[1. Call meeting to order]
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          ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO COMMISSIONERS COURT. IF YOU PLEASE RISE. 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 THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. OKAY. AGAIN, WELCOME THIS MORNING. 
          SEE, A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE HERE THIS MORNING. AND I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING TO PLEASE TRY TO GET IN HERE. WHEN WE FINISH UP COMMISSIONERS COURT THIS MORNING. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA 
          [3. Citizens to be heard]
IS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. I DO HAVE ONE CARD FOR, I GUESS FROM MISS CAVAZOS. MISS CAVAZOS, IF YOU'LL COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO GIVE YOUR COMMENTS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS EDNA CAVAZOS. I LIVE IN ON OUT IN SAINT PAUL. 1010, FIVE, SEVEN SEVEN, COUNTY ROAD 2349 I'M UNDER THE PRECINCT OF THE THIRD PRECINCT. SO ANYWAY, TODAY I WAS GOING TO COME IN. I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MR. GONZALEZ, MR. FONSECA AND MR. BENAVIDES FOR THE SIGNS THAT ARE ALREADY UP AND RUNNING FROM THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE. MY CONCERN, MY PRESENTATION, NOT NOT PRESENTATION, BUT JUST MY. 
          YEAH, I GUESS IT'S A PRESENTATION. I CALL IT THE FUN FIVE FUN FACTS OF SAINT PAUL. SO ACCORDING TO GOOGLE, NUMBER FIVE IS OUR POPULATION. OUR SQUARE FOOTAGE ON SAINT PAUL IS ONLY ABOUT THREE SQUARE MILES, WHICH LIKE LATELY, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WAS THE SURVEY, BUT LATELY IT'S MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GROWTH OUT THERE. FUN FACT NUMBER FOUR OUR ACCORDING TO GOOGLE, OUR POPULATION IS ONLY 608 PEOPLE. THAT WAS WITH THE CENSUS IN 2020. OF COURSE WE'RE NOT 2025. SO THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH OUT THERE. WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THAT? NOT COOL. BUT INTERESTING ABOUT THAT IS THAT 15% OF OUR POPULATION IS OVER THE OVER THE AGE OF 65, AND THEY ALL LIVE ALONE. SO THE OTHER FUN FACT ABOUT ABOUT SAINT PAUL, MY THIRD FUN FACT IS THAT WE THAT WE HAVE THAT THERE IS ABOUT TEN, THERE'S ABOUT NO. MY THIRD FUN FACT IS THAT FROM THE DISTANCE FROM FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FROM OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MY ADDRESS, IT'S 8 TO 9 MINUTES, DEPENDING ON ON THE DISTANCE OR HOW YOU GO ABOUT THIS. THE OTHER FUN FACT IS THAT WE ONLY HAVE WE HAVE ABOUT. MY SECOND FUN FACT IS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT TEN BUILDINGS THAT ARE DILAPIDATED. THEY'RE JUST TRASH THERE. I DON'T MEAN TO BE UGLY WITH ANYBODY, BUT THE RUNDOWN HOMES, PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE THERE. THE OTHER FUN FACT, FUN FACT NUMBER ONE IS THAT WE HAVE ONLY FOUR FIRE HYDRANTS OUT THERE. THREE ARE ON ON COUNTY ROAD 2349 AND ONE OF THEM IS ON COUNTY ROAD 2331. THE OTHER MY ADVOCACY IS FOR THREE THINGS. THE THIRD ONE WITH THE THAT WE'LL GO DOWN THE ROAD, THE THIRD, THE THIRD ONE OF THE THREE IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF I DON'T KNOW, WE LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY, SOME KIND OF BUILDING CODE COMING INTO EFFECT. THE OTHER WOULD BE THAT WE NEED MORE FIRE HYDRANTS. I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY HAS BEEN OUT THERE CHECKING TO SEE IF THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE WORKING OR NOT. 
          THEY'RE RUSTY AND THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BAD AND THEY'RE VERY SPORADIC ONE FROM THE OTHER. I WANT TO SAY WITHIN, I THINK, A MILE OF EACH OTHER, LIKE FROM MY THE ONE THAT I SAW TO THE OTHER ONE ON 23, 49 AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO ADVOCATE IS FOR IS LIKE MAYBE A PROFESSIONALLY MANNED FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF SINTON THAT WILL ALSO LIKE BENEFIT OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          HAVE A GOOD MORNING. OKAY. ANY OTHER CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? IT HASN'T. TURN A CARD IN. OKAY. 
          [4. Report from Judge, Commissioner or Department concerning an item/report of community interest.]
THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO REPORTS. WE'LL START OUR REPORTS, MR. GONZALEZ. OKAY. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A COUNTY ROAD 1617 AND 1615. AND WE'RE PROCESSING THAT. WE'VE COMPLETED THE SECOND CODE ON COUNTY ROAD 2149 AND 2349. COUNTY ROAD 2049, PROCESS ROAD. 
          WE DID THE SILK FINISH ON THAT. WE ARE PATCHING AREAS AND THE BFI AREA AND THE SAINT PAUL AREA AND COUNTY ROAD 325, THE 188 YARD. WE'RE WORKING ON THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS, DOING THE STAIRS AND LANDINGS ON THAT, AND WE'RE RESET CULVERTS AT 1644 IN THE CITY AREA. THANK YOU, MR. CHARLIE. MORNING, JUDGE. NOTHING TO REPORT TODAY. OKAY, MRS. GORSKI. OH, WE HAD A VERY GOOD 
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HURRICANE CONFERENCE LAST WEEK FOR TWO DAYS OVER IN ROBSTOWN. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT THING. WE'RE CONTINUING MOW GRASS OUT IN THE COUNTY ROADS, THAT WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN ON THE EAST END AND DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT HERE IN SINTON, BUT WE DID GET SOME A LOT OF WIND. LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ALL THAT GRASS CUT UP AND BACK ON THE ROADS AGAIN. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. 
          FIRE MARSHAL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING LOTS OF INQUIRIES ABOUT A BURN BAN. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET OUT OF THE BURN BAN? AND WHY ARE WE STILL IN THE BURN BAN? WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE ON THE WEST END OF THE COUNTY? SO, SCOTT, LEAVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE. THERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT. YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. 
          COMMISSIONERS. SO AS THE JUDGE SAID, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT WHY WE'RE STILL UNDER A BURN BAN WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT WE'VE GOTTEN. JOSH, CAN YOU PUT THAT PICTURE UP, PLEASE? SO THE BURN BAN IS DETERMINED BASED ON A AN INDEX NUMBER. THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 575. 
          SO BASICALLY WHEN YOU HIT 575 YOU HAVE A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY THAT A FIRE WILL START. SO IF YOU LOOK THIS WAS THE COUNTY AS OF FRIDAY. SO ANYTHING THAT'S IN ORANGE IS OVER THE THRESHOLD. 
          AND ANYTHING THAT IS IN YELLOW IS CLOSE TO THE THRESHOLD. SO WHILE THE COUNTY HAS GOTTEN SOME RAIN, IT HASN'T GOTTEN ENOUGH TO BRING THE INDEX DOWN THE WEST WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY, THEY'RE BELOW THE RANGE, BUT THE AT THE MIDDLE, DOWN TO THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY IS STILL ABOVE THAT RANGE. SO WE CAN'T PUT WE CAN'T TAKE PART OF THE COUNTY OUT OF A BURN BAN AND LEAVE PART OF THE COUNTY IN. SO UNTIL THESE NUMBERS COME DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THEN WE'LL STAY UNDER A BURN BAN. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. I GUESS JUST A REMINDER. IF YOU'RE WATCHING AND YOU'RE NOT HERE RIGHT AFTER THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE OUR BUDGET UPDATE AND STUFF HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED. SO IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, MAYBE HAVE SOMEONE FROM YOUR OFFICE GET HERE SO YOU CAN HEAR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. DEPARTMENT HEADS. GABE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING. I SEE YOU HANDED THIS OUT. GOOD MORNING. AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING OUR SECOND EVENT THIS YEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRECINCT THREE COMMISSIONER OUT IN THE SAINT PAUL AREA. IT IS A CLEAN UP ON JUNE, THE SATURDAY, THE JUNE THE 7TH, FROM EIGHT TO NOON. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GIVE OUR OFFICE A CALL AS WELL AT 361587 3500. SO ALSO I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE LAST FRIDAY, PART OF THE OSF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SEPTIC GRANT PROJECT THAT WE HAVE, WE COMPLETED OUR FIRST INSTALLATION. SO THE CONTRACTOR DID THE FIRST ONE. SO WE GOT 25 MORE TO GO. AND THEN BUT HE'S HE'S MOVING PRETTY FAST. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THESE TIRES TIRE DRIVES I MEAN I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT. OKAY ONE TWO LAST WEEK MOST OF YOU PROBABLY SAW ON CHANNEL THREE. AGAIN, WE JUST GOT THROUGH PICKING UP A BUNCH OF TIRES OUT ON 1074 AND COUNTY ROAD 62, AND THEY HAD ANOTHER PILE OF TIRES SHOW UP OUT THERE IF YOU'RE LISTENING, OR YOU CAN GET THE WORD OUT TO ANYBODY. WE HAVE THESE HARD DRIVES, WHAT, 3 OR 4 TIMES A YEAR? PLEASE COME TO THE TIRE DRIVES AND DROP YOUR TIRES OFF THERE. THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT NEED TO BE OUT WORKING, DOING SOME OTHER THINGS INSTEAD OF GOING OUT AND PICKING UP YOUR TIRES THAT YOU HAVE DISPOSED OF OUT ON THE COUNTY ROAD. IT MAKES THE COUNTY ROADS LOOK AWFUL. MATTER OF FACT, CHANNEL THREE REPORTER HE ACCIDENTALLY ENDED UP ON THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR OUT THERE, BUT HE ACTUALLY ENDED UP ON THEM. AND THAT'S WHERE THE STORY CAME FROM AND STUFF. AND I THINK HE CALLED SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT REPORTER MIGHT HAVE CALLED YOUR DEPARTMENT, CALLED ME AND WANTED TO DO AN INTERVIEW AS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THEM. AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT WE HAVE TIRE DRIVES ALL YEAR LONG. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE AWARE, PLEASE PUBLIC, BE AWARE OF THE TIRE DRIVES. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE SCHEDULED, GET WITH ENVIRONMENTAL GET WITH AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU A LIST OF THEM IS WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE. WE HAVE THE BIG ONE IN OCTOBER OUT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THAT IS THE BIG ONE WHERE YOU CAN BRING ALL THOSE TIRES IN AND DISPOSE OF THEM. WE'D MUCH RATHER YOU DO THAT. THEN WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND PICK THEM UP, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WASTING THEIR TIME WHERE THEY CAN BE OUT MOWING THE GRASS, OR DOING ROAD WORK, OR DOING DITCH WORK OR DOING SOMETHING. SO PLEASE, THIS IS ANOTHER GOOD OPPORTUNITY. JUNE THE 7TH. DISPOSE OF THOSE TIRES THAT YOU HAVE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PICK THEM UP. WE HAVE BEEN IN ONE MORE QUICK THING OKAY. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH 
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TXDOT AND THAT THOSE TIRES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM FROM THAT AREA. AND FOR A QUICK NOTE TO I KNOW OUR CONSTABLE STEVE HAS BEEN WORKING ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT CASES ON STUFF LIKE THAT, AND HE MAY KNOW WHERE A LOT OF THOSE TIRES ARE PILED UP AT, BECAUSE I THINK SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, I GUESS THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CONSTABLE HUTCHINSON. YEAH, OR SEVERAL OF THEM. OKAY. ONE OF THEM CAUGHT ON FIRE THE OTHER DAY, I THINK THEY FINE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY. YOU'RE IN THE. OH, OKAY. 
          STEVEN. MORNING, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, I GOT TWO THINGS FOR PRECINCT ONE AND THREE AND FOUR. WE'RE GOING TO BE SCHEDULING, UPDATING YOUR NETWORK AND YOUR CABINET JUST BECAUSE OF THE NEW SERVICES. AND THEN MY SECOND IS WE'RE AT 50% FOR CYBER SECURITY. AND THAT DEADLINE WILL BE JULY 31ST. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS I KNOW EVERYBODY'S CRUNCHING. IT JUMPS UP ON US AGAIN. DIDN'T AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVEN'T EVEN DONE MINE. SO DON'T FEEL BAD. I'M HALFWAY THROUGH. YOU'RE HALFWAY DONE. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL. 
          DAVID, WE'LL GET THEM DONE. THIS AS USUAL. WE'LL GET THEM DONE. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS 
          [1. Approval of minutes]
ON DEPARTMENT HEADS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. WE'LL GO IN INTO 2.1 IS APPROVAL OF OUR MAY 2ND MEETING THOSE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND. OKAY I GOT A MOTION BY SECOND BY YARDLEY FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE 
          [a.  Examination, consideration, and action on approval of all claims against San Patricio County Pursuant to section 113.064, Texas Local Government Code.]
OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. 2.2 A IS. EXAMINATION. CONSIDERATION. ACTION. APPROVAL. 
          ALL CLAIMS AGAINST SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. BEFORE I GET A MOTION. I DO HAVE ONE CLAIM TO ADD TO THAT THIS MORNING. IT IS A PURCHASE ORDER AND WE'LL GET THE INVOICE HERE TODAY FROM SOUTH TEXAS RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT INCORPORATED FOR A DISHWASHER FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S AND THE JAIL. I THINK THIS ONE HASN'T BEEN IT'S BEEN FIVE MONTHS OUTSTANDING FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. GOT LOST IN THE MAIL. IT GOT LOST IN THE MAIL SOMEWHERE. BUT WE DO HAVE IT NOW TO GET READY TO PRAY FOR MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLAIMS WITH THE ADDITION, THE DISHWASHER, SECOND MOTION BY THE COURT, SECOND BY YARDLEY FOR APPROVAL, INCLUDING THE DISHWASHER FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION 
          [b.  Consideration and action on Budget Line Items, Transfers, and Amendments.]
CARRIES TAKES US DOWN. 2.2 B BUDGET LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. WE DO HAVE TWO THIS MORNING. FIRST ONE IS OUT OF PRECINCT TWO TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS INTO BUILDING REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE. NEXT FROM OUT OF CONSTABLE PRECINCT FIVE. TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM EQUIPMENT REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL SUPPLIES INTO NCO FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, AND THEN ALSO TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM POSTAGE INTO INSURANCE, BONDS AND PREMIUMS. MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. SECOND MOTION WAS SECONDED BY CHARLIE FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SIGN. CARRIED 
          [c.  Consideration and action on accepting bank reconciliation, investment reports, and related matters by County Treasurer. ]
OKAY. 2.2 IS CONSIDERATION ACTION BY BANK RECONCILIATION. MISS GARCIA. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. 
          GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONERS. THIS WEEK'S TOTAL HEALTH TRANSFER IS $86,400. OUR SECTION 125 TOTAL IS $5,368.58. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT ASSERTED CLAIMS FOR $12,175.69. OUR ESCROW TOTAL IS $1,408.49, AND OUR APRIL 2025 SALES TAX IS $469.19. AND I'D LIKE TO REPORT AND RECORD THE AUDITED APRIL 2025 MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORT. I'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT THE BANK RECONCILIATION REPORT AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FROM THE COUNTY TREASURER. SECOND, A MOTION BY CHARLIE, SECOND BY DVORSKY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION 
          [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:]
CARRIED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE DO HAVE THREE. IS THERE ANYONE, COMMISSIONER, TO PULL ANY OF THOSE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. HEARING NONE I WILL REPORT THAT 2.3 C OUR COUNTY ENGINEER WILL MAKE JUST A BRIEF COMMENT ON THAT ONE 
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BEFORE I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON IT. OKAY. 2.2 A IS ACCEPT AND RECORD OATH OF DEDICATION FOR HONOR AGUILAR, DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK 2.3 B IS ACCEPTING RECORD TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTORS MONTHLY STATEMENT OF COLLECTION FOR THE MONTH ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2025 AND 2.3 C IS ACCEPTING RECORD. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CTEPH GRANT REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $469,387 FROM THE CTF 2020 GRANT. MR. HERNANDEZ, YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS QUICK COMMENT ON THAT. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS. WHAT IT'S FOR. THIS ONE, I JUST WANT TO ADVISE THE COURT THAT THIS IS A THE GRANT IS STRICTLY A REIMBURSEMENT, THAT MONIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN UTILIZED. AND IT BASICALLY ZEROS OUT OUR ACCOUNTS. SO FOR THE COUNTY'S FUTURE BUDGETS, WE HAVE WRAPPED UP ALL THE FUND 25 MONIES AND ALL THE BOND MONIES. SO WE HAVE ZERO GRANT AND BONDS LEFT AVAILABLE FROM HERE ON FORWARD MOTION TO APPROVE 2.3 A, 2.3 B AND 2.3 C SECOND. A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY GONZALEZ. ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 
          [a.  Presentation by Langford updating the Commissioners Court on the GLO-MIT #22-085-011-D239 & the GLO-MIT MOD #24-065-146-F005 Contracts.]
GOING INTO INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS 2.4 A PRESENTATION BY LANKFORD UPDATING THE COMMISSIONER'S REPORT ON THIS GLOW. MITT NUMBER 20 2-0850110239. AND THE GLOW MITT MOD NUMBER 24 0651465005. CONTRACT KILLING. GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH LANKFORD FOR QUITE A WHILE. ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY DOES SO FAIRLY WELL. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION TODAY. AND I'M GOING TO HAND OUT THE SLIDES FOR YOUR REVIEW. THIS IS ON THE UPCOMING 25 MILLION COG COG MOD FUNDS AND AN UPDATE ON THE OTHER PROJECT AS WELL. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ON THE MITIGATION. AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, I DID GET YOUR WE DID GET YOU A LIST TOGETHER AS RECOMMENDED. SO WE HAVE A LIST NOW OF THOSE FUNDS SO WE CAN LOOK DOWN AT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO I'LL I'LL HAND THOSE OUT WHILE THEY GIVE THE PRESENTATION. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US AGAIN. LOVE COMING OUT HERE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M JESSICA DAY. I WORK WITH LANKFORD COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES. ALYSSA BECKFORD IS ALSO ASSISTING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH YOU ALL TOGETHER. SINCE YOU HAD TWO VERY LARGE PROJECTS WITH GLOW. SO WE'RE BOTH INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT, SO YOU'LL SEE US AROUND COMING BACK ON CALLS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BRIEF PRESENTATION. I'LL HAVE A LIST OF TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR CURRENT MITIGATION PROJECT INTACT. AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON YOUR NEW MOD AND THE MANY PROJECTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO CURRENT GRANTS. THOSE ARE BUTTON HERE FOR TWO. WE'RE CURRENT. ONE IS THE MITIGATION GRANT ENDING IN THE NUMBERS THERE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THE CURRENT MITIGATION GRANT ENDING IN D3 NINE IS A CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE TRYING TO GO IN AND WE'RE DEEPEN AND WIDEN YOUR CHANNELS BOTH IN SENT IN HERE WHERE OUR TOTAL PROJECT COST COMES A LITTLE OVER $5.3 MILLION. AND THEN THE TAFT ONE SIMILAR PROJECT. WE'RE TRYING TO DEEPEN AND WIDEN THAT CHANNEL. AND COMING AT A $10.2 MILLION OVER THAT. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO CURRENT TO TALK ABOUT OUR TIMELINE, OUR CURRENT END DATE RIGHT NOW IS JANUARY 31ST OF 2027. AND THAT IS WITH THE EXTENSION GIVEN BY GLO. AND IN OUR CONTRACT IT DOES STATE THAT WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED ONE EXTENSION FOR UP TO TWO YEARS, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED, AND MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO US THAT THEY ARE NOT GIVING OUT MORE EXTENSIONS. SO WE DO NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ACQUISITION ACQUISITION PHASE RIGHT NOW, WORKING ON GETTING RIGHT OF ENTRIES TO GET THESE EASEMENTS TO WORK ON THE PROJECT. WE'RE ANTICIPATING CONSTRUCTION TAKING ABOUT 275 DAYS. YOU KNOW, FINAL WALKTHROUGH WITH ASPHALT AND COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION ROUGHLY ABOUT 60 DAYS. AND THEN THE CONTRACT CLOSEOUT WOULD BE TWO MONTHS. GIVEN THAT TIMELINE AND WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT NOW, WE WOULD NEED TO BE GOING TO BID THIS MONTH. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT READY TO GO TO BID DUE TO THE ACQUISITION THAT WE'RE KIND OF 
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STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW, WHICH WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY IN. WE'VE SENT OUT PACKETS THREE TIMES. WE'VE HAD TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS INVITING THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT. YOU KNOW, ASK THEIR QUESTIONS. WE ARE OUT FOR PROCUREMENT RIGHT NOW FOR LEGAL SERVICES, FOR EMINENT DOMAIN, BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW PARCELS WHERE WE'VE DONE TITLE SEARCHES ON AND THERE'S NO PROPERTY OWNERS CONNECTED TO THAT. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SPECIFIC PROCESS. SO WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY AND WORKING WITH MELANIE TO GET THIS DONE. 
          BUT WE ARE ASKING COMMISSIONERS FOR HELP TO TRY AND GET IN CONTACT WITH THESE PROPERTY OWNERS SO WE CAN GET THESE RIGHT OF ENTRIES SO WE CAN GET THESE EASEMENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S CURRENTLY HOLDING US UP MOVING FORWARD ON THE PROJECT. SO GOING INTO YOUR MOD PROJECT, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR CURRENT COMPETITION PROJECT, WE CAN ALWAYS CIRCLE BACK. IF YOU COME UP WITH ANY BUT YOUR NEW MOD PROJECT FROM YOUR COG IS THAT 25 MILLION. SO THAT'S MORE THAN YOUR THE COMPETITION. THIS IS THE ONE WHERE WE HAD TO. YOU GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM YOUR COG AND WE HAD TO BACK IN AN APPLICATION TO IT. AND WE WORK REALLY HARD. MELANIE AND HER OFFICE IN THE COUNTY WORKED REALLY HARD WITH US TO GET THIS APPLICATION, COMPLETE WITH GLOW. WENT THROUGH MANY RFIS AS A VERY LONG PROCESS, BUT WE GOT THERE. 
          SO MOVING FORWARD, ONE OF YOUR PROJECTS IS THE WATER TOWER. THAT IS WE'RE INSTALLING MIXING HEATING SYSTEM, MANIFOLD PUMPS, ETC. THAT IS A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION. IT IS AN LMI ACCORDING TO GLO. I DID A LITTLE PRELIMINARY REVIEW AS FAR AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND POTENTIAL ENGINEERING OR PERMITTING HURDLES, IF YOU WILL. ENVIRONMENTALLY, IT'S LOCATED IN A FLOODPLAIN, SO THOSE ARE SOME STEPS THERE. THE ONLY POTENTIAL PERMITTING THAT WE WOULD SEE WITH ENGINEERING IS LIKE HORSE CREEK AND A RECORD OF SORT OF CITY PERMITS. SO IT'S JUST GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF THE TIMEFRAME IT TAKES TO GET THIS ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED. AND AS WELL AS DESIGNED FOR THIS MANY PROJECTS, SITES I THINK YOU HAVE 12 TOTAL. AND THEN THERE'S LITTLE ONES IN EACH AREA. SO I THINK TODAY WHEN WE'RE GETTING PICTURES, WE'RE GOING TO LIKE 30 DIFFERENT PLACES TO GET PHOTOS FOR THIS PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. PETER. SWELL. THIS IS THE ONE WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THEIR MAIN PROJECTS THAT WE WANTED. WE WORK WITH A LOT ON THIS, BUT WE GOT THERE. THEY UNDERSTAND IT. THEY'RE ALL HERE FOR IT AND WE GOT IT APPROVED. PETER SWELL, LITTLE OVER $6.8 MILLION. THIS IS LOCATED IN, OF COURSE, IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND A WETLAND. AND BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE PROJECT, WHEN WE REACH OUT TO HISTORICAL COMMISSION, THEY MIGHT NEED AN ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY DONE ON IT, WHICH TAKES TIME. BUT LANKFORD TAKES THAT ON. WE GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF FOR YOU. CORE USAC NATIONWIDE PERMIT WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THIS. THAT WILL FALL ON YOUR ENGINEER, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE AWARDING ONE TODAY FOR THIS PROJECT. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'LL HAVE TO START ON IMMEDIATELY EARLY COORDINATION TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THOSE KINDS OF PERMITS CAN TAKE OVER A YEAR TO GET SOMETIMES. NEXT SLIDE. THE COLONY IMPROVEMENTS ALMOST 4.1 MILLION. THIS IS EXCAVATING REMOVING REPLACING PAVEMENT PIPE INSTALLING MANHOLES, AND ANY ASSOCIATED ORDINANCES. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN A FLOODPLAIN WETLAND. AGAIN, IT WILL PROBABLY NEED A USAC NATIONWIDE PERMIT IF WE TOUCH THE RIVERINE. IF ONCE THEY GET IN DESIGN AGAIN, ONCE YOUR ENGINEER STARTS DESIGNING, THESE THINGS WILL CHANGE. THIS IS ALL JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL FOR THE APPLICATION, SO ONCE THEY START DESIGNING, WE MAY NOT EVEN TOUCH IT AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY NATIONWIDE PERMIT. WORKING IN TAFT. AGAIN, SOME MORE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, DITCHES REGRADING, EXCAVATING THIS PROJECT. WE DO ANTICIPATE SOME ACQUISITION AGAIN ONCE WE GET IN THERE TO START DESIGNING. HOPEFULLY WE CAN LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF NEEDED ACQUISITION. 
          THIS IS ABOUT 3.4. SAME APPLIES A LOT OF THESE DRAINAGE PROJECTS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN WETLANDS, FLOODPLAINS. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOME SORT OF CONSULTATION WITH THE CORPS. 
          LAKE CITY WE'RE DOING A LOT OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN LAKE CITY. WE'RE EXCAVATING DISHES AGAIN, SLOWING CULVERTS, PIPES. WE MAY WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO AVOID THE WETLAND AGAIN. WE'LL WORK WITH THE ENGINEER TO MAKE SURE WE DO, BECAUSE THAT JUST LESS WORK WE HAVE TO DO AND LESS WORK FOR THE ENGINEER AND LESS TIME AGAIN, THEY MAY NEED CITY PERMITS, NATIONWIDE PERMIT. 
          AGAIN, THEY NEED TO ATTEMPT TO AVOID ANY WETLANDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE TO AND THEN IT REQUIRES COORDINATION. INGLESIDE. I'M SORRY. THIS MUST BE INGLESIDE ON THE BAY. I DIDN'T CHANGE IT. EXCAVATE, REGRADE DITCHES AND CHANNELS. 
          INSTALL CULVERTS, PIPES, INLETS AND JUNCTION BOXES. WE'RE GOING TO REPAIR SOME BULKHEADS, 
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PAVEMENT AND DRIVEWAYS FOR ALMOST 2.7. IT IS IN A COASTAL FLOODPLAIN. NOT NECESSARILY MEANING ANYTHING EXTENSIVE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL. WE JUST HAD TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF THE EIGHT STEP PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE COVER ALL BASES. WE'RE NOT AFFECTING ANY SORT OF COASTAL, WETLAND OR FLOODPLAIN WHEN DOING WORK HERE. AGAIN, POSSIBLE CITY PERMIT AND THEN GETTING THAT EARLY COORDINATION WITH THE CORPS TO SEE IF IT FALLS UNDER NATIONWIDE PERMIT. COUNTY ROUTE 2249 AT 188 IS SOME DITCH AND INSTALL CULVERTS AND REPLACE PAVEMENT. ABOUT 1.3 MILLION. WE'RE POSSIBLY CROSSING A WETLAND AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO AVOID THAT ONCE WE GET INTO IT. 
          AND THIS IS ONE OF YOUR TWO URGENT NEED PROJECTS. AT FIRST WE HAD THE COUNTY WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST HALF LMI WITH YOUR MONEY AND THE REST WHAT COULD BE URGENT NEED MEANING NON LMI, WHICH IS VERY RARE FOR G-L-O TO ALLOW. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY THAT WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS LMI AND GET THEM PAID FOR WITH GRANT FUNDS, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. FORTUNATELY, THE COUNTY ENDED UP MOST MAJORITY OF THEIR PROJECTS BEING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AND ONLY TWO BEING URGENT NEED, WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE GL LOVES LMI PROJECTS. YOUR TOTAL IS A LITTLE OVER ALMOST $26 MILLION. LIKE I SAID, ABOUT 15% OF IT IS URGENT NEED. MOST OF IT IS LMI, WHICH IS GREAT. AT FIRST IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSER TO 40%. 
          THIS WAS EXECUTED ON APRIL 17TH AND YOU EXPIRE IN JUNE OF 2028. IT IS ANOTHER THREE YEAR CONTRACT, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF UP TO A TWO YEAR EXTENSION WHEN NEEDED. SO YOU HAVE THAT OPTION. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS, BUT UNTIL WE GET YOUR ENGINEER HIRED, WHICH HOPEFULLY IS TODAY, THEN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST WILL START WORKING WITH THEM ON THE DETAILS SHE NEEDS TO SEND THE HISTORICAL AND THE TRIBES AS LIKE DEPTH, WIDTH, HOW YOU KNOW, BASICS LIKE THAT. BUT SHE'S DOING A LOT OF PRELIMINARY REVIEW RIGHT NOW TO GET A HEAD START ON IT BECAUSE IT'S SO LARGE. WE HAVE ONE YEAR TO GET ENVIRONMENTAL DONE AND THE ENGINEERING WE ARE HOLDING, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND HOLD TO THE YEAR FROM CONTRACT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR ENGINEER WON'T BE CONTRACTED MONTHS INTO THIS CONTRACT, BUT WE WILL TRY AND KEEP IT WITHIN THAT YEAR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN STAY ON TRACK. AND HOPEFULLY THE PLAN IS TO PIECE OUT SOME OF THESE. AND SO AS WE FINISH DESIGN ON SOME AND WE'RE ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR, WE CAN GO RIGHT TO BID WHILE WE FINISH DESIGN ON OTHERS. AND WE KIND OF PARALLEL THE PROCESS AS WE GO. SO THAT WILL BE FOR 17 TO 20. 26 IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING. IT'S OUR GOAL TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE. I DON'T ANTICIPATE ENVIRONMENTAL TAKING THAT LONG, BUT SOMETIMES THE DESIGN, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE CORPS OR JUST THOSE COORDINATIONS ALONE, JUST TAKE TIME. SO EARLY COORDINATION WILL BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. WHICH I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOUR ENGINEER, WE WILL GET THAT WORKING AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM CLOSELY ON THIS. NOT AS MUCH ACQUISITION AS YOUR CURRENT PROJECTS, BUT THERE ARE SOME. SO AGAIN, WE'LL BE PROBABLY RUNNING INTO THE SAME THINGS WE ARE NOW. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL TRY TO AVOID ANY ACQUISITION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WORK WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO IMPEDE ON ANYBODY. BUT THEY CONTRACT AND IT'S VERY EXCITING. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE PROJECTS PRESENTED. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT CONTRACT EXTENSIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND WHAT DEADLINES WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE EXTENSION CORRECT FOR YOUR CURRENT COMPETITION PROJECT. YES, THAT'S YOUR THE 2027. AND THEN WE'RE ALLOWED ONE MORE EXTENSION FOR YOUR METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION. THE NEW ONE, YOU ARE ALLOWED UP TO TWO EXTENSION REQUESTS UP TO ONE YEAR EACH. SO A TOTAL OF TWO YEARS. BUT YOUR CURRENT PROJECT, YOU KNOW IS NOT GIVING OUT ANY MORE EXTENSIONS. 15 MILLION ON THE 15 MILLION. THERE IS NO EXTENSIONS LEFT. AND CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING POSSIBLE PROPERTY. BUT IN ORDER TO GET ON THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A RIGHT OF ENTRY TRYING TO FIND LANDOWNERS THAT ACTUALLY OWN THE PROPERTY. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE. 
          TENANT FARMERS. WHATEVER THEY LIVE OUT OF THE AREA, THEY LIVE IN AUSTIN SOMEWHERE, AND TRYING TO FIND THE ACTUAL OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY GIVE US THE RIGHT TO ENTRY SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THE SURVEYING TO FIND OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE NEW ACQUISITION HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PROBLEM LIES, I BELIEVE. YES. RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MY CONCERN WE HAVE RIGHT OF WAY ISSUES, RIGHT OF EASEMENT ISSUES THAT FLOODPLAIN AND WETLANDS ISSUES. EVERY TIME I HEAR THOSE WORDS, TO ME, THAT INDICATES TIME. YOU'RE CORRECT, SIR. IT DOES. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY PROACTIVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THIS ONE WITH YOUR ENGINEERING PROCUREMENT. WE EVEN HAD IN THERE THAT THEY HAD TO AGREE TO GET ENGINEERING DESIGN DONE WITHIN A YEAR TIME FRAME, 
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LIKE WE'RE LEARNING FROM THE CURRENT ONE, AS WELL AS STAYING AHEAD OF IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO AVOID WETLANDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. FLOODPLAINS ACQUISITION TO SEE WHAT WE COULD WORK WITH IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. WE'RE I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE I DIDN'T SEE ANY RAILROAD CROSSINGS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM THIS TIME BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, 83, IS CURRENTLY STILL WORKING WITH THE RAILROAD COMMISSION ON THE PROJECT NOW, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN YOUR $25 MILLION PROJECT. I BELIEVE 83 IS, WHAT, AT 90% SAME PLACE THEY WERE AT CHRISTMAS, CORRECT? THIS IS REALLY GOOD PROJECT FOR THE TAFT AND CENTENARIAN FOR EVERYWHERE THAT WE HAVE WATER ISSUES. ABSOLUTELY. THESE LANDOWNERS NEED TO YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL YOU HEAR AT THE COFFEE SHOPS. I GOT FLOODED, I GOT FLOODING, I CAN'T GET WATER OFF MY LAND. HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE WATER TO HELP DRAIN THIS STUFF OFF. AND I KNOW I'VE SIGNED NUMEROUS LETTERS TRYING TO GET SOME OF THESE LANDOWNERS TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE US ACQUISITION. A LOT OF IT IS NOT A LOT OF ACQUISITIONS. THERE'S NOT REALLY ACQUISITION JUDGE. IT'S RIGHT OF ENTRY. SO WE CAN SURVEY IT IN ORDER TO KNOW WHETHER WE NEED TO DO ACQUISITION. WE'RE JUST WANTING TO COME ON. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE HAVING A MECHANIC WORKING ON YOUR CAR AND NOT LETTING SEE UNDER THE HOOD. WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO TO THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S THE LAST WHAT WE WANT TO GO TO STUFF. SO I HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY THEY WILL SIGN THIS, GIVE US THE PERMIT, RIGHT TO GO ON THERE AND GET THE ACQUISITION SO WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT TAKEN CARE OF. YES, SIR. 
          AND WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO TALK TO US ABOUT IT, LIKE WE'RE HERE TO HELP AND WITH MELANIE AND GET THIS DONE AS WELL. WE'RE AS MUCH AS BEST AS YOU ARE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO COME TO Y'ALL AND ASK WHAT'S GOING ON. SO NO, BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF THIS PROJECT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S TAFT AND SINTON FOR THE DRAINAGE. BUT WE GOT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES HERE IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS. GRANT TOO, AS WELL. SO DON'T HOLD THEM UP. WELL, HOW DO WE EXPEDITE THE EASEMENT RIGHT, OF EASEMENT ISSUE? WE PASSED THAT. NOW WE PASSED IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS. HOW TO GET IT. NOT A VERY GOOD WORD AND I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT IT RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU END UP WITH IF WE GET DOWN TO WE GET DOWN TO CRUNCH TIME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US? WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. 
          HARRIS, IF YOU SEE US OUT THERE, WE'RE TAKING PHOTOS AFTER THIS. SO IF YOU SEE US OUT THERE, IT'S JUST US, OKAY? THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY'S GOING TO BE MELANIE COOPER DAY. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF HER UP. OVER THROUGH THE DAY. SO WE'RE GOING INTO 2.4 B IS 
          [b.  Discuss, consider, and take action on a request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, to Approve the Resolution Designating Authorized Signatories for Contractual and Financial Documents pertaining to the GLO Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) Method of Distribution (MOD) Program, Contract # 24-065-146-F005]
DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION. ON A REQUEST FROM MELANIE COOPER, GRANT MANAGER, TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION DESIGNATING AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES FOR CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION C D THE MIT AND THE METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION. THE MOD PROGRAM CONTRACT NUMBER 24 065016. DASH F0057. SO WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE AWARD ON THIS AGREEMENT. THESE ARE THE STARTUP DOCUMENTATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE EXECUTION AND TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT YELLOW REQUIRES ON WHO CAN SIGN OFF ON THE REIMBURSEMENTS, THE GRANTS IN THE CONTRACTS. JUDGE YOU NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE YOU AS A SIGNATORY. AND GRACIE. YES. SO MOVED. I GOT A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? MELANIE, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD A COMMISSIONER TO THIS LIST, YOU COULD ADD A COMMISSIONER AT THIS TIME. AND WE CAN GET THAT DEVELOPED. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AS IS, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS IS. OKAY. IS THERE A REASON TO ADD A COMMISSIONER? GENERALLY WE ALWAYS HAVE THE JUDGE AS A SIGNATORY FOR EVERYTHING, BUT IT IS OPTIONAL IN THIS ONE. I DO WANT TO LET THE COURT KNOW THAT, BUT IN GENERAL WE NORMALLY KEEP THE JUDGE AS A SIGNATORY. OKAY, MOST OF THIS IS IN ONE AND THREE, RIGHT? ONE. YEAH. OKAY. 
          YOU WANT TO BE A SIGNATURE, I'LL BE THERE AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT. JUDGE IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE COUNTY AND NEED A SIGNATURE, I'LL BE FINE. OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT COMMISSIONERS ON. OKAY. I WILL UPDATE THAT AND GET IT TO GRACIE. OKAY? OKAY. MOTION TO DO 
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IT. UNLESS YOU'RE NOT IN THE CAMERA. GOOD DEAL. AND A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. 2.4 C IS DISCUSSION. CONSIDER AND TAKE 
          [c.  Discuss, consider and take action on a request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager to Adopt the Resolution Regarding the Civil Rights Policies for the GLO Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) Method of Distribution (MOD) Program, Contract # 24-065-146-F005.]
ACTION ON REQUEST FROM MELANIE COOPER, GRANT MANAGER, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE CIVIL RIGHTS POLICIES FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION AND A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM. CONTRACT NUMBER 20 4-065016. DASH F005. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION. 
          SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHARLIE. ANYTHING TO SAY, MELANIE OR NOT? THAT'S GOOD. THESE ARE THESE ARE DOCUMENTS WE GENERALLY APPROVE. WE'RE JUST APPROVING THEM FOR THIS ROOM. WE ALREADY HAVE THESE IN PLACE IN THE COUNTY. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME 
          [d.  Discuss, consider, and take action on a request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, for a Proclamation declaring April as San Patricio County’s Fair Housing Month.]
SIGN. AYE. MOTION CARRIES 2.4 D IS DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION. ON A REQUEST FROM MELANIE COOPER, GRANT MANAGER FOR PROCLAMATION DECLARING APRIL AS PATRICIA COUNTY FAIR HOUSING MONTH. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND COMMISSIONER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GORSKI. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. AND I GUESS I DON'T HAVE THAT RESOLUTION FOR EVERYBODY TO SIGN, SO WE'LL HAVE IT. THANK YOU. WE'LL START TO GO 
          [e.  Discuss, consider and take action on a request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, for Amendment #2 to the Grant Administration Services contract for the Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) Method of Distribution (MOD) Program Contract Number # 24-065-146-F005.]
AHEAD. OKAY. 2.4 E IS DISCUSSING CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM MELANIE COOPER, GRANT MANAGER FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION AND THE METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM CONTRACT NUMBER 24 065. DASH 0110146F005. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH LANKFORD ON THIS ONE. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM. THIS WOULD BE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. THIS RFP WENT OUT IN 2020 FOR THE MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAMS, AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT FOR THE COST OF THE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES OR THE COG MOD GRANT PROGRAM. THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER PROJECTS, NOT THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS YOU REVIEWED, BUT THE LAST TWO. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE OTHER 12 PROJECTS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN ADMINISTRATION SERVICES WITH THIS PROGRAM, WITH THE GLOW AND OUR OFFICE. SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST WENT UP. 
          WHAT AM I COMPARING? THE ADMINISTRATION COST IS YOU CAN GO UP TO 6% OF THE CONTRACT TOTAL. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SHEET I HANDED OUT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES ON THERE ON PROJECT UNDER PROJECT COST. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE LISTING HERE, YOU'LL SEE UNDER PROJECT COST THAT IS THE COST OF ADMINISTRATION SERVICES. AND THAT IS THE COST OF THE AMENDMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. MOTION IN A SECOND. HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. MELANIE, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET LANKFORD TO MAYBE DROP SOME OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COST? MAYBE LIKE A 1% OR SOMETHING? NUMBER FIVE, LANKFORD IS HERE TODAY. SO I MEAN, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS JUST KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND UP ON THIS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S COSTING US MORE AND MORE IN HOUSE TO GET IT DONE. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GIVE US A 1% MAYBE REDUCTION IN THOSE COSTS WOULD SURE HELP US OUT. NOT JUST SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT. NOW, I'M NOT THE OWNER. I CAN DEFINITELY BRING THIS BACK TO LANKFORD. I DON'T HAVE MY PAY GRADE, DOESN'T COVER THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE COST OF THAT, IT ALL COMES OUT OF THE GRANT. AND THAT IS FOR THE MOD. WE HAVE THE FIRST ONE THAT HAD ITS OWN GRANT ALLOCATION FOR THE ADMIN THROUGH THE GRANT, AND THEN THE MOD HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE FOR THE 6%. I'LL STILL BRING IT TO JUDY AND LET HER KNOW THAT YOU INQUIRED ON THAT, AND I CAN TALK TO HER AND GET BACK WITH MELANIE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WIGGLE ROOM THERE. PLEASE, PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY. I WILL TALK YOU, YOU KNOW, AS THESE COSTS, ADMINISTRATIVE COST KEEPS GOING UP, THAT'S FALLING BACK ON US, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SPENDING MONEY OUT OF POCKET INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, USING THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE WITH US. 
          JUDGE, DO WE NEED TO TABLE THIS? BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO. LET'S GO. LET'S SEE. I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND RIGHT NOW. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT MOTION. IF WE KILL IT, I GUESS THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND TABLE IT. I WOULD WITHDRAW MY MOTION. WHAT DO WE DO? I CAN MOTION TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION. NO MOTION TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO WITHDRAW. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME 
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SIGN. MOTION TO TABLE. SECOND MOTION TO TABLE. SECOND. ABOUT YARDLEY. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO TABLE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN OKAY. MOTION OKAY. SO WE'LL TABLE THAT MELANIE UNTIL YOU HEAR BACK FROM MAKER TO SEE IF I MEAN 1% I MEAN THAT'LL HELP US OUT A LOT. BY NEXT MONDAY WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER. SO WE'LL WE'LL REVIEW THAT AGAIN ON 
          [f.  Consideration and action on request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, for a Resolution to apply to the Amy Young Barrier Removal Program (AYBRP),]
MONDAY OKAY. GOOD DEAL. OKAY. 2.4 IS CONSIDERATION ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM MELANIE COOPER GRANT MANAGER FOR RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR THE AMY YOUNG BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM. THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE DISCUSSED LAST MONDAY. THIS IS ON THE BARRIERS AND RAMPS FOR THE DISABLED. 
          WE'RE GOING TO APPLY TO THAT PROGRAM. AND THIS IS A RESOLUTION REQUIRED TO DO THE APPLICATION. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY THE SIKORSKY, SECOND BY EARLY FOR APPROVAL. 
          ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. 
          SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 2.4 IS CONSIDERATION. ACTION REQUEST FOR MELANIE COOPER, GRANT 
          [g.  Consideration and action on request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, on a Resolution to apply to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) for Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA), and Homeowner Reconstruction Assistance (HRA), three County-wide programs available under the Home Grant Program.]
MANAGER ON THE RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOMEOWNER RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE. THREE COUNTY WIDE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE UNDER THE HOME GRANT PROGRAM. THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR TWO, NOT THREE. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. SO THAT'S THAT'S MISTAKEN. BUT UNDER HERE IF YOU CAN GO UP ON JOSH WE CAN GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE COST. THIS IS A COST WE DISCUSSED LAST MONDAY ON THE HOME PROGRAM THAT WAS WAS APPROVED. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE SOME OF THE COSTS WENT UP ON THE HOME PROGRAM FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT, BUT IT'S STILL WITHIN RANGE. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE 80, 80,000 REIMBURSABLE MONEY THAT COMES WITH THAT. AND IF YOU LOOK HERE, IT CAN SHOW YOU THE COST THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THIS PROGRAM IN-HOUSE. OKAY. ANY ANY QUESTIONS MELANIE. HAVE YOU. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. A MOTION A SECOND. SO WE'RE APPROVING TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OKAY. I'LL SAY IT IS ALL WITHIN THE TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE IT'S WITHIN THE HOME ACCESS, BUT IT IS TWO PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR. OKAY, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. FOR A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. 
          OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. MELANIE I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP DOWN TO TWO OF 
          [j.  Discussion, consideration and action on a request from Melanie Cooper, Grant Manager, to award RFP2025-002 for a Professional Engineering Firm to assist in the project implementation, development and design for the GLO CDBG-MIT Method of Distribution (MOD) Program, Contract #24-065-146-F005.]
THEM. SO SINCE YOU'RE THERE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET 2.4 J TAKEN CARE OF. THEN WE'LL LET STEVEN COME UP AND DO HIS 22.4 J IS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION AND ACTION REQUEST FOR MELANIE COOPER GRANT MANAGER TO AWARD RFP 2025 002 FOR A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING FIRM TO ASSIST IN THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN OF THE GLO KD. CDBG MITT METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM CONTRACT NUMBER 24. 0650146F0059. THE SCORING COMMITTEE MET MET ON FRIDAY AND THIS WAS DISCUSSED. THE TWO HIGHEST THAT CAME IN OUT OF THE ENGINEERING PROPOSALS WAS HALF AND A HALF. CAME IN AT THE HIGHEST OF 500. THEY CAME IN AT 457. NOW DURING THE SCORING CRITERIA, IT WAS IT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE 2 OR 1 ENGINEERS ON THESE PROJECTS. IT IS THE PROJECT LIST THAT WAS IN YOUR HANDOUT HERE. THESE WILL BE COVERING. THE ENGINEER WILL BE COVERING THE PROJECTS ONE THROUGH TEN. THAT IS ON YOUR LIST FOR THE 25 BILLION. SO WE DISCUSSED HAVING TO THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. YOU KNOW SOME OF US THOUGHT IT WAS AN EASIER ADMINISTRATION BURDEN WITH ONLY HAVING ONE ENGINEER AND SOME THOUGHT MAYBE HAVING TWO TO EXECUTE THEM WITHIN A TIME FRAME WAS WAS THE WAY TO GO. AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE UP TO THE COURT TO AWARD. ALTHOUGH WE DO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCORING, THE COURT AS A WHOLE IS THE ONE WHO AWARDS THE CONTRACT. BUT IF YOU WERE TO AWARD THE CONTRACTS TO TWO TODAY, WE'D HAVE TO GO DOWN THE PROJECT LIST AND ASSIGN PROJECTS TO THE ENGINEERS. IF IT WAS TWO, WE'D HAVE TO ASSIGN THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO THE ENGINEER TODAY TO DO THAT. OR IF WE AWARD ONE, THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE PROJECTS. I DO WANT TO SAY IN REVIEWING HOUSE PROPOSAL, THEY DID INCLUDE A LOT OF SUB ENGINEERS SUCH AS LYNN AND SOME OTHER ONES WITHIN THERE, SOME OF OUR LOCAL ENGINEERS. SO THEY ARE TEAMING UP WITH OTHER ENGINEERING FIRMS TO GET THIS DONE WITHIN THE TIME FRAME. SO I GUESS OUR DECISION IS DO WE WANT TO DO TWO CONTRACTORS OR DO WE WANT TO DO ONE? THAT'S CORRECT. 
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JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT, IF I MAY. I'VE DONE FEDERAL CONTRACTS BEFORE WHERE I'VE HAD TWO ENGINEERS ON A PROJECT IN REAL NIGHTMARE COMES WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO THE AUDIT SECTION OF YOU FINALLY FINISH THE PROGRAM. IT CAN TAKE YOU NORMALLY ABOUT A MONTH TO DO THE AUDIT ON A REGULAR ENGINEER, WHERE IT MAY TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS TO GET THE AUDIT DONE. ON THE SECOND, WHICH TIME CONSTRAINTS ARE THE BIGGEST THING NOW? HAVING TWO ENGINEERS ON THE PROJECT, POSSIBLY ONE FROM THE EAST, ONE FROM THE EAST END PROJECTS, ONE FOR THE WEST END PROJECTS WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA AND GET IT DONE A LOT FASTER. BUT YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE ADMIN SIDE OF IT AND SOMEBODY HAS TO DO THAT PAPERWORK AND THAT CAN BE BE SKETCHY. THOSE ARE MY ONLY CONCERNS, JUDGE. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO AWARD RFP 2025002 TO ENGINEERING. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER YARDLEY TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO ENGINEERING. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? AND WE'RE ONLY GOING ONE CONTRACTOR. CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, MISS COOPER? THAT IS THAT IS PREFERABLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BURDEN ON MY OFFICE. IT WOULD BE EASIER TO WORK WITH ONE, TO WORK WITH ONE ENGINEER VERSUS DOING TWO CONTRACTS TO TWO OF EVERYTHING. 
          OKAY. GOOD DEAL. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL GO BACK UP TO 
          [h.  Consideration and action on request from Steven Gonzales, I.S. Manager, to add Gate access and integrating 3logic door access to Precinct 1 yard and offices.  Recommend B&R Telephone LLC to provide services at $12,253.78. (Note: Vital Protection LLC requires 50% pre-paid down payment of $13,384.50, Bar code payment due upon delivery of hardware, B&R purchase order required)]
2.4 H CONSIDERATION. ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM STEVEN GONZALEZ AS MANAGER TO ADD GATE ACCESS AND INTEGRATING THREE LOGIC DOOR ACCESS TO PRECINCT ONE YARD AND OFFICES. RECOMMEND BNR TELEPHONE LLC TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT $12,253.78. PLEASE NOTE THAT VITAL PROTECTION, LLC REQUIRES A 50% PRE-PAID DOWN PAYMENT OF $13,384.50 BAR CODE PAYMENT DUE ON DELIVERY OF HARDWARE. BNR PURCHASE ORDER REQUIRED. STEVEN. WARD AGAIN. JUDGE COMMISSIONER I JUST PROVIDED THE QUOTES TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONER ONE DECIDED TO GO WITH DNR. I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF COST CORRECT MOTION TO APPROVE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW THE SYSTEM WE'RE WORKING UNDER IN PRECINCT ONE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SPECIAL GATE OPENERS AND CARDS AND FOBS, AND THE COUNTY HAS AN ID SYSTEM THAT OPENS DOORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THE NICE LITTLE GREEN CARD. 
          CORRECT. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. THESE FOBS BEING LOST, DOOR OPENERS BEING LOST AND HAVING TO BE REPROGRAMED. AND THE COST GETS EXPONENTIAL. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BRINGING PRECINCT ONE ONLINE WITH THE WHOLE COUNTY, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL TIED IN TO ONE, INTEGRATE THEM TO INTEGRATE TO OUR SYSTEM, AND IT'LL BE A LOT EASIER TO MANAGE. OKAY, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MY ONLY COMMENTS ON THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST EVERY COUNTY PROPERTY SEEMS TO HAVE DIFFERENT SECURITY, DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. I'M BRINGING BE NICE. IF WE COULD ALL BE. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. THAT'S OUR PLAN, COMMISSIONER. OKAY, I'VE GOT A MOTION. I NEED A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. COMMISSIONER. MR. K STATE ON THE 50% DOWN PAYMENT. HOW HAPPY ARE YOU OR SATISFIED WITH YOU DOING THAT? I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAVEN'T A LOT OF ISSUES. THAT'S NOT FOR BEING ON. RIGHT? NO. THAT WAS A DIFFERENT VENDOR JUDGE. THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. IT'S A DIFFERENT VENDOR. YEAH. THAT WASN'T THAT WAS FOR VITAL I THINK. YOU JUST ASKED FOR A PEEL. THAT'S IT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY NO. THIS PROPOSAL I READ IT CORRECTLY. CAN YOU. HE HAS REQUESTED DOWN PAYMENTS. IF YOU COME UP. THAT'S THE REASON I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT HERE. THERE'S. THERE'S A COUPLE. OKAY. THE ONE THEY CHOOSE IS THIS ONE. YEAH. 
          OKAY. YEAH. HE DOES HAVE IT'S NOT AN ISSUE AS LONG AS I'LL APPROVE IT. YEAH. BECAUSE ONLY A COURT CAN PRESS ON. THAT WOULD JUST BE FOR YOUR COMMISSIONERS. YEAH. WE NEED A MOTION. JUDGE APPROVED. WELL, I GOT A MOTION SECOND. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. THE COURT'S GOOD WITH IT. WE'LL GO WITH IT. OKAY? OKAY. MR. DNR STILL REQUIRES A DEPOSIT. ALSO. I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE CONTRACT. IT SAYS ONCE APPROVED TO START WORK, PLEASE ISSUE AN APPEAL AND RETURN TO US. THANK 
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YOU. AND ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE VERBIAGE. RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE FOR PRECINCT THREE. RIGHT? ONE. YEAH. PRECINCT THREE HAS A LOT MORE WORK TO A LOT MORE ADDED TO OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS AND SUPPORT THE APPROVAL OF IT. OKAY, I GOT A MOTION. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY, 2.4 I IS 
          [i.  Consideration and action on request from Steven Gonzales, I.S. Manager, to add Gate with 3Logic access to Pct 3 Odem yard;; and camera and Point-to-Point Network to Pct 3 Odem Office.  Recommend B&R Telephone LLC to provide services for Camera at Pct 3 Odem office @ $1,588.00 and Gate with Point-to-Point Network @ $15,286.26 for Pct 3 Odem Yard. (Vital Protection LLC requires a 50% deposit prepaid of $10,674.00, Barcom asks for payment upon delivery of hardware, B&R requires a purchase order.)]
CONSIDERATION ACTION REQUEST FROM STEVEN GONZALEZ MANAGER TO ADD GATE WITH THREE LOGISTIC ACCESS TO PRECINCT THREE ODOM YARD AND CAMERA AND POINT TO POINT NETWORK TO PRECINCT THREE. 
          ODOM YARD OFFICE RECOMMENDED B AND R TELEPHONE LLC TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR CAMERA AT PRECINCT THREE. ODOM OFFICE AT $1,588 AND GATE WITH POINT TO POINT NETWORK AT $15,286.26 FOR PRECINCT ODOM YARD, OKAY VITAL PROTECTION, LLC REQUIRES 50% DOWN PAYMENT OF 10,674. BARCODE ASKED FOR PAYMENT UPON DELIVERY OF HARDWARE IN OUR REQUIRES A PURCHASE ORDER. OKAY. YEAH, RIGHT. BECAUSE HE'S A PRECINCT THREE IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE WORK, RIGHT? YEAH. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GORSKI. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OH, ALL OF THIS WORK IS TO BE DONE BY BEING ORDERED, CORRECT? YES, SIR. ANY QUESTION? QUESTION. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. 
          OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. CONCLUDES THE ACTION ITEMS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND 
          [1. Deliberate and consider action employee salary:]
GO DOWN INTO PERSONNEL. WE GOT 3.1, RACHEL. OH, WHAT A NAME. YOU DON'T KNOW. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HELP ME WITH THAT ONE OKAY. YEAH. THAT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING. THAT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE IT'S WRITTEN I KNOW I SAY THE SAME THING. I WOULD HAVE REALLY GOT THAT ONE. 
          OKAY. IT'S A SALARY CHANGE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, FULL TIME. REGULAR. 
          EXEMPT. GRADE 118. STEP EIGHT AT 10,500 PER MONTH TO ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. FULL TIME REGULAR EXEMPT GRADE 118. STEP NINE AT $10,833.33 PER MONTH, WITH A $50 PER MONTH PHONE ALLOWANCE, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025 3.1 I GUESS A IS THE LISA RAMIREZ TERMINATION CUSTODIAN ONE BUILDING YARDS, PART TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 101 STEP NINE AT $19.85 PER HOUR, EFFECTIVE MAY 5TH, 2025 3.1 BE LOUIS DIAZ, RESIGNATION JAILER. 
          SHERIFF'S OFFICE FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 108 $3,926.15 PER MONTH TO MAY 5TH, 2025 3.1 C IS STACEY COPELAND. OTHER STATUS DEPUTY CLERK TWO. DISTRICT CLERK FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE STEP ONE OF 104. STEP TWO AT $2,995.24 A MONTH. TWO PART TIME TEMPORARY GRADE 104 STEP TWO AT $17.28 PER HOUR, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025 3.1 D JOHN LANDS OUTREACH, HAYNES HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TWO ROAD AND BRIDGE ONE FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 106 STEP SEVEN PLUS AT $4,360.93 PER MONTH TO GRADE 106. STEP 11 PLUS AT $5,187 PER MONTH EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025. 3.1 E CATHERINE BROWN, EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT CLERK ONE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE NUMBER FOUR PART TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 103. STEP $115.80 PER HOUR EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025 3.1 F REGINALD GARCIA, EMPLOYMENT HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ONE ROAD AND BRIDGE ONE FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 105 STEP ONE AT $3,077.21 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025 3.1 G MOSES MARTINEZ, EMPLOYMENT JUVENILE SUPERVISION OFFICER, JUVENILE DETENTION, PART TIME, TEMPORARY NONEXEMPT GRADE 106, STEP ONE AT $19.36 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025 3.18 JASON PEREZ, EMPLOYMENT MECHANIC TECH ONE ROAD AND BRIDGE THREE FULL TIME 
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REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 105 STEP $1,077.20 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025 3.1 I IS A CECILIA GARCIA. IS THAT HOW YOU SAY HER NAME? DARCY. DARCY. EMPLOYMENT DISPATCH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OFFICE. FULL TIME. REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 107 AT $3,523.09 PER MONTH EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025. 3.1 J SUZANNE ZAMORA, EMPLOYMENT JAILER, SHERIFF'S OFFICE FULL TIME, REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 108 AT $4,394.70 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025. 3.1 K ELIZABETH BRAY, EMPLOYMENT CLERK. FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 103. STEP ONE AT $15.80 PER HOUR, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025. 3.1 L DIANA MENDOZA, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, FULL TIME REGULAR EXEMPT, GRADE 118 AT $10,333.33 PER MONTH, WITH A $50 PER MONTH PHONE ALLOWANCE, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025. 3.1 M DORA OGDEN, SALARY CHANGE PAYROLL SPECIALIST COUNTY TREASURER FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT GRADE 107. STEP THREE PLUS $3,845.89 PER MONTH TO GRADE 107. STEP FOUR AT $4,005.49 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025. 3.1 N RONALD HINKLE, SALARY CHANGE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FULL TIME REGULAR EXEMPT GRADE 118. STEP TEN AT $11,025 PER MONTH TO FIRST ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FULL TIME REGULAR. EXEMPT. GRADE 120. STEP EIGHT PLUS $11,250 PER MONTH WITH A $50 PER MONTH PHONE ALLOWANCE, EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2025. MOTION TO APPROVE 3.1 A THROUGH 3.1 IN SECOND MOTION, OF COURSE 6.100. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS IT STARTS WITH A 3.10. THERE WAS A MISTAKE ON THE LETTERS. YES OKAY. YEAH THERE'S AN EXTRA ONE ON TOP. YEAH. THERE'S ONE AT THE TOP. STARTED WITH OH COMMISSIONER. AND OH WITH. OH YEAH. LET ME DO A MOTION TO APPROVE 3.100 YEAH. JUST WELL THERE'S TWO, TWO DIFFERENT SEPARATE. YEAH. MOTION TO APPROVE 3.1 A. THROUGH N AND OH THAT'LL GET IT SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE. THERE'S AN O IN THERE THAT'S FOR SURE. STUFF ZERO. YEAH OKAY. WE GOT ONE MORE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION. OH JUDGE I DO HAVE A QUESTION I THINK. I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE NORMA OR SOMEBODY FROM HR. ALL THE ONES THAT ARE SALARY CHANGES. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION PLAN. AND SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DETERMINE THAT WITHOUT KNOWING HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN GRADE. BUT IT LOOKS TO ME, AT LEAST FROM THE SURFACE, THAT. 3.1 D JOHN LAND SALARY CHANGE. SO HE'S GOING FROM 106 STEP 7 TO 106. STEP 11. SO THAT OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT MATCH OUR PLAN. AND THEN 3.1 E RONALD HINKLE WENT FROM GRADE 118 STEP TEN TO GRADE 120. STEP EIGHT I CAN SPEAK FOR JOHNNY LAND AND WHY I DID THIS. WE PREVIOUSLY LOST OUR CDL DRIVER THAT WAS DRIVING THE 18 WHEELER FOR ALL FOUR PRECINCTS. WE OTHER PRECINCTS DON'T GET CHARGED FOR IT, BUT WE DO ALL FOR ALL FOUR PRECINCTS WITH THE 18 WHEELER. 
          JOHNNY LAND STEPPED UP AND TOOK THAT POSITION. SO HE'S TAKEN ON A LOT MORE DUTIES WITH A $500,000.18 WHEELER RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD OUT THERE HAULING EQUIPMENT FOR ALL FOUR PRECINCTS. SO I FELT IT WAS JUSTIFIED. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS WHEN WE DO THINGS THAT DON'T MATCH OUR PLAN, THAT DIDN'T CREATE A INEQUALITIES WITHIN OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, AND IT ALSO CREATES PROBLEMS WHEN WE GO TO HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES. SO WE'RE GOING FROM STEP SEVEN TO STEP 11. ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN, YOU CAN ONLY GO ONE STEP AT A TIME, AND YOU NEED ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 24 MONTHS AT THAT GRADE BEFORE YOU CAN GET PROMOTED. SO WOULD YOU RATHER WE NOT HAVE A CDL 
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DRIVER DRIVING FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY? I MEAN, IT'S ALL FOUR PRECINCTS OUT THERE. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PLAN, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THE PLANS ARE GOING TO BE REDONE UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW SALARY COMPENSATION PLAN WORKING OUT THIS YEAR. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? IT IS CORRECT. THIS PLAN NEEDS ALL KINDS OF HELP, WHICH IS IF YOU I'M DEALING WITH TODAY HERE. 
          I'VE SAID THAT IN THE PAST, BUT IT IS STILL OUR PLAN TODAY. I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER. I USE JOHN LAND 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK ON HAULING HEAVY EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO KEEP THESE EMPLOYEES. THAT'S ACTUALLY A LOW RATE FOR A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. SO HE'S TELLING. 
          YOU'RE USING A CDL. SO WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER TWO GET PAID? WELL, THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT I UNDERSTAND. BUT THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT RUNNING A HALF MILLION DOLLAR RIG. I HAVE ONE MAN THAT DOES THE MAIN RIG DRIVING FOR ALL FOUR PRECINCTS. I MEAN, WHEN I'M, WHEN I'M THEY GOT TO STRAP THE EQUIPMENT, PUT IT ON. HE DOESN'T DRIVE. WELL, COMMISSIONER, YOU RUN A PRECINCT, I RUN MINE. BASICALLY. I HAVE ONE MAN WITH THE MAIN PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE RUNNING IS HALF MILLION DOLLARS. AND I WANT THAT MAN TO KNOW THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HE DRIVES FOR ALL OF THEM. ALL FOUR PRECINCTS. OKAY, HOW ABOUT 3.1 AND RONALD HINKLE GOING FROM GRADE 118. 
          STEP 10 TO 120. STEP EIGHT. MR. HINKLE IS REPLACING TIM POINTER. THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA THIS PAST WEEK AS THE FIRST ASSISTANT. SO WHAT SHE'S DOING IS SHE'S JUST MOVING PEOPLE. SO MR. HINKLE IS AN ASSISTANT POSITION. HE'S MOVING TO THE FIRST ASSISTANT AND THEN RACHEL IS MOVING FROM HER POSITION INTO MR. HINKLE'S. AND THEN WE'RE HIRING MISS MENDOZA INTO RACHEL'S POSITION. 
          SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF MOVING EVERYBODY THROUGH WITH THE FUNDING THAT IS IN HER BUDGET. 
          RIGHT? OKAY. MORE RESPONSIBILITY, MORE WORK, MORE PAY, I UNDERSTAND. AND ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY ON THAT, ON THAT, ON THAT DRIVER. THE PREVIOUS DRIVER WAS HIRED LAST YEAR AT THE SAME SALARY. AND WAS THAT BROUGHT UP AT THE SAME TIME? HE WAS NOT HERE. WELL, YOU WERE HERE LAST YEAR. I WAS NOT, BUT EVERY TIME WE DON'T FOLLOW THE PLAN, I LOOK BACK ON THE AGENDA AND WATCH THE VIDEO AND I. SAY, WHEN TIO WAS HIRED, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE A COMPENSATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT DOESN'T WORK. FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE EFFORT TO FIX THIS HAS COME TO A STOP, AND NOW WE'RE WAITING FOR YET ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO COME IN AND DO A WHOLE NOTHER STUDY. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES YOU GOT RIGHT NOW ON ONE, ONE, ONE PERSON, ONE YEAR UNDER A DIFFERENT COMMISSIONER WHEN YOU BRING IT UP THIS YEAR ON THIS, ON THIS ONE HERE FOR THIS HIRE. WHEN WE DID THAT COMPENSATION PLAN, WE DID TALK ABOUT IF IT'S FEBRUARY AND SOMEONE GOES TO SCHOOL AND GETS DIFFERENT CERTIFICATION THAT IMPROVES THEIR JOB AND IMPROVES THE DEPARTMENT JOB, WE WERE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THOSE PEOPLE. I JUDGE. I'M NOT I'M NOT ARGUING THAT. BUT THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. HE'S A CDL DRIVER MOVING UP. YOU'RE GOING TO HE'S DOING MORE WORK. WHY WOULDN'T WE PAY HIM MORE? I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T PAY HIM MORE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS THING IS BROKEN. WELL, FORGET ABOUT THAT THING THEN. IF WE'RE NOT DOING IT UNTIL WE GET IT REDONE. COMMISSIONER, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE? LESS THAN YOU DO. A LOT LESS. RIGHT? I HAVE HALF THE COUNTY. I NEED THAT DRIVER. MOVE MY EQUIPMENT. I'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT JOB LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE MOVING EQUIPMENT TO. I'M NOT ARGUING THAT POINT. THANK YOU. YEAH. MR. FOREMAN OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER ITEMS? NO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. 
          MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. WE'RE DOWN TO 3.2, WHICH WE HAVE ACCEPTED. RECORD EMPLOYEE STATUS 
          [2. Accept and record employee status changes:]
CHANGES. WE DO HAVE 13.2 A CHRISTINA BRUBAKER, EMPLOYMENT OFFICE COORDINATOR, COUNTY AUDITOR, FULL TIME REGULAR NONEXEMPT AT $3,321.58 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE MAY 1625. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE 3.2 A. MOTION TO ACCEPT. RIGHT? WELL, THAT HAS CHANGED. ACCEPT THE CHANGE MOTION TO ACCEPT STATUS CHANGE FOR CHRISTINA BRUBAKER. EMPLOYMENT SECOND 3.2 A SECOND. 
          YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NO EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 
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FIVE SIX IS CONSIDERATION ACTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING THERE. ITEM SEVEN IS GOING TO BE THE 2026 BUDGET WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS BUDGET PREPARATIONS, PROCEDURES AND PRESENTATIONS. PATRICK. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A RECESS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR EVERYBODY FOR COMING. I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU ALL LONG AND I WILL TRY TO MAKE IT EXCITING. PLEASE DON'T. 
          I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE BY RAISE YOUR HANDS, WHO HAS READ LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 11 ONE TWO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GOOD, GOOD. 111 YEAH, CHRIS CHRIS KNOWS IT BY CHRIS KNOWS IT BY HEART. SO NOW WHAT WE JUST WANT TO DO REAL QUICK IS JUST GO THROUGH A QUICK BUDGET, A BUDGET PROCESS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. SOME MAY KNOW, ALL MAY KNOW COUNTY JUDGES, THE BUDGET OFFICER, WE AT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE ASSIST HIM, ALONG WITH ALL OF Y'ALL, BY BRINGING BUDGETS IN AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING TAX RATES. AND SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS PROBABLY WORKED WITH IN CODE TEN. AND THERE WAS A SMALL CHANGE. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A CHANGE. AND IN THE DEPARTMENT NUMBER, WE ADDED THE ZERO FROM ENCODE NINE TO ENCODE TEN. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FORMAT THAT WE WOULD LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO USE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. THAT WAY, WHENEVER WE GET THE BUDGETS IN, WE CAN GO DOWN TO NUMBERS IN THE BUDGET FORM AND INPUT THOSE ITEMS INTO OUR SOFTWARE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE HOMER MAD, I WOULD APPRECIATE Y'ALL TO DO THAT. 
          I'LL GET MORE OF A LAUGH IN THAT. ALRIGHT. TOUGH CROWD, TOUGH CROWD, TOUGH CROWD. 
          ALRIGHT, SO IN THE BUDGET LINE ITEM REQUEST, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS. JOSH, YOU CAN GO DOWN TO PROBABLY PAGE FOUR I BELIEVE. OKAY, SO HERE'S A BUDGET FORM. IN THE TWO WE HAVE THIS ONE BY LINE ITEM. IN THE TOP SECTION IS PERSONNEL SERVICES. SO JUST REAL QUICK WHO USES THIS FORM IS EVERYBODY USE THAT FORM. AND WHO USES YOUR OWN FORM. ALRIGHT, GOOD. ALRIGHT. SO Y'ALL HAS THAT HERE. OKAY. THIS QUESTION WHO WHO IS THIS FIRST YEAR TO DO THE BUDGET. GO TO THE BUDGET PROCESS. 12345 OKAY. IT'S ABOUT 5 OR 6. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS A LOT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS LET US KNOW. BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE WANT Y'ALL TO DO IS USE THIS FORM FILL IT IN. WE HAVE LAST YEAR 2024 ACTUAL IF YOU NEED HELP GETTING IN, CAN EVERYBODY GET IN THERE, ENCODE AND FIND THEIR ACTUAL NUMBERS FOR 2024 OR EVEN 2023? OKAY. IF YOU DON'T GIVE US A CALL, WE CAN HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT, AND THEN WE'LL FILL IN AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE 2025. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT 25. WE'RE GOING INTO 2026. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. AND SO YEAH. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH. SO YOU'LL HAVE 2025 NUMBERS. AND THEN YOU CAN FILL IN 2026. JOSH CAN KEEP ON SCROLLING UP JUST FORM RIGHT HERE WILL BE YOUR CURRENT LIST OF PERSONNEL. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO ALL YOUR PERSONNEL ARE WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU AS WELL. 
          WITH SOME HELP FROM OTHER OFFICES. SO BASICALLY YOU'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT WHAT YOU HAVE THERE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A THERE IS A HOME OFFICE. THERE'S A FORMAL PROCESS FOR A STEP INCREASE. SO WE WOULD NEED, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS FOR THAT. YOUR REASONING WHAT YOUR YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS A STEP INCREASE. YOU KNOW WE HAVE PERCENTAGES THERE AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE USING OURS RIGHT NOW. OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT IT'S JUST ON THE FORM FOR EVERYBODY. AS FAR AS OUR OFFICE GOES. AND THEN JOSH NEXT ONE. IF YOU IF ARE 
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REQUESTING TO ADD PERSONNEL, THIS WOULD BE THE SHEET THAT YOU USE ALONG WITH OTHER COLUMNS FOR IT. SIR, AT FIRST I THOUGHT I'M TRYING TO TURN IT OFF. AND THEN LET'S SEE. OKAY. AND THIS IS FOR R&B. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FORM THAT WE'LL USE. IT'S IN THE SAME FORMAT, BUT JUST HAS PROBABLY A FEW MORE LINE ITEMS THAT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THAN, THAN OTHER DEPARTMENTS WOULD HAVE. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT STARTING BUDGET PRESENTATIONS ON JULY 9TH. I BELIEVE DEBBIE AND OR TRICIA SENT AN EMAIL OUT LAST WEEK, JUNE. SORRY, JUNE 9TH, NOT JULY, JUNE 9TH. WE WILL START THOSE. 
          JUDGE. WOULD THAT BE AFTER WE WERE GOING TO BE WORKING LIKE THE LEGISLATURE IN THE MORNING? NO SIR, WE WILL NOT. WE'LL START THAT AFTER LUNCH. IS THAT WHAT THE PLAN IS? I DO NOT KNOW. DO NOT KNOW. WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT. OKAY. SO JUNE 9TH, WHICH IS A MONDAY, JUNE 10TH, IN VINITA. JUNE 11TH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IF YOU'RE GONE THAT WEEK, WE WILL SET UP. WE'LL HAVE OTHER TIMES OBVIOUSLY AFTER AFTER THAT WEEK TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND GET THOSE. BUT IF YOU'RE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, DEBORAH WILL HAVE A SCHEDULE. AND IF THAT SCHEDULE DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU, GET BACK WITH HER AS SOON AS YOU KNOW THAT SO WE CAN SWITCH SOME OF Y'ALL AROUND. 
          MAYBE SOMEBODY MAY WANT TO GO EARLIER AND THEN SOME OF THEM GO LATER. BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT ARE GOING TO CONFERENCE THAT WEEK. AND SO WE WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THAT MADE A NOTE OF. SO. WE'VE GOT NEXT. JOSH THAT'S JUST THE REST OF THE PRECINCTS. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AFTER JUNE 9TH OR THAT WEEK WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS. AUGUST 15TH IS OUR ABSOLUTE DEADLINE TO FILE A PROPOSED. BUT TYPICALLY IN THE PAST WE'VE TRIED TO GET IT AT THE END OF JULY THAT WAY BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS ONCE WE GET INTO AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, RUN INTO STORMS AND THAT JUST SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DONE BEFORE WE I KNOW, MAYBE JUST RAIN, NOT STORMS. AND SO BUT WE CAN GET THAT DONE BEFORE ANY KIND OF ANYTHING HAPPENS. HOPEFULLY NOT. 
          WE CAN HAVE THAT DONE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. SO ON THAT FORM THAT YOU WANTED US TO USE? YES, MA'AM. WE CAN WE DO OUR OWN SPREADSHEET OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DOWNLOAD OFF OF? SO WE WILL SEND OUT A FORM THROUGH EMAIL TO EVERYBODY HAS THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF IT AND Y'ALL CAN USE THAT. EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. MR. GOOD. HOW DO WE GO ABOUT ADDING A LINE ITEM THAT WE NORMALLY HAVEN'T USED IN THE PAST? GIVE IT THAT. GIVE WITH US AND WE CAN ADD A LINE ITEM ON THE FORM. AND ALSO AND THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER POINT THROUGH THE TRANSITION FROM 9 TO 10, WE HAVE RECEIVED WORD FROM DEPARTMENTS THAT MAYBE A LINE ITEM DID NOT MOVE OVER WHENEVER THAT TRANSITION TOOK PLACE. IF THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY IN 23, I BELIEVE, OR WHATEVER THE YEAR BEFORE WAS, I THINK IT WAS 23 BECAUSE WE TRANSITIONED 24. THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY THERE. 
          THAT LINE DID NOT MOVE OVER TO THE TEN. SO WE'VE HAVE GOTTEN I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN WORD FROM I KNOW COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE MENTIONED ONE AND THERE'S SOME OTHERS. BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR YOU JUST DON'T SEE, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN ADD IT ON THERE ONTO THE FORM. AND IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE FORM, GO AHEAD AND ADD IT. BUT JUST MAKE A NOTE OF IT THAT WAY AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND WE GET THROUGH, SAY PAGE TWO IS BLANK AND YOU ADD ON PAGE TWO, WE MAY NOT SEE PAGE TWO. SO JUST MAKE SURE IT'S NOTED SOMEWHERE TO WHERE WE CAN SEE THAT ON THE BUDGET. YES, MA'AM. TO BE SENT BACK TO YOU ELECTRONICALLY. YES. WELL OR IS THAT TO DO THAT. I'LL BE SENDING EVERYTHING ELECTRONICALLY. IT'S ACTUALLY AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET. 
          SO IT'S GOT ALL THE FORMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED. IT'LL HAVE BOTH ON DIFFERENT TABS. SO JUST LOOK FOR THE TAB. IT'S GOT ONE FOR GENERAL FUND, THE OTHER ONE FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OF COURSE FOR THE PERSONNEL SPREADSHEETS AS WELL. SO EVERYTHING WILL BE INCLUDED. 
          WHEN WE PRESENT. DO WE JUST BRING THE COPY OF IT, OR DO WE EMAIL IT BACK TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE JUST JUST BRING US BRING US A HARD COPY. YEAH. AND YOU CAN DO BOTH. YOU CAN SEND IT SEND ELECTRONICALLY AS WELL. GO AHEAD AND BRING THE HARD COPY ALSO. DO YOU KNOW HIM? GO BACK UP TO THE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THE RATES. RATES. YES WE'RE WORKING ON RATES. LET ME. JUST 
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REMEMBER THERE ON THE NOTES ON THE 650. IT'S SENIOR FURNISHINGS REGARDLESS OF COST. TABLES CHAIRS, EQUIPMENT. IF YOU HAVE SOFTWARE EXPENSES SUBSCRIBING TO ANY SERVICES MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE 460. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, LET US KNOW. WE'LL ADD IT TO IT. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE 550 AS WELL. AND HE ALREADY MENTIONED IF YOU'RE MISSING ANY DEALS, MAKE SURE YOU LET US KNOW. AND I KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT A 460 MEANS. WHAT DOES THAT. SOFTWARE OR ANY KIND OF SOFTWARE OR SOFTWARE. JUST A JUST A GEO CODE. IT'S JUST A GENERAL LEDGER CODE. IT'S A PROGRAM COMPUTER. 
          ANY SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. WHICH COMES TO JOSH, WE CAN GO TO ARE YOU DONE WITH THAT. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE REAL QUICK, WE ARE THE TECHNOLOGY AND CROSS COURTHOUSE SECURITY FUNDS. ALL THOSE HAVE TO BE APPROVED SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BUDGET TALK TO YOU KNOW IT, OR YOU DON'T NEED TO WORK OUT THAT. BUT IN THE BUDGET. BUT WHENEVER THOSE PURCHASES DO COME, THEY STILL NEED TO COME TO COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR APPROVAL. SO JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BUDGET AND YOU BUDGETED FOR, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO BE AUTOMATIC. 
          ALL THOSE STUFF FOR THOSE TWO FUNDS, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO GET IT APPROVED. AND LAST, CONTINGENCY FUNDS ONLY FOR EMERGENCIES. WE NEED TO REALLY BE GOOD. AS FAR AS NOT DIPPING INTO CONTINGENCY FOR I'M NOT GOING TO SAY STORM, BUT ANY KIND OF BIG EVENT THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE COUNTY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAVING UP FOR. IS THAT SO? IT'S NOT FOR THE STORMS. IT'S A FLOODING. THAT'S RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION IN JUNE, THAT IS JUST A PRESENTATION. YOU'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING. SO WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR FOLLOW UP MEETINGS THAT DEAL WITH BUDGET, PLEASE LOOK OVER THAT. WHEN YOU GET AN EMAIL FROM HOMER THAT SAYS, LOOK OVER THE PROPOSED BUDGET, LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MATCH WHAT YOU REQUESTED. IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS LEFT OUT OR IF THERE WERE CHANGES, MAKE SURE YOU GET WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD WHERE I WILL HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL COME TO ME IN NOVEMBER WANTING TO POST THEIR NEW POSITION. THEY ASKED FOR AT BUDGET TIME AND IT WAS NOT APPROVED. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE YOU NEED TO BE DILIGENT. YES, MAKE THE PRESENTATION, BUT KIND OF KEEP UP WITH IT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER YOU DID ASK FOR, YOU DID GET. AND DON'T AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THAT IT IS GOING TO BE IN YOUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN THAT WAY. OKAY. QUESTION. JUDGE. SO WHAT ABOUT SALARY INCREASES? DO Y'ALL WANT US TO LEAVE THOSE OUT? WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? ANY SUGGESTIONS? WELL IS THIS GOING TO BE A STEP. THERE'S A PROCEDURE NOW FOR STEPPING. FOLLOW THAT FORMAL PROCESS JUST AS ONE STEP. YEAH. AND SO WHAT WE DO. SO WHAT DID WE DO WITH THE SALARY SURVEY. 
          AND THEY COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEN. THEN WE'LL WE'LL ADJUST. THAT WILL BE ADJUSTED. 
          SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE'RE CURRENTLY OUT FOR RFP FOR THE SALARY THE NEW SALARY STRUCTURE. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING Y'ALL GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR THE ONES THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO DO THAT STEP INCREASE AND FOLLOW UP THE REASONING LIKE YOU NORMALLY WOULD. AND THEN WHEN WE GET THE NUMBERS BACK ON THE SALARIES BASED ON WHAT MARKET IS GOING TO BE DOING, THEN THAT COMPARISON WILL BE SET UP WITH THE NEW SALARY SALARY SURVEY AND WHAT YOU REQUESTED. YOU WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT PARTICULAR PART TO FIND OUT IF THAT SHOWS HIGHER. OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THE EMPLOYEE GETS THE HIGHER AMOUNT. IF IT SHOWS THE SAME, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH WHATEVER YOU PRETTY MUCH SET UP. THAT'S GOING TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE SALARY SURVEY THE SAME TIME WE'RE DOING BUDGET, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING GETTING EVERYTHING DONE BY THE TIME BUDGET IS SET UP. SO THE EMPLOYEES KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT IN JANUARY. THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU SIR. AND WHILE YOU'RE ON THAT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING, YOU KNOW, A STUDY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE, DO A RESUME, SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU PROPOSE A BUDGET INCREASE 
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FOR THEM, THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING IT JUST TO KEEP THEM THERE, YOU KNOW, DO THAT, STUDY ON THEM, SEE IF THEY'RE DOING WHAT YOU ASK THEM TO DO. DO THAT AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU PROPOSE THAT BUDGET, THAT YOU'RE DOING IT FOR A REASON IN THAT BUDGET, YOU KNOW, CUZ I DO IT ON MINE. YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO LIKE A STEP INCREASE, ARE WE LOOKING AT CONSIDER DOING A TYPE OF A. POSSIBLE. WELL IF, IF IT WON'T BE IF IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD IT'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, COST OF LIVING INCREASE THEN THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL. IT'LL BE CONSIDERED CORRECT. JUST THE COST OF LIVING. RIGHT MAY NOT. YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT GET THE STEP INCREASE, BUT THEY WILL GET THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE. SO SHOULD WE INCLUDE SOMETHING IN THERE OR JUST LEAVE IT AND THEN LET Y'ALL DECIDE LATER? WELL, THAT WE HAVE TO GET WORK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BUDGET BEFORE WE DECIDE IF THAT'S. I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IN THERE COST OF LIVING, THEN A QUESTION MARK SOMEWHERE ON THE BOTTOM, THAT'LL WORK. SO THE MISCONCEPTION THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE IS COST OF LIVING. WHEN WE LOOK AT COST OF LIVING, THAT'S NOT AN EVALUATION. THAT'S NOT HOW GREAT THE PERSON IS OR NOT. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE EMPLOYEE THE COST OF LIVING BECAUSE I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THEM. COST OF LIVING IS SPECIFICALLY A COST OF LIVING ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANY KIND OF INCREASE YOU WANT TO GIVE, THAT'S PART OF THE MERIT. THAT'S PART OF THE EVALUATION PART. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO SEPARATE THINGS. 
          AND WE DID HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS THIS PAST YEAR. THAT'S WHY I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME I THINK I MENTIONED IT BEFORE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT ONE OF MY ATTORNEYS STARTED AT WITH THE SALARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, ABOUT $30,000 LESS THAN EVERY OTHER ATTORNEY IN THE COURTHOUSE. AND I'VE MADE THAT UP WITH SB 22. BUT I WANT SHE SHE NEEDS TO BE AT AN EQUITABLE GRADE AS WELL AS SALARY THAT COMMISSIONERS THAT THE COUNTY PAYS AS EVERYONE ELSE. SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE A MERIT RAISE. THAT'S MORE OF GETTING HER IN LINE WITH ALL THE OTHER ATTORNEYS. NO. SO YOU FOLLOW ME DIFFERENT. YEAH. SO AGAIN, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL PRESENT AT YOUR BUDGET AND DO THE BACKUP AS TO WHY YOU'RE WANTING TO DO THAT. IT'S PART OF THE JUST KEEPING UP WITH IT. I PRESENTED IT LAST YEAR AND GOT NOTHING FOR IT. SO PRESENT IT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HEAR YOU THIS TIME. NOW, ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THOSE SUPPLEMENT SALARIES, A LOT OF THEM FINISH IN DECEMBER. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT EMPLOYEES ARE INFORMED WHEN YOU GET A SUPPLEMENT SALARY. 
          THAT'S NOT A GIVEN. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT EVERY YEAR TO YEAR. SO IF THAT ENDS, WHETHER IT'S A GRANT OR SUPPLEMENT OR PRETRIAL, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S THAT NUMBER FINISHES AT THE END OF DECEMBER. IT'S NOT A GIVEN. IT STARTS BACK UP IN JANUARY. WE HAVE TO ADJUST THAT AGAIN IN JANUARY FOR THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT. ONE OF ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO, AND I'VE WATCHED IT OVER THE LAST YEAR, IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BUDGET PROCESS STARTS, EVERY WEEK, THE JUDGE IS ASKING, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE BUDGET? SO ONCE THE PROPOSED BUDGET COMES OUT, THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE COMING OUT SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU MISSED THIS OR YOU NEED TO CORRECT THIS OR HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PRESENTING, YOUR BUDGET'S COMING OUT AND AFTERWARDS THE BUDGET IS PUT TOGETHER. AND WE HAVE IT JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK. IT'S ON THE AGENDA. IF NOT, NOT CORRECT, LET ME KNOW. BUT THAT'S THE TIME TO SAY, HEY, YOU MISSED THIS. I HAD THIS IN THERE. IS IT GOING TO COME BACK OUT? SO WE HEAR ABOUT IT AND WE CAN CORRECT IT. 
          SO NO PROBLEM. YEAH. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO DO. IF YOU'RE INCREASING A LINE ITEM, YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE WANTING TO INCREASE. AND THE REASON IF THERE'S NO EXPLANATION, WE'LL TRY TO REACH OUT TO YOU. WE DON'T GET A HOLD OF YOU. AND IT'S ON THERE ON THAT SHEET. AND I'M GOING TO SEND ALL THESE SHEETS OUT TO EVERYBODY. WE LOOK AT YOUR HISTORICAL EXPENSES. IF YOU'VE BEEN SPENDING $10 IN THAT LINE ON FOR TEN YEARS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU WANT A THOUSAND WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION, WE'RE GOING TO KNOCK IT BACK DOWN TO $10. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE IT'S BETTER TO CONCLUDE IT UPFRONT INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO GO BACK OUT AND TRY TO REACH OUT TO YOU. IF WE DON'T GET A HOLD OF YOU, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO WHATEVER WE FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. SO I KNOW THAT NORMAN REMEMBERS QUITE WELL BACK IN THE 90S WHEN WE STARTED THIS THING AND TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, THE FIRST THING OUT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE'S MOUTH WAS, YOU'RE ALL GOING TO CUT YOUR BUDGETS 10%. BOOM. THAT'S NOT BEING HEARD TODAY. THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE'RE IN A FORTUNATE POSITION AND WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DO THAT. THAT'S A GOOD THING. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THE EMPLOYEES. SO THEN WE ONLY PUT MORE MONEY IN IF WE'RE DOING A STEP UPGRADE. WE DO NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING FOR COST OF LIVING THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DONE IF IT IS TO BE DONE BY YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S THE PREFERABLE 
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PROCESS. THE COURT WILL DECIDE THE COLA. JUST INCLUDE ON YOUR SHEET WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES, WHETHER IT'S A STEP OR PROMOTION. LET US KNOW IF IT'S A PROMOTION OR IF IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, A STEP. INCREASE THE POLICY. EVEN THOUGH FOR THE MOST PART IT'S NOT FOLLOWED, THERE IS STIPULATIONS IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW WRITTEN EVALUATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. OF COURSE, THOSE ARE HR ISSUES, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE DONE. SO WOULD WE SAY WE'RE DOING IT DIFFERENT? BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE PUT THE 5% OR 3% OF WHATEVER ISSUE WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS FOR. AND THEN YOU'RE TELLING ME THE COST OF LIVING WILL BE TAKE CARE OF BY OUR COMMISSIONERS? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. OR WE COULD DO LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, LIKE PUT 3% OR WHATEVER THE COURT DECIDES ACROSS THE BOARD. LIKE YOU CAN DO THAT. IT'S UP TO YOU. THE OTHER WAY IS PREFERABLE. YOU CAN PUT A NOTE ON THERE AT THE BOTTOM. THIS IS WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE. GENERALLY, THE COURT HAS BEEN PRETTY GENEROUS AND BEEN GIVING AT LEAST 5% EVERY YEAR, SO I DON'T KNOW. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, SEE WHERE OUR TAX BASE IS. WE WON'T GET THOSE NUMBERS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEM YET. SO ONCE WE GET THAT, THEN WE CAN LET YOU KNOW MORE OR LESS WHAT THE COURT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO. PREVIOUS TIME IS YOU ALL ALWAYS DO 3%, 5%, 10%. IT'S THE COST OF LIVING. IT'S ONE LESS THING. YOU HAVE TO CALCULATE AND WORRY ABOUT DOING ALL IN YOUR PERSONAL SERVICES, BECAUSE WHATEVER COST OF LIVING THE COURT IS GOING TO DESIGNATE, IT'S GOING TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD. EITHER WAY, WHAT Y'ALL NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU DEAL WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES IS, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM ANY THAT STEP INCREASE AND THEN THE BACKUP FOR DOING THAT INCREASE. YEP. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? PATRICK. NO, SIR, I THINK THAT'S OH, OH YEAH. OH I DIDN'T DO BUT OKAY. DON'T DO IT. SURE THING. 
          DON'T DO IT ON THE BOTTOM THERE. YEAH. ADDING NEW UNBUDGETED POSITIONS MIDYEAR. AND THERE WAS A LINE THAT THAT I'LL PROBABLY MESS IT UP FROM MY PREDECESSOR. AND I'VE HEARD IT MANY OTHER TIMES FROM OTHER PEOPLE SAID, YOUR POOR PLANNING IS NOT MY EMERGENCY. AND THAT GOES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, TOO. I'M NOT PICKING ON ANYBODY. THAT'S JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE KIND OF HAVE TO LIVE BY SOMETIMES IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A, A CLERK OR A ASSISTANT OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO BE HELPING MUCH THROUGHOUT THAT YEAR, YOU KNOW, WAIT FOR IT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS BY THE BEST. AND SO, YEAH, YEAH, I DON'T DO IT ON THE BOTTOM THERE THOUGH. DON'T DO IT. THAT'S ALL I GOT OKAY. 
          ANYBODY ELSE HAVE YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS I HAVE A QUESTION. SO LAST YEAR WHEN DAVID WAS STILL HERE AND I BROUGHT UP, BROUGHT UP THE BUDGET OF OUR BUILDING AND HE THEN I SAVED THE MINUTES ON IT, THE SAID THAT 350,000 WAS SET ASIDE ON THE CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE BUILDING. IS THAT STILL THERE OR WE'RE SAYING WE'RE STARTING ALL OVER THIS YEAR WITH THE NEW BUDGET? OKAY. YES. IT'S STILL THERE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THERE'S A CHANCE. I KNOW THAT WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ONCE YOU START DOING THAT BUDGET, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT A WHOLE LOT EASIER FOR US WHEN WE SIT DOWN TO DO THIS. BUDGET. MOTION TO ADJOURN. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY THE COURT TO HAVE A SECOND AND A SECOND BY YARDLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.