[1. Call meeting to order]
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          EVERYONE. WELCOME TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT. WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGES AND WE'LL GET THIS. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OUR TEXAS FLAG. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. OKAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. I THINK ALL OF US HAVE OUR FINGERS CROSSED. I THINK IF YOU WATCH THE NEWS THIS MORNING, THURSDAY'S A 60% CHANCE OF RAIN. I DON'T LOOK AT THE OTHER 40% THAT IT MAY NOT. I'M HOPING THAT THE 60 IS CORRECT AND STUFF BECAUSE WE DO NEED WE DO NEED 
          [3. Citizens to be heard]
IT. OKAY. 1.3 IS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. I DO HAVE TWO CARDS THIS MORNING. THE FIRST ONE I'LL CALL UP IS MR. BOBBY BULLOCK. I AM BOBBY BULLOCK. MY ADDRESS IS 13 895 COUNTY ROAD 908 SINTON. AND I'M SPEAKING TO EFFICIENCY THIS MORNING. EVERY GOOD BUSINESS CONSTANTLY LOOKS TO THEIR OPERATION TO FIND WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT. AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT, WASHINGTON IS EXPOSING WASTE AND CORRUPTION THAT WILL MAKE OUR GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT. SO WHAT'S THE QUESTION? WHAT CAN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY DO TO BE MORE EFFICIENT? IT STARTS WITH OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT AND PLANNING. SOMEONE SHOULD BE IN CHARGE TO FOLLOW THE MONEY. SO WHO'S IN CHARGE OF EFFICIENCY? WE PROBABLY NEED A CULTURAL CHANGE. OUR GROWING BUDGET WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. LABOR, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO BE INEFFICIENT IN ORGANIZATION AND UNORGANIZED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING POLICIES WITH EVERYBODY DOING THEIR OWN THING. GET TOGETHER AND MAKE A PLAN. A PLAN MAY START BY TAKING A HARD LOOK AT DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENT INVENTORY, UPDATE POLICIES, REVISE THE LIMITS AND CORRECT PROCEDURES FOR PURCHASES, CONSOLIDATED VOLUME PURCHASES FOR THE COUNTY VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND MATERIAL WITH A FOLLOW UP TRACE TO BE SURE THAT IT'S USED, REPAIRED AND DISPOSED OF AND DOCUMENT ALL OF THESE THINGS. THAT'S THOSE ARE THE BASICS. YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE IN CHARGE TO SUPERVISE COUNTY WIDE JOB SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES, CONSOLIDATE AND STREAMLINE DEPARTMENTS, AND REDUCE POSITIONS TO MATCH THE NEEDS. INEFFICIENT COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS USUALLY BAD MANAGEMENT OR BAD BEHAVIOR. BE SURE THE MONEY IS BEING USED AS IT WAS INTENDED. DON'T LOOK THE OTHER WAY. WAGES SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE JOB. IF AN EMPLOYEE OR JOB POSITION ISN'T PRODUCING DESIRED RESULTS OR COSTING TOO MUCH, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. CITIZENS EXPECT RESULTS. THEY ALSO EXPECT ACTION CONSEQUENCES FOR BAD BEHAVIOR. WITH A CULTURAL CHANGE, IT WILL. 
          WITHOUT A CULTURAL CHANGE, IT WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE MORE EXPENSIVE BAD BEHAVIOR. IF YOU GET A CHECK FROM SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, YOU'RE IN CHARGE. I ASK YOU TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT BEING EFFICIENT. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU. NEXT PERSON I HAVE FOR CARD FROM IS COURTNEY SHANE. 
          COURTNEY. SHANE. INGLESIDE, TEXAS. GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN. THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO BRING UP AND BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. IN INGLESIDE, WE HAVE THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN OUR BACKYARD, AND WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WHEN Y'ALL CONSIDER PUTTING APPOINTMENTS UP. INGLESIDE IS GROWING TREMENDOUSLY, AND IT'S ONLY 
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GOING TO GET BIGGER. SO PLEASE CONSIDER PUTTING SOMEONE FROM INGLESIDE, TEXAS INTO THAT POSITION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COASTAL BEND WATER ALLIANCE IS. I LOOKED IT UP ON X, I LOOKED IT UP ON GOOGLE. I JUST SAW THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THERE. I SAW YOU, COMMISSIONER YARDLEY. I LIVED IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND WE HAD LCRA. THERE IS A MOVIE THAT I'LL REFER TO AND IT'S CALLED DUNE. HE CONTROLS THE SPICE, CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE. SO WE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM AUSTIN THAT WANTS TO CREATE A GROUP LIKE THIS. I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MUCH MORE RESEARCH INTO THIS GROUP, AND LET THE PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE UP TO. THE NEXT THING I WANT TO ADDRESS IS ELECTED OFFICIALS UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW. AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I KNOW YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU SEE ON FACEBOOK, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HOWEVER, WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. YOU CANNOT THREATEN TO SHUT DOWN A PRIVATE CITIZEN FOR WHAT THEY SAY ONLINE, REGARDLESS IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, IT'S STILL AGAINST THE LAW FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO THREATEN A PRIVATE CITIZEN. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU MA'AM. THAT'S THE ONLY TWO CARDS I HAVE. IS ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER CITIZENS TO BE HEARD THIS MORNING? OKAY. 
          [4. Report from Judge, Commissioner or Department concerning an item/report of community interest.]
HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO 1.4 REPORT FROM JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS. COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE. WEATHER REPORT. SIR. MR. GONZALEZ. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT WE FINISHED UP MOWING THE SAINT PAUL AREA, WEST DENTON AREA, AND WE'RE STARTING TO ODEM AREA TODAY. DID A LOT OF TREE TRIMMING IN THE OLD SAND PIT AREA. WE HAULED 128YD■!T OF RECYCLED ASPHALT FROM TXDOT, FROM TAFT TO OUR 188 YARD. WE'RE DOING BLADE WORK AT THE 2541 COUNTY ROAD PINXTON FARM AREA AND THE COUNTY ROAD 2349. WE'RE READY FOR LIMESTONE. GET THAT COVERED IN THE SAINT PAUL AREA. THANK YOU. MR. CHARLIE. NOTHING TO REPORT, JUDGE. COMMISSIONER GORSKI WELL, WE FINISHED OUR WRAP. WE DID ABOUT 70 LOADS LAST WEEK. IT WAS A FUN THING. I NOTICED THAT WE HAD AN EMERGENCY REPAIR ON COUNTY ROAD 1178, WHICH BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. WE DIDN'T HAVE POTHOLES OUT THERE. WE HAD CRATERS. SO WE HAULED ABOUT SEVEN LOADS OF WRAP OUT THERE. THE COMPANY BUILDING THE SOLAR FARMS HAS PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE CARE AND REBUILD THE ROAD OUT THERE FOR US, BUT RIGHT NOW IT HAD TO BE. 
          IF YOU HAD A SMALL CAR DRIVING DOWN THAT ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT CAR IN THAT IN THEM CRATERS. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND FILLED ALL THOSE CRATERS UP AND GOT THAT AT LEAST PASSABLE AND DRIVABLE. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THE ONLY THING I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS, I GUESS I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED OUR SAN PATRICIO COUNTY DAYS IN AUSTIN ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK. TREMENDOUS SHOWING OF SUPPORT FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN AUSTIN. IT WAS GREAT. GREAT TO SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP. WE HAD SOME GREAT MEETINGS WITH SOME OF OUR LEGISLATORS AND STUFF, AND YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN ONE OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS HERE. COMING UP, THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM THAT WE HAVE, I DO PLAN ON MAKING NUMEROUS MORE TRIPS UP TO AUSTIN. WE'VE GOT SOME BIG TOPICS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS, ESPECIALLY THE FUEL TAX THAT WE ARE CHARGED, THE STATE FUEL TAX THAT WE HAVE TO PAY ON ALL THE FUEL THAT WE BUY. THAT'S A BIG, BIG NUMBER THAT THIS COUNTY HAS TO PAY. AND WE'RE ONLY ONE OF THE, I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAS TO DO THAT. SO WE NEED TO GET THAT CHANGED, AND WE HAVE TO WORK ON THE COUNTYWIDE VOTING. THEY'RE TRYING TO CUT COUNTY WIDE VOTING OUT FROM US NOW AND GO BACK TO THE PRECINCT VOTING. THAT'S ONE OF THE HOT ISSUES THAT'S UP THERE. IT'LL BE DISCUSSED HERE PROBABLY COMING UP RIGHT OFF THE BAT. SO THERE'S ITEMS ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. IF YOU WANT A COPY OF THAT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I DO HAVE IT IN MY OFFICE. YOU CAN COME BY AND I'LL GET YOU A COPY OF IT, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN AUSTIN WHEN WE'RE GOING UP AND BACK AND FORTH. THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE THIS MORNING. I WAS OUT OF TOWN LAST WEEK AT A CONFERENCE IN COLLEGE STATION FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND I DID HAPPEN TO TUNE INTO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT JUST TO WATCH TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. LAST WEEK, I FELT BAD THAT I WASN'T HERE BECAUSE THE MAYOR OF DENTON HERE DID. I THINK SHE WENT WAY OVERBOARD ON THANKING ME FOR WHAT I DID WHEN WE HAD THAT FIRE. I THINK IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN OR A FIREMAN, WHEN YOU 
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SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN DISTRESS WITH A FIRE IN THEIR HOUSE OR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR INSTINCT IS TO GO TO IT AND HELP. AND THAT'S ALL I DID. I WENT TO IT TO HELP AND STUFF. I THINK THAT'S ANY ANYBODY THAT'S HAD HAD ANY FIREFIGHTING EXPERIENCE WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. I THANK HER FOR THE COMMENTS THAT SHE DID FOR EVERYBODY AND STUFF, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT ANY CONGRATULATIONS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO FOR ANY OF Y'ALL, ANY OF Y'ALL. IF I HEAR A FIRE GOING ON SOMEWHERE, I'M GOING TO GO TO IT AND SEE IF I CAN HELP. SO. SO I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR. I'VE TRIED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER THIS WEEK, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER POINT TODAY, MAYBE TO GET GET DOWN THERE AND THANK HER FOR THE COMMENTS THAT SHE MADE ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND EVERYTHING, AND FOR OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FOR ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYBODY THAT JUMPED IN TO HELP WITH THAT TRAGEDY THAT WE HAD HERE IN. OKAY, DEPARTMENT HEADS, ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS THIS MORNING, I KNOW WE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS COMING UP TO TODAY AND TOMORROW. THIS WEEK. THIS IS JUST A FORMAL REMINDER THAT THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH, OUT AT THE PRECINCT TWO BARN, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST EVENT OF THIS YEAR, A TIRE DRIVE. IT IS FROM MARCH, MARCH 29TH, FROM 8 A.M. TO NOON OR UNTIL THE TRAILER IS FULL. SO IF WE DO HAVE SOME EXTRA ROOM AFTER THE EVENT, I'LL GET WITH SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS IF YOU GOT SOME EXTRA TIRES SO WE CAN TOP IT OFF. GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL AWARDS SERVICE AWARDS LUNCHEON TOMORROW. IT DOES START AT 11:00 FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO GET THERE. WE'RE SERVING TILL 1:00. THE ACTUAL CEREMONY IS AT 12:00, WHERE THE PRESENTATIONS ARE DONE. AND WE HAVE 48 PRESENTATIONS THIS YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS? OKAY. GOOD MORNING. ON BEHALF OF THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, WE JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT CITY SCHOOL ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP. THERE ARE LESS THAN 30 DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING, WHICH IS SET TO BEGIN APRIL 22ND. AND IT RUNS ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE 29TH. APRIL 3RD IS THE LAST DAY TO UPDATE OR CHANGE YOUR REGISTRATION TO REGISTER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CITY SCHOOL ELECTIONS, IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION IS UP TO DATE, SINCE YOU CAN ONLY VOTE IN THE AREA WHERE YOU CURRENTLY RESIDE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A COUNTY WIDE VOTING. SO AGAIN, THAT'S APRIL 3RD TO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION AND MAKE ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. I WILL THEN GO RIGHT DOWN INTO 1.5. IT 
          [5. PUBLIC NOTICE: San Patricio County Administrative Annex will be closed Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from 11:00 am to 1:15 pm for our Annual Employee Awards Luncheon. ]
IS A PUBLIC NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT. AND MISS RIVERA DID SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL EMPLOYEE AWARDS LUNCHEON TOMORROW. AND JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HERE, OUR ANNEX IS GOING TO BE CLOSED FROM 12 UNTIL 115. SO IF YOU TRY TO COME IN HERE TOMORROW AND GET YOUR LICENSE PLATES OR SOMETHING, EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE CLOSED UNTIL 115. SO IT'S 11 FROM 1111 TO 115, 11 TO 115. WE'RE CLOSED UNTIL EVERYBODY GETS BACK, OKAY. ITEM 2.1 IS 
          [1. Approval of minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF LAST WEEK, MONDAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY SIKORSKI, SECONDED BY YARDLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN AND MISS. ALL ABSTAIN. OKAY. 401 OKAY. 2.2 A IS EXAMINATION 
          [a.  Examination, consideration, and action on approval of all claims against San Patricio County Pursuant to section 113.064, Texas Local Government Code.]
CONSIDERATION OF ALL CLAIMS AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY MOVED TO PAY THE BILLS. SECOND, BY GILLESPIE, SECONDED BY YARDLEY. PAY THE BILLS. ANY BILLS IN QUESTION THIS MORNING HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION 
          [b.  Consideration and action on Budget Line Items, Transfers, and Amendments.]
PASSES. UNANIMOUS 2.2 B IS BUDGET LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS. WE DO HAVE FOR THIS MORNING. THE FIRST ONE IS OUT OF PRECINCT ONE, TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM GENERAL SUPPLIES INTO NCO FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT. THE NEXT ONE IS OUT OF PRECINCT TWO, TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM REPAIR AND MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE. THE THIRD ONE IS OUT OF CONSTABLE 
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PRECINCT FIVE, TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIES INTO INSURANCE BONDS AND PREMIUMS, AND ANOTHER ONE FROM EQUIPMENT REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE INTO NCO FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT. THE LAST ONE IS OUT OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM NCO FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT INTO CONFERENCE AND ASSOCIATION DUES. MOVE TO APPROVE BUDGET LINE ITEM TRANSFER SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MORRISON MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN IN MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 2.2 C IS CONSIDERATION ACTION ON BANK 
          [c.  Consideration and action on accepting bank reconciliation, investment reports, and related matters by County Treasurer. ]
RECONCILIATION. TREASURER'S REPORT, MISS GARCIA. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. THIS WEEK'S HEALTH TRANSFER IS $83,600. WE HAVE A SECTION 125 TOTAL OF $5,506.75. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX ASSERTED CLAIMS FOR $10,285.21. OUR ESCROW TOTAL IS $948.50, AND OUR POSTAGE TOTAL IS $7,594.73. I MOVE TO ACCEPT TREASURER'S REPORT. THANK YOU. 
          LET'S PLAY SECOND BY EARLY TO APPROVE TREASURER'S REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS OF MISS GARCIA THIS MORNING? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. 
          [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:]
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOING INTO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 2.3, I'LL NEED A MOTION TO TABLE 2.3, A MOVE TO TABLE SECOND. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION TO BRING BACK ON THE TABLE FROM GILLESPIE, SECONDED BY YARDLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THEN WE WILL GO INTO. IT'S BACK ON THE TABLE. 
          2.3 A IS ACCEPT AND RECORD TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE ANNUAL REPORT OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2024 FROM THE CITY OF SINTON. 2.3 B IS ACCEPT AND RECORD REALIGNMENT OF 911 ADDRESSING AND GIS DEPARTMENTS TO BE SUPERVISED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 2.3 C IS TO ACCEPT AND RECORD AUDITORS. COUNTY AUDITORS UNAUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 25 AND FEBRUARY 28TH OF 25 2.3 D ACCEPT AND RECORD INDUSTRY LETTER OF COMPLIANCE DATED JANUARY 30TH, 2025 FOR CORPUS CHRISTI LIQUEFACTION, LLC, CHAPTER 312 TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT FOR TRAINS ONE, TRAIN TWO AND TRAIN THREE AND THE 312 TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS, AS AMENDED FOR STAGE THREE A AND STAGE THREE B BETWEEN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY CCL, CCL, CORPUS CHRISTI LIQUEFICATION. STAGE THREE LLC AND CHENIERE LAND HOLDING LLC, AND ACCEPT AND RECORD THE CORPUS CHRISTI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S AUDIT LETTER DATED MARCH 13TH, 2025. VERIFYING COMPLIANCE. CORPUS CHRISTI LIQUEFACTION, LLC TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT 2.3 IS ACCEPTED AND RECORDED A C NO. 2.3 E NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO A AGENDA ITEM. OKAY, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE 2.3 A THROUGH 2.3 D. I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 2.3 A THROUGH D. SECOND, A MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECOND BY YARDLEY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. WE GOTTA MOVE 2.3 TEN AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED YET. THAT AGREEMENT OKAY. WE NEED TO PROVE THAT AGREEMENT BEFORE WE CAN ACCEPT AND RECORD IT. OKAY. INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS 2.4 A 
          [a.  Consideration and action on adopting a resolution of Commitment to the Coastal Bend Water Alliance, Declaring Unified Commitment to the Development of Regional Water Supplies.]
CONSIDERATION OF ACTION ON ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF COMMITMENT TO THE COASTAL BEND WATER ALLIANCE. DECLARING UNIFIED COMMITMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL WATER SUPPLIES. WHILE WE WERE IN AUSTIN WEDNESDAY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS THROUGH. 
          SENATOR HINOJOSA'S OFFICE. I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH HIS STAFF AND ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE UP THERE. SO, CHAD, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, MAYBE FIRST AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE. ALLIANCE AND THE STUFF, AND THEN I'LL GO INTO WHATEVER WE DID, SEE IF WE GOT IT WAY THE COURT MAY WANT IT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. JUDGE. 
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COMMISSIONERS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU AT SAN PATRICIO DAY IN AUSTIN, MANY OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE TO JOINING US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE TRIP UP TO AUSTIN. AND YOUR VOICE IS CERTAINLY HEARD. MY NAME IS CHAD MCGILL. I'M THE DISTRICT LIAISON FOR SENATOR ADAM HINOJOSA, DISTRICT 27. AND LET ME LET ME START WITH REAL QUICK WITH THE COASTAL BEND WATER ALLIANCE WILL DO. AND WHAT THE ALLIANCE IS NOT. RIGHT. SO THE COASTAL BEND WATER ALLIANCE COMMITS TO A SHARED VISION, ESTABLISH A UNIFIED APPROACH TO WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT, ENSURING THAT STATE LEADERS SEE A REGION WORKING TOGETHER RATHER THAN COMPETING FOR RESOURCES, ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING AND RECOGNITION, WHICH IS WORKING COLLECTIVELY TO SECURE OUR FAIR SHARE OF STATE AND FEDERAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. FUNDING. COORDINATE WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS. DEVELOP A REGIONAL PLAN THAT PRIORITIZES DESALINATION, INTER-BASIN TRANSFERS, GROUNDWATER STORAGE AND LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS. ENGAGE IN STAKEHOLDER AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND INDUSTRIES UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER SECURITY AND SUPPORT OUR SHARED INITIATIVES AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. MEET REGULARLY, TRACK PROGRESS AND ENSURE CONTINUED COOPERATION AMONG ALLIANCE MEMBERS. WHAT THE COASTAL BEND WATER ALLIANCE IS NOT IT'S NOT A FORMAL ORGANIZATION. THE ALLIANCE REQUIRES NO SEPARATE FUNDING, STAFF OR NEW GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. IT'S NOT A BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS. THIS IS AN ACTION ORIENTED COMMITMENT TO GET RESULTS. AND THIS IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL WATER PROVIDERS. CITIES, COUNTIES, INDUSTRIES WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE THEIR OWN WATER SUPPLIES, BUT BY COORDINATING EFFORTS, WE WILL ALL BE STRONGER TOGETHER. 
          WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE? LITERALLY EVERY ENTITY IMPACTED BY WATER SUPPLY CHALLENGES AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGION'S LONG TERM SUCCESS. NO DOUBT WE SEE OURSELVES IN A DROUGHT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP OURSELVES FROM IMPACTS LIKE WE HAVE TODAY IN THE FUTURE. SO ON BEHALF OF SENATOR ADAM HINOJOSA, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT IN SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION OF COMMITMENT TO THE COASTAL BEND WATER ALLIANCE. YOUR DECISION TO STAND WITH US REGIONAL EFFORT IS MORE THAN JUST A RESOLUTION. 
          IT'S A DEFINING MOMENT FOR SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AND THE FUTURE OF WATER SECURITY FOR OUR ENTIRE REGION. BY JOINING THE COASTAL BEND WATER ALLIANCE, YOU'RE TAKING A BOLD AND PROACTIVE STEP TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY HAS ACCESS TO RELIABLE, LONG TERM WATER SUPPLY. THIS COMMITMENT MEANS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION MEANS LOWER COSTS FOR TAXPAYERS AND RATEPAYERS, GREATER INFLUENCE IN REGIONAL DECISIONS, WATER SECURITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IS SETTING A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO THE SAN PATRICIO COUNTY OF TODAY, BUT ALSO LEFT A LASTING LEGACY FOR THE FUTURE. SO ON BEHALF OF SENATOR ADAM ROSA, WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT WORKING TOGETHER IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD. BECAUSE WHEN WE STAND UNITED, WE WIN. ONE EXAMPLE, I MIGHT ADD, THE CENTRAL TEXAS WATER ALLIANCE IS FORMING AS WELL. AND THESE REGIONAL WATER ALLIANCES GIVE YOU A STRONG SEAT AT THE TABLE. WHEN $3 BILLION IS COMING UP WITH SB SEVEN, WHICH IS BEING HEARD RIGHT NOW IN AUSTIN COMMITTEE AND BEING LAID OUT ON THE FLOOR THIS WEEK, AND $1 BILLION WORTH OF ANNUALIZED FUNDING, WE'RE LOOKING AT SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IS AT THE TABLE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. I STAND BY FOR QUESTIONS. SO THE MEETINGS THAT THIS ALLIANCE WILL HAVE, ARE THEY GOING TO BE LOCAL MEETINGS OR ARE THEY ALL GOING TO BE IN AUSTIN LOCAL, LOCAL. 
          AND REALLY IT'S ABOUT SHOWING UP IN AUSTIN UNIFIED AND WORKING TOGETHER. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S ALREADY STARTED. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY SAN PATRICIO DAY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS IN AUSTIN. 
          NOTHING TAKES AWAY FROM THAT. BUT SHOWING UP AS A REGION AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER'S PROJECTS. I BELIEVE, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, YOU GET A GREATER, FAIR SHARE OF THE RESOURCES FROM THE STATE. SO WHEN IS THE NEXT MEETING PLANNED? DO WE KNOW YET? WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS ALIGNING EACH OF THE GROUPS, COUNTIES, ORGANIZATIONS, INDUSTRY, CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, WATER DISTRICTS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AFTER THE SESSION WILL BE SOME OF THE FIRST MEETINGS. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING? ELSE? OKAY. LET ME GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. WHEN WE FIRST GOT RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM SENATOR HINOJOSA, THEY HAD THE WATER ALLIANCE TIED IN WITH MORE PORT COMMISSIONERS. J.M. 
          LOZANO, I REPRESENTATIVE, HAD ALREADY FILED A BILL ON OUR BEHALF, JUST LIKE THE BILL THAT WE FILED FOR THE LAST TWO SESSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN UP THERE, THE BILL THAT SENATOR HINOJOSA WAS GOING TO TIE INTO THIS, AND HE HAS FILED A BILL. IT'S A HOUSE BILL, 1773, THAT 
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THE TWO COMMISSIONERS, IF WE GET IT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE CITY OF PORTLAND AND TO THE CITY OF PORT ARANSAS. WE WOULD STILL HAVE OUR JUST OUR ONE REPRESENTATIVE. I COULDN'T GO ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION, AND THEY WERE TIED TOGETHER. SO IF WE WERE GOING TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE WATER LINES, WE WERE GOING TO SUPPORT GIVING A SPOT TO THE CITY OF PORTLAND AND THE CITY OF PORT ARANSAS, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A SPACE ON THE ON THE PORT COMMISSION. OUR BIGGEST COMPLAINT WAS IF WE'RE OPENING UP THE PORT BOARD TO CITIES, EITHER WHERE THEY'RE IN NUECES COUNTY OR IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, WE ALL HAVE OTHER CITIES THAT WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO BE ON THAT BOARD AS WELL. YOU COULD END UP WITH A 20 MEMBER PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI BOARD. SO WHY DO YOU EVEN WANT TO HAVE A BOARD JUST TURN, JUST DISSOLVE IT AND GIVE IT TO ONE PERSON TO RUN IT. THAT'S WHY I WAS TOTALLY AGAINST IT. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY OTHER FELLOW COMMISSIONERS THAT WENT UP THERE, BUT THAT WAS THE BIGGEST REASON. AND I TALKED WITH CHAD. WE HAD A BIG, LONG MEETING BECAUSE THEY WERE IN MY HIP POCKET FROM THE TIME I GOT UP THERE UNTIL I MET WITH THEM, AND I TOLD THEM THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THIS ALLIANCE IS IF WE PULL THE PORT COMMISSIONERS OUT OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE ALLIANCE, AND THEY AGREED TO IT. AND THEN AFTER WE GOT THAT PULLED OUT, I TOLD THEM, I SAID, CHAD, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN SUPPORT IT IS AND HE DID TELL ME, AND I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT, CHAD, THAT THAT IF THIS GOES THROUGH THE SENATE, AS PROPOSED BY THE SENATOR, WHEN IT GETS INTO THE HOUSE, HE'S GOING TO SUPPORT J.M. LOZANO'S BILL, WHICH THEY CAN AMEND J.M. LOZANO'S BILL TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION THAT WE PUT IN FOR TWO COMMISSIONERS FOR SAN PATRICIO COUNTY THAT WILL BE NAMED BY SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. AND HE AGREED TO IT. SO, JOSH, IF YOU WILL GO DOWN TO THE RESOLUTION AS WE HAVE ON THERE, THE ITEM NUMBER SIX, AND THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE DO HAVE IN THERE. IF YOU CAN BLOW IT UP OR I'VE GOT IT HERE BASICALLY SAYS SAN PATRICIO COUNTY CALLS UPON THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO EXPAND THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI COMMISSION FROM 7 TO 9 MEMBERS, CONSISTENT WITH HOUSE BILL 2120. THAT'S J.M. LOZANO'S BILL, ENSURING THAT THE COASTAL BEND REGION'S KEY ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTORS HAVE A STRONG VOICE IN THE PORT'S DECISION MAKING. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU AND PROMISE YOU TODAY THAT IF WE GET EITHER 1 OR 2 OF THOSE SPOTS, ONE OF THEM IS DEFINITELY GOING TO INGLESIDE ON THE INGLESIDE, INGLESIDE ON THE BAY AND ARANSAS PASS AND ARANSAS PASS. AND THE OTHER ONE, IF WE GET TWO, IS GOING TO GO TO THE WEST END OF THIS COUNTY AND HAVE HIS AGRICULTURE REPRESENTATIVE ON THERE LIKE WE USED TO HAVE LONG TIME AGO FOR THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL THOSE TWO SPOTS OFF. AND I'VE TALKED WITH J.M. AND I'M GOING TO TALK WITH SENATOR HINOJOSA AGAIN AND SEE IF HE AGREES WITH ME, AND WE'LL FIGHT TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE IN AUSTIN ON WEDNESDAY. BUT SOME OF THE OTHER VISITS THAT WE DID MAKE, MR. MCGILL OR CHAD, I KNOW YOU, CHAD, NOT MR. MCGILL. CHAD AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER A LONG TIME ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS. THAT'S WHY WE GOT ALONG SO GOOD WHEN WE WERE NEGOTIATING THAT WE KNEW WHAT WE WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND STUFF. SO I THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US. AND THANK YOU FOR SEEING OUR POINT OF VIEW WHEN WE WENT INTO THE OFFICE THERE TO TALK TO YOU AND STUFF. SO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS I KNOW, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, YOU WERE THERE. MR. ZAGORSKY YOU WERE THERE. YARD COMMISSIONER YARDLEY Y'ALL WERE THERE. Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT. NO. I SUPPORT THE COMMENT YOU MADE, JUDGE. I DO BELIEVE WE'VE GOT FARMERS OUT HERE ON THE WEST SIDE THAT RUN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESSES. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM. SOMEBODY REPRESENT THE FARMING SIDE AND JUDGE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE. IF WE GOT TWO MORE PORT COMMISSIONERS, THAT WAS ALWAYS OUR PLAN, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, ONE TO THE INGLESIDE, ARANSAS PASS, INGLESIDE, THE BAY AREA AND ONE OUT TO SINTON MATHIS AREA FOR AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT THROUGH THE PORT. SO WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED THAT WAY. THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FOR ORIGINALLY FOR THOSE TWO COMMISSIONERS TO BE SO MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE, WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE INGLESIDE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK THERE TO SPEAK THERE TO ON THIS ISSUE TO THEM 
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SO WE CAN GET THEM ON BOARD. SO, COMMISSIONER ZAGORSKI, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MEETING OUT THERE THIS WEEK. I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE GOOD LORD LOOKS UPON US AND WE GET TO TWO MORE PORT COMMISSIONERS. I THINK IT'LL GIVE US AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD ON THE SEAT GIVEN THE VOICES. COUNTY THREE, CORPUS CHRISTI THREE, AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY THREE WAY, IT SHOULD BE. YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HOUSE BILL 2120 SAYS. EXACTLY. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT, JUDGE, IF YOU'RE ENTERTAINING A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE. TAKE ACTION ON ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION OF COMMITMENT TO ESSENTIAL WATER BEND ALLIANCE, DECLARING UNIFIED COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL WATER SUPPLIES WITH THE SUPPORT OF HOUSE BILL 2120. MR. STATE REP JAN LOZANO I SECOND THAT EMOTION. COULD THIS BE SECONDED BY GONZALEZ? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? WELL, JUDGE, I GUESS I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RESOLUTION WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY IS TO INCREASE FROM 7 TO 9 MEMBERS. 
          THE DISCUSSION OF WHERE THOSE MEMBERS SHOULD COME FROM. IF WE GET THIS AS A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER DAY, RIGHT. OKAY. YOU CAN SAY THAT IF YOU WANT TO. YEAH. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. UNANIMOUS. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAD, I KNOW YOU NEED TO GET TO AUSTIN. THANK YOU FOR I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN. NOW DRIVE SAFE. THANK YOU, CHAD, AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT US ON THE DRIVE BACK. OKAY? TWO 
          [b.  Presentation by Tony Jasso on the county’s debt overview and financing, including results from selling refunded bonds.]
POINT FOUR B IS A PRESENTATION BY TONY RUSSO OF THE COUNTY'S DEBT OVERVIEW AND THE FINANCING, INCLUDING RESULTS FROM SELLING THE REFUNDED BONDS, I THINK THERE'S BEEN NOW A MONTH OR CLOSE TO THAT, TONY. YES, SIR. IT SURE HAS. THANK YOU. GOT SOME VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYBODY. WE DO AND I AM I'M REALLY HAPPY TO I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO COME BACK AND DELIVER GOOD NEWS THAN, THAN, THAN THE ALTERNATIVE. BUT JUST TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY, WE WERE BACK HERE, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN JANUARY, MAYBE MID-JANUARY, TALKING ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFUND SOME OF THE COUNTY'S EXISTING DEBT OBLIGATIONS, THAT IT HAD ONE SERIES IN PARTICULAR, THE 2015 SERIES. AND SO WE'LL ATTEMPT TO JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THE RESULTS OF THAT BECAUSE, AS THE JUDGE INDICATED, IT WAS IT WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL. AND SO WE'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT IN HERE AND TO SORT OF FRAME THINGS, WE'LL START OFF ON SLIDE THREE. AND WHAT I'M SHOWING THERE IS A IS A GRAPH. AND IT'S THE GRAPH OF WHERE MUNICIPAL RATES ARE OR WERE RATHER IN JANUARY WHEN WE WERE HERE AROUND MID JANUARY AS COMPARED TO WHERE THEY WERE ON THE DAY THAT WE ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE MARKET TO PRICE THIS REFINANCING TRANSACTION. SO THE DARKER LINE ON TOP IS WHERE WE WERE IN JANUARY, AND THE LIGHTER BLUE IS WHERE WE WERE IN MARCH. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, RATES MOVED IN OUR FAVOR. THEY CAME DOWN JUST IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM GETTING YOUR PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TRANSACTION TRANSACTION TO WHEN WE PRICED AND THE TWO LOWER TABULAR GRAPHICS ARE REALLY JUST AN INDICATION OF WHERE THE TREASURY MARKET WAS. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE TOO, WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TREASURY MARKET HAD MOVED, RATES HAD MOVED DOWN, AND THE TREASURY MARKET. AND SO TYPICALLY MUNICIPAL MARKETS WILL MOVE NOT IN LOCKSTEP WITH THAT, BUT IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION. SO IT WAS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, AS I SAY, WITH MY GOLF GAME, IT'S BETTER TO BE LUCKY THAN GOOD. AND SO WE WERE CERTAINLY IN A, IN A FORTUNATE PLACE IN THE, IN THE MARKET WHEN WE WENT THROUGH TO PRICE. THE OTHER SLIDE THAT FOLLOWS SLIDE FOUR IS REALLY THE ORDER SUMMARY. AND SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW IN REAL TIME THE ORDERS AS THEY WERE COMING THROUGH. AND SO THIS IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT. AND I THOUGHT JUST TO DO THIS AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE WE RAN AN ORDER PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO HOURS. AND SO AROUND HALFWAY THROUGH THERE, I DECIDED JUST TO TAKE A SCREEN PRINT OF WHERE WE WERE AT THIS POINT. AND SO REALLY AND IT WAS ENCOURAGING BECAUSE WITH ABOUT AN HOUR LEFT TO GO IN THE ORDER PERIOD, EVERYTHING HAD BEEN SOLD. AND SO WE WERE WE WERE DONE, WHICH AGAIN, IS NICE. THERE WAS REALLY STRONG INTEREST. AND SOME OF THAT IS AGAIN DUE TO FAVORABLE CONDITIONS OF THE MARKET. BUT ANOTHER STRONG PIECE, ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF THAT IS THE COUNTY'S CREDIT RATING. YOU KNOW, YOU THE COUNTY CARRIES A CREDIT RATING OF A2 BY MOODY'S, WHICH IS A SOLID INVESTMENT GRADE RATING. AND IN SPEAKING WITH THE ANALYST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, 
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COMPELLING REASONS WHY THE COUNTY COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR AN UPGRADE AS WE MOVE ON AS THE COUNTY AMORTIZES ITS DEBT, AS LONG AS THEY, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE WITH THE STRONG FISCAL PERFORMANCE OF THE VALUES MAINTAIN. THERE ARE SOME DECENT REASONS TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, HAVING YOU PULLED UP INTO THE NEXT CATEGORY, WHICH WOULD BE A. IF THE COUNTY WERE TO ACHIEVE A A1, THERE WOULD REALLY BE ONLY ONE MORE PLACE TO GO AFTER THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE TRIPLE A, BUT A DOUBLE A2 IS INCREDIBLY STRONG. A LOT OF BOND INVESTORS RECOGNIZE THAT AND UNDERSTAND THE VALUE, KNOW THE NAME OF THE COUNTY. AND SO THERE WAS STRONG INTEREST THAT MORNING JUST BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE. SO THAT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAME TO BEAR FOR THE COUNTY'S BENEFIT. BUT IF I COULD JUST KIND OF DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE SEEING UP HERE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN. AND SO WE HAVE THESE, THESE VERTICAL BARS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SOMETIMES THESE BLACK HORIZONTAL LINES. SOMETIMES THEY GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE AS LIKE WITH THE FIRST TWO BARS. SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE WHERE THEY JUST JUST KIND OF MEET THAT BLUE TOUCHES THAT THAT BLACK LINE WITH THE BLACK LINE REPRESENTS ARE THE AMOUNT OF BONDS THAT THERE ARE TO SELL IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IN SOME CASES THE VERTICAL BAR EXCEEDED. THAT MEANT THAT YOU HAD MORE ORDERS THAN YOU HAD BONDS TO SELL. SAME THING WITH THESE KIND OF MIDDLE THREE MATURITIES THERE AS WELL. NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. SO THAT MEANS YOU KNOW IN A NUTSHELL THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO THE INVESTORS AND SAY, HEY GUYS, WE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT. 
          WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE INTEREST. HOW BAD DO YOU WANT THEM? AND SO WE CAN DRIVE THE PRICE OF THOSE PARTICULAR MATURITIES JUST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. AND SO IN THE BOND WORLD, WHEN YOU INCREASE PRICES ON BONDS THE YIELDS COME DOWN. IT'S AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP. SO THAT MEANT THAT I KNEW WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR AND FOUR MINUTES LEFT TO GO IN THE ORDER PERIOD THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO THE INVESTORS, HAVE OUR UNDERWRITING TEAM GO BACK TO THEIR INVESTORS THAT ARE PLACING ORDERS WITH THEM AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THESE TO REALLY FIND OUT WHO WHO WANTED TO, TO, TO BUY THE COUNTY'S BONDS. AND SO IF WE KIND OF FLIP THE PAGE, WE SEE THAT AT THE VERY END, THERE WERE A FEW MORE ORDERS THAT CAME IN THAT PUSHED A LOT OF THIS EVEN HIGHER. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS KIND OF A NICE A NICE OCCURRENCE. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED TO THAT DAY IN THE MARKET WAS THAT THERE WERE A FEW LARGER DEALS THAT WERE COMPETING WITH OURS, BUT STILL WE'VE GOT THIS KIND OF RESPONSE. SO THAT WAS INCREDIBLY ENCOURAGING. SO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, TO AGAIN, PUT PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, WHEN WE WERE ALL SAID AND DONE, WE ONLY HAD $8,555,000 IN BONDS TO SELL, BUT WE RECEIVED $15,180,000 IN ORDERS. SO THIS WAS VIEWED AS ALMOST TWO TIMES OVERSUBSCRIBED. SO THERE WERE ALMOST TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO COME BUY OUR BONDS THAN WE HAD BONDS TO SELL. CONGRATULATIONS. FANTASTIC RESULTS, FANTASTIC RESULTS. SO NOW JUST TO GET INTO THE NUMBERS OF IT ALL AGAIN, TO REMIND EVERYBODY THESE ARE THE BONDS THAT WE WERE REFINANCING HERE, A TOTAL OF $9,155,000 IN BONDS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND COLUMN FROM THE LEFT, WE HAVE THE EXISTING COUPONS THAT WE WERE PAYING ON THOSE. AND THEN IN THE SECOND COLUMN FROM THE RIGHT, THOSE ARE THE YIELDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOCK IN ON PRICING DAY. AND SO IN TERMS OF INTEREST RATES, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE RATE DIFFERENCE THAT REPRESENTS THE SAVINGS. AND NOW WITH A TRANSACTION LIKE THIS, IT'S NOT REALLY A CASH. YOU KNOW THE CASH THAT THE COUNTY GETS BACK. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT FROM 27 TO 36 YOU'RE PAYING LESS INTEREST OR IT'S LOWER LESS OF A BOND PAYMENT THAT YOU'RE PAYING ON THESE NEW BONDS. SO THAT'S IN EFFECT WHERE THE SAVINGS COMES FROM. AND SO IF WE MOVE PAST ON TO THIS SUBSEQUENT SLIDE, WE SEE THIS SAVINGS IN ABSOLUTE DOLLARS. AND SO THE GREEN SHADED LINE IS WHERE WE'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION. BECAUSE THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE TOTAL SAVINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE ON THE PRICING DAY. SO $775,000 EXCUSE ME $775,989. AND IF WE PRESENT VALUE THAT, WE BASICALLY DO A CALCULATION TO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TODAY'S DOLLARS? IT'S A 638, 431, BUT 775 989 IS THE COUNTY'S TRUE AMOUNT OF SAVINGS OVER THE LIFE OF THIS TRANSACTION THAT SHE WILL SAVE. 
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NOW, JUST TO COMPARE, WHEN WE WERE HERE BEFORE YOU IN JANUARY, WE WERE ANTICIPATING THE TOTAL SAVINGS WHICH WOULD HAVE APPEARED IN THAT GREEN SHADED COLUMN. WE WERE ANTICIPATING THAT TO BE 581,400. SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND AGAIN, THAT STRONG DAY IN THE MARKET, STRONG CREDIT RATING, GREAT JOB BY THE UNDERWRITING TEAM THAT WAS SELECTED BY THE COUNTY. EVERYBODY CAME TO DO THEIR JOB THAT DAY. AND SO IT ENDED UP AS A AS A GOOD RESULT FOR THE COUNTY. VERY GOOD. AND THE SLIDE THAT FOLLOWS IS JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE FINANCING. SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE TRANSACTION WAS $8,410,000. SO WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE OR THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO ISSUE $8,410,000 OF BONDS THAT REFUNDED 9 MILLION. 155 THE OVERALL COST OF BORROWING ON THIS TRANSACTION WAS 3.288. AND SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THERE'S A LINE THERE THAT READS AVERAGE COUPON OF REFUNDED BONDS. WE WERE ABLE TO REFUND BONDS THAT HAD AN AVERAGE COUPON OF 4.661, WITH BONDS THAT HAD AN OVERALL COST OF BORROWING OF 3.288. SO AGAIN, JUST FAVORABLE FAVORABLE OUTCOME IN THE SLIDES THAT FOLLOW ARE JUST LITTLE, LIKE A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTY'S OFFERING DOCUMENT. JUST TO PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU ALSO. AND THEN AGAIN, I'VE ALSO PROVIDED YOU A COPY OF THE OF THE RATING REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED SO THAT BUT BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR TRUSTING US WITH THE TRANSACTION AND TO MAYBE HEAP SOME CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR STAFF. IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT WHEN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE ARE AN INTRUSION INTO THEIR WORKFLOW, INTO THEIR DAILY WORKFLOW. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS. THEY ALLOWED TIME FOR THE RATING CALL. AND I SEE MR. WENDEL IN ATTENDANCE. HE CAN HE CAN ATTEST TO THE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE THING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CONFERENCE CALLS THAT YOUR AUDITOR, KIESCHNICK, AND HIS TEAM JUMPED IN ON AND REALLY HELPED US ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TONY. GOOD JOB. THANKS, DAVID. I KNOW THIS HAPPENED AFTER JANUARY, BUT YOU WERE A BIG PART OF IT. SO THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU AND PATRICK WERE WORKING ON THIS WAY BEFORE YOU RETIRED. YOU HAVEN'T LEFT US. YOU JUST RETIRED FROM IT. WE KNOW, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THEY WERE STAFF. THIS IS TREMENDOUS SAVINGS FOR THE COUNTY. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT DAY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAFF. OKAY. 
          GOOD. WE DON'T NEED ANY MOTION THERE. OKAY. 2.4 C IS A PRESENTATION AND UPDATE FROM 
          [c.  Presentation and update from Korb Matosich with Asserta-Frontier on the San Patricio County Health Insurance concierge services.]
CORA MCINTOSH WITH ASSERTIVE FRONTIER ON THE SAN PATRICIO COUNTY HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY SERVICES BOARD. WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE CRABB. AND COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SOME TIME. AGAIN. MY NAME IS CORBIN MATZEK. YOU KNOW ME AS THE CEO OF ASSERTIVE HEALTH. I'M HERE WITH MY PARTNER BILL, WHO'S THE CEO OF FRONTIER. 
          WE'VE COME TOGETHER AS ORGANIZATIONS AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MOMENTS. WE'VE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY SINCE 2016. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOW ANCIENT HISTORY, BUT THE COUNTY ACTUALLY BECAME OUR EARLIEST CUSTOMER AS ASSERTIVE HEALTH, AND WE'VE BEEN SERVICING THE COUNTY SINCE THAT TIME, PARTICULARLY WITH A CASH PAYMENT CONCIERGE SERVICE. THE COUNTY ADOPTED WELL BEFORE OUR BECOMING A PART OF YOUR HEALTH PLAN, AN INNOVATIVE, REFERENCE BASED PRICING HEALTH SOLUTION LED BY BY YOUR CONSULTANT. BILL RUSTBURG. AND TO BASICALLY CLOSE A GAP IN THAT HEALTH PLAN. WE WERE BROUGHT ON BOARD TO FACILITATE CASH PAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES SO THAT YOUR PLAN MEMBERS COULD GET AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE THAT IS PREPAID. AND, YOU KNOW, IT BASICALLY LOCKS IN COMPETITIVE PRICING, FAIR PRICING WITHOUT ANY RISK OF KIND OF BALANCE BILLING, WHICH IS ONE OF THE POTENTIAL DRAWBACKS OF A REFERENCE BASED PRICING PLAN. AGAIN, WE STARTED SERVICING YOU IN 2016. IN 2020, WE BECAME THE FACE OF YOUR HEALTH PLAN. AND WE PARTNERED WITH YOUR CURRENT TPA, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED 
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CENTAVO. AND WE ARE REALLY THE CUSTOMER SUPPORT FUNCTION FOR YOUR PLAN. SO WE TAKE ALL PLAN, ALL CALLS FROM YOUR YOUR PLAN MEMBERS. WE TAKE ALL CALLS FROM FROM PROVIDERS. AND WE AGAIN FOCUS ON FACILITATING CASH PAYMENT FOR SERVICES WHEREVER POSSIBLE SO THAT A REFERENCE BASED CLAIMS APPROACH IS KIND OF SECONDARY. AND AGAIN THIS FACILITATES COMPETITIVE, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE PRICING FOR MEDICAL SERVICES WHILE WHILE MAINTAINING A HIGH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SUPPORT FOR YOUR MEMBERS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOGNIZED IN OUR HISTORY IS THAT WHEN WE COUPLE A CASH PAYMENT APPROACH WITH WITH PRIMARY CARE, WE BASICALLY TURBOCHARGE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS SORT OF APPROACH. AND THIS IS WHY WE CAME TOGETHER WITH FRONTIER HEALTH. SO FRONTIER IS LED BY BILL, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO HIM SO THAT HE CAN EXPLAIN OUR PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. I ASK CORB IF HE WANTED ME TO GO LONG IN THIS OR SHORT, AND HE SAID, HEY, THEY LOVE 1 TO 2 HOUR SPEECHES ON HEALTH CARE AND VERY BIG FANS OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AS WELL. 
          SO NO, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BE HERE. ALSO, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR DECISION FOR CHOOSING MR. ROSENBERG AS YOUR CONSULTANT. I'M FROM SOUTH TEXAS, FROM HARLINGEN, AND SO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH BILL ON A COUPLE OF ACCOUNTS AND ALSO WITH CORB. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT DECISION. WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AS A COUNTY IS PRETTY RARE IN OUR INDUSTRY, AND SEEING YOU ALL DO THAT, I THINK SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THAT. YEAH. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US, FRONTIER IS A DIRECT PRIMARY CARE. THINK ABOUT US AS LIKE NETFLIX FOR YOUR DOCTOR. YOU PAY A SUBSCRIPTION, YOU GET UNLIMITED ACCESS TO YOUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. AND LIKE CORB SAID, WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO PAIR THAT ALONGSIDE PAYING THE CORRECT PRICE FOR CLAIMS, YOU CAN REALLY BEND THE COST OF WHAT AN EMPLOYER SUCH AS YOURSELF WOULD SPEND. AND SO AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS TOGETHER. CORB AND I ALONG EVEN SIDE ACCOUNTS THAT MR. ROSENBERG HAS AND REALLY CHANGED THE WAY IN WHICH COUNTIES, CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EVEN OTHER PRIVATE BUSINESSES HAVE SPENT THEIR MONEY. AND SO WE'RE LOCATED IN SOUTH TEXAS. WHEN CORBETT CHOSE TO BECOME PARTNERS AND JOIN OUR BUSINESSES TOGETHER, WE HAD A LOT OF SHARED ACCOUNTS AND WE SAID, HEY, LET'S GO. LET'S GO OUT AND TRY TO ATTACK HEALTHCARE TOGETHER. AND SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING MORE WITH YOU ALL AND ALSO TALKING WITH MR. RIVERA TODAY AND YOUR CONSULTANT, MR. ROSENBERG, ABOUT, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR FRONTIER AND ACERTA TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES WITH YOU ALL? BUT I'D LIKE TO PAUSE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. 
          JUST LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR HEALTH PROGRAM. I HEAR FROM ALL THE EMPLOYEES ABOUT HOW SATISFIED THEY ARE, WHAT YOU'RE ALL DOING AND HELPING US, AND MR. ROSENBERG IS PART OF THAT TOO AS WELL. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO, YOU KNOW, ALL ALL WORKING TOGETHER HAVE MADE THIS ONE OF THE TOP NOTCH PROGRAMS, PROBABLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AS FAR AS INSURANCE, IT WAS A DIFFERENT AND BILL WAS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT STARTED THIS OUT TO CREATE THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. AND I KNOW WHEN WE WENT BACK TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME HELP FROM TAC, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTERIM INTERIM PART THERE, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE WAY FURTHER ADVANCED THAN WE EVER THOUGHT WE WOULD EVER BE AND STUFF. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF Y'ALL AND MR. ROSENBERG. AND WHAT Y'ALL DOING? Y'ALL ARE AT THE TOP OF INNOVATION. AND I THINK ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEES, I THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING FOR US. THANK YOU. 
          IT'S A IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO SERVE YOUR YOUR EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND. OKAY. 2.4 IS CONSIDERATION NEXT ON THE 
          [d.  Consideration and action on request from County Auditor, Patrick Kieschnick for property, boiler, and machinery Insurance renewal proposal and alternatives submitted by McGriff Insurance Services inc.]
REQUEST FROM COUNTY AUDITORS PATRICK KUSHNICK FOR PROPERTY, BOILER AND MACHINERY INSURANCE RENEWAL PROPOSAL AND ALTERNATIVES SUBMITTED BY MCGRIFF INSURANCE AND SERVICES. 
          PATRICK. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE IS OUR RENEWAL FROM MCGRIFF THAT WE RECEIVED. AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE TOP LINE REAL QUICK. THAT'S OUR CURRENT OUR CURRENT POLICY RIGHT NOW 17.5 MILLION LIMIT PREMIUM ABOUT $550,000. THE BLUE LINE IS IF WE KEPT EVERYTHING CURRENT AS THE SAME AS RIGHT NOW AT A FLAT RATE ONLY, BUT WITH THE INCREASED INSURANCE VALUE OR THE TOTAL INSURED VALUE, IT WOULD BE 617,000. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME RATE REDUCTIONS RANGING FROM 6 TO 11% FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS. RUN THROUGH THEM REAL QUICK. THE 
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FIRST OPTION IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. NO NO CHANGES. THE ONLY CHANGE WOULD BE THE INCREASE IN THE INSURED VALUE, GOING FROM 74 MILLION TO 83 MILLION, AND THAT THAT PREMIUM WOULD INCREASE ABOUT $2,000. THE NEXT LINE, OPTION TWO, WOULD KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME, BUT THE INCREASED INSURED VALUE, BUT ALSO IT WOULD NAME IT WOULD BRING THE DEDUCTIBLE DOWN FROM 3% TO 1%. AND SO THAT OPTION WOULD BE A 7% RATE DEDUCTION FOR $572,000. THEN OPTIONS THREE AND FOUR. THEY MOVED THE POLICY LIMIT TO 25 MILLION. AND ALSO THE OPTION THREE. WE KEEP THE 3% DEDUCTIBLE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT WOULD BRING THE PREMIUM TO 562,499. AND THEN OPTION FOUR WILL HAVE THE $25 MILLION POLICY LIMIT AT THE EIGHT, $3.5 MILLION INSURED VALUE AT A 1% DEDUCTIBLE. AND THAT PREMIUM WOULD BE ABOUT $582,500. SO ALL LOWER. ALL FOUR OF THOSE OPTIONS WOULD BE LOWER THAN IF EVERYTHING STAYED THE SAME. AND WE KEPT THE SAME RATE THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. SO THEY ALL INCLUDED RATE REDUCTIONS ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 11%. IS WHERE WE'RE AT. SO COME TO Y'ALL TO SEE. WE DON'T WANT TO. WE ALL WANT TO GO AT. DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. SO TALKING TO MR. RYAN, OUR INSURANCE CONSULTANT, AND ALSO BEN ODOM WITH MCGRIFF, THEY WERE BOTH YOU KNOW IT WAS PRETTY MUCH UP TO Y'ALL. THEY RECOMMEND 3 OR 4. WE DO HAVE IN THE PAST. WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE FOR THE YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CATASTROPHIC EVENT EVENT AND WIPED OUT THE WHOLE COUNTY. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE OTHER PLAYERS COME IN, COME IN. BUT WE'RE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SHY OF THAT 3% DEDUCTIBLE OF EVERYTHING GOT WIPED OFF THE MAP. BUT YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE ROOM IN THE BUDGET. ALSO IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO TO OPTION FOUR AND TO HAVE THE 1% DEDUCTIBLE AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHER POLICY LIMIT. IF YOU GO FROM OPTION 3 TO 4, IT'S ABOUT $20,000 DIFFERENCE IN PREMIUM. WELL I'VE LOOKED AT IT. I THINK OPTION THREE IS. AN OPTION. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A TOTAL TOTAL LOSS. RIGHT. AND THAT'S CORRECT. 
          YEAH. WE'RE STILL SPREAD OUT IN THE COUNTY. YOU KNOW IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A. MAJOR STORM. I HOPE THAT WE DON'T SEE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE YOU KNOW WE'RE HAVE PROBABLY HALF OF THE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF VALUE HERE IN SINTON. WE'RE INLAND. SO YOU KNOW THAT TAKES AWAY SOME OF THAT RISK AS WELL. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. WE GO WITH OPTION THREE FOR OUR PROPERTY BOILER AND MACHINERY INSURANCE RENEWAL. I'LL SECOND OKAY. MOTION BY ZAGORSKY SECONDED BY GONZALEZ THAT WE GO WITH OPTION THREE OF OUR RENEWAL FOR OUR INSURANCE. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I DO APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS ON FRIDAY. YES, SIR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. NO PROBLEM I APPRECIATE THAT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. WE'LL GO INTO TWO .46. THAT WAS D OKAY. 2.4 E. DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION AND 
          [e.  Discussion, consideration and action on Appointments/Re-appointments of San Patricio County Historical Commission Board and Committee Chairs for 2025-2026 as follows: Donna Hutchins, Chair William Zagorski, Sr., Vice Chair Debbie Columbus, Secretary Lillie Columbus, Treasurer Ida Hansen, Oral Histories Debbie Columbus, Cemeteries David Vickers, Endangered Properties Kati Curry, Education Alan & Sandra Hart, Historial Markers William Zagorski, Sr., Special Projects]
ACTION ON APPOINTMENT AND OR REAPPOINTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, BOARD OR COMMITTEE AND CHAIRS FOR 2025 2026. RECOMMENDED CHAIR. DONNA HUTCHINS, VICE CHAIR WILLIAM ZAGORSKY, SENIOR SECRETARY DAVID DEBBIE COLUMBUS, TREASURER. LILY COLUMBUS. THE ORAL HISTORIES IS OPEN. THE CEMETERY IS DEBBIE COLUMBUS. THE ENDANGERED PROPERTIES. DAVID VICKERS, EDUCATION CHAIRMAN, WOULD BE GARY. I MEAN ALAN AND SANDRA HART AND THEN SPECIAL PROJECTS WILL BE SENIOR. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ZAGORSKY SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE. AND I THINK AS SOON AS THEY FILL UP THE PROPERTY HISTORIES PERSON 
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WE'LL GET THAT BACK ON WHEN THEY CHOOSE THAT ONE. DEBBIE, YOU DIDN'T GET ANYTHING BACK ON THAT REPORT YET, HAVE YOU? DONNA SAID THEY HAVE NOT FILLED THAT POSITION YET. AND AT THEIR NEXT BOARD MEETING THERE, HOPING TO GET IT FILLED. AND THEN THEY'LL BRING THAT NEW NAME TO US. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE ANYBODY TO OUR HISTORICAL MEETINGS. AND IF YOU WANT TO GET ON THE MAILING LIST, DONNA WORKS IN THE CITY OF ODOM'S LIBRARY DURING THE DAY, AND IF YOU CONTACT HER, SHE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND YOU OUT A NOTICE TO THE MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAD AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE AT? AND NORMALLY THEY'RE AT THE OLD LIBRARY, BUT WE HAVE GONE TO THE BLACKLAND MUSEUM AND A FEW OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTY, AND WE DO HAVE GOOD, USUALLY A GOOD SPEAKER. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. WE JUST HAD THE JUDGE NOT THAT LONG AGO. BUT YOU ALL INVITED. WELL, OKAY, JUDGE, WHICH POSITION IS OPEN? THE HISTORY ONE ORAL HISTORY. THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR AGENDA ITEM SAYS. THAT'S THAT'S IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THAT. OKAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS ORAL HISTORY. THE ORAL HISTORY. THE PERSON THAT HAD BEEN IN THAT SPOT PASSED AWAY. AND THEY JUST HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REPLACE THAT POSITION YET AT THEIR MEETINGS. BUT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP THE NAME THERE UNTIL THAT PERSON IS REPLACED. OKAY. AND A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. 
          OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. 2.4 F. DISCUSSION. CONSIDERATION OF 
          [f.  Discussion, consideration, and possible action on request by Jason Woods, Adult Probation Director for repairing or replacing the roof at 404 W. Market St. for CSCD Office (Adult Probation).]
POSSIBLE ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM JASON WOODS, ADULT PROBATION DIRECTOR, FOR REPAIRING OR REPLACING THE ROOF AT 404 WEST MARKET STREET FOR CSC D OFFICE. THE ADULT PROBATION. JASON. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JASON WOODS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE ADULT PROBATION OFFICE. AND I'VE GOT TWO ITEMS KIND OF BACK TO BACK, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE KIND OF INTERRELATED. SO I GUESS WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THE ROOF FIRST FOR 404 WEST MARKET STREET. ADDRESS RIGHT BEHIND THE COURTHOUSE. I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST SEVEN YEARS. IN THAT SEVEN YEARS, ANYTIME. AND JUDGE KREBS, THE 60% RATE. I'M WITH YOU. LET'S JUST AVOID THAT LITTLE SECTION OF MY BUILDING WHEN THE RAIN COMES. SO JOHN DOESN'T HAVE TO SEND HIS CREW OVER THERE AGAIN. SIR. BUT WE USE ICE CHEST, SIR. I WILL SAY, I THINK, AND I'M GLAD JOHN'S HERE. THIS MORNING. A GENTLEMAN CAME TO SEE US LAST WEEK. I GOT HIS CARD RIGHT HERE, A RICHARD GARCIA WITH A TREMCO, AND HE WAS TAKING SOME MEASUREMENTS AND SOME RANDOM THINGS. ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE AN OFFICE RIGHT NOW THAT'S BASICALLY NOT OPERATIONAL BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT FLOW OF WATER WHEN IT RAINS, NOT KNOWING THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING. 
          MISS MARY GARDNER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, IS HERE. SHE'S HAD A LITTLE SNAKE FALL ON HER HEAD BEFORE. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST RANDOM STUFF. WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT, WE JUST WE JUST WANT A ROOF THAT DOESN'T LEAK. SO, JOHN BELIEVE HE SENDS HIS CREW THERE ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON IT. SO I THINK SOMETHING'S IN THE BUDGET ALREADY TO GET IT FIXED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDING STAFF, AND I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. AND SO I NEED EVERY SQUARE INCH OF OFFICE SPACE THAT I HAVE. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE ROOF. MOVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. I'LL SECOND IT. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION, I GUESS, FOR MR. DORIA AND A MOTION BY MR. GILLESPIE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER YARDLEY TO ACCEPT. OKAY, JOHN, WOULD YOU SPEAK? YES, SIR. WE SPOKE TO THE PROJECT MANAGER FRIDAY. THAT'S RICHARD GARCIA. HE'S AT. HE'S IN THE DRAWING PHASE AND THERE ARE ABOUT 70%. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT ROOF HERE SHORTLY. YEP. A COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT THE RECORDS THAT THE AUDITOR HAS IS WAS REPLACED IN 2014. IT WAS A SECTION OF IT. YES SIR. WELL IT'S 11 YEARS OLD AND IT'S ALREADY NOT. BUT IT WAS ONLY A SECTION. IT WAS A SECTION. YEAH. IT'S GOT THREE SECTIONS ON THAT BUILDING AND WE ALREADY PLACED THAT. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE TWO THIRDS OF THAT OLD ORIGINAL SECTION. YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT THE METAL ROOF. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? I DON'T KNOW, I JUST HAVE THE LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT THE AUDITOR HAS SAYS 2014 METAL ROOF REPLACED. YEAH, THE METAL ROOF IS THE NEW ADDITION. THIS IS THE OLD ORIGINAL BUILDING. OKAY. 
          THERE'S THREE THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE PARTS TO THAT BUILDING. THERE'S TWO EXPANSION JOINTS 
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THERE. SO IS THE ROOF THAT IS IN QUESTION A BUILT UP ROOF IS THAT ROOF. IT IS THAT MODIFIED FLAT ROOF, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. WHAT KIND OF ROOF? ARE YOU GOING BACK WITH, JOHN? WE'RE GOING WITH THE SAME THING, BUT MORE, YOU KNOW, BUILD UP INSULATION, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OLD SECTIONS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. IT'LL BE TWO THIRDS OF THAT ORIGINAL BUILDING. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN SAY AYE. 
          AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRY. OKAY, JASON, YOUR SECOND ONE IS DISCUSSION 
          [g.  Discussion, consideration, and possible action on request by Jason Woods, Adult Probation Director for additional office space for CSCD (Adult Probation).]
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE REQUEST BY JASON WOOD, THE PROBATION DIRECTOR FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE FOR THE CSCD PROBATION. YES. THANK YOU JUDGE. AND IN ADDITION TO WANTING THAT REPAIRED, ONCE WE GET THAT REPAIRED, I'LL STILL BE TECHNICALLY ONE OFFICE SHORT OF MY STAFFING ISSUES. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 23 OFFICES, ONE OF WHICH WE'RE NOT JUST PLACING ANYONE IN AT THIS TIME. WHEN WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 24 EMPLOYEES. WE'VE GOT SOME STORE ROOMS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING MOVING AROUND AND PUTTING, YOU KNOW, A STAFF MEMBER IN ONE OF OUR STORE ROOMS. I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUNDS ARCHAIC, BUT IT'S LITERALLY AN OFFICE JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE A BUNCH OF BOXES IN IT. IT'S UP ON ITS OWN. ANYWAY, THE POINT IS THIS I KNOW WE'VE GOT THAT NEW BUILDING COMING UP ACROSS THE STREET, AND I BELIEVE Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I THINK ADULT PROBATION AND PRETRIAL SERVICES BOND OFFICE HAS BEEN DEDICATED. SIX OFFICES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE READY. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THEY JUST HAVE THIS DEAL UP NOW. BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEN WE WOULD BASICALLY BE OKAY. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS I 2 OR 3 YEARS FROM NOW AND OH NO, I HOPE NOT, I HOPE NOT OKAY. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPRING OF NEXT YEAR 26. OKAY THEN. WELL BY THE TIME THAT COMES AROUND, I WOULD SAY BY 2029, LOOKING AT THE GROWTH OF OUR DEPARTMENT, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG MORNING FOR EVERYONE. I'LL JUST SIMPLY SAY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING 1230 INDIVIDUALS, 1230 INDIVIDUALS COME INTO OUR OFFICE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THAT'S A COMBINATION OF DIRECT CASES, REGULAR SUPERVISION, PRETRIAL BOND SUPERVISION CASES, AND ALSO PRETRIAL DIVERSION CASES. AGAIN, OVER 1200 PEOPLE ON A MONTHLY BASIS COME INTO OUR OFFICE IN SAN PAT COUNTY. FOUR YEARS AGO, THAT NUMBER WAS 838. SO YOU CAN DO SOME SIMPLE MATH. WE'VE ROUGHLY HAD 35% GROWTH, 34% GROWTH AND JUST NUMBERS. WELL, WHAT THAT MEANS WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT. JOHN NEEDS MORE MAINTENANCE. EVERYONE NEEDS MORE, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES WE'RE NO DIFFERENT. PROBLEM IS, I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT THEM. AND AGAIN, WHEN THOSE SIX OFFICES OPEN UP, THAT'LL HELP. BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS REALLY, I WOULD SAY BY 2029, I'LL NEED IN EXCESS OF 35 OFFICES, 40 IF THESE TRENDS CONTINUE. YEAH, JUST AN FYI. 
          I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IT WAS REALLY JUST MAINLY TO START THE CONVERSATION, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THAT BUILDING, THAT'S WHY WE ADDED THE EXTRA ACRES OVER THERE WHEN WE WERE PLANNING IT. I KNOW MR. WENDELL AND I AND THE COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT THAT. EVENTUALLY, WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR ADULT PROBATION OVER THERE. PRETTY CLOSE TO THE. CORNER. AND IT'S LIKE IT MAY HAPPEN A LOT SOONER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. AND BE REMINDED, YOU GUYS JUST RECENTLY STARTED ANOTHER SEQUEL, COURT. 
          SO I MEAN, JUST THE VOLUME, YOU KNOW, IT'S VOLUME WITH MORE VOLUME MEANS MORE CASES AND YEAH, RIGHT. ONE THING I'D ALSO POINT OUT REAL QUICK, UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE A MEETING AT THE END OF THE MONTH. AS Y'ALL, I THINK MAY BE AWARE, WE HAVE THE COASTAL BEND REGIONAL INTERMEDIATE SANCTION FACILITY ON WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT STREET VINEYARD THERE? AND WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HELPED US WITH THE FIRE AND EVERYTHING. IT CAME REAL CLOSE. 
          JUDGE, WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER IS VERY TRUE. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND GETTING THINGS SQUARED AWAY. ALONG WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL WHO WAS HERE AND EVERYONE ELSE. SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF Y'ALL. ANYWAY, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE STATE AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO TRY AND GET TALK. HAVE TO START THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GETTING A NEW CENTER BUILT. THAT BUILDING IS GETTING PRETTY OLD, AND I BELIEVE YOU GUYS ARE THE OWNERS AND WE'RE THE TENANTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE STATE TELLS US. I MAY PUT MYSELF BACK ON THE AGENDA SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'VE TOLD ME, OKAY. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL TRY TO HELP YOU THROUGH THIS THE BEST WAY WE CAN. YES, SIR. I KNOW, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL Y'ALL'S EFFORTS. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. SO THANKS AGAIN. WE DON'T NEED ANY ACTION. NO, NO, NO ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN 
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UNTIL HE COMES BACK. YES, SIR. OKAY. HE WOULD BE BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. 2.4 H IS 
          [h.  Update and status from John Hernandez, P.E., County Engineer, for the Juvenile Detention Center Generator.]
AN UPDATE AND STATUS ON FROM JOHN HERNANDEZ, COUNTY ENGINEER FOR THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER GENERATOR. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A PROJECT UPDATE. THIS IS AN ARPA FUNDED PROJECT, AND THIS IS A GENERATOR AT THE AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER. CUT. RIGHT. AND CAME BY LAST WEEK AND MADE AN OFFICIAL INSPECTION. HOPE YOU GUYS SEEN THE REPORT AND THE PICTURES. THE GENERATORS ARE INSTALLED, BUT NOT QUITE OPERATIONAL YET. JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON THAT AND GIVE A THANKS TO JOHN DORIAN. BECAUSE THESE GENERATORS IS NOT REALLY LIKE A PLUG AND PLAY. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT TO GET THE GAS LINE INSTALLED. COUNTY TO PAY EXTRA, GET THE GAS LINE EXTENSION, AND ALSO TO GET THE RIGHT SIZE GAS METER. AND SO AGAIN, JOHN COORDINATED ALL THAT. ALSO THANKS TO CASSANDRA, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE IT'S LIKE THE JAIL, THE JUVENILE DETENTION CANNOT BE DOWN WITHOUT A BACKUP SYSTEM. 
          AND SO WORKING CASSANDRA WAS WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A BACKUP ALWAYS IN PLACE. AND THE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS C R I. AND TO ME THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB. JOHN. CASSANDRA, YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES, SIR. OKAY. 
          THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON THAT. WE DO WE EXPECT IT TO BE FULLY COMPLETE. WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE A WEEK OR SO OF WHAT WE CALL COMMISSIONING. AND THAT'S SCHEDULED TO BE DONE HERE PRETTY QUICK. THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE A LOAD TEST CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES SIR. OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE JUVENILE CENTER? SHE'S GOT ANOTHER ONE RIGHT BEHIND US HERE 
          [i.  Update and status by John Hernandez, P.E., County Engineer, for the EOC Generator.]
TO TALK ABOUT THE EOC GENERATOR. WELL THAT'S CORRECT. THE NEXT ONE HERE IS SAME THING. CUT. 
          RIGHT. AND THEY PERFORMED AN INSPECTION OF BRAD CAME DOWN HIMSELF TO GENERATE A REPORT USING THE PICTURES IN THERE. HERE AGAIN AND AGAIN THANKS TO JOHN DORIAN. AND COORDINATE THIS WORK WITH CENTERPOINT ENERGY. HERE AGAIN WE HAVE TO GET IT WASN'T A PLUG AND PLAY. YOU HAD TO GET THE RIGHT GAS METER INSTALLED INVOLVED THERE AND THEN ALSO A TEAM EFFORT WORKING WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT. THIS PAST WEEKEND HAD TO INSTALL WHAT THEY CALLED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH. AND SO THAT MEANT THAT OUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS WERE DOWN FOR ABOUT ALMOST, WHAT, FIVE HOURS OR SO I'D SAY ABOUT THREE. THREE. YEAH, YEAH, BUT THAT'S OVER YET. BUT YET AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE COMMISSIONING TO BE PERFORMED IN THERE. ALSO PART OF THAT PROJECT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE BACK AREA WHERE THE GENERATOR IS INSTALLED, IT'S AN OPEN AREA RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO INSTALL THAT CAGE, A STEEL CAGE BACK OVER INSTALLED. AND HERE AGAIN JOHN DORY IS WORKING ON THAT. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR, BASS CONSTRUCTION AND ALSO THE ARCHITECT, WE PROVIDED WHAT WE CALL THE ALL IMPORTANT SHOP DRAWINGS. YOU KNOW HOW TO ASSEMBLE THAT CAGE IN PLACE. SO WE HAVE THAT IN THE WORKS AS WELL. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE. WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THE COMMISSIONING OF THE EOC IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO? YEAH. TO INITIATE THAT. OKAY. 
          [j.  Consideration, and action, to correct the supplement amount for Allison Skipper, paid by SB 22 funds, beginning January 15, 2025, from $1,178.79 per pay period to $1,397.57.  An administrative error was made by Tamara Cochran-May when calculating the amount for Ms. Skipper with a 5% COLA increase.]
THANK YOU JOHN. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 2.4 J IS CONSIDERATION ACTION TO CORRECT TO CORRECT THE SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT OF ALISON SKIPPER PAID BY SB 22 FUNDS. BEGINNING JANUARY 15TH, 2025 FROM $1,178.79 PER PAY PERIOD TO $1,397.57. AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR WAS MADE BY TAMARA COCHRAN MAY, WHEN CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OF MR. KIPPERS FOR THE 5% COLA INCREASE, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S. 
          OH, THERE HE IS. THERE HE COMES. HE WAS OPEN. GOOD MORNING. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. YES, MISS MAY GOT THE NUMBERS TO DO THE BUDGET AND THERE WAS A CLERICAL ERROR. THEN SHE GOT WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND WITH MR. RIVERA, AND THEY GOT IT ALL FIXED. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING 
          [01:10:03]
BACKDATED TO JANUARY TO CORRECT HER SALARY. OKAY. AND, AND FOR THE, FOR, FOR IF YOU DON'T KNOW, MISS SKIPPER IS OUR JUVENILE PROSECUTOR. SHE DOES ALL THE JUVENILE CASES AND THE CPS CASES AND REMOVAL AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO, PATRICK, ARE YOU HAVE YOU BEEN IN THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS? NO, SIR, I HAVEN'T. I WAS TALKING TO CHRIS. HE DIDN'T WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE COULD BACKDATE. SO I GUESS WE'LL LOOK AT THAT JUST TO BE SURE. WE, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T BACKDATE IF IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR. AND IT WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR IN HER CALCULATIONS ON IT, IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COURT, A WRONG NUMBER WAS DONE. AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF FIXING THAT. THAT IS THE ONLY TIME WE CAN EVER BACKDATE ANYTHING. IF IT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR, MOVE TO APPROVE. YES, MA'AM. A MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECONDED BY GONZALEZ FOR APPROVAL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. 
          [k.  Discussion, consideration and action on request from Steven Gonzalez, I.T. Director, for Auditors Office to go out for RFP (bid) on Back up Storage upgrade.]
OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 2.4 K. DISCUSSION. CONSIDERATION. 
          ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM STEVEN GONZALEZ, I.T. DIRECTOR FOR AUDITOR'S OFFICE, TO GO OUT FOR RFP ON A BACKUP STORAGE UPGRADE. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. WE'RE AT A CRITICAL POINT OF OUR DATA STORAGE, SO WE NEED TO GO OUT FOR BID FOR EXTRA DATA STORAGE. WE'RE ABOUT 89% TOTAL FOR THE COUNTY, SO WE'VE REACHED 100%. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE. NO DATA WILL BE BACKED UP AFTER THAT. SO BUSINESS WILL IT'LL AFFECT BUSINESS. MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECONDED BY YARDLEY. SO THIS THIS IS THIS ADD ON TO OUR EXISTING STORAGE IS CORRECT. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD ON AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF RETENTION THREE TERABYTES. IT'LL BE OVER 180TB. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A FIVE YEAR PLAN SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. YEAR AFTER YEAR. SIR. WE MADE IT. AS WE GROW GROWING PAINS. OKAY. GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 2.4 L. 
          [l.  Discussion, consideration, and action on a request from Chesca Newman, Purchasing Coordinator, on awarding IFB2025-005 Fence for Precinct 3 Yard. ]
DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION. ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM JESSICA NEWMAN, PURCHASING COORDINATOR AND AWARDING IFB 2025 005 FENCE FOR PRECINCT THREE YARDS. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. WE RECEIVED 17 PROPOSALS TO BUILD THIS FENCE. WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE SECOND LOWEST BID. THERE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THE FIRST ONE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. IT'S REPUBLIC CONSTRUCTION GROUP. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE AWARDING CONTRACT TO THE REPUBLIC CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY GILLESPIE, SECONDED BY YARDLEY. 
          HOW MUCH FENCING ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? DO YOU KNOW 1740 IS THE APPROXIMATE. YEAH. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TWO YEARS AGO. EQUIPMENTS WIDE OPEN. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND AWARD DEBATE TO THE PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION 
          [m.  Discussion, consideration, and action on a request from Chesca Newman, Purchasing Coordinator, on awarding RFP2025-001 Jail Commissary for the Sheriff’s Department.]
CARRIES. OKAY. 2.4 M DISCUSSION. CONSIDERATION. ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM JESSICA NEWMAN, PURCHASING COORDINATOR OR AWARDING RFP 2020 5-001 JOE COMMISSARY FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. ON THIS RFP, WE RECEIVED FOUR PROPOSALS. AND AFTER THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD A SCORING TEAM REVIEW THEM, THEY WANTED TO GO WITH THE CORRECT COMMISSARY. IS THAT THE CTC, WHICH NO. CORRECT COMMISSARY. MOTION TO APPROVE TO GO WITH THE CORRECT COMMISSARY SECOND. MOTION, SECONDED BY GILLESPIE. ALL RIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. GOOD ON THIS. YES, YES. 
          ALL RIGHT OKAY. FOR ME TO LOOK AT IT. AND THAT'S THE ONE THEY APPROVED. OKAY. GOT IT. GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD. GET A MOTION. AND SECOND. I SECOND. YEAH I GOT YOU SECOND. YEAH. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION 
          [n.  Discussion, consideration and action on a request from the Tax Assessor-Collector to have the County Auditor's office advertise for RFP to design and build out of the newly leased space for the Tax Assessor-Collector and Juvenile Probation offices located in Portland, TX.]
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CARRIES. OKAY. WE GOT 2.4 IN DISCUSSION. CONSIDERATION. ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM TAX ASSESSOR. COLLECTOR TO HAVE THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE ADVERTISE FOR RFP TO DESIGN AND BUILD OUT THE NEWLY LEASED SPACE FOR THE ASSESSOR AND JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICES LOCATED IN PORTLAND, TEXAS. ARE YOU OR. ANY QUESTIONS, I GUESS YES. THAT'S ALL WE NEED. A LITTLE BIT OF INFO HERE. OKAY. SO LAST WEEK Y'ALL THE COURT OR GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGES. LAST WEEK YOU ALL APPROVED THE NEW LEASE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT KIND OF THE TRANSACTIONS THAT WERE PRODUCED THERE IN THE OR THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THERE AT THE, AT THE PORTLAND OFFICE. SO LAST YEAR, FROM JANUARY 1ST TO 1231, WE DID 29,000, ALMOST 29,199 TRANSACTIONS WITH THREE LADIES. SO AND THAT'S WITH, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE TAX PAYMENTS AND WE DO THE AUTO REGISTRATION AS WELL. SO THAT'S A LOT OF TRANSACTIONS. SO THE COURT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TWO POSITIONS FOR ME. SO IT WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE. AND I KNOW WHAT DID WE GOT APPROVED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY. CORRECT. 300,000. YEAH. IN THE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND THERE IS MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE ANNEX OVER THERE TO BE BUILD OUT. SO, SO FOR THE BUILD OUT. SO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. MOTION SECONDED BY CHARLIE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MERCY OR AUDITORS. NO HEARING. NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          [o.  Discussion, consideration and action on request from Commissioner Zagorski Precinct #1 to purchase a 2023 Dynapac model CA2500PD 12 ton Pad Foot drum dirt roller (demo) from Cooper Equipment Company (BuyBoard #685-22) for $151,000.00 with funds covered in current budget. ]
MERCY. 2.40 DISCUSSION. CONSIDERATION. ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER ZAGORSKY. PRECINCT ONE TO PURCHASE A 2023 DYNAPAC MODEL CA 2500 PD 12 TON PAD FOOT ROLLER, WHICH IS A DEMO FROM COOPER EQUIPMENT COMPANY THROUGH THE BUYER BOARD NUMBER 685-22 FOR $151,000 WITH FUNDS COVERED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND BY GILLESPIE. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT SIR. MR. GILLESPIE OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME 
          [p.  Consideration and action on request by Pct #3 Commissioner, Ruben Gonzales to purchase, but not to exceed, $125,000 in asphalt road material from Vulcan. ]
          [q.  Consideration and action on request by Pct. #3 Commissioner, Ruben Gonzales to purchase, but not to exceed, $175,000 in limestone material from Vulcan.]
SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 2.4 P AND 2.4 Q. I NEED A MOTION TO TABLE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS UNTIL WE GET A CONTRACT WITH VULCAN. SO WE CAN DO THIS. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. GOT A MOTION BY GILLESPIE. SECOND BY YEARLY. THE TABLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, NOW LET'S GO BACK UP TO 2.3 IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. THAT 2.32.3 E IS. SO WE NEED THE CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF 
          [e.  Accept and record a request from Chesca Newman, County Purchasing Coordinator, to enter into a contract for a County-Wide Public Works Software System from RFP2025-003 with iWorQ for a 3-year contract totaling $187,500.]
A REQUEST FROM JESSICA NEWMAN, COUNTY PURCHASING COORDINATOR. ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR A COUNTYWIDE PUBLIC WORKS SOFTWARE SYSTEM FROM RFP 2025 003 WITH OUR WORKS FOR A THREE YEAR CONTRACT TOTALING $187,500. THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN COUNTERSIGNED, COUNTERSIGNED AND REVIEWED BY MR. DORSEY. SO EVERYTHING CORRECT? YES, YES, YOUR HONOR, THEY MADE THE TECHNICAL CHANGES WE ASKED THEM TO MAKE. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION BY GORSKI, SECONDED BY GILLESPIE. ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOING INTO PERSONNEL, WE JUST HAVE ONE 
          [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.]
PERSONNEL THIS MORNING. HECTOR. GALLOWAY IS THE RESIGNATION JUVENILE SUPERVISION OFFICER. 
          JUVENILE DETENTION FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 106 TO $3523.09 PER MONTH, WITH A $50 PER MONTH PHONE ALLOWANCE, EFFECTIVE MARCH 25TH, 2025. MOVED 3.18 SECOND AND A MOTION BY GILLESPIE. SECONDED BY YARDLEY FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. 
          AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. 3.2 IS ACCEPTED FOR A STATUS CHANGES. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM FOUR IS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE MOVED TO ADJOURN, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU. GILLESPIE. SECOND DESIGN ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION 
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CARRIES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.