POWER POOL, WHICH IS KNOWN AS P3. REGARDING SAVINGS ACHIEVED TO DATE FOR SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS AND PG THREE PROCUREMENT PLANS FOR THE NEW CONTRACT BEGINNING JANUARY OF 2026. MR. QUINN. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DAVID QUINN. I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR PUBLIC POWER POOL. WE'RE A 500 AND 1C4 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION CORPORATION THAT WAS CREATED BY COUNTIES IN 2002 TO ENABLE COUNTIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET LOWER PRICES BY BUYING IN BULK AND ACHIEVE A BETTER, BETTER QUALITY CONTRACT. THERE'S A PRESENTATION INSIDE THE FOLDER, AND I THINK IT'S THE SAME AS THE ONE ON THE SCREEN HERE. YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE 99 MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE. WE MANAGE ABOUT 3500 ACCOUNTS. THE COMBINED PURCHASE OF THE ELECTRICITY THAT WE PUT IS ABOUT 1,000,000 MEGAWATT HOURS A YEAR. IT'S WORTH ABOUT $60 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PAGE HERE OUR CURRENT MEMBERSHIP LIST. WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE JUST ADDED OUR 99TH MEMBER, WHICH IS ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, ARANSAS COUNTY. JUST JUST JOINED THE P3 GROUP. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY PUTTING THEM IN CURRENT CONTRACT SAVINGS FOR THE GROUP TO DATE. CALCULATE $204 MILLION SAVED AGAINST MARKET. THAT IS COMPARING THE PRICE THAT WE HAVE NEGOTIATED FOR OUR MEMBERS IN EACH OF EIGHT DIFFERENT CONTRACTS TO DATE. COMPARING THAT PRICE TO THE MARKET SETTLING PRICE FOR ELECTRICITY EVERY DAY SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN. OF THE IMPORTANT NUMBER HERE IS FOR SAN PATRICIO. WHAT YOU HAVE HAVE ACHIEVED IS SHOWN ON PAGE FOUR. WE'RE LOOKING AT EXCUSE ME, $866,000 SAVED AGAINST MARKET. USING THE SAME METHODOLOGY TO SHOW WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE PAID IF YOU'D BEEN OUT THERE IN THE MARKETPLACE BY YOURSELF, COMPARED TO WHAT YOU HAVE PAID WITH THE P3 GROUP. NOW, THIS IS OUR OWN INTERNAL METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING SAVINGS AND WAS A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE METHODOLOGY BECAUSE IF YOU FLIP OVER TO THE PAGE ONTO THE NEXT SCREEN, WE SHOW YOU WHAT THE PUC HAS US CALCULATE EVERY YEAR FOR MEMBERS. IT'S CALLED A HOUSE BILL 3693 REPORT OR A CHAPTER 2625 REPORT. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT USING THE PUC'S METHODOLOGY, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, JUST LAST YEAR IN 2023 SAVED 171,000 AGAINST THE BENCHMARK AVERAGE OF THE PUC'S OWN DESIGNS. SO USING THE PUC'S CALCULATION, THAT SAVINGS NUMBER IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE ONE THAT WE CALCULATE IN HOUSE. JUST A WORD ABOUT HOW WE DO IT WHEN WE WHEN WE DO A PROCUREMENT, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING BACK INTO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. WE'RE WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNE TIME IN THE MARKETPLACE, AND WE THINK THAT THAT MAY BE APPROACHING QUITE QUICKLY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE SPRING. WE WILL BE SENDING OUT AN RFP TO EVERY REGISTERED RETAIL ELECTRIC PROVIDER IN THE STATE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STEER BUSINESS TO ANY ONE PREFERRED PROVIDER OR ANYONE WE'VE DONE BUSINESS WITH IN THE PAST, OR SOMEONE WE KNOW. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THIS CONTRACT, BECAUSE FULL COMPETITION ULTIMATELY, WE THINK, WILL GET THE LOWEST PRICE AND THE BEST QUALITY CONTRACT. SO WE WILL SEND OUT AN RFP TO OVER 150 RETAILERS REGISTERED BY THE PUC. THEY'LL ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROACH US AND RESPOND AND SIGNAL THEIR INTENT TO BE PART OF THIS PROCUREMENT. MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE A PROCUREMENT PROPOSAL, WHICH WE WILL PROBABLY BE GETTING OUT TO YOU ALL IN MARCH, AND THAT WILL IDENTIFY OUR TARGET RATES. AND THE CUSHION GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION BETWEEN A TARGET RATE AND A CEILING RATE, SO THAT WITH THE VAGARIES OF THE MARKET AND WITH ANY MARKET UNCERTAINTY, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY AS WE MOVE TOWARDS PRICING. THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, IN 2022, WE AWARDED TO TWO SHELL ENERGY, AND WE PUT YOU IN A CONTRACT OF 5.55.1 $0.05 PER KILOWATT HOUR. THAT MEANS THAT THE COUNTY IS ESTIMATED. EXPENDITURE IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. [00:20:08] FISCAL YEAR 2025, SHOWN HERE IS 469,000. ALMOST $470,000. THAT'S TOTAL OF THAT. WE ARE JUST NEGOTIATING THAT COMMODITY COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE SECOND BLUE LINE, SECOND BLUE COLUMN, 251,000. THAT IS THE PART OF THE BILL THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR NEGOTIATING AND TRYING TO DRIVE DOWN THAT PRICE. AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE TO THE MARKETPLACE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THAT THERE WAS A BIG PRICE RUN UP LAST SPRING. BUT SINCE THEN, MARKETS HAVE KIND OF STABILIZED A LITTLE BIT. THEY'VE BEEN FALLING STEADILY ON WEEK LNP PRICES. CONTINUED EXPANSION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ALSO BATTERY BACKUP. INCREASED STORAGE HAS REALLY BEEN A GAME CHANGER IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO HOLD POWER THAT IS GENERATED AND PUT IT ON THE GRID WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE MORE VALUABLE AND MORE NEEDED. SO RIGHT NOW FOR PRICING IS HOLDING STEADY. BY MARCH, WE EXPECT TO SEE SOME KIND OF DIRECTION ABOUT WHERE PRICES ARE GOING TO BE FOR A NEW CONTRACT BEGINNING IN 2026. IF WE WERE IN THE MARKETPLACE TODAY, YOU CAN IGNORE THE FIRST COLUMN. THAT'S 2025. YOU'RE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A BACKWARDATED MARKET. THE FURTHER OUT YOU GO, THE LOWER THE PRICE IS. NOW, WE LIKE TO THINK THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE SPRING, THAT WHOLE CURVE IS GOING TO DROP DOWN AND GET AS CLOSE TO WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY PAYING. AND IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE'LL BE IN A GOOD POSITION TO EXECUTE A NEW CONTRACT. AS WE AS WE TRACK THAT, WE'RE TRACKING THAT ON A DAILY BASIS RIGHT NOW. FINALLY, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT US, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS. WE'RE NEGOTIATING BULK DISCOUNTS THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET BY YOURSELF WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH 98 OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AROUND THE STATE. YOU REALLY ARE MAXIMIZING YOUR PURCHASING POWER AND GETTING CLOSE TO WHOLESALE PRICING ON EACH OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCOUNTS THAT YOU HAVE. THE CONTRACT THAT WE NEGOTIATE HAS PROVISIONS IN THERE THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT YOU. IT'S NOT A TYPICAL INDUSTRY CONTRACT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TEETH IN THIS SO THAT IF THERE ARE BAD BILLS, LATE BILLS, INCORRECT BILLS, THEN WE GO AFTER THE RETAILER FOR PENALTIES THAT WE HAVE PUT IN THE CONTRACT. THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN THERE SO THAT IF YOU NEED TO ADD OR DELETE ACCOUNTS, YOU CAN DO THAT AT NO OTHER EXPENSE. IF, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR USAGE AND YOU WANT ACCOUNT DROPS TO ZERO AND STAYS THAT WAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, THERE'S NO PENALTIES, THERE'S NO MINIMUM USE REQUIREMENTS. SO THESE ARE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE ADDED IN TO THE P3 CONTRACT FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH TO PROTECT TEXAS COUNTIES. WE PROVIDE YOU WITH FULL SUPPORT. WHETHER IT'S THE HOUSE BILL 3693 REPORTS, FORWARD BUDGETING UNLIMITED, ADDS AND DELETES, ACCOUNT ADDS, SWITCHES ANALYSIS. WE DO AN ANNUAL AUDIT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE BEING BILLED CORRECTLY. YOU KNOW, WE DO ALL THE WORK AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US, YOU JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL DO IT FOR YOU. OUR AGGREGATION FEE IS $0.99 PER MEGAWATT HOUR. THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS, AND WE'VE FOUND THAT MOST BROKERS WILL CHARGE 3 TO $5 PER MEGAWATT HOUR. SO WE THINK THAT WE'RE THE BEST VALUE IN THIS MARKETPLACE, CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE, THE CONTRACTS AND THE PURCHASING POWER THAT WE DELIVER. AND FINALLY, WE ARE A NONPROFIT. WE'RE OWNED AND OPERATED BY OUR MEMBERS. THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP BOARD IS ON THE LAST PAGE. AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING A BOARD ELECTIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEAR TERM RIGHT NOW. WITH THESE FIVE CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. SO WE HAVE JUDGE JENKINS FROM DALLAS COUNTY, COMMISSIONER JONES FROM MCLENNAN COUNTY, NEW COMMISSIONER BOBBY GALANO FROM ROCKWALL COUNTY, AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OF TARRANT COUNTY, CHANDLER MERRITT, ON THE BOARD AS WELL. AND THEN MR. JOHN PRUITT, REPRESENTING THE 20 PLUS UTILITY DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE GROUP, IS ON THE BOARD AS WELL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? AND I KNOW I THINK YOU SAID IT'S TIME FOR US TO NOMINATE OUR REPRESENTATIVE. I GUESS WE HAVE A VACANCY FOR THE FOR THE COUNTY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO P3, AND WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR ONE POINT OF ENTRANCE FOR EACH MEMBER. SO WE WOULD ASK IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER MOTION. YEAH. AND WE'LL [00:25:05] GET IT APPROVED. AND WE'LL GET IT TO YOU AS QUICK AS IT GETS APPROVED ON MONDAY. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING BY. JUDGE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ALWAYS A PLEASURE. MY CARD IS IN THE FOLDER. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME, JUST DON'T HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NO ACTION ON THAT. OKAY. 2.4 C WOULD BE CONSIDERATION. ACTION ON [c. Consideration and action on accepting new election management software from SOCH (Ingregra) and Civera ElectionStats.] ACCEPTING THE NEW ELECTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. FROM JOSH AND TAVERNA. ELECTION STAFF. SO THINGS LIKE WE'RE CONSTANTLY UPGRADING, RIGHT? CONSTANTLY. GOOD MORNING. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. WE I'M. YOU KNOW, WITH THE DISTRUST IN ELECTIONS, WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE IT MAKE THE ELECTIONS. I DON'T KNOW, THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR WERE THE WELL, WE WANT TO HOLD THE INTEGRITY, BUT WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO BE HIDDEN. SO THESE TWO SOFTWARES ARE ARE BASICALLY TO HELP THE ELECTION OFFICE AND TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF, OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. AND ONE OF THEM IS WHERE WE WANT TO ARCHIVE ALL THE ELECTIONS IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE. ONLINE. GRACIE HAS THE BOOKS BACK TO THE ABOUT THE MIDDLE 1800S, AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY WAS FOUNDED IN 1836. SO WE FROM THE TIME IT WAS FOUNDED, WE HAVE THOSE ELECTIONS. ONCE THEY STARTED. AND SO I'M GOING TO LET VICTORIA GO OVER THE TWO SOFTWARES WITH THE SLIDES JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO IN ELECTIONS TO. HELP US AND TO HELP THE PUBLIC. ALSO THE ELECTION, I MEAN, THE TWO SOFTWARES WILL BE PAID FOR OUT OF FUND 252, WHICH IS A FUND THAT WE IT'S AN ELECTION SERVICE FUND. IT IS NOT EVER BUDGETED INTO COUNTY BUDGET. IT IS KEPT STRICTLY FOR ELECTIONS. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID THIS, THESE TWO SOFTWARES WOULD COME OUT OF THAT FUND. I TALKED TO THE AUDITOR. WE HAVE ABOUT 992,000 IN THAT FUND. AND WE KEEP THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERY TIME LEGISLATION CHANGES A ELECTION, EQUIPMENT ON US THAT WE HAVE TO UPDATE IT. WE KEEP THAT FUND. SO IT HELPS THE COUNTY REPLACE ALL ELECTION EQUIPMENT. BUT WE DO THINK THAT THESE TWO SOFTWARES WILL BE A BIG BENEFIT FOR SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. THIS IS VICTORIA PARADA. SHE IS MY ELECTION COORDINATOR AND SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ME TO GET THESE TOGETHER. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. WE JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE INCOMING SOFTWARE. THAT WAY EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT'S TO COME AND WE MAINTAIN A GOOD, TRANSPARENT OFFICE THAT DOES THEIR BEST TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THE FIRST ONE IS ELECTION STATS. IT'S GOING TO BE A SEARCHABLE DATABASE THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO OUR WEBSITE. SO LIKE PAM SAID, YOU CAN GO BACK AND SEARCH. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH EVERYTHING UP UNTIL 2006. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ANY COUNTY WIDE ELECTION UP UNTIL 2006, AND THEN EVENTUALLY INCREMENT IN SMALL INCREMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK HOPEFULLY UNTIL OUR VERY FIRST ELECTION IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S THE END GOAL. AND THEN WE'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER INTEGRA, WHICH IS AN INTERNAL ELECTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT'S GOING TO HELP IMPROVE THE DOCUMENTATION OF OUR CHAIN OF CUSTODY AND OUR SECURITY PROCESSES. SO FIRST, THIS IS ELECTION STATS. IT AGAIN IS GOING TO BE AN EXTENSION OF OUR WEBSITE THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW USERS TO SEARCH FOR ANY ELECTION. WE ALREADY PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT IT'S NOT VERY USER FRIENDLY. AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY, SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN USE TO [00:30:06] LOOK FOR WHATEVER THEY NEED. SO YOU'LL GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE, AND THEN IT'LL CLICK ON TO THIS LANDING PAGE, AND IT'LL SHOW HOW MUCH DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE. YOU CAN SEARCH BY YEAR RANGE, ELECTION DATES, REPORTS OR DOCUMENTS. SO THIS IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF CLICKING AROUND. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLICK GO TO YOUR QUICK LINKS. AND THEN FROM THE QUICK LINKS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN AND FIND WHAT ELECTION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND WHAT RACE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. AND IT'S JUST NOT VERY USER FRIENDLY. AND THIS IS WHAT ELECTION STATS WILL HELP PROVIDE TO US. SO INSTEAD OF ALL THAT EXTRA WORK, IT WILL IMMEDIATELY SHOW YOU A GRAPH OF THE MOST RECENT CONTEST. AND FROM THERE YOU CAN GO AND YOU CAN AGAIN SEARCH BY YEAR, RANGE, ELECTION DATES, REPORTS OR DOCUMENTS. YOU CAN ALSO JUST SEARCH FOR YOUR NAME. SO IF YOU ARE A CANDIDATE, YOU CAN SEARCH FOR JUDGE KREBS FOR EXAMPLE, OR COMMISSIONER ONE RACES AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE HISTORY JUST BY TYPING IT IN. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE SEARCH TOOLS. YOU CAN COMPARE MULTIPLE RACES. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK FOR BALLOT MEASURE. YOU CAN SEARCH FOR RESULTS BY PRECINCT. AND THEN EVENTUALLY YOU CAN CLICK IN TO VIEW THE CANDIDATE HISTORY. SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT HOW SOMEBODY HAS RAN IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, THEN YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU AND IT'LL SHOW RACE OUTCOMES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU MAY NEED. AND ALL OF THOSE REPORTS CONTINUE TO STAY ON THE WEBSITE. NOTHING LEAVES. SO THE CANVAS REPORTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE ON IN AN EXCEL FORMAT AND IN THE PDF FORMAT. WE REALLY, REALLY LOVE THIS SOFTWARE AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE IT BECAUSE IT'LL BE USEFUL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT'S ALSO A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. THAT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO SEARCH THROUGH AND ON THE BACK END. IT SAVES US A LOT OF TIME IN OUR OFFICE. WE GET CALLS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE GET CALLS FOR SOME OF OUR OFFICES THAT SAY, HEY, DO YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THE COUNTY PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT? AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE BOOKS. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE CANVAS REPORTS. WE HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE. AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM THIS PAST SPRING, WE SPENT ABOUT FOUR DAYS, EIGHT HOURS A DAY TRYING TO SEARCH FOR CERTAIN RACES. AND THIS CAN BE DONE IN MINUTES. AND THE NEXT SOFTWARE IS INTEGRA. THIS IS AN INTERNAL DATABASE THAT WE USE ON OUR END TO DOCUMENT, LIKE I SAID, PROCESSES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO IMPROVE. IT ALLOWS US TO TRACK OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT. WE CAN SEE EVERY ELECTION WORKER THAT HAS WORKED. WE CAN SEE WHAT PHASE OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT IS FROM TESTING ALL THE WAY TO BEING OUT AT THE POLLING PLACE, TO GETTING REPAIRS OR JUST REGULAR MAINTENANCE, AND IT KEEPS US IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, WHICH IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE DO IN OUR OFFICE. SO FIRST, IT WILL ALLOW US TO MANAGE ELECTION WORKERS. IT MAKES SCHEDULING THEM EASIER. THE ELECTION WORKER TAKES ON A LOT OF THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY NOW OF SAYING, THESE ARE THE DAYS THAT I'M AVAILABLE TO WORK. THIS IS MY PARTY BECAUSE THE STATE DOES REQUIRE US TO HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN THE PARTIES OF OUR PARTIES IN THE POLLING PLACE. SO THAT INFORMATION WILL BE STORED ON HERE. RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY USE A EXCEL SPREADSHEET, AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE EXCEL, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. IT ALSO TAKES A LOT OF PHONE CALLS. ONE OF OUR ELECTION CLERKS SITS AND CALLS FOR DAYS AND DAYS ON END. THEN IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE OUR TRAINING ONLINE AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAINING. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONLY IN-PERSON TRAINING AND WE RECORD IT. WE SEND IT OUT TO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE THERE. THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED TRAINING, AND RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY ACCEPT THE WORD OF OUR WORKERS THAT THEY DID THE ONLINE TRAINING. THIS ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT THEY COMPLETED THAT TRAINING. AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT IMPROVES OUR CHAIN OF CUSTODY. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING BY HAND. WE'RE KEEPING DOCUMENTS IN SEVERAL PLACES. THIS MOVES IT ONLINE, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THAT EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN. SO WE CAN SEE EVERY ELECTION, EVERY POLLING PLACE IT HAS GONE OUT FOR. WE CAN SEE IF IT'S CURRENTLY IN AUSTIN GETTING TESTED, GETTING MAINTENANCE, AND [00:35:01] THEN IT LETS US LOG WHEN WE COMPLETE OUR LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTING, WHICH IS WHEN WE ALLOW THE PUBLIC IN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING AS IT SHOULD. AND THEN FINALLY, IT GIVES US A CHECKLIST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING SENT OUT TO THE POLLS. THAT WAY WE KNOW EVERYTHING IS SUFFICIENTLY SUPPLIED. AND THEN WE LOVE IT BECAUSE IT INCREASES OUR SECURITY. RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING'S BEING DONE BY HAND. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT, AND THIS MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO TRACK EVERYTHING. WE CAN DOCUMENT WHO'S IN A POLLING PLACE, AT WHAT TIME. WE CAN DOCUMENT THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF THE EQUIPMENT. ALL OF THIS DOCUMENTATION WE ALREADY HAVE. BUT THIS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE MAKES IT BETTER. AND THEN AGAIN, IT SAVES TIME. WE'RE NO LONGER HAVING TO SIT ON PHONE CALLS FOR HOURS AND HOURS. AS MUCH AS WE LOVE SPEAKING WITH OUR ELECTION WORKERS, IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO FREE UP SOME TIME TO DO OTHER THINGS. AND THEN AGAIN, IT IMPROVES EFFICIENCY. IT IMPROVES OUR PROCESSES BY MOVING EVERYTHING ONLINE. IT MAKES IT FASTER. WE CAN GO AND SEARCH FOR THINGS THAT WE NEED, AND WE HAVE A DOCUMENTED HISTORY ALL IN ONE PLACE, RATHER THAN WITH 50 DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS SOFTWARE TO COME TO THE COUNTY AND TO HELP BOTH OUR OFFICE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ANYTHING TO ADD? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT BOTH OF THESE SOFTWARE COMPANIES ARE SO SOURCE. AND SO HAVE SO SOURCE LETTERS FROM BOTH OF THEM. SO I DO NOT NEED TO GO OUT AND GET THREE SEPARATE BIDS BECAUSE I DO HAVE THE SOLE SOURCE LETTERS. AND WHAT IS THE COST. JOSH, WILL YOU PUT IT ON THE CONTRACT? YES. AND THIS IS THE COST FOR THE ARCHIVING THE ELECTION, THE ELECTION DATA. IF WE GO BACK TO 2006, IF YOU'LL GO DOWN, JOSH, 2006 TO 2024 WILL COST US 13,600. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL ARCHIVE ANOTHER 20 YEARS OR SO. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE. THE OTHER SOFTWARE COST IS A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE. IT IS A YEARLY COST ON THAT ONE. THE ELECTION STATS IS A ONE TIME COST FOR WHATEVER WORK THEY DO, RIGHT? THERE WE GO. SO THE FIRST YEAR. AND INTEGRA WOULD COST US THE $17,624 WITH THE ONE TIME THAT INCLUDES A ONE TIME FEE OF $2,000. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE BY EACH YEAR WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO USE IT, BUT WE WILL BE USING IT FOR EVERY ELECTION. OKAY. WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE NEW ELECTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. JUDGE KREBS. JUDGE, JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST TALKING TO MR. DORSEY. OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT, WAIT WAIT, WAIT. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SECOND. SECOND. YEAH. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW WE CAN TALK. OKAY. TALKING TO MR. DORSEY, HE WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. JUST TO BE SURE HE HASN'T FULLY WHAT WE JUST SAW. HE JUST SAW IT JUST NOW, SO HE HAD TO FULLY GO THROUGH. JUST BE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS OKAY BEFORE WE. IT'S ON THE MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT. IT'S MORE THAN $50,000. FRANKLY, SOMETIMES WE GET SOLE-SOURCE LETTERS ARE NOT ACCURATE. WE'D LIKE TO INVESTIGATE THAT, MAKE SURE IT TRULY IS A SOLE SOURCE. AND SO WE ASK YOU TO TABLE THAT PORTION OF IT. AND IF YOU WANT TO ON THE ONE THAT'S NOT LET'S WITHDRAW MY MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. AND OKAY I'LL MOVE THE TABLE. WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST TABLE BOTH OF THEM RATHER THAN VOTE ON ONE OR ANOTHER. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE CAN DO THAT BY NEXT MEETING. YES, SIR. YES. WE'LL GET IT BY NEXT MEETING. HAVE IT ON NEXT MEETING. AGENDA. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE. NOW, BEFORE WE GO TO THE VOTE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THIS INFORMATION BEFORE WE GET THE PRESENTATION. IT WOULD BE NICE. THANK YOU. OKAY, JUDGE. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOT A MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECOND BY GONZALEZ TO TABLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TABLING THIS. SO LET'S SEE A MOTION TO TABLE WITH NO DISCUSSION. OKAY. WE'LL TABLE WE'LL DISCUSS IT WHEN WE BRING IT BACK UP NEXT MONDAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY I. I SIGN. CARRIES TO TABLE. THANK YOU, JUDGE AND [d. Discussion, consideration and action on request by Juvenile Detention to approve Contracts and Agreements of Detention of Juvenile Offenders with the following entities: 1. Cameron County 2. Medina County 3. Wharton County] [00:40:07] COMMISSIONERS. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. OKAY. 2.4 D DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, ACTION ON A REQUEST BY JUVENILE DETENTION TO APPROVE CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS OF DETENTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS WITH THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES CAMERON COUNTY, MEDINA COUNTY AND MORTON COUNTY. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENT? NO. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. A MOTION CARRIES. 2.4 [e. Consideration and action on County Treasurer April Garcia's recommendation to adopt the 2025 Investment Policy.] E CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON COUNTY TREASURER APRIL GARCIA'S RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE 2025 INVESTMENT POLICY. SEE YOU. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THE POLICY SINCE LAST YEAR. THE ONLY THING IS UPDATING THE OR PRESENTING IT HERE IN COURT TODAY ARE ANNUAL INVESTMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES REFLECTING TODAY'S DATE. THIS POLICY JUST GOES OVER HOW I AM. THE TREASURER CAN INVEST OUR FUNDS THROUGH POOLS OR AND HOW I'M SORRY. OUTSIDE DEPARTMENTS COME IN TO HAVE TO DEPOSIT THE MONEY AND HOW I INVEST IT. AND MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THE OTHER TABLE ABOUT THIS ONE? OKAY. NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECOND BY YEARLY. OKAY. SO DO WE NEED TO INCLUDE IN THE MOTION? NO. IT'S OKAY. WHO MADE IT? I GOT THAT HERE. I DON'T NEED TO INCLUDE WHO THE INVESTMENT PERSON IS. DO WE OR IS IT ALREADY IN? IT'S ALREADY ON THERE MYSELF. YES, YES. THE INVESTMENT OFFICER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. IT'S ON THE POLICY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THE COURT NEEDS TO SIGN THIS INVESTMENT POLICY, SO I WILL START IT DOWN THERE AND COME BACK THIS WAY, PLEASE, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [f. Consideration and action on a request from Chesca Newman, County Purchasing Coordinator, authorizing the Auditor’s Office to go out for a re-bid on IFB2025-001 Sheriff’s Boat.] OKAY. 2.4 F CONSIDERATION ACTION REQUEST FROM JESSICA NEWMAN, COUNTY PURCHASING COORDINATOR, AUTHORIZING THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO GO OUT FOR RE BIDS ON THE IFB 2025 001 SHERIFF'S BOAT. SHERIFF'S BOAT AND FIND A BOAT. NOBODY WANTS TO SELL US A BOAT. IT DOESN'T RAIN VERY MUCH DOWN HERE ANYWAY. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AN ARK, RIGHT? GOOD. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. WE RECEIVED ONE BID AND IT WAS TOO HIGH. AND SO WE WANTED TO GO OUT TO BID IT AGAIN AND WIDEN THE SPECS A LITTLE. IF YOU COULD REFRESH MY MEMORY. ON WHAT SIZE BOAT IS THIS? 21FT, 21FT. OKAY. WITH A TRAILER? OKAY. AND HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING TO BUY FOR? I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE BID? HOW MUCH? 84,000. $84,000. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OR A YACHT. THE LAST ONE YOU GOT WAS FOR FREE. IT WAS ONLY 35. THAT WAS BLUE WAVE. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. FIRST ONE WAS A JET BOAT. SECOND. THANK YOU. MOTION SECOND BY YARDLEY. YOU KNOW THE COMMENTS. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 2.4 [g. Discussion Consideration and action on a request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, on awarding RFP 2025-005 TDA Septic Construction.] G IS DISCUSSION. CONSIDERATION. ACTION. REQUEST FOR MELANIE COOPER, GRANT MANAGER, ON AWARDING THE RFP 2020 5005 TO SEPTIC CONSTRUCTION. GOOD MORNING. WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT AHEAD AND GOT THESE BIDS IN ON FRIDAY. WE GOT THEM TABULATED. SO I WENT AHEAD AND PRINTED UP A COPY FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW LINN ENGINEERING'S RECOMMENDATION. THE FIRST BID THAT WAS SUBMITTED THAT WAS LOWEST BID DID NOT INCLUDE THEIR BOND PAPERWORK OR SOME OF THE OTHER PAPERWORK. SO THAT ONE WAS NOT QUALIFIED. SO WE MOVED TO THE NEXT LOWEST BID, WHICH WAS SYLVIA. CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU SIR. SEE I THINK THIS. IS OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BLOW ME UP A LITTLE BIT. IT'S BLOWING UP ON THE SCREEN. IF YOU CAN GET A BETTER VIEW THERE, YOU CAN SEE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. IT'S ON THE AGENDA IF YOU WANT TO JUST CLICK ON IT. IT'S ON YOUR COMPUTER. THANK [00:45:06] YOU. SO MUCH. THIS WAS EVALUATED BY A FLOOD PLAINS. WE ALSO GABRIEL WAS INCLUDED IN THERE ON THE SEPTICS. AND SO THERE WAS A GOOD EVALUATION TEAM ON THIS. OKAY. AND WHAT WAS THE ISSUE WITH THE FIRST THE LOWEST BID. THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE THE CORRECT PAPERWORK IN THEIR BID AND SO THEY DID NOT QUALIFY. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD THIS CAME IN UNDER THE GRANT AMOUNT WE HAD. IT WAS 450 I BELIEVE FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO AFTER DOING THE MATH, WE BELIEVE WE CAN FIT THREE MORE SEPTICS INTO THIS PROGRAM AT A LATER DATE. TO SAVE THE MONEY. OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I'LL GO AND MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION BY GILLESPIE. SECOND BY EARLY. FOR APPROVAL. 2.4 G. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 2.4 H. CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON [h. Consideration and action on a request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, to extend ARPA-Contract RFP2023-007 until April 1, 2025, for Hazardous Mitigation Plan Update] THE REQUEST FOR MELANIE COOPER, GRANT MANAGER, TO EXTEND THE ARPA CONTRACT. RFP 2020 3-007 UNTIL APRIL 1ST OF 2025 FOR THE HAZARDOUS MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE. I THINK THIS AGREEMENT WAS EXPIRED AND THEY DID SUBMIT THE PLAN AND IT DID GO UP FOR REVIEW. IT HAS BEEN SENT BACK AND THERE ARE SOME CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE COST OF THIS AGREEMENT. IT'S ALREADY BEEN PAID AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS GO IN AND FIX THOSE CORRECTIONS. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE FOR THEM TO DO THAT. SO NO COST, NO COST, NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE COUNTY. AND THEY ARE GOING TO GO IN AND FIX THOSE. WHAT FEMA SENT BACK, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS SO WE CAN RESUBMIT THAT PLAN UNTIL WE GET THE APPROVED PLAN IN PLACE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION BY HARLEY, SECONDED BY. COMMISSIONER HOWARD. YOU SECOND. OKAY, SECOND. OKAY. GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, 2.4 I IS DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE [i. Discussion, consideration, and action on a request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, on amending ARPA-SLFRF Contracts RFP2024-016 & RFP2024-015 to include a mobilization fee of 8% with no change to the contract amount. ] REQUEST FROM MELANIE COOPER, GRANT MANAGER ON AMENDING ARPA AS LSF CONTRACTS RFP 2020 FOUR, DASH 016 AND RFP 2020 4-015 TO INCLUDE A MOBILIZATION FEE OF 8% WITH NO CHARGE TO THE CONTRACT AMOUNT CHANGE. EXCUSE ME TO CONTRACT. THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO CONTRACT AMOUNT. THIS WAS AN OVERSIGHT DURING CONTRACTING WE WENT THROUGH. THEY DID NEED SOME MOBILIZATION FEES. WE SAID WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM, BUT WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. SO WE'RE PUTTING THIS IN THERE TO INCLUDE THAT 8% MOBILE MOBILIZATION FEE TO GET THEM PAID FOR THAT PORTION OF THE INVOICING. BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE CONTRACT. IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT. IT WAS JUST AN ADMINISTRATION PORTION. WE WANTED TO GET IT CORRECTED WITH THE CONTRACT ALREADY THERE. YEAH, RIGHT. THE MONEY WAS THERE. IT WAS JUST A CHANGING OF FUNDS TO ADD THAT MOBILIZATION. ALL RIGHT. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. ANY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MELANIE. OKAY. WE GO DOWN TO 2.4 J. CONSIDERATION AND [j. Consideration and action on request from Commissioner Ruben Gonzales, Road and Bridge Precinct # 3, to authorize the County Auditor's office to seek bids to purchase a truck bed with crane for a 2024 Ford F-550 Super Duty Truck. ] ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER RUBEN GONZALEZ. ROAD AND BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY AUDITORS TO SEEK BIDS TO PURCHASE A TRUCK BED WITH CRANE FOR A 2020 4F5 50 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. MR. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECONDED BY GONZALEZ. SECONDED BY GILLESPIE. YOU MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY WE HAVE TO DO THIS. YES. MY PREDECESSOR BOUGHT A TRUCK WITH NO BED. IT'S A 550 OLD TRUCK. BIG OLD TRUCK. AND IT'S NOT EVEN STREET LEGAL. SO WE HAVE TO BUY A BED TO GET IT UP TO PAR, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC. OKAY. OKAY, WELL, ANY OTHER THAT COMES IN HANDY. YES IT DOES. YES IT DOES. OKAY, HERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 2.4 K. DISCUSSION. ACTION REQUEST FROM [k. Discussion, consideration and action on request from Commissioner Ruben Gonzales, Road and Bridges Precinct 3, on the purchase of one (1) 2024 GMC Sierra 2500HD Pro 4WD Crew under BuyBoard Contract 724-23 for the amount of $69,646.75 ] [00:50:03] COMMISSIONER RUBEN GONZALEZ. ROAD AND BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE, ON THE PURCHASE OF ONE 2024 GMC SAHARA, 2500 HEAVY DUTY PRO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CREW UNDER BOARD CONTRACT 720 4-7 23. IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,646.75. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY, I GOT A MOTION. WAS SECONDED BY LESLIE. MIGHT EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY I SAID REPLACEMENT. YEAH, WE'RE JUST REPLACING THE TRUCK. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 2.4 L. DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND [l. Discussion, consideration and action on request from Human Resources Department on updating the full time regular GIS Administrator / NG911 grade 111 & the full-time regular Safety ADA Specialist grade 107 Job Descriptions to one (1) full time regular GIS Administrator / NG911 / Safety ADA Specialist, grade 111 for the Emergency Management Department. Job Description reviewed by Salary Compensation Committee with recommendations.] ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ON UPDATING THE FULL TIME REGULAR GIS ADMINISTRATOR NG 911, GRADE 111 AND A FULL TIME SAFETY ADA SPECIALIST GRADE 107. JOB DESCRIPTION TO ONE FULL TIME REGULAR GIS ADMINISTRATOR. NC 911 AND SAFETY ADA SPECIALIST GRADE 11 111 FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. JOB DESCRIPTION COMPENSATION COMMITTEES WITH RECOMMENDATION. THOSE ARE IN YOUR IN YOUR LETTER THAT YOU HAVE GOT THERE. OKAY. SO I RECEIVED TWO JOB DESCRIPTION. IT'S AN UPDATED JOB DESCRIPTION. WHAT THE REQUEST IS TWO FULL TIME POSITIONS BEING COMBINED INTO ONE POSITION. I KNOW THE GIS CAME TO Y'ALL EARLIER THIS A FEW MONTHS BACK. AND THEN THE SAFETY OF COURSE, WE BROUGHT TO THE COURT RECENTLY FOR ADVERTISING AND WE PULLED THAT. SO WHAT THE REQUEST IS, IS TO CHANGE THOSE TWO FULL TIME INTO ONE AND TWO FULL TIME POSITIONS INTO ONE FULL TIME POSITION. IT DID GO THROUGH COMMITTEE. THEY HAVE A REPORT TO GIVE TO YOU ALL. I JUST DID THE PAPERWORK PUT TO THE COURT. SO Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STARTERS ON THAT ONE. THERE. THERE WAS SOME ATTACHMENTS TO THE ITEM. THE AGENDA ITEM. DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THAT DUE TO THEM GIVING YOU TWO OPTIONS? I JUST NEED DIRECTION FROM THE COURT. HOW Y'ALL WANT ME TO PROCEED INTO POSTING THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE POSITION? WELL, I YOU KNOW, IT'S OUT ON PAGE TWO OF THIS LETTER WE GOT HERE. GIVEN THE ABOVE, THE CELLAR COMMITTEE DOES NOT RECOMMEND COMBINING THESE TWO FULL TIME POSITIONS AND THE ONE FULL TIME POSITION OVERLOADING ONE PERSON TO HANDLE THINGS AS IMPORTANT AS OUR AND 911 ADDRESSING SAFETY ADA RESPONSIBILITIES WE FEEL COULD POTENTIALLY PUT THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND PROPERTY AT RISK, AS WELL AS COULD RESULT IN MAJOR DELAYS FOR THE 911 ADDRESSING AT ALL FOR OUR CITIZENS. ANYWAY, YOU CAN READ THE REST OF IT YOURSELF. I'M GOING TO READ IT ALL OUT. SO WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM HR? IT'S JUST HR IS NOT PART OF THAT COMMITTEE ITSELF. SO I RELY ON THE ACTUAL SALARY STRUCTURE COMMITTEE ON WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS THEY'RE SET UP AT. I MEAN, BY COMBINING THE TWO, COMBINING THE TWO, I MEAN YOU HAVE TWO FULL TIME POSITIONS. IT'S JUST WHATEVER THAT POSITION IS GOING TO BE ENTAILED, MAKING SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB. I MEAN, THEY'RE FULL TIME POSITIONS NOW, I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE, BUT YEAH, I DON'T SEE COMBINING THEM. I DON'T KNOW. THESE ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT JOBS WITH TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SKILL SETS. THEY'RE BOTH IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNTY. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION FOR COMBINING THEM. IT WAS DONE BEFORE. YEAH. ARE WE SAVING MONEY? IT WAS 911 SAFETY. I HAVE A HUNCH THAT THE WAY WE DID THINGS IN THE PAST, THERE'S NOT THE SAME WAY WE'RE DOING THINGS TODAY, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE 911 ADDRESSING AND SAFETY FOR THAT MATTER. IT DID WORK AND IT BROUGHT OUR COSTS DOWN. WAY DOWN. I MEAN, THE SITUATION WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PAYING IN 1992, OVER 400,000 A YEAR FOR WORKER'S COMP INSURANCE IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS. WE BROUGHT IT DOWN UNDER 100,000. WITHIN FIVE YEARS, WE BROUGHT IT DOWN UNDER 50,000 AND BACK UP AGAIN. BUT I'M SAYING IS, IS HAVING SOMEBODY WORKING WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND INTERLOCAL KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, IS A IS A RESOURCE. BUT IF YOU GET THE RIGHT PERSON DOING THE RIGHT JOB, IT CAN HAPPEN. CURRENTLY, OUR GIS IS UNDER JOHN HERNANDEZ, WHICH IS BECAUSE OF THE PERMITTING AND ALL OF THAT ENGINEER. YEAH, RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE DEPARTMENT. THAT PARTICULAR POSITION IS SET AT THE SAFETY RIGHT NOW IS UNDER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS. SO WE HAD TWO DEPARTMENTS AND THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO PUT IT INTO ONE. AND I JUST NEED BASED ON WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, WHAT WHO'S GOING TO BE OVER THAT POSITION. BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TWO [00:55:01] DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COMBINE THEM. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT THEM. NO, WE ARE TRYING TO THEY ARE TRYING TO COMBINE THEM. SO IT YOU WILL HAVE A GIS POSITION AND A SAFETY POSITION, TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT POSITIONS. BUT THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE COMBINED, NOT FULL TIME. IT IS RIGHT NOW. SAFETY IS NOT FULL TIME. IT IS RIGHT NOW. HOW DO YOU COMBINE TWO FULL TIME POSITIONS THAT ARE FULL TIME? THAT'S THE REQUEST, SIR. IS THERE NOT FULL TIME? I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY. IF YOU HAVE VIEWED WHAT WENT ON FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, NEITHER ONE OF THEM ARE FULL TIME JOB. HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE LOOKING AT SAVING HERE? I JUDGE YOU KNOW BETTER THAN WE DO AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WORK IS DONE. BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY WORK UNDER YOU, RIGHT? WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT JUDGE IS UNDER YOUR DEPARTMENT'S. WHAT DO YOU WANT? YEAH, I WANT TO COMBINE THE TWO. LEAVE THEM AT 111 GRADE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE COMBINING THEM SECOND. SECOND. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A MOTION. OKAY, NOW WE CAN DISCUSS MORE. SECOND. GONZALEZ, DID YOU CALL? I MADE MY WAY AROUND. I MADE THE MOTION. RUBEN MADE THE MOTION. I MADE THE SECOND. OKAY, COMMISSIONER, YOU HAD ASKED. CURRENTLY, OUR GIS PAYS 63,000 AND OUR SAFETY PAYS JUST SHY OF 42,000. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO AS FAR AS THE PAY? LET ME SOMEWHERE BETWEEN. SO IT'LL BE A GRADE. WELL A HIGHER GRADE. IT'S A11 11. SO WE'RE GOING TO FIND A QUALIFIED GIS PERSON AND A QUALIFIED SAFETY PERSON WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK BASICALLY PART TIME IN BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR A SAFETY PERSON. WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO? WHAT DEGREE DO YOU HAVE TO GET? YOU ARE TAUGHT SAFETY REGULATIONS. SAFETY SPECIALIST. SPECIALIST? WELL, NOT IF THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING IN THE SAFETY FIELD AT, SAY, ONE OF OUR LOCAL INDUSTRIES AROUND HERE. SURE. JOB. NO, I'D WANT TO BRING IN SOMEBODY WHO'S QUALIFIED AND HAS GOOD JOB EXPERIENCE. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THEM HOW WE WANT IT. SO I WILL SAY IN THE PAST THAT I HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS GETTING THINGS OUT OF OUR 911 OFFICE BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL IN THERE SEEMED TO BE OVERTASKED, NOT OVERTASKED. HE SPENT TIME AT ANOTHER LOCATION DOING WORK FOR THEM. WELL, WE DID APPROVE THAT THOUGH. YEAH. YES, WE DID APPROVE TO HIM TO BE PART OF THAT. SO THAT'S AS MUCH ON US AS THEY ON HIM. SO AND THE DEAL ABOUT FLYING DRONES IN YOUR NOTES IS WRONG. THE DRONE BELONGS TO THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, NOT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, DRONES, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE MARSHAL FLIES THE DRONES. THAT'S WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE FLYING THE DRONES WHEN HE HAS, ACCORDING TO OUR JOB DESCRIPTION, JUST FOR THE SAFETY PERSON. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE OR HIGHER IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, LOSS PREVENTION, RISK MANAGEMENT OR RELATED FIELD. ONE OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD, CERTIFICATION AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT. CLASSES. RIGHT. PREFERRED THREE YEARS EXPERIENCE, ETC, ETC, ETC. SO IF WE PULL UP THE OTHER ONE WELL BEFORE WE HAVE THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN THERE, THAT WAS CHANGED. I RETIRED FROM THAT AREA. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE'VE SAVED MILLIONS BEFORE. WE HAD ALL THOSE ADDITIONS ON THERE. SHOULD I SAY THAT? WE ARE BEHIND ON OUR GIS SYSTEM? WE USE IT. AND. FOR SOME ON GIS SYSTEM, WE AS A COUNTY, WE ARE WAY BEHIND WE AS IN THE ELECTION OFFICE, USE COUNTY ROADS EVERY DAY TO DO OUR JOB. AND WE WERE WORKING WITH LEE TO GET THE GIS SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING FOR THE ELECTION OFFICE. WE DON'T JUST NEED THE COUNTY ROADS, BUT WE NEED HOUSE NUMBERS. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT IF WHEN YOU HIRE SOMEBODY, YOU HIRE SOMEBODY WITH SOME GIS EXPERIENCE THAT CAN COME IN AND TAKE OVER WHERE LEE LEFT OFF, BECAUSE WE HAVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE HAVE CITIES, WE HAVE WATER DISTRICTS, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF DISTRICTS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THEIR BOUNDARIES OR THE COUNTY ROADS THAT WE NEED AND HOUSING THAT WE NEED ON A DAILY BASIS. AS FAR AS SAFETY GOES, THE I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HURRY TO GET A GIS PERSON IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE WORK THAT LEE WAS WORKING ON. THE OTHER ISSUE THAT LEE WAS [01:00:02] WORKING ON WAS A BLUE RASTER PROJECT THAT WE SPENT A GOOD CHUNK OF MONEY ON, AND NOW I HAVE NO IDEA WHO'S TRACKING THAT, WHO'S WORKING WITH BLUE RASTER, WHAT THE STATUS OF ANY OF THAT IS. I'LL HAVE TO TELL YOU, I HAD A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS CALL ME AND SAID THAT HE WASN'T DOING WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ON THE ON THE RASTER. I'D LIKE TO WAIT A MINUTE. WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC CRUCIFIXION. NOT A CHRISTIAN. THIS IS JOBS THAT I KNOW. I KNOW I GOT JUDGE, JUDGE. HE WASN'T DOING HIS JOB. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE BLUE RASTER. WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS OUT. WE HAVE ONE WITH BLUE RASTER WHO IS HELPING WITH THE GIS AND COUNTY RESOURCES. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY HEADING THAT UP RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GET ANOTHER GIS PERSON IN THERE TO TAKE CONTROL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING TO SEE WHICH ELEMENTS TO FOCUS ON, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO PLAY A PART IN THE NEXT. THERE'S A BID OUT THAT'S GOING TO HELP IDENTIFY A LOT OF THE COUNTY ROADS AND ASSETS THAT WILL CATCH UP THAT GIS PROGRAM. SO WE DID INVEST SOME ARPA FUNDS INTO THAT, AND WE DO HAVE SOME BIG CONTRACTS COMING IN. WE ALSO HAVE 911 THAT WILL HELP WITH THE ADDRESSING TO GET THOSE POINTS UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS A COUNTY. SO THE COUNTY DID APPROVE THOSE AND THOSE ARE FUNDED WITH ARPA. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. WE SHOULD SEE GREAT IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. NO I THINK YOU GOT IT. JUDGE SECRETARY. SO YOU YOU HAD ASKED EARLIER ABOUT THE SALARY ON A GRADE 111. THE BASE SALARY THAT'S THE BASE IS 55,400. SO THAT WILL START FROM THERE WHEN WE DO THE POSTING, GO FROM THERE MOVING UP BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU JUDGE AND THIS IS UNDER YOUR DEPARTMENT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT. DEBRA HAS SOMETHING. I JUST ASKED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS COMBINED JOB DESCRIPTION THAT YOU ALSO GIVE DIRECTION ON TO THE GIL, BECAUSE YOU ALSO IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION, YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT FALL UNDER DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENTS LIKE IN HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WHERE IT REFERENCES GRANT WORK AND GRANT APPLICATIONS, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. THERE IS NO EXPERIENCE LISTED ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THAT IF YOU'RE ASKING THIS PERSON TO ALSO WORK WITH GRANT STUFF. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN SOME REQUIRED EXPERIENCE. ALSO, YOU'VE GOT YOUR TASKING THIS POSITION TO ALSO WORK WITH THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGER, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT IS NOT UNDER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. IT'S A IN A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT, THE 911. RESPONSIBILITIES ARE UNDER THAT ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT. AND THEN THE SAFETY ADA SPECIALIST IS UNDER A DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT FOR 2025 BUDGET. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK WITH THE AUDITOR ON MAKING SURE HOW NORMA'S GOING TO PUT THIS IN A JOB POSTING FOR, BECAUSE SHE HAS TO SAY THIS, MUCH OF SALARY IS COMING FROM THIS FUNDING LINE ITEM AND DEPARTMENT, AND THIS MUCH IS. SO THAT KIND OF NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANT TO REVIEW SOME OF THE THINGS IN HERE TO GET CLARIFICATION BEFORE IT'S POSTED. OKAY. MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN I OKAY. FOUR YAYS ONE NAY OKAY. MOTION [3. PERSONNEL-Employment and current employee status changes in accordance with the current personnel policies, County Budget, and State law with notification of such changes to the payroll division of the Treasurer's office.] PASSED. OKAY. GOING INTO PERSONNEL 3.1 A TOMMY AGUIRRE. RESIGNATION. CREWMAN. ROAD AND BRIDGE THREE FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 104. STEP ONE AT $2,876.06 PER MONTH EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 21ST, 2025 3.1 B AIR CARGILE RESIGNATION SHERIFF'S DEPUTY OFFICER FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 109 AT $5,289.30 PER MONTH EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 22ND, 2025. 3.1 C JOHN HASSELL, RESIGNATION HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TWO ROAD AND BRIDGE THREE FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 106 STEP FIVE AT $3,874.78 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025. 3.1 D AARON LEAL, SALARY CHANGE HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ONE ROAD AND BRIDGE THREE FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 105 STEP ONE $3,077.19 TO STEP THREE AT $3,423.33 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE MARCH 1ST, 2025. 3.1 E LUKE POWERS, SALARY CHANGE CREWMAN ROAD AND BRIDGE THREE FULL TIME [01:05:08] REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 104 STEP TWO $3,009.83 PER MONTH TO STEP FOUR AT $3,355.73 PER MONTH EFFECTIVE MARCH 1ST, 2025. 3.1 F ADAM RIVAS, SALARY CHANGE CREWMAN ROAD AND BRIDGE THREE FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 104 STEP TWO AT $3,062.82 PER MONTH TO STEP FIVE, $3,409.47 PER MONTH EFFECTIVE MARCH 1ST, 2025. 3.1 G JUSTIN TOVAR, EMPLOYMENT MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT ONE BUILDING YARD FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 104 AT STEP ONE AT $2,875.69 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE MARCH THE 3RD OF 2025. COMMISSIONER, I HAVE ONE ADJUSTMENT ON THE LAST ONE. JUSTIN TOVAR PHONE ALLOWANCE OF $50 PER MONTH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NOTED. MOVE TO APPROVE 3.1 A THROUGH G WITH THE PHONE ALLOWANCE ADJUSTMENT DONE 3.1 G. MOTION BY LESLIE, SECONDED BY ZAGORSKY. I HAVE QUESTIONS ON THREE OF THESE, JUDGE OKAY, SO 3.1 D 3.1 E 3.1 F. I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW THIS FITS OUR COMPENSATION PLAN. I READ BACK THROUGH THE PLAN TRYING TO SEE HOW I COULD FIT THIS IN THERE. AND FOR EXISTING EMPLOYEES, THE ONLY THING I SEE THAT'S CLOSE TO THIS IS A WITHIN STEP INCREASE, WHICH HAS A REQUIREMENT OF HOW MANY MONTHS YOU HAVE TO BE IN THAT STEP ALREADY, AND THEN YOU CAN ONLY MOVE UP ONE STEP. YES, SIR. HOW IS THIS WORKING IN OUR COMPENSATION PLAN? IT DOESN'T WORK ON THE COMPENSATION PLAN. SO WE'RE GOING OUTSIDE THE SCOPE. THE COMMISSIONER HAS REQUESTED THIS DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL DUTIES THAT ARE IN PLACE AND THEIR VECTOR CONTROL CERTIFICATION THEY JUST RECEIVED, IT WAS NOT A PERCENTAGE ON A STEP THAT HE REQUESTED. HE JUST REQUESTED A $2 INCREASE PER EMPLOYEE. THOSE ARE YOUR TWO VECTOR GUYS, RIGHT? YES. THOSE ARE THE THREE VECTOR GUYS. THREE VECTOR GUYS. RIGHT. I DID THE SAME THING WITH MINE. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT HE'S NOT BASING IT OFF THE COMPENSATION PLAN. SO HE'S GOING OUTSIDE THE SCOPE. THIS IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL LICENSING THING THAT THEY DID CORRECT. YES SIR. OKAY. SO DOESN'T THIS ONCE AGAIN THROW OUR WHOLE PLAN OUT OF WHACK? NO IT DOES NOT. NO. CALL THE QUESTION. HOW DOES IT NOT? WE'RE NOW PUTTING PEOPLE INTO STEPS. IT'S IN MY BUDGET, COMMISSIONER. OKAY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE GONE OUT AND GOTTEN STATE CERTIFIED. THE LAST COMMISSIONER FIRED HIM WHEN THEY ASKED FOR A RAISE. I'M GOING TO COMPENSATE AND TAKE CARE OF MY EMPLOYEES. I'M NOT ARGUING TAKING CARE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WELL, IT'S TWO, TWO, TWO MONDAYS IN A ROW THAT YOU ARGUE ABOUT THAT AGAIN, CALL THE QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, CALL THE QUESTION. THE QUESTION. YES. MR. KEITH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. RIGHT, RIGHT. WITH THE QUESTION BEING THE VOTE. OKAY. BUT HE CAN FINISH. HE CAN FINISH. YEAH, I'M SURE HE CAN FINISH. FINE. SO MY PROBLEM IS IT DOESN'T MATTER. OUR COMPENSATION PLAN. THAT'S MY PROBLEM. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF RECOGNIZING YOUR EMPLOYEES OR COMPENSATING THEM CORRECTLY. SO, JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO VOTE NO ON D AND F AND YES ON THE REST. SO IF YOU CAN SEPARATE THAT SOMEHOW. THE D AND THE. OKAY, I'LL AMEND MY MOTION FIRST TO EMOTION MY MOTION. EXCUSE ME TO APPROVE 3.1 A THROUGH 3.1 C AND 3.1 G OH SECOND THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MOTION BY MISS ME SECOND BEST. OF COURSE. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ON THE MOTION HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THAT MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT. NOW I WANT TO MAKE A [d. Erin Leal - Salary Change - Heavy Equipment Operator I/Road and Bridge #3 full-time regular, non-exempt grade 105 step 1 at $3,077.19 per month ($17.75 hr.) to step 3+ at $3,423.33 per month ($19.75 hr.) effective March 1, 2025.] [e. Luke Powers - Salary Change - Crewman/Road and Bridge #3 full-time regular, non-exempt grade 104 step 2+ at $3,009.83 per month ($17.36 hr.) to step 4+ at $3,355.73 per month ($19.36 hr.) effective March 1, 2025.] [f. Adam Rivas - Salary Change - Crewman/Road and Bridge #3 full-time regular, non-exempt grade 104 step 2+ at $3,062.82 per month ($17.67 hr.) to step 5+ at $3,409.47 per month ($19.67 hr.) effective March 1, 2025.] MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 3.1 C THROUGH E D E, F D E AND F SORRY, D E AND F. NO. SECOND. NO, NO. OKAY. THEY'RE D E AND F E AND F. MOTION BY GILLESPIE. SECOND. GONZALEZ I WAS ALPHABETICALLY CONFUSED. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. HE OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? OKAY. [01:10:02] HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. OKAY. AND MOTION IS APPROVED. FOUR GAMES AND ONE NET. OKAY. THEN WE GO DOWN TO EMPLOYEE STATUS [a. Lindsay Torno - Resignation - Purchasing/Accounts Payable/County Auditor full-time regular, non-exempt at $4,357.15 per month ($25.14 hr.) effective March 14, 2025.] CHANGES FOR 3.2 A LINDSAY TORNOW RESIGNATION, PURCHASING ACCOUNT PAYABLE. COUNTY AUDITOR'S FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT AT $4,357.15 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE MARCH 14TH, 2025. I MOVE TO APPROVE 3.2 A SECOND A MOTION. BY GILLESPIE, SECOND BY YEARLY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. NO EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS MORNING. MOTION TO ADJOURN, YOUR HONOR. SECOND MOTION BY GILLESPIE. SECOND BY CHARLIE TO ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ADJOURNED AT 1 * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.